Chapter Summaries

Merlin left the Land of Glory after securing protection for the Wilson Family and the Dark Spirit Domain, then broke through the seal into the Void Realm. The Light God Lord appeared immediately and attacked him with a killing blow.

• Butuo XVII thanked Merlin for the Golden Saint Armor, and Merlin entrusted the Wilson Family and the Dark Spirit Domain to the emperor before announcing the Spellcaster Alliance would disband.
• Merlin used the Elemental Origin to see Old Wilson and Gute at Wilson Castle and Shirley traveling toward Bright City, then said goodbye to Shirley.
• Merlin broke through the Land of Glory's seal and returned to the Void Realm.
• The Light God Lord, who had watched the Land of Glory, descended in person as soon as Merlin left it.
• The Light God Lord covered the Void Realm with a palm of holy light and struck at Merlin.

The Light God Lord killed Merlin while destroying the Land of Glory, but the Spellcaster Civilization’s Arcane Mages drove him away. Merlin revived through the Life Tablet and emerged with deeper insight into darkness and Illusion.

• Merlin was crushed by the Light God Lord, who then faced Santo and Sethis as they tried to stop him from leaving.
• Augustus arrived and wounded the Light God Lord, forcing him to retreat to the Plane of Light.
• Augustus discovered that Merlin’s mental imprint remained in his spatial rings, so the three Arcane Mages waited for him to return.
• The Life Tablet restored Merlin’s body in the Hidden Land, where the Sphinx Guard greeted him.
• Merlin found that his brush with death had strengthened his understanding of darkness and shown him a path toward the Illusion Heart Realm.

After the Light God Lord killed him, Merlin was revived by the Life Tablet but discovered the Matrix had disappeared from his body. He left the Land of Glory after sensing Santo the Arcane Mage and the other Arcane Mages outside, and received his spatial ring back.

• Merlin waited inside the Land of Glory, fearing the Light God Lord might still be outside, and mourned the loss of his treasures.
• Merlin realized the Matrix no longer responded and wondered whether its disappearance was connected to his death and revival.
• After waiting, Merlin sent his mental strength through a narrow gap in the seal and spotted Santo the Arcane Mage with Augustus and Sethis.
• Merlin decided to claim that the Light God Lord had destroyed an avatar, then left the Land of Glory to meet the three Arcane Mages.
• Santo welcomed Merlin, and Augustus returned Merlin's spatial ring, which Merlin eagerly checked.

Merlin returned from the Land of Glory after learning that the Light God Lord would be forced to sleep for a thousand years. Back in Santo City of Arcane, he resolved to build his own force and control many Planes so he could temper his laws and become a Titled Legend.

• Merlin told Santo the Arcane Mage, Augustus, and Sethis that the Light Church had been destroyed and the Black Moon Empire had unified the Land of Glory.
• Augustus told Merlin that the three Arcane Mages had grievously wounded the Light God Lord, forcing him to sleep for at least a thousand years.
• Augustus and Sethis departed, and Santo the Arcane Mage took Merlin away after Merlin bade a final farewell to the Land of Glory.
• Merlin returned to Santo City of Arcane and visited the Blackfire Monarch, who asked about Merlin's progress with mental power.
• Merlin decided to build a force of his own, control many Planes, and use their Elemental Origins to help him condense a Supreme Law.

Merlin chose the Boundless Region as the place to claim Planes and prepared to leave Santo City of Arcane. In his room, Ditas revealed that meeting Orumba had inspired a conjectured final stage of the Mental Power System called Spiritual Immortality, while Merlin began assessing his strength.

• Merlin studied a map of the Spellcaster Civilization and chose the southern Boundless Region, where Spellcasters had a strong presence and his claimed Planes could connect with their territory.
• Merlin applied to leave Santo City of Arcane and obtained a detailed map of the Planes in the Boundless Region, accepting his duty to answer the city's calls.
• Merlin returned to his room and entered the Illusion Pearl, where Ditas explained that Orumba's ability to rise above the rules had inspired his theory of Spiritual Immortality.
• Ditas asked Merlin not to disturb him while he developed the conjecture, then vanished, and Merlin turned his attention to the Empire-Class Warship in his ring.

