Chapter Summaries

Lynn met Wizard Ald and the Deep Sea Civilization’s Raging Tide Sea Emperor, then agreed to travel with them to the Dark Wizard exchange meeting. Their group departed through the City of Mountains’ teleportation network and arrived at the Shadow Furnace, where Lynn reflected on the difficulty of mastering spatial Rules.

• Lynn met Raging Tide Sea Emperor, whose bloodline came from the Deep Sea Civilization’s Radiant Moon Crown and whose fifth-level Morning Star strength was suppressed to mid-stage fourth level inside Wizard Civilization.
• Wizard Ald explained that he invited Lynn because many Enforcer Wizards were away and he believed Lynn’s true combat strength rivaled his own; Lynn agreed to travel with Ald and Raging Tide Sea Emperor.
• Lynn and his companions used the City of Mountains’ teleportation plaza to join an ultra-long-distance teleportation to the Shadow Furnace.
• During the journey, Lynn observed the distorted spatial passages and considered studying spatial Rules, but decided to focus on advancing his Rule of Creation first.
• The teleportation array delivered Lynn, Wizard Ald, and Raging Tide Sea Emperor to the Shadow Furnace.

Lynn arrived at Shadow Furnace with Ald and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor and learned how its Sea of Shadows, Shadow Bridges, and Umbral Library reflected the legacy of a Radiant Moon Crown. The group reached the Umbral Library, but Lynn could not enter at his current stage, so Ald and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor went inside without him.

• Lynn arrived at Shadow Furnace and saw its Sea of Shadows, Shadow-Casting Spire, and Observers' Corridor.
• Ald demonstrated how wizards traveled between towers by walking along intersecting shadows, and Lynn and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor followed him across a Shadow Bridge.
• Ald confirmed that Shadow Furnace's structures and shadow-based routes were legacies left by its Radiant Moon Crown, and he explained that such legacies gave later wizards paths of cultivation to follow.
• Lynn reflected that he had advanced by carving out his own path rather than following a Radiant Moon inheritance.
• Ald guided Lynn and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor around Shadow Furnace and brought them to the Umbral Library, another legacy of the Radiant Moon Crown.
• Ald explained that entry required shadow laws, the Resonance Anchor, or permission from Shadow Furnace, so Lynn let Ald and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor enter without him.

Lynn entered the Umbral Library after repeated attempts to maintain resonance with the rules, then searched its shadow cocoons for the promised opportunity. A dormant consciousness awakened upon sensing the Soul-Casting Tower’s aura and fixed its attention on Lynn.

• Lynn studied how Wizard Ald and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor entered the Umbral Library, then tried to imitate their Resonance Anchor.
• After repeated failures, Lynn sustained his resonance long enough to enter the library and learned that its shadow cocoons contained memories and rule insights.
• Lynn searched for the fortuitous opportunity while the Raging Tide Sea Emperor began touching the cocoons in his separate space.
• Wizard Ald realized the opportunity depended on whether a particular being’s trace was present, and found that it was absent from his space.
• A dormant consciousness deep within the library sensed the Soul-Casting Tower’s aura and awakened, stirring the rules and drawing the attention of ultimate-realm Morning Stars.
• A voice addressed Lynn, recognizing the aura of the Soul-Casting Tower.

Lynn met Shadow Weaver Soras in the Shadow Library and received forbidden knowledge explaining the Soul-Casting Tower’s nature and his lingering connection to it. He realized he could use that connection to accelerate his cultivation and left to find Ald and Raging Tide Sea Emperor.

