Chapter Summaries

Thor lured the pursuing White Termite into eating a poisoned formic acid solution, killing it before it could advance. After harvesting its antenna, he punched Kismet, who responded by playing a blood-stained harp.

• Thor left the Consciousness Platform and learned from Herman that the White Termite had grown stronger after eating Monte’s body.
• Thor threw the last piece of candle to distract the White Termite and reached the ruined Bandi Court, where he used a Narrow-necked Bottle to feed it concentrated formic acid mixed with a poison.
• Thor and Kismet watched as the White Termite’s body grew uncontrollably until it burst apart and died.
• Thor cut off the creature’s intact antenna and stored it, then punched Kismet when Kismet offered to sing for him.
• Kismet wiped his blood onto the strings of his Harp and began to play.

Thor escaped the ruined Settlement and used a Candidate Queen Ant to track a nearby Quicksand Termite colony. Kismet formed a White Page and planned a larger catastrophe to create a Golden Page, while the Wind Demon learned that Wizard Monte’s White Termite plan had failed.

• After the Wizards dispelled the barrier, Thor escaped the Settlement and entered the Survivor Ancient Forest with Penny and the others.
• Thor blamed Kismet for orchestrating the Quicksand Termite scam and suspected he had also influenced Monte and Wizard Dolly.
• Thor returned to Monte’s cave, found a Candidate Queen Ant among his supplies, and released it so Xiao Zao could track it.
• A burst of chaotic Magic Power formed a White Page, and Thor realized Kismet had caused the Settlement’s disaster to generate a Page for the Diary.
• Kismet lamented that the disaster had not produced a Golden Page and waited for the Wind Demon to make a move.
• A guard told Lady Wind Demon that Wizard Monte’s White Termite plan had failed.

Thor searched the Survivor Ancient Forest for a Quicksand Termite colony, then examined the scrolls he had taken from Bandi Court and discovered a valuable extraction method. As he prepared to search for another day, the boy he had rescued told him he knew where the termites were.

• The Wind Demon learned that the Purification Wizard Tower had reduced the Corruption in the Halfling Merchant and ordered her water servant to find someone else to treat it and keep others away from the tower.
• Thor searched the Survivor Ancient Forest overnight with the Candidate Queen Ant of the Quicksand Termites but found no colony, while Humpback Termites fought over the forest.
• Thor examined the stolen scrolls and found the Tier 3 Strong Acid Breath, the Tier 4 Wall of Poison Gas, and the Monte Extraction Method.
• Thor decided to search one more day for Quicksand Termites before returning to the Wizard Tower to raise a new queen if he failed.
• The boy Thor had rescued approached him and said he knew where the Quicksand Termites were.

Thor returned to Rhine Lake, helped restore the Quicksand Termites, and found Marsh had grown a mushroom wall around the lake. After half a year of building the Magic Storage Pool and raising termites, Thor was fishing when Jiajiagu arrived with a masked Tier 2 Wizard.

• Thor gathered the Quicksand Termites and returned their malnourished Candidate Queen Ant to her queen, then gave the boy who had helped him a potion and money.
• Thor returned to Rhine Lake and approved Marsh's mushroom wall, which could open a gate wherever Thor entered.
• Thor reunited with Butler Hope, An, and the Old Witch at the Wizard Tower and resumed work on the Magic Storage Pool and termite breeding.
• Over the next half year, Thor improved his Consciousness Entities' Spirit Body protective membranes while the mushroom forest grew around Rhine Lake.
• Thor went ice fishing with Xiao Zao when Jiajiagu arrived with a masked Tier 2 Wizard, and Xiao Zao surfaced with a Soul Popsicle in his mouth.

Thor met Justin, a Tier 2 Wizard fleeing a Purge Order from the Judgment Court, who asked him to treat his injuries and Corruption. After examining the metal spreading across Justin’s body, Thor began testing the rust-like substance, while Justin’s condition appeared to be worsening rapidly.

• Thor greeted Jiajiagu and met Justin, who asked for help treating his injuries and Corruption.
• Justin revealed that the Judgment Court had issued a Purge Order against him and explained that he had fled to the Land of No Owner five years earlier.
• Justin described being wounded by an Adjudicator and warned that he might not survive another year without a solution.
• Justin formed a golden-metal tetrahedron around himself as a precaution before Thor examined his injuries.
• Justin exposed the metal at the back of his head, and Thor collected samples of the yellow-green substance spreading across it.

