Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ming persuaded Siweenis to accept the Yadoud Kingdom’s throne by warning her of the people’s hardships and arranging a mass appeal outside Potion Castle. After Siweenis became Queen and gave birth to their daughter, Zhou Ming began planning a journey across the continent.

• Zhou Ming urged Siweenis to become Queen, arguing that commoners still suffered from poverty, exploitation, and winter hardship, but she said she would rather stay with him and their child.
• Zhou Ming arranged for nobles and nearly one hundred thousand citizens to plead with Siweenis to take the throne, and she finally agreed after people began freezing in the snow.
• Zhou Ming and the nobles planned a constitutional monarchy, while Cohen formed the Glory Party to support Siweenis and help her carry out her policies.
• One week later, Siweenis was crowned Queen of the Yadoud Kingdom and began governing the nation.
• More than two months later, Siweenis gave birth to a daughter, and Zhou Ming began planning to travel across the continent the following spring.

With the kingdom flourishing, Zhou Ming planned to travel to Magic City, but he and Siweenis shortened the journey by using a Space Teleportation Array and agreed he would return regularly. After months of preparation, Zhou Ming departed for the Vitros Empire with Sears and Henry, leaving his pregnant wife and young daughter behind.

• Zhou Ming helped establish worker-protection laws and expand Bruno Magic School, strengthening the Yadoud Kingdom's economy and magical training.
• Zhou Ming told Siweenis he planned to travel to Magic City, and she struggled with the idea of being apart for years.
• Sears reminded Zhou Ming about the Space Teleportation Array, and Zhou Ming realized he could reach Magic City much faster by traveling through the Vitros Empire.
• Zhou Ming persuaded Siweenis to let him go, promising to return at least once every three years and never stay away longer than five.
• After saying farewell to Siweenis, Alice, and Nabe, Zhou Ming set off aboard Flame No. 1 with Sears and Henry toward the Vitros Empire.

Zhou Ming and his companions arrived in the technologically advanced Vitros Empire and discovered that they could remain legally for only seven days without a recommendation from a Magic Association elder. Though Shop Manager Hall could help, Zhou Ming hesitated because that would bring him face-to-face with Wei Ni and her family.

• The Flame No. 1 entered the Vitros Empire, where Zhou Ming observed its dense population, industrial development, and climate-controlling Magician's Towers.
• Zhou Ming flew to Niatta City, the enormous imperial capital, leaving Teacher Sears and Henry amazed by its size.
• A griffin patrol told Zhou Ming that Santos's recommendation letter lacked authority, limiting the group to seven days in the empire under surveillance.
• A Continental Chamber of Commerce representative suggested obtaining a new letter from a local Magic Association elder before the seven days ended.
• Zhou Ming considered asking Shop Manager Hall for help, then realized that doing so would likely bring him into contact with Wei Ni and her family.
• Zhou Ming decided not to trouble Shop Manager Hall and said he would find another way to secure a recommendation.

Zhou Ming pursued a Letter of Recommendation to avoid expulsion from Niatta City, and a custom Flight Backpack led elder Terry Gannis to agree to help him. Wei Ni recognized a familiar name on Terry’s letter, leaving her shocked by the connection.

• Zhou Ming ruled out gaining citizenship and spent five days building contacts with three Magic Association elders through the Continental Chamber of Commerce.
• Mirans demanded fifty million gold coins, Renaultde required True Dragon Blood, and the unnamed elder asked for the fastest Flight Backpack.
• Zhou Ming improved a Flight Backpack, and Terry Gannis accepted it as a birthday gift for his great-granddaughter Wei Ni.
• Wei Ni tested the backpack, celebrated its speed, and imagined using it to defeat the man who had once haunted her.
• Terry Gannis wrote Zhou Ming’s Letter of Recommendation, and Wei Ni spotted a familiar name in the letter.

