Chapter Summaries

After a True Body Simulation brought Chen Mu to the limit of a Fourth-Level Wizard, he used his final Text Simulation to become a Level 5 Wizard and retained that realm. The Simulator then announced an upgrade, but its functions were sealed until Reincarnation Simulation recovered from an energy shortage caused by World Reshaping.

• Chen Mu ended his True Body Simulation with his Spiritual Power at the Fourth-Level limit and all nine Four-Ring Wizardries completed, but he still needed time to break through.
• Chen Mu began his final Text Simulation and chose to retain his realm after becoming a Level 5 Wizard within it.
• Chen Mu retained the memories from ages three hundred and twenty-five, three hundred and twenty-six, and one thousand eight hundred and forty, and processed them without difficulty as a Level 5 Wizard.
• The Simulator announced that its 5.0 upgrade would be delayed for three years, four months, and five days because Reincarnation Simulation lacked energy, temporarily sealing all simulation functions.
• Chen Mu deduced that World Reshaping in his last Reincarnation Simulation had caused the energy shortage and wondered what changes the eventual upgrade would bring.

After Wizard Life Simulator 6.0 upgraded, Chen Mu discovered that Reincarnation Simulation could preserve more of his consciousness. He realized perfect-consciousness reincarnation might let him become native to another world and regain a chance to transcend, leaving him to suspect an unseen force was guiding him.

• After more than three years, the Simulator began upgrading and completed the change to Wizard Life Simulator 6.0 within a day.
• Chen Mu learned that all simulation types now took twice as long to accumulate and that Reincarnation Simulation could use higher levels of consciousness, including perfect consciousness.
• Chen Mu considered how becoming a Level 5 Wizard had deepened his Fate Entanglement with the Wizard World and concluded that he needed to transcend before that world was destroyed.
• Chen Mu realized perfect-consciousness reincarnation might let him form a Fate Entanglement with another world, as Man Su Er had done, and restore his chance to transcend.
• Chen Mu suspected an unknown force was pushing him toward this possibility, though he did not know who was behind it.

After becoming a Level 5 Wizard, Chen Mu assessed his cultivation and the risks of seeking transcendence, then decided to postpone a perfect Reincarnation Simulation and focus on strengthening his foundations. A year after the Simulator Update, he prepared to see what the Simulator would offer.

• Chen Mu discovered that his Meditation Method cultivation had not slowed after reaching Level 5 and that he could continue cultivating passively, albeit at less than one-eighth his active speed.
• Chen Mu realized he was currently the strongest Wizard in the Sea of Vigil because its other Level 5 and higher Wizards were away.
• Chen Mu considered binding himself more closely to the Wizard World's fate to preserve the possibility of transcending in reality, while recognizing that transcendence in a Reincarnation Simulation remained untested.
• Chen Mu decided not to spend forty years accumulating ten opportunities for a perfect Reincarnation Simulation before turning one hundred, choosing instead to deepen his understanding and strengthen his foundations.
• Chen Mu resolved to stabilize his Level 5 realm and test constructing Rule Space in a Text Simulation before attempting it in reality.
• A year passed after the Simulator Update, and Chen Mu prepared to use the Simulator.

Chen Mu completed a Text Simulation, retained a Five Rings Wizardry and three memories, and learned that Retain Spell could preserve progress on constructing a Rule Space. He decided to build the Rule Space before pursuing a longer-lived path beyond the Wizard World, where he hoped to seek another world.

• Chen Mu began a Text Simulation to test how becoming a Level 5 Wizard affected his perspective and retained a Five Rings Wizardry instead of his realm.
• Chen Mu retained memories from ages seventy-nine, eighty, and five hundred twenty-two, learning that Man Su Er had shown little reaction to his advancement while his grandmaster and other Advanced Wizards had been shocked.
• Chen Mu considered leaving the Wizard World in future simulations and living for tens of thousands of years, but postponed that plan while he focused on constructing a Rule Space.
• Chen Mu discovered that Retain Spell preserved his Rule Space construction progress, allowing him to build it more quickly in reality and potentially search for a New World while doing so.

After two years of practicing the Rule Space Construction Method, Chen Mu used two Text Simulations to bring his Rule Space to its limit. He realized that completing its final step in reality might require leaving the Sea of Vigil, and he could now finish it whenever he chose.

• Chen Mu began a Text Simulation and retained his spell and three years of memories, gaining further progress in constructing his Rule Space.
• Chen Mu concluded that another Text Simulation following the same course should let him complete the Rule Space.
• Chen Mu began a second Text Simulation, where his simulated self completed the Rule Space and lived three years longer than in the previous simulation.
• After retaining his spell, Chen Mu found that his Rule Space was not complete in reality, though its construction had reached its limit.
• Chen Mu suspected he needed to leave the Sea of Vigil and enter the Outer Void of the Wizard World to complete the final step.

