Chapter Summaries

Angel tried to communicate with the Infant Spirit and decided to approach it with Black Earl, while Dox stayed behind to guard the apprentices. As they entered the red wax region, its strange influence filled their minds with disturbing images and praises, including the unfamiliar name Shaye.

• Angel held the mist snake before the Infant Spirit, but neither side attacked or communicated.
• Angel decided to approach the Infant Spirit, and Black Earl went with him while Dox remained to protect the apprentices.
• Angel fixed the illusion node on Ermi in place, then left the illusion with Black Earl.
• Black Earl sensed a familiar presence around Angel, but Angel gave no explanation as they entered the red wax region.
• The red wax region filled Black Earl's mind with disjointed, grotesque memories and made him fear that his identity was changing.
• Angel saw a Sea of Flowers whose flowers praised the moonlight, the Queen, Shava, and the unfamiliar Shaye, and he wondered who Shaye was.

Angel used his Domain Field to shield himself and the Black Earl from the red wax region’s influence as they advanced toward the Infant Spirit. Near the creature, Angel recognized the Demon-Eating Flower atop its head as a Nightmare Realm being that still revered his identity as Shava, leaving him hopeful that they could negotiate rather than fight.

• Angel expanded his Domain Field around the Black Earl, clearing the disturbing images and stabilizing his thoughts.
• The Black Earl’s earth-power box disintegrated when it touched the web, revealing that the web could dissolve energy, while Angel’s preparations let them pass through the web and resist the red wax.
• Angel and the Black Earl approached the motionless Infant Spirit, and the Black Earl attached a bloodline contract that could use Homeland Thunderclap to evacuate Angel if he faced mortal danger.
• Angel sensed the Demon-Eating Flower’s joy, respect, and praise, and recognized that it came from Abyss City in the Nightmare Realm and still regarded him as Shava.
• Angel chose not to reject the Black Earl’s safeguard because he believed the Demon-Eating Flower might negotiate with him, making a dangerous fight unnecessary.

Angel approached the Infant Spirit and secretly established an emotional connection with it. He discovered that the Demon-Eating Flower was his old acquaintance from Abyss City, now smarter and named Shaye, who said Light had given it the name.

• Angel told Black Earl he planned to negotiate with the Infant Spirit, and Black Earl warned him about its instinct for disguise.
• Adanis recalled her many deaths in the Mirror Realm, her contract with the Infant Spirit, and her shock that Angel's group had passed through the Woven Net and Red Wax unharmed.
• Angel and the Infant Spirit appeared to stare silently at each other while Angel opened a slit in the Domain Field and privately connected with it.
• Angel recognized the black Demon-Eating Flower as the one he had encountered in Abyss City, and it joyfully greeted him as Shava.
• The Demon-Eating Flower told Angel it had become smarter and received the name Shaye from Light.

Angel learned how Shaye had gained intelligence and why its incarnation had come to the Wizarding World, then agreed to temporarily shelter the Demon-Eating Flower after its contract-bound Infant Spirit was banished. He prepared to leave, with Shaye’s incarnation relying on Angel’s Nightmare Domain to keep it from withering.

• Shaye explained that the Queen’s arrival had cracked a wall beneath Abyss City, allowing a mysterious light to reach the Demon-Eating Flowers and transform Shaye.
• Shaye told Angel that its incarnation had descended into the real world inside a Demon-Eating Flower and shared an energy-supplying symbiosis with the Infant Spirit.
• Shaye revealed that Minister Mana had summoned creatures connected to this world to help build Heart’s Desire, and that Adanis had trapped the newly arrived Infant Spirit in the Mirror Realm with a contract.
• Shaye agreed to make the Demon-Eating Flowers and Infant Spirit let Angel pass, despite the Infant Spirit facing the contract’s backlash and the incarnation losing its energy source.
• Shaye asked Angel to shelter the incarnation after it left its shell, and Angel agreed to keep it temporarily in his Nightmare Domain.

Angel reached the final barrier before the Clear Sky Poem Room, calmed the Infant Spirit, and destroyed the Demon-Eating Flower to free the way. He discovered Shaye had entered the Ultimate Luxury Nightmare Domain too, then prepared to bring Dox and the others through.

• Angel and Black Earl approached the Infant Spirit, which shrank back and did not attack.
• Angel stroked the Demon-Eating Flower on the Infant Spirit’s head, then blasted through its pistil and destroyed it.
• Angel coaxed the frightened Infant Spirit into loosening its woven web, clearing the path toward the Clear Sky Poem Room.
• Angel saw that Shaye had entered the Ultimate Luxury Nightmare Domain alongside the Demon-Eating Flower and the Teacup Band.
• Angel decided to return for Dox and the others because the red wax still blocked their way, then told Black Earl that destroying the flower had been a reluctant measure.

