Recaps

Ian killed the Spirit Lake Cats, survived Doug’s attempts to eliminate him, and advanced to Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice before leaving for Green Corridor Wizard Academy. There, he mastered Frostfire Nova, learned that Hyde had been killed, and killed Thomas after Thomas mocked him.

• Ian helped Chris and the Silver Moon Lake Family drive out the Spirit Lake Cats, killed one himself, and accepted the family’s gifts while returning the Silver Moon Spring Water.
• Ian killed four Blackstone School witches sent to ambush him, then found Victor gravely injured and received Victor’s warning about Doug.
• Ian improved the Energy Potion, raised the Lionheart Knight Method and Fire Crow Funeral to Master Level, and gained First-class Wizard talent.
• Ian exposed Doug’s role in the attacks to Mickey, advanced his Meditation Method, and learned from Horton that the School would send him to Green Corridor Wizard Academy.
• Ian advanced to Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice, received a letter and identity mark for Wizard Isaac Williams, and prepared to leave with the Cultivation Sequences.
• Ian warned Vilo about an ambush, helped defeat the Blackstone School attackers, and chose the Eye of Secrets as his reward before boarding the airship to Green Corridor.
• Ian met Isaac, received Emerald Morning Dew for Victor, and mastered Frostfire Nova in the academy’s elemental simulation chamber.
• Ian learned Hyde had been captured and killed and that Doug was dead, then killed Thomas after Thomas mocked him, and Emerald City patrol wizards arrived and Ian showed them his gold-edged, three-leaf badge.

Ian inherited Horton’s legacy, took charge of the Logistics Department, and crushed the Greenfield Family’s resistance while preparing for the academy assessment. As conflict spread through Veridian Forest, Ian reached Peak Wizard Apprentice and resolved to join an Academy and pursue the First Ring.

• Isaac invited Ian to cultivate in Emerald Lake’s core area, where Ian endured its pressure, awakened the Eye of Harmonization, and ranked thirtieth before leaving with Levi.
• Ian returned to Horton Wizard School, faced a trial for killing Thomas, and was declared innocent when Horton revealed Ian was his disciple and killed Vilo for attacking him.
• Horton made Ian head of the Logistics Department, and Ian reorganized its branches, improved potion recipes, and helped restore struggling magic plants.
• Ian confronted the Greenfield Family over its resource contribution, killed Aurelian and the assembled wizards, and confiscated the family’s assets after finding Blackstone Drake’s legacy.
• Horton approved Ian’s actions, taught him Life Drain, and offered him a share of the secret vault of a destroyed academy in exchange for helping meet its entry requirement.
• Two Official Wizards challenged Horton over Veridian Forest, and Horton later withdrew forces from former Blackstone territory as Grayrock, Flint, and Darkriver entered the conflict.
• Ian trained underground for six months, mastered the Imprint Body Tempering Method, fully condensed the Unbreakable Rune, and reached Peak Wizard Apprentice.
• Horton tested Ian’s Unbreakable Rune with five Peak Wizard Apprentice-level strikes, and Ian endured them and asked Horton to hit harder.

Ian claimed a secret realm, helped Horton establish a school in the City of Elements, and earned a place at the Elemental Mysteries. After choosing Kieran as his mentor, Ian uncovered the missing teachings of his meditation method and gained access to its five-system spells.

• Ian opened the secret realm’s trial castle, inherited ownership of the realm, and divided its treasures with Horton before returning to find the schools under threat.
• Horton led his followers toward the City of Elements, where Ian defeated harpies alongside the Green Corridor wizards and secured shared facilities for their schools.
• Horton established a new school headquarters, while Ian trained for the Elemental Mysteries assessment and learned that Vilo had been taken away by her uncle.
• Ian passed the Elemental Mysteries assessments and ranked twenty-fifth, then rejected other sponsorship offers and signed a contract with Audrey’s Bayers Family.
• Ian independently raised the Four-Element Resonance Meditation Method beyond its known limit, impressing Kieran, who accepted him as a student and gave him the method’s missing teachings.
• Ian became one of Kilan Howard’s probationary students and continued studying until his mental power reached its limit and his meditation method reached Master Level.
• Ian displayed his 350% resonance field to Kieran, chose the Four-Element Resonance Meditation Method, and received its five-system spells in a Knowledge Crystal.

Ian advanced to become a First-Ring Wizard, joined Kieran as a formal student, and earned a quality-inspection post at the Lava Crystal Mine. He spent a year studying its Fire Pattern Runes and returned to the Academy after mastering the remaining runes on the mine’s second level.

• Ian improved his talent and Wizardry, survived Harold’s assassination plot, and prepared for advancement with Kieran’s guidance.
• Ian condensed the Raging Flame rune and a Mental Power crystal, becoming a First-Ring Wizard with a partial Elemental Crown.
• Ian joined Kieran as a formal student, learned the Four Symbols Resonance Method, and cleared the Illusion Tower’s eleventh floor to qualify for a first-class post.
• Ian chose to supervise quality inspection at the Lava Crystal Mine, where he discovered natural Fire Runes and encountered hostility from Grayson.
• Ian killed the mine’s Lava Crystal Lizards, earned a share of its unofficial income, and studied its Fire Pattern Runes between trips to the Academy.
• Ian raised his talent to 2600, then spent a year on the mine’s second level studying and hunting fire lizards.
• Ian mastered the remaining First Ring Fire Pattern Runes on the second level, left the mine, and boarded an airship back to the Academy.