Chapter Summaries

Li Ang met Instructor Eve in her potion workshop, where she offered him an apprenticeship after reviewing the potions he had made. He accepted, received a badge, and learned the workshop rules and commission arrangements before leaving.

• The attendant led Li Ang into Eve’s workshop, filled with potion-making equipment and materials.
• Eve said Li Ang had passed her test by making one qualified potion and one excellent potion, and offered to take him as an apprentice.
• Eve gave Li Ang a badge that let him enter the workshop and explained that he could use its facilities and take brewing commissions.
• Li Ang accepted Eve as his instructor and read the workshop rules, including restrictions on materials, damaged tools, and operating hours.
• Li Ang bowed to Eve and quietly left the workshop.

Li Ang began his life as Eve's personal apprentice while the Elemental School investigated the abnormal Abyssal Stalker attack. The next morning, he joined the Potion School's new apprentices for their initiation ceremony, where School Head Carlos welcomed them.

• Li Ang meditated in the Wizard Tower, then slept as the magic power in his Mental World gathered toward splitting his Astral Stars.
• Selenst told Gorman that an Abyssal Stalker had split apart during the voyage, and Gorman suspected someone might have targeted the apprentices or tested his deteriorating condition.
• Li Ang arrived at the Potion School hall wearing his apprentice badge, and the reserve apprentices reacted with envy while Lottie Polk nervously greeted him.
• Ellie's attendant led the new Potion School apprentices into the initiation hall, where School Head Carlos welcomed them.

Li Ang attended his first Potion School lesson, where Karin explained that apprentices had to earn money and opportunities through their own work. At the shared task board, he ignored Matthew’s provocation and chose a copying task that could give him access to spell materials.

• The head of the school explained the Potion School’s classes, examinations, apprenticeship opportunities, and task board.
• Ellie led the new apprentices to class, where Karin recognized Eve’s badge on Li Ang and told him that Eve was known as the Reclusive Princess.
• Karin taught the apprentices to identify three basic herbs and warned them that their small allowance meant they had to earn their own living expenses.
• Li Ang went with the apprentices to the task board, where Matthew noticed his badge, recalled Li Ang’s power, and left after boasting about the Elemental School’s larger allowance.
• Li Ang selected a task to copy the Level-1 Spell Compendium because he wanted to study its contents and gain access to other schools’ materials.

Li Ang accepted a low-paying copying commission, shared his lavish lunch with Lottie, and went to Mentor Eve’s workshop to begin brewing Calming Potions. He upgraded a grinding mortar and prepared the ingredients, but had yet to start brewing.

• Li Ang accepted a commission to copy the Level-1 Spell Compendium and learned that the Wizard Tower charged apprentices for parchment, ink, and quill use.
• Li Ang bought a selected meal and shared two slices of pizza with Lottie, who had been eating only black bread and water.
• Li Ang visited Mentor Eve’s Potion Workshop and chose a commission to brew 20 bottles of Calming Potion.
• Li Ang used his badge to retrieve raw ingredients and bound the Blackstone Grinding Mortar, upgrading it to Lv1.
• Li Ang ground the potion ingredients but held off on brewing multiple batches because he was not confident he could control the cauldron safely.

Li Ang completed a potion commission and earned a substantial reward, then bought Lottie a selected meal. As they ate, Lottie told him about her declining wizard family and her more talented siblings.

• Li Ang refined two excellent-quality Calming Potions and one qualified-quality potion.
• Ginny inspected the potions and paid Li Ang two silver coins and sixty copper coins, advising him that rewards could also be exchanged for school contribution points.
• Li Ang met Lottie in the cafeteria and ordered selected meals for both of them despite her protests.
• Lottie told Li Ang that her sister Alisa was an Elemental School apprentice with Level 4 talent and her brother Ackerman was an Astrology School apprentice with Level 3 talent.
• Lottie admitted that she had only Level 1 spiritual power talent and a little fire-element affinity, making her the least talented member of the Polk Lineage.

