Chapter Summaries

After giving the wizards a complete Cultivation Method, Claire returned to her rune work and left Horna to help Upton copy books. Horna realized the method might be part of Claire’s plan, but he had not yet explained his suspicion to Upton.

• Claire explained that she gave the wizards the Cultivation Method because it removed their reason to fight her, then returned to the castle.
• Claire sent Horna to help Upton copy books and revealed that his actual distance limit from her was two hundred meters.
• Horna introduced himself to Upton as a legendary Archmage, but Upton dismissed his boasts and urged him to help with the copying.
• Horna read the Cultivation Method and learned from Upton that they were meant to copy a hundred books and spread them around.
• Horna concluded that Claire had not simply given the wizards the method, then teased Upton before agreeing to explain his discovery.

Upton and Horna discussed the new Cultivation Method Claire had distributed and realized that it let wizards cast spells with spiritual power but offered no way to cultivate it. Horna concluded that the method could drive the Wizard World into increasingly reckless, deadly battles, leaving Upton wondering what Claire intended.

• Upton asked Horna whether the book’s contents had any problems, and Horna said the method was excellent but lacked an important element.
• Horna explained that the book added techniques for casting wizardry with spiritual power, sparing wizards from spending life force to cast spells.
• Horna pointed out that the book included no way to cultivate spiritual power, even though exhausting it could weaken a wizard’s reason and self-control.
• Upton realized that battles fought with spiritual power could become harder to stop and end in the deaths of both wizards or leave the survivor nearly depleted of life force.
• Horna argued that wizards could not safely treat the method as a trump card once it became widespread, and Upton recognized it as an open scheme that forced everyone to participate.
• Upton wondered what Claire was trying to accomplish by setting everything up.

After the perfected Cultivation Method sparked bloody conflict across the Wizard World, Claire completed her advancement to Archmage. Horna then told Claire how the world had changed since the method spread.

• Nicole told Daren that thirteen level-four and level-five Archmages from the Nata School had died after using the perfected Cultivation Method to pursue revenge, and Daren ordered the school’s wizards to stay inside.
• Daren realized the method was driving wizards toward mutual slaughter, while other schools also recalled their wizards and forbade them from fighting.
• Wizards continued killing one another despite the orders, and nearly one-fifth of the Wizard World’s wizards died before the violence began to subside after a month.
• Claire advanced from High Mage to Archmage, using the rune-carved stones to gather energy and Horna’s soul matter to elevate her life level.
• Horna and Upton argued over Horna’s teaching, and Claire asked how the outside world was faring.
• Horna described the changes that he and Upton had observed after distributing a hundred copied books.

Claire learned that the school conflict had ended after wizard casualties in the Wizard World reached nearly half, and then ordered Upton to spread news that she possessed a complete, flawless Mental Power Cultivation Method. The chapter left her preparing to trigger another upheaval.

• Claire said the deaths had slowed too much, while Horna feared the scale of her plans to eliminate wizards.
• A Wegus School spy stole Santali School's library and burned what he could not carry, igniting a conflict between the schools.
• The feud escalated after the Wegus deputy leader was assassinated and spread into a war involving almost every wizarding school.
• Daren called for the fighting to stop, and the major schools mediated a peace agreement that required Wegus and the others to compensate Santali.
• Claire noted that nearly half the Wizard World had died and told Upton to spread news that she possessed a complete Mental Power Cultivation Method without flaws.

As five Epic Wizards confronted Claire over his complete Cultivation Method, Claire refused to hand it over and attacked Vito with startling speed. He slammed Vito into the ground and began casting a powerful spell as the watching wizards looked on in shock.

• Moor and Nicole concluded that Claire had possessed a perfected Cultivation Method, while Daren decided to pursue the newly revealed complete method and refused Nicole’s request to accompany him.
• Wizards gathered outside Claire’s castle, and five Epic Wizards arrived on the third day after the news spread.
• Gunt called Claire out, and Claire emerged from the city wall to face the group.
• Claire admitted that he had the complete Cultivation Method but refused Vito’s demand to hand it over.
• Claire suddenly appeared beside Vito, dodged his defenses, and hurled him from the air into the ground.
• Claire began casting the fourth-level Charged Flame Strike at Vito while the onlookers stared in shock.

