Recaps

Two years after Lina and Fei'er left, Saine taught at Azure Source Holy Tower as the academy expanded to recover from the Plane War. He visited Irene to examine her Black Jade Bamboo and saw the Holy Tower’s new defenses and growing prosperity.

• After Lina and Fei'er left, Saine returned to his experiments and spent two years working in solitude.
• Saine and Irene finished teaching their classes and discussed visiting Irene’s laboratory to inspect her Black Jade Bamboo, which Saine had recently begun studying at Irene’s request.
• Azure Source Holy Tower increased its apprentice recruitment and shortened its intake cycle as it worked to rebuild its ranks after the Plane War.
• Luluenman benefited from booming trade around Gem Bay and arranged for a merchant association to build a Floating Skyport there, with Azure Source Holy Tower retaining a major share of its profits and control.
• Saine passed the two Alchemy Puppets guarding the Holy Tower hall and considered their construction, while noting that their presence had made apprentices more confident and increased attendance at his alchemy classes.

Saine visited Irene, examined her Black Jade Bamboo, and discussed Mark’s advancement and the Grant Family’s younger generation. He left Irene teasing him for urging her to pursue research more diligently despite her recent increase in power.

• Saine examined Irene’s Black Jade Bamboo while asking whether her grandson Mark had advanced to become a Formal Magician.
• Irene confirmed Mark’s breakthrough and said Headmaster Archimedes had assigned him to Magician Johnny’s grade.
• Saine congratulated Mark and gave him two potions as gifts.
• Saine reproached Irene for standing still in her research, and she replied that her Mental Strength and magical power had recently increased.
• Irene spat lightly that Saine, Lina, Nataya, and their whole family were all monsters.

Saine returned to his Holy Tower with Black Jade Bamboo and resumed his research while Nataya trained and wondered whether she had lost her charm. The chapter left Saine beginning three experiments in his laboratory, with Nataya heading for a potion and a meal.

• Saine returned to the Holy Tower carrying Black Jade Bamboo after collecting nearly one-third of its bodily tissue.
• Saine told Nataya that he had three experiments to finish and would not be home for dinner, then reminded her to drink the Body Tempering Potion.
• Nataya wondered whether her charm had faded after Saine left for the laboratory instead of responding to her flirtation.
• Nataya drank the potion and went to the kitchen for food after her training session.
• Saine began studying the Black Jade Bamboo and prepared to conduct experiments involving two female Frost Gorillas and a vial of Devil Blood.

Saine studied Devil Blood through the night and found that it could reshape contract power and subtly influence nearby creatures. His research was interrupted when his mentor, Luluenman, summoned him, and he prepared to leave the laboratory.

• Saine observed the dwindling divine power in the Frost Gorilla mother and daughter and concluded it would fade without the Ice Gorilla God's grace.
• Saine discovered that Devil Blood could strengthen contract scrolls enough to restrain a lifeform one level above him and might exert an influence resembling Emotional Power.
• Saine received a message from Luluenman, put away the unfinished Devil Blood, and changed into a white mage's robe with help from Aijieli and the Frost Gorilla mother and daughter.
• Saine told Aijieli to clean the Body Tempering Laboratory and notify Yuli to come early before he returned.

Luluenman showed Saine the Azure Source Holy Tower’s preparations for receiving new warships and fortresses while reflecting on her recent purchases and the rising prices of Wizard Civilization’s military equipment. She ended the visit feeling better after Saine praised her new earrings.

• Saine noticed the new magical flowers, mysterious alloy, and blue gemstone earrings in Luluenman’s residence.
• Luluenman told Saine that two Light Prism Fortresses and eleven War Airships would soon be delivered, and that he and another dean could receive them.
• Luluenman considered how rising prices had shaped her purchases and explained that she had bought the equipment after comparing sellers.
• Luluenman sighed over the expensive upgrades she still wanted and the money she had left after buying equipment and personal items.
• Saine praised Luluenman’s earrings, lifting her mood.

Saine prepared to travel to the Star Harbor with Lonas while continuing his experimental research and reflecting on how difficult Truth Arcana was to develop. He concluded that magicians guarded hard-won knowledge closely and that he had no reason to take a disciple yet.

