Chapter Summaries

Ryan tested the Bone Corroding Orb’s response to Shadow Particle Energy while its energy tide endangered the trapped Berkeley Family Wizards, and the Dark Bat Wizard’s consciousness seized Hank Berkeley’s body. Months later, Ryan heard rumors of the Secret Realm Competition and received a message from the Dream Wizard about the Sudden Raid Nature Plan.

• Ryan resonated the Bone Corroding Orb with Shadow Particle Energy as the Berkeley Family Wizards weakened in the energy tide, and the Dark Bat Wizard’s consciousness took control of Hank Berkeley’s body.
• Ryan tested twelve Dream Creatures, found that eating the Garuru Leopard could improve his mental and physical faculties, and considered raising them in Foam Land.
• Ryan continued studying Supernatural Knowledge and advanced the analysis of the Dream Return Meditation Method’s sixth Wizard Rune.
• Three months later, Ryan heard Wizards discuss the Secret Realm Competition, the Stark Family, and the rumored Nightmare Wizard title associated with him.
• Ryan received a message from the Dream Wizard that mentioned the Sudden Raid Nature Plan.

Ryan learned that the Sudden Raid Nature Plan had two parts and that he was a core of the secret second plan, though he could refuse to participate as Ryan Harak. He agreed to prepare as the Nightmare Wizard, while the Dark Bat’s consciousness began plotting to escape the Bone Corroding Orb and take over his body.

• Ryan visited the Dream Wizard, who praised his victory over five Limit Wizard Apprentices and explained that he was not yet strong enough to challenge a formal wizard.
• The Dream Wizard revealed that the Umbral Supreme Council had created the Sudden Raid Nature Plan in response to the Natural Ring Tower’s incursions, and that Ryan was a core of its secret second plan.
• Ryan learned he could refuse the mission as Ryan Harak, but the Nightmare Wizard was expected to take part; he asked for time and raw materials to prepare.
• The Dream Wizard urged Ryan to become a Limit Wizard Apprentice within three years and told him he was qualified for the upcoming Deep Blue Secret Realm.
• The Dark Bat’s consciousness gained enough power from devouring Berkeley’s wizards to begin breaking through the Bone Corroding Orb’s restrictions.
• The Dark Bat’s consciousness considered subduing Ryan Harak, taking over his body, and returning to its true body with the Bone Corroding Orb.

Dark Bat Wizard escaped Ryan Harak’s trapped Bone Corroding Orb, but Ryan recovered it and learned that its creators were plotting to seize it during a planned raid. Ryan continued developing his wizard legacy and prepared to pursue Limit Wizard Apprentice advancement.

• Dark Bat Wizard burned much of his substance and Consciousness Soul to escape the Bone Corroding Orb after Ryan Harak’s protections destroyed the Wizard Instruments.
• Ryan Harak retrieved the orb, decided to analyze it with the Eye of Truth, and concluded that its hidden creator could become a threat.
• Dark Bat Wizard revealed to the black-robed wizard that the orb was in Ryan Harak’s Laboratory, and they planned to exploit a Sudden Raid Nature Plan to take it back.
• Ryan visited the Harak Merchandise Store, where Mona teased him about his Nightmare Wizard title.
• Ryan planned to reach the Limit Wizard Apprentice level, research the Bone Corroding Orb and Evil God Origin, and expand his Burning Silence Wizardry Flow.

Ryan attended Freddy’s Potionology lesson, then considered and accepted an alliance with her in exchange for access to potions and Dream Creatures. He advanced his research on the Bone Corroding Orb by mastering Dark Bat Particle Energy, while preparations began for an early strike under the Nature Plan.

• Ryan met Freddy during a Potionology lesson, and she asked to exchange Wizard Mark details.
• Ryan and Freddy spent the afternoon discussing the Umbral Expanse, and Freddy proposed a personal alliance with him.
• Freddy sent Ryan terms offering waived potion-brewing fees and regular potions in exchange for priority access to Dream Creatures, and Ryan decided the arrangement was worthwhile.
• Ryan ate Ox Gall Gallus Steak and Golden Ant Rice Grains, raising his Spiritual Power to 38.7.
• Ryan analyzed the Bone Corroding Orb for a week and mastered Dark Bat Particle Energy, allowing him to use the Shadow Robe’s full power.
• The Dream Wizard and Wizard Umbraly Light began assembling personnel for an early strike under the Nature Plan.

