Chapter Summaries

Sunan and Kei attacked Storm Earl’s camp, where beastmen with high magic resistance emerged to defend the commander. Sunan froze the beastmen with the Ice Seal Necklace, leaving a hundred-meter radius of the camp encased in ice.

• Stone Golems infiltrated the camp and caused chaos before Kei led troops from Firefly City through the gates.
• Storm Earl activated a Blood-colored Bone Tooth, summoning cloaked beastmen who tore apart more than a dozen Stone Golems.
• Sunan arrived and identified the beastmen as creatures linked to the beastification disaster in Dye Frost Province and Golden Rock Marquis.
• Storm Earl recognized Sunan and ordered the beastmen to attack him.
• Sunan’s Magic Missiles barely hurt the beastmen, but he activated the Ice Seal Necklace and froze them across a hundred-meter area.

Sunan defeated Storm Earl’s forces and captured the new Storm Earl, allowing Kei’s army to take control of the camp. Sunan suspected that a Wizard Apprentice had helped Golden Rock Marquis spread Beastification Syndrome and planned to examine the beastified humans.

• Sunan froze the beastified humans, burned through Storm Earl’s guards, and killed two Grand Knights with Rune Gems.
• Sunan caught Storm Earl, weakened him with Ray of Enfeeblement, and put him to sleep with a Sleep Spell.
• Kei arrived with his men, and the remaining Storm Territory soldiers fled or surrendered after seeing their earl captured.
• Kei ordered Storm Earl taken away and learned that the frozen figures were beastified humans prepared to counter Sunan.
• Sunan suspected a Wizard Apprentice was behind Golden Rock Marquis’s Beastification Syndrome plot and asked Kei to transport the ice sculptures to Firefly City for examination.

Sunan confirmed that a Wizard Apprentice was behind the beastification disaster and prepared for the threat while Shining Territory defeated the Storm and Winter Frost forces, then expanded into a power sharing Golden Rock Province with the Golden Rock Marquis. After months of war and preparation, Sunan made and drank a Nightmare Potion, enduring a brutal illusion as its side effect.

• Sunan confirmed that the beastmen had suffered irreversible Beastification Syndrome, destroyed the control item, and concluded that a Wizard Apprentice was involved.
• Kei captured the Storm Earl and Winter Frost Earl, then Shining Territory seized both territories and fought the Golden Rock Marquis's allied forces to a winter truce.
• Kei expanded recruitment and the Blackrock Cavalry Regiment while Sunan crafted enchanted weapons and refined Blackrock Panthers for the growing territory.
• Sunan's Spirit Power reached 27.45, and he successfully made a Nightmare Potion on his third attempt after gathering its final ingredient.
• Sunan drank the Nightmare Potion in an Energy Gathering Array and endured a horrifying vision of monsters dismembering him before the illusion vanished.

After recovering from the Nightmare Potion, Sunan found that his Spirit and Constitution had increased and crafted a new offensive magical item. He studied the Magic Rune Core called Flowing Silver and resolved to prepare for making one, while the Starfire Cult remained a threat over his God Blood Amber.

• Sunan checked his status and found his Spirit had risen by 2.06 and his Constitution had passed 20.
• Sunan gave Hidden Dragon another blood transfusion and considered seeking Sub-dragon blood to speed up its transformation.
• Sunan synthesized the Calamity Ring but decided not to test its close-range attack on his Steel Golem.
• Sunan read Amy's master's book about Magic Rune Cores and learned that making and fusing Flowing Silver required advanced skills, rare metals, and high Spirit and Constitution.
• Sunan resolved to begin collecting the materials for a Magic Rune Core and vowed to settle his score with the Starfire Cult.

Atier, Xie Man, and Ke Lei welcomed twelve new apprentices and showed them around the base. A magical alarm then revealed a pale, eerie intruder at the gate, and Sunan appeared to confront him.

• Atier and Xie Man met Ke Lei at the entrance to greet the newcomers, who arrived with Sir Brad and his Blackrock Cavalry.
• Atier led the twelve newcomers on a tour of the base, explained its rules and residents, and collected their books from Ge Li, who warned them to avoid the Confinement Area.
• A magical alarm sounded near the gate, so Xie Man, Atier, and Ke Lei left the newcomers in the Residential Area and hurried to investigate.
• The three apprentices found Stone Golems surrounding a pale-robed intruder, who identified them as Level 1 Wizard Apprentices and spoke without moving his mouth.
• Sunan appeared beside the apprentices, told them to go back, and took over the encounter.

Sunan rejected Herb Gilman’s demand that he withdraw from the war, then raced to Shining City when Herb’s allies attacked the Lord’s Manor. Sunan confronted Herb in a battle between Wizard Apprentices, while his Steel Golem and Hidden Dragon fought the attackers’ creatures.

