Ch. 989Moon-Ring Wizard's Strike, the Bright Moon Hung High, the Stars Dimmed!

Locke and Rose fought Gaius, a Dragon Lich who used the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wheel to summon the dead and threaten the Heaven River Coast. Wizard Jikongyue intervened, defeated Gaius’s projection, and strengthened Rose’s position, while the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower and the White Ice Tower both sought a deal with Locke.

  • Gaius used the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wheel to capture the president of the Fula Association, the Hundred Demon Scrolls director, Locke, and Rose, but Locke and Rose escaped his trap with decoys and a Great Radiant Dragon Sparrow.
  • Locke analyzed the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wheel as Gaius revived fallen Black Wizards and exchanged living wizards for the dead, while Rose agreed to work with Locke and his Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow Magic Plant Platform.
  • Gaius killed Wizard Abram over the Grandmother’s Heart Necklace, then revealed that he was a separate avatar created through Soul Studies magic and declared the Heaven River Coast his territory.
  • Locke and Rose attacked Gaius with gem bombs, the Spring Thunder Arrow, and the growing Heaven-Piercing Jujube while Black Wizards fought the White Wizards; Joshua was stabbed by a cursed dagger.
  • As Gaius prepared Demon Dragon Reincarnation, Wizard Jikongyue arrived and froze Gaius’s projection and the Black Wizards, causing their souls to return to the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wheel.
  • Jikongyue affirmed his support for Rose and Olaye, then took Rose aside; the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower and the White Ice Tower approached Locke to negotiate over his Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow series.

Ch. 990Wizard Jikongyue and Witch Catherine

Witch Rose secured Great Wizard Jikongyue’s support for Olaye while Locke negotiated a major service-station deal with the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower and set the Silver-Clad Peach Garden’s expansion plans. As Locke spoke with Witch Catherine on his way home, she warned him not to learn anything about the Water-Surface Starry-Sky Dilemma.

  • Great Wizard Jikongyue revealed that he had only five years to live, accepted Witch Rose’s Marriage Ring to reconnect with his deceased wife, and promised to help Olaye establish itself along the Heaven River Coast.
  • Locke rejected exclusive agency arrangements, and Ethan Sterling offered thirty million magic stones and a two-hundred-year store lease, securing the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower as the first service-station location.
  • The White Ice Tower council refused special benefits for the Silver-Clad Peach Garden and chose to prioritize Olaye, while Locke laid out plans to expand the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow business and dismissed a former employee’s demand to return on unchanged terms.
  • Wizard Dawen and the former Silver-Clad Peach Garden designers realized Olaye had poached them to keep them away from their old shop, while Witch Rose told the recovering Wizard Joshua he owed her for the eleven potions used to save him.
  • Locke asked Witch Catherine whether she had arranged his meeting with Jikongyue, and she explained that their interests would bring them together before warning him to avoid anything related to the Water-Surface Starry-Sky Dilemma.

Ch. 991Star-Ring Wizard's Advancement Resources

Locke accepted Witch Catherine’s assignment to retrieve a Star-Ring Wizard conducting illegal undead-plant experiments in the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower District, while also profiting from wizard-shoe sales and seeking resources for his advancement. He bought a Red Gold Sacred Peach and arranged an expedited excavation well for the Super Verdant Spiritual Breath Vein to qualify for the queue to buy Heart-Melting Spiritual Breath.

  • Locke agreed to stay with Witch Catherine for now and accepted her mission to bring the accused wizard back to the Cloud Marsh Wetland before she gained White Wizard Association membership.
  • Witch Catherine told Locke that Witch Shally had returned as a Second-Ring Wizard and was already in the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower District, where she had sent a distress signal.
  • Queen Ayla told Locke that Quinn Joel’s purchase of his Air Pineapple Wizard’s Shoes had earned them eighty million Magic Stones, and Locke declined to focus on producing more shoes.
  • Locke flew toward the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower District, while his Doppelgänger Potion clone collected forty million Magic Stones and went to the Golden Peach Garden.
  • Locke bought a Star-Ring-Level Red Gold Sacred Peach and learned that he needed to purchase thirty million Magic Stones’ worth of goods to qualify for Heart-Melting Spiritual Breath.
  • Locke contracted the Golden Peach Garden to build an expedited excavation well for the Super Verdant Spiritual Breath Vein, qualifying for a place in the Heart-Melting Spiritual Breath queue.

