Chapter Summaries

Isaac completed the Archmage-stage body modifications and prepared for the three rituals needed to advance to High Sorcerer. He began with Liuli’s advancement ritual, planning to steal divine power from the Lord of Myriad Flesh.

• Isaac chose an Angel Heart, a Titan's Liver, and a Golden Dragon rib for his final three body modifications, hoping the rib would strengthen Hamon through their shared connection to his spine.
• Isaac transplanted the Angel Heart, waited for it to fuse, then shrank and transplanted the Titan's Liver before beginning the rib surgery.
• After another three months, Isaac completed all nine Archmage-stage modifications and had only three rituals left before becoming a High Sorcerer.
• Isaac reviewed the three High Sorcerer advancement methods and chose the Cult's ritual method, which required the power of a True God.
• Isaac started with Liuli's advancement ritual and chose the Lord of Myriad Flesh as the target from which she would steal divine power.

Isaac advanced Liuli to Third Order by secretly stealing power from the Lord of Myriad Flesh, then used a trade ritual to obtain research on the Triple-Unity Faith Path. After copying the research and preparing for three days, he completed his High Sorcerer advancement ritual.

• Isaac used God Thief during Liuli’s advancement ritual, and she reached Third Order with the new Vassal Authority, which let her use powers Isaac granted her.
• Isaac summoned the Lord of Myriad Flesh and scavenged the Mysterious Void while trading for its research on the Triple-Unity Faith Path.
• Isaac copied the research into his own magic book and decided not to pass it to Philo, then spent three days preparing for his advancement.
• Isaac began the High Sorcerer advancement ritual before Smith, Rat Rat, Liuli, Rona, the Holy Lord, and Aila, and the Orthodox Temple’s pressure crushed away foreign traces in his modified body.
• Isaac let the pressure overwhelm him, exploded into blood mist around his spine, and reformed as a High Sorcerer.

Isaac completed his advancement to High Sorcerer, registered his name, and learned that he needed to strengthen his ties to the material world before pursuing more power from the Outer Gods. He then had a proposal to target the True Gods approved by the Flesh Cult and was surprised to see that the application included recommended Wizards.

• Isaac revealed the Evil Sky Dragon Staff and its Demon Eyes, then dismissed his companions without holding the celebration they had prepared.
• Isaac entered the name-inscription hall, met the Great Witch, and completed the ceremony that strengthened his connection to the material world.
• The Great Witch told Isaac that Bretolman had become the Lord of the False Starry Sky and had once been an astrologer.
• Isaac decided to consolidate his strength, avoid dealings with the Outer Gods, and later investigate the Lord of the False Starry Sky.
• Isaac submitted a Flesh Cult research proposal to act against the True Gods, and the Cult approved it.
• Isaac noticed that the approved application listed several recommended Wizards and wondered why he had never known the Flesh Cult offered such recommendations.

Isaac researched and completed his first Authority Spell while Smith and Rona began recruiting for the new wizard organization. He then traveled with Liuli to Star Cloud City to find the High Sorcerer Shival Itras, where the city’s layout reminded him of Lakeside Town.

• Isaac chose [Positive Infinitesimal] as his first Authority to develop and resumed his experiments.
• Smith and Rona began recruiting wizards and promising newcomers to build the organization’s membership.
• After three months, Isaac completed the Authority Spell Arrogant Turtle and decided to meet the recommended High Sorcerers.
• Isaac set out with Rat Rat and Liuli, leaving Rona behind to manage the organization’s affairs.
• Isaac and Liuli arrived in Star Cloud City and searched for Shival Itras, but Isaac realized the streets reminded him of Lakeside Town.

Isaac visited the Truth Association’s Star Cloud City branch to ask for help contacting High Sorcerer Shival Itras. The branch agreed to reach Shival and contact Isaac once he had provided a way to send him a message.

• Isaac recognized that Star Cloud City’s avenue layout resembled Lakeside Town and headed for the local Truth Association branch.
• Isaac entered the branch, whose halls were filled with dazzling Magic Treasures, and asked the receptionist to arrange a meeting with Shival Itras.
• Isaac showed the receptionist the verification signatures and recommendations on his research proposal without revealing its topic.
• The round-faced wizard agreed to contact Shival and asked Isaac where he was staying.
• Isaac gave the receptionist a magical letter with a contact circle so the branch could reach him.

