Chapter Summaries

Angel connected Feng’s Abyss and Tidal Realm games through the Ojia Intricate-Pattern Key and questioned what role he played in Feng’s plans. Frost Isel revealed that Feng’s treasure was hidden in a void near the center of the world and directed Angel to find Naimeicui in the Azure Forest Region for its location.

• Angel reasoned that Feng’s games in the Abyss and the Tidal Realm were connected, with the Ojia Intricate-Pattern Key linking them.
• Angel wondered whether he was merely a puppet in Feng’s design, and Frost Isel said she could not tell him what role he played.
• Frost Isel recalled Feng’s claim that a person mentioned in a book could open his treasure, leaving Angel to suspect the book might truly exist.
• Frost Isel said she did not know what the treasure was but explained that Feng had hidden it in a void corresponding to the center of the world.
• Frost Isel told Angel that Naimeicui had accompanied Feng when he hid the treasure, so Angel decided to travel to the Azure Forest Region and asked about Naimeicui.

Angel learned that Naimeicui was the mysterious, powerful uncrowned king of the Azure Forest Region, then heard that even Lober had been driven away from its forest by its pressure. After meditation, Angel knocked Dangros off the Gondola by mistake, and Dangros revealed he had approached to thank Angel for what happened at Maraya Iceberg.

• Angel studied Feng's map and found that it depicted Naimeicui as a snake-like creature.
• Lober told Angel that it had never seen Naimeicui and had been swept away by a terrifying warning before reaching its remote forest.
• Angel reassured Lober that its oath would last twenty years, then put away the map and began meditating.
• Angel woke and struck Dangros off the Gondola, but Swift Spirit caught him and returned him safely.
• Dangros said he had approached Angel to thank him for what had happened at Maraya Iceberg.

Angel and his companions traveled from the Soft Wave Sea through nameless lands toward the Azure Forest Region, while Angel sensed an unexplained presence nearby. After two uneventful days, they landed and continued through a mountain range, where Dangros spotted sparks in rising black smoke and asked Angel to investigate.

• Dangros thanked Angel for not handing him over to Troisha, and Angel reassured him he would have protected him regardless of Mr. Ma Gu's request.
• Angel sensed that something might be watching them, but Lober, Swift Spirit, and Ermi detected nothing unusual as the Gondola crossed the Soft Wave Sea.
• Dangros explained that the Fire Region's centuries-old feud with Maraya Iceberg centered on attempts to seize Kalomengqisi's remains.
• Angel and his companions reached an unnamed coast and traveled through nameless lands toward the Azure Forest Region.
• A rumble and plumes of black smoke rose from the mountain range, and Dangros asked Angel to investigate after spotting sparks within the smoke.

Angel and Dangros found an unconscious Traveling Frog and a water-element civet cat after their battle left a valley scorched and filled with smoke. Both creatures had cracked elemental cores, but Angel prepared enchanted boxes to help them recover.

• Dangros sensed flame energy in the smoke, and Angel redirected Swift Spirit toward the valley to investigate.
• Angel had Lober blow away the smoke, revealing an unconscious red frog and a blue civet cat beside a scorched lake.
• Dangros identified the frog as a Traveling Frog and restrained himself from attacking the civet cat after Angel warned him not to assume it was an enemy.
• Angel and Dangros found that both creatures had badly cracked elemental cores, leaving them close to death.
• Angel made two glazed boxes with Purifying Water and burning magic patterns, then powered them with elemental gemstones to help the frog and civet cat recover.

Angel created two glass boxes that circulated highly concentrated water and fire energy, then discovered Dangros had tried to burn a stone and accidentally fallen into the water box. Dangros recovered after experiencing both boxes, and Angel realized their elemental density resembled the World Voice but lacked its world-will rules.

• Angel finished making two magic-patterned glass boxes that held circulating water and fire energy.
• Angel found Dangros dazed and covered in ash after it had burned a black stone until it exploded.
• Dangros ran in panic, fell into the blue-gemstone box, and Angel pulled it out after it struggled in the dense water energy.
• Lober and Angel discussed the boxes' elemental density, and Dangros confirmed the red-gemstone box restored and nourished its flames.
• Angel recognized that the boxes matched the World Voice's elemental concentration but lacked its world-will rules and vitality.

Angel protected two injured elemental creatures in glazed boxes and encouraged Dangros's interest in learning to forge by creating a blacksmithing illusion for it. As the Gondola continued its journey, Qubige questioned Angel's kindness and was told to keep observing.

