Chapter Summaries

Sanders told Angel that he had found some of the materials for Jon’s injuries, along with an issue of Firefly Capital Night Talk. At Fragrant Wave Coast, former pirate Nausicaa revealed herself as a wizard apprentice after killing a Blood-Feeding Sea Lion, and asked Reynolds for directions to a nearby Wizard Market.

• Sanders said he was still searching for a Luck-enhancing item and had found some of the materials needed to heal Jon.
• A pirate ship arrived at Fragrant Wave Coast, prompting the fishermen to flee and Reynolds to approach it.
• Nausicaa came ashore alone, identified herself as a pirate, and watched the ship lower its pirate flag and raise a merchant flag.
• A Blood-Feeding Sea Lion attacked the departing ship, and Nausicaa destroyed it with a blast from her mechanical palm.
• Nausicaa introduced herself to Reynolds as a former pirate and current wizard apprentice, then asked where she could find a Wizard Market.

Reynolds guided Nausicaa into the Fas Rift Wizard Market, where the two learned that the latest Firefly Capital Night Talk covered the Frost Moon Alliance’s Abyss War rather than the New Star Tournament. Nausicaa saw Angel Pat on the magazine cover and decided to buy a copy to learn what he had done.

• Reynolds led Nausicaa through an extradimensional entrance marked by two palm trees and into Fas Rift.
• Reynolds asked Nausicaa to travel with him to the New Star Tournament, and she considered the proposal practical since they were both heading to Sky Mechanical City.
• At a crowded bookstore, a girl named Luana corrected Reynolds and said the current Firefly Capital Night Talk was a special supplement about the Frost Moon Alliance’s Abyss War.
• Nausicaa glimpsed Angel Pat’s portrait on the magazine cover and asked Luana about him.
• Luana praised Angel and explained that the supplement covered his far-reaching actions in the Abyss, so Nausicaa decided to buy it.

In Sky Mechanical City, Serum used Black Codex to earn money by performing and begging, then learned Angel had appeared on a magazine cover. In Paladova, Qili received the same magazine from her mentor and recognized Angel on its cover.

• Black Codex performed with a saxophone in Sky Mechanical City, collected magic crystals from passersby, and evaded interference from the enforcement squad.
• Black Codex met Serum in an alley and gave him the collected crystals, which Serum used to ask for another copy of Firefly Capital Night Talk.
• Serum explained that Angel was his best friend and said he wanted to ask Angel about his extraordinary past, though he expected to see him only after the New Star Tournament.
• Qili received a letter and Firefly Capital Night Talk from her mentor, Kant, in Paladova's Desolate City.
• Qili recognized Angel on the magazine cover and opened the magazine to read about him.

Qili left to pursue her own path, while Sini Cui Ze and Kafolian discussed Angel’s growing fame and the New Star Tournament. In Firstheart City, Sanders told Angel that the Frost Moon Alliance had begun searching for him, but that Lord Monchi had returned to the Abyss.

• Qili departed on her broom, saying she would kill someone if they crossed paths again and would no longer compete with Angel at the New Star Tournament.
• Sini Cui Ze stopped a hungry Heroic Spirit from taking Kafolian’s roast meat, then told Kafolian about Angel’s exploits in the Abyss.
• Kafolian read the magazine’s account of Angel, and Sini Cui Ze admitted that his strength might now surpass hers.
• Sini Cui Ze and Kafolian drank whiskey beside Wine Creek before Alan found them near the spice flowers.
• Angel’s name spread throughout the Wizarding World after Firefly Capital Night Talk published the story of his Abyss adventures.
• Sanders told Angel that the Frost Moon Alliance had begun looking for him at Punk Theme Park, but Lord Monchi had returned to the Abyss.

Angel resolved the dispute over his personal servant by having Butler Turin accept an illusory mechanical puppet in Lucia’s place, then left Pat Manor to visit Jin and find a secluded place to construct a spell slot. He learned that Jin had remained in seclusion for nearly a month under Ocean Rhythm’s influence.

• Angel persuaded Butler Turin to let an illusory mechanical puppet serve as his personal servant, while Lucia became an ordinary maid and began studying management.
• Angel learned from White Bear that Lord Red Hair could not teach Leon for a few days, and chose not to wake Leon to discuss his departure.
• Angel left Pat Manor with Bobota aboard the Gondola, and the Demon Falcon followed them onto the vessel.
• Angel traveled to the farm outside Conia to ask Jin to keep his whereabouts secret, but Silverstar told him Jin had been in seclusion since Angel’s previous visit.
• Angel left without seeing Jin after learning he had not emerged from seclusion for nearly a month.

