Recaps

Claire fought an Archmage with fourth-tier Magic Scrolls and her greatsword, keeping him occupied despite his Spell Ward. Watching the battle, Martin abandoned his plan to cross over and tried to close the Space Channel.

• Claire survived the Archmage’s Fire Meteor and blocked his Ice Blade Spear with a Vine Protection scroll before escaping the vines.
• Claire traded attacks with the Archmage, using a Lightning Ray scroll while he countered with Ice Dragon Strike and elemental shields.
• Martin watched Claire’s fight, realized he would be outmatched in her world, and began trying to cancel the Space Channel with the Great Light Orb.
• Claire threw her greatsword at the Archmage and then tore open another fourth-tier offensive scroll as their battle continued.
• Martin struggled to figure out how to close the Space Channel while Claire remained focused on fighting the Archmage.

Martin regretted opening a Space Channel to Claire’s world after seeing Claire battle an Archmage, while Claire tried to hold off her opponent before the City Guard arrived. The fight remained deadlocked, with Claire increasingly worn down and Martin desperately searching for a way to close the channel.

• Martin used the Great Light Orb to open a Space Channel because he wanted to travel to Claire’s world and seize its cultivation methods.
• Martin realized Claire was fighting an Archmage at a level far beyond his own and began trying to close the Space Channel.
• Claire’s dwindling Magic Scrolls and worsening injuries caused her to fall behind the Archmage.
• Claire taunted the Archmage by claiming she could fight for ten more minutes and that the City Guard would soon arrive.

Claire defeated an Archmage by countering his spells and killing him with a costly Magic Bullet after drawing him close. She then prepared to stop Martin from opening the Space Channel, while Martin desperately tried to disrupt it by smashing the Great Light Orb.

• Claire countered the Archmage’s Ice Dragon Strike with three Flame Bursts, then survived his Void Ice Shards using Vine Protection, defensive spells, and evasive movements.
• The Archmage wounded Claire and approached to finish her, but she shot him with a Magic Bullet that broke through his Spell Ward, then fired several more shots to destroy his body.
• Claire treated her shoulder wound with a Healing Potion and saw that Martin had died, though she could not see what had happened on his side.
• Claire aimed her remaining fifth-tier Magic Scroll at the nearly formed Space Channel and prepared to use a Spatial Teleportation Scroll if necessary.
• Martin panicked because he could not close the Space Channel and tried to disrupt it by smashing the Great Light Orb against a table.

Claire was pulled into the Space Channel against her will and used her defensive Magic Scrolls as she crossed to the Wizard World. Martin watched the channel close, unaware that Claire had arrived until a black shadow shot out.

• Claire saw no City Guards approaching as the Space Channel finished connecting.
• Martin gave up trying to break the channel and knelt, hoping Claire would not come through.
• The channel’s suction swept away Claire’s Magic Scroll and dragged her toward it despite her efforts to resist.
• Claire was pulled inside after a floor tile tore loose, and she activated her defensive Magic Scrolls before crossing.
• The Space Channel collapsed, then a black shadow shot out and rolled across the ground in front of Martin.

After an attack left Claire missing, Shane and his allies organized a search while arguing over who was responsible. Claire had been transported to the Wizard World, where Martin found him gravely injured and unconscious.

• In a dark room, a noble learned that the Archmage sent to kill Claire had died and that Claire had vanished from the ruins.
• Shane accused royal capital nobles, the Church, and Beck of attacking Claire, but Irene calmed him and focused everyone on finding him.
• Edith offered to have spatial Archmages examine the scene, Irene arranged for portraits to be posted, and Yana proposed search missions through the Adventurer's Guild.
• Shane resolved to use his family's connections to search across the country.
• In the Wizard World, Martin found Claire unconscious and badly wounded after an accident in the Space Channel, then dropped his humble act and greeted him smugly.

Claire ambushed Martin after pretending to be unconscious, but her injuries left her unable to move and she struggled to survive his attacks. Martin then used Shadow Sorcery to send shadow hands toward her, leaving her with no apparent way to stop them.

• Martin approached the apparently unconscious Claire, but she opened her eyes and cut his neck with a wind blade.
• Claire attacked with an Earth Spike Technique, while Martin healed his wound and retreated into the air.
• Martin realized Claire could not move and launched a Shadow Orb at her; she deflected it with fireballs and a Wind Shield.
• Martin formed shadow hands from beneath his feet and sent them toward Claire, while her wind blades passed through them harmlessly.
• Martin mocked Claire and told her to stop resisting as the shadow hands closed in.

