Chapter Summaries

Roy tested a Spiritual Power potion, pursued ways to strengthen himself, and researched divine arts before creating a crude Apostle Set for future believers. The set’s first bearer was intended to come from a Low-level World where Roy could gather faith.

• Roy drank a Kastra Potion but found its effect limited by his brain’s material foundation, then learned that no Dragon Vein Potion formula or information had been found.
• Roy attended a crowded Stonemason’s Guild gathering and learned that the members planned a Golem Chess Match called Gamembig, but he set the contest aside because it conflicted with his work on fire-copper statues.
• Roy investigated Nightmare World as a way to harvest Soul Power, but rejected entering because it would expose his soul and mind to Archmage Mel’s control.
• Roy studied divine arts and developed a framework for linking divine statues and masks into a system of powers.
• Roy had Beril wear the Divine Wood Mask, confirmed she could cast Blessing through it, and forged a crude level-zero Apostle Set for future believers.

Roy studied the Apostle Set and considered how wizards conquered and exploited worlds before learning that Brevorell had been discovered and added to the Seven Towers Alliance’s campaign plans. Fait’s claim that Brevorell produced Destined Heroes changed Roy’s mind about joining the expedition, though the chapter ended before he decided what to do.

• Roy explained how his Apostle Set distributed enchantments across its equipment and combined them into powerful set attributes.
• Roy learned that the Seven Towers Alliance was preparing to conquer the newly discovered world of Brevorell under Archmage Malthus.
• Aliftia explained that a world’s awakened World Will held immense spiritual power and could provide the Legendary Destiny needed by Archmages.
• Frosv recommended Roy to Advanced Wizard Fait for an alchemical logistics role in the Brevorell campaign, hoping to help protect him from Amifkent.
• Roy contacted Fait to ask about the expedition, and Fait’s claim that Brevorell produced Destined Heroes changed Roy’s mind.

Roy prepared to join the expedition to Brevorell, weighing its risks against the rewards and learning of a possible Elf Homeland and World Tree. After Archmage Malthus transported the expedition, the group arrived in a valley where the World Will suppressed their powers, and Malthus opened a domain to counter it.

• Roy discussed the expedition with Planje and Nissa, decided to take the risk, and kept Winsbell from participating because the invasion might conflict with her beliefs.
• At a gathering, Roy heard reports of a remote Elf Homeland, a possible World Tree, and the threat posed by Brevorell's World Will.
• On January 1, Roy departed for Brevorell with Athedia, Nissa, and Beril alongside more than a hundred Wizards and followers.
• Archmage Malthus transported the expedition to a rainy valley, where the World Will severely suppressed their Spiritual Power and Witchcraft Energy.
• Lient, Fait, and Hisalia warned the expedition to stay alert, and Lient explained how Wizards could counter the suppression by affecting the World Will.
• Malthus projected his will into the valley and opened a domain that lifted the oppressive sensation as he urged the Wizards to wage war on Brevorell.

Roy was assigned to refine a Dimensional Beacon so the Wizards could establish a teleportation network in the new world. After studying and building the beacon, he installed it in the valley, where it successfully let him return using a Return Scroll.

• Lient, Fait, and Hisalia organized the Wizards and assigned Roy to refine a Dimensional Beacon.
• Roy studied the beacon’s materials and structure, then spent several days crafting and enchanting an iron-anchor-shaped device.
• Roy tested the beacon in the valley and calibrated its teleportation function.
• Roy brought the completed beacon to Fait, who inspected it before Lient and Hisalia praised Roy’s work.
• Roy and several Great Knights buried and activated the beacon, allowing Ley Line Energy to power its teleportation network.
• Roy used a Return Scroll and successfully teleported back to the valley.

Roy replenished his materials, traded with apprentices, and continued developing his Dimensional Beacons while preparing for the campaign against Shaluo City. After examining the slain city lord’s soul, Roy acquired the Black Iron Rank alchemy talent Refine and Purify.