Puni Stark and Dark Bat Wizard prepared for the Sudden Raid Nature Plan while Ryan Harak expanded his Dream Territory and developed plans for a new Wizard Artifact. After meeting his apparent double and withdrawing from the larger plot, Ryan arranged to work with Divine Blood Wizard and received Spiritual Power potions from Freddy Wizard.

• Puni Stark learned that Golden Wizard City was a distraction and that Hundred Beasts Wizard City was the true target, but decided the Stark Family still needed to act.
• Dark Bat Wizard learned of the second target, planned defenses, and prepared to possess a Limit Wizard Apprentice to recover the Bone Corroding Orb without killing Ryan Harak.
• Ryan developed Foam Land, housed Garuru Leopards in Dreamy Foams, and raised his Spiritual Power to 39.5.
• Ryan gave Dream Wizard two Fission Frenzy Wizardry scrolls, then recognized a man who looked exactly like him and realized Teacher Dream and Wizard Umbraly Light were running a larger operation.
• Ryan planned a Supernatural Wizard Artifact to support Fission Wizardry and Fusion Wizardry, and arranged to meet Divine Blood Wizard at Sea of Fire and Swords.
• Ryan signed the Wizard Alliance Contract with Freddy Wizard, who gave him potions that could gently increase his Spiritual Power.

Ryan received a rare potion from Freddy and began a Break Limit Sublimation experiment while the Divine Blood Wizard started crafting his commissioned Growth Artifact. At the Rhine Wizard’s tower, Polaris prepared to lead the Sudden Raid Nature Plan, a mission Sol was forbidden to join.

• Ryan admired Freddy’s three portions of Heart of the Azure Sea and expected them to help him reach Limit Wizard Apprentice within two months.
• Ryan asked the Divine Blood Wizard to craft a special Wizard Artifact, agreed to pay for its materials, and arranged to provide fifty barrels of fresh blood.
• Ryan developed Gloomy Particle Energy from Dark Bat Particle Energy and began his Break Limit Sublimation experiment in the Virtual Laboratory.
• Sol learned that she was barred from joining the Sudden Raid Nature Plan, while Polaris gathered with the other Limit Wizard Apprentices and resolved to complete the mission.

Ryan’s first attempt to push the One-life Life Source Bird through Break Limit Sublimation failed, but he found that Harak could absorb its bloodline and transform into a Three-life Life Source Bird. Ryan then joined Polaris’s mission to destroy Golden Wizard City, where the attack appeared to succeed too easily, leaving him uneasy as the group returned to the Umbral Expanse.

• Ryan’s experiment caused the One-life Life Source Bird to grow until its body burst apart, and he recorded the failure’s problems in his Record Book.
• Ryan realized he could use information about the Three-life Life Source Bird’s bloodline to reproduce the Break Limit Sublimation Experiment in the Virtual Laboratory.
• Harak absorbed One-life Life Source Bird bloodline extract and transformed into a Beast King-level Life Source Bird with a second head, confirming Ryan’s theory.
• Polaris and the other wizards escorted Ryan near Golden Wizard City, where he unleashed his black-sphere wizardry and obliterated much of the city.
• Polaris judged the mission successful and led the group back to the Umbral Expanse, but Ryan and others suspected the destruction had gone too smoothly.

The Nature Raid Squad was ambushed by Natural Ring Tower Wizards after the Divine Eagle Second Seat and Magic Element revealed themselves as traitors. Puni Stark arrived and exposed the ambush, then six Stark Family Limit Wizard Apprentices charged in, leaving the Natural Ring Tower forces facing a sudden reversal.

• Polaris accused the Divine Eagle Second Seat of betraying the Umbral Expanse, and he admitted he had never belonged to it as the Wizard Array trapped the squad.
• Magic Element attacked Bai Guding and grievously wounded him, while Polaris faced seventeen enemy Wizards with only seven allies remaining.
• A Magic Element Wizard tried to kill Ryan, but Puni Stark descended and killed him before he could land the blow.
• Puni Stark connected Rod's death and the information from Purple Nightmare Wizard to the moles targeting Ryan Harak.
• Puni Stark ordered the Stark Family to kill Magic Element and Cher, and six Limit Wizard Apprentices emerged from the forest as Polaris and the others saw the tide turn.

