Recaps

Saine studied the Edelweiss Spirits’ cooperative fusion ability and reflected on the costs of Wizard Civilization’s expansion, finding himself sympathetic toward the kind natives. During a brief rest at a snowy camp, he discussed Master Mei Meili’s interest in recruiting the spirits with Viya, who had joined him to exchange knowledge.

• Saine learned that Edelweiss Spirits fused only with ice creatures whose friendship they had gained, and that they self-destructed after leaving their hosts to avoid harming them.
• Saine considered how Wizard Civilization’s wars and resource demands rested on the suffering of other worlds, and recognized that he felt sympathy for the Edelweiss Spirits.
• Saine suggested that Master Mei Meili had spared a Rank Four Edelweiss Spirit because she hoped to bring the spirits into the Wizard Alliance.
• Viya agreed to exchange knowledge with Saine after he gave her an Edelweiss Spirit specimen and rare biological materials.

Saine gained extensive spell knowledge and research from Viya and the Northern Witches, deepening his understanding of bodily enhancement and knights’ battle qi. After years of fighting, Edelweiss World submitted to Wizard Civilization, and the orderly withdrawal began as Saine reflected on the gains of the war.

• Saine exchanged gifts and assistance with the Northern Witches, gaining spell models and their research data through Viya.
• The witches’ findings gave Saine new ideas about body tempering and insight into how knights cultivated battle qi, which he hoped to apply to Nataya, Lunna, and the Grant Family.
• Saine learned that Edelweiss Spirits could greatly enhance ice-element wizards as Soul Partners, helping him understand why Mei Meili wanted the Level-4 Edelweiss God alive.
• After nearly three more years of war, the Level-4 Edelweiss God submitted to Wizard Civilization during the Snowmelt Season of Saine’s fourth year in Edelweiss World.
• The Wizard World Legion occupied the Plane Navel, placed restriction brands on most Level-3 Edelweiss Spirits, and began withdrawing from the world.

After the Edelweiss World war, Saine traveled from the Northern Lands to the Eastern Astrology Highlands, where he studied astrology and learned why its astrologers rarely fought their own wars. He considered bringing a fate-powered slab to the Highlands’ Level-7 astrologer to win her favor.

• Saine returned to the Wizard World after the Edelweiss World war with 7,261 Magic Coins and said farewell to Viya and the other Witches.
• Saine left the Northern Lands for the Eastern Astrology Highlands after failing to contact Marylian.
• Saine befriended low-level astrologers in the Highlands and gained access to foundational knowledge and academic salons.
• Saine discovered that the Highlands supplied plane coordinates to other forces but rarely launched Plane Wars because astrology burdened astrologers and shortened their lives.
• Saine wondered whether the slab from the Underground World could earn the favor of the Highlands’ Level-7 astrologer.

After the Spider Queen reappeared and ordered Saine to go to the Western Islands, he lingered for decades before traveling to the West Coast instead. There, he explored the region’s bloodline-warlock culture and hoped to visit his old friend Angle, while the Spider Queen’s increasingly frequent urging continued.

• The Spider Queen appeared in Saine’s laboratory, startled him, and demanded to know why he had not left for the Western Islands.
• Saine promised to depart, but after the Spider Queen vanished, he stayed in the Eastern Astrology Highlands for several more decades and gathered extensive knowledge and specimens.
• Saine left the Eastern Astrology Highlands but skipped Jahana, deciding that the Spellcaster-scarce Magic Desert would not be worth visiting under the Spider Queen’s growing pressure.
• Saine arrived on the West Coast, the home of most of the Wizard World’s Bloodline Warlocks and the Dragon Vein Warlock Family.
• Saine endured the Spider Queen’s urging and hoped to meet his old friend, the Komoyin Giant Serpent Warlock Angle, while becoming more comfortable joking with the Spider Queen.

Saine traveled across the West Coast, visited the Komoyin Giant Serpent Warlock Family in search of Angle, and continued toward the Western Islands. After seventy-three years, the Spider Queen lost patience, seized him, and took him across the sea to the Black Domain.

