Recaps

After returning from the Green Leaf World War, Saine conducted a three-month Body Tempering Experiment with Lunna, who left the Azure Source Holy Tower thinner and terrified of him. He then began planning an Alchemy Experiment to use the Undying Meteorite and a section of the Verdant Ancient Banyan’s Life Tree Trunk to improve his magic staff, purple flame, and Elemental True Body.

• War participants returned to the Azure Source Holy Tower, where many unaffiliated magicians from the Green Source Land signed contracts with the Holy Tower.
• Saine continued his Body Tempering Experiments with Lunna after Nataya and the others left, while Xia Ya and Colleena began arranging his and Nataya’s wedding.
• After three months of experiments, Lunna emerged noticeably slimmer and fled the Holy Tower despite Saine’s offer of a proper meal.
• Saine began an Alchemy Experiment to extract the core of the Undying Meteorite and strengthen the Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff and Undying Purple Flame.
• Saine’s plans grew after Luna gave him a section of Life Tree Trunk from the Verdant Ancient Banyan.

The Maya Tribe thanked Saine for helping secure food and 150,000 Magic Coins from the Azure Source Holy Tower, and sought to strengthen its ties with him. Saine accepted their goodwill and promised to give them priority when the tower launched another Plane War, then sent Luna off with a gift after taking a sample of her blood.

• Luna thanked Saine for introducing the Maya Tribe to Luluenman and securing the tribe food and 150,000 Magic Coins.
• Saine accepted the Maya Tribe's overture, knowing that his mentor might need the centaurs in a future war.
• Saine told Luna that the Maya Tribe would receive priority consideration in the Azure Source Holy Tower's next Plane War, and Luna was pleased with his promise.
• Saine showed Luna the Holy Tower and his laboratory, then took a sample of her gold-flecked blood.
• Before Luna departed, Saine gave her silver wind-chime magic equipment, which she wore in her hair.

Saine completed the upgrade of the Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff using the Undying Purple Crystal and Life Tree Trunk, creating a powerful staff that combined Azure Fire Flame and Undying Purple Flame. With his new weapon, he planned to further develop his abilities through Flame Element Body Tempering experiments.

• Saine used Luluenman's laboratory to cut the Undying Meteorite's core into a fist-sized Undying Purple Crystal, saving the fragments for later spellcasting.
• Saine returned to his personal laboratory and spent two years upgrading the Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff, assisted by Yuli and Serena.
• Saine successfully combined the Azure Fire Heart, Undying Purple Crystal, and Life Tree Trunk into a staff that wielded Azure Fire Flame and Undying Purple Flame.
• Saine tested the staff with his Elemental True Body activated and found that the two flame powers greatly amplified his strength.
• Saine named the finished weapon the Azure Flame Purple Crystal Magic Staff and planned to incorporate new Flame Element Power into his Body Tempering Experiments.

After returning to his Holy Tower research, Saine welcomed Meili, an old friend from the City of Mozhsuobula, and her Junior Sister Anji to Azure Source Holy Tower. Serena quickly befriended Anji as the visitors learned about Saine’s life and reunion with Lina.

• Saine relaxed with Irene and toured the commercial district, then returned to his experiments instead of retiring or opening a shop.
• Saine reflected on his late half-brother Solon and on Tourmaline, who remained asleep beneath Jewel Sea.
• Meili visited Saine years after Dawn Holy Tower conquered Chijing World and explained that her earlier Magic Letter had gone unanswered during the Green Leaf World War.
• Saine and Meili caught up, and he told her about his travels and reunion with Lina while withholding details about Black Domain.
• Meili’s Junior Sister Anji arrived with Serena, and the two quickly bonded as Serena showed her the Collection Room.

After Meili’s visit, Saine’s household changed as Ilisa advanced to Rank One and Saine urged Aijie to focus on her own breakthrough. Meanwhile, Saine learned that Lina’s growing role in the Black Domain conflict had made her increasingly unacceptable to Wizard World’s mainstream.

