Chapter Summaries

Qi used the Eternal Supreme Balance to send Chauntea’s life aura through the Weave, revealing that she might still exist and drawing the Dark Goddess Shar toward them. The Goddess of the Weave realized Shar was pursuing the balance, and Shar’s aura appeared just as Qi escaped with the artifact.

• The Goddess of the Weave recognized the Eternal Supreme Balance and recalled how it had killed the Goddess of Life and Nature, Chauntea, during an ancient war against Qi’s civilization.
• She sensed Chauntea’s life aura flowing through the balance into the Weave and understood that it would reveal Chauntea’s presence across the Celestial Kingdom, potentially exposing Shar.
• Qi said he wanted to find Shar and avenge the devastation she had caused, while warning that her arrival could trigger war between the Wizard Civilization and the Civilization of Gods.
• Qi predicted that Shar would come because she wanted to complete the balance and gain power beyond that of a chief god.
• Shar’s aura surged through the Weave as the Goddess of the Weave began to break free of the Spirit of the Blue Sky’s restraints.
• Qi and the Golden Balance vanished amid swirling maple leaves before the Goddess of the Weave had fully regained control of her divinity.

Lynn received a badge from Qi that could take him back to the Wizard World, but chose to stay in the war zone unless a Radiant Moon-level threat appeared. Meanwhile, Puppet Wizard learned Spirit Eye Wizard had vanished and ordered Grand Wizard Yude to seize Lynn, as Shar set out to attack Plane No. 13 and the Wizard Council detected her movement.

• Qi gave Lynn a Balance of Exchange badge that could return him directly to the Wizard World and warned that a threat beyond Morning Star level was approaching.
• Lynn decided not to use the badge yet because leaving would make him a deserter, though he would flee if a Radiant Moon-level enemy appeared.
• Puppet Wizard learned from Grand Wizard Yude that Spirit Eye Wizard had disappeared and that Lynn was at War Fortress No. 13.
• Puppet Wizard ordered Grand Wizard Yude to seize Lynn, suspecting that Lynn was connected to Spirit Eye Wizard.
• Shar, the Dark Goddess, departed the Celestial Kingdom for Plane No. 13, and the Wizard Council received an alert that she might attack the expeditionary army.

Shar’s approach to Plane No. 13 pushed the Wizard World and the Civilization of Gods toward war, while the Goddess of the Weave tried to stop her and was intercepted by the City Lord of the City of Machinery. As the battlefield remained locked in combat, a hidden attacker empowered by the Golden Balance killed William, one of the Goddess of the Weave’s Seven Great Legends.

• The Goddess of the Weave prepared to stake everything on stopping Shar, but the City Lord of the City of Machinery arrived with a Floating Fortress and nine metal war puppets to block her.
• The Goddess of the Weave overwhelmed the puppets and suppressed the Floating Fortress with spells, while the City Lord waited for his ally to act.
• The six Legendary Mages fought the Morning Star Wizards as both armies suffered heavy losses, and Master Warhammer drove William onto the defensive.
• A hidden figure concealed in golden light targeted William after his stellar shield broke under Master Warhammer’s assault.
• The attacker’s golden maple leaf pierced William’s defenses and killed him, erasing his body and soul.

Qi’s attack killed William and Carson, while the City Lord of the City of Machinery transformed his nine metal figures into a Metal War God to fight the Goddess of the Weave. Facing mounting losses, the goddess detonated her Divine Kingdom to unleash a spacetime storm centered on the second battlefield, swallowing Lynn and Grand Wizard Yude as time became chaotic.

• Qi’s golden maple leaves killed William and Carson, turning the first battlefield against the goddess’s followers.
• The City Lord of the City of Machinery merged his nine metal figures into a Metal War God and attacked the Goddess of the Weave.
• The Goddess of the Weave recognized that Qi threatened her forces and began preparing to sacrifice her Divine Kingdom.
• Qi sensed the coming catastrophe, found that Lynn was still on the battlefield, and rushed toward him.
• Grand Wizard Yude pinned Lynn inside War Fortress No. 13 while Mage Bede and the Puppet Wizard fought outside.
• The Goddess of the Weave detonated her Divine Kingdom, and the resulting spacetime storm engulfed the second battlefield, including Lynn and Yude.

