Recaps

Charles returned to the Wizard World after confirming the portal worked, leaving Bruce and his warriors under Loran’s command. He briefed Anderson and the other wizards on the secondary plane, whose human inhabitants and valuable resources excited the leaders of the coming conquest.

• Loran tested the portal by sending a Blood Ring Warrior through it, and he returned safely.
• Charles instructed Bruce and his men to follow Loran’s orders at the Outpost Base, then stepped through the portal to Isata.
• Charles returned to the Wizard World, where wizards and soldiers gathered to welcome him as the Shadow Spy Wizard who had established the beacon.
• Anderson praised Charles for activating the Teleportation Beacon in less than a year and introduced him to his Senior Brother, Aiden.
• Charles presented a nautical chart showing the plane’s lands, islands, humans, Mermen, and supernatural cultivation systems.
• Charles displayed water-element Magic Stones, pearls, and gemstones, while Anderson and Aiden reacted with excitement to the plane’s human population and resources.

Charles briefed Anderson, Aiden, and the officers on the ocean-dominated plane, and they weighed the costs and opportunities of developing it. Anderson approved Charles’s proposal to begin their expansion by taking Bloodsail Ship Island and using it to absorb other pirate crews.

• Charles finished presenting the intelligence he had gathered about the plane, and Anderson, Aiden, the officers, and the wizards discussed its prospects.
• Anderson explained that transporting people through the small cross-plane gate cost at least thirty thousand Magic Stones per person, and that the initial force had cost nearly 2.2 million Magic Stones.
• Anderson and Aiden agreed to limit additional troops from the Wizard World and develop local forces, including Tide Warriors and people trained in the Knight Breathing Technique.
• Anderson proposed using piracy as cover, and Charles recommended taking Bloodsail Ship Island to recruit its pirates and expand into other pirate crews.
• Anderson praised Charles’s strategy and approved his proposal.

Anderson brought a small wizard-led force through the Teleportation Beacon to Charles’s plane, inspected the Outpost Base, and judged the plane valuable but dangerous because it held fourth-rank existences. He began reinforcing the base and set out with Charles and Aiden to take Bloodsail Ship Island.

• Anderson transported fewer than a hundred people, including wizards and Blood Ring Knights, explaining that interplanar travel was too costly to bring a large army.
• Charles showed Anderson the Outpost Base, where workers burned the Merman corpses left after the Blood Ring Knights defeated the invasion.
• Anderson reviewed Charles’s information and concluded that the plane’s resources and powerful fourth-rank beings made it valuable, while also posing a serious threat.
• Anderson promised to fund Charles’s cultivation and to support Aiden’s advancement after he became a Sage.
• Anderson assigned wizards to strengthen the Outpost Base’s defenses and prepare equipment using Charles’s stored materials.
• Anderson inspected the Bone Anchor Pirate Crew’s Demonbone Ship and set off with Charles and Aiden to take Bloodsail Ship Island.

Anderson and Charles sailed the Black Pearl to Bloodsail Ship Island during Storm Month, intending to take control of its Tide Warriors and recruit them as Blood Ring Knights. Anderson bewitched a Bloodsail officer and confronted Keith, the island’s leader, as he cultivated.

• Anderson modified the Demonbone Ship into the Black Pearl III, and Charles joined him on the voyage to Bloodsail Ship Island.
• Keith detected the approaching ship and sent a second-tier Tide Warrior to find out why it had arrived during Storm Month.
• Charles told the Tide Warrior that the Bone Anchor Pirate Crew had become the Undertow Pirate Crew and claimed they had a major deal for Keith.
• Anderson bewitched the Tide Warrior, who led Anderson and Charles through Bloodsail Ship Island to where Keith was cultivating.
• Keith sensed the intruders behind him and reached for his weapon, while Anderson called himself Keith’s master.

Anderson subdued Keith and used a Slave Scroll to make the third-tier Tide Warrior his slave. Once Keith became obedient, he led Anderson and Charles to the Bloodsail Raiders’ treasure storehouse, where they found wealth worth several hundred thousand Magic Stones.

