Chapter Summaries

Kenny gained power from Gendas and began spreading worship of the god, while Ryan discovered the unknown Wraith had traits from more than a hundred supernatural lifeforms. As the Caravan reached a town celebrating King Kenny and the God of Gendas, Ryan recognized the danger, and Captain Hans summoned him to meet the king.

• Kenny received a piece of Gendas’s flesh, which replaced his heart and strengthened him, and he vowed to bring the god more sacrifices.
• Kenny took two Wizard Rings as spoils and set out to spread Gendas’s radiance.
• Ryan’s Eye of Truth revealed that the unknown Wraith could shift between illusion and reality, regenerate rapidly, and devour flesh and souls to grow.
• Ryan wondered whether the creature could help Harak overcome Bloodline Restraints and resolved to investigate it in the Laboratory.
• The Caravan arrived at a town where people celebrated King Kenny and worship of Gendas, prompting Ryan to suspect a serious threat.
• A messenger told Ryan that Captain Hans wanted him to meet His Majesty the King.

King Kenny claimed the God of Gendas had restored the royal family’s youth and urged the people to accept a divine baptism. Ryan discovered that Kenny carried an unknown organism linked to an Evil God, recorded evidence for Umbral Expanse, and beheaded Lace when she approached him after her baptism.

• Kenny addressed the gathered commoners, claiming the God of Gendas had restored his youth and promising divine power to worshippers who entered the tent.
• Nikotin and other caravan knights became swept up in the crowd’s fervor, and Lace followed her father into the tent for baptism.
• Ryan used the Eye of Truth to identify Kenny as a carrier of an unknown substance connected to a suspected Evil God incident.
• Ryan covertly recorded evidence with the Truth-seeing Orb and decided the danger had to be reported to Umbral Expanse.
• Lace emerged from the tent and invited Ryan to worship the God of Gendas, but Ryan extended his Shadow Blade and beheaded her.

Ryan exposed the Kingdom of Maya’s baptism as a transformation that housed Hounds of Gendas, then fought the king and the cult’s followers. Surrounded by the supernatural creatures, he was caught in a sudden explosion that brought them down.

• Ryan decapitated Lace, revealing that the baptism had transformed her into something inhuman, but her body and head regenerated as she proclaimed the power of Gendas.
• King Kenny urged the civilians to capture Ryan for a noble title and rewards, while the baptized followers closed in around him.
• Ryan burned the civilians charging him, and Lace’s regenerated body began to fail under the effects of Particle Energy contamination.
• Kenny exposed his monstrous right arm and summoned Hounds of Gendas from the baptized followers, unleashing them to attack Ryan and the crowd.
• As Hounds of Gendas surrounded Ryan on the town road, a thunderous explosion struck the town center and left the creatures collapsed and bleeding.

Ryan’s planted Wizardry Scrolls devastated the town square, but King Kenny survived and transformed by absorbing the flesh of the dead. Ryan trapped Kenny in darkness and prepared a calculated follow-up attack, leaving the powerful enemy exposed to his Fearful Flame Wizardry and Corrosive Acid.

• Ryan detonated the Wizardry Scrolls beneath the town square, killing many Hounds of Gendas and collecting twelve of them in his experimental vault.
• Ryan saw that King Kenny had survived the blast, though the Heart of God in the Camp had been destroyed and many Children of God had died.
• Kenny absorbed the flesh of fallen Children of God, transformed into a powerful beast, and tracked Ryan toward the town exit.
• Ryan ensnared Kenny in a Realm of Darkness Wizardry Scroll, exploiting Kenny’s weak Spiritual Power and disorienting him.
• Ryan launched Fearful Flame Wizardry and two Corrosive Acid attacks at Kenny, who remained trapped and unable to anticipate the attack.

Ryan defeated King Kenny by using Harak to tear out the Heart of God and sever Kenny’s mutated arm, then secured the heart as a rare specimen. In the Underground Palace, Gendas sensed the loss of the scarlet flesh and sent his growing power after it.

