Chapter Summaries

Sabra joined the Kemetis Supreme Council, shifting its factional balance toward Ansiwodoss as he pressed for reforms and answers about Wizerland. The Council learned that the Nether Floating City had sent no news, and Rayne was suddenly transported to an unfamiliar place after sensing danger.

• Ansiwodoss welcomed Dean Sabra into the High Council, where the Goddess of Magic’s recognition gave Sabra his own seat.
• Sabra’s alliance with Ansiwodoss gave the Modu School five votes and left Ansiwodoss one vote short of controlling the Council.
• Tim Kenan warned Ansiwodoss against concentrating power, while Ansiwodoss argued that the Council’s opposition had kept Wizerland stagnant.
• Duke Redstone challenged Ansiwodoss’s proposals to restore a ducal title and aid Wizerland, citing the Council’s established policies and Master Ogulvi’s prior decision.
• Gneus Chikro told the Council that there was still no news from the Nether Floating City.
• Rayne sensed danger, and the space around him flipped, transporting him to an unfamiliar place.

Rayne and Dean Sabra were transported to a poisoned plane, where two Soul Saint versions of Master Ogulvi used Time Stop to prepare a barrage of spells. Rayne survived by exchanging places with Reslin, while Sabra began reviving through Phoenix Nirvana, and Rayne burst back into the plane to attack the remaining lich.

• Rayne and Dean Sabra were transported to a desolate plane, and Dean Sabra found that Dimensional Anchor prevented them from returning to the Material Plane.
• Rayne realized their enemy was using Time Jump, and two Soul Saint liches resembling Master Ogulvi appeared and stopped time.
• During Time Stop, the liches prepared a barrage of spells, while Rayne regained the ability to think and planned a Rook Exchange.
• When time resumed, Rayne exchanged places with Reslin, who was killed by the spells, while Dean Sabra was polymorphed and blasted apart.
• One lich noticed flames from Reslin's Ring of Fire and recognized that Dean Sabra was reviving through Phoenix Nirvana.
• Rayne burst through the void behind the remaining lich and swung Thunder God's Hammer at it.

Rayne and his copies tried to kill the lich and save Dean Sabra, but the lich’s time magic and defenses overwhelmed their attacks. The lich entered Time Jump again, leaving Rayne unable to harm him.

• Rayne attacked the lich with Thunder God's Hammer, but the lich stopped time and hit him with five spells designed to destroy his armor and body.
• The lich attacked Dean Sabra, interrupting his rebirth and killing him again, then prepared to use Time Jump.
• A second Rayne appeared and cast Heaven's Light, causing the lich pain and interrupting Time Jump as Time Stop ended.
• Several Raynes surrounded the lich and attacked while one tried to help Dean Sabra rebirth, but Spatial Barrier and Mana Drain blocked or absorbed every strike and spell.
• The lich recovered from his daze and entered Time Jump.

Rayne tried to help Dean Sabra escape the lich, but the lich’s time magic and overwhelming power destroyed Rayne’s images and repeatedly killed Sabra. Sabra was revived again and fled as Rayne sacrificed another image to stop the lich’s teleportation, leaving the escape attempt ongoing.

• Rayne used Thundercloud Storm, Heaven's Light, and Wish Spell to delay the lich and revive Dean Sabra, then Sabra transformed into a Phoenix to flee.
• Rayne’s four images attacked the lich, but he used Time Replication and Time Stop to destroy them after they became sheep under his spells.
• The lich caught up with Sabra and killed him with Polar Ray and Time Stop, but Rayne revived him with Wish Spell and they fled together.
• The lich pursued them again, used Time Replication, and killed Sabra; Rayne revived him and used Wish Spell to forbid teleportation for three seconds, sacrificing his image so Sabra could escape.

Rayne and Sabra struggled to survive Ogulvi’s relentless attacks until the High Council arrived with the Goddess of Magic’s help. The council’s Soul Saint Wizards surrounded Ogulvi, leaving the lich trapped and the battle poised to continue.

