Chapter Summaries

Ryan completed the Third Trial, chose a parchment describing how to construct an Otherworld Altar, and entered the Nether Ruins. The Nether Wizard Will offered him the true inheritance, but Ryan refused and left, prompting the Will to animate the Nether Wizard Statue and pursue him.

• Ryan defeated the Replica with Magnetic Silence Lightning and completed the Third Trial.
• Ryan chose the parchment scroll, which might explain how to build an Otherworld Altar, and entered the Nether Ruins.
• The Nether Wizard Will revealed how the Nether Wizard had entered the Immortal Realm, joined the Feather Transformation Sect, and returned to the Wizard World with the Roaming Immortal Mirror.
• The Nether Wizard Will offered Ryan the Nether Wizard's true inheritance in exchange for fulfilling the Wizard's regret, but Ryan refused and began to leave.
• The Nether Wizard Will unleashed its malice, merged with the statue, and brought the Nether Wizard Statue to life as it followed Ryan into the void.

Ryan was trapped in the Nether Secret Realm after its Space Nodes were altered, where the Nether Wizard Puppet tried to force him into a fusion. As Wizard Umbraly Light worked to stabilize the realm, Ryan identified the puppet’s construction and prepared to face it.

• Ryan appeared outside the Purple Pyramid and realized the Secret Realm’s Space Layer and Teleportation Nodes had been changed.
• Wizard Umbraly Light sensed the Nether Secret Realm was destabilizing and went to the Square Bungalow Building to try to stabilize its Space Nodes.
• The Nether Wizard Puppet emerged and attacked Ryan with Nether Fire, while Ryan blocked its flames with Harak Mirror Reversal.
• The Nether Wizard Puppet offered to fuse with Ryan, promising Rank 2 Wizard power and access to its memories, but Ryan rejected its claims and called it a disobedient tool.
• Ryan analyzed the Nether Wizard Puppet and learned that its Rank 2 Engine Core powered a highly advanced, unclaimed construct controlled by the Spirit of the Ruins.

Ryan faced the Nether Wizard Puppet and its Spirit of the Ruins, which sought to merge with him. He tricked the Spirit into lowering its guard, used the Black Lotus Mask to seize control of it, and claimed the Puppet as his own.

• Ryan realized the ownerless Nether Wizard Puppet and its Spirit of the Ruins could become valuable possessions.
• The Spirit of the Ruins attacked Ryan, freezing the Secret Realm and suppressing his abilities with the Puppet's Rank 2 power.
• Ryan pretended to accept the Spirit's offer, let the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror fall, and allowed the Puppet to capture him.
• The Spirit of the Ruins restrained Ryan and announced its plan to merge with him, but the Black Lotus Mask began shining and sent chains into the Puppet.
• Ryan revealed that the mask had transformed into the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror and that he had seized the Spirit of the Ruins.
• Ryan claimed the Nether Wizard Puppet as his property and considered taking the other trial rewards as well.

Ryan defeated the Spirit of the Ruins, claimed the Nether Wizard’s inheritance, and returned to the Umbral Expanse, where he learned that war with the Natural Ring Tower might be approaching. After reuniting with Mona and receiving the materials she had spent eighteen years gathering, Ryan prepared to begin the Revival of Green Forest to revive Lusen.

• Ryan captured the Spirit of the Ruins in the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror and entered the Inheritance Land to claim the Nether Wizard’s inheritance.
• Ryan told Wizard Umbraly Light that a hostile Rank 2 Wizard had affected the Nether Secret Realm, then left her to investigate the secret realm and consult the Crystal Coffin.
• Ryan took the Seven-Colored Cloud Flower, the Roaming Immortal Mirror, and the Mask of Obsession, and stored his other gains in his laboratory vault.
• Mona, Hades Antun, and the Antun Family attended the Dream Lineage banquet, where Mona received Ryan’s message to meet him at their usual place.
• The Divine Blood Wizard told Ryan and the other Formal Wizards that the Mountain Sea Covenant meeting had failed, leaving the Umbral Expanse to face the Natural Ring Tower alone.
• Mona gave Ryan the Supernatural Materials she had gathered for the Revival of Green Forest, and Ryan returned to the Dream Illusion Tower ready to revive Lusen.

