Chapter Summaries

Rayne searched the upper level of the Floating City for the Soul Jar while his teams attacked its four energy nodes to stop Kolsted’s leap. As the assault faltered against powerful Apocalypse Knights, Rayne teleported to aid Yizite against Moghra.

• Rayne created ten mirror images to search the upper level for the Soul Jar while he searched alongside them.
• Kolsted discovered the infiltrating teams attacking the four energy nodes, but the teams used Time-Space Distortion staffs to foil its attempt to teleport them away.
• Rayne’s teams battered the Bone Altars as Kolsted’s leap continued, leaving them about three and a half minutes to destroy the nodes.
• General Sanavia attacked Asjiong but deliberately held back, and Asjiong recognized her feigned resistance and cooperated with it.
• Moghra overwhelmed Yizite near the energy node, so Rayne teleported to him and struck Moghra with Soul Rend.

Rayne fought the Apocalypse Knight Moghra while Yizite tried to destroy the energy node protecting the Floating City. Moghra healed from his injuries with Holy Heal, leaving Rayne and Yizite to continue the battle with the advantage of numbers.

• Rayne surprised Moghra with Lightning Flame Sword Qi, then powered himself up and struck him with Thunder Slash, sending him crashing through the Floating City's wall.
• Moghra used Flash Step and a devastating sword attack to injure the Drow and force them to retreat while Rayne kept him occupied.
• Rayne changed tactics and hammered the Bone Altar's protective barrier, while Moghra attacked him and Yizite wounded Moghra's neck.
• Rayne stabbed Moghra with the Soul Rend Blade and shattered his arm with a Critical Annihilation strike, then battered him with headbutts.
• Moghra escaped and used Holy Heal to restore his wounds and recover his greatsword, while Rayne remained confident that he and Yizite had the advantage.

Rayne and Yizite destroyed Moghra and one Bone Altar, but Moghra revived and fled to Kastaggin’s energy node to protect it. Rayne pursued him, only to find Moghra shielded from harm and freezing the altar as the battle continued.

• Rayne used a Wish Spell to remove the corrupting energy from his wound, then shattered Moghra’s Holy Light Judgment and rescued Yizite.
• Rayne seized Moghra with Electric Claw, disabled his escape, and crushed him with his hands and Soul Rend Blade before destroying the Bone Altar.
• Yizite arrived with the Chieldalin Gem, but Rayne told him to wait until the other energy nodes were ready for simultaneous destruction.
• Moghra revived through his strange greatsword and escaped to Kastaggin’s energy node, prompting Rayne to teleport after him.
• Rayne attacked Moghra at Kastaggin’s altar, but Moghra blocked his hammer with Shield Technique and froze the altar and much of the hall.

Rayne and the allied Saint Tier fighters killed Moghra and destroyed the Floating City’s four energy nodes, halting its teleportation and forcing it to descend. As the city stabilized on reserve power, Rayne continued searching its upper level for the Soul Jar and finally discovered a suspicious location.

• Rayne and his Mirror Images overwhelmed Moghra, prevented his healing and escape with Wish Spells, and killed him with Soul Rend.
• Moghra thanked Rayne for freeing him from his torment and asked him to take the Ashen Holy Sword, which Rayne placed in his Nebula Ring.
• Rayne joined the effort to destroy the energy nodes, while Livlin, Asjiong, Yizite, and Kastaggin prepared to strike their exposed cores.
• Yizite, Kastaggin, Livlin, and Asjiong used Chieldalin Gems and Ninth Circle Great Disintegration to destroy all four cores, making the Floating City fall until its reserve energy stabilized it.
• The Wizerland Wizard Order advanced toward Kolsted’s control room as Rayne and his Mirror Images searched the upper level for the Soul Jar.
• Rayne’s All-Seeing Eye revealed a suspicious location, and he announced that he had finally found it.

Rayne discovered that Kolsted had hidden its Soul Jar in a demiplane created by an Origin Stone and waited for Ansiwodoss to breach the control room. Ansiwodoss broke through the defenses and destroyed Kolsted’s Calamity Giants, then turned his fireballs toward Kolsted’s hiding place.

• Rayne found the Origin Stone and realized Kolsted had hidden its Soul Jar in a demiplane, but concealed his discovery until the attack began.
• Ansiwodoss cast the Tenth Circle Ember Ray and pierced the control room’s magical barrier and metal entrance.
• Kolsted sent out four Saint Tier Calamity Giants, whose Dragon Roars stunned many Wizerland Wizards.
• Ansiwodoss stopped the first Calamity Giant with fire, then destroyed all four with precisely controlled rings of fireballs.
• Ansiwodoss challenged Kolsted and sent his remaining fireballs into the control room.

