Chapter Summaries

Yuras was cornered by Osum Spellcasters and nearly forced to surrender the Dark Eye cultivation method, but five Archmages arrived and captured her. Merlin and the Three-Headed Demon Dragon appeared, and Merlin began demonstrating the Dark Eye against the Archmages.

• Yuras used Dark Nightmare to daze the Spellcasters pursuing her, then tried to detonate her Spell Models rather than be captured.
• Tamo and four other Archmages arrived, restrained Yuras, and tried to persuade her to hand over the Dark Eye cultivation method.
• Lina urged the Archmages to leave Yuras and pursue Merlin, while Tamo reached to seize her.
• Merlin arrived on the Three-Headed Demon Dragon, which freed Yuras from the binding Spell.
• Merlin summoned the blood-red Dark Eye and began Demon Spirit Manifestation, causing dark elements to surge across the sky.

Merlin used the Dark Demon Spirit and Illusion to defeat the Osum Archmages and learned that Osum’s First Elder, Klais, would lead a decisive battle against the Northern Spellcaster World. He set out to reach the battle before it began, and Yuras asked to travel with him.

• Merlin summoned the Dark Demon Spirit’s sixth form, which badly injured Lina, Galdo, and Zavier before Tamo and the other Archmages surrounded it.
• Merlin cast Illusion on the Archmages and killed Lina, Galdo, and Zavier when they refused to reveal Osum Headquarters’ location.
• Gils told Merlin that Osum’s Archmages were bound by contract not to reveal the headquarters, but that most would attend a decisive battle led by First Elder Klais.
• Merlin learned Osum would face the seven large Spellcaster Organizations of the Northern Spellcaster World and decided to intervene so he could unite the Spellcaster World.
• Merlin let Tamo and Gils leave, then headed for the Northern Spellcaster World with the Three-Headed Demon Dragon.
• Yuras asked Merlin to take her with him.

Merlin took Yuras with him after learning she was a survivor of the Abyssal Fortress, then agreed to pass her the true Dark Eye cultivation method. He left her with the method and settled his old connection to the Abyssal Fortress, while Mage Tamo and Mage Gils headed north to warn Osum’s First Elder about Merlin.

• Yuras identified herself as a Spellcaster of the Abyssal Fortress and asked Merlin to take her in, so he let her ride with him on the Three-Headed Demon Dragon.
• Mage Tamo and Mage Gils discussed Merlin’s strength and decided he was Osum’s greatest enemy, then flew toward the Northern Spellcaster World to tell the First Elder.
• After several days of travel, Merlin allowed the Three-Headed Demon Dragon to hunt in a forest while he rested with Yuras.
• Yuras asked Merlin to teach her the Dark Eye and explained that her mentor, Hobbes, had given her a false cultivation method.
• Merlin warned Yuras that cultivating the Dark Eye was dangerous, then used an illusion spell to imprint its true cultivation method in her mind.

The Northern Spellcaster World’s seven major organizations gathered in Gray Mist City to confront Osum’s northward advance and Klais, a top-tier Great Mage. Mage Ian proposed using an ancient Alchemical Golem that Gray Mist City had kept hidden, claiming it had once killed a top-tier Great Mage.

• The Northern Spellcaster World’s Great Mages discussed how Osum had grown into a threat after conquering the Southern Spellcaster World.
• The Great Mages acknowledged that Klais had defeated five of their number and that they lacked enough peak Great Mages to overcome him directly.
• The Great Mages considered trapping Klais with a Rune Formation, but others warned that his mastery of Runology would make it ineffective.
• Mage Ian said Gray Mist City had an Alchemical Golem from the Molta Empire era and claimed it had once killed a top-tier Great Mage.

Mage Ian persuaded the six other Great Mages that Gray Mist City’s Alchemical Golem could be activated with eighty million Elemental Crystals, enough for only a few hours of battle. The seven major Spellcaster Organizations agreed to pool resources against Klais and Osum after signing a contract that restricted Gray Mist City from attacking them and required leftover crystals to be returned.

