Chapter Summaries

Wizard Ron returned to the kingdom, met with Andre to secure the Corona Breathing Technique inheritance, and agreed to deal with the Icefield Orc Cavalry Regiment. He then returned to the Ralph Family castle, where he reunited with his father and Edmund and prepared to discuss another important matter.

• Ron arrived at the palace and met Andre, who revealed that he had knowingly used Eric's failed escape plan to demonstrate their alliance.
• Ron agreed to help Andre resolve the northern counts' resistance by drawing the Icefield Orc Cavalry Regiment into an encirclement, where Ron could test his spells and harvest their souls.
• Ron asked Andre to prepare the complete Corona Breathing Technique inheritance and other items from the royal family's stores.
• August watched Ron and Andre meet, reflecting on the absolute power Wizards held over mortals.
• Ron returned to the Ralph Family castle and gently embraced Count Ralph, while asking his father and Edmund to address him by name in private.
• At dinner, Edmund described the family's growing influence, and Ron announced that he had another important matter to discuss with them.

Ron revealed his thousand-year marriage alliance with Prince Andre to his family, then used the Erosion Movement to destroy the Polar Orc Cavalry and force the rebels to retreat. After gaining charge toward unlocking Fusion Recording, he prepared to seek the Corona Knight inheritance in the royal Treasure Vault.

• Ron told the Count and Edmund that his Contract with Prince Andre promised a royal marriage alliance and hereditary grand duke status for the Ralph Family.
• Ron explained the experience and extended lifespan of a formal Wizard, reassuring his family that he would continue to watch over them.
• At the northern border, Ron played the Erosion Movement from a cliff, killing the Polar Orc Cavalry and scattering the rebel soldiers.
• Ron absorbed soul energy that raised Phantom of Thousand Changes' charge progress to 57% and revealed that Fusion Recording would unlock at 100%.
• Andre's forces watched the rebels withdraw, while Ron left to review the spell and planned to search the royal Treasure Vault for the Corona Knight inheritance.

Ron said goodbye to his family and Andre before leaving the kingdom for the Central Land, then examined the Corona Breathing Technique inheritance in the Royal Treasure Vault. He discovered that one of the Ancestral Effigies might provide the essence needed to complete his Sunlight Blessing, but he had not yet decided how to proceed.

• Ron and Edmund reflected on time, mortality, and their childhood wishes as Ron told his brother he planned to leave for the Central Land.
• Ron said farewell to the Ralph family, gave them a Crystal Ball that could kill enemies below the level of an official Wizard, and departed in a carriage with Ailan and the Substitute Doll.
• Ron met Andre at the palace, where they discussed Ron's departure and went to the Royal Treasure Vault with Chief Steward Cullen.
• Cullen showed Ron the Corona Breathing Technique manuscript, the sunlight emblem, and two Ancestral Effigies said to preserve the first-generation Corona Knight's memories and energy imprint.
• Ron used Extraordinary Identification and discovered an Energy Core in an effigy whose energy resembled his incomplete Sunlight Blessing.
• Ron considered merging the effigy's Sunlight Essence with his own trait, then noticed that the two effigies held distinct energy patterns.

Ron exchanged an improved Bloodline Activation Potion for the Way of Symbiosis effigy, a Corona Emblem, and the complete Corona Breathing Technique manuscript, which revealed the path to becoming a Corona Knight. After promising Andre he would visit his tomb someday, Ron left the Farouk Kingdom and set out toward the Crystal Spire.

• Ron traded Andre twelve improved Bloodline Activation Potions for a copy of the Corona Breathing Technique, the Way of Symbiosis effigy, and a Corona Emblem.
• Ron examined the effigy and found that its Sunlight Essence was too difficult to purify with his current equipment.
• Ron studied the manuscript and learned that the technique’s final stage, the Wheel of Radiance, involved building a miniature stellar system and forming Corona Armor.
• Andre confessed that he feared never seeing Ron again and asked him to visit his tomb after his death, and Ron promised he would return.
• Ron said farewell to Andre, left the palace with Ailan, and traveled toward the Crystal Spire.

Ron departed the Black Mist Forest aboard the Dawnwalker for the Central Land after saying goodbye to Mrs. Allen, who warned him about the Crystal Spire and gave him the Dew of the Mind formula. As the airship began its month-long voyage, Lillia watched from afar and vowed to grow strong enough to stand beside him again.

• Ron and Mrs. Allen exchanged farewells, and she cautioned him about the Crown Clan and presented him with the Dew of the Mind formula.
• Ron boarded the Dawnwalker with his Tree Spirit assistant Ailan and his belongings, receiving a VIP suite arranged by Vice Dean Hayek.
• The receptionist outlined the airship's route to the Central Land, including a stop at Abyss Outpost No. 69 and a passage through the Glass Archipelago.
• As the Dawnwalker took off, Lillia watched from a rooftop and vowed to catch up to Ron and become his partner.

