Recaps

After reuniting with Irene, Saine struggled to answer when she asked when he would marry her, because he still considered Lina his choice for a lifelong partner. Irene left before dawn, and Saine returned to his experiments distracted and wanting to travel to the Western Islands to learn whether Lina was alive.

• After their first night together, Irene asked Saine when he planned to marry her, and he fell silent while thinking of Lina.
• Irene guessed Saine might already have another partner and asked whether it was his cousin Serena, but Saine did not answer.
• Irene said she did not need him to take responsibility, and Saine apologized, leaving both of them silent with their own thoughts.
• Before dawn, Irene quietly left the Holy Tower because Saine had not promised to marry her.
• Saine struggled to focus on his laboratory research and decided he wanted to visit the Western Islands to discover Lina's condition.

Saine studied Nesser Civilization creatures and their Constructed Magic Puppets in his laboratory while Yuli watched in fear. He expanded the laboratory and began investigating how Construct Masters controlled their puppets.

• Saine dissected a Nesser Civilization creature, and Yuli watched from a glass enclosure, terrified by the experiment.
• Saine considered ways to enslave Yuli but postponed his plans until he could consult his mentor’s library.
• Saine expanded his laboratory to more than triple its size and displayed his spoils from the Poison Fire Green Flame World battlefield.
• Saine examined a white Constructed Magic Puppet and pondered how Nesser Civilization Construct Masters controlled their constructs.

Saine spent another year advancing his Azure Fire research and upgrading the Sun's Eye Magic while his family and the returning magicians continued on with their lives. He reunited with Green at the Trading District, where they encountered unusual Plant Spirits that seemed to possess Animation Power.

• Saine restored his laboratory and focused his experiments on Azure Fire Magic, Azure Fire Body Tempering, and incorporating Azure Fire Power into alchemy.
• Saine developed Azure Fire Eye Magic, upgraded the Sun's Eye Mask, and began researching how to increase the spell's shots and total rounds.
• Earl Grant attempted another breakthrough to Level 1, while Solon formally took over as head of the Grant Family and Lady Diya became a well-known noblewoman.
• All the magicians sent by Azure Source Holy Tower to the Poison Fire Green Flame World returned, including Green, one of the last to arrive.
• Saine and Serena encountered Green buying two Plant Spirits at a Trading District stall, and Saine recognized that the creatures might possess Animation Power.

Saine recognized the Plant Spirits at a magician’s stall as weakly animated creatures related to the Activated Fairies and bought two with fire-element Energy Crystals. He first suggested eating them, but after seeing Serena’s reluctance, he explained how she could raise them and extract their bodily fluids instead.

• Saine recalled Luluenman’s records about the Activated Fairy World and recognized the animation factors in the Plant Spirits at the stall.
• Saine bought two Plant Spirits, then told Serena that eating Activated Creatures could promote cell regeneration and extend lifespan.
• Serena froze when Saine suggested making the Little Cabbages into a meal, and they began crying along with the other Plant Spirits nearby.
• Green said he planned to raise his two Little Cabbages in his laboratory and propagate them.
• Seeing Serena’s reluctance, Saine told her she could raise the creatures and extract some of their bodily fluids to absorb animation factors.

Saine and Green discussed Green’s newly contracted Soul Partner, a Flame Parrot from the Poison Fire Green Flame World. After the parrot cursed at Saine, Little Seven slapped it, and the chapter ended with Saine learning how the parrot had saved Green and become his partner.

• Green’s Flame Parrot cursed while perched on his shoulder, and Little Seven flew over and slapped it with a small tornado.
• The parrot tried to complain to Green, but backed down when Little Seven stared at it; Green apologized and explained that it was his newly contracted Soul Partner.
• Saine explained that Soul Partners could share a magician’s life and Mental Strength, and recalled that he and Little Seven had chosen not to form such a contract.
• Green told Saine that the Flame Parrot had saved him from a magma lake during the war in the Poison Fire Green Flame World, leading him to contract it as his Soul Partner.

Saine and Green searched the Azure Source Holy Tower’s Trading District but could not find all the materials they needed, then Saine returned home to Serena. Nearly half a year later, Saine learned that his father, Old Grant, had become a Level 1 Knight, and he prepared to visit the Grant Family at the Old Ancestors’ request.

