Chapter Summaries

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei enjoyed magical-herb soup with Demon Bird, then prepared demonic beast offal for the little ones using a new running-water setup. The offal began braising with herbs and spices, and Xie Juanhan decided to make several dishes for dinner.

• Xie Juanhan served Telingewei clear, savory soup made with magical herbs and Demon Bird, and Telingewei was amazed by its restorative effect.
• Xie Juanhan learned that Harper and the others had already sniffed out his use of magical herbs, but he chose to keep his experimental recipes private until he perfected them.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei cleaned a basin of frozen demonic beast offal while the little ones waited eagerly for their meal.
• Xie Juanhan blanched and rinsed the offal, then cooked magical herbs, spices, and sauces together to prepare it for braising.
• Xie Juanhan put the offal on to braise and decided to make several dishes for the little ones that evening.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei received invitations from the Weaving Fairies, water sprites, and dwarves to attend the Goddess of the Hunt’s festival, then visited the Weaving Fairies to have formal clothes made. Xie Juanhan tried on his outfit and looked striking in it, and the fairies brought out Telingewei’s clothes next.

• A scuffle among the Companion Beasts and messenger birds damaged a letter from the Weaving Fairies, which invited Xie Juanhan to the Goddess Festival.
• Telingewei read a second invitation from the water sprites, and Xie Juanhan agreed to attend with Telingewei and the Companion Beasts.
• A messenger bird from the dwarves delivered another invitation, which included the festival ball’s location at a church on a small island.
• Xie Juanhan and the others visited the Weaving Fairies, who had made formal clothes from his designs and set up a cloth changing room.
• Xie Juanhan tried on his outfit and crown, and Telingewei adjusted the crown before the Weaving Fairies brought out Telingewei’s clothes.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared for a magical ball and attended the Goddess Festival with the little ones. They joined the fairies’ circle dance inside a magically restored church, where Telingewei watched Xie Juanhan as they danced.

• Telingewei tried on his formal outfit, and Xie Juanhan fastened a gold waist chain around him while the Weaving Fairies offered an embarrassing chest chain.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei brought the little ones to the evening ball, flying to a deserted island on Telingewei’s back.
• Fairies of many kinds used magic to restore the island’s abandoned church and welcomed the dragons to the Goddess Festival.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei entered the church, admired its murals, and Telingewei explained the stories depicted in them.
• The fairies began a circle dance honoring the Goddess of the Hunt, and Xie Juanhan took Telingewei’s hand and joined them.

After dancing and making music with the Weaving Fairies at the ball, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned to Xie Juanhan’s cottage and spent the night together. The next day, as the first snow fell, Telingewei stayed with Xie Juanhan for the winter and helped him dry mushrooms.

• Xie Juanhan left the dance floor to keep Harper and the other little ones company, and the Weaving Fairies invited them to play a church organ.
• The little ones learned to play the organ under the fairies’ direction, while the beings in the church made music, sang, and danced through the night.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei said goodbye to the others and flew home with the sleepy little ones.
• Xie Juanhan invited Telingewei to stay the night, and they carried the little ones inside before going to the bedroom together.
• The first snow of early winter fell the next day, and Xie Juanhan asked Telingewei to stay with him for the winter and help dry mushrooms.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made savory mushroom powder, shared wontons with the little ones, and discovered old books while staying in for winter. Telingewei then led the family to a deserted island, where they gathered fish and other seafood and cooked lunch together.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei dried and ground mushrooms into seasoning powder, which Haxi and the little ones sampled before they all ate mushroom-seasoned wontons.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found Telingewei's old books beneath a pile of gold coins and brought them to the study.
• Telingewei suggested they catch fish for seasoning powder, transformed into dragon form, and carried Xie Juanhan and the little ones to a deserted island.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found the small fish described in the illustrated guide and gathered it along with shellfish, crabs, shrimp, and other seafood.
• Xie Juanhan cooked the catch with butter and spices using Telingewei's Dragon Flame, then served the seafood with soy sauce.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei searched the shore for fish to grind into fishmeal, then called the Tata Fish for help. A Humming Whale attacked the Tata Fish and sprayed water at the group, but Xie Juanhan realized Telingewei had been catching fish in the whale’s territory and began to suspect the Tata Fish had also provoked it.

