Chapter Summaries

The Bright Moon Grand Wizards discussed an attack on Ryan but could not determine its purpose, while Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard gave Ryan a token representing a favor from the Council of Stars. In the final five years before the Star Battle Competition, Ryan focused on assessing his strength in the Hell Pillar inheritance space.

• Wizard Aix judged that Wizard Fansheng was the likeliest attacker, though the Grand Wizards could not identify the attack's goal.
• The Grand Wizards debated whether the attack was meant to unsettle Ryan, then Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard ended the meeting without changing their plans.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard gave Ryan a red Rune Metal Token that could call in one favor from the Council of Stars, with the condition that Ryan return it if he could not use it.
• Several voices in an unknown palace discussed the attack, noting that it had failed to return its memories before Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard erased it.
• Ryan spent the final five years before the Star Battle Competition in the Hell Pillar inheritance space, taking stock of his fighting strength.

The Tidal Wizard welcomed Juefa Wizard to Star Core City ahead of the Star Battle Competition, where the envoy awaited other representatives. In the Hell Pillar, Ryan reconsidered how his Wizard Systems fit together and continued advancing his Wizard Path.

• The Tidal Wizard greeted Juefa Wizard, who remarked on how much Star Core City and the homeworld had changed.
• Juefa Wizard learned that the Star Battle Competition would begin in three years and that Yuangu Wizard was expected to arrive within two years.
• The Tidal Wizard explained that the Black and White Imps of Upside Down Mountain and Hongye Wizard of the Blazing Starfield had not yet sent word, which pleased Juefa Wizard.
• Ryan concluded that the Dream and Elemental Wizard Systems were branches of the same Wizard Path and that merging his Three Great Wizard Bodies would reunite it.
• Ryan reviewed his progress, including the Ancient Grand Wizardries he gained in the Crimson Forbidden Land and his cultivation of the Nightmare Fire Core Rune.

Ryan left the Sealed Land after enduring twenty-five years of Whisper contamination and began reviewing his abilities while the Eye of Truth calculated how to treat his mutations. Meanwhile, Andersen watched the Primordial Land Headquarters get annihilated, then took Gray and Dianna toward the Northern Online Area to enter the Star Battle Competition.

• Ryan used the Eye of Truth to inspect the Whisper-induced aberrations in his body and estimated that its treatment would take three months.
• Ryan entered the Eye of Truth's Simulated Battlefield to organize his techniques and prepare to defeat the Star Wizards he knew.
• The contemporary Primordial Wizard celebrated the Primordial Land's rise and prepared its contestants for the Starry Wars Assembly.
• Andersen told Gray and Dianna that the Primordial Land was flourishing before a giant hand destroyed its headquarters and killed its inhabitants.
• Andersen dismissed the Primordial Land's destruction as the end of his plan and said he, Gray, and Dianna would join a new Wizard Force in the Northern Online Area and compete in the Star Battle Competition.

Ryan completed his analysis of how to repair his body’s mutations from Whispers and arranged to obtain the required potions and Dragon Abyss Pillar environment. In a Simulated Battlefield, he unveiled his Nightmare Core Black Rune Atomic True Body and defeated the Crimson Academy’s attacking wizards; he planned to recover before the Starry Wars Competition.

• Ryan learned that repairing his mutations required the Mutated Blood Lord, the Aberration Equation, the Dragon Abyss Pillar environment, and three Wizard Potions, then asked Wizard Venerable Emperor to arrange them.
• Ryan fought 120 target wizards in the Simulated Battlefield, using a black sphere’s explosion to destroy many attackers as Grand Wizard Hei Yu and other powerful wizards closed in.
• Ryan formed his Nightmare Core Black Rune Atomic True Body, which crushed the Execution Wizard and withstood the combined attacks of the Grand Wizards.
• Ryan ended the simulation exhausted, and Wizard Venerable Emperor told him that the potions and improved Dragon Abyss Pillar field were ready.
• Ryan told Wizard Venerable Emperor that he would collect the potions after half a month and intended to fight to the end in the Starry Wars Competition.
• Wizard Venerable Emperor and Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard discussed their chosen contestants and the difficulty of advancing to the Star Ring Competition Area.

Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard and Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard explored a dangerous area of the Inner World, while Ryan used the Dragon Abyss Pool and Wizard Potions to halt his body and resolve the Whispers’ mutations. In Star Core City, Black and White joined the other Rule Wizards ahead of the Starry Wars Assembly, and their discussion of the Dao erupted into a clash as Ryan Clone encountered something unprecedented elsewhere.

• Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard exposed a hidden Spiral Worm, and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard killed it with his field before the two wagered their expedition’s findings on their candidates’ final rankings.
• Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard plunged into the black ocean, and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard followed him into the dangerous secret realm.
• Ryan entered the Dragon Abyss Pool, drank Wizard Potions, and used the Aberration Equation to slow his body and mind enough to resolve the Whispers’ influence.
• Black and White arrived in Star Core City and met Tidal Wizard, Yuangu Wizard, and Juefa Wizard in the Star Lord’s Mansion.
• Tidal Wizard and Yuangu Wizard began comparing their Wizard Paths, but Black and White joined the clash and provoked Juefa Wizard into fighting back.
• The White Wizard eagerly challenged the others to attack him together, while Ryan Clone in his Night Moon Elf form encountered something unprecedented elsewhere.

Moon God Ryan awoke aboard the Star Tear as it traveled toward the Wizard World Mother Planet, then sensed a collision with a mass of Red Radiant Light. A crystal humanoid entered the Star Tear and took over his coffin, so Ryan made a new one and went back to sleep while keeping watch.

• Moon God Ryan woke aboard the Star Tear and checked his Moon God Elf bloodline progress, which had reached 6.1%.
• Ryan sensed two lights converging along the Starry Sky Node Paths and prepared a sealed bloodline sample and final message for his main body in case of disaster.
• A crystal humanoid surrounded by Red Radiant Light entered the Star Tear, and Ryan sensed that its power was connected to the Wizard Rule.
• The crystal humanoid occupied Ryan’s collapsed Moonlight Coffin, and Ryan moved into a newly formed coffin nearby and resumed sleeping with defenses in place.

Ryan emerged from Dragon Abyss Pool after eliminating the lingering influence of Crimson Forbidden Land, then began a strange transformation as the Star Battle Competition approached. Wizards across several domains prepared for the competition, while Gray wondered whether he would meet Ryan and his former companions.

• Ryan emerged from Dragon Abyss Pool in front of the Wizards of Dragon Abyss Pillar, who celebrated his return.
• Ryan returned to Hell Pillar, confirmed that the Whispers from Crimson Forbidden Land no longer threatened him, and felt the Star Cluster begin as his power rose and then vanished.
• Dragon Tiger Grand Wizard and Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard discussed the approaching Star Battle Competition and the costs hidden within its promise of change.
• Andersen told Gray and Dianna that their freedom depended on how they performed, while Gray wondered whether he would encounter Ryan, Masque, and Mona at the competition.
• Wizard Baisheng sent Wizard Celeste off to compete and promised to build a victory statue for her return.
• Wizard Zhouyu emerged from the lighthouse and declared that she would face only opponents from the Core Area as the Star Battle Competition began to stir the Wizard forces.

As the Star Battle Competition began, Black Soul Ryan prepared to risk his life for Black Tower while Ryan and the other eligible Wizards received invitations to compete. Ryan brought Hell Society’s senior Wizards to watch the opening from the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor, where he considered the powerful rivals they would face.

• Black Soul Ryan revealed his Tidal Vacuum Secret Codex to Ancient Dragon Grand Wizard and promised to compete for Black Tower, then shared a final private moment with Qiu Qiudong while concealing his plans behind a Wizard Array.
• Hongye Wizard arrived at Star Core City, joined the Rule Grand Wizards at Star Lord’s Mansion, and heard Tidal Wizard announce that the Star Battle Competition would begin the next day.
• Ryan received the Star Battle Competition message during a Hell Council meeting and told Solomon the Divine Child and Green Forest Wizard they could enter, while Wizard Umbraly Light and Earthheart Wizard took charge of the Calamity Plan.
• Ryan brought Hell Society’s senior Wizards through a passage to the Pillar of the Venerable Emperor to watch the competition, while Solomon the Divine Child entered the Battle Competition Space as Heart of War’s representative.
• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained that the competition grounds changed at each stage, and Ryan considered Solomon’s Ancient Grand Wizardry and the potential rivals from across the Mother Planet.

