Chapter Summaries

Ron sensed an unknowable presence watching him while preparing for the approaching Star Ring Conjunction, and advanced his experiments with the Flowing Barrier. At the chapter’s end, Holy Disc located Ron and concealed himself in the shadows of Black Mist Forest, preparing to approach him.

• Ron felt an elusive gaze watching him and learned from Lillia that the School had tightened security, emptied its market, and increased patrols ahead of the Star Ring Conjunction.
• Ron warned Lillia to avoid going out and returned to his laboratory to continue developing the Flowing Barrier.
• Ron successfully constructed a multilayered barrier and added an active counterattack function, bringing his Flowing Barrier skill to Proficient 98/100.
• Holy Disc returned to the Surface World and resisted activating the Seed of the Throne after recalling Megs's warning about its limits.
• Holy Disc used a blood-based positioning Magic Array to locate Ron Ralph, then disguised himself and vanished into the Black Mist Forest's shadows.

Ron advanced Flowing Barrier to Master level by integrating Abyssal Substance and Soul Steel, gaining a barrier that learned and adapted to attacks. As the Star Ring Conjunction began, he prepared to contact the Devourer, mastered his meditation method, and drifted into a higher-dimensional starry realm toward a vast darkness.

• Ron introduced Abyssal Substance into the barrier medium, stabilized it, and fused Soul Steel into its core control center.
• The Flowing Barrier reached Master level and gained Eternal Engraving, allowing it to learn attacks, improve its defenses, and adapt to Ron’s combat habits.
• As the Star Ring Conjunction approached, Hayek and Solon guarded Ron’s workshop while Lillia, Dail, and Ailan waited safely at Mrs. Allen’s Herb Shop.
• Ron prepared on the Star Observation Platform, used Grace, reset his condition with the Pocket Watch, and drank Mrs. Allen’s Stardust Dawn potion, raising his breakthrough success rate to 95%.
• Ron began meditating as the Star Ring Conjunction started, advanced the Whispers of the Star Eater to Master level, and entered a higher-dimensional starry realm.

Ron endured the Devourer’s terrifying trial during his breakthrough, awakened Dual Casting, and advanced Whispers of the Star Eater to Star Projection as he became an official Wizard. The chapter then shifted to Trish at the Crystal Spire, where a strange glow from an object in her room interrupted her training.

• Ron entered a void during meditation, watched his memories merge, and faced a vision of the Devourer consuming Earth and its inhabitants.
• Ron used his talents and the Chimera bloodline to withstand the Devourer’s assault and separate his two souls while keeping them in resonance.
• Ron unlocked Dual Casting, opened the Gate of Wisdom, and advanced Whispers of the Star Eater from Instill to Star Projection.
• At the Crystal Spire, Trish attended a lecture, saw Elliott Vander ranked eighth, and thought Ron would rise quickly if he came there.
• As Trish prepared to train in her residence, an object in the corner of the room began to glow strangely.

Trish discovered that Ron had become an official wizard through the dangerous Path of Essence, then prepared for a field mission to the Abyss. Ron completed his advancement as a Three-Star Wizard, tested his new abilities, and his instructors realized his pure Grace could attract powerful factions.

• Trish’s Magic Resonance Orb confirmed Ron’s advancement, and she concluded he had succeeded through the Path of Essence.
• Corinna asked Trish to join her on a mission to collect rare materials at the edge of the Abyss, and Trish resolved to become a full wizard herself.
• Ron completed his advancement during the Star Ring Conjunction and gained the Primordial Circuit, Radiation Field, Metamagic Technique, and Mind Blast.
• Ron tested his new traits, finding that they strengthened his Bloodline Knight and Bloodline Modulator abilities, while Mind Blast killed a lab mouse instantly.
• Yuni and Hayek felt Ron’s pure Grace cleanse years of their spiritual contamination and worried that powerful factions would seek to control him.

Ron tested how the Metamagic Technique strengthened his spells before meeting Hayek, Yuni, and Magnus to have his advancement formally recognized. After Ron registered as a Primal Wizard in the Wizard Compendium, the wizards warned him that his plans to travel to the Central Land would draw attention from powerful factions.

• Ron used the Metamagic Technique to make his Flowing Barrier absorb and redistribute the force of his Sonic Oscillation, and he noticed that Star Projection was increasing his magic reserves.
• Hayek, Yuni, and Magnus met Ron in the Central Tower council hall and acknowledged that he had advanced to formal wizard through the Path of Essence.
• Ron inspected the certification document, then told the wizards he planned to visit Mrs. Allen, return to the Farouk Kingdom, and eventually travel to the Central Land.
• Hayek warned Ron that his status as a rare Primal Wizard would attract both allies and potential threats in the Central Land.
• Ron signed the certification, and Hayek, Yuni, and Magnus witnessed it, recording Ron Ralph as a formal wizard in the Wizard Compendium.