Claire killed Vito with Charged Flame Strike, then faced the four remaining Epic Wizards as they joined forces to capture her and learn the complete Cultivation Method. Gunt’s blood mist exposed Claire’s movements, preventing her from striking again, while Vance finished preparing a potion to increase mental sensitivity.

• Claire unleashed Charged Flame Strike and burned Vito to death before he could escape.
• Daren, Vance, Gunt, and another school leader agreed to join forces against Claire and demand the complete Cultivation Method.
• Claire disappeared with mental sorcery, but Gunt spread a blood mist domain and detected her movements.
• Daren struck toward Claire when Gunt warned that she was approaching, forcing her out of the blood mist.
• Claire tried attacking several more times, but Gunt detected her each time and she failed to kill another Wizard.
• Vance announced that the potion to increase mental sensitivity was ready.

Claire fought four wizards after the blood mist cleared and quickly killed Kuli with a fourth-level Sorcery Scroll. She turned toward the three remaining wizards, and Vance shouted for them to run.

• Vance gave Kuli a potion after secretly adding herbs to it, and the wizards drank their potions as Gunt’s blood mist dispersed.
• Claire dismissed the wizards’ hopes of defeating her without illusions, then shattered Gunt’s corrosive blood attack with her greatsword.
• Claire clashed with Daren, whose beastified strength matched her in close combat, then fired her Magic Handgun and forced him to retreat.
• Claire charged Kuli through the wizards’ sorcery behind three defensive Sorcery Scrolls and broke his shield with her greatsword.
• Claire pressed a fourth-level Sorcery Scroll to Kuli’s forehead, and green flames burned him to ash while the other wizards hesitated to help.
• Claire faced Vance, Gunt, and Daren after killing Kuli, and Vance shouted for them to run.

Claire stopped Vance from escaping with spatial magic and struck him with a lightning dragon, then defeated Daren. After Nicole arrived and Claire restrained her, Daren was pinned to the ground as he tried to protect his granddaughter.

• Claire used spatial power to interrupt Vance's teleportation and struck him with a lightning dragon, but he survived and fled badly wounded.
• Claire confronted Daren after Gunt escaped, defeated Daren, and pressed her greatsword to his neck.
• Daren asked whether the complete Cultivation Method had made Claire so powerful, and she said her strength was the reason.
• Nicole flew to Daren's aid, but Claire knocked her down and restrained her with spatial magic.
• Daren tried to rise to protect Nicole, so Claire pierced his collarbone with an ice spike and pinned him to the ground.

Daren pleaded with Claire to spare Nicole and gave her a final warning before sending Nicole away. He then offered Claire a rune-carved stone that matched one she had obtained from Kelly, drawing her attention to its rune.

• Daren begged Claire to spare Nicole and offered her an item in exchange for Nicole's life.
• Claire let Daren speak privately with Nicole, and he made her promise not to seek revenge and to keep living happily.
• Daren transformed his arm and hurled Nicole out of the pit, away from Claire.
• Daren gave Claire a rune-carved stone and explained that it could store living things and influence space.
• Claire examined the matching rune and asked Daren whether he had used the stone to summon the giant snake.

Claire spared Daren and made him his servant, then sent him to capture Vance. Claire intended to return to the Mage World soon, having orchestrated the Wizard World's turmoil to break apart its schools and bring the wizards under his control.

• Claire recognized the runes on Daren's magical items and received Daren's research notes.
• Daren asked Claire to release the giant serpent, but Claire instead spared him and bound him with a Magic Contract.
• Claire ordered Daren to capture Vance at the Wegus School's secret base and offer him a chance to become Claire's servant.
• Claire revealed that he had killed the Wegus School deputy leader and orchestrated the conflicts that defeated Daren's group.
• After Daren flew west, Claire pursued the gaunt old man and reflected on his plan to dismantle the schools and control the Wizard World before returning to the Mage World.