Isaac took Liuli sightseeing in Star Cloud City and brought her to a clothing shop so she could wear more ordinary clothes. He encouraged her to enjoy choosing and trying on outfits, and they left the shop with new clothes before continuing their outing.

• Isaac decided to explore Star Cloud City with Liuli instead of waiting in a laboratory.
• After noticing passersby staring at Liuli's maid outfit, Isaac took her into a clothing shop to choose more suitable clothes.
• Liuli insisted that the outfits be practical for fighting, but Isaac told her to enjoy shopping and promised to develop a spell for changing her gear during battle.
• Liuli tried on the outfits and began to enjoy showing them to Isaac, who bought all the ones they had chosen.
• Liuli changed into one of her new outfits, and she and Isaac left to explore the city.

Isaac met Shival Itras at the Truth Association to discuss his research project, which sought to steal a god’s Authority. Shival agreed to join and proposed two conditions, leaving Isaac startled by his request to create a Moon Familiar.

• After three days of sightseeing, Isaac and Liuli went to the Truth Association to meet the researcher it had contacted.
• Shival recognized Isaac as the famed God Slayer and read the research proposal Isaac gave him.
• Shival was alarmed by the plan to steal a god’s Authority but let his ambition overcome his fear and agreed to join.
• Shival asked Isaac to kill three High-level Demonic Creatures in a Demiplane in Isman Valley and bring back their corpses and Moon God Flowers.
• Shival demanded to add a project to create a Moon Familiar, and Isaac reacted with shock.

Isaac accepted Shival’s request to research the creation of Moon Familiars after completing his own project, then left to investigate Isman Valley. Unable to find useful information at the adventurer tavern, he decided to send Dimensional Apostles to scout the valley.

• Shival added research into creating Moon Familiars as a condition for Isaac’s help, and Isaac agreed to consider it after finishing his own project and finding a feasible plan.
• Shival gave Isaac a sheet of Parchment to contact him, and Isaac left the Truth Association’s station with Liuli.
• Isaac went to Star Cloud City’s largest adventurer tavern to look for information about Isman Valley, but found that it mostly carried intelligence on First Order threats.
• Isaac learned that adventurers rarely reached the higher Orders and that towns kept most Demonic Beasts away from their surroundings.
• Isaac left the tavern knowing where Isman Valley was and decided the Dimensional Apostles could scout it.

Isaac and Liuli reached Isman Valley and found its open demiplane portal surrounded by unusually concentrated Earth Elemental Mana, suggesting its three reported creatures might be far stronger than expected. He concealed himself while his Dimensional Apostles and Three-eyed Goblin sent Goblins into the valley, including powerful Red-skinned Goblins.

• Isaac and Liuli traveled directly to Isman Valley, where Isaac noticed signs that its demiplane was merging with the real world.
• Isaac worried that the valley's three High-level Demonic Creatures might be exceptionally powerful and difficult to defeat.
• Isaac concealed himself and Liuli with a spatial veil as his Dimensional Apostles entered the valley.
• The Three-eyed Goblin sent ordinary Goblins and Red-skinned Goblins into the valley, revealing that its experiments had produced First Order Mid-rank fighters that felt no pain.
• Isaac observed that the Three-eyed Goblin had made progress but still could not reliably reproduce its Goblin modifications.

Isaac used the Dimensional Apostles’ reconnaissance to study the Earth Elemental Spirits in Isman Valley and upgraded his Flesh Mutation spell to target their stone bodies. He began the battle with his new spell as the valley’s agitated spirits faced him.

• Isaac learned that Isman Valley held numerous Earth Elemental Spirits, including six wounded High-Order spirits, and realized Shival had chosen a formidable test.
• Isaac used his [Analysis] Aspect to devise a plan to adapt Flesh Mutation to the spirits’ stone bodies rather than rely on disintegration spells or the Magic Cannon.
• The Dimensional Apostles and the Three-eyed Goblin repeatedly drew attacks from the spirits while sending Isaac information, agitating the spirits further.
• Isaac successfully incorporated the concept of flesh into Flesh Mutation, allowing it to affect Earth Elemental Spirits, though the spell would work more slowly and weakly.
• Isaac summoned a Demon Claw and opened its Demon Eye, beginning the battle inside Isman Valley.

