Chapter Summaries

Angel watched powerful wizards gather near the Mist Belt as the mysterious fruit neared ripeness, while the Observer’s Distorted Domain concealed him from their notice. The arrival of Council Chair Chasing Light and other prominent figures raised the stakes as Angel waited to see what would happen next.

• Angel recognized Big Fish Warlock Siliwu and recalled how Siliwu had once suspected him of taking a mysterious object on Silver Palm Island.
• Siliwu’s mount Biji trembled with excitement as the mysterious fruit’s attraction grew stronger for sea beasts than for humans.
• Angel saw Maguston push closer to the Mist Belt, driven by the hope that the mysterious object would let him break through his stagnation.
• As the fruit neared ripeness, Di Xie’er and Liwita arrived to record events, accompanied by Black Duke Adelia and Council Chair Chasing Light.
• Chasing Light sensed Angel’s gaze, but the Observer explained that the Distorted Domain kept the newcomers from discovering him.

Speaker Chasing Light warned the recorders not to interfere with the contest for a mysterious fruit, whose presence filled him with dread. As Angel overheard Adelia thinking of Reeves, a Cloud Whale approached the center of the Mist Belt.

• Speaker Chasing Light sensed an unseen watcher and told the others to avoid probing or competing for the mysterious object.
• Di Xie'er and Liwita agreed that their role was to record events, while Speaker Chasing Light described the fruit as an apparently immature mysterious object with unknown effects.
• Di Xie'er told Speaker Chasing Light that the tree-transformed woman resembled members of a secret group known for sacrificial rites.
• Adelia said she had inexplicably thought of an old acquaintance from Bode Island, and Angel realized she might mean Reeves, whose soul was in his bracelet.
• A Cloud Whale emerged from behind the fleeing shadows and headed toward the center of the Mist Belt.

As a Cloud Whale rushed toward the mysterious fruit, the observers discovered powerful hidden beings nearby and witnessed the fruit turn the whale into blood rain. The Observer restrained Boluoye from interfering with the sea beasts, while Angel ended the chapter distracted by something he would not explain.

• The Cloud Whale veered around the Observer and Angel, revealing their position to Chairman Chasing Light, Adelia, and others; Maguston also detoured around the area.
• Pink tentacles seized the Cloud Whale, launched it at No. 03, and the mysterious fruit dissolved it into a cloud of blood that fell as rain.
• Chairman Chasing Light judged the tentacle-wielder to be near or beyond Legend and warned the recorders to do nothing but observe.
• The Observer told Boluoye not to hasten the sea beasts' deaths, and Boluoye agreed to wait while the fruit ripened.
• The Observer noticed Angel staring into an apparently empty area, but Angel said he had only been thinking.

As the mysterious fruit devoured powerful sea creatures, Angel sensed that a dangerous presence had reached the Southern Region. The sacrifice of a snake-haired sea demon suggested that the fruit had shifted its attention toward humanoids and would soon target the gathered wizards, leaving them facing a desperate struggle to survive.

• Angel learned that Chairman Chasing Light and the others were protected by projections while sensing an invisible bond that told him something had descended upon the Southern Region.
• The Mozina Blueflag rushed into the Mist Belt, was disintegrated beside No. 03, and was consumed by the mysterious fruit.
• Biji returned to the Mist Belt under the fruit’s influence, and Siliwu failed to stop it from being sacrificed.
• A snake-haired sea demon charged No. 03 and became the fruit’s next sacrifice, alarming the wizards because she was humanoid.
• Chairman Chasing Light said he had contacted Councilor Vera for guidance, while the Inspector told Angel that humans had already become potential food for the fruit.

After Prussian Merfolk were sacrificed to the mysterious fruit, Councilor Vera’s indirect prophecy warned that many renowned wizards would soon vanish or die. The Light-Chasing Speaker and Di Xie'er warned the crowd, but only a small fraction truly left the Mist Belt.

• Dozens of Prussian Merfolk rushed toward the mysterious fruit and were turned into bloody froth, while the surrounding wizards continued to hope humans would be unaffected.
• Angel asked the Inspector whether they should urge the wizards to leave, and the Inspector suggested that the Light-Chasing Speaker might persuade them with Councilor Vera’s authority.
• The Light-Chasing Speaker reported Vera’s prophecy that many wizards who came to the Mist Belt would soon disappear from the Southern Region, likely because they would die.
• Adelia refused to persuade the wizards, but the Light-Chasing Speaker insisted on warning them, and Di Xie'er joined him to deliver the message.
• Although many wizards retreated after hearing the warning, Angel saw that fewer than ten percent had actually left the Mist Belt, matching the Inspector’s prediction.

