Chapter Summaries

Kroya showed Aistena his magic plants and discussed trading rare creatures and plants for his exceptional potions. After Aistena left, Kroya experimented on Sea God Barley, discovered the Earth Mother Goddess had cursed it, and created a temporary inscription that let it absorb Water Luminary Power.

• Kroya told Aistena he planned to trade potions as bonuses for unusual magical beasts and magic plants, and Aistena agreed to help him.
• Kroya showed Aistena his modified soothing lilies, whose essential oil could soothe even a Third-Level Mage, and asked him to assess its value.
• Aistena recognized Kroya's magic field grape vine and explained its ties to Dionysus, a lost civilization, and a wine made with a special kind of magical energy.
• After returning to his laboratory, Kroya infused Sea God Barley with Water Luminary Power and discovered its resistance came from the Earth Mother Goddess's divine power.
• Kroya inscribed a Magic Energy Channel that let the Sea God Barley bypass the curse and absorb Water Luminary Power, though the inscription was expected to last only thirty days.

Kroya developed magical breads and milk teas, then arranged for Aistena and his apprentices to establish a shop in the Royal Capital while expanding his farms on Reef Island. As the snowstorms weakened, an immense azure tree appeared over the ocean, enclosing the sea and Reef Island in a dome as the merfolk sang.

• Kroya tested breads made from water luminary barley, Aether Plane-enhanced barley, and potion-infused ingredients, finding that they boosted physical fitness, magical perception, and mental clarity.
• Kroya created Sea Spirit Bread, Morning Dew Bread, honey bread, and several kinds of milk tea, then decided which products to sell.
• Aistena praised Kroya’s magical foods, recommended prices of one magic crystal each, and agreed to take a twenty-percent stake in the Royal Capital shop.
• Aistena left for the Royal Capital with Jamie and a group of apprentices, while Kroya expanded magical crop cultivation and began making wine on Reef Island.
• As the snowstorms weakened, Kroya strengthened his symphony and received messages from the Pitfall Lord and the Gray Sand Lord.
• An azure tree rose from the ocean, surrounded by halos and merfolk song, and its light formed a dome around the sea, including Reef Island.

Kroya discovered that Aether Wolves inside the convicts were causing their wounds to gush mana, and he freed and transformed all eighteen into wolves that could live in the Main Plane. He then restored the convicts’ bodies and modified their magic field grape vines to preserve their ability to use magic, leaving them awake and weeping with relief.

• Kroya found a small Aether Wolf inside Mir’s wound, calmed it, and discovered it had been forcing mana through the convicts’ injuries.
• The Aether Wolf left Mir’s wound and joined the Olive Elf, stopping the mana surge; Kroya removed the wolves from the other convicts and found eighteen in all.
• Kroya inscribed True Transfiguration for the Aether Wolves, allowing them to take majestic wolf forms and live in the Main Plane’s mana environment.
• Kroya modified the magic field grape vines inside the convicts to store mana, removed their corrupted flesh, and had the Angel restore their bodies.
• Mir and the other convicts awoke with their wounds healed and began crying with relief.

Kroya restored the Convicts, discovered new mineral deposits, and began planning a golem factory using the Gemstone Rose’s sentient fruits and Kaba Beasts. Messages from the Gray Sand Lord and Pitfall Lord revealed that Gray Sand planned to declare independence and might become a level-ten god-favored one, leaving Kroya wary and unwilling to get involved.

• Kroya told the restored Convicts to recover before helping him, then returned to his laboratory as reports arrived of more than twenty new deposits around Reef Island and the Air Coral Base.
• The Angel reassured Kroya that the resources were natural and explained that the Gemstone Rose could turn gemstones into sentient fruits suitable as golem cores.
• Kroya inscribed a strength-golem core into a Diamond Raspberry, gave the blueprint to Muyao, and assigned fifty Kaba Beasts to learn how to refine sea magic iron.
• While the apprentices began building the factory on the seabed, Kroya listened to the Gray Sand Lord invite him to help establish an independent Gray Sand Desert in exchange for food and land.
• The Pitfall Lord warned Kroya that he had helped Gray Sand steal Leviathan’s magic, awakening Cerberus’s power and potentially making Gray Sand a level-ten god-favored one, and told Kroya not to accept his requests.