Ryan watched the Star Battle Competition’s Selection Competition and saw Solomon the Divine Child rise as a powerful dark horse. When the Selection Competition ended, Ryan was summoned to compete in the Regional Competition, aiming for first place.

• The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard explained that competitors from across the universe would challenge the quota candidates, while Ryan considered how powerful hidden dark horses could be.
• Ryan and the assembled wizards watched the Star Battle Competition through the bubbles, where contestants fought to advance; Ryan observed one fighter defeat a Mora Race opponent with power nearing the Radiant Moon Level.
• Ryan saw Solomon the Divine Child use the Slaughter Mark to overwhelm his opponents and rise rapidly through the competition.
• Ryan reviewed information about potential opponents from Frost Snow Land and prepared to use Black Soul Ryan to relay battle experience if needed.
• After three days, the Selection Competition ended, and the advancing contestants entered the Regional Competition.
• Ryan declared that he wanted first place and was summoned skyward, while the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard, the Grand Wizards, and the Hell Society worried over his prospects.

As the Star Realm competition began, Andersen and Dianna departed on a final task while Wizards across Frost Snow Land watched their chosen competitors enter. The chapter ended with a powerful White Figure emerging from the Sea of Death and joining the contest.

• Andersen told Dianna they would be free to part ways after one last task, then led her through a folded passage as she considered her own escape plan.
• A veiled Witch entered the Black Market in White Snow Wizard City, planning to keep Gray and herself alive and leave behind a seed, while an ordinary-looking stallholder watched her with interest.
• Wizard Baisheng carried a colossal statue through the frozen north and called for Celeste to return so they could forge a legendary tale.
• Wizard Tongtian and the Sky-Reaching High Tower Wizards watched Wizard Luotian enter the Star Realm and anticipated his success.
• Wizard Fansheng watched Wizard Hengyang enter a Star Bubble and considered Nightmare Wizard a threat, while hoping Hengyang would advance before facing him.
• A White Figure swam out of the Sea of Death, entered the Star Realm, and declared a desire to face worthy opponents.

Ryan defeated Cas effortlessly in the Star Realm, then began ascending toward a higher-level partitioned realm as more observers gathered around his Star Bubble. The Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard watched to see how far Ryan could go.

• Ryan entered the Sky Domain and sensed Cas waiting for him across the snowy battlefield.
• Cas unleashed his Secret Wizardry, The Gods' Black Flame Fall, and charged at Ryan, hoping to make his defeat respectable.
• Ryan used effortless Teleportation to evade Cas's attack, appeared beside him, and knocked him unconscious with one hand.
• The Star Realm returned Cas to his realm, while Ryan's Star Bubble began rising toward a higher-level partitioned realm.
• Observers from Cas's force reacted with shock, and the Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard calmly watched Ryan's progress.

Ryan faced Snoopy, a powerful member of the Two-Headed Demon Clan, in his second battle and defeated him effortlessly with his Primal Force Path. Snoopy conceded and was removed from the battlefield, while Ryan waited to learn who his next opponent would be.

• Ryan sensed the Two-Headed Being across the Sky Domain and recognized it as a formidable opponent with a likely special bloodline.
• Snoopy charged at Ryan as members of his clan urged him on, while the Crimson Academy watchers expected Ryan to win.
• Ryan unleashed overwhelming force that formed a black-hole-like pull, crushed Snoopy’s Bio-field, and dragged him toward its center.
• Snoopy conceded just before being sucked in, and the Star Cluster carried him off the battlefield.
• Ryan dispelled the force, declared his confidence in defeating whoever came next, and waited for his next battle as the Two-headed Demon Clan watched in fear.

