Chapter Summaries

Angel resolved Jack Su’s theft attempt with an illusion, received a demon-repelling fragrance from Liana, and learned that Nausicaa’s dangerous bloodline fusion had succeeded. He remained set on traveling to the Abyss with Madeleine and ended the chapter relieved that Nausicaa was safe, though she had not yet returned.

• Angel used a Nightmare Illusion to make Jack Su believe he had stolen 160,000 demon crystals, then collected the crystals while Jack wandered through the Rose Garden.
• Liana arrived, praised Angel’s illusion, ended it, and warned Jack Su not to cause trouble again.
• Liana gave Angel Kunsha Flower Fragrance to protect him from demons and invited him to visit her for future studies and alchemy discussions.
• Liana asked Angel the name of the piano piece from David’s music box, and Angel told her it was “Piano Piece for Alice by the composer.”
• Angel told David he planned to seek answers from his mentor in the Abyss, and David urged him to stay safe and return quickly.
• Angel read Nausicaa’s letter and learned that she had successfully fused the Nide Demon Bloodline but needed time to adapt before returning.

Angel returned to Savage Cave, received gifts from Liana and Iron Armor Granny, and tried to find Book Elder at Cloudtop Library to learn where Serum was. At Mushroom House, he learned that Captain Beers was trying to reach him before he left for the Abyss, but Angel still did not know what Beers wanted.

• Angel visited Iron Armor Granny, who gave him a drop of healing water after he brought her Morning Dew After Rain tea.
• Angel rode a Vine Bus to Fallen Cloud Leaf Platform, then visited Cloudtop Library in hopes of finding Book Elder and asking about Serum, but left without seeing him.
• At Mushroom House, Angel told Frod that he planned to leave for the Abyss with the Frost Moon Alliance escort in two days.
• Frod said Rosam had contacted Captain Beers, who was heading to Savage Cave to meet Angel and trade information about Cassini.
• Angel wondered why Beers insisted on speaking with him in person and whether he had a hidden motive.

Arthur and Merlin, refugees stranded in the Abundance Kingdom, escaped the heat when a flying iceberg passed overhead and froze a vulture, giving them a chance to earn money. They met a wizard apprentice and his spirit, who explained that Merlin’s eyes had been taken because his birth made him gifted.

• Arthur and Merlin, fired from a bar and left without food or shelter, nearly died beneath the desert sun.
• A winged iceberg scattered ice crystals over them, cooled the town, and froze a carrion vulture that Arthur planned to sell.
• Merlin told Arthur that a many-eyed old man had gouged out his eyes five years earlier and transplanted them onto his own body.
• A boy and his spirit appeared, and the spirit explained that the boy was a wizard apprentice.
• The spirit said Merlin had been born gifted and that his unusual eyes had attracted other extraordinary beings.

Arthur and Merlin asked Pustin and Black Codex to guide them into the Wizarding World, agreeing to help add a law to the Dark Prison Codex in exchange. Meanwhile, Angel left Demon Illusion Island with Madeleine aboard the Gondola, beginning his journey toward the Abyss.

• Pustin explained that he and Black Codex were traveling to Pamiji Plateau, and Arthur warned them about the dangers in the Eternal Night Kingdom.
• Merlin asked Pustin and Black Codex to take him and Arthur as apprentices, while Arthur offered to pay Merlin’s price for him.
• Pustin agreed to guide them into the Wizarding World if they would help add a new law to his Dark Prison Codex, which Black Codex transformed into a book.
• Angel prepared to leave for the Abyss with Toby, reassured Butler Gude, and met Madeleine at his home.
• Madeleine told Angel that the Frost Moon Alliance escort team was nearing Savage Cave after visiting Western Mosa, then asked to ride his Gondola.
• Angel and Madeleine departed Demon Illusion Island, while a man in a panda mascot costume watched from the Sky Bridge and wondered if fate’s guidance had gone wrong.

Angel and Madeleine boarded Frostwing to join the Frost Moon Alliance’s supply convoy into the Abyss, where they observed the cargo inspection and met several wizards. As Frostwing departed Pamiji Plateau, Angel recalled seeing White Bear among those who had come to see them off.

• Madeleine led Angel onto Frostwing and introduced him to the wizards gathered at its summit, including Vifit, a well-connected wizard from Western Mosa.
• A seed of an Abyss Man-Eating Flower sprouted inside a laborer and swallowed another laborer; Frost Moon’s guard unit compensated Liana, and the flower was burned.
• Angel inspected the shipment’s Abyss materials, finding many inner-layer goods he could not identify before the exchange ended.
• Frostwing departed Pamiji Plateau slowly because spatial anomalies threatened the merging realms, while wizards and apprentices watched from below.
• Madeleine spoke with Angel about Frostwing and his Gondola, but Angel became distracted by the memory of seeing White Bear at their departure.

