Chapter Summaries

Li Si searched the Elf archive for records about the Titan God and discovered the secret history of Arosh’s betrayal and transformation into Lolth. He found little useful information about giants, but the surviving records hinted that Annan’s behavior had caused severe turmoil in the giant god system.

• Adela gave Li Si access to the second floor of the Elf archive and urged him to bring Daphne next time.
• Li Si read an Elven history describing how Arosh betrayed Corellon, was cast into the Abyss, and became Lolth, leading some elves to become Drow.
• Li Si reflected that gods could be corrupted by desire and searched the archive for records about giants and their gods.
• Li Si found ancient scrolls and stone carvings that suggested the giant god system’s chaos stemmed from Annan’s promiscuity and irresponsibility.

Li Si studied scattered Elven records about the giant pantheon and questioned the uncertain history behind its schism and decline. Meanwhile, Auril destroyed her Pocket World rather than let Ilmat take what she called her jewels, and the two gods exchanged threats as other powers watched.

• Li Si read that Annan's withdrawal left the giant gods divided between the Order Faction and the chaotic faction, while the records gave no clear account of the pantheon's final decline.
• Li Si found conflicting details about Lanasis's slaughter of his relatives and wondered how the event related to Annan's disappearance and the rise of Titan Giants.
• Li Si stopped investigating the giant gods and began reading other Elven historical tomes.
• In Ice Dawn Pocket World, Auril's followers knelt as a freezing wind overwhelmed the battlefield, but the Church of the Gods' clergy escaped in a burst of milky-white radiance.
• Auril's Pocket World froze, fractured, and collapsed, while Ilmat questioned why she had intervened and Auril threatened him for trying to take her jewels.

Li Si learned from Maurice that Auril had directly destroyed a Pocket World to stop the Church of the Suffering God, putting the gods’ fragile restraint at risk. He decided to stay in Kane Floating City and avoid Pocket Worlds for now, then met Aurelian, who invited him to visit the Pan-continental Mage Association’s chairman.

• Lisa told Li Si that Maurice and Aurelian had arrived separately, and Li Si chose to meet Maurice first.
• Maurice explained that the Church of the Gods had captured most targeted Heretic Believer Pocket Worlds, but Auril destroyed the Ice Dawn Pocket World and her own followers to prevent its capture.
• Maurice warned Li Si that evil gods might target him and urged him to remain in Gaia World, preferably inside Kane Floating City.
• Li Si thanked Maurice, resolved to stay put and strengthen himself, and saw Maurice depart.
• Aurelian told Li Si that the Pan-continental Mage Association’s chairman wanted him to visit.

Aurelian invited Li Si to Minos Floating City at the request of Third Speaker Acanthus, and Li Si agreed after considering the chance to learn from the Pan-continental Mage Association. The chapter ended with Lisa exploring a magic bookstore in Yonas City.

• Li Si wondered which of the Pan-continental Mage Association’s three Speakers had summoned him and considered their powers and motives.
• Aurelian told Li Si that Third Speaker Acanthus had returned from the Star Realm and wanted him to visit Minos Floating City.
• Li Si questioned Aurelian about Acanthus’s reason for inviting him and heard that the Association’s mages were interested in him and Kane Floating City.
• Li Si agreed to visit the Association once he had arranged his affairs, and Aurelian returned to wait for him there.
• The story shifted to Yonas City, where Lisa carefully examined unusual magic books in a bookstore.

Li Si brought Lisa to Yonas City, where they explored the Pan-continental Mage Association and its magical culture. After watching young mages practice spells, Li Si warned a brown-haired youth that his unstable magic would cost him both hands if he did not stop.

• Li Si took Lisa to Yonas City ahead of his meeting with the Third Speaker and let her choose an introductory mental protection spell as a souvenir.
• The magic bookstore owner realized Li Si had subdued the spellbook’s activity with his powerful mind and feared he had offended an unknown Excellency.
• Li Si and Lisa toured the city, and Li Si marveled at its scale, magical infrastructure, and the Association’s development of Netheril’s legacy.
• Li Si watched a blond youth’s fire spell collapse, but Yonas City’s Protective Barriers contained the flames and left him unharmed.
• A brown-haired youth struggled to control a spatial spell as the distortion grew chaotic and pain cut through his hands.
• Li Si warned the brown-haired youth that he would lose both hands if he did not stop.

