Chapter Summaries

Angel and Laplace used Luigi’s memories and Laplace’s original self’s gaze to investigate the Crystal Pool, discovering that the Crystal-Eyed Race secretly awarded Crystal Embryos to powerful visitors. The revelation left them with evidence of the scheme and the name of the messenger who arranged it: Kasata.

• Luigi entered the Crystal Pool while Angel and Laplace continued along the path, then returned convinced that no one had received a Crystal Embryo.
• Laplace summoned her original self’s gaze through Luigi, examined his memories, and revealed that his view of the Crystal Pool had missed something.
• Laplace replayed Luigi’s crossing and showed Angel and Luigi crystal dust communicating with a Fog Dragon as it passed overhead.
• The crystal dust told the Fog Dragon that the Crystal-Eyed Race secretly provided Crystal Embryos to powerful visitors, and the Fog Dragon accepted a defensive one.
• The Fog Dragon asked the crystal dust messenger for its name, and it identified itself as Kasata.

Angel and Laplace discussed the powerful creatures who had entered the Crystal Pool, including a Telu princess whose endless energy bolts made her formidable. Learning that the Telu People’s past was erased and that they prized dandelions left Angel considering whether the Crystal Pool’s real purpose was to secretly observe and assess strong visitors.

• Luigi hoped Kasata had reserved a custom Crystal Embryo for him, but Angel and Laplace pointed out that he was not as strong as the other visitors.
• Laplace showed Angel and Luigi four powerful creatures who had entered the Crystal Pool, including members of the Yingji Race, the Glorystone Clan, Dudu Li’s race, and the Telu Royal Family.
• Laplace explained that the Telu People had appeared in the Day Mirror Domain around three thousand years earlier with no clear history, and that their origins might lie in another Mirror Realm.
• Laplace described the Telu princess’s seemingly endless energy bolts and explained why dandelions were precious to the Telu People, giving Angel an idea for earning Condensed Crystals.
• Luigi observed that the Crystal Pool secretly assessed strong visitors, prompting Angel to wonder whether that was its true purpose.

Angel, Luigi, and Laplace investigated Kasata’s possible connection to the Ring Fortress ritual and the Crystal Pool’s preassigned crystal embryos, then arrived at the enormous Encircling City Gathering main station. Luigi led the group toward the three-digit floors to find Pirus’s station, while Angel encountered a Head-Mirror Race salesperson.

• Angel suggested that Kasata might connect the suspicious Ring Fortress ritual and the Crystal Pool’s preassigned crystal embryos, and Laplace agreed that his unusual appearances warranted attention.
• Angel rejected Luigi’s plan to question the mist dragon and decided to wait for Greipnir’s findings about Lita’s situation.
• Angel, Luigi, and Laplace arrived at the vast main station, where Luigi explained that Crystal City’s defensive mechanism restrained rule-breakers and that floor-skipping teleporters connected its levels.
• Luigi headed for the three-digit floors, where the races’ stations were located, intending to find Pirus’s station and confront him.
• A Head-Mirror Race salesperson invited the group to Little Mirror Shop No. 219, but Luigi declined and explained how the race shared bodies and communicated through consciousness.

Luigi, Angel, and Laplace reached the 4000th layer, where a Cave Dragon drove off a Changhuo Clan troublemaker and summoned Luigi to meet Kukulus at the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s station. As they headed there, Angel considered how the Layer-Jumping Stairway used so little spatial energy and decided to ask Luigi to learn more from the Cave Dragons.

• Luigi used the Layer-Jumping Stairway to take Angel and Laplace from the 3929th layer to the 4000th layer.
• A Changhuo Clan member tried to provoke the gathered races, but a black-scaled Mirror Dragon tossed him over the railing.
• The Mirror Dragon identified Luigi and said Kukulus was waiting for him at the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s station.
• Luigi realized he could not escape the Cave Dragon’s spatial sealing and reluctantly followed it, with Angel and Laplace close behind.
• Angel reflected on the Layer-Jumping Stairway’s minimal spatial energy use and considered asking Luigi to inquire about it with the Cave Dragons.

