Chapter Summaries

Tang Zheng discovered that Council Hill concealed a dungeon entrance connected to the Sanctuary where the World Item [Two-Realm Mandala] was located. After studying the entry conditions and realizing the dungeon was likely intended for level 70 or higher, he decided to try entering despite his lower level.

• Tang Zheng searched Council Hill as a [Buddha God Follower] and then as a [Monk], but found nothing during a full day and night.
• Tang Zheng repeatedly cast Buddha Light Wave and sensed the spell being absorbed at the hill’s center, revealing a golden ring-shaped doorway.
• Golden text appeared, announcing that the dungeon had unlocked and could be entered by someone with Justice Value of 300 or above or a [Monk]-type build with at least 70Lv in other casting systems.
• Tang Zheng inferred that the dungeon was connected to [Two-Realm Mandala] and that its victory conditions could be difficult, then decided to enter.

Tang Zheng prepared for the dungeon by testing Shadow Clones, strengthening his Body Armament, and crafting scrolls before entering the golden halo. Inside, he found the Buddhist Four Heavenly Kings and skeletons, then triggered two statues into awakening; their displayed levels and damage resistance left him facing a dangerous battle.

• Tang Zheng sent normal and Frogman Egg-fused Shadow Clones into the halo, lost contact with both, and concluded the dungeon destroyed them within an hour.
• Tang Zheng strengthened his Rune Body Armament with the Sun Anglerfish corpse, raising its defenses to their level cap.
• Tang Zheng spent nearly two days preparing healing and combat scrolls, then entered the dungeon through the golden halo.
• Tang Zheng explored a vast Buddhist hall, found human skeletons, and identified two statues as Virudhaka and Virupaksha of the Buddhist Four Heavenly Kings.
• Tang Zheng attacked the statues with Chain Dragon Lightning, awakening them as Zouchouten and Koumokuten, both level 85 and resistant to 90% of physical damage.

Tang Zheng fought Zouchouten and Koumokuten, testing how their damage reductions and attack mechanics worked. The Heavenly Kings switched to Jikokuten and Tamonten, whose magic resistance made Tang Zheng prepare to fight with physical attacks.

• Tang Zheng used his Shadow Clone to cast Tenth-Tier Warming, but it barely damaged Zouchouten and Koumokuten, who both had 90% physical damage reduction.
• Tang Zheng identified Zouchouten as a Warrior Class who could be drawn to the Shadow Clone’s Aggro, while Koumokuten summoned crimson snakes that attacked Tang Zheng.
• Tang Zheng used Dark Wave and Frost Pain to immobilize and kill the snakes, but their death effects inflicted Bind, Terror, and Weakness, enabling Zouchouten to pursue him with teleport-like attacks.
• Tang Zheng used Guided Oath of Redemption to remove the snake phantoms, ending Zouchouten’s unusual pursuit mechanic and resetting his Aggro.
• The Heavenly Kings switched places during a sudden suspension of time, revealing Jikokuten and Tamonten with 90% magic damage reduction.
• Tang Zheng decided to fight physically and activated several abilities to boost his combat power.

Tang Zheng fought Jikokuten and Tamonten, discovering that Jikokuten’s pipa granted powerful defenses and that Tamonten could heal, shield, and redirect attacks. After the World Item [Two-Realm Mandala] switched the Heavenly Kings again, Tang Zheng faced Zouchouten and Koumokuten and took to the air to evade their attacks.

• Tang Zheng used a Shadow Clone to bind Tamonten, then struck Jikokuten’s exposed throat and reduced his health to 90%.
• Jikokuten unleashed a full-hall percentage-damage attack, but Tang Zheng healed himself and dodged further attacks while disrupting Jikokuten’s casting and knocking his pipa away.
• When Jikokuten’s magic-damage reduction vanished, five Buddhist scriptures appeared before Tang Zheng, but Jikokuten recovered his pipa and restored the buff before Tang Zheng could act.
• Tamonten healed Jikokuten, shielded him, and redirected Tang Zheng’s attack; Tang Zheng dismissed his Shadow Clone after it lost control.
• The World Item [Two-Realm Mandala] stopped time and changed the active pair from Jikokuten and Tamonten to Zouchouten and Koumokuten.
• Tang Zheng blocked Zouchouten’s Greed Slash with a Wall of Skeleton, then cast Flight to escape the three crimson pythons pursuing him.

