Chapter Summaries

Earth Wizard reached the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor and unleashed his full battle intent, challenging Nightmare Wizard Ryan Harak. As Wizards watched and wagered on the outcome, Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard and Grand Wizard Hei Yu bet their Wizard artifacts on the coming fight, but Nightmare Wizard had yet to respond.

• Earth Wizard stopped before the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor after decades of walking, drawing the attention of Crimson Academy Wizards and his rivals.
• Blood Rain Wizard, Qinghai Wizard, Evil Heart Wizard, and Demon Soul Wizard discussed the challenge, while Disaster Wizard watched and hoped for a battle against Earth Wizard or Nightmare Wizard.
• Gold-Silver Wizard promoted his betting pool as Wizards gathered to wager on whether Nightmare Wizard would accept the challenge and win.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard proposed a wager to Grand Wizard Hei Yu, staking a third-tier Venerable Emperor Energy Field Wizard Array against Hei Yu's Black Feather Wings.
• Earth Wizard opened his eyes and unleashed a vast Savage Giant Anomaly, terrifying the spectators as they waited to see whether Nightmare Wizard would appear and fight.

Ryan completed his transformation in Yan Yu Wizard’s Purple Pool, reaching a perfected body and gaining the ability to use Radiant Moon Wizards’ Limit Techniques. He returned to reality to claim something that belonged to him and appeared before the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor as Earth Wizard attacked it.

• Ryan emerged from the Purple Pool after imprinting eight Fire Core Runes, and he promised Yan Yu Wizard he would repay her for the resources she had given him.
• Yan Yu Wizard warned Ryan that their karma and auras were intertwined, and Ryan left the Cleft Valley.
• Ryan realized he could use Limit Techniques mastered by Radiant Moon Wizards and decided to claim something in reality that he considered his.
• Earth Wizard attacked the Wizard Formation protecting the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor while onlookers watched.
• Nightmare Wizard appeared without warning before the Pillar, startling the gathered High-level Wizards.

Ryan, as Nightmare Wizard, confronted the savage Earth Wizard and began a battle to enforce the Crimson Academy’s rules and establish his authority. After Ryan evaded a devastating attack with a powerful technique, the Disaster Wizard watched closely and questioned whether Ryan could tame Earth Wizard.

• Ryan invoked his authority as one of the Three Supreme Positions and judged Earth Wizard for disrupting the Academy and its Crimson Wizard Array.
• Earth Wizard sensed Ryan as his greatest threat and attacked with a bloodstorm, which Ryan shattered with a mysterious force field.
• Ryan summoned the Great Annihilation Death Spear as Earth Wizard vanished and struck at him with a gigantic crimson fist.
• Ryan appeared thirty thousand meters away after using a powerful technique that impressed the Disaster Wizards watching from the Pillar of Disaster.
• The Disaster Wizard praised Ryan’s strength but warned that Earth Wizard’s Ancestor Blood made him difficult to restrain, then asked whether Ryan could tame the savage beast.

Ryan and Wu Tu fought fiercely as Wu Tu unleashed the power of his Ancestor Blood Body and transformed into a colossal dragon. Ryan countered with powerful lightning techniques, while Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard recognized that Ryan was pursuing the Legendary Path; the battle remained unresolved.

• Wu Tu formed his ten-thousand-meter Ancestor Blood Body and stopped Ryan's Great Annihilation Death Spear with his bare hands.
• Wu Tu summoned a blood-red domain and transformed into an Ancestor Blood Dragon that lunged at Ryan.
• Ryan evaded the dragon's attack with the help of a black-and-white crow, then struck back with his Magnetic Silence Lightning Sword.
• Grand Wizard Zeyuan, Venerable Emperor Clone, and Black Feather Grand Wizard discussed the dangers of Wu Tu's Ancestor Blood and the difficulty of controlling its primal beastly nature.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard concluded that Ryan was pursuing the Legendary Path and believed the Crimson Academy was only a stepping stone for him.

Ryan froze Earth Wizard and destroyed the Ancestor Blood Dragon with the Great Annihilation Death Spear, but Earth Wizard survived and awakened the true power of Ancestor Blood. Ancestor Blood Wizard watched, convinced Earth Wizard would win and become a new Original Human.

