Chapter Summaries

Angel shared the Rhythmic Membrane’s authority with Gloria, then recounted his journey through the Tidal Realm to Rhein and Sanders. He revealed that Feng had left him Heaven-Bestowed Authority, though whether he had truly received it remained uncertain.

• Gloria tasted a poisonous mushroom, and Angel suggested she use her affinity with the Rhythmic Membrane to create Dream Realm ingredients herself.
• Gloria accepted the offer, and Su Mishi began granting her access to the Rhythmic Membrane’s authority.
• Angel told Rhein and Sanders how Feng’s centuries-spanning plan had led to the Tidal Realm and how Angel had broken the deadlock.
• Angel revealed that Feng had left him an undisclosed item, an oil painting, and Heaven-Bestowed Authority from the Tidal Realm’s World Will.
• Rhein judged that Angel had probably received the authority based on his account of the ritual and the dream that followed.

Angel discussed Heaven-Bestowed Authority and the Tidal Realm’s future with Rhein and Sanders, then revealed to Sanders that his hidden reward was the mysterious object Mad Hatter's Coronation. As Angel watched events across the realm, Gloria created physical Dream Realm creatures in the forest, drawing the attention of nearby Dream Plant Fairies.

• Angel asked why Heaven-Bestowed Authority was absent from books, and Rhein explained that the Extreme Sect had forbidden writing it down while allowing it to be passed on orally.
• Rhein and Sanders advised Angel to keep his possible Heaven-Bestowed Authority secret, especially from the Extreme Sect, and Angel said he had told only them.
• Angel described the Tidal Realm’s elemental settlements and Elemental Tide, while Rhein considered how its development could change the Southern Wizarding World and then left to meet Naimeicui.
• Sanders privately asked Angel about his concealed reward, and Angel identified it as the enchantment-alchemy mysterious object Mad Hatter's Coronation.
• Angel observed Gloria creating physical Dream Realm insects while Su Mishi watched and eventually logged off; Gloria’s activity alerted the Dream Plant Fairies, and a golden-fruited treant began approaching.

Angel surveyed Firstheart City as its residents settled into a more realistic society, then saved Aoli while the Sin-Hunting Group faced a growing Sin Creature threat. He diverted a fast-moving treant away from Gloria, but she noticed its scent and rushed toward it.

• Angel watched Firstheart City develop farms, everyday disputes, and signs of ordinary life while Yada performed and Ku Doudou's team discussed Tree Chat version 1.0.
• Nis left Firstheart City for New City to resume his research, while Angel found Jon studying plants in the library garden.
• At a camp threatened by Sin Creatures, Knight Sabel reported that Young Master Tisen was coming; Aoli appeared unharmed after Angel secretly healed her.
• Angel reached the forest ahead of the golden-fruited treant and generated Dream Realm creatures to distract it from Gloria.
• Gloria caught the treant's scent, rose from her work, and charged toward it.

Gloria tracked a golden fruit to a Treant, whose unexpected attraction to her mushroom-altered appearance made it willing to negotiate. Angel left the Dream Wilderness to prepare for Sanders and Rhein’s arrival, then reunited with his companions in the Lost Forest.

• Gloria followed the golden fruit’s scent and reached for it, while Angel expected the Treant to attack her.
• The Treant gently asked Gloria why she wanted the fruit, and Angel discovered that the mushroom’s effects had made her seem appealing to it.
• Angel returned to reality and left the Vine House with Toby to find a suitable place to open the Planar Corridor.
• Angel found Dangros, Qubige, Lober, Swift Spirit, and Palishanya in the Lost Forest, where Dangros eagerly welcomed him.
• Angel thanked Palishanya for keeping the companions company, and Palishanya responded coldly.

Angel left the Lost Forest and traveled toward a place with calm spatial energy, where he planned to meet Lord Rhein and his mentor. Along the way, he named the Void Traveler Hyde Land and encouraged Dangros to continue learning blacksmithing.

• Angel left the Lost Forest with Dangros, Qubige, Lober, and Swift Spirit after Palishanya warned him not to bring trouble to the Azure Forest Region or Lady Naimeicui.
• Angel released the Void Traveler and used the Void Network to ask Wang Wang about naming it.
• Wang Wang explained that the Void Traveler would treat a name as a conditioned cue, and Angel chose the name Hyde Land for it.
• Angel tested the name and found that Hyde Land responded most strongly when he paired it with a Void Network connection, then returned it to his bracelet.
• Angel encouraged Dangros to keep learning blacksmithing, and Dangros said it would make its first work for Lord Toby and its second for Angel.
• The Gondola reached an unnamed place where spatial energy was relatively stable.

