Chapter Summaries

April First opened the iron box and found the remains of his missing sister, Qixia, then learned that Lenny Wilson had killed her and hidden her body beneath Tina Tower. Lizi urged April First to use Box Garden to grow powerful enough to secure justice in reality.

• Angel guided April First to open the iron box, where he recognized his sister Qixia’s skeleton and broke down in grief.
• After April First said “Good night” and rejoined Angel and Lizi, Angel revealed that Lenny Wilson had killed Qixia.
• Angel gave Lizi a report on the Tina Tower Mass Corpse-Hiding Case, which revealed that Wilson had killed Qixia while assaulting her and concealed her remains beneath a cleaning room floor.
• Lizi told April First that Wilson would likely avoid severe punishment in reality, and April First asked what he should do.
• Lizi urged April First to use Box Garden to become strong enough to influence what happened to Wilson.

Angel revealed that Qixia may have been a spy with ties to an unknown organization, and warned that her death had left a hidden crisis that could affect April First. Lizi agreed to investigate Qixia’s past while April First became her assistant, leaving them to search for the secrets behind the crisis.

• Lizi urged April First to become stronger, and Angel welcomed her as an Awakened after she acknowledged Box Garden.
• Angel explained that Qixia might have entered the Quest World and that April First could see her again if he became strong enough; Lizi agreed to help recover Qixia’s remains from Tina Tower.
• Lizi hired April First as her assistant to help investigate a case potentially connected to the Underground District.
• Angel and Lizi discussed how Qixia had used a false identity to enter Tina Entertainment, raising the possibility that she had been a spy.
• Angel disclosed a hidden task warning that people who had left Modern City might return and trigger a crisis connected to Qixia’s death.
• Lizi agreed to investigate Qixia’s possible ties to an outside organization and resolve the hidden crisis.

Angel discovered that the reward for Lizi’s difficult “Return Home” mission was a rumor about a special page, then realized the Box Garden’s missions might reflect dangers in reality. He warned Lizi about the Mutant Aberration Virus, and she left to act after learning that Horace, a Fashion Guild vice president, was behind it.

• Lizi agreed to investigate her missing sister with April First, then hurried with him to search for clues at Tina Entertainment.
• Angel examined the “Return Home” reward and found that its random rumor applied to a special page and could also be used in reality.
• Angel suspected that the Box Garden’s “Unsung Savior” mission reflected a real Mutant Aberration Virus threat and sent Lizi a warning through April First.
• Lizi searched her Tina Entertainment office for records, then followed April First’s message to her former office at the Fashion Guild.
• Lizi read Angel’s report about the Fourteenth Town outbreak and learned that Horace, the Fashion Guild vice president and Harietta’s father, had caused the virus.
• Lizi logged out to respond to the threat, asked April First to thank Angel, and told him to contact her after she returned.

Angel followed a rumor about a hidden town in the Underground District to the Pure White Church in Sixty-First Town, where he discovered that the painting “The White Town” carried intense emotions. Hertz revealed that the painting concealed an old friend’s resting place, leaving Angel with a possible clue to the hidden town.

• Angel asked Lizi to contact Vera, who explained that the hidden-town story was widely considered a fabricated legend originating in Sixty-First Town.
• Angel traveled through the Fashion Guild’s passage to Sixty-First Town and visited the Pure White Church, a museum devoted to white-themed artworks.
• Angel found a painting titled “The White Town” and learned from the museum’s curator that it was the first founder’s final work and favorite painting.
• Angel used Hertz to search the painting and discovered that it carried the artist’s intense emotions.
• Angel resonated Hertz with the painting, which revealed a conversation in which the first founder said it concealed the resting place of an old friend.

Angel used Story Resonance to learn that the first-generation founder gave the original painting of "The White Town" to a friend, who stored it in Loqi Bank. Suspecting the painting was tied to Page Rumor and the hidden town, Angel infiltrated the bank and investigated the likely password, but the chapter ended before he opened the safe-deposit box.

• Hertz's Story Resonance revealed that the first-generation founder gave the original "The White Town" to a gloomy friend, who stored it in a Loqi Bank safe-deposit box using his birthday as the password.
• Angel concluded that the original painting might be connected to Page Rumor and the hidden town, then located it in Loqi Bank with God's-eye view.
• After learning Lizi could not easily retrieve the painting, Angel entered Loqi Bank's storage warehouse under a Nightmare Illusion and found the safe-deposit box.
• Angel realized the box's protective field made breaking it risky and recalled that the friend's novel title contained the words "Turbid Wind."
• Angel asked Lizi to investigate the author of "Turbid Wind and White Sand," and she found that the author had based White Sand on the first-generation founder, suggesting the two had been close.

