Chapter Summaries

Angel and Klein reflected on the completed closed loop and held a Tarot Club gathering where Gray shared a story about a Demoness deceived by two pillars. Later, Klein and Angel returned to their former selves in Backlund and reunited with Melissa and the rest of Klein’s family.

• Angel asked Klein how Gray’s information had originated, and Klein suggested the Creator’s consciousness had intervened across time to save the universe.
• Klein kept the Tarot Club’s monthly gathering, where its members shared amusing recent experiences and Gray told a story about an unlucky Demoness deceived by two pillars.
• Klein returned to Backlund and considered how he had temporarily suppressed the Celestial Worthy’s consciousness while the Great Old Ones sought to delay their inevitable convergence.
• Angel appeared beside Klein, and they assumed the appearances they had worn when they first met in Tingen.
• Klein and Angel knocked on Melissa’s door, where Melissa, Benson, and Lily recognized them, and Klein greeted his family by saying they were home.

Audrey recalled revealing her angelic identity to her family fourteen years earlier, then received a commission from Mr. Fool. She summoned Fors and learned that the important mission involved every member of the Tarot Club.

• Audrey watched Susie lead a service at Saint Audrey Church and remembered how her family reacted when she revealed she had become a Sequence 2 angel.
• Audrey told her family that Susie was a Beyonder who had reached Sequence 5, astonishing them and prompting Alfred to compare their sequences.
• Susie sensed Audrey's presence at the church and asked whether her sermon needed improvement.
• Mr. Fool contacted Audrey and said his request could let her act out the Author sequence and rehearse its promotion ritual.
• Audrey summoned Fors, and the two discussed a mission assigned by Mr. Fool and Miss Empress to all members of the Tarot Club.

Audrey reflected on revealing her angelhood to the Hall family fourteen years earlier and on Susie's rise to become an archbishop of the Fool's Church. Mr. Fool summoned Audrey and Fors for an important mission involving every member of the Tarot Club.

• Audrey recalled how she told Earl Hall, Caitlyn, Hibbert, and Alfred that she had become a Sequence 2 angel, then demonstrated her dream abilities to them.
• Audrey revealed that Susie was a Sequence 5 Beyonder, astonishing the Hall family and easing Alfred's dismay at his sister's advancement.
• At Saint Audrey Church, Susie asked Audrey for feedback on her sermon, but Mr. Fool interrupted with a request for help that would let Audrey rehearse her Sequence 1 Promotion Ritual.
• Audrey summoned Fors using her Honorific Name, and Fors appeared at the church in a brightly lit outfit.
• Audrey told Fors that Mr. Fool and Miss Empress had assigned an important mission to every member of the Tarot Club.

Christina discovered the Magic Wishing Lamp in the basement and agreed to help its Genie uncover secrets in exchange for a wish. After Dorothy caught her, Christina told her what was happening, and Dorothy chose to accompany her.

• Christina heard that her parents, Klein Moretti and Angel Granger, would be away until evening, and later watched them leave Daffodil Street.
• Christina found the Golden Kettle in the basement and summoned the Genie, who asked her to help uncover secrets in exchange for wishes.
• Christina agreed to help the Genie and learned that his first destination was in Tingen City's North Borough.
• Dorothy caught Christina leaving the basement with the lamp, and Christina told her she was going to help the Genie.
• Dorothy changed into casual clothes, took an antique silver mirror, and joined Christina.

Christina and Dorothy took the Golden Lamp to Archbishop Azik, who found no obvious danger in it, then summoned its Genie at a memorial in Street Park. The Genie said Christina must visit six more nodes, beginning in Backlund, and Dorothy turned to Arrodes to check whether he was telling the truth.

• Christina and Dorothy rode to the Church of the Fool, where Archbishop Azik examined the lamp and judged it either an ancient antique or an imitation.
• After leaving the cathedral, the sisters visited the Street Park memorial to the victims of Tingen City's gas explosion.
• Christina placed the Golden Lamp on the memorial and summoned the Genie, who said she had to visit six remaining nodes to earn three wishes.
• The Genie revealed that the next node was in Backlund and promised to use his power to make the journey quickly.
• Dorothy warned the Genie that she would take him to the Church if he lied, then asked Mr. Arrodes to verify his claim.

Christina and Dorothy used Arrodes to confirm that Klein and Angel had left Tingen and that their journey to Backlund should be safe, then set out by train with the Genie. On the train, the Genie revealed that he was a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact and began explaining mystical knowledge before a man named Mr. Dominic approached Christina.

