Chapter Summaries

After spending nearly half a month in the Elemental Pool, Ian Green emerged at Solar Level with transformed talents, physical abilities, and mental power. Three days later, he attended the Academy’s grand assembly, where the chapter left the Academy’s awaited developments about to unfold.

• Ian Green awakened at Solar Level and discovered that Mental Power Activation and Transcendent Affinity had appeared as Second Tier talents, while his existing talents had also improved.
• Ian Green assessed his transformed body, enlarged mental power crystals, stronger elemental resonance, and greatly improved ability to learn Wizardry.
• Ian Green replenished his strength, left the Elemental Pool, and asked the guarding Wizard to keep his breakthrough and its resource consumption secret.
• Ian Green met Kieran, who told him the Academy would hold a grand assembly in three days and that Ian could attend as the chief disciple.
• Ian Green returned to his Wizard Tower, discovered further gains in his physical and natural talents and learning speed, and then attended the Academy’s grand assembly.

Ian attended an academy-wide assembly where Aaron announced full mobilization to destroy the Crimson Eye, then learned his research project could earn him a Grand Scholar promotion and a Second Ring resource territory. After improving his Wizardry, Ian left the Academy to return to the Emerald Shadow Secret Realm and continue preparing for advancement.

• Ian spoke with Flynn and was taunted by Carter Lawrence before Aaron announced the Academy's full offensive against the Crimson Eye, backed by technical support from the Gray Tower's Radiance Branch Academy.
• Elena summoned Ian to meet Simon, who confirmed that his water elemental resonance research was ready for publication and promised him a Grand Scholar promotion and a Second Ring resource territory.
• Simon warned Ian that the war might be delayed by five or six years because Gray Tower had acquired a new world, and Ian returned to studying while the project team prepared the paper.
• Ian reached Master Level in elemental coordination, replenished Four Symbols as One, and produced a more powerful Four Symbols Power.
• Ian left the Academy by airship and returned to the Emerald Shadow Secret Realm to continue tempering his body.

Ian advanced to the Secret Marrow layer of body tempering, published influential resonance research, and prepared to become a Grand Scholar. At his advancement ceremony, the Society introduced him before hundreds of Wizards, and Ian began his speech.

• Ian defeated the fortieth-floor guardian in the Emerald Shadow Secret Realm and obtained the Silver Ant King's brain marrow and a piece of the Verdant Shadow Set.
• Ian used the brain marrow to advance to Secret Marrow, then cleared the Illusion Tower through the forty-seventh floor before withdrawing after reaching his limit.
• Ian returned to Elemental Mysteries during the war and resumed training; Elton delivered a journal featuring Ian and Elena Windsong's resonance research as its lead article.
• Elton received guidance from Ian, and Diana told him that his Grand Scholar advancement ceremony would take place in a month.
• Ian's research drew attention across the Academy, and the Silver Society held his advancement ceremony in the Silver Hall before hundreds of Wizards.
• The secretary-general praised Ian's resonance research and introduced him; Ian walked onto the stage and began, "Hello. I am Ian Green!"

Ian presented his resonance research at the Silver Society, was recognized as a Grand Scholar, and gained support and resources for his work. Three months later, his elemental resonances had all exceeded 98%, and he went to the Star Hall for his final Academy assessment to obtain the resources needed to reach 99% balance and approach the Second Ring.

• Ian argued that elements could be made to adapt to a Wizard through his proposed Field Resonance Method, then demonstrated a subtle resonance effect and outlined practical improvements to existing methods.
• Simon and the Wizards praised Ian’s lecture, and Simon presented him with a Grand Scholar’s Ring and asked him to compile resonance-stage cultivation knowledge in exchange for three portions of Deep Resonance Original Fluid.
• Simon warned Ian that his research had affected the battlefield and that rival academies were taking notice, while a White Stone Wizard Academy scholar ordered more information gathered about Ian.
• Three months later, Ian’s elemental resonances had all surpassed 98%, with fire at 99%, and he decided to raise the other elements to 99% for the Four Symbols Sacred Body.
• Ian went to the Star Hall for the core members’ assessment and his final Academy-wide assessment, seeking the last resources before advancing toward the Second Ring.

