Chapter Summaries

The Miracle Core's ritual redirected its power from most participants to the player nodes, allowing the Undying Flower to become a near-solid entity that Li Wen recognized as an embryonic divinity. Poe D'Lien and Kourt both charged for the flower, and their collision unleashed a devastating storm that threatened everyone in the Sunken City.

• The Ritual Array's connections snapped at most nodes, but the bands linking the players remained and drained their experience and something deeper from them.
• Li Wen realized the flower had redirected the ritual toward the power or rules above the players, and concluded that the Undying Flower was an embryonic form of divinity.
• The unstable flower exploded into points of light that gathered in the sky and formed a near-solid Undying Flower.
• Poe D'Lien and Kourt broke their century-long alliance and rushed to claim the flower.
• Poe D'Lien's magic and Kourt's skeletal hand collided, unleashing a destructive energy storm that shattered the Ritual Array and left everyone struggling to survive.

Selwyn Lagoven arrived with Remington to shield the survivors from the battle between Poe D'Lien and Kourt and prepare their escape. As the group fled the collapsing ruins, Fu Qingyan realized Mephisto was missing.

• Poe D'Lien and Kourt unleashed devastating powers that threatened everyone trapped in the plaza.
• Selwyn Lagoven arrived through Remington's teleportation ritual and protected the group with a curtain of light.
• Selwyn explained that the long-range Teleportation Array was ready and said he would stay behind to handle the aftermath.
• Joseph Willbrard regenerated and attacked Remington, so Moria joined the captain while Edgar ordered the others to retreat.
• Fu Qingyan noticed that Mephisto had disappeared from the fleeing group.

Moria drank a pale golden liquid that lifted Joseph’s curse and joined Remington in a fight that began to wear Joseph down. Meanwhile, Li Wen headed toward the Undying Flower, planning to seize her chance when it completed its metamorphosis.

• Remington smashed Joseph’s chest, but Joseph healed rapidly and taunted him about being impossible to kill.
• Moria drank the golden liquid, dispelled the curse marks on his skin, and attacked Joseph with Radiance, weakening his regeneration.
• Joseph fought recklessly and revealed that Lord Kourt had taken his death, leaving him trapped in an eternal curse.
• Selwyn judged that Joseph was burning through his cursed soul and chose to save his strength for the battle at the storm’s center.
• Li Wen realized the Undying Flower was absorbing the power and Remnant Souls of Poe D'Lien and Kourt, and continued toward it to strike when it was most vulnerable.

Li Wen fought through the destructive storm around Sunken City and used repeated Lost Moth teleports to reach the Undying Flower while Poe D'Lien and Kourt struggled to claim it. At 100% Twilight Erosion, she appeared inside the flower’s deepest core, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Li Wen endured the storm’s attacks and the Undying Flower’s soul-crushing pressure as she approached the battlefield’s center.
• Poe D'Lien and Kourt stopped attacking each other and tried to bind the Undying Flower with magic and death energy.
• Li Wen seized the brief opening and used Lost Moth twice to cross the battlefield’s outer energy zone.
• Li Wen used Lost Moth a third time to reach the flower’s petals, pushing Twilight Erosion to 96%.
• Li Wen made a fourth teleport as Twilight Erosion reached 100% and appeared in the Undying Flower’s innermost core.

Li Wen used The Final Codex and Poem of Paradise to draw the Undying Flower into fully blooming, but its unleashed divinity destroyed Poe D'Lien and Kourt. As the underwater ruins faced the flower’s power, Selwyn teleported himself, Moria, and Captain Remington away.

• With Twilight Erosion at 100%, Li Wen summoned The Final Codex and cast Poem of Paradise inside the Undying Flower’s core.
• The Undying Flower sensed the Codex, fully bloomed, and unleashed its divinity across the world.
• The flower erased Poe D'Lien and Kourt and absorbed their Remnant Souls and power.
• Joseph lost the curse sustaining his immortality, and Moria seized the moment to kill him with a sword strike.
• Selwyn warned Captain Remington and Moria not to look up, then teleported all three away from the collapsing underwater ruins.

Li Wen used herself as bait to make the Undying Flower reveal its divinity and touch The Final Codex. The Codex destroyed and consumed the flower, then sent refined power into Li Wen, rescuing her from Twilight Erosion and forcing her to advance.

• Li Wen relied on The Final Codex to punish the Undying Flower when it reached for the Supreme Artifact.
• The Final Codex turned its gaze on the flower, and cracks spread across its form as its existence began to collapse.
• The Codex devoured the flower's essence, refining a portion of its power and sending it into Li Wen's soul.
• The power drove Li Wen's Twilight Erosion down from 99% until the progress panel vanished.
• Li Wen's consciousness returned as the nourishment reforged her, and she began advancing beyond the limits of her rank as a Witch Disciple.

Li Wen witnessed the colossal tree’s death and joined a faceless witch in chanting the end, reshaping her soul and completing her advancement to End Chanter. She returned to the ruins of Sunken City with new abilities and the Touch of Wither trait, while the Undying Flower and its creator had vanished.

