Chapter Summaries

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei discovered that elemental fertilizer transformed the Magic Wand Plant into a Magic Wand Tree, then studied which crops could use the fertilizer most effectively. As a squirrel delivered the Goblins’ signal that the fertilizer was ready, Xie Juanhan welcomed it and offered it nuts.

• Xie Juanhan fed elemental fertilizer to the Magic Wand Plant, which erupted in a fountain of magma and burned the tip of Nibote’s tail.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei observed that the level-three plant had grown thicker and taller, becoming a Magic Wand Tree without increasing its magic level.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei compared how well their crops absorbed elemental fertilizer and decided to focus on the Star Berries, Golden Vine Pumpkin, and Magic Wand Tree.
• Xie Juanhan reflected that a year had passed since he arrived and had entrusted the Elemental Crystals to the Goblins to brew into fertilizer.
• A squirrel delivered a leaf carrying elemental fertilizer as the Goblins’ message that the fertilizer was ready, and Xie Juanhan thanked it and fetched nuts.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei collected fertilizer from the Goblins and brought them to the fields to pick ripe Star Berries as payment. Later, they took the little ones into the Magic Forest for a spring outing, where they found Princess Tina Flowers and Xie Juanhan suspected the flowers lived in symbiosis with their thornbushes.

• Xie Juanhan followed a squirrel to a Goblin burrow, where the Goblins led him and Telingewei to four sacks of fertilizer brewed from 687 Elemental Crystals.
• Xie Juanhan offered the Goblins 687 Star Berries in batches, and eighteen Goblins rode on Moli and Nibote to the farmland to pick their payment.
• The Goblins carefully picked ripe Star Berries, while Xie Juanhan warned Harper and the others not to eat the seeds.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took the little ones into the Magic Forest for a spring outing and to pick Princess Tina Flowers.
• Xie Juanhan and the others found a cluster of Princess Tina Flowers, and Xie Juanhan suggested the flowers lived in symbiosis with the thorns.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei picked Princess Tina Flowers with the Companion Beasts, then agreed to compete with them over who could gather more by sunset. After the little ones ran off to collect flowers, the dragons enjoyed a private lunch, but the Companion Beasts returned to find the dragons already had a full basket.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei tasted Princess Tina Flower petals and shared them with Nibote and the other Companion Beasts.
• Xie Juanhan showed the Companion Beasts how to press down the thorny plants and pick the flowers together.
• Xie Juanhan outfitted Moli and Nibote with large sacks and agreed to a flower-picking contest, with the losers paying gold coins.
• The Companion Beasts ran off to gather flowers while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei kissed and ate lunch together.
• Harper and the others returned hungry and found that Xie Juanhan and Telingewei had already filled a basket with flowers.

Harper and the other Companion Beasts enlisted Demon Wolves to gather enough Princess Tina Flowers to beat Xie Juanhan and Telingewei in their bet. After collecting leaves for candy, they returned home, where Xie Juanhan and Telingewei began preparing the flowers that night.

• Harper led the tired Companion Beasts into the Magic Forest and summoned Demon Wolves to help them pick Princess Tina Flowers.
• The Demon Wolves guided the group to flower patches, and the Companion Beasts gathered flowers until sunset.
• Harper and the others returned with more flowers than Xie Juanhan and Telingewei, winning the bet and receiving a gold coin each.
• The little ones led Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to a shrub whose leaves could be boiled with the flowers to make candy, and they picked leaves to take home.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei washed the flowers and prepared to grind them, then asked Harper and the others to turn the stone mill.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made gummy candy from Princess Tina Flowers and leaves, which Xie Juanhan and the Companion Beasts eagerly ate. After the two jars were quickly emptied, they planned another harvest, but Telingewei proposed switching who picked in the forest’s depths and on the outskirts.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei left the gummy candy to set overnight while the exhausted Companion Beasts rested nearby.
• The next morning, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found the Companion Beasts guarding the kitchen and invited them inside to taste the candy.
• Xie Juanhan cut and coated the gummy candy, and he and the others enjoyed its soft, sweet flavor and faint Magic Power.
• Over the following days, everyone ate the candy until Xie Juanhan found the jars empty and suggested picking more Princess Tina Flowers.
• Telingewei assigned Moli and Nibote to gather flowers deep in the Magic Forest, but when the little ones protested, he offered to switch places with Xie Juanhan.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made maltose from Ajax Tubers and wheat shoots after their supply of Princess Tina Flower gummies ran low. The tuber syrup worked, and Xie Juanhan suggested making the next batch with Star Berries.

