Chapter Summaries

After growing his fortune through trade with the Jobs Family, Saine traveled east for five years and arrived at the Summoning Alliance. He began studying its summoning knowledge to help open a connection to the Netherworld with Lina, while discovering the Alliance also encompassed the Wizard World's largest demi-human settlement and vast Underground Space.

• Saine traded rare materials to the Jobs Family, which agreed to send a floating ship to inspect Azure Source Holy Tower before deciding on commercial cooperation.
• Saine left the Yemison Kingdom with Aijieli, a Little Fox Girl given to him by the Jobs Family, and placed a Soul Imprint on her.
• Saine spent five years traveling through thirty-one East Coast regions before crossing the Jeklo Grand Canyon and reaching the Summoning Alliance.
• Saine learned that the Summoning Alliance housed the Twin Stars Holy Tower, many other Holy Towers and Knights' Halls, and a major community of Summoners known for forming equal relationships with creatures from Alien Planes.
• Saine bought summoning Magic Books and sought knowledge that could help him and Lina open a connection channel to the Netherworld.
• Saine discovered that the Summoning Alliance was also the Wizard World's largest demi-human settlement, with canyons and ravines leading into its immense Underground Space.

Saine continued experimenting in the Summoning Alliance to open a passage to the Netherworld and finally summoned a Level-1 Skeleton General. Lina used it as a medium to contact him, allowing them to communicate despite being unable to reunite.

• Saine rented a well-equipped Magic Tower from Deep Blue Summoning Holy Tower and spent heavily on facilities and books for his experiments.
• With Yuli's help, Saine began his 213th attempt to create a void summoning passage using Bone Dragon Sanchez's bone finger.
• The passage stabilized, but Saine summoned a Level-1 Skeleton General instead of Sanchez, suggesting Sanchez's forces had grown.
• A red light appeared in the Skeleton General's eyes, and Lina contacted Saine through a wisp of her consciousness.
• Saine realized that he and Lina could communicate across the Netherworld passage even while they remained apart.

Bone Dragon Sanchez awakened and prepared to expand his territory, while Saine and Lina finished three days of research-focused communication. After Saine fell asleep in his laboratory, Yuli stayed behind and moved closer to him.

• Bone Dragon Sanchez absorbed the Soul Fires gathered by his subordinates and told a Death Knight that they would visit their neighbors before expanding further.
• Sanchez summoned nearly a hundred thousand undead and led them out of Death Valley on a campaign.
• Saine and Lina spoke for three days, sharing research progress and summoning knowledge about the Cross-Realm Summoning Array.
• Exhausted after the call, Saine rested in his laboratory while Yuli finished the experiment and Aijieli massaged his shoulders.
• After Saine fell asleep, Yuli sent Aijieli away and slowly moved closer to him.

After spending four years with the Summoning Alliance, Saine headed east toward Azure Source Holy Tower, having advanced his spatial research with Lina and purchased Death Element materials. At Windsor Fortress, he sent letters to Azure Source Holy Tower and the Grant Family, which a Level-2 Earth Knight promised to deliver within half a year.

• Yuli woke beside Saine, blushing after leaning against him, and obediently prepared to continue their experiment.
• Saine spent over two years at Deep Blue Summoning Holy Tower and extended his stay, spending nearly two thousand Magic Coins on research.
• Saine and Lina improved their spatial studies through costly long-distance communications and preliminarily developed a way to exchange items through magic arrays.
• After four years in the Summoning Alliance, Saine abandoned his plan to visit its Underground World and traveled east toward Azure Source Holy Tower.
• Saine bought Death Element materials while crossing Pale Bone Clock Tower territory and reached Windsor Fortress.
• Saine paid a Level-2 Earth Knight fifty Magic Coins to deliver letters to Azure Source Holy Tower and the Grant Family, and the knight promised they would arrive within half a year.

Saine left Windsor Fortress and traveled north through the Magic Empire Ebarute, studying how its widespread access to magic worked. He gradually discovered that public magical education mainly served commoners, while scarce resources and costly advancement had driven the empire into an intense pursuit of money.