• Sabra repeatedly revived from flames while Rayne helped him evade Ogulvi, whose attacks pushed the phoenix close to exhausting his soul.
• Rayne disrupted Ogulvi’s Time Stop with Temporal Shockwave and used Repentance to briefly calm him, giving Sabra a chance to unleash Scorching Flame Waterfall.
• Ogulvi survived Sabra’s Ninth Circle Spell unharmed, then used Time Replication to create a second version of himself and cornered Sabra and Rayne.
• Ogulvi cast Time Stop as Rayne shielded Sabra, but Prophet Medif arrived and transported them out of danger, explaining that the Goddess of Magic had helped break the demiplane’s seal.
• Ansiwodoss, Master Oruoin, Master Kainan, Wantuosrui, and other High Council forces appeared and surrounded Ogulvi, trapping him within the sealed space.

The Soul Saint Wizards confronted Master Ogulvi after discovering that he had become a Lich and betrayed the High Council and the Empire. When Ogulvi declared his intent to destroy the Empire, they attacked him, but he prepared to counter their combined assault with Time Rewind.

• The Soul Saint Wizards gathered around the Lich and struggled to accept that he was Master Ogulvi, their former mentor and the Empire’s greatest Wizard.
• Tim Kainan asked Ogulvi for an explanation, and Ogulvi said his undead state gave him eternal life and freedom to pursue magic.
• Duke Silverstar proposed letting Ogulvi go, but Ansiwodoss accused him of orchestrating past attacks, betraying the High Council, and obstructing Ansiwodoss’s recovery.
• Ogulvi confirmed Ansiwodoss’s accusations, revealed his plans to control the High Council and Empire, and vowed to destroy the Empire.
• Tim Kainan, Ansiwodoss, Master Oruoin, Master Wantuosrui Huai, and Duke Silverstar launched a combined attack against Ogulvi.
• Ogulvi raised End of Time and cast Time Rewind as their attacks converged.

The Lich used the End of Time to rewind ten seconds, leaving five Soul Saint Wizards exposed to a barrage of spells. Black Robe Duke Tuzray stopped time at the last moment and helped them escape, but the Lich was trapped in his own spells as the Wizards unleashed a counterattack.

• The Lich cast Time Rewind, undoing the Soul Saint Wizards’ attacks while casting a barrage of Ninth Circle Spells against them.
• Rayne, Sabra, and Prophet Medif watched helplessly as the rewind isolated the five Soul Saint Wizards and left them defenseless.
• Black Robe Duke Tuzray interrupted Time Rewind with Time Stop and struck the Lich with the Light of Truth.
• The five Soul Saint Wizards escaped the suspended spells with Blink while the Lich summoned Mirror Images.
• A purple ring prevented the Lich and his Mirror Images from teleporting, and the Lich’s spells erupted around them.
• Ansiwodoss, Tim Kainan, Master Huai, and Master Oruoin joined the attack, bombarding the Lich as Rayne wondered whether he would survive.

Rayne watched as the Soul Saint Wizards trapped the lich and combined their attacks, with Ansiwodoss’s fireballs and Master Oruoin’s sword strikes nearly killing him. After Kainan’s Great Disintegration destroyed the lich’s protections, the lich vanished into time through a trigger spell, leaving the wizards prepared to kill him when he reappeared.

• Rayne used the Key of the Gate and the All-Seeing Eye to find Elan, whose Ring of Imprisonment trapped the lich and his Mirror Images.
• The Soul Saint Wizards destroyed the twelve Mirror Images, while the lich used Time Jump to escape the first barrage until Tuzray’s Light of Truth forced him back into the present.
• Ansiwodoss battered the lich with rings of Fireballs, collapsing the space around him and breaking his Spatial Barrier.
• Master Oruoin beheaded the lich, but the lich revived with Substitute Death and exchanged places with Duke Silverstar to evade another sword strike.
• Elan and Tuzray restrained and attacked the lich while Kainan’s Great Disintegration destroyed his magic robe and protective spells.
• The lich’s Time Trigger sent him into Stasis for six seconds, and the Soul Saint Wizards prepared their finishing attacks for his return.

