Chapter Summaries

Xie Juanhan learned from the Pixies that the chaotic energy came from the Land of the Fallen God, then traveled there with Telingewei and their companions to investigate. The group reached the storm-wrapped valley, where Xie Juanhan’s attempt to condense a Dragon Power Crystal exploded and frightened everyone.

• The Pixies told Xie Juanhan that they had sensed chaotic energy in the Land of the Fallen God, and Telingewei explained that it was an ancient battlefield with unusually chaotic magical elements.
• Xie Juanhan asked whether the Land of the Fallen God contained spatial rifts, but neither Telingewei nor the Pixies knew.
• Xie Juanhan and the others flew to the mountain valley, where the dragon described its unending thunderstorms and Xie Juanhan noted the water supply that fed the Malalehalin Kingdom.
• Telingewei led the group into the valley on foot while Xie Juanhan shielded them from the wind and rain.
• Xie Juanhan tried to condense a Dragon Power Crystal, but the abundant chaotic magical elements caused it to explode and startle Harper and the other companions.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei devised and built a modified magic array that let Xie Juanhan successfully condense stable Dragon Power Crystals. After deciding to make more, Xie Juanhan stayed in the Land of the Fallen God while Telingewei and the fluffballs hunted and prepared food for him.

• Xie Juanhan calculated a magic array with gaps to vent excess energy, and Telingewei set it up in a place rich in magic elements.
• Xie Juanhan used the array to condense six Dragon Power Crystals, then ate and drank to recover his strength.
• Telingewei found that the crystals were more stable than ordinary elemental crystals and did not seem to evaporate.
• Xie Juanhan decided to remain at the site and make more crystals, while Moli and the others agreed to hunt.
• Moli, Nibote, and the Companion Beasts returned with prey as Telingewei made soup at their camp.

Xie Juanhan finished condensing 4,744 Dragon Power Crystals in the Land of the Fallen God, then traveled with Telingewei and their companions to the highlands. There, Gargoyle Eermirisi greeted them and enthusiastically admired Nibote, who had grown round from eating so much.

• Telingewei cooked demonic beast stew, and Xie Juanhan ate with him and the furry companions before asking about the Land of the Fallen God's condition.
• Xie Juanhan told Telingewei he had condensed fifty-seven Dragon Power Crystals that day, crediting Telingewei's hunting and care for helping him work.
• After several more days, Xie Juanhan stopped extracting magic elements when the land's chaotic elements began to calm, and counted 4,744 Dragon Power Crystals.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei said goodbye to the Pixies at the mage tower and flew toward the highlands.
• Eermirisi met the group at the palace complex, called Nibote fat, then lifted him upright and praised his size.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited Eermirisi and the local Pixies in the highlands, then joined the Griffins for a reunion and their cliff-diving games. The chapter ended with Nibote leaping from a towering stone pillar toward the mountain lake.

• Eermirisi welcomed Xie Juanhan and Telingewei, accepted their gifts, and hosted them for a meal at the castle.
• Xie Juanhan and his companions offered gummies and magic wine to the palace Pixies, who blessed the group and enjoyed the treats.
• The Griffins arrived to reunite with Nibote and spent time pressing against him and playing together.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei planned to stay in the highlands for several days and gather local ingredients.
• Telingewei took Xie Juanhan to watch the Griffins leap from stone pillars and open their wings near the lake.
• Nibote pushed off from a pillar and plunged toward the lake with his golden-red fur streaming behind him.

Nibote joined the Griffins and Harper’s companions in a raid on a giant’s supply of dried meat. They escaped with a basketful, leaving the giant’s response unknown.

• Nibote impressed the Griffins with a dangerous flying maneuver, then the dragon rescued him from a fall and dropped him into the lake.
• The Griffins visited Nibote and invited him to help steal dried meat from a giant, but he tried to stop them because he feared the dragon’s punishment.
• Harper and the other companions agreed to join the raid after Haxi and Harper praised the giant’s dried meat.
• Nibote carried the companions as the group flew quietly to the giant’s cabin in the stone forest.
• The Griffins swooped down to snatch dried meat, while the companions gathered more into a basket and climbed back onto Nibote.

Nibote and the Companion Beasts escaped a giant after stealing dried meat, then brought it to Xie Juanhan and the others as a gift. After discovering the theft, Xie Juanhan punished them and planned to apologize to the giant, while Telingewei suspected the Griffins and giant had arranged a setup; the next morning, the hungry fluffies traveled with them but were refused food until their punishment ended.

