Chapter Summaries

Roy accepted a ten-year alchemy post in the Level 7 Fortress World of Gusbur, where he hoped to obtain Soul Stone Fragments and develop his research. After arriving, he impressed the local alchemists by quickly identifying difficult materials and gained a Basic Crystallurgy talent.

• Roy learned that refining the Level 3 Demon Spirit had raised Sage's Proverbs' attribute enhancement from 60 to 75, and he considered testing the effect with other sentient creations.
• Maiden's Skull introduced Gusbur, a world where wizards, angels, and Titan descendants defended against demons, and Roy chose to apply for an alchemy position there because it provided Soul Stone Fragments.
• Roy negotiated a ten-year contract with Haired to manage an alchemy workshop, accepting duties in exchange for access to a yearly quota of rare materials.
• Roy arrived in Gusbur with Planje, Nisha, Furia, and the others, completed his stationing procedures, and met fellow alchemists Tikel and Gowa.
• Roy used Hermes' Eye to identify and sort his predecessor's difficult materials, earning the other alchemists' respect and acquiring the Basic Crystallurgy talent.

Roy established himself as an alchemist in the Fortress World of Gusbur, mastering Soul Gem Cores and crafting enchanted weapons and armor while gaining an Alchemy Rune Talent. After collecting his three-million-magic-stone limited-purchase quota, he examined the Fortress’s special resources and decided to invest heavily in Relic Fragments.

• Roy told Furia he would seek a way to overcome her stalled advancement by changing her body, then took over Master Algi’s unfinished commissions.
• Roy carved a Soul Stone Fragment into a Soul Gem Core and used his new knowledge to craft an enchanted sword and lamellar armor.
• Roy gained the Alchemy Rune Talent through his forging work and built a reputation as a skilled alchemist and appraiser in the fortress.
• Roy collected his three-million-magic-stone quota, declined Gowa’s offer to buy his tokens, and went to inspect the restricted exchange list.
• Roy considered synthesizing higher-level gems and identified Relic Fragments as especially cost-effective, deciding to buy at least 1.5 million of them.

Roy expanded his alchemy business and learned that Gova was collecting Soul Stone Fragments to create a Soul Gem for his injured daughter, Inian. While researching souls at the library, Roy saw a devil appear behind Gova, and the devil realized Roy could see it.

• Roy learned that tokens of different levels could not be exchanged, then advertised his goods in exchange for Soul Stone Fragments and studied a potion that could increase his Spiritual Power.
• Roy's workshop attracted customers, and Gowa told Roy he wanted to gather Soul Stone Fragments to forge a genuine Soul Gem.
• Tikel explained that Gova hoped to use a Soul Gem to restore Inian, whose soul had been injured in an ambush and left her mentally deficient.
• Roy discussed Soul Containers with Furia and considered how they could house a soul and memories, while suspecting Gova would struggle to craft one.
• Roy went to the library to study books about souls, where he saw a devil emerge behind Gova; the devil noticed Roy watching and asked whether he could see it.

Roy uncovered the truth about Gowa’s pact with Devil Xin En and learned that Gusbur’s Soul Stone Fragments contained Divine Spark Fragments of Lord God Rank. Over the following years, he built his alchemy business, mastered the principles of Soul Containers, and brewed Anam’s Soul Echo, which raised his Spiritual Power to five hundred degrees.

• Roy confronted Devil Xin En through spiritual power and learned that Inian had died on Hell’s Sixth Layer, while Xin En had given Gowa hope of recovering her soul through a Soul Container.
• Roy investigated Gusbur’s history and learned from Hared that its people had stolen Star Spirit Power, while Soul Stone Fragments held Divine Spark Fragments of Lord God Rank.
• Roy expanded his Alchemy Workshop, collected valuable materials and Soul Stone Fragments, and saw his Alchemy Talent acquisition complete with the Alchemy Journal.
• Gowa continued gathering Soul Stone Fragments toward his goal and planned to clear demons around the Lava River and prepare a forging site at Furnace Bay.
• After studying soul magic, Roy realized he could create a Soul Gem and gathered the materials for Anam’s Soul Echo.
• Roy brewed and drank Anam’s Soul Echo, meditated for several days, and reached five hundred degrees of Spiritual Power.