• Angel explained how wizards could help elemental creatures grow and placed the cracked-core traveling frog and raccoon cat in simulated elemental environments to keep them stable.
• Dangros admitted it had tried to burn a rock into a box, and Angel explained alchemy before the group left the valley aboard the Gondola.
• Dangros asked Angel to teach it to forge stones, so Angel created the illusionary realm “The Old Blacksmith's Day” and gave Dangros a gem to power it.
• Toby drew Angel's attention to Qubige watching Dangros, and Qubige asked whether Angel was helping Dangros to make it his elemental partner.
• Angel asked Qubige to consider what he had gained from protecting it, denied expecting an equivalent reward, and encouraged it to keep observing.

Angel encountered a Wind Bat Dragon that feared Lober and Swift Spirit, then entered the Dream Wilderness to test whether two elemental creatures could travel there. He summoned Dumartin to New City's outskirts to show him the creatures’ arrival, but a sudden rainstorm left Dumartin wondering why Angel had brought him there.

• A Wind Bat Dragon recognized Lober as one of Stormwind Ridge's Four Wind Generals, hid in the clouds, and was ignored as the Gondola passed.
• Angel used the Nightmare Illusion Dream Entry Technique on the traveling frog and the civet cat, and both appeared on Dream Bridges in their elemental forms.
• Angel entered the Dream Wilderness and met Dumartin in New City, then took him to a grassland on the city's outskirts.
• Black clouds gathered over Angel and Dumartin, and a light drizzle turned into a torrential downpour.
• Dumartin asked Angel whether he had summoned him just to watch the rainstorm.

Angel and the others watched a water-element civet cat form in the Dream Wilderness from law threads traced to Tidewave Garden, raising questions about what real-world laws were needed to bring elemental creatures into the dream. As a fireball formed around the Traveling Frog, Virtual Magic nearly vanished nearby, and an unseen speaker confirmed the fireball had caused the disturbance.

• Angel and Dumartin saw water-element energy surge through the Black Cloud and condense into a blue civet cat that absorbed the remaining law threads.
• Lord Rhein and Iron Armor Granny arrived after tracing unusual water-element threads from Tidewave Garden, and Rhein explained that the Wizard Garden's law core had produced them.
• Dumartin, Rhein, and Iron Armor Granny considered whether the Dream Wilderness needed real-world laws to support elemental creatures, and Angel hinted he had encountered creatures beyond water-element ones.
• A fiery red figure began condensing beneath a shrub inside a large fireball, and Angel recognized it as the Traveling Frog and shielded it from the rain with an air wall.
• Angel and the others sensed that nearby Virtual Magic had nearly vanished, and a deep, magnetic voice said the floating fireball had caused the abnormality.

Sanders joined Angel and the others as they investigated why a fireball had drained the Dream Wilderness of energy, and Angel revealed it was forming a fire-element creature. The creature emerged as a little fire frog, but Dumartin seized it for study, prompting Angel to insist that research should seek its cooperation and avoid harming it.

• Sanders entered the Dream Wilderness after sensing that New City's energy had abruptly fallen, and confirmed the fireball had caused the drop.
• Angel confirmed that the fireball was a fire-element creature, and explained that it had formed from energy while the water-element civet cat had arisen through a different process.
• Rhein and Dumartin concluded that water-element creatures could enter in larger numbers, while other elemental creatures would need to be admitted sparingly until the Dream Wilderness recovered its energy.
• The fireball condensed into a little fire frog, and Angel explained that it was mature despite its juvenile appearance and smaller strength compared with the civet cat.
• Dumartin grabbed the curious little fire frog and sealed it after it scorched his hand, but Angel took it from him and asked that it be studied with its voluntary cooperation and without harm.

Angel captured the water-type civet cat and explained to it and the Traveling Frog that their dream-world bodies had been reshaped after their real elemental cores were cracked. He offered to treat their injured bodies in exchange for letting Dumartin study them, leaving the two creatures uncertain about what the research would involve.

• Angel persuaded Dumartin to study the elemental creatures only after obtaining their consent.
• Angel learned that the Traveling Frog retained its memories but could only make ribbit sounds in its elemental-spirit body.
• The water-type civet cat tried to escape by turning into vapor, but Angel trapped it after the rain clouds vanished.
• Angel learned that the civet cat and Traveling Frog had fought over gems the frog had taken from the civet cat.
• Angel told both creatures that they were in a dream world and that their real bodies had cracked elemental cores, then offered to treat them in exchange for detailed research data.

