Chapter Summaries

Ryan considered the Crimson Academy’s offer to represent it in the Starry Wars Assembly and accepted after weighing the benefits and risks. He received the academy’s Wizard Mark and agreed to return within twenty years, while Sigel looked forward to seeing him challenge the old order.

• Sigel explained that the Crimson Academy wanted Ryan as its candidate for the Starry Wars Assembly and promised that the Heart of War would remain independent.
• Sigel offered Ryan temporary membership, access to the academy’s first- and second-tier Supernatural Knowledge, and the chance to earn resources through Crimson Contribution Points.
• Ryan considered the assembly, his need to protect his reputation, and the benefits of joining the Crimson Academy before accepting Sigel’s invitation.
• Sigel gave Ryan the Crimson Academy’s Wizard Mark, introduced himself as Venerable Emperor, and told Ryan to return within twenty years.
• After Ryan left, Sigel celebrated his choice and declared that Ryan would outshine the academy’s rivals, while acknowledging the assembly would pit him against powerful young wizards from across the starry sky.

Ryan celebrated Heart of War’s victory over the Pale Hand while planning to secure its territory and deter the neighboring Royal Hall with the Virtual-Real Replacement Wizard Array. Across the former Pale Hand lands, Heart of War’s forces began dividing the spoils, and the chapter left the Grand Nightmare Wizard’s next move unfinished.

• Ryan sent the Rainbow Trout Sword into the Nightmare Dream Core, beginning the Foam World’s transformation as the sealed Four Star Wizards watched.
• Ryan considered the threat from the Royal Hall and planned to use the anchored Virtual-Real Replacement Wizard Array to deter the Saint King Wizard, while demanding compensation from the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard for the Pale Hand’s destroyed Knowledge Foundation.
• Kaze Antun gathered the wizards assigned to seize Pale Fortress branches 320 through 360 and told them to help claim Heart of War’s spoils.
• Zack Antun prepared to anchor the Virtual-Real Wizard Array and connect it to the Pale Earth Vein Wizard Array, while vowing to suppress any resistance at the assigned fortresses.
• Heart of War’s forces and other groups took missions across the fallen Pale Hand’s territory, seeking resources, Calamity Points, and a share in the new order.

Ryan returned to the Foam World after the Pale Hand Headquarters was destroyed and considered what path his Dream Core should take as it absorbed the Rainbow Trout Sword. A vision revealed his chosen future: a Dream Flower with thirteen Anomaly petals and a Terminating Nightmare Wizard Body, while the Eye of Truth completed its analysis of the Illusory Wizard Body.

• Ryan inspected the enormous pit left above the Pale Hand Headquarters and judged Wizard Venerable Emperor's spell to possess power beyond the established scale.
• Ryan entered the Foam World, learned that Harak had influenced Black King's new persona, and reviewed the Nightmare Dream Core's growth after it devoured the Rainbow Trout Sword.
• Ryan weighed possible Dream Wizard paths before deciding to gather every possibility and future within himself.
• Ryan envisioned a Dream Flower with thirteen Anomaly petals, a Nightmare Ancient Tree at its center, and a Terminating Nightmare Wizard Body as his second Wizard Body.
• The vision shattered, but Ryan became certain he could create the Terminating Nightmare Wizard Body, and the Eye of Truth finished analyzing the Illusory Wizard Body.

Ryan completed his analysis of the Terminating Nightmare Wizard Body and prepared to update the Eye of Truth's Algorithm Database with the Crimson Academy's knowledge. As he planned to step down from leading the Heart of War, Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard wagered that Ryan would win the Crimson Academy's candidate spot, despite the challenge posed by Karina, the Dream Devourer.

• Ryan completed his analysis of the Terminating Nightmare Wizard Body and began planning its thirteen Anomaly Petals.
• Ryan decided to seek the Crimson Academy's Inheritance Knowledge to improve the Eye of Truth's Algorithm Database, while delegating the Heart of War and Pale Hand arrangements to Wizard Autumn Winter and Wizard Umbraly Light.
• Ryan reviewed reports on the suppression of Pale Hand remnants and planned to resign as leader of the Heart of War when he left for the Crimson Heart.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard urged Wizard Aixi and the Silver Sea Wizard to give Ryan access to Rank 3 Inheritance Knowledge if he won the Crimson Academy's candidate spot.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard wagered that Ryan would outperform every qualified Wizard, while Wizard Aixi backed Karina and described her Labyrinth Celestial Magic Frog Bloodline as the Dream Devourer.

