Recaps

Ian intercepted fleeing Crimson Eye Wizards during the battle and gained a fortune in resources and valuable knowledge. Jasper and Nash of the Winston Family deliberately opened a gap to send a Mid Second Ring Wizard toward Ian, whose latest kill carried enough resources to nearly complete the first level of the Codex.

• Ian detected Ethan Lancaster and a First Ring Crimson Eye Wizard beneath the magma and killed them before taking their equipment and the Natural Concealment Method.
• Ian killed another fleeing Early Second Ring Wizard, then intercepted two more and took their Space Rings.
• Jasper and Nash opened a gap in the defensive line toward Ian, then Jasper allowed a Mid Second Ring Wizard through after Nash urged him to target Ian.
• Henry Ball recognized Ian and charged at him, but Ian’s flames disrupted Henry’s defensive Wizardry and killed him.
• Ian found Henry’s Space Ring stuffed with valuable resources and realized he had nearly enough to complete the first level of the Codex.

Ian recovered a hundred Elemental Crystals, helped the Academy capture several fleeing Crimson Eye Wizards, and reported that someone had let them escape. After the Crimson Wizard fell, Renard brought Ian into the Crimson Eye Academy, where the groups at its Library entrance were confronting each other.

• Ian found a hundred fire-aspected Elemental Crystals in a Wizard's storage bottle and realized they would help him complete the Four Symbols Furnace.
• Ian watched the battle between Three Rings Wizards and alerted the Storm Spear Warband when a mass of fleeing figures emerged underground.
• Renard identified the captured Wizard as Finn Donnelly, a deputy headmaster of the Crimson Eye, and discovered Ian had intercepted several other Second Ring Wizards.
• Ian told Renard that someone had apparently let the Wizards escape, and Renard promised to report it before inviting Ian to enter the Academy.
• The Crimson Wizard died, unleashing corrosive fiery rain and transforming the surrounding volcanic region; Ian and Renard proceeded toward the Crimson Eye Library.
• Renard offered Ian free access to choose knowledge from the Library, where they found two groups confronting each other at the entrance.

Ian fought Darian to decide which warband would enter the Library first and defeated him with overwhelming control of fire and mental power. The Flameheart Warband yielded the Library, and Ian entered with Renard’s group to search for knowledge.

• Renard and Liam disputed which warband had the right to explore the Library first, then agreed to settle the matter through a duel.
• Liam challenged Ian to fight Darian, reviving their old wager, and Ian accepted so the Storm Spear Warband could enter first.
• Darian unleashed a powerful fire shock wave, but Ian’s Smelting Hand swallowed it and overwhelmed Darian’s attacks.
• Ian struck Darian with Mental Power Impact and bound him in flames until Liam called the duel over.
• Darian admitted Ian deserved their old wager’s resources, and Liam conceded the Library to Renard’s group.
• Renard led Ian, Archer, and the others into the Library to search for its knowledge.

Ian broke into the Crimson Eye Library’s protected collection, gathered valuable Second Ring Wizardry and Alchemy knowledge, and discovered that the darkfire left by the Crimson Wizard could improve his Flame Rhythm. He reached the place where the Crimson Wizard had fallen and met a mysterious Late Second Ring Wizard named Jiabai Lawrence.

• Renard led Ian to the Library’s upper floors, where Ian broke the Wizard Array protecting the third-floor collection so the group could copy its knowledge.
• Ian found a hidden chamber in the Library containing Alchemy books, including knowledge about Alchemy Puppets, and thanked Renard for the chance to collect them.
• Renard urged Ian, whose strongest element was fire, to visit the place where the Crimson Wizard had fallen.
• Ian sensed that the darkfire around the Academy improved his Flame Rhythm, then collected resources from a hidden chamber and other places along his route to the Academy’s center.
• Ian reached the collapsed basin where darkfire still surged and learned from an approaching Wizard that traces of the Crimson Wizard’s fire essence remained there.
• The Wizard introduced himself to Ian as Jiabai Lawrence.

Ian met Jiabai Lawrence and learned that the Darkfire Pit held remnants of a Third Ring Wizard’s Darkfire Law Fragment. After the pit opened, Ian advanced far deeper into the flames than the other Second Ring Wizards, leaving Jiabai stunned as he began to comprehend the fire.

