Chapter Summaries

Kroya captured the Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake and learned that it had escaped from the Stardust Circus alongside the condemned, miners afflicted by chaotic magic. After discovering the snake could gather clouds and make them rain over a chosen area, he saw a possible way to irrigate his land using the dark clouds stored in his Holy Light Clovers.

• Kroya restrained the Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake after the owl tried to peck it, then questioned it about sneaking among his black-feathered chickens.
• The Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake explained that it had fled the Stardust Circus, where the condemned were being forced to perform for the lords accompanying the Northern Territory Envoy.
• The snake revealed that a condemned person had detonated his Magic Source and used Spirit Realm Walk to help the condemned escape, and Kroya worried about the missing merchant Sai Liu.
• Kroya offered to teach the snake the Mystic Resonance Search Spell in exchange for something useful, but rejected its awkward human transformation.
• The Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake demonstrated that it could gather and stabilize clouds, then make them rain over a fixed location.
• Kroya realized the snake might use the dark clouds stored in his Holy Light Clovers to irrigate designated areas automatically.

Kroya learned to draw precisely measured dark clouds from the Holy Light Clover and used the Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake to turn them into rain for the magic field grape vines. When Elena worried that the grapes were dripping less, Kroya explained that they were storing magic power and encouraged her to study and develop her Child of Harvest abilities.

• Kroya mentally asked a healthy Holy Light Clover for a three-meter dark cloud, and it produced exactly that without losing strength.
• The Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake hauled the cloud down, divided it into ten portions, and used its feathers to make the pieces rain; Kroya promised to teach it the Mystic Resonance Search Spell after it finished helping him.
• The Phantom-Feather Cloud Snake settled on Reef Island and made a white cloud its nest.
• The next day, Kroya distributed the rain clouds over the magic field grape vines, whose roots absorbed magic and whose stored water also supplied nearby plants.
• Elena hurried to Kroya after noticing the grape vines dripped less, and Kroya explained that they were storing magic power until their grapes ripened purple.
• Kroya praised Elena's care, told her to read a book about magic plants, and encouraged her to master her Child of Harvest power.

Kroya cultivated a new powerful Magic Potion, cured Baron Kermoyer of the Thorns of Justice, and discovered the surviving thorn was a Righteous Thorn Mother Plant that might spread through contracts. The baron then offered information about a gopherwood seedling in the deepest part of the Undead World in exchange for Kroya's help preparing to fight the undead.

• Kroya gave the living olive branch to the Woodstar Curving Vine King to cultivate and tasted a new Magic Potion made from the Sea Spirit Coconut Potion and the Morning Dew Potion.
• Four days later, Kroya watched the Thorns of Justice covering Baron Kermoyer and his subordinates wither, then found a Righteous Thorn Mother Plant on the baron.
• Kroya suspected the thorns spread through contracts, feared their connection to Order Contracts, and sealed the mother plant in an Astral Crystal Bottle.
• Baron Kermoyer woke free of the thorns, thanked Kroya, and received a bottle of the new Magic Potion for his subordinates.
• Baron Kermoyer offered to provide materials and information about gopherwood if Kroya made magical implements or scrolls to fight the undead.
• Baron Kermoyer told Kroya that he had seen a gopherwood seedling in the deepest part of the Undead World and proposed that they work together to claim its treasures.

Kroya agreed to help Baron Kermoyer craft holy artifacts and scrolls in exchange for the Church alchemy book Light Miracle. After discovering that the Kaba Beasts had forged sacred white iron into a material resonant with their own magic, Kroya planned to inscribe them with additional forging spells.

• Kroya agreed to make Prayer Light Holy Water, Prayer Light Wings, and Light Link Scrolls for Baron Kermoyer in exchange for Light Miracle and materials.
• Baron Kermoyer left Kroya the sacred white iron and promised to send the remaining materials and book.
• Baron Kermoyer told his subordinate that Kroya's help would let him explore ruins faster and pursue his ambitions.
• Kroya found that the Kaba Beasts had chewed sacred white iron into a soft, blood-streaked artifact prototype that resonated with their magic.
• Kroya heard the Kaba Beasts wish to learn more forging methods and decided to inscribe Elemental Hammer and other spells onto them.

Kroya tested how spells inscribed on the same magical beast part interacted, creating combined spells that he tried out himself. He then brought Rock Sheep and Black-Feathered Chickens to the seabed and installed a device that brought sunlight down to them.

