Chapter Summaries

Ronan prepared to advance to Third Level inside Fairy Ancient City as the shrinking boundary forced contestants toward the Talent Seats. Meanwhile, Blue Mist Society debated revenge against Andariel, and powerful contestants claimed seats as a sinister young man set his sights on Serena of the Life Royal Court.

• Claire told Ronan that the light curtain around Fairy Ancient City was contracting and would eliminate anyone left outside it, so Ronan asked Claire to leave if the boundary reached his house before he emerged.
• Ronan set up defensive and Spiritual Power arrays, examined Mafflin's cowbell, and began preparing to advance to Third Level while Claire guarded him.
• Claire saw more Stone Pillars light up and received a message from Havide; Havide and Orian argued over whether Blue Mist Society should attack Andariel before Orian learned that Ronan was about to advance to Third Level.
• Moriel mocked and struck Life Royal Court wizards outside Fairy Ancient City, while Vivian reassured a Life Royal Court Dawn Wizard that Moriel would be indulged because she was the Phoenix Family's sole bloodline of her generation.
• Venus, Jupiter, and Rufus defeated opponents and claimed Talent Seats as the number of illuminated Stone Pillars rose to eighteen.
• A sinister young man awakened, declared that he wanted to crush Serena of the Life Royal Court, and vanished from his chamber.

Ronan advanced to the Third Level Wizard and displayed his overwhelming strength by killing a pursuer who was attacking Fei Lie Jia Long. As Ronan and Claire headed toward the battle for seats, Andariel continued to block four Stone Pillars and declared that the other wizards were only nourishment for him.

• Ronan completed his advancement to Third Level Wizard, gained the Frostflame Soul Rune, and tested its power by compressing ice into blue flames.
• Claire told Ronan that only seven vacant seats remained and that Orian was gathering people to oppose Andariel.
• Ronan rescued Fei Lie Jia Long by killing one of the three Third Level Wizards pursuing him, causing the other two to flee.
• Ronan and Claire flew toward the pillars of light, while Fei Lie Jia Long gave up and headed for the contracting light screen.
• Andariel used his vast Ash Smoke and green-beam skulls to keep other wizards away from four Stone Pillars and claimed they should become nourishment for him.

Andariel overwhelmed the wizards challenging his four Stone Pillars, but Ronan arrived and rescued Orian. Ronan then confronted Andariel, unveiled his Ice Magic domain, and began using his new Secret Art, Snow Country in Palm.

• Andariel repelled the wizards attacking him and drove them away from the Stone Pillars with his powerful Undead Arts.
• Orian charged Andariel seeking revenge, but Andariel trapped him and lifted him by the neck.
• Ronan broke through Andariel's domain, rescued Orian, and told him to leave the fight to him.
• Claire revealed to Havide that Ronan had killed Skeleton Doom Bell Mafflin before advancing to a Third Level Wizard.
• Ronan challenged Andariel and summoned a vast Ice Cold Domain, then gathered its power into a sphere in his palm.
• Ronan named his new technique Snow Country in Palm and pressed the sphere toward Andariel.

Ronan unveiled the incomplete Palm Snow Country spell and defeated Andariel in a fierce battle, severing his arm and forcing him onto a stone pillar. The watching wizards were left stunned as Ronan’s Ash Smoke swelled behind him.

• Ronan compressed the Frozen Earth Flow’s Ice Cold Domain into Palm Snow Country and shattered Andariel’s domain with its power.
• Andariel summoned a giant skeletal creature to shield himself from the released frostflame, while Ronan evaded the dark glimmer fired from Andariel’s bone spike.
• Ronan used Itai’s Spatial Stasis to trap Andariel, but Andariel broke free and fled as Ronan pursued him.
• Ronan formed Spell-Breaking Blades and severed Andariel’s arm, forcing him to retreat onto an unlit stone pillar.
• Andariel’s defeat caused his mysterious light cluster to enter Ronan, whose Ash Smoke expanded into a vast gray cloud as the witnesses watched in shock.

Ronan defeated Andariel in the Talent Seat contest, claimed his Soul Ash Smoke and bone spike, then secured a seat as the first round ended. With all thirty-two seats filled, the Talent Ranking Battle was about to begin, and Ronan fixed his attention on Serena.

• Ronan defeated Andariel, severed his arm, and took the bone spike from his hand.
• Andariel attached a replacement arm and prepared to continue fighting, but the shrinking light screen forced the contestants to scramble for the last three seats.
• Ronan abandoned the duel, claimed a stone pillar, and helped Havide secure a seat after Orian declined.
• The light screen stopped, all thirty-two pillars lit, and Fairy Ancient City became fully visible as the eliminated wizards withdrew.
• Havide thanked Ronan and promised to recommend him as Blue Mist Society president after the contest.
• Ronan surveyed the seated geniuses, met Serena's calm gaze, and resolved to challenge her if he got the chance.

