Chapter Summaries

Angel learned that Serum had returned safely, fused with the Azure Bloodline, awakened an incomplete Sage Body, and left for Sky Mechanical City to seek New Star qualification. As Angel heard that Nausicaa might also enter the tournament and David had been ordered to participate, he considered visiting Sky Mechanical City himself after settling his other obligations.

• Angel learned from David and Baruba that Serum had returned safely, succeeded in fusing with the Azure Bloodline, and awakened an incomplete Sage Body.
• David told Angel that Serum had awakened his thick-covered book into a spirit, then revealed that Serum had left for Sky Mechanical City to challenge the Infinite Battle Tower and obtain New Star qualification.
• David explained that the New Star Tournament offered qualified apprentices access to the Endless Corridor for a centennial, and said Lady Liana had ordered him to compete.
• Angel learned that Serum had rescued Merlin and Arthur, while Nausicaa had recently asked Shan about the New Star Tournament.
• Angel considered visiting Sky Mechanical City after resolving matters involving Jon and Toby, and using his Research Institute access card.

Angel bought materials to breed non-offensive magical insects, then returned to Demon Illusion Island, where Sanders told him they would leave the following night. Meanwhile, Glen arrived at Savage Cave hoping to meet and challenge Angel, but learned that Angel had already left the alchemy shop.

• Angel told David he did not know whether Monchi's plan in the Abyss had succeeded, and said Mirror magazine would eventually report on it.
• Angel bought magical materials for breeding insects, and David revealed that the vicious Newcomer Butcher in Sky Tower was Feng Man, one of Angel's Gifted.
• Angel warned David to avoid Feng Man and Gu Yina, then left the underground market and returned to Demon Illusion Island.
• Glen went to Promi Alchemy Shop seeking Angel, whom he both admired and wanted to defeat, but learned Angel had already left with Sanders.
• Angel meditated and worked on the Door Model before Sanders told him they would leave the next night and that Dodolo would visit in the morning.
• Sanders reported that Constant Shards were not readily available yet, so Angel set aside his plan to obtain them for Vifit's luck-enhancing magic-patterned leather scroll.

Angel brought a mysterious parchment to Sanders, who suspected it contained the Starfrost Meditation Method and took him to Iron Armor Granny to break its cipher. The method was confirmed and recorded, and Angel also received ownership of No. 13 Otherworldly Laboratory before Sanders warned him to keep the method’s origin secret when teaching it to Leon.

• Angel showed Sanders a parchment from Wodell that had belonged to Puxiao, and Sanders suspected it contained the Starfrost Meditation Method.
• Sanders took Angel to Iron Armor Granny at the Source of Flow, where she offered to decipher the parchment slowly or destroy the cipher quickly.
• Angel chose the quick method, and Iron Armor Granny burned away the cipher; Angel recorded the complete Starfrost Meditation Method before the parchment vanished.
• Angel thanked Iron Armor Granny, who gave him the ownership certificate for No. 13 Otherworldly Laboratory as a benefit of his core-member status.
• On the way back to Demon Illusion Island, Sanders warned Angel to keep the Starfrost Meditation Method’s existence secret if he taught it to anyone, and Angel planned to give it to Leon.

Dodolo and Hobson were allowed onto Demon Illusion Island to visit Angel, who asked Hobson about his family surname, Xilai. Angel then took Hobson aside and showed him a yellowed White Bear Plush, leaving the reason for his interest unresolved.

• Dodolo and Hobson reached Demon Illusion Island after a shadow servant confirmed that Angel had permitted them to enter.
• Angel greeted Dodolo and invited both visitors into the manor after asking Hobson whether Xilai was his family surname.
• In the hall, Dodolo noticed a thin, hooded figure in gray robes and stared at him with puzzlement.
• Angel took Hobson to the second-floor terrace and asked if he knew why Angel had called him aside.
• Angel took a slightly yellowed White Bear Plush from his bracelet.

Angel realized White Bear might be related to Yurika, the Bloodstained Shadowthorn, after finding her clan name on a magical-material order and seeing a portrait hidden in White Bear’s plush. Unsure whether to help White Bear find her, Angel sought Sanders’s advice, then thought Dodolo’s foresight might offer guidance and returned to the hall.

