Chapter Summaries

After becoming a wizard, Richard visited a shop with Gerald, chose two demi-human servants, and reunited with Senior Sister Anna and Senior Brother Jacques. Gerald explained the Golden Dawn Society’s membership requirements, and Richard decided to join it.

• Gerald took Richard to a shop that sold demi-human slaves, and Richard chose a cook and an assistant for alchemical work.
• Richard experienced his transformed body and spiritual power, then visited Anna’s Wizard Tower with Gerald.
• Anna and Jacques reunited with Richard, and Gerald invited them to consider joining the Golden Dawn Society.
• Gerald explained that membership required recommendations and proven achievements, then Richard said he would join the society.

Richard settled into his new Wizard Tower, began life as a full wizard, and used alchemical work to support his training. Ulysses gradually accepted the Wizard World’s overwhelming power and continued recovering its strength while serving Richard.

• Gerald brought Richard to Ancha, who verified his residence certificate and assigned him a furnished Wizard Tower before Gerald departed.
• Richard settled in with two beast-eared slaves, then confronted Ulysses, who accused him of lying about being the God King's descendant; Richard ordered Ulysses to obey and explained that the Wizard World had five Truth Wizards.
• Richard raised a second Sacred Tree Elf, began advanced Body of Adaptation training, and took alchemy commissions as his expenses outpaced his income.
• Richard traded an apprentice an Ice Crystal Staff for a Cipher Magic Book, extracted a Fire Element Amplification Rune Array from it, and added the book to his collection.
• Ulysses stole gemstone fruit to soothe its divine-soul wounds, and Richard compensated the angry wizard who complained; Ulysses admitted the fruit would help it recover enough to use the Flame of Annihilation.

Richard spent twenty years studying Ulysses' Flame of Annihilation and deciphered its Rune, confirming that it could recreate the raven's bloodline flame. He then began pursuing his next goal: combining that Rune with the Darkwater Rune to create a new spell.

• Ulysses said he needed to eat more of Alexei's soul-nourishing Gem Tree fruits before he could use Flame of Annihilation, and Richard let him keep stealing them despite Alexei's protests.
• Once Ulysses produced the flame, Richard sealed it inside a modified Crystal Ball using the Rune Chain Seal Technique.
• After twenty years of experiments, Richard created the Flame of Annihilation Rune, and Ulysses confirmed that its magic produced his genuine flame.
• Richard left the laboratory, ate the meal Number One had prepared, and reflected on how quickly twenty years had passed.
• Ellie agreed to trade Richard spellbooks about water and fire magic in exchange for his Fire Element Amplification Rune Array, and he received dozens of spell-model scrolls.

After years of failed attempts to create the Heart of Annihilation, Richard gained crucial advice at the Golden Dawn Society gathering and completed the spell. He tested it in the desert, where Ulysses judged its power astonishing for Richard’s current strength.

• Richard received an invitation from his teacher and attended the society gathering with Gerald, Anna, and Jacques.
• Gerald introduced Richard to the Golden Dawn Society, where Merlin inspected Richard’s Annihilation Bomb and accepted him as a member.
• Richard traded thirty kilograms of third-grade active flesh for answers to three questions about spell design, clearing the way for his research.
• Richard returned to his laboratory and completed the Heart of Annihilation three months later.
• Richard detonated the new spell in a desert testing ground, leaving a glass-lined hemispherical crater, and Ulysses called him a monster.

Richard returned to the Black Stone Mountain Range to investigate a wizard’s forgotten laboratory, but first reported to the Black Tower Wizard Academy and revisited his old agent, Kevin. After failing to locate the ruins himself, he hired a guide and recognized the site on a distant slope.

• Richard tested the Heart of Annihilation, then found an old notebook from his apprentice days that reminded him of the laboratory in the Black Stone Mountain Range.
• Richard left the Tower of Truth with Ulysses and traveled for a month before the Three-headed Dragon stopped him and reminded him to report to the Academy.
• Richard reported to Vice Dean Alex, greeted Gerald, and visited Kevin at Richard's Magic Potion Shop, where he gave Kevin's grandson Tofer a protective ring and asked Kevin to find a successor when he could no longer work.
• Richard returned to the mountains, failed to find the ruins, and hired an old guide from the John Family in Black Stone City.
• Richard revealed that he had met the guide's grandfather decades earlier, then pointed out the ruins on a sparsely vegetated slope and sent the guide back.

Richard explored the buried Wizard's laboratory, subdued its Alchemy Golem, and recovered valuable Mystic Steel and research materials. He discovered a chip in the ruined storage room, leaving its nature unknown.

