Chapter Summaries

Merlin erased his old Fused Magic Energies, cultivated six stronger replacements, and demonstrated that his new Fusion Spell could reach Peak Archmage strength. After revealing the outside world to Ditas and promising to visit his homeland, Merlin left the Central Plane for the Saitu Plane.

• Merlin used Dissolution Water to erase his old Fused Magic Energies, while Dark Eye and Ice Dominion remained unaffected.
• Merlin spent more than half a year cultivating top-tier Fused Magic Energies for all six elements.
• Merlin tested a Fusion Spell, destroyed the Rune Formation around the courtyard, and told Archmage Leto he would pay for the damage.
• Merlin released the Illusion Pearl's restrictions, allowing Ditas to sense that they had escaped the Sloth Beast World.
• Merlin promised to visit Ditas's homeland after traveling to the Saitu Plane, then bid Archmage Leto farewell and flew into the Void Realm.

Merlin reached the Rainbow Plane, a spellcaster-controlled refuge on the edge of the dangerous Open Region, while searching for the Saitu Plane. He bought the newest map of the region to prepare for his journey, leaving with warnings that the unsettled area could be deadly.

• Merlin entered the Rainbow Plane and learned that it lay near the edge of the Spellcaster Civilization's reach and the hazardous Open Region.
• Three Archmages invited Merlin to join their expedition, but they abandoned the offer when he revealed he was only a Seventh-level Spellcaster.
• Merlin found lodging and saw spellcasters and friendly or neutral alien visitors moving openly through the Rainbow Plane.
• Merlin decided he needed a detailed map to find a safe route to the Saitu Plane and visited a shop selling maps of the Open Region.
• Merlin paid five hundred thousand Elemental Crystals for the newest map, and the Gray-Robed Mage warned that many spellcasters who entered the Open Region never returned.

Merlin prepared to cross the dangerous Open Region by arranging for Ditas to help him draw on the Illusory World, then set out in the Aurora Boat toward Saitu Plane. After more than three years without encountering another race, he spotted an uncharted Plane and wondered if it was a Barren Plane.

• Merlin studied his Plane map, judged the route to Saitu Plane dangerous, and decided to prepare before entering the Open Region.
• Merlin asked Ditas to help him use the Illusory World; Ditas agreed but warned that prolonged use would annihilate his remaining mental fragment.
• Merlin left Rainbow Plane in the Aurora Boat and traveled through the Open Region, avoiding conflict with spellcaster teams and concealing his aura with Rune Formations.
• After more than three years of travel, Merlin neared Saitu Plane's region and spotted an uncharted Plane surrounded by white light.
• Merlin cautiously guided the Aurora Boat toward the Plane, suspecting it might be a Barren Plane.

Merlin discovered an Initial Plane and tried to claim it, only to find it occupied by Arka, a powerful Second-generation Treant. Arka trapped Merlin in a vast cage of roots, leaving him unable to escape.

• Treant Arka sensed Merlin approaching and sent nine offspring to intercept him.
• Merlin entered the Initial Plane, found no deity, and recognized its abundant Elemental Origin.
• The nine Treants attacked Merlin with a root net, but his Fusion Spell broke their formation and drove them back.
• Arka revealed himself as a Second-generation Treant who had grown powerful by absorbing the Plane's Origin.
• Merlin fled aboard the Aurora Boat, but Arka sealed the surrounding void with roots and trapped him.

Merlin and Arka fought to a stalemate over control of the Initial Plane until they agreed to divide its Plane Core equally and swore oaths by the Supreme Rule. With their conflict settled, Arka began relinquishing half the Elemental Origin to Merlin, who reached out with his mental power to control it.

• Merlin used illusions to distract Arka and attacked with the Dark Demon Spirit and a Fusion Spell, but Arka's defenses kept him nearly unharmed.
• After half a month of fighting, Arka offered Merlin safe passage in exchange for an oath to keep the plane secret, but Merlin refused to leave.
• Arka proposed that they each control half of the Plane Core, and Merlin accepted the arrangement.
• Merlin and Arka swore by the Supreme Rule using an Oath Stone, then lowered their guard and introduced themselves.
• After talking for days, Arka began relinquishing half the Plane Core, and Merlin reached out with his mental power to control the Elemental Origin.

