Chapter Summaries

Angel learned that Abyssal inscriptions protected outsiders from the Wizarding World’s rejection, while his attempt to cast a basic illusion unleashed a powerful Nightmare Illusion that defeated the Extreme Sect. Pierre revealed the inscriptions’ origins and explained how Nano’s protection worked, leaving Angel curious about the power in his right hand.

• Angel left Pierre’s market with Nano after Pierre repeatedly evaded his questions about how outsiders avoided the world’s rejection.
• The Extreme Sect attacked Nano in the alley, and Angel blocked their strike before a fight broke out.
• Angel’s illusion became a large-scale Mist Nightmare Illusion, causing the Extreme Sect members to defeat one another and fall unconscious.
• Pierre brought Angel to his private room and explained that Nano’s Abyssal inscription came from the Abyssal Archdemon Cruel Scholar.
• Pierre told Angel that the Abyss Plane’s power and the Cruel Scholar’s protection kept Nano from being eroded by the Wizarding World’s will.

Angel bought an Abyss Inscription card from Pierre, hoping to use it to reduce the otherworldly corrosion shortening Jon’s life, and left with new questions about inscriptionology. Back at Flowering Garden, he planned to spend the next five days refining spatial tools for the upcoming auction, while Gloria asked him to make her new jewelry with an illusion attached.

• Pierre explained that the Abyss Inscription card could resist about fifty percent of otherworldly corrosion, and Angel bought it for fifty magic crystals after hearing its possible side effects.
• Angel wondered whether Black Jack’s cards were related to inscriptionology and decided to ask about them after returning to Savage Cave.
• Angel planned to sell the Bloodvine and spatial tools at the auction and resolved to spend the next five days refining spatial tools.
• Angel returned to Flowering Garden with Nano, where Gloria recognized the Silkfolk and asked about having clothes made.
• Gloria showed Angel the feather earring he had given her, praised its Nightmare Realm illusion, and asked him to make another piece of jewelry with an illusion attached.

Angel brought Nano to live with the Kula Kuka and arranged for him to learn color coordination from them. He then tested the green markings on his right hand with Sanders and discovered that they released Nightmare Realm aura, replenishing Nightmare Domains and strengthening their inhabitants; Sanders's own domain could be recharged as well.

• Angel introduced Nano to Babaya and the Kula Kuka, threatened him into behaving, and assigned him to study color coordination with them.
• Angel arranged a separate sleeping area for Nano, warned him not to mistreat the Kula Kuka, and asked Dodolo to watch over him.
• Angel visited Sanders and tested how his right hand affected illusions, confirming that it infused them with Nightmare Illusion aura and increased their power.
• Angel summoned the Ultimate Luxury Nightmare Domain, where his green markings revived its creatures and restored the Teacup Band and Block Soldiers' abilities to a limited degree.
• Sanders tested his Black Tower Nightmare Domain and confirmed that Angel's green markings could replenish its Nightmare Realm aura like natural Nightmare Stones.

Angel discovered that his right hand converted ordinary illusions into stronger Nightmare Illusions, then spent four days crafting Butterfly Heart Necklaces and registered them and Bloodvine for the Sky Auction. The Extreme Sect’s Black-Robed Bishop learned that Angel had defeated its apprentices and ordered them back to Sin World, while Angel unexpectedly encountered a familiar figure after registering his items.

• Sanders recorded his guesses about Angel’s Nightmare Realm aura, while Angel remained wary of relying on the power in his right hand.
• Angel returned to his quiet room and began crafting spatial tools as the Extreme Sect’s apprentices woke and faced the Black-Robed Bishop’s furious reprimand.
• Brunsuo told the Black-Robed Bishop that Angel Pat had defeated the apprentices, and the Bishop blamed a quasi-mystic item before ordering them back to Sin World.
• Angel crafted four Butterfly Heart Necklaces, including a final black-and-gold one, over four days of nonstop work.
• Angel registered his Butterfly Heart Necklaces and Bloodvine at the Sky Auction, then saw a familiar figure outside the appraisal room.

Angel encountered Eliza at the Sky Auction, where she asked him to refine another mysterious object, but he refused. After returning to Flowering Garden and sleeping, he attended the auction with Sanders and learned that auctioneer Melantha was the Mechanical Beast Emperor Rosen’s daughter and had returned seeking the Path of True Knowledge.

• Eliza asked Angel to refine another mysterious object, but he said his earlier success had been an accident and refused.
• Angel returned to Flowering Garden, slept through the night, and left for the Sky Auction with Sanders the following afternoon.
• Angel and Sanders watched the auction from VIP Room 012 as Melantha served as auctioneer.
• Sanders told Angel that Melantha was Rosen’s daughter and had returned to Mechanical City seeking the Path of True Knowledge.
• Angel saw the Butterfly Heart Necklace he had submitted appear on the auction stage.

