Chapter Summaries

After advancing to Level-Five Stigmata Wizard, Leo saw his demiplane expand and assessed his greatly increased power. He had also fused the Black Metal Module’s metal laws with his microscopic-world laws, gaining the ability to trigger powerful fusion and fission reactions.

• Leo watched four reserve demiplanes approach, expanding his demiplane to four times its size as a reward for his advancement.
• Leo checked his attributes and found them close to their Level-Five limits, then considered how his equipment and elemental body tempering raised his attack power.
• Leo reflected that mastering his Level-Five abilities could raise his attack power to 3.9 million points, while his laws might let him exceed that limit.
• Leo realized the Black Metal Module’s metal laws had fused with his microscopic-world laws, giving him control over metal particles and their fusion and fission.
• Leo recalled detonating a distant mountain by triggering metal fusion and recognized that the module could let him initiate reactions involving as many as twenty atoms.

After advancing to level five, Leo recognized that his control over fusion could make him extraordinarily dangerous and decided to use his knowledge of the Metal Module to draw Beast Blood Boiling into advancing. Beast Blood Boiling agreed to try Leo’s method, and Leo’s demiplane was then visited by the level-six Guardian Wizard Garijivich.

• Leo tested his ability to trigger fusion in tritium and deuterium and realized he could cause devastating reactions inside living beings.
• Yaoyao advised Leo that helping Beast Blood Boiling master the Metal Module could make him a level-six ally who would draw the Supreme Lords’ attention away from Leo.
• Leo contacted Beast Blood Boiling through the Fate Wizard Book and offered a fabricated explanation for a method to overcome the Metal Module.
• Beast Blood Boiling discovered Leo had reached level five, congratulated him, and agreed to test the suggested method before ending the call.
• Garijivich, the level-six Guardian Wizard, appeared on Leo’s demiplane, and Leo welcomed him.

After advancing to level five, Leo received a veiled warning and compensation from Guardian Wizard Garijivich, then used Black Soluo’s position in the Lords of Souls’ command system to gather intelligence. As word of Leo’s advancement spread, other Stigmata Wizards sought his favor, and Leo considered forming his own war squad while ordering his academy to expand.

• Garijivich congratulated Leo on reaching level five, questioned his willingness to defend the Wizard Will, and left compensation in a wizard ring after warning him to make the right choice when the time came.
• Leo dismissed the Wizard World’s factional struggles, believing his strength would let him leave if its homeland fell.
• Black Soluo joined the war, defeated eighteen same-level Lords of Souls, gained level-five privileges, and applied to reinforce the world where the Blue Dragon Bloodline Stigmata Wizard was stationed.
• News of Leo’s advancement spread, prompting Stigmata Wizards to send congratulations and seek his support; Interstellar Wanderer asked to join Leo’s future war squad.
• Leo told Interstellar Wanderer he would invite him if his squad application succeeded, informed the academy of his advancement, and urged it to claim nearby territory.

After advancing to Level Five, Leo negotiated with Little Bookworm No. 007, who offered a way to find other little bookworms in exchange for Leo’s help. Leo then accepted the conditions for leading a team in the world war, including Golden Eye Piercing Illusions joining and the chance to claim up to five conquered worlds.

• The academy celebrated Leo’s advancement while its wizards followed Yaoyao’s orders to claim territory.
• Blue Dragon Heluoluo congratulated Leo and asked for his help, then Little Bookworm No. 007 put Leo to sleep and revealed that he knew about Leo’s secrets.
• Leo agreed to help Little Bookworm No. 007 find other little bookworms in exchange for learning how it monitored him, and received a fragment of its body as a guide.
• Leo gave the fragment to Yaoyao to use in the Shadow World, and they agreed to search for another little bookworm before learning how No. 007 watched them.
• Leo accepted the approved conditions for leading a world-war team and requested the Interstellar Wanderer Stigmata Wizard, Heluoluo, and a Level-Four Blue Dragon Bloodline Stigmata Wizard as members.
• The authorities approved all of Leo’s team requests.

