Chapter Summaries

Lily confronted Little James about his reckless behavior and showed him the threat posed by powerful beings across the universe. Meanwhile, Ian advanced preparations for the coming turmoil, subdued Herpo, and the chapter ended as an unidentified spaceship was intercepted at the edge of the Solar System.

• Lily urged Harry to give James a genuine chance, then summoned Little James, treated his drug use, and showed him a memory of a Tenth Tier god to persuade him to focus on magic.
• Ian arranged for Chloe to train in the Time Acceleration Chamber and organized research into the Dream Dimension, Abyss-related dimensions, Blank Domains, and Novad technology.
• Ian secretly cast a planetary-scale spell across the Solar System, imprisoning a randomly chosen citizen's soul in a diamond on Jupiter.
• Ian offered Herpo freedom in exchange for submission and his knowledge, but Herpo refused; Ian then drained Herpo's Divine Power and sealed his soul and Authority.
• Months later, a massive spaceship attempting to teleport near Earth was intercepted at the edge of the Solar System and surrounded by an Imperial capital warship.

The Interstellar Federation’s ambassadors visited the Arcane Empire, where Ian and Olivia hosted them and learned that their delegation might be tied to a powerful god. After the guests retired, both sides considered how to proceed while concealing their intentions and gathering information.

• The Federation ship identified its ambassadors to the Arcane Empire’s fleet, which escorted them to Earth.
• Grindelwald received Jilanna Kelsis, Augustus Alina, and Oren and led them through a Warp Gate to meet Ian and Olivia.
• At the banquet, Oren eagerly ate pork marinated in True Dragon blood, while Jilanna questioned how the Empire had obtained it.
• Olivia sensed Faith Power from Jilanna and Augustus; Augustus admitted he served Laifeir, the Light God, while Jilanna denied believing in gods.
• Ian told Olivia that Jilanna might be a God's Mercenary and that Laifeir was a powerful Tenth Tier god who might back the Federation.
• Ian and Olivia decided to avoid provoking the Federation while seeking information, and Jilanna raised a barrier in the ambassadors’ lodgings before asking her companions what they thought of the Empire.

Gilanna, Augustus, and Oren investigated the Arcane Empire, suspected it had anticipated their arrival, and left after finding little during an official tour. Ian used a staged pirate attack to reveal the emissaries’ abilities, then planned to contact other factions and advance the Akashic Records plan.

• Oren, Gilanna, and Augustus discussed the Empire’s powerful people, advanced magical equipment, and the Eighth Tier weapon used against them, concluding that the Empire had likely predicted their arrival.
• Gilanna, Augustus, and Oren requested a tour but found only evidence of a society combining magic and technology, so they collected a small fee and hurriedly left.
• Ian and Amelia watched a recording of interstellar pirates attacking the three emissaries after they departed the Empire.
• Gilanna destroyed the pirates’ twenty ships with a powerful wind spell, revealing her strength and magic to Ian and Amelia.
• Ian said he would use the visit to contact other major factions, then planned to deal with Herpo and launch the Akashic Records plan.

Gilanna reported to Federation Chairman Galvin Thessalor that the Arcane Empire was an Eighth Tier magitech civilization, and they discussed how to respond to its power and the crisis sealing off the Milky Way. They considered forming an alliance with three Eighth Tier civilizations, while Ian prepared for a historic day on Earth.

• Gilanna returned to Federation headquarters and reported that the Arcane Empire was an Eighth Tier civilization with powerful Arcanists and weapons.
• Galvin Thessalor described intelligence about the Arcanists and warned that a civilization combining magic and technology could threaten the gods’ established order.
• Galvin proposed contacting defected Arcanists to recruit them and investigate the Empire’s Eighth Tier weapon.
• Gilanna asked about the exiled Death God, and Galvin said a powerful magical weapon had sealed off the Milky Way and might be a Divine Artifact of the Magus Race.
• Gilanna and Galvin agreed that the Federation needed a survival plan, and Galvin proposed an alliance of three Eighth Tier civilizations.
• On Earth, Ian prepared for a day that would be recorded in the Empire’s history.

Ian broadcast a live dissection of the god Herpo, revealing details about gods' bodies and souls while proposing that Arcanists might store mana in their Soul Spaces. The Empire embraced his call to pursue knowledge, and the broadcast ended with citizens reciting the Empire's pledge to Arcane Truth.

• Ian began a live educational broadcast by introducing Herpo as an Eighth Tier god and explaining that gods grew stronger through the faith of their believers.
• Ian tested different tools on Herpo, then used Arcane Rune Magic to cut his skin and examined his golden blood, dense muscles and bones, single heart, and brain.
• Ian entered Herpo's Soul Space, found a vast golden ocean, a Divine Altar, and a Divine Flame, and proposed using Soul Spaces to store mana and speed Arcanist advancement.
• Ian explained how the Divine Flame purified believers' faith and how the Divine Altar converted it into Divine Power.
• Ian concluded by urging citizens to pursue truth, saluted, and led the Empire's citizens in reciting, “Arcane Truth will guide us to the end of time, and beyond.”