• Ryan used the Black Sun Ice Realm to freeze Earth Wizard and the Ancestor Blood Dragon across a vast stretch of Sky Domain.
• Ryan formed the Great Annihilation Death Spear and pierced the Ancestor Blood Dragon's heart, annihilating it in the shattered ice.
• Earth Wizard survived a concealed attack on Ryan, though his armor was broken and he was badly wounded.
• Earth Wizard transformed as the Power of Ancestor Blood awakened, projecting more than a hundred ancient creatures with Star-Level power.
• Ancestor Blood Wizard observed Earth Wizard's awakening and urged him to keep fighting, believing Ryan would become nourishment for the Ancestor Blood.

Earth Wizard unleashed the Power of Ancestral Blood, filling the Sky Domain with hundreds of powerful Vengeful Fiend Projections. While the observers feared the Nightmare Wizard would lose, the Venerable Emperor remained certain of Ryan’s victory, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Grand Wizard Hei Yu explained that Earth Wizard had awakened the cursed aspect of the Power of Ancestral Blood and could summon Vengeful Fiend Shadows according to the bearer’s strength.
• The Venerable Emperor Clone dismissed the Ancestor Blood as false and insubstantial, declared the wager over, and departed through a spatial crack.
• Grand Wizard Hei Yu watched three hundred Vengeful Fiend Projections gather and doubted that the Nightmare Wizard could overcome Earth Wizard’s overwhelming numbers.
• Earth Wizard’s ochre energy strengthened the projections, which unleashed Innate Abilities and Supernatural Fluctuations that overwhelmed weaker Wizard observers.
• Black Heart Wizard’s Split Body, Demon Soul Wizard, Evil Heart Wizard, and Disaster Wizard reacted with shock as Demon Soul Wizard concluded that the Nightmare Wizard had lost.

Silver Sea Grand Wizard released Saint King Wizard from his crystal prison and renamed him Saint Sin. Meanwhile, Ryan fought Earth Wizard’s hundreds of Vengeful Fiend Projections, surviving their assault and seeking a way to defeat Earth Wizard as the battle remained unresolved.

• Silver Sea Grand Wizard judged Earth Wizard’s Ancestor Blood potential and released Saint King Wizard from the crystal, naming him Saint Sin.
• Earth Wizard unleashed the Hundred Ghost Tribulation of Vengeful Fiends, surrounding Ryan with hundreds of projections sustained by the Power of Ancestral Blood.
• Ryan used his sword, curses, and other abilities to kill projections and attack Earth Wizard, who crushed his own heart to unleash a torrent of yellow power and suppress the flames.
• Nightmare Mirror Spirit Mona protected Ryan with the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror while he continued fighting the projections and observed that Earth Wizard could replenish their numbers.
• Ryan considered Earth Wizard’s limits and activated Truth Future Sight as the watching wizards doubted he could win.

Ryan fought Earth Wizard’s Vengeful Fiend Projections while concealing his strongest abilities, and the watchers believed his growing difficulty meant defeat was near. The chapter left the battle unresolved as Ryan prepared to act on the insight he gained from Future Sight.

• Grand Wizard Hei Yu wondered what advantage Annihilation Nightmare Wizard had over Earth Wizard and suspected the Nightmare Wizard was hiding something.
• Earth Wizard’s ice and sound attacks strained Ryan’s divine kingdom robes, while Ryan avoided fully activating his rune imprint or revealing his Wizard Bodies.
• Harak offered to fight beside Ryan, but Ryan kept his methods concealed to preserve surprises for his true opponent and future rivals.
• Ryan used Limit Boundary to evade a coordinated swarm of Vengeful Fiend Beasts as their assault tore through layers of space.
• Watching Wizards judged that Ryan’s repeated use of Limit Techniques was becoming harder and predicted the Vengeful Fiend Beasts would soon kill him.

Ryan overcame the Earth Wizard’s Vengeful Fiend Beast assault by unleashing shadow, Aberrant Power, and the Mortal World Corrupting Heaven and Earth Serpent Swarm. The Earth Wizard died, Ryan was declared the victor, and Grand Wizard Hei Yu decided to give away his Black Feather Wings and perhaps his inheritance.

