Chapter Summaries

Wayne returned home with the Miracle Array diagram and discovered he could not read its runes, though he could still copy and assemble them. He learned that a Golden Nurturing Array disk could raise a little fairy in a flowerpot, and planned to do so in his private courtyard.

• Wayne took control of the array disks, stored them in his spatial ring, and received the Miracle Array diagram from Linus.
• Wayne returned to Villa No. 66 and remembered the belongings and photographs left by his deceased parents.
• Wayne read the Miracle Array booklet but found that he could not recognize any of its 1,300 runes, which he suspected was because the Sanctuary Will had created it.
• Wayne activated a Golden Nurturing Array disk and learned that it could raise a little fairy in a flowerpot using 1,000 top-grade magic crystals.
• Wayne planned to obtain a magic plant guide and plants, then raise little fairies in his courtyard, protected from view by the villa's array.

Wayne organized his plans for studying the Hundred-Blade Formation and selected magical plants to cultivate for himself, future followers, trade, and his future territory. He finished planting ten types in the Miracle Array and looked ahead to the three years of growth before his minor examination.

• Wayne put away the Miracle Array diagram and began studying the Level One Hundred-Blade Formation.
• Wayne used the Encyclopedia of Magical Plants to choose ten types of plants based on his needs, those of future followers, their popularity, and his personal interest in tulips.
• Wayne decided to cultivate ten of each type, including plants for extraordinary followers, wheat for ordinary people, and tulips as a future symbol for his territory and family.
• Wayne spent three days planting the last tulip in the Miracle Array and moved it into a flowerpot.
• Wayne expected the one hundred little sprites to finish growing in three years, around the time he entered his free-study phase.

Wayne found Deli Aurora waiting for him at the academy after she spent three days searching for him with a missing-person sign. Over lunch, Aurora explained why she wanted to become his woman and described the Empire’s hierarchy of wizard nobles and knightly vassals.

• Wayne found Deli Aurora surrounded by students in the central plaza beside a notice naming him as her master, then revealed himself.
• Aurora told Wayne she had waited three days for him, and he flew with her to the dining hall district.
• Wayne asked why Aurora had staged the search, and she said she wanted to become his woman because of his talent and her own wishes.
• Aurora explained that her family lacked resources to support her cultivation because her parents already struggled to provide for her three older brothers.
• Aurora described the difference between lord wizards and titled knights, explaining that knightly families depended on resources distributed by those they served.

Wayne rejected Aurora’s offer because he would not let calculation or profit influence his feelings, then asked her about the cost of training knights. After learning the expenses and discussing the little fairy, he left with Aurora still pressing him for a reaction.

• Wayne told Aurora he would not accept her offer because he wanted his feelings to remain free of calculation and profit.
• Aurora explained that trainee knights needed resources costing about fifteen to twenty-five violet gold coins a day, while a level-one Black Iron Knight cost roughly five hundred to five hundred twenty-five.
• Wayne considered the high costs of knight training and reflected on the wealth behind Rose Marquis’s army of three thousand level-three Silver Knights.
• Wayne and Aurora ate together, and he asked whether General Deli could afford the initial resources and whether Aurora feared angering him by visiting.
• After leaving the restaurant, Aurora asked whether Wayne wanted to know about the little fairy, and Wayne asked when it would be born.

Wayne and Aurora agreed to meet again in three months, after he declined her offer because he would not let self-interest influence his feelings. Aurora returned home and told her family about Wayne, leaving them impressed by his sincerity and her belief that she still had a chance.

• Wayne thanked Aurora for explaining the little sprite’s value, then told her where he lived and agreed to meet her in three months.
• Aurora watched Wayne leave the teleportation plaza and carried away the sign he had returned.
• At home, Aurora’s mother worried about her, while her three brothers joked about their lack of brains and General Deli teased them.
• Aurora told her family that Wayne had rejected her because he would not allow calculation or self-interest into his feelings.
• Aurora said Wayne’s reason made her think she still had a chance, and her mother praised her good fortune.

