Chapter Summaries

Kroya woke during a violent storm and checked how it had affected his territory’s crops. The Magic Field Grape Vine protected the lilies and potatoes while absorbing magic, and the sunflowers endured the storm; Kroya was left wondering whether the rain would continue.

• Kroya awoke hungry and discovered a violent storm raging outside the castle.
• The Woodstar Curving Vine King told Kroya that Rob had prepared for the storm and showed him recordings of the crops.
• Kroya saw the Magic Field Grape Vine shielding the soothing lilies and thicksoil potatoes while absorbing ocean magic and growing blue grapes.
• Kroya watched the storm make the sunflower seeds more golden and solid, and considered using magic to further stimulate magic plants.
• Kroya ate a meal, found he still lacked enough mental energy to enter the tree and the Sea, and suspected the rain would last.

Kroya managed Reef Island’s response to three days of abnormal rain, then hurried to the back-hill lake after the Woodstar Curving Vine King sensed something unusual. There, he discovered a Holy Light Magic Cloud-Dissipating Clover trying to bear the storm clouds, and its angelic presence met his gaze.

• Kroya questioned Batos about the rain, and Batos said he had never seen a downpour last this long.
• Rob reported that the farm servants and grain had been moved to higher ground, while about half the Sea God Barley harvest had been saved.
• Kroya checked the island’s food supplies and guided Rob and the Four Knights through preparations for the storm.
• The Woodstar Curving Vine King alerted Kroya to something unusual at the back-hill lake, so Kroya hurried there.
• Kroya saw a small white plant rise in a pillar of holy light and learned its name was Holy Light Magic Cloud-Dissipating Clover.
• Kroya sensed the clover’s wish to stop the rain and saw a pure white angel looking back at him.

Kroya studied a clover that absorbed dark clouds, replicated its summoning spell, and used two clovers to clear much of the storm over Reef Island. After finding the mushroom’s sacred power nearly depleted, he fed it the Earth Mother Goddess’s divine power and left the Woodstar Curving Vine King to watch over it.

• Kroya read the words in the angel’s eyes and watched the angel speak before falling asleep again as the mushroom’s light dimmed.
• Kroya recognized the cloud-absorbing clover’s spell model as resembling a summoning spell and successfully summoned a second clover.
• The two clovers absorbed about half the dark clouds over Reef Island before turning black and falling to the ground, and Kroya decided to study them.
• Kroya found the mushroom’s power weakening and chose to give it the Earth Mother Goddess’s divine power from a tiny test tube.
• The mushroom absorbed the divine power, stabilizing its light and easing the angel’s posture, and Kroya ordered the Woodstar Curving Vine King to monitor it.

Kroya planted the Holy Light Clover and tested the newly matured Magic-Storing Hanging Flask Grass with two kinds of Magic Potion. After the potions began to conflict, he inscribed the Seven Luminaries Separation Technique, transforming the plant into a connected system that could separate and fuse them.

• Kroya planted the Holy Light Clover in soil treated with the Magic Field Method because he could not safely examine or cut it.
• Kroya poured Sea Spirit Coconut Potion into the blue flask and Morning Dew Potion into the red flask of the mature Magic-Storing Hanging Flask Grass.
• The white flask drew the potions together, and the conflicting water magic and sunflame power caused the plant to tremble and lose vitality.
• Kroya inscribed the Seven Luminaries Separation Technique, which connected the three flasks and returned each potion to its corresponding flask.
• The flasks purified and fused the potions into a creamy yellow mixture, and the inscription changed into Kroya’s Seven Luminaries Separation Technique.

Kroya studied the altered spell models of the Magic-Storing Hanging Flask Grass and examined the new Magic Potion it produced. After selling it to Lady Seagull, he left for the underwater Air Coral Base to plant Sea Spirit Lingzhi spores, stopping to observe the storm’s effects on his coconut trees.

• Kroya found that parts of the Seven Luminaries Separation Technique had merged into two spell models, but he could not cast the technique independently.
• Kroya tested the beige Magic Potion and found its sunflame power balanced by the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut Potion; Lady Seagull praised the blend, criticized the low-grade ingredient, and bought it for twice the price.
• Kroya decided to save his magic crystals and focus on cultivating the magic plants he already owned.
• Kroya entrusted the castle to Rob and left alone for the Air Coral Base, passing the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut trees as the storm increased their magic.
• Kroya entered the sea, resisted an urge to sing that he suspected came from Merfolk Song, and followed a dolphin toward the Air Coral Base.