• Kroya inscribed Elemental Hammer on the Kaba Beast’s teeth, merging it with Steel Hardening into Elemental Steel Teeth, then used the spell to toast bread as he chewed.
• Kroya inscribed Fire Magic Power Pouch on the Kaba Beast’s stomach, merging it with Magic Power Forging into Magic Power Stomach Pouch, and considered but rejected mass-producing pouch implements.
• Kroya inscribed the original batch of Kaba Beasts and asked the largest one to help the others adjust, then tried unsuccessfully to learn the name of the glowing mushroom and its angel.
• Kroya took Rock Sheep and Black-Feathered Chickens to the seabed, installed a light collector and pipes, and brought sunlight to an area where the animals gathered peacefully.

Kroya watched the Fish-Tailed Sea Duck eggs hatch and saw only fifteen ducklings survive the difficult swim to the surface. As the ducks and Sea Spirit Dolphins prepared to face an approaching school of Magic Sharks, a crimson light suddenly struck the Magic Shark King.

• Kroya inspected the growing sea spirit lingzhi before the Sea Duck King led him to the trembling eggs.
• The ducklings hatched and swam from the seabed toward the surface, but only fifteen of more than sixty reached it alive.
• Sea Spirit Dolphins fed the surviving ducklings Silvermoon Fish while the Sea Duck King mourned the lost young.
• The ducks and dolphins spotted the fourth-tier Magic Shark King approaching with other sharks, and Kroya left the Air Coral's bubble to confront them.
• Fish gathered around the dolphins as the ducks formed up under the Sea Duck King, then a crimson light struck the Magic Shark King.

Kroya defeated the Magic Shark King with a carefully prepared underwater spell trap, then led his allies in wiping out the fleeing sharks. At their lair, they discovered an elven shipwreck that Kroya realized was alive.

• Kroya lured the Magic Shark King into a concealed net of underwater spells and overwhelmed it with ice, water, and fire magic.
• Kroya killed the Magic Shark King with Crimson Light Chant, then saw the remaining Magic Sharks flee as the Sea Spirit Dolphins, ducks, and fish fought them.
• Kroya ordered the ducks to take their ducklings and injured back while he joined the dolphins in pursuing the sharks.
• Kroya and the Sea Spirit Dolphins exterminated the fleeing Magic Sharks and followed them to their lair.
• Kroya found a nearly intact elven shipwreck covered in lush growth and discovered through the Astral Body Inscription Technique that it was alive.

Kroya explored the sentient wreck of the Orpheus Oak and befriended its spirit, which offered him treasures in exchange for investigating the Orpheus Family among the Elves. The chapter left Kroya considering the bargain and holding gifts that included Nature Magic lessons, a communication tool, and a Fountain of Life.

• Kroya discovered that the sunken Orpheus Oak was self-aware and longing to return to the surface, then contacted it through the Astral Body Inscription Technique.
• The Orpheus Oak welcomed Kroya aboard, guided him to a dry garden, and introduced itself as a small tree-like spirit.
• Kroya accepted the oak’s hospitality, drank Thousand-Fruit Dewwine, and told it he did not know how the Elves were doing.
• The Orpheus Oak offered Kroya treasures if he investigated the Orpheus Family in the realm of the Elves, and presented him with a Nature Magic booklet, a leaf-shaped communication implement, and the last bottle of Fountain of Life.

Kroya learned about elven Nature Magic from the Orpheus Oak and used its techniques to heal the Sea Duck King, inspect pearl-making Sea-Pattern Shells, and create a cold-storage array. He returned to the castle determined to begin renovating it the next day.

• Kroya agreed to seek information about the Elven Kingdom and promised the lonely Orpheus Oak he would visit again.
• Kroya cast Emerald Tears on the Sea Duck King, whose crippled wing began to regenerate, and watched the King angrily reject food offered by ducklings.
• Kroya inspected a Sea-Pattern Shell’s developing pearl and accidentally made the shell pass out by giving it too much mana.
• Kroya gave Rob the shark materials and followed him to an underground storeroom for an icehouse.
• Kroya used magic crystals to draw an elven Nature Array that chilled the storeroom, then resolved to renovate the castle the next day.

Kroya used the Water of Life on his Red Sunflower, renovated the castle’s upper floor, and inscribed the Woodstar Curving Vine King with magic arrays that gathered elements and transferred objects through space. After testing its new abilities, he received two letters, including one from the Royal Capital.

• Kroya poured Water of Life onto the Red Sunflower, which grew rapidly as the Sunflower Sprite fell asleep and power gathered around its Crimson Rondo inscription.
• Kroya renovated the castle’s upper floor with transparent walls and ceiling, magic-power conduits, and Green Silkgrass Mats.
• Kroya inscribed the Woodstar Curving Vine King with an All-Element Gathering Array, enabling it to absorb and store magical elements and potentially develop an elemental body.
• Kroya added a Spatial Transfer Array to the Woodstar Curving Vine King, which then transferred materials and first-level Magical Beasts to him.
• Rob informed Kroya that two letters had arrived, one from Baron Kermoyer and the other from the Royal Capital.

