Chapter Summaries

Xie Juanhan gathered yellow clay and rock salt with Habei’s help, then prepared salted bird eggs. He and Telingewei harvested the first ripe Star Berries and made berry ice cream for the fluffy little ones.

• Xie Juanhan praised Habei and collected fine yellow clay, then asked him to find coarse salt for pickling.
• Telingewei helped Habei understand Xie Juanhan’s request, and Harper led the group to a mountain where Habei found flavorful rock salt.
• Xie Juanhan coated the bird eggs in magic wine and a paste of salt and yellow clay, promising the fluffy little ones they would be ready in a little over a month.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei inspected the Star Berry field, sampled sour and sweeter berries, and picked a basketful of the riper fruit.
• Xie Juanhan and the fluffy little ones made Star Berry ice cream topped with slush, fresh and preserved berries, and Divine Goat mead.

Xie Juanhan recognized familiar constellations in the sky and realized he might be able to determine the planet’s coordinates and find a way home. He and Telingewei began arranging a gathering with Yiluo and Mumedeli to discuss the star charts, and the Weaving Fairies offered to help make it a ball.

• Xie Juanhan matched the scroll’s star chart to the night sky and told Telingewei he thought he knew how to get home.
• Xie Juanhan identified constellations visible both in this world and back home, then wrote to Yiluo and Mumedeli for help with precise coordinates.
• Yiluo and Mumedeli suggested meeting in person, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei settled on September twenty-ninth for a gathering in the Magic Forest.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei warned nearby magical creatures that unfamiliar guests would visit for two days.
• Luli asked whether the gathering would include dancing, and the Weaving Fairies offered to organize and decorate for a ball.

Xie Juanhan and the magical creatures turned his planned academic conference into a lively field ball, where guests debated questions about their world’s location and celebrated together. The event ended successfully, while the Golden-Horned Deer watched secretly before leaving beneath the starlight.

• The Weaving Fairies and other creatures helped Xie Juanhan organize a field ball and discussion conference in the fallow meadow.
• Guests from across the Magic Forest and beyond arrived, while Xie Juanhan and the Weaving Fairies joked over whether the gathering was a conference or a ball at White Dragon’s farm.
• Xie Juanhan presented star charts and spatial questions, and Yiluo’s remarks sparked a heated debate among the attendees.
• Mumedeli enchanted Xie Juanhan’s pen to record the discussion automatically, and Telingewei comforted him as his wrist grew tired.
• The Flower Elves hosted the evening ball, where guests, Perytons, and Demon Wolves danced together.
• The Golden-Horned Deer watched from the forest, spoke about the prophecy and the Magic Forest’s future, then left after Xie Juanhan greeted them.

Xie Juanhan and the Dwarf craftsmen paused their work on a safer magic passage when Nibote and the fluffies rushed to take him home. They found abundant mushroom rings in the field where the races had danced, gathered mushrooms, and sent some to the Water Demons and Weaving Fairies.

• Xie Juanhan asked the Dwarf craftsmen to review the newly calculated coordinates and consider how to make the magic passage more stable.
• Nibote carried Xie Juanhan away from the magic array, while Telingewei transformed into a dragon and followed; Xie Juanhan told the Dwarves they would discuss the plans tomorrow.
• Telingewei chased Nibote through the sky, and the dragon sent the Companion Beasts tumbling back onto the Griffin's back before they all flew to the dance field.
• Xie Juanhan saw several mushroom rings in the field and realized the previous day's dance had brought an abundant harvest.
• Xie Juanhan and the fluffies gathered baskets of Libien Mushrooms and Siling Mushrooms, then sent Nibote and Moli with baskets for the Water Demons and Weaving Fairies.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei fried mushrooms and made spicy mushroom strips, which they shared with the fluffy creatures and Pixies. After the Pixies recovered from the spice, they invited the dragons to gather nuts and picnic with them the next day.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei fried freshly gathered mushrooms and shared them with the fluffy creatures alongside iced salted Star Berry drinks.
• Xie Juanhan made spicy mushroom strips, and the fluffy creatures eagerly ate them.
• Haxi suggested taking spicy strips to the Pixies, and the fluffy creatures carried baskets of them to their friends.
• The Pixies ate the spicy strips until they were red and tearful, so the fluffy creatures brought them to Xie Juanhan for help; he gave them cold sweet fish milk to hold in their mouths.
• The Pixies recovered and explained that they could eat anything from the forest without being harmed, then invited Xie Juanhan to gather nuts with them.
• Xie Juanhan packed food and candy for the Pixies and arranged a nut-gathering picnic for the next day, while Harper and the others asked whether they would cook outdoors.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei spent the day gathering bitter nuts and picnicking with the Pixies and fluffballs, then discovered that the little Goblins had matured. The Goblins returned to the Magic Wand Tree and wept as they examined the young ones.

• Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, the Pixies, and the fluffballs gathered wild nuts and enjoyed a picnic in the Magic Forest.
• Telingewei admitted he was scared, and Xie Juanhan kissed him among the branches.
• The Magic Wand Tree panicked when the little Goblins' leaves turned yellow, but Xie Juanhan explained that they had matured and could be dug up.
• Xie Juanhan sent the fluffballs and Pixies to fetch the grown-up Goblins, then waited beside the Magic Wand Tree with Telingewei.
• The fluffballs brought the Goblins back, and the Goblins bowed before running to examine the young ones and crying as they checked their leaves.

Xie Juanhan completed the Goblins’ birth ritual by digging their little ones from the soil, while the creatures of the Magic Forest gathered to welcome them. Afterward, the little beast buses carried the newborn Goblins to their village, where they were settled in a temporary square.

• The Goblins cried over the yellowing leaves and asked Xie Juanhan to dig their little Goblins from the soil.
• Xie Juanhan used the Goblins’ ceremonial hoe and his hands to uncover the first little Goblin, who woke, smiled, and clung to his finger.
• The Goblins dressed the newborn and placed it on a bed made from the Magic Wand Tree’s roots as Xie Juanhan continued digging.
• The Perytons, Flower Elves, Weaving Fairies, Water Demons, and Sylvan gathered to welcome the little Goblins, and Sylvan admired the Magic Forest’s neighbors.
• After Xie Juanhan uncovered all the little Goblins, Moli and the others helped the little beast buses carry them to the Goblins’ village and its temporary square.

Xie Juanhan watched the Goblins make leaf milk for their little ones, then welcomed the now-lively little Goblins when they brought him tender leaves in gratitude. As he prepared to preserve the leaves, Sylvan suggested infusing them in liquor, leaving Xie Juanhan considering the idea.

• The Magic Forest creatures built a temporary shelter for the Goblins, who used the little Goblins’ shed leaves to make leaf milk from the Goblin Mother Tree.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei left the Goblins to care for the little ones and went home to enjoy cake with the fluffies.
• The little Goblins visited Xie Juanhan carrying baskets of tender leaves, and he accepted their gift after learning they no longer needed the leaves for leaf milk.
• Xie Juanhan planned to preserve the leaves in herb paste and pumpkin seed oil, while discussing a meal of fish and Demonic Oysters with Telingewei.
• Sylvan told Xie Juanhan that Elf byproducts could be infused in liquor, and Xie Juanhan considered using liquor to preserve the leaves’ fragrance.

Xie Juanhan made Goblin leaf wine that rose from level-three to level-four magic wine, then discovered that branches and leaves had mysteriously grown from his head. Telingewei identified the change as Divinity Conversion, but why it affected only Xie Juanhan remained unexplained.

• Xie Juanhan mixed Goblin leaves into White Dragon's level-three magic wine, and the leaves dissolved into a fragrant green drink.
• Xie Juanhan waited for Telingewei and Moli to return from hunting before sharing the leaf wine with the family and Sylvan.
• Xie Juanhan and the others tasted the wine, and Telingewei recognized it as level-four magic wine; Xie Juanhan saved half for a holiday.
• After midnight, the Magic Wand Tree sensed an unusual aura from Xie Juanhan and Telingewei's room, and Xie Juanhan discovered branches and leaves growing from his head.
• Xie Juanhan checked the sleeping family and found that he alone had grown leaves, which contained Dragon Power; Telingewei explained that the change came from Divinity Conversion.

Xie Juanhan’s overflowing Dragon Power repeatedly grew leaves and branches from his head, which he fed to the Divine Goats and used to make tea and milk tea for the furry ones. He and Telingewei also fed the leaves to their Tuonai’er Demon Birds, and the chapter ended with them finding the females making the males sit on their newly laid eggs.