Ian dominated the final First Ring assessment, then perfected his Meditation Method and completed his preparations for advancement. With his elemental resonance at 99.5%, mental power restored, and Secret Marrow cultivation complete, he requested the finest Elemental Pool to advance to the Second Ring.

• Simon announced that core Wizards would be sent to the battlefield in batches, beginning with the lower three seats, after the final Academy-wide assessment.
• Ian outlasted Adam in resonance testing, reached the top level of the Illusion Tower, and defeated Adam with one Flame Hand in the third-round match.
• Ian won the assessment and exchanged his resources to improve the Elemental Return Technique and other aspects of his cultivation.
• Ian raised the Elemental Return Technique to Master Level and filled in his Meditation Method, creating a balanced elemental cycle that improved his advancement prospects and resonance.
• Adam and Abraham advanced to the Second Ring while Ian kept his Wizard Tower sealed and continued preparing.
• Ian completed his mental power and Secret Marrow cultivation, reached 99.5% elemental resonance, and requested the finest Elemental Pool to advance to the Second Ring.

Ian used the Academy’s Elemental Pool to break through to the Second Ring, condensing the Four Symbols Sacred Body after a difficult transformation. He emerged successful, while the Wizards gathered outside waited to greet him and the Academy’s full understanding of his physique remained concealed.

• Ian prepared his potions, Elemental Hearts, Heart of Four Symbols, and White Stone Essence before spending three days stabilizing himself in the Elemental Pool.
• Ian shattered his five mental power crystals and established thirty-six Mental Power Anchors, then used the Hearts of Elements and Heart of Four Symbols to begin condensing his physique.
• Ian absorbed the pool’s elements and White Stone Essence to form the Four Symbols Sacred Body as a huge elemental vortex drew Wizards, including Abraham, Kieran, Elena, Augusto, and Milo, to Star Hall.
• Ian completed his Second Ring breakthrough after three days, nearly draining the Elemental Pool, while the assembled Wizards recognized the signs of his success.
• Ian waited for the pool to refill, then opened the sealed door and emerged as a Second Ring Wizard.

Ian advanced to the Second Ring and learned about his new standing, duties, and cultivation needs in the Academy. He discovered that the rare material required to condense his Four Symbols Furnace was being contested by three newly advanced Wizards.

• Ian greeted Kieran, Elena, Milo, Augusto, Abraham, Adam, Gunnar, and Nicole after advancing to the Second Ring, and Nicole hugged him.
• An Academy administrator summoned Ian to meet acting Dean Simon, who explained the Academy’s political situation and Ian’s new Second Ring privileges and responsibilities.
• Simon told Ian that his resonance project, Kieran’s contribution credits, and his physique qualified him to choose a large low-tier Second Ring resource site.
• Simon explained that Ian needed a top-tier fire-element material to condense his first Transcendent Organ, the Four Symbols Furnace.
• Simon revealed that the Academy had seized one suitable material from Crimson Eye, but three newly advanced Second Ring Wizards needed it.

Ian learned that a rare Flame Abyss Crystal could help him advance his Four Symbols Sacred Body, but powerful rivals and factional politics complicated his chances of obtaining it. After consulting Simon and Kieran, he chose to avoid joining a major faction, accepted guidance and resources from his teacher, and went to test his new strength.

• Simon showed Ian the Flame Abyss Crystal, explained that it cost three hundred thousand contribution points, and named Abraham and Darian O'Connor as rivals seeking it.
• Simon suggested Ian join the Alchemy Department to earn contribution points and possibly help analyze the Flame Demon, while Nate listened and learned that Simon valued Ian as a potential future ally.
• Ian visited Kieran, who examined his Four Symbols Sacred Body, advised him to avoid the Dean's and Vice Dean's factions, and offered to seek advancement materials in the Crimson Eye.
• Kieran warned Ian to beware of the Winston Family, gave him ten grams of attribute-free Elemental Crystal, and told him to delay entering the dreamscape until he had condensed a Transcendent Organ.
• Kieran explained Second Ring cultivation and invited Ian to a gathering in a month, then Ian went to the testing grounds to measure his new strength.

