Chapter Summaries

Richard read the Black Spirit King's account of the Supreme Order Divine Assembly and the mysterious old man's plans, then discovered the Iron Mask held the Black Spirit King's power. He took the mask as a trump card but rejected the King's request for revenge, choosing to focus on his own goal of discovering what the world truly was.

• Richard read that the Black Spirit King believed the Supreme Order Divine Assembly came from the Main Continent and that his teacher had planned the Black Spirit Empire's rise and fall.
• Richard suspected the mysterious old man's other students were connected to Jungle Hut and the Black Saint Mountain Kingdom.
• Richard decided the old man's schemes and the Supreme Order Divine Assembly were secondary to his goal of understanding the world.
• Richard sensed immense power inside the Black Iron Mask and realized it stored power passed down by the Black Spirit King.
• Richard placed the mask in his Space Iron Ring as a trump card and refused to pursue the Black Spirit King's revenge request.

Richard left the treasure hall to gather knowledge, but explosions from above began destroying the palace and he feared for Pandora. On the surface, Pandora waited for Richard while groups of fleeing people repeatedly diverted away from her, until a dangerous stranger appeared behind her.

• Richard thanked the Black Spirit King’s soul and began reading the scrolls before planning to leave with Pandora for the Main Continent.
• Explosions shook the palace, cracked its walls, and turned the scrolls to dust, so Richard rushed toward the surface fearing for Pandora.
• Pandora guarded the passage while fleeing groups and their pursuers repeatedly changed course before reaching her.
• A group finally neared Pandora, then turned away as screams sounded beyond a mound, leaving her frustrated and unable to warn Richard.
• A cold voice spoke behind Pandora, and a dangerous aura descended as she realized someone had approached her.

Pandora tried to reach the passageway to warn Richard, but Jia Suo Er repeatedly blocked her and demanded to know who she was. After Pandora broke through his Energy Shield and clashed fists with him, she was badly hurt, and her blood sizzled on the frozen ground.

• Jia Suo Er introduced himself to Pandora and questioned her, but she stayed silent and tried to reach the passageway.
• Jia Suo Er used his speed to stop Pandora’s repeated attempts to get past him.
• Pandora charged Jia Suo Er instead, and her increasingly powerful attacks cracked his Energy Shield.
• Pandora shattered the shield and punched Jia Suo Er, but his counterpunch sent her crashing into the ground.
• Pandora climbed out of a shallow crater with blood on her hand and mouth, and her blood sizzled when it hit the ground.

Pandora discovered that Jia Suo Er’s blood mist could not affect her because she was a top-tier Singular Species, but his Earth Magic forced her to seek another way to fight. Using Richard’s mathematics and the Silver Pendant’s speed boost, she reached the hand cannon and fired at Jia Suo Er.

• Jia Suo Er’s blood mist dissolved whenever it touched Pandora, and he realized she was a top-tier Singular Species whose bloodline could strengthen him.
• Jia Suo Er attacked Pandora with Stone Balls and Stone Cones, leaving her exhausted and angry.
• Pandora used Richard’s lessons about distances, speed, and time to work out that she could reach the hand cannon first if she activated the Silver Pendant.
• Pandora activated the Silver Pendant, outran Jia Suo Er’s interception, and grabbed the hand cannon.
• Pandora aimed at Jia Suo Er and fired the hand cannon at close range.

Pandora failed to defeat Jia Suo Er and feared she had failed Richard’s task, apologizing to Richard as Jia Suo Er prepared to attack her. Richard suddenly appeared beside Jia Suo Er and said Pandora’s apology was meant for him.

• Pandora’s shell shattered Jia Suo Er’s Spell Shield and broke his body, but he revived himself with a dark crimson blood mist.
• Jia Suo Er attacked Pandora, destroyed her hand cannon, and threw her to the ground, though she tore away the scab covering half his face.
• Pandora realized she could neither defeat Jia Suo Er nor reach the passage to alert Richard, and she apologized to Richard for failing her task.
• Jia Suo Er mistook Pandora’s apology for a plea to him and threatened to torment her.
• Richard appeared beside Jia Suo Er and said Pandora had been apologizing to him, not Jia Suo Er.

Richard arrived and killed Jia Suo Er while helping the badly injured Pandora. Muse then appeared with several dragon scales and said she had discovered something interesting.

