Chapter Summaries

Phainon became Khaslana, restored Cyrene’s memories, and joined Theresa’s plan to strengthen the Chrysos Heirs. Himeko reconstructed Black Calamity in a new cat-eared girl’s body, leaving her bewildered.

• Phainon said he had remained himself through more than thirty million cycles and returned the Ritual Sword to Mimi, awakening her as Cyrene.
• Cyrene recovered most of her memories and reunited with Stelle, affirming that they were closest companions.
• Phainon declined Kalpas’s challenge, warning that his newly acquired power could endanger Amphoreus.
• Theresa proposed continuing the Journey of the Fire and having Phainon lead a group to awaken Hysilens and Krydrla.
• Himeko reconstructed Black Calamity’s consciousness in a white-haired cat-eared girl’s body, and Black Calamity woke up confused by her transformation.

Black Calamity accepted her new identity as Karisilana after passing her Core Flames to Phainon, who vowed to resist destruction and stop the Iron Tomb. Theresa organized missions to claim more Core Flames and protect Okhema, leaving the group preparing to travel to the sky fortress and the underwater city of Styxia.

• Theresa named Black Calamity Karisilana, and Karisilana accepted her new life after transferring her Core Flames to Phainon.
• Phainon vowed not to act impulsively and said the group’s priority was stopping the Iron Tomb from hatching.
• Theresa sent Stelle, Cyrene, Anaxa, Yinyueyue, Phainon, and Feng Jin through a portal toward the Eye of Dawn and Dusk to confront Aegle.
• Theresa gave Karisilana Valkyrie Armor and opened a portal toward Styxia, where she, Elysia, Airi, Acheron, and Himeko planned to awaken Hysilens.
• Verity gained backend access from Himeko, removed Laigushi’s authority over Okhema, and planned to build a Soul Steel defensive wall.

Theresa and her companions reached the underwater city of Sterekstia, where they awakened Krydrla and Hysilens from a sleep lasting over a thousand years. The two learned that Amphoreus’s future had changed and listened as Himeko explained the truth about Eternal Return.

• Yinyueyue split the sea and placed a Realm Anchor so Theresa’s group could enter Sterekstia.
• Theresa created a barrier against the seawater, and Karisilana guided the group to Krydrla and Hysilens’s sleeping place.
• Himeko restarted the Cryo Pods, and Krydrla and Hysilens awoke after more than a thousand years.
• Krydrla and Hysilens recognized Yinyueyue from an old prophecy and said she would inherit Ogles’s authority as the new Earth Titan.
• Theresa told them that Phainon had changed and driven Laigushi away, then Himeko explained the story of Eternal Return.

Krydrla explained that she had feigned her death and entered hibernation after seeing how much her people resented her, while Hysilens had joined her in waiting for a new era. After they returned to Okhema with Theresa and the others, they reunited with Aglaea and Tribbie.

• Karisilana said she had found a new turning point after the Stellaron Hunters arrived, and Krydrla and Hysilens learned the others had protected their carriage from Nykdori.
• Krydrla explained that she had faked her death to learn whether her people still needed her, then entered Deep Sleep after seeing them welcome her apparent death.
• Hysilens said she had settled her affairs, left Okhema, and entered hibernation beside Krydrla to await the era a thousand years later.
• Krydrla and Hysilens led Theresa and the others to the ruined mead-brewing platform, but Theresa purified it and everyone abandoned the idea of using it.
• Theresa opened a portal to Okhema, where Aglaea and Tribbie welcomed Krydrla and Hysilens, and Pardo asked when they would get a mead platform.

Theresa and the others established a vineyard outside Okhema and brewed honey brew with the help of Verity’s machines. After Elysia and Theresa stomped the grapes, more than ten sherry casks were completed.

• Aglaea invited Krydrla to help govern Okhema, and Krydrla agreed to experience life among its people under a new identity.
• Theresa proposed that the Chrysos Heirs farm grapes and brew honey brew, and Aglaea approved using grassland behind Okhema.
• Theresa and Himeko cleared the surrounding Black Tide zones, restored the land with the Power of Abundance, and began building an estate.
• Verity arrived with a plowing machine, dug a well, and installed irrigation and harvesting equipment while Theresa planted and accelerated the growth of grapes and flowers.
• Theresa built a huge brewing vat, and Elysia and Theresa stomped the grapes barefoot before the grapes were processed into more than ten sherry casks of honey brew.