Silverstar refused to wake Jin from seclusion and concealed Angel’s recent whereabouts from White and Jiebo. Meanwhile, Angel traveled across the open sea with Bobota, who discovered a venom-spitting Soft-State Worm, as Angel headed to test a cantrip.

• Silverstar sensed a disturbance in her submerged body and found a glowing bubble carrying a message from White, who demanded that Jin be summoned.
• Silverstar refused to disturb Jin’s seclusion, explaining that he might be close to breaking through to become a formal wizard.
• Jiebo told White to question Silverstar about Angel, and Silverstar claimed she had not seen him despite Jin’s instruction to conceal the truth.
• Jiebo concluded that Silverstar had likely seen Angel recently and decided to send a water avatar to meet him during the New Star Tournament.
• Angel traveled across the open sea with Bobota, whose insect nest produced a venom-spitting Venom Soft-State Worm that could harm arthropods.
• Angel said he was seeking a secluded place to test a cantrip, while Bobota asked when he might see Sparrow Sparrow.

Angel completed the Door Model and prepared to fix it into his first spell slot on a secluded island in Whisker Whale Sea, hoping it would grant spatial displacement. As he worked, Jiebo, Silverstar, and Jin sensed an unexplained disturbance, while Jiebo left to investigate.

• Angel told Bobota that a visit to Black Castle should not take too long, though he still waited for Sanders to return before going.
• Angel reached a secluded island in Whisker Whale Sea and began constructing the remaining patterns of the Door Model.
• Angel considered whether the model would enable spatial displacement and worried that its mysterious energy and his illusionary magic might alter its effect.
• Bobota noticed a strange feeling but saw no obvious change and returned to observing the mother Soft-State Worm.
• Jiebo's water avatar sensed growing unease near the Old Earth Continent and left the lake to investigate the sea.
• Silverstar and Jin also sensed something unusual, but Silverstar dismissed it and Jin resumed his meditation.

Angel completed and solidified the Door Model in a spell slot, gaining short-range spatial displacement while remaining uncertain about the model’s special energy. As the mental model adapted to the new spell, his long-dormant magic source suddenly stirred.

• Bobota noticed a vortex of Black Clouds gathering above the island and suspected Angel had triggered an omen by creating a spell.
• Angel carefully drew the completed Door Model into a spell slot, using his remaining magic power to keep it from collapsing.
• Angel learned that the Door Model enabled short-range teleportation, though he could not determine what its special energy did.
• Angel’s mental model and the Door Model adapted into a seamless whole after several minutes.
• Angel’s magic source suddenly stirred abnormally.

Angel’s newly created spell slot triggered an omen over Whisker Whale Sea, drawing down the world consciousness and attracting the attention of powerful wizards. As the phenomenon reached Sanders and Siting, Angel remained at its center, facing an unknown vision.

• Angel sensed that his magic source was swelling, but suppressed the urge to attempt a breakthrough until he was better prepared.
• Angel saw a vortex in the Black Cloud and felt strange fluctuations resonate with his soul as the omen intensified.
• Jiebo’s water avatar was blocked from approaching the Black Cloud, then recognized the fluctuations as a spell-creation phenomenon and sensed the descent of the world consciousness.
• Florence contacted Jiebo and asked him to identify the wizard creating the spell, noting that the world consciousness seemed different from before.
• Powerful wizards across the Southern Region sensed the phenomenon, and Sanders and Siting felt its fluctuations while talking in Siting’s wizard tower.

Sanders traced a spell-creation phenomenon near Whisker Whale Sea and learned that Angel had gone there, leading him to suspect Angel was creating a spell for his first spell slot. A black-robed man also sensed the primary will observing the phenomenon and a familiar fluctuation from an evil personality tied to the Dark Canticle.

• Siting and Sanders sensed a spell-creation phenomenon near Whisker Whale Sea, close to the forbidden magic zone.
• Sanders went to Savage Cave’s outpost and entered the Dream Wilderness, where Frod told him Angel had already left.
• Leon told Sanders that Angel had gone to Whisker Whale Sea to find Jin and had said he would return in a few days.
• Sanders connected Angel’s trip and his secretive spell-slot preparations to the phenomenon, then decided to finish his work before investigating.
• A black-robed man sensed the primary will observing the spell creation and recognized a fluctuation from the evil personality created by the Dark Canticle.

