Chapter Summaries

Angel visited Nausicaa, who resolved to enter the Purification Garden, and promised to make her a mechanical arm. He learned how the Extreme Sect’s registration system controls otherworldly beings, then returned to Kihara Bar, where its wizard owner recognized him and let him go.

• Nausicaa told Angel she would enter the Purification Garden so she could keep pace with him and help protect those she cared about.
• Angel agreed to respect Nausicaa’s choice and offered to build her a mechanical arm, then examined the stump of her right arm.
• Shan explained that the Extreme Sect assigned otherworldly beings plane-specific insignias and bound them to guarantors through blood-sealed registration documents.
• Angel realized Earth was not among the Wizarding World’s opened planes and that registration could not ensure Jon’s safety.
• Angel returned to Kihara Bar, where its owner recognized him as Sanders’s disciple and said the conflict there was not his fault.

Angel settled the Kula Kuka tribe at Sanders' residence, secured an invitation card to the Purification Garden, and received a Talent Orb from Sanders. He began testing Dodolo for wizard talent, leaving the result unknown.

• Angel brought Dodolo and the Kula Kuka tribe out of his bracelet, arranged their supplies with Butler No. 1, and gained Sanders' permission for them to stay.
• Sanders confirmed that the tribe's bloodline shackles could be resolved, but told Angel to handle the matter himself or seek advice from Nausicaa after advancing.
• Angel asked Sanders for a Purification Garden invitation card and received one, then discussed Flame Formation Illusory Slaughter and Gravity Veins with him.
• Sanders gave Angel a Talent Orb and explained that gathering five gifted people could let Angel guide them into Savage Cave and help them become naturalized there.
• Angel moved the Kula Kuka tribe into a guest room and began a talent test with Dodolo, asking him to observe changes around the orb, a flame, and a cup of water.

Angel tested Dodolo’s talent, but Dodolo collapsed after revealing he had seen the seabed and Angel. Angel sought Sanders’s advice, then went to Midora’s Potion Hut, where he brushed off Tuya’s attempt to get new clothes and headed downstairs to find Midora.

• Dodolo touched the talent sphere and experienced a vision of clouds and mist before telling Angel he had seen the seabed and Angel, then fainting.
• Angel put the recovering Dodolo in No. 1’s care and asked Sanders to interpret the vision; Sanders suggested it might involve prophecy and recommended a detailed examination by the Tree Spirit.
• Angel considered whether Dodolo’s vision showed the future, then went to Midora’s Potion Hut while people outside watched him.
• Tuya tried to persuade Angel to buy clothes for him and Dudu, but Angel gave him a magic crystal instead.
• Yeliya told Angel that the onlookers were mostly jealous or hostile toward his mentor, and Angel went downstairs to find Midora.

Angel asked Midora how to preserve his body's vitality while his soul was outside his body, then sought feedback on his mechanical arm design. Midora discussed the design with him for hours, and Yeliya brought Angel upstairs for dinner while Midora planned to continue their debate afterward.

• Midora finished brewing an improved Peach-Red Potion and explained that it helped preserve vitality during bloodline refinement.
• Angel asked Midora how to keep his body alive longer while using the Soul Ribbon Technique, and Midora recommended Selyan Witch's Brew.
• Angel showed Midora his mechanical arm design, and Midora noticed its resemblance to Muse's secret mechanical armaments project.
• Midora and Angel debated the design's purpose, functions, and materials for more than half the day, inspiring both of them.
• Yeliya interrupted their discussion and took Angel upstairs to eat, where Tuya and Dudu were asleep at the table.

Over dinner, Yeliya explained the Extreme Sect’s radical faction and Midora suggested ways to conceal otherworldly auras, giving Angel a possible lead for hiding the Outer Eye. Angel and Midora then completed a concept for Nausicaa’s mechanical arm, and they departed in opposite directions, with Angel returning to the main district and Midora heading to the Research Institute.

• Tuya told Angel and Yeliya that he had wanted to help Princess Shan when the Extreme Sect pursued her, and Yeliya revealed that Angel had saved Shan with his illusion art.
• Tuya explained that Shan was the chieftain’s daughter from his tribe, then asked why the Extreme Sect had pursued her despite her registration.
• Yeliya explained that the Extreme Sect’s radical leopard faction ignored registration and hunted outsiders, while Midora condemned its cowardice and hinted at shameful dealings.
• Angel and Tuya asked how to conceal otherworldly auras, and Midora pointed out that Angel’s Boundless Silence array could help mask one.
• Angel and Midora refined the design of Nausicaa’s mechanical arm, though Angel rejected advanced materials and magic patterns he could not use before the Purification Garden opened.
• Angel left for the main district, while Midora headed toward Sky Mechanical City’s Research Institute.

