Chapter Summaries

Bal fought and defeated the Atavistic Bird, which fled toward another mountain as Bal pursued it. Meanwhile, Dole spread Mystic Corpse Worms through the central area and gained a rough grasp of the powerful presences there.

• Bal challenged the Atavistic Bird, which attacked him for trespassing in its mountain range.
• Bal and the Atavistic Bird exchanged blows in the sky, and Bal gradually suppressed it despite its speed-based rules.
• Bal dodged the Atavistic Bird’s attacks, bit at its neck, and drove it into flight after defeating it.
• The Atavistic Bird fled toward a mountain with another powerful presence, and Bal pursued it.
• Dole continued deploying Mystic Corpse Worms around the central area and used them to survey the surrounding presences.

Dole used the Mystic Corpse Worms and Aixi’s report to scout Albis Mountain and learned that Sand Scorpion mercenaries were waiting for him. Bal fought the Ancestral Bird and a giant ape, then revealed his hellish power and drove the Ancestral Bird to flee.

• Dole mapped the magic beasts and forces across Albis Mountain with the Mystic Corpse Worms while Bal prepared to fight two opponents.
• Aixi sent Dole images of seven Sand Scorpion mercenaries discussing their wait for him in a cave.
• Dole concluded that Sand Scorpion was likely acting for a powerful faction searching for him.
• Bal’s sound wave collided with the Ancestral Bird’s gale and the giant ape’s earth attack, shaking the nearby mountains and sending Bal flying backward.
• Bal declared that he would eat the beasts to grow stronger, unleashed hellish power, and made the Ancestral Bird flee while the giant ape recognized the danger.

Dole returned to Wasen Fort after scouting Albis Mountain and gathered everyone to prepare a wizard tower cluster for an attack. He offered to build the first eight towers for free, but more people than expected volunteered.

• Bal chased the fleeing Atavistic Bird after defeating the two Level Sevens, while Dole recorded Albis Mountain's terrain and found a vast locust forest.
• Dole and Aixi surveyed the mountain and confirmed that three Level Sevens remained, along with an unknown yin ghost in the locust forest.
• Dole left Aixi behind and returned to Wasen Fort, planning to bring tower builders and materials to Albis Mountain while keeping their departure secret.
• Dole gathered everyone at Chris Wizard Tower and invited those who wanted wizard towers to step forward.
• Morris, Bernard, Sano, and many others volunteered, so Dole limited the first free batch to eight towers and explained that they would form a defensive cluster.

Dole organized thirteen potion makers to build a cluster of Wizard Towers in a hidden valley, where he began refining materials for the month-long project. Elsewhere, Bal killed and devoured the Ancestor Bird in the Northern Plains Mountain Range, gaining strength and insight into its sky-element laws.

• Dole agreed to help thirteen potion makers build Wizard Towers and told the others to cover for them while they kept their plans and whereabouts hidden.
• Dole's insect avatar and Aixi found a concealed valley and set up a shielding magic array around it.
• Dole disguised himself, traveled to the valley, and began refining Wizard Tower materials as the potion makers watched and helped arrange them.
• Bal killed the Ancestor Bird in the Northern Plains Mountain Range and fled before other high-level demons could target him.
• Bal devoured the Ancestor Bird and reflected that its sky-element laws could add to his knowledge and help him grow stronger.

Bal returned to Albis Mountain after killing Ancestor Bird, alarming the mountain’s powerful beasts, while the Nightmare Empire’s agents searched for Dole and ordered Dark to locate him. The chapter left Dark beginning the investigation under pressure from the mysterious organization.

• Bal returned to Albis Mountain and claimed Ancestor Bird’s former peak, prompting the giant ape to seek help from the other Level Seven beasts.
• The Nightmare Empire’s prince learned that his agents had failed to find Dole and gave them one month to locate and kill him.
• Wu Ninth Sister, Wu Ninth Brother, and Wu Eighth Brother suspected Dole had left to find a territory in Northwest Province and planned to search for him there.
• Dark returned from the Starry Sky School and met a man in black, who ordered him to discover where Dole had gone.
• Dark agreed to investigate, though he feared the organization that had funded him would kill him if he refused.

Dark agreed to help the hidden agents find Dole, while Dole continued building wizard towers in Albis Mountain and prepared for a possible fight with the Sand Scorpion Adventurer Group. After learning that many people were searching for him in Wasen Fort, Dole returned secretly to Chris Wizard Tower to collect supplies and meet with Libesha and the others.

