Chapter Summaries

Angel learned that the Woodleaf Clan had grown a Rainbow Tree on Silver Coral Island, giving them a thriving settlement and attracting nearby traders. As Fairyland Instances continued appearing and trapping newcomers, Laplace urged Angel to let the Day Mirror Domain’s inhabitants organize their own response, while Angel kept watch on several unusual instances that might eventually support migration.

• Laplace explained that the Woodleaf Clan had used a Wish-Power Seed to grow a Rainbow Tree, and Angel inspected the tree and learned its abilities were limited to the level of an intermediate apprentice.
• Angel saw that the Woodleaf Clan’s settlement on Silver Coral Island had attracted other races and small markets, and he welcomed the newcomers’ efforts to build lives in the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Laplace told Angel that more than a thousand people were trapped in Fairyland Instances and argued that the Day Mirror Domain’s inhabitants would create their own instance index if given time.
• Angel agreed to let the inhabitants handle most instances themselves, while saying he could try to flip the table if the Dream Crystal Plain faced an existential threat.
• Angel and Laplace discussed special new instances, including Luteling Manor and Chocolate City, which Angel considered as possible migration sites despite their harsh blizzard and chocolate construction.

Angel and Laplace discussed the newly opened Sunshine Circus Carnival and watched Luigi’s task in the Uriel Instance begin. The first Challenger arrived late, eager to defeat Luigi for a title and a girl, and introduced himself as Tarantino.

• Angel reviewed the Ocean Symphony and Poem of Daylight Instances, where hundreds of entrants remained trapped without any clear way to escape.
• Laplace said Sunshine Circus Carnival interested her because she wanted to learn what followed Sunshine Circus and suspected a connection to the Uriel Instance.
• As Luigi’s task remained quiet, Ms. Moon grew impatient with the absent Challenger and noted that he arrived at nine thirty.
• Angel showed Laplace a live view of the Uriel Instance, where the Wonderland Authority told the arriving boy that he had to challenge Luigi for the Star of the Green Fields title.
• The boy accused Luigi of stealing the title and declared he would defeat him to win Meisha, then revealed his name as Tarantino.

Tarantino challenged Luigi to a Star-Climbing Duel, hoping to reclaim the Star of the Green Fields for Glaimo. Luigi won the first round with the help of his harp, while the second round began just as Angel noticed a blinking star in Deep Space.

• Camilo explained that Tarantino was a gifted harp student whose Efa Wizard underling studied under him to improve at the instrument.
• Tarantino challenged Luigi to a Star-Climbing Duel, and Luigi selected Muluoyi as the witness.
• Tarantino performed a harp demonstration that Luigi and Muluoyi approved, allowing the duel to proceed.
• Tarantino played the Northern Plains Spring Suite, and Luigi answered with the Field Dance; the judges awarded Luigi the first round, partly because of his harp, Wind's Grace, Flower's Language.
• Tarantino set Luigi the Twilight Melody theme, and Luigi assigned Tarantino the Banquet Piece theme for the second round.
• As the second round was about to begin, Angel looked up and noticed a blinking star in Deep Space.

Angel followed an unusual intuition to a starlight message in a bottle drifting outside the Dream Crystal Plain’s boundary membrane. The bottle disintegrated after he brought it inside, leaving him with an unaddressed letter whose sender and purpose were unknown.

• The livestream illusion collapsed when Angel became fixated on a flickering star, and Laplace urged him to investigate his intuition.
• Angel logged out and returned at the star’s projected location, but found only Nightmare Illusion mist inside the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Angel considered that the anomaly might lie beyond the boundary membrane and used his field of view to inspect the void outside.
• Angel spotted a starlit message in a bottle in the mist and pulled it through the boundary membrane; the bottle disintegrated, leaving its letter behind.
• Angel told Laplace what had happened, and they examined the blank envelope, which bore only a black stain and no sender or recipient.