• Saine and Green browsed the Trading District with Serena, but Saine and Green found that it lacked some experimental materials they needed.
• Saine and Serena returned home, where Saine processed materials and Serena prepared a lavish dinner featuring soup made with Plant Spirits.
• Nearly half a year later, Saine received a Magic Letter announcing that Old Grant had advanced to Level 1 and drawn congratulations from noble families and emissaries.
• Old Grant relayed Ulysses and Jeremy’s wish for Saine to visit and meet Level 1 and Level-2 Knights.
• Saine disliked the social obligation but decided to return to the Grant Family because his father had advanced.

Saine returned to Grant Territory and found his family hosting a banquet for more than two hundred Level-1-or-above knights, including a Level-3 guest from the Ok Empire. The gathering introduced Saine to the knights drawn to the Grant Family’s growing influence, and it left him speaking with Snap Knight about the recent Plane War.

• Saine returned to Grant Territory as the Grant Family’s lands and influence had grown after upheaval among nearby nobles and the recent Plane War.
• Saine arrived at the Grant Family’s banquet, where more than two hundred knights and their powerful mounts had gathered.
• The Reverse Feather Lion King announced Saine’s return as the Grant Family’s Level-1 Magician.
• Ulysses introduced Saine to Snap Knight, a Level-3 Knight from the Ok Empire and the Grant Family’s honored guest.
• Snap Knight greeted Saine and asked about the Plane War he had recently concluded.

At the Grant Family banquet, Saine met Snap Knight, a Level-3 Peak Knight and Hall Master of the Ok Empire Knights' Hall Branch, and discussed the Azure Source Holy Tower's recruitment. After exchanging contact details with Snap Knight, Saine began meeting the other powerful knights attending the banquet.

• Ulysses introduced Snap Knight as the Hall Master of the Ok Empire Knights' Hall Branch, and Saine recognized his strength and status.
• Snap Knight told Saine that the Ok Empire planned to send promising Royal Academy apprentices to the Azure Source Holy Tower, and Saine welcomed them.
• A gray-haired Level-2 Knight from the Lisia Alliance's Duke Family asked whether its young nobles could study at the Holy Tower, and Saine explained the recruitment requirements.
• The old man said he would send his grandson, who had good initial Mental Strength, to the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Saine and Snap Knight exchanged contact information, testing Saine's Crystal Ball against Snap Knight's badge.
• Ulysses guided Saine as he began meeting the other Level-1-and-above knights at the banquet.

Saine broadened his connections by meeting more than two hundred high-ranking knights at a banquet hosted by Ulysses and other relatives. After handling their requests and questions, he returned to the castle reflecting on the unequal roles of magicians and knights in the Wizard World.

• Saine patiently spoke with the visiting knights, many of whom had risen from commoner origins, to build ties for himself and the Grant Family.
• Rose asked Saine to admit his granddaughter to the Azure Source Holy Tower and then to take her as a disciple, but Saine refused.
• Rose then asked whether Saine was married, leaving Saine speechless.
• A Level-2 Knight from Lady Diya's maternal family told Saine that the Sifa Kingdom wanted to send royal and noble offspring to study at the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• After meeting the knights, Saine returned to the castle and considered how magicians controlled resources and authority while knights often served as their protectors in war.

After spending nearly half a month in Grant Territory, Saine returned to the Azure Source Holy Tower and began applying knights’ training methods to his Azure Fire Body Tempering Mysteries. The chapter ended as Serena operated his custom apparatus and Saine started his first body tempering experiment.

• Saine attended the Grant Family’s celebrations and learned that Ulysses’s Level-2 companion was his great-grandmother by marriage and wanted to arrange a match for him.
• Saine left Grant Territory, rested for two days at the Azure Source Holy Tower, and resumed his research.
• After meeting knights and learning about their training, Saine decided to test whether their methods could improve his Azure Fire Body Tempering Mysteries.
• Saine secured himself to a custom laboratory table while Serena prepared the equipment and concentrated Azure Glaze solvents.
• Serena directed a red-and-green flame toward Saine as he used his Mental Strength to guide Elemental Power through his body, beginning the experiment.

Saine continued his dangerous self-experiments to temper his body, despite Irene warning that the method could shorten his life. He defended the risks by pointing to the deaths of weaker magicians in the Poison Fire Green Flame World, leaving Irene silent.