Angel discovered that White Bear's real name was Hobson Xilai and wondered whether he was related to Yurika, whose surname and past were tied to the Guman King. As Frostwing encountered expanding spatial rifts, Angel and the wizards fled into the air, but a new anomalous space spread across the ship's path.

• Angel found Hobson Xilai's signature on White Bear's note and connected the Xilai surname to Yurika.
• Madeleine warned Angel that Bloodstained Shadowthorn was tied to the Guman King's secrets and said Yurika's clan might have been exterminated by him.
• Angel wondered whether White Bear's family had been among the Guman King's victims, but set the question aside.
• A spatial rift opened behind Frostwing, and the Frost Moon guards accelerated the ship away from it.
• The guards learned that another rift lay ahead, so they slowed Frostwing while Madeleine carried Angel into the air.
• The first anomalous space attracted the new fissure, which expanded into a vast collapsed area directly in Frostwing's path.

Angel and Madeleine escaped the expanding anomalous space aboard the Frostwing and learned that Sinafa had rescued the vessel. As the wizards discussed the worsening situation in the Abyss, Vifit approached Angel and recognized him as the Music Box Sorcerer.

• The Frost Moon Alliance activated the Frostwing's spatial generator, creating a rift that linked and expanded the surrounding anomalous spaces.
• Sinafa manipulated attraction and repulsion to fling the Frostwing clear of danger, though the vessel landed damaged and had to halt for repairs.
• Angel recognized Sinafa as the Wild Witch, and Madeleine confirmed her identity and explained that she was a powerful second-level True-Knowledge Wizard.
• Madeleine told Angel she had bid on his music box at the Ancient Riverbank auction to investigate its possible connection to Gloria's technique, but she did not press him when he answered vaguely.
• Vifit approached Angel and asked whether he was the Music Box Sorcerer.

Vifit questioned Angel about the expanding Domes in the Eternal Night Kingdom and offered to trade for his information, but Angel refused. Beers arrived on Frostwing to meet Angel, leaving Vifit to suspect a connection between the two.

• Vifit recognized Angel as the Music Box Sorcerer and asked whether Lord Phantom Demon was making a major move in the Abyss.
• Vifit offered Angel a trade in exchange for his views on the changes in the Eternal Night Kingdom and cited Angel's suspicious actions in Sleepless City.
• Angel said he was unwilling to make the trade, and Madeleine clarified that he was refusing Vifit's offer.
• Beers arrived on Frostwing, greeted Angel, and exchanged surprised questions with Vifit.
• Vifit looked from Beers to Angel and began to suspect why Beers had come.

Vifit and Beers both tried to learn more about Angel, but Beers concealed his real interest behind a discussion of trading for a magic-pattern leather scroll. After Angel flew off with Beers to talk privately, Madeleine was left on the iceberg as other wizards began approaching her about Angel.

• Vifit suspected that Angel might be the alchemist connected to Cassini, while Beers wondered whether Vifit had discovered the same connection.
• Angel declined to discuss the Eternal Night Kingdom, explaining that his mentor had forbidden him to speak about what he saw in Sleepless City.
• Beers redirected Vifit's suspicions by revealing that Vifit owned the luck-increasing magic-pattern leather scroll Angel wanted, and Vifit offered to trade it for an item that blocked divination.
• Vifit left planning to contact Gauss and test whether Angel could resist divination, while Beers secretly told Angel he had another piece of news to share elsewhere.
• Angel flew away with Beers, and several wizards approached Madeleine to ask about Angel and invite him to Beacon Academy.

Beers told Angel that Cassini was the legendary Time Thief, who had marked Angel and many other powerful wizards. Angel returned to Frostwing and found that his growing fame had drawn a crowd of wizards eager to meet him.

• Beers warned Angel about the dangers of the Abyss and asked where he had heard the name Cassini, then revealed that Cassini was the Time Thief.
• Beers explained that Angel was likely marked by the Time Thief, warned him to keep the name secret, and cautioned him about Vifit and Gauss.
• Angel realized the Time Thief was the mysterious figure from his alchemical anomaly and learned that nearly a hundred people in the Southern Region might be marked, including Monchi and Sanders.
• Angel flew back to Frostwing, where he found wizards gathered around Madeleine and eagerly greeting him because of his reputation.