• Richard dug metallic vines from the hillside and sealed their living roots for research.
• Richard exhausted the laboratory's Alchemy Golem, stored it in his secret realm, and sent Ulysses to scout the entrance.
• Richard entered the laboratory and extracted a kilogram of Mystic Steel from the unknown wizard's corpse.
• Richard collected an enchanted scalpel and a notebook about the Metal Transformation Biological Modification Technique, while finding the study and storage room mostly ruined.
• Richard spotted a chip among the debris in the storage room.

Richard learned that the Gods Civilization called extinct or vanished civilizations Precursor Civilizations, then extracted foundational biological knowledge from a damaged chip and improved his bloodline research. After selling Mystic Steel and buying rare bloodlines, he encountered wizards building a colosseum and was invited to join their Kanon Club.

• Richard asked Ulysses about the crystal chip, and Ulysses explained that the Titan Civilization had created many member races of the Gods Civilization and was a Precursor Civilization.
• Richard reported the wizard ruins to the Academy, gave half the Mystic Steel to Gerald to sell, and extracted the chip’s incomplete biological creation knowledge in his Tower of Truth laboratory.
• Three months later, Gerald brought Richard two hundred and twenty pieces of Magic Essence from the Mystic Steel sale, and Richard gave Gerald twenty pieces to support the Wizard Merchant Guild.
• Richard bought the two remaining bloodlines for his Bloodline Alchemy formula and Life Force-rich honey for the Sacred Tree Elf at the Tower of Truth’s Commercial Layer.
• Richard watched wizards build a colosseum for wizard fights, withstood a bald White Robe Wizard’s forceful pat, and received an invitation to join the Kanon Club.

Richard completed his third and fourth Bloodline Alchemies, then spent twenty years studying Precursor knowledge and developing the Combat Liberation spell. He joined the Kanon Club and began a physical spar with Jimmy, whose strength he hoped would help trigger his own bodily evolution.

• Richard fused the Netherworld Horse and Demon Dwarf bloodlines, gaining Shadow Shuttle and greater strength and resistance while completing the Black Warrior Bloodline Alchemy formula.
• Richard developed Combat Liberation from Precursor knowledge and the Body of Adaptation, then went to the Kanon Club’s Colosseum to join the club.
• Richard watched Bazak defeat a scaled Wizard in a public gladiatorial match and questioned Jimmy about the club’s fights and gambling.
• Jimmy invited Richard to spar so he could assess his strength, and Richard agreed to fight using only physical combat.
• Richard’s punch struck Jimmy with great force, and Richard felt his body ready to evolve before asking Jimmy to show his strength.

Richard evolved his physique under Jimmy’s punch, then learned that Black Tower Wizard Academy would launch a planar conquest in three years. He prepared for the war by asking Anna to modify his Alchemy Golem and forcing a Flame Giant to sign a slave contract.

• Jimmy demonstrated the Unity of Heaven and Man, and Richard used the pressure of his punch to raise his physique to 64.7.
• Jimmy warned Richard against relying on near-death battles to strengthen his body, then introduced him to the Kanon Club’s experienced Black Wizards.
• Ulysses told Richard that he was going to war, and Gerald explained that the academy would invade a miniature world in three years and outlined the rules for first-time participants.
• Richard asked Anna to install Magic Armor slots in his Alchemy Golem, and she agreed to modify it despite her concerns about damaging the ancient construct.
• Richard summoned the Flame Giant Fielster, bound him with Rune Chains, and threatened him until he agreed to sign a slave contract.

Richard prepared for the Plane Battlefield by modifying a Flame Giant and equipping an Alchemy Golem with an Annihilation Cannon and Spatial Magazine. He restored Ulysses to Level One strength, but grew wary when Ulysses offered the secret to becoming a god and seemed to influence his thoughts.

• Richard signed a Soul Contract with Fielster and began modifying the Flame Giant to wield the Flame of Annihilation.
• Richard installed an Annihilation Cannon and Spatial Magazine in Anna's modified Alchemy Golem, then tested its abilities and sent it into dormancy.
• Richard gave Ulysses three soul crystals and active flesh, restoring its strength to that of a Level One Creature.
• Ulysses asked Richard for more soul crystals and offered knowledge in exchange for an earlier recovery of its strength.
• Ulysses claimed to know the secret to becoming a god, and Richard suspected it had used mental influence to stir his ambitions.

Richard prepared for the Plane War by upgrading his equipment and completing Fielster’s transformation, then joined the wizard expedition aboard the enormous Floating City. The chapter ended as expedition commander Black Tower welcomed the assembled wizards.

