Chapter Summaries

Ronan found a second Holy Shrine and gained a short-lived defensive power that strengthened his Ancient Demon God Body but did not advance his Ascetic Body Forging. Alazan then guided him into a concealed Folded Space, where Ronan began searching for whatever its creator had left behind.

• Ronan followed the black line to a Holy Shrine hidden in a cave and released its blue power.
• The Holy Shrine Power formed a powerful defensive membrane around Ronan, reinforced his Ancient Demon God Body, and dissipated within minutes.
• Ronan preserved enough of the Holy Shrine Power for one more use and concluded it was not the kind needed to advance his Ascetic Body Forging.
• Alazan pointed out a semicircular gap between two stone peaks and instructed Ronan to pass through it without using Spiritual Power or spells.
• Ronan entered a concealed Folded Space through the hidden spatial entrance and found himself standing above a pile of bird carcasses.

Ronan explored a hidden treasure space, where his Unicorn Scarab fed on World Stone residue and Alazan identified the remaining crystals as Hollow Stones. After escaping the space, Ronan witnessed Juventus enter it, while two gray-robed figures connected Juventus to an Old Prophet’s prophecy.

• Ronan found a World Stone’s empty socket on the altar, and his Unicorn Scarab emerged from its box to consume the remaining powder and secrete translucent mucus.
• Alazan identified the beetle as a World Devouring Insect and warned that such creatures could become powerful if bred in sufficient numbers.
• Ronan collected four Hollow Stones and left the fifth behind after Alazan warned that removing all of them would trigger the space’s destruction.
• Ronan escaped the collapsing secret realm and saw Juventus riding a Chimera-blooded beast toward the entrance, realizing Juventus would take the last Hollow Stone.
• Two gray-robed figures identified Ronan as a possible figure from the Old Prophet’s prophecy but concluded that Juventus was more likely the prophesied person.

Ronan received Magic Crystals and a reserved place in the Silent Corridor from Misha's faction, clearing the way for his advancement. After months of preparation, he condensed Helamus's Law Control Rune into his innate Soul Rune and successfully cast Forbidden Black Hole without relying on the Law Control Armlet.

• Ronan entered the Spirit Lake Secret Realm and met Zorn, who said he represented Misha and delivered resources and a qualification for the Silent Corridor.
• Zorn reported to Misha that Ronan had accepted the gifts, and Misha ordered Sigel to accompany Ronan into the Silent Corridor despite Sigel's dissatisfaction.
• Ronan examined the Magic Crystals Misha had sent and realized they resolved the resource problems blocking his advancement.
• Three months later, Ronan removed one Nail of the Soul from Sindison and continued his potion work for Heliodore while Misha's faction sent more resources and checked on his plans.
• Ronan completed the fusion of seven Spiritual Power Crystals, condensed Helamus's Law Control Rune into his innate Soul Rune, and cast Forbidden Black Hole with his own power.

Ronan tested the power of his newly amplified spells, suffered a severe backlash, and continued refining his Soul Runes. At Heliodore’s workshop, he received potion materials and discovered that his payment also included Helamus’s inheritance.

• Ronan activated [Space Silvering] alongside his mysterious spatial rune, transforming its power into [Annihilation], and completed the Scarlet Ice rune while Frost Song continued condensing.
• Ronan combined the seven runes with Helamus's Magic Armband and attempted Forbidden Black Hole, but the spell’s force injured him and produced a Black Sun more than ten times larger than before.
• Ronan visited Heliodore, who noticed his unstable condition, gave him a potion, and urged him to focus on advancing to Level Four rather than learning offensive spells.
• Ronan told Heliodore he had finished processing ten thousand portions of potion materials, and Heliodore gave him a spatial ring containing potions and materials for the Dawn Promotion Magic Array.
• Ronan found a recording rune crystal in the ring and learned that Heliodore had included the inheritance Helamus left behind in Spirit Lake.