Elysia and Theresa made separate batches of honey brew, which Verity's robot refined and served to the group. Both brews earned enthusiastic praise, and the chapter ended with everyone comparing their flavors as roughly equal.

• Elysia named her pink honey brew True Self's Wish—Flawless Return, and Hysilens and the others praised its sweet taste and floral fragrance.
• Theresa stomped grapes for her own brew, then Verity's robot mixed the juice with fermentation starter, floral nectar, and red honey.
• Theresa named her bright red honey brew Binding Honey Brew—Moonlit Vow and joined everyone in tasting it.
• Verity, Kalpas, Krydrla, Hysilens, and Castorice praised Theresa's brew, while Hysilens and Krydrla judged it roughly equal to Elysia's.

Phainon and his companions explored the Eye of Dawn and Dusk, uncovered the history behind the Rain People and Sun People’s feud, and changed the fortress’s weather to draw out Aegle. Feng Jin invoked her ancestors’ pact as the group faced the Sky Titan, and a giant bird descended before them.

• Phainon used Ignite Dawn to wipe out a horde of Black Tide monsters while Stelle, Cyrene, and Karisilana watched.
• Stelle and Cyrene helped solve the fortress’s puzzles, and Feng Jin explained how the Rain People and Sun People fought over the Celestial Sphere Device.
• Phainon and Karisilana guided Feng Jin through the weather murals, turning the sky to rain and forcing Aegle’s projection to reveal itself.
• Phainon led the group across a rainbow bridge to the fortress’s summit, where Feng Jin declared that her people had honored their ancestor’s pact and brought the answer Aegle needed.
• The platform trembled as Aegle descended, and an enormous bird flew before the group.

Phainon defeated Sky Titan Aegle and recovered the Sky Core Flame, but the corrupted Titan’s battle destroyed the Dome Fortress. Feng Jin, Solabis, Lunaebis, and the others escaped through a portal opened by Theresa, leaving the fortress to explode.

• Phainon transformed into Khaslana, drew Sky Titan Aegle into his domain, and endured its attacks while Feng Jin healed him.
• Phainon struck Aegle with the Morning Greatsword, but the Black Tide corrupted the fallen Titan and turned it into a monstrous form.
• Stelle stopped time as Mimimi transformed into Cyrene, and Phainon crushed the Black Tide Titan beneath a moon-sized meteor.
• Phainon retrieved the Sky Core Flame and gave it to Feng Jin, then invited Solabis and Lunaebis to return to Okhema with the group.
• As the Dome Fortress began to collapse, Stelle called Theresa, who opened a portal that everyone entered before the fortress exploded.

Phainon and the others returned to Theresa’s manor with the recovered Core Flame, where Theresa and Himeko restored the Pegasus and griffin while everyone enjoyed their honey wine. After passing the trial of strife and gaining control over his Blood Qi, Mydei reached Okhema and set out to challenge Phainon, unaware of how much stronger Phainon had become.

• Phainon and the others escaped through Theresa’s portal, reported defeating Sky Titan Aegle, and shared honey wine at the manor.
• Theresa learned that Solabis and Lunaebis were Memory Fragments, and Himeko used her authority to restore their bodies.
• Krydrla challenged Solabis and Lunaebis to a game, with the loser becoming her mount.
• Mydei returned from the trial of strife able to shape his Blood Qi into weapons and believed he could defeat Phainon with an elbow strike.
• Mydei heard people praising Theresa and Elysia’s honey wine in Okhema, then went to find Phainon for a duel.

Mydei returned to Okhema and went to find Phainon, only to discover him at Theresa’s mead estate, where an invisible shield kept Mydei from reaching him. Phainon’s relentless teasing drove Mydei to unleash his strongest attack, but Phainon caught and crushed the spear with one hand.

• Mydei asked the Lion of Truth where Phainon and the others were, learned they were at Theresa’s mead estate, and flew there.
• Mydei spotted Phainon and tried to surprise him by diving down, but he crashed into the estate’s invisible shield while Phainon photographed him.
• Phainon taunted Mydei from behind the shield, repeatedly jumping out to tease him and then retreating beyond Mydei’s reach.
• Mydei summoned Nicadori’s heroic soul and formed a crimson battle spear to smash the shield, but Phainon stepped outside and caught the spear barehanded.
• Phainon crushed Mydei’s spear in his grip, leaving Mydei’s attack unable to reach him.