• Jiabai Lawrence introduced himself to Ian and explained that he and Quentin Sullivan had received the remaining White Stone Essence and trained under the Academy deans.
• Jiabai explained that the Crimson Wizard’s Darkfire Law Fragment had left its essence in the pit, where the gathered Wizards would soon be able to seek insight.
• Flameheart challenged Ian to fight, then settled for letting his Warband Wizards test him after Huo Yan pointed out Ian’s rank.
• Huo Yan and Flameheart opened the pit after its flames settled and warned the Wizards about the danger of Third Ring elemental corrosion.
• Ian entered the flames and walked well beyond the other Wizards, stopping deep in the dark crimson zone to sense the fire.
• Jiabai turned at the commotion and saw Ian among veteran Second Ring Wizards, seemingly unaffected by the flames.

Ian used the dark flames at Crimson Fire Pit to rapidly improve his Flame Rhythm while scavenging resources around Crimson Eye Wizard Academy. After defeating Alec in a one-hit challenge, he continued his routine until Flame Rhythm reached the Expert level half a month later.

• Ian endured the dark flames for hours, gaining proficiency in Flame Rhythm and drawing the attention of Huo Yan and Flameheart, who suspected he had comprehended it.
• Ian left the pit to recover and searched Crimson Eye Wizard Academy, collecting several hundred thousand resources before returning to the flames.
• Ian went deeper into the dark flames the next day, and Huo Yan became certain that Ian had comprehended Flame Rhythm.
• Darian pushed Alec to challenge Ian, and Ian accepted after Alec offered a fire-element resource as the prize.
• Ian formed the flames into a giant hand and knocked Alec unconscious with one strike, then confirmed to Gabriel that he had mastered Flame Rhythm.
• Over the next half month, Ian repeatedly trained in the flames and gathered resources until his Flame Rhythm reached the Expert level.

Ian advanced his Flame Rhythm to Expert Level and, during a resonance in the Crimson Fire Pit, mastered a rare form of Darkfire by absorbing fragments of its essence. Headmaster Aaron summoned him, and Ian left the pit with Gabriel to meet him.

• Gabriel grasped Flame Rhythm, but Ian's vastly greater fiery disturbance drew the Wizards' attention and revealed that Ian had entered resonance.
• Ian's Expert-Level Flame Rhythm let him read information in the flames, and his Darkfire Runes resonated with the Crimson Wizard's remains.
• With Principle Insight and Silver Star Sand, Ian absorbed Darkfire Law fragments and gained the ability to transform his mana into a special Darkfire.
• Huo Yan and Flameheart recognized Ian's talent, while Gabriel delivered Headmaster Aaron's summons and escorted Ian from the pit.
• Flameheart ordered his Wizards to help Ian if he ran into trouble, and Ian met Headmaster Aaron.

Ian learned that the Academy would prepare for a future Vein War by training elite Wizards, and he set a five-year goal of reaching Late Second Ring. After receiving Flame Wyvern blood and cultivating in Darkfire Pit, he secretly killed Nash Winston with Darkfire and returned to training.

• Aaron confirmed Ian had Morning Glow talent and praised his Flame Rhythm comprehension, while warning that several Gray Tower branches could fight over the elemental stone vein.
• Aaron announced the Elemental Child Program and told Ian he had five years to reach Late Second Ring to qualify as a Reserve Elemental Child.
• Aaron killed a Flame Wyvern in the lava lake and shared some of its blood with Ian and Gabriel.
• Ian cultivated in Darkfire Pit's black-red flame region, where Flame Rhythm advanced quickly as the Darkfire aura began to fade.
• Ian disguised himself, ambushed Nash Winston outside a Wizard Tower, and killed him with corrosive black flames.
• Ian returned to Darkfire Pit and resumed cultivating Flame Rhythm.

Ian continued mastering Darkfire, evaded the Winston Family’s attempt to detain him, and attended a resource exchange before the Darkfire Pit went out. He then ventured into a dangerous lava region and discovered a flame wyvern egg.

