Chapter Summaries

Benjamin helped Savien improve the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol so it could support precise adjustments without compromising spatial stability. Their technical discussion drew the attention of nearby wizards, who recognized that Savien was treating Benjamin as an equal research partner.

• Savien asked Benjamin how to add adjustable fluctuations to the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol without disrupting its spatial stabilization.
• Benjamin devised a runic formula for a dynamic adjustment layer and explained how modular templates could accommodate different experiments.
• Savien and Benjamin expanded the design on Magic Network Terminals and worked together to refine its formulas, losing track of time as their food grew cold.
• Benjamin noticed that high-ranking wizards avoided interrupting Savien, while nearby researchers watched the pair's discussion in astonishment.
• The onlookers recognized that Benjamin and Savien were discussing the project as equals and reconsidered the significance of Benjamin's protocol.

Benjamin spent a month conducting intense research with Savien, refining the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol and greatly improving his grasp of spatial laws. As the academic exchange conference officially opened, Benjamin was finally released from the laboratory for its welcome reception.

• Several Level 7 Wizards saw Savien engrossed in research with Benjamin and concluded that Benjamin had gained Savien’s recognition and a place in the Spatiology School.
• The Level 7 Wizards discussed how Benjamin’s family might sacrifice the wizard who had tested him to avert hostility from a future Level 8 Wizard.
• Benjamin spent most of the following month in Savien’s laboratory, where they used an advanced Time Law Chamber and worked more than two hundred hours a day.
• Benjamin and Savien repeatedly revised the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol, while Benjamin’s spatial-law mastery rose to over twenty percent.
• The academic exchange conference officially opened, and Benjamin was freed from research for the evening welcome reception.

Benjamin attended the exchange conference’s welcome cocktail party, where Savien kept other powerful Wizards from approaching him and brought him to meet two renowned figures in Spatiology. The chapter ended with Benjamin seated at their table alongside Bastian and Morna.

• Benjamin entered the reception hall, drawing the attention of Wizards interested in his research with Savien.
• Several Level 8 Wizards tried to approach Benjamin, but Savien arrived first and led him away.
• Savien introduced Benjamin to Bastian of the Anti-Entropy Alliance and Morna of the Void Architecture Institute.
• Bastian and Morna welcomed Benjamin to their table, and Benjamin sat down with them.

Savien introduced Benjamin to Bastian and Morna, praising his achievements and potential. After examining Benjamin’s puppet body, Bastian and Morna discovered an unfamiliar spatial mapping technology and realized Benjamin had developed something entirely new.

• Savien told Bastian and Morna that Benjamin’s research had impressed him and that Benjamin would accomplish great things.
• At Savien’s suggestion, Bastian and Morna examined Benjamin’s puppet body with their mental force.
• Bastian and Morna found a Spatial Mapping Node connecting to a plane that overlapped with their own space without interfering with it.
• Bastian and Morna searched their knowledge for a matching technique but found none.
• Bastian and Morna withdrew their mental force and recognized that Benjamin had developed a new technology beyond the current system.

Benjamin showed Savien, Morna, and Bastian an imperfect spatial technology, which they praised as a new path in spatiology. He then revealed that his academic exchange presentation would be an advanced stage of the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol, leaving the three senior wizards eager to see it.

• Benjamin explained that the spatial technology was still imperfect and had been developed with help from others.
• Savien, Morna, and Bastian praised the technology as a new path in spatiology, while other high-ranking wizards considered how to approach Benjamin.
• Bastian asked whether Benjamin planned to present the spatial technology at the academic exchange, and Morna guessed he would present work related to the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol.
• Benjamin said he would present an advanced technology of the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol rather than a variant or application.
• Bastian, Morna, and Savien expressed their anticipation for Benjamin's presentation at the academic exchange.

Benjamin attended the Academic Exchange Conference, learned from Savien’s keynote on spatial theory, and explored the exhibition. Ryan of the Mobius Lineage apologized for an attack on Benjamin and showed proof that the responsible descendant had been executed, leaving Benjamin to recognize the political weight of Savien, Bastian, and Morna’s support.

