Chapter Summaries

Ronan entered the Damp Jungle Secret Realm alone to search for Brain-Eating Flowers and Night-Shining Moss, while suspecting Travis might use others to target him. After finding glowing moss traces, he followed a witch named Beyonce back to a group led by Velen, arriving as they discussed a rival team and the Brain-Eating Flowers.

• Ronan boarded the airship to the Damp Jungle and sensed a hostile surge of Spiritual Power that he suspected came from Travis.
• Beyonce invited Ronan to join her group, but Velen interrupted and pulled her away.
• Ronan entered the Damp Jungle alone, fought a giant purple spider, collected magical herbs, and searched for Brain-Eating Flowers.
• Ronan spotted Night-Shining Moss glowing on a wizard's boots and followed the trail to a clearing where Velen's group discussed opposing Barbus and competing for the Brain-Eating Flowers.
• Beyonce returned to Velen's group with Ronan following behind her.

Ronan joined Velen’s Second Magic Ring group as they reached the Brain-Eating Flower, which three factions agreed to contest through duels. The first matches began, and a First Magic Ring witch revealed a second-order mirror magical item whose design closely resembled Ronan’s mirror fragment.

• Beyonce brought Ronan to Velen’s group, and Velen let him join their expedition to the Brain-Eating Flower.
• The group reached the flower, which was trapped inside a powerful Rune Array while more than thirty late First Level Wizards gathered around it.
• Velen negotiated a duel contest in which each faction would send eight wizards, and his group included Ronan despite doubts about his strength.
• A Third Magic Ring wizard won the first duel against a First Magic Ring opponent.
• Holgen fought a First Magic Ring witch, but she used a second-order mirror magical item to unleash a devastating crimson fire wave.
• Ronan recognized the mirror’s design as nearly identical to the fragmentary mirror magical item he possessed.

Ronan revealed his overwhelming power after two Second Level Wizards arrived to claim the Brain-Eating Flower and one sought revenge against him. He defeated Colin Toby’s attack and drove him away, then faced the Green-Eyed Wizard alone.

• After the Ponytail Witch defeated Holgen, Ronan recognized her mirror magical item as the same kind as his fragment and suspected it came from the Mirror Garden.
• A Second Level Wizard named Colin Toby arrived, broke the Rune Array, and claimed the Brain-Eating Flower, forcing the three First Magic Ring factions to withdraw.
• A Green-Eyed Second Level Wizard arrived and revealed that he had come looking for Ronan, who calmly acknowledged that the wizard had come for him.
• Ronan took the Brain-Eating Flower and transformed his armbands into twin swords, then charged at both Second Level Wizards.
• Ronan broke through Colin Toby’s second-tier spells and metal barrier, prompting Colin Toby to flee.
• Ronan blocked the Green-Eyed Wizard’s attack with a sword strike and prepared to fight him alone.

Ronan defeated the Green-Eyed Wizard, took back his Storage Waist Pouch, and told him to warn Travis that he was coming. After leaving the battlefield with the Ponytail Witch, Ronan learned that she mistook his request to talk for romantic interest, while the Green-Eyed Wizard deceived a shadowy young man about why his mission failed.

• Ronan overwhelmed the Green-Eyed Wizard with his spells and Silver Mist Dual Swords, then forced him to return the Storage Waist Pouch and deliver a warning to Travis.
• Ronan departed with the Ponytail Witch, leaving the gathered wizards stunned; Velen begged Beyonce to help him apologize to Ronan.
• The Green-Eyed Wizard emerged from the Secret Realm Space and healed his injuries with potions.
• A shadowy young man confronted the Green-Eyed Wizard about his failure, and the Green-Eyed Wizard falsely blamed Colin Toby for letting Ronan escape.
• Ronan took the Ponytail Witch to a secluded valley, where she shyly asked why he had chosen her, assuming he was interested in her.

Ronan examined the Ponytail Witch’s Mirror Magical Item, learned that her group had found it in an unexplored Mirror Garden space, and followed her through a hidden lake entrance. Inside the eerie garden, Ronan triggered a spatial effect and faced a transparent humanoid creature emerging from the flowerbed.

• Ronan confirmed that the Ponytail Witch’s mirror was a second-tier Mirror Garden item, copied its rune, and returned it to her.
• The Ponytail Witch told Ronan that her group had found the mirror in an unexplored Secret Realm Space and that a powerful mirror-and-spatial creature had driven them away.
• Ronan and the Ponytail Witch flew to a meadow and entered the hidden Secret Realm through a shifting gateway beneath the lake.
• Inside a silent, lifeless garden, Ronan approached the spot where the mirror had been found and was displaced by a spatial effect.
• Ronan turned at the Ponytail Witch’s warning and saw a transparent humanoid creature emerge from the flowers and charge at him.