• Shadow Weaver Soras appeared before Lynn, recognized the Soul-Casting Tower’s aura on him, and promised him an opportunity and guidance.
• Soras revealed forbidden knowledge to Lynn through a shadow cocoon, leaving him absorbed in contemplation for three days and three nights.
• Lynn learned that the Soul-Casting Tower existed within the deep planes, gathered soul particles through reincarnation, and had left a traceable mark on those who journeyed through it.
• Lynn concluded that revisiting the Soul-Casting Tower could supply spiritual power and let him focus more on mastering rules, potentially cutting his cultivation time substantially.
• Lynn resolved to attend the Dark Wizard exchange meeting and search for ways to improve his rule comprehension, then left to meet Ald and Raging Tide Sea Emperor.

Lynn, Wizard Ald, and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor left the Shadow Library and traveled toward the Black Wizard Exchange after the Raging Tide Sea Emperor’s power recovered to Level Four consummation. Along the way, Ald explained the Wandering Master’s history and the Void Wanderer that protected the exchange, and the trio reached the Skeletal Wasteland.

• Lynn emerged from the Shadow Library, and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor followed with enough newfound power to approach Level Four consummation.
• Wizard Ald led Lynn and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor through the Shadow Furnace, and they teleported to the Purple Sky Empire before continuing toward the exchange.
• As they traveled, Ald explained that the Wandering Master had used a Void Wanderer to keep the Wizard Council from abolishing the Black Wizard Exchange.
• Lynn considered the danger posed by the Nightmare Rift but focused on gaining strength and attending the exchange.
• Ald announced that the trio had reached the Skeletal Wasteland, their destination.

Lynn, Wizard Ald, and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor entered the Skeletal Wasteland, the exposed back of the Void Wanderer, and followed its guidance into the creature’s body. They arrived at the Black Wizard Exchange’s living chamber, where the gathering venue’s strange beauty left them astonished.

• Wizard Ald explained that the vast Skeletal Wasteland was part of the Void Wanderer’s back and that the creature could escape through the deeper rule planes.
• Wizard Ald said the Void Wanderer’s residual rules would disguise their auras, and the rules covered Lynn, Ald, and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor in fire, lightning, and ice powers respectively.
• Following the rules’ guidance, the three found an enormous pit and entered the Void Wanderer through it.
• The Void Wanderer’s will transported them from the deep passage into a vast chamber inside its body.
• Lynn, Wizard Ald, and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor surveyed the dark-purple venue, surrounded by living membranes, pulsing vessels, and floating pouches.

Lynn explored the Dark Wizard exchange inside the Void Wanderer, where forbidden goods and methods for comprehending rules were traded under the Wandering Master’s control. After buying Void Reflection Moss with most of his Magic Stones, he entered a suspicious listing offering a rule-sensing book in exchange for the world origin of a low-level civilization plane.

• Lynn, Ald, and the Raging Wave Sea Emperor entered the gathering and split up to search its trading zones.
• The Wandering Master detected the newcomers and monitored them through the Void Wanderer’s neural network.
• Lynn examined trades involving planes, human souls, bloodlines, and rule-related goods, then passed over a fallen wizard’s arm containing spatial-rule patterns.
• Lynn traded more than ninety percent of Spirit Eye Wizard’s Magic Stones for Void Reflection Moss.
• Lynn found a sparsely described rule-sensing book offered for the world origin of a low-level civilization plane and entered the sac to question its seller.

Hedrey and the injured Tina Rogers offered Lynn the Rogers Family’s inherited secret art, which could aid the comprehension of life-type rules but required spiritual origin. Lynn hesitated after learning the secret art’s origin, and Tina revealed that the family’s forces were occupied on an otherworldly battlefield for at least fifty years, leaving the decision with him.

• Tina told Hedrey that she had escaped the Abyss Furnace with him but needed to trade for something to survive her injuries.
• Lynn entered Hedrey’s pouch and asked to meet the Morning Star Wizard he believed was behind the trade.
• Hedrey explained that the secret art aided rule comprehension and required a specific spiritual origin, which they would provide.
• Hedrey revealed that the secret art belonged to the Rogers Family, and Tina introduced herself and explained her family’s lineage.
• Lynn considered leaving after learning the Rogers Family had a peak Morning Star ancestor.
• Tina told Lynn that most of the family’s forces were stranded on a planar expedition and would not return for at least fifty years.