Angel introduced Rain Civet and the Traveling Frog to the wizards, while Rain Civet concealed information about the Tidal Realm from them. The wizards inferred that Angel had likely solved the Edge Island Elemental Disappearance Mystery, and Sanders asked Angel to speak with him about Su Mishi.

• Angel brought Rain Civet and the Traveling Frog before the others and arranged for them to cooperate with Dumartin’s research only with their consent.
• Rain Civet explained that it had been born from rain brought by the World Voice, then fell silent when it realized the wizards knew nothing about the Tidal Realm.
• Angel declined to explain the Tidal Realm, and Dumartin inferred that Angel had likely solved the Edge Island Elemental Disappearance Mystery.
• Sanders told Angel that he wanted to discuss Su Mishi with him, while Dumartin arranged for the creatures to stay with Iron Armor Granny.
• Rhein passed along Dodolo’s warning to Angel: “It’s there. Watch out for the void.”

Angel told Sanders that Feng’s hidden map revealed the existence of the Tidal Realm, an undiscovered affiliated world linked to the Mystery of the Disappearing Elements. Sanders realized the discovery could have enormous consequences, but postponed further discussion until he could compose himself and turned to Su Mishi.

• Sanders met Angel at the Butterfly Tea House, where Angel explained the upcoming exhibition of paintings by the Magic Painting Witch.
• Angel showed Sanders a map Feng had left behind and used the Eye of Nalda to reveal its hidden information.
• Sanders learned that the map depicted the Tidal Realm, a hidden world affiliated with the Wizarding World.
• Angel confirmed that the Tidal Realm was connected to the Mystery of the Disappearing Elements and contained elemental creatures.
• Sanders asked whether Angel was safe, then deferred further discussion of the Tidal Realm and changed the subject to Su Mishi.

Sanders recommended that Su Mishi undertake a restricted authority over Dream Realm creatures, and Angel agreed after they discussed safeguards for Dream Wilderness. Angel then left Dream Wilderness after Toby’s signal, but found the Gondola’s surroundings calm until he noticed something unusual.

• Sanders explained Su Mishi’s damaged Demon Abyss Nightmare Domain and proposed that he undertake authority over Dream Realm creatures.
• Angel voiced concern about dangerous Dream Realm creatures, and Sanders outlined restrictions that would keep them weak, confined to Dream Wilderness, and part of its ecosystem.
• Angel agreed to Sanders’ proposal, and Sanders said he would finish his calculations before arranging for Su Mishi to undertake the authority.
• Sanders and Angel discussed Angel’s plan to take in the gifted fire elemental sprite Keluo Keluo, then Toby signaled Angel to leave Dream Wilderness.
• Angel returned to the Gondola, found everything apparently normal, and abruptly turned toward something that had caught his attention.

Angel detected an unseen watcher following him and Toby, but neither Ermi nor a violent storm could reveal its identity. He reached the Azure Forest Region, where Tadi Nai guided the Gondola toward Lushleaf Groot at Sunlight Lake, and Dangros began probing the prince’s response to the Fire Region’s invitation.

• Angel used Ermi to replace the nearby sky with a gray force field, then had Lober and Swift Spirit unleash a storm, but they found no trace of the watcher.
• Angel learned that Toby had also sensed the watcher, and Lober and Qubige suggested the hidden being might be a powerful expert of the Tidal Realm.
• After a peaceful half-day journey, Angel and his companions arrived at the Azure Forest Region and met Tadi Nai, who said Lushleaf Groot was waiting at Sunlight Lake.
• Tadi Nai explained that a sage from Stone Forest Canyon had brought Lushleaf Groot news of Mr. Ma Gu’s invitation to the Fire Region.
• As Tadi Nai led the Gondola deeper into the forest, Dangros questioned it about Lushleaf Groot’s reaction to the invitation.

Angel met Lushleaf Groot, secured its agreement to send Meiou to the Fire Region, and persuaded it to accompany him to the Lost Forest to seek Naimeicui. On the way, Lushleaf Groot could not identify the mysterious presence that had followed Angel's group, but suggested it might not be an elemental creature.

• Tadi Nai refused to reveal information about Naimeicui, and Angel's group reached Sunlight Lake to meet Lushleaf Groot.
• Lushleaf Groot accepted Mr. Ma Gu's invitation to the Fire Region and chose to send Meiou in its place.
• Lushleaf Groot recounted how Naimeicui had remained in the Lost Forest for centuries, whose powerful aura now drove away anyone who tried to enter.
• Angel proposed testing whether he could enter the Lost Forest, and Lushleaf Groot agreed to take him there immediately.
• Angel asked Lushleaf Groot about the hidden presence they had encountered, and it suggested the presence might not be an elemental creature.

