Chapter Summaries

Little Curly approached Firstheart City to demonstrate the Dream Plant Fairies’ strength, but Knight Sabel’s monstrous appearance and imposing aura terrified him into fleeing. Angel watched the failed first encounter and noticed another Dream Plant Fairy approaching the city from the south.

• Little Curly flew toward Knight Sabel on the watchtower, expecting to face a powerful human and establish his might.
• Sabel’s transformed body and oppressive aura frightened Little Curly until he cried.
• Sabel approached and questioned Little Curly, but neither could understand the other’s language.
• Little Curly’s tears caused dark-green brambles to grow, then he fled toward the forest and Mother Tree.
• Angel witnessed Little Curly’s retreat and spotted another Dream Plant Fairy approaching from south of Firstheart City.

A Dream Plant Fairy covered the Ocean Theater in vines, then was captivated by Frafiel’s singing and entered to listen. Yada and Jon discovered her during Frafiel’s rehearsal, leaving the theater’s humans face-to-face with a possible foreign race.

• Sunny and Yada went inside the Ocean Theater after hearing Frafiel sing, while the Dream Plant Fairy remained hidden on the balcony.
• The Dream Plant Fairy used her song to grow vines over the Ocean Theater, then flew away intending to report back to her king.
• Frafiel sang the first movement of "Sea of Prayer" while Jon accompanied her, and the Dream Plant Fairy returned after hearing the music.
• Yada noticed the Dream Plant Fairy beside him and called out, interrupting Frafiel’s rehearsal.
• Jon spotted the Dream Plant Fairy and wondered whether she was a foreign race.

A Dream Plant Fairy appeared in the theater and tried to communicate with Frafiel, who recognized her from a dream. The fairy gave Frafiel a rose and hummed “Sea of Prayer,” hoping she would sing again.

• Jon and the others noticed the miniature girl and discovered climbing vines covering the balcony.
• The Dream Plant Fairy asked Frafiel to keep singing, but the humans could not understand her words.
• Angel explained to Jon that the fairy meant Frafiel no harm, and Jon stopped Yada from rushing to the stage.
• The fairy flew to Frafiel and placed a red rose in her hair, startling Frafiel and the others.
• The fairy hummed “Sea of Prayer” and looked pleadingly at Frafiel, who understood that she wanted her to sing again.

Frafiel continued singing “Sea of Prayer,” drawing Sunny, Yada, and the Dream Plant Fairy into its tragic story. During the performance, the tiny girl summoned a tree projection, and twelve figures of different races gathered around her; the song ended with the fisher couple receiving the Goddess of the Sea’s blessing.

• Jon approved Frafiel continuing the song, and she began the sorrowful second passage, “Hearing the Tragic News.”
• Frafiel’s performance moved the Dream Plant Fairy and left the tiny girl in tears, while Yada realized the music had communicated its meaning without words.
• As the third passage, “Song of the Sea Demon,” began, the tiny girl summoned a tree projection and then put it away.
• After the third passage ended, Yada discovered that twelve figures of different races had gathered around the tiny girl.
• Frafiel sang “Tragic Reunion” and “Goddess’s Blessing,” bringing “Sea of Prayer” to its conclusion.

Frafiel’s performance of “Sea of Prayer” caused a Dream Plant Fairy to bloom, a moment Jon explained represented coming of age in their civilization. Angel and Frod wondered whether Frafiel’s music and possible compatibility with the “Tree Civilization” authority were connected.

• After “Sea of Prayer” ended, Frafiel noticed twelve foreign races gathered around her, creaking with joy.
• A blue light revealed that the blue-clad Dream Plant Fairy had grown a glowing flower, and the gathered fairies celebrated by singing the final passage of “Sea of Prayer.”
• Sunny suggested the blooming carried special significance, and Jon explained that it represented growth and coming of age for the Dream Plant Fairies.
• The Dream Plant Fairies thanked Frafiel, and the blue-clad girl bowed to her and kissed her forehead.
• Angel showed Meng Lu and Frod the events at Ocean Theater through Mirage Illusion, and Frod speculated that Frafiel’s music might be connected to her compatibility with the “Tree Civilization” authority.