Kroya discovered a thriving patch of unfamiliar Magic Plant fungi inside the underwater Air Coral bubble and investigated why the Fish-Tailed Sea Ducks’ eggs were not hatching. The duck king showed him that the eggs left outside the bubble were fertilized, because the ducklings needed to hatch in seawater and learn to swim; Kroya then asked where the fungi had come from.

• Kroya entered the underwater Air Coral bubble and found hollow, grasslike Magic Plant fungi covering part of the seabed.
• He examined the Fish-Tailed Sea Ducks’ eggs and discovered that the eggs in their comfortable nests were unfertilized.
• The Fish-Tailed Sea Duck king led Kroya to small nests outside the bubble, where he found fertilized eggs with developing ducklings.
• The duck king demonstrated that ducklings needed to hatch in seawater and learn to swim, and Kroya praised it for preparing them.
• Kroya pointed to the fungi and asked the duck king where they had come from.

Kroya discovered Ancient Pasture Fungus growing on the seabed, then prepared to cultivate Sea Spirit Lingzhi on a reef using spores gathered by the Sea Spirit Dolphins. The spores were planted in a test bed, and Kroya waited to see whether they would grow with magic filtered through the Air Coral.

• Kroya found Ancient Pasture Fungus thriving inside a protective barrier sustained by the fading divine power of the Earth Mother Goddess.
• Kroya gathered the fungi and returned to the bubble, where the ducks eagerly ate them; he planned to test them on the Blaze Horses before deciding how to use them.
• Kroya reviewed Sea Spirit Lingzhi's growing requirements and planned to provide it with seawater, unprocessed ocean magic, and fresh water.
• Kroya placed one of the five Sea Spirit Lingzhi spore beads collected by the Sea Spirit Dolphins into a prepared hole in a reef.
• Kroya planned to observe whether the Sea Spirit Lingzhi mycelium could adapt to magic filtered through the Air Coral and begin growing.

Kroya observed that the Sea Spirit Lingzhi spores had adapted and discovered that the Ancient Pasture Fungus altered dreams, making magical beasts happy but leaving him unable to dream normally. He fled the Air Coral Base and found that clear skies covered only Reef Island and its surrounding waters.

• Kroya confirmed that the Sea Spirit Lingzhi spores had left their magical eggshells and were growing across the reef, though they would take about three months to produce secretions.
• Kroya observed that the Ancient Pasture Fungus released an unknown substance that made the underwater base colder and sharpened his consciousness.
• Kroya found that the fungus suppressed his dreams, while the ducks and Burrowing Mice enjoyed fresh dreams of food and mates each night.
• Kroya left the seabed with duck eggs and seafood, relieved to breathe fresh air on shore.
• Kroya saw that the skies had cleared only over Reef Island and the surrounding waters, while dark clouds still covered everywhere else.

Kroya experimented with the Song of Red and considered crafting a magical harp before inspecting his coconut grove. He watched fourteen coconut trees transform into magic plants, which immediately wanted slimes of their own.

• Kroya freely played the three movements of the Song of Red, spreading crimson light across the island and nearby waters until his magic ran out.
• Kroya realized that the Poem of Rainbow Light was meant to be sung and considered making a magical harp using thirsty sea glow algae.
• Kroya visited the coconut grove and found Jamie tending the trees while the other apprentices had gone home.
• Kroya observed the central Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut sending pulses that gradually rekindled the astral spirit bodies of the other fourteen trees.
• The fourteen coconut trees became magic plants and expressed their desire to have slimes serve them, like their big brother.

Kroya inscribed the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut with Magic Tentacles, then stopped it from draining slimes and taught it to draw magic from the other coconut trees for summoning. The trees resonated together and summoned a Tentacled Slime, leaving Kroya surprised by the result.

• Kroya inscribed the Beginner Summoning Spell on fourteen trees, and the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut asked for stronger magic and more slimes.
• Kroya inscribed Magic Tentacles on the coconut tree, which eagerly extended its new tentacles around the garden.
• The coconut tree pierced and drained several slimes, frightening Jamie, so Kroya cut off its tentacles with Crimson Blades.
• Kroya soothed the injured tree and taught it to drain magic for summoning rather than taking magic indiscriminately.
• The coconut tree cautiously drew magic from the others, their runes resonated, and a magic circle summoned a Tentacled Slime.

