Chapter Summaries

The Five Great Forces enforced a violent census across the Frost Snow Land, and Sher used the Crimson Academy’s mission to pursue revenge and seize Black Stone City’s secrets. After Wizard Cold Wind massacred the Black Stone Council, red threads revealed that he was manipulating events to reclaim sealed Rule Power and planned to use Ryan as a pawn.

• The Five Great Forces searched Wizard Cities and travelers, cracking down on anyone who resisted their census.
• Sher demanded that Black Stone City’s families reveal their Magic Stone ledgers and Wizardry Secret Inheritance records, then accused them of refusing the census when they resisted.
• Wizard Cold Wind crushed Coke and the other Black Stone Council members, and warned the remaining Wizards to complete the census.
• Wizard Cold Wind returned to his ship with red threads spreading through his eyes and said Dianna had helped advance his plan to restore the Rule Power sealed beneath the Frost Snow Land.
• Wizard Cold Wind identified a Node Key beneath Black Stone City and decided Ryan could serve as a pawn because his aura and threads connected to Deep Blue.

Andersen took control of a Wizard Body and sent the Crimson Ship toward a black mountain near Black Stone City. Meanwhile, Ryan clashed with Wizard Yaohai in the Blood Battle Stairway, where she gained the upper hand in their True Spirit Domain battle, but the observers still believed Ryan could become Champion.

• Andersen discovered that Black Stone City's black mountains held principles she could use to recover more of her power, then piloted the Crimson Ship toward the tallest mountain.
• Sher began forming a new Black Stone Council, while Ryan and Wizard Yaohai recognized each other and prepared to fight in the Blood Battle Stairway.
• Ryan and Wizard Yaohai's True Spirit Domains collided, destroying the surrounding mountains and forest as their black and azure forces canceled each other out.
• Wizard Yaohai transformed her ocean domain into a giant that struck the Nightmare Ancient Tree, causing it to collapse and giving her the advantage.
• King of Heavens Wizard, Wizard Leilong, Wizard Baixu, and Wizard Guyuan argued over recruiting Ryan and supporting Wizard Yaohai, while Wizard Earthheart and Lusen Harak predicted Ryan would prevail.

At the Blood Battle Altar, the Grand Wizards debated the Star Battle Competition as Xi Ya faced Flash Thunder Wizard. Xi Ya shattered his Thunder Spear and True Spirit Domain with a single punch, leaving their battle unresolved as observers anticipated Flash Thunder Wizard’s next move.

• Grand Wizard Juefa predicted Cangming Wizard or Flash Thunder Wizard would become Champion, while Grand Wizard Hongye backed Divine Punishment Wizard and Grand Wizard Yuangu favored Wizard Yaohai and Wizard Tianyi.
• Black and White Grand Wizard watched Ryan and considered taking him as an Inheritance Disciple after his performance exceeded expectations.
• Xi Ya faced Flash Thunder Wizard over the sea, where he formed a thunder spear and hurled it at her.
• Xi Ya’s power dissolved the spear before she punched through the storm, shattered Flash Thunder Wizard’s True Spirit Domain, and sent him flying and bleeding.
• Observers debated whether Xi Ya or Nightmare Wizard could defeat a Daylight Wizard Seed, while Wizard Leilong insisted Flash Thunder Wizard would prevail.
• In the Real World, figures bearing the same face and eyes appeared throughout Andersen’s memories as someone announced the start of the Ninety-Nine Tribulations Void-Locking Wizard Array.

Andersen advanced his preparations to resurrect at Rule Level by creating multiple Spirit Flesh bodies across Frost Snow Land. Meanwhile, Wizard Yaohai believed she had defeated Ryan until his Third Transformation shocked her and the watching wizards.

• Cold Wind Wizard (Andersen) gathered Yin Qi and Grievance Qi and prepared to extract accumulated Fortune with the White Key.
• Andersen harvested bloodline origins from Sea Beasts and created Spirit Flesh bodies from blood, water, sand, and air across several regions.
• Andersen coordinated his avatars as they formed the change and cold bodies, bringing his resurrection plan closer to completion.
• Wizard Yaohai's True Spirit Domain overwhelmed the Nightmare Domain, and she assumed Ryan had lost before offering him a place in the Hall of Gods.
• Ryan revealed that appearances were deceptive, and Wizard Yaohai, the observing wizards, and the Demon Lord reacted in shock to his Third Transformation.