• Herb Gilman used a flesh puppet to ask Sunan to stop opposing the Golden Rock Marquis, but Sunan refused and threatened to settle their old score.
• Herb’s puppet exploded, and Sunan learned through the Communication Crystal that enemies had infiltrated the Lord’s Manor to draw him away from the base.
• Sunan arrived at the manor and faced Herb, who attacked with lightning and a Scorching Ray; Sunan’s defensive magical item blocked the spells.
• Sunan ordered Kei and the guards to withdraw, then sent his Steel Golem to suppress the three Beastmen.
• Herb summoned a modified giant bear, but Hidden Dragon intercepted it and began fighting it, leaving Herb startled by Sunan’s hidden resources.

Sunan defeated and killed He Bu, a Level Three Wizard Apprentice who attacked the Lord’s Manor, using High-Level Rune Gems and other powerful items. With the hostile wizard gone, Sunan’s allies secured the courtyard, and Sunan left with He Bu’s Space Ring to inspect its contents.

• He Bu attacked Sunan with rapid Second Circle Spells, but Sunan’s High-Level Rune Gems broke through He Bu’s defenses and badly wounded him.
• He Bu transformed using Beastman bloodline and charged Sunan, who slowed him with frost and wounded him with Calamity Claw.
• Sunan struck the berserk He Bu with three Rune Gems, then finished him with lightning bolts through his forehead, throat, and heart.
• He Bu’s giant bear Magic Pet crumbled away, and the Hidden Dragon and Steel Golem killed the two remaining Beastmen.
• Sunan looted He Bu’s surviving defensive Magical Items and Space Ring, then told Kei to burn the corpse to prevent possible Beastification Syndrome.
• Kei celebrated the removal of their greatest threat before the coming war, while Sunan left the manor to inspect the Space Ring’s contents.

After defeating He Bu, Sunan claimed the wizard’s valuable supplies and spellbooks, then prepared to advance to Level Three Wizard Apprentice. As Shining Territory readied its Stone Golem Legion and Kei received an earldom with the promise of Golden Rock Province, war with the Golden Rock Allied Forces resumed while Sunan went into seclusion.

• Sunan returned safely to the base, reassured his apprentices and Amy, and opened He Bu’s Space Ring to find gemstones, spellbooks, and rare materials.
• Sunan considered whether wizard organizations existed on the Starlight Continent, then focused on meditation and preparing to advance.
• Kei used the gemstones Sunan obtained to help build Shining Territory’s Golem Legion, which sent three hundred Stone Golems to the front lines.
• Kei told Sunan that the royal family had granted him the title of Shining Earl and promised him Golden Rock Province if he defeated the Golden Rock Marquis.
• Sunan told Kei he would enter seclusion rather than join the coming war, and Kei agreed.
• At the end of Thunder Moon, the war between Shining Territory and the Golden Rock Allied Forces erupted again, with control of Golden Rock Province at stake.

Sunan advanced to a Level Three Wizard Apprentice and assessed his new abilities, future goals, and the work needed to progress toward becoming an official wizard. He began studying Elemental Protection Spell as he planned to train metamagic techniques, learn Second Circle Spells, and improve his meditation efficiency.

• After two months of meditation, Sunan absorbed the Energy Particles around him and advanced to a Level Three Wizard Apprentice with Spirit Power at 30.00.
• Sunan discovered he could condense Energy Runes without Rune Gems and began practicing Sentence Interruption Casting to unlock metamagic training.
• Sunan planned to learn Second Circle Spells, prepare to fuse a Magic Rune Core, craft more Magical Items, and improve his meditation efficiency with higher-grade potions.
• Sunan chose Elemental Protection, Levitation Spell, and Mirror Image Spell as his first Second Circle Spells to master, while leaving Level Two Summon Monster a low priority.
• Sunan opened the Elemental Protection Spell Model and received a prompt that his learning progress had increased by 0.08%.

Sunan tested a Level 3 Transcendent Potion and realized he needed another Magical Plant Garden to sustain his potion supply without slowing the apprentices' development. As Shining Territory overwhelmed the Golden Rock Allied Forces, Yoris trapped the Golden Rock Marquis in a starry realm and killed him.

• Sunan tested the Level 3 Low-Grade Transcendent Potion for five days, finding that it increased his Star Ring Meditation proficiency by about fifty percent but consumed a quarter of a Silver Moon Flower harvest.
• Sunan decided to postpone establishing another Magical Plant Garden until after the war and continued studying Second Circle Spells and Sentence Interruption Casting.
• The Shining Army captured every noble territory in Golden Rock Province except the Golden Rock Marquis's, leaving his defeat seemingly inevitable.
• Yoris visited the Golden Rock Marquis and revealed that the Starfire Cult had found Herb Gilman's laboratory and intended to offer its discovery to the Starry Sky Grand Duke.
• When the Golden Rock Marquis tried to escape, Yoris trapped him in a starry realm that drained his stamina and battle aura, then overwhelmed him with a surge of stars.