Merlin spent three years immersed in the Initial Plane’s Elemental Origin, experiencing the plane’s memories instead of studying the elements solely to prepare for condensing a Law. When he finally awoke, he realized his Mind Power had grown and that Arka had become stronger, but he froze as he tried to use his Mind Power again.

• Merlin and Arka agreed to use their control over half the Plane Core to pursue their own growth, and Arka began absorbing the Elemental Origin.
• Merlin explored the Flame Origin and sensed fire’s many forms, including its ties to lightning and the Fire of Civilization.
• Merlin immersed himself in the memories of fire, lightning, earth, wind, ice, darkness, water, and other elements for three years.
• Merlin awoke and saw that Arka had grown stronger and nurtured nine Treant offspring, which he could eventually merge into a High Treefolk.
• Merlin realized he had spent his time exploring the Plane’s memories rather than studying the Elemental Origin to condense a Law, and he froze when he tried to mobilize his Mind Power.

Merlin’s mental power surged to Peak Eighth Level after he experienced the Plane’s memories, and he returned to them hoping to advance further. Five Rock Clan members discovered the Initial Plane and invaded, while Merlin and Arka moved to stop them; Arka trapped the intruders, who began attacking his roots.

• Merlin’s mental power reached Peak Eighth Level, giving him confidence that he could construct Eighth Level Spells and pursue the Ninth Level.
• Merlin merged with the Elemental Origin again to experience more of the Plane’s memories.
• Five Rock Clan members searching the Open Region discovered the Initial Plane and cautiously entered it.
• Merlin and Arka sensed the intruders, agreed to confront them, and traveled toward their location.
• Arka revealed his true form and trapped the five Rock Clan members in a vast net of roots.
• The Rock Clan members transformed into enormous stone forms and attacked Arka’s root net.

Merlin and Arka fought five Rock Clan members who had come to claim the Initial Plane, killing four while their strongest escaped. Knowing the survivor could bring reinforcements, Merlin and Arka chose to keep absorbing the Plane’s power and grow stronger before anyone else arrived.

• The Rock Clan attacked Arka, who trapped them and called Merlin to help.
• Merlin used his Illusion to distract the Rock Clan members while Arka separated their strongest fighter from the other four.
• Merlin summoned the Dark Demon Spirit, which shattered the four isolated Rock Clan members one by one.
• The strongest Rock Clan member broke through Arka’s roots with a powerful force and escaped, vowing to return and claim the Plane.
• Merlin and Arka agreed to remain in the Initial Plane unless a Great Legendary arrived, and they resumed absorbing its Elemental Origin to strengthen themselves.

News of an Initial Plane occupied by one Treant and one Spellcaster drew powerful beings into the Open Region. Neisjia, Boldo, and Kubal arrived as others weighed the danger, while Luca was already inside and no Great Legendary had appeared.

• Groups from several civilizations entered the Open Region after the Rock Clan revealed the Initial Plane’s exact coordinate.
• Neisjia charged into the Open Region, and the groups moved aside to avoid the towering Giant.
• Boldo flew past Neisjia, using his speed to race toward the Initial Plane.
• Kubal sailed in aboard a rune-covered ship, prompting nearby groups to scatter.
• Some beings abandoned the journey after seeing the powerful arrivals, while others continued toward the Initial Plane; they heard Luca was already inside.

Arka and Merlin faced more than a hundred powerful fighters from ten groups seeking control of their Initial Plane. Arka trapped the invaders with the Plane’s power, and Merlin began unleashing his mental strength as Arka struggled to hold them.

• Arka and Merlin stopped cultivating after failing to make major advances and prepared to face the approaching groups.
• The rival groups entered the Initial Plane, confirmed it was an Initial Plane, and rushed to seize its Plane Core by killing Merlin and Arka.
• The groups mistook Merlin’s weak aura for weakness and gathered to attack him and Arka.
• Arka revealed his true form and used the Plane’s power to bind all ten groups in a vast net of roots.
• The attackers failed to break Arka’s restraints, but their combined assault pushed him close to his limit.
• Merlin sensed Arka’s urgency and poured his mental power over the trapped enemies.

Merlin and Arka slaughtered more than a hundred attackers, but Luca and Boldo entered the Plane after swearing to divide its Plane Core. Arka warned Merlin that the hardest battle was beginning as the two newcomers arrived.

