Chapter Summaries

Jiang Rui examined the abilities and drawbacks he gained from the Soul of Terror Sequence, including the chaotic nature he could not yet control. He learned that Chaos Domain could disrupt rules at Sequence 5, but its effects would be random and could affect him as well.

• Jiang Rui reviewed his Soul of Terror abilities and realized that Wraith form, stealth, and mental attacks overlapped with powers he already had.
• Jiang Rui tested a Wraith-infused blade aura that could attack the body while interfering with the mind.
• Jiang Rui learned from the Great Sage that his chaotic nature was only a concept before Sequence 5 and could make powers of order deal extra or true damage to him.
• Jiang Rui asked the Great Sage about Chaos Domain and learned it could scramble rules within a domain, affecting both enemies and himself.
• Jiang Rui learned that activating chaos and choosing its effects would be random, and regretted acquiring the ability.

After advancing to Sequence 7, Jiang Rui returned from the void with a taller body and a golden Slime Avatar, then prepared to leave for London. He parted ways with Alice Kuonji and advised his team to remain in R’lyeh after returning if they wanted to settle quickly.

• Jiang Rui left the void after Great Sage confirmed it could choose when he returned to the Type-Moon World.
• Ye Xiaoqian, Aozaki Aoko, Alice Kuonji, and Eler reacted to Jiang Rui’s changed appearance, and he gave Eler a golden Slime Avatar.
• Jiang Rui and Alice Kuonji parted on friendly terms, while Aozaki Aoko planned to visit London again despite the dean’s warning.
• Jiang Rui boarded a plane to London with his group and told them through team communication to stay in R’lyeh afterward for a faster settlement.

Jiang Rui, Ye Xiaoqian, Olyric, and Lucy exchanged information about The Truth Society’s attacks and its supposed oracle. Olyric ended by naming Oakes, the leader of Golden Dawn, as the one who led the Magic Society’s attack on The Church.

• Jiang Rui and the others agreed to wait in R'lyeh before returning to the real world, and Olyric suggested exchanging information.
• Ye Xiaoqian identified herself as the founder of the Sprout organization and asked why The Truth Society had turned against its former allies.
• Olyric said The Truth Society had attacked the Night Watch and The Church, stealing a sealed artifact above A-rank while pursuing the resurrection of someone.
• Ye Xiaoqian shared rumors that the Lord of Truth had issued an oracle, which might represent a goal embraced by The Truth Society’s leaders rather than a god’s direct command.
• Jiang Rui asked who led the Magic Society’s attack on The Church, and Olyric named Oakes, the leader of Golden Dawn.

Jiang Rui picked up Mei Lidell and Eler at the airport, then insisted on driving Lidell’s Lamborghini to the museum. After a reckless, nausea-inducing ride, Eler asked him to do it again.

• Jiang Rui arrived in London with Lucy, Ye Xiaoqian, and Olyric, and Mei Lidell picked them up in her Lamborghini with Eler.
• Jiang Rui learned that Kenneth had come to the airport to pick up Waver Velvet, not to welcome him.
• Jiang Rui asked Lidell to let him drive, then took the wheel with Eler on his lap.
• Jiang Rui sped through traffic, missed several intersections, and eventually reached the museum with his passengers sick and dizzy.
• Eler staggered out of the car, fell into Jiang Rui’s arms, and excitedly asked for another ride.

Jiang Rui and Lidell attended a Clock Tower meeting after Jiang Rui attained the Third Magic and was cleared over the Fuyuki City disaster. The Dean revealed that the meeting concerned a larger issue, while Jiang Rui’s request for research funding met immediate opposition.

• Lidell sent Eler home and accompanied Jiang Rui to the Clock Tower meeting.
• Jiang Rui greeted Inollei Baluereuta and told the gathered Lords that he had not violated any Magician's code during the Fuyuki City disaster.
• The Dean asked whether the one from the Aozaki Family had returned with Jiang Rui, and Barthomeloi confirmed that the Holy Church had verified the Mystic Leak.
• Meyashtia asked Jiang Rui to make magic public, but Jiang Rui refused and challenged the Clock Tower to pay the patent fees.
• Jiang Rui asked the Dean for more research funding, and Yurifis rejected the request before Barthomeloi said it related to the meeting's topic.

