Chapter Summaries

Angel hesitated over whether to close Blanche’s passage into the Dream Crystal Plain, then chose to watch events unfold and let Luigi handle his random event. After Luigi ended his questioning of Camilo and Blanche, the group was left with the chance to exchange questions.

• Angel decided not to close Blanche’s anchored passage, choosing instead to observe what her talent might bring to the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Camilo tried to hand the conversation with Luigi over to Blanche, but Luigi stopped questioning them after Angel reported what he had learned about her.
• Angel advised Luigi not to give Blanche special attention because it made her uncomfortable, and Luigi agreed to focus on her less.
• Luigi asked whether he should pay attention to Juanjuan, while Angel privately wondered whether Ms. Moon’s teacher had set his sights on the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Luigi ended his questions about the Western Continent’s art world and invited Camilo and Blanche to ask him something in return.

Luigi explained the Dream Crystal Plain’s native residents to Ms. Moon, Mr. Sun, Camilo, and Blanche, prompting them to ask whether they could leave Uriel Wonderland to visit. Angel revealed that Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun could go if their temporary identities became legitimate, and that Luigi’s Random Events were tied to their Wonderland Quests.

• Camilo asked Luigi whether he had guessed Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun’s identities, but Luigi did not understand the question.
• Luigi found Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun outside talking with Glaimo and Uriel, then returned to Juanjuan and was scratched when he leaned too close.
• Juanjuan asked what a native resident was, so Luigi explained to the group that intelligent local inhabitants lived in the world outside.
• Ms. Moon asked whether the group could leave Uriel Wonderland and visit the Dream Crystal Plain to meet the native residents.
• Angel told Luigi that Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun needed legitimate identities to visit the Dream Crystal Plain, and that Luigi’s Random Events corresponded to their Wonderland Quests.

Luigi learned that his opinion would influence whether Ms. Moon and the others kept their identities, while Angel deduced that Juanjuan could detect lies. When Luigi’s claim about their way out was challenged, he suggested they needed legitimate identities, triggering Wonderland’s identity-drafting prompt and revealing Moon’s first temporary option, Returning Traveler.

• Angel explained that Luigi’s opinion of Ms. Moon and the others would determine whether their identities remained, though neither he nor Luigi knew the assessment criteria.
• Luigi told Ms. Moon he did not know how they could reach the outside world, and Juanjuan’s reaction led Ms. Moon to suspect he had lied.
• Angel deduced that Juanjuan could discern lies and warned Luigi that Ms. Moon might know he was hiding something.
• Luigi said he thought they needed more legitimate identities to leave Wonderland, and the keyword Identity triggered a drafting prompt for Moon, Sun, Camilo, and Juanjuan.
• Luigi opened Moon’s identity card and learned that Returning Traveler was temporarily unlockable but would last only one night in Wonderland.

Luigi learned that the travelers’ eventual identities depended on approval ratings assessed by Wonderland Authority, and he discovered the ratings of Mr. Sun, Ms. Moon, Camilo, and Black Cat Juanjuan. After Luigi explained the three identity options and their thresholds, Camilo asked to become a Sojourning Traveler while he worked to raise Luigi’s approval of him.

• Luigi read the three proposed identities and learned that approval ratings determined whether the travelers could remain in Wonderland or leave for the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Luigi found that Mr. Sun had a 55% approval rating, Ms. Moon had 61%, Camilo had 68%, and Black Cat Juanjuan had 70%.
• Ms. Moon and the others received approval-rating prompts, then asked Luigi what the ratings meant and who judged them.
• Luigi explained that Wonderland Authority assessed approval based on his impression and revealed the thresholds for the three possible identities.
• Camilo learned that his 68% rating qualified him to become a Sojourning Traveler and asked Luigi to grant him that identity.

Luigi learned that he could grant Temporary Stayer identities before approval reached 100%, but granting one would settle everyone’s identities at once. He agreed to consider the group’s settlement, then paused when Ms. Moon asked to give Sun more time to qualify and Camilo asked whether Blanche could stay.