Angel and Laplace discovered that the envelope’s Star Mark contained a Starfaller’s consciousness, which could reveal the Starfaller’s secrets and be used to control it. Angel decided to open the envelope in a safer location, and Laplace offered the concealed Text Space, which she could now control and invite others into.

• Laplace recognized the envelope’s black mark as a Starfaller’s Star Mark and consulted Gleipnir to confirm it.
• Laplace explained that a Star Mark embodied a Starfaller’s consciousness and that its sleeping consciousness could usually awaken only when its set conditions were met.
• Angel used Nightmare Illusion to inspect the envelope and found a letter and a strange black card that gave him a sense of dread.
• Angel decided to open the envelope somewhere safer, and Laplace suggested Glutton's Banquet, the Text Space from Angel’s first-clear reward.
• Laplace told Angel that Gleipnir had completed the Text Space’s ownership-binding procedure, allowing Laplace to control it and invite outsiders.

Angel, Laplace, and Gleipnir prepared a ritual to awaken the consciousness inside the Star Mark, following instructions found in a letter. They completed the first stages in Glutton's Banquet and began immersing the marked envelope, leaving the awakening itself unresolved.

• Laplace brought Angel into Glutton's Banquet, where they opened the envelope and found a black card whose emblem Laplace thought resembled the Star Sea Train's.
• Angel and Laplace read a letter containing instructions for a ritual that they concluded could awaken the consciousness within the Star Mark.
• Angel chose to perform the ritual in Glutton's Banquet, and he and Laplace gathered the six required materials.
• Gleipnir joined Angel and Laplace, explaining that she knew some of the Starfallers' language, and they entered the manor's basement together.
• Angel, Laplace, and Gleipnir mixed the ritual ingredients and waited until the cup's contents formed an image of a starry sky.
• Angel began lowering the Star Mark envelope into the cup.

Angel, Gleipnir, and Laplace summoned a Star Descender called Star Worm from the Star Mark on a drifting bottle. Star Worm admitted he had come with a purpose but was declared a prisoner, leaving him uncertain which of the three was his mission target.

• The Star Mark absorbed the ritual’s stars, and Star Worm emerged from the cup as a tall, star-covered figure.
• Gleipnir questioned Star Worm, who confirmed that he was a Star Descender and had deliberately come to this world with the drifting bottle, though he did not know its name.
• Gleipnir refused Star Worm’s offer to ask questions and declared him a prisoner, while Angel used illusion nodes to reproduce Star Worm’s Star Mark.
• Star Worm accepted his prisoner status and asked for more Starry Sky ritual fluid so he would not be interrogated naked.
• Gleipnir asked Angel whether they had the materials, and Angel said they could make hundreds of cups, leaving Star Worm more cautious and unsure which of the three was his target.

Star Worm transformed into the human appearance of his former master and revealed that he was a conductor on Auxiliary Train No. 199 of the Star Sea Train. As Gleipnir, Angel, and Laplace questioned him about his mission and the train’s inability to approach Dream Crystal Plain, Angel wondered whether the powerful creature blocking it was connected to someone he knew.

• Star Worm used the prepared “Starry Sky” to take on a conductor’s uniform and the face of his former master, a Star Spirit Sorcerer from the Source World.
• Star Worm identified himself as a conductor of Auxiliary Train No. 199 and explained that Lord Owl was its train master, not the master of the Star Sea Train’s main train.
• Star Worm said a powerful creature in the Gap Zone was preventing the auxiliary train from approaching Dream Crystal Plain, though he did not know what it was.
• Star Worm questioned Gleipnir about the text creations and whether text could create living beings, then Angel invited him to leave the basement and explore outside.
• Angel and Laplace suspected Star Worm was probing them to find Dream Crystal Plain’s master and worried the Star Sea Train might already know about the plain.
• Angel denied knowing the creature that blocked the train but wondered whether it had been sent by a figure he knew.

Star Worm explored the Dream Crystal Plain’s text-based creations and began answering Angel, Laplace, and Gleipnir’s questions about the Star Sea Train. He explained that conductor Owl had brought secondary train 199 to the Gap Zone, then revealed that he had a confidential primary mission for a specific target and a secondary mission he could disclose.