Mrs. Allen prepared to leave the Black Mist Forest with Lillia for the Emerald Great Forest, while Yuni reassured her that the School would help them. Hayek, Solon, and Yuni planned the School's evacuation as Abyssal energy overwhelmed its defenses, and Solon hinted at the mysterious reward he had arranged for Ron.

• Mrs. Allen planned a route to the Emerald Great Forest and decided she and Lillia would leave in three days.
• Yuni told Mrs. Allen that the School would send earth-element apprentices to help them travel through the marshlands, and she revealed that Lillia was safe on a rooftop in the East District.
• Hayek, Solon, and Yuni reviewed the spreading energy leaks, the failing defenses, and the School's ongoing evacuation.
• Hayek confirmed that the School would escort Mrs. Allen and Lillia through Snake Scale Swamp and decided to bring no more than thirty promising apprentices to the Central Land.
• Solon told the meeting that Ron had left Holt improved Artificial Star Dew, then hinted that he had arranged another mysterious reward for Ron.

Ron traveled aboard the Dawnwalker to Abyss Outpost No. 69, where he planned to buy materials for a portable Simulation Battle Device and learn about the abyss. After arriving, he hired the local guide Ethan and began walking toward the town.

• Ron continued studying the Simulation Battle Device blueprints and planned to improve its energy circulation with help from Axar’s Soul Fragment.
• The Dawnwalker arrived at Abyss Outpost No. 69, where Ron disembarked and sensed the mingled abyssal and surface-world energy.
• Ron met Ethan, a local guide, and gave him a list of materials needed for alchemy and stabilizing Soul Fragments.
• Ron and Ethan took the cable car down from the docking tower and walked toward the town gate.
• Ethan explained that long exposure to the Abyss changed residents’ appearances and could grant special abilities, but shortened their lifespans and affected their minds.

Ethan guided Ron through Town 69 and explained how the abyssal aura strengthened and altered its residents while shortening their lives and binding them to the abyss. Ron entered the Abyss Market during a lull in the abyssal tide, ready to explore the crowded trading venue.

• Ethan told Ron that abyssal aura granted residents abilities but shortened their lifespans and caused them to lose control if they stayed away from it too long.
• Ethan described his uncle’s mutation and explained that Wizards sent those who lost control to prisons that also supplied experimental subjects under strict contracts.
• Ron and Ethan reached Town 69, where Ron saw runic defenses that purified the aura and a detection tower showing low abyssal activity.
• Ethan led Ron through the city’s mixed-race population to the Abyss Market, where crowds gathered during a trough in the abyssal tide.

Ron visited a stone gambling shop in the Abyssal market and used his abilities and alchemical skill to open three gambling stones, finding valuable treasures in each. He left with a Heart-Devouring Stone, an Abyss Crystal, and a Void Gem worth thousands of Magic Stone Fragments.

• Ethan explained that Abyssal energy shifted through annual and shorter tides, with dangerous peaks that raised both rewards and mortality.
• Ron learned that Colin's shop sold gambling stones from different Abyss layers and used Extraordinary Identification to choose two premium stones and one treasure-grade stone.
• Ron bargained with Colin and bought the three stones for three complete magic stones.
• Ron opened the first stone and found a Heart-Devouring Stone that could store emotional energy and magic power.
• Ron opened the second stone and found an Abyss Crystal from the Black Sand Wasteland.
• Ron opened the final stone and revealed a Void Gem worth at least four thousand Magic Stone Fragments, then stored all three treasures in his Space Pouch.

Ron explored Town 69’s market, bought rare materials, and learned about the Crystal Spire’s Abyss observatory recruitment and the lawless Shadow District. Back aboard the airship, he examined his purchases and planned their uses before beginning his star-focused meditation.

• Ron bought materials for his Simulation Battle Device and learned that the Crystal Spire was recruiting for its Abyss observatories, which he considered a promising opportunity.
• Ron paid Ethan for guiding him and agreed to visit the Shadow District with him the next day.
• Ron returned to the airship, let Dail and Ailan explore nearby, and tested the Void Gem, Heart-Devouring Stone, and abyssal crystal.
• Ron decided the Void Gem could anchor a Pocket House Spell, the Heart-Devouring Stone could power his Simulation Battle Device, and the unstable abyssal crystal should wait for a proper laboratory.
• Ron began meditating under the stars, and his Whispers of the Star Eater gained one experience point.

Ron reflected on his rapid growth as a new official wizard and prepared to explore the Shadow District for rare materials. He learned that Wizard Reynolds would join the airship and discovered that adventurers in Town 69 were preparing to exploit a brief lull in the Abyssal Tide.

