Chapter Summaries

Thor and Oukili secretly used the Baiseke Magic Mirror to strengthen their Locators while pretending to carry out the Old Witch’s experiment. Thor noticed that the mirror’s reflection of the Old Witch briefly changed into a beautiful young woman.

• The Old Witch rushed Thor to begin the final merging experiment and threatened to use the caged Wizard, Oukili, or Thor as materials if he failed.
• Thor and Oukili began secretly tampering with the experiment, then persuaded the Old Witch to bring them the Baiseke Magic Mirror.
• The Old Witch warned them about the mirror’s dangers and left it with them to speed up the experiment.
• Oukili used the mirror’s distortion function to strengthen his Locator while Thor concealed his movements and turned the mirror when a growth appeared on Oukili’s neck.
• Thor saw the Old Witch’s reflection flicker and caught a glimpse of a beautiful young woman in the mirror.

Thor completed a four-race body-fusion experiment, but the first human test subject died after developing red spots across his skin and bones. The Old Witch prepared to continue the dangerous experiment, while Oukili quietly planned his escape.

• Thor finished fusing Dwarf, Giant, Barbarian, and Wind Elf materials into a shapeless body, and the Old Witch rushed to inspect it.
• Oukili revealed that the Wind Elf remains belonged to Wind Demon Pearl, so the Old Witch slapped him and Thor treated his injured face.
• Thor explained what he had learned about the Baiseke Magic Mirror, including how it accelerated and distorted elemental particles and drew power from Grudge Spirits.
• The Old Witch brought in a captive Wizard, who attempted to attack Thor with a Light Arrow before the Severed Finger stopped the spell.
• Thor injected the fused material into the captive Wizard, whose body initially improved before red spots appeared across his skin and bones and he died.
• Thor examined the Wizard's bones and concluded that he might have been allergic to the fused material.

Thor investigated the allergic reactions caused by the Wizard Body Modification experiment and persuaded the Old Witch to delay testing it on Oukili. The chapter ended with Thor and Oukili preparing to continue their final experiment under a three-day deadline.

• Thor collected the dead Wizard's remains to investigate the allergen, while Oukili warned him against helping the Old Witch's experiment.
• The Old Witch forced the giant and Barbarian onto the Experiment Table; both reacted to the Dough, but the Barbarian survived long enough to fall unconscious.
• Thor told Oukili he could buy them three days and studied tissue from the Barbarian's worst reaction.
• The next day, the Old Witch ordered Oukili onto the Experiment Table, but Thor argued that he had found a way to ease the allergic reaction.
• Thor and Oukili persuaded the Old Witch to grant them three days and up to five control subjects, and Thor urged Oukili to continue their final experiment.

With only three days left, Oukili and Thor secretly gathered potion materials and prepared to escape the Old Witch. Oukili disabled the cages’ Magic Arrays and freed Thor, and they set out knowing the Old Witch might be meditating—or might force them to fight.

• Oukili told Thor to secretly set aside potion materials so he could prepare an escape potion.
• Thor and Oukili hid the materials while working, but the Old Witch grew suspicious and struck Oukili before allowing them to continue.
• The Old Witch locked Thor and Oukili in their cages and threatened to make Thor her slave if he failed the experiment.
• After the Old Witch left, Oukili used his hidden materials to make a potion that suppressed the cages’ Magic Arrays without triggering an alarm.
• Oukili freed himself and then helped Thor out of his cage, explaining that they would hide their Magic Power and Mental Power as they escaped.
• Thor agreed to leave with Oukili but asked whether they could take his coachman; Oukili told him to worry about himself.

Oukili escaped the Old Witch’s hideout with Thor, then used Thor as a decoy while racing toward the Wind Demon’s territory. Three days later, the Old Witch caught Oukili before he could reach safety and revealed that Thor had never run away.

• Oukili and Thor slipped past the Old Witch’s room, suppressed the warning array, and escaped the cave.
• Oukili told Thor to flee in another direction, then secretly relied on a scent-releasing ingredient smeared on Thor to delay the Old Witch.
• Oukili ran toward the Wind Demon’s territory, hoping to report the Old Witch and find protection from a Tier 2 Wizard.
• Three days later, Oukili approached the settlement and heard apprentices discussing the Old Witch’s recent attack on the Wind Demon.
• The Old Witch paralyzed Oukili, killed the two apprentices, and captured him in a pit.
• The Old Witch asked whether Oukili had escaped with Thor, then revealed that Thor had never run away.

