Recaps

After Xie Juanhan made bitter nut candy, he stayed awake all night and took Telingewei to the Sea of Clouds Cottage, while Telingewei left gold coins for the fluffballs. The fluffballs later decided to gather more nuts to trade for coins, but learned that the Swamp Banshees had collected most of them.

• Xie Juanhan ground roasted nuts into powder, made candy with sugar, cream, and butter, and shared it with Telingewei and the Companion Beasts.
• After eating the candy and drinking plain tea, Xie Juanhan could not sleep, so he and Telingewei slipped away to the Sea of Clouds Cottage.
• Telingewei left two gold coins under each fluffball's mat, and the excited fluffballs took their coins to the dragon's cave to count them.
• The fluffballs held a meeting and decided to gather more nuts to trade with Telingewei for gold coins.
• Habu led the fluffballs to the nut trees, but they found almost no edible nuts left in winter.
• Moli led the fluffballs to the Pixies, who told them that the Swamp Banshees had gathered most of the nuts by the beach.

The fluffballs tried repeatedly to trade for nuts with the Swamp Banshees, but their offers of gold, snacks, and vegetables were refused. After Telingewei uncovered their plan to take Dragon Power Crystal fertilizer, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei scolded them, then thanked them for bringing home nuts and roasted them the next morning.

• Moli carried the Pixies to the Swamp Banshees, who gave the fluffballs a small handful of nuts but refused their gold coins.
• Haxi led the fluffballs back to offer snacks and then vegetables for more nuts, but the Swamp Banshees rejected both trades.
• Telingewei read Hani and Haxi's memories and discovered their plan to borrow Dragon Power Crystal fertilizer from the Magic Wand Tree and trade it for nuts.
• Telingewei warned the fluffballs not to take things from home, while Xie Juanhan told the Magic Wand Tree to guard its fertilizer.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei served the fluffballs dinner, and Xie Juanhan thanked them for bringing home the nuts.
• The next morning, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei cut the nuts and roasted them, filling the house with their rich aroma.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei traded fermented sea-mud fertilizer with the Swamp Banshees for fragrant nuts, then learned that the Goblins’ generous Spring Festival gifts celebrated their newly grown Goblin Mother Tree. Xie Juanhan and the fluffies visited the Goblin village to return gifts, and he offered to bless the mother tree.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei traded sea-mud fertilizer with the Swamp Banshees, who loaded two large sacks of nuts onto Nibote before Telingewei carried them home.
• Xie Juanhan made a delicious hot drink from the nuts, which the fluffies enjoyed in moderation because it kept them awake.
• Harper and the other fluffies returned from delivering Spring Festival gifts with a huge haul from the Goblins, and Moli explained that the Goblin Mother Tree had grown.
• Sylvan explained that the Goblins had brought a sapling from their Mother Tree when they moved, and Xie Juanhan realized it was the tree that had grown in spring.
• Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, and the fluffies brought gifts to the Goblin village, where the Goblins showed them their sheltered Mother Tree.
• Xie Juanhan asked the Goblins whether they wanted him to give their Mother Tree a White Dragon’s blessing.

Xie Juanhan blessed the Goblin mother tree, then helped the Goblins welcome an unexpectedly large number of newborns. After delivering fifty-three little Goblins, he and Telingewei discussed making them a safer, roomier home.

• Xie Juanhan blessed the Goblin mother tree and promised the Goblins they could ask him for help.
• The Goblins formally invited Xie Juanhan to carry out their newborns and brought him gifts and ceremonial clothes.
• Xie Juanhan gathered with the Goblins and other forest inhabitants to perform the ceremony at the mother tree.
• With Sylvan explaining the mother tree’s response, Xie Juanhan carried out fifty-three little Goblins, who were planted in the Goblins’ nursery field.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei discussed clearing and protecting another plot for the little Goblins.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei planted the little Goblins beneath the Magic Wand Tree, where they quickly sprouted leaves, then began preparing for spring planting. After the Companion Beasts asked to visit the Tata Fish, they flew out with Nibote and Moli and joined the fish in a hunt.

• The Magic Wand Tree offered to shelter the little Goblins beneath its roots, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei agreed to the plan.
• The Goblins brought the little Goblins to Xie Juanhan's courtyard, where they were planted under the Magic Wand Tree and watered with mountain spring water.
• Within three days, the little Goblins sprouted leaves, while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared to expand their pond and begin spring planting.
• Harper and the other Companion Beasts asked to visit the Tata Fish, and Telingewei agreed as long as they behaved.
• Nibote carried the Companion Beasts and Moli out to sea, where they reunited with the Tata Fish, shared food, and set off together to hunt wild fish.