Angel escaped the wizards seeking his alchemy services by agreeing to help repair Frostwing, where he met an overworked alchemist and learned about his Alchemy Workshop. The alchemist gave Angel materials and blueprints to refine, and Angel began assisting with the repairs.

• Madeleine sheltered Angel in a Magic Cottage and warned him that his reputation could attract wizards seeking to exploit his skills.
• Maher asked Angel to help repair Frostwing’s damaged suspension bone, and Angel agreed because he was interested in biological alchemy and wanted to avoid the crowd.
• Maher brought Angel to a laboratory filled with aggressive biological alchemy creations, then left without explaining the work.
• A soot-covered fat man emerged from a hidden laboratory and identified Angel as the assistant Maher had found for him.
• The fat man explained that Frostwing needed extensive repairs before morning and showed Angel his biological and metallurgical Alchemy Workshops.
• The fat man handed Angel materials and blueprints and told him to begin refining them with the Fire Melting Method and Solidification Spell.

Angel quickly smelted and shaped Frostwing’s components, impressing Bruffin with his speed and precision. After Maher warned that the energy tide would soon recede, Angel agreed to help Bruffin accelerate the repairs, and their divided work brought most of the repairs to completion before one o’clock.

• Angel finished smelting and shaping all the components in about three hours, and Bruffin confirmed that they were exceptionally well made.
• Maher arrived and told Bruffin that Miss Sinafa needed Frostwing repaired within two hours so they could cross realms before the energy tide receded.
• Bruffin recognized Angel as the rumored Milk Baron, though Angel rejected the nickname and asked to be called by his name.
• Angel agreed to help Bruffin, who used a puppet avatar to coordinate their work while he handled the biological alchemy and Angel handled the metallurgical work.
• Angel and Bruffin completed the metallurgical repairs and most of the remaining work before one o’clock, leaving Bruffin to finish the biological alchemy repairs.

Angel watched Bruffin repair Frostwing with biological alchemy and learned about his Living Tentacles-based school. After Frostwing resumed its journey, Bruffin showed Angel his creations and took him to a bar, where they encountered Sinafa.

• Bruffin let Angel observe his biological alchemy workshop and explained that he used the Orag School, built on Living Tentacles.
• Bruffin completed Frostwing's repair, and Maher restarted the airship.
• Bruffin offered to show Angel his alchemical creations, then took him to the Frost Moon Bar for food and drink.
• Angel watched Bruffin eat and drink until his refined appearance swelled back into his former fat shape.
• Sinafa appeared at a neighboring table, teased Bruffin about his habits, and Bruffin retorted that she was no different.

Sinafa warned Bruffin to conceal his ongoing experiment and thanked Angel for helping with Bruffin’s repair. At Crownstar Cathedral’s Stargazing Day, Maya’s apprentice glimpsed a startling future image before collapsing, and Lapuye questioned whether his injury was truly caused by backlash.

• Sinafa warned Bruffin that watchers near the Baikal River could discover his experiment, then told Angel he could seek her help at the mountaintop.
• Maya led her apprentice into Lapuye’s Stargazing Hall for Stargazing Day, where six Observers began studying the Mystery of Starlight.
• As the star map shifted, Maya’s apprentice used its power to push through the mist in his vision and saw an image that shocked him.
• Maya’s apprentice coughed up blood and collapsed after exhausting himself, while Maya treated him.
• Shura warned Maya that her apprentice might be barred from future gatherings if he ignored the rules, but Lapuye said he did not believe the injury was backlash.

At Stargazing Day, Dodolo revealed through his reaction that he had seen a terrifying prophecy involving a white-robed young man, an Abyssal demon, and a figure marked by a spreading Green Pattern. The wizards then shared their observations, and Ivan began disclosing what he had learned about the missing strategic-grade object from Silver Palm Island.

• Lapuye questioned Dodolo, whose past the wizards could not see, and Maya explained that Dodolo had lost his earlier memories.
• Dodolo recalled visions of beacon fire, bloodshed, a white-robed young man, a terrifying demon, and a glowing Green Pattern, but Lapuye warned him not to reveal what might be dangerous prophecy.
• Shura reported that an immense opportunity would emerge on Pamiji Plateau during the fusion of two worlds, but he had not found the passage to the subsidiary plane.
• Ivan mocked Shura and began sharing information about the mysterious strategic-grade object lost on Silver Palm Island, leaving the assembled wizards eager to hear more.

At Stargazing Day, the Observers exchanged uncertain clues about the mysterious object, a world-changing creation, and the spreading Demon God's Shadow, while Lapuye warned of dangers involving the Eternal Night Kingdom and the Fairy Tale World. Afterward, Gauss told Lapuye that Angel was almost certainly marked by Time Thief and might know details about the Eternal Night Kingdom's changes.

