Chapter Summaries

Kampas, the Orc God, intervened with a Golden Hand, crushing a Ghost Crow and driving the Level-6 Ghost Crow King back through the Space-Time Channel. As Saine continued casting his forbidden spell, Orc forces poured into the Bewitching Stone Plane to eliminate the remaining resistance.

• Kampas's Golden Hand crushed the Ghost Crow fighting Tourmaline and slapped the Ghost Crow King back into the Space-Time Channel.
• The Ghost Crow King fled without helping the Ghost Crows already inside the Bewitching Stone World, and the black vortex began to dissolve.
• The Golden Hand withdrew, leaving severe wounds in the Bewitching Stone Plane's barrier and damage to its origin.
• Saine sped up his forbidden-spell chant while frightened Ghost Crows fled and the Half-Orcs charged, shouting Kampas's name.
• Lina and Yuli stayed beside Saine as a voice called for all resistance to be eliminated and Orc troops and several Orc Gods surged through the hole in the sky.

After Eugene passed his trial and secured his divine seat, the Beast Gods joined the battle in the Bewitching Stone Plane. Tourmaline and the God of Jackals fought a wounded Level 5 ghost crow while Saine prepared a forbidden spell, and the Lionman God moved to stop another ghost crow from escaping.

• The God of Jackals recognized that Kampas had intervened because of Tourmaline and joined her fight against the wounded Level 5 Black Feather Ghost Crow.
• Tourmaline suspected the God of Jackals wanted a share of her spoils, but tolerated his help after he promised to fight without charge and called her a lady.
• Saine continued chanting the Eternal Fire Hell Sea forbidden spell as red fire clouds and meteors appeared above the battlefield.
• The Lionman God attacked the fleeing Level 5 Gray Feather Ghost Crow after Panda Brewmaster could not hold it back.

The Beast Gods and Orc Legion turned the battle in the Bewitching Stone World decisively in their favor, while Saine unleashed a forbidden spell. In the Orc World, Level-4 Knight Mane discussed the Wizard Civilization’s plans for a less aggressive approach toward neighboring worlds with Orc God Kampas.

• The stag-headed Beast God arrived to help Cenarius, but Cenarius sent his father to aid the endangered Eugene instead.
• The stag-headed Beast God flew toward Eugene as Saine completed his forbidden spell and filled the battlefield skies with fire and meteors.
• Mane met with Orc God Kampas and conveyed his grandfather’s congratulations on Kampas’s new Dominator-level status.
• Mane explained that the Wizard Civilization wanted to avoid unnecessary conflicts with neighboring civilizations and planned to seek their submission through other means.
• Kampas learned that the Bewitching Stone World would remain under his command while other planes in its star region would be approached separately, and he agreed.

After four more years of war, the Orc Legion defeated the Bewitching Stone World, and Eugene secured a place for himself and the Half-Orcs among its rulers. As Saine focused on studying a Ghost Crow’s black flame, the surviving Obsidian Crystal Spot Giant was left with a chance to serve the Wizard Alliance.

• The Orcs and Half-Orcs ended the war by killing the level-five Bewitching Stone King, two level-five Ghost Crows, and a level-four Bewitching Stone, while nearly hunting the Ghost Crow population to extinction.
• The Bewitching Stone World’s new crab-like guardian called on its low-level creatures to stop resisting, and Rexxar persuaded the Orcs to spare the Obsidian Crystal Spot Giant in line with Kampas and the Wizard Alliance’s plans.
• Eugene became one of the Bewitching Stone World’s rulers, and the surviving giant might eventually lead the world into the Wizard Alliance if it proved obedient and contributed to the alliance.
• Saine spent the war’s final years on research, studying a section of a level-five Black Feather Ghost Crow’s wing that Tourmaline had given him.
• Saine declined Tourmaline’s offer of the whole Ghost Crow corpse and requested only its natal flame, then discovered that Tourmaline stored the corpse inside her turtle shell.

Saine studied blood from the Panda Brewmaster and its three clones while receiving research materials and spoils from the plane war. He learned that Eugene’s Half-Orcs had suffered devastating losses, including Tosk and seven of Eugene’s children, and learned the name of Eugene’s daughter Montana.

