Chapter Summaries

Ryan developed his own Flame Demon Wizardry Flow, acquired high-level supernatural knowledge, and continued advancing his research and experiments. Meanwhile, the Bright Society plotted to target Ryan’s associates, and a month later Ryan received good news.

• Ryan refined the Fearful Flame’s properties and recognized Hephaestus’s Wrath as a high-grade technique based on the Fusion Base principle, distinct from his own Flame Demon Wizardry Flow.
• Ryan spent 4,000 Umbral Points in the Inheritance Maze to obtain four high-level Wizard Books, and the Inheritance Wizard remarked on his rapid progress.
• Ryan fed his new knowledge into the Eye of Truth, accelerating its analysis as he pursued high-grade wizardry and stronger Spiritual Power and Physical Value.
• Ryan’s experiments advanced: the Vampire King Vine sub-body developed dark-red patterns and black bumps, while Harak’s black blood merged with the Disordered Flesh of Consciousness.
• The Bright Society members discussed their losses during the Grand Internal Investigation and agreed to turn public opinion against Ryan by targeting his young associates in the Lower Court.
• A month later, Ryan received good news.

Ryan advanced his Wizard studies and spent a week recording Library books to improve the Eye of Truth. Meanwhile, the Grand Internal Investigation punished corrupt Wizards, whose resentment turned toward Ryan Harak and led them to consider targeting him.

• Ryan found that the Magic Plant mutation was progressing faster than expected and confirmed that the Crimson Mud Flesh experiment was stabilizing Harak's consciousness fragments.
• Ryan drank a Deep Sea Potion and broke through to the Eighth Wizard Rune before visiting Wizard Slety at the Umbral Library.
• Ryan spent seven days recording books in the Library's Outer and Inner Areas to improve the Eye of Truth's analysis capabilities.
• The Grand Internal Investigation brought back Wizards from across the Umbral Expanse, and the Rule Supervision Department stripped offenders of their positions and imposed heavy debts.
• Gaius Bruce killed a disgraced Wizard after he resisted arrest, threatened Ryan Harak, and blamed him for the investigation.
• The remaining offenders exchanged messages and began discussing how to make Ryan Harak suffer for their punishment.

Snoopy fought the Umbral Expanse Enforcement Squad while Tusson Futu plotted to meet Ryan again, and Ryan advanced his Wizard studies as a campaign against him grew. The chapter ended with the Light Society’s first three Wizards warning that their plan to target Ryan Harak was dangerously foolish.

• Snoopy refused to surrender to the Enforcement Squad and fought its leader above the Futu Kingdom.
• Tusson Futu watched the Wizards battle and resolved to show Ryan the power he had gained from the God of Gendas.
• Ryan absorbed the Eighth Wizard Rune’s transformation, began analyzing the Ninth Wizard Rune, and continued developing new Wizardry.
• Gray, Masque, and Mona discussed the messages pressuring them to influence Ryan and decided to wait out the Grand Internal Investigation.
• At a Light Projection Meeting, a Wizard warned the Light Society that the Grand Internal Investigation was unprecedented and its plan against Ryan Harak was stupid.

The Bright Society agreed to target Ryan Harak during his Beast Tide quota mission, while Ryan completed powerful new Fire and Dream Wizardries and set out for Magic Shield Wizard City. Bright Society members followed him toward the city, and another hooded figure arrived afterward.

• Wizard Number Two warned Wizard Number Four that the Bright Society's actions could expose them during the Grand Internal Investigation, while Wizard Number Three criticized their indirect plans against Ryan Harak.
• Wizard Number One revealed that Ryan Harak would leave headquarters for a Beast Tide mission in three days and secured the others' agreement to act against him along the way.
• Ryan completed Scorching Sun's Cruel Wrath, a High-grade Fire Wizardry, and created the Mid-level Dream Wizardry Shattered Dream's Demise.
• Ryan accepted the Beast Tide Crisis mission in Magic Shield Wizard City, tucked Harak into his sleeve, and traveled there through the Teleportation Tower.
• Bright Society members separately teleported to Wizard Cities near Magic Shield Wizard City to pursue Ryan, and a hooded figure arrived at the teleportation space bound for the same destination.

