Chapter Summaries

Locke Augustine defeated Saira Richie in the Magic Combat Tournament after surviving her Bloodline School attacks and countering with his Overlordized Magic Plants. The fight left Locke resolved to develop stronger offensive magic before facing another seeded contestant from Golden Crown Mountain.

• Saira used Bloodline School spells to accelerate and attack Locke, but he repeatedly dodged with his Wizard Shoes and sensed her attacks through the Overlord Domain.
• Wizards and Breeders watching the match recognized Locke’s Wizard Shoes and No. 2 Overlord Element work, and many bought the shoes as Rogge worried about further consequences for his research group.
• Saira unleashed a series of Bloodline enhancements and nearly struck Locke down, but he used Bloodline School spells to evade her and countered with the Goldflow Fern Spear.
• Saira’s Mana-Energy Body resisted Locke’s spear, but his returning Peach Arc Thorn Arrow shattered her Wizard Sword and knocked her from the arena, giving Locke the victory.
• After the match, Locke concluded that his defensive research had outpaced his offensive magic and resolved to develop stronger attacks before facing a Golden Crown Mountain seeded contestant.

Locke watched the tournament, drew the attention of Major League chairman Franklin for turning his match into a sales pitch, and learned that officials suspected a Twin Demon World infiltrator among the contestants. In his final match of the day, Locke faced Witch Camilla and deliberately used his new Full Moon Growth Magic to strengthen her Man-Eating Flower Jungle so he could test it, leaving her flowers poised to attack him.

• Franklin praised Locke’s combat and business instincts and asked his staff to recruit him, while tournament officials discussed the unidentified Twin Demon World infiltrator.
• Antoine Fischer defeated his opponent with powerful magic items, and the officials named Kunguding Academy’s entrant and a witch from Magic Nexus City as possible suspects.
• Locke met Shelley while watching the matches, then saw Antoine defeat Julian and boast that he would win the tournament.
• Witch Camilla summoned thirty man-eating flowers using her Witch Porcelain, and Locke discovered that the flowers rapidly restored themselves after his Peach Arc Thorn Arrow struck them.
• Locke summoned a Magic Moon and used Full Moon Growth to strengthen Camilla’s flower jungle, prompting her to order the flowers to attack.

Locke defeated Witch Camilla by using Full Moon Growth and No. 2 Overlord Element to force her Magic Plants into fatal Overlordization, then reflected on developing the spell into Great Magic. After other tournament results unsettled Golden Crown Mountain’s leaders, Locke spent the night studying competitions and left for the Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion with a new idea about strengthening Tyrant Sea Golden Sand with potions.

• Locke used Full Moon Growth and No. 2 Overlord Element to make Camilla’s Magic Plants rapidly evolve and die, and Camilla surrendered after losing nearly half a million Magic Stones.
• Locke recognized Full Moon Growth’s potential as a Great Magic blueprint, but found that it consumed too much Mana and considered how to improve its energy cycle.
• Klin and Fischer discussed Golden Crown Mountain’s tournament prospects as a Constructor from Kunguding Academy defeated Nelson, a senior Golden Crown Mountain researcher and Force Wizard.
• Locke watched tournament events through the night and considered using potions to strengthen his magic, especially Tyrant Sea Golden Sand.
• Gregor and Williams approached Locke, but he rode a Cloud Whale toward the Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion while absorbed in his new idea.

After Witch Catherine explained that Second-Ring knowledge had to be tested rather than trusted in books, Locke pursued his plan to strengthen Tyrant Sea Golden Sand by Abyssifying it. He gained inspiration from the Supreme Beholder and borrowed five hundred thousand to buy potion materials.

• Locke drank his Luck Potion and asked Witch Catherine whether Potions could strengthen Magic Plants, but she said she did not know the answer and warned that much Second-Ring research was unreliable.
• Witch Catherine urged Locke to explore and verify answers himself, explaining that he was entering the uncertain world of the Quasi-Second Ring.
• Locke decided to try using an Abyss Potion to Abyssify Tyrant Sea Golden Sand and considered using the Synthesis Cube to develop a formula.
• Locke contacted the Supreme Beholder, which gave him inspiration for Abyssal materials after he threatened to seek help from another Demon Archduke.
• Locke used the Synthesis Cube to plan to eliminate the formula's hidden dangers, then borrowed five hundred thousand from the Diamond Golem Bank to buy materials.