Flora reunited with Liana, Sanders, and Angel in New City, where she learned about the Tidal Realm and Sanders’s plan to investigate it. Angel then opened a Planar Corridor at an isolated salt lake, and Sanders emerged from the abyssal portal as the elemental lifeforms anticipated humans entering the Tidal Realm.

• Liana gave Flora a wind-hide scroll so Flora could levitate in the Dream Wilderness, and Flora explained that she had come to check on Sanders.
• Liana told Flora about Naimeicui and the Tidal Realm, and Flora acknowledged Angel’s recent achievements.
• At Rosewater Hall, Angel and Flora discussed whether Little Red could enter the Dream Wilderness, while Sanders explained that he was leaving to investigate the Tidal Realm and warned Flora to be careful with Su Mishi.
• Angel landed the Gondola beside an unnamed salt lake, told the elemental lifeforms to remain aboard, and opened a Planar Corridor using Sanders’s coordinates.
• Qubige and Lober recognized that the portal signaled a great upheaval and worried about humans entering the Tidal Realm.
• Sanders emerged from the black abyssal opening.

Angel and Sanders opened a Planar Corridor to welcome Rhein, but Rhein arrived from the Kingdom of Saint Lawrence after a mysterious visit to Magic Flute Monastery. The chapter ended with Rhein admiring the unnamed land’s elemental power and wondering what a true elemental territory would look like.

• Sanders explained how different materials shaped Planar Corridors after Angel gave him the leftover Deep-Hole Beast Claw.
• Angel entered Dream Wilderness to find Rhein, but learned from Duncan that Rhein had left through a Planar Corridor to visit a friend.
• Rhein sent Angel spatial coordinates from the heartland of the Kingdom of Saint Lawrence, and Sanders identified the destination as Magic Flute Monastery.
• Sanders opened an Illusory Tunnel with an Illusory Gem, and Rhein emerged before closing the corridor behind him.
• Rhein clarified that his visit had been related to Tidal Realm but that he had not told his friend about it.
• Rhein surveyed the salt lake and remarked that the unnamed land’s elemental power rivaled the Mirror World.

Angel brought Rhein and Sanders into the Azure Forest Region, where they witnessed its extraordinary abundance of natural power and wood-element creatures. At the Lost Forest, Palishanya welcomed them with the Archguard Ceremony and revealed that Angel had once received the same honor.

• Angel introduced the elemental creatures aboard the Gondola to Rhein and Sanders, and both Dangros and Qubige felt unexpectedly disappointed when Angel said he had chosen someone else as his elemental companion.
• Lober told Rhein and Sanders about the Tidal Realm and repeatedly promoted the elemental sovereign Hurricane Xiubolio as the Gondola flew toward the Azure Forest Region.
• Rhein and Sanders marveled at the region’s immense natural power and the countless tiny spore-type wood-element creatures drifting through its air.
• Angel led Rhein and Sanders into the Lost Forest after noticing that Naimeicui was still away and sensing a familiar presence near Palishanya.
• Palishanya formed a series of root archways to welcome the visitors, and Lushleaf Groot waited with it at the end of the path.
• Palishanya said the only previous recipients of its Archguard Ceremony had been Mr. Feng and Angel, whom it called a little liar.

Rhein discussed how wizards and the elemental sovereigns could pursue mutual profit, then revealed a mysterious object that could establish trust by making people speak the truth. He activated Witch's Confession, enveloping everyone in its light.

• Rhein told Lushleaf Groot that he had come to discuss profit and outlined possible arrangements between the Wizarding World and the Tidal Realm.
• Lushleaf Groot analyzed how the sovereigns of major elemental territories might respond, but made no final choice.
• Palishanya questioned whether Rhein's claims about the benefits of cooperation were true, raising the problem of trust between the two sides.
• Rhein revealed Witch's Confession, a mysterious object he had borrowed from Juda, and said it made people speak the truth without hidden implications or loopholes.
• Rhein activated Witch's Confession, and a dome of light enveloped everyone present.

Rhein demonstrated Witch's Confession, a mysterious object that forced people to answer questions truthfully while revealing their inner thoughts. After explaining its three rules, he presented it as a way for both sides in the Tidal Realm to build mutual trust.

• Rhein asked Angel about his favorite food, and Witch's Confession made Angel reveal that he loved milk along with his private thoughts.
• Rhein explained that the object forced people to voice their mental activity, while Palishanya accidentally exposed its desire to attract Lord Naimeicui's attention.
• Rhein used Silent Field to stop everyone from speaking, then explained that only questions activated Witch's Confession and that questions without a target made the asker answer themselves.
• Rhein demonstrated that someone could resist answering if their conscious or subconscious mind strongly opposed the question, and Lober's tail head remained silent when asked to judge its other heads.
• Rhein explained that Witch's Confession was best suited to sincerity, mutual trust, and contracts, and its use in the Tidal Realm showed his willingness to build trust.