• Ryan stopped hiding his power and calmly faced the Earth Wizard’s final charge.
• The Vengeful Fiend Projections died in deep space, draining the Earth Wizard’s strength and forcing him to end the Hundred Ghost Tribulation.
• Ryan summoned the Black-White Monarch Blood Emperor Raven and covered the Sky Domain in black rain that weakened the remaining Vengeful Fiend Beasts and severed their connection to the Ancestral Blood.
• Ryan wielded a shadow-and-Aberrant-Power sword, erasing the beasts around the Earth Wizard with a Black Aberrant Flower.
• The Mortal World Corrupting Heaven and Earth Serpent Swarm emerged from the shattered Space Layer, devoured the Earth Wizard, and secured Ryan Harak’s victory.
• Grand Wizard Hei Yu decided to give away his Black Feather Wings and possibly his inheritance.

After Ryan defeated Earth Wizard, the Disaster Wizard regained his resolve and received permission to train in the Calamity Tower. The victory drew attention across the Crimson Academy and beyond, while Grand Wizard Huanyu prepared Zhouyu for the Starry Wars Assembly and a powerful presence stirred beneath the Pillar of Flowing Sand.

• The Disaster Wizard recovered from his fear of Ryan, and the Calamity Wizard offered him access to the Calamity Tower to strengthen himself.
• Ryan declined the Ancestor Blood Wizard’s invitation to visit the Pillar of Ancestor Blood, but the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard arrived and took Ryan to meet others while mentioning trouble involving Robber Wizards.
• News of Ryan’s victory over Earth Wizard spread through the Crimson Academy and its subordinate forces, drawing attention from groups beyond its reach.
• Grand Wizard Huanyu discussed Ryan’s victory and told Zhouyu to accelerate her Experimental Research for the Starry Wars Assembly.
• A powerful aura began stirring from slumber beneath the Pillar of Flowing Sand in the Black Sand World controlled by Black Heart Wizard.

Black Heart Wizard awakened after shaping her Spirit Particles, then learned from her Split Body that Nightmare Wizard had defeated Earth Wizard and abandoned her original plan. Tianjing Wizard sought entry to the Crimson Seal Land to awaken her Ancient Blood, while Grand Wizard Li Ri arrived at a banquet hosted by Supreme Venerable Emperor, where Ryan was present.

• Black Heart Wizard awakened in the Black Sand World, gained initial control of Spirit Particles, and opened a Limit Boundary to retrieve her Split Body.
• Black Heart Wizard absorbed her Split Body’s memories and learned that Nightmare Wizard had defeated Earth Wizard with overwhelming power.
• Black Heart Wizard destroyed her Split Body and walked through the Limit Boundary, rejecting her original plan in frustration.
• Tianjing Wizard asked Grand Wizard Aix to let her enter the Crimson Seal Land so she could awaken her Ancient Blood and transform further.
• Tianjing Wizard discussed the plan with her Split Body and resolved to follow the rules while pursuing the Ancient Blood’s source.
• Grand Wizard Li Ri urged the guests at Supreme Venerable Emperor’s banquet to begin eating, and Ryan was among those present.

Ryan attended Venerable Emperor’s banquet with several Bright Moon Grand Wizards, and the extraordinary food raised his Spiritual Power and physique. After the meal, Venerable Emperor prepared to discuss his real purpose, while events elsewhere showed Zeyuan enjoying the banquet food and Silver Sea Grand Wizard preparing Saintly Sin Wizard to challenge Tianjing Wizard and eventually Ryan.

• Venerable Emperor hosted a formal banquet for the Bright Moon Grand Wizards, and Li Ri broke the tension by eating eagerly and asking for chefs to take home.
• Ryan used the Eye of Truth to examine the rare dishes, ate them, and gained 1.2 Spiritual Power and 0.5 physique.
• Venerable Emperor transformed the banquet hall into a salon and announced that the guests would discuss the real matter, while Ryan suspected the gathering was connected to his fight with Earth Wizard.
• Zeyuan disturbed Silver Sea Grand Wizard while moving in the Silver Sea Realm, then ate food Venerable Emperor had sent and considered securing Gourmet Wizard inheritance for Ryan.
• Silver Sea Grand Wizard urged Saintly Sin Wizard to surpass Earth Wizard and Ryan, defeat Tianjing Wizard first, and then face Ryan in their destined duel.