Li Ang offered Lottie a paid job cleaning his dormitory, giving her a way to support herself and preserve the Polk Lineage. After upgrading his quill and copying a spellbook, he gained a second Astral Star in his Mental World.

• Lottie told Li Ang that the Polk Lineage would lose its title unless a formal wizard oversaw it within ten years of her grandfather’s death.
• Li Ang offered Lottie two copper coins a day to clean his dormitory, and she gratefully accepted the job.
• Li Ang returned to his dormitory, bound the Inferior Gray Feather Quill, and restored his Mental Power through meditation.
• Li Ang upgraded the quill and copied a page about the Wind Blade Technique, gaining a clearer understanding of wind elements.
• Li Ang’s saturated Astral Star split into two smaller stars that began revolving around his Mental Core.

Li Ang broke through to two Astral Stars while copying spell compendiums, then attended Edwin Hayes’s potion lesson and brewed an excellent Night Owl Potion. The practical class ended in an explosion that left the apprentices in chaos.

• Li Ang reached two Astral Stars, upgraded his Acceleration Pocket Watch and Inferior Gray Feather Quill, and finished copying a second Level-1 Spell Compendium.
• Li Ang met Lottie at breakfast and attended Edwin Hayes’s lesson on preparing the Night Owl Potion.
• Li Ang upgraded his Standard Practice Cauldron and successfully brewed an excellent Night Owl Potion, while Rufus Field also produced a potion of good purity.
• An explosion erupted in the classroom, and Edwin Hayes ordered the apprentices to remain calm as chaos spread.

After Lottie’s potion exploded, Edwin reprimanded her and punished the failed apprentices. Li Ang bound and upgraded Mentor Eve’s crystal cauldron, then successfully brewed several pairs of Calming Potions, ending with two that might be top-grade.

• Lottie’s Night Owl Potion exploded, and Edwin scolded her for her careless brewing and disgracing the Polk Lineage.
• Edwin assigned failed apprentices five hundred promotional flyers each to copy as punishment, while Li Ang helped Lottie clean up before leaving.
• Li Ang returned to his dormitory, reflected on the importance of bloodlines, and later noticed Lottie was absent from lunch.
• Li Ang bound the High-Quality Crystal Cauldron in Mentor Eve’s workshop and upgraded it after restoring his mental power.
• Li Ang brewed Calming Potions two at a time, producing excellent-quality bottles before his final pair emerged unusually rich and powerful, possibly top-grade.

Li Ang earned payment for brewing two supreme-quality Calming Potions, then learned that Lottie had entered the Tower through falsified records and faced expulsion unless she condensed an Astral Star and brewed a qualified Night Owl Potion within a week. He agreed to train her and began considering how to help, deciding he would need to leave the Tower to obtain herbs.

• Ginny inspected Li Ang's two supreme-quality Calming Potions and paid him nine silver coins and several copper coins.
• Li Ang returned to his dormitory and found Lottie pale and distressed.
• Lottie confessed that her grandfather's friend had tampered with her examination records because she had never condensed an Astral Star.
• Lottie told Li Ang that Instructor Edwin had given her one week to condense an Astral Star and independently brew a qualified Night Owl Potion or lose her place at the Tower.
• Lottie offered Li Ang her grandfather's potion-brewing notebook, but he told her to keep it and asked to copy it later.
• Li Ang agreed to train Lottie starting the next morning and decided to leave the Tower to obtain herbs for Calming Potions.

Li Ang took Lottie out of the tower to buy herbs and a Magelight Lamp, then brewed her an excellent-quality Calming Potion from ordinary ingredients. After Lottie began meditating, Li Ang studied and copied the potion research in her old notebook.

• Li Ang took Lottie by carriage to Port Commercial Street and bought two sets of Calming Potion ingredients at Old Peter's Herb Shop.
• Lottie guided Li Ang through Morning Light, where he bought a Magelight Lamp, and they ate at the Giant Pincer Restaurant.
• Back in the tower, Li Ang shared his insights on condensing Astral Stars and brewed an excellent-quality Calming Potion for Lottie.
• Lottie drank the potion and began meditating on Li Ang's bed.
• Li Ang read Lottie's notebook about Tranquility Flower Stamen and copied its research onto parchment.