• Dorothy explained that Arrodes could answer questions, and Christina learned about Sealed Artifacts after accidentally asking what they were.
• Arrodes showed Dorothy an image of Klein and Angel traveling by train, and Dorothy identified the mountains as York Mountain.
• The Genie used his power to help Christina and Dorothy buy first-class tickets to Backlund with money meant for third-class tickets.
• After the train departed, the Genie told Christina he was a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact and began teaching her about Potion pathways and Sequences.
• Mr. Dominic approached Christina, said she resembled an acquaintance, and introduced himself while indicating his wife and child nearby.

Christina and Dorothy reached Backlund after meeting Dominic, Sonia, and their Beyonder son, and learned that their parents were probably not high-sequence Beyonders. As the sisters headed toward the Genie’s requested destination, a thief snatched Christina’s bag containing the magic lamp and escaped into an alley.

• Dominic recognized Christina and Dorothy as the daughters of a woman he had met nineteen years earlier, and Arrodes confirmed that he had once traded with their mother.
• The Genie warned Christina that Dominic, Sonia, and their son were all Beyonders; Dominic and Sonia later realized their son had fully digested his potion after he described a strange sensation.
• At Backlund station, Dorothy identified Dominic as a likely Hunter and Sonia as a likely Seer, while she and Christina discussed whether their parents were Beyonders.
• Dorothy said Arrodes had confirmed that their parents were not high-sequence Beyonders, and the sisters set out to fulfill the Genie’s wish.
• After reaching Backlund’s East Borough, Christina had her bag containing the magic lamp stolen, and the thief fled into an alley.

Tina and Dorothy recovered the magical lamp after Arrodes punished the thief, then followed the Genie’s directions to St. Sherman Church. The chapter left them entering the church’s Prayer Hall, while Dorothy noticed that a girl carrying Black Bear Cola reacted strangely when Tina mentioned child labor.

• A thief snatched Tina’s shoulder bag and fled, but Tina and Dorothy chased him into a dead-end alley where a wall appeared behind him.
• Dorothy used Arrodes to question the thief, and the mirror struck him with lightning when he gave a false answer, causing him to drop the Golden Lamp.
• Tina retrieved the lamp and arranged for a passerby to alert the police, while Dorothy spoke with a young girl carrying a crate of Black Bear Cola.
• Tina and Dorothy followed the Genie’s directions to White Chrysanthemum Street and entered St. Sherman Church.

Christina and Dorothy visited St. Sherman Church, where Archbishop Shermane helped place the Golden Lamp on the altar and told them about the Great Smog. After leaving the church, the sisters were accused of injuring a man and taken into custody by police.

• Christina struggled to place the Golden Lamp on the altar until Archbishop Shermane accepted it and prayed over it.
• Shermane explained that St. Sherman Church honored a follower who sacrificed herself during the Great Smog, and the Genie told Christina the disaster was likely caused by a Demoness of Despair.
• Christina learned Shermane's name and realized she was a high-sequence Beyonder, then told Dorothy she might worship the Goddess of Calamity.
• Christina and Dorothy debated whether to visit Aunt Melissa for lunch or continue to the Genie's next location.
• A woman identified Christina and Dorothy to two police officers as suspects in a man's injury, and the officers ordered the sisters to come to the police station.

Christina and Dorothy were questioned at a police substation after Hudson was injured by the strange lightning, and their mention of Uncle Benson triggered a check with Police Headquarters. They learned Benson was the Deputy Minister of Finance, and he arrived at the station to take them home.

• Police officers questioned Christina and Dorothy about Hudson’s injury, and Dorothy explained that the thief had been struck by unexplained lightning.
• The young officer asked about their relatives, and Christina named Melissa Moretti and Benson Moretti.
• Dorothy used Arrodes’s Mirror to witness the officers discussing Benson’s position as Deputy Minister of Finance and their plan to verify the sisters’ connection to him.
• The young officer kept the sisters waiting with Sweet Iced Tea while the police contacted Headquarters and tried to secure the golden lamp.
• The East Borough Police Headquarters chief entered and told Christina and Dorothy that Mr. Benson had come to pick them up.
• Benson Moretti entered the interrogation room and greeted his nieces with a delighted smile.

Benson rescued Tina and Dorothy from the East Borough police station and brought them to his home, where he learned they had carried a dangerous Sealed Artifact. Melissa failed to identify the Golden Lamp, so Benson prepared to contact Angel about it.

