Chapter Summaries

Saine began his revenge duel against Di'ersi, revealing overwhelming Azure Fire power that drew Martin and Jigson's attention. Di'ersi swallowed two potions to strengthen herself and raised the staff Moxidu had made for her as the battle escalated.

• Fei'er, Zorro, and Lilianya joined the onlookers, while Lady Qiongni sent word that she hoped Saine would kill Di'ersi.
• Saine transformed with Azure Fire Body Ablaze and displayed power strong enough to confront a Level-2 Creature.
• Jigson took interest in Saine's Azure Fire Magic, while Martin grew suspicious and began hoping Saine would lose.
• Saine put on the Azure Fire Eye Mask, intensifying his power and forcing Di'ersi to take action.
• Di'ersi drank two potions, grew larger and stronger, and drew the Magic Staff Moxidu had made for her.

Saine used his Azure Fire magic to overwhelm Di'ersi while avenging his mentor, Moxidu. As Di'ersi's corrosive poison tested his tempered skin, Saine gained a new understanding of Azure Fire Body Tempering.

• Saine summoned a storm of Azure Fire Eyes and declared that he would avenge Moxidu.
• Lilianya and Martin watched Saine's overwhelming power and wondered how he had become so strong.
• Saine's Azure Fire Eye rays tore through Di'ersi's shields, while his Azure Fire Body Ablaze effect evaporated her water-serpent attack.
• Saine touched Di'ersi's toxic vapor and saw a glaze-like layer on his skin, evidence of his Azure Fire Body Tempering.
• As Di'ersi's poison and corrosion magic eroded his skin, Saine gained a new understanding of body tempering.

Saine overwhelmed Di'ersi in their duel, but Third-Level Black Magician Kanterla intervened to save her. As Saine pressed his attack, his Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff fired a beam at Kanterla.

• Saine realized Di'ersi's hidden poison barely affected him and advanced to finish the duel.
• Di'ersi stopped resisting, while Kanterla shouted for Saine to stop and rushed into the arena to protect her.
• Kanterla spread his Death Qi and reached toward the duelists, but Di'ersi merely smiled as her body shrank.
• Saine summoned the Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff and attacked Di'ersi with renewed fury.
• A blue beam burst from Saine's staff, pierced the Death Cloud, and aimed at Kanterla.

Saine used Brilliant Heart Magic to pierce Kanterla’s Hand of Death and kill Di'ersi, the Black Magician responsible for his mentor Moxidu’s death. After collecting Di'ersi’s belongings, Saine was struck by the still-active Hand of Death as it shattered his Energy Shields.

• Saine’s Brilliant Heart Magic and Lina’s Call of Death were revealed as powerful spells developed during their years on the Knight Continent.
• Martin and Jigson recognized that Saine’s Brilliant Heart pillar could threaten even powerful creatures and relied heavily on his Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff.
• Saine’s Brilliant Heart Beam pierced Kanterla’s Hand of Death and the surrounding death clouds.
• The azure flames consumed Di'ersi, avenging Moxidu’s death.
• Saine collected Di'ersi’s charred Magic Staff, her space-power hairpin, and her space pouch.
• The weakened Hand of Death struck Saine and shattered the Energy Shields around him.

Giant Mermaid Bai Xing arrived with a gathering of Sea King Class creatures and rescued Saine from Kanterla’s attack. Tourmaline rushed to Saine, relieved to see him after more than twenty years, while she continued to await her eldest brother’s awakening before visiting the Azure Source Holy Tower.

• Giant Mermaid Bai Xing emerged from a Gate of Elements, and the Sea King Class creatures bowed to her bloodline authority.
• Dragon Turtle Tourmaline followed Bai Xing through the gate and charged toward Saine, while Kanterla remained immobilized under the creatures’ watch.
• Tourmaline looked Saine over and recalled that she had waited for him while awake in Sea God Bay.
• Tourmaline remembered Saine’s invitation to visit the Azure Source Holy Tower and continued waiting for her eldest brother to awaken so she could inform her family.

Tourmaline and Bai Xing arrived with powerful Sea King Class creatures, rescuing Saine from Kanterla. Tourmaline trampled Kanterla to death and left the surrounding sea split with space cracks.