• Saine arranged his trip to the Star Harbor with Lonas, whose appointment as dean helped prepare Azure Source Holy Tower Academy for Archimedes' eventual departure.
• Saine continued his Body Tempering Experiments and found that his physical growth had slowed after the temporary boost from absorbing the Flame Demon bloodline.
• Saine recognized that developing Truth Arcana could take decades or centuries, though Arcane Points could provide access to earlier magicians' research.
• Saine decided he would not give away the knowledge and data from his experiments, since magicians had earned their discoveries through extensive effort.
• Saine noted that he had not shared Professor Moxidu's private alchemical knowledge with apprentices and still had no intention of taking a disciple.

Saine and Lonas traveled with Holy Tower magicians to a public star harbor outside the Wizard World to receive two Light Prism Fortresses and eleven War Airships. After the handover, Irene persuaded Saine and Lonas to visit the harbor’s largest auction house, where the story left them heading to see what it offered.

• Saine and Lonas took a floating ship with more than two hundred Holy Tower magicians to the public star harbor outside the Wizard World.
• Saine and the others inspected the two Light Prism Fortresses and eleven War Airships and completed the handover with the City of Steel and Kapeiqi.
• Saine and his party moved one Light Prism Fortress and five War Airships into the Azure Source Space Fortress.
• Irene asked Saine to visit the harbor’s auction houses and trading firms, and Lonas said he wanted to look around too.
• Saine agreed to go with Irene to the largest auction house after she said she hoped to see a creature above Rank Four auctioned in a cage.

Saine brought Irene to Christie's Auction House, where the steep entry fee nearly made her turn back, but he paid and entered with her. They received concealing badges and were led toward the auction venue, where they saw the auction house’s diverse staff and wealthy visitors from across the Wizard Alliance.

• Irene dragged Saine to Christie's Auction House, the Wizard Alliance’s prestigious chain auction house.
• Irene balked at the 500-Magic-Coin entry fee per person, but Saine paid because he wanted to explore the high-end auction.
• A Flower Elf maid gave Saine and Irene magical badges that could conceal their auras and faces.
• The Flower Elf maid led them through the vast auction house toward the venue, passing varied attendants and customers from across the alliance.

Saine and Irene attended an auction at Christie's Auction House, where they learned about the powerful Crystal Heart and its uses. Saine became interested in the hidden finale item as the auction kept its details secret.

• Saine and Irene entered the auction hall, inspected its magical features, and settled in with a Flower Elf maid to assist them.
• Saine and Irene sampled the drinks and looked over the auction list, with Irene excited to tell her friends about the venue.
• The auctioneer presented the Crystal Heart, a treasure formed from the essence of a Melofu Crystal Person who died after losing its partner.
• Saine learned that the Level-3 Crystal Heart could help lifeforms of opposite sexes develop affection, making it especially valuable to summoners seeking to bond with powerful creatures.
• Saine noticed that Christie's had concealed the finale item's details, which heightened his anticipation.

Saine and Irene watched Christie’s Auction House present rare treasures, and Saine bought Flame Melt Blood Vine for the women close to him. The auction then unveiled a mid-grade divine artifact, revealing that Level-4-and-above lifeforms were likely among the attendees.

• Saine and Irene watched a Level-3 Crystal Heart sell for five thousand eight hundred Magic Coins after learning how its success rate varied by the target’s level.
• Christie’s Auction House presented rare treasures, including the Black Dragon Shield, the Lich’s Box, and the Light Burst Bead.
• Saine bought Flame Melt Blood Vine for three thousand six hundred Magic Coins to share with Irene, Serena, Nataya, and Luluenman.
• Christie’s Auction House brought out a mid-grade divine heavy hammer with an opening bid of three hundred thousand Magic Coins.
• Saine realized that Level-4-and-above lifeforms were likely attending the auction, though the venue concealed its guests’ identities.

Saine and Irene visited several auction halls, where they saw increasingly valuable goods, including a slave-branded Level-4 Gorilla God and a damaged component of a World-Class Secret Treasure. Saine left impressed by the scale of the auction and newly certain that Tourmaline was wealthy.