Claire consolidated control of the Wizard World through the Antonio School and prepared a route back to the Mage World. Her first attempt to open a Space Channel sent only a Small Light Orb through, but the Black Shuttle-shaped Object confirmed the channel worked and asked when she would follow.

• Claire recruited Vance, killed Gunt after catching him, and gained control of most of the Wizard World's resources by dismantling the other schools.
• Claire established the Antonio School, distributed tiered Cultivation Methods to reward loyalty and advancement, and sent members to create Wizard Academies.
• Claire prepared the Water Mirror Space as a sealed passage, matched its energy density to the Mage World, and used the Black Shuttle-shaped Object to determine the Mage World's coordinates.
• Claire assembled a magical construct and opened a Space Channel, then sent a Small Light Orb through it while maintaining the channel with energy sources.
• The Black Shuttle-shaped Object reported that the channel was too small for anything but the Small Light Orb, and Claire declared that she was coming back to the Mage World.

Claire returned from the Wizard World through a Space Channel and reunited with Shane and Irene, then learned the church denied involvement in the Archmage’s assassination attempt. After spending the night at a heavily guarded Inner City property, Claire heard someone pry open his window and saw a round shadow enter his room.

• Claire emerged from a Space Channel in the basement of an Ansier Family property, reunited with Shane, and destroyed the Spatial Coordinates.
• Claire returned to the Tulip Shop, where Irene clung to him and refused to leave until he promised to stay in the Inner City.
• A cardinal delivered the Pope’s message that the Archmage who tried to assassinate Claire had no connection to the church.
• Claire told Shane and Irene about the attack, while Shane suspected Beck and Edith insisted Beck was innocent; Claire said he believed her.
• The King’s people took Irene home, and Shane arranged for Claire to stay near City Guard headquarters in the Inner City.
• In the middle of the night, Claire heard someone prying at his window, and a round shadow leaped into his room.

Grand Judge Joseph visited Claire to investigate the Archmage who had attacked her, but Claire suspected the King and Joseph had staged the attack to turn her against the Church. Unable to challenge either powerful faction, she decided to leave the chaotic royal capital the next day.

• Joseph secretly entered Claire's room and said the King had sent him to check on her.
• Joseph shared leads suggesting the attacker might have belonged to the Church's Inquisition and showed Claire a portrait of an Archmage who had entered the capital before the attack.
• Claire recognized the man in the portrait as her attacker, and Joseph promised to investigate who had connections to him.
• After Joseph left, Claire concluded that the King's side might have arranged the attack and planted clues to provoke conflict between her and the Church.
• Claire decided the capital was too dangerous and resolved to return the next day.

Claire returned to Griffin Barony with the Wolf King and met three adventurers traveling to Nafu City. He joined Mode, Ellie, and Danny on the road, hearing that Nafu City’s new Adventurer’s Guild had drawn them there and that they had heard good things about the city and its lord.

• Claire left the Wolf King behind to enjoy itself, then warned it not to run wild before they set off again together.
• Mode mistook the Wolf King for a threat and drew his sword, but Ellie corrected him after noticing Claire floating in the air.
• Claire learned that Mode, Ellie, and Danny were adventurers heading to Nafu City for opportunities at its newly opened Adventurer’s Guild.
• Mode introduced himself and his teammates, and Claire joined them on their journey to Nafu City.
• Ellie praised Nafu City’s mermaids, food, shops, and Wendy’s performances, while Mode said its residents loved their lord and that they might settle there.

Claire welcomed Mode and his companions to Nafu City, sent the Wolf King to guide them to a blacksmith, and promised they could get armor there for free. When they said Claire had sent them, the apprentice recognized her as the viscount and rushed to tell his master that she had brought them customers.

• Mode, Ellie, and their companion arrived in crowded Nafu City and heard that adventurers had come ahead of them for the new Adventurer's Guild.
• Claire left to visit home after welcoming the group and told them to choose armor from a local blacksmith in her name.
• The Wolf King guided Mode and the others through the city and past a mermaid statue to Blacksmith Street.
• Mode told a blacksmith apprentice that Claire had introduced them and promised them a discount.
• The apprentice recognized Claire as the viscount and hurried into the back room to tell his master she had brought them customers.