Chen Mu completed his Rule Space in the Wizard World's void and confirmed that the Simulator had retained only the initial construction. He returned to the Carson Secondary Continent, discovered his nephew Vieri had Wizard Talent, and gave his father Arthur a bloodline that could help him become a Level 3 Wizard.

• Chen Mu finished constructing his Rule Space in reality and found it was still in its initial state, despite its further expansion in the Text Simulation.
• Chen Mu decided to visit the Carson Secondary Continent after nearly thirty years away and arrived in Lion Heart City in Golden Lion Calendar Year 37.
• Chen Mu sensed that his nephew Vieri had First-Class Wizard Talent and appeared before him in the Golden Lion Imperial Palace.
• Chen Mu met with Arthur and gave him a bloodline that could let him cultivate into a Level 3 Wizard.
• Arthur asked what Realm Chen Mu had reached, but Chen Mu kept his level secret and promised to explain once Arthur reached Level 3.

Chen Mu returned to the Sea of Vigil and used a Text Simulation to search for a world where he could safely cultivate the Wizard World's rules, but the journey brought little progress before he died. He retained the small realm gain and prepared to use a Reincarnation Simulation before continuing his search.

• Chen Mu returned to the Sea of Vigil after sensing that the Wizard World’s influence hindered his cultivation, and resumed practicing the Meditation Method in his Wizard Tower.
• After a year, Chen Mu began a Text Simulation and spent thousands of years searching the World Sea for a suitable world, but his cultivation remained slow and a Domain Whale swallowed him.
• Chen Mu retained his realm from the simulation and found that his Spiritual Power had improved by less than one-tenth of a level.
• Chen Mu concluded that he would need repeated simulations to find a world where his Rule Space could take root and allow faster cultivation before the Wizard World’s destruction.
• Chen Mu decided to conduct a Reincarnation Simulation before starting another Text Simulation, then spent a year waiting for the next opportunity.

After the Simulator Upgrade expanded the Reincarnation Space with countless new worlds, Chen Mu chose one and reincarnated into a cultivation world, but the Mystery of the Womb left him unable to act and the simulation ended quickly. Back in the Wizard World, he concluded that the newly added worlds might belong to universes beyond his own.

• Chen Mu began a Reincarnation Simulation and discovered that the Reincarnation Space had gained a vast new layer of worlds.
• Chen Mu chose a dark green light cluster from among the newly added worlds and entered it.
• Chen Mu’s reincarnation ended after the Mystery of the Womb left him unable to resist, though he retained memories of a cultivation world where his parents were Immortal Cultivators.
• Chen Mu recognized cultivation stages such as Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core, and regretted wasting a valuable simulation attempt.
• Chen Mu theorized that the new worlds lay beyond the Three Great Domains and that other universes existed beyond his own.

Chen Mu’s Text Simulation lasted 43,200 years as he searched the World Sea for a world where he could restart the Rule Space, but almost every attempt failed. He retained a small realm improvement, received Bain’s reminder about Sea of Vigil missions, and continued meditating while postponing his decision about revealing that he had reached Level 5.

• Chen Mu began a Text Simulation and spent more than 43,000 years searching the World Sea for a suitable New World, finding only a few where he could restart the Rule Space and none where his cultivation could progress well.
• Chen Mu retained his realm from the simulation, gaining only a negligible improvement, and chose to keep three years of memories.
• The Book of Truth relayed Bain’s reminder that Chen Mu had little more than ten years left to accept a mandatory Sea of Vigil mission.
• Chen Mu realized Level 5 Wizards were exempt from mandatory missions and decided to wait before revealing his realm or accepting a mission.
• Chen Mu replied to Bain and meditated for three years.

Chen Mu weighed whether to use his Reincarnation Simulation, then chose to wait four more years in hopes that doubled consciousness would help him avoid the Veil of the Womb. A Text Simulation revealed Ancestor Witch World as a promising cultivation candidate, and Chen Mu retained its coordinates before starting a True Body Simulation.

• Chen Mu decided to delay his Reincarnation Simulation until he could combine two attempts and use twenty percent of his consciousness.
• Chen Mu began a Text Simulation and discovered that Meditation Method cultivation in Ancestor Witch World proceeded at one-ninth the speed of the Wizard World.
• Chen Mu designated Ancestor Witch World as a candidate while resolving to keep searching for worlds with faster cultivation.
• Chen Mu retained his realm and memories, gaining coordinates for Ancestor Witch World and a notable Spiritual Power improvement.
• Chen Mu initiated his available True Body Simulation.

During True Body Simulation, Chen Mu examined the Wizard World's River of Fate and found no trace of his own Fate Trajectory, though he could sense others'. Unable to explain the anomaly, he sought Ancestor Lan Er and asked him to check.

