Recaps

Caroso’s faction and its allies betrayed their sides and joined the Church of the God of Wisdom, turning the battle into a decisive encirclement. As Gabri charged Anduin, Varian and Uther moved to stop him while Caroso and Nimel felt magic surging into them.

• Caroso and Nimel discussed how the dungeon’s divine descent ritual might awaken the God of Wisdom through Nimel’s godhead fragment.
• Caroso set off fireworks, prompting Anduin, Varian, Caroso, and Teresa to abandon their factions and join the Church of the God of Wisdom.
• Nimel accepted their allegiance, and the two opposing factions lost half their remaining troops as the defectors shifted the balance of the battle.
• Teresa gave Uther the choice to join or die, and he agreed, bringing his troops over to the Church of the God of Wisdom.
• Gabri charged Anduin, while Varian descended on a griffin and used his imitation Laevateinn to block him with Uther’s card enhancement.
• Caroso and Nimel felt a powerful tide of magic flow into their bodies.

Varian and his allies fought Gabri and the graveyard heroes while Norman tried to defect, but Gabri turned on him and left him isolated. Bai’s card suppressed everyone’s attributes except his and Caroso’s, revealing their shared Divine Purification card, and Nimel discovered that her hair had turned green.

• Teresa led the soldiers in a charge that drove the enemy troops into retreat while Varian and the heroes fought Gabri and the graveyard heroes.
• Norman begged Nimel and the others to accept him, but Varian let Gabri break through and Gabri attacked Norman as a traitor.
• Anduin and Uther refused to save Norman, who tried and failed to persuade Gabri to join forces with him.
• Bai used a card that weakened everyone except Bai and Caroso, and Caroso countered Zoltan’s dark magic with Divine Purification.
• Norman recognized Caroso Kolia and realized why he was there, while Nimel wondered how Bai and her brother had made their shared card.
• Naxxis told Nimel that her hair had turned green, and Nimel panicked that she had been greened.

Caroso fought Zoltan and used a soul-cutting technique to erase him. As the battle continued, Gabri was weakened and beheaded by Varian.

• Caroso charged Zoltan, pierced his chest with Guanshi Zhengzong, and was rescued from Zoltan’s tentacles by Teresa.
• Caroso used the Ancient Dust Revolver to destroy Zoltan’s Death Knight phantom and badly wound him.
• Caroso used Dark Sky Wave Eye to erase Zoltan’s soul.
• Gabri stabbed Norman, but Naxxis restrained Gabri with a giant hand of light.
• Anduin cast Weaken on Gabri, allowing Varian to decapitate him with his flaming sword.

After clearing the Eighth-tier Dawn City dungeon, Caroso revealed his identity and explained how his group had entered and taken control of the mission. Nimel then discovered she could not exit, leaving Caroso, Bai, and Teresa with her as the others returned to the outside world.

• Caroso revealed his true appearance and told the other challengers that Gabri, Anwen, Zoltan, and their forces had been destroyed.
• Caroso explained that he, Bai, and Teresa had entered after meeting Tom at a tavern, where Bai's card victories had triggered the mission.
• Nimel told Caroso that she had no option to exit, and Bai noticed their connecting threads had grown thicker.
• The others speculated that Nimel did not count toward the dungeon's eleven-person entry limit, but they could not explain why she was trapped.
• Anduin, Varian, Vareesa, Malfurion, Uther, and Jaina left the dungeon, leaving Caroso, Bai, Teresa, and Nimel behind.

Nimel feared the God of Wisdom would take over her body, while Caroso, Teresa, and Bai argued over who should stay behind to protect her. Caroso and Bai resolved to remain, but a voice announced that none of them would be allowed to leave.

• Nimel clutched Caroso's hand and admitted through her fear that she did not want the God of Wisdom to overwrite her consciousness or harm Caroso.
• Caroso asked Bai whether they still had the same number of lines, and Teresa insisted on helping him face the threat.
• Caroso argued that Teresa should leave because the people and causes waiting outside needed her, but Teresa offered to stay in his place.
• Caroso told Teresa that if he died, she should use his identity and his notebook to carry on his work, and Teresa eventually agreed to leave.
• Nimel urged Caroso to go, but he refused, and Teresa's figure faded as she departed.
• Bai chose to stay behind with Caroso, but a voice suddenly declared that none of them would be leaving.

