Chapter Summaries

Lona recalled how she became trapped in the haunted house and how Xia Ye Ying Huo became her friend. After Lona gave Xia Ye Ying Huo a gift, Anvis confirmed that both girls wanted Lona to leave, meeting the conditions for a Ritual.

• Lona remembered being bullied, abandoned in the ruins, and awakening inside the house with powers that kept her trapped there.
• Lona recalled how she watched Port City repeat its cycles and learned that outsiders who stayed too long could become unable to leave.
• Lona described how Xia Ye Ying Huo treated her as a friend and protected her despite being afraid.
• Lona gave Xia Ye Ying Huo a gift, and Xia Ye Ying Huo embraced her before Lona pulled away and warned her not to touch her.
• Anvis returned with Chom, confirmed that Xia Ye Ying Huo wanted Lona to leave, and asked Lona if she was willing to go with her.
• Lona agreed to leave, and Anvis said the conditions for the Ritual had been met.

Anvis prepared an Aberrant Binding Ritual to make Lona Vivian’s Bound Summon, explaining that Lona would vanish if Vivian died completely. After activating the ritual, Anvis arranged to plant a Twisted Seed in the captured Holy Radiance Church bishop and use him to test the Church’s ability to detect it.

• Anvis explained the Bound Summon ritual to Xia Ye Ying Huo and Lona, and both agreed to take part.
• Anvis drew ritual inscriptions on Xia Ye Ying Huo and Lona, then activated the transformation ritual.
• The Duke and Evan returned with the missing family guards and two unconscious Eighth Rank individuals.
• The Duke agreed to let Anvis control the Holy Radiance Church bishop instead of killing him.
• Anvis planned to plant a Twisted Seed in the bishop’s mind to test whether the Church could detect and remove it.

Evan was sent back to Abundant Gold City under orders to cultivate after Duke Carlot reprimanded him for endangering himself. Meanwhile, Anvis tormented the captured Young Bishop and began a Fate Parasitism ritual, leaving something unknown growing in a crack in the bishop’s mind.

• Duke Carlot gave Evan his reward, reprimanded him for running into danger, and ordered him to return to Abundant Gold City until he reached the Seventh Rank.
• The Young Bishop awoke stripped and bound on a Stone Altar, with his spiritual source badly damaged and his power gone.
• Anvis revealed himself to the Young Bishop and destroyed his Holy Emblem of Light with the power of an Old God.
• Anvis reassembled the emblem and showed the bishop a double created through Fate Parasitism.
• Anvis restored the emblem’s silver-white appearance while leaving Alien Power within it, then placed it on the double, causing a crack in the Young Bishop’s mind to open.

Anvis completed the Twisted Seed’s growth in Yanile and used it to learn why the bishop had come to the island. By probing Yanile’s memories, Anvis uncovered a mysterious plan tied to Faith Power, leaving its purpose unknown.

• Anvis completed the Twisted Seed in Yanile, then dismissed his Flesh Avatar and released the bishop from the Magic Shackles.
• Yanile told Anvis that he had come to the island seeking genuine Old God's Blood held by an unknown secret order.
• Anvis used the Twisted Seed to peer into Yanile’s memories without his knowledge.
• Anvis saw Saint Arbiter Yorgensen send Yanile to retrieve the Old God's Blood and promise him a place among those who would receive the gods’ grace.
• Anvis found that Yanile’s memories mentioned a Saint Plan connected to Faith Power, though Yanile knew little about its details.

Anvis finished using the bishop’s memories and left Yanile to recover while he prepared to inspect the Binding Ritual. He returned to find Xia Ye Ying Huo and Lona’s ritual complete, and woke one of them.

• Anvis checked the Magic Hourglass, instructed Yanile to wait in meditation, and left the cave.
• Anvis changed out of his black priestly robe and saw that the duke had frozen the island’s volcanic ash into fertile black snow.
• Anvis returned to the ritual site, where Chom guarded the room and the transformation ritual had finished.
• Anvis found Xia Ye Ying Huo and Lona asleep in an intimate embrace and clapped to wake one of them.

After Xia Ye Ying Huo completed the ritual binding Lona as her summon, she gained a powerful shared-attribute bond and agreed to repay Anvis for the ritual materials through quests. Anvis brought her into his camp, suspecting that her unusual luck and fate might make her a source of Fate Feedback.