Angel, Luigi, and Laplace learned that the Encircling City Gathering’s low-cost transmissions relied on Crystal City’s Giant City Spirit, while the Black-Scaled Cave Dragon refused to reveal the secret of the Sacred Corpse Crystal. They reached the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s mirror-space station, where Kukulus greeted them and acknowledged Luigi as the Time Doppelgänger of a great existence.

• The Black-Scaled Cave Dragon explained that transmissions within the Gathering consumed less energy because they circulated through Crystal City’s Giant City Spirit.
• The Black-Scaled Cave Dragon said it knew the secret of the Sacred Corpse Crystal but could not discuss it because Kukulus had forbidden it.
• The Black-Scaled Cave Dragon led Angel, Luigi, and Laplace through a glowing ring into the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s mirror-space station.
• Luigi mocked Kukulus for its size, and Kukulus shrank into a miniature dragon.
• Kukulus told Luigi that it was willing to accommodate companions and addressed him as the Time Doppelgänger of a great existence.

Luigi tried to persuade Kukulus to meet Babaregon through the Dream Crystal Plain, while Angel and Laplace toured the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s camp. The chapter left Luigi preparing to show Kukulus a Login Device in Cloud Grotto.

• Kukulus revealed that he knew Luigi was a Time Doppelgänger and asked him to fulfill his promise to arrange a meeting with Babaregon.
• Kukulus sent Kuntela to guide Angel and Laplace around the camp, but Luigi asked Angel to join him before leaving with Kukulus.
• Angel and Laplace chose to visit Rock Hall, where the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom displayed its specialties, and Kuntela led them there.
• In Cloud Grotto, Luigi told Kukulus he would not personally arrange a meeting with Babaregon and proposed that they meet in a new world within the Mirror Realm.
• Luigi explained that he and Greipnir had come to promote a creation approved by both of them, then selected an earring-shaped Login Device to show Kukulus.

Luigi gave Kukulus and his younger sister Luskania red-pearl earrings that let their consciousness enter the Dream Crystal Plain, a new world he described to them. Kukulus and Luskania activated the devices together and entered the Crystal Plains, hoping they might encounter Babaregon.

• Luigi explained that the earring could be activated by pinching its pearl or wrapping it in energy, and Kukulus clipped it onto his hidden ear.
• Luigi told Kukulus the earring would send him to a new world and warned him to control the size of his consciousness there.
• Kukulus summoned Luskania, his younger sister, who had recently awakened in a doll body and was eager to hear that Babaregon was doing well in Pipi Castle.
• Luigi gave Luskania a matching earring and advised both dragons to keep their projected forms from becoming enormous.
• Kukulus and Luskania activated their Login Devices together and entered the Crystal Plains.

Angel and Laplace visited Rock Hall to inspect the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s trade catalog, where they encountered the book spirit Alshanjo and learned how Gleipnir had taken his treasured wine. Alshanjo showed them the Treasure Dragons’ distinctive offerings, including transferable favors owed by other races, and Angel discovered that Dragon Fang. Qin’s favor was for sale.

• Kuntela brought Angel and Laplace to Rock Hall, where the book spirit Alshanjo emerged from the Crystal Book and recognized Laplace as a Time Doppelgänger.
• Laplace mentioned Gleipnir, prompting Alshanjo to recount how she took his stored wine and gained first pick of future bottles.
• Laplace explained privately that Gleipnir’s inherited hatred of centaurs had made Alshanjo, whose form was half-man and half-horse, a target.
• Kuntela asked Alshanjo to show Angel and Laplace the trade catalog, and Alshanjo prepared a list of the Treasure Dragons’ distinctive products.
• Alshanjo revealed that the catalog offered transferable favors owed to the Mirror Dragons, including a favor from Dragon Fang. Qin that Angel recognized.

