Chapter Summaries

Li Si met Lisa, the mansion library keeper, and discovered that she was a beautiful Silver-level mage with extraordinary talent who had hidden herself away for years. He took several advanced magic books to study and left for the underground laboratory, wondering why Joyce had arranged the meeting and what else the Kane family concealed.

• Li Si found Lisa in the library and learned that she had been taken in as an orphan by Brandon and had managed the library for fifteen years.
• Lisa told Li Si that she had studied magic largely on her own and had reached Silver-level six or seven years earlier.
• Li Si saw Lisa's white hair and red eyes, praised her beauty, and startled her into hiding behind a bookshelf.
• Li Si selected several books on magic runes and a book on necromancy, then told Lisa they could discuss spells another time.
• As Li Si headed to the underground laboratory, he wondered why Joyce had guided him to Lisa and reflected that the Kane family held more secrets than he had expected.

Li Si planned to make money through civilian enchanted goods while searching for a way to uncover Ya Tean’s assassination plan before the Sacred Festival. Meanwhile, Robert learned that Camus had disappeared and decided to target Li Si himself.

• Li Si chose to develop civilian enchanted goods, intending to use his connections with Mora, Arsen, Bernie, and Yousef Dahe Er to build the business.
• Li Si considered why Ya Tean had chosen him as an assassination target and concluded that the merchant guilds might offer a way to investigate the prince’s plans.
• Robert’s subordinate reported that Camus was missing from both his home and academy.
• Robert decided to carry out Ya Tean’s assignment himself and set his sights on Li Si Kane.

Li Si successfully inscribed a “Self-Charging” magic rune that let a depleted Elemental Crystal absorb elemental particles and restore its magic power, a breakthrough that could make civilian enchanted products affordable. He decided to protect the rune from being copied and planned to seek help from Magic Rune Master Yousef Daher, who knew “Secret” magic runes.

• Li Si spent several days in the laboratory reproducing the inscription process for civilian enchanted products while Angela slept on Rosie.
• Li Si completed a “Self-Charging” rune and confirmed that it restored a depleted Water Elemental Crystal by gathering azure elemental particles.
• Li Si recognized that self-charging crystals could lower the cost of enchanted products and make them practical for commoners.
• Li Si decided he needed to protect the rune from being cracked and spread by competitors.
• Li Si recalled that Magic Rune Master Yousef Daher had mastered “Secret” magic runes and could help him safeguard the rune.

Li Si received an invitation to a royal gathering from Duke Hardt and accepted a seemingly ordinary amulet from Joyce. After discovering it was a powerful Shadow Amulet made by a Legendary-level Shadow Dancer, he realized it could shield him from a deadly attack and teleport him far away.

• Li Si finished testing the Self-Charging magic rune and decided to make a physical product to demonstrate it to Mora and Bernie.
• Joyce gave Li Si an invitation from Duke Hardt to attend a private gathering with King Morton Fies at the royal palace the next day.
• Joyce gave Li Si a gray amulet for protection, and Li Si thanked him before going to his bedroom.
• Joyce resolved to prepare a life-saving safeguard for Li Si after learning he had faced a Gold-level lich.
• Li Si recognized that the amulet held Shadow Power and used his system panel to identify it as a Legendary-level Shadow Amulet with a Shadow Shield and a deep Shadow Leap.

Li Si met King Morton Fies at the royal palace, where Morton revealed that Ya Er was his daughter, Princess Tiya, and offered Li Si a reward for saving her. Li Si accepted the offer and was told to choose his own reward.

• Li Si prepared for his audience with the king and left Angela at home before traveling to the royal palace.
• Duke Hardt brought the elderly King Morton Fies into the reception room, where Morton greeted Li Si and spoke with him over desserts.
• Morton asked Li Si about his absence from court banquets, and Li Si said he had been focused on magical research.
• Morton thanked Li Si for saving his daughter, revealing that Ya Er was Princess Tiya.
• Li Si said he would gratefully accept any acknowledgment from the king, and Morton told him to choose a reward himself.

