Chapter Summaries

Ryan received Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard’s teachings on Spirituality, True Spirits, and the transformation of particle energy, then left with a token granting access to Grand Wizard Zeyuan. He planned to refine his Nightmare Particle Energy while worrying about his missing Split Body in the Grayish White Forbidden Zone.

• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard taught Ryan about strengthening Spirituality and transforming Spiritual Particle Energy into Daylight Rule, and shared related theories about the Dream Wizard Path.
• Ryan listened and stored the knowledge in the Eye of Truth over more than a month, then asked how Wizard paths, Rule Power, Rule Bloodlines, and Rule True Spirits differed.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained that Ancient Blood could help Ryan investigate Rule Bloodlines and gave him a token to reach Grand Wizard Zeyuan within six months.
• Ryan said he would discuss the Grayish White Forbidden Zone if he contacted his Split Body, then departed while still unable to reach it.
• Ryan considered using the Nightmare Fire Core Rune to transform his Nightmare Particle Energy and cultivate Spirituality.

Ryan considered the danger of leaving the Inner World and the uncertain state of the Heavenly Dragon, then focused on strengthening his Nightmare abilities ahead of the Starry Wars Assembly. As Ryan began work in the Ancient Castle, the Black Heart Wizard prepared a secret gift for him.

• Ryan reasoned that Evil God Gendas might be waiting beyond a breach in the Inner World and could be far stronger than he was.
• Ryan considered whether the Heavenly Dragon had perished and become part of Dragon Fall Realm or had hidden a backup plan among the surrounding celestial bodies.
• Ryan decided to prioritize forming the Nightmare Fire Core Rune, progressing his Elemental Path transformation, and revealing the Nightmare Flower’s remaining petals.
• Mona told Ryan that the Ancient Castle Laboratory was ready, and Ryan began meditating with her to transform the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror into a Nightmare Circuit Spell.
• Harak called the Black Souls into itself as the Ancient Castle doors shut.
• The Black Heart Wizard emerged from her coffin at the Pillar of Flowing Sand and continued transforming her Black Heart Particle Energy as she anticipated Ryan receiving her gift.

The Saint King Wizard absorbed Grand Wizard Zeyuan’s Ancient Blood and inheritance, unaware that the Silver Sea Grand Wizard intended to purify him and reshape his nature. As the Starry Wars Assembly approached, the Silver Sea Grand Wizard prepared a mysterious prize while suspecting the Venerable Emperor and Aix were plotting.

• The Saint King Wizard absorbed Ancient Blood and inheritance knowledge, believing they would evolve his Saint King Body and help him win a place in the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Grand Wizard Zeyuan confronted the Silver Sea Grand Wizard about what she was doing to the Saint King Wizard, then left rather than get involved.
• The Silver Sea Grand Wizard said the Saint King Wizard would be purified whether he understood the process or not, because she could not wait before the coming assembly.
• The Silver Sea Grand Wizard suspected the Venerable Emperor and Aix were plotting, then opened the Book of the Silver Sea to prepare a prize.
• The Silver Sea Grand Wizard revealed a pair of seemingly ordinary black-and-white boots with tiny wing-shaped decorations and hesitated over their value.

Ryan developed the Sixth Petal, Black Sun Ice Realm, as its power froze the world around his Ancient Castle and killed its inhabitants. Three days later, Black Soul Ryan faced the king of the Gen Gu People in a trial to determine who would compete for a Star Quota at the Black Tower.

• Ryan's freezing power sealed the Ancient Castle in black ice, forcing Lord Mona to gather the Black Souls and send them into Harak's body for safety.
• The cold spread across the Primeval Forest and deeper layers of Reality, killing the local creatures and devastating the world's Ecological Cycle.
• Ryan cultivated thirteen Black Flowers in Foam Land and identified their emerging Anomaly as Black Sun Ice Realm, a frozen world for attacking, sealing, and control.
• Ryan expected Black Soul Ryan's strength to earn recognition from Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard and a chance to compete for a Black Tower Star Quota.
• Three days later, Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard hosted Black Soul Ryan's trial against the king of the Gen Gu People as two Bright Moon Grand Wizards from the Black Tower watched.