Angel learned that the Mystic Dragon Eya possessed the Book of Time talent and ranked among the strongest dragons, then declined to exchange a favor for Dragon Fang Qin’s favor. He became interested in Sypolov’s transferable favor because it might help him learn about Heartfire, and the chapter ended with Alshanjo introducing the dragon who forged Sypolov’s weapon: Lord Algaron.

• Laplace explained that the Mystic Dragon Eya was over ten thousand years old, grew stronger with age through its Book of Time talent, and ranked among the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s top three.
• Alshanjo offered Angel a favor exchange for Dragon Fang Qin’s favor, but Angel declined because he already knew Dragon Fang Qin.
• Angel spotted Sypolov’s transferable favor and considered using it to gain access to the Yingji Race’s Heartfire.
• Alshanjo explained that Sypolov was a front-line knight whose special Heartfire required him to use many weapons, so he had exchanged a favor for a transformable lance.
• Angel asked who forged the lance, and Alshanjo revealed that Lord Algaron had made it.

Angel exchanged for Sypolov’s favor by arranging for Greipnir to meet Algaron and divine something in person. Afterward, Laplace asked about Pisi’s heavily discounted favor, and the chapter ended with Angel learning why it had remained unsold.

• Alshanjo explained that Algaron would trade Sypolov’s favor for either another favor or a divination performed in person at the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom.
• Laplace agreed to have Greipnir meet Algaron, and Angel confirmed the exchange for Sypolov’s favor.
• Algaron recognized Laplace, accepted her promise without requiring a new contract, and Alshanjo gave Angel the Dragon Scale that recorded the favor.
• Angel learned that the scale could locate Sypolov and let him make a request under the favor’s conditions.
• Laplace asked to exchange for Pisi’s favor, which Alshanjo said cost ten thousand Condensed Crystals.
• Alshanjo explained that Pisi was a miserly Pirus official whose favor had remained unsold for centuries after he was rescued from a collapsing mirror space by a young Mirror Dragon.

Angel and Laplace examined the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s wares, and Laplace arranged for Luigi to buy Pisi’s favor. After finding little else to see, they waited in the Rock Hall, where Alshanjo offered to share information about secret treasures available for borrowing.

• Laplace chose Pisi’s favor for Luigi, who hoped Pisi would deal with the Pirus merchant who had blocked him.
• Angel examined the Hundred Dragons Divine Kingdom’s goods and learned that its rarest wares were with Mollyan, who had gone to the Pirus outpost.
• Alshanjo explained that secret treasures could be leased or sold for a high enough price, while mysterious objects could only be leased.
• Angel and the others found the Emerald Marsh and Cloud Grotto just as empty as the Rock Hall, so they returned to wait for Luigi.
• Alshanjo offered to tell Angel about secret treasures that could be borrowed.

Alshanjo described Hailanwoga’s Shapeshifting Cloak and Reflecting Droplet, revealing the dragon’s obsession with giant and troll forms. Laplace explained the droplet’s dangerous backlash and why it could not serve as an effective learning tool, leaving Angel aware of its limits.

• Alshanjo explained that Hailanwoga would lend Angel the Shapeshifting Cloak if Angel returned it with a newly replicated giant or troll appearance.
• Alshanjo introduced the Reflecting Droplet, and Laplace revealed that she had owned it before giving it to Luigi, who sold it to the Tooth Fairy Ruins.
• Laplace warned that using an ability recorded by the Reflecting Droplet could cause severe backlash if the user's physique could not withstand it.
• Alshanjo disclosed that Hailanwoga had only used the droplet to copy giant and troll bloodline arts, which his Diamond Dragon physique could handle.
• Angel suggested using safe abilities to learn through the droplet, but Laplace explained that learning required dangerous backlash and could cause lasting injury or death.

