Chapter Summaries

The World Tree returned from the Shadow World and the Supreme Lords interrogated him, confirming that Leo was behind his return and that the World Tree feared revealing anything about him. The wizards secured the World Tree’s help with a contract, then discussed Leo’s likely intentions and the danger he posed as a Supreme Lord.

• The World Tree’s soul returned as the Shadow Plane advanced, drawing seventeen Supreme Lords to surround and question him.
• The World Tree denied seeing Leo, but Cosmic Wanderer detected that he was lying whenever Atomic Control was mentioned, leading the Supreme Lords to conclude that he had encountered Leo in the Shadow World and feared him.
• Bloodline Controller negotiated a contract in which the Wizard World would pay the World Tree to maintain the Shadow Plane and keep the spatial passage open; the World Tree agreed to a five-thousand-year term.
• The Supreme Lords returned to Bloodline Controller’s demiplane with Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body, and Bloodline Controller said Leo had released the World Tree as a provocation and declaration of war.
• The Supreme Lords acknowledged that Leo’s advancement to Supreme Lord made him a serious threat, especially given his ability to travel through the Shadow World.

The Wizard World prepared for Leo, also known as Atomic Control, after the Shadow Plane advanced and suggested he had returned as a Supreme Lord. As civilizations rushed to trade and flee the Shadow Plane, a black-robed Level Three Great Wizard and a calico cat arrived to browse its bustling stalls.

• The Supreme Lords ordered Baturu sealed in the Land of Origin, raised the Wizard World's alert, and assigned guards to the Shadow Plane, the Little Bookworms, and other likely targets.
• The Wizard World summoned the Myriad Beasts World and Purgatory Demon World Supreme Lords under their contracts, while Undying Body and Beast Blood Boiling were left out of the assignments.
• Cosmic Wanderer suspected Undying Body and Beast Blood Boiling of having information about Atomic Control, and Undying Body bitterly asked whether they should be sealed away too.
• The Shadow Plane reopened as a World Cluster, leading informed civilizations to conclude that Leo had returned and reached Supreme Lord level.
• Civilizations hurried to trade and leave the Shadow Plane as rumors spread, while the Sword of Winter and the other guards allowed the panic to continue.
• A Level Three Great Wizard in black robes explored the Shadow Plane with a calico cat and admired its bustling market and rare goods.

Disguised as a Level Three Great Wizard, Leo explored the Wizard World's use of the Shadow Plane with Yaoyao and unexpectedly found Tortai, who had been selling his own flesh while waiting for his master to return. Leo began healing Tortai, who sensed a familiar aura.

• Leo bought golden jade mushrooms from Luokeni, whose praise of wizard civilization angered Yaoyao.
• Leo revealed to Yaoyao that he might reclaim the Shadow Plane as a foothold for his plans.
• Leo and Yaoyao found the badly injured Tortai selling his scales, blood, and meat at a stall.
• Tortai explained that he was waiting for his master, whom he believed was still alive, and felt guilty for failing to protect the Shadow Plane.
• Leo poured energy into Tortai, healing his injuries as Tortai recognized a familiar aura.

Leo and Yaoyao reunited with Tortai in the Shadow Plane, where Leo restored him and promised to make him a World Lord. After confronting the wizards who enforced the Wizard World's rules, Leo immobilized the city and began Tortai's advancement, drawing the attention of powerful civilizations across the plane.

• Tortai greeted Leo and Yaoyao, and Leo healed him after learning he had endured years of hardship while waiting for their return.
• Leo promised to fulfill his old pledge and advance Tortai into a World Lord, but patrolling Level Three Great Wizards arrived to stop the energy surge.
• The wizards attacked Leo with witchcraft and hundreds of unmanned mechs, but Leo's cold snort pinned them down and Tortai absorbed their released energy.
• As the crowd panicked, Leo used his staff to immobilize everyone in the city with their own shadows, preventing them from fleeing or looting.
• Leo proclaimed in his name that Tortai could advance to World Lord, and energy gathered around Tortai as beings across the Shadow Plane watched.