Li Ang discovered that Old Mr. Polk's notebook concealed a map in its unusual spacing while helping Lottie begin gathering spiritual power. He continued brewing potions and preparing workshop facilities for stronger recipes, but the hidden map remained unclear and his lingering lung pain reminded him that his health was still fragile.

• Li Ang noticed irregular gaps in Old Mr. Polk's notes and began connecting them into a concealed pattern.
• Lottie awoke from meditation with her first trace of spiritual power, and Li Ang instructed her to condense an Astral Star before returning to learn the Night Owl Potion.
• Li Ang stored the partially deciphered map and spent the next two days brewing Calming Potions while reserve apprentices copied promotional flyers.
• Li Ang bound the Magic Heat Furnace and Rune Distiller, laying groundwork for brewing more advanced potions.
• Li Ang continued studying the notebook at night as its map gradually took shape, then felt the familiar dull ache in his lungs after returning to his dormitory.

Li Ang sought Eve’s guidance before risking nearly half his savings on brewing a Beginner Lung-Healing Potion. After receiving her advice, he began brewing it, and the potion liquid started glowing as he stirred in the Moonlight Moss Extract.

• Li Ang decided to brew the Beginner Lung-Healing Potion and counted the silver coins he had saved for its costly ingredients.
• Li Ang visited Eve in her room and asked for advice on the potion’s difficult fusion and timing stages.
• Li Ang noticed Eve was reading a fantasy knight novel, and Eve brushed it off as something to pass the time.
• Li Ang collected the ingredients and prepared the powders and purified water in the workshop.
• Li Ang began brewing the potion, added the Moonlight Moss Extract, and stirred the glowing liquid according to Eve’s instructions.

Li Ang cured his lung disease and helped Lottie brew a successful Night Owl Potion after she condensed an Astral Star. Lottie then recognized something on Li Ang’s mysterious map, though she had not yet explained what she saw.

• Li Ang drank the moon-white potion and completely cured his lung disease.
• Li Ang studied the notebook’s map until Lottie arrived and announced that she had condensed an Astral Star.
• Li Ang guided Lottie as she brewed a Night Owl Potion, and she successfully produced it.
• Li Ang showed Lottie the map, and she began to recognize its winding lines.

Li Ang and Lottie followed the map in her grandfather’s notebook to a hidden passage beneath the Wizard Tower, where they found his letter. It revealed that powerful puppet guards blocked the route ahead and warned future descendants to proceed only if they were strong enough.

• Li Ang invited Lottie to explore the map her grandfather had left, and she agreed despite worrying about breaking tower rules.
• At two in the morning, Li Ang and Lottie reached the sealed stone door and opened a hidden entrance by pressing a concealed brick.
• They descended into the passage and entered a dusty room containing a letter in Lottie’s grandfather’s handwriting.
• The letter explained that the passage led to an unrecorded area beneath the tower and that two powerful puppet guards had forced him to turn back.
• Lottie’s grandfather warned his descendants to explore further only with sufficient strength and extreme caution.

Li Ang and Lottie turned back from the dangerous passage after finding her grandfather’s letter, and Lottie spent the night resting in Li Ang’s dormitory before her assessment. The next morning, Li Ang went to Mentor Eve’s workshop and learned that Eve had summoned him to her living quarters.

• Lottie asked Li Ang to stop exploring, and he agreed that they should return to the tower.
• Li Ang let Lottie sleep in his dormitory so she would not risk waking her roommates and being confined.
• Li Ang copied the Level-1 Spell Compendium while Lottie slept, deepening his understanding of spells but holding back from attempting a spell beyond his ability.
• Li Ang left quietly the next morning and went to Mentor Eve’s workshop after breakfast.
• Ginny told Li Ang that Mentor Eve wanted him to go to her living quarters.