Witch Celeste trained with the power of the Wind Snow Spirits as Wizard Baisheng briefed her on the Starry Wars Assembly’s rivals. After Ryan gained offers of Grand Wizard legacies and Black Feather Wings, Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard took him to the Silver Sea Realm and began explaining the Bloodline Rule and Wizard Rule.

• Witch Celeste reversed a snowy storm and shared her progress with Wizard Baisheng, who warned her about Wizard Hengyang, Wizard Luotian, and Wizard Zhouyu.
• Wizard Baisheng told Witch Celeste that the Crimson Academy had chosen Nightmare, also known as Wang, as a candidate, and she promised to stand out at the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Bright Moon Grand Wizard, Grand Wizard Mi Hun, Nine Heavens Grand Wizard, Grand Wizard Li Ri, and Grand Wizard Hei Yu each offered Ryan a legacy or reward tied to a test or future meeting.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard took Ryan to the Silver Sea Realm to claim what was his and described Zeyuan’s Ancient Blood and pursuit of the Rule Level.
• Ryan asked Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard to explain the differences between the Bloodline Rule and the Wizard Rule.

The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained how the Daylight Rule and Bloodline Rule differed and why Ancient Blood mattered, then took Ryan to meet Grand Wizard Zeyuan and obtain his inheritance and potent Ancient Blood. Ryan accompanied the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard into the Inner World to observe the fight against Robber Wizards, while his main body returned to the Crimson Academy library.

• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard told Ryan that the Daylight Rule involved resisting or twisting World Rules, while the Bloodline Rule involved joining them and potentially creating rules of one's own.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard brought Ryan to the Water Kingdom, where Grand Wizard Zeyuan gave him The Complete Records of Zeyuan and blood roughly fifty percent pure Ancient Blood.
• Ryan recognized the Ancient Blood's power and considered how it might help him study or recreate a Rule Bloodline.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard took Ryan's Split Body to the Inner World's Rainbow Plain to confront Robber Wizard Split Bodies, saying Ryan would observe and might gain something he needed.
• Ryan's main body returned to the Crimson Academy library to study information about the Pillars and record knowledge with the Eye of Truth.

Ryan visited the Hell Pillar to investigate its inheritance and potential Ancient Blood, then encountered the Hell Society enforcing its rules. He left to explore the Pillar’s danger zones, while the Hell Society prepared a public trial and Ryan later observed a battle between Bright Moon Grand Wizards in the Inner World.

• Ryan reviewed the Eye of Truth’s improving database and decided to investigate the unclaimed Hell Pillar as a possible future stronghold and source of Ancient Blood.
• Ryan arrived at the Hell Pillar and learned that the Hell Society, led by Lord Makarov, claimed authority over much of the Pillar.
• Wizard Saki and the Hell Society captured Guinea Pig Wizard with powerful Hell Chains and announced that he would face a public trial.
• Ryan declined Wizard Saki’s offer to join the Hell Society, then vanished into the Void Layer to explore the Five Great Danger Zones and Seven Great Opportunities.
• Wizard Saki took Guinea Pig Wizard to the Hell Society’s base as the Public Trial Assembly approached, while Ryan watched a battle between Bright Moon Grand Wizards in the Inner World.

Ryan watched five Bright Moon Grand Wizards kill an unnamed Bright Moon Grand Wizard and claim his White Void Rotating Serpent Spirit Plate, then buried it in the Nightmare Garden to speed up the growth of his Resource Area. As Ryan traveled back to the Wizard World Mother Planet, a sleeping woman surrounded by crimson light crossed paths with his transmission route through the Tidal Darkness.

• Ryan recorded the five Bright Moon Grand Wizards defeating and killing the unnamed Bright Moon Grand Wizard, who possessed the White Void Rotating Serpent Spirit Plate.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained the plate’s uses, and Ryan buried it in the Nightmare Garden, where new growth appeared and the first harvest was expected in about eight years.
• Ryan considered asking the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard for his Gourmet Wizard Inheritance, while reflecting on Freddy Wizard’s death and developments among his friends and allies.
• A sleeping woman in a red dress traveled through the Tidal Darkness inside a crimson halo that resisted its crushing currents before being drawn toward the Wizard World Mother Planet.
• Night Moon Ryan traveled toward the Wizard World Mother Planet along an old energy-signal route, and his path touched the route carrying the crimson halo.

