Chapter Summaries

Chen Mu learned that his measured Eight and a Half Grades talent was not performing as expected, but kept the possibility that reincarnation had affected it secret. Five years after joining Mind Academy Main Branch, he found a book revealing that the academy’s Twin Rules were Light and Darkness, giving him a clearer, though difficult, path toward the dormant Darkness Rule.

• A Level 6 Vice Dean told Chen Mu that his cultivation did not match his Eight and a Half Grades talent and said the dean could investigate it when he returned.
• Chen Mu concealed his suspicion that reincarnation had affected his talent and continued studying and cultivating at Mind Academy for five years.
• In the academy library, Chen Mu found a book about Twin Rules and learned that one Rule could be fused while its twin fell dormant until awakened.
• Chen Mu discovered that Mind Academy’s Rules were Light and Darkness, that each dean inherited the Light Rule, and that the Darkness Rule was dormant.
• Chen Mu abandoned the unlikely prospect of inheriting the Light Rule and decided to focus on investigating whether he could reach the Darkness Rule.

After reaching Level 2 Mind Master, Chen Mu followed the Vice Dean’s advice to focus on the Mind Method and postpone cultivating spirit arts until Level 3. Twenty years later, the Vice Dean brought him to meet the returned Old Dean, whose face was identical to the Vice Dean’s.

• Chen Mu became a Level 2 Mind Master and considered cultivating spirit arts for self-protection.
• The Vice Dean advised Chen Mu to focus on the Mind Method, explaining that Level 2 spirit arts would become useless after advancing to Level 3.
• Chen Mu accepted the advice and continued cultivating the Mind Method for twenty years.
• The Vice Dean told Chen Mu that the Old Dean had returned and brought him to have his talent examined.
• Chen Mu arrived in an unfamiliar place and saw that the Old Dean looked exactly like the Vice Dean.

Ka Er examined Chen Mu and concluded that part of his consciousness was missing, possibly because of a Dark Body, though he found no physical abnormality. After Ka Er mentioned that Chen Mu could fuse with a Rule once he reached Level 4, Chen Mu realized the current era held many unclaimed Rules and considered seeking one beyond Mind Academy.

• Ka Er introduced himself as Duo Er's elder brother and tested Chen Mu's spiritual power, finding no flaw in his talent.
• Ka Er told Chen Mu that his Main Consciousness was incomplete, and Chen Mu denied ever feeling that his body was not his own.
• Ka Er examined Chen Mu's body and found no abnormality, then proposed that a Dark Body might have taken part of his consciousness.
• Duo Er explained that a Dark Body was the dark side of the world consciousness, while Ka Er offered other possible causes for Chen Mu's missing consciousness.
• Ka Er said he could help Chen Mu fuse with a Rule if he became a Level 4 Mind Master, prompting Chen Mu to realize many unowned Rules might exist in the current era.

Ka Er and Duo Er suspected that Chen Mu was connected to the Mind World's consciousness, while Ka Er revealed that he had found the Wizard World and met its world-consciousness incarnation. After five hundred years of study and cultivation, Chen Mu mastered Spirit Arts and received Duo Er's permission to leave Mind Academy.

• Ka Er told Chen Mu that deeper knowledge of rules required reaching the Fourth Level, then sent him back to his residence.
• Ka Er told Duo Er that Chen Mu's incomplete consciousness might be linked to the Dark Body and described his suspicions about the world consciousness and Mei Lin.
• Ka Er revealed that he had found the Wizard World and met its world-consciousness incarnation, whose temperament resembled Mei Lin's.
• Ka Er and Duo Er decided to let Chen Mu remain at Mind Academy and cultivate, with Duo Er allowed to take him as a student once he reached Level 3.
• Over the next fifty years, Chen Mu studied every permitted book on rules in Mind Academy's library.
• Five hundred years later, Chen Mu told Duo Er he had mastered Spirit Arts, and Duo Er permitted him to leave as long as he returned every hundred years.

