Chapter Summaries

George disguised himself and traveled to Tingen City's underground Extraordinary market, hoping to learn more about the world. Before reaching the Evil Dragon Bar, he spotted Night Watchers and Punishers fighting a former Punisher who had lost control.

• George enhanced his Flame Jump ability and used repeated jumps to reach Tingen City's dock district.
• George learned that the Evil Dragon Bar hosted the city's Extraordinary market under the protection of its owner, Sven.
• George heard a fight at the docks and jumped to a pillar to watch.
• George saw Sven, a Punisher, and two Night Watchers surround a former Punisher who had lost control and become a monster.

George intervened in a battle between the Night Watchers and the Punishers to stop them from killing a teammate who had lost control. He trapped the monster in blue flames and offered to save him, leaving Sven and the others wary of his intentions.

• George decided that saving the monster could earn him a reward and goodwill from the Church of the Lord of Storms.
• Sven and another Punishers team member struggled to hold back their former teammate, a Sequence Nine Sailor who had lost control.
• An elderly Night Watcher and a young Night Watcher used silver talismans to briefly control the monster, giving Sven a chance to prepare a killing blow.
• George blocked Sven's strike, then trapped the monster in blue flames as it tried to escape into the river.
• Sven questioned George, who offered to save their companion who had lost control.

George restored Sven’s former teammate after the man lost control, astonishing the Church Beyonders who believed such cases could only end in death. He explained that the man had lost his extraordinary abilities and would need time to recover, while George kept the extracted characteristics.

• Sven and the other Church Beyonders doubted George’s claim that he could save a person who had lost control, but Sven desperately hoped it was true because the monster was his longtime friend.
• Old Neil reminded Sven to stay clear-headed, and Sven accused George of using an evil god’s promises before ordering him to come to the Church for investigation.
• George planted his foot on the monster and used Samadhi True Fire and his Magician abilities to cleanse its soul and draw its extraordinary characteristics out of its body.
• The monster returned to the form of a sturdy old man, and George said he could recover but would live as an ordinary person without extraordinary abilities.
• George concluded that he could currently treat people below Sequence Seven and was willing to help partly because treating higher-Sequence cases could help him advance.

George restored Sven’s team member from a monster to an ordinary person, then set out with Sven toward the Evil Dragon Bar and met Klein. George revealed that he had dealt with the escaped Mystic Cult Beyonder, prompting the Night Watchers and Punishers to report his abilities to their Captains.

• George healed Sven’s team member, returned the extracted Sailor Beyonder characteristic, and accepted one hundred and fifty pounds from Sven.
• George asked Sven to take him to the Evil Dragon Bar, where he greeted Klein and explained that he had seen Klein during the warehouse battle.
• George praised Klein’s divination, noted that they shared a Sequence pathway, and told him he had buried the escaped Mystic Cult Beyonder north of the city.
• Old Neil invited George to meet the Night Watchers’ Captain, and Klein hurried back to the Church to report what had happened.
• Sven signaled another teammate to report George’s actions to the Punishers’ Captain.

George visited the Evil Dragon Bar with Old Neil, where Sven treated him as an honored guest after George saved Old John from Loss of Control. George searched the local Beyonder market for Faceless Potion ingredients, then asked Sven to send his payment to his ordinary parents without revealing his identity.

• Sven ordered his staff to help Old John and welcomed George into the Evil Dragon Bar as an honored guest.
• Sven showed George a list of Beyonder materials, and he realized George was truly an infant and wondered whether he had been reincarnated or was parasitizing someone.
• George found none of the materials for the Sequence Six Faceless Potion and gave Sven a list to watch for.
• George asked Sven to send one hundred and fifty pounds to Mr. and Mrs. Barton at 256 Hors Street without connecting the payment to him.
• George drank the red wine and decided he did not need to hide his identity or relationships, though he still feared discovery by this world's Creator.

George explained how he had restored a Loss of Control person and introduced himself as a Sequence Seven Magician to the Night Watchers and Punishers. After the Captains left to report on him, he went to explore the Beyonder market with Klein.