• Ron reviewed his growing mental power and mana, his half-lit Hermit Star, and his plans to learn flight and movement spells in the Central Land.
• Ailan told Ron that Ethan was waiting to guide him through the Shadow District’s daytime special-goods trade, and Ron prepared containers and testing tools.
• Marianne informed Ron that Wizard Reynolds, a Morning Star Rank Wizard and professional Bloodline Modulator, would board the Dawnwalker; Ron agreed to meet him without an isolation panel.
• Ron met Ethan and walked through the busier streets of Town 69 toward the Shadow District.
• Ethan explained that adventurers were preparing for expeditions because the Abyssal Tide was about to enter a minor-cycle trough.

Ron entered the Shadow District and used its Silent Market to search for rare materials for his research and bloodline experiments. He acquired components for his Simulation Battle Device and bought an intact Ecological Bagworm membrane, while the Sandsea Hunter organ remained unfound.

• Ron and Ethan crossed the city and passed through the eastern gate into the Abyss-tainted outer district, where they reached the living-metal boundary of the Shadow District.
• Ron paid Balk the entry fee, demonstrated his middle Morning Star strength, and received a red badge granting advanced access to the Silent Market.
• Ron entered Isolation Zone No. 7 and searched the market archives for Shifting Resin, Chimera bloodlines, and materials to protect Soul Fragments.
• Ron traded potions and Magic Stones for Spiritual Dimension Crystal, Stardust Sand, and Ghost Pearls for his Simulation Battle Device.
• A trader called Wanderer offered Ron an intact Ecological Bagworm membrane for five advanced potions and one Magic Stone, and Ron accepted the deal.
• Ron inspected the membrane and confirmed that it was intact, active, and capable of adapting to its surroundings.

Ron traded his expertise in Abyssal bloodline modulation for valuable Sandsea Hunter organs and discovered that the client, Mist Walker, was the Morning Star Wizard Reynolds. After boarding the airship, Ron met Reynolds again at dinner, where their acquaintance promised further exchange during the journey to the Central Land.

• Ron answered Mist Walker’s request for help stabilizing a test subject and diagnosed a conflict between the Black Sand Ant’s hive consciousness and the other bloodlines.
• Ron recommended a stabilization plan, then discussed the subject’s treatment with Mist Walker in a secure exchange room.
• Mist Walker awarded Ron a Sandsea Hunter eyeball, tentacle suckers, and a Corrosion fluid reservoir for his consultation.
• Ron learned that Mist Walker was Wizard Reynolds, a Morning Star Rank Wizard, and returned to the airship with the organs.
• The captain invited Ron to dinner with Reynolds, and the two Wizards recognized each other as their earlier trading partners.

Ron discussed Bloodline Modulation with Reynolds and learned that the Abyss Observatory was recruiting wizards to investigate unusual activity in the Abyss of Souls. As the Dawnwalker neared the Glass Archipelago, a flock of harpies in their mating season approached, and Ron and Reynolds prepared to subdue them.

• Ron explained how the Gray Mist Lizard bloodline could ease conflicts between fused bloodlines, and Reynolds said the advice had stabilized his experimental subject.
• Reynolds told Ron that the Abyss Observatory had detected increasingly unstable energy in the Seventh Floor, the Abyss of Souls, and invited him to consider joining its research team.
• Ron expressed interest in learning more about the observatory but said he first needed to complete research on a special Alchemy Apparatus, then exchanged communication Emblems with Reynolds.
• Ron spent the voyage studying materials from Town 69 and the Sandsea Hunter while refining the Simulation Battle Device design, and the Dawnwalker approached the Glass Archipelago.
• Ron and Reynolds sensed a flock of at least thirty or forty harpies drawn by the male passengers and agreed that Ron would capture them while Reynolds restrained them.

Ron and Reynolds defended the Dawnwalker from a harpy swarm, then collected harpy bloodline essence before reaching the Glass Archipelago. Over dinner, Reynolds explained the region’s magic and began describing the Central Land’s intense magical concentration.

• Ron and Reynolds bound and incapacitated the approaching harpies with a binding spell and Ron’s Sonic Oscillation.
• Ron extracted harpy bloodline essence for his research into Dail’s Siren bloodline, and the captain arranged to move the unconscious harpies for further study.
• The Dawnwalker docked at Glazed Island, where Ron arranged to meet Reynolds for dinner at Deep Blue Bay.
• Ron ate Strange-Eye Soup and gained a slight increase in his Spirit attribute, then sampled other magical dishes with Reynolds.
• Reynolds told Ron that newcomers to the Central Land often suffered headaches and dizziness because of its highly concentrated magic.

