Chapter Summaries

Angel returned to Gelu Town after years away, but sensed an unusual aura and found the town’s sheriff wary of him. George drew a sword on Angel, who closed the door and revealed that he recognized him as Uncle George.

• Angel left Shannon in Menus and flew with Duru to Yamei Province, where they saw war refugees entering Waterford.
• Angel and Duru approached Gelu Town on foot after Angel sensed something wrong, then saw guards and cultivated fields suggesting the town remained orderly.
• Guard Jordan questioned Angel and advised him to turn back when Angel said he was looking for Viscount Pat.
• Jordan led Angel and Duru to Sheriff George, who denied knowing Angel and pointed Jordan’s sword at him.
• Angel closed the door and told George, “Uncle George, long time no see.”

Angel returned to Gelu Town, revealed his true appearance to George, and learned that Pat Manor had been closed to outsiders for three years after Sam died there. He left to investigate the manor, while George learned that Duru was bound to keep Angel’s secrets.

• Angel used an illusion to reveal himself to George, who recognized his nephew and welcomed him home.
• George told Angel that Pat Manor had barred outsiders since the Month of Revival three years earlier, and that Sam had died after sneaking inside.
• Angel learned that the manor’s servants and his brother still appeared unchanged but refused to discuss what happened inside.
• Angel decided to go to Pat Manor and left Duru in George’s care.
• George questioned Duru about Angel, and Duru refused to answer without Angel’s permission.

Angel returned to Pat Manor and found it under the watch of a dangerous owl overseer, while the fate of Mentor Jon remained uncertain. After reuniting with the household servants, Angel faced the owl’s renewed attacks, and a mysterious voice spoke through it.

• Angel entered Pat Manor, learned from a servant that an owl enforced the manor’s rules, and seized the owl with his Magic Hand.
• Angel used a Nightmare Illusion Fear Spell on the owl and carried it into the manor, where he reunited with Aoli and Head Maid Mana.
• Head Maid Mana sent a maid to fetch Viscount Pat after seeing Angel arrive with the owl.
• The owl regained its senses and attacked Angel with deadly golden feathers, but Angel evaded its attacks with illusions and protected Head Maid Mana.
• Head Maid Mana told Angel that his brother was well and that Mentor Jon had been kept with Viscount Pat since being placed in the ice coffin.
• A cold voice spoke through the owl, recognized Angel’s illusion, and asked who he was.

Angel faced the bloodline wizard Yurika, whose attacks he evaded by using the Gravity Veins while investigating her inability to use spiritual power. Leon arrived and revealed that Angel was his younger brother, but Angel told Yurika he came from Savage Cave, not White Coral Floating Island Academy.

• Yurika pressured Angel to identify himself and attacked him, but he escaped her physical pressure by leaving his body and using the Gravity Veins.
• Angel evaded Yurika's attacks and returned to his body, while she realized that his bird also possessed the Gravity Veins.
• Angel stayed to assess Yurika's apparent inability to use spiritual power, and she prepared to attack him again.
• Leon arrived and begged Yurika to spare Angel, revealing that Angel was his younger brother.
• Yurika questioned Angel's background, and he said he was from Savage Cave rather than White Coral Floating Island Academy.

Si Man brought Helen to Summer Dew Ridge, where they encountered Madam Pei welcoming Eliza from Storm Canyon. Eliza met with her brother Xius and gave him a counterfeit Crimson Sovereignty and royal heartblood that might help lure the Guman King, leaving Xius asking who made them.

• Si Man flew Helen to Summer Dew Ridge and told her to respect Madam Pei and Lord Shalu.
• Madam Pei greeted Eliza, who had arrived from Storm Canyon, before Eliza met privately with the red-haired Xius.
• Eliza told Xius that the Guman King might suspect him and had sent wizards to Edge Island.
• Eliza explained that a Blood Source Reversion array could track the Crimson Sovereignty through royal heartblood and gave Xius a counterfeit with the array and a vial of blood.
• Xius decided to test the items after returning to the Old Earth Continent and asked Eliza who had made the counterfeit.

Xius and Eliza discussed Angel’s alchemical skill and learned that he was Leon Pat’s younger brother. At Pat Manor, Angel reunited with Leon and learned that Jon was alive but in poor condition, with Yurika’s presence having helped keep him alive.

