Chapter Summaries

Frank recounted how a curse had made him immortal but bound him to the Amazon River, and Ian investigated the curse by testing what happened when Frank left it. After returning, Ian asked Lilith to let him study the arrowhead linked to the Divine Tree, Moon's Tears.

• Ian offered Frank ten gold bars in exchange for telling him about his curse and letting Ian study it.
• Frank told Ian and the others how Aguirre massacred the Pucamichuna Tribe, whose dying chief cursed the surviving men with immortality and a binding to the Amazon River.
• Hermione suggested Frank's soul might be bound to the river like a Horcrux, and Ian examined him with his wand and found no soul in his body.
• Ian teleported Frank away from the river, where Frank turned to stone until Ian splashed him with water and restored him.
• Ian asked Dr. Horton to let him study her arrowhead necklace, and she handed it to him.

Ian, Hermione, Lilith, McGregor, and Frank followed the translated clues toward the Divine Tree, traveling in a magically expanded and repaired boat. At the Pukamichuna settlement, four monstrous figures appeared, and Ian recognized two of them as promising experimental subjects.

• Ian translated the clues, and Lilith located the Divine Tree at the Broken Moon as Ian determined it would bloom during a lunar eclipse in three days.
• Hermione conjured meals while Ian expanded the boat’s cabin into a luxurious mansion, and the group rested aboard it.
• Ian repaired the boat with magic, and Frank guided the group through a waterfall to the Pukamichuna settlement.
• The tribal chief told Ian that the tribe’s magical inheritance had been lost after a massacre, while Ian considered recovering it through time magic.
• Hermione attacked a tree at the settlement, and four strange monsters emerged from the jungle; Frank identified them as Aguirre and his companions.
• Ian’s stone attacks passed harmlessly through the honey and swamp-water monsters, and he regarded them as valuable experimental materials.

Ian and Hermione tested Aguirre's immortal group and discussed using the elemental beings to pursue Elementalization, then joined Lilith and Frank in finding and awakening the Divine Tree. The tree bloomed after Lilith placed the purple gemstone from the arrowhead into the mural's recess.

• Ian and Hermione discovered that Aguirre's group could not be killed but could be immobilized and buried away from the river.
• Ian and Hermione speculated that the honey and swamp creatures could help advance research into Elementalization and pure-energy lifeforms.
• Ian learned from a bee that Prince Joachim had freed Aguirre's group and hired them to capture Lilith and take the arrowhead.
• Ian's group reached the valley, activated an underwater mechanism, and found the enormous dead Divine Tree beneath the river.
• The group translated a mural describing the tree's origin, and Lilith split the heart-shaped arrowhead to reveal a purple gemstone.
• Lilith placed the gemstone in the mural's recess, causing the Divine Tree to revive and bloom with glowing petals.

Ian secured the Divine Tree and its petals, healed McGregor, and freed Frank from his curse before his peaceful vacation with Hermione was interrupted by a plague in Egypt. After teleporting the tree to the Floating City, Ian and Hermione set off to investigate the resurrected priest Imhotep and seek the Black Book of the Dead and the Golden Book of the Sun.

• Ian persuaded Lilith to give up the Divine Tree petals by offering to heal her brother and provide research support, while Frank agreed to surrender the tree in exchange for freedom from his curse.
• Ian healed McGregor's legs, severed the link binding Frank's soul to the river, and returned Frank to his body, where he aged into a mortal man.
• Ian and Hermione spent several peaceful days traveling and relaxing before Snape and Lily reported a plague spreading across Egypt and the resurrection of the Fourth Tier priest Imhotep.
• Ian recognized that they were in the world of The Mummy and told Snape to watch events without acting, since Imhotep might lead him to the Black Book of the Dead and the Golden Book of the Sun.
• Ian had Morgana teleport the Divine Tree and surrounding ruins to the Floating City, then left with Hermione for Egypt.

Ian concluded that Egypt's world contained powerful gods and that the Divine Tree called Moon's Tears might have a divine origin. After Imhotep obtained the Black Book of the Dead, Ian gathered his group and the O'Connell party to fly to Hamunaptra and seek the Golden Book of the Sun.

• Ian reviewed his memories of The Mummy and suspected that Osiris and Anubis were influencing events through champions and divine artifacts.
• Ian asked Morgana to send Golems to analyze the Divine Tree, then sealed its entrance and traveled with Hermione toward Egypt.
• Ian and Hermione found their Apparition blocked by a curse over Egypt, so they flew to Cairo, where Imhotep's curse had darkened the sky.
• At the hotel, Snape reported that Imhotep was killing those connected to his resurrection, and the group saw Imhotep with the Black Book of the Dead.
• Ian said they needed the Golden Book of the Sun at Hamunaptra to control or weaken Imhotep, then took Rick O'Connell, Evelyn, and Jonathan Carnahan along as the group flew into the night.