• Telingewei took Xie Juanhan and the Companion Beasts gathering near the Demon Wolves' territory, while Xie Juanhan and Telingewei also spent time together on a date.
• After their homemade gummies ran out, Xie Juanhan realized he could use Ajax Tubers to make syrup, and Telingewei enlisted Harper and the others to dig them up.
• Xie Juanhan cooked and mashed the tubers, mixed them with chopped wheat shoots, and left the mixture to ferment overnight.
• The next morning, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei extracted sweet, Magic Power-rich juice from the fermented tubers, and the Companion Beasts eagerly tasted it.
• When Princess Tina Flower juice proved insufficient for another batch of gummies, Xie Juanhan proposed using Star Berries, and Telingewei called to Harper.

After Telingewei’s rough treatment made Harper and the other furry creatures refuse to help him, Xie Juanhan made Star Berry gummies with him and shared them with friends. At the Weaving Fairies’ picnic, they learned One-Bone Fish had returned to a nearby bay, and Telingewei ordered gold thread and hooks so everyone could fish for them.

• Harper and the furry creatures left ten gold coins at Telingewei’s feet, while Haxi spat at him before leaving with the others.
• Xie Juanhan teased Telingewei for driving the creatures away, then picked Star Berries with him and made leaf and Star Berry gummies.
• Xie Juanhan sent gummies to friends with messenger birds and had Harper, Moli, and Nibote deliver parcels to nearby groups.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited the Weaving Fairies, shared the gummies, and heard that One-Bone Fish had appeared in a nearby bay.
• Telingewei ordered twelve bundles of gnome-spun gold thread and twelve hooks for fishing, explaining that Harper and the others each needed a rod.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei prepared to fish for the elusive One-Bone Fish, while Harper and the other Companion Beasts gathered bait. After reaching the sea, Xie Juanhan spotted the fish underwater but startled them before he could get close.

• Telingewei promised Harper and the others custom gold-thread fishing rods, ending their cold war with him.
• Harper and the others brought writhing magical vines as bait, and Telingewei extracted the insects inside while Xie Juanhan avoided the vines.
• Telingewei prepared minced meat to chum the water and explained that One-Bone Fish were difficult to catch, even for merfolk.
• The gnomes delivered the gold thread and fish-bone hooks, and Telingewei flew Xie Juanhan and the sleeping Companion Beasts to a deserted island.
• Xie Juanhan transformed into a White Dragon and dove into the clear sea, where he found beautiful One-Bone Fish that fled when he approached.

Xie Juanhan and his companions spent the day fishing for One-Bone Fish, while Telingewei failed to catch one despite everyone else succeeding. After the fishing lines vanished at night, they gathered around a bonfire to make fish soup.

• Xie Juanhan caught several One-Bone Fish and other fish, releasing the strongest females and half-grown fish back into the sea.
• Moli caught a large One-Bone Fish, and the other companions caught fish while Telingewei's bait was repeatedly taken without a catch.
• Xie Juanhan gave the hungry companions dried meat and secretly bribed them with gold coins to keep fishing longer.
• Telingewei ended the fishing after the golden lines vanished, saying they would use new rods next year because the fish might remember their scent.
• Harper and the others gathered firewood, and Xie Juanhan and the group lit a bonfire and began making fish soup.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei enjoyed a moonlit swim together while searching for the One-Bone Fish’s habitat, but Xie Juanhan struggled to calculate its location. By dawn, he had divined spatial coordinates he believed were probably correct and asked Telingewei whether they should try them, warning that they might end up somewhere strange.

• Xie Juanhan cooked the One-Bone Fish into a rich stew, and he, Telingewei, and the Companion Beasts ate until they were full.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei slept with the little ones at the campsite, then woke before dawn and decided to go on a date and search for the fish’s habitat.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei swam beneath the moonlit sea, and Xie Juanhan proposed using spatial coordinates to find the One-Bone Fish.
• Xie Juanhan tried to calculate the fish’s location, struggled with the numbers, and turned to divination for help.
• Xie Juanhan told Telingewei he had coordinates with an eighty percent chance of being right, but warned they might lead to a strange space.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei entered the One-Bone Fish’s hidden ocean space, where they were attacked while the fish guarded their eggs. They escaped with 5,742 eggs and decided to try raising the fish near the Demonic Oysters; Harper and the others learned about their nighttime adventure after waking.

