Chapter Summaries

Angel and Rabbit Girl investigated reports of an undead in the mist and discovered they had encountered a hidden Fairyland instance called Living Dead of Mist Swamp. They learned the instance required mist, a Dreamseeing Living Dead, and physical contact to open, leaving Wes’s group’s earlier encounter unexplained only in how they might find the Living Dead again.

• Angel and Rabbit Girl returned to the sighting location with Wes to investigate the supposed undead, but found no clues in the clear weather.
• Wes recalled that thin mist had covered the area during the sighting, so Angel used Celestial Change to create mist.
• Angel detected leaked Fairyland information where Wes had pointed and identified the hidden instance as Living Dead of Mist Swamp.
• Angel explained that the instance required thin mist and contact with a Living Dead in a Dreamseeing state, which Wes’s group had seen but not touched.
• Angel told Rabbit Girl and Wes that their earlier encounter had fulfilled the first two conditions, but they had missed the chance to activate the instance by retreating without touching the Living Dead.

Angel and Rabbit Girl discovered that the Living Dead of Mist Swamp instance required mist and an NPC in a Dreamseeing state, so Angel marked the location and left it prepared for future activation. Wes revealed his determination to gain extraordinary powers and asked to remain behind, hoping to enter the instance and acquire abilities before challenging the Little Treasure Pagoda.

• Rabbit Girl asked Angel about Dreamseeing, and Angel explained that it might be connected to reality but remained poorly understood.
• Angel decided not to wait for a Dreamseeing NPC and marked the site while keeping mist around it so he could detect when the instance became available.
• Wes refused to leave because he wanted to enter the new instance and gain extraordinary abilities, despite Angel warning that it could be dangerous.
• Wes explained that he planned to obtain items from other instances before using his limited attempts to challenge the Little Treasure Pagoda.
• Wes acknowledged that the mist instance might be more dangerous than World-Grinding Day but insisted he would not give up the opportunity.

Angel stopped Wes from recklessly entering the Mist Swamp Instance and arranged for Wes's father to watch for the Living Dead so Angel could assess the Instance's danger. Angel then went to Uriel's Instance to observe the Dreamseeing NPC and consider whether its shabby attic reflected Uriel's real living environment.

• Angel put Wes to sleep and explained that he would only be allowed to explore the Mist Swamp Instance if Angel judged it safe.
• Angel brought Wes back to Rabbit Town and persuaded Wes's father to watch the mist for the Living Dead; Wes's father agreed and refused to let Wes accompany him.
• Angel declined to guide Mollyan or visit Babaregon, while Rabbit Girl left to hunt a leftover Cleaner.
• Angel went to Uriel's Instance to observe Uriel and Luigi's challenge, then wondered whether Uriel's Dreamseeing state revealed a familiar, possibly real, environment.

Angel speculated that Uriel’s disheveled state came from losing a partner and suffering persecution by the Radiant Church. As Luigi performed Black Sheep Confession Song, Uriel was drawn into its tale of a priest who turned against the corrupt church, and the chapter ended with the song and the priest’s life consumed by flames.

• Angel connected Uriel’s vow never to take another partner with a possible loss and persecution by the Radiant Church.
• Luigi began playing Black Sheep Confession Song, and Uriel recognized the sorrow beneath its religious music.
• The song told how a devout priest discovered that the Xitu Church’s authority enabled oppression and began to lose his faith.
• A noble killed a young believer, driving the priest to abandon the light and take revenge on the powerful and their accomplices.
• The priest attacked the Heavenly Cathedral, performed Black Sheep Confession Song amid the flames, and died as the song ended.

After Luigi performed "Black Sheep Confession Song," Uriel’s tears and memories connected the song to corruption in his own world, prompting him to play music again. Angel saw that Uriel had placed Luigi in the top three, though the exact seat was still unsettled.

• Luigi finished "Black Sheep Confession Song," and Angel noticed that Uriel was crying as his Dreamseeing state ended.
• In Dawn City, Uriel woke from a dream of the performance and recognized parallels between the corrupt Radiant Church and the religion in the dream.
• Uriel recalled his partner’s suffering, then returned to his piano and played the piece he remembered from the dream.
• Uriel wondered whether his performance would rank in the top three of the Imperial Music Troupe trials.
• Angel told Luigi that Uriel’s choice had already made his seat-ranking challenge successful, though his exact position was still changing.

Luigi recovered from the aftereffects of his performance and learned that he had won Third Seat in the Imperial Music Troupe challenge. He claimed a probationary troupe-member identity with the skill Dream-Fueled Passion, while his letter of recommendation remained unavailable until he completed a new quest to wait for Uriel's return.

