Recaps

Saine and the Spider Queen’s forces searched the northern Eli Knights Alliance for a spacetime anomaly and found a broken white stone slab in Shadow Stream Mountain Valley. The Spider Queen recognized it as a fragment of a World-Class Secret Treasure.

• After months of searching, Saine told the Spider Queen that the Steel Heart Knights' Hall had detected weak Spacetime Fluctuation near Shadow Stream Mountain Valley.
• The Spider Queen gathered underground creatures and Dark Beings, gave them four spatial light spheres as decoys, and sent them to search the mountain valley.
• A Level Two subhuman reported finding a broken white stone slab that made Little Piya De disappear when he touched it.
• Saine and the others reached the slab and found that it emitted spatial distortions and carried an aura like the Cyan Ribbons of Tourmaline.
• The Spider Queen appeared through Saine's Silver Spider Ring and identified the slab as a fragment of a World-Class Secret Treasure.

Saine discovered that the white stone slab was a powerful fragment imbued with Space and fate Laws, and the Spider Queen ordered him to carry it to the Black Domain. After she escaped into the silver Little Spider, Saine joined the Holy Tower forces attacking the underground creatures and left with spoils from a slain Soul-Devouring Spider.

• The Spider Queen touched the white stone slab and discovered that it held both Space Power and the power of fate.
• As nearby knights and mages closed in, the Spider Queen sent her Dark Beings and demi-humans to draw their attention and ordered Saine to take the slab to the Black Domain.
• The Spider Queen entered the silver Little Spider on Saine's finger, taking the stone slab with her, and Saine quietly left the underground area.
• Saine joined the Holy Tower forces in their attack on the Dark Beings and helped kill a Level-2 Soul-Devouring Spider.
• Saine received half the Soul-Devouring Spider's head and three of its legs as spoils.

After the underground creatures’ attack left no survivors, Saine worried that the knights and magicians would uncover the Spider Queen’s involvement, while her silver spider remained hidden from everyone else. Nearly two years later, Saine returned to Dark Flame Holy Tower, where the Spider Queen urged him back to the laboratory after discovering that the stone slab connected to another world.

• The Demigod-level Red Armor Knight and two magicians suspected a conspiracy after captured underground creatures died, and the knight vowed to report the incident to the Dark Knight Dominator.
• Saine concealed the Spider Queen’s invisible silver spider from Jini Si, then agreed to trade her two legs from a Soul-Devouring Spider for part of a Wu Poison Spider specimen.
• The investigation into the underground Spacetime Fluctuations ended after nearly two years without the Holy Towers and Knights’ Halls finding anything valuable.
• Saine returned to Dark Flame Holy Tower as it placed second in the Regional Academy War, and Goria received the Azure Heart after ranking eighteenth in individual points.
• The Spider Queen told Saine that the stone slab fragment connected to another world and ordered him to return to the laboratory to help verify her discovery.

Saine assisted the Spider Queen as she tested a mysterious stone slab in his laboratory, learning from her expertise while remaining wary of her motives. The Spider Queen explained that the slab’s rare Law of Fate and unusual spacetime properties made it too risky to teleport, so Saine would have to help deliver it to the Black Domain.

• Saine returned to his Holy Tower residence with the Spider Queen, who revealed the stone slab that had caused a major spacetime investigation in the northern Eli Knights Alliance.
• The Spider Queen used Saine’s laboratory equipment to study the slab, and Saine gained knowledge of Undead Element, Darkness-type studies, and Formation Studies while assisting her.
• Saine noted that the Spider Queen did not demand he end his dean’s contract early, and he kept her identity secret from everyone except Yuli.
• The Spider Queen ordered Saine to monitor abnormal data from the slab’s spacetime fluctuations during an experiment.
• Saine asked why the Spider Queen would not teleport the slab to the Black Domain, and she explained that its spacetime properties made teleportation unsafe and that its Law of Fate made it exceptionally rare.

After two centuries as dean of Dark Flame Holy Tower Academy, Saine resigned after leading it to first place in the final Regional Academy War of his term. The Spider Queen remained at his side, still investigating the fate-bound stone slab and the Large World connected to it.