Angel watched the auction progress from affordable lots to rare treasures, while Sanders waited for an ancient parchment tied to the Nightmare Realm. The parchment, titled Dream Realm Travelogue, went up for bidding without proof of its claims, and the chapter ended with powerful wizards questioning its authenticity.

• Angel earned nearly forty thousand magic crystals from his Butterfly Heart Necklaces, while Sanders bought novel casting materials.
• Angel watched otherworldly slaves and high-priced wizard-level materials sell during the later auction segments.
• The Bloodvine Angel had submitted sold for two hundred and thirty thousand magic crystals, leaving Angel nearly sixty thousand after Sanders’s share and the commission.
• Melantha presented the Dream Realm Travelogue as an ancient record of the Nightmare Realm and opened bidding at six hundred thousand magic crystals.
• Quate of Sleepless City challenged the auction house to prove the parchment’s claims, and Sanders told Angel that Quate had entered the Nightmare Realm and returned with items.
• Sinafa, a powerful bloodline wizard from Frost Moon, questioned the parchment’s reliability, and Sanders identified her as the Wilderness Witch.

At the Sky Auction, the consignor’s account of a mysterious attic in the Nightmare Realm convinced the gathered wizards that the Dream Realm Travelogue was genuine, and bidding soared. Angel and Sanders realized the scroll’s author had likely possessed a Nightmare Soul Physique, while the auction price neared two million magic crystals.

• Angel asked Sanders whether Sinafa had entered the Nightmare Realm, and Sanders concluded that she or Frost Moon was interested in it.
• Sinafa and other VIP guests pressed Melantha to explain the Dream Realm Travelogue, prompting her to read the consignor’s account of mysterious objects and an attic in the Nightmare Realm.
• Graves rebuked the audience for dismissing the account, while Sinafa questioned its truth and revealed enough for Sanders to infer that she had visited the Nightmare Realm.
• Melantha read that the scroll’s author’s memories would not be blocked after leaving the Nightmare Realm, convincing the gathered wizards that the travelogue could be authentic.
• Quate and other VIP guests bid the scroll’s price up past a million magic crystals as Angel recognized that its author likely had a Nightmare Soul Physique, also called a Watcher of Nightmares.
• Angel asked Sanders why he was not bidding as the price approached two million magic crystals.

Sanders outbid Sinafa for the Dream Realm Travelogue, and Angel learned about the Myriad Sounds Demon Abyss and the Soul Pool as the auction ended. Sanders then took Angel to meet the scroll’s consignor, who had requested to see him by name.

• Angel watched the bidding for the Dream Realm Travelogue climb into the millions and learned from Sanders that its sealing spell prevented others from verifying its contents.
• After Quate withdrew, Sanders bid four million five hundred thousand magic crystals and won the Dream Realm Travelogue, surpassing Sinafa’s limit.
• A wizard family bought the Mechanical City’s portable fortress for three million magic crystals, and Melantha opened bidding on a cultivation quota for the Myriad Sounds Demon Abyss and Soul Pool.
• Sanders explained that the Soul Pool used the souls of those who died in the Purification Garden to force a path toward True Knowledge, and he warned Angel against taking that route.
• Angel left the auction with Sanders, fell asleep in their carriage, and woke to learn that Sanders was taking him to meet the person who had consigned the scroll, who had asked to see him by name.

After the auction, Angel learned Sanders had taken Eliza’s Nightmare Realm key to explore an unknown region, while promising to return it. Back at Flowering Garden, Gloria asked Angel to create an illusion for her and revealed that she planned to visit Savage Cave soon.

• Eliza gave Sanders a Nightmare Realm wooden lock in exchange for his promise that Angel would bestow a mysterious property on the Crimson Sovereignty.
• Sanders explained that he planned to use the lock and a Twisted Baworm to explore the Nightmare Realm region, then return the item to Eliza without making Angel refine the crown.
• Angel counted his auction earnings, arrived at Flowering Garden with Sanders, and learned they would return to Savage Cave the next day.
• Angel spoke with Gloria, who described her unease at being affected by her body’s original owner and asked him to make her a new illusion inspired by his insights into the Nightmare Realm.
• Gloria said she expected to visit Savage Cave within half a month to a month and told Angel to take Toby with him when he left, as Toby’s training was nearly complete.

Angel received a grateful letter from Viking, said farewell to Midora, and left Sky Mechanical City with Sanders. During their journey toward Savage Cave, Sanders told Angel about a long-standing mystery on Edge Island and suggested that he investigate it when he returned home.