Lynn negotiated for the Rogers Family’s inherited secret arts while insisting on a lower price because he could not verify the risks. Later, Wizard Ald revealed an opportunity to connect with the Void Wanderer and perceive the Energy Plane’s rules, and the three decided to wait for the cleansing operation to begin.

• Lynn weighed the Rogers Family’s offer against the danger of accepting their inherited secret arts and decided to bargain rather than leave.
• Tina Rogers vouched for the truth of her claims, and Lynn used the remaining uncertainty to negotiate a lower price.
• Lynn met the Raging Tide Sea Emperor and Wizard Ald in a bar inside the Void Wanderer, where they discussed their exchange-meeting purchases.
• Wizard Ald explained that helping remove rule fragments from the Void Wanderer would earn a brief spiritual link through which they could perceive the Energy Plane and its rules.
• Lynn, the Raging Tide Sea Emperor, and Wizard Ald agreed to wait for the Wandering Master to announce the cleansing operation.

Lynn joined the rule-fragment clearing and was sent to a Void Wanderer’s heart, where he used the Rogers Family’s inherited secret art to refine a Creation Rule fragment. The experience deepened his understanding of creation as encompassing both life and destruction.

• The Wandering Master announced that Morning Star Wizards who cleared enough rule fragments could connect mentally with the Void Wanderers and observe rules in energy planes.
• Lynn, Wizard Ald, and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor joined the crowd and released their powers of rules so the Wandering Master could send each to a suitable region.
• The Wandering Master sent Lynn to a region near the Void Wanderer’s heart, where fragments of life-related rules gathered around enormous blood vessels.
• Lynn chose a Creation Rule fragment and used soul essence from Tina Rogers to activate the Rogers Family’s inherited secret art for refining rules.
• Lynn’s spiritual galaxy broke through and absorbed the fragment, and he realized that the Creation Rule included destruction as well as life.

Lynn used Tina Rogers's soul essence to expand the Rogers Family secret technique, refining Creation Rule fragments and absorbing the Void Wanderer's bloodline essence. As his progress surged, a male wizard connected to the Rogers Family detected Tina's soul aura nearby.

• Lynn's panel showed that his Azure Sky Meditation Method Echo Anchor had reached 2111 points after he refined the Creation Rule fragments.
• Lynn flew deeper into the Void Wanderer's heart, targeting Creation Rule fragments and discovering that refining them also drew pure vital energy and blood into his body.
• Lynn used all of Tina Rogers's remaining soul origin to expand his star river to dozens of meters and rapidly devour a large Creation Rule fragment.
• A black-robed male Level Four Morning Star Wizard used the same Rogers Family secret technique while searching for Tina and feared the consequences if they failed to bring her back.
• The male wizard sensed Tina's soul aura and fixed his attention on its direction.

Lynn harvested Creation Rule fragments near the Void Wanderer’s sealed heart, greatly improving his cultivation, but a Rogers Family wizard named Rampant Thorns tracked him there. After Rampant Thorns arrogantly demanded to know Tina’s location, Lynn attacked him.

• Lynn sensed the barrier around the Void Wanderer’s heart and left the forbidden area without trying to cross it.
• Rampant Thorns searched the heart region, found Tina’s lingering aura, and followed it toward Lynn.
• The Wanderer Lord reconstructed the traces left by Lynn and Rampant Thorns and briefly turned his attention toward them.
• Lynn checked his panel and saw that refining the Creation Rule fragments had brought major progress in his rule comprehension.
• Rampant Thorns identified himself as a Rogers Family wizard and demanded that Lynn reveal where Tina was.
• Lynn confirmed Rampant Thorns belonged to the Rogers Family, then used A Span from Heaven to attack him at high speed.