Cole nearly suffered a serious injury while practicing Teleportation, but Li Si stabilized his spell and offered him advice on learning Space Magic. Cole seized an insight from Li Si’s disappearance as Li Si and Lisa departed, leaving Nelson to guard him and Li Si to look forward to meeting Acanthus Talindra.

• Cole’s Teleportation Spell Model began to collapse, but Li Si controlled the unstable mana and dispersed it safely.
• Nelson thanked Li Si and asked him to guide Cole, who admitted he hoped to learn from him.
• Li Si advised Cole to be patient and focus on sensing changes in the surrounding space, then vanished with Lisa.
• Cole sensed the spatial fluctuation left by Li Si’s disappearance and concentrated on understanding it, while Nelson stood guard.
• Li Si told Lisa that Cole had strong talent for Space Magic but said he would leave him as a seed planted casually.
• Li Si looked toward the sky and thought about his upcoming meeting with the Third Speaker, Acanthus Talindra.

Li Si met Speaker Tarindra, who revealed that Stephens had vanished in the Star Realm and might be trapped somewhere beyond her ability to locate. After Li Si pledged to help find his teacher, Tarindra asked him to establish a new school within the Pan-continental Mage Association.

• Li Si followed Aurelian's directions to Tarindra's garden, where Sprites welcomed him and Tarindra received him.
• Tarindra explained that she had sensed Stephens enter the Star Realm before he vanished from her tracking mark, though she could tell he was not in immediate danger.
• Tarindra told Li Si she would keep searching for Stephens and said he would need to wait before he could help.
• Li Si promised to assist Tarindra, who asked him to establish an entirely new school within the Pan-continental Mage Association.

Talindra asked Li Si to establish a new school within the Pan-continental Mage Association to spur its members into confronting threats from Heretic Believers and Abyss demons. She offered him a Star Realm map, her notes, and lessons in Star Realm Magic, and Li Si agreed.

• Li Si questioned Talindra about why she wanted him to found a new school in the Pan-continental Mage Association.
• Talindra explained that the Association had become complacent about threats and that a rapidly growing new school could pressure its members to act.
• Li Si doubted he could threaten the three Top Schools and suggested supporting the Star Ring School instead.
• Talindra said the Floating City and Li Si's ties to Stephens would help him, then offered a Star Realm map and notes even if his school-building effort failed.
• Talindra offered to teach Li Si Star Realm Magic, and Li Si agreed immediately.

Li Si Kane accepted Talindra’s commission to establish a magic school and went to the Pan-continental Mage Association to learn the requirements. The Association recognized him as a Legendary Councilor, and he began an application for his new school, Source of All Laws.

• Talindra gave Li Si Kane access to Star Realm Magic and promised further guidance while she remained in Yonas City.
• Li Si went to the Pan-continental Mage Association’s tower to ask how to establish a school.
• The Association’s Magic Intelligent Life announced Li Si as a Legendary Councilor and granted him the corresponding permissions.
• Seli explained the school application requirements and described an alternative path through joining an existing school.
• Li Si rejected the alternative and submitted an application naming his school Source of All Laws, with all spells as its specialty.

Li Si used his new Legendary Councilor authority to announce the Source of All Laws faction across the Pan-continental Mage Association, drawing widespread interest from mages. After telling Lisa they would remain at the Association, he began studying Talindra’s Star Realm Magic and experienced the seven-ring spell Star Realm Guidance.

• Li Si received his Legendary Councilor badge and used its authority to post a recruitment commission for the Source of All Laws faction.
• The commission appeared on crystal screens throughout the Pan-continental Mage Association, prompting mages to head toward Yonas City and discuss Li Si’s new faction.
• On Nibo Floating City, Uller and Murphy discussed Li Si’s plans, while Aurelian Starshine suspected the Third Speaker had assigned him a task and resolved to help him.
• Li Si told Lisa they would stay at the Association for a while and planned to register her as a faction member.
• Li Si entered a temporary Magic Workshop, opened the black crystal from Third Speaker Talindra, and experienced the seven-ring Star Realm spell Star Realm Guidance.