Leo revealed himself as a Supreme Lord in the Shadow Plane and used its power to strip the Crimson Blood Venerable of his strength and seal him. The other three Supreme Lords remained wary, with the Barrier of Strength accusing Leo of bluffing as the confrontation continued.

• Leo revealed his identity to the Sword of Winter, the Barrier of Strength, the Crimson Blood Venerable, and the Blue Heart Demon, confirming he had advanced to Supreme Lord.
• Yaoyao worried that the civilizations in the Shadow Plane would escape, so Leo closed every spatial passage and trapped them there.
• Leo demanded that the four Supreme Lords return control of the Shadow Plane, and the Crimson Blood Venerable challenged his ability to take it back.
• Leo stripped the Crimson Blood Venerable of his energy, laws, and Supreme Lord level, reducing him to level six.
• Leo sealed the Crimson Blood Venerable in amber, and the Blue Heart Demon failed to undo the seal.
• Leo explained that the Shadow Plane let him command its power, but the Barrier of Strength accused him of bluffing because he had not sealed all four Supreme Lords.

Leo used the Shadow Plane’s laws to overwhelm the Sword of Winter, the Barrier of Strength, and the Blue Heart Demon, stripping them of their powers and forcing them to guard the passage to the Wizard World. He then gathered the Shadow Plane’s inhabitants before him to begin talks, while they regarded him as an omnipotent god.

• The Sword of Winter, the Barrier of Strength, and the Blue Heart Demon attacked Leo, but his command placed an insurmountable distance between them and him.
• The Blue Heart Demon tried to destroy the Shadow Plane, but the Book of Darkness absorbed his attacks.
• Leo stripped the three Supreme Lords of their levels, strength, and Power of Laws, then sent them to guard the spatial passage to the Wizard World.
• Leo took the Sword of Winter from the powerless Sword of Winter and released the immobilized inhabitants of the towns.
• Leo gathered all living beings in the Shadow Plane before him and told them he had come in peace, leaving them awed by his power.

The World Tree warned the gathered Supreme Lords that Leo had returned to the Shadow Plane and closed its spatial passages. Leo took control of the Shadow Plane, compelled its visitors to remain and trade, ordered the wizards to keep it running, and watched Tortai complete his advancement to Level-Four World Lord.

• The World Tree told the Wizard World’s Supreme Lords that Leo had returned to the Shadow Plane and used its laws to advance someone before the passages closed.
• Yaoyao addressed the civilizations in the Shadow Plane and told them that trade would continue under Leo’s rule, but visitors who tried to leave refused to accept his terms.
• Leo presented everyone with contracts requiring them to remain and trade, killed one who resisted, and made the others sign.
• Leo ordered the wizards stationed in the Shadow Plane to maintain it, and Fufeng Liusu agreed after Leo promised they would not have to oppose the Wizard World.
• Tortai completed his advancement to Level-Four World Lord ten days later and bowed before Leo.

Leo kept the captured Supreme Lords imprisoned in the Shadow Plane and reopened its passages, confronting the Wizard World’s leaders. He used the World Tree’s branches to shield the plane, forcing the Wizard World to choose between leaving him alone and breaking its nonaggression pact.

• Leo refused Tortai’s request to bind him again and sent him to help Yaoyao, then warned Sword of Winter, Blue Heart Demon, and Barrier of Strength to guard the Shadow Plane’s gates.
• Leo reopened the Shadow Plane’s passages, revealing more than twenty Supreme Lords outside while Sword of Winter, Blue Heart Demon, and Barrier of Strength stood powerless beside him.
• Leo claimed that Beast Blood Boiling had helped him return to life by carrying a hidden soul in the Endless Pot, angering Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body.
• Bloodline Controller demanded that Leo release the captives and threatened to destroy the Shadow Plane, but Leo reminded the Supreme Lords of their nonaggression pact with the World Tree.
• Leo controlled the World Tree’s branches to envelop the Shadow Plane, making any attack on the plane a violation of the pact and potentially fatal.

