Chapter Summaries

Richard passed the second trial, received the Creation Hammer, and learned that mastering a Civilization Treasure was necessary to become a Civilization Leader. After discovering the hammer’s powerful abilities, he agreed to attempt the final trial.

• The Dimensional Avatar questioned how Richard had found and exploited its flaw, and Richard explained that he had analyzed its moves using his skills and knowledge.
• The Dimensional Avatar awarded Richard the Creation Hammer, and its ancient visions showed him the history of Titan Civilization and its first Sovereign.
• Richard learned that a Civilization Treasure was necessary to reach the level of Civilization Leader and studied the Creation Hammer’s abilities to forge items, transform into weapons, and alter rules using Dimensional Power.
• Richard recognized that the Creation Hammer could temporarily break the limits of his probability manipulation, though using it would consume substantial Dimensional Power.
• The Dimensional Avatar offered Richard the final trial, and Richard agreed to attempt it.

Richard underwent the Supreme Being Trial, endured its first two levels, and stopped during the elite level after succumbing to its temptations. The trial damaged his soul but altered his Soul Talent, and he learned that a Double Limit Break was required to become a Civilization Leader.

• Richard began the Supreme Being Trial and endured escalating physical pain and negative emotions until he passed the coward level.
• Richard resisted an even more intense trial of pain and emotion until he passed the ordinary person level.
• At the elite level, soul-wrenching pain and temptations overwhelmed Richard, and he ended the trial.
• The Dimensional Avatar told Richard that the trial had lasted three days and that completing it could let his soul attempt a Limit Break.
• Richard inspected his damaged soul and discovered that his Energy Vision could now see the flow of Dimensional Power.
• The Dimensional Avatar told Richard to recover before returning and warned him not to rush a breakthrough, even with probability manipulation.

Richard sought advice about the unfinished Mayfly Spirit and weighed hatching it against devouring it, then met with the Swarm Lord to discuss binding it to the Star River Mayflies. The Swarm Lord pledged his support to Richard, who left determined to guide the Mayflies' future.

• Richard asked the Dimensional Avatar whether to hatch or devour the Mayfly Spirit, learning it could become a powerful Dominator but might not obey him.
• Richard decided to consult the Star River Mayflies before choosing what to do with the Mayfly Spirit.
• The Swarm Lord proposed fusing the Mayfly Spirit with an insect egg so it could be bound by a Fate Contract and serve Richard.
• The Swarm Lord explained that the Star River Mayflies would gain a king and a chance to restore their homeland by backing Richard's rise.
• Richard and the Swarm Lord signed a Fate Contract, becoming allies.
• Richard corrected the Swarm Lord, saying he should bless the road ahead of the Star River Mayflies.

Richard returned the Creation Hammer to the Great Elder, received a means to travel through the Great Ghost World, and began training Ellie and Munin as trusted members of the Miracle School. Meanwhile, the Shaping Crown and Alchemy Crown investigated Richard’s meeting with the Swarm Lord and began recruiting informants, setting the Wizard Civilization’s internal struggle in motion.

• Richard returned the unfinished World Hammer and showed the Great Elder his superior-grade Creation Hammer; the Great Elder explained the grades of Civilization Treasures and said Richard’s furnace surpassed them all.
• The Great Elder gave Richard a black piece of chalk that allowed him to enter and leave the Great Ghost World, asking him to support them if the Civilization Devourer threatened them.
• Richard brought Ellie and Munin to his laboratory in the Miracle Dimension to study Tyler Peak’s unfinished body, giving Munin a magic book to help him catch up on physique evolution.
• Richard told Ellie and Munin that he had neglected their development and wanted them to learn, while keeping his reasons for preparing them to himself.
• The Shaping Crown and Alchemy Crown learned that Richard had met with the Swarm Lord, considered whether he was nearing a breakthrough, and separately promised informants rewards for discovering what they discussed.

Richard trained Ellie and Munin, gave Tyler Peak a powerful new body, and found a possible path toward merging a soul with a dimension. After preparing support from the Abyss Civilization, he set out for the Curse Demon Empire to help free the Natural Federation’s forces.

• Richard taught Ellie and Munin advanced techniques and assigned them further training with abundant resources.
• Tyler Peak admitted that he could not recover his dimension, so Richard transferred his soul into a newly created body.
• While observing Tyler Peak’s soul fuse with the body, Richard conceived of increasing soul-dimension fusion as a path to incorporating a dimension into a body.
• Richard brought Tyler Peak to the Great Abyss World, where he received the Abyss inheritance, and asked Taral Peak to prepare to support them.
• Richard told the Great World Tree he would enter the Curse Demon Empire with backup available and soul protection from the Ghost God Mask.

