Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu discovered that the Alchemy Workbench could rapidly craft multiple batches of medicine, then sold a large stock at the market. Guan Canghai bought all of Lin Yu’s medicine and added Lin Yu as a friend, promising to purchase future stock directly.

• Lin Yu found that the Alchemy Workbench could craft ten portions of Vitality Powder at once, greatly speeding up medicine production.
• Lin Yu replaced the depleted nutrient solution, returned to the game, and set up a stall selling medicine.
• Players bought Lin Yu’s Vitality Powder and Beast Lure Powder but declined the Simple Blood-Activating Potion at fifty silver coins per bottle.
• Guan Canghai bought all three kinds of medicine for 633 silver and 65 copper after trading with Lin Yu in an open space.
• Guan Canghai asked Lin Yu to add him as a friend and offered to buy all of Lin Yu’s future medicine; Lin Yu accepted the request.

Lin Yu rejected Guan Canghai’s guild offer, stocked up on potion ingredients, and studied magic at the library. After rapidly relearning his skills, he reached Formal theoretical knowledge and learned how modern magic developed from powerful but cumbersome Ritual Magic.

• Guan Canghai offered Lin Yu an annual salary and materials to refine potions for his guild, but Lin Yu refused and agreed only to contact him when he had more potions.
• Lin Yu bought 5,400 portions of Vitality Grass, 3,650 portions of Magic-Infused Grass Seeds, and 500 Redblood Flowers for 23 silver and 10 copper.
• Lin Yu studied the Basic Meditation Method at the library and relearned his mastered skills in three hours, bringing his theoretical knowledge in several fields to Formal level.
• Lin Yu learned that professional ranks had different requirements in each field and that magic rank depended on mastered magic rune combinations.
• Lin Yu learned that modern Simplified Ritual Magic was developed to make casting faster and cheaper, though it was far weaker than the original Ritual Magic.

Lin Yu studied magic and other crafts, then practiced the Basic Meditation Method and discovered he could control his spiritual power and already had a Magic Aperture. He realized the system had manipulated his spiritual power, which meant it could also alter his emotions, memories, and cognition.

• Lin Yu spent five hours studying magic, Alchemy, Potion Refining, and Forging at the library before his borrowing time ran out.
• Lin Yu bought smoked jerky at the Burning Oak Barrel, purchased five robes, and extended his stay at the inn to 30 days.
• Lin Yu used the Basic Meditation Method and entered a tranquil state, then sensed his body and gained control of all the spiritual power in his mind.
• Lin Yu directed his spiritual power outward, saw the elements around him, and discovered that a Magic Aperture already existed in his sea of consciousness.
• Lin Yu sensed his own spiritual imprint on the mana and concluded that the system could manipulate his spiritual power, emotions, memories, and cognition.

Lin Yu strengthened his Magic Aperture in Era, then logged out to test whether his Mental Power existed in reality. He confirmed that it did, but found no elements to form Mana, and realized he could try the Breathing Technique instead.

• Lin Yu meditated for about four hours, using his Mental Power to refine Mana and strengthen his Magic Aperture until his soul grew tired.
• Lin Yu logged out and discovered that his Mental Sea and ability to control Mental Power remained in reality, though they were much weaker than in the game.
• Lin Yu tried to open a Magic Aperture in reality but sensed no elements around him, leaving him unable to refine Mana.
• Lin Yu remembered the Breathing Technique and considered learning it in the game so he could practice it with his real body.

Lin Yu entered the game, reviewed new market prices, and spent nine hours refining potions before arranging a sale with Guan Canghai. While waiting for the trade, he began training his mana control and decided to test System-Assisted Casting.

• Lin Yu noticed his experience bar was full and saw that a breakthrough was pending, then browsed forum updates about iron weapons and falling potion prices.
• Lin Yu decided to stop making Vitality Powder and Beast Lure Powder after using his current materials, and bought bottles before spending nine hours refining potions.
• Lin Yu accepted Guan Canghai's offer of 100 silver coins per Simple Blood-Activating Potion and 1 copper coin per portion of the other powders.
• Lin Yu flew to the meeting place and practiced maintaining Mana Protection over his right hand using Manual Casting.
• Lin Yu became curious about System-Assisted Casting and decided to try it.

