Chapter Summaries

Merlin returned from Zado the Legendary’s Law Space with Matrix enriched by stolen Laws, then used its energy to construct four Perfect-Level Sixth-Level Spells. He headed for the Mental Tower, hoping to strengthen his mental power before attempting all his Seventh-Level Spells and a rapid breakthrough.

• Zado the Legendary praised Merlin for surviving the Law Space, returned his spatial ring, and kept Black Cat Didimos to study.
• Zado the Legendary entered the Earth Space and replenished the Earth Law without realizing Merlin had absorbed some of it.
• Merlin returned to his residence and used Matrix to derive and simulate Dark Prison, Formless Wind, Weakening Circle, and Ice Solidification Technique.
• Merlin decided to visit the Mental Tower to increase his mental power before constructing his Seventh-Level Spells.

Merlin reached the tenth floor of the Mental Tower, where its white-robed guardian explained a possible path for Mental Power Users to turn formless mental power into reality. The guardian called Merlin his only disciple, told him the tower could no longer help him, and began changing the floor when Merlin insisted on exploring further.

• Merlin defeated neither the black-robed old man nor the old man him, and Old Man Hai recognized Merlin’s insight and sent him to the tenth floor with a recommendation.
• The white-robed old man welcomed Merlin with tea and said Old Man Hai had asked him to give Merlin extra benefits.
• The white-robed old man explained that mental power might grow from interfering with the Material Plane to becoming tangible and transforming into reality.
• Merlin recognized the idea as a possible path to power, bowed to the white-robed old man, and called him his mentor.
• The white-robed old man named Merlin his only disciple and told him to leave the Mental Tower, but Merlin asked to continue upward.
• The white-robed old man asked whether Merlin thought he was on the tenth floor and changed the surroundings around them.

Merlin discovered that the white-robed mentor who had brought him to the sixteenth level of the Mental Tower was the Blackfire Monarch, a legendary spellcaster devoted to mental power. The Blackfire Monarch exposed Ofras’s control over the Dark Eye, advanced it to its sixth form, and sent Merlin away with a rune for contacting him in the City of Arcane.

• The Blackfire Monarch revealed that Merlin had been taken directly from the ninth level to the sixteenth level through an illusion and introduced himself as Dis, also known as the Blackfire Monarch.
• The Blackfire Monarch explained that he studied mental power because he believed illusion could eventually be turned into reality, and Merlin promised to perfect the Mental Power User system.
• The Blackfire Monarch pulled the Dark Eye from Merlin’s palm and revealed that Ofras used it to turn spellcasters who reached its seventh form into puppets.
• Ofras appeared through the Dark Eye, but the Blackfire Monarch burned away his projection and took a strand of his Darkness Law as compensation for targeting Merlin.
• The Blackfire Monarch used Ofras’s Law to advance Merlin’s Dark Eye to its sixth form, advised Merlin to keep their mentorship secret, and gave him a rune before sending him out of the Mental Tower.

Merlin prepared to leave the City of Arcane to construct his Seventh-Level Spells and explore the Void Realm, carrying protection from his mentors. After recovering Black Cat Didimos and receiving their advice, Merlin set out on his adventures.

• Merlin confirmed that the Dark Eye's backlash had vanished and resolved to repay the Dark Legendary Ofras for putting him in danger.
• Merlin decided to leave the City of Arcane and investigate the Egudo Plane while attempting to construct his Seventh-Level Spells somewhere safe.
• Legendary Zado released Black Cat Didimos and gave Merlin a Five-Element Law imprint for protection, urging him not to provoke a Titled Legend.
• The Blackfire Monarch told Merlin to reveal their teacher-disciple relationship only if he faced danger that even Zado could not deter.
• Merlin left the Mental Tower and began his adventures through the Void Realm.

Merlin traveled toward the Central Plane to buy rare materials and strengthen his fused magic energy before journeying to Saitu's plane and the Egudo Plane. On the way, he encountered Mage Luse surrounded by the Devouring Insect Tribe and offered to help for a payment of 1.2 million elemental crystals.

• Merlin spent half a year traveling in the Aurora Boat and practicing the illusion aspect of his mental power.
• Merlin detected elemental fluctuations in the Void Realm and steered toward them.
• Mage Luse struggled to escape a swarm of the Devouring Insect Tribe led by a Ninth-Level queen.
• Mage Luse offered Merlin 1.2 million elemental crystals to fetch reinforcements from the Central Plane.
• Merlin approached the swarm and told Mage Luse to give him the crystals because they would not need to go to the Central Plane.

