Chapter Summaries

Angel chose Swamp Forest Inscription as his reward after learning it was tied to the Text Swamp, a shared alternate-dimensional space granted for perfectly clearing the Mist Swamp Instance. Kemei, Uriel, and Blanche also received their rewards, leaving the group with a growing shield pet, Priest Sion’s return to life, and a mysterious disguise wardrobe.

• Angel chose Swamp Forest Inscription over Scout Squad and Method of Seeking Self after realizing the Text Swamp was the clearers’ reward space.
• Angel explained that the Text Swamp would become accessible after the Instance ended, and Blanche, Uriel, and Kemei rejoiced at gaining a place to call home.
• Kemei chose a Swamp Spiral Turtle for his son Wes, hoping its growing Immovable Mud Shield would protect him in future Instances.
• Uriel chose Dream of Returning Spirit, which revived Priest Sion and sent him to the Dream Crystal Plain with a tracking mark for Uriel.
• Wonderland Authority randomly awarded Blanche Snow Owl’s Wardrobe, an item with the Killer’s Disguise Wardrobe skill.

Blanche discovered that Snow Owl's Wardrobe could remotely transmit clothing, weapons, and Wonderland items, then the group received ownership of Text Swamp as a team reward. After the instance expelled them, Angel and Kemei returned to the Crystal Plains, where Angel's Text Panel displayed a red exclamation mark.

• Blanche bound Snow Owl's Wardrobe and tested its remote transmission by retrieving a bow, arrows, and the Travel Cabin from inside it.
• The group received regional and world chat uses and shared ownership of Text Swamp, while their personal exploration rewards remained unclaimed.
• The Mist Swamp Instance began its departure countdown, and the group vanished as the Evil Spirit briefly opened his eyes before falling asleep again.
• Angel and Kemei emerged on the Crystal Plains, while Blanche and Uriel returned to the instance they had entered from.
• Kemei asked Angel whether they would enter Text Swamp, but a red exclamation mark appeared on Angel's Text Panel before he answered.

Wes learned that Kemei had entered the Mist Swamp Instance, and a worldwide Text Panel announcement soon revealed that Kemei and Angel had perfectly cleared it. Kemei chose to postpone returning to Rabbit Town and agreed to explore the Text Swamp with Angel.

• Darkman visited Wes, reassured him that Kemei was safe, and explained that Kemei had entered the Mist Swamp Instance while Darkman had been forced out.
• A red exclamation mark appeared on Wes's Text Panel announcing that the Living Dead of Mist Swamp had been perfectly cleared by Angel, Kemei, and two unnamed Challengers.
• Darkman saw the announcement, celebrated Kemei's success, and decided to wait for Kemei before taking the team to celebrate.
• Laplace read the announcement and wondered whether clearing the Instance had earned the Challengers a space like Text Manor.
• Angel and Kemei read the announcement, and Angel asked whether Kemei wanted to return to Rabbit Town.
• Kemei decided to delay his return to avoid the huge crowds and agreed to explore the Text Swamp with Angel.

Kemei entered Text Swamp with Angel and learned that writing descriptions on special paper could create objects there. Angel used Swamp Forest Inscription to create a vast underground space, leaving Kemei asking whether he could have a home if Angel made a town.

• Kemei opened the light door to Text Swamp and entered the enormous landscape made entirely of text with Angel.
• Angel had Kemei write a description of sperm whale oil on white paper, which became a bottle of oil, then had him write about flowing wind on gray paper, which created wind.
• Angel filled black paper with text using Swamp Forest Inscription and used it to create a large underground space with a garden, houses, and a lake.
• Angel explained that Swamp Forest Inscription turned images in his mind into text, but that the slow regeneration of black paper would make remaking all of Text Swamp take months.
• Kemei asked Angel whether he could have a home there if Angel created a town.