• Ian learned that Nash had died from Darkfire, and Jasper suspected Ian and tried to take him in for questioning.
• Ian refused to go without evidence, while Gabriel, Flameheart, and Huo Yan backed him and forced Jasper to withdraw.
• Cerys invited Ian to the Flameheart Warband’s exchange meeting, where he traded unwanted resources for materials and found a clue to a missing wizardry.
• After ten more days of cultivation, the Darkfire Pit’s flames vanished and Ian prepared to leave with the other wizards.
• Ian entered a deadly lava region beneath Flat-top Mountain and discovered an egg covered in glowing crimson patterns.

Ian returned to the Academy with a Flame Wyvern egg and blood essence, then used his connections and war record to secure a large wind-element resource site. Minister Darwin recognized Ian’s Flame Rhythm and alchemical skill, while the postwar assembly publicly commended him and awarded him substantial resources.

• Ian found a Flame Wyvern egg and blood essence in the hollow, then returned to the Academy after the war ended.
• Ian sought support from Academy contacts to obtain a wind-element resource territory, and Minister Darwin invited him to study alchemy each month after watching him forge a staff.
• At the postwar assembly, Aaron announced the Academy’s victory and awarded Ian one million contribution points and five war merits.
• Aaron praised Ian’s research, inventions, and battlefield achievements, then awarded him twenty units of Elemental Crystal, other resources, and a large Mid Second Ring wind-attributed resource site.
• Ian accepted the award, while Kieran showed pride and the Winston Family’s wizards looked on with hostility.

After the war, Ian secured resources, arranged an incubation room for his Flame Wyvern egg, and planned how to strengthen his cultivation and standing in the Academy. As Darwin’s new assistant, Ian began learning Intermediate Second Ring alchemy and shocked Darwin by rapidly mastering the second layer of Smelting Grip.

• Ian collected his war-exchange resources and received a complete Intermediate Second Ring alchemist equipment set contributed by the Winston Family.
• Bryce introduced Ian to Joel Kendrick, who let him incubate his Flame Wyvern egg in a high-grade room at the Magic Beast Department.
• Ian reviewed his cultivation needs and decided to pursue the Late Second Ring while improving his Academy projects and alchemy status.
• Ian submitted an application for a new alchemy inheritance, and Darwin approved it and appointed him as an assistant for three days.
• While assisting Darwin with mana-cannon components, Ian studied the new inheritance and began practicing the second layer of Smelting Grip.
• Darwin watched Ian’s flames develop a deep-crimson core and realized that Ian had mastered the second layer of Smelting Grip.

Ian began studying alchemy under Darwin, who made him his student and used his influence to secure him resources and status in the Alchemy Department. After a month of rapid progress and new Wizardry training, Ian entered the dream again, intent on investigating whether its volcanic region was connected to White Stone Territory.

• Darwin was impressed when Ian succeeded at alchemy on his first attempt, taught him personally, and accepted him as his mentor’s student.
• Darwin gave Ian his alchemy notes, promised to support his Resonance Meditation Room project, and approved access to advanced equipment and restricted books.
• Ian borrowed books from the department Library, where Leo recognized his connection to Darwin and invited him to an Alchemy Salon.
• At the salon, Darwin’s other student, Ian, was welcomed by the gathered alchemists and received a well-funded project after they learned of his new status.
• Ian made rapid progress under Darwin, gained introductory mastery of his new Wizardry, and found that the Four Symbols Furnace’s first Wizardry was unusually easy for him to learn.
• After a month of study, Ian entered the dream again, considering whether its volcanic region might have changed from the Crimson Eye in White Stone Territory.

Ian completed the first layer of Metatron’s dream, raising Flame Rhythm to Master Level and uncovering a mystery tied to the Source Vein and White Stone Territory. After a month of training, he entered the second layer, where he was assigned a storm trial and was immediately killed by a Wind Elemental Envoy.

