Vol. 1The End Path Gambit

Li Wen pursued the End Path, gathered allies and sacrifices, and uncovered the Wilson Family’s ties to the Blood Desire Church. After defeating Wilson and studying a failing array, she reached Leicester and drew the Wolf Pack Club’s attention through Bai Lu.

  • Li Wen entered Amber City with Take’s group, survived an Arcane Academy mage’s attack, and questioned him about the stolen shipment.
  • The mage died before Li Wen learned what he had taken or what caused his death.
  • Li Wen followed Giant Bell’s request through the fairy market and an underground ruin to obtain Shadowfall Potion.
  • She bound herself to The Final Codex, chose the End Path, and returned to Ake Town to arrange twelve sacrifices.
  • Li Wen became a Witch Disciple, pursued the mercenaries who massacred Regan’s village, and killed them.
  • She entered Wilson’s manor during the Crimson Feast and learned that Young Wilson had gathered corpses for a Blood Desire Church rite.
  • Li Wen destroyed Wilson’s ritual and killed him, then traveled to Taranis to study a failing array before going to Leicester.
  • She recruited Bai Lu to approach the Wolf Pack Club, whose boss summoned Bai Lu over her conspicuous use of magic.
Chapters 1–101 Read from Ch. 1

Arc 1The Amber City Expedition

Li Wen returned to the past, entered World Tree: Origins, and gained the Supplicant class while preparing to investigate a missing shipment. She led a group of players into Amber City, fought an Arcane Academy mage, and was left without answers when he died before revealing what he had stolen.

  • Li Wen woke in her old life, remembered the coming Tide and Twilight of the Apocalypse, and entered World Tree: Origins as Mephisto.
  • Li Wen sacrificed her left eye to gain Necessary Sacrifice, reached Ake Town, and persuaded Pastor Mog to shelter her while concealing her Umbral Lineage.
  • Li Wen completed a ritual to become a Stage One Supplicant, then learned that Mog had received a message tied to Black Wind Fang and the Twin Moons.
  • Li Wen tracked down Black Wind Fang at the Hop Tavern, learned about missing cargo near Streamstone Rift, and recruited Take and other players to help investigate.
  • Li Wen gathered ritual materials, created the Bone-Corroding Poison Sword, and led Take’s group to the ruins of the Temple of Tyrion.
  • Li Wen opened the temple’s hidden passage and led the players into Amber City, where an injured Fire Mage attacked them and killed several members of the group.
  • Li Wen survived the Fire Mage’s Scorching Orb with Shelter of Refraction, poisoned him, and questioned him about Amber City, the Moonlight Potion shipment, and his escape from the Arcane Academy.
  • The Fire Mage admitted he had stolen something from the Academy, but he suddenly screamed and died before Li Wen could attack him or learn what had caused his death.
Chapters 1–2525 summaries Read

Arc 2The Final Codex

Li Wen followed Giant Bell’s request through the fairy market and a dangerous underground ruin, then used the Shadowfall Potion to enter the Amber Temple and obtain The Final Codex from Perfect Amber. After binding with the codex and choosing the End Path, she returned to Ake Town and began arranging sacrifices for the Twelve Pillar Gods.

  • Li Wen found a letter and other items among the Fire Mage’s belongings, then met Giant Bell, who sent her to find someone in Amber City and altered her Eye of the Transcendent.
  • Li Wen entered the fairy market with a stolen Magic Leaf, met Granny Marsha and Moriah, and learned that a dangerous underground ruin might contain Shadowfall Potion.
  • Li Wen and Moriah followed Zotes into the dungeon, where Zotes revealed himself as a Blood Lust Cultist and unleashed a Flesh-and-Blood Dragon.
  • After Moriah defeated the dragon, Li Wen escaped his attempt to recruit her by teleporting to Amber City and showed Giant Bell the Shadowfall Potion.
  • Li Wen drank the potion, entered the Amber Temple in Shadow State, and met Perfect Amber, who gave her The Final Codex and the Eternal Star of Emerald cloak.
  • Li Wen used Giant Bell’s dial to reach a ruined world, bound herself to The Final Codex, and learned the Twilight Lineage’s twelve-stage End Path required eleven more Original Texts of Lineage.
  • Li Wen chose the End Path, died in the Blazing Flame Storm, and respawned in Ake Town with her belongings intact.
  • Li Wen spent experience to learn Divine Prayer and Craving Light, then told Pastor Mog that her first requirement was twelve sacrifices, one for each of the Twelve Pillar Gods.
Chapters 26–5025 summaries Read

Arc 3The Crimson Feast

Li Wen awakened as a Witch Disciple, escaped the Investigation Bureau, and pursued the mercenaries who massacred a village before reaching Wilson Town. As Wilson’s ritual began, she entered the manor by a hidden route and learned of Young Wilson’s crimes and the Wilson Family’s connection to the Blood Desire Church.

  • Li Wen performed a ritual at Candle Sun Church, awakened as a Witch Disciple, and killed the demon Tilroggzak before fleeing the burning ruins.
  • Li Wen tracked the mercenaries who had massacred Regan’s village, rescued Maki, and killed the mercenaries after learning Sir Wilson had arranged to remove the bodies.
  • Li Wen learned that Moria had destroyed the Fey Market and received a treasure bag and dagger from Granny Marsha, who then guided her toward the mercenaries’ camp.
  • Li Wen reached Wilson Town, joined Take and other players planning to target Viscount Wilson, and discovered that the townspeople praised Wilson and prepared a wicker-effigy sacrifice.
  • Li Lin led Take and the players into Wilson Castle, while Li Wen entered the manor alone and became trapped in a looping corridor as the Crimson Feast ritual began.
  • Li Wen escaped the manor’s corridor and corpse-like servants through a well, broke into a cellar, and met a chained adjutant who accused Young Wilson of murdering Petrie Wilson and gathering corpses for a Blood Desire Church rite.
Chapters 51–7625 summaries Read

Arc 4The Wolf Pack Gambit

Li Wen helped defeat Wilson, then traveled to Taranis to study a failing array before reaching Leicester alone. There she recruited Bai Lu and used her to approach the Wolf Pack Club, where Bai Lu’s conspicuous gambling drew the boss’s attention.

  • Li Wen and the others fought Wilson’s ritual-born monster until Moria dispelled Wilson’s chaos, and Li Wen destroyed the ritual and killed Wilson.
  • Xion invited Li Wen to the Royal Capital for questioning, but Moria took her toward the Holy Temple, and Granny Marsha revealed that the Fey Market had imprisoned the Ghost Fairy.
  • Li Wen arranged passage to Taranis Sky Continent, where Marymana welcomed her as Miranda Atlin’s apprentice and showed her a malfunctioning array core.
  • Li Wen identified the array’s Original Array, completed a blueprint of its errors, and asked Marymana for a Magic Map as payment.
  • Li Wen traveled to Leicester alone while Edward Harriman accepted a dangerous retrieval job and Bai Lu’s group was lured into a trap while pursuing Bernard Cross.
  • Li Wen left Bai Lu to defeat the wanted criminal, then recruited her and asked her to retrieve a wolf-fang-shaped bone from his remains.
  • Li Wen brought Bai Lu to the Wolf Pack Club and coached her through winning at its underground casino with discreet magic.
  • The Wolf Pack Club’s boss summoned Bai Lu and accused her of using magic too openly.
Chapters 77–10125 summaries Read
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