• Savien opened the conference with a detailed presentation of his latest research on spatial theory, which Benjamin recorded and followed with difficulty.
• The hall transformed into an exhibition area where Benjamin examined a miniature teleportation array demonstrating spatial folding.
• Ryan, an elder of the Mobius Lineage, approached Benjamin and apologized for an unauthorized attack on his way to the conference.
• Ryan gave Benjamin a recording crystal showing the Lineage stripping its insignia from the culprit and executing him, while an elf servant who tried to intervene was also killed.
• Benjamin accepted the apology and concluded that the Lineage had acted quickly because Savien, Bastian, and Morna’s public recognition had changed his standing.

Benjamin accepted the Mobius Lineage’s costly compensation and reconciled with Ryan, who gained a direct connection to him. After the exhibition’s first stage ended, Benjamin reviewed the specialized sub-venues and stopped at a presentation by Redes.

• Ryan offered Benjamin a Space Ring filled with materials worth over a hundred trillion low-level Military Merit as compensation for the Mobius Lineage’s wrongdoing.
• Benjamin accepted the compensation and shook Ryan’s hand, bringing their grievances to an end.
• Benjamin exchanged contact information with Ryan, delighting him and surprising onlookers who envied the Mobius Lineage’s new connection to Benjamin.
• The first round of the free exhibition ended, and attendees were guided toward specialized sub-venues for academic presentations.
• Benjamin examined the presentation topics and paused at “Mental Power Fluctuation Fine-Tuning Technology in Practical Combat Spells,” presented by Redes, a Level 7 Combat Department Wizard.

Benjamin attended Redes's practical demonstration of a technique that adjusted spiritual power frequencies to make spells faster and stronger without extra power. The Wizards began testing the technique under Redes's guidance.

• Benjamin noticed that a Level 7 Wizard from the Combat Department was presenting a practical spellcasting technique and went to Redes's sub-venue.
• Benjamin found the venue arranged like a training ground, where Wizards were already exchanging spellcasting insights and practicing.
• Redes introduced his technique for adjusting spiritual power fluctuations to match spell runes.
• Redes demonstrated that the technique made a Fireball Spell nearly ten percent faster and almost seven percent more powerful without increasing spiritual power consumption.
• Redes explained how different rune combinations required different spiritual power frequencies, then guided the Wizards as they tested the technique.

Benjamin learned a practical mental-power technique from Redes and found it could be adapted to many forms of wizardry, though its underlying principles remained unclear. After attending more breakout sessions, he ended the day at the conference with ideas beginning to take shape in his mind.

• Benjamin used Redes's technique to form a wind blade that cut a rune target, then considered how it might improve wizardry and Rune Artifacts.
• Benjamin discovered that the mental-power frequencies varied unpredictably between rune combinations and concluded that Redes's method came from combat experience rather than a general theory.
• Benjamin admired the practical value of Redes's technique and attended several other specialized breakout sessions.
• Benjamin observed that wizards continued debating and deriving formulas through a brief tea break before the afternoon sessions resumed.
• At evening, the conference announced the first phase of breakout sessions had ended, and Benjamin organized the day's ideas as they began forming a new outline through his Entropy Brain talent.

Benjamin presented a new technology that stabilized a living organism’s body and soul, drawing intense interest from the conference attendees. The chapter ended with Combat Department wizards recognizing that it could help vanguards survive the destabilizing effects of unfamiliar planes.

• Benjamin attended Redes’s seminar on the relationship between mental power fluctuations and rune combinations, then spent the following week exploring research and exchanging ideas at the conference.
• On the eighth day, Benjamin arrived for his presentation and found nearly ten thousand wizards gathered, including Savien, Bastian, and Morna in the front row.
• Benjamin introduced an advanced technology derived from the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol, explaining that it stabilized living organisms rather than their surroundings.
• A Level 7 Combat Department wizard rose in alarm as he understood that the technology could keep a wizard’s body and soul stable after entering an unfamiliar plane.
• The Combat Department wizards realized the technology could save vanguard lives and significantly improve the Wizard Legion’s combat strength.

Benjamin’s Life Stabilization Field technology astonished the wizards with its potential to stabilize Law Solidification Domains, aid dangerous experiments, and assist advancement breakthroughs. The chapter ended as Benjamin began explaining the technology’s underlying principles and connection to the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol.

