Recaps

Stelle befriended an Earth Beast, and Castorice shared an embarrassing story about her teacher Anaxa’s fondness for Earth Beast plushies. The group took several photos together, and Castorice and Stelle happily kept their picture.

• Theresa cleared the dirt from Stelle’s mouth after she tried eating it, and Stelle cautiously petted the Earth Beast.
• Castorice told the group that Anaxa collected Earth Beast plushies and liked napping while hugging a large one.
• Theresa asked Castorice to take photos with the Earth Beasts, and Stelle supplied March 7th’s camera.
• Castorice took a group photo and several smaller photos of the others together.
• Theresa hugged Castorice for a photo, and Stelle later posed with Castorice for a picture they both kept.

Theresa showed Castorice photographs of Jarilo-VI and explained its history, then toured Okhema with her. Castorice took the group to find Bai Fei and Mydei so Theresa could arrange for the Flame-Chasers to train the Chrysos Heirs.

• Theresa let Castorice look through the camera after the others agreed, and she showed her pictures of Jarilo-VI, Belobog, and its people.
• Castorice asked Theresa about Stellar Cores, Abyss rifts, and whether Qlipoth was a deity like the Titans.
• Theresa and the group continued touring Okhema, where the Lion of Truth treated Theresa with unusual deference.
• Theresa asked Castorice where Bai Fei and Mydei trained, explaining that she wanted the Flame-Chasers to help them grow stronger.
• Castorice summoned an Earth Beast and carried the group toward the outskirts, while Stelle took a photo of their unusual arrangement.

Bai Fei and Mydei trained together outside Okhema while Theresa brought Kevin and Kalpas to serve as their mentors. Kevin and Kalpas introduced themselves as Flame-Chasers, and Kalpas warned the group that his training could be deadly.

• Castorice led the group to a hidden forest outside Okhema, where Bai Fei and Mydei were sparring.
• Bai Fei dodged Mydei's attacks with nimble, teasing movements, and Theresa, Stelle, and Castorice copied her playful pose.
• Theresa told Bai Fei and Mydei that she could help them become stronger by summoning their Parallel Identities, while Stelle asked to train too.
• Theresa used an Etherium Coin to summon Kevin and Kalpas, whose opposing cold and heat altered the surrounding grass.
• Bai Fei and Mydei introduced themselves to Kevin and Kalpas, who identified themselves as Flame-Chasers.
• Kalpas warned Bai Fei and the others to be prepared to die if they wanted him to train them.

Theresa had perfected the Thirteen Flame-Chasers and planned for them to retire in Penacony after the crisis in Amphoreus. Mydei and Bai Fei became Kalpas and Kevin’s disciples, then faced their first demonstrations of the brutal training ahead.

• Theresa had given the Flame-Chasers new bodies and created a virtual world for them, intending to let them settle in Penacony after the apocalypse.
• Mydei accepted Kalpas as his mentor, while Bai Fei agreed to train under Kevin despite both mentors’ warnings about their harsh methods.
• Kevin and Kalpas told their new disciples to attack them so they could assess their abilities.
• Kalpas countered Mydei’s punch with a suplex that buried him headfirst in the ground.
• Kevin caught Bai Fei’s sword between two fingers and snapped it, then prescribed daily runs and one thousand sword swings.
• Kalpas told Mydei to kill one hundred monsters each day, and Mydei agreed to train without fear.

Theresa and the others watched Bai Fei train while Mydei and Kalpas fought the Black Tide monsters. Stelle restored Bai Fei’s broken greatsword with Orionis’s Prayer, which drew Mimi to them, and Kevin froze Bai Fei when she got distracted again.

• Mydei charged into the Black Tide monsters, enduring a spear through his chest and slaughtering them with his Golden Blood keeping him alive.
• Kalpas joined the battle with golden-red flames, while Kevin warned Bai Fei to stay focused on her sword practice.
• Theresa asked Stelle to use Orionis’s Prayer, and Stelle restored Bai Fei’s broken greatsword.
• Stelle’s prayer drew Mimi, a pink rabbit, who flew over and hid in Stelle’s arms after Kalpas threatened her.
• Bai Fei became distracted by Mimi, so Kevin froze her with a burst of cold air.

Mydei awakened Blood Flame while trying to free Bai Fei from Kevin’s ice, then learned that Kevin and Qian Jie had provoked him to help him unlock his power. After training, Bai Fei told Mydei about a frightening dream in which she hurt her companions, and he comforted her.