• Keith attacked Anderson, but Anderson froze him with spells and decided to enslave him instead of killing him.
• Anderson used a Slave Scroll to plant a slave mark in Keith’s soul, then tortured him when he tried to attack again.
• Anderson warned Charles to stay nearby while Keith adjusted to his new status, and Keith eventually became obedient after several days of punishment.
• Keith led Anderson and Charles to the Bloodsail Raiders’ storehouse aboard the third-tier Demonbone Ship.
• Anderson estimated the storehouse’s contents were worth several hundred thousand Magic Stones and suspected more supplies were kept at the Raiders’ island lair.

After the Bloodsail Raiders fell, Anderson led Charles to their hidden treasury and uncovered a vast hoard of valuable materials. Anderson explained that the haul was worth several million Magic Stones and could yield even greater profits through trade, leaving Charles excited about the invasion’s prospects.

• Anderson had Keith lead him to the Bloodsail Raiders’ hidden treasury on a trapped island, then broke through its concealments without needing directions.
• Charles entered the cavernous warehouse and found mountains of Golden Shells and Water Magic Stones, along with crates of valuable materials and magic-infused pearls.
• Charles spotted a giant elemental coral that produced water-element essences, and Anderson valued it at at least a million Magic Stones because of its beauty and magical properties.
• Anderson estimated that the treasury could repay the invasion’s teleportation costs and was worth several million Magic Stones.
• Anderson explained to Charles that trading the plane’s undervalued water-element goods for materials of other elements could at least double their gains.

Charles oversaw the creation of a new Blood Ring Knight at the Outpost Base as the invaders built up their forces for a planar conquest. By the end, nearly twenty modified knights served under Charles, while more than a hundred others had already undergone modification.

• Charles and the wizards modified a Great Knight, whose new runes drew in Magic Beast blood as he trained with the Knight Breathing Technique.
• Charles saw that the Outpost Base had become a center for modifying and training Blood Ring Knights, with ordinary pirates moved to Bloodsail Ship Island.
• Anderson had spread the Knight Breathing Technique among the Bloodsail Raiders, allowing Tide Warriors and qualified pirates to advance toward becoming Blood Ring Knights.
• Aiden commanded the force at the Outpost Base as dozens of modified knights trained there, and more than a hundred pirates had undergone modification.
• Charles watched his dismounted Blood Ring Knights finish training and learned that nearly twenty of them now served under his command.

Charles returned to Ship Island with newly trained Blood Ring Knights and learned that the Yaz Kingdom wanted to issue letters of marque to the Bloodsail Raiders. He and Anderson agreed to cooperate, leaving the Raiders as pirates under Yaz protection while they built their strength and prepared for future land operations.

• After Freezing Month ended, Charles returned to Ship Island with the first-rank Blood Ring Knights he had trained.
• Charles saw that wizards were upgrading the Bloodsail Raiders' ships with stronger hulls and Water Magic Stone propulsion.
• Anderson told Charles that the Yaz Kingdom had offered the Bloodsail Raiders letters of marque in exchange for their service.
• Charles supported accepting the offer, arguing that cooperation would help the Raiders profit and gather supplies while avoiding unnecessary enemies.
• Anderson accepted the Yaz Kingdom's offer and traded materials, Golden Shells, and Water Magic Stones for supplies and mounts.

Charles reorganized the Bloodsail Raiders and learned that Scorchflame was nearing its advancement to a first-rank soul companion. He returned to Isata through the teleportation gate, carrying a massive Demon-Sealing Box under a barrage of enhancement spells.

• Charles helped reorganize the Bloodsail Raiders, and Anderson selected two thousand elites to train as an army while the pirates raided ships using intelligence from the Yaz Kingdom.
• Charles felt agitation in his soul, and Anderson explained that Scorchflame was about to awaken as a first-rank soul companion.
• Anderson sent Charles back to Isata to make use of Scorchflame’s advancement and promised to assign him work after he returned.
• At the Outpost Base, Aiden ordered Charles to carry a Demon-Sealing Box to Isata because interplanar transportation was costly and supplies had to be moved by hand.
• Charles activated his Succubus Bloodline, received numerous enhancement spells from Aiden, and struggled into the teleportation gate carrying the box.