Lynn ambushed Rampant Thorns inside the Void Wanderer’s heart region, but the Rogers Family wizard used his Reproduction Rule and the surrounding vital energy to recover. Their battle escalated into a clash of Creation and Reproduction, while the Wandering Master briefly observed them before withdrawing his attention.

• Lynn used A Span from Heaven to strike Rampant Thorns with a World Tree root spear, piercing his flesh shield and shattering half his shoulder.
• Rampant Thorns activated the Reproduction Rule and absorbed vital energy and pieces of his body to heal his injuries, though the recovery depleted his mental power.
• Rampant Thorns unleashed Thorn Prison, filling the area with flesh-thorns and sensory spores that attacked Lynn’s body.
• Lynn fused completely with the World Tree, used the Creation Rule to expel the spores, and challenged Rampant Thorns to continue fighting.
• The Wandering Master observed the two Morning Star Wizards, recognized them as enemies, and withdrew his attention as their rules continued to clash.

Lynn tested his strength against Rampant Thorns and, after holding his own in a fierce battle, used the Spirit of the Blue Sky to seal him away. Drained but victorious, Lynn left to recover and search for Creation Rule fragments before continuing his exploration of the world of rules.

• Lynn and Rampant Thorns clashed with their Creation and Reproduction Rules while trading Official Wizard spells, and Lynn gradually gained the upper hand.
• Lynn confirmed that his early-stage Morning Star strength could contend with a mid-stage opponent and decided to use the Spirit of the Blue Sky.
• Rampant Thorns saw the Spirit of the Blue Sky and coveted its life origin, but Lynn channeled his spiritual power into it and sealed Rampant Thorns in green radiance.
• The Spirit of the Blue Sky nearly exhausted Lynn and weakened the World Tree, but Lynn concluded that his trump cards could overwhelm even late-stage Level Four opponents.
• Lynn set out to recover, search for Creation Rule fragments, and later experience the world of rules through the Void Wanderer of the Wandering Lord.

Lynn resonated with the Void Wanderer and witnessed the Energy Plane and the rules underlying reality, deepening his understanding of the Rule of Creation. After reuniting with Wizard Ald and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor, he chose to leave the Black Wizard Exchange, while Hedrey and Tina stayed behind for free trade.

• Lynn connected his mind to the Void Wanderer’s orange radiance and experienced the Energy Plane through its perception.
• He saw how elemental particles and rules shaped the Material Plane, and learned that the Void Wanderer crossed vast distances by diving through the Energy Plane with Space Rules.
• The resonance strengthened Lynn’s understanding of the Rule of Creation and gave him a direction to consider for a future Level Five breakthrough.
• Lynn returned to the Black Wizard Exchange, where Wizard Ald and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor later joined him after their own resonances.
• Lynn noticed Hedrey and Tina heading to the dangerous free-trading stage and hoped they would survive to complete their transaction.
• Lynn, Wizard Ald, and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor told the Void Wanderer they wished to leave, and it teleported them outside.

Lynn reached the Kingdom of Aeluria to reclaim Jess Cole, the magically created offspring he had fashioned to serve as part of himself. As Lynn's power descended on the royal palace, Jess prepared to face the father he had never met.

• Lynn, Wizard Ald, and the Raging Tide Sea Emperor found themselves on the Atlas Mountains, where Wizard Ald warned that the Wizard Council was suppressing bandits near the Nightmare Rift.
• Lynn invited the others to visit his Hall of Life, but the Raging Tide Sea Emperor decided to continue toward the City of Mountains instead.
• Lynn traveled to the Kingdom of Aeluria to reclaim Jess Cole, the king he had created through forbidden witchcraft.
• Lynn sensed Jess in the royal palace with Astrid and the current queen, and learned that Astrid had told Jess about his origins and Lynn's intention to take everything from him.
• Jess resolved not to submit as Lynn's terrifying spiritual force descended upon the royal palace.

