Chapter Summaries

Sig Adolf met with the Black-Robed Man, approved Tu Ke as the leader of the Second Battlefield, and learned that the woman assigned to the First Battlefield would arrive on time. Meanwhile, Muse prepared to depart without the powerful magical items Franklin offered her.

• Sig Adolf demanded assurances that the Black-Robed Man's forces and the First Battlefield leader would be ready for the plan.
• The Black-Robed Man introduced Tu Ke as the Second Battlefield's leader, and Tu Ke demonstrated his near-immortality by piercing his heart and healing instantly.
• Sig Adolf accepted Tu Ke's appointment after hearing about his Transformation Magic and regenerative ability.
• Franklin urged Muse to leave for the First Battlefield and presented her with boxes of top-grade magical items.
• Muse rejected the items, said her body was all she needed, and led the remaining people out into the night.

The Exchange Conference was postponed after Deep Blue Fort said the venue needed to be rearranged, while Sig secretly prepared for a plan to begin after nightfall. Richard spent the delay checking Pandora’s progress in Eden Garden, where she suddenly warned him to be careful.

• Teddy told Richard that the Exchange Conference had been delayed because of a problem at the venue.
• Sig explained to Meifeilisi that the venue could not accommodate the unexpectedly large number of attendees and said the conference would begin that evening or the next day.
• Sig spoke with Tu Ke, who said his people and a mysterious lord were in position and would proceed with their plan after nightfall.
• Deep Blue Fort announced that the conference had been postponed until evening, and Richard joked that Teddy should help him dig before Teddy fled to sleep.
• Richard entered Eden Garden and checked Pandora’s learning progress, and Pandora warned him to be careful.

Richard reviewed his weapons, spells, and other defenses after Pandora warned him that danger might be near. That night, he entered Deep Blue Fort’s packed venue with Hai Di as the Exchange Conference officially began.

• Pandora warned Richard that he might face danger, though she could not explain what she had sensed.
• Richard reviewed his equipment, spells, and special attacks, then left Eden Garden after reminding Pandora to be careful.
• Deep Blue Fort received the conference guests and guided them into the venue without further mishaps.
• Richard and Hai Di found their assigned seats as attendees from wizard organizations filled the hall.
• The venue fell quiet, and the Exchange Conference officially began.

At the Exchange Conference, Sig · Adolf introduced the destruction of White Stone Tower and invited Meifeilisi to explain it. Meifeilisi warned that a Mad Wizard Organization had destroyed White Stone City with a magically created meteorite, leaving the gathered organizations to consider the threat.

• Sig · Adolf apologized for delaying the Exchange Conference and said it had been convened to discuss White Stone Tower’s destruction.
• Sig · Adolf invited a Wizard from White Stone Tower to explain the incident, and Meifeilisi stepped onto the stage.
• Meifeilisi said a Mad Wizard Organization had created a meteorite that destroyed much of White Stone City and killed over eighty percent of its Wizards.
• Meifeilisi described the organization’s sabotage, attacks on White Stone Tower’s strongholds, and the deadly energy carried by the meteorite.
• Meifeilisi warned that every East Coast Wizard organization could suffer the same fate, and the gathered Wizards fell silent and began to take the threat seriously.
• Meifeilisi resumed speaking to reveal the true purpose of the Exchange Conference.

At the Exchange Conference, Meifeilisi proposed an alliance of East Coast Wizard organizations to oppose the Mad Wizard organization and prevent the Black Spirit Empire’s restoration. Her proposal sparked a confrontation with Gelong of the Ancient God's Eye, while Sig Adolf did not intervene as they prepared to fight.

• Meifeilisi urged the Wizard organizations to unite against the Mad Wizard organization and proposed a lasting alliance.
• A Wizard questioned who would lead the alliance and how it would settle disputes.
• Gelong accused White Stone Tower of using the Mad Wizard threat to control other organizations and rebuild its power.
• Meifeilisi and Gelong traded accusations over past killings and raised their mana as the conference hall’s temperature shifted around them.
• Macbeth looked to Sig Adolf to stop the confrontation, but the Deep Blue Fort president remained still.