• Angel showed White Bear a portrait from the plush, and White Bear confirmed the boy was him but could not identify the woman beside him.
• White Bear told Angel that his memories from before age eight had been erased and that his aunt’s family had been killed when he was seventeen.
• Angel revealed that he had encountered a woman who ordered materials under the name Xilai and was strongly connected to the Guman Kingdom, leading White Bear to hope she was his kin.
• Angel told Sanders about White Bear, and Sanders said Angel was the one qualified to decide whether to help him meet Yurika.
• White Bear tried to use Fate Guidance but appeared unable to obtain a prophecy, so Angel returned to the hall to ask Dodolo for help and found him facing an agitated Bobota.

Angel arranged a meeting between Dodolo and Bobota, who discovered they were distant relatives from the Origin-Worshiping Clan but clashed over Bobota’s obsession with reviving his people. Angel ended the confrontation without asking Dodolo to inherit that burden, then turned to Dodolo for help confirming something as White Bear waited anxiously.

• Dodolo sensed a blood connection to Bobota and guessed that Bobota was one of his descendants.
• Angel confirmed that Bobota belonged to the Origin-Worshiping Clan, but Dodolo said he had little interest in his clansmen.
• Bobota confronted Dodolo for his indifference, then despaired when Dodolo questioned whether Bobota’s sacrifices had helped the clan.
• Angel said he would honor his promise to Bobota but would not require Dodolo to take on Bobota’s obsession, and Sanders sent Bobota into the Gravity Garden.
• Dodolo revealed that he had seen scenes of Bobota’s actions and asked why Angel and Bobota had reunited; Angel said he would understand in a few days.
• Angel noticed White Bear’s anxious expression and asked Dodolo to help confirm something.

Dodolo’s prophecy revealed strange scenes of Yurika and Pat Manor, prompting Angel to suspect an old rumor about Yurika’s red eyes was true. Angel asked Sanders to take him back to the Old Earth Continent so he could investigate.

• Dodolo used the White Bear Plush to seek the truth, but he could not interpret the strange energy obscuring it.
• Dodolo sent Angel fragmented visions through Mind Tether, while White Bear was left out of the connection.
• Angel recognized three disturbing scenes: Yurika standing in blood inside Jon’s stilt house, Yurika on its roof with red eyes, and Pat Manor covered in a bloody glow.
• Angel recalled a Kula Kuka girl’s rumor that Yurika’s eyes had once turned red and her expression had become frightening.
• Angel entered the Dream Wilderness using the Geometric Lock, then told Sanders he wanted to return to the Old Earth Continent at once.

Angel learned from Frod that his brother Leon had used the hidden Dream Wilderness communicator to report that Yurika had gone mad, and he prepared to return to Pat Manor with Sanders. The chapter leaves Angel considering whether the White Bear Plush could help restore Yurika’s mind.

• After seeing Dodolo’s images of Yurika standing over blood, Angel entered the Dream Wilderness to find out whether Leon had used the communicator he had left him.
• Angel found Frod in Skyvault Tower, and Frod confirmed that Leon had visited Firstheart City about half a month earlier.
• Frod recounted that Leon said Mentor Xius had temporarily subdued Yurika but might soon be unable to contain her, and that Leon had returned to reality after speaking with Jon.
• Angel told Frod to abandon his journey toward the Old Earth Continent and return to the Revelation Continent, then told Sanders what Leon had reported.
• Sanders agreed to leave with Angel for Pat Manor, while Angel considered whether the White Bear Plush could call Yurika’s mind back.

Angel, Sanders, and White Bear traveled to Gelu Town to investigate Yurika’s uncontrollable madness and the strange bloodlight surrounding Pat Manor. They found the town apparently unaffected, but the bloodlight remained visible as they approached their destination.

• Angel brought White Bear with him after Dodolo’s visions connected Yurika to White Bear’s choice.
• Sanders explained that spiritual injuries could make a wizard vulnerable to mental shocks, prompting Angel to suspect he had overlooked an incident at Pat Manor.
• The group saw a bloodlight over Gelu Town, which Sanders thought might be the projection of a seal.
• Angel saw a shepherd tending winter sheep and concluded that Gelu Town’s residents had not yet been affected.
• Angel, Sanders, and White Bear passed the sleeping Jordan at the sentry post and entered the quiet, snow-covered town.

Angel, Sanders, and White Bear reached the darkened Pat Manor, where they learned from Parsha and Jin Cancan that Yurika had gone mad and attacked the household. As a red flash appeared inside the manor, Sanders sensed that she was coming.

• Parsha spotted three people passing through Gelu Town and set out with Jin Cancan to check whether one of them was Angel.
• Angel and Sanders found signs of a recent fight outside Pat Manor and saw that its usually bright lights were out.
• Parsha and Jin Cancan caught up with Angel, and Jin Cancan warned him that Yurika had attacked the servants and nearly killed Leon.
• Jin Cancan explained that Xius had subdued Yurika and that the Viscount had sent most people away, but warned that the manor was especially dangerous at night.
• Angel decided to enter the manor, and Sanders sensed Yurika approaching as a red flash appeared inside.