Angel and the elemental monarchs considered who might be secretly watching him, and Qubige suggested it could be Naimeicui. At the Lost Forest, Angel left his companions outside and entered the poisonous mist with Toby to seek Naimeicui.

• Angel explained that no outsiders had entered the Tidal Realm through its passage and that anyone who knew its void coordinates could also reach it directly.
• Qubige proposed that the watcher might be Naimeicui, a powerful elemental being whom the monarchs knew but had overlooked.
• Angel decided to visit Naimeicui in the Lost Forest, while Lushleaf Groot admitted that its messages to its teacher had received no reply.
• The group reached the Lost Forest, where poisonous mist and a powerful aura filled the woods; Angel used Poison Expulsion to counter the mist's effects.
• Angel told Dangros, Lober, the Swift Spirits, and Qubige to wait outside, then entered the Lost Forest with Toby.

Angel entered the Lost Forest and endured its steadily increasing repulsive pressure, which led him to suspect Naimeicui was powerful enough to rule the entire Tidal Realm. In an open stretch of forest, Toby scouted ahead and found a lone tree; Angel concluded it was likely a territorial elemental creature that had already noticed them.

• Angel entered the Lost Forest and advanced through its poisonous mist, while Dangros worried about him outside.
• As the pressure rose to the level of a Level 2 Truth-Knowing Wizard, Angel revised his estimate of Naimeicui’s strength and noticed the trees had given way to an open area.
• Toby used a dessert prepared by Gloria to withstand the pressure, transformed into a fiery griffin, and scouted ahead.
• Toby returned and reported that the open ground held only one tree several hundred meters ahead, then suggested going around it.
• Angel rejected Toby’s suggestion, reasoning that the tree had already detected them and might be much larger than it appeared.

Angel and Toby approached the ancient tree Palishanya, which welcomed them through an Archguard Ceremony and recognized Toby as one of Kalomengqisi's kind. Palishanya warned them to turn back, revealing that neither it nor Angel was qualified to meet Lord Naimeicui.

• Angel learned from Ermi that the tree's roots had reached beneath them, but he and Toby continued toward it without being attacked.
• Palishanya raised root archways that welcomed Angel and Toby, then excitedly examined Toby and compared it to Kalomengqisi.
• Angel recognized the colored marks on Palishanya's trunk as paint left by Feng, which the tree proudly called its medals of glory.
• Palishanya mourned that Toby resembled Kalomengqisi but was not it, then advised Toby to turn back.
• Angel told Palishanya that he wanted to meet Lord Naimeicui to ask about Feng, but Palishanya said neither he nor Angel was qualified to meet the lord.

Angel persuaded Palishanya to let him enter the depths of the Lost Forest so Naimeicui could sense his presence and decide whether to meet him. Palishanya agreed to accompany him, and after Angel promised to shield it from Naimeicui’s pressure, it transformed into a treant and prepared to lead the way.

• Palishanya explained that Naimeicui’s growing aura had forced it to retreat from the forest’s core, leaving it convinced that Angel lacked the strength to enter.
• Angel avoided challenging Palishanya and asked whether Naimeicui might meet him if it sensed his presence, leading Palishanya to acknowledge that it might.
• Angel proposed entering the forest alongside Palishanya and staying with it, so Naimeicui could notice him without Angel disturbing its seclusion directly.
• Palishanya accepted Angel’s proposal after he argued that it should not decide on Naimeicui’s behalf, but insisted Angel remain in its sight.
• Angel offered to use a technique to protect Palishanya from the forest’s pressure, and Palishanya trusted him without requiring an oath.
• Palishanya pulled its enormous roots from the ground, transformed into a three-meter treant, and offered to lead Angel into the depths of the Lost Forest.

Angel and Palishanya entered the pressure-filled core of the Lost Forest, where Angel used the Domain Field in his right eye to protect them and waited for Naimeicui. Just as Palishanya urged him to leave, a glowing figure emerged from the forest.

• Palishanya recoiled from the core region’s overwhelming pressure and doubted Angel could bring it inside.
• Angel entered the forest and activated the Domain Field in his right eye, blocking the pressure so he and Palishanya could move through the core.
• Angel deduced that Naimeicui was in seclusion near the low hill and waited with Palishanya by a boulder until midnight.
• As Palishanya advised Angel to leave, rustling grew louder and a faintly glowing figure appeared among the trees.