Adanis tried to stop Angel and his companions from reaching the Clear Sky Poem Room, first by summoning mirror passages and then by using the magic energy array, but Angel overcame her barriers. Olao confronted Adanis about her obsession and explained that he wanted Angel to uncover the truth behind Abyss City and help them find a way forward.

• Adanis tried to enter the Clear Sky Poem Room through a mirror passage, but Olao’s authority sealed it with Dark Mist, so she turned to the magic energy array instead.
• Olao recalled how the wizard who created him left ten thousand years earlier in pursuit of Margaret, promising to return and naming the mirror-born Adanis.
• Olao prepared to seek the Wise Sovereign’s help when Adanis’s array attack failed against Angel, who held an external array plate in each hand.
• Adanis rushed toward the exit, but Olao stopped her and asked her to trust him rather than believe in fate.
• Olao told Adanis that destroying Abyss City would unleash the danger Naraka had buried there, and that he wanted Angel’s group to reveal the truth and help him find a future.

Olao and Adanis waited inside the Clear Sky Poem Room while debating whether the visitors could enter without Olao violating Augustine’s contract. Outside, Angel examined the gate, gave the Black Earl and Wai Recording Stones to document the room, and prepared to open it.

• Adanis warned Olao that Augustine’s contract barred him from removing the gate’s barrier, and she stayed to ensure he did not help anyone enter.
• Angel, the Black Earl, Dox, Wai, and Kael gathered outside the gate, where Dox and Wai argued while Kael recorded the wall.
• Angel explained that the gate required a key and Noah bloodline, then studied its keyhole and compared the wall with its counterpart in the Nightmare Realm.
• Angel gave the Black Earl and Wai modified Recording Stones and asked them to record the Clear Sky Poem Room in case he could not enter.
• Angel turned back to the keyhole and announced that it was time to take the final step.

Angel opened the Clear Sky Poem Room with a dagger that was actually its key, stunning Adanis and Olao. Olao confirmed that Noah-blooded people could enter, then offered Angel entry as well, despite Adanis's warning that unqualified visitors faced exile.

• Angel used the dagger to unlock the Clear Sky Poem Room, where he found Olao and Adanis waiting with vacant eyes.
• Adanis demanded to know how Angel recognized the dagger as the key, and Angel returned it to Kael before questioning her obstruction.
• Adanis accused Angel of inheriting Margaret's magic energy array knowledge, but Angel denied it and asked why she kept opposing them.
• Adanis told Olao that Angel lacked Noah blood and could not enter, revealing that Olao's interest had centered on Angel.
• Olao said Noah-blooded visitors could enter, while Adanis threatened to exile anyone who forced entry without qualifying under the contract.
• Olao invited Black Earl and Wai inside and told Angel that he should be able to enter too.

Angel refused to enter the Clear Sky Poem Room until Olao explained why he believed Angel was qualified. Olao revealed that Angel had appeared in an inspiration tied to Augustine and sensed Augustine’s aura on him, but Angel remained wary as Olao suggested Augustine might have guided him to the room.

• Olao urged Angel to enter the Clear Sky Poem Room, but Angel refused and said he was not interested in it.
• Olao asked whether Angel had seen Augustine, and Angel admitted he had encountered him outside reality in an Alchemical Omen.
• Olao described an inspiration in which a blond man recited one of Angel’s poems to Augustine, confirming Angel had appeared in it.
• Olao said Angel could enter because he was favored by Augustine, but Angel demanded a reason before agreeing.
• Olao revealed he sensed Augustine’s aura on Angel and suggested Augustine might have left it to lead him to the Clear Sky Poem Room.

Angel agreed to enter the Clear Sky Poem Room after Olao swore to protect him, and Adanis allowed Dox and Kael to enter if Angel could pass the barrier. Angel entered without knowing how, and an alchemical puppet that had lain dormant for ten thousand years emerged from the room's depths.

• Olao urged Angel to enter the Clear Sky Poem Room and swore to protect him, while admitting he could no longer afford to wait.
• Adanis reconsidered her opposition and consented to Olao's plan, allowing Dox and Kael to enter if Angel could pass the barrier.
• Black Earl and Wai entered the Clear Sky Poem Room using their Noah bloodlines.
• Angel approached the barrier, which vanished without explanation, and found himself inside the Clear Sky Poem Room.
• An alchemical puppet carrying books emerged from the darkness, astonishing Olao and Adanis because it had been dormant for ten thousand years.

Angel and the others met Augustine speaking through an alchemical puppet in the Clear Sky Poem Room, where Augustine praised Angel as the Poet Who Bathes in Moonlight and offered him a reward. Augustine revealed that Adanis needed Noah descendants to recover her missing part and that Angel’s appointed honor could let him help; he also urged Black Earl to seek the Noah branch in the Source World.

