Recaps

Saine offered Fei'er the resources she needed to try advancing to Level 1, including Water of Lorraine, and reassured her that he could afford them. Fei'er accepted his support and promised to reward him after her breakthrough.

• Saine told Fei'er he had joined the Azure Source Holy Tower but kept his new master’s identity from her.
• Saine brought out fire-element Energy Essences, magic materials, and two vials of Water of Lorraine for Fei'er.
• Fei'er asked Saine what he had experienced and acquired during the years they were apart.
• Fei'er embraced and kissed Saine, accepting his help and thanking her junior brother.
• Saine encouraged Fei'er to look beyond Level 1 toward the Star Realm and the summit of knowledge and Truth.
• Fei'er whispered that she would reward Saine once she advanced to Level 1.

Saine toured Fei'er's Magic Tower and learned that Mentor Moxidu had been killed by the Level One Black Magician Di'ersi. Fei'er recounted Zorro's failed duel with Di'ersi, leaving Saine to face the depth of his Senior Brother's grudge.

• Fei'er showed Saine her Magic Tower, where he saw imprisoned creatures and wondered whether his fellow disciples still shared his path.
• Saine asked Fei'er about Moxidu's death, and she said Di'ersi had killed their mentor.
• Fei'er explained that Di'ersi joined Kanterla after the City of Mozhsuobula fell and became a potion-making slave under his rule.
• Fei'er said Zorro challenged Di'ersi with Martin's help, but lost their witnessed duel and had one arm severed.

Saine vowed to avenge Moxidu by finding a way to fight Di'ersi, then faced a new threat when Babaluka attacked Fei'er's Magic Tower. Fei'er identified the intruder, and Saine asked whether Martin would blame him if he killed Babaluka.

• Saine resolved to fight Di'ersi and avenge Moxidu despite the danger.
• A rumble shook Fei'er's Magic Tower, and Saine and Fei'er went upstairs to investigate.
• Saine saw a brown-robed Black Magician hovering outside with a dark-yellow fireball at his staff.
• Fei'er identified the intruder as Babaluka, a First-Level Black Magician known for seeking profit and picking fights.
• Saine asked Fei'er whether Martin would blame him for killing Babaluka, and Fei'er said probably not.

Saine emerged from Fei'er’s Magic Tower to confront Babaluka, whose attacks had threatened the tower. Igniting his Azure Fire, Saine drove Babaluka into a desperate flight, while Fei'er watched from below.

• Saine reasoned that Babaluka had been stirring up trouble to attract Martin’s attention and decided to confront him.
• Saine left Fei'er’s Magic Tower and approached Babaluka in the air, unnerving the older Black Magician.
• Saine ignited the emerald Azure Fire around his body, startling the watching Black Magicians with its heat and power.
• Babaluka fled as Saine charged after him across the sky.
• Fei'er watched Saine’s pursuit from the Magic Tower, visibly flushed.

Saine killed the Level-1 Black Magician Babaluka after pursuing him across Moduolong Island, using Owl Little Qi to stop his escape. He returned to the Magic Tower with Babaluka’s corpse and offered it to Fei'er for her research.

• Saine fought Babaluka for a day and a half, relying on his own strength and the equipment Moxidu had left him.
• Little Qi ambushed the exhausted Babaluka, pierced his shoulder, and brought him within Saine’s reach.
• Saine killed Babaluka with Azure Fire Flame and stored his corpse as Spoils of War.
• The watching Black Magicians dispersed after Babaluka’s death, while some wondered whether Little Qi was connected to Martin.
• Saine returned to the Magic Tower and offered Babaluka’s headless corpse to Fei'er as a research gift.

Saine reunited with Fei'er on Moduolong Island, defeated a Black Magician, and learned that Lina had once searched for him. The next morning, Saine and Fei'er set out to visit Zorro in the island’s north.

