Ch. 242Mental Runes, Dragon Legion

Sunan discovered that the Starlight Continent’s planar lockdown would trap Tanner Albert for centuries, then improved Mental Runes so the Star Alliance could control its emerging dragons. He decided to organize the dragons into a separate Dragon Legion.

  • Sunan confirmed that Tanner Albert could not leave the locked Starlight Continent, released him from imprisonment, and let Lize arrange a possible exchange for his knowledge and resources.
  • Lize reported that Lesser Magic Energy Technology had spread across the continent and that Lesser Magic Stone production had surged, so she and Sunan planned to stagger mine extraction.
  • Lize told Sunan that a Tyrant Dragon was evolving under Ke Lei’s care and explained that Mental Runes could control magical beasts but might not work on dragons.
  • Sunan synthesized an improved Mental Rune that could control a newly evolved dragon and showed it to Lize.
  • Sunan decided that future dragons would be organized into a separate Dragon Legion.

Ch. 243Plane Cluster

Rose and Scepter attended a Star Alliance meeting where Lize warned that the restored Plane Barrier would invite an invasion by the Gloomy Throne and the Deadwood Council. After the meeting, Lize considered trading with Tan Na for Plane Cluster coordinates to help the Star Alliance expand in the future.

  • Rose met Scepter above Dragon Forest and saw a tamed Flame Tyrant Dragon, while Scepter described Sunan's powerful Magic Pet.
  • Rose and Scepter joined the other Star Alliance wizards at the Starlight Wizard Tower, where they discussed Tan Na's travels and his assimilation by the Nether Shadow Realm.
  • Lize told the gathered wizards that the Plane Barrier would lift in about 150 years and that the Gloomy Throne and Deadwood Council intended to invade the Starlight Continent.
  • Lize explained that the Gloomy Throne was a first-rate faction, the Deadwood Council was second-rate, and the Star Alliance was barely third-rate, then urged the wizards to prepare and seek allies through trade.
  • After the meeting, Lize told Atier that honesty would motivate the wizards and considered obtaining Plane Cluster coordinates from Tan Na in exchange for resources.

Ch. 244All Is Ready

Sunan prepared the Star Alliance for the Gloomy Throne’s expected invasion by completing and equipping the Witch Hunter Legion, while continuing to strengthen himself and the Wizard Tower. As Amy looked forward to reuniting with her master after the Plane Barrier recovered, Sunan entered cultivation, confident that the Star Alliance was ready for the enemy.

  • Tan Na explored the Rainbow Sea, witnessed the Star Alliance hunt a Dragon Whale, and decided to cultivate on the Starlight Continent while trading intelligence for Construction Potions.
  • Sunan completed the improved Engraved Gems, named them Self-Destruct Gems, and installed them in the Star Alliance’s wizard-level puppets.
  • Sunan and Lize prepared for the Gloomy Throne’s advance force as the Witch Hunter Legion reached three hundred Tentacle Lord Puppets and fifty Mystic Puppets.
  • Amy asked Sunan about the Plane Barrier’s recovery, and he promised to help her find her master once the continent reopened.
  • Sunan reviewed the Wizard Tower’s improved defenses and resumed absorbing Elemental Crystal Cores, expecting to reach Level 2 Crystallization before the enemy arrived.

Ch. 245The Arrival of the Gloomy Throne

The Gloomy Throne arrived on the Starlight Continent to find the Starry Sky Tower and prepare an invasion, but Andrew learned that the Star Alliance had grown far stronger than expected. When Xie Man and Ke Lei confronted him, their silver-spike attacks overwhelmed his bone transformation.

  • Evan failed to sense the Starry Sky Tower and sent the Gloomy Throne wizards to gather intelligence while he searched for it.
  • Andrew hypnotized Viscount Ka Lun and learned that the Star Alliance had a Wizard Academy, tens of thousands of Wizard Apprentices, and multiple formal wizards.
  • Andrew extracted Viscount Ka Lun's soul into a Soul Crystal, then released a Bone Raven to contact his companions.
  • Xie Man destroyed the Bone Raven and confronted Andrew alongside Ke Lei, who revealed that the Witch Hunter Legion was also pursuing the invaders.
  • Andrew transformed into a massive bone-covered canine and attacked, but Xie Man and Ke Lei's silver spikes rapidly ground down his skeletal armor.

