Chapter Summaries

Ansu gave reporters a string of misleading explanations about Merlin’s shaved head, turning it into the fashionable “Head of Radiance” and attracting a crowd eager for matching hairstyles. He used the craze to recruit pioneering missionaries for the City of Free Radiance in the Naraku World, offering a free magic set to new sign-ups.

• Ansu told reporters that a political marriage could ease tensions between the Radiant Holy See and the Cult of Suffering, and gave misleading comments about the future of Holy Light Magic.
• Ansu claimed Merlin’s shaved hairstyle improved spellcasting by cooling the brain, and said he had personally cut it.
• Sorcerers and citizens rushed to ask Ansu to give them matching hairstyles, including shaved chest hair and leg hair.
• Ansu refused payment, saying that spreading radiance was free preaching.
• Ansu advertised the City of Free Radiance’s need for pioneering missionaries and offered sign-ups a free set of Righteous and Aboveboard, Spatial Distortion, and Friendly Exchange; citizens eagerly enrolled.

After spending three days in Heaven's Gate, Ansu overslept and missed his planned return to the Chaos Frontier with Luojia. Luojia climbed through his window to confront him, but his cake and chocolates softened her anger while Enya watched her eat.

• Ansu realized he had missed his meeting with Luojia, then went back to sleep instead of getting up.
• Luojia climbed onto Ansu's balcony and entered through his window after Enya refused to let her in through the front door.
• Ansu blamed Liszt, Arthur, the appraisal experts, and Merlin for keeping him away for three days.
• Ansu offered Luojia an Azure Cream Cake, chocolates, and biscuits, and she began eating despite her anger.
• Enya brought breakfast into Ansu's bedroom and found Luojia eating with relish.

Ansu recruited Saints to explore the Chaos Frontier by exploiting their romantic attachments to Moon, whom Liszt impersonated through magical communications. Rosen and Jack signed contracts to work for Ansu and received shining bald crowns, while Liszt continued recruiting more hopeful suitors.

• Ansu assured Percy that he had arranged for Saints to join the Chaos Frontier exploration, while ordinary citizens flocked to sign up for the well-paid work.
• Rosen arrived searching for Moon, explaining that she had comforted him after his defeat by Ansu and inspired him through their nightly messages.
• Ansu offered Rosen a contract promising weekly conversations with Moon, and Rosen signed after hearing Moon's voice urge him to leave.
• Ansu baptized Rosen with Judgment Light, shaving his head into a shining ring, then sent him into the frontier to meet Moon.
• Jack arrived demanding that Ansu give Moon back, signed a similar contract, and received the same bald crown.
• Liszt answered another magical call as Moon and invited the next suitor to meet him in the Chaos Frontier.

Ansu shaved the heads of several Acolyte Deacons who joined the Chaos Frontier after Moon inspired them to pursue her, while Priest Percy and Luojia struggled to understand her growing list of suitors. The chapter ended with Al and ten companions arriving to pursue Yoko, invoking the second rule of love: courage.

• Jack joined the Chaos Frontier after Moon taught him to persevere in love, and Ansu shaved his head.
• A Druid scholar joined after Moon showed him her feet, and Ansu shaved his head as well.
• Soth of the Chastity Holy See joined after Moon showed him her legs, and Ansu shaved his head.
• Al arrived with ten companions, but instead of confronting Ansu, he announced that they had come to pursue Yoko.
• Al cited the romance guidebook’s second rule of love: courage to love others bravely.

Miss Maid tried to recreate Young Master’s hot pot as an evil ritual while he was away taking the Church’s examination. She remained unable to get it right and wondered what lunch to bring him before his examination ended.

• Miss Maid treated Young Master’s absence at the Church’s examination as a chance to defeat the Child of Curse.
• Miss Maid repeatedly attempted to recreate Young Master’s hot pot with a forbidden ritual and burned her fingers with the boiling liquid.
• Miss Maid wondered where her cooking had gone wrong as she worried about Young Master’s examination.
• Miss Maid considered what lunch to bring Young Master to win him over before the examination ended.

Al recounted how he mistook an explicit solicitation from Yoko for a destined romance, then defended his illegal behavior as the courage of love. Ansu welcomed Al and his brothers into the Chaos Frontier, while Priest Percy feared Ansu’s influence would spread across the Holy Sees.

• Al told Ansu and Priest Percy that Yoko had taught him to defy convention and embrace forbidden love.
• Al revealed Yoko’s card with her Magic Communication number, prompting Priest Percy to warn that Al’s actions were illegal.
• Al declared that Yoko’s attention justified sharing her with his brothers, and Percy recorded charges against them.
• Al stripped down to his underpants to prove his rejection of shame, and Percy added an exposure charge.
• Al admitted he had never met Yoko and was heading to Border City for their arranged meeting.
• Ansu used Judgment Light to shave Al and his brothers bald, welcomed them to the Chaos Frontier, and left Percy worrying that Ansu’s influence would spread.

