Chapter Summaries

Saine visited the Ebarute Empire to inspect potential sites for his Holy Tower and learn what support it offered Level-4 magicians. Shubert showed him nearby fire-element Plane Nodes and explained the empire’s loans and recruitment benefits, while Saine remained undecided about joining.

• Saine arrived in the Ebarute Empire and told its officials he was inspecting the region for a Holy Tower site.
• Shubert introduced himself and offered to show Saine suitable Plane Nodes and explain the empire’s support.
• Saine revealed his Fire Elementalist affinity, and Shubert identified four nearby fire-element Plane Nodes for inspection.
• Shubert explained that the empire offered newly established Holy Tower Masters at least one million Magic Coins and access to low-interest loans.
• Shubert described interest-free loans available with guarantees from three local Holy Tower Masters, but Saine gave no opinion on joining.

Saine spent fifty-one years searching the Ebarute Empire for a suitable Plane Node but found none he was willing to claim. With promising sites increasingly scarce as more powerful beings prepared for the coming war, he left the choice open and decided to visit Commercial Alliance Capecci to sell his accumulated gains.

• Saine inspected seventeen Plane Nodes across the Ebarute Empire with Shubert, but each had shortcomings or had already been claimed by powerful Magicians.
• Saine judged the Empire’s offers to newly promoted Holy Tower Masters inadequate and planned to sell surplus goods from the Faelun and Knight Continents in Commercial Alliance Capecci.
• After fifty-one years, Saine found three Plane Nodes that barely met his requirements, while another suitable node was claimed before he could decide.
• Shubert said more powerful beings were establishing Holy Towers ahead of the expected war with the Galente Federation, and Saine considered how the conflict might affect Wizard World powerhouses.
• Saine gave Shubert a Water Fusion Crystal for his guidance, then chose to visit Commercial Alliance Capecci before considering other regions for his Holy Tower.

After leaving the Magic Empire, Saine traveled to Commercial Alliance Capecci to sell a large batch of magical resources. He impressed the trading center’s staff when he poured out enough materials to fill a third of the Conservation Scales, and Tuo De hurried to protect his privacy.

• Saine arrived in Commercial Alliance Capecci and reflected on its prosperity and dominance in the magical construction trade.
• Saine visited a trading center to have a large batch of resources appraised and met the Third-Level Great Magician Tuo De.
• Tuo De explained that the Conservation Scales were a World-Class Secret Treasure whose rule phantoms enabled fair appraisals.
• Saine poured a vast quantity of resources from his Space Conch onto the Conservation Scales, astonishing Tuo De and the other people in the warehouse.
• Tuo De raised an elemental curtain to shield Saine’s transaction from onlookers and wondered how large Saine’s Space Conch was.

Saine had a fortune in rare resources appraised at Commercial Alliance Capecci, bringing his assets to more than six million Magic Coins. After examining the latest Standard Space Fortresses, he learned that Kapeiqi and Sky City planned to unveil a new model in preparation for war.

• Saine poured two-thirds of his stored resources onto the Conservation Scales and asked Tuo De to appraise them.
• Tuo De called in material-specialist magicians to identify Saine’s many unregistered resources.
• The appraisal valued Saine’s resources at 4,317,622 Magic Coins, bringing his current assets to more than six million.
• Saine considered the high costs of establishing a Holy Tower in the Ebarute Empire and doubted he could afford one there.
• Saine visited the Space Fortress sales center and learned that Kapeiqi and Sky City would release a new Standard Space Fortress model at the Twenty-Fifth Wizard Alliance Assembly.
• When Saine asked whether the new fortress was being developed for war, the Level-4 Magician confirmed it was.

Saine searched for a suitable site to establish his Holy Tower near the Green Source Land, with Luluenman accompanying him after returning from the Shui Mi Bo Liu World. After decades of unsuccessful travel, Saine stood in the Davier Region and decided to inspect the ruins of the City of Mozhsuobula.

• Saine returned to the Azure Source Holy Tower and began surveying the regions around the Green Source Land for a Holy Tower site.
• Luluenman returned from the Shui Mi Bo Liu World and joined Saine in his search, concerned by how hard he was working.
• Saine rejected the idea of moving to the Flame Conclave because it would take him farther from Luluenman and Tourmaline would struggle with its heat.
• Saine spent several decades searching the Flame Conclave and farther regions but found no site that met his standards.
• Saine considered leaving the Davier Region after finding no suitable Plane Node, then spotted a cave and decided to visit the ruins of the City of Mozhsuobula.

