Chapter Summaries

Ian took first place in all three events of the Gray Tower’s second-phase assessment, drawing Bruno’s favor and gaining access to the Myriad Source Pool. After more than half a month inside, he brought his Four Symbols Sacred Body to the peak of top-tier physiques and left as the next round approached.

• Ian saw the death aura and supernatural creatures gathering around Keser City, then resolved to grow strong enough to reach three rings.
• Ian’s results confirmed him as first in all three events, and Grant, Zachary, and Cyril each acknowledged his strength or apologized before leaving.
• Bruno upgraded Ian’s reward to grade-one access to the Myriad Source Pool, prompting Gray Tower families to seek his favor and send gifts.
• Ian received the Mountain Giant Construction Technique, the final earth-element Replenishment Wizardry he needed.
• Ian spent more than half a month in the Myriad Source Pool, fully integrating his body-tempering aura, nature aura, and physique as his Four Symbols Sacred Body reached the peak of top-tier physiques.
• Ian left the pool after breaking the Academy’s previous stay record, ready for the next Study Tour round.

Ian practiced the Mountain Giant Construction Technique and attended the third round of the Gray Tower Study Tour, where he learned about the Pattern-Eyed Civilization. During combat class, he saw through instructor Chase Farrell's Goatman transformation and defeated him with a single Dragon Breath.

• Ian summoned a mountain giant, tested its destructive power and defense, and continued practicing the spell ahead of the third Study Tour round.
• Anton introduced the Pattern-Eyed Civilization, a low-level civilization at war with the Gray Tower, and gave the Wizards books on its supernatural system to study.
• Ian studied the Pattern-Eyed people's power patterns and decided their techniques might be worth adapting to his own Wizard abilities.
• Instructor Chase Farrell transformed into a Goatman and challenged Ian to demonstrate combat against creatures from other civilizations.
• Ian detected Chase's deceptive position with the Four Symbols Mirror Eye and blasted him with Dragon Breath, leaving Chase injured and astonished.

Ian studied the Pattern-Eyed People’s methods, used their frequency techniques to advance his stalled Frequency Resonance Method, and learned that the next level of physique was called the Primordial Body. After Ian submitted a bold analysis of the Pattern-Eyed People, Anton was so shocked by its contents that he hurried to bring it to Vincent, head of the Patterned-Eye research project.

• Chase demonstrated the dangers of unfamiliar alien abilities by defeating Grant, while Ian’s earlier victory prompted the Wizards to take the class seriously.
• Stephen gave Ian individual alchemy instruction, and Ian studied the Academy’s analyzed Pattern-Eyed legacy, discovering its world-connected patterns and unusual frequency method.
• Ian learned the Pattern-Eyed Resonance Method and saw his Frequency Resonance Method progress from 50 to 51, then received Edith’s letter explaining the Primordial Body.
• Ian advanced the Pattern-Eyed Resonance Method to Master Level and began researching how to improve his Four Symbols Sacred Body.
• Anton taught the class about the Sea Folk, the Abyssal Race, and the Wizard World’s other enemies, then collected the Wizards’ analyses of the Pattern-Eyed People.
• Anton read Ian’s complete analysis and countermeasures, became visibly shocked, and rushed to Vincent, head of the Patterned-Eye research project.

Vincent recruited Ian to the Academy’s Pattern-Eyed People project after reading Ian’s analysis of their first-ring methods. Although the team suspected Ian had joined through connections and assigned him a difficult frequency to decipher, Ian quickly mastered it and developed the Burst Frequency Method.

• Anton showed Vincent Ian’s analysis of the Pattern-Eyed People, and Vincent invited Ian to join the Academy’s project team for five hundred thousand magic stones per month.
• Ian accepted the invitation, visited the project laboratories, and saw the Pattern-Eyed People’s ancient tree covered in patterns.
• Vincent assigned Ian to work under Cameron Stone on frequency resonance, and Cameron gave him an undeciphered pattern frequency as his first assignment.
• The project team’s Wizards assumed Ian had joined through connections and doubted he could solve the difficult assignment.
• Ian used Universal Empathy to decipher the frequency, discovered the Burst Frequency Method, and raised it to Master Level in one week.

Ian joined Cameron’s Pattern-Eyed Resonance project after deciphering its Second Ring portion in ten days, then spent half a year advancing his studies and wizardry. After reaching Master Level with the Mountain Giant Construction Technique, he completed a transformed Four Symbols Core chapter and emerged from a month-long physique reconstruction having advanced, but not completely.

• Ian gave Cameron his report, and Cameron made him lead the project’s Second Ring analysis after Royce and Lia accepted his ability.
• Ian quickly completed his assigned portion of the Pattern-Eyed Resonance analysis, while Vincent hoped the project would help the front lines against threats to the Pattern-Eyed World.
• Over the next half year, Ian advanced his alchemy, project work, and training until the Mountain Giant Construction Technique reached Master Level.
• Ian used the skill’s insights to complete the Earth Core Chapter of the Four Symbols Codex and began preparing resources for a major physique advancement.
• Ian spent a month undergoing reconstruction in a Second-Ring Elemental Pool, then awoke with gray patterns across his body and realized his advancement was incomplete.