Locke exposed the Supreme Beholder’s trap and successfully created an Abyss Devourer Sea Golden Sand, bringing him closer to Second Ring. His next tournament opponent was revealed to be Esther Preston, a powerful colleague and fellow Golden Crown Mountain wizard.

• Locke tested the first synthesized potion on a Needle-Splitting Fern and discovered that it would turn both the plant and anyone Mana Grafted to it into Abyssal lifeforms.
• Locke examined his revised Abyss Devourer Potion, confirmed it could give a magic plant an Abyss-energy-consuming organ, and successfully transformed an ordinary Sea Golden Sand.
• The Supreme Beholder realized Locke had seen through its scheme, while the Abyss Werewolf King watched Cloud Lake and vowed to seize it for the First Demon God King.
• Locke defeated a Magic Nexus City Breeder at the Cloud Arena, then returned to the Feathered Serpent Ancient Pavilion and completed his first Abyss Devourer Tyrant Sea Golden Sand.
• Locke reflected on how creating and sharing knowledge could lead him toward Second Ring, then learned that his next opponent was Esther Preston, a Bloodline School wizard with a True Dragon-level bloodline.
• Esther Preston decided she should win their internal match, believing the result would ease Locke’s psychological pressure while improving her own championship chances.

Locke faced Preston in the Magic Combat Tournament and turned their match into a fierce aerial battle, countering her rare bloodlines and True Dragon Body with his evolving spells and Abyss Devourer Sea Golden Sand. The chapter ended with his black-and-gold lance overwhelming Preston and driving her into the arena below.

• Locke refused Preston's proposal that they concede to protect their abilities, and the referee started their match.
• Locke's nine Sun Arrows forced Preston to reveal her Storm Lamp Spirit Bloodline and use Limited Wish to redirect the attacks at him.
• Locke deflected the redirected arrows with Earth Extreme Magnetism and sent them back at Preston, who survived by transforming into her White Dragon form.
• Preston and Locke fought in the sky with Dragon Might, dragon breath, Bloodline School spells, and Plant Magic as their Magic Pressure climbed.
• Locke unleashed Gold Sandfall with his Abyss Devourer Sea Golden Sand, triggering a backlash in Preston's White Dragon bloodline and overwhelming her defenses.
• Locke's black-and-gold spiral lance struck Preston and sent her crashing into the arena, leaving a huge crater.

Locke defeated Preston Witch with the Abyss Devourer Fern Spear, then learned that Antoine Fischer had an unnaturally vast reserve of Magic Pressure. Locke’s wizard shoes entered Arthas’s top ten sales rankings, while Magic Weavers began complaining that he was taking their business.

• Preston Witch lost control of her bloodline power and reverted to human form after Locke’s Abyssal Domain depleted her Mana, and the judge awarded Locke the victory.
• Preston Witch accepted the defeat, warned Locke that Antoine Fischer’s Magic Pressure was suspiciously immense, and offered to test Antoine if they met.
• Locke watched Antoine defeat another competitor and suspected that Antoine’s arrogant persona might be an act.
• Locke checked Arthas and found that his wizard shoes had risen into the top ten in sales after his matches drew attention to the Abyss Devourer Fern Spear.
• Magic Weavers sent Locke complaints, accusing him of taking their business and threatening to sell products on Magic Plant-related days.

Locke watched Antoine defeat Witch Camilla, then looked for a way to strengthen Full Moon Growth before the tournament’s championship rounds. He offered Camilla No. 2 Overlord Element in exchange for Natal Witch Porcelain, and she agreed to consider the trade after he walked away.

• The judges discussed Preston’s loss to Locke, while Fischer Wizard privately planned the tournament rankings around his grandson’s chances.
• Antoine overwhelmed Witch Camilla with a barrage of spells and his Thunder-Wind Dual Wheels, knocking her out of the arena.
• Locke recognized that Antoine’s vast Magic Pressure and multiple artifacts made him a serious threat, then learned that his next day’s match would be against Kunguding Academy’s Mike.
• Mike explained that Kunguding Academy had left Nine Plains Mountain after losing its academic rivalry with the Arcane Foundation Brotherhood, and challenged Locke to a fair contest.
• Locke approached Witch Camilla to trade No. 2 Overlord Element for Natal Witch Porcelain, hoping to use it as Full Moon Growth’s lunar core.
• After Camilla initially refused, Locke left; she caught up with him and said she could make the trade after all.

