Charles

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Charles Augustus 3
Alias(es)	Imril, a fabricated Sun Elf identity; later presents himself as Imril Starlight 325 436
Species/Race	Originally a human transmigrator inhabiting Charles Augustus's body; later possesses Succubus and Balor demonic bloodlines 3 237 405
Gender	Male 237
Affiliation	Anderson Tower and Isata; ruler of Greenshade City and the surrounding Land of Chaos territories; master of Millstone Fortress in the Abyss 125 383 537
Occupation/Role	Wizard, Shadow Spy Wizard, bloodline researcher, military commander, hereditary Silverleaf Lord, Abyssal Grand Lord 131 439 717
Status	Active 781
First Appearance	3

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice	14	Advances through rune meditation, gaining greater mental power and telekinetic manipulation of external objects. 14
Second-Rank Wizard Apprentice	43	Reaches the second apprentice rank after continued cultivation and spell acquisition. 43
Great Knight	106	Develops a body stronger than an ordinary Great Knight through breathing techniques and Succubus-bloodline enhancement. 106
First-Circle Wizard	119	Uses two Mind-Focusing Potions to transform his spiritual power and complete his breakthrough. 119
Pureblood Male Succubus	237	His Succubus bloodline evolves into a full male Succubus form with horns, wings, claws, scales, and a bladed tail. 237
Intermediate Demon	319	Operates in the Land of Chaos with the combat strength and physical ability of an Intermediate Demon. 319
Second-Circle Wizard	245	Returns to Ship Island as a solid second-ring wizard after more than a year of study. 245
Third-Circle Grand Wizard / Greater Balor	405–406	Completes his wizard breakthrough and Balor evolution, becoming a third-circle Grand Wizard and Greater Demon. 405 406
Fourth-Ring Wizard	546	Receives the Abyss's favor, masters rule power, and gains access to the Sea of Rules. 546
Fifth-Rank Demon Lord	602	Reveals himself in Isata as a nineteen-meter Balor Lord after constructing the Abyss Gate. 602
Five-Ring Wizard	626	Completes a month-long breakthrough after mastering more than two hundred rule powers. 626
Sixth-Rank Demon Lord	642	Uses expanded territorial Authority to cross the sixth-rank threshold. 642
Six-Ring Wizard / Abyssal Grand Lord	717	Gains authority over the Abyss World, reaches peak sixth-tier Demon Lord strength, and touches pseudo-seventh-tier power. 717
Seventh-Ring Wizard King	761	Ascends in the Shadow Nightmare Realm and survives the assault of numerous high-tier Shadow Nightmare creatures. 761

Background & History

Charles awakens after the original Charles Augustus's soul is devoured during a Succubus-summoning ritual. Soul fragments returned after Delis's projection shattered allow him to recover the body's memories and understand that he has transmigrated into the youngest son of a count. He begins with only seven Magic Stones and little security aboard a ship bound for the Wizard Continent. 3

The original Charles had been manipulated by Qiaosuo and obsessed with Doris. The new Charles quickly recognizes Qiaosuo as a possible murderer, uses Qiaosuo's jealousy of Doris to push him toward the same dangerous ritual, then destroys the evidence after Qiaosuo dies during the summoning. 4 6

He abandons his former fixation on Doris and commits himself to cultivation, meditation, combat training, and acquiring magical knowledge. His early survival is closely tied to Molly, who provides him with a Mental Power Potion and remains at his side through the voyage. 13 15

Augustus Family

Charles is the youngest son of a count and initially has no inheritance rights, making court service or knighthood his expected path before wizardry. 3

Much later, he learns that Dus Augustus is the grandson of his elder brother Redding. Charles orders Isata to support the Augustus family’s rise from a count’s house to an imperial dynasty and accepts Dus into his tower. 703

Appearance

In human form, Charles is a handsome young man with black hair, refined features, and a notably improved temperament after gaining demonic bloodline power. 3 6

