Chapter Summaries

Benjamin and Mentor Clark traveled aboard Viola’s heavily automated void battleship to assess the increasingly unstable Falling Star Plane. They found its Plane Barrier already wrapped in an activated Plane Binding Device, prepared to suppress it.

• Benjamin met Mentor Clark in his office, and the two used a permanent teleportation array to reach Viola’s vessel.
• Benjamin recognized the vessel as a high-end warship built for long-term travel through the Endless Chaotic Void.
• A silver construct guided Benjamin and Mentor Clark to the control room, where Viola said the plane’s spiritual fluctuations were growing more frequent.
• Benjamin looked through the battleship’s porthole and saw the Falling Star Plane surrounded by crimson spell arrays from the Plane Binding Device.

Viola reported that the Living Plane’s instability and hostile consciousness were rapidly worsening, while contact with Starfall remained impossible. Clark decided to enter the plane himself to find Starfall, despite Viola and Benjamin warning him of the risks.

• Viola showed Clark and Benjamin data indicating that spiritual intensity and energy activity were rising as the Plane Barrier weakened and the plane consciousness grew more aggressive.
• Viola urged Clark to activate the outer Restraint Array at full capacity, but admitted she could not contact or locate Starfall inside the sealed Fallen Star Land.
• Benjamin questioned whether they could risk containment or extermination without knowing Starfall’s condition, and Clark warned that either action could endanger her or destabilize the plane.
• Clark proposed entering the plane himself to search for Starfall, prompting Viola and Benjamin to object that its chaotic laws and nascent consciousness could trap or attack him.
• Clark explained that he had prepared defensive spells, emergency extraction plans, and extensive simulations, and said he was confident he could retreat unharmed.

Clark entered the sealed Falling Star Plane to find Starfall, while Viola and Benjamin prepared the arrays outside. The plane began awakening sooner and more violently than predicted as Benjamin finished preparing the annihilation systems.

• Viola gave Clark the crystal authorization code that would let the Annihilation Arrays recognize and avoid areas marked by its energy signature.
• Clark ordered Viola and Benjamin to analyze the plane’s monitoring data, then calculated his safest entry window and coordinates before entering the plane.
• Viola took charge of manually overseeing the external Restraint Arrays, while Benjamin prepared the three Plane Annihilation Arrays as a final safeguard.
• Benjamin detected a sharp rise in spiritual activity, and the Falling Star Plane began radiating a powerful, chaotic presence that made its barrier and the surrounding void fluctuate violently.
• The awakening plane reacted to the activated scarlet Restraint Arrays, which became a direct stimulus to its emerging consciousness.

As the Living Plane's will fought against the Restraint Arrays, Viola prepared to launch the Annihilation Arrays, but Benjamin sensed that the newborn consciousness was frightened and in pain rather than malicious. Viola agreed to wait and keep the restraints stable while they awaited news from Mentor Clark and Wizard Starfall.

• The Living Plane's awakening will strained the Restraint Arrays until their rune chains cracked, while Mentor Clark and Wizard Starfall remained out of contact.
• Viola sent an emergency order to launch the Annihilation Arrays, but the battleship did not respond to the command.
• Benjamin studied the Detection Array's readings and sensed that the Living Plane's consciousness was reacting with fear and discomfort rather than intent to destroy.
• Benjamin urged Viola to wait for Mentor Clark and warned her that using her Law of Pain could further agitate the consciousness.
• Viola reluctantly agreed to hold off on the attack and focused on stabilizing the Restraint Arrays as the Living Plane continued to struggle.

Benjamin and Viola’s attempt to calm the newborn Living Plane helped its soul core form and briefly stabilized the chaos. The terrified soul then unleashed a concentrated blast that shattered the Restraint Array, leaving Viola facing the plane’s sudden attack.

• Benjamin monitored the Living Plane as Viola used a gentler approach to keep the strained Restraint Array from collapsing.
• The plane’s spiritual traits converged, forming a soul core and calming its chaotic energy enough to ease the pressure on the array.
• Benjamin told Viola that the soul had formed and the plane seemed to be stabilizing.
• The newborn soul erupted in terror and focused the plane’s power into a single impact.
• The blast shattered the Restraint Array, and Viola reacted in horror as the attack broke through.

Viola tried to stop the Living Plane’s violent outburst, but the blast destroyed the remaining Annihilation Arrays and hurled her through the void. Benjamin’s emotional analysis showed that the plane had reacted in terror rather than attacked, apparently because Mentor Clark was exploring inside it.