Ryan stabilized Foam Land at the Seedling Stage, learned more about the dangers awaiting Black Soul Ryan in the Black Tower, and advised him on maintaining Komoro’s identity. Back in the real world, Ryan neared the Limit Wizard Apprentice stage and learned that his Growth Artifact was ready for its first activation.

• Ryan’s Foam Land advanced to the Seedling Stage, expanded to a range of 1,500 meters, and began generating Pure Dream Power.
• Black Soul Ryan explained the Black Tower’s strength and the danger posed by rivals in the Sack Family who wanted Komoro’s status and resources.
• Ryan rejected killing Qiu Qiudong Laura and advised Black Soul Ryan to change Komoro’s Character Design and win her trust instead.
• Ryan returned to his study and found his Spiritual Power had reached 39.8, leaving him close to becoming a Limit Wizard Apprentice.
• The Divine Blood Wizard told Ryan that his Growth Artifact was ready for him to touch and activate.

Ryan created the Magnetic Silence Mirror, then broke through to Limit Wizard Apprentice after consuming his last Heart of the Azure Sea Potion. Dream Wizard brought him to the Umbral Expanse’s hidden original Inheritance Land, where Wizard Umbraly Light offered him the Umbral Final Contract and its path to becoming a formal wizard.

• Ryan named his new High-grade Wizard Artifact the Magnetic Silence Mirror and discovered how its characteristics strengthened his abilities and replenished his particle energy.
• As investigations and arrests swept through the Umbral Expanse headquarters, Ryan continued his research and prepared for his breakthrough.
• After consuming his last Heart of the Azure Sea Potion, Ryan reached Limit Wizard Apprentice and gained a Spiritual Power of 40.
• Dream Wizard recognized Ryan’s breakthrough and took him through a Dream Corner to a hidden section of the Inheritance Land.
• Ryan saw Wizard Umbraly Light in the ancient library as Dream Wizard explained the terms and benefits of signing the Umbral Final Contract.
• Wizard Umbraly Light pushed the contract toward Ryan, leaving him to decide whether to sign.

Bone Wizard investigated Divine Eagle Wizard and warned Shaw and Ethan that Ryan Harak would be their greatest rival in the Deep Blue Secret Realm. Meanwhile, Ryan refined his Break Limit Sublimation experiment and learned more about becoming a Formal Wizard, leaving him to suspect that Perfect Balance was linked to the Birth Rule.

• Bone Wizard questioned Divine Eagle Wizard about the White Lake Wizard City attack and the Sudden Raid Nature Plan, but she denied being a traitor and he left her imprisoned.
• Bone Wizard ordered the Inheritance Wizards to watch the Teleportation Towers, then told Shaw and Ethan that the Deep Blue Secret Realm would open in about thirty years and that Ryan Harak would be their greatest threat.
• Bone Wizard advised Shaw and Ethan to prepare for the Secret Realm and to work together against outsiders when their interests did not conflict.
• Ryan began the final stage of his Break Limit Sublimation experiment and recalled that he had signed a revised Umbral Supreme Contract with less restrictive terms.
• Ryan reviewed the requirements for becoming a Formal Wizard, including balancing Illusion and Reality, withstanding the Wizard World Will's test, and completing a Wizard path.
• Ryan learned that Break Limit Sublimation was a blessing from the Wizard World Will and suspected that Perfect Balance was connected to the Birth Rule.

Ryan used the Bone Corroding Orb to help Harak complete Break Limit Sublimation, transforming it into a powerful black-and-white dream-reality creature on the path of the Blood Lord. As Harak began absorbing a second share of Evil God Origin, Ryan realized it might be able to sense the Blood Rule.

• Ryan concluded that the Bone Corroding Orb contained Evil God Origin and that formal wizards could use it to force Break Limit Sublimation by replacing its balance.
• Harak swallowed the Bone Corroding Orb, completed its seven-day transformation, and gained new abilities including First-Order Blood Lord.
• Ryan examined Harak’s new powers and judged it a top-tier Rank 1 Supernatural Creature, though still weaker than powerful formal wizards.
• Ryan had Harak swallow another Evil God’s Heart, beginning a second transformation inside a black meat cocoon.
• Ryan considered the remaining shares of Evil God Gendas’s Origin and decided to ask the Dream Wizard about the Divine Eagle Wizard.
• Harak sent Ryan a ripple through their Soul Imprint, prompting him to ask whether it could sense the Blood Rule.