Ch. 246It Was Absolutely Impossible for a Wizard Faction to Emerge

Xie Man and Ke Lei captured a Gloomy Throne wizard with their Flowing Silver abilities and Black Lightning artifact, while Lize learned that new wizards had appeared across the continent. In Aurora City, Milton faced a wizard-level puppet and was swallowed by black tentacles, revealing that the Star Alliance’s power far exceeded his expectations.

  • Xie Man and Ke Lei overwhelmed Andrew with their Intermediate-grade Flowing Silver abilities, and Ke Lei incapacitated him with Black Lightning before the Mystic Puppet Maidens took him to the Confinement Area.
  • Lize ordered merit and Contribution Points for Xie Man and Ke Lei, then learned that Star Eye had detected fourteen unrecorded Energy Particle fluctuations across the continent.
  • In Aurora City, Milton’s Bone Claw Legion fought the city’s golems, and he recognized that its Adamantine Golems and Magic Tattoo Constructs suggested a powerful wizard presence.
  • A wizard-level puppet attacked Milton, and after he bit off her arm, he realized she was made of Mithril and suspected a Level 2 Wizard had created her.
  • Black tentacles erupted from the buildings and swallowed Milton’s skeletal form.

Ch. 247Wiped Out on the First Day

Sunan broke through to the Crystallization stage just as the Star Alliance captured the Gloomy Throne’s first group of invading wizards. The prisoners learned how powerful the Star Alliance had become before Sunan and Lize arrived to meet them.

  • Milton was overwhelmed by the Mystic Puppet Maiden and four Tentacle Lord Puppets, while Sunan broke through to the Crystallization stage and prepared to build his third Talent Crystal Model, Fallen Star Rain.
  • Lize told Sunan that the Gloomy Throne’s wizards had arrived, and Atier reported that the Witch Hunter Legion had captured eleven wizards and three Level Three Wizard Apprentices.
  • Sunan warned that more formidable enemies were still to come, then went with Lize and Atier to the Confinement Area.
  • Andrew watched as the Steel Golems brought in the other eleven Gloomy Throne wizards, including Evan, all captured by the Star Alliance.
  • The prisoners realized the Star Alliance had deployed dozens of wizard-level puppets, and Andrew told them about the Star Alliance’s Wizard Academies and tens of thousands of Wizard Apprentices.
  • Sunan and Lize arrived at the Imprisonment Room, and Sunan greeted the Gloomy Throne wizards with a faintly amused smile.

Ch. 248How Are They Even Poorer Than Us?

Sunan confirmed the Gloomy Throne’s plans from its captured Wizards and ordered them killed, then reassured Lize that its advance force posed little immediate threat. Xie Man and Scepter discussed how poorly equipped the invaders were compared with Star Alliance Wizards.

  • Sunan confronted Evan and the captured Gloomy Throne Wizards, revealing knowledge of their faction’s campaign, lost True Spirit Wizard, and approaching Wizard Tower before confirming his suspicions from their reactions.
  • Sunan rejected Evan’s offer to surrender, left the prisoners, and told Lize that the main contingent would need at least three or four months to arrive.
  • Lize reported that the twelve prisoners had few valuables, and Sunan ordered their deaths so their souls could be made into Soul Crystals.
  • Sunan told Lize to keep Star Alliance Wizards out of battle without his orders and returned to constructing the Talent Crystal Model.
  • Xie Man told Scepter that Gloomy Throne Wizards were poorly equipped and weaker than expected, and the two agreed that Star Alliance Wizards benefited from joining while the faction was small.

Ch. 249Unreasonably Overwhelming Firepower

Liam and his companions discovered that Evan and the other wizards had been captured by a powerful local wizard faction, then set out to gather information and seize its resources. Before they could reach a town, another Wizard Tower attacked them with overwhelming firepower, and a second volley struck their defenses.

  • Liam received a Bone Raven’s vision showing Evan defeated and taken away by wizard-level puppets.
  • Liam, Bone-Face Wizard, and Dog-Head Wizard concluded that a local wizard faction was behind the capture and decided to investigate before attacking.
  • The three flew their Gloomy Wizard Tower toward a town to question its noble lord, while Dog-Head Wizard prepared to unleash his Corpse Hounds.
  • A second Wizard Tower emerged from a rift ahead of them, and Liam’s group realized another force was on Starlight Continent.
  • The opposing tower fired three hundred powerful Spell Rays, damaging the Gloomy Wizard Tower’s protection field by more than thirty percent.
  • Dog-Head Wizard dismissed the attack as an unsustainable bluff, but the opposing tower fired a second volley.

