Chapter Summaries

Li Aoz bypassed Suofeiya and used his knowledge of Hero of Pharassia to cross a trapped cave, recover a cryptic letter, and reach a hidden chamber. There, he befriended a strange little tree that offered to modify him.

• Li Aoz disarmed himself, walked past Suofeiya, and leapt from a cliff onto a concealed ledge leading to a cave.
• Li Aoz used his memorized walkthrough to bypass the cave’s traps, collect an Easter egg, and open a treasure chest after driving its maggots away with a torch.
• Li Aoz took a longsword and a letter from the chest; the letter warned about the Star Abyss and said that Radiance was eternity and the resurrected were Speakers.
• Li Aoz broke through an illusion behind the chest and entered a secret chamber containing a strange little tree above a pool.
• Li Aoz passed the tree’s Charisma check, accepted its root, and received an offer to modify him.

Li Aoz completed his elemental modification and had his secondary class changed from Commoner to Elementalist, gaining new powers and a path to raise his Intelligence. With his modification finished, he decided to use Sophia’s garden as a secret storehouse for valuable goods and contraband.

• Li Aoz’s roots fused with his body and let him sense the elements before breaking away.
• The system removed his Commoner class and made him an Elementalist, granting him Element Resonance and an Element Pool.
• Li Aoz reviewed his new class and concluded that leveling it could raise his Intelligence to 84.
• Li Aoz decided to leave the Timeless Masterpieces in Sophia’s garden, where they would be safer than in a bank or with Ya Wen.
• Li Aoz recognized an opportunity to smuggle contraband and considered using Sophia’s garden as a secret warehouse.

Li Aoz planned to contact powerful Narrative-level Civilizations to deal with Azure Planet’s threats, chose Universal Magic as his specialization, and returned from the ruins to Blue Chrysanthemum Village. There, he resumed Rio’s thug persona by attacking Luther Klin and taking over his market stall.

• Li Aoz planned to use smuggling to earn Ammonium Gold and secure Interstellar Citizen status so he could contact the Narrative-level Civilizations directly.
• Li Aoz raised his Elementalist level to 60, specialized in Universal Magic, and used the small elemental tree’s teleportation spell to return to the ruins’ entrance.
• Li Aoz filled in the excavation, hunted a fox on his way back, and paused to appreciate the village’s peaceful morning scenery.
• Li Aoz kicked a plump dog into a ditch and went to the market, where he recognized Luther Klin selling herbs.
• Li Aoz threw Luther and his stall aside, claimed the spot for himself, and demanded that the villagers buy his fox for 250 Dinas.

Li Aoz bullied Luther and Jenny to establish Rio’s bad reputation, then used the money from selling his fox to buy the textbooks for the Magic Aptitude Test. He began preparing for the exam while monitoring players’ reactions to the Four Nations and the Outland.

• Li Aoz claimed Jenny’s injury was her own fault, beat Luther, and took over his stall.
• Luther attacked Li Aoz with Strong Wind Assault, but the magic had no effect; Li Aoz struck him again and drove him and Jenny away.
• The villagers condemned Rio, and Li Aoz was pleased that his behavior seemed consistent with Rio’s reputation and would make him harder to investigate.
• Li Aoz sold the fox for 250 Dina and reviewed the Magic Aptitude Test requirements while watching players discuss the Four Nations and join the Outland.
• Li Aoz bought five exam textbooks, including advanced and professional-level works, and began preparing for the test.

Li Aoz used his experience to raise four magic subjects to advanced proficiency and began preparing for the Magic Aptitude Test. While studying, he concluded that Star Abyss was a real world whose laws matched reality, and accepted that he had truly transmigrated there.

• Li Aoz discovered that three advanced subjects and one professional subject had exhausted nearly all his experience, so he decided to memorize A Brief History of Magic himself.
• Li Aoz scheduled his Magic Aptitude Test in the nearest city and made a careful study plan.
• As he studied, Li Aoz noticed that magic and the sciences followed systems consistent with the laws of his previous world.
• Li Aoz reasoned that the Recognition Filter suppressed players' knowledge and Intelligence, and that Qiqiao Network used Star Abyss as a cover for a real world.
• Li Aoz accepted his identity as a fusion of Li Si, Li Aoz, and Rio, and decided that he had no desire to return to his former world.

