Recaps

Velin and Kyle left the Teleportation Hall and met Morgan Hilory, a relative of Saint Philimona, at his home in the Holy Shia Beastman Kingdom. After discussing the kingdom’s succession and the Church of Dawn’s influence, they traveled to Brie City and teleported to the Kaidas Tribe’s territory.

• A Shia Beastman girl recognized Velin from a portrait and invited him to White Jujube Courtyard.
• Morgan Hilory welcomed Velin and Kyle, then explained that his cousin Carona Hilory would compete to become the next King.
• Morgan said that without Saint Gerrard’s guidance, the kingdom would obstruct Velin to protect the tribe’s interests, and he affirmed the Church of Dawn’s central role in the kingdom.
• Morgan sent a guard to report his meeting with Velin to the King after seeing the visitors off.
• Velin and Kyle left the capital for Brie City and spent one thousand two hundred Gold Coins to teleport to the Kaidas Tribe’s territory.

Velin and Kyle arrived in Kaidas City and traveled to the Kaidas Tribe’s plateau holy land, where Velin met Chieftain Osved Kaidas. Osved explained how the Black Asia Orcs’ actions in the Kalis Corridor caused the region’s recurring sandstorms and food shortages, and the conversation ended when Byron reminded them that dinner was ready.

• Velin and Kyle reached sandstorm-covered Kaidas City and accepted the governor’s offer of a cloud sea flying car to the tribal holy land.
• The flying car carried Velin and Kyle above the yellow sand to the plateau, where Byron welcomed Velin and led him to Osved Kaidas’s tent.
• Osved and thirty-two Soul Intent rank Shia Beastmen formally welcomed Velin, who apologized for arriving late because of the war.
• Osved explained that the Black Asia Orcs had stripped and reshaped the Kalis Corridor to direct Death Desert sandstorms toward the western tribe regions, damaging food production.
• Velin listened to Osved’s account for hours until Byron announced that dinner was ready, and Osved suggested continuing their conversation another time.

Velin and Kyle entered the space reflected in the pool and appeared in a classroom at White Night Mage Academy. Velin began investigating what kind of place it was while Kyle confronted a powerful local mage.

• Velin and Osved discussed how the Shia Beastmen had discovered the reflected town, and Velin set out across the pool with Kyle.
• A spell cast in the reflected classroom opened holes in the lake and pulled Velin and Kyle into the space.
• Velin and Kyle appeared before a mage and her apprentices, and Kyle used Language Comprehension so they could speak with her.
• The mage identified the place as White Night Mage Academy in Hamina Star City and warned that a Six-Ring Archmage was stationed there.
• Kyle pulled the hidden old man into the classroom, and Velin shattered the surrounding space while considering what the realm might be.
• The old man, revealed as the strongest person in Hamina Star City, asked Velin what business he had at the academy.

Velin learned how the magic network shaped the world’s professions and explored Hamina Star City with Headmaster Harriet. Harriet revealed that expeditions beyond the stellar systems had stopped after explorers found contaminating spirit monsters, and Velin remained unsure what kind of space he had entered.

• Velin questioned Harriet about the strongest person, learned of Lord Wade, and studied the magic network’s class system in Edith’s textbook.
• Velin asked whether Harriet and Edith knew the name Elairilia, then asked Harriet to show him around Hamina Star City.
• Velin returned Edith’s textbook and left White Night Mage Academy with Harriet, surveying the city and its ships beneath the artificial sky.
• Harriet explained that the magic network arose during the Creation Era and became a path alongside technology, while Six-Ring Archmages could live for three hundred years.
• Harriet told Velin that expeditions to more than ten stellar systems had ended after explorers found contaminating spirit monsters beyond the magic network’s reach.

Velin and Kyle traveled to the Milne Star Ring to investigate the ruins of an old battlefield, where they discovered a Gate of Demons forming and demons spilling into the surrounding cities. The chapter ended with Kyle destroying the tens of thousands of demons that approached their spacecraft.

• Velin gave Harrit a magic meditation manual and an identity crystal, then traveled with Kyle toward the Milne Star Ring.
• Velin and Kyle spent seven days searching the star ring before Kyle spotted a black formation resembling a Gate of Demons.
• A massive rift opened, and demons poured through it into the star ring and nearby cities.
• Tens of thousands of demons surrounded Velin and Kyle's spacecraft, and Velin ordered Kyle to wipe them out.
• Kyle unleashed golden holy flames and reduced the demons to ashes.