• Saine used his own body for a series of Elemental Body Tempering Experiments, accepting the risks to gain strength for his journey through the Western Islands.
• A mishap during the fourth experiment burned a small hole into Saine’s shoulder, prompting Serena to stop helping him.
• Irene took over the experiments from the fifth session, and Saine’s later trials proceeded more smoothly.
• After the eighth experiment, Irene questioned Saine about using a method that could cost him decades or centuries of life.
• Saine argued that strength mattered because magicians could die before reaching their full lifespan, and Irene recalled those who had fallen in the Poison Fire Green Flame World.

Saine reassured Irene about the risks of his Azure Fire Body Tempering experiment and reviewed his rapid progress as a Level-1 Magician. His constitution had doubled, and he planned to continue improving the experiment while his father joined the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall.

• Saine explained to Irene that body tempering carried risks but could help him pursue advancement, and she accepted his reasoning.
• Saine checked his Crystal Ball results and saw that his Mental Strength, Magic Power, and Constitution had increased after years of study, experiments, and a Plane War.
• Saine received letters from the Grant Family about possible marriage alliances and learned that Kelman Grant had joined the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall.
• Saine noted that his Constitution had risen from just over thirty to over sixty and estimated that he could eventually rival a Level-1 Knight in constitution alone.
• Saine concluded that Azure Fire Body Tempering could broaden his magical path, though he remained an elemental magician rather than a physical fighter.

Cuilisi told her disciples that the Wizard Alliance was preparing a general offensive against the Nesser Civilization, aiming to end the war in the Nesser Star Region within three hundred years. The chapter ended with the offensive plan announced and Cuilisi revealing that she had been invited to participate.

• After nearly three years in the Poison Fire Green Flame World, Luluenman received a summons from Cuilisi and met Gagaru, who gave her an Azure Fire Crystal.
• Luluenman and Gagaru joined Pinas, Andres, and Hoffs at Cuilisi’s Light Prism Fortress outside the Poison Fire Green Flame World.
• Cuilisi told her disciples that Lord Saneseus would lead the Wizard Alliance’s general offensive against the Nesser Plane, with Befu possibly joining.
• Cuilisi said the Wizard Alliance planned to end the conflict in the Nesser Star Region within three hundred years and that the Flame Conclave had invited her to participate.

Cuilisi arranged for herself, Gagaru, and Pinas to join the final battle against Nesser Civilization as individual combatants, while her other disciples stayed behind or returned to the Wizard World. Befu told Saneseus she would not join the battle and would return to address affairs in the Wizard World, including a prophecy and a visit to the Western Islands.

• Cuilisi decided to take Gagaru and Pinas to the Nesser Plane battle without bringing legions, while Luluenman, Andres, and Hoffs remained behind.
• Cuilisi praised Luluenman's performance in her first Plane War and told her to rest and continue studying poison-element laws.
• Befu assured Saneseus that the three Dominators handling the Nesser Star Region war were sufficient and said she would leave the battlefield.
• Befu offered the Flame Conclave the Dominator-level Constructed Magic Puppet and suggested Saneseus sell it to Victor.
• Befu said she would return to the Wizard World to deal with its affairs, investigate a prophecy from the Eastern Astrology Highlands, and visit the Western Islands.

Befu and Saneseus discussed the Wizard Civilization’s ancient prophecy and the threats gathering around it, including the Galente Federation’s war against the Rose Dynasty Civilization. Befu remained burdened by the dangers ahead and the Wizard World’s divided response, with her own progress toward Level 8 stalled by responsibility and pressure.

• Befu recalled her father’s doubts about her talent and worried that she could not lead the Wizard Civilization through the coming crisis.
• Saneseus reassured Befu that her work had helped the Wizard Civilization prosper for one hundred and seventy thousand years.
• Befu and Saneseus considered the danger foretold by Master Shen'ao Nuoding and Befu lamented that her younger sister and the Zerg Legion were absent from the Wizard Star Region.
• Saneseus asked about the Galente Federation’s war against the Rose Dynasty Civilization, and Befu said the Federation had concealed its rise to Top-Level Civilization status.
• Befu rejected an immediate war against the Galente Federation, noting that the Rose Dynasty Civilization’s retreat to the Wizard World did not obligate them to fight.
• Befu’s responsibilities and the uncertainty surrounding the prophecy and the Galente Federation continued to weigh on her and impede her attempt to reach Level 8.