Angel discovered that the Dream Plant Fairies were linked through the Mother Tree Network, which let them send messages and summon nearby members. He arranged for the fairies to help plan Firstheart City’s overgrown green spaces in exchange for another performance, and Jon agreed to continue the music.

• Angel studied the Mother Tree and learned that Tree Projections formed a network connecting Dream Plant Fairies and allowing them to exchange information.
• Frod asked Angel whether the Sin-Hunting Group should guard the Ocean Theater, but Angel told him to have them patrol the city while he watched the theater.
• Angel asked City Lord Meng Lu to arrange for the Planning Department to wait outside the Ocean Theater after the fog cleared.
• Angel projected an illusion of humans and Dream Plant Fairies working together to restore Firstheart City, and Jon offered another performance if the fairies helped plan the city’s greenery.
• The Dream Plant Fairies accepted Jon’s condition, and Jon invited Frafiel to continue performing as a celebration of Firstheart City’s transformation.

After a brief green mist brought real plants to Firstheart City, residents demanded answers, and Meng Lu promised the City Planning Department would explain that afternoon. Angel and Jon discussed the political unrest and the need for an official newspaper before Angel revealed he had come to discuss the Mother Tree Network.

• A green mist vanished, leaving real vines and other plants throughout Firstheart City, and residents celebrated while demanding to know how they had appeared.
• Meng Lu told the residents that the City Planning Department would provide the truth that afternoon, while her staff insisted the plants were harmless.
• Angel and Jon observed the crowd at Skyvault Tower and concluded that Aelonia or Genila might be manipulating public opinion against Meng Lu.
• Jon proposed establishing an official newspaper to improve information channels and educate residents about Sin Demons and Dream Plant Fairies.
• Angel told Jon that he wanted to discuss the Mother Tree Network as a means of transmitting information instantly.

Jon agreed to study the Mother Tree Network and learned to access it through a branch of the Civilization Mother Tree. After entering, he explored its nodes and overheard Dream Plant Fairies discussing humans and a garden.

• Angel described the Mother Tree Network to Jon, who enthusiastically agreed to research it despite his other projects.
• Angel showed Jon a branch of the Civilization Mother Tree and explained that it could let humans access the network.
• Following Angel's instructions, Jon used the branch to enter the Mother Tree Network's sandbox-like space.
• Jon sensed the network's active and offline nodes and found two nearby Dream Plant Fairies communicating.
• Jon listened as the Dream Plant Fairies praised a human singer and admired a small garden while complaining about the limited variety of flowers.

Jon discovered that he could understand the Dream Plant Fairies' consciousness-based conversation in the Mother Tree Network, but fled when they noticed him. After leaving the network, he told Angel that it had great potential but lacked privacy, convenient access, and a well-developed communication community.

• Jon understood the Dream Plant Fairies' conversation through their consciousness fluctuations and realized he had been eavesdropping.
• The Dream Plant Fairies noticed Jon's point of light and invited him to join them, but Jon returned to the sandbox without replying.
• The Dream Plant Fairies wondered whether the point of light had belonged to Little Curly, then turned their attention back to completing the human city's green spaces and finding the human who sang.
• Jon left the Mother Tree Network and told Angel that its consciousness-based communication was promising.
• Jon pointed out that entering the network was too complicated, its interface could be improved, and users could reveal their locations and overhear conversations.
• Jon concluded that the Mother Tree Network's greatest weakness was its lack of a sound network environment and communication community.

Angel and Jon discussed the Mother Tree Network’s limited functions and planned to recruit extraordinary individuals to develop it. Angel also explained that Dream Wilderness might soon gain an energy system, though its power would initially be unsuitable for cultivation, and left Jon wondering whether it might someday affect reality.

• Angel decided Jon could lead the Mother Tree Network’s development and said he would bring extraordinary individuals into Dream Wilderness for Jon to select as collaborators.
• Jon agreed that developing the network required many minds and asked whether extraordinary power could be used in Dream Wilderness.
• Angel said Dream Wilderness would soon gain an energy system, but warned Jon that its power would likely support research rather than cultivation.
• Angel suggested that Dream Wilderness’s power might someday affect reality, and Jon teased him for aiming beyond the Miracle rank while taking pride in his ambition.