• The divine artifact warhammer sold for 780,000 Magic Coins, while Wizard World experts speculated about the Thunder Knight's risky effort to commission a World-Class Secret Treasure.
• Saine and Irene visited two more auction halls and found that their offerings were far beyond what Saine could afford.
• In the second hall, Saine and Irene watched a slave-branded Level-4 Gorilla God go on sale, and the bidding reached 20 million Magic Coins.
• Saine learned that his grandmaster, Cuilisi, had once captured a Level-4 Gorilla God alive during the Wild Gorilla World War.
• At the final hall, Saine saw a wedge-shaped wood block identified as one of seven damaged components of a World-Class Secret Treasure and thought of Tourmaline's ribbons.
• Saine left the auction with Irene, convinced that Tourmaline was even wealthier than he had thought.

Saine left Christie’s Auction House with four rare treasures, reflecting on their uses and the limits of wealth. He planned to give the Spring of Life to the Plant Creatures of Biranssen Wilderness World, while Irene vowed to study magic harder and move in with him if Nataya agreed.

• Saine and Irene left the auction house after Saine spent roughly thirteen thousand Magic Coins on Flame Melt Blood Vine, Ten Thousand Year Ice Soul Crystal, Body Tempering Stalactite Liquid, and Spring of Life.
• Saine considered how the Ice Soul Crystal could improve his meditation and provide a portable laboratory surface, while the Body Tempering Stalactite Liquid could aid his body refinement.
• Saine reflected that great wealth could buy rare resources and powerful allies, but recognized that earning Magic Coins was difficult and that Wizard Civilization had to preserve balance.
• Saine decided to give some of the Spring of Life to the Plant Creatures of Biranssen Wilderness World, hoping it might help Guardian Bai Ling and repay their past kindness.
• Irene reacted to the large expense and vowed to study and meditate diligently so she could become a Second-Level Magician.
• Irene said she would move in with Saine, and he replied that she first had to convince Nataya.

After returning from Star Harbor, Saine reported to Luluenman and distributed the auction treasures among his allies. He remained at the Azure Source Holy Tower while Lina stayed in the Black Domain under the watch of the Pale Bone Tower Master, whose interest in Lina’s connections left her wary.

• Saine gave Luluenman Flame Melt Blood Vine and half of his Spring of Life, and she agreed to try cultivating the vine and refine potions.
• The Azure Source Holy Tower established permanent passages to the Biranssen Wilderness World and Green Leaf World, and Saine sent his remaining Spring of Life to the Biranssen Wilderness World.
• Saine refined the Flame Melt Blood Vine into Quenching Potions and sent some to Serena, Irene, and Nataya, with three more sent to Lina for herself, Fei'er, and Zorro.
• Lina told Saine that the Black Tower Tower Master had assigned her and her companions tedious missions, but she did not mention that the Tower Master had summoned her and probed her ties to the Bai Xing Family.

After decades of study at the Azure Source Holy Tower, Saine celebrated his two-hundredth birthday with Tourmaline and his friends before continuing experiments intended to break through his Second-Level bottleneck. He had uncovered part of the elemental qualitative transformation profound truths and planned to test whether Tourmaline’s blood could help transform his cells.

• Saine saved the unused Body Tempering Stalactite Liquid for Nataya after she declined it, believing her physique had not reached its limit.
• Fifty years later, Tourmaline awoke in time to celebrate Saine’s two-hundredth birthday, which the Grant, Ernst, and Ferrell families and Saine’s friends attended.
• Saine watched Tourmaline display her water-controlling power in the Jewel Sea while onlookers kept their distance.
• Saine prepared to draw Tourmaline’s blood, which he hoped would stimulate his cells to transform and help him break through his bottleneck.
• Saine used Cuilisi’s gray-white natural fire and decades of research to grasp part of the elemental qualitative transformation profound truths required of a Level-3 Magician.

Saine prepared for a future attempt to reach Level Three and decided to resume traveling after decades of research in the Green Source Land. He collected Tourmaline’s dragon blood, invited her to meet him in the Western Islands, and left for the Azure Source Holy Tower.

• Saine gathered Tourmaline’s dragon blood for his preparations to advance to Level Three and his next dragon blood bath.
• Saine told Tourmaline he planned to travel and asked whether she wanted to return home; Tourmaline eagerly agreed.
• Saine reflected on the mysterious connection between himself and Tourmaline, which Luluenman suspected was related to dragon creatures.
• Saine called out to Tourmaline and flew toward the Azure Source Holy Tower.