At the Clock Tower, Jiang Rui used his new status as a Magician to negotiate over the vacant Mineralogy Department and the neglected Modern Magecraft Department. He offered to give up the Mineralogy Department in exchange for recognition and control of Modern Magecraft, while promising to protect Reines and Waver and help them inherit the El-Melloi name.

• Jiang Rui learned that Kenneth had resigned as Lord of the Mineralogy Department and recognized that the Lords were maneuvering to divide the resulting benefits.
• Jiang Rui challenged Meyashtia's bid for the Mineralogy Department and demanded recognition of the Modern Magecraft Department instead.
• Jiang Rui promised to support Reines and Waver as his disciples and protect their claim to the El-Melloi name.
• Jiang Rui offered to withdraw from the Mineralogy Department contest in exchange for Modern Magecraft's status, management rights, and the right to pass it on to his disciples within ten years.
• Yurifis grew suspicious of Jiang Rui's plans as the Lords fell silent.

Jiang Rui backed Lidell’s position in the Lords’ meeting as they discussed the Magic Crestless and learned that the Headmaster had consulted the Inhibition Force about them. The chapter ended with Great Sage urging Jiang Rui to intensify his opposition to the emerging Magicians.

• Yurifis, Lidell, and the other Lords supported Jiang Rui’s position, and he said his views matched Lidell’s.
• The Headmaster opened a discussion about the recent rampage of the Magic Crestless, and Lidell revealed that the Archerlot Family had once cooperated with them.
• Lidell explained that the Magic Crestless had existed for decades but had only recently appeared in large numbers and attacked the Clock Tower.
• The Headmaster said his studies found that the Magic Crestless had no Magic Circuits and could draw mana from the Greater Source directly.
• The Headmaster revealed that he had contacted the Inhibition Force, which said the Magic Crestless’ existence did not arise naturally from the world.
• Gaius Ling asked Jiang Rui for his opinion, and Great Sage advised him to step up his effort against the Magic Crestless.

After the Clock Tower voted to eradicate the group that might threaten the world, El-Melloi's magical faction became its twelfth seat. Jiang Rui then pressured Waver to accept Kenneth's Magic Crest and take responsibility for his connection to the El-Melloi Faction, which Jiang Rui intended to bring under the Tenspert name.

• Jiang Rui supported eradicating the potentially dangerous group, and the Clock Tower members approved the proposal.
• The meeting adjourned, and El-Melloi's magical faction took the twelfth seat.
• Jiang Rui found Waver waiting outside the meeting room and walked with him along the river.
• Waver said he wanted to travel and refused to inherit Kenneth's Magic Crest, but Jiang Rui insisted he had to accept the responsibility.
• Jiang Rui left Waver and claimed the Department of Modern Magecraft Urban Studies for himself.

Jiang Rui learned that his actions had exposed Mystic Leak and triggered a world-scale conflict, then returned from the world before he could take part in it. As the faction missions changed, Red Fox prepared to buy Sakura the R'lyeh Contract so she could become supernatural.

• Jiang Rui returned to his lounge and asked Ye Xiaoqian, Olyric, and the others if they were ready to leave, but Ye Xiaoqian asked how long he thought he would survive in the real world.
• Jiang Rui discovered that Tyrant Blue's actions had exposed Mystic Leak, prompting the Clock Tower, the Holy Church, the True Ancestors, and phantasmal species to turn against it and changing the world's quests into survival and faction missions.
• Jiang Rui blamed the Great Sage's Demon King trait for revealing his name, then agreed to return when Ye Xiaoqian reminded him that the team needed its captain to apply.
• After Jiang Rui returned, a team pursuing Dead Apostles found that its mission had vanished.
• Red Fox learned that the conflict in Tyrant Blue was over and decided to spend his Extraordinary Points on a R'lyeh Contract for Sakura.

After settling the Type-Moon world, Jiang Rui received an Epic evaluation and chose a random Conceptual Dress, drawing two anti-human daggers. He then selected Random Talent Evolution and hoped Great Sage would evolve into Wisdom King.

• Jiang Rui chose to abandon all settlement rewards while retaining his influence, and the world’s final evaluation rose to SS—Epic.
• Jiang Rui received 76 Attribute Points, 15,000 Extraordinary Points, World Source Material, and several other rewards, then spent the Attribute Points on Constitution.
• Jiang Rui chose a random Conceptual Dress and received Art of Death, an anti-human dagger formed from Ryunosuke’s obsession.
• Jiang Rui chose Random Talent Evolution from the S-rank reward options and hoped Great Sage would evolve into Wisdom King.