Wei Ni delivered Terry Gannis’s Letter of Recommendation to Zhou Ming, but revealed that she wanted revenge and tried to force him into a duel. After Zhou Ming refused, she left the letter on the ground and watched him from hiding.

• Wei Ni learned that Laimoton Lei Lin had arrived in Nilata City and volunteered to deliver Terry Gannis’s Letter of Recommendation.
• Zhou Ming and his companions prepared to leave the Continental Chamber of Commerce when the letter had not arrived by the deadline.
• Wei Ni arrived with the letter, revealed herself to Zhou Ming, and demanded that he fight her in the arena.
• Zhou Ming refused Wei Ni’s demand, and the patrol captain stopped them from fighting in the city district.
• Wei Ni offered Zhou Ming the letter with a forced smile, then dropped it on the ground and watched him secretly as he decided whether to pick it up.

Zhou Ming and his companions discovered that reaching Magic City required a Great Magician certification and 100,000 Magic Association Contribution Points, in addition to a steep fee. Since they could not bypass the requirements or freely travel between empires without local Letters of Recommendation, Zhou Ming had to remain in the Vitros Empire and start earning points.

• Zhou Ming initially refused to pick up Wei Ni's Letter of Recommendation, but Teacher Sears retrieved it and decided to confront the patrolmen; Zhou Ming agreed to stay briefly in the Vitros Empire.
• Zhou Ming and his companions explored the Magic Association's dimensional branch in Nilata City and learned the requirements for using its teleportation arrays, especially the barriers to entering Magic City.
• An old magician warned Zhou Ming that Magic City was hidden behind a powerful illusion array and Dimensional Barrier, making entry by aircraft or force unrealistic.
• Zhou Ming realized he needed 100,000 Contribution Points to qualify for Magic City and could not quickly earn them elsewhere because other empires required local Letters of Recommendation to access their association facilities.
• Zhou Ming and his companions resigned themselves to staying in Nilata City and earning Contribution Points, joining the city's many magicians struggling to reach Magic City.

Zhou Ming partnered with Elder Renaultde and Emperor Cyril to establish an industrialized potion business in the Vitros Empire, aiming to expand Yadoud Kingdom’s market and eventually sell potions across the continent. After the Second Potion Factory began operating, Zhou Ming introduced Vitros Empire Magic Puppet Technology to its production line.

• Zhou Ming convinced Elder Renaultde to join his plan after twenty potion-making apprentices produced three thousand perfect-quality Mind-Calming Potions in three days.
• Emperor Cyril approved land for a Potion Factory, while Zhou Ming stopped Teacher Sears from killing the patrol captain and eight griffin patrolmen.
• Zhou Ming moved a potion production line to the Vitros Empire, where Yadoud Kingdom, the imperial family, and Elder Renaultde held forty, forty, and twenty percent of the shares.
• Zhou Ming explained that the Vitros branch would serve the empire’s market and support plans to distribute potions across the continent through the Magic Association’s Space Teleportation Array.
• Half a year later, the Second Potion Factory began production with a batch of medicinal herbs, and Zhou Ming added Vitros Empire Magic Puppet Technology to its assembly line.

Zhou Ming expanded his potion business with magic-puppet labor, then earned a huge Magic Association reward for producing cheap Mind-Calming Potions. Seeing the Light Saint Kingdoms’ rapid expansion and needing more Contribution Points to reach Magic City, he prepared to launch the powerful Extreme Ice Potion while a third major project neared completion.

• Zhou Ming hired 186 magic puppets at his Second Potion Factory and offered them wages, upgrades, vacations, and family visits, prompting their cheers.
• The factory sold 300,000 bottles of Mind-Calming Potion in two days, earning Zhou Ming and his partners a net profit of 69 million gold coins.
• The Magic Association awarded the project 100,000 Contribution Points, then encouraged rival factories with a new 20,000-point production reward.
• Zhou Ming divided the reward among Renaultde, Teacher Sears, and himself, leaving him with 40,000 points and 60,000 still needed for his goal.
• Zhou Ming and Elder Renaultde prepared the Extreme Ice Potion, a low-cost breakthrough potion effective even for Legendary and Forbidden Spell Magicians.