• Viola tried to activate an Annihilation Array, but the Living Plane’s outburst destroyed the nearby arrays and sent her tumbling through the void.
• Viola ordered Benjamin to fire at the plane, but he told her to examine his emotional spectrum analysis instead.
• Viola saw that the plane’s terror far outweighed its malice, and its fear began to subside into confusion and pain.
• The last Annihilation Array was destroyed by another burst of residual energy as Viola returned to the battleship and demanded an explanation.
• Benjamin concluded that the plane had been startled by Mentor Clark, a powerful wizard wandering inside its body.

Viola and Benjamin entered the newly awakened Starfall Plane after Clark confirmed the situation was under control. In Starfall’s damaged laboratory, they found her alive as a distinct soul body, though her physical body had vanished.

• The newborn Plane stabilized, but Benjamin warned that Starfall’s safety remained uncertain until Clark sent word that they could enter if they kept their mental fluctuations gentle.
• Viola shielded Benjamin, and the Plane opened its barrier to let them through as they sensed its curious, timid consciousness watching them.
• Viola and Benjamin flew to Starfall’s laboratory and found its tower breached and its interior badly damaged.
• In the laboratory, they found Clark beside Starfall, whose body had disappeared and whose vivid form was now a translucent soul.
• Viola rushed toward Starfall in shock, while Starfall cheerfully greeted them and insisted she was fine.

Starfall explained that animating the Living Plane had consumed her body, though Clark had rescued her soul and the experience had opened a path toward Level Seven. She resolved to make the newborn plane a wizard and apply to the Star Ring Federation for its admission.

• Viola confronted Starfall over losing her body, but Clark warned that Viola's anger was frightening the newborn Living Plane consciousness, so the group left through a passage it opened for them.
• On the warship, Clark praised Viola for restraining herself and Benjamin for persuading her to change tactics, while Starfall and Viola briefly bickered and tussled.
• Starfall said the animation experiment had advanced her understanding and that she hoped to attempt a Level Seven breakthrough within one or two thousand years.
• Viola asked how Starfall planned to treat the Living Plane, and Starfall said she intended to make it a wizard.
• Clark said the plane could learn wizard knowledge, but its admission depended on whether the Star Ring Federation and Star Track Tribunal would permit it to sign the wizard contract.
• Starfall decided to submit a formal application to the Star Ring Federation through the Magic Network.

Clark told Benjamin and Viola that Noren Workshop would soon fight the Tower of Silence and the Chaos Cult after Anton Buchanan’s advancement to Level 8 disrupted the balance among the factions. Federation mediation had delayed the conflict for at most eighty years, and Clark doubted Starfall would be ready in time; Starfall returned from the control room dazed by an apparent shock.

• Clark warned Benjamin and Viola to prepare for war against the Tower of Silence and the Chaos Cult.
• Clark explained that Anton Buchanan’s advancement gave Noren Workshop a second Level 8 Wizard, prompting its rivals to seek a chance to contain it.
• Viola and Clark explained that the Star Ring Federation would coordinate a limited, regulated conflict rather than force the factions to cease hostilities.
• Clark said Federation mediation had delayed the war for at most eighty years, and he believed Starfall would not be ready to take part.
• Starfall returned to the lounge in a dazed, disordered state after connecting to the Magic Network.

Wizard Starfall learned that the Star Ring Federation had approved the little one's entry into Wizard Civilization and awarded her a Level One Training Agreement for her groundbreaking research. The chapter ended with Starfall embracing the scale of the Federation’s investment and the path her theory could open.

• Wizard Starfall told Viola, Benjamin, and Clark that the Star Ring Federation had agreed to teach the little one basic wizard knowledge and accept it as a special member if it signed the contract.
• Wizard Starfall revealed that Felix, the Star Ring Federation Magic Network’s core artificial intelligence, had personally handled the application.
• Wizard Starfall announced that Felix had granted her a Level One Training Agreement in recognition of her contributions to Plane Activation Theory, the Law of Spirituality, and expanding Wizard Civilization’s strategic force.
• Benjamin realized the agreement was an investment in Starfall’s proposal to turn Living Planes into wizards, a path that could transform the Federation’s military strength.
• Viola embraced Starfall, who brightened and said that she had truly pierced the heavens.

Benjamin realized that the Level One Training Agreement meant Starfall would be protected from the coming war, and Clark chose to stay with the newborn Starfall Plane to guide and study it. Before Benjamin and Viola departed, Starfall gave them the Starfall Spirit Awakening Technique 1.0, a major research breakthrough that could deepen Benjamin’s understanding of Spirit Energy.