• The Great Mages questioned Mage Ian about the Alchemical Golem’s activation requirements, and he revealed that it needed Elemental Crystals.
• Mage Ian explained that the Golem required at least eighty million Elemental Crystals and that Gray Mist City could not gather them alone.
• He warned that Klais and Osum threatened the organizations with the destruction suffered by the Southern Spellcaster World, prompting the Great Mages to consider pooling their resources.
• A Great Mage demanded a contract barring Gray Mist City from attacking the other six organizations and requiring unused Elemental Crystals to be returned after Klais and Osum were driven back.
• Mage Ian agreed, and the seven Great Mages signed the contract before returning to gather Elemental Crystals for war.

Klais announced his arrival in Gray Mist City, where fifteen Great Mages prepared to face him by activating an ancient Alchemical Golem. As the Golem awakened, Klais appeared before the city, leaving the assembled Spellcasters awaiting the confrontation.

• Klais ordered a Ninth-level Spellcaster to tell the seven large Spellcaster Organizations that he had arrived in Gray Mist City, intending to face them together.
• Merlin watched Yuras begin cultivating the first form of the Dark Eye as they traveled toward the Northern Spellcaster World, which was at war with Osum.
• Fifteen Great Mages gathered in Gray Mist City and agreed to activate the Alchemical Golem using eighty million Elemental Crystals.
• Mage Ian opened the plaza and fed the Elemental Crystals into the buried Alchemical Golem, awakening it.
• Klais's powerful aura approached Gray Mist City, and the Spellcasters turned to face him.

Klais attacked Gray Mist City, where Mage Ian awakened the alchemical golem Kalyus to fight him. Kalyus gained the upper hand, but Mage Ian realized Klais had been concealing his Spatial Magic Energy as Klais unleashed it against the golem.

• Klais arrived before the Great Mages and summoned a powerful fire spell, leaving them unable to oppose him.
• Mage Ian awakened Kalyus, the enormous alchemical golem hidden beneath Gray Mist City's plaza.
• Kalyus shattered Klais's fire shield and drove him onto the defensive with a barrage of attacks.
• Mage Ian grew suspicious as Klais appeared too relaxed despite being suppressed by Kalyus.
• After Kalyus sent him flying, Klais tore open space and unleashed Spatial Magic Energy toward the golem.

Klais unleashed his Spatial Magic Energy, destroyed Gray Mist City’s defenses, and overwhelmed the Great Mages who tried to resist him. As Klais prepared to kill them, a calm voice challenged him about his past defeat.

• Klais used Spatial Magic Energy to destroy the Alchemical Golem Kalyus, leaving the Great Mages in Gray Mist City stunned.
• Mage Ian led the Great Mages into Gray Mist City and activated its Rune Formation while asking the other Spellcaster Organizations for reinforcements.
• Klais shattered the Rune Formation and began slicing Gray Mist City apart with his spatial power.
• The Great Mages chose to fight rather than submit to Osum, while Mage Tamo and Mage Gils told Klais that Merlin had defeated three of the five Great Mages sent after him.
• Klais killed three Great Mages with a spatial strike and threatened to destroy Gray Mist City, but an unseen speaker reminded him that he had once been defeated.

Merlin confronted Klais, whose Rainbow Mage’s Heart and spatial magic made him the most powerful being beneath a Legendary. Merlin overwhelmed Klais with his own power and shattered the surrounding space, leaving Klais weakened and exposed.

• The Great Mages learned that Merlin had unified the Icebound Snowfield and decided to support him against Klais.
• Merlin sent the Three-Headed Demon Dragon and Yuras to safety, then faced Klais alone.
• Klais unleashed his six-element Spells, but Merlin blocked them without harm and trapped Klais with his power.
• Klais escaped through space and attacked Merlin from hiding, but Merlin shattered the space across several miles.
• Klais reappeared, gravely weakened and shocked by Merlin's feat.

Merlin killed Klais with the seventh form of the Dark Eye, avenging Mentor Leo and demonstrating his power to the Northern Spellcaster World. He offered the northern organizations a place in his Spellcaster Alliance, warning that the entire Spellcaster World faced an approaching catastrophe.

• Merlin trapped Klais in shattered space and reminded him that Mentor Leo had passed down the Dark Eye before his death.
• Merlin fired the Dark Eye's seventh form, Annihilation Light, and killed Klais despite promising to spare him if he survived the strike.
• Merlin collected Klais's ring and told the Northern Spellcaster World that Klais's death was the first step toward unifying Spellcasters.
• Mage Ian and the other Great Mages feared Merlin intended to destroy or control their organizations, but Merlin offered them knowledge and access to Magic Energy if they joined his alliance.
• Merlin told the Great Mages that an enemy threatened the entire Spellcaster World and that only a united force could survive the coming catastrophe.