Rhein, Sanders, Palishanya, and Naimeicui discussed the Tidal Realm, while Blaze went to White Sand Manor and was discovered spying on Sibyl and Madam Mero. Mero’s attempt to assess Sibyl was interrupted when she magically pulled Blaze into the room.

• Palishanya, Sanders, and Rhein spoke under Witch's Confession, and their unspoken criticisms of Angel drove him out of the shield’s range.
• Rhein and Sanders’s talks with Palishanya continued for a day, then resumed with Naimeicui, whose views could shape future decisions about the Tidal Realm.
• Blaze remembered his adoptive father Jason, dressed in his favorite cloak, and headed to White Sand Manor to catch a glimpse of Sibyl.
• Sibyl welcomed Madam Mero, who explained that she had come to test whether Sibyl might have extraordinary talent and considered recruiting her to Savage Cave.
• Mero sensed someone outside and used a strange force to pull Blaze through the window into the room.

Mero tested Sibyl’s aptitude and confirmed she had talent, so Sibyl chose to leave White Goose Town for Savage Cave. Blaze asked to be tested too, and the aptitude sphere glowed when he touched it, revealing that he also possessed talent.

• Blaze claimed he was Omolia, a dark demon king, and Mero bound him while explaining wizardry to Sibyl.
• Sibyl’s aptitude test filled the room with light, and Mero confirmed she had transcendent talent.
• Sibyl chose to leave White Goose Town with Mero and go to Savage Cave.
• Blaze asked to take the aptitude test, gave his name as Blaze, and was released from Mero’s binding spell.
• Blaze touched the aptitude sphere with his left hand, and orange-red light filled the room.

After the tense meeting in Lost Forest ended peacefully, Angel, Rhein, and Sanders traveled to Vine Tower, where Rhein searched the Void for clues and examined Feng’s painting. The painting revealed Feng’s close connection to Angel, but its legendary energy remained undeciphered as Rhein prepared to leave and explore Azure Forest Region.

• Naimeicui, Rhein, and the others ended their argument over Witch’s Confession without fighting, and Angel left Dangros and the other elemental sprites with Palishanya.
• Angel, Sanders, and Rhein followed Naimeicui to Vine Tower, where Rhein searched the Void and the former treasure site but found no clues beyond shattered stones and ash from dead light algae.
• Angel told Rhein that Lober would accompany him as he explored Azure Forest Region and met its elemental lifeforms.
• Rhein examined Feng’s painting, Friends’ Night Talk, and recognized that it portrayed Feng and Angel as close friends, signaling Angel’s connection to Feng.
• Rhein sensed legendary energy in the painting but could not decipher it, so Angel resealed it with Green Pattern.

Angel crafted a login device for Naimeicui using Mad Hatter's Coronation, a mysterious magic pattern that could optimize flawed enchantments. After the device succeeded and Sanders learned its effects, Angel inspected it to check how many times it could be used.

• Naimeicui asked Angel for a way to meet the Tree Spirit again, and Angel promised to craft it a login device.
• Angel showed Sanders Mad Hatter's Coronation and explained that it was a reusable mysterious magic pattern.
• Angel chose to make Naimeicui an azure scale login device and engraved its magic energy array with deliberate flaws.
• Mad Hatter's Coronation appeared to crown the finished device with a white hat, then optimized its flaws and left it emitting a mysterious aura.
• Sanders warned Angel to use the mysterious object carefully, and Angel activated the Alchemy Eye to inspect the device's login count.

Angel discovered that Mad Hatter's Coronation greatly enhanced login devices, while Black Hat Coronation could create genuine Half-Step Mystic items. After agreeing to keep the secret, Angel accepted Rhein's invitation to visit Stone Forest Canyon and awakened Naimeicui, who offered to join them on later travels.

• Angel found that White Hatter's Coronation raised a flawed login device's uses to 15,000 and a flawless one's to 75,000, though the mystic aura made the devices risky to distribute widely.
• Angel repeatedly crafted login devices for Rhein, Iron Armor Granny, the Tree Spirit, Mirror Princess, Flora, and Su Mishi, but each received a white hat instead of the black hat he sought.
• Angel explained Black Hat Coronation to Sanders, who recognized its potential to produce Half-Step Mystic creations and urged Angel to guard the secret and limit distribution of the login devices.
• Rhein invited Angel and Sanders to travel toward Stone Forest Canyon before the gathering in the Fire Region, and Angel agreed to go.
• Angel awakened Naimeicui in the Dream Wilderness and gave it a login device; Naimeicui offered to accompany them if they later visited Maraya Iceberg or White Cloud Township.