After a century of searching for Unowned Rules without success, Chen Mu returned to Mind Academy and spent a thousand years becoming a Fourth-Level Mind Master. Ka Er then took him to meet someone, while Ka Er and Duo Er had discussed testing whether Chen Mu was connected to a World Consciousness.

• Chen Mu searched the Black Spirit Mountain Range with the Spirit Communication Jade Pendant and found only traces of the Wood Spirit Rule, which had already been taken.
• After searching the Mind World for a hundred years, Chen Mu returned to Mind Academy and told himself to focus on becoming a Fourth-Level Mind Master.
• Duo Er advised Chen Mu to wait until he reached the Fourth Level before pursuing Rules and promised to prepare a suitable Rule for him.
• A thousand years later, Chen Mu broke through to become a Fourth-Level Mind Master on the Spirit Platform, and Duo Er told him not to leave the academy.
• Duo Er told Ka Er that Chen Mu had shown no sign of being an incarnation of the World Consciousness, so Ka Er proposed taking him to meet the true World Consciousness Incarnation.
• Three months later, Ka Er took Chen Mu away to meet someone.

Chen Mu met Bo Tatu after Ka Er mistakenly suspected he was a World Consciousness Incarnation, and his Shield Memory Modification protected him from having the encounter erased. Ka Er and Bo Tatu then discussed luring an Extraterrestrial Demon into the Wizard World, while Chen Mu returned to Mind Academy and pieced together what had happened.

• Ka Er brought Chen Mu to meet Bo Tatu, who identified Chen Mu as an ordinary person rather than a World Consciousness Incarnation.
• Ka Er sent Chen Mu back to the Sunlight Pavilion, where Shield Memory Modification activated as someone attempted to alter his memories.
• Ka Er agreed to help Bo Tatu escape the Mind World's control in exchange for help removing its influence, and Bo Tatu asked him to lure an Extraterrestrial Demon into the Wizard World.
• Bo Tatu proposed using Chen Mu as a vessel, but Ka Er refused and said he did not want the two worlds entangled.
• Chen Mu retained his memories and concluded that Ka Er had mistaken him for the Mind World's World Consciousness Incarnation and that Bo Tatu was tied to the Wizard World's world consciousness.

After collecting a fourth Rule during his twelve centuries away from Mind Academy, Chen Mu returned and told Duo Er that his consciousness warned him against merging with Rules. Ka Er tested him with the Purple Moon Rule, but Chen Mu’s instinct stopped the fusion before his consciousness shattered.

• Chen Mu captured the Bedrock Rule in the Mystic Dark Forest and stored it on a Rule-sealing disk, bringing his total to four Rules.
• Chen Mu returned to Mind Academy after twelve hundred years and met his teacher, Duo Er, who suggested he try the Rule Ka Er had prepared for him.
• Chen Mu told Duo Er that attempting to merge with a Rule had triggered an ominous warning from his consciousness.
• Duo Er brought Chen Mu to Ka Er, who gave him the sealed Purple Moon Rule and urged him to attempt the fusion under supervision.
• Chen Mu began merging with the Purple Moon Rule, but his consciousness warned him twice and his body instinctively stopped the process.
• Ka Er concluded that forcing the fusion would shatter Chen Mu’s consciousness.

Chen Mu searched the Mind World for rules to preserve for his future self, but Ka Er and Bo Tatu attempted to erase his memories and use his body as a vessel for an Extraterrestrial Demon. The Reincarnation Simulation ended, and Chen Mu chose to retain the modifications adapted to the Wizard World.

