Chapter Summaries

Sanders discovered that Prelude of Reincarnation could restore an undead soul only after six White Light Bullets raised its stable energy above 98%, and suggested Angel publish the finding. As Sanders prepared to leave Demon Illusion Island and test Angel’s alchemical illusions, Flora arrived with Spivey and hinted that she had a request for Angel.

• Sanders concluded from Aiqi’s energy records that his soul had perished because its stable energy fell short of the required threshold, and said it needed to exceed 98% to remain unharmed.
• Angel realized that all six White Light Bullets would be needed to restore an undead soul, and Sanders proposed that Angel publish a rebuttal to the claim that undead souls could not be reversed.
• Sanders told Angel he would soon leave and that Angel would take charge of Demon Illusion Island’s defenses, then agreed to test Angel’s crystal-ball alchemical illusions and share the data.
• Sanders advised Angel about the illusion school and choosing a primary school before Angel left the study.
• Angel encountered Flora and Spivey in the corridor, and Flora expressed interest in his alchemical illusions and said she would later return with a request.

Angel chose Transformation as his next school of illusion and began studying Transformation Technique before Sanders departed. Spivey later visited as Flora’s messenger, questioned Angel about his alchemical illusion realm, and relayed Flora’s request, leaving Angel subdued and heading away from Demon Illusion Island.

• Angel recorded his Prelude of Reincarnation test results and insights, then chose to study Transformation before Mirage and True Illusion.
• Angel studied Transformation Technique, learning that its core purpose was concealing illusion nodes rather than merely changing appearances.
• Spivey visited Angel on Flora’s behalf and tried to learn about Angel’s alchemical illusion realm; Angel directed him to its future auction at Ancient Riverbank.
• Spivey revealed that Flora wanted Angel to help her with something when he had time.
• Angel declined Gude’s offer of sap and left Demon Illusion Island, while Gude remarked on his unusual behavior to Huibidon.

Angel visited David at the Promi Alchemy Shop, where David explained why his experimental frost Tang saber had shattered and discussed Angel’s growing reputation. Angel asked about substitute puppets and revealed that Baruba was about to be turned into one, leaving him troubled and determined to find Baruba.

• David’s Tang saber gained a frost effect but shattered because its cold nature was too strong and its main material had not been fused long enough.
• Angel arrived at the shop and used the Eye of Nalda to identify the flaw in David’s forging.
• David told Angel that apprentices and wizards were seeking him and that his alchemical illusion would likely sell for a high price at the Ancient Riverbank auction.
• Angel asked David about where Savage Cave prepared people to become substitute puppets, and David said there was no special gathering place.
• Angel told David that Baruba had once helped him and was about to be refined into a substitute puppet, then decided to find him despite not knowing what he would do.

Angel learned that Baruba was being prepared as a substitute puppet with a one-time bloodline and sought advice about whether to intervene. Iron Armor Granny helped him see that rescuing Baruba would not make him an enemy of the Wizarding World, but Angel kept Jon’s secret to himself.

• Spivey told Angel that Flora planned to make Baruba a substitute puppet by injecting him with a one-time bloodline, then asked Angel to refine him.
• Angel went to David, who identified Dumartin Bayer as the person who administered one-time bloodlines.
• Angel visited Iron Armor Granny and explained his doubts about Baruba, concealing his concern for Jon and anything about him.
• Iron Armor Granny argued that helping Baruba would mean opposing the Extreme Sect, not the Wizarding World, and said Angel could negotiate for Baruba’s freedom.
• Angel felt reassured that he could exchange for Baruba’s freedom, but decided not to reveal Jon’s origins to Sanders.

Angel and Iron Armor Granny went to Dumartin’s laboratory to find Baruba, whom they discovered alive but already implanted with an Umbrella Fungus Worm bloodline. Dumartin arrived and mistook Angel for experimental material, leaving their meeting on a threatening note.

• Iron Armor Granny agreed to escort Angel to Dumartin’s laboratory, and Angel gave her a Stele of the Strange Ring.
• Iron Armor Granny brought Angel through the blood mist surrounding Dumartin’s Alternate-Dimension Laboratory.
• Angel recognized Baruba in a cultivation chamber, and Iron Armor Granny confirmed that he was not a spy and had not yet had his mind cleared.
• Dumartin arrived, greeted Iron Armor Granny, and asked whether Angel was fertilizer for him to process.

Angel rescued Baruba from Dumartin’s laboratory and refused to let him surrender himself to Flora. Baruba chose to go with Angel and try to live, leaving his fate uncertain as they boarded Gondola.

