Chapter Summaries

Rayne and the defenders survived the attack on Wizerland Floating City, forcing the remaining undead to retreat and leaving Kolsted at large. As the city began recovering, Ansiwodoss vowed to avenge the dead, and Rayne was honored as the hero who had saved Wizerland.

• Ansiwodoss evaded Sazastan's Death Finger, and Sazastan fled into Naxxas Floating City with the remaining undead before the portal collapsed.
• Ansiwodoss addressed Wizerland's survivors, vowed to kill Kolsted, and urged them to rebuild their home.
• Rayne ordered Sikarius and the Extreme Warriors to collect the Rambo's Gun shell casings, while Osiria gathered them with wind magic.
• Rayne found Marquis Jiliu Sonas alive in the crater, returned Troll Slayer, and learned Sonas had suffered serious wounds and soul damage.
• The Wizards gathered around Rayne and bowed to him, recognizing that he and the Extreme Warriors had saved Wizerland Floating City.

After Wizerland’s battle against Kolsted’s forces, Ansiwodoss mourned the city’s severe losses while Modra accepted responsibility and sacrificed herself to atone. Rayne’s Soul Transformation then finished, and the power he gained strengthened several of his abilities, though he remained eager to reach Level 7 and fuse with the Radiant Bubble Demon Soul.

• Rayne assessed Wizerland’s losses and saw that only seven Legendary Wizards remained outside the speakers, including Osiria.
• Modra admitted responsibility for the disaster, resigned from the Council of Six, and asked Ansiwodoss to let her followers rejoin Wizerland.
• Modra died by exhausting her remaining soul power, and Ansiwodoss agreed to give the surviving defectors another chance.
• Rayne’s Soul Transformation completed, restarting his phone interface and filling its battery with soul power.
• Rayne used the power to raise Strength to level 8, advance Lightning Burst Orb, Dragon Strength Technique, and Rainbow Ray to the Fourth Circle, and invest the remainder in Thunder Spell.

After Wizerland’s battle, Rayne learned that Sazastan had stolen the Book of the Dead, an artifact that could grant godhood and command the undead. Ansiwodoss also revealed that Sazastan’s attack had severely damaged his body, leaving him bound to Wizerland to survive.

• Ansiwodoss organized the Wizards and residents to repair Wizerland, while Rayne helped rescue people with the Extreme Warriors.
• Alaian Mosgreen arrived with the Storm Legion’s Griffon Knights, stayed briefly, and then left; Rayne considered building an air force for House Augustus.
• Ansiwodoss summoned Rayne, the remaining speakers, and Osiria, then revealed that the Book of the Dead had vanished from its sealed chamber, likely stolen by Sazastan.
• Ansiwodoss explained that the Book of the Dead was an artifact written by the Lord of Death, capable of commanding undead and potentially helping its wielder become a god.
• Ansiwodoss disclosed that Sazastan’s Ninth Circle Death Finger had damaged his body so severely that he had to remain in Wizerland and rely on Iola’s Core to sustain it.

Ansiwodoss outlined ways to escape his confinement to the Floating City, then nominated Dalandon and Rayne Augustus to fill the council’s vacant Speaker seats. Rayne’s appointment was approved, and he ended the chapter in his room exploring the changes from his Soul Transformation.

• Ansiwodoss described three possible ways to overcome his injury and confinement, while asking the others to keep his condition secret.
• Ansiwodoss nominated Dalandon for a vacant seat on the Council of Six, and the Speakers approved him unanimously.
• Ansiwodoss nominated Rayne for the final seat, and the council approved Rayne as its sixth Speaker.
• Roni congratulated Rayne but cautioned that the position might be premature, while Rayne suspected his teacher wanted greater control of the council.
• Osiria visited Rayne to congratulate him but left without sharing what seemed to be on her mind.
• Rayne returned to his room and examined the changes caused by his Soul Transformation.

Rayne discovered that his mutated phone could manipulate weather and create capture spheres, then fused the Ghostly Jellyfish's Demon Soul with the World Tree. The fusion succeeded, granting him five runic elements, including Key of the Gate and Any Door.

• Rayne found that the weather app could change the weather and regional energy distribution, though doing so consumed battery power.
• Rayne activated Pet Taming Master and created a capture sphere, but it failed to capture anything in his bedroom.
• Rayne meditated to recharge, then began fusing the Ghostly Jellyfish's Demon Soul with his World Tree using the Golden Soul-Merging Seed.
• Rayne endured repeated soul tremors to suppress the Demon Soul and overcome its conflict with his Lightning Affinity Demon Souls.
• The Ghostly Jellyfish's Demon Soul reached the top of the World Tree and formed a door-like radiance with five runic elements: Key of the Gate, Any Door, Blink, Vector Shield, and Light Burst.