As spring arrived, Xie Juanhan’s household welcomed the warmer weather and enjoyed fresh mushrooms brought by Moli from the Demon Wolves. After a mushroom risotto dinner, the fluffballs persuaded Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to take them mushroom picking and have a picnic the next day.

• Moli returned with a basket of carefully selected fresh mushrooms from the big Demon Wolves, and Xie Juanhan identified several varieties.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared mushroom risotto and invited Sylvan and his giant eagle to eat with them.
• After dinner, the fluffballs asked Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to take them mushroom picking.
• Nibote and Haxi pressed Xie Juanhan for an outing, and the fluffballs settled on combining mushroom picking with a picnic.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took the fluffy creatures into the Magic Forest to pick mushrooms, but found almost none, so Xie Juanhan suggested searching the clouds for Cloud Mushrooms. As the group began their skyward mushroom hunt, Xie Juanhan told Telingewei about picking Cloud Mushrooms as a young dragon and promised to take him mushroom picking alone in his hometown, prompting Haxi to call out from nearby.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei woke to the nine fluffy creatures scratching at their door, then made breakfast and packed sandwiches before setting out to pick mushrooms.
• Harper and the others led the group through the Magic Forest, but the cold March weather left them with very few mushrooms to gather.
• Xie Juanhan used divination and suggested they search the clouds for Cloud Mushrooms, so Telingewei transformed into a giant dragon and carried everyone into the sky.
• Nibote released his grip and soared through the clouds with Harper and the others clinging to his fur, while Xie Juanhan watched them and spoke with Telingewei.
• Xie Juanhan told Telingewei about picking Cloud Mushrooms as a young dragon and promised to take him to hidden mushroom spots in his hometown without Harper and the others, but Haxi called out before he could finish.

Xie Juanhan and the dragons took the fluffballs to gather Cloud Mushrooms, but the little ones flew into storm clouds and were nearly struck by lightning. The White Dragon diverted a huge bolt, which dislodged a bounty of mushrooms; back home, Xie Juanhan began cooking them.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei helped the fluffballs search the clouds for Cloud Mushrooms, and the White Dragon joined the little ones when they wanted to pick with Nibote.
• Harper and the others ventured into thick clouds that turned dark, where lightning made their fur stand on end and they called for help.
• The White Dragon used the Lightning-Attracting Art to draw a massive bolt into the clouds, and the lightning shook many Cloud Mushrooms loose.
• The White Dragon, the great dragon, and Nibote caught the falling mushrooms before they hit the ground and filled their basket.
• Nibote carried the fluffballs and the basket home, where Xie Juanhan began frying sliced Cloud Mushrooms with garlic and Spicy Clam.

Xie Juanhan’s Cloud Mushroom dinner captivated the fluffballs, Telingewei, and villagers across the river, while Wokeli’s newspaper article drew travelers to the Magic Forest. During a patrol, Harper and the others chased down an unfamiliar little beast, then brought it back to Xie Juanhan, who wondered where it had come from.

• Xie Juanhan cooked Cloud Mushrooms with fried rice, and Harper, the fluffballs, and Telingewei eagerly ate the meal.
• The Cloud Mushroom aroma reached Ailan Village and nearby settlements, where villagers ate far more bread than usual.
• Wokeli wrote about the Magic Forest’s foods, and his widely circulated article attracted adventurers and travelers to the region.
• Tuoyin discussed the article with his companions but avoided the dragons’ cottage, wary of being made to solve math problems again.
• Harper and the other fluffballs patrolled the Magic Forest, chased an unfamiliar little beast with netherfire beneath its paws, and captured it.
• Xie Juanhan saw the beast beneath the fluffballs’ paws and asked where it had come from.

Xie Juanhan returned Tuoyin’s Life Magic beast, Doris, and learned that the Magic Forest had grown richer in magic herbs and more popular with adventurers. Inspired by the runes he saw at Xie Juanhan’s home, Tuoyin attempted a new magic array and accidentally destroyed his inn room.

• Xie Juanhan identified the little beast Harper and the others brought home as a weak Life Magic creation and cared for it while it grew attached to him.
• Tuoyin came to the courtyard for Doris, greeted Xie Juanhan and Sylvan, and became fascinated by the Life Magic runes in their study.
• Tuoyin told Xie Juanhan that the Magic Forest had gained rare herbs and attracted more adventurers over the past two years.
• Xie Juanhan returned Doris to Tuoyin, while Moli followed them cautiously out of the forest.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei added protective magic around their farmland, homes, and the intelligent creatures’ dwellings.
• Tuoyin tried to reproduce the magic-array idea he had seen, blew up seven batches of materials, and damaged the inn where he was staying.