Angel discovered that the original painting of The White Town could open a hidden space, and Turing began changing its activation time so they could enter at noon. While Turing worked, Angel read about Laplace’s new Smoke Screen Scholar card and wondered why she considered the draw lucky.

• Angel cleaned the first pioneer's abandoned home and hung the original The White Town above its fireplace, activating completed Corner Codes on the painting.
• Turing identified the Corner Codes as a timed link to another space and offered to change their activation time; Angel asked it to set the opening for noon.
• Angel read Laplace's messages and learned that her card draw had produced the Smoke Screen Scholar, whose three abilities were all listed as normal.
• Angel examined Misty Artwork's effects and judged its conditional praise and theft-trap benefits unimpressive, then turned to inspect Smoke Screen Assimilation.

Angel learned how Smoke Screen Assimilation could generate controllable Mist Spirits, while Laplace sought help completing a side quest for a wig. At noon, Turing’s oil painting connected to a white town in a special space, revealing a statue of its first-generation pioneer and Demonic Beast companion.

• Angel discovered that Smoke Screen Assimilation could generate independent Mist Spirits and link Smoke Screen Scholar with Misty Artwork and Mist Spirit Creation.
• Gleipnir reserved a Mist Spirit from Laplace, who said she needed more Style Points before she could use the Smoke Screen Scholar’s abilities.
• Laplace asked Angel to help reach Johnny, and Angel used a Nightmare Illusion Node to calm him so she could accept the quest to find him a wig.
• Laplace logged off to ask Edward for help making Johnny a wig.
• At noon, Turing’s oil painting attracted a signal and opened a spatial rift to a white town containing a statue of a tall man and a blue sprite.

Angel entered The White Town, discovered that the Firework Sprite’s statue held a hidden quest to find and cleanse a space contaminated by ether energy, and shared the quest with his team. He left with a special page called “Footnote: Foresight Solidification,” while the strange space’s location remained unknown.

• Angel entered The White Town through the oil painting and learned that ether energy sealed inside the Firework Sprite’s corpse posed little immediate danger.
• Angel identified a white orb in the other statue as a special page and accepted the hidden quest “Last Wish,” which caused the orb to fall into his hand.
• Angel shared the quest with his team, and Laplace, Astrologer Granny, and Star Worm agreed to help search for the strange space.
• Angel explored The White Town before leaving at 12:09, then learned from Turing that the oil painting could only draw the space in at its fixed location and time.
• Angel read the orb’s information and discovered that it contained the Footnote “Foresight Solidification.”

Angel discovered that Footnote: Foresight Solidification could activate an incomplete puzzle’s foresight ability, but he saved it for a more valuable ability. He then enlisted Aduo to investigate a dangerous hidden space in the Underground District, and an alert sounded just as he was about to leave.

• Angel realized Footnote: Foresight Solidification could use an incomplete puzzle’s revealed ability at the cost of permanently locking it, but he chose not to bind it to Brand-Name Cat’s Elegant Socialite ability.
• Angel went to the Free Theater and met Aduo, the Dark King’s assistant, in Hall Thirteen.
• Angel told Aduo that a concealed space linked to the first-generation pioneer might contain corrosive energy capable of destroying the Underground District.
• Aduo proposed martial control, an inspection of the oil painting space, a search for clues from the pioneer’s descendants, and finding a mage with Stage Exile, while Angel urged secret investigation and offered to handle any ether energy himself.
• Angel gave Aduo an illusion node so she could enter The White Town painting, and she left with plans to update him on her findings.
• As Angel prepared to log off and study Orichalcum, a beeping sound came from his breast pocket.

Angel contacted the Hermit Society to request investigations into a dangerous strange space and Qixia, then studied Orichalcum in his Geometric Lock. He decided to develop a Spatial Embryo that could eventually become his own Alchemy Workshop, but still needed to determine how to incorporate Orichalcum.

• Little Green told Angel that President Lila had returned and wanted to meet him and ask for his help dismantling a book page.
• Angel asked the Hermit Society to investigate the strange space connected to the first pioneer of the Underground District and gather information about Qixia.
• After the call, Angel observed the Hermit Society headquarters and confirmed that its members did not know Qixia.
• Angel logged out of the Free Theater, entered his Geometric Lock, and experimented with the Starry Sky Water form of Orichalcum.
• Angel found that Starry Sky Water could replace alchemical materials but did not enhance the finished products, so he planned to refine a Spatial Embryo that could grow into his own Alchemy Workshop.

Angel refined a Spatial Embryo without incorporating Orichalcum and considered where to use it. After finding that it could not enhance the Void Illusion Gate, he chose to integrate it into the Geometric Lock to strengthen its suppression of mysterious auras.