The mysterious fruit's attraction suddenly surged across the Mist Belt, driving wizards to their deaths as its skin darkened toward maturity. Angel could do little but watch, and the chapter ended with Maguston still resisting near him.

• Liwita discussed how Firefly Capital Night Talk might cover the deaths, while Adelia criticized using death as a gimmick and Chairman Chasing Light encouraged Liwita to write boldly.
• The Inspector explained that Chairman Chasing Light's warning could still help people who had not yet arrived, while Angel watched the fruit continue to feed on sea beasts.
• A heartbeat sounded, and the fruit's attraction suddenly intensified across more than half the Mist Belt, overwhelming many wizards and drawing them toward it.
• Thirteen wizards and then many more were torn apart by the fruit, whose skin turned dark red as it neared maturity.
• Angel struggled to watch the deaths and realized he could not rescue anyone without the Inspector's protection.
• Angel looked behind him and spotted Maguston, who was still resisting the pull despite being closer to the fruit than the other surviving wizards.

Angel and the Inspector explained how Maguston resisted the Mystic Fruit’s pull as the fruit neared ripeness and more wizards died. Boluoye emerged and prepared to use the captured No. 01 to push the fruit into changing, but No. 01 tried to save himself by pointing out a wizard nearing his limit.

• The Inspector told Angel that Maguston used a half-finished spatial mystic object to enter Void Body and evade the Mystic Fruit’s pull, though the mental strain could not last.
• Modi became the first True-Knowledge Wizard to die in the catastrophe, and despair drove several more wizards toward the Mystic Fruit.
• The Mystic Fruit began beating rapidly and gathering white vapor, prompting Angel and the Inspector to realize it was about to ripen.
• Boluoye emerged from hiding and offered to save time by using No. 01 as the final push, while the Inspector warned him not to cross the line.
• No. 01 pleaded that he could provide information about the Laiyi Association, then pointed out a wizard who was about to give out.

Maguston neared death under the mysterious fruit’s attraction, but Angel’s green light helped his soul escape to Quest World while his body continued toward the fruit. Boluoye accepted the soulless body as a possible replacement, though he warned Xiuluo that he would intervene if it failed to fill the final gap.

• Boluoye dismissed No. 01 and watched Maguston’s Void Body falter as Maguston approached the end of his strength.
• As Maguston faced his final seconds, a whisper reached him and he rushed toward the Inspector’s position and the mysterious fruit.
• Angel appeared beside the white-haired Inspector and wrapped Maguston in green light, briefly freeing him from the attraction.
• Di Xie'er and Chairman Chasing Light deduced that Maguston had abandoned his body and sent his soul to Quest World.
• Boluoye confronted Xiuluo, accepted Maguston’s soulless body as a possible final gap-filler, and threatened to act if it failed.

Maguston and Sea Bone destroyed their bodies to send their souls to Quest World, inspiring other trapped wizards to choose the same path while Angel decided to remain near the Mystic Fruit. As the fruit’s pull weakened and White Feather escaped through a spatial rift at great cost, a crack appeared in its shell.

• After Maguston’s body shattered, the Mystic Fruit’s pull weakened, and Sea Bone destroyed his body and sent his spatial ring to the Light-Chasing Speaker with a message that he planned to return.
• Several other wizards followed Maguston and Sea Bone by destroying their bodies to send their souls home, while most of those still trapped chose to wait.
• The Inspector urged Angel to leave, but Angel refused because he wanted to witness the birth of a Disorderly Object, and he explained that he had helped Maguston on impulse after recognizing his resolve.
• As the Mystic Fruit’s pull weakened further, White Feather used a forbidden spell that sacrificed most of his mental power model to escape through a spatial rift.
• After the remaining wizards debated whether to keep waiting, a hairline crack appeared in the Mystic Fruit’s shell.

As the mysterious fruit began to crack, its newborn power captivated Angel and drew the wizards into an attraction they could no longer escape, even through forbidden arts or death. The Observer identified the object’s final stage as the Disorderly Rhythm, while Boluoye noted that Angel appeared enthralled by the fruit.

• Angel studied the Beginning of Mystery emerging from the cracked fruit shell while the other wizards were drawn in by its influence.
• Zhinode and two other wizards failed to escape with forbidden arts, and Zhinode’s soul was absorbed by the fruit after he self-destructed.
• The attraction intensified, causing two more wizards to walk into the fruit and die as the survivors struggled to resist it.
• The Observer explained that the attraction had begun a fundamental transformation and that the Disorderly Rhythm would appear when the fruit shed its shell.
• Boluoye pointed out that Angel looked captivated by the fruit, and the Observer turned to examine him.