Lynn returned to the royal hall and took Jess away despite Astrid’s pleas, then brought Astrid back to the Hall of Life. Several days later, Bevny suggested Lynn comfort Astrid with a child, but Lynn told her to prepare the tower for an upcoming visitor.

• Lynn appeared in the great hall, where Astrid shielded Jess and begged him not to harm their son.
• Lynn explained that Jess was the fruit of his sorcery, and Jess drew the Sword of Royal Authority and attacked him.
• Lynn stopped Jess’s sword with one finger, then erased Jess and his existence as king from the hall.
• Lynn took the grieving Astrid back to the Hall of Life and said Helen would choose the next king.
• Several days later, Bevny told Lynn that Astrid was heartbroken and suggested he give her a true child.
• Lynn said someone would visit soon and ordered Bevny to clean the tower; she obeyed and left.

Lynn planned to charge the Spirit of the Blue Sky and prepare for a new plane expedition, while saving a risky moss crystal ball for later. He awakened his Wizard Tower, summoned Helen, Bodo, and Mona, and sent his will through the Gate of Stars to Plane World 001 as the Hall of Life prepared for action.

• Lynn considered how to help Maple Tree recover by charging the Spirit of the Blue Sky and planned to visit a plane with Tina, Hedrey, and Jess.
• Lynn decided not to consume the unpredictable moss before the expedition and used his Wizard Tower to amplify his spiritual power.
• Lynn announced the coming planar expedition to the Hall of Life's Great Wizards and sent his will through the Gate of Stars to Plane World 001.
• The Wizard Tower's radiance alerted the Hall of Life, and its wizards and apprentices looked toward the tower as they anticipated a major move.
• Helen, Bodo, and Mona flew to the Wizard Tower, bowed to Lynn, and were summoned inside.
• The Hall of Life's wizards hoped Lynn would launch another plane expedition as his spiritual power reached Plane World 001.

Decades after Lynn conquered Plane World 001, he contacted Evelyn and ordered the world’s alchemists to prepare for an expedition to conquer another plane. Evelyn summoned the Golden Alchemists and delivered his command, and they pledged to obey.

• Lynn merged Ivgried with Plane World 001’s Genesis Tree, reached an agreement with the world origin, and left Evelyn to govern the plane while its original Totem Alchemist system remained intact.
• Over the following decades, Evelyn and the Feathered Serpent Society led Plane World 001 through a peaceful recovery, while Sky Patrol Island became a revered holy land centered on Lynn’s World Tree.
• After receiving a message from the World Tree, Evelyn summoned every remaining Golden Alchemist to Sky Patrol Island.
• Evelyn confirmed that Lynn had contacted her and ordered the Golden and Silver Alchemists to prepare for a planar expedition, while lower-ranked alchemists could choose whether to join.
• The Golden Alchemists accepted Evelyn’s order and vowed to gather the alchemist army and conquer a plane world.

Lynn mobilized the Kingdom of Aeluria and Plane World 001 for a coming conflict, but his attention was diverted when Evelyn confronted Astrid over her place in his life. After learning Astrid’s painful history, Evelyn realized she had misunderstood their relationship, and Lynn drew her into his arms as Bevny closed the doors.

• Lynn ordered the Kingdom of Aeluria and Plane World 001 to prepare for war, prompting wizards and alchemists to mobilize.
• Evelyn and Astrid clashed in Lynn’s tower, and Astrid broke down and fled after Evelyn’s taunts touched on her grief over the child Lynn had taken.
• Bevny explained Astrid’s history to Evelyn, including her past with Lynn and the loss of the child she had regarded as her life.
• Evelyn understood that Astrid was not Lynn’s favored wife and blamed Lynn for causing the conflict by taking his former enemy as a lover.
• Lynn pulled Evelyn into his arms and carried her deeper into the Wizard Tower as Bevny left and shut the doors.