• Angel asked Ninety-Five about its repaired leg, then had it contact Napoli.
• Angel asked Napoli to obtain ten sets of rare materials for refining the Spatial Embryo, and Napoli delivered them.
• Angel returned to the Geometric Lock and successfully refined a Spatial Embryo, but could not find a way to incorporate Orichalcum.
• Angel considered using the Spatial Embryo to enhance the Void Illusion Gate, but discovered that the ability could not absorb it.
• Angel decided to integrate the Spatial Embryo into the Geometric Lock to improve its isolation of mysterious auras.

Angel upgraded the Geometric Lock with a Spatial Embryo, improving its ability to suppress mysterious auras, then arranged a Level Five alert for Sixty-First Town after discussing the ether energy threat with Aduo. He arrived at the Deep Earth Black Market to meet Little Green and help President Lila with Page Dismantling, only to learn the Hermit Society had planned a welcoming banquet.

• Angel tested the upgraded Geometric Lock with the Dream Conch and found that it greatly reduced the spread of its mysterious aura, though it could not suppress it completely.
• Angel brought Napoli's collected relics into Text Manor with the Dream Conch so he could later test them with Hertz's Story Resonance.
• Aduo told Angel that the corrosive energy behind the oil painting was Dark Corner's ether energy, and Angel persuaded her to arrange a Level Five alert instead of imposing stricter restrictions.
• Angel learned that the Lust Knight had spent the night with descendants of the first-generation pioneers and asked Aduo to contact him when new clues about the strange space emerged.
• Angel met Little Green near the Deep Earth Black Market, where she told him that President Lila had arranged a welcoming banquet for the Hermit Society's newcomers.

Angel attended the Hermit Society’s welcome banquet, learned about President Lila’s creations, and went upstairs to find Kalien. There he discovered that April First and Edward were also in the tavern, and confronted Edward about how he had arrived in the Modern City dungeon.

• Angel entered the Iron Box Tavern with Little Green and met a philosophical welcome teddy bear, which Little Green explained was a magical creation made by President Lila.
• Angel created a wineglass with his Heat Series ability, and Little Green described Lila’s expertise and offered the prospect of learning from her in exchange for membership points.
• Little Green drank too much red wine and passed out, so Angel left her behind and went upstairs to find Kalien.
• Angel spotted April First speaking with Kalien in container Number 3 and found Edward styling a girl’s hair in container Number 6.
• Angel confronted Edward, who paused his hairstyling to meet him, and asked how he had ended up in the Modern City dungeon.

Lila told Little Witch that the Hermit Society needed to leave the Deep Earth Black Market and planned to claim Angel’s hidden space as a new base by sealing its ether energy with the Dread Demon. Meanwhile, Angel learned how Edward entered Modern City to help Laplace complete Johnny’s hairstyle mission and joined the Hermit Society.

• Little Witch questioned why her Challenge Space mission had abruptly failed, and Lila changed the subject by saying the Hermit Society needed to relocate.
• Lila explained that the conglomerates and Dark Round Table controlled the Deep Earth Black Market and would eventually target the growing Hermit Society.
• Lila told Little Witch that Angel had revealed a hidden space in the Underground City, which she wanted to make the society’s new base.
• Lila planned to use the Dread Demon to seal the space’s ether energy, while Little Witch warned that the Dark Round Table might also know about it.
• Edward told Angel that Laplace had brought him into Modern City to make Johnny a suitable wig, helping complete Johnny’s mission.
• Edward explained that he had joined the Hermit Society after Little Green told him its members could obtain rare hairstyling materials and earn membership points.

Angel watched Edward effortlessly defeat several Fashion Demonic Beast challenges, then spoke with April First about joining the Hermit Society and agreed to help recruit him. At the society’s welcome banquet, Angel discovered that both Little Witch and President Lila could trigger the side mission “Witch’s Bloodline.”

• Angel learned that Edward had defeated a Hairstyle Beast and a Faceless Monster, then saw him get targeted by another Hairstyle Beast challenge.
• Edward completed a hair-styling challenge in ten minutes and returned to entertaining the delighted girls around him.
• Angel and April First realized they both knew of the Hermit Society, and Angel encouraged April First to join while reminding him of his ties to Dream Mirror.
• Kalien asked Angel to recruit April First for the Hermit Society, and Angel agreed in exchange for member points.
• At the welcome banquet, Angel saw that Little Witch and President Lila both had the available side mission “Witch’s Bloodline.”

At the Hermit Society’s welcome party, Angel watched Edward attract another Fashion Demonic Beast, then went with Lila and others to discuss dismantling pages. When Lila asked about his dream, Angel said he wanted a rare Fashion Demonic Beast puzzle piece, preferably from an elite beast above advanced rank.