Li Aoz studied magic for two weeks, discovered that knowledge and specialties carried across bodies, and set out for the Magic Aptitude Test. At the village flying-carpet station, he spotted Luther being seen off by an unusually large group of admirers.

• Li Aoz focused on Universal Magic and planned to master Objective Materialism so he could help confront the Entropy Lord and Imitation Society.
• Li Aoz found Encyclopedic Memory among his main body's implants and concluded that knowledge gained through study persisted across bodies despite being hidden by the system.
• Li Aoz spent two weeks memorizing textbooks and grinding practice questions before leaving for the city examinations.
• Li Aoz saw Luther at the flying-carpet station, surrounded by his childhood sweetheart, older sister, a wealthy blonde girl, and a black-haired girl with glasses.
• Li Aoz thought he might have gone too easy on Luther after noticing that Luther's admirers had filled three seats with farewell gifts.

Li Aoz traveled by flying carpet to take an examination and, under the name Lioz, quickly won over fellow examinees through his conversation and charisma. The journey left him hearing Kadfi Endar declare his intention to join the army and fight for their people on Corinna.

• Li Aoz boarded the public flying carpet alone, and Kadfi Endar introduced himself and struck up a conversation with him.
• Li Aoz explained that a name was only a designation and that a person's actions made them unique, drawing more examinees into the discussion.
• The examinees gradually accepted Li Aoz as Lioz, while his appearance and scholarly manner helped them see him as one of their own.
• The travelers shared their hopes for work, family, and life in space, and Li Aoz noticed how similar their wishes were to ordinary people's.
• Kadfi said he planned to join the army to save their compatriots on Corinna and protect their homeland from the Night Butterfly Federation.

Li Aoz listened as Vik argued that the war against the Night Butterfly Federation was meaningless and that he would abandon the Crystal Tower Civilization rather than fight. He challenged Vik’s nihilism, leaving the boy shaken.

• Young examinees argued over whether to fight the Night Butterfly Federation, and calls to enlist stirred up the group.
• Vik said he would not become a soldier, citing the danger of the war and his refusal to die for politicians.
• Kadfi condemned Vik’s willingness to betray his civilization, while Vik insisted that survival and personal pleasure mattered more than patriotism.
• Li Aoz reflected on Corinna’s future devastation and the eventual deaths of its Tower Clan and Night Clan inhabitants.
• Li Aoz used his intimidating presence to tell Vik that rejecting meaning did not make him significant and asked whether throwing him down would have meaning.

Li Aoz silenced Vik and joined the other examinees in planning a mutual-aid group for their five-day Crystal Tower exam in Oran City. Seeing a chance for his clone to earn a powerful perpetual specialty, he backed the plan and named the group the Help-Study Association.

• Li Aoz intimidated Vik into silence after Vik voiced his nihilistic hostility, and the other examinees began gathering around Li Aoz.
• Mitty · Leah proposed that the examinees form a study group to help one another during the exam, and Kadfi and others discussed lodging, travel, and expenses.
• Li Aoz recalled that his clone could acquire a perpetual specialty that might help his main body advance in rank and obtain a Stratum Advancement Ticket.
• The examinees debated names for their mutual-aid group and asked Li Aoz to choose one.
• Li Aoz named the group the Help-Study Association.

Li Aoz organized the Help-Study Association to help its members prepare for the Magic Aptitude Test in Oran City, while advancing a career mission tied to growing the group. As the first day of the examination began, Luther arrived late after spending the night fretting over Li Aoz’s popularity.

• Li Aoz traveled with the other examinees to Oran City, where the village students marveled at the city’s streets and magical shops.
• During lunch, the village students dismissed warnings about Li Aoz as jealousy, while Li Aoz quietly pursued a career mission requiring him to build and lead a student group.
• Kadfi, Mitty, and the other Help-Study Association members arranged lodging and organized group study, helping members identify weaknesses and prepare for the test.
• Li Aoz spotted promising students as potential core members for his future plans, and the group helped an anxious girl get medical care so she could sit the exam.
• Luther grew bitter watching Li Aoz draw attention, failed to study, and dreamed that Li Aoz would become a celebrated mage and win over his admirers.
• The Help-Study Association members reached their test sites early, and Li Aoz began his physical examination before Luther rushed in.

Li Aoz underwent the magical aptitude assessment, where awakening his Mental Power triggered a strange vision and a commanding change in his demeanor. He gave his name as Lioz (Realze) and left the magician with test results showing exceptional aptitude but intense mental fluctuations.