Ch. 992A Second-Ring Wizard Claiming to Be an Eleventh-Ring Wizard

Locke bought and Mana-Grafted the Red Gold Sacred Peach Staff, then recruited Douglas to supervise construction in the Three-Cave World and encountered growing tensions around Douglas’s Lightning Society. At the chapter’s end, Locke investigated the laboratory of the fugitive Witch Heidi and learned that it contained a Second-Ring Wizard claiming to be an Eleventh Ring Wizard.

  • Locke bought the Red Gold Sacred Peach Staff, overpowered its resistance to Mana Grafting, and arranged for the Treant Wizard to conceal the Three-Cave World coordinates in a Black Hole Witch Peach.
  • Locke hired Douglas to supervise the Three-Cave World construction team, agreed to let him pursue a society dispute without causing deaths, and asked the Lagma Mammon Witch King to watch over the project.
  • Locke checked on the Mason Witch’s group and his apprentices, then went to the junior academy where Witch Catherine’s information placed the fugitive Witch Heidi’s secret laboratory.
  • Locke confronted Heidi, who defended her forbidden experiments creating self-reproducing Plant Undead, and fought through her undead vines into the laboratory.
  • Locke found a Formal Wizard who admitted serving Heidi and learned that another resident claimed to be an Eleventh Ring Wizard, whom Locke suspected was actually a Second-Ring Wizard.

Ch. 993Regional Association Fund and Great Magic: False Snake Corpse Vine!

Locke confronted Witch Heidi in her laboratory and uncovered a Dark Age necromancer who had manipulated her and pursued Undead Magic Plant research. The necromancer escaped through the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wheel, while Locke kept his Frost Magic Mirror Room intact and considered the Heaven River Banks Fund his next target.

  • Locke identified the Death Green-Hat Mushroom spores in the Vaporization Wizard's blood and fought his way through Heidi's laboratory, where he found dead apprentices and a surviving Golden Crown Mountain apprentice named Trix.
  • Heidi's spore toxin backfired, and Locke exposed her hidden accomplice, a necromancer who had controlled her and used the laboratory for experiments.
  • The necromancer revealed his Twelfth-Ring Heart-Seizing Magic and attacked Locke with the False Snake Corpse Vine, but Locke destroyed his head with a combined jujube arrow.
  • Heidi briefly regained control and asked Locke to spare her students; the necromancer then possessed her body, and Locke destroyed both bodies with more jujube arrows.
  • The necromancer escaped through the Yellow Springs Heavenly Wheel as Locke secretly sent an arrow into its realm, then Locke kept the Frost Magic Mirror Room and planned to visit the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow Service Station.

Ch. 994The Tidal Grand Wizard Tower's Guest Invitation!

Locke uncovered Heidi Witch’s diary, learned how a Black Wizard had manipulated her and gained clues about the Necromancer’s methods. After arranging for Shally Witch to return the evidence and apprentice Trix to Golden Crown Mountain, Locke traveled with Gusta to the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower to discuss a guest mentor appointment and its funding.

  • Locke inspected Heidi Witch’s laboratory, found her hidden diary, and learned that a Black Wizard had exploited her exhaustion and guilt to control her and drive her into forbidden research.
  • Locke inferred that the Necromancer increased his Magic Pressure by creating new levels and that Heidi Witch’s notes revealed a possible weakness involving form and substance.
  • Shally Witch arrived with Gusta, and Locke gave her evidence and apprentice Trix to take back to Golden Crown Mountain while arranging for the laboratory specimens to be destroyed and the Ice Magic Mirror to remain with him.
  • Locke traveled with Gusta to the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower, where Gusta described the Academy’s history, Dean Elliott’s Moon-Ring ambitions, and the service station under construction.
  • Gusta invited Locke to become a guest wizard mentor at the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower and meet Dean Elliott, and Locke agreed to the meeting while reserving his choice of Academy.

Ch. 995Obtaining Star-Ring Resources! Discovering the Fourth World Tree Leaf!

Locke joined the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower as a guest mentor after Dean Elliott offered him Tidal Spiritual Breath, a Star-Ring Resource, and revealed the academy's hidden spring and its World Tree Leaf. At Golden Crown Mountain, Locke then attended the Sea Queen Throne's third lesson, where the Mountain-River Wanderer hinted that she might choose a personal disciple.

