Chapter Summaries

Richard and the other Fourth Ring Great Wizards received orders and supplies before being sent to reinforce World 2456. He arrived on a vast battlefield where wizard fortifications and weapons struggled against the Star River Mayfly Insect Tide.

• Richard challenged the Fourth Ring Great Wizards who resented his blunt remarks, while Soul Sea Floating Great Wizard introduced himself and proposed friendship.
• A Tower of Truth staff wizard announced that the resting Great Wizards under the Fourth-Ring Tower’s jurisdiction had to reinforce World 2456 under the War Zone General Headquarters.
• The Great Wizards requested Soul Origin, recovery potions, and other supplies, while Richard obtained potions and spell scrolls whose skills and knowledge he could extract with the Miracle Furnace.
• The Great Wizards took their supplies and battlefield reports and hurried to World 2456.
• Richard stepped through a Teleportation Gate and saw wizard fortresses and weapons facing attacks from the Star River Mayfly Insect Tide.

Richard arrived on the front lines as commander of War Zones West Eleven through West Fifteen and rescued Great Wizard Qingguang from a Mayfly King. After a brief clash with another Mayfly King and a pause caused by a Sovereign’s battle, Richard reached his command department and found its staff idle because no Great Wizard had been stationed there.

• The War Zone General Headquarters assigned Richard and Soul Sea Floating Great Wizard five war zones each, and Richard traveled to his post.
• Richard intervened when a Mayfly King was about to kill Great Wizard Qingguang, destroyed another Mayfly King’s head, and sent Qingguang to recover.
• Richard fought a fifth-level Mayfly King, but both withdrew when the aftermath of a Sovereign’s battle reached the battlefield.
• Richard arrived at the command department for West Eleven through West Fifteen and demanded to know why the staff were not working.
• A Third-Ring Wizard explained that the staff lacked authority because no Great Wizard was stationed there.

Richard began rebuilding the command system for his five basic war zones and confronted a Great Wizard who refused to follow his orders. After the Commander-in-Chief rebuked his student, the Great Wizard apologized, and Richard resumed overseeing battle planning.

• Richard ordered notices sent to the basic war zones and requested two Third-Ring Wizards, then recognized Kayan among the staff officers and asked after Gerald.
• Richard reviewed the five war zones' Great Wizard files and learned that Purgatory Pure Fire in War Zone Thirteen claimed to take orders directly from the Commander-in-Chief.
• Richard challenged the General Headquarters to explain why War Zone Thirteen was being managed directly and offered to relinquish command if a wider operation required it.
• The Commander-in-Chief scolded Purgatory Pure Fire for defying Richard, explained Richard's standing with the Physique Crown, and ordered him to apologize and follow Richard's orders.
• Purgatory Pure Fire sent Richard an apology letter, and Richard returned to the regional map before asking to connect his communication to Western War Zone Eleven.

Richard proposed delegating battlefield command to frontline legions and arranged a trial in Western War Zone Eleven with Great Wizard Qingguang. As the trial began, the legion commanders welcomed their new authority while Richard confronted the immense scale of the Star River Mayfly threat.

• Richard asked Great Wizard Qingguang, a new wizard commanding Western War Zone Eleven, to assess his tactics for delegating command authority to frontline legions.
• Qingguang agreed to test the tactics in his war zone, accepting the risks and hoping to recover while observing the results.
• Richard reviewed troop reports showing nearly five million Wizard legions and a projected two billion Star River Mayflies in each basic war zone.
• After seeing a staff officer erase his memory in fear of the Military Law Department, Richard hoped his Subspecies Wizard experiment would help stabilize the front.
• Qingguang implemented the new tactics, and a legion commander and deputy welcomed the order delegating battlefield command to their legion.

Wizard legions captured Earth Vein Node Twelve using coordinated tactics and a Composite Magic Shield, while Great Wizard Qingguang realized the successful results could undermine Great Wizards’ command authority. He decided to send command the uncompiled battle details and leave the conclusions to them.

• Wizard legions used coordinated elemental volleys to disrupt the Star River Mayflies’ defenses and withstand their counterattack at the Earth Vein Node.
• Karak completed the Magic Array, raising a powerful Composite Magic Shield that forced the Mayfly combat groups to withdraw.
• The Legion Commander reported that Earth Vein Node Twelve had been captured.
• Great Wizard Qingguang reviewed reports showing that new tactics had reduced losses across twelve battles, even when he had only selected plans prepared by the Staff Department.
• Great Wizard Qingguang worried that the tactics could diminish Great Wizards’ command authority, so he ordered his secretary to send command the detailed battle reports without compiling them.