• Nibote and the Companion Beasts fled the giant's cabin, dodged his wooden balls, and regrouped with the Griffins, who led them to dried meat.
• Harper and the others took dried meat from the giant and brought it to Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, Moli, and Eermirisi, who roasted and ate it.
• Xie Juanhan discovered bruises on Hani, and Telingewei read Hadi's memories and revealed that the Companion Beasts had stolen the meat.
• Xie Juanhan ordered Harper and the others to stand in the corner and said they would apologize to the giant the next day; Telingewei suspected the giant and Griffins had worked together to set them up.
• The next morning, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei brought food baskets to the giant, but Xie Juanhan refused to feed the hungry fluffies before their punishment was over.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited Akeemu with the little ones to apologize for stealing his jerky, then learned the Griffin clan had arranged the incident as training. They invited the lonely giant to Eermirisi’s evening barbecue, where preparations were underway.

• Xie Juanhan brought Harper, the other little ones, and Nibote to Akeemu’s house to apologize and offer a gift.
• Akeemu revealed that the Griffin clan had asked him to stage the jerky theft to motivate their young Griffins, and he gave Xie Juanhan the jerky recipe.
• Akeemu accepted the gift and invited them to return for the recipe, while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei invited him to Eermirisi’s barbecue party that evening.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared for the barbecue by chilling liquor in ice-filled flowerpots and roasting seasoned meat beside a bonfire.

During a farewell feast, Xie Juanhan learned that the giant could enter a fragment of the Inner World and agreed to visit it the next summer. After returning to the Magic Forest, he gave the Magic Wand Tree a Dragon Power Crystal, which made it grow and immediately demand another.

• The giant told Xie Juanhan and the others about a Golden Hunting Ground accessible to powerful creatures, and Eermirisi explained that it was a fragment of the shattered Inner World.
• Eermirisi revealed that ancient texts described two worlds, the outer and inner, and Xie Juanhan called the discovery the trip's greatest gain.
• Xie Juanhan and the giant agreed to visit the Golden Hunting Ground the following summer, since it could not be entered at that time.
• Xie Juanhan and his companions left the Tammi Kingdom ruins and flew straight back to the Magic Forest, arriving at their cottage on the fourth evening.
• Xie Juanhan gave the Magic Wand Tree a Dragon Power Crystal, and the tree absorbed it, grew taller, and wrapped its branches around him and Telingewei.
• The Magic Wand Tree forced out the word “Chirp” to ask Xie Juanhan for another crystal.

Xie Juanhan gave the Goblins Dragon Power Crystals to turn into fertilizer and agreed to let them invite their kin to the Magic Forest. The Goblins’ relatives arrived as Xie Juanhan and the others harvested pumpkins.

• Before dawn, Telingewei found the Goblins tending the Magic Wand Tree and let them wait for Xie Juanhan to wake.
• Xie Juanhan gave each Goblin a Dragon Power Crystal and entrusted them with making fertilizer, agreeing to pay one crystal for every five hundred pieces of fertilizer.
• The Goblins asked for Moli to protect them while transporting the crystals, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei brought them to speak with Moli.
• The Goblins asked to invite their kin to live in the Magic Forest, and Xie Juanhan agreed.
• While Xie Juanhan and the others harvested enormous pumpkins, the Goblins’ kin arrived riding on Demon Birds, and Xie Juanhan waved to welcome them.

Xie Juanhan discovered that the Goblins’ moss puppies had gathered beneath the Magic Wand Tree, then helped Harper and the others open a pumpkin stall in the Magic Forest. The fluffballs slept through their first shift, but the Water Demons arrived to buy pumpkins, and the Dwarves came next.

• Xie Juanhan learned that the Goblins had brought moss puppies, which they prized for finding water and fertile soil.
• Xie Juanhan found the moss puppies covering the ground beneath the Magic Wand Tree, gave them Dragon Power, and sent Harper and the others to return them to Moli.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared a pumpkin stall for Harper and the others, who were promised a tenth of the gold coins they earned.
• Xie Juanhan invited his friends to shop, then secretly watched as Harper and the others slept behind the pumpkins instead of tending the stall.
• The Water Demons woke the fluffballs and bought two gold coins’ worth of pumpkin, which Moli carefully cut for them.
• The Dwarves arrived and asked whether the enormous pumpkins had been grown by Lord Silver Dragon.

Harper and the other Companion Beasts sold pumpkins and agreed to run the stall again, while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei received an invitation from the Elves and traveled to their ball. The family reached Elf territory late at night and was welcomed by the guards.

