Chapter Summaries

Richard investigated the Kel Dynasty ruins and discovered that the Crystal Ball was an Illusory Spacetime Lighthouse attracting creatures from Illusory Dimensions. A contract opened a gate to another world, where Angelina and Control Bureau agents were fighting wolves and the Alchemy Puppet began turning into flesh.

• Richard learned that the Crystal Ball had made an expedition team vanish and traveled to the Kel Dynasty ruins.
• Richard detected Illusory Dimension power in the flesh around the Crystal Ball and used Dimensional Power to pierce its spiritual defenses.
• The Crystal Ball identified itself as an Illusory Spacetime Lighthouse that attracted illusory creatures but could not create dimensional rifts.
• Richard sensed a surviving Four-Eyed World contract, accepted its wish to survive, and opened a gate to another world.
• Richard sent an Alchemy Puppet through the gate and found Angelina and Control Bureau agents fighting a wolf pack as the puppet began transforming into flesh.

Richard rescued Angelina’s Control Bureau team in the Beastlands and learned that a burst of rainbow light from the Illusory Spacetime Lighthouse had brought them there. He discovered that Baal was absorbing the world’s Dimensional Power and ordered him to stay so Richard could investigate his awakening bloodline.

• Richard confirmed he was in the Beastlands and wiped out hundreds of attacking Demon Wolves with a single wind-based strike.
• Angelina explained that the Control Bureau team had entered the ruins after following Baal’s expedition and had been transported when a crystal ball erupted in rainbow light.
• Richard opened a rift back to the Mystic Realm and told Angelina to warn the scientists that the Illusory Spacetime Lighthouse caused unstable dimensional rifts.
• Richard sensed Dimensional Power entering Baal and detected that one of Baal’s ancestral bloodlines was awakening, so he kept Baal in the Beastlands.
• Richard explained that the world’s energy was strengthening Baal and asked to take a little of his blood.

Richard studied Baal’s unusual bloodline in the Beastlands, then released him after completing his second-level experiments. He confronted the fifth-level Wolf King and sealed it in stone, demanding that it answer his questions or die.

• Richard drove Baal through grueling training experiments until Baal collapsed, then let him return through a Spatial Rift after collecting the data he needed.
• Richard headed into the grassland to question the fifth-level Wolf King about the Beastlands’ unusual abundance of powerful Magic Beasts.
• The Wolf King dodged Richard’s opening attack and counterattacked, but Richard trapped it with chains and Stone Touch.
• Richard used Divine Word Spells to stop the Wolf King from roaring or moving, then sealed it inside a rune-covered stone shell.
• Richard offered the Wolf King a choice between continuing to struggle and being killed, or stopping and answering his questions.

Richard investigated how the Beast Kings evolved and concluded that the Beastlands might be a living creature that devoured worlds. He summoned help from the Wizard Dimension, and after a seven-day wait, a Green Robe Wizard arrived while Physique Crown remained engaged in battle.

• Richard learned from the Wolf King that Dimensional Power fueled the Beast Kings' evolution and that it had weakened for about a thousand years after the Cataclysm.
• The Wolf King described strange places in the Beastlands that seemed to disappear as if the world had eaten them, leading Richard to suspect the world was a world-devouring creature.
• Richard sealed the Wolf King for ten minutes, entered the Wizard Dimension, and asked the Keeper of Secrets about creatures that fed on worlds.
• Richard told the Keeper of Secrets that he had found a semi-Illusory World containing over a thousand World Lord-level Magic Beasts and asked him to summon Physique Crown.
• Physique Crown was still fighting a Mayfly Dominator after seven days, so a Green Robe Wizard arrived instead and explained that Richard had summoned him at a bad time.

Physique Crown and Keeper of Secrets examined the semi-Illusory World within Beast Origin World and planned to make its World Will cooperate with Wizard Civilization. Physique Crown assigned Richard to gather his legions for the mission, while Richard sought help dealing with a level-six World Guardian and negotiated for a share of the world’s resources.

• Richard opened a gate to Beast Origin World, and Physique Crown brought Keeper of Secrets along to advise on dimensional matters.
• Physique Crown sensed the world’s semi-Illusory foundation and told Richard about Fate Entanglement Bodies, which he believed Richard’s should have outgrown.
• Keeper of Secrets warned that swallowing or trapping the world would waste Dimensional Power and proposed frightening its World Will into signing a Fate Contract.
• Physique Crown asked Richard to gather his native legions and promised support from several great wizards, then learned Richard needed help against a level-six World Guardian.
• Physique Crown promised Richard an Alchemy Legion to strip his conquered world of valuable minerals and offered him the rare materials in exchange for letting the Council take ordinary ones.