• Ulysses told Richard that Faith Power could enable godlike methods, and Richard decided to seek it during future conquests.
• Richard borrowed a Cloak of Concealment blueprint from Gerald and spent six months crafting an upgraded cloak and finishing the Magic Eater Greatsword.
• Richard infused Fielster’s elemental core with magic power, completing its fusion with the Flame of Annihilation and turning it into a first-level Flame Warrior.
• Richard spent two years meditating, training, and learning battlefield lessons from Black Wizards before the Plane War began.
• Richard and several Senior Brothers traveled to the Expedition Layer, where wizards opened a rift and brought the Floating City into the Wizard World.
• Black Tower appeared above the assembled wizards and welcomed them to the Plane Expedition.

The Wizard World’s Floating City traveled toward the Black Crystal Bug World, while the bugs learned that an enemy was coming from beyond the heavens. After a year and a half, Richard prepared to enter the battlefield with his fellow Black Wizards.

• Great Wizard Black Tower announced the war rules, awakened the Floating City, and led it into the Void behind a powerful magical barrier.
• Jacques gave Richard his room number and Communication Crystal Ball, and Richard settled into the Floating City for the long journey.
• Sta dismissed Ster’s unusual interest in stargazing until he saw an unexpected star through the Star Gazing Mirror.
• The High Priest told Slatov that the Mother Worm God had ordered every Warrior Bug and Priest Bug of Star Level to prepare for war, then learned their enemy came from beyond the heavens.
• After a year and a half, Richard boarded a War Airship with Ellie and other Black Wizards as the Floating City prepared to breach the world barrier.

The wizard expedition began its invasion of the Bug Nest World, using the Slave Legion to probe the Black Crystal Bugs before deploying the White Wizard Legion and War Airships. The chapter ended as the White Wizards prepared a coordinated Chain Lightning attack against the advancing Moth Army.

• The Floating City arrived above the Black Bone Plain, and a beam of light killed the Warrior Bug Commander as the Black Crystal Bugs prepared to fight.
• Richard and Ellie received the Command Department’s preliminary assessment of the Bug Nest World and the Black Crystal Bug Race.
• The Slave Legion fought the Black Crystal Bugs for five days, losing more than half its forces while providing the wizards with battlefield data.
• The White Wizard Legion deployed with over a hundred War Airships and devastated the Bug swarm with area spells and cannon fire.
• A High Priest ordered the elite Moth Army into battle, and the War Airships used Chain Lightning Shells to slow its advance.
• The White Wizard Legion completed a formation change and prepared to fire Chain Lightning at the approaching Moth Army.

Richard and the Black Wizards entered the battlefield to destroy the Black Crystal Bug Race’s strategic weapons, while the bugs deployed their Mother God Cannons and Queen Bug Guards. Richard advanced through the insect swarm until a Gold-Patterned Warrior Bug confronted him and vowed to kill him.

• The White Wizard Legion slaughtered nearby Moth Army bugs, but the Black Crystal Bugs answered with Mother God Cannons that melted wizards with acid.
• The Command Department deployed the Black Wizards from one hundred War Airships, and Richard landed safely with his golem.
• Wakaba ordered Black Wizard Squad Thirty-Five to destroy the enemy’s strategic weapons, then charged ahead as Richard followed.
• Richard fought through the swarm, collected a Warrior Bug limb for study, and judged that the Bug Nest World could become a valuable Slave World.
• The Gold Ring High Priest ordered the Queen Bug Guards to attack the Black Wizards, and a Gold-Patterned Warrior Bug confronted Richard after nearly cutting through his magic barrier.

Richard killed a Queen Bug Guard, discovered that the Miracle Furnace could extract skills and materials from its corpse, and led a group of Black Wizards toward a Mother God Cannon. After the Alchemy Golem damaged the cannon, its Priest Bug detected Richard's group and ordered the Queen Bug Guards to attack.

• Richard used Ulysses's flaming chain to restrain a Queen Bug Guard and killed it with two Hearts of Annihilation.
• Richard extracted the Explosive Slash skill and discovered that the corpse contained Golden Pattern Black Crystal Bug bloodline and adamantine.
• Richard met Ellie and several Black Wizards, showed them the Queen Bug Guard's corpse, and gained their support.
• Richard ordered Ulysses to restrain two Queen Bug Guards while the Black Wizards cleared the cannon fodder.
• Richard ordered the Alchemy Golem to fire Annihilation Bombs at the Mother God Cannon, badly damaging it.
• The Priest Bug blocked the remaining bombs, sensed Richard's group, and ordered the Queen Bug Guards to kill them.

