Chapter Summaries

Ronan fought Sarlange as he summoned the Lord of Corpse Accumulation, and Ronan broke through the final barrier of Ascetic Body Forging while overwhelming the Monarch Ghost Shadow. Just as Ronan was about to finish Sarlange, a Stone of Destiny bearing Ronan’s likeness triggered golden chains that stripped away his power and halted his breakthrough.

• Ronan attacked Sarlange as Sarlange began a ritual using three Undead Servants and blood offered by Ulyian and the other Wizard Heart Hall elites.
• Sarlange completed the Corpse Accumulation Court ritual and summoned the Monarch Ghost Shadow of the Lord of Corpse Accumulation.
• Ronan fought the Monarch Ghost Shadow, and the pressure of the battle loosened the final barrier in his Ascetic Body Forging.
• Ronan transformed into a blazing scarlet sun, shattered the Monarch Ghost Shadow and the Corpse Accumulation Royal Court, and prepared to strike Sarlange.
• A Stone of Destiny carved in Ronan’s likeness appeared before his spear, shattered, and released an aura that triggered golden chains around him.
• The golden chains shattered a Blue Snail within Ronan and drained his power; Ronan cursed the eyes behind the half-open door as golden words declared that fate was fickle.

Golden rune chains sealed Ronan’s physical power and interrupted his breakthrough, but the pressure awakened his Secret Chrysalis. After Hathaway and Casimodo tried to protect him from Sarlange, Ronan emerged as the Void Hole Butterfly and effortlessly crushed Sarlange’s sword.

• Golden rune chains sealed Ronan’s body, suppressed the Power of the Dead Sea, and shattered his Spiral Palace as Sarlange resumed his attack.
• Ronan sensed the Secret Chrysalis mature under the sealing pressure and transformed into a black energy chrysalis.
• Sarlange attacked the chrysalis, while Hathaway shielded it and offered to withdraw from the trial; Casimodo also tried to intervene with an arrow.
• Sarlange prepared a powerful Corpse Accumulation Sword strike as Hathaway used the Soul Burning Curse to protect Ronan.
• Ronan emerged in a black, nebula-patterned butterfly form, crushed the Corpse Accumulation Sword, and drew the battlefield’s energy toward himself.

Ronan’s matured Secret Chrysalis transformed Forbidden Black Hole into a Void Hole Magic Body, letting him defeat Sarlange and devastate the attacking wizards. He then attacked the Half-Closed Door until a shape-shifting creature emerged, and unleashed another pulse despite its plea to answer his question.

• Ronan’s Secret Chrysalis spread purple patterns through his body and soul, granting him the Void Hole Butterfly state and precise control over immense energy.
• Ronan shattered Sarlange’s Corpse Accumulation Sword attack, then defeated him with stacked black holes that destroyed the Corpse Accumulation Court.
• Ronan blasted the attacking wizards with pitch-black suns, severely wounding nearly all of them except Casimodo’s Black Moon Faction group.
• Ronan struck the Half-Closed Door with stacked black hole pulses, knocking a shape-shifting creature out of it.
• The creature transformed into a chipmunk and pleaded to answer Ronan’s question, but Ronan said he did not want to know and attacked again.

Ronan passed the fate trial and received the New Prophet’s blessing, which renewed the Quivada Oasis and spread across Spirit Lake. The chapter ended with Valentine discovering that the victorious Deep Sea wizard was the man behind a small locked door.

• Ronan’s attack mysteriously missed the chipmunk, which explained that its trials had tested his courage and understanding of fate.
• The chipmunk ended Ronan’s Void Hole Magic Body, invoked the Pendulum of Fate, and blessed him with the promise of his own Golden Dawn.
• Golden gears and golden light healed the wizards and restored the Quivada Oasis as Ronan departed through a glowing door in the sky.
• Hathaway watched the door close, while the green-braided woman recalled how Ronan had once been scorned and had now reclaimed his place.
• Misha and the Deep Sea wizards realized that one of their own had won the trial, and Misha collapsed in disbelief as the Prophet’s blessing reached them.
• Spirit Lake erupted in celebration, and Valentine found a rejuvenated wizard holding a white cat behind the brass-locked door.