• Saine explored the West Coast and reflected on the Western Islands and the Knight Continent Trial.
• Saine visited the Komoyin Giant Serpent Warlock Family, but learned that Angle had advanced to Level Two and left to travel over a century earlier.
• Saine left Angle a Magic Letter and continued north, hoping to reach the Western Islands by ship.
• Saine failed to contact Nataya and Lunna and hoped they would remain away from the Black Domain incident.
• The Spider Queen descended in a divine-power avatar, seized Saine, and crossed the sea with him by tearing through space.

The Spider Queen carried Saine toward the Black Domain, intending to punish him and use him to explore the Alien World beyond a mysterious stone slab. When the Guardian of Spring appeared, she advanced her plan and sent Saine through the slab, leaving his fate uncertain.

• As the Spider Queen transported Saine across the sea, he sensed Tourmaline drawing closer and expected her Dragon's Blessing to protect him.
• The Spider Queen recalled the Guardian of Summer's recent visit and grew alarmed when another Guardian's power approached.
• The Guardian of Spring appeared, and the Spider Queen decided to bring her plan forward.
• The Spider Queen made the Silver Spider Ring Saine's property and pushed his cocoon into the gray light of the stone slab.
• Saine disappeared into the Alien World beyond the slab.

The Spider Queen sent Saine through the stone slab into an alien world, hoping he would record its coordinates and plane nodes. After meeting the Guardian of Spring, Tourmaline surfaced and asked whether she had seen Saine, leaving his whereabouts unknown.

• The Spider Queen sent Saine through the stone slab and hoped he could mark the alien world's coordinates and plane nodes.
• The Spider Queen waited for the Guardian of Spring, who arrived and spoke with her without confronting her about Saine.
• The Guardian of Spring revealed that she had come to the Western Islands because a senior Wizard World powerhouse was nearing a breakthrough to Level Seven.
• Tourmaline surfaced after the Spider Queen had left and asked the Guardian of Spring whether she had seen Saine.
• The Guardian of Spring stroked Tourmaline's head and asked who Saine was, while Tourmaline struggled to explain.

Saine survived the journey through the Spacetime Turbulence Channel and awoke in a shabby hut in an unfamiliar Alien World, badly weakened and suppressed by its laws. A frail, pale girl beside his bed called him “Brother.”

• Saine endured the dangerous Spacetime Turbulence while the silver spider silk cocoon shielded him and a trailing strand preserved a possible route back to the Wizard World.
• Saine noticed a faint glow from his Silver Spider Ring before losing consciousness.
• Saine awoke in a cramped wooden hut beside a cold-skinned girl with sparse grayish-white hair.
• Saine realized he had reached the Alien World, but found his Mental Strength and physical power depleted and his abilities suppressed by the world's rules.
• The girl gripped Saine's arm and called him “Brother.”

After surviving a storm, Saine recovered in a coastal fishing village while investigating the girl who had rescued him and the strange world suppressing his powers. He discovered that the villagers feared the girl and that a mysterious city stood nearby, then chose to wait until he recovered further.

• A storm flooded the cabin, and the girl climbed onto Saine’s bed as he entered Shallow Meditation to recover.
• After the rain passed, Saine found the girl had cleaned the room and later accepted her toxic green fish soup, noticing a Flower of Death rooted in her soul.
• Three days later, Saine regained enough strength to walk and secretly observed the villagers, who called the girl an Ominous Girl and feared her.
• Saine spotted Blackwater City to the west and learned from the villagers that a Temple Knight had previously visited.
• Saine decided not to investigate the city or sea yet, and returned to the cabin after seeing the girl gathering supplies.

On the fourth night after Saine awakened, the Flower of Death inside the girl blossomed and tried to feed on him as a Gray Monster attacked the hut. Saine wounded the monster with controlled fire magic and then engulfed it in flames, while the girl slept undisturbed in his arms.