Richard arranged for Physique Crown to recruit Grigo and took control of the Four-Eyed World through a promised migration to a safer world. The central government announced the relocation, and the Control Bureau merged with the Invasion Handling Bureau to form the Order Bureau, which quickly crushed gangs and cults.

• Physique Crown persuaded Grigo to leave the Four-Eyed World and serve him, while Grigo gave Richard the Control Bureau’s highest-authority pendant.
• After Avery learned that Richard was a wizard and the White Bear was Physique Crown’s avatar, Richard explained that the Four-Eyed People would be relocated and expected to work and fight for the wizards.
• Grigo entered the Wizard Dimension with Physique Crown, leaving Richard to manage the Four-Eyed World.
• Three days later, the central government announced that all Four-Eyed People would be relocated over the next hundred years through a partnership with Wizard Civilization.
• The Control Bureau merged with the Invasion Handling Bureau to form the Order Bureau, and the Source Energy Legion destroyed gangs, cults, and their protectors over the following three months.

Richard sealed Stasin and completed his Earthly Divine Kingdom, a system designed to recover souls and support reincarnation during the coming war against the Beastlands. He prepared for the difficult conflict ahead, determined to fight for civilization.

• Richard and Avery watched as Richard sealed Stasin, ending the Fusion Party’s resistance after its upper ranks had been purged.
• Avery left Richard, and Ulysses agreed to create a clone to monitor him while Richard returned to the Mystic Realm.
• Richard received the Tianyan Computers’ calculations and discovered that his research had succeeded.
• Richard showed Ulysses an Earthly Divine Kingdom covering a third-tier city and explained that it would guide fallen souls into reincarnation.
• Richard and Ulysses acknowledged that the coming battle against the Beastlands would be difficult, but Richard insisted that the fight for civilization was inevitable.

Richard and Avery activated the Four-Eyed World’s Teleportation Gate as preparations accelerated to turn its cities into fortresses and receive reinforcements. When Aier’s legion arrived, Aier realized that Richard’s dependents had conquered the world and built its gate and Floating City, leaving him hopeful they could reverse the war’s fortunes.

• Richard gave Avery the button, and Avery activated the Teleportation Gate as the New World’s connection to the Immortal Village World formed.
• Richard oversaw plans to evacuate Four-Eyed People, convert major cities into fortress cities, and prepare defenses against the Beastlands.
• Richard welcomed Aier’s battered Alchemy legion, offered it a two-day rest camp and mining resources, and warned Aier not to provoke his or Physique Crown’s dependents.
• Goblin soldiers aboard a Floating City awakened and assembled as reinforcements prepared to enter the Four-Eyed World.
• Aier and Quill watched a newly built Floating City descend and realized that Richard’s dependents had conquered the world and built its infrastructure.
• Aier told Quill that Richard might be able to turn around their unfavorable battle situation.

After the Four-Eyed People's evacuation, Richard welcomed Great Wizard Bronze Spear and the other wizards sent to help conquer the Beastlands. Their briefing revealed the dangers of fighting in a world being digested by the Beast Origin World, and they discussed how to gather Dimensional Power.

• Richard recorded the relocation of nearly fifty billion Four-Eyed People, while the remaining Source Energy Legion trained alongside goblin and werewolf soldiers.
• Great Wizard Bronze Spear and six other Great Wizards arrived from the front lines, and Richard greeted Bronze Spear and the familiar Delis.
• Richard explained that the Beast Origin World had swallowed the Four-Eyed World and that Invasion Disasters could erupt wherever Spatial Stabilization Anchors did not protect it.
• The Great Wizards learned that their forces consisted of limited native legions and alchemical weapons, while their enemies were Magic Beasts from a world larger than Wizard World.
• Great Wizard Bronze Spear gave Richard a Dimensional Power collection array, but Richard declined to use it because it could conflict with the arrays already installed in the fortress cities.
• Great Wizard Bronze Spear gave Richard an enchanted quartz tube made by the Keeper of Secrets, and Richard saw it collecting Dimensional Power from the Void as the world deteriorated without Grigo's repairs.

Richard and the Great Wizards prepared the Four-Eyed World for a beast tide, then opened a passage to the Beast Origin World and fought its first arriving Beast King. The Wild Boar King recovered from Richard’s attacks and vanished, reappearing behind him as the battle escalated.

• Richard explained that five modified Spatial Tremor Bombs could open a passage to the Beast Origin World, and the Great Wizards approved the plan.
• Richard persuaded Great Wizard Bronze Spear to let him command his native legions, then revised the battle plan with the Great Wizards’ advice.
• Richard deployed tens of millions of troops across one hundred fortress cities and took command of the largest war zone, accompanied by Ulysses.
• Richard ordered five Spatial Bombs detonated, opening a rift through which a Level 5 Wild Boar King charged.
• Richard stopped the Wild Boar King and struck it twice with Penetrating Force, but it recovered, vanished, and appeared behind him.