Ian and the others recovered the Golden Book of the Sun, learned that Forbidden Witchcraft had been banned by the gods, and set a trap for Imhotep. The chapter ended with Imhotep weakened and unconscious after Lily used the book’s power against him.

• Ian opened the Golden Book of the Sun with a key he transfigured from sand and learned it could let anyone cast spells.
• Ian and Lily decided to capture Imhotep for study, while Rick, Evelyn, and Jonathan opposed their plan; Ian knocked the three unconscious.
• Imhotep confronted the four wizards and explained that Forbidden Witchcraft was an innate gift the gods had ordered purged.
• Ian offered Evelyn to Imhotep, but Snape stole the Black Book of the Dead while Lily used the Golden Book of the Sun to weaken him.
• Imhotep realized Evelyn had been transfigured from sand and collapsed unconscious as the book’s power cut him off from Anubis.

Ian and Hermione traveled to China to find the Eye of Shangri-La and seek the Oracle Bone Scripture from Zi Yuan. After Zi Yuan attacked them, Hermione incapacitated Lin and the Yetis while Ian overcame Zi Yuan, leaving her unable to move.

• Ian woke Rick, Evelyn, and Jonathan, escaped Hamunaptra with them, and divided the treasure between the two groups, secretly including the Spear of Judgment in Rick’s pouch.
• Ian and Hermione traveled to China, searched for the Eye of Shangri-La, and found it in a wealthy widow’s collection.
• Ian used the diamond to reveal Shangri-La’s location and traveled there with Hermione to meet Zi Yuan and seek her Oracle Bone Scripture.
• Zi Yuan rejected Ian’s offer to exchange knowledge and attacked with flying swords, prompting Hermione and Ian to fight back.
• Hermione stunned Lin and the Yetis, while Ian pierced Zi Yuan’s ice shield and struck her acupoint, immobilizing her.

Ian found the Oracle Bone Scripture and spent a week studying its spells, learning how this world's magic drew on gods, nature, and inner power. He exhausted himself experimenting, while Hermione calmed Zi Yuan and Lin and reached an agreement with them.

• Ian failed to read Zi Yuan's memories because a Sanskrit spell protected her mind, but he found the Oracle Bone Scripture in Lin's memories.
• Ian translated most of the Scripture and studied its spells, identifying several sources of magic, including divine, natural, innate, and Negative Energy.
• Ian realized he could use Gate of Truth Alchemy to channel different energies and make Arcanists more versatile.
• After a week of reading and spellcasting, Ian woke exhausted and asked Hermione what had happened.
• Hermione told Ian she had calmed Zi Yuan and Lin and reached an agreement with them.

Ian and Hermione helped Zi Yuan send the Dragon Emperor’s body into the Void, ending his threat for good. Zi Yuan chose to give up immortality and live as an ordinary person, while Ian and Hermione went to investigate the Fountain of Youth.

• Ian apologized to Zi Yuan and discussed ways to ensure the Dragon Emperor could never threaten them again.
• After Zi Yuan and Lin rejected the risky plan to kill him upon resurrection, Ian offered to send the Dragon Emperor into the Void using the Floating City.
• Ian and Hermione excavated the Dragon Emperor’s tomb in Guizhou Province and brought his body to the Floating City in the Amazon Rainforest.
• Ian threw the Dragon Emperor’s body into the Void, where it disintegrated within seconds.
• Zi Yuan decided to give up immortality and leave with Lin and three Yetis to live as an ordinary person.
• Ian and Hermione went to the Fountain of Youth, where Hermione wanted to learn its secret.

Ian discovered that the pool's water could increase magical power enough to help him, Hermione, Lily, and Snape reach the Sixth Tier, and the group organized their research in the Amazon. They also assigned Snape to monitor Evelyn's reincarnation, leaving him responsible for the long-term task.

• Ian and Hermione detected traces of Authority and exceptionally pure Divine Power in the pool, and Morgana reported that its water could help all four researchers advance to the Sixth Tier.
• Lily reported that Imhotep's indestructible body and bound soul resembled a Horcrux, giving the Empire an alternative method of immortality.
• Ian assigned himself necromancy and soul research, Lily the study of Aguirre and Imhotep, Hermione the translation of the magical system into Gate of Truth Alchemy, and Snape research into Moon's Tears and the Fountain of Youth.
• Ian told the group that Evelyn had reincarnated and might regain her memories, and asked them to monitor her soul without alerting the deity behind her reincarnation.
• After the researchers rejected Rune Carving and rock-paper-scissors to choose who would watch Evelyn, Ian had Morgana select a name at random, and Snape was chosen.