Lin Yu tested System-Assisted Casting, traded with Guan Canghai, and discovered that attempting a Breathing Technique in-game endangered his body. After cultivating and increasing his maximum mana, he investigated a pending breakthrough and learned that he had to advance from apprentice rank to continue leveling, choosing the Caster System as his only available path.

• Lin Yu tested System-Assisted Casting, found it made spells easy to cast off cooldown, then returned to Manual Casting to train his mana control.
• Guan Canghai arrived an hour late, and Lin Yu completed their transaction before flying to the library with 50,591 silver and 160 copper.
• Lin Yu read the Basic Breathing Technique and stopped practicing it in-game after a warning said his body was too weak and he lost three health points.
• Lin Yu returned to the inn, meditated, and increased his maximum mana by 665 points to 1,592.
• Lin Yu investigated [Breakthrough Pending] and learned that level 10 was the apprentice limit and that he needed to advance to the formal rank, with only the Caster System available as his cultivation path.

Lin Yu reviewed the five cultivation systems and the requirements for advancing from apprentice to official mage, weighing the benefits of system advancement against the possibility of gaining an Innate Spell. He postponed advancement and logged out to test a Breathing Technique, but it left him gasping for air.

• Lin Yu read about the five cultivation systems and concluded that only the Caster System suited him.
• Lin Yu compared the four system advancement methods, learning their material requirements and attribute rewards, and wondered whether system advancement would grant an Innate Spell.
• Lin Yu decided to postpone advancement because he still needed to strengthen his Magic Aperture and prepare for advancement on his own, while he had not seen any bosses.
• Lin Yu logged out and tried to practice a Breathing Technique.
• Lin Yu stopped the technique when he felt suffocated and recovered after resting.

After realizing he could not safely practice the Breathing Technique in reality, Lin Yu focused on studying and improving his mana control in the game. Four days later, he became qualified to cast magic and began practicing spells and learning to control his own flight.

• Lin Yu got a nosebleed while trying the Breathing Technique in reality, so he stopped rather than risk serious harm.
• Lin Yu read a forum post about players building a temporary mob farm, then entered the game and went to the library to study.
• Lin Yu practiced Mana Protection while reading, gradually learning to multitask and refining his mana control over four days.
• Lin Yu reached the control needed to cast magic and learned that Mage Hand could further improve his precision.
• Lin Yu went to the training ground, cast Glimmer Illumination in three seconds, and began practicing spells while considering how to control his own flight.

Lin Yu mastered flight and discovered that the runes near the heart controlled the ability to change gender, then began designing a versatile talent spell. After learning about compound ritual magic, Lin Yu decided it might be the right way to combine the many effects the spell needed.

• Lin Yu infused mana into the runes in the bones and learned to fly, then activated the heart runes and changed gender before switching back.
• Lin Yu reached the Magic Aperture's current mana limit and struggled to choose a talent spell that could handle combat, defense, research, and crafting.
• Lin Yu decided to create a custom spell and listed effects and abilities to incorporate, including elemental attacks, analysis, detection, alchemy, and disassembly.
• Lin Yu recognized that the pile of runes in the Mental Sea would not work as a spell and chose to build a compound ritual magic circle instead.
• Lin Yu recalled that ancient mages had abandoned compound ritual magic because it consumed enormous mana and was less effective than specialized spells.

Lin Yu postponed designing an all-purpose Compound Ritual Magic spell and spent time deepening his magical knowledge, then meditated through the night. Lin Yu’s spirit rose sharply, and after memorizing every book in the library, Lin Yu no longer needed to return there to study.

• Lin Yu planned a Large-Scale Compound Ritual Magic spell built from five spells, but chose to study more before designing it.
• Lin Yu bought fourteen hours of library time and read through the books while exchanging messages with Guan Canghai about Simple Blood-Activating Potions.
• Lin Yu meditated overnight and found that the flow state greatly improved soul training and mental power recovery.
• Lin Yu checked the character panel and saw that a night's meditation had increased the spirit attribute by 11 points.
• Lin Yu realized that all the knowledge in the library had been memorized, so there was no longer a need to go there to read.