The God of Wisdom descended in human form, absorbed her hidden incarnations from Nimel, and rose to the tenth rank. Caroso tried to stop her but was badly injured, then began drawing on Nimel’s divine power before risking everything with a card.

• The God of Wisdom appeared above Caroso and the others, destroyed the surviving Church members and constructs, and absorbed the energy from her former headquarters.
• The God of Wisdom pulled her shadows from Nimel and reached the tenth rank, leaving Nimel fading and helpless.
• Caroso charged the God of Wisdom with Guanshi Zhengzong, but her laws of time and space stopped his blade, and she smashed him into White Desert.
• Caroso began absorbing Nimel’s divine power, which helped him withstand the God of Wisdom’s attack.
• Caroso told Bai they could only risk everything and threw out a card.

Caroso and Bai faced the God of Wisdom, whose power overwhelmed them despite Caroso's attack with Obelisk the Tormentor. The Lord of Eternal Life revealed that Caroso could absorb the dead's power, and Caroso began drawing in souls, blood, and magic to gain a chance against the god.

• Caroso summoned Obelisk the Tormentor, but the God of Wisdom froze the giant and erased its cracks with another wave of his staff.
• Caroso attacked the God of Wisdom from behind, but his strike failed and an Ice Arrow pierced his abdomen.
• The God of Wisdom unleashed a barrage of Ice Arrows, blasting holes through Obelisk the Tormentor as Caroso took cover behind it.
• The Lord of Eternal Life explained that Caroso could absorb life force, souls, and magic power, urging him to use the dead's power against the God of Wisdom.
• Caroso raised Guanshi Zhengzong and absorbed the souls, blood, and lingering magic from the battlefield, prompting the God of Wisdom to accuse the Lord of Eternal Life.

Caroso absorbed the souls and magic around him, but he could not convert the power fast enough and began to die. The Lord of Eternal Life gave Bai forbidden knowledge so she could make a card to purify the magic, while it held off the God of Wisdom; Bai began crafting the card as the Lord’s presence faded.

• Caroso absorbed Nimel’s power and numerous souls, but the mixed magic overwhelmed his ability to convert it, leaving his body covered in conflicting colors.
• The God of Wisdom attacked Caroso, but the Lord of Eternal Life’s stone intervened and was frozen before falling silent.
• Bai learned from the Lord of Eternal Life that Caroso would die unless she used its knowledge to purify his power and make it his own.
• The Lord of Eternal Life explained that Caroso could advance without a bottleneck if he had enough power, but could not survive absorbing it without purification.
• Bai accepted the forbidden power and began gathering elements to make a card from nothing, while the God of Wisdom weakened the Lord of Eternal Life’s stone until its soul aura vanished.

Messiah entered the dungeon to stop the God of Wisdom from resurrecting while Bai created cards to stabilize Caroso and help him save Nimel. Caroso absorbed the shattered souls of his allies, but Gabri resisted conversion and tried to take over his body.

• Messiah confronted the God of Wisdom, using her spiritual power to keep him from completing his resurrection.
• Messiah told Bai and Caroso to act, and Bai used the Lord of Eternal Life’s relics to make the God Cards Conversion and Sea of Stars.
• Tom sent Bai a card from beyond the dungeon barrier, and Bai discovered its message had answered her complaint about his card-playing.
• Bai used Conversion to ease Caroso’s pain as Zoltan’s, Anwen’s, and Gabri’s soul fragments entered his body.
• Gabri resisted Conversion and declared that he would seize Caroso’s body, marks, and other secrets.

Caroso let Gabri’s soul fragments enter his mental sea and discovered that the bullet comments prevented anyone from replacing him. He gained power from Bai Xiao’s card and summoned Merlin, who appeared in a wedding dress as the God of Wisdom remained a threat.

• Gabri’s soul exploded into fragments, and Caroso realized that anyone trying to take over his body would have to withstand the bullet comments.
• Caroso let the soul fragments invade his mental sea while Messiah struggled to hold back the God of Wisdom, who was absorbing the space’s power.
• Bai Xiao gave Caroso her remaining magic power in a pseudo-god card, and he used it to form a deep-blue starlight sword.
• Caroso selected Merlin through the reset Support option and summoned her through a Teleport portal.
• Merlin appeared in a wedding dress with a ring inscribed with a message for her and Can We Eat First, while the bullet comments revealed that her deck specialized in support.