Jiang Rui tested his evolved Mimicry, created a female disguise, and reflected on his identity and future path as a Demon Lord. He then asked Great Sage to choose a name for itself as he reached for his SS-rank rewards.

• Jiang Rui learned that Mimicry let him combine features from people he had devoured, but disguises removed his True Name attribute bonuses.
• Jiang Rui considered devouring his Nameless Ghost Mask, but Great Sage warned that he lacked the ability to analyze its distorted laws, so he abandoned the idea.
• Jiang Rui used Mimicry to create a black-haired, black-eyed female appearance resembling Ye Xiaoqian, then tried on a Gothic dress before returning to his true form.
• Jiang Rui told Great Sage that doing whatever he pleased meant he could choose both good and evil, and that he would not become twisted through boredom.
• Jiang Rui said Great Sage deserved a name and suggested Raphael, Ciel, or another choice as he reached for the two reward spheres.

Jiang Rui named Great Sage Ciel and chose a legendary pocket watch with time-based abilities over an emerald dragon staff. After claiming the rewards, he was engulfed in white light as he prepared to return.

• Great Sage asked Jiang Rui to choose a name for her, and he named her Ciel.
• Jiang Rui considered the legendary Temporal Fluctuation pocket watch and the Emerald Dream staff, which offered time abilities and dragon powers respectively.
• After debating the merits of time magic and dragons, Jiang Rui swallowed Temporal Fluctuation.
• Jiang Rui's backpack appeared, the Gift from the World floated up, and white light swallowed him as someone greeted him.

Jiang Rui asked Alaya for a reward and learned why she could not directly grant him the Third Magic, Heaven's Feel. Alaya said she could still help him as a god, but left her offer unexplained.

• Jiang Rui met Alaya in a sea of human consciousness and asked what reward she could give him in exchange for the world's seed.
• Alaya turned the clouds into candy and Jiang Rui gained a small increase to all attributes after eating her Divine Saliva.
• Alaya offered to grant Jiang Rui power through a goddess's kiss, but he changed the subject and requested the Third Magic.
• Alaya explained that the Root's power could not be directly granted by her because of the qualifications involved in interfering with its origin.
• Jiang Rui doubted Alaya had much to offer, and she replied that helping a mortal was still simple for a god.

Jiang Rui chose Mind as Alaya’s power seed and gained powerful mental protection, though he regretted not choosing a different ability to enhance. At R’lyeh’s café, he met Ye Xiaoqian, Olyric, and Lucy as a Void Storm fell outside, and Olyric asked when they would return.

• Alaya offered Jiang Rui a choice of power seeds, then sent him back to the void where Great Sage asked him to choose among Creation, Preservation, Mind, and Destruction.
• Jiang Rui chose Mind, and Great Sage automatically enhanced his Mind Barrier into Alaya’s Mind Protection.
• Jiang Rui realized the ability protected him from mental powers below god-tier and could block one stronger ability, but he cursed Alaya for not warning him that the seed enhanced an existing ability.
• At R’lyeh’s café in Japan, Jiang Rui sat with Ye Xiaoqian as Olyric arrived with Lucy during a Void Storm.
• Olyric explained that Void Storms followed the deaths of demigod-level void creatures, then asked when they were going back.

Jiang Rui and his companions planned how to leave R’lyeh and handle their return to the real world, while Ye Xiaoqian revealed a stash of Black Keys that Jiang Rui could copy. The discovery showed his projections could become valuable equipment, but Great Sage’s estimate of Avalon’s magic cost left Jiang Rui deflated.

• Jiang Rui decided the group should stay in R’lyeh as long as possible, and Ye Xiaoqian and Olyric explained how they would handle their returns and investigations.
• Jiang Rui refused Olyric’s offer to connect him to the Bookeria Family, while Ye Xiaoqian agreed to help retrieve his files and arrange his return to Xia Country.
• Ye Xiaoqian revealed that she had collected several hundred Black Keys and asked Jiang Rui to copy one for himself.
• Jiang Rui’s projection produced Black Keys bearing the description that they had been crafted by him, and Great Sage reported that projection magic used only one percent of the magic power.
• Great Sage estimated that crafting Avalon would require about 168,000 magic power, and Jiang Rui slumped into a blue dumpling, saying his dream had shattered.

Jiang Rui had little to do after Olyric and Lucy left, so Ye Xiaoqian invited him to visit Blackthorn Arena. Meanwhile, Yuki Onna woke in a luxury hotel in the City of Magic and prepared to go to work.