Locke and Witch Camilla arranged to trade No. 2 Overlord Element and an Overlord Pineapple for a Cancer Natal Witch Porcelain, which Locke intended to use with Full Moon Growth. Hassan arrived and began using the Confusion Curse to bypass Camilla’s Academy contract, ending as Locke recognized the ritual’s connection to the Nine Hells.

• Locke and Witch Camilla agreed to trade his No. 2 Overlord Element and an Overlord Pineapple for a Natal Witch Porcelain, while Camilla warned that obtaining one might be difficult.
• Camilla identified a Cancer Natal Witch Porcelain that might work with Locke’s Full Moon Growth, though she could not guarantee the result.
• Hassan arrived and agreed to cast the Confusion Curse on Camilla’s First-Ring Academy contract without charging Locke.
• Camilla placed the Cancer porcelain on the table as Locke set down the Overlord Element and pineapple, and Hassan began the ritual.
• Locke sensed the ritual’s hellish presence and asked whether it came from the Nine Hells.

Hassan used the Confusion Curse to disguise Locke as a wizard from Magic Nexus City, allowing Locke and Camilla to complete their transaction without the Eye of Truth exposing them. After reuniting with Hassan, Locke rented a testing room to examine the power of the Magic Moon formed around Camilla’s natal witch porcelain.

• Hassan summoned the Demon Clown and used his Blood Curse to transform it temporarily, then ordered it to disguise Locke’s identity for the transaction.
• Locke and Camilla exchanged the promised items while the Eye of Truth watched, and the Demon Clown vanished when Hassan ended the ritual.
• Camilla added Hassan on the Water Gourd System, then left after finishing the transaction.
• Hassan and Locke discussed the Soul Decline Period and their magical studies before parting ways.
• Locke rented a First-Ring testing room at the Joseph Golem Shop and prepared to test the Magic Moon using Camilla’s natal witch porcelain as its lunar core.

Locke fused his Cancer natal Witch Porcelain with Full Moon Growth to create the Porcelain Moon, then tested its ability to strengthen and control Magic Plants. After winning another arena match, he used the Frost Magic Mirror to investigate how the moonlight affected plant cells, leaving him with new insight into the spell and possible Great Magic blueprints.

• Locke modified Full Moon Growth to fuse with his Witch Porcelain, creating a house-sized Porcelain Moon that emitted moonlight and greatly reduced the spell’s energy consumption.
• Locke used the Porcelain Moon to strengthen and temporarily control Flash Sea Golden Sand, which defeated a Stone Golem.
• Locke defeated an opponent in Arena Three with Peach Arc Thorn Arrow, while the tournament host praised the spell and two Second-Ring Wizards warned that Locke’s skill—not the spell—was responsible.
• Locke borrowed thirty thousand Magic Stones from Group leader Celt, who explained that he was transferring to Longevity Peach Garden after passing an academy assessment.
• Locke examined a Sea Golden Sand leaf under the Porcelain Moon in the Frost Magic Mirror Room and found that Lunar Tidal Gravity accelerated cellular fluid and natural magic structures, strengthening the plant and allowing him to control it.

Locke faced Constructor Mike and his Kunguding Bastion in a high-altitude battle, countering its defenses with enhanced Sea Golden Sand spells and a powerful Diamond Succulent explosion. The fight ended with Locke unleashing an Overlord Fern Spear that began collapsing the fortress, while Mike realized Locke was challenging him in a contest of endurance.

• Locke watched Antoine defeat Preston, and Preston warned him that Antoine had not shown his full strength before asking him to stop the Kunguding Academy wizard from reaching the top five.
• Antoine insulted Locke's equipment and urged him to defeat Mike, and Locke said he would make sure Mike lost a match.
• Mike wore a Springwater Silkworm-Silk Magic Robe to counter Locke's Sea Golden Sand as the two began fighting above Arena One.
• Locke flew beyond the reach of Mike's fortress and attacked it with enhanced Fern Spears, Gold Sand Torrent, and repeated Flowing Gold Fingers, while Mike defended himself with the Kunguding Bastion.
• Locke linked thirty Diamond Succulents with Mutual Resonance and Full Moon Growth, blasting apart Mike's watchtower and shaking the bastion with a massive explosion.
• Locke used stored Mister's Power to strengthen an Overlord Fern Spear, which smashed through the bastion's buildings and left Mike realizing Locke was trying to defeat him through sheer endurance.