• The alchemical puppet welcomed Angel as the Poet Who Bathes in Moonlight, and its vivid speech revealed that Augustine was speaking through it.
• Augustine praised Angel’s poems and offered Adanis to him as a reward, but Angel refused and redirected Augustine’s attention to Wai and the Noah descendants.
• Augustine told Black Earl that a Noah branch thrived in the Source World and that its bloodline knowledge could help Black Earl advance.
• Augustine explained that Adanis’s missing part had been taken by Margaret and that she needed Noah descendants to reach the Source World and recover it.
• Augustine said Angel’s status as his appointed Poet could help Adanis, then warned her that disrespecting Angel would count as disrespecting him.

Angel helped Augustine’s will arrive in the Clear Sky Poem Room, where Augustine agreed to address Olao and Adanis’s long-standing troubles. As the group headed to the Secret Meeting Room, Olao showed Angel a model of the room’s layout from ten thousand years earlier, completing Angel’s goals for the Underground Waterway.

• Adanis nearly attacked Augustine’s alchemical puppet, but Olao calmed her by taking her hand, and she held back for his sake.
• The puppet recited a poem, then explained that Angel’s Poet Who Bathes in Moonlight title was an anchor that let Augustine’s will activate remnants of his power.
• Angel urged Augustine to settle matters with Olao and Adanis, and Augustine led Olao, Angel, and the others toward the Secret Meeting Room.
• Olao thanked Angel, removed the barrier to let Dox and Kael in, and showed Angel a crystal-ball model of the Clear Sky Poem Room as it had looked ten thousand years earlier.
• Angel confirmed he had learned the wall-key method and seen the room’s layout, then chatted with the group as they reached the Secret Meeting Room.

The alchemical puppet welcomed Angel and the others into the secret meeting room, where it offered Angel its vast collection of poetry books. Its tale about Margaret and her childhood friend made Adanis confront the distance between her and Olao, while the room’s impending loss of energy left their future unresolved.

• Olao opened the secret meeting room, and the group gathered around its table beneath Margaret’s portrait.
• The alchemical puppet offered Angel its poetry collections, explaining that the room would soon run out of energy when Olao left.
• Adanis learned that Olao could not remain after the contract was lifted without being drained by the Clear Sky Poem Room, and she grew hurt and angry that he had hidden this from her.
• The alchemical puppet told a story about Margaret rejecting a childhood friend who felt like a little brother, prompting Adanis to recognize the parallel with her relationship with Olao.
• Angel accepted the poetry collections, and the alchemical puppet said Olao could pack them into an inner mirror space.

The Alchemy Puppet forced Olao to use his ancient bronze mirror to store the poetry collections, revealing that his resistance was tied to a burden he was keeping from Adanis. It warned Adanis that Olao might sacrifice himself to restore the part she had lost, then left her considering whether she could change their relationship and work with the Noah Clan.

• The Alchemy Puppet ordered Olao to store the poetry collections himself, and Olao reluctantly used an ancient bronze mirror to swallow the bookshelves.
• The Alchemy Puppet told Adanis that Olao might turn himself into the missing part she needed, sacrificing himself rather than force her to work with the Noah Clan.
• Adanis realized she did not want Olao to die for her, but she remained uncertain about cooperating with the Noah Clan and confronting the Hollow Men.
• The Alchemy Puppet asked Adanis five questions about whether she understood, relied on, or had ever left Olao, and whether he had noticed her changes.
• Adanis fell into deep thought as she considered the questions and how to make Olao recognize her growth.

Angel watched Augustine’s alchemical puppet explain why Olao had to pack away the poetry collections, and learned that the bronze mirror was one of Augustine’s Twin Mirrors and Olao’s true body. He realized Augustine was trying to hand Olao over to him, leaving Angel to reckon with the fact that Olao had not agreed to go.

• Olao packed the poetry collections into his bronze mirror and returned to the table to ask Augustine why he had made him do it.
• Angel guessed the bronze mirror was one of Augustine’s Twin Mirrors, prompting Augustine to confirm its name.
• Angel inferred that the bronze mirror was Olao’s true body and that Olao’s elder brother was the Mirror of Truth.
• Augustine confirmed Angel’s guess and revealed that the poetry collections were tied to his plan to give Olao to Angel.
• Angel realized Olao had resisted because Augustine was effectively trying to hand him over without his consent.

Augustine urged Angel to take Olao with him, arguing that Angel could guide him toward becoming Adegou’s equal by a different path. Angel remained wary of Augustine’s praise and his knowledge of Angel’s dealings, while Olao still doubted whether Angel could fulfill his master’s vision.