The Soul Saint Wizards trapped Ogulvi as he emerged from the River of Time and used Ansiwodoss's Sage Stone to kill him and imprison his soul. As the wizards gathered around the captured soul, Duke Redstone, Kalser arrived carrying an iron box, startling everyone.

• Master Oruoin illuminated the plane and revealed Ogulvi trapped in the River of Time while the Soul Saint Wizards prepared to bind him and Ansiwodoss readied a Sage Stone.
• Duke Silverstar was revealed to be controlled by Ogulvi, and her Demon Souls attacked Master Huai and Master Oruoin, disrupting the wizards' plan.
• Master Oruoin repelled the Ancient Dragon Demon as Ogulvi emerged among Mirror Illusions, then Master Kainan, Black Robe Duke, and Master Oruoin disabled and restrained the true Lich.
• Ansiwodoss placed the Sage Stone in Ogulvi's hand and spoke his true name, Iola Ogulvi, triggering Soul Imprisonment and capturing his soul as his body disintegrated.
• Rayne returned from the battlefield and learned how Ansiwodoss had used the Sage Stone, then Duke Redstone, Kalser emerged from a plane passage carrying an iron box.

Duke Redstone arrived with Master Ogulvi’s Soul Jar and revealed that he had discovered Ogulvi’s fall sixty years earlier. With the High Council assembled, Redstone began explaining what he had learned about Ogulvi’s transformation into a Lich.

• Duke Redstone presented what he identified as Master Ogulvi’s Soul Jar, surprising the Soul Saint Wizards and raising suspicions about how he had found it so quickly.
• Rayne sensed that Duke Redstone’s power exceeded Level 30 and reflected on how different Soul Saint Wizards’ strengths had been during the battle against the Lich.
• Duke Redstone summoned Great Sage Kongjielade and the Storm Queen to join the emergency meeting, bringing all members of the High Council together.
• Kongjielade mourned the death of his longtime friend Ogulvi and took the ruby imprisoning the Lich’s soul to examine it.
• Duke Redstone told the council that he had discovered Ogulvi had become a Lich sixty years earlier, after seeing through his concealment during a visit to Nesser.

Duke Redstone presented Master Ogulvi’s Soul Jar and convinced the Soul Saint Wizards that he had helped expose the Lich’s conspiracy. After Great Sage Kongjielade released the Lich’s soul, Duke Redstone destroyed it and its Soul Jar with a spell the Storm Queen identified as True Illusion Shatter.

• Duke Redstone said he had secretly investigated Master Ogulvi’s fall, found his Soul Jar, and retrieved it during the battle at Northril.
• Duke Redstone explained that he had warned Wizerland by sending Prophet Medif a dream, and Rayne confirmed that his account was mostly truthful.
• Tim Kainan and Kongjielade examined the Soul Jar and verified it, while Rayne chose not to voice his uncertainty about when Duke Redstone had discovered Ogulvi’s fall.
• Kongjielade decided that the Lich’s soul must be destroyed and crushed the Sage Stone, releasing the soul, which was drawn into its Soul Jar.
• The Soul Saint Wizards failed to destroy the magically protected Soul Jar, but Duke Redstone used True Illusion Shatter to erase it and the Lich’s soul.

Duke Redstone revealed that he had surpassed Level 30 by using the Tenth Circle spell True Illusion Shatter to annihilate the Lich and its Soul Jar. When the Soul Saint Wizards tried to claim End of Time, the staff escaped into the river of time, leaving Duke Redstone blamed and at odds with his colleagues.

• Duke Redstone cast True Illusion Shatter, destroying the Soul Jar and erasing the Lich's soul.
• Rayne considered whether Time Rewind could undo the spell's annihilation and watched End of Time, which had been left on the ground.
• End of Time awakened and tried to flee, prompting the Soul Saint Wizards to cast spells to restrain it while competing to claim it.
• Duke Redstone disrupted the others' efforts and pulled End of Time toward himself with a Psychic Hand.
• End of Time accelerated into the river of time and vanished before Duke Redstone could touch it.
• Ansiwodoss and the other Soul Saint Wizards blamed Duke Redstone, who defended his actions and mocked them.