• The girl fell asleep beside Saine as he reflected on the Fishing Village’s prayers to Storm God Iso and the world’s abundant tides.
• Under the moonlight, the Flower of Death in the girl’s head blossomed, filling her with deathly power and restricting Saine’s movements.
• A Gray Monster crashed through the hut’s window and lunged at Saine, deliberately avoiding the girl.
• Saine fired flame arrows and miniature fireballs, badly wounding the Gray Monster without setting the hut ablaze.
• The Gray Monster charged again, and Saine reached into its chest and engulfed it in crimson flames while the girl slept undisturbed.

Saine discovered that a Death Flower controlled the girl at night and that a powerful gray monster hid in Mora Village’s sewer. After recovering further, he searched local fishermen’s memories and learned about Mora Village’s decline and Blackwater City’s factions, leaving him eager to explore the unfamiliar world.

• The Gray Monster escaped into the western sewer after the girl clung to Saine and called him “Brother.”
• Saine examined the girl and realized the Flower of Death fed on souls and increasingly controlled her, especially at night.
• Saine decided to leave Mora Village and investigate the surrounding area once he had recovered more of his strength.
• Two days later, Saine put several fishermen to sleep and searched their memories, learning that Mora Village had declined after a black tide and plague.
• Saine learned that Blackwater City had three major organizations—the Storm Temple, White Bone Church, and Shadow Blade—and wondered how this world’s magic worked.

Saine assessed the churches, strange creatures, and dangers of the world while his strength recovered, then flew into Mora Village’s underground waterway to confront the Gray Monster that had attacked him. He found the injured creature unaware of his approach.

• Saine concluded that adventurers were rare and that conflicts between churches might have caused the Black Tide and plague in Mora Village.
• Saine recovered to roughly Rank Two, opened his Space Equipment, and resolved to travel to Blackwater City after dealing with nearby threats.
• Saine observed that the Flower of Death behind the sleeping girl was nearly mature and might come to harvest within a week.
• Saine buried a Green Source Seed outside the girl’s hut, set magical restrictions, and flew into the western underground waterway.
• Saine collected sewer creature specimens and found the injured Gray Monster lying in an open area, still unaware that Saine had approached.

Saine subdued a Gray Monster and searched its memories, discovering that it was the transformed older brother of the girl who had mistaken Saine for him. The memories also revealed the people who had altered the youth, leaving Saine focused on their undead-control methods and the magic array in their chamber.

• Saine recognized the Gray Monster as a likely human mutation and bound it with Light Element energy.
• Saine found a red cloth scrap and used Silver Runes to search the Gray Monster's soul.
• Saine saw memories of a youth and a young girl standing by graves, fleeing undead creatures, and the youth being injected by Black-Robed Persons.
• Saine realized the Gray Monster was the girl's older brother and had guarded her and her old scarf.
• Saine studied the Black-Robed Persons' undead-control methods and the death-element-gathering magic array, judging them cruder than Wizard World techniques.

After killing the Gray Monster, Saine encountered a group from the White Bone Church near the Fishing Village. A mysterious gray flame ambushed the group, leaving the thief unharmed but facing a firebird hovering above him.

• Saine found that the Gray Monster had dissolved into a black bead and Corrosive Acid, and he regretted losing the specimen.
• Saine left through the underground pipes and flew toward the Fishing Village, then hid after sensing someone nearby.
• Five travelers arrived on the road, including the Quasi-Knight Alan and a Gray Robe surrounded by faint Element Power.
• Gray flames struck the group, burning Norode, Daqi, Alan, and the White Bone Priest and leaving the short thief unharmed.
• The thief saw a lifelike firebird of gray flame hovering above his head and wondered what kind of spell it was.

Saine easily defeated the White Bone Church members and examined their supposed divine power, questioning whether the people of this world relied on gods for their abilities. He left the prisoners bound, intending to learn more from them.

