Chapter Summaries

After his system finished charging, Zhang Yang chose to become a Mystic and traveled to Mount Everest to complete the class change. The power unleashed by his transformation shook powerful figures across the universe, and he left the mountain able to halt and erase an avalanche with a thought.

• Zhang Yang chose the Mystic class and received a quest to sign in at the foot of Mount Everest.
• Zhang Yang traveled through Kathmandu, learned that Kamar-Taj was holding admissions, and spent the night in a village inn near the mountain.
• Zhang Yang reached Mount Everest and began the ten-second sign-in, unleashing power that shook the River of Time and space.
• The Ancient One sensed the disturbance in the River of Time, Odin was weakened, Dormammu's dark form was shattered, and Darkseid was forced to the ground.
• Zhang Yang completed his class change and discovered that he could stop an avalanche and make its snow vanish.

After damaging himself with uncontrolled magic, Zhang Yang traveled to Kathmandu to take Kamar-Taj’s apprentice assessment and triggered a mission to earn Perfect Control. His mental strength overwhelmed the test crystal, and he entered the White Tower with a foundation for taking control of his power.

• Zhang Yang’s magic injured his internal organs, and the system tasked him with taking Kamar-Taj’s apprentice assessment to earn Perfect Control.
• The Ancient One examined the shrunken Mount Everest with the Time Stone but could not identify the power’s owner, then returned to Kamar-Taj.
• Zhang Yang registered at Jagannath Temple and learned about the written and mental-strength tests before returning the next morning.
• Zhang Yang’s mental strength drove the crystal ball past deep purple until it exploded, and the assessment mages judged his power greater than a Temple Mage’s.
• An assessment mage gave Zhang Yang a black wooden token, and Zhang Yang entered the White Tower to register, determined to gain control of his fate.

Zhang Yang passed the Kamar-Taj apprentice assessment, endured a brutal climb to reach the hidden sanctuary, and gained Perfect Control over his immense power. After resting and exploring Kamar-Taj, he copied the apprentices’ spell practice and accidentally made his energy construct explode with a finger flick.

• Zhang Yang chose to enter Kamar-Taj immediately and climbed Mount Everest, using mental power to protect and strengthen his hands.
• The black wooden plaque led Zhang Yang through a magical path between the peaks, and he reached Kamar-Taj after several more hours of climbing.
• The system awarded Zhang Yang Perfect Control, letting him precisely wield his bodily strength and nearly inexhaustible magic, though his body remained a limit.
• Zhang Yang settled into a dormitory room, treated his climbing wounds, and slept until noon the next day.
• Zhang Yang watched apprentices shape magical energy, copied their movements, and formed an energy pattern he could not break apart.
• Zhang Yang flicked his finger after channeling a tiny amount of magic into it, and the energy pattern exploded.

After Zhang Yang unleashed a burst of magic that injured the apprentices, The Ancient One assigned Mordo to mentor him. Zhang Yang then mastered four foundational magic books with the system’s Super Comprehension reward, leaving The Ancient One astonished by his talent.

• The Ancient One found Zhang Yang standing unharmed amid the injured apprentices and sent Mordo to accompany her while Kaecilius arranged their treatment.
• Mordo returned and claimed Zhang Yang as his apprentice on The Ancient One’s decision, then directed him to the library.
• Zhang Yang triggered a system task and studied the Book of the Setting Sun, Cosmic Compendium, Supreme Codex, and Key of Solomon.
• The system awarded Zhang Yang Super Comprehension, and he gained extensive knowledge of magic, dimensions, and ways to draw power from them.
• The Ancient One watched Zhang Yang leave the library and examined the four books, calling him a genius.

Zhang Yang began his first mage lessons at Kamar-Taj, where meditation helped him understand the limits of his magical power. After meeting the talented twin sisters Pinochio and Krah, he was surprised when they invited him to join their team.

• Zhang Yang was assigned to Mordo, while graduating apprentices recognized him as the newcomer who had injured them during the previous day's test.
• Mordo taught the apprentices meditation, and Zhang Yang learned he could safely control up to a rice grain's worth of magical power if he waited at least five seconds between uses.
• After class, Pinochio and Krah approached Zhang Yang, and the apprentices explained that the sisters could command flame and ice and had applied for early graduation.
• Pinochio introduced herself and Krah, then Krah invited Zhang Yang to join their team, leaving him confused.