After returning to the Wizard World, Luluenman resumed overseeing the Azure Source Holy Tower and caught up on Saine’s progress in body tempering and magical research. She praised Archimedes for managing the tower responsibly, then hinted at his possible departure as his disciple Fladi had advanced to Level 4.

• Befu praised Victor, Rogge, and Saneseus for overseeing the Nesser Star Region battlefield and left to attend to other matters.
• Saine learned that his mentor, Luluenman, would soon return to the Wizard World, while his physique rose to 93 points through Azure Fire Body Tempering.
• Luluenman returned to the Wizard World in the sixth year after the Poison Fire Green Flame World War and met with the Azure Source Holy Tower’s three deans.
• Luluenman reassured Archimedes that she had entrusted him with authority to make certain decisions for the tower, and reviewed his recommendations on applicants and other accumulated affairs.
• Luluenman asked Archimedes whether he was eager to leave the tower, noting that his disciple Fladi had advanced to Level 4.

Luluenman reunited with Saine and reviewed his progress in Azure Fire Body Tempering, answering his questions from her Level-4 perspective. After teaching him for a day and a night, she realized his fire-and-light studies were already difficult for her to guide and resolved to seek a Plant Element apprentice if she ever took another disciple.

• Archimedes explained that Fladi needed time to consolidate his Level-4 realm and that securing a Holy Tower loan would take years, so he expected to keep working at Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Luluenman returned to Azure Source Holy Tower and met Saine in her laboratory on the 746th floor.
• Luluenman praised Saine's progress in Azure Fire Body Tempering, and Saine asked her about his experiments and theories.
• Luluenman answered most of Saine's questions, drawing on her knowledge of laws and the work of Gagaru and Cuilisi.
• After teaching Saine for a day and a night, Luluenman grew exhausted and worried that his fire-and-light path would soon surpass what she could teach.

Luluenman continued guiding Saine through the Holy Tower, reassuring him that he could ask her about the advanced elemental knowledge she had taught him. She showed him her spoils from the Poison Fire Green Flame World and offered him the blood of a captured Demigod-level Fire Dragon to strengthen his Azure Fire Body Tempering.

• Saine reflected on Luluenman's care for him and resolved to study her teachings and ask her questions when needed.
• Luluenman led Saine to a collection chamber displaying the head and neck of a Silver Armor Magic Puppet she had exchanged for spoils containing Grandmentor Cuilisi's residual law power.
• Luluenman took Saine to a Fire Element chamber where a captured Fire-Breathing Dragon King from the Poison Fire Green Flame World was chained inside a cage.
• Luluenman explained that the dragon was a Demigod-level creature with law power and offered its blood as a body-tempering aid and magic material.
• Luluenman joked that she would use the dragon's crystal core as Saine's Magic Staff head if he were strong enough to handle it, and the furious dragon's roars weakened.

Luluenman showed Saine her World Laboratory, where she cultivated Plant Element creatures behind an artificial Plane Barrier and could influence their evolution. The chapter left Saine learning that the laboratory’s plants had supplied the Azure Source Holy Tower’s Plant Legion.

• Luluenman collected blood from the Fire-Breathing Dragon King and let Saine keep some of its scales for alchemy experiments.
• Luluenman gave Saine an Azure Fire Crystal Stone formed on Gagaru while he tempered his physique.
• Luluenman showed Saine her collections and experimental equipment in the upper spaces of the Holy Tower.
• Saine recognized that the barrier over Luluenman’s World Laboratory resembled a Plane Barrier, and Luluenman explained how it helped her manipulate creatures’ environments and evolution.
• Luluenman told Saine that the seeds for the Azure Source Holy Tower’s two hundred thousand Plant Legion troops had been cultivated in her laboratory.

Saine learned from Luluenman how the Arcanist profession measured a Magician’s knowledge and how Arcane Light evaluated and distributed magical research. He considered submitting his own Azure Fire Body Tempering Mysteries and Sun’s Eye Magic, while recognizing the personal cost of sharing original knowledge.