• Eliza told Xius that Angel had discovered and engraved the Blood Source Reversion magic energy array while refining a replica of Crimson Sovereignty, and Xius connected Angel to his apprentice Leon Pat.
• Xius and Eliza discussed Angel’s prospects, the dangers facing Storm Shop, and Xius’s efforts to help Shaluo Witch before Eliza departed.
• At the Pat Family banquet, Angel and Leon spoke privately, and Leon told Angel that Jon was still alive but unwell.
• Leon explained that Yurika had come to Pat Manor to investigate Jon and that, although her later purpose was unclear, she had helped Jon survive.

Angel learned that Yurika and Leon’s mentor, the red-haired Xius, had both tried to preserve Jon, and he realized Xius was living at Pat Manor despite supposedly hunting Yurika. After the banquet, Angel and Leon went to see Jon, where they found Yurika already in the ice chamber.

• Leon told Angel that Jon’s condition had worsened despite Yurika’s treatment and that his mentor had searched for ways to keep Jon alive.
• Leon revealed that his mentor was a red-haired man called Xius, and Angel recognized him from his own past.
• Leon explained that Xius had taught him a painful Blood Refinement Method that might increase mental power, and Angel realized he had missed the chance to test Leon and bring him to Savage Cave.
• After the banquet, Leon led Angel to the ice chamber and said Jon had once used it to hide milk jelly from Angel.
• Angel and Leon entered the open ice chamber and found Yurika standing inside.

Angel visited Jon in the ice chamber and learned that his body was near collapse, with Yurika estimating he had at most half a year to live. Angel proposed using a Cruel Scholar's Abyssal Inscription Card alongside treatment and Life-Nourishing Water to preserve Jon's precarious balance, determined to find a way to save him.

• Angel entered the ice chamber and saw that Jon had become little more than a skeleton, sustained by Life-Nourishing Water.
• Angel identified Yurika's misleading account of how the Life-Nourishing Water was being used, and Yurika warned him not to treat her with contempt.
• Yurika questioned Angel about Jon's origins, and Angel described Earth as a world devoted to machinery.
• Angel learned that Jon's body, soul, and the Great Will's corrosion were in a fragile balance, and Yurika said he could live at most half a year while frozen.
• Angel showed Yurika a Cruel Scholar's Abyssal Inscription Card, and she explained it could extend Jon's life by up to two years if the balance was maintained.
• Angel produced his own bottle of Life-Nourishing Water and vowed to find a way to save Jon after using the card and treatment to prolong his life.

Angel calculated how to stabilize the three-state balance sustaining Jon, then worked with Yurika to replace the Life-Nourishing Water, restore Jon’s body, and apply the Abyssal Inscription. The procedure began in the ice chamber, with Yurika maintaining the balance as Angel used his potions and Magic Hands.

• Angel told Leon that his method could only buy Jon time and asked him to arrange lodging for a gifted newcomer.
• Yurika explained Jon’s origins and significance to Leon, warning that Xius might regard even Jon’s corpse as valuable research material.
• After less than a week, Angel completed the calculations for the three-state balance, and Yurika agreed to help stabilize it.
• Angel and Yurika went to the ice chamber, where Angel began replacing the Life-Nourishing Water, nourishing Jon’s body, and affixing the Abyssal Inscription while Yurika maintained the balance.

Angel learned that Jon’s life had been extended, but only freezing could keep him alive for two years, and he vowed to find a way to save him. He left the ice chamber to handle affairs at the manor and reassure Gelu Town, while preparing to discuss the hope he had brought back with Leon and Mana.

• Yurika told Angel that Jon had recovered temporarily and could live for two years frozen, but would die within half a month if the ice coffin was unsealed.
• Angel promised to find a way to save Jon, then left after spending a day and night beside the ice coffin.
• Angel accepted milk shortbread from Aoli and asked her to summon Head Maid Mana and his brother Leon for a meeting.
• Angel met Parsha and Dim in Gelu Town and heard that refugees had been stealing food and livestock amid the ongoing war.
• Angel assured Parsha and Dim that Gelu Town would remain safe, leaving them feeling they had regained someone to rely on.

Angel returned to Gelu Town, where he and Leon discussed how to handle refugees causing trouble. He brought Duru back to Pat Manor and introduced Ku Miaomiao to Leon, Mana, and Aoli, revealing that her people were called Attic Fairies.