Ryan investigated a Beast Tide in the Cloud Moon Forest, discovered a valley that killed even his Harak Bacteriophages, and witnessed Wizard Ethan overpowering nine Third-level Wizard Apprentices. He withdrew into the clouds, wary of both threats and unsure why Ethan was there.

• Karbi Brazil told Ryan that Supernatural Lifeforms were gathering in the Cloud Moon Forest and had already destroyed two cities.
• Ryan attacked the Beast Tide with his Flame Demon Domain and Harak's bacteriophages, but the city was destroyed before the infection could stop the remaining creatures.
• Ryan sent Phage Infected scouts into the Cloud Moon Mountain Range, where they found countless dead creatures and died under an unknown force drawing them into the valley.
• Ryan used a Dream Seed in a Moluo Gao White Jade Bird to observe a battle between a Limit Wizard Apprentice and nine Third-level Wizard Apprentices.
• Ryan recognized the fighter's Bone Particle Energy as belonging to Wizard Ethan and watched the nine opponents' auras disappear.
• Ryan took Harak higher into the clouds to avoid being seen.

Ryan investigated a lethal valley, reported its radiation threat to the Academy, and began pursuing his own Dream World territory to improve his resources. After a Dream Creature overwhelmed his attack, he arranged to meet Wizard Ethan, whose arrival at the Lower Academy tavern drew wary attention.

• Ryan discovered that the valley's radiation caused mental disorder and compelled living beings into its Dark Cavern, then reported the danger to Wizard Kelan for referral to the Upper Academy.
• Ryan chose the Black Core for a year-long analysis and entered the Dream World under his own power to explore a way to build a territory and earn resources.
• A grotesque Dream Creature tore through Ryan's Dream Power, forcing him to return to the Real World and replenish his strength before trying again.
• Ryan contacted Wizard Ethan and arranged an evening meeting at the Night Night Night tavern.
• Wizard Ethan arrived at the Lower Academy tavern and ordered a drink, while the other Wizards watched nervously.

Ryan prepared to enter seclusion in the Dream World while the Grand Internal Investigation reshaped the Umbral Expanse and led to the Berkeley Family’s rebellion. Eight years later, Ryan’s progress remained the focus as Wizard Umbraly Light offered him a path to become an Umbral Star.

• Ryan learned that Wizard Tuta had taken a long-term mission in Qinggang Wizard City, then prepared to pursue Third-level Wizard Apprentice rank and root himself in the Dream World.
• The Dream Wizard warned Ryan about the dangers of rooting himself in the Dream World and gave him Black Curtain Licorice to repel Dream Creatures.
• Ryan sealed himself in the Dream Illusion Tower to study his Wizard Path while the Grand Internal Investigation punished rulebreakers and reshuffled positions across the Umbral Expanse.
• After the Berkeley Family rebelled, Kaze Antun tasked Zack Antun with using Puppet Wizardry to search for the Black Sun Ruins, while Wizard Ethan killed Wizard Deno for breaking the rules.
• Wizard Umbraly Light discussed the investigation and Ryan’s dangerous Quota Mission with the Dream Wizard, offering to promote Ryan to Umbral Walker and then Umbral Star if he completed more high-ranking missions.
• Eight years passed.

After eight years in seclusion, Ryan Harak anchored his Dream Territory to reality and returned to the Umbral Wizard Academy as a Third-level Wizard Apprentice. There, he saw new Wizard Freshmen inspired by his achievements, including Ace, whose ambition reminded Ryan of himself.