• Benson persuaded Commissioner Bolton to release Tina and Dorothy as victims and return Tina’s bag and Golden Lamp.
• Tina and Dorothy learned that Benson was the Deputy Minister of Finance and met Lily outside the police station.
• Benson and Lily questioned the sisters about their unauthorized trip to Backlund, then took them to his villa in the North Borough.
• Benson told the girls he would send them back to Tingen after lunch and asked to inspect the Golden Lamp.
• Melissa examined the lamp and suspected it was a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact whose runes could trigger its effects.
• Benson decided to ask Klein about the lamp, and Melissa suggested he contact Angel first.

Tina and Dorothy visited Benson’s home and Melissa’s laboratory, where they accidentally activated a prototype teleportation door. The sisters arrived on a beach far from the university, with their destination unknown.

• Tina and Dorothy reunited with Zanney at Benson’s home, and Dorothy warned Tina that Benson might send them back to Tingen.
• Benson agreed to let Melissa take the sisters to her laboratory instead of sending them straight home.
• Melissa told the sisters about the Calamity Angel before showing them around Backlund Technical University’s laboratory.
• Tony explained that the Random Door could teleport objects, but Tina opened it before he could stop her, and Dorothy was pulled through with her.
• Tina and Dorothy emerged on a vast, scorching beach beneath an endless sky.

Christina and Dorothy were accidentally sent through the Spirit World to Bayam, where they followed the Genie's directions to the Azure Wind hotel to remove the Golden Lamp’s third seal. There, the Genie caused the saint Danitz to lose his intelligence, and Tina removed the Sealed Artifact responsible for it.

• Christina and Dorothy learned from the Genie that they had arrived on Blue Mountain Island near Bayam after Tina accidentally activated a door that sent them into the Spirit World.
• The sisters crossed the beach toward Bayam, and the Genie explained the Traveler ability and the history of the cliff associated with the Golden Queen.
• Dorothy asked a Loenese visitor for directions, then she and Tina used the street signs to find their way toward the Docklands.
• Danitz offered to escort the sisters to the Azure Wind hotel after learning they were looking for it, and the hotel patrons recognized him as Blazing, the Church of the Fool’s Oracle.
• At the hotel suite, the Genie amplified the negative effect of Danitz’s Sealed Artifact, leaving him grinning foolishly while Tina placed the Golden Lamp in the room to remove its third seal.
• Tina learned that Danitz was a saint and, following the Genie’s advice, removed the gold ring that had caused his loss of intelligence.

Danitz discussed his failed Iron-Blooded Knight ritual with Alger, who persuaded him to switch to the Demoness Pathway and advance as a woman before later returning to the Hunter Pathway. In Bayam, Tina and Dorothy saw Danitz’s true female form, and Denise agreed to take them to the docks after discovering they knew her secret.

• Danitz asked Alger how to complete the Iron-Blooded Knight ritual, and Alger explained that his habit of provoking teammates was driving them away.
• Alger suggested Danitz switch to the Demoness Pathway, advance to Sequence 4, and later return to the Hunter Pathway; Danitz considered the transformation and accepted a Faceless Sealed Artifact to disguise himself.
• Christina removed Danitz’s Hypocrisy ring, revealing his female form to Tina and Dorothy, and the Genie explained that Danitz had switched from the Hunter Pathway to the Demoness Pathway.
• Danitz regained his normal thinking, introduced himself to Tina and Dorothy as Denise, and agreed to take them to the docks.
• Tina asked Denise about the suite where Gehrman Sparrow and Angelica Zaki had fought, then revealed she knew Denise was Danitz; Denise concealed her anger and politely opened the door for them.

Denise escorted Christina and Dorothy through Bayam and saw them off aboard Queen Anne's Revenge, after they received tickets to the Night Theater. She then encountered a crowd of people who looked like Danitz and woke beneath the returning crimson moon, uncertain what the strange experience meant.

• Denise brought Christina and Dorothy through Bayam, explained the city’s development, and showed them the former Red Theater, now the Night Theater.
• A masked magician gave Christina and Dorothy tickets to The Great Adventurer, and Denise pocketed them after checking that the girls did not object.
• Denise escorted the sisters to Queen Anne's Revenge, which welcomed them aboard and departed from the docks.
• Denise spotted someone who looked like Danitz, then found herself surrounded by a crowd of people with his face.
• Denise woke from the experience under blood-red moonlight, wondered whether the past ten years had been a dream, and confirmed that she was still a woman.

