Chapter Summaries

Hobart returned from Full Moon Lake mutated but healed his hand, then arranged a transaction with Bishop Simpson and prepared to seal the lake’s corruption. After handling business and planning to kill the giant beast first, he joined the Tarot Club, where Fors had also arrived.

• Hobart cut off his extra finger and used Healing Art to restore his hand, while Fors told him she would return to Backlund for the Tarot Club.
• Roy delivered the separated beast materials, and Hobart praised him and assigned him to oversee renovations.
• Hobart wrote Bishop Simpson requesting blood and restorative potions, listed the beast materials for sale, and sent the letter and boxes with the Messenger in exchange for donuts.
• Hobart visited Mr. Doffis to tell Christine his sealing plan and request rifles and pistols, then learned the railway and housing design teams were on their way.
• Hobart decided to kill the giant lake beast before sealing the lake, and he joined the Tarot Club at three o’clock, where Fors appeared opposite him.

At the Tarot Club, Audrey offered World a Thousand-Faced Hunter Mutated Pituitary Gland, and Emperor sold the members information about the Original Moon and the Moon pathway’s Uniqueness. The gathering ended with the Goddess of the Night’s possession of that Uniqueness revealed, and World asking Emperor about Angel Families.

• Audrey offered World the Thousand-Faced Hunter Mutated Pituitary Gland for 2000 pounds, and World accepted.
• World asked Emperor about the Original Moon and the Moon pathway’s Uniqueness, prompting Audrey, Fors, Alger, and Derrick to join the paid information exchange.
• Emperor warned everyone not to pray to the Original Moon and explained that it was disguised by a god they could not yet know about.
• Emperor explained his view of Moon’s symbolism and revealed that the Goddess of the Night possessed the Moon pathway’s Uniqueness.
• Emperor requested Crown Tree sap, a Black Giant Gold Monster Flower, and Dragon Pattern Tree bark, and Alger and Audrey agreed to search for them.
• World asked Emperor how much he knew about Angel Families, and Emperor said he knew about almost all of them.

Hobart explained the Fourth Epoch Angel Families, their ties to the Northern Continent’s empires, and the secret that the Solomon Empire and Solomon Second Empire shared an emperor. The Tarot Club then discussed Audrey’s potion materials and Derrick’s upcoming temple exploration, while Alger offered to seek the Sun Priest recipe.

• Audrey asked Hobart what Angel Families were, and Hobart offered to explain their history and affiliations for a fee.
• Hobart listed families that served the Trensoost, Tudor, and Solomon empires, and revealed that Amon had stolen Jacob’s fate after killing the Jacob Family’s angel.
• Hobart said Solomon First and Solomon Second had the same emperor, but refused to explain the secret behind that claim.
• Audrey requested Mirror Dragon eyes and blood, along with an Elder Tree fruit, and Derrick said he could obtain a Mirror Dragon after his exploration mission.
• Derrick reported that the Chief had assigned him to explore a half-destroyed temple of the Fallen Creator, and Mr. Fool warned him about flesh and murmurs.
• Derrick requested the Sun Priest Potion Recipe in exchange for potion main ingredients, and Alger said he could try to obtain it.

At the Tarot Club, Audrey reported Duke Negan’s assassination, and Klein warned the members not to mention or write the name of the organization behind it. After the gathering, Fors learned Dorian was bringing her a Trick Master Potion and sought Hobart’s advice, only for Hobart to offer her the profits from managing his hotel and restaurant.

• Audrey told the Tarot Club that Apostle of Desire had assassinated Duke Negan and that Death Messenger had appeared while targeting the organization that hired him.
• Klein warned the members not to mention or write the organization’s name, saying that words carried knowledge.
• Fors promoted Full Moon Lake as a future tourist destination, and Klein ended the gathering.
• Audrey planned to arrange a transaction for a Thousand-Faced Hunter Mutated Pituitary Gland and gather materials for the Psychiatrist Potion.
• Fors received Dorian’s letter saying he would arrive in Backlund the next day with a Trick Master Potion, and she worried about drinking another before digesting the first.
• Fors went to find Hobart, who offered her all the profits from managing the hotel and restaurant near Full Moon Lake.