• No. 1 gave Angel a letter from Viking, who thanked him for saving his life and invited him to Breeze Valley.
• Angel visited Midora before leaving, and Midora told him he had been granted access to the Research Institute.
• Midora and Yeliya watched Angel depart and wondered when he would return to the Research Institute.
• Angel and Sanders traveled from Sleepless City aboard the Gondola, accompanied by Nano and Dodolo.
• Angel told Sanders he planned to return to Edge Island to help his former mentor, and Sanders suggested he investigate why the island's active elements had vanished.

After returning to Savage Cave, Angel moved into his isolated laboratory and took Dodolo to Tree Spirit Hall to have his talent tested. The Tree Spirit recognized something familiar about Dodolo, and as the test ended, Angel wondered whether Dodolo’s silver bowl held the key to his past.

• Angel escaped the crowds of visitors by moving into Laboratory No. 13 at the Source of Flow.
• Iron Armor Granny brought Angel word that Sanders wanted to meet him, then gave Angel and Dodolo a ride to the Source of Flow’s gates.
• Angel took Dodolo to Tree Spirit Hall, where the Tree Spirit became unusually focused on Dodolo and said he seemed familiar.
• The Tree Spirit gave Angel an authenticated Bone Card for Dodolo and took him into a green hut to assess his talent.
• While waiting, Angel considered Dodolo’s attachment to the silver bowl bearing the Immortal Serpent Crest and wondered if it was tied to his secret.
• Dodolo emerged from the hut as the Bone Card flashed and updated with his information.

Angel brought Dodolo, whose exceptional mental power and Prophecy School talent had been identified, to meet Maya, while Sanders also summoned Angel so Maya could examine the changes caused by his right hand. Maya sensed Angel calling her from nearby and looked toward Demon Illusion Island.

• Tree Spirit examined Dodolo's talent results, recommended Maya as his mentor, and told Angel to take him directly to her.
• Angel explained the Wizarding World to Dodolo, gave him ten thousand contribution points, and brought him toward Maya.
• Angel visited Sanders on Demon Illusion Island, where Huibidon asked him to tell the story of Peter Pan and Gude reprimanded Huibidon for his manners.
• Sanders told Angel that Maya would examine his right hand and the changes it had caused to his body.
• Maya sensed someone calling her name from Demon Illusion Island and turned her attention toward it.

Angel and Sanders traveled to Starry Sky Island to meet Maya, while Sanders explained the limits and risks of prophecy magic. Maya examined Sanders and then turned her attention to Angel, leaving her judgment about his right hand unresolved.

• Sanders explained that prophecy wizards faced uncertainty and backlash when investigating fate, and reassured Angel that Maya's assessment of his right hand would likely be reliable.
• Angel and Sanders arrived at Starry Sky Island, where Hobson greeted them and Toby knocked him aside when he tried to touch Toby's panda costume.
• Hobson led the group through the forest to Maya's tower and brought them to the stargazing platform.
• Maya praised Sanders's future, and Sanders asked her to examine someone else instead.
• Maya shifted her gaze to Angel and began examining him.

Maya’s Mind's Eye Technique found Angel’s fate obscured but provoked a warning from the will of the world when she examined Dodolo, whom she accepted as her disciple. Maya then guided Angel into a vision to investigate his transplanted right hand, where he encountered a mysterious figure in a blood-red vision of Pat Manor.

• Maya sensed that powerful figures were tied to Angel’s fate, then examined Dodolo and saw a blood-red future before the will of the world warned her.
• Maya gave Dodolo a Golden Mentor Invitation and said she suspected his existence could help her develop the Mind's Eye into a spell.
• Sanders told Maya about Angel’s transplanted right hand, and Maya agreed to investigate its outcome.
• Maya guided Angel into a half-sleeping vision of Pat Manor, where he saw familiar servants and his brother Leon before being drawn to his bedroom.
• Angel opened the bed curtains and saw a towering figure, but the vision shattered after he glimpsed golden hair, upturned lips, and shifting green patterns.

Angel learned that his altered right hand appeared harmless, while Sanders consulted Maya about the dangers and implications of Lord Monchi’s plan. Maya warned Sanders that Gravity Forest might target Gravity Garden, but she could not foresee whether Lord Monchi would become a legend.

• Angel told Maya that his vision had felt familiar rather than uncomfortable, and she judged the effects of his right hand likely harmless.
• Sanders sent Angel outside and asked Maya to investigate Gravity Garden and Lord Monchi’s plans.
• Maya foresaw that Lord Monchi intended to smuggle Abyss Devil Race members, while Daini might try to seize Gravity Garden.
• Maya said nearly twenty wizard organizations were involved in the coming upheaval, and she could not predict whether Lord Monchi would reach legend.
• Sanders explained how his apprentice had helped bring Isabella back, then praised the apprentice’s future potential.

After leaving Dodolo on Starry Sky Island with his silver bowl, Angel returned to Demon Illusion Island, where Sanders entrusted him with the island while preparing to travel to the Abyss Plane for Lord Monchi. Angel settled in and strengthened his foundation, then encountered Flora, who was astonished by how far he had advanced.

