Chapter Summaries

Zhao Yu mastered the Magic Shield in three days at Kamar-Taj, astonishing his fellow apprentice Xiang Nan. After Xiang Nan urged him to tell Master Kamidar, Zhao Yu checked his spell progress and discovered that his shield was training itself faster in response to his expectations.

• Zhao Yu completed a golden Magic Shield after three days of practice under Kamidar's guidance.
• Xiang Nan witnessed Zhao Yu's shield, dropped his teapot, and exclaimed that Zhao Yu had learned the spell faster than Kaecilius.
• Xiang Nan urged Zhao Yu to tell Master Kamidar about his talent so he could receive better guidance, and Zhao Yu agreed to go later.
• Zhao Yu checked his status interface and saw that his Level One Magic Shield had 23% progress.
• Zhao Yu urged his shield to improve, and the spell increased its cultivation intensity and cosmic-energy absorption speed.

Zhao Yu asked Kamidar for advanced magical knowledge, but Kamidar insisted he master the basics first. Zhao Yu demonstrated that he had formed the Basic Shield in three days, astonishing Kamidar, who left him with another basic exercise and privately resolved to give him more training.

• Zhao Yu approached Kamidar after morning exercises and asked to learn more advanced spells.
• Kamidar explained that Zhao Yu needed to master the Basic Shield before learning other magic.
• Zhao Yu revealed that he could already cast the shield and had first formed it three days after beginning practice.
• Zhao Yu demonstrated a shield that he could maintain for about half an incense stick, leaving Kamidar privately astonished by his progress.
• Kamidar dismissed Zhao Yu as having only average talent and told him to copy Basic Rune Variant three times, then considered extending his practice time.

Kamidar tested Zhao Yu’s Magic Shield and found it exceptionally strong and lively, despite Zhao Yu having learned it in only three days. He taught Zhao Yu how to reshape shield runes into blades, and Zhao Yu left with the lesson’s concepts rapidly mastered through his system.

• Kamidar asked Zhao Yu to demonstrate his Magic Shield, and Zhao Yu formed a golden shield in the air.
• Kamidar praised Zhao Yu’s sturdy, lively shield but cautioned him not to become complacent, while privately realizing his talent was extraordinary.
• Kamidar began teaching Zhao Yu how to restructure shield runes into swords and blades.
• Zhao Yu’s system quickly absorbed Kamidar’s explanations, bringing two new disciplines to the threshold of Level One.
• Zhao Yu thanked Kamidar and left the room, while Kamidar watched him go and quietly brushed beard hairs from his knuckles.

Kamidar told Wong that Zhao Yu had mastered the Magic Shield in three days, prompting Wong to observe him in the Mirror Dimension. They found Zhao Yu asleep, but when he woke, he discovered his Magic Shield was absorbing energy from the void faster.

• Kamidar told Wong that Lin had learned to maintain a Magic Shield in three days and was already adapting its energy flow.
• Wong learned the apprentice's name was Zhao Yu and decided to observe him in secret from the Mirror Dimension.
• Wong and Kamidar found Zhao Yu asleep, contradicting Kamidar's praise of his diligence, and Wong chose to wait for him to wake on his own.
• Zhao Yu woke to a floating status screen showing his spell and magical-weapon skills at level two while his basic rune patterns remained at level one.
• Zhao Yu saw that his Magic Shield was accelerating its absorption of energy from the void.

Zhao Yu rapidly advanced his mystic arts, creating a magical blade and mastering increasingly complex spells after only hours of instruction. Wong and Kamidar recognized that his progress defied reason, and Wong ordered Kamidar to teach him everything while preparing him for the dangers and costs of magic.

• Zhao Yu examined his improved shield and formed a golden magical blade, stabilizing its runes through focused will.
• Wong and Kamidar watched Zhao Yu from the Mirror Dimension and were astonished that he could create a weapon after one morning of instruction.
• Zhao Yu drew three Rings of Seraphim with increasing speed and made them rotate in reverse while Wong and Kamidar discussed his extraordinary progress.
• Wong told Kamidar to teach Zhao Yu everything, including magical rules, taboos, and costs, and to direct him toward powerful texts and hidden relics.
• Wong explained that the Ancient One was away battling threats from other dimensions, leaving Kamar-Taj's remaining sorcerers to handle their responsibilities and teach Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu demonstrated extraordinary control over magical energy at the training ground, silencing apprentices who accused Kamidar of favoring him. Kamidar took Zhao Yu aside afterward, where Zhao Yu asked whether his recent exercises had disappointed his master.