Ian met Kelona, the universe’s will, and secured her support for his Akashic Records project. He learned that Earth’s humans descended from the Magus Race and left to complete the project, while Kelona considered the coming Arcane Era a chance to begin a new age.

• Amelia briefed Ian on the livestream’s reception, the integration of conquered peoples and Dumbledore’s former slaves, and the talents found among the Fur Race.
• After handling administrative work, Ian traveled to a barren planet and used a planetary barrier to contact Kelona.
• Kelona agreed to help with the Akashic Records and confirmed that she had secretly protected the Empire because Earth’s humans descended from the Magus Race.
• Kelona explained that the Magus Era had been the universe’s most prosperous age, and Ian connected the race to Earth’s treasures and the Solar System’s history.
• Ian returned to the planet and set out to complete the Akashic Records, while Kelona hoped the Arcane Era would replace the gods and approach the Magus Era.

Ian continued preparing for the Akashic Records project while overseeing the Empire’s rapid growth and researching magic, Godhead Fragments, and the dangers of Time Magic. Five years after Kelona sheltered the Empire, the project’s preparations were complete, and Ian summoned the Illuminati as Olivia awaited him with important news.

• Ian asked Morgana to tell Dumbledore to investigate the Magus Race and the Ancient Gods, while he considered whether Kelona could become an ally.
• Ian reviewed how the Empire used its six Godhead Fragments and returned to work on the Akashic Records project.
• Over five years, Ian advanced his Dragon Tongue Magic research and tested Time Acceleration, discovering that temporal corrosion irreversibly destroyed a clone that reached the Fifth Tier.
• The Empire expanded its magical and technological capabilities, while Chloe studied the Dream Dimension and Olivia became Imperial Navy commander-in-chief and publicly married Ian.
• Ian found that the Akashic Records project was fully prepared, ordered Morgana to summon the Illuminati, and went to meet Olivia about an important matter.

Ian and Olivia planned to lure Laifeir into fighting the Bleach behind the Undead Calamity, hoping to kill both and claim their Godheads. At the Illuminati meeting, Ian launched the Akashic Records’ first multiverse search, prioritizing the Main God Space, while the group waited for its results.

• Olivia warned Ian that the Undead Calamity could leave the Milky Way Galaxy nearly depopulated, and they decided to use Augustus to draw Laifeir into confronting the Bleach.
• Ian and Olivia planned to exploit the expected clash between the two Eighth Tier powerhouses and take their Godheads after they weakened each other.
• Morgana reported that the Akashic Records was ready and explained how its detection waves would search for universes matching chosen information tags.
• Lily requested a peaceful vacation world, Snape sought rare potion materials, Harry wanted adventure, and Hermione asked for infinite knowledge or a higher civilization.
• Ian ordered Morgana to prioritize searching for the Main God Space, hoping to take control of it and gain its Reincarnator army.
• Ian warned Harry that the Main God Space could be dangerous, then he and Olivia left to arrange their plan involving Augustus.

Ian and the Illuminati activated a galaxy-wide transmutation circle to access the Akashic Records, and he discovered the Records were a cross-universe knowledge exchange rather than an all-knowing repository. He learned how knowledge and mission points worked, exchanged his wand-making knowledge for points, and began investigating the benefits of his titles.

• Ian isolated the galaxy and led the Illuminati in activating the five-planet transmutation circle, while Grindelwald had the Ghost Squad help shoulder the strain.
• Ian used Rowena's research on directing Void Energy to reach the Akashic Records and received his status window.
• Ian learned that the Records traded new knowledge for Knowledge Points and used Mission Points to manage tasks and access certain information.
• Ian exchanged his knowledge of the Harry Potter Universe's Wand-Making System for 250,346 Knowledge Points and checked the prices of information about the Black Clover world.
• Ian learned that his titles each granted him a bonus.

Ian examined the titles and abilities he had earned through the Akashic Records, then planned his group’s next travels and prepared to leave for another world. Merlin revealed that titles could evolve and hoped Ian’s journey to Black Clover would test him; Ian encountered trouble as soon as he arrived.

