Great Wizard Kanon

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Great Wizard Kanon (加隆大巫师)
Alias(es)	Kanon of the Wizards; Physique Crown 512 521
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Kanon Wizard Academy (Dean); Kanon Club (Minister); Wizard Civilization 193 354 501
Occupation/Role	Physique-evolution pioneer, Great Wizard, academy dean, expedition leader
Status	Active; ascended to the Path of Truth as the Physique Crown 521 566
First Appearance	193

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Sixth-Ring Great Wizard	193	Identified as the first wizard to become a Great Wizard during the Pioneering Period; he was already said to have reached the Sixth Ring.
Peak Sixth Ring / “Strongest Beneath Truth”	377	His strength had reached the peak of the Sixth Ring several eras earlier; he was reputedly one step from Truth.
Path of Truth — Physique Crown	521	Completed his promotion through an all-out battle with the Martial Ancestor, becoming the Physique Crown and gaining an Illusory World of his own 521 522.

Background

Kanon originated in the far north, where human communities had survived since the Enlightenment Period despite conditions harsh enough to kill many wizards. Jimmy identifies Kanon as coming from that land, and Richard concludes that this background explains Kanon’s enduring interest in the tenacity and evolution of living bodies 353.

He became the first Great Wizard of the Pioneering Period and later dedicated himself to physique evolution rather than pursuing Truth immediately. By the time Richard encountered him, Kanon was known as a Sixth-Ring Great Wizard who actively nurtured physique-evolving wizards through the Kanon Club and Kanon Wizard Academy 193.

Kanon left the Heart of the Mountain—a rule manifestation at the core of the Mountain Secret Realm—available for visiting wizards to study. He also permitted the Mountain Dwarves to host wizard guests there, allowing researchers such as Richard to observe its structure and record related knowledge 195.

Appearance

Kanon’s ordinary incarnation is a handsome, golden-haired, blue-eyed wizard with no obvious aura of pressure. His casual appearance contrasts sharply with the immense power he displays when acting 195.

• His academy avatar often wears thin clothing even amid the Far North’s ice and snow 432.
• His full combat form is a giant more than a thousand meters tall 513.
• In battle against the World Tree, he manifested three heads:
  • A wrathful left head that spewed black flames.
  • A compassionate right head that shed tears.
  • A calm central head with an indifferent, godlike expression 405.
• After incorporating the World Tree, blue-green vines could form a wizard robe around his body 521.

Personality

Kanon is notably informal for a Great Wizard. He tells academy members to call him “Dean” rather than use grand honorifics, delegates administrative details to Jimmy, and is prone to sleeping outside his Wizard Tower when the weather is pleasant 354.

He values practical knowledge over secrecy. His academy’s contribution system makes his witchcraft, wondrous items, special materials, and secret-realm opportunities available in exchange for earned contribution points; he also openly distributes techniques such as the Kanon Physique Sealing Technique 354 362.

Despite his overwhelming strength, Kanon considers preserving one’s humanity essential. While assisting Richard with the Nightmare Power Core, he warns that a wizard who loses their humanity is no different from an Alchemy Puppet 433.

Kanon is especially protective of promising wizards. He recruited Richard after recognizing his developed life core, attempted to rescue him when the World Tree’s spatial anchor trapped him, and became intensely interested when Richard broke through the Third-Ring physique limit 195 395 489.

Abilities & Skills

Physique Evolution

Kanon is a precursor of Wizard Civilization’s physique-evolution path. Nearly half of Kanon Wizard Academy’s apprentices follow this route, reflecting his long-term effort to develop and promote it 193.

• He recognized Richard’s life-core development as a valid route for physique evolution and invited him to join Kanon Wizard Academy 195.
• He spent more than a thousand years researching whether Third-level creatures could exceed their physical limits, but found no consistent mechanism among known cases 482.
• His own advancement to Truth was tied to completing an all-out battle during an expedition, forcing a breakthrough at the boundary between life and death 521.

Kanon Physique Sealing Technique

Kanon created the Kanon Physique Sealing Technique, a curse-like physique method available through his academy’s contribution store 359 362.

• It continually absorbs the Life Force and magic power radiated by its user during ordinary activity 362.
• The stored energy can be returned in a single burst at a critical moment 362.
• Unlike conventional Curse Sorcery, it does not require Spirituality; a small ritual is sufficient 362.
• It can be applied repeatedly to the same target 362.

Myriad Transformation Battle Body

Kanon conceived the Myriad Transformation Battle Body Principles, a physique-evolution system based on understanding and integrating numerous bloodlines 362.

• Kanon had fused more than a thousand bloodlines, though the freely transforming battle body described by the principles remained his conception rather than a completed technique 362.
• Effective use requires detailed knowledge of each fused creature’s muscles, organs, nerves, and bloodline traits 362.
• He later broke the conventional restriction separating elemental-life bloodlines from flesh-and-blood bloodlines 440.

Rune-Enhanced True Body

Even as a physique specialist, Kanon relies on Runes as the foundation of his power 521.

• Runes reinforce each strand of his muscle to a toughness described as tens of millions of times greater than the strongest Adamantine Alloy 521.
• His attacks in Three-Headed True Body form can reach an Energy Level of ten million 521.
• His fighting style is simple and direct; techniques based on ordinary mortal bodies are beneath his level, while Rule-based methods remain largely imperceptible to weaker observers 405.