Richard killed the Wild Boar King and sealed its remaining essence, then warned the war zones that the beasts had broken free. The beast horde attacked the Four-Eyed World’s fortresses, and Richard received word that the creatures had halted in formation under the command of a Great Turtle.

• Richard used high-energy radiation to sever the Wild Boar King, captured its remaining light in an enchanted quartz tube, and warned all war zones to prepare for battle.
• Tens of thousands of Magic Beasts poured through expanding rifts into the weakened Four-Eyed World after its people had evacuated.
• Native soldiers steadied themselves as priests used divine arts to restore their courage, then Alchemy Turrets and close-range weapons cut down hundreds of thousands of beasts.
• Powerful creatures and relentless waves overwhelmed the defenders’ firepower, while werewolf warriors killed Magic Beasts that reached the fortress walls.
• A crystal-backed Great Turtle amplified its will and coordinated the beast horde, which abruptly stopped; Richard learned that Magic Beasts could command troops.

As beast tides and powerful creatures poured through rifts into the Four-Eyed World, Richard sent Eldridge to devour an insect swarm attacking Fortress City Number Nine. In War Zone One, Great Wizard Bronze Spear stopped a Level Six beast, while Great Wizard Coral Sage worried that the Minister’s growing power could further upset the Truth Council’s balance.

• Elite werewolf soldiers leaped from the city walls and cut down the advancing Magic Beasts with arc blades.
• Ulysses reported that the fortress cities were holding, but Richard and Ulysses rushed to Fortress City Number Nine when a swarm of giant insects emerged from a Spatial Rift.
• Richard sent Eldridge to devour the insect swarm, and its black smoke consumed the creatures and grew stronger despite their attacks.
• Great Wizard Coral Sage warned Great Wizard Bronze Spear that a Level Six beast had arrived in War Zone One.
• Great Wizard Bronze Spear hurled his Ancient Bronze Spear through space and pierced the beast, turning its body to bronze.
• Great Wizard Coral Sage reflected that Bronze Spear’s growing power could worsen the Truth Council’s imbalance as another gigantic creature appeared within the rift.

As Beast Kings overwhelmed the war zones, Richard finished a six-month campaign in the Second War Zone and collected the Dimensional Power of many defeated enemies. A near-perfect peak Sixth-level serpent emerged from a rift, isolated Richard and his companions by disrupting communications, and prepared to fight them alone.

• Lightning of Annihilation battled a Fifth-level golden eagle, but Great Wizard Bronze Spear intervened before the eagle could kill him.
• Richard and Ulysses defeated the last Beast King in the Second War Zone, leaving Richard exhausted and his quartz tube nearly full of Dimensional Power.
• Eldridge told Richard that its growth had stalled, and Richard said it was likely nearing advancement to a Fourth-level creature.
• A colossal serpent emerged from a Spatial Rift and declared that Richard would become its nourishment.
• Richard sensed that the serpent was draining energy around the fortress city, preventing his message to his master from reaching the Signal Tower, and concluded they would have to face it alone.

Richard and Ulysses fought a colossal giant snake that devoured space, while Richard secretly poisoned it with Miracle Fire. After the snake tried to escape by turning itself into Dimensional Power, Richard collected it, provoking a furious presence that began emerging in the Beast Origin World and appeared through a rift in the Four-Eyed World.

• Richard and Ulysses unleashed powerful attacks on the giant snake, but it deflected them by devouring space and pulling the battlefield toward its jaws.
• Richard realized the snake was distorting spatial coordinates, then wagered that destroying an inner space would kill it and revealed that he had secretly fed it Miracle Fire.
• The giant snake attacked Richard with spatial distortions, storms, and dimensional pursuit while Ulysses harassed it and helped him survive.
• Miracle Fire spread across nearly half the snake's body, destroying its flesh, energy, and Dimensional Power, so the snake turned itself into a river of Dimensional Power to escape.
• Richard used the quartz tube to absorb the snake's remaining Dimensional Power, triggering a surge of rage as a gigantic figure emerged in the Beast Origin World and a golden eye appeared in a rift in the Four-Eyed World.

Richard faced the World-Devouring Serpent, a World Dominator emerging through a Spatial Rift, until Undead Crown arrived to confront it. Richard and Ulysses were sent to safety, where Richard watched the two Dominators begin a battle between their worlds.

• Richard ordered Ulysses to flee and commanded his believers to commit suicide as the World-Devouring Serpent began to emerge.
• Undead Crown arrived through Great Wizard Bronze Spear's runic gate, assembled his body, and joined Richard at the rift.
• Undead Crown sent Richard and Ulysses away, then identified himself to the World-Devouring Serpent as a Truth Wizard who explored the Life and Death Cycle.
• Richard and Ulysses appeared in the central tower, where Richard used his Divine Kingdom and Heroic Spirit Hall to restore his troops.
• Richard watched Undead Crown and the World-Devouring Serpent clash, while Great Wizard Bronze Spear explained that the Dominators were still only testing each other.

