Chapter Summaries

Saine helped the Azure Source Holy Tower Legion conquer Green Tree City, where the Bamboo Dragonflies were the only significant resistance. After the battle, he considered how to profit from Green Leaf World's weak native creatures and recorded a proposal to breed Black Beetles for their sugary mucus.

• Saine and the Azure Source Holy Tower Legion attacked Green Tree City, targeting its more than fifteen thousand combat-capable Bamboo Dragonflies and ensuring none of those at Level 1 or above escaped.
• Saine and the others killed two of the city's three Level-2 Creatures, while a wounded Level-2 Ground Cricket escaped underground.
• Saine examined a Black Beetle and realized that its sugary secretion might be more profitable to harvest through captive breeding than its meat would be to sell.
• Saine recorded his idea in a Crystal Ball while Nataya watched from a distance, keeping clear after she had broken his experimental equipment.

In the fourth year of the Green Leaf World War, the Azure Source Holy Tower Legion advanced toward the Bamboo Dragonfly Clan’s royal city as native creatures surrendered and the clan’s defeat seemed inevitable. Lan Xi sought an audience with a Bamboo Dragonfly ancestor who had just emerged from a thousand-year seclusion and sensed that the world’s laws of greenery had weakened.

• The Azure Source Holy Tower Legion gained the allegiance of more native creatures, especially Insect Creatures, while refusing to spare those who remained loyal to the Bamboo Dragonfly Clan.
• The Bamboo Dragonfly Clan’s nobles gathered at their ancestral land as their royal city became their final line of defense.
• Lan Xi went to seek an audience with the Bamboo Dragonfly who had spent nearly a thousand years attempting to break through to a stronger realm.
• The Bamboo Dragonfly emerged from seclusion, sensed decay and death in Green Leaf World, and asked what had happened.

Lu Mo emerged from seclusion as the Green Leaf World faced defeat by invading alien fiends and heard Lan Xi’s plea to lead the Bamboo Dragonfly survivors south. Instead, she revealed that she had once left the world and decided to venture beyond the plane again to discover the truth of their world.

• Lan Xi knelt before his grandmother Lu Mo, confessed the Bamboo Dragonfly Clan’s defeats, and asked her to lead its survivors and the gifted Qing Luan south.
• Lu Mo questioned whether the southern Guardian could protect them from the alien fiends, who were close to capturing the royal city and ancestral land.
• Lan Xi said the alien fiends had come from beyond their world, after a force had broken through the sky.
• Lu Mo revealed that she had once flown beyond the Green Leaf World and seen it as a sphere from a nearby great stone.
• Lu Mo announced that she intended to leave the plane again and see the truth of their world.

The Azure Source Holy Tower Legion began its assault on Bamboo Dragonfly Royal City, with Minotaurs, Centaurs, knights, and other forces overwhelming the city’s defenses. As the battle unfolded, a newly appeared Demigod-level Bamboo Dragonfly escaped Green Leaf World despite Maya’s attempt to stop it, leaving Saine and Luluenman puzzled.

• Nearly a thousand magicians and Magic Conductor Cannons opened breaches in Bamboo Dragonfly Royal City’s western wall, and three hundred thousand Minotaurs charged with Centaur support.
• Nearly a thousand knights rushed toward the city to claim its wealth, and Saine saw his in-laws among the leading Level-3 Sky Knights.
• Saine waved Nataya forward, and she charged alongside Lunna, whose Eight-Sided Heavy Hammer smashed a deep pit into the city wall.
• Saine flew toward the city while the Demigod-level Bamboo Dragonfly Lan Xi headed for the Sea King Class land crab and another Demigod-level Bamboo Dragonfly flew toward the Sea King Class Deep Sea Giant Eel before changing course.
• Maya struck the escaping Bamboo Dragonfly with a golden energy arrow, but it broke through the sky’s blockades and left the plane.
• Saine and Luluenman watched the Bamboo Dragonfly escape, and Luluenman raised an emerald-green Hand of Elements across the sky.

Saine went to watch Lunna fight a Level-3 Bamboo Dragonfly after the Deep Sea Giant Eel breached Bamboo Dragonfly Royal City. Lunna dominated her opponent, while Saine and Nataya’s forces kept it trapped with no room to escape.

• The demigod-level Deep Sea Giant Eel smashed through the northwestern corner of Bamboo Dragonfly Royal City and forced its way inside.
• After Nataya summoned him, Saine brought Yuli to the southwestern battlefield to watch over Lunna as she fought a Level-3 Bamboo Dragonfly.
• Lunna hammered the Bamboo Dragonfly with her Eight-Sided Heavy Hammer, while its Arm Blade barely wounded her through her armor and thick belly fat.
• Saine observed that Lunna’s earth- and metal-attribute battle qi gave her an advantage against the Bamboo Dragonfly’s Plant Element energy.
• More than ten thousand Minotaur slaves and Centaurs surrounded the battlefield, leaving the Bamboo Dragonfly no room to maneuver as Lunna wore it down.