After revealing the Dream Plant Fairies to Firstheart City, Angel considered how to find trustworthy researchers for the Mother Tree Network and then traveled to Windmill Town. He went to consult Sanders because Bobota was expected to die soon, and the death might attract a Demon God’s attention.

• Meng Lu quieted the crowd outside Skyvault Tower and revealed the Dream Plant Fairies to the citizens.
• Angel left the Dream Wilderness, deciding he did not need to watch Meng Lu handle the public response.
• Angel struggled to find trustworthy people to help research the Mother Tree Network and postponed deciding whether to train apprentices.
• After contemplating until morning, Angel left the ruins and traveled through the chasm to Windmill Town.
• Angel headed to find Sanders to eliminate traces that might let a Demon God discover them when Bobota died.

Angel met Sanders in Windmill Town to arrange Bobota’s final journey in Sin World, where the world consciousness could hinder a Demon God’s probing. During their trip through a Planar Corridor, Sanders revealed that his chance of successfully bearing the authority to construct an energy system was about eighty percent and said he would attempt it after Bobota’s matter was settled.

• Angel told Sanders that Bobota was expected to die that day, so Sanders appeared in person.
• Sanders opened a Planar Corridor to Sin World, explaining that its world consciousness could weaken a Demon God investigating Bobota.
• Angel and Sanders traveled through the corridor toward Sin World.
• Sanders told Angel that his formula gave him an eighty percent chance of bearing the authority successfully.
• Sanders decided to attempt bearing the authority after they settled Bobota’s matter.

Angel and Sanders discussed the Mother Tree Network and the coming Stargazing Day, then Sanders made Angel pay the materials needed to open a passage to Sin World. They continued toward Sin World with Sanders holding the payment and Angel hiding his regret.

• Angel described the Mother Tree Network to Sanders, who considered it useful but less important than the Dream Wilderness for exchanging information.
• Sanders told Angel that Lord Rhein wanted to borrow his mini signal tower during and after Stargazing Day to contact Maya and learn urgent prophecies.
• Angel agreed to lend the mini signal tower and said he wanted to learn quickly whether the Budding Believers had targeted him.
• Sanders reminded Angel that opening a passage to Sin World required costly materials, and Angel recognized that he was expected to cover the expense.
• Angel handed Sanders a small iron box containing enough spellcasting material to open a Planar Corridor once, and Sanders accepted it as they continued toward Sin World.

Angel and Sanders left the ruins through a Planar Corridor exit and reached the desert of Chimei Continent in Sin World. They chose the remote location as Bobota’s Land of Finality, and Bobota prepared to face what he believed would be his death.

• Angel agreed to investigate the Nightmare Realm creatures in the ruins after Stargazing Day, when the divination results became available.
• Angel and Sanders cautiously approached the white light and confirmed that it was an exit rather than a void creature’s bait.
• Angel and Sanders emerged into a desert on Chimei Continent, where Sanders identified the region and said it was far from the Extreme Sect’s headquarters.
• Angel inspected the area, released Bobota from the bracelet, and explained that the desert would be his Land of Finality.
• Bobota reflected on his life and accepted the desert as the place where his final stretch would end.

As Bobota’s body and thought-space collapsed, he spoke with Angel about his past, his regrets, and his final wishes for Huahua and Dodolo. The Profound Mark of the Lord of Profundity appeared, signaling that the Demon God Contract’s price was due.

• Bobota noticed his flesh evaporating and, after facing his fear of eternal damnation, accepted that his death was inevitable.
• Bobota told Angel how his pursuits had cost him his sister, himself, and his resolve, and thanked Angel for caring for him.
• Bobota explained that he had left a newly hatched Shapeshifting Softworm in the Insect Nest and compiled his and his sister’s breeding research into a booklet.
• Bobota asked Angel to help Huahua and said he hoped Dodolo would survive without being forced to bear the Origin-Worshiping Clan’s hopes; Angel promised to do his utmost for Huahua.
• As Bobota’s body crumbled, he said farewell to Angel and closed his eyes while cracks appeared in his thought-space.
• Black mist emerged through the cracks, and the Profound Mark of the Lord of Profundity appeared as the Demon God Contract came due.