After the war, Sunan and Kei planned to rebuild Golden Rock Province and oppose the Starfire Cult’s expansion. Sunan joined the secretive Dark Forest Lodge, gaining access to a secure trading network of Level Three Wizard Apprentices.

• Sunan and Kei concluded that the Starfire Cult had killed the Golden Rock Marquis and obtained knowledge of the Beastman Disaster’s weakness, likely from He Bu’s laboratory.
• Kei refused to allow the Starfire Cult to spread its faith in Golden Rock Province and planned to rebuild the province while Sunan prepared to expand his Magical Plant Gardens and production.
• Sunan returned to his base and met Night Owl, who invited him to join Dark Forest Lodge, a group of Level Three Wizard Apprentices.
• Sunan accepted the invitation after learning that the lodge traded intelligence and resources without binding its members to closer ties.
• Night Owl gave Sunan a Trading House key and explained that the lodge would meet in sixteen nights, with members using code names.

Sunan joined the Dark Forest Lodge’s trading gathering and used Magic Stones to secure valuable goods while blocking Corpse from making deals. The trading continued with Sunan gaining a potion and a rare creature’s skeleton, as Corpse grew increasingly furious.

• Sunan arrived at the Trading House gathering under the codename Player, where Corpse demanded that he prove his resources before trading.
• Sunan displayed ten Magic Stones, satisfying the Lodge’s entry rule and silencing Corpse’s objections.
• Rose traded Sunan Datura Grass seeds for one Magic Stone, then sold him a Flame Heart Potion for three Magic Stones after he outbid Corpse.
• Red Heart offered a Spineback Wingless Dragon skeleton, and Sunan secured it for five Magic Stones after Corpse tried to buy it with Soul Crystals.
• Sunan took pleasure in preventing Corpse from acquiring either item, leaving Corpse furious.

Sunan traded for the Spineback Wingless Dragon blood after identifying and activating Red Heart’s Rainbow Eye, then acquired Red-Eyed Raven eggs, Wizard Codices, gemstones, and rare metals. The gathering ended with Corpse reconsidering his hostility toward Sunan, while Night Owl realized that Sunan’s resources and background were far more mysterious than he had thought.

• Sunan recognized Red Heart’s Rainbow Eye and explained how to activate it, earning the Spineback Wingless Dragon blood in exchange.
• Night Owl offered Red-Eyed Raven eggs and a cultivation manual, which Sunan bought for seven Magic Stones.
• Corpse failed to trade his Micro Soul Crystals and watched as Sunan exchanged Magic Stones for hundreds of Wizard Codices, gemstones, and three rare metals.
• Before the gathering ended, Sunan gave the members a list of rare metals he wanted to buy at their next meeting.
• Night Owl warned Corpse not to provoke Sunan and argued that pursuing his Magic Stones would be too risky; Corpse dropped the subject and vanished.
• Night Owl reflected that Sunan’s strength and resources were difficult to fathom.

Sunan sorted the resources he brought back from Dark Forest Lodge, strengthened Hidden Dragon until its bloodline advanced into a Sub-dragon Bloodline, and learned that dragons might be found in the Rainbow Sea or Underground World. He planned to seek an Underground World entrance while continuing to train Silent Casting.

• Sunan sorted his haul, drank the Flame Heart Potion to increase his Physique, and set aside materials for Stone Golems, Rune Gems, and other projects.
• Sunan infused essence from the Spineback Wingless Dragon into Hidden Dragon, whose bloodline advanced into a Sub-dragon Bloodline after three days of sleep.
• Hidden Dragon displayed its increased strength and Flame Breath, and Sunan discovered that he could share its vision.
• Amy told Sunan that dragons lived in the Rainbow Sea and Underground World, and Sunan decided to ask about Underground World entrances at the next Dark Forest Lodge gathering.
• Sunan practiced metamagic after mastering Sentence Interruption Casting and began training Silent Casting.

Sunan prepared a new Magical Plant Garden, expanded his apprentice workforce, and continued researching the Magic Rune Core. Meanwhile, a group of men searching for a silver vein entered a cave and were slaughtered by a Toad Monster and giant rats.

• Sunan learned that Kei's wedding to the White Tower Marquis's youngest daughter would take place on the Harvest Festival, and he rejected Kei's suggestion that he marry.
• Sunan completed Magical Plant Garden 2, where Tiya and the Flower Fairies tended magical plants in exchange for Flower Dew and honey.
• Sunan's students took over potion-making and puppet crafting, while he continued gathering materials for a Magic Rune Core.
• Fodelei led a group of men to a cave where he had found a silver vein, and the burly captain ordered them to start mining.
• A swarm of giant rats and a Toad Monster attacked the group, killing the captain and the others as they tried to flee.