• Roy received approval from Fait to mine nearby minerals and began building a mining camp.
• Roy traded materials with apprentices and agreed to teach Jeddi the Blood Mercury production technique in exchange for knowledge and Wizard Rank materials.
• Planje and Nisha told Roy that the Wizards planned to seize Shaluo City, and Roy continued studying Dimensional Beacon refinement and developing a spell to return to his mansion.
• Roy learned that the Wizards had occupied Shaluo City and attended a meeting where Wizard Urela explained the Brave bloodline held by the world’s nobles.
• Roy examined the city lord’s sealed soul and acquired the Refine and Purify alchemy talent.

Roy discovered that vessels linked to forging and alchemy could let him absorb Alchemy source material, and battlefield corpses yielded two new Black Iron Rank talents. After the wizards defeated Adela’s army, they planned to establish a foothold near Shaluo City, while Roy began experimenting with an Elemental Potion.

• Roy reasoned that his soul might absorb Alchemy source material through compatible vessels, and Fait confirmed that Brebo had been a skilled Spellblade with considerable Alchemy Ability.
• Adela led neighboring nobles and their forces to attack Shaluo City, but the wizards defeated them, and Roy gained Elemental Perception while inspecting the battlefield.
• Roy refined spirits from the battlefield into gemstones and gained the Black Iron Rank talent Elemental Harmonization.
• Roy questioned Urela about noble descendants among the dead and considered how the population’s ancestry might explain their shared Magic Talent.
• Fait praised Urela and outlined plans to disguise the wizards as Plane Adventurers, establish a permanent stronghold, and exploit local nobles.
• Roy exchanged knowledge with Fait and began experimenting with an Elemental Potion.

Roy tested and improved witchcraft potions, searched for materials to repair his magic carpet, and joined Fait’s plan to disguise the takeover of Sharo City and frame Lord Adela. Adela’s territory began recruiting heroes to fight the supposed enemy, setting the stage for the conflict to widen.

• Roy tested flame, poison, and frost potions, then designed a stronger Explosive Fire Elemental Magic Potion.
• Roy struggled to find records and relics connected to Brebo, then sought Mounemos Golden Fleece to repair and upgrade his damaged magic carpet.
• Roy and Nisha visited Simos, a spy posing as a material merchant, and Roy tasked him with finding Mounemos fleece.
• Fait revealed that Urela and the other public-facing witches would impersonate the former lord and his household, while the group spread rumors blaming Adela for attacking Sharo City.
• Fait predicted that the nobles would recruit commoners as Braves, and Adela’s ministers soon urged him to recruit heroes after his forces lost the previous battle.
• Adela agreed to offer ancestral equipment and advancement potions to promising heroes, while assigning troops to clear the battlefield and hunt magical creatures.

Roy researched how faith and spirituality could gather Source Material into a container, but repeated attempts to refine a bloodline crystal failed. At a strategy meeting about the approaching Brave Nicodo, Roy proposed forging a Holy Sword to manipulate the legend of the Hero and Demon King, and the others agreed it was worth trying.

• Roy learned from Fait that souls, faith, and Spiritual Materialization could explain how divinity and artifacts formed, then began designing a container to gather Source Material.
• Roy repeatedly tried to refine a bloodline crystal taken from the Lord of Shaluo City and his relatives, but his experiments continued to fail and consume resources.
• Athedia told Roy that the three Advanced Wizard lords had returned, and Roy attended their meeting about Brave Nicodo's journey toward Shaluo City.
• Fait reported that Nicodo had a Sage Potion and traveled with four Level 1 companions, while the group discussed keeping the Outpost Camp hidden and countering the approaching party.
• Roy proposed forging a Holy Sword and spreading the idea that only its wielder could defeat the Demon King or be called a hero, and the group decided the plan was worth trying.

Roy forged and enchanted a golden holy sword, turning it into a Level 2 treasure with a powerful Sword Spirit and built-in abilities. As Bristol’s army approached Shaluo City, Brave Nicodo’s team infiltrated the city lord’s castle, where Urela prepared to deceive them while Roy watched their progress.

