Chapter Summaries

The Tianjing Wizard revealed that she had mastered a seventh crystal petal, overwhelming Ryan and appearing poised to win their battle. As the spectators and Grand Wizards debated the outcome, the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard continued to believe in Ryan.

• The Tianjing Wizard shattered after Ryan’s black Metal Spear pinned her, then revealed a seventh petal and transformed into the Crystal Saintess.
• The Crystal Saintess unleashed a vastly empowered Crystal Kingdom, trapping Ryan’s strongest move and driving him back.
• The Tianjing Wizard told Ryan that his greater potential could not overcome his lack of time and fortune, while the Ancestor Blood Wizard judged that she was about to win.
• Grand Wizards Zeyuan, Hei Yu, Li Ri, and Aix watched the battle, and Aix claimed the Tianjing Wizard’s potential had been raised beyond what circumstances could explain.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard rejected Aix’s certainty and declared that he believed Ryan would prevail.

Ryan’s Hell Legacy Wizardry challenged Tianjing Wizard’s seven-petal Crystal Flower, but she still held the advantage behind her crystal barrier. Pressured by Ryan’s unpredictable powers, Tianjing decided to unleash the strength she gained from the Crimson Forbidden Land and her Ancient Blood.

• Tianjing Wizard’s Crystal Torrent overwhelmed Ryan’s Anomalies and sealed his Black Serpents in crystal.
• Ryan used Hell Legacy Wizardry to spread Hellfire, cut through the crystal worlds, and affect Tianjing with Mortal World Aura and the Cycle of Reincarnation Light.
• Tianjing recovered from the illusion’s effects while Ryan continued trying to break through her crystal barrier amid attacks from summoned Ancient Beasts.
• Tianjing recalled how she had explored the Crimson Forbidden Land, strengthened her foundation, and discovered her Ancient Blood.
• Tianjing warned Ryan that she could no longer hold back, then began to release a strange aura.

Gray fought in the rain as the Primordial Land neared victory over the Law Bell, while Dianna delivered Andersen the final key to a place that could restore some of his power. At the Crimson Academy, Tianjing Wizard’s Crystal Illusion overwhelmed the battle’s spectators, and the Grand Wizards feared the Nightmare Wizard might not be able to counter it.

• Gray watched the Primordial Land overwhelm the Law Bell and used his Star-level power to kill its hidden ambushers as he flew toward the headquarters.
• Gray wondered whether Ryan, Mona, and Masque had survived, and feared he and Dianna would never escape Andersen’s control.
• Dianna gave Andersen a silver-and-black metal key, and Andersen revealed it could unlock a place containing power he needed to recover his original avatar.
• Tianjing Wizard’s Crystal Flower spread a dreamlike illusion through the battlefield projection, causing Demon Soul Wizard and other spectators to fall asleep until Demon King Wizard intervened.
• The Grand Wizards suspected Tianjing Wizard had awakened an Ancient Bloodline and worried that the Nightmare Wizard would struggle to escape her Crystal Illusion.

Ryan defeated the Tianjing Wizard in their final battle, winning the contest for Hell Pillar. As the Crimson Academy celebrated or mourned the result, Ryan looked ahead to the Starry Wars Assembly and noticed Grand Wizard Aixi and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard.

• The Tianjing Wizard trapped Ryan in Crystal Illusion and tried to erase him with the Labyrinth Celestial Magic Frog’s power, but his dusky aura resisted it.
• Ryan used Sacrifice Funeral Song Wizardry and the Drowsy Hungry Ghost Incantation Array to counter the Tianjing Wizard’s black-hole attack with his Nightmare Flower.
• The Crimson Spirit rescued the unconscious Tianjing Wizard and declared Ryan Harak of Hell Pillar the winner.
• Wizards across the Crimson Academy reacted to Ryan’s victory, while the Hell Society celebrated his success.
• Ryan considered the Starry Wars Assembly and saw Grand Wizard Aixi and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard, who laughed over Aixi’s loss.