Kroya received a Church alchemy book and materials from Baron Kermoyer, then learned from Aistena that he could trade knowledge and resources with other Mage Lords. He planned to begin crafting sacred-power items and considered how to contact other lords without exposing his Sacred Spring alias.

• Kroya read Baron Kermoyer’s letter and examined the Light Miracle, a book of sacred-power alchemy formulas, along with the delivered materials.
• Kroya chose to study formulas for Prayer Light Holy Water, Prayer Light Wings, and the Light Link Scroll, despite their complicated ingredients and methods.
• Kroya used a Sacred Spring storage card to retrieve sunflower seeds and a letter from Aistena, who agreed to keep supplying the seeds.
• Aistena advised Kroya to contact other Mage Lords to exchange regional materials and obtain knowledge outside the Mage Association’s slow approval process.
• Kroya decided the plan was feasible but wondered whether he could use a new alias instead of Astral Spirit to protect his identity.

Kroya contacted Flame Mountain through the Sacred Spring Trade Guild and agreed to trade magic fish for fire-element magic plants. Flame Mountain needed the fish to feed a sleeping great red dragon, whose appetite had nearly emptied the surrounding region of magical beasts.

• Kroya learned that aliases on Sacred Spring Crystal Cards could be used for communication and chose Reef as his alias.
• Kroya contacted Flame Mountain, whose red-haired lord quickly invited him to meet and asked for a ton of assorted fish.
• Kroya offered extra fish in exchange for Flame Mountain's magic plants and agreed to provide over five tons of rare rosy ribbonfish for more than a hundred plants of each listed kind.
• Kroya decided to test the merfolk's tolerance for large catches and considered building an underwater fishery if they did not object.
• The red-haired lord returned to Flame Mountain Territory and tended to a sleeping great red dragon, hoping Kroya could supply enough fish to feed it.

Kroya continued researching magic arrays in the Sea of the Void Moon and planned to expand his magical-beast projects. The next morning, bees settled in his garden, fifty sunflowers were planted, and Kroya turned to making the item Baron Kermoyer had requested.

• Kroya asked the Sea Spirit Dolphins to catch Rosy Ribbonfish so he could establish an underwater fish farm, and they eagerly agreed.
• Kroya tested modifications to the Mana-Gathering Array and studied a linking array for strengthening spells, while considering experiments with Glowgrass.
• Kroya discovered bees building a hive beside the terrace garden and saw that their astral spirit bodies were linked through their queen, prompting him to consider inscribing his magic on her.
• Kroya planted all fifty sunflower seeds from Aistena and expanded the Magic Field with sunflame power, deciding the garden could not support more plants.
• Kroya watched the sleeping Sunflower Sprite and then left to make the item Baron Kermoyer had requested, hoping to obtain gopherwood.

Kroya summoned prayer light fireflies to make Prayer Light Holy Water, but the Angel transformed the summoning into a mass sacrifice and revived the fireflies with their tears. The Angel’s kiss gave Kroya a spring-producing magic plant and made the fireflies his familiars, leaving him to wonder how they were connected to the Former Church and the Void Luminary Ark.

• Kroya drew a Light Summoning Magic Array and sang a hymn to summon prayer light fireflies for the Prayer Light Holy Water.
• The Angel awakened, expanded the array into a portal, and drew power from the summoned fireflies until they died.
• The Angel revived the fireflies with their tears, then kissed Kroya and caused a cup-shaped magic plant filled with overflowing spring water to grow from his forehead.
• The revived fireflies became Kroya’s familiars, and the Angel returned to sleep with brighter light.
• Kroya suspected the Angel’s reactions were connected to the Former Church and the Void Luminary Ark, and planned to test sacred materials and finish making the holy water.

Kroya discovered that the Overflowing Cup Flower purified materials and completed the Prayer Light Wings. He began crafting a Light Link Scroll, leaving its final step for Baron Kermoyer.

• Kroya tested the Overflowing Cup Flower and found its spring water purified his hands and removed grime and chaotic magic from sharkskin.
• Kroya used fifty Prayer Light Fireflies and holy water to make Prayer Light Holy Water, then shaped and engraved sacred white iron into 360 feathers to complete the flying Prayer Light Wings.
• Kroya rested and watched the Prayer Light Fireflies begin building nests around the mushrooms.
• Kroya mixed purified soil with holy water and sacred power to form a clay tablet, then spent a day engraving light spells across it.
• Kroya put away the nearly finished Light Link Scroll because Baron Kermoyer needed to perform its final step, then went to check on his magic plants and magical beasts.