General Deli and his wife discussed Wayne’s feelings for Aurora and considered whether their three sons should follow him. After a month of cultivation, Wayne attended a compulsory class and learned the names of the knight ranks.

• General Deli praised Wayne’s sincere feelings for Aurora and said he hoped Aurora’s three talented brothers would eventually follow Wayne.
• Wayne studied the Hundred-Blade Formation and, after a month, had imprinted its hundredth rune, reaching one-twelfth progress.
• Wayne restocked his food and went to Teaching Building No. 201 to attend the compulsory course on knight ranks.
• Wayne met the course’s instructor, who began explaining the knight ranks, from trainee through Holy Domain Knight.

An instructor explained knight ranks, cultivation, costs, and their combat strength compared with wizards to Wayne. Wayne’s questions led the instructor to describe how a knight’s resources and fundamentals could make them stronger than an ordinary Elemental Wizard.

• The instructor explained that apprentice knights built strength before condensing a Black Iron Seed of Life, while higher ranks absorbed materials matching their rank.
• The instructor described seventh-rank Holy Dragon Knights, the importance of contracted Devil Beasts for reaching the eighth rank, and the daily expenses of maintaining knights.
• Wayne asked five questions about knights and wizards, recruitment, regional differences, dragon contracts, and powerful non-dragon seventh-rank knights.
• The instructor said knights generally lagged behind Lord Wizards in combat before the seventh rank, when both systems underwent major transformations.
• Wayne asked what the instructor meant by a knight’s fundamentals, and the instructor compared ordinary cultivation materials with refined steel or affinity-matched elemental metal.

Wayne attended a lesson on wizard ranks after reviewing what he had learned about knights, and continued making steady progress in his rune cultivation. The instructor outlined the nine wizard levels and began explaining their qualitative transformations.

• Wayne recalled the lesson on knights, thanked the instructor, and planned to attend compulsory courses while considering how openly to train future followers.
• A month later, Wayne had imprinted two hundred heaven-and-earth runes, adding one hundred during the month through sustained cultivation.
• Wayne went to Teaching Building No. 702 and entered Classroom 401 to attend an introduction to wizard ranks.
• The instructor listed the nine wizard realms, from apprentice to Omniscient Wizard, and said qualitative transformations occurred at levels four, seven, and eight, with every advancement from level seven onward bringing one.

Wayne learned how wizard advancement, cultivation, and identifying marks worked, along with the transformations that came at higher levels. He clarified his goal of becoming a seventh-level True Spirit Wizard and attaining eternal life.

• The instructor explained that wizards needed three arrays of their realm to complete its cultivation, and that seventh-level True Spirit Wizards gained eternal life and mastery of elemental laws.
• Wayne asked whether wizard advancement had rune-count standards and how each level could be identified.
• The instructor said first-level formal wizards needed between one thousand and five thousand runes, and that academy emblems and wizard-array coverage could indicate a wizard’s realm.
• Wayne reviewed the lesson and concluded that he needed three arrays for each realm and that a seventh-level wizard could attain eternal life.
• Wayne reaffirmed his goal of becoming a seventh-level powerhouse and achieving eternal life.

Wayne met Aurora in the Imperial Capital and traveled to the Deli residence to contract a little sprite. In the manor’s northern garden, Aurora showed him a glowing Dragonblood Ginseng whose little sprite was due to be born that day.

• Wayne met Aurora at the teleportation plaza, and she explained why she had left the uncontracted little sprite at home.
• Aurora used a Bloodline Teleportation Badge to take Wayne to the Imperial Capital, where they rode a floating car to the Deli residence.
• Aurora led Wayne into the northern garden and showed him a Level Six Dragonblood Ginseng that was glowing as it prepared to give birth to a little sprite.
• Wayne learned that magic plants glow only during the final hundred years before a little sprite is born, and worried that the plants in his villa might eventually draw attention.

Wayne learned about the Dragonblood Ginseng and the different types of contracts as the plant gave birth to a little sprite. He offered her a magic crystal, and she agreed to become his contracted servant.