Claire defeated Martin after confusing him with a Charm Spell and evading his Shadow Hand, but her injuries left her barely conscious. She used her Healing Potions and fell asleep once she confirmed the area was safe.

• Martin bound a stone with his Shadow Hand and tried to put Claire to sleep, believing he had captured her.
• Claire used a Charm Spell to trick Martin, then cut off his head with a wind blade.
• Martin invoked Blood Sacrifice against Antonio, but the curse failed because Claire was not Antonio.
• Claire killed Martin with Flame Burst, then fell from the Hand of the Mage as it dissipated.
• Claire retrieved her Spatial Ring, poured more than twenty Healing Potions over herself, and fell asleep.

Claire killed Martin and woke in his laboratory, where she confronted his disciple Upton and searched for the Great Light Orb to return to her world. She discovered that she could not sense the Small Light Orb that brought her there and realized she might be unable to get back.

• Upton brought breakfast to Martin's laboratory, hoping to find his mentor dead, but Claire threatened him when he entered.
• Claire used Mental Connection to understand Upton's thoughts, learned he was Martin's disciple, and told him Martin was dead.
• Claire ordered Upton to squat in a corner and searched Martin's corpse and the laboratory for the Great Light Orb.
• Claire found the Great Light Orb but could not sense the location of the Small Light Orb that had brought her to this world.
• Claire suspected the Small Light Orb had been damaged during transmission, smashed the Great Light Orb, and wondered how she could return.

After killing Martin, Claire discovered that the trade panel had upgraded and introduced a Free Trade Market, but the upgrade left her without Trade Points and delayed future trades for over a year. She went outside to see her surroundings and realized Martin's castle overlooked a vast city that seemed to belong to a king.

• Claire considered whether all the worlds she traded with were planes in one universe and whether she might someday find a way back to Earth.
• Claire opened the upgraded trade panel and found a Free Trade Market with listings for items from other worlds, including a Demigod's Godhead.
• Claire learned that the upgrade had consumed her Trade Points and extended their accumulation time to more than a year, preventing her from trading for now.
• Claire asked Upton to take her outside, where she saw a huge city below Martin's castle and wondered if Martin had been a king.

Claire learned that the Wizard World’s so-called kingdoms were city-states ruled by powerful Archmages, who relied on ordinary people for labor and potential wizard recruits. After killing Martin, Claire discovered that his city-state and possessions now belonged to her, and she asked Upton to show her around her new “kingdom.”

• Claire asked Upton why so many people lived around Martin’s buildings, and Upton explained how city-states were ruled by Archmages who depended on ordinary people for labor and wizard recruits.
• Claire compared the Wizard World’s system with her original world and considered how wizard cultivation’s flaws drove its practitioners to seize resources and fight for survival.
• Upton called Claire back from her thoughts, and she asked whether Martin’s city-state and possessions now belonged to her.
• Upton confirmed that Martin’s property was hers because she had killed him, and Claire asked to see her new “kingdom.”

Shane and Irene continued searching for Claire, and Shane unexpectedly contacted him through a message-sending spindle. Claire revealed that he had been teleported to another world and asked Shane to find books on teleportation, leaving him with a possible path home.

• Irene blamed herself for Claire’s disappearance, but Shane reassured her and promised that Claire would return.
• After Irene left, Shane woke late and remembered his planned meeting with Sophia to ask the August Family ancestor for help locating Claire.
• Shane used the black spindle Claire had given him and received a message confirming that Claire was alive.
• Claire told Shane that a spatial teleportation mishap had sent him to another world, where nearly a month had passed during the three days since his disappearance.
• Claire asked Shane to find teleportation books at the Royal Capital Magic Academy and to keep his location secret from Irene and the others.

Claire learned that Shane could create Spatial Coordinates to guide him back to the Mage World, but he lacked the strength to establish a cross-plane Space Channel. When Upton reported that Martin’s partner had invited him to explore Ancient Ruins, Claire saw a chance to grow stronger sooner.

• Claire rejected Upton’s offer of tribute girls and returned to studying notes Shane had copied from the Magic Academy’s library.
• Claire learned that the energy imbalance between the Mage World and the Wizard World had pushed him through the Space Channel, and that Shane could create Spatial Coordinates to guide him home.
• Claire planned to advance to Archmage, then teleport a Small Light Orb through a Teleportation Array and use its Space Channel to return to the Mage World.
• Upton told Claire that Martin’s partner had arrived to invite Martin to explore Ancient Ruins.
• Claire became interested in the expedition as a chance to increase his strength and advance sooner.

Claire confronted Moor about Martin’s death and secured a place on his team exploring the Ancient Ruins. After Moor left, she sent Upton away and headed to Martin’s laboratory to prepare for the expedition.