• Meili and Anji returned to the South Coast after spending a week with Saine, while Azure Source Holy Tower prepared to benefit from new Floating Skyports in Green Source Land.
• Two years later, Ilisa advanced to Rank One without Saine’s help and stayed with him, then cooked him a lavish meal as her realm began to stabilize.
• Saine praised Ilisa and offered her an Azure Potion, then told Aijie to set aside her chores and concentrate on advancing to Rank One.
• Hai Xi and Saine’s other three Sea Lizard Synthetic Beasts advanced to Rank One after consuming large amounts of high-quality flesh and blood.
• Saine learned that Lina’s reputation had grown as Pale Bone Black Tower fought three allied Black Domain forces, and he sensed the Light of the Planes rejecting her because she had killed many Wizard World creatures above Rank One.

Aijieli reached Level 1 after years of self-taught Shaman Priest training, and Saine continued his research and growth after returning to the Azure Source Holy Tower. Seventeen years later, Saine married Nataya in the Franka Empire, where Luluenman arrived to bless them and gave each a rare gift.

• Aijieli advanced to Level 1 as a Soul Priest, empowering her Thunder Giant Beast with her soul power.
• Saine’s Mental Strength, mana, and physique rose substantially during seventeen years of research at the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Saine and Nataya held their wedding in the Franka Empire, attended by allies from the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall and the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Luluenman arrived late as a law avatar, reproached Saine for not telling her about the wedding, and gave Nataya a Green Source Potion and Saine a Green Source Seed.
• Luluenman told Saine through Mental Strength transmission that she would return the following year.

Saine and Nataya celebrated their wedding, while Lunna felt lonely watching her friend marry. Nataya began to tell Saine about a condition he had promised her, but the conversation turned to Lunna’s weight and Saine’s plans to examine her after the wedding.

• Saine and Nataya celebrated their marriage with Level-4 Knights and magicians in attendance.
• Lunna ate alone at the wedding feast, feeling desolate after offering Nataya her blessings.
• Nataya tried to remind Saine of a condition he had promised her, but Saine did not hear her and went to speak to Lunna.
• Saine noticed Lunna had regained weight and told her to come to his laboratory for a routine examination after the wedding.
• Lunna trembled at the thought of another experiment but agreed to Saine’s examination after he promised not to restrict her diet.

After their wedding, Saine brought Nataya to the Azure Source Holy Tower, where she began living with him and assisting his body-tempering research. As their newlywed life unfolded, Saine made new discoveries by studying Nataya’s exceptional knightly physique.

• Saine and Nataya returned to the Lisia Alliance after their wedding, then went to the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Saine assigned Nataya rooms on Levels 703 through 705 and planned training rooms for her and her body-tempering experiments.
• Saine and Nataya settled into their new room and became intimate, with Saine using a chain of Fire Element to try something new.
• Nataya joined Lunna as an assistant in Saine’s research into body tempering and passive evolution.
• Saine compared Nataya’s physical advantages as a knight with his own magical strengths and reflected on the differences between the two cultivation paths.

Saine planned to help Lunna break her Gene Shackles, using research into her body to strengthen her while advancing his own experiments. Lunna arrived at Azure Source Holy Tower and settled into Nataya’s territory, where training rooms had been prepared for her.

• Saine reviewed how Mental Strength and physique measurements varied across eras and civilizations, and concluded that Lunna’s exceptional physique gave her the potential to challenge stronger creatures.
• Saine decided to make Lunna an important experimental subject, helping her develop her cells and break the Gene Shackles while using the research to improve his own strength.
• Saine reflected on the history of Magicians and Knights, whose cooperation had helped both professions gain strength and security.
• Lunna arrived at Azure Source Holy Tower in the third month after Saine returned because she could no longer find an excuse to refuse his urging.
• Lunna was given temporary residence on the 703rd floor, Nataya’s territory, where Nataya had arranged several training rooms and accepted Serena’s presence.

Ten years after receiving a wisp of the Light of the Planes, Saine had grown rapidly through research and training, though he knew he would have to rely on himself to reach Level Four. Luluenman summoned him to leave early for Kapeiqi and order a Space Fortress, with the Secret Language Master waiting in her realm.

• Saine reflected that the Light of the Planes had aided his growth but would eventually run out, leaving his future advancement to his own efforts.
• Luluenman contacted Saine after his experiment and told him they were leaving early to order a Space Fortress in Kapeiqi.
• Saine instructed Lunna to follow her meal plan and keep restraining herself while he went with Luluenman.
• Saine met Luluenman atop the Azure Source Holy Tower, and they flew toward the Secret Language Holy Tower.
• Luluenman explained the Secret Language Master's expertise in mysticism and acoustics and warned Saine to mind his manners in the Secret Language Secret Realm.

