Chapter Summaries

Isaac hunted magical beasts and collected a crystal on Forest Island while preparing for the fighting that would begin on the third day. After killing a wounded seafolk, he confronted a noble adventurer party, whose blonde swordswoman told him to stop killing them; Isaac left without a fight.

• Isaac killed a Stone Armor Pig with a Flame Arrow and had Hamon devour it while he collected a multicolored crystal.
• Isaac found a dying seafolk beside a stream, killed him, and took the red gem and bag from his corpse.
• A four-person adventurer party emerged from the woods and challenged Isaac over killing the seafolk.
• The party's mage discovered one of Isaac's venomous Blood Flying Mosquitoes and recognized his skill with the insects.
• The blonde swordswoman told Isaac not to kill seafolk again, and Isaac asked them not to disturb him before flashing away.

Isaac avoided a powerful adventuring party after learning they recognized him as the Mad Witch, then used his mosquito network to hunt and gather loot across the island. By the first night of the Island Competition War, he had earned more than three hundred gold coins from sea race heads and continued collecting corpses.

• Ai Wen identified Isaac Solomon as the Mad Witch, and his group decided to avoid him and hunt elsewhere.
• Isaac assessed the adventurers as potential future opponents and chose not to risk a fight with their Arcane Master.
• Isaac exchanged sea race heads for gold and stored the loot he had collected from the island.
• Isaac explained that he had specialized his Blood Flying Mosquitoes as inconspicuous scouts and assassins by reducing their magic power and strengthening their toxins.
• Isaac spent the day collecting corpses and, by eight o'clock, had earned over three hundred gold coins from sea race heads.

Isaac continued hunting seafolk while Little Mouse advanced its powers and launched a rat swarm against a seafolk patrol. The swarm’s undead aura crippled the patrol, but its Sharkman captain escaped toward the shore, where Lapis Lazuli stopped him.

• Isaac learned that Little Mouse had charmed dozens of magical beasts and created small skeletal soldiers, then earned more than three hundred Gold Coins hunting seafolk on the second day.
• Little Mouse led a vast swarm of ordinary rats and two wild boars against a seafolk patrol, whose Sharkman captain initially believed the rats posed no threat.
• The Sharkman captain realized the rats carried Death Magic Power and warned his squad, but the diluted power had already spread through their bodies via their Flowing Water Blessing.
• The Sharkman captain escaped the encirclement to warn his kin, but Lapis Lazuli kicked him away when he reached the shore.
• Lapis Lazuli recognized that Little Mouse had advanced into a Tier 1 God Seed and gained the Undead Tyrant authority, while Little Mouse mistakenly believed it had developed the power itself.

Lapis Lazuli killed the weakened Sharkman while Little Mouse’s summoned rats fought across the island. Isaac learned that Evil God summoning rituals might substitute for advancement rituals, and Ai Wen’s suggestion left him eager to try the idea.

• Lapis Lazuli silently killed the Sharkman with her Invisible Hand, then returned to protect Little Mouse.
• Isaac reflected on the divine species’ slow growth and how Little Mouse could strengthen itself by devouring Divine Spirit Rats.
• The blonde girl and her companions confronted Isaac, suspecting he had summoned the rats to call the God of Plague.
• Isaac explained that Little Mouse had summoned the rats and denied involving any Outer God.
• Ai Wen warned that traditional Mad Witches might summon an Evil God to complete an advancement ritual, and Isaac excitedly embraced the idea.

Isaac let the blonde girl and her companions leave after reassuring them that his familiar was targeting sea folk, then entered the woods to confront an adventurer his rats could not defeat. He used teleportation, mutation magic, summoned ogres, and a strange heart-shaped source of power to fight the swordsman, whose attacks broke through several of Isaac’s shields.

• Isaac told the blonde girl that his familiar was targeting sea folk and that adventurers could escape by retreating and leaving their crystals behind.
• The blonde girl and her companions refused Isaac’s offer to trade for the God of Plague ritual and left.
• Isaac entered the woods and attacked a swordsman with Flame Arrow while Hamon used Flesh Mutation, but the swordsman suppressed the spell with his battle aura.
• Isaac summoned two Greatsword Ogres and drew power from a phantom heart connected to his head and spine.
• The swordsman and the ogres clashed at immense speed, and a sword-energy slash broke through three layers of Isaac’s shields.
• Isaac restored the broken shields, created another Greatsword Ogre to protect himself, and resolved to obtain spatial defenses from the Outer God.

