Chapter Summaries

Ronan emerged from the cave and transformed into a six-level Spiral Palace Ancient Demon God, then fought the Tangista Level Five Wizard commander while the Evolving Holy Shrine’s power continued to change his body. The battle continued as Ronan’s consciousness wavered and a boundless black sea appeared before him.

• The Bronze Helmeted knight on the Black Nightmare Warhorse demanded to know where Ronan was, then attacked Jason when he refused to answer.
• Ronan emerged from behind Jason and shattered the knight’s blue spear strike before transforming into his Ancient Demon God Body.
• Ronan’s Spiral Palace reached the sixth level, and Golden Itai formed armor and sixteen pairs of wings around him.
• Ronan forged a Battle Axe from black Spirit Force and clashed with the Tangista Level Five Wizard commander.
• As the Evolving Holy Shrine’s power flowed into Ronan during the battle, his body changed and he heard still water as a boundless black sea appeared before him.

Ronan fought the Black Nightmare Knight, using the deadly battle to refine his combat style and break through Basic Swordsmanship to Grandmaster Level. He named the skill [Instinctive Grip] and faced the knight again as towering waves rose across the vision of the black Dead Sea.

• The Black Nightmare Knight empowered himself with a Nether Elephant phantom and struck Ronan through the shoulder, damaging his body and soul.
• Ronan healed his wound with energy from the Healing Holy Shrine, reshaped his poleaxe into an Eight-Bladed Spear, and attacked with Mirror Flower Water Moon.
• Ronan fought the knight while developing a close-combat spell system, then used a powerful spear strike to tear apart the ghostly blue storm and wound him.
• Ronan broke through to Grandmaster Level in Basic Swordsmanship, which became [Instinctive Grip].
• Ronan tested his new skill as he rose into the air and saw towering waves surge across the black Dead Sea.

Ronan fought the Black Nightmare Knight to a standstill, but the knight ended the duel and revealed himself as Thomas Quinn of the Third Army. After recovering, Ronan and Jason parted ways, and Ronan returned through the teleportation point to the Ancient Waterway.

• Ronan pierced the Black Nightmare Knight's defenses with his spear, and the two fought at tremendous speed until the knight was thrown from the storm.
• The Black Nightmare Knight began forming an Inheritance Magic Array but stopped, removed his mask, and introduced himself as Thomas Quinn.
• Ronan identified himself as Misha of Spirit Lake, and Thomas praised his skill before departing on his Black Nightmare Warhorse.
• After Thomas left, Ronan's transformed state ended, and he used the Healing Holy Shrine's power to recover from his wounds.
• Ronan told Jason Franklin that breaking free required risking one's life, and Jason chose to part ways and pursue his own strength.
• Ronan returned alone to the marked teleportation point and emerged in the dark, damp Ancient Waterway.

After returning from the Ancient Waterway, Ronan reviewed his discoveries and recovered in the Mist Space, then examined his progress in meditation and body forging. He realized that he needed far greater combat pressure to complete his breakthrough, and considered using a large number of weaker opponents to achieve it.

• Ronan returned to the Ancient Waterway, destroyed approaching Skeleton Soldiers, and left Level Four Elemental Lifeforms to patrol while he went to the Mist Space.
• Ronan inspected the planted half of Moriel's Red Lotus Scepter and the growing Elemental Pool, then postponed expanding the Mist Space until Alazan woke and Bennigo arrived with the Saint Blood Tree.
• Ronan studied a damaged golden book page and a black metal plate, suspecting the plate could form a map to Golin's Hammer, then set the puzzle aside to meditate.
• Ronan replenished his Spiritual Power with the Primordial Star Meditation Technique and assessed his near-Expert proficiency and progress in Ascetic Body Forging.
• Ronan entered his Ancient Demon God Body state and sensed that he needed pressure beyond Thomas's challenge to turn the Dead Sea completely red and achieve a breakthrough.
• Ronan considered facing numerous weaker opponents as a way to build the pressure he needed.

Ronan learned that Hathaway had found a route to Quivada Oasis through a meeting with the Astronomy Society, and he agreed to meet them despite her disastrous Frog Pie. At the meeting, the Astronomy Society met Ronan, who introduced himself as Misha of Spirit Lake Deep Sea.

• Ronan noticed that the Secret Chrysalis had grown and developed faint purple patterns as his body’s transformation accelerated its maturation.
• Ronan received Hathaway’s message that she had found a route to Quivada Oasis and joined her at the waterway ruins.
• Hathaway explained that five level-four Astronomy Society wizards had a map to the oasis entrance and needed help crossing the waterways.
• Hathaway served Ronan a pie containing a live frog, and Ronan told her to forget Madam Mel’s recipes.
• Ai Wen and the Astronomy Society gathered to meet Hathaway, who introduced Ronan as her master.
• Ronan stepped forward and introduced himself as Misha of Spirit Lake Deep Sea.

