At next level you get access to 7 th level spells . Finger of Death deals a good amount of damage . If you kill them with it then it also turns the target into a zombie that is permanently under your command . If necromancy isn ' t your thing there ' s Delayed Blast Fireball . You create a bead of light that will up into a 20 foot radius of burning death whenever you decide to detonate it . Want to just mess with the natural order of things ? Reverse gravity in a 50 foot radius with a 100 foot height . You can effectively drop someone prone from an office building if you can keep your concentration . Or for less combat oriented options you have Plane Shift . Traversing the different elemental realms can be fun , now you can do it with ease . Assuming you have made the necessary research or preparations . And honestly these kind of pale in comparison to 9 th level spells . Weirda spell that inflicts terror on a large group of people , Power Word Kill which causes insta death in anything without a lot of health , Meteor Swarm , Wish and Time Stop which all do pretty much what they say .