• Harper and the Companion Beasts sold pumpkins to the Dwarves, then brought their earnings home to be divided by Telingewei and Xie Juanhan.
• After the little ones protested their small share, they agreed to run the pumpkin stall again the next day, while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei went hunting.
• Harper and the others rushed home with a fragrant letter, which Xie Juanhan discovered was an invitation from the Elves.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei decided to attend the Elves' ball, ordered formal outfits and accessories, and set off with their companions on Telingewei's back.
• The magical paper butterfly guided the family across the Magic Forest to Elf territory, where the guards welcomed them.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei attended the Elves’ ball, then consulted the Elves’ library for information about space and the Inner World. They learned about the Tuonai’er Demon Bird and discussed trading it for brewing yeast, while Xie Juanhan’s difficult questions sent the Elf priest fleeing.

• The Elves welcomed Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, and their companions to a ball, where the guests watched an aerial dance and joined the circle dance.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei sampled the Elves’ food and wine, then left the ball early and returned to their treehouse.
• The next morning, Xie Juanhan read books about space and the Inner World while Telingewei and the Elf priest helped him.
• Xie Juanhan overheard that Elves had been injured pursuing a fast Demon Bird and realized its meat had filled the pies; he learned it was a Tuonai’er Demon Bird and discussed trading some for brewing yeast if they could catch and tame them.
• When Xie Juanhan asked the Elf priest to explain difficult mathematical and spatial problems, the priest made an excuse and hurried away, prompting Telingewei to remark that their reputation might spread further.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei stopped in the snowy forest to let their Companion Beasts play, then followed Moli’s scent to hunt a Tuonai'er Demon Bird. The bird escaped into its underground tunnels, but when it snatched Habu, Habu wriggled free and raced for the entrance.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei camped in the first snow and let the Companion Beasts play while they explored the forest together.
• Harper showed Xie Juanhan a Tuonai'er Demon Bird feather that Moli had found by scent, so the group decided to search for the bird the next day.
• Moli tracked the Tuonai'er Demon Bird, but it fled into an underground passage before Xie Juanhan and Telingewei could catch it.
• Xie Juanhan used gold coins to divine where the bird might be, while Moli directed the Companion Beasts to guard the tunnel entrances.
• The Tuonai'er Demon Bird grabbed Habu through an entrance, but Habu tumbled out of its beak and ran toward the opening.

After the Tuonai'er Demon Bird tore a heart-shaped patch of fur from Habu, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei caught it by luring it out of its burrow with candied fruit. They discovered it carried a fertilized egg, spared it until it laid the egg, and left the egg in storage to hatch later.

• The Tuonai'er Demon Bird escaped Harper and Habi, but Habu was left wailing over a large heart-shaped bald patch on its back.
• The next morning, Xie Juanhan and Moli searched burrows until Moli detected the Tuonai'er Demon Bird in the twenty-seventh one.
• Xie Juanhan used wine-soaked candied Star Berry to lure the bird away from its burrow, while Telingewei knocked it unconscious with a stone and Habu and the other Companion Beasts seized it.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei sensed a fertilized egg inside the bird, so they agreed to wait until it laid the egg; Telingewei promised Habu ten gold coins to postpone its revenge.
• Back at the Magic Forest, Xie Juanhan had the Weaving Fairies make a cage, and the Tuonai'er Demon Bird laid a large, faintly pink egg three days later.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei placed the dormant egg in temporary storage, planning to collect more eggs before hatching them.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei struggled to incubate the twelve Tuonai'er Demon Bird eggs after the bird refused to brood them and the borrowed geese could not provide enough magic power. Xie Juanhan recruited the fluffy creatures for an egg-hatching competition, and Harper tried on a down-filled carrier for a Demon Bird egg.

• Xie Juanhan borrowed three broody geese from Ailan Village, but the Tuonai'er Demon Bird eggs grew weaker under their care.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found that two eggs were developing slowly and worried over how to help them.
• Xie Juanhan noticed the fluffy creatures were accustomed to crouching beside the geese and proposed an egg-hatching competition with gold coins as prizes.
• Xie Juanhan offered each fluffy creature a Demon Bird egg and promised to sew carriers so they could keep the eggs on their backs.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made a down-filled carrier, placed an egg inside, and had Harper try it on; Harper found it comfortable.

Xie Juanhan arranged for the Companion Beasts to incubate valuable Demon Bird eggs in rune-protected backpacks, but Telingewei took over when they needed a break. As midwinter passed, the eggs hatched while Telingewei was incubating them, and the household discovered a brood of chicks on his chest and belly.