At the Exchange Conference, Sig revealed that he had betrayed White Stone Tower and staged the gathering as a trap to kill the assembled Wizards. After attacking Macbeth and provoking the crowd into attacking him, Sig’s body shattered, leaving a Black Crystal Ball that burst with a strange wave of energy.

• Sig explained that the East Coast wizard organizations were too divided to form an effective alliance and claimed he had switched sides to help the opposing power.
• Sig announced that he had supported the Exchange Conference to gather everyone in one place and kill them, then blasted Macbeth with purple energy.
• Sig declared the conference a trap and taunted the Wizards, prompting Vike and the assembled groups, including White Stone Tower, to attack him.
• The spells struck Sig, but his body shattered like a bubble and a Black Crystal Ball fell from the air.
• The Black Crystal Ball shattered and released a strange wave of energy across the venue, shocking the Wizards.

Meifeilisi recognized the Magic Breaking Pearl’s mana-disrupting effect and saw that it had left most Wizards badly weakened. Sig Adolf appeared and provoked the surviving powerful Wizards into pursuing him, drawing them away from the venue.

• Meifeilisi identified the mana fluctuations as similar to those that had devastated White Stone City, though this attack was weaker and could be endured by powerful Wizards.
• Meifeilisi assessed the aftermath: ordinary Wizards were severely injured, while only twenty or thirty powerful Wizards retained significant combat strength.
• Sig Adolf entered the venue, revealed that the Black Crystal Ball was a Magic Breaking Pearl, and announced that he intended to bury the survivors.
• Angie challenged Sig, arguing that the remaining powerful Wizards could still defeat him.
• Sig fled the venue and lured Angie and more than half of the powerful Wizards into chasing him.

Black-Robed Men attacked the Exchange Conference, forcing the Wizards left at the venue to fight and attempt a breakout while Richard and the Cat Slave Girl were caught in the chaos. The powerful Wizards pursuing Sig lost his trail, and Muse appeared before them, killing Angie instantly.

• Meifeilisi warned Macbeth that the venue was under attack as Black-Robed Men blasted its walls apart and surrounded the ruins.
• Macbeth and Meifeilisi fought back, gathered White Stone Tower members, and tried to break through the attackers’ encirclement.
• Wizards from the other organizations struggled to regroup as the Black-Robed Men disrupted their defenses, while Richard fought nearby and Tu Ke watched from the battlefield’s outskirts.
• More than twenty powerful Wizards pursuing Sig lost him and debated whether to return to the venue or continue searching.
• Muse appeared before the pursuing Wizards, declared that she would kill them, and killed Angie by tearing out her heart.

Muse killed several Wizards who challenged her, including Ba Luo, before Level 3 Wizard Martin pointed out that she was injured and argued that the remaining Wizards could still defeat her. The chapter left the confrontation poised to continue, with Martin and the other Wizards facing Muse.

• Muse killed a Male Wizard who questioned her identity and her alliance with Deep Blue Fort.
• Ba Luo transformed into a Rock Giant and challenged Muse to a direct fight, but she overpowered him and killed him after he tried to surprise her with a headbutt.
• The surviving Wizards noticed blood on Muse's head, though she dismissed the injury as trivial.
• Martin of Tree Mushroom Forest identified Muse as injured and told her that her vulnerability gave the Wizards a chance to kill her.

Martin had the Wizards buy him ten seconds to cast Spirit Energy Avatar, then used his new form to injure Muse with swift attacks. The chapter ended with Muse piercing Martin’s chest only to find that her hand passed through him.

• Martin asked the Wizards to hold Muse off for ten seconds while he cast his strongest spell, and they agreed.
• Muse fought off the Wizards, injuring several and killing two as Martin continued chanting.
• Martin completed Spirit Energy Avatar and transformed into a being of golden light.
• Martin used his speed to strike Muse twice, wounding her before dodging her counterattack.
• Muse appeared behind Martin and thrust her hand through his chest, but she found that she could not grab his heart or anything else.