Ronan learned that Juventus was gathering pieces of Helamus’s Magic Controller Legacy and realized they were rival inheritors. He began cultivating Helamus’s Secret Chrysalis, which revealed the location of a hidden treasure space and started growing by feeding on his body, soul, runes, and resources.

• Heliodore told Ronan that Juventus had taken Helamus’s Spirit Lake inheritance and already gathered one-third of the Magic Controller Legacy.
• Ronan understood that both he and Juventus carried parts of Helamus’s legacy and were destined to compete, but he remained determined to pursue his share.
• Ronan examined Secret Chrysalis, found its requirements matched his Law Control Armlet and Hollow Stones, and replaced his unfinished Frost Song rune with the secret art’s rune.
• Ronan used the Law Control Armlet to form a Light Chrysalis, which sent him coordinates to the treasure storage space Helamus had created for his inheritors.
• Ronan absorbed a Hollow Stone to nourish the Light Chrysalis and used a Magic Crystal to accelerate its growth, though he could not afford to spend many more.

Ronan entered the Silent Corridor with Sigel to begin his advancement trial and triggered a dangerous Spell Echo by making a sound. Sigel explained that the corridor was the ruins of an Ancient Sound Law School, where sound awakened echoes of ancient spells.

• Ronan contacted one of Misha's people and met Sigel, the Level Four Wizard assigned to escort him into the Silent Corridor.
• Sigel led Ronan through the rift to a giant crystal cluster and warned him to make no sound inside the corridor.
• A Level Four wizard emerged from the crystal entrance, exchanged a private conversation with Sigel, and warned him about a madman from Wizard Heart Hall.
• Ronan entered the Silent Corridor and triggered an attack when his footstep echoed through the passage.
• Ronan used his Spiritual Force Field to withstand and dispel the glowing vines, then asked Sigel why sound was forbidden.
• Sigel explained that the corridor was an Ancient Sound Law School ruin where sound triggered Spell Echoes left by ancient wizards.

Ronan and Sigel explored the Silent Corridor, where Sigel explained the Ancient Echo Spirits and showed Ronan the safer Inner Corridor. After Sigel led him to a functioning promotion array, Ronan began his attempt to advance to Level Four as the Green Braid Witch made her own breakthrough nearby.

• Sigel explained that Ancient Echo Spirits were spell lifeforms and warned Ronan that the outer corridor was dangerous; he destroyed several weak spirits and collected their cores.
• Ronan and Sigel encountered the Green Braid Witch and another Black Moon Faction wizard, who took her to a promotion array before Sigel led Ronan elsewhere.
• Ronan asked Sigel whether he disliked Misha, prompting Sigel to accuse him of testing him and treat him with renewed hostility.
• Sigel brought Ronan to a functioning promotion array and left him to prepare, while Ronan set up [Soundproofing] arrays and used Misha's Magic Crystals to activate it.
• Ronan entered the array, applied soul-protecting materials, and began compressing his fourteen Spiritual Power Crystals and white Light Chrysalis as Ancient Echo Spirits gathered outside.

Ronan endured the Dawn Promotion Magic Array’s crushing pressure until his fourteen Spiritual Power Crystals shattered and remade themselves around his Light Chrysalis, carrying him into the Elemental Ocean and a Level Five breakthrough. His breakthrough triggered an immense Echo Tide, and Sigel hurried toward the familiar site at its center, where he found the Ancient Echo Spirits packed beyond count.

• Ronan’s stubborn Spiritual Power Crystals resisted the low-grade promotion array until he released some of his power into its Energy Torrent, accelerating their cracking.
• Ronan’s fourteen Spiritual Power Crystals shattered and melted around the Light Chrysalis, then reformed into a golden sphere that revealed visions of spells before he entered the Elemental Ocean.
• Ancient Echo Spirits across the ruined wilderness surged toward the gathering energy, forming an Echo Tide that drew nearly all of them away from the surrounding area.
• Wizards discussing the Echo Tide noted that Qi Ge had recently advanced to Level Five and was training deeper in the Outer Corridor, while one wizard abruptly flew toward the disturbance.
• Sigel raced through the Echo Tide into the Inner Corridor and stopped before a familiar place, where countless Ancient Echo Spirits crowded together.