• Morna, Bastian, and Savien realized the technology could stabilize the flesh and soul during Level 5 wizards’ advancement to Level 6, improving their chances of success.
• Morna identified possible uses for high-risk Life Modification experiments, while Savien and Bastian noted the technology could strengthen Level 6 and Level 7 wizards’ combat performance.
• Savien concluded that the technology could help qualified Level 7 wizards break through to Level 8 by stabilizing their condition during advancement.
• The wizards in the hall reacted with shock and excitement as they recognized the technology’s broad applications and potential impact on Wizard Civilization.
• Benjamin explained that the Life Stabilization Field was a localized result of the basic Mind-Body Regulation principle from the Immortal Cultivation System.
• Benjamin displayed a new rune model and began outlining the technology’s implementation principles and connection to the Self-Stabilizing Field Regulation Protocol.

After Benjamin’s Life Stabilization Field Technology brought him greater wealth and attention at the conference, Savien warned him that a treasure linked to Level 9 advancement had been stolen in the Shattered Bone Corridor. Benjamin prepared to leave the next day, grateful for Savien’s efforts to shield him from suspicion but mindful of the danger ahead.

• Benjamin uploaded Life Stabilization Field Technology to the Magic Network Terminal, causing his income and Military Merit to rise sharply.
• At the final dinner, Benjamin thanked Savien, Bastian, and Morna for protecting him from people who might oppose his work.
• Savien privately told Benjamin that a treasure recording the complete advancement of a Level 9 Lifeform had been stolen in the Shattered Bone Corridor by a group from the Multi-Race Alliance.
• Savien said he had directed investigators toward the Multi-Race Alliance group and advised Benjamin to be careful on his journey the next day.
• Benjamin considered Savien’s warning and returned to his room to prepare for departure.

Benjamin left the Void Architecture Institute, but someone tampered with a teleportation array and sent him to a desolate floating continent. There, Level 7 Wizard Hogg introduced himself as a robber who wanted to take some of Benjamin’s resources.

• Benjamin bid farewell to Savien, Bastian, and Morna before beginning his journey home.
• Benjamin sensed that someone had altered a teleportation array’s destination, but allowed the teleportation to finish and used his Magic Network Terminal.
• Benjamin arrived on a desolate floating continent and used the True-Delusion Breaking Pupil to locate a figure hidden in a spatial crevice.
• Hogg emerged as a newly promoted Level 7 Wizard and said he had been waiting for Benjamin.
• Hogg admitted he was a robber and wanted to borrow the resources the Mobius Lineage had given Benjamin, without promising to return them.

Benjamin fought Hogg, a Level 7 Wizard who had targeted him for his resources, and gradually overcame the enormous difference in their levels through his strength, speed, and recovery. The battle ended with Hogg unable to continue fighting, while Benjamin remained standing.

• Benjamin refused Hogg’s demand for resources, and Hogg transformed into a giant and unleashed his Level 7 Law Solidification Domain.
• Benjamin manifested his Dharma Image and used God of Light Transformation to meet Hogg’s attacks, shattering their battlefield in the process.
• Hogg discovered that Benjamin’s power was still growing and that his Dharma Image could recover from severe wounds.
• Hogg unleashed millions of flesh tentacles, but Benjamin cut them apart with a sword of light and punched Hogg into the ruins.
• Hogg risked his life and charged Benjamin, but Benjamin’s repeated recovery gradually shifted the fight in his favor.
• Benjamin broke Hogg’s shield and destroyed everything below his chest, leaving Hogg unable to continue fighting.

Benjamin nearly defeated Hogg before a veteran Level 7 Wizard ambushed him and revealed that they wanted to control Benjamin and profit from his work. Wizard Noren and Grand Mentor Anton Buchanan intervened, killed the attackers, and took Benjamin toward the Star Ring Federation.

• A veteran Level 7 Wizard struck Benjamin's Dharma Image from hiding, then joined the recovering Hogg and demanded that Benjamin come with them.
• The veteran Wizard admitted that he and Hogg wanted to control Benjamin and collect the rewards from his research and Military Merit.
• Benjamin's hidden allies, Wizard Noren and Grand Mentor Anton Buchanan, emerged and used Law Fixation to disable both Level 7 Wizards.
• Wizard Noren turned Hogg and the veteran Wizard into particles, while Anton destroyed the signals they tried to send into the void.
• Noren and Anton explained that they had secretly escorted Benjamin after learning about the Reflection Prism, then vanished with him toward safety in the Star Ring Federation.

