Chapter Summaries

Angel learned of several looming disasters, including the possibility that Lord Monchi would provoke an Abyssal Demonic God, and worried about protecting his loved ones. He left Lost Song City for Yuesè City, while Jiebo told Siliwu that Angel could not be the person who escaped from the mysterious space.

• Angel considered the dangers of the Rainbow Dragonfly nest and planar passage, then learned that Lord Monchi intended to hunt an Abyssal Demonic God's descendant to advance to Legend.
• Si Man tried to draw closer to Angel, but he declined her invitations and urged her to cultivate Helen properly.
• Angel recorded ways to protect his brother and Jon from the possible Demonic God Calamity, then departed for Yuesè City without telling anyone.
• White reported Angel's departure to Jiebo, who passed the news to Siliwu.
• Jiebo told Siliwu that Angel's normal behavior and the time required to test his alchemical creation proved he could not have escaped from the mysterious space.

Jiebo reluctantly agreed to keep following Angel until Sea God Florence lifted the mission, while Angel traveled to Little Fishing Village to find Duru. There, Angel discovered a sea beast waiting behind the struggling Kumor as Duru approached in a boat.

• Siliwu ordered Jiebo to continue following Angel until the mission was lifted, and Jiebo left Ocean Mansion to seek Mr. Pat alone.
• Angel flew to Alwin's home in Yuesè City and learned that Duru was still at Little Fishing Village.
• Angel reached the village and learned that Kumor had disappeared while diving for shells.
• Angel went to the shore and saw Kumor struggling in the water, with a large sea beast lurking nearby.
• A fishing boat approached Kumor, and Angel recognized the man who emerged from it as Duru.

Angel watched Duru risk his life to save Kumor from a sea beast, then intervened when Duru was about to die. He left Duru and Kumor safe on shore, where Duru realized he had lost his left ear.

• Angel learned that Kumor had deliberately stayed underwater to scare the other children before getting into trouble, and chose not to help at first.
• Duru and Leif rowed out to rescue Kumor, but the sea beast bit their boat in half and attacked them in the water.
• Duru pulled the cramping Kumor along as he tried to escape, but the sea beast injured his face and left him unable to swim.
• Angel appeared and killed the sea beast with a Crescent Blade Barrage, then carried Duru and Kumor back to shore with a Magic Hand.
• Leif returned to shore and found Duru sitting dazed, with a gash on the left side of his face and his left ear missing.

Duru lost his left ear while saving Kumor, and Angel punished Kumor with a nightmare while questioning the mysterious force that kept him afloat. Angel then accepted an invitation to dine with the village chief, leaving the village wary of him.

• Leif helped the bleeding Duru back toward the village, and Kumor's mother thanked Duru for saving her son; Duru forgave Kumor and asked him to call him big brother.
• Duru thanked Angel, who said the rescue would need to be repaid and urged him to value his life; Angel sent him to be treated for his injury.
• Angel gave Kumor a nightmare as punishment, then learned that Kumor had felt as though something beneath the water was holding him up.
• A scaled young man in a deep-sea region remarked that he had nearly been discovered after apparently helping Kumor stay afloat.
• The old man tested Angel's nature before leaving him with his son, the village chief, who invited Angel to dinner.
• Angel ate seafood at the village chief's home while Toby happily sampled the food, but Angel declined to release the Moon Bell Orchid Fairy to join them.

Angel visited the injured Duru and decided to bring him into the Wizarding World after seeing that the accident had made him reconsider his impulsive kindness. While preparing to leave Feran Continent, Angel discovered that Tulas had awakened in the Church of the Dead and remembered his desire to escape a lifeless island.

• Angel learned that Duru's left ear was deaf, left the village chief's house, and went to check on him.
• Angel told Duru to rest and prepare to leave the next day, then explained that he needed to judge whether and how to act rather than abandon kindness altogether.
• Duru reflected on his actions and asked whether his lost ear could be restored, and Angel reassured him that the Wizarding World could make it possible.
• Angel spoke with Frod in the Church of the Dead, confirmed the location of the Dream Conch of Moonlit Coast, and added books and a Monument Valley illusion for him.
• Angel sensed that Tulas had awakened, and Tulas recovered memories of his past and resolved to escape the lifeless island where he was trapped.

