Recaps

After Isaac intervened in the aftermath of Ian killing Thomas, he praised Ian’s talent and offered him a chance to enter Emerald Lake’s core area. Ian arrived there with Sam, whose resentment grew as Ian entered a place Sam had never been allowed to visit.

• The patrol released Ian after Sam explained that Isaac had summoned him, and Sam escorted him to Isaac at Green Corridor Wizard Academy.
• Isaac watched a Recording Crystal of Ian killing Thomas, recognized Ian’s first-class talent and Master Level Wizardry, and invited him to consider Green Corridor Academy’s assessment.
• Isaac told Ian that Horton had once rejected a safe position at the Academy to pursue a path in Veridian Forest, then offered Ian one of his three annual opportunities to cultivate in Emerald Lake’s core area.
• Ian trained at the School for three days while Swamp Trap advanced toward the expert level, and Sam grew resentful that Ian had access to the core area when he did not.
• Sam led Ian to the rune-covered barriers, and Ian used Isaac’s token to enter and see a dense, pale silver pool through Radiance Vision.

Ian entered the Elemental Pool to improve his resonance and discovered that its intense mana also let him advance the Imprint Body-Forging Art. After three hours, he had mastered its first two layers and remained in the pool despite the mounting pressure.

• Ian showed Lord Isaac’s badge to the elderly wizard guarding the Elemental Pool, who warned him to leave when the elemental pressure became too much.
• Ian entered the pool, saw the academy’s resonance rankings, and recognized Horton Green Shadow in twenty-ninth place.
• Ian meditated in the Elemental Pool, raising his Resonance Rune progress to ten as his Four-Element Resonance proficiency improved.
• Ian began practicing the Imprint Body-Forging Art to withstand the growing pressure and mastered its first layer, gaining thirty talent points.
• Ian mastered the art’s second layer and gained fifty talent points as three hours passed and the pool’s pressure continued to rise.

Ian endured the Elemental Lake’s pressure long enough to awaken a stone pillar, earn a core inheritance, and receive the Eye of Harmonization. After leaving the Academy, he ran into Levi, who told him the war was over and they were returning to the school.

• Ian’s Mental Power Space stabilized and expanded as spell runes appeared, allowing him to continue enduring the Elemental Lake.
• Ian awakened an ancient stone pillar, reached thirtieth place on the Resonance Rankings, and received a core inheritance before being expelled from the Elemental Lake.
• A female wizard recorded Isaac’s result and was surprised to see him ranked thirtieth on the Resonance Rankings.
• Ian discovered that his inheritance was the Eye of Harmonization, which resonated with his Radiant Eye and Spiritual Guidance Technique, and left Green Corridor Wizard Academy with it.
• Levi found Ian outside Emerald City, told him the war was over, and pulled him along as they prepared to return to the school.

Ian watched a recording of Horton defeating Blackstone and realized how far Official Wizards surpassed apprentices. He returned to the airship with the Horton Wizard School apprentices, facing threats from Thomas’s allies while preparing to inspect his gains from Emerald Lake.

• Ian watched a recording of Blackstone’s attack on Horton Wizard School and saw Horton capture him with a vast hand of vines.
• Ian resolved to return to the school and inherit Horton’s core legacy, despite Levi warning him that Thomas’s teacher, Gabe Valentine, might retaliate.
• Ian told Levi that a Wizard he had just met had helped him escape the patrol office, but refused to flee to the City of Elements with Audrey.
• Ian’s return silenced Thomas’s allies when his mental power frightened them, and Lucian ordered them to behave rather than confronting Ian.
• Ian and the other apprentices boarded an airship bound for the school, and Ian opened his status panel to examine his gains from Emerald Lake.

Ian tested the dramatic gains from tempering his body at Emerald Lake and found that his fused runes could withstand powerful wizardry. Meanwhile, Isaac realized Ian had used his badge to reach the top thirty of Emerald Lake’s rankings and decided to recruit him when he took the Academy assessment.

• Ian checked his status panel and saw major increases in his resonance rune, talent, and body-tempering skills.
• Ian tested his defenses against an Alchemy Puppet and found that Zero-ring Middle Grade wizardry could barely harm him, while he could endure several ordinary Zero-ring Upper Grade attacks.
• Ian considered how to continue improving his body tempering and planned to ask about the Horton School’s resource sites.
• Kellos Emerald told Isaac that he had entered the top thirty of Emerald Lake’s rankings and offered him Academy resources to support a possible breakthrough.
• Isaac confirmed that Ian had used his badge at Emerald Lake, then decided to take Ian under his wing during the Academy assessment.