Locke defeated Mike by destroying the Kunguding Bastion with a Great Sun Arrow, then won his remaining matches with Peach Arc Thorn Arrows. Afterward, a defeated White Elephant Troupe wizard accused the wizarding system of exploiting workers in Wizard Factories, while Demonkin Hunters watched him from the shadows.

• Mike activated the Kunguding Bastion’s Rotating Maze and shifted rooms to keep Locke from locating him.
• Locke fired a Great Sun Arrow into the bastion, destroying it and defeating Mike, who conceded after being teleported to the arena.
• Locke’s fellow competitors watched him warily as he finished his remaining matches, defeating two opponents with Peach Arc Thorn Arrows.
• A short wizard from White Elephant Troupe accused Locke of benefiting from the exploitation of wizards in Wizard Factories.
• Locke left the wizard, noticing Demonkin Hunters watching him from nearby shadows.

Locke learned that his first match against Antoine would likely decide the Sports Festival championship, while Witch Catherine and Fischer Wizard prepared their students for the decisive battle. The chapter ended with Antoine accepting a strategy to counter Locke and the Elder Council tying his victory to a major investment plan for Golden Crown Mountain.

• A Second-Ring Demon Hunter began personally surveilling the White Elephant Troupe contestant and ordered an investigation into the people he had contacted, then concluded the contestant was likely an infiltrator from the Twin Demon World.
• Locke saw that he would face Antoine first and Julian fourth on the final day, and he met Wizard Shelley, who wished him luck and said he preferred Locke to Antoine.
• Witch Catherine advised Locke to improve his Peach Arc Thorn Arrow by completely fusing the Peach Arc's magical energy with the Thorn Arrow.
• Fischer Wizard arranged pre-match training for Antoine and gave him a plan to counter Locke's magic plants, disrupt his rhythm, and exploit Antoine's multiple magic artifacts.
• Fischer Wizard told Antoine that winning the championship would help secure Elder Council approval for a massive Force-Energy Studies investment, which was intended to pressure Magic Nexus City.

Witch Catherine passed Locke the Peach Arc and Thorn Arrow inheritance through a spiritual trial rooted in the Wizard Civilization’s Dark Age. Locke earned a provisional blessing from the Holy Dragon Cassiodorak, and his Sect Master's Book recorded the newly revealed history.

• Witch Catherine sent a Jujube Tree arrow into Locke’s brow to draw his spirituality into the inheritance and left him to undergo the trial.
• Locke experienced the Dark Age, where wizards worshiped past authorities and Cassiodorak challenged their blind reverence.
• Mason Witch and another wizard urged Locke toward opposing choices, but Locke shot past Witch Catherine’s statue and shattered the mountain behind it.
• Locke explained that he rejected both submission to old authority and replacing it with his own, causing the trial’s statues to collapse.
• Cassiodorak recognized Locke’s reasoning and granted his arrows a trace of the Holy Dragon’s spiritual blessing.
• Locke’s Sect Master's Book absorbed the trial’s historical record and added it to his archaeological collection.

Locke prepared for his decisive Magic Combat Tournament match against Antoine, carrying the Holy Dragon’s inheritance and facing a future move to Witch Catherine’s Group Two. Their battle began with Antoine’s concealed object-manipulation Magic overwhelming Locke, but Locke exposed it and counterattacked.

• Witch Catherine explained that the match would decide whether the Elder Council or the Academic Committee shaped Golden Crown Mountain’s direction, and she encouraged Locke to defeat Antoine.
• Witch Catherine told Locke she planned to bring him and his group to Group Two at the Truth Institute to conduct research in the colonial world after the competition.
• Witch Catherine reported to the Academic Committee’s leaders that Locke had inherited the Holy Dragon’s power, and she raised the threat posed by the Black Wizards.
• Locke and Antoine began their match as former opponents watched and encouraged Locke, while Locke considered the money he could earn from his wizard-shoe sales.
• Antoine attacked with Wind and Thunder Wheels, Dark-Energy Piercing Magic, and Wizard Swords, repeatedly damaging Locke and forcing him to rely on his defenses and the Little Vajra Jujube Pendant.
• Locke used his ocular techniques to reveal the spiritual chains linking Antoine to his Magic Artifacts, then slipped the Angel’s Tear Bracelet onto Antoine and suppressed the Magic concealing his talent.

Locke used the Tyrant's Eye Potion to enhance his Magic Eye, evade Antoine's attacks, and wound him with an Abyss-enhanced Overlord Fern Spear. Antoine answered by revealing his Force School magic and the No-Thought Collapse Fist, turning the fight into a fierce struggle and briefly putting Locke at a disadvantage.