Grand Nightmare Wizard completed the Heart of War’s takeover of Pale Hand and activated the Virtual-Real Replacement Wizard Array, drawing the attention of Saint King Wizard and the Ancient Heart. A Black and White Light Gate appeared for the surviving Pale Hand apprentices, offering them a way out of the Dream World.

• Heart of War wizards hunted down Pale Hand traitors across Pale Fortress while Grand Nightmare Wizard watched the takeover unfold.
• Grand Nightmare Wizard connected the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror to the Wizard Array, opening the Dreamscape Gap and committing to keep the array running for twenty years.
• Saint King Wizard acknowledged Heart of War’s strength, vowed to confront Nightmare Wizard, and left through the Space Layer.
• Ancient One warned the Ancient Heart that Heart of War’s leader was too powerful to assess, so Wizard Gu Xin chose to wait rather than provoke him.
• Lei Ke led Wizard Freshmen through a newly appeared Black and White Light Gate, while wounded McCree crawled through another one.
• Ze Tian carried the unconscious Asunaer through the Light Gate, and the gate appeared before every surviving Pale Hand Wizard Apprentice in the Dreamscape Nodes.

Lei Ke, McCree, Ze Tian, and the other Wizard Apprentices were rescued from deadly environments and brought to an island beneath the Nightmare Ancient Tree, where Lord Harak told them to join the Heart of War and serve Lord Nightmare Wizard. Meanwhile, Ryan began the first stage of the Infinite Change Path of Dreams, preparing to manifest Harak as the Black-White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven.

• The Nightmare Ancient Tree’s roots pulled Lei Ke, McCree, Ze Tian, Asunaer, and other Wizard Apprentices from lethal situations into an unknown domain.
• The Black King welcomed the battered Wizard Apprentices to the island plaza and said the Lord of Foam had spared them after a test.
• Harak told the Wizard Apprentices that the Pale Hand had been replaced by the Heart of War and ordered them to join it, serve as a blade, and sign ninety-nine Wizard Contracts.
• Ryan began the first stage of his Dream Wizard Path experiment, using the Infinite Black Core and Harak Biological Installation Principle to manifest Harak as the Black-White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven.

Five years after the Pale Hand's defeat, Ryan used its surviving Apprentices to bring competition and new vitality to the Heart of War while continuing his work on the Nightmare Annihilation Wizard Body. He completed its first stage by manifesting the Black-White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven and prepared to pursue the next Anomaly as Silver Sea Wizard made an unusual visit to a western Cyber City.

• Ryan watched the Pale Hand Apprentices and decided their competition and potential would benefit the Heart of War, while reflecting on his ambition to surpass the Legendary Wizards.
• Lei Ke encouraged the frightened Apprentices to look toward the future, praised the Grand Nightmare Wizard, and received the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Black-White Meditation Method from the Black King Face.
• After five years of work with Harak's help, Ryan completed the first stage of the Nightmare Annihilation Wizard Body Sculpting Project and manifested the Black-White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven.
• Ryan examined the Petal's Shadow Polyhedron, Dream Unifier, and Mutated Blood Lord abilities and began planning the second stage, the Illusionary Unbounded Annihilation Flame.
• Ryan said he had fifteen years left to prepare for the Crimson Academy opportunity, while Silver Sea Wizard traveled to a Cyber City in the western Online Area.

Silver Sea Wizard summoned the Western Line Region’s Lords of the Force to choose candidates for a competition, while Asuna managed the Nightmare Mirror Realm’s Dream Soil and advanced the Night Moon Elves’ plans. The chapter ended with Ryan’s Void and Real Intertwined Annihilation Path nearing completion at 92%.