• Aurora gave Wayne a master-servant contract array disc and explained how master-servant, companion, and symbiotic contracts differed.
• The Dragonblood Ginseng transformed into a red-haired little sprite as life energy poured into her.
• General Deli and his family watched the sprite's birth from the castle, and General Deli blew his three protesting sons away with battle aura.
• Aurora urged Wayne to contract the sprite, and he tempted her with a top-grade magic crystal, which she eagerly bit into.
• The sprite agreed to contract with Wayne in exchange for more tasty magic crystals, and their blood completed the master-servant contract array.

Wayne accepted Aurora as his maid and joined her family to draft a Sanctuary Contract governing her future. The chapter ended with Deli reading Wayne’s generous terms aloud, prompting his family to wonder whether Aurora had used dark witchcraft on him.

• Wayne agreed to let Aurora become his maid and asked her to call him Young Master.
• Aurora introduced Wayne to her parents, Deli and Mulora, and her brothers Andrew, Wiggins, and Naruto.
• Wayne proposed completing a Sanctuary Contract for Aurora, and Deli handed him a blank Sacred Domain Scroll to write.
• Wayne drafted terms promising to nurture Aurora, provide her the highest standard allocation of cultivation resources, and prevent her from harming him or those around him unless they were in conflict.
• Deli read the contract aloud, and Aurora’s family reacted with astonishment and joked that she might have used dark witchcraft on Wayne.

Wayne and Aurora completed their Sacred Domain contract after General Deli added protections for both Wayne’s privacy and the contract’s secrecy. As Wayne, Aurora, and the sprite Nia left the Deli residence, Wayne asked about their cultivation needs and learned that Aurora had a rare Light affinity.

• Aurora defended Wayne’s character, and Wayne explained that he was a descendant of Xun Lie.
• General Deli added a rule forbidding Aurora from revealing Wayne’s privacy, then had his family sign a separate secrecy contract before Wayne and Aurora completed their own contract.
• After Wayne and Aurora left, General Deli and Mulora decided to increase their investment in Wayne and send their three sons to follow him if he passed the minor assessment in three years.
• In the hovercar, Wayne learned that the sprite’s name was Nia, and Aurora introduced herself to her.
• Aurora told Wayne that little sprites lived in miniature alchemical houses, that her affinity was Light, and that the resources she and Nia needed were available at a commercial center in the southern district.

Wayne and Aurora visited the southern commercial district, where Wayne bought clothes for himself, Aurora, and Nia. He also had a shop use a Replica Witch Array to make custom short-sleeved shirts and shorts, then began choosing patterns.

• Wayne and Aurora took a hovercar to the bustling center of the southern commercial district because people were staring at Nia.
• Wayne ordered formal wear, everyday clothes, and sleepwear for himself and Aurora, and Nia chose outfits and shoes from the fairy section.
• Wayne asked the clothing shop to make breathable short-sleeved shirts and shorts with an elastic or drawstring waistband.
• Wayne selected cotton and cool fabrics, and the salesclerk used a Replica Witch Array to create the custom clothes.
• Wayne approved a dragon pattern and asked the salesclerk to add roses, tulips, tigers, and fine horses as other designs.

Wayne and his companions visited the transcendent trade district and learned about the three great guilds. At the Elf Trade Guild, Wayne examined premium homes for Nia and discovered that a single manor house could provide vast land and resources for many little elves.

• Wayne, Nia, and Aurora bought colorful short-sleeved clothes, and Aurora teased Wayne about his taste.
• Aurora showed Wayne the Elf, Dragon, and Alchemy Trade Guilds and explained what each specialized in.
• Wayne chose to visit the Elf Trade Guild first to find resources for knights and a home for Nia.
• An elf attendant presented three premium little-elf houses, and Wayne questioned whether they were truly the best options.
• The attendant explained that the manor house contained space for thirty separate little-elf homes, cultivation land, and useful arrays.
• Wayne asked about recharging the house, and the attendant explained that one high-grade magic crystal merely activated its arrays, which then gathered energy from the surroundings.