Ronan and Hathaway agreed to escort Ai Wen and the Astronomy Society to Quivada Oasis, relying on their astrologer A Nan De and an ancient Keldim Star Chart to find the way. After the group signed a Soul Contract, they set out, though Ai Wen remained uneasy about the partnership.

• Hathaway challenged the Astronomy Society wizards, but Ai Wen agreed to cooperate with Ronan and required everyone to sign a contract.
• Ai Wen revealed that the group had an ancient Star Chart rather than a waterway map, and gave Ronan a copy.
• Ronan studied the Star Chart while Ai Wen explained to his team that he had chosen the partnership because A Nan De had not yet completed the route and stronger allies might make them vulnerable.
• Ai Wen worried that Ronan and Hathaway might use the Astronomy Society despite the contract, but agreed to proceed toward Quivada Oasis.
• A Nan De led the group onward, guarded by Ai Wen and another wizard, as Ronan and Hathaway followed.

Ronan helped the Astronomy Society team navigate the Ancient Waterway and learned more about the Stone of Destiny Trial from Ai Wen. During a rest, he approached the isolated astrologer A Nan De and secretly studied the formulas he had written while offering him food.

• Ronan summoned thirty Level Four Elemental Lifeforms, easing the Astronomy Society team's burden and earning their gratitude.
• Ai Wen told Ronan that reaching Quivada Oasis was the trial's first objective and explained that the Lost Land consisted of many hidden spatial layers.
• The group stopped on the second day so A Nan De could deduce their route, while Ai Wen shared Wind Serpent Jerky with Ronan.
• Ronan offered the Astronomy Society members pies baked by Hathaway, then brought food to A Nan De, who was working apart from the others.
• While A Nan De ate, Ronan crouched beside him and secretly absorbed the formulas written on the ground into his mind.

Ronan helped A Nan De complete an astrological formula that revealed the group’s route to Quivada Oasis, then advanced the Primordial Star Meditation Technique to Expert Level and awakened a powerful Star Force Field. The Astronomy Society decided to protect Ronan as the group continued its journey.

• Ronan corrected A Nan De’s calculations, helping him make the Star Chart work and complete his astrological formula.
• A Nan De praised Ronan and named the completed work the “Misha A Nan De Formula,” then announced that he had calculated the route ahead.
• Ai Wen told Fu Ge to keep Misha safe, judging him an indispensable strategist who could lead the group to Quivada Oasis.
• Ronan’s Primordial Star Meditation Technique advanced to Expert Level, increasing his Strength Progress from 12% to 14%.
• Ronan discovered that his Spiritual Force Field now gathered energy far more powerfully, formed a strong protective barrier, and could create an energy beam comparable to an ordinary fourth-tier spell.
• Ronan named his newly transformed ability the Star Force Field and wondered what powers Master Level would bring.

Ronan and A Nan De advanced their astronomical work while Ronan guided the Astronomy Society safely through monster-filled waterways. The group learned that a rival team from the Netherlight Society was ahead, and Ronan went to investigate.

• Ronan completed A Nan De's first set of astronomical formulas, which accelerated his study of the Primordial Star Book and Star Chart Deduction.
• Ai Wen's group encountered a waterway blocked by powerful monsters, but Ronan deduced a detour that let them avoid a fight and rejoin their route.
• Ronan's exchanges with A Nan De stabilized his Star Force Field and helped him begin deriving a more complex second set of formulas.
• A scout reported that a Level Five Wizard leading members of the Netherlight Society was ahead, and Ronan ordered the group to follow him and take a look.

Ronan led the Astronomy Society to the entrance of Quivada Oasis, first using Misha's identity to make the Netherlight Society withdraw. When Wizard Heart Hall blocked the gate and refused to recognize that identity, Ronan summoned a Level Five Water Element and revealed his own overwhelming power, ending the chapter as he struck at them.

• Ronan claimed to be Misha of Spirit Lake Deep Sea and ordered the Netherlight Society wizards to leave, and their Level Five leader recognized him and withdrew with his group.
• Ronan and the Astronomy Society reached the Astrolabe Gate to Quivada Oasis, where nine Wizard Heart Hall wizards, including three Level Five wizards, were waiting.
• The Gold Serpent Earring Man dismissed Ronan's assumed identity, leaving Ai Wen and the others afraid that Wizard Heart Hall would use them to open the gate.
• Ronan fused the surrounding Level Four Water Elementals into a Level Five Water Element and told Hathaway to protect the Astronomy Society members.
• Ronan unleashed his Spiritual Force Field and formed a gigantic golden blade, then slashed toward the stunned Wizard Heart Hall wizards.