• Olyric and Lucy rushed into the rain to contact their families and handle the spoils, while Jiang Rui planned to consume most of his share and sell off dangerous materials.
• Ye Xiaoqian finished contacting her team and told Jiang Rui that her brother would pick her up in New York the next day, since the transferred area had been sealed by the Night Watch and the Bookeria Family.
• Ye Xiaoqian offered to guide Jiang Rui and take him to Blackthorn Arena, explaining how it differed from the Void Arena.
• Ye Xiaoqian gave Jiang Rui an oversized standard-issue raincoat before they teleported outside in the rain.
• Yuki Onna woke in a luxury hotel, disguised her scarlet eyes, and looked out over the City of Magic as Snow Woman greeted her.

Jiang Rui and Ye Xiaoqian visited Blackthorn Arena in R'lyeh, where Void beasts fought for spectators and gamblers. Jiang Rui became interested in harvesting their innate abilities, and Ye Xiaoqian offered to introduce him to the arena’s manager while revealing her ambition to become the Void’s greatest information broker.

• Jiang Rui and Ye Xiaoqian rode a hoverboard to Blackthorn Arena, and Ye Xiaoqian explained how Supernatural Paradise’s city came to be called R'lyeh.
• Jiang Rui and Ye Xiaoqian entered the arena and watched a Void beast swallow its larger opponent.
• Jiang Rui learned that visitors could register Void beasts for arena fights and became interested in acquiring their corpses to study their innate abilities.
• Ye Xiaoqian offered to contact the arena’s manager for Jiang Rui and said she aimed to become the Void’s greatest information broker.

The Night Watch confronted the Truth Society, whose members had embraced distortion, while Xia Country prepared to face the crisis and dispatched Ye Fan to New York. Meanwhile, Jiang Rui arranged for Blackthorn Arena to look for Void Beast corpses with suitable talents.

• At Xia Country's frontier, a Truth Society member declared their pursuit was for truth as sand giants rose and a clash began with Sea Burial Singer.
• In Washington, Binks identified himself as a Hunter, and the Crow-masked Night Watch leader accused him of joining the Twisted Ones.
• Binks and his former companion chose to fight, and the Night Watch leader ordered the Truth Society's transformation into Twisted Ones made public.
• Xia Country's chief captain ordered Ye Fan to lead a team to New York, assist the Night Watch, gather intelligence, and ask them for supplies.
• In R'lyeh, Jiang Rui asked Blackthorn to search for Void Beast corpses with relevant talents, and she agreed.

Jiang Rui explored R'lyeh with Ye Xiaoqian, spent Extraordinary Points on food and supplies, and visited the Void Arena. He watched Ye Xiaoqian enter another match against a top-hundred opponent and considered how the arena’s ranking system rewarded strong newcomers.

• Jiang Rui declined to gamble with Ye Xiaoqian, and they discussed expensive dining options before he treated her to Void Ramen.
• Jiang Rui sold his consigned items at the black market, raised his balance above ten thousand Extraordinary Points, and bought mana-restoring food and a potion.
• Ye Xiaoqian showed Jiang Rui how the Void Arena offered rewards, ticket revenue, and betting income to publicly ranked fighters.
• Ye Xiaoqian accepted a match and returned before Jiang Rui could spectate, then entered another battle against No. 98 Butianye while ranked No. 44.
• Jiang Rui watched Ye Xiaoqian’s new match and reasoned that the points system could let strong newcomers climb quickly by defeating higher-ranked opponents.

Jiang Rui watched Ye Xiaoqian win a Void Duel with a surprise close-range attack, then entered the arena himself and quickly defeated a lower-ranked opponent. His early victories sent his ranking climbing, and he continued matching to earn points and pursue the rank 50,000 reward.

• Jiang Rui spectated as Ye Xiaoqian killed Butianye with a dagger disguised as her sniper rifle and rose to rank 42.
• Jiang Rui entered the Sequence 7 Void Duel arena and saw that he was ranked 56,355 with no wins or points.
• Jiang Rui defeated have you eaten today? by combining magic attacks, weakening effects, and the Rune of All-Law Breaking.
• Jiang Rui gained 38 points and rose to rank 54,332.
• Jiang Rui told Ye Xiaoqian he might spoil her tomorrow, then accepted another match to keep climbing the rankings.