• Xie Juanhan fitted the Companion Beasts with custom rune-stitched backpacks and required gold-coin deposits for incubating the Demon Bird eggs.
• After three days, the Companion Beasts complained about the uncomfortable task, but Xie Juanhan and Telingewei told them to honor their agreement.
• Telingewei later incubated six eggs while Harper and the others went out to play.
• As midwinter approached, Xie Juanhan returned home and found Telingewei asleep in bed with the eggs.
• The eggs hatched beneath the quilt, and Xie Juanhan and the Companion Beasts saw the chicks gathered across Telingewei's body.

Xie Juanhan settled the fluffballs’ dispute over the strongest newly hatched Demon Bird by giving them their guaranteed rewards, then fed them Tuonai’er Demon Bird stew and persuaded them to help raise the chicks. As the chicks grew, he and Telingewei built them a sheltered yard bird shed, though Harper and the others remained anxious about their safety.

• Xie Juanhan gave the fluffballs their guaranteed bonuses after they could not identify which eggs had produced the strongest chicks, and they chose to eat the Tuonai’er Demon Bird instead of dividing extra prizes.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared Tuonai’er Demon Bird stew, gave Habu a drumstick to make up for its injury, and fed the flock.
• Xie Juanhan told the fluffballs that successfully raising the chicks would provide eggs and meat in future, and they promised to care for the Demon Birds.
• As the chicks grew and began spitting corrosive mucus, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei built a bird shed in the yard during heavy snow.
• Xie Juanhan reassured Harper and the others that the Magic Wand Tree would keep the chicks warm and that their Dragon Power marks would help recover them if they wandered off, but the fluffballs stayed worried beside the shed.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei followed the Tata Fish out to sea to gather Demonic Sea Urchins with Harper and the other Companion Beasts. After the group found a huge cluster and began collecting them, the urchins suddenly attacked with a barrage of spines, leaving Xie Juanhan to shield the others.

• Xie Juanhan welcomed the Tata Fish and shared pumpkin cakes and glutinous rice balls with them and the Companion Beasts.
• The Tata Fish told Xie Juanhan about plump Demonic Sea Urchins, so he and Telingewei took the family out to sea, stopping to collect Demonic Oysters along the way.
• The Tata Fish brought back Demonic Sea Urchins, and Xie Juanhan shared their roe with Moli, Nibote, the other Companion Beasts, and Telingewei.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei followed the Tata Fish underwater to a large cluster of Demonic Sea Urchins, where Harper and the others eagerly began gathering them.
• The Demonic Sea Urchins attacked by firing their spines, and Xie Juanhan transformed into the White Dragon and swept the Tata Fish out of the way.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei gathered Demonic Sea Urchins, grilled them with Demonic Oysters, and began raising the urchins alongside their other aquatic stock. They checked their farms, caught Demonic Hairtail and other seafood, and returned home with a plentiful harvest for the Spring Festival.

• White Dragon carried Xie Juanhan and the fluffballs out of the water, then Xie Juanhan and the others gathered baskets of Demonic Sea Urchins.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei grilled Demonic Sea Urchins and Demonic Oysters for the fluffballs and Tata Fish, and Xie Juanhan proposed raising sea urchins year-round.
• Xie Juanhan placed young Demonic Sea Urchins among the aquatic vegetation and checked that the One-Bone Fish were growing safely in their enclosed area.
• Xie Juanhan caught Demonic Hairtail for the fluffballs after telling them the One-Bone Fish were not ready to eat.
• Xie Juanhan gathered prawns, crabs, lobsters, shellfish, Demonic Oysters, and more sea urchins, and Telingewei carried the baskets home for the Spring Festival.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei began raising Star Berry seedlings while the fluffballs and Goblins helped care for the farm. When a late-spring hailstorm struck in the dragons’ absence, Moli and Nibote protected the seedlings and sheltered the Goblins until Xie Juanhan sensed the danger and hurried home with Telingewei.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei started spring planting, and the Goblins brought their first batch of Dragon Power Crystal fertilizer for the Star Berry seedlings.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei covered the fertilized seedlings with hay, while Moli and Nibote moved near the farmland and Harper and the others stayed home with the chicks.
• Xie Juanhan took a downcast Telingewei to Cloudtop Cottage, where they spent the night as a late-spring cold spell brought a yellow sky and heavy hail.
• Moli and Nibote raced to the nursery, where the Goblins were piling hay over the seedlings, then helped finish covering the beds and sheltered the Goblins beneath their bodies.
• Xie Juanhan woke with a sense that hail was falling at home, and he and Telingewei hurried back on dragonback.