Hobart gave Fors ownership of a hotel and restaurant, then advised her on how to explain her Trick Master potion to Dorian. After discovering Aishel was fleeing Intis pursuers, Hobart sent Bull Demon King to save her, and the battle left the enemy forces badly wounded as the Iron-Blooded Knight tried to escape.

• Hobart gave Fors the accounts and income from a hotel and restaurant, and advised her to tell Dorian that her fiancé had found her Trick Master potion.
• Hobart heard Lawrence Balk pray for help against the Rose School, then saw Aishel fleeing a demigod and decided to test Bull Demon King by rescuing her.
• Aishel was surrounded by an Iron-Blooded Knight and his pursuers, and Bull Demon King appeared after her desperate prayer.
• Bull Demon King disrupted the Iron-Blooded Knight's attack with a soul-shaking roar, crushed three Sequence 6 pursuers' heads with Chaos, and disabled several Sequence 5 Beyonders.
• The Iron-Blooded Knight fled as flames, but Bull Demon King struck him out of them and spread corrosive slime across the battlefield.

Hobart’s Bull Demon King defeated the pursuers and saved Aishel, who learned that he was the Creator and agreed to remain at his disposal. Hobart then answered Lawrence and prepared to face an angel.

• The Bull Demon King defeated the Iron-Blooded Knight and the remaining Sequence 5 pursuers, then turned toward Aishel.
• Aishel offered herself to the monster, but it knelt before Hobart, who introduced himself as the Creator and ordered her to keep his name secret.
• Aishel accepted the Creator’s terms, collected the pursuers’ Extraordinary Characteristics, and left while considering her ambitions and Byrd Lieutenant Colonel.
• Hobart regretted not asking Aishel to sacrifice the Extraordinary Characteristics and Mystical Items to the Country of Disorder, then considered the value of gaining a Feneport Princess as a Believer.
• Hobart told Lawrence to recite his name before the battle and felt confident he could withstand an angel.

Hobart lured the giant beast from Full Moon Lake to a rocky valley, where he weakened it with attacks and environmental Distortion before killing it. He returned its corpse to the lake shore, where the gathered residents cheered his victory.

• Hobart entered Full Moon Lake and used the Order Crystal to resist the giant beast’s Loss of Control ability as he baited it into attacking.
• After the beast swallowed him, Hobart cut through its throat and used the Spirit World to bring it to a rocky valley near Jeffrey Town.
• Hobart summoned the Order Wood and attacked the beast with Lightning Strike, Holy Light, and Wind Blades, while Distorting the valley into a dry, oxygen-poor environment.
• The weakened beast collapsed, and Hobart killed it by driving his Tang Sword into its skull and brain.
• Hobart returned to Full Moon Lake, staged signs of an underwater battle, and brought the beast’s corpse to the surface.
• Shier organized the residents in pulling the corpse ashore, and the crowd cheered Hobart’s victory.

Hobart’s victory over the giant beast completed the digestion of his Corrupted Baron potion, while Fors traveled to Backlund and confessed to Dorian that she was already a Trick Master. The chapter ended with Dorian accepting her honesty and expressing hope that she could save his family.

• Hobart ordered Shier to open the giant beast’s abdomen, collected the crystals and organs, and promised the residents that Jeffrey Town’s waterway would flourish again.
• After leaving the crowd, Hobart felt the Corrupted Baron potion finish digesting and returned to the Lord’s Manor with his companions.
• Fors told Hobart she was traveling to Backlund to meet Dorian, while Hobart reviewed his Sequence 5 advancement ritual and received money and potions from Bishop Simpson.
• Fors met Dorian and admitted her fiancé had already helped her obtain the Trick Master potion, explaining why she had concealed the truth.
• Dorian admitted he had his own motives for helping Fors and said her sincerity confirmed she could save his family.

Fors reconciled with Dorian and obtained the Astrologer Potion Recipe, while Hobart took steps to absorb two Knights’ lands into his rule. After Albert exposed Grove’s ties to Viscount Teuton, Hobart set aside the accusation and asked Grove how much the Viscount trusted him, preparing to give him an assignment.