Ansu brought newly recruited Saints into Chaos City and began planning its reconstruction while developing a new summoning spell. He tested the spell and discovered it had summoned a resentful woman from his past, though her identity was left unrevealed.

• Ansu led seventeen Third-tier Acolyte Deacons, thirty Second-tier Saints, and nearly a hundred Believer Candidates into Chaos City.
• Ansu assigned followers from different Holy Sees to rebuild the City Government hall, plant greenery, and light the streets, while planning to recruit more Saints.
• Ansu stitched together four Mana Circuits to create the Mid-tier summoning spell Resurrection of the Dead.
• Ansu cast the new spell, which summoned a resentful skeleton and transformed its movements and voice into a virtual living form.
• Ansu recognized the summoned woman as the lady who had won the resurrection match.

Ansu, Arthur, Liszt, and Luojia found a crowd of Saints eager to join the Chaos Frontier because they adored Calvin Black, whom Ansu had turned into a virtual Saintess and begun livestreaming. The chapter ended with Calvin appearing on a Magic Screen and greeting the crowd, who hailed her as Carmen.

• Arthur celebrated taking first place in the Beauties Ranking, while Liszt lamented ranking second and Luojia placed third.
• Luojia questioned Ansu about his former roommates Yoko, Moon, and Cersei, but Ansu denied living with Cersei.
• Arthur, Liszt, and Luojia discovered that a crowd had gathered to join the Chaos Frontier out of devotion to Calvin Black.
• A holy knight and the gathered admirers praised Calvin as their beloved Saintess, while Arthur and Liszt mistakenly concluded Calvin had undergone sex reassignment surgery.
• Ansu activated a livestream through the Magic Net, and Calvin appeared on a Magic Screen as a beautiful virtual Saintess.
• Calvin greeted the crowd from the Chaos Frontier, and the admirers cried out, "Carmen!"

Ansu inspected the thriving Chaos Frontier and its Restoration Hall, where online scams and fan rivalries had boosted the city’s population and economy. He coaxed Arthur into agreeing to connect with his Top Brother after Arthur received an Abyssal Fire Dragon Heart, while hiding letters from Arthur’s father and Demigod Annan.

• Ansu inspected the rebuilt city and praised the Restoration Hall’s workers for helping revive Farol through online romance and fraud.
• Ansu visited the Border Girl Group, where fan wars between Yoko, Moon, and Calvin had driven their popularity and gifts higher.
• Arthur dismissed the gifts until Ansu showed him an Abyssal Fire Dragon Heart, an epic item that could aid his cultivation as a Sun Knight.
• Arthur agreed to connect with the gift’s sender, and Ansu pocketed letters from Arthur’s father, the Grand Duke of the Sun, and Demigod Annan.

Ansu read Grand Duke Annan’s letter to Miss Yoko and pretended to be her father, negotiating a marriage to Arthur in exchange for an Azure Scale Dragon Heart. Annan accepted the proposal and prepared to announce the marriage, while Arthur remained unaware of the arrangement and looked forward to a surprise.

• Arthur celebrated receiving an Abyssal Fire Dragon Heart and declared his resolve to become a High-tier Sun Knight.
• Ansu secretly read Annan’s letter, learned that Annan wanted Miss Yoko to marry Arthur, and wrote back as her father, Anbei.
• Ansu asked Annan for an Azure Scale Dragon Heart as a betrothal gift, claiming Miss Yoko’s collapsed Mana Circuit made travel dangerous.
• Annan agreed to meet through the Magic Net and sent Arthur a letter promising an earth-shattering surprise: he was getting married.
• Arthur boasted to Ansu and Liszt that he would soon have a girlfriend, while Ansu congratulated him without revealing the truth.

Ansu read Marquis Norman’s letter and discovered that the Moon Marquis wanted to marry him, not arrange a match between Liszt and Miss Moon. The next morning, Norman received Ansu’s reply and confidently mistook it for acceptance, setting his sights on conquering the Imperial Capital.

• Liszt accepted the Heart of Water Moon charm, then agreed to join Ansu and Arthur in public performances the next day.
• Ansu read Norman’s letter and learned that Norman himself wanted Ansu to become his wife.
• Ansu decided to exploit Norman’s misunderstanding and wrote back, calling himself Little Moon’s father and Norman his son-in-law.
• The chapter described Norman’s many affairs, political ambitions, and plans to expand the Moon Family’s influence into the Imperial Capital.
• Butler Joseph delivered Ansu’s reply to Norman, who mistook it for approval and read it with confidence.