Martin fought Muse with his energy body and powerful spell, but Muse shattered his Golden Greatsword and destroyed him. Trapped with Muse by Sig, the remaining Wizards attacked her together.

• Martin transformed into a sphere of light with many arms and gradually overwhelmed the injured Muse.
• Muse pulled out and swallowed her damaged eye, then mocked Martin and claimed she had allowed him to attack for amusement.
• Muse snapped her broken arm and crooked neck back into place, then shattered Martin’s Golden Greatsword and exploded his energy body with a punch.
• Muse challenged the remaining Wizards, and a Wizard who tried to flee was struck down by the black shadow of Sig.
• The Wizards realized they could not escape and attacked Muse together as she charged at them.

Richard decided to help the people trapped in the chaotic battle and set out with Hai Di to find her teacher and senior sister. After rescuing Gelo and locating Nancy, he saw her struck by a streak of black light just as she was about to defeat a Black-Robed Man.

• Richard used Dark Vision and Gaze of the Eye, then took Hai Di to search for her senior sister, Nellide.
• Richard killed a Black-Robed Man with an exploding White Jade Shard and rescued the injured Gelo.
• Richard learned that Nancy was nearby and led Hai Di and Gelo toward her.
• Nancy overwhelmed a Black-Robed Man with spells and swordsmanship, but a streak of black light struck her and sent her flying.

Richard rescued Nancy, Gelo, and Nellide from Black-Robed Men and gathered them with Hai Di, but their attempt to relocate was interrupted when a powerful pursuer caught up with Teddy. Richard raised his blood-red Short Staff as the Level 1 Wizard Peak Black-Robed Man attacked.

• A Low-Level Wizard Black-Robed Man joined the fight against Nancy, but Richard used Spell Salt to kill both attackers in a pair of explosions.
• Richard regrouped with Nancy, Hai Di, and Gelo and led them to Nellide, whom he saved by killing the three Black-Robed Men surrounding her.
• Nellide told Richard that Master Circe had gone to help people injured by the Magic Breaking Ball and had gone missing in the chaos.
• Richard started leading the group to a safer place, but Teddy ran to them while fleeing an exceptionally strong Black-Robed Man.
• The Level 1 Wizard Peak Black-Robed Man pursued Teddy and grabbed at him, and Richard raised his blood-red Short Staff to confront the attacker.

Richard killed a Black-Robed Man with his Blood-Red Short Staff and led Gelo and the others out of the Core Area. At an interception force, he revealed his Spell Gun and blasted the Black-Robed Men into retreat, clearing a path for the group to break through.

• Richard killed a Level 1 Wizard Peak Black-Robed Man with his Blood-Red Short Staff, shocking Teddy, Gelo, Nancy, Hai Di, and Nellide.
• Richard led the group away from the Core Area and used Gaze of the Eye to choose a route toward safety.
• Richard and the others encountered a large interception force surrounding wounded Wizards, and Richard chose to charge through while they were occupied.
• Richard drew his Spell Gun and unleashed a barrage of Spell Bullets, killing more than half of the Black-Robed Men before the rest fled.

Richard revealed the power of his Spell Gun, learned how Wizard Typhon and the other survivors had been trapped, and prepared to draw the enemies away so the group could escape. He charged into the night to begin his breakout plan.

• Richard reassured Gelo, Nancy, Hai Di, Nellide, and Teddy that the Spell Gun was not the time to discuss, then recognized the rescued Wizard Typhon.
• Typhon explained that the Magic Breaking Pearl had injured him and that an earlier breakout attempt had cost nearly half their group.
• Typhon warned Richard that the enemy grew stronger farther out, while Gelo, Nancy, Hai Di, and Nellide urged Richard to escape without them.
• Richard said he would draw the enemies’ attention for a few minutes to give the others a chance to break out.
• Richard activated Gaze of the Eye and charged into the night after the group said they were ready.

Tu Ke watched a young man disrupt the encirclement and wipe out the Third and Ninth Squads, causing the Wizards in the Core Area to break through. He accepted that the battle was lost and led several squads to eliminate the young man.