• Richard surprised Jia Suo Er, then struck him with the One-Hit Kill Staff and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Jia Suo Er transformed with golden blood mist and dragon scales, but Richard killed him with two shots from the Gloves of Extinction.
• Richard comforted Pandora, and she managed to stand despite her injuries.
• Silver dragon scales flew from Jia Suo Er's corpse, while a falling figure destroyed the underground treasure.
• The one-eyed Muse arrived, examined the scales and the others, and said she had discovered something interesting.

Richard confirmed that he had helped sabotage Muse’s organization’s plans at the Deep Blue Fort Exchange Conference and in Floren, prompting Muse to challenge him to a fated battle. As Muse unleashed her immense power, Richard dismissed the idea of a grand duel, aimed his Metal Glove at her, and sent her into a state of fear as light shot from it.

• Muse questioned Richard about Jia Suo Er’s death and concluded that he was an unexpected threat to her organization.
• Richard admitted his connection to the deaths at the Deep Blue Fort Exchange Conference and confirmed that he had killed some of the organization’s people in Floren.
• Muse laughed and challenged Richard, believing he had deliberately waited for a climactic battle with her.
• Muse unleashed her overwhelming aura, shaking the air and cracking the ground around her.
• Richard denied wanting a fated battle and aimed his Metal Glove at Muse.
• Muse felt fear, struggled between attacking Richard and fleeing, and saw light shoot from the Metal Glove.

Richard killed Muse with the Gloves of Extinction’s Divine Punishment, leaving her powerless before she died. Franklin and Muse’s other subordinates arrived afterward, and Franklin threatened Richard with the Supreme Order Divine Assembly’s power and the True God.

• The Gloves of Extinction shattered into ninety-nine fragments that struck Muse and unleashed Divine Punishment, killing her.
• Muse collapsed after telling Richard, “I... I was wrong.”
• Richard recognized the fragments’ attack as the Gloves of Extinction’s full-version Prophecy Spell and looked toward Muse’s approaching subordinates.
• Franklin arrived with the Supreme Order Divine Assembly members, saw Muse’s corpse, and asked Richard if he had killed her.
• Richard confirmed that he had killed Muse, and Franklin furiously warned him that opposing the Assembly meant opposing the True God.

Richard confronted Franklin and the Supreme Order Divine Assembly, condemning their arrogance and explaining why he had finally decided to oppose them. He put on the Black Spirit King's Black Iron Mask, unleashing a tremendous aura as he declared that he wanted them dead.

• Franklin noticed Richard's weakness after the Gloves of Extinction had nearly drained his free energy and considered attacking him.
• Franklin tried to intimidate Richard and offered him a chance to live, but Richard calmly refused to show fear.
• Richard described the Assembly's destruction of the Black Spirit Empire, White Stone City, and the East Coast Wizards, then denounced the Assembly as no better than the people it called ants.
• Richard said he had once avoided killing the Assembly because it was troublesome, but Pandora's injury had changed his mind.
• Richard took the Black Spirit King's Black Iron Mask from his Space Iron Ring, put it on, and declared that he wanted the Assembly to die.

Richard donned the Black Iron Mask, gained the Black Spirit King's power, and slaughtered the Supreme Order Divine Assembly Wizards who had attacked him. As Richard continued the massacre, Bayer opened a hidden stone coffin and awakened a Hybrid Amethyst Dragon.

• Richard put on the Black Iron Mask, recovered his strength, and used Death Finger to kill many Supreme Order Divine Assembly Wizards as Franklin fled.
• Richard told Pandora to rest, then pursued the fleeing Wizards with Lord of the Winds and continued killing them when they charged him.
• The remaining Supreme Order Divine Assembly Wizards broke and fled in all directions, while Richard kept attacking them.
• Bayer watched Richard's slaughter, then uncovered a stone coffin and poured mana into it to awaken his final weapon.
• A giant dragon emerged from the shattered coffin: a Hybrid Amethyst Dragon, distinct from Gregory.

Bayer used a hidden bloodline flaw to force the Hybrid Amethyst Dragon to attack Richard, but Richard overwhelmed it with the Gloves of Extinction and Death Finger. As the dragon lay dying, it recognized Pandora, who comforted it before it died, leaving her crying without knowing why.