After Master Ogulvi's death, Duke Redstone maneuvered to take control of Nether Floating City through a High Council vote, while Rayne recognized his proposal as a trap and openly challenged him. The vote reached six supporters before an unnamed person raised a hand, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Duke Redstone announced that the Nether Elder Council had backed him to take charge of Nether Floating City, prompting objections from Duke Silverstar and others.
• Duke Redstone proposed a High Council vote, and Rayne sensed a trap and tried to interrupt him with a Thunder Spell, but Duke Redstone blocked it.
• Rayne insulted Duke Redstone, who showed deep hostility, while Ansiwodoss stepped in to defend his student.
• Great Sage Kongjielade, Black Robe Duke, Duke of Purple Flame, Master Oruoin, and Master Wantuosrui Huai raised their hands in support, bringing Duke Redstone's vote count to six.
• As Ansiwodoss believed the proposal still lacked the votes to pass, someone beside him slowly raised a hand.

Duke Redstone secured enough votes to take control of the Nether Floating City by promising Duke Silverstar Pallas Floating City in exchange for her support. Just as Tim, Master Kainan, was about to cast the decisive vote, Rayne called on Black Robe Duke Tuzray to repay a favor, prompting Duke Redstone to attack him.

• Duke Silverstar voted for Duke Redstone's proposal after he offered her Pallas Floating City in exchange for her Iola's Core and support.
• The Storm Queen warned Duke Silverstar that Duke Redstone might renege, so Duke Redstone swore before the Goddess to honor the exchange.
• Ansiwodoss, Prophet Medif, and Dean Sabra opposed the proposal, while the Storm Queen abstained.
• Duke Redstone urged Tim, Master Kainan, to vote, and Tim began to declare his opposition after threatening Duke Redstone.
• Rayne asked Black Robe Duke Tuzray to lower his hand and vote against the proposal or abstain, calling in the favor Tuzray owed him.
• Duke Redstone attacked Rayne with a Ninth Circle Storm Whip.

The Goddess of Magic intervened to stop Duke Redstone from attacking Rayne, and Rayne used the resulting shift in power to help defeat Redstone’s bid for the Nether Floating City. The vote failed, and Tim Kainan proposed placing the city under High Council administration.

• The Goddess of Magic created a Magic Forbidden Zone that dispelled Duke Redstone’s spells and prevented him from attacking Rayne.
• Rayne advanced on Duke Redstone with a war hammer, then backed down at Master Oruoin’s request and warned Redstone to keep quiet.
• Rayne refused Duke Silverstar’s order to stop interfering, and Black Robe Duke Tuzray abstained while Tim Kainan voted against Redstone’s proposal.
• Ansiwodoss announced that Kailstone’s proposal had been rejected after the vote ended six in favor, four against, and two abstentions.
• Tim Kainan proposed placing the Nether Floating City under High Council administration, with Legendary Wizards managing it and its accounts audited quarterly.

The High Council approved Tim Master Kainan’s proposal to place the Nether Elder Council under Archon Gneus Chikro’s supervision, while Duke Redstone accepted his defeat and took up the Nether School’s cause. The Great Sage Kongjielade persuaded Ansiwodoss to help conceal Master Ogulvi’s fall, and the council agreed to call Ogulvi missing and deny reports of his fate.

• Tim Master Kainan’s proposal passed with seven votes in favor, four against, and Duke Silverstar abstaining.
• Duke Redstone calmly became the Nether School’s spokesman and asked whether the Empire should learn the truth about Master Ogulvi’s fall.
• The Great Sage Kongjielade argued that Ogulvi’s crimes as a Fallen One should not stain his lifelong reputation and pleaded with Ansiwodoss to reconsider.
• Ansiwodoss agreed to help preserve Ogulvi’s reputation despite the deaths and destruction Wizerland had suffered.
• The Great Sage asked the Soul Saint Wizards to keep Ogulvi’s fall secret, announce that he was missing, and have the Archon denounce reports of the truth as fake news.