The Undead Crown defeated the World-Devouring Serpent and secured its submission, bringing the battle between the Beast Origin World and Wizard Civilization to a close. Afterward, Richard received a gift from the Wizard World Origin in a dream.

• Richard watched the Dominators' battle and learned from Great Wizard Bronze Spear that Wizard Civilization's growing population had kept its dimension strong despite losing worlds.
• The Undead Crown used the Breath of the Dead Dragon to poison the World-Devouring Serpent with concentrated death energy.
• The weakened World-Devouring Serpent asked what the Undead Crown wanted, and he demanded an agreement with the Beast Origin World.
• With the serpent's submission, the war ended, and Richard considered the costs and gains of his Heroic Spirit Legion.
• Richard released his mental power in a sealed room at the First Ring Tower of Truth and fell unconscious, dreaming that the Wizard World Origin gave him a ray of light and urged him to act without restraint.

Richard woke after receiving an infusion of World Origin Power, but found his strength unchanged and sought out Forest Guardian for an explanation. Forest Guardian examined him and was shocked to discover that Richard had received the Blessing of the Wizard World.

• Richard met Jimmy, who explained that the Wizard World had chosen him as an unofficial World Guardian and outlined a mission to prepare for defending World 4512.
• Richard wondered whether the Demi-human Wizards were ready and declined Jimmy’s offer of a welcome feast so he could prepare for war.
• Richard searched for a World Guardian who could explain why his Origin Power infusion had produced no apparent change.
• A Legal Department Wizard led Richard to Forest Guardian’s tower, where Forest Guardian examined him.
• Forest Guardian discovered that Richard had received the Blessing of the Wizard World and reacted with disbelief.

Richard learned that the Wizard World Blessing could make the Truth Council value him and appoint him leader of the World Guardians, though he worried about the price of another change to his fate. He launched the Demi-human Wizard Project in the Werewolf World, where the first thousand artificial Demi-humans were born.

• Forest Guardian explained the Wizard World Blessing’s powers and revealed that its bearer could lead the World Guardians, while Richard wondered what price the blessing might exact.
• Richard asked Lan about the Demi-human Wizard Project, and Lan showed him an infant whose fragile immune system could be improved through isolation or Evolutionary Potions.
• Richard ordered Lan to prepare the modification process immediately, imagining that Demi-human Wizards might strengthen the Wizard Dimension across the worlds under its control.
• Lan warned Richard that war treated everyone, including mortals and Astral Dominators, as expendable parts of its machinery.
• Richard’s forces selected one thousand female werewolves as mothers for the project, and nine months later the first artificial Demi-humans were born.

Richard prepared a grand parade of the Heroic Spirits reborn in his Divine Kingdom to reassure goblins about death in battle and strengthen their faith. As families watched the parade and recognized their fallen relatives, faith flowed into Richard’s statue in the Gods' Dimension.

• Richard told Ulysses that Demi-human Wizards who lacked research talent would return to ordinary mortal lives, and promised Ulysses the sole right to preach in the Wizard World.
• Richard approved Franken’s plan to treat soldiers entering the Divine Kingdom as dead for pension purposes and confirmed that the grand parade would be held in Miracle Square.
• Richard unfolded his Divine Kingdom and issued an oracle announcing a parade in three days, followed by a month of leave before the coming Great War.
• Milo and his father watched the parade on a crystal screen and found Milo’s eldest brother among the Heroic Spirit soldiers.
• Goblin families across the world watched their fallen relatives march, and streams of faith flowed into Richard’s statue in the Gods' Dimension.

Richard studied the Star River Mayflies and repeatedly simulated classic campaigns to prepare for command, then received an urgent communication as a Great Wizard and a Mayfly King died together. Richard mobilized the Goblin World’s second-line legions for the coming holy war, leaving the forces preparing to fight alongside the gods.

• Richard reviewed intelligence on the Star River Mayflies, and Ulysses compared their adaptive subspecies to Abyssal Demons while criticizing wizard reliance on wizards as the main fighting force.
• Richard spent half a year using Soul Sorcery to simulate classic campaigns, emerging with a changed demeanor and lingering aftereffects.
• The Keeper of Secrets killed a Mayfly King after Great Wizard Pure World Fire died fighting it in World No. 03245, and the war zone requested reinforcements.
• Jimmy contacted Richard, while Goblin World training areas began overhauling legion training after Richard ordered them to prepare for the holy war.
• The Goblin World’s commanders rallied their second-line legions, which Richard planned to commit because Heroic Spirits alone could not sustain the coming war.