Wizard Fansheng visited to congratulate the Crimson Academy while privately worrying that Nightmare and Wizard Zhouyu could threaten Heng Yang’s chances. Meanwhile, Wizard Luotian’s Tower of Tongtian crushed his opponents, and Wizard Tongtian urged him to advance quickly rather than hide his strength.

• The Two-headed Demon Clan’s elders concluded that Nightmare’s power was beyond their reach and that only legendary races could make a name for themselves in the Starry Wars arena.
• Wizard Fansheng congratulated the Crimson Academy, then privately resolved to rely on Heng Yang to outperform them and worried about Wizard Zhouyu and the Core Area’s competitors.
• Wizard Luotian used the Tower of Tongtian to crush everything in its range and advanced to the next battlefield as his Star Bubble rose.
• Wizard Tongtian dismissed Black Abyss Academy’s anger over its candidate’s death and told his senior Wizards that Luotian should advance quickly instead of concealing his strength.

Wizard Hengyang survived a costly fight against a female creature, while his teacher, Wizard Fansheng, saw the setback as a chance for him to grow. Ryan then faced a rain-wielding opponent with Ancient Grand Wizardry and prepared to reveal his own power as an important observer turned toward him.

• The female creature fought Wizard Hengyang with a tree-shaped energy field, but he unleashed Eternal Fire and drove her to admit defeat and escape, though she wounded him.
• Wizard Hengyang hid the crack in his orange-red sun and resolved to take the Star Battle Competition more seriously after the humiliating setback.
• Wizard Fansheng praised Hengyang’s emotional recovery and looked forward to him advancing to the Star Lord Competition and potentially defeating Nightmare.
• Ryan encountered a mysterious opponent whose Ancient Grand Wizardry controlled rain and transformed the battlefield into a crushing watery kingdom.
• Ryan decided to meet the opponent’s power openly, and the gaze of an important observer finally turned toward him as they prepared to clash.

A hidden observer identified Ryan as a promising Blood Wizard candidate for a secret Nurturing Plan, while deciding a wizard who wielded the Power of Spacetime was even more valuable. Meanwhile, Wizard Zhouyu effortlessly defeated a Black Mist opponent, and Ryan’s allies worried as he faced his strongest adversary yet.

• A crimson-eyed observer watched the Star Battlefields, recognized Ryan’s exceptional Life Level and mastery of force, and considered him a potential Blood Wizard candidate.
• The observer spotted a young wizard who had advanced in the Power of Spacetime and decided to secretly bring him into the Nurturing Plan, using Ryan as a decoy.
• Wizard Zhouyu froze a Black Mist opponent with her white radiation field and erased him from the battlefield.
• Senior wizards praised Wizard Zhouyu’s strength to Lord Cosmic Wizard, who dismissed most competitors as mediocre.
• The Crimson Academy’s viewers watched Ryan face a powerful opponent, while Tianjing Wizard expressed confidence that Ryan would win.
• Green Forest Wizard voiced her worry about Ryan, and Wizard Umbraly Light reassured her that he would prevail.

Ryan defeated a blue-robed opponent in a clash of Ancient Grand Wizardry, while Flash Thunder Wizard Toref crushed Wizard Hengyang and declared his ambition to win the Star Lord Competition. A watcher considered adding Toref to the Nurturing Plan, and Wizard Fansheng's consciousness arrived at the Crimson Academy's Star Battlefield.

• Ryan used Abyss of Sighs to overcome the blue-robed figure's Ancient Grand Wizardry, and she withdrew from the Star Realm.
• Earthheart Wizard and the Crimson Academy celebrated Ryan's victory, while Wizard Aix acknowledged she had been wrong to bet against him.
• Flash Thunder Wizard Toref defeated Wizard Hengyang, mocked his prospects, and proclaimed he would crush his rivals in the Star Lord Competition.
• Wizard Hengyang left the Star Realm in despair, and Wizard Fansheng lamented that a Core Force candidate had eliminated him.
• A special being considered adding Toref to the Nurturing Plan but chose to keep watching the remaining contestants.
• Wizard Fansheng's consciousness appeared at the Crimson Academy's Star Battlefield, drawing the attention of both sides.