Morton allowed Li Si to choose one treasure from the royal treasury after discussing his potential with Fuchs and Luo Aier. While searching for something to strengthen his spells, Li Si found a Trial Card and recognized it as a major prize.

• Morton gave Li Si permission to take one treasure from the royal treasury and asked him to look after Tiya.
• Luo Aier said he could not see through Li Si's aura but judged him to be Silver Rank, and Morton decided to let Tiya choose her own affairs.
• An attendant led Li Si to the royal treasury and warned him that he could take only one treasure.
• Li Si searched the treasury for a magical item that could strengthen his spells and found a plain gray box with no Magic Aura.
• Li Si opened the box, discovered a black card, and recognized it as a Trial Card.

Li Si activated a Trial Card from the Royal Treasury and entered a Mirror Trial, where he faced a duplicate with the same attributes, equipment, and skills. The battle began with their spells colliding evenly, leaving Li Si to confront the challenge of defeating himself.

• Li Si chose the mysterious Trial Card from the Royal Treasury and learned that the removed longsword was the founding monarch’s Legendary weapon, Dictator's Fury.
• Li Si returned home, tore the card in half, and was transported into the Mirror Trial space.
• Joyce sensed Li Si vanish into another time and space but decided not to use Shadow Leap because the Shadow Amulet showed no sign of danger.
• The trial tasked Li Si with defeating Mirror-Li Si, who emerged from a transparent crystal and took on his appearance.
• Li Si and Mirror-Li Si cast matching Blue Ball Spells that collided without either gaining the upper hand.

Li Si fought his mirror image in the Mirror Trial and realized he needed to develop a fighting style suited to his All-Rounder abilities rather than rely on his past-life mage instincts. He adapted his combat approach, defeated the mirror image, and completed the trial.

• Li Si tested spells and combat techniques against the mirror image, discovering it copied his skills, attributes, and combat awareness.
• Li Si combined swordplay, spells, and hunter techniques, then noticed the mirror image chose protective spells instead of copying his hunter counterattack.
• Li Si recognized that he needed to change his combat habits and began smoothly integrating skills from different classes.
• Li Si's varied attacks overwhelmed the mirror image, which fell back on spells and could not match his improved coordination.
• Li Si's attack broke through the mirror image's defenses, shattering it and completing the trial mission.

Li Si returned from the Mirror Trial with a personal specialty and two powerful skills that strengthened his combat abilities. He went to study at home while Lisa wondered whether he would visit the library again.

• Li Si completed the Mirror Trial with a 120% completion rate and obtained Transcend Yourself, Mirror Image, and the personal exclusive specialty Omnipotent - Li Si.
• Li Si examined his rewards and learned that Omnipotent - Li Si increased his damage when he switched weapons and granted a passive damage bonus based on his mastered skills.
• Li Si considered ways to use Mirror Image, including scouting, ambushes, and household chores.
• Li Si decided it was too late to train, asked Rosie to prepare desserts, and studied a magic book in his bedroom.
• Angela slept on Lisa's head in the library while Lisa wondered whether Young Master Li Si would visit again.

Li Si visited Bernie at the Fifth Magic Workshop and showed him a magic rune he had developed. The chapter ended with Bernie examining the finished rune on an exhausted Elemental Crystal.

• Li Si carried Angela to the Fifth Magic Workshop and found Bernie working in the Magic Rune Laboratory.
• Bernie explained that he was modifying Flowing Magic Runes to reduce magic-power loss in arrays and hoped the research would inspire civilian enchanted products.
• Li Si borrowed Bernie's engraving device and engraved his "Self-Charging" magic rune onto an exhausted Elemental Crystal.
• Bernie praised Li Si's improved engraving skills, and Li Si asked him to identify the rune.

Li Si showed Bernie the Self-Charging magic rune, which made an Elemental Crystal absorb elemental particles and promised to transform civilian enchanting. He proposed protecting and commercializing the rune with Bernie and Mora, and Bernie agreed to ask Master Dahe Er about the Concealment magic rune.