• Kevin froze Bai Fei as a lesson, and Mydei asked Qian Jie to help free her.
• Qian Jie provoked Mydei into turning his anger into Blood Flame, which let Mydei melt Bai Fei’s ice.
• Bai Fei woke after Theresa restored her body temperature, and Mydei charged at Kevin before Kevin froze him again.
• Qian Jie explained that Mydei had awakened Blood Flame but needed to direct his anger wisely, and Theresa proposed ending the training for the day.
• Mydei stayed with Bai Fei, who told him she had dreamed of hurting everyone, and he held her as she panicked.

Bai Fei told Mydei about a frightening dream in which she killed their friends, and he comforted her before they nearly kissed. Her restored form interrupted the kiss, leaving Mydei and Phainon to fight while the others took photos.

• Bai Fei described dreaming that she wore a black cloak and killed Anaxa, Mydei, and the others to take their Core Flames.
• Mydei embraced Bai Fei and promised to protect her and stand by her if she feared the dream might come true.
• Mydei moved to kiss Bai Fei as Theresa, Aglaea, and the others returned to the forest and watched.
• Mydei and Bai Fei kissed, but Bai Fei changed back into Phainon, who was still kissing Mydei.
• Stelle photographed the kiss, and the embarrassed Mydei and Phainon shoved each other away and began fighting.
• Aglaea and Castorice printed copies of the photo while Kevin, Qian Jie, Theresa, and the others reacted.

Phainon regained his male form, awakened the power of his Golden Blood, and sparred with Mydei before Kevin sent him flying with one punch. Back in Okhema, Theresa summoned Phainon’s pink-haired sister’s Parallel Identity, Elysia, leaving Phainon blushing at her appearance.

• Phainon and Mydei fought to vent their embarrassment over Phainon changing back, until Phainon’s Golden Blood awakened and let him overpower Mydei.
• Stelle photographed the contest, and Phainon challenged Kevin, who knocked him into the sky with a single punch.
• Theresa opened a portal to catch Phainon and return him to the group, and Aglaea led everyone back to Okhema.
• Kevin asked Aglaea about Parallel Identities after the people of Okhema noticed how closely he resembled Phainon.
• Theresa told Phainon that his older sister in Ailishi had a Parallel Identity, then summoned Elysia, whose appearance made Phainon blush.

Elysia arrived in Amphoreus and triggered a change in Mimi, who gained hair, awakened memories, and began speaking. After learning about the Black Tide and the Chrysos Heirs’ mission, Elysia, Kevin, and Qian Jie agreed to train them to fight the disaster.

• Phainon mistook Elysia for Cyrene, and Mimi reacted to Cyrene’s name with a sense of familiarity.
• Elysia reached out to Mimi, and the two radiated pink light as Mimi underwent a strange change.
• Mimi emerged with a Heart of the Sea hairstyle, awakened memories, and the ability to speak, then hugged Elysia.
• Theresa introduced Elysia, Kevin, and Qian Jie as Flame-Chasers who would teach the Chrysos Heirs about fighting the Black Tide.
• Phainon pleaded for the Flame-Chasers’ help, and Kevin and Qian Jie agreed to train the Chrysos Heirs as Mydei welcomed the challenge.

Elysia and Theresa set out to explore Okhema with a group of beautiful companions while Kevin and Kalpas started training Phainon and Mydei. The girls drew crowds wherever they went, as Kevin and Kalpas asked Aglaea about the Black Tide.

• Elysia showed Aglaea her crystal bow and explained how it was made and used.
• Kalpas and Mydei praised fighting with fists, while Theresa demonstrated how formidable her own strength was.
• Theresa invited Elysia and the others to tour Okhema, and Phainon and Mydei began running a lap as their warm-up.
• Kevin and Kalpas asked Aglaea for information about the Black Tide.
• Theresa's group attracted amazed and bashful townspeople as they walked through Okhema.

Theresa and her companions toured Okhema, amused shopkeepers and citizens with her strange cat dolls and commissioned a suit of armor from the Mountain Folk using Soul Steel. The Senate encouraged citizens to make mocking dolls of the Chrysos Heirs, but the plan instead made them more popular and brought them closer to the public.