Angel awakened after perceiving the Mystic Fruit’s emerging structure, then helped investigate why the Light-Chasing Speaker and the other projections remained trapped in a trance. Their projections and true bodies had both been affected, and Angel concluded that the Mystic Fruit’s disorderly state might repeatedly assess the strength of those within its attraction.

• Angel awakened and told the Inspector that he had glimpsed part of the structure forming within the disorderly Mystic Fruit.
• At the Inspector’s prompting, Angel approached the Light-Chasing Speaker and used his Green Pattern Domain Field to awaken the Light-Chasing Speaker, Di Xie'er, and Adelia, while leaving Liwita outside it as a control.
• Di Xie'er revealed that their true bodies in the void had also been drawn into the trance, and the Light-Chasing Speaker reported that he could neither awaken Liwita nor recall the projections.
• Angel proposed that the Mystic Fruit had developed a new trait rather than deliberately singling them out, and judged that it repeatedly assessed the strength of those within its attraction.

Angel determined that the mysterious fruit assessed thinking beings within its range through their projections, and destroying a projection freed its true body from the effect. After confirming the test worked, he offered to shatter the others’ projections too, but only on one condition.

• Angel explained that the mysterious fruit’s strength assessment affected projections and drew their true bodies into a stronger attraction, then proposed that destroying the projections might solve the problem.
• Angel shattered Liwita’s projection, and she returned to the void, where she found she could move freely and no longer felt restrained.
• Di Xie'er reported Liwita’s recovery to the Inspector, who concluded that the disorderly object operated through range and strength assessment and began recording its properties.
• Angel warned the Light-Chasing Speaker, Di Xie'er, and Adelia that the fruit’s effect would intensify as its shell fell away, and they chose not to remain.
• Angel offered to shatter their projections as he had Liwita’s, but said he had one condition.

Angel dismissed the journal representatives while concealing his connection to Reeves, then learned from the Observer about the Budding and Loser's Arrow. The fruit shell suddenly split open, releasing a powerful attraction and a torrent of Beginning of Mystery that captivated everyone.

• Angel agreed that the Light-Chasing Speaker and Di Xie'er could report an unknown powerful figure at the scene, provided they did not identify him or the Observer, then shattered their projections.
• Angel sent Adelia away without telling her about Reeves, and she mentioned remembering an old friend from Bode Island.
• Angel felt heat and itching near his shoulder and suspected that a mysterious being had drawn close, while the Observer said the trapped wizards had to bear the consequences of their hesitation.
• The Observer told Angel that Irene was basically impossible to recover, that the Order Guild could not intervene against the Budding Believers without a costly mission, and that Loser's Arrow was unlikely to be used again soon.
• The fruit shell split open from its center, releasing a powerful attraction and Beginning of Mystery that left Angel and the others entranced.

Angel resonated with the Mystic Fruit’s disorderly structure, causing mystery power to gather around him and revealing his rare potential. Gruzdaiwald ordered Boloye to take Angel alive, while the Inspector also recognized Angel’s value and protected him; Boloye’s hidden companion warned it not to act too conspicuously.

• As the Mystic Fruit’s cracks spread, several entranced wizards rushed toward it and were consumed, while Boloye swept the last three away before they could become sacrifices.
• Angel began gathering power as he remained immersed in the structure, and the Inspector enveloped him in the Distorted Domain when mystery power stirred around him.
• Gruzdaiwald recognized Angel’s resonance with the disorderly object and ordered Boloye to bring him alive to Phantom City, placing that mission above securing the fruit or killing No. 01.
• The Inspector identified Angel’s state as mystery resonance and strengthened his protection, judging that Boloye had not noticed Angel’s significance.
• Gruzdaiwald told Boloye it had been too deliberate in ignoring Angel, then warned that the Inspector had not yet detected its purpose.
• The chapter revealed that Boloye had not come alone, though the Inspector did not know it.

The Mystic Fruit’s attraction surged as its shell cracked, leaving Boluoye on the brink of being overwhelmed while the Inspector remained comparatively at ease. Boluoye escaped toward the Inspector for help, and the chapter ended with the Inspector looking to Angel as he considered whether to accept it.

• The Mystic Fruit’s cracks reached 96%, sharply increasing its attraction and forcing the Inspector and Boluoye to focus on resisting it.
• Boluoye warned the Inspector about the danger, but both chose to remain and watch the fruit’s progress.
• When the cracks reached 98%, part of the shell fell away, exposing the fruit and more than doubling its attraction.
• Boluoye exhausted its strength maintaining a fragile balance and pleaded with Gruzdaiwald for help.
• Gruzdaiwald steadied Boluoye’s mind, prompting it to flee toward the Inspector for protection.
• The Inspector saw Boluoye approaching and turned to Angel while deciding whether to accept it.