• Ryan’s spells and Shadow Blade of Assassination failed to overcome Kenny’s regeneration, and Kenny trapped the blade with his Flesh Sprouts.
• As Kenny’s Flesh Sprouts drained Ryan’s shield, Harak emerged from hiding, tore out Kenny’s heart, and severed his mutated arm.
• Kenny lost his power, rapidly aged, and died as Ryan recovered the Shadow Blade of Assassination.
• Ryan examined the heart, learned it contained an unknown substance linked to the Hounds of Gendas, and sealed it in a container before storing it.
• Gendas sensed that the scarlet flesh had been taken, fused the capital’s believers and Hounds with his will, and pursued the heart through the void.

Ryan used the Golden Pocket Watch to reverse himself twenty-four hours and escape the town as Gendas destroyed it while searching for its missing origin. Back in Umbral Expanse, he reported that his Quota Mission had uncovered an Evil God ritual in the Kingdom of Maya and was directed to meet Task Management Wizard Wade.

• Ryan sensed danger after placing the Mysterious Heart in his Wizard Artifact Ring, and Gendas razed the town while searching for its origin.
• Gendas spread its flesh sprouts across the land to devour living things and recover the origin it had lost.
• Ryan used the Golden Pocket Watch to reverse himself to his location twenty-four hours earlier, then teleported back to Umbral Expanse.
• Ryan told the mission system that his Quota Mission had revealed an Evil God ritual in the Kingdom of Maya.
• Task Management Wizard Wade told Ryan to bring the Truth-seeing Orb to the Mission Management Organization.

Ryan reported an Evil God Incident to the Mission Management Organization, and Wizard Kelan arranged to investigate the report and review his Quota Mission reward. Back at his residence, Ryan considered the upcoming Secret Realm Competition and kept the suspected Evil God Flesh hidden in his Storage Wizard Artifact.

• The Management Wizards were alarmed when Ryan reported an Evil God Incident, and Wizard Kelan summoned him to explain what had happened.
• Ryan told the Management Wizards what he knew but kept the Evil God Flesh secret, and the group concluded the incident was likely a dangerous, contagious one.
• Wizard Kelan learned Ryan was a newcomer, praised his survival and information, and said she would discuss his Quota Mission and reward with Headquarters.
• Wizard Kelan exchanged Wizard Mark information with Ryan and promised to notify him of the outcome within a week.
• Ryan returned to his Wizard Residence, reflected on the Secret Realm Competition in two and a half years, and kept the suspected Evil God Flesh concealed.

Ryan secured the Scarlet Heart and the Fleshy Arm while preparing to study the thirteen Hounds of Gendas, deciding the more dangerous specimens were too risky to handle. Meanwhile, Wizards at the “Night, Night, Night” tavern discussed the Evil God Incident and wondered who from the Lower Academy had survived it.

• Ryan examined the Scarlet Heart, resisted dissecting it, and recognized that its mind-affecting pulse had created the illusion of a heartbeat and movement.
• Ryan placed the thirteen Hounds of Gendas in monitored Incubation Chambers with Nutrient Solution, while leaving the Scarlet Heart and Fleshy Arm sealed and unfed.
• Ryan collapsed into sleep after managing the dangerous Experimental Materials.
• Wizards at the “Night, Night, Night” tavern discussed the Evil God Incident in the Dragon Territory and the meeting of the full-fledged Wizards.
• A Wizard in the tavern asked who had survived the incident, while a disheveled listener wondered whether he knew the mysterious expert from the Lower Academy.

The Umbral Supreme Council agreed to act against the God of Gendas, whose avatar had been discovered by a Wizard Freshman. Wizard Lord of Dreams accepted responsibility for arranging the freshman’s mission and prepared to join the Dragon Wizard in the Dragon Territory, but the chapter ended before he announced the revised quota and reward.