• Dumartin intimidated Angel, but Iron Armor Granny shielded him and backed him as he asked to take Baruba away.
• Dumartin recognized Angel and released Baruba, then offered Angel his communicator imprint and hinted that he would cover for Baruba’s supposed death if needed.
• Iron Armor Granny explained that Dumartin had acted to avoid offending a future alchemy master, and Angel chose to tell his mentor and Flora the truth rather than owe Dumartin a favor.
• Angel learned that Baruba expected to be handed over to Flora and urged him not to give up on living.
• Baruba admitted that he wanted to survive and boarded Gondola with Angel.

Angel secured Baruba’s freedom by giving Flora the Bloodbathed Rose, then rejected Baruba’s offer to become his alchemical servant and encouraged him to continue pursuing wizardry. After Sanders finished testing Angel’s mysterious manifestations, he gave Angel the research report and prepared to leave, leaving Angel with its valuable findings to study.

• Angel traded Flora an alchemical illusion called Bloodbathed Rose, freeing Baruba from her mentorship.
• Angel asked Baruba whether he would stay in Savage Cave or leave, and Baruba chose to remain and pursue wizardry.
• Baruba offered to become Angel’s alchemical servant, but Angel refused and urged him to keep moving forward.
• Angel studied Transformation Spell under Sanders for nearly half a month before Sanders summoned him to the study.
• Sanders gave Angel his report on the mysterious manifestations and left him books, vital blood, and responsibility for further testing before preparing to depart.
• Angel read Sanders’s report, which recorded more than thirty spells and proposed that the manifestations drew on laws Angel had witnessed within Spotty Dog.

Angel prepared supplies and magical materials for his relatives before leaving Savage Cave, and he left David and Baruba a booklet of elementary cantrips. He departed without a set return date, intending to attend to his family and possibly investigate the disappearing elements on the Old Earth Continent.

• Angel visited the Underground Trading Market and bought supplies to provide his relatives with food, shelter, and a livelihood.
• At Promi Alchemy Shop, Angel found Baruba working for David while David repeatedly failed at alchemy experiments.
• David explained that Baruba’s appearance attracted female apprentices who spent money at the shop.
• Angel bought materials for making potions to extend life and cure illness, and told David he would soon leave to deal with matters concerning his relatives.
• Angel left David and Baruba a booklet of elementary cantrips, including the Water Delivery Spell, and asked them not to spread it deliberately.

Angel told Babaya, Ku Doudou, and Luo Keke that he would take most of the Kula Kuka to the Old Earth Continent, where they could live safely with his relatives. Babaya chose to send her grandmother with them and vowed to find her within five years, while Luo Keke still had to decide what to do about her parents.

• Angel explained that the Kula Kuka could not safely remain in the Wizarding World without his mentor’s protection, so he planned to take them to the Old Earth Continent.
• Angel offered Ku Doudou and Luo Keke the choice of leaving their relatives with the main group or keeping them in the Wizarding World; Ku Doudou chose to entrust his relatives to Angel, while Luo Keke asked for time to consult her parents.
• Angel advised Babaya to keep her elderly grandmother nearby, but sent the three Kula Kuka to the flower room to meet their relatives before deciding.
• Gloria appeared through a controlled Gourmet Mirage, invited Angel to a farewell meal, and asked him to bring Toby.
• Babaya learned that her grandmother might live only five or six more years, then asked Angel to take her grandmother to the Old Earth Continent and vowed to find her within five years.

Angel reunited Luo Keke’s parents with the departing main group, transplanted a Milkfruit Tree, and received Demon Nourishing Meat from Gloria. Gloria warned him about unrest and missing intelligence from the Old Earth Continent, leading Angel to suspect a connection to Xius and Yurika’s stolen Crimson Sovereignty.

• Luo Keke’s parents chose to leave with the main group, and Angel let Babaya and the others spend their last time with their families on Demon Illusion Island.
• Angel planted a Milkfruit Tree branch in fertile soil to take to Pat Manor, then went with Toby to Gloria’s Magic Cottage for a farewell feast.
• Gloria gave Angel and Toby Demon Nourishing Meat, explained that it multiplied when exposed to energy, and allowed Angel to share it with his kin.
• Gloria told Angel that intelligence from the Old Earth Continent had vanished four years earlier, though shipping routes and cargo traffic remained active.
• Angel connected the silence to Xius, learned that Xius had gone there to capture Yurika over the stolen Crimson Sovereignty, and recalled Eliza’s request for a fake one.
• Gloria warned Angel not to provoke Xius, whose whereabouts and failure to capture Yurika remained unexplained.

Angel met Hobson, who said Dodolo had sent him to deliver his most precious possession: an old White Bear plush with a pendant. The pendant’s blurred portrait reminded Angel of Huahua, leaving him wondering whether she and Hobson were connected.