After merging with the Ghostly Jellyfish Demon Soul, Rayne awakened the Key of the Gate and explored its powerful spatial abilities and Arcane Arts. He returned to the castle, reassured his companions that the Floating City was safe, announced his appointment to the Council of Six, and received a visit from Akalande.

• Rayne merged with the Ghostly Jellyfish Demon Soul, strengthened his soul, and used the Key of the Gate to perceive spatial layers and amplify his spells.
• Rayne tested the Key of the Gate, mastered Arcane Runes quickly, and examined the Ghostly Jellyfish's Arcane Arts, including Blink, Any Door, Light Burst, and Vector Shield.
• Rayne returned to the castle and found Emilith, Astan, Dinglaji, and Fabian worried about the Floating City; he told them the enemy had been wiped out and the city was safe.
• Rayne told Emilith and the others that Wizerland had lost seven Legendary Wizards and that Anxi had asked him to take a vacant Council of Six seat.
• A servant announced that Akalande had arrived, and Rayne considered asking him about Titan Strength and obtaining another bottle of the potion.

Rayne refused the Mechanics Guild's offer to buy his machine-gun manufacturing secrets, while learning that the guildmaster would lend Wezelan Floating City three million gold shields interest-free. Three days later, Rayne attended his first Wezelan Council of Six meeting as a speaker, where Ansiwodoss presented the Floating City's loss report.

• Akalande told Rayne that the Mechanics Guild's mysterious guildmaster wanted to buy the manufacturing method for Rambo's Gun, but Rayne refused to reveal it.
• Akalande offered an interest-free loan of three million gold shields for the Floating City's repairs and recovery, and Rayne agreed to relay the offer to Ansiwodoss.
• Rayne asked Akalande about Titan Strength, learned that Akalande's bottle came from an auction decades earlier, and considered buying Berserk Beast Blood Potions instead.
• Three days later, Rayne joined the Wezelan Council of Six as a speaker alongside Dalandon.
• Ansiwodoss distributed the Floating City's statistical loss report to the five other speakers.

Rayne and the Wizerland Council faced the enormous financial cost of rebuilding after the battle, with Ansiwodoss coordinating loans and personal contributions to cover the losses. After the meeting, Rayne found Ansiwodoss gazing north with a worried expression.

• Rayne reviewed the report, which recorded nearly two hundred Wizard deaths, more than ten thousand civilian deaths, and 8.5 million Gold Shields in losses.
• Ansiwodoss insisted that Wizerland pay the full compensation, while Kleios proposed borrowing money and Rayne offered a three-million-Gold-Shield interest-free loan from the Mechanics Guild.
• Ansiwodoss reported that the High Council had rejected imperial funding, and the councilors persuaded him not to sell the Akashic Holy Staff.
• Rayne, Kadeja, Roni, Dalandon, Kleios, and Ansiwodoss pledged or lent money, leaving a two-million-Gold-Shield shortfall that Ansiwodoss planned to borrow from the Storm Queen.
• After the council meeting, Rayne teleported to Ansiwodoss's study and found him standing by the window, worried as he looked northward.

Rayne offered to mortgage his territory to help Wizerland Floating City, but Ansiwodoss refused and said the Storm Queen would lend the needed two million Gold Shields. Ansiwodoss then revealed that the Floating City owed nearly one hundred million Gold Shields, leaving Rayne stunned and unable to see how he could help.

• Rayne offered to use his port and commercial buildings as collateral for a loan from the Imperial Bank if the Storm Queen refused to help.
• Ansiwodoss declined Rayne's offer and said the Storm Queen would lend him two million Gold Shields.
• Rayne promised Ansiwodoss he would support Wizerland if the need arose, and Ansiwodoss was moved by his offer.
• Ansiwodoss explained that he feared Wizerland would not regain its former prosperity even after its immediate financial problem was solved.
• Rayne asked how much Wizerland owed, and Ansiwodoss revealed that its debt had grown to more than ninety-eight million Gold Shields.
• Ansiwodoss explained that decades of neglect, rising costs, and repeated Imperial Bank loans had caused the debt to snowball, while Rayne realized he could not pay it off.

Ansiwodoss told Rayne that a traitor within the High Council may have enabled Naxxramas Floating City’s Iola’s Core, while Rayne showed him Rambo’s Gun and asked him to claim it as his invention. Rayne helped secure funds for Wizerland, and the Floating City began recovering.

