Recaps

Hao Ren uncovered the scepter’s connection to a universe fragment and the Lord of Madness, then vanished into a ruined temple and found himself in Kolo during its war against Chaos. He joined Veronica’s company and led them toward a ruin, where they found a mass of Corrupted Monsters.

• Hao Ren freed Hercules from the scepter’s influence, learned the artifact’s history, and watched Vivian’s red moon purify the Shadow Monsters after Hercules died.
• Hao Ren recovered Hercules’s sealed scrolls and brought Hathaway back to the Demon Hunters, then Raven 12345 identified the scepter’s core as a universe fragment and explained the dangers of the scrolls’ forbidden knowledge.
• Hao Ren read part of a scroll about an outsider god and an ancient people imprisoning the Lord of Madness, while a drone station located a signal in a vast empty region of space.
• Hao Ren’s group found a severed temple resembling the Creation Goddess’s temples, and the living reliefs and black mist swallowed Hao Ren and Lily when he touched a mural.
• Hao Ren emerged in the temple’s lower half in a strange world, where Veronica and her knights were fighting Chaos, and he helped them reach the Holy Mountain.
• Hao Ren learned from Veronica that Kolo had endured a ten-thousand-year war between Chaos and Order, then used divine artifacts to lead her company through the mist toward a ruin.
• Hao Ren and Veronica entered a ruined town and found its plaza packed with Corrupted Monsters, leaving Hao Ren suspicious about why so many had gathered.

Hao Ren and Veronica uncovered signs of a new threat as the Chaos Tide intensified, while Lily’s light saved Kalasios’s crew and she encountered a creature that attacked through dreams. The group left the creature restrained, and Lily continued seeking the Landlord.

• Hao Ren and Veronica relit the Hearthfire, drawing the Corrupted Monsters into its Order barrier and discovering that the device had only a short time before its reserves ran out.
• Hao Ren and Veronica found the western jungle watchposts full of dead soldiers whose final words pointed to something emerging from their dreams, then reached the besieged Western Fortress.
• Princess Anya warned King Rudolf III about the growing shadow vortex, attacks on the western frontier, and the united demi-human tribes led by someone called Head Wolf.
• Lily guided the demi-humans’ hot-air balloons toward Ansu as the Chaos Tide destroyed their floating island, then used her Light of Order to calm the storm and save Kalasios’s damaged ship.
• Veronica and Hao Ren reached the Western Fortress, where General Magus reported repeated monster attacks and the loss of teleportation, then arranged their journey to White City.
• Hao Ren saw the Pillars of Imprisonment and sensed the Creation Goddess’s power as the airships crossed the barrier toward the capital.
• Lily and Kalasios’s party camped after the storm, but a shadow creature attacked Lily through an illusion of her home and offered her rewards before she defeated it.
• Lily explained that the creature had crossed from the mental world into reality, then let Kalasios restrain it while she insisted it be kept alive until they found the Landlord.

Hao Ren uncovered the Annihilation Cult’s assault on Taros and learned that royal bloodlines and the Light of Asuman were tied to a wider threat. Meanwhile, Lily led a vast Beast Tide that broke the Chaos attack at Black Raven Stronghold and met its defenders.

• Kalasios sealed the Nightmare Monster in Sukto's Cage, and Hao Ren arrived in White City with Veronica, where the king welcomed her home.
• Hao Ren investigated Anya and Andrew’s mysterious illness, recognized their nightmares as signs of an outside evil will, and exposed Count Willie’s trap at Kand Manor.
• The Taros royal family revealed that the Annihilation Cult was targeting Keeper Bloodlines and that Lavinia D. Kand had escaped with a stolen Ancient Divine Artifact.
• Hao Ren explained that the cultists had taken the wrong artifact for their ritual, while Lizardman scouts confirmed that Chaos had destroyed a human city near the Black Forest.
• Lily gathered the demihuman tribes into a vast Beast Tide and led them toward human territory as Chaos threatened Taros’s defenses.
• August VII investigated the weakening Light of Asuman, the damage to the Crystal Mountain, and a newly opened hall containing a mysterious starry light.
• Philip and his soldiers fought Chaos at Black Raven Stronghold as the Beast Tide, led by Lily, arrived and attacked the monsters.
• Lily’s forces destroyed the Chaos storm’s pillars and saved the stronghold, then Lily introduced herself to Ulysses as Alpha Wolf and asked when they would eat.

Hao Ren reignited the Towers of Sunscorching, reunited with Lily, and uncovered a cult plot tied to Lockmadon. He and his companions reached the collapsing Sanctuary, where nightmares had overrun Luan and the City of Divine Favor had vanished.

• Hao Ren used dormant Source Blood to restore the Towers of Sunscorching across Kolo, interrupting Hector’s attempted sacrifice and weakening the Shadow of the Nightmare.
• The Shadow of the Nightmare warned Lily and Kalasios that Lockmadon was emerging from the Abyss of Oblivion and that the ancient jailers had been corrupted.
• Hao Ren investigated Light Erosion and apparitions caused by Kolo briefly sharing coordinates with the real universe, then traveled south with An to meet the Sanctuary investigation team.
• Lily entered Hogus Hut to search for her Landlord, fought Annihilation Cultists, and reunited with Hao Ren after he arrived in his Type 59 battle tank.
• Hao Ren and Kalasios discovered that the cultists had used human sacrifices to bind an artifact and feared they could free Lockmadon’s soul, though the stolen Radiant Disc was fake.
• An opened a passage to the Sanctuary, where Hao Ren’s party found Chaos nearly extinguishing its Order Barrier and went to Luan to seek information.
• Hao Ren and his companions followed a procession of undead toward Luan’s Grand Cathedral, entered with Bernstein’s help, and learned that Bishop Hutzman was recovering underground.
• Hutzman explained that Chaos and nightmares had devastated Luan, while the City of Divine Favor had severed its links and disappeared, leaving scorched earth and enormous pits.