Angel gave Kemei a home and established residences for him, Uriel, and Blanche in Text Swamp, while defining their rights and responsibilities as its masters. After returning to the Dream Crystal Plain, Angel discovered he had not claimed his personal exploration reward and began examining his three choices, starting with a pass to choose a plant pet at Dreamland Zoo.

• Angel assured Kemei that he deserved to be a master of Text Swamp and granted him an underground home along with the rights and responsibilities of ownership.
• Angel used the remaining black paper to expand the underground hollow and build complexes for Kemei, Uriel, and Blanche, persuading Kemei to accept his by mentioning his teammates.
• Angel limited Kemei's distribution of door cards, then parted from him and logged out of Text Swamp.
• Angel returned to the Dream Crystal Plain and used the god's-eye view to check the Uriel Instance, where Blanche told Luigi about her clear rewards.
• Angel realized he had not claimed his personal exploration reward, confirmed that Kemei had already chosen an archery set, and opened his own three-option reward selection.
• Angel examined the first reward, a Dreamland Zoo pass that would let him choose one plant pet from Dream Isle Forest.

Angel chose the Wonderland Inscription Record over a rare plant-type pet and the Whispers of the Living Dead, then tested its first inscription, Foggy Street Corner. The stone slab showed no effect, but the booklet gained a glowing mark and identified Angel as the inscription’s controller and permitted user, leaving the inscription’s creator and borrowable status unknown.

• Angel compared the three rewards and chose Wonderland Inscription Record because it might reveal a new inscription system.
• After checking Blanche and Kemei’s rewards, Angel suspected Wonderland Authority was giving him special treatment for sealing Sebas.
• Angel opened the booklet and found Foggy Street Corner, a basic inscription that could borrow status, but he could not determine whose status it used.
• Angel returned to Text Swamp, copied Foggy Street Corner onto a stone slab, and activated it, but the slab did not react while the booklet glowed.
• Angel found a golden mark beneath the inscription and saw prompts identifying him as its controller, permitted user, and currently connected user, while its creator and borrowable status remained unknown.

Angel discovered that Wonderland Authority had created the Borrowed Rank inscription and that its hidden identity library could not activate unless Wonderland Authority developed an identity. He left the Text Swamp and watched Blanche test Love-Love Woodpecker by imitating the summoner Vavassily.

• Angel read the inscription’s back-end information and confirmed that Dreamwalking Wonderland had created it and supplied its rank.
• Angel learned that the identity library required an identity from Dreamwalking Wonderland, which lacked subjective will, and concluded that Borrowed Rank could still help others perceive Wonderland Authority Information.
• Angel left the Text Swamp and returned to the Box Garden, where Blanche and Luigi were testing their Wonderland pet, Love-Love Woodpecker.
• Blanche summoned a pair of sunglasses with Love-Love Woodpecker’s skill and performed an exaggerated speech as Vavassily, a famous summoner from the Western Continent Wizarding World.

Blanche explained the Love-Love Woodpecker’s emotion-reading and love-controlling abilities, and Angel gave it a temporary crow skin before asking her to persuade Camilo to study his special inscription. Angel then told Blanche and Luigi about Text Swamp, while Camilo and Uriel arrived at Mist Swamp with Glaimo and the Sun and Moon wizards, who grew curious about the Method of Seeking Self.

• Blanche explained that Heart Reflection revealed a nearby person’s emotions, while Heart Manifestation could induce love after the Woodpecker reflected seven different emotions from the same person.
• Blanche said Heart Reflection would help her perform as Great Detective Rever, and Angel appeared and gave the Woodpecker a crow skin that could last up to twenty-four hours.
• Angel asked Blanche to persuade Camilo to study his special inscription, and Blanche agreed.
• Blanche asked Angel about Text Swamp, and he described it to her and Luigi.
• Camilo and Uriel arrived at Mist Swamp with Glaimo, Mr. Sun, and Ms. Moon, who became interested in the Method of Seeking Self and its possible connection to a powerful hidden presence.