  • Wizard Gusta explained the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower's water-purification work and led Locke to Dean Elliott's office, where Locke exposed Elliott's disguise and learned that an assassin had left his legs injured.
  • Dean Elliott offered Locke a guest mentor position and showed him the Tidal Spring, where Locke recognized a fourth World Tree Leaf and learned it produced Tidal Spiritual Breath that could raise a Star-Ring Wizard's Magic Pressure.
  • After hearing the academy was losing its war with the White Ice Tower, Locke signed the contract and agreed to teach a course on wetland Magic Plants while helping his service station open quickly.
  • Locke's Potion Master clone arrived early for the Sea Queen Throne's third lesson and saw the Mountain-River Wanderer suggest she might choose a personal disciple.
  • Locke told the Mountain-River Wanderer not to speak for Witch Helen, while Alba and the other students became tense at the prospect of competing for a place.

Ch. 996The Spirit Macro Hundred Interpretations of the Sea Queen Throne and the Dark World!!

The Sea Queen Throne explained how Spirit Macro Studies shaped Second-Ring Potions and sent the class into the Mountain-River Wanderer's body to investigate his illness. Locke and Alba Witch independently traced the threat to a Dark World formed from undigested divine Spirit Macros, leaving them to consider how the Doppelgänger Potion might address it.

  • The Sea Queen Throne described her history with the Mountain-River Wanderer and assigned the class to study the Doppelgänger Potion and its core functional Spirit Macro.
  • The Sea Queen Throne used her Spirit Macro Hundred Interpretations to transport the wizards into the Mountain-River Wanderer's vast inner world, where they were told to investigate his condition and devise an initial potion.
  • Locke explored one of the Sea King Divine Realm's cloud-sea islands, discovered that its mortals visualized the Mountain-River Wanderer, and found that their society was dominated by evil people.
  • Locke confronted a self-proclaimed Demon Ancestor and found that the man visualized a Dark World whose Spirit Macros opposed those of the Sea King World.
  • Locke suspected that the Dark World had formed from swallowed deities, while Alba Witch separately concluded that undigested divine Spirit Macros had gathered into an opposing force and wondered how the Doppelgänger Potion could help.

Ch. 997Sea Queen Throne: Locke, You Really Are a Deviant Heretic!!

Locke and Alba Witch refined Doppelgänger Potions in the Sea Queen Throne’s class, and Locke created a dangerous variant capable of forming an independent duplicate. Meanwhile, the Heaven River Coast became a target of competing wizard forces seeking the Heaven River Banks Fund, and Mountain-River Wanderer’s condition remained unresolved.

  • The Sea Queen Throne ordered twelve wizards to compound potions for Mountain-River Wanderer, offering her Blue Sky Brocade Potion as a reward for first place.
  • Locke modified the Two-Cicada Spirit Macro with a Crimson Vampiric Stone Spirit Macro, enduring dangerous magical pressure as he worked on his potion.
  • Lucas Throne urged Helen, the Sea Queen Throne, to leave her teaching post and revealed that the Starfield Sea planned to elevate the Heaven River Coast’s status; he intended for his disciple Anthony to compete for the Heaven River Banks Fund.
  • Locke learned that powerful forces were entering the Heaven River Coast’s competition, including the Golden Dynasty’s Fourth Prince, and told Elliott that he was not afraid of the rivalry.
  • The Sea Queen Throne praised Alba Witch’s Doppelgänger Potion, which briefly eased Mountain-River Wanderer’s discomfort, then warned that Locke’s potion could drain a Crystallized Wizard’s magic and kill them.
  • Mountain-River Wanderer swallowed Locke’s potion and began forming an independent duplicate, while the Sea Queen Throne approved of Locke’s unconventional approach.

Ch. 998Self-Created Potion: The Nero Potion and Seizing the Black Sun Tower's Legacy!

Locke won the potion class by creating the dangerous Nero Potion, and the Sea Queen Throne urged him to keep developing it. He then pursued the Iron Tree seed project and discovered that a potion formula Alaric brought him contained a Golden Magic spell tied to the Black Sun Tower, leaving him wondering why the Tower was preparing to target the undead.