• After failing to find more of the desired fish, Xie Juanhan suggested calling the Tata Fish to help search.
• The little Demon Wolf and the other companion beasts howled to summon the Tata Fish, who answered and swam toward the shore.
• A Humming Whale chased and beat the Tata Fish with its barnacle-covered fin, then sprayed water at Xie Juanhan and the others.
• Xie Juanhan blocked the whale’s water jet with a wind shield, and Telingewei identified the attacker as a level-four Demonic Beast seeking revenge.
• Telingewei admitted he had been catching fish in the whale’s territory since late autumn, so Xie Juanhan decided they had provoked it.
• Xie Juanhan noticed blood and asked whether the Tata Fish had also entered the whale’s territory to catch fish.

Xie Juanhan enlisted the Tata Fish to track down Split-Fin Fish, cheering them up after they became discouraged and using fish droppings to help them follow the scent. After the Tata Fish found the fish near the island’s opposite shore, Xie Juanhan dove underwater to search while Telingewei stayed with the little ones.

• Xie Juanhan gave the Tata Fish Dragon Power and Silver Dragon's Blessing in exchange for their help finding Split-Fin Fish.
• When the Tata Fish lost the scent and became upset, Xie Juanhan comforted them, and Harper suggested tracking the fish by their droppings.
• Habi accidentally pressed the Split-Fin Fish’s belly, splattering droppings over the Tata Fish, who angrily followed the strong scent through the water.
• The Tata Fish found Split-Fin Fish on the other side of the island, where Xie Juanhan and the others had not searched.
• Xie Juanhan dove into the sea to locate the fish by sensing fluctuations of life, while Telingewei remained at the surface with the little ones.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared for winter as the Magic Forest grew colder, then Telingewei took Xie Juanhan on a dawn journey to reveal a cottage he had built at their Star Berry gathering place. Xie Juanhan was moved by the effort and confessed that he had been waiting for the right moment before taking their relationship further.

• Xie Juanhan caught Split-Fin Fish and invited the Tata Fish to visit his cottage and trade fish milk.
• As snow covered the Magic Forest, Xie Juanhan noticed Telingewei returning early and accepted his invitation to go on a date.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei met before dawn, kissed, and flew west on Telingewei's dragon back.
• Telingewei took Xie Juanhan past the snow mountain's summit to the Star Berry slope, where he had built a cottage matching Xie Juanhan's home.
• Xie Juanhan embraced Telingewei and said he had been waiting until they had enough down feathers, felt prepared, and found the right moment.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei committed themselves to a life together and became lovers. After they returned to their cottage, they rescued a snow fox cub and Telingewei suggested taking Xie Juanhan away for a few days, leaving the Companion Beasts stunned when he announced their plans.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei promised to choose each other and shared their first intimate night together.
• White Dragon and Black Dragon basked on a hillside before returning to their cottage outside the Magic Forest.
• Telingewei prepared dinner while Harper and the others watched him kiss Xie Juanhan; Telingewei chased them off with a potato.
• Moli brought Xie Juanhan a snow fox cub, and Xie Juanhan decided to use Blessing Magic and return it to its parents.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei reunited the cub with its parents, then walked home hand in hand.
• Telingewei asked Xie Juanhan to take a few days away together, and the Companion Beasts were stunned when he announced their plans.

Telingewei took Xie Juanhan to the financial trading house, where he shared access to his vast wealth with him, and the two swore to share everything they owned. After spending several days together in Teme Port, they headed home; while Telingewei went to buy supplies, Xie Juanhan encountered a Pixie at an abandoned mage tower.

• Telingewei brought Xie Juanhan to a financial trading house and revealed that his deposited assets included gold coins and thousands of Demonic Cores.
• Telingewei offered Xie Juanhan access to his wealth in fulfillment of their oath, and Xie Juanhan swore to share his own possessions and savings in return.
• Telingewei told Xie Juanhan he remembered his concern about finding a way through the spatial rift, and the two expressed their gratitude for one another.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei spent several days vacationing together in a secluded coastal hotel before traveling through the night toward home.
• Telingewei left Xie Juanhan at an abandoned mage tower to buy food and wine, and Xie Juanhan spotted a small Pixie near the tower.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei helped a Pixie treat its sick baby flying squirrel, and the Pixie offered to show them a mage’s treasure as payment. They followed the Pixie and its clan into an underground passage and reached an abandoned hall.