• Fei'er declined Saine’s offer of Babaluka’s corpse, and Saine stored it in his Space Ring after killing the Level-1 Black Magician.
• Saine and Fei'er shared mushroom soup and agreed to visit Zorro the following day.
• Fei'er told Saine that Lina had come to Moduolong Island seeking news of him, then went north with her mentor, Master Feilunna.
• Saine felt relieved to learn Lina was likely still in the Western Islands and might have reached Level 1.
• Saine and Fei'er traveled north across Moduolong Island, discussing its depleted Energy Crystal veins and other resources.

Saine reunited with Senior Brother Zorro at his Magic Tower on Moduolong Island, where the three surviving disciples of Moxidu shared their experiences. Zorro gave Saine Moxidu’s alchemical books and notebooks, and Saine then laid out his inherited legacy for Zorro and Fei'er.

• Fei'er guided Saine to Zorro’s Magic Tower in northern Moduolong Island, where Zorro welcomed them with excitement.
• Saine told Zorro about his escape from underground and how he had gathered Moxidu’s ashes.
• Zorro gave Saine Magic Books and alchemical notebooks left by Moxidu, and Saine accepted them with a bow.
• Saine divided the legacy he had inherited from Moxidu into three portions and laid them before Zorro and Fei'er.

Saine divided Moxidu’s inheritance with Zorro and Fei'er, keeping the books and alchemy notes while giving his Senior Brother valuable equipment and crystals. Saine offered to bring Zorro and Fei'er to the Azure Source Holy Tower, but Zorro stayed behind to inherit Moxidu’s legacy and settle old grudges, which Saine suspected involved Di'ersi.

• Saine laid out Moxidu’s inheritance, and Zorro accepted one-third while Saine kept copies of books and notes he had not yet read.
• Zorro offered one Metal Disc to Fei'er, but she declined and asked him to make her one if he uncovered how they worked.
• Fei'er took her rightful share, and Zorro praised Saine for joining a proper Holy Tower organization.
• Saine invited Zorro and Fei'er to join the Azure Source Holy Tower, but Zorro refused because he intended to inherit Moxidu’s legacy and settle his grudges.
• Saine asked whether Zorro’s grudge concerned Di'ersi, and Zorro’s magical power surged hard enough to shatter a corner of the stone table.

Saine learned more about Di'ersi, her Level-3 backer Kanterla, and Zorro’s ties to Dean Martin as he prepared to avenge Moxidu. Zorro agreed to take Saine to meet Martin, and he revealed that he had last seen Lina twenty-two years earlier, when Martin seemed especially interested in her identity.

• Saine recognized Zorro’s metal left hand and learned that Di'ersi had severed his original hand.
• Saine promised to kill Di'ersi, and Zorro shared details of her spells, her backer Kanterla, and his own grudge against her.
• Zorro explained that Martin had secured his three-hundred-year alchemy contract and promised to help him take down Di'ersi through the influence of a Black Tower.
• Saine rejected waiting three hundred years, and Zorro offered to take him to meet Martin so the dean could restrain Di'ersi.
• Saine asked about Lina, and Zorro said he had last seen her twenty-two years earlier as a Level-1 Magician while Martin showed great interest in her identity.

Saine met Rank Three Black Magician Martin on Dalan Island and established his connection to Moxidu and the City of Mozhsuobula Black Magic Academy. Martin revealed that Lina had joined the Pale Bone Black Tower, where her victory in a deadly trial had earned the notice of its leaders.

• Zorro took Saine to meet Martin at his castle on Dalan Island, where Martin recognized Saine as Moxidu's former disciple.
• Saine called Martin “Headmaster,” prompting Martin to recall the destroyed City of Mozhsuobula Black Magic Academy and its talented apprentices.
• Martin asked whether Saine and Lina were close, and Saine confirmed that Lina was his girlfriend.
• Martin told Saine and Zorro that Lina had joined the Pale Bone Black Tower and taken first place in its Trial of Death more than twenty years earlier.
• Martin said the Pale Bone Black Tower's headmasters praised Lina and that she might have caught the Tower Master's attention.