• Luther spotted Li Aoz chatting with friends and reassured himself that there was plenty of time before the five-day exam.
• A student protested after being told he lacked the aptitude for university, and Kadish Magician teleported him away.
• Li Aoz began his assessment, and the testing magician discovered that he had never awakened his Mental Power.
• The crystal ball awakened Li Aoz's Mental Power, flooding him with heightened senses and a vision of a girl speaking with three mysterious figures.
• Li Aoz's demeanor shifted, and he commanded the magician to give him his results before naming himself Lioz (Realze).

Lioz used his powers to complete the Magic Aptitude Test perfectly and submitted his paper almost immediately, while Luther believed he had given up. The chapter left Luther stunned as he learned that Lioz had already been admitted to a Magic University directly under the Crystal Tower.

• Luther entered the examination hall confident that his aptitude and preparation would help him pass, and he looked down on Lioz for seeming detached.
• Lioz used Sequence Three · Paradox to reveal the answers and fill in the exam, then submitted a flawless paper.
• Luther worked through the questions and assumed Lioz had left because he could not handle the exam.
• Luther went to the Help-Study Association intending to take Lioz's place, but Kadfi told everyone that Lioz had already left.
• Mitty explained that Lioz had been specially admitted by a Magic University directly under the Crystal Tower, and Kadfi clarified that he had finished the exam.

Atkesz Ziegler reported to Minister Barkomon that Lioz had earned full marks on the White Candle Star aptitude test in just five minutes, despite showing no signs of cheating. Barkomon read Lioz’s file and became deeply unsettled, leaving the reason for his reaction unresolved.

• Atkesz hesitated before entering Barkomon’s office, worried that the unusual student file might provoke the powerful minister.
• Barkomon discussed his experiences in the Star Abyss and criticized the Narrative-level Civilization, the Heroes Empire, the Temple of Annihilation, and United Enterprise.
• Atkesz told Barkomon that Lioz had completed the aptitude test in five minutes and that investigators had ruled out cheating.
• Barkomon praised Lioz as a potential talent and suggested contacting the Supreme Council to bring him into the Crystal Hall.
• Barkomon examined Lioz’s file, which recorded full marks on objective, practical, and subjective questions, then paced and stared out the window in evident agitation.

Lioz arrived in Trivella after astonishing the Magic Academy admissions offices with a Zeta-rank test performance despite being Gamma-rank. As the academies competed to recruit him, he silently summoned powerful beings, but none answered before he called Morphedria.

• Lioz descended toward Trivella in an advanced Element Lantern as Magic Academy teachers praised his test results and tried to recruit him.
• The chapter described Trivella’s vast magical infrastructure and the ranks of Cosmic Civilization, establishing how extraordinary Lioz’s performance was for a mortal Gamma-rank.
• After his results reached the Academy Committee, all sixteen top Magic Academies offered Lioz lavish benefits and exceptional teaching arrangements.
• Lioz remained silent and detached while the mentors eagerly fulfilled his requests and gave him gifts worth more than 300,000 Dina.
• Lioz meditated and called on numerous beings and their followers, but received no response.
• Lioz called out the name Morphedria.

Lioz completed his preparations before yielding control back to Li Aoz, who woke up at White Candle Interstellar University and discovered that he had earned full marks on the Magic Aptitude Test and been admitted as a top student. Li Aoz worried that he could not live up to the teachers’ expectations or keep his degree.

• Lioz decided to activate more instincts in Li Aoz, keep the top three sequence Authorities, seek the Pantheon, and study Star Abyss magic.
• Lioz considered how Li Aoz might win over the Disobedient and then returned control of the body to him.
• Li Aoz woke in a student dormitory and recognized the campus as White Candle Interstellar University.
• Li Aoz checked his system log and learned that he had scored full marks, gained the Excellent Student specialty, and inherited the Artifice Mage class.
• Li Aoz realized the teachers expected him to be a genius and worried that failing his classes could get him expelled.

Barkomon and Atkesz discussed Lioz’s divinity and decided to place him in an Interstellar Academy, where the Crystal Tower Civilization could educate and observe him without giving him sensitive information or excessive support. Barkomon then assigned Atkesz a talent-recovery task: find and revive a missing woman named Vierria, whose artistic gifts might attract the Golden Dragon Monk Archer Duken Monser.