Ron left the council hall after becoming an official wizard and set out to meet Mrs. Allen. Meanwhile, Holy Disc used Apostle Power to break into the Bloodline Altar, defeat Solon, and begin shattering the seal, leaving the School facing a spreading abyssal threat.

• Hayek and Yuni gave Ron communication emblems, and Hayek welcomed him back as Official Wizard Ralph before Ron left to meet Mrs. Allen.
• Holy Disc transformed with the Seed of the Throne's Apostle Power and shattered Valen's protective array around the Bloodline Altar control point.
• Holy Disc confronted Solon, revealed himself as Zote, and used Word Spirit Disturbance Art and a curse to stop Solon from defending himself.
• Holy Disc stabbed Solon with his Bone Blades, swallowed his heart, and left him collapsing under abyssal contamination.
• Holy Disc channeled Apostle Power into the red crystal sealing the Bloodline Altar, cracking it and intensifying the energy surge.

After the Holy Disc destroyed the Bloodline Altar’s seal, Solon used Ron’s Grace and a Heart’s Tear to survive, warn Hayek, and slow the Abyssal energy’s spread. Ron sensed the disturbance and met Mrs. Allen, who confirmed the danger and said she had been preparing to isolate the herb shop.

• The Holy Disc shattered the red crystal, unleashed Abyssal energy, and fled the collapsing altar to seek Ron as his next target.
• Solon recalled how the Crystal Spire’s Soul Contract had made him a pawn and threatened his soul with eternal torment if he failed to protect the School’s core facilities.
• Solon used Ron’s Grace, a Heart’s Tear, and potions to survive long enough to warn Hayek, then reinforced a Crystal Pillar to slow the Abyssal leak.
• Ron sensed aggressive Abyssal energy near the Bloodline Altar and went to Mrs. Allen’s Herb Shop for help.
• Ron and Mrs. Allen discussed his advancement and plans to travel to the Central Land, and she warned him that his pure Grace could attract powerful enemies.
• Mrs. Allen confirmed the abnormality and told Ron she had been preparing to activate the Protective Magic Array to isolate the shop.

After advancing to an official Wizard, Ron reunited with Lillia, Dail, and Ailan, then discovered that the visitor reporting an attack on the Bloodline Altar was the disguised Abyssal creature Holy Disc. Ron severely wounded Holy Disc with two rapid spells, but Holy Disc revealed a blood-red bead and claimed the Seed of the Throne would revive him.

• Ron reunited with Lillia, Dail, and Ailan after successfully advancing to an official Wizard.
• Ron and Mrs. Allen discussed the visions he experienced during his advancement and toasted the endless search for power.
• Holt arrived and reported that Mentor Solon had been attacked and the Bloodline Altar's seal had been destroyed.
• Ron identified the visitor as Holy Disc disguised as Holt, and Holy Disc transformed and revealed that the Abyss Eye had chosen Ron as the vessel for the Fourteenth Throne.
• Ron struck Holy Disc with Sonic Oscillation Corrosion State and Radiant Ring Compression Blast, leaving him severely damaged.
• Holy Disc laughed that the Seed of the Throne would grant him rebirth, and a blood-red bead appeared in his chest.

Ron defeated Holy Disc before his Apostolic Transformation could finish and chose to hand the Seed of the Throne to the Crystal Spire. He left with Hayek and Yuni to help the gravely wounded Solon as the Black Fog School came under threat, while Megs and the other Supreme Apostles discussed their failed plan and the growing activity of the Gray Vortex.

• Ron stopped Mrs. Allen from fighting, told her that rest and his Grace could help her recover, then disrupted Holy Disc's transformation with Mind Blast.
• Ron trapped Holy Disc with the Flowing Barrier and let the Demon Hunting-form Surrogate Puppet devour him, leaving the Seed of the Throne behind.
• Ron chose to surrender the Seed of the Throne to the Crystal Spire rather than keep the dangerous power for himself.
• Hayek and Yuni told Ron that Solon had been ambushed at the Bloodline Altar and was barely alive, so Ron went with them to help him.
• Mrs. Allen prepared to evacuate the school as the Black Mist Forest warped, while Megs told the other Supreme Apostles that Ron's seed had already connected him to the Abyss.
• The Gray Vortex roared more violently, and Megs said they needed to find a successor to the Fourteenth Apostle soon.

As the Bloodline Altar seal collapsed and Abyssal contamination spread through Black Mist Forest, Ron treated the dying Solon while Hayek and Yuni fought off an Abyssal Rat Swarm. Solon survived with a temporary artificial heart, but the altar’s surroundings continued collapsing, forcing the group to flee through a northern passage.