Angel and Sanders reached the manor, where Leon warned them that Yurika was attacking inside a one-way sealing circle. Angel confronted Yurika and matched her strength, though White Bear judged that Angel’s weaker combat skills left him at a disadvantage.

• Yurika appeared at the manor, and Jin Cancan identified her as Lady Yurika.
• Leon called to Angel from the watchtower and warned him not to enter the blood-red sealing circle.
• Yurika attacked Leon, but Angel knocked her away before she could reach him.
• Angel dodged Yurika’s next strike and charged into a head-on battle with her.
• Sanders reassured Jin Cancan, while White Bear observed that Angel’s strength rivaled Yurika’s despite his lack of combat skill.

Angel fought Yurika inside the bloodlight sealing circle, using illusions to turn the battle in his favor after she appeared to kill him. The fight remained unresolved when Xius arrived and warned Angel about the crown in Yurika’s hand.

• Yurika overpowered Angel and seemed to split him in two with her serrated whips, leaving Leon, Jin Cancan, and Parsha devastated.
• White Bear told Jin Cancan to keep watching, and Angel appeared behind Yurika and knocked her into the ground.
• Angel repeatedly used illusions to make Yurika misjudge his position, gradually gaining the upper hand in their exchanges.
• Sanders wondered why Yurika seemed weaker than expected, while Yurika grew more enraged and revealed an object in her palm.
• Xius arrived and urged Angel to retreat, then reminded him to look at the exquisite crown in Yurika’s hand.

Yurika used the Crimson Sovereignty against Angel, drawing him into a vision of the Fallen Abyss where a shadow tried to corrupt and drag him in. Angel awakened in Pat Manor beside Sanders, who explained that Angel had resisted the crown’s effect just in time.

• Yurika unleashed a beam of red light from the Crimson Sovereignty, and Angel fell unconscious.
• Angel saw his family and friends dead in the Fallen Abyss and confronted a sinister phantom that looked like him.
• Angel’s Green Patterns revealed the phantom’s true form, while a doll’s tide of resentment held it back.
• A voice called Angel toward a door of light, and he woke in his room at Pat Manor beside Sanders.
• Angel recalled activating his right eye after a Mind Gospel swept through his mind, and Sanders warned him about facing unknown mysterious objects.

Angel recovered after being caught in the Crimson Sovereignty’s red light, while White Bear Hobson learned that Yurika might be his relative and rushed to find her. Sanders explained that Yurika had escaped to Exile Space, then asked Angel to describe his experience in the Fallen Abyss so they could investigate the Crimson Sovereignty.

• White Bear Hobson recognized Yurika as a possible relative and left to seek answers, but Sanders said she had escaped with Xius to Exile Space.
• Angel learned that White Bear’s presence had caused Yurika to flee when Sanders entered the sealing circle.
• Leon told Angel that Yurika had gone mad after red light appeared at her stilt house about half a month earlier.
• Angel and Sanders considered whether the Crimson Sovereignty’s red light had caused Yurika’s madness and Angel’s own experience.
• Sanders asked Angel to recount what he had experienced in the Fallen Abyss.

Angel learned that his ordeal had been a false experience created to drag his consciousness into the real Fallen Abyss, and Sanders had saved him by balancing its negative energy with the Grudge Doll’s resentment. Leon then led Angel and Sanders to Old Pat’s wine cellar, where Leon said the answer about the Crimson Sovereignty’s red light awaited them.

• Sanders explained that only the Fallen Abyss was real in Angel’s experience and that he had used the Grudge Doll’s resentment to awaken Angel.
• Sanders said Angel’s mask had helped save him from the Crimson Sovereignty, and Angel considered testing its defensive power.
• Leon said he might know what the Crimson Sovereignty’s red light did.
• Angel, Leon, and Sanders walked through the neglected Pat Manor, where Angel saw signs of the recent upheaval and remembered the servants he had cared about.
• Leon led Angel and Sanders to Old Pat’s wine cellar, recalled how Angel had been locked inside as a child, and said the answer about the red light was behind the door.

Angel, Leon, and Sanders discovered that the manor’s servants had been transformed by Crimson Sovereignty into living but effectively dead, bloodthirsty beings who could not be saved. Sanders investigated the corruption’s effects, and Angel connected the artifact to its true owner before asking Leon about Jon, Aoli, and Head Maid Mana.