Thor refused to treat Justin after finding that his Corruption and old injuries were dangerously intertwined, but Justin returned that night to beg for help. Meanwhile, Thor devised a Substitute Doll treatment for Jiajiagu’s recurring Corruption and left Justin’s request unresolved.

• Thor, Camus, and Agu determined that treating Justin could worsen his Corruption or injuries, so Thor declined the commission despite Justin’s anger.
• Jiajiagu delivered twenty kilograms of Flowing Fire Stone, and Thor found that the Corruption on Jiajiagu’s back had worsened again.
• Thor explained that a Substitute Doll could absorb the Corruption linked to Jiajiagu’s pack, and Jiajiagu agreed to regular replacements rather than buying the doll-making method.
• Thor treated Jiajiagu, who left wearing his pack again, and Thor and Hope began sorting the goods he had brought.
• Justin returned to Thor’s lakeshore and pleaded with him to save his life.

Thor accepted Justin’s request for treatment in exchange for powerful Dark Attribute spells and information about the Judgment Court, while taking steps to keep Justin under control in the Wizard Tower. The Old Witch explained Justin’s history and the Judgment Court’s reach, but admitted she did not know what its Restriction Orders actually restricted.

• Thor warned Justin that treatment might fail or worsen his condition and made him sign a liability waiver before accepting the request.
• Thor told the Consciousness Entities that Justin would stay on the Wizard Tower’s third floor under watch, and tasked the Old Witch with keeping him out of the basement.
• Thor learned that Justin would let him choose two Tier 3 Dark Attribute Witchcraft spells and explain how to use the Broken Wine Glass to create glowing Soul Fragments.
• The Old Witch identified Justin as a Tier 2 Wizard from an old Nephrite family targeted by a Judgment Court Restriction Order requiring family members to reach Tier 3 within three years.
• The Old Witch described Flim’s authority and the Judgment Court’s influence across Nephrite, then admitted she did not know what the Court judged or what its Restriction Orders restricted.

Thor agreed to treat Justin to learn more about the Judgment Court, while Gorsa killed an Adjudicator and disguised himself to reach the Eternal Night Empire. Thor chose a healing spell for his new patient and left the Old Witch wondering what other problems she had.

• Thor explained that he wanted to understand the Judgment Court and feared being targeted without knowing why, then agreed to treat Justin.
• Gorsa killed a Judgment Court Adjudicator, used the man's aura as a disguise, and headed for the Eternal Night Empire to find its new emperor.
• Justin offered Thor three Dark Attribute spells, and Thor chose Touch of Healing for his treatment.
• Thor set treatment rules for Justin, had Agu examine him, and went to the basement to discuss a plan with Camus.
• The Old Witch demanded that Thor clear her Corruption, but he said removing it now could harm her Perfect Body's development.
• Camus told the Old Witch that Corruption was not her only problem, and she walked away muttering, "Who here doesn't have problems?"

Thor reflected on whether his dreams could foretell the future, then deliberately tried to induce one and witnessed a terrifying vision of the Land of No Owner in ruin. The vision left him looking down at his own skeletal body.

• Camus advised Thor to keep strengthening his Mental Power and learn to apply his Locator's characteristics to himself to advance to the Second Rank.
• Thor removed a small amount of Corruption from Justin, triggering Justin's Pollution Source and worsening his injuries before Thor helped him recover.
• Justin secretly inspected a tiny, pulsing red seed beneath a bruise on his forearm and vowed that the Night Royal Family's line would not end with him.
• Thor rejected Penny's offer to help him sleep and eventually fell asleep while hoping for a prophetic dream.
• Thor dreamed of a giant approaching the Mushroom Forest, flames consuming the plain, and a fleeing figure falling into the sky; he then discovered he was a fleshless skeleton.

Clark, Firefly Lord Herbert, and the Wind Demon shared a premonition of the Land of No Owner being corrupted, prompting Herbert and the Wind Demon to begin investigating altered rules. Meanwhile, Thor prepared a risky treatment plan for Justin that depended on absorbing his Corruption.

• Clark and the Wind Demon confirmed that their shared dream was a premonition, and Clark decided that involving the Star Gate Council could disrupt his plans.
• Firefly Lord Herbert ordered the people near the Deep Forest to investigate after one person was killed by a falling firefly.
• Herbert told the Wind Demon that he had alerted the Judgment Court and asked her to cooperate in investigating areas where the rules had changed.
• The Wind Demon agreed to send ordinary people to investigate, then asked her maid about the person she had sent previously.
• Thor woke with a sense of urgency and decided he needed to reach Second Rank as soon as possible.
• Thor and his allies devised a treatment plan for Justin, who agreed to it, though the method Thor would use to absorb the Corruption remained unclear.