Angel learned from Dodolo that a possible future showed him and Qili swimming toward a deep-sea pit, then set the vision aside after Sanders explained it was only one of many possible futures. He bought materials and witch’s brew, then forged a pair of mechanical arms for Nausicaa.

• Angel questioned Dodolo through yes-or-no cues and learned that a future image showed him beneath the sea beside Qili, with both heading toward a deep-sea pit.
• Angel showed his sketch to Sanders, who advised him to treat the vision as one possible variable rather than a fixed future.
• Angel bought supplies for Nausicaa’s mechanical arm and purchased one hundred bowls of Selyan Witch’s Brew for training his Gravity Veins.
• Angel spent three days forging and assembling a pair of mechanical arms controlled by electromyographic signals, with magic-power conduits built into their fingers.

Angel brought the completed mechanical arm to Midora for inspection, then fitted it to Nausicaa and explained how to use it. Midora’s unusual expertise and the discomfort Angel felt in the Potion Hut left the encounter mysterious as testing began.

• Angel learned that Midora wanted to inspect the finished arm before Nausicaa tested it, and he agreed to visit the Potion Hut.
• Midora discussed mechanical alchemy and mecha with Angel, whose conversation left him wondering why Midora’s expertise seemed so different.
• Sabo brought Nausicaa to the Potion Hut and left quickly, showing discomfort and reverence toward Midora.
• Angel fitted the mechanical arm to Nausicaa and explained its controls, magic patterns, energy sources, and bullet blueprints.
• Angel focused on the Spiral Magic Pattern at the center of the arm’s palm as testing was about to begin.

Angel gave Nausicaa a mechanical arm powered by the Spiral Magic Pattern, and she tested its abilities before leaving to adapt to it. Midora gave Angel an access card to the Research Institute, while he and Muse discussed Bogula’s journey into the Demon Abyss; Angel returned to Sanders’ estate to train before Purification Garden opened.

• Angel and Midora tested Nausicaa’s new mechanical arm, and she quickly learned to use most of its functions.
• Nausicaa thanked Angel and promised to return safely from Purification Garden, then left for Youthful Grace Hall.
• Midora gave Angel an access card to the Research Institute and explained how Angel could eventually earn permanent entry qualifications.
• After Angel left, Midora and Muse revealed their disguises, discussed Angel’s potential, and made a bet on whether Bogula would emerge from the Demon Abyss.
• Angel returned to Sanders’ estate and began training Flame Formation Illusory Slaughter and Gravity Veins before Purification Garden opened.

As the Purification Garden opened, Nausicaa, Shan, and Xiliu traveled to the gathering site in the Reverse Side of Mechanical City. They waited among thousands of apprentices as the dangerous trials approached, and Xiliu suddenly collapsed after being overwhelmed by the sounds around her.

• Nausicaa, Shan, and the sleeping Xiliu left Kihara Bar with Ganke and headed for the Purification Garden.
• Nausicaa observed the enormous crowd of apprentices and warned that the Garden would kill most of them.
• Nausicaa sent a man named Prince Iberia flying after he threatened her group for entering his space.
• Xiliu woke, struggled with the sounds of the crowd's flowing blood, and recovered after blocking them out.
• Shan named several elite apprentices gathered apart from the crowd, and she wondered where Angel was.
• Xiliu screamed, covered her ears, and collapsed onto Ganke's shoulder.

A sea surged into the highlands, bringing Jiebo of Deep Sea Song atop a giant blue whale, and Xiliu reacted to him with a sudden, violent attack before falling asleep. Nausicaa learned that Jiebo might seek revenge in the Purification Garden, while the arrival of Man Yin and other elite apprentices brought a new group into the valley.

• Xiliu said the sound of Jiebo's blood flowing was overwhelming as his whale entered the valley, and Nausicaa recognized him as a member of Deep Sea Song.
• Xiliu became furious and attacked Jiebo, but a Sky Mechanical City wizard deflected her strike before it reached him.
• Jiebo froze in fear of Xiliu's attack, then watched her fall asleep and withdrew to the side of the valley.
• Nausicaa told Shan that Jiebo was named Jiebo, had a rare constitution, and was mentored by Lord Sea God, warning that he might settle accounts in the Purification Garden.
• Man Yin arrived with other elite apprentices, and Nausicaa sensed wizard-level power in Man Yin's white wings.

As elite apprentices and powerful factions gathered in the valley before the Purification Garden opened, Sky Mechanical City’s enforcers trapped the crowd and sparked fears of a blood sacrifice. Loki, Tana, Hermes, and Alan arrived among the elite, and a hooded figure recognized Alan.