After Ryan defeated Tianjing Wizard, the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard named him the Crimson Academy’s Son of Crimson and agreed to pursue access for him to a forbidden place. Ryan received a Black Gold Ancestral Bird egg and prepared for the Starry Wars Assembly, while others began reacting to his rise.

• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard promised Ryan the Crimson Academy’s full support and agreed to seek approval for him to enter the place Tianjing Wizard had mentioned.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard gave Ryan a Black Gold Ancestral Bird egg and told him to travel with him to Frost Snow Sky in a week to obtain qualification for the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Ryan reviewed his progress, noted that he still needed a Soul of Legend Potion to advance, and flew away in his Infinite Boundary state.
• The Gold-Silver Wizard celebrated Ryan’s victory, began preparing a congratulatory gift, and resolved to repay him.
• Members of the Crimson Academy secretly reported Ryan’s strength as a threat, while the Grand Wizards in the Venerable Emperor Supreme Celestial Domain reacted to the battle’s outcome.

Ryan defeated Tianjing Wizard and became the Son of Crimson, prompting the Hell Pillar to celebrate and the Grand Wizards to prepare for Frost Snow Sky. Back in Nightmare Forest, Ryan revealed his research on Ancestral Blood, assessed his stalled advancement and ongoing projects, and prepared to face the coming Starry Wars Assembly.

• Grand Wizard Mi Hun and the other Grand Wizards discussed Ryan's victory, while Grand Wizard Zeyuan proposed holding a victory banquet and using it to secure contributions.
• Qinghai Wizard, Blood Rain Wizard, and Black Heart Wizard reacted to Tianjing Wizard's defeat, and Hell Pillar members celebrated Ryan's victory and its benefits.
• Slaughter Wizard said the Nightmare Calamity Plan could now move forward, and Wizard Umbraly Light and Divine Blood Wizard agreed to focus on it.
• Ancestor Blood Wizard congratulated Ryan and asked about the Human Ancestor's legacy, so Ryan showed him Sukuna's Two Faces and suggested Ancestral Blood and Vengeful Ghost power might be symbiotic.
• Ryan reviewed his bottleneck, his concerns about the Main God World, Magic World, and Dragon Fall Realm, and the Eye of Truth's research plans, including the Rainbow Trout Seven-Colored Sword.
• Ryan decided to go to Frost Snow Sky, where he expected to meet the Frost Snow Committee and potential opponents, and wondered about Black Soul Ryan and who would benefit most from the Starry Wars Assembly.

Ryan investigated Andersen’s whereabouts while Andersen prepared for the Starry Wars Assembly by using Gray to absorb power from the Blood Pool. At a banquet celebrating Ryan’s appointment as Son of Crimson, gifts arrived from several Grand Wizards, and Ryan watched the gathering unfold with suspicion.

• Ryan asked Wizard Lando to investigate Andersen, and Lando divined that Andersen remained somewhere in Frost Snow Land.
• Ryan ordered Wizard Lando, now one of the Ten Great Elders of the Hell Society, to search Frost Snow Land for unusual events.
• Andersen revealed that he was preparing a plan for the Starry Wars Assembly and urged Gray to absorb the Blood Pool’s power.
• The Crimson Academy held a banquet celebrating Ryan becoming the Son of Crimson, while Grand Wizard Aix stayed away but sent a gift.
• Several Grand Wizards sent congratulatory gifts, and Ryan noticed that the banquet seemed unusual but decided to let it continue.

Ryan attended a banquet and round-table meeting where the Grand Wizards discussed preparing him for the Starry Wars Assembly, set thirty years away. He learned about powerful opponents from four other Wizard Forces and was asked what support he needed.

• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard transformed the banquet hall into a conference room and seated Ryan at the bottom of the round table among the Grand Wizards.
• Grand Wizard Hei Yu and Grand Wizard Zeyuan supported Nightmare Wizard as the candidate, while Grand Wizard Aix remained silent.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained that the meeting and gifts were intended to strengthen Ryan before the Starry Wars Assembly in thirty years.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard presented information about Celeste, Wizard Zhouyu, Wizard Hengyang, and Wizard Luotian, warning Ryan about their formidable abilities.
• The Grand Wizards asked Ryan what he thought, and he prepared to respond.