Isaac defeated a Grand Knight, gathered his loot, and returned to Little Mouse’s cave, where Little Mouse completed its Tier 2 Skeleton Rat using the Undead Tyrant authority. With the third island’s barrier fading, Isaac prepared to unleash his full strength as the final battle began.

• Isaac’s four Great Sword Ghosts killed the swordsman, who destroyed one ghost with a final strike before dying.
• Isaac left the swordsman’s corpse untouched and flew by carriage to Little Mouse’s cave, where he inspected the rat’s laboratory and found no human bones.
• Isaac watched Little Mouse use Undead Tyrant to strengthen a giant Skeleton Rat until its soul fire approached Tier 2.
• Little Mouse completed Undead Tyrant, and Lapis Lazuli washed it before it rejoined Isaac at dawn.
• Isaac readied his Flesh Gem as the third island’s golden barrier faded and the final battle began.

Isaac exploited the rat rain to unleash chaos across the Third Island, while Sylvie’s team escaped to the Noy Family ships. As a crimson beam rose over the island, Ai Wen feared Isaac would use an Evil God ritual for his advancement and sought a meeting with him.

• The scramble teleported Little Mouse’s summoned rats alongside Isaac, and the rats fell across the Third Island, panicking competitors and triggering a chaotic battle.
• Isaac hid underground with Lapis Lazuli and sent Little Mouse’s Undead Tyrant into the melee, where its Death Magic Power and resurrected corpses spread fear and disorder.
• Sylvie led her exhausted team, including Ai Wen, out of the battle and onto a Noy Family ship, where a young man confirmed Isaac had defeated the Grand Princess head-on.
• The young man relayed Grand Arcanist Mensa Barros’s description of Isaac as a true Mad Witch, prompting Ai Wen to fear Isaac would perform an Evil God ritual and ask for a meeting after the scramble.
• A beam of crimson light shot into the sky above the island.

Isaac summoned an army of Greatsword Ogres and Demonic Rats, then persuaded the adventurers to join him in slaughtering the sea race. After securing first place, he forced the sea race to withdraw, and their leaders decided to send him cursed objects containing evil god rituals.

• Isaac used Dimensional Descent and the Flesh Lair to summon more than two thousand Greatsword Ogres, shocking the adventurers and the Noy Family observers.
• Isaac offered to let the adventurers claim sea race heads in exchange for giving him their bodies, and many agreed by accepting Demonic Rats as companions.
• The young man from the Noy Family refused to send withdrawn adventurers back to the island because Isaac's forces had already secured the family’s objective.
• Isaac’s Greatsword Ogres, Demonic Rats, and allied adventurers trapped and slaughtered the sea race until Isaac collected half the crystals and secured first place.
• Sea race leaders admitted defeat and ordered their people to withdraw, then planned to send Isaac cursed objects containing evil god rituals.

Isaac completed the Sea Island Scramble and advanced to Grand Wizard, gaining insight into how the Sea Island Scramble ritual had been created and how a wizard could eventually become a Miracle Wizard. Back in Ister Harbor, Ai Wen gave him a forbidden Magic Book about using an Evil God ritual for advancement, and Isaac promised to repay the favor.

• The Sea Island Scramble ended with Isaac ranked first and awarded the Third Small Island, while he completed his advancement to Grand Wizard.
• Isaac witnessed the Legendary Wizard's ritual-making process and learned that becoming a Miracle Wizard required establishing three recurring rituals based on stories.
• The young man watching Isaac recognized that Isaac controlled a reusable legion of two thousand and reconsidered Solomon's standing.
• Isaac returned to Ister Harbor, planned to negotiate with the Noy Family about keeping the island, and welcomed Ai Wen, Sylvie, and Irel.
• Ai Wen explained that the association had sealed information about Evil God rituals and gave Isaac a Magic Book containing part of the method.
• Isaac accepted the book, promised to remember Ai Wen's help, and insisted that he would succeed.

Isaac returned to his territory after securing protection for his island and raising his White Whale Clone, then went to join the Flesh Cult’s Dragon Blood Purification project. He arrived at Dragon Island and discovered that the project group used a Floating City as its laboratory.

• Isaac registered his island with the Noy Family, securing two years of protection for an annual fee of five hundred Gold Coin.
• Isaac’s White Whale Clone advanced after eating several magical creatures, grew to over six meters long, and demonstrated its limited combat ability and rapid growth.
• Isaac returned to his territory and received an invitation to Sheryl’s advancement banquet, then considered making her a bottle of Dragon Transformation Secret Medicine as a gift.
• The Flesh Cult’s project group invited Isaac to become an official member after High Wizards replicated his Dragon Transformation Secret Medicine, though its success rate was lower than he had claimed.
• Isaac arrived at Dragon Island, observed the project’s experiments on dragon-blood magical creatures, and realized the group’s laboratory was a Floating City.