Li Si studied Talindra’s Star Realm Magic and learned that Star Realm Power could imitate the properties of other magical and supernatural forces. When he used Star Realm Guidance in the Star Realm, he discovered a connection to his Chaos Faith Power and gained the special power called Chaos Power.

• Li Si absorbed Talindra’s teachings about Star Realm Power, its origins, and the Seventh-Circle spell Star Realm Guidance.
• Li Si focused on Star Realm Magic and had Lisa purchase land in Yonas City for a Source of All Laws stronghold.
• Li Si entered the Star Realm and used Star Realm Guidance to sense and draw in Star Realm Power.
• Li Si recognized that Star Realm Power resembled his Chaos Faith Power and speculated that both could take on different properties.
• Li Si’s system assessed the new power and announced that he had mastered Chaos Power.

Li Si learned that Star Realm Power was actually Chaos Power and decided to study Talindra’s Star Realm Magic to master it. He attended to a new Legendary Council meeting notice, then used Chaos Power to build a magical tower in Yonas City as a temporary base for the Source of All Laws.

• Li Si recognized the immense potential of Chaos Power, struggled to control it, and resolved to learn Star Realm Magic and seek Talindra’s guidance.
• Li Si received a notice summoning him to the Pan-continental Mage Association’s 6456th Legendary Council voting session and decided to attend.
• Lisa showed Li Si a plot near Yonas City’s core district that Aurelian had transferred to him on behalf of the Star Ring.
• Li Si cleared the plot and used Chaos Power to raise a magical tower from crystals formed out of the four Magical Elements.
• Li Si finished the Source of All Laws’ temporary base, and Lisa watched his work with admiration.

Li Si completed the exterior of the Source of All Laws mage tower, then encountered a scouting golem sent to investigate the magical disturbance. After Wild Sage Oliver arrived, Li Si welcomed him to the new school.

• Li Si finished shaping the mage tower and restrained an eagle-shaped scouting golem that entered his concealment array.
• Chuck Holmes identified himself through the golem, apologized for the intrusion, and Li Si agreed to notify the Association about future disturbances.
• The golem informed Li Si that Wild Sage Oliver of the Myriad Forms Secret Society was on his way to visit.
• Chuck reprimanded Wolf for controlling the golem without checking its marker, while Wolf recalled seeing Li Si and the imposing tower.
• Oliver arrived at Li Si's concealment array, and Li Si welcomed him to the Source of All Laws.

Li Si heard Oliver’s offer to make him leader of the Myriad Forms Secret Society but remained focused on establishing the Source of All Laws and stirring up the Pan-continental Mage Association. As the Legendary Council gathered for an important meeting, Aurelian said Star Ring’s most important ally was due to appear.

• Li Si and Oliver discussed the Association’s declining factions, and Oliver offered the Myriad Forms Secret Society’s leadership and accumulated legacy if Li Si brought the Source of All Laws into it.
• Li Si rejected the value of Oliver’s offer and suspected Oliver had another objective, while considering how his new faction could disrupt the Association’s unusual calm.
• Li Si anticipated the next day’s Legendary Council meeting and reflected that stirring up trouble would serve Talindra’s purposes.
• Aurelian arrived early at the Council palace, telling Simoni he wanted to take the appearance of Star Ring’s most important ally seriously.

Li Si attended his first Legendary Council meeting, where he was officially admitted as a councilor and learned how the council handled votes. When the council considered his application to establish the Source of All Laws, Li Si unexpectedly stood to raise a question.

• Li Si entered the Palace of Wisdom, and Aurelian introduced him to the Legendary Council and several councilors.
• Minos officially admitted Li Si Kane as a councilor, and the First Speaker's oath-like voice stirred a strange sensation within him.
• Li Si abstained from a vote on Councilor Lavich's Magic Workshop extension and listened as other applications were decided.
• The council began considering Li Si's application to establish the Source of All Laws, which many councilors expected to pass without opposition.
• As Minos began the vote, Li Si stood and announced that he wished to raise a question.

Li Si objected to his own motion and used the Legendary Council meeting to criticize the Pan-continental Mage Association for hoarding knowledge and serving factional interests. He called for the Source of All Laws to open extraordinary knowledge and reward new discoveries, then argued that the Association needed to change as the world faced upheaval.