• Claire admitted to Moor that she had killed Martin, and Moor decided not to seek revenge.
• Claire asked to join Moor’s team exploring the Ancient Ruins, and Moor agreed to take her along.
• Moor told Claire that the team would find her in three days and would have seven members in total.
• After Moor left, Claire summoned Upton and asked where Martin’s laboratory was.
• Claire headed to the basement laboratory and told Upton not to disturb her unless something important happened.

Claire joined Moor’s group of witches and traveled with them to the Ancient Ruins, surprising them by using Flight Sorcery for the entire journey. After arriving in the forest, Christine began leading the group toward the ruins’ location.

• Claire introduced herself to Moor’s companions, and Kelly questioned whether she could keep up until Moor revealed that Claire had killed Martin.
• Claire offered to fight anyone who doubted her strength, but Moor ended the argument and prepared the group to leave.
• Moor asked about Claire’s mount, so Claire explained nothing and cast Flight Sorcery instead, astonishing the witches with her casual use of life-consuming magic.
• The group reached the forest ruins that afternoon, and Christine surveyed the area before leading everyone deeper into the forest.
• Claire deliberately slowed down and took the rear of the group so she could run first if danger appeared.

Christine led the wizards to the sealed ruins, where they opened a passage and entered an underground plaza filled with wizard-style buildings. Claire led the group through the trapped tunnel after securing a promise of a bigger share, and the chapter ended when someone discovered that they were not the first to arrive.

• Christine found the granite wall concealing the ruins, and the hunched old man opened its sealed entrance.
• Kelly urged the hunched old man to enter first, but Claire volunteered after the others promised him a bigger share.
• Claire entered the passage and led the wizards through it, while a hidden arrow trap struck at Kelly and she dissolved it with poisonous mist.
• Moor told the wizards to follow Claire's footsteps, and the group safely reached the underground plaza.
• The wizards scattered to explore the plaza, and someone warned that another group had arrived before them.

Claire’s group found fresh footprints in the ruin and followed them to a team of seven Nata wizards. As Moor prepared an ambush, Claire questioned whether they should fight before finding treasure, then argued they could gain an advantage by attacking first and taking the other wizards’ belongings.

• The wizards discovered fresh footprints and followed them through a passage into a large building.
• Claire used Eagle Eye Technique to spot seven wizards on the third floor, and the group identified them as members of the Nata School.
• Moor proposed that everyone ambush and fight the Nata wizards they recognized.
• Claire asked what they would be fighting over before any treasure appeared, causing the group to reconsider.
• Claire then argued that the group should attack while they held the advantage and could take the Nata wizards’ belongings.

Claire and Moor’s group ambushed rival wizards while Claire faced a witch and tested her magic. Moor’s side gained the advantage, leaving the witch under pressure as Claire kept trying to talk her out of fighting.

• Moor used Shadow Cover to hide Claire and the others before they launched a surprise attack on the rival group.
• The ambush scattered the rival wizards into separate fights, and Claire was left to face the beautiful witch.
• Claire dodged the witch’s Giant Serpent Devour spell and examined how the summoned creature behaved.
• Claire attacked with Shadow Fireball, but the witch escaped its range by casting Flight Sorcery at the precise moment.
• Moor joined the hunched old man’s battle after defeating his own opponent, and their side began to overwhelm the rivals.
• Claire told the witch her side was bound to win, but the witch snapped at her to shut up.

Claire was scattered by the witch’s spatial teleportation and landed in an ancient greenhouse, where he soon encountered Nicole again. He demanded the teleportation artifact from her, but before they could fight, someone called out to Nicole.

• The witch used a penholder-shaped artifact to teleport everyone on the battlefield away, and Claire let the spatial pull take him.
• Claire arrived in a long-abandoned greenhouse and found its plants had crumbled into dust.
• Claire broke through the greenhouse wall and came face-to-face with Nicole, who had also been teleported there.
• Claire asked Nicole to give him the teleportation artifact, then prepared to take it by force when she refused.
• Someone ran toward Nicole and called out that he was coming to help.

Claire forced Nicole to reveal that her group had come for a treasure, killed one of Nicole’s wizards, and was separated from her by another random teleportation. In a new plaza, Claire found Kelly fleeing with a treasure box and helped her kill their pursuer.

• Claire deduced that Nicole’s group had arrived prepared and was searching for something, then asked Nicole to reveal the treasure and explain her Giant Serpent Devour witchcraft.
• Claire used an illusion to approach and kill the chubby wizard, then threatened Nicole and demanded the object she carried.
• Nicole activated random teleportation again, sending Claire and herself to separate locations after Claire promised they would meet again.
• Claire arrived in another plaza, heard witchcraft fighting nearby, and went to investigate.
• Claire found Kelly fleeing with a rectangular treasure box, joined her against the pursuing wizard, and helped her kill him.