• The Spider Queen explained that the stone slab came from a Large World, contained the Law of Fate, and was only one quarter of the original, but she refused to explore the world until she understood its unusual laws.
• The Spider Queen teased Saine about his marriage to Nataya and revealed that she had met his grandmaster at the Wizard Alliance Assembly.
• Saine formally submitted his resignation to Dark Flame after completing his two-hundred-year term as dean.
• Dark Flame Holy Tower Academy won first place in the final Regional Academy War, aided by the Spider Queen's academy model, which had helped place eleven of its apprentices among the top twenty.

Dark Flame tried to persuade Saine to remain dean, but Saine declined and recommended Bob as his successor. As Saine prepared to leave, Dark Flame sensed a trace of divine power on him and warned him to focus on mastering Level-3 Truth Arcana before pursuing higher powers.

• Dark Flame offered to double Saine's Dean Commission, but Saine explained that he wanted to travel and continue learning, then firmly declined.
• Saine recommended Third-Level Great Magician Bob as the next dean, and Dark Flame agreed to appoint him.
• Dark Flame noticed a trace of divine power on Saine and guessed it came from his mentor or the damaged divine spark he possessed.
• Dark Flame warned Saine that contact with divine power was premature and advised him to master the Truth Arcana required of a Level-3 Magician first.
• Saine thought of his first mentor, Moxidu, and nodded that he understood.

Saine departed from the Dark Flame Holy Tower, leaving behind the colleagues, students, and family who came to see him off. He set out north to explore the Wizard World, while Nataya and Lunna began their own journey west and planned to reunite with him in the Western Islands.

• Saine bid farewell to the Dark Flame Holy Tower's magicians, whose respect for him contrasted with his widespread infamy as the academy's strict dean.
• Goria asked Saine to take her with him, but he refused, and she tearfully said that she and Faine would join him at the Azure Source Holy Tower after their contracts ended.
• Saine praised the commoner magicians who had advanced to Level-1 under his tenure and urged them to pursue greater realms and Truth Arcana.
• Saine left the Dark Flame Holy Tower after persuading Nataya and Lunna to travel without him.
• Nataya and Lunna headed west to seek experience, while Saine traveled north toward the Wizard World's spellcaster holy lands; they agreed to meet in the Western Islands.

Saine traveled with the Spider Queen while delaying his trip to the Black Domain, claiming he wanted to visit the Wizard World's Sky City first. The Spider Queen accepted his reasoning, as pressure from the Eli Knights Alliance made an immediate visit risky, and she prepared for the possibility of a war with the Galente Federation.

• Saine traveled openly with the Spider Queen, whose beauty attracted flirtatious men, while she teased him about giving him a Demigod-level Dark Elf Queen.
• Saine told the Spider Queen he wanted to visit the Sky City before heading to the Black Domain so his journey would not arouse suspicion.
• The Spider Queen did not press Saine to go to the Black Domain because the Eli Knights Alliance was investigating the earlier conflict involving her servants.
• The Spider Queen expected that the Wizard World's looming war with the Galente Federation could make the Black Domain's Black Magicians and Black Knights valuable, and hoped to benefit from the conflict.

Saine arrived at the Ebarute Empire and decided to raise his Arcanist level to better participate in its open academic community. At Golden Moon Holy Tower, he prepared to submit much of the Element Profound Truth knowledge he had mastered for verification.

• Saine arrived in the Ebarute Empire and observed that its magicians valued Arcanist levels and knowledge exchange.
• Saine learned that Arcanist ranks were difficult to earn but could predict a Spellcaster’s future advancement.
• The Spider Queen told Saine that reaching Level-7 Arcanist would indicate he was destined to become a Dominator.
• Saine wondered about his mentor’s Arcanist level and the promised Fire Element Profound Truth knowledge.
• Saine decided to submit his mastered Element Profound Truths to the Arcane Light, except for knowledge in alchemy, Azure Fire Mysteries, Flames of Ash, and the Body Tempering Experiment.

Saine earned enough Arcane Points to become a Level-2 Arcanist and traveled through the Ebarute Empire, sharing knowledge and learning about Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts. After sparring with the dual-cultivation knight Chenuo, Saine gained new ideas for his Body Tempering Experiment and practical close-combat techniques.

• Saine withheld his four core Truth Arcana and earned 4,768 Arcane Points, qualifying as a Level-2 Arcanist.
• Saine used his Arcanist status to attend academic gatherings, lecture at the Third Public Magic Academy of the Sifangu Empire, and exchange ideas with magicians and knights.
• Saine visited the Azure Dragon Sea Knights' Hall to study its dual-cultivation path, despite having argued with the Spider Queen to make the detour.
• Saine sparred with Chenuo, a Rank Two knight whose combined battle qi and magic could unleash level-3 lifeform power.
• Saine took inspiration from the knights' dual-cultivation insights for his Body Tempering Experiment and learned close-combat techniques suited to him.