• Lina prepared to fight Kanterla, but Bai Xing and Tourmaline appeared with numerous Sea King Class creatures and let her stand down.
• Tourmaline checked on Saine, then turned her hostile attention toward Kanterla after seeing Saine was injured.
• Kanterla tried to claim the attack was a misunderstanding, but the surrounding creatures’ auras kept him from escaping.
• Tourmaline struck Kanterla with her massive paw and repeatedly stomped his Death Cloud until his aura vanished.
• Jigson recognized the fine cracks in the sea as Space Cracks and realized Tourmaline had wielded immense power with command of the laws.

After Tourmaline killed Kanterla, Bai Xing thanked Saine for surviving and invited him to travel with her and Tourmaline. Saine asked Bai Xing to help Lina and his companions, but she refused and began explaining the two ways to resolve Lina’s wanted status.

• Tourmaline stomped Kanterla, killing the Level-3 Black Magician and ending the battle.
• Bai Xing approached Saine, explained that Tourmaline had insisted on seeing him, and accepted his thanks.
• Bai Xing warned Saine about his ties to the Black Domain and invited him to accompany her and Tourmaline to meet their eldest brother.
• Saine asked Bai Xing to help Lina and his companions, while Martin and Jigson kept quiet and avoided his gaze.
• Bai Xing refused to intervene, explaining that even True Spirit Dominators could not easily change the Wizard World’s rules, and said Lina had only two ways to resolve her wanted status.

Bai Xing explained why Saine could not easily resolve Lina’s wanted status, and described how the Wizard World Will judged those who harmed its creatures. She offered to help Zorro leave the Black Domain, but Fei’er could not go with them, leaving Saine and Lina with little hope of living together soon.

• Bai Xing told Saine that ending the Wizard World’s restrictions on Black Magicians was impossible for him, while lifting Lina’s wanted status would require an immense contribution to Wizard Civilization.
• Bai Xing offered to modify Zorro’s Magic Contract and take him out of the Black Domain, provided it was not a Law Contract.
• Bai Xing refused to take Fei’er, explaining that the Wizard World Will rejected those who brought chaos and slaughter to the Mother Plane.
• Saine realized that Fei’er’s actions had crossed the Wizard World Will’s hidden boundary, while Lina had violated the official rules without committing comparable atrocities.
• Saine looked to Lina and saw that, despite her helplessness, she had already accepted that they might only meet in other worlds.

Saine prepared to leave the Black Domain, while Lina and Fei'er stayed behind and Zorro chose to return to Thousand Leaf Coral Island. Saine departed with Lina and Fei'er for the Ice Ocean, leaving Martin and Jigson to consider how his powerful connections could affect those who remained.

• Lina and Fei'er declined to return to the Wizard Continent, and Zorro chose to stay in the Black Domain to support Fei'er and continue Moxidu's work.
• Saine accepted Bixi and Bai Xing's invitation to visit the Ice Ocean, and Lina and Fei'er joined him while Zorro returned to Thousand Leaf Coral Island to pay respects to their mentor.
• Saine told Martin that Zorro would fulfill the revised ten-year contract, and Martin agreed to look after Zorro and Fei'er.
• Jigson questioned Lina about Saine and worried that she might leave the Pale Bone Black Tower with him.
• Saine departed with Lina, Fei'er, Bixi, and Bai Xing toward the Ice Ocean, while Martin and Jigson watched them go.

Saine traveled with Lina and Fei'er toward the Northern Ice Ocean with Tourmaline and Bai Xing, where they gathered rare ice-element specimens and encountered powerful local creatures. A Black Magician watching from an icy tower recognized Bai Xing’s arrival as a sign that a great being might awaken and flew south to visit Lord Naige'er and other old acquaintances.

• Lina chose to walk toward Saine after speaking with Jigson, and Saine departed with Lina and Fei'er alongside Tourmaline and Bai Xing for the Black Domain Northern Part.
• Fei'er entered Saine’s metal tent during the journey, while Bai Xing told Tourmaline that they were doing warm-up exercises against the cold.
• As the travelers approached the Northern Ice Ocean, Saine, Lina, and Fei'er collected rare ice-element specimens.
• A Level-4 ice whale emerged to welcome Bai Xing and the others, and Bai Xing stroked its horn as it cried happily.
• A Black Magician in a concealed tower saw Bai Xing and the Sea King Class creatures, guessed that a powerful being might awaken, and flew south to visit Lord Naige'er and other old friends.