After Shadow Space evolved into a self-sustaining miniature plane, Leo discovered its expanded resources and greatly increased shadow capacity. He revealed to the little red snake that he and Yaoyao had deceived him into exposing his world, then began advancing him to level three.

• Leo and Yaoyao explored Shadow Space after it evolved into Shadow Plane, a self-sustaining miniature world with complete laws.
• Leo found energy-metal and energy-crystal veins underground, then fed over ten million energy crystals into the plane to help them grow.
• Leo inspected the little red snake, who remained terrified and believed his death was inevitable.
• Yaoyao told the little red snake that he and Leo had posed as the Lord of the Universe and used his blood to locate his world.
• The little red snake realized that his attempts to contact the false Lord had led to his world's destruction.
• Leo declared that he would grant the little red snake enough energy to reach level three, and the plane's energy began transforming him.

Leo tested how the Shadow Plane’s altered laws could raise the little red snake to level three, then watched his clone Black Soluo battle the wizard army in the Forest Farm World. After Black Soluo killed a Stigmata Wizard and endured the attacks of four more without injury, the battlefield’s balance shifted around him.

• Leo explained that the little red snake would reach level three in three days and that the Shadow Plane could currently support beings only up to that level.
• Leo showed Yaoyao a live feed of Black Soluo leading puppet troops in the Forest Farm World and described the war’s current balance.
• The five Stigmata Wizards killed five Lords of Souls, then focused on the remaining Lords while World Lords engaged the puppet army.
• Black Soluo swallowed a level-four Stigmata Wizard in a swift solo kill, shocking both armies and validating his reputation as the strongest Level-Four Lord of Souls.
• The four remaining Stigmata Wizards attacked Black Soluo, but he charged through their powerful spells without showing any injuries.

Black Soluo used the black metal module’s defenses to kill two Stigmata Wizards in the Forest Farm World, prompting both sides to send reinforcements and place him in command. Back in the Shadow Plane, Leo learned of Black Soluo’s idea to use metallized souls in mecha artificial intelligence and assigned Yaoyao to test it before setting out to retrieve another universe-grade treasure.

• Blue Dragon Bloodline activated his dragon true body and struck Black Soluo, but Black Soluo bit through his neck and killed him without sustaining a scratch.
• Black Soluo led the puppet army in retreat, while the remaining Stigmata Wizards held back and both factions confirmed reports of the two wizard deaths.
• The Returning Breath World sent fifteen Lords of Souls to reinforce the Forest Farm World and gave Black Soluo command, while the wizard army dispatched seven Stigmata Wizards to kill him.
• Leo received the wizard ring containing the two Stigmata Wizards’ corpses and read Black Soluo’s message about combining metallized souls with artificial intelligence.
• Yaoyao agreed to lead experiments using metallized souls to improve mecha intelligence, and Leo took him to retrieve another universe-grade treasure.

After advancing to level five, Leo retrieved the Endless Pot’s shadow and planned to investigate how to control the treasure safely. He set thousands of shadows to search for other worlds, then brought the little red snake to his laboratory for an experiment.

• Yaoyao helped Leo pull the Endless Pot’s shadow from the Shadow World, and Leo decided not to bind the powerful Sword of Winter.
• Leo learned that the Endless Pot had been bound to the Returning Breath World and resolved to have Black Soluo gather intelligence before attempting to control it.
• Leo and Yaoyao returned to the Shadow Plane, where the little red snake had advanced to level three and begged Leo to spare him.
• Leo refused to take control of the little red snake’s soul and assigned 6,741 shadows to search for other worlds while leaving 3,000 to form a domain.
• Yaoyao took the metallized souls to the Wizard World to work on artificial intelligence, while Leo brought the little red snake to the laboratory and told him to lie on the operating table.

Leo led his newly assembled squad toward Thousand Pools World, where Returning Breath World's forces had reclaimed half the territory. After discovering fourteen concealed Lords of Souls blocking their arrival, Leo prepared to attack with Blue Dragon Heluoluo while the others guarded the mothership.