• A Pixie brought its feverish baby flying squirrel to Xie Juanhan, who used Blessing Magic to help it wake up.
• Telingewei examined the flying squirrel, diagnosed a fever, and gave the Pixie potion with instructions for treating it.
• Xie Juanhan learned that Pixies each partner with a flying squirrel, and the Pixie returned after fetching medicine to offer treasure as payment.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei accepted the offer and followed the Pixie into a dark cave, accompanied by other Pixies riding flying squirrels.
• The Pixie sat on Xie Juanhan’s shoulder as the group followed a winding passage to an abandoned, moss-covered hall.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei followed the Pixies to a hidden teleportation array and forced their way into a mage’s secret study, where they began collecting its books and notes. They uncovered a wand in a second hidden compartment beneath the desk.

• The Pixies showed Xie Juanhan and Telingewei a concealed magic array behind a wall, and Telingewei activated it to transport them to a sealed chamber.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found that the chamber’s metal door required a mage’s Magic Power signature, so Telingewei changed into dragon form and tore it open.
• The group entered a brightly lit study filled with books, and Xie Juanhan told the Pixies that the books were valuable treasure.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei stored the books, notebooks, and other items in Telingewei’s space.
• Telingewei dismantled the desk’s hidden compartments, and Xie Juanhan discovered a slender wooden wand beneath the second layer.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei discovered a wine cellar overrun by vengeful spirits and set out to clear it. After Telingewei burned away most of the spirits, Xie Juanhan’s hometown incantation peacefully laid the rest to rest.

• Xie Juanhan sensed life remaining in an ancient wand and used Dragon Power to strengthen it.
• The Pixies told Xie Juanhan and Telingewei that vengeful spirits hunted nearby creatures at night, so they led the pair to the mage’s wine cellar.
• Telingewei opened the cellar doors and used Dragon Flame to destroy many attacking vengeful spirits while Xie Juanhan protected the frightened Pixies.
• Xie Juanhan recited an incantation from his hometown, causing the remaining spirits to lose their resentment and disappear.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei cleansed the resentful spirits from the Pixies’ home, discovered preserved wine, and continued collecting debts from mages. After visiting a necromancer, they reached Ahaman City, where Telingewei asked the final grand mage, Mumedeli, for information about spatial rifts.

• Xie Juanhan completed a deliverance incantation, clearing the resentful spirits, while Telingewei discovered their aura had preserved the cellar’s wine.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei counted the wine, stored some of it, and sealed the cellar with a protective magic array.
• Xie Juanhan checked the feverish little flying mouse, found it recovered, and said goodbye to the Pixies before flying off with Telingewei.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei collected debts from mages, made two new loans, visited a necromancer, and traveled to Ahaman City.
• Telingewei told Mumedeli he would waive overdue interest and asked her about spatial rifts.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei learned that opening a spatial rift to another dimension would require difficult coordinate calculations and specialists, so Xie Juanhan borrowed books and sought help from Ahaman City's dwarves. After crafting gold ornaments in their workshop, he surprised Telingewei with them, though Telingewei doubted he could have made them in only three hours.

• Mumedeli explained that opening a spatial rift to a specific dimension required a grand magus and a large team to calculate coordinates, and she offered Xie Juanhan books from her collection and credentials for the royal library.
• Xie Juanhan brought a blueprint to Ahaman City's dwarven workshop, where he discussed materials and tools with the dwarves while Telingewei sold them Wraith Wine.
• Xie Juanhan asked to use the workshop's forge and anvil, and Telingewei stayed behind to drink and sell more wine to the dwarves.
• After three hours, Xie Juanhan took Telingewei to eat and later presented him with gold ornaments he had made in the workshop.
• Telingewei asked how Xie Juanhan could have made the ornaments so quickly, since the dwarves could not have made them that fast.

