Chapter Summaries

Kaze Antun warned Zack about the Secret Realm Competition’s strongest rivals, and Zack vowed to surpass Yisar and win first place. After repeated failures studying Gendas Flesh, Ryan reconsidered his research and sought advanced Wizard Instruments, leaving Wizard Kelan acting unusually interested in him.

• Kaze Antun briefed Zack on formidable freshmen from rival families and warned him to avoid a desperate fight with the mysterious Ryan Harak.
• Zack dismissed Yisar as a failure and promised Kaze Antun that he would take first place in the Secret Realm Competition.
• Ryan’s sixth experiment attempting to merge Shadow Feather Dark Crow flesh with Gendas Flesh failed, and he realized his research into Illusion and Reality exceeded his current ability.
• Ryan reframed his research around microorganisms and considered whether Gendas Flesh was a Supernatural Virus rather than Supernatural Cancerous Cells.
• Ryan arranged through Wizard Kelan to exchange Umbral Points for advanced Wizard Instruments, and Wizard Kelan unexpectedly asked whether he had learned the wizardry from her Parchment Scroll.

Ryan learned more about the Dream Garden Secret Realm and prepared to master the Eye of Dreams, while strengthening his wizardry and researching how to give Harak the Hound of Gendas’s limitless proliferation without letting Evil God Gendas control her. The chapter ended with Ryan ready to begin the Infinite Genome experiment, which had a 62% chance of success.

• Wizard Kelan explained that the Dream Secret Realm held great opportunities and dangers, and that the Eye of Dreams could help Ryan perceive it; Ryan returned home and later collected advanced Wizard Instruments from her.
• Over three months, Ryan advanced his meditation, mastered Flame Demon's Dread and Flame Demon Roar, and measured Flame Demon Roar at 32 degrees of power despite its long casting time and defensive weaknesses.
• Ryan discovered that Gendas cells contained an unusually stable, active gene chain that let them invade living bodies, replace their flesh, and ultimately turn their hosts into Hounds of Gendas for Evil God Gendas.
• Ryan devised the Infinite Genome by combining the Gendas Bacteriophage with Harak Bacteriophage, aiming to give Harak limitless proliferation while avoiding outside influence and rejection.
• Ryan scheduled the Harak Evolution Experiment for six hours later, estimating a 62% chance of success and accepting that it would decide Harak's fate.

The Dragon Wizard confronted Evil God Gendas in the Kingdom of Maya while the Dream Wizard searched for hidden remnants of the Evil God. As preparations for the Secret Realm Competition continued in the Umbral Expanse, Ryan completed Harak’s transformation into a strange new creature.

• The Dragon Wizard destroyed the Red Flesh Worms and battled Gendas’s Giant Hound incarnation, while Wizard Umbraly Light asked the Dream Wizard to search the Kingdom of Maya for hidden pieces of the Evil God.
• Hades began training the Antun Family’s Wizard Freshmen for the Secret Realm Competition, while Zack Antun practiced Yisar’s Wizardry and revealed his secret Wooden Puppet legacy.
• Gray and Masque fought a Crimson Flame Giant Tiger, and Gray reflected that the Commoner freshmen might still improve before the competition.
• Ryan watched Harak’s altered body in the Incubation Chamber and celebrated the completion of her transformation.

Ryan tested Harak’s supernatural abilities, then began improving his wizardry while preparing Harak for further growth. As the secret realm competition drew near, Shaw, Saiya, and Irene discussed an alliance and placed bets on Ryan; fifteen days later, Ryan headed to the Wizardry Testing Ground.

• Ryan released Harak into the Biological Nurturing Room, where it infected and controlled supernatural creatures and devoured a Hebrew Falcon.
• Ryan planned to feed Harak stronger creatures and improve his wizardry, while a Night Moon Elf woke inside a nutrient pod after Ryan dismissed her as an experimental material.
• Ryan studied particle energy and worked on improving and creating wizardry, continuing to acquire supernatural creatures for Harak.
• Five months passed as the Umbral Expanse prepared for the secret realm competition, and Shaw, Saiya, and Irene confirmed their alliance plans.
• Shaw invited Saiya and Irene to bet on Ryan; Saiya bet against him, while Irene bet that he would reach the secret realm’s final stage.
• Fifteen days later, Ryan left the Laboratory and went to the Wizardry Testing Ground, visibly exhausted but excited.

