Chapter Summaries

At a banquet, Xu Yue helped Audrey understand how her casual remarks had hurt Starling by highlighting the gap between their lives. At the Tarot Club gathering, Derrick worried that a mystical item might detect him and asked about Amon, prompting Mr. World to explain the danger of imitating Amon’s monocle gesture.

• Audrey teased Xu Yue before he pointed out that Starling’s inexpensive clothes and jewelry revealed how Audrey’s remarks had wounded her.
• Xu Yue explained that Starling’s family earned over 400 pounds a year and advised Audrey to pair her Spectator abilities with knowledge of ordinary life.
• Audrey thanked Xu Yue, then left to join Hibert Hall while he watched the moon from the balcony.
• At the Tarot Club, Derrick told the members that he had feigned illness and been sent to the bottom of the round tower for isolation and treatment.
• Derrick asked whether the mystical item monitoring him could detect the Tarot Club, and Mr. Fool said it normally could not, though some items had unusual effects.
• After Derrick asked about Amon, Mr. World described Amon as an angelic family and a King of Angels who wore a monocle, and warned the members not to imitate the gesture.

Xu Yue warned the Tarot Club that Amon, a King of Angels, might be targeting Derrick, and Klein learned that Amon had already parasitized him. The chapter ended with Klein recognizing Amon’s avatar wrapped around the Sun’s crimson star and wondering how to deal with it.

• Alger described the Amon family as one of the Tudor Dynasty’s great families and said they claimed descent from the Ancient Sun God.
• Xu Yue warned Derrick that Amon’s avatars could parasitize him and that his former captain might already be compromised.
• After the Tarot Club meeting, Amon’s avatar stole one of Derrick’s thoughts, but Derrick’s prayer summoned a beam of light that exposed and destroyed the Monster it had been using.
• Colin Eliott arrived, found a semitransparent worm, and released Derrick while secretly arranging to watch him.
• Derrick prayed to Mr. Fool and reported what had happened, allowing Klein to see Amon’s avatar coiled around the Sun’s crimson star above the Gray Fog.

Klein used a Gray Fog-enhanced Sunflame Charm to erase Amon’s avatar, while Amon’s true body headed toward Silver City. Xu Yue prepared to enter the Forsaken Land and ask Medici to help him deal with Amon, but Medici recoiled when he learned the plan.

• Klein used the Blood Moon Baptism ritual to protect Little Sun, then strengthened a Sunflame Charm with the Gray Fog and destroyed Amon’s avatar.
• Amon’s true body set off toward Silver City after noticing The Lovers and The Fool, and Xu Yue traced his movement through his Monocle.
• Xu Yue planned to reach the Forsaken Land and considered using his abilities to lure Amon away from Silver City.
• Xu Yue informed the Evernight, Steam, and Storm Churches that he was traveling south, accepted their protective charms and tokens, and left by Steam Train before slipping into the spirit world.
• Medici offered to help Xu Yue in exchange for Hunter pathway Beyonder characteristics, but withdrew into the gloves when Xu Yue asked him to use his connection to Amon to smooth things over.

Xu Yue entered the Forsaken Land and used a trick with Amon’s abilities to draw Amon to him near Silver City. Amon concluded Xu Yue was an Outer God after their encounter and fled, while Xu Yue clarified that Amon had misunderstood why he came looking for him.

• Xu Yue rejected Medici’s offer to reveal a route through the Forsaken Land and entered through a break in the spirit world.
• Xu Yue divined a direction toward Silver City and used the monocle to send Amon a signal, prompting Amon to head toward him.
• Amon tried to steal Xu Yue’s thoughts and parasitize him with a Time Worm, but Xu Yue reflected the theft and took ownership of the Time Worm.
• Amon’s main body fled while his clone questioned Xu Yue, suspecting he had come from the cosmos and taken Origin Castle.
• Xu Yue said Amon had misunderstood why he had sought him out.

Xu Yue negotiated with Amon over when Amon could approach the current Lord of Origin Castle, then reached Silver City and asked Klein to notify Little Sun of his arrival. Klein warned them that he could not intervene much in the Forsaken Land, leaving Xu Yue and Little Sun to handle Silver City’s suspicions themselves.

• Xu Yue told Amon he had not obtained Origin Castle and urged him not to contact its current master too early; Amon agreed to let events unfold naturally, provided Xu Yue did not deliberately involve Little Sun from Silver City.
• After Amon’s avatar left, Xu Yue told Medici that Amon was reasonable and prayed to The Fool to inform Little Sun that he had arrived at Silver City.
• Klein heard Xu Yue’s prayer, was startled that he had reached the Forsaken Land, and sent the scene to Little Sun through The Fool’s gathering.
• Klein agreed to let Xu Yue’s plan proceed, reasoning that Silver City’s leaders likely already suspected Little Sun, and warned Xu Yue and Little Sun that he could not intervene much in the Forsaken Land.