Isaac joined Yashan and Kloth’s Dragon Blood Purification project as a core member after identifying the nature of their magically created dragon egg. He learned about the project’s generous benefits and received a research plan concerning the creation of Tiamat.

• Isaac examined the enormous dragon egg and determined that magic had created it, that it contained exceptionally pure dragon blood, and that it could transform into other bloodlines.
• Yashan and Kloth welcomed Isaac as a core member of the Dragon Blood Project Group and added him to the group through his Magic Book.
• Yashan gave Isaac the plan for the dragon egg, while Kloth told him to prepare for a meeting about his Dragon Transformation Secret Medicine.
• Isaac read about his core-member benefits, including monthly research funding, covered dragon-related body modifications, and discounted purchases.
• Isaac opened Yashan’s Magic Book and discovered it concerned creating the ancient Dragon God Tiamat.

Isaac studied a plan to create a Dragon God, then prepared rituals to gain spatial abilities from the Void Worm and test whether he could trade with the sleeping Lord of Myriad Flesh. He overwhelmed the Void Worm with power from the Legendary Gate, but retreated before taking all its power, leaving the furious entity to vow revenge.

• Isaac read about a proposed experiment to create a Dragon Mother capable of giving birth to every kind of dragon, but recognized that he lacked the strength to participate.
• Isaac decided to rely on Outer God rituals for defense and mobility, then bought materials for two Void Worm Feast rituals and one ritual involving the Lord of Myriad Flesh.
• Isaac processed the materials and performed Void Worm Feast, guiding the hatched insects through a fight until a bizarre scorpion-like creature survived and became a Void Worm.
• Isaac requested Space Manipulation abilities and confronted the Void Worm in the void, using energy from the Legendary Gate to overwhelm its defenses.
• The Void Worm prepared to abandon its power, but Isaac retreated after taking only a little more than half, prompting the Void Worm to curse him and threaten revenge.

After gaining the Void Wormhole, Isaac continued experimenting with rituals and attended the Mad Wizard Society’s annual gathering to trade for technology and resources. He listed several offerings and searched the gathering for the High Wizard who had cursed his mother.

• Isaac used the Void Wormhole’s Phase Space Deflection to strengthen his defenses, while its slow teleportation remained unsuitable for combat.
• Isaac’s ritual for the Lord of Myriad Flesh failed to awaken the trade, so he planned further adjustments without giving the Outer God a bargain.
• Isaac entered the Mad Wizard Society’s annual gathering, hoping to exchange for technology and resources and find the Mad Witch who had cursed his mother.
• Isaac listed his Dragon Transformation Secret Medicine and God Seed modification surgery in exchange for biological modification techniques, then offered the Divine Spirit Rat for golem technology.
• Isaac explored the gathering’s plaza, where wizards of different ranks gathered to discuss and trade.

Isaac wandered through the Mad Witch exchange, irritating other attendees with his reckless ideas about waking Outer Gods and earning the nickname “madman.” He then met Grand Princess Filo to negotiate a trade for Divine Spirit Rats, leaving with an agreement for ten rats in exchange for one hundred Obsidian Golems.

• Isaac joined several discussions at the exchange but was repeatedly driven away after sharing his views on trading with sleeping Outer Gods.
• Other Mad Witches called Isaac “madman,” though he continued joining discussions when their topics did not involve Outer Gods.
• Isaac went to meet the person who had accepted his offer to trade Divine Spirit Rats and found Grand Princess Filo.
• Isaac demanded ten Obsidian Golems, and Filo accepted after explaining to herself that she needed the rats for her research.
• Isaac revised the terms, asking Filo to send one hundred Obsidian Golems in exchange for ten Divine Spirit Rats, and Filo agreed.

After the Mad Wizard Society gathering gave Isaac new ideas about dealing with sleeping Outer Gods, he optimized and performed his Forced Awakening ritual. He entered the shallow layer of God's Dream Realm, where he prepared to begin the real work of awakening the Lord of Myriad Flesh.

• Isaac traded with Filo for golems, gaining valuable stock that would take time to sell.
• During the week-long gathering, Isaac learned from Mad Witches who discussed safely trading with sleeping Outer Gods.
• Isaac found no clues about the person who had cursed his mother, but resolved to keep developing until he could take revenge himself.
• After the gathering, Isaac used his inspiration to optimize his ritual and confirmed that his survival rate was one thousand percent.
• Isaac activated the ritual and entered the shallow layer of God's Dream Realm, where he considered the ritual only just beginning.