Ryan tested and refined his powerful fire wizardry, researched the two Secret Realms, and prepared Harak for the competition. The Wizard Freshmen gathered at the Umbral Wizard Lower Academy as the portal opened and the Secret Realm Competition began.

• Ryan defeated a Mountain Ape in the Wizardry Experiment Field and demonstrated Flame Demon Double Body, Flame Demon's Gaze, and Flame Demon Domain.
• Ryan researched Fire Overwhelming Heaven and Corrosive Forest in the Umbral Library, then learned from Wizard Slety that Wizards were betting on the competition.
• Wizard Shaw and Wizard Ethan wagered against each other over whether Ryan would place in the top three.
• Harak showed off her transformations using the Infinite Blood Core, and Ryan confirmed she had grown much stronger after consuming Supernatural Lifeforms.
• Wizard Casey and the Teaching Wizards assembled the freshmen at Newcomer Plaza beside the Ripple Light Gate, marking the start of the Secret Realm Competition.

Ryan reunited with Gray, Masque, and Mona before the Secret Realm Competition, where the Wizard Families’ powerful freshmen arrived in force. After the rules were announced and entrants prepared for teleportation, Ryan entered the secret realm determined to win.

• Ryan reunited with Gray, Masque, and Mona, who discussed their chances in the competition and the opportunities a strong performance could bring.
• Kaze Antun led the Wizard Families’ Direct Lineage Members into the plaza, and Ryan recognized the leading freshmen as formidable Rank 2 Wizard Apprentices.
• Wizard Lando showed Wizard Selene the betting pools and explained that Ryan had reported the Evil God Incident, prompting several Wizards to wager on Ryan placing highly.
• The Wizard Family Alliance and School Lineage discussed the competition and the Umbral Nurturing Plan, while Wizard Casey announced the rules and permitted one registered Nurtured Creature per entrant.
• Ryan placed his Silver Bracelet and Red Metal Ring in his preparation room, brought out Harak and his Shadow Blade of Assassination, and was teleported toward the competition determined to win.

Ryan entered the Corrosive Forest Secret Realm and prepared to collect Umbral Medals while assessing its dangers. Gurester Made and Zack Antun also began pursuing their own plans, as observers watched the freshmen and a three-way encounter approached.

• Ryan encountered a Soul Devouring Snake, killed it with the Shadow Blade of Assassination, and considered the secret realm’s hazards and medal rules.
• Gurester Made established a temporary base, sent a Chameleon Float to scout, and planned to find Aitry before hunting other Wizard Freshmen.
• Zack Antun captured a swamp creature and turned it into his first puppet, intending to use puppets to find medals or hunt other Wizards.
• Wizard Lando, Wizard Zephyr, Wizard Casey, and Kaze Antun watched the secret realm projections as three Wizard Freshmen approached a confrontation.

Ryan collected an Umbral Medal and used Harak's infection ability to scout the Corrosive Forest, where he approached the injured Harlick as Raleigh Shebil pursued him. The chapter ended with Ryan appearing behind Harlick just as Raleigh prepared to fight, leaving Harlick caught between two unknown threats.

• Ryan claimed an Umbral Medal while Harak infected a Soul Devouring Snake, giving him another way to scout for medals and Wizards.
• Ryan spotted the injured Harlick Churchill fleeing through Shade Wood Forest as Raleigh Shebil tracked him by the scent of his blood.
• At the Salon Meeting, Wizard Shaw and the other Wizards discussed Ryan's prospects, while Goodley Shebil and Jishilin Churchill argued over Raleigh and Harlick.
• Harlick stopped to confront Raleigh, who mistook him for a powerful Wizard Family freshman and prepared to fight.
• Ryan spoke from behind Harlick, startling him because he had not detected Ryan's approach.