• Tourmaline asked Saine when they would leave, then went to play with the Panda Brewmaster after Saine asked her to bring back blood from its three clones.
• Saine examined the golden blood of the Panda Brewmaster and the distinct fire, storm, and earth blood of its clones, discovering that the three kinds combined back into gold.
• Eugene sent Saine fragments of the Bewitching Stone King and Obsidian Crystal Spot Giant along with war spoils worth more than two hundred thousand Magic Coins.
• Eugene’s daughter told Saine that her father wanted to see him after his experiment, and Saine learned that Tosk and seven of Eugene’s children had died in the war.
• Saine told Eugene’s daughter he had promised to reforge Tosk’s scimitar, causing her to weep, and learned that her name was Montana.

Saine met Eugene and Mane after the Plane War, where Eugene mourned his fallen children and sought ties with Saine’s mentor and the Sea Clan. Saine agreed to introduce Eugene to Luluenman, while Tourmaline accepted Eugene’s proposed trade and diplomatic connections on behalf of the Sea Clan.

• Saine reunited with Mane, who praised his strength and invited him to visit the Knights' Hall after his travels in the Orc World.
• Eugene grieved for the Half-Orc losses and his children, and Saine honored Tosk and the others for their sacrifices.
• Eugene asked Saine to help establish friendly relations with Luluenman’s Azure Source Holy Tower and acquire food crop seeds, and Saine agreed to introduce them.
• Eugene asked Saine to maintain ties with the Half-Orc Clan after establishing a Holy Tower, and Saine accepted his request.
• Eugene sought trade relations with the Sea Clan, so Saine brought Tourmaline to meet him, and Tourmaline agreed to the proposals.

After leaving the Bewitching Stone World, Saine and his companions spent thirty years traveling through the Orc World, where Little Fox Girl Aijieli recruited a Level-3 Komodo War Behemoth and learned from shamanic texts. Back in the Wizard World, Saine accepted Level-4 Knight Mane’s invitation and was taken to meet Mane’s grandfather, who was interested in Saine, his deeds, or Tourmaline.

• Saine left the Bewitching Stone World with Tourmaline, Lina, and the others, then traveled east across the Orc World with Panda Brewmaster as their guide.
• Saine learned that the Pandaren homeland stood on the back of a colossal sea turtle and examined Panda Brewmaster’s extraordinary red gourd.
• Little Fox Girl Aijieli’s war song attracted a Level-3 Komodo War Behemoth, while Eugene sent her shamanic books and bronze classics, including knowledge from Rexxar.
• After thirty years of travel, Saine bid farewell to Panda Brewmaster and returned to the Wizard World with Tourmaline and Lina.
• Saine visited Level-4 Knight Mane, who took him through a Teleportation Array to meet his grandfather and said the older man might be interested in Saine, his deeds, or Tourmaline.

Saine met Mane’s grandfather, a Dominator-class Knight, who explained that the Half-Orcs received support because many carried Wizard World human bloodlines. He then asked Saine to propose classifying all beings from alien planes with Wizard World bloodlines as demi-humans at the next Wizard Alliance Assembly.

• Mane led Saine, Tourmaline, and Lina through the Great Hall to meet his grandfather, a powerful Overlord-level Knight.
• The Knight asked Saine what he thought of the Half-Orc race, and Saine described its population, inherited bloodlines, and potential.
• The Knight explained that Half-Orcs received Wizard Civilization’s support partly because many descended from humans of the Wizard World.
• The Knight asked Saine to propose at the next Wizard Alliance Assembly that alien-plane beings with Wizard World bloodlines be classified as demi-humans.

Saine accepted an invitation to speak at the Twenty-Fifth Wizard Alliance Assembly, where he planned to propose reforms for demi-humans and Black Magicians. The Middle-Aged Knight approved both proposals, warning Saine that others might call him a wild dreamer.

• The Middle-Aged Knight explained that promising Demigod-level creatures could attend the Wizard Alliance Assembly and asked Saine to represent the cause of demi-humans.
• Saine agreed to raise the demi-human proposal, recognizing that it was unlikely to pass but could create an opportunity for change.
• Saine asked to propose that Black Magicians receive legitimate rights and face less prejudice in the Alliance.
• The Middle-Aged Knight agreed to let Saine present both proposals and warned him that many people might label him a wild dreamer.
• Saine said he considered the label a compliment, and the Middle-Aged Knight praised his spirit.

After speaking with a Dominator-class knight, Saine received an invitation to the urgently scheduled Twenty-Fifth Wizard Alliance Assembly and was sent with Lina to explore the Knight Continent again. He arrived as a Demigod-level Magician and found a Level-3 Magician fighting a family of Scorpion Dragons.