Saine discovered that the ruins of the City of Mozhsuobula contained small Fire, Light, and Dark Element Plane Nodes, and decided to establish his Holy Tower there. After reporting his plans to the Wizard Alliance, he learned that an Overseer would be sent to supervise and assist with the construction.

• Saine explored the Magma Sea beneath the former City of Mozhsuobula for two days in search of Plane Nodes.
• Saine found small Fire and Light Element Plane Nodes, along with a concealed Dark Element Plane Node, and chose the region for his Holy Tower.
• Saine returned to the Azure Source Holy Tower and told Luluenman of his plan, rejecting her advice to reconsider the difficult location.
• Saine submitted his Holy Tower report to the Wizard Alliance through Luluenman's connections because no nearby Overseer covered the lawless Davier Region.
• The Wizard Alliance dispatched an Overseer to supervise and assist Saine with establishing his Holy Tower.

Saine named his planned Holy Tower the Ash Holy Tower and arranged support for its construction in the troubled Davier Region. The Spider Queen agreed to restrain local Black Magicians and Dark Being tribes, and said she would send Saine the Dark Elf Queen, but again asked to study his mask.

• Level-4 Knight Tester recorded Saine's plans and agreed to seek Wizard Alliance support for the Ash Holy Tower and its foundational loan.
• Saine received 3.4 million Magic Coins from his school for the Shui Mi Bo Liu World war, bringing his fortune to nine million.
• Saine contacted Rose, the Spider Queen, and asked her to help make construction in the Davier Region safer.
• Rose agreed to warn the region's Black Magicians and ask its Dark Being tribes to cooperate with the Holy Tower.
• Rose told Saine she had chosen his Dark Elf Queen and would send her later, then asked to study his mask; Saine pretended not to hear.

Saine arranged for the Grant Family to relocate to the Davier Region and help develop its city-states, while seeking the return of the Maya Tribe’s rights. With Luluenman’s support, he pressured Centaur World to negotiate.

• Nataya and Xia Ya reeled at Saine’s rise to Level 4, while the Grant Family committed to following him to the Davier Region and the Ernst Family remained undecided.
• Saine and the Grant Family planned to clear bandits from the Davier Region and build an alliance of city-states, with the Grant Family moving most of its future development there.
• Saine promised Maya and Luna that he would help reclaim control of the Maya Tribe and seek an investigation into Hephaestus’s fall if conditions allowed.
• Saine contacted Centaur World through the Wizard Alliance, and Luluenman agreed to support him because she had once contracted with Hephaestus.
• Centaur World approached Saine to negotiate under pressure from Saine and Luluenman.

Luluenman confronted a Level-4 Centaur God over Hephaestus’s death and the treatment of his family, while Saine sought to recover the Maya Tribe. The Centaur God refused to admit wrongdoing but agreed to discuss returning the tribe, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Luluenman challenged the Level-4 Centaur God over Hephaestus’s death, the sale of his direct bloodline, and the loss of his estate.
• The Centaur God denied any conspiracy and claimed Hephaestus’s assets had been redistributed to support Centaur World.
• Saine asked for the Maya Tribe to be returned and said Hephaestus’s tribes could fulfill his unfinished contract with Luluenman.
• The Centaur God agreed to consult the other Centaur Gods about returning the Maya Tribe.

After resolving the Maya Tribe’s dispute, Saine received approval and a twelve-million-Magic-Coin loan to establish the Ash Holy Tower in the Davier Region. He outlined his plans to construction leader Wenger, who proposed expanding the tower into three sections, which would cost even more.

• Saine and Hekam settled Hephaestus’s fall and the Maya Tribe’s rights issue as negligence and misunderstanding.
• Saine invited Hekam to join future wars of conquest, and Hekam agreed; Saine advised Maya and Luna to seek him out when buying slave legions.
• Tester brought Saine the Wizard Alliance’s approval to build the Ash Holy Tower and a twelve-million-Magic-Coin startup loan.
• Saine met with the construction team led by Wenger and requested upper and underground sections that would draw on fire, light, and dark laws.
• Wenger assessed the primitive Plane Node and proposed building the Ash Holy Tower with upper, middle, and lower sections, warning Saine that it would cost more.