Kroya oversaw the apprentices as they built a factory, refined sea magic iron with the Kaba Beasts, and experimented with alloys for golems. He chose Matt’s balanced reef golem alloy, then assembled a basic golem whose diamond raspberry core brought it to life, and prepared to make more.

• Jamie led the apprentices in building the factory, and Kroya rewarded them when they finished.
• Kroya had the Kaba Beasts refine sea magic iron and guided the apprentices in purifying it with a magic rune array.
• Kroya told the apprentices to experiment with combining metals, then selected Matt’s balanced alloy as the standard material for golems.
• Kroya supervised the apprentices as they made golem components and demonstrated how to assemble them.
• Kroya installed a diamond raspberry in the completed golem, which came to life and carried loads of ore weighing up to one metric ton.

At Air Coral Base, miners saw how Kroya’s golem and magical plants streamlined ore extraction and transport, while Arthur led fellow workers to Semir’s remedial class at the Steelmaking Factory. There, Semir introduced them to the living weapons Kroya had asked him to research.

• A golem, gray magic ants, and Wood Luminary Curved Vines mined and transported sea oil ore while the miners discussed their chance to study and move into factory work.
• After the workday ended, Arthur used Kroya’s Sun Emblem to bring the eager miners into the Steelmaking Factory, where they watched iron ore being melted in a crystal blast furnace.
• A factory worker guided Arthur and the miners to Semir, who showed them a steel piece he had forged and consulted the Crystal Turtle about it.
• Semir led the men to the third basement level, where he revealed a group of living weapons and explained that Kroya had asked him to research them.

Kroya developed intelligent Living Weapons and tested a self-propelled Pea Train, which his apprentices built and successfully ran along a ten-kilometer undersea track. The train worked, and Kroya turned his attention to the Magical Energy Reactors intended to move the Island.

• Kroya used Gemstone Raspberry dust and copied Clockwork Golem runes to help Semir and the Woodstar Curving Vine King create a Golden Wolf that transformed into a musical light sword.
• Kroya asked Semir to study the Living Weapon and see whether it could be mass-produced.
• Kroya tested a small Pea Train model and confirmed that its magic runes remained stable as it raced around the castle.
• Jamie and the apprentices assembled a blue train, installed it at the Starting Station, and successfully traveled ten kilometers to Station No. 2.
• Kroya rewarded the apprentices with three days off and a mana set meal, then watched the construction of Magical Energy Reactors deep within the Island.

Kroya successfully moved Reef Island away from the continental shelf using the Island Roamer C-3 Mana Propulsion Device and brought it to a new seabed location. There, he met a Silver Moon Elk seeking the sky, but his attempt to help it sent the entire Moonlight Forest—and Kroya—rising toward the moon.

• Kroya ordered the Burrowing Mice to sever Reef Island from the continental shelf, and the propulsion device lifted the island and carried it through the sea at thirty kilometers per hour.
• Dantalian departed the Semrio Continent under the Starry Veil, while Mihail noticed Reef Island approaching the Silver Moon Forest and chose not to interfere.
• Kroya reached the island’s designated location, where the Sea Spirit Dolphins reported a Moonlight Forest on the seabed.
• Kroya met the Silver Moon Elk, agreed to help it leave the seabed, and inscribed it with the Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake’s cloud-condensation ability.
• The Silver Moon Elk’s new power lifted the Moonlight Forest, its fish, and Kroya out of the ocean and toward the sky.

Kroya befriended the Silver Moon Elk and harvested silver moon wood from the Moonlight Forest to build the Bright Moon Tower. After the tower began collecting moonlight, he sent Mushroom People piloting transforming angel golems to scout the surrounding waters for treasure.