• Silver Sea Wizard arrived in Cyber City and ordered Sword Dragon Wizard to summon the Western Line Region’s Lords of the Force within three days, excluding the Heart of War, so she could test potential candidates.
• Asuna taught Dan and Xia how to care for Dream Seeds, and a hostile soul drawn from a Black Gem became nourishment for a Flesh Flower.
• Asuna showed Dan and Xia the five Star Wizards of the Pale Hand trapped as nutrients for giant Dream Seed Flowers that could revive powerful wizards.
• Asuna urged Dan and Xia to increase their value to Lord Nightmare Wizard and revealed that his meditation method could strengthen the Night Moon Elf bloodline.
• Ryan watched the Void and Real Intertwined Annihilation Path reach 92% progress, with its preset traits including Void Endless Fire and Controller of the Burning Path.

Ryan studied the terrifying powers of Extinction Extreme Black Flame and Void Endless Fire as he worked to complete his Anomaly’s petal phase. At Crimson Academy, Karina’s chosen Supernatural Lifeform defeated the Sky King, and Wizard Aix brought the victorious tiger to her so she could absorb it before the Starry Wars Assembly.

• Ryan reflected on his control over the two flames and expected to complete his Anomaly’s petal phase within three months.
• Wizard Aix and Karina watched the Purple Nightmare Mirror Flame Tiger challenge and kill the Sky King, the Black Gold Ancestral Bird.
• Wizard Aix captured the unconscious tiger and revealed that it would become a resource for Karina’s Anomaly manifestation.
• Wizard Aix discovered the Black Gold Ancestral Bird’s egg and considered it a valuable stake in her wager with the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard.
• Karina vowed to absorb the tiger, condense her fourth petal, and win the Starry Wars Assembly for Wizard Aix.

Ryan completed his second Anomaly Petal, learned about the Crimson Academy and the Starry Wars Assembly, and began planning his Illusionary Nightmare True Body and a third Balanced Wizard Body. He sensed an unexpected presence and traveled to the Foam World, where a black-robed figure was waiting beneath the Nightmare Ancient Tree.

• Ryan completed his second Anomaly Petal and gained control over the Burning Path and its flames.
• Ryan met Ze Tian Alpha, who explained the Crimson Academy’s structure and described Karina Air and its promising young Wizards.
• Ryan offered Ze Tian a choice between spending twelve years in the Heart of War or accompanying him to the Crimson Academy; Ze Tian chose to return to the Real World.
• Ryan reviewed his progress toward the Starry Wars Assembly and planned to transform his Elemental True Body into the Illusionary Nightmare True Body while developing a Balanced Wizard Body.
• Ryan felt a strange stirring, traveled to the Foam World instead of returning to the Real World, and found a black-robed figure waiting beneath the Nightmare Ancient Tree.

Ryan met Black Soul Ryan in the Foam World and discussed the Starry Wars Assembly, Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard’s inheritance, and Ryan’s bloodline research. Intrigued by Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard’s Ancient Blood, Ryan promised to make Black Soul Ryan a Star Wizard within fifty years.

• Black Soul Ryan told Ryan that Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard had given him his inheritance, but that he was unlikely to be chosen for the Starry Wars Assembly because Wizard Ci Ling and Wizard Tie Shen were stronger.
• Ryan used the Eye of Truth to copy Black Soul Ryan’s memories and found inspiration for improving the Night Moon Meditation Method and researching the Moon God Elf Bloodline.
• Ryan and Black Soul Ryan discussed Ancient Blood and learned that Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard descended from the Extinguishing All Things Dragon Ancient Beast through the Extinguishing Gold Ancient Dragon.
• Black Soul Ryan suggested asking Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard for bloodline support after they performed well at the Starry Wars Assembly and entered the Council of Stars.
• Ryan promised to make Black Soul Ryan a Star Wizard within fifty years and planned to develop a wizarding path for him.

Ryan planned the Ashen Calamity Lightning Path while Black Soul Ryan completed the Six Heavens Myriad Selves Source Venerable Dao and sought a Star Wizard candidacy. The chapter ended with Ryan learning that Wizard Lando would attempt to become a Dao Fruit Human Immortal in three days.

• Ryan estimated that modifying the Illusionary Nightmare Extinguishing Meditation Method would take five years and began planning the Ashen Calamity Lightning Path.
• Black Soul Ryan completed the Six Heavens Myriad Selves Source Venerable Dao and estimated he could become a Star Wizard within fifty years.
• Black Soul Ryan shared an intimate evening with Qiu Qiudong Laura and discussed Wizard-path insights with her.
• Black Soul Ryan showed his new Wizard path to the Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard, who promised resources and offered to seek his approval as a candidate for the competition if he advanced.
• Ryan met Wizard Lando beneath the Nightmare Ancient Tree and learned that Lando planned to break through to the Dao Fruit Human Immortal realm in three days.