Richard received a report showing that delegated command had improved the legions’ strength and reduced their losses, then sensed the rulers’ battlefield moving away and prepared to fight Bai Jing. Their battle revealed that Richard’s physique surpassed Bai Jing’s, while Bai Jing’s Rule stored and released power, and Richard challenged him to continue.

• Old Abel gave Richard the Eleventh War Zone report, which showed the new tactics had improved combat strength and reduced losses by nearly ten percent.
• Richard sensed the rulers’ battlefield moving away from the Material World and ordered every war zone to prepare for the Mayfly King.
• Richard and Bai Jing, the Mayfly King, began fighting with their power carefully controlled, then exchanged devastating blows without dodging.
• Richard and Bai Jing both suffered severe injuries, but Richard’s greater physical evolution gave him the advantage.
• Richard identified Bai Jing’s Rule as a power-storing ability with a limit and called on him to fight again.

Richard and Bai Jing fought for a month while each used the battle to improve their techniques and physique. Richard also intervened to save Great Wizard Qingguang, then ended the fight after receiving a summons from the Abyssal Demon Dragon.

• Richard and Bai Jing resumed their battle, each seeking to learn from the other's combat techniques while avoiding a fight to the death.
• The Mayfly Kings gained the advantage in several war zones, and Great Wizard Qingguang was nearly defeated in the Eleventh War Zone.
• Richard struck the Mayfly King attacking Qingguang, giving Qingguang a chance to retaliate before Mayfly legions blocked his pursuit.
• Qingguang attacked the Mayfly swarm with meteorites and the fortress's Great Disintegration Cannon, killing over a hundred million Mayflies.
• Richard and Bai Jing ended their month-long battle because Bai Jing was close to evolving and Richard had learned Bai Jing's techniques.
• Richard ended the battle after receiving a summons from the Abyssal Demon Dragon.

Richard negotiated with Abyss Overlord Samael, who sought a meeting with the Wizard Civilization and wanted to meet Richard because he was blessed by the Abyss. The Truth Council agreed to meet him, and Richard and the Alchemy Crown prepared to receive him outside the Goblin World as Samael began to emerge.

• Istaroth told Richard that Overlord Samael wanted to meet him, and Samael spoke through the formation to request a private meeting.
• Richard challenged Samael’s assurances and demanded a Fate Contract, warning that the Wizards would not trade a Great Wizard for Abyssal assistance.
• Samael proposed meeting at World 15476 and revealed that he knew Richard had killed one of Beelzebub’s offspring, but said he would not demand compensation.
• Richard reported Samael’s proposal to the Truth Council, which chose the Alchemy Crown to represent the Wizards and allowed Richard to leave the battlefield temporarily.
• Outside the Goblin World, Richard opened a gate as a beacon to the Great Abyss World, and a bone-spiked hand began reaching through while the Alchemy Crown pulled him free of Samael’s visions.

Richard traveled to the Abyss with Samael after the wizards and demons agreed to trade and signed a non-aggression treaty. Samael brought him before the Abyss’s most powerful presence, whom he called Mother.

• Samael emerged through the Abyss Gate, and Richard realized the Abyss Lord’s physique had surpassed its limits.
• Alchemy Crown and Samael agreed to a one-era non-aggression treaty and arranged for the wizards to trade weapons and potions for demon armies.
• Samael asked to take Richard to receive the complete Abyssal Blessing, and Richard agreed after Samael signed a Fate Contract guaranteeing his safety.
• Alchemy Crown secretly placed a clockwork mechanism in Richard’s soul to protect him if the Abyssal Blessing tried to transform him.
• Richard followed Samael into the Abyss, where Samael’s aura brought the demons and carnivorous forests to a halt.
• Samael lifted Richard and said it was time to meet Mother.

Richard underwent the Great Abyss World’s inheritance, resisting its attempt to claim him as Wizard Dimension power and the Miracle Furnace mediated the conflict. As his body evolved, Samael ordered Istaroth to organize a five-million-strong demon legion to serve Richard, triggering Istaroth’s memories of enslavement.

• Samael brought Richard to the World Tree’s crown, brushed aside the World Guardians Action and his companions, and left Richard on a rune-covered clearing to complete the inheritance.
• Richard contacted the Abyssal Runes and found himself before the Great Abyss World Origin, which tried to absorb him while Wizard Dimension power resisted through Alchemy Crown’s clockwork device.
• The Miracle Furnace intervened and balanced the conflict, allowing Abyss Power to fuse with Richard’s body while the Abyss swallowed the Life Editing information from his soul.
• Richard’s life cores transformed and his body began evolving, while Samael watched and celebrated the coming of a great age.
• Samael ordered Istaroth to organize about five million demons and lead them as Richard’s subordinates, leaving Istaroth recalling Demon Lord Carlos’s claim that he would always have a master.