At the Round Table Meeting, Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard confronted Grand Wizard Aixi over the earlier battle and hinted at a secret dispute, while assuring Ryan that the Crimson Academy would support him before the Starry Wars Assembly. Back in Foam World, Ryan assessed his exhausted computational power and decided to pursue a Calamity-focused Ancient Grand Wizardry using the Nightmare Inheritance.

• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard questioned Grand Wizard Aixi about the battle, and the two exchanged veiled accusations as the other Grand Wizards tried to intervene.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard ended the meeting and promised Ryan the Crimson Academy’s support for the Frost Snow Committee and Starry Wars Assembly.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard privately told Ryan to follow his plan and focus on getting stronger while he continued dealing with Aixi.
• Ryan returned to Foam World and found that his computational power was exhausted, making it difficult to develop another Ancient Grand Wizardry in time.
• Ryan resolved to study Calamity knowledge at the Pillar of Disaster and use the Nightmare Inheritance as the core of his next Ancient Grand Wizardry.

Ryan received the Pillar of Disaster’s inheritance from the Calamity Wizard, who recognized his extraordinary power and calamity aura. Elsewhere, Baisheng Grand Wizard warned Wizard Celeste to take Ryan seriously, while a Heart of the Lighthouse wizard dismissed him as an unworthy outsider.

• Ryan entered the Pillar of Disaster’s realm, where his Annihilation Fire consumed the calamity threatening to erupt from the Black Flame.
• The Calamity Wizard gave Ryan the inheritance Crystal, and Ryan departed after thanking him.
• The Calamity Wizard praised Ryan’s strength and told Disaster Wizard that catching up to him would be difficult.
• Baisheng Grand Wizard warned Wizard Celeste not to underestimate Ryan and urged her to suppress him quickly at the Starry Wars Assembly.
• A wizard at the Heart of the Lighthouse mocked Ryan as a nobody from an Online Area and predicted the Crimson Academy’s decline.

Ryan traveled with Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard to Frost Snow Sky for a committee meeting that would determine his entry into the Crimson Forbidden Land and prepare for the Starry Wars Assembly. As they arrived at the powerful central stronghold, Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard began explaining the special advantages Ryan would receive as the Son of Crimson.

• Wizard Zhouyu boasted to Cosmic Wizard that he could crush Ryan and demonstrated his control over spacetime by reversing matter and creatures across the Black Sea.
• Ryan paused his research into the Calamity Ancient Grand Wizardry and went to meet Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard told Ryan that Wizard Aix had approved his entry into the Crimson Forbidden Land after the Frost Snow Committee meeting, though Grand Wizard Fansheng was stirring up trouble over Ryan's status as an outsider.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard took Ryan through the Frost Sky Gate into Frost Snow Sky and explained that Ryan might be stationed there for the next thirty years.
• Ryan asked how the stationing related to the Starry Wars Assembly, and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard said the Son of Crimson received benefits unavailable to ordinary participants.

Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained the vast Wizard World, Primal Star Core City, and the duties of listed Wizard Forces to Ryan as he took him to Frost Snow High Tower. After Wizard Fansheng tried to recruit Ryan and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard retaliated, they entered the tower, leaving Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard plotting against the Eternal Blazing Sun's candidate.

• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard told Ryan about Primal Star Core City, the Council of Stars, and the Wizards' duty to guard the Inner World's borders.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard brought Ryan toward Frost Snow High Tower and explained that the Nine-eyed Grayish White Sky lay within the Inner World.
• Ryan detected Wizard Fansheng probing him, and Wizard Fansheng tried to recruit him away from the Crimson Academy.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard challenged Wizard Fansheng and warned Ryan to beware the Eternal Blazing Sun's Wizards.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard decided to target the Eternal Blazing Sun's candidate and carried Ryan into Frost Snow Sky High Tower.

