Chapter Summaries

Benjamin fled after his soul was badly damaged, relying on wizard artifacts that could function without his fine control and deploying decoys to obscure his trail. He survived for more than ten days, but his injuries showed no sign of improving.

• Benjamin used Void-Step's automatic acceleration and concealment, activated Return to Void Armor, and had a Black Giant Priest cast Causal Shadow Tracing Technique to blur his traces.
• Benjamin sent more than ten thousand Patrollers carrying traces of his aura in every direction to scatter false trails.
• Benjamin fled toward the Noren Workshop camp while reflecting that fire-and-forget wizard artifacts served as a safeguard for gravely wounded wizards.
• Benjamin continued fleeing for more than ten days, but his soul damage persisted as the vital essence he converted into soul power rapidly leaked away.

While badly injured and racing toward the Noren Workshop defensive line, Benjamin was intercepted by a wizard squad led by a self-important Holy Son. Benjamin killed Lina with a surprise attack, but the Holy Son blocked his next strike and became interested in Benjamin's secrets.

• Benjamin sensed five hostile Level 5 wizards approaching and pushed Void-Step to its limit, but they intercepted him.
• The squad surrounded Benjamin, and Lina demanded his identity before the Holy Son ordered her to kill him.
• Benjamin attacked as Lina bowed, killing her instantly with the Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light.
• The remaining female wizards raged at Benjamin for attacking in front of the Holy Son, and he fired at the purple-haired wizard.
• The Holy Son raised a rainbow barrier that absorbed most of Benjamin's strike, then said he wanted to learn Benjamin's secrets.

Benjamin endured the Holy Son’s attacks with the Return to Void Armor, then summoned fifty Black Giant Priests to defeat him. The Holy Son died, but using his Internal Grotto-Heaven and mobilizing the priests severely worsened Benjamin’s soul injuries, and the priests began escorting him back to camp.

• The Holy Son attacked Benjamin with linked, near-Level 6 spells, but the Return to Void Armor absorbed and converted the assault.
• Benjamin’s Li-Fire Extinction Divine Light failed to penetrate the Holy Son’s Seven-Colored Rainbow Wall, so Benjamin opened his Internal Grotto-Heaven despite his worsening soul pain.
• Benjamin summoned fifty Black Giant Priests, whose Return to Void Armor fields absorbed the Holy Son’s attacks and whose combined Li-Fire Extinction Divine Lights overwhelmed his defenses.
• The Holy Son sacrificed the three witches to survive the first barrage, but the priests’ second volley destroyed him and his remaining defenses.
• Benjamin collapsed from the strain of summoning and directing the priests, sent a distress signal to Noren Workshop’s frontline camp, and ordered the priests to escort him there.

Benjamin woke after seventeen hours unconscious to find the Black Giant Priests slowly escorting him through a barrage from more than fifty enemy wizards. As his soul injuries worsened and a Level 6 enemy named Griffin approached, Noren Workshop reinforcements arrived, including Viola, and Benjamin lost consciousness again.

• Benjamin woke inside the Black Giant Priests' defensive formation while Chaos Cult and Tower of Silence wizards bombarded them and blocked their escape.
• Benjamin used his remaining strength to retrieve spare energy cases from his Pocket Dimension, and the Black Giant Priests replenished their Wizard Artifacts.
• The enemy wizards taunted Benjamin and revealed that Lord Griffin, a Level 6 Wizard, was on his way.
• Benjamin's soul injury worsened as the Black Giant Priests failed to break through the enemy's delaying tactics.
• Benjamin's distress signal received Noren Workshop's response, and Viola arrived with another Level 6 Wizard and an elite Level 5 squad.
• The enemy wizards began retreating, and Benjamin lost consciousness after seeing Viola.

Benjamin awoke after five days of treatment, with his shattered soul stabilized but still missing more than sixty percent. Viola and Mentor Clark startled him with a mock threat to dissect him, then discussed his extraordinary survival and the worsening reconnaissance battles.

• Benjamin woke on a healing array in Noren Workshop and learned that his soul was stabilizing, though much of it was still missing.
• Viola and Mentor Clark inspected Benjamin and suggested studying how he had survived injuries that should have killed him.
• Benjamin mistook the treatment platform for a dissection table and leapt away, realizing Viola and Clark had been teasing him.
• Clark assured Benjamin that his secrets were protected, while Viola asked whether he would sell or license his survival technique; Benjamin declined, saying it was not understood or reproducible.
• Viola told Benjamin that reconnaissance clashes had intensified as both sides searched for enemy wizards preparing large-scale war magic, and casualties had risen.