Merlin gave the Northern Spellcaster Organizations ten days to join his alliance, then used Klais’s Guiding Ring to set out for Osum Headquarters with Tamo and Gils. As the Black Moon Kingdom neared collapse under the Holy Light Empire’s advance, Butuo XVII resolved to lead the defense with the Violet-Gold Crown.

• Merlin gave the seven major Spellcaster Organizations ten days to join the Spellcaster Alliance and warned he would use force if they refused.
• Tamo told Merlin that Klais’s Guiding Ring could lead him to Osum Headquarters, and Merlin followed its pull with Tamo and Gils aboard the Three-Headed Demon Dragon.
• After Merlin departed, Ian concluded that the Northern Spellcaster Archmages had no real choice but to accept Merlin’s offer and returned to Gray Mist City.
• Butuo XVII learned that the Holy Light Empire had defeated the Black Moon Kingdom’s forces and killed two of its three strongest Archmages.
• Butuo XVII invoked the kingdom’s founding purpose of protecting Spellcasters and ordered its forces gathered so he could lead the defense with the Violet-Gold Crown.

Merlin used Klais's records to learn about his rise as a spatial mage, then located and broke through the concealment protecting Osum Headquarters. He entered the passage with Archmage Tamo and Gils, while Yuras and the Three-Headed Demon Dragon waited outside.

• Merlin searched Klais's Guiding Ring and found detailed records of Spatial Spells and Spatial Magic Energy.
• Merlin read how Klais discovered his spatial aptitude, joined the Dark Spirit Domain, and eventually defected to Osum.
• Merlin found Osum Headquarters hidden beneath a Rune Formation and tore open its entrance.
• Archmage Tamo told Merlin that Osum's deepest secrets were known only to its ancient Archmages, including the surviving Archmage Savallon and Archmage Telian.
• Merlin entered the passage with Archmage Tamo and Gils, while Yuras stayed outside with the Three-Headed Demon Dragon.

Merlin entered Osum Headquarters and subdued its Great Wizards with an illusion while searching for the two ancient Great Wizards. He broke the mirror guarding the Inner Hall, then rushed into the passage after sensing a familiar aura.

• Merlin followed Wizard Tamo through an ancient passage into Osum Headquarters’ underground palace, which was built from Elemental Crystals.
• Merlin trapped the Great Wizards in the palace in an illusion, and Wizard Tamo and Wizard Gils followed him inside.
• Wizard Tamo told Merlin that Great Wizard Savallon and Great Wizard Telian were likely in the Inner Hall, which could be reached through a rune-covered mirror.
• Merlin shattered the mirror with his fused ice-and-fire Spell, revealing a dark passage behind it.
• Merlin sensed a familiar aura emerging from the passage and rushed into the Inner Hall.

Merlin, Mage Tamo, and Mage Gils entered the Inner Hall and found a vast independent space containing a wrecked Atlan Civilization warship. A puppet guided them through the Great Legendary’s laws and explained the warship’s power, but withheld its master’s identity until Merlin passed a test.

• Merlin entered the Inner Hall with Mage Tamo and Mage Gils and discovered an enormous space containing a warship broken in two.
• Mage Tamo connected the vessel to ancient records of the Molta Empire’s war, while Merlin suspected it belonged to the Atlan Civilization.
• A puppet emerged from the Great Legendary’s laws and led the three Spellcasters through the barrier toward the warship.
• Merlin told the puppet he had come from the Void Realm, and it confirmed the wreck was an Empire-Class Warship destroyed by its master.
• The puppet explained the ranks and power of Atlan warships, then refused to identify its master until Merlin passed the first test.

Merlin passed the first trial in the secret space and learned that its creator was the ancient Origin Monarch. He followed the puppet onward to discover what the Origin Monarch had left behind, while learning that Klais had passed the trial before him.