Lusen brought lunch to her brother Ryan in their palace quarters, and the siblings teased each other before Ryan prepared to join the Kingdom of Harak’s triennial royal hunt. The chapter ended as Ryan set out with his bow and arrow.

• Lusen crossed the snowbound capital and entered the Royal Palace to collect lunch.
• Lusen returned to the side hall she shared with Ryan and woke him from bed.
• Ryan pulled Lusen onto the bed and tickled her until she begged him to stop.
• After they ate, Ryan put on a fur-lined robe and took his bow and arrow for the royal hunt.

Ryan successfully revived Lusen Harak, but struggled to adjust to living with her again as she decided to become a Wizard. After the Eye of Truth completed its transformation with several new abilities, the chapter left Ryan poised to explore its new Truth Foresight function.

• Ryan prepared the resources needed to revive Lusen and placed her finger bone inside the Dream Illusion Tree while Wizard Kelan nurtured the tree with her life force.
• Ryan revived Lusen Harak, and she returned as a frail but curious green-haired girl who recognized him as her brother.
• The Harak Merchandise Store prospered under Ryan’s backing, while the Nightmare Wizard’s faction gained influence and the Umbral Expanse prepared for war with the Natural Ring Tower.
• Ace mastered Annihilation Power, resolved to unseal another layer of the Book of Deep Blue, and planned to become a Formal Wizard within ten years.
• Ryan struggled with loneliness after Lusen’s return, and she asked him to teach her the Wizard path so she could stay with him and help him.
• The Eye of Truth completed its transformation, gaining an upgraded Virtual Laboratory and Simulated Battlefield, enhanced analysis and data functions, and Truth Foresight.

Ryan used the Eye of Truth to plan research that would strengthen his abilities and prepare for the coming war. He entered the Dream World to begin modifying his newly formed Dream Core before its transformation stabilized.

• Ryan contacted Wizard Umbraly Light, and they agreed to finalize battle personnel assignments in a year.
• Ryan used the Eye of Truth to plan a new Dream Return Meditation Method and selected inheritances and knowledge to record and analyze.
• Ryan chose to deepen his studies in Wizard Artifact Alchemy, Potion Refining, and creature and Magic Plant cultivation, while postponing Wizard Array Art.
• Ryan reserved Computing Power to improve the Burning Silence Inheritance and save a layer for the Foam Land.
• Ryan arranged laboratory and nurturing-chamber work, then entered the Dream World to modify the Fission Path of his Dream Core.

Ryan explored Foam Land after his Dream Core entered its Maturation Period, gaining powerful control over his Dream Territory and assessing its capacity to challenge a Rank 2 Star Wizard. He began modifying the Dream Core with Burning Silence Particle Energy to merge his Wizard Paths, but the Core resisted the change.

• Ryan returned to Foam Land, inspected its transformed landscape, and tasted the newly adapted black rice fruits.
• Ryan confirmed that his Dream Core had completed its transformation and entered the Maturation Period, giving him control over a 35,000-meter territory and 865 units of Pure Dream Power.
• Ryan planned a Fission Path modification as a step toward merging the Dream Wizard and Elemental Wizard paths and preparing for his Level 4 breakthrough.
• Ryan manifested Burning Silence Particle Energy inside Foam World with Harak's help, rapidly consuming Pure Dream Power.
• Ryan saw that the Dream Core had mutated under the Particle Energy's influence and began a gradual modification, hoping to finish within a year.

Ryan continued modifying the Dream Core while investigating secrets in the Umbral Expanse, and his Black Soul counterpart reported his growing influence at the Black Tower. They agreed to pursue a chance at Rank 3 Wizard Legacy Knowledge by making Black Soul Ryan the test subject in Ryan’s experiment, after exchanging memories.

• Ryan planned to finish converting the Seven-colored Giant Tree into a Fission Dream Core and resolved to uncover the truth about his teacher’s disappearance and the Umbral Expanse’s hidden Star Wizard.
• Ryan watched Dark Bat Wizard and Crystal Wizard suffer inside a Seven-colored Foam, expecting their transformation to reveal information about Wizard Umbraly Light.
• After the tree trunk turned completely black, Black Soul Ryan reported that he had reached the Limit Breaking State, become a leading Sack Family successor, and gathered intelligence from the Black Tower.
• Black Soul Ryan admitted that Qiūqiūdōng Laura seemed to notice his differences, but Ryan urged him to accept the relationship and use the Laura Family’s support.
• Black Soul Ryan explained that becoming one of the Black Tower’s Twelve Stars could give him a chance to obtain Rank 3 Wizard Legacy Knowledge, but required him to become a Formal Wizard and defeat rivals within five years.
• Ryan proposed using Black Soul Ryan in a particle-energy experiment, and they exchanged memories; Black Soul Ryan was stunned by Ryan’s Conquest Collection.