Richard and the Black Wizards destroyed the Mother Worm Cannon and most of the Black Crystal Bugs’ strategic weapons before the Command Department ordered them to hide. As Lawrence predicted that the world lord would face the Great Wizard, a radiant figure arrived and the bugs praised the Mother Worm God.

• Richard used the Heart of Annihilation to kill two Queen Bug Guards, then helped the Black Wizards break through the Starlight-Armored Warrior Bugs.
• Ulysses weakened the Priest Bug’s Starlight Shield, allowing Richard to kill the Priest Bug and destroy the Mother Worm Cannon with Annihilation Grenades.
• At the Floating City’s Command Department, Great Wizard Black Tower learned that nearly seventy percent of the strategic weapons had been destroyed and ordered the Black Wizards to conceal themselves.
• Richard regrouped with Ellie and Lawrence, who said the battle was likely approaching king against king: the world lord against the Great Wizard.
• A radiant figure flew in from behind the insect swarm, and the Black Crystal Bugs knelt and praised the Mother Worm God.

Mother Worm God battled Great Wizard Black Tower, who trapped her in his dark domain and forced her to sacrifice herself to break free. With the enemy world ruler gone, both armies launched into battle, and Richard prepared to fight.

• Mother Worm God appeared and healed the Black Crystal Bugs with Faith Power as Great Wizard Black Tower emerged to face her.
• Great Wizard Black Tower dragged Mother Worm God from the Void, struck her with the Floating City Main Cannon and lightning, and trapped her in a dark domain.
• Mother Worm God used her Faith Power to tear open Great Wizard Black Tower's domain, killing the mother bug that carried her power.
• The High Priest learned that the mother bug had died, ordered his Bug Kingdom to attack, and sacrificed himself to Mother Worm God.
• The Command Department announced that the enemy world ruler had disappeared, and Richard ordered his forces to prepare for battle.

After the battle on the Black Bone Plain turned in the wizards’ favor, Richard returned to the Floating City and learned from Gerald that fragments of the Mother Worm God could still be found. He discovered a golden carapace, extracted its Nurturing Rule, and gained a new cloning ability before continuing his search.

• Great Wizard Black Tower devoured tens of thousands of Black Crystal Bugs, and the wizards advanced as the battle became one-sided.
• Richard asked Ellie and Lawrence whether they would continue pursuing the bugs; Lawrence chose to stay while Richard and Ellie returned to the Floating City.
• Richard met Gerald, received thirty kilograms of first-grade living flesh, and took a specially trained hound to search for the Mother Worm God's scattered flesh.
• The hound led Richard to a golden carapace, whose properties the Miracle Furnace identified as including an extremely incomplete Nurturing Rule.
• Richard extracted the Rule and, through its interaction with his Flesh and Blood Rule, comprehended the More Perfect Cloning Technique.
• Richard stored the carapace and continued searching the Black Bone Plain for more fragments.

Richard returned to the Floating City, recovered his belongings, and rebuilt the Magic Eater Greatsword into a Staff suited to fighting the bugs. Just after he finished it, the Command Department summoned all First-Ring Black Wizards.

• Richard found another Mother Worm God fragment, but the Miracle Furnace showed that its laws had already dissipated.
• Richard reunited with Anna at the grounded Floating City and learned that Jacques had been badly injured but survived.
• Richard recovered his Flesh Tentacle Incubation Pod and built a temporary residence on the Black Bone Plain.
• Richard gave Ulysses one Queen Bug Guard corpse, refined the others for Adamantine, and dismantled the Magic Eater Greatsword.
• Richard spent nearly a month crafting a Staff that retained the sword’s three core spells and added Fire Element amplification.
• After Richard completed the Staff, the Command Department ordered all First-Ring Black Wizards to report to the Floating City.

Richard joined Ellie and Lawrence on a mission to clear Black Crystal Bugs from Number One Hive and survey its underground tunnels. After entering the vast nest, they used a scouting device to map the nearby passages and detected a cavern that might contain a bug.

• Richard arrived at the Floating City fortress, learned that Black Wizards were being sent to clear underground Bug Nests, and was assigned to investigate Number One Hive with Ellie.
• Richard and Ellie met Lawrence, who agreed to accompany them to the same hive.
• The three wizards reached Number One Hive and entered its maze-like tunnels, where Richard collected a sample of the nest’s sturdy construction material.
• They reached a cavern filled with glowing moss and mushrooms, and Richard warned them about the high spore concentration in the air.
• Lawrence used an Imaging Crystal Ball to map the nearby passages and pointed out a larger cavern containing a possible bug.