Leo used the Book of Darkness to manifest the Shadow World across the galaxy, making shadows that matched the Supreme Lords’ strength and could harm them while remaining unharmed. He negotiated to reclaim the Shadow Plane and restore his forces, leaving the other Supreme Lords wary of his power and uncertain intentions.

• The World Tree said he could not control the branches extending into the Shadow Plane, and the Bloodline Controller ordered Samael to approach him.
• Leo opened the Book of Darkness, causing Samael’s shadow and the other Supreme Lords’ shadows to manifest and attack or threaten them.
• Leo explained that he wanted the Shadow Plane, permission to trade there and collect taxes, the resurrection of Benji, and the return of the Gulu Clan members.
• The Bloodline Controller refused to let Little Bookworm resurrect Benji but agreed to let former followers return to Leo and demanded the release of four prisoners.
• Leo agreed to keep the four prisoners in the Shadow Plane for a hundred years and accepted the Bloodline Controller’s offer to let his former forces return.
• The Bloodline Controller asked Leo to end the spell, and the Book of Darkness withdrew its power, returning the shadows beneath their owners.

After Leo revealed that he had controlled the World Tree through its shadow, the Supreme Lords gathered to plan against his Shadow Talent and ordered Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body to spy on him. The meeting ended with the pair sent back to their demiplane, where Beast Blood Boiling unleashed his anger at both Leo and the wizards.

• The World Tree asked Leo how he had controlled him, and Leo revealed that the Staff of Darkness was made from the World Tree’s shadow.
• Less than half a month later, Bloodline Controller convened the Supreme Lords and ordered Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body to gather intelligence on Leo.
• Undying Body agreed to the assignment, while Bloodline Controller invited Samael and the other outsiders to trade in the Shadow Plane and urged the Supreme Lords to find a counter to Leo’s Shadow Talent.
• Bloodline Controller asked Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body to investigate Leo’s wizard equipment, then ended the meeting with a warning that everyone should watch their shadows.
• Back at their demiplane, Beast Blood Boiling cursed Bloodline Controller, the other wizards, and Leo.

Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body visited Leo in the Shadow Plane to investigate his strength, but learned that thousands of World Lords had pledged allegiance to him again. Leo refused to reveal his plans, and the two Supreme Lords were stunned when they recognized the Gulu Beast clearing their table.

• Mierhan told Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body that thousands of World Lords had returned to serve Leo, and that he believed Leo could help him reach the Supreme Lord realm.
• Leo welcomed Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body with a vast feast, and they admitted the Wizard World had sent them to learn how strong he was and how to kill him.
• Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body urged Leo to reconcile with the wizards, but Leo defended his grievances over Alice, his death, and the sealing of his treasures.
• The two Supreme Lords accused Leo of manipulating the Wizard World and pressed him for information, but he refused to discuss his abilities, purpose, or plans for his body and Baturu.
• Leo summoned a four-tailed Gulu Beast to clear the table, and Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body recognized it with shock.

Leo revealed Benji’s resurrection and the Shadow Plane’s rapidly expanding network, showing Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body that he could rebuild a vast World Lord army. He rejected the idea that the Wizard World could defeat him, while Bloodline Controller tried to persuade the World Tree to end its agreement with Leo.

• Leo told Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body that he had secretly resurrected Benji, making them fear he could also recover the sealed Little Bookworms and other allies.
• Leo took the two Supreme Lords to the Shadow Plane, where Tortai directed World Lords and more than five hundred thousand shadows connected with thousands of life-bearing worlds.
• Beast Blood Boiling realized Leo could rapidly raise another enormous army, and Leo called his power a means of maintaining peace before joking that the Wizard World should obey him.
• Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body warned Leo that Bloodline Controller was seeking to end the World Tree agreement, but Leo said he would fail.
• Bloodline Controller offered the World Tree three medium-sized worlds if it terminated its agreement with Leo.