After advancing to the Second Ring, Ian tested his Four Symbols Physique and began settling into a new Wizard Tower with better cultivation and resource facilities. He learned Second Ring spiritual forging, secured a fire elemental crystal mine, and crafted his first spiritual elemental crystal before learning that the senior students had returned.

• Ian tested his Second Ring strength and discovered that his Four Symbols Physique balanced the elements, reduced losses when fusing them, and interfered with nearby spellcasting.
• Ian moved into a mid-grade Second Ring Wizard Tower prepared by Kieran, inspected its botanical garden, and began cultivating there.
• Augusto gave Ian the Academy's Spiritual Forging Method and access to Second Ring alchemy knowledge so he could assist with an upcoming project involving Gray Tower Wizards.
• Ian claimed a fire elemental crystal mine, placed Magnus in charge, and began using its materials to practice spiritual forging.
• After a month of practice, Ian successfully crafted a spiritual elemental crystal and learned from Kieran that the senior students had returned.

Ian learned about the war’s final stage and prepared to advance his alchemy studies while waiting for Gray Tower’s visitors. After the Flame Demon project team formed, he used Principle Insight to understand his assigned component and began developing a new crafting skill.

• At Kieran’s banquet, Ian learned about his fellow disciples, the war’s approaching end, and the resource rewards that would depend on military contributions.
• Ian held a modest advancement banquet, then focused on reaching the early second ring and exploring Metatron’s secret realm while improving his alchemy.
• Augusto told Ian that the Gray Tower visitors were delayed, and Ian showed him an elemental crystal he had successfully refined.
• Erga arrived with Alberto and incomplete Flame Demon blueprints, proposing an anti-magic array and recruiting alchemists to decipher the runes.
• Erga assigned Ian and Alberto separate second-ring components, and Ian used Principle Insight to understand his runes before gaining the Flame Demon Component skill.

Ian used Object Perception and repeated practice to master a Flame Demon component, then submitted a detailed analysis that impressed Erga and Alberto. Erga gave Ian a more difficult component to analyze, and the Academy awarded him fifty thousand contribution points.

• Ian realized that cracking Flame Demon components could earn him contribution points toward the second-ring material he needed, and he began practicing alchemy.
• Ian connected the Flame Demon runes to the Darkfire Runes and, after three months, brought a component to Master Level, increasing his talent by 800.
• At a project meeting, Erga reported cracking a top-tier second-ring rune, while Alberto said his own analysis was nearly finished.
• Ian presented his completed component analysis, and Erga praised its detail after confirming Ian had only recently begun learning second-circle alchemy.
• Alberto examined Ian's work and acknowledged his achievement, while Erga assigned Ian a more difficult component to analyze.
• The Academy awarded Ian fifty thousand contribution points for his analysis.

Ian advanced rapidly in alchemy by analyzing Flame Demon components and studying the Academy’s complete Second Ring alchemy inheritance, while racing Darian to earn enough contribution points. After receiving one hundred thousand points for his latest analysis, Ian reached three hundred thousand and exchanged them for the sole Flame Abyss Crystal.

• Ian sought a complete Second Ring alchemy inheritance, and Darwin gave him one using his own exchange slots after seeing Ian’s analysis records.
• Ian studied the inheritance’s four core Wizardries and, four months later, crafted a Flame Demon component to Master Level, increasing his aptitude.
• Ian completed another component analysis faster than Alberto, then received a harder assignment and earned sixty thousand contribution points.
• Ian discovered his Elemental Crystals had run out sooner than expected, exchanged Second Ring mine resources for more, and resumed his alchemy work.
• Five months later, Erga praised Ian’s progress and arranged for him to receive one hundred thousand contribution points for his latest analysis.
• Ian went to the Resources Department and spent three hundred thousand contribution points to secure the sole Flame Abyss Crystal.