• Theresa and her companions visited an antique shop, where Theresa showed off bizarre animated cat dolls that delighted the group and impressed the shopkeeper.
• Aglaea noticed the dolls and considered making a Mint Kitten modeled after Anaxa while discussing the group’s itinerary with Kevin and Kalpas.
• Theresa and her companions watched Mountain Folk blacksmiths at work, then gave a master craftsman blueprints and Soul Steel to forge a suit of armor for a friend.
• Theresa offered the Mountain Folk a brick-sized block of gold as payment, but they tried to refuse it before accepting it and promising to forge the armor carefully.
• The Senate encouraged citizens to make dolls resembling the Chrysos Heirs to undermine their dignity, but the fan-made items instead grew their popularity, and Castorice liked them.

The Senate used a little girl to lure Stelle to its headquarters and tried to recruit her as a spy against the Chrysos Heirs. Stelle secretly activated Theresa’s alarm ring as the Senate elders offered her money, unaware that her companions were already coming.

• The Senate targeted Theresa after discovering the healing power of the Tree of Abundance, then chose Stelle as an easier person to approach.
• A little girl led Stelle to the Senate’s estate, where the Cleansers surrounded her and explained that the Senate wanted to meet her.
• Stelle decided not to fight the Cleansers and secretly activated the alarm ring Theresa had given her.
• The Cleansers brought Stelle to a bathhouse, where the Senate elders offered her one hundred thousand Liheng Coins for each Chrysos Heir she helped eliminate.

Stelle rejected the Council of Elders’ offer to infiltrate and eliminate the Chrysos Heirs, so the elders ordered the Cleansers to kill her. Aglaea, Phainon, Mydei, and Theresa intervened, and Theresa prepared to punish the elders as angels descended upon Okhema.

• The elders offered Stelle money and protection to help the Cleansers eliminate the Chrysos Heirs, while Aglaea alerted Theresa, Phainon, and Mydei to their scheme.
• Stelle refused the elders’ offer, and Kenis ordered the Cleansers to attack her.
• Aglaea bound the elders and Cleansers with golden threads and announced that their actions were being livestreamed as Phainon and Mydei fought their way into the hall.
• Angels descended over Okhema, and the Binding Sacred Dragon crushed the Council of Elders’ compound as Theresa arrived with Acheron, Himeko, Qianjie, and Kevin.
• Theresa checked that Stelle was safe, then her angels speared the elders to the wall as she prepared to destroy them with a beam of light.

Theresa prepared to kill Okhema’s elders for conspiring against the Chrysos Heirs, but Himeko proposed transforming them into Hachimi instead. After Acheron killed the Purifiers, Theresa restored Aglaea’s sight and made her a Masked Fool.

• Aglaea and Mydei endured Theresa’s pressure and pleaded with her to spare the elders to prevent panic in Okhema.
• Himeko persuaded Theresa to spare the elders and transform them into Hachimi, which she did with her pink flames.
• Theresa’s transformation left Kenis and the other elders as tiny, talking catlike creatures, while Himeko said their personalities would gradually change too.
• Theresa ordered the Purifiers wiped out, and Acheron killed them with Eight Thunder Crossing.
• Theresa restored Aglaea’s sight and placed a Masked Fool mask on her, intending to make her joyful.

Aglaea brought the Stellaron Hunters to the Genesis Vortex Core, where she revealed Amphoreus’s true center and said she could explain the Journey of the Fire. She remained wary of the former Senate, suspecting a hidden mastermind behind it.

• Okhema settled into a new routine as residents joined the Holy Fire Cat Cult, Aglaea gathered nymphs for choruses, and Theresa and Elysia became subjects of popular statues.
• Kevin and Kalpas trained Phainon and Mydei, while Theresa helped Stelle adapt to Castorice’s Authority of Death through repeated deaths and revivals.
• Aglaea gathered the Stellaron Hunters and invited them to the Genesis Vortex Core, explaining that she wanted to be honest with them about the Chrysos Heirs’ true core.
• The group resonated with the Overflowing Pool and arrived in the Genesis Vortex Core, beneath twelve Core Flame symbols, most of which were dim.
• Aglaea warned that the former Senate could not be trusted despite becoming the Cat Cult and said she suspected a mastermind was behind it.

The Chrysos Heirs asked the Stellaron Hunters and Flame-Chasers to help them fight the Black Tide and complete the Journey of the Fire. The group agreed to let Phainon and Mydei lead the journey, with the strongest fighters stepping in only if needed, and planned to confront Nicadori the next day.

