Chapter Summaries

Ryan tested how the Rusted Iron Sword interacted with Evil God Gendas's Origin, then checked the Vampire King Vine's bizarre evolution. After reaching Third-level Wizard Apprentice, he headed to the Divine Blood Tower to claim a tailor-made Wizard Artifact.

• Ryan pierced living flesh infused with the Evil God Origin using the Rusted Iron Sword and recorded his findings about how Anomalous Item rules interacted.
• The Evil God Gendas woke with a Chill of Malice, devoured a worshipper, and returned to sleep when nothing else happened.
• Ryan found the Vampire King Vine transformed into a tentacled, snake-scaled creature that was nurturing a huge Flesh Embryo as its evolution neared completion.
• Ryan decided to seek Wizard Kelan's help with the Black Sun Ruins and planned to offer her something in return.
• Ryan went to the Divine Blood Tower to use his opportunity to obtain a tailor-made Wizard Artifact from the Divine Blood Wizard.

Ryan met the Divine Blood Wizard and commissioned a growth-type Supernatural Wizard Artifact that would take three months to forge. Meanwhile, the resurrected Rellis persuaded the Berkeley Family to join the Natural Ring Tower and sabotage White Lake Wizard City's trade route and Wizard Array core.

• The Divine Blood Wizard showed Ryan his Sea of Fire and Swords and agreed to forge him a growth-type Supernatural Wizard Artifact using his flesh, blood, and spiritual power.
• The Divine Blood Wizard told Ryan the artifact would take about three months to forge and that Ryan would need to return for its final step.
• Beta Berkeley met Rellis in White Lake Wizard City as the Berkeley Family's remaining leaders faced pressure from the Umbral Expanse's Enforcement Wizards.
• Rellis explained that she had returned through a soul embryo after Ryan killed her, then urged the Berkeley Family to accept the Natural Ring Tower's offer.
• Beta Berkeley, Truman Berkeley, and Gula Berkeley agreed to join the Natural Ring Tower and help destroy White Lake Wizard City's trade route and Wizard Array core in exchange for support.

Rellis accepted a dangerous mission in White Lake Wizard City to restore her standing after Ryan Harak defeated her. Ryan continued studying Supernatural Knowledge and began the month-long process of helping Divine Blood Wizard craft an attuned, growable Wizard Artifact, leaving its final form unknown.

• Rellis reflected on the dangers of the White Lake Wizard City mission and blamed Ryan Harak for her losses, while hoping success would restore her standing in the Natural Ring Tower.
• Ryan examined Rellis's Shadow Robe and asked the Dream Wizard to handle its Formal Wizard's Mental Imprint; the Dream Wizard agreed Ryan could wear it despite the old bat's likely resentment.
• Ryan studied Wind Shadow Particle Energy, reassessed gaps in his Wizard knowledge, and spent all his Umbral Points on three pieces of Supernatural Knowledge from the Inheritance Land.
• After two months of study, Ryan reviewed knowledge on Biological Nurturing, Magic Plant Cultivation, and particle energy before preparing to assist Divine Blood Wizard with a growable Wizard Artifact.
• Ryan entered the Sea of Fire and Swords to provide blood, Soul Power, Supernatural Spiritual Power, and an imprint for the artifact, a process expected to take a month.

Ryan discovered how temperature affected Particle Energy while visiting the Divine Blood School, then spent a month donating blood as the Divine Blood Wizard forged his Growth Artifact. After learning the Heart's Dream Mirror's abilities, Ryan prepared to act on the Antun Family's response, which arrived the next morning.

• Ryan observed the Divine Blood School's body-tempering methods and realized that temperature differences could change the activity and inertia of matter and Particle Energy.
• The Divine Blood Wizard repeatedly drew buckets of Ryan's blood for a month to forge Ryan a Supernatural Wizard Artifact.
• Ryan gave Wizard Kelan information about a Rank 2 Wizard legacy and returned to his Level 3 Space to recover.
• Ryan opened the Heart's Dream Mirror and learned that its four abilities let him manipulate dreams, carry his Dream Territory, and absorb attacks into it.
• Ryan used the mirror's Dual Dream Hands to retrieve his Dark Wizard Robe from the Dream Wizard's side, then resolved to await the Antun Family's response.
• The Antun Family sent word the next morning.