Saine arranged funding for his three-section Ash Holy Tower in the Davier Region, securing another four million Magic Coins in interest-free loans while leaving the Wizard Alliance’s low-interest loan offer unused for now. Construction resources began flowing into the region, where the tower’s growing presence changed what local civilians saw in the skies.

• Saine learned that his Ash Holy Tower would cost at least twenty-three million Magic Coins and take about one hundred and fifty years to complete.
• Tester Knight told Saine that the Wizard Alliance would provide four million more Magic Coins in interest-free loans and offer up to ten million in low-interest loans.
• Saine accepted the four million interest-free loan but did not apply for a low-interest loan.
• Magic Coins and construction resources flowed into the Davier Region, where civilians began seeing magicians flying and enormous Floating Ships crossing the sky.

Tourmaline began digging an artificial lake beside Saine’s Ash Holy Tower to create a home of her own, but Master Wenger redesigned it to protect the tower’s elemental power. Seafolk and Sea King Class creatures joined the work, and their help also sped up construction of the Holy Tower.

• Tourmaline asked Saine if she could dig a lake beside the Ash Holy Tower and began excavating it herself.
• Master Wenger warned Saine that the lake could affect the tower’s Earth Vein Element Power and gave Tourmaline a blueprint for a crescent-shaped lake.
• Tourmaline accepted the redesigned lake as her new home, which reminded her of Sea God Bay.
• Seafolk from the Endless South Sea and more than a dozen Sea King Class creatures joined Tourmaline’s excavation.
• Saine agreed to lend the Sea King Class creatures to Master Wenger for the Holy Tower’s construction, reducing its completion time and cost.

Saine expanded Ash Holy Tower’s construction and the Land of Ashes’ cleanup with help from allied families and Mo Yan. As funds ran short, Mo Yan offered Saine a chance to make money in Renault Star City.

• The Grant Family’s knights began clearing bandits and thieves while Saine worked to unify the Land of Ashes’ scattered settlements.
• The Ernst and Ferrell Families, Lunna’s family, and their forces joined Ash Holy Tower’s construction, while Saine gave Lunna’s Parents a Fat Burning Secret Skill.
• Mo Yan offered Ash Holy Tower access to nearby Forests of Magical Beasts and said he had secured the cooperation of several Kings of Magic Beasts.
• Saine considered the forest resources and possible ties to the Bairen Empire as potential advantages for Ash Holy Tower.
• When Mo Yan heard Saine needed money, he suggested a way to make a fortune in Renault Star City.

Saine considered visiting Renault Star City after Mo Yan said its wealthy alien gods could buy Saine’s equipment and artifacts. Mo Yan also hoped to visit the city, though Tourmaline had refused to lend him money, and Saine agreed to go with him.

• The chapter described Renault Star City as a prosperous star harbor and trade hub where powerful beings gathered and vast sums of Magic Coins changed hands.
• Mo Yan revealed that he had visited Renault Star City twice, spent much of his battlefield earnings there, and had come to borrow money from Tourmaline.
• Tourmaline refused Mo Yan because Bai Xing had warned her not to lend him money, and she said she had to obey her Elder Sister.
• Mo Yan told Saine that he could earn money by selling potions, equipment, and other goods in Renault Star City.
• Saine considered selling divine artifacts and high-end materials he had kept from the Faelun Continent, then agreed to visit Renault Star City with Mo Yan.

Saine secretly traveled with Mo Yan to Renault Star City to sell valuable materials and divine artifacts for Magic Coins. As they explored the enormous starport and its commercial districts, Saine learned that Black Domain Magicians and Knights also worked there for foreign gods.

• Tourmaline realized Saine had vanished from the Wizard World and asked Luluenman where he had gone, but Luluenman did not know either.
• Saine and Mo Yan arrived at Renault Star City, where Saine was astonished by its vast size and the hundreds of docked Space Fortresses.
• Mo Yan led Saine through the starport’s commercial districts and toward its core, while Saine noticed its luxurious shops and solicitors.
• Saine spotted a Level-4-capable Corpse Refinement Synthetic Beast being led by an alien god and asked Mo Yan about the gray district.
• Mo Yan explained that the area was Renault Star City’s Black Domain Commercial District, where qualified Black Domain Magicians and Knights could work for foreign gods.