Angel questioned Tulas after using six White Light Bullets to return him from an undead state to a soul and bring him off the dead-silent island. Tulas accepted his new freedom and settled into an illusory room, while Angel learned that Tulas had once been able to teleport as an undead creature.

• Tulas recovered memories of his life and undead existence, then told Angel that the vicious self Angel killed was a self he hated.
• Angel confirmed that the bullets had returned Tulas to a soul and explained that he could become undead again if he gave in to negative emotions and obsession.
• Tulas learned that Angel had brought him off the dead-silent island and felt relieved to have escaped his prison.
• Angel created an illusory room for Tulas, who admired its furnishings and accepted that he was now Angel's experimental sample.
• Tulas said he had been able to teleport while undead but could no longer do so as a soul, prompting Angel to question whether teleportation had been an innate gift.

Angel questioned Tulas about the origins of his spatial shifting and the history of the sealed island, uncovering that Tulas’s teleportation began after an unexplained encounter and that ships and a skeleton appeared there at different times. The chapter ended with Angel asking why a sword had been stuck in the helm of Tulas’s ship.

• Tulas recalled that he first teleported after waking from a long sleep as an undead and sensed living people on the island.
• Tulas told Angel that he had entered the island through Gear Abyss in Silver 222, before any ships besides his own appeared there.
• Tulas recalled that the Feather Fan appeared beneath a cliff the day after his arrival, while Lucas’s glowing skeleton appeared later in its captain’s cabin.
• Tulas admitted that he had cut off the skeleton’s glowing skull and kept it beside his bed in the cave.
• Angel connected the ship and corpse’s separate appearances to Lucas’s strange prophetic ability, then asked Tulas about the sword in the helm of his bull-headed ship.

Angel learned that Tulas, not Lucas, had led the mutiny, killed the pirates, and hidden the treasure, while Lucas's Logbook had wrongly attributed those events to Lucas. As Tulas recalled his desperate years stranded on the island, he revealed that Lucas's skull had glowed gold, then froze as a buried memory surfaced.

• Tulas told Angel that he had killed the first mate, driven the sword into the helm, and hidden the treasure aboard the Savage Beast.
• Angel realized Lucas's Logbook had attributed Tulas's deeds to Lucas, and asked Tulas to recount life on the island.
• Tulas described how disease, isolation, and dwindling food killed the stranded crew until he starved to death alone.
• Angel pressed Tulas about strange events, and Tulas recalled that Lucas's skull had often glowed with golden light, even after Tulas became undead.
• As Tulas began describing the skull's steady glow, he froze when a deeply buried memory surfaced.

Tulas recounted how a glowing skull had seemingly granted his wish to teleport, leading Angel to conclude that Lucas's Logbook and Tulas's prayers had been shaped by a mysterious object that interfered with causality. Angel connected several logbook entries to the sealed island and regretted missing the skull, while Tulas realized that his other prayers might also have been fulfilled.

• Tulas recalled dying, seeing a golden light shine from Lucas's skull, and wishing he could teleport out of the sealed island before becoming undead.
• Angel connected Tulas's wish and Lucas's logbook entries to a mysterious object that delayed desired outcomes and redirected them to other people.
• Angel matched Lucas's entries about a hidden treasure trove, a sea monster watchdog, and a shining treasure to the sealed island and Leviathan.
• Angel concluded that Lucas may have unknowingly borne a naturally formed mysterious object, then mourned that he had failed to obtain it.
• Tulas asked whether the skull had been a wishing object, and Angel argued that Tulas's wish to leave had eventually come true.
• Tulas realized that his prayers for ships, rescue, and survival might also have been fulfilled.

Angel learned that Tulas's careless wish had caused ships to disappear in the Gear Abyss, then left the fishing village with Duru. As they flew away aboard the Gondola, a blue-robed young man transformed into bubbles and followed them beneath the sea.

• Tulas told Angel that he had once wished for more ships to enter the Isle of Dead Silence, and Angel realized his words had caused later disappearances in the Gear Abyss.
• Angel gave Tulas books about the current era, then spent a miserable night regretting that he had missed a powerful mysterious object.
• Angel told Duru to drink the soup Kumor's mother had made, pack his belongings, and prepare to leave.
• Kumor's family begged Angel to forgive Kumor, but Duru did not plead for them, and Angel explained that Kumor's nightmares would end once he understood his mistake.
• Angel and Duru said goodbye to the village chief, the villagers, and Leif before leaving the fishing village aboard the Gondola.
• A blue-robed young man watched the Gondola pass, turned into bubbles, and followed Angel and Duru through the undersea currents.