• Saine swiftly defeated the gray-robed man with his Firebird spell while leaving the motionless thief unharmed.
• Saine created a soundproofing barrier, and the thief wondered whether Saine was an Epic-level powerhouse.
• Saine bound the gray-robed man with Flames of Ash and questioned him about his White Bone Church affiliation.
• Saine noticed traces of divine power on the gray-robed man and the fallen Temple Knight.
• Saine considered how this world's Temple Knights and religious mages received power from gods, unlike Wizard World Spellcasters who pursued knowledge through experimentation.

Saine spared the Temple Knight and magician because their divine power might alert their gods, then killed the others and searched their memories to learn about Faelun Continent. He discovered a vast, god-rich world with demons tied to a distant region called Avici Blood Prison, leaving him to wonder whether the continent was a fusion world.

• Saine sensed divine power in the Temple Knight and magician and decided not to attack them.
• Saine used Soul Magic to kill the warrior and ranger, then turned on the terrified thief and searched his memories.
• Saine learned that Faelun Continent was a prosperous world with several hundred temples and gods, but no known subsidiary planes.
• Saine found that the thief’s memories described demons living in Avici Blood Prison in the Far West, and wondered whether Faelun Continent was a fusion world.

Saine learned that the Faelun Continent’s professions gained skills and magic through temples and the Magic Net, often under the influence of gods and factions. Outraged that its mages called themselves magic users, he lost control of his power and created a flaming crater.

• Saine considered whether the Faelun Continent was a fusion world but decided he needed more evidence.
• Saine learned that professionals obtained skills from temples and that higher-level abilities required allegiance to a temple or faction.
• Saine learned that many mages gained spells through Mystra’s Magic Net and that the continent’s gods belonged largely to three factions.
• Saine condemned the Faelun Continent’s mages for relying on gods and the Magic Net instead of learning magic and wielding elements.
• Saine lost control of his emotions, and his power created a massive flaming crater nearby.

Saine learned how Faelun Continent classified powerful beings and how temples used divine blessings to strengthen and control followers. He returned to the Fishing Village with five captives, whom he planned to study in a laboratory beneath the girl's wooden house.

• Saine learned that Level-1, Level-2, and Level-3 lifeforms were called Extraordinary, Legendary, and Epic powerhouses on Faelun Continent.
• Saine learned about the continent's Giant Dragons, including its Five-Colored Dragons and metal-manipulating Bronze Dragons.
• Saine inferred that temples used divine blessings to help promising followers advance while binding them with divine power factors.
• Saine ended the flames and barriers, restrained five native creatures with Elemental Chains, and flew back to the Fishing Village with them.
• Saine carved a laboratory beneath the girl's wooden house, retrieved the Green Source Seed, and saw the girl sleeping while clutching his old quilt.

Saine cared for the girl and prepared to leave the Fishing Village before the White Bone Church investigated the missing adventurers. At night, he began dissecting his captives in his underground laboratory.

• Saine gave the girl a red hair ribbon and decorated it with the Gray Monster's Black Crystal, which made her cling to him more closely.
• Saine judged that he would need to leave the Fishing Village and Blackwater City soon, but planned to visit Blackwater City's three temples to learn more about the world.
• The girl gathered firewood and food during the day, then fell asleep beside Saine at night.
• Saine went to his underground laboratory in a white Laboratory Coat and approached the terrified captives with his Dissection Knives.

Saine dissected several Faelun Continent natives and concluded that gods imprinted skills into believers’ brains while restricting their independent growth. He continued examining two stronger specimens, uncovering how uniform and god-dependent the continent’s spells and cultivation methods were.

• Saine dissected three low-level adventurers and found their skills were imprinted in their brain regions and could overwrite one another.
• Saine discovered crude qi cultivation in two specimens and suspected the gods had suppressed lower-level creatures to prevent new rivals.
• Saine considered whether restrictions on divine intervention kept the gods from freely manifesting on the Faelun Continent, then continued his experiments.
• Saine examined a Temple Knight and a gray-robed Element User, finding the knight’s cultivation more advanced and the Element User’s spells tied to the White Bone Church.
• Saine concluded that Faelun’s spellcasters relied on a small, shared set of divine arts, unlike Wizard Civilization’s independently developed magic.