A spacetime storm engulfed the Second Battlefield, and Lynn survived its distortions after fusing with Ivgried and sheltering in Frozen Soil. He remained concealed as the storm subsided, continuing to cultivate and study the contract while the danger lingered.

• A spacetime storm swept across the Second Battlefield, rapidly aging wizards and Goddess's followers, and Grand Wizard Yude crumbled into ash before Lynn could strike him.
• Maple Tree briefly awakened to warn Lynn that the storm had fractured time, then fell unconscious again.
• Lynn realized he could use Live and Die Together, Ivgried, and Frozen Soil to protect himself from the distorted flow of time.
• As the storm mutated, Lynn fused with Ivgried and surrounded it with Frozen Soil, repeatedly replenishing the soil as it weakened.
• The storm gradually subsided, and Lynn stayed hidden within Ivgried, studying the contract and cultivating the Azure Sky Meditation Method.

The Goddess of the Weave’s spacetime storm left the City Lord of the City of Machinery gambling on capturing her avatar while Shar approached and Qi fled with the Golden Balance. Deep within the storm, Lynn had survived for 4,500 years with Ivgried’s protection, but the Frozen Soil was spent and he had fewer than fifty years left.

• Master Warhammer suspected the Goddess of the Weave had detonated her Divine Kingdom to search for something, while the City Lord secretly gambled on capturing her avatar for a chance to advance.
• Qi fled through the storm on the Golden Balance as the Goddess of the Weave pursued him, and he sensed that Lynn was still alive through their contract.
• The Goddess of the Weave hurried to seize the Golden Balance before Shar’s dark influence reached the Outer Plane.
• Lynn recalled how Ivgried had grown to the threshold between Level Three and Level Four over 4,500 years, while his own attempts to cultivate had failed.
• The Frozen Soil’s power ran out, leaving Lynn with fewer than fifty years to live as Ivgried remained unable to save him.

After deciphering Qi’s contract, Lynn claimed the Golden Balance and escaped the Outer Plane, with the Goddess of the Weave pursuing him through the gate. The plane was consumed by Shar, while Lynn’s allies returned to the Wizard World without knowing what had become of him.

• Lynn completed his understanding of Qi’s contract and used its control sequence to call upon the Golden Balance.
• Qi relinquished the Balance to Lynn and sacrificed himself to delay the Goddess of the Weave, while Shar’s darkness began spreading through the Outer Plane.
• Lynn received the Golden Balance, opened a passage out of the realm, and escaped the Goddess of the Weave’s attempt to stop him with help from Ivgried.
• The Goddess of the Weave pursued Lynn through the closing gate, while the City of Machinery’s forces evacuated and Martha worried that she had not contacted him.
• Shar devoured the Outer Plane and revealed that the Balance’s emergence could help her rewrite fate.

After returning to the Wizard World, Lynn planned to use the Treasury of Temptation to gain resources and advance to Level 3 before his remaining lifespan ran out. When Marco threatened Bevny in Daven’s home, Lynn intervened with overwhelming power and appeared behind Marco.

• Lynn realized he had less than thirty years to live and decided to seek resources in the Emerald Island Forest’s Treasury of Temptation.
• Lynn removed the Wizard Apprentice’s spirit from the Golden Balance to make room for Bevny.
• Marco arrived at Daven’s residence with apprentices and a burly wizard, accused Lynn of being a deserter, and ordered Bevny taken away.
• Daven tried to protect Bevny, but the burly wizard circled him and reached for her.
• Lynn’s forest magic shielded Bevny and killed the burly wizard with a spear-like root.
• Bevny recognized Lynn as he appeared behind Marco, who turned in alarm.