Saine returned to Azure Source Holy Tower and continued his research as the tower prospered over the decades. Lunna visited him after her failed attempt to become a Sky Knight, seeking his help as she prepared to try again.

• Azure Source Holy Tower expanded its ranks of Formal-Ranked Magicians and built a busy Floating Skyport, boosting its prosperity and trade.
• Saine returned to his laboratory and resumed producing Dragon Blood Potion after surveying the tower’s growth.
• Lunna came to Saine’s laboratory, though she rarely sought him out first.
• Lunna had failed to advance to Sky Knight seventeen years earlier and spent seven years recovering from the disappointment.
• Saine had helped Lunna regain confidence by explaining that her failure was common for someone with insufficient accumulation, and his calm guidance made her feel safe.
• Lunna had received Body Tempering Stalactite Liquid from Nataya but waited to use it until she felt she had reached the right point.

Lunna asked Saine to take her on his upcoming travels, and he agreed. Before Saine set out, Dean Archimedes left the Azure Source Holy Tower with his descendants, including Green, to join the newly established Crimson Flame Holy Tower.

• Lunna told Saine she wanted to travel with him, and Saine agreed to bring her along.
• Saine considered how Lunna’s strength and potential to reach Level 3 could benefit his travels and his research.
• Dean Archimedes departed from the Azure Source Holy Tower with his descendants, including Green, who had advanced to Level 2.
• Tower Master Luluenman, Saine, and many Azure Source Holy Tower magicians gathered at the Floating Skyport to see Archimedes off.
• Saine learned through Green that Archimedes was joining the Crimson Flame Holy Tower, founded by a Level-4 fire-element magician.

Saine and Green said farewell as Green departed, and Saine told Luluenman he planned to travel through the Wizard World and allied Alien Worlds. Luluenman gave him Green Source Seeds and research on plant-element toxins, and Saine left the Floating Skyport with Lunna.

• Saine said goodbye to Green, whose Junior Sister and Archimedes' wife were also departing with him.
• Saine told Luluenman he planned to travel for decades or centuries, visiting Sky City, the West Coast, and allied Alien Worlds.
• Luluenman urged Saine to visit her before leaving and offered him Green Source Seeds and her research on plant-element toxins for his Mixed Poison Body Tempering.
• Two months later, Saine departed from Azure Source Holy Tower with Lunna.

Saine traveled with Lunna to visit her family in the Midros Kingdom before continuing his journey north. After three days of farewells and preparations, Saine and Lunna set out with a huge supply of luggage.

• Saine took a local floating ship with Lunna to the Midros Kingdom, planning to continue north toward the Eli Knights Alliance and Ebarute Empire afterward.
• Saine met Lunna's parents, two exceptionally powerful Sky Knights whose family had funded a commoner Knights' Academy in the kingdom.
• Lunna's parents enthusiastically supported her journey with Saine and tried to host a farewell banquet, which Saine declined.
• Lunna's parents kept Saine and Lunna at their home for three days and gave Lunna five spatial wristbands filled with supplies.
• Lunna finally loaded up the luggage and pulled Saine away to continue their travels, while Serena and Irene stayed at the Azure Source Holy Tower and Tourmaline headed south along the Azure Ripple Canal.

Saine and Lunna traveled to the Wooden Rhino Holy Tower and chose to explore Water Rhino World, a Low-Level Plane under its jurisdiction. They arrived on its warm, sunlit shores and set out to meet the stationed mages.

• Saine explored the Wooden Rhino Holy Tower’s commercial district, learned about its tower master and her Water Rhino companion, and bought local resources.
• Saine and Lunna reviewed the Holy Tower’s four accessible planes and chose Water Rhino World for its well-preserved rules and native ecology.
• They each paid two hundred Magic Coins and used the cross-plane Teleportation Array to reach Water Rhino World.
• Saine observed the plane’s two suns, abundant Water Element, and native rhinoceros-like creatures while Lunna struggled with the heat.
• Saine told Lunna they would greet the stationed mages, as they began exploring the Alliance Plane.

After twelve years of traveling through Water Rhino World, Saine reflected on how experiencing its landscapes and elemental differences had helped him grow, while Lunna enjoyed the food and journey. They camped near an oasis in the desert, with Saine still collecting specimens and local resources for his research.