The Wizard World's Supreme Lords learned that Leo had resurrected his battle companions and contacted thousands of living worlds, then debated how to respond to his growing power. The Bloodline Controller ordered them to treat Leo as a wizard rather than an enemy while maintaining defenses around Little Bookworm and the Land of Origin, and Leo noticed the first change when Beast Blood Boiling asked him to open a passage for low-level wizards.

• The World Tree refused the Bloodline Controller's compensation offer, explaining that Leo's mark and control over it left it no choice but to cooperate with him.
• Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body reported that Leo's battle companions had been resurrected and that he had contacted four thousand living worlds, alarming the Supreme Lords.
• The Elemental Controller urged the Bloodline Controller to summon Star Truth, Rule Seeker, and the other roaming Supreme Lords, suggesting the path they sought might be in the Wizard World.
• The Bloodline Controller instructed the Supreme Lords to let Leo trade and welcome wizards to the Shadow Plane, while guarding Little Bookworm's sealing site and the Land of Origin.
• Beast Blood Boiling asked Leo to open a spatial passage so low-level wizards could enter the Shadow Plane and hunt for resources.

Leo allowed the wizards to flood the Shadow Plane with purchases, then used the materials Beast Blood Boiling requested to advance a hidden plan. In the Wizard World’s Land of Origin, Hels learned that the Supreme Lords intended to summon powerful beings again and began to suspect a connection between Leo’s body and the Fate Wizard Book.

• Beast Blood Boiling pressured Leo into opening a hundred passages so wizards could shop in the Shadow Plane, where Yaoyao hurried to inspect their purchases and taxes.
• Beast Blood Boiling demanded materials for himself and Undying Body at half price without tax, but Leo ordered Benji to prepare one portion of each listed material for them free.
• Leo sent the Book of Darkness into the shadow beneath him and challenged the Supreme Lords to see who would act faster.
• In the Wizard World’s Land of Origin, Hels argued with Garijivich and Bolivina after the Fate Wizard Book revealed that the Supreme Lords planned to call the lords back again.
• Hels left with the Fate Wizard Book and noticed Leo’s physical body, then appeared to realize something.

As Supreme Lords and their wizards prepared for a future conflict, Leo maintained control of the Shadow Plane and considered an offer from Luo'ersi to resurrect the Myriad Beasts World's dead Supreme Lords. Leo agreed to consider it if Luo'ersi could persuade the Purgatory Demon World to join him, while new civilizations, including the Titan Giant World Cluster, continued arriving to trade.

• Supreme Lords sent subordinate wizards into the Shadow Plane to buy resources and map connected civilizations, while Leo allowed them to proceed as long as they obeyed his rules.
• Luo'ersi asked Leo to resurrect Hanubi and three other Supreme Lords in exchange for the Myriad Beasts World's allegiance, but Leo said they were too weak to be useful.
• Leo offered to resurrect them if Luo'ersi persuaded the Purgatory Demon World to abandon its allegiance to darkness and join him.
• The Titan Giant World Cluster chose trade over violence, and Leo granted its level-six envoy a region to build a city in the Shadow Plane.
• Yaoyao continued filling secret treasuries as the Shadow Plane attracted more civilizations, while Leo watched from his drifting floating island.

The six returning Supreme Lords came back to the Wizard World after a century away, while Leo kept three prisoners trapped in the Shadow Plane. After learning the Wizard World’s history, the returning wizards began arguing over its decline, and Bloodline Controller struck Star Truth.

• Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body joined the other Supreme Lords to stabilize a spatial portal as World Tree and the prisoners watched its growing energy.
• Leo refused to release Sword of Winter, Blue Heart Demon, and Barrier of Strength, extending their imprisonment by twenty years and stripping them of the ability to speak.
• After ten days, Star Truth emerged from the portal, followed by five more returning Supreme Lords, who absorbed the gathered energy.
• Elemental Controller gave the six newcomers memories of the Wizard World’s recent history, and they condemned the wizards whose actions had driven a powerful wizard to defect.
• Star Truth insulted Elemental Controller and threatened to fight him, so Bloodline Controller punched Star Truth and sent him flying.