Wang Ya expanded Foam Land into a fledgling Dream Territory, creating its first structures and Foam Trees that produced Seven-Colored Foam Fruit. He discovered Harak could use her Blood Lord abilities to infect Dream Creatures temporarily, then asked the Dream Wizard for help obtaining the Evil God Origin held by Withered Wood Wizard.

• Wang Ya and Harak entered the Dream State near Fierce Tiger Tower, sensed the Evil God Origin, and returned to Foam Land; the Fierce Tiger Wizard arrived afterward and suspected Dream had been nearby.
• Harak’s White Wings produced white bubbles that sealed Foam Land’s vulnerable sky, while Wang Ya used Pure Dream Power to build a cottage, river channel, planned habitat areas, and Foam Trees.
• Wang Ya learned that Foam Trees supplied Dream Power to the Dream Core and could produce Seven-Colored Foam Fruit that increased Supernatural Spiritual Power, though it had side effects.
• Wang Ya and Harak tested the Blood Lord’s abilities on Starry Rabbits and found that the White Wings could sustain the infection for 24 hours, giving them a way to spread it through Dream Creatures.
• Wang Ya left Harak in Foam Land to maintain the infection cycle and asked the Dream Wizard how to obtain the Evil God Origin held by Withered Wood Wizard; the Dream Wizard agreed to help.

Harak recounted how she hatched as a Dark Crow, was rescued and raised by her master, and grew devoted to her. After absorbing the Black and Gray Spheres, she gained memories and a deeper understanding of human feelings, but decided she was happiest remaining her master's beloved companion.

• Harak hatched, grew faster than her siblings, and was left behind when her parents failed to return and a Bipedal Beast attacked.
• Another Bipedal Beast rescued Harak, brought her aboard a ship, and raised her until Harak came to regard her as her master and home.
• Harak grew into a Dark Crow, learned about Wizards, and helped her master through dangers while traveling together.
• Harak ate a Black Sphere, silenced the voices within it, and absorbed memories that taught her about human relationships and emotions.
• After eating a Gray Sphere, Harak considered becoming a human woman to please her master, then sensed that her master preferred her as she was and chose to stay a Dark Crow.

Ryan accepted the Dream Wizard’s challenge: touch her robe in a Battle Arena duel to earn two Evil God Origins. After a month of preparation, Ryan and the Dream Wizard entered the Volcanic Battlefield, where the duel began.

• The Dream Wizard offered Ryan the Evil God Origins if he could touch her robe in a duel, and Ryan accepted without using Anomaly Items.
• Divine Blood Wizard and the Dream Wizard discussed Ryan’s unusual interest in Evil God Origins, while Withered Wood Wizard agreed to give Ryan hers if he fulfilled the contract.
• Ryan spent the month refining Frenzy Wizardry, developing Burning Silence Particle Energy to the strength of a normal first-order spell.
• Ryan prepared his mirrors, Harak, and Sky Control Spell before arriving at the Battle Arena to face the Dream Wizard.
• Divine Blood Wizard, Bone Wizard, Rhine Wizard, and Withered Wood Wizard came to watch as Ryan and the Dream Wizard entered the Volcanic Battlefield.
• Ryan activated his preparations across the arena, and the Battlefield Intelligence Core announced that the live duel had begun.

Ryan fought Dream Wizard across the Sea of Fire Battlefield, but his teacher projected his Dream Territory over reality and began overwhelming his attacks. Ryan launched a seventy-six-core Fission Burning Silence Death Ray Pointing Wizardry at Heart Dream Lake, leaving the formal wizards watching as it struck Dream Wizard's spreading territory.

• Ryan unleashed the Burning Silence Array, Magnetic Silence Death Ray, and Burning Fire Tide Sky against Dream Wizard, who remained largely unmoved.
• Dream Wizard projected Heart Dream Lake and Maple Leaf Forest across the battlefield, slowing Ryan's attack and threatening to absorb him into the Dream Territory.
• Ryan recognized the Dream Territory's threat, abandoned his initial strategy, and prepared Fission Fire Cores with the Magnetic Silence Mirror.
• Ryan fired seventy-six Magnetic Silence Death Rays around a Black Ball of Fission Fire Cores, sending the Fission Burning Silence Death Ray Pointing Wizardry toward Heart Dream Lake.
• Divine Blood Wizard explained the destructive aftermath of Ryan's earlier Fission Frenzy Wizardry as the formal wizards watched the new attack collide with the Dream Territory.