Lynn killed Marco in the City of Machinery and escaped with Bevny after Great Wizard Chris tried to stop them. As they flew toward the Emerald Island Forest, Lynn used the Golden Balance to strengthen Bevny, while returning forces from the planar expedition began arriving in the city.

• Lynn captured Marco with a tree root and crushed him to death despite Marco invoking Master Warhammer, then praised Daven for his actions.
• Lynn left the City of Machinery with Bevny as Chris arrived and attacked, but he escaped through her flames using the Golden Balance.
• Lynn reunited with the Spirit Eye Wizard and Black Dragon in the Nightmare Rift and ordered the dragon to carry him and Bevny toward the Emerald Island Forest.
• Lynn offered Bevny extraordinary longevity in exchange for becoming his true slave, and she accepted without hesitation.
• Lynn used the Golden Balance to raise Bevny from a Level 1 to a Level 3 Wizard Apprentice and reflected on the limits and cost of granting power.
• As Lynn and Bevny traveled toward Reed Swamp, war fortresses carrying returning planar expedition forces began arriving in the City of Machinery.

Lynn returned to the Southern Region and learned from Canis Minor that the Spirit Eye Furnace had collapsed, leaving the Kingdom of Aeluria divided among four powers. He headed toward Aeluria, intending to consolidate the kingdom before gradually extending his influence into the dangerous Emerald Island Forest.

• Lynn reached the Atlas Mountains and met Canis Minor, the pass's guardian, who invited him to the checkpoint tavern for information.
• Canis Minor told Lynn that Spirit Eye Wizard had disappeared and the Spirit Eye Furnace had been destroyed, and warned him that Aquila had visited the Emerald Island Forest.
• Lynn learned that Aeluria had fractured into Seaheart Hall, the Red Lotus Party, Silver Moon Castle, and the royal family after Spirit Eye Wizard vanished.
• Lynn flew toward the Kingdom of Aeluria and decided to unite it as a base for gradually infiltrating the Emerald Island Forest and preparing for his future rise to Morning Star.

As the three Level 3 Great Wizards confronted the Empress over the missing Spirit Eye Wizard, a Black Dragon arrived above the imperial capital carrying a mysterious wizard. The Empress’s hope returned as the visitors wondered whether Spirit Eye had come back.

• The Emperor feared the grand dukes’ growing challenge to the royal family, but the Empress assured him that his throne would remain secure while she stayed in power.
• After dismissing the Emperor and her attendants, the Empress summoned three Level 3 Great Wizards, who demanded to know where Spirit Eye Wizard was.
• Helen explained that the Spirit Eye Furnace was nearing collapse and pressed the Empress for an answer, while Bodo and Mona watched her closely.
• The Empress admitted to herself that she had also lost contact with Spirit Eye Wizard and feared losing the protection of her connection to him.
• A Black Dragon descended toward the imperial palace with a black-robed wizard on its back, and the Empress and the three Great Wizards wondered whether Spirit Eye had returned.

Lynn arrived at the imperial palace on the Black Dragon and was mistaken for an ally of the Spirit Eye Wizard by Great Wizard Helen and the other Great Wizards. After confirming their loyalty through the Spirit Eye Wizard’s memories, he took command of them, while the queen remained confused and afraid.

• The Black Dragon flew over the capital and landed above the council hall, where the queen and three Great Wizards faced its rider.
• Lynn revealed himself and questioned Great Wizard Helen about [Scenery], prompting her to recognize him as Lord Qing Lin.
• Lynn used Forest Dome Descent to bind Mona and Bodo when he sensed their suspicion, but Helen pleaded that they were trustworthy allies of the Spirit Eye Wizard.
• Lynn projected the Spirit Eye Wizard’s image while searching his memories and confirmed that Helen, Mona, and Bodo were loyal to him.
• Lynn released Mona and Bodo and ordered the three Great Wizards to act under his command, leaving the Glamorous Queen bewildered.