Phainon revealed to Mydei that Eternal Return had empowered him to fight the Iron Tomb, then explained that their world and the Journeys of the Fire were simulations created by the Scepter. Mydei recovered from the truth with help from Phainon, Theresa, Qianjie, and Elysia, and joined them in facing the enemy.

• Phainon crushed Mydei’s Spear of Heaven’s Punishment and revealed that his true name was Khaslana and that Eternal Return had granted him power from millions of reincarnations and Core Flames.
• Theresa let Phainon bring Mydei inside the barrier, where he shared honey brew with him before explaining Eternal Return and the plan against the Iron Tomb.
• Mydei learned that the Scepter had simulated their lives to develop the Iron Tomb and became overwhelmed by the revelation.
• Phainon comforted Mydei, and Theresa reminded him that the Flame-Chasers had also been revived from Memory Fragments and that the Chrysos Heirs were real to her.
• Qianjie urged Mydei to keep fighting, and Mydei thanked him as his resolve returned.
• Elysia encouraged everyone to believe they could overcome the enemy’s plans.

Cipher returned to Okhema and stole three boxes of Pardo’s honey brew, prompting Theresa and the others to track her down. Theresa found Cipher at her secret base, where Elysia caught her and began scolding her for stealing.

• Cipher secretly grabbed Pardo’s three boxes of honey brew while Pardo was distracted, then fled to her base.
• Pardo told Theresa the brew was missing, and Stelle, Kalpas, Kevin, and Elysia prepared to help her.
• Theresa scanned Amphoreus, recognized Cipher, and set out with Elysia and the others to find her.
• Cipher drank bottles from the stolen boxes and began to feel dizzy as the group arrived at her secret base.
• Elysia swept Cipher into her arms and confronted her about stealing Pardo’s goods, while Verity returned through Theresa’s portal.

Theresa caught Cipher stealing from Pardo and made her work as a courier to repay the debt. Two days later, Castorice passed Thanatos’s trial and returned as a demigoddess of death, bringing the Death Dragon Polyx out of the Underworld.

• Theresa stopped Cipher from escaping, recognized her as an old acquaintance, and confronted her over stealing Pardo’s honey brew and Aglaea’s dress.
• Cipher agreed to repay the stolen goods by delivering packages for Pardo for five months.
• Theresa teased Anaxa about his love of Earth Beast merchandise and sent him to Mobius’s laboratory, where he mistakenly thought he would study Earth Beasts.
• Castorice passed Thanatos’s intentionally lenient trial and became a demigoddess of death, deepening her connection to the Underworld.
• Castorice returned to the Genesis Vortex Core and introduced Polyx as her other half, then opened a way for the Death Dragon to emerge from the Underworld.

Castorice summoned Death Dragon Polyx, and Theresa began transforming her into a girl while Castorice told the group how Polyx had once been her twin sister, Polyxia. The transformation ended with Polyxia emerging from the Cocoon of Light, resembling Castorice.

• Castorice summoned Death Dragon Polyx into the Genesis Vortex Core, and Theresa closed the rift to the underworld.
• Theresa offered to transform Polyx into a girl, and Polyx agreed after Castorice gave her approval.
• Castorice told the group that she and Polyxia had been twin Chrysos Heirs destined for one sister to sacrifice herself for the other.
• Castorice explained that Polyxia killed her to claim the authority of death, then used alchemy to restore Castorice's soul and body at great cost.
• Theresa used Immortal Power and the Power of Abundance to begin Polyx's transformation, and Polyxia emerged from the Cocoon of Light resembling Castorice.

Polyxia reunited with Castorice after her rebirth, while Anaxa visited Mobius and agreed to test her Earth Beast Hypervariable Factor. The injection transformed him into a giant Earth Beast rampaging through Okhema, where citizens and scholars recognized him.

• Polyxia awoke in her restored body and happily embraced Castorice, and the others left the sisters alone to reunite.
• Verity brought Anaxa to Mobius's laboratory, where Mobius offered to help recreate real Earth Beasts if he tested her Hypervariable Factor.
• Anaxa injected the Factor, regrew his left eye, and transformed into a huge Earth Beast after unleashing a beam from it.
• Anaxa smashed through Mobius's laboratory and joyfully charged through Okhema as its citizens watched.
• Nyapass livestreamed the rampage, and a scholar guessed the Earth Beast was Anaxa while Aglaea and Theresa recognized him.