Roy regained control of his enhanced Spiritual Power, studied how to advance to Level 3, and brewed the True Self Potion to protect a soul during transfer. He successfully transferred Furia into a new Gusbur Destiny Race body using a Soul Gem, leaving his own pursuit of soul independence closer to realization.

• Roy trained with the Maiden's Skull and learned that he needed a score of at least 1,000 to fully control his enhanced power, then heard that Gowa and his group were trapped by a Void Collapse.
• Roy spent his tokens on materials and concluded that the Original Body's brain was the main obstacle to condensing a Level 3 Source of Magic Power.
• Roy reviewed the risks of memory loss and personality disorders, then brewed the Level Four True Self Potion with Wish Power from the Golden Holy Grail.
• Roy asked Furia to volunteer for a Soul Transfer experiment and prepared a Gusbur Destiny Race body and a heart-shaped Soul Gem for her.
• Roy cast Soul Transfer, and Furia awakened in her new body with a Wizard Rank Mental Wave, confirming that the transfer had worked.

Roy developed his alchemical abilities, acquiring Reverse Engineering and the Silver Rank Forging Master talent while preparing to create a Soul Gem for himself. As Gowa struggled with his daughter’s soul and sold off his possessions, Roy noticed clues to Gowa’s activities just as a massive demon army attacked Fortress City.

• Furia awakened her inner angelic power while killing hellhounds, and Roy concluded that combat could help her grow stronger.
• Roy bought a natural magic crystal for his Soul Gem and acquired Gowa’s Krama Alloy, then used Reverse Engineering to learn its properties and the formulas of other materials.
• Roy purchased Gowa’s Master Blacksmithing Records and used them to derive a metal Melting and Casting Technique, awakening the Silver Rank Forging Master talent.
• Gowa secretly struggled with a Soul Stone containing trapped human figures and his daughter Sien, while Roy continued preparing to create his own Soul Stone.
• Roy gave Kopess a Unigolin Terminal before Kopess left for a dangerous battlefield task, then noticed Gowa had borrowed a book about Soul Salvation Cases.
• A Balrog and an army of demons numbering in the tens of thousands attacked Fortress City, prompting the alarm and a battle with the city’s Advanced Wizards.

Roy fought off a demon assault, identified a Child of Sin and forged its purified soul crystal into a sword for Furia. After months of wartime work, he gained the Alchemy Master talent and discovered he could permanently enchant eligible items; the chapter ended as he considered using that power to work with the Soul Gem.

• Roy and his allies killed a grotesque Child of Sin near the plaza, and Hermes' Eye identified its Demonic Soul Crystal and its connection to the Gusbur people.
• Roy purified the crystal and forged it into a golden sword for Furia, retaining its Star Spirit Power and False Godhood while removing its harmful power.
• Hared told Roy that devils and Children of Sin had long been present in the fortress, and that investigating them could expose dangerous entanglements among the Wizards.
• Gova and Devil Xin En completed a transaction that returned Gova's daughter Inian from Hell, while Xin En gained a surge of power.
• Roy spent the following months producing and repairing equipment, then acquired the Silver Rank Alchemy Master talent after repairing a greatsword.
• Roy tested his new talent by enchanting a Ritual Shortsword, raising it to Level One, and realized the ability could help him work with the Soul Gem.

Roy used a Soul Gem to transfer his soul out of his body and back again, gaining a new connection to nature and the faith of the God of Wishes. After adapting to the change, he discovered that Sage's Proverbs could transfer its attribute enhancements into objects and grant them to others.

• Roy completed a Level 3 Soul Gem with the Divine Infusion effect and used it to separate his soul from his body before embedding it in his brow.
• Roy's renewed body radiated uncontrolled energy that mutated those nearby, and his Soul Gem transformed into a star at the center of the Constellation Fate Disk.
• Roy regained control of his Witchcraft Energy, restored Domi's normal shape, and found that his energy could leave lasting transformations on others.
• Maiden's Skull told Roy that Blacksmith Gova had requested leave and Wizard Tikel had been commissioned to make a soul-stabilizing potion.
• Roy used Sage's Proverbs to enhance a jewel, confirmed he could refill it with spiritual essence, and granted Domi the full All Attributes +108 effect.