Ryan used the Nightmare Wizard's True Spirit Domain to erase Wizard Yaohai's Domain Anomaly and gain an advantage in their duel. The Hall of Gods' observers debated his strange power, but the Demon Lord insisted Wizard Yaohai could still win once she used the Siren Dance.

• The Nightmare Wizard summoned Seven-colored Light and a Cloud Bridge within Wizard Yaohai's True Spirit Domain, disrupting her control of the sea.
• Wizard Yaohai's Blue Giant split the sea and struck the Seven-colored Fruits, but the Nightmare Wizard erased the Giant's golden edge and sacrificial chants with a stroke of his hand.
• The Demon Lord explained that the Nightmare Wizard's Domain had gained properties of Twisted Reality, while the God Lord and Source Lord identified its blend of Dream and Elemental Wizard Paths.
• The Thunder Lord said the Nightmare Wizard's Domain had merged into Wizard Yaohai's and could draw on outside power, leaving her at a disadvantage.
• The Demon Lord argued that the Siren Dance had yet to appear and trusted that Wizard Yaohai still had True Spirit Power in reserve.
• Zeyuan Wizard and the other Radiant Moon Level Lives recovered consciousness and recognized the possibility that the Nightmare Wizard could defeat a Daylight Wizard Seed.

Ryan gained control of the True Spirit Domain and drove Wizard Yaohai into a desperate counterattack, but her Siren Dance broke through the Nightmare Domain’s constraints. As Yaohai gathered power, Ryan prepared the Nightmare Annihilation Core: Transformation for their next clash.

• Wizard Venerable Emperor and the other Wizards watched Ryan’s battle with Wizard Yaohai and recognized the chance to make history.
• Ryan’s Nightmare Ancient Tree overwhelmed Yaohai’s attacks, and he took complete control of the True Spirit Domain.
• Wizard Yaohai used her True Spirit Power and Siren Dance to break the Nightmare Domain’s constraints and unleash Blue Rainwater.
• Ryan halted the rain briefly with Void Replacement, but Yaohai’s power shattered the suspension and destroyed everything in its path.
• Ryan focused on the Nightmare Annihilation Core: Transformation as Yaohai formed a layered combination of Ancient Grand Wizardries.

Wizard Yaohai’s Siren Dance overwhelmed Ryan, burned away his Wizard Body, and left only a patch of black behind. As she tried to destroy it, the black formed a flawless Wizardry Rune, leaving the duel’s outcome unresolved.

• Wizard Yaohai’s Siren Dance bewitched Ryan, dispersed his Black Sphere, and convinced the spectators that he had been defeated.
• Ryan walked toward Wizard Yaohai as the dance’s chains and Blue Flame consumed his body and life force.
• A patch of black survived the flames, preventing the Star Cluster from declaring Wizard Yaohai the winner.
• Wizard Yaohai used her blue blood to unleash power against the black, but it expanded and formed a complex Wizardry Rune.

As Wizard Yaohai’s Dance of the Sea Demon seemed to overwhelm Ryan, the Black Talisman prompted speculation that he was becoming an energy life capable of resisting it. Meanwhile, Wizard Fansheng’s forces found Andersen and began teleporting to attack, while Dianna prepared a plan of her own; the chapter ended with Grand Wizard Juefa suspecting Ryan had grasped part of the path of destruction and rebirth.

• Wizards watching the battle identified Ryan’s Black Talisman as a rune connected to energy life, which might help him resist Wizard Yaohai’s mental attacks.
• In Frost Snow Land, the Five Great Forces failed to find Andersen during their census, but a Radiant Moon Wizard sent Wizard Fansheng an image confirming the target’s location.
• Wizard Fansheng and the other leaders activated Frost Snow Sky’s teleportation arrays to attack Andersen, while teleportation activity spread across the Five Great Forces.
• Dianna saw that Andersen had been found and prepared to begin her plan, revealing two blood-red lotus buds in the Heavenly Pool.
• As Wizard Yaohai gained the upper hand with the Dance of the Sea Demon, Grand Wizard Juefa wondered whether Ryan had begun to grasp the path of destruction and rebirth.