Ronan tried to reach the treasures on the white table in Mirror Garden while dodging a transparent humanoid and navigating shifting Teleportation Arrays. He finally pulled an item from behind the arrays but was badly wounded by his own explosion and the humanoid's attack, then escaped with Fu Ling.

• Ronan discovered that the garden's Teleportation Arrays could be revealed with explosions, but the transparent humanoid's attacks grew faster as he tried to map them.
• Ronan realized the arrays kept moving and chose to rely on repeated random teleports to reach the white table while Fu Ling urged him to leave.
• Ronan arrived within reach of the table, revealed a dense barrier of Rune Arrays, and used fine strands of Nightmare Tungsten Steel to snatch an object through the gaps.
• Ronan fortified his back with Nightmare Tungsten Steel as the transparent humanoid struck him, and the resulting explosion engulfed the garden's arrays.
• Fu Ling saw Ronan and the humanoid disappear beneath the lake, then helped the badly wounded Ronan drink healing potions after he resurfaced.

After surviving the Mysterious Garden Secret Realm, Ronan activated the Myriad Treasure Orb and learned that it had been left by Schubert, then discovered that the Seven Ring Masters had awakened and announced a mandatory combat selection for an upcoming Mirror Garden expedition. Bennigo told him to use the selection to earn a place by making a strong showing against Travis, and Ronan accepted that he needed to lose brilliantly enough.

• Fu Ling escorted the injured Ronan back to the Magic Ring, and they exchanged Communication Stone imprints before parting in Seven Ring City.
• Ronan examined the Myriad Treasure Orb, activated it, and heard that he had entered Schubert's Illusionary Space as its successor.
• Ronan saw the Magic Ring towers and Rune Arrays surge with energy, then learned from his identity token that all official members must take part in a combat selection in three months.
• Bennigo explained that the selection would choose wizards for the unexplored Mirror Garden Relic Core Area and warned Ronan that Travis would likely defeat him.
• Bennigo said Ronan could still qualify by impressing the Ring Masters, especially after bringing back the Brain-Eating Flower, and Ronan resolved to lose brilliantly enough.

Ronan learned that advancing to Level Two within three months was impossible without a Crystallization Array, while Bennigo revealed the risks and effects of a brain-development potion. After exploring the Myriad Treasure Orb and considering its potential benefits, Ronan rejected the idea of accepting a brilliant defeat and resolved to win.

• Ronan asked Bennigo about advancing to Level Two and learned that gathering materials for a Crystallization Array within three months was impossible.
• Bennigo explained that the Brain-Eating Flower potion developed the brain, could be taken repeatedly at increasing risk, and would provide enough ingredients for Ronan's needs.
• Ronan questioned Bennigo about Schubert and the Mirror Garden, then saw Magic Ring City buzzing with preparations for selection battles in three months.
• Ronan declined Alida's invitation to watch the battles from a hot air balloon but gave her and Jacob magic stones to support the plan.
• Ronan explored the Myriad Treasure Orb's stored scenes and considered using them to improve his understanding of magic domains and choose his third Soul Rune.
• Ronan examined the Green-Eyed Wizard's meager possessions, then decided he did not want to lose and went to the training room.

Ronan endured six bottles of Murphetira's Kiss and spent three months cultivating, emerging with greater mastery of his spells and a new Frost Veins ability. As the Seven Arcane Circle tournament selection approached, Travis plotted to face Ronan in the first match to obtain his Nightmare Tungsten Steel.

• Ronan drank Murphetira's Kiss and endured its extreme pain until Bennigo saw that he had recovered without needing the Pain Blocker.
• Travis studied information about his tournament rivals and ordered Lin Qi to arrange for him to face Ronan in the first match so he could take Ronan's Nightmare Tungsten Steel.
• Three months later, Ronan tended the Saint Blood Tree sapling while Bennigo warned that it was still fragile and that its power could not be safely borrowed without selecting a bloodline.
• Bennigo asked Damien whether he felt all right after taking six bottles of Murphetira's Kiss, and Damien said he had never felt better.
• Ronan reviewed his cultivation progress, including mastering Frost Ray and gaining the Frost Veins ability, then shared a meal and wine with Bennigo.

After revealing his self-discovered Soul Rune, Mirrorlight, Ronan entered the Silver Magic Ring’s duel selection, where the Silver Bat named Travis as his opponent. Travis rose beneath the projections, and his spreading shadow seemed to converge on Ronan as their duel loomed.