Benjamin returned to Noren Workshop and lent the Reflection Prism to Wizard Noren and Grand Mentor Anton for research under an agreement that preserved his access to their findings. After reviewing his gains and shortcomings from the conference, he began designing a new Level 6 Rune Artifact and researching an offensive beam spell.

• Benjamin had Wizard Noren and Grand Mentor Anton sign a lending agreement, then removed the seals from the Reflection Prism and explained how he had blocked its signal.
• Wizard Noren and Grand Mentor Anton took the Reflection Prism away, eagerly arguing over who would research it first.
• Viola and Clark arrived; Viola teased Benjamin about his conference fame and bit his puppet body, while Clark praised him before leaving with her.
• Benjamin reviewed his improved knowledge, Law mastery, income, and connections, then reflected that he still fell far short of Clark’s Level 6 combat strength.
• Benjamin chose to develop a new Level 6 Rune Artifact, planned to use Wizard Redes’s Rune Frequency Combination Technique, and began researching beam-type spells.

Benjamin completed the foundational work on a new Rune Artifact and learned that Dean Avery Knight had returned to Noren Academy No. 147. After the academy meeting, Bert Vera Augusta approached Benjamin and asked to speak with him.

• Benjamin tested the new Rune Artifact and confirmed its stability, efficiency, and energy circulation met his standards.
• Benjamin decided to finish designing a new sixth-level spell based on Redes' Wizard Mental-Power Oscillation Theory before completing the artifact.
• Benjamin received an academy notice announcing Dean Avery Knight's return and went to the central conference hall.
• Dean Avery Knight addressed the instructors, heard reports on the academy's development, and discussed future arrangements for Noren Plane 147.
• After the meeting, Bert Vera Augusta approached Benjamin and asked if he had time to talk.

Augusta hired Benjamin to support her Lineage’s planned conquest of a newly discovered plane, and he agreed. Years later, Benjamin completed two sixth-rank sorceries for his Rune Artifacts and created a spatial sorcery called Void String, then prepared to test the artifacts.

• Augusta told Benjamin that her Lineage had discovered a plane and wanted him to help suppress its inhabitants while preserving their civilization.
• Benjamin agreed to join the future Plane War, partly because he wanted to test his nearly completed Rune Artifacts in a large-scale battle.
• Several years later, Benjamin completed Final Ray and Echo Bomb, the two sixth-rank sorceries used in his Rune Artifacts.
• Benjamin created Void String, a spatial sorcery designed to threaten high-energy beings and exploit spatial confinement.
• Benjamin took the Rune Artifacts engraved with Final Ray and Echo Bomb and prepared to test them.

Benjamin tested the destructive power of the Final Ray and Echo Bomb Rune Artifacts, then completed durability tests on the final batch years later. Augusta provided confirmed intelligence about a medium-sized target plane with at least five seventh-level energy signatures, leaving Benjamin to assess the coming war.

• Benjamin tested the Final Ray Rune Artifact and found its beam powerful enough to destroy a planet-scale target.
• Benjamin tested the Echo Bomb Rune Artifact, which destroyed a planet after three successive shots, and hoped the plane Augusta and the others had found was large enough.
• Years later, Benjamin finished durability testing the final batch of Echo Bomb Rune Artifacts and received Augusta's communication request.
• Augusta sent Benjamin intelligence confirming a medium-sized target plane with at least five independent seventh-level energy signatures.

Benjamin learned that calculating the resource-rich plane’s precise coordinates would take five years, giving him time to prepare Rune Artifacts and strengthen his combat system. A year later, he attended an emergency Academy meeting where Dean Avery Knight revealed that a reconnaissance station had discovered a Wonder of the Endless Chaotic Void.

• Augusta told Benjamin that severe interference meant the plane’s coordinates would take about five years to calculate.
• Benjamin accepted the delay and began preparing by manufacturing Rune Artifacts and planning to strengthen his armor and spells.
• A year later, Benjamin received an emergency Academy meeting notice from Dean Avery Knight and traveled to the conference hall.
• Benjamin noticed that only a small group of formal wizards above level six had gathered, while Viola admitted she did not know what the meeting concerned.
• Avery Knight showed the wizards a gray-black phenomenon in the Endless Chaotic Void and identified it as a Wonder.