Angel remained immersed in the mysterious resonance as his Green Pattern Domain Field weakened the attraction and allowed Boluoye to approach under the Observer’s protection. Boluoye learned Angel’s identity and became intent on capturing him, then tried to open a Planar Corridor to escape the growing danger.

• The Observer nearly lost his footing as the attraction surged, but Angel’s Green Pattern Domain Field strengthened and weakened the pull around them.
• The Green Pattern Domain Field expanded just enough to shelter Boluoye, and the Observer extended his Distorted Domain to let it approach without breaking his oath.
• Boluoye entered the Observer’s domain, released the captive wizards and No. 01, and secretly questioned them about Angel.
• Boluoye learned that Angel was a genius alchemist who had encountered the mysterious level before, and decided to seize him for Phantom City.
• Boluoye stopped Diluni from self-destructing after she failed to open a Planar Corridor, then prepared to open one itself and flee.

Angel remained immersed in the Beginning of Mystery’s vision, learning to remember the patterns of Disorderly Rhythm, while the Mystic Fruit’s shedding shell made its attraction increasingly dangerous. The fruit began directly absorbing nearby magic, and its effects could grow more severe as more of its shell fell away.

• Boluoye failed to open a path to the void, and the Inspector discovered that he could not reach it either; he suspected Angel’s Green Pattern Domain Field had sealed it.
• The Inspector wondered whether Angel had deliberately sealed the void and hidden his true intentions, while Angel remained unaware of the outside world and absorbed in the Beginning of Mystery’s visions.
• Angel gained an unfamiliar perspective that revealed hidden patterns, and he resolved to remember Disorderly Rhythm’s logic as a step toward Mystery.
• The Mystic Fruit shed more of its shell, exposing roughly half its surface and strengthening its attraction enough to make the Inspector and Boluoye grateful for their protection.
• After another large section fell away, exposing around sixty to sixty-five percent of the fruit, it began directly drawing in nearby elemental and primordial magic, creating a magicless region around it.

Boluoye learned that the Inspector had not imposed the spatial restrictions and arranged for Gruzdaiwald to descend into the Distorted Domain with the Inspector’s approval. As Angel continued studying the Mystic Fruit’s higher-dimensional structures, the fruit’s growing power cracked their defenses and the Distorted Domain began to contract.

• Boluoye questioned the Inspector about the sealed spatial routes, and the Inspector denied setting any restrictions.
• Gruzdaiwald told Boluoye he could descend using Boluoye as an anchor and asked it to secure the Inspector’s cooperation.
• Boluoye described the proposed escape plan to the Inspector, who agreed without consulting Angel.
• Angel continued memorizing the higher-dimensional structures emerging from the Mystic Fruit despite the strain on his body.
• As more than eighty percent of the Mystic Fruit’s shell fell away, its attraction increased and cracks appeared in the group’s protections.
• The Distorted Domain began shrinking until Boluoye could no longer fully stretch its tentacles.

The Inspector and Boluoye struggled to make room as Angel's Green Pattern Domain Field contracted, while Diluni escaped into Quest World and No. 01 was forced toward the Mystic Fruit. The space finally stopped shrinking when Boluoye tried to use Angel to persuade the Inspector to halt it.

• Boluoye shrank himself and pressured the three wizards to make room; Diluni destroyed her body, left her spatial buttons with the Inspector, and entered Quest World.
• Boluoye stopped two other wizards from following Diluni, then expelled No. 01 from the Distorted Domain when the space kept contracting.
• No. 01 walked toward the Mystic Fruit, where No. 03 killed him as they passed each other.
• Boluoye tried to approach Angel to make the Inspector stop shrinking the space, and the Inspector noticed Angel's Green Pattern Domain Field had stopped contracting.

The Inspector, Boluoye, and Angel watched the Mystic Fruit’s shell fall away as its pulling force began collapsing space. As the danger escalated, a spatial rift appeared and vanished before the City Lord could descend, leaving the Inspector staring at Angel.

• Boluoye teased the Inspector for stopping the Domain Field’s contraction, while the Inspector realized Angel’s Green Pattern Domain Field was controlling it and suspected Angel had left room for someone who was about to descend.
• The Mystic Fruit shed most of its shell, revealing a woven metallic structure as its pulling force grew stronger.
• Space around the Mystic Fruit collapsed, prompting the Inspector to warn that the final shell fragment’s fall could unleash Disorderly Rhythm and kill them; Boluoye said the City Lord would descend within a minute.
• The Inspector prepared to secretly urge Angel to leave, but a spatial rift opened between him and Boluoye before closing without anyone emerging.
• Boluoye learned from Gruzdaiwald that the City Lord had not descended and saw the Inspector staring strangely toward Angel.