Roy tested Sage's Proverbs on Domi, improved his spellcasting, and accepted Gova’s commissions before Gova attacked him as part of a demonic plot. Roy and his allies fought off Children of Sin, and the chapter ended with Hared revealing that Tikel and many others had been drawn into the demons’ scheme.

• Roy infused Domi with Sage's Proverbs, then discovered that his liberated soul improved his spell calculations and mastered the Enlargement Spell.
• Gova attacked Roy with a forging hammer, but Roy subdued him and learned that devils from the Sixth Layer of Hell were targeting those who had seized Star Spirit power.
• Furia, Planje, and Nisha fought parasitized attackers, while Domi grew into a giant cat and helped defeat the Children of Sin.
• Roy brought Gova to Hared, who agreed to spare him in exchange for compensation and had Gova's Blacksmith Shop sealed.
• Hared told Roy that Tikel had been lured into the Demon Den to make a Body of Sin for Gova's daughter, and that Gova's apprentices and many Lower City residents had also been parasitized.

Roy refined a Soul Cage that captured Devil Xin En and freed Gova’s daughter Inian, then discovered how spiritual materials could strengthen Sage’s Proverbs and gained Zosimos’ Spirit from Gova’s payment. As Roy’s ten-year contract neared its end and he became eager to process more materials, he went to Hyled’s office to discuss whether he would stay.

• Roy demonstrated that he could refine Soul Stones, then crafted Philac’s Soul Cage to imprison Devil Xin En.
• Hared and Gova raided the devils’ stronghold, and Gova used the cage to free Inian from Xin En.
• Roy found that forging equipment from Demonic Soul Crystals increased Sage’s Proverbs, while Gova paid his debt with Marrow of Varos and Roy gained Zosimos’ Spirit.
• Roy used Zosimos’ Spirit to dye a Flowing Light Silver greatsword into Radiant Gold, and the Demonic Soul Crystals he processed raised Sage’s Proverbs to +145 degrees.
• As his contract approached its end, Roy went to Hyled’s office to answer whether he would stay.

Roy chose to remain in the Seven Towers Alliance as a free person, opened an alchemy shop, and developed his craft while preparing to advance to Level 3. He created the growth-capable Aladdin’s Lamp and its Djinn, then received a surge of feedback from Sage’s Proverbs.

• Roy refused a contract and salary, secured legal permission to stay, and accepted a commission to refine peak Level 1 standard equipment from Demonic Soul Crystals.
• Roy opened Roy's Alchemy Shop, raised his appraisal fees, bought unusual materials, and began selling specially enhanced equipment.
• Roy learned that Haired had asked Kahel to study Roy’s soul-based alchemy so the Alliance would not depend on Roy’s unique skills.
• Roy planned to reach Level 3 by accumulating Sage’s Proverbs enhancements and developing advanced spiritual items from Soul Stone materials.
• Roy designed and animated Aladdin’s Lamp, summoned its Djinn, and received two million magic stones when he wished for wealth.
• The Djinn returned to the lamp to recover after granting Roy’s request, and Sage’s Proverbs feedback surged through Roy’s soul.

Roy discovered that devils were infiltrating the city to gather Gusbur souls and potentially trigger Heaven’s Punishment, while his superiors pursued a rival plan to summon and sacrifice demons for World Will feedback. After years of suspicion and preparation, Haired asked Roy to help with the dangerous ritual, and Roy agreed for now.

• Roy refined Aladdin’s Lamp, entrusted it to Furia, and later accepted a large alchemy order from a group of adventurers.
• Roy followed a suspicious warrior named Tragina, fought her demonic projection, and learned she was a Descendant of Ancient Gods seeking to capture him.
• Haired explained that the devils sought Gusbur souls and might activate Heaven’s Punishment to gain divine-level Soul Fragments.
• Roy realized demons had been infiltrating the city and manipulating adventurers, so he warned Planje and Nisha to stay inside the city.
• After completing more Spirituality Equipment and raising Sage’s Proverbs to 304 degrees, Roy learned Haired and Beretta planned to summon and sacrifice demons for World Will feedback.
• Roy agreed to Haired’s proposal to participate in the demon-summoning plan, while privately keeping his own judgment about what he would do.

Roy prepared for the plan to summon and capture a High-ranking Devil, while his Spiritual Power grew strong enough to make a Level 3 breakthrough seem certain. At the Heaven’s Punishment Ruins, the wizards captured Gaster Brood and Roy began forging a Divine Spark, triggering the acquisition of a new Alchemy Talent.