• Roy forged a sword from auric gold and began refining its Sword Spirit with Skill Stones and the fallen soldiers’ spiritual power.
• Roy completed the Level 2 treasure, which gained the Demon Slayer ability, malice detection, automatic protection, and the ability to fight under its own control.
• Roy tested the sword’s combat abilities and told Athedia that he intended to use it as a vessel for faith in the Legendary Brave Brebo.
• Roy learned that Bristol’s army was approaching Shaluo City and watched Brave Nicodo’s team enter the city without realizing they were under surveillance.
• Advanced Wizard Fait ordered personnel to hide before the team infiltrated the castle, where Urela and her family concealed anything that might reveal their true nature.
• Brave Nicodo’s team searched the castle and entered the rear courtyard, but the True Eye detected their invisible figures in the hall as Urela called on them to help repel the supposed invaders.

Roy’s plan to manipulate the True Brave’s team and provoke conflict between Sharo City and Bristol Territory advanced, while Jeddi brought him a lead on Brebo’s burial place. As Bristol’s army arrived, Nicodo chose to intervene and try to stop the impending war.

• Urela and Roy revealed a fabricated account of the holy sword to Nicodo’s team and discussed plans to counter Bristol’s army and the True Brave.
• Roy ordered Urela to spread the story, then learned that Jeddi had found evidence Brebo might be buried beneath the World Tree in the Elf Homeland; Roy rewarded him with blood mercury and refining notes.
• The wizards monitored Nicodo’s team as its members argued over whether Adela had deceived them, while Urela’s group corrected flaws in their impersonations.
• Urela used Sharo City’s resources to recruit defenders, and Nicodo’s team fell into another dispute when Kelian Duo accused him of taking the lord’s treasures without serving him.
• Roy told Nissa that Talin World could resist the wizards through unity and self-reliance, but condemned its rulers’ betrayal; Nissa resolved to grow stronger and return home.
• Nicodo and his companions went to Bristol’s army and requested an audience with its commander to mediate before the war began.

Roy investigated rumors surrounding Nicodo, the new brave Stagler, and the legendary holy sword while political discord spread through Bristol Territory. Studying Jeddi’s copy of Sage’s Proverbs led Roy to identify clues to powerful treasures and inspiration for creating a set of equipment he believed could form the true Philosopher’s Stone.

• Adela became furious when he learned Nicodo suspected him, then recruited Stagler to replace the brave he could no longer rely on.
• Roy learned that Adela was suppressing Nicodo and that Urela planned to support Stagler while using him to weaken the enemy.
• Rumors spread that Adela coveted Brebo’s holy sword, and Stagler entered Shaluo Territory to investigate its supposed location instead of heading to Shaluo City.
• Jeddi sent Roy Sage’s Proverbs, whose poems and fables gave Roy insight into the six virtues of a sage and clues to several world-class treasures.
• Roy tested attribute-bearing jewelry and began planning a set of equipment whose combined attributes could surpass ordinary limits and serve as components of the Philosopher’s Stone.

Roy forged a powerful six-gem set while the Planar Legion prepared for a large-scale invasion. Meanwhile, Stagler found a supposed sacred sword and won a battle with it, prompting Fait to order the removal of the Braves and possibly Stagler’s group as Malthus’s preparations neared completion.

• Roy combined six Attribute Gems into an illusory Philosopher’s Stone, gaining a major attribute boost that Domi also shared through Soul Resonance.
• Roy continued researching gems and Rune Language while Jeddi reported that he had begun searching for the Elf Homeland.
• Stagler and his companions uncovered an ancient ruin, where Stagler pulled a golden sword from a stone crack and declared himself a true brave.
• After hearing about Stagler’s sword, Nicodo’s team questioned him, while Mubelan nearly revealed that she knew something about the true sacred sword.
• Fait reported that Malthus was close to deploying the Net of Ten Thousand Spirits, and Stagler’s sword helped Urela’s forces rout the opposing army.
• Fait ordered wizards to kill Nicodo’s team and, if possible, Stagler’s group, framing the deaths as a fight over the sacred sword.

Roy confirmed that the holy sword could absorb Talent Source Material, then used it to make Kelian Duo appear to be its chosen hero. After the battle for Shaluo City, Roy returned to the Outpost Camp and saw that the Cross-Plane Teleportation Array was operational.