Ryan Harak confronted Raleigh Shebil after Harlick was caught between their overwhelming Bio-fields, then defeated Raleigh with Flame Demon Double Body. Ryan’s use of the Rhine Lineage’s Legacy Wizardry stunned observers and left the Wizard Family Alliance and the School Lineage questioning his loyalties.

• Ryan Harak arrived behind Harlick and faced Raleigh Shebil, while their competing Bio-fields held Harlick in place.
• Harlick teleported away, breaking the standoff and prompting Raleigh to attack Ryan with Limit Break: Serpent Fang.
• Ryan countered with Flame Demon Double Body, burned Raleigh severely, and appeared to win the fight before rain began weakening his flames.
• Observers recognized Ryan’s technique as the Rhine Lineage’s Legacy Wizardry, leaving the Wizard Family Alliance and the Salon Meeting astonished and confused about his allegiance.
• Wizard Kelan received a message from the Dream Wizard that made her widen her eyes.

Ryan Harak defeated Raleigh Shebil’s attacks and exposed Raleigh as a Blood Wizard who had combined his abilities with a Supernatural Bloodline. Raleigh escaped Ryan’s fatal strike by transforming into a scaled, snake-like form, and Ryan prepared to continue the fight as the family heads realized their plans were in trouble.

• Ryan struck Raleigh Shebil with the Shadow Blade of Assassination, but Raleigh emerged from underground and launched a crimson Life Energy attack.
• Ryan destroyed Raleigh’s attack and pierced his heart, then tried to finish him with Energy Flames.
• Raleigh melted free of the blade and revealed his white scales and fangs, exposing his combined Blood Wizard and Bloodline Wizard abilities.
• Ryan recognized Raleigh’s transformation as valuable experimental material and activated Flame Demon Double Body for another attack.
• Goodley and the other family heads reacted with alarm as they concluded that Raleigh had lost and their competition plans were threatened by Ryan.

After defeating Raleigh Shebil, Ryan Harak secured Raleigh’s Umbral Medals and a Blood Wizard–Bloodline Wizard experiment creation, then prepared to hunt more freshmen. As other contenders launched their own plans to gather medals, the secret realm’s final contest approached, drawing the attention of Wizards across the Umbral Expanse.

• Ryan Harak dried himself after the battle, claimed Raleigh Shebil’s 103 Umbral Medals, and preserved Raleigh’s severed scaled arm inside a Soul Devouring Snake.
• Ryan sent Harak’s Bacterial Phage Infectors to locate Wizard Freshmen and considered spreading them throughout the Corrosive Forest.
• Zack Antun used his puppet network to search for medals, noticed supernatural creatures disappearing, and sensed that something was wrong.
• Guthres and Aitry completed their preparations with hundreds of Mechanical Assistants and set out to hunt the Wizard Freshmen they had located.
• Wizard Shaw and the other observers discussed the approaching contest, while Wizard Ethan said Ryan was much stronger than he had been at the same age.
• Wizard Kelan watched Ryan’s projected image as Wade waited nearby, still shaken by a message from Dream Wizard.

The Corrosive Forest competition accelerated into a brutal final reckoning as powerful freshmen hunted the weak and converged on one another. Ryan, already holding more than 2,600 Umbral Medals, prepared to join the battles at the forest boundary, determined to claim every medal and win.

• Kaze Antun and the Projection Meeting Room figures realized the Corrosive Forest competition was ending ahead of schedule, and Puni Stark blamed Ryan Harak for the unexpected escalation.
• Dante Churchill emerged from the Chaotic Zone, confident that training there had strengthened him enough to win the competition.
• Jim Nowell defeated Tazumi Masque's Thorn Entanglement with Earth Rhythm and forced him out of the fight.
• The freshmen's intertwined auras made hiding difficult as the surviving competitors gathered medals and hunted one another.
• Ryan counted more than 2,600 Umbral Medals and decided he needed to take every remaining medal to secure a top-three place.
• Jim Nowell confronted hidden opponents by the river as battles erupted on both banks, and Ryan prepared his fire-coated Shadow Blade of Assassination for the final free-for-all.