• Star Worm observed the textual descriptions of the villa’s furnishings and creatures, then watched a Scent-Catching Sparrow eat a weevil.
• Gleipnir served Star Worm fruit and tea in the reception alcove, and the group introduced themselves before beginning their interrogation.
• Star Worm explained that the Star Sea Train had entered the Gap Zone because train 199 had received a new conductor, Owl, whose decisions determined its destinations.
• Star Worm described the Hidden World, which let conductors travel between secondary trains, and said every conductor answered to the Star Lord.
• Star Worm said he had a confidential primary mission for a specific target and a secondary mission he could discuss, and Gleipnir asked him to explain the secondary mission.

Star Worm revealed that the Star Sea Train had sent him to meet Laplace, offer goodwill, and seek permission to establish a long-term station in the Dream Crystal Plain. Laplace accepted Star Worm’s claim that she was in charge and heard his proposal, leaving the decision to build the station unresolved.

• Star Worm said his secondary mission was to gather information about the Dream Crystal Plain, which he mistakenly regarded as a world.
• Gleipnir challenged Star Worm to identify the person in charge, and he said he would reveal his primary mission to whoever accepted that responsibility.
• Laplace stepped forward as the person in charge after she and Angel realized Gleipnir did not need to bear the responsibility alone.
• Star Worm revealed that the Star Sea Train had sent him to greet Laplace and that the Star Lord’s mission conveyed goodwill.
• Star Worm identified Gleipnir’s black card as a Hidden World Card and said it could help locate the train if a station were established.
• Star Worm asked Laplace to approve a long-term Star Sea Train station, which could provide access to the train but expose the Dream Crystal Plain to the outside world.

Laplace and Angel decided to delay the Star Sea Train’s request to build a station platform, while the Star Worm explained the invitation and the Train’s rank system. They began preparing a ritual to read the Hidden World Card, and Laplace planned to seek more information through Luigi and the Sun-Moon Intelligence Agency.

• Angel told Laplace there was no need to build a station platform because Dream Crystal Plain’s inhabitants could not safely leave its boundaries, and they agreed to stall for time.
• Laplace told the Star Worm she needed time to consider the platform, then heard that the Conductor had sent her an invitation stored in the Hidden World Card.
• The Star Worm explained the Star Sea Train’s ranks and revealed that Conductor Owl was Sequence 005, deepening Laplace and Angel’s concern that the Star Lord was behind the request.
• The Star Worm explained the ritual needed to activate the Hidden World Card, and Laplace assigned Angel to find materials while Gleipnir and the Star Worm prepared the ritual site.
• Laplace asked Angel to check whether Luigi’s challenge had ended so she could have him contact Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun for information about the Star Sea Train and the Star Lord.
• Gleipnir retrieved special paper from the study, while the Star Worm watched the thick fog beyond the manor from an open window.

Star Worm learned that specially made paper could create things, but he could not perceive its Wonderland prompt and followed Gleipnir to make a ritual altar. Meanwhile, Angel gathered ritual materials and learned from Laplace that the Star Sea Train had a permanent station in the Source World, while Luigi was beginning to suspect Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun’s identities.

• Star Worm wondered about the world beyond the mist, then discovered he could not see the prompt on Gleipnir’s specially made paper.
• Gleipnir and Laplace invited Star Worm to create a ritual altar, and he followed them to the rooftop.
• Angel checked the Uriel Instance, learned Luigi was surveying viewers about his duel, and told him Laplace wanted to see him.
• Angel gathered the ritual materials from Silver Coral Island and the World-Grinding Day Instance, then met Laplace outside the Uriel Instance.
• Laplace told Angel that Juanjuan knew of a permanent Star Sea Train station in the Source World, probably within the Order Guild’s territory.
• Laplace said Luigi had begun suspecting Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun’s identities because of her repeated requests for high-level intelligence.