• Ian climbed the volcano in Casa’s dream without using power and completed the first layer, gaining fire insights that raised Flame Rhythm to Master Level and increased his talent from 27,000 to 31,000.
• Ian saw a memory of Metatron in White Stone Territory, where Metatron spoke of a new Source Vein law path that could change the world.
• Ian asked Edith to investigate the Source Vein and learned that Four Rings Wizards claimed branches of the Source Vein through the law-sequence path, though she found no details about Metatron’s alternative path.
• Ian discovered that Master Level Flame Rhythm let him understand the principles behind fire, making his fire attacks nearly twenty percent stronger and improving his Alchemy control.
• A month later, Ian entered the second layer of Metatron’s dream, where Priestess Camilla tasked him with reaching halfway through the Storm Plains’ central region.
• Ian entered the storm and was split in two by a Wind Elemental Envoy, leaving Camilla stunned.

After two years of cultivation and research, Ian had improved his talent, skills, and strength while preparing to compete for a place in the Elemental Child Sequence. The chapter ended when Xia told him that the giant mineral vein in central White Stone Territory had been discovered.

• Ian confirmed that the Hurricane Plains were the diminished remains of the Storm Plains he had encountered in his dreams and considered using them for cultivation.
• Ian advanced his alchemy and other skills, established a wind-attribute resource site, and helped the Academy’s Meditation Room project progress.
• Two years after the Crimson Eye war, Ian reviewed his growth, including Red Scale’s advancement to Mid First Ring and his own progress toward qualifying for the Elemental Child Sequence.
• Ian flew to the alchemy laboratory on Red Scale and found the alchemists anxious.
• Xia told Ian that the giant mineral vein in central White Stone Territory had been discovered.

After learning that a wizard had exposed the White Stone Mountains mineral vein, Ian asked Kieran about the academy’s preparations and the coming conflict. In Gray Tower, Bruno assigned the vein’s development to three branch academies competing for control, and Edith learned the plan from her father.

• Xia told Ian that a third-ring wizard had revealed the mineral vein’s location through a wizard auction, spreading the news across the White Stone Territory.
• Kieran explained that Elemental Mysteries controlled the southern core nodes but that Gray Tower would decide the broader response, and he advised Ian to prepare for war and the Reserve Elemental Child selection.
• Ian learned that the selection would involve battle and privately resolved to aim for the first batch; Derek discussed gathering resources and assessing the situation with him.
• At a Gray Tower council meeting, Bruno prioritized the Guluo Small World and ruled that Radiance, Deep Nest Branch Academy, and Empty Valley Branch Academy would compete to develop the mineral vein.
• Edith asked Bruno about the vein, learned the development arrangement, and left after kissing him, leaving Bruno suspicious.

Ian learned that the Vein War would be decided by control of vein nodes and recruited his senior schoolmates to invest everything in buying and transporting resources ahead of the fighting. The shipment faced a Gray Bone Group ambush, but Ian’s convoy had an escort, and he sensed another threat ahead.

• Ian inspected the Meditation Room experiments, where a faulty rune array caused an explosion, and learned that the laboratory was still working toward a prototype.
• After reading Edith’s warning about the Vein War, Ian gathered Cerys, Derek, Flynn, and Kilian and convinced them to invest in resource trading; together they mobilized roughly three million Magic Stones and the Bayers Chamber of Commerce.
• Elder Winston dismissed the group’s preparations as a foolish venture and sent word to Harry of the Gray Bone Group to cause them trouble.
• Harry’s pirates prepared to attack Ian’s convoy, then spotted its Storm Spear Airship escort and withdrew; Ian thanked Renard for providing the protection.
• Ian noticed black strands spreading through the empty space ahead and warned Renard that something was blocking their path.

Ian helped Storm Spear destroy the Gray Bone Group, then used reliable information about the White Stone Vein to profit as the academies mobilized for war. He remained in the rear to develop his skills, and after four months his talent reached forty thousand as he prepared to advance.

• Ian and Renard defeated the Gray Bone Group, captured Harry, and divided the spoils; Ian found no evidence explaining how the bandits had learned their route.
• Ian learned that the Winston Family was pressuring his associates and brought Vilo, Vivian, Chris, and the others into the Academy; the Academy investigated Winston-affiliated businesses, and Kieran warned Elder Winston to control his people.
• After the Academy announced a war for the White Stone Vein, Ian and Cerys recognized that the news matched Ian's information and profited as resource prices rose.
• Ian sold resources, redeemed several mortgaged resource sites, and stayed in the rear while his senior brothers and sisters went to the front lines.
• Ian raised Hand of Smelting and Forging and Fire Runes to Master Level, bringing his talent to forty thousand and preparing to advance.