• Kamidar reassured Wong that he would guide Zhao Yu, and they left through their Sling Rings.
• Zhao Yu practiced shaping magical energy into weapons, then went to sleep before deciding to seek Kamidar the next day.
• Mike challenged Kamidar for spending extra time teaching Zhao Yu and letting him arrive late.
• Kamidar asked Zhao Yu to demonstrate his abilities, and Zhao Yu formed a complex, glowing barrier that astonished the apprentices.
• Kamidar dismissed the accusations of favoritism and brought Zhao Yu to his house, where Zhao Yu asked if his progress had disappointed him.

Kamidar praised Zhao Yu’s rapid mastery of the Light Shield and taught him how to cast Portal with a Sling Ring. After Zhao Yu revealed he had already learned to open a stable Portal, Kamidar asked him to demonstrate the spell.

• Kamidar questioned Zhao Yu about his Light Shield and praised his progress while warning him not to become complacent.
• Kamidar gave Zhao Yu a Sling Ring and explained how to picture a destination to cast Portal.
• Zhao Yu’s system reported that the Sling Ring had learned Portal and that his other spells were reacting to its breakthrough.
• Kamidar mistook Zhao Yu’s troubled expression for frustration with Portal and tried to reassure him with stories about his own struggles.
• Zhao Yu told Kamidar he had already opened a stable Portal on his seventh attempt the previous evening.
• Kamidar recovered from his surprise and asked Zhao Yu to demonstrate Portal.

Zhao Yu opened a stable portal as Kamidar warned him about the dangers of careless spellcasting. Later, Kamidar told fellow sorcerers that Zhao Yu had mastered Magic Shield in three days, leaving them disbelieving and astonished.

• Zhao Yu created a steady golden portal to his quarters, and Kamidar warned him that mistakes while crossing could cost him part of his body.
• Kamidar went to a tavern, where Gry praised his student Agul for mastering Magic Shield and studying two difficult tomes in six months.
• Kamidar challenged Gry’s boasting and revealed that Zhao Yu had learned Magic Shield in three days.
• The sorcerers accused Kamidar of exaggerating, but he insisted they could ask Wong to confirm Zhao Yu’s achievement.
• Kamidar privately reflected that Zhao Yu had also grasped much of the theory behind the Portal spell.

Kamidar decided Zhao Yu had outgrown his instruction and arranged for him to study under Wong, who began by warning him against arrogance and reckless overconfidence. Zhao Yu started training with Wong, though the lesson ended with a warning that survival in a real fight depended on more than strength.

• Kamidar asked Wong to take Zhao Yu as a student, and Wong agreed.
• Kamidar told Zhao Yu that he could no longer teach him and explained that Wong would guide his combat training.
• Zhao Yu accepted the change of mentor and went to Wong's quarters before dawn.
• Wong warned Zhao Yu that gifted sorcerers often failed because they trusted themselves too much and provoked dangers beyond their ability.

Zhao Yu proved he could open a Portal inside Wong’s Mirror Dimension, earning instruction in Kamar-Taj’s combat arts and magical weapons. During Wong’s first sparring lesson, Zhao Yu’s movements suddenly improved, and he began countering the attack.

• Zhao Yu agreed to learn the dangerous side of magic, and Wong brought him into the Mirror Dimension to test his Portal spell.
• Zhao Yu formed a stable Portal inside the Mirror Dimension, astonishing Wong, then closed it when instructed.
• Wong told Zhao Yu that Kamar-Taj’s practitioners were guardians and warriors, and introduced the Living Tribunal Staff and Watoo Wand.
• Zhao Yu channeled magic into the Watoo Wand, transforming it into a flexible whip, and Wong immediately attacked him.
• As Zhao Yu struggled to block Wong’s strikes, combat knowledge and muscle memory surfaced, letting him counterattack and disrupt Wong’s rhythm.

Zhao Yu advanced rapidly under Wong’s combat instruction, prompting the instructor to refine his techniques and arrange medicinal support for his training. After practicing alone in his quarters, Zhao Yu received restorative solutions from Kamidar and learned that Kamar-Taj combined magical and modern methods.