• Gray heard that the Evil God Incident was real and that Formal Wizards might take action.
• Wizard Umbraly Light told the council that Gendas was a Rank 3-level evil god and proposed capturing its avatar for a joint Wizard Experiment.
• The council members agreed to follow Wizard Umbraly Light’s arrangements, and she assigned Wizard Lord of Dreams to handle the Wizard Freshman involved in the discovery.
• Wizard Kelan met Wizard Lord of Dreams, who advised her to avoid Wizard Experiments beyond her level and revealed that he had learned to use some properties of the Dream World in reality.
• Wizard Lord of Dreams said he would travel to the Dragon Territory with the Dragon Wizard to resolve the incident and began to raise the freshman’s Quota Mission level and reward.

The Dream Wizard raised Ryan Harak’s Quota Mission to A-rank and considered sending him into the dangerous Dream Garden, impressed by his growing intuition. Meanwhile, Kaze Antun reflected on his family’s lost opportunities before learning that the Evil God Incident would bring Wizards to the Kingdom of Maya and that its discoverer had survived.

• The Dream Wizard raised Ryan Harak’s Quota Mission to A-rank and gave him a generous reward, while Wizard Kelan questioned whether Dream Garden suited him.
• The Dream Wizard told Wizard Kelan that Ryan’s exceptional intuition was still growing and might surpass hers.
• Kaze Antun brooded over the Antun Family’s stagnation and regretted sending Yisar to search for the Black Sun Wizard’s Wizard Ruin.
• At the Wizard Family meeting, representatives learned that a full-fledged Wizard would handle the confirmed Evil God Incident and that related missions might send Wizards to the Kingdom of Maya.
• The meeting turned to the Wizard who discovered the Evil God Incident and escaped unharmed, whose survival might affect the families’ original plan.

Puni warned the Wizard Families that Ryan Harak might be a School Lineage contingency threatening their three places in the Umbral Nurturing Plan. The families planned to strengthen their freshmen for the Secret Realm Competition, while Ryan remained unaware and continued his preparations.

• Puni explained that the Umbral Nurturing Plan had thirty-six places, with three reserved for freshmen chosen through the Secret Realm Competition.
• Puni revealed that Ryan Harak had survived an Evil God Incident and would compete for a place in two and a half years.
• Puni described Ryan's links to the Quota Mission, the Kingdom of Maya, the Ancient Forest Mountain Camp, and the Bailin Family, then suspected he was a School Lineage contingency.
• The Wizard Family representatives agreed to train their freshmen in nurturing wizardry so they could gain an advantage in the competition.
• After the meeting, Ryan continued arranging the Harak Bloodline Nurturing Plan, studying Advanced Wizardry, and examining the improved Eye of Truth.

Ryan used the Eye of Truth’s improved analysis to plan his Wizardry studies and consider how to earn Magic Stones. After reflecting on Harak’s bloodline and the traits of the Hound of Gendas, he decided to explore whether he could give her unlimited potential by creating a Perfect Organism.

• Harak dropped a tiger beast through a skylight into the Nurturing Chamber to feed the captive creatures.
• Ryan discovered that the Eye of Truth could analyze two targets at once and began analyzing Legacy Wizardry and the Ninth Wizard Rune.
• Ryan considered his dwindling Magic Stones and abandoned plans to sell Supernatural Extract or continue studying Potionology.
• Ryan recalled the Thorn Wizard’s achievement and considered incorporating the Hound of Gendas’s traits into Harak to overcome Bloodline Restraints.

Ryan studied the Hound of Gendas and planned experiments to uncover its supernatural essence while preparing for the Secret Realm Competition and the Umbral Nurturing Plan. He resolved to give everything he had to earn a place in the plan.