Ansiwodoss fought Kolsted in Iola’s Core control room while Rayne retrieved Kolsted’s Soul Jar from a guarded demiplane. Kolsted was defeated and killed after Rayne and Reslin used Time Stop to prevent it from destroying Iola’s Core.

• Ansiwodoss confronted Kolsted in the control room and overwhelmed it with fireballs, while Kolsted used Iola’s Core to bolster its defenses and spells.
• Rayne brought Kolsted’s Soul Jar to Ansiwodoss after mirror images bypassed the demiplane’s protections and recovered it.
• Ansiwodoss bound Kolsted and began destroying the Soul Jar, but Kolsted revealed its intent to detonate Iola’s Core and take Wizerland down with it.
• Rayne used the Key of the Gate to resist Time Stop, then struck Kolsted to dust with Thunder God’s Hammer as Ansiwodoss destroyed the Soul Jar.
• Time resumed after Reslin’s Time Stop ended, and Ansiwodoss realized Rayne’s clone had mastered the spell.

After Kolsted’s death, Rayne claimed Iola’s Core and took control of the Floating City. He used its systems to gather the allied forces and trap the remaining undead, leaving the city secured and the battle won.

• When Time Stop ended, the wizards discovered that Kolsted and its Soul Jar had been destroyed, and Ansiwodoss announced that Wizerland had avenged its dead.
• Ansiwodoss told Rayne to claim Iola’s Core, while the other wizards accepted that the Floating City belonged to him.
• Rayne examined Iola’s Core, formed a soul bond with it, and gained access to the Floating City’s controls and operating records.
• Rayne used the city’s systems to teleport the allied forces to the upper level and seal the remaining undead inside the lower-level barracks.
• The allied army saw Rayne beside Iola’s Core and realized that they had won.

Rayne and the Wizerland forces captured the New Homeland Floating City and used its damaged Jump Array to bring it to the Empire. It landed safely on a plantation in the Glamorgan Territory, making it the Empire’s eighth Floating City.

• Rayne and the Wizerland forces celebrated their victory over Kolsted’s forces, and Ansiwodoss reflected on Rayne’s impending independence from Wizerland.
• Rayne distributed prepared Rune Arrays, and the Wizerland Wizards and Rayne’s Heavenly Soldiers repaired the Floating City’s Jump Array.
• Rayne began the jump and told Livlin that the undead army would travel with them; after ten tense minutes, the New Homeland Floating City vanished toward the Empire.
• Three thousand Saint Gun Knights cleared and guarded a plantation in the Glamorgan Territory to prepare a landing site.
• Ansiwodoss announced that Wizerland had reclaimed the New Homeland Floating City, and it emerged over the Demon Capital and landed on the plantation.

Rayne returned the seized Floating City to the Aurelian Empire, then rushed back to Gotham City to prepare for the Scourge Legion’s retaliation. The Death Lord confronted Gotham’s defenders but withdrew after they held their ground.

• Habu’s ranch was damaged when the Floating City landed, but the Saint Gun Knights quickly destroyed the undead that poured from its entrance.
• Rayne and the others returned to Gotham City, where Asjiong, the Dwarves, the Blood Elves, and the Saint Gun Knights helped prepare the city’s defenses.
• Kuilu reported that the Death Lord had discovered the Floating City’s disappearance and was likely heading for Gotham.
• The Scourge Gate opened across the Averken Peninsula, and the Death Lord arrived with Sazastan, Pramon, and an undead army.
• After several minutes facing Gotham’s defenders, the Death Lord turned back through the Scourge Gate, which then closed.

After the Scourge Legion retreated from Gotham City, Rayne secured the New Homeland Floating City and began clearing out its undead army while using the captured souls to strengthen himself and his forces. The chapter ended with Saint Giles ascending to the Saint Tier.

• The Scourge Legion retreated from Gotham City, and the city's residents celebrated Rayne as their hero while Ansiwodoss privately grew wary of his ambitions.
• Rayne returned to the New Homeland Floating City and directed the Saint Gun Knights to clear out the undead trapped inside.
• Rayne calculated that eliminating the remaining undead would yield a vast supply of electricity, then upgraded Titanium Extreme Golden Body and Energy Fusion Furnace to Level 3.
• Rayne created more Rayne's Heavenly Soldiers as his forces continued eliminating undead and replenishing the Soul Power Pool.
• Saint Giles used Sacred Blood Amber and Holy Light Power to complete his Soul Metamorphosis and advance to the Saint Tier.