Tuoyin came to Xie Juanhan and Telingewei for help after accidentally destroying an inn, and joined their effort to develop rune templates. After the first template succeeded, the group used it to collect energy for the Star Berries and received help from the Elves with spring planting.

• Tuoyin arrived at the Magic Forest badly burned and explained that his magic array had blown up the inn.
• Xie Juanhan offered Tuoyin a job calculating runes, promised he could leave after a year, and signed a magic contract with him.
• Xie Juanhan, Sylvan, Tuoyin, and Telingewei tested a rune template on Kaonielin Plain, where it exploded despite correct calculations and design.
• Tuoyin suggested trying magic potions or potion crystals, and the group eventually made a template that absorbed energy from magical creatures.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei buried rune templates in their yard to collect energy for nourishing Star Berries without drawing on the land's vitality.
• Yiluo brought Elves to help Xie Juanhan and the others transplant Star Berries and aquatic plants, and the Elves' transplanted berries grew especially well.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei hosted a spring celebration where the Tuonai'er Demon Birds beat up the Elves’ drunken giant eagles. After the birds caused further trouble around the farm, Xie Juanhan sought help castrating them, but Old Fowler refused.

• The Elves and Goblins helped Xie Juanhan’s household transplant Star Berries and tend the fields as humans and dragons began spring planting.
• At a bonfire celebration, Elves shared berry wine with their giant eagles, which passed out drunk; Tuonai'er Demon Birds then pecked and attacked them.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei arrived and stopped the birds, while the angry giant eagles followed Xie Juanhan for snacks and comfort.
• Xie Juanhan learned that the Demon Birds had also pecked at crops and tried to attack the young Goblins, so he considered how to control them.
• Orfrey suggested castrating the unruly birds, but Old Fowler refused to do the job because they were level-three Demon Birds.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei castrated nearly all the male Tuonai'er Demon Birds, and the one they spared became the flock’s leader, driving adventurers away from the farmland. Later, while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei were away, the Tata Fish offered to help Harper and the others charge rune templates in the territories of level-four Demonic Beasts, and the group set out with a stack of templates.

• Telingewei learned to castrate roosters and then castrated forty of the forty-one male Tuonai'er Demon Birds, leaving the largest one for breeding.
• The young birds healed quickly, fought less, and followed the uncastered male as their leader.
• The leader and its flock chased adventurers away from the farmland, prompting Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to realize the birds were keeping visitors at bay.
• The Tata Fish visited Harper and the other Companion Beasts while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei were away collecting whale fat.
• Harper and the others explained that rune templates beneath them were absorbing life aura, and the Tata Fish suggested placing more templates in the lairs of level-four Demonic Beasts.
• Moli brought out a stack of unused rune templates, and the Tata Fish carried the Companion Beasts toward the sea.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei discovered that Harper and the others had taken rune templates to magic-beast dens, then punished the group after learning how they had done it. The fluffballs and Tata Fish were soon forgiven over a meal, while the little Goblins continued to win Xie Juanhan’s affection.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned home and learned from the Magic Wand Tree that Harper and the others had taken rune templates to magic-beast dens.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei set out to find them but met the Tata Fish returning with the Companion Beasts and learned they had tied the templates to rocks and placed them in the dens.
• The Tata Fish admitted they had eaten all the Demonic Oysters they found, and Xie Juanhan punished the fluffballs and Tata Fish for going without him and Telingewei.
• The little Goblins comforted Xie Juanhan with their leaves, and he reassured them and gave them Dragon Power.
• Xie Juanhan called the punished group to eat, and he and Telingewei served them patties, shredded beast meat, salad, and marinated One-Bone Fish.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei spread rune templates among their friends and allies so the templates could absorb magic power, while the Golden-Horned Deer agreed to help in exchange for a share of Golden Vine Pumpkins. They then summoned Sylvan to help redesign the magic array, and Nibote rushed outside to meet Sylvan’s giant eagle.

• Xie Juanhan warned the Tata Fish not to steal the One-Bone Fish, and the Pixies offered to help nurture rune templates.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei placed rune templates with the Pixies, Goblins, Flower Elves, Weaving Fairies, Water Demons, Dwarves, Perytons, and Demon Wolves.
• Little messenger birds carried rune templates to friends across the world, prompting Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to make more until magical materials grew scarce in Teme Port.
• The Golden-Horned Deer leader asked for rune templates and agreed to help nurture them in exchange for a share of Golden Vine Pumpkins.
• Sylvan arrived to help Xie Juanhan redesign the magic array, while his giant eagle called Harper and the others outside.
• Nibote rushed toward the courtyard gate, and the Magic Wand Tree whipped his bottom to stop him from flying inside.

