Chapter Summaries

Saine planned to help the Ferrell and Grant families send promising young apprentices to the Azure Source Holy Tower, while Serena chose to remain behind and pursue her studies. He later traveled to Grant Territory, where Jeremy and the Grant Family welcomed him.

• Saine told Serena that the Plane War had taught him the importance of collective strength and offered to recommend suitable young members of the Ferrell and Grant families to the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Serena declined to return to the Lisia Alliance with Saine, choosing to stay and work toward becoming a Level-1 Magician.
• Saine spent nearly a month at the Azure Source Holy Tower planning his research and a future journey to the Western Islands to find Lina.
• Saine flew to Grant Territory on Little Seven and arrived after about twenty days.
• Jeremy and the Grant Family welcomed Saine, and Jeremy pointed out that Solon's six-year-old blond son resembled Saine's father.

Saine reunited with Earl Grant and gave him resources and potions to aid his next attempt at becoming a Level 1 Knight. Before leaving, Saine supported the Ferrell Family and tested the Grant Family’s children for magical aptitude, finding few candidates.

• Earl Grant told Saine that his attempt to break through to Level 1 had failed four years earlier, but he planned to try again in about a year.
• Saine gave Earl Grant Level 1-and-above Flame Creature remains, fire-element resources, and two potions to help prepare for his breakthrough.
• Earl Grant said he planned to pass the earl’s title to Solon, who had already been managing Grant Territory.
• Saine sent word to Serena that he would support the Ferrell Family’s younger generation, and the family decided to send three descendants to Azure Source Holy Tower in two years.
• Saine tested the Mental Strength of Grant Family members under sixteen and found that only two qualified, including his little niece.

After returning to Azure Source Holy Tower, Saine caught up with Serena and visited Daniel and Dean Enpei Li, giving away specimens from the Poison Fire Green Flame World and encouraging Anna. The chapter left Saine back at the Holy Tower with his relationships renewed and Anna determined to try again for Level 1.

• Saine heard Serena describe flame creature cubs for sale in the Apprentice Trading District and promised to give her one of his living specimens when they arrived.
• Saine visited Daniel, exchanged flame creature specimens for two bottles of Lolan's Water Potion, and agreed to keep in touch.
• Saine visited Dean Enpei Li and spoke with Anna, encouraging her after her failed attempt to become a Formal Magician.
• Anna told Saine she would prepare herself and catch up to him and Daniel by advancing to Level 1.

Saine returned to the Azure Source Holy Tower with the second batch of magicians after the Plane War, bringing back valuable spoils and living specimens. He reunited with Irene, gave Serena a quasi-rank Fire Lizard, and left the story with Irene planning to visit his residence that night.

• A second batch of magicians returned to the Azure Source Holy Tower aboard a space fortress, and two Floating Ships were provided to transport them.
• Irene flew into Saine's arms when she arrived, leaving Serena quiet and heartbroken as she watched them together.
• Saine gave Serena a palm-sized quasi-rank Fire Lizard among the Living Specimens he had brought back.
• Archimedes admired Saine's captured female Construct Master, and Saine offered to give the dean several ordinary Nesser Civilization creatures instead.
• Saine returned to the top floor of the Holy Tower while Irene prepared to visit his Tower Master Area that night.

After reuniting with Irene, Saine struggled to answer when she asked when he would marry her, because he still considered Lina his choice for a lifelong partner. Irene left before dawn, and Saine returned to his experiments distracted and wanting to travel to the Western Islands to learn whether Lina was alive.

• After their first night together, Irene asked Saine when he planned to marry her, and he fell silent while thinking of Lina.
• Irene guessed Saine might already have another partner and asked whether it was his cousin Serena, but Saine did not answer.
• Irene said she did not need him to take responsibility, and Saine apologized, leaving both of them silent with their own thoughts.
• Before dawn, Irene quietly left the Holy Tower because Saine had not promised to marry her.
• Saine struggled to focus on his laboratory research and decided he wanted to visit the Western Islands to discover Lina's condition.

Saine studied Nesser Civilization creatures and their Constructed Magic Puppets in his laboratory while Yuli watched in fear. He expanded the laboratory and began investigating how Construct Masters controlled their puppets.