Charles returned to Anderson Tower with valuable supplies and recovered before watching Scorchflame complete his advancement to Tier One. Scorchflame grew larger and stronger, then woke and greeted Charles.

• Charles delivered a Demon-Sealing Box worth at least six to seven hundred thousand Magic Stones, helping Anderson Tower profit from its conquered plane.
• Charles handed over Aiden's requested supplies and went to check on Scorchflame at his residence.
• Charles replenished the fire-element Magic Stones and essence as Scorchflame gathered energy and began advancing.
• Scorchflame reached Tier One, shed his old scales, and grew to at least four meters long.
• Scorchflame opened his eyes, spotted Charles, and flew toward him, calling him Boss.

Charles strengthened his magic through Scorchflame’s advancement and his own training, while Delis evolved into an Intermediate Demon. After summoning Delis and buying her stronger bloodline, Charles completed his transformation into a male succubus.

• Scorchflame returned to Charles after advancing, and his growth enhanced Charles’s soul power during meditation.
• Charles trained in Isata with cultivation potions as he prepared to become a second-ring wizard.
• Delis advanced into an Intermediate Demon and contacted Charles to request a summoning.
• Charles summoned Delis and used their encounter to help his cultivation before purchasing her Intermediate Succubus Bloodline.
• The bloodline power transformed Charles, completing his Succubus Bloodline and making him a fully developed male succubus.

Charles completed his transformation into a male Succubus, gaining a powerful demonic body and inheriting several spell-like abilities. He reached the rank of Intermediate Demon and tried to send a Summon Demon contract into the void, but nothing happened.

• Charles's body transformed into a towering male Succubus with horns, scales, claws, a tail, and wings.
• Charles absorbed Abyssal bloodline knowledge and learned spell-like abilities, including Abyssal Fury, Fel Blast, Life Siphon, and Teleportation.
• Charles completed his Succubus Bloodline and reached the strength of an Intermediate Demon.
• Charles inscribed a Summon Demon contract on demon hide and tried to send it into the void, but sensed no result.

Charles tested his transformation magic by changing into several humanoid forms, then returned home and reunited with Erika. After seeing her successful rat experiments and spending time with her, he considered looking for Molly but left that plan for later.

• Charles used transformation magic to change from a Succubus into a human, then an Astral Elf and a Goblin, before returning to human form.
• Charles let Scorchflame out and returned to his residence, where Erika greeted him excitedly.
• Erika showed Charles the enhanced rats she had bred and explained that she was working to strengthen their skin.
• Charles praised Erika's research, then took her to the bedroom.
• Afterward, Charles thought about finding Molly, but he made an excuse when Erika asked what was on his mind.

Charles studied the knowledge in his Succubus bloodline and prepared for a wizard advancement. He successfully liquefied his mental power and became a second-ring wizard.

• Charles researched the Succubus bloodline's inherited spell-like arts and used local contacts in Isata's districts to search for Molly.
• Charles learned that his completed demon bloodline and status as an Intermediate Demon supported his advancement to a second-ring wizard.
• Charles gathered Magic Stones, elemental essences, and potions in his meditation chamber before beginning the breakthrough.
• Charles refined his mental power until it condensed into liquid droplets.
• Charles passed the knowledge assessment and absorbed surrounding elemental power as his mental and magic power transformed.
• Charles completed the breakthrough and became a second-ring wizard.

After becoming a Second-Ring Wizard, Charles stabilized his cultivation, registered his advancement, and learned that the person he had asked the associations to find was in District 3. He went to her residence and found Molly brewing a medicinal liquid.