Black Soul Ryan faced Komoro, a powerful Gen Gu Person, in a trial to earn a chance to compete for a Black Tower place. He revealed his self-created Wizard Path and struck Komoro with a technique that astonished the three Grand Wizards watching.

• The Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard summoned Komoro to test Black Soul Ryan’s worthiness for a place in the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Black Soul Ryan greeted Komoro and sensed the scrutiny of the Ancient Dragon, Divine Kingdom, and Heavenly Evil Grand Wizards.
• The Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard ordered the fight to begin, and Black Soul Ryan unveiled his Six Heavens Myriad Selves Source Venerable Dao.
• Komoro attacked with a massive palm strike that unleashed compressed space and scarlet-hot magma.
• Black Soul Ryan extinguished and turned the flames back on Komoro, knocking him onto the ground.
• Black Soul Ryan vanished from Komoro’s sight and Spiritual Perception, while the Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard named his technique the Six Heavens Myriad Selves Sole Venerable Dao.

Black Soul Ryan used his Myriad Selves Vacuum Domain to evade the Gen Gu People's overwhelming attacks while charging a counterattack. Heavenly Evil Grand Wizard recognized the promise of Ryan's Six Heavens Myriad Selves Source Venerable Dao, and Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard secured offers of inheritances for his disciple.

• The Divine Kingdom Wizard praised Black Soul Ryan's original technique, while Heavenly Evil Wizard warned that it might not be enough to defeat the Gen Gu People.
• Black Soul Ryan used Myriad Selves Vacuum Domain and Thousand Flower Kill to make the Gen Gu People's attacks pass through him without landing.
• The Gen Gu People unleashed repeated Demon Fire attacks and a colossal Blackrock Longsword, but he could not reach Black Soul Ryan's gray field.
• Black Soul Ryan explained that he was building power to crack the Gen Gu People's defenses, and Heavenly Evil Grand Wizard deduced how his six-part technique worked.
• Heavenly Evil Grand Wizard asked Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard to let him guide Ryan, but Ancient Dragon refused and demanded inheritance gifts from both Grand Wizards.
• The Divine Kingdom Grand Wizard offered Ryan part of his inheritance, and Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard turned to Heavenly Evil Grand Wizard to seek another gift.

Black Soul Ryan defeated the Gen Gu People by turning its own Demonic Fire Sword Qi against it, earning the approval of the Black Tower’s Grand Wizards and the Divine Kingdom Mixed Death Curse Book. Meanwhile, Ryan recognized the gaps in the Black Tower’s Rank 3 Inheritance Knowledge and began using the Eye of Truth and Dream Power to form a book as the Black Flower Bud bloomed.

• Heavenly Evil Grand Wizard and Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard offered Black Soul Ryan their Inheritance Knowledge, while Divine Kingdom Grand Wizard provided a glowing Humanoid Form.
• Black Soul Ryan used the Mobius Loop to seize and amplify the Gen Gu People’s Demonic Fire Sword Qi, then overwhelmed him with a devastating attack.
• Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard gave Black Soul Ryan the Divine Kingdom Mixed Death Curse Book and warned him that some Rank 3 Inheritance Knowledge had untested gaps.
• Ryan realized the Black Tower’s other Rank 3 Inheritance Knowledge had limits and decided not to waste the Eye of Truth trying to force deductions from it.
• As the Black Flower Bud began to open, Ryan gathered Dream Power and formed a vast White Data Stream into a book.

Ryan studied the Divine Kingdom Mixed Death Curse Book and used worship by the Poison Blood Baby Fish to create the Divine Kingdom Robe, a powerful defensive Wizard Artifact. After claiming it, he prepared to explore the corresponding realm of curses.