Richard secretly investigated a Curse Demon world and discovered a ritual altar powerful enough to rival a fragment of the Miracle Codex. A Curse Demon named Tupat used a sacrifice to glimpse Richard's presence, leaving Richard to confront him.

• Richard sent the Dominator Puppet into a Water Elemental Balance World and found that the Curse Demons had gathered its islands into a continent around a mysterious pyramid.
• Richard sensed dense Mysterious Power at the pyramid's altar and used his flesh-and-blood eyes to examine it.
• Uneasy about his fate, Tupat ordered Yote to prepare slaves for a sacrificial divination despite the shortage of White Stone Slaves.
• Tupat performed the sacrifice, and the pyramid absorbed the slaves' blood to fuel the ritual.
• Tupat saw the Dominator watching him, and Richard revealed himself and asked the Curse Demon for his name.

Richard learned that the Curse Demon Empire had split after the Prophet died, leaving two emperors contending for leadership. Suspecting the Prophet had left a backup plan, Richard sent word to Emperor Yefeng that the Fated One had arrived, and a Curse Demon conducting a ritual received the message.

• Richard interrupted Tupat's ritual, learned his name, and asked why the Curse Demon Empire had halted its war against the Natural Federation.
• Tupat explained that the Prophet had fallen in the Void, and the two emperors had stopped the war because neither would submit to the other.
• Richard learned the Prophet had once held the empire together and suspected his fall was connected to the Civilization Devourer's arrival in the Astral Realm.
• Richard asked Tupat which emperor he served, then ordered him to contact Emperor Yefeng and announce that the Fated One had arrived.
• On the Curse Demons' homeworld, a ritualist's ceremony was interrupted by the message, and he murmured that the Fated One had arrived.

Richard met Wild Wind, a Curse Demon Emperor, who sought his help in resolving the empire’s divided succession and investigating the disappearance of the First Curse Demon Emperor. Richard agreed to the dangerous mission in exchange for the Curse Demon Empire joining the Wizard Alliance and backing his leadership.

• In the Bewitching Dimension, Richard revealed his true body to Wild Wind after Wild Wind saw through his avatar and explained that Prophet Wild Ghost had foretold the Fated One’s arrival.
• Wild Wind tested Richard with a straw attack, but Richard’s Ghost God Mask protected him and let him strike back, transforming Wild Wind’s avatar into a Ghost God.
• Wild Wind explained that he and his brother were competing to become Curse Demon Emperor by following a test left by their teacher, whose revelation pointed to the place where the First Curse Demon Emperor had vanished.
• Richard learned that the test led to a place dangerous even for Dominators and agreed to investigate in exchange for the Curse Demon Empire joining the Wizard Alliance and supporting his decisions.
• Wild Wind accepted Richard’s terms and said he would become Richard’s ally in the Wizard Alliance once he obtained the crown.

Richard learned that the First Curse Demon Emperor vanished in the dangerous Myriad Changes Dimension, then traveled to the Curse Demons’ mother world to wait for Wild Wind’s battle with his brother to end. While exploring a strange Black Desert, he sensed it begin to move and discovered another Sovereign who also wanted to claim it.

• Wild Wind told Richard about the shifting, space-distorting Myriad Changes Dimension, and Richard agreed to trust fate and search for the crown with him.
• After Wild Wind stopped controlling him, Richard paid Tupat with Soul Origin and Mist Matrix, advised him to erase his memories, and sent him back through a Dimensional Gate.
• Richard reached the Curse Demons’ mother world, an experimental world of the Previous Civilization Alliance, and Wild Wind explained that he was waiting for his contest with Wild Cloud to conclude.
• Richard watched the Curse Demons fight through mobile Pyramid fortresses and their enslaved forces, then explored a Black Desert whose rules and Decay Radiation formed a world within a world.
• Richard sensed the Black Desert moving, while a six-armed, lion-headed Sovereign on the other side declared that the desert was destined to be his.

Richard confronted Supreme True Buddha Moke, who tried to claim the desert and manipulate Richard’s emotions with praise. Richard pretended to be fooled, then blasted Moke with the Small Dimensional Annihilation Cannon, erasing half his body.

• Richard used Dimensional Power to anchor the desert and stopped Moke from pulling it into another dimension.
• Moke introduced himself as Supreme True Buddha Moke, while Richard gave his name as Miracle Wizard.
• Moke praised Richard and used a hidden method to stir self-satisfaction in him, but Richard recognized and resisted the influence.
• Moke pleaded for Richard to give him the desert, and Richard pretended to agree.
• Richard fired the Small Dimensional Annihilation Cannon at Moke, erasing half his body as he declared the desert would be Moke’s burial ground.

