Recaps

Ian defeated Una with ease in a battle over Academy resources, forcing Wade and the other opponents to accept his claim. Huo Yan ended the dispute, then revealed that the Dean and Vice Dean—the Three Rings—would soon return, leaving Ian concerned about the White Stone Territory and the undiscovered small world.

• Una burned his mental power and summoned an enormous ice bird before launching a combined attack on Ian.
• Ian used his abilities to destroy the ice bird, evade Una’s attacks, and wound him until Una admitted defeat.
• The watching wizards reacted with shock as Ian’s victory established him as one of the Academy’s strongest figures.
• Ian challenged Wade, Damian, and Anthony to contest his resources, but Wade accepted his qualification and promised to propose greater benefits for him.
• Huo Yan declared Kieran’s actions and Ian’s resources legitimate, then announced that the Dean and Vice Dean would soon return.

Ian’s return and easy victory over Una sent shockwaves through the Academy and White Stone Territory, ending plans against him and bringing him a promotion. The chapter ended with Aaron and Simon returning to the Gray Tower and discovering that Ian’s influence had opened doors to its highest-ranking Wizards.

• News of Ian’s victory reached Magnus, who punched the Mine Manager after learning he would become a Second Ring Resource Point’s Senior Manager.
• Mark Russell offered Horton and Cassian support for their school and commerce, then learned that Ian was dating Bruno’s daughter and had Bruno’s approval.
• Aislin and Hollow Valley Wizard Academy withdrew their bounty on Ian and ordered their Wizards to report before confronting him.
• Huo Yan told Ian that the Academy planned to make him acting Dean of the Four Symbols Academy, but Ian refused the role and later accepted a branch Dean appointment overseeing Academy Library management.
• Aaron and Simon returned to the Gray Tower and received invitations from several high-ranking Wizards, all mentioning Ian.

After returning from the Study Tour, Ian received Academy rewards, including access to the White Stone Pool, which greatly improved his aptitude and physique. He then trained in the Emerald Shadow Secret Realm and perfected his physique, reaching 100%.

• Aaron and Simon returned to the Academy, promised reforms, and rewarded Ian with a future cultivation session in the White Stone Pool.
• Ian promised Kieran he would seek a way to heal his injuries, and three days later Simon led Ian to the White Stone Pool.
• Ian spent three days in the pool, raising his talent to 84,006 and improving his mental power and both physiques to 95%.
• Ian trained in the Emerald Shadow Secret Realm and obtained Body Tempering resources, then completed his Emerald Shadow Physique over the following three months.
• Ian spent another three months cultivating and used rare resources to perfect his physique, reaching 100%.

After Ian completed his Four Symbols Transcendent Physique, Metatron’s inheritance grounds were discovered in the White Stone Mountains and were set to open in six months. Ian learned that only wizards below Three Rings could enter, then secluded himself to master the Phase Coordination Technique; three months later, he reached Master Level.

• Ian completed his Four Symbols Transcendent Physique, which stabilized his body and greatly eased his use of balance power.
• A silver thread led Ian to realize that Metatron’s inheritance grounds had been discovered, while Aislin and Grant left the site before Third Ring wizards arrived.
• Ian learned that the inheritance grounds would open in six months and began preparing to advance his physique, but Vincent arrived to discuss the ruin and Ian’s research on the Second Ring Pattern-Eyed People.
• Vincent investigated the doorway and confirmed it led to a vast legacy site that required entrants to be below Three Rings; he said it would open in six months.
• Ian entered seclusion and, after three months of practice, reached Master Level in the Phase Coordination Technique.

Ian prepared to advance his Four Symbols Sacred Body into a Primordial Body, gathering resources and constructing a Wizard Array, but an instinctive warning stopped him from completing the technique. After discovering his mental-power talent was insufficient, he considered using the Black Wizard Codex and went to meet the Gray Tower Wizards, including Grant.

• Ian reached Master Level in the Phase Coordination Technique and contacted Bryce, Darwin, and Hagrid to gather resources, build an advancement array, and obtain potions.
• Ian and Darwin spent half a month inscribing the Wizard Array in Ian's Cultivation Room, and Ian prepared four Rule Fragments as the main materials for his advancement.
• After a week of preparation, Ian tried to complete the Phase Coordination Technique with the Four Symbols Codex, but stopped when he felt a powerful sense of dread.
• Ian spent three days tracing the warning to his insufficient mental-power talent and considered using the Soul-Rending Chapter of the Black Wizard Codex to strengthen it.
• Ian learned that Gray Tower Wizards had arrived to explore the Small World and went out to meet them, where he saw Grant approaching.

Ian met Gray Tower Wizards Owen and Campbell at a salon and learned that Black Wizard and White Witch conflict was worsening across the Wizard world. Determined to strengthen himself, he studied the Soul-Rending Chapter and completed its first soul split after three days of agonizing cultivation.

• Grant invited Ian to a Gray Tower salon attended by elite Second Ring Wizards Owen and Campbell.
• Owen tested Ian's mental power during their handshake, recognized his strength, and discussed the White Stone Mountains and growing conflict between Black Wizards and White Witches.
• After leaving the salon, Ian resolved to stop hesitating and began studying the first two levels of the Soul-Rending Chapter.
• Ian gathered soul-repair materials and began the first-level split, enduring severe pain during three days of cultivation.
• A second aura appeared in Ian's Cultivation Room, marking the success of his first soul split.

Ian advanced his Soul-Rending Chapter, splitting off multiple mental bodies and strengthening his mental power as he prepared to upgrade his physique. Meanwhile, Catherine secured the World Explorer Association’s support for the coming ruin expedition, and Ian began his breakthrough in the Three Rings Elemental Pool.

• Ian practiced the Soul-Rending Chapter until its first level reached Master Level, allowing him to split off a fifth of his mental power and making his mental power tougher.
• Ian split off a second mental body and discovered it had a faint spirituality and the instinct to devour other mental power, so he continued strengthening his control.
• Ian learned that more than sixty wizards might enter the fourth-ring-or-higher ruin, and that Catherine had obtained the World Explorer Association’s backing after telling Tiffany the site might be connected to Metatron.
• Tiffany warned Catherine that wizards from Eternal Firmament might also join the expedition and began training her for the next three months.
• Ian asked Dean Aaron to use the Three Rings Elemental Pool, then entered it and began his advancement a day later.

Ian used the Four Symbols Codex and four Rule Fragments to advance his physique to a Primordial Body, greatly increasing his power and mental capacity. After returning from a week of meditation, he learned that two Wizards from the Eternal Firmament had arrived, but remained confident about the Land of Inheritance.

• Ian merged the Phase Coordination Technique into the Four Symbols Codex and used Elemental Transmutation to break down four Rule Fragments, transforming his body.
• Aaron and Simon sensed the surge of Three Rings elements around the Elemental Pool and sealed off the area while Ian completed his advancement.
• Ian awakened with a Four Symbols Sacred Body of Primordial Body quality and discovered that his balance ability, mana, physical strength, and mental power had greatly increased.
• Ian meditated in the Elemental Pool for another week, then emerged and met Aaron and Simon, who saw that he had grown stronger.
• Aaron told Ian that two Wizards from the Eternal Firmament had arrived, and Ian said he was confident as long as they were Second Ring Wizards.