Chapter Summaries

Xu Yue forced Klein to surrender Danez in exchange for settling part of his debt, then helped Klein confront White Shark Hamilton about his pirate connections. The chapter left Hamilton blaming Danez for the ambush while Danez remained unable to defend himself.

• Xu Yue used a catchy repayment song to break Klein's resolve, then bought Danez's freedom for 3,500 gold pounds by making him work until the ransom was paid.
• Klein asked Xu Yue where he had met Leonard, and Xu Yue said they had met at a special Beyonder gathering.
• Klein and Xu Yue discussed hunting pirates, while Klein later used his Faceless abilities to infiltrate White Shark Hamilton's room.
• Klein pressured Hamilton to reveal his links to pirate groups, and Hamilton warned him about the dangers of hunting pirates.
• Xu Yue and Danez entered Hamilton's room, and Hamilton assumed Danez had arranged the attack while Danez stayed silent.

Klein disguised himself while obtaining White Shark's codebook, then received a letter from Mr. Azik describing memories of the War of the Four Emperors and warning him about the Bronze Whistle and Black Emperor card. Xu Yue cautioned that Azik's recovered identity might be dangerous, but Klein insisted Azik should choose whether to regain his memories.

• Klein used an Illusion Technique to fool Hamilton into revealing his codebook, then let him send a telegram warning that Dunnitz the Blazing had targeted him.
• Klein and Danez boarded the White Agate with Xu Yue and rented luxury suites, while Medici hid in the glove to avoid meeting Xu Yue.
• Mr. Azik's Bone Messenger delivered a letter to Klein, describing visions of the Blood Emperor and resurrected Black Emperor and warning Klein not to blow the Bronze Whistle.
• Mr. Azik said the Black Emperor card should be sealed and promised to provide techniques, while noting that the Feathered People might live in the South Continent.
• Xu Yue said Azik's memory loss might stem from his injuries in the War of the Four Emperors and warned that recovering memories of a former ruler could be dangerous.
• Klein replied that Azik had the right to decide whether to recover his memories.

Klein and Xu Yue defeated the Red Skull Pirates after they attacked the White Agate, then negotiated to claim the pirates, their supplies, and the ship. Xu Yue took ownership of the pirate vessel and gained Airlan’s contact for future cooperation.

• Klein and Xu Yue spotted the Red Skull Pirates approaching the White Agate, and Danez identified their captain, Sea Wolf Johnson, and first mate, One-Eyed Anderson.
• Klein and Xu Yue boarded the pirate ship and overwhelmed its crew, forcing the Red Skull Pirates to surrender after fifteen minutes.
• Xu Yue deducted 350 gold pounds of interest from Klein’s debt after the two earned the bounty money.
• Airlan agreed to pay 2,000 gold pounds for the pirates, their supplies, and their bounties, while Xu Yue claimed the ship for himself.
• Xu Yue said Danez would serve as boatswain, and Airlan gave Xu Yue a telegram contact for assistance and intelligence.

Xu Yue, Klein, and their crew brought the captured Red Skull to Port Banshee, where Medici warned that his presence and Klein’s could trigger dangerous phenomena. After the ships left, Klein planned to report the port’s hidden dangers through the Tarot Club, and Emlyn joined the next gathering above the Gray Fog.

• Xu Yue controlled Danez as he made the captured pirates clean the Red Skull while the ships headed for Port Banshee to hand them over.
• Klein questioned Xu Yue’s plans for the ship and its crew, and Xu Yue discussed using spirit world creatures to operate it.
• Medici warned Klein that Port Banshee held a projection of the City of Calamity and underground contamination, and advised leaving quickly.
• Klein stayed aboard the Red Skull while Airlan handed over the pirates and departed, and Klein planned to raise the port’s anomalies at the Tarot Club.
• Emlyn White arrived above the Gray Fog and heard Audrey greet Mr. Fool.

At the Tarot Club, members laid plans to rescue Silver City and arranged ships, funding, and a possible sea route. Afterward, Xu Yue used two spirit world creatures to tow the Red Skull at remarkable speed, leaving Danez astonished.

• Alger reported that Vice Admiral Edwina Edwards of the Iceberg was willing to be hired for the Silver City rescue.
• Xu Yue said he had secured a large pirate ship, while Fors, Emlyn, and Audrey discussed finding ships or financial support.
• Xu Yue suggested Audrey ask her parents to contribute, and she agreed to consider the idea.
• Klein offered to explore a sea route connected to the Forsaken Land, completing the initial framework for the rescue plan.
• Xu Yue contracted two friendly spirit world creatures to tow the Red Skull, and Danez struggled to steer as the ship sped across the sea.

Xu Yue, Klein, and Danez arrived in Bayom and went looking for information from a Golden Dream contact. Danez found the contact had been replaced by the wanted pirate “Iron” Mevity and called for the others to help capture him.

• Danez rowed Xu Yue and Klein ashore in Bayom, where Xu Yue explained that spirit world creatures were guarding their ship.
• As they explored the city, Xu Yue teased Danez about his feelings for Vice Admiral Iceberg, then agreed to let Danez lead them to a pirate contact in exchange for a share of any bounty.
• Danez warned Xu Yue and Klein not to target the Golden Dream’s contact and knocked at Old Lynn’s door using a coded rhythm.
• Inside, Danez smelled Lilangchi liquor and realized that “Iron” Mevity, second mate to Admiral Blood, had taken Old Lynn’s place.
• Danez ran for the exit, shouting for Xu Yue and Klein to come quickly and stop Mevity from escaping.