Saint Giles advanced to level 25 after Rayne used Sacred Blood Amber and stacked Dawn's Holy Favor to force his Soul Transformation. He gained the ability to hear a believer's prayers and stood on the threshold of becoming a Demigod, while Rayne chose to delay his ascension and sent him the Ashen Holy Sword.

• Saint Giles reached level 20, and Rayne used the remaining Holy Light Power to raise him through level 24 while the other Blood Knights advanced to the Legendary Intermediate Tier.
• Rayne decided to prioritize Saint Giles's eventual ascension to godhood and ordered the Saint Gun Knights to gather Holy Light Power while the other avatars stopped leveling.
• Saint Giles received two more Dawn's Holy Favor blessings, then endured a dangerous Soul Transformation that brought him to level 25 and greatly strengthened his body and abilities.
• Saint Giles discovered that his three Dawn's Holy Favor elements had fused into an unanalysable element, and he heard a Blood Elf in Gotham City praying to him.
• Saint Giles chose not to absorb the believer's Faith Power or answer the prayer yet, and Rayne sent him the Ashen Holy Sword.

Saint Giles purified the Ashen Holy Sword and discovered its powerful abilities, while Rayne kept General Sanavia hidden aboard the Floating City. The chapter ended as Rayne introduced himself to Sanavia.

• Saint Giles researched the Ashen Holy Sword and learned of its origins and the Sun Church's long search for it.
• Saint Giles used Holy Light Power and Sacred Blood Power to purge the Death Force from the Ashen Holy Sword.
• Saint Giles examined the restored sword's abilities and chose not to bind it to his soul.
• Rayne monitored the Floating City and brought General Sanavia from her hidden room to meet him.
• Rayne introduced himself to Sanavia as a citizen of the Aurelian Empire and a councilor of the Wezelan Floating City.

Rayne questioned Sanavia about the Scourge Legion and offered to resurrect her, but she chose to remain an undead spy so she could seek revenge. After helping her return to the Kanord Icefield, Rayne continued the battle in the Floating City, where the last of the undead army was destroyed except for one unusual Undead Wizard.

• Sanavia told Rayne about the Apocalypse Knights and the Death Knot Seal, while Rayne revealed that he had killed Moghra, Kuldats, and Elon*Ravennat.
• Rayne offered Sanavia Complete Resurrection, but she refused and chose to stay with the Scourge Legion to help destroy it and avenge her fallen Blood Elf brethren.
• Sanavia agreed to keep in contact with Rayne, took three Sub-Mind Chips, and returned through a Portal to the Kanord Icefield.
• Rayne returned to the Floating City and directed the remaining energy from the battle toward his mage clones and other forces.
• By dawn, the Saint Gun Knights had destroyed the undead army, and Rayne teleported the sole remaining unusual Undead Wizard before him.

Rayne captured Farina and handed her over to Speaker Kadeja for judgment before retrieving the Floating City's Origin Stone. After the High Council summoned him and offered him a seat as its thirteenth member, Rayne surprised the Soul Saint Wizards by refusing.

• Rayne restrained Farina, exposed her as an Undead Wizard, and reminded her that she had attacked him years earlier.
• Speaker Kadeja took Farina through a Portal to face judgment and warned Rayne that the disabled Floating City remained vulnerable.
• Rayne sealed the Floating City, retrieved its Origin Stone, and sent it to a secret chamber in the Obsidian Tower.
• Fabian told Rayne that powerful guests, Viola, and Queen Emilith were waiting at Glamorgan Castle, but Rayne left to answer the High Council's summons.
• Ansiwodoss told Rayne that the High Council had agreed to admit him as its thirteenth member, and Rayne refused.

Rayne told Ansiwodoss he intended to become emperor and explained his plan to take power by becoming governor, weakening the High Council, and eventually overthrowing it. After Rayne identified Wizerland as his teacher’s weakness, he suggested their conflict was a struggle for control of the Empire.

• Rayne confirmed he planned to auction off the Floating City and admitted he wanted to become emperor.
• Ansiwodoss urged Rayne to abandon his ambition, warning that the throne would make him a slave to power and could plunge the Empire into turmoil.
• Rayne explained that he wanted to climb the challenge of reaching the Golden Throne and outlined his four-step plan to seize power and overthrow the High Council.
• Rayne argued that the High Council could be divided by identifying each member’s weaknesses and interests.
• Rayne identified Wizerland as Ansiwodoss’s weakness and suggested that his ambition was a struggle with his teacher for control of the Empire.