• Leo took the seat of honor aboard the mothership and welcomed Interstellar Wanderer, Blue Dragon Heluoluo, Golden Eye Piercing Illusions, and Sword Bearer into his squad.
• Leo explained that the squad had orders to clear Returning Breath World's armies from a medium-sized world, beginning with Thousand Pools World, and that he could earn up to five worlds by fully occupying them.
• Leo's squad arrived outside Thousand Pools World and saw a vast puppet army defending the barrier while the wizard forces inside refused to provide reinforcements.
• Golden Eye Piercing Illusions located fourteen hidden Lords of Souls—five level fives and nine level fours—and sent their positions to the squad.
• Leo ordered Sword Bearer, Interstellar Wanderer, and Golden Eye Piercing Illusions to guard the mothership, then chose to enter the world with Blue Dragon Heluoluo to eliminate the Lords of Souls.

Leo entered the Thousand Pools World and attacked the concealed Lords of Souls and enormous puppet army with devastating witchcraft. He destroyed millions of puppets and continued unleashing a massive thunderstorm across the battlefield.

• Leo bypassed the world barrier through the Shadow World and entered the Thousand Pools World, where he discovered fifteen concealed Lords of Souls among the puppet army.
• Leo used his domains to kill more than a million puppets and destroyed a Level-Four Lord of Souls with Tritium-Deuterium Fusion Great Witchcraft, killing millions more in the blast.
• Two more Level-Four Lords of Souls approached Leo under concealment, and he killed them with another pair of nuclear explosions.
• The Interstellar Wanderer recognized that Leo’s casual attack surpassed his own offensive power, while Golden Eye Piercing Illusions watched Leo closely.
• Leo unleashed Heaven-Descending Thunder Great Witchcraft, covering a vast area with thunderclouds and striking the puppet army with countless bolts of lightning.

Leo used his newly advanced level-five power to destroy most of the Lords of Souls and a vast puppet army, then opened a huge breach in the world barrier. He left the three surviving Level-Five Lords of Souls for Heluoluo and Interstellar Wanderer to fight.

• Leo detected the Lords of Souls approaching and prepared to attack while the other Stigmata Wizards were still outside the world barrier.
• Leo unleashed Tritium-Deuterium Fusion Great Witchcraft ten times, killing ten Lords of Souls, including one Level-Five Lord, and wiping out more than a hundred million puppets.
• The three surviving Level-Five Lords of Souls recognized Leo as the Atomic Control Stigmata Wizard and retreated in fear.
• Heluoluo and the others breached the world barrier, and Leo left the surviving Lords of Souls for Heluoluo and Interstellar Wanderer to handle.
• Leo used Tritium-Deuterium Fusion Great Witchcraft to expand the barrier breach to over ten thousand meters, then returned to the mothership.

Leo took command in Thousand Pools World, drove back its puppet armies, and began restoring the world while anticipating Returning Breath World's response. Five years later, he discovered that a large force—including a level-six Lord of Souls—was coming to ambush him.

• Leo sent the Sword Bearer and Golden Eye Piercing Illusions to fight the puppet armies while Yaoyao brought the mothership into Thousand Pools World.
• Leo ordered the wizards to eliminate the puppet armies within ten years, then sent his team back to hunt the remaining Lords of Souls.
• Leo read Returning Breath World's command system and learned that its leaders hoped to lure him out of the medium-sized world so a level-six Lord of Souls could kill him.
• Leo monitored Black Soluo's victories in Forest Farm World and relied on Returning Breath World's teleportation ritual to protect him from a deadly threat.
• Leo cleared the remaining Lords of Souls from Thousand Pools World and sent Yaoyao and others to restore its environment.
• Five years later, Leo learned that Returning Breath World had prepared ten level-five Lords of Souls, twenty level-four Lords of Souls, and a level-six Lord of Souls to ambush him.

Leo’s forces ambushed the puppet reinforcements and the Lords of Souls arriving in Thousand Pools World, slaughtering the puppets while the Stigmata Wizards and World Lords engaged the first wave. As a second wave appeared, Leo began targeting its Lords of Souls himself.