Saine and his companions waited beside a frozen sea while Bai Xing and Tourmaline went underwater, and Saine collected a sample from a sleeping Unicorn Ice Whale. After studying the whale oil, Saine became excited by its properties and looked back toward the whale.

• Bai Xing and Tourmaline left Saine's group at the ice sheet, while Saine set up a metal tent and the other Sea King Class creatures rested nearby.
• Saine, Lina, and Fei'er set up experimental equipment beside a sleeping Unicorn Ice Whale and tried to collect blood and scale tissue.
• The whale rolled over and flooded the shore with icy seawater, but Saine managed to extract a jar of viscous white tissue fluid.
• The Unicorn Ice Whale recognized Saine and let the group go, then returned to sleep as Fei'er shivered from the cold.
• After studying the whale oil for two hours, Saine became excited and stared toward the sleeping Unicorn Ice Whale, leaving Fei'er alarmed by what he might do next.

Saine stored four barrels of Whale Oil and helped Fei'er secure valuable materials and resources while she prepared for life in the Black Domain. Days later, an enormous ice peak shattered, and a colossal Giant Turtle emerged from the Glacier Depths.

• After the Unicorn Ice Whale returned to the seabed, Saine collected four barrels of Whale Oil while Lina and Fei'er gathered surface tissue.
• Lina warned Fei'er to keep her resources hidden and offered to provide magic materials, while Saine supplied Fei'er with resources and potionology books.
• Several days later, violent tremors spread across the ice sheet as a towering ice peak cracked apart and triggered a vast avalanche.
• Saine, Lina, and Fei'er took shelter among the protrusions of Bai Xing's giant clam while surrounding Sea King Class creatures braced against the waves.
• A jet-black Giant Turtle, identified as Tourmaline's eldest brother, emerged from the Glacier Depths, and Saine stared in astonishment at its immense size.

Saine met Tourmaline’s newly awakened eldest brother, Zong Ba, in the Northern Ice Ocean before preparing to leave the Western Islands. He set out on foot for the Azure Source Holy Tower by a new route through several Wizard World powers, hoping to explore more of the world along the way.

• Saine saw Tourmaline and her siblings reunite after Zong Ba awakened and emerged from the glaciers, causing the ice peak to collapse and the regional sea level to rise.
• Tourmaline introduced Saine to her eldest brother, Zong Ba, and Saine spoke briefly with Bai Xing, whose support could help Lina, Fei'er, and the others establish themselves in the Black Domain.
• Saine decided not to take Tourmaline back to the Azure Source Holy Tower because she wanted to spend time with her newly awakened brother.
• Saine said farewell to Lina and left the Western Islands, choosing to travel on foot rather than take a floating ship or use a Space Teleportation Array.
• Saine planned to travel east through the East Coast, the Magic Empire, the Eli Knights Alliance, and the Flame Conclave, and hoped to visit Sky City before returning to the Azure Source Holy Tower.

Before leaving the Western Islands, Saine advised Fei'er to free her slaves and gave her a Metal Puppet, then departed for the East Coast after saying goodbye to Lina and the others. During the sea voyage, he resumed his body-tempering research with Yuli, while Lina made clear that she would not accept Irene as Saine’s partner.

• Saine advised Fei'er to release the Slave Creatures in her laboratory, and gave her a Metal Puppet to help with daily tasks.
• Fei'er decided to give the Metal Puppet to their Senior Brother, and Saine agreed.
• Saine left the Western Islands for the East Coast aboard a giant ocean crab after parting from Lina and the others.
• Saine set up laboratories on the crab’s shell and prepared for another Burning Ice Body Tempering experiment with Yuli.
• Lina gave gifts for Serena and Meili, but chose to ignore Irene because she would not yield on the matter of Saine’s partner.

After the thirteenth Burning Ice Body Tempering Experiment, Saine’s constitution reached Level-2 Creature standards, while his Mental Strength and magic power remained stalled near the Level-1 peak. He arrived at the Mauritius Islands on the East Coast and headed inland, recalling a knight he had met there.

• Saine recorded a constitution value of 1,009 after his successful experiment and considered the factors behind his rapid physical growth.
• Saine reflected that he needed to understand Second-Level Magicians’ Elemental True Bodies before advancing, and decided to keep researching cellular Elementalization and continue his Body Tempering Experiments.
• Saine completed his voyage from the Western Islands to the East Coast aboard the Azure Clawed Giant Crab, which had helped him avoid trouble at sea.
• Saine parted ways with the Azure Clawed Giant Crab on the Mauritius Islands and flew toward the East Coast hinterlands, trying to remember the Jobs Family he associated with the knight Guer.