Grand Wizard Venerable Emperor retaliated against Wizard Fansheng by striking Wizard Hengyang’s Sea of Consciousness, then destroyed his Split Body in the Blazing Flame Hall. Hengyang blamed Ryan and vowed to defeat him at the Star Battle Competition, while Ryan continued studying the Library’s red books.

• Wizard Fansheng told Wizard Hengyang about his clash with Grand Wizard Venerable Emperor and the outsider from the Online Area.
• Grand Wizard Venerable Emperor attacked Hengyang through his Sea of Consciousness, then appeared in the Blazing Flame Hall and destroyed his Split Body.
• Wizard Fansheng admitted that he had intended to use similar tricks and angrily called Venerable Emperor petty.
• Wizard Hengyang vowed to take revenge by crushing Ryan at the Starry Wars Assembly and left to guard his assigned region.
• Ryan worked out a circuit combining at least a hundred Wizard Arrays from the Library’s red books.

The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained the Starry Wars Assembly and predicted how far Ryan could advance, raising his hopes for the Crimson Academy. He took Ryan to the Starry World, where Ryan accepted his assigned region by placing his palm on a Stone Pillar, drawing countless gazes.

• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained that Frost Snow Sky's forces governed separate territories and that Wizards could earn a Starry Mark by sending a Split Body to defend their assigned region.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard told Ryan that his strength could earn him at least a top-twenty finish and hoped he would reach the top ten.
• Ryan asked about reaching the Starry Wars Competition or creating three or four Ancient Grand Wizardries, and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard described the extraordinary recognition that would bring.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard opened a door and brought Ryan to the Starry World, where he had already chosen Ryan's region to defend.
• Ryan pressed his palm into a Stone Pillar's recess, and countless gazes swept over him.

Ryan became a Star Quota holder, then left a clone to guard Spiral Water Marsh while he returned to the Crimson Academy to pursue greater strength. He studied the Pillar of Disaster and the Nightmare Flower, but could not yet complete his calamity-based Ancient Grand Wizardry, so he asked Solomon the Divine Child for help.

• Ryan saw the monuments of the Starry Wars Assembly and the Ninety-Nine Tribulations Void-Locking Wizard Array, then gained a monument of his own and became a Star Quota holder.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard brought Ryan to the Whirlpool Sea island and assigned him to guard it for thirty years, with the island’s inhabitants ordered to obey him.
• Ryan left his clone in charge of Spiral Water Marsh and returned to the Crimson Academy to study ways to grow stronger.
• Ryan comprehended the Pillar of Disaster’s Core Inheritance and tried to forge an Ancient Grand Wizardry based on calamity, but could not make it take shape.
• Ryan met Solomon the Divine Child in the Inheritance Land and asked him to help create an Ancient Grand Wizardry, citing the special mark between Solomon’s brows.

Ryan tested Solomon the Divine Child's Slaughter Mark and found that its Slaughter Art had the power of an Ancient Grand Wizardry, giving him a reference for a Calamity-related Wizardry. Three months later, Ryan remained beneath the Gate of Hungry Ghosts at the Inheritance Land of the Hell Pillar.

• Ryan brought Solomon the Divine Child into his Personal Laboratory to study the Slaughter Mark and use its power to complete an Ancient Grand Wizardry related to Calamity.
• Ryan asked Solomon the Divine Child to release the mark's power, then used the Nightmare Flower while examining him with the Eye of Truth.
• Solomon the Divine Child drew a blue Longsword from the mark and unleashed the Slaughter Art, splitting the sea and apparently shattering Ryan.
• Ryan revealed that he had survived through his Illusory Trinity and two forms of reality, praised the attack as Ancient Grand Wizardry, and urged Solomon the Divine Child to study the mark.
• Solomon the Divine Child hoped to face Ryan in the Star Battle Competition, and Ryan agreed to witness his progress.
• Three months later, Ryan remained beneath the Gate of Hungry Ghosts at the Inheritance Land of the Hell Pillar.