• Ms. Moon embraced Camilo’s suggestion to obtain Temporary Stayer status first and raise approval gradually, while Luigi considered the benefits of their continued efforts to win his approval.
• Angel confirmed that the Temporary Stayer approach was feasible and decided the identities could also serve as a probationary period; Luigi planned to hint that he wanted intelligence as well as sheet music.
• Luigi told Camilo he could become a Temporary Stayer but could not guarantee he would later qualify as a Voyager, and Camilo accepted the risk because he wanted to study the Fairyland Instance.
• Luigi struggled to grant Camilo an identity, then discovered that doing so would trigger identity settlement for everyone at once.
• Ms. Moon asked to delay settlement because Sun’s approval was only 55%, and Luigi agreed to wait while Sun tried to meet the Temporary Stayer threshold.
• Camilo asked whether Blanche could become a Temporary Stayer, and Blanche listened hopefully as Luigi considered her request.

Blanche explained that accumulating Dream Power might eventually make her mind rigid, so she wanted to stay in the Fairyland Instance for safety. Luigi said she could remain if the instance did not expel her, then paused before his harp lesson to watch Glaimo and Uriel argue over a song.

• Blanche told Luigi and Camilo that increasing Dream Power made her fear losing her lucidity, and she wanted to stay in the Fairyland Instance because its Dream Power did not enter her Dream Core.
• Camilo offered to transfer his Temporary Resident qualification to Blanche, but Luigi explained that identities could not be transferred and suggested Blanche might stay without one.
• Luigi told Blanche to wait and see whether the instance expelled her, then left the Travel Cabin for his harp lesson.
• Ms. Moon, Mr. Sun, and Juanjuan left the cabin, while Camilo and Blanche discussed their theories about the Fairyland Instance.
• Ms. Moon told Luigi that Glaimo and Uriel had discussed the Black Sheep Confession Song, and Luigi explained that their argument came from Glaimo's extreme opposition to religion and Uriel's more conservative opposition.

Luigi continued teaching Glaimo while helping him and Uriel vent their musical rivalry, then prepared to settle everyone’s identities before Glaimo awakened. He revealed that the group had reached the recognition threshold and drew promises of scores and stories from them, leaving Camilo eager to find his own way to become a Navigator.

• Glaimo and Uriel played their conflicting versions of the Black Sheep Confession Song, and Luigi joined Glaimo with his piano-note drumbeat until the musical battle subsided.
• Ms. Moon asked why Glaimo had entered the dream while Uriel had not, and Luigi said she would understand more after becoming a Navigator and experiencing more instances.
• Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun discussed raising recognition by teaching Luigi knowledge, and Mr. Sun offered to copy out music scores from memory.
• A Wonderland notification announced that Glaimo was about to leave, so Camilo and Blanche hurried out of the Travel Cabin to meet Luigi and the others.
• Luigi thanked Mr. Sun for the scores and said everyone’s recognition had reached 60%, then prepared to settle their identities.
• Luigi hinted that he wanted stories and knowledge from the Western Continent, prompting Ms. Moon, Mr. Sun, Juanjuan, and Camilo to offer information.

Luigi settled Sun, Moon, Camilo, and Black Cat Juanjuan as official Sojourning Travelers, and the Uriel Instance changed to provide them with a residence. After the group explored their assigned building and entered Ms. Moon’s home, she noticed a new message in her Text Panel.

• Luigi confirmed that Sun, Moon, Camilo, and Black Cat Juanjuan met the recognition requirement and assigned each of them the Sojourning Traveler identity.
• A torrent of information reshaped the Uriel Instance, updating the travelers’ identity cards and giving them Text Panels and residence addresses, while Blanche remained without an identity.
• The mist outside the Instance dispersed, revealing a four-story building at No. 01 Mullen Street, which Angel spotted and Luigi showed to the others.
• Ms. Moon, Sun, Camilo, and Black Cat Juanjuan discovered their assigned rooms and entered Ms. Moon’s home, where she noticed a new message in her Text Panel.