Ansu received a powerful Crescent Moon Staff from Marquis Norman and rejected Count Carlo’s attempt to arrange a match with Carvens. While Ansu planned to let Arthur and Liszt handle Carlo’s offers, both young men secretly decided to pursue the gifts for themselves.

• Grand Duke Annan and Marquis Norman set out to boast about their sons’ romantic prospects to Count Carlo, who decided the Morningstar Family should pursue every girl in the Maidens group.
• Marquis Norman sent Ansu a Crescent Moon Staff, and Ansu admired its spell-cost reduction and dramatic entrance effects.
• Ansu and Liszt compared their elegant staffs, and Liszt mentioned that his father had arranged a surprise for the next evening.
• Ansu read Count Carlo’s letter proposing his son Ansu for Carvens and replied that he was Carvens’ Father and rejected the offer.
• Arthur and Liszt each received Count Carlo’s letter and secretly replied as Yoko’s Father and Moon’s Father, hoping to win gifts from multiple donors.

Ansu, Arthur, and Liszt prepared for a matchmaking showdown as their families gathered at the Morningstar estate. Arthur confidently connected to Miss Yoko, only to discover that the people watching from the other side included his father, Grand Duke Annan, and much of his family.

• Ansu dressed up for the meeting with his prospective in-laws and wore the Azure Scale Demonic Dragon Heart Talisman to help prepare for the upcoming advancement examination.
• Arthur and Liszt each expected to win the matchmaking showdown, while Ansu planned to seek valuable gifts from his prospective in-laws.
• Grand Duke Annan and Marquis Norman arrived at the Morningstar estate with large entourages, and Count Carlo dismissed the old servant's concerns about their intentions.
• Count Carlo read a letter from Ansu's mother telling him to get lost, then headed to the hall for the scheduled connection with the Imperial Capital.
• Arthur connected to the Morningstar hall expecting to meet an obscure noble, recognized his relatives and the Sun Knight Order, and finally saw Grand Duke Annan.
• Arthur called Annan Dad in shock, and Annan proudly presented him to Count Carlo as his sensible son.

Arthur, disguised as Yoko, tried to stop Grand Duke Annan from arranging his marriage to himself, but his desperate confession that he loved Calvin Black only made Annan furious at the Black Family. After Yoko logged off, Liszt joined the call as Miss Moon and discovered that the man leading the Moon Family was his father, Marquis Norman.

• Grand Duke Annan praised Yoko for calling him Dad and asked when she would marry Arthur, while Arthur panicked behind the screen.
• Arthur tried to make Yoko seem unsuitable by revealing embarrassing flaws, but Count Carlo and Marquis Norman connected them to Arthur, convincing Annan that the pair were a perfect match.
• Arthur claimed Yoko loved Calvin Black and could not marry Arthur, prompting Annan to blame the Black Family for stealing his prospective daughter-in-law.
• Marquis Norman calmed Annan by urging him to preserve his dignity, then took over the call as Miss Moon.
• Liszt recognized Marquis Norman on the screen and called him Dad, leaving Norman startled by the revelation.

Liszt, trapped behind the Magic Screen as his father Norman flirted with him while believing he was Miss Moon, struggled to escape the disastrous blind date. He finally claimed Moon was underage and in love with Ansu, then revealed Ansu to the Three Border Families.

• Norman mistook Liszt, posing as Moon, for a woman and tried to win her over, while Arthur and Ansu watched and encouraged Liszt to persist.
• Liszt tried to end the call by saying he was tired, but Norman continued flirting and threatened to expose Moon’s supposed Sugar Daddy Gigs.
• Liszt dropped the pretense and told Norman he was underage, making Norman recoil because he refused to pursue underage girls.
• Liszt said Moon loved another man and was living with him, then turned the Magic Screen toward Ansu and named him as Moon’s beloved.
• Ansu appeared in formal dress before the Three Border Families, and Count Carlo celebrated his son’s entrance.

At the Morningstar banquet, Carlo’s claims and Arthur’s revelations convinced the Three Border Families that Ansu had charmed both Moon and Yoko. As Liszt and Arthur dragged Ansu into their virtual-romance scandal, Ansu cut off their Magic Net supply, leaving the families to witness the consequences.