• Saine and Lunna reached a desert on the border between the far west and far north of Water Rhino World and watched Humped Black Rhinos drinking at an oasis.
• Saine reflected on their twelve years of travel and how observing nature had become a source of growth after he tired of intensive specimen research.
• Saine considered how the Light of the Planes and Water Rhino World's differing rules helped him perceive the plane's elemental environment.
• Saine recalled trading Magic Potions with intelligent rhinoceros creatures for local resources and keeping his specimens for research rather than profit.
• Saine and Lunna camped beneath Water Rhino World's three moons while Lunna roasted meat, and Saine released Yuli and the Little Fox Girl from his space pendant.

Saine and Lunna traveled to Snow Spirit World, a conquered Mid-Level World nearing degradation, where Saine learned about its history and the Northern Witches’ role in developing it. After Lunna heard a rumor that Hosta Knight was frozen beneath Kilimanjaro Peak, a blue-robed Witch who had spoken with her approached them.

• Saine and Lunna returned from Water Rhino World to Wizard World and continued north to Glacier Knights' Hall.
• Lunna chose to visit Snow Spirit World, a Mid-Level World governed jointly by the Eli Knights Alliance and the Northern Witches Organization.
• Saine learned that Wizard Civilization had nearly exterminated Snow Spirit World's original Snow Spirit Race and that the world was steadily degrading despite the Alliance's efforts to preserve it.
• Lunna told Saine that a Witch had claimed Hosta Knight survived the conquest and was sealed in ice inside Kilimanjaro Peak.
• Saine corrected Lunna that the woman was a Witch, and the blue-robed Witch flew over to them.

Saine and Lunna met Marylian, a powerful Second-Level Witch researching Frozen Ice Body Tempering, and learned about Snow Spirit World’s sealed Level-6 Knight. Marylian offered to take them to First Snow Mountain in exchange for examining Lunna, and demonstrated the strength of her ice summons.

• Marylian asked Lunna to cooperate in her research, but Lunna turned away, and Saine asked what had happened to the sealed Level-6 Knight.
• Marylian explained that Snow Spirit creatures had been used to seal the Knight, that Wizard Civilization protected Snow Spirit World to preserve him, and that he might have chosen to remain sealed to study its ice.
• Marylian offered to take Saine and Lunna to First Snow Mountain if Lunna agreed to a few physical examinations, and Saine looked to Lunna for her response.
• Saine learned that Marylian studied Frozen Ice Body Tempering and watched her summon powerful Ice Elemental Giants.
• Marylian explained that Snow Spirit World’s environment and rules strengthened her ice summons, while other planes could weaken them.

Saine, Lunna, and Marylian traveled to the First Snow Mountain, where the two magicians exchanged knowledge before parting as friends. Marylian’s costly divinations predicted Lunna would likely reach Level 3 and warned Saine of a bloody crisis within a thousand years.

• Saine and Marylian exchanged limited knowledge of their body-tempering arts and other magical studies as they traveled through the Snow Spirit World.
• Three years later, Saine, Lunna, and Marylian reached the First Snow Mountain and spent nearly four years there, but could not climb Kilimanjaro Peak.
• Marylian parted from Saine and Lunna after exchanging Crystal Ball contact information and performing an astrological reading for them.
• Marylian predicted that Lunna had a high chance of reaching Level 3 within five hundred years and warned Saine he might face a bloody calamity within a thousand years.
• Marylian demanded compensation from Saine after revealing that divining him had turned two more strands of her hair white.

After leaving Marylian, Saine and Lunna spent two years exploring Snow Spirit World before traveling north through the Eli Knights Alliance, where Saine gathered rare research materials and Lunna tested herself in combat. They left with greater knowledge and experience, including Lunna’s hard-won insights from two defeats.

• Saine gave Marylian a Spring of Life potion before he and Lunna left Snow Spirit World.
• Saine explored more than a dozen Alien Planes, acquired a rare Red Rhombus Fire Seed, and bought Blue-Eyed Fairies for himself and Luluenman.
• Lunna fought in arenas throughout the Eli Knights Alliance and won many battles against knights of her level.
• Lunna lost twice, including a spectacular fight against a black-armored Level-2 knight that rivaled Level-3 combat in power.
• Lunna gained deeper insights into power from her defeats while Saine continued advancing his research.