Lynn consolidated the kingdom’s supernatural forces into the Hall of Life and considered Astrid as both a future ruler of Aeluria and a vessel for his divine-path avatar. After restoring her memories, he suppressed her attempted attack and ordered Bevny to train her as a maid.

• Lynn appointed Helen, Mona, and Bodo to integrate the kingdom’s supernatural forces under the newly named Hall of Life.
• Lynn decided that Astrid could serve as a controllable proxy ruler and help prepare for his future divine-path avatar.
• Lynn released Astrid’s sealed memories, and she attacked him with her inherited eye technique.
• Lynn used the Balance of Exchange to stop Astrid, suppress her power to that of a Wizard Apprentice, and tell her she could neither live nor die without his permission.
• Lynn ordered Bevny to train Astrid as a maid before she became the next queen, then left to study the Furnace Stone’s forbidden art.

Lynn optimized a prototype soul-splitting technique while the Kingdom of Aeluria’s nobles prepared for Astrid to become empress. After months of Bevny’s training, Astrid agreed to marry Lynn, and he arrived at the Hall of Life’s newly built headquarters, which he now regarded as home.

• Lynn examined the Spirit Eye Wizard’s memories, derived a simplified soul-splitting technique, and continued optimizing it in the Balance of Exchange.
• Rumors spread that the kingdom’s wizards had chosen Astrid as the next ruler, while Bevny’s months of training left Astrid numb and obedient.
• Lynn brought Bevny and Astrid to inspect the Hall of Life’s headquarters and told Astrid she would become empress and marry him; she agreed, calling him Master.
• Lynn arrived at the headquarters, where Helen, Bogu, and Mona reported the faction’s forces and territory.
• Lynn felt a sense of belonging as he looked over the Hall of Life and considered it his home.

Lynn arrived at Princess Astrid’s wedding on the Black Dragon, and the ceremony made him a sensation across Aeluria. As he began building his influence in the mortal kingdom, outside Great Wizards intervened against the Hall of Life’s bid to unify the supernatural world, forcing Lynn to turn his attention back to the conflict.

• Lynn rode the Black Dragon through the capital to the palace, where the three grand dukes welcomed him and the royal wedding rites continued through the day.
• Lynn met Astrid that night, while news of the dragon-riding groom spread throughout the mortal kingdom.
• After the Spirit Eye Furnace fell, the Hall of Life expanded its influence as Helen, Bodo, and Mona led the kingdom’s remaining Great Wizards and factions.
• Lynn ordered the destruction of wizard factions that refused to submit to the Hall of Life.
• Several Great Wizards from outside Aeluria intervened to stop the Hall of Life from unifying the supernatural world.
• The three Great Wizards reported the intervention to Lynn, drawing him away from his royal duties and back to the supernatural conflict.

Lynn flew toward the western grasslands with the intent to kill those who obstructed the Hall of Life, as Taino and rebel forces prepared to face the Hall's army. A Morinian Great Wizard investigating the Hall's rise was caught in Lynn's domain and confronted about whether Taino had orchestrated the conflict.

• Lynn rode a Black Dragon toward the Duchy of Taino, deciding that only slaughter would make the Hall of Life's enemies back down.
• The Hall of Life and the rebel-Taino alliance gathered opposing armies in Aeluria's western grasslands, where six Level 3 Great Wizards faced off.
• Dusk Rain accused Helen and the Hall of Life of risking a return to the Spirit Eye Furnace's rule, rallying the rebel and Taino forces while Helen struggled to rebut him.
• A Level 3 Great Wizard from Morinia watched the standoff while investigating whether Spirit Eye Wizard was alive and assessing the Hall of Life's threat.
• Lynn silently caught the Morinian wizard in a witchcraft domain and demanded to know whether Taino had orchestrated the conflict.