Saine traveled with Luluenman to the Secret Language Secret Realm, where he encountered its eerie landscape and the Secret Language Master's tilted tower. After entering the tower, Saine saw strange runes and sensed that something was wrong.

• Luluenman carried Saine north on her Green Source Leaf, and Saine examined the plant magic while gaining a new perspective on the world below.
• Luluenman brought Saine to the Secret Language Land and explained how the Secret Language Master had established a Holy Tower there to foster magical development.
• Saine entered the Secret Language Secret Realm and saw a gloomy forest beneath an illusory-looking full moon.
• Luluenman led Saine into the eight-degree Leaning Tower where the Secret Language Master usually stayed.
• Saine saw runes fly from the walls and heard impossible rumbling sounds, then felt his back muscles stiffen.

Saine followed Luluenman into the Secret Language Master’s eerie laboratory, where the Level-4 Magician tested him and saw through aspects of his constitution. The Secret Language Master questioned Saine’s rapid growth and unusual constitution while Luluenman watched over her apprentice.

• Luluenman led Saine up the Leaning Tower’s floating stone steps, and he focused on the runes and became more interested in mysticism.
• Saine entered the Secret Language Master’s gray, black, and white laboratory and felt unnerved by its strange atmosphere.
• The Secret Language Master’s laughter with Luluenman eased Saine’s unease, but her gaze drew him into a disorienting whirlpool until Luluenman’s cough freed him.
• The Secret Language Master told Luluenman she had tested Saine because he had earned the Guardian of Summer’s favor and become a Second-Level Magician in just over a hundred years.
• The Secret Language Master examined Saine’s constitution, and Luluenman approved while reflecting on her duty to protect her apprentice.

Saine traveled with Luluenman and Secret Language Master to the center of Commercial Alliance Kapeiqi, where Luluenman sought help finding a Space Fortress. The chapter left them heading to a second-hand Space Fortress market at Luluenman's request.

• Secret Language Master gave Saine an old wizard book about mysticism and witchcraft, and acknowledged that she could be considered a witch.
• Luluenman, Secret Language Master, and Saine traveled north through Holy Tower teleportation routes for more than a month to reach Kapeiqi's center.
• Level-4 Magician Saka met the group and offered to take them to a fortress construction base, an exhibition, or Master Engels.
• Luluenman asked Saka whether Kapeiqi had a second-hand Space Fortress trading market, and he confirmed that it did.

Luluenman and Saine visited Kapeiqi’s second-hand Space Fortress market to find a suitable fortress, where they recognized a blue-purple fortress as Thunder Fortress. The chapter ended with them surprised to find it for sale.

• Saka guided Luluenman, Saine, and their companions through the vast second-hand Space Fortress market and explained its trade and inspection practices.
• Saka led them to a western lot of thirty-seven fortresses, including high-end, mid-range, and low-end models.
• Saka offered to show Luluenman the damaged Flame Mark Space Fortress, but its price made a new mid-range fortress seem more worthwhile.
• Luluenman noticed a familiar blue-purple fortress in Saka’s Crystal Ball image, and Saine recognized it as Thunder Fortress.

Luluenman searched the Second-hand Space Fortress Trading Market for a fortress and failed to reach a deal with Thunder Knight Lei Ming. After two months of inspecting options, Saka urged her to buy a new fortress with a Kapeiqi loan, and Secret Language Master nodded in agreement.

• Thunder Knight Lei Ming invited Luluenman, Saka, Saine, and the others to discuss his Space Fortress, but he wanted to lease it or retain the right to buy it back rather than sell it outright.
• Luluenman’s negotiations with Lei Ming collapsed, so Saka guided the group around the second-hand fortress market.
• Luluenman rejected several fortresses because of defects or high prices, and she passed on a black fortress because she thought it was ugly.
• After two months of searching, Saka recommended looking in Sky City or City of Steel, or buying a new fortress with Kapeiqi’s low-cost loan and maintenance services.
• Luluenman asked Secret Language Master what she should do, and Secret Language Master nodded.

Luluenman purchased a Type II Multifunctional War Fortress from Commercial Alliance Capecci, taking on a large loan secured by her Holy Tower and Green Leaf World. She named the fortress the Azure Source Space Fortress and arranged for its modifications, equipment, and registration.