Angel received a gift of truth after the Door Model triggered a spell-creation phenomenon, glimpsing the Path of True Knowledge before the visions faded. He left Nameless Island with Bobota, while Cassini refrained from approaching him and Jiebo arrived too late to find him.

• Angel immersed himself in the scenes sparked by Black Cloud's transformation and gained inspiration before glimpsing the Path of True Knowledge.
• Cassini watched Angel from atop a golden clock but avoided trading with him while the Prime Will observed him.
• Angel awoke, confirmed Bobota's guess that he had created a spell, and saw the phenomenon fading.
• Angel took Bobota in the Gondola and flew toward the Old Earth Continent.
• Jiebo's water avatar reached Nameless Island after Angel had left, found only an extinguished bonfire, and dispersed from energy imbalance.

Angel and Tower left the windless zone, but Angel’s spatial spell nearly exhausted his magic source. They spotted a Whale-Hunting Sea Demon attacking a cargo ship, and Angel decided to test a trick by intervening.

• A sailor spotted a glowing door and a starlit boat in the sky, but the old navigator accused him of dreaming until a White-whiskered Whale surfaced dead with a hole in its head.
• The old navigator recognized the attacker as a Whale-Hunting Sea Demon and ordered the crew to turn the ship around, but the sea demon appeared beside the cargo ship.
• Angel transported himself and Tower outside the windless zone, then realized the spell had nearly drained his magic source.
• Tower explained that male sea demons hunted humans, and Angel decided the ship’s crew might still be saved and that he would test a trick.

A sailor aboard a doomed cargo ship risked his life to attack the Whale-Hunting Sea Demon, hoping to survive for his wife and daughter. When he lost his blade and faced certain death, a mysterious moon ship sent it back to him, allowing him to kill the sea demon.

• The sailor watched the waves and dodged the sea demon’s tridents, searching for a chance to fight at close range.
• He leapt onto the Whale-Hunting Sea Demon and slashed its chest, but the creature struck his wrist with a jet of water and knocked his blade into the sea.
• As the sailor lost hope, he spotted the moon ship and caught his blade after a long, mistlike white tentacle dropped it from the sky.
• The sailor plunged the blade into the Whale-Hunting Sea Demon’s chest and shattered its heart.

After a sailor defeated a whale-hunting sea demon and saved a cargo ship, Angel and Tara continued toward the Old Earth Continent aboard the Gondola. Angel revealed that his new white tentacles were Phantom Limbs, a technique he had developed through a commendation from the world consciousness, and considered their potential boost to his combat strength.

• The cargo ship's crew celebrated the sailor who killed the whale-hunting sea demon, while the old navigator recalled the starlit Moon Ship and the white tentacle that had returned the sailor's curved blade.
• Angel and Tara flew away from the cargo ship aboard the Gondola, and Tara praised the sailor for overcoming the crisis through his own strength.
• Angel manifested two white tentacles and used them to prepare tea, prompting Tara to examine their illusory yet physical qualities.
• Tara recognized the tentacles as Phantom Limbs connected to the Soft-State Worm, and Angel confirmed his identification.
• Angel reflected on how the world consciousness's commendation had inspired his research, allowing him to understand and manifest two Phantom Limbs that could amplify his body's strength.

After returning to the manor, Angel learned Sanders had asked about him, but found no sign of his mentor in the Dream Wilderness. He spent the following days testing the Door Model, assessing its spatial displacement and magical power costs while observing the spread of its special energy.

• Bobota returned to his room still wondering whether Angel's spell was the door or the Phantom Limb, but he did not ask Angel about it.
• Leon told Angel that Sanders had asked whether he had gone to the Whisker Whale Sea, prompting Angel to consider whether news of the spell-creation phenomenon had spread.
• Angel visited the Dream Wilderness and learned from Frod that Sanders was absent, though the Demon Falcon remained at Skyvault Tower; Angel chose not to disturb it.
• Angel studied the Door Model and found that his current reserves could displace him a little over sixty li, while its estimated maximum range was around a hundred li and its high consumption limited its usefulness.
• Angel recorded that the Door Model could be cast instantly, controlled after opening, and used to move others, though carrying people increased its already high magical power cost.
• Angel observed that the special energy in the Door Model appeared to spread as he used it and suspected its effects might become clearer if it eventually spread throughout the model.