Kroya inscribed Walking on Water onto two Blaze Horses and rode one across the sea. He then discovered Gray Magic Ants and began taming their queen so the ants could search for mineral deposits.

• Kroya inscribed Walking on Water onto the Blaze Horses’ hooves, letting them run across the sea.
• Kroya rode a Blaze Horse over the waves and later sent the horses back to their owners.
• Kroya considered buying more Blaze Horses to equip his soldiers for exploration.
• Kroya found Jamie watching Gray Magic Ants and realized their sensitivity to magic could help them locate mineral deposits.
• Kroya lifted the ants and their queen from the nest, then used Quiet Little Serenade and his mental power to tame the queen.

Kroya used hypnosis to make the gray magic ants eager to find ore, then inscribed a hundred workers and their queen with Modified Vein Sense. Their search uncovered a mysterious Magic Tree Method creation, which Kroya took to study, leaving him wondering whether others existed.

• Kroya persuaded the ant queen and nearby gray magic ants to seek ore by promising them food, shelter, and magic power.
• Kroya combined runes from the coconut tree with Vein Sense and inscribed the queen and a hundred strong worker ants while the Tentacle Slime cooled him and Jamie watched.
• The modified ants detected something underground, and Kroya excavated a strange tree covered in magic field moss.
• Kroya identified the tree as a creation of the Magic Tree Method, powered by a rune-covered magic crystal, and suspected Archmage Eurydice had left it behind.
• Kroya stored the tree in his Shell Artifact to study in his laboratory and wondered whether more such creations existed.

Kroya sent Jamie and the Ore-Seeking Gray Ants to search the island for buried treasures, then began preparing a seawater purification project to provide fresh water for the islanders. As their emotions helped him understand the Second Movement of the Song of Orange, he decided to improve life in his territory and summoned Elena to discuss growing Sea God Barley inland.

• Kroya ordered Jamie to guide the Ore-Seeking Gray Ants as they searched the island for buried magic trees and ore.
• Kroya bought abyssal clay for the Gray Magic Ants, and their happiness helped him hear their emotional music and better understand the Second Movement of the Song of Orange.
• Kroya planned to make Sea-Salt Stoneflowers that would remove salt from seawater and built a pool for the project.
• Kroya asked the Farm Servants and Free Citizens to gather Sea Stoneflower, promising the top collector free use of fresh water from the planned reservoir.
• Kroya sensed the islanders' emotions and decided to improve the territory's basic infrastructure before focusing on farming.
• Kroya remembered the difficulties of growing Sea God Barley by the sea and summoned Elena to discuss cultivating it inland.

Kroya watched Elena demonstrate her growing magic, then helped her plant Sea God Barley in a seawater pit and learned that she knew other Children of Harvest. Meanwhile, Sai Liu traveled toward Reef Island with a chained, magically corrupted prisoner that Young Master Olivier intended as a gift for Kroya.

• Elena showed Kroya her control of magical power, and he took her to plant Sea God Barley in a pit filled with flowing seawater supplied by the Woodstar Curving Vine King.
• Elena used nature magic to sprout and plant the barley seedlings, while Kroya sensed her sincere hopes for their growth.
• Kroya asked Elena about other Children of Harvest, and she told him that several lived as farm servants on Blackrock Island.
• Kroya decided to send a knight with Elena to bring the other Children of Harvest to Reef Island and told her to care for the barley.
• Sai Liu traveled toward Kroya's territory with a chained, nearly lifeless prisoner, worrying about the prisoner's past rampage and wondering why Young Master Olivier had sent him as a gift.

Kroya considered how to help a weak glowgrass fulfill its wish to light up the night and how bees might assist with potion brewing. Three days later, his sunflowers unexpectedly grew second flower heads under the influence of Crimson Rondo, leaving him wondering whether the effect could be reproduced widely.

• Kroya discovered that a glowgrass wished to light up the night and considered grafting it to a mana-storing plant, but postponed testing until he could afford the supplies.
• Kroya watched magical bees gather nectar and considered inscribing a potion recipe into their queen with a Timed Reminder Spell.
• After three days, Kroya sensed a new mana fluctuation and hurried to the terrace garden, where every sunflower had grown a second flower head.
• The Red Sunflower's Sunflower Sprite appeared with a faint orange halo-like second head, and Kroya warned the Ghost Owl not to peck it.
• Kroya examined the Red Sunflower and saw that Crimson Rondo had changed the plant's magic runes, prompting him to consider whether flowering magic plants could all be made to grow two flowers.