• Ka Er told Chen Mu that his incomplete consciousness prevented him from fusing with rules, and Chen Mu accepted that he could not fix the problem during the simulation.
• Chen Mu traveled across the Mind Continent and exchanged the Ocean Rule with Sea Spirit Academy for the ownerless Flame Rule, which had no upper limit.
• Chen Mu hid ten Unowned Rules across the Mind Continent and returned to Mind Academy to continue cultivating his Meditation Method.
• Ka Er brought Chen Mu to Bo Tatu, who tried to modify his memories and draw an Extraterrestrial Demon into his body; Chen Mu's consciousness vanished, causing the attempt to fail.
• The Reincarnation Simulation ended, and Chen Mu chose not to activate Memory Protection and retained the modifications adapted to the Wizard World.

After the Reincarnation Simulation ends, Chen Mu returns to the Mind World to search for the Unowned Rules he hid tens of millions of years earlier. He finds a Bedrock Rule and then discovers the limitless Flame Rule, confirming his plans succeeded.

• Chen Mu reflects on the Black Mist that ended the simulation and suspects it was connected to Bo Tatu and his inability to fuse rules.
• Chen Mu travels from the Sea of Vigil to the Mind World with Odom's help.
• Chen Mu searches the locations where he hid ten Unowned Rules, but finds the first location empty.
• Chen Mu finds a sealed Bedrock Rule at the eighth location and realizes that his simulation plans had carried over into reality.
• Chen Mu reaches the final location and discovers the limitless Flame Rule beneath a canyon.

Chen Mu successfully fused the Flame Rule, transforming his Spiritual Power and gaining the ability to borrow Rule Power without Fourth-Level Wizard bottlenecks. He sensed the Wizard World's Fate Guidance and then left through a Gate of Space.

• Chen Mu released the Flame Rule from the Sealed Spirit Pearl and used his Spiritual Power to pull it into his Spiritual Sea.
• Chen Mu's Main Consciousness fused with the Flame Rule, changing the quality of his Spiritual Power and letting him control flame with ease.
• Chen Mu saw the River of Rules and learned that fusing a Rule removed his bottlenecks before Level 5 and let him borrow Rule Power.
• Chen Mu sensed Fate Power and realized it had revealed the connection between his fate and the Wizard World's fate.
• Chen Mu summoned a Gate of Space, stepped through it, and vanished.

After learning that Blood Sea World’s plans against the Wizard Continent had advanced, Chen Mu warned Lan Er and revealed that he had merged with an Unowned Rule. Lan Er offered to ask the Lord of Vigil to open the River Cave for him, leaving Chen Mu curious about what it was.

• Chen Mu received a message from Bain about an Unowned Rule but had no interest because he had already merged with one.
• Half a year later, Chen Mu traveled through the void after discovering that Blood Sea World’s plans against the Wizard Continent had been moved forward.
• Chen Mu returned to the Sea of Vigil and warned Lan Er that he had found five Level 4 Bloodkin and suspected Blood Sea World was planning a major attack within the Wizard World.
• Lan Er agreed to alert the Sea Master, then realized Chen Mu had merged with an Unowned Rule.
• Lan Er offered to ask the Lord of Vigil to open the River Cave for Chen Mu, who asked what the River Cave was.

Chen Mu learned from Lan Er that River Cave could strengthen his connection to Rule Power, then used Text Simulation to glimpse a future shaped by his rule fusion. The simulation ended with his death in a Void Phenomenon and introduced the distant True Spirit World, whose dissatisfaction with the Sea of Vigil threatened future conflict.

• Lan Er explained that River Cave drew water from the River of Rules and could improve Chen Mu’s understanding of Rules and access to Rule Power.
• Lan Er warned Chen Mu to keep cultivating his Meditation Method, then sent information about the Blood Sea World to the Sea Master.
• After months of cultivation, Chen Mu began a Text Simulation and saw Lan Er take him to River Cave, where he gained considerable benefits.
• In the simulation, Chen Mu completed missions early, avoided the Sea of Vigil’s wars, gave Man Su Er the Bedrock Rule for resources, and later died after falling into a Void Phenomenon.
• Chen Mu retained his realm and suspected his rule fusion had led the Sea of Vigil to protect him from its campaigns.
• Chen Mu noted that the True Spirit World had appeared for the first time and was far from the Wizard World.