• Gloria warned Angel that the Rat-and-Ant Underground Society might intercept him and gave Toby Mana-Replenishing Flowers to help Angel escape.
• Angel sensed a visitor on Demon Illusion Island’s beach and found Hobson wearing a panda-colored plush costume.
• Hobson explained that Fate Guidance and Dodolo had led him to Angel, then left his old White Bear plush and a note before departing.
• Angel examined the plush’s pendant and found a portrait of Hobson as a boy beside an unidentified woman.
• Angel compared the pendant with the one connected to Huahua and wondered whether Huahua and Hobson shared a connection.

Angel left Demon Illusion Island after transferring its authority to Steward Gude, saying farewell to Gloria and his other acquaintances before setting out for the Guman Kingdom. He kept the mysterious pendants despite learning nothing about them, and stored Nano in his bracelet after teaching him a lesson for refusing to go inside.

• Angel showed White Bear the heart-shaped pendant and Huahua's image, but White Bear recognized neither and felt no response from destiny.
• Angel completed the handover of Demon Illusion Island to Steward Gude, then left with the Kula Kuka people and Nano.
• Gloria saw Angel and Toby off, spoke of the Time Thief legend, and asked about the Sanders Family crest on Angel's glove.
• Angel said farewell to Iron Armor Granny, Promi, and David, then left the Mirror World after learning the Tree Spirit was away.
• As the Gondola crossed the cold plateau, Angel let Nano shiver before casting a constant-temperature spell; Nano eventually agreed to enter the bracelet.
• An unseen person tens of thousands of meters above witnessed Angel's exchange with Nano.

Su Mishi returned to Savage Cave after fifty years away, only to find his mentor gone and the organization changed. At the Source of Flow, he learned about his new apprentice brother Angel and grew curious about the promising wizard apprentice.

• Su Mishi noticed a beautiful, fast flying boat as he approached Savage Cave, then returned to the organization and found that Mirror Princess and Tree Spirit were absent.
• Su Mishi reached Demon Illusion Island and learned from Butler Gude that Sanders had gone to the Abyss and that Gloria had recently created an original spell before entering seclusion.
• Su Mishi heard that Angel, Sanders's student, had left Savage Cave that day and then flew to the Source of Flow to visit his tea garden.
• Su Mishi met Iron Armor Granny, who praised a young wizard apprentice connected to him and revealed that Angel had the body of a nightmare soul.
• Iron Armor Granny told Su Mishi about Angel's alchemical illusion and offered him an unfamiliar kind of tea.

Su Mishi learned that Angel had made the tea he admired and realized the junior was an extraordinarily talented alchemist. While traveling toward the Edge of the Dark Night, Angel discovered a new Dome over Snowridge City and found signs that the Nightmare Realm’s influence had spread far beyond Sleepless City.

• Su Mishi praised Angel’s Morning Dew After Rain tea and learned that Angel had left on the Gondola.
• Su Mishi recognized the Gondola as Angel’s creation and concluded that Angel’s many accomplishments made his talent astonishing.
• Angel spotted groups of mortals fleeing toward the Pamiji Plateau and discovered a black Dome spreading over Snowridge City.
• Lund warned Angel that Snowridge City’s Dome had appeared the previous night and advised him to avoid the area.
• Angel learned that only Sleepless City and Snowridge City were known to have Domes, then continued toward the Edge of the Dark Night.
• Angel encountered a Nightmare Realm parasitic creature far from Sleepless City and worried that much of the Eternal Night Kingdom might already have fallen.

Angel traveled from Eternal Night Mountain to White Shell Sea Market, where he visited Savage Cave’s outpost and learned why its apprentices were eager for him to arrive. He left them without confirming a garrison replacement and heard Boro explain why he remained near the Devil Sea.

• Angel joined a crowded teleportation array at Eternal Night Mountain and traveled under a formal wizard’s protection to White Shell Sea Market.
• After leaving the teleportation point, Angel changed his appearance with the Transformation Technique and Boundless Silence before heading to Savage Cave’s outpost.
• Angel met Boro and Haimi, whose fellow apprentices assumed he had come from headquarters to take over their garrison mission.
• Angel asked Boro why he did not return to headquarters, and Boro said he hoped to find a chance to advance near the Devil Sea.
• Boro recalled how Master Phantom Demon had once left behind a giant tiger-striped squid’s remains, giving others an opportunity to benefit.

Angel visited the outpost seeking passage across the Devil Sea toward Revelation Continent, and Boro arranged a place for him on a ship bound for Feran Continent. Angel also examined an old sea chart that marked Old Earth Continent as Edge Island with a strange symbol, and the chapter ended with the voyage’s arrangements settled.