Merlin entered the battle and used her cards to heal and strengthen Caroso and his followers, while equipment prepared by the Netizens helped counter the God of Wisdom. A Tempting Tear Mole card then made the God of Wisdom, Messiah, and Bai feel unusually attracted to Caroso, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Bai was shocked to see Merlin enter, and Caroso told her he would explain later.
• Merlin healed the Giant God Soldier with the Sacred Sword of Light and strengthened it with cards, allowing it to break free of the ice.
• Merlin equipped Caroso with Frost Armor and Arcane Boots designed to resist the God of Wisdom’s ice and magic.
• A Tempting Tear Mole card made the God of Wisdom, Messiah, and Bai find Caroso more appealing.
• Caroso and his Blue-Eyes White Dragon prepared to attack as the gods and Bai struggled with their sudden attraction to him.

Caroso fought the God of Wisdom with Merlin’s support, using his ninth-tier strength to injure Her and create an opening for a close-range attack. Just as he struck, the God of Wisdom revealed that she had taken control of the Mage Tower and crushed part of his soul through his soul imprint.

• Caroso wounded the God of Wisdom’s shoulder, and a sprite’s head emerged from the gash before She counterattacked with cold.
• The Giant God Soldier struck the God of Wisdom, but She summoned the Ice Titan and cast Extreme Deep Cold, freezing Bai’s White Desert scene.
• Caroso rode the Blue-Eyes White Dragon toward the God of Wisdom, but Her magic circle trapped the fighters and Nimel.
• Caroso used the Blue-Eyes White Dragon’s roar to break through the magic circle, then abandoned the dragon and rushed toward the God of Wisdom.
• Caroso attacked with the Sea of Stars and Void-Cleaving Slash, but the God of Wisdom crushed part of his soul through the imprint branded on the Mage Tower.

Caroso fused his memories with the Corrupted Card’s and used Messiah’s divine power to battle the God of Wisdom. After surviving the God’s ultimate attack, Caroso pierced Him through the chest, revealing that the threatened soul imprint of his teacher had been an illusion.

• Caroso’s reason collapsed as the Corrupted Card’s memories merged with his, awakening a new law and transforming him into a ferocious fighter.
• Caroso drained Messiah’s divine power and used it to fight the God of Wisdom while the Giant God Soldier battled the weakened Frost Titan.
• The God of Wisdom unleashed Cosmic Annihilation: Song of Ice and Fire, apparently killing Caroso and destroying Merlin and the Giant God Soldier.
• Caroso emerged alive through a spatial passage and advanced on the God of Wisdom, who threatened his teacher’s soul imprint in an attempt to stop him.
• Caroso pierced the God of Wisdom’s chest and revealed that the soul imprint had been a dream, recalling whose blood he had drunk.

Caroso defeated and annihilated the God of Wisdom, but the dungeon began collapsing while his unstable powers threatened to tear him apart. Tom rescued Caroso, Bai, and Nimel, exposing his location to the starry sky as Surtur sensed Caroso’s unusual laws and decided to help him grow.

• The God of Wisdom admitted defeat, and Caroso used the Law of Death to destroy Him in Nimel.
• Caroso collapsed after the battle, and Bai discovered that his class mark had vanished while many conflicting powers surged through him.
• The dungeon began collapsing, and a black hole pulled Bai, Nimel, and Caroso toward it while Bai was unable to resist.
• Tom threw a card that protected the three of them, but using his power exposed his coordinates, so he called Diana and Leona to prepare for battle.
• Surtur sensed Caroso’s mixture of laws, recognized him as a possible opponent, and chose to help him grow.

Nimel returned from the dungeon nearly drained of divine power, then broke through as red and blue runes appeared around her. Elsewhere, Messiah returned to her main body battered and reported that Anduin had nearly drained her using the Lord of Eternal Life’s power.

• The cardinal blamed Jaina and Anduin for Nimel’s disappearance, while the governor and church members clashed over who mattered more.
• A spatial-temporal rift opened, and Nimel fell out unconscious; the cardinal confirmed that her divine spark remained.
• Anduin explained what had happened inside the dungeon, leaving everyone unsure how Bai, Caroso, and Teresa had entered.
• Jaina noticed that Nimel had broken through, and the cardinal interpreted her recovery as deliberate training.
• Messiah returned to her main body battered, and she told the Goddess of Dawn’s avatar that Anduin had nearly drained her with the Lord of Eternal Life’s power.