• Saine planned to visit the Magic Empire, Capecci, Sky City, and the Northern Witches Organization before returning to the Azure Source Holy Tower.
• After stopping at Windsor Fortress, Saine rode a Colorful Feather Hawk-Crane north and reached the Ebarute Empire two months later.
• Saine observed that the Ebarute Empire had spread magical conveniences throughout its cities and offered low-cost public magic education to children with sufficient Mental Strength.
• Saine wondered how the empire funded its widespread magical education and whether its many spellcasters threatened its rule, so he continued toward the capital to investigate.
• After half a year of travel, Saine learned that public academies largely served unsupported commoners, while nobles and Magic Families used private academies and ordinary apprentices struggled to afford advancement.
• Saine concluded that the empire's scarce resources and costly potions had fueled a widespread pursuit of Magic Coins, which he regarded as a distraction from knowledge and intellect.

Saine learned more about the Ebarute Empire’s spellcaster society while conducting cross-realm communication experiments in France City. A letter from the Grant Family reported that his father was missing after suffering grievous injuries in a Plane War, so Saine decided to return to the Green Source Land.

• Saine considered the Ebarute Empire a possible place to establish a Holy Tower, despite its costly and war-driven system for supporting magicians.
• Saine and Lina completed their first long-distance exchange of goods through their cross-realm communication experiment.
• A magic apprentice delivered Saine a letter from the Grant Family in the Green Source Land.
• Saine learned that Kelman Grant had been grievously injured in a Plane War and that his fate was unknown.
• Saine told Yuli they needed to leave France City and return to the Green Source Land.

Saine traveled from France City to the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall to investigate its war against Thunderfall World. A Knight who recognized him began pursuing an investigation into his ties with Black Magicians, while Saine arrived at the Hall and learned that his father, Kelman Grant, was not among the injured Knights there.

• Saine left France City and used Teleportation Arrays to travel through the Eli Knights Alliance toward the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall.
• A Knight who had fought Saine and Lina recognized Saine at Nimitz and reported his suspected ties to Black Magicians to a peak Level-1 Knight.
• The peak Level-1 Knight decided to seek an investigation warrant for Saine.
• Saine reached the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall's main hall and learned that it was fighting a prolonged war in Thunderfall World alongside two other Knights' Halls.
• A young Female Knight asked Saine to join the war, and he noticed many wounded Knights but did not find his father, Kelman Grant.

Saine sought news of his father and great-grandfather at the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall, where Grimman offered to help him find them in Thunderfall World. Saine signed a favorable contract as a Foreign Aid Magician and was scheduled to travel with the next reinforcement corps in three days.

• Saine met Grimman, who recognized him and said he knew little about the battlefield but offered to help find Saine's family in Thunderfall World.
• Grimman helped Saine secure favorable terms for joining the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall's war effort.
• Saine reviewed and signed the combat contract, becoming a Foreign Aid Magician with the right to refuse extremely dangerous missions.
• The Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall scheduled Saine to travel to Thunderfall World with its next reinforcement corps in three days.

Saine arrived in Thunderfall World with the Steel Wall Fist Knights' Hall reinforcements and was swept into a battle near the Rocky Mountains before learning much about the campaign. He witnessed a Gass warrior gain power from the plane's lightning and joined the Blackbeard Knight in confronting it.

• Saine noticed the group had traveled through multiple Space Channels before emerging into the stormy Thunderfall World.
• Blackbeard Knight Ganches urged the new arrivals to reinforce the Rocky Mountains, and Grimman explained that the urgent charge was likely a chance to earn war merits rather than a dangerous major engagement.
• Saine and the reinforcements reached the Rocky Mountains, a contested area near an important supply camp, and clashed with Thunderfall World's native Gass.
• A Gass warrior called down lightning that raised its strength from Level 1 to mid-Level 2, prompting Saine to recognize the possibility of Plane Augmentation Power.
• Blackbeard Knight charged the empowered Gass, and Saine followed with his Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff.

Saine traded for a valuable Gass specimen, gathered battlefield information, and accepted a mission to build a Magic Tower at Thunderfall Marsh. There he found his father, Kelman Grant, unconscious and too fragile to return to Wizard World, and asked who had injured him.

• Saine bought the Blackbeard Knight’s half of the Level-2 Gass corpse for 150 Magic Coins.
• Grimman shared information about the war and told Saine that Jeremy and the others were at Thunderfall Marsh Camp.
• Saine accepted a mission to build a Magic Tower and repair the camp’s magical restrictions.
• At Thunderfall Marsh Camp, Saine found Kelman unconscious and learned that he could not yet survive transport through a Space Channel.
• Jeremy told Saine that Kelman still had a good chance of waking, and Saine asked who had injured him.