• Atkesz was overwhelmed by the essay attributed to Lioz, and Barkomon concluded that its author possessed divinity.
• Barkomon and Atkesz weighed whether Lioz was connected to a Narrative-level Civilization and chose to send him to an Interstellar Academy while investigating and cultivating him cautiously.
• Barkomon explained that his experience in the Star Abyss had shaped his perspective on the Path and on Lioz’s unusual potential.
• Barkomon promoted Atkesz by assigning him a long-term task and promised him two assistants.
• Barkomon told Atkesz to dig up and revive Vierria, then train her to serve the Crystal Civilization and potentially attract Archer Duken Monser.

Li Aoz accepted his apparent perfect exam score and began taking advantage of his enrollment at White Candle Star Interstellar University while planning how to advance his main body. After repairing his main body's genetic damage, he prepared to merge it with his mage identity and pursue an Echoer advancement that could let him choose a new race.

• Li Aoz found notes explaining his periodic memory loss and decided to maintain his honor-student image despite suspecting White Candle Star had made a mistake on his aptitude results.
• Li Aoz contacted Kadfi and the Help-Study Association students, then used his six days before classes to plan how to improve his Spellcaster aptitude and gather experience and funds.
• Li Aoz bought a healing potion and materials in Trivella, returned to Blue Chrysanthemum Village, and used the potion to repair his main body's genetic damage to 100%.
• Li Aoz upgraded the Biochemical Pool and chose to merge the two sets of implants rather than switch them immediately.
• Li Aoz planned to complete his Astral Echoer advancement mission and considered choosing a Spellcaster-suited race, aiming to obtain a Stratum Advancement Ticket and advance further.

After awakening Mental Power, Li Aoz broadened his plans and decided to merge his colonized bodies, travel to the Heroes Empire, and attempt a class change before returning to White Candle Star. He left the chapter preparing to make a direct push toward Gamma-rank, while reflecting on why Star Abyss natives sought godhood and recalling that Plunder Soul Red King had betrayed Star Abyss.

• Li Aoz decided to alter his aptitude directly instead of hiding his ordinary talent and slowly pursuing a class change.
• Li Aoz planned to sell the Spirit Maggot at the Annihilation Temple, join the Heroes Empire, and attempt to change classes into an Echoer.
• Li Aoz calculated that merging his colonized bodies would give him powerful Intelligence and Charm gains, enhancing Sequence 77: Bane.
• Li Aoz resolved to merge his colonized bodies and try to reach Gamma-rank within six days, even if the class change failed.
• Li Aoz considered the difference between players and Star Abyss natives, then recalled that Plunder Soul Red King had betrayed Star Abyss after becoming a chief god.

Li Aoz recounted the fall of the Star Abyss Gods, the fate of the surviving traitor Red King, and the rise of mortal competition for divine thrones. He explained the twenty-four ranks of the Path and left the story focused on the ascension system that shaped beings across Star Abyss.

• Star Abyss launched a war against the Three Great Destroyers, and its Main Gods fell one by one until Lioz was defeated as the last of them.
• Red King betrayed Star Abyss to the Jewel Dragon King but survived, while Narrative-level Civilizations such as the United Company spread his faith through Paths.
• After the Main God era ended, Narrative-level Civilizations divided the Path into twenty-four ranks and established rules for advancement.
• Li Aoz recalled the Curse-Free ranks, including Initial Ascension at Epsilon and Second Ascension at Kappa, which let individuals become people of the universe.
• Li Aoz described the Strong Curse ranks and the Omega-rank Curse-Breaking range, whose most powerful beings could barely act within the universe.

Li Aoz fused his colony armor into a newly engineered Thanatos Human body and chose a mutation that let him wield Dark Source Energy. The fusion opened a Dark Element pool and left Mage as his secondary class, setting him up for his planned trip to the Temple of Annihilation.

• Li Aoz began colony armor fusion, accepting a rank reduction to Beta-rank and tuning his body for mana conduction and elemental sensing.
• His two colony armor bodies melted down and were rebuilt into a single body with Thanatos Human Race traits and concealed Haynes Crystals.
• Li Aoz used his Perfect Reset to review three mutation options, including Dark Source Energy Devour.
• He chose the dark-energy mutation because no dark-related Aoneng existed below Omikron level.
• The conversion opened his Dark Element pool, activated Flesh Affinity, and returned 750,000 experience points after Elementalist was cleansed and Mage became his secondary class.