After the dungeon vanished, Messiah and the Goddess of Dawn feared Bai had died alongside Caroso. Teresa found Caroso’s records, took on his identity to continue his plans, and Kong sensed Bai’s death as his spiritual potential surged to EX.

• Messiah told the Goddess of Dawn that humans had resolved the crisis, but she did not know whether Bai had survived after absorbing several powers.
• Teresa returned to Caroso’s encampment and found his notebooks, orders, and a message asking whoever discovered them to finish what he had begun.
• Teresa disguised herself as Caroso and told Isis Pre to keep their strategy unchanged while concealing Teresa’s condition.
• At Mal Magic Academy, Kong’s spiritual potential suddenly rose to EX, and he broke down as he realized Bai was dead.

Teresa revealed to Kong that Bai and Caroso had died in the dungeon, prompting Kong to seek answers from Nimel. Emperor Orsay contacted Teresa, then died the following day, leaving the Presia Empire to face the war under Isli.

• Teresa met Kong, who had reached the ninth rank and attacked the fortress while demanding Caroso come out.
• Teresa told Kong that Caroso and Bai had died in the dungeon and that the God of Wisdom was responsible; Kong vanished to confront Nimel.
• Emperor Orsay contacted Teresa, learned that Kong had become a ninth-rank cardmaker, and spoke with her about her life and the war.
• The next day, Emperor Orsay questioned Isli about taxes, factory closures, and the war before asking whether Isli could govern the empire.
• Emperor Orsay fell asleep and never woke again; he died on September 16, Year 994 of the Dawn Calendar.

After Emperor Orsay died, Isli tried to secure the palace and conceal his father’s death, but newspapers had already reported it and circulated scandalous claims. Peter explained that prophets had divined the death and that Presia lacked strong defenses against divination, leaving Isli unable to stop the news from spreading.

• Isli sealed the palace, ordered anti-magic arrays activated, and told the public that Emperor Orsay had been assassinated and only slightly injured.
• Isli summoned the Minister of Internal Affairs and Peter, Emperor Orsay’s trusted secretary, and confirmed that his father had died.
• Peter gave Isli newspapers announcing Emperor Orsay’s death and spreading sensational allegations about his private life.
• Isli demanded to know how the newspapers had learned the truth, and Peter explained that prophets had divined the death and Presia lacked powerful anti-divination measures.
• Peter told Isli that the newspaper staff had already fled, making it too late to arrest them.

Isli agreed to use the Puppet Stone to make Emperor Orsay appear alive, despite the cost to his corpse and soul, and asked Peter about his brothers, Teresa, and what his father had left him. Emperor Orsay then appeared publicly to suppress the First Prince’s challenge and attended the international conference, where he threatened anyone responsible for the assassination attempt.

• Peter gave Isli a Puppet Stone and explained that Emperor Orsay had agreed to use it, and Isli accepted after learning what it would do to his father’s remains.
• Isli asked Peter where his eldest brother, third brother, and Teresa were, and what else Emperor Orsay had left him.
• The First Prince gathered ministers and generals and confronted Isli at Winterhold, but he and his followers fell to their knees when Emperor Orsay appeared.
• Emperor Orsay ordered the First Prince to spend two months at the Winterhold Training Ground and confined the others to their homes while the assassination attempt was investigated.
• Emperor Orsay passed authentication and attended the international conference, where he questioned Donald about the rumors of his death and threatened war against whoever had arranged the attack.

Kong confronted Xulos over the Church of the God of Wisdom, but their battle ended with Kong unconscious and Isli carrying him to Winter City. Hercules then blocked Church investigators and misled them about the clash, insisting they follow the proper procedures.

• Kong arrived above Presia and demanded that Xulos let him question the Church of the God of Wisdom, but Xulos refused because Presia was allied with the Church.
• Kong equipped his Blue Dragon gear and used dragon spells to fight Xulos, who overwhelmed him with Frost's Wrath and knocked him unconscious with a Shield Bash.
• Isli grabbed Kong and flew with him toward Winter City.
• Church members arrived to investigate the ninth-rank battle, and Hercules confronted them.
• Hercules claimed that an unidentified mage had attacked the Church and been captured, then rebuked the investigators for failing to obtain the required joint investigation order.