Richard and Moke tested their powers in battle, and Richard cracked Moke’s Void Hell before Wild Wind and Wild Cloud intervened. The group agreed to head to the dimension, where Moke promised to meet Richard again.

• Richard realized Moke’s Great Wheel of Fire contained a manifested dimension and decided Moke was worth capturing.
• Moke trapped Richard’s black hole in his Palm Demon Kingdom and attacked him with Void Hell, but Richard formed a spear from Dimensional Threads and cracked the alms bowl.
• Richard and Moke revealed their True Bodies, and their clash drew Wild Wind and Wild Cloud to the battlefield to stop them.
• Wild Cloud offered Richard a reward to hold back during the exploration, but Richard refused because he had signed a Fate Contract.
• Wild Cloud and Moke left for the dimension, and Moke told Richard they would meet again inside.

Richard took the Black Desert into his dimension and began preparing it as a powerful weapon before entering the Myriad Changes Dimension. As the appointed day arrived, he and Wild Wind set out, while Wild Wind and Wild Cloud completed preparations for the journey.

• Richard and Wild Wind agreed to enter the dimension in a month, and Wild Wind used Knot-Grass Divination to prepare for the trip.
• Richard absorbed the Black Desert into his dimension, while Wild Cloud warned Moke not to interfere and used a painful straw curse to reinforce the warning.
• Richard asked the Alchemy Crown how to use the world within a world, and the Alchemy Crown advised him to strengthen its World Wall and build a powerful energy cycle inside it.
• Richard began designing the desert into a weapon, while Wild Wind and Wild Cloud held a vast blood sacrifice to gather blessings from Cursed Creature Dominators.
• When the appointed day arrived, Richard noticed Wild Wind’s extensive preparations, and Wild Wind set out with him toward the dimension.

Richard entered the constantly shifting Myriad Changes Dimension, found and captured a native Myriad Changes Spirit, and discovered a jelly-like substance inside it that seemed to promote evolution. Meanwhile, Moke entered the dimension to pursue his own plans and was attacked by another native creature.

• Wild Wind warned Richard that the shifting dimension could separate them and gave him coordinates and a ritual for finding the labyrinth beacon.
• Moke entered the dimension after Wild Cloud, intending to use the Crown of the First Curse Demon Emperor as part of his plan to possess the Curse Demon Empire.
• Richard examined a native creature with his True Eye, performed the pathfinding ritual, and flew toward the beacon.
• Moke repelled a Myriad Changes Spirit's attack, then expanded and inhaled as the creature tried to escape.
• Richard trapped a Myriad Changes Spirit with a net woven from Dimensional Threads and removed a jelly-like substance that appeared to promote evolution.

Richard discovered that the Myriad Changes Spirit’s jelly-like substance could push cells into a critical state, named it Critical Evolution Fluid, and began absorbing it to advance his body. Elsewhere, Moke hunted Myriad Changes Spirits for their evolutionary benefits and located a Dominator-level specimen, unaware that someone was watching him nearby.

• Richard tested the jelly-like liquid on a clone and found that carefully refined traces drove its cells into a critical state.
• Richard named the substance Critical Evolution Fluid, extracted it from the Myriad Changes Spirit, and absorbed it, but found that one specimen’s supply was insufficient.
• Moke swallowed a Myriad Changes Spirit and gained a small increase in strength, then wondered why his divination had not placed Richard within ten light-years.
• Moke hunted more Myriad Changes Spirits and realized he needed Dominator-level specimens for their higher-quality Critical Evolution Fluid.
• Moke found an Astral Giant Whale-like Myriad Changes Spirit Dominator and celebrated his good fortune, while an unseen watcher observed him from nearby.

Richard watched Moke fight the Whale Dominator, then used the chaos of their battle to strike Moke with a Dimensional Crystal Needle carrying the Silk Puppet Technique. After confirming that Moke had been controlled, Richard approached him and greeted him.

• Richard recognized Moke beneath his unfamiliar appearance and weighed whether to attack while Moke fought the Whale Dominator.
• Moke trapped the Whale Dominator in Red Lotus Hell, but the Whale Dominator unleashed stored power that damaged the realm and forced Moke to pull him out.
• Moke crushed the Whale Dominator, releasing Critical Evolution Fluid and a haze of Myriad Changes Dimensional Power.
• Richard used the haze to conceal his attack and sent a Dimensional Crystal Needle through Moke's Indestructible Golden Body.
• The Silk Puppet Technique stopped Moke from moving, and Richard confirmed its effect before approaching and greeting him.