• A middle-aged man persuaded Dark to give everything he had to help find Dole and kill him, appealing to Dark's family's grudge.
• Hidden agents across Wasen Fort and Waz City began searching for Dole, spreading news of his disappearance throughout the fort.
• Dole assessed Albis Mountain's level-seven beasts and planned to use Bal, Golden Corpse, and the wizard tower array to defeat them while keeping his true body safe from the Sand Scorpion Adventurer Group.
• Dole and his companions returned to Wasen Fort at night aboard an invisible Babel Tower, leaving his clone and Golden Corpse to continue building the wizard towers.
• Dole arrived at Chris Wizard Tower and told Rosa he would stay for a few days and wanted a meeting with Libesha and the others.

After Morris and the others returned to Chris Wizard Tower, Dole investigated the growing surveillance and learned that someone was searching for him. He suspected Dark and the Marcia Family, then disguised himself and left with Babel Tower while Rosa prepared to remain behind.

• Morris and the others returned to Chris Wizard Tower, and visitors began arriving after the tower’s potions appeared in stock again.
• Dark watched Chris Wizard Tower from the Stellar School Wizard Tower and discreetly arranged a banquet with several nobles and wizards.
• Dole told Allen that Bal had killed one of four Level Seven wizards, and Allen confirmed that an unknown party had posted a Black Market reward for information about Dole.
• Aixi told Dole that her family had executed several spies, prompting Dole to watch Dark and place a Heavenly Frost Worm on the Stellar School Wizard Tower.
• Rosa reported that the latest stock had been loaded, and Dole disguised his appearance and spiritual power before leaving with Babel Tower.

Aixi tracked adventurers in Du City and discovered that the Crimson Flame Adventurer Group was also searching for Dole under orders from a masked figure. Meanwhile, Dole continued building the Earth Fortress Wizard Tower Array, Bal plotted against the giant ape, and Aixi found that someone was spying on her at home in Wasen Fort.

• Aixi followed the adventurers from the mountains and overheard Crimson Flame members report to a black-masked figure that they had found no sign of Dole or his wizard tower near Albis Mountain.
• Aixi returned to the camp, told Dole what she had learned, and gave him the materials she had bought.
• Dole continued constructing the eight-tower Earth Fortress Wizard Tower Array, with the first three floors completed and work underway on the core structure.
• Bal watched the giant ape gather Magic Beasts and decided to find a pretext to kill it for its Titan bloodline.
• Aixi returned to her family home in Wasen Fort and used Heavenly Frost Worms to discover that people were secretly watching her and reporting to family members.

Dole and Aixi uncovered evidence that a powerful, secretive force planned to mark them for an attack, while Wasen Fort cracked down on religious groups. Dailulaide told them the Steel Pioneer Corps was marching toward Du City, and they warned him that the move was inappropriate.

• Dole and Aixi discussed the unknown forces targeting them, and Aixi resolved to cultivate quickly while Dole suspected the Sand Scorpion Adventurer Group had powerful backers.
• A middle-aged agent reported to a blue phantom that Dole and Aixi had returned in person, and the phantom ordered him to mark them while warning him not to expose their organization amid Wasen Fort’s crackdown.
• Aixi secretly watched the exchange and told Dole what she had heard; Dole connected the crackdown to Allen and Wasen Fort’s efforts against cult bases.
• A guard captain summoned Dole and Aixi to meet Dailulaide, who told them the Steel Pioneer Corps planned to send two legions toward Du City.
• Dole and Aixi objected to the march and explained what they knew about the hidden threat, leaving Dailulaide to consider their warning.

Dole learned that the City Lord's Manor was investigating a powerful faction tied to the Nightmare Empire, so he and Aixi delayed their plans to attack Albis Mountain and focused on building defenses. As Dole raised several wizard towers, the Nightmare Empire's Du City branch began searching the wilderness for him.

• Dailulaide refused to reveal the details of the faction but told Dole and Aixi that the City Lord's Manor had identified some of its agents and was preparing to strike.
• Aixi urged Dole to postpone attacking Albis Mountain and complete the wizard tower complex first, and Dole agreed to remain in the city while setting up Babel Tower as a decoy.
• Dole erected Babel Tower in the Glory Wizard Alliance, creating the impression that he had returned while Nightingale continued watching suspected agents in Wasen Fort.
• At the wilderness camp, Dole raised the Darkness, Light, and Spirit Wizard Towers to level six, and the Spirit Wizard Tower replenished his spiritual power.
• A man in black at the Nightmare Empire's Du City branch ordered a search of the wilderness, while a noble posted several missions at Du City's Adventurers' Guild.