• Ivan revealed that his divination suggested the mysterious object was not in human hands, and Shura argued that evidence from Silver Palm Island pointed to a human being involved.
• Lapuye proposed that a human might have placed the object on a nonhuman creature, while Ivan described the creature only through impressions of greed, madness, darkness, and dampness.
• Asethos said a creation capable of changing the Wizarding World was being born and warned that the shadow overhead would soon cover them completely.
• Lapuye warned that the Eternal Night Kingdom and the Fairy Tale World could bring a greater disaster than the Demon God's Shadow.
• Maya returned with Dodolo, who remained silent and troubled by what he had seen during Stargazing Day.
• Gauss told Lapuye that Angel was almost certainly marked by Time Thief, could block divination with an alchemical item, and might know details about the changes in the Eternal Night Kingdom.

Angel woke in Bruffin’s laboratory after escaping an apparent attempt to experiment on him, then fled when a strange melody sounded again. He reached Boundary Island in Baikal Long Sea, where Madeleine warned him about Bruffin and explained that an Eye of Inspection from the Extreme Sect had examined him.

• Angel awakened on Bruffin’s operating table and confronted Bruffin, who denied trying to experiment on him.
• Angel recalled falling asleep after a melody came from Bruffin’s mysterious specimen compartment and left the Alchemy Workshop when the melody sounded again.
• A series of thirteen bell chimes eased Angel’s dizziness as he escaped the iceberg and discovered Frostwing circling an island in Baikal Long Sea.
• Madeleine appeared, examined Angel, and advised him to avoid Bruffin after hearing what had happened.
• Madeleine led Angel to Boundary Island, where an Eye of Inspection from the Extreme Sect examined him.

Angel learned that the Extreme Sect used the Eye of Inspection and Exorcising Sound to detect and destroy otherworldly creatures at Boundary Island. After an inspection revealed a creature aboard the Frostwing, a black-robed bishop flew toward the ship, while Sinafa and Bruffin realized the hidden creature in Bruffin’s chamber had also been detected.

• Madeleine explained that the Extreme Sect monitored Boundary Island to suppress otherworldly creatures, and Vifit described how the Exorcising Sound could kill them.
• Angel watched a black-robed bishop forcibly inspect a wizard’s bracelet and crush the otherworldly fairies found inside, which made him worry about Jon.
• The Eye of Inspection revealed an otherworldly creature aboard the Frostwing, and the black-robed bishop headed toward the ship.
• Sinafa confronted Bruffin over his treatment of Angel and learned that he had used the Spell-Breaking Eye to inspect Angel’s strange Green Pattern.
• The Eye of Inspection detected the creature hidden in Bruffin’s chamber, and Sinafa agreed to help Bruffin one more time.

After the Extreme Sect’s inspection of Frostwing ended, Madeleine and Angel reached Abyssal Confluence as the cross-realm passage to the Abyss prepared to open. Sinafa contacted Laftina and learned that Cinder Rock was under attack and could hold for less than half a day.

• Madeleine and Angel visited Abyssal Confluence Market, where Madeleine bought a demon-repelling hooded dress before they joined the crowd gathering to see the travelers off.
• Bruffin approached Angel to ask for his help with an experiment, but Angel refused and said he would prioritize making a breakthrough.
• Sinafa gave the wizard apprentices a final chance to leave for the Abyss, but none withdrew.
• Sinafa contacted Laftina, who reported that the Sickle-Wielding Blood Demon and its forces had attacked Cinder Rock three times after capturing an apprentice from Gravity Forest.
• Laftina said Cinder Rock could hold for less than half a day, so Sinafa ordered her to light the positioning beacon and warned the travelers to prepare for a hard battle.

Angel and Madeleine crossed the interworld passage into the Abyss after Sinafa opened it, leaving Cinder Rock’s threatened fate behind. Angel found the Abyss scorched and hostile, and he and Madeleine headed toward the gathered travelers.

• Madeleine explained that Cinder Rock had been discovered and might eventually fall, while Angel learned that Laftina served as the beacon connecting to the Abyss.
• Sinafa located the beacon and opened a vortex passage as the Frost Moon Guard raised a protective membrane and the travelers began crossing worlds.
• Madeleine flew into the vortex, and Angel followed after reflecting on the danger and uncertainty of the journey.
• Angel emerged in the Abyss, where he found a dim, scorched landscape and felt the world’s rejection and violent ambient energy.
• Madeleine explained how the Abyss affected wizards and told Angel to conserve his energy before pointing him toward Sinafa, Laftina, and the other travelers.