• Xie Juanhan discovered that the leaves growing from his head were bitter and gave them to the Divine Goats, who eagerly ate them and later produced green-tinted mead with a fresh, leafy flavor.
• After drinking the level-four magic wine, Xie Juanhan’s Dragon Power overflowed again, sprouting new branches and leaves, while Telingewei observed that the furry ones had grown fatter.
• Moli chewed Dragon Power leaves to cut the richness of his breakfast, so Xie Juanhan made tea and then milk tea from the leaves, winning over the furry ones.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei fed chopped Dragon Power leaves mixed with Star Berry wine lees to their Tuonai’er Demon Birds, and Xie Juanhan judged that the females would soon lay eggs.
• Moli returned less than two days later to report that the birds had laid eggs, and Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, and the furry ones hurried to the fields, where they found the females forcing the males to sit on the eggs.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei gathered Demon Bird eggs and treated the fluffballs to omurice, then went out to sea while the fluffballs collected more eggs with the Goblins. After bringing home seafood and feeding the exhausted fluffballs, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei began preparing to hatch fifty eggs naturally in the hot spring.

• Xie Juanhan and the others collected thirty-three Demon Bird eggs, sorted them, and made omurice from the unfertilized eggs for the fluffballs.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei went out to sea to check their raised seafood, while Harper and the other fluffballs collected Demon Bird eggs with help from the Goblins.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned with large prawns and crabs, and Xie Juanhan made crab-meat buns for the tired fluffballs.
• The fluffballs asked about hatching eggs, and Xie Juanhan said he and Telingewei were focused on getting the magic array running before the new year.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei selected fifty fertilized eggs and carried them, rune templates, and quilts to the hot spring to let nature hatch them.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei successfully used rune templates, geothermal heat, and a magic array to hatch Demon Bird eggs, then discovered two Human-Faced Smoke Bird eggs had been secretly added to the nest. Harper and Haxi asked them to hatch the eggs after Telingewei learned that the fluffballs had once helped the Human-Faced Smoke Bird scare away a Goblin tribe.

• Telingewei activated the hatching array, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei placed Demon Bird eggs in its warm nest and protected them with dragon magic.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made a second warm nest for the fluffballs, who eagerly stayed there while the eggs developed successfully.
• Habu and the other fluffballs discovered two pale blue-green eggs hidden beneath their quilt and recognized the scent of a Human-Faced Smoke Bird.
• Xie Juanhan identified the eggs and prepared to find their parent, but Harper and Haxi asked to hatch them instead.
• Telingewei learned that the Companion Beasts had once helped the Human-Faced Smoke Bird frighten a Goblin tribe away, and he remarked that the fluffballs had grown crafty.

Xie Juanhan and his companions rescued abandoned Demon Bird eggs and Demonic Beast cubs in the Magic Forest, with help from the Pixies. He discussed the forest’s wildlife and their improved crops with the Golden-Horned Deer, then explained that some Star Berries were being left to develop more flavor in the cold.

• Xie Juanhan discovered that the Pixies had been bringing abandoned Demon Bird eggs to the incubation area and agreed to help protect them.
• After breakfast, Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, the fluffballs, and the Pixies searched the forest for eggs and rescued vulnerable Demonic Beast cubs.
• The Golden-Horned Deer asked whether Xie Juanhan had stopped hunting, and he explained that hunting for food could coexist with rescuing animals.
• Xie Juanhan and the Golden-Horned Deer discussed the improved Golden Vine Pumpkins and the prospect of harvesting water grass rice.
• The Golden-Horned Deer asked why the Star Berries had not been harvested, and Xie Juanhan said some were being left in the field for wind, frost, and snow to concentrate their flavor.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took the fluffballs to gather Star Berries in the season’s first snow, where a berry-picking trip turned into a snowball fight. They used the crushed berries to start berry wine and made ice cream topped with berry mash, leaving the fluffballs eagerly awaiting the wine.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei woke to the first snowfall of the year and followed the excited fluffballs to the berry field.
• Harper and the other fluffballs picked and ate concentrated Star Berries while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei sampled them too.
• The fluffballs started a snowball fight, and Nibote and Moli joined in before the group turned on Xie Juanhan and Telingewei.
• After returning with a small harvest of partly crushed berries, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei mixed them with fine lees to begin brewing berry wine.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made ice cream topped with berry mash, and the fluffballs looked forward to the wine in the barrel.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei let Harper and the other fluffballs sample their still-young berry wine, then rushed home when Moli developed a fever and fell unconscious. Telingewei suspected Moli was evolving, and they discovered an unusual Griffin-like quality in his aura.