• Roy agreed to help Beretta and Etia forge a Soul Gem capable of sealing divinity in exchange for one-tenth of any Divine Spark Fragments.
• Roy told Planje and Nisha about the dangerous plan and asked them to conceal his arrangements, promising he could preserve their souls if they died.
• After years of alchemy, Roy’s combined Spiritual Power and Sage’s Proverbs reached 1,000 degrees, and he raised Domi to Peak Level 2 to ease his urge to break through.
• Roy restored Demon Hand to Level 3, forged Valos’ Hammer and the Snake Hair Braid, and upgraded equipment for his companions.
• Roy traveled with Beretta, Etia, Hared, and their followers to the Heaven’s Punishment Ruins, where they summoned and defeated the High-ranking Devil Gaster Brood.
• Roy extracted Gaster Brood’s divinity and began forging a Divine Spark from the Flesh and Blood Crystal, triggering the acquisition of the Conceptual Weapon Alchemy Talent.

Roy advanced to Level 3 during a dispute over the Divine Spark Fragments, forcing Beretta, Etia, and Hared to negotiate rather than fight. After returning to the Witch Tower and settling into his new residence, Roy tested his Gold-tier Conceptual Weapon Talent and created a Friendly Top Hat.

• Roy used Activation to delay the Flesh and Blood Crystal's collapse, then collected the six Divine Spark Fragments that emerged.
• Beretta, Hared, and Etia tried to deny Roy a share, so Roy announced that he would advance immediately and successfully became a Level 3 Wizard.
• Roy seized all six fragments with his Alchemy Platform and fought off the three Advanced Wizards with his devices until they agreed to stop fighting.
• Roy negotiated for two Divine Spark Fragments, then left Gusbur with Nisha and returned to the Witch Tower, where he moved into a residence on the sixth floor.
• Roy used his Conceptual Weapon Talent to create the Friendly Top Hat, which erased monsters' hostility toward its wearer and replaced it with friendliness.

After advancing to Level 3, Roy learned about the Witch Tower’s expectations for Advanced Wizards and explored how his Conceptual Weapon could extract and transfer abilities such as sculpting. He completed a collection of stories for submission, upgraded his Alchemy Magic Box, and ended by offering Proger the chance to commission a Demigod Artifact from a Divine Spark Fragment.

• Roy examined how Concept Seeds equipped onto the soul and reasoned that Conceptual Weapons required scarce spiritual materials and could interfere with similar equipment.
• Roy told Frosv about reaching the Advanced Stage, then heard from Loki Stika that he would face dangerous assignments, govern a territory, and receive support toward becoming an Archmage.
• Roy tested his talent by forming a Conceptual Weapon that granted sculpting skill to Domi, then began exploring how Soul Talents and abilities could be separated into concepts.
• Roy compiled stories under the pen name Kirik and chose the Golden Feather Bookstore as the place to submit them.
• Roy upgraded his Alchemy Magic Box and sent funds and Aladdin’s Lamp to the Alagi World while the Witch Tower’s arrangements remained pending.
• Proger invited Roy to join his campaign for Divine Spark Fragments, and Roy countered by offering to sell a fragment and forge it into a Demigod Artifact.

Roy accepted a logistics command in the Chakra World of Yudakara, investigated how its Chakra Warriors were created, and began developing potions to cultivate his own. After more than a year of research, he successfully refined a Level 1 Chakra Vein Awakening Potion.

• Roy secured Proger's commission to create a divine artifact, then agreed to serve as a logistics leader for the Witch Tower's forces in Yudakara.
• Roy arrived on the Floating Island, learned about the Chakra Warrior system and the Awakening Potions, and repelled a Level 2 warrior from the Tiger Organization who had infiltrated his office.
• Roy reverse-engineered the Chakra Awakening Potion and began exploring how to introduce Chakra Warriors to the Alagi World.
• Roy selected Anjali from the local orphanage as a future follower and tasked Riel with teaching and training her.
• Roy spent more than a year preparing the potion's alchemical process, then successfully refined a Level 1 Chakra Vein Awakening Potion.