Ian returned to Horton Wizard School after mastering the second level of the Four-Element Resonance Meditation Method and killing Thomas. The school scheduled Ian’s trial for three days later, while Layton escorted him home and ordered him to stay there.

• Ian reached master level in the second level of the Four-Element Resonance Meditation Method, gaining forty talent points and a new rune in his Mental Power Space.
• Ian returned to Cold Wind Market and admitted to Seamus that he had killed Thomas.
• Gabe Valentine and Casa confronted Ian at the school gates and announced that he would face a trial.
• Layton stopped the patrol from imprisoning Ian, saying that he remained innocent until trial and must stay within the school.
• Layton escorted Ian home and told him not to leave for three days, and the Secret Source Department announced the trial.

While confined and awaiting his trial, Ian learned the Eye of Harmonization and discovered it could analyze and briefly repair a plant’s magic network at a heavy cost to his Mental Power. As his trial approached, Chris, Qiansi, and Vivian visited to show their support, while most others kept their distance; on the third day, a group of Wizards finally arrived.

• Farn told Ian that his trial would take place in three days and offered to help him escape, but Ian refused to leave.
• Ian began studying the Eye of Harmonization and Mirror Heart, and mastered the basics of the Eye of Harmonization that night.
• Ian used the Eye of Harmonization to analyze and temporarily restore a withered bloodstop trefoil, but the effort consumed much of his Mental Power.
• Chris and Qiansi visited Ian, and Qiansi pledged the Silver Moon Lake Family's support despite the risks.
• Vivian delivered Jesse's letter saying Jesse had chosen to join the Magic Plant Department, then promised that the Potions Department would support Ian.
• Most of the Potions Department stayed away from Ian until a group of Wizards arrived on the third day.

Ian faced a School trial for killing Thomas, admitted he had killed him but challenged the charge of deliberate murder. As the jury moved to strip his spiritual power, Horton appeared and declared Ian innocent, demanding to know who agreed and who objected.

• Logan, Emily, and William visited Ian in support, and Ian promised to help Logan recover his arm and said the others’ circumstances would improve after the trial.
• Ian read a letter from Mowen before Layton and the patrol squad escorted him to the central plaza for trial.
• Jiabai accused Ian of deliberately murdering Thomas, presented witnesses and a Recording Crystal, and Ian admitted killing Thomas while saying Thomas had provoked him by insulting Hyde.
• Vilo called for a verdict to strip Ian’s spiritual power, and eight jurors voted in favor while Vivian, Ed, Joran, and Layton opposed.
• As Vilo asked whether anyone objected, Horton entered, defended Ian’s actions, declared him innocent, and challenged the crowd to agree or object.

Ian’s connection to Horton overturned his trial, and Horton used the hearing to expose and kill Jiabai. Horton then summoned Ian to the Wizard Tower, where Ian addressed him as his teacher.

• Horton revealed that Ian was his disciple, and the judging panel changed its vote to declare Ian not guilty.
• Vilo accused Jiabai of stealing Magic Stones and resources, and Horton killed him when he attacked Ian.
• Horton warned the school to remain loyal to knowledge and the school, then ordered Ian to follow him.
• At the top of the Wizard Tower, Horton told Ian it was time to call him something else, and Ian solemnly called him Teacher.

Horton appointed Ian as the future head of the Logistics Department and promised to grant him his core inheritance after Ian settled the department’s affairs. Ian returned to Maple Leaf Avenue, where the School’s wizards courted him and Lucy’s apology was rejected.

• Horton told Ian he would name him head of the Logistics Department at a school meeting in three days and give him his core inheritance once he had settled its affairs.
• Ian accepted the position because he needed resources to prepare for the academy assessment, and Horton said Vilo would help him.
• Ian returned to Maple Leaf Avenue with Chris and ignored Seamus, while Lucy apologized and Ian told her there had been no misunderstanding.
• The School’s wizards crowded around Ian, and Shirley learned that he had become Horton’s student as they gave her magic stones and asked her to put in a good word for them.
• Mowen regretted his earlier behavior and left, while Lucy insisted Ian had merely been lucky before hurrying away.