Saine entered the Bamboo Dragonfly Royal City during the Azure Source Holy Tower Legion’s assault and saw Centaur warriors whipping Minotaur slaves who gorged themselves on insect corpses. He ordered the slaves to receive a proper meal after the battle, gathered useful materials, and flew above the spreading fire consuming the city.

• Saine left Lunna’s battle and flew into the Bamboo Dragonfly Royal City with Yuli as the fighting spread through its streets.
• Saine watched Centaurs whip hungry Minotaur slaves and considered the differences between the Minotaurs of the Centaur World and the elite Minotaur warriors of the Orc World.
• Saine told a Centaur leader that the Minotaur slaves should receive a proper meal after the battle, and the leader respectfully agreed.
• Saine flew toward the southern part of the royal city and collected resource materials that interested him.
• A fire spread through the plant-and-clay city, forcing Saine to take to the sky.

Saine and Luluenman discussed meteorites, rare flames, and the Wizard Alliance’s resources. Luluenman considered buying a Space Fortress to make a future war against Biranssen Wilderness World easier.

• Saine said Dragon Turtle Bixi had found purple stones in the oceans of Green Leaf World and wondered where the meteorites had come from.
• Luluenman described the Star Realm’s resources and told Saine about a Void Flame that could affect Space Power.
• Saine considered how to obtain rare materials, while Luluenman reflected that her rank and finances limited her access to the Wizard Alliance’s higher-end channels.
• Luluenman asked Saine whether she should buy a Space Fortress, and Saine said the decision was up to her.
• Luluenman said a Space Fortress would make the war against Biranssen Wilderness World more convenient.

Saine visited the injured Xia Ya and received a Demigod-level Creature shell from her, offering to make protective gear and magic equipment in return. After leaving Recovery Potions for Lunna, he returned to his Magic Tower and contacted Lina, who told him the Pale Bone Black Tower had faced turmoil.

• Saine visited Xia Ya in the Rest Area after Wilson and the other knights left, and Nataya went next door to see Lunna.
• Xia Ya gave Saine a shell shed by a Demigod-level Creature, explaining that she had taken it from the Third-Level Bamboo Dragonfly.
• Saine accepted the shell and offered to craft protective gear and magic equipment for Xia Ya as repayment, though she told him to treat it as a family gift.
• Saine visited Lunna, left her Recovery Potions, and returned to his Magic Tower as the war’s remaining battles no longer required his participation.
• Saine activated a magic array to contact Lina, who said the Pale Bone Black Tower had undergone considerable turmoil in recent years.

Saine learned that the Pale Bone Black Tower was caught in a widening war with the neighboring Bone Tower Black Tower and several others, where Lina had become a notable fighter. As Lina and Saine exchanged supplies and promises of protection through a magic array, Saine told her how much he missed her.

• Lina told Saine that the Bone Tower Black Tower had sparked a conflict over border Magic Crystal mines, drawing nearby Black Towers into the fighting.
• Saine learned that Lina had killed three Level-2 Creatures and earned the respect of other Black Magicians despite only recently reaching Level 2.
• Saine promised to make protective magic items for Lina from Demigod-level Creature remains and offered her the remaining Activated Protoplasm from his mentor.
• Lina sent Saine Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast materials, a Crystal Ball containing a slain alchemist's insights, and seized alchemical equipment.
• Saine touched the Crystal Ball Lina had sent and told her that he missed her deeply.

Saine and Lina discussed the worsening war around the Pale Bone Black Tower and agreed to keep in touch as they could. Later, Saine studied alchemy techniques from the Black Domain and successfully smelted a Demigod-level Bamboo Dragonfly cast-off shell, obtaining valuable raw material.

• Lina warned Saine that the war between the Pale Bone Black Tower and the Bone Tower Black Tower would intensify and spread, leaving her little time to communicate.
• Saine offered Lina help with magic equipment and potions, and Lina accepted his offer to contact him when she could.
• After ending their call, Saine returned to research and, half a month later, considered alchemical techniques he had learned from Kan Peila's memories.
• Saine chose to use the Black Domain's Metal Filament Weaving Technique and asked Yuli to bring the Demigod-level Bamboo Dragonfly cast-off shell to Alchemy Room No. 3.
• Saine used Azure Fire Crystals to melt the shell and obtained a considerable amount of Demigod-level raw material.