• Ian reviewed his titles and discovered bonuses to his charisma, magical talents, affinities, and mana recovery, along with abilities tied to his civilization and its cultivators.
• Ian learned that his wives could join the Records only through individual passes or tokens, and thanked Kelona after her attempt to connect to the Akashic Records was rejected.
• Ian and his companions planned their next journeys, assigning Olivia’s clone to Star Trek, Ian to Black Clover, and Snape, Lily, Filius, Pheobe, and Hermione to KonoSuba.
• Merlin assured Ian that the titles had no hidden dangers and disclosed that most could evolve to grant stronger benefits.
• Ian entrusted Nikolai Flamel with overseeing construction of a second Floating City, handled urgent affairs, and departed for Black Clover, where he immediately faced a setback.

Ian arrived in the Black Clover universe, where the Cosmic Will sealed his powers and memories and reincarnated him as a baby in Brug. Fifteen years later, receiving a Four-Leaf Grimoire restored part of his identity, and he left for the Royal Capital to take the Magic Knights' entrance examination.

• Ian entered the new universe through the World Gate, but the Cosmic Will severed his connection to it and began sealing his abilities and memories.
• Ian hid his memories and outsider identity in the Soul Dimension, then used magic to reach a village before regressing into a baby.
• The priest and nuns at Brug's orphanage raised Ian, concealing his fire magic and caring for him despite his vacant behavior and powerful wind magic.
• At the Grimoire ceremony, Ian received a Four-Leaf Grimoire, regained some awareness, and discovered his Knowledge Magic could replicate spells whose principles he understood.
• Ian studied, practiced, and borrowed Grimoires from nearby villagers, quickly filling his own book with spells of many attributes.
• After six months of training, Ian left Brug for the Royal Capital to take the Magic Knights' entrance examination, accompanied by the villagers' hopes.

Ian traveled to the Royal Capital, secretly studied the Grimoires of its strongest Magic Knights to expand his magical knowledge, and arrived at the entrance exam ready to face the candidates. There, he spotted Asta and Yuno as the exam was about to begin.

• Ian spent three months traveling toward the Royal Capital, borrowing Grimoires to deepen his understanding of magic and secretly reading the books of people who refused to lend them.
• With three days left before the Magic Knights' entrance exam, Ian reached the Royal Capital and judged that he needed greater strength to pursue his plans.
• Ian infiltrated the Gray Deer Guild headquarters at night and studied its captain's Time Magic Grimoire, learning techniques including Time Storage and Time Rewind.
• Ian secretly visited the bedrooms of other guild captains and powerful Magic Knights, studying their Grimoires and copying knowledge of their magic.
• Ian returned to the inn with his Grimoire filled with powerful spells and believed he could now fight even the Magic Emperor.
• Ian headed to the entrance exam and recognized Asta and Yuno among the gathered candidates.

Ian excelled in the Magic Knights entrance exam, but the captains rejected him because he was a commoner. He challenged Purple Orca captain Marty Tart for his position and prepared to fight after binding them with a magical contract.

• Ian drew attention at the exam by flying his broom at high speed and earning excellent results in the tests.
• Ian defeated Fere Lunette in a duel with compound flame-and-lightning magic.
• The squad captains chose recruits, but none raised a hand for Ian, though Acier Silva hesitated to recruit him.
• Ian challenged Marty Tart for his captaincy and provoked him into accepting the duel.
• Ian created a Soul Binding Contract with the battle's conditions, and Marty signed it before they took their stances.

Ian defeated Marty in a sound-magic battle after learning Mana Zone from him, then left the inn for the Royal Capital Noble District after receiving a summons from the Magic Emperor. The victory spread across the realms and sparked heated debate among commoners and nobles.

• Ian overwhelmed Marty's sound attacks, followed him through a portal to a forest, and countered his Sonic Disc with Sound Nullification.
• Marty used Mana Zone: World of Sound to trap Ian in relentless attacks, but Ian quickly learned Mana Zone and broke free.
• Ian bound Marty with surrounding mana and knocked him unconscious with Voice of the Mind when Marty refused to surrender.
• Ian reminded Marty's guild members about their bet, then returned to the inn as news of his victory spread through the Commoner, Noble, and Forsaken Realms.
• Three days later, Ian received a summons from the Magic Emperor and set off for the Royal Capital Noble District.

Ian established his own Magic Knights squad after persuading the 27th Magic Emperor, Spield Kira, to let him become captain, then built its strength and influence through training, potions, magic techniques, and a daily newspaper. Several years passed, and Ian finally recovered his memories.

• Captain Delaion apologized to Ian and said he wanted to challenge discrimination by raising his children to reject noble prejudice.
• Ian resisted the Magic Emperor’s magical pressure, argued that nobility had originated from commoners, and demanded permission to establish his own squad.
• Spield Kira agreed to Ian’s terms, and the Blue Ravenclaw Squad was officially established as the kingdom’s tenth Magic Knights squad.
• Ian recruited commoners and selected outcast or open-minded nobles, then tailored their training and equipped them with recovery potions and special magic techniques.
• Ian launched a cheap daily newspaper that reported news and noble scandals, published novels and practical advice, and promoted his deeds; nobles who tried to seize the business suffered a curse that the Magic Council could not trace to him.
• After several years, Ian finally recovered his memories.