• Man Yin arrived, threatened Jiebo, and took a place among the elite apprentices gathering in the valley.
• Sky Mechanical City’s enforcers barred everyone from leaving and mutilated would-be escapees, prompting rumors that the crowd would be used in a blood sacrifice.
• The ordinary apprentices saw that the elite had known more than they had, but some, including Nausicaa, remained calm and waited for the Purification Garden to open.
• The Extreme Sect arrived, and Saladin spotted Ganke before an associate ordered him to kill the barbarian if they met inside the garden.
• Loki, Tana, Hermes, and Alan entered the valley and joined the elite apprentices, whereupon a hooded black-robed figure recognized Alan.

As the deadline arrived, Angel and Qili appeared at the valley, where Qili threatened Jiebo before Lord Rosen announced the Purification Garden’s opening. The apprentices rushed inside, and Qili promised to find Angel there and protect him despite his refusal.

• Angel watched from hiding as Qili arrived on her broom and confronted Jiebo, declaring that one of them would die.
• Rosen appeared, suppressed Qili and Jiebo’s impending fight, and announced that the Purification Garden was open without explaining its hidden mechanism.
• A giant gate appeared in the cliff, and the ten Mechanical City apprentices entered first as the crowd surged after them.
• Qili threatened to kill Jiebo and his mentor Florence inside the Purification Garden, while Man Yin also taunted Jiebo before entering.
• Nausicaa sensed malice from a veiled woman, but the woman vanished into the crowd, and Nausicaa, Shan, and Xiliu entered the gate.
• Qili found Angel, told him she would protect him and seek him out inside the Purification Garden, then left with Luna.

Angel entered the Purification Garden and survived an attack by a school of powerful flying fish by trapping them in an illusion. He found the vast garden filled with dangerous flying fish and wondered whether they were meant to kill most of the apprentices.

• Angel entered the Purification Garden, where a school of flying fish attacked him with powerful ice arrows.
• Angel used a misty illusion to provoke the flying fish into fighting one another, then collected their scales and fins as possible alchemy materials.
• Angel saw that the grassland stretched toward distant mountains and that no other apprentices were in sight.
• Angel concealed himself from a second school of flying fish, including a golden one, and headed toward the mountains.
• Angel watched a school of tiny yellow fish kill and devour a far stronger dolphin-like fish, then wondered if Sky Mechanical City intended the flying fish to kill ninety percent of the apprentices.

Angel searched the edge of the volcanic wasteland and found Dan Yeluo abandoning a badly wounded companion. After Angel secretly healed the man, the companion revealed that Dan Yeluo, Yixiu, and Frod had attacked an apprentice from Sky Mechanical City, and Angel followed Dan Yeluo in hopes of finding a way out.

• Angel crossed the wasteland and discovered a vast region of volcanoes, Scorched Earth, and magma that he could not safely enter.
• Angel investigated a fight in the volcanic smoke and found one apprentice dead and a bearded elite apprentice near death.
• Dan Yeluo refused to save his companion, arguing that he had repaid the man's earlier favor by not killing him.
• Angel secretly cast a Healing Spell on the bearded apprentice, who then named Dan Yeluo, Yixiu, and Frod as attackers of an apprentice from Sky Mechanical City.
• Angel followed Dan Yeluo, hoping the man would lead him toward a way out of Purification Garden.

Angel overheard Yixiu, Frod, and Dan Yeluo discuss the Ink-Tentacle King and their plan to investigate it, while he weighed whether the lava region held the Purification Garden’s exit. Angel headed toward the lava region, and Yixiu discovered that a human had been near the stone house.

• Frod told Yixiu that a Mechanical City apprentice’s dream had revealed an Ink-Tentacle King near wizard level in the lava region.
• Dan Yeluo returned alone and claimed that a Lava Fire Eel had killed Viking and the bear man, prompting the others to decide to investigate the Ink-Tentacle King.
• Angel reasoned that the exit might lie beyond the Ink-Tentacle King or in the sky, then left to investigate the lava region under Boundless Silence.
• Yixiu found that one of his scout insects had been crushed and used a Scent-Eating Ant to detect human pheromones nearby.

Angel followed a mysterious woman into the lava region and discovered that Sini Cui Ze and Kafolian were plotting to lure other apprentices toward the Ink-Tentacle King. The chapter left Angel questioning whether the lava lake was a trap and where the Purification Garden’s exit could be.