Xie Juanhan and his companions completed a vast magic array over their farmland, which became a gathering place for magical creatures. While sharing the first ripe Cold Melons, Xie Juanhan learned more about the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds, and Kuitifulong offered to open a way there, leaving the furry companions eager to go.

• Xie Juanhan and Sylvan planned a huge magic array, gathered the materials, and finalized its design with help from Yiluo and Magister friends.
• Telingewei supervised Dwarf craftsmen as they installed the array across Xie Juanhan's farmland and ponds, which magical creatures began visiting to socialize.
• Xie Juanhan, Harper, and the furry companions picked ripe Cold Melons and shared them with the Flower Elves, who told them about the sealed divine mountain and the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds.
• Kuitifulong brought spring water and told Xie Juanhan and Telingewei he could open the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds for one day and one night on a moonless night.
• Haxi, Nibote, and the other furry companions pressed Xie Juanhan to take them to the hunting grounds, but he had not agreed.

Xie Juanhan and his companions entered the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds, where Telingewei was transformed into a tiny, speechless Black Dragon. The chapter ended with Telingewei swatting Harper, the other fluffballs, and Nibote down the hillside while Moli escaped with them.

• The fluffballs followed Xie Juanhan around and eagerly behaved themselves after he promised to ask Telingewei to take them to the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds.
• Xie Juanhan and his companions traveled to Kuitifulong’s home, and Kuitifulong led them to the swamp entrance and opened the way into the Inner Land.
• Kuitifulong warned Xie Juanhan and the others to leave before daybreak, and they entered the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds one by one.
• Xie Juanhan transformed into a White Dragon after hearing the fluffballs cry out, then discovered Telingewei had become a small Black Dragon who could only chirp.
• Telingewei swept Harper and the other fluffballs down the hillside, swatted Nibote after them, and failed to hit Moli as Moli gathered the fluffballs and fled.

Telingewei had reverted to a juvenile dragon and fought with Harper and the other Companion Beasts, so Xie Juanhan led them into a mountain palace in the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds. An ancient magic array trapped the youngsters in auditorium seats, and the chapter ended with Little Black Dragon blasting the hall with Dragon Flame.

• Telingewei and the Companion Beasts tried to fight again, but Xie Juanhan stopped them and led the group deeper into the hunting grounds.
• Xie Juanhan found a palace built into a mountain and entered it with Little Black Dragon, Moli, and the others.
• An unknown force swept Xie Juanhan and the group into a large hall, where it restrained the youngsters in oversized chairs.
• Xie Juanhan identified the force as an ancient deity's magic array and failed to destroy it when it repaired itself.
• After Xie Juanhan reassured the trapped youngsters, Little Black Dragon glared at the far end of the hall and unleashed Dragon Flame.

Xie Juanhan and the others explored an ancient hall after Little Black Dragon freed Harper and the Companion Beasts from a magic array. They found a scroll written in an unfamiliar script and moved on to a banquet hall, with Little Black Dragon clinging possessively to Xie Juanhan.

• Little Black Dragon used Dragon Flame to destroy the stone stools and free Harper and the others, though the blast brought books and papers down from above.
• Xie Juanhan found that most of the fallen books and papers were blank, but a beast-hide scroll bore golden characters in a script he did not recognize.
• Xie Juanhan flew up to inspect a ruined library above the hall, found no other notable items, and stored its papers, books, and scrolls in his spatial armband.
• Little Black Dragon stayed with the Companion Beasts while Xie Juanhan searched, then clung to him and glared at the others as they continued exploring.
• Xie Juanhan led the group into another hall that appeared to have been used for banquets.

White Dragon and the others explored the vast palace in the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds, discovering valuable ancient wine lees and a magnificent colosseum. Near the closing entrance, the adolescent Black Dragon suddenly flew away, and Xie Juanhan’s divination showed he was safe and would gain something, though the group still had to escape in time.

• White Dragon collected nine jars of fragrant fine lees from an enormous wine vat and kept the Companion Beasts from jumping in after them.
• White Dragon and Black Dragon explored the palace, found an empty underground bunker, and emerged at a gigantic colosseum built into a canyon.
• Xie Juanhan and the others admired the ancient arena before deciding to return to the entrance as their time in the hunting grounds ran short.
• The adolescent Black Dragon tipped the furry creatures off his back and shot into the sky, leaving Xie Juanhan unable to follow immediately.
• Xie Juanhan divined that the Black Dragon was safe and would gain something, then hurried to get the others out before the entrance closed.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei escaped the closing Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds with their companions and three Peiaonuoer Divine Sheep. After Telingewei apologized to the angry Companion Beasts, Hadi asked to ride on his back, and they settled together while Xie Juanhan watched.