Merlin restored control of the Empire-Class Warship without rebinding Matrix, used the Light Scripture’s energy to manufacture three Martial Arts Robots, and set out for the Boundless Region. During the journey, he began condensing the darkness-element Supreme Law and arrived ready to seek control of nearby Planes.

• Merlin confirmed Matrix remained in the warship, refused to bind with it again, and ordered it to break down the Light Scripture while manufacturing Martial Arts Robots.
• Merlin tested a Martial Arts Robot against a Statue Guardian and found them evenly matched, then manufactured two more before the warship’s energy reserves could no longer fully recover.
• Merlin counted seven forces comparable to Great Legendaries, left Santo City of Arcane, and traveled toward the Boundless Region aboard the warship.
• Merlin studied darkness laws during the voyage and began slowly condensing the darkness-element Supreme Law, drawing notice from a Great Legendary near a passing Plane.
• Matrix announced their arrival at the Boundless Region, and Merlin stored the warship in his spatial ring before flying alone toward the nearest Plane.

Merlin traveled to the Golva Plane and accepted Mage Frans’s offer to help guard a Plane for three months in exchange for ten million Elemental Crystals. He joined Frans and three other Legendary Mages in the Boundless Region, where they entered Frans’s Plane to face a threat from the Golden-Winged Insect Clan.

• Merlin learned that Spellcasters in the Boundless Region hired others to defend occupied Planes, then went to meet Mage Frans.
• Frans recognized Merlin from the War of Civilizations against the Rock Clan and hired him despite his lack of condensed laws.
• Merlin signed a contract for ten million Elemental Crystals and met Mage Ducas, Mage Forte, and Mage Ansiya.
• Frans led the group into the true Boundless Region and revealed that the Golden-Winged Insect Clan was contesting his Plane.
• Ansiya warned Merlin that ordinary Spells were ineffective against the Insect Clan, and the group entered Frans’s Plane.

Frans gathered Merlin and four other powerful Spellcasters to defend the Frans Plane from the Golden-Winged Insect Clan, which had come to reclaim it. Merlin used Illusion to freeze the invading swarm, allowing the Spellcasters to charge the four broodmothers.

• Frans explained that he had claimed the Plane after its Insect Clan broodmother died, and that the clan was returning to take it back.
• Ten days later, four Golden-Winged broodmothers arrived with an enormous swarm of insects.
• Frans and the other Spellcasters attacked the swarm, but its endless numbers threatened to exhaust their power.
• Merlin used Illusion to immobilize hundreds of millions of insects.
• Frans, Ansiya, and the other Legendaries rushed past the frozen swarm to attack the four broodmothers.

Merlin helped Frans and three other Legendary Mages defeat a Golden-Winged Insect Clan swarm, then refused their offer to form an alliance. He planned to seize the occupied Planes between the Frans Plane and the Golva Plane, and asked Frans which enemy-held Plane was closest.

• Ducas killed one mother insect while Merlin's Illusion kept the insect armies trapped, and the remaining mother insects fled.
• Frans bought the surviving insects for twenty million Elemental Crystals, bringing Merlin's total payment to thirty million.
• Frans and the other Legendary Mages proposed an alliance, but Merlin refused and asked about nearby unclaimed Planes.
• Merlin learned that the nearby Planes were occupied by other races and declared his intention to seize the Planes between the Frans Plane and the Golva Plane.
• Frans warned Merlin that attacking occupied Planes could provoke fierce resistance, and Merlin asked which enemy-held Plane was closest.

Merlin set out to seize the Vimm Plane and defeated Vimm, its powerful Wing Clan ruler, with his Rainbow Mage’s Heart. Frans, Ducas, and the other Legendary Mages watched in shock as Merlin’s strength proved far beyond that of an ordinary Civilization-Level Prodigy.

• Merlin chose to seize the Vimm Plane and obtained a regional plane map from Frans.
• Frans and three other Great Legendaries followed Merlin to witness his attempt to take the plane.
• Vimm warned Merlin to stay away from the Vimm Plane, but Merlin advanced and forced him to fight outside it.
• Merlin used freezing, darkness, and flames to trap and overwhelm Vimm, rendering his golden light and speed useless.
• Frans, Ducas, and the other Legendary Mages realized Merlin’s power was comparable to that of a five-law Great Legendary as his flames engulfed Vimm.