Thor began using his Witchcraft Array to draw Corruption from Justin, transferring the damage to Substitute Dolls. He stopped when an intruder breached the Mushroom Forest, and the chapter ended with the armored rider confronting Thor at the Purification Wizard Tower.

• Thor prepared the Witchcraft Array and explained to Justin how the Substitute Dolls would take the damage.
• Thor and the Consciousness Entities began extracting Justin’s Corruption while the dolls moved toward him and were consumed by acid-like damage.
• Thor estimated that three more experiments would be needed, but stopped the extraction when the Mushroom Forest shook under an attack.
• Thor sent Herman to take Justin back to rest, called for the Old Witch, and prepared to face the intruder.
• An armored figure riding an Executioner Beast breached the Mushroom Forest, and the Old Witch warned Thor that the beast could withstand Tier 3 Wizardry.

Thor and the Old Witch fought a lance-wielding knight who had come to avenge Langwen, and Thor discovered the knight’s weakness and severed his head. The head continued to act after the body fell, and Thor was pulled into the knight’s Consciousness Space.

• A heavily armored knight rode an Executioner Beast across Rhine Lake and demanded to know which person was Wizard Thor.
• The knight attacked Thor, claiming Thor had killed his friend Langwen, while the Old Witch used Witchcraft to restrain the knight and his beast.
• Thor noticed the knight’s stiff neck and, when the Old Witch restrained him again, used a streak of black light to sever his head.
• The headless knight’s body kept moving and impaled the Old Witch with its lance, while she struck back with Witchcraft.
• The knight’s severed head opened its eyes, met Thor’s gaze, and pulled Thor into a sealed space where he recognized the Consciousness Space.

Brando trapped Thor in his Consciousness Space, believing Thor had killed Langwen, but Thor revealed he had been pretending and overpowered Brando by expanding his own domain. Brando fled through a Seam after Thor easily destroyed his thrown rapiers.

• Brando captured Thor in his Consciousness Space and accused him of killing Langwen.
• Thor denied killing Langwen and revealed that he had been pretending to be helpless.
• Thor expanded his Consciousness Platform, broke free, and pulled Brando into his own domain.
• Brando summoned twin rapiers and attacked Thor, but Thor's Corruption-drenched tentacles dissolved them.
• Brando escaped through a narrow Seam, leaving Thor stunned.

Thor repelled Brando’s attack and continued treating Justin, who gave him a seed connected to the Corruption of the Land of No Owner. Thor learned it was a Black Sea Tree, and the chapter left him holding a possible tool for researching the Black Tide.

• Thor watched Brando flee across Rhine Lake after Xiao Zao tripped his Executioner Beast, then told the Old Witch to stay near the tower.
• Thor questioned whether Brando’s attack was truly vengeance for Langwen or another test by the Wind Demon Sect.
• After four more treatments, Thor stabilized Justin’s condition and absorbed more Corruption for study.
• Justin warned Thor that Corruption from the Land of No Owner was dangerous and showed him a seed hidden in his arm.
• Justin gave Thor the seed, explaining that his mentor had created the Black Sea Tree to grow in the Black Tide and that Red Sea Trees were its variants.

Thor accepted a Black Sea Tree Seed from Justin, who revealed that the Wind Demon had sent him to test Thor and then reported the treatment to her. Lord Flim seized Justin’s memories and ordered the Wind Demon to claim Thor’s Magic Storage Pool and bring him back alive, but Star Gate’s arrival redirected her toward finding the Wind Eye and advancing quickly.

• Thor asked Morton and Penny about Black Sea Trees and accepted the seed from Justin.
• Justin told Thor that Wind Demon Pearl had sent him to test Thor, then left Rhine Lake to report what he learned.
• The Wind Demon questioned Justin about Thor’s method of treating Corruption and threatened to have Lord Flim inspect him.
• Lord Flim entered Justin’s body, burned him to death, and read his memories, learning that Thor was building a Magic Storage Pool.
• Lord Flim authorized the Wind Demon to take the Magic Storage Pool and ordered her to bring Thor back alive, but then warned her to advance and find the Wind Eye because people from the Star Gate had arrived.
• Herbert asked what orders Flim had given, and the Wind Demon told him they needed to find the Wind Eye as soon as possible.