• Ryan used the Eye of Truth and the Fire of Wisdom to analyze the Divine Kingdom Mixed Death Curse Book while studying it himself.
• Harak visited Ryan in the Foam World, where they played and discussed their experiments into emotions and consciousness.
• The King of Baby Fish led its school through danger to the Foam Lake, where the fish worshipped Ryan’s statue and their chanting filled its robe with sacrificial power.
• After the fish returned to the lake to reproduce and later led their young back to the river, Ryan appeared at the statue and drew the robe to himself.
• Ryan renamed the robe the Divine Kingdom Robe and learned that its Divine Kingdom’s Bulwark trait could defend him from attacks by consuming stored sacrificial power.
• Ryan stepped forward, transforming the world around him as he went to investigate the realm of curses.

Ryan created the Level 2 Wizard Artifact Eye of Heavenly Evil from the Bloody Altar’s cursed power and fused it with his left eye, gaining devastating curse abilities. He then visited Grand Wizard Venerable Emperor to discuss a result from the Inner World.

• Ryan used the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror to absorb the Bloody Altar’s blood aura and black souls into the black eyeball.
• Ryan named the artifact Eye of Heavenly Evil and fused it with his left eye, demonstrating its power to freeze and burn away the Bloody Altar.
• Ryan left the crumbling Black and White Foam World, confident he could defeat the Earth Wizard.
• Ryan visited Grand Wizard Venerable Emperor and joined him in fishing at the Venerable Emperor Supreme Celestial Domain.
• Ryan told Grand Wizard Venerable Emperor that there had been a result in the Inner World, and Grand Wizard Venerable Emperor grew serious.

Ryan and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard discussed the Grayish White Forbidden Zone’s lethal Rule Power and Ryan’s evidence that it contained nine spans of Time-Space. While fishing, Ryan caught a Dreamlike Product, which the two prepared to eat as Ryan looked forward to increasing his Spiritual Power.

• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained that his split body had witnessed the Grayish White Forbidden Zone’s Rule Power torrent destroy everything in its path.
• Ryan described eight transmissions from his split bodies and theorized that entering the Forbidden Zone required surviving nine distinct spans of Time-Space.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard caught a bone-covered fish, searched it for a valuable part, and cooked it with unknown plants.
• Ryan caught a hideous aquatic beast that he recognized as a Dreamlike Product, and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard conceded it was Ryan’s reward for sharing his information.
• Ryan added the beast to the pot, and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard asked what he planned to do next.

Ryan learned about the dangers and opportunities in the Nine-eyed Grayish White Sky as the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard advised him on where to establish his Resource Area. After sharing a meal of soup infused with Dreamlike Products, Ryan considered his options and saw his Spiritual Power Value rise.

• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained that Ryan was unusually weak for the Nine-eyed Grayish White Sky and promised protection near the Crimson Academy's anchor point.
• Ryan asked about the differences between the Crimson Academy's outpost and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard's territory.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard warned Ryan that the outpost required contributions to a common treasury and offered him a choice between settling near his territory or establishing a Resource Area elsewhere.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard described the Inner World's Robber Wizards and explained that his aura could deter nearby threats but could not guarantee Ryan's safety.
• Ryan ate water beast meat and drank ten bowls of the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard's soup, which slightly increased his Spiritual Power Value.

Ryan reviewed his cultivation progress and decided to pursue both approaches to establishing a Resource Area in the Inner World. The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard took him to the Rainbow Plain’s Red Realm, where Ryan sought a resource-rich site near its edge, and planned to introduce him to old friends before choosing a location.