Aixi diverted adventurers searching the wasteland while Dole forged the remaining Wizard Towers, but a powerful team uncovered the hidden site. Dole revealed his fire Wizard Tower and began forming the wind and lightning towers as the Sand Scorpion Adventurer Group confirmed his location.

• Adventurers hired to search the wasteland encountered a fast, tough snake, while white specks watched them and Aixi's mental interference led them away from the hidden region.
• Aixi continued guarding the wizard formation as Dole forged five Wizard Towers and worked on the fire tower.
• After several days of reports, the man in black pieced together clues in Du City and identified the area where Dole was hiding.
• Aixi detected a powerful team approaching with Wizards and reported that they had found the site; Dole completed the level-six fire Wizard Tower.
• Dole sent the fire tower beyond the magic array and began forming the wind and lightning towers, while the man in black recognized the altered ridge as evidence of a Wizard array.

Allen and the Glory Wizard Alliance prepared to protect Dole as the Nightmare Empire’s agents closed in. After discovering the enemy’s movements, Dole took Babel Tower with Aixi toward the threatened area, though his Wizard Tower array still needed several days to finish.

• A black-clad man spotted a level-six wizard tower attacking the adventure party, fled underground, and concluded that the Sand Scorpion branch was finished.
• Two level-six wizards in skull-patterned robes located Dole in Albis Mountain and planned to report the threat and alert the Dark Guild.
• Allen ordered Wasen Fort’s guards to prepare after learning that a trap in Du City had drawn the enemy out, while the City Lord’s Manor also mobilized.
• Dole and Aixi discussed the Glory Wizard Alliance’s investigation and the unfinished Wizard Tower array, which needed at least three more days.
• After receiving a message from Allen, Dole asked Aixi to come with him and flew Babel Tower southwest above Wasen Fort.

Dole confronted an invisible Wizard who demanded answers for the deaths of his subordinates. Dole revealed a Level Six Wizard Tower and pursued the Wizard through two teleportations, but the man escaped and planned to gather allies against him.

• An invisible Wizard reached the hidden magic array and argued with Dole about the mercenaries Dole had killed.
• Dole revealed a Level Six Wizard Tower, prompting the Wizard to send a message and flee with a teleportation scroll.
• The Wizard Tower tracked the fleeing man underground and struck where he had appeared, but he teleported away again.
• The black, fat Wizard reached a temporary house over fifty kilometers away and resolved to confront Dole with allies, while Dole sensed his escape.

Dole prepared his camp for an approaching attack, activating six level-six wizard towers while the Glory Wizard Alliance leaders secretly traveled to observe. As two level-six death-type mages neared, Dole and Aixi prepared to intercept them before they could reach the camp’s magic array.

• Dole activated six level-six wizard towers, spending nearly all his remaining wealth as they drew in vast quantities of elements.
• Allen, Akron, and Aoduolun secretly traveled to Dole’s location and saw the six towers absorbing elements from the surrounding area.
• Dole waited at the camp while the Babel Tower scouted the surroundings, worried that his depleted mental power left him vulnerable to a level-seven opponent.
• Aixi detected two approaching level-six death-type mages, and Dole decided to intercept them before they could damage the camp’s magic array.

Dole activated Babel Tower, exposing his location to two Necromancer Wizards who prepared to attack while seeking reinforcements. As danger gathered around Dole, Bal provoked the giant wolf into a fight and charged at it.

• Dole activated Babel Tower, whose vast magical ripple forced two concealed Necromancer Wizards out of the void and revealed the tower to them.
• The two Necromancer Wizards deployed their corpses, and one went to test Dole while the other contacted Water Shadow and the others.
• A Golden Corpse emerged from the camp and sped toward the northwest as powerful creatures across the region noticed Babel Tower's energy.
• Bal tried to lure the giant wolf into going with him to watch the disturbance, but the wolf insulted him and the giant ape further provoked him.
• Bal erupted with the power of hell and attacked the giant wolf, which used its speed to evade as Bal smashed its mountaintop.