Under the influence of the Hypervariable Factor, Anaxa turned into a giant Earth Beast and rampaged through Okhema, scattering residents and Chrysos Heirs. Aglaea and the Weavers failed to stop him, and Anaxa sprinted away as Okhema descended into chaos.

• Anaxa ran through Okhema in his Earth Beast form, astonishing residents and outrunning the guards.
• Phainon and Mydei tried to intercept Anaxa, but he tossed Mydei into the air and kicked Phainon away.
• Anaxa's eyes glowed green and he blasted a residential house with lasers, prompting Aglaea to lead the Weavers in pursuit.
• The Weavers misunderstood Aglaea's command and formed a circus-like pose, but Anaxa charged through them and kicked Aglaea in the face.
• Anaxa sprinted away smugly while Aglaea got back to her feet, her face smeared with mud.

Anaxa’s transformation into a giant Earth Beast began changing his instincts, so he raced back to the villa for help. Himeko turned him back and left him wearing a comfortable Earth Beast pajama outfit, which Anaxa decided to guard by wearing it constantly.

• Anaxa’s Earth Beast instincts made him attracted to the pink female Earth Beasts and hungry for rocks and dirt, so he fled toward the villa seeking help from Mobius or Theresa.
• Phainon and Mydei returned to the villa but were sent flying again when Anaxa crashed into them on his way there.
• Anaxa begged Theresa to turn him back, while Aglaea demanded that he remain an Earth Beast because he had kicked mud into her face.
• Himeko transformed Anaxa back into his usual form, leaving him in an Earth Beast plush pajama outfit with horns on his head.
• Mobius lamented that Himeko had not let her take Anaxa’s blood for experiments, and Cipher considered stealing the outfit to sell it.
• Anaxa decided to wear the outfit around the clock, except when bathing, to keep Cipher from taking it.

Theresa arranged for Himeko and Pardo to sell Earth Beast outfits while Himeko revealed that she was infiltrating Amphoreus’s data systems. At the Genesis Vortex Core, Herta, Screwllum, and Ruan Mei confronted Laogushi, who fled after Screwllum struck him, and began investigating the device.

• Theresa told Aglaea to handle the trouble Anaxa had caused and asked Himeko to make Earth Beast outfits for Pardo to sell, with Pardo sharing half the profits.
• Himeko privately told Theresa that eating local food let her analyze Okhema’s data and that she was working toward taking control of Amphoreus.
• At the Genesis Vortex Core, Laogushi faced projections of Herta, Screwllum, and Ruan Mei, whom Herta had brought as backup.
• When Laogushi tried to sever their projections, Screwllum struck his head off, and Laogushi fled, leaving his damaged body behind.
• Screwllum inspected the body and found its important data had been transferred elsewhere, so Herta proposed asking Theresa for help.
• Herta, Screwllum, and Ruan Mei began cracking and infiltrating the Genesis Vortex Core to investigate its simulations.

March 7th woke in a strange interstice between Paths, where voices tried to lure her into a door of memory and claim they could reveal her past. She saw through the Messenger and the false Fu Xuan’s scheme, and an adorable figure appeared beside her as the interference weakened.

• Screwllum protected Herta, Ruan Mei, and his projection before they entered Amphoreus through the Genesis Vortex Core.
• March 7th awoke alone in a freezing interstice between Paths and wondered whether Aha was about to make her a Masked Fool.
• A strange voice called March a Child of Memory and urged her to pass through a blue door to seek her memories.
• The Messenger and a figure resembling Fu Xuan claimed the Poor Hall Array could reveal March’s past, but another voice warned her not to trust them.
• March questioned the pair about Theresa and their motives, then revealed Aha’s mask, causing the Messenger to vanish.
• March said she would report the incident after waking, and an adorable petite figure appeared beside her as the interference weakened.

Cyrene's Memory Fragment warned March 7th not to enter a door that the Eidos Users were using to tempt her. March remained determined to find her friends, while Cyrene admitted she knew little about what lay beyond the door.

• Cyrene caught up with March 7th and introduced herself, explaining that they were Memory Fragments on the simulated planet Amphoreus.
• Cyrene warned March that the Eidos Users had searched her memories and were trying to lure her through the door.
• Cyrene cautioned that entering could make March a pawn and leave her unable to control her own fate.
• March asked what lay beyond the door, and Cyrene said she had forgotten her past but remembered that Amphoreus was a dangerous world.
• Cyrene explained that she had tried and failed to warn others who entered the door, but March had heard her call, so she ran to help.