Richard’s Abyssal War Body advanced to 2.0 after the Miracle Furnace altered him, giving him heightened senses and access to the Abyss’s vast inheritance. He left the canopy and learned that Samael had prepared a legion for him, leaving him ready to be guided to his new forces.

• Samael made Istaroth his adjutant, and Istaroth accepted the arrangement as an opportunity to benefit from the Sovereign’s favor.
• Richard asked the Miracle Furnace about its origins, learned it required 350,000 Soul Power, and discovered external souls could accelerate refinement but not be used for it.
• Richard adapted to his enhanced senses, sensed Mysterious Power, and found that his Abyssal War Body had become powerful enough to challenge weaker Sixth-level creatures.
• Richard inspected his greatly expanded life core and realized the Abyss inheritance gave him access to an immense Evolution Tree for customizing his body.
• Action apologized to Richard, told him the legion granted by Samael was ready, and sent a centipede-like guide to lead him there.

Richard inspected the Abyssal legions prepared by Samael, met Istaroth, and arranged to open an Abyss Network Channel from his territory world so the demons could be brought to the Wizard World. He then returned to the front lines, where the Keeper of Secrets reminded him to remember that he was a Wizard.

• Richard found that the Abyssal legions were well suited to serve as cannon fodder despite their crude equipment, and he ordered them to resume their training without worrying about his presence.
• Richard met Istaroth, who was torturing Carlos, and warned the Abyssal Demon Dragon to behave as his deputy after returning with him.
• Richard learned from Istaroth that Abyss invasions used brood nests, contracts, or Network Channels, then took an Invasion Scroll and ordered Istaroth to establish a channel from Richard's territory world.
• Richard returned to the Wizard Dimension, where the Keeper of Secrets cautioned him to remember that he was a Wizard and not be drawn away to another civilization.
• Richard passed through a Dimensional Gate and returned to the front lines of civilization.

Richard returned to the western front and took over Great Wizard Bronze Lever’s defense zone. He confronted Bai Jing, whose evolution and crystal armor could not withstand Richard’s overwhelming attack.

• Richard reviewed the western front’s losses and confirmed with Great Wizard Annihilation Storm that his defense zone remained available.
• Richard learned he would replace Great Wizard Bronze Lever in West Thirty-two through West Thirty-five and departed for the front.
• Bai Jing damaged Great Wizard Bronze Lever’s alchemical body and prepared to press his advantage.
• Richard arrived, struck Bai Jing away, and announced that he was taking over the defense zone.
• Richard shattered Bai Jing’s energy-storing crystal defense and struck him, triggering ancestral predator fears in Bai Jing’s mind.

Richard fought three Fifth-level Mayfly Kings and killed Crimson Fire, but his Abyssal power and battle lust pushed him into a risky fight. Bai Jing and Heavy Shell escaped, leaving Great Wizard Bronze Lever stunned by Richard’s strength.

• Richard shattered Bai Jing’s crystal defenses with a punch, and Bai Jing called for reinforcements while Richard told Great Wizard Bronze Lever to repair himself.
• Crimson Fire and Heavy Shell arrived, and Richard struck Crimson Fire with a two-million-Energy-Level punch that badly damaged his Rule Body.
• Bai Jing tore off Richard’s arm during a sneak attack, but Richard’s Abyssal Erosion infected Bai Jing and could not be purged.
• Richard destroyed Crimson Fire’s barrier and true body with another punch, then stored his corpse in the Mystic Realm.
• Bai Jing and Heavy Shell fled as Richard’s energy ran low, and Great Wizard Bronze Lever was left stunned by the battle.

Richard’s Abyss Erosion proved effective against the Star River Mayflies, prompting their Quasi-Emperor to seek help from the Gods Civilization. Meanwhile, Richard considered promoting his new battlefield tactic and learned it could provoke Great Wizards whose command authority it threatened.

• Great Wizard Bronze Lever noticed that Richard’s blood spread irreversible Abyss Erosion, and Richard warned him not to research it.
• Bai Jing reported Richard’s power and the erosion to the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor, who identified it as Abyss Erosion and described its threat to individuals and worlds.
• The Mayfly Quasi-Emperor ordered the Mayflies to seek the Gods Civilization’s help in cleansing the Abyss and to pursue cooperation with its Heroic Spirit Legions.
• Richard reviewed reports showing his new tactic was effective and said he intended to submit it for promotion.
• Ellie warned Richard that promoting the tactic would threaten Great Wizards’ traditional authority to command troops and make many resent him.
• Richard decided to submit the tactic and leave the decision to the Council, dismissing the risk of Great Wizards retaliating against him.

Richard’s new tactic spread through the war zones, while Purgatory Pure Fire Great Wizard reluctantly agreed to test it after his teacher scolded him for complaining without reading the data. The chapter ended with Richard facing four Level Five Mayfly Kings sent to restrain him and declaring that they were not enough.