Zhang Yang attended Mage Hamill’s lesson on drawing power from the multiverse, but Gandalf interrupted to challenge him over speaking with Pinochio. Hamill stopped Gandalf’s attack, and Pinochio arrived to angrily tell Gandalf that she had nothing to do with him.

• Krah gave Zhang Yang her sister’s number, which he erased before beginning meditation.
• Hamill demonstrated how to draw energy from the multiverse, and the apprentices practiced the method.
• Gandalf entered Hamill’s classroom and accused Zhang Yang of speaking with Pinochio before attacking him with his staff.
• Hamill trapped Gandalf in the Mirror Dimension, where Gandalf’s staff strike smashed the ground, then scolded him and ordered him out.
• Pinochio confronted Gandalf and declared that she had absolutely nothing to do with him.

Zhang Yang attended Mage Hamill’s lesson on magical artifacts and learned to open a Portal with a Sling Ring on his first attempt. After the other apprentices’ distraction ended, Mage Hamill began teaching him Magic Shaping and was shocked by Zhang Yang’s result.

• Gandalf left the classroom in anger after confronting Zhang Yang, while Mage Hamill announced an afternoon lesson on magical artifacts.
• Zhang Yang ate lunch as apprentices traded conflicting rumors about Gandalf, then returned to his dormitory to meditate.
• At three o’clock, Mage Hamill demonstrated how to use a Sling Ring to create a Portal, and Zhang Yang opened one on his first try.
• Several girls fought over Zhang Yang, and Mage Hamill stopped the commotion before the apprentices resumed practicing.
• Mage Hamill began teaching Zhang Yang Magic Shaping, then exclaimed in shock at what Zhang Yang had done.

Zhang Yang’s magical practice stunned Mage Hamill and drew S.H.I.E.L.D.’s attention after his enormous energy sword destroyed a satellite. By the end of class, Zhang Yang had mastered Kamar-Taj’s magic, and Mage Hamill suggested he learn from exchange students at other magical schools.

• Zhang Yang created a magical sword that stretched into space and accidentally destroyed a satellite, while Mage Hamill watched in astonishment.
• Coulson showed Black Braised Egg footage of the sword destroying the satellite and reported that it had originated in Nepal; Black Braised Egg sealed the files at clearance level ten.
• Zhang Yang formed a short blade covered in powerful enchantments and explained that he had learned them from the Supreme Codex, which he had memorized.
• Mage Hamill praised Zhang Yang’s talent and said he could become a leading candidate for the next Sorcerer Supreme.
• After Zhang Yang mastered Kamar-Taj’s magic, Mage Hamill suggested he learn from exchange students from Hogwarts, Atlantis, and Asgard.

Zhang Yang learned that Kamar-Taj hosted exchange students from Hogwarts, Atlantis, and Asgard, and the Ancient One’s council debated how to test his abilities. After accepting a dangerous early graduation assessment, Zhang Yang was told to meet at the teleportation hall that afternoon.

• Mage Hamill told Zhang Yang that exchange students from Hogwarts, Atlantis, and Asgard would study at Kamar-Taj.
• Mage Hamill reported Zhang Yang’s talent to the Ancient One and proposed placing him in the exchange student class.
• Mordo, Wang, Daniel, Drumm, Hamill, and Kaecilius agreed that Zhang Yang should join an early graduation assessment tied to unusual activity at the London Sanctum.
• The Ancient One ordered Mage Hamill to ask Zhang Yang whether he would take part in the assessment.
• Zhang Yang accepted the assessment mission and agreed to meet at the teleportation hall at three that afternoon.

Zhang Yang entered the Sealed Space for his practical assessment and faced a swarm of Dark Hounds outside the ruined London Sanctum. He protected himself with Seraphim's Shield, created a QBZ95 Assault Rifle, and opened fire.

• Pinochio, Krah, Gandalf, and Adina prepared to take the graduation assessment with the Ice and Fire Wool Team.
• Zhang Yang arrived at the Portal Hall and joined the other students taking the assessment.
• Daniel assigned Zhang Yang to area C-12 and warned him about dangerous creatures in the Sealed Space.
• Zhang Yang arrived at a ruined London Sanctum and saw Dark Hounds and Zenos outside its protective formation.
• Zhang Yang stepped beyond the formation, shielded himself with Seraphim's Shield, formed a QBZ95 Assault Rifle, and fired at the Dark Hounds.