• Lila explained the Hermit Society’s goals and began the welcome party’s self-presentation segment.
• Edward styled the Little Witch’s hair, attracted a Fashion Demonic Beast, and collapsed after being drawn into a challenge.
• April First demonstrated pastry-making, and Angel introduced himself onstage and advertised his Page Dismantling services.
• Angel declined a long-term teacher during the party’s lessons segment, then joined Lila, the Little Witch, and Kalien on the fourth floor to discuss dismantling pages.
• The Little Witch revealed that her challenge had failed after she spent hours preparing to meet the eldest sister of the Adams Family, and Angel privately realized he had caused the failure.
• Lila asked Angel about his dream, and he said he wanted a rare Fashion Demonic Beast puzzle piece from an elite beast above advanced rank.

Angel learned that obtaining a Special-Grade Demonic Beast was difficult, then asked the Hermit Society for updates on his investigations into Qixia and a dangerous special space. Kalien narrowed the possible organizations tied to Qixia to thirty-six, while Little Green and Bambu continued their searches.

• Lila explained that attracting and taming a Special-Grade Demonic Beast required blazing a trail and passing a difficult challenge quest, while Angel considered the alternatives available to him.
• Angel inferred that Lila had meant Dark Corner when she hinted at another way to tame Fashion Demonic Beasts, but he concluded that a Special-Grade Beast there would be beyond his reach.
• Kalien reported that he had identified ninety-three outside organizations that visited Modern City during the years before Qixia's death, narrowing the list to thirty-six that later left the city.
• Lila created a Big-Mouthed Frog with the Doll Princess, and Angel used his Scenic Design Expert ability to reproduce its appearance, impressing Lila with his skill.
• Kalien said Little Green was investigating Qixia's former homes after finding no new clues beyond encountering April First, while Bambu continued searching for information about the special space.
• Lila warned that the space's suspected ether energy threatened living beings and could cause corrosive mutations in inanimate objects, then asked Angel where he had learned about it and whether anyone else knew.

Lila told Angel that the Dark Round Table knew about the special space, prompting the Hermit Society to split its efforts between searching for it and monitoring the organization. Angel then removed Lila’s Appendix: Ever-New page from Flower Palette and discovered that Textile Sprite had two special abilities.

• Lila told Angel that the intelligence about the special space came from someone in the Dark Round Table, and she arranged for the Hermit Society to search for the space while watching the organization.
• Lila asked Angel to remove Appendix: Ever-New from Flower Palette, explaining that the page had been sealed in her magic book since her early days as a mage.
• Angel examined Flower Palette’s three abilities, and Lila explained that they could earn Manufacturing Points through pigments, fragrance, and appreciated paintings.
• Angel used the Golden Scissors to remove Appendix: Ever-New from Lila’s magic book, and Lila planned to use it on Textile Sprite.
• Angel inspected Textile Sprite and found that it had the special forms Doll Princess and Princess Scholar.

Lila used "Appendix: Ever-New" to make her elemental cloth dolls far more resistant to corrosion, then discussed their spirituality and offered Angel a lesson in creation. Angel later checked on Gleipnir, who described the Calamity Puppet preparations and asked for his consent to bring the imprisoned Singers and Featherwood Clan into the Dream Crystal Plain to help expand the Wonderland Authority's reach.

• Lila created a lively Barbie doll and tested its resistance by pouring Iced Tea over it; it expelled the liquid and recovered without damage.
• Lila tested elemental dolls and found that Ever-New increased their resistance to elemental corrosion a hundredfold, allowing them to endure repeated use.
• Lila told Angel that her dolls had basic computational ability and some spirituality, and offered to explain her creation methods in a one-on-one teaching session.
• Angel left the Iron Box Tavern, saw Edward entertaining a queue of young women after completing his challenge, and then contacted Gleipnir about the Mirror Realm races.
• Gleipnir told Angel that the races had prepared outposts and retreat routes for the Calamity Puppet and planned to guide it toward the Dream Crystal Plain's test question.
• Gleipnir asked Angel to approve bringing the imprisoned Singers and Featherwood Clan into the Dream Crystal Plain, hoping their entry would trigger more Instances and expand the Wonderland Authority's boundaries.

Angel approved Gleipnir’s plan to expand the Wonderland Authority but doubted it could connect all worlds, then used a portable meditation room to seek inspiration. He developed a blueprint for a Nightmare Illusion Server and began gathering materials to make a prototype.

• Angel agreed to Gleipnir’s proposal while warning her to screen candidates carefully, then left the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Angel wandered the Ring Fortress for inspiration and set up a portable meditation room in the Geometric Space.
• After meditating overnight, Angel found a way to combine Heart-Web Thread and Consciousness-Stream Gold into a server that could pull connected users into the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Angel recorded the Nightmare Illusion Server design and asked Ninety-Five to fetch the required materials.
• Ninety-Five delivered the materials, and Angel began refining the first server prototype.