Ryan Harak defeated the Dream Wizard after the Dream Wizard used Dream Manifestation, though the exact way Ryan broke through Heart Dream Lake remained unclear. Ryan then returned to the Rocky Area and discovered that the Vampire King Vine had completed its transformation into a mobile, animal-like Magic Plant.

• The Dream Wizard drew Heart Dream Lake and the Maple Leaf Forest into his inner world, but Ryan's Small Black Ball detonated and forced him to use Dream Manifestation.
• The Dream Wizard's manifested form endured Ryan's Frenzy Fission Wizardry, and Ryan prepared to fight with Dream Power while keeping Harak's strength hidden.
• The Heart's Dream Mirror appeared, scattering the maple leaves and ending the Dream Wizard's manifestation, and the Dream Wizard conceded defeat to Ryan.
• Ryan was teleported to the Dream Illusion Tower and then went to the Rocky Area to check on the Vampire King Vine.
• Ryan used their Soul Sense to see through the Vampire King Vine's eyes and realized it had become a special Magic Plant combining plant and animal traits.

Ryan refined Obscure Spore and his Burning Silence Inheritance, received another Evil God Origin for Harak, and prepared for the coming Deep Blue Secret Realm. Harak’s growth revealed that one fragment of Evil God Gendas’s Origin remained somewhere in the Umbral Expanse.

• Ryan reviewed Obscure Spore’s abilities, updated his Inheritance Book, and calculated that finding his ideal Break Limit Sublimation balance would take eight years.
• The Dream Wizard gave Ryan an Evil God Origin and warned him to approach everything with caution before Ryan turned to the work awaiting him over the next thirty years.
• The Dream Wizard defeated the Fierce Tiger Wizard, took an Evil God Origin from him, and forced him to sign a peace treaty; the Fierce Tiger Wizard later wondered whether the Dream Wizard had discovered his secret.
• Ryan sent Seven-Colored Foam Fruits to several acquaintances, while the Umbral Expanse grew tense ahead of the Deep Blue Secret Realm and its newborns’ competition.
• At a tavern, Ryan discussed the competition with Gray and others, then returned to his tower as Harak completed its growth after consuming the fourth Evil God Origin.
• Harak told Ryan that the altered Blood Lord’s Authority could locate other Evil God Origins and revealed that one last fragment of Evil God Gendas’s Origin remained somewhere in the Umbral Expanse.

After Harak reached First-Order Blood Lord, Ryan inspected the growing Foam Land ecosystem and located the final portion of Evil God Gendas's Origin in Water Marsh Prefecture. He prepared to pursue it and teleported to Luoning Wizard City.

• Harak emerged from his cocoon with strengthened Blood Energy and the First-Order Blood Lord characteristic, giving him new ways to weaken and control opponents.
• Ryan followed Harak into the Foam Land, reviewed the Dream Core's growth, and checked the developing ecosystem centered on Garuru Leopard No.1.
• Ryan harvested Five-Colored Flowers and recorded their effects and processing methods in Harak's Book.
• Ryan realized the remaining portion of Evil God Gendas's Origin was in Water Marsh Prefecture, near where he had once completed a Quota Mission and obtained the Vampire King Vine.
• After making preparations, Ryan entered the Teleportation Tower and traveled to Luoning Wizard City.

Ryan visited the Luoning Black Market, where he bought five Night Moon Elves and discovered that the youngest, Arianna, carried the royal Moon God Elf Bloodline. After Harak pinpointed the final Evil God Origin, Ryan flew toward the Futu Kingdom to pursue it.

• Ryan sold his unused Supernatural Items in Luoning Wizard City and followed Harak's search for the Black Market.
• At the Black Market, a Dwarf trader told Ryan that the Mechanical Heart had invaded the Night Moon Forest while the Night Moon King was rumored dead.
• Ryan bought five enslaved Night Moon Elves after identifying Arianna as a royal Descendant of Moon God Elf.
• At dawn, Harak located the final Evil God Origin in the Futu Kingdom, and Ryan set off toward its capital.