• Zhao Yu counterattacked Wong with increasing speed until Wong intensified the sparring and knocked him down with a forceful maneuver.
• Wong corrected Zhao Yu’s combat movements, and Zhao Yu’s system reported that his Kamar-Taj Combat Arts proficiency was nearing a breakthrough.
• Wong ended the lesson, warned Zhao Yu to keep practicing, and said Kamidar would prepare materials for a medicinal bath.
• Zhao Yu returned to his quarters and continued practicing when his combat arts slowed and his Watoo Wand would not respond.
• Kamidar brought Zhao Yu green restorative solutions and explained that Kamar-Taj treated technology and magic as different applications of the world’s laws.

Zhao Yu trained with Kamidar, first sparring hand-to-hand in the Mirror Dimension and then overwhelming him with a magically formed blade. As the fight continued, Zhao Yu’s senses and strength sharpened, and he gathered himself for another charge against Kamidar’s shield.

• Kamidar warned Zhao Yu to report unusual pain during training and gave him medicine for bodily injuries.
• Kamidar opened the Mirror Dimension and tested Zhao Yu’s combat skills, praising his speed and balance while pointing out his obvious intentions.
• Zhao Yu used magic to form a saber and attacked Kamidar with extraordinary speed, forcing him to abandon his chains and reinforce his shield.
• Kamidar stopped the first exchange, startled that Zhao Yu had learned to channel magic into his legs and weapon after only one day of combat training.
• Kamidar raised layered shields and continued defending as Zhao Yu’s attacks grew smoother and his senses sharpened.
• Zhao Yu drew back to gather strength, then surged forward into Kamidar’s shield.

Zhao Yu overwhelmed Kamidar in a sparring match, prompting his mentor to recognize his exceptional potential and promise to teach him a more advanced shield. Later, Wong tested Zhao Yu’s portal work in the Mirror Dimension and stopped him after he formed seven precise rings.

• Zhao Yu’s relentless sword assault forced Kamidar to summon golden chains from his Light Shield to restrain him.
• Kamidar admitted Zhao Yu had pushed him to use a hidden spell and revealed that it had taken him thirty-seven years to make his Light Shield grow chains.
• Kamidar recognized that Zhao Yu’s fighting style echoed the Sorcerer Supreme’s and believed Zhao Yu might one day reach that level.
• Zhao Yu thanked Kamidar, who promised to teach him how to make light grow teeth and invited him for a walk.
• Zhao Yu continued training, deepening his portal mastery and blending magic more smoothly with his martial movements.
• Wong brought Zhao Yu to the Mirror Dimension to test his fundamentals, then halted him after he formed seven evenly spaced rings.

Wong guided Zhao Yu’s rapidly advancing magical practice, then revealed an ancient power known as the echo of The Nameless One and began teaching him to summon it. Zhao Yu managed only red mist with a fleeting eye-shaped shadow, but Wong told him to imagine a void and fill it with fragments.

• Wong advised Zhao Yu to keep practicing the basics and praised his near-perfect Magic Shield after offering a few pointers.
• Zhao Yu demonstrated many spells and techniques, and Wong was astonished by how much he had mastered in just seven days.
• Zhao Yu resonated with magic by adjusting his breathing, causing the Mirror Dimension to tremble; Wong stopped the lesson, sensing the unusual power.
• Wong discovered strange signs in his room, including a hot pendant bearing unfamiliar runes, and recalled The Ancient One’s warning about doors that could not be closed.
• Wong showed Zhao Yu a red shield powered by the fading echo of The Nameless One and explained that each use weakened it.
• Zhao Yu tried to copy Wong’s gestures but produced red mist with a brief eye-shaped shadow, so Wong instructed him to imagine a void and fill it with fragments.

Zhao Yu rapidly mastered the Ring of Raggadorr under Wong’s instruction, leaving Wong shaken by his extraordinary comprehension. Wong returned to his quarters in despair, where a newcomer burst in and called him “Your Majesty!”

• Zhao Yu summoned a broken red arc from the ruins, and Wong told him to remember the sensation.
• Wong taught Zhao Yu the Ring of Raggadorr and explained how to seek permission from a higher existence.
• Zhao Yu formed a complete, unstable Ring of Raggadorr after roughly half an hour, shocking Wong.
• Zhao Yu asked Wong about the spell’s energy circuit, and Wong’s further explanation rapidly increased Zhao Yu’s mastery.
• Wong returned to his quarters emotionally exhausted, and a gaunt newcomer burst in and addressed him as “Your Majesty!”