Isaac watched as Liuli fought the largest High-Order Earth Elemental Spirit after Flesh Mutation weakened the spirits in the valley. Liuli used All-Severing and her five-sword style, but the elemental spirit pinned her with Gravity as the battle continued.

• Isaac and Liuli emerged from Phased Space as Hamon and the Dimensional Apostles attacked the Earth Elemental Spirits, many of whom had already been weakened by Flesh Mutation.
• The largest High-Order Earth Elemental Spirit roared at the carnage, and Isaac invited Liuli to test herself against it.
• Liuli donned her leather armor and entered the valley with four swords controlled by her Invisible Hands and All-Severing at her waist.
• Liuli used All-Severing to cut off the elemental spirit's right arm, causing it to crumble into rubble.
• The High-Order Earth Elemental Spirit pinned Liuli with its Gravity Aspect and attacked with a stone sword, which her four hovering swords cut apart before its pieces reassembled.

Isaac watched Rat Rat unsuccessfully challenge a High-Order Earth Elemental Spirit, then restrained five spirits and studied how his Flesh Mutation spell affected one of them. Meanwhile, Liuli revealed her true form, overcame another spirit’s gravity power, and dissolved it, leaving Isaac unaware that she had transformed.

• Isaac invited Rat Rat to fight, but a High-Order Earth Elemental Spirit struck it away and sent it retreating into his embrace.
• Isaac used Arrogant Turtle to restrain five High-Order Earth Elemental Spirits and accelerated one spirit’s mutation while analyzing the spell.
• Liuli transformed into her true form as her battle reached its climax, and she checked that Isaac was focused on his experiment before continuing.
• Liuli’s true form shrugged off the spirit’s gravity and absorbed it into sludge, dissolving it before reforming as a tumor.

Isaac escaped the March Beast and met with Shival, who agreed to join his research project after Isaac realized the demiplane held a powerful familiar of the Moon Goddess. Isaac then traveled with Liuli to the war-torn Norway Kingdom to seek another Sorcerer.

• After Liuli and the Dimensional Apostles defeated the Earth Elemental Spirits, the five remaining High-Order spirits chose suicide rather than succumb to Flesh Mutation.
• Isaac recognized the three-form March Beast emerging from the valley and fled with Liuli through a Dimensional rift.
• Isaac met Shival in Star Cloud City, revealed that the March Beast could reach Fourth Order, and secured Shival's agreement to join his research project without hearing his plan.
• Isaac decided to seek two other Sorcerers and left Star Cloud City with Liuli.
• Isaac and Liuli arrived in the border city of Benos in the war-torn Norway Kingdom.

Isaac traveled through Norway Kingdom’s war-torn territory to recruit Evans Alston Craylag Rudy, leader of the Righteous Army, for his research. After crossing the kingdom for more than ten days, Isaac reached the Holy Kingdom’s largest stronghold and was recognized by its guards, who went to notify Evans.

• Isaac decided to seek out Evans, believing his research could give the wizard strength and help stabilize his faction.
• Isaac landed near a town and was attacked after asking for Evans because the town belonged to Duke Mange’s faction; he defeated the attackers with magic.
• Isaac discovered that the nearby allied Faris Alliance territory had changed hands, so he chose to travel directly to the Holy Kingdom’s largest stronghold.
• Isaac’s Pumpkin Carriage flew for more than ten days before reaching the stronghold, where he introduced himself to the guards and requested a meeting with Evans.
• The guards recognized Isaac from rumors and Evans’s endorsement, then went to confirm his identity and notify Evans.

Isaac met Evans and agreed to help him save the Norwayman Kingdom, then discovered that Evans was dissecting a god to develop a Divine Spell Network. Isaac proposed a different plan involving the God of Blood and Bone, a Dimensional Demon God held captive by the Flesh Cult.

• Evans welcomed Isaac and admitted that his current strength and allies could not end the turmoil in the Norwayman Kingdom.
• Isaac persuaded Evans to gamble on their partnership, and Evans gave him a spellbook detailing his research into dissecting a god.
• Isaac realized Evans wanted to use the god's power to build a Divine Spell Network that could help the kingdom's people defend themselves.
• Isaac suggested contributing the network technology to the Cult, but warned Evans that factions within the Cult might be involved in the kingdom's turmoil.
• Isaac proposed that a true god could protect the Norwayman Kingdom and revealed that he meant the God of Blood and Bone, whom the Flesh Cult held captive.