• Saine admired Luluenman’s World Laboratory and praised her ability to cultivate vast Plant Legions.
• Luluenman explained that her laboratory research could earn her the title of Level-4 Arcanist once its knowledge system was perfected and submitted to Sky City.
• Luluenman described Arcanist ranks, how Arcane Light evaluated knowledge, and how Magicians could gain recognition by submitting research.
• Saine considered uploading his Azure Fire Body Tempering Mysteries and Sun’s Eye Magic for evaluation.
• Luluenman told Saine that other Magicians could obtain submitted knowledge by paying Arcane Points, and Saine reflected on the difficulty of sharing hard-won discoveries.

Saine told Luluenman he planned to leave the Holy Tower and travel through the Wizard World, hoping to reach the Western Islands. Luluenman accepted his decision and suggested places he could visit, while Saine kept his final destination to himself.

• Saine asked Luluenman to keep borrowing books from her private library, and she warned him not to enter dangerous areas of the Holy Tower.
• Saine told Luluenman he planned to travel through the Wizard World, and she accepted his decision despite having planned a later route for him.
• Saine said he intended to head first to the Wizard World South Coast, surprising Luluenman.
• Luluenman recommended that Saine consider visiting the Bairen Empire or Jahana to the east, or the Mamet United Alliance and City of Steel to the west.
• Saine memorized Luluenman's suggestions but did not tell her that he ultimately intended to reach the Western Islands.

Saine focused on strengthening himself before traveling to the Western Islands, while Serena sensed he was preparing to leave but did not ask him about his plans. He went to the Holy Tower Library to seek a Soul Enslavement Method that could control the Level-1 Construct Master Yuli, whom he hoped to bring as an ally.

• Saine continued body tempering with dragon blood, potions, and flames as he approached a Constitution of 100.
• Saine told Serena to study natural Element Power and stop assisting with his experiments for the time being.
• Saine went to the Holy Tower Library to seek advanced soul knowledge through the Arcane Light.
• Saine rejected Luluenman's available methods because they could not control a Level-1 being like the Construct Master imprisoned in his laboratory.
• Saine sought a method to enslave Yuli, intending to rely on her and Owl Little Qi during his journey to the Western Islands.

Saine explored the Arcane Light’s Arcane Point system and contributed his original spell knowledge to earn points. With 47 Arcane Points, he began searching for a suitable Soul Enslavement Method.

• Saine learned that magicians needed 100 Arcane Points to qualify as Level-1 Arcanists, and that spending points on knowledge reduced their total.
• Saine uploaded the initial Sun's Eye Spell Model and received 1 Arcane Point because it was already known.
• Saine submitted his improved Sun's Eye Spell Model and related elemental knowledge, earning 15 Arcane Points.
• Saine uploaded his innovative Azure Fire Eye Spell Model and earned 32 Arcane Points, bringing his total to 47.
• Saine browsed the Arcane Light for a Soul Magic spell that suited him.

Saine explored Arcane Light’s soul-magic knowledge and spent nearly all his Arcane Points to obtain the Mirage Soul Codex. He was left with 17 points and recognized how much he still had to learn compared with veteran Spellcasters.

• Saine learned that reaching 100 Arcane Points would earn him an assessment for the title of Level-1 Arcanist, while higher-level magical knowledge required a higher rank.
• Saine chose the Mirage Soul Codex, a comprehensive soul-magic text that could control creatures and gradually make them willing to obey their master.
• Saine uploaded his alchemy, potion-making, and fire- and light-related knowledge to Arcane Light, but still lacked enough points to exchange for the codex.
• Saine uploaded his research on Azure Fire Body Tempering, which earned enough Arcane Points to buy the Mirage Soul Codex and left him with 17 points.
• Saine saw a more advanced soul technique priced at 376 Arcane Points and reflected that he remained a beginner compared with veteran Spellcasters.

After studying the Mirage Soul Codex for three months, Saine learned the fundamentals of Soul Magic and prepared to use its Soul Shackles Technique on Yuli. When he visited the laboratory where she had been imprisoned for four years, Yuli's vacant eyes brightened at the sound of the door opening.

• Saine studied the Mirage Soul Codex and constructed its Spell Model for the Soul Shackles Technique.
• Saine bought the magical materials needed for the enslavement process and went to Yuli's laboratory.
• Yuli endured four years of confinement, finding comfort in watching the caged creature she called Gugu.
• Yuli's hatred of Saine had shifted into an attachment she could not explain, and she had begun hoping he would visit.
• Saine opened the laboratory door, and a trace of light returned to Yuli's eyes.