Ian regained his memories and discovered that the Cosmic Will had sealed much of his power and cursed him to remain in the Clover Kingdom while he played a role resembling Julius Novachrono. He chose to work around the curse rather than confront the Cosmic Will directly, then began investigating his changed six-leaf Grimoire and the world’s magic.

• Ian recovered his clarity and found that his Higher-Dimensional Life Essence, Morgana, World Gate, and most of his magic power had been sealed, leaving him limited to Sixth-Tier power.
• Ian realized that Merlin had concealed the risk of the Cosmic Will’s restrictions and resolved to seek a safer way to increase his willpower.
• Ian tested the curse at the border and learned that it barred him from leaving the Clover Kingdom or killing certain characters tied to the main storyline.
• Ian concluded that fighting the Cosmic Will directly would be too dangerous, so he planned to act more recklessly while keeping an escape route for himself and those he cared about.
• Ian returned to Magic Knights headquarters, discovered his Grimoire had changed into a six-leaf clover, and began investigating possible gods and the universe’s magical system.

Ian analyzed how grimoires generated spells and how people in this universe could store vast amounts of magic power, considering ways to adapt both discoveries for the Empire. After Yami delivered news about the Magic Emperor, Ian planned to meet Vice-Captain Lunet and wondered whether Yami’s homeland had a distinct magic system.

• Ian reasoned that grimoires might be connected to a hidden spell library or intelligence that generated spells for their users.
• Ian considered adapting grimoires to give Empire Arcanists personalized spells, extra spell slots, backup energy, and support for Alchemy or qi techniques.
• Ian concluded that people in this universe stored magic power throughout their bodies because of a unique bloodline, and considered bringing that trait to the Empire.
• Yami told Ian that Vice-Captain Lunet had news about the Magic Emperor, and Ian said he would go over shortly.
• Ian praised Yami for completing his training tasks and promised to test him later.
• Ian noticed Yami’s interest in his changing qi and considered visiting the Land of the Sun to study its magic system.

Ian assigned Ravenclaw members missions while continuing to seek a way to break his curse. Acier died after giving birth to Noelle, but Ian sealed her soul and left to prepare for a confrontation with Julius that might reveal the secrets of Time Magic.

• Ian ordered Yami to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone from the Underwater Temple and William Vangeance to escort spies from the Diamond Kingdom, then promised to remove William's curse.
• Ian examined Acier and explained that removing Megicula's curse would kill her and her unborn child, while Acier asked him to protect Noelle and whether he could resurrect her.
• Vanica Zogratis killed Acier after Noelle's birth, and golden chains stopped Ian from reaching her.
• Ian sealed Acier's soul and preserved her body, then vowed to make Megicula pay once he broke his curse.
• Ian left to prepare for a battle with Julius, hoping to learn about Time Magic when Julius encountered Licht at the Eye of the Midnight Sun's base.

Ian and Julius fought in the Mirror Dimension while the Clover Kingdom watched their contest for Magic Emperor. Ian studied Julius’s Time Magic and Mana Zone, then prepared to end the battle with a newly created Destruction Magic spell.

• Ian suspected Julius was Lucius Zogratis and moved their duel to the Mirror Dimension.
• Ian attacked with meteors, lava, gravity, and Swords of Light, while Julius dodged, rewound attacks, and healed his wounds.
• Julius pursued Ian with a time-skipping beam, but Ian used Absolute Space to seize control of the battlefield’s magic power.
• Ian analyzed Julius’s Time Magic and admitted he had learned to use it, though he lacked enough stored time to cast it properly.
• Ian created a Destruction Sphere and announced that he would end the battle.

Ian became the 28th Wizard King after exposing Lucius as Julius and driving him to escape, then spent years reforming the Magic Knights as Lucius repeatedly pressured the kingdom’s borders. Years later, Ian sensed Asta and Yuno setting out from Hage Village and prepared to shape the story around their arrival.

• Lucius revealed his identity as Julius and escaped into the river of time after Ian tried to stop him.
• Ian returned to the real world, confirmed the truth to the Magic Knights, and was crowned the 28th Wizard King by Spield Kira.
• Ian promoted talented commoners, appointed Bernard captain of the Blue Ravenclaw Squad, and helped Yami and William become captains.
• Lucius repeatedly harassed the Clover Kingdom’s borders, while Ian’s Magic Knights kept the enemy’s damage negligible.
• Asta and Yuno left Hage Village for the Royal Capital, and Ian sensed their arrival while reading the Spade Grimoire copy he had taken from Lucius.