Tang Zheng tested the Two-Realm Mandala’s switching conditions and discovered that his attacks triggered a transition between its realms. He tried to exploit the Heavenly Kings’ weapon mechanics, but the weapons could not be taken and returned after three seconds, leaving him with only a narrow window for his plan.

• Tang Zheng reasoned that the realms might switch based on his attack method, then flew around to test whether they would change while he refrained from attacking.
• After an hour without a transition, Tang Zheng cast Warming on Zouchouten and Koumokuten, damaging both and confirming that an attack triggered the switch to the Womb Realm Mandala.
• When Tamonten’s Canopy: Green silenced Flight and sent Tang Zheng falling, he used Shadow Ambush to reach the ground and attack the Heavenly Kings.
• Tang Zheng severed Jikokuten’s hands and tried to seize his dropped pipa, but it passed through his fingers; he declined to choose among the Buddhist scriptures and attacked Jikokuten with Warming instead.
• Tang Zheng knocked Jikokuten away, but the pipa returned to his hand after three seconds, forcing Tang Zheng to abandon his weapon-delay plan.

Tang Zheng used summoned creatures, scrolls, and a carefully timed attack to defeat Jikokuten and Tamonten with Kali's Sigh: Elemental Annihilation Sun. As the space shattered, he prepared to face the remaining two Heavenly Kings after spending one of his trump cards.

• Jikokuten struck Tang Zheng with Brahma Sound Resonance, while Tamonten converted Tang Zheng's healing magic into damaging Negative Energy.
• Tang Zheng summoned a Bronze Axe Minotaur and a Purifying Principality, confirmed Tamonten could control only one summoned creature, and used the Minotaur to occupy that control.
• Tang Zheng teleported near Jikokuten and used repeated Tenth-Tier Warming scrolls to knock Tamonten toward him, then severed Jikokuten's hands and disarmed both Heavenly Kings.
• Tamonten unleashed How Dare You Offend Me, destroyed Tang Zheng's Shadow Clone, and shattered Tang Zheng's armor, but Tang Zheng summoned two Storm Elemental Spirits and used Assimilation Potions to make them fuse with the Heavenly Kings.
• Tang Zheng activated Kali's Sigh: Elemental Annihilation Sun, leaving Jikokuten and Tamonten gravely damaged before they collapsed and disappeared.
• The space began to shatter, and Tang Zheng anticipated facing the other two Heavenly Kings after using one of his trump cards.

Tang Zheng fought Zouchouten and Koumokuten in the Diamond Realm Mandala Alternate Space, using scrolls and powerful summons to counter the Heavenly Kings’ attacks. After the two revealed their second forms and summoned a growing force of monsters, Tang Zheng called in Cerberus, an elemental spirit, and a host of Angels to attack Koumokuten while he focused on Zouchouten.

• Tang Zheng teleported away from Zouchouten’s attack and summoned the Judgment Throne Angel to destroy the three crimson giant pythons, but Zouchouten heavily damaged the Angel.
• Tang Zheng used all thirteen Warming scrolls, reducing Zouchouten and Koumokuten to 60% health as the fiery explosions engulfed the space.
• Zouchouten revealed his eagle totem and gained the ability to fly, while Koumokuten summoned the Level 80 Red Flood Dragon Serpent as his second form.
• Tang Zheng restored his health and repaired his Body Armament with healing scrolls, then evaded the Heavenly Kings’ combined attacks.
• Koumokuten summoned more crimson pythons, and Tang Zheng answered with the Judgment Throne Angel, Cerberus, a Blizzard Elemental Spirit, and Angels summoned through a Benevolent Armageddon scroll.
• Tang Zheng ordered his summons to attack Koumokuten while he turned his attention to Zouchouten.

Tang Zheng fought the Heavenly Kings with summoned creatures and the Soul of the Heroic Spirit, then focused his attacks on Koumokuten after learning which elements hurt him most. He reduced Koumokuten to 17% HP, but Koumokuten unleashed a new power that blasted Tang Zheng backward.