One-Eyed Dragon and his lieutenants were killed in the tree hollow after Glaimo learned where Ligota's remains had been taken. Glaimo and Uriel reconciled somewhat as they resolved to retrieve her remains, while heavy footsteps approached the hollow.

• One-Eyed Dragon and One Ear woke feeling exhausted after disturbing dreams, and One-Eyed Dragon sent several thieves to camp outside.
• One-Eyed Dragon revealed that he and Old Third had thrown Ligota's remains into the swamp southeast of the tree hollow.
• Glaimo killed One-Eyed Dragon and the other bosses with Ms. Moon's machete, while Ms. Moon cleaned the hollow and examined the stone slab.
• Uriel confirmed that he had killed the thieves' lackeys, and Glaimo thanked him for letting him kill his own enemy.
• Glaimo told Uriel he would accept Ligota regardless of her appearance and said he hated Uriel less, then they resolved to retrieve her remains from the swamp.
• Heavy footsteps sounded outside the tree hollow as Glaimo and Uriel considered how to recover Ligota's remains.

Uriel and Glaimo learned that Ligota’s living soul had been preserved inside Priest Sion and discussed ways she might live again. Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun revealed that resurrection was possible, including a difficult method that could restore her original body.

• Mr. Sun returned with Camilo, who showed Uriel and Glaimo Priest Sion sealed inside a glass sphere and confirmed that Ligota’s living soul was hidden within him.
• Camilo explained that reviving Ligota would require a compatible body or another vessel, and Uriel suggested she could instead live in the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Glaimo accepted the possibility that Ligota might have to survive apart from reality, but Ms. Moon assured him that her living soul remained in excellent condition.
• Mr. Sun explained that restoring Ligota in her original body would require her remains, a soul wizard, a biological alchemist, and a life wizard.
• Glaimo asked about less demanding ways to revive Ligota, and Mr. Sun began explaining that many options were available.

Mr. Sun explained how Shi En had prepared his body to revive Ligota, and Glaimo and Uriel chose to use it despite the cost to Shi En. Ms. Moon then revealed another possibility: restoring Shi En’s residual soul and reconnecting it with the version of him preserved in the Dream Crystal Plain.

• Mr. Sun explained that Shi En had sealed Ligota’s living soul inside his body so it could gradually adapt and later inhabit him safely.
• Glaimo struggled with the knowledge that the Radiant Church had produced the man who saved his sister, while Uriel comforted him.
• Mr. Sun offered three revival choices, and Glaimo and Uriel decided to revive Ligota in Shi En’s body because they could not afford the other options.
• Ms. Moon proposed returning Shi En’s body to him and waiting for circumstances to change, explaining that she had recovered his residual soul.
• Ms. Moon said they could try to repair Shi En’s residual soul and reconnect it with his consciousness preserved in the Dream Crystal Plain.

Ms. Moon explained why returning Shi En to his original body could give Ligota a better chance at a perfect resurrection, while Camilo revealed how he used Dream Power to reassemble Shi En’s remnant soul. After conferring, Uriel and Glaimo returned with a question about which choice Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun preferred.

• Glaimo questioned what would happen to Ligota if Shi En returned to his original body, and Ms. Moon proposed keeping Ligota in a Soul Tree while they waited for a chance at a perfect resurrection.
• Ms. Moon argued that Shi En’s selflessness and the higher-order being’s interest in him could help Ligota, then asked Uriel and Glaimo to choose between waiting and resurrecting Ligota in Shi En’s body.
• Camilo showed Ms. Moon Shi En’s shattered remnant soul, which he had roughly reassembled in Dream Power using a technique inspired by Blanche’s Dream Design talent.
• Ms. Moon asked Camilo to help maintain the Dream Power while they sought an alchemist to make a stable medium for Shi En’s remnant soul.
• Uriel and Glaimo returned from their discussion, and Uriel asked which choice would benefit Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun or which option they wanted them to choose.