Ronan watched the Talent Seat ranking battles begin and learned that several leading competitors could manifest their Soul Traits, including Serena, Adam, Li Weiqi, and Andariel. When Ronan’s pillar turned blue, he saw that his next opponent was someone he recognized.

• Ronan spotted Anglie Leo among the competitors before the ranking battles began.
• Lan Bose defeated the Shadow Moon Church wizard with superior strength and an array of magic tools.
• Serena manifested her Soul Trait, a majestic golden humanoid phantom, and her opponent surrendered without fighting.
• Adam, Li Weiqi, and Andariel each manifested their own Soul Traits in later battles.
• Ronan’s pillar turned blue, and he stepped out after recognizing the opponent selected to face him.

Ronan faced Jupiter, the Thunder Council’s renowned young wizard, in the Genius Seat rankings and revealed his mastery of Ice Magic against Jupiter’s overwhelming electric domain. The battle escalated when Jupiter unleashed a devastating Level Three Magic Domain Resonance attack, Heaven’s Punishment: Destruction Spear, leaving Ronan in immediate danger.

• Ronan met Jupiter on the Battle Platform, and Jupiter called him a stepping stone to the chief seat.
• Ronan attacked with his Itai blade and Spell Breaking Flame, but Jupiter’s lightning broke through his Stasis and shattered the metal.
• Ronan withdrew his conductive armor and used a succession of Ice Magic spells to contest Jupiter’s electric domain.
• Ronan activated his anchored Ice Cold Domain to slow Jupiter’s Scarlet Lightning, but Jupiter entered the domain and seized the bolt.
• Jupiter empowered the lightning into Heaven’s Punishment: Destruction Spear and struck at Ronan, astonishing the watching wizards with its Level Three Magic Domain Resonance.

Ronan survived Jupiter’s lightning assault and overwhelmed him with his hidden physical power, but Jupiter’s fusion with a Dawn Rank mirror item let him evade attacks and unleash a barrage of lightning spears. Ronan froze the entire snow kingdom with spatial Stasis and shattered the mirrored world around Jupiter, leaving Jupiter’s fate unclear.

• Jupiter condensed the lightning on the Battle Platform into a sphere, but Ronan emerged from its explosion unharmed and charged at him.
• Ronan repeatedly struck Jupiter, who escaped each blow by scattering into lightning, until Ronan identified the spatial mirror magic granted by Jupiter’s Dawn Rank magical item.
• Jupiter explained that he had fused with the magical item after Anglie Leo’s attack, gaining a form resembling Body Elementalization, and prepared a formation of lightning spears against Ronan.
• As Jupiter launched his lightning spears, Ronan used Stasis to freeze the snow kingdom and everyone within it except himself.
• Ronan approached the immobilized Jupiter and used Secret Art—[Shattered Winter Mirror] to crack the frozen world.

Ronan defeated Jupiter in the ranking matches, claimed a mysterious mirror rune, and drew the attention of the arena’s other geniuses. After the first round ended, the second round began, where Ronan watched Serena display overwhelming power.

• Ronan seized Jupiter’s Dawn Rank magical item and ended their duel, then released Jupiter rather than tearing the item from his soul.
• Ronan’s Soul Power and Ash Smoke surged after the victory, and he named the rune he took from Jupiter Mirror Flower Water Moon.
• Ronan noticed Li Weiqi of the Chaos Secret Society watching him with sharp killing intent.
• The first round ended with sixteen contestants remaining, and the second round began with stronger opponents.
• Serena defeated her second-round opponent with a single spell, leaving Ronan amazed by the vast life energy she possessed.

Ronan fought Falin Lyon Lydo of the Arcane Workshop, who used a deadly Dawn Rank magical item before surrendering. Elsewhere, a gray-haired man revealed that his group sought a girl whose Alba bloodline was compatible with one of Jolie Nolins Alba’s Life Sets, and he tasked Doru with helping the plan.

• Ronan considered the Life Royal Court’s life-energy techniques, Adam’s Mind-Type inheritance, and the other geniuses’ strengths as potential paths to greater power.
• Ronan’s next opponent, Falin Lyon Lydo, announced that he would surrender if Ronan survived one attack, then activated an ancient Golden Serpent Dagger that Ronan recognized as a Dawn Rank magical item.
• A gray-haired man told Doru that their target’s Alba bloodline was compatible with one of Jolie Nolins Alba’s remaining Life Sets, and offered Doru a chance to join the Salvation Armed project if he performed well.
• Falin’s dagger sent a black phantom through Ronan’s defenses and cut his hands and side, but Ronan survived as the attack’s power faded.
• Falin surrendered, transferring his victory reward to Ronan, and apologized to Damien while promising that the Arcane Workshop would compensate him.