Ms. Moon and the others learned that charging filled the energy in their temporary anchors, while Blanche discovered she was already permanently anchored and remained in Wonderland after the others logged out. When Blanche tried to leave for the Dream Crystal Plain, Angel blocked her for now, and Luigi gave her a guarded explanation of the place.

• Ms. Moon used eye-tracking to open the charging entry, and Angel learned that charging powered the others’ temporary anchors while Blanche had a permanent one.
• The group discovered their charging was complete, then logged out when Glaimo’s reward lesson ended, but Blanche remained behind.
• Wonderland Authority expelled Luigi and Blanche from Ms. Moon’s empty residence, leaving them outside the house.
• Blanche triggered a choice to leave and found an option to travel to the Dream Crystal Plain, but Angel banned her from going there for now.
• Luigi told Blanche that the Dream Crystal Plain was the world outside Wonderland Instances and left her question about the Deep Dream Civilization unresolved.

Blanche discovered that she could not reach Dream Crystal Plain until a voyager appeared, then logged out to test how to return. Camilo found he could enter Uriel Wonderland by falling asleep, and he and Blanche rejoined the others as they explored how to travel in and out.

• Blanche followed a Wonderland prompt to the spatial passage, learned its route to Dream Crystal Plain could only open when a voyager appeared, and returned to reality.
• Camilo entered Uriel Wonderland by falling asleep and crossing a long Dream Bridge, but missed Blanche, who had just logged out.
• Camilo recharged his Login Device while Ms. Moon and Juanjuan logged in, then logged out to find Blanche when she did not appear.
• Camilo found Blanche trapped in a strange dream and brought her back; they confirmed she could reach the Fairyland Instance by falling asleep without making a Dream Design first.
• Ms. Moon invited Blanche to her residence, Camilo returned to recharge, and Luigi practiced the secret harp techniques while Angel logged out.

Angel discussed the Calamity Puppet’s possible arrival near Sumer Wetland Fortress with Laplace and told her about Mr. Sun and Ms. Moon, then returned to testing magic patterns with Kesha. The chapter ended as Angel began explaining the Soul Source Rune, the first of more than a hundred patterns he had selected to contain her.

• Angel found Kesha peeking into the classroom, then left Square Mirror Space to speak with Laplace.
• Laplace showed Angel maps of spatial weak points and explained that the Calamity Puppet might cross into the Day Mirror Domain near Sumer Wetland Fortress, prompting Guta Lace to prepare a relocation and perimeter.
• Angel told Laplace about Mr. Sun and Ms. Moon’s visit to the Uriel Instance, and Laplace advised him to keep their identities secret from Luigi and Gleipnir.
• Angel told Laplace he would treat Blanche as an ordinary visitor until her abilities became clear, checked that Edward was making wigs, and returned to Square Mirror Space.
• Angel selected more than a hundred magic patterns for physical and mental control of Kesha, then warned her to monitor her soul power as testing began.
• Angel introduced the Soul Source Rune to Kesha, explaining that it could trap a soul within a limited area.

Angel and Kesha tested dozens of patterns to find one that could slow the dissipation of soul power, but none stopped it completely. The next test, the Elysian Rune, plunged Kesha into overwhelming bliss and left Angel to see whether its powerful control could prove effective.

• Kesha evaluated the Soul Source Rune, Lost Way Pattern, and Intoxication Pattern, finding that each slowed soul-power dissipation to varying degrees.
• Kesha tested more than ninety patterns and broke free from nearly all of them, but the Deep Drunkenness Pattern kept her immersed for fifteen minutes and proved the strongest so far.
• Angel learned that none of the tested patterns could prevent soul-power dissipation, though more than half performed better than the Spirit Nurturing Pattern.
• Kesha tested the Radiance Pattern, escaped its illusion, and reported that its effect was weaker than the Spirit Nurturing Pattern.
• Angel presented the Elysian Rune, and Kesha became completely immersed in its blissful sensations, losing awareness of the outside world.