Li Ang met with Eve, learned she was Carlos Chloe’s daughter, and told her he had already brewed a Lung-Healing Potion and recovered. Eve praised his ability and offered him a place in the Silver Crucible Potion Competition, which he accepted.

• Ginny explained that Eve was called the Reclusive Princess because she rarely left her workshop and was Carlos Chloe’s daughter.
• Eve offered Li Ang a Beginner Lung-Healing Potion, but he revealed that he had brewed one himself and fully recovered.
• Eve praised Li Ang’s talent and said his potion-brewing ability exceeded that of an ordinary apprentice.
• Eve told Li Ang about the Silver Crucible Potion Competition and offered to help him enter.
• Li Ang accepted the invitation, and Eve said the competition would take place in one month.

Li Ang learned the rules of the Silver Crucible potion competition and heard from Lottie that contestants often won with minor tweaks to existing formulas. He resolved to create a potion for the competition and began considering one that could help build muscle.

• Ginny explained the Silver Crucible competition to Li Ang, who asked her to call him by name when they were alone.
• Li Ang submitted six copied spellbooks and the original compendium, earning four copper coins after costs were deducted.
• Li Ang shared a meal with Lottie, who thanked him for helping her pass her assessment and said Mentor Edwin had forgiven her.
• Lottie explained that potion contestants often spliced or adjusted known formulas because genuinely new recipes were rare.
• Li Ang decided to pursue the competition's reward and wondered whether he could create a potion that helped people grow muscle.

Li Ang considered developing a safe muscle-building potion and wrote a knight novel to give Mentor Eve as a gift. After a practical lesson extracting scorpion venom, he visited Eve to ask whether a potion that strengthened the body already existed.

• Li Ang decided a muscle-building potion could be useful and wrote a knight novel inspired by a broken-engagement tale, hoping to please Mentor Eve.
• Mentor Karin taught the Potion School apprentices to extract venom from Greyrock Venom-Tailed Scorpions, and Li Ang finished among the first.
• Rufus told Li Ang he would beat him next time, while Lottie also completed her venom extraction.
• Li Ang worked at Mentor Eve's workshop, then visited her living quarters and found her hiding a brightly illustrated novel.
• Li Ang asked Mentor Eve whether a safe potion could strengthen the body and promote muscle growth for the Silver Crucible competition.

Li Ang sought advice from Eve about changing his physique, then visited the Faction Library to research potion ingredients. There, he met the furious dwarf apprentice Shandrameya Maxwell, who demanded an apology and submission.

• Eve told Li Ang that wizards focused on spiritual power and magic rather than physical appearance, and suggested he consult the Faction Library.
• Li Ang gave Eve his manuscript, and after he left, she read it and became absorbed in the story of Xiao Yilisha Yanfeng.
• Li Ang went to the sixth-floor Faction Library and selected books about herbs, medicinal ores, and Devil Beast materials.
• As Li Ang searched the library shelves, Shandrameya Maxwell kicked his shin and accused him of blocking her light.
• Shandrameya introduced herself as a princess of Ironforge and demanded that Li Ang apologize, kneel, and kiss her boots.

Li Ang studied potion ingredients while Shandra Meiya backed down after he warned her not to risk disqualification from the Silver Crucible competition. As Lottie advanced to Formal Apprentice and moved into the room opposite his, Li Ang arrived at the first potion assessment, where exceptional apprentices could become disciples of Mentor Karin or Mentor Edwin.

• Li Ang teased Shandra Meiya, then reminded her that causing a scene could get her disqualified from the Silver Crucible competition, and she left.
• Li Ang borrowed three reference books and spent days researching ingredients and problems involved in creating a muscle-building potion.
• Lottie cast Spark Spell, became a Formal Apprentice, and was accepted as Mentor Karin's personal disciple.
• Lottie moved into the room opposite Li Ang's, and she explained that mentors earned faction contributions through teaching and could pursue promotion to professor and faction head.
• Li Ang arrived at the first potion assessment and learned that exceptional apprentices could become disciples of Mentor Karin or Mentor Edwin.