Xu Yue, Klein, and Danez joined forces to kill Steel Mevity and split the reward while discussing the rumored Key of the Reaper. Xu Yue expressed interest in obtaining the key from Vice Admiral Iceberg, and the trio gained fame as pirate hunters.

• Mevity pursued Danez into an ambush, where Xu Yue and Klein joined Danez and Xu Yue quickly defeated and killed Mevity.
• Xu Yue collected the reward through a middleman, kept Mevity’s Sequence 6 Beyonder characteristic, and used Danez’s share to reduce his debt.
• Danez told Xu Yue and Klein that pirates believed a huge black iron key found on a sunken ship was the Key of the Reaper, and that Admiral Blood had joined the search.
• Xu Yue said he wanted to negotiate with Vice Admiral Iceberg for the key, while Danez remained wary.
• News of Mevity’s death and the Red Skull Pirates’ defeat spread after the White Agate arrived, earning Xu Yue and Klein the reputation of pirate hunters.

Alger was ordered to investigate rumors about the Key of the Reaper and two pirate hunters, then went to the Gold Coin Casino to gather information. There he encountered Danez and unwittingly gave Klein a chance to pursue a small bounty.

• Diocesan Bishop Jorgoli ordered Alger to investigate rumors about Vice Admiral Iceberg, the Key of the Reaper, and two adventurers hunting pirates.
• Danez disguised himself and went to the Gold Coin Casino to lure in pirate targets before their new reputation made hunting harder.
• Alger recognized Danez at the casino and asked him about the Key of the Reaper.
• Danez told Alger that his captain might sell the Key for the right price, and Alger left believing he had useful information for his report.
• Danez passed Klein information about Alger and his ghost ship, and Klein followed Alger in hopes of collecting a bounty.

Klein caught Alger while hunting pirates, then recognized him as the Tarot Club’s Hanged Man and released him. They discussed working together on the rescue operation, and returned to find Danez waiting for his bounty.

• Alger sensed someone following him and tried to ambush the pursuer, but Klein overwhelmed and restrained him.
• Alger recognized Klein as a Tarot Club member and identified him as World, after which Klein let him go.
• Alger introduced himself as a Storm Church captain and revealed that the Church had ordered him to investigate the recent Pirate Hunters.
• Klein and Alger discussed the Key of the Reaper, Vice Admiral Iceberg, and cooperating on the rescue operation.
• Alger accused Danez of exposing his identity, while Xu Yue recognized Alger as The Hanged Man.

Danez brought Alger, Klein, and Xu Yue to Ximiyu to meet Vice Admiral Iceberg about the Key of the Reaper. After they found two of Admiral Blood’s crew dead aboard the Red Skull, a sudden, unnatural storm struck the island, and Xu Yue suggested its cause might be something even more troubling than the Sea King.

• Danez arranged for the group to meet Vice Admiral Iceberg in Ximiyu, where Loen’s control was weak.
• The group returned to the Red Skull and found Blood Thorn Huntley and Calm Skoll dead after the ship’s spirit world creatures attacked them.
• Xu Yue claimed the two Beyonder characteristics, and the Flying Red Skull carried the group to Ximiyu in three hours.
• Alger said he could wait only one day for Vice Admiral Iceberg because the church might grow suspicious of his absence.
• A fierce, sudden storm battered the inn, but Xu Yue said it was unnatural and hinted that its cause faced a threat greater than the Sea King.

Xu Yue and Klein seized the Book of Calamity from Leticia Dorreia after tracking it to a battered boat, then returned to the Red Skull with Leticia and her group. Sea King Yann Courtman arrived after the storm ended and traced the Sea God's aura, leaving to seek the church's help.

• Xu Yue opened a gap in the storm clouds and calmed the area around the harbor, then followed Klein's divination toward the docks.
• Xu Yue and Klein found Leticia Dorreia and her companions aboard a damaged boat and took the Book of Calamity from her.
• Leticia Dorreia agreed to go with Xu Yue's group to avoid capture by the Storm Church.
• Xu Yue and the others returned to the Red Skull with Leticia and her companions as the storm dissipated.
• Yann Courtman arrived, gathered the Sea God's aura, and returned to the church to seek divine guidance.

Klein intercepted the Sea God Scepter after Yann Courtman nearly killed Sea God, gaining the former god’s believers and power while the Storm Church purged the Rosted Islands. Xu Yue returned with Tracy and revealed that her mother, Caterina Pelai, was a Sequence 3 Ageless Witch, then proposed cooperation with the Witch Cult.

• Xu Yue and Alger left the area after Yann Courtman’s attack and returned to Bayom to contact local factions.
• Klein encountered Sea God’s holy sword, resisted its attempt to make him a vessel, then stole the Sea God Scepter from Sea God’s place of death.
• Klein accepted Sea God’s former believers and established commandments against sacrifices, murder, and other abuses.
• The Storm Church launched a purge across the Rosted Islands after discovering the Sea God Scepter was missing, forcing Vice Admiral Iceberg to detour.
• Xu