Ian advanced his talent from Morning Glow to Blazing, gaining stronger mental power and broad improvements to his abilities. After adjusting to the change, he pushed farther into Metatron’s dream than before, reached the central region of the Storm Plains, and encountered another memory fragment.

• Ian advanced Fire Runes to Master Level and used the prompt to raise his talent from Morning Glow to Blazing.
• Ian tested his newly active mental power and discovered he could leave a strand behind with a simple command, including to trigger his Wizard Inner Armor.
• Ian assessed the advancement’s gains, including stronger meditation, improved talents, three-way multitasking, and a major rise in spell proficiency, while worrying about his limited time and resources.
• Ian entered Metatron’s dream and charged through the outer Storm Plains, easily passing the point where he had stopped before.
• Ian crossed into the central region, traveled a quarter of the way through it, and saw another memory fragment featuring Metatron.

Ian uncovered a memory left by Metatron that led him to a Wind Elemental Lord’s magic power core and an ancient Wind Wings Transcendent Organ. He embedded the organ into his body, completing its connection to his Four Symbols Codex.

• In a dream, Ian witnessed Metatron destroy a powerful Wind Elemental Lord and hide its three cores across the Storm Plains, then realized Metatron had left the memory for him.
• Ian returned to the Academy, checked on Red Scale and the botanical garden, and told Derek to cultivate Iron Thorn toward the Second Ring.
• Ian found Metatron’s hidden wind magic power core beneath the Storm Plains and claimed it as a gentle Three Rings cultivation resource.
• While searching near the core region, Ian discovered an ancient crystal containing Wind Wings, an external Transcendent Organ, and learned its embedding method from the inscription.
• Ian spent a month preparing before embedding Wind Wings with the Four Symbols Codex, and completed the connected cycle one week later.

Ian tested his newly fused Wind Wings, completed the Four Symbols Furnace Chapter, and gained the powerful but dangerous Overclocking skill. As the Vein War kept the academies busy, he balanced cultivation, alchemy, and strengthening White Fang, until a year passed.

• Ian tested his Wind Wings, flew into the Elemental Layer, and found that they let him travel swiftly and absorb wind elements to assist his cultivation.
• Ian completed the Fire Runes, bringing the Four Symbols Furnace to perfect grade and unlocking Overclocking, which raised its output but strained his body.
• Ian tested Overclocking by destroying a distant mountain, then collapsed from exhaustion and realized he needed to strengthen his physique.
• Ian attended the alchemist salon, where Wizards discussed the Vein War, the Eastern Wizard Alliance, and preparations for the coming conflict.
• Ian continued cultivating, working on alchemy, and buying soul-related resources for White Fang, while Red Scale and Derek broke through a month later.
• A year passed as Ian's Wind Rhythm proficiency and other skills continued to improve.

Ian completed a year of training, but shortages caused by the Eastern Wizard Alliance’s growing ties to White Stone Wizard Academy threatened his cultivation. After the other three Wizard Academies declared war on the alliance, Ian joined the campaign to secure resources, especially Earth-Vein Wind Saliva, and arrived with the fleet as the three sides gathered.

• Ian reviewed his gains in Four Symbols Chakra, Body Tempering, Elementalization, alchemy, and Wind Rhythm, while deciding he was not yet ready for the Reserve Elemental Child assessment.
• At the Alchemists' salon, Theodore revealed that the Eastern Wizard Alliance had secretly sided with White Stone Wizard Academy and that the other three Wizard Academies would attack it in three days.
• Renard invited Ian to join the campaign, and Ian accepted, hoping to obtain Riftwind Eagle Feathers and other resources.
• Ian studied Turbine Oscillation and stopped practicing after its backlash made his body tremble, choosing to avoid injury before the war.
• Renard shared a Storm Corps intelligence list with Ian, who identified Earth-Vein Wind Saliva held by the Shaba Family as a valuable target and arranged to work with Renard.
• Ian reached the Eastern Wizard Alliance with the Academy fleet, recognized Simon's student Quentin Sullivan, and saw the other two academies' airships arrive.