• George told Angel that Gelu Town had been assigned refugees despite lacking housing, and that some refugees were sneaking into town and stealing; Angel promised to ask Leon to discuss the problem with him.
• Angel found Duru at George's house, and Duru chose to return with him to Pat Manor so he could practice the Guidance Method in peace.
• Angel brought Duru into the manor, warned him to avoid the stilt house area and not provoke Yurika, then left him with Mana to arrange accommodations.
• Angel told Leon about the refugees' thefts, and they agreed to consult George and consider a firm response against the troublemakers.
• Angel released Ku Miaomiao, a tiny woman from Soul Garden, and told Leon, Mana, and Aoli that her race was called Attic Fairies.

Angel brought the Kula Kuka to Pat Manor, where Leon agreed to let them settle as residents of Gelu Town in exchange for taxes and contributions to the manor. The tribe celebrated, and the Moon Bell Orchid Fairy revealed its ability to turn a vat of water into fine wine as Angel proposed a welcome banquet.

• Angel brought Ku Miaomiao and the other seventy-six Kula Kuka out of his bracelet and introduced them to Leon, Aoli, and Mana at Pat Manor.
• Angel told the Kula Kuka that Leon, as the manor’s owner, would decide whether they could stay, then described their skills and kind nature to persuade him.
• Leon offered the Kula Kuka residency in Gelu Town if they paid taxes and fees through their work and handicrafts, and Ku Miaomiao accepted on the tribe’s behalf.
• The Kula Kuka resumed their singing and dancing, while the Moon Bell Orchid Fairy arrived with a bottle of wine-brewing liquid.
• The Moon Bell Orchid Fairy poured a drop into a vat of water, turning it into wine, and Angel proposed a welcome banquet for the Kula Kuka.

Angel arranged a settlement for the Kula Kuka near the tea garden and told Leon that the Silkfolk craftsman Nano would be joining Pat Manor. Nano demonstrated that his self-produced silk was valuable and nearly enchanted in quality, leaving Leon to consider his abilities and worth.

• Angel and Leon chose fertile grassland beside the tea garden as the Kula Kuka's future settlement, and Mana brought Ku Miaomiao and the other Kula Kuka to inspect it.
• Leon told Angel he wanted to remain in Gelu Town for now because he still had responsibilities there.
• Angel summoned Nano from his spatial bracelet and introduced him to Leon as a Silkfolk craftsman with a difficult temper and questionable color sense.
• Jin Cancan praised Nano's tailoring while teasing him about his height and arguing with him over his color choices.
• Angel told Nano that Leon would decide the quality of his life, so Nano demonstrated his skill by weaving a meter of high-quality silk worth several magic crystals.

Leon welcomed Nano and the Kula Kuka into life at Pat Manor, while Yurika’s arrival at the moonlit banquet stirred memories of Hobson. Angel began his promised surprise, conjuring a vast, glowing lake of water in the sky.

• Leon discovered that Nano’s silk was worth over a thousand gold coins, but Nano dyed it fluorescent green and tried to make Leon a hat from it.
• Leon let Head Maid Mana take Nano and asked the Kula Kuka to help keep his silk-making under control.
• Ku Miaomiao told Leon that the Kula Kuka had chosen to build their village at Pat Manor, and Angel approved their plans to use high-rise buildings.
• At the nighttime banquet, the Kula Kuka won the guests’ welcome, but Yurika’s appearance silenced the crowd and reminded her of Hobson.
• Angel announced a gift for everyone, then made a crescent-shaped bottle vanish and spread its contents into a glowing lake in the sky.

Angel's Moonlight Praise spread across Gelu Town, healing ailments and easing worries before he revealed a mysterious golden sapling and enchanted flowers at Pat Manor. The banquet remained underway as the guests wondered about Angel's unusual plants.

• Angel sent moonlit motes across Gelu Town, where Parsha and other residents found their ailments and worries lifted, and Dim's daughter reported that her mother's injured hand had healed.
• The motes nourished Jon in his coffin and benefited the manor guests; Yurika recognized the effect as Moonlight Praise and was surprised Angel had used the costly potion on mortals.
• Leon gained a clearer mind and improved health, while Duru left the banquet to attempt cultivating the Guidance Method.
• Angel announced another Easter egg, planted a golden sapling in the mountain hollow, and used Heart of Plants to grow it and the seeds he scattered into brilliant, fragrant flowers.
• Yurika failed to recognize the sapling or flowers, and Aoli asked Angel what they were.