Ch. 250The Source of All Anomalous Changes

The Starlight Wizard Tower overwhelmed Liam’s Gloomy Wizard Tower and its defenders, revealing an enormous gap in their strength. Liam realized the young man inside the Silver Giant was the source of the anomalous changes on the Starlight Continent before the young man killed him.

  • The Gloomy Wizard Tower’s Energy Field neared collapse under the Starlight Wizard Tower’s volleys, while Liam deployed Winged Bone Claws and Black-Veined Bone Claws to defend it.
  • Sunan ordered Mystic Puppets and Tentacle Lord Puppets into battle, and they defeated the Black-Veined Bone Claws and drove back the Gloomy Tower’s forces.
  • Liam tried to retreat, but the Starlight Wizard Tower’s powerful Disintegration Cannon pierced the Gloomy Wizard Tower’s Energy Field and opened a hole in its structure.
  • The Wizard-grade puppets invaded the Gloomy Wizard Tower, and the Silver Giant killed the Dog-Head Wizard and Bone-Face Wizard.
  • The Silver Giant defeated Liam’s artifact and protections, then revealed a young man inside its silver form.
  • Liam recognized the young man as the source of the Starlight Continent’s anomalous changes, and the young man killed him with a silver light through his brow.

Ch. 251True Strength Is Never Constrained by Circumstances

Sunan destroyed the Gloomy Throne’s advance party and captured their Wizard Tower, while the Star Alliance prepared for further incursions. After constructing the Talent Crystal Model for Fallen Star Rain, Sunan began planning to upgrade the Elemental Pool to speed his cultivation and strengthen the Starlight Wizard Tower.

  • Sunan killed the three Gloomy Throne wizards, destroyed the Gloomy Wizard Tower’s tower spirit, and stored the tower for research and dismantling.
  • Lize and Sunan agreed to watch the Star Eye for further invasions, while Lize handled the Star Alliance’s affairs and Sunan returned to cultivation and tower upgrades.
  • Tan Na learned from Fei Laming that the Gloomy Throne had invaded with a Wizard Tower and that Sunan had defeated them.
  • Sunan completed the Talent Crystal Model for Fallen Star Rain, then found that filling it with Spirit Power would take centuries at the current rate.
  • Sunan decided to invest Star Alliance resources in upgrading the Elemental Pool to accelerate his cultivation and improve the Starlight Wizard Tower’s sustained firepower.

Ch. 252Upgrade Plan, Taking a Disciple

Sunan planned the Starlight Wizard Tower’s gradual upgrade to medium-scale standards and sent Lize the resource plan. More than ten years later, Haylen accepted Gai as his disciple, then left to support the Witch Hunter Legion after unrecorded Energy Particle fluctuations appeared north of Shining City.

  • Sunan assessed the Gloomy Wizard Tower’s materials and outlined upgrades to the Starlight Wizard Tower, including its energy systems, defenses, and wizard-level puppets.
  • Sunan sent the upgrade plan to Lize to coordinate resources, then returned to cultivating in the Elemental Pool.
  • In 1999, Jerry Arnester asked Haylen to take his youngest son Gai as a disciple and offered one thousand Low-Grade Magic Stones each year.
  • Haylen accepted Gai after judging his aptitude, introduced him to his senior disciples Lei Meng and Ya Li Sha, and prepared to return to the academy with them.
  • A message reported thirteen unrecorded Energy Particle fluctuations north of Shining City and ordered Haylen to support the Witch Hunter Legion on Starfall-sama’s orders.
  • Haylen left the carriage, telling Gai, Lei Meng, and Ya Li Sha to return to the academy on their own.

Ch. 253Outer Plane Wizard Searching for Her Magic Pet

Haylen and Fei Laming investigated an unknown energy fluctuation and met an Outer Plane wizard searching for her missing white cat Magic Pet. Their description of the cat’s golden bell made her recognize it as Amy.

  • Haylen joined Fei Laming and the Witch Hunter Legion in defeating thirteen Gloomy Throne wizards who had been sent to gather intelligence about Starlight Continent.
  • After receiving a report of a fast-moving, unrecorded energy fluctuation, Haylen and Fei Laming flew east to investigate.
  • They found a woman whose faint energy concealed a powerful presence, and she explained that she had come from beyond Starlight Continent to find her Magic Pet.
  • The woman revealed that she had left Starlight Continent roughly two thousand years earlier and that her missing pet was a white cat wearing a golden bell.
  • Fei Laming asked whether the cat was skilled at Space Travel, and the woman recognized it as Amy.