Isaac proposed creating a god from Evans's god corpse and forming a friendship with it to help end the war in Norwayman, while secretly relying on his Golden Finger to ensure the experiment's success. He gave Evans the Flesh Nest spell to help defend the Holy Kingdom's territory, and Evans revealed that he possessed additional god remains and Divine Spark Fragments.

• Isaac explained his plan to create a god and earn its friendship, and Evans reluctantly agreed to cooperate.
• Isaac gave Evans the Flesh Nest spell, which had been crafted by Lord of Myriad Flesh, and assured him that it was safe to use.
• Evans recognized the spell's potential for defending the Holy Kingdom and thanked Isaac on behalf of the people of Norwayman.
• As Isaac prepared to leave, Evans showed him a golden box containing God's Blood, God's Bone, God's Flesh, and Divine Spark Fragments.

Isaac gave Isaac Divine Fragments to support the God Creation Experiment, then returned to his territory and invited Fiona Morgan to join his Research Group. Fiona agreed on condition that Isaac write her a story featuring magical creatures, leaving him confident he could satisfy her.

• Isaac gave Isaac an adamantite box of Divine Fragments, and Isaac promised to make the God Creation Experiment succeed.
• Isaac left the Holy Kingdom through Phased Space, while Isaac worried that his reckless use of Outer God power made their partnership risky.
• Rat Rat returned to Isaac's Dimensional World to establish a laboratory and study Necromancy, determined to grow stronger.
• Isaac met Fiona Morgan and invited her to join his Research Group because of her research into Virtual Deities and the divine domain.
• Fiona agreed to consider joining after Isaac wrote her a story, and she asked for one that was easy to spread and featured many magical creatures.

Isaac received Fiona’s Essentials of Transformation Flow Magic in exchange for three fantasy stories and discovered the Variation School’s ultimate goal was Myriad Spirits, a single transformation spell that could become every living being. After his Golden Finger confirmed he was on a promising path, he began designing his first transformation spell as the day to establish his Research Group approached.

• Isaac gave Fiona the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and part of Pokemon, and she agreed to join his Research Group.
• Fiona traded Isaac Essentials of Transformation Flow Magic for the other two stories and left his castle.
• Isaac studied the spellbook and learned that the Variation School aimed to create Myriad Spirits, a transformation spell capable of taking the form of every living being.
• Isaac’s Golden Finger showed a string of zeros for the school’s chance of reaching its ultimate answer, convincing him that he had found a worthwhile direction.
• Isaac began calculating a model for his first transformation spell and planned to choose a creature as the foundation for Myriad Spirits.
• The day arrived for Isaac and the other researchers to travel to the Sect Dimension and formally establish their Research Group.

Isaac registered a research group to study how to use the God of Credit’s divine power, then organized its new Mage Tower and resumed work on Myriad Transformation. Grand Arcanist Mensa arrived with Golems and asked Isaac to investigate Cultists targeting the Imperial royal family.

• Isaac gathered several High Sorcerers, presented his plan for safely sharing the results of research into the God of Credit’s divine power, and registered their research group.
• Isaac and the others received Mage Tower B-386, divided its rooms, and agreed to pursue the same research plan independently under Isaac’s guidance.
• Isaac returned to his studies, focusing on stealing the God of Credit’s divine power and developing Myriad Transformation 1.0 using a Slime as its fusion base.
• Grand Arcanist Mensa brought Isaac a group of Golems and asked him to investigate Cultists targeting the Imperial royal family.

Isaac and Mensa investigated cultists who were sacrificing people to the Lord of Myriad Flesh, while Mensa suspected Isaac was involved. A new attack on the former Kingdom of Itra shifted the blame to its royal family, and Mensa warned Isaac to prepare for a coming upheaval.

• Isaac recognized that the cultists' abilities pointed to the Lord of Myriad Flesh, and Mensa cautioned him against speaking an Outer God's name aloud.
• Mensa received an emergency message reporting that Dimensional Apostles had led cultists to sacrifice an entire border town in the former Kingdom of Itra.
• Isaac and Mensa concluded that the Itra Royal Family had provoked the Lord of Myriad Flesh, and Mensa stopped suspecting Isaac of causing the attack.
• Isaac refused to support Itra but agreed to serve the Empire elsewhere if needed.
• Mensa warned Isaac that a tremendous upheaval was approaching and told him to prepare to represent the Empire in battle.