Ryan completed preparations for the Black Sun Plan, signed a Wizard Contract with the Antun Family, and brought Harak along as a Beast King. As a massive Beast Tide attacked Licorice Camp, Komoro was trapped in a Dream World and Viktor sensed a Limit Wizard Apprentice behind him.

• Ryan used the Dreamback Meditation Technique to begin tracing a high-level wizard rune, then met Wizard Kelan, Kaze Antun, and Daben Antun at the 'Nightnightnight' Wizard Tavern to sign the Wizard Contract.
• Ryan revealed Harak as a Beast King, convincing the Antun Family to proceed with the plan, and the group flew toward Licorice Camp.
• Komoro recognized that a Dream Wizard had drawn him into a Dream World and fought the illusion while Viktor kept watch on the balcony.
• A huge Beast Tide broke through Licorice Camp's protective array and attacked the camp, overwhelming its Enforcement Wizards.
• Viktor noticed Komoro had not reacted to the attack, then sensed a Limit Wizard Apprentice behind him.

Ryan’s team attacked Licorice Camp, using a Beast Tide, Energy Flames, and Dream Wizardry to keep its defenders occupied. Komoro escaped Ryan’s Dream World and fought Ryan, but Ryan learned how Komoro’s Calamity Particle Energy and Vacuum Domain worked and prepared to put his plan into action as the Beast Tide regrouped under Harak.

• Viktor fought Wizard Kelan, whose blue-thread Dream Territory absorbed his attacks, while he protected the unconscious Komoro.
• Obi Gao was confronted by Daben Antun, who sought to keep the Limit Wizard Apprentice occupied.
• Ryan watched Komoro struggle against the Dream World through the Heart’s Dream Mirror while the Beast Tide and Energy Flames devastated Licorice Camp.
• Komoro broke out of Ryan’s Dream World, ordered Viktor to alert the Obi Three Brothers, and attacked the figure he believed was the Dream Wizard.
• Ryan attacked Komoro with Fire Element wizardry, but Komoro used Calamity Slash and a Vacuum Domain to defeat the apparent attacker in the Dream World.
• Ryan judged that he had learned enough about Komoro’s abilities and prepared to enact his plan as Harak gathered the rampaging Supernatural Lifeforms.

Ryan used layered dreams to expose Komoro’s abilities and draw him into a real battle at the devastated Licorice Camp. The chapter ended with Ryan’s Shadow Blade of Assassination countering Komoro’s Calamity Particle Energy and making Komoro realize how dangerous his opponent was.

• Obi Duo and Obi Shao encountered a Beast Tide led by Harak and another Beast King, then fought to hold back the horde from Licorice Camp.
• Ryan used the Heart’s Dream Mirror to test Komoro’s abilities, while Viktor was caught in an ambush by a hidden Limit Wizard Apprentice.
• Komoro realized that the apparent battle had taken place in the Deep Dream, and the dream world shattered to reveal the Beast Tide ravaging Licorice Camp.
• Ryan confronted Komoro among the ruins and attacked with the Shadow Blade of Assassination as Komoro wielded the Thousand Flower Sword.
• Ryan’s blade erased Komoro’s Calamity Sword Wave and clashed with the Thousand Flower Sword without breaking, shocking Komoro.

Ryan defeated Komoro by trapping him in a Triple Dream and ambushing him, then joined the others at the Black Sun Ruins. The Black Sun Medals opened a path through the spatial ripples, and the group entered the ruins.

• Komoro and Ryan fought above Licorice Camp, where Ryan’s blazing sword and Flame Sun Fire Robe overcame Komoro’s attacks.
• Komoro tried to escape through Vacuum Teleportation, but Ryan revealed that Komoro had been caught in a Triple Dream and severed his hands.
• Ryan told Kaze Antun to keep Komoro, Viktor, and the other captured Limit Wizard Apprentices alive because he had a plan for them.
• By daybreak, Licorice Camp lay in ruins, and Ryan’s group gathered before the Black Sun Ruins.
• Ryan and Kaze Antun combined all five Black Sun Medals, which transmitted instructions and enabled their holders to pass through the spatial ripples.
• Ryan, Wizard Kelan, Daben Antun, and Kaze Antun each took a medal and stepped into the Black Sun Ruins.