Saine investigated the connection between the White Bone Church’s followers and their god, but his examination triggered a divine safeguard that killed his captive and sent divine power surging against him. The God of White Bone sensed the clash with the Spider Queen’s power and reached down toward Faelun Continent to investigate.

• Saine learned from the gray-robed old man that Faelun’s gods granted divine power to followers and protected their secrets through safeguards.
• When Saine probed the old man’s connection to Fames, God of White Bone, a mark in the man’s soul made him explode into blood mist and attack Saine with divine power.
• Saine’s Silver Spider Ring reacted with the blood mist’s divine power, making the incident seem like a possible prelude to divine war.
• The God of White Bone sensed the disturbance from his divine kingdom and suspected another god had targeted him.
• The God of White Bone gathered his death divine power into an arm and reached down toward Faelun Continent.

Saine reestablished contact with the Spider Queen after the Silver Spider Ring reacted to the God of White Bone’s divine power. The Spider Queen protected Saine and struck the God of White Bone across the void, leaving him shocked by the strength of the unknown High-God.

• The chapter explained how the Faelun Continent’s laws constrained gods and described the God's Battlefield and the Three-Layer Purgatory.
• The chapter described the demons’ origins, their factions, and the strength of Lev Tolstoy, the Blood War Lord.
• The God of White Bone’s divine power appeared before Saine, and the Silver Spider Ring activated, restoring Saine’s contact with the Spider Queen.
• The Spider Queen berated Saine for being out of contact for a hundred years and questioned why he had provoked a Level-5 creature.
• The Spider Queen blocked the God of White Bone’s power and sent a burst of divine force through space into his divine kingdom.
• The injured God of White Bone realized that his unseen opponent possessed Great Divine Power and feared a High-God had targeted him.

The God of White Bone tried to identify the High-God who had targeted him, but could not determine who his opponent was. With the Saint Calamity approaching, he decided to seek help and investigate before the threat grew worse.

• The God of White Bone realized the Spider Queen's divine power belonged to a High-God and worried that the coming Saint Calamity made him a vulnerable target.
• He considered the major factions and concluded that the Dark Alliance offered little protection because its gods often schemed against one another.
• The God of White Bone dispersed his divine power passageway and decided to contact friends and issue a Divine Decree for his followers to investigate.
• He considered whether an ancient Darkness-type High-God had awakened from slumber, leaving him even more troubled.

Saine learned that a hundred years had passed during his journey through the Space-Time Channel and that Faelun Continent might have nearly a thousand native gods. After the Spider Queen revealed her true name, Rose, and ended their communication, Saine left the Fishing Village with Luo and headed toward Blackwater City.

• The Spider Queen told Saine that a hundred years had passed and assessed Faelun Continent as a formidable world with potentially nearly a thousand native gods.
• The Spider Queen tasked Saine with gathering information and marking Plane Nodes, then told him to use the Silver Spider Ring and call her true name, Rose, if he encountered special circumstances.
• Saine asked about demons in the world, and the Spider Queen directed him to investigate the Far West before ending their communication.
• Saine cleared away his underground laboratory and left the Fishing Village with Luo, the half-undead girl he had named.
• Saine and Luo set out for Blackwater City, while Luo continued calling him Brother.

Saine attacked the White Bone Church in Blackwater City to gather information and killed its legendary defender before escaping with the church’s records. His assault drew attention across the Faelun Continent, where rumors of renewed conflict among the gods began to spread.

• Saine waited until much of the White Bone Church’s force had left Blackwater City, then sent Plant Monstrosities to attack the church.
• The White Bone Church raised a divine power barrier, and its legendary Element User confronted Saine.
• Saine summoned a meteor spell that battered the church and surrounding buildings.
• Saine killed the legendary defender with a Brilliant Heart beam and took records and information from the temple.
• Saine escaped Blackwater City on a fire lotus while the other temples watched from hiding.
• News of the attack spread, stirring concern that war among the gods might begin again.