Angel and Laplace prepared the owl-patterned altar in the Text Space of "Glutton's Banquet" and began the ritual to activate the Hidden World Card. The ritual succeeded in awakening the card, which conjured the phantom of a long-bearded owl.

• Angel saw that Luigi accepted Mr. Sun and Ms. Moon's explanation for their intelligence and told Laplace that suspicion remained in the shadows.
• Angel and Laplace entered the Text Space and joined Gleipnir and Star Worm on the rooftop, where Star Worm had created an ornate owl-patterned altar.
• Star Worm arranged the ritual offerings around a branch, then stayed in Gleipnir's soundproof glass room as the others prepared to activate the Hidden World Card.
• Laplace placed the Hidden World Card atop the branch and used Angel's illusion node to stimulate its roots.
• The altar's vitality light passed through seven owl phantoms and entered the card, which began to ripple and reveal a long-bearded owl phantom.

Laplace, Angel, and Gleipnir listened to a recorded message from 005, the Star Sea Train’s conductor, about the Star Lord’s mission and the proposed station in the Dream Crystal Plain. Angel provisionally accepted that the Star Lord had no current ill intent, but the group left the station decision unresolved because it could reveal the world’s coordinates.

• Laplace recognized that the Owl phantom was a recording, and Gleipnir analyzed its manner while Angel admitted he did not recognize it.
• 005 introduced itself as the conductor of Sub-Train No. 199 and explained that the Star Lord had sent it to welcome Angel and the Dream Crystal Plain as seeds of potential.
• 005 said Star Worm had been sent to seek an audience because the conductor was occupied protecting the train from Demonic Beasts in the Gap Zone.
• 005 described establishing a station as goodwill and said the Star Lord would not retaliate if Angel refused; Laplace and Gleipnir noted that a station could expose the Dream Crystal Plain’s coordinates.
• 005 said the Star Lord’s stance was neither good nor bad and that it was waiting to see what Angel and the Dream Crystal Plain would become, and Angel provisionally believed the account.

Owl explained how Hidden World Carriages and Hidden World Cards worked, warning Angel that the cards were valuable and the carriages dangerous. After Owl's recording vanished, Gleipnir considered seeking books there, but Laplace pointed out that their consciousness bodies could not safely enter.

• Owl explained that the Hidden World was a barren transit realm with rail tracks, while each Hidden World Carriage was a separate inhabited world attached to a Star Sea Train.
• Owl revealed that Angel's Hidden World Card could let him enter a carriage when a train numbered within the first hundred came within one dimension, but warned that the card could be stolen and carriage rules and dangers could be deadly.
• Owl's recording ended after he asked Angel to preserve Star Worm's wandering consciousness until Auxiliary Train No. 199 returned, promising compensation if it could be restored.
• Gleipnir said she was interested in visiting a carriage to search for Starry Sky Books, while advising Angel to avoid the risk and offering to go in his place.
• Laplace pointed out that Gleipnir and the others were consciousness bodies in the Dream Crystal Plain, and warned that they might not survive the journey or withstand the Hidden World Carriage.

Angel, Laplace, and Gleipnir abandoned plans to reach the Hidden World and wondered why the Star Lord had taken an interest in Angel or the Dream Crystal Plain. They turned to Star Worm, learned the Star Sea Train might return in five to six days, and discovered that void Demonic Beasts were hunting it.

• Laplace ruled out bringing the Hidden World Card into the real world, and Angel said he had no intention of visiting the Hidden World for now.
• Laplace, Gleipnir, and Angel speculated about why the Star Lord had taken an interest in Angel, with Gleipnir suggesting it might value the Dream Crystal Plain instead.
• Gleipnir revealed that Star Worm could see text prompts but not Wonderland prompts, and Angel proposed testing him with other Wonderland items.
• Laplace told Star Worm the Star Sea Train would return to collect him, and Star Worm estimated it would arrive in about five to six days.
• Star Worm explained that void Demonic Beasts had marked the Star Sea Train and would hunt it if it stayed in one place too long.

