Vol. 5The Construct Network and the King Selection Sword

Anvis stopped Speaker Fal from breaking the Ceiling Wall, sealed him away, and reclaimed the Construct Network. He returned to Pamir Academy and expanded his projects while pursuing the King Selection Sword as new Overlapping Zones drew attention.

  • Anvis awakened the Ring of Fidels, built his merchant network and the Circle of Truth, and expanded his influence while Landon and Lia reached Silver Moon City and joined Spark.
  • Anvis extracted Landon and Luo Qi’s Seeds of Power and implanted them into Chaos Aggregates.
  • Anvis helped the Resistance capture the Gray Iron Kingdom and maneuvered among the Prophets, the Glory Alliance, and the Construct Network as the Patikala Agreement weakened.
  • Anvis arranged for Madam Mandel to send Landon and Freya to retrieve a book from the Ancient Ruins in exchange for Freya’s younger brother’s freedom.
  • Anvis used the Black Pyramid and Heros’ Infinite Grimoire to advance his plans while the Speaker prepared a ritual to break the world’s barrier.
  • The Speaker summoned Maerim Sakartis, putting most Ninth Ranks to sleep, but the Old Days Secret Scripture shielded Anvis as he faced the Speaker.
  • Anvis destroyed Speaker Fal’s ritual, sealed him inside the Old Days Secret Scripture, and reclaimed the Construct Network, reaching Rank 8.
  • Anvis returned to Pamir Academy, expanded his projects, and began pursuing the King Selection Sword as Ninth Prince Lanno asked him about the Empire’s Overlapping Zones.
Chapters 404–503 Read from Ch. 404

Arc 17The Federation’s Gathering Storm

Anvis pursued the Ring of Fidels, built a merchant network and the Circle of Truth, and used the growing conflict to expand his influence in the Federation. Landon and Lia reached Silver Moon City, where Landon joined Spark, while Anvis secretly harvested the powers of Landon and Luo Qi.

  • Anvis recruited RainyNightOnlyWithSword to finish the Artificial Bloodline potion, awakened the Ring of Fidels, and sent Landon and Lia toward the Silver Moon Kingdom as enemies hunted them.
  • After faking the destruction of his shop, Anvis traveled to Silver Moon City, bought Skeleton Laborers, and built the Black Ring Merchant Guild into a supplier of military Constructs.
  • Anvis entered Emperor Fidels’s vault, gathered its treasures, and staged a Circle of Truth raid that seized Super Magic Crystal Ore and helped spread the Construct Network.
  • Anvis reunited with Landon, Lia, and Freya in Silver Moon City, hired Lia as his assistant, and began teaching her magic as Landon and Freya fled charges of assassination.
  • Anvis cultivated alliances with Federation nobles as taxes and conflict displaced commoners, while Fiona was teleported to the Federation and the Gloria Empire began searching for her.
  • Anvis dissolved Olbins’s Guest Elder Contract but refused Veronica’s request to clear Olbins’s debt, then ambushed intruders at his residence and disposed of them.
  • Landon and Freya joined Spark, and Anvis agreed to an alliance between Spark and Embers while proposing mutual protection for their caravans.
  • Anvis extracted Landon and Luo Qi’s Seeds of Power, discovered their abilities resembled the Thousand-Eyed Crow’s Death Gaze and World Tree Power, and implanted them into Chaos Aggregates.
Chapters 404–42825 summaries Read

Arc 18Rebellion and the Turning Point

Anvis guided Embers through the Resistance’s rise while maneuvering among rival Prophets, the Glory Alliance, and the Construct Network. As the Patikala Agreement neared collapse, he arranged a bargain with Madam Mandel that sent Landon and Freya toward the Ancient Ruins to win Freya’s brother’s freedom.