• Roy infiltrated the banquet, touched the Precious Sword, and acquired the Basic Enchantment talent, confirming his theory about Talent Source Material.
• Stagler was murdered and the Precious Sword was planted in Nicodo’s quarters, leading the army to detain Nicodo as a suspect.
• Roy returned to the sword and acquired the Super Yeast talent; he then secretly activated it when Kelian Duo touched the blade, making Kelian Duo appear to be its chosen hero.
• Roy explained to Fait how greed and selfishness could make people resonate with the sword, and he continued investigating how souls and divinity could produce Talent Seeds.
• Kelian Duo led the attack on Shaluo City while the Wizards used a spiritual barrier to preserve the souls of the dead; Roy withdrew as the city fell, leaving Chawen to discover his research notes.
• Roy reached the Outpost Camp and saw the Cross-Plane Teleportation Array rise into operation.

Roy received orders to eliminate Mubelan and Nicodo, whom Fait suspected might include a World Protagonist, and ambushed them as they left Shaluo City. He wounded both and saw a new light appear on his Constellation Fate Disk, but Mubelan revived and teleported away with Nicodo.

• Fait briefed the wizards on their invasion strategy and warned that World Protagonists could rise to threaten them, then assigned Roy to kill Mubelan and Nicodo in Shaluo City.
• Roy discussed the nature of destiny with Nissa and later waited for a chance to intercept Mubelan and Nicodo as they left the city.
• Archmage Malthus’s Net of Ten Thousand Spirits enveloped Brevorell, suppressing the World Will and allowing the invading forces to mobilize more freely.
• Roy and Nissa ambushed Mubelan and Nicodo near the Great Canyon, transformed them into frogs, and gravely wounded them with spells and a Psionic Blade.
• Roy saw the World Will’s resistance suppressed by the Net of Ten Thousand Spirits and a new point of light appear on his Constellation Fate Disk.
• Mubelan activated Life Preservation and Passive Teleportation, escaping with Nicodo before Roy could finish them.

Roy tracked down Nicodo and Mubelan, then fought them after Nicodo’s World Tree Leaf revival revealed his apparent destiny. Roy killed Nicodo despite the World Will’s intervention, acquired a new Alchemy Talent, and collected the bodies and belongings.

• Roy concluded that Nicodo had survived through a World Tree Leaf and suspected the World Will was guiding him as a protagonist.
• Roy deployed reconnaissance puppets and searched until he found Nicodo and Mubelan hiding in a cave beneath the Great Canyon.
• Roy confronted the pair, defeated Nicodo in close combat, and surrounded them with his puppets.
• Mubelan used Shape-shift Swap to take a spear meant for Nicodo, and Roy killed her; her death triggered Nicodo’s furious power surge.
• Roy withstood Nicodo’s attack, restrained him with weapons and magic, and killed him by piercing his heart and brain.
• Roy received the Bronze-grade Elemental Life Alchemy Talent, then used Soul Refinement and secured the corpses and their belongings.

Roy refined Ephemeral Elemental Bodies into practical potion-based weapons and negotiated with the Seven Towers Alliance to exchange their knowledge for a World Beacon. While contemplating how to develop that world safely, he created a Level Two Skill Stone containing the Teleportation Spell.

• Roy tested an unstable lightning spirit on Mushroom Demons and later developed several powerful Ephemeral Elemental Body potions, including the Multi-headed Fire Serpent.
• Wizards responded enthusiastically to Roy's potions, and Level 2 Wizard Gwenwyd arrived on behalf of the Seven Towers Alliance to discuss buying the knowledge behind them.
• Roy agreed to trade the knowledge for a beacon and nominal ownership of a Level 1 Low Magic World, then considered whether he could learn a regional version of the Net of Ten Thousand Spirits.
• Roy discovered that Elemental Life likely came from Mubelan rather than Nicodo and combined memories from Mubelan's relics into a Level Two Skill Stone containing the Teleportation Spell.

Roy mastered the Teleportation Spell, uncovered clues about the Legendary Brave Brebo, and watched the Wizards conquer the Grey Eagle Kingdom. At a secret meeting, Fait revealed a plan to use reproductive potions and sabotage to overwhelm the native population and secure the world.