Merlin killed Vimm, took control of the Vimm Plane, and formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Frans, Ducas, Forte, and Ansiya to secure territory in the Boundless Region. A survey of the plane’s ores revealed the Empire-Class Warship’s immense ability to produce Martial Arts Robots, leaving Merlin newly alarmed by the Atlan Civilization’s potential.

• Frans sensed Vimm’s aura disappear, and Merlin entered the unclaimed Vimm Plane and took control of its elemental origin.
• Ducas asked Merlin to secure planes for him, Forte, and Ansiya in exchange for their help guarding and claiming territory.
• Merlin proposed an offensive and defensive alliance, and Frans and the others agreed to join it.
• Merlin ordered the Matrix to survey the Vimm Plane, and it found ore deposits that could yield about three hundred and sixty percent of the warship’s energy capacity.
• Merlin realized the Empire-Class Warship could use resources from a single plane to manufacture several Martial Arts Robots and considered the danger of the Atlan Civilization’s technological power.

Merlin prepared to expand his territory by sending Ducas and the others to seize the second Plane while confronting Ponio over the third. The chapter ended as Ponio challenged Merlin to battle for his unusually large Plane.

• After three months of mining and manufacturing, Merlin learned that the core materials needed to build more Martial Arts Robots were nearly exhausted, while his studies of the darkness elements still fell short of revealing a Supreme Law.
• Merlin decided to seize both the second and third Planes, learning that the second belonged to the One-Horn Clan and the third was held by the Giant Clan powerhouse Ponio.
• Merlin gave Ducas six Martial Arts Robots and four statue guards to lead alongside Frans and the others against the second Plane, then flew to confront Ponio himself.
• Merlin called Ponio out and demanded the third Plane, but Ponio defended his long-held territory and roared that the giants feared no battle.

Merlin killed the Giant King Ponio, occupied more planes, and strengthened his understanding of darkness and fire while remaining just short of condensing a supreme law. As a mysterious Purple Plane drifted into the Boundless Region and drew visitors, Frans and the others arrived in a hurry, suggesting something had happened.

• Merlin trapped Ponio with an illusion and killed him with Thunderfire, then took control of the plane’s elemental origin.
• Frans reported that the Wizards had occupied the second plane and killed a One-Horn Clan fighter, though Ducas had been injured.
• The Purple Plane drifted into the Boundless Region, and foreign visitors, including Legends, entered it in search of treasures.
• Over six months, Merlin and his subordinates seized five more planes, bringing the total under his control to eight and bringing him close to condensing a supreme law.
• Frans and the others arrived in Merlin’s plane, and Merlin went to meet them, wondering what had happened.

Merlin learned that Maya, the Golden Light Clan’s Titled Legend, was coming to reclaim a plane seized by the Spellcaster Alliance. Refusing to abandon it, Merlin went to meet Maya in the Void Realm, where their confrontation began.

• Frans and the others told Merlin that Maya was coming because the alliance had taken a Golden Light Clan plane.
• Merlin rejected Frans’s suggestion to give up the plane and decided to face Maya, hoping to use the battle to advance his supreme law.
• Maya traveled toward the plane with Golden Light Clan members, determined to reclaim it while avoiding a wider conflict with the Spellcaster Civilization.
• Merlin sensed Maya’s arrival, left the plane, and confronted him in the Void Realm as Frans and the others watched anxiously.

Merlin fought Maya of the Golden Light Clan, whose power overwhelmed Merlin and threatened to crush his Rainbow Mage's Heart. As Merlin drew on the origins of his eight planes and neared death, his Mage's Heart began transforming, leaving the battle at a turning point.

• Maya broke through Merlin's Darkness and Ice spells with golden light, then suppressed him with a vast golden river.
• Maya held back from killing Merlin, fearing retaliation against the Golden Light Clan from the Spellcaster Civilization.
• Merlin realized Maya was only intimidating him and chose to resist using the power of his eight planes instead of the Empire-Class Warship.
• Maya increased the pressure to crush Merlin's Rainbow Mage's Heart, and a crack appeared in it.
• At the brink of death, Merlin recalled the darkness he experienced when the Light God Lord killed him, and a dark vortex appeared on his Mage's Heart as it began to transform.

Merlin became a Titled Legend by condensing the Darkness Supreme Law and fought Maya to a draw as they battled over the Golden Light Clan’s planes. Their clash struck the approaching Purple Plane, which flashed with ancient power and filled both fighters with inexplicable sorrow.