  • Anvis rallied the rebel leaders, and the Resistance Organizations captured the Gray Iron Kingdom before choosing Xavier Parkinson to represent them in Parliament.
  • Anvis recruited Players, prepared a hidden countermeasure to the expanding Construct Network, and reunited with Fiona, who entrusted him with the Civilization of Stars inheritance and its Key.
  • The Speaker urged the Ninth Ranks to use the Construct Network to challenge the Ceiling Wall, while Anvis learned the Prophets planned to use the Resistance to void the Patikala Agreement.
  • Madam Mandel offered to make Embers her subordinate, but Anvis declined and later proposed that Embers join the Glory Alliance after attacking Spark and Pride of the Sun.
  • Anvis warned Leo that the Rebel Army could be discarded when the Agreement fell, and Garol subsequently joined Spark after reporting that the Man in the Mirror planned to target Leo.
  • Anvis helped the Glory Alliance slow the Construct Network’s growth and gained standing among the Prophets as its expansion reached 36.34 percent of the Federation’s population.
  • Madam Mandel revealed that she held Freya’s younger brother, refused Landon’s offer to redeem him, and demanded that Landon serve her instead.
  • Anvis intervened and told Madam Mandel about Heros’ Infinite Grimoire, prompting her to send Landon and Freya to retrieve a book from the Ancient Ruins in the Mivila Basin in exchange for the youth’s freedom.
Chapters 429–45325 summaries Read

Arc 19The Construct Network War

Anvis used the Ruins and the growing conflict over the Construct Network to advance his plans, while the Speaker gathered power for a ritual to break the world's barrier. The Speaker summoned Maerim Sakartis, leaving most Ninth Ranks asleep as Anvis confronted him with the Old Days Secret Scripture.

  • Madam Mandel reconsidered sending Landon and Freya to the Ruins, while Anvis arranged for the Black Pyramid to rise and draw his targets inside.
  • Landon entered the pyramid with Leo's group, recovered the corpse and Heros' Infinite Grimoire, and Anvis took the book before sending Landon back to the surface.
  • Anvis sealed the Ruins, then persuaded Landon to activate an amulet by arguing that he needed power to protect Lia and Freya.
  • Kamanta killed Norton XVI as nobles rebelled across several kingdoms, and Anvis later arranged for Spark to defeat and absorb the treacherous Embers Organization.
  • At the Patikala Grand Theater, Anvis met the Speaker, who invited him to use a dark golden key to activate a Construct Network backdoor, but Anvis refused.
  • The Speaker began a ritual powered by the Construct Network, while Anvis and other Prophets interfered with its permissions and Ninth Ranks attacked the Speaker's defenses.
  • The Speaker trapped the Ninth Ranks, restored the Defense Magic Array through Star and Gray Mist, and summoned Maerim Sakartis with a sacrifice of dreams and living beings.
  • Maerim's power put most Ninth Ranks to sleep, but the Old Days Secret Scripture shielded Anvis, who removed his Mask and faced the Speaker.
Chapters 454–47825 summaries Read

Arc 20The Circle and the King Selection Sword

Anvis stopped Speaker Fal’s ritual, sealed him in the Old Days Secret Scripture, and reclaimed the Construct Network, bringing the Circle of Truth to the attention of the Ninth Ranks. Back at Pamir Academy, Anvis expanded his faction’s projects and began pursuing the King Selection Sword while new dangers and Overlapping Zones emerged.

  • Anvis challenged Speaker Fal’s plan to break the Ceiling Wall, then used the Construct Network’s power to shatter his defenses as the ritual neared completion.
  • A Wither-wielding attacker disrupted Speaker Fal, and Anvis destroyed the ritual circle before the Speaker revealed that Ma'eilimu had learned the world’s location.
  • Anvis and the Force Dragon Avatar sealed Speaker Fal inside the Old Days Secret Scripture, stopping the summoning, and Anvis reclaimed the Construct Network and reached Rank 8.
  • The Ninth Ranks awoke with Circle of Truth cards and reconsidered the organization, while Anvis received Fate Feedback and became an Eighth Rank Prophet.
  • Anvis returned to Moonrise Fortress and Pamir Academy, where he investigated Claire’s disappearance, learned that Yanile Bishop had survived the Saint Plan, and acquired Beiqi’s Dragon Slime project.
  • Anvis developed Slime Girls for the Mysteries Society and sent an Avatar to investigate coordinates for the King Selection Sword after Oben offered them for sale.
  • Harvey asked Anvis to arrange a meeting with an actress, and Anvis agreed before meeting Ninth Prince Lanno, who asked about the Empire’s Overlapping Zones.
Chapters 479–50325 summaries Read
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