• Fors spoke sincerely with Dorian about her Beyonder experiences and the Abraham Family, and Dorian gave her the Astrologer Potion Recipe while promising one main ingredient if she found the other.
• Dorian revealed that he had Dragon Pattern Tree bark, and Fors prayed to Mr. Fool to tell Emperor that she had found ten grams for 500 pounds.
• Hobart compelled Albert Louis and Grove Duke to surrender their fiefs and serve as Judicial Knight and Taxation Knight, offering them potential pathway advancement after three months of loyal service.
• Fors told Hobart that Dorian had not blamed her, and Albert then privately warned Hobart that Grove had pledged loyalty to Viscount Teuton.
• Hobart brought Grove to his Study and asked how much Viscount Teuton trusted him, promising a tremendous reward for completing an assignment.

Hobart recruited Grove to infiltrate Viscount Teuton’s circle and arranged a public tax announcement and a lake-pier project. After completing transactions for Beyonder materials, Hobart traveled to Backlund to meet Jessica and learn that the meeting place belonged to Princess Alice.

• Hobart ordered Grove to defect to Viscount Teuton and secretly earn his trust, offering him the Barbarian Potion recipe and a chance to advance to Bribor.
• Hobart told Philip and Conrad to summon the town and villages for a public announcement about next year’s taxes, then instructed Roy to organize workers to clear the lake reeds and repair the main pier.
• Hobart asked Fors to buy a loudspeaker in Backlund and received Jessica’s message that Kelly had made two Beyonder Weapons, which Hobart planned to use to interest Viscount Teuton.
• Hobart completed transactions for Crown Tree sap, Dragon Pattern Tree bark, and Black Giant Gold Monster Flower, receiving the materials and 200 pounds in cash.
• Hobart traveled to Backlund and met Jessica at No. 56 Queen’s Avenue, where she told him the property belonged to Princess Alice.

Hobart brewed and drank the Chaos Mentor potion amid the grateful cheers of the people in his territory, successfully advancing to Sequence 5 and gaining powerful new abilities. He returned to answer the crowd’s questions, while in Tubria Aishel confronted Byrd as he tried to flee and ordered him taken away.

• Hobart collected the finished Crimson Sword and Provocation Warhammer from Kelly and arranged for the weapons to be delivered or sacrificed.
• Hobart prepared the Chaos Mentor potion, then announced that the Jeffrey Territory would no longer collect agricultural taxes, prompting the people to cheer for him.
• Hobart drank the potion amid the people’s heartfelt gratitude, overcame its maddening effects, and advanced to Chaos Mentor.
• Hobart examined his strengthened combat abilities and spirituality, then returned to the platform to answer the residents’ questions about taxes.
• Byrd tried to pack and flee in Tubria, but Aishel arrived, kicked him down, and ordered her companions to take him away.

Aishel uncovered the Crown Prince’s role in spying on her and killed Byrd, while Hobart’s tax exemption stirred celebration and drew Viscount Teuton into Grove’s dispute. After discovering new powers in the Country of Disorder, Hobart went with Fors to Full Moon Lake to prepare a ritual sealing its contamination, where Helen joined them.

• Aishel tortured Byrd until he confessed that the Crown Prince had ordered him to watch her, then shot him dead and prepared to return to Feneport City.
• Viscount Teuton learned that Hobart had abolished agricultural taxes in Jeffrey Territory, then agreed to help Grove reclaim his fief after Grove offered him a Beyonder Weapon.
• Hobart’s subjects celebrated the tax exemption, and he explained to Helen that the Lord’s Manor would buy grain to keep prices stable.
• Hobart inspected the sealed figure in the Country of Disorder, recognized new abilities gained from his advancement, and prepared supplies for sealing Full Moon Lake.
• Hobart took Fors to Full Moon Lake and asked her to freeze a surface for his ritual array; Helen appeared and helped create and smooth the ice.
• Fors said she felt ready to prepare for advancement the next day.

Hobart sealed the contamination source in Full Moon Lake and began organizing Jeffrey Territory’s growth around its reopened waterway. After Bishop Simpson and Archbishop Gabriel learned of his success, Hobart arranged new ships, prepared to receive his mother and sister, and sent Albert to report the news to Fernando II.