• The Silver Moon Elk told Kroya it had come from the Astral Plane and gave him an illusion luminary crystal that could let beings from other worlds manifest.
• The elk allowed Kroya to cut down silver moon trees, and Knight Apprentices began hauling the wood away while elves and Magic Crystal White Mice kept the elk company.
• Kroya’s workers processed the silver moon wood into planks and built a fifteen-meter Bright Moon Tower above his castle.
• Kroya entered the tower, furnished it with the Shark Tower Spirit’s help, and confirmed its Mana-Gathering Array was collecting moonlight.
• Kroya sent Mushroom People in angel golems that transformed into fighter planes to scout the waters and report any undiscovered treasures.

As the Void God’s influence grew, Kroya prepared to visit the merfolk kingdom and turned the approaching birth ceremony into a chance to sell magical jewelry. A divine envoy transported him to a strange world, where his invitation awaited.

• Kroya’s scouts mapped the surrounding sea and discovered that the waters held no islands beyond a few near the mainland, while Kroya claimed the islands and gathered more creatures under his administration.
• As the moonlight intensified, the sea boiled with magic, and Kroya watched enormous whales and other powerful sea beasts head toward the deep ocean.
• The angel told Kroya that the next day’s merfolk birth ceremony might make him a young merfolk’s guardian and that he would need to give a gift in return.
• Kroya refined waterlight essence with the Seven Luminaries Divine Law Array and crafted three hundred magical accessories to sell to the merfolk.
• The angel presented a clam-shell envoy of the Void God, which transported Kroya to the merfolk kingdom after the angel warned him to trust only what he saw.

Kroya witnessed the merfolk’s birth ceremony and learned that newborns died purifying the poisoned sea. After he discovered how to cast their divine magic with illusion luminary power, Alia brought forth a field of spirit intelligence grass that might sustain it.

• Kroya followed Alia to the lifeless sea and watched newborn merfolk purify its waters with their life force, while some babies died in the process.
• Alia explained the merfolk’s birth ritual and asked Kroya to help, then obtained the Treasure Box from King Mihail.
• Kroya studied the Treasure Box’s spell and successfully purified a patch of seawater using an illusion luminary crystal, which quickly crumbled away.
• Kroya concluded that sustained casting required a vessel filled with illusion luminary power, preferably a magic plant.
• Alia brought Kroya a plant, and azure spirit intelligence grass spread across the barren land and lifeless waters under the moonlight.

Kroya imprinted the spirit intelligence grass, which helped the Merfolk Tribe cleanse the Womb Sea and brought forth a giant sword from the False Moon. As the newborn sunlight revived the sea and land, Kroya met the Merfolk King’s son, who asked to become his student, and learned that he could make one more wish of the Void God.

• Kroya asked Alia for privacy, and the spirit intelligence grass sealed him in an azure cube while he imprinted its ability.
• Kroya completed the imprint, and the grass shared its power with its companions, summoning a giant sword from the False Moon into the Womb Sea.
• The sword’s clear magical tsunami purified the water, strengthened newborn merfolk, and let Kroya release warm sunlight that awakened life across the Northern Frontier.
• The Merfolk King Mihail thanked Kroya and offered him a future favor, then gave him a pearl that could contact him.
• Mihail’s son approached Kroya and asked to leave the ocean and become his student, while Kroya traded jewelry for treasured materials with the merfolk women.
• A spirit intelligence grass appeared beside Kroya and told him the Void God still had enough power to grant one more wish.

Kroya reunited a merfolk mother with her lost daughter, then left the Womb Sea with Prince Tredan and gifts from the merfolk royalty. After the sea barrier vanished, the outside world revealed a worsening crisis at the Yavana Sacred Mine and a grain requisition in the Royal Capital.