Ryan and the other medal holders entered the Black Sun Tower, where murals revealed that the Black Sun Wizard had been a Rank 3 Grand Wizard who mastered several branches of wizardry. The Tower Spirit, Black, offered them a choice of one inheritance, leaving the four to decide which path to pursue.

• Ryan entered the Black Sun Ruins and was teleported to the Black Sun Tower alongside Wizard Kelan, Kaze Antun, and Daben Antun.
• Kaze Antun warned Daben Antun to control his greed as Ryan explored the tower’s first-floor corridor.
• The group examined murals showing the Black Sun Wizard’s experiments, travels, and death from old age after neglecting his Wizard path.
• The murals revealed that the Black Sun Wizard had reached Rank 3 in Elemental Wizardry and achieved formal Wizard rank in several other paths.
• Black, the Tower Spirit, welcomed the four medal holders and offered each a choice of inheritance in one of five branches of wizardry.

After the Black Sun Ruins’ Tower Spirit confirmed that the inheritance was genuine and the trial complete, Ryan chose the Elemental Wizard path and explored the Black Sun Wizard’s library. He recorded most of its books and uncovered notes linking the Book of Myriad Phenomena and rule powers to advancement beyond Rank 3, leaving him eager to continue studying before his month in the ruins ended.

• Kaze Antun, Wizard Kelan, and Daben Antun questioned the Celestial Horse Tower Spirit, which confirmed that the Black Sun Wizard was dead, the inheritance was safe, and the trial had been completed.
• Kaze Antun gave Ryan the first choice, and Ryan selected the Elemental Wizard inheritance before Wizard Kelan chose the Black Wizard path.
• Ryan found a letter and a vast library in the Black Sun Tower’s top floor, then used the Eye of Truth to record the inheritance’s books.
• After twenty-nine days, Ryan had recorded about eight of the ten rows of bookshelves, including works on Black Sun Particle Energy and methods of achieving Perfect Balance.
• Ryan discovered the Black Sun Wizard’s late-life records about Deep Blue Grand Wizard, the Book of Myriad Phenomena, and the role of rules in reaching Rank 4 Wizard.
• Ryan found the location of the True Sun Lock but left it alone and continued recording books before his time in the ruins ran out.

Ryan turned Komoro into a controlled Black Soul and created Komoro Ryan to infiltrate the Black Tower, while taking Komoro’s resources and preparing to leave Licorice Camp. As Komoro Ryan departed with Viktor and the Obi Three Brothers, Qiu Qiudong arrived with a formal Wizard, forcing Ryan to maintain his disguise.

• After the Black Sun Ruins vanished and its five medals flew away, Ryan stayed behind at Licorice Camp to deal with the surviving risks.
• Ryan used Harak and Dream Wizardry to transform Komoro into a Black Soul, then devoured it and created Komoro Ryan as a near-perfect replacement.
• Komoro Ryan pretended to be the wounded Young Master Sack, convinced Viktor and the Obi Three Brothers to leave with him, and collected the resources hidden beneath the Ring-shaped High Tower.
• Qiu Qiudong arrived at the ruins with a formal Wizard, and Ryan steadied his aura and acted like the real Komoro.

Ryan returned to the Black Tower after convincing Qiu Qiudong and the Mystic Turtle Wizard that he was still Komoro, then resumed his experiments and prepared to face the coming Umbral Secret Realm. The Eye of Truth completed its transformation and unlocked the Virtual Laboratory.

• Ryan pretended to be Komoro and agreed to return with Qiu Qiudong, assuring the Mystic Turtle Wizard that he would reclaim his lost honors himself.
• Ryan returned quietly to the Level 3 Space of Dream Illusion Tower, where ten years had passed and the upcoming Secret Realm Competition had become a major topic.
• Wizard Kelan told Ryan that Limit Wizard Apprentices were preparing for the Umbral Secret Realm, and Ryan declared that he intended to face the coming era's first wave.
• Ryan checked the Vampire King Vine and Evil God's Heart in the Rank 2 Laboratory, then ordered the Tower Spirit to replace the Third-level Cultivation Array with a Second-level one.
• Ryan's Eye of Truth finished transforming and unlocked the Virtual Laboratory.