Ronan examined the impurities in his soul after failing to awaken a Soul Trait, then watched Evaqu devastate Andariel and Vinus defeat Rufus. As the eight remaining contestants prepared for the third round, Lindis activated a mysterious compass and chose Ronan for a dangerous opportunity.

• Ronan meditated on his soul and realized that fusion with the previous Ronan and Ancient Frost Hydra Hecalto might be preventing him from progressing beyond Mist.
• Evaqu defeated Andariel with a black spirit wolf that grievously damaged Andariel's soul and shattered his undead servant.
• Vinus overwhelmed Rufus in the ranking battle, and the second round ended with eight contestants remaining.
• Ronan completed his fifth Spiritual Power Crystal and continued refining Schubert's Golden Law Soul Rune while awaiting the third round.
• Lindis activated a golden compass that made the eight Stone Pillars flicker, then selected Ronan as the recipient of a mysterious opportunity.

Helamus’s Magic Controller Legacy appeared during the ranking battles and chose Ronan, forcing him into Helamus’s Blood War, where he had to defeat every competitor or die. Ronan discovered that his deepest desire was to control his own fate, underwent a transformation, and challenged the other seven wizards on the central platform.

• The arena malfunctioned as a purple pillar of light revealed Helamus’s Magic Controller Legacy, and the legacy’s brilliance descended toward Ronan.
• Ronan touched the brilliance, triggering Helamus’s Blood War; the Silver-Haired Witch explained that he could neither refuse nor surrender and had to defeat everyone else to survive.
• Lindis revealed that he had arranged the deadly contest as a game, while the spectators and competitors anticipated Ronan’s death.
• Ronan recognized that he wanted to control his own fate, and his soul transformed as gray clouds gathered behind him.
• Ronan crossed a bridge of light to the central platform, faced the other seven competitors, and asked who would fight him first.

Ronan fought Crimson Flame Oath wizard Hayden Drummond and Ancient Spirit Wizard Evaqu in the opening blood battle for Helamus's inheritance. He eliminated Hayden and continued battling Evaqu, whose attacks injured Ronan's soul, as Ronan further awakened his Ancient Frost Hydra bloodline.

• Lindis activated two Stone Pillars, bringing Hayden Drummond and Evaqu onto the platform to face Ronan.
• Hayden and Evaqu attacked Ronan together, but Ronan used his Ice Ring and Snow Country spells to withstand their assaults.
• Ronan froze the battlefield and shattered it with Shattered Winter Mirror, disrupting Hayden's lava demon and opening him to attack.
• Evaqu struck Hayden out of the platform, eliminating him, while Ronan recovered from a serious chest injury and challenged Evaqu to continue.
• Ronan and Evaqu traded blows as Evaqu's attacks repeatedly battered Ronan's soul, prompting Ronan to further stimulate his Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline.

Ronan endured Evaqu’s Ghost Wolf soul attacks while revealing that the wounds were helping to clarify his soul. He then unleashed Schubert’s Endless Vortex, a Forbidden Law Domain, leaving Evaqu and the spectators stunned.

• Ronan’s attacks passed harmlessly through Evaqu’s Ghost Wolf form, while Evaqu’s soul strikes wounded Ronan and left him weakened.
• Spectators expected Ronan to lose, but Ronan realized Evaqu had not been trying to kill him and that the attacks were tempering his soul.
• Evaqu offered to help Ronan resolve his soul’s problems if Ronan did something for him after the battle, but Ronan refused to give up.
• Ronan froze the Snow Country with the opening of Shattered Winter Mirror, then sliced open the void and gathered free energy into a seven-colored vortex.
• Ronan’s vortex rose beyond second-stage resonance into a Forbidden Law Domain, shocking Lindis, Vivian, the Dawn Wizard, and the other spectators.
• Ronan pointed the vortex at Evaqu and named the spell Schubert’s Endless Vortex.

Ronan defeated Evaqu with Schubert's Endless Vortex, then advanced to the second round of the Blood War, where Anglie revealed his terrifying true power by devouring Vinus. The chapter left Ronan and Anglie facing each other as their Ancient Frost Hydra and Ancient Fallen Crow phantoms confronted one another.

• Ronan stopped his vortex before it killed Evaqu, who conceded defeat and warned him that a great disaster would befall the place.
• Ronan's soul injuries healed and his Soul Power increased as Helamus's mechanism absorbed the gains from the first round.
• The second round began, pairing Ronan against Vinus and the seemingly ordinary Anglie.
• Anglie transformed and devoured Vinus, including his soul, revealing the Ancient Fallen Crow phantom behind him.
• Ronan and Anglie faced each other in silence as their Ancient Frost Hydra and Ancient Fallen Crow phantoms stared each other down.