White Bear learned that Angel had created a method and chose to stay on the Old Earth Continent beside his sister, Yurika, despite the danger. Angel suggested Leon enter the New Star Tournament to gain experience and began designing alchemical equipment for him.

• White Bear realized Angel had created the method in the Whisker Whale Sea, and Angel confirmed it while steering Leon toward studying Basic Cantrips: Revised.
• White Bear told Angel and Leon that Xius had left the Old Earth Continent to meet with Eliza and could not return to teach Leon for the foreseeable future.
• Angel warned White Bear that staying with Yurika meant facing danger connected to the Guman Treasure, but White Bear decided to remain with his sister as a form of experience.
• Angel told Leon he could consider entering the New Star Tournament preliminary round, and Leon said he needed time to think about it.
• Angel returned to his room and began designing a set of alchemical equipment for Leon, hoping to help him broaden his experience in the Wizarding World.

Angel presented Leon with the Firstheart Set, a transforming suit of Gothic-style armor that protected and supported its wearer. After Leon eagerly showed it off around the manor, Angel learned Sanders was returning and saw him emerge from a spatial crack.

• Angel gave Leon the Firstheart Set, inspired by the Gothic armor Leon had loved since childhood.
• Leon donned the armor and discovered that its three pieces unfolded automatically, fit comfortably, and included defensive features, enhanced focus, underwater breathing, and brief flight.
• Leon enthusiastically showed off the armor around the manor, while Nano criticized its colors.
• Angel learned from Frod that Sanders was expected to return to Pat Manor and left the Dream Wilderness to await him.
• Angel sensed a powerful spatial fluctuation and recognized Sanders as he stepped through a black crack in the sky.

Sanders told Angel that Lord Monchi had reaffirmed his offer of the Frost Blossom and Moon Chapter, and Angel agreed to claim the rewards after advancing. Sanders also confirmed that Angel had created the method fixed in his spell slot, then proposed a spar to assess his training.

• Sanders gave Angel a sample issue stating that Lord Monchi’s promise of the Frost Blossom and Moon Chapter remained valid, and explained what each reward offered.
• Angel eagerly agreed to visit Frost Moon’s headquarters, hoping to study its treasure vault through the Dream Wilderness and obtain a mysterious object.
• Angel said he would wait until after advancing, explaining that his energy, body, and soul appeared ready, though success was not certain.
• Sanders deduced that Angel had created the method in his spell slot, while Angel declined to reveal what it was.
• Sanders asked Angel to spar so he could assess Angel’s training progress.

Sanders pushed Angel through a brutal combat test, forcing him to reveal his strange white tentacle spell and probing its limits. When Sanders' real scythe-arm attack threatened Angel, the Door Model in Angel's spell slot activated and he vanished through a door.

• Sanders intensified his illusion-based attacks until Angel focused on fighting back and forced a path through the illusion realm.
• Angel summoned three white tentacles that pierced the reinforced Cloud Soil and split into branching blades aimed at Sanders.
• Sanders evaded the tentacles with an illusion, then attacked Angel at close range with a Phantom Mantis scythe arm.
• Angel realized the scythe-arm attack was real and, as it threatened his back, the Door Model formed a door that he stepped through.

Angel revealed a spatial-displacement technique and used white Phantom Limbs to trap Sanders, only for Sanders to expose that he had fought with a Nightmare Substitute. Sanders praised Angel’s created techniques and examined the Phantom-Limb Soft-State Worms that had inspired the second one.

• Angel used a hazy door and white tentacles to trap Sanders, but Sanders transformed into a Blackfire Nightmare and revealed that it was his Nightmare Substitute.
• Sanders praised Angel’s spatial-displacement door and guessed that Angel possessed a hidden spatial talent, though he chose not to question him about it.
• Sanders explained why the door’s created-technique phenomenon had been weak and encouraged Angel to pursue the path of created techniques.
• Angel asked Bobota to bring over the insect nest, where Sanders saw Phantom-Limb Soft-State Worms devour a Wolf Ant with white tentacles.
• Angel explained how the worms inspired his Phantom Limb Technique, and Sanders recognized it as a powerful bloodline-side trick.