Zhou Ming held a lavish product launch at Nilata Higher Magic Academy and used a presentation to expose the Mandala Flower and its products as addictive poisons that harmed health, finances, and lifespan. His speech stirred the audience and gave Emperor Cyril hope of fighting the powerful Mandala Flower industry, while Wei Ni worried that Zhou Ming had put his life in danger.

• Zhou Ming filled Nilata Higher Magic Academy's grand hall with influential guests and began the launch with a plain stage and an unconventional outfit.
• Zhou Ming presented the Mandala Flower's widespread use and economic importance before declaring Manlo Pollen and Manlo Tobacco poisonous and addictive.
• Zhou Ming detailed the ten harms of Mandala products, including physical and mental damage, addiction, financial loss, and shortened lifespans.
• The audience erupted in grief, denial, and resolve to quit, while supporters of the Mandala Flower industry angrily rejected Zhou Ming's claims.
• Emperor Cyril saw Zhou Ming's speech as a chance to eliminate the Mandala Flower industry, and Wei Ni feared the backlash could lead to Zhou Ming's assassination.

Zhou Ming and Elder Renaultde unveiled the Extreme Ice Super Magic Potion as a cheaper, less harmful substitute for Manlo Pollen, while warning that it remained addictive and dangerous. The launch drew public support but provoked a powerful drug-trafficking interest group, as the Magic Association approved Zhou Ming’s Eradication Plan and sent a thousand high-ranking mages to the Vitros Empire.

• Zhou Ming introduced the Extreme Ice Super Magic Potion, and Elder Renaultde presented its benefits, lower price, and remaining risks to the audience.
• Wei Ni and most attendees applauded the potion, while a furious minority resolved to hire assassins, kill Zhou Ming and Renaultde, and destroy the potion’s production facilities.
• The chapter revealed that Zhou Ming had prepared for retaliation by gaining the support of Cyril and the upper echelon of the Magic Association.
• Zhou Ming argued that The Light Church had helped promote Manlo Pollen in other lands while eradicating Mandala Flowers in its own territory.
• The Magic Association approved Zhou Ming’s Eradication Plan and ordered one thousand Legendary Rank and above mages to the Vitros Empire to eliminate Manlo Pollen.

After Zhou Ming and Elder Renaultde disappeared, Extreme Ice Potion rapidly displaced Manlo Pollen, prompting Earl Swen Jinli and other nobles to plot against the emperor. Emperor Cyril learned they had conspired to kill him and ordered Zhou Ming to begin the Eradication Plan, which ended with the Royal Magician Corps attacking the nobles’ gathering.

• Earl Swen Jinli hired assassins and sent thousands of swordsmen and magicians to hunt Zhou Ming and Elder Renaultde.
• As Extreme Ice Potion shops opened across Nilata City, Manlo Pollen sales collapsed and the nobles gathered to plan a response.
• Earl Swen Jinli urged the nobles to destroy Extreme Ice Potion sellers and declared they should kill Emperor Cyril.
• A concealed magical recorder sent the nobles’ words to Zhou Ming and Emperor Cyril, who learned the truth about Heloise’s death and ordered the Eradication Plan to close its net.
• The Royal Magician Corps surrounded the castle and began destroying it, while officials ordered that no one inside survive and that every soul be collected.

After the Vitros Empire and the Magic Association crushed the Mandala Flower industry, they divided its enormous spoils while denying Zhou Ming a share. Zhou Ming bargained for a higher invention reward, realized the Magic Association was eyeing his next major project, and released it on November 23.