Roy completed a Demigod Artifact commission, used its payment to prepare a Golden Dragon reincarnation, and successfully hatched as a true Golden Dragon. The chapter ended with his newborn dragon body proclaiming its birth through its True Name.

• Anjali advanced to Level 1 with Roy's Chakra Vein Awakening Potion and received the Feathered Serpent God Bloodline Factor, gaining a powerful serpentine transformation and poisonous Chakra.
• Roy developed the Heartfire Awakening Potion, helping Planje and later Nissa advance, while considering how to replace his own Level 3 body with a Golden Dragon Body.
• Roy completed Gaster's Corrupting Eye, demonstrated its conceptual corrosion power to Proger, and received valuable materials and knowledge as payment.
• Roy used the payment to prepare a dragon egg and, after gathering Sand of Time, placed Roy's Soul Stone inside to reincarnate into it.
• After more than 140 days of accelerated incubation, Roy hatched from the egg as a Golden Dragon and proclaimed his birth with his True Name.

Roy developed his Golden Dragon inheritance and new abilities while resuming his duties in Yudakara, where an enemy assault on the Floating Island brought him into conflict with the newly advanced Level 3 warrior Lycos. After Roy defeated Lycos with one blow, the gathered admiration completed his Alchemy Talent and revealed a new talent centered on dismantling.

• Roy awakened Golden Dragon Soul Talents, ate gold and mercury to transform into his human form, and used a Knowledge Potion to master Abyssal Language.
• Roy refined Otherworld Summoning and summoned Fire Elementals, then examined the Law Manifestation within his Hair Ghost Witch Body.
• Roy returned to work, learned that the fugitive Treasury Steward Crucif had contacted the natives, and began inspecting the Logistics Department's stores.
• Roy learned that Impeto had been ambushed and that Legatus was moving against the Tiger Organization while Roy remained on the Floating Island.
• After an intruder disabled the Floating Island's alarm system, Roy confronted Lycos, who had infiltrated the research institute and advanced to Level 3.
• Roy knocked Lycos through several walls with a single blow, and the surrounding crowd's admiration completed his Alchemy Talent, granting Indomitable Resilience.

Roy investigated Lycos’s death, tested his new Indomitable Resilience talent, and used an aerial strike to drive rebels from his territory. After Legatus called for help against the Tiger Organization and mage Builer, Roy defeated Scelion and absorbed his soul, which unexpectedly advanced the creation of Violent Aesthetics.

• Riel reported that Lycos had died, and Roy ordered his corpse dissected and his subordinates interrogated after finding his Level 3 strength unusually weak.
• Roy tested Indomitable Resilience by dismantling a communicator and a combat Construct, then began forming the Silver Rank talent Violent Aesthetics at 11% progress.
• Bokley and Riel reported that Lycos had taken an Awakening Potion that severely damaged his body, while Roy ordered greater security after learning of attacks on the city below.
• Roy used Divine Scout Zofir and Dragon Bird Prototype to bomb members of the Hungry Wolf Organization, then learned that the Tiger Organization had received aid from the mages.
• In Tairo City, Scelion killed Builer and attacked Roy, but Roy survived with Invincible Golden Body, joined Legatus in beating Scelion, and killed him when he tried to protect Acelin.
• Roy absorbed Scelion’s soul, but instead of gaining martial divine will, he advanced Violent Aesthetics from 11% to 45%.

Roy developed the Maltan Potion as part of a plan to manipulate the indigenous population, then awakened a new Martial Soul talent that strengthened his alchemy and let him dismantle constructs with his bare hands. The chapter ended with news that someone in Dorok had opened the seventh chakra and reached the threshold of the Legendary Realm.

• Legatus taught Roy the Demon Energy Burst Fist, and Roy later mastered its basic technique while considering its uses beyond close combat.
• Roy proposed cultivating indigenous Chakra Warriors with a potent but harmful potion, and Impeto and Legatus endorsed his plan to control them and profit from the black market.
• Roy's Maltan Potion brought him recognition from the World Will, while he continued seeking a Martial Soul Seed to overcome his difficulty awakening Divine Will.
• Roy condensed his Martial Soul and awakened Violent Aesthetics, a talent that enhanced destruction and let him smash apart a War Puppet into orderly components.
• Riel told Roy that someone in Dorok had opened the Crown Chakra, an extraordinary achievement that could lead to the Legendary Realm.