  • Mountain-River Wanderer's Doppelgänger Potion copy attacked him while draining his Spirit Macro, until he destroyed and absorbed it.
  • The Sea Queen Throne declared Locke the winner, named his potion the Nero Potion, and advised him to conduct more research and testing.
  • Locke and Witch Planknia failed to make the Iron Tree seed sprout, so Locke resolved to study its nature and improve his Spiritual Breath methods.
  • Locke's attempt to activate the Historical Parallel Curse with a simulated Cold Mountain Ruins site failed, and he concluded he needed to visit the real ruins.
  • Alaric asked Locke to refine a Second-Ring Bloodline Harmonization potion and provide equipment in exchange for scouting the Cold Mountain Ruins.
  • Locke recognized that the potion formula encoded Alfonso's Golden Sword, learned the spell, and suspected the Black Sun Tower intended it for its inheritors to fight the undead.

Ch. 999Black Sun Tower and the Dragon Transformation War

Locke learned that the Lich God’s return could draw all living wizards into a war with the undead, then used Tidal Spiritual Breath and the Blue Sky Brocade Potion to increase his Magic Pressure and create a spell that harmed ghosts. He opened the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow service station on the Heaven River Coast, where he faced questions about necromantic weapons and pursued a possible sale to Quinn Joel Academy.

  • A golden Demon Dragon warned Locke that the Lich God was returning and that the holders of the Twelve Crystal Flowers would compete in a Dragon Transformation War, drawing Locke into the conflict because of his Demon Dragon Bloodline.
  • Locke consumed Tidal Spiritual Breath with the Blue Sky Brocade Potion, increased his Magic Pressure by five hundred, and designed a Voice of Life spell that caused a summoned ghost to shatter.
  • Locke asked Ackerman for materials on the Doppelgänger Potion and related ingredients, then opened the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow service station beside the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower academy.
  • Wizard Gusta showed Locke a nameplate that summoned powerful Ghouls and asked whether the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower should buy such items from the Olaye Building, but Locke left the decision to the academy.
  • Locke assigned Enchanters to produce Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow scrolls bearing his Voice of Life spell, then asked Queen Ayla to help Quinn Joel Academy consider buying the flying Magic Plants for its war against Thousand-Crocodile Swamp.

Ch. 1000Searching for the Lich God and the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow's First Sale

Wizard Kevin and Wizard Anlier bought Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrows after Kevin confirmed their exceptional quality. Locke investigated the Cold Sky River for signs of the Lich God, subdued part of the river with a Heaven-Piercing Jujube, and entered its depths with Wizard Gusta, where a Vertical Undercurrent dragged him down.

  • Wizard Kevin examined the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrows and declared them to be in the theoretical limit state of Plant Essence.
  • Wizard Anlier bought an annihilation-model Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow to help rescue two endangered students, and Kevin bought one as well.
  • Locke visited the Cold Sky River with Wizard Gusta to study its aquatic Magic Plants and search for the Lich God he suspected might dwell below.
  • Locke used a Heaven-Piercing Jujube to strengthen the river embankment’s seal and calm the river, then persuaded Gusta to guide him underwater.
  • Locke entered the Cold Sky River and let a Vertical Undercurrent pull him toward the riverbed, striking it with the Peach Guard Spell as Gusta escaped to the surface.

Ch. 1001Undead Heavenly Conquest and the Severance Sword!

Locke explored the bottom of the Cold Sky River, found evidence that the Lich God had once been sealed there, and refused a shadowy being’s offer to join with him. After escaping the river, he met Rose and Great Wizard Jikongyue and discussed their research plans and Locke’s proposed service station at the White Ice Tower.

  • Locke resisted a riverbed creature’s illusion, discovered Wetland Corn growing beside an underwater volcanic vent, and collected samples without uprooting the plant.
  • Locke followed the Voice of Life’s response to an altar, used Alfonso’s Golden Magic Sword to open a sealed chamber, and found a chained dragon skeleton beneath it.
  • A shadowy necromancer told Locke he could help him gather others’ forms and abilities, but Locke refused and left the sealed site.
  • Locke escaped the Cold Sky River in a Vertical Undercurrent and crashed onto the riverbank near Rose and Great Wizard Jikongyue.
  • Locke told Rose he planned to research Wetland Corn for the Academy Fund, while Rose described her work on Purple Crescent.
  • Great Wizard Jikongyue asked when Locke would open a service station at the White Ice Tower, then dropped the subject after learning Locke had not received favorable terms.

Ch. 1002The Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow Dominates the Battlefield! Victory!

Anlier and his apprentices were lured into a deadly ambush by White Ice Tower wizards, but the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow turned the battle around and helped Anlier survive. Meanwhile, Locke confirmed how Wetland Corn grew underwater and learned that his magical plant had won its first major victory.