Ryan completed most of Slaughter Spirit Axe, a powerful new wizardry, and declined to fully open the Myriad Worlds Nightmare Network before the Star Battle Competition. Elsewhere, Wizard Luotian prepared to create a second Ancient Grand Wizardry and vowed to defeat the Nightmare Wizard.

• The killing intent from Ryan's newly created wizardry alarmed the Hell Society Wizards, and Solomon the Divine Child identified its source as the Slaughter Mark.
• Ryan tested Slaughter Spirit Axe, saw that its power and aura remained difficult to control, and refrained from swinging it.
• Ryan rejected Earthheart Wizard's proposal for a celebratory banquet and told Wizard Umbraly Light that Calamity Missions would remain limited until after the Star Battle Competition.
• Wizard Luotian extracted Heaven Rot Poison from the Symbiotic Body race, and Wizard Tongtian urged him to create a second Ancient Grand Wizardry before the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Wizard Luotian dismissed the Nightmare Wizard as an Artificial Creation and promised Wizard Tongtian that he would defeat him.

Hongye Wizard returned to the Initial Star Ring and hurried toward the Star Battle Competition, while Wizard Umbraly Light learned that Grand Nightmare Wizard had ordered Phase One of the Myriad Worlds Nightmare Plan to begin. As an unusual anomaly formed in the Black Spiral Sea Area, the Blood Dragon Clan prepared to defend its outpost without disturbing Nightmare Wizard.

• Hongye Wizard re-formed in the starry sky, sensed Mother Star, and set out for the Initial Star Ring before the Star Battle Competition.
• Wizard Umbraly Light reviewed Hell Society's growth and recalled the dangerous power she had sensed from Grand Nightmare Wizard during his meditation.
• Green Forest Wizard delivered Grand Nightmare Wizard's order to begin Phase One of the Myriad Worlds Nightmare Plan, with Slaughter Wizard assisting.
• Green Forest Wizard told Wizard Umbraly Light that her brother would return within three years and had gained greatly at a special place in Crimson Academy.
• The Blood Dragon Clan detected an unusual anomaly in the Black Spiral Sea Area, but its chief decided to rely on the Killing Wizard Array and not disturb Nightmare Wizard yet.

Karma emerged from the Spiral Black Mire and attacked the central island of the Angle Black Mire to draw out the Nightmare Wizard. He sacrificed himself to strengthen the blue sun, which overwhelmed the Blood Dragon Clan’s defenses as it descended on the Wizard’s Residence.

• Karma escaped the Spiral Black Mire and headed toward the central island after receiving instructions through the face in his hand.
• The Blood Dragon Clan Chief ordered his people to activate the Wizard Array and repel the incoming attacker before it disturbed the Nightmare Wizard.
• Karma’s blue sun battered the Wizard Array, and the Blood Dragon Clan Chief warned that the Wizard Venerable Emperor Lord would arrive within a day.
• Karma merged his body, consciousness, and soul into the blue sun, increasing its power until the Array began to collapse and the island’s living beings and buildings started to melt.
• The blue sun descended toward the Nightmare Wizard’s Wizard’s Residence, but a sigh filled the island and the face within the sun realized something was wrong.

Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard confronted Baisheng Grand Wizard while Ryan destroyed a mysterious Blue Sun that had attacked the Island Continent. Ryan traced the attack’s connection to a being inside the Wizard World, and Venerable Emperor forced Baisheng to leave; Baisheng denied responsibility.

• Baisheng Grand Wizard visited Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard and played chess while Venerable Emperor searched for anything suspicious.
• A Blue Sun’s gaze covered the Island Continent, but Ryan emerged from meditation and used the Abyss of Sighs to erase it.
• Ryan traced the attack’s lingering connection to a being within the Wizard World, while the Blood Dragon Clan Chief apologized for failing to stop the assault.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard ended his visit with Baisheng and flipped the chessboard, sending him into dangerous deep space.
• Baisheng Grand Wizard fought off the space anomalies, returned to the Winter World, and claimed he had not caused the attack.