• Ronan told Bennigo that he had not mastered One Segment Magic Domain Resonance and revealed that his third Soul Rune was Mirrorlight.
• Bennigo recounted how he became a wizard while searching for a cure for his wife, Fiona, and Ronan left for the Silver Magic Ring’s duel selection.
• Ronan entered the arena plaza, where the rankings showed him as a Zero Ring ordinary member and Travis as a Third Ring wizard.
• A white-bearded Third Level Wizard arrived, and a silver bat began calling duel participants into the arenas.
• The Silver Bat named Ronan Damien and then Travis as his opponent, as projections showed Travis rising from a black metal chair amid spreading shadows.

Ronan faced Travis in the selection battle and overwhelmed him with his superimposed ice Domains and Spell Breaking Flame. The chapter ended with Ronan choking Travis and asking whether he could hold on to the Nightmare Tungsten Steel he had wanted.

• Travis entered the Fighting Arena to challenge Ronan, intending to claim Nightmare Tungsten Steel and a top-ten spot.
• Travis covered the arena in shadow and sent dozens of crescent scythes at Ronan, but Ronan froze the attack and revealed the superposition of two Law Domains.
• Ronan advanced through Travis's force field, and Travis unleashed a massive scythe attack that sliced apart Ronan's Domain of Despair.
• Ronan used Spell Breaking Flame to cut through the scythe, Travis's Domain, and his protective barriers, then seized Travis by the throat.
• Ronan pointed his sword at Travis and asked whether he could hold on to the Nightmare Tungsten Steel; Travis's resistance stopped and the light in his eyes faded.

Ronan defeated Travis in the Arcane Circle selection battles and drew widespread attention, then rejected Nono Perin’s claim of friendship with Bennigo. Nono later met a tower-dwelling wizard who urged him to cripple Ronan in the second round, leaving Nono with a powerful object and the choice of whether to follow through.

• Ronan defeated Travis, took his seventeenth-place ranking, and became the focus of the Fighting Square’s spectators.
• Ronan reflected that his victory had exposed his abilities and that he needed to grow stronger as the first round continued.
• Nono Perin introduced himself to Ronan, claimed Bennigo had once been his close friend, and offered to protect him, but Ronan rejected his story and walked away.
• Nono told a figure atop the sixth tower that he had failed to deceive Ronan, and the figure insisted that Nono was the best person to attack him.
• The scarred wizard gave Nono a crimson object and urged him to cripple Ronan in the second round, while Nono left without answering.

Ronan watched the first round of duels, studying other wizards’ techniques and reflecting on how the Power of Breaking Law strengthened close-combat fighters. When the second round began, he submitted a challenge that drew Biondini’s attention, then accepted a preliminary duel with Nono Perin, the Arcane Circle’s strongest wizard beneath the Fourth Ring.

• Ronan studied the first-round duels and learned from the varied combat styles of the competing wizards.
• Ronan observed Orlando’s archery and considered how the Power of Breaking Law gave close-combat wizards a major advantage.
• A Third Level wizard raised earth and stone to create the arena for the second round.
• Ronan submitted two challenge names to Biondini, which reacted emotionally to one of them and sent Ronan a challenge from Nono Perin.
• Ronan accepted the preliminary duel, and Nono Perin emerged from the crowd and challenged him to show what Bennigo had taught him.

Ronan Damien defeated Nono Perin by replicating his spell anchors and stacking four domains to freeze Nono’s Sun-like fire spell. After Biondini declared Ronan the challenger, Ronan called for his next opponent and was named for the Docking High Tower.

• Nono Perin challenged Ronan Damien and attacked with fire spells, but Ronan unleashed his Energy Missile-Particle Torrent domain to counter him.
• Nono Perin activated a second-circle fire magical item, greatly increasing his power, then transformed into a blazing sphere and cast Ancient Flame: Incinerate.
• Ronan used his Mirrorlight Soul Rune to replicate his spells and double his Frozen Earth Spell Anchors, raising their total to twelve.
• Ronan stacked four domains and froze Nono Perin’s enormous fireball inside a massive ice sphere, declaring that he had never considered Nono a real opponent.
• Ronan demanded his next challenge, and Biondini named him the challenger for the Docking High Tower.

Ronan unleashed his pinnacle ice technique and broke through the arena’s rules to confront Lanny, who answered with powerful earth magic. After their opening clash, the two faced off as Lanny prepared to fight Ronan personally.

• After the sixth tower accepted Ronan’s challenge, he gathered the frost around him and formed the enormous Unparalleled Despair Ice Seal Sphere.
• Ronan ignored Biondini’s warning, hurled the sphere at Lanny, and charged beyond the Fighting Arena’s Rune Array, sending the selection into chaos.
• Lanny raised an earth-and-stone shield reinforced with metallic particles, and it collided with Ronan’s ice sphere.
• Ronan attacked Lanny with his Nightmare Dual Swords, but Lanny used earth magic to delay him and retreat out of reach.
• Lanny revealed his middle-stage Second Level power, suppressed Ronan’s frost domain, and said he would deal with Ronan personally; Ronan agreed to fight.