Ryan unleashed Flame Demon Double Body and spread a devastating field of fire through the Shade Wood Forest, drawing the attention of the other competitors. As the observers debated whether his reckless display would doom him, Jim Nowell realized Ryan was approaching and prepared to stop him.

• Ryan's flames melted Aitry's nearby Gray Floating Assistants, and Aitry sent the remaining devices to observe him from a distance.
• Ryan heated the ground until eight wooden Soul Devouring Snakes emerged, then left the hidden probes behind and headed toward the main battle.
• At Newcomer Plaza, Wizard Lando favored Ryan, while Wizard Zephyr and Wizard Casey judged his use of Flame Demon Double Body reckless and feared he would attract attacks from the other sides.
• Ryan rampaged through the Shade Wood Forest, spreading fire and making his presence impossible for the other competitors to miss.
• Guthres saw Ryan's growing blaze and decided the others had to stop him, while Jim Nowell spotted Ryan approaching and resolved to confront him.

Ryan Harak spread a vast sea of fire through the secret realm, drawing four powerful Wizards toward him as he prepared to face them. Zack Antun and Dante Churchill set out to attack him, while observers outside the realm feared Ryan was taking on five opponents alone.

• Zack Antun recognized Ryan's spell as the Rhine Lineage's Flame Demon Dread Wizardry and, convinced his father had arranged Ryan as a rival, decided to kill him.
• Dante Churchill empowered his body with the Aegis Secret Record and raced through the forest to intercept Ryan.
• Zack sent hundreds of puppet creatures through the forest and rode a bird puppet toward Ryan, expecting the spell's particle-energy cost to leave him vulnerable.
• Wizards watching the projection were shocked as they saw Ryan draw four opponents toward him, apparently planning to fight five Wizards at once.
• Ryan stopped expanding the sea of fire and waited atop a rise as the five approaching Bio-fields closed in.

Ryan Harak faced a coordinated attack from Dante Churchill, Jim Nowell, the Made brothers, and Zack Antun as they overwhelmed his sea of fire. Just as observers believed he had lost, Ryan changed the oscillation of his particle energy.

• Dante Churchill activated his Thunder Emperor battle body and charged into Ryan Harak’s sea of fire.
• Jim Nowell, the Made brothers, and Zack Antun joined the assault, and their combined forces pushed back Ryan’s flames.
• The four opponents closed in on Ryan while outside observers expected him to lose against their numbers.
• Dante Churchill hurled a ball of lightning and fire, the Made brothers’ machines fired high-heat beams, and Jim Nowell’s liquid soil dragged Ryan into the mountain.
• Ryan invoked Flame Demon Double Body as observers dismissed his chances, then changed the oscillation of his particle energy.

Ryan Harak survived the combined attack and unveiled a stronger Flame Demon form, turning the battlefield against Zack Antun, Dante Churchill, and Jim Nowell. His spells convinced the Wizards watching that he was a Rhine Lineage inheritor, and a woman in Wizard Rhine’s High Tower decided to claim him as a promising talent.

• Ryan Harak reassembled himself from the remaining energy flames after the mountain was destroyed, leaving the watching Wizards astonished that he had survived.
• Zack Antun sent his Biological Puppets after Ryan Harak and urged Dante Churchill and Jim Nowell to strike before Ryan could cast again.
• Ryan Harak’s Flame Demon Double Body advanced into a new form, and he unleashed Flame Demon Domain—Fearful Flame across the battlefield.
• Kaze Antun and the other Wizards concluded that Ryan Harak was a contingency of the Rhine Lineage with access to its latest inheritance.
• A red-haired woman in Wizard Rhine’s High Tower watched Ryan Harak’s spells and decided that she could turn the apparent outsider into a true Rhine Lineage inheritor.