Star Worm explained why Auxiliary Train No. 199 was pursued by powerful Void Demonic Beasts and revealed that his primary body was in the Dreambirth Phase, where a new consciousness would soon replace him. Angel then began testing Star Worm’s ability to interpret unfamiliar things in the Dream Crystal Plain by showing him a trembling black cat.

• Star Worm explained that past conductors had provoked Void Demonic Beasts, leaving Auxiliary Train No. 199 pursued by legendary monsters, and said he hoped to transfer to a safer train.
• Star Worm revealed that his primary consciousness was in the Dreambirth Phase, a racial ability that created a new consciousness from stored memories after the old one wore down.
• Star Worm said the Dreambirth Phase usually lasted one to three months, while the Star Sea Train was expected to return in three to six days.
• Angel asked Star Worm to examine two things, and Gleipnir presented a trembling black kitten.
• Star Worm asked whether the kitten was a text creation and whether he could touch it, and Gleipnir agreed.

Angel, Laplace, and Gleipnir discovered that Star Worm could not perceive Wonderland prompts because he had entered the Dream Crystal Plain from beyond the heavens without receiving its Authority’s imprint. They arranged for him to sleep to test whether dreams would mark him, while debating how much of the Dream Crystal Plain to let him explore before the Star Sea Train returned.

• Laplace tested Star Worm with the Black Cat and Billa's Long Whip, confirming that he could not see Wonderland prompts or identify Wonderland items.
• Angel used the Wonderland Authority to determine that Star Worm, like the letter and Hidden World Card, lacked the Dream Crystal Plain’s imprint because he had arrived by an unusual route beyond the heavens.
• Gleipnir persuaded Star Worm to sleep so they could test whether entering dreams would give him the Dream Crystal Plain’s imprint, and he agreed readily.
• Gleipnir settled Star Worm in a guest room while Angel observed that he had closed his eyes but had not yet fallen asleep.
• Angel, Laplace, and Gleipnir discussed whether to keep Star Worm confined or let him explore, and Laplace suggested that he could see parts of the Dream Crystal Plain without reaching its settled regions or learning its future.

Angel, Laplace, and Gleipnir discussed letting Star Worm explore the Dream Crystal Plain and considered giving him a temporary Manor Pass. Angel realized Star Worm might need to leave the Text Space himself to truly integrate with the Dream Crystal Plain, so Gleipnir sent him outside to test the idea.

• Angel agreed to let Star Worm explore freely, since his journey on foot would limit what he could learn.
• Laplace explained that a Manor Pass allowed its holder to enter and leave the Glutton's Feast Text Space, but Star Worm needed a Text Panel to receive one.
• After Star Worm fell asleep, Angel saw the boundary of his isolation zone flicker and reasoned that he had not yet truly contacted the Dream Crystal Plain because he had never left the Text Space.
• Gleipnir awakened Star Worm and urged him to go outside and see the world beyond the mist.
• Star Worm hesitated, then walked toward the villa's front door.

Star Worm discovered that the manor was isolated from the outside world and agreed to leave with Gleipnir under three conditions. As he crossed into the Dream Crystal Plain, its foundational power began reconstructing his body, confirming that he had not fully integrated into the world before.

• Star Worm told Gleipnir he suspected the manor was a prison enclosed by a barrier, and Gleipnir confirmed it had been isolated because they feared an accident when he awakened.
• Gleipnir offered to take Star Worm outside with Lady Laplace's approval, provided he cooperated with experiments, fended for himself, and shared what he had seen and heard without distorting it.
• Star Worm accepted the conditions and left the manor with Gleipnir, slowly turning into text as he disappeared.
• Outside the Uriel Instance, Star Worm's black, star-filled hands emerged from a stream of light while Gleipnir watched in surprise.
• Angel told Gleipnir and Laplace that the Dream Crystal Plain was reconstructing Star Worm's body, and Laplace concluded that he was finally integrating into the world.