Angel learned that the Sevenfold Shield's expanding defense required increasingly devastating sacrifices, while Laplace discovered that Babaregon had appeared in the Dream Crystal Plain. Kukulus and Ruskania confirmed the sighting and chose to search for Babaregon before meeting Jeanne.

• Alshanjo explained that the Sevenfold Shield's layers expanded its defensive range but triggered compulsory sacrifices, and Angel estimated its Pat coefficient at 40–70.
• Laplace enclosed Angel in an energy barrier and told him that Rabbit Girl had reported Shi Zhen's appearance in the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Rabbit Girl welcomed Kukulus and Ruskania, showed them Rabbit Town, and told them about Jeanne's recovery and adventures in the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Kukulus and Ruskania heard native children describe Babaregon and confirmed that the dragon they had seen was the one they sought.
• Ruskania decided to postpone meeting Jeanne and ask the children where Babaregon had gone.

Kukulus and Ruskania tracked Babaregon to the surface settlement, where a cloaked man named Shi Zhen took it to the Dragon Tomb Wonderland. Laplace told Angel that Shi Zhen was a powerful Half-Blood Demon known as the Dragon Hunter, and began explaining the secret behind his strength.

• Kukulus and Ruskania learned Babaregon had refused to enter Silver Coral Island and World-Grinding Day before heading to the surface settlement.
• A cloaked man appeared through a spatial rift, identified Babaregon as a dragonkind hatchling, and took it to the Dragon Tomb Wonderland.
• Rabbit Girl recognized the cloaked man as Shi Zhen, a quasi-Time Doppelgänger, and relayed the events to Laplace.
• Laplace explained to Angel that Shi Zhen had been a Half-Blood Demon from the Greed Face, famed for hunting Abyss Dragonkind.
• Laplace said Shi Zhen had died after killing dragons and that she created his quasi-Time Doppelgänger to uncover the secret of his strength.

Angel learned that Shi Zhen became a Dragon Hunter because the Blood of Divine Wrath forced him to sacrifice dragon blood, then investigated Shi Zhen and the Mist Island Dragon Tomb. He arrived at the settlement with Rabbit Girl and met Kukulus and Ruskania, whose dragon tomb was poised to activate.

• Angel learned that Shi Zhen inherited the Blood of Divine Wrath from his father and began hunting dragon-beasts to feed its curse, eventually becoming the Dragon Hunter.
• Angel and Laplace discussed Shi Zhen's fixation on strength and the danger it posed to Babaregon, a dragon who had agreed to enter Shi Zhen's tomb.
• Angel searched the Authority Tree and discovered that Shi Zhen was the Mist Island Dragon Tomb's sole gravekeeper and that Babaregon's presence and agreement could activate the tomb.
• Angel entered the Dream Crystal Plain near the settlement, where Rabbit Girl introduced him to Kukulus and Ruskania as Lord Angel.
• Kukulus and Ruskania stopped questioning Angel after Rabbit Girl explained that her main body had sent her to seek his help.

Angel found the entrance to the Mist Island Dragon Tomb and used his observer authority to inspect the Wonderland, locating Babaregon on the island. Babaregon entered the mist and accepted the first statue’s trial, while Angel chose to watch without revealing his ability to observe the instance.

• Angel scattered the mist with a gale and discovered the Dragon Tomb entrance in the distorted air above them.
• Angel entered the observer state and saw Babaregon hesitate before following a path into the island’s dense fog.
• Babaregon met Shi Zhen, who explained that it needed at least an eighty percent completion rate to pass each statue’s trial and had three attempts.
• Babaregon agreed to attempt the first trial and received the Dragon Tomb Challenger title, which would let it enter and leave the Dragon Tomb after passing.
• Angel watched Shi Zhen disappear underground and concluded that Babaregon would need to complete trials at the island’s statues to earn rewards.

Babaregon began the Pink Stork Dragon’s trial in Mist Island Dragon Tomb, which tested comprehension rather than combat. After failing its first attempt with only 20% completion, Babaregon rested and planned to try again, while Angel considered sending Kukulus or Ruskania to help.