Ian used the Flame Abyss Crystal and three other materials to condense the Four Symbols Furnace, advancing to Early Second Ring and gaining the ability to Elementalize part of his body. Meanwhile, Darian arrived at a supply station hoping to exchange for a Flame Abyss Crystal, only to learn that someone had already taken it.

• Ian secured the Flame Abyss Crystal and prepared the other three materials needed to condense the Four Symbols Furnace.
• After reaching 5% Elementalization, Ian spent a day merging the four materials into his heart and advanced to Early Second Ring.
• Ian found that the Four Symbols Furnace strengthened his magical power and increased his Elementalization to 10%.
• Ian Elementalized his right index finger and studied the way flesh and elements seemed to coexist.
• Darian returned from a dangerous mission and went to exchange his contribution points for a Flame Abyss Crystal, but learned it had already been exchanged.

After advancing to the Early Second Ring, Ian learned that Darian of the Flameheart Warband wanted to fight him over the Flame Abyss Crystal, which Ian had already used. Derek explained the history behind the conflict and arranged a possible supply contract for Ian’s chamber of commerce, while Ian reflected on the resources and talent needed to fully form his Transcendent Organ before Transcendent Lament set in.

• Darian learned that Ian had exchanged for the Flame Abyss Crystal and traveled to the Academy despite his warband’s concerns about Kieran.
• Ian confirmed his Early Second Ring advancement at the Alchemy Department meeting, where Erga assigned him and Alberto to assist with the anti-magic array’s outer shell.
• Darian confronted Ian, realized Ian had already used the crystal, and challenged him to fight within three months.
• Derek told Ian about Kieran’s history with the Flameheart Warband and explained that the challenges facing Kieran’s students were also a kind of test.
• Derek offered Ian’s chamber of commerce a chance to become the branch Academy’s magical-plant supplier, giving Ian a new route to sell high-tier materials.
• Ian cultivated with a Fire Elemental Crystal and realized that his powerful Four Symbols Furnace might begin declining in about five years if he could not fully form it.

Ian completed the Demon-Breaking Wizard Array project and rapidly improved his alchemical skills while assisting Erga. After the project ended, Darwin and Erga summoned him and asked whether he wanted to go to Gray Tower.

• Ian learned that Darian specialized in powerful but poorly sustained fire attacks, and decided he would accept their challenge despite preferring to focus on his growth.
• Ian spent three months improving his alchemy while helping Erga and Alberto construct the Demon-Breaking Wizard Array.
• Erga recognized Ian’s exceptional alchemical talent as Ian’s skills caught up with Alberto’s.
• Ian and the other Wizards completed the Three Rings Demon-Breaking Wizard Array, bringing the project to an end.
• Darwin and Erga summoned Ian and asked him whether he wanted to go to Gray Tower.

Ian accepted a recommendation to study at Gray Tower if a place became available, then chose the Alchemy Department’s academic and logistics path as his future career. After learning that Elemental Mysteries lay within the Firmament Domain ruled by Eternal Firmament, he received Darwin’s old alchemy equipment and was formally promoted to Junior Alchemist of the Early Second Ring.

• Erga offered Ian a chance to be considered for study at Gray Tower, and Ian said he was willing to go.
• Darwin explained the Academy’s four career paths for Second Ring wizards, and Ian chose the logistics and academic route.
• Darwin welcomed Ian into the Alchemy Department, promised his project rewards and certification, and gave him a set of Second Ring alchemy tools.
• Kieran explained the hierarchy of wizard regions and revealed that Elemental Mysteries lay within the Firmament Domain, ruled by Eternal Firmament.
• Erga and Alberto departed the next day, with Alberto inviting Ian to visit Gray Tower.
• The branch academy delivered Ian’s rewards and documents confirming his promotion to Second Ring Junior Alchemist.