After advancing to beginner Mirror Heart, Ian attended the School Conference, where Horton appointed him head of the Logistics Department. The announcement stunned the gathered wizards, including Vivian.

• Ian reunited with Chris, rejected visiting wizards’ invitations, and collected two or three thousand Magic Stones over three days.
• Ian attained beginner Mirror Heart, then rode with Vilo to the School Conference, where she explained the rewards and difficulties of leading the Logistics Department.
• Ian arrived at the conference, greeted familiar wizards, and took his seat as Horton began announcing personnel appointments.
• Horton named Vero Sinclair head of the Secret Source Department and Ronan Darcy head of the Combat Department.
• Horton appointed Ian head of the Logistics Department, stunning the gathered wizards and leaving Vivian wide-eyed.

Ian revealed that he had become a Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice, silencing doubts about his appointment as head of the Logistics Department. After the meeting, department heads and Lineage leaders crowded around him, and Ian realized the influence and resources his new position would bring.

• Vilo questioned Ian's appointment, so Ian revealed his Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice strength and impressed the assembled Wizards.
• Horton outlined plans to absorb the remaining holdings of the Blackstone School, while the meeting assigned Joran and Layton new posts and left Vivian's position unchanged.
• The department heads and Lineage leaders congratulated Ian, while Margo left to find Lucy and try to repair their relationship with him.
• Qiansi celebrated the success of his Lineage's investment in Ian as other Lineage heads sought his attention.
• Ian pulled up his hood to escape the greetings on his way home, then found Wizards waiting at his door with resources.

After taking charge of the Logistics Department, Ian assessed its postwar shortages and assigned plans to each branch. He presented improved potion recipes that could cut costs while preserving their effects, leaving the department’s Wizards impressed and hopeful.

• Ian received invitations and over a thousand Magic Stones after his promotion, then toured the Logistics Department with Farn.
• Ian heard Vivian and the other branch ministers describe shortages, damaged botanical gardens, and difficulties with the Blackstone School’s Wizard Lineages.
• Ian assigned each branch tasks, including auditing supplies and addressing shortages of potion ingredients and magic plants.
• Ian gave Vivian several improved potion recipes, and she confirmed they could reduce costs by thirty to forty percent while keeping their effects largely unchanged.
• The Logistics Department’s Wizards realized Ian’s recipes could benefit several branches and changed their opinion of him.

Ian demonstrated his skill at diagnosing magic plants, winning Quinn’s trust, while political rivals began plotting against him. Margo brought Lucy to apologize and offered compensation, but Ian refused Lucy and accepted only the resources; afterward, Chris arrived at his home.

• Ian used his knowledge to restore the Magic Plant Department’s struggling specimens, impressing Quinn and the researchers.
• Quinn warned Ian that Riley was aligned with Vilo and Renee was speaking with Ronan, while Vilo and Ronan discussed Ian’s coming difficulties with the Wizard Lineages.
• Margo brought Lucy to Ian’s home with a storage ring of resources and offered Lucy as compensation for her failure to apologize.
• Ian accepted the resources, told Margo he held no grudge, and watched Lucy collapse in disbelief before Margo took her away.
• Chris arrived at Ian’s home, and Ian swept her into his arms and carried her upstairs.

Ian reviewed the gifts he received after taking charge at the Blackstone School, then spent a week strengthening himself while tensions over resource collection mounted. He brought his Swift Rune to Master Level and prepared to confront the Wizard Lineages.

• Ian opened gifts from the school departments and Wizard Lineages, including the Wind Snake Vine, Silver Crown Flower Juice, and more than ten thousand Magic Stones in total.
• Ian delegated most departmental work and discovered that the External Relations and Resources departments were making little progress against resistance from the Wizard Lineages.
• Ian secretly gathered evidence against the heads of the External Relations and Resources departments while conflicts over resource collection worsened.
• Ian used the Wind Snake Vine and Silver Crown Flower Juice to raise his rune progress to 50 and advance his Swift Rune to Master Level.
• Ian tested his new speed, then prepared to deal with the Wizard Lineages.

Ian collected his upgraded Witchcraft Artifact and set out to confront the Blackstone School families, choosing the powerful Greenfield Family as his first target. The chapter ended with his carriage reaching Greenfield territory as he prepared to test his fighting strength.