Angel discovered that the Elysian Rune Pattern drew spirit bodies into addictive bliss, so he confiscated its parchment and helped Kesha remove her memories of the experience. Kesha’s measurements revealed that her soul power had not dissipated while she was under the pattern, making it the magic pattern Angel had been seeking.

• Angel dragged Kesha beyond the Elysian Rune Pattern’s range, but she remained immersed in its lingering bliss and developed a mental addiction.
• Angel put the Elysian Rune Pattern away, and Kesha agreed that keeping it from her would protect her from a lasting addiction.
• Kesha realized she had forgotten to test soul-power dissipation, then calculated that her total soul power had neither increased nor decreased during the evaluation.
• Kesha concluded that the Elysian Rune Pattern was the magic pattern Angel sought because it caused no soul-power dissipation.
• Kesha removed her memories of the pattern, recorded an explanation for herself, and returned to the oil painting to recover for two days.
• After Kesha entered dormancy, Angel took the Elysian Rune Pattern parchment back out and placed it on the table.

Angel brought the Elysian Rune Pattern to Dudu Bi as a possible medium for carrying the Crystal-Eyed Race’s souls, but worried its intense addictive effect would harm them. Dudu Bi proposed using his developing soul-locking rune pattern to erase the souls’ memories of the addiction, leaving Angel to consider the solution.

• Angel worried that souls carried by the Elysian Rune Pattern would become addicted and decided to ask Dudu Bi for help.
• Angel showed Dudu Bi the Elysian Rune Pattern, and Dudu Bi recognized it as a rune pattern for controlling spirit bodies.
• Angel explained the pattern’s addictive side effect and asked whether Dudu Bi could resolve it or whether he should find another medium.
• Dudu Bi said the addiction could not be removed without undermining the pattern’s ability to carry souls, but proposed preventing it from persisting.
• Dudu Bi suggested adding memory-removal Magic Rune Horns to his Directional Soul-Wave Locking rune pattern so the souls would forget their period of addiction.

Angel and Dudu Bi worked on adding a memory-removal effect to the soul-locking magic pattern, and Angel’s collection of patterns helped Dudu Bi speed up the design. With the Sacred Corpse Crystal plan nearly ready, Angel turned to finding enough help to meet the coming Login Device shortage.

• Dudu Bi proposed adding memory removal to his unfinished targeted soul fluctuation lock pattern instead of adding a separate magic pattern, and Angel agreed to leave the design to him.
• Angel gave Dudu Bi hundreds of soul-related magic pattern manuscripts, which helped him find useful magic rune horns and potentially cut his work time in half or more.
• Angel assessed the Sacred Corpse Crystal soul-locking plan as about eighty percent complete, with only Dudu Bi’s pattern and the final magic energy array left to finish.
• Angel rejected relying only on Bilen Tree Court’s alchemy apprentices to produce Login Device blanks because there would not be enough of them.
• Angel considered recruiting Pirus and the Crystal-Eyed Race as the main workforce for refining Login Devices, with Treasure Dragons as a smaller contribution, and wondered what other races might help.

Angel considered collective crafting and a unified Nightmare Illusion Server as ways to address the Login Device shortage, then met Laplace as news of the Calamity Puppet’s possible arrival in the Day Mirror Domain made the crisis urgent. Laplace named numerous races that could supply artifact-blank craftsmen, while Angel agreed to accelerate production and pursue help from others.

• Angel considered a unified Nightmare Illusion Server but decided he could not rely on the untested idea and would also seek collective help crafting Login Devices.
• Angel went to meet Laplace and learned that Blood Calamity had found traces of the Calamity Puppet heading toward a spatial node leading to the Sumer Wetland Fortress.
• Laplace explained that preparations were underway to monitor the node and that rumors of the Calamity Puppet had already caused people to leave the Ring Fortress and Crystal City.
• Laplace told Angel that Guta Lace had taken most of the available Login Devices to arrange defenses at the Sumer Wetland Fortress, but the shortage remained severe.
• Angel explained his collective-strength plan, and Laplace named dozens of races, including the Yingji Race, Glorystone Clan, and Changhuo Clan, that could provide craftsmen.