• Li Wen’s consciousness rose beyond the worlds and witnessed the colossal tree wither as its leaves, branches, and roots disintegrated.
• A faceless witch caught the last amber mote beneath the dead tree and began chanting about the end of all things.
• Li Wen joined the witch’s chant, becoming a chanter as the Undying Flower’s nourishment rebuilt her spiritual foundation.
• Li Wen returned to the game above Sunken City after the energy storm subsided and the Undying Flower and its creator vanished.
• Li Wen advanced to End Chanter, gained Lament of Paradise and Touch of Wither, improved Poem of Paradise, and lost Professional Pickpocket.

After defeating Kourt, Li Wen examined the powers she had gained and discovered a clue to the Decay Codex in the Final Codex. She decided to wait out the Lost status before attempting to return to Port Belen.

• Li Wen reviewed her new Lament of Paradise ability, the upgraded Poem of Paradise, and the Touch of Wither trait.
• Li Wen realized that Kourt’s death had seemingly ended her chance of learning the Decay Codex’s whereabouts.
• Li Wen found a new page in the Final Codex bearing a coded message about the White Death God’s coronation in the Forgotten Kingdom.
• Li Wen chose to log out and wait for her Lost status to expire before traveling.

After the battle near Sunken City, Selwyn, Captain Remington, and Moria waited aboard an Ice Ship for Li Wen, uncertain whether she had survived. Li Wen returned safely and reported that Poe D'Lien and Kourt were dead, and the group set course for Port Belen.

• Selwyn searched the sea for traces of the vanished presence while Captain Remington urged the others to leave.
• Moria said they were waiting for Miss Mephisto and revealed that she was the apostle of the Twilight Witch, acknowledged by Impurities.
• Remington spotted Li Wen flying toward the Ice Ship, and she landed safely aboard.
• Li Wen reported that Poe D'Lien and Kourt were both dead without mentioning the Undying Flower.
• Selwyn declared the threat eliminated and turned the Ice Ship toward Port Belen.

Li Wen and Moria returned to Port Belen after the disaster at sea, while Captain Remington mourned the loss of the Adventurer and its crew. Li Wen joined Moria to visit Ms. Sivell, and they arrived at Fog Bell Alley as each considered the mysteries still ahead.

• The survivors reached Port Belen, and Selwyn Lagoven reported that he would brief the Sunday Secret College before vanishing.
• Captain Remington said he needed to find the families of the sailors lost with the Adventurer, then left alone.
• Moria decided to seek Ms. Sivell's divination about the Great Blood and The Truth Society's plans.
• Li Wen agreed to accompany Moria while she continued deciphering the White Death God's cryptic message.
• Li Wen and Moria crossed Port Belen and arrived at the entrance to Fog Bell Alley.

Li Wen and Moria visited Sivell after Kourt’s death, learning that his bloodline curse and influence could endure and that the Great Blood was in Arthur’s Royal Capital. Sivell warned Moria to be wary of mages as they left.

• Moria told Sivell that Kourt was dead, and she explained that Archmage Aiswell had saved Loren Ting City’s residents before casting Skyfall.
• Sivell revealed that Kourt’s blood-bound call had lured generations of Lorenteen descendants, including people from Port Belen, to their deaths at sea.
• Sivell said Roberts had returned from Black Reef Bay before becoming a pirate and vanishing at sea again.
• Sivell prophesied that the Great Blood was held collectively in Arthur’s Royal Capital, where light shone brightest and shadows thrived.
• Li Wen declined Sivell’s offer to divine her fate, and Sivell warned Moria never to completely trust mages.

After leaving Fog Bell Alley, Moria and Li Wen decided to travel from Port Belen to the Royal Capital to investigate the threat posed by Great Blood. Fu Qingyan gave them gold for the journey, and Moria arranged a carriage and a map of safe supply points.

• Moria reflected on Sivell's warning not to trust mages completely as he and Li Wen left the sealed Eternal Life Blessing Cult church behind.
• Li Wen said she was going to the Royal Capital to consult ancient Giant myths, and Moria agreed to accompany her because Great Blood posed a danger to royal power.
• Fu Qingyan found Li Wen and Moria and learned that the Adventurer had sunk and Captain Remington had lost companions.
• Fu Qingyan gave Li Wen gold as thanks for her materials and as travel money for the Royal Capital.
• Moria secured a low-cost carriage through the merchants' guild and obtained an official map showing safe supply points along the route.

Princess Victoria reviewed the aftermath of the Eternal Life Blessing Cult's defeat and confronted Captain Edgar and his team with the truth about their secret assassination mission. Edgar, Anles, and Lina chose to swear loyalty to her, while Moria and Mephisto departed for Camelot.

• Victoria learned that Spade K had been imprisoned and that most captured players had returned to their respawn points by suicide.
• Victoria summoned Edgar and his team, then revealed that the General Bureau of Investigation had ordered them to arrange her accidental death in Port Belen.
• Victoria offered Edgar and his team the choice of killing her or pledging loyalty to her and receiving protection from the conspirators beneath the throne.
• Edgar knelt before Victoria, and Anles and Lina followed, signaling their allegiance.
• Helena reported that Moria and Mephisto had left Port Belen for the northwest, and Victoria said they would meet again in Camelot.