• Ron, Hayek, and Yuni reached the Bloodline Altar control node and found Solon dying amid the spreading Abyssal contamination.
• Ron brewed and administered a Life Stabilization Potion while Hayek and Yuni defended against the attacking Abyssal Rat Swarm.
• Ron used his Radiation Field and Bloodline Modulation to draw Abyssal contamination from Solon and neutralize it.
• Ron fashioned a temporary artificial heart, replaced Solon’s failing Heart’s Tear, and stabilized him.
• Solon regained consciousness and identified a relatively stable northern passage as their escape route.
• As the area shook and began collapsing faster, Solon urged the group to leave immediately.

Ron and his companions escaped the collapsing Bloodline Altar as the Black Fog School began evacuating the Abyss-tainted forest. After helping defend the evacuation and preparing his workshop, Ron reviewed his shortcomings in battle and set out with Ailan, Dail, and Lillia on a new journey.

• Ron used the Surrogate Puppet to devour Abyssal Creatures as the group made its way out of the collapsing passage, and he rescued Solon from a giant spider.
• After the group reached the surface, Hayek explained that the Bloodline Altar's collapse would force the Black Fog School to relocate and that Ron would face an Evaluation Team in the Central Land.
• The Bloodline Altar collapsed, and Ron spent three days helping defend the evacuation while charging the Surrogate Puppet to 80%.
• Ron returned to his workshop, where Mrs. Allen and his companions had packed equipment and research materials for the move.
• Ron reviewed his duel with the Holy Disc and identified weaknesses in his spell refinement, endurance, and Metamagic Technique.
• The next morning, Ron finished checking the workshop and departed with Ailan, Dail, and Lillia.

A Wizard Compendium alert announced that Ron Ralph had become an official wizard through the Path of Essence, drawing the attention of ancient Archwizards preserved in the Court of Truth. As Varian, Karent, and Mora argued over the dangers and merits of that path, the ancient Drake awakened and called Star-Eater's Babble an ambitious child.

• The Wizard Compendium Projection Platform recorded Ron Ralph's advancement through the Path of Essence in the Fourth Era, Year 3721.
• Varian, Karent, and Mora discussed Ron Ralph's advancement and argued over the Path of Essence and the traditional Key Potion route.
• Varian and Karent mocked each other over their old resentment and Mora's success, while Mora defended the Path of Essence.
• Drake awakened in a larger crystal sac, called Star-Eater's Babble an ambitious child, and silenced the other Hanged Ones.

The Hanged discussed Ron Ralph’s rapid ascent through Whispers of the Star Eater and the ominous history of its creator, The Traveler, while speculating that the Crystal Spire and the Crown Clan would soon seek to claim him. At the Black Mist Forest, Ron prepared to leave for the Crystal Spire with his companions and belongings, as the chapter ended with his departure preparations underway.

• Drake identified Ron as the seventeenth Primal Wizard to ascend through Whispers of the Star Eater and recalled earlier wizards who had used the method.
• Mora, Varian, and Karent debated Ron’s swift rise before Drake recounted how The Traveler vanished after warning of horrors beyond the Devourer.
• Drake and Karent predicted that the Crown Clan would try to recruit and control Ron, while the Hanged watched with curiosity.
• Ron prepared to leave the Black Mist Forest, and Enforcement Squad members arranged to transport his supplies on two Vulture Dragons.
• Ron, Lillia, and Ailan loaded his equipment and records, while Dail eagerly asked about the Crystal Spire and its lake.

Ron watched Wizards build temporary housing for evacuees, then learned about Mrs. Allen’s Pocket House Spell and the rare Abyssal materials needed to create such a home. As Ron considered exploring the Abyss with his Surrogate Puppet, Mrs. Allen gave him a map of its first three layers.

• Ron observed Earth-element Wizards rapidly construct sturdy temporary housing protected by Magic Arrays.
• Mrs. Allen used a rune-covered box and silver key to restore her Herb Shop, then introduced the Pocket House Spell.
• Mrs. Allen explained that the spell depended on spatial materials such as Black Sand Essence, Blood Crystal Stone, Twisted Wood, and Void Iron.
• Ron considered using his Surrogate Puppet to explore the Abyss and gather materials while limiting his personal risk.
• Mrs. Allen gave Ron a map of the Abyss’s first three layers to help with future exploration.

Ron studied an ancient blood-marked map of the Abyss as Mrs. Allen explained Ash Town, its dangers, and the creatures found in the Abyss’s shallow fringe. She warned him that the outer region’s relative safety was a trap that could lure explorers deeper until they could no longer escape.