Angel designed and refined sample molds for the Future Mirror Login Device while Eya mobilized the Mirror Realm’s races to prepare for the approaching Calamity Puppet. The craftsmen began gathering and received orders to produce device blanks, as Angel finished more than a hundred samples for distribution.

• Angel asked Laplace to contact craftsmen across the races, then began drawing plans for standardized Login Device molds while Laplace contacted Gleipnir.
• The Queen of Ice Country rallied her military craftsmen to refine molds and tried the Login Device Eya had sent her.
• Eya warned the Glorystone Clan’s king that disaster was approaching, and he ordered his people to become guardians and refine device blanks.
• Eya and Astrologer Granny briefed the Wandering Forest’s captains and directed them to gather artisans and send their finished blanks to Crystal City.
• Eya’s mobilization spread across the Mirror Realm, including Drifting Star, Unfallen King City, Mirror Mountain Academy, and Grudge Woman Town.
• Angel chose simple, single-lens glasses for the Login Device he named Future Mirror and refined more than a hundred sample molds.

Gleipnir prepared the Vessel Blank Factory for production, while Angel agreed to inspect its first batch and discussed Laplace’s concerns about the Calamity Puppet. Angel sent Luigi to ask Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun about it, and Luigi arrived at Ms. Moon’s house to begin.

• Gleipnir gave Angel the key to the Vessel Blank Factory and said its first vessel blanks would be ready the next day.
• Angel discussed the Nightmare Illusion Server with Laplace, then returned the Square Mirror after his experiment with Kesha succeeded.
• Laplace asked Angel to find out whether Mr. Sun and Ms. Moon knew anything about the Calamity Puppet, especially whether people trapped in its Closed Space could enter the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Angel realized Luigi could ask the pair directly without raising suspicion, so he asked Luigi to seek their intelligence.
• Luigi shared several Western Continent rumors with Angel and reported that Juanjuan’s recognition had reached 74%.
• Luigi reached No. 01 Mullen Street, saw that Ms. Moon was online, and selected her house number.

Luigi asked Ms. Moon about Xulifa, the Calamity Puppet, after revealing that she had appeared in the Day Mirror Domain. Ms. Moon described the earlier disaster and urged Luigi to flee, while he sought to learn what demand had once changed Xulifa back into Bu Isha.

• Ms. Moon welcomed Luigi and answered his questions after Mr. Sun was absent.
• Luigi asked whether Ms. Moon knew about Xulifa, the Calamity Puppet, and how to deal with her.
• Ms. Moon recounted how the Order Guild had driven Xulifa from the Source World, fulfilled her demand, and changed her back into Bu Isha.
• Luigi revealed that Xulifa had appeared in the Ghost Domain of the Day Mirror Domain, and Ms. Moon warned that the disaster could devastate connected worlds.
• Ms. Moon advised Luigi to leave and wait for someone else to resolve the disaster, but Luigi asked what demand the Order Guild had fulfilled.

Ms. Moon explained the Calamity Puppet Xulifa’s three challenge types and how her scythe’s handle revealed which type she would use. Angel judged that the Login Device could make questioning and demand challenges easier to prepare for, but the chapter ended with Ms. Moon advising people to teleport away from Xulifa or accept their fate if they were alone.

• Ms. Moon told Luigi that the Order Guild’s past challenge had been the questioning type, but Xulifa’s challenge changed whenever she changed forms.
• After Angel asked whether other challenge types existed, Ms. Moon described questioning, demand, and duel challenges and explained why demand was generally considered the hardest by Source World wizards.
• Angel reasoned that challengers who could use the Login Device might prepare for demand or questioning challenges, while duel challenges remained especially dangerous in the Day Mirror Domain.
• Luigi asked whether the challenge type could be identified in advance, and Ms. Moon explained that the shape of Xulifa’s scythe handle indicated questioning, demand, or duel.
• Ms. Moon advised Luigi that people should teleport away as soon as they encountered Xulifa, while anyone meeting her alone had little choice but to accept their fate.