Recaps

Locke stopped the Bride’s Blood Curse by reviving Lilith’s Cottage’s ecosystem, then helped the White Wizards defeat the Black Wizard Alliance’s assault. After the battle, he settled into life as a Formal Wizard and began considering his paths toward a future teaching post and advancement.

• Locke defeated Stanley, then entered Lilith’s Cottage’s underground control room and realized surviving moss and algae could help restore the Life Force Field.
• Locke and Old Witch Forbes revived the ecosystem with potions and Nature’s Words, weakening the curse spirits and restoring Lilith’s Cottage’s barrier.
• Locke killed Brittany and helped defend Lilith’s Cottage as the White Wizards trapped the Black Wizard Alliance, while Earl Thompson rescued him from the Styx Plane after Stefania’s ritual pulled him away.
• Hanmoke animated Holy Flesh Execution and broke a gap in the seal, but Justin ordered the White Wizards to let the Black Wizards retreat as the battle ended.
• Locke became a special consultant at Lilith’s Cottage, joined the Nygward Astrology System, and spent his Military Merit on Sea Golden Sand.
• Locke visited Andy’s funeral, learned that Andy had died after suffering from the Fear Blood Curse, and went to meet Harlan Vela after receiving his message.
• Melanie Carlisle apologized for her students’ attack on Locke and gave him a Flame Pearl Tomato Flower and Flamebright Aura spellbook.
• Harlan Vela advised Locke on meditation, teaching positions, and Root Truth Institutes, and Locke recognized that he had thirty years to meet the institute’s advancement requirement.

Locke expanded his inventions and business, pursued Wizard Dispatch to Starfield Sea, and advanced his studies in bloodlines, Abyssal creatures, and First-Ring Potions. After cultivating the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, he received the Druid’s Ring and prepared to travel to the Land of Six Towers to treat Great Wizard Sura.

• Locke arranged a licensing partnership with Madam Irina, learned how to use the Nygward Astrology System beyond his Wizard Land, and began helping Yuli Burns investigate her aging.
• Locke and Hassan submitted blind résumés to Starfield Sea, while Locke studied ancient bloodlines and strengthened his Forest Sanctuary with new Magic Plants.
• Locke discovered that a Mammon Demon had been draining Yuli’s life, pulled it from her shadow, and placed it in Howard’s shadow for safekeeping.
• Locke brewed a Beholder Elder Potion and advanced to the First Ring, then accepted Peggy Philayde’s offer to treat Great Wizard Sura in exchange for a Druid’s Ring and other rewards.
• Locke bought a Green Dragon Fossil from Wizard Taren and enlisted Albert to help complete his First-Ring Magic Plant research.
• Locke cultivated the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, tested its powers with Albert, and learned that the Philayde Family’s butler had arrived with the Druid’s Ring.
• Locke received and imprinted the Druid’s Ring, examined its life-filled inner space, and prepared to travel with Wizard Kode to the Land of Six Towers.

Locke moved his Forest Sanctuary into the Druid’s Ring, then escorted Salvador aboard the Sun-Chasing Silver Shuttle, where the Magic Thief Circus attacked and Locke helped stop its robbery. After reaching the Land of Six Towers, he connected with Alicia and the Philayde Family while weighing new opportunities and research proposals.

• Locke moved his Forest Sanctuary and facilities into the Druid’s Ring, then accepted Christine’s offer to protect Salvador in exchange for potions and payment.
• Locke boarded the Sun-Chasing Silver Shuttle with Salvador and Wizard Kode, and Alicia Plutarch’s purchase of their premium seats led them to travel in first class.
• The Magic Thief Circus attacked the airship, and Locke captured the puppeteer before pursuing the circus members who had taken Alicia and threatened the ship’s energy core.
• Locke killed the Clown Leader, rescued Alicia, and forced the surviving Beast Tamer to flee, while Zoe escaped with the circus.
• Alicia helped Locke develop Mammon’s Powder Potion and a counteracting potion, then chose to take her share as she resolved to become stronger.
• The airship reached the Land of Six Towers, where Salvador and Charlotte offered Locke recommendations to the Hand of the Jungle’s Truth Institute.
• Anthony welcomed Locke to the Philayde Family and White Elephant Tower, but Locke declined a marriage alliance and identified a bloodline-modification potion during a family banquet.
• Anthony explained the family’s use of the Tidal Orb, and Locke declined a Purple Licorice proposal before meeting an old wizard whose research into Wandering Shadow-Eye Grass lacked funding.

Locke helped Alicia investigate Grand Wizard Sura’s missing soul and entered a hidden plane with her, where they found Sura guiding the native mages. Locke negotiated to help them use First-Ring Magic and secured the Primordial Fire, leaving Sura to accept that dealing honestly with him was the best course.

• Locke supported four research projects, developed Shadow Grass and Golden Eye Grass, and advanced to the Liquefaction Stage using the Elemental Pool.
• Alicia recruited Locke to investigate Grand Wizard Sura’s missing soul, and they found a hidden plane through a sealed gate in Sura’s residence.
• Locke rescued Helen’s adventuring party from a Demonkin, and he and Alicia followed clues linking the plane’s magic system to Sura.
• Alicia and Locke confronted Farrar at Mage Saint Hall, where Grand Wizard Sura appeared, explained the prophecy on Locke’s hand, and asked for help teaching native Mage Saints to use First-Ring Magic.
• Sura told Alicia that he had arranged her education and feigned illness so she could inherit the Plutarch Family’s business, then showed them the city’s resources and offered Locke Primordial Fire for his help.
• Locke proposed using Red-Earth Holly to strengthen the native Mage Saints’ souls and negotiated funding and access to the Primordial Fire without revealing his technique outright.
• Locke sealed the Primordial Fire inside a reinforced Sand-Cast Holy Coffin and stored it in his Astral Ring, while Sura decided that an honest transaction was his best option.