Saine learned that Lina had become a Level 1 Black Magician and joined the Pale Bone Black Tower, then questioned Martin about reaching her. Martin tried to recruit Saine with a long-term Magic Contract while promising to restrain Kanterla, but Saine left the offer undecided as Martin explained that secret realms in the southern Knight Continent would soon draw the Black Magicians' attention.

• Martin told Saine that the Pale Bone Black Tower lay in the Black Domain's central region and would be difficult to reach or join.
• Saine realized Martin's warnings about the Pale Bone Black Tower served Martin's own interest in keeping Saine nearby and gaining ties to Lina's tower.
• Martin offered Saine resources in exchange for signing a Magic Contract lasting at least thirty years, but Saine said he would consider it.
• Martin promised to restrain Kanterla over the attack on Saine's mentor, Moxidu, though he said the conflict would not be resolved soon.
• Martin explained that secret realms in the southern Knight Continent were about to open and that Black Magicians would seek to obtain their resources.

Saine learned about the Knight Continent, a Level-9 Being’s inheritance realm with periodic trials and strict entry requirements, and asked Martin how he might qualify. Martin explained the basic ways in, while keeping the Black Domain’s eligibility secret; Martin himself had never entered despite his eagerness.

• Saine considered the Knight Continent’s history, its changing opening schedule, and the dangers and rewards of its trials.
• Saine asked Martin about the requirements for entering the Knight Continent, and Martin said entrants were generally recommended by major institutions or recognized for outstanding contributions.
• Martin withheld that Black Domain practitioners could also qualify, including through major contributions or certain exceptional achievements.
• Martin recalled that previous Black Domain entrants had often become powerful figures, which fueled the rumor that entering the Knight Continent offered a path to Demigod-level strength.
• Martin remained eager to explore the Knight Continent but lacked the qualifications to enter.

Saine considered contacting Luluenman for a qualification to enter the Knight Continent, but decided he did not want to reveal that he had come to the Western Islands. Meanwhile, Cuilisi contacted Luluenman and offered to secure her a qualification to explore the continent.

• Saine thought about asking Luluenman to obtain him a qualification, then rejected the idea because he did not want her to know he was in the Western Islands.
• Luluenman woke in her laboratory and received a large backlog of Azure Source Holy Tower messages on her Crystal Ball.
• Luluenman quickly answered a Crystal Ball call from Cuilisi, changing into a Magic Robe before the connection opened.
• Cuilisi asked Luluenman whether she wanted to visit the Knight Continent and offered to secure her a qualification based on her contributions during the Nesser Star Region War.
• Cuilisi explained that experts above Level 4 needed outstanding contributions to Wizard Civilization to receive one of the limited Knight Continent quotas.

Luluenman declined Cuilisi’s offer to help her travel to the Knight Continent, deciding to focus on her cultivation and the Azure Source Holy Tower. Cuilisi revealed that the Nesser Star Region War was nearly over, while Luluenman remained unaware of how much Saine had grown during his travels.

• Cuilisi offered to use her war contributions to secure Luluenman a trip to the Knight Continent, but Luluenman refused because she needed to consolidate her Rank Four powers and support the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Cuilisi said Gagaru, Pinas, Andres’s disciples, and Hoffs’s disciples would explore the Knight Continent, while Luluenman explained that Saine had left years earlier to travel through the Wizard World.
• Luluenman and Cuilisi agreed that Saine could wait for a future chance to visit the Knight Continent, and Cuilisi said the Nesser Star Region War had effectively ended and she expected to return within thirty to a hundred years.
• Luluenman worried that Andres and Hoffs had suffered from the war’s setbacks, then ended the communication with Cuilisi.
• Luluenman was relieved that Saine would not require an expensive recommendation slot, unaware that he had become strong enough to challenge late or peak Level-1 creatures.

After Martin failed to help Saine find Lina or resolve the conflict with Di'ersi immediately, Saine decided to head for the southern Knight Continent, where he hoped to encounter and kill Di'ersi. As Saine and Zorro departed, Little Seven watched Martin’s owl swarm fly away but refused Saine’s offer to find it a mate while its body was transforming.