The Old Witch returned to the Underground Dwelling and found Thor had altered the Perfect Body formula and prepared a new experiment. Thor agreed to undergo the transformation, but revealed the materials could only be used once, leaving the Old Witch to choose whether he or she would lie on the Experiment Table.

• The Old Witch killed Oukili, buried the three bodies, and hurried back to the Underground Dwelling.
• The Old Witch found Thor in the Laboratory, where he had changed the transformation formula and turned the Dough into a translucent, pudding-like base material.
• Thor explained his revised experimental procedure and lay down on the Experiment Table, while the Old Witch studied his instructions.
• The Old Witch asked whether the base material could be reused, and Thor told her it was enough for only one full-body transformation.
• Thor offered to let the Old Witch undergo the procedure instead, leaving her to decide who would risk the one-use experiment.

Thor began the Old Witch’s body modification experiment, but she unexpectedly cut off her own head and transformed herself using the materials in the bucket. She emerged with her original head on an infant-sized body and prepared to kill Thor, who warned that something was wrong with her new form.

• The Old Witch agreed to undergo Thor’s modification experiment and attached a severed finger to his hand, threatening that it would kill him if she died.
• As Thor prepared to begin, the Old Witch shattered his wrist and immobilized him by solidifying the air around him.
• The Old Witch cut off her own head and dropped it into the bucket of Perfect Body materials, then her headless body collapsed.
• A tiny body with the Old Witch’s unchanged head emerged from the bucket, and she praised Thor’s design before threatening to choose his death.
• Thor told the Old Witch to check her new body and listen for the sound of water flowing inside it, warning that the flaw came from the Land of No Owner.

Thor forced the Old Witch to cooperate by using the Black Tide to threaten her, then negotiated a contract to help improve their body-modification research and control her corruption. With the Old Witch as his guide in the Land of No Owner, Thor rescued Marsh and learned of Rhine Lake, a place suited to his experiments.

• Thor revealed that he could use the Black Tide to threaten the Old Witch, and she released him.
• Thor proposed an equal exchange: they would work together on their body-modification research, and he would help her find a place to hide.
• Thor and the Old Witch signed a Secret Language Contract before leaving her Rat Hole as two Tier 3 Wizards hunted her.
• Thor rescued Marsh, confiscated the Old Witch's Baisike Magic Mirror and Skinning Staff, and drew half the Black Tide Pollution out of her body.
• The Old Witch offered Rhine Lake, whose owner was only a Tier 1 Wizard, as a place for Thor's experiments with Spirit Bodies.

Thor reached Rhine Lake to negotiate with Wizard Dodge for access to Lake Heart Island, offering him a Hidden Crystal Substance. A Dream Chime rang unexpectedly, sending Penny back into the Diary and frightening the Nightmare Butterfly, while Dodge wondered why it had sounded.

• Thor and Marsh arrived at Rhine Lake after a two-month journey, and the Old Witch confirmed that Dodge had not activated his sealing Magic Array.
• Thor saw countless pale, pupil-less faces beneath Rhine Lake’s surface before a wave made them vanish.
• Wizard Dodge appeared through the fog and told Thor that visitors usually failed to offer enough for a deal.
• Thor revealed a Hidden Crystal Substance, prompting Penny to protest and the Nightmare Butterfly to fly out and block him.
• A Dream Chime rang, making Penny retreat into the Diary and the Nightmare Butterfly hide again, while Dodge took out the chime and wondered why it had sounded.

Thor tried to trade Hidden Crystal Substance for Rhine Lake so he could build a Wizard Tower, then exposed Wizard Dodge’s corruption and offered to help clear it. Dodge agreed to consider the trade, while Thor admitted that the saying that convinced him was made up.

• Penny hid in the Diary after hearing the Dream Chime, and Thor realized she had been afraid of it all along.
• Thor refused Wizard Dodge’s offer to trade Grudge Spirits and demanded all of Rhine Lake instead.
• Wizard Dodge attacked Thor, but the Old Witch blocked the five black faces and revealed her Tier 2 strength.
• Thor pointed out that the faces in the lake were gathering around Dodge’s reflection and argued that Dodge was already corrupted.
• Dodge asked whether Thor could clear the Corruption and agreed to trade if he could; Thor told the Consciousness Entities he had invented the saying that persuaded him.

Thor completed his exchange with Dodge, drawing out most of Dodge’s Corruption in return for Hidden Crystal Substance, then headed toward Lake Heart Island with the Old Witch and Marsh. After Dodge reached the Dream Maker’s tree house and summoned it with a Dream Chime, every wind chime rang.