• Chen Mu began True Body Simulation and used his Fate Power to reveal the Wizard World's River of Fate.
• Chen Mu found traces of Bain, his grandmaster, and powerful Wizards, but could not sense any Fate Trajectory belonging to himself.
• Chen Mu considered whether his transmigration into Vieri's dead body explained his absence from the River of Fate, but the idea conflicted with his Fate Entanglement with the Wizard World.
• Chen Mu entered Ancestor Lan Er's Rule Space and asked him to look for Chen Mu's Fate Trajectory.

Chen Mu learned that Lan Er saw several blurred Fate Main Lines belonging to him in the River of Fate, an anomaly Chen Mu suspected came from the Simulator’s passive protection mechanism. Unable to explain it, Lan Er advised Chen Mu to seek answers from Man Su Er, the Lord of Vigil.

• Lan Er observed Chen Mu’s Fate Trajectory in the River of Fate and found it obscured with more than one main line.
• Chen Mu reasoned that the Simulator might be altering what others saw of his fate while concealing it from him.
• Lan Er admitted he could not explain the anomaly and suggested that the Level 7 Lord of Vigil might help.
• Lan Er explained that a Level 7 Wizard could seize a Fate Avatar from the River of Fate.
• Chen Mu considered meeting Man Su Er during the True Body Simulation and decided he had little reason to fear him.

Man Su Er examined Chen Mu’s Fate Trajectory but could neither see through it nor capture his Fate Avatar. His three possible explanations left Chen Mu wondering whether his fate was concealed by the Simulator, absent from this universe, or bound to the Ninth Universe—and whether transcending would mean transcending the entire cosmos.

• Man Su Er summoned the River of Fate in Lan Er’s Rule Space and reached into it with a phantom hand, but failed to capture Chen Mu’s Fate Avatar.
• Man Su Er told Chen Mu that he could not observe his fate and proposed that Chen Mu was from outside this universe, a powerful existence had concealed his fate, or his fate was bound to the entire universe.
• Chen Mu connected Man Su Er’s mention of the Ninth Universe to the additional world revealed by his upgraded Simulator and considered what it might mean.
• Man Su Er left Lan Er’s Rule Space, and Chen Mu returned to his own Rule Space to think over the implications.
• Chen Mu realized that if the Simulator had not concealed his fate, his destiny might be tied to the Ninth Universe, making his eventual transcendence a challenge to the entire cosmos.

After learning about the limits of transcendence, Chen Mu expanded his Rule Space and sought guidance on advancing beyond Level 5 Wizard. Bordeaux explained the first step toward Level 6 Wizard and warned that Chen Mu’s rapid rise could make the long road ahead difficult.

• Chen Mu calmed himself after considering Man Su Er’s revelations and spent a thousand years expanding his Rule Space.
• Chen Mu used the Book of Truth to contact a higher-level Wizard and received coordinates from Bordeaux.
• Chen Mu met Bordeaux and asked him about the Road to Level 6 Wizard.
• Bordeaux warned that Chen Mu’s fast cultivation might make the long wait for advancement difficult.
• Bordeaux explained that Chen Mu first had to refine his Spiritual Power to the Level 5 limit, a process that had taken him two hundred thousand years.

Bordeaux explained that becoming a Level 6 Wizard required maxing out Spiritual Power and Rule comprehension, then constructing a Longevity Wizardry that supposedly granted infinite lifespan. Chen Mu learned that the Wizard World had lost the method for making one, leaving the path to Level 6 closed to current Wizards, and began to suspect something was wrong with the cultivation system.

• Bordeaux told Chen Mu that a Level 6 Wizard needed to reach the limits of Level 5 Spiritual Power and Rule comprehension before advancing.
• Bordeaux revealed that constructing a Longevity Wizardry in the Spiritual Sea was the third requirement, and said it theoretically gave Level 6 Wizards infinite lifespans.
• Chen Mu challenged the claim that any Wizard could live forever, but Bordeaux explained that Longevity Wizardry was the source of that theoretical lifespan.
• Chen Mu asked how Wizards with restrictive Rules could advance, and Bordeaux answered that the Wizard World no longer had a method for constructing Longevity Wizardry.
• Bordeaux said all current Level 6 Wizards had advanced more than ten million years ago, while Bloodline Wizards did not need Longevity Wizardry but lived less than a million years.
• Chen Mu suspected that the Wizard World's cultivation path was flawed, though he could not confirm his theory.

Chen Mu observed the Longevity Wizardry symbol in Bordeaux’s Spiritual Sea and recognized it as a Demon Realm Order Mark, then was killed after questioning whether the White Wizard path had been created by the Sea of Vigil’s ancestor. Back in reality, Chen Mu concluded that Man Su Er had created the Wizard Path as a variation of the Demon Path, with Wizard symbols derived from Demon Realm Order Symbols.