Benjamin submitted precise intelligence about the enemy headquarters and learned that elite Level 5 Wizards had become major threats as the war intensified. He revealed to a stunned Viola that he had apparently killed the feared Holy Son and his four companions before being rescued.

• Benjamin submitted his recorded coordinates and energy readings to the Magic Network Terminal and received 700,000 points in military merit.
• Viola explained that the enemy headquarters' general area had already been identified and that both sides would launch dangerous searches behind enemy lines.
• Benjamin told Viola he planned to resume reconnaissance missions after recovering, despite nearly dying on his last mission.
• Viola warned Benjamin about formidable Elite Level 5s, including the Chaos Cult's Holy Son, who could briefly fight a Level 6 Wizard with four companions assisting him.
• Benjamin recognized Viola's description of the Holy Son and said he had accidentally killed him and his four maids before being rescued.
• Viola stared in shock at Benjamin's revelation.

Benjamin recounted how he killed the Chaos Cult’s Holy Son and survived an encounter with three enemy wizards, including the elite [Hand of Annihilation]. Dionysius Spencer recognized the value of Benjamin’s intelligence and promised to record his military merits, while Benjamin remained in treatment and planned his next steps.

• Viola believed Benjamin had killed the Holy Son and hurried to tell Mentor Clark, who returned with Dionysius Spencer.
• Benjamin described being pursued by [Collector] Alice and [Shadow Curse] Karon, whom he disabled with a prepared array before fleeing toward camp.
• Benjamin recounted how a Tower of Silence wizard with mist-like form and annihilating attacks caught him, and explained how he defeated the enemy.
• Viola identified the slain wizard as [Hand of Annihilation], and Dionysius confirmed the description and weakness matched the renowned Level 6 elite.
• Dionysius praised Benjamin, promised the Workshop would record his kills and award his merits, then left with Clark to reassess the enemy deployment.
• Viola congratulated Benjamin and left to spread the news while he continued recovering and considered his next steps.

After his soul recovered enough to leave critical care, Benjamin studied two techniques gifted by rescued Noren Workshop wizards and found the missing link in his combat system. He told Viola he was ready to test it by taking a reconnaissance mission and seeking a fight.

• Benjamin's soul reached 62.7% integrity, and he left the treatment room after the construct confirmed his recovery was stable.
• Benjamin studied the Multi-Layer Barrier Nesting Optimization Algorithm and the Water Elemental Shaping and Energy Compression Technique.
• Benjamin used ideas from the techniques to complete the final link in his combat system.
• Viola arrived at Benjamin's rest room and found him studying a complex three-dimensional rune model.
• Benjamin told Viola he planned to take a reconnaissance mission and find someone to practice against.

Benjamin learned how wizards earned the distinction of being known by their true names, then accepted a dangerous reconnaissance mission beyond enemy territory. After detecting Blake’s concealment, Benjamin agreed to scout in parallel with him, and the two departed from camp.

• Viola told Benjamin that the camp was spreading rumors about his victories and teased him about the title he might earn.
• Mentor Clark explained that a wizard could retain their true name through overwhelming, undefinable abilities or by ensuring no witnesses survived.
• Benjamin selected a high-risk reconnaissance mission near the unexplored dark-red zone behind enemy lines.
• Benjamin detected Blake’s Presence Concealment and revealed him, surprising the Soul School wizard.
• Blake proposed that they scout independently but remain close enough to support each other, splitting intelligence and Military Merit evenly, and Benjamin agreed.
• Benjamin and Blake exchanged contact codes and emergency plans, then left camp in separate directions.

Benjamin and Blake investigated unusually heavy patrols and signs of concealed activity after defeating a hunting squad. Blake found a disturbance in a rocky region, and Benjamin arrived concealed, recognizing signs of a highly skilled Soul School wizard lurking nearby.

• Benjamin destroyed a twenty-man hunting squad, including three peak Level 5 wizards, while Blake scanned the battlefield for lingering traces.
• Blake warned Benjamin that patrols had grown unusually dense and that the defeated squad seemed like an elite guard unit.
• Benjamin and Blake suspected an important enemy site or a trap, then agreed that Blake would scout ahead while Benjamin followed as backup.
• Blake sent Benjamin a warning about an abnormality and advised him to approach quietly and observe from afar.
• Benjamin used Phase Space and the Five-Skandha Rainbow Mirror to reach Blake's coordinates without revealing himself.
• Benjamin sensed an obscured presence and concluded that a highly skilled Soul School wizard specializing in concealment and interference was nearby.

Benjamin discovered an advanced Soul School wizard hiding through environmental assimilation and sent Blake away with urgent intelligence about a possible important target nearby. He stayed behind to investigate, preparing to attack the concealed scout while suspecting a Level 6 Wizard might be stationed farther back.