• Bayer used a curse to inflict unbearable pain on the Hybrid Amethyst Dragon, then ordered it to kill Richard.
• The Hybrid Amethyst Dragon attacked Richard, who dodged its strike and fired repeated blasts from the Gloves of Extinction.
• Richard struck the badly wounded dragon with Death Finger, sending it crashing into the ground near death.
• Pandora ran to the dragon after sensing that it had something to tell her, though she did not understand why.
• The Hybrid Amethyst Dragon nudged Pandora’s hand, then died as she stroked its head, and Pandora found herself crying.

After Pandora absorbed the purple mist released by the dying Hybrid Amethyst Dragon, she transformed into a crystalline purple dragon and killed Bayer and his men with her roar. She collapsed back into human form and fell asleep, and Richard put her in Eden Garden before turning on the remaining members of the Supreme Order Divine Assembly.

• Pandora told Richard she sensed the Hybrid Amethyst Dragon’s happiness, gratitude, and sadness before its body turned to black powder and released a cloud of purple mist.
• Pandora touched the mist, absorbed it, and fell to her knees in pain as Bayer and his men launched a spell attack on Richard.
• Richard blocked the spells with the Fourth Form Shield, drawing on the Black Spirit King's inherited power.
• Pandora transformed into a crystalline purple dragon and killed Bayer and his group with her Dragon Roar.
• Pandora collapsed and returned to human form, so Richard caught her, covered her with a robe, and sent her to Eden Garden after she fell asleep.
• Richard flew toward the remaining members of the Supreme Order Divine Assembly to kill them.

The Alliance of Revenge defeated the Deep Blue Fort Wizards after a masked wizard turned the battle in their favor. As the mysterious figure flew north, Eva, Teddy, Jenny, Gelo, and Nancy wondered who he was, while Teddy learned he would have to help clean up after Richard.

• The Alliance of Revenge Wizards overwhelmed the Deep Blue Fort Wizards, and a masked figure who had killed many enemies flew north after checking that the battle was nearly over.
• Eva questioned Teddy about the whereabouts of Richard, Bata, and Noel, and Teddy and Jenny claimed they had been separated from them during the fighting.
• Jenny told Teddy to go to Screaming Forest and check whether Richard had disposed of Bata and Noel's bodies, and Teddy reluctantly agreed.
• Gelo wondered if the masked wizard was the Black Spirit King, then asked Nancy who he might be, and Nancy slapped him on the head.

Nancy suspected that the mysterious figure in the sky had been Richard and urged Gelo to travel with her to the Main Continent to improve. Macbeth approved of their plan, gave Gelo a pendant to return to his former student’s family, and warned them to leave that day because something bad might happen.

• Nancy slapped Gelo to show him that familiarity could reveal someone’s identity even when their face was hidden, leading him to guess that the figure had been Richard.
• Nancy said Richard was difficult to understand and resolved to keep improving so she could eventually catch up to him.
• Nancy pressured Gelo to join her on a trip to the Main Continent, but he protested that he had never agreed to go.
• Macbeth approved of the trip and gave Gelo a stone pendant to return to the family of Macbeth’s former student.
• Macbeth warned Nancy and Gelo to leave that day before something bad happened, then walked away without explaining further.

After leaving the city, Circe avoided the power struggle brewing among the victorious wizard organizations. Meanwhile, Deep Blue Fort fugitives Gabu and Ellie planned their escape from the East Coast, but unexpected footsteps interrupted them.

• Circe told Hai Di and Nellide that disputes over dividing the East Coast would soon erupt, then led them out of the city.
• Conflicts broke out among wizard organizations after Circe left, and their rivalry distracted them from pursuing Deep Blue Fort's remnants.
• Gabu and Ellie met in a cave and discussed routes for escaping the Alliance of Revenge's pursuit.
• Gabu rejected Ellie's plan to go north and reach the Main Continent, warning that the route was dangerous and the continent was even more perilous.
• Gabu persuaded Ellie to head east, leave the East Coast by sea, and hide on an island, but footsteps sounded at the cave entrance.