• Saine answered the Dominator-class knight’s questions honestly and praised the Magic Empire Ebarute’s Universal Magic Craze.
• The Dominator-class knight gave Saine an invitation to the next Wizard Alliance Assembly and sent him and Lina to the heart of the Knight Continent.
• The Middle-Aged Knight told Tourmaline that her relatives had come to visit, and she happily went to meet them.
• Saine entered the Knight Continent, considered the coming Wizard Alliance Assembly, and noticed a Level-3 Earth Elementalist battling five Scorpion Dragons.
• Saine took out his Magic Staff and offered to help the besieged Magician.

Saine and Lina defeated the Scorpion Dragon family’s resistance and negotiated for samples, then learned from Boke about a Quenching Crystal vein beneath the family’s swamp. Saine assembled a group to begin excavating the valuable deposit.

• Saine and Lina arrived to help the Earth Element magician, forcing the Scorpion Dragon family to retreat and defend itself.
• Saine wounded the male Scorpion Dragon Lord with his Flames of Ash and offered to let the family go in exchange for biological samples.
• The female Scorpion Dragon Lord accepted Saine’s offer, and Saine and Lina collected blood, venom, and a section of the male Lord’s tail armor.
• Saine met Boke, who explained that he had found a Quenching Crystal vein beneath the Scorpion Dragons’ swamp.
• Saine called Yuli and the Little Fox Girl to help excavate, while Lina summoned undead and Dark-Type Beings, including her Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast.

Saine and his companions excavated the Quenching Crystal vein, then Saine befriended Boke by offering him a share and exchanging collected materials. Little Fox Girl Aijieli summoned the Level-2 Akanasade Jiana as her third magical pet, and Jiana’s parents accepted her decision to leave with Aijieli.

• Saine’s group mined the Quenching Crystal vein, and Saine let the Akanasade family depart after collecting specimens.
• Saine offered Boke a portion of the vein’s output, and the two Magicians exchanged collections and discussed their time on the Knight Continent.
• Aijieli sang her Soulful War Song to a young Cyan Shell Akanasade, and Jiana became her magical pet.
• Saine realized Aijieli now had three magical pets and gave Jiana’s parents potions to support their other children’s growth.
• Jiana’s parents respected her choice to leave and see the outside world with Aijieli.

Saine traveled through the Knight Continent Trial Zone with Lina, gathering Quenching Crystal and abundant resources while deepening his connections with Master Boke. As they reached the outskirts of a special secret realm in their fifty-sixth year in the Trial Zone, Lina had accumulated enough resources to prepare for her demigod breakthrough.

• Saine studied the Little Fox Girl's unusual success in befriending magical pets and considered investigating her more closely.
• Saine collected Quenching Crystal ore with Master Boke, exchanged contact information with him, and received an offer of help building a Magic Tower.
• Saine offered to help Lina with her studies and discussed leaving the Pale Bone Black Tower, but Lina chose to stay and rely on her own strength.
• Saine released Yuli, the Little Fox Girl, and the others to gather resources in the Trial Zone, allowing them to keep ordinary gains in their private treasuries.
• Saine and Lina encountered several Third-Level Great Magicians and gathered enough wealth that Lina could prepare for her demigod breakthrough.
• In the fifty-sixth year after entering the Trial Zone, Saine and Lina arrived outside a special secret realm.

Saine and Lina entered a hidden inheritance realm and faced a powerful Flame Giant Python in a shrinking magma subspace. They discovered that the realm’s way forward involved special energy nodes, and Saine sent Lina to reach one while he fought the guardian.

• Saine led Lina through a concealed passage into an inheritance secret realm filled with intense Light Elements.
• They emerged in a magma subspace that began shrinking as a nearly thousand-meter Flame Giant Python attacked them.
• Saine fought the python while Lina joined in, but the beast quickly destroyed her five-headed Ghost Crow Synthetic Beast.
• Lina spotted a special energy node in the python’s throat, while Saine discovered a vortex node beneath the magma.
• Saine told Lina to reach the vortex node while he held off the Flame Giant Python.

Saine continued through the Inheritance Secret Realm, overcoming trials of fire, light, and sound while collecting rare materials. Wearing his unfinished Eye of the Devil Mask, he found a concealed route through the sound-wave cavern and entered another Trial Space.

• Saine pierced the Flame Giant Python's jaw and was transported away after Lina activated a vortex node; he found a crimson crystal but not Lina.
• Saine mapped the patterns of the light beams, crossed their apparent barrage, and received an elongated light-element crystal.
• Saine put on the unfinished Eye of the Devil Mask to help detect energy fluctuations and illusions in the trials.
• Saine used the mask's sound-wave perception to locate seven nodes in a cavern, then chose the faintest one hidden in a stalactite.
• Saine broke the stalactite, entered another Trial Space, and obtained a thin needle that he identified as rare Sound Wave Magic material.