While traveling east through the Ebarute Empire, Saine received news from Luluenman that two senior members of the Azure Blaze Sect were near death, but their disciple Ailide had advanced to Level 4 and would establish the Flame Sword Holy Tower. Luluenman also passed along the Flame Lianjia Art from Grandmaster Cuilisi, and Saine continued his journey without returning to the sect.

• Saine left the Azure Dragon Sea Knights' Hall after nearly four months and traveled east toward Sky City.
• In Weilite, Saine received a message from Luluenman explaining that Andres and Hoffs were nearing death after failed attempts to advance to Level 4.
• Luluenman told Saine that Ailide, a disciple of Andres, had advanced to Level 4 in the Violet Brake Flame Soul World and was returning to establish the Flame Sword Holy Tower.
• Luluenman explained that Saine could not return in time for the Azure Blaze Sect's gathering, and she did not call him back from his travels.
• Luluenman gave Saine the Flame Lianjia Art, an inheritance bestowed by Grandmaster Cuilisi.

Saine received Cuilisi’s Flame Lianjia Art and inscribed its flame nodes into his Flame Demon Body, greatly increasing his power. After deciding to carry out the Spider Queen’s assignment, he traveled to Sky City, where the chapter left him amid the vast floating city.

• Saine inscribed Cuilisi’s Flame Lianjia Art into his Flame Demon Body and discovered that it more than doubled his strength and gave him immense Flame Wings.
• Saine comforted Luluenman and kept the Spider Queen’s existence secret while deciding to deliver the stone slab to the Black Domain.
• Saine arrived in Isikel City and admired the Ebarute Empire’s magical resources before entering its largest teleportation hall.
• Saine teleported to Sky City and saw its sprawling cluster of floating cities and towering central spire.

Saine explored Sky City, where access to knowledge and daily living required scarce Arcane Points, and joined a Heavy Industry Laboratory to avoid the daily fee while gaining practical experience. He began working as an apprentice under an experienced alchemist whose research focused on weapons for Space Fortresses.

• Saine admired Sky City's True Spirit Tower and began exploring the city on foot, since flight was forbidden.
• Saine learned that each day in Sky City cost one Arcane Point, while libraries and special knowledge required additional payment.
• Saine observed the city's advanced alchemical goods and learned that knights could earn Arcane Points by contributing battle qi knowledge and combat techniques.
• In his second month, Saine passed a test against seven applicants and secured an assistant apprentice position in a Heavy Industry Laboratory.
• Saine began working under a Level-Two alchemist who had helped design Space Fortress cannons at a laboratory specializing in medium-sized Space Fortresses.

Saine worked under Piton at Sky City’s Heavy Industry Laboratory, gaining advanced alchemical knowledge while helping develop energy weapons. He paid Piton ten thousand Magic Coins to upgrade Yuli’s Constructed Magic Puppet, and Piton agreed after pointing out serious flaws in its weapon system.

• Saine learned from Piton while carrying out tasks at the Heavy Industry Laboratory, where the old alchemist shared his expertise once Saine had completed his assignments.
• Saine asked Piton whether he had ever directed a Level-4 alchemist, and Piton angrily sent him to inspect an energy circuit and measure a cannon muzzle’s Magic Conductivity.
• Saine considered how he might acquire a Space Fortress in the future, deciding he would only participate in its design or buy a standard model rather than build one himself.
• Saine paid Piton ten thousand Magic Coins to upgrade Yuli’s Constructed Magic Puppet, explaining that Yuli’s mech suit was important to her strength.
• Piton criticized Saine’s skill with mech suits, identified major problems in Yuli’s puppet weapon system, and accepted the job.

Saine watched Old Man Pidon modify Yuli’s Constructed Magic Puppet and learned from the alchemist’s experience with technological weapons. Pidon left the puppet more powerful but potentially more dangerous, warning Saine that technological combat units were vulnerable despite their strength.