Ronan crushed the Wizard Heart Hall force at the Astrolabe Gate and entered it with Hathaway, leaving the Astronomy Society group stunned by his power. The wounded Ulyian escaped and met shadowy figures in the mist, warning them that Spirit Lake, Deep Sea, Misha, and Tirions had severed his arm and delayed his arrival at the oasis.

• Ronan used the Blade of Golden Origin to destroy the Wizard Heart Hall wizards at the Astrolabe Gate, including Ulyian’s apparent form.
• Ronan tested his Star Force Field against Ulyian’s spell, then struck him again after Golden Fire’s inheritance resonated and severed one of his arms.
• The remaining Wizard Heart Hall wizards fled, and Ronan opened the Astrolabe Gate and entered with Hathaway and the Water Element Guard.
• Ai Wen and the Astronomy Society group watched Ronan leave in stunned disbelief.
• Ulyian treated his injuries, summoned figures through a blood-red crystal ball, and told them that Spirit Lake, Deep Sea, Misha, and Tirions had wounded him and delayed his trip to the oasis.

Ulyian revealed that Misha Tirions had defeated him, drawing the attention of Wizard Heart Hall, whose Diaz then attacked Misha and his group in the Ancient Waterway. After Misha regrouped with his remaining subordinates, the Netherlight Society arrived and attacked him as well, accusing him of using the Tirions Family name to swindle people.

• Ulyian confirmed that Misha Tirions had defeated him, and the figure on the throne named Misha as someone to watch.
• Diaz learned that a Spirit Lake wizard from the Deep Sea School was nearby and led Wizard Heart Hall to find him.
• Diaz attacked Misha and his group, defeated them, and left Misha humiliated after Ma Long and the other reinforcements fled.
• Misha rallied his injured subordinates and welcomed a scouting wizard's report that the Netherlight Society might help them.
• The Netherlight Society's Level Five leader recognized Misha, accused him of abusing the Tirions Family name, and attacked him.

Ronan and Hathaway fought through Quivada Oasis, killing the corrupted creatures as the trial’s wrist marks recorded their progress. After a strange warning appeared among the corpses of a group of goat-headed monsters, Ronan examined one of their bone ornaments.

• Ronan and Hathaway entered the corrupted Quivada Oasis and found grayish-white trial marks on their wrists; Ronan parted from the Astronomy Society members after fulfilling his agreement with them.
• Ronan killed a black-scaled monster, and its death filled part of his mark red as a message in the sand ordered him to purify the land.
• Ronan and Hathaway defeated the monsters around a contaminated blue lake, then continued through the corrupted forest while Ronan inferred that killing creatures advanced the trial.
• A group of goat-headed monsters attacked Ronan and Hathaway with enchanted spears, but Ronan redirected the weapons through a spatial mirror and killed the attackers.
• A cryptic warning appeared beside the goat-headed monsters’ corpses, and Ronan tore off and examined one of their bone ornaments.

Ronan discovered that the Goat-headed Monsters came through a Spatial Rift and used Space Magic to seal it, greatly advancing his trial mark. After days of fighting and growing stronger, he and Hathaway spotted a distant pillar of flame and went to investigate.

• Ronan connected the bone ornaments and Goat-headed Monsters to the Ancient Wizard Revival Society, then continued through Quivada Oasis with Hathaway.
• During the Black Night, Ronan and Hathaway fought waves of Goat-headed Monsters until dawn revealed a black altar and a Spatial Rift.
• Ronan sealed the fissure with Space Magic, and his trial mark gained substantial progress.
• Ronan and Hathaway continued battling monsters as his spells and Elemental Pool grew stronger, then rested beside a campfire.
• A pillar of flame rose in the distance, and Ronan and Hathaway extinguished their fire and went to investigate.

Ronan and Hathaway discovered that the trial rewarded defeating other participants, but Ronan grew troubled by the unseen presence monitoring him. He transferred his nearly completed ring’s energy to Hathaway, provoking a reaction from the force behind the trial as something hurtled toward them.

• Ronan and Hathaway watched two groups of wizards fight, then Ronan and Hathaway repelled an ambush by a maroon-robed trial wizard with Ronan’s ice magic.
• The frozen wizard fled after the trial revealed that participants could seize one another’s achievements, and Ronan left with Hathaway as the other groups approached.
• At dawn, Ronan reconsidered completing the trial because he felt constantly watched and resented the prompts and the trial’s control over him.
• Ronan transferred the energy in his nearly full ring to Hathaway’s ring, while the surrounding sand repeatedly shifted as though trying to form a message.
• After Hathaway’s ring filled and the sand went still, a sharp whistling sound came from overhead and raced toward Ronan.

Ronan confronted Casimodo after the New Prophet guided a Black Moon wizard to attack him, then discovered the ring’s energy had transformed into a golden gear and delivered the Stone of Destiny into his hand. The stone triggered the third stage of the trial, drawing magical creatures and wizards toward him as a message demanded that he prove he could grasp his fate.

• Ronan traced the spell arrow to a green-braided Black Moon wizard and redirected it toward her, but Casimodo appeared and stopped it.
• Casimodo introduced himself as the Son of Black Moon and explained that the prophet had guided the woman to attack Ronan.
• Ronan unleashed a powerful golden blade attack that nearly wounded Casimodo and revealed the gap between their strength.
• Energy from Casimodo refilled Ronan’s ring mark, which changed into a golden gear and opened a gray door that delivered the Stone of Destiny to Ronan.
• Casimodo identified Ronan as the first chosen by the Stone of Destiny, and the activated gear drew creatures and wizards toward Ronan as a message announced the trial’s demand.

Ronan fought the forces drawn to him by the Fate Gear while holding the Stone of Destiny, and the battle left him surrounded and trapped. When the Bald Man demanded his name, Ronan revealed the power of his Six Spiral Palaces and attacked him.

• Ronan summoned powerful Elemental Lifeforms, shared their control with Hathaway, and attacked Casimodo, whose Black Moon formation blocked his Golden Fire blade wheel.
• Ronan unleashed a Forbidden Black Hole and declared himself the Child of Destiny before a surge of wizards and magical creatures arrived and joined the battle.
• Ronan fought Qi Ge, Ulyian, and other attackers with Golden Origin, frost, and mirror spells, but shadow tentacles restrained him and Itai was suppressed beneath a Blackstone Throne.
• Hathaway shielded Ronan from a charging mountain of flesh and was badly injured, while Casimodo and numerous wizards gathered around the trapped Ronan.
• The Bald Man confronted Ronan about his identity, and Ronan transformed into his Six Spiral Palaces form, tore free of the shadows, and commanded the Bald Man to kneel and listen.

Ronan overwhelmed the Wizard Heart Hall fighters while trying to use their attacks to push his Ascetic Body Forging toward a breakthrough. Just as dark crimson power surfaced within him, Casimodo targeted him with a devastating arrow.

• Ronan broke free of the shadow tentacles, crushed the Bald Man into a Corpse Meat Mountain, and attacked the late-stage level-five Wizard Heart Hall wizard who had suppressed Itai.
• Itai returned to Ronan as golden armor and wings, and Ronan drove the wizard back before turning on Qi Ge, Ulyian, and the young man with the black book.
• Ronan shattered Ulyian's Serpent Arrow, crushed Qi Ge's Netherlight Blade, and pierced Qi Ge with the Eight-Bladed Spear.
• Ronan let the young man bind him with shadow tentacles, hoping the pressure would trigger a breakthrough, but he remained just short of one.
• Ronan's Dead Sea briefly surged with dark crimson power, and he tore apart the tentacles before Casimodo fired a Moon Defilement arrow at his face.

Ronan overwhelmed Casimodo and fought Sarlange, the late Level Five king of Wizard Heart Hall, whose ghostly summons pushed him to the brink. Under the pressure, Ronan awakened a new power from the Dead Sea and unleashed the secret art Demon God Dead Sea Grief Cry.

• Ronan shattered Casimodo’s spell and mask, forcing him to collapse while the Black Moon wizards fled.
• Ronan pierced Carniel’s fire serpent and pursued him, but the wizards of Wizard Heart Hall called out “Sarlange” as a deadly scythe struck Ronan and cut his cheek.
• Ronan identified Sarlange as the source of the attack and began battling the late Level Five wizard and his ghostly scythe-wielding summon.
• As Sarlange’s attacks intensified, Ronan drew more power from the Dead Sea, and dark crimson runes began lighting across his spear and body.
• Sarlange trapped Ronan between two forbidden weapons, driving the Dead Sea within him to boil and awakening the secret art Demon God Dead Sea Grief Cry.

Ronan comprehended the True Meaning of [Demon God Dead Sea Grief Cry] and overwhelmed Sarlange’s summoned ghosts and altars in battle. He ended the chapter standing above Sarlange and challenging the watching eyes behind the Half-Closed Door.

• Ronan’s dark Blood Plasma destroyed Sarlange’s ghost domain and shattered two phantom altars, revealing his True Meaning Spell to the watching wizards.
• Ronan reflected on the grief of the Dead Sea and the new insight he had gained into Ascetic Body Forging.
• Sarlange activated his Seven Stars Elemental Spirit and Inheritance Magic Array, restoring and empowering three ghostly figures and their ancient altars.
• Ronan strengthened his Mara Body and spear with the Dead Sea’s power, then attacked Sarlange and blasted the three ghosts away.
• Ronan used another Dead Sea-powered spear strike to destroy Sarlange’s three altars and tear apart his ghost domain.
• Ronan stepped onto Sarlange’s head, raised his spear, and challenged the eyes watching from behind the Half-Closed Door.