• Saine dissected a Nesser Civilization creature, and Yuli watched from a glass enclosure, terrified by the experiment.
• Saine considered ways to enslave Yuli but postponed his plans until he could consult his mentor’s library.
• Saine expanded his laboratory to more than triple its size and displayed his spoils from the Poison Fire Green Flame World battlefield.
• Saine examined a white Constructed Magic Puppet and pondered how Nesser Civilization Construct Masters controlled their constructs.

Saine spent another year advancing his Azure Fire research and upgrading the Sun's Eye Magic while his family and the returning magicians continued on with their lives. He reunited with Green at the Trading District, where they encountered unusual Plant Spirits that seemed to possess Animation Power.

• Saine restored his laboratory and focused his experiments on Azure Fire Magic, Azure Fire Body Tempering, and incorporating Azure Fire Power into alchemy.
• Saine developed Azure Fire Eye Magic, upgraded the Sun's Eye Mask, and began researching how to increase the spell's shots and total rounds.
• Earl Grant attempted another breakthrough to Level 1, while Solon formally took over as head of the Grant Family and Lady Diya became a well-known noblewoman.
• All the magicians sent by Azure Source Holy Tower to the Poison Fire Green Flame World returned, including Green, one of the last to arrive.
• Saine and Serena encountered Green buying two Plant Spirits at a Trading District stall, and Saine recognized that the creatures might possess Animation Power.

Saine recognized the Plant Spirits at a magician’s stall as weakly animated creatures related to the Activated Fairies and bought two with fire-element Energy Crystals. He first suggested eating them, but after seeing Serena’s reluctance, he explained how she could raise them and extract their bodily fluids instead.

• Saine recalled Luluenman’s records about the Activated Fairy World and recognized the animation factors in the Plant Spirits at the stall.
• Saine bought two Plant Spirits, then told Serena that eating Activated Creatures could promote cell regeneration and extend lifespan.
• Serena froze when Saine suggested making the Little Cabbages into a meal, and they began crying along with the other Plant Spirits nearby.
• Green said he planned to raise his two Little Cabbages in his laboratory and propagate them.
• Seeing Serena’s reluctance, Saine told her she could raise the creatures and extract some of their bodily fluids to absorb animation factors.

Saine and Green discussed Green’s newly contracted Soul Partner, a Flame Parrot from the Poison Fire Green Flame World. After the parrot cursed at Saine, Little Seven slapped it, and the chapter ended with Saine learning how the parrot had saved Green and become his partner.

• Green’s Flame Parrot cursed while perched on his shoulder, and Little Seven flew over and slapped it with a small tornado.
• The parrot tried to complain to Green, but backed down when Little Seven stared at it; Green apologized and explained that it was his newly contracted Soul Partner.
• Saine explained that Soul Partners could share a magician’s life and Mental Strength, and recalled that he and Little Seven had chosen not to form such a contract.
• Green told Saine that the Flame Parrot had saved him from a magma lake during the war in the Poison Fire Green Flame World, leading him to contract it as his Soul Partner.

Saine and Green searched the Azure Source Holy Tower’s Trading District but could not find all the materials they needed, then Saine returned home to Serena. Nearly half a year later, Saine learned that his father, Old Grant, had become a Level 1 Knight, and he prepared to visit the Grant Family at the Old Ancestors’ request.

• Saine and Green browsed the Trading District with Serena, but Saine and Green found that it lacked some experimental materials they needed.
• Saine and Serena returned home, where Saine processed materials and Serena prepared a lavish dinner featuring soup made with Plant Spirits.
• Nearly half a year later, Saine received a Magic Letter announcing that Old Grant had advanced to Level 1 and drawn congratulations from noble families and emissaries.
• Old Grant relayed Ulysses and Jeremy’s wish for Saine to visit and meet Level 1 and Level-2 Knights.
• Saine disliked the social obligation but decided to return to the Grant Family because his father had advanced.

Saine returned to Grant Territory and found his family hosting a banquet for more than two hundred Level-1-or-above knights, including a Level-3 guest from the Ok Empire. The gathering introduced Saine to the knights drawn to the Grant Family’s growing influence, and it left him speaking with Snap Knight about the recent Plane War.