Saine traveled across the Mauritius Islands to the East Coast and reached the Jobs Family while returning from the Western Islands. He reunited with Guer, who had advanced to the late stage of Level 1 and eagerly welcomed him to the family estate.

• Saine crossed the Mauritius Islands by Alchemy Powered Ship and continued through the East Coast, where he encountered practitioners of Dual Cultivation of Magic and Martial Arts.
• Saine judged that his own strength could match or surpass the practitioners he had met, despite not cultivating battle qi.
• Seven months after arriving on the East Coast, Saine located the Jobs Family in the Yemison Kingdom.
• Saine contacted Guer, who quickly appeared and greeted his old friend enthusiastically.
• Guer invited Saine to visit his estate and offered him a gift, while Saine asked how Guer had known he was coming.

Saine learned that the Jobs Family’s warm welcome was a calculated investment and traded Knight Continent resources for generous gifts. Among the gifts was a foxkin slave who was also an Orc World priest, revealing the family’s involvement in the slave trade.

• Guer explained that the Jobs Family had invested in Saine because of his potential and asked him to sell the family resources from the Knight Continent.
• Saine agreed to sell the resources, and the Jobs Family gave him a large selection of East Coast and Alien Plane materials.
• Saine discovered that one of the gifts was a foxkin girl, and Guer explained that she was a virgin Wind Whisper Priest from the Orc World.
• Guer revealed that the Jobs Family maintained extensive slave-creature trade connections with the Orc World.

Saine accepted a tamed Fox Girl Priestess from Guer and visited Freedome Dungeon, the East Coast’s largest slave trading center. While touring the Jobs Family’s businesses, he declined a giant wolf and noticed a striking centaur slave owner whose identity and purpose remained unknown.

• Saine accepted the Fox Girl Priestess Aijieli after Guer presented her as a gift from the Jobs Family.
• Saine asked Guer to show him a slave creature market, and Guer took him to Freedome Dungeon.
• Guer explained the scale of the dungeon’s slave trade and showed Saine the Jobs Family’s shops, which sold creatures from four Alliance Planes.
• Guer offered Saine a Level 1 gray giant wolf for two hundred Magic Coins, but Saine declined after examining it.
• Saine spotted a beautiful silver-haired centaur lady accompanied by centaur retainers, and Guer whistled at her.

Saine and Guer met Luna Christine Maya, a Rank Two centaur noblewoman and slave trader from Centaur World, in Freedome Dungeon. Luna welcomed them into her crowded, low-cost slave market, where her explanations revealed both her aristocratic views and the brutal trade in defeated centaurs.

• Luna Christine Maya introduced herself to Saine and Guer, and Guer greeted her with flirtatious courtesy.
• Guer told Saine that Luna was the daughter and heir of a powerful centaur tribe's chieftain.
• Luna invited Saine and Guer into her tribe's business district, whose inexpensive slave stalls drew large crowds.
• Saine and Guer saw that Luna's traders sold Minotaurs, Jungle Musk Deer, and captured centaurs from rival tribes.
• Luna described the Minotaurs as an inferior vassal race and spoke with clear enthusiasm toward Saine, while disliking Guer's vulgar manner.

Saine suggested that Luna’s centaur tribe and the Jobs Family contact the Azure Source Holy Tower about a possible slave-trade partnership, without making any commitments. He continued exploring Freedome Dungeon and rejected Guer’s offer to visit a secret market selling prohibited slaves.

• Saine asked Luna whether her tribe planned to expand its discounted slave trade to other Holy Towers, and she eagerly asked whether he knew potential buyers.
• Guer recognized Saine’s interest in bulk purchases, but Saine explained that he could not negotiate on behalf of the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Saine gave Luna and the Jobs Family the Azure Source Holy Tower’s location and coordinates, and both groups said they would try to make contact.
• Saine explored Freedome Dungeon, where Guer explained that elf and mermaid slaves were unavailable in its legal markets.
• Guer offered to take Saine to a secret East Coast slave market where elves, mermaids, and other forbidden slaves had appeared, but Saine refused.