Mode and his companions received free armor and weapons after telling a blacksmith that Claire had sent them, and they learned that she was Nafu City's lord. Back at the manor, Claire signed a favorable Adventurer's Guild contract with York, who left thrilled to have met his idol.

• The blacksmith gave Mode and his companions complete sets of fine-grade armor, weapons, and accessories because Claire had sent them.
• Mode, Ellie, and the chubby boy realized Claire was the lord of Nafu City and headed to the Adventurer's Guild, determined to repay her someday.
• Claire returned to the manor and met York, the person in charge of the Adventurer's Guild in Nafu City.
• York presented Claire with a favorable contract from Guild headquarters, and Claire signed it after asking whether he was connected to Joseph.
• York left excitedly, hoping to get Claire's autograph, while the narration revealed that he had become her fan after learning he was being sent to Nafu City.

Claire’s efforts to expand Nafu City’s Adventurer’s Guild and magical-material trade brought more adventurers and resources to the city. After a level-two Tusked Boar attacked Karl Village, killing fifteen residents and injuring fifty-three, Claire ordered aid for the injured and increased patrols while the cause of the attack remained unknown.

• Claire posted exploration and resource-gathering quests, and the resulting adventurer trade helped make Nafu City more prosperous.
• Claire bought magical beast meat to supply the knights and sell cheaply to residents.
• Rona rushed to Claire with news that dozens of people had been injured by a magical beast, and Claire found the wounded being treated at the clinic.
• Regan reported that a level-two Tusked Boar had attacked Karl Village, killing fifteen residents and injuring fifty-three before adventurers killed it.
• Claire ordered Regan to distribute Healing Potions, told Rona to prevent lasting injuries, and arranged compensation for the dead residents’ families.
• Claire ordered Hant to lead the Knight Squad on patrol throughout the territory while Regan’s people investigated the attack.

Claire investigated why magical beasts were appearing near Nafu City and learned that outsiders were spreading rumors blaming her Adventurer's Guild for the attacks. The city's residents defended Claire, tore down the flyers, and drove the rumor-spreaders out of town.

• Claire studied the magical beast distribution map and wondered why beasts were escaping despite the precautions she and York had taken.
• Regan told Claire that outsiders were blaming the Adventurer's Guild for the attacks, and that residents had caught some rumor-spreaders.
• Old Rhode denounced the flyers and argued that Claire's leadership had improved the residents' lives.
• Nafu City's residents tore down flyers, searched for those spreading the rumors, and rallied to defend Claire.
• The frightened outsiders fled Nafu City rather than risk being caught by the residents.

A Black Robe Mage triggered a magical beast stampede in the Monster Mountain Range, and Hant led his Knight Squad to stop the beasts from reaching nearby villages. After initial charges went well, several Level Four magical beasts appeared, forcing Hant to order a retreat.

• The Black Robe Mage spread pale gray mist through the forest, driving magical beasts into a stampede.
• Adventurers fled the mountains and warned others as Hant brought his Knight Squad to defend the nearby villages.
• Hant led repeated charges against the beasts, and the knights killed many of the lower-level attackers.
• A Level Four Shadow Demon Leopard and two more Level Four magical beasts emerged with a fresh wave of beasts.
• Hant ordered the Knight Squad to retreat because the Level Four beasts were beyond their ability to handle.

Hant and the Knight Squad were surrounded by magical beasts until Claire arrived and turned the battle around with her power over space. She left the knights to retreat as she cut through the approaching horde with a spatial thread.

• Hant prepared to sacrifice himself so Kellan could lead the wounded knights to safety, but Frey and his four companions arrived and helped the squad fight back.
• The Black Robe Mage triggered another wave of magical beasts, trapping the knights and Frey's group as hundreds more emerged from the undergrowth.
• Claire arrived, struck down the level-four Shadow Demon Leopard with heavenly lightning, and tore another level-four beast apart with Spatial Power.
• Hant rallied the knights, and they and Frey's group killed the nearby level-two and level-three beasts.
• Claire told Hant to retreat with the others, then swept a spatial thread through the advancing horde and sliced the magical beasts apart.