Moria and Li Wen traveled toward Camelot, where Li Wen planned to investigate Giant mythology and seek clues to the Book of Truth. The journey ended in Oak Town when an elderly woman begged Moria to save her grandson.

• Moria helped villagers along the road without accepting payment, while Li Wen watched and reflected on his actions.
• Li Wen set aside the mystery of the White Death God and decided that Camelot was her best destination for researching Giant mythology and the Book of Truth.
• The coachman told Moria about Camelot’s White Rose City Walls, the Sunday Secret College, and St. George’s Grand Cathedral.
• In Oak Town, an elderly woman pushed through the crowd and begged Moria to save her grandson.

Moria and Li Wen investigated Jamie’s mysterious Umbral curse and learned it came from an abandoned mine east of Oak Town. Moria set out to eradicate the source, and Li Wen joined him.

• An old woman told Moria that her grandson Jamie was dying with cold skin and spreading black spots, so Moria and Li Wen went to examine him.
• Moria recognized the spots as a corrosive curse from the Umbral Lineage that was eroding Jamie’s soul.
• The old woman revealed that Jamie had entered an abandoned mine with friends seeking ancient gold coins, and he returned alone while the others disappeared.
• Moria prayed over Jamie, easing his pain and temporarily suppressing the curse.
• Moria promised to investigate the mine, and Li Wen joined him as they left the shack.

Li Wen and Moria entered the abandoned mine and found townsfolk drained by a spreading curse. Li Wen recognized a coin linked to the False Court, and something approached them from deeper in the mine.

• Moria and Li Wen entered the mine and found a dead townsman covered in the same black blotches as Jamie.
• Li Wen sensed the growing darkness and guided Moria through a narrow passage toward its source.
• Li Wen and Moria found three more shriveled corpses as the mine walls became coated in a strange, black-seeping membrane.
• Li Wen picked up a gold coin engraved with a Crown of Thorns and identified it as a token of the False Court.
• A heavy scraping sound came from the tunnel ahead as something approached Li Wen and Moria.

Li Wen and Moria fought their way through the mine and discovered a cavern containing a ritual altar surrounded by the townspeople’s bodies. They reached the heart of the apparent cult stronghold, where the gold coins bearing the Crown of Thorns lay on each corpse’s forehead.

• Moria identified the thorn-crowned monster as the final form of those consumed by the curse, while Li Wen suspected a connection between the False Court and the Umbral Lineage.
• Li Wen used Poem of Paradise to paralyze the charging monster, and Moria killed it with a strike to the neck.
• The Crown of Thorns on the monster’s head withered into ash as its body collapsed.
• Li Wen and Moria entered a vast cavern covered in a pulsing black membrane and illuminated by blue fungi.
• They found an obsidian-like altar surrounded by dozens of townspeople’s corpses, each bearing a gold coin engraved with the Crown of Thorns.

Li Wen and Moria discovered that the altar was absorbing the villagers’ greed and desire to summon an ancient dragon. Li Wen recognized the dragon as a counterfeit created by the False Court and shattered it with the Poem of Paradise, Gift of Temperance.

• Li Wen realized that the glowing coins on the villagers’ corpses were feeding the altar.
• The altar awakened and summoned a colossal dragon phantom from a scarlet vortex.
• Moria tried to explain that they had come to investigate the villagers’ disappearances, but the dragon accused humans of creating its evil and prepared to attack.
• Li Wen stepped forward and identified the dragon as a counterfeit molded by the False Court from life and desire.
• Li Wen used the Poem of Paradise, Gift of Temperance, and shattered the dragon phantom.

Li Wen and Moria destroyed the false dragon and altar in the mine, ending the curse and saving Jamie, though the False Court left no clues behind. After reporting the outcome in Oak Town, they resumed their journey toward Camelot.

• Li Wen recognized that the false dragon and altar had been disposable parts of the False Court’s trap, and Moria said the danger to the townspeople had ended.
• Li Wen and Moria left the mine and returned to Oak Town after the remaining supernatural traces and bodies turned to ash.
• Moria told Jamie’s grandmother that the source of evil had been eradicated, and she found Jamie awake from the curse with his health restored.
• Li Wen and Moria declined the grandmother’s offer of food, left Oak Town, and told their driver to continue to Camelot.

Li Wen and Moria reached Camelot, where the kingdom had begun regulating foreign players through registration, restrictions, and surveillance. After entering through a separate gate passage as extraordinary individuals, they planned to find lodging and go their separate ways.

• Li Wen and Moria arrived at Camelot and saw a long queue of players waiting at a checkpoint outside the city.
• Li Wen recognized the Foreigner Management Act, which required players to register, follow strict rules, and face observation by kingdom authorities.
• Moria praised the kingdom's approach to managing foreigners, and he and Li Wen used their Radiance Spectrum credentials to enter through an unobstructed passage.
• Li Wen saw that players inside Camelot behaved cautiously under the act's deterrent, while guards kept the busy streets orderly.
• Moria suggested they find lodging before acting separately, and Li Wen agreed so she could plan her next move.