• Ryan observed the recovering Hound of Gendas and suspected that different emotions and wills shaped its form and its ability to shift between illusion and reality.
• Ryan drafted a research plan and scheduled a Supernatural Dissection Experiment for five months later to investigate the hound and extract what he provisionally called the "Core of Life."
• Ryan planned to complete his supernatural courses, buy advanced study materials, and use the Eye of Truth on the hound when a slot became available.
• Ryan considered selling most of the items from King Maya's Fleshy Arm and training in the Umbral Expanse for the Secret Realm Competition.
• Ryan hoped to develop Harak's abilities and resolved to fight for a place in the Umbral Nurturing Plan.

Ryan Harak used the Umbral Library’s books to improve the Eye of Truth, while Wizard Ethan decided to sponsor him for the Secret Realm Competition. Wizard Kelan also arranged to deliver Ryan an updated quota mission, hoping to help the promising freshman before the competition.

• Ryan Harak met Slety Karist at the Umbral Library, and Slety granted him permission to consult the outer areas of its reference rooms for free.
• Ryan collected information on supernatural creatures from the library, and the Eye of Truth’s transformation cut the analysis time for his two original targets by half a day each.
• Wizard Ethan learned that Ryan had encountered the Evil God and decided to sponsor him with resources and White Bone School techniques to help him secure a Secret Realm Competition quota.
• Wizard Kelan gave Wade a parchment detailing changes to Ryan’s quota mission and its reward, and Wade set out to deliver it.

Ryan received competing offers from the Bone Lineage and Wizard Kelan, chose Kelan’s support, and investigated the Hounds of Gendas while planning to strengthen himself for the Secret Realm Competition. Wizard Ethan learned that Ryan had refused her offer, while Wizard Shaw found the situation amusing and became interested in him.

• Wizard Deno offered Ryan Wizard Ethan’s support and a chance to join the Bone Lineage if he placed in the top three of the Secret Realm Competition, but Ryan hesitated over the commitment.
• Ryan received an A-grade mission evaluation with 2,000 Umbral Points and other rewards, then agreed to meet Wizard Wade, who delivered a parchment from Wizard Kelan containing 3,000 magic stones and the Eye of Dreams wizardry.
• Ryan sold wizard artifacts, accepted Wizard Kelan’s support, and decided to reject Wizard Ethan’s investment so he could pursue his own plans for the competition.
• Ryan observed the Hounds of Gendas recovering after their flesh sprouts were destroyed and theorized that each piece of their flesh might contain a supernatural core, recording a proposed Core of Death experiment.
• Wizard Ethan learned Ryan had not accepted the Bone Lineage’s offer, and Wizard Shaw laughed at her failed invitation before expressing interest in Ryan.

Ryan collected his mission rewards, bought advanced courses, and joined Wizard Casey to watch Wizard Ethan’s death battle against apprentices from the Bailin Family and the Purple Gold Flower Family. The duel began under rules forbidding outside means, with the four opponents hoping to survive the time limit.

• Wizard Shaw discussed the Umbral Nurturing Plan and foreign Wizards with Wizard Deno before leaving him to handle White Bone School affairs.
• Ryan claimed his A-rank mission rewards, gaining two thousand Umbral Points, and purchased advanced supernatural courses from Wizard Selene.
• Wizard Selene learned that Wizard Ethan was entering the Life and Death Battlefield and rushed off to find him.
• Wizard Casey invited Ryan to watch Wizard Ethan’s battle, and Ryan accepted before meeting several Limit Wizard Apprentices at the arena.
• Wizard Ethan and the four apprentices from the Bailin Family and the Purple Gold Flower Family chose a death battle with a time limit and no wizard artifacts or other external means.

Ryan used the Eye of Truth to assess the Wizards before watching Wizard Ethan’s Death Duel in the Battle Arena. Wizard Casey explained how the arena joined illusion and reality through balance, and Ryan began to grasp a new connection between Spiritual Power and the physical world.