• Merlin condensed the Darkness Supreme Law, became a Titled Legend, and matched Maya’s golden river in a clash.
• Merlin and Maya continued their fierce fight, drawing the attention of powerful beings across the Void Realm.
• The Purple Plane drifted toward the heart of the Boundless Region as Rock Clan members entered it and began killing outsiders.
• A Rock Clan member approaching Merlin and Maya was crushed by their shock waves, which struck the Purple Plane.
• The Purple Plane blazed with purple light and spread an ancient, sorrowful aura that stopped Merlin and Maya’s fight.

Merlin and Maya entered a mysterious drifting Purple Plane and agreed to investigate its tower together after the purple light trapped them. When wraiths attacked with illusions, Merlin recognized that Mental Power could harm them and unleashed a Mental Storm.

• Merlin and Maya stopped fighting and flew into the Purple Plane, where the sorrowful aura grew stronger and Ditas did not answer Merlin.
• Merlin bound the Rock Clan powerhouses, learned that the Plane had appeared in the Boundless Region months earlier, and heard about a conspicuous purple tower.
• Merlin and Maya drove out the Rock Clan, swore by the Supreme Rule not to attack each other, and entered the dense purple light surrounding the tower.
• The purple light trapped Merlin and Maya, and tiny sprites emerged from the tower to overwhelm them with disorienting cries.
• Maya identified the sprites as wraiths formed from the resentment of powerful dead beings and explained that consciousness could attack them.
• Merlin realized that consciousness was akin to Mental Power and unleashed a Mental Storm against the wraiths.

Merlin and Maya entered the Purple Plane’s tower after Merlin dispersed its vengeful spirits with Mental Storm. They learned from a guardian puppet that the plane was formed from a dead Supreme Existence of the Purple Clan and held an inheritance reserved for the clan’s descendants, leaving them considering whether to force their way in.

• Merlin dispersed the vengeful spirits with Mental Storm, and he and Maya entered the tower cautiously.
• Merlin and Maya found unfamiliar murals depicting a purple monster battling a powerful enemy.
• A three-headed, six-armed puppet confronted them and identified the tower as the Purple Clan’s inheritance grounds.
• The puppet explained that its master, a Supreme Existence, died after a great battle and left an inheritance that only Purple Clan members could claim by passing three trials.
• After hearing that the Purple Clan’s Supreme Existence had died, Merlin and Maya considered forcing their way into the tower.

Merlin and Maya fought their way through the tower’s first two trials and faced a final puppet that could suppress its opponents’ strength with Mental Power. Merlin recognized the ability and attacked with his Law Chains and Illusory World, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Merlin and Maya agreed to force their way into the tower, and Maya destroyed the first purple puppet with a full-powered attack.
• On the tenth floor, Merlin bound a Titled Legend-level puppet with his Law Chains while Maya joined the attack, and they shattered it.
• Merlin and Maya climbed to the final trial, where a puppet revealed that the tower’s master had prepared for invaders and offered its defeat as the path to the legacy.
• Maya attacked the final puppet, but its Mental Power suppressed about thirty percent of his strength.
• Merlin recognized the suppression as Mental Power, which did not affect him, and enveloped the puppet and Maya in his Illusory World while launching his Law Chains.

Merlin and Maya defeated the tower’s final puppet, which let them enter and explained that the Purple Clan’s Supreme Existence had prepared rewards for intruders who left the clan’s inheritance untouched. At the tower’s inheritance ground, they encountered the dead master’s mental projection and learned he had been the Purple Emperor, one of the Void Realm’s Thirty-Six Emperors.

• Merlin used the Illusory World to break the puppet’s Mental Suppression and awaken Maya, then joined him in fighting it.
• The puppet stopped the battle and allowed Merlin and Maya to enter the tower, warning them not to touch the Purple Clan’s inheritance and offering rewards for intruders.
• Merlin asked to learn Mental Suppression, but the puppet explained that the technique belonged to the Purple Clan and could not be inherited by outsiders.
• The puppet led Merlin and Maya to the tower’s top floor, where the master’s mental projection suppressed their strength.
• The puppet revealed that its master had become the Purple Emperor, one of the thirty-six most powerful Supreme Existences, and had died fighting in the Void Realm’s crisis.