Ryan used the Nightmare Core Black Rune to break free of Wizard Yaohai’s Siren Dance Grand Wizardry and killed her, winning their battle. His victory shocked the watching forces, whose leaders began plotting to eliminate him, while Wizard Umbraly Light sensed something strange about the absent consciousnesses of the high-ranking Wizards.

• Ryan’s Nightmare Core Black Rune resisted Wizard Yaohai’s reality-twisting powers, shattered her True Spirit Domain, and restored his Wizard Body.
• Ryan struck Wizard Yaohai between the brows, crushed her skull with the Great Calamity Tribulation Path, and burned her body with black flames.
• The watching Wizards realized Ryan had defeated a Daylight Wizard Seed, and his victory astonished the Four Great Daylight Forces and the Frost Snow Land observers.
• Demon Lord, God Lord, Source Lord, and Thunder Lord agreed that Ryan was a dangerous variable who should be eliminated after the Star Battle.
• Wizard Umbraly Light noticed that the consciousnesses of several high-ranking Wizards seemed absent, and she grew uneasy as she wondered where they had gone.

Andersen prepared to return and lured the Five Great Forces into the Death Desert, while the Daylight Forces faced mounting defeats at the Star Cluster event. Xi Ya defeated Flash Thunder Wizard, and Wizard Cangming defeated Moon God Wizard, but God Lord vowed to kill Xi Ya and Ryan.

• Andersen absorbed energy in the Death Desert, announced that he would gather the Seven Bodies in seven days, and prepared to use the arriving intruders as distractions.
• The leaders of the Five Great Forces planned to enter the Death Desert, capture Andersen, and claim the desert as a shared Resource Area.
• After Ryan defeated Wizard Yaohai, God Lord renewed his promise to crush the Nightmare Wizard, and the other Daylight Forces' lords agreed.
• Xi Ya defeated Flash Thunder Wizard, deepening the Daylight Forces' crisis and stirring hope among the other forces that Daylight Wizard Seeds could be beaten.
• Wizard Cangming defeated Moon God Wizard, but God Lord declared that he would kill Xi Ya and Ryan.

Black Soul Ryan, also called Komoro, challenged the Divine Punishment Wizard to test the strength of a Daylight Wizard Seed. After the Divine Punishment Wizard split the black river and struck him, Black Soul Ryan rose again, and the Eye of Truth analyzed the Divine Domain as his opponent’s True Spirit Domain and a form of Ancient Grand Wizardry.

• Black Soul Ryan faced the Divine Punishment Wizard and resolved to measure his strength despite knowing he was likely to lose.
• Black Soul Ryan used Rune Spells and a black river to absorb the Divine Punishment Wizard’s attacks and control the space around them.
• The Divine Punishment Wizard summoned his Divine Domain, filled it with worshipped figures and Six-winged Angels, and sent the angels to cut through the river.
• The holy sword’s energy split Black Soul Ryan’s body, alarming the Black Tower Wizards and worrying Qiu Qiudong.
• Black Soul Ryan rose from the river as his Anomaly grew stronger, while the Eye of Truth identified the Divine Domain as the Divine Punishment Wizard’s True Spirit Domain and an alternative form of Ancient Grand Wizardry.

Black Soul Ryan fought Divine Punishment Wizard to gauge his strength, while believing he could defeat another Daylight Wizard Seed after killing Wizard Yaohai. As others watched the changing contest, Wizard Umbraly Light resolved to grow stronger and continue walking alongside Ryan.