Xie Juanhan made matching space armlets for himself and Telingewei, and the pair returned to the Magic Forest after collecting the Wraith Wine and saying goodbye to the Pixies. Their excited companions greeted them at home, where Telingewei soon found himself lifting several muddy beasts by their scruffs.

• Xie Juanhan gave Telingewei a matching armlet with a large space inside, and they promised to wear the armlets all the time.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei abandoned their search for help with the spatial passage for now, collected the Wraith Wine from the archmage's mage tower, and said goodbye to the Pixies.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei flew back to the Magic Forest, where Moli recognized them and led Harper and the others to greet them.
• Moli and the Companion Beasts enthusiastically licked and rubbed against Xie Juanhan and Telingewei, while Telingewei stopped the Griffin from licking Xie Juanhan with his barbed tongue.
• Telingewei noticed mud on the Griffin and Haxi, then picked up several muddy furry creatures as they belatedly curled their paws.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei washed the fluffs, named the Griffin Nibote, and enjoyed hot pot before planning an outing. The chapter ended with Xie Juanhan meeting the Tata Fish to trade vegetables and dried meat for fish milk.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei scrubbed the fluffs in the hot spring and named the Griffin Nibote.
• Xie Juanhan and the fluffs picked Star Berries and winter vegetables, with Moli helping protect their crops from Demon Birds.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made hot pot, and Xie Juanhan suggested making milk tea and grilling meat on an outing the next day.
• Xie Juanhan flew with the fluffs to meet the Tata Fish and offered radishes, Orange Sweet Shoots, cabbages, and dried meat in exchange for fish milk.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei invited the Tata Fish to join their barbecue after learning the fish had less milk because of scarce winter food. They hunted fish, gathered Demonic Oysters, and began preparing a feast for the Tata Fish and fluffies.

• Xie Juanhan learned the Tata Fish had produced less milk because food was scarce, but gave them all the food he had brought and invited them to the barbecue.
• Xie Juanhan, Telingewei, the fluffies, and the Tata Fish set out to hunt, with the Tata Fish carrying the fluffies through the sea.
• Telingewei and the Tata Fish caught two large Demonic Beasts, and Xie Juanhan let the hungry Tata Fish eat them after saving meat for the group.
• The Tata Fish gathered plump Demonic Oysters from Xie Juanhan and Telingewei’s bay, and Xie Juanhan praised how well they had grown.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei returned to the island, where they grilled meat and garlic-sauced Demonic Oysters as the hungry little ones watched.

After a feast with the fluffballs and Tata Fish, Xie Juanhan gathered seawater and fertile silt, then planted aquatic plants in a vat to see whether they could grow in it. He also caught icefish and cooked them with his homemade pickled greens, serving the dish when Telingewei returned.

• After the feast, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited the bay, where Xie Juanhan collected three Demonic Cores, two sacks of silt, and seawater.
• The next day, Xie Juanhan mixed the silt and seawater in a vat and told the curious fluffballs he planned to plant something.
• Xie Juanhan took the fluffballs to the frozen pond, where they melted a hole in the ice with fireballs.
• Xie Juanhan gathered aquatic plants and caught two icefish, while realizing the fluffballs had been sneaking over to fish.
• Xie Juanhan planted the aquatic plants in the vat and cooked the icefish with homemade pickled greens.
• Telingewei returned, identified the sour aroma as fish cooked with pickled vegetables, and learned Xie Juanhan had made the pickles with onions, less salt, and low-temperature fermentation.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei planted aquatic plants in a protected sea bay, where the Tata Fish offered to trade fish milk and were allowed to feed on the plants. Later, in winter, Telingewei discovered that the dormant magic staff Xie Juanhan had planted had grown into a shrub that spat lava at him.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei flew to the bay and planted level-one aquatic plants, then Xie Juanhan set up a magic array to protect their roots.
• The Tata Fish arrived after spotting the Black Dragon, and Xie Juanhan arranged for them to eat some of the plants and check on the bay for prey.
• Telingewei scared off the Tata Fish when they crowded against Xie Juanhan, then carried him away to find a wild hot spring.
• As winter approached, Telingewei watered the houseplants and noticed a tiny bud growing from the magic staff planted in a pot.
• Telingewei gave the bud Dragon Power, and by evening the staff had become a shrub that spat lava at him when he touched it.