Angel traveled with Rhein through the Tidal Realm while organizing information from Mr. Feng, then the group headed toward Maraya Iceberg. In Firstheart City, Frod learned that the farmer’s ghost had become an undead and killed people near Star-Lake Castle, where Dru arrived with further clues.

• Angel accompanied Rhein and Sanders to elemental territories, where Rhein refined Angel’s plans and won the trust of elemental monarchs.
• Angel, Rhein, Sanders, and Naimeicui traveled toward Maraya Iceberg, while Lushleaf Groot and the Azure Forest sages headed for the Fire Region.
• Frod received Yada’s message that Dru had come to Star-Lake Castle seeking him, then checked on Sunny before going to meet Dru.
• Frod saw that Neya had increased the guards around Star-Lake Castle and questioned two Imperial Wizard Corps apprentices about the new defenses.
• Dru told Frod that the farmer’s ghost had become an undead and killed more than ten people at the lumber mill below the mountain.
• Dru began telling Frod that the knight corps investigating the farmer’s sacrifices in the Silver Yun Duchy had discovered related clues.

Frod learned that a strange buyer from thirteen years earlier had purchased slaves of nearly identical heights and possessed a symbol linked to Quest World. He connected the clue to the underground cave’s sacrifice and then focused on preparing for the farm owner’s ghost, which might be a special undead.

• Dru told Frod that Royal Knights investigating the sacrifices in Dawn Town had uncovered a buyer who had purchased many slaves of similar heights thirteen years earlier.
• Dru explained that a worker had seen an unmemorable symbol in the buyer’s home, with two concentric circles and a hexagon as its framework.
• Frod drew the symbol and recognized it as connected to Quest World, concluding that the buyer’s clue was unrelated to the farm owner’s sacrifices.
• Frod linked the buyer’s slaves and symbol to the three hundred and sixty skeletons and altar in the underground cave, realizing the clue pointed to that sacrifice.
• Frod and Dru returned their attention to the farm owner’s ghost near the mountain, and Frod suspected it was a special undead.

Frod investigated the attacks at the Timber Factory and analyzed a survivor’s account of escaping a ghost in a warehouse. He suspected the ghost was a Mirror Wraith with the Soul Sleight Intrusion, and the chapter ended as he identified its likely ability.

• Frod left Firstheart City for New City to find Tulas, after Angel failed to answer his message and the ghost attacks continued.
• Frod reviewed Dru’s reports and focused on David’s account of the attack at the Timber Factory.
• David avoided a dark warehouse, but encountered a sinister reflection in a mirror in Warehouse Number Two, smashed the mirror, and escaped when a wizard’s Copper Bell dispelled the ghost’s trap.
• Frod recognized that the ghost’s attacks relied on mirrors and matched the Mirror Wraith described in the Book of the Undead.
• Frod identified the Mirror Wraith’s likely Soul Sleight as Intrusion.

After helping secure the Greenwild Plains’ support for the greater tide, Angel returned to Wind Island and learned why it was unsuitable for a Savage Cave branch. A new Mirror Wraith threatened Little Saim near Star-Lake Castle, so Angel prepared to leave with Tulas and investigate before the Fire Region gathering.

• Angel returned to Wind Island, where Rhein and Sanders found Feng’s Mystic Magic Pattern in his studio, and Angel met Sage Camus, who asked him to keep taking Qubige along; Angel refused to force Qubige away from Camus.
• Angel listened as Rhein, Sanders, and Gentle Wind Uranus assessed Wind Island as a possible Savage Cave branch and concluded it was unsuitable unless it became a drifting Wizard Market.
• Tulas brought Angel a message from Frod about a special undead near Star-Lake Castle and a slave incident tied to a cave sacrifice ritual thirteen years earlier.
• Angel learned that the Mirror Wraith appeared to be targeting Little Saim and decided to take Tulas there so he could try absorbing its special energy.
• Rhein and Sanders approved Angel’s plan, and Rhein asked him to return before the Fire Region gathering.

Angel hurried to Star-Lake Castle after the farmer’s ghost disappeared from view, while the castle’s staff removed its mirrors to protect Little Saim. Little Saim’s room seemed safe after Dru investigated, but he later saw the dead owner of Holy Echo Farm reflected in his window, and an eerie rustling sounded behind him.

• Angel left Wind Island with Swift Spirit and traveled across the continents, while Frod reported that the farmer’s ghost remained near the Timber Factory.
• Angel brought Dangros along, and Dangros spent the journey asking about the unfamiliar towns and objects it saw.
• At Star-Lake Castle, Dru oversaw the removal of every mirror, and Little Saim learned that Yada was absent and Tisen had gone down the mountain.
• Little Saim found his room dark with its window open, but Dru and three knights investigated and found no sign of an intruder.
• After Little Saim closed the window, he saw the farmer’s ghost reflected in the glass, fell to the floor, and heard rustling behind him.