After using Text Simulations to learn more about the World Sea and improve his realm, Chen Mu researched its barrier and met Lan Er, who offered him a year in the River Cave. Chen Mu postponed entering so he could test whether a True Body Simulation could improve his Rule Power, then began one to verify the idea.

• Chen Mu used two Text Simulations to retain his realm and memories, learning that the True Spirit World intervened after the Wizard World reached into the World Sea.
• Chen Mu studied an ancient book in the Sea of Vigil library and found that the World Sea had a natural barrier, though he could only speculate about how the Wizard World had crossed it.
• Lan Er told Chen Mu that the Lord of Vigil had approved a one-year stay in the River Cave and advised him to study Rule Power carefully.
• Chen Mu chose to delay entering the River Cave so he could investigate whether a True Body Simulation could preserve gains in Rule Power.
• After gaining another realm increase through a Text Simulation, Chen Mu began a True Body Simulation to test whether its progress would affect reality.

Chen Mu completed a True Body Simulation in which he spent a year comprehending rules in the River Cave, then confirmed that his rule comprehension carried over when the simulation ended. The simulation also gave him insight into Man Su Er’s determination to enter the depths of the World Sea.

• Chen Mu entered Lan Er’s Rule Space and was sent into the River Cave, where he could sense the River of Rules but could not use Spiritual Power.
• Chen Mu comprehended rules for nearly a year, advancing his understanding by the equivalent of thousands of years, and discovered that Rule Power could be mobilized in the River Cave.
• The River Cave sent Chen Mu back to Lan Er, who explained that Wizards could enter it once as Fourth-Level Wizards and twice more after reaching Level 5 because its rule water was consumed.
• After returning to the Sea of Vigil, Chen Mu spent hundreds of years cultivating before his True Body Simulation ended during a confrontation with a middle-aged man.
• Chen Mu confirmed that the simulation retained his rule comprehension and reflected on what he had learned about Man Su Er and the depths of the World Sea.

Chen Mu reflected on the Wizard World's future after his True Body Simulation, then began a Reincarnation Simulation in the True Spirit World. He reincarnated as a young spirit in the True Spirit Sea, but a massive phantom destroyed his spirit body almost immediately and ended the simulation.

• Chen Mu realized that Man Su Er served the Wizard World's world consciousness, which sought to enter the World Sea by raising the world's rank, and he resolved to prepare for the Wizard World's possible destruction.
• Chen Mu retained his improved rule comprehension from the True Body Simulation and noted that he had inscribed a Four-Ring Wizardry spell into his Spiritual Sea.
• Chen Mu began a Reincarnation Simulation and chose the True Spirit World, a Great World at the center of the World Sea.
• Chen Mu discovered that he had reincarnated as a newly born young spirit in the True Spirit Sea, where spirits had to devour millions of competitors to reach shore and become true spirits.
• A massive phantom appeared over the True Spirit Sea and erased Chen Mu's spirit body, ending the Reincarnation Simulation; Chen Mu returned to the Wizard Tower and declined to activate Memory Protection.

After learning from Text Simulations that entering the River Cave affected Man Su Er’s regard for him, Chen Mu considered its unknown risks and continued cultivating. Lan Er then confirmed Chen Mu’s warning about the Blood Sea World’s scheme and brought him to meet the Lord of Vigil, Man Su Er, in reality.

• Chen Mu reflected on his brief Reincarnation Simulation in the True Spirit World and the risks of trying again.
• Chen Mu used two Text Simulations, discovering that Man Su Er valued his simulated self more after he entered the River Cave and comprehended rules.
• Chen Mu speculated that the River Cave might have an unknown effect, then decided to avoid entering it in reality and resumed cultivating.
• Lan Er told Chen Mu that his warning about the Blood Sea World’s scheme against the Wizard World and Wizard Continent had been verified.
• Lan Er sent Chen Mu to meet the Lord of Vigil, and Man Su Er greeted him by remarking on his Flame Rule.