At Marquis Kei’s wedding in Shining City, Sunan’s students and visiting nobles gathered while Kei and Sunan discussed the Starfire Cult’s expansion. The celebration was interrupted by news that an entire village north of the city had vanished, and Sunan watched the northern horizon as the cause remained unknown.

• Muzar and Ota arrived at Kei’s wedding and observed nobles, military figures, and Sunan’s students gathered at the Lord’s Manor.
• Xie Man told Yi Sang and the newer apprentices that Red-Eyed Ravens would soon be available at the base.
• Kei entered the hall with his bride, and Sunan soon left the banquet to avoid speaking with the visiting nobles.
• Sunan and Kei discussed the Starfire Cult’s progress across several provinces and considered ways to limit its spread.
• Brad reported that a village north of Shining City had disappeared, and Kei ordered him to investigate a suspected beast attack.
• Sunan told Kei to finish the wedding, then looked north and wondered whether a beast horde had attacked the village.

Sunan investigated the cave connected to the Underground World and discovered a rich silver mine, a gold deposit, and a powerful Hundred-Armed Monster. He withdrew and warned Kei, leaving the city to guard the cave while they considered how to defeat the creature.

• Brad reported that monsters in a forest cave had likely attacked the missing villagers, and Sunan identified one as an Underground Toad Monster.
• Kei agreed to seal off the forest while Sunan entered the cave alone and found signs of an artificially excavated passage and a silver mine.
• Sunan fought off Ferocious Rats and Underground Toad Monsters, then sent Blackrock Panthers ahead to attack a Kobold mining camp where gold was mixed with silver ore.
• A Hundred-Armed Monster emerged, destroyed the Blackrock Panthers, and drove Sunan to retreat without confronting it.
• Sunan told Kei about the monster, and they agreed to station more troops near the forest while they considered how to kill it.

Sunan continued preparing to defeat the Hundred-Armed Monster while advancing his studies and strengthening his resources. At the Dark Forest Lodge gathering, he acquired rare materials and Soul Crystals, then offered magic stones for God Blood Amber, drawing the other members into a plan against the Starfire Cult.

• Sunan assessed his progress in meditation, physique, Magical Item Creation, and Hidden Dragon’s bloodline while preparing for the Hundred-Armed Monster.
• Sunan attended the Dark Forest Lodge gathering and met Scepter, who supported stricter screening of new members after He Bu’s actions.
• Sunan traded magic stones with Rose, Night Owl, and Red Heart for gemstones, Wizard Codices, and rare metals.
• Corpse apologized to Sunan with a Micro Soul Crystal and sold him five more Soul Crystals after they bargained over the price.
• Scepter traded potions and Alchemy Grade Magical Items to other members while Sunan declined to buy them.
• Sunan offered twenty magic stones per piece of God Blood Amber, and the Lodge members agreed to seek the Starfire Cult’s Holy Object.

Sunan prepared to confront the Hundred-Armed Monster by forging Steel Golems, planning Elite Stone Golems, and gathering High-Level Rune Gems. He entered the cave with his forces and lured the monster into an ambush, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Sunan forged six stronger Steel Golems and decided to create Elite Stone Golems to bring his force against the Hundred-Armed Monster to ten Legendary Knight-level combatants.
• Sunan studied Magic Tattoo Constructs and planned to establish an independent Knight Guard by training children from commoner and farming families.
• After more than twenty days, Sunan finished four Elite Stone Golems and prepared fifteen High-Level Rune Gems before heading to North City Forest with Hidden Dragon.
• Brad confirmed that the troops had withdrawn from the cave, and Sunan entered while Hidden Dragon scouted ahead.
• Sunan released Blackrock Panthers to attack the kobolds mining in the basin, drawing the Hundred-Armed Monster out of its lair.
• The Hundred-Armed Monster killed the Blackrock Panthers, then discovered Sunan's Steel and Stone Golems surrounding it.

Sunan killed the Hundred-Armed Monster after a costly battle, then explored its cave and discovered an Underground City-State beneath the forest near Shining City. He left the cavern overlooking the hidden settlement, whose presence could threaten Shining City and offer him access to rare materials.

• Sunan weakened the Hundred-Armed Monster with rune gems and coordinated attacks from his golems and Hidden Dragon, eventually destroying it after it tried to flee.
• Sunan confirmed the monster was dead, assessed the losses of four Elite Stone Golems, one Steel Golem, and eight High-Level Rune Gems, then removed its ill-fitting magical armor and burned its corpse.
• Sunan and Hidden Dragon entered the passage where the monster had emerged and followed it through its cavernous dwelling.
• Sunan found a vast cavern with a lake and an island settlement, recognizing it as an Underground City-State beneath the forest near Shining City.