Saine left Thunderfall Marsh Camp to investigate the continuing unrest in the marsh’s eastern region, despite warnings from Jeremy about dangerous native counterattacks. After adapting easily to Thunderfall World’s lightning-filled environment, Saine spotted movement beneath the marsh and prepared to attack.

• Saine brewed Alchemy Potions for his injured father, Kelman, before telling Jeremy he planned to investigate eastern Thunderfall Marsh.
• Jeremy warned Saine that the marsh’s unrest involved planned counterattacks and possible Level-2 creatures, then gave him a map and asked him to return early.
• Saine flew east from the camp, and Jeremy wondered at the elemental pressure Saine displayed.
• The chapter described Thunderfall Marsh’s strategic importance, the suspected underground network, and Kelman’s injuries during a native guerrilla attack.
• Saine resisted a lightning strike with little effect, noticed something moving beneath the marsh, and ignited a large fireball on his Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff.

Saine hunted indigenous creatures in Thunderfall Marsh while searching for stronger specimens and venting his anger over Kelman’s unconsciousness. After more than ten days of fighting, he and Yuli encountered a Level 1 Eight-legged Wolf Spider and moved to stop it from escaping.

• Saine captured a fast, three-winged creature resembling a chicken, but it exploded its own brain when he tried to make it his soul slave.
• Saine ordered Yuli and the four Sea Lizards to kill or capture the creatures they found, then gave them the charred creature’s corpse to eat.
• Saine spent more than ten days clearing creatures from eastern Thunderfall Marsh, drawing the attention of nearby Level 1 knights.
• Saine spotted a Level 1 Eight-legged Wolf Spider wrapped in yellow electrical energy and charged after it with Yuli to keep it from escaping.

After slaying an Electric Wolf Spider, Saine returned to Thunderfall Marsh Camp and found Kelman Grant awake and recovering. Saine offered to prepare Giant Stone Potions from rare resources, drawing the attention of Ulysses and the Reverse Feather Lion King, who sealed the room against curious onlookers.

• Saine and Yuli defeated the Electric Wolf Spider, and Saine collected its Heart Core, legs, and fangs before feeding its remains to the Sea Lizards.
• Saine returned to camp and learned that Kelman Grant had awakened and Ulysses had come back from patrol.
• Saine examined Kelman and brought out rare resources to replenish his Blood Qi, offering to make Giant Stone Potions for him and Jeremy Grant.
• The Reverse Feather Lion King noticed the valuable resources, and Ulysses sealed the hospital room with a purple Elemental Barrier.
• Ulysses identified the red plant as Blood Coral and asked whether Saine's mentor had given it to him, but Saine said he had obtained it during his travels.

Saine learned that Colleena had arranged a marriage for him with a Level-2 Earth Knight from the Ernst Family, though he had no interest in marrying anyone but Lina. After giving his family resources from the Knight Continent trial, he revealed a battle qi cultivation technique that could reach Level-3 Sky Knight.

• The Reverse Feather Lion King, Simpson, traded Saine news for a piece of Magic Beast flesh and announced that Colleena had found him a marriage match.
• Saine was shocked by the news and thought only of Lina, while his father Kelman Grant and the other Grant Family decision-makers approved of the match.
• Kelman explained that Saine's intended bride belonged to the Ernst Family's main line and that Colleena had used her connections to arrange the alliance.
• Saine stayed silent about his objections and gave Kelman and the family's elders special resources from the Knight Continent trial.
• Saine showed them a Crystal Ball containing a battle qi cultivation technique that could be practiced up to Level-3 Sky Knight, startling the Reverse Feather Lion King.

Saine gave Ulysses a battle qi cultivation art that appeared to reach the Demigod-level, astonishing the Grant Family founder and the Reverse Feather Lion King. Ulysses began examining its promise, while the Reverse Feather Lion King predicted the family could soon gain a powerful Knight.