• Saine visited Old Man Pidon’s laboratory and learned that the elderly alchemist’s health had deteriorated from his harsh living conditions and habits.
• Old Man Pidon began upgrading Yuli’s Constructed Magic Puppet while Saine watched and picked up alchemical techniques.
• Old Man Pidon installed four Elemental Rocket Thrusters and replaced the puppet’s Energy Core with a standard crystal from a Light Prism Fortress.
• Saine worried that the modifications would make the puppet more dangerous to use, but Old Man Pidon argued that war itself was dangerous and Saine should maximize Yuli’s combat value.
• Old Man Pidon explained that technological mechs were unstable and could be disabled by attacks on critical systems, then reinforced the puppet’s vulnerable parts.

Saine and Piton spent half a year upgrading Yuli’s Flame Mark Constructed Magic Puppet with powerful thrusters, weapons, and reinforced components, then improved her other puppets with the remaining materials. As Saine prepared to leave Sky City, he urged Yuli to develop her Mental Strength alongside her mecha, while reflecting that Piton’s alchemy knowledge had made the costly visit worthwhile.

• Yuli agreed to Piton’s proposal to enhance her puppet, and Saine ordered new, high-quality components to make the modifications safer.
• Saine supplied expensive materials, and Piton spent half a year turning the Flame Mark Constructed Magic Puppet into a reinforced, fifty-meter mecha equipped with rocket thrusters, a Black Hole Particle Cannon, and other weapons.
• Piton used leftover materials to upgrade Yuli’s other ordinary-model magic puppets.
• Saine told Yuli that her strength could reach the Level-3 standard but urged her to keep improving her Mental Strength.
• After absorbing Piton’s practical alchemy knowledge during the work, Saine prepared to leave Sky City.

Saine’s temporary work at the Heavy Industry Laboratory ended, and Piton asked him to become his disciple, but Saine declined because he already had a mentor. Saine then left for a Sky City library to study Light Element Profound Truths and potion-making.

• Piton praised Saine’s apprenticeship and asked him to become his disciple, but Saine refused because he already had a mentor.
• Saine advised Piton to quit smoking and gave him Magic Potions to improve his health before leaving the laboratory.
• Piton reflected on his alchemy knowledge, his 8,761 Arcane Points, and his hope of reaching the 10,000-point threshold for a Level-3 Arcanist.
• Saine flew north through Sky City and chose a medium-sized library, where he headed for books on the Light Element and potion-making.

Saine spent seven years studying across Sky City's libraries, broadening his knowledge of many magical disciplines until his dwindling Arcane Points forced him to leave. With only a few hundred points remaining, he spent his final half year at Sky City's largest museum, exploring the history of Wizard Civilization and seeking knowledge about demons.

• Saine immersed himself in theoretical works on Light, water, and Earth magic, Summoning Art, Bloodline Arcana, and other fields, gaining broader insight while learning few practical Spell Models.
• Saine's Arcane Points fell to 1,000, dropping his Arcanist rank to Level 1 and forcing him to stop studying in the libraries before Sky City expelled him.
• Saine spent his final half year in Sky City studying its museum's extensive records of Wizard Civilization, the Wizard Alliance, and its subordinate planes.
• Saine sought information about demon history and magic, hoping it would help strengthen his Balrog bloodline and Nataya's Bator Demon bloodline.

After studying Hell’s history in Sky City, Saine left with new knowledge about demons and ancient angels but lamented his limited rank and Arcane Points. He traveled to the Northern Witches Organization instead of going straight to the Western Islands, intending to learn about witchcraft and find Marylian.

• Saine studied demon lineages and learned that Abyss Demon Dragons had joined Wizard Civilization, while demons and devils remained unwelcome because of their destructive nature.
• Saine reflected on how demon blood had improved his body-tempering progress and read that angels had destroyed Hell, though no angels remained in the Surrounding Starfield.
• Saine left Sky City after spending nearly all his Arcane Points and vowed to return for a hundred years once he had advanced further.
• Saine used Sky City’s Teleportation Array to travel to the Northern Witches Organization rather than directly to the Western Islands.
• Saine went to the Northern Witches Organization to investigate its ancient witchcraft and find the Level-2 Witch Marylian, whose prophecy had caused him trouble.

Saine explored the Northern Witches' territory and found that its witches' hostility toward outsiders, especially men and Elementalists, left him unable to access much of its knowledge. After suffering repeated setbacks, he considered visiting the factions on the Northern Lands' periphery, but a War Summons caught his attention.