• Xie Juanhan broke through a spatial barrier and took Telingewei into the ocean space where he sensed the most life.
• A school of One-Bone Fish attacked them, and Xie Juanhan realized they were defending eggs in their breeding ground.
• Xie Juanhan calmed the fish with Dragon Power, found the exit coordinates, and escaped with Telingewei after they fled the space.
• The two dragons discovered they had collected 5,742 fish eggs and placed them in a gold basin.
• Xie Juanhan proposed raising the One-Bone Fish in a magic fishing net in the sea near the Demonic Oysters, and Telingewei agreed to consider it.
• After Harper and the others woke up, they learned that the two dragons had gone fishing at night and brought back eggs.

Xie Juanhan incubated One-Bone Fish eggs and arranged to build an underwater fish farm, ordering specialized nets and negotiating with dwarves for a seabed frame. The dwarves agreed to make the frame for five gold coins, with Xie Juanhan and Telingewei collecting it themselves.

• Xie Juanhan placed One-Bone Fish eggs in a seawater-filled golden basin, and Harper and the other companion beasts eagerly watched them.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited the Weaving Fairies, who agreed to research strong materials for three underwater fishing nets.
• Three dwarves offered to build a metal frame for the fish farm, but Telingewei kicked their backsides after they quoted a hundred gold coins.
• Xie Juanhan explained that the dwarves only needed to make the frame, since he and Telingewei would collect it and carve the magic array themselves.
• Xie Juanhan offered five gold coins for materials and labor, and the dwarves reluctantly agreed to the deal.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei arranged fishing nets made from Peryton fur, then built an ocean enclosure to raise One-Bone Fish. They finished planting aquatic plants on the seabed and left the farm to mature, with Xie Juanhan asking the Tata Fish to trade fish milk.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei inspected the Weaving Fairies' Peryton-fur materials, accepted them for the fishing nets, and paid the fairies twenty gold coins.
• Xie Juanhan offered to trade with the Perytons for down feathers, and they eagerly chose Star Berries as payment.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei picked Star Berries, traded some for down feathers, and set aside the rest to share, eat, or make wine.
• The Weaving Fairies delivered three sturdy fishing nets with different mesh sizes, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei attached them to metal frames.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei installed the netted One-Bone Fish enclosure, planted aquatic plants on the seabed, and finished a large marine farming area.
• Xie Juanhan spotted the gathered Tata Fish and asked if they would trade fish milk.

Xie Juanhan abandoned the idea of using Star Berries as fertilizer after Harper and the other Companion Beasts showed how attached they were to the berries, and he gathered field and pond debris to make compost instead. After preparing cake and a drink, he found Telingewei and the others missing and went out to search for them.

• The Goblins explained that Demonic Cores could not be used directly as fertilizer, and Xie Juanhan suggested using Star Berries instead.
• Harper and the other Companion Beasts objected to sacrificing the berries, then offered their saved second-tier Demonic Cores as an alternative.
• Telingewei relayed the Companion Beasts’ feelings, and Xie Juanhan promised not to use Star Berries as fertilizer.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei gathered field and pond debris for compost after the Goblins warned that Demonic Beast meat would kill the plants.
• Xie Juanhan returned home, prepared a cake and a drink, and discovered Telingewei and the Companion Beasts were missing.

Xie Juanhan found Telingewei secretly experimenting with ways to purify Demonic Cores, and the two returned home with the resulting powder. After Telingewei used the powder as soil cover for the Magic Wand Tree, the courtyard was wrecked by morning, and he hid the commotion from Xie Juanhan.

• Xie Juanhan used divination to find Telingewei and discovered him scorching level-two Demonic Cores in a magic array.
• Xie Juanhan recognized that Telingewei was trying to purify the cores’ Magic Power and learned he had tested nineteen magic arrays.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took the powder home, ate with the fluffballs, and discussed why the experiment had not separated the Magic Power from the impurities.
• At Xie Juanhan’s suggestion, Telingewei poured the collected Demonic Core powder over the soil in the Magic Wand Tree’s flowerpot.
• Telingewei woke to find the courtyard ravaged and the Magic Wand Tree drooping, then gave the fluffballs gold coins to keep them quiet so Xie Juanhan could sleep.