Ian became a recognized Second Ring Alchemist and learned about the Academy’s privileges, war merit, staffing rules, and shortage of Second Ring laboratories. After assembling his team and taking an elemental crystal commission, he prepared to compete for a new laboratory as Erga and Alberto returned to the Gray Tower.

• Augusto promoted Ian to a recognized Second Ring Alchemist, explained his privileges and responsibilities, and told him that no Second Ring laboratory was currently available.
• At the Alchemy Department meeting, Darwin welcomed Ian and announced that three candidates would compete in elemental crystal refining for a new laboratory to be completed in half a year.
• Aston invited Ian to a Junior Alchemist salon, and Ian decided that winning the laboratory was essential to improving his research speed.
• Ian assembled a team including Xia, Hayden, Finny, and about twenty Zero Ring Alchemists, then accepted an elemental crystal mission and began work with their help.
• Erga and Alberto returned to the Gray Tower, and Erga headed straight for the Radiance Branch Academy’s main building.

Erga failed to secure Ian a recommendation slot at Gray Tower, but Edith sent Ian valuable resources and journals in gratitude for his help. Ian used the elemental crystals to advance his elementalization and continued practicing alchemy, then Aston arrived to take him to the alchemists' salon.

• Erga recommended Ian to Albus for a Gray Tower admission slot, but Albus refused because all three slots were already committed.
• Edith gave Erga a storage ring for Ian and explained that Ian had helped her solve difficult elemental resonance problems and advance to the Second Ring.
• Ian received Edith's letter, nearly twenty units of high-quality elemental crystals, Second Ring resources, and dozens of journals.
• Ian tested the crystals and found his elementalization had reached 13% while the Four Symbols Furnace had progressed to 28%.
• Ian improved at making elemental crystals in the laboratory, but an instrument malfunctioned while Finny processed Second Ring materials.
• Aston arrived and reminded Ian that the alchemists' salon was taking place that day.

Ian attended an Alchemist Salon, learned that projectless alchemists might be sent to the front lines, and decided to secure a laboratory and grow stronger. After Elena explained the Silver Society’s factions and project rules, Ian connected his Field Resonance Method ambitions to ore processing and submitted a new project concept for her review.

• Ian attended the Alchemist Salon, where Jonah Wicks announced that the department would focus on war equipment and might send two or three projectless alchemists to the front lines.
• Ian sought an Alchemy Puppet component task, but Cameron insulted him and Harvey claimed the assignment; Ian then resolved to secure a laboratory and increase his strength.
• Ian visited Elena at Wind Whisper Academy, where she explained the Silver Society’s Grand Scholar factions and advised him to narrow his Field Resonance Method research and connect it to Academy priorities.
• Ian noticed residual particles on processed ore after a device exploded in his laboratory and began forming a new research idea.
• Ian submitted Elena a preliminary project concept about using mental power’s active disturbance effect on elemental frequencies to break down rare microscopic particles in ore.

Ian secured approval and funding for a rare-ore separation project, then spent six months advancing his alchemy and refining Elemental Crystals. At a competition against Leo and Valentin, Ian stunned the Alchemy Department by producing an extraordinarily pure crystal.

• Ian proposed using Mental Power frequencies to improve rare-ore separation, and Elena, Kieran, Darwin, the review committee, and Simon approved his project.
• The Iron Mountain Family agreed to supply ores in exchange for patent rights, and Ian recruited fifteen scholars to work in a new laboratory.
• Ian divided his time between meditation, alchemy, and the project, reaching Master Level in Elemental Crystal refinement before the six-month deadline.
• At the Alchemy Department meeting, Darwin announced that Ian, Leo, and Valentin would compete for the new laboratory.
• During the manual refinement competition, Ian purified his Elemental Crystal so thoroughly that it shone with a clear, fiery-red light, shocking Darwin and the other alchemists.