Little Sun brought news of Mr. Fool’s messenger to Silver City, prompting Chief Colin Eliott to prepare for the visitor while guarding against danger. Xu Yue arrived disguised as Klein, accompanied by Medici, and was welcomed by Colin and the Council of Six as he delivered Mr. Fool’s greetings.

• Little Sun confessed his faith in Mr. Fool to Colin Eliott and explained that Mr. Fool had purified Amon’s avatar inside him.
• Little Sun told Colin that Mr. Fool had sent a messenger to Silver City, and Colin summoned the Council of Six and prepared safeguards before the meeting.
• Little Sun escorted Xu Yue, disguised as Klein, from the outskirts of Silver City into the city.
• Medici emerged from Xu Yue’s glove and claimed to be the Red Angel and one of the King of Angels, startling Little Sun and the Guardians.
• Xu Yue met Colin Eliott and the other five elders of the Council of Six, then offered Silver City Mr. Fool’s greetings and blessings.

Xu Yue negotiated with the Council of Six and gave Silver City clues about escaping the Forsaken Land before returning to the Rosted Islands. Meanwhile, Klein recovered from exhaustion and took Madam Mary’s case involving a threatening letter.

• Xu Yue reassured the Council of Six, promised clues to an exit from the Forsaken Land, and left through the spirit world after accepting a Sequence 5 Giant Beyonder characteristic.
• The Chief sent Little Sun home and discussed using Elder Luo Weiya and her patron as a counterweight to protect Silver City.
• Klein watched the meeting through Little Sun’s crimson star, then collapsed from spiritual exhaustion in the washroom of Harvest Cathedral.
• Xu Yue emerged on a beach in the Rosted Islands and decided to visit Bayom before returning by ship.
• Klein met Starling and Madam Mary, learned that Mary had received a threatening letter, and advised her to seek help from the Atmospheric Council.

Xu Yue obtained the Dice of Probability, Fate's Uniqueness, and demonstrated its uncanny obedience aboard a passenger liner bound for Port Pritz. After a woman crashed into his cabin, Xu Yue claimed he would treat her injuries, leaving Medici stunned by the die's behavior.

• Xu Yue explained that the Death God's resurrection plans had gone awry and that Fate's Uniqueness was hidden in Bayom.
• Xu Yue showed Medici the Dice of Probability he had bought in Bayom, and Medici recognized the dangerous Uniqueness.
• Xu Yue tossed the die onto the table, where it landed on six and appeared unable to change its face.
• A wounded, scantily clad woman flew through the cabin window and landed on the bed, and Medici identified her as a Witch.
• Xu Yue said the die brought good luck, then it changed to four, and he announced he would check the woman's injuries.
• Xu Yue sent Medici into his glove and left him wondering how the die could be so obedient to someone outside the Fate Pathway.

Xu Yue rescued the injured Tracy after a spirit-world creature attacked her, and the two agreed to part as strangers before traveling to Backlund. Meanwhile, Klein’s investigations and the Little Sun’s efforts progressed, and Xu Yue returned to Backlund under a different identity, anticipating that Klein might meet Tracy there.

• Tracy woke beside Xu Yue, remembered the spirit-world creature’s attack, and angrily struck him despite her injuries.
• Xu Yue introduced himself as Charlotte, and Tracy insisted they were even and should leave each other alone.
• Tracy agreed to pay for first-class passage to Backlund, then Xu Yue repeated her farewell at Port Pritz, frustrating her.
• Klein eliminated Kapin, rescued trafficked people, advanced his potion digestion, and investigated Dr. Allen’s unusual luck.
• Little Sun exposed the True Creator’s infiltration of Silver City, while Elder Luo Weiya received little punishment after exposing other contaminated team members.
• Xu Yue returned to Backlund under a temporary identity and wondered whether Klein might encounter Tracy there.

Klein reflected on the rescued trafficking victims’ continuing hardship before reuniting with Xu Yue, who returned from the Forsaken Land. At the Tarot Club, Xu Yue revealed how he entered the Forsaken Land and named a dangerous route that might allow others to reach it.