• Human form — Black-haired, handsome, and physically enhanced beyond normal human limits. 3 106
• Sun Elf disguise — Long golden hair, golden eyes, pointed ears, and a tall, elegant build; this identity is used under the name Imril. 313 325
• Male Succubus form — Dark-red skin, goat-like horns, scales, bone spurs, claws, wings, crimson eyes, and a flexible spiked tail. 237
• Balor form — Roughly four meters tall after his initial Balor evolution, with a sixteen- to seventeen-meter wingspan, reinforced scales, large horns, and flame-rune markings. 405
• Balor Lord form — Reaches nineteen meters by the time he returns to Isata through the Abyss Gate. 602

Personality

Charles is pragmatic, ambitious, and intensely focused on accumulating power, knowledge, territory, and resources. He treats cultivation as the only dependable possession in a hostile world and consistently chooses long-term advantage over sentimentality. 15 268

He is manipulative when necessary, using Qiaosuo’s jealousy, pirate loyalty tests, debt arrangements, and political negotiations to place others in positions useful to him. He is also cautious about alliances, believing that friends, artifacts, and even trusted partners can become threats when power is at stake. 5 148 382 732

His ruthlessness is tempered by utilitarian restraint. Charles rewards soldiers, pays poor households for requisitioned livestock, protects useful subordinates, and invests heavily in those he considers loyal or talented. 341 353 442

Abilities & Skills

Wizardry and Spellcasting

Charles is a highly versatile wizard whose spell repertoire expands from zero-ring utility magic to high-ring rule-based sorcery.

• Uses battlefield control, defensive spells, illusions, curses, summoning, mobility magic, and direct destruction rather than relying on one specialization. 45 106 209
• Learns five Zero-Ring spells from Wu Duo Duo Mall: Greased Ground, Web Bomb, Foxfire Spell, Stunning Spell, and Leech Therapy. 34
• Gains access to the Book of Orenis’s reusable First-Ring Astral Elf spells: Dawnlight Arrow Rain, Lightpath Blink, and Star-Tear Divination. 104
• Uses third-circle spells including Gravity Well, Blazing Sun Focus, and Astral Spirit Guard. 423
• Acquires fourth-circle sorceries including Flame Armor, Demon’s Claw, and Abyssal Disintegration. 559
• Can manifest an elemental true body that incorporates complete rules and greatly augments his spellcasting. 589 603

Succubus and Balor Bloodlines

Charles’s demonic bloodlines grant physical durability, enhanced recovery, transformation, innate spell-like abilities, and high fire affinity.

• His Succubus bloodline improves his appearance, physical strength, spell resistance, magic recovery, and resistance to curses, fire, and acid. 80 106
• His polymorph ability allows him to assume human, Astral Elf, Goblin, and elf-like appearances, though outward transformation does not grant the target race’s inherent essence. 238
• Balor Bloodline significantly improves his strength and fire affinity, allowing him to create flames directly with his hands. 304
• As a Balor, he manifests Fear Aura, Flame Radiance, Blasphemous Words, Firestorm, and Teleportation. 405
• His Balor form naturally resists lower-level sorcery and substantially weakens second- and third-circle magical attacks. 405
• He possesses Body-Burning Explosion, a Balor ability that causes a devastating explosion upon his death. 406

Bloodline Modification

Charles is an accomplished bloodline researcher and modifier trained through Anderson Tower’s experimental group.

• Rose from a newcomer to a leader in a bloodline-research group within a year. 127
• Performs bloodline modification on wizard apprentices and records procedure data methodically. 127 129
• Modified Bruce with Bull Demon essence and supportive potions and witchcraft. 129
• Develops Blood Ring Knights and Armored Knights through runes, potions, breathing techniques, organ enhancement, and bone inscriptions. 232 385
• Oversees the creation of magical mounts from Gray-Scaled Horses, prioritizing defense and charge power at the expense of lifespan. 352

Rule Power and Authority

After reaching the fourth ring, Charles develops the ability to understand, purchase, analyze, and wield complete rules.