• Merlin used Illusions, the Dark Demon Spirit, and Fusion Spells while Arka trapped the attackers, killing the first wave.
• Luca prepared to enter the Plane, but Boldo intercepted him and proposed they join forces against stronger rivals.
• Luca and Boldo swore by the Supreme Rule to split the Plane Core and entered the Plane together.
• Merlin and Arka killed the remaining attackers, including the last top Great Wizard of the Rock Clan.
• Arka sensed Luca and Boldo entering the Plane and warned Merlin to prepare for the hardest battle.

Merlin and Arka fought Boldo and Luca, two of the Open Region’s strongest beings below Legendary level, and Merlin’s Illusion briefly let Arka trap them. After Luca freed Boldo and damaged Merlin’s Dark Eye, Neisjia and Kubal arrived, leaving the Plane’s struggle divided among three powerful factions.

• Boldo and Luca arrived to challenge Arka, and Arka warned Merlin that their speed and strength made them formidable opponents.
• Merlin used an Illusion to slow Boldo and Luca, allowing Arka to trap them and attack Boldo with the Dark Demon Spirit.
• Luca broke through the root cage, shattered Merlin’s Dark Demon Spirit, and freed Boldo before Arka could kill him.
• Merlin and Arka planned to risk everything to trap Boldo again, but Neisjia and Kubal arrived at the Plane.
• Boldo, Luca, Neisjia, Kubal, Merlin, and Arka faced off in three factions as the balance of the battle shifted.

Merlin and Arka faced a coordinated attack from Luca, Boldo, Kubal, and Neisjia as they tried to seize the Plane. After three days of defending, Arka was near collapse when Merlin opened his eyes, leaving the attackers’ assault suspended.

• Luca persuaded Kubal and the others to kill Arka and Merlin before claiming the Plane Core, and the four surrounded them.
• Neisjia and Luca battered Arka while Kubal bound the area with a Spell, forcing Arka to shield Merlin as Boldo waited for an opening.
• Merlin asked Arka to hold out while he immersed himself in the Plane’s memories, hoping to reach the Ninth Level of Mental Power and draw on the Illusory World.
• After three days, Neisjia broke through Arka’s defenses and destroyed his nine Treant offshoots, driving Arka into a desperate frenzy.
• The four attackers agreed to strike together, but their attacks halted as Merlin slowly opened his eyes.

Merlin used Ditas’s Illusory World to kill Neisjia and badly injure Luca, Boldo, and Kubal, but Ditas’s presence vanished afterward. A Giant King attacked the Plane, and Merlin and Arka escaped into the Void Realm after Legendary Zado’s mark held back the giant’s palm.

• Merlin activated the Illusory World, trapping Luca, Boldo, Neisjia, and Kubal while his Fusion Spell killed Neisjia and gravely wounded the others.
• Ditas’s Illusory World withdrew, and Merlin could no longer sense Ditas within the Illusion Pearl.
• Merlin urged Arka to attack the wounded survivors, but a Giant King’s enormous palm descended over the Plane.
• Boldo escaped, while the Giant King’s palm crushed Kubal and Luca.
• Merlin summoned Legendary Zado’s phantom through his mark, and it stopped the palm long enough for Merlin and Arka to flee into the Void Realm.

Merlin and Arka escaped into the Void Realm but lost control of the Initial Plane to the Giant King. They swore to search together for the possibly unclaimed Saitu Plane, and their search through its unmapped Dark Region began.

• Merlin discovered that Ditas had survived in the Illusory World as a severely weakened fragment of Mind Power.
• Arka decided to return to the Tree Clan, but Merlin offered to help him recover by sharing control of the Saitu Plane if they found it.
• Merlin and Arka swore an oath to cooperate and divide the Saitu Plane’s control, then entered the unmapped Dark Region to search for it.
• During more than ten days of searching, Merlin and Arka defeated three groups of attackers who ambushed them in the Dark Region.
• Merlin noticed that his Dark Eye absorbed the attackers’ negative energy without changing, while Arka urged him to keep searching for the Saitu Plane.

Merlin and Arka entered the Saitu Plane, where a weak god’s followers were poised to fight the Spellcasters. Merlin met Boll, a Ninth-level mage leading a hundred young Spellcasters away from the Holy City’s final battle, and claimed that he and Arka had come on Saitu’s instructions.