Tina and Dorothy escaped Bayam aboard a ghost ship and met Adele Trensuost, a Sequence 1 being who was both a girl and the living warship. Adele warned them about the Magic Wishing Lamp’s dangers, explained the role of faith in anchoring gods, and announced that they had reached their destination.

• Christina told Dorothy that Lady 'Blaze' had seemed flustered, and the Genie revealed that angels in Bayam had targeted them.
• The Genie identified their vessel as a ghost ship, and Tina was plunged into darkness before Dorothy found and comforted her.
• Adele appeared and explained that she was both a Sequence 1 Prince of Abolition and the living warship.
• Adele explained the Magic Wishing Lamp’s dangerous wishes and said the Genie might cooperate if Tina helped him escape his seal.
• Adele explained that gods relied on believers as anchors of faith, and Tina considered which god to worship.
• Adele told Tina and Dorothy that they had reached their destination.

Christina and Dorothy reached Liberation Port aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, where Anne Gustav warned them not to trust the Genie completely. They continued toward the fourth sealing site in Cookawa City, and Christina found comfort in Dorothy as they traveled in a coffin carriage.

• Anne Gustav identified the harbor as Liberation Port and returned the Magic Wishing Lamp to Christina, warning her to think carefully before the final step.
• Anne revealed that she was the legendary Queen Anne’s Revenge, then sent Christina and Dorothy ashore and sailed away.
• Christina questioned the Genie about the deaths of his former owners, and he explained the Magic Wishing Lamp’s dangerous wish-granting effects and his limited role in Trunsoest’s fall.
• Christina and Dorothy learned that the fourth sealing site was in Cookawa City and hired a horse-drawn coffin to reach the steam train station.
• Christina became frightened in the dark coffin, but Dorothy held and comforted her, prompting Christina to recognize Dorothy as her anchor.

Tina and Dorothy were kidnapped in Liberation Port and taken to an underground ritual as sacrifices. When the cultists invoked the Great Uncertain Mist, Tina felt its hostile gaze and glared back, making it recoil.

• Tina and Dorothy arrived at Liberation Port's steam train station and noticed someone following them.
• Tina led Dorothy toward a nearby Church of the Eternal Darkness, but kidnappers seized them and dragged them into a carriage.
• The kidnappers revealed they planned to sacrifice the girls, and Tina wished for them both to escape with the Magic Wishing Lamp.
• The kidnappers took Tina and Dorothy to an underground chamber, where hooded figures prepared a ritual and surrounded them.
• The ritual leader invoked the Great Uncertain Mist, whose malicious gaze fell on Tina before recoiling when she glared back.

Tina and Dorothy were kidnapped and nearly sacrificed in a basement, but the ritual failed and Arianna arrived to deal with the cultists. Arianna explained that Great Existences sheltered the world, then concealed the sisters and transported them to Kukova.

• The kidnapper attempted to sacrifice Tina and Dorothy to several Great Existences, but none accepted them.
• When the man entered the altar, the Monarch of Decay’s gaze caused him to swell and rot to death, and the other believers fled into the darkness.
• Arianna emerged, concealed the corpse and fleeing cultists, and told Tina and Dorothy that the sacrifice had failed and the believers would face judgment.
• Arianna explained that the evil gods existed beyond their world and that Great Existences, including the Evernight Goddess and Mr. Fool, sheltered it.
• Tina asked Arianna to take them to Kukova and the steam train, and Arianna transported the sisters to Kukova before disappearing herself.

Tina and Dorothy reached Resurrection Square to place the Magic Wishing Lamp at the Genie's fourth seal, where they met the priest Anderson and learned of the square's history. Anderson revealed that Gehrman Sparrow had once proposed to Angelica Zaki there, but another sudden fall interrupted him before he could finish explaining their connection.

• The Genie explained that Arianna was a Sequence 1 Archangel who had concealed the dangerous details of the failed Outer Deity ritual from Dorothy.
• Tina wondered whether the many coincidences guiding her journey meant someone was staging events around her, and the Genie reassured her that no one could manipulate events in his presence.
• Tina and Dorothy reached Resurrection Square and headed to the fountain where Tina was supposed to place the Magic Wishing Lamp beside the Genie's fourth seal.
• Priest Anderson approached Tina and Dorothy, then burst into laughter when Tina told him that Danitz had become a woman; he fell and struck his head on the fountain's rim.
• Anderson told Tina that Gehrman Sparrow had proposed to Angelica Zaki at Resurrection Square, then fell against the fountain again before he could explain their connection.