Uriel and Glaimo let Ms. Moon choose how to help Shi En, and she decided to return his remnant soul to his body while keeping him and Ligota in Mist Swamp for study and protection. The Sun and Moon Wizards summoned their Shadow Realm residence, Crow Castle, and Ms. Moon took Uriel and Glaimo to find a place to plant the Soul Tree.

• Uriel and Glaimo handed the choice of how to help Shi En back to Ms. Moon, who chose to return his remnant soul to his body.
• Ms. Moon said Ligota and Shi En would be better off remaining in Mist Swamp and offered Glaimo the Soul Tree to plant there.
• Mr. Sun and Ms. Moon decided to stay in Mist Swamp with Camilo and summoned their residence from the Shadow Realm.
• Ms. Moon revealed the castle as Crow Castle of the Shadow Realm, distinct from the Crow Castle atop Crow Emperor Mountain.
• Ms. Moon sent Camilo to his quarters, then asked Uriel and Glaimo to help her choose a place for the Soul Tree.

Uriel and Glaimo learned how fragile Ligota’s soul was and placed her on a Soul Tree while seeking a way for her to enter the Dream Crystal Plain. After the pair left to find Camilo, Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun wondered whether the Method of Seeking Self was connected to the deceased Empress of Crow Castle.

• Mr. Sun gave Uriel Ligota’s remains in a bottle prepared to preserve them, and he and Ms. Moon placed Ligota’s soul on a Soul Tree.
• Ms. Moon explained that Ligota would be weak and unable to communicate, and warned Glaimo that strong emotions could harm her.
• Uriel suggested the Dream Crystal Plain as a way for Ligota to gain a body, but Ms. Moon said she could not grant entry and advised him to ask Camilo to contact Blanche.
• Uriel explained that Glaimo could meet Ligota through Luigi’s instance if Blanche brought her into the Dream Crystal Plain, and Glaimo urged them to find Camilo.
• Uriel and Glaimo thanked the Sun and Moon Wizards and followed a shadow crow to find Camilo.
• Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun discussed whether the Method of Seeking Self was connected to the deceased Empress of Crow Castle, and Ms. Moon said she had sent a shadow crow to Crow Castle for information.

Blanche asked Camilo to study an inscription Angel had received as a dungeon reward, and Angel revealed he could authorize others to use it. After searching the Sea of Authority Information, Angel agreed to authorize the Sun and Moon Wizards as well, though he began to add a condition.

• Camilo told Blanche that Shi En's body and Ligota's living soul had been saved, then asked what favor she wanted.
• Blanche explained that Angel wanted Camilo to identify and study an inscription he had chosen as a dungeon reward.
• Camilo explained that inscriptions normally required authorization from their creator or affiliated faction, but Angel said he owned the inscription and could authorize its use.
• Ms. Moon asked Angel to authorize her and Mr. Sun so they could study the inscription.
• Angel searched the Sea of Authority Information, found no restrictions on authorization, agreed to authorize the Sun and Moon Wizards, and began to add a condition.

Angel discovered that the Wonderland Inscription could only be authorized to people with Legal Identities, so he could not yet grant access to Camilo or the Sun and Moon Wizards. Blanche unlocked her identity and made her name public after her perfect clear of the Mist Swamp Instance, allowing Angel to authorize her to use the inscription.

• Angel asked Camilo and the Sun and Moon Wizards to share all research they made on the inscription, and they agreed.
• Angel found that the Inscription Record would not authorize Camilo or the Sun and Moon Wizards because they had not unlocked the "Me" section of their Text Panels.
• Blanche opened her "Me" section, entered her real name, and completed the requirements for a Legal Identity.
• Blanche chose to make her name public after receiving notice that her perfect clear of the "Living Dead of Mist Swamp" would be recorded in the Wonderland Directory.
• Angel offered to authorize Blanche to use the inscription because she now had a Legal Identity.

Uriel joined the Dream Crystal Plain with a clear mind, and Luigi used the group’s gratitude to raise approval ratings. Camilo and Ms. Moon became Voyagers Setting Sail, while Mr. Sun remained one point short and Juanjuan fell behind.