• Xia Ye Ying Huo woke after the ritual and discovered that Lona had become her Bound Summon, sharing many of her attributes with her.
• Anvis confirmed the ritual had succeeded and told Xia Ye Ying Huo that she owed 37,000 Gold Coins for the materials.
• Xia Ye Ying Huo agreed to repay the debt through quests and accepted an Experiment Record crystal ball from Anvis.
• Anvis told Xia Ye Ying Huo she would remain by his side until the debt was repaid, and she asked whether she needed to call him Master.
• After Anvis left, Xia Ye Ying Huo watched the recording and blushed in embarrassment, while Lona hid inside her.
• Anvis considered Xia Ye Ying Huo's unusual fate and wondered whether he could obtain Fate Feedback by issuing quests to Players.

Anvis arranged for Yanile to return to the Church with the empty Holy Grail and a cover story, while the duke prepared the island for the family's development. Claire returned to camp with the long-lost explorer Baige Sen Lohankok, who had escaped Lavanles's dream but paid a heavy price.

• Anvis and the duke decided Yanile would claim the High Priest had used the Holy Relic to awaken a divine Avatar, and the duke sealed the remaining Old God's Blood in ice.
• Anvis returned Yanile's priestly equipment and instructed him to resume his usual duties without actively investigating the Church's Saint Plan.
• Yanile transformed into a streak of White Light and returned to the Church branch, while the duke began setting up a long-range Teleportation Array on the island.
• The duke agreed to develop the island for the family, with profits divided among the family, Anvis, and Evan, and with facilities built for Anvis's planned experiments.
• Claire returned to the temporary camp with Baige Sen Lohankok, who had escaped Lavanles's dream after the island's dream power was burned away, losing much of his vitality and lifespan.

Claire told Anvis how she found and absorbed a Crystal Heart before escaping the volcanic ruins, and gave him a valuable gemstone she had discovered. Baige Sen thanked Anvis for helping him escape the dream and explained that the island had treated its inhabitants and visitors as parts of a living creature.

• Claire recounted exploring underground ruins, absorbing a Crystal Heart, and escaping as the volcano erupted.
• Anvis warned Claire not to reveal her treasures, but she said she trusted him and gave him a Ninth Rank gemstone.
• Anvis accepted the gemstone and gave Claire a communication crystal so she could contact him directly.
• Baige Sen thanked Anvis for helping him escape the dream, and Anvis credited his father for sealing the Divinity Avatar.
• Baige Sen explained that the island was like a gigantic Mutated Magical Beast that digested outsiders, while only outsiders could change the Dream Realm's unchanging plots.

Anvis read a strange spellbook whose diary entries hinted at the island’s corruption and a seductive, faceless figure, while Xia Ye Ying Huo and Lona explored the island and threw Lona’s Drift Bottle back into the sea. After the group returned to the continent, the mysterious figure watched them from the mountains.

• Baige Sen gave Anvis a worn spellbook containing unusual spells and a diary from someone stranded on the island.
• Anvis read the diary’s accounts of the island’s madness, mutation magic, a golden-haired woman, and a final devotion to a god, which reminded him of the Night Butterfly.
• Xia Ye Ying Huo collected volcanic gems with Lona’s help, then threw Lona’s Drift Bottle into the sea from the island’s northern cliff.
• Lona gained the ability to stand in midair and help Xia Ye Ying Huo float, and she dropped seabirds behind her as a gift.
• Anvis sensed Fate Feedback, launched a golden firework, and joined the duke and Xia Ye Ying Huo in teleporting back to the continent.
• A faceless, alluring figure watched the group depart from the distant mountains.

The Lyka Kingdom’s power struggle ended when Sixth Prince Locke Lycian used his elite Magic Constructs to defeat the First and Second Princes and seize the throne. Anvis assessed the construct technology and the silver-haired prophet’s role, while his own factories expanded amid the continent’s emerging construct revolution and he advanced to mid-rank prophet.

• Sixth Prince Locke Lycian returned from Black Crow City with elite Magic Construct forces, and the First Prince withdrew rather than risk being caught between Locke and the Second Prince.
• Locke split his forces and crushed both princes’ armies in less than a day, destroying the First Prince and forcing the Second Prince’s supporters to surrender the Royal Capital.
• The silver-haired prophet who had aided Locke advanced to High-rank Prophet using Fate Feedback, though her real goal had been to obtain Locke’s Fate Feedback.
• Anvis determined that Locke’s floating fortress was a primitive hybrid of construct and alchemy technology, and that its pseudo Super-Rank Magic had been cast by mages using its Elemental Pool and a synchronized Magic Array.
• The construct revolution gathered momentum, and Anvis’s two Construct Factories expanded toward large-factory scale as he became a mid-rank prophet after receiving more than a thousand units of Fate Feedback.