• Ryan used Black Curtain Licorice and layers of false dreams to protect his Dream Core until it sprouted and his Dream Territory was safely established.
• Ryan anchored his Dream Territory to reality, gaining the ability to overwrite reality with it at the cost of enormous Dream Power.
• After eight years of seclusion, Ryan returned to the academy at age twenty-eight with the strength of a Third-level Wizard Apprentice.
• Ryan overheard Wizard Freshmen discussing their hopes for the Secret Realm Competition and recalling how Ryan had overcome Family Wizard rivals.
• Ace took inspiration from Ryan and vowed to surpass the Family Wizard freshmen, while Ryan watched him and recognized a resemblance to his younger self.

After eight years in seclusion, Ryan returned as a powerful Third-level Wizard Apprentice, joined the Umbral Hand, and advanced his research and Harak’s transformation. He began examining the Evil God’s Heart, which unleashed a surge of Spiritual Power as Gendas located him and vowed to kill him.

• Ryan visited Casey for Potionology knowledge, then learned about recent events from Mona at Harak’s General Store.
• Ryan met the Dream Wizard, who praised his progress and gave him the Ring of the Dream Heart.
• Ryan joined the Umbral Hand as an Enforcement Wizard, freeing him from his accumulated Quota Missions.
• Ryan’s Eye of Truth transformed, allowing it to analyze three targets or focus combined processing power on one target.
• Ryan began thawing and examining the Evil God’s Heart, which released a terrifying surge of Spiritual Power over him.
• Gendas sensed Ryan in an Underground Palace and declared that he would kill the thief who stole his Origin.

Ryan captured a fragment of Evil God Gendas’s consciousness with his Dreamy Foam and began analyzing the Evil God’s Heart. Elsewhere, Gendas’s remaining origin sensed that its other portion was being dissected and feared that its main body was in danger.

• Ryan used Dreamy Foam to withstand the Scarlet Heart’s Mental Shock and capture part of Gendas’s will.
• Ryan reviewed his refined Dream and Elemental Wizardry, then assigned both analysis targets to the Evil God’s Heart, reducing the estimated time to six years.
• Ryan enveloped himself in Dreamy Foam and began investigating Gendas’s Will Fragments and Evil God Origin.
• Gendas’s remaining origin recalled hiding in Futu Kingdom and believed its missing portion had corrupted the thief.
• Gendas felt its soul being devoured and realized that something had gone wrong with its main body.

Ryan’s investigation of Gendas’s Evil God Origin led him toward a breakthrough in understanding supernatural power. Meanwhile, Kaze Antun revealed that the Black Sun Medal pointed to ruins on the border between Mountain Sea Land and Futuo Land and planned to find its other owner.

• Ryan analyzed fragments of Gendas’s consciousness and concluded that Gendas pastured mortals by parasitizing and consuming them.
• Ryan connected his research on flesh, souls, Spiritual Power, and Illusion and Reality, then experienced a surge of insight as his equipment and surrounding objects floated.
• Kaze Antun revealed to Hades and Zack that he had deciphered the Black Sun Ruins’ location using the Black Sun Medal.
• Kaze explained that the ruins lay at the border between Mountain Sea Land and Futuo Land and said they needed to find the medal’s other owner before planning an exploration.

Ryan witnessed Evil God Gendas’s memories of his world’s destruction and his origins, including the defeat of Blood Lord Gendas by the Deep Blue Wizard Angri Lusheng. He concluded that the memories revealed clues about the Deep Blue Grand Wizard and resolved to visit the Deep Blue Secret Realm.

• Ryan watched a Deep Dream recreate Gendas fleeing catastrophic disasters as his Small World was swallowed by the sea.
• Blood Lord Gendas accused Angri Lusheng of ending the Legendary Era, and Angri sentenced him to death for devouring nine Small Worlds.
• Angri opened the Book of Myriad Phenomena, absorbed Gendas’s Blood Rule, and tore Blood Lord Gendas into fragments.
• Gendas swallowed a fragment of Blood Light as he drowned, gaining the power that made him the Evil God Ryan later encountered.
• Ryan learned that Gendas’s memories revealed his origins and the traits of creatures he had devoured, then decided to visit the Deep Blue Secret Realm.