Angel mistakenly steered the Gondola toward the Devil Sea before correcting course and continuing toward the Revelation Continent with Duru. Meanwhile, a report in "Forest of Time" confirmed that a strategic mysterious item had been lost near Silver Palm Island, stirring suspicion across the Wizarding World as Sanders worried Angel might get caught up in the search.

• Angel realized he had steered the Gondola toward the Devil Sea, then taught Duru to operate it as they corrected their course.
• Duru introduced Angel to the Blackberry Sea and praised Nausicaa, while Angel remained gloomy and rested aboard the Gondola.
• After wizards blamed Merieesa for the wasted trip to the Devil Sea, "Forest of Time" reported that a strategic mysterious item had been lost near Silver Palm Island.
• The report sparked speculation about who had obtained the item and left wizard organizations quietly watching one another.
• Sanders worried that Angel might pass through the Devil Sea and become involved, while Kant dismissed the likelihood.

Sanders met Bobota, a newly assigned Savage Cave apprentice, while Angel and Duru stopped at a Rose Merchant House ship during their voyage. After hearing that merfolk were nearby, Angel caught faint singing on the wind.

• Dojibil delivered a new group of apprentices to the base, and Sanders discovered that Bobota, a Level Three Apprentice from Savage Cave, was among them.
• Sanders volunteered to assign the newcomers work and recognized Bobota as the apprentice he had been wondering about.
• Angel agreed to board a Rose Merchant House ship after Duru explained that its cargo ships sold rose products and pastries.
• Duru enjoyed the pastries, while Angel found the seven-colored rose cakes too sweet and wondered whether Nausicaa had praised them to comfort Serum.
• Duru told Angel that merfolk had tried to bewitch the ship's crew with their singing, and Angel explained that merfolk belonged to different clans.
• Angel heard faint singing carried on the wind.

Angel and Duru encountered juvenile Rog Merfolk whose enchanting songs nearly lured Duru over Gondola’s rail, so Angel shielded the ship while they listened. As the merfolk played, a gigantic coral-covered turtle rose from the sea, and a faint ballad drifted from its shell.

• Duru was enchanted by the merfolk’s song and leaned over Gondola’s rail until Angel’s laugh startled him back to safety.
• Angel explained the song’s mental influence and identified the merfolk as juveniles of the Rog Merfolk Clan, likely accompanied by nearby adults.
• More than thirty juvenile merfolk emerged to play in a surge, and Angel placed a mental barrier around Gondola after Duru was enchanted again.
• Toby objected when Duru suggested leaving, so Angel kept Gondola hidden among the clouds and reinforced the barrier while they listened.
• A gigantic turtle covered in colorful corals rose from the sea as the merfolk climbed onto its shell, and a faint ballad began to drift from it.

Angel became entranced by a mermaid princess's song and used the scene and its growing storm to build an alchemical illusion. Jiebo's intervention helped intensify the waves and winds until Angel's inspiration crystallized, leaving Jiebo wondering what he had created.

• Angel watched the mermaid princess sing beneath the stars and became absorbed in her ballad, which stirred a rush of inspiration.
• Angel called for denser stars, higher waves, and stronger winds, while the mermaid princess continued singing despite her knights' fears.
• Jiebo, secretly following Angel, heard his demands and stirred the undercurrents, unleashing huge waves and a hurricane.
• The mermaid princess's song remained calm as the storm escalated, and Angel's inspiration finally accumulated.
• Wisps of smoke formed an illusion framework around Angel, and Jiebo recognized a fluctuation of alchemy within it.

Angel crafted an Alchemical Illusion Realm music box from a burst of inspiration while a Teacup Band played its melody, which altered the ocean’s aura. When Jiebo heard the music again, he experienced a vivid illusion of a fisherman facing a deadly storm and discovered that his bottleneck had loosened.

• Angel decided to turn his inspiration, sparked by the mermaid princess and her knights, into an Alchemical Illusion Realm music box.
• Angel summoned a Teacup Band to play the music that would accompany the creation and began crafting the illusion into the alchemical work.
• The music drifted from the Mist Illusion, and Jiebo and the merfolk sensed that it had changed the ocean’s aura.
• After the music fell silent for hours, it played again and plunged Jiebo into an illusion where he struggled as a fisherman against a violent storm and drowned.
• Jiebo returned to the seabed, hid himself in the ocean currents, and realized that his bottleneck had loosened.