• Thor demonstrated Soul Fishing to convince Dodge he could remove Corruption, and Dodge signed the contract to exchange Corruption for Hidden Crystal Substance.
• Three days later, Thor removed about four-fifths of Dodge’s Corruption and gave him the Hidden Crystal Substance.
• Dodge left Rhine Lake with his White Feather, while Thor and the Old Witch realized the contract had not protected them from Dodge breaking the deal after the exchange.
• Thor made a raft from a black Vine, and he, the Old Witch, and Marsh rowed toward Lake Heart Island through the Gray Mist.
• Dodge reached the Dream Maker’s tree house, called out with a Dream Chime, and caused all the silent wind chimes to ring.

Clark confirmed that Daoqi had encountered a Nightmare Butterfly, then consumed him and watched a butterfly emerge from his Tree House. Three days earlier, Thor and his companions reached Lake Heart Island, where Thor buried a Wizard Tower beneath the island and its activation blasted the Old Witch into Marsh’s arms.

• Daoqi reported signs of a Nightmare Butterfly to Clark, who teleported close, ate Daoqi, and verified the discovery by examining his memories.
• Clark let Daoqi’s corpse nourish the forest, and a colorful butterfly flew from the Tree House into the sky.
• Thor, the Old Witch, and Marsh arrived at Lake Heart Island, where the Old Witch remarked that Wizard Daoqi had stripped the island of anything valuable.
• Thor used his Black Tentacles to dig a hole and placed the iron box containing the Wizard Tower inside it.
• The Wizard Tower’s activation released a Shockwave that threw the Old Witch into the air, and Marsh caught her before setting her down.

Thor’s Wizard Tower emerged from Rhine Lake as a unique white structure, and he entered it to explore. The Old Witch stayed outside, weighing the danger of Dodgy’s possible attack, while Marsh began building a mushroom house.

• Marsh resented the Old Witch for destroying Thor’s carriage, then checked on Thor as the lake and fog changed around them.
• Thor and the Old Witch saw a pure-white Wizard Tower rise from the fog, and the Old Witch recognized it as belonging to the Radiance Family.
• Thor learned from Agu that the tower had grown in a form shaped by his Mental Power and Magic Power, and that it could expand with energy materials such as Soul Fragments.
• Thor inspected the tower’s rooftop, then entered through its newly appeared doorway while the Old Witch and Marsh waited outside.
• Marsh planted mushrooms beside the tower to build a house, and the Old Witch worried that Dodgy might bring help to seize Rhine Lake.

Thor explored the restored Wizard Tower, reunited Agu’s divided soul, and discovered its remaining inhabitants were Soul Fragments. The Old Witch left Lake Heart Island without a boat, became trapped in the fog, and Thor ordered Xiao Zao to wait until she called for help before rescuing her.

• Thor found Hope, the Wizard Tower’s Steward, and learned the Black Iron Coffin and others were below the first floor.
• Thor reunited the Middle-aged Librarian and Elderly Librarian with Agu’s soul, restoring the Black Page while Agu remained silent in the Diary.
• Thor learned the other beings in the tower were Soul Fragments and went below to explore.
• The Old Witch flew into the fog to investigate the lake after the Vine Raft disappeared.
• Thor spotted the Old Witch circling near Lake Heart Island, recognized she could not leave without a boat, and told Xiao Zao to wait until she asked for help.

Thor named his Wizard Tower the Purification Wizard Tower and planned to build a reputation as a healer who treated Corruption while keeping the extracted pollutants for research. The chapter ended with him questioning why Dodge’s Dream Chime had frightened Penny and whether other Nightmare Butterflies lived in the Land of No Owner.

• The Old Witch returned from Lake Heart Island after getting lost in the mist and settled into her room in the Wizard Tower.
• Thor discussed the tower’s name and how to establish a foothold in the Land of No Owner without relying on selling Grudge Spirits.
• Thor named the Wizard Tower the Purification Wizard Tower and planned to pose as a healer who treated Corruption.
• Thor showed the Consciousness Entities that he had stored Dodge’s Corruption in his finger and Claude’s Black Tide in a test tube instead of transferring them into the Diary.
• Thor took out the milky-white shell bell and asked Penny to come out, but she said she was afraid after Dodge’s Dream Chime rang.