• Old Neil asked George whether someone who had died could be resurrected, and George warned him not to believe resurrection was possible.
• George sensed something abnormal about Old Neil's soul as Dunn Smith and Jane Aven arrived with Klein and Sven.
• George introduced himself as a Sequence Seven Magician and explained that he had improved Damage Transfer to remove Beyonder characteristics from a Loss of Control person.
• Dunn Smith and Jane Aven thanked George, learned his address, and left to verify information about him and report to headquarters.
• George accepted Sven's payment token and agreed to explore the Beyonder market with Klein.

George accompanied Klein through a market and became increasingly curious about Klein’s powerful spatial item and possible origins. After hearing Klein mutter a phrase from George’s previous life, George suspected Klein might be a transmigrator and asked him directly.

• Klein told George about his recent experiences as a Seer and explained why he had chosen the Seer Pathway.
• George and Klein visited an open-air market, where George found the wares too low-grade to be useful.
• Klein haggled with a stall owner and bought ritual materials for eight Sule.
• George overheard Klein mutter, “I really want to destroy you in the name of the moon!” and considered possible explanations for the phrase and Klein’s powerful spatial item.
• George called Klein a transmigrator and asked him directly whether he was one.

Klein learned that George was also a transmigrator, and the two shared their stories while admitting they wanted to return to their original worlds. Suspecting Klein’s Gray Fog Space held clues to his transmigration, George asked Klein to perform the ritual on him, and Klein began pulling George’s soul inside.

• George recognized Klein as a transmigrator, revealed that he was one too, and led him away from Evil Dragon Bar to talk.
• At the docks, Klein told George he wanted to return home and offered to share the details of his transmigration.
• George claimed to be a Taoist priest whose transmigration gave him superhuman strength, and said he had become a Sequence Seven Magician after killing a Clown Mask wearer.
• Klein explained that he was Zhou Mingrui, an office worker who had entered the Gray Fog Space through a luck-enhancement ritual.
• George noticed that Klein’s homeland and the being named in his ritual did not match his own experience, so he asked Klein to test whether the ritual could bring him into the Gray Fog Space.
• Klein entered the Gray Fog Space while George recited the incantation, and Klein touched the star that appeared to pull George inside.

George and Klein entered the Gray Fog’s hidden space and discovered sleeping souls from the modern era suspended in cocoons, leading them to question the truth behind their transmigration. George suspected Klein had been trapped by the Gray Fog’s owner and reassured him that returning home might still be possible.

• George allowed the Gray Fog to bring his soul into Klein’s palace within the Gray Fog Space.
• George tore through the Gray Fog’s hidden stairs with his soul strength, then doubled that strength using a clone to break through the final layer.
• George and Klein found a door of light surrounded by cocoons containing sleeping modern souls, with three cocoons already empty.
• George suspected that the Gray Fog’s owner had captured modern souls and that Klein had been released only recently.
• Klein feared they could not return home, and George told him there might still be a way back through the Creator or by merging with the world.

Klein and George accepted that returning to their original worlds would be difficult and planned to search for information by different means. George joined Klein’s Tarot Club as Strength, giving them a way to stay in contact and share intelligence.

• George comforted Klein, and the two regained their spirits by joking about their shared predicament.
• George advised Klein to build his strength within the Church of the Dark Night Goddess and seek its records, while George planned to investigate the world and its powerful beings himself.
• George warned Klein that the Churches distrusted independent Beyonders and explained why the Tingen captains had treated George cautiously and kindly.
• George asked Klein to let him join the Tarot Club so they could keep in contact and gather intelligence.
• George drew the Strength card and chose Strength as his Tarot Club codename.

George and Klein exchanged intelligence, including Seer Pathway Potion formulas and historical records. The Goddess of the Night, Amannesis, investigated George’s unexplained origins but decided to observe him while continuing her plans against the God of War.