• Benjamin detected a subtle disharmony in an ordinary-looking boulder and identified a concealed Soul School wizard using environmental assimilation.
• Benjamin withdrew and told Blake about the lurker, and Blake reported that no other enemies were detectable nearby but warned that support might be farther behind.
• Benjamin ordered Blake to return to camp with the coordinates and an urgent risk assessment, while he stayed to conduct reconnaissance alone.
• Benjamin returned to the lurker’s location in Phase Space and spotted its faint humanoid outline on the rock.
• Benjamin deployed and equipped his Floating Cannons, checked his defenses and Wizard Artifacts, and cast acceleration on himself before waiting for Blake to get clear.

Benjamin ambushed and killed a Level 5 Soul School wizard, then fought off the wizard’s hidden allies with his twelve Li-Fire Floating Cannons. As the surviving enemies fled, a Level 6 Tower of Silence wizard arrived and fixed his gaze on Benjamin.

• Benjamin emerged from Phase Space and killed the Soul School wizard with Spatial Slash, but the wizard unleashed a deadly spiritual attack as he died.
• More than twenty hidden Level 5 Wizards attacked Benjamin with a barrage of spells.
• Benjamin endured their attacks behind the Return to Void Armor and used his twelve Li-Fire Floating Cannons to destroy more than half the ambushers.
• The remaining ambushers fled as Benjamin’s cannons pursued them, but an immense pressure halted the fighting.
• A Level 6 Tower of Silence wizard arrived and confronted Benjamin from across the Gobi.

Benjamin faced a black-robed Level 6 Wizard whose attacks could break defenses through a strange law-like property, and the two began a fierce ranged battle. Benjamin kept his distance and layered fresh Return to Void Armor fields as the enemy’s relentless barrage threatened to exhaust his reserves.

• Benjamin killed the remaining fleeing Wizards with two Floating Cannons, then fired a converged beam from the other ten at the black-robed Wizard, who made it vanish with a raised palm.
• The black-robed Wizard unleashed a sea of flames that shattered Benjamin’s first Return to Void Armor field, but Benjamin’s instinctive activation of a second field protected him from the attack.
• The black-robed Wizard recognized Benjamin’s aura as resembling the traces left by Karon and Alice and realized he was likely the one who had killed [Hand of Annihilation].
• Benjamin activated [Void-Step], retreated while unleashing a storm of Li-Fire beams, and repeatedly deployed fresh Return to Void Armor fields.
• The black-robed Wizard neutralized Benjamin’s beams with strange hand movements and countered with dense waves of energy bolts, beginning a fierce exchange across the Gobi.

Benjamin used layered Return to Void Armor and probing attacks to uncover the black-robed wizard’s strange defensive and offensive abilities. After surviving a close-range attack that cost him an arm, Benjamin deduced that the wizard wielded the Fantasy Law, and the wizard began to take him seriously.

• Benjamin layered multiple Return to Void Armor fields while dodging the black-robed wizard’s barrages and using Floating Cannons to probe his defenses.
• Benjamin inferred that the wizard’s defense erased attacks and that his attacks could bypass defenses, then began identifying the law behind these effects.
• The black-robed wizard suddenly appeared beside Benjamin and struck at his chest, forcing Benjamin to counterattack rather than evade.
• Benjamin’s punch slowed the wizard’s palm, but the resulting collision dispersed his arm up to the shoulder before a final Return to Void Armor field stopped the effect.
• Benjamin escaped with Void-Step and rapidly regenerated his arm, then identified the black-robed wizard’s power as the origin of the Fantasy Law.

Benjamin fought a black-robed Level 6 Wizard whose [Fantasy] Law skipped processes to impose results, and learned how its limitations shaped their battle. The Wizard refused to spare Benjamin, leaving them poised for a fight to the death.

• Benjamin recognized that the black-robed Wizard's [Fantasy] Law could skip achievable processes but was limited by its omission allowance and required a mental connection.
• The black-robed Wizard used the [Fantasy] Law to appear beside Benjamin and attack, while Benjamin sacrificed his arms and used the Return to Void Armor and Void-Step to escape.
• The black-robed Wizard tried to define the result of Benjamin's head being shattered, but Benjamin used his armor's brief delay to block with his left arm and retreat again.
• The black-robed Wizard paused to recover from the mental burden of using the [Fantasy] Law as Benjamin regenerated both arms.
• Benjamin asked the black-robed Wizard to let him live, but the Wizard said Benjamin's potential made him too dangerous to leave alive.
• Benjamin prepared his energy and Spiritual Power as both Wizards accepted that their battle would be to the death.