Kyle destroyed the Gate of Demons and absorbed the blood-red crystal it produced, then joined Velin as they encountered a strange beast in the Dream of the Terrifying. After feeding it Gray Crystals, Velin persuaded the beast to come with them and tried to name it.

• Kyle destroyed the Gate of Demons, absorbed its blood-red crystal, and returned to the spaceship.
• Velin identified the giant beast as a possible gift in the Dream of the Terrifying and told Kyle to clear the demons on Milne Star while he handled it.
• The beast shrank and grew stronger by devouring rocks, then offered Velin a large Intermediate Magic Crystal.
• Kyle discovered the beast wanted Gray Crystals, and Velin persuaded it to join them by promising an endless supply.
• Velin fed the beast more Gray Crystals and suggested names, but it rejected Little Gray and ignored Little White.

Velin discovered that Lance could turn Gray Crystals into Seven-Colored Crystals containing pure Soul Power, then brought the beast to Milne Star and accepted the government’s rewards for saving the planet. After meeting several Star Beings, Velin and Kyle left Milne Star aboard their new ship, while Guidance of Fate remained unavailable in the Space of Illusion and Reality.

• Lance produced a Seven-Colored Crystal after eating Gray Crystals, and Kyle absorbed it to strengthen his soul without suffering the aura of melancholy.
• Velin took Lance to Milne Star, where the beast ate part of a statue before Velin stopped him and met Governor Li Zhengqing.
• Li Zhengqing thanked Velin and Kyle for saving Milne Star and hosted a banquet for them.
• Three days later, the Central Executive Government of Milne Star gave Velin an Interstellar Exploration Ship, two billion Star Yuan, and the title of Honorary Governor.
• After staying on Milne Star for half a month and meeting several Star Beings, Velin and Kyle departed for other regions, while Guidance of Fate and Anansi's Sword remained unusable.

Velin and Kyle explored a space station that was destroyed shortly after they left, then Velin fought a strange fiery youth and gained the Red Petal of the Heart Flower. They learned that they had a hundred days to find the other petals before being expelled, and set out to search for them.

• Velin and Kyle visited a large station ruled by Lord Gas, gathered information for three days, and then departed.
• A burst of energy destroyed half the station, and a roaring fiery youth attacked Velin.
• Velin summoned the Life Knight and Death Knight to subdue and kill the youth, whose chaotic soul could not be understood.
• A beam from the youth's corpse gave Velin the Red Petal, and he learned that it represented blood and was part of the Heart Flower.
• Velin learned that gathering the Blue and Purple Petals could raise all his professions by one tier, but he and Kyle had only a hundred days before they were expelled.
• Velin told Kyle the clues for finding the remaining petals, and they began drifting through space to search for them.

Velin and Kyle searched the Millet Grand Library for the place where light and darkness meet and found it was Hamina Star City, where a strange cosmic light would appear in thirty days. While continuing their search for the Place Where the Sound of Crying Echoes, Kyle discovered a clue pointing to Kailog Star.

• Velin and Kyle traveled to Rozet Star and entered the S-class library at Millet Grand Library.
• Velin found a historical account describing the Abyss of Dawn and Dusk, Form of Will, at ancient Anadre Moon, which Kyle recognized as Hamina Star City.
• Velin learned that a strange cosmic light appeared at Hamina Star City on the third day of the third month, so he and Kyle planned to search for the Place Where the Sound of Crying Echoes while they waited for the Blue Petal.
• Velin and Kyle searched for three days and read nearly ten million books without finding a direct clue to the Place Where the Sound of Crying Echoes.
• Kyle found a passage by Cao Kongyan describing a brief crying-like sound heard as his grandfather died, and he traced the account to Kailog Star.

Velin traveled to Kailog Star and investigated the Cao Family’s records for clues to the Place Where the Sound of Crying Echoes. A diary led him to suspect the site was where Cao Fujin’s great-grandfather had died, so he asked Cao Fujin to take him there.