Ryan completed the Fission Dream Core’s transformation, generating Nightmare Extinguishing Dream Power and expanding the Foam World by 12,000 meters. He discovered that the Core’s new network could regulate access to certain Wizardry, leaving him with a Magic Net-like system within his world.

• Ryan recalled how he used Black Soul Ryan to test the dreamscape transformation of Burning Silence Particle Energy, confirming that it could power Wizardry and affect targets across the Reality and Illusionary Layers.
• Ryan connected to the Dream Core and triggered the first generation of Nightmare Extinguishing Dream Power, causing black light and mist to spread across the Foam World.
• Ryan chose to expand into the mountain range, and the Foam World absorbed 12,000 meters of Earth Vein while nearby Dream Creatures fled or watched warily.
• Ryan repaired the Foam World after the expansion and found that the Fission Dream Core had reached 5% maturation, with a 47,000-meter range and production of 55 strands of Nightmare Extinguishing Dream Power per day.
• Ryan examined the altered Black and White Bubbles and realized the Fission Earth Vein Network could restrict access to Burning Silence and Nightmare Inheritance Wizardry without his authorization.

Ryan captured the Spirit of the Ruins, extracted its memories, and prepared the Umbral Expanse for war while strengthening his allies and studies. The Natural Ring Tower mobilized its forces under the Nature Wizard and his predecessor, and the war began.

• Ryan trapped the Spirit of the Ruins in Black and White Bubbles, extracted its memories, and named the obedient Tower Spirit Kun.
• Ryan learned the Nether Wizard's memories held coordinates to an Immortal Realm world and the Feather Transformation Sect's inheritance, then assigned computational power to analyze the inheritance.
• Ryan and Wizard Umbraly Light finalized defensive deployments as the Umbral Expanse prepared for a full-scale war, while Ryan warned Wizard Kelan about her bond with the Dream Illusion Tree and set Lusen a training goal.
• Ryan arranged to study Alchemy with the Divine Blood Wizard and Potionology with Freddy Wizard, offering Freddy a chance to join the Dream School.
• The Natural Ring Tower gathered resources and Wizards at its headquarters, where Dianna vowed to kill Ryan and the Nature Wizard and the Previous Generation Nature Wizard declared their certainty of victory.

Black Soul Ryan prepared to break through to Formal Wizard and draw attention ahead of the Capricorn Star competition, prompting Blue-White and Shan Quan to assess him as a rival. Meanwhile, Ryan deepened his study of Potionology and Alchemy until a pulse from the Eye of Truth interrupted his research.

• Black Soul Ryan learned from Viktor that Blue-White and Shan Quan were Veteran Formal Wizard-level Star Inheritors, then announced he would attempt his breakthrough within half a year.
• Black Soul Ryan told Viktor to summon the Obi Three Brothers and inform Qiu Qiudong that he would remain in Star Tower, and he allowed Viktor to tell Lord Koruman about his planned breakthrough.
• News of Komoro's impending advancement reached Blue-White, who remembered losing to him 120 years earlier and vowed to repay the humiliation.
• Shan Quan dismissed Komoro's prospects, while Wizard Tie Shen warned him that failing to claim Capricorn Star would have consequences.
• Ryan studied Potionology and Alchemy, concluding that potion-making depended on controlling Spirituality and Supernatural Properties; five months later, a pulse from the Eye of Truth drew him out of his research.

Ryan developed powerful new Burning Silence wizardry, mastered high-grade potion-making, and volunteered to investigate a faith-born Evil God on Island Continent No. 30. After reaching the island, he located the Evil God and reacted with alarm to what he sensed.