Kroya discovered that the Pure White Sea Spirit Coconuts had developed a cooperative summoning spell and used it to summon a level two Tentacle Slime. After studying the spell and deciding to cultivate more summoning coconut trees, he took Jamie to inspect the Magic Field Grape Vine area.

• The Pure White Sea Spirit Coconuts combined their Beginner Summoning Spell into a group spell and summoned a level two Tentacle Slime.
• Kroya recorded the new spell and realized that the first Pure White Sea Spirit Coconut coordinated the others, letting their combined magic summon a stronger creature.
• Kroya decided to cultivate the coconuts into more summoning trees and look for other coconut trees to buy.
• Kroya examined the Tentacle Slime and found that it mainly carried water and watered several trees at once.
• Kroya took Jamie to the Magic Field Grape Vine area to inspect the changes caused by the storm.

Kroya inspected the magic field grape vine and discovered that its grapes produced magical liquid that enriched the soil, while the grapes themselves shrank as they dripped. He then found a soothing lily that refused to bloom because it feared its flowers would be picked and wither.

• Kroya watched Elena lead the farm servants in clearing the flooded ground around the magic field grape vine and considered giving her more farming responsibilities.
• Kroya praised the workers and promised each a loaf of Sea God Barley bread after they finished, delighting them.
• Kroya examined the grape vine's magical liquid and saw that it seeped into the soil as the grapes gradually shrank.
• Kroya decided not to inscribe a meditation method on the grape vine until he could experiment safely with other magic plants.
• Kroya sensed a soothing lily with tightly closed buds and heard its astral consciousness explain that it did not want to bloom because its flowers might be picked and wither.

Kroya used the Magic Lockdown Array to redirect a Soothing Lily’s mana from its rhizomes to its flowers, improving their quality. He considered applying the technique to the rest of his plants after they had reproduced.

• Kroya reasoned that a Soothing Lily’s desire to preserve its mana and keep blooming could count as evolution.
• He realized he could use a Magic Lockdown Array to stop mana from flowing to the lily’s rhizomes and direct it to its flowers.
• Kroya asked the Soothing Lily whether it accepted the change, and it eagerly agreed.
• Kroya inscribed the array on the lily’s rhizomes and Astral Spirit Body, then replanted it separately.
• The lily bloomed within minutes, producing flowers with stronger tones and more potent effects, as well as richer pollen and nectar.
• Kroya considered treating the other Soothing Lilies after they had reproduced and wondered whether redirecting mana could improve the quality of magic trees’ fruit and seeds.

Kroya discovered that the Song of Red had awakened a Sunflower Sprite, whose connection to the sunflowers triggered a surge of power. The orange light spread across Reef Island as Kroya reached level three and mastered the final two chapters of the Song of Red.

• Kroya took a Thicksoil Potato to grow in his laboratory and instructed Elena to tend the Magic Field with Jamie and monitor the Soothing Lily.
• Kroya found golden-marked level-one magic bees gathering nectar among the sunflowers in his terrace garden.
• A Sunflower Sprite appeared above the crimson sunflower and connected with Kroya through the Song of Red.
• Kroya poured magic into the sprite, and the sunflowers resonated with its consciousness, drawing golden radiance down around them.
• The radiance raised Kroya's magic to level three and helped him master the final two chapters of the Song of Red.
• The sunflowers' song spread across Reef Island and formed a vast orange mist of light.

Kroya advanced to a Third-Level Mage, learned Orange Hymn, and discovered that his new orange mana could combine with crimson mana to fuse spells. After imprinting the sunflower with the new songs, he gained a powerful long-range Crimson Ray and examined how the other sunflowers had changed.

• Kroya recovered from the orange light’s effect, confirmed his advancement, and learned the remaining movements of the Song of Red along with the first movement of the Song of Orange.
• Kroya mastered Orange Hymn and found that its orange mana was independent of his crimson mana and strengthened his mental power.
• Kroya fused two Fireball Spells into a stable crimson-orange fireball that exploded with more than twice the power, then tested other paired spells.
• Kroya imprinted the new movements onto the sunflower, transforming it into a Red Sunflower and changing Sunflame Impact into Crimson Ray.
• The sunflower fired Crimson Ray across roughly a thousand meters, and Kroya learned the spell and found that his own shots traveled even farther.
• Kroya inspected the other sunflowers and found that their mana had increased slightly, while their Sunflame Impact spells had changed little.