• After Luigi recovered from his intense performance, Uriel walked into the Night Veil and vanished, and the Wonderland prompt confirmed Luigi had earned Third Seat.
• Luigi claimed his Wonderland Box and received the identity of a Probationary Member of the Imperial Music Troupe, along with the Dream-Fueled Passion skill.
• Luigi discovered that he could not claim the Imperial Music Ensemble Chief's Letter of Recommendation until he completed Main Quest 4.
• The Wonderland prompt assigned Luigi to wait for Uriel's return and speak with him during his next Dreamseeing state, warning that Luigi had only one opportunity and that every word could affect the plot.

Luigi resolved to approach his next conversation with Uriel by keeping his goal of reaching the stage of dreams in mind, though he remained unsure why Main Quest 4 required another talk. In Dawn City, Uriel played a song that stirred memories of his lost partner, then learned from Butler Cha that the River of Troubles was closed and the Northern Branch Route was dangerous before falling asleep.

• Luigi realized Main Quest 4 would make his conversation with Uriel determine the Instance’s route, and Angel advised him to trust his goal of reaching the stage of dreams.
• Uriel finished playing an unfamiliar piece and wondered whether his departed partner was somehow sending him the music.
• Butler Cha visited Uriel, cleaned his room, and explained that a cleric planned to travel to Evening Lantern Harbor with an escort.
• Uriel read the newspaper and learned that the River of Troubles was closed and bandits had been sighted on the Northern Branch Route.
• Uriel dismissed a report of suspected evil spirits near the Southern Branch Route and fell asleep beneath the clean quilt.

Luigi waited for Main Quest 4 to begin after Uriel returned to the attic, and Angel discovered that Uriel had entered the Dreamseeing state while preparing to write to Chief Charlotte. Luigi went upstairs to meet him, where Uriel looked at him and asked who he was.

• Luigi learned from Angel that he had missed the Dragon Feast, then watched Uriel return to the attic with a black box containing his personal seal.
• Uriel began drafting a letter to Chief Charlotte, then entered the Dreamseeing state, activating Main Quest 4 for Luigi.
• Luigi stayed in the attic instead of logging off and asked Angel what he had observed about Uriel's plans.
• Luigi and Angel discussed whether the stage of Luigi's dreams might be symbolic, but Luigi insisted he wanted a real stage.
• Luigi went upstairs to meet Uriel, who turned around and asked him who he was.

Luigi refused to inherit The Clown’s identity and told Uriel he would pursue Dream Stage as himself, a harp performer. Uriel offered him a choice between a letter of introduction to Principal Charlotte and a challenge to Glaimo, and Luigi chose to challenge Glaimo as the Dreamseeing state began to fade.

• Uriel asked whether Luigi would inherit The Clown’s identity, and Luigi rejected the offer, insisting he would remain himself.
• Luigi introduced himself as a harp performer, and Uriel accepted his choice while warning him that Principal Charlotte valued musical birth and reputation.
• Uriel praised Luigi’s playing and offered him a letter of recommendation along with either an introduction to Charlotte or a challenge letter to Glaimo.
• Uriel explained that Glaimo was a renowned harpist and former winner of the Stage of the Nations who would accept a challenge because of his enmity toward Uriel.
• Luigi agreed to challenge Glaimo, and Uriel wrote the challenge letter after asking the name of Luigi’s piece, the “Black Sheep Confession Song.”
• The challenge letter dissolved into motes of light, and Uriel’s Dreamseeing state began to fade.

Luigi completed Uriel’s challenge and received a letter of recommendation, then learned he would have to prepare for a one-attempt harp duel against Glaimo. Angel advised him to use Uriel and the attic as sources of information about Glaimo, while the chapter ended with the real Uriel waking and recalling the “Black Sheep Confession Song.”

• Uriel told Luigi that Glaimo would arrive within two days and let him stay in the attic.
• Luigi claimed the held Imperial Music Ensemble Chief's Letter of Recommendation and received the fifth main quest: duel Glaimo in a harp performance.
• Angel explained that Luigi should prepare by learning about Glaimo from Uriel and searching the attic for clues.
• Luigi began searching the room and trying to win Uriel’s help, while Angel investigated Dreamseeing through the Authority Tree.
• The real Uriel woke in Dawn City, remembered his musical dream, and recalled the name “Black Sheep Confession Song.”

After the “Black Sheep Confession Song” renewed his spirits, Uriel cleaned himself up and performed it solemnly before deciding to invite a harpist to recreate it. Butler Cha suggested Glaimo, and Uriel sent him an invitation, leaving his response uncertain.

• Uriel woke with renewed resolve, groomed himself, and performed the “Black Sheep Confession Song” in his old concert attire.
• Butler Cha arrived and was surprised to find Uriel clean, neatly dressed, and writing a letter in an orderly room.
• Uriel explained that the song originated on the harp and that he wanted a master harpist to capture its full character.
• Uriel and Butler Cha agreed that Luz was a poor fit because of his connection to a devout believer, and Butler Cha suggested Glaimo instead.
• Uriel decided to set aside his strained relationship with Glaimo, wrote him an invitation with details about the song and a fragment of its score, and gave it to Butler Cha.