• George shared the Clown, Magician, and Faceless Potion formulas and information about the Mystic Cult with Klein, while Klein gave him notes, slate records, and historical knowledge.
• After their meeting, Amannesis wondered why she had noticed George and recalled how she had come to watch Klein, who had inherited Origin Castle.
• Amannesis reviewed Earth’s history and the roles of the Primal Creator, Tian Zun, God, Origin Castle, and the Sea of Chaos.
• Amannesis ruled out Origin Castle, the Sea of Chaos, reincarnation, and parasitism as explanations for George’s arrival.
• After noting that George was a Sequence Seven Magician, Amannesis chose to observe him while pursuing the Shinigami’s Uniqueness and plotting against the God of War.

George concluded that the Goddess of the Night was unlikely to target him, then helped Chris recover the 150 pounds she had lost to scammers by arranging for her to win a lucky draw. The chapter ended with Chris astonished by her prize and George sharing a pleased look with the sailor who ran the stall.

• George sensed the Goddess of the Night's gaze disappear and reasoned that she knew about the Gray Fog Space and would probably leave him alone.
• George considered how he could protect Klein, his family, and his parents if the Goddess of the Night became hostile.
• Jack Barton went to work at Tingen City Hall, while Chris took George out in his carriage for a walk.
• Chris initially passed a lucky-draw stall, but George pointed toward it when he heard that mothers with children could draw for free.
• George knocked a ticket down, and Chris scratched it to reveal the 150-pound grand prize.
• The stall owner, a Punisher sailor who had helped Sven, gave Chris the prize money as George gave him a thumbs-up.

After Chris recovered her stolen money in the lottery, she visited her sister and George sensed that Meigao'osi’s unborn child carried evil energy. Meanwhile, Ins.Zangwill learned that George might interfere with his plans and used Sealed Artifact 0-08 to arrange for the Barton family to leave Tingen.

• Chris celebrated winning back one hundred and fifty pounds, deposited the money, and took George to visit her sister and Meigao'osi.
• George sensed that Meigao'osi and her fetus were connected to dangerous evil forces, and suspected the swindler had been a cultist.
• George decided to wait before intervening, planning to strengthen his spiritual energy and learn sealing methods before the evil god could descend.
• Ins.Zangwill read reports about George’s power and his suspicions, then decided to remove him from Tingen rather than risk confronting him.
• Ins.Zangwill used Sealed Artifact 0-08 to write that Jack Barton would receive a promotion and move his family to Backlund in a week.

George learned that the churches’ senior executives had come to investigate him and consider recruiting him, then met representatives of the Night Watchers and the Punishers at the docks. He remained calm through Dunn’s dream and greeted both executives, leaving the two church delegations facing him.

• Chris and Jack decided to sell their houses and move to Backlund after she won a lottery and he learned he was being promoted there.
• Klein warned George that senior executives from the Church of the Dark Night Goddess and the Church of the Lord of Storms had arrived to inspect him.
• George reassured Klein and returned to his house, where Dunn used his Nightmare ability to draw him into a dream.
• George broke free of Dunn’s dream, joined Dunn and Jane in a carriage, and traveled to a secluded riverbank at the docks.
• George greeted the two senior executives and the assembled Beyonders from both churches.

George underwent a joint inspection by senior executives from the Churches of the Dark Night Goddess and the Lord of Storms, who investigated suspicions that he concealed supernatural powers. Both inspections confirmed that he was only a Sequence Seven Magician, though his extraordinary age and advancement remained unexplained.

• George compared the Night Watchers' cautious approach to Beyonder incidents with the Punishers' ruthless methods and said he preferred the Night Watchers.
• Crestet Cesimir and Radar Valentine told George they were conducting a routine inspection because his circumstances were unusual.
• Crestet used the Goddess's Sword and Radar used his own divinity to examine George, finding no powers beyond his Sequence Seven Magician abilities.
• Crestet and Radar confirmed that George had no hidden supernatural power, though his intelligence and advancement at half a year old still puzzled them.
• Radar announced that George had nothing wrong with him, relieving Klein and Sven.