• Uriel entered the courtyard and explained that he had successfully logged into the Dream Crystal Plain by falling asleep.
• Camilo told Blanche about finding Ligota’s soul and the events that followed, while Luigi questioned Uriel in detail about what happened after he logged out.
• Uriel expressed excitement and gratitude for Camilo and the Sun and Moon Wizards’ help, and Luigi thanked them on Glaimo’s behalf.
• Luigi’s words raised the approval ratings of Camilo, Ms. Moon, and Mr. Sun; Camilo and Ms. Moon reached 100% and unlocked the Voyager Setting Sail identity.
• Mr. Sun stopped at 99%, while Juanjuan complained that everyone had surpassed the cat’s approval rating.
• Luigi revealed that he and Angel had planned to release the approval restraints and grant Camilo and Ms. Moon permission to enter the Dream Crystal Plain.

Luigi’s carefully calculated approval limits proved irrelevant when Camilo and Ms. Moon learned they could not leave the instance until its major story sequence ended. Angel authorized them to use Wonderland Inscriptions, and their first attempt overwhelmed them with a flood of technical information; Angel then discovered that, as the record’s keeper, he could draw inscriptions without following those rules.

• Luigi arranged for Camilo and Ms. Moon to gain enough approval to unlock their Legal Identities while keeping Mr. Sun below the threshold.
• Camilo and Ms. Moon discovered that Wonderland would not let them leave until the instance’s major story sequence ended, making Luigi’s approval calculations unnecessary.
• Angel authorized Camilo and Ms. Moon to use Wonderland Inscriptions after they set their names in their personal information.
• Camilo and Ms. Moon selected the inscription and suffered mental strain from the flood of formulas and technical instructions.
• Angel searched the Wonderland Inscription Record and learned that its keeper could draw inscriptions without following the prescribed methods, while other authorized users had to follow them exactly.

Camilo agreed to teach Blanche the Wonderland inscription knowledge gradually before seeking authorization, while Angel explained the inscription system’s limits and its use in reality. The discussion ended with Camilo agreeing to help bring Ligota’s living soul into the Dream Crystal Plain through Blanche’s dream.

• Camilo warned Blanche that inscription knowledge could benefit her and her Dream Design, then offered to teach her gradually so she could withstand authorization.
• Angel agreed that Blanche and the Sun and Moon Wizards could receive authorization under the stated conditions, and the Sun and Moon Wizards promised to share their research data.
• Angel explained that he knew only one basic Wonderland inscription, that more might come from future Instances, and that Wonderland inscriptions could be used in reality.
• Blanche asked whether the Love-Love Woodpecker could enter reality, and Angel said it was not possible for now.
• Uriel silently asked Blanche to help bring Ligota’s living soul into the Dream Crystal Plain, and Camilo agreed to help guide Ligota into Blanche’s dream.

Camilo took Uriel and Glaimo through the Dream Realm by Dream Boat to find Ligota, whose living soul was asleep inside a dream of the River of Troubles. He brought her aboard and headed toward Blanche’s Dream Design, leaving the group at the entrance to a storybook titled The Reborn Me Will Absolutely Never Repeat My Old Mistakes.

• After Uriel woke, Camilo told him and Glaimo that Ligota could enter the Dream Crystal Plain and invited them to accompany him into her dream.
• Camilo guided Uriel and Glaimo onto Blanche’s Dream Boat and warned them to keep their thoughts and speech to a minimum as they crossed dream fragments.
• The Dream Boat reached the River of Troubles, where Camilo dived in and returned with the sleeping Ligota.
• Camilo explained that Ligota was likely sleeping to preserve her consciousness and could awaken once she obtained a body in the Dream Crystal Plain.
• Camilo steered the Dream Boat toward Blanche’s Dream Design, and the group arrived at a giant storybook bearing the title The Reborn Me Will Absolutely Never Repeat My Old Mistakes.