• Aglaea explained the Genesis Vortex Core, the returned Core Flames, and the corrupted Titans the Chrysos Heirs still needed to defeat.
• Phainon, Mydei, and Castorice pleaded with the visitors to help Okhema survive the Black Tide and complete the Journey of the Fire.
• Theresa told Aglaea that the Mask of Elation could help restore her fading humanity and repair her flaws.
• Kevin agreed to guide the Chrysos Heirs, while Kalpas, Elysia, and Yinyueyue offered to help if necessary; Acheron warned that her power could endanger Amphoreus.
• Theresa proposed that Phainon and Mydei travel with Stelle and the others while the high-end combatants intervened only when needed, and Aglaea set their first target as Nicadori at Castrum Kremnos the next day.

Phainon explained why the Journey of the Fire required the Chrysos Heirs to defeat the Titans and inherit their divine offices, while Theresa transformed the Genesis Vortex Core into a flower-filled setting for afternoon tea. Theresa ended by revealing that she came from beyond the heavens and could crush Amphoreus’s Titans with ease.

• Yinyueyue asked Phainon whether defeating the Titans could have harmful consequences, and Theresa suggested they discuss it over afternoon tea.
• Theresa planted Flowers of Truth and Higanbana across the Genesis Vortex Core, then grew a gazebo where she served snacks and tea.
• Phainon explained that the Chrysos Heirs had to defeat the twelve Titans and take their divine offices to prevent Amphoreus’s laws from collapsing before Re-creation.
• Qian Jie asked whether the Chrysos Heirs meant to replace the Titans, and Phainon confirmed that the increasingly corrupted gods had to be stopped.
• Castorice questioned the propriety of discussing the Titans’ deaths in front of Theresa, and Theresa said she was an outsider powerful enough to crush them easily.

Theresa and the Stellaron Hunters agreed to help the Chrysos Heirs on their Journey of the Fire, and Aglaea announced that the expedition to Castrum Kremnos was ready to begin. Mydei and several others chose to go, while the rest planned to stay in Okhema.

• Theresa said she was at least Emanator-level, alarming the eavesdropping Laogushi, who continued cultivating Iron Curtain despite its fear.
• Mydei told Theresa that Aglaea would hold a pre-battle meeting the next morning, and Stelle searched the Genesis Vortex Core for the Titans' voices without hearing them.
• At the Cloud Marble Heavenly Palace, Aglaea announced that Trianne had located Castrum Kremnos and that the group would seek to defeat Nicadori and recover Its Core Flame.
• Theresa, Acheron, Phainon, Mydei, Stelle, and Kalpas chose to travel to Castrum Kremnos, while Castorice, Kevin, Yinyueyue, Himeko, and Elysia stayed in Okhema.
• Aglaea asked Mydei to swear that the Chrysos Heirs' mission came first, and Mydei declared that he would overthrow Nicadori and restore the people of Castrum Kremnos to their homeland.

Theresa led the expedition from Okhema to Castrum Kremnos through a portal she opened herself, and the group began exploring Mydei’s ruined homeland. After spotting stone statue monsters, Mydei and Phainon agreed to compete over who could defeat more of them.

• Aglaea blessed the expedition and sent the Chrysos Heirs and Trailblazers off to find a true God of War and end Nicadori’s reign.
• Theresa opened a portal to Castrum Kremnos after reassuring Trianne that she would spare her power.
• Theresa and the expedition arrived in Castrum Kremnos, where Mydei recognized his ruined homeland and declined Mimi’s offer to rewind its past.
• Mydei and Phainon spotted stone statue monsters and agreed to compete, with Theresa setting a prize and penalty for the winner and loser.

Theresa and the others toured the ruined outer city of Castrum Kremnos as Mydei and Phainon competed to clear monsters and argued over the Xuanfeng people’s history. After Theresa dispersed the storm blocking the route to the inner city, the group rested and Mydei proposed a wager over who would defeat Nicadori.

• Theresa put away her weapon to watch Mydei and Phainon’s wager, while she considered possible forfeits for the loser.
• Mydei led the group through Castrum Kremnos and praised Nicadori’s greatsword and the Xuanfeng people’s battle record, while Phainon recalled their defeats and Theresa teased them for being battle-crazed.
• Mydei and Qian Jie charged through the lightning-struck chains leading to the inner city, but Theresa cleared the storm and let the others cross safely.
• Mydei showed the group a rest area with historical documents, and Phainon asked Theresa whether using her power had serious side effects.
• Mydei proposed that he and Phainon wager on who could defeat Nicadori, while Qian Jie looked forward to fighting the Titan.