• Carlo presented letters supposedly approving Ansu’s marriages to Moon and Yoko, leaving Norman and Annan stunned.
• Ansu said he and Moon were only fooling around, but the families misread his words as evidence of his romantic prowess.
• Arthur revealed that Yoko and Moon had both lived with Ansu, shocking the gathered families and prompting Carlo to present Yoko’s letter of approval.
• Norman concluded that Ansu had surpassed him as the Borderlands Saint Hand, while Liszt and Arthur continued to draw Ansu into their scandal.
• Ansu used his magic to cut off Liszt and Arthur’s supply from the Border City Magic Net, exposing their virtual disguises before the gathered families.

After their fathers discovered their scheme, Ansu, Liszt, and Arthur faced punishing oaths tied to the Deacon Promotion Grand Exam. Ansu devised a plan to exploit the exam’s rankings by using the Esoteric Cultists, and fan letters revealed a possible way to find them.

• Grand Duke Annan, Marquis Norman, and Count Carlo discovered their sons’ disguises and punished Arthur, Liszt, and Ansu with demanding exam-related oaths.
• Ansu proposed eliminating all but five exam candidates so that he could place among the bottom five, but Liszt and Arthur doubted they had the strength to carry it out.
• Ansu recalled that Esoteric Cultists planned to attack during the exam and considered using their power, though their hidden locations made them difficult to find.
• Enya delivered fan letters, and Arthur and Liszt read letters from people claiming to be agents of the Churches of Life and Suffering.
• Ansu recognized an opportunity in the letters and told Liszt and Arthur to arrange a meeting with the three supposed agents in an empty alley that night.

Ansu reported Yoko, Moon, and Carvens to Merlin as spies from the Three Great Esoteric Cults, then persuaded him to help the trio infiltrate the cults. At midnight, Ashur headed to meet Yoko, unaware that the planned encounter was part of Ansu’s operation.

• Ansu went to the Magic Guild with Liszt and Arthur to look for a spell that could disguise them, but the available spells were too costly or unsuitable.
• Ansu told Merlin that Yoko, Moon, and Carvens were cult spies plotting to attack candidates at the Promotion Exam, and showed him three letters linked to the cults.
• Merlin verified that the letters carried the auras of believers from the Three Great Esoteric Cults, but tried to delay investigating until Ansu proposed infiltrating them with Merlin’s help.
• Merlin agreed to help disguise Ansu, Liszt, and Arthur after they brought the three women to him.
• At midnight, Ashur walked through the lower city to meet Yoko, whom he regarded as his salvation, while dressed in a conspicuous black hood.

Bishop Rada renamed the Pain Cult’s branch the Ape Cult and approved choosing a Candidate Holy Son through the planned ambush on Saints. Ansu, Liszt, and Arthur tricked three rival cultists into fighting each other, captured them, and reported the incident to Merlin, who believed the cultists were planning something serious.

• Bishop Rada renamed the Pain Cult’s branch the Ape Cult and agreed that its Candidate Holy Son would be chosen through the ambush operation.
• Ashur waited for Miss Yoko, and Ansu, Liszt, and Arthur used fake messages in the voices of idols to provoke Ashur, Roska, and Lorne into fighting on Henry Street.
• Ashur transformed into a demonic snake, Roska summoned a water snake, and Lorne attacked with staircases as the three cultists battled over their supposed stolen idols.
• After the cultists exhausted themselves, Ansu, Liszt, and Arthur sneaked up and knocked all three unconscious with bricks.
• Ansu told Merlin that they had defeated the cultists honorably and handed over a recording of their fanatical chants, convincing Merlin that the cultists were planning something big.

Ansu persuaded Merlin to support a plan to fake the Acolyte Deacons’ deaths and lure out the Esoteric Cultists, then asked Merlin to demonstrate his Deformation Technique. Merlin extracted the prisoners’ souls and showed how holding one altered others’ perceptions, leaving Arthur disguised as Serpent of Suffering while Merlin reshaped another soul for demonstration.

• Ansu proposed infiltrating the Three Great Orders and faking the Acolyte Deacons’ deaths during the promotion exam to draw out the Esoteric Cultists, and Merlin cautiously agreed to consider the plan.
• Merlin summoned Arthur and Liszt to Heaven’s Gate and judged them unreliable enough to take part in Ansu’s scheme.
• Ansu asked Merlin to demonstrate his Deformation Technique, and Merlin explained that it changed how others perceived someone by using the original person’s soul.
• Merlin extracted the souls of Serpent of Suffering, Son of Sacrifice, and Chaos Stairway, killing the three prisoners.
• Merlin gave Serpent of Suffering’s soul to Arthur, causing Ansu and Liszt to perceive Arthur as the cultist despite his unchanged appearance.
• Merlin reshaped Son of Sacrifice’s soul into different forms and insisted that the process counted as deformation.