Flim ordered the Judgment Court to intercept the thief who stole the Red Sea Tree Source, while Thor arranged surveillance in his Wizard Tower and learned more about its Mist-Formed Beings. The Butler suddenly survived a strange attack, and Thor realized Justin had died.

• Flim learned that the thief had stolen the Red Sea Tree Source and taken blood from Alexandra, then ordered the Court to guard the entrance to the Land of No Owner.
• The black-robed Adjudicator warned that the new Judgment Decree had many names, so Flim decided to carry it out himself.
• Thor and Hope agreed to release the Mouths and use eyes to watch the first and third underground floors of the Wizard Tower.
• Hope explained how Mist-Formed Beings indicated unusual activity, and Thor wondered why nearly a hundred gathered in the Second Warehouse.
• The Butler's left eye exploded and sparks spread across his face, but Thor extinguished them with a tentacle as the Butler regrew his head.
• The Butler reported bad news, and Thor said he knew Justin was dead.

After Justin’s death, Sol hurried to strengthen the Wizard Tower and searched the Land of No Owner for corpses to use in his Magic Storage Pool. He found no trace of other Wizards, but Brando reappeared in the Mushroom Forest, giving Sol a chance to capture him.

• Sol learned that the power which killed Justin had nearly destroyed the Butler through the surveillance eye, and he ordered the Magic Storage Pool’s construction accelerated.
• Sol searched the dangerous places near Rhine Lake for a month but found no Wizards or corpses, so he gathered the others to discuss why the Land of No Owner seemed deserted.
• Herman suggested a major crisis might have kept Wizards indoors, while An wondered whether the area had been sealed off.
• Sol considered investigating nearby Settlements but realized he had no suitable living Wizard to send out, and he weighed that task against his escape plans.
• The Butler reported that the Headless Knight had appeared in the Mushroom Forest again, and Sol and the Old Witch prepared to confront Brando.

Thor and the Old Witch attacked Brando at Rhine Lake, but he escaped by throwing his head to a waiting Human-Faced Eagle. Thor recovered Brando’s headless Tier 2 body and realized it could serve as a valuable filter medium for the Magic Storage Pool.

• Thor and the Old Witch confronted Brando, who said he had found Langwen’s body and wanted to apologize, but they charged at him instead.
• Marsh used a dense Mushroom Forest and Black Tentacles to block Brando’s escape, while Brando blasted through the mushrooms with his Fire Thorn Cannon.
• Brando tore off his head and hurled it over the forest, where a Human-Faced Eagle caught it and flew away.
• Thor reached the shore too late to stop Brando’s escape, and the Old Witch cursed at the fleeing head.
• Thor inspected Brando’s headless body and decided its Tier 2 body could serve as a Magic Storage Pool filter medium.

Sol used the Chaos Domain Compass and Crying-Smiling Gold Coins to teleport into a barren, magicless world, hoping it could serve as a fallback refuge. After exploring for a day and finding no life, he was attacked by a tendril rising from the sand.

• Sol tested the Chaos Domain Compass with two Crying-Smiling Gold Coins and discovered that placing them crying-side down inside it activated the compass.
• Sol teleported into a desolate world without Magic Power, where the soil crumbled into black dust.
• Sol found that the compass needed time to cool down before he could teleport again, so he marked his starting point and explored.
• Sol walked through the wasteland for a day without finding people or creatures, while the compass nearly recharged.
• A purplish-black tendril burst from beneath Sol, wrapped around his right leg, and dragged him down into the sand.

Thor captured a strange sand-dwelling beast in the Chaos Domain and returned to the Wizard Main World with its corpse. While dissecting it, he discovered an unusual organ containing black particles that Camus identified as a Dormant Body of a Pollution Source.

• Thor used Xiao Zao to drag a five-tongued beast out of the sand, subdued it, and returned to the Wizard Main World with it after the Chaos Domain Compass recharged.
• Thor brought the dead beast to the Wizard Tower basement and dissected it with Agu, the Old Witch, and Camus watching.
• Thor found a moving mass in the beast’s esophagus that resisted ordinary tools, then cut it open with a fragment of a black blade and had Agu test its contents under seal.
• Thor compared black particles from the mass with samples of Chaos Domain sand and airborne particles, finding their physical properties similar.
• Camus identified the black material in the Culture Dish as a Dormant Body of a Pollution Source.