Sigel became trapped in the Echo Tide and was nearly killed by five Level Four Ancient Echo Spirits before Ronan appeared and rescued him. Ronan collected the spirits’ crystal cores and flew onward with Sigel, having advanced to Level Four.

• Sigel entered the Echo Tide and fought through swarms of Ancient Echo Spirits, but the sound waves overwhelmed his defenses and left him disoriented.
• A Level Four Sound Spirit injured Sigel, and five powerful black Ancient Echo Spirits surrounded him before launching a deadly attack.
• Ronan appeared, destroyed the five black spirits and the surrounding horde, and pulled Sigel out of the Echo Tide.
• Ronan asked Sigel not to tell Misha what had happened, then gathered the crystal cores and flew onward with him.
• Ronan checked his Character Panel and reflected on his advancement as his Spiritual Power became more than twenty times stronger.

After advancing to Level Four, Ronan tested his strengthened runes, elementalized Spiritual Power, and transformed spells while hunting Ancient Echo Spirits in the Silent Corridor. He encountered Qi Ge, a Level Five Wizard battling a Level Five Ancient Echo Spirit, and flew toward them despite Sigel's warning.

• Ronan opened the Dark Golden Sphere in his Consciousness Space and tested his enhanced Spiritual Power Elementalization and spellcasting.
• Ronan transformed Spirit Maya Golden Body into scorching Golden Eagle Wings and killed Level Four Ancient Echo Spirits with ease.
• Ronan continued deeper into the ruined wilderness, harvesting Ancient Echo Spirits for their crystal cores as he honed his new abilities.
• Ronan and Sigel spotted Qi Ge of the Wizard Heart Hall fighting a Level Five Ancient Echo Spirit.
• Sigel warned Ronan not to approach Qi Ge, but Ronan spread his Golden Eagle Wings and flew toward the battle.

Ronan intervened in the Black Hat Man’s battle with a Level Five Ancient Echo Spirit and revealed a forbidden power through his Spirit Maya incarnation. After the Black Hat Man’s blade destroyed Spirit Maya, Ronan gathered the ruins’ energy and prepared another forbidden power, shifting his aim toward the fleeing red bird spirit.

• Ronan approached the Black Hat Man and attacked the Level Five Ancient Echo Spirit, but the wizard’s spell ribbons drove him back and shattered most of his Golden Eagle Wings.
• Ronan entered Clarity Extreme Thought, summoned Spirit Maya from a Golden Rift, and clashed with the Black Hat Man’s forbidden blade.
• Spirit Maya’s Golden Fire pierced the Black Hat Man’s body, but he reappeared in an elementalized form and struck back with his restored blade.
• The Black Hat Man’s blade destroyed Spirit Maya and cut off the golden magma river as Ronan retreated.
• Ronan gathered the free energy particles around him and began forming another forbidden power, shifting his attention toward the red bird spirit as the Black Hat Man reacted in shock.

Ronan used Forbidden Black Hole to kill a Level Five Ancient Echo Spirit and escape Qi Ge, then returned to Spirit Lake after advancing to Level Four. He went to Heliodore’s residence and found an unexpected Golden-haired Witch inside.

• Ronan cast Forbidden Black Hole, destroyed the Level Five Ancient Echo Spirit, took its crystal core, and fled from Qi Ge.
• Ronan reached Sigel and ordered him to open the exit to the Inner Corridor before continuing his escape.
• A green-braided woman recognized Ronan as the wizard who had shone during the entrance selection, then wondered if he only looked like that person.
• Ronan and Sigel escaped through the exit, and Sigel explained his ties to Misha and his conflict with Ka Nesi; Ronan exchanged Communication Crystal contact imprints with him.
• Ronan told Heliodore he had advanced, then went to the designated room and knocked; a Golden-haired Witch inside was knocked to the ground when he entered.