• The emperor, the Magic Association, and the Royal Legion wiped out the Mandala Flower industry across the Vitros Empire, burned its fields, and seized wealth worth more than 50 trillion gold coins.
• Emperor Cyril and the Magic Association divided the spoils, giving the royal family about 60 percent and the Magic Association about 40 percent, while refusing Zhou Ming a share because they suspected his motives.
• Zhou Ming argued that his Extreme Ice Potion deserved more than 100,000 Contribution Points, and the Magic Association raised the reward to 150,000 after more than an hour of debate.
• Zhou Ming gave 50,000 points each to Elder Renaultde and Teacher Sears and realized Rumsis and the Magic Association were interested in his next major project.
• Zhou Ming released the long-delayed treasure on November 23.

Zhou Ming unveiled the Beautiful Princess, a powerful Magic Airship developed with the Continental Chamber of Commerce, and demonstrated its enormous carrying capacity, speed, and range. Wei Ni still wanted to challenge him but had accepted that he was too popular and busy to attack; Zhou Ming invited her to join the airship’s maiden voyage, and she agreed.

• Zhou Ming explained how No Qi and magic runes let the Magic Airship carry up to 300 tons and reach speeds of around 450 kilometers per hour.
• At the Continental Chamber of Commerce’s launch event, Zhou Ming unveiled the airship and named her the Beautiful Princess, impressing the crowd with her specifications.
• Wei Ni reflected on how Zhou Ming’s inventions and public popularity had made it difficult for her to challenge or kill him.
• Zhou Ming invited Wei Ni to be one of the Beautiful Princess’s first 500 test-flight passengers, and she accepted.

Zhou Ming explained to Wei Ni how Magic Airships could reshape warfare and why their technology was worth 300,000 Contribution Points. A week after the Beautiful Princess’s successful test flight, he received the points, helped Teacher Sears, and qualified to enter Magic City.

• The Beautiful Princess carried its first 500 trial passengers into the sky, where Wei Ni admired the view and discussed the airship with Zhou Ming.
• Zhou Ming explained that Magic Airship technology was difficult to reproduce and argued that airships could give a smaller coalition a decisive advantage by rapidly moving troops and supplies.
• Wei Ni objected that Legendary Magicians could overturn the balance, and Zhou Ming described separate battlefields for mortals and powerful beings before explaining the airship’s military value.
• A week after the test flight, Old Wolf paid Zhou Ming the 300,000 Contribution Points requested by the Magic Association for the airship’s technical data.
• Zhou Ming gave Teacher Sears 20,000 points, bringing his own balance to 370,000 and qualifying him to enter Magic City through the Space Teleportation Array.

Zhou Ming prepared to leave for Magic City, where he expected to spend three or four years, and returned to the Yadoud Kingdom to arrange for its defense. He left Siweenis with plans to strengthen the kingdom’s military and intelligence services before returning to the Vitros Empire.

• Zhou Ming confirmed that he met Magic City’s entry requirements and decided to depart after making arrangements for his absence.
• Zhou Ming returned to Diro City and reunited with Siweenis and their two daughters, then discussed why Siweenis remained overworked as Queen.
• Zhou Ming told Siweenis to prepare for war by expanding the regular army, increasing weapons production and training, and building a comprehensive intelligence agency to monitor The Light Church.
• Zhou Ming warned Siweenis that a continent-wide war might break out and urged her to prepare an escape route for herself and their daughters.
• After spending about five days in the Yadoud Kingdom, Zhou Ming said goodbye to his family on December 7 and flew Raging Fire 2 back to the Vitros Empire.

Zhou Ming visited the Gannis Family to express his gratitude and settle his conflict with Wei Ni before leaving for Magic City. After a tense luncheon, he gave Wei Ni a custom-made personal Magic Airship, and they reached an understanding.