Merlin destroyed the juvenile Devouring Insect Tribe with a Fusion Spell, earned 1.2 million Elemental Crystals from Luse, and traveled with him to the Central Plane. At the Curio Pavilion, Merlin learned his chosen Fused Magic Energies might be weak and questioned whether he could cultivate different ones.

• Merlin killed the Devouring Insect Tribe with a fusion of Endless Fire and lightning, then collected 1.2 million Elemental Crystals from Luse.
• Luse guided Merlin to the Central Plane and explained its prosperity and rules against damaging buildings or fighting inside them.
• Merlin asked Luse where to buy curios for cultivating Fused Magic Energy, and Luse led him to the Curio Pavilion.
• A female Archmage at the Curio Pavilion confirmed the Pavilion had Merlin’s listed curios but warned that his Magic Energies were ordinary and could weaken him at the Seventh Level.
• Merlin asked the female Spellcaster whether he could cultivate different Magic Energy anew.

Merlin rejected the costly Dissolution Water and rented a secluded courtyard to construct Seventh-Level Spells. After Matrix derived the Spell Models, Merlin completed all six and became a Seventh-level Spellcaster.

• Merlin learned that Dissolution Water cost ten million Elemental Crystals per elemental type and decided not to buy it.
• Merlin purchased his curios for three hundred thousand Elemental Crystals and rented a secluded courtyard with Mage Luse's help.
• Merlin asked Matrix to derive a Seventh-Level dark-type Spell and successfully simulated its Spell Model after three days.
• Merlin realized that Spell Models helped Spellcasters gradually comprehend the essence of the elements.
• Merlin had Matrix derive the remaining five Seventh-Level Spell Models and became a Seventh-level Spellcaster after a little over twenty days.

Merlin completed his Seventh-Level Spells and cultivated his third form of Collapse Fire before agreeing to join Mage Luse on a Plane-conquest expedition led by Sith the Legendary. The spellcasters gathered in the Void Realm, where Sith arrived and prepared a contract for them to sign.

• Merlin completed his Seventh-Level Spell and cultivated Fused Magic Energy until he formed the third form of Collapse Fire.
• Mage Luse invited Merlin to help Sith the Legendary conquer a Plane in exchange for one hundred thousand Elemental Crystals, and Merlin agreed.
• Merlin and Mage Luse arrived at Sith's designated meeting place in the Void Realm and waited with the recruited spellcasters.
• Around fifty spellcasters, including fifteen Archmages, gathered to join the expedition.
• Sith the Legendary arrived aboard a castle-like casting tool and brought out a black Contract Paper for the spellcasters to sign.

Merlin joined Sith Legendary and fifty Spellcasters in invading a Plane ruled by the Samo God, where they destroyed the deity’s temple and overwhelmed his believers. After Sith Legendary gained the upper hand, he assigned Merlin and Archmage Luse to clear temples in a nearby region, leaving them to face the dangers of an unfamiliar Plane without the main force.

• Merlin signed Sith Legendary’s contract and received payment before joining the Spellcasters on their journey to the Plane.
• Sith Legendary explained that they would attack the Samo God and his powerful believers, then led the Spellcasters into the Plane.
• Sith Legendary fought the Samo God while the Spellcasters attacked the floating temple and killed its believers; Merlin reflected on how Spellcaster expansion assimilated weaker civilizations.
• Ten days later, Sith Legendary had suppressed the Samo God and ordered the Spellcasters to destroy remaining temples and believers across the Plane.
• Sith Legendary assigned Merlin and Archmage Luse to clear temples in a connected region, and Archmage Luse warned Merlin that their independent mission could be dangerous.

Merlin and Mage Luse discovered a vast Elemental Crystal Ore Vein beneath a temple in the Samo Plane, one large enough to make them targets for powerful Spellcasters. Though Sith the Legendary ordered everyone to leave, Merlin persuaded Luse to help him secretly mine the vein under cover of a Rune Formation.

• Merlin sensed the Elemental Origin gathering toward the floating continent, where Sith the Legendary had suppressed the Samo God.
• Mage Luse destroyed a temple, and Merlin noticed unusually dense elemental energy above its ruins.
• Merlin and Mage Luse uncovered an exceptionally rich Elemental Crystal Ore Vein that stretched hundreds of thousands of miles and held over a billion crystals.
• After Sith the Legendary ordered all Spellcasters to leave the Samo Plane, Luse urged Merlin to flee before the vein brought disaster.
• Merlin persuaded Luse to stay and secretly mine the Ore Vein, arguing that their contract would prevent Sith the Legendary from attacking them.