Teresa returned to Presia after losing contact with the Emperor, while Caroso awoke with his memories gone in the Nether Sea beside Bai. As Bai tried to lead him away, a pirate ship spotted them and Tig ordered his crew to capture them.

• Teresa handed her duties to Isli and set out alone for Presia, claiming Caroso had gone to handle other matters.
• Caroso awoke on the blood-red shore of the Nether Sea with no memory of who he was, and Bai told him they had been unconscious there.
• Bai called herself Caroso's teacher and promised to help him, while Caroso said strange things were moving inside his body and read the viewers' comments aloud.
• Bai led Caroso away from the sea, but a black pirate ship arrived and its lookout spotted them.
• Tig emerged from the captain's cabin, declared his hatred of gods, and ordered his crew to bring Caroso and Bai to him.

Bai and Caroso fled from pirates in the Underworld, but Bai’s strength was restricted and the pirates caught up. Caroso drew a flaming magic sword from a pocket dimension, while Pope Krosh Mohan witnessed the statue’s stone sword being taken from the church.

• Bai struggled to run from the pirates, so Caroso carried her and raced across the shore.
• When the pirates nearly caught them, Bai ordered Caroso to put her down and fight.
• Caroso reached into a pocket dimension and pulled out a flaming magic sword as the pirates charged.
• At the Presia branch of the Church of the Blazing God of War, Pope Krosh Mohan saw a hand emerge from a black hole and snatch the stone sword from Surtur’s statue.

Caroso and Bai fought the undead pirates in the Nether Sea, where Bai awakened the Card God's rule while Caroso faced Tig. Tig recognized Caroso as resembling Jack, and Caroso began to discover a sword style that impressed Tig.

• Caroso used Laevateinn and black aura to destroy and absorb the pirates, but ignored Bai when they took her hostage.
• Bai broke free, captured pirates and their weapons in her card, then scolded Caroso for leaving her in danger.
• Tig attacked Caroso, while Bai realized she could use the Card God's rule to seal undead into her card and defended herself against a barrage of undead bullets.
• Caroso fought Tig, who recognized his resemblance to Jack, and struggled against Tig's overwhelming speed and strength.
• Caroso abandoned the sword styles he had copied from Teresa and Celica, then found a slower, commanding strike that caught Tig's interest.

Tig defeated Caroso and Bai, then brought them aboard his ship and recognized the divine powers within Caroso. Bai tried to scare Tig off by warning that powerful gods would retaliate if he harmed Caroso.

• Caroso recalled a possible past as a sword-wielding soldier before Tig cut his neck and knocked him unconscious.
• Bai detonated her saturated card, killing nearby pirates, but Tig suppressed the blast and restored the pirates he had killed.
• Tig ordered Caroso and Bai brought aboard, where his crew demanded revenge and threatened Bai.
• Tig questioned Bai about her relationship with Caroso, and she insisted he was her student and begged Tig to release him.
• Tig recognized powers associated with several gods in Caroso and suggested he shared a continent with Bai.
• Bai warned Tig that the Card God, the Goddess of Dawn, Surtur, and the Lord of Eternal Life could punish him if he harmed Caroso.

Tig revealed that the Flying Dutchman was a ferry ship and threw Caroso into the Nether Sea, while Bai was captured and left hoping Caroso would survive. Beneath the sea, Caroso fought through the undead soul fragments, then began devouring them to ease his hunger.

• Tig dismissed Bai’s threats, explained that gods and powerful beings could be hunted, and identified himself as a pirate forced to serve as a ferryman.
• Tig cut Caroso’s ropes and dropped him into the Nether Sea, then stopped Bai from jumping after him and ordered the pirates to take her below.
• Tig’s first mate warned that some people survived the Nether Sea, and Tig privately decided Caroso would have to recover there to prove himself as Tig Sparrow’s descendant.
• Bai heard that Caroso might survive and insisted that he would return after successfully slaying a god.
• In the Nether Sea, Caroso’s ropes dissolved as undead soul fragments attacked his spirit, and he used the Flame Magic Sword’s phantom to fight them.
• Exhausted and hungry, Caroso stopped swinging his sword and began devouring the soul fragments.