Lin Yu created and repeatedly optimized a complex compound spell, naming it Omnipotent Magic. When he tried to construct it inside his magic aperture, he found the aperture could not withstand its pressure, so he turned to cultivating his Meditation Technique to strengthen it.

• Lin Yu checked the forum, where he read about players forming teams, homemade weapons, and Sovereign Arrival reaching level seven.
• Lin Yu entered a flow state and created the first version of a compound magic circle in one morning, then named it Omnipotent Magic.
• Lin Yu spent the afternoon refining the spell through repeated trials until it used nearly ninety percent less mana, activated instantly, and was almost ten times as effective as its first version.
• Lin Yu attempted to construct Omnipotent Magic inside his magic aperture, but stopped when the aperture neared its limit with fifteen runes still unfinished.
• Lin Yu dispersed the circle, replenished his hunger and water, and cultivated the Meditation Technique from shortly after seven that evening until ten the next morning.

After constructing Omnipotent Magic in his Magic Aperture, Lin Yu discovered that Perfect Advancement would guarantee the Innate Spell All-Purpose, but it required a King's Soul. Outside the game, he noticed his mental power had grown and his body had weakened, then found that enhanced thinking made ordinary games boring.

• Lin Yu constructed the magic circle for Omnipotent Magic and saw that his advancement options now offered chances to obtain the Innate Spell All-Purpose.
• Lin Yu concluded that Perfect Advancement was the best choice, but it required a King's Soul, and he found no useful boss information on the forum.
• Lin Yu logged out, tested his growing mental power, and noticed he had lost weight while his appearance and height remained unchanged.
• Lin Yu searched online for discussion of Era but found little, then played Honor of Kings and easily predicted his opponents' moves until the matches bored him.

Lin Yu left Newbie Village to search for a boss and tested his magic on wolves and magical beasts along the way. After discovering how easily he could kill them, he began collecting their Magic Cores and nearly forgot his original goal before continuing his search.

• Lin Yu left Newbie Village, used Life Sense to check for nearby creatures, and flew into the forest to test his damage.
• Lin Yu killed a wild wolf with Ignition Spell and another with Wind Blade Spell, then continued searching for a boss.
• Lin Yu killed a level-seven Shadow Wolf with empowered spells and used Disassembly to turn its corpse into a Magic Core.
• Lin Yu hunted more magical beasts, learned that his spells could kill them quickly, and started collecting their Magic Cores.
• After gathering a Magic Core, Lin Yu realized he had forgotten to look for a boss and resumed his search.

Lin Yu used an enhanced Life Sense ritual to locate a powerful creature and killed it, only to discover it was an elite Crimson Flame Tiger rather than a boss. He decided he would have to keep searching and considered how to make use of the valuable corpse.

• After finding no bosses during a morning of hunting, Lin Yu decided to use Life Sense amplified by Double Magic Enhancement to locate one.
• Lin Yu traced a Mithril ritual array, placed twenty-five magic cores around it, and sensed every living creature within two kilometers.
• Lin Yu followed an exceptionally powerful life aura and identified its source as a winged, mutated Crimson Flame Tiger.
• Lin Yu severed the tiger's wings with two enhanced Wind Blades, brought it down with Ice Cones, and killed it with repeated Lightning Strikes.
• Lin Yu received a notification that the Elite Crimson Flame Tiger (mutated) was dead and realized it was not a boss.
• Lin Yu decided to continue searching and considered keeping the tiger's useful Alchemy and ritual materials.

Lin Yu turned the Crimson Flame Tiger’s remains into ten short-lived Explosive Flame Bomb magic scrolls so he could carry the materials with him. After packing the scrolls, he set out again to search for the boss.

• Lin Yu decided to make simple magic scrolls from the Crimson Flame Tiger’s corpse because he could not carry it whole.
• Lin Yu stored the beast’s magic core in his bag and used its flesh, bones, and internal organs to make ten blank scrolls from its hide.
• Lin Yu carefully inscribed the first scroll with the Explosive Flame Bomb ritual using the Crimson Flame Tiger’s blood.
• After completing the first scroll, Lin Yu made the other nine in half an hour.
• Lin Yu packed the ten scrolls in his cloth bag and resumed his search for the boss.