Merlin and Spellcaster Luse secretly mined a vast Elemental Crystal vein, but Legendary Sith discovered them and sent two Archmages to kill them. Merlin revealed the sixth form of the Dark Eye to defeat the Archmages, and Sith set out after him to prevent Ofras from learning about the vein.

• Merlin concealed the Elemental Crystal vein with the Rune Heart Seal, and he and Spellcaster Luse collected millions of crystals.
• Legendary Sith killed Samo God, took control of the Elemental Origin, and discovered the hidden mining operation.
• Legendary Sith sent Guard Slave and Sea Slave to attack Merlin and Spellcaster Luse.
• Merlin used the sixth form of the Dark Eye to summon a Dark Demon Spirit that swallowed Guard Slave and Sea Slave, then urged Spellcaster Luse to flee.
• Legendary Sith recognized Merlin's Dark Eye and flew into the Void Realm to pursue him before Ofras could learn of the Elemental Crystal vein.

Merlin and Mage Luse raced toward the Central Plane with Legendary Mage Sith pursuing them, and Didimos helped them reach safety in the Curio Pavilion. Sith then blocked the entrance, leaving Merlin and Luse trapped inside as the spellcasters there questioned how they had angered him.

• Merlin and Mage Luse hurried toward the Central Plane as Sith followed, waiting for their contract to expire.
• Merlin woke Didimos and asked the fat cat to hold Sith back long enough for them to reach safety.
• After the contract expired, Sith attacked their Aurora Boat with a hand formed from Wind Law, but Didimos swallowed it and retreated into the Curio Pavilion with Merlin and Luse.
• Sith refused to attack the Curio Pavilion and instead blocked its entrance, vowing to wait for Merlin and Luse to come out.
• An Archmage assured Merlin that the Curio Pavilion would protect him, while the spellcasters inside asked how he and Luse had provoked Sith.

Merlin asked the Curio Pavilion to send a message to his mentor, Legendary Zado, after Legendary Sith trapped him inside. Zado arrived and Merlin began explaining the dispute over the Samo Plane.

• Merlin asked Archmage Leto to deliver Zado's rune to Santo City of Arcane, offering the Curio Pavilion five hundred thousand Elemental Crystals.
• Legendary Sith sent a servant to summon his elder brother, Legendary Yani, to help force Merlin and Luse out of the Curio Pavilion.
• While waiting, Merlin struggled to fuse an ice Spell with his existing fire, lightning, and wind Spells.
• After two months, Legendary Zado appeared in Merlin's courtyard, and Merlin sent the Curio Pavilion staff away before explaining the Samo Plane conflict.

Merlin lured Sith out of the Curio Pavilion, where Zado revealed himself as Merlin’s master and attacked Sith over the secret of the Samo Plane. Just as Zado was about to defeat Sith, Sith’s brother Yani arrived, exposing their partnership and leaving Zado facing the powerful Titled Legend.

• Sith waited outside the Curio Pavilion, intending to kill Merlin and Luse to protect the secret of the Samo Plane.
• Merlin left the pavilion and Sith trapped him, but Zado intervened and freed Merlin, revealing that Merlin was his disciple.
• Zado sealed Sith in place and crushed his Wind and Fire Laws as Sith realized Zado had lured him out to attack him.
• Sith called for his brother Yani, and Yani appeared, disrupting Zado’s attack with his powerful Flame Law.
• The Spellcasters learned that Sith had secretly helped Yani find planes to plunder, and Yani warned Sith to be quiet before confronting Zado.

Yani demanded that Zado and Merlin sign a contract to keep the Samo Plane’s Elemental Crystal vein secret, but Zado refused to abandon his disciple. Yani attacked Zado with his Flame Law, leaving him unable to withstand its overwhelming power.

• Yani threatened Zado over the Elemental Crystal vein, but hesitated to kill him because he was a specially appointed mage of the City of Arcane.
• Yani offered Zado a contract barring him from revealing the vein, and Zado insisted that Merlin must sign too.
• Yani demanded that Zado and Merlin die, while Zado refused to leave Merlin behind and called for the Central Plane’s Titled Legends.
• Yani launched a sudden attack with his Flame Law, and Zado countered with his Five-Element Laws.
• Yani’s Flame Law shattered Zado’s five laws and surged toward him with killing intent.

Legendary Yani overwhelmed Legendary Zado while Central Plane’s Titled Legends chose not to intervene, and Merlin struggled to save his mentor. Just as Yani moved to kill Zado, a powerful figure descended to confront him.