• The chapter explained that Ulysses had created Violet Flame Battle Qi from Flame Battle Qi and other arts, and hoped to perfect it to the late stage of Level-2.
• Ulysses raised a second isolation barrier after Saine produced the cultivation art, and the Reverse Feather Lion King added a third.
• Ulysses hurriedly took Saine's crystal ball and found that its contents appeared to be a genuine Sky Knight cultivation art, more profound than arts he had seen before.
• Ulysses said the art could be cultivated to Level-3 Peak, the Demigod-level, and contained mysterious descriptions about laws.
• The Reverse Feather Lion King told Saine that, if the art was genuine, the Grant Family could soon produce a late-stage or Level-2 Peak Knight.

Saine’s family discussed how to study his battle qi method without abandoning the Grant Family’s Violet Flame Battle Qi, while Ulysses prepared a place for him at Thunderfall Marsh Camp. The Reverse Feather Lion King teased Saine about marrying a powerful knight, and Saine ended the chapter stationed alone in a Magic Tower.

• Ulysses decided to study Saine’s battle qi method and incorporate its useful techniques into Violet Flame Battle Qi rather than switch methods outright.
• The Reverse Feather Lion King and Ulysses escorted Saine from Old Grant’s hospital room, where Koda joked about the family’s marriage arrangements.
• The Reverse Feather Lion King teased Koda about his wife Tracy and later warned Saine that marrying a female knight could make him henpecked.
• Ulysses arranged for Saine to live alone in a five-story Magic Tower at Thunderfall Marsh Camp and gave him access to inspect three nearby towers.

Saine investigated how Gass gained strength beyond its level and began exposing himself to Thunderfall World’s lightning, claiming he was harnessing it to power the fortress. His experiment was still underway when an emergency order summoned the knights to face an enemy.

• Saine dissected the Gass corpse and suspected that its Thunder Infusion might reveal the secrets of Elemental True Body transformation or improve his physique.
• After completing his assigned maintenance and repair work, Saine began flying into the clouds with a metal rod to draw lightning strikes.
• Saine told the Fortress Base that he was channeling lightning to supply energy, and his Magic Towers and Elemental Restriction zones began running on electricity from the sky.
• Recovering knights watched the lightning and discussed Saine’s experiment, while Level-2 Knight Kent recognized signs that Saine resembled a Second-Level Magician.
• An emergency battle order reached Saine and the knights, directing everyone except the severely wounded to gather west of the fortress and prepare to meet the enemy.

Saine joined the assembled forces at Thunderfall Marsh Camp after a nearly hundred-thousand-strong native creature army approached. The Knights' Hall force charged onto the plains to meet the invaders, and Saine prepared to support the battle with long-range magic.

• Saine left his experiments and reported to the assembly area, where thousands of knights and tens of thousands of slave creatures gathered.
• Jeremy Grant told Saine to stay close to him and explained that Ulysses and the Reverse Feather Lion King were defending the marsh east of camp.
• A Sky Knight announced that the native army was approaching and ordered the force to stop and destroy it.
• The knights and slave creatures advanced west and clashed with the Thunderfall World army on the plains.
• Saine stayed behind the charging knights, ready to attack the enemy from a distance with spells.

Saine observed the fierce resistance of Thunderfall World’s forces and the Wizard World’s battlefield advantages as the armies clashed. After testing the results of his Thunder Infusion became possible, he released a Cloud of Flames spell and flew toward the front lines.

• Saine compared Thunderfall World’s united resistance with Poison Fire Green Flame World’s weak resistance and noted the disparity between the planes’ forces.
• Thunderfall World’s behemoths called down a massive lightning strike that battered slave creatures near the center of the battlefield.
• Foreign Aid Magicians began casting wide-area spells from behind the slave and knight legions while the armies advanced.
• Saine released a Cloud of Flames spell, covered himself in Azure Fire Power, and flew toward the center of the battlefield.

Saine fought through the Thunderfall World forces on the plains, aided by Construct Master Yuli and four Sea Lizards, and killed hundreds of enemies with his fire magic. A Level-2 Green-skinned Gas confronted him, and Saine charged in to meet it.

• Saine flew toward the battlefield near Level 1 Knight Jeremy, avoiding the fiercest central fighting.
• Saine released four Sea Lizards and advanced with them and Construct Master Yuli, burning and clearing hostile creatures.
• Saine's attacks killed or wounded hundreds of Thunderfall World creatures, with his combat medal recording his kills.
• A Level-2 Green-skinned Gas challenged Saine after displaying its strength by killing a powerful slave creature.
• Saine flew toward the Green-skinned Gas as it used its Lightning Chain to kill a slave and leapt at him.