• Black Soul Ryan absorbed the Eye of Truth's analysis of Divine Punishment Wizard and blocked the Six-winged Angels' attacks with a replenishing Black River.
• Divine Punishment Wizard animated the Golden Armored Knight, which bypassed the black river and placed its sword at Ryan's neck.
• Ryan reflected on killing Wizard Yaohai and declared that he was eager to face the remaining geniuses.
• Wizards from the Four Great Daylight Forces protested Ryan's arrogance, while other observers considered his victory the beginning of a new era.
• Wizard Umbraly Light worried about her ability to keep up with Ryan and decided to pursue Legendary Series Potions by finding worlds in the Heavenly Dragon Realm.

At the Star Lord Competition, Ryan faced Cangming Wizard in a frozen forbidden zone and accepted his offer to attack first. Ryan planned to challenge Cangming Wizard’s defenses with three Ancient Grand Wizardries as their duel began.

• Grand Wizard Juefa praised the Nightmare Wizard Seed, while the Grand Wizards considered four contenders for first place in the competition.
• Ryan entered a frozen battlefield so harsh that even his breath froze, though his wizard physique began melting the ice around him.
• Cangming Wizard appeared and admitted that the battlefield’s harsh environment gave him a geographical advantage.
• Cangming Wizard offered to defend while Ryan attacked first, and Ryan asked whether he could use three Ancient Grand Wizardries.
• Cangming Wizard agreed, confident that Ryan could not break through his strong defenses and endurance.

Ryan challenged the Cangming Wizard’s layered defensive Wizardries, advancing through the freezing domain with his own flames and Dream Wizard powers. He studied the Cangming Wizard’s Source Water World and recognized weaknesses in its icy landscape as the confrontation continued.

• The Cangming Wizard revealed his four Wizardries and warned Ryan that no Wizard Seed had ever come within fifty meters of him.
• Ryan identified the Mirror Realm and Frostfall Wizardries, then used Annihilation Fire to melt the snow and resist the cold.
• Ryan advanced through the Cangming Wizard’s domain, expanding his flames and Bio-field while bringing Foam Land and the Nightmare Ancient Tree into reality.
• The Cangming Wizard deployed Source Water World, a Combination Wizardry formed from five Ancient Grand Wizardries, and warned that its hundred-meter zone was a Life Forbidden Zone.
• Ryan examined the frozen terrain and used his insight to spot weaknesses in the ice world.

The Five Great Forces advanced through the Death Desert to attack Ryan, while Ryan pushed through the Cangming Wizard’s forbidden zone and reached the Source Water World. The Source Lord and God Lord discussed their preparations as the confrontation’s outcome remained uncertain.

• Wizard Tongtian reported that energy readings were nearing their limit, and the Five Great Forces prepared to fight in the Death Desert.
• Wizard Fansheng ordered the Eternal Blazing Sun Warship to fire, but the Winter Piercing Cannon shot ahead first.
• Ryan used his ten-second future sight to prepare for the Cangming Wizard’s attacks, then entered the forbidden zone and resisted its freezing winds and ghosts.
• Ryan’s sigh weakened the Cangming Wizard as Ryan advanced to within fifty meters of the Source Water World.
• The Source Lord asked the God Lord about preparations, and he said his divination and star wizards had discovered interesting things about Frost Snow Land.

The Four Great Daylight Forces learned that Frost Snow Land had been sealed off for a covert search, and several Lords considered investigating. In the Blood Battle Stairway Space, Ryan fought the Cangming Wizard inside the Pale Veil, but his mirror-image struck him with the Great Calamity Tribulation Path.

• The God Lord explained that the forces of Frost Snow Land had sealed the region and launched a census to find a specific target, while the other Lords speculated about the reason.
• The Thunder Lord decided to send a Split Body to investigate Frost Snow Land, while the Source Lord focused on the Cangming Wizard’s battle.
• Ryan endured the Pale Veil’s deadly cold and erosion as he searched for the Cangming Wizard, using the Great Calamity Tribulation Path to melt his way through the snow.
• Ryan reached a mirror-like stretch of permafrost and recognized that his reflection was an enemy from the Mirror Realm who had collected information about him.
• Mirror Ryan emerged from the ice and hit Ryan in the chest with an identical Great Calamity Tribulation Path, leaving a large hole in his wizard body.