Ronan attended a lavish banquet Heliodore arranged to celebrate his advancement to Dawn, where he met the affectionate Madam Mel and received his mentor’s guidance. Afterward, Zorn congratulated Ronan and gave him Contribution Points from Misha, leaving Ronan to gather more information about Misha.

• Ronan arrived at Heliodore’s banquet and was welcomed by the Red Hat Witch, Madam Mel, and the other wizards.
• Madam Mel praised Ronan, kissed his cheek, and left him with Heliodore after explaining that others had gone to Bilin Jones’s advancement celebration.
• Heliodore examined Ronan’s Elemental Spirit Light, gave him rune crystals containing cultivation insights, and told him to begin studying Magic Potion Studies.
• A plump wizard approached Ronan on behalf of Wizard Malone, but Zorn interrupted and congratulated Ronan on joining Dawn.
• Zorn gave Ronan a card with Contribution Points from Misha, and Ronan steered their conversation to learn more about Misha.

After advancing to Dawn, Ronan examined his upgraded Secret Realm Space and assessed the work, resources, and training needed to grow stronger. He left himself with plans to pursue Ice Magic, improve his spells and Itai, and prepare for body elementalization while cultivating both Soul Power and Spiritual Power.

• Ronan asked Zorn about the late Old Prophet’s prophecy concerning Misha, but Zorn kept its contents secret and urged Ronan to follow Misha without regret.
• Ronan left the half-month celebration on its first day and discovered that Spirit Lake had expanded his Secret Realm Space, adding Cave Gnome laborers, a river, an Apple Forest, and a Magnificent Castle.
• Ronan reviewed his gains from his breakthrough and his fight with Qi Ge, concluding that he needed to improve his Golden Fire Spell Inheritance and prepare for Level Five Wizards’ body elementalization.
• Ronan planned to study Level Four Ice Magic, raise Energy Missile-Particle Torrent’s proficiency, feed his depleted Itai, and begin cultivating Ghost Arrow, while worrying over his dwindling Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline and limited resources.
• Ronan tried Heliodore’s advice for building toward body elementalization and found the process would take him an extremely long time, then confirmed that Primordial Star Meditation Technique still increased his Spiritual Power as he pursued Soul Power growth as well.

Ronan learned that his Elemental Spirit might reach seven stars if he repaired his soul and built up his reserves, and he accepted Alazan’s offer of Primordial Spirit Writing in exchange for a future favor. Six months later, Ronan successfully refined Aihaxia into a Ghost Arrow that could attack souls, then ordered the Nether Ghost to learn rune fragments.

• Alazan judged that Ronan’s Elemental Spirit would likely reach six stars, but could possibly reach seven if Ronan cleared his soul damage and accumulated more knowledge.
• Alazan offered Ronan ten thousand Primordial Spirit Writing in exchange for retrieving something for him later, and Ronan agreed.
• Alazan explained that Juventus was unlikely to achieve a Nine Star Supreme Elemental Spirit because his First Generation bloodline bound him.
• Six months later, Ronan completed a ritual that restored Aihaxia as a stronger Nether Ghost and transformed him into a Ghost Arrow.
• Ronan tested the Ghost Arrow and found that it could strike an opponent’s soul and release an area soundwave attack.
• Ronan made Aihaxia reveal a rune fragment and commanded him to remember and comprehend it.

Ronan experimented with inscribing the Doomsday Sound rune onto Aihaxia, then reviewed his cultivation progress and prepared to begin another round of Spirit Heart Amber cultivation. The chapter ended when Sardius Every Ramsey arrived to deliver the monthly Spirit Lake Information.