• Merlin destroyed six puppets comparable to top Great Mages, passing the first trial.
• The puppets reassembled from their fragments, and the guide explained that Liquid Memory Metal could recover unless burned to ashes with sufficiently powerful Flame Law.
• The puppet revealed that its Master was the Origin Monarch, who had created the space and destroyed the Atlan warship.
• Merlin learned that passing the trials could lead to the Origin Monarch's legacy and that Klais had previously passed the first trial.
• Merlin followed the puppet deeper into the dark space, eager to continue.

Merlin witnessed the evolution of Earth Element Laws and gained a profound understanding of his Earth Mage's Heart. He fused it with his Four-Element Mage's Heart to form a Five-Element Mage's Heart, then tore apart the powerful Earth Element Laws, drawing the puppet's attention.

• The puppet showed Merlin two regions containing records of the Origin Monarch's Law evolution and warned that stronger Laws awaited beyond the second trial.
• Merlin entered the region of immense heaviness and observed the full evolution of Earth Element Laws, gaining insight into the essence of earth elements.
• Merlin's new understanding let him control his Earth Mage's Heart and smoothly fuse it with his Four-Element Mage's Heart.
• Merlin formed a Five-Element Mage's Heart and discovered that he could tear apart the Origin Monarch's powerful Earth Element Laws.
• The puppet reappeared, astonished by Merlin's actions.

Merlin memorized the Ice Law’s evolution and entered the second trial, where he discovered the Origin Monarch’s four Supreme Laws and faced four Atlan martial arts machines. As the machines attacked with powerful combat techniques, Merlin summoned a colossal palm to crush them.

• Merlin memorized the Ice Law’s full evolution and told the Silver Puppet he was ready for the second trial.
• The Silver Puppet revealed a passage to the second layer, where Merlin saw the Flame, Storm, Light, and Water Supreme Laws left by the Origin Monarch.
• Four Atlan martial arts machines emerged and surrounded Merlin after the Silver Puppet warned that they could rival Great Legendaries.
• The machines activated their combat mode and battered Merlin’s defenses with rapid martial arts attacks.
• Merlin drew on his Five-Element Mage’s Heart and formed a colossal palm to strike all four machines at once.

Merlin defeated the four Martial Arts Robots, passed the Silver Puppet’s second test, and entered the Flame Law region to study the Supreme Law. He realized the Flame Supreme Law embodied destruction, but stopped his insight before his incomplete Mage’s Heart could collapse from an early attempt to condense a law.

• Merlin crushed the four Martial Arts Robots with his Five-Element Mage’s Heart, but watched them reassemble from their Liquid Memory Metal.
• The Silver Puppet declared that Merlin had passed the second test and allowed him to study the evolving Supreme Laws.
• Merlin entered the Flame Law region and observed the Supreme Law’s evolution beyond ordinary fire’s heat and violence.
• Merlin understood that the Flame Supreme Law represented destruction and felt fire elements surge into his Mage’s Heart.
• Merlin recognized that condensing a law before completing his Mage’s Heart could make it collapse, so he cut off his insight.

Merlin memorized the evolving Supreme Laws, then attempted Origin Monarch’s third trial but failed to climb all seven steps. He left the trial space and headed into the damaged Atlan Empire-Class Warship, hoping to find valuable technology.

• Merlin memorized the evolution of the Flame, Storm, Water, and Light Laws, though he regretted that there was no Darkness Law to help him advance.
• The Silver Puppet offered Merlin the third trial, which had been prepared for powerful Legendary Mages and Great Legendaries, and Merlin accepted.
• Merlin broke through the defenses of the red and orange steps and climbed farther, but his Five-Element Mage’s Heart could not carry him onto the fifth step.
• The Silver Puppet told Merlin he could attempt the third trial again, and Merlin followed it back to the first layer of space.
• Merlin asked to enter the wrecked Atlan Empire-Class Warship, learned that its recovered puppets might pose a danger, and flew toward it.

Merlin explored the damaged warship and discovered its advanced technology, surviving combat robots, and control center. After the Matrix detected new data there, Merlin was left deciding whether to scan it.

• Merlin searched the warship and found that it was too sturdy for him to damage, while its hull bore destruction he attributed to Origin Monarch.
• Merlin encountered four robots that attacked him with laser cannons and destroyed them with Annihilation Light.
• Merlin reassembled and bound the robots, then continued searching for a way to control them.
• Merlin reached the warship's control center but could not operate its instruments.
• The Matrix detected a large amount of new data and asked Merlin whether to scan it.