• Benjamin understood that Noren Workshop would keep Starfall away from the war to protect her and her research.
• Benjamin and Viola prepared to leave, while Clark decided to remain and teach the newborn Living Plane.
• Starfall sent Benjamin, Viola, and Clark the model for her Starfall Spirit Awakening Technique 1.0.
• Starfall explained that the technique could awaken intelligence through energy resonance and information injection, though large-scale use risked losing control.
• Benjamin, Viola, and Clark thanked Starfall for the valuable research gift.

Benjamin completed the Cross-Space Energy Transmission System after nearly ten years of work and traveled to the Junction Point to test it. The test succeeded, while the Junction Point’s deserted, suspicious atmosphere showed that news of the coming war had spread widely.

• Benjamin returned to the Purgatory Sulfur Plane and focused on finishing the Cross-Space Energy Transmission System with the Black Giant Priest team.
• After nearly ten years, Benjamin completed the system’s main construction and began planning a live test in a complex environment.
• Benjamin chose the Junction Point and found its streets and shops largely deserted as wizards from the three major powers eyed one another warily.
• Benjamin set up a private room and activated a Coordinate Guidance Talisman Plate to test energy transmission from the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
• Benjamin confirmed that the transmission was stable and efficient, then reflected that he needed to grow stronger before the war arrived.

After completing the Cross-Space Energy Transmission System, Benjamin considered how to raise his combat power before the wizard war and decided to modify Spirit Transformation Stage spells. He selected three spells for further study, broadening his options beyond the Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light.

• Benjamin reviewed the system’s success and found that his mastery of the Spirit Energy Law had risen from about 14% to 20%.
• Benjamin judged that further Body Tempering should wait until his mental power and Spiritual Power caught up, and chose spell modification as his short-term path to greater combat power.
• Benjamin entered the Great Dao Library and searched its enormous collection for Spirit Transformation Stage spells with useful battlefield mechanisms.
• Benjamin selected Return to Void Armor for defense and counterattacks, Causal Shadow Tracing Technique for reconnaissance and tracking, and Void-Step for movement and concealment.

Benjamin began adapting several Cultivation spells into a wizard-based combat system and focused on understanding the Return to Void Armor by consuming Plane Origin rich in related laws. His costly research was sustained by a surge in Imaginary Element sales, and he continued his work with new income from the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.

• Benjamin planned to dismantle and rebuild the Return to Void Armor, Causal Shadow Tracing Technique, and Void-Step using wizard runes and models.
• Benjamin ordered large quantities of Plane Origin associated with devouring, annihilation, the abyss, the void, and entropy’s end to study the Return to Void Artistic Conception.
• Benjamin consumed strands of Plane Origin to absorb their stored knowledge, gaining information without truly understanding its deeper logic.
• Benjamin’s spell research and rare-material expenses strained his finances despite income from the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol and Liquid Adamantine.
• Wizards’ interest in Imaginary Element increased after news spread about Wizard Starfall’s Level One Training Agreement, and Benjamin accepted their lucrative orders.
• Benjamin used the growing Imaginary Element revenue and Spirit Energy sales from the Purgatory Sulfur Plane to keep funding his research.

Benjamin reached Level 5 Wizard after absorbing Plane Origin, but realized his cultivation had no clear path from Spirit Transformation to Void Refinement. Ancient records led him to conclude that later realms and Level 6 Wizard represented major leaps with few established steps, leaving him wary of the coming wizard war.

• Benjamin's Ring of Truth trembled as he reached Level 5 Wizard, though he recognized his orthodox wizard knowledge remained limited compared with veteran wizards.
• Benjamin found that his spiritual power and Spiritual Power kept growing rapidly, yet he could not sense a path toward Void Refinement.
• Benjamin searched the Great Dao Library and learned that cultivation bottlenecks were milestones refined by predecessors, while advancement from Spirit Transformation onward approached a more primitive, uncertain state.
• Benjamin reasoned that Wizard Levels 3 through 5 were stages within one mid-level realm, while Level 6 marked a qualitative leap into high-level wizardry.
• Benjamin recalled Senior Viola's easy passage through Levels 4 and 5 and her difficult breakthrough to Level 6, then resumed absorbing Plane Origin with greater concern about the coming war.

After ten years of research, Benjamin completed and tested a modified Return to Void Armor that could absorb Level 5 energy attacks and withstand sustained Level 6 bombardment. With his essence, energy, and spirit restored to balance, he decided to resume Time Afterimage training.