Ryan explored the Eye of Truth’s new Virtual Laboratory and began simulating experiments on the Evil God’s Heart and qualitative changes in particle energy. He focused on developing a versatile Special Particle Energy through particle acceleration, while the simulation warned him to proceed cautiously.

• Ryan learned that the Virtual Laboratory could simulate wizard experiments using the Eye of Truth’s expanded database, though it consumed Supernatural Spiritual Power.
• Ryan reconstructed his Rank 2 Laboratory in the Virtual Laboratory and began an analysis of the balance between Illusion and Reality in the Evil God’s Heart, estimated to take six years.
• Ryan shifted his main focus to investigating qualitative changes in particle energy and considered developing energy based on particle acceleration and kinetic energy.
• Ryan recalled the Thunder Fire Wizard, whose unstable Special Particle Energy had destroyed his laboratory and killed him.
• Ryan injected Attribute-less Particle Energy into the Particle Collision Instrument, where it began turning faint green as the Tower Spirit warned that particle acceleration had reached a low level.

Ryan pushed a simulated Particle Collision Instrument to full power and glimpsed how to create a new kind of Special Particle Energy before its black flames exploded and left him exhausted. Meanwhile, Rellis traveled through White Lake Wizard City while preparing a plan she feared might turn the city into a Death Zone.

• Ryan accelerated Fire Element Particle Energy from apprentice levels to the power of a full-fledged Wizard and observed its changing nature.
• Ryan overloaded the instrument, saw black particle-energy flames engulf him, and woke in the Real World after the virtual experiment blew him up.
• Ryan reflected on the dangers of creating Special Particle Energy, settled on a direction for his research, and imagined plasma-based spell applications.
• Rellis traveled aboard a Zeta Merchant House Wizard Ship, still struggling to recover her strength and relying on her hidden position in White Lake Wizard City.
• Rellis worried that Beta Berkeley had made little progress on the city's Wizard Array core resonance points and resolved to make her plan succeed, even if it created a Death Zone.

Wang Ya completed his second Particle Energy experiment and planned further research while expanding his Dream Territory. He reunited with Masque, Mona, and Gray, and they parted at dusk with their futures leading them in different directions.

• Wang Ya finished the second variable experiment on flame combustion and planned to study heat and kinetic energy generated through collective vibration and rotation.
• Wang Ya continued capturing Dream Creatures and absorbing Dream Power to sustain his Virtual Laboratory and expand his Dream Territory.
• Wang Ya met Masque and Mona at the 'Ye Ye Ye' Wizard Tavern and learned about their work and progress since their last reunion.
• Gray joined the gathering and revealed that he had reached the Third-level Wizard Apprentice stage; Wang Ya suspected he had joined the Divine Eagle Lineage.
• The four discussed the Berkeley Family and the Umbral Expanse before parting at dusk, each going their separate way.

Ryan reflected on the risks of becoming a formal Wizard and learned that the Umbral Expanse’s breakthrough method was reserved for Limit Wizard Apprentices or Umbral Walkers. After two years of experiments, he completed the change in his Fire Core’s properties and created his own Special Particle Energy.

• Ryan considered a failed Limit Wizard Apprentice’s death during the Wizard World Will test and recalled Dream Wizard’s advice to steady his mind before attempting a breakthrough.
• Ryan checked on Lusen’s stable but still sleeping soul body and remembered that he would need to revive her himself as a formal Wizard.
• Ryan spent months testing Fire Element Particle Energy fission and fusion, using the Eye of Truth to calculate a stable Fission Path.
• Ryan completed the final Fire Core Fusion experiment and declared that his Special Particle Energy had been born.