• Sylvan blessed the pickles and berry wine at the fluffballs’ urging, and the fluffballs stopped Telingewei from giving the wine a dragon’s blessing.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei let the fluffballs taste the sweet, unfinished berry wine and estimated it would take about a week to mature.
• Harper arrived at Kaonielin Plain on Nibote and told Xie Juanhan that Moli had developed a fever and fallen into a deep sleep.
• Telingewei flew Xie Juanhan, Harper, and Nibote home, where Xie Juanhan found Moli burning hot and unconscious.
• Telingewei suspected Moli was evolving, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei felt an unusual Griffin-like quality in his aura.

Moli woke after entering a second stage of development, but his newly sprouted wings remained weak despite extra nourishment. Xie Juanhan and Telingewei sought the Golden-Horned Deer’s advice and learned Moli might need energy from a magic array, though they had no array to recommend.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei brought unconscious Moli to the Demon Wolves, who suspected he had awakened the bloodline of the Moon Goddess’s dependents and might grow wings.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took Moli home, where Harper, the other fluffies, and the Magic Wand Tree watched over him until he woke the next day.
• Moli greeted the fluffies and the two dragons, but his new wings remained small and weak despite the dragons giving him high-level meat and magic wine.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei consulted their contacts without finding a solution, then decided to ask the Golden-Horned Deer for advice.
• The Golden-Horned Deer leader said Moli might need energy from a source other than food, such as a magic array, but admitted they knew no suitable array and began to add, “But—”

Telingewei and Xie Juanhan designed a Life Magic array to help Moli recover, then brought him and the Companion Beasts to rest in it. As Moli’s wings grew stronger, Nibote taught him to fly, and the family agreed to take him to the sea cliffs for practice.

• Telingewei designed a Life Magic array and, after Xie Juanhan’s auspicious divination, they set it up over the lava containing Lady Rheinhild’s sealed Demonic Cores.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took Moli to the array, while the determined fluffballs followed and crowded into Moli’s den with him.
• The family brought the Companion Beasts to the nurturing array each day, but Telingewei eventually began taking only Moli so the others would not keep getting plumper.
• Moli’s wings grew stronger, and Nibote taught him to fly as he practiced hovering and learned to control his wings.
• Nibote asked to take Moli to the sea cliffs to practice, and Xie Juanhan agreed to arrange a day off for the family.

Xie Juanhan helped Nibote realize that he missed his own kind and agreed to write to Eermirisi about a visit. After Nibote added his paw print to the letter, a reply arrived from the highlands, and Xie Juanhan began to read it.

• Xie Juanhan took Moli to the sea cliffs with Telingewei and the Companion Beasts, where Nibote and the Perytons got into a playful fight.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei guided Moli through a successful long-distance flying lesson.
• Xie Juanhan found Nibote by a stream and realized he wanted to return to his own kind.
• Xie Juanhan agreed to write Eermirisi, and Nibote stamped the letter with his paw print.
• A messenger bird brought a reply from the highlands, and Xie Juanhan took it to read.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took Nibote and their family to visit Eermirisi and the Griffins in the highlands before returning to Xie Juanhan’s homeland. After sharing a meal and catching up, Eermirisi brought out dried fish for the little companions, leaving Haxi sulking after biting his armor.

• Xie Juanhan received Eermirisi’s letter covered in Griffin paw prints, and he and Telingewei set off with their family to visit Nibote’s relatives.
• Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, and Eermirisi caught up over roast meat and Divine Goat mead, and Xie Juanhan explained that he planned to return to his homeland with the family.
• Xie Juanhan gently scratched Nibote and reflected that the visit might be his last chance to see his kind for a long time if the return journey went badly.
• Eermirisi brought out a jar of roe-filled dried fish, and Telingewei began roasting ten of them for the little companions.
• Haxi tried to bite Eermirisi in protest, nearly chipped a tooth on his armor, and ran off to sulk after Telingewei threw charcoal at Haxi.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited the highlands, where the Companion Beasts made friends with the Griffins and the dragons shared a meal with Akeemu. After three days, the Griffins escorted them all the way to the Magic Forest, and Xie Juanhan prepared to host the forty-one visitors on the lawn.

• Nibote copied Moli’s calm, dependable manner while playing with the young Griffins, and the Companion Beasts spent their days playing with them.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited Akeemu, thanked him for helping with their Star Berries, and heard about the Peiaonuoer Hunting Grounds and other Inner Lands.
• Moli and Nibote called the Companion Beasts back from playing, and the Griffins brought tubers that Xie Juanhan cooked into several dishes.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei left the highlands after three days, and the Griffins followed them to the Magic Forest.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei invited all forty-one Griffins to a meal and set up the gathering on the lawn.