The Three Academies broke through the Eastern Wizard Alliance’s defenses, where Ian’s battlefield strength and Alchemy skills earned him growing respect. The Storm Spear force reached the Jacob Family’s estate, where the Riftwind Eagle Feather Ian needed was raised.

• The Grey Furnace, Green Shade, and Elemental Mysteries forces attacked the Eastern Wizard Alliance’s first defensive line, while their Three Rings Wizards fought deep in the territory.
• Ian killed a Mid Second Ring Wizard in one strike, then fought across the battlefield and rescued several members of Renard’s corps.
• The three Academies broke through the first and second defensive lines, while the Alliance abandoned the third and fled.
• Renard’s group began seizing resource sites, and Ian used Darkfire to break a powerful Wizard Array and open a family’s storeroom.
• Ian shared in the captured resources and gained standing among the corps as the group advanced to the Jacob Family’s estate, home to the Riftwind Eagles.

Ian’s team joined Greenfield Wizard Academy in attacking the Jacob Family, then raced to capture the escaping Riftwind Eagle Feathers. Ian gained most of the valuable feathers and taught Wind Rhythm to Drake and other wizards as they continued the invasion toward the Shaba Family’s resource site.

• Drake agreed to split the Jacob Family’s resources evenly with Grant after Aislin Moonshadow approved the deal.
• The combined forces breached the Jacob Family’s nests, and the family’s elderly wizard sacrificed his life to cover the clan’s escape into the Wind Elemental Layer.
• Ian used his Wind Wings and Wind Rhythm to catch and subdue Riftwind Eagle Feathers, impressing Grant and securing most of the Second Ring ones.
• Drake gave Ian his two captured feathers in exchange for Wind Rhythm lessons, and Ian later taught Drake and other wizards during the invasion.
• Ian’s group reached the Shaba Family’s mineral-rich territory and found Verdant’s and Grey Furnace’s Airships and wizards waiting nearby.

Ian helped Drake’s group find and secure the earth-vein wind saliva, then traveled to the mountain formed by a dead Three Rings Wizard’s lingering laws to study Earth Rhythm. After an hour of contemplation, Ian grasped Earth Rhythm and began climbing, shocking Quentin.

• Ian modified monitoring devices, led the group through the mine, and helped locate the pool of earth-vein wind saliva, where the Shaba Family surrendered.
• Drake and the other commanders divided the resource into ten shares, and Ian traded two guidance sessions with Drake for a second share.
• Ian and Drake headed to the site of the dead Three Rings Wizard Arthur Reynolds, where the wizard’s lingering laws had raised a mountain that others could contemplate.
• Ian met Adam and Joshua at the mountain, then began studying Earth Rhythm from its foot while Joshua climbed higher.
• Quentin watched Ian meditate for an hour, then saw him climb the mountain with Earth Rhythm and realized Ian had comprehended it.

Ian comprehended Earth Rhythm during the mountain expedition, then returned to the Academy and spent half a year training and building a Riftwind Eagle Feather breeding operation. After reaching Master Level in Turbine Oscillation, he advanced his physique from top-tier intermediate to advanced and gained the new ability Balance Domain.

• Ian comprehended Earth Rhythm in an hour, stabilizing his Four Symbols Sacred Body and easing its imbalance.
• After the mountain’s rules faded a week later, Ian collected Earth-Vein Wind Saliva and five live Riftwind Eagle Feathers, then returned to the Academy.
• Ian traded for resources, bought land for breeding Riftwind Eagle Feathers, and hired Ul to manage them.
• Over the next half year, Ian trained, refined defensive Witchcraft Artifacts, and improved his Wind Rhythm and Turbine Oscillation.
• Ian raised Turbine Oscillation to Master Level, then used replenishment resources to advance his physique to advanced over half a month.
• Ian tested his new physique, found his spiritual power capacity and combat strength greatly increased, and discovered the ability Balance Domain.