• Angel used Selyan Witch's Brew, Boundless Silence, and the Soul-Severing Murmur to enter the lava region in soul form and follow the dancing woman.
• Angel tracked the woman to a vast lava lake and spotted a pitch-black abyss at its center.
• A seemingly male apprentice named Kafolian arrived, transformed into a woman, and reunited with Sini Cui Ze.
• Sini Cui Ze and Kafolian discussed obtaining the Ink-Tentacle King's eggs and using Kafolian's disguise as Dela to lure other apprentices to the lake.
• Angel suspected the lava lake was a trap and wondered whether the exit might be in the sky.

Angel fled upward through a sky filled with ordinary and extraordinary fish, then discovered a transparent membrane that showed him a vision of a Timekeeping Hourglass with about three hours of sand remaining. With predators closing in and the membrane blocking his way, he used Mist Illusion to escape downward, ending the chapter wounded but alive.

• Angel tested the flying fish with Moonfruits and learned that some ordinary-looking schools exploded with extraordinary force.
• Angel’s Boundless Silence failed near giant sharks, and his blood drew a vast horde of predators that pursued him upward.
• Angel found a transparent membrane above him and received a vision of a Timekeeping Hourglass whose upper bulb would empty in about three hours.
• Angel failed to break through the membrane and fled along its edge while powerful fish attacks pursued him.
• Angel encountered a giant jellyfish surrounded by Bone-Eroding Phosphorfire, then returned to his body and cast Mist Illusion to confuse the predators.
• Angel projected his soul and escaped downward, took several wounds from smaller fish, and carried his body down after giving it a potion.

Kafolian, disguised as Dela, led a group of apprentices into the lava region, where they found the Ink-Tentacle King and learned that the exit might lie beneath the abyss. As the group considered how to deal with the monster, Qili searched the area for someone, and Kafolian asked Sini Cui Ze what was happening.

• Zhu Guli insulted Tana, and Hermes threatened her before Loki ordered the White Sand Rhinoceros to charge; Dela froze Zhu Guli’s Black Mandrakes and led the group toward the lava region.
• Dela flew deeper into the lava region, and about forty or fifty apprentices followed him while the rest stayed behind.
• Alan grilled fish for Loki and the others as they traveled, and the group began to suspect Dela had not actually promised to lead them to the exit.
• The group reached a lava lake and saw the enormous Ink-Tentacle King rising from the abyss; someone called the newcomers reinforcements, and the apprentices accused Dela of trapping them.
• Sini Cui Ze told the group that the exit lay beneath the abyss and explained that the Ink-Tentacle King was one of the blood sacrifice’s obstacles; Hermes led the others to investigate.
• Kafolian asked Sini Cui Ze about Frod and the others, and Sini Cui Ze said Qili was searching for someone with her black cat.

Rosen and Muse watched the Purification Garden’s apprentices and discussed the Ink-Tentacle King’s eggs and the Shepherd God’s Outer Garment. The observers then saw Angel reach the boundary membrane surrounded by a vast school of magic fish, and Rosen noticed that Angel carried the power of laws.

• Rosen showed Muse Sini Cui Ze and Kafolian, who were targeting the Ink-Tentacle King’s eggs, and explained Kafolian’s connection to the Shepherd God’s Outer Garment.
• Muse wanted a share of any dish made from the eggs, but Rosen said the apprentices would have to obtain them through their own strength.
• Black Spade asked Rosen about her apprentice Jolin, and Rosen secretly reassured her that he had information about Jolin’s situation.
• Rosen detected someone touching the boundary membrane, and the wizards gathered to watch the light screen as it revealed Angel surrounded by tens of thousands of magic fish, including the Phosphorfire Jellyfish.
• Rosen observed that Angel carried the power of laws.

Angel escaped his pursuers while the apprentices at the lava lake suffered a devastating ambush from the Ink-Tentacle King. Sini Cui Ze revealed that she and Kafolian had deceived the survivors to retrieve the beast’s eggs, but a roar from the abyss interrupted the confrontation.

• Angel used Mist Illusion and his Gravity Veins to slip through the encirclement and escape.
• The Ink-Tentacle King trapped most of the apprentices near the lava lake with its tentacles and sweet-smelling mist, killing more than half of them.
• Dan Yeluo rescued Frod, and the two suspected that the Purification Garden’s exit might lie in the sky rather than beneath the abyss.
• The survivors confronted Dela, and Sini Cui Ze told Kafolian to reveal her identity after Staff Elder returned from the abyss.
• Sini Cui Ze accepted a bag of Ink-Tentacle King eggs from Staff Elder, then faced questions from Yixiu and Hermes about the exit and the stolen ingredient.
• A furious roar erupted from the abyss as Sini Cui Ze explained what the bag contained.