• Zhou Ming visited Hall Gannis, Terry Gannis, and the rest of the Gannis Family with expensive gifts, thanking them for their help.
• Wei Ni refused to join the family luncheon until Olivia argued with her and brought her downstairs.
• Wei Ni mocked Zhou Ming during lunch, then stormed upstairs when Olivia suggested marrying her to him.
• Zhou Ming followed Wei Ni to the rooftop and presented her with a custom luxury Magic Airship that could fit inside a Space Ring.
• Wei Ni accepted the gift and forgave Zhou Ming, though she warned him not to provoke her again.

Zhou Ming and Teacher Sears entered Magic City through a costly one-way spatial gate, where the alluring Forbidden Spell Magician Sabina Margaret was assigned to guide Zhou Ming. As Sabina showed them the futuristic city, Zhou Ming noticed that everyone hurried away at the sight of her.

• Zhou Ming learned that the spatial gates were one-way, expensive to activate, and could stay open for only three minutes, then paid fifty million gold coins to use one.
• Zhou Ming traveled through the gate to Magic City and was caught by Sabina when he nearly fell on arrival.
• Sabina introduced herself as a Forbidden Spell Magician sent by Old Wolf to look after Zhou Ming, while Teacher Sears arrived separately and limped to his feet.
• Sabina led Zhou Ming and Sears into Magic City, where Zhou Ming marveled at its skyscrapers, magical aircraft, golems, and enormous Dimensional Barrier.
• Zhou Ming noticed that the pedestrians fled after seeing Sabina and wondered why they were so afraid of her.

Zhou Ming learned about Magic City's diverse population, political system, and tensions between locals and outsiders, then discovered that his guide Sabina was a notorious serial killer. He grew furious at Old Wolf for assigning her to him and vowed to make him regret it.

• Zhou Ming and his companions settled into a villa and spent three days learning about Magic City's population, history, and racial tensions.
• Zhou Ming found that Magic City used elected councils and term limits, but its political fragmentation and social conflicts made its government inefficient.
• Zhou Ming offered a frightened local one thousand Contribution Points to explain why people feared Sabina.
• The local revealed that Sabina had repeatedly killed men by draining them and had been imprisoned several times for her crimes.
• Zhou Ming realized Old Wolf had placed a dangerous criminal beside him and vowed to make Old Wolf regret it.

Zhou Ming accepted Old Wolf’s challenge to solve Sabina’s dangerous condition, then spent two weeks building a device while evading her advances. He finished the device in the laboratory and presented it to Sabina as she tried to seduce him.

• Zhou Ming confronted Old Wolf about assigning Sabina to him, and Old Wolf offered 100,000 Contribution Points and Sabina as an assistant if Zhou Ming solved her problem within a month.
• Sabina’s advances intensified, so Zhou Ming bought supplies and tools at the market to build a device he hoped would solve her problem.
• Zhou Ming evaded Sabina’s attempts to reach him, using Extreme Ice Potion to calm her and working in the laboratory while she kept Teacher Sears in her room for three days.
• On the fourteenth night, Zhou Ming finished a thick, long device as Sabina approached him and asked him to satisfy her.
• Zhou Ming told Sabina he had created something that could conquer her and placed the device before her.

Zhou Ming used an invention to satisfy Sabina, winning her submission and securing Old Wolf’s promise of 100,000 Contribution Points. He then spent six and a half months reading and recording the library’s books through the forty-fifth floor, astonishing the Magic Association’s leadership with his abilities.

• Sabina tested Zhou Ming’s invention overnight, then praised its electric discharge function and suggested several improvements.
• Zhou Ming refined the product, fulfilled Sabina’s needs, and gained control over her through its parts and supplies.
• Old Wolf transferred 100,000 Contribution Points and told Zhou Ming that a million points could earn him access to every library floor.
• Zhou Ming used a Thousand-Hand Guanyin spell to scan 100,000 books a day and finished reading through the library’s forty-fifth floor in six and a half months.
• Director Kinnear and Old Wolf were astonished by Zhou Ming’s reading speed and wondered whether he was more than an ordinary human.