At Pat Manor, Angel shared milk sap from Gloria’s magical plants with the women at the banquet, while Yurika recognized the plants and questioned Angel about his connection to Gloria. After the guests celebrated, Angel visited Jon’s coffin and retrieved a Soft-State Worm Nest because he needed the Dreamweaver Ant inside it.

• Jin Cancan explained the Milkfruit Tree and its flowers, and Angel arranged for the women present to share the limited sap.
• Aoli drank cocoa-flavored milk sap, loved it, and learned from Jin Cancan that other combinations tasted even better.
• Yurika tasted the sap and a flower, identified them as culinary magical plants cultivated by Gloria, and left after remarking that Angel had more secrets than she had imagined.
• After the banquet, Angel visited Jon in the ice chamber and promised to let him see the wonders of the world once he was alive again.
• Angel took a Soft-State Worm Nest from his bracelet, intending to retrieve the Dreamweaver Ant that had taken over its nest.

Angel placed a Dreamweaver Ant beside Jon to weave him sweet dreams, then left a scouting puppet to monitor the ice chamber. Back in his room, Angel planned to search for other ways to save Jon and took out the Soft-State Worm nest.

• Angel found that the Dreamweaver Ant had been sleeping in the Soft-State Worm nest with Soft-State Worm eggs soaking in Axo's essence blood, and suspected it had killed a larva.
• Angel moved the Dreamweaver Ant to Jon's bedside, promised it a weekly drop of Axo's essence blood, and asked it to give Jon dreams.
• The Dreamweaver Ant touched Jon's forehead with its white antenna and then returned to its nest to sleep beside a drop of essence blood.
• Angel wondered whether Jon was dreaming of his family and resolved to study Frod's Entering Dreams cantrip so he could visit Jon's dreams.
• Angel left a scouting puppet over Jon's ice coffin, returned to his room, moved the sleeping Aoli to a nearby bed, and took out the Soft-State Worm nest to search for ways to save Jon.

Angel studied ways to extend Jon’s life while Leon sought his advice on handling the refugees flooding into Gelu Town. After learning that General Meng En had died in battle, Leon still insisted that Gelu Town would remain safe and continued with his plans.

• Angel soaked the Soft-State Worm eggs in Axo’s essence blood, then raised an illusion around them and sensed Yurika spying on him.
• Yurika and the red-haired doll discussed whether to capture or kill Angel, but Yurika noted his ties to the Phantom Demon Master and Savage Cave.
• Angel spent nearly half a month researching how to save Jon before Leon visited and asked for his help with Gelu Town’s refugees.
• Angel advised Leon on food shortages and refugee restraints, and Leon decided to make refugees repay fivefold before they could apply for civilian status.
• George told Leon that General Meng En had died at the North Oil Coast and asked whether Gelu Town should evacuate, but Leon ordered him to proceed as planned and promised the town would be safe.

After failing to find a way to save Jon in the Holographic Tablet, Angel turned to studying the Entering Dreams cantrip, but made little progress and emerged from seclusion to relax. He reunited with Toby and the Moon Bell Orchid Fairy, then encountered Leon and asked about the refugees.

• Angel let Aoli into his room, ate, and heard that the Kula Kuka village had taken shape while fewer refugees had recently been arriving in Gelu Town.
• Angel checked Tulas in the Church of the Dead, then continued studying Frod's Entering Dreams cantrip without managing to achieve lucid dreaming.
• A week later, Angel left his room and found the manor's residents and the Kula Kuka living harmoniously.
• Angel visited the Milkfruit Tree, played with Toby, and drank sap mixed with syrup flower offered by the Moon Bell Orchid Fairy.
• Leon returned from the vegetable fields, teased Angel about the white drink on his lips, and Angel asked whether Leon had been working on the refugee matter.

After General Meng En died and Yamei Province came under threat, Angel set up an illusion around Gelu Town to protect its residents. The war shifted when the Shannon royal family led a new army into the province, and Tavel Shannon arrived in Gelu Town seeking Viscount Pat.

• Leon told Angel that General Meng En had died and Yamei Province was already beginning to fall.
• Angel and Leon met with George and Jordan, and Angel agreed to create an illusion around Gelu Town so outsiders could not enter.
• Leon marked the illusion's boundary, and Angel warned the townspeople to stay inside once it was established.
• After news of Meng En's death reached Gelu Town, many refugees left, but the Golden Sparrow Empire rallied under the Shannon royal family and retook some ground.
• Tavel Shannon rode through Angel's illusion and asked Jordan to announce her to Viscount Pat.