• Velin and Kyle arrived at Kailog Star and went to Baiyuan Space Station, where Velin used his honorary governor identity to meet Cao Fujin.
• Kyle rewarded Governor Boyot with a Soul Calming Stone for arranging the meeting with the Cao Family head.
• Cao Fujin brought Velin to his grandfather’s secret chamber, where Velin read a diary describing an ancient phrase: “Alive, how wonderful! Immortality, a curse!”
• Velin considered the phrase’s meaning and concluded that the Place Where the Sound of Crying Echoes might be where Cao Fujin’s great-grandfather died.
• Velin left the secret chamber and asked Cao Fujin to take him to the place where his great-grandfather had passed away, and Cao Fujin agreed.

Velin entered the Place Where the Sound of Crying Echoes and discovered it was a dreamlike realm inhabited by Chaos Enigmas. He obtained a purple Soul Petal and was sent away after allowing an Enigma to read his story.

• Velin lay on the bed in Cao Fujin’s great-great-grandfather’s courtyard, heard crying, and found himself transformed into a soul body inside the strange realm.
• Velin met a Chaos Enigma, learned that a Soul Flower was about to bloom, and agreed to pay for directions with his story.
• The Chaos Enigma carried Velin to the flower, where one of its nine purple petals detached and merged into his soul body.
• Velin kept his promise and let a Chaos Enigma read his story; the Enigma called him the luckiest outsider it had seen and sent him away.

Velin and Kyle returned to Hamina Star City for the Cosmic Radiance, where Velin received the Blue Petal and completed the Flower of the Heart. After exploring more of the dreamlike realm, Velin felt the force of rejection and realized he was about to leave.

• Velin woke after three days of sleep and shared his memories of the Terrifying One's dream with Kyle, who guessed the being was above an Ancient God and might have come from their world.
• Velin gave Cao Fujin a Color-patterned Stone, then he and Kyle explored space, where Kyle shattered eight Demon Gates and claimed their gifts.
• Velin and Kyle returned to Hamina Star City and waited for the Cosmic Radiance alongside thousands of ships.
• During the Cosmic Radiance, Kyle's Blue Light made the Blue Petal real, and it joined Velin's Red and Purple Petals to form the Flower of the Heart.
• Velin and Kyle spent the remaining time exploring, encountering twenty-one Demon Gate incidents, before Velin felt the realm rejecting him and realized he was about to leave.

Velin and Kyle returned from the Space of Illusion and Reality with Lance, though they had lost their memories of what happened there. Velin awakened his fourth Soul Skill, Healing—Life, and offered to restore Osved Kaidas’s missing arm in exchange for choosing an item from the Kaidas Tribe’s Treasure Vault.

• Velin and Kyle returned to the pool with Lance and learned that 125 days had passed in the outside world.
• The Heart Flower withered and released its power, allowing Velin to awaken Healing—Life and advance to a Soul Intent Low-Tier Druid.
• Velin told Osved Kaidas and the Shia Beastmen about their experience in the forgotten space, and they believed his account.
• Velin offered to repair Osved’s missing arm, and Osved agreed to let him choose an item from the tribe’s Treasure Vault as compensation.

Velin restored Osved’s severed arm by repairing his damaged soul, and Osved hosted a banquet to thank him. After Kyle advanced to Soul Intent High-level Knight, Velin and Kyle accompanied Osved to the Kaidas Tribe’s Treasure Vault to collect their rewards.

• Velin used soul power from sixty Gold-grade Demon Soul Light Orbs to repair Osved’s soul, allowing Osved to regrow his left arm.
• Osved thanked Velin, reunited with his descendants and tribal leaders, and held a banquet in his honor.
• Kyle went into seclusion to advance to Soul Intent High-level Knight and activate the sealed gift in Angel’s Heart.
• Two days later, Velin and Kyle visited Osved, who led them to one of the Kaidas Tribe’s Treasure Vaults.
• Osved offered Velin two treasures and Kyle one as payment, and the two entered the vault to choose their rewards.

Velin and Kyle chose treasures in the Kaidas Tribe’s vault, then traveled to White Blade City to contact the Ode Organization. The chapter ended with Velin using a coded request at The Praiser Tavern and being led toward a private room.

• Velin had Kyle translate treasure descriptions while he inspected the vault, and Kyle chose the Azurewood Sword for Lan.
• Velin selected the Winterspring Gem and the Book of Wind Movements after Kyle explained the treasures he had noted.
• Velin and Kyle left the vault, returned to the Kaidas Tribe’s sacred grounds, and departed after staying there for half a month.
• Velin and Kyle detoured to White Blade City to meet members of the Ode Organization and entered The Praiser Tavern.
• Velin gave the tavern’s coded order and requested Room Number 333, and the attendant offered Room Number Nine instead.