Ronan fought Anglie, whose Ancient Fallen Crow Bloodline let him hide in shadows and mislead Ronan with false signals. After awakening his Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline, Ronan detected Anglie through his emotional fluctuations and declared that he had found him.

• Anglie killed Vinus and vanished into the shadows as his duel with Ronan began.
• Ronan summoned the Ice Cold Domain, Snow Country, and Winter Mirror, but Anglie's shadow domain resisted his attacks and concealed Anglie's movements.
• Anglie repeatedly struck Ronan from hiding, injuring him and wearing down his strength with deceptive signals.
• Ronan realized that Anglie might not be able to hide his emotional fluctuations, then withdrew from Complete Demonification and awakened his Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline.
• Ronan confronted Anglie in his transformed state and announced that he had found him.

Ronan used Hecalto’s activated Ancient Frost Hydra bloodline to break Anglie’s concealment and turn the battlefield into Hecalto’s Frost Absolute Domain. As Anglie unleashed a twisted Black Sun to kill him, Ronan fused four Law Domains and awakened Hecalto’s Ancient Devour.

• Ronan sensed Anglie through their ancient bloodlines and used dark-blue frost to tear apart Anglie’s domain of night.
• Ronan formed Hecalto’s Frost Absolute Domain, while observers recognized his ancient bloodline and Lindis ordered Anglie brought back after the battle.
• Ronan used [Snow Country in Palm] to block Anglie’s blade-like wing and blast him with a torrent of ancient frost.
• Anglie gathered the shadows into a twisted Black Sun and cast it at Ronan, declaring that he would preserve a trace of Ronan’s soul.
• Ronan fused four Law Domains, awakened Hecalto’s ancient serpent form, and unleashed Hecalto’s Ancient Devour against the Black Sun.

Ronan defeated Anglie, achieved Mind Clarity, and advanced to the middle stage of Level Three. He then faced Serena, Adam, and Li Weiqi as the three opponents in the final round of his blood battle.

• Ronan used the fusion of four Law Domains and his Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline to overpower Anglie’s Ancient Fallen Crow power.
• Ronan closed in on Anglie, struck him twice, and stopped a final burst of shadow power just short of Anglie’s face before releasing him.
• Ronan achieved Mind Clarity, completed his fifth Spiritual Power Crystal, and formed a sixth, advancing to the middle stage of Level Three as Anglie watched calmly.
• Ronan’s Hydra Soul Trait grew larger after he absorbed part of Anglie’s manifested Soul Power, and spectators began to believe he could complete the blood battle.
• Serena, Adam, and Li Weiqi arrived as Ronan’s opponents for the third and final round.

Ronan faced Serena, Adam, and Li Weiqi in the final battle, struggling against their coordinated attacks and overwhelming power. He unleashed two near-taboo trump cards to shield himself and target Li Weiqi, who summoned the Unclean Mother in response.

• Lindis ordered his black-robed subordinate to begin moving discreetly while people across the ruins took positions at his direction.
• Ronan used [Thoughtless Lake] and attacked Li Weiqi, but Li Weiqi’s curse power and Serena and Adam’s coordinated strikes drove him back.
• Serena, Adam, and Li Weiqi unleashed their strongest attacks together, engulfing Ronan in a devastating energy storm.
• Ronan emerged from the attack using Schubert’s Endless Vortex as a shield and charged Li Weiqi with [Snow Country in Palm].
• Li Weiqi tore a page from his Black Leather Book, cut his hand, and invoked the Unclean Mother.

Ronan broke free of Adam’s Mind Chain and revealed his Intermediate Ancient Power, transforming the battle after Serena and Adam rescued Li Weiqi from his attack. He struck at Adam with overwhelming physical force while Lindis watched and ordered his subordinate to act once Ronan fell.

• Ronan used Hecalto’s Ancient Devour to overwhelm Li Weiqi’s summoned creature, but Serena pierced the attack and Adam bound Ronan with Mind Chain.
• Serena and Adam’s intervention let Li Weiqi recover from his backlash and restore his severed palm, while Ronan’s Spiritual Power was nearly exhausted.
• Ronan shattered Adam’s Mind Chain, awakened his Intermediate Ancient Power, and challenged the three opponents to make him bleed.
• Ronan suddenly crossed the field and struck at Adam, knocking the knight on the winged Unicorn Horse out of the air.
• Lindis watched Ronan’s attack and told a black-robed subordinate to act when Ronan fell, while sinister black light secretly spread among the watching wizards.