Angel discovered that Glaimo could enter the Dreamseeing state if he formed a causal entanglement with Uriel, possibly through the Black Sheep Confession Song. Meanwhile, Luigi found information about Glaimo and unlocked a hidden musical-score exchange prompt from Uriel.

• Angel endured a flood of information while searching the Authority Tree, then recovered enough to learn that Glaimo needed an intangible connection with Uriel to reach the Fairyland Instance.
• Angel speculated that Glaimo, Uriel, and Uriel's instance self could become linked through the Black Sheep Confession Song, but he remained unsure.
• Angel contacted Luigi and learned that Luigi had found reports and books about Glaimo in the attic.
• Luigi performed for Uriel, who praised his unfamiliar musical style and offered to record and publish his score at Birmingham Eden Academy.
• A Wonderland prompt asked Luigi whether he would agree to Uriel's musical score exchange.

Luigi learned that the Hidden Easter Egg rewarded up to five Wonderland Boxes for musical scores submitted to Uriel, and he regretted receiving a Little Yellow Duck Handkerchief after offering a religious hymn. After Angel clarified the score’s nature, Luigi played the Ode of Tainted Blood Purification for Uriel and prepared to submit it, hoping for a better reward.

• Luigi accepted the Hidden Easter Egg and learned that musical scores could be exchanged for up to five random Wonderland Boxes before Main Quest 5 began.
• Luigi showed Angel the Little Yellow Duck Handkerchief he had received for submitting the Sacred Canon of the Dark Alley, and Angel explained its limited defensive effect.
• Angel pointed out that the Sacred Canon of the Dark Alley was a religious hymn, unlike the anti-religious Black Sheep Confession Song, and Luigi realized he had misjudged the score.
• Angel reassured Luigi that the handkerchief could benefit new residents, while Luigi decided to try the Ode of Tainted Blood Purification for his next exchange.
• Luigi performed the Ode of Tainted Blood Purification for Uriel, whose reaction showed he was impressed by the piece, and Luigi prepared to submit the score.

Luigi received the harp Wind's Grace, Flower's Language, then learned from Uriel about Glaimo and prepared another anti-religious score. Uriel explained that he hoped to publish Luigi's music widely, leaving Luigi to choose a different piece that could circulate in the Great Sman Empire.

• Luigi opened his Wonderland Box and received the harp Wind's Grace, Flower's Language, whose skills enhanced the reach and audience impact of his performances.
• Uriel praised Luigi's performance of the Ode of Tainted Blood Purification and shared details about Glaimo, including his hatred of religion.
• Angel taught Luigi the score Blood of the Towline, which Luigi planned to submit to Uriel.
• Uriel asked Luigi to bring music in a wider range of styles because he wanted to publish Luigi's scores in the Birmingham Eden Academy journal and spread them across the Great Sman Empire.
• Angel explained that anti-religious music could not circulate openly in the theocratic Great Sman Empire, so Luigi set Blood of the Towline aside and began considering another score.

Luigi submitted three compositions to the Wonderland Box and received a portable Travel Cabin and a mysterious human-skin parchment with a powerful one-use rule-setting effect. His performance of Raging Waves Against the Wind prompted Uriel to reveal that Luigi's upcoming challenge against Glaimo already had established rules, which Uriel began explaining.

• Luigi submitted Song of the Dark Journey and received a miniature house called the Travel Cabin, which could house people, restore travelers, and remove negative energy during sleep.
• Luigi submitted Overture of Divine Prohibitions and received an Unknown Human-Skin Parchment that could impose a rule within a small space for one minute, but carried many restrictions and might attract an unknown presence.
• Angel worried about the parchment's hidden danger, while Luigi wondered whether it would disappear when he logged off; neither could determine its origin or what would happen to it.
• Luigi performed Raging Waves Against the Wind with Wind's Grace, Flower's Language, giving Angel an unusually immersive experience of a raging gale.
• Uriel recalled his academy challenges and began explaining the rules for Luigi's upcoming challenge against Glaimo, which Luigi had not known were already decided.

Uriel explained the rules for Luigi’s musical challenge against Gu Laimo, including how a single round victory would count as a win and how a witness would judge the performances. Luigi then opened a Wonderland Box and received a special ticket to Dreamland Zoo, though he could not use it until the Wonderland descended.