• Yaoyao mocked Returning Breath World’s depleted forces, and Leo ordered half the army to keep fighting while the rest prepared an ambush.
• Leo’s assembled army surrounded the teleportation zone in Thousand Pools World and unleashed a devastating attack as puppet troops poured through thirteen black vortexes.
• Golden Eye Piercing Illusions spotted ten infiltrating Lords of Souls, and Leo sent the Stigmata Wizards and World Lords to intercept them.
• Sword Bearer killed two newly advanced Level-Four Lords of Souls, while the veteran Level-Five Lords of Souls fought the Interstellar Wanderer and Heluoluo to a stalemate.
• A second wave of five Level-Five and seven Level-Four Lords of Souls began arriving, and Leo targeted the first Level-Four Lord with Tritium-Deuterium Fusion Great Witchcraft.

Leo used his mastery of the Power of Laws to destroy the Lords of Souls emerging from the black vortices and help Interstellar Wanderer and Heluoluo defeat three Level-Five enemies. When no further Lords of Souls appeared despite the continuing puppet attacks, he searched Black Soluo’s memories and discovered the Returning Breath World had changed its strategy at the last minute.

• Leo compressed fusion reactions into energy spheres and killed the concealed Level-Four and Level-Five Lords of Souls as Golden Eye Piercing Illusions revealed their locations.
• Leo cleared the nuclear aftermath and tore apart more than a million puppets near the black vortices with a casual wave.
• Leo crippled three Level-Five Lords of Souls, and Interstellar Wanderer and Heluoluo finished them off in less than ten minutes.
• The group waited for the remaining Lords of Souls, but none appeared, even as more puppet armies came through the black vortices.
• Leo searched Black Soluo’s memories and found that the Returning Breath World had changed its strategy at the last minute.

Leo learned that Returning Breath World planned to lure him to the world barrier for an attack by a Level-Six Lord of Souls, but he waited for the trap to unfold. After discovering a living being connected to one of his Shadow Plane strands, he faced eight Lords of Souls attacking the barrier and taunted them while preparing for the hidden threat.

• Leo let the puppet armies teleport into Thousand Pools World and ordered the wizards to clear them out after a Level-Four Lord of Souls died and the vortexes closed.
• Tortai reported that one of Leo’s shadow strands had connected with a living being, and Yaoyao promised him a Dragon Blood Treasure Fruit for every world he helped contact.
• Leo waited half a year without hearing from the being before eight Lords of Souls attacked Thousand Pools World’s barrier, including two Level-Five Lords and six Level-Four Lords.
• Leo used Shadow Walking to reach the barrier, invited the attackers inside, and watched as it repeatedly healed their small breaches.
• Leo spotted the hidden Level-Six Lord of Souls, retreated several hundred miles, and let the attackers resume their assault while they challenged him to come out and fight.

Leo opened the world barrier so four Stigmata Wizards could fight eight Lords of Souls, then intervened when he noticed the enemies were drawing them away. He suspected Golden Eye Piercing Illusions was hiding a level-six Lord of Souls and conspiring to make Leo fight him, but he and Yaoyao decided to play along and uncover the truth.

• Yaoyao challenged the Lords of Souls’ excuses, and Leo summoned Interstellar Wanderer, Blue Dragon Heluoluo, Sword Bearer, and Golden Eye Piercing Illusions to fight them.
• Leo blasted open the world barrier with Tritium-Deuterium Fusion Great Witchcraft and watched the four battle the eight Lords of Souls while he monitored a hidden level-six Lord of Souls.
• Sword Bearer killed two level-four Lords of Souls, while Leo destroyed two others after noticing that the enemy fighters were luring his allies deeper into the universe.
• Two level-five Lords of Souls fled when Leo intervened, and Golden Eye Piercing Illusions again claimed he could not see any ambush nearby.
• Leo watched the fleeing Lords of Souls join the hidden level-six Lord, then discussed with Yaoyao his suspicion that Golden Eye Piercing Illusions was manipulating him.
• Yaoyao suggested that Leo follow Golden Eye Piercing Illusions’ apparent plan, and Leo agreed to try to reveal his intentions.