• Benjamin finished modifying the Return to Void Armor and brought it to the Testing Ground for trials.
• The armor absorbed Level 5 attacks for ten days without damage, storing only 67% of its estimated maximum energy.
• Against simulated Level 6 attacks, the armor endured more than an hour of sustained bombardment and reached 97% energy storage.
• Benjamin confirmed that faster energy digestion and conversion drove the armor’s improved defense, while its physical defense still depended partly on stored energy and his bodily strength.
• Benjamin noted that his essence, energy, and spirit had returned to balance and decided to restart Time Afterimage training.

Benjamin’s month of fighting Time Afterimages greatly strengthened his body, though his physical power outpaced his mental power and Spiritual Power. After Blake warned him of rising wartime demand and hinted at his own preparations, Benjamin inspected his stored resources and decided to upgrade the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier.

• Benjamin defeated his Time Afterimage, then recovered in a medicinal bath as a Black Giant Priest recorded major gains in his physical abilities.
• Benjamin accepted William Blake’s call, agreed to prepare more Liquid Adamantine, and warned Blake to prioritize survival preparations as war approached.
• After his bath, Benjamin visited the Purgatory Sulfur Plane’s storage district and inspected his stocks of Flower Deity Malice, death Killing Intent, Power of Incense, and Mortal Aura.
• Benjamin summoned the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier and judged that its current reserves might not withstand powerful curse or illusion attacks.
• Benjamin decided to use his plentiful Flower Deity Malice to thoroughly upgrade the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier.

Benjamin discovered that the Incense Divinity Path had accumulated a large reserve of highly concentrated Incense Poison, which could serve as a powerful material for upgrading the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier. He decided to first modify Causal Shadow Tracing Technique and Void-Step before beginning the barrier’s transformation.

• Benjamin asked the Black Giant Priest where impurities from the Incense Divinity Path’s filtering system had been stored.
• The Black Giant Priest led Benjamin to a secured warehouse containing a mass of compressed Incense Poison held inside a Composite Array.
• Benjamin learned that Incense Poison was formed from harmful thoughts and emotions filtered out of Incense Divine Power and could erode the mind and soul.
• The Black Giant Priest showed Benjamin that the warehouse held substantial reserves of Incense Poison and that its daily output continued to grow.
• Benjamin judged Incense Poison suitable for strengthening the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier but cautioned that it required precise refining and a stable carrier.
• Benjamin decided to modify Causal Shadow Tracing Technique and Void-Step before using Flower Deity Malice, Mortal Aura, and Incense Poison to upgrade the barrier.

Ten years later, Benjamin completed wizard-energy upgrades to Void-Step and Causal Shadow Tracing Mirror and began gathering research to upgrade the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier. Viola informed him that the Coordination War would begin in twenty-five years on a Federation-modified abandoned plane, forcing him to focus on immediate combat strength.

• Benjamin reviewed the successful Void-Step test results and noted that his modified spells formed a preliminary combat system for offense, defense, scouting, and movement.
• Benjamin searched the Magic Network Terminal for research on Power of Faith and selected materials to help him safely use Incense Poison in upgrading the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier.
• Viola contacted Benjamin and revealed that the Coordination War had been scheduled to begin in twenty-five years, much sooner than expected.
• Viola explained that the Star Ring Federation had designated a specially modified ultra-large abandoned plane as the battlefield, where both sides would have limited access to local resources.
• Benjamin accepted that he had to prioritize immediate combat strength and confirmed the purchase of his selected Power of Faith research materials.

After fifteen years of preparation, Benjamin upgraded the Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier and began mass-producing single-use Wizard Artifacts for the coming war. The manufacturing zone started full-scale production, while the requested materials continued arriving in vast quantities.

• Benjamin used the automated manufacturing chamber to fuse Flower Deity Malice, Dead Baleful Qi, Liquid Adamantine, Mortal Aura, and Incense Poison into the upgraded Mystic Gang Mortal Dust Barrier.
• Benjamin tested the barrier, confirmed its soul connection and enhanced ability to punish curses, prophecy, and soul contamination, then concealed it around himself.
• A Black Giant Priest reported that Material Storage Area One was eighty-seven percent full and that more supplies were arriving through long-term contracts and cross-plane transportation.
• Benjamin produced and tested about five hundred compact, rapidly rechargeable Wizard Artifacts that each stored one full-power Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light.
• Benjamin connected the production system to the Level 7 Large Elemental Pool and activated fully automated mass production of the metal-plate Wizard Artifacts.