Jiebo realized the strange music had loosened his bottleneck and strengthened the merfolk princess’s water authority, while Angel’s alchemical anomaly trapped him in repeated attempts to survive his own illusion. The anomaly’s countdown continued as Angel searched for a way to reach the Sea Goddess before time ran out.

• Jiebo connected the strange music to his loosened bottleneck and watched the merfolk knights and princess awaken from similar dreams.
• Jiebo sensed the princess’s increased authority over water and decided against taking Angel’s alchemical item by force, instead considering asking the princess about the music.
• A vast sea fog spread across thousands of miles, and Jiebo suspected Angel’s music box had triggered a high-tier alchemical anomaly.
• Angel learned that he had to survive his fisherman illusion and reach the Sea Goddess before the golden clock completed its countdown.
• Angel repeatedly died in the raging sea, realized his anxiety made his attempts worse, and calmed himself before trying again.
• Angel continued to struggle against the unpredictable waves and wondered whether reaching the Sea Goddess depended entirely on luck.

Angel reasoned that the illusion realm’s blocked memories and brutal sea could be overcome by bringing his Supercomputing state into it. He survived long enough to find the Sea Goddess, then returned to the dark space as the door opened, having passed the trial.

• Angel concluded that the illusion realm’s key was to retain his current state of mind despite having his memories blocked, then entered the sea with only half an hour left.
• Angel used his Supercomputing state to calculate routes through the waves and survived by choosing dangerous paths rather than the apparently safest one.
• With five minutes remaining, Angel took greater risks and spotted a glow surrounded by towering waves.
• Angel followed his instinct toward the glow and saw the radiant, indifferent Sea Goddess, but the vision ended before he could look directly at her.
• Angel’s memories returned in the dark space, where he saw that the clock had stopped and the previously locked door stood open.

Angel completed a music box whose anomaly made the sea and nearby creatures respond with reverence, then rewarded the merfolk princess Valli for inspiring him. Valli asked to learn the name of the music, and Angel told her it was The Sea Goddess.

• Angel's music box absorbed the anomalous fluctuations, and a divine sigh caused sea creatures and the Rog Merfolk to bow in reverence.
• Jiebo was forced out of his water elemental form by the sea's rejection, while Florence sensed the distant event and considered a report about a mysterious object.
• Angel stored the music box, descended to Coral Island, and told Valli that her singing had inspired his alchemical work.
• Angel offered Valli one request in return, and she chose to ask the name of the music he had played.
• Angel told Valli that the piece was called The Sea Goddess.

After the merfolk experienced the illusion created by Angel’s music box, Valli learned that it had strengthened her affinity with water. Angel played “Sea Goddess” for her and the knights before departing, then examined the finished music box, Ocean Rhythm, and discovered it was a high-tier alchemical work.

• Valli told Angel that her experience in the illusion had made her feel closer to the sea and strengthened her control over water.
• Angel explained that the illusion was created by an alchemical work, then brought out the Teacup Band and had it play “Sea Goddess” for Valli and the merfolk knights.
• After the music ended, Angel left aboard the Gondola, and Valli led the merfolk beneath the waves.
• On the Gondola, Angel examined the mermaid-shaped music box he had named Ocean Rhythm and confirmed that it was a high-tier alchemical work.

Angel discovered that Ocean Rhythm had unexpectedly become a high-tier alchemical work, with effects that could benefit water-affinity apprentices and ocean-lineage wizards. Beneath the sea, Florence judged it might be a strategic-grade item, and Jiebo wondered whether they should act while Angel was nearby.

• Angel identified Ocean Rhythm's effects as enhancing water-element affinity and providing immense enlightenment to wizards of the ocean lineage.
• Angel acknowledged that he could not reproduce the work or fully claim its creation, then continued testing it.
• Jiebo reviewed a recording of Angel finishing the alchemical work and sensed its vast oceanic aura.
• Florence contacted Jiebo, learned about the alchemy, and sent a Water Clone to inspect the recording.
• Florence confirmed that Ocean Rhythm had reached the high tier and might be a strategic-grade item for ocean-lineage wizards.
• Jiebo felt greed and asked Florence whether they should act while Angel was nearby.