• Tang Zheng transformed the Soul of the Heroic Spirit into a crimson dragon, which fought Zouchouten while Tang Zheng recovered mana and watched the Heavenly Kings battle.
• Tang Zheng tested fire magic against the Heavenly Kings, confirmed that its damage had decreased, and summoned more Red pythons as Koumokuten healed the Red Flood Dragon Serpent.
• Tang Zheng used his remaining Armageddon scrolls and attacked Koumokuten with spells of different elements, discovering that earth magic dealt the most damage.
• Koumokuten summoned an Azure Flood Dragon Snake, but Tang Zheng teleported around the battlefield and used Magic Resistance Breakthrough: Chain Earth Dragon to lower Koumokuten's HP.
• Tang Zheng knocked the snake-shaped magical item from Koumokuten's shoulder, then struck his exposed neck with Fourfold Slash of Light: Breakthrough and reduced his HP to 17%.
• Koumokuten's returned magical item triggered a golden shockwave that blasted Tang Zheng backward.

Tang Zheng defeated Koumokuten by isolating him from his summons, then joined his Shadow Clone and the Soul of the Heroic Spirit against Zouchouten. Their opening attacks badly damaged Zouchouten, but he countered with powerful aspect skills and trapped Tang Zheng in a relentless sword combo.

• Koumokuten summoned three level-80 flood dragons and eight giant pythons, while Tang Zheng sent his remaining Angels to hold them back.
• Tang Zheng teleported behind Koumokuten and wore him down with earth magic until Koumokuten and his summoned beasts vanished at zero HP.
• Tang Zheng summoned a Shadow Clone as the battered Soul of the Heroic Spirit returned from its fight with Zouchouten; Zouchouten destroyed the remaining Angels.
• Tang Zheng enlarged the Soul of the Heroic Spirit and used the Shadow Clone's paralysis to set up a combined attack that removed 19% of Zouchouten's health.
• Zouchouten unleashed a powerful slash that knocked down the Soul of the Heroic Spirit, then rushed Tang Zheng and launched a relentless sword combo.
• Tang Zheng used Mind's Eye to dodge Zouchouten's continuing attacks.

Tang Zheng defeated Zouchouten through prolonged teleportation and magical bombardment, spending much of his stored mana and Experience Points. After leaving the Alternate Space, he obtained the World Item [Two-Realm Mandala], whose Buddha positions were mysteriously blank.

• Tang Zheng used Teleportation and elemental magic to keep out of Zouchouten's reach, discovering that water attacks dealt the most damage.
• After exhausting his mana, the Orb of Death, and multiple Shadow Clones, Tang Zheng converted Experience Points into mana and continued attacking Zouchouten.
• Tang Zheng reduced Zouchouten's health to zero, and Zouchouten offered a final prayer before shattering into fragments.
• The Alternate Space expelled Tang Zheng to Council Hill at night, where a square five-colored scroll appeared and landed in his hand.
• Tang Zheng identified the World Item as [Two-Realm Mandala] and noticed that the spaces where its Buddhas should have been were blank.

Evileye completed her study of the Magic Boost Ritual, and Tang Zheng returned with the World Item Two-Realm Mandala while hiding what he had gained. He arranged a new knowledge trade with Corpus of the Abyss, while Climb guarded Princess Renner and Lainas during their meeting at the Magic Caster's Guild.

• Evileye completed the Magic Boost Ritual and worried about the Dragon Lord behind Corpus of the Abyss.
• Tang Zheng returned, concealed Two-Realm Mandala, and told Evileye he had found nothing at Sanctuary.
• Evileye said Abyss Banezeri had secretly visited three times to seek Magic Boost knowledge.
• Tang Zheng decided to challenge Corpus of the Abyss's inaccurate Sanctuary intelligence and request research on Vampire-type Undead instead.
• Tang Zheng reassured Evileye that they were friends and said he did not want her to die in a future battle.
• Climb guarded the meeting room at the Magic Caster's Guild while Princess Renner and Lainas met inside.

Renner arranged to recruit Magic Casters for Lainas's legion and manipulated Climb into staying by her side rather than joining it. In the Slane Theocracy, Zesshi Zetsumei questioned Four Elements about the Abelion Hills transaction and told him to notify her before the next trip.

• Renner told Lainas that the Magic Caster's Guild would support the legion if it proved Magic Casters' value by winning against the Empire.
• Climb asked Renner to let him join Lainas's legion, but Renner tearfully reminded him of his promise to protect her, and he backed down.
• Clementine brought Four Elements to meet Zesshi Zetsumei, who had been training with her war scythe.
• Zesshi Zetsumei asked Four Elements about the Assimilation Potion transaction, and he recounted his trip to the Abelion Hills.
• Zesshi Zetsumei told Four Elements to inform her before his next trip to the Abelion Hills.