• Dodolo stayed on Starry Sky Island to study with Maya and entrusted his silver bowl to Angel until he could protect it himself.
• Sanders told Angel to move to Demon Illusion Island and temporarily oversee it while Sanders traveled to the Abyss Plane on a matter for Lord Monchi.
• Sanders opened his study's books to Angel and urged him to choose a main school and resolve his spell-slot plans.
• Angel moved to Demon Illusion Island, relocated the Kula Kuka tribe to the manor's greenhouse, and spent a week consolidating his skills and sparring with Toby.
• Angel visited Apprentice Town and learned that Nausicaa, Shan, and Xiliu had left Savage Cave while Serum had disappeared to fuse a bloodline; Angel found no useful information about Hukedik.
• After sparring with Toby, Angel returned to the manor and met Flora, who was astonished that he had become a third-level apprentice.

Flora explained that Sanders had hesitated to tell Angel about pursuing an original spell for his first spell slot because it could delay his advancement before a coming Demonic God Calamity. Angel heard Sanders’s warning but questioned whether anyone could be sure he would become a formal wizard in time.

• Flora noticed Little Red reacting to Angel’s gloved right hand, and Angel’s Nightmare Realm aura transformed Little Red’s rose into a useful spellcasting material.
• Angel asked Flora what Sanders had meant to say about spell slots, and she explained Sanders’s regret over fixing an ordinary spell in his first slot and his wish for Angel to aim higher.
• Flora declined to tell Angel the answer and directed him to ask Sanders, who was watching from the castle balcony.
• Sanders told Angel that creating an original spell could take a hundred years and warned that a Demonic God Calamity might strike the Southern Region within ten or twenty years.
• Angel worried about protecting his family, then challenged Sanders’s assumption that he could become a formal wizard before the calamity after less than two years of cultivation.

Angel learned that his senior fellow disciple Su Mishi had attained True Knowledge, bringing Sanders joy and drawing visitors to Demon Illusion Island. Meanwhile, Gloria heard the news in Sleepless City as she continued flying toward Savage Cave.

• Angel discussed his uncertainty about becoming an official wizard with Sanders, who advised him to postpone choosing wizard spell slots until he reached the peak of apprenticeship.
• Sanders told Angel that Su Mishi had created a new spell in Shuen World and attained True Knowledge after fifty years away from Savage Cave.
• Wizards arrived to congratulate Sanders, who opened Demon Illusion Island to visitors and received an invitation from Rheinmut.
• Angel asked when Gloria would arrive at Savage Cave, and Sanders said she was expected within a few days.
• Gloria emerged from a teleportation array in Sleepless City, heard people discussing Su Mishi's achievement, and reflected on Sanders's apprentices as she flew toward Savage Cave.
• A crisp zither note reached Gloria's ears as she continued toward the outskirts of Sleepless City.

A sudden darkness sealed Sleepless City's outer city, and Douglas's investigation revealed that the region had become an isolated realm with a familiar aura he called “Mystery.” Gloria was trapped inside and, after resisting evil desire stirred by eerie zither music, found the teleportation array destroyed and a bipedal red fox atop its ruins.

• Eerie zither music turned sinister as a strange voice praised the Queen and Shava, then a black vortex covered Sleepless City's outer city in darkness.
• Douglas and other senior wizards failed to penetrate the darkness with light or remote-linked servants, and Douglas entered to investigate.
• Quate recognized the darkness as bearing the aura of the Nightmare Realm and hesitated over whether to enter.
• Douglas returned through a Planar Corridor with wounded wizards and reported that the outer city was sealed off, adding that he had sensed a familiar aura: “Mystery.”
• Gloria found herself trapped inside the darkness, resisted the zither music's evil desires, and discovered the teleportation array in ruins with a bipedal red fox standing atop them.

Gloria recognized the fox’s harp as a mysterious object and prepared to fight for it, while Douglas gathered wizards to escape the darkened outer city. The wizards fled through a Planar Corridor, leaving the conical-hatted woman trapped with Xiliu, Shan, and Nausicaa.

• Gloria identified the fox’s harp as a mysterious object, and the fox attacked her with threads of energy.
• Douglas gathered the stationed wizards and began opening a Planar Corridor while his Purifying Light field protected them from the harp’s evil desire.
• A conical-hatted apprentice tried to enter the field, but Xiliu attacked her and forced her away.
• The harp music stopped briefly as a mysterious aura emerged from the vortex, then resumed when a strange voice praised Shava and the Queen.
• Douglas led the wizards through the Planar Corridor, leaving the conical-hatted woman behind with crazed Xiliu and the approaching Shan.
• Nausicaa arrived and confronted the conical-hatted woman.