• Luluenman chose Kapeiqi's Type II Multifunctional War Fortress for twelve million Magic Coins, with a bluish emerald-green exterior and other minor modifications.
• Luluenman paid just over two million Magic Coins upfront and used the Azure Source Holy Tower and Green Leaf World as collateral for the remaining loan.
• Kapeiqi assessed Green Leaf World and began preparing to deliver the fortress while Luluenman planned to spend her remaining cash on equipment and Magician operators.
• Luluenman named the fortress the Azure Source Space Fortress, and Saka said Kapeiqi would register it for passage through most Wizard Alliance star domains.
• Luluenman grumbled about Lei Ming's stinginess, then felt better remembering the profits she had made during the Thunderfall World War.

After buying a Space Fortress in Commercial Alliance Capecci, Saine and Luluenman stocked up on magical materials and prepared to return to the Green Source Land. The Secret Language Master offered to help with Luluenman’s coming war in the Low-Level Plane Biranssen Wilderness World before parting ways with them.

• Saine bought premium magical materials, gifts, and equipment for his companions and Slave Creatures, spending several thousand Magic Coins.
• Saine reflected that Plane Wars offered a better path to wealth and new knowledge than earning money through alchemy and potion-making.
• After nearly two years in Commercial Alliance Capecci, Luluenman and Saine began their return journey, and Luluenman introduced Saine to powerful magicians and her connections.
• Luluenman and Saine said farewell to the Secret Language Master, who offered to help if they faced difficulties in the upcoming war.
• The Secret Language Master briefly dazed Saine with a glance and vanished, and Luluenman told him they were heading back.

Saine returned to Azure Source Holy Tower, delivered gifts to Yuli and the others, and spoke with Serena about her love of plants and memories of her mother. As his research continued, he learned that the Black Domain war was easing and Lina might secretly join Azure Source Holy Tower’s coming Plane War, giving them a chance to meet.

• Saine gave Yuli an Elemental Magnetic Cannon that required further alchemical modifications, and handed her a Priest Codex she could use directly.
• Saine found Serena tending plant specimens and heard her reminisce about her mother, who had taught her magic and spoken of Saine’s aunt Catherine.
• Saine resumed his experiments and research at the Holy Tower without running into a research bottleneck.
• Lina told Saine that the Black Tower fighting was moving toward mediation and that Pale Bone Black Tower was beginning large-scale enrollment.
• Lina proposed secretly joining Azure Source Holy Tower’s coming Plane War so she could see Saine, and Saine eagerly went to tell his mentor.

Saine asked Luluenman to let Lina join the Azure Source Holy Tower Legion in the Biranssen Wilderness World War, and Luluenman agreed before requesting his help with a dangerous infiltration mission. Saine accepted after learning that Luluenman would protect him with a concealed avatar, and he prepared to study the world before departing.

• Saine asked Luluenman to bring Lina along for the Biranssen Wilderness World War, and Luluenman agreed.
• Luluenman asked Saine to enter the Biranssen Wilderness World ahead of the war and explore Plane Rule Nodes to weaken its Plane Barrier.
• Luluenman explained that the Spiked Green Mushroom King had sided with them and that she would disguise Saine as a plant-like creature.
• Saine questioned Luluenman's motives, and she admitted she needed him to carry a concealed thread of her Mental Strength because he was the best candidate.
• Luluenman promised the avatar could return Saine to safety and offered him the foremost merit in the Plane War, so Saine accepted.
• Luluenman told Saine there was no rush to depart and said she still needed to prepare while he studied the Biranssen Wilderness World.

Saine accidentally created a gray-white flame while studying Da Vinci’s Whisper and the mysterious power associated with wizards. After recording his observations, he approached the frightened Nataya.

• Saine prepared survival supplies while continuing his research before his planned mission to the Biranssen Wilderness World.
• Saine reread Da Vinci’s Whisper and heard strange echoes as he entered an eerie state of contemplation.
• Nataya startled Saine, and he discovered that the flame at his fingertips had turned gray-white and frightened her.
• Saine suspected the flame had formed from a fusion of mysterious power and Fire Element energy, then recorded his observations.
• After several hours, Saine finished documenting the flame and walked toward the sweat-soaked, frightened Nataya.