• The spirit intelligence grass gave Kroya a guardian-beast emblem, and Kroya used it to grant the grieving merfolk mother’s wish, restoring her daughter to her.
• The merfolk queen asked Kroya to take her son Tredan and help restore the damaged Northern Frontier, citing an agreement with Dantalian and the kingdom’s crisis at the Yavana Sacred Mine.
• Kroya left the Womb Sea with Tredan, two guards, a Spatial Clam Shell of pearls, an oro sea anemone, and the spirit intelligence grass, then returned to Reef Island and went to sleep.
• The sea barrier disappeared, and the Moon Sea Guardian blocked Priest Kevin and the knights from entering the waters unless Kroya invited them.
• Aistena learned that communications with Kroya had resumed, then received a royal order requisitioning grain across the country and sought the Mage Association’s response.

After waking from a three-day sleep, Kroya arranged for his subordinates to accompany the Holy Knights to the Yavana Sacred Mine while he planned shops there. Messages from other lords revealed worsening danger at the mine and a proposal from the Gray Sand Lord, leaving Kroya to seek more information from Aistena before deciding what to do.

• Kroya woke after three days, heard the Shark Tower Spirit's reports, and saw that Tredan had settled into a lavish home and was enjoying the sea with his companions.
• Kroya refused Feirni's invitation to travel to the Yavana Sacred Mine but offered to send Ottar and Mir and asked for space to open shops at the knights' outpost.
• Kroya instructed Ottar and Mir to rescue people they could save at the mine, hinting that he wanted infected Convicts brought back to him.
• Kroya considered using the shops to connect with owners and their magical beasts and plants, whose experiences might inspire new mutations.
• Kroya found messages from several lords: the Pitfall Lord wanted mycelium, the Flame Mountain Lord and Sunbay Lord warned him to consider the Gray Sand Lord's offer, and the Gray Sand Lord offered him a safe territory in exchange for food.
• Kroya decided to meet Aistena and learn more before responding to the Gray Sand Lord.

Kroya planned to expand into the Northern Frontier, arrange grain and magic purchases, and prepare a battle-pet shop with six selected creatures and plants. When Mir, Ottar, and the others reached the Yavana Sacred Mine, Kroya saw through the Mushroom Person that an immense fungal growth had overtaken the underground city.

• Aistena told Kroya that the Kingdom needed grain for its armies and allies, and Kroya discussed taking practical control of the Northern Frontier through Baron Kermoyer.
• Kroya bought access to all ten level-five spells Aistena was authorized to sell and agreed to provide crop seeds and livestock for the harvest.
• After learning that the Gray Sand Lord had persuaded more than twenty Mage Lords to join his city, Kroya prioritized the battle-pet shop and Northern Frontier farming.
• Kroya chose Burrowing Mice, Flame-Tailed Dogs, Azure Pigeons, soothing lilies, impact peas, and pure white lavender for the shop.
• Mir, Ottar, and the others traveled by Flying Magic Ship to the Yavana Sacred Mine, where Kroya saw fungal creep and dense larvae covering the underground city.

Kroya watched the Church Canon State’s forces battle the Creep, then arranged for Mir and Ottar to open his new shop at the Yavana Frontline Base. Two elves, Aili and Maine, became its first customers, and the chapter ended as they noticed something unexpected inside.

• Kroya learned from the angel that Lady Fungus’s creations were adaptable, self-aware weapons, and he watched Church knights fight the Creep at the Yavana Sacred Mine.
• A powerful Church figure cleared a large area with Divine Arts, allowing the knights to build a golden Holy City where Mir’s party arrived.
• Kroya questioned the angel about the cost of Divine Arts, then sent a Spatial House stocked with magical beasts, plants, and potions to Mir and Ottar.
• Mir and Ottar opened the shop, and Nina welcomed the first customers, elves Aili and Maine, and offered them soothing lily milk tea.
• Aili and Maine each asked to buy a thousand cups of milk tea, but Nina explained that customers could get two cups daily by renting a soothing lily; then both elves spotted something that startled them.