• Saine observed the Northern Witches' reserved and xenophobic behavior and learned that outsiders had difficulty entering their seven central high towers.
• Saine witnessed the Blizzard Spell and reflected on Blizzard Magicians, Blood Element Magicians, and the dominance of Elementalists in Wizard Civilization.
• Saine found that being both an outsider and a man kept him from benefiting from the Northern Witches' accumulated knowledge.
• Saine considered going to the Astrology Highlands or visiting factions on the Northern Lands' periphery.
• A War Summons caught Saine's attention.

Saine traveled through the Northern Lands and joined Mei Meili Cabin Wizard Tower’s war against Edelweiss World as an independent Magician. He left with a collectible contract scroll, ready to fight alongside the Northern Witches and observe their magic firsthand.

• Saine visited Witch settlements and Wizard Towers in the Northern Lands, where he learned about the Witches’ scarce apprentices and their unusually high proportion of powerful spellcasters.
• Saine chose to enlist in Mei Meili Cabin Wizard Tower’s war against the Low-Level Plane Edelweiss World so he could learn how the Witches used Elemental Power.
• A young Level One Witch reluctantly reviewed Saine’s identity and gave him a contract scroll after he repeatedly asked whether she had finished.
• Saine signed the contract, received a spare copy of the antique parchment scroll, and eagerly put it away.
• Saine learned that outsiders usually dealt with the Northern Witches through their more welcoming peripheral organizations.

Saine arrived in Edelweiss World, where the Wizard World invasion had killed nearly half the native population but the Edelweiss Spirits still refused to surrender. On his way to a battlefield with two Witches and their Knight escorts, his group was ambushed by ice creatures emerging from a blizzard.

• Saine learned that Witch Mei Meili had wounded Edelweiss World's sole Level-4 native god, while the Edelweiss Spirits continued to resist the invasion.
• Meimeili Cottage assigned Saine several hundred Knights and sent him toward a battlefield alongside the Level-2 Witch and the newly promoted Level-1 Witch Viya.
• Saine summoned Yuli, whose giant magic puppet drew Viya's curious attention as the group traveled.
• An ice-and-snow Elemental Giant burst from the snow and swung at Viya, who froze in surprise.
• More than a dozen Knights charged the giant to protect Viya, then other ice creatures rushed from the encroaching blizzard toward Saine's group.

Saine and his companions fought off an ambush by Edelweiss World creatures, while Yuli demonstrated the upgraded Flame Mark Constructed Magic Puppet’s formidable combat abilities. The battle ended with the attackers wiped out, and Saine had tested most of Yuli’s new weapon systems.

• Saine suppressed the attacking creatures with rapid-fire spells as the knights charged into battle.
• Yuli activated her shoulder cannons and bombarded the attackers with flame missiles.
• Yuli charged the strongest ice creatures with her Light Sword, using the puppet’s thrusters to outpace Saine.
• Yuli released five auxiliary magic puppets, and the knights and puppets finished off the remaining creatures.
• Saine’s group defeated the ambushers, and Saine completed his practical test of Yuli’s combat power.

After Saine gave most of the captured Ice and Snow Native Creatures to the witches and knights, he studied the two Edelweiss Spirits he had kept. As his group prepared to return to battle, Saine persuaded Viya to exchange ordinary sorcery knowledge with him.

• Saine gave the captured Ice and Snow Native Creatures to the witches and knights, keeping two Edelweiss Spirits for himself.
• At the fortress base, Saine used his half-day of rest to study how the Edelweiss Spirits merged with other ice and snow creatures.
• Viya came to Saine's tent to summon him for assembly and showed interest in Yuli.
• Saine offered Viya the chance to study Yuli and trade sorcery knowledge for alien-plane specimens.
• Viya agreed to exchange ordinary sorcery knowledge but refused to share her school's Core Arcane Truths.

Saine observed how the Northern Witches fought alongside a large force of knights and slave creatures, and he was impressed by their wide-ranging skills and disciplined cooperation. He recognized that their knowledge of bodily enhancement could advance his own research as the battle continued.

• Saine reached the western assembly area and saw over twenty thousand knights and more than a hundred thousand slave creatures gathered for war.
• Over a thousand knights and two additional witches joined Saine, Viya, and Bailitan as their group prepared to fight.
• Saine watched the Northern Witches use witchcraft, summons, golems, and other disciplines while fighting beside the knights.
• Saine noticed that the witches' coordination with the knights differed from other regions' methods and relied on the witches guiding their forces.
• Saine recognized signs of bloodline modification and physical enhancement among the knights and hoped to learn the witches' systematic techniques.