Chen Mu declined Man Su Er’s urging to enter River Cave, received the Rule Space Construction Method, and discussed rules with the Level 7 Wizard. After advancing his realm through a Text Simulation, Chen Mu began another Reincarnation Simulation and sent his consciousness to the True Spirit World.

• Man Su Er urged Chen Mu to enter River Cave soon to deepen his understanding of rules, but Chen Mu said he wanted to wait and prepare further.
• Man Su Er gave Chen Mu the Rule Space Construction Method, then asked where he had found the Flame Rule; Chen Mu said he had found and fused with it in the Mind World.
• Chen Mu spent two months cultivating the Meditation Method in his Wizard Tower in the Sea of Vigil.
• Chen Mu completed a Text Simulation, retained his realm, and kept memories from ages forty-nine, fifty, and one thousand three hundred and twenty-five.
• Chen Mu began a Reincarnation Simulation and chose to reincarnate in the True Spirit World again.

After reincarnating into the True Spirit Sea, Chen Mu spent more than five hundred years absorbing energy and devouring Young Spirit Bodies until his body neared its first transformation. An imposed instinct then drove him out of the safe Novice Zone, and after several years of travel, the instinct vanished as his Young Spirit Body transformed.

• Chen Mu recovered his memories as a newly born Young Spirit Body and absorbed energy to endure the years of instinctive hunger.
• After two years, Chen Mu escaped his hunger and began devouring other Young Spirit Bodies to grow stronger.
• Chen Mu wandered the True Spirit Sea for fifty years, then continued devouring Young Spirit Bodies for another five hundred years until he neared his first transformation.
• Chen Mu received an instinctive memory directing him toward the next area and realized he had been in the Novice Zone.
• Chen Mu struggled against the instinct before following it through the True Spirit Sea for several years.
• Chen Mu's imposed instinct vanished, and his Young Spirit Body underwent its first transformation.

Chen Mu completed his first spirit body transformation, learned about the True Spirit Sea through an Inheritance Memory, and drifted there for a thousand years before a rare Spirit Sea Tide appeared. He became the first Young Spirit Body to complete a second transformation, triggering a third transformation as the surrounding spirits became his nourishment.

• Chen Mu's spirit body absorbed energy from the True Spirit Sea and completed its first transformation, growing more than ten times larger.
• Chen Mu received an Inheritance Memory that explained the Life Spirit Sea, the True Spirit Sea, and the stages of Young Spirit Bodies.
• Chen Mu spent a thousand years drifting through the True Spirit Sea, slowly devouring fewer than ten Young Spirit Bodies of his stage.
• Chen Mu sensed a Spirit Sea Tide and raced toward it alongside more than a hundred thousand Young Spirit Bodies.
• Chen Mu completed his second spirit body transformation before the others, swallowed the surrounding Young Spirit Bodies, and immediately began a third transformation.

After completing his Third Spirit Body Transformation, Chen Mu entered the True Spirit Sea Domain and learned that Spirit Body Hibernation could help him evolve by absorbing energy while he slept. After two thousand years of preparation, he began his first hibernation, which would last at least ten thousand years.

• Chen Mu completed his Third Spirit Body Transformation, devoured the Young Spirit Bodies gathered by the Spirit Sea Tide, and received more Inheritance Memories.
• Chen Mu followed his instincts for ten years and entered the True Spirit Sea Domain, where he learned that Spirit Body Hibernation could automatically absorb energy.
• Chen Mu spent two thousand years exploring the domain and devouring a third-stage Young Spirit Body, but realized that reaching the Fourth Spirit Body Transformation through devouring would take too long.
• Chen Mu judged that he had prepared enough to begin Spirit Body Hibernation with ninety-five percent certainty.
• Chen Mu activated Spirit Body Hibernation and lost awareness as the first cycle began.