• Bernie examined Li Si's engraved Elemental Crystal and discovered through Elemental Vision that it absorbed elemental particles.
• Li Si identified the rune as Self-Charging and said he had developed it, and Bernie recognized its potential to make enchanting products affordable for ordinary people.
• Bernie prepared to show the rune to Master Dahe Er, but Li Si stopped him to discuss keeping control of its profits.
• Li Si proposed forming a merchant guild with Bernie and Mora, using the Golden Vine Merchant Guild and Can Guang United Merchant Guild to produce and sell related goods.
• Li Si said the Concealment magic rune was vital to protecting Self-Charging, and Bernie offered to ask Master Dahe Er to teach it.

Li Si brought the Self-Charging magic rune to Yousef Daher, whose astonishment at its ability to restore magical power convinced him to welcome Li Si into his workshop. The chapter ended with Daher telling Li Si to call him Teacher Daher.

• Li Si gave Bernie an Elemental Crystal engraved with the Self-Charging magic rune and asked him to show it to Yousef Daher.
• Yousef recognized that the crystal was recovering magical power and learned that Li Si had created the rune.
• Yousef chose not to claim the discovery for himself and hurried downstairs with Bernie to meet Li Si.
• Li Si accidentally ruined a nearly finished engraving when Yousef burst into the laboratory.
• Yousef welcomed Li Si as his student and told him to call him Teacher Daher.

Li Si asked Yousef to help protect and develop the Self-Charging magic rune, and Yousef agreed to teach him Concealment and combine the runes. The chapter ended as Li Si learned more about magic rune categories, including Micro Magic Runes.

• Bernie recognized Yousef's intentions, and Li Si thanked him for the chance to study at the Fifth Magic Workshop.
• Li Si inscribed the Self-Charging magic rune for Yousef, who praised its quality and asked what Li Si wanted.
• Li Si asked Yousef to teach him Concealment and help keep the rune secret while he formed a merchant association with Bernie and another partner.
• Yousef agreed to teach Li Si Concealment and combine it with Self-Charging, while noting Li Si's strong comprehension.
• Yousef discussed how magic runes were divided into Giant, Medium, and Micro categories.

Li Si gained Yousef and Bernie’s support for his enchanted-product plans, but an apparent attempt to probe his strength at the academy sparring grounds revealed that his attacker’s wind blade could not reach him. Robert’s subordinate reported that Li Si himself was a Silver-level mage, leaving Robert stunned.

• Yousef advised Li Si on mass-producing enchanted products and offered him further support, while Li Si arranged to meet Bernie the next day.
• Li Si left the Fifth Magic Workshop with Angela asleep on his shoulder and considered seeking Mora, Baron Karl, and Duke Hardt’s backing for his plans.
• A defensive array at the academy sparring grounds shattered, and a wind blade flew toward Li Si, but Angela destroyed it with a speck of blood-red light.
• Li Si suspected that the apparent accident was a deliberate probe connected to the approaching Sacred Festival.
• Robert’s subordinate reported that he had probed Li Si and concluded that Li Si himself was a Silver-level mage, shocking Robert.

Robert learned that Li Si Kane was a Silver-level mage who had met the King, making him too dangerous to remain a target in the Second Prince Ya Tean's Sacred Festival assassination plan. Ya Tean ordered Robert to replace all four targets and gather intelligence on Li Si without confronting him.

• Robert learned that Li Si was a Silver-level mage and feared that Camus's failed probe might have exposed their plan.
• An agent reported that Li Si had met the King, prompting Robert to conclude that Li Si and the other assassination targets had to be replaced.
• Robert reported the developments to Ya Tean, who ordered him to abandon Camus and replace all four targets for the Sacred Festival.
• Ya Tean ordered Robert to continue investigating Li Si through intelligence brokers and other indirect methods.