• Leon showed Angel and Sanders the manor servants trapped in the underground wine cellar, where they reacted to living people with violent hunger.
• Leon explained that the red light had corrupted the servants half a month earlier and that they had refused all food, including blood.
• Sanders explained that Crimson Sovereignty’s energy sustained the servants’ activity, but removing it would kill them, and asked Leon about their behavior after the corruption.
• Leon recalled that the servants had followed Lady Yurika wherever she went, prompting Sanders to consider whether Crimson Sovereignty had marked or controlled their souls.
• Angel revealed that Crimson Sovereignty’s Blood Source Reversion array was still operating, indicating that Yurika was not its true owner, and the group concluded they needed answers from Xius.
• Angel learned that Jon was safe behind Xius’s barrier with Subi watching over him, then asked Leon about Aoli and Head Maid Mana.

Angel saw that Head Maid Mana and Aoli had been devastated by the red light and went with Sanders and Leon to find Lord Xius. On the Cloud Soil, Sanders discovered Mether's Tears and used Whirlwind to locate Exile Space, bringing Xius back to Pat Manor.

• Angel found Head Maid Mana gaunt and vacant, learned Aoli was in the same condition, and decided not to see her before seeking Lord Xius.
• Angel, Sanders, and Leon flew to the Cloud Soil, where White Bear Hobson searched for Yurika with divination while Sanders examined Mether.
• Sanders explained that Mether's Tears fell from sorrow or joy, and Angel realized the many beads marked the deaths and bloodshed at Pat Manor.
• Sanders sent his elemental lifeform Whirlwind to find Exile Space and deliver a message, and Whirlwind returned with a gate.
• Xius stepped through the gate, while Whirlwind complained to Sanders that Edge Island was suffocating.

Xius explained how Yurika’s use of Crimson Sovereignty led to the massacre at Pat Manor, while Angel blamed him for failing to restrain her. Sanders questioned how the artifact affected both Yurika and the servants, and Xius revealed that Yurika had fused it into her body, leaving him unable to remove it.

• Xius arrived at Pat Manor, confirmed Angel was unharmed, and met with Sanders and the others in the castle hall.
• Xius recounted how Yurika suddenly released Crimson Sovereignty, attacked Leon, and was subdued and sealed by Xius while the affected servants were locked in the wine cellar.
• Angel accused Xius of ignoring Yurika’s worsening condition and failing to restrict her, but Sanders calmed Angel before questioning Xius.
• Xius said Crimson Sovereignty confused people’s minds, though he could not explain why Yurika’s changes had begun gradually before she used it.
• Xius revealed that Yurika had taken Crimson Sovereignty from inside her body because she had fused the artifact into herself.

Angel, Sanders, Xius, and White Bear debated whether Crimson Sovereignty’s hidden master had altered its effects and caused Yurika’s madness. They planned to use White Bear’s connection to Yurika to question her, but Angel first demanded to know whether the affected ordinary people could be cured.

• Angel suggested that Crimson Sovereignty, rather than Yurika, might be controlling its servants, and raised the possibility that its true master was behind the changes.
• White Bear proposed that the person named in Crimson Sovereignty’s Blood Source Reversion array could be its hidden master, and Xius agreed that this person might have altered the artifact’s effects.
• Angel explained that he had sought the master’s blood information, but Xius revealed that he had entrusted it to Yurika, leaving them without an easy way to identify the master.
• Sanders proposed speaking directly with Yurika, and Xius believed White Bear might reach her through their connection and memories of him.
• Xius prepared to take White Bear to Yurika, but Angel stopped him and asked whether the ordinary people affected by Crimson Sovereignty could be cured.

At Night Whisper Forest’s headquarters in Genoa, Tong the Witch told Liwita that Angel had survived the Abyss and returned to Savage Cave. Liwita abandoned her planned report about Angel’s death and set out to obtain the story before Savage Cave’s internal publication Mirror released it.

• Tong the Witch arrived at Firefly Capital Night Talk’s headquarters, where Liwita teased her about the Flower King's Tears fragrance.
• Tong the Witch told Liwita that Liana had said Angel returned from the Abyss with Lord Phantom Demon and had since left again with him.
• Liwita realized Angel was alive and that her planned feature report, Fallen Star, was obsolete.
• Tong the Witch explained that Angel had told the Tree Spirit and many wizards what happened in the Abyss, and that Mirror would publish the account in its next issue.
• Liwita decided to seek early publication rights from Wallace and opened a Planar Corridor to leave.