Zhang Yang destroyed the monsters around the London Sanctum with overwhelming firepower, then shattered the magical formation and fought Chino in the Mirror Dimension. After touching a black sphere and resisting Dormammu’s mental attack, Zhang Yang forced Dormammu’s avatar out of his body, leaving them face to face.

• Zhang Yang cleared the monsters around the London Sanctum with his Vulcan cannon, but his bombardment shattered the protective magical formation.
• Chino appeared and collapsed the London Sanctum, so Zhang Yang bound it with the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and bombarded it until it exploded, leaving a vast pit in the Mirror Dimension.
• Zhang Yang found a black sphere at the center of the pit and touched it despite Daniel’s warning.
• Dormammu attacked Zhang Yang’s mind and tried to take his magical power, but the system triggered a mission to defeat Dormammu’s avatar.
• Zhang Yang flooded his brain with magical power, resisted Dormammu, and expelled the demon god’s avatar from his body.

Zhang Yang fought Dormammu in the Mirror Dimension and destroyed the wormhole linking the Dark Dimension to reality. Dormammu was sealed away but cursed Zhang Yang before the connection vanished.

• Zhang Yang told Daniel and the other Sanctum Masters to leave, assuring them he had a way out.
• Zhang Yang attacked Dormammu with a Big Ivan and several spells, but Dormammu revealed that Zhang Yang could not control his full power and threatened to make him a dark puppet.
• Zhang Yang discovered Dormammu could not move, bound his hands, and detonated the Big Ivan, stripping away Dormammu's manifested body.
• Zhang Yang used Hoggoth's Elder Body to seal the wormhole to the Dark Dimension.
• Dormammu cursed Zhang Yang in his true name before the wormhole dissolved.

Zhang Yang defeated Dormammu after the demon’s curse was absorbed and transformed by a mysterious power within him. Back at his shop, he gained Instant Spellcasting and woke to find his body and mind dramatically enhanced.

• Dormammu’s curse entered Zhang Yang but was seized by a supreme magical hand, and the weakened Dormammu vanished as the wormhole closed.
• Daniel and Kamar-Taj’s combat forces arrived to find the battle over, while Kaecilius silently resented Zhang Yang’s talent.
• The system rewarded Zhang Yang with Instant Spellcasting, allowing him to open a portal and cast spells without gestures or incantations.
• Zhang Yang returned to his shop, protected Mrs. Chen with layers of Seraphim’s Shield, and went to sleep after feeling warmth in his mind.
• The next morning, Zhang Yang sensed a major increase in his vitality and mental strength and wondered if he had experienced enlightenment.

Zhang Yang joined the Special Class at Kamar-Taj and met its unconventional instructors and students. After Lucifer briefly greeted him, Zhang Yang saw him return to a bar surrounded by beautiful women.

• Mage Hamill brought Zhang Yang to the teleportation hall and led him to the Special Class’s dimensional space.
• Apprentices returning from their graduation assessments discussed Zhang Yang’s achievements and the Ice and Fire Sisters’ second-place finish.
• John Constantine summoned demons to wake the Special Class, and Loki emerged angrily, accusing him of disturbing the future God King.
• Two students protested Constantine’s rough wake-up, and Lucifer appeared after Constantine mentioned him.
• Lucifer greeted Zhang Yang, said they would meet again in four days, and returned through a Portal to his bar.

Constantine gave Zhang Yang an Exorcism Manual and sent the students through a Portal to exorcise a demon possessing a girl for class points. Zhang Yang studied the manual while Loki confronted the demon, which began manipulating the people in the room.

• Constantine gave Zhang Yang twenty minutes to read his Exorcism Manual and explained that class points could be exchanged for valuable items.
• Loki, Harry Potter, and Mera raced through the Portal to exorcise the demon, while Zhang Yang stayed behind to study.
• Zhang Yang read the manual’s exorcism methods and its warning to beware of the Hell lord Nigel.
• Constantine took Zhang Yang through the Portal to see who had won, calling the winner an unlucky bastard.
• Loki confronted the demon possessing a girl, but the demon threatened the girl and began clouding the other onlookers’ minds.

Harry used John Constantine’s Exorcism Manual to drive a demon out of a girl, while the demon revealed it had come on Mammon’s orders. After Frigga appeared and took Loki away, Constantine awarded Harry course points.