Dimensional Magic

Kanon possesses highly advanced spatial and interdimensional abilities.

• He can enter the Nightmare World once he knows of its existence, treating the boundary between worlds as nearly nonexistent 433.
• His Multi-dimensional Space Storage Technique creates a space bubble in the Interdimensional Gap, allowing matter to be transported between dimensions even by low-ranking wizards or apprentices 411.
• He can open spatial rifts and doors for travel between worlds and across the Astral Realm 436 501.
• Entering a world requires him to self-seal; a perfect seal for someone at his level can take decades 491.

Illusory World and Rule Control

After ascending to Truth, Kanon gained a dimensional world in which he can directly control the rules within it 522.

• Within his Illusory World, he experiences an overwhelming sense of control over all things and rules 522.
• His advancement produced a Sprout of Dimension, marking the development of a branch dimension connected to a primary dimension 521.
• He was described as approaching the level of an Astral Dominator before his final breakthrough 405 521.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Bone Staff — A staff formed from the bones of Sixth-level creatures. Merely producing it can trigger a spatial storm in the Astral Realm; Kanon used it to deploy a massive Magic Array and battle the World Tree 371 405.
• World Tree Staff — After subduing the World Tree, Kanon could wield it as a staff. Its roots, branches, and leaves extend into the Void to convert spatial turbulence and Aether Storms into energy 520 521.
• White Bear Beast Puppet — A puppet grown from Kanon’s severed finger and sent through a teleportation disc to aid Richard. It possessed a constitution of 300 points and could speak in Kanon’s voice 395.
• Precursors’ Communication Device — An ancient Crystal Ball-like device Kanon rediscovered and eventually used to establish contact with Richard in the Inner World 395.

Relationships

• Richard — Recruited Richard into the physique-evolution path after observing his advanced life core; later became his dean, mentor, research partner, and supporter 195 354 433.
• Jimmy — Kanon Club member, Kanon Wizard Academy guide, and Kanon’s right-hand man during the Green Forest World expedition 109 404.
• World Tree — Enemy during the Green Forest World war. Kanon forced its surrender, then incorporated it into his own power as the World Tree Staff 405 520 521.
• Martial Ancestor — Faced Kanon in the Savage Great World after asking to die before the Devil Lord could fully control him. Kanon swore to protect the Berserk Orcs and the Martial Ancestor’s martial arts if he survived 520 521.
• Great Wizard Bronze Spear — An old friend and fellow Great Wizard; Bronze Spear reacted to Kanon’s impending Crown promotion by challenging him to one last punch 511.
• Alchemy Crown — A Truth Wizard with whom Kanon maintained an agreement concerning the Small Floating City project and Richard’s compensation 436.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Recruitment and Kanon Wizard Academy

After stabilizing Richard’s abnormal mana absorption upon his return from the Mountain Secret Realm, Kanon praised Richard’s developed life core and invited him to pursue physique evolution at Kanon Wizard Academy 195. Richard later joined the academy, where Kanon personally welcomed him and explained its contribution-based knowledge system 354.

Green Forest World Expedition

Kanon led the expedition into the Green Forest World and entered its Inner World to investigate the World Tree. His disappearance caused the expedition’s Floating City to lose support and crash, leaving Jimmy to coordinate the surviving wizards 378.

He later contacted Richard through a Precursor communication device, commissioned him to escort a White Bear beast puppet, and ultimately confronted the World Tree directly. Kanon broke through its World Origin defenses, forced its surrender, and ended the conflict in less than ten years 395 405 406.

Nightmare Power Core

When Richard brought him a wizard-adapted power-core design, Kanon recognized its significance immediately. He entered the Nightmare World to obtain a Nightmare Rule, opened his warehouse to supply superior materials, and personally assisted Richard in constructing the first Nightmare Power Core prototype 432 433.

Great Wizarding Initiative

Kanon helped implement the Truth Council’s Great Wizarding Initiative, a pilot program opening meditation methods to the public in order to increase the number of wizards and strengthen the Wizard Rule. Recognizing Richard’s administrative ability, he entrusted Richard with managing the Far North branch 481.

Path of Truth

During the Savage Great World expedition, Kanon confronted the Martial Ancestor and fulfilled the promotion ceremony of the physique-evolution path: staking everything on a battle at the edge of life and death. He ascended to Truth as the Physique Crown after swearing to preserve the Berserk Orcs and their martial legacy 521.

Later Guidance of Richard

After Richard became a Great Wizard, Kanon revealed that he had known Richard was alive and had been searching for him. He provided a Floating City blueprint for Richard’s return journey, warned him against entering the war directly with insufficient foundations, and agreed to move Richard’s friends and teacher to the rear if possible 566.

Notable Quotes

“The stronger one becomes, the more one must preserve the stability of one’s humanity. If one loses that humanity, what difference is there between a wizard and an Alchemy Puppet?” 433

“I am Kanon of the Wizards. Martial Ancestor, I have come to see you off!” 520

“Kid, you did well! Once I succeed in the future, your share will not be lacking!” 489

Trivia

• Kanon’s avatar handles academy affairs personally, unlike many Great Wizards who leave such work to vice deans 354.
• He once spent more than ten thousand attempts figuring out how to operate a Precursor communication device he had not used for too long 395.
• A recording of Kanon holding up a Floating City was later sculpted onto a mountain peak and became one of the Wizard World’s most famous landmarks 377.