• Angel refused to take Olao, saying he could store the poetry collection with disposable spatial pouches instead.
• Augustine explained that Olao and Adegou had come from the same embryo, but their differing compatibility meant Olao could not reach Adegou’s height by following his path.
• Augustine said he believed Angel could help Olao become Adegou’s equal, and Angel questioned whether Augustine had seen his future or knew about the Book of Kel.
• Olao said he still wanted to follow Augustine, but Augustine challenged him to consider his future and his wish to stand beside Adegou.
• Augustine revealed that the Demon-Eating Flower King’s avatar and the Infant Spirit had shown reverence toward Angel, shocking Adanis and the others.
• Augustine argued that Angel’s potential was uniquely suited to guide Olao, leaving Olao’s future with Angel nearly settled while Augustine still needed Angel’s consent.

Angel received Augustine’s bronze mirror, an alchemical prototype made from the unknown material Mary Gold and inhabited by Olao, whose potential Augustine hoped Angel would develop. The mirror caused Angel’s Outer Eye to warm, and Augustine revealed that Mary Gold came from the Boundless Path opened by the Sin World.

• Augustine’s alchemical puppet gave Angel the bronze mirror, and Olao merged with it before Angel caught it.
• Angel felt the Outer Eye at his chest warm when he touched the mirror, though no one else noticed the change.
• Angel examined the mirror with his Alchemy Eye but found only unknown information, then asked Augustine what it was made of.
• Augustine named the material Margaret Gold, or Mary Gold, and suggested Angel study it alongside Olao.
• The Black Earl reminded Angel that the Wo World was the Sin World, once renamed after the Extreme Sect occupied it.
• Augustine told Angel that Mary Gold came from the Boundless Path opened by the Sin World.

Augustine revealed that Olao’s Mary Gold came from the Boundless Path of Sin World, and Angel decided to accept Olao after considering the material’s value and its possible connection to another universe. Adanis questioned whether entrusting Olao to a stranger was responsible, so Angel agreed to introduce himself and brought Olao out of the bronze mirror.

• Augustine claimed he had obtained Mary Gold from the Boundless Path, then privately told Angel that he had traded for it with an Inspector and that Sin World’s controller might sense it.
• Angel considered Mary Gold’s rarity and the possibility that Olao’s nature came from another universe, and he decided to take Olao in.
• Angel reasoned that researching Olao would benefit him even if he was helping fulfill Augustine’s vision.
• Adanis calmly objected that Angel’s identity and motives were unknown, making the decision risky for Olao.
• Augustine asked Angel to answer Adanis’s concerns, and Angel tapped the bronze mirror to bring Olao out before introducing himself.

Angel introduced himself and his alchemical experience to Olao, who chose to follow him after Augustine explained why he had entrusted Olao to Angel. The chapter left Angel ready to treat Olao seriously, whatever his reasons for joining him.

• Angel revealed his true appearance and described his background and work in the Research Institute to show Olao he could help him grow.
• Olao considered Angel's offer while the others reflected on Angel's introduction and Augustine's plans for the Noah Clan.
• Olao said he would rather follow Augustine, but Augustine explained that he could not take Olao to the dangerous place where he planned to seek the truth.
• Augustine revealed that Olao and Adegou might be able to awaken him if he lost himself, and that Angel was the person he believed could help them become Twin Mirrors.
• Olao agreed to follow Angel, and Augustine urged him to treat Angel as his destination rather than a stepping stone.

Angel and Augustine discussed Olao’s loyalty, Angel’s connection to Margaret’s alchemy and the Nightmare Realm, and Augustine’s experiences in Abyss City and a distant land. Augustine’s energy ran low before he could finish explaining things to Olao and Adanis, leaving Angel with warnings about hiding his connection to the Nightmare Realm in the Source World.

• Augustine asked Angel whether he would accept Olao as his follower, and Angel agreed while privately criticizing Augustine for leaving Olao alone for ten thousand years.
• Augustine revealed that he could hear Angel’s thoughts and explained that Angel’s alchemy came from a Nightmare Realm projection of Margaret’s work, making a future meeting with Margaret likely.
• Angel asked about the Clear Sky Poem Room in Abyss City, and Augustine described being blocked by Demon-Eating Flowers and a spiritual attack he could not withstand even as a Legend.
• Augustine told Angel that he was in a bizarre, distant place connected to dimensions and that the Twin Mirror could help Angel find him.
• Angel asked about borrowing the Mirror of Truth, and Augustine said Adegou would agree for Olao’s sake but warned that Angel would likely meet Margaret, who might test him.
• Augustine ended their telepathic exchange when his energy ran low, warning Angel to conceal his connection to the Nightmare Realm in the Source World.