• Martin told Saine he would notify him if Lina returned and said he would negotiate with Kanterla about Di'ersi in twenty years.
• Saine told Zorro he planned to visit the southern Knight Continent and kill Di'ersi if she showed herself.
• Saine and Zorro left Martin’s castle as hundreds of owls flew from the lake toward the forest.
• Saine kept Little Seven from rejoining the owls because he feared Martin might notice its transforming bloodline.
• Little Seven refused Saine’s offer to find it a mate, saying its transformation made breeding unsuitable.

After returning to Moduolong Island, Saine settled into life at Fei'er's Magic Tower and resumed his experiments while helping her rebuild her strength. Fei'er's Mental Strength and magic power rose to around 87 points, leaving her closer to another attempt to advance to Level-1.

• Zorro offered to build Saine a Magic Tower, but Fei'er asked Saine to stay with her, and Saine agreed so he could help her advance.
• Saine set up a private experimental space beneath Fei'er's Magic Tower, and the two gradually settled into living together.
• Saine taught Fei'er and answered her questions while continuing his own experiments.
• After half a year, Fei'er's Mental Strength and magic power had risen to around 87 points, though she still needed to reach at least 90 before attempting to advance to Level-1.

A year and a half after Saine and Fei'er began living together, he trained her in Fire Element Magic while continuing his research and preparing for Knight Continent. The continent was set to open in two years, but Saine still had no news of Lina.

• Saine finished improving the Azure Fire Eye Mask using Moxidu's notes and asked Fei'er about her assignments and reading.
• Fei'er reported that her Mental Strength and magic power had both reached 92 points, and Saine advised her to wait until they reached at least 95 before attempting to become a Formal Magician.
• Saine taught Fei'er Fire Element Magic, then told her to review the lesson and meditate instead of helping with his Azure Fire Body Tempering experiment.
• Saine learned that Knight Continent would open in two years and that Black Magicians were gathering near Moduolong Island, while he still had no word of Lina.

Saine set off south for the Knight Continent, leaving Fei'er behind to focus on her training. He traveled with Zorro and a group of Black Magicians from around Moduolong Island, including Lady Qiongni and Lilianya, as they followed their own route toward the continent.

• Saine told Fei'er to remain at the Magic Tower and train until she reached Level 1, and she accepted his advice.
• After Saine left, Fei'er followed the training plan he had made for her and began improving more quickly.
• Saine left Moduolong Island alongside Zorro and met Lady Qiongni and her disciple Lilianya among the traveling Black Magicians.
• Saine and the group headed south toward the Knight Continent using a passage reserved for Black Magicians.
• The Black Magicians kept their distance from one another, while Lady Qiongni and Zorro remained the group's most familiar connections.

Saine spoke with Lilianya while flying with Zorro, then asked which of their former academy apprentices had become Level One Black Magicians. Hearing that Stanson had advanced and was still with Mali, Saine recalled their past in the Yellow Sand World.

• Lilianya approached Saine, and Zorro flew away to give them privacy.
• Lilianya asked about Saine's Gray Feathered Owl and how he had advanced, but Saine kept his answers guarded.
• Saine asked Lilianya which former apprentices from the City of Mozhsuobula Black Magic Academy had advanced to Level One.
• Lilianya named Mike, Xila, and Stanson, and Saine reacted to news that Stanson and Mali were still together.

Saine reached the crowded Public Sea Domain with the Black Magicians and chose to head for the Knight Continent’s outskirts rather than visit the markets. After leaving Zorro behind and setting out for Sethos Port, the story shifted to Misia Continent, where the Knights’ Hall master met the Wizard World’s most esteemed woman.

• Saine and his companions arrived in the Public Sea Domain, where hundreds of thousands of Black Magicians had gathered ahead of the Knight Continent’s opening.
• Lilianya invited Saine to visit an islet market, but he declined because he wanted to reach the Knight Continent’s outskirts before Martin arrived.
• Zorro accompanied Saine partway and learned that Saine planned to travel to Sethos Port before circling back to the Knight Continent’s front entrance.
• Saine assured Zorro that he knew the route, then flew southeast toward Sethos Port.
• On Misia Continent, the master of the Knights’ Hall met with the Wizard World’s most esteemed woman.