Leo used a vast attraction formation to draw a nearby dead satellite toward Thousand Pools World as an experiment in stabilizing and testing his newly acquired level-five strength. The formation linked the world to the satellite, and the planet's gravity began to increase.

• Wizards and slaves built a thousand-kilometer attraction formation under a six-month deadline while Interstellar Wanderer and Blue Dragon Heluoluo supervised.
• Leo arrived after the formation was completed and told Golden Eye Piercing Illusions and the others that he planned to pull the nearby satellite within fifty thousand kilometers as an experiment.
• Leo activated his Earth Giant bloodline and used the Godslaying Staff to connect with and control the formation.
• The formation absorbed energy from across Thousand Pools World, drawing in clouds, winds, water, and ocean waves.
• A distorted force field linked Thousand Pools World to the satellite, and the world's gravity began to rise as the formation pulled on the dead planet.

Leo used the magic formation to draw a dead star close to Thousand Pools World, then traveled to it to conduct experiments as three Lords of Souls approached. He confronted the hidden attackers, including a Level-Six Lord of Souls, and revealed that he had detected them.

• Leo and the formation pulled the dead star toward Thousand Pools World over three months and held it fifty thousand kilometers away.
• After resting, Leo left Thousand Pools World and traveled to the dead star, where he tapped its surface with the Godslaying Staff while Yaoyao scattered black metal granules.
• Golden Eye Piercing Illusions watched Leo's departure, while three figures awakened on a halted meteor in the cosmos.
• Leo and Yaoyao reached the far side of the dead star and saw two Level-Five Lords of Souls and one Level-Six Lord of Souls approach.
• The three Lords of Souls revealed themselves after realizing Leo had detected their concealment, and Leo mocked their crude methods.

Leo fought Hamixi, a Level-Six Lord of Souls, on a dead planet, revealing his Vajra Giant form and using his strength and Atomic Control to withstand Hamixi’s assault. The battle ended with Leo counterattacking with Thunder Destruction Grand Witchcraft, and a watching Level-Five Lord of Souls realized the two were evenly matched.

• Leo transformed into a six-hundred-meter silver Vajra Giant and destroyed the attacks of two Level-Five Lords of Souls, killing one with Atomic Control.
• Hamixi attacked Leo with tentacles and a soul assault, but Leo’s silver defense absorbed ten blows before breaking under Hamixi’s strikes.
• Leo destroyed five of Hamixi’s tentacles with Atomic Control and blasted him with the Godslaying Staff, but Hamixi sent Leo crashing through mountains and resumed his attack.
• Leo used Atomic Control to redirect metal spears toward Hamixi, who blasted them apart, then unleashed Thunder Destruction Grand Witchcraft.
• A Level-Five Lord of Souls watched as Hamixi dodged Leo’s powerful lightning and recognized that the two combatants were evenly matched.

Leo used the Black Metal Module to withstand Hamixi’s attacks and control the metal inside the dead star, trapping the Level-Six Lord of Souls underground. After a Level-Five Lord of Souls sacrificed himself to interrupt Leo’s first attempt to crush Hamixi, Leo unleashed the planet’s metal against Hamixi as he tried to escape.

• The Level-Five Lord of Souls realized Leo could withstand Hamixi’s attacks and watched Leo seize Hamixi with a giant metal hand, dragging him deep into the dead star.
• The Level-Five Lord of Souls sacrificed himself and charged Leo, interrupting Leo’s attack and leaving Hamixi trapped more than a hundred kilometers underground.
• Leo used the Godslaying Staff’s roots to restrain the dead star’s fissures while Hamixi struggled to escape.
• Leo revealed that the Black Metal Module had protected him from Hamixi’s attacks and merged it into the dead star to control its metal.
• Hamixi neared the surface, but Leo used the metal veins to drag him back underground as Hamixi demanded to know how Leo controlled the planet’s metal.