Ronan broke free of Lanny’s Sand of Delay and revealed the strength he had gained through months of training. As Lanny unleashed two superimposed Extraordinary Magic Domains, Ronan summoned Schubert’s Seven-Colored River, drawing the attention of powerful wizards across the Silver Tower.

• Lanny used his Sand of Delay domain to bind Ronan and attacked him with a crystalline greatsword, but Ronan burst from the sand in blazing white flames and struck Lanny twice.
• Lanny intensified his domain with the Rock Core Ring and trapped Ronan inside a mountain of sand, but Ronan broke free and challenged him to take Bennigo’s place as his rival.
• Lanny superimposed two Extraordinary Magic Domains to create the Millstone of Delay and declared that even Bennigo would have to kneel before him.
• Ronan amplified a Particle Torrent with Mirrorlight, transformed it into a silent Seven-Colored River, and sent it toward Lanny as his One Segment Magic Domain Resonance.
• A Third Level Wizard and powerful figures in the Silver Tower sensed Ronan’s technique, and a figure in the deepest Meditation Tower declared that the Seventh Magic Ring had produced someone interesting.

After defeating Lanny with the seven-colored Particle Torrent, Ronan drew the attention of the Seventh Magic Ring’s powerful wizards and faced Clemens, its long-reigning genius. Ronan recovered and began their duel by unleashing his strengthened Domain of Despair and Unparalleled Ice Seal Sphere at Clemens.

• Ronan used the Mirrorlight Rune Seal to double Particle Torrent’s energy particles, reaching One Segment Magic Domain Resonance and overwhelming Lanny.
• Biondini intervened to save Lanny from the seven-colored torrent, and Ronan withdrew his attack before it could engulf them both.
• The spectators and powerful wizards turned their attention to Ronan, and Clemens arrived to accept his challenge.
• Ronan recovered his Spiritual Power while Clemens waited, then declared himself ready to fight.
• Ronan activated the Mirrorlight Rune Seal, formed his strengthened Domain of Despair, and launched the Unparalleled Ice Seal Sphere at Clemens.

Ronan faced Clemens’s overwhelming wind magic and, under the pressure of Clemens’s One Segment Magic Domain Resonance, compressed the vitality within his Immaculate Body to its limit. As Clemens’s [Aionilo’s Hand] struck, Ronan released that power and began transforming into an Ancient Giant Demon.

• Clemens’s domain overwhelmed Ronan’s ice attack, but Ronan used [Immaculate Body] and twin swords to break through Clemens’s wind spells and close in.
• Ronan recognized that his physical strength alone could not overcome Clemens’s superior power, while observers assumed Clemens had already won.
• Clemens revealed that he had mastered One Segment Magic Domain Resonance and summoned [Aionilo’s Hand] to force Ronan to use his own technique.
• Ronan let Clemens’s attack approach and compressed the vitality in his chest into a tiny sphere, then withdrew the Spiritual Power sustaining the compression.
• Ronan released the stored power as [Aionilo’s Hand] struck, and his body expanded into the silhouette of an Ancient Giant Demon.

Ronan unleashed his Ancient Giant Demon Form and shattered Clemens' spell, then overwhelmed him in close combat. Clemens conceded defeat, and Ronan stepped away without harming him.

• Garbi and the Third Level Wizards watched Clemens summon Aionilo's Hand, a spell strengthened by One Segment Magic Domain Resonance.
• Ronan's Ancient Giant Demon Bloodline transformation broke through the giant rune hand and shattered it.
• Ronan charged Clemens, tearing apart his spells as Clemens retreated.
• Ronan caught Clemens and held a clawed hand at his throat, forcing him to concede defeat.
• Ronan shook his head and stepped back from Clemens.

Ronan defeated Clemens and reached the pinnacle of the trial by combat, where he was publicly crowned a Sixth Ring genius. As his achievement spread across Seven Ring City, he prepared to meet the Seventh Magic Ring Ring Master.

• Ronan showed Clemens a segment of his Magic Domain Resonance before collapsing from exhaustion, and Biondini carried him through the air.
• Ronan’s Spiritual Power recovered, his First Level Wizard Strength Progress reached 100%, and he became able to attempt advancement to Second Level.
• The Arcane Circle projected Ronan’s coronation across Seven Ring City, marking him with the symbol of the Sixth Ring as Alida, Jacob, and Quidi watched.
• Quidi recognized Ronan in the projection and celebrated his old friend’s achievement with the blond wizard.
• Ronan trimmed his long white hair, put on his Sixth Ring robe, and prepared to ascend the tower to meet the Seventh Magic Ring Ring Master.