Nina hosted Aili, Maine, and Celesty at the shop, where a Burrowing Mouse and its transforming Living Weapon impressed them with its cooking and abilities. Aili and Maine bought the pair and custom supplies for five thousand magic crystals, and Nina then saw more than twenty Paladins approaching.

• Nina welcomed Archmage Celesty and brought her and the two Elves into a private room to discuss the shop's wares.
• Aili and Maine asked about buying the Burrowing Mouse and its airship, while Celesty agreed to let them have the rare pair.
• The Burrowing Mouse cooked several dishes, and the guests were impressed by its skills and the food.
• The little silver dog transformed into a sword, and Nina demonstrated its strength, intelligence, and flight.
• Aili and Maine bought the Burrowing Mouse, the Living Weapon, and custom supplies for five thousand magic crystals.
• As Nina watched the Elves leave, she spotted more than twenty Paladins approaching.

Priest Kevin and the paladins bought potions and Flame-Tailed Dogs from Kroya’s shop, impressed by the dogs’ intelligence and obedience. After the dogs returned to the barracks, Jose’s new dog Carter shielded him from an exploding venomous insect and was gravely injured as attacks erupted across the camp.

• Mir sold Priest Kevin and the paladins several kinds of potions, and their bulk purchases brought the shop’s sales to fourteen thousand magic crystals.
• Mir demonstrated the Flame-Tailed Dogs’ intelligence, prompting the paladins to buy dogs and supplies before returning to the barracks.
• Knight Commander Bevforcelis watched the dogs work together and ordered the logistics director to investigate their origins and potential.
• Jose brought his dog Carter to his room, where Carter sensed danger hidden among the clutter.
• A venomous insect attacked Jose and exploded; Carter blocked its corrosive spray, suffered severe injuries, and lost consciousness.
• Explosions sounded throughout the camp, warning bugles rang out, and a wisp of golden light moved through Carter’s blood.

Kroya investigated the Abyssal creatures that attacked the knights' barracks and discovered they were linked to a vast network centered on the Mother Nest. His escape triggered the Ring of Radiance, which purified part of the Abyss and revealed that a mysterious voice feared the artifact's return.

• Bevforcelis shielded the barracks, while Flame-Tailed Dogs helped detect the hidden Exploding Mosquitoes, and she brought the injured dogs and their owners to Kroya's shop.
• Bevforcelis asked Kroya to provide Flame-Tailed Dogs for the knights, and Kroya agreed to help because the monsters had hurt his dogs; Celesty arranged for specimens to be sent to his laboratory.
• Kroya examined Exploding Mosquitoes, Leapers, and Aberrations, then traced their shared network to the enormous Mother Nest in the Abyss.
• The Mother Nest attacked Kroya with spores and fungal threads, but the Angel protected him long enough for him to escape its network.
• After Kroya returned, the Angel's platinum robe fragments formed the Ring of Radiance, which unleashed sacred light that purified a tenth of the demon domain.
• A resentful female voice recognized the Ring of Radiance and panicked that it still existed after the Ark had crashed.

After surviving the Exploding Mosquito, Kroya examined the Larva given to him by the Mother Nest and discovered it could grow into a nest that devoured its surroundings and created insect creatures. He restrained the Mother Nest, tested its ability to produce Leapers, and began investigating the creatures’ magical limits and unusual carapace markings.

• Kroya found the exhausted angel after the Exploding Mosquito was destroyed and used his Gopherwood Harp to help them recover.
• Kroya fed the Larva a thousand magic crystals, prompting it to transform into a Mother Nest that spread creep, hatched Workers, and stripped nearby land of vegetation.
• The Mother Nest showed Kroya inherited blueprints for manufacturing Leapers, and Kroya placed a permanent restraint in its consciousness before ordering it to make one.
• Kroya sent the Workers into Gluttonous Paradise, where they gathered food without being harmed by demonic winds, and he recorded the protective markings on their carapaces.
• After Kroya salted and fed the collected food to the Mother Nest, it produced several obedient Leapers, and Kroya began experimenting on them.