After half a year of alchemy, Saine finished five pieces of equipment, including Dim Star robes for himself and Lina, then visited the Combat Command to learn how the Green Leaf World War was progressing. Luluenman sent him toward the final battle in the Green Leaf Forest and promised to locate the Purple Flame Meteorite, while asking Saine to study with her more after the war.

• Saine spent half a year crafting five pieces of equipment, including Dim Star magic robes for himself and Lina.
• Saine left his laboratory and learned that the Wizard World's forces had advanced into the Green Leaf Forest to destroy the remaining resistance around Verdant Ancient Banyan.
• Saine met Luluenman at the Combat Command and asked whether he could serve on a battlefield.
• Luluenman sent Saine south to join the final fighting in the Green Leaf Forest and promised to determine the Purple Flame Meteorite's coordinates.
• Luluenman asked Saine to visit her laboratory more often after the war, and Saine agreed.

Saine rushed to the Green Leaf Forest but arrived after the Verdant Ancient Banyan had fallen and the final battle had ended. The Azure Source Holy Tower began rebuilding Green Leaf World, exploiting its resources while allowing surrendered natives to survive or be sold as slaves.

• Saine used his Holy Tower Badge to locate Nataya and the others, then flew south after receiving a combat mission from Combat Command.
• The Azure Source Holy Tower’s allied Insect Creatures gathered Green Leaf World’s resources for the tower’s reconstruction and exploitation.
• Saine reached the Green Leaf Forest a month later and learned that Maya, the Sea King Class land crab, the Deep Sea Giant Eel, and other warriors had killed the Verdant Ancient Banyan eight days earlier.
• Before dying, the Verdant Ancient Banyan secured Archimedes’s promise that the Azure Source Holy Tower Legion would not slaughter surrendered indigenous beings on a large scale.
• The Azure Source Holy Tower sent some surrendered combatants to the Wizard Alliance’s slave market and let the Jobs Family benefit from the trade, encouraging other commercial families to invest in the Jewel Sea.

After meeting Nataya and the others in Green Leaf Forest, Saine offered Lunna a custom-made shoulder armor in exchange for her help with more experiments. Lunna accepted the gift and agreed to assist, though Saine’s vague answer about how many experiments awaited left her uneasy.

• Saine found Nataya and the others in Green Leaf Forest, where the centaurs were still clearing out the last resisting creatures while the mages and knights looted the conquered plane.
• Saine approached Lunna, who was eating a roasted giant-beast leg, and offered her a gift in exchange for helping with experiments.
• Saine showed Lunna a lion-head-shaped shoulder armor that could transform into half-armor and provide an energy shield and elemental rebound.
• Lunna tried on the armor, which suited her fighting style and her earth- and metal-element battle qi.
• Lunna agreed to help Saine with more experiments, then grew uneasy when he said their number would depend on how the experiments went.

Saine gave Nataya enchanted combat boots and Xia Ya a Flame Cape, then retrieved the enormous Undying Meteorite from the Green Leaf World’s Western Ocean with Tourmaline’s help. At the end of the war’s fifth year, Saine and his companions left the Micro Plane, while Luluenman tried to entice three Sea King Class creatures to settle in the Jewel Sea.

• Saine gave Nataya enchanted combat boots and presented Xia Ya with a Flame Cape made from Demigod-level remains.
• Saine learned from Luluenman's Elemental Projection where the Undying Meteorite was sealed and asked Tourmaline to help retrieve it.
• Tourmaline and Bixi brought the meteorite, over one hundred meters in diameter, up from the Western Ocean, and Saine ended his material collection mission.
• At the end of the fifth year of the Green Leaf World War, Saine left the Micro Plane with Tourmaline and three Sea King Class creatures.
• Luluenman offered the three Sea King Class creatures Life Nectar to persuade them to settle in the Jewel Sea, and the land crab approached the basin first.

After arranging for three Sea King Class creatures to guard Bixi in the Jewel Sea, Luluman summoned Saine to discuss future plans for the Azure Source Holy Tower. Saine agreed to teach at the academy, while Luluman planned to take him to buy a Space Fortress before the coming war against Biranssen Wilderness World.

• Luluman sent the three Sea King Class creatures to the Jewel Sea to protect Bixi, then arranged for them to return to the Wizard World.
• Saine followed Luluman to her Magic Tower and saw a demigod-level Bamboo Dragonfly preserved in amber.
• Luluman told Saine that they would visit Commercial Alliance Capecci in thirty-five years to buy a Space Fortress, accompanied by Listening Secret Language Master.
• Luluman explained that the Azure Source Holy Tower Academy needed more teachers and ordered Saine to teach at least three general courses and offer a paid private class.
• Saine reluctantly agreed to teach at the academy.