• Charles placed the sleeping Scorchflame in his meditation chamber with Fire-element Magic Stones and essences to aid his growth.
• Charles registered as a Second-Ring Wizard and surprised Erika, who had watched him advance from a Third-Rank Wizard Apprentice.
• After spending time with Erika, Charles asked what she had wanted to tell him, and she said the person he had asked the associations to find had been located.
• Charles went to District 3 in Isata's lower level and entered the residence identified by the association.
• Charles found Molly stirring an unknown medicinal liquid, and she cursed him for picking her locked door.

Charles reunited with Molly in Isata, where his wizard robes and status left her disbelieving and terrified. After teasing her for insulting him, he revealed that his second-circle wizard robe was real, leaving Molly stunned.

• Molly mistook Charles for a second-circle wizard, panicked, and accidentally caused her potion to explode in her face.
• Charles cleared the smoke and revealed himself, but Molly thought she was hallucinating and drank an antidote potion.
• Molly realized Charles was truly there and begged him to forgive her for insulting him.
• Charles teased Molly about her dirty face and insincere pleading, then told her he forgave her.
• Molly tried to pull off Charles's robe, assuming it was fake, and Charles told her it was real.

Charles reunited with Molly, who had become a First-Class Wizard Apprentice by brewing potions, and teased her about her progress and his own rise to Second Ring Wizard. He offered her Magic Stones, and Molly eagerly accepted, packed her valuables, and left with him.

• Molly was shocked to learn Charles had become a Second Ring Wizard and asked whether he had suffered for his success.
• Molly showed Charles the apprentice-level potions she had brewed and explained that she had taken a course and borrowed Magic Stones to get started.
• Charles told Molly he had advanced to First Ring Wizard in the Trial Plane and later became a Second Ring Wizard with help from a Third Ring Grand Wizard.
• Charles offered to support Molly with Magic Stones, and Molly dropped to her knees and eagerly agreed to accept them.
• Charles told Molly to pack her valuables and leave with him, and she said goodbye to her neighbors while boasting about her new prospects.

Charles brought Molly to his residence, where she and Erika immediately competed for his attention. After Delis joined Charles and the women, Molly and Erika stopped fighting and formed a united front.

• Charles brought Molly home, and Erika and Molly exchanged jealous, pointed remarks before Charles declared they would be good sisters.
• Erika arranged a room for Molly beside hers and tried to impress Charles that night.
• Charles summoned Delis, whose presence and Succubus aura delighted her and surprised Erika.
• Molly listened outside Erika’s room, and Delis opened the door with her tail, causing Molly to fall inside.
• Delis drew Molly into the room, and Molly and Erika ended the night allied against her.

After more than a year of studying as a second-circle wizard, Charles prepared to return to the plane battlefield and help Anderson. He left Erika and Molly with equipment and instructions before carrying Demon-Sealing Boxes through the portal with Scorchflame.

• Charles returned to Anderson's tower, bought witchcraft study scrolls, and studied under Lady Boxi for more than a year.
• Lady Boxi told Charles that Anderson wanted him to return to the plane battlefield and help with the invasion.
• Charles packed his belongings and arranged Erika and Molly's studies and daily lives, giving them equipment for the Trial Plane.
• Charles returned to the tower with Scorchflame, accepted the Demon-Sealing Boxes Lady Boxi had prepared, and entered the portal.

Charles returned to Ship Island and met with Anderson, who welcomed his progress to second-ring wizard. A briefing revealed that Klenze Kingdom had nearly destroyed Sahoan Kingdom’s navy and would likely invade its coast, creating an opening for the wizards’ planar conquest.

• Charles traveled from the Outpost Base to Ship Island on a fast, rune-enhanced speedboat.
• Charles passed security and met Anderson, who praised his advancement to second-ring wizard and his study progress.
• A second-ring wizard reported that Klenze Kingdom had nearly wiped out Sahoan Kingdom’s naval forces.
• The wizard explained that famine would likely drive Klenze Kingdom to raid Sahoan Kingdom’s coastal cities, provoking fierce battles.
• Anderson said the conflict and resulting chaos offered an opportunity to conquer the plane.