• Uriel explained that Luigi had to perform three pieces in his challenge against Gu Laimo, while Gu Laimo would perform two.
• Uriel told Luigi that Gu Laimo regarded a draw as defeat, so Luigi would win if he took even one round, and a decisive victory might earn him a recommendation for Charlotte.
• Luigi asked who would witness the challenge, and Uriel promised the witness would be impartial without revealing their identity.
• Luigi opened the Wonderland Box and received a Dreamland Zoo Ticket that let him enter Wind Chime Garden and adopt a wind chime once Dreamland Zoo descended.
• Luigi learned that Dreamland Zoo was a dangerous Wonderland within Deep Dream and would descend after its gathering-place, nightmare, and sweet-dream conditions were fulfilled.

Angel learned that Luigi had obtained a Dreamland Zoo ticket and confirmed that the Unknown Human-Skin Parchment remained in Uriel’s instance after Luigi logged off. Before logging off himself, Angel surveyed the Dream Crystal Plain, checked its Wonderlands and residents, and ended with his attention on Mollyan.

• Angel decided to consider bringing the Dreamland Zoo into existence after Luigi obtained a ticket, and Luigi logged off with the Unknown Human-Skin Parchment still on his person.
• Uriel picked up the parchment after Luigi vanished and placed it on a table, while Angel wondered why Uriel seemed unaware of the Wonderland rewards.
• Angel surveyed the Dream Crystal Plain and found no new instances or major changes, then checked the Sunshine Circus, Silver Coral Island, and the Hound Butler’s empty training instance.
• Angel confirmed that World-Grinding Day remained a mess, saw Babaregon before a statue in the Mist Island Dragon Tomb, and observed Miu Miu investigating Tomorrow Town’s residents with help from the Pigeon Scout Team.
• Angel checked Wes’s father searching for the living dead, glanced at the natives building houses beyond Rabbit Town, and focused on Mollyan.

An investigated the shimmering entrance to the Mist Island Dragon Tomb while Lusange sought a way to take a humanoid form like An. The rabbit girl lent Lusange a Rabbit Doll Costume, and An followed the lantern-carrying girl to learn how she had reached Wonderland’s gate.

• The lantern-carrying girl approached An and explained that she had jumped up to Wonderland’s gate, where she learned that humans could not enter the Mist Island Dragon Tomb.
• Lusange visited the rabbit girl in Rabbit Tower and said she wanted to change forms after seeing An’s humanoid appearance.
• The rabbit girl lent Lusange a Rabbit Doll Costume that could turn her into either a bunny girl or a Cave Dragon rabbit, asking for rabbit-related items in return.
• Lusange put on the costume and happily admired her new bunny-girl appearance.
• The lantern-carrying girl invited An to the crystal-stone cottage to show her how she had jumped to the gate, and An followed.

Angel visited Rabbit Girl and Hound Butler, explaining that Luigi had obtained a ticket to Dreamland Zoo and asking them to find a capable native to open the dangerous instance. Hound Butler then revealed that Rice God and the Earsi Race were pursuing a Sin Merchant who had stolen a treasure called the Blood of the God.

• Angel told Rabbit Girl that Dreamland Zoo required a settlement and two consecutive days of dreams to open, and asked her to find a brave, resourceful native with a Wonderland item to enter it.
• Rabbit Girl considered opening Dreamland Zoo herself, while Angel suggested they first hear Hound Butler's matter.
• Hound Butler explained that Rice God and members of the Earsi Race had sought help from All Things House to track a Sin Merchant carrying a valuable object.
• Little Red detected that Angel, Laplace, and Luigi had once carried the object's scent, so Hound Butler had her delay the visitors while he contacted Rabbit Girl.
• Angel recognized Rice God but said he knew nothing about the Sin Merchant, and Hound Butler revealed that the stolen treasure was called the Blood of the God.

Angel learned that Rice God and the Darkblood Church were pursuing Sin Merchant to recover Wadjet’s Blood of the God, while the Earsi Race sought its aura to help forge sunlight gems. Little Red arrived with six likely locations for the blood’s bearer, but questioned Angel’s claim that the dense aura on him came from a brief encounter.

• Hound Butler explained that Blood of the God came from wild gods’ closest attendants and identified the sought blood as that of Twin-Crowned Serpent Wadjet, guardian of the Leshu Sands.
• Rabbit Girl recalled a poem about Wadjet and the God of the Field of Reeds, and Hound Butler connected both deities to Mother of Ten Thousand Sands Sekhmet.
• Hound Butler said Rice God’s organization had sent Blood Hunters after Sin Merchant to retrieve Wadjet’s blood, which could help locate the Leshu Desert and be used as a bloodline.
• Hound Butler explained that the Earsi Race wanted the blood’s divine and sunlight auras to repair a mirror-space, enabling the Glorystone Clan to make sunlight gems for an agreement between their peoples.
• Angel sensed Little Red arriving at Rabbit Tower, and she reported finding six locations where the Blood of the God’s aura was especially strong.
• Little Red asked whether the bearer was connected to Angel, and challenged his explanation that the dense aura on him came from merely passing by.