Isaac’s attempt to forcibly awaken the Lord of Myriad Flesh failed when its Scarlet Hand destroyed his ritual and consciousness, so he recorded the results and prepared for his sister’s celebration banquet. He arrived at Solomon Castle with his companions, where Sheryl welcomed him and acknowledged his rapid advancement.

• Isaac activated a Plundering Ritual in God's Dream Realm to provoke the Lord of Myriad Flesh, but its Scarlet Hand destroyed the ritual and his consciousness before it awakened.
• Isaac recorded his failed experiment and brewed the Dragon Transformation Secret Medicine for his eldest sister’s celebration banquet.
• Isaac left his laboratory with Hamon, Smith, Lapis Lazuli, Saint Lord, and Little Mouse after Hamon briefly woke to clean him.
• Isaac and his companions teleported to Solomon Castle, where the barrier stopped them at the entrance and the guards apologized after recognizing him.
• Sheryl met Isaac, praised his rapid growth, and led him into the castle.

Isaac returned to the Solomon family castle and explained that Smith had chosen to take his Dragon Transformation Secret Medicine, which gave him part of a Pure-Blooded Giant Dragon’s bloodline. After Cheryl accepted the medicine as a gift, Isaac left the family leaders to their business and went to meet two young boys in the garden.

• Isaac arrived at the Solomon castle with Cheryl, Smith, and their companions, where Gaia and Caesar were waiting.
• Gaia sensed that Smith was no longer human and questioned Isaac, who explained the Dragon Transformation Secret Medicine and said Smith had taken it voluntarily.
• Smith confirmed that he chose the medicine to gain the strength to protect Isaac, easing Gaia’s suspicions.
• Cheryl examined the medicine, explained its importance to Gaia and Caesar, and accepted it as Isaac’s gift celebrating her advancement.
• Isaac left the Lord’s Mansion, sent Smith to find lodging for the others, and went to the garden, where two young boys were playing knights.

Isaac stayed at the castle and weighed two paths for modifying his body as a Grand Wizard: the established dragon-based route or a more uncertain path built around mystery. He went for a walk to clear his head and reached the overgrown garden hut he had made as a child, where memories sparked an idea.

• Isaac played with his nephews while considering whether his eldest sister could restore Sheryl Solomon's sealed powers safely.
• Isaac reviewed his Grand Wizard advancement and weighed the reliable High Dragon Wizard path against designing his own mystery-focused modifications.
• Cheryl found Isaac agonizing over his choice and advised him not to chase perfection, then he went outside to walk.
• Isaac reached the tangled garden hut he had built as a child and began laughing as he remembered the strange things he had asked Smith to leave there.

Isaac chose to add a Magic Eye on his forehead and began searching for one to transplant, while preparing to guard against corruption by Evil Gods. At Solomon Castle’s lavish banquet, he failed to find Grand Princess Filo and left without a way to track her.

• Isaac decided that he would add a third eye rather than modify his original eyes, accepting the risk of Evil God corruption in exchange for another Magic Eye ability.
• Isaac studied a catalog of Magic Eyes, considered their powers and availability, and rejected the common Paralysis Magic Eye as too weak for his ambitions.
• Isaac spent his days playing with his nephews and searching for a suitable Magic Eye until the banquet at Solomon Castle arrived.
• Sheryl expanded the castle hall with spatial magic, and nobles from across the Empire attended to celebrate Solomon’s rising power.
• Isaac searched the banquet for Grand Princess Filo but could not find her among the Terra Royal Family’s delegation.
• Isaac abandoned his plan to place a tracking spell mark on Filo and considered asking the Saint Lord to devour the Dimension Demon God’s power.

Isaac learned that the Terra Royal Family offered him a Mage Tower to settle his conflict with Grand Princess Filo because the Terra Emperor foresaw his own death and the empire’s destruction. Caesar revealed that Isaac was destined to bring about the empire’s downfall, leaving Isaac shocked by the future he had been shown.

• Sylvie told Isaac that her family wanted her to enter a political marriage, but Isaac said he could not help her and declined Caesar’s suggestion that he seek a match.
• Caesar told Isaac that the Terra Royal Family offered to build him a Mage Tower and erase Grand Princess Filo’s memories to resolve their conflict.
• Isaac suspected the royal family’s offer concealed a serious reason and insisted that Caesar reveal it before he agreed to peace.
• Caesar brought Isaac into his Divine Territory and revealed that the Terra Emperor was destined to die.
• Caesar explained that the Emperor had foreseen the Terra Empire’s destruction, which would be brought about by Isaac.