• Roy absorbed a Teleportation Spell Skill Stone, mastered the spell, and tested it by teleporting dozens of kilometers before crashing into a mountainside.
• Roy learned from Mubelan’s records that Brebo’s Holy Sword had once been an ordinary steel sword, and concluded that the people’s faith had made the Brave himself the true Holy Sword.
• More than half a year later, Roy heard that Lient, Fait, and Hisalia had killed the Grey Eagle Kingdom’s Grand Marshal and captured its capital.
• The three Wizards decided to pause their advance and consolidate their gains before attacking the White Bear Kingdom and the Azure Wolf Kingdom.
• Fait recruited Roy and other potion-makers for a secret mission, rewarding Roy with a World Tree Leaf and asking them to create potions that greatly increased reproduction.
• Fait explained that the potions, along with covert attacks on native fertility, would help displace the population and bring the world under Wizard control.

Roy completed Fait’s mission and gained valuable treasures and records, while the kingdoms opposing the wizards united under the Giant Bear Kingdom. Kelian Duo rose to prominence there, and the impoverished Adela decided to seek his help finding a position.

• Roy made the Seed of Proteus potion for Fait, then collected treasures and archival materials as his reward in Aquila City.
• Jelamod welcomed Kelian Duo, Adela, and the Grey Eagle Kingdom’s refugees to the Giant Bear Kingdom after Kelian Duo demonstrated his strength as a Level 2 Sky Knight.
• Fait proposed using the holy sword to guide air raids against the allied kingdoms, but the planners instead chose to target the officials and professionals who kept those kingdoms functioning.
• The Giant Bear Kingdom granted Kelian Duo the title of Marquis Srod and 2,500 households of territory, while Adela received only a small villa and struggled to maintain his status.
• After losing his wealth and spending months attending social events, Adela resolved to visit Kelian Duo and ask him to help her secure a position.

Roy and the other Wizards were assigned to educate selected youths from the conquered Grey Eagle Kingdom, while Fait explained how education and selective benefits would secure colonial rule. Roy organized their training and supplied Knowledge Potions, but he also saw how the Wizards exploited the broader population through forced labor and deprivation, leaving the conquered people with only a narrow path to advancement.

• Fait assigned Roy and several Wizards to train selected youths from the Grey Eagle Kingdom and the Nine Southern Domains, emphasizing loyalty to Weizel and the Governor's Mansion.
• Roy delegated much of the educational work to Intelligent Brain Sailen, Furia, and hired teachers, then arranged shared teaching materials and focused training for talented students.
• Roy refined Knowledge Potions and gave them to a lecturer to award to students whose progress was satisfactory.
• Fait explained to Roy and the other Wizards that native workers were being kept alive and exploited through hunger and forced labor before a planned population reduction and replacement with a controlled Grey Eagle Kingdom.
• The Wizards' system offered selected apprentices a chance to rise in status, encouraging them and their families to defend the order that exploited the rest of the population.

Roy refined golden Soul Pigment, which let him create a spiritual sun and helped Athedia and Winsbell comprehend Blessing. As Wizard rule took root in the Grey Eagle Kingdom, Fait sent Roy to stop the rising Child of Destiny Kelian Duo, and Roy infiltrated the Giant Bear Kingdom to approach Prince Zalik as a painter.

• During an art lesson, a lecturer taught Tim and the other apprentices to accept the suffering of laborers and pledge their lives to Weizel; he secretly marked Tim for continued observation.
• Roy refined golden Soul Pigment, created a spiritual golden chain, and noticed that his soul and Hair Ghost Witch Body had begun changing toward an incorporeal form.
• Roy used the new pigment with Animate Painting to summon a golden sun, inspiring Athedia and Winsbell to comprehend Blessing.
• Roy examined the rigid social hierarchy established by Wizards in the Grey Eagle Kingdom and discussed the difficulty of reform with Nissa.
• Fait told Roy that Kelian Duo might be the world's Child of Destiny and ordered him to strip Kelian Duo of the holy sword's support or kill him if he approached Level 3.
• Roy traveled to the Giant Bear Kingdom in disguise, read reports about Kelian Duo's growing influence, and asked the intelligence leader to arrange a meeting with Prince Zalik, presenting himself as a painter.