• Hobart sealed the underwater bubble with a ritual array and Order Wood, reopening the waterway through Full Moon Lake.
• Helen abandoned her meeting with an informant to report the lake’s changed condition, while an unknown attacker killed the young man who had come to meet her.
• Simpson brought Hobart’s letter to Archbishop Gabriel, who ordered an investigation of the seal and encouraged Simpson to rebuild the church’s presence in South Colson.
• Hobart appointed Wayne Ship Knight and ordered him to buy ships and expand shipping routes between Jeffrey Territory and Bugas City.
• Hobart arranged for Shier to meet Monlisa and Donna, then appointed Albert Judicial Knight and sent him to report the reopened waterway to Fernando II.

Hobart advanced his plans for reopening the Taidi Jie River route and developing Jeffrey Territory, then faced a mercenary squad’s ambush at night. He identified several of his attackers’ pathways and began fighting them, but an Undead Instructor pierced his chest.

• Hobart hypnotized Captain Dean and the sailors of the Nohal into taking the reopened Taidi Jie River route under Jeffrey Territory’s flag.
• Hobart hired Skola to plan a railway and Valk to design a mountain resort and plan Jeffrey Town, then ordered a tax-free market established by the docks.
• Hobart heard Lawrence’s report that the attack on the Rose School would begin Sunday afternoon and considered returning to the Trensoost nobles’ ruins.
• After Hobart urged Fors to work on her book, six intruders ambushed him at the Lord’s Manor, and he fled toward the lakeshore to avoid damaging the manor.
• Hobart summoned Order Wood, resisted the attackers’ abilities, and used Corrosion and Distortion against the mercenary squad.
• An Undead Instructor pierced Hobart’s chest with a sword.

Hobart used his Sequence 5 abilities to defeat a powerful mercenary ambush, then tracked down and killed the squad’s leaders before locating their remaining forces. He left the Hippopotamus stronghold ready to take Shier and Albert out into the world.

• Hobart fought off the combined Blizzard Squad and Prairie Wolf Squad ambush, killing the Undead Instructor, Conspirator, and Storm Blessed while the rest escaped.
• Hobart questioned the Storm Blessed’s spirit, learned the squads’ origins and stronghold, and obtained the Sailor and Navigator potion recipes.
• Hobart divined the Chaos Mentor’s resting place, traveled there, and killed the Chaos Mentor, Judge, and Bribor.
• Hobart learned from the Chaos Mentor’s spirit that six Sequence 8s and two Sequence 9s remained at the stronghold, then traveled to the Hippopotamus.
• Hobart woke Shier and told him to get Albert, saying he would take them out to see the world.

Hobart trained Shier and Albert by having them fight two fleeing mercenaries, then assessed the spoils and reorganized his Mystical Items. He recruited Lafite as a Blessed and sent him into Backlund’s underground ruins, where Lafite opened a terrifying Stone Door and completed a sacrifice for the Creator.

• Hobart took Shier and Albert through the Spirit World to a farmhouse, where they fought and defeated two Sequence 9 mercenaries under his guidance.
• Hobart extracted fourteen Extraordinary Characteristics and two Mystical Items from the defeated mercenaries, then decided which Mystical Items to keep on hand and sealed Medici’s scepter inside an Order Crystal shell.
• Hobart visited Lafite in Backlund, assigned him a mission in the suburbs, and made him a Blessed who could report directly to Hobart.
• Hobart sent Ancient Azure Dragon Beast Spirit Materials to Feneport City and used the Teleport Stone Statue to send Lafite into the ruins.
• Lafite followed Hobart’s instructions to smear blood on an underground wall, endured a terrifying presence with his eyes closed, and sacrificed to the Creator after a Stone Door appeared.
• The Creator’s power dispelled the terror, and Lafite opened his eyes to find himself in an ordinary Stone Chamber with the Stone Door gone.

Hobart removed the Ancient Death God's corpse and Black Hound Spirit Beast from Backlund, then traveled to a newly discovered island to investigate Fourth Epoch ruins. There he met the Iceberg Admiral Edwina, identified the ruins as a Trensoost shipyard, and proposed an agreement to share what he knew in exchange for her support and help finding the Twilight Lieutenant General.