Theresa helped the dressmaker restore its nymph network and received Stellar Jade, then the group fought through Castrum Kremnos toward Nicadori. The chapter ended with Qian Jie charging the embodiment of immortality while Mydei and the others faced its bloodlust-inducing aura.

• Theresa gathered thirty nymphs for the dressmaker, restoring its network, and it rewarded her with a box of Stellar Jade.
• Mydei promised to take the group to Castrum Kremnos's treasury for more Stellar Jade after they resolved Nicadori's matter.
• Qian Jie smashed the stone sphere blocking the exit, and the group entered the Gladiator Arena to fight the Heaven's Punishment Legion stone monsters.
• Theresa strengthened the group with blessings, and they crushed the monsters; Mydei warned Phainon not to rely on power his body could not bear.
• Nicadori appeared in the arena, and Mydei warned everyone to resist its bloody aura as Qian Jie charged forward in crimson flames.

Kalpas fought Nicadori while Phainon, Mydei, and Stelle battled the Heaven's Punishment Legion. After Nicadori regenerated in a stronger form, Kalpas gathered power across Castrum Kremnos and began awakening an enhanced Artificial Collapse.

• Kalpas and Mydei attacked Nicadori, whose oppressive aura made Phainon and the others struggle to stand nearby.
• Kalpas's heat forced Mydei and Phainon to retreat, while Theresa and Acheron stayed out of the battle to avoid destroying the virtual world.
• Nicadori summoned the Heaven's Punishment Legion, and Phainon, Mydei, and Stelle charged into battle against its soldiers.
• Kalpas's Acheron Imprint intensified as he traded blows with Nicadori, eventually tearing off Nicadori's head and spine.
• Nicadori reconstructed himself in a stronger form with golden wings, prompting Kalpas to spread his flames across Castrum Kremnos and absorb power.
• Kalpas declared himself Acheron's Flame-Chaser and began awakening a super-enhanced version of Artificial Collapse.

Chiyou transformed into a Flame Demon and fought Nicadori in a devastating battle inside the Gladiator Arena. Chiyou seemed to gain the upper hand, but Mydei noticed that Nicadori kept healing from his injuries.

• Chiyou underwent Artificial Collapse and emerged from his lava cocoon as a Flame Demon, while his fiery shockwave burned the Heaven's Punishment Legion members to ash.
• Chiyou sealed himself and Nicadori inside the Gladiator Arena with a wall of fire, and they began exchanging golden spears and streams of magma.
• Chiyou's imprints amplified his strength and flames as he bent Nicadori's war spear, forged a Pillar of Ruin, and battered Nicadori across the arena.
• Nicadori summoned a golden greatsword and grew large enough to wield it, but Chiyou struck the sword with a blast of fire and seized Nicadori.
• Chiyou pummeled Nicadori and slammed him into the ground, while Mydei noticed that Nicadori's injuries continued to heal.

Theresa took Phainon, Mydei, Acheron, Stelle, and Mimi one thousand years into the past to investigate Nicadori’s immortal body while Kalpas continued fighting him. They arrived in a bustling Castrum Kremnos and were immediately surrounded by curious Xuanfeng people.

• Phainon and Mydei explained that Nicadori and Master Chiyou were difficult to kill, while Theresa decided not to interfere with Kalpas’s fight.
• Theresa proposed traveling to the past to meet the original Nicadori and investigate his immortal body.
• Kalpas agreed to keep fighting Nicadori while Theresa and the others left, and Theresa reversed time by one thousand years.
• Theresa and the group arrived in the past and saw Castrum Kremnos bustling around them.
• The Xuanfeng people surrounded the visitors and commented on their unfamiliar appearance and small stature.

Theresa and her companions entered Castrum Kremnos, where warriors kept them under watch after learning they came from Okhema. The Mountain Folk escorted them around the city and brought them to a barbecue shop, where they ordered enormous lamb skewers.

• Theresa told the Castrum Kremnos warriors that the group had traveled from Okhema to visit the city.
• A Great Warrior ordered the others to treat the travelers politely and assigned Mountain Folk warriors to watch them.
• The Mountain Folk guided Theresa and her companions through Castrum Kremnos, warning them away from merchants selling fake weapons.
• Theresa asked about local entertainment, and the Mountain Folk pointed out the Gladiator Arena, shops, and a barbecue stall.
• Stelle paid the barbecue shop owner, and the group settled in to eat enormous lamb skewers.