A Black Robe Wizard from the Supreme Order Divine Assembly entered a cave, killed the two Deep Blue Fort wizards who tried to ambush him, and attempted to contact headquarters. The Crystal Ball connection failed and revealed a grinning Joker, leaving the wizard horrified.

• The Black Robe Wizard entered the cave where Female Wizard Ellie and Male Wizard Gabu were hiding and acted as though he were another fugitive.
• The Black Robe Wizard refused to share or sell his food, and Ellie and Gabu used their code to conceal their plan to attack him.
• Ellie and Gabu attacked the Black Robe Wizard, but Bone Spurs pierced them and drained their blood, killing them.
• After finishing his meal, the Black Robe Wizard used a Crystal Ball to report the situation on the East Coast to headquarters.
• The Crystal Ball cracked, its golden light turned blood-red, and a grinning Joker appeared inside it.

Jack, the Mister Joker, killed the Black Robe Wizard to prevent him from reporting the East Coast events. After Jack and the Librarian, Mister Manhattan, finished covering up the battlefield, they left the cave discussing the rings they had recovered and a new game called Five-in-a-Row.

• Jack revealed that he was a remnant of the Black Spirit Empire and intended to stop the Black Robe Wizard from reporting to his superiors.
• Jack restrained the Black Robe Wizard and killed him with a dagger made from the Crystal Ball.
• In the cave west of Deep Blue Fort, Jack crushed the Crystal Ball and took a Black Iron Ring from the Black Robe Wizard.
• The Librarian, Mister Manhattan, reported that the battlefield had been covered up and that he had recovered over a dozen Space Iron Rings.
• Jack said the boy who had taken the other rings might surprise him on the Main Continent, then proposed Five-in-a-Row to Mister Manhattan.
• Jack and Mister Manhattan left the cave, and the Black Robe Wizard’s body fell and shattered.

Richard arrived at Ya Lin Port hoping to travel to the Main Continent and unexpectedly reunited with Sherlock, who had arrived with his caravan. They planned to board a ship in three days and went into a tavern to warm up and eat.

• Richard reached Ya Lin Port after traveling between several ports and surveyed its busy harbor and winter streets.
• Richard spotted Sherlock directing his caravan as it unloaded goods and learned they had both arrived at the port.
• Sherlock told Richard that a ship bound for the Main Continent would pass through in three days, and Richard agreed to travel with him.
• Richard, Sherlock, and Lucia entered a tavern, where Sherlock asked the clerk for local seafood dishes that had already sold out.

Sherlock, Richard, and Lucia ate a lavish meal at a tavern after its boss returned with the rare seafood Sherlock had requested. Richard caught two pickpockets, punished them with magic, and left the tavern with his companions as the thieves followed them into the cold night.

• The waiter explained that the tavern rarely had the rare seafood Sherlock wanted, but the boss returned with Tiger Stripe Grouper, Black Ear Clams, Great Fire Rock Crabs, and Deep Sea Ice Shrimp.
• Sherlock, Richard, and their group ate the seafood feast, while Richard stopped before becoming full and attended to the unloading arrangements.
• Richard noticed Yellow Clothes and Blue Clothes stealing diners’ purses and watched as Yellow Clothes threatened him before the pair left the tavern.
• Yellow Clothes fell and Blue Clothes accidentally kicked him in the face, after Richard secretly used magic to punish the pickpockets.
• Richard, Sherlock, and Lucia left to find an inn, and Richard noticed the two thieves following them before silently casting another spell.

Yellow Clothes and Blue Clothes repeatedly fell while chasing a boy, then crawled home and were attacked by dogs. The beggar they had threatened absorbed a black mist, killed both men, took their clothes, and walked into the darkness with three days left.

• Yellow Clothes and Blue Clothes repeatedly failed to stand and crawled toward their residence, threatening passersby and a roadside beggar along the way.
• The beggar ran into an alley, where black mist swallowed him and poured into his body; he later rose and walked out.
• Several dogs attacked Yellow Clothes and Blue Clothes near their home, and the men regained the ability to stand after driving them off.
• The beggar confronted Yellow Clothes, blocked his punch with one finger, and killed him; he then caught and killed Blue Clothes as he tried to flee.
• The beggar stripped the corpses, dressed in Yellow Clothes' upper garment and Blue Clothes' trousers, burned the bodies and his discarded clothes, and walked away, saying three days remained.