Recaps

Angel investigated Azaz’s ties to the Fire Pattern Demon, helped resolve the threat without killing Azaz, and continued searching for Irene. The search led him to Wasteland City, where he discovered Irene had encountered a Rain Pattern Stone and freed Kazhona from her duty before killing her.

• Xiliu woke from Angel’s Dream Bridge and recovered her abilities, while Alan told Angel that Irene had vanished in Sky Mechanical City.
• Angel watched Trom defeat Azaz in the tournament, then joined Gloria and Sanders in confronting Azaz and the Fire Pattern Demon Sebastian.
• Azaz explained that he had refused to sacrifice humans despite Tubal’s past offerings, and Gloria hired him at Barbie Restaurant to keep him under watch.
• Alan and Glen traced Irene to Red Sunflower Ward, where she had visited Nightmare Stone Shop seeking Sea Night Dew before traveling to Paladova.
• Angel supervised Knight Sabel’s fusion with Razor Sunflower and suppressed the Sin Demon when it began mutating Sabel.
• Alan told Angel that Irene had bought Sea Night Dew in Paladova before entering Wasteland City and disappearing near its parish.
• Angel questioned Kazhona at the Sprout Church and learned that Irene had seen the patterns on its Rain Pattern Stone.
• Angel destroyed the Rain Pattern Stone, released Kazhona from her duty, and killed her as she imagined reaching the divine kingdom.

Angel learned that Irene’s disappearance was tied to the Budding, then acquired the Heart House and entrusted it to Frod for experiments. The New Star Tournament final began with Trom battling Onassis and then a giant sea troll, while a mysterious figure awakened beneath the ocean.

• Angel told Alan that Irene had entered a perilous path and warned him not to investigate, then explained to Sanders that the Budding had drawn Irene into its disorder.
• Kant brought Qili to Sanders’s manor after her destructive fight with Jiebo, while Sang Ye offered to trade Heart House for Angel’s Ocean Rhythm.
• Angel refused the trade, secretly copied Heart House into the Dream Wilderness, and found that its illusion recreated Pat Manor and a mirror connected to Shava.
• Angel gave Heart House to Frod to test with the Sin Demon Hunting Training Camp, then learned that Onassis’s precognitive dream had prompted him to seek answers about humanity.
• The New Star Tournament final opened in the Raging Sea of Trolls, where Trom and Onassis began their match on separate reefs.
• Trom fought off an Ocean Troll and used Kasisomi’s power to break Onassis’s golden defense, but destroying the reefs released a massive troll from a whirlpool.
• Onassis vanished into the whirlpool, and Trom was trapped by a giant sea troll as an unknown figure opened crimson-glimmering eyes deep beneath the ocean.

Onassis won the New Star Tournament, then Angel helped him control his divided personality before the awards ceremony. As the finalists received their prizes on the Glory Road, Angel turned to Shalu’s Heart House trial and learned how it might help Toby confront the Extreme Grudge Intent.

• Onassis defeated Trom in the final, but Melantha later sought help because Onassis’s other personality had left him unstable and unable to control himself.
• Angel used Nightmare Illusion to awaken Onassis’s primary personality, and Onassis suppressed the secondary one before the awards ceremony.
• Melantha opened the Glory Road ceremony, where the finalists received their rankings and rewards, including access to the Endless Corridor and other prizes.
• Trom challenged Angel, but Angel refused the formal match and offered to fight him at any time during the next three years without costing him his tournament reward.
• Angel and Frod put Shalu through the Heart House trial, where Shalu faced a Snake-Tailed Worm that reflected his own guilt and inner demon.
• Shalu explained his childhood hardships and asked to repeat the trial to open the door representing his childhood home, but Angel sent him back to reflect before pursuing knighthood.
• Angel visited Sanders, who was studying the energy system needed for the Dream Wilderness and weighing whether he could bear the Authority required to create it.

Angel used Shali’s amplified talent to help Toby repeatedly face the Extreme Grudge Intent without breaking its seal, while keeping Dream Wilderness and Infinite Alchemy secret from Gloria. Meanwhile, Drama Shadow Boxes became highly sought after in Sky Mechanical City, and Witch Oroba prepared to open one after Viking refused to disclose who had made them.

• Angel brought Toby into Dream Wilderness, where the simulated Extreme Grudge Intent stirred the real intent inside Toby and forced Angel to pull Toby from the trial before the seal broke.
• Angel enlisted Shali to suppress Toby’s emotions and obtained Demon Flower Sprite Bloodstones, then crafted a platform that let Fate’s Boiling Melody amplify Shali’s talent.
• Toby chose the gray mist door in Heart House and faced the Extreme Grudge Intent while Shali used Fate’s Boiling Melody to suppress each surge of malevolence.
• Angel checked on Toby after the trial, and Toby transformed into a giant griffin to vent his fear before telling Angel and Gloria what he had experienced.
• Toby chose to continue the dangerous trials as his only chance of survival, while Gloria and Shali discussed ways to counter the Extreme Grudge Intent and Angel kept Dream Wilderness and Infinite Alchemy concealed.
• A crowd gathered at Breeze Magic Materials Shop to buy Drama Shadow Boxes, and Loki told Falga that factions and powerful backers were competing for access.
• Falga brought Loki to Witch Oroba, who asked Viking about the boxes’ maker, learned that each buyer could purchase only one, and prepared to open the red-glowing box she had chosen.