Lando chose to return to the Immortal Dao and borrowed the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror, while Silver Sea Wizard began selecting a candidate for the Starry Wars Assembly. Ryan advanced his Ashen Calamity Lightning Path and prepared to exploit a weakness in the Main God Space through his Reincarnator Split Body and modification shop.

• Lando told Ryan he would pursue the Immortal Fruit of the Human Immortal Path, borrowed the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror, and promised to divine Andersen's whereabouts after his breakthrough.
• Silver Sea Wizard held a battle among the Online Area candidates, and Saint King Wizard attacked first after volunteering to compete for her place at the Crimson Academy.
• Ryan's Ashen Calamity Lightning Path reached 20% progress as he continued researching Supernatural Bloodlines and learned from his Main God Space Split Body that the Main God Space had shown a weakness.
• Ryan planned to use Reincarnator teams to investigate the Main God Space and protect the Black and White True Seed growing in the Dream Corner.
• Ryan operated the Black Wizard Modification Shop in the Main God Space, where he used Meta Mycelium to modify a struggling Reincarnator.

Ryan built a reputation in the Main God Space by modifying Reincarnators, then met with the Divine Blood Wizard, Umbral Wizard, Nether Wizard Polaris, and Lando to plan how to take control of the Main God Space. They agreed to investigate its rules and limits, while Ryan saw its worlds and world-embryo resources as a path to greater power.

• Ryan's mutation experiment ended with his client dying, and Wang Dazhuang cleaned up the laboratory while reflecting on the risks of modification.
• Ryan closed the Black Wizard Research Institute for two days and went to Youjian Inn to meet his allies.
• The Divine Blood Wizard, Umbral Wizard, Nether Wizard Polaris, and Lando discussed the nature and limits of Main God Spaces, including how Reincarnators could exploit their rules.
• Lando described the Main God Space as a rule-based life form that sent Reincarnators to worlds to strengthen itself, and Ryan considered how its methods could improve his own plans.
• Ryan concluded that taking over the Main God Space could provide world cores and world embryos for Legendary Potions, along with technology for finding and entering other worlds.
• The group proposed gathering intelligence on the Main God Space, its strongest Reincarnators, and the rules governing it, then looked to Ryan for an action plan.

Ryan outlined his plan to use the Black Wizard Experimental Research Institute and his Reincarnator team to target the Main God Space. In the Land of Conquest, the Heart of War consolidated its rule, while Ryan absorbed Grand Wizard Rainbow Trout’s failed counterattack and accepted its curse.

• Ryan explained his plan to infiltrate and eventually devour the Main God Space, and the Wizards approved it.
• Lando eagerly supported Ryan’s plan while privately recalling his past-life mistakes, which Ryan noticed.
• Under Wizard Autumn Winter, the Heart of War secured the former Pale Hand territory, and she advanced to become a True Spirit Wizard.
• Former Dream World apprentices faced hostility from native Wizards, but one broke through to formal Wizard and helped them win their first counterattack.
• Ryan watched Grand Wizard Rainbow Trout’s sword fail to escape the Nightmare Ancient Tree and declared that he would shoulder its curse.

Twenty years after the Heart of War conquered the Pale Hand, Wizard Umbraly Light summoned its High-level Wizards and announced that he would succeed Grand Nightmare Wizard as Second Decision Maker. Meanwhile, Grand Nightmare Wizard took Ze Tian to the Crimson Academy’s core headquarters through a Crimson Sky Gate, despite Ze Tian’s protests that he lacked permission to enter.

• Mayer learned that Wizard Umbraly Light had summoned the Heart of War’s High-level Wizards for a new Wizard War Assembly and returned toward headquarters.
• Grand Wizard Umbraly Light announced that Grand Nightmare Wizard had resigned and appointed him the Heart of War’s official Second Decision Maker.
• Slaughter Wizard considered competing to represent the Heart of War at the Starry Wars Assembly and anticipated facing Nether Wizard.
• Grand Nightmare Wizard showed Ze Tian his Crimson Academy Wizard Mark and opened a Crimson Sky Gate using the mark and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard’s Red Metal Token.
• Grand Nightmare Wizard wrapped Ze Tian in a Black Serpent and pulled him through the gate as Ze Tian protested that Wizard Apprentices could not enter the headquarters core.