• Ryan considered the balance between his Primal Force Path Wizard Body and Nightmare cultivation and noted the progress of his Nightmare Fire Core Meditation Method.
• Ryan chose to establish Resource Areas through both approaches, and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard agreed that a Wizard could create more than one.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard escorted Ryan across the Rainbow Plain and explained its colored regions, powerful Earth Vein energy, and the dangers of deeper Space Layers.
• Ryan asked to establish his Resource Area near the edge of the Red Realm, preferably somewhere rich in resources or strong Earth Vein energy.
• After they reached the Red Realm, the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard said he had a location in mind but would first take Ryan to meet some old friends.

Ryan learned the Radiant Moon method called Limit Boundary and gained access to the Red Realm, where he chose a region bordering the Green Realm for his Resource Area. Meanwhile, Karina the Crystal Wizard learned that the Earth Wizard was preparing to challenge Ryan and anticipated their coming contest.

• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard brought Ryan to the Red Realm and explained how Radiant Moon lifeforms used Space Gaps to establish a Limit Boundary.
• Ryan examined the Red Palace’s records of native creatures and used the Boundary Stone to gain authority in the Red Realm.
• Ryan asked the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard which region he should choose, and the elder recommended the area bordering the Green Realm.
• Karina the Crystal Wizard emerged from the Crystal Mountain Range and learned about the Earth Wizard’s planned challenge to Ryan.
• Karina reflected on her teacher’s wager and hoped the Earth Wizard would prove a worthy opponent, though she feared the wager would be boring if he lost.

Karina struggled to subdue the Ancient Blood tiger within her Dream Flower Petal anomaly while Ryan and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard traveled through the Green Realm to visit Dragon Tiger Wizard. Meanwhile, the Black Heart Wizard continued her transformation as her clone waited for the Earth Wizard and Nightmare Wizard’s anticipated confrontation.

• Karina used her Dream Flower Petal anomaly to suppress the tiger-like supernatural lifeform, but its resistance strained her Spiritual Power and threatened to break its crystal confinement.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard told Ryan that Dragon Tiger Wizard had forged a unique Battle Body Wizard Path and guided him through the Green Realm’s Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Heavenly Palaces.
• Ryan and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard reached a vast gate near the Green Realm’s highest palace, and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard called for Dragon Tiger Wizard before entering with Ryan.
• The Black Heart Wizard’s body continued transforming in its sealed chamber while her clone monitored events and complained that the Earth Wizard was taking too long to reach the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor.
• The Black Heart Clone anticipated the Starry Wars Assembly and identified Karina as the most formidable competitor, while hoping her main body would gain power from touching the realm of Spirituality.

Ryan entered Dragon Tiger Wizard’s Wine River with Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard’s help, securing rare resources to strengthen himself for the Starry Wars Assembly. After ten days of conditioning, he began the dangerous deep tempering, intending to imprint the Nightmare Fire Core Rune throughout his body.

• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard brought Ryan to Dragon Tiger Wizard’s Wine River and explained that he had arranged access to help Ryan prepare for the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard revealed that he and other Grand Wizards supported Ryan, and Ryan agreed to fulfill his promise to help the Crimson Academy.
• Ryan chose to establish his Resource Area between the two locations and began training in the Wine River.
• After ten days, Dragon Tiger Wizard warned Ryan that the river’s deep tempering could trap him in an eternal dream if he fell asleep.
• Ryan began deep tempering as the Nightmare Fire Core Runes entered his eyes and spread through his body.

Ryan endured the Wine River’s destructive current to temper his body, consciousness, and will while developing the Black Heart Red Line Sword. He prepared to brand the first Fire Core Rune, then planned to finish transforming the Inner World before returning to Crimson Academy to confront the aggressive Earth Wizard.