Anderson planned to use the war between Klenze Kingdom and Sahoan Kingdom to conquer island earldoms and the remaining pirate Ship Islands, building a force strong enough to challenge the great kingdoms. Charles received a Ship Island to capture and a squad of Blood Ring Knights, then found that Bruce had kept the Undertow Pirate Crew in good shape.

• Anderson said the wizards would begin their conquest regardless of whether Yaz Kingdom joined the war, targeting at least five earldoms and the other three Ship Islands before Storm Month.
• Anderson assigned Aiden one Ship Island and gave each of the other wizards an earldom to conquer.
• Anderson told Charles he could distribute his conquests’ spoils after paying the Wizard Sages, and gave him a squad of second-rank Blood Ring Knights when Charles asked for support.
• Anderson instructed Charles to gather intelligence before taking action, and Charles agreed to spend several days learning about the situation on Ship Island.
• Charles found his Undertow Pirate Crew and praised Bruce for maintaining it and its ships.

Charles returned to Ship Island and learned how Bruce had built up the Undertow Pirate Crew during his absence. After reviewing Leland County’s defenses, Charles prepared to launch an invasion.

• Bruce welcomed Charles back aboard the Undertow Pirate Crew’s flagship, and Charles reunited with Bruce and Scorchflame.
• Bruce reported that the crew had grown to eight hundred core members, forty-three Blood Ring Knights, and eight ships, earning nearly one hundred thousand Magic Stones from raids.
• Ten second-rank Blood Ring Knights arrived under Anderson’s orders to serve Charles, who told Bruce to arrange their accommodations.
• Charles assessed Leland County’s population, troops, and navy, concluding that his elite forces could defeat its outdated defenses.
• Charles ordered his subordinates to prepare for battle, gather supplies, and leave Ship Island.

The Undertow Pirate Crew reached Leland County and launched a surprise assault on its naval harbor during the fog before dawn. They breached the water fort and seized ships, but the alarm was raised as Charles’s main force landed.

• Charles brought the Undertow Pirate Crew and Blood Ring Knights to Leland County and ordered them to rest while Quake scouted the harbor.
• Quake reported that most of Leland County’s warships were docked and lightly guarded, so Charles assigned teams to seize the ships and attack the defenses.
• Charles killed the guards on the water fort, and Quake’s men opened its gate for the fleet.
• Quake led pirates aboard the docked warships and quietly slaughtered the sailors left aboard.
• Charles’s main force landed at the harbor, where soldiers ashore spotted them and raised the alarm.

Charles and the Undertow Pirate Crew attacked Leland County's naval port, breaking through its wooden defenses and overwhelming the soldiers guarding the breach. The pirates poured into the port after the Blood Ring Knights crushed the elite force sent to stop them.

• Leland County's soldiers sounded the alarm and rushed to defend the shore and wooden wall.
• Charles blasted a wide breach through the wall with Abyssal Flame Burst, killing and injuring the soldiers nearby.
• A Tide Warrior officer and port elites rushed to hold the breach while soldiers fired arrows at the advancing pirates.
• Charles sent the Blood Ring Knights charging toward the breach.
• The Blood Ring Knights killed the Tide Warrior officer and swept through the elite soldiers, clearing the way for the infantry to rush into the port.

Charles and the Undertow Pirate Crew overwhelmed the Leland County navy’s harbor barracks with Blood Ring Knight charges and targeted spells. The naval soldiers surrendered in large numbers, and the navy was completely defeated.

• The Blood Ring Knights and the Undertow Pirate Crew stormed the barracks while Charles sent Dalle to clear the city wall.
• Charles wounded a second-rank Tide Warrior with Radiant Ray and Internal Combustion, allowing a Blood Ring Knight to kill him.
• Charles and the knights killed enemy Tide Warriors and shattered the soldiers’ command and morale.
• The naval soldiers fled through the rear gates, where the crowding and panic caused further disorder.
• Charles ordered Qiu Qi to urge surrender, and the pirates’ calls led the soldiers to throw down their weapons.
• The navy of Leland County surrendered and was completely taken down.