The Corpus of the Abyss used a Magic Boost Ritual to summon an Elemental Skull and discussed recruiting the mysterious Undead who had supplied the ritual. In the Inveria Kingdom, Tang Zheng trained in the Two-Realm Mandala, reviewed research on Angel Assimilation, and planned to exploit the Corpus of the Abyss while winning over the mysterious Dragon Lord.

• Abyss Banezeri and four other Inner Circle members helped the Saintess of White use the Magic Boost Ritual to summon an Elemental Skull.
• The Inner Circle tested the Elemental Skull, confirmed its Ninth- and Tenth-Tier magic, and discussed the Withered Elder of Ten Thousand Armies' research into controlling enemy summons.
• The Revenant of Yellow proposed recruiting the mysterious Undead who had traded them the Magic Boost Ritual to help fight the Dragon Lord.
• Tang Zheng trained against Zouchouten in the Two-Realm Mandala and reflected on Evileye's return to E-Rantel and the Holy Kingdom's gift of the Sword of Law to Enri.
• Tang Zheng reviewed the Slane Theocracy's research on Frogman's Egg and Angel Assimilation, then planned to exploit the Corpus of the Abyss and win over the Dragon Lord before seeking a high-level Dragon Race class.

Evileye learned that Corpus of the Abyss was preparing to resist the mysterious True Dragon Lord and reported its offer of cooperation to Tang Zheng. After Enri returned from helping clear the Abelion Hills, she revealed a new ability that prompted Tang Zheng to discover she might qualify for the Commander class.

• Evileye met with "Abyss" Banezeri, who asked her to seek help from Tang Zheng as Corpus of the Abyss prepared to fight the True Dragon Lord.
• Evileye reported the situation, and Tang Zheng accepted the chance to cooperate while Corpus of the Abyss transferred its knowledge and belongings.
• Enri and Beast General Hectowaizes finished clearing the Abelion Hills, and Enri demonstrated that she could communicate mentally with people close to her.
• Enri returned to the Strange Castle, where Tang Zheng welcomed her and learned she had developed a new ability.
• Enri used Information, and Tang Zheng discovered that she could meet the requirements for the Commander class by converting her Genius class into Sergeant.

Tang Zheng explained Enri’s new Information skill, warned his companions about forged magical communications, and arranged for Enri and Crusch Lulu to return toward Carne Village with weapons and an invitation for Nfirea. The chapter ended by introducing a vast cavern beneath the Dark Fortress in the Geharald mountains.

• Tang Zheng learned the Information skill and explained that Enri had gained it through the Commander class, then demonstrated how he combined it with Magic Mark to contact marked companions.
• Tang Zheng warned Enri, Cuiye, White, and Crusch Lulu that magical messages could be forged, citing the fall of Gatenbarg, and reconsidered his plans involving the mysterious True Dragon Lord.
• Enri asked to visit Carne Village, and Tang Zheng agreed, sending her with Crusch Lulu and Blackie to deliver Dark Dwarf weapon samples to Lainas and invite Nfirea to the Abelion Hills.
• Tang Zheng explained that Crusch Lulu could help the Adventurer’s Guild respond to unrest in the Great Forest of Tob, and Enri, Crusch Lulu, and Blackie set out the next day.
• On July 17, the narrative shifted to the Dark Fortress beneath the Geharald mountains, where a huge cavern had been dug into the rock.

A mysterious True Dragon Lord discovered that the Inner Circle of [Corpus of the Abyss] had escaped its surveillance and prepared to pursue the rebels. After teleporting away, it left behind a Humanoid Golem that secretly sent an intelligence report, while Finlia Valley Bottom filled with Undead forces.

• The mysterious True Dragon Lord recalled how it had defeated the Evil Player more than three hundred years earlier, though the battle had destroyed its true base and forced it into hiding.
• The Humanoid Golem alerted the mysterious True Dragon Lord that all nine marked members of [Corpus of the Abyss] had escaped surveillance.
• The mysterious True Dragon Lord scanned for detection magic, used the Prank Coin to judge the danger as low, and ordered the Golem to locate the rebels.
• The Golem used Fifth-Tier Magic—Clairvoyance and Detection Link to show the mysterious True Dragon Lord an image, and the Dragon Lord teleported away with Mid-Tier Wild Magic: World Teleportation.
• After the mysterious True Dragon Lord departed, the Humanoid Golem secretly murmured "Intelligence report" as its eyes went dark.
• At Finlia Valley Bottom, a desolate region filled with Undead monsters and more than a dozen circling Bone Dragons.