• Babaregon approached the Pink Stork Dragon statue, and a ten-second countdown began before the trial transported it into a vast cave within its consciousness.
• Angel watched Babaregon remain motionless as its completion rose, then learned it had failed at 20% after trying to comprehend the trial.
• Babaregon’s three heads argued about the failure and decided to rest rather than log off, leaving it two attempts to reach the required 80%.
• Angel judged the trial’s immediate danger to be low and considered asking Kukulus or Ruskania to enter the dragon tomb and help Babaregon.

Angel helped Kukulus enter Mist Island Dragon Tomb to search for Babaregon, while Ruskania stayed behind to inspect Dream Crystal Plain and consider bringing young dragons there. Kukulus encountered the tomb keeper Shi Zhen and began its first statue trial, the Dragon-Eating Sunflower, leaving Angel to wait for news of what happened inside.

• Kukulus asked Angel whether Babaregon was inside the Wonderland in the sky, and Angel explained the dragon-only entry requirement and the dangers of entering an unknown Wonderland.
• Kukulus insisted on entering Mist Island Dragon Tomb to find Babaregon and agreed to work with him if possible and log out after gathering preliminary information.
• Ruskania asked to visit Silver Coral Island and agreed to inspect Dream Crystal Plain on behalf of the confined young dragons while Kukulus explored Dragon Tomb.
• Angel sent Kukulus to Mist Island Dragon Tomb, where it met the tomb keeper Shi Zhen and learned that Babaregon was taking a statue trial.
• Shi Zhen gave Kukulus the title Dragon Tomb Challenger (No. 2), and Kukulus reached the Dragon-Eating Sunflower for its first trial.
• Angel stopped watching after Kukulus entered the trial's consciousness space and planned to ask Luigi about it after Kukulus logged out.

Angel and Laplace compared the Dream Crystal Plain’s Mist Island Dragon Tomb with the mysterious place in Shi Zhen’s memories and discussed the Dragon-Eating Sunflower’s abilities. As they waited for news about Kukulus’s trial, an ice-blue gaseous creature delivered Blue Duke Wine to Alshanjo, who offered some to Kuntela.

• Angel woke and learned from Laplace that Shi Zhen’s memories described a Mist Island Dragon Tomb in the Birthplace of the Gods, where a statue of Laktavira had cursed Shi Zhen’s father.
• Angel told Laplace what he had seen in the Dream Crystal Plain’s Dragon Tomb, and Laplace noted that its infant Pink Stork Dragon statue did not match the nearly divine statues in Shi Zhen’s memories.
• Angel and Laplace discussed the Dragon-Eating Sunflower, which hunted dragonkind at close range, and suspected that the Dragon Tomb’s later statues would also be dragon-related.
• Angel and Laplace considered how they might contact Shi Zhen, since neither could enter the Dragon Tomb and its tombkeeper rarely left.
• An ice-blue gaseous lifeform delivered a bottle of Blue Duke Wine to Alshanjo, who inhaled its mist and offered Kuntela a taste.

Angel tried Granny Cocoro’s Ritual Box with Laplace’s help, using his Magic Bread trick and Demon Nourishing Meat as an ingredient. The trial released a mass of black mist through a gap in the barrier, leaving Alshanjo and Kuntela facing an unexplained danger.

• Angel and Laplace discussed Alshanjo’s wine ritual while they watched him through the barrier.
• Laplace produced four elemental doubles to supply the Ritual Box’s required elements, and Angel reluctantly agreed to test it.
• Angel prepared Demon Nourishing Meat and set the four elemental Laplaces around the Ritual Box.
• Angel activated the Ritual Box and began casting Magic Bread as Alshanjo drank wine and Kuntela sensed an ominous disturbance.
• A gap opened in the barrier, Laplace and Angel briefly appeared and vanished, and black mist billowed out.