  • Anlier found Zane and Blackwood apparently alive at the town well, but recognized that they were undead and under enemy control; three White Ice Tower Formal Wizards then attacked him and his apprentices.
  • Alou froze Anlier and his apprentices and prepared to kill them, but Anlier deployed the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow, which used Attila Lightning Chains to kill two wizards and grievously wound another.
  • Alou resurrected a slain wizard with the Nameplate Artifact, but the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow killed him again and continued striking Alou until Anlier defeated him.
  • Anlier warned his apprentices not to touch Alou's body and ordered them to take the exhausted Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow and escape so they could report its victory to the Tidal Grand Wizard Tower.
  • Locke confirmed through an experiment that Wetland Corn contained a special spiritual breath that let it grow underwater.
  • Wizard Gusta brought Locke a battle recording showing that the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow had killed two First-Ring Wizards and a Vaporization Wizard, and Locke asked him to send a copy.

Ch. 1003Spirit Macro Stacking and the Starfield Sea's Arena of Geniuses!

Locke refined his plans for the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow and wetland corn while learning that Quinn Joel might still buy his platform system if he improved it. At the Sea Queen Throne’s class, he met rival Wizard Anthony and began studying Spirit Macro Stacking as the Heaven River Coast emerged as an arena for ambitious Star-Ring Wizards.

  • Wizard Gusta warned Locke that ordinary wizards might struggle to develop supporting magic plants, so Locke decided to create standard components himself and focus on purifying wetland corn’s special spiritual breath.
  • Madam Candice told Locke that Quinn Joel’s interest in the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow depended on further development, and she revealed that Edgar was building a modular Treant Legion for a similar purpose.
  • Queen Ayla advised Locke to earn the Heaven River Coast’s support through steady development rather than treating its market as something to exploit.
  • Locke met Wizard Anthony, who had established the Anthony Shop Alliance for Dalton Woodland and explained the eleven contenders expected to compete for the Regional Supreme Fund.
  • The Sea Queen Throne taught Spirit Macro Stacking and offered a bottle of Black Swan Potion to the student who placed first in class.

Ch. 1004Refining the First Star-Ring Potion, the Sea Queen Throne's Surprise!

Locke and Anthony failed to learn Spirit Macro Stacking, then entered the Mountain-River Wanderer to pursue different ways of impressing the Sea Queen Throne. Locke refined Nero Potion No. 2 into a Star-Ring Potion and nearly died in the resulting Destruction Cloud before the Sea Queen Throne rescued him, while the dispute over Antoine’s Super-Planet Plane continued on Golden Crown Mountain.

  • Locke and Anthony repeatedly failed at the final step of Spirit Macro Stacking, and the Sea Queen Throne said the Spirit Macros rejected them because of problems connected to their talents or circumstances.
  • Anthony used his gift for identifying magical materials to gather ingredients inside the Mountain-River Wanderer and planned to ease the Wanderer’s illness with a potion.
  • Locke reached a Dark World within the Mountain-River Wanderer, extracted its dark matter, and used it to refine Nero Potion No. 2.
  • Locke’s potion triggered a Destruction Cloud, and he blocked one Tribulation Fire before another struck him as his strength waned.
  • The Sea Queen Throne absorbed the final Tribulation Fire, rescued Locke, and gave him a recovery potion.
  • On Golden Crown Mountain, Witch Catherine and the Tyrant Fist Throne clashed over Antoine’s Super-Planet Plane as Antoine described its unprecedented scale.

Ch. 1005The Mana of Nero Potion No. 2!

Antoine revealed that he had discovered Ancient Planet, a Super-Planet Plane, and urged Golden Crown Mountain to redirect its resources toward developing it, provoking a dispute with Red Dragon Witch over the Academy’s priorities. In Sea Queen Throne’s classroom, Locke’s Nero Potion No. 2 created a powerful double of Mountain-River Wanderer but also improved his condition; afterward, Witch Catherine urgently summoned Locke to enact an important plan.

  • Antoine presented Ancient Planet to the Academy Council, described its Hadron-based life and civilization, and argued that the Academy should prioritize its development.
  • Red Dragon Witch challenged Tyrant Fist Throne’s push to abandon existing projects, citing Ancient Planet’s dangers and defending the Heaven River Coast plan and Locke’s prospects there.
  • Locke gave Mountain-River Wanderer Nero Potion No. 2, which produced a powerful red double that fought him before Mountain-River Wanderer swallowed it.
  • Sea Queen Throne judged that no student had won the lesson, praised Anthony’s ingredient-gathering talent, and kept the Black Swan Potion.
  • Locke concluded that he needed a new approach to treating Mountain-River Wanderer, then received Witch Catherine’s urgent summons to return to the Golden Crown Mountain Truth Institute.