Ryan investigated the Evil God's Heart and concluded that Evil God Gendas achieved balance by making flesh, soul, and consciousness one, then began analyzing whether Harak could reach a similar state. He also learned that the Black Sun Ruins had been found and heard about the Rank 2 Black Sun Wizard and the dangers surrounding the site.

• Ryan tested the Evil God's Heart with Black Souls and found that its flesh was occupied by Gendas's consciousness.
• Ryan realized Gendas had merged flesh, soul, and consciousness, and considered whether Harak could achieve perfect balance and advance to a Rank 1 Supernatural Creature.
• Ryan began a ten-year analysis comparing Harak with Evil God Origin and reserved another analysis target for a Wizard Rune.
• Ryan learned that the Black Sun Ruins were real and that the Black Sun Wizard had been a Rank 2 Elemental Wizard whose Black Sun spell reportedly reached ten million degrees.
• Kaze Antun told Ryan about the True Sun Lock, the Black Sun Wizard's Rank 2 Ascended Wizard Artifact, and the dangers of reaching the ruins between Futuo Land and Mountain Sea Land.

Ryan and Kaze Antun prepared to explore the Black Sun Ruins, and Harak completed a powerful transformation that strengthened Ryan’s Dream Wizard abilities. On their journey toward Licorice Camp, they encountered two battling Wizards from the Rotten Land, whom Kaze Antun knocked unconscious.

• Ryan and Kaze Antun planned a small expedition to locate and preliminarily explore the Black Sun Ruins, then prepared equipment, escape spells, and potions.
• Harak completed her transformation, gaining an Infinite Black Core, Servants of Black, and the ability to shift between the real world and the Dream World.
• Ryan and Kaze Antun set out on Flying Griffins, while Ryan reflected on his research into Particle Energy and the unfinished transformation of the Vampire King Vine.
• Kaze Antun determined they were flying through the Rotten Land toward Licorice Camp when they spotted a wounded Wizard fleeing a Headquarters Wizard.
• Ryan said they were only passing through, and Kaze Antun rendered both Rank 2 Wizard Apprentices unconscious so they could continue toward Licorice Camp.

Ryan and Kaze Antun reached Licorice Camp, where they investigated its resources and learned the Black Sun Ruins might be nearby. In the camp, Komoro Sak refused Qiu Qiudong Laura’s plea to abandon his century-long search, while Ryan and Kaze Antun sensed an exceptionally powerful Limit Wizard Apprentice in the ring-shaped High Tower.

• Kaze Antun and Ryan arrived at Licorice Camp and recognized that its rich particle energy and Supernatural Ore Veins made it a likely location for the Black Sun Ruins.
• Ryan and Kaze Antun entered the camp to inspect its stalls and planned to learn how many Limit Wizard Apprentices lived in the ring-shaped High Tower.
• Qiu Qiudong Laura urged Komoro Sak to return to the Black Tower, offering help advancing his rank, but he refused to give up searching for the fifth Black Sun Medal.
• Komoro told Qiu Qiudong he would return for her after obtaining the Black Sun Inheritance, and she left without answering.
• Kaze Antun sensed a Limit Wizard Apprentice with an aura stronger than his near the ring-shaped High Tower, and Harak reacted to the presence as well.

Ryan and Kaze Antun investigated Licorice Camp and learned more about the Black Sun Ruins, while Komoro remained committed to waiting for the Fifth Black Sun Medal. Ryan entered the Dream Territory to investigate the mysterious blue-robed Wizard and discovered she had met with an unknown blond Wizard.

• Kaze Antun left the Ring-shaped High Tower, and Qiu Qiudong resolved to convince Komoro to return to the Black Tower after he continued waiting for the Fifth Black Sun Medal.
• Komoro told Viktor he would keep searching for the medal, and he ordered him to monitor the Black Sun Ruins for signs that it had arrived.
• Ryan and Kaze Antun reviewed the camp's four Limit Wizard Apprentices and planned to use the Black Sun Medal to locate the ruins the next day.
• Ryan opened the Dream Interstice and used his Dream Territory to investigate Licorice Camp, where he spotted the blue-robed Wizard meeting an unlisted blond Wizard.
• Ryan created a black eyeball to listen inside the dream scene and began hearing the pair speak.