• Gains access to the Sea of Rules upon becoming a Fourth-Ring Wizard. 546
• Uses complete Abyss and fire rules to amplify sorcery such as Abyssal Disintegration. 574
• Acquires Authority through territorial expansion, defeated Demon Lords, and the will of the Abyss. 630 641
• At six rings, gains authority over the entire Abyss World and can wield sixth-tier demon power as a fifth-tier Demon Lord. 717
• Absorbs origin power prepared by Alasta, greatly strengthening his soul, magical power, body, and rule creation. 758
• Ascends to a Seventh-Ring Wizard King in the Shadow Nightmare Realm. 761

Military Command and Statecraft

Charles is an effective commander who combines intelligence gathering, magical support, disciplined cavalry, economic planning, and fear-based deterrence.

• Builds a pirate crew through selective recruitment, divided authority, and loyalty tests. 148 194
• Uses mental power to coordinate forces across the Outpost Base and create local numerical superiority. 214
• Organizes cavalry, mounted infantry, Armored Knights, Blood Ring Knights, wizard corps, and logistics units into a professional army. 351 416 488
• Uses rewards, military pay, land, and settlement incentives to recruit and retain soldiers. 341 342 378
• Governs conquered territory through controlled confiscation, security campaigns, workshops, census work, and administrative delegation. 383 384 422

Research, Intelligence, and Planar Studies

Charles learns quickly and applies acquired knowledge directly to warfare, crafting, bloodline science, and planar expansion.

• Masters an academic year of planar coursework in three months under Sage Webster’s testing. 273
• Studies Planar Mathematics, Planar Topology, Conquest Strategy and Tactics, and Shadow Espionage and Infiltration Techniques. 127
• Uses Wu Duo Duo Mall to purchase local intelligence, cultivation insights, spell knowledge, and specialized materials from individuals he encounters. 316
• Constructs teleportation beacons, interplanar portals, an Abyss Gate, and a wizard tower with an integrated Fire Elemental Plane core. 202 602 619

Equipment & Artifacts

• Book of Orenis — A reusable First-Ring spellbook containing Dawnlight Arrow Rain, Lightpath Blink, and Star-Tear Divination. 104
• Book of Causal Paths — A sentient artifact residing in Charles’s spiritual space; it can observe possible futures, identify individuals with major causal potential, and weave outcomes by expending pages. 282 385 401
• Greenvine Entwined Spellblade — Elven spellblade carrying Thorn Lash. 326
• Silver-Scaled Ironwood Cuirass — Elven cuirass with Barkskin and Life Spring Surge. 326
• Glimmering Concealment Cloak — Grants Shadow Armor and Silent Illusion while camouflaging a motionless wearer. 326
• Doomsday Wildfire — Executioner’s greatsword forged from Kolsama’s corpse. 679
• Immortal Calamity Ashes — Heavy armor forged with the Devil Marquis’s corpse and heart core as its power source. 679
• Wizard Tower — A five-story mobile fortress powered by an integrated Fire Elemental Plane, capable of sustained combat and rapid support. 619 624
• Sun Furnace — A massive forge drawing power from the Sea of Rules; later developed into an Abyssal smelting center. 677 679