Anvis explained how he had used a method for cultivating Mutated Wyverns to disguise his large-scale acquisitions of Cursed Land, then received Pekala’s latest report on mining rights. He suspended most acquisitions while continuing to seek Lakenserm Metal, as Pekala’s growing influence and his interest in the White Rose Merchant Alliance remained part of his plans.

• Anvis finished reading a dangerous book in the Great Library and left with Pekala to discuss her report at the High Tower Restaurant.
• Anvis had partnered with Duke Carlot to sell Cursed Wyvern Eggs and ore rations, convincing outside forces that the Olyvendi Family’s acquisitions supported a new wyvern trade.
• Pekala reported that the family had acquired two medium-sized Cursed Lands producing Star Blue Silver after high-grade mining areas became difficult to obtain.
• Anvis confirmed the two mining-rights transfers, suspended further acquisitions for now, and told Pekala to keep buying areas that produced Lakenserm Metal.
• Pekala’s connection to Anvis had improved her standing in the Cromwell Family, while Anvis viewed her future access to the White Rose Merchant Alliance as useful.

Anvis reviewed his family’s news and his recent work before inspecting the Force Field Railgun he had developed, whose power had reached a technological bottleneck. He then entered an isolated lab room and began a new experiment using Emis Dust and a Radiant Crystal.

• Anvis returned to his residence, collected three letters from the Pale Blue Rose, and destroyed the invitation to a noble ball.
• Anvis read his family’s letter, which reported Fiona’s upcoming enrollment and changes in Carlras City, including a popular invention by Lord Evan.
• Anvis recalled how he had improved the Magic Nuclear Weapon, profited from the Cursed Wyvern Egg trade, and developed the Force Field Railgun.
• Anvis inspected the railgun’s power and limitations, then entered an Anti-Magic Alloy Quiet Room and activated its isolation array.
• Anvis lifted the Dark Side of the Moon state, ignited Emis Dust, and floated while holding a Radiant Crystal.

After spending six months searching for Anvis and working as a mercenary, the Last Dragonborn completed a bounty and reached level 22. He browsed the rankings and forum before returning to the guild, where he briefly crossed paths with a mysterious girl.

• The Last Dragonborn killed a black-robed mage with a crossbow, completed his bounty, and reached level 22.
• He recalled failing to find Anvis in Carlras City and becoming a traveling mercenary, while discovering that events and NPCs had changed since the closed beta.
• After looting the mage, the Last Dragonborn wondered how Xia Ye Ying Huo had risen to the top of the power ranking.
• He read a forum post about Tan Kao You Yu being punished after following Qi Ou's false guide about telling NPCs their world was a game.
• The Last Dragonborn brought the mission item to the Mercenary Guild and passed a girl in an unusual mage's robe whose nickname was hidden.

Xia Ye Ying Huo continued leveling in the Royal Capital while Lona underwent experiments arranged by Anvis, who had negotiated a reduction in her debt. Meanwhile, Anvis helped Mystery and Ruins Academy prepare nonlethal magical traps for its new student enrollment.

• Xia Ye Ying Huo turned in a lost Second Rank Magical Beast cat quest and reached level twenty-six, then wondered when she would see Anvis again.
• Lona reassured Xia Ye Ying Huo that they would be ready after a few more experiments, while the girl explored the Royal Capital and admired its sights.
• Anvis negotiated with the Imperial Royal Research Institute's vice dean, doubling Xia Ye Ying Huo's price and reducing her debt by twenty thousand gold coins; the girl received a quest requiring her to cooperate with the experiments.
• The vice dean gave Xia Ye Ying Huo magical potions to improve her frail attributes, and several treatments restored her to the top of the rankings.
• As new student enrollment approached, Anvis helped Mystery and Ruins Academy set nonlethal, restraining magical traps in its Reality Mirror space.

Anvis and Claire set traps for Pamir Academy’s welcome ceremony while Milia told them about a hidden society that supposedly controlled the academy’s Credit Point exchange rate. The chapter left Anvis recognizing the society behind the rumors from memories of his previous life.

• Anvis set Illusion Magic traps along the route to the main tower, then weakened one after Claire warned that the traps had to be solvable below the Second Rank.
• Milia told Anvis and Claire that students whose traps delayed new students the longest might qualify for a secret society’s assessment.
• Milia explained that Gold Coins and Credit Points always exchanged at a rate of thirty to one, even when new students posted buying tasks.
• Milia claimed a hidden society controlled the exchange rate and removed tasks posted by new students who broke its rules, while forbidding them from revealing the society to outsiders.
• Anvis grew serious because he recognized the force behind Milia’s rumors from memories of his previous life.