Leo faced six returning level-eight Supreme Lords who had come to meet him and discuss the Wizard World’s conflict. After refusing to release Sword of Winter and the others, he transformed the star system around the spatial passage into a realm where the real world and the Shadow World merged.

• The Elemental Controller told the returning Supreme Lords that Leo had become a Supreme Lord and wielded the Shadow Plane’s power, prompting them to return and investigate his abilities.
• Star Truth called Leo out at the Shadow Plane’s spatial passage, and Leo appeared to block the voice from entering the plane.
• Star Truth, Body Refining Old Demon, Green Pool Ripples, Rule Seeker, Phantom of Light, and Frost Phantom introduced themselves to Leo.
• The Bloodline Controller demanded that Leo release Sword of Winter and the others, but Leo extended their sentences by twenty years and refused to honor their agreement.
• Star Truth refused to enter the Shadow Plane, explaining that Leo could command the world’s Power of Laws there, and Leo revealed the Book of Darkness.
• The Book of Darkness vanished after its pages turned, merging with the star system and making it a space where the real world and Shadow World overlapped.

Leo revealed that he had brought the Supreme Lords into the Shadow World, where he could control their shadows and make them mirror their own abilities. After demonstrating the limits of his power, he agreed to Star Truth’s demand for a one-on-one fight without using the shadow ability, leaving the Supreme Lords to make room for their duel.

• Rule Seeker recognized the Shadow World, conceded to Leo, and explained that Leo’s control of it made victory impossible for him.
• Leo took Rule Seeker’s Shadow Demon, identified it as a projection left by a rank-seven Supreme Lord, and returned it to him.
• Leo summoned the Supreme Lords’ shadows, which could use the same abilities as their originals, while Rule Seeker explained the Shadow World’s rules.
• The Supreme Lords searched for the Shadow World’s boundary, but Leo withdrew it and revealed that it had covered an entire galaxy.
• Star Truth demanded a fight without Leo’s shadow ability, and Leo agreed as long as the other Supreme Lords did not attack him together.

Yaoyao sold the Shadow Plane’s civilizations access to a live broadcast of Leo’s confrontation with seventeen Supreme Lords. Leo left the Shadow Plane to face Star Truth, who unleashed a spell powered by 100,000 worlds, while Leo began casting a rapidly strengthening astral spell of his own.

• Yaoyao announced that the Shadow Plane was selling live access to the Supreme Lords’ battle, and civilizations lined up to buy it.
• Mierhan questioned whether broadcasting the battle was wise, but Yaoyao sent him back to work, and Benji suspected Mierhan was flattering her.
• Leo stepped out of the Shadow Plane despite Beast Blood Boiling and Undying Body’s concern, and Bloodline Controller reacted with concealed delight.
• Star Truth attacked Leo with Astral World Great Witchcraft, summoning the power of 100,000 worlds and compressing it into a devastating assault.
• Leo began casting an astral spell that drew matter and energy across the battlefield; Star Truth recognized it as a spell whose power increased over time.

Leo countered Star Truth’s assault by creating and collapsing thousands of celestial bodies, then detonated them in an attack that engulfed both Supreme Lords. As the blast threatened the Shadow Plane, a tiny black figure landed on World Tree’s branch.

• Star Truth attacked Leo with nearly a hundred thousand star phantoms, but Leo held them back by warping space and studied the force of the assault.
• Leo used atomic control and the Laws of the microscopic world to create over ten thousand celestial bodies, which regenerated even after Star Truth’s star phantoms shattered them.
• Leo compressed the celestial bodies until they burned white-hot, while Star Truth tried to destroy them with spells and star phantoms.
• Leo detonated the collapsing celestial bodies, unleashing an explosion that destroyed the star phantoms and engulfed his and Star Truth’s true bodies.
• Cosmic Wanderer shielded World Breaker and the other weaker Supreme Lords with a black mountain, while World Tree fled deeper into the Shadow Plane and a tiny black figure landed on his branch.