• Tu Ke spotted a young man attacking his subordinates in the southwestern corner and sent the Third Squad to stop him.
• The young man wiped out the Third Squad, so Tu Ke ordered the Ninth Squad to attack despite its role in the Core Area.
• The Ninth Squad was also wiped out, and the Wizards in the Core Area seized the opening to break through.
• Tu Ke told Fu Erlin to let the Wizards escape as the battlefield could no longer be controlled, and ordered several squads to inflict damage without overcommitting.
• Tu Ke personally led the Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Squads into battle to eliminate the young man.

Richard fought through the Black-Robed Men to give Gelo and the others time to escape, then tried to leave himself. Tu Ke and a stronger force cornered him, but Richard opened a gap in their encirclement and escaped, leaving Tu Ke determined to kill him.

• Richard used Spell Salt and the Spell Gun to hold off the Black-Robed Men while Gelo and the others escaped.
• Richard flew toward the edge of the battlefield, but powerful Black-Robed Men appeared and formed a new encirclement around him.
• Tu Ke arrived and ordered the Wizards to attack Richard after Richard detonated Spell Salt in front of him.
• Richard charged toward a weak point in the encirclement and used the One-Hit Kill Staff to blast a Black Robe Wizard apart.
• Richard fired another drum of Caseless Spell Bullets, opened a gap, and escaped as Tu Ke watched his subordinates fall.
• Tu Ke decided that Richard had to die because he could threaten the organization's plans.

Richard was pursued by Tu Ke and the Black Robe Wizards, who drove him into an encirclement. With his Fourth Form Shield failing, he used Blood of the Gods (Intermediate): Evil God's Power to break through the attackers and resume his escape.

• Tu Ke ordered his subordinates to chase Richard and warned them of the punishment they would face if they failed.
• Richard's pursuers were injured by buried magic pattern explosives, so Tu Ke split his forces to flank him while tracking his aura.
• Tu Ke caught up and held Richard in place with dark purple flames until the Black Robe Wizards surrounded him and unleashed a barrage.
• Richard's Fourth Form Shield weakened under the attacks, so he crushed the potion vial and inhaled Evil God's Power.
• Richard killed three Black Robe Wizards with his enhanced strength, then threw one body at the remaining pursuers and escaped through the gap.

Richard, badly injured and unable to shake the Black Robe Wizards pursuing him, fled into Taklamakan Lake, also known as the Sea of Death. After two pursuers entered the water and were killed, Tu Ke ordered the lake sealed off and requested reinforcements from Deep Blue Fort.

• Richard considered using Death Finger and Pneumonia Fungus spores against his pursuers but decided neither was suitable.
• Richard realized Taklamakan Lake might help him escape and changed direction toward it.
• Tu Ke ordered his squads to close in on Richard and attack him as they chased him toward the lake.
• Richard dodged bone spurs, leaped over a hill, and plunged into Taklamakan Lake.
• Two Wizards from Seventh Squad entered the lake, and their bloodied remains soon surfaced among the fish.
• Tu Ke dismissed Richard’s move as a desperate trick, ordered his people to seal off the lake, and told Fu Erlin to request reinforcements from Deep Blue Fort.

Richard burst an enormous bubble at the bottom of Taklamakan Lake, triggering a strange phenomenon that killed Tu Ke and his Black Robe Wizards. The lake churned with bubbles and the shore fell silent, while the cause of the deaths remained unexplained.

• Tu Ke gathered several dozen Black Robe Wizards around the lake and prepared to send them in to capture Richard.
• Richard noticed an enormous bubble at the lakebed that resembled the legendary God of Death’s eye, then blasted it with the One-Hit Kill Staff until it burst.
• The lake began churning with countless bubbles, turning its surface white, while cold wind blew outward from its center.
• Tu Ke dismissed the idea that Richard had caused the disturbance, but his subordinates began collapsing with no visible sign of poison or attack.
• Tu Ke unleashed Transformation Magic but also fell unconscious, and the entire lakeshore became eerily silent.