Richard ambushed and sealed Moke, a Limit-Breaking Dominator from the Endless Demon Kingdom, but Moke used a Death-Substitution Method to escape. Richard discovered a Dominator’s soul trapped inside Moke’s golden spine, and the soul revealed that it had borne Moke’s karma, including Heavenly Dao Contracts.

• Richard sealed Moke with Dimensional Threads and questioned him about the Endless Demon Kingdom and his dealings with Wild Cloud.
• Moke urged Richard to join the Heavenly Demons and revealed that every Supreme True Demon possessed a Death-Substitution Method.
• Moke’s body exploded inside the sealing net, allowing him to escape while Richard’s reinforced seal captured a golden spine containing a weak Dominator’s soul.
• The soul emerged as a deer-headed, serpent-bodied figure, identified itself as the original Moke, and explained that the demon had taken its name to make it bear his karma.
• Richard asked whether that karma included Fate Contracts, and Moke confirmed that it included Heavenly Dao Contracts.

Richard struck a deal with Deer-head Moke, who wanted to kill Lion-head Moke before entering nirvana, and gained access to the monk’s knowledge. After capturing a wounded Whale Dominator for its Critical Evolution Fluid, Richard sensed a Dimensional Titan approaching.

• Deer-head Moke revealed that Lion-head Moke had transferred the Fate Contract onto him and asked Richard to help kill the devil before he entered nirvana.
• Richard and Deer-head Moke agreed to exchange all of Moke’s knowledge for a chance to kill Lion-head Moke together.
• Richard crafted a temporary body for Deer-head Moke, who recognized the embryonic inner universe within Richard’s cells and explained that Buddhas had pursued a similar path.
• Richard trapped and sealed the wounded Whale Dominator, then extracted its Critical Evolution Fluid.
• As Richard examined the fluid, a jellyfish-like Dimensional Titan approached and brought everything around him to a halt.

Richard was trapped in the Myriad Changes dimension by a Jellyfish Titan whose power prevented him from escaping and steadily overwhelmed his defenses. With no solution among his inheritances, he asked Deer-head Moke for help, and Moke began teaching him the Mysteries of Divine Powers.

• Richard tried to flee toward the maze but found that the Jellyfish Titan’s power prevented him from opening a Dimensional Gate.
• The Jellyfish Titan targeted Richard with shockwaves that froze everything in their reach, and Richard used his Dimensional Thread Weaving Method to repel them.
• As the Titan’s repeated attacks shrank Richard’s defensive field, he calculated that he needed to hold out for six hours to reach the maze.
• Richard searched his knowledge for a way to survive but found no answer at his current level of mastery.
• Richard summoned Deer-head Moke, who shared a method concerning the Mysteries of Divine Powers and urged him to combine it with his Gravity Rule.
• Richard entered a vision of monks beneath a bodhi tree, where a withered-looking man opened his eyes and said, “You have come.”

Richard learned from the Buddha how divine abilities worked and used one to resist the Jellyfish Giant’s attacks before escaping its destruction wave. He reached the basin where the First Curse Demon Emperor had vanished, discovered the entrance to an elusive maze, and began testing how its shifting space worked.

• The Buddha taught Richard that divine abilities used Dimensional Power to push rules beyond their normal limits, and Richard created a gravity-based repulsive force field that blocked the Jellyfish Giant’s stagnation shockwaves.
• Richard received a golden lotus mark after meeting the Buddha, and Deer-head Moke told him it would make the Ten Directions Buddhist Land treat him as an honored guest.
• The Jellyfish Giant trapped Richard in a twisted space, but Richard cut his way out with a blade of Dimensional Power and fled as the Giant unleashed a destructive sound wave.
• Richard used a black hole’s gravity to accelerate away from the Jellyfish Giant and reached the basin where the First Curse Demon Emperor had disappeared.
• Richard used the Miracle Codex to create a directional Rune as a guide, then entered the hidden maze and found that even a single step changed his spatial position and direction.

Richard explored the Endless Maze and discovered that its spatial currents changed unpredictably, then found the Tower Dominator and recruited him in exchange for the maze research and a future war. After escaping the maze, Richard prepared to send avatars into every spatial current to rescue all the trapped Dominators.

• Richard studied the Endless Maze for a week, then sent out avatars carrying fragments of his soul to search its spatial currents for clues.
• One of Richard's avatars encountered the Tower Dominator, who agreed to share his research and fight for Richard's civilization in exchange for a chance to leave the maze.
• The Tower Dominator explained that the maze was finite but its spatial cycles were continually disrupted by the many trapped Dominators inside it.
• Richard guided the Tower Dominator out, then followed the spatial currents back to the maze's entrance and escaped himself.
• Richard declined the Tower Dominator's offer of help and began absorbing the dimension's elements so he could fill every spatial current with avatars and retrieve the trapped Dominators.