Ryan strengthened his Komoro disguise while learning about the Black Tower and developing Burning Silence Particle Energy, bringing him close to becoming a Limit Wizard Apprentice. Just as he considered sharing his progress with the Umbral Expanse, Headquarters ordered the Umbral Hand to assemble against Berkeley Family Wizards spotted near Vast Sea Wizard City.

• Ryan avoided meeting Qiu Qiudong and planned to keep a low profile within the Sack Family while he gathered information about the Black Tower.
• Ryan developed Burning Silence Particle Energy and tested its extreme heat and destructive power in the Dream Illusion Tower.
• Over the following years, Ryan perfected Burning Silence Wizardry and advanced his Dream Return Meditation Method, leaving him three points short of becoming a Limit Wizard Apprentice.
• Ryan received a Headquarters order to assemble with the Umbral Hand after Berkeley Family Wizards, including a Limit Wizard Apprentice, were spotted near Vast Sea Wizard City.
• Ryan realized the Berkeley Family might be trying to escape into the Endless Sea, but he prepared to join the operation against them.

The Umbral Hand rushed to Vast Sea Wizard City to confront the Berkeley Family, but learned the real attack was unfolding in White Lake Wizard City. With the teleportation network sabotaged and most of the Umbral Hand stranded, Ryan prepared to help defend the city alongside five other wizards.

• Polaris led fifteen Umbral Hand members to Vast Sea Wizard City before the agreed gathering time, leaving Ryan and five others behind.
• Ryan, Wizard Lando, Rod Stark, Sol Wizard, Wizard Schneider, and Bai Guding arrived to find the others had already teleported away.
• The six learned that Natural Ring Tower Wizards and Berkeley Family members were attacking White Lake Wizard City, where Beta Berkeley was targeting the long-distance array's resonance core.
• Sol ordered the group to teleport to White Lake Wizard City, but the local array had been sabotaged and the long-distance links were blocked.
• Sol explained that the Teleportation Tower could send only the six of them near White Lake Wizard City, while Polaris and the others would need at least ten minutes to arrive.
• Ryan resolved to fight for the Umbral Expanse and prepared his particle-energy abilities in case the battle turned against them.

Rellis used the Shadow Tide Erosion Soul Bone Wizard Array to feed on the dead in White Lake Wizard City, while Doguin revealed that the mission and the apparent collapse of the city’s defenses were part of a larger plan. Ryan was thrown into the Outer City when teleportation failed and encountered Hank leading Wizards against a shopkeeper; the chapter ended as Ryan challenged Hank’s claim to make the rules.

• Rellis absorbed Soul Power and vitality from the dead, hoping to advance and take revenge on Ryan Harak.
• Doguin confronted Rellis, explained that the mission’s participants were expendable probes, and said Beta Berkeley’s apparent breach of the City Protection Wizard Array had been arranged.
• A disruption in the Spatial Resonance interrupted the teleportation, sending Ryan and the others tumbling out of the void.
• Ryan landed in White Lake Wizard City’s Outer City and found Hank and other Wizards threatening a shopkeeper over years of exploitation.
• Ryan challenged Hank after Hank declared that he made the rules of White Lake Wizard City.

Ryan enforced White Lake Wizard City's rules against Wild Wizards before investigating the besieged City Lord's Mansion, where Doguin and four Natural Ring Tower Wizards plotted to kill the city's defenders. As reinforcements were scattered by teleportation, Doguin ambushed Ryan and bit him in half.

• Ryan used Burning Silence Particle Energy to destroy the legs of Hank and the Wild Wizards who had threatened a shop, then continued toward the Inner City.
• Ryan saw that the City Lord's Mansion was protected by a powerful Wizard Array Shield while masked attackers battered it.
• Aiden, Doguin, White Mouse, Mo Kui, and Johnson discussed their mission to sow chaos and kill the city's Wizards; Doguin claimed Ryan as her target.
• Sol, Bai Guding, and Schneider realized they had been teleported far from White Lake Wizard City, while Wizard Lando landed in Wizard Bob's mansion and frightened him.
• Rod Stark saw that Wild Wizards had looted and burned Stark Family businesses and vowed to punish them.
• Doguin attacked Ryan in a secluded alley, and her Purple Giant Snake bit him in half.