Ryan examined the resources and research underway in the Nightmare Garden, planning how to strengthen his Wizard Bodies and prepare for threats beyond the Crimson Academy. Meanwhile, Solomon the Divine Child became a Star Wizard and reunited with Green Forest Wizard before joining other Wizards at a private banquet where Wizard Umbraly Light reported that Nightmare Wizard had contacted him.

• Ryan recorded the Black King Snake’s valuable uses and ate a Pure Spirit Peach beside the river.
• Ryan reviewed his ongoing rule analyses and assigned computing power to studying the Silent Vacuum Realm and forming the seventh Anomaly Petal.
• Ryan concluded that the pressure to strengthen him came from powerful enemies outside the Crimson Academy, and he considered the challenges of the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Solomon the Divine Child emerged from deep meditation as a Star Wizard, and Green Forest Wizard met with him.
• Solomon, Green Forest Wizard, Wizard Umbraly Light, Nether Wizard Polaris, Divine Blood Wizard, Sol Wizard, and Withered Wood Wizard gathered for a private banquet, where Wizard Umbraly Light said Nightmare Wizard had contacted him.

The Heart of War discussed the secret Hell Plan and Solomon the Divine Child considered representing his teacher’s legacy at the Starry Wars Assembly. After ten years of cultivation in the Wine River, Ryan completed the Black Heart Red Line Sword and left to visit two Grand Wizards’ domains.

• Wizard Umbraly Light outlined the Hell Plan’s study opportunities, strength requirements, and Nightmare Squad, while keeping its most confidential details limited to those present.
• Green Forest Wizard warned Solomon the Divine Child that the Starry Wars Assembly was dangerous, and Solomon said he would represent the Heart of War and the Umbral Expanse.
• After ten years in the Wine River, Ryan formed the Black Heart Red Line Sword, whose abilities could control, drain, and sever an opponent’s source of power.
• Ryan reviewed his increased strength and progress analyzing Fire Core Runes, then decided to visit the Azure Sky Wizard and the Poison Wizard.
• Ryan thanked Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard and departed; Dragon Tiger cautioned that obtaining the two Wizards’ resources and opportunities would not be easy.

Ryan entered Jungle Blade Mountain to seek Hell Pillar’s Authority and endured its agonizing trial as he climbed. Meanwhile, Makarov left Worldly Desire Hell for Hell Society’s judgment assembly after sensing something stirring in Blade Mountain, unaware that Ryan was inside.

• Ryan traveled through Hell Pillar’s Safe Zone and entered Jungle Blade Mountain, intending to claim the most Authority and become Lord of Hell.
• Ryan climbed the mountain as its blade energy inflicted unbearable pain and suppressed his power, but he kept advancing.
• At Hell Society’s stronghold, Wizard Saki guarded captured Academy Wizards and prepared to hold a judgment assembly under Makarov’s authority.
• Makarov paused near Blade Mountain Hell after sensing a brief stirring within it, then decided to return and investigate the promising Wizard he suspected had earned its recognition.
• Makarov left for Hell Society, while Ryan remained inside Blade Mountain Hell.

Ryan gained full Authority over Jungle Blade Mountain and became the Lord of Blade Mountain Hell, creating an incantation array that let him summon and command its power. The Crimson Wizard Array Spirit concealed the mountain’s transformation, while Makarov sensed something at the Hell Society Stronghold.

• Blade Mountain trembled and gathered immense Hell Power, forcing assessment Wizards to flee and speculate about the cause.
• The Crimson Wizard Array Spirit saw Ryan meditating atop Blade Mountain as the mountain’s statue transformed to resemble him, and recognized that he had gained full Authority over it.
• The Crimson Wizard Array Spirit decided to suppress information about Ryan’s transformation and the mountain’s Anomaly.
• Ryan accepted ownership of Blade Mountain Hell, considered claiming other Pillars, and chose not to disturb the mountain further.
• Ryan formed a circular Blade Mountain incantation array that allowed him to summon the mountain and wield its Hell Power through Wizardry.
• Makarov’s heart suddenly thumped at the Hell Society Stronghold.