Saine explored Renault Star City with Mo Yan, who brought him to a luxurious casino and then went off with a group of women. Unbeknownst to them, the casino’s leaders had been watching, and a gentlemanly penguin focused its attention on Saine.

• Saine discovered that Renault Star City housed lifeforms of many levels and considered whether his skills could earn him money there.
• Mo Yan led Saine into a lavish casino, where attendants clustered around them.
• Mo Yan told Saine about the casino’s auctions, trade fairs, and a Level-5 Goddess he had once encountered there.
• Saine realized Mo Yan’s gambling explained why Tourmaline had refused to lend him money, and Mo Yan left Saine to explore alone.
• A bone-armored subordinate suggested contacting Mo Yan’s family, while a penguin in a tailcoat watched Saine with interest.

Penguin brought the news of Mo Yan’s latest companion to the Old Man, who recognized Saine as the successor to Jos’s Faceless Mask. Meanwhile, Saine used the mask to analyze the casino games and placed a bet on the Big Turntable.

• Penguin sent the Bone Armor Man to fetch the little fellow who had once swindled their friend, then went through a Space Gate to meet the Old Man.
• Penguin told the Old Man that Mo Yan had returned with another companion, and showed him Saine wandering through the casino.
• The Old Man recognized Saine’s Faceless Mask as Jos’s and recalled his connection to Jos.
• The Old Man asked Gaoersiji Jin how long he had followed him, and Gaoersiji Jin said it had been almost two hundred thousand years.
• Saine used the Faceless Mask to find an exploitable probability in the casino games and bet two chips on number 30 at the Big Turntable.

Saine visited the vast casino Mo Yan the Flood Dragon had brought him to, using the Faceless Mask to win a number bet before losing at other games. He left the third floor with chips worth roughly a hundred thousand and learned that the complex extended for at least three hundred floors, with an underground casino to explore.

• Saine won the Big Turntable bet on 30, receiving six red chips while the other gamblers lost their wagers.
• Saine learned that the casino’s chips carried high values and that its backing made counterfeiting dangerous; he tipped the attendants with lower-denomination chips.
• Saine lost several times at other gambling tools and reflected that the Faceless Mask could not guarantee wins.
• Saine discovered that the casino was a massive Gambling City and was told that he could not enter its floors above the hundredth, but could visit the Underground Casino.
• Saine remarked that a Level 4 god could spend two hundred years in the casino, and his remaining chips were worth about a hundred thousand.

Saine left Gambling City after realizing his winnings and the casino’s addictive pull were becoming dangerous, despite earning more than a million Magic Coins. At the gate, he encountered a giant penguin whose power the Faceless Mask could not assess.

• Saine accumulated 1.17 million chips over two months, then grew alarmed by how exhilarating and potentially addictive his gambling had become.
• Saine noticed that the Faceless Mask’s estimates of his winning chances had fallen, suggesting the casino’s rules were limiting his advantage.
• Mo Yan praised Saine’s winnings and urged him to explore the high-stakes floors and underground spaces, but Saine decided to leave and warned Mo Yan not to stay too long.
• Saine headed for the Great Gate with Mo Yan, hoping to spend his winnings elsewhere in Renault Star City.
• A giant penguin appeared before Saine and remarked that he was leaving sooner than expected, while the Faceless Mask detected no energy from it.

Saine met the mysterious giant penguin, which offered him an Alien Plane coordinate in a wager. He agreed to stake his winnings on a Tarot Card game, while Mo Yan reunited with the Flower Butterfly God who had swindled him.

• The giant penguin asked Saine why he had stopped winning, then offered an Alien Plane coordinate as the prize in a wager.
• Saine agreed to gamble his more than one million chips for the coordinate and declined any additional reward.
• The penguin revealed that the Flower Butterfly God who had swindled Mo Yan had been captured, and Mo Yan agreed to see her.
• Saine and Mo Yan were led to an upper-level private room, where they found the Level-5 Goddess bound and guarded by a powerful armored man.
• Saine learned that Mo Yan had lost seven or eight million Magic Coins to the Goddess, then agreed to play the penguin at Tarot Card.
• The penguin explained that each player would draw three cards and compare their totals, using cards containing creatures sealed from the Bewildering Star Territory.