• Antoine attacked Locke with six daggers, hidden magic artifacts, and an eighteen-Iron-Ball Killing Array, but Locke's enhanced Magic Eye let him perceive and evade their trajectories.
• Locke drank the Tyrant's Eye Potion and used the Beholder's insight to dodge the Iron Balls, while spectators and judges recognized his growing reputation as the Beholder Wizard.
• Locke outmaneuvered Antoine with afterimages and struck him through the chest with an Abyss-enhanced Overlord Fern Spear.
• Antoine rose, entered the No-Thought state, and used the No-Thought Collapse Fist to seize and suppress the spear's power.
• Antoine revealed his Force School magic and resumed attacking with the Iron Balls and magic-thread artifacts, suppressing Locke's Magic Eye and gaining a temporary advantage.

Locke and Antoine continued their fierce tournament duel as a Black Wizard uprising triggered a Demon World War at the Cloud Arena. While the fighting spread through the venue, the Thief-Saint Wizard arrived and announced a method for stealing the talents of White Wizard geniuses.

• Alicia watched Locke's match with Antoine, while Great Wizard Sura praised both Locke's growth and Alicia's talent.
• Antoine wounded Locke with his Impulse Ejection Spell and used magical artifacts and Force School techniques to pressure him as Locke sought a way to counter his enormous Magic Pressure.
• A despairing wizard from the White Elephant Troupe transformed into another person, and Black Wizards summoned the Twin Demon World's power, triggering a temporary Demon World War at the Cloud Arena.
• Despite the suspension announcement, Locke and Antoine chose to continue their duel, and Locke brought out the Porcelain Moon to strengthen his Magic Plants.
• The Fire Thieves' plan caused Shelley Wizard and the White Elephant Troupe wizard to exchange appearances, while the Thief-Saint Wizard confronted the Third-Ring Wizards and revealed his plan to steal talents.

Locke and Antoine continued their duel amid the Twin Demon World's assault, while the Thief-Saint Wizard stole magic and echoes from the wizards at Golden Crown Mountain. After Locke learned that Antoine had once been a Third-Ring Wizard, Antoine gathered his power for one final spell to decide their fight.

• Locke's Porcelain Moon Growth strengthened nearby Botany Wizards as he fought Antoine, while Witch Camilla was robbed of her Natal Witch Porcelain and forced into Echo State by the Black Wizards.
• Witch Catherine identified the Twin Demon World's plan to infiltrate the arena and open a planar war, while the Thief-Saint Wizard stole the Fischer Wizard's Great Magic, [Elastic Storm].
• Wizard Korr interrupted Locke and Antoine's duel, but Locke and Antoine killed him with their attacks before resuming their fight.
• Antoine revealed his Permanent Defense Field, Absolute Reflection, and Locke countered it with Mister's Power until their force fields exploded, killing two Black Wizards and scattering others.
• Locke summoned the Lord of Demons, which revealed that Antoine's soul had once belonged to a Third-Ring Wizard; Antoine explained that he had begun a new life with his former life's vast magic power.
• Antoine resolved to pour his destiny into a final spell to decide whether he would regain his original state or be forced to start over.

Locke defeated Antoine in their duel after Antoine’s body failed under the cost of his Vector Arrow. As the Twin Demon World’s Black Wizards retreated from Golden Crown Mountain, the Demon Hunter Corps continued pursuing them and condemned their theft of wizard talents.

• Antoine gathered his power into a Vector Arrow while Locke poured the magic of his Forest Sanctuary, Mister’s Power, and Abyss Magic Pressure into his Great Sun Arrow.
• The arrows collided, and Locke’s attack began to collapse, but Antoine’s body could not withstand the casting cost and his Vector Arrow faltered.
• Locke’s Peach Arc Thorn Arrow pierced Antoine’s attack, sending him outside Arena One and winning the duel.
• Antoine admitted his body had failed and accepted that Locke had defeated him; Locke then drank a Holy Spring Nectar Potion as the Black Wizards began retreating.
• Witch Catherine countered the thief saint wizard by forcing her charged Beast-Tide Ecology upon him, destroying his Twin Siphon Organ and tearing off his left arm.
• The Twin Demon World’s Black Wizards fled through their gate while the Demon Hunter Corps slaughtered many of them, and a Third-Ring Demon Hunter vowed to purge their talent theft.