Ch. 254Maisa Edwards

Sunan completed more upgrades to the Starlight Wizard Tower and learned that Amy’s owner had arrived on the Starlight Continent. After Amy reunited with Maisa Edwards, a True Spirit Wizard from the Wisdom Codex, Maisa offered to help Sunan against the Gloomy Throne.

  • Sunan reviewed the Wizard Tower’s upgrades and remaining work after completing its spatial planning.
  • Lize told Sunan that twelve concealed Gloomy Throne wizards had entered the continent and sent intelligence out, and that Amy’s owner was searching for her near Shining City.
  • Sunan brought Amy to Shining City, where she recognized Maisa Edwards and rushed into her arms.
  • Maisa thanked Sunan for caring for Amy and learned that he led the Star Alliance and had fought the Gloomy Throne.
  • Maisa revealed that she came from the Wisdom Codex and offered to help Sunan.

Ch. 255Affiliated Organizations and Autonomy

Sunan negotiated with Mai Yisha of the Wisdom Codex for the Star Alliance to become an affiliated organization while retaining its autonomy. Mai Yisha offered a chance to secure affiliation after the Star Alliance proved itself against the Gloomy Throne, plus up to fifty Spirit Pearls, leaving Sunan and Lize to prepare for the coming attack.

  • Sunan welcomed Mai Yisha and Amy to Dragon Forest and showed them the Star Alliance's academy and Wizard Tower.
  • Sunan proposed that the Star Alliance join the Wisdom Codex as an affiliate while keeping its autonomy, and Mai Yisha said she could apply if it demonstrated its strength against the Gloomy Throne.
  • Mai Yisha offered to help the Star Alliance resist an attack that exceeded its strength, but clarified that doing so would settle her debt for Sunan's care of Amy.
  • Mai Yisha granted Sunan access to internal trading rights and authorized him to buy up to fifty Spirit Pearls at ten magic crystals each.
  • After Mai Yisha left with Amy, Lize questioned their prospects, and Sunan said their survival depended on preparing for the first attack after the plane seal was lifted.

Ch. 256Military Expansion, Synthesizing Spirit Pearls

Sunan reviewed the Star Alliance’s military expansion and ordered further production as the Gloomy Throne’s invasion approached. After Mai Yisha delivered fifty Spirit Pearls, Sunan synthesized them to greatly increase their Spirit Power and brought his Talent Crystal Model to 99.88% completion, leaving him close to becoming a Level 3 Wizard.

  • Lize reported the Star Alliance’s expanding Golem Legions, Magic Rune Knight Order, Sub-dragon Knight Corps, and Flying Fleets, and Sunan ordered more Magic Tattoo Constructs to be produced.
  • Sunan returned to cultivating, while Mai Yisha later arrived with the fifty promised Spirit Pearls and exchanged them for five hundred Magic Crystals.
  • Mai Yisha took Amy back to the Wisdom Codex, and Sunan began absorbing the Spirit Pearls while filling his Talent Crystal Model.
  • Sunan realized he could synthesize Spirit Pearls to increase their Spirit Power, and found that a pearl made from twenty-three originals was near the limit he could absorb.
  • Sunan absorbed the synthesized Spirit Pearls, raised his Talent Crystal Model’s progress to 99.88%, and resumed cultivating to complete it.

Ch. 257Advancing to Level 3 Wizard

You Xi accepted the mission to conquer the Starlight Continent in exchange for a chance at promotion to Royal Robe Wizard, while Sunan advanced to Level 3 and prepared the Star Alliance for the Gloomy Throne’s attack. The blockade’s removal was approaching, and Sunan’s forces stood ready for the coming conflict.

  • You Xi told Tu Laman that Wood had promised to recommend him for Royal Robe Wizard if he conquered the Starlight Continent, and he dismissed the Star Alliance as weak without its blockade advantage.
  • Sunan completed his third Talent Crystal, Fallen Star Rain, and advanced to Level 3 Wizard in under six hundred years after reaching Level 2.
  • Sunan confirmed that the Starlight Wizard Tower had become an enhanced Medium Wizard Tower and reviewed the Star Alliance’s expanded military forces with Lize.
  • Sunan decided that Wizard Apprentices would handle logistics, while the imperial army and dragons would join the fighting; he excluded Sub-dragons from the battlefield.
  • Sunan and Lize finished reviewing their preparations and awaited the lifting of the plane blockade.