• Ansiwodoss explained that the High Council had used Wizerland’s debt to keep him from regaining territory and tax revenue.
• Ansiwodoss told Rayne that activating Naxxramas’s Iola’s Core suggested a traitor within the High Council, but the council had failed to identify one.
• Rayne considered which Soul Saint Wizards could have activated the Core, and Ansiwodoss warned him to keep the matter secret.
• Rayne showed Ansiwodoss Rambo’s Gun, and Ansiwodoss agreed to claim it as his invention to protect Rayne and control access to the weapon.
• Rayne borrowed five hundred thousand Gold Shields, added one hundred thousand of his own, and delivered the money to Wizerland as Ansiwodoss secured another loan.
• Wizerland gathered the required eight million five hundred thousand Gold Shields, and the Floating City returned to prosperity.

Rayne oversaw the successful testing of the first mass-produced Steam Motorcycle and named it the Mercedes Motorcycle. He then boarded an airship and set off west toward the Thane Plateau and the homeland of the Makragge.

• A mechanic reported that the newly assembled Steam Motorcycle had passed its quality tests.
• Akalande rode the motorcycle around the workshop and praised its performance, while Rayne declined to try it.
• Rayne named the product the Mercedes Motorcycle and suggested designing a recognizable logo.
• Rayne arrived at the airship landing field and ordered the captain to take off.
• Rayne departed by airship, heading west across the Empire toward the Thane Plateau and the homeland of the Makragge.

Rayne traveled by airship from Demon Capital toward the Thane Plateau with Sikarius and a large cargo of supplies, intending to strengthen the Makragge people and pursue his plans there. As the airship left the city, Rayne caught Isou, who had apparently boarded unnoticed.

• Rayne watched the airship pass over Stone Platinum Village and reflected on Xia Lanwei’s successful apartment presales and the women pursuing him in Demon Capital.
• Sikarius thanked Rayne for making the trip back to the Makragge tribe easier, and Rayne promised that his plans could simplify future journeys further.
• Rayne reviewed his goals for the plateau: recruit Makragge warriors, search for a Lightning Affinity Demon Soul, and establish a secret base connected to his castle by a Teleportation Array.
• Rayne planned to seek Storm Giants near Mount Karl and use the base to build a large Transcendent Legion distinct from the Extreme Legion.
• As Rayne turned to return to his cabin, he spotted a figure in the air and grabbed Isou, asking when she had boarded.

Rayne returned to Winterfrost Castle, bringing Isou and the Extreme Warriors with him before continuing toward the Thane Plateau. He reunited with Viola, saw how much her power had grown, and announced his plan to recruit more Extreme Warriors.

• Isou revealed that he had followed Rayne onto the airship because he wanted to watch the trouble Rayne stirred up, and Rayne welcomed him as an ally.
• Rayne's airship reached Winterfrost Castle, where he used an Any Door to enter the courtyard and asked the guards whether Viola was home.
• Viola hurried to greet Rayne, and he embraced her before they spoke about his journey to the Thane Plateau.
• Rayne summoned the airship and introduced the Extreme Warriors to Viola and the castle guards.
• Rayne said he intended to recruit more Extreme Warriors and expand the House Augustus Legion, while Viola recognized their formidable strength and arranged food and rooms for them.

Rayne reunited with Viola at Winterstorm Castle, and they spent the night together before he recounted his recent adventures. Viola confronted him about Osiria and Emilith, believed his claim that he had stayed faithful, and ended by permitting him to take other lovers if he wanted.

• Rayne and Viola spent the night together in her bedroom at Winterstorm Castle.
• Viola asked Rayne to recount his adventures, and he told her about his journey while withholding several secrets.
• Viola worried that she could not keep pace with Rayne's strength, and he comforted her by saying she would eventually catch up.
• Viola questioned Rayne about Osiria and Emilith, and Rayne said Osiria was a friend, Emilith was a business partner, and he had not betrayed Viola.
• Viola said she believed Rayne had remained faithful and told him she would permit him to find a few lovers outside their relationship.

Viola told Rayne he could take other lovers, provided he always put her first, and Rayne reluctantly agreed. After they reconciled, he showed her a compact camera and began demonstrating it.

• Viola explained that her faith and fear of losing Rayne led her to permit him to find lovers, though she remained loyal and demanded that he keep her interests first.
• Rayne considered how their changing power balance shaped their relationship, then promised Viola that he would honor her condition.
• Viola was relieved and kissed Rayne, and they made love until he put aside his conflicted thoughts.
• Rayne presented Viola with a small camera, opened the curtains to let in sunlight, and pressed the shutter to demonstrate it.