• Loki ordered the demon possessing the girl to leave, but it refused because Mammon had sent it.
• Harry used a holy coin, a mirror, and an exorcism chant to confront the demon, then destroyed it with the Killing Curse when it attacked the mirror.
• John Constantine praised Harry’s exorcism knowledge and criticized Loki for his pride.
• Constantine summoned Frigga, who offered to speak with Loki, but a beam of energy took Loki away before he could respond.
• Frigga thanked Constantine and promised him Asgard’s finest wine next time, and Constantine awarded Harry ten points.

Zhang Yang rapidly mastered several kinds of magic during his first week in the Special Class, then accepted a system quest to join John Constantine on an urgent mission. The group reached a police station to look for Detective Angela Dawson, but she was on leave, and John left through a Portal to find Lucifer.

• After the assessment, John Constantine collected compensation and took Zhang Yang, Harry, and Mera out drinking.
• Frigga taught Illusion Magic, and Zhang Yang quickly mastered three spells well enough to surpass her.
• Coulson investigated a man running at extraordinary speed with a patterned dagger and sent Grant Ward to search the archives.
• After a week of rapid progress in several forms of magic, Zhang Yang accepted the system's [Invasion of Hell] quest, and Harry and Mera agreed to go with him.
• John Constantine took the group to a police station to find Detective Angela Dawson, learned she was on leave, and opened a Portal to find Lucifer.

Zhang Yang, Harry, and Mera followed John Constantine’s advice to investigate Officer Angela Dawson’s home, where they encountered a demon in its true form. Zhang Yang destroyed it with an instantly summoned sacred sword, leaving Harry and Mera stunned by his apparent Temple Mage strength.

• Zhang Yang, Harry, and Mera left the police station to visit Officer Angela Dawson, while a man in a gray suit watched them and reported their departure.
• At Kamar-Taj, the mentors agreed to trust the three students to handle the danger, and The Ancient One said she would confront the dimension lords herself.
• Zhang Yang and the others found Angela’s apartment empty, where Mera sensed a demon’s sulfurous smell.
• The group discovered a demon holding a woman underwater in the bathtub, and Mera struck it with a giant made of water.
• Zhang Yang rescued the woman and split the demon in two with an instantly summoned Vishanti’s Sacred Sword, burning it to ash.
• Harry and Mera realized Zhang Yang’s spellcasting suggested Temple Mage strength and stared at him in shock.

After killing the demon soldier, Zhang Yang gained physical strength and learned that his magic differed from Kamar-Taj’s. He and Harry and Mera found Angela Dawson and went with her to examine her sister Isabella’s body, where Zhang Yang discovered a mysterious symbol linked to Hell.

• Zhang Yang received a Physical Strength +1 reward after killing the demon’s true form, and his body grew stronger.
• Mera explained that Zhang Yang’s instant casting suggested Temple Tier ability, while Zhang Yang considered the limits and danger of his magic.
• Angela Dawson told Zhang Yang, Harry, and Mera that her sister Isabella had died after apparently jumping from a rooftop, and that the last name Isabella said in a recording was Constantine.
• Zhang Yang and his companions followed Angela to the police station morgue to examine Isabella’s body.
• Zhang Yang detected powerful Hell energy on Isabella’s wrist and uncovered a symbol of a circle pierced by two spears.

Zhang Yang and his companions learned that Mammon needed a powerful human medium, a god’s aid, and the Spear of Destiny to enter the human world, while Coulson revealed that Hell already had the spear. As they faced an attack by Cursed Carrion Monsters, an eerie voice explained that mortal souls had opened a passage from Hell.

• Zhang Yang identified the symbol as Mammon’s and explained to Angela that the beings she had seen were half-demons.
• Zhang Yang proposed consulting Kamar-Taj’s library, but Phil Coulson arrived and explained Mammon’s requirements: a powerful medium, help from a god, and the Spear of Destiny.
• Coulson revealed that Hell had obtained the Spear of Destiny and gave Zhang Yang his S.H.I.E.L.D. contact card before leaving.
• The police station’s lights went out, and Zhang Yang cast an Illumination Spell as Harry recognized the attackers outside as Cursed Carrion Monsters.
• An eerie voice said that the souls of mortals who sacrificed themselves for a lofty goal had opened a passage to the human world.