Lin Yu found the boss Sykes in a ruined arena and discovered that his rune armor blocked ordinary magic. After Sykes escaped Lin Yu’s swamp trap and challenged him, Lin Yu searched for a way to land a magic scroll attack.

• Lin Yu found an abandoned arena and suspected it contained a boss after sensing no life nearby.
• Lin Yu entered the arena and attacked the armored figure, prompting Sykes to rise and reveal his boss status.
• Lin Yu used Earth Sink, Swamp, Grease, and Fireball spells against Sykes, but the rune armor absorbed the attacks.
• Sykes unleashed crimson qi to extinguish the flames and break free of the swamp.
• Lin Yu recognized Sykes’s armor as powerful Rune Armor and considered how to hit him with a magic scroll.

Lin Yu used flight, Repulsion, and explosive magic scrolls to badly injure Sykes, but Sykes dodged his follow-up attack and restored himself with a life potion. After Sykes drank strengthening potions and enhanced his greatsword, Lin Yu recovered his mana as Sykes launched himself toward him again.

• Sykes charged Lin Yu, who flew out of reach and attacked with Lightning Ball, then used Repulsion to send Sykes flying when he leapt at him.
• Lin Yu hit Sykes with three Explosive Flame Bombs, reducing his health to 2500, then tried to finish him with three more as Sykes fell.
• Sykes escaped the second blast, drank a life potion despite Lin Yu’s attempt to restrain him with Earth Cage, and recovered his health and injuries.
• Sykes drank four more potions to strengthen himself and applied the last potion to his greatsword while dodging Lin Yu’s spells.
• Lin Yu stopped attacking to recover mana, and Sykes finished enhancing his sword before launching himself at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu defeated Sykes by letting him cut them in half and detonating three Explosive Flame Bombs at point-blank range. After respawning in their inn room without clothes, Lin Yu fashioned a temporary silver dress, bought robes and a cloth bag, and prepared to return to the inn.

• Lin Yu stopped fleeing and grabbed Sykes after he cut Lin Yu's body in half, then activated three Explosive Flame Bomb scrolls at point-blank range.
• The explosions killed Sykes, and the system awarded Lin Yu the exclusive material king's soul.
• Lin Yu's Life Extension spell ended when their mana ran out, and they respawned naked in their inn room.
• Lin Yu used Alchemy to turn ten silver coins into a sleeveless silver dress and wore it to leave the inn.
• Lin Yu bought ten robes and a cloth bag at a general store and prepared to return to the inn to change.

After reaching the breakthrough state again, Lin Yu reviewed his defeat alongside Sykes and realized that ritual casting and combat equipment were essential against bosses. He studied magic accessories and their amplification and storage functions, leaving him focused on preparing more tools for future battles.

• Lin Yu changed into a new robe, left spare robes in his inn room, and went to the library to restore his experience to the breakthrough state.
• Lin Yu concluded that non-ritual spells could not overcome a boss’s armor or outpace potions, while ritual spells aimed at weak points could inflict fatal damage.
• Lin Yu recognized that magic scrolls and other equipment had been crucial to defeating Sykes, alongside his high spell power.
• Lin Yu reviewed the types of magic accessories, including items that amplified spells, mana, or physical attributes.
• Lin Yu learned that storage accessories could hold prepared rituals or inscribe rechargeable spells, including protective magic that activated automatically.

Lin Yu reviewed the equipment available to mages, then bought materials and began crafting gear in Newbie Village’s Alchemy Workshop. He planned a staff with one Crimson Flame Tiger magic-core core and five ruby cores to boost his spells and Ritual Magic.

• Lin Yu learned that magic accessories, staffs, robes, alchemical tools, and potions each aided mages, and reflected that he had fought Sykes with only ten magic scrolls.
• Lin Yu searched the Player Market and spent 172 silver coins on Cloud Iron Ore, Mana-Gathering Stone, and rubies.
• Lin Yu rented a room in the Alchemy Workshop and used Matter Transmutation to turn 500 silver coins into liquid Mithril.
• Lin Yu purified the Cloud Iron Ore and Mana-Gathering Stone with Alchemy.
• Lin Yu chose to make a staff with a Crimson Flame Tiger magic-core main core and five ruby secondary cores to strengthen his magic.