Ch. 258Sunan Had Not Disappointed After All

Mai Yisha and Xi Li Er watched the Gloomy Throne invade the Starlight Continent and saw the Star Alliance’s forces hold off the Wolf Tide. When You Xi deployed five Wizard Towers, thousands of Flying Magic Ships arrived, leaving Mai Yisha confident that Sunan had not disappointed.

  • Mai Yisha and Xi Li Er sensed the planar blockade lift as the Wolf Tide Plane began overlapping with the Starlight Continent.
  • Tens of thousands of Black Wolves charged from the forest, and the Star Alliance’s Magic Rune Knight Order met them on the battlefield.
  • The Star Alliance sent golems and reinforcements through teleportation arrays, gradually gaining control of the fighting.
  • You Xi brought one Medium Wizard Tower and four Small Wizard Towers through rifts above the battlefield.
  • Thousands upon thousands of Flying Magic Ships arrived, astonishing Xi Li Er and delighting Mai Yisha.

Ch. 259Invasion War Turns into a Defensive War

The Star Alliance overwhelmed You Xi’s invasion with wizard-level puppets, Flying Magic Ships, and the powerful Starlight Wizard Tower, forcing the Gloomy Throne to retreat. The invasion of the Starlight Continent ended in the Star Alliance’s victory, but the fighting was about to shift to the defense of the Wolf Tide Plane.

  • You Xi unleashed more than two hundred Twilight Wolves, but Squid Puppets and Mystic Puppet Maidens met them with overwhelming spellfire.
  • The five Wizard Towers and the Flying Magic Ships exchanged attacks, and the Gray Claw Wizard Tower was destroyed after the Starlight Wizard Tower emerged and struck it.
  • The Starlight Wizard Tower withstood the Gloomy Throne’s combined attacks and destroyed the Blood Fang Wizard Tower and the Mist Howl Wizard Tower.
  • Giant dragons and wizard-level puppets drove back the Black Wolves and Twilight Wolves, while You Xi ordered the remaining Twilight and Night Shadow Wizard Towers to retreat.
  • The Starlight Wizard Tower pursued the retreating towers as Mai Yisha recognized that the Star Alliance had won the invasion and that the defense of the Wolf Tide Plane was next.

Ch. 260Try It and See

Sunan pursued You Xi and the fleeing Gloomy Throne wizards into the Wolf Tide Plane after the Star Alliance destroyed their Wizard Towers. There, Sunan fought You Xi while Lize led the counterattack, and the chapter ended with Sunan revealing an unfamiliar innate ability that shocked his observers.

  • Sunan destroyed the Night Shadow Wizard Tower and forced You Xi to abandon the Twilight Wizard Tower as the Gloomy Throne forces fled toward a Plane Passage.
  • Sunan sent Lize to lead the Star Alliance’s counterattack and entered the Plane Passage with the Witch Hunter Legion and his puppets to pursue You Xi.
  • You Xi ordered his subordinates to summon wolf packs and close the Plane Passage, but Sunan and his puppets arrived in the Wolf Tide Plane before they could act.
  • Sunan challenged You Xi, and the two groups clashed as Mai Yisha and Xi Li Er arrived and recognized that Sunan had become a Level 3 Wizard.
  • You Xi unleashed his White Bone innate ability and attacked Sunan with bone spikes, but Sunan’s unknown force field slowed and shattered them, leaving You Xi and the onlookers astonished.

Ch. 261Fallen Stars, an Undeniable Monster

Sunan used his strengthened abilities and Tier 3 Black Lightning to overwhelm You Xi, who transformed into a Dead Soul Giant in a desperate bid to survive. Sunan unleashed Fallen Star Rain and annihilated You Xi, leaving Xi Li Er and Mai Yisha stunned by his power.

  • You Xi attacked Sunan with Nether Water, but Sunan's Absolute Restricted Area stopped it, and their Liquid Metal and Nether Water torrents clashed.
  • Sunan's Tier 3 Black Lightning shattered You Xi's defenses and left his bone armor badly damaged.
  • Sunan activated Talent Specialization, empowering Liquid Metal and Absolute Restricted Area until they overcame You Xi's defenses.
  • You Xi transformed into a Dead Soul Giant and charged at Sunan, while Sunan revealed his third talent ability and summoned a star-filled night sky.
  • Sunan's triple-powered Fallen Star Rain bombarded You Xi until he vanished, leaving Xi Li Er and Mai Yisha shocked.
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