Telingewei and Xie Juanhan discovered that the Magic Wand Tree had purified magic-rich rock mud, which the Goblins agreed to turn into fertilizer in exchange for magic wine. On their way home, they encountered villagers seeking help for a badly wounded adventurer, and Xie Juanhan asked why they had come to him instead of the village authorities.

• Telingewei stopped Nibote from making trouble, then he and Moli cleaned the yard and found cooled lava rock mud expelled by the Magic Wand Tree.
• Xie Juanhan used Dragon Power to help the Magic Wand Tree recover, and he and Telingewei realized its rock mud could provide magic for fertilizer.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei brought the rock mud to the Goblins, who agreed to brew fertilizer for level-two Star Berries in exchange for magic wine.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei smelled blood near the cabin and found Orfrey and two villagers waiting across the river.
• Orfrey told Xie Juanhan that a powerful adventurer was badly wounded in the village, and the villagers asked for his protection and offered payment.
• Xie Juanhan asked why the villagers had come to him instead of the priest, knight, village head, or others.

Xie Juanhan rescued the injured necromancer Tuoyin and later accepted his offer to repay the kindness by helping with spatial magic calculations. Tuoyin managed to solve two formulas, and Xie Juanhan checked his work.

• Xie Juanhan and his companions found the badly wounded necromancer in a chicken coop in Ailan Village and took him to a doctor in Teme Port.
• Tuoyin recovered, crossed the river to thank Xie Juanhan, and repaid his medical expenses, but he had lost most of his valuables.
• Xie Juanhan asked Tuoyin to help calculate spatial magic formulas instead of bringing more payment.
• Tuoyin worked through two formulas, and Xie Juanhan checked the calculations and thought they seemed correct.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei released their One-Bone Fish fry into protected sea nets, then hurried to the Magic Forest after learning that burning fertilizer had started a huge fire. Xie Juanhan used seawater and cold air to contain the flames, but the fire was not fully extinguished.

• Xie Juanhan confirmed Tuoyin’s calculation, gave him candied berries, and asked him to send skilled mathematicians and magic theorists to help with their research.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei moved 5,742 One-Bone Fish fry into seabed nets and planned to ask the Tata Fish to patrol them.
• Nibote and Harper arrived with news that fermenting rock-mud fertilizer had caught fire, burning the Goblins’ nest and spreading through the Magic Forest.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei flew to the forest, where Moli, Haxi, and other creatures were evacuating animals and fighting the flames.
• Xie Juanhan doused the fire with seawater and released cold air, reducing the flames but failing to put them out completely.

White Dragon and the giant dragon extinguished the Magic Forest fire, and Xie Juanhan and Telingewei helped the Goblins understand the accident and began repairing the damage. Days later, while watching Harper and the others play, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei noticed several of the little ones sneezing and breathing heavily, and Xie Juanhan examined Moli and Nibote.

• White Dragon and the giant dragon drove the flames into the sea, then returned to help put out the Magic Forest fire.
• Xie Juanhan told the Goblins that the rock mud’s fire attribute had likely caused the fertilizer to ignite, and promised to help restore the forest.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei patrolled the burned area, spread seeds, and brought the Goblins food and drink while agreeing to help clear their tunnels.
• After several busy days of cleanup, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei relaxed in their courtyard while Harper and the others played near the Magic Wand Tree.
• Nibote and the other little ones began sneezing and panting, so Xie Juanhan and Telingewei called them over to check on them.
• Xie Juanhan examined Nibote and Moli and found that both had runny noses and red eyes.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei discovered that the fluffballs were ill, but the little ones resisted taking their bitter medicine and spat some of it into Nibote’s bowl. After punishing them and finding they were still sick, Xie Juanhan made a tasty medicinal rib soup, which they eagerly drank.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took the sick fluffballs to the Water Demons, who diagnosed minor illnesses and prescribed large, bitter pills.
• Xie Juanhan gave the fluffballs honey water to wash down their medicine, but later found pills marked with tooth prints in Nibote’s food bowl.
• Telingewei caught the fluffballs and punished them for spitting out their medicine and hiding it in Nibote’s bowl.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei visited the Water Demons for the medicine recipe, and Xie Juanhan decided to make a clear soup with the edible ingredients and Demonic Beast ribs.
• Xie Juanhan served the fluffballs medicinal rib soup, and they eagerly drank it before trying to steal from one another’s bowls.