Ryan appeared to be killed by Mirror Ryan, a copy created by Cangming Wizard’s Mirror Realm Grand Wizardry, but Dream Interstice emerged from Ryan’s transformed body and forced the copy to retreat. Cangming Wizard studied the copy’s power and marveled at the immense number of runes in Ryan’s black-beam Wizardry.

• Cangming Wizard questioned how Ryan would overcome the Mirror Realm and expected Source Water World’s defenses to stop him.
• Mirror Ryan emerged from an image and pierced Ryan’s chest with Great Calamity Tribulation Wizardry, apparently killing him.
• Mirror Ryan claimed Ryan’s power and prepared another attack as Glutton Ghosts continued fighting Source Water World.
• Roots wrapped around Ryan’s corpse and grew into a tree bearing thirteen Seven-colored Fruits, opening Dream Interstice and driving Mirror Ryan back with Dream Power.
• Cangming Wizard examined the copied black-beam Wizardry and was astonished by its three circuits and more than three thousand runes.

Ryan broke through Cangming Wizard’s four Ancient Grand Wizardries and advanced into the ten-meter zone of the Source Water World, where Cangming unleashed his final Source Water Grand Wizardry. Ryan recognized how its erasing azure light worked and prepared to counter it with Heartfire Sky-Blinding Ghost Blade as the battle reached its climax.

• Ryan transformed into an Energy Life and formed the Slaughter Spirit Axe, which shattered Mirror Ryan and shook the Source Water World.
• Ryan endured Cangming Wizard’s twenty-meter zone and dispersed its accumulated attacks, prompting Cangming to acknowledge his strength and activate the Source Water Grand Wizardry.
• Ryan crossed into the ten-meter zone, evaded the azure light’s erasure, and discovered that the enormous face’s gaze locked onto him while the aura of death accumulated over time.
• Ryan saw Cangming Wizard seated on the Ice Throne and understood that Dream Power could counter the Source Water World’s reality-twisting effects.
• Ryan formed Heartfire Sky-Blinding Ghost Blade and declared that Cangming would lose as observers watched the battle.

Ryan defeated the Cangming Wizard by unleashing his fifth Ancient Grand Wizardry, breaking the Source Water World and shattering the Daylight Wizard Seed’s defenses. As the Cangming Wizard died, Ryan was lifted toward the next battle, while observers reacted to his defeat of a second Daylight Wizard Seed.

• The Cangming Wizard unleashed Source Water Cangming Heaven against Ryan, and Ryan countered with the Heartfire Sky-Blinding Ghost Blade and the power of Reincarnation Mortal World.
• The two forces collided and devastated the Source Water World as Wizards and faction leaders watched and hoped for their chosen fighter to win.
• Ryan survived the clash and stood over the defeated Cangming Wizard, whose body and strength were rapidly fading.
• The Cangming Wizard admitted defeat, learned that Ryan had already defeated one other opponent, and dissolved into blue particles.
• Ryan considered the remaining Daylight Wizard Seeds and Xi Ya as he was lifted toward the next battle.
• The Star Cluster's Observation Space erupted in astonishment after observers realized Ryan had defeated a second Daylight Wizard Seed.

Ryan’s victory over Cangming Wizard shook the Daylight Forces and strengthened the hopes of the Hell Society. As the leaders considered his growing reputation, the God Lord turned the discussion to what they would do after the Grand Assembly of Stars.

• The crowd marveled as Ryan defeated Cangming Wizard, leaving only Divine Punishment Wizard among the Daylight Wizard Seeds.
• Lusen celebrated Ryan’s victory with Harak, while Earthheart Wizard and the Hell Society praised him and Wizard Umbraly Light resolved to conquer the Heavenly Dragon Realm after the assembly.
• The Source Lord noted that Ryan’s victories might have created a title beyond Daylight Wizard Seed, and the Thunder Lord dismissed others who thought they could rival the Daylight Forces.
• The God Lord set the Frost Snow Land investigation aside and asked the others to discuss their plans after the Grand Assembly of Stars.