Li Si told Bernie and Mora about using the Self-Charging rune in civilian enchanted products and invited Mora to manage their new merchant guild. The three planned to keep the rune and product costs secret, and agreed to meet Mora’s father, Baron Karl, before proceeding.

• Li Si and Bernie waited for Mora at the Kane Family Estate while discussing Runeology.
• Li Si explained the Self-Charging rune venture to Mora, and Bernie confirmed that he and Master Daher had verified the rune.
• Mora considered the risks and opportunities of building a merchant guild around the rune.
• Li Si proposed keeping the rune’s existence and product costs confidential, while presenting the project as a mana-saving rune developed by Daher.
• Li Si told Mora that their next step was to meet his father, Baron Karl, president of the Golden Vine Merchant Guild.

Li Si and Mora met with Baron Vim Karl to seek the Golden Vine Merchant Guild’s support for their new venture producing enchanted goods with a magic rune attributed to Master Dahe Er. Vim proposed that the guild handle production and sales instead, but Li Si insisted that the three of them would establish their own merchant guild.

• Li Si arrived at the Karl residence with Mora, who learned that Vim was meeting with Mora’s elder brother, John.
• Vim, Mora, and John joined Li Si in the reception room, where Vim asked about Mora and Li Si’s plans to establish a merchant guild.
• Li Si explained that their venture would produce enchanted goods using a new rune that reduced Elemental Crystal Magic Power Consumption.
• Li Si described their planned products, including an item that could adjust indoor temperatures, and Vim expressed interest in the opportunity.
• Vim suggested that the Golden Vine Merchant Guild produce and sell the goods, but Li Si refused and said the three partners wanted to build their own business.

Li Si secured the Golden Vine Merchant Guild’s investment and sales support for the new merchant guild, then prepared to arrange cooperation with the Can Guang United Merchant Guild. Baron Karl later challenged John’s narrow view of the deal.

• Li Si negotiated with Baron Karl, who agreed that the Golden Vine Merchant Guild would invest ten thousand gold coins for ten percent of the new guild and provide purchasing and sales channels.
• Li Si and Baron Karl signed simple cooperation agreements, and Li Si told Mora to begin handling recruitment, materials, and sales channels.
• Li Si said he and Mora would visit Arsen on Ge Duo Street to settle matters with the Can Guang United Merchant Guild.
• Mora proposed that he and Bernie each take five percent instead of fifteen, and Li Si accepted.
• John complained that Baron Karl had conceded too readily, but Baron Karl told him his vision was too narrow and that making money was not a merchant guild’s primary goal.

Yousef visited Fiss Royal Magic Academy to retrieve Li Si Kane’s student information card and formally register him as a disciple. Dalton revealed that Li Si’s card was with Odis, who had come to take on the same student.

• Yousef went to the academy’s administrative building, where he met Dalton and vice-dean Odis.
• Dalton asked whether Yousef was taking on a disciple, and Yousef said he wanted Li Si Kane’s information card.
• Dalton said Li Si Kane’s card was no longer with him and pointed out that Odis had it.
• Yousef realized Odis had also come to claim Li Si Kane as a disciple.

Odis and Yousef fought over Li Si’s information card as each tried to claim him as a disciple, then headed to the Fran Duel Arena to settle the dispute. The academy’s students gathered to watch as the duel arena’s defensive array activated.

• Odis revealed that he wanted to take Li Si as his disciple, while Yousef insisted Li Si’s talent in magic runes made him a suitable apprentice.
• Odis recognized Li Si’s hidden potential as a Bronze-level Arcanist but kept that secret from Yousef.
• Yousef armed himself with powerful magic equipment, and Odis took up his staff as the two prepared to fight.
• Dalton sent Odis and Yousef to the Fran Duel Arena to protect his office from their battle.
• Odis and Yousef argued over their existing disciples while the academy staff activated the arena’s defensive array.
• Students noticed the array and rushed to the Fran Duel Arena to watch the Gold-level mages spar.