Ian prepared his body and mana for the Sixth Tier, then drank Snape’s mana-enhancing potion and endured a painful transformation as his body and soul were remade. He successfully advanced to the Sixth Tier, known as the Planetary Level.

• Ian trained under extreme gravity and meditated until Morgana confirmed his body could withstand Sixth Tier Crystallized Magic.
• Ian reviewed his magical research and Snape’s discovery that the Fountain of Youth contained Divine Essence, which Snape had used to create a mana-enhancing potion.
• Ian slept until he was in peak condition, then drank the entire bottle of golden potion.
• Ian controlled the surging mana as his core expanded, his Crystallized Magic became starlike Liquid Mana, and his body was destroyed and rebuilt.
• Ian’s mana nourished and strengthened his soul before returning to his core and crystallizing, confirming his advancement to the Sixth Tier.

Ian reached the Sixth Tier, gaining the power to materialize his soul, and tested his new abilities across the Solar System and beyond. After reflecting on the path to godhood and his soul research, he prepared to intervene in the events of The Mummy 2.

• Ian advanced to the Sixth Tier and manifested a soul indistinguishable from his physical body.
• Ian considered the stages of godhood and rejected becoming a faith-based god, though he remained interested in borrowing a god's power through Herpo.
• Ian tested his new abilities by traveling between planets and found that a full-power strike could destroy a Jupiter-sized gas giant but consumed over 90 percent of his magic power.
• Ian separated his soul from his body and used Soulless Body Control Magic to control his physical form independently.
• Ian concluded his tests and decided it was time to intervene in the plot of The Mummy 2.

After advancing, Ian sent Hermione, Lily, and Snape to investigate the Bracelet of Anubis, the Scorpion King’s temple, and the souls of Evelyn and Mira. By tracing the souls of Anubis’s soldiers, he uncovered the god’s plan to regain strength and possess Imhotep, but suspected the scheme had deeper layers.

• Ian told Hermione to study the Bracelet of Anubis after the cultists kidnapped Alex, assigned Lily to investigate the temple emblem, and tasked Snape with monitoring Evelyn and Mira’s souls.
• Hermione followed Alex, Snape used a clone to watch Evelyn while his original body stayed with Mira, and Lily began examining the temple entrance.
• Ian traced the souls of fallen Anubis soldiers to a pocket dimension, where a jackal-headed god spotted him and severed the passage.
• Lily told Ian that Anubis had implanted something in Imhotep that could turn him into a vessel, and Ian concluded that Anubis planned to restore his strength by harvesting mortal souls.
• Ian reasoned that Anubis intended to possess Imhotep and control the undead army, while Osiris had repeatedly used the O’Connell family to thwart him.

Ian investigated the weakened gods and planned to wait until Set possessed Nick before capturing him, while his companions pursued research into souls, nature magic, and rare potions. He also planned to improve the magical potential of this world's population through Dragon Blood Potion and generations of bloodline optimization.

• Ian decided to wait for Set to possess Nick before capturing him and learning more about the gods.
• Hermione reported that she could summon armies from the Underworld by forming contracts through its collective consciousness.
• Snape shared his findings about Evelyn's reincarnation memories, and Ian assigned Morgana to study the Black Book of the Dead and the other soul-related texts.
• Lily proposed developing a Druid class based on people's connection to nature, while Snape continued researching Moon's Tears and the Fountain of Youth.
• Morgana reported that this world's population did not overlap with the Empire's, but had very low magical talent.
• Ian ordered Dragon Blood Potion to be released into water supplies and proposed matching Awakened Ones by talent to improve magical bloodlines over generations.

Ian revealed that he had used Divine Authority and the Eye of Shangri-La to locate connected worlds and observe their gods, learning a technique he named Word Enchantment. He planned to combine it with Arcane Runes to make powerful equipment and turned his attention to finding the mysterious Library.

• Lily and Snape returned early from Alex's birthday dinner after Snape argued with Rick O'Connell.
• Ian showed Lily and Snape a projection of the World Tree, explaining how he used the Eye of Shangri-La and the Moon's Tears to find connected worlds.
• Ian described observing a smithing god and discovering Word Enchantment, which used divine language to alter an item's nature.
• Ian said he had recorded divine languages from several mythologies and planned to combine Word Enchantment with Arcane Runes.
• Ian warned that the multiverse was dangerous and said they needed power to slay gods before a crisis arrived.
• After Lily and Snape left, Ian resumed studying and chose the Library as his next target.