• Ian visited the Alchemy Department, inspected his new carriage and reinforced staff, and arranged for Joz to teach Emily.
• Ian summoned Renee and ordered her to identify the hardest Blackstone School family to handle and notify the school's Wizards.
• Renee named the Greenfield Family, which had three Third-Rank Wizard Apprentices, as the strongest surrendered family, and Ian ordered the carriage there while asking Ronan to send witnesses.
• Ed told Joz he would support Ian only if Ian settled the matter successfully, while Ronan ordered the Combat Department to stay out of the confrontation.
• Ian's carriage crossed into the former Blackstone School region and reached the Greenfield Family's territory.

Ian confronted the Greenfield Wizard Family over its refusal to pay the school’s resource levy and slaughtered its leaders after revealing his strength. He collected their Space Rings and uncovered a hidden chamber beneath the ruins.

• Ian arrived at the Greenfield Wizard Family’s town with Renee and encountered Rune among the Combat Department wizards, who had orders not to help him.
• Aurelian offered to negotiate the family’s resource contribution, and Ian sent Renee away before demanding that the family pay ninety percent.
• Ian trapped Aurelian and the assembled wizards inside the Cage Witchcraft Artifact and unleashed a devastating storm of wind blades.
• Ian killed Aurelian and the other wizards, gathered their Space Rings, and discovered a staircase leading to a secret chamber beneath the ground.

Ian uncovered Blackstone Drake’s hidden legacy, which included the knowledge of an Official Wizard and a clue to a higher-ring legacy held by Horton. After the barrier fell, Ian declared the Greenfield Family defeated, confiscated its assets, and warned the other families against challenging the school.

• Ian found a mithril box buried beneath the secret chamber and discovered Blackstone Drake’s wizard book and recorded message.
• Blackstone Drake’s message revealed that his legacy contained his path to becoming an Official Wizard and asked its inheritor to kill Horton, who possessed a clue to a second- or third-ring legacy.
• Ian gathered the hidden items and removed the barrier, then dodged the spells that were attacking it.
• Renee and the gathered wizards entered the blood-soaked ruins and saw Aurelian’s remains and the aftermath of the battle.
• Ian announced that the Greenfield Family had resisted and attempted to assassinate the school’s leaders, ordered its assets confiscated, and warned the other families.
• Renee offered to handle the aftermath, while Logan Dalton and Rune were left stunned by Ian’s strength.

On the carriage ride back, Ian studied Blackstone’s legacy and resolved to enter the Elemental Mystery Wizard Academy and pursue Silver Moon-tier talent. After reporting his actions against the Greenfield Wizard School to Horton, Ian showed him Blackstone’s wizard book, whose familiar aura changed Horton’s expression.

• Ian examined Blackstone’s legacy, learning three core fire sorceries and the requirements for advancing to an Official Wizard.
• Ian read Blackstone’s account of how a lack of talent, resources, and Academy support had limited his advancement, and committed to entering the Elemental Mystery Wizard Academy.
• Ian set his next goals as becoming a peak wizard apprentice and raising his talent to the Silver Moon tier.
• Vilo told Ian that Horton was waiting, then walked him to the Wizard Tower and revealed that Horton was her father.
• Ian reported how he had dealt with the Greenfield Wizard School, and Horton approved of his actions.
• Ian showed Horton Blackstone’s wizard book, and Horton reacted to its familiar aura.

Ian learned about Silver Moon Tier talent, chose Horton’s Life Drain spell, and helped Greenfield Wizard School settle after its leadership was wiped out. After three months of training, Ian mastered Life Drain, and Victor awakened.

• Horton explained that Silver Moon Tier talent surpassed Mortal Star Tier and offered Ian three plant-based spells; Ian chose Life Drain.
• Horton gave Ian a Knowledge Crystal and said he would be away for several months, while privately searching a map of Veridian Forest for an unknown location.
• After Ian returned, Greenfield Wizard School’s resistance collapsed, Ed crafted him a superior Witch Robe, and former Blackstone Wizards joined the school.
• Ian gave Victor the Emerald Morning Dew, and Victor’s mental strength began to recover.
• Ian mastered Life Drain after three months of training, and Victor awakened.