Saine advanced through the Faceless Mask’s secret realm, completing trials that tested research, alchemy, and strategic intelligence before reaching a gathering of five Demigod-level magicians. He ranked second among them and waited for the next trial while a gold-robed magician questioned his reliance on his Magic Staff.

• Saine found an ancient underground laboratory with no trial creatures and conducted an experiment on the Flames of Ash, then entered a trial focused on alchemy.
• The White Skirt Woman learned that the Faceless Mask’s inheritance realm had opened again as the Wizard Alliance Assembly and war with the Galente Federation approached.
• Saine spent nearly half a year mastering and winning the ninth trial’s vast black-and-white chessboard, gaining insight into the Way of Balance.
• Saine entered the next Trial Space and found four other Demigod-level magicians on towering platforms, but did not see Lina.
• Saine discovered that his accumulated score placed him second behind a gold-robed magician who appeared close to advancing and criticized Saine’s reliance on equipment.

Saine and the other trial-takers gathered for the final stage, where they were instructed to refine a magical artifact using gains from the previous nine stages. Saine chose to craft a mask and added the Goddess of Music's divine spark and Music Box, shocking the nearby mechanic.

• Demigod-level Magicians arrived one after another, including an arrogant Sound Wave System Mechanic who ranked third.
• Green arrived as the final trial-taker, and Saine and Green recognized each other as old acquaintances.
• With every platform occupied, the final trial began and instructed the magicians to refine magical artifacts from their previous gains.
• Saine chose to make a mask using his Eye of the Devil Mask as its base, while Green also began crafting a mask.
• Saine brought out the Goddess of Music's divine spark and Music Box, and the nearby mechanic cursed in surprise.

Saine refined the Eye of the Devil Mask during the Final Trial, where completing a Magic Conductor sent each trial-taker away and the colored bands ranked their work. Five years later, Saine remained in second place behind the Gold Robe Magician, with only six participants still in the secret realm.

• Saine chose to improve the unfinished Eye of the Devil Mask, applying insights from his earlier trials and years of growth.
• After about three months, a Demigod-level Magician completed a light-element Magic Conductor shaped like a cross, saw his score rise, and was sent out of the Trial Space.
• More magicians completed their creations and left, while Saine continued his experiment and the Gold Robe Magician held first place ahead of Saine and the Sound Wave System Mechanic.
• Five years passed, and six trial-takers remained; Saine stayed in second place as the gap between him and the Gold Robe Magician narrowed, while the Mechanic fell farther behind.

Green overtook Haywood to claim third place in the trial, while Saine and his companions continued their experiments for years. Belode eventually relinquished first place to Saine after Saine integrated the Succubus Queen’s blood essence into the Eye of the Devil Mask, and the secret realm sent Belode away.

• Green’s score surpassed Haywood’s, putting Green in third place and provoking Haywood to tear out his mechanical eye and continue his experiment.
• Two years later, Haywood accepted fourth place, introduced himself, and left the Trial Space; the other remaining Demigod-level Magicians departed afterward.
• In the ninth year, Belode stopped refining his nearly perfected Magic Staff and told Saine that he expected Saine to win the trial.
• Saine continued improving the Eye of the Devil Mask, embedding the Goddess of Music’s divine spark and integrating the Music Box into it.
• Saine began integrating the Succubus Queen’s Level-5 blood essence into the Eye of the Devil Mask, and his score soon overtook Belode’s before the secret realm sent Belode away.

After two more years in the secret realm, Saine and Green brought their alchemy trials to a close, with Saine narrowly ahead. Green left after declaring his direction for the future, while Saine continued his experiment and reflected on his friend’s extraordinary potential.

• After Belode left, Saine and Green spent two years working alone in the secret realm, and their white bands of light grew nearly equal in length.
• Green completed his Truth Arcana Mask, described how the trial’s knowledge had shaped it, and admitted that Saine had achieved a better result.
• Saine finished his current adjustment and exchanged a quiet, admiring look with Green rather than offering empty comfort.
• Green said he had found his future path and would not lose to Saine in alchemy, then left the secret realm in a flash of white light.
• Saine recognized that Green’s alchemical potential surpassed his own and continued his experiment as his band of light kept growing.