Ryan learned that Komolo Sak and three other Limit Wizard Apprentices were guarding the Black Sun Ruins, and he began planning how to take the four Medals without involving formal Wizards. As he and Kaze Antun flew into the Rotten Land, a curse appeared and a woman's voice threatened Ryan.

• Ryan used his Dream Wizard methods to learn that Komolo Sak had four Black Sun Medals and had killed two groups searching for the ruins.
• Ryan watched a gray-feathered flock approach the Black Sun Ruins, where Obi Shao destroyed the birds with an invisible attack.
• Ryan told Kaze Antun that Obi Shao was guarding the ruins, and Kaze realized the Antun Family lacked the strength to claim the inheritance alone.
• Ryan planned to recruit Kaze Antun, another Antun Family Limit Wizard Apprentice, Wizard Kelan, and Harak while keeping formal Wizards out of the conflict.
• As Ryan and Kaze Antun crossed into the Rotten Land on Flying Griffins, Ryan sensed a curse and a resentful woman's voice threatened him as the clouds turned black.

Rellis attacked Ryan and Kaze Antun, but Kaze overwhelmed her with the power of a Limit Wizard Apprentice. Ryan then confronted Rellis’s hidden curse and apparent assassination attempt, but the chapter ended with her rusty Cross Longsword piercing him and his Black Mask shattering.

• Rellis launched an attack with her Black Souls, but Kaze Antun revealed himself as a Limit Wizard Apprentice and destroyed the spirits and her curse technique.
• Kaze pursued the weakened Rellis while Ryan remained on his Flying Griffin and challenged her to kill him within ten seconds.
• Rellis used Blood Vengeance through the Curse Origin embedded in Ryan’s palm, but Ryan dispersed its phantom with Ward Against Ill Fortune.
• Rellis appeared behind Ryan wearing Lord Dark Bat’s Shadow Robe and stabbed him through the heart with a rusty Cross Longsword she claimed could kill anyone.
• Ryan’s Black Mask cracked, revealing his handsome face and a smile that made Rellis feel sudden panic.

Ryan defeated Rellis after evading her curse and destroying her with the Karma Sin Wheel, then claimed her Shadow Robe and mysterious bloodstained Cross Longsword. As Ryan and Kaze Antun continued toward the Umbral Expanse, Ryan discovered the robe’s abilities and found that the sword’s nature remained unknown.

• Rellis stabbed Ryan’s Phantom Body, but Ryan revealed himself elsewhere and trapped her in the Karma Sin Wheel.
• Rellis survived by activating the Shadow Robe’s Spell Core, but Ryan interrupted her escape and tracked her through the shadows.
• Ryan filled the area around Rellis with Seven-colored Foam, while Kaze Antun realized Ryan had overcome his opponent.
• Kaze Antun returned to Ryan, and they continued toward the Umbral Expanse without discussing the battle.
• Ryan confirmed that Rellis was dead and analyzed the Shadow Robe, then examined the Cross Longsword and found its level and details unknown.

Ryan tested the Rusted Cross Longsword and discovered that it erased the soul and mind of anyone it pierced, while its barbed hilt consumed the wielder’s hands. He suspected the weapon operated through a rule-like judgment, but its nature remained unknown.

• Ryan returned to the Umbral Expanse and discussed exploring the Black Sun Ruins with Kaze Antun, who planned to consult his family.
• Ryan used the Eye of Truth to examine the Rusted Cross Longsword and learned that an unknown substance gave the ordinary weapon a lethal property.
• Ryan controlled an infected monkey to thrust the sword into a boar-like Low-tier Supernatural Being, whose soul and mind vanished when it was pierced.
• The sword’s wooden barbs pierced the monkey’s hands and consumed their flesh, revealing the weapon’s cost to its wielder.
• Ryan concluded that the sword’s effect resembled a judgment and murmured, “Rules!”