• Saine returned to Grant Territory as the Grant Family’s lands and influence had grown after upheaval among nearby nobles and the recent Plane War.
• Saine arrived at the Grant Family’s banquet, where more than two hundred knights and their powerful mounts had gathered.
• The Reverse Feather Lion King announced Saine’s return as the Grant Family’s Level-1 Magician.
• Ulysses introduced Saine to Snap Knight, a Level-3 Knight from the Ok Empire and the Grant Family’s honored guest.
• Snap Knight greeted Saine and asked about the Plane War he had recently concluded.

At the Grant Family banquet, Saine met Snap Knight, a Level-3 Peak Knight and Hall Master of the Ok Empire Knights' Hall Branch, and discussed the Azure Source Holy Tower's recruitment. After exchanging contact details with Snap Knight, Saine began meeting the other powerful knights attending the banquet.

• Ulysses introduced Snap Knight as the Hall Master of the Ok Empire Knights' Hall Branch, and Saine recognized his strength and status.
• Snap Knight told Saine that the Ok Empire planned to send promising Royal Academy apprentices to the Azure Source Holy Tower, and Saine welcomed them.
• A gray-haired Level-2 Knight from the Lisia Alliance's Duke Family asked whether its young nobles could study at the Holy Tower, and Saine explained the recruitment requirements.
• The old man said he would send his grandson, who had good initial Mental Strength, to the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Saine and Snap Knight exchanged contact information, testing Saine's Crystal Ball against Snap Knight's badge.
• Ulysses guided Saine as he began meeting the other Level-1-and-above knights at the banquet.

Saine broadened his connections by meeting more than two hundred high-ranking knights at a banquet hosted by Ulysses and other relatives. After handling their requests and questions, he returned to the castle reflecting on the unequal roles of magicians and knights in the Wizard World.

• Saine patiently spoke with the visiting knights, many of whom had risen from commoner origins, to build ties for himself and the Grant Family.
• Rose asked Saine to admit his granddaughter to the Azure Source Holy Tower and then to take her as a disciple, but Saine refused.
• Rose then asked whether Saine was married, leaving Saine speechless.
• A Level-2 Knight from Lady Diya's maternal family told Saine that the Sifa Kingdom wanted to send royal and noble offspring to study at the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• After meeting the knights, Saine returned to the castle and considered how magicians controlled resources and authority while knights often served as their protectors in war.

After spending nearly half a month in Grant Territory, Saine returned to the Azure Source Holy Tower and began applying knights’ training methods to his Azure Fire Body Tempering Mysteries. The chapter ended as Serena operated his custom apparatus and Saine started his first body tempering experiment.

• Saine attended the Grant Family’s celebrations and learned that Ulysses’s Level-2 companion was his great-grandmother by marriage and wanted to arrange a match for him.
• Saine left Grant Territory, rested for two days at the Azure Source Holy Tower, and resumed his research.
• After meeting knights and learning about their training, Saine decided to test whether their methods could improve his Azure Fire Body Tempering Mysteries.
• Saine secured himself to a custom laboratory table while Serena prepared the equipment and concentrated Azure Glaze solvents.
• Serena directed a red-and-green flame toward Saine as he used his Mental Strength to guide Elemental Power through his body, beginning the experiment.

Saine continued his dangerous self-experiments to temper his body, despite Irene warning that the method could shorten his life. He defended the risks by pointing to the deaths of weaker magicians in the Poison Fire Green Flame World, leaving Irene silent.

• Saine used his own body for a series of Elemental Body Tempering Experiments, accepting the risks to gain strength for his journey through the Western Islands.
• A mishap during the fourth experiment burned a small hole into Saine’s shoulder, prompting Serena to stop helping him.
• Irene took over the experiments from the fifth session, and Saine’s later trials proceeded more smoothly.
• After the eighth experiment, Irene questioned Saine about using a method that could cost him decades or centuries of life.
• Saine argued that strength mattered because magicians could die before reaching their full lifespan, and Irene recalled those who had fallen in the Poison Fire Green Flame World.

Saine reassured Irene about the risks of his Azure Fire Body Tempering experiment and reviewed his rapid progress as a Level-1 Magician. His constitution had doubled, and he planned to continue improving the experiment while his father joined the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall.