Rayne introduced Viola to his Kodak camera and gave her a plan to build a photography business that would support the Lady of Long Hair’s faith. Viola, moved by his gift, agreed to fund a Teleportation Array linking Winter Thunder Castle to Rayne’s castle.

• Rayne photographed Viola with his Kodak camera and explained that photography was a new form of art.
• Viola examined Rayne’s clear photographs, tried the camera herself, and learned that it could be produced for less than one Gold Shield.
• Rayne gave Viola the camera’s production method and outlined plans for a new company, film sales, and photography exhibitions.
• Viola regretted having given up the chance to be Rayne’s only lover, but told him she wished to stay by his side.
• Rayne offered to build a Teleportation Array in Winter Thunder Castle, and Viola agreed to pay for it.

Rayne traveled from Winterstorm Castle to Jubilee Mountain in the Duchy of Hohawen, where he went with Sikarius and two other Makragge to meet their leader, Tyrien. Tyrien greeted Sikarius at the door, leaving Rayne poised to meet the local Makragge.

• Rayne left Winterstorm Castle by airship after saying goodbye to Viola, and Isou teased him about leaving her behind.
• The airship crossed into the prosperous Duchy of Hohawen, where Rayne admired the fertile countryside and learned about Jubilee Mountain and the Storm Queen’s Aglond Floating City.
• The airship landed near Jubilee Mountain, and Sikarius said he and the Makragge would seek out Tyrien, leader of the local Makragge mercenary company.
• Rayne joined Sikarius, Gron, and Kielt on foot, while Otto and the other Extreme Warriors stayed behind to guard the supplies.
• Sikarius knocked at Tyrien’s courtyard, and Tyrien opened the door and greeted him with delight.

Rayne and the Extreme Warriors met Tyrien and the Makragge in the capital, where Sikarius revealed that the human Rayne was their Primarch and explained how symbiosis had made them stronger. After trying Rayne’s Rambo’s Gun, Tyrien chose to become Rayne’s symbiote.

• Sikarius reunited with Tyrien and introduced Rayne as the Makragge’s outsider human Primarch.
• Rayne examined Tyrien and recognized his exceptional sharpshooter talents among the Makragge gathered in the courtyard.
• Tyrien recognized Rayne as the Count of Glamorgan who had helped stop the undead at Wezelan Floating City.
• Sikarius told the Makragge that he and Otto had reached Legend through symbiosis and promised the tribe’s warriors weapons and protection.
• Rayne gave Tyrien a Rambo’s Gun to try, and Tyrien quickly learned to fire it.
• Tyrien asked Rayne to let him become his symbiote.

Rayne formed symbiotic bonds with Tyrien and the other Makragge, greatly strengthening them and welcoming them into the Extreme Warriors. After learning that the Manfarab Mercenary Group had stolen his new brothers’ work and withheld their commission, Rayne decided to confront their employer and demand payment.

• Tyrien swore loyalty to Rayne and transformed through their symbiotic bond, rising to Level 6 and coming close to Legendary status.
• The other eighteen Makragge formed bonds with Rayne, bringing his symbiotes to thirty-one and expanding the Soul World Tree.
• Rayne found that the combined thoughts of his symbiotes interfered with his mind, but the Will of Truth blocked the voices.
• Rayne welcomed the Extreme Warriors as brothers and promised them generous pay, daily expenses, armor, and weapons.
• Tyrien told Rayne that four mercenaries had died and that the Manfarab Mercenary Group, allied with Highland Trolls, had stolen a job and cost them their commission.
• Rayne demanded that Tyrien take him to the employer so he could collect the commission in full.

Rayne learned that Baron Buckley had withheld the Blood Oath Mercenary Group’s payment after the Manfarab Mercenary Group took over the castle’s defenses. He led the armored mercenaries to confront the baron, where a familiar voice addressed Tyrien and Rayne reacted with surprise.

• Tyrien told Rayne that Borchi and the Manfarab Mercenary Group had driven the Blood Oath Mercenary Group from Baron Buckley’s castle without paying them for their work.
• Rayne ordered the group to prepare for battle, issued enchanted armor and a Rambo’s Gun to Tyrien, then used the Arcane Torrent Staff’s Portal to travel near the castle.
• Rayne led the Extreme Warriors across the farmland toward the castle, alarming its guards and farmers.
• Tyrien called for Baron Buckley to speak with him, and the barbarian Goduni taunted him from the battlements.
• A dignified voice challenged Tyrien, and Rayne recognized the speaker with surprise.