Ian used Life Drain to absorb vitality from magic plants and continued growing stronger while managing his department and helping Victor. After Horton returned from a trip, Ian demonstrated extraordinary mastery of Life Drain, and Horton offered him a body-tempering method before revealing an Armor Plate identical to Ian’s.

• Ian practiced Life Drain, reviewed his progress, and went to visit the newly awakened Victor, whom he offered a place helping manage the Logistics Department.
• Vilo told Ian that Horton had returned and wanted to see him.
• Horton showed Ian a rare Veridian Grass, and Ian drained its vitality with Life Drain.
• Horton was shocked by Ian’s spellcasting talent and offered him a top-tier body-tempering method.
• Horton produced a dark gray Armor Plate that was exactly like Ian’s.

Ian cultivated the Imprint Body Tempering Method under Horton’s guidance, raised his talent to 1,000 points, and discovered he could sense how valuable knowledge was to him. The chapter ended with two Official Wizards from Reno Mines warning that powerful factions were coming to Veridian Forest, leaving Horton wounded and the Academy facing a looming invasion.

• Horton explained that the Imprint Body Tempering Method came from a destroyed wizard academy whose secret vault lay in Veridian Forest, and asked Ian to help meet its entry requirement in exchange for a share of its contents.
• Ian trained in Horton’s Wizard Tower with Veridian Grass, rapidly advancing his body-tempering method and sorceries while improving his Mental Power.
• After several sorceries reached Master Level, Ian’s talent rose to 1,000 points, granting him a new ability to sense the value of knowledge through black lines.
• Two Official Wizards, including Valen from Reno Mines, attacked Horton and demanded that he leave Veridian Forest, then offered an alliance against stronger incoming factions.
• Horton returned injured after the fight, and Ian realized that a major upheaval was approaching the Academy.

After Horton's injury weakened the school, Horton ceded much of the former Blackstone territory to Grayrock Wizard School and focused on preparing Ian for the growing conflict. As more schools entered Veridian Forest and war resumed, Ian continued cultivating underground and reached Master Level in the Imprint Body Tempering Method.

• Horton ordered Ian, Vilo, and Ronan to withdraw forces from the former Blackstone territory and give most of it to Grayrock Wizard School.
• Horton took Ian to the school's underground elemental pool and told him to cultivate there until he raised the Unbreakable Rune to its limit.
• Grayrock Wizard School entered Veridian Forest, established a base with Horton's cooperation, and signed an alliance pact with the Horton Wizard School.
• The Flint School and Darkriver School arrived, renewed the fighting, and began swallowing territory from the Horton Wizard School and the Blackrock Wizard School.
• Ian cultivated in the underground cavern for three months and raised the Imprint Body Tempering Method to Master Level.

After reaching Master Level in the Imprint Body Tempering Method, Ian improved his rune-analysis talent and trained for three months with Horton’s veridian grass potion. He fully condensed the Unbreakable Rune and broke through to peak wizard apprentice as the fighting across Veridian Forest intensified.

• Ian reached Master Level in the Imprint Body Tempering Method, gaining 100 talent points and improving his ability to analyze runes.
• After reading reports about battles and resource conflicts, Ian resolved to join Elemental Mysteries and continued training underground.
• Horton returned with first-ring veridian grass and prepared a potion to strengthen Ian’s body and mental power.
• Ian endured the potion with little strain, and Horton gradually increased the amount of veridian grass juice.
• Over the next three months, Ian trained while the wizard schools’ conflicts worsened and casualties mounted.
• Ian fully condensed the Unbreakable Rune and reached peak wizard apprentice.

Ian condensed the Resonance Rune and reached Peak Wizard Apprentice, then learned about Horton’s past and his determination to pursue higher realms. After Ian condensed the Unbreakable Rune, Horton tested his defenses and discovered that Ian could withstand far more than expected.

• Ian reached Peak Wizard Apprentice and demonstrated how his condensed Resonance Rune strengthened his fire spell.
• Horton told Ian that he had left his family in the City of Elements to pursue higher knowledge, and recalled receiving the Meditation Method from Kilan Howard.
• Ian reflected on his own desire to explore the extraordinary world and grew more determined to join an Academy and pursue the First Ring.
• Ian said the Unbreakable Rune made his body feel diamond-hard and assured Horton that he understood it.
• Horton attacked Ian to test the Unbreakable Rune, but Ian endured five Peak Wizard Apprentice-level strikes and asked him to hit harder.