• Hobart moved the Black Hound Spirit Beast into the room with the Ancient Death God's corpse, sent Lafite back to the surface, and returned to the real world.
• Hobart wrote to Mr. Azik about the corpse and replied to Jessica and Selena, who had decided to become a Beyonder after spending a year with her family.
• Hobart traveled to an island in the Stormy Sea, injured two pirates who demanded a tax, and explored nearby Fourth Epoch ruins with Edwina.
• Hobart and Edwina concluded that the ruins had been a Trensoost Empire shipyard, and two Sailors discovered that the island's seabed resembled the base of a displaced landmass.
• Hobart told Edwina that the Nether Emperor had moved the island from the Northern Continent and offered to share his information if she supported future cooperation and helped locate the Twilight Lieutenant General.

Hobart traded information with Edwina, recruited Elliot as a Blessed of the Creator, and then led Shier, Albert, and Jeffrey Territory’s men through a Traveler’s Gate to claim an island and attack pirate camps. After defeating the skeleton pirates, Hobart’s force moved on to raid another group.

• Hobart told Edwina about the cursed Trensoost Empire Ship, and she agreed to seek out the Twilight Lieutenant General’s whereabouts without sharing in the spoils.
• Edwina warned her crew not to judge Hobart by his strange clothing and concluded that his 30,000-pound bounty included his Mystical Items.
• Hobart gave Elliot a Blessed’s mask and Stones of Loss of Control, then told Chester that the Balk Family’s Clan Head had only asked the Creator to block the Rose School’s angel.
• Hobart took Shier, Albert, and their recruited men through a Traveler’s Gate to an unnamed island, declared it part of Jeffrey Territory, and led them in defeating the skeleton pirate camp.
• Hobart’s force collected the first camp’s spoils and attacked the Black Whale Pirate Group, then corrected its name to the Black Seagull Pirate Group and declared war on it.

Hobart claimed Shipyard Island after defeating several pirate groups, distributed their spoils, and arranged to collect bounties through Alger. On Sunday, he and Corwin rescued the Nohal from bandits, then Hobart directed the ship toward Jeffrey Territory for refuge and supplies.

• Hobart named the island Shipyard Island after Edwina recognized him as the traitor, then led his men in attacking pirate groups and dismantled the Traveler's Gate.
• Hobart distributed loot and rewards, appointed Corwin as his personal guard and Jack as the Lord's Manor security lead, and sent Shier and Albert back to Bugas City.
• Hobart prayed to The Fool and arranged with Alger to collect 1,200 pounds in bounties for two pirate corpses, agreeing to a 15% fee.
• After Allen reported the Nohal's distress flare, Hobart took Corwin to the river and sank two attacking boats with thrown boulders before routing the bandits on shore.
• Hobart sent Corwin aboard the Nohal to tell Captain Dean that the ship could dock at Full Moon Lake, then caught Corwin with a fierce wind when he jumped back to shore.

Hobart organized Jeffrey Territory’s registration, port operations, and large-scale construction while preparing for a shortage of funds and supplies. In Crowlier City, Lawrence’s battle with the Rose School escalated into an angel-level confrontation, ending with Baranka cursing Hobart’s uncontrolled Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord into a glass bead.

• Hobart assigned Conrad to register residents and properties and establish a port tax office, then sent Corwin to manage the Nohal’s arrival.
• Skola and Valk presented a development plan for Jeffrey Territory, and Hobart approved it, rewarded them, and ordered construction of affordable hotels and a Youth Hostel.
• Hobart directed Roy to mobilize the territory’s workers across three construction sites, provide medical care and fair wages, and prepare a materials list.
• Lawrence received two pieces of Order Wood from Hobart, then used powerful Sealed Artifacts to counter Zatwin, Mahames, and Jakes when they confronted him in Crowlier City.
• The Rose School launched surprise attacks, forcing Lawrence and the Balk Family to retreat to their planned battlefield, where both sides summoned powerful beings.
• Hobart’s Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord appeared and reenacted the battle between God and the Celestial Worthy; Baranka cursed it into a glass bead, and Hobart realized the Rose School angel had likely been badly hurt.