Ch. 1006The rush to buy Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrows and a conversation with Witch Catherine!

Locke expanded the Silver-Clad Peach Garden’s business while pursuing research into spiritual breath, then met Witch Catherine and the Green Dragon Witch, who tasked him with a dangerous Academy matter tied to Void Forging and warned him about the growing influence of the undead. He left intending to deepen his understanding of the Heaven River Coast and his teacher’s instructions.

  • Ao Shikangding argued with a Dalton Woodland wizard over queue-cutting at the crowded Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow station, then joined the line hoping to buy one before his journey home.
  • Terence and Biqi reported strong sales and promising combat results to Locke, who planned seven service stations and continued developing a machine to isolate special spiritual breath.
  • Shally told Locke that the Ethics and Morality Review Committee was angry about the undead matter, while Taiwushi insisted to Headmaster Elliott that he would compete for an internal fund against Locke.
  • Witch Catherine and the Green Dragon Witch tested Locke with three apples, and Locke detected an unpleasant flavor in one before receiving a Dragon Crystal for the Iron Tree.
  • The Green Dragon Witch revealed that the Five-Colored Dragon Throne supported Witch Catherine, then left Locke with her; Witch Catherine urged him to study the Heaven River Coast, complete his Void Forging, and beware the undead’s influence.

Ch. 1007The Power of Nero Potion No. 2!

Antoine revealed that he had discovered the Ancient Planet, a Super-Planet Plane, and argued that Golden Crown Mountain should redirect its resources to develop it, prompting a dispute over the Academy’s priorities. Meanwhile, Locke tested Nero Potion No. 2 on the Mountain-River Wanderer, producing a powerful duplicate and modestly improving his condition; afterward, Witch Catherine summoned Locke to put an important plan into action.

  • Antoine presented the Ancient Planet to the Academy Council, explained its hadron-based life and Waveguide Force, and proposed making Force-Energy Studies the Academy’s primary field.
  • The Red Dragon Witch challenged the Tyrant Fist Throne’s push to abandon existing projects, citing the risks of exploring the Ancient Planet and the potential rewards of the Starfield Sea’s Magic Ascension Plan.
  • Locke gave Nero Potion No. 2 to the Mountain-River Wanderer, causing a red duplicate to emerge and fight him before the Wanderer swallowed it.
  • The Sea Queen Throne judged that no student had won the lesson, withheld the Black Swan Potion, and praised Anthony’s talent for finding ingredients.
  • Locke concluded that he needed to rethink his approach to Potions, then received Witch Catherine’s summons to return to the Golden Crown Mountain Truth Institute and begin an important plan.

Ch. 1008Buying Frenzy for Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrows and a Conversation with Witch Catherine!

Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrows drew a buying frenzy as Locke expanded Silver-Clad Peach Garden and investigated Verdant Spiritual Breath. At Golden Crown Mountain, Witch Catherine gave Locke a task tied to Void Forging and warned him that growing numbers of undead could blur the Wizarding World's sense of right and wrong.

  • Wizard Ao Shikangding tried to protect his place in the crowded queue, but yielded to a Tidal Grand Wizard Tower apprentice and confronted a Liquefaction Wizard from Dalton Woodland who cut in line.
  • Wizard Terence and Witch Biqi reported Silver-Clad Peach Garden’s surging sales and the Great Green Leaf Dragon Sparrow’s battlefield value, while Locke planned more service stations and reviewed its performance data.
  • Witch Shally told Locke the Ethics and Morality Review Committee was angry over the undead matter, then agreed to investigate the undead and assist his business.
  • Locke tested a modified machine in his laboratory and briefly separated a distinct strand of Spiritual Breath; meanwhile, Wizard Taiwushi insisted on applying for the Academy’s internal fund despite Academy Head Elliott’s warning that Locke would outmatch him.
  • Witch Catherine and the Green Dragon Witch tested Locke with three apples, and Locke detected a nauseating difference in one before receiving a Dragon Crystal for his iron tree seed.
  • Witch Catherine urged Locke to understand the Heaven River Coast and its society as part of completing Void Forging, then warned him about the undead and the growing sinister air in the Wizarding World.
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