Kroya celebrated reaching level three by cooking seafood with his new orange flames, while Baron Kermoyer traveled to Reef Island with sacred thorns spreading through his body and carriage. Kermoyer hoped Kroya could remove them and offered to give him the treasure he had taken from the ruins.

• Kroya decided to keep the Rainbow Poem’s magic to the Red Sunflower and Thirsty Sea Glow Algae rather than imprint it on other plants or beasts.
• Kroya used Mage’s Hand and orange flames to cook Cloudsea Clams and a Golden Dragon-Tail Fish, whose fleshy scales strengthened his body and whose dragon horn had another unusual effect.
• Kroya ate Blue Moon Sea Urchins and sunflower seeds, then took the day off to bask in the sun.
• Baron Kermoyer traveled toward Reef Island as sacred white thorns spread through his body and carriage, trapping his wounded subordinates.
• Baron Kermoyer’s Ghost Owl shed glowing wisps that made the thorns multiply, and he resolved to ask Kroya for help in exchange for the treasure from the ruins.

Kroya discovered that the Thicksoil Potato’s wish drew a blessing from the Earth Mother Goddess, amplified by the Holy Light Clover’s power, and began investigating the resulting divine pattern. When Baron Kermoyer arrived, his carriage was covered in strange white thorns that Rob identified as Thorns of Justice, connected to Order.

• Kroya’s experiment left the Thicksoil Potato dying after he reduced its magic supply, but restoring the supply revived it.
• The Thicksoil Potato’s plea stirred the Earth Mother Goddess’s divine power, which escaped its bottle and blessed the plant.
• Kroya learned that the Holy Light Clover had spent its power to amplify the potato’s wish, and he failed to retain the blessing’s complex pattern after examining it.
• The Woodstar Curving Vine King told Kroya that Baron Kermoyer had arrived, and Kroya saw that the baron’s carriage was wrapped in glowing white thorns.
• Rob told Kroya that the thorns were Thorns of Justice, a sacred plant associated with Order.

Kroya learned how the Thorns of Justice worked and negotiated with Baron Kermoyer to treat him and his men in exchange for the baron’s gathered magical creatures, plants, and an Evergreen Olive Tree branch. He left to prepare a treatment site and planned to use Kermoyer and the nearby ruins to expand his influence and acquire resources.

• Rob explained that the Thorns of Justice would heal Kermoyer if he honored his oath and would turn to ash after seven days.
• Kroya inspected the sealed branch Kermoyer offered and identified it as an Evergreen Olive Tree.
• Kermoyer offered his collected magical beasts and plants in exchange for help removing the thorns, and Kroya agreed while promising the refined sacred white iron.
• Kroya flew away to prepare a treatment site, while Rob arranged for Kermoyer and his men to stay by the sea and inventoried their offerings.
• Kroya considered using Kermoyer to explore the ruins and gather resources as he built influence in the surrounding region.

Kroya built a lotus-shaped facility that put Baron Kermoyer and his men to sleep, then examined a cheerful Ghost Owl whose holy halo came from an Evergreen Olive Tree branch. The branch seemed to suppress the owl’s undead negativity, but it was shedding shavings, leaving Kroya uncertain how long its effect would last or what use the owl might have.

• Kroya used magic to raise a lotus-shaped building in a barren valley and furnished it with light crystals and hypnotic music.
• Rob’s people brought Baron Kermoyer and his subordinates into the building, where the music quickly lulled them to sleep.
• Kroya met Rob at the warehouse and saw a Ghost Owl perched on the steward’s shoulder.
• Kroya examined the Ghost Owl’s astral spirit body and found it was holy white, cheerful, and drawn to the sun’s warmth.
• Kroya discovered an inscribed Evergreen Olive Tree branch inside the owl’s spirit body, and he suspected its halo dispelled undead negativity as the branch shed wood shavings.

Kroya received an Olive Branch Crown from a Ghost Owl, then discovered a Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake hiding among his new livestock. The owl attacked the snake before Kroya could question it.

• Kroya fed orange mana to the Ghost Owl, which transformed into an Olive Branch Crown and gave him a peaceful, clear-minded sensation.
• After the crown turned back into an owl, Kroya stroked it with mana and noticed its olive branch had grown slightly.
• Rob showed Kroya the shipment of magical beasts and plants, and Kroya found a Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake disguised as a Black-Feathered Chicken.
• Kroya took the disguised snake to a deserted area and made it reveal its true form.
• The owl swooped down and seized the Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake, prompting Kroya to realize it was attacking because owls ate snakes.