• Bordeaux let Chen Mu observe the Longevity Wizardry construction in his Spiritual Sea, where Chen Mu recognized its form as an Order Mark from the Demon Realm.
• Bordeaux explained the limits of Longevity Wizardry and the requirements for advancing to Level 6, while Chen Mu learned that it could not be constructed in the current Wizard World.
• Chen Mu asked whether the ancestor of the Sea of Vigil had created the White Wizard path, and Bordeaux answered yes.
• Bordeaux erased Chen Mu during the True Body Simulation, and Chen Mu returned to reality with his memories intact.
• Chen Mu concluded that Man Su Er had created the Wizard Path from the Demon Path and that Wizard symbols had evolved from Demon Realm Order Symbols.

Chen Mu rejected the usual route to becoming a Level 6 Wizard because he suspected Man Su Er had built a trap into Longevity Wizardry, and he resolved to develop a safer path of his own. After four years of cultivation and Text Simulations, he strengthened his Spiritual Power and chose to stack two Reincarnation Simulations.

• Chen Mu suspected that Man Su Er had designed Longevity Wizardry to control Wizards who became Level 6, and he decided not to follow that path.
• Chen Mu resolved to deduce a new Level 6 Wizard path, planning eventually to reincarnate into the Crimson Great World and reach the level of a Level 5 Demon.
• Chen Mu continued cultivating until four years passed, then ended a Text Simulation that had lasted 130,000 years and retained his Realm and three segments of memory.
• Chen Mu confirmed that Nan Cang World had one-seventh the Wizard World's Meditation Method cultivation speed and that his Spiritual Power had advanced to the second level of a Level 5 Wizard.
• Chen Mu accepted the prompt to begin a simulation with two stacked Reincarnation Simulations.

Chen Mu used his Heavenly Spirit Root to advance rapidly and agreed to lead the Chen family before helping it dominate the Ten Thousand Lakes Sea Region. At his succession ceremony, a distant sect presented a Foundation Establishment Pill, leaving Chen Mu wary of the unexpected gift.

• Chen Mu returned to his memories in the womb and discovered that his fire-attribute Heavenly Spirit Root made him the Chen family's future head.
• By age eighteen, Chen Mu had reached late Foundation Establishment Stage, and Chen Fusheng named him the family’s heir in exchange for protecting the family.
• Chen Mu promised to protect the Chen family for a hundred years and help it control the Ten Thousand Lakes Sea Region.
• Two years later, Chen Mu broke through to Foundation Establishment Completion shortly before the succession ceremony.
• At the ceremony, the Remnant Sword Sect of the South Sea Kingdom presented a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Chen Mu suspected the gift came with complications.

Chen Mu became the mid-Golden Core head of the Chen Family while investigating Liu Kong’s mysterious distribution of Foundation Establishment Pills. He then ordered the family to summon every Foundation Establishment family, preparing to unite the region under the Ten Thousand Lake Chen Family as rumors of war spread.

• Liu Kong of the Remnant Sword Sect attended Chen Mu’s succession ceremony and presented a Foundation Establishment Pill, which Chen Mu ordered the family to inspect and not consume.
• Chen Mu became family head and gave Chen Fusheng plans to develop the family while instructing him to watch Liu Kong and investigate the pill.
• Over the next twenty years, Liu Kong secretly distributed nearly thirty Foundation Establishment Pills, and Chen Mu ordered the Sea Guard to keep observing him without intervening.
• After another twenty years of cultivation, Chen Mu reached the mid-Golden Core Stage and declared that the Chen Family would take control of the Ten Thousand Lake Sea Region.
• Chen Mu ordered invitations sent to every Foundation Establishment family and announced that the Gold Sand Chen Family would become the Ten Thousand Lake Chen Family, prompting rumors of war and leading independent cultivators to leave Gold Sand Island.

Chen Mu consolidated the Chen Family’s control over Ten Thousand Lake Island, investigated Liu Kong’s mysterious organization, and spent forty years cultivating as the family strengthened its rule. The chapter ended as the Chen Family’s next heir battle began, with the Second Elder arriving to oversee the event.

• Chen Mu moved the Chen Family’s base to Sky Lake Island, ordered the family to develop secret realms and seek spiritual veins, and told Chen Yue to keep investigating Liu Kong’s hidden organization.
• Chen Mu built a Cave Residence on the island and cultivated there for forty years.
• Over those decades, the Chen Family absorbed the remaining families and secured lasting control of Ten Thousand Lake Island.
• Cultivators gathered at the Combat Arena to watch the Chen Family’s heir battle, where most of the young contestants who arrived were Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• The Chen Family Second Elder appeared and silenced the crowd with his spiritual pressure.