Anvis explained the Truth Society’s influence to Senior Claire and offered to help her get an invitation, but she declined. After completing his first year at Pamir Academy, Anvis skipped the holiday activities and went to the Sky Pier to await Fiona.

• Senior Claire asked whether students could pressure powerful task posters, and Anvis confirmed that the Truth Society was real and influential.
• Anvis described how Gamon Aslaid’s father, Duke Fray, had made him cancel a task because Fray was a high-ranking Truth Society member.
• Anvis offered Senior Claire an invitation to the Truth Society, but she declined.
• Anvis and Senior Claire finished setting their traps, then waited for the welcoming ceremony.
• After completing his first year, Anvis declined the holiday activities and headed to the Sky Pier to prepare for Fiona’s arrival.
• Anvis visited the new Mystic-type guide and found the student regretting that he had accepted the task.

Anvis welcomed Fiona to the Academy and met Luo Qi, the boy she had befriended aboard the Floating Ship. After hearing Luo Qi’s humble background and ambitious dream, Anvis suspected he was following a familiar tale of a commoner’s sudden rise to prominence.

• Anvis helped Jeb with class material while cultivating goodwill among his talented classmates.
• Anvis waited at Sky Pier and greeted Fiona as she arrived with Kate.
• Anvis noticed Luo Qi watching them, and Fiona introduced him as the grandson of the old woman who had told her the Wind Chime Grass legend.
• Fiona explained that she had reunited with Luo Qi aboard the ship after giving him fruit in the past, and that he had made her a Straw Weave owl.
• As Fiona described Luo Qi’s dream and background, Anvis recognized the outline of a familiar story about a commoner gaining extraordinary talent.

Anvis recognized Luo Qi as the sort of low-born protagonist destined for a classic hero story, with himself cast as the likely villain. He gave Luo Qi a powerful Magic Ring as thanks, then left with Fiona after revealing her family name, leaving Luo Qi overwhelmed by her identity.

• Anvis realized Luo Qi had likely gained a major Fortuitous Encounter and saw himself as the obvious villain in Luo Qi’s story.
• Anvis offered Luo Qi a Sixth Rank Magic Ring in return for the Magic Straw Weaving he had given Fiona.
• Luo Qi refused the ring at first, but Anvis insisted that gifts between them were simply gifts, and Luo Qi accepted it.
• Anvis started to leave with Fiona, and Luo Qi asked him for his family name.
• Anvis sent his identity to Luo Qi with Spiritual Power, and Fiona cheerfully said goodbye as they departed.
• Luo Qi realized Fiona belonged to the Olyvendi Family, rulers of Carlas Province, and felt more devastated than he would have after a public humiliation.

Luoqi wrestled with the gulf in status between himself and Fiona, while Anvis discovered that Luoqi was a Child of Destiny tied to the future Rebel Army. Anvis decided to bring Luoqi and Matt together at Pamir Academy as he continued showing Fiona around.

• Luoqi felt his hopes of being with Fiona collapse after learning that she belonged to the Olivenndi family, and a rebellious thought about a world without unequal status took root in him.
• Anvis used the Mercury Eye's Advanced Fate Vision to see Luoqi's dense Threads of Fate and recognized him as a Child of Destiny.
• Anvis remembered Luoqi's future place among the Rebel Army's high-level members and decided to arrange for Matt to become his classmate.
• Anvis reflected that his actions had already changed history by bringing Fiona and Luoqi together earlier than they otherwise would have met.
• Anvis showed Fiona the Platinum High Tower and described its history while she watched in wonder and Little Cat Kate clung fearfully to her clothes.

Anvis reunited with Fiona for lunch at Pamir High Tower Restaurant and learned that she had chosen the Mystery School only because he had chosen it. He warned her that the school did not suit her and gave her three days to decide where she truly wanted to study.

• Anvis took Fiona to Pamir High Tower Restaurant, where she and Kate enjoyed pastries on the Suspended Terrace.
• Anvis asked Fiona which academy she had chosen, and she said she had picked Mystic Academy to follow him.
• Anvis explained that the Mystery School focused on deciphering incomprehensible magic and warned Fiona that its studies might not suit her.
• Fiona panicked when she realized she had chosen without thinking and asked Anvis to help her.
• Anvis told Fiona to decide for herself and give him her choice within three days.