Bal caught Sky Wolf with a powerful strike and pursued him as the giant lion and giant ape flew north to help. Elsewhere, an invisible figure reached a magic array on a barren slope.

• Bal adapted to Sky Wolf's speed, struck him out of hiding, and spread the power of hell across his body.
• Sky Wolf fled north, and Bal pursued him using the lingering power of hell to track his direction.
• The giant lion and giant ape decided to join forces with Sky Wolf against Bal and flew north.
• Sky Wolf spotted the two approaching beasts and curved northeast to meet them and confront Bal together.
• An invisible figure left a small town, traveled through the wilderness, and revealed himself beside a magic array on a barren slope.

Corpse Sixty-Four and Corpse Sixty-Five led an enormous undead army toward Dole’s newly built wizard towers, hoping to attack before the towers could form a powerful array. Aixi detected the approaching force while Dole remained occupied forging towers, leaving her to prepare to control the defenses.

• Water Shadow told Corpse Sixty-Four and Corpse Sixty-Five that Dole had raised six unfinished wizard towers and might be building a tower cluster.
• Corpse Sixty-Four and Corpse Sixty-Five decided to attack immediately and flew out with Water Shadow.
• The two wizards summoned eleven sixth-level silver corpses and a vast host of undead that spread death across the wasteland.
• Aixi, responsible for controlling the wizard towers while Dole forged them, resolved to study magic patterns so she could better support him.
• Aixi sensed the advancing undead army covering the wilderness and turned toward the threat.

Aixi and Dole prepared six Wizard Towers to defend their hidden ravine while Dole finished the last two towers and waited for their true bodies to return. The undead army reached the magic array and began probing its defenses, while three sixth-level Wizards watched from the air.

• Aixi steadied herself as she controlled six Wizard Towers, while Dole continued building the wind and lightning towers and explained that the enemy would likely test the concealed array with low-level undead.
• Dole summoned the six Wizard Towers back to assemble a simple formation, told Aixi to hold off the attack, and said their true bodies would return within fifteen minutes.
• The undead army reached the hillside, and two necromancers sent undead made from ordinary creatures to probe the hidden magic array.
• The array revealed the ravine and unleashed an energy wave that swept through the first undead vanguard, killing it in swathes.
• The two necromancers sent first- and second-tier undead forward, and a second energy wave formed as they reached the array.

Aixi used the magic array to stall the undead army while Dole and Aixi’s true bodies hurried to the valley with Babel Tower. The undead broke through the barrier just as Dole arrived, and the two undead Wizards realized they had been attacking only avatars.

• Aixi repeatedly used the magic array to destroy waves of low-level undead, while the undead Wizards resurrected many of them and waited for the array to weaken.
• The undead army advanced toward the valley, and Allen, Akron, and Aoduolun realized Dole’s true body had not yet arrived.
• Allen grabbed Akron and Aoduolun and burrowed underground as Dole and Aixi’s true bodies approached with Babel Tower.
• The undead broke through the magic array’s barrier and surged into the valley toward the Wizard Towers.
• Dole arrived in Babel Tower as the undead entered the valley, and the two undead Wizards saw the full force of the eight Wizard Towers and regretted not attacking sooner.

Dole confronted Corpse Sixty-Four and Corpse Sixty-Five with Babel Tower while Aixi was sent to control the other six Wizard Towers. He blocked their opening attacks, but the two necromancers continued pressing him as his newly built towers still needed time to finish.

• Corpse Sixty-Four ordered the undead army to launch a full assault, while Corpse Sixty-Five and Water Shadow discussed Babel Tower's unknown power.
• Dole sent Aixi to command the six Wizard Towers, then flew Babel Tower toward Corpse Sixty-Four and Corpse Sixty-Five as Water Shadow turned invisible and headed for the tower cluster.
• Dole taunted the two necromancers about their slim chances of surviving the seventh-level lightning tribulation, but Corpse Sixty-Four recognized that he was stalling and ordered an attack.
• Corpse Sixty-Four and Corpse Sixty-Five fired Death Strikes at Babel Tower, but Dole's Vermilion Bird Li Fire consumed the death rays before they could penetrate.
• Corpse Sixty-Four spread cursed spiritual power toward Babel Tower while Corpse Sixty-Five summoned bone spears and swords; Dole raised a white defensive halo that blocked the curse as the weapons struck it.