• Four Titled Legends decided to wait rather than interfere in Yani and Zado’s battle, planning to notify the City of Arcane if Zado died.
• Yani offered Zado a contract, but Zado refused to sign and vowed to protect his disciple Merlin.
• Merlin threatened to expose what happened on Samo Plane, but Yani threatened to destroy the Curio Pavilion and attacked Zado with his Flame Law.
• Merlin prepared to reveal the secret despite the danger to himself, but a cold voice interrupted Yani.
• A powerful figure descended amid darkness and flames, condemning Yani’s arrogance.

The Blackfire Monarch arrived to save Merlin and Legendary Zado, revealing that Merlin was his disciple, then fought Legendary Yani and devastated much of the Central Plane. He defeated Yani and captured his Law, sparing him only to send him to the City of Arcane’s Evil Legion.

• The Blackfire Monarch used Darkness Law to rescue Legendary Zado from Legendary Yani and revealed that Merlin was his disciple.
• Legendary Yani tried to leave with Legendary Sith, but the Blackfire Monarch trapped them and fought Yani with Flame Law.
• The Blackfire Monarch’s battle with Yani devastated the Central Plane, while its four Titled Legends hesitated to intervene and then offered to help.
• The Blackfire Monarch crushed Legendary Yani’s body and caught his escaping Flame Law, defeating him.
• Legendary Yani begged for his life and offered to serve in the Evil Legion, so the Blackfire Monarch spared him and suppressed his Law for transport to the City of Arcane.

Merlin, Blackfire Monarch, and Legendary Zado returned to the Samo Plane to inspect its enormous Elemental Crystal vein after Blackfire Monarch took Merlin as his disciple. After seizing control of the Plane’s Elemental Origin, Blackfire Monarch sensed something wrong, leaving the group facing an unexplained discovery.

• Blackfire Monarch questioned Merlin about Legendary Yani’s attack, learned about the Samo Plane’s mineral vein, and agreed to go there with Merlin and Legendary Zado.
• Legendary Zado learned that Blackfire Monarch was also Merlin’s mentor and was reassured that Merlin would remain his disciple.
• On the way to the Samo Plane, Blackfire Monarch told Merlin that Didimos would recover after swallowing Legendary Sith’s Wind Law.
• Blackfire Monarch effortlessly removed Sith’s spiritual imprint from the Samo Plane’s Elemental Origin and took control of it.
• While using the Elemental Origin to inspect the Plane, Blackfire Monarch sensed something wrong and opened his eyes in shock.

Blackfire Monarch discovered that the Samo Plane was an immense Elemental Crystal vein and allowed Merlin, Luse, and Zado to mine a share. Their mining awakened a Sloth Beast beneath the plane, which destroyed it and swallowed Merlin and Luse; Blackfire Monarch and Zado followed the beast in hopes of rescuing them.

• Blackfire Monarch revealed that nearly the entire Samo Plane consisted of Elemental Crystals and claimed control of it.
• Blackfire Monarch allowed Merlin, Luse, and Zado to mine up to a hundred million Elemental Crystals each, and the three began collecting them.
• Zado's heavy mining triggered a rumbling heartbeat beneath the plane, so Blackfire Monarch ordered everyone to withdraw.
• The Samo Plane shattered and revealed a gigantic Sloth Beast carrying it on its back.
• The Sloth Beast inhaled and swallowed Merlin and Luse while Blackfire Monarch and Zado escaped its pull.
• Blackfire Monarch and Zado followed the Sloth Beast, hoping to find a chance to rescue Merlin.

Merlin and Mage Luse were trapped inside the Sloth Beast, where its unbreakably stable interior and lack of elemental energy made escape uncertain. After they spotted a distant light, the Blackfire Monarch left to seek Santo the Arcane Mage’s help while Legendary Zado continued following the beast.

• Merlin and Mage Luse tested the Sloth Beast’s interior with spells but found its space too stable to break open.
• Merlin and Luse flew through the darkness for months, relying on their Elemental Crystals to sustain them.
• Mage Luse spotted a distant light, and he and Merlin hurried toward it.
• Legendary Zado told the Blackfire Monarch that they had followed the Sloth Beast for nearly three years as it devoured more than ten Planes.
• The Blackfire Monarch decided to ask Santo the Arcane Mage to help rescue Merlin and had Zado create a Law Incarnation to maintain contact.
• The Blackfire Monarch left to find Santo while Legendary Zado continued following the Sloth Beast.