Velin and Kyle traveled through a concealed route to the Ode Organization’s branch in the Holy Shia Beastman Kingdom, where Velin presented his token and claimed leadership. The branch faced a conflict with the Xilore Tribe, and a young man at the branch prepared to meet the newcomers.

• A Shia Beastman girl escorted Velin and Kyle through a hidden lift and teleportation route, while they learned that two masked assassins controlled access to it.
• At a transit station, Velin presented his father’s token, and a middle-aged man recognized him as the Ode Organization’s nominal leader.
• Furnas told the middle-aged man that the Ilroge Organization had pledged allegiance to the royal court and was controlled by the Xilore Tribe, making the Xilore Tribe their enemy.
• Velin and Kyle teleported from the transit station to the Ode Organization’s underwater branch, its former headquarters beneath a ten-thousand-fathom water curtain.
• A young man dressed in black flew from a tower to a guarded Teleportation Array.

Velin visited the Ode Organization’s headquarters in the Holy Shia Beastman Kingdom, examined its records and learned its structure and scale. After hearing about the organization’s conflict with the Ilroge Organization and its new backing from the Xilore Tribe, he left the matter of their response to himself.

• Arivat welcomed Velin and Kyle, then guided them to the archives after explaining that Vickas was in the Southern Desert Kingdom.
• Velin read files on the assassins Kui and Yi, then studied the roster and learned that Arivat commanded 2,537 people.
• Velin decided not to summon Vickas and toured the organization’s underground headquarters with Arivat.
• Arivat told Velin that the Ode Organization had clashed with the Ilroge Organization and that the Xilore Tribe had recently begun backing its rival.
• Velin said he would try to resolve the conflict before the organization considered withdrawing from the Holy Shia Beastman Kingdom.

Velin visited Morgan Hilory to seek help mediating the conflict between the Ode Organization and the Ilroge Organization, but Morgan claimed he could not persuade the Ilroge Organization's tribal patron. Velin left the kingdom, while Morgan secretly ordered the Ilroge Organization to drive out the Ode Organization.

• Velin and Kyle traveled to Shia City, where Kyle began guiding soldiers onto the Soul Painter path during their stay.
• Morgan spoke with his wife about his plan and promised to take responsibility if it was exposed.
• Velin asked Morgan to help mediate the dispute between the Ode Organization and the Ilroge Organization, but Morgan said Elder Bronfield was at odds with his branch.
• Velin and Kyle left Morgan's courtyard, packed their things, and headed for the Teleportation Array to leave the kingdom.
• After reading his spy's report, Morgan summoned Karona and ordered her to tell the Ilroge Organization to drive the Ode Organization out of the kingdom.

Velin and Kyle reached the Dawn Grand Cathedral, where a Saint summoned them to the main hall. Gerrard returned to face the Dawn Pontiff Emicilia, and she revealed that they would soon meet Velin, a Person of Divine Grace, and introduce him to Lester.

• Velin and Kyle left Pames City for the capital, then walked to the Central Plaza after finding the roads congested.
• Kyle told Velin that the normal process would keep them waiting two years to enter the temple, so they sat on the Repentance Stairs.
• Gerrard ordered Radrien to bring the black-haired youth and his blond companion to the main hall, then went to meet Emicilia.
• Emicilia reminded Gerrard that he had been away and told him he would stay for three months.
• Emicilia explained that the God of Dawn had ordered her to introduce Lester to the Person of Divine Grace, who would guide Lester through his final three years of Temperament Training.
• A Temple Knight approached Velin and Kyle as Velin said that the man had arrived.

Velin met Dawn Pontiff Emicilia, who offered him the title of Eternal Dawn Knight, and he accepted. Emicilia also assigned Lester to train under Velin for three years, and Lester escorted Velin and Kyle away to rest.

• Radrien brought Velin and Kyle from the square into the Dawn Grand Cathedral to meet the Dawn Pontiff.
• Velin and Kyle paid their respects to Dawn Pontiff Emicilia in the main hall.
• Emicilia recounted Velin's deeds and asked whether he would become an Eternal Dawn Knight; Velin accepted the honor.
• Emicilia announced that she would confer the title on Velin in half a month.
• Emicilia assigned Lester, who was preparing for the Dawn Paladin trial, to complete three years of Temperament Training under Velin.
• Lester escorted Velin and Kyle from the main hall to rest.