After a battle with Nataya, Saine resumed researching a mysterious flame and studied books on Sonic Magic and mysticism. Luluenman summoned him to prepare for an invasion of the Biranssen Wilderness World in three months, while Saine’s questions about mysticism and sound waves went unanswered.

• Saine told Nataya not to interrupt his experiments again, then joined Serena for lunch.
• Saine searched the Holy Tower Library for books on Sonic Magic, borrowed several, and returned to his residence to study.
• Luluenman told Saine that a passage to the Biranssen Wilderness World had been established and that they would move in three months under the identity of Plant War Generals.
• Luluenman said the Azure Source Holy Tower would issue a War Mobilization Order and explained that the world had one known Level-4 lifeform and a powerful guardian.
• Saine asked Luluenman for help with mysticism and sound wave studies, but she said she had never researched either field.

Saine prepared for an infiltration mission to Biranssen Wilderness World and departed with Luluenman’s help. Tourmaline noticed he had left the Wizard World but went back to sleep, planning to find him later.

• Luluenman invited Saine to consult her private library and advised him to slow his experiments while he waited for the mission to Biranssen Wilderness World.
• Aijieli asked Saine about his recent change in routine, and he reassured her before advising her to rely on meditation rather than potions to improve her Mental Strength.
• When Saine prepared to leave, Nataya asked to accompany him, but he refused because he was going with his mentor, Luluenman.
• Luluenman sent Saine through a magic array and an emerald green Elemental Vortex toward Biranssen Wilderness World.
• Tourmaline woke briefly after her bubble burst, realized Saine had left the Wizard World, and went back to sleep.

Saine entered the Biranssen Wilderness World in an elven form chosen by Luluenman and traveled east to find the Spiked Green Mushroom King. After a week, he reached the Green Mushroom Forest, learning that the plane’s powerful Plant Element Beings would make it difficult to conquer.

• Saine emerged onto a beach, captured a native Green Crab, and discovered that Luluenman had transformed him into an elf.
• Luluenman explained that elves had strong affinity for Plant Element Beings and refused Saine’s request to move her presence from his earrings.
• Saine flew east for a week, collecting native creature specimens along the way before reaching the Green Mushroom Forest.
• Saine learned that the Green Mushroom Forest was ruled by the Demigod-level Spiked Green Mushroom King and that the Biranssen Wilderness World had at least seven known Demigod-level beings.
• Saine stored his collected specimens in his Space Conch, and Luluenman remarked on his impressive equipment and Tourmaline’s immense wealth.

Saine reached the heart of Green Mushroom Forest and met the Spiked Green Mushroom King, who served Luluenman’s false identity as the Green Source God. With Biranssen Wilderness World’s Guardian already wary of foreign forces, Luluenman ordered the king to take them to a western coordinate node so Saine could prepare the plane for the coming war.

• Saine followed Luluenman’s guidance through Green Mushroom Forest, avoiding hostile native creatures and a Level-3 Giant Plant Tree.
• The Spiked Green Mushroom King appeared and prostrated itself before Saine, believing Luluenman to be the Green Source God.
• The Spiked Green Mushroom King reported that the Guardian had warned the forest lords of an infiltrating foreign force three years earlier and that it controlled more than two-thirds of the Green Mushroom Forest Plant Legion.
• Luluenman concluded that the Guardian had only suspicions and told the Spiked Green Mushroom King to take them to coordinate point 0 in the forest’s west.

Saine and Luluenman traveled east through the Biranssen Wilderness World to install Rule Node Weakeners at Plane Nodes for the Wizard Alliance. Along the way, Saine traded with a Green Beak Tree and began to see how friendship could help him complete the mission without violence.

• Saine asked Luluenman about the Rule Node Weakener he had buried in the Green Mushroom Forest, and she explained that it could suppress a world's Plane Will and damage it over time.
• Luluenman directed Saine toward a Plane Node in the Azurewood Forest and explained that the Biranssen Wilderness World had few guarded nodes compared with the Wizard World.
• Saine used a needle from the Spiked Green Mushroom King and its knowledge of local Plant Creatures to follow their planned route through the forests.
• Saine traded a Rank One earth-element Energy Crystal with a three-thousand-year-old Green Beak Tree for most of its high-grade alchemical threads instead of taking them by force.
• The Green Beak Tree spoke of wanting to explore beyond its rooted territory, and Luluenman said her Treant-summoning spell could temporarily change a plant's life form.