Ian advanced his Four Symbols Sacred Body to a Pseudo-Primordial Body, greatly strengthening his abilities, then helped his team complete the analysis of the Pattern-Eyed Resonance Method and earned a personal reward. Vincent told Ian that the Study Tour might end early because of a problem in the small world and promised to arrange the knowledge Ian needed; Ian then went to meet Bruno.

• Ian advanced his Four Symbols Sacred Body to a Pseudo-Primordial Body, doubling his mana quality and capacity and dramatically strengthening his balance ability and physique.
• Ian returned to the Laboratory, where Royce and Lia reported that the pattern Ian had identified was related to resonance.
• Ian led the team to complete the analysis of the Pattern-Eyed Resonance Method, earning praise and a personal reward of five million magic stones.
• Vincent offered to help Ian with Edith and promised to arrange the knowledge he needed, then warned that the Study Tour might end early because of a problem in the small world.
• Ian followed a Servant Witch to the Wizard Tower and met Bruno again.

Bruno tested Ian by having him fight Zane, a third-ring wizard whose rules Bruno sealed, and Ian won after revealing his extraordinary strength. Impressed, Bruno accepted Ian as Edith’s partner and gave him the inheritance crystal for the Phase Coordination Technique.

• Bruno told Ian that Edith might soon advance to the third ring and study at the Eternal Firmament, then asked Zane to test Ian in a fight.
• Bruno sealed Zane’s rules, and Ian and Zane traded powerful spells across the small world’s plain.
• Ian used Balance to disrupt Zane’s explosive power and brought an icicle to his face, winning the fight.
• Bruno mistook Ian’s ability for a law-level talent, accepted his relationship with Edith, and went to prepare Ian’s inheritance.
• Bruno returned several hours later with the inheritance crystal for the Phase Coordination Technique.

Ian received Bruno’s Phase Coordination Technique legacy crystal and learned that Kieran had been severely injured in an ambush, prompting him to return to White Stone Territory. After gathering resources and allies, Ian left Thousand Tower City and began studying the technique aboard the airship as he approached the City of Elements.

• Bruno gave Ian a Phase Coordination Technique legacy crystal, reported Kieran’s severe injuries, and supplied a healing potion and his identification badge for Ian’s return.
• Ian used Bruno’s authorization to exchange points and a rule fragment for resources, then received a Space Teleportation Gem from Vincent.
• Gabriel, Quentin, Emil, Osborne, Grant, and others saw Ian off, while Gideon joined him on the journey home.
• Ian boarded the airship with Gideon and kept the black wizard’s book containing black sorcery and two levels of the Soul-Rending Spell.
• Ian absorbed the legacy crystal’s knowledge and reached Proficient Level in the Phase Coordination Technique after three days.
• The airship reached the outskirts of the City of Elements as Ian prepared to face the situation in White Stone Territory.

Ian returned to the City of Elements and learned that Kieran had been ambushed, gravely injured, and left in a coma. Ian revived him with a third-ring restorative potion, but Kieran’s opponents prepared to use the Academy assembly to remove him as acting dean.

• Ian visited Horton and learned that Kieran had been attacked and that the Horton Wizard School and Bayers Chamber of Commerce were facing pressure.
• Ian returned to the Four Symbols Academy and gave the comatose Kieran a third-ring restorative potion, which awakened him.
• Kieran told Ian that Wizards from three Academies had ambushed him at the White Stone Vein, while Cerys revealed plans to appoint a new acting dean.
• Derek warned Kieran that most of the other Academies and several departments supported replacing him, despite his return to consciousness.
• Una, Wade, Russell, Anthony, and Damian discussed forcing Kieran to resign, with Russell dismissing Ian as too young to threaten them.
• The Academy assembly began after a day of preparations.

At the Academy assembly, Kieran resigned as acting head and named Huo Yan his successor, but Una and other academy heads accused Kieran of abusing his authority and targeted Ian. Ian challenged Una to a duel and, after Una unleashed his strongest ice attack, emerged unharmed and struck him down.

• Kieran resigned as acting head and presented Aaron's recording naming Huo Yan as his successor.
• Una accused Kieran of misusing Academy resources and singled out Ian, while Kieran accepted sole responsibility.
• Ian defended his teacher, accused Una and Wade of involvement in Kieran's ambush, and challenged them to fight.
• Una accepted Ian's challenge, and the assembly moved to the arena as wizards gathered to watch.
• Una covered Ian in a vast iceberg with his ice law, but Ian shattered it without moving and knocked Una into a crater with one punch.

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.