Velin discussed Lester’s training with Kyle and learned from Gerrard that Lester had inherited a trace of the God of Dawn’s divinity. Gerrard agreed to help Velin’s other matter and arranged for the Church of Dawn to fund the teleportation array in the Ilia Kingdom.

• Lester escorted Velin and Kyle to a side hall, then left to resume training and check on the children.
• Velin and Kyle discussed Lester’s rigid sense of order and proposed ways to broaden his temperament and experience.
• Gerrard revealed that Lester was not the God of Dawn’s avatar but had inherited a trace of the god’s divinity, and told Velin to guide him as he saw fit.
• Velin asked Gerrard for help with his matter, and Gerrard said he would send Barlekyen to handle it.
• Gerrard offered to have the Church of Dawn negotiate the teleportation array and cover all its supplies as compensation for the failed operation against the God of Seven Emotions.

Gerrard ordered Gerard to inspect the Holy Shia Beastman Kingdom’s border and eliminate Ilroge, while Gerard arranged for knights to be mobilized and left Tana in charge of the Yulali City church. Velin visited Devitt Bank with Kyle and Lester, revealed his Eagle Emblem token, and was greeted by the branch president.

• Gerrard tasked Gerard with inspecting the border and eliminating Ilroge, and Gerard ordered Muen to mobilize three hundred Gold-grade knights and Tana to oversee the church.
• Velin left the Dawn Grand Cathedral with Kyle and met Lester, who said the Saint had ordered him to accompany them.
• Kyle and Lester exchanged challenges to fight as the three traveled to Devitt Bank.
• Velin asked a bank employee about storing an Extraordinary Grade Knight Longsword and the bank’s compensation policy.
• Velin showed the employee his Eagle Emblem token, and Beckley Barun arrived and knelt to greet him.

Velin reviewed the Eagle Chamber of Commerce’s assets in the Holy Third Dawn Kingdom and decided to keep Beckley Barun as the branch manager. On the way to White Night Flower Park, Lester left the carriage to investigate a confrontation between a foreigner and another person.

• Velin inspected the Eagle Chamber of Commerce’s accounts as Beckley Barun reported on its businesses and assets in the kingdom.
• Velin overlooked minor discrepancies in the books and reaffirmed Beckley Barun as manager, prompting Beckley to swear he would serve him faithfully.
• Velin, Kyle, and Lester toured Devitt Bank before Velin chose to visit White Night Flower Park.
• During the carriage ride, Velin brewed tea and shared it and fruit with Kyle and Lester.
• The carriage stopped after they heard someone accuse a foreigner of stealing money, and Lester got out to investigate.

Lester intervened in a theft accusation, used a lie-detection array to clear Kelly, and exposed the Evil God pollution on her cheek. He offered to treat her and took her into his carriage, where Velin and Kyle recognized his compassion as that of a Dawn Knight.

• Lester examined Yvette and Kelly with his Soul Eye, then stopped Yvette from continuing to insult Kelly.
• Constable Antoine Temec used a lie-detection array to establish that Kelly had not stolen anything and Yvette had not knowingly made a false accusation; Yvette was fined and ordered to compensate Kelly.
• After the Constables left, Lester revealed the festering Evil God pollution on Kelly's cheek and asked whether she wanted treatment.
• Kelly agreed, and Lester invited her into his carriage.
• Velin and Kyle said Lester was a Dawn Knight but that his character alone was not enough to become a Dawn Paladin; Velin then offered Kelly a fruit to help her relax.

Lester visited White Night Flower Park and remembered Lucia, whose sacrifice had made him a Dawn Knight. After leaving the park, he removed the Evil God's power from Kelly and gave her life essence to protect her during the treatment.

• Velin cleared the weeds at White Night Flower Park while Lester stood by a crooked tree, absorbed in thought.
• Lester remembered his century-long friendship with Lucia, who had given her life to help him become a Dawn Knight, and vowed to carry her will into his Dawn Paladin trial.
• After four hours at the park, Velin noticed a stone tablet stating that Lester had carved it in Radiant Calendar 9732.
• Back at Dawn Grand Cathedral, Lester took Kelly to a room and began removing the Evil God's power from her soul.
• Lester extracted the final trace of the Evil God's power, gave Kelly life essence, and sat down to rest.