Tang Zheng watched Corpus of the Abyss confront Deep Darkness Dragon Lord and triggered the Primordial Chanter advancement when the dragon cast World Teleportation. After rescuing Evileye and escaping the sealed battlefield, Tang Zheng accepted the new class and gained access to Wild Magic.

• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord appeared before Corpus of the Abyss, and Tang Zheng recognized him as a True Dragon Lord who possessed the World Item Twenty.
• The Attribute Panel detected Deep Darkness Dragon Lord's Wild Magic, World Teleportation, and offered Tang Zheng the Primordial Chanter class after the Gold Dragon Lord's Heart fulfilled its prerequisites.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord sealed the battlefield with World Isolating Barrier as Corpus of the Abyss launched coordinated attacks and revealed two Elemental Skull Undead.
• Tang Zheng used the Two-Realm Mandala to pull Evileye from the battlefield and escaped through the barrier with his World Item.
• Tang Zheng accepted the Primordial Chanter class, unlocking Wild Magic and Soul Energy.

Tang Zheng advanced to [Primordial Chanter], gained access to Soul Energy and sent Evileye away from the battlefield. Meanwhile, [Corpus of the Abyss] surprised the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord with powerful magic and summoned Undead, leaving Tang Zheng suspicious of how they had gained their strength.

• Tang Zheng advanced to [Primordial Chanter] and discovered that Dragon Lord Form let him use Wild Magic through Soul Energy, though he could not use Tier Magic in that form.
• Tang Zheng released Evileye from [Two-Realm Mandala] and sent her to Teleport back to the Inveria Kingdom, then monitored the battle through the Soul of the Heroic Spirit.
• At Finlia Valley, [Corpus of the Abyss] combined spells into a black lightning storm, then hit the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord with acid mist and Vermilion Nova, injuring it.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord swooped down to attack, but two level 70 Doom Lords intercepted it and used Ruinous Night.
• The Elemental Skulls and other members of [Corpus of the Abyss] attacked alongside the Doom Lords, keeping the Deep Darkness Dragon Lord at bay as Tang Zheng wondered how they had acquired such power.

The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord overwhelmed the Corpus of the Abyss’s summoned Undead and exposed the limits of their preparations. As its Dark Corrosion Breath erased their defenses, Abyss Banezeri called for the Vampire Lady and another lord to intervene, while Tang Zheng recognized a frightening similarity to Soulbreaker Breath.

• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord destroyed one Doom Lord after using it as a shield against the Elemental Skulls’ Vermilion Nova, and Tang Zheng suspected the dragon did not care about taking damage.
• The Death Rider suffered magical backlash when the Doom Lord died, revealing the cost of the Corpus of the Abyss’s Withered Elder of Ten Thousand Armies technique for seizing control of summons.
• Wise Wolf used the Sacrificial Ritual: Moonlight Concealment to expose the dragon, and the Corpus of the Abyss attacked it with status spells and items that strengthened and healed their remaining Doom Lords.
• The Deep Darkness Dragon Lord dismissed the rebels’ strength and unleashed Dark Corrosion Breath, which dissolved a Doom Lord and annihilated an Elemental Skull’s spell.
• Abyss Banezeri called for the Vampire Lady and another lord to act, while Tang Zheng rose in shock and questioned whether the breath was Soulbreaker Breath.

Tang Zheng watched Deep Darkness Dragon Lord annihilate Corpus of the Abyss, then used the attack to keep The Saintess of White alive and draw out information. A hidden caster killed her before she could speak, and Tang Zheng’s Shadow Clone confronted Deep Darkness Dragon Lord through the Soul of the Heroic Spirit.

• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord’s breath destroyed Corpus of the Abyss and its Inner Circle, while The Saintess of White survived because the breath passed around her.
• The Saintess of White offered to reveal what she knew, but a sudden Tenth-Tier Magic spell killed her and scorched the battlefield.
• Deep Darkness Dragon Lord suspected a trap linked to powerful outside enemies and considered retreating as a red dragon appeared before him.
• Tang Zheng, controlling the Soul of the Heroic Spirit from a safe zone three thousand kilometers away, prepared to face Deep Darkness Dragon Lord despite lacking the class needed to use Wild Magic.
• Tang Zheng’s Shadow Clone, hidden inside the Soul of the Heroic Spirit’s mouth, addressed Deep Darkness Dragon Lord as “Senior” and claimed to have dealt with the trouble for him.