Wayne bought a customized castle Elf Hut for Nia and arranged for it to be delivered to his academy villa. At a tavern, he and Aurora met an elderly Diamond Knight who revealed his plan to travel to Dragon Continent and seek a partner.

• Wayne let Nia choose the Elf Hut’s design, paid one supreme-grade magic crystal, and gave the elf his address at Wizard Academy, District Seven, Villa No. 66.
• Wayne and Aurora ate and talked at a tavern, where Aurora praised Wayne for supporting her despite her intermediate talent.
• An enormous elderly man joined their table and introduced himself as a level-six Diamond Knight who was 645 years old.
• The old man told Wayne and Aurora that he had saved for six centuries to travel to Dragon Continent and pursue a partner.
• Wayne and Aurora toasted the old man’s dream, and he left the tavern grateful for their encouragement.

Wayne and Aurora registered Aurora as Wayne’s follower at Lord Wizard Academy and learned where to find a light-element breathing technique for her. Wayne planned to visit Linus the next day to trade for it.

• Aurora praised the old knight’s perseverance, and Wayne learned that a round-trip teleportation pass to Dragon Continent cost three thousand high-grade magic crystals.
• Wayne returned to Lord Wizard Academy with Aurora and Nia, deciding to stay inside the academy until he became a level-one official wizard.
• Wayne and Aurora passed the follower-contract inspection, and the middle-aged staff member registered Aurora under Wayne’s name and gave her a Follower Badge.
• The staff member told Wayne that Linus had a light-element breathing technique on the library’s ninth floor, and Wayne promised to take Aurora to trade for it the next day.

Wayne returned to Villa No. 66 with Aurora, refused to let his teacher inside to protect his secret, and revealed that his courtyard held one hundred magical plants nurturing little elves. After setting up the Elf Hut, he inspected its map and discovered it linked to one hundred castles across a vast area of land.

• Aurora celebrated becoming Wayne's maid and trusted him to honor his promise about the Breathing Technique.
• Wayne accepted the Elf Hut from his teacher outside Villa No. 66, then hurried inside without inviting her in.
• Wayne explained to Aurora that his courtyard's one hundred magical plants were nurturing little elves, and she realized how wealthy he was.
• Aurora prayed to the Sanctuary Will and felt glad she had chosen Wayne as her master.
• Wayne activated the Elf Hut's map projection and saw that its one hundred castles each had a teleportation array connected to a corresponding area.

Wayne watched Nia demonstrate her abilities in the Elf Hut and learned how her magic helped cultivate Dragonblood Ginseng and gather information for improving seeds. After discussing the value of little elves, Wayne ended the evening and sent everyone to rest before formal training the next day.

• Wayne explained that the Elf Hut contained one hundred castles, each linked by teleportation array to 1.5 million mu of land.
• Nia entered the Elf Hut and used her red glow to sow seeds and make Dragonblood Ginseng sprout across a ten-li area.
• Nia activated her Information Domain, gathered information from the seedlings, and absorbed it to support cultivation and improve future seeds.
• Nia explained her rapid-growth ability and Information Domain, while Aurora described how little elves overcame the difficulty of getting magical plants to sprout.
• Wayne praised Nia's role in breeding better seeds, then told Nia and Aurora to rest before training the next day.

Wayne attended a compulsory Sanctuary History lecture and learned how the Great Expansion Era transformed the Sacred Domain and gave rise to the Great Development Era. The lecture left him reflecting on the peaceful age and the origins of Lord Wizards.

• Wayne saw Aurora training with a huge greatsword and sent Nia a chunk of top-grade magic crystal.
• Wayne went to Classroom 203 for a Sanctuary History lecture taught by an old scholar.
• The teacher explained that the Sacred Domain grew through thirty thousand years of conquest, then absorbed subsidiary planes to stabilize its expanded origins.
• The teacher described how seven Rank Eight beings helped stabilize the Sacred Domain and how the Great Development Era began after the races needed to recover from war.
• The teacher listed the era’s three blessings: little elves born from elves and the Life Sacred Tree, resources accompanying the dragon race, and Lord Wizards born among humans.