Benjamin fought the black-robed wizard, whose [Fantasy] Law grew more effective as he learned the limits of the Return to Void Armor. Benjamin replenished his energy through the Purgatory Sulfur Plane, but he realized his defenses and Black Giant Priests would fail before his body could evolve enough to resist the attacks.

• Benjamin sacrificed both arms and used ten Black Giant Priests to interrupt the black-robed wizard’s pursuit, but the wizard erased all ten with a sweep of his hand.
• Benjamin realized the black-robed wizard was learning how to break the fixed structure of the Return to Void Armor, making each attack faster and more dangerous.
• The black-robed wizard sensed that Benjamin’s body was rapidly evolving and strengthened his resolve to kill him.
• Benjamin repeatedly summoned Black Giant Priests to escape the wizard’s attacks, losing three to five each round while adapting his body to the [Fantasy] Law.
• As Benjamin’s energy and vitality waned, he redirected the Cross-Space Energy Transmission System to draw Spirit Energy from the Purgatory Sulfur Plane.
• Benjamin recovered his energy but calculated that the Black Giant Priests would be exhausted before his body became immune to a [Fantasy] Law attack.

Benjamin fought the black-robed wizard while using Spirit Energy to recover and evolve against the [Fantasy] Law. After the wizard adapted to Benjamin’s defenses, Benjamin finally adapted in turn, blocking a direct strike with his mangled but unannihilated arm.

• Benjamin used an unfamiliar energy in the battlefield to increase environmental complexity and drain the black-robed wizard’s allowance, then stalled him with conversation while recovering.
• The black-robed wizard attacked during their exchange, but Benjamin detonated his Floating Cannons between them and escaped after his right arm was shattered.
• Benjamin repeatedly retreated and sacrificed arms, Black Giants, and Floating Cannons to disrupt the wizard’s attacks, but the wizard eventually perfected a model for breaking his defenses.
• The black-robed wizard launched what he expected to be a decisive strike, but Benjamin’s right arm shattered without turning to ashes, and Benjamin declared that he had finally adapted.

Benjamin fought the black-robed wizard in a brutal close-range battle, using the Body Tempering Method to regenerate and adapt to the corrosive power of [Fantasy]. The black-robed wizard shifted his quota toward defense, but Benjamin’s stamina and strength kept growing as the fight dragged on.

• Benjamin noticed that the black-robed wizard’s attacks could be weakened by forcing him to spend his [Fantasy] quota, and he counterattacked despite suffering shattered bones and flesh.
• Benjamin’s Body Tempering Method rapidly healed his injuries and adapted to [Fantasy], allowing him to withstand the wizard’s relentless hand-to-hand assault.
• The black-robed wizard shifted more of his quota to defense, absorbing or nullifying Benjamin’s physical blows, Li Fire Divine Light, and spatial attacks.
• After nearly ten minutes of combat, the black-robed wizard grew alarmed by Benjamin’s seemingly endless recovery and energy supply, while Benjamin’s endurance and adaptive strength continued to improve.
• Benjamin increasingly counterattacked and forced the black-robed wizard to spend quota defending, turning the fight from a one-sided beating into an even exchange.

Benjamin struggled to defeat a Level 6 wizard who wielded the [Fantasy] Law when Augusta arrived on a gigantic metallic craft and joined the battle. The black-robed wizard destroyed her metal barrier with a single attack, leaving Augusta facing the danger Benjamin had warned her about.

• Benjamin realized the fight had lasted long enough for the enemy to call for reinforcements and considered using Light Transformation to escape.
• A massive metallic object plunged from the sky, and Benjamin avoided its impact while his Return to Void Armor shielded him from the resulting shockwaves.
• Augusta descended from the metal mountain and reunited with Benjamin, who urgently warned her that the black-robed wizard controlled the [Fantasy] Law and told her to hold him off.
• Augusta used Magnetic Field Manipulation to raise the metal mountain as a shield, but the wizard's dark gray energy bullet passed through it and caused it to disintegrate.
• The black-robed wizard recognized Augusta as the Level 5 Wizard from Noren Workshop known as the Martial God.

Augusta fought the black-robed wizard by controlling massive metal and lava constructs while hiding her true body underground. The wizard located her, and Augusta was left exposed just as she waited for Benjamin to be ready.

• Augusta gathered scattered metal into a ten-thousand-meter giant and attacked the black-robed wizard.
• The wizard destroyed parts of the metal giant, but Augusta repeatedly reshaped its debris and struck back with electromagnetic attacks.
• The wizard used the [Fantasy] Law to detect the magnetic field's hidden source and found Augusta underground inside a metal drill bit.
• Augusta trapped the wizard in a suppressive force field and attacked him with more than a hundred lava fists.
• The wizard spoke into Augusta's mind, saying that he had found her, and she froze in terror.