Ryan and Ze Tian arrived at Crimson Academy through a gate with the highest level of authority, where the gathered Wizards mistook them for intruders and clashed with Ryan. The confrontation triggered alarms across headquarters as Ryan held his ground against multiple High-level Wizards, while Karina learned he had arrived and prepared for their eventual wager match.

• Wizard Aix sensed that the Nightmare Wizard had arrived at Crimson Academy and told Karina she would face a worthy opponent.
• Karina woke from her transformation, learned that the Nightmare Wizard had arrived, and vowed to defeat him and win the chance to represent Crimson Academy in the Stars World.
• Ryan and Ze Tian emerged from the Crimson Void Gate, drawing suspicion from the Wizards gathered nearby because they did not recognize their auras.
• The Crimson Academy Wizards pressed their auras toward Ryan, and he instinctively fought back, causing their Bio-fields to collide and wreak havoc across the Sky Domain.
• Ze Tian panicked at the gathered High-level Wizards and hid, while Ryan continued to withstand their combined pressure and alarms sounded throughout Crimson Academy.

Ryan escaped the Crimson Academy Wizards’ confrontation by entering the Dream World with Ze Tian, triggering a dangerous surge in their energy fields. Silver Sea Grand Wizard contained the disaster and punished the Wizards, while she privately considered how to find candidates capable of defeating Nightmare Wizard and Sky Crystal Wizard.

• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard told Ryan that he had arranged the Crimson Academy’s overwhelming welcome to make Ryan prove his strength and compete for a Star Quota.
• Ryan dispersed his Life Energy field, grabbed Ze Tian, and stepped into the Dream World, leaving the High-level Wizards’ opposing energy fields to collide.
• Silver Sea Grand Wizard suppressed the resulting chaos, reprimanded the gathered Wizards, and reduced their resource allocations and authority for ten years.
• The High-level Wizards discussed Ryan’s strength and wondered who the white-haired Wizard in the black robe was before many of them left the Sky Domain.
• Silver Sea Grand Wizard reflected on Ryan’s power and considered how to select candidates who could defeat both Nightmare Wizard and Sky Crystal Wizard.

Saint King Wizard endured the Crimson Academy’s second stage of consciousness honing and reflected on his rivalry with Nightmare Wizard, deciding that personal strength mattered more than the Online Area’s conflicts. After Silver Sea Wizard advised him to draw on his heart as well as his physical power, he reaffirmed that he would pursue every opportunity to become stronger.

• Silver Sea Wizard considered Saint King Wizard a possible future rival to Nightmare Wizard as he endured the harsh honing of his consciousness in the Deep Dream.
• Saint King Wizard concluded that he had outgrown his rivalry with Nightmare Wizard and would prioritize the Crimson Academy and the Starry Wars Assembly over struggles between Online Area forces.
• Silver Sea Wizard recognized the strengths of Saint King Wizard’s dual-path Wizard Path and advised him to draw on his consciousness and heart to eliminate his weaknesses.
• Saint King Wizard resolved that his greatest desire was to become stronger and that he would claim every opportunity to gain power and resources.

Ryan saw the Crimson Academy’s ancient Red Chain sealing formation and realized its power surpassed ordinary wizardry. After Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard’s golden passage brought him and Ze Tian to a banquet, he was greeted by the old wizard dressed as a butler.

• Ryan entered the Crimson Academy’s Dream World and saw Red Chains guarding its Dream Corner with overwhelming sealing power.
• Ryan considered the academy’s formidable foundations and the possibility that the strongest wizard forces reached beyond the Wizard World Mother Planet.
• Ze Tian feared that the Crimson Academy would send him to the Wizard’s Guillotine, while Ryan dismissed his worries and blamed Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard for making him a public competitor for the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Ryan kicked Ze Tian into a golden passage and followed him to another space.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard welcomed Ryan and Ze Tian to a feast, dressed in a butler’s uniform.