Three gray-robed observers discussed the clearer Wisdom Pool and the news from Life Royal Court, deciding to wait before acting. Ronan examined his gains and remaining seals after the Stone of Destiny trial, then met the New Prophet to demand answers.

• Three gray-robed figures noted that the water of Wisdom Pool had become clearer and discussed the news from Life Royal Court.
• Ronan found himself in a room among the ruins of the Keldim Empire after the New Prophet disappeared, and realized the golden-gear seal still blocked his Ascetic Body Forging.
• Ronan checked his Character Panel and found his spells had improved, while Secret Chrysalis had gained a new evolution progress bar at one percent.
• Ronan assessed his True Intent-level abilities and concluded that Void Hole Butterfly was the only one he could freely rely on.
• Ronan opened the door and confronted the raccoon New Prophet, asking if he could officially question her.

Ronan consulted Prophet Eve about the Clarity Snake and learned that a calamity involving Abyss Demons had begun with the assassination of the Alba King. After returning to Spirit Lake and preparing to move, he met Bennigo.

• Ronan asked Prophet Eve how he could obtain a Clarity Snake, and she said some remained in the Life Royal Court's Royal Treasury and advised him to wait for an opportunity.
• Prophet Eve revealed that the previous prophet had foreseen a calamity involving Ronan and Juventus, and identified the assassination of a king, the empire's schism, and the beginning of chaos as its opening.
• Ronan accepted Eve's one-use teleportation bead but declined his chance to receive a death prophecy, then returned to his private Secret Realm Space at Spirit Lake.
• Ronan told Arrietty to pack for a move and resolved to cultivate Spirit Heart Amber while Alazan remained asleep.
• An old man told Ronan that the Alba King had recently died, likely connected to the Ancient Wizard World Destruction Society, and Ronan later approached Bennigo with visible joy.

Ronan reunited with Bennigo and brought him and the Saint Blood Tree into the Mist Space, where he expanded the space and discovered its connection to Minotaur's Endless Labyrinth. He realized the labyrinth was the reverse side of the Mirror of Emptiness and wondered whether he could send enemies into it.

• Ronan thanked Sindison, destroyed a soul spike aimed at him, and gave him a Space Ring before Sindison warned him about turmoil following the Alba King's death.
• Sindison left to enter secluded cultivation, and Ronan brought Bennigo into the Mist Space with the Ruby Ring from Narros.
• Bennigo released the Saint Blood Tree, which spread its roots through the Mist Space and absorbed energy from the Elemental Pool.
• Ronan used mid-grade Magic Crystals to expand the Mist Space to more than fifty hectares, then discovered he could extend his Spiritual Power through the mist above its dome.
• Ronan's consciousness entered Minotaur's Endless Labyrinth, and he realized the Mist Space was the front side of the Mirror of Emptiness while the labyrinth was its reverse side.
• Ronan returned to his body and considered whether he could use the mirror to throw people into the labyrinth.

Ronan settled Bennigo and several companions in the Mist Space, then discovered the Mirror of Emptiness could send willing or helpless creatures into Minotaur’s Endless Labyrinth. He returned to Prophet Eve in Quivada Oasis, learned she knew something about Ascetic Body Forging, and began a meditation that left him apparently still in the same room.

• Ronan gave Bennigo the Spirit Lake Book and told him he might have to stay indefinitely in the Mist Space, where Fiona’s coffin and other companions were also kept.
• Ronan confirmed that the Mirror of Emptiness could send creatures into Minotaur’s Endless Labyrinth and realized it might also let him release powerful prisoners, though he could not yet open their sealed doors.
• Ronan used Prophet Eve’s teleportation bead to return to Quivada Oasis and told her Alba King was dead; Prophet Eve said it was too soon to approach the Royal Treasury.
• Ronan asked Prophet Eve when the golden Gear Mark seal would be lifted, and she said it would remain until he could withstand the power it restrained.
• Ronan entered a room with an old Star Chart, called out to Alazan, and touched the Black Dandelion representing the Spirit Heart Amber; when he opened his eyes, he seemed to be in the same room.