• Richard ordered all four basic war zones under his command to promote his new tactic and gather more data.
• Purgatory Pure Fire Great Wizard complained to Great Wizard Annihilation Storm, who rebuked him for judging Richard’s tactic without checking its data.
• After reviewing the apparently flawless results, Purgatory Pure Fire Great Wizard ordered his war zone to use the tactic, while Twisted Thorns Great Wizard also adopted it and left command to his subordinates.
• Wizard Legion Commanders welcomed the new tactic’s independent authority as it spread beyond Western War Zone Eleven.
• The day after Bai Jing fled, Star River Mayfly sent three more Mayfly Kings to join him, and Richard faced the four Level Five Mayfly Kings with confidence.

Richard fought a five-Mayfly King squad designed to restrain him, then returned to his laboratory to study Faith Power and refine the Miracle System. After the General Headquarters ordered a full offensive against the Star River Mayflies’ western wormhole, the chapter ended with a Mayfly Dominator and the Shaping Crown confronting each other in the Astral Realm.

• Richard endured the attacks of Heavy Shell, Jade, Black Horn, Soul Shatter, and the Nameless King, then ended the fight and flew back to the Wizard fortress.
• The Nameless King discussed the Mayflies’ fate-obscuring technology and returned with the others after Richard withdrew.
• Richard used Faith Power to create a steel needle without consuming elements, preserved it, and recorded the experiment in his laboratory.
• Ellie told Richard that the General Headquarters had ordered an offensive against the western wormhole and that the passage to the world had been severed, trapping the Mayflies.
• A Mayfly Dominator told the Shaping Crown that the spacetime storm was temporary, and the Crown rejected his claim that the Mayflies would win.

The wizards launched a full assault after a spacetime storm disrupted the Star River Mayflies’ wormhole transport. Richard killed Priest, Heavy Shell, and Jade as the Mayflies’ western-front commander ordered the Mother Nest into armed mode.

• The wizards announced an attack, and the Mayfly Kings ordered a retreat when they learned wormhole transport had been disrupted.
• Richard approved the assault plan and engaged the six Mayfly Kings assigned to restrain him.
• Richard used a feint and a three-million-Energy-Level punch to kill Priest, then taunted the surviving Kings.
• The Mayfly Quasi-Emperor ordered the western front to withdraw and fortify its wormholes, but learned that the Kings in War Zone Eight had fallen.
• The Mayfly Quasi-Emperor attributed the strike to Great Wizard Annihilation Storm and ordered the Mother Nest to activate armed mode.

Richard fought the Mayfly Kings while Great Wizard Annihilation Storm faced the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor, whose Imperial Carriage gave it the advantage. After seeing Annihilation Storm being suppressed, Richard decided to finish his opponents quickly and join the higher-level battle; the Quasi-Emperor then noticed him approaching.

• Richard harvested a small share of the Mayfly swarm's souls and watched the Expedition Nest transform into the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor's Imperial Carriage.
• Great Wizard Annihilation Storm confronted the Quasi-Emperor as Richard ordered his legion to continue advancing.
• A Mayfly King vaporized Richard's head, but Richard's control center was elsewhere, and he retaliated with Abyss Power.
• Richard used Miracle to evade the Mayfly Kings' attacks and struck the King who could see through it.
• Richard saw the Quasi-Emperor suppressing Great Wizard Annihilation Storm and decided to defeat the Mayfly Kings quickly so he could help.
• As Annihilation Storm struggled to hold off the Quasi-Emperor, the Quasi-Emperor noticed Richard rapidly approaching.

Richard joined Great Wizard Annihilation Storm against the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor and used the Miracle Fire to burn through the Quasi-Emperor’s body. The Quasi-Emperor recognized the flame as Furnace People’s Supreme Furnace Fire, then transformed himself and his Imperial Carriage into the Four Elements to trigger a catastrophic explosion.

• Great Wizard Annihilation Storm activated his Four Elements Annihilation Constraint Model and raised his power while the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor repaired his Expedition Nest through the Path of Creation.
• Richard arrived and agreed to help Great Wizard Annihilation Storm by driving the Miracle Fire into the Mayfly Quasi-Emperor’s body.
• Great Wizard Annihilation Storm created an opening, and Richard used an illusion made from Faith Power to evade the Quasi-Emperor’s attack before engulfing him in Miracle Fire.
• The Mayfly Quasi-Emperor recognized the flames as Furnace People’s Supreme Furnace Fire, prompting Richard to wonder about the Miracle Furnace’s origins.
• The Mayfly Quasi-Emperor converted himself and his Imperial Carriage into the Four Elements and prepared to destroy Great Wizard Annihilation Storm and Richard in an explosion.