After returning from the Lich’s plane, Rayne received a Blue Dragon Soul from Dean Sabra for saving his life. Ansiwodoss then began explaining why Rayne had stopped Duke Silverstar’s Floating City transaction with Kailstone.

• Dean Sabra applied to hold the High Council conferral ceremony at Bruwots Academy, and the council approved it unanimously.
• Ansiwodoss brought Duke Silverstar, Storm Queen, Medif, Sabra, and Rayne to Wizerland, where Sabra thanked Rayne for saving him from Master Ogulvi.
• Sabra concealed Rayne’s possession of the Thunder God's Hammer and gave him the Soul Stone of a more than thousand-year-old Blue Dragon as thanks.
• Rayne examined the Blue Dragon Soul and found its Lightning Form, True Dragon Body, and Lightning Triple Strike among its useful abilities.
• Ansiwodoss told Duke Silverstar that accepting Kailstone’s transaction for the Floating City would endanger her life, fortune, and magical future, and said Rayne had helped her by stopping it.

Rayne tried to keep Duke Silverstar from trusting Duke Redstone’s offer of Pallas Floating City, while Silverstar and Storm Queen argued over their rivalry and both turned their attention toward him. The chapter ended with Rayne rejecting Storm Queen’s advances and warning her not to manipulate him or his friends.

• Rayne apologized to Duke Silverstar after Ansiwodoss urged him to show respect, then warned her that Duke Redstone had bad intentions.
• Ansiwodoss, Storm Queen, and Prophet Medif explained the dangers of accepting Kailstone’s Pallas Floating City, but Duke Silverstar remained tempted by the offer.
• Duke Silverstar and Storm Queen traded insults about their wealth, power, and past relationships until Ansiwodoss calmed them down.
• Storm Queen invited Rayne to swear allegiance to her, but Rayne declined and said he was staying in Glamorgan and Wizerland.
• Storm Queen tried to use Rayne’s friendship with Roger, Aske, and Merigol to draw closer to him, so Rayne warned her against playing games with him or involving his friends.

Rayne learned that several powerful women, including Storm Queen, Duke Silverstar, and Ichina Silhand, were believed to be daughters of the Goddess of Magic, then discussed his conflict with Kailstone and his plans to grow stronger with Ansiwodoss. He returned to the Sunset Plane mausoleum and used Miracle Resurrection to bring Reslin back to life.

• Prophet Medif revealed that Storm Queen, Duke Silverstar, and Ichina Silhand were among the Goddess of Magic's Seven Sisters, though he did not know the other three.
• Ansiwodoss warned Rayne that he had made Kailstone an enemy, and Rayne said he needed Demon Souls to advance quickly enough to challenge him.
• Rayne asked Ansiwodoss to help find two Legendary Intermediate Tier and two Legendary High Tier Demon Souls with powerful Strength and preferred Superb Elements.
• Rayne returned to the Sunset Plane mausoleum, inspected the teleportation array, and prepared to resurrect Reslin with Miracle Resurrection.
• Rayne spent blood, Soul Power, and charge to create a new body, and Reslin was resurrected.

After losing a level, Reslin returned to his duties as rumors spread that Master Ogulvi had disappeared, a fact Rayne confirmed to Roni. The Wizard Exchange Tournament ended with Anwella winning the Advanced Tier championship, and Rayne awaited the investiture ceremony, where Ansiwodoss brought him a Demon Soul to assess.

• Reslin discovered that his wizard level had fallen to Level 18, then returned to Glamorgan and later Bruwots Academy while keeping his death secret.
• Rumors that Master Ogulvi had disappeared spread across the Empire, and the Aurelian Times published a report confirming the news.
• At the tournament, Polaris defeated a Level 9 Elementalist, but spectators lost interest when they learned of Ogulvi’s disappearance.
• Rayne confirmed to Roni that Ogulvi had disappeared and said the regent would announce it at Dean Sabra’s investiture ceremony.
• Anwella defeated Polaris to win the Advanced Tier championship, and Garou won the Intermediate Tier championship as the tournament drew to a close.
• Three days later, Ansiwodoss visited Rayne before the ceremony and handed him a Soul Stone containing a Demon Soul to assess.