• Haimi mistook Angel’s visit for a guard-duty handover until Angel showed his Guide task on the Bone Card.
• Angel explained that he planned to cross the Devil Sea and asked Boro and Haimi about ships traveling to Revelation Continent.
• Boro identified the Bauhinia as a White Shell Shipping Company vessel but said it had left more than half a year earlier.
• Angel studied an old sea chart and asked Boro about the strange symbol marking Edge Island, which he planned to visit.
• Boro arranged for Angel to board a ship leaving for Feran Continent the following week, and White Shell Shipping Company asked him to protect its mostly mortal passengers if necessary.

Boro prepared a detailed sailing schedule for Pat’s future journey across Devil Sea, while Angel continued learning garment-making during his stay at Savage Cave. The schedule reached Angel before the Cloud Conch’s departure, and Angel focused on the challenges of enchanting clothing.

• Haimi complained about supply requests and asked for a Blood Shark Suit, but Boro said the quota was gone and urged the apprentices to read Mirror because upheaval in the Eternal Night Kingdom could affect Savage Cave.
• Boro wrote down White Shell Shipping Company’s sailing routes and departure times for the next two years so Pat could find his way back across Devil Sea.
• Haimi told Boro that Pat had spent the past three days cutting ordinary cloth and drafting garment patterns, prompting Boro to wonder about the tools in Pat’s workroom.
• Boro delivered the sailing schedule to Pat, and Angel put it away, appreciating the effort behind the information.
• Angel continued practicing garment-making and considered how enchantment alchemy’s material requirements made it difficult to create robes with both the appearance and functions he wanted.

Angel departed White Shell Sea Market aboard the Cloud Conch to search for talented individuals, while Boro and the outpost apprentices learned that their assignments would be extended amid trouble at Savage Cave. Boro discovered Angel’s gift was an enchanted cloak bearing the same emblem shown in the Mirror magazine.

• Angel met First Mate Helen and learned that Roman Rovka, a peak-stage apprentice from Sky Mechanical City, would be aboard the Cloud Conch.
• Angel sailed from White Shell Harbor after thanking Boro and leaving him a gift.
• Boro returned to the outpost as headquarters’ supplies arrived, and Haimi claimed a Tide-Sound Conch during distribution.
• Boro and the apprentices read that Savage Cave had restricted travel and extended most overseas postings, prompting them to worry they could not return home.
• Boro found Angel’s cloak, Between the Waters, which concealed its wearer’s aura, enabled underwater breathing, and resisted deep-sea pressure.
• Boro noticed that the cloak’s lionheart-and-thorns emblem matched the emblem on the Mirror magazine.

Angel traveled aboard the Cloud Conch through the Devil Sea, where he and Roman encountered a dangerous sea beast. After Angel intervened to protect the ship and its crew, Roman tried to claim the kill for himself, leaving Angel distrustful of him.

• Angel met Roman aboard the Cloud Conch, learned that the figurehead's gemstone was a Nightmare Stone, and resumed studying illusion techniques as the ship sailed.
• The Cloud Conch entered the Devil Sea, where Helen and Alwin guided it through deadly weather while Roman dealt with repeated waves of sea beasts.
• Roman fought a peak apprentice-level sea beast alone and refused to ask Angel for help as his strength and magic power ran low.
• Angel stopped the beast's tail from crushing the deck, protected Helen and the sailors, and burned the beast with Flame Formation Illusory Slaughter.
• Roman claimed he would finish the sea beast after Angel's intervention, so Angel withdrew his flames and gave Roman a cold look; Roman then grew wary and restrained his methods.

After Roman let the wounded sea beast escape, Angel kept his distance from the resentful captain and later spoke with Helen beneath the night sky. Helen learned that rumors about Lady Asberu were false, restoring her faith in the woman; Angel then glanced toward the Cloud Conch’s figurehead.

• Roman let the wounded sea beast escape after Angel withdrew Flame Formation Illusory Slaughter, then said he would cooperate with Angel if they encountered another sea beast.
• Angel recognized Roman’s growing resentment and decided to keep a low profile while remaining prepared for a future conflict.
• Helen thanked Angel for saving her, and Angel asked her to repay him by bringing the Cloud Conch safely to Feran Continent.
• Helen asked why Angel had not been surprised that she was a woman serving as vice captain, and Angel cited Lady Asberu’s achievements as a mortal.
• Angel told Helen that Lady Asberu had long since ceased being mortal and could not have been captured by the Night Wolf Pirates, restoring Helen’s faith in her.