Ian finished studying Divine Artifacts and went to The Library in New York to seek access to its books and H. G. Wells's Time Machine. After Judson refused because a Divine Artifact revealed Ian’s terrible crimes despite his great Merit, Ian prepared to use force.

• Ian completed a replica Book of the Dead using Word Enchantment and discussed how his research could improve the Floating City.
• Morgana told Ian that twelve years had passed and identified The Library and the Serpent Brotherhood as rival organizations fighting over magical Divine Artifacts.
• Ian decided to seek out Flynn Carson, whom he considered a potential Arcanist, and ordered the Divine Artifacts recycled for their Divine Power.
• Ian entered the Metropolitan Public Library and asked Judson, Charlene, the Librarian, and the Guardian to let him read The Library’s books and study the Time Machine.
• Judson refused after a Divine Artifact showed that Ian had accumulated great Merit but also committed horrifying crimes, and Ian transformed his cane into a wand.

Ian defeated the Library’s defenders, seized control of the Library, and studied its books and Divine Artifacts, uncovering records of the War in Heaven and finding the Book of Solomon. After months of studying the book, he contacted King Solomon across time and space to ask about the gods’ fall, magic’s decline, and Solomon’s power.

• The Librarian attacked Ian with Excalibur, but Ian survived and trapped The Librarian and his Guardian in a sphere of sand.
• Judson revealed that he and Charlene had severed the Library’s connection to the current space, but Ian used coordinates calculated by Morgana to teleport everyone into the Library.
• Morgana took control of the Library’s artificial intelligence, and Ian imprisoned the defenders before reading the Library’s books and learning about the War in Heaven.
• Ian found the Book of Solomon, along with the Spear of Longinus and Judas’s Holy Grail, and spent months studying the book’s power over time and space.
• Ian used the Book of Solomon to contact its creator and asked King Solomon why the gods fell, magic nearly vanished, and Solomon became so powerful.

Solomon told Ian that the War of the Gods shattered and reshaped the laws of heaven and earth, causing magic to decline, and explained how he gained power by enslaving the Seventy-Two Pillars of Demons. He gave Ian memories of Earth’s future popular culture, while a later conversation with Merlin revealed that both regarded Ian as chosen by fate and that Merlin’s plans were reaching a critical point.

• Solomon explained that Jehovah’s war against the other pantheons led to the gods’ fall or slumber and the decline of magic.
• Solomon said he gained power by forming contracts with the Seventy-Two Pillars of Demons and enslaving them through his wisdom and willpower.
• Solomon recognized that Ian had used the book to find him and had sought the ultimate secrets of the world.
• Solomon gave Ian memories of movies, comics, anime, and other popular culture from Earth after Ian’s death in 2019.
• Ian thanked Solomon and ended their spacetime connection.
• Merlin appeared before Solomon, and they discussed Ian’s fate, Solomon’s gift, and Merlin’s plans reaching a critical juncture.

Solomon confronted Merlin over warning Ian about a future war, then visited his elf disciple in the Warcraft Universe and sealed most of the system he relied on. The elf accepted the challenge to develop his own abilities, and Solomon left him to continue growing.

• Merlin rebuked Solomon for interfering with Ian’s training, refused to erase Ian’s memories, and said he would block others from interfering with his disciples in the future.
• Solomon reflected that the young people had little time to grow before leaving his incarnation and traveling to the Warcraft Universe.
• Solomon told his elf disciple that he would seal most of the system’s functions and gave him ten years to reproduce its universe-travel ability.
• The elf recognized how dependent he had become on the system and resolved to prove he could achieve great things without it.
• Solomon sealed the system’s functions and departed, leaving his disciple to develop on his own.

After reviewing Solomon’s records, Ian turned to researching Time Magic and discovered how costly it was to accelerate time. He then examined a cross-dimensional alien and prepared to travel to Peru to investigate its origins and the secrets of dimensional travel.

• Ian spent a month studying Solomon’s information, including recent movies, anime, and comics, before returning to magical research.
• Ian tested a Time Acceleration Spell on an isolated area of the Floating City and drained all his mana while accelerating time by thirty years.
• Ian decided to visit a world with ready-made time technology to learn advanced applications of Time Magic.
• Ian examined a Crystal Skull alien and concluded that its species came from a parallel dimension and possessed unusual psychic abilities and magnetic crystal bones.
• Ian identified Akator as the location of the aliens’ mothership and remains, then told Morgana to prepare a spaceship for a trip to Peru.