• Merlin sensed no imprint from Mage Saitu but detected a faint godly presence and signs of Spellcasters on the Plane.
• Arka explained the nature of gods and pantheons, and Merlin agreed to enter the Saitu Plane cautiously.
• Boll led a hundred young mages away from the Holy City as its Archmages prepared to face the Demon God Cult and Demon God Vanna.
• Boll reassured the frightened mages that the Holy City would win and that Saitu Legendary would return to help them.
• Merlin and Arka appeared before Boll, and Merlin’s Illusion quietly subdued the young mages while leaving Boll unaffected.
• Merlin told Boll that he and Arka had come from beyond the sky on Mentor Saitu’s instructions, and Boll asked whether they were Saitu Legendary’s disciples.

Merlin and Arka learned that the Demon God Cult had driven the Spellcasters to the brink, and they witnessed the Holy City's forces prepare to resist. Merlin's realization that civilizations fought against fate advanced his Illusion, but Demon God Vanna awakened, leaving Merlin to discover that the God-Sealing Disc had stirred.

• Boll told Merlin and Arka that the Demon God Cult had gained the upper hand after a thousand years of war and was advancing on the Holy City.
• Merlin and Arka saw the Spellcasters and their Archmages face the cult, while an Archmage declared that they would never become a demon's slaves.
• Arka recounted how the Treants had fought a god for eight thousand years, and Merlin's insight into the struggle against fate advanced his Illusion to the third step.
• The cultists' faith awakened Demon God Vanna, who emerged and vowed to destroy the Spellcasters and erase Saitu's legacy.
• Arka urged Merlin to flee, but Merlin's God-Sealing Disc began shaking inside his spatial ring and drew his attention.

Merlin used the God-Sealing Disc to suppress Demon God Vanna and joined forces with Arka and the Spellcasters to defeat the Demon God Cult. The Spellcasters regained control of the world, while Merlin’s claim to be Saitu’s disciple helped position him and Arka to take control of the Plane.

• Demon God Vanna prepared to destroy the Holy City, but Merlin sealed him inside the God-Sealing Disc.
• Boll introduced Merlin to Mentor Anna and the Archmages as Saitu’s disciple, and Merlin claimed Saitu was dead.
• Merlin urged the Spellcasters to defeat the Demon God Cult before its worshipers could free Vanna.
• Arka revealed his Heaven-Supporting Giant Tree form and trapped the Demon God Cult’s worshipers within a ring of roots.
• Merlin used his Third-stage Illusion to incapacitate most of the worshipers, allowing Anna’s Spellcasters to overwhelm them.
• The Spellcasters won the decisive battle and reclaimed control of the world.

After defeating the Demon God Cult, Merlin told Saitu Plane’s Archmages about the Void Realm and Spellcaster Civilization, then promised to help their Plane develop. He and Arka secured a foothold on Saitu Plane and turned their attention to Demon God Vanna, who still controlled its Elemental Origin.

• Arka praised Merlin’s stronger Illusion and explained that Vanna’s control of the Elemental Origin prevented them from taking the Plane Core.
• Merlin and the Spellcasters wiped out the Demon God Cult’s followers, while Merlin’s Dark Eye absorbed the released negative energy.
• At a council meeting, Merlin explained the Void Realm, Spellcaster Civilization, and the wider world to Mage Anna and the other Archmages.
• Merlin promised to help Saitu Plane develop and teach its Spellcasters how to advance toward becoming Great Legendaries.
• Merlin told Arka that they had secured a foothold on the Plane, then took out the God-Sealing Disc to deal with Demon God Vanna.

Merlin used the God-Sealing Disc to drain Demon God Vanna’s divinity, and after six months of absorbing it, formed a Ninth-Level Mental Core. He prepared to test whether he could activate the Illusory World as Arka reclaimed half the Elemental Origin and began raising his nine offspring Treants again.

• Merlin accelerated the God-Sealing Disc’s extraction of Demon God Vanna’s divinity and began absorbing it to strengthen his mental power.
• After six months, Merlin’s mental power broke through to the Ninth Level, and he resolved to follow Ditas’s Mental Power System toward the Illusion Heart Realm and the Illusory World.
• Demon God Vanna’s divinity was nearly depleted, leaving him weakened and unable to control nearly half the Elemental Origin.
• Merlin told Arka to reclaim that half of the Elemental Origin, and Arka began nurturing his nine offspring Treants anew.
• Merlin flew above the Holy City and prepared to try activating the Illusory World.