Relationships

• Anderson — Charles’s teacher in Abyssal Grimoire Studies. Anderson accepts him as a student, trains him as a Shadow Spy Wizard, and later assists with the Abyss Gate. 125 131 602
• Loran — Early mentor who recognizes the stability of Charles’s demonic bloodline, teaches him Abyssal Grimoire Studies, and supports his Trial Plane preparations. 41 104
• Molly — Early companion and later close collaborator. She aids Charles with potions, follows him from the ship, and contributes to potion and magical-mount research. 13 14 352
• Erika — Charles’s apprentice, laboratory assistant, and lover; she manages equipment acquisition, bloodline work, and military-modification projects. 129 238 349
• Bruce — Charles’s modified rat familiar and most trusted lieutenant. Bruce becomes a powerful demon warrior, commands forces, and guards Millstone Fortress. 82 589 602
• Scorchflame — Charles’s soul companion, a draconic serpent whose repeated advancements strengthen both of them. 133 236 758
• Delis — Succubus connected to Charles’s initial ritual and bloodline development; later fights beside him during the Bone Anchor conflict. 3 208
• Elendil — Silverleaf Lord who invests Charles as a Green Court Lord, supports his elven identity, and later helps him obtain Silverleaf status. 325 326 432
• Selena — Elendil’s daughter; she develops affection for Charles and supports his acceptance of Elendil’s gifts. 326 327
• Ross — Leader of the Crimson Caravan Alliance and a major financial partner. Charles persuades him to support a future in which humans can govern alongside elves. 357 395
• Yvenjieling — Trusted deputy commander and military administrator who remains to govern conquered territory in Charles’s name. 359 422
• Elias — A causally significant recruit identified by the Book of Causal Paths; Charles intends to develop him into a general. 367 385
• Charlotte — Former town mayor recruited as quartermaster, then entrusted with municipal administration and territorial census work. 342 349 383
• Dorkas — Defeated fifth-rank Demon Lord forced to surrender his true name, Authority, territory, and much of his treasury to Charles. 640 641
• Pushton — Isata’s Tower Master and a source of guidance concerning Origin power and the path to the seventh ring. 713 732

Major Arcs

Ship Voyage and Entry into Isata

Charles awakens aboard a ship after transmigration, recognizes Qiaosuo’s betrayal, and begins building the foundations of his magical and physical strength. He leaves the middle deck for the safer upper cabins after reaching Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice. 3 6 14

Loran’s Apprenticeship and the Trial Plane

Under Loran’s supervision, Charles studies Abyssal Grimoire Studies, develops his demon bloodline, acquires spells and equipment, and enters the Trial Plane seeking Mind-Focusing Potions. He survives by using demons, scrolls, traps, deterrence, and calculated killings. 41 104 113 119

Anderson Tower and Shadow Spy Service

Anderson accepts Charles as a student and assigns him advanced planar, combat, and bloodline coursework. Charles becomes a Shadow Spy Wizard under a contract granting him instruction and a share of future planar-development profits. 125 127 132

Pirate Captain of the Ocean Plane

Charles establishes control over pirate crews, recruits specialists such as Quake and Dalle, develops the Undertow Pirate Crew, and constructs an outpost for Anderson’s planned invasion. He defeats rival crews, claims treasure, and uses the plane’s water-element resources to finance expansion. 148 159 190 202

Conquest of Leland County

With Blood Ring Knights, Scorchflame, and powerful spellcasting, Charles takes Leland County’s naval port, castles, and royal army. He defeats King Leilan personally through a combination of illusion, shields, Succubus abilities, swordsmanship, and Scorchflame’s support. 249 253 263 264

Imril and the Land of Chaos

Charles assumes the identity of the Sun Elf Imril to operate in the Land of Chaos. He gains noble legitimacy from Elendil, builds an army centered on humans and Armored Knights, defeats the Howling Children of the Wasteland, and turns Greenshade City into the core of a growing territory. 313 325 383 420

Silverleaf Lord and Elven Civil Conflict

The Moonshadow Queen legitimizes Charles’s identity and invests him as a hereditary Silverleaf Lord. He later expands through the instability following her death, takes Blackstone Bastion without battle, and defeats half-elf opposition while absorbing the resources of former creditors. 437 439 454 501

Rise in the Abyss

Charles returns to the Abyss as a Balor, founds Millstone Fortress, builds a demon army and trade network, becomes a Fourth-Ring Wizard, and wages war against devils. He expands through conquest, absorbs Authority, and forges powerful equipment from defeated Demon Lords and devils. 503 537 546 641 679

Wizard King Ascension

After becoming a Six-Ring Wizard and Abyssal Grand Lord, Charles pursues Origin power rather than immediately competing in the Wizard World. He ultimately absorbs Alasta’s prepared Origin power and ascends as a Seventh-Ring Wizard King in the Shadow Nightmare Realm. 717 758 761

Notable Quotes

“The old Charles is already dead; the current Charles is different from the past.” 15

“I don't like Doris anymore; what I like now is wizardry!” 15

“Compared to race and status, what I value more is ability and loyalty.” 395