• Klein accompanied Mike through the East District and saw that most rescued women still struggled to find work and survive despite the Aurora Society’s aid.
• Xu Yue met Klein in Backlund and agreed to visit him after the Tarot Club gathering.
• At the gathering, Alger presented diary pages, and Klein identified the new card beside him as the Black Emperor.
• Little Sun described being parasitized by Amon at the Round Tower and said Mr. Fool helped him expel the parasite; he also revealed that Xu Yue had visited Silver City.
• Xu Yue said his Wraith characteristics and a trace of the True Creator’s divinity had helped him reach the Forsaken Land, and explained that another possible route ran through the Gods’ Battlefield east of the Sunia Sea, where even demigods could perish.

Xu Yue proposed rescuing Silver City and settling its residents in the real world, and the Tarot Club agreed to begin planning the operation. The group settled on the Rosted Islands as a likely destination, while Klein later complained that Xu Yue had caused another major commotion.

• Xu Yue proposed helping Silver City escape the Forsaken Land of the Gods and enter the real world.
• Xu Yue promised to guide the group safely across Gods' Battlefield with a Sealed Artifact that could gain fate's favor, while Alger and Audrey would help arrange ships and a settlement.
• The Tarot Club discussed supplies, funding, and the need for ships equivalent to ten large passenger liners, and proposed the Rosted Islands as Silver City's destination.
• Little Sun believed Silver City would give everything it had, including its Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, in exchange for a chance to live under the sun.
• After the gathering, Klein complained to Xu Yue about his latest ambitious plan, and Xu Yue teased him before offering to make him something nourishing.

Xu Yue explained that he planned to approach Loen’s Conservative Party nobles for support in bringing Silver City out, while Klein arranged to gather Faceless Man ingredients and visited Great Detective Aisinger. Klein’s arrival helped Aisinger escape a demon’s attack, but the demon had used the confrontation to draw away Duke Negan’s protection and target his assassination.

• Xu Yue told Klein he intended to seek support from Loen’s Conservative Party nobles, whose land and influence could help Silver City without forcing it into conflict with the churches.
• Klein realized Xu Yue could use the pirate general’s assassination and Azik’s name to approach Duke Negan while keeping his Franklin identity separate.
• Klein went to Harvest Cathedral and persuaded Emlyn White to use the vampire clan’s channels to find Faceless Man ingredients.
• Klein visited Great Detective Aisinger, whose Sealed Artifact was helping him evade a Sequence 5 demon seeking revenge.
• Klein’s arrival broke the standoff and rescued Aisinger, but the demon had staged the attack to draw away Duke Negan’s summoned Church of Storms protector and leave the duke vulnerable.

Xu Yue warned Duke Negan that another assassination attempt was coming and sought to bind the Conservative Party to his interests. After Klein was released on bail, he decided not to involve Xu Yue in the demon threat for now.

• Xu Yue met Duke Negan at a golf course and warned him that he was still in danger.
• Xu Yue proposed a promise and assistance in exchange for benefits to Duke Negan and the Conservative Party.
• Xu Yue revealed that a mysterious organization was behind the continuing assassination threat, while Duke Negan's secretary secretly belonged to it.
• Klein was released on bail after paying 50 pounds and worried that the demon could target him through Xu Yue.
• Klein decided to keep Xu Yue out of the matter for the time being and rely on Sunflame Charms as a last resort.

Klein received a bloody death threat from the demon and gathered with detectives who had also been threatened, but the demon ambushed them and badly injured Aisinger. Xu Yue emerged from the shadows holding the demon’s severed arm, leaving Aisinger wary of him.

• Klein returned home to find a blood-written letter threatening that everyone would die, then delivered it to the police as evidence connected to the serial murder case.
• Detectives who had attended the serial murder seminar visited Klein after receiving similar threats, and Stuart tried to shoot them while under the demon’s control.
• Klein disarmed Stuart, and Kaslana used her ability alongside Klein’s illusion technique to calm the detectives and block the demon’s influence.
• Aisinger appeared, thanked Klein for helping him survive, and gathered the detectives’ Beyonders to discuss how to lure out the demon.
• The demon ambushed the group and broke Aisinger’s spine, but Klein took on the damage while Aisinger used a healing item.
• Xu Yue emerged from the shadows holding the demon’s severed arm, and Aisinger identified him as a Shepherd and regarded him with deep wariness.

Xu Yue helped Klein and Aisinger drive off a Demon, then warned that it might be drawing the churches’ attention to pursue a hidden goal. The Steam Church sent Ikonso to investigate, and Arrodes exposed that he still dreamed of being accepted by someone who had abandoned him.