• Xie Juanhan and the others waited for the young Black Dragon, who returned just before the entrance closed with three Peiaonuoer Divine Sheep.
• Xie Juanhan and the young Black Dragon hurried everyone through the entrance, and Xie Juanhan pulled the growing dragon out just before the Hunting Grounds closed.
• Kuitifulong identified the sheep as Peiaonuoer Divine Sheep, and Telingewei agreed to prepare the injured one because the other two included a male and a female.
• The Companion Beasts confronted Telingewei over his behavior in the Inner Land, rejected his gold coins and jerky, and listened as he apologized.
• Hadi asked to perch on Telingewei's back, and the other Companion Beasts joined him on the Black Dragon's scaled-down adult form.
• Xie Juanhan sat nearby and took out a flute as Telingewei and the Companion Beasts rested together.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei shared a meal with Kuitifulong, who helped them interpret an ancient sacrificial scroll and its star charts. After the feast, Xie Juanhan said he and Telingewei still had something to do and would not return yet.

• Xie Juanhan and the Companion Beasts drank Kuitifulong’s mutton soup and ate his roast Peiaonuoer Divine Sheep.
• Xie Juanhan showed Kuitifulong the ancient scrolls, and Kuitifulong identified a record of a sacrifice and star configurations.
• Telingewei realized the chair she had sat in at the ruins was reserved for dragon young, suggesting dragons had been on the old class roster.
• Xie Juanhan and Kuitifulong wondered whether ancient gods had left their world, since so few ruins and records remained.
• After the meal, Xie Juanhan told Kuitifulong he and Telingewei had something else to do and would not return yet, surprising Telingewei and prompting Haxi to tug at his pants.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited the Sea of Clouds Cottage and grew closer as they recalled Telingewei’s childhood. Back at the courtyard, two Peiaonuoer Divine Sheep attacked the Magic Wand Tree, and Moli subdued them before helping the tree move its roots.

• Xie Juanhan sent Kuitifulong home with the furry ones and rode with Telingewei to the Sea of Clouds Cottage.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei discussed Telingewei’s childhood, then Xie Juanhan offered him a set of rune-covered chains and they kissed.
• Kuitifulong left the Peiaonuoer Divine Sheep in the courtyard, where they later tried to eat the little Goblins and tore leaves from the Magic Wand Tree.
• The Magic Wand Tree attacked the sheep with magma, but they ate it and kept devouring its leaves until it woke the furry ones by scorching their tails.
• Moli charged the sheep, knocked them down, and dragged one toward the Magic Wand Tree, which pulled its roots out of the ground.

While Xie Juanhan and Telingewei were away, their Companion Beasts, Sylvan, and the Dwarves arranged to build a sheep pen for the two Divine Goats. When the pair returned to find the pen nearly finished, the Weaving Fairies were so captivated by Xie Juanhan’s elegant outfit that they fell from the air.

• Simurgh found Xie Juanhan’s yard in disarray, with the Magic Wand Tree uprooted and two Divine Goats bound, and brought Sylvan to investigate.
• Sylvan learned that Xie Juanhan and Telingewei were away and agreed with the Companion Beasts to arrange a temporary sheep pen.
• Simurgh and the Griffin fetched Dwarf craftsmen, who accepted only two gold coins and began building the pen with help from the forest creatures.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned to find the sheep pen almost finished.
• The Weaving Fairies stared at Xie Juanhan’s covered, elegant outfit, fell from the air, and asked to make him clothes.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei cared for their Peiaonuoer Divine Sheep and planned to study the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds’ star charts with help from the Elves. As the household prepared for the Star Berries’ harvest and discovered the sheep might be expecting, Moli questioned whether the ewe was really pregnant.

• Xie Juanhan and his friends penned the two Peiaonuoer Divine Sheep, shared a meal, and sent star-chart rubbings and ancient writing fragments to the Elves for Yiluo to examine.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei thinned the Star Berry flowers, while Xie Juanhan promised to cook them because the Companion Beasts disliked Telingewei’s vegetables.
• Xie Juanhan found discarded vegetables in the sheep’s trough and learned that Harper and the others had been feeding them to the Divine Goats.
• Xie Juanhan noticed that the ewe’s belly and udder had grown and suspected she was pregnant, prompting the fluffies to bring her aquatic plants.
• Moli sniffed the ewe and signaled that she was not pregnant, leaving Xie Juanhan puzzled by her changed body.