Lynn interrogated Great Wizard Zal and learned that the Night Shadow Furnace had sent him to investigate the Spirit Eye Wizard’s disappearance and the Hall of Life’s advance. As the battle between the Hall of Life and the rebels began, a hidden rebel Great Wizard struck from within their ranks, revealing that the Hall of Life had walked into a trap.

• Lynn subdued Great Wizard Zal and forced him to reveal that he served the Night Shadow Furnace and was investigating the Spirit Eye Wizard’s fate.
• Lynn told Zal to wait while he went to deal with the Duchy of Taino factions, intending to kill those gathered for battle.
• The Hall of Life launched an assault, and Helen, Mona, and Bodo fought Dusk Rain, Fire Crow, and Blood Lion in the sky.
• The Hall of Life gained the advantage in both the wizard duels and the battle below, but Helen noticed the rebel Great Wizards remained calm.
• A concealed rebel Great Wizard unleashed a Level 3 spell that tore through the Hall of Life’s formation and killed many soldiers, prompting Helen to realize they had fallen into a trap.

Ting Ming’s surprise lightning strike devastated the Hall of Life’s wizard formation, but Lord Qing Lin arrived on a Black Dragon and used a demonic tree to kill Ting Ming and the three enemy Great Wizards. Helen, Bodo, and Mona then resumed the battle against the rebels under Qing Lin’s order to leave none alive.

• Ting Ming unleashed his Extreme Shadow Lightning Storm, killing many Hall of Life wizards and throwing their army into chaos.
• Helen, Bodo, and Mona were held in combat by Dusk Rain, Fire Crow, and Blood Lion as they considered retreating.
• A Black Dragon appeared over the battlefield, scattering the Magic Beasts and revealing that Lord Qing Lin had arrived.
• A life-filled domain and demonic tree ensnared Ting Ming, drained him to death, and then attacked Dusk Rain, Fire Crow, and Blood Lion.
• Lord Qing Lin’s roots killed all three enemy Great Wizards, and Helen, Bodo, and Mona obeyed his order to kill the remaining rebels.

Lynn ended the rebellion by killing four Level 3 Great Wizards, then questioned Zal about the Black Wizard Territory and its political order. Now at the late stage of Level 2, Lynn headed toward Emerald Island Forest to seek resources and a Level 3 spell template for his breakthrough.

• Lynn killed the rebels' four Level 3 Great Wizards, turning the battle in the Hall of Life's favor, then left the remaining fighting to Helen, Bodo, and Mona.
• Lynn questioned Great Wizard Zal about the Night Shadow Furnace and learned about the Four Great Furnaces, independent factions, and the Wizard Council's limits on warfare.
• After Zal departed, Lynn decided to expand beyond the Hall of Life's unified kingdom and approach Emerald Island Forest.
• Lynn assessed the three requirements for becoming a Level 3 Great Wizard and planned to seek spiritual-power resources in the Scenery Treasury of Temptation and a Level 3 spell template in the Spirit Eye Furnace.
• Lynn rode the Black Dragon toward Emerald Island Forest to scout the route and search for what he needed to break through.

Lynn infiltrated the Spirit Eye Furnace to recover the Spirit Eye Wizard’s hidden treasures while avoiding a confrontation with Aquila’s subordinates. He retrieved three undiscovered Treasuries of Temptation, but the chapter ended as he began inspecting the last ring.

• Lynn reached the Emerald Island Forest and secretly entered the Spirit Eye Furnace, where Aquila’s subordinates had taken up residence.
• Lynn summoned the Spirit Eye Wizard, who connected with the Spirit of the Furnace and showed him images of the intruders, including the third-level great wizard Silver Gray.
• The Spirit Eye Wizard explained that Aquila had breached some treasuries, but their contents had been teleported to a hidden plane that Lynn could access only after becoming a Morning Star Wizard.
• Lynn ordered the Spirit Eye Wizard to retrieve the three Treasuries of Temptation that Aquila had not discovered.
• Lynn found books but no spell templates in the first ring, and a vast store of Magic Stones in the second.
• Lynn began examining the third ring.