Befu visited the Western Islands and reviewed its affairs with Klopp, the Level-6 Peak knight who had managed the region for hundreds of thousands of years. She urged him to pursue the Dominator Realm, and he agreed to challenge it soon.

• Klopp welcomed Befu to the Knights' Hall and brought her into the main hall with the region's senior knights and magicians.
• Befu reviewed and signed the Western Islands' official documents and Magic Contracts while Klopp's staff reported on its administration.
• After the others left, Befu asked Klopp when he would attempt to reach the Dominator Realm.
• Befu urged Klopp to protect the Western Islands' legacy and help it keep pace with the City of Steel.
• Klopp vowed to challenge the Dominator Realm with all his strength in the near future.

Befu persuaded Klopp to attempt to reach the Dominator Realm, hoping he would strengthen the Western Islands before tensions with the Galente Federation escalated into war. Klopp agreed but lacked certainty, and the chapter left him reflecting on the coming conflict and old allies turned enemies.

• Befu urged Klopp to pursue the Dominator Realm, and he agreed to try despite his doubts.
• Befu explained that the Western Islands had powerful allies, resources, and a legacy worth protecting, but lacked a local Overlord-level Knight or True Spirit-level Magician.
• Befu told Klopp that Wizard Civilization's conflict with the Galente Federation was deepening and asked him to advance within ten thousand years if possible.
• Befu described the Galente Federation's growing power and Wizard Civilization's concern that a dangerous prophecy could complicate a war between the two Top-Level Civilizations.
• Klopp lamented that the Galente Federation and Rose Dynasty Civilization, once old acquaintances, might now face Wizard Civilization with weapons drawn.

Saine reached Greenland Island and traveled to Ellen Harbor as the Knight Continent’s opening approached. There, he encountered a group of Black Magicians surrounded by hostile locals.

• Saine arrived at Greenland Island after traveling through the Western Islands and learned about the Knight Continent’s entrances and trial arrangements.
• Saine flew to Ellen Harbor, where knights and magicians from across the Wizard World had gathered before the Knight Continent opened.
• Saine saw that Ellen Harbor’s busy markets carried goods from distant regions at higher prices.
• Saine approached a crowd surrounding more than twenty Black Magicians in black robes.
• A Level-2 Knight threatened the Black Magicians, while the surrounding crowd showed hostility toward them.

Saine watched Black Domain Black Magicians stroll through Ellen Harbor, then followed a mysterious female Black Magician into a materials shop. The chapter ended with the two staring at each other, both briefly captivated.

• A crowd gathered around more than twenty Level-1 Black Magicians, but Ellen Harbor’s rules and guards prevented the disturbance from becoming a fight.
• The Black Magicians continued shopping, and Saine put on his Azure Fire Eye Mask to conceal his identity and aura.
• Saine left the Fralen Flame Shop and noticed a tall, black-haired female magician wearing a Grayish Badge enter the Daksi Materials Shop.
• Drawn by an inexplicable force, Saine followed her into the shop and found her browsing Dark Attribute materials.
• The female magician sensed Saine and glanced at his mask, then stared blankly at him for a moment.

Saine encountered a female Black Magician in Ellen Harbor and lost sight of her after she left a materials shop. Two months later, he spotted her again in a crowded square and pushed through the crowd to catch up, leaving a Silver Armor Knight staggered in his wake.

• Saine and a female Black Magician exchanged looks in Daksi Materials Shop before she paid for dark-element materials and left.
• Saine paid for his own materials, then searched the crowd outside but could not find the woman; she followed him from the shadows.
• After two months, Saine spotted the female Black Magician in a square in southern Ellen Harbor.
• Saine pushed through the crowd after her and knocked a Silver Armor Knight off balance with his shoulder.