Saine returned to Azure Source Holy Tower, where he spent three years researching the Undying Meteorite before being summoned to teach at the academy. His popular courses drew far more apprentices than the classrooms could hold.

• Saine left the Green Leaf World with Dragon Turtle Bixi, while Luluenman, Nataya, Serena, and the other knights stayed behind.
• Saine studied the Undying Meteorite and its Undying Purple Flame at Azure Source Holy Tower, while Bixi returned to the Jewel Sea and the three Sea King Class creatures settled there.
• After three years in seclusion, Saine received a summons to teach at Azure Source Holy Tower Academy because the new term had many apprentices and too few instructors.
• Saine chose to teach Advanced Explanation of Fire Element Power, Basic Application of Space Power, and Alchemy Detailed Explanation.
• Apprentices crowded the public courses, filling the classroom, aisles, and space outside the door, though Saine doubted most could follow his lectures.

Saine focused on his alchemy research and teaching while refusing to take on a disciple. After Von Neumann’s request was rejected, Saine returned to the Holy Tower, while Luluenman continued calculating funds for a Space Fortress and the coming war.

• Saine removed thirteen unsuitable apprentices from his private alchemy course and replaced them with students who had stronger alchemy backgrounds.
• Saine stretched the private course over two years, then finished his final lesson for the apprentices.
• Von Neumann asked Saine to take him as a disciple and offered to serve as a laboratory assistant.
• Saine declined to take disciples and flew away, leaving Von Neumann dejected.
• Luluenman sneezed while inspecting her Crystal Ball and calculating funds for the Azure Source Holy Tower, a Space Fortress, and the war in the Biranssen Wilderness World.

After returning from the Green Leaf World War, Saine conducted a three-month Body Tempering Experiment with Lunna, who left the Azure Source Holy Tower thinner and terrified of him. He then began planning an Alchemy Experiment to use the Undying Meteorite and a section of the Verdant Ancient Banyan’s Life Tree Trunk to improve his magic staff, purple flame, and Elemental True Body.

• War participants returned to the Azure Source Holy Tower, where many unaffiliated magicians from the Green Source Land signed contracts with the Holy Tower.
• Saine continued his Body Tempering Experiments with Lunna after Nataya and the others left, while Xia Ya and Colleena began arranging his and Nataya’s wedding.
• After three months of experiments, Lunna emerged noticeably slimmer and fled the Holy Tower despite Saine’s offer of a proper meal.
• Saine began an Alchemy Experiment to extract the core of the Undying Meteorite and strengthen the Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff and Undying Purple Flame.
• Saine’s plans grew after Luna gave him a section of Life Tree Trunk from the Verdant Ancient Banyan.

The Maya Tribe thanked Saine for helping secure food and 150,000 Magic Coins from the Azure Source Holy Tower, and sought to strengthen its ties with him. Saine accepted their goodwill and promised to give them priority when the tower launched another Plane War, then sent Luna off with a gift after taking a sample of her blood.

• Luna thanked Saine for introducing the Maya Tribe to Luluenman and securing the tribe food and 150,000 Magic Coins.
• Saine accepted the Maya Tribe's overture, knowing that his mentor might need the centaurs in a future war.
• Saine told Luna that the Maya Tribe would receive priority consideration in the Azure Source Holy Tower's next Plane War, and Luna was pleased with his promise.
• Saine showed Luna the Holy Tower and his laboratory, then took a sample of her gold-flecked blood.
• Before Luna departed, Saine gave her silver wind-chime magic equipment, which she wore in her hair.

Saine completed the upgrade of the Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff using the Undying Purple Crystal and Life Tree Trunk, creating a powerful staff that combined Azure Fire Flame and Undying Purple Flame. With his new weapon, he planned to further develop his abilities through Flame Element Body Tempering experiments.

• Saine used Luluenman's laboratory to cut the Undying Meteorite's core into a fist-sized Undying Purple Crystal, saving the fragments for later spellcasting.
• Saine returned to his personal laboratory and spent two years upgrading the Azure Fire Heart Magic Staff, assisted by Yuli and Serena.
• Saine successfully combined the Azure Fire Heart, Undying Purple Crystal, and Life Tree Trunk into a staff that wielded Azure Fire Flame and Undying Purple Flame.
• Saine tested the staff with his Elemental True Body activated and found that the two flame powers greatly amplified his strength.
• Saine named the finished weapon the Azure Flame Purple Crystal Magic Staff and planned to incorporate new Flame Element Power into his Body Tempering Experiments.