After Claire helped Kelly kill the wizard pursuing her, they opened the box Kelly had stolen and found four rare Sorcery Scrolls. Kelly tried to take them all and escape, but Claire severed her hand and kept the scrolls, then rejected Kelly’s plea for mercy.

• Kelly explained that she had stolen the box from the wizard while he was opening a treasure chest.
• Kelly opened the box and revealed four Sorcery Scrolls, which she identified as containing spells from an Epic Wizard.
• Kelly decided to kill Claire and seize the scrolls, but Claire exposed her intention and cut off her hand as she tried to flee with them.
• Claire took the scrolls and approached Kelly, who used the plight of female wizards to plead for her life.
• Claire asked what Kelly’s hardships had to do with Claire killing her.

Claire forced Kelly to surrender a rune-carved stone that gathered energy, then killed her and took her belongings. Meanwhile, Nicole returned to the mural and failed repeatedly to open it until someone impatiently questioned her.

• Claire rejected Kelly's attempt to seduce her and demanded something valuable instead.
• Kelly gave Claire a rune-carved stone that concentrated nearby energy, but Claire killed her and destroyed her body.
• Claire collected Kelly's belongings and the dead male wizard's corpse before leaving.
• Nicole returned to the building's third floor and tried to decipher the Stone Wall Mural using an ancient book.
• After Nicole failed to open the mural, a bored voice asked whether she could actually do it.

Claire ambushed Nicole, took her spatial sorcery artifact, and learned that the Ancient Tome described how to open a door in the stone wall. After solving its puzzle in minutes, Claire opened the door and left Nicole stunned by her talent.

• Claire caught Nicole from behind, took her bone sorcery artifact, and bound her with a Sorcery Chain.
• Claire questioned Nicole about the Ancient Tome, and Nicole explained that it recorded how to open the door.
• Claire studied the tome and mural, then quickly worked out the symbols and key needed to open the door.
• The stone wall transformed into a rippling portal, astonishing Nicole, who had spent more than half a year trying to open it.
• Claire called herself a genius and asked Nicole whether she did not look like one.

Claire forced Nicole through a mysterious passage into Horna's ruin, where they discovered the legendary wizard's diary and encountered his lingering soul. Horna offered them his inheritance, but Claire said she was more interested in him than in his perfected wizard system.

• Claire tied Nicole up, used her to test the water-mirror passage, and then followed her into the ruin.
• Claire found old papers and made Nicole read diary entries describing Horna's experiments and his work to perfect the wizard Cultivation Method.
• Nicole explained Horna's importance and began to cry when she realized they had found his ruin.
• A whirlwind formed into Horna's soul, and he explained that he had left his perfected Cultivation Method behind for people who would inherit it.
• Horna offered Claire and Nicole his inheritance, but Claire said she was interested in him rather than the wizard system.

Claire exposed Horna’s spirit as a body-stealing impostor and captured him despite his mental attack. As more wizards arrived through the water mirror, Nicole announced that Claire had caught the legendary wizard Horna, who could help restore their cultivation system.

• Nicole begged Claire to accept Horna’s inheritance and become the King of Wizards, but Claire refused to take the offer at face value.
• Claire pointed out that the diary pages were too well preserved to be ancient and accused Horna of fabricating them to lure people into surrendering their bodies.
• Horna attacked Claire with a mental spear, but Claire blocked it with a mental-protection Magic Shield and trapped Horna with Psionic Hand.
• Claire compressed Horna’s spirit into a ball, restrained it, and put it in his pocket as treasure from the ruins.
• Several wizards emerged from the water mirror, including a bound enemy wizard, and Nicole revealed to them that Claire had captured Horna’s spirit.

Claire revealed Horna's spirit to the wizards, provoking them to attack her. As the battle turned against them, Nicole used a scroll and vanished, leaving Claire to suggest that she had teleported away and betrayed the others.

• Nicole told Moor that Horna's spirit was in Claire's pocket, and Claire revealed the spirit in a sphere.
• Christine charged at Claire and was cut in half by a wind blade he failed to perceive.
• Moor and the other wizards joined forces against Claire, and Nicole and a Level Four wizard entered the fight.
• Nicole grew increasingly uneasy as Claire calmly fought them, then tore a Sorcery Scroll that made her disappear.
• Claire told the remaining wizards that Nicole had likely used a short-range Spatial Teleportation Scroll to escape.