Ryan faced Aka, a powerful Three-handed Being who unleashed two Ancient Grand Wizardries against him. Ryan countered with the Black Heart Red Line Sword and prepared a seven-colored crimson-flame sword strike, which he swung as the chapter ended.

• Grand Wizard Fansheng hoped Ryan would lose to a formidable opponent, while Wizard Venerable Emperor and the Hell Society members watched anxiously.
• Ryan encountered Aka, a Three-handed Being who drew in immense Natural Particle Energy and prepared two Ancient Grand Wizardries.
• Aka used the Green Demon Eye to try to enslave Ryan, but Ryan's Black Heart Red Line Sword and Eye of Heavenly Evil curse power countered it.
• Aka launched more than a thousand green meteors, alarming the Crimson Academy observers and convincing his supporters that he had won.
• Ryan revealed a seven-colored crimson-flame sword whose sharpness shook the battlefield, then swung it at Aka.

Ryan defeated the Three-handed Being Aka with his Ancient Grand Wizardry and captured him, then advanced to another Star Battlefield to face a towering giant. An unknown observer became fascinated with Ryan as the next battle began.

• Ryan unleashed Heartfire Sky-Blinding Ghost Blade, overwhelming the Three-handed Being’s linked Ancient Grand Wizardry and nullifying its Evil Eye.
• Red threads invaded Aka’s body and consciousness, letting Ryan seize control, seal him inside a cocoon, and store him in the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror.
• The Three-handed Being’s people despaired over Aka’s defeat, while the Crimson Academy’s Grand Wizards celebrated Ryan’s victory.
• Grand Wizard Fansheng left the Observation Space, brooded over the Eternal Blazing Sun’s poor prospects against stronger forces, and considered seeking talent in the Online Area before giving up.
• Ryan entered another Star Battlefield and met a nearly ten-thousand-meter-tall, black-furred giant wielding a Wolf-Fang Club; he gathered the Endless Force Path and struck back with his fist.
• An unknown, deranged observer watched Ryan’s confidence and fighting spirit, declaring that Ryan belonged on the observer’s path rather than among the old fossils.

Ryan defeated the Savage Giant in a contest of strength, then enraged, subdued, and captured it as a specimen. A blue upward fluctuation appeared in the sky, and the Grand Wizards recognized that Nightmare Wizard had advanced.

• Ryan met the Savage Giant’s Wolf-Fang Club with the Rising Dragon Fist and forced the giant backward in their contest of Force.
• Black and White discussed the Nurturing Plan with Tidal Wizard and said he would take whichever candidates remained.
• Ryan toppled the Savage Giant, provoked it into attacking, and used cursed flames and Red Threads to bind it.
• Ryan drew the Savage Giant into the Nightmare Extinguishing Mirror while its species watched helplessly.
• Venerable Emperor Grand Wizard and Grand Wizard Hei Yu recognized the blue starlight as an upward fluctuation and confirmed that Nightmare Wizard had advanced.

Ryan’s advancement to the Star Lord Competition energized the Crimson Academy and its allies, while Wizard Celeste won her own fierce battle for the Winter World. Both contenders were enveloped in starlight after their victories, confirming that they had advanced, and Ryan realized the Star Lord Competition was unlike what he had expected.

• Ryan’s success prompted the Crimson Academy’s senior wizards and allies to celebrate and hope he would reach the Star Lord Competition’s highest ranks.
• The Hell Society celebrated Ryan’s advancement, while Nether Wizard Polaris and others reflected on the growing gap between him and their own abilities.
• Wizard Celeste used her wind-and-snow powers to overcome an opponent’s Ancient Grand Wizardry of purple flames and leave the enemy half-frozen.
• Wizard Celeste’s opponent surrendered and was carried away by starlight, while Wizard Celeste remained standing on the battlefield.
• Starlight enveloped Wizard Celeste, and Wizard Baisheng realized she had advanced to the Star Lord Competition.
• Ryan found the Star Lord Competition far more unusual than he had expected.