• Li Si secretly asked Minos to provide councilor voting records and detailed information on the Association’s factions, and Minos agreed under Talindra’s orders.
• Li Si told the Legendary Council that the Association had become focused on resources, power, and factional rivalry instead of pursuing knowledge and wisdom.
• Li Si explained that the Source of All Laws would make extraordinary knowledge freely available and reward members who created Spell Models or mastered new knowledge.
• Maxim challenged Li Si’s criticism of the Association and its faction system, and Li Si replied that the system had once helped magic but now needed to change.
• Li Si cited the destruction of the Elf Court, the appearance of the Phillips Crystal, and conflict between the Church of the Gods and Heretic Believers as signs that the Association had to adapt.

After the Legendary Council approved Li Si's proposal, he prepared to establish the Source of All Laws and examined how the Three Top Schools maintained their influence. Minos then informed him that his applications to access and trade repeatable Legendary-level magical knowledge had been approved, but he had to visit Minos Floating City to view the information.

• The Legendary Council unanimously approved Li Si's proposal, while councilors wondered whether he would fulfill his promises to share magical knowledge and resources.
• Aurelian decided that the Star Ring would support Li Si's plans, and Li Si concluded that concealed councilors had often voted in line with the Three Top Schools.
• Li Si established a Spatial Teleportation Array between the Source of All Laws base and Kane Floating City, then arranged for supplies to pass through it.
• Li Si prepared to recruit mages and expand the Source of All Laws, aiming to strengthen the Pan-continental Mage Association against the Heretic Believers and Abyss Lords.
• Minos told Li Si that his applications to view Legendary-level magical knowledge and trade repeatable magical knowledge had been approved, but he had to travel to Minos Floating City to view the information.

Li Si arrived at Minos Floating City and accessed the Pan-continental Mage Association’s highest classified magical knowledge through Minos’s intelligence core. Elsewhere, a white-haired woman entered a blood pool as a robed figure completed a sinister ritual with a Legendary Red Dragon’s corpse and vowed revenge on Li Si.

• Li Si admired Minos Floating City and noticed its unusual silver ring, powerful magic towers, and the resonance he felt with the city.
• Li Si entered the Ring Tower, placed his hand on Minos’s intelligence core, and began receiving the association’s classified magic guides.
• A white-haired woman stepped into a blood pool, which enclosed her in a glowing Blood Cocoon as her body began to change.
• A black-robed figure prayed over a Legendary Red Dragon’s corpse on a dark altar, and the corpse withered into ashes as a terrifying power engulfed him.
• After recovering from the ritual’s agony, the black-robed figure looked into the distance and shouted Li Si’s name.

Li Si found no explanation for the strange feeling Minos Floating City gave him, despite searching its records with full authority, and suspected its secret might involve First Speaker Osiris. As he left the Ring Tower to explore, Flame Extinguisher Borcan approached him, bringing the prospect of an unusual alliance.

• Li Si learned that Minos Floating City was designed as a reserve magical-energy source and found no record of any other special feature.
• Minos confirmed that Li Si had authority equivalent to Speaker Talindra but found no hidden records matching his suspicions.
• Li Si concluded that any unrevealed secret might involve First Speaker Osiris, set the investigation aside, and left the Ring Tower to explore.
• Flame Extinguisher Borcan approached Li Si, and Li Si recognized the leader of the Tower of Scorched Embers as a devoted admirer of Second Speaker Stephens.

Borcan invited Li Si to the Tower of Scorched Embers to question his motives for establishing the Source of All Laws and whether Stephens had instructed him. After Li Si said the plan was his own, Borcan accepted his answer and gave him a black-and-red magic book.

• Borcan publicly invited Li Si to visit the Tower of Scorched Embers and led him to its fire-magic-focused tower in Minos Floating City.
• Over Fire Wine, Borcan asked whether Li Si had rejected Oliver’s invitation to join the Myriad Forms Secret Society and whether he wanted to join the Tower of Scorched Embers; Li Si declined that assumption.
• Borcan warned that the Source of All Laws would threaten the interests of every school and asked whether Stephens had ordered Li Si to establish it.
• Borcan offered the Tower of Scorched Embers’ secret inheritance and full support if Stephens had instructed Li Si, but Li Si said the idea was his own and that he wanted allies against Heretic Believers and Abyss Lords.
• Borcan put away the inheritance book and handed Li Si a different black-and-red magic book.