• Ryan tested the Spear of the Underworld, Annihilation Fission Black Line, Fission Death Ray, and Mahakala, pushing the Wizardry Testing Ground’s defenses to their limits.
• Two years later, Ryan mastered high-grade potion-making and prepared to create a Spirit Potion before learning that an Evil God had appeared on Island Continent No. 30.
• Ryan volunteered to investigate the Evil God, gave Lusen a nightmare trial, and planted dream bubbles in Lincoln Carmen and Tom Jerry to learn about the Ocean Corridor.
• Ryan traveled through Dream Space and reached Island Continent No. 30 five days later, where he and Harak located the Evil God and Ryan’s expression changed.

Ryan discovered that the faith-based Evil God had grown to formal Wizard strength, so he prepared to destroy its kingdoms and study the Mind Faith Power sustaining it. He created Black King, a Wraith able to convert that power, then began freezing the central Kingdom of Divine Authority as the Evil God faced his attack.

• Ryan sensed the Evil God's power across the Island Continent and placed Spears of the Underworld above the Border Kingdoms before heading to the central Kingdom of Divine Authority.
• Ryan found the ghost of a dead Prince beneath the Royal Palace and transformed it with Nightmare Extinguishing Dream Power and the Fission Path into a Limit Wizard Apprentice named Black King.
• Ryan learned that Black King's Fission Seed could convert Mind Faith Power into Soul Body power and Nightmare Extinguishing Dream Power, then sent Black King copies to the marked Border Kingdoms.
• Ryan explained how the Cold-Heat Chapter could absorb light and temperature over vast areas, and revealed himself above the central kingdom to confront the Omnipotent Evil God.
• Ryan unleashed freezing cold across the Kingdom of Divine Authority, while the Evil God failed to stop the spreading Ice Crystals and Ryan's Small Black Ball continued absorbing light and heat.

Wang Ya destroyed the Omnipotent Evil God and his kingdoms, then improved the Foam World and recorded research on the Black King’s potential breakthrough. As the Natural Ring Tower and the Umbral Expanse completed their war preparations, ten years passed before the war began.

• Wang Ya froze the Kingdom of Divine Authority, captured the Omnipotent Evil God’s Divine Statue, and annihilated the kingdom with End of Heaven Flame Blazing.
• Wang Ya tracked the Omnipotent Evil God to the Border Kingdom, where the Spear of the Underworld killed him and black flames destroyed the city and the Evil God’s hidden resurrection contingencies.
• Wang Ya returned to the Foam World, where he assessed its growth and discovered that the Black King might reach Formal Wizard strength after a transformation estimated to take three years.
• Wang Ya recorded his findings on Mind Faith Power and the Black King, then visited Wizard Kelan and discussed the coming war with Wizard Umbraly Light.
• Wizard Umbraly Light said the Umbral Expanse had prepared its defenses and returned Dark Bat Wizard and Crystal Wizard to the Natural Ring Tower; Ryan continued his research and training.
• Ryan completed the Nightmare Chapter analysis, advanced his knowledge and abilities over the following years, and ten years later the war erupted.

Ryan completed the Illusionary Nightmare Extinguishing Meditation Method and stabilized his power before being sent to reinforce the embattled Colorful Flower Wizard City. The chapter ended with Ryan arriving at the front line as the city’s barrier buckled under enemy attacks.

• The Umbral Expanse’s Formal Wizards discussed the Natural Ring Tower’s scattered attacks, and Wizard Umbraly Light asked Ryan to serve as a reserve while the Nightmare Wizard remained in seclusion.
• Ryan completed the Illusionary Nightmare Extinguishing Meditation Method, converting his power into Nightmare Particle Energy and reaching the peak of his current strength.
• Wizard Umbraly Light summoned Ryan to the command center and assigned him to Water Ze Prefecture, where the Natural Ring Tower had captured several cities and threatened Colorful Flower Wizard City.
• Ryan encountered the Dragon Wizard and recognized a scent connected to the Thorn Sea Beast’s heart he had once obtained.
• Ryan refused to let Lusen go to the front lines before she faced a dream trial, then prepared his companions and accepted resources from Purple Nightmare Wizard.
• Ryan teleported to the front line, where he saw spells pounding the city barrier and heard the defenders welcome him.