• Xu Yue frightened Aisinger into silence by revealing Crawling Hunger, then explained that the Demon might have attacked to attract the official churches’ attention.
• Klein realized the Demon could be trying to draw away the forces protecting Duke Negan, and Xu Yue agreed they should notify the True God Churches.
• The Steam Church dispatched Ikonso to investigate, and he used Arrodes to reveal the Demon’s appearance.
• Arrodes asked Ikonso whether he still dreamed of being accepted after being abandoned, and Ikonso answered yes.

Klein noticed Arrodes's warning to him and suspected it had sensed the Gray Fog, while Audrey passed the Psychic Alchemy Association's test with the Paper Angel's protection. The chapter ended with Susie revealing that something dangerous had watched Audrey from the jeweler's attic.

• Xu Yue handled Arrodes, which stayed silent until Ikonso took it back, when Klein glimpsed a message calling him its master and then the word “Run!”
• Aisinger ended the official Beyonders' investigation without exposing Xu Yue or Crawling Hunger, and Klein worried about maintaining his Tarot Club persona.
• Klein's Paper Angel protection helped Audrey withstand Hilbert Alucard's questions and gain full acceptance into the Psychic Alchemy Association.
• Susie became agitated during Audrey's visit, prompting Audrey to leave and seal her family's carriage with a Spiritual Wall.
• Audrey asked Susie what had happened, and Susie said it had sensed something dangerous watching her from the jeweler's attic.

Hilbert struggled to control the wounded demon, who wanted to devour Audrey, while Klein became a Sequence 6 Faceless and learned the demon had struck again. As Xu Yue went to investigate the threat to Duke Negan, Klein set out after him and received a cryptic warning from a beautiful stranger.

• Hilbert ordered the demon to complete its mission before pursuing Audrey, and the demon agreed to wait until after the job to claim its reward.
• Klein paid nearly three thousand gold pounds for materials and drank the potion, becoming a Sequence 6 Faceless while Xu Yue teased him.
• Aisinger told Klein and Xu Yue that the demon had killed relatives of several detectives, prompting the Storm Church to get involved.
• Klein divined that the demon had returned to Backlund in disguise and suspected it planned to draw away the God Singer before attacking Duke Negan.
• Klein hurried after Xu Yue, but a beautiful woman warned him that too much curiosity could get him killed before leaving.

Klein ignored Tracy’s warning and went to Duke Negan’s residence, while Tracy followed him. He found Negan was away and was confronted by Tracy, whose motives remained unclear.

• Tracy watched Klein continue toward the Queen’s Area despite her warning, then followed him in a carriage.
• Tracy recalled that a Sequence 5 Witch had helped the demon who assassinated Duke Negan and had escaped the Punishers, prompting the Storm Church’s God Singer to pursue her.
• Duke Negan discussed political bills and warned his secretary to suppress reformers before traveling to visit his mistress near Holy Wind Cathedral.
• Klein divined that Duke Negan was not at his residence and wondered where he had gone.
• Tracy appeared behind Klein and mocked him for searching blindly, while Klein sensed no clear malice from her.

Klein learned that Tracy and the Witch Church had helped lure away the God Singer, and she led him toward Xu Yue’s location. As the demon’s attack left Duke Negan near death, Xu Yue appeared, secured Negan’s agreement to his help, and confronted the demon.

• Klein questioned Tracy about Duke Negan, learned she had helped lure him away, and went with her to the location she knew.
• The demon attacked Duke Negan, but the duke’s Wind Consort and secretary intervened while the assassin and secretary fought.
• The Wind Consort carried the wounded Negan away, but Negan stayed with his protectors and suffered another distant attack as the God Singer failed to arrive.
• Xu Yue appeared, restrained the bodyguards with shadows, and told Negan the God Singer had been lured away and that fear would make him vulnerable to death.
• Negan asked Xu Yue to save him, and Xu Yue entered the spirit world to reach the demon’s battlefield.
• The demon recognized Xu Yue and raged at him for ruining its plans, then sensed that Xu Yue showed no emotional response.

Xu Yue killed the secretary and escaped Demon, then gave the injured Duke Negan a healing potion that subtly increased his trust. Klein caught up with the Demon, but after their fight left Klein helpless, Tracy intervened and restrained the Demon.

• Xu Yue redirected the Demon’s desire manipulation onto the secretary, killing him and taking his Beyonder characteristic while the Demon escaped.
• Xu Yue gave Duke Negan a healing potion that restored his health and quietly fostered trust in Xu Yue.
• Klein tracked down the Demon, who taunted him by describing the secretary’s death, and Klein attacked with Sunflame Charms.
• The Demon’s power left Klein unable to move, while the Sunflame Charms badly burned the Demon with holy light.
• The Demon charged at Klein, but Tracy appeared, stopped his claw with her spirit threads, and attacked him with frost and flame.