George claimed he had been born with extraordinary strength and challenged the church officials to prove it. He defeated Dunn and Jane with a burst of speed and physical force, leaving the Senior Executives convinced of his account.

• George told the two Senior Executives that he had been born unusually gifted and had gained his Sequence Seven after killing a Mystic Cult Magician.
• George challenged the church officials to spar, hoping to demonstrate his strength, digest his Magician Potion, and gauge their abilities.
• Radall told George to fight Dunn and Jane first, and the two Captains attacked together.
• George resisted Dunn's Nightmare ability and struck both Captains unconscious before they could react.
• The Senior Executives and church squads realized George had defeated Dunn and Jane using only his physical strength.

George sparred against the Church Executives Crestet and Radall to demonstrate the limits of his powerful body. As Crestet’s darkness and spirits closed in, George prepared to reveal another level of strength.

• After defeating Dunn and Jane, George challenged Crestet and Radall to fight him together, and they agreed so they could assess his strength and impress on him the power of the Churches.
• Radall attacked George from the air with lightning, but George dodged before it struck.
• Crestet used Goddess's Sword to manipulate George’s fate and make him slip, but George knocked the sword aside and broke Radall’s wind blade with a clap.
• Crestet unleashed darkness and spirits with Goddess's Sword, and Radall believed the attack would defeat George.
• As the dangerous darkness advanced, George decided to show his real power using a method other than Fire Magic.

George defeated Radall and Crestet in a sparring match, proving his overwhelming physical strength and completing his Potion digestion. Impressed, the two Senior Executives invited him to join the church so they could investigate his unusual condition.

• George disrupted Crestet's darkness with a roar and battered him with flaming stones, while Radall attacked George with water, lightning, and a tornado.
• George scattered Radall's elemental attacks with a punch, then struck him with a barrage of air fists that sent him crashing into Crestet.
• Radall and Crestet conceded defeat and ended the sparring match after realizing George was beyond their ability to beat.
• George sensed that his Potion had been fully digested, then met Radall and Crestet as an equal in a private room at the Evil Dragon Bar.
• Crestet invited George to join the church so it could help investigate his condition.

George declined invitations from the Churches of the Dark Night Goddess and the Lord of Storms, set prices for his future help, and asked them to support his father’s transfer to Backlund. After sharing news with Klein, George joined the Tarot Club for the first time, where Klein warned him that he would pretend to be The Fool.

• Crestet and Radall argued over which Church George should join, but George said he would wait until adulthood and noted his parents believed in the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.
• George offered paid help to both Churches with saving people who had lost control or dealing with believers, and asked them to arrange an easier job for his father in Backlund.
• Crestet and Radall agreed to George’s requests and returned to their Church headquarters, while George went home and informed Klein about the encounter above the Gray Fog.
• Klein contacted George the following evening, shared intelligence from a new Tarot Club member from the Land of the Forsaken, and George spent the next two days developing his abilities.
• George attended the Tarot Club above the Gray Fog for the first time, and Klein warned him that he would have to act like The Fool.

Klein held a Tarot Club meeting where George joined as Strength and learned about the members, the Aurora Society, and the pirate admiral Qilingus. After the meeting, George read Roselle’s diary pages, which revealed information about switching pathways at Sequence Four and the second Desecration Slate, then asked Klein how he obtained the Sun Potion formula.

• Klein introduced George as Strength and the young man from the Land of the Forsaken as The Sun to Miss Justice and The Hanged Man.
• Miss Justice traded two pages of Roselle’s diary, and Klein provided the Bard Potion formula in exchange.
• The Hanged Man asked about Qilingus, and George offered to deal with him while asking the Tarot Club members to gather information about history and prehistoric times.
• After the other members left, Klein gave George Roselle’s diary pages, which described pathway switching at Sequence Four and an ancient organization with the second Desecration Slate.
• George asked Klein how he had obtained the Sun Potion formula.