• Ryan identified Wizard Casey as a powerful Third-level Wizard Apprentice and detected Wizard Ethan’s Limit Wizard Apprentice strength and Elemental Wizard path.
• Wizard Casey encouraged Ryan to prepare for the Secret Realm Competition in two years before leading him into the Battle Arena’s viewing area.
• Ryan found that the viewing area recreated a vast sea and concluded that it was both real and fake.
• Wizard Casey explained that the Battle Arena embodied the balance between illusion and reality, mind and body, and revealed that Lord Divine Blood Wizard had exhausted himself helping build it.
• As the Death Duel began, Ryan connected balance with supernatural Spiritual Power, and his aura and Spiritual Power started changing as Wizard Casey watched in surprise.

Ryan gained insight into Illusion and Reality Balance while observing Wizard Ethan defeat four opposing Wizards, then bought meditation resources and potions to strengthen himself. Back at his residence, he planned experiments on Harak and the Hound of Gendas and decided he would acquire slaves for human experimentation.

• Wizard Casey concealed Ryan's aura as Ryan's Spiritual Power and Particle Energy improved after their discussion of Illusion and Reality.
• Ryan observed Wizard Ethan overwhelm four Third-level Wizard Apprentices with Bone Particle Energy, and the four became bone statues when the Death Duel ended.
• Ryan bought the continuation of the Vast Sea Meditation Method from Wizard Casey, who warned him not to study Illusion Reality Balance too deeply.
• Ryan spent over six hundred Magic Stones on potions at the Hades Merchandise Store, while Mona worried that he had signed a Wizard Contract.
• Ryan returned to his Wizard Residence and considered merging Harak's flesh with the Hound of Gendas's to study life and death.
• Ryan decided he would buy slaves for human experiments to investigate the illusory side of Illusion and Reality Balance.

Ryan dissected Jones and found living remnants of the Hound of Gendas, then bought two Night Moon Elves for experiments intended to strengthen Harak’s flesh against the creature. Over the next three months, he advanced his Spiritual Power and developed a method for fusing the experimental subjects, leaving him ready to pursue further experiments and practice two advanced spells.

• Ryan dissected Jones, discovered Bizarre Granulation Tissue throughout the hollowed body, and stored it as Number One beside Harak's flesh, Number Two.
• Ryan recorded his Wizard research and reflections on balancing body and Spiritual Power in his notebook.
• Ryan visited Brofen Stephen Yopaski at the Black Mire Trading Company and bought two Night Moon Elves for four hundred Magic Stones.
• Ryan endured the Night Demon Potion's painful metamorphosis and increased his Spiritual Power by 0.8, reaching 12.3.
• Over the following three months, Ryan experimented with Number One and Number Two, developed a way to fuse them while favoring Harak's flesh, and began preparing to practice Flame Demon's Dread and Flame Demon Roar.

Ryan completed his quota mission by destroying the Vampire King Vine and returned to the Umbral Expanse, where he continued experiments to create a controlled Hound of Gendas. Meanwhile, Kaze Antun told Hades and Zack that the Antun family was preparing Zack for the secret realm competition, and Zack resolved to prove himself rather than act as a substitute for Yisar.

• Ryan used enhanced Fire Elemental Energy sorcery to burn the Vampire King Vine across Futu Kingdom, recovered its core seed, and ignored Tusson's invitation to the capital.
• Ryan settled his quota mission and reviewed his progress, then checked the ongoing fusion experiment between Harak Flesh and Gendas Flesh and prepared two night mountain elf sisters for implantation tests.
• Ryan recalled how Lace had lost her self-awareness to the Hound of Gendas and hoped the sisters' willpower would let them withstand the experiment.
• Hades Antun complained to Zack about losing the magic stones he had lent the Bailin brothers, and Kaze Antun revealed that he had personally destroyed the Bailin family months earlier.
• Kaze told Hades and Zack that Monta and Lev would likely be sacrificed to resolve pressure on the Wizard Family Alliance, and ordered Zack to prepare for the secret realm competition.
• Zack promised to master the next stage of wizardry but privately resolved that he would be himself, not a substitute for Yisar.