• Ron examined Mrs. Allen’s ancient map, and she showed him how the Abyss’s shifting terrain could make its markings unreliable.
• Mrs. Allen advised Ron to prepare in Ash Town, describing its inns, inhabitants, Abyssal influence, and violent dangers.
• Mrs. Allen explained that the Abyss’s outer fringe contained weaker curses and Mutants such as Six-Eyed Worms, Radiation Toads, and Bone-Claw Rats.
• Mrs. Allen warned Ron that the outer region’s mild dangers created a false sense of security and could draw explorers farther into the Abyss.

Mrs. Allen warned Ron about the Crimson Shallows, the Black Sand Wasteland, and the Chaos Spirits that threatened Abyss explorers, then urged him to strengthen himself before descending. Ron thanked her and left with her final warning to distrust voices and seemingly fortunate discoveries in the Abyss.

• Mrs. Allen explained that shifting Spatial Vesicles, dangerous Mutants, and the corrosive Black Sand Wasteland made the Abyss's upper layers treacherous.
• Mrs. Allen described Chaos Spirits that could scatter explorers across the Abyss, recounting how they had separated her team and killed several companions.
• Mrs. Allen advised Ron to avoid greed, leave once he had gathered enough materials, and beware of voices that spoke directly to him.
• Mrs. Allen urged Ron to use his one-to-two-year growth period to increase his strength and reach at least Morning Star Rank before exploring the Abyss.
• Ron thanked Mrs. Allen for her guidance, and she expressed hope that he would remember her when he reached a higher place.

Ron used his Surrogate Puppet to pull his carriage toward the Royal Capital while meditating and developing a new mental attack technique. He sent Andre word that he had become an official Wizard and expected to arrive in three days.

• Ron accepted a carriage without a draft beast and had his Surrogate Puppet harness itself to the carriage and pull him.
• Ron released Ailan from his Space Pouch, then began meditating during the journey while the puppet traveled and avoided simple obstacles.
• Ron sensed different stellar energies and heard clearer whispers from the Devourer, then recorded ideas for a new technique he named Starry Concerto.
• Ron checked the puppet's progress and sent Andre a letter announcing his advancement and planned arrival in the Royal Capital in three days.

Andre consolidated his control over the Farouk Kingdom while learning that the Black Fog School was evacuating after an Abyssal aura leak. Ron sent word that he was coming to the capital as an official Wizard, and Andre ordered a grand welcome, while August feared the Wizard’s arrival could reshape the kingdom beyond their control.

• Ron sent the Big-mouthed Parrot to deliver a sealed letter to Andre Farouk and returned to refining his Star Projection technique.
• Andre ordered searches and arrests to continue as he tightened his grip on the Royal Capital after a bloody struggle with his siblings.
• August told Andre that the Black Fog School was evacuating because of Abyssal contamination and Aberrant Creatures, and warned him against his ruthless treatment of the royal family.
• Andre received Ron’s letter announcing his arrival as an official Wizard, while August doubted the news and Andre insisted Ron was exceptional.
• Andre ordered a grand welcoming Ritual for Ron in three days, with the royal guards kneeling ten miles outside the city, as August warned that a Wizard’s arrival could profoundly change the kingdom.

The Royal Capital’s residents were forced to kneel to welcome Lord Ron, a Wizard allied with Prince Andre. After Lord Ron’s unseen power killed the fleeing Second Prince Eric and five followers, the carriage continued toward the palace as the city was left terrified of the Wizard and Andre’s alliance with him.

• Thomas the blacksmith and other residents complained about being ordered to kneel, while guards enforced the royal family’s command.
• Thomas and the city’s residents gathered along the main road as the palace guard captain ordered them to remain silent and kneel for Lord Ron.
• Second Prince Eric and five trusted men tried to escape through the open city gate during the commotion.
• An unseen force from Lord Ron’s carriage stopped Eric and his followers and made their heads burst, killing all six.
• The guard captain cleared the road for Lord Ron’s carriage, and the kneeling citizens watched it proceed toward the palace in fear.
• News later revealed that Prince Andre had controlled Eric’s escape attempt and used the killings to display Lord Ron’s power and their alliance.

After Ron arrived in the kingdom and executed Second Prince Eric and five others at the city gate, August prepared an extravagant reception, but Andre warned him that Ron was a Primal Wizard who had come for the Corona Breathing Technique. August agreed to open the royal Treasure Vault, and Ron’s overwhelming magical aura spread through the palace as Andre led the way to welcome him.

• News reached August that Ron had executed Eric and five others at the city gate, and August celebrated the arrival of a powerful ally.
• August ordered a luxurious suite, wine, and ten beautiful women prepared for Ron’s reception.
• Andre stopped August and explained that Ron was a Primal Wizard whose radiation field made ordinary women unable to approach him.
• Andre told August that Ron had come for the Corona Breathing Technique and warned that refusing him could cost the royal family their lives.
• August agreed to open the royal Treasure Vault and welcome Ron.
• Ron’s powerful aura swept over the palace, and Andre confirmed his arrival before setting out to greet him.