Wong told Hamir that Zhao Yu had mastered the Ring of Raggadorr in half an hour, prompting Hamir to investigate the young sorcerer’s ability and guide him toward understanding the energy within his body. Hamir then brought Zhao Yu into the Mirror Dimension and asked him to demonstrate the spell.

• Hamir visited Wong, who revealed that Zhao Yu had mastered the Ring of Raggadorr in half an hour, astonishing Hamir.
• Zhao Yu reviewed his growing magical abilities before Wong introduced him to Hamir and took him to discuss the energy developing within him.
• Hamir explained that Zhao Yu needed to strengthen the channel through which multiversal energy flowed and gave him a scroll to study.
• Zhao Yu sensed the energy as a river running beneath his bones and blood vessels, and Hamir said they would begin by dredging its riverbed.
• Wong and Hamir brought Zhao Yu into the Mirror Dimension, where Hamir asked him to demonstrate the Ring of Raggadorr.

Zhao Yu impressed Hamir with his mastery of the Ring of Raggadorr and rapidly absorbed Hamir’s instruction, while Wong watched Hamir’s confidence falter. Hamir then taught Zhao Yu a powerful spell requiring teamwork and demonstrated it with Wong, whose blast demolished the Mirror Dimension’s replica of Kamar-Taj.

• Zhao Yu formed a steady crimson shield, astonishing Hamir, who had learned he had only encountered the spell the day before.
• Hamir demonstrated his own stronger shield and began teaching Zhao Yu the principles behind the spell as Wong watched with knowing pity.
• As Hamir explained the magic, Zhao Yu’s understanding and cultivation accelerated, and he quickly refined his shield through practice.
• Hamir ended the lesson when Zhao Yu’s rapid progress unsettled him, then offered to teach him a powerful spell he had devised.
• Hamir and Wong jointly formed a sphere of chaotic energy in the Mirror Dimension and released it, reducing the replica buildings below to powder.

Zhao Yu learned the Chaos Orb spell from Hamir and Wong, then astonished them by casting it alone. He wondered whether combining more dimensional powers could produce something even more unexpected, while Hamir later sat with another figure in a tavern.

• Hamir and Wong warned Zhao Yu about the Chaos Orb’s dangers and explained that it required two people to control opposing dimensional powers.
• As Hamir taught the spell, Zhao Yu’s Chaos Orb comprehension advanced, and he formed a stable orb of golden light in one hand.
• Wong failed to combine the opposing powers himself, but Zhao Yu cast the Chaos Orb alone and demonstrated its destructive force.
• Hamir and Wong recognized Zhao Yu’s feat as impossible by known magical rules, while Zhao Yu considered experimenting with more dimensional powers.
• Hamir called Zhao Yu a freak, then encouraged him to pursue his unusual talent at Kamar-Taj; afterward, Hamir sat across from another figure in a tavern.

Hamir and Wong decided Zhao Yu needed to learn the Mirror Dimension and planned to have Kaecilius teach him when he returned from battle. Kaecilius finished clearing out a group of demons, while Zhao Yu was summoned by a guardian and followed him through a portal.

• Hamir and Wong recalled Zhao Yu's astonishing power and agreed to teach him the Mirror Dimension to prevent him from endangering reality.
• Wong decided Kaecilius should teach Zhao Yu because Kaecilius was exceptionally skilled in the Mirror Dimension.
• Kaecilius and the sorcerers under his command eliminated a group of demons and prepared to return to Kamar-Taj.
• Zhao Yu sensed his Chaos Orb power growing as the Ring of Raggadorr slowed and the Magic Weapon Construction Method accelerated.
• A solemn guardian summoned Zhao Yu, opened a portal, and stepped through it.

Zhao Yu learned to create the Mirror Dimension from Wong and opened one after a single attempt. His Mirror Dimension then fused with his Portal, mutating into a multilayered space with powerful new abilities.

• Wong explained the Mirror Dimension’s principles and warned Zhao Yu about the dangers of an unstable space.
• Zhao Yu opened the Mirror Dimension on his first attempt, astonishing Wong.
• Inside the dimension, Zhao Yu reshaped streets and terrain with his thoughts while barely feeling the mental strain.
• The Mirror Dimension advanced and absorbed the Portal’s core laws after a forced fusion failed, becoming a multilayered space.
• Zhao Yu discovered that he could unfold his own space inside another sorcerer’s Mirror Dimension and alter their control over it.
• Zhao Yu found that his mutated Portals could lead intruders into a layered mirror maze and wondered how magic fusion worked.