Rayne refused Ansiwodoss’s plan to appoint him to the High Council, preserving his chance to pursue the consulship and ultimately claim the Golden Throne. When Ansiwodoss argued that Rayne’s Floating City should remain under council control, Rayne announced he would auction New Homeland Floating City in three days.

• Rayne rejected the High Council appointment despite Ansiwodoss’s warning that its resolution had to be obeyed.
• Rayne realized Ansiwodoss had detected his ambition to become emperor and was trying to block his political path.
• Rayne asserted that he had the right to refuse the appointment, with Tim Kainan, Great Sage Kongjielade, and Kailstone agreeing.
• Ansiwodoss argued that Rayne’s Floating City outside the council’s control would weaken the council’s prestige.
• Rayne announced that he would auction New Homeland Floating City at Glamorgan Castle, shocking the Soul Saint Wizards.
• Rayne explained that bidders would submit sealed offers with up to three opportunities to offer money, items, promises, or favors, then left the High Council projection.

Rayne told Ansiwodoss that he intended to become emperor and laid out a plan to overthrow the High Council. He identified Wizerland as his teacher’s weakness, then suggested that his ambition might bring the two of them into conflict over control of the Empire.

• Ansiwodoss confronted Rayne about selling the Floating City and urged him to abandon his plan to become emperor.
• Rayne admitted he wanted the Golden Throne because he enjoyed the challenge, and he described his plan to weaken and overthrow the High Council.
• Rayne explained that Soul Saint Wizards could be won over or opposed by understanding their interests, and identified Wizerland as Ansiwodoss’s weakness.
• Rayne asked whether becoming emperor would make him Ansiwodoss’s rival for control of the Empire.

Rayne persuaded Ansiwodoss not to oppose his bid for the Golden Throne by promising to repay Wizerland Floating City’s debts and provide it with a territory. After returning to Glamorgan Castle, Rayne considered how to secure the Goddess of Magic’s approval, then heard Viola knock at his study door.

• Rayne argued that he needed the emperor’s absolute power to carry out his plans for the Empire, and Ansiwodoss refused to support his ambition.
• Rayne offered to repay Wizerland Floating City’s fifty million Gold Shields in debt and provide Ansiwodoss with a territory if he became emperor.
• Ansiwodoss agreed not to support, oppose, or participate in Rayne’s attempt, provided Rayne honored his promises and did not harm innocent people.
• Rayne returned to his study and considered how to win the Goddess of Magic’s approval for his rise to the throne.
• Viola knocked on Rayne’s study door and called to him.

Rayne refused Duke Silverstar’s request for a private meeting about the Floating City and explained the auction rules to Viola and Emilith. Emilith left to pursue a route for Kongator to qualify for a Floating City, while Rayne took Viola away to show her a birthday gift; the chapter ended as news of the auction stirred the Empire.

• Viola told Rayne that Duke Silverstar wanted to meet with him about the Floating City, but Rayne refused to make an exception to the auction rules.
• Emilith learned that she could not bid because she was neither an Imperial citizen nor a Wizard, so Rayne proposed that Kongator ally with the Empire and promised to help create Iola's Core if it qualified to control a Floating City.
• Emilith agreed to pursue the plan and teleported back to Kingsland with her son.
• Viola told Rayne that the Church of Beauty and Goodness was in debt, and Rayne invited her to open a mysterious birthday gift he had prepared.
• Rayne instructed Fabian to announce the sealed-bid auction and register bidders at Glamorgan Castle, and Fabian rushed to publish the notice.

Rayne took Viola to Gotham City and gave her access to Kolsted’s Demi-plane as a birthday present, where she found treasures worth more than ten million Gold Shields. The gift was interrupted when Rayne spotted a Soul Stone containing a Legendary Element.

• Rayne brought Viola to Gotham City, showed her the growing city, and toured it with her on a Bronze Galloping Horse.
• Rayne took Viola to the Obsidian Tower and presented her with Kolsted’s Origin Stone and the Demi-plane it opened.
• Rayne led Viola into the Demi-plane, where she saw the corpse of an Ancient Frost Dragon and hundreds of treasure chests.
• Viola’s angels opened the chests and revealed gold, magical materials, and other valuables worth more than ten million Gold Shields, which Rayne gave her.
• Rayne noticed a Soul Stone among the treasures, and Viola recognized the soul inside it as a Legendary Element.