• Saine explained to Irene that body tempering carried risks but could help him pursue advancement, and she accepted his reasoning.
• Saine checked his Crystal Ball results and saw that his Mental Strength, Magic Power, and Constitution had increased after years of study, experiments, and a Plane War.
• Saine received letters from the Grant Family about possible marriage alliances and learned that Kelman Grant had joined the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall.
• Saine noted that his Constitution had risen from just over thirty to over sixty and estimated that he could eventually rival a Level-1 Knight in constitution alone.
• Saine concluded that Azure Fire Body Tempering could broaden his magical path, though he remained an elemental magician rather than a physical fighter.

Cuilisi told her disciples that the Wizard Alliance was preparing a general offensive against the Nesser Civilization, aiming to end the war in the Nesser Star Region within three hundred years. The chapter ended with the offensive plan announced and Cuilisi revealing that she had been invited to participate.

• After nearly three years in the Poison Fire Green Flame World, Luluenman received a summons from Cuilisi and met Gagaru, who gave her an Azure Fire Crystal.
• Luluenman and Gagaru joined Pinas, Andres, and Hoffs at Cuilisi’s Light Prism Fortress outside the Poison Fire Green Flame World.
• Cuilisi told her disciples that Lord Saneseus would lead the Wizard Alliance’s general offensive against the Nesser Plane, with Befu possibly joining.
• Cuilisi said the Wizard Alliance planned to end the conflict in the Nesser Star Region within three hundred years and that the Flame Conclave had invited her to participate.

Cuilisi arranged for herself, Gagaru, and Pinas to join the final battle against Nesser Civilization as individual combatants, while her other disciples stayed behind or returned to the Wizard World. Befu told Saneseus she would not join the battle and would return to address affairs in the Wizard World, including a prophecy and a visit to the Western Islands.

• Cuilisi decided to take Gagaru and Pinas to the Nesser Plane battle without bringing legions, while Luluenman, Andres, and Hoffs remained behind.
• Cuilisi praised Luluenman's performance in her first Plane War and told her to rest and continue studying poison-element laws.
• Befu assured Saneseus that the three Dominators handling the Nesser Star Region war were sufficient and said she would leave the battlefield.
• Befu offered the Flame Conclave the Dominator-level Constructed Magic Puppet and suggested Saneseus sell it to Victor.
• Befu said she would return to the Wizard World to deal with its affairs, investigate a prophecy from the Eastern Astrology Highlands, and visit the Western Islands.

Befu and Saneseus discussed the Wizard Civilization’s ancient prophecy and the threats gathering around it, including the Galente Federation’s war against the Rose Dynasty Civilization. Befu remained burdened by the dangers ahead and the Wizard World’s divided response, with her own progress toward Level 8 stalled by responsibility and pressure.

• Befu recalled her father’s doubts about her talent and worried that she could not lead the Wizard Civilization through the coming crisis.
• Saneseus reassured Befu that her work had helped the Wizard Civilization prosper for one hundred and seventy thousand years.
• Befu and Saneseus considered the danger foretold by Master Shen'ao Nuoding and Befu lamented that her younger sister and the Zerg Legion were absent from the Wizard Star Region.
• Saneseus asked about the Galente Federation’s war against the Rose Dynasty Civilization, and Befu said the Federation had concealed its rise to Top-Level Civilization status.
• Befu rejected an immediate war against the Galente Federation, noting that the Rose Dynasty Civilization’s retreat to the Wizard World did not obligate them to fight.
• Befu’s responsibilities and the uncertainty surrounding the prophecy and the Galente Federation continued to weigh on her and impede her attempt to reach Level 8.

After returning to the Wizard World, Luluenman resumed overseeing the Azure Source Holy Tower and caught up on Saine’s progress in body tempering and magical research. She praised Archimedes for managing the tower responsibly, then hinted at his possible departure as his disciple Fladi had advanced to Level 4.

• Befu praised Victor, Rogge, and Saneseus for overseeing the Nesser Star Region battlefield and left to attend to other matters.
• Saine learned that his mentor, Luluenman, would soon return to the Wizard World, while his physique rose to 93 points through Azure Fire Body Tempering.
• Luluenman returned to the Wizard World in the sixth year after the Poison Fire Green Flame World War and met with the Azure Source Holy Tower’s three deans.
• Luluenman reassured Archimedes that she had entrusted him with authority to make certain decisions for the tower, and reviewed his recommendations on applicants and other accumulated affairs.
• Luluenman asked Archimedes whether he was eager to leave the tower, noting that his disciple Fladi had advanced to Level 4.