• Ryan let the Wine River strip away his flesh so it could refine his bones and strengthen his body as it regenerated.
• Ryan used the river’s power to improve his consciousness and will, supporting his plans for a stronger Illusionary Layer attack.
• Ryan formed the Black Heart Red Line Sword in his Sea of Consciousness from his Spiritual Power and the influence of the Evil God’s Sword.
• Ryan’s Mental Body said the Wine River was accelerating the sword’s formation and that the first rune had about a ninety percent chance of being branded successfully.
• Ryan planned to use the five resource areas and abundant supplies to balance his two Wizard Bodies, complete the Inner World’s transformation, and return to Crimson Academy to deal with the aggressive Earth Wizard.

Ryan completed imprinting the Virtual Reality Nightmare Fire Core Rune on his bones in the Wine River, transforming his body and returning to human form. After Ryan agreed to a test of strength, the Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard prepared to gauge his toughness in ten stages.

• Ryan successfully imprinted the first Virtual Reality Nightmare Fire Core Rune in his Sea of Consciousness and awaited the Consciousness Soul's work.
• The Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard observed Ryan's bones changing in the Wine River and recognized his rune knowledge, increasing vitality, and early Elemental Energy Life Transformation.
• Ryan completed the rune imprint on his bones, and the resulting gray light stopped and reversed the Wine River's current.
• Ryan's bones filled with White Sand, blood, flesh, and organs, restoring him to human form as the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard and Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard watched.
• The Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard challenged Ryan to a physical test, and Ryan accepted after she promised to use Star Level power divided into ten stages.

Ryan tested his strength against Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard, then established a Resource Area in the Continuous Mountain Range and named it the Nightmare Garden. The chapter left Ryan entering the black-and-white bubble at the center of his new domain.

• Ryan and Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard clashed in a prolonged handshake, and Ryan used his Brief Three-Pillar Balance State to withstand her power.
• After Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard departed, Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard took Ryan to the Continuous Mountain Range to establish his Resource Area.
• Ryan chose to cultivate resources connected to Virtual Reality Annihilation and spotted potential value in the range's dangerous areas and Green Mist.
• Over the next half year, Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard helped Ryan seal, destroy, or clear nearby threats and built a Special Killing Array around eighty-one Dangerous Areas.
• Ryan named the protected domain the Nightmare Garden and entered the black-and-white bubble at its center.

Ryan established the Nightmare Garden as a resource area where creatures grew in linked real and dream forms, then traveled with Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard to Elephant King Grand Wizard’s domain. Elephant King tested Ryan’s mental strength and prepared to assess his physical power, asking him to throw a punch.

• Ryan harvested Wood Heart Blood from a Malati Wood Demon and explained how Nightmare Twin linked creatures’ real and dream forms to accelerate the Nightmare Garden’s growth.
• Ryan installed the Nightmare Garden Species Compendium in the resource area’s core, establishing control over its resources and the Danger Zones around the Red Rainbow Wizard Array.
• Ryan checked his improved attributes and Fire Core Rune progress before Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard took him toward the Orange Realm.
• Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard left Ryan with Elephant King Grand Wizard, who agreed to admit him to a suitable one of his Three Hundred Elephant King Secret Realms.
• Elephant King Grand Wizard tested Ryan’s mental strength, then asked him to demonstrate his physical power with a punch.
• Ryan activated his Fire Core Rune and synchronized his mind and body to prepare for the strike.

Ryan entered the Elephant King Secret Realm after proving his strength to the Elephant King Grand Wizard, then hunted Elephant King Beasts for their hearts and resources. Ten years later, Wu Tu arrived at the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor, setting the stage for a long-awaited battle with Ryan.

• Ryan combined the powers of his two Wizard Bodies and struck the Elephant King Grand Wizard hard enough to injure him, earning entry to the Radiant Moon-level Elephant King Secret Realm.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard and the Elephant King Grand Wizard discussed Ryan's strength and the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Ryan killed an Elephant King Beast, took its living heart, and opened a Space Tunnel to another secret realm in search of stronger resources.
• Ten years passed, and Wu Tu, hailed as the Little Taboo, arrived at the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor as High-level Wizards anticipated a battle with Ryan.