Ryan arrived at Colorful Flower Wizard City, destroyed the enemy’s Wizardry Torrent with his Fission Death Ray, and took command of the city’s defense. The chapter ended with both sides preparing for battle as Saintess of Spirit Dianna revealed that she could unleash the Second Stage of her Level 3 Ascended Wizard Artifact.

• Ryan surveyed Colorful Flower Wizard City’s defenses and killed the attacking Wizards with a sweeping Fission Death Ray before the Crystal Wizard blocked its path.
• Ryan took command at an emergency meeting and planned to defend the city, assigning Red Frost Wizard to lead a risky attack until Red Frost backed down.
• Ryan warned the defenders that Saintess of Spirit Dianna was their strongest enemy and wielded a weapon comparable to Polaris’s Nether Sword.
• Dianna’s commanders agreed to attack Colorful Flower Wizard City, confident that she could defeat Ryan.
• Dianna vowed to defeat Ryan and revealed that she could use the Second Stage of her Level 3 Ascended Wizard Artifact.

Ryan Harak ambushed the Natural Ring Tower camp at night and killed the Dark Bat Wizard, then fought three formal wizards in the Dream Space. As Dianna forced her way into the battle and attacked him, Ryan had pinned the Black Smoke Wizard and moved to kill the Crystal Wizard.

• Ryan entered the Natural Ring Tower camp through the shadows and surprised the Dark Bat Wizard, piercing his heart and killing him in the resulting explosion.
• Dianna and the other formal wizards confronted Ryan, and the Crystal Wizard, Black Smoke Wizard, and King's Power Wizard coordinated attacks against him.
• Ryan entered the Dream Space and used black spears to injure his attackers, then revealed his full power and transformed into an enormous Nightmare Giant.
• Ryan bound the three wizards with black threads, pierced the Black Smoke Wizard with the Spear of the Underworld, and prepared to kill the Crystal Wizard despite a warning from an unknown woman.
• Dianna invaded the Dream Space and attacked Ryan with converging beams of green light.

Ryan Harak fought Dianna and the Natural Ring Tower Wizards alone, killed two Formal Wizards, and escaped after unleashing the Lamp of the Sun. He returned to Colorful Flower Wizard City carrying the Dark Bat Wizard’s head, confirming that he had attacked the enemy camp by himself.

• Dianna’s attack struck the Crystal Wizard and the King's Power Wizard after Ryan used them as shields; the King's Power Wizard survived and fled, while the Crystal Wizard shattered his crystal body to escape at the cost of his former strength.
• Dianna sealed Ryan inside the Dream Space with the Natural Heavenly Robe, but Ryan unleashed the Lamp of the Sun and burned the Natural Ring Tower Camp into a Death Zone before escaping into the Shadow Domain.
• Dianna found the Dark Bat Wizard and the Black Smoke Wizard dead, the Crystal Wizard crippled, and the King's Power Wizard missing, then ordered the surviving Wizards to prepare to attack Colorful Flower Wizard City.
• Wizard Waterze, Wizard Saiya, Silver Moon Wizard, Red Frost Wizard, and Wizard Karen realized that Ryan had caused the battle at the Natural Ring Tower Camp when he returned from the Primeval Forest.
• Ryan showed the gathered Formal Wizards the Dark Bat Wizard’s head, confirming that he had stormed the enemy camp alone and killed the Wizard.

Ryan’s solo raid crippled Natural Ring Tower’s forces and secured Colorful Flower Wizard City, but he remained focused on the hidden figure manipulating the war. Before he could meet with Wizard Umbraly Light, news of a tragedy stunned the Formal Wizards.

• Ryan told the Formal Wizards that he had killed Dark Bat Wizard and Black Smoke Wizard, severely wounded King's Power Wizard, and crippled Crystal Wizard.
• Silver Moon Wizard suggested publicizing Ryan’s victory to boost morale, and Ryan agreed.
• The city celebrated as Dark Bat Wizard’s head and Black Smoke Wizard’s body were displayed on the wall.
• Ryan suspected the shadowy figure who had attacked Teacher Dream was controlling the battle and resolved to uncover and kill them.
• Ryan prepared to search Black Smoke Wizard’s and Dark Bat Wizard’s minds for clues as news of his victory spread across the Umbral Expanse.
• Wizard Umbraly Light arranged to speak with Ryan, but tragic news arrived and shocked the Formal Wizards.