Ronan awakened as a low-status Astrology Apprentice in the Keldim Wizard Empire and saw an opportunity to cultivate while learning about its ambitious search for the Core Hub. After deliberately getting expelled, he began training in secret and resolved to witness the empire’s coming upheaval from within.

• Ronan learned that his new body belonged to a nominal disciple forced to perform exhausting astrological calculations in the Keldim Wizard Empire.
• A gray-haired apprentice called A Nan De dragged Ronan to an assembly, where their mentor announced heavier workloads for the search for the Core Hub.
• Ronan recognized that the empire’s Core Hub project preceded the construction of its underground waterways and the discovery of Quivada Oasis.
• After three months, Ronan deliberately made calculation errors, endured twenty-five barbed lashes, and was expelled by his astrologer mentor.
• A Nan De visited the injured Ronan and left him money, while Ronan revealed that he had reached the level of a third-level apprentice through secret meditation.
• Ronan began Ascetic Body Forging and resolved to cultivate in the empire while observing the era-defining upheaval to come.

Ronan spent 183 years in the Keldim cycle, keeping his knowledge of Quivada Oasis secret while A Nan De pursued the Central Hub. After A Nan De’s long-awaited discovery came too late for Ronan, Ronan awakened from the cycle and replenished his body with Wind Serpent Jerky.

• Ronan recovered from his injuries, worked at Ding Nan Potion Workshop, and received A Nan De’s astrological notes and meditation technique.
• Ronan reached Level Nine Apprentice and watched A Nan De become a formal disciple, a First Level Wizard, and an official Astrologer.
• Fifty years after Ronan took over Ding Nan Potion Workshop, A Nan De announced that the Central Hub was likely underground near the Imperial Capital.
• Seventy years later, A Nan De accused Ronan of withholding his astrological talent and smashed the potion shop, then stopped visiting him.
• After marking 183 years on a stone tablet, Ronan left a farewell note and walked into a snowstorm; A Nan De later arrived with news that the search had succeeded and found Ronan gone.
• Ronan opened his eyes outside the cycle and ate Wind Serpent Jerky to restore his strength.

After a Dream Entry, Ronan gained Soul Projection and a major increase in his soul and Elemental Spirit foundation, bringing him close to Mid Level Four. He spotted a Life Royal Court procession near Quivada Oasis, then visited the Mist Space and learned Bennigo had nearly reconstructed the Bloodline Deduction Array.

• Ronan discovered he could create and control a Soul Projection, which could teleport within his Spiritual Power's range and cast spells at the cost of Soul Power.
• Ronan checked his Character Panel and found Spirit Heart Amber had reached Beginner, Soul Projection had become an innate skill, and his Strength Progress had risen to 31%.
• Ronan saw a Life Royal Court procession led by a platinum carriage pulled by two Four-Legged Flying Dragons and suspected a royal had come to visit Prophet Eve.
• Ronan entered the Mist Space and found the Saint Blood Tree, Arrietty, and the space's inhabitants thriving while Bennigo had recovered to Level Two.
• Bennigo told Ronan he had nearly completed a new Bloodline Deduction Array, and Ronan said the array's previous attempts had failed, leaving him two deductions.

Ronan weighed whether to risk his remaining Ancient Frost Hydra bloodline in a more controllable deduction array, then learned that turmoil was spreading across the Upper Ring Continent. His Spirit Heart Amber reached the beginner stage, allowing him to shift his consciousness between dreams and reality and freeing him to cultivate while pursuing other work.

• Ronan considered Bennigo’s modified Bloodline Deduction Array, which would improve his odds but leave him with only one final attempt, and asked Bennigo to tell him when the plan was finalized.
• Bennigo gave Ronan a record of major events, including Alba King’s stolen corpse, massacres blamed on the Ancient Wizard Revival Society, rising conflict between Tangista and the Life Empire, and reports of Juventus clashing with a Level Six Wizard.
• Ronan noticed Prophet Eve’s door open slightly but chose not to investigate, then returned to his room to cultivate Reincarnation into Dream.
• Ronan’s Soul Projection formed a tiny Silver Serpent and drew a petal from the Black Dandelion, sending him into a disjointed dream before he abruptly returned to reality.
• Ronan tested the new effect and discovered that the beginner-stage Spirit Heart Amber let him shift his consciousness between dreams and reality while his physical body remained free to act.