Thor investigated the Dream Chime and discovered that Penny feared it, while Morton and Herman suspected it might be connected to a Tier 3 Wizard. After a traveling merchant named Jiajiagu arrived seeking Grudge Spirits, Thor refused to sell them and offered to check Jiajiagu for Corruption instead.

• Thor used the Meditation Method to see tiny scale-like glimmers on the Dream Chime, and Penny revealed that she had changed after becoming the Diary's bookmark.
• Thor put the Dream Chime in his Storage Device, and Penny felt less afraid but stayed uneasy, so he told her to remain in the Diary.
• Thor ate Hope's unappetizing dinner and asked him to prepare nutrient potions that tasted like plain water.
• Thor sensed a visitor outside Rhine Lake, crossed the lake on a raft, and met Jiajiagu, a traveling merchant seeking intact Spirit Bodies.
• Thor refused to sell Rhine Lake's Grudge Spirits and offered to check Jiajiagu for Corruption.

Thor examined Jiajiagu and used a tentacle to remove most of the visible Corruption clinging to his back, but warned that he could not cure the underlying Pollution Source. The encounter ended with Jiajiagu accepting Thor’s limits as Thor declared that he did not believe in gods.

• Jiajiagu agreed to let Thor examine him, but kept his luggage strapped on and showed Thor the gap between his back and the load.
• Thor found black slime connecting Jiajiagu’s back to his luggage and used a tentacle to absorb most of its Corruption.
• Thor explained that the Corruption was entangled with Jiajiagu’s Magic Power and Mental Power, leaving the underlying Pollution Source untreated.
• Jiajiagu offered all his goods and treasure for a complete cure, but Thor showed him the black slime corroding his hand and explained the danger of continuing.
• Jiajiagu acknowledged that curing the Corruption completely could make Thor the Pollution Source’s new master, and Thor said he did not believe in gods.

Thor bought supplies from Jiajiagu at a discount and learned the Old Witch was recovering strength despite carrying multiple kinds of corruption. After dealing with two would-be buyers of Grudge Spirits, Thor met a new visitor whose strange appearance suggested a serious source of corruption.

• Thor bought supplies from Jiajiagu, who promised to deliver the rest and refer patients to him.
• Thor told the Old Witch that he had found multiple kinds of corruption inside her and planned to investigate similar pollution in others.
• The Old Witch dismissed Thor's chances of solving the land's corruption, then returned to the Wizard Tower.
• Two visitors came to buy Grudge Spirits, but Thor killed them after they mistook him for an easy target.
• A well-dressed young man introduced himself as a patient referred by Jiajiagu, and Thor noticed the man's plaster-white skin and living, shifting clothes.

Thor refused to remove the curse from a mysterious bracelet, then faced the arrival of Tier 3 Wizard Dream Maker Clark, whose power forced the people around Rhine Lake into sleep. Thor reached the Wizard Tower and was caught as he stumbled through its door.

• A Wizard whose clothes bore a wolf's head asked Thor to remove Corruption from a Golden Pearl Bracelet, but Penny warned Thor that the item was cursed.
• Thor refused to take the bracelet unless the Wizard accepted the risk of losing it, and the Wizard left without handing it over.
• Thor told the Old Witch the bracelet was the Love Letter of Halima, causing her to abandon her plan to steal it.
• The Wizard in blue formalwear collapsed after leaving Rhine Lake, and a butterfly passed over him before he crumbled into white powder, leaving his armor and glowing bracelet behind.
• Thor and the Old Witch were overcome by drowsiness as Dream Maker Clark suppressed the rules of Rhine Lake; Thor resisted long enough to reach the Wizard Tower, where someone caught him.

Thor survived Clark’s confrontation after Butler Hope invoked Gorsa’s name, and Clark left without taking Penny. A month later, Thor resumed his research in the Wizard Tower, Agu awakened, and Thor pinpointed a place underground where he wanted to expand the tower.

• Clark demanded Thor hand over Penny, but Hope invoked Gorsa, and Clark recognized that Thor’s mentor was Gorsa before departing.
• Thor learned that Gorsa owed the Dream Maker a favor, then warned the Old Witch that Clark might return.
• Rumors spread that Thor’s claim to Rhine Lake had been recognized by Clark and that Thor could treat Corruption, giving him another month of peace to improve the Wizard Tower.
• Thor moved his equipment and supplies into the tower and resumed researching the Black Tide and Corruption Source.
• Agu awakened after a month and explained that merging with his other soul fragments had taken time because he had been separated for too long.
• Thor used a Detector to locate a precise spot in the basement and asked Hope to extend the Wizard Tower downward.