As Bobota’s body and soul reached the moment of death, Angel and Sanders acted to divert his consciousness before the Demon God could claim it. Bobota’s soul continued into the Demon God’s domain, while his separated consciousness escaped toward a remaining gap in the true-name marks.

• Bobota regretted his contract with the Demon God as its true-name marks closed around his soul.
• Angel asked Sanders when they should act, and Sanders said they must wait until Bobota died to minimize the chance of the Demon God tracking them.
• As Bobota’s deathly aura stopped, Sanders froze his body and Angel cast the Entering Dreams spell on him.
• Bobota’s body died and his soul was pulled toward a passage to the Lord of Profundity’s domain.
• A strange force separated Bobota’s consciousness from his soul and drew it toward a halo of light.
• Bobota compressed his consciousness into a speck of light and headed for the last gap in the true-name marks.

Bobota woke on a city balcony with his mutated body restored and recalled escaping through a light gate as the Lord of Profundity watched his soul. Sunny recognized his name and took him to meet Mentor Jon instead of registering him as a newcomer.

• Bobota awoke on a balcony in an unfamiliar city and discovered that his body had returned to normal.
• Bobota recalled escaping the vortex passage through a light gate after seeing the Lord of Profundity notice his soul.
• Sunny found Bobota touching his face, mocked him, and told him newcomers had to register their identities at Skyvault Tower.
• Bobota introduced himself, and Sunny recognized his name and said his identity had already been registered.
• Sunny told Bobota to come with her to see Mentor Jon, who would answer his questions.

Bobota arrived in a strange theater, where Jon revealed that Angel had rescued him and assigned him to research the Mother Tree Network. Meanwhile, a sandstorm began in the Wizarding World, and Sanders suspected the Demon God’s escaped aura had stirred the will of Sin World.

• Sunny led Bobota to Jon, who was surprised by Bobota’s appearance and introduced himself as Angel’s first mentor.
• Jon told Bobota that Angel had rescued him from the Demon God and made researching the Mother Tree Network the condition for his rescue.
• Jon prepared a simple internet access device and instructed Bobota to use it to explore the Mother Tree Network.
• A sudden, powerful sandstorm darkened the sky around Angel and Sanders.
• Sanders said the Demon God’s aura had escaped through Bobota’s Soul Land and might have provoked the will of Sin World.

Sanders and Angel escaped Sin World after Bobota's corpse stirred the world's will, leaving it for the Extreme Sect to find. The black-robed bishop and Saladin discovered the corpse and began investigating the unidentified wizard who had opened a Planar Corridor.

• Sanders and Angel left Bobota's frozen corpse behind and erased traces of what had happened before fleeing through the Planar Corridor.
• The black-robed bishop sensed the Lord of Profundity's aura and ordered Saladin to find and execute its follower.
• Saladin found Bobota's corpse, and the bishop determined that he had died from backlash from a Demon God contract.
• The bishop noticed the Eternal Frost Spell and concluded that a formal wizard had been with Bobota before his death.
• The bishop found traces of a Void Pattern Stone but could not locate the person who had left through the Planar Corridor, so she ordered Saladin to take Bobota's corpse back for examination.

The Lord of Profundity examined Bobota’s soul after it arrived in the Nether Abyss and discovered it had been stripped of all consciousness and memories. It cautiously sent power through the fading vortex passage to glimpse Bobota’s final moments, but the World Will of the Wizarding World detected and suppressed It.

• The Lord of Profundity recognized Bobota’s soul and recalled that Bobota’s experiences on Yuantan Continent might reveal why the Lord of No Flame’s true spirit had fallen.
• The Lord of Profundity found Bobota’s soul blank of consciousness and memories, and suspected a powerful being had tampered with it.
• The Lord of Profundity hesitated to investigate Bobota’s past directly, fearing the existence behind the Yuantan Continent Upheaval.
• The Lord of Profundity sent demon god power through the fading vortex passage to glimpse Bobota’s final moments.
• The World Will of the Wizarding World detected and suppressed the Lord of Profundity, which sensed only that Bobota’s corpse was moving toward a place where the World Will was denser.