• Ronan inscribed the Doomsday Sound rune onto Aihaxia, who endured the process and retreated into the Square-Horned Cowbell before his body could collapse.
• Ronan reviewed his half-year progress, noting his slow Spiritual Power growth, improving Golden Fire spells, and the limits on his body forging.
• Ronan examined his Secret Chrysalis and learned from Alazan that he had memorized his eighty-second Primordial Spirit Writing character.
• Ronan told Alazan he planned to begin a new round of Spirit Heart Amber cultivation, and Alazan warned him not to neglect the Clarity Potion.
• Sardius Every Ramsey arrived in a miniature carriage, annoyed Ronan by trying to kiss Arrietty's hand, and began presenting the monthly Spirit Lake Information.

Ronan heard the latest wizarding news, then dealt with Hathaway’s repeated attempts to persuade him to become a companion for her grandmother, Madam Mel. After Hathaway left, Ronan decided to leave Spirit Lake to escape her harassment and pursue clues to the next Holy Shrine and resources for his creatures.

• Ronan skipped most of the monthly news until he heard that Misha was preparing to advance to Level Five and that Garcia Alba and the Life Royal Court’s third Life Armor were missing.
• A loud impact interrupted the news, and Ronan opened the spatial entrance to find Hathaway demanding that he become a companion for Madam Mel’s upcoming birthday.
• Hathaway tried pleading and tempting Ronan, but he rejected her and sealed her outside.
• Hathaway insulted Ronan and left, while Ronan decided to go out in search of Holy Shrine clues and magic crystals to help the Secret Chrysalis, Light Chrysalis, and Itai.

Ronan defeated the Lizardmen sent by Gorini and learned that Gorini had originated from a severed Giant Dragon Tail. After destroying an illusion resembling Evaqu, Ronan resumed searching for the next Holy Shrine Altar, following a line revealed by a cracked black stone sphere.

• Ronan used spatial annihilation and freezing magic to destroy six Lizardmen, leaving behind twitching severed tails.
• Alazan explained that Gorini had become a living being after Bahafves obtained a Giant Dragon Tail, and warned Ronan that Gorini had targeted him.
• A figure resembling Evaqu lured Ronan away by claiming Evaqu's life was at stake, but Ronan burned the apparition away with golden fire.
• Ronan crushed an exhausted Holy Shrine Altar, then activated another cracked black stone sphere and followed one of the lines it revealed.
• Ronan stopped while flying along the line and looked toward something with a slightly strange expression.

Ronan encountered Moriel and was pulled into a pursuit by two Level Five Wizards. After his Forbidden Black Hole broke through to Grandmaster during the fight, Moriel activated a spatial artifact that swallowed them both, leaving their fate uncertain.

• Ronan sensed a soul resonance, recognized Moriel after destroying her Human Skin Cloak, and fled with her from two pursuing Level Five Wizards.
• Two Wizards with Elemental Spirit True Bodies attacked Ronan, who was hurled through mountain peaks before he retaliated with Double Law Control: Forbidden Black Hole.
• Ronan’s Forbidden Black Hole skill advanced to Grandmaster during the battle, and he prepared to confront the remaining Wizard.
• Moriel crushed a silver-white sphere and engulfed Ronan and herself in spatial light, then revealed she had been feigning her coy behavior.

Ronan and Moriel found themselves trapped in Minotaur's Endless Labyrinth and searched its passages for a way out. When a Level Five Wizard who had pursued them charged through a strange mist, the creatures hidden inside tore him apart and devoured him, leaving Ronan to pull Moriel away.

• Ronan and Moriel discovered they were inside Minotaur's Labyrinth, where spells, physical attacks, and flight could not overcome the walls.
• Ronan led Moriel down the endless passage as she told him about a powerful ice mage from the Northernmost Land and revealed that Garcia Alba had died for Serena.
• Ronan and Moriel entered a passage filled with thickening mist, and Ronan stopped Moriel when he noticed black strands and writhing mist near a corner.
• A gray-robed Level Five Wizard who had pursued them charged into the strange mist, where elongated arms and grotesque heads seized and devoured him.
• Ronan grabbed Moriel's hand and told her to go.