Ryan Harak escaped the combined attacks of his opponents by taking control of their Flying Cultivated Creatures and revealing that he had also gathered a vast horde of Supernatural Lifeforms. The horde trapped his enemies, forcing Jim Nowell and Dante Churchill to leave the secret realm while Zack Antun vanished after accepting defeat.

• Ryan Harak escaped the barrage on Harak and took control of Jim Nowell and Dante Churchill's giant Flying Cultivated Creatures, leaving their owners unable to pursue him through the air.
• The Red Floating Swarm failed to reach Ryan, while the Mad Brothers detected thousands of Supernatural Lifeforms converging on their Battle Mech Platform and watched the creatures break through its floor.
• Supernatural Lifeforms surrounded the Sea of Fire Battlefield as its Energy Flames faded, and Zack Antun realized Ryan had lured his opponents into a trap and controlled the approaching creatures.
• Jim Nowell and Dante Churchill left the secret realm, and Zack Antun disappeared after recognizing that Ryan had defeated him.

Ryan Harak won the Corrosive Forest Secret Realm after gathering 8,233 Umbral Medals, securing first place in the freshman Secret Realm Competition. His victory disrupted the Wizard Family Alliance’s plans, earned him special Authority and a place among the top three, and prompted the School Lineage to prepare for the coming conflict.

• Ryan collected the Umbral Medals from the battlefields and ruins, then sent the Bacterial Phage Infectors to search the entire realm for more.
• Kaze Antun confronted his defeated son Zack, who resented him and left Newcomer Plaza.
• Ryan found every medal he could and emerged as the competition’s top-ranked freshman, with Rod Stark second and Fox Grolantay third.
• Ryan’s first-place finish upset the Wizard Family Alliance’s plans, while Wizard Lando celebrated his betting winnings and Wizard Selene regretted missing out.
• Wizard Casey announced the final rankings, the Umbral Information Hub granted special Authority to the top three, and Wizard Kelan welcomed Ryan’s success as a step toward joining the Dream Lineage.
• At the Salon Meeting, Wizard Shaw’s group learned of Ryan’s victory and discussed their opponents and plans.

After the competition, several Supernatural Schools arrived to recruit the freshmen, and Ryan Harak drew competing offers from Bone Lineage and Rhine Lineage. As Ryan hesitated between them, a mysterious figure connected to the Dream Lineage appeared and suggested it was his best choice.

• Wizard Shaw reviewed Ryan Harak's unusual spells and joined other representatives in traveling to the closing ceremony to recruit freshmen.
• Wizard Casey announced that the freshmen would lose their newcomer support and need to choose their paths, while Wizard Family representatives arrived to help organize recruitment.
• Chiefs Bai Guding and Schneider invited selected Wizard Family freshmen to Fierce Tiger School and Dragon Magic School, while other schools recruited Commoner Freshmen.
• Wizard Ethan offered Ryan a place in Bone Lineage as an Inheritance Wizard and proposed asking his teacher to take Ryan as a disciple.
• Sol Hepburn appeared and claimed Ryan as an Inheritance Wizard of Rhine Lineage, warning that he had used its Legacy Wizardry.
• A mysterious presence subdued Sol and Wizard Ethan, then appeared amid falling maple leaves and recommended that Ryan choose the Dream Lineage.

The Dream Wizard appeared in Newcomer Plaza and personally offered to make Ryan Harak his second disciple, stunning the gathered Wizards and ending their competition to recruit him. Ryan accepted the Dream Wizard’s hand and became his inheritance disciple.

• The Dream Wizard appeared before the gathered Wizards, and Shaw, Schneider, and the others recognized him as a Formal Wizard Lord.
• Bai Guding avoided challenging the Dream Wizard, while Kaze Antun abandoned his plans to reclaim Yisar’s inheritance from Ryan Harak.
• The Dream Wizard greeted Sol and Ethan, then announced that Ryan would become his second disciple.
• Ryan Harak clasped the Dream Wizard’s hand in front of the plaza and the Wizards watching through projected images.