Reynolds explained the Central Land’s power structure and the constraints schools place on Wizards, then revealed that Archwizard Cassandra’s daughter was created as a perfect candidate for the Path of Essence. The girl’s extraordinary talent caused Magic Devour, a condition that threatened to overwhelm and destroy her body and mind.

• Reynolds told Ron that the Court of Truth stood above the School Alliance and that the Crystal Spire, led by Archwizard Cassandra, dominated the major schools.
• Reynolds explained that schools often bound Wizards with service Contracts, described his own thirty-three years serving the Garden of Elements, and outlined ways Contracts could end early.
• Reynolds said he wanted friendship and cooperation with Ron, noting that Ron’s golden-rimmed magic Emblem revealed his status as a Primal Wizard.
• Reynolds revealed that Cassandra had spent fifty years creating her only daughter as an ideal successor compatible with the Path of Essence.
• Reynolds explained that the daughter developed Magic Devour because her magic power grew faster than her body and mind could withstand.

Ron and Reynolds discussed Eve’s Magic Devour, the Crown Clan’s promised reward for curing her, and Ron’s dangerous Path of Essence. The chapter ended as Ron arrived at Dawn Port and learned about the Sky City and its powerful tower masters.

• Reynolds told Ron that Eve’s worsening Magic Devour was rumored to be a rule backlash that even the King of Absurdity could not directly resolve.
• Reynolds suggested Ron might one day treat Eve and described the three treasures Archwizard Cassandra had promised to anyone who cured her.
• Reynolds described rumored treasures in the Crown Clan’s vault, including a Time Fragment and the Complete Guide to Otherworlds.
• Ron explained to Reynolds that he chose the Path of Essence to reach the sources of power without the restrictions of the traditional path, and they toasted their friendship.
• Ron and Reynolds arrived at Dawn Port, where Reynolds pointed out the distant Sky City and explained the ranks and roles of its tower masters.

Ron arrived in Dawn Port, where the Central Land’s high mana concentration strengthened his abilities and posed a risk of mana overload. After the city’s screening system identified him as a Primal Wizard, he received special treatment and settled into a temporary residence, with plans to seek academic connections.

• Reynolds explained how the Central Land’s core towers purified Abyssal contamination and warned Ron that its abundant mana brought both opportunity and danger.
• Ron noticed his Star Projection trait accelerating his mana recovery and built an internal buffer to control the excess energy.
• At Dawn Port’s screening gate, the crystals identified Ron as a Primal Wizard, and Melanie arranged a special reception and tour for him and Reynolds.
• Melanie showed Ron Dawn Port’s districts and defenses before taking him to Jadeite Courtyard, his temporary residence.
• Ron and Reynolds exchanged communication Emblems and discussed visiting the Abyss Observatory, then Melanie told Ron he could apply to the School Alliance’s New Star Reception Office for an introducer and resources.

Ron settled into his temporary residence in Dawn Port, contacted his mentors and Mrs. Allen, and learned that several people from his past were helping her and Lillia travel safely. As the Crystal Spire’s leaders discussed his arrival, the Tower Master advised them to treat him normally.

• Ron asked Melanie where to find academic materials, inspected Jadeite Courtyard, and told Ailan to secure the Abyss materials from Town 69.
• Ron contacted Mrs. Allen, who said Kazak’s Lizardmen and King Andre’s guards had escorted her and Lillia, and warned Ron against anyone trying to exploit his Primal Wizard’s Grace.
• Mrs. Allen told Ron that Lillia was studying Potions diligently and cautioned him against signing unequal Contracts involving Grace.
• Ron separately contacted Hayek, Solon, and Yuni, who advised him to assess the Crystal Spire’s factions carefully and refuse harsh Contract terms.
• Leaders at the Crystal Spire discussed Ron’s arrival, and one reported that the Tower Master had instructed them to treat him normally.

The Crystal Spire’s leaders decided to handle Ron’s arrival through ordinary procedures, while Ron prepared to apply and gathered information about the institution. When Elliott visited, he revealed that his Wind of Listening talent had grown stronger after his advancement, giving Ron reason to reassess his value.

• The Crystal Spire’s leaders interpreted Cassandra’s order to treat Ron normally and agreed to assess him through standard procedures after he applied.
• Ron contacted Melanie, learned how to apply to the Crystal Spire, and discovered that Trish Lind and Corinna had been sent to a confidential abyssal outpost.
• Ron contacted Elliott, who agreed to visit Jadeite Courtyard and hinted that Ron’s advancement through the Path of Essence had become known in the Crystal Spire.
• Elliott visited Ron, explained that his family had secured him an early Key Potion after his failure at the Bloodline Altar, and described his strengthened Wind of Listening talent.
• Elliott told Ron that his talent let him hear physical sounds, energy fluctuations, flows of information, and echoes of certain future events.