Ronan cultivated in Quivada Oasis while using Soul Projection to explore the Keldim Empire’s past, learning how its Waterway Project released ancient monsters and sealed the empire’s doom. In a new reincarnation as a waterway craftsman, he later found a Holy Shrine Altar and absorbed the white flames from a black box, strengthening his body as the golden gear mark on his wrist continued to crack.

• Ronan fought monsters across the corrupted plains of Quivada Oasis and recovered his Spiritual Power by meditating with Elemental Guardians.
• After his dream projection returned, Ronan endured a powerful soul impact and learned that the Keldim Empire’s Waterway Project uncovered ancient seals and unleashed monsters from another world.
• Ronan used a Black Dandelion petal to enter a new reincarnation as a low-ranking craftsman building waterways, where he saw Keldim wizards place a glowing box on a Holy Shrine Altar.
• Ronan broke open a black stone pillar in a magma-filled place and retrieved the box hidden inside the altar.
• Ronan absorbed the box’s pure white flames, which strengthened his body, while the golden gear mark on his wrist faded and developed tiny cracks.

After nearly four years of dream journeys through Keldim’s decline, Ronan reached Level Four Perfection and unleashed a vast golden-fire attack against a monster horde in Quivada Oasis. Back in Mist Space, Alazan urged him to purify his soul, prepare for his Level Five advancement, and strengthen his bloodline in hopes of nurturing a nine-star Elemental Spirit.

• Ronan returned from the Lost Land to Quivada Oasis, where his final Reincarnation into Dream ended and settlement began.
• As the monster tide charged, Ronan unleashed rings of Molten Gold Pillars that vaporized swathes of monsters and left a vast Golden Field across the plains.
• Ronan’s eight dream entries raised him to Level Four Wizard Perfection and brought his skills close to their limits, while his Elemental Spirit potential remained constrained by his bloodline.
• Alazan told Ronan to take the Clarity Potion, gather the Spirit Shaping Liquid and Spirit Shaping Array for his Level Five advancement, and improve his bloodline foundation.

Ronan began a bloodline deduction ritual using Bennigo’s third-optimized array, hoping to elevate Hecalto’s Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline to a primordial-grade bloodline and gain a chance at the Nine Stars Supreme Elemental Spirit. The Saint Blood Tree started devouring Ronan’s weaker bloodlines, and the ritual continued as its red cloud turned toward his white bloodlines.

• Ronan agreed to undergo bloodline deduction, and Bennigo prepared the third-optimized array.
• Bennigo covered Ronan’s body with a sacred tree pattern and built a semi-natural array linking him to the Saint Blood Tree.
• Ronan signed a Soul Contract with the Saint Blood Tree, strengthening their connection before the ritual began.
• The array drew nine bloodline clouds from Ronan, including Hecalto’s Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline and his Storm Weaver bloodline.
• The deep-red cloud representing Hecalto’s bloodline devoured all five gray clouds, then moved toward the two white clouds.

Ronan’s Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline advanced toward Primordial Grade, but HEKA.ERTO attacked and forced him to surrender a trace of it to protect everyone in the Mist Space. After the battle devastated the Mist Space, Ronan vowed to reclaim what he had lost with interest.

• Ronan’s bloodlines were purified beneath the Saint Blood Tree, and the Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline gained a ninth head and a trace of primordial aura.
• HEKA.ERTO burst through a rift, bit Ronan, and froze much of the Mist Space as the two serpents fought.
• Bennigo shielded Arrietty and Dodol III from the cold, then lost consciousness as the battle shattered the Mist Space.
• Bennigo awoke beside Fiona’s ice coffin and found Ronan gravely wounded near the broken Saint Blood Tree.
• Ronan explained that HEKA.ERTO had used everyone and the Mist Space to force him to compromise, then vowed to recover the surrendered bloodline with interest.

After Hecalto devastated the Mist Space and took Ronan’s Ancient Frost Hydra Bloodline, Ronan began repairing what remained and planned how to grow stronger for their next contest. Prophet Eve summoned him with news about the Alba royal succession, a fabricated identity for him, and a prophecy about his death.

• Ronan acknowledged that Hecalto had outmaneuvered him and would return to harvest his strength again, while Alazan advised him to kill Hecalto before it recovered.
• Ronan spent ten days stabilizing the Saint Blood Tree and partly repairing the Elemental Pool as Arrietty, Bennigo, and their companions began rebuilding the ruined Mist Space.
• Ronan told Alazan he would pursue the Clarity Potion, prepare for Level Five, and seek more Evolving Holy Shrines in the Storm Realm to complete his Storm Lord Bloodline.
• Prophet Eve summoned Ronan and asked him to represent the Pendulum of Fate by backing her chosen Alba royal heir in the struggle for succession, promising access to the Clarity Snake at a price.
• Prophet Eve told Ronan to use the fabricated identity Misha Tirions, then asked whether he wanted to hear the prophecy of his future death.

Ronan left the Lost Land for the Life Royal Court after Prophet Eve gave him a sealed moth bead and showed him a death prophecy in which he fell through flames beside Moriel. He was met by Pendulum of Fate wizards and the giant thunder eagle Eris, while Serena waited in the Life Royal Court and wondered why the Prophet had chosen her.

• Prophet Eve gave Ronan a black glass bead containing a moth and sent him through a door toward the Life Royal Court.
• Ronan recalled seeing himself fall through flames and magma with Moriel in Prophet Eve's prophecy, then left the Lost Land after nearly four years.
• Ronan checked his messages, replied to A Nan De, and wondered about Jason after receiving no answer to his inquiry.
• A Ni and Pendulum of Fate wizards greeted Ronan and prepared to escort him to the Life Royal Court.
• A Ni summoned the giant thunder eagle Eris, who told Ronan that he smelled good and called him brother.
• At the Wind Plain, Serena told Fomingge that she could not understand why the Prophet had chosen her when she had never sought an audience.

Serena learned that the Destiny Empire’s Golden Dawn, Misha Tirions, was arriving, while she weighed her uneasy alliance with Fomingge and recalled the death of Ronan Damien. She and Fomingge witnessed Misha’s spectacular arrival on a sixth-rank Ancient Thunder Eagle, leaving Serena face-to-face with the powerful newcomer.

• Fomingge pledged his support to Serena, and she asked him about Misha Tirions and whether he might have met Juventus.
• Serena privately rejected Fomingge’s advances but admitted she needed his power, then discussed Li Weiqi’s death, Ronan Damien’s murder, and her lack of allies with the Silver-Haired Witch.
• The Silver-Haired Witch announced that Golden Dawn had arrived, and Serena prepared herself before going out to welcome him.
• A sixth-rank Ancient Thunder Eagle swept over Wind Plain, frightening the Life Royal Court’s mounts and tearing apart the group’s magical barrier with its cry.
• Pendulum of Fate wizards formed an honor guard around a Golden Throne on the eagle’s back, and Serena recognized the figure seated there as Golden Dawn.

The Golden Dawn appeared before Serena and the Life Royal Court wizards, then attacked Fomingge instead of helping them. After overpowering Fomingge with a golden blade, he faced Fomingge’s unleashed inheritance magic as a vast Golden Cloud Sea filled the sky, leaving everyone beneath the presence of a terrifying entity.

• Serena and Fomingge realized the Golden Dawn was only Level Four, despite his overwhelming aura and reputation.
• The Golden Dawn summoned a giant golden blade and turned it on Fomingge as Serena led the Life Royal Court wizards away.
• The Golden Dawn broke through Fomingge’s Black Ash Ring and seemingly melted him in golden flames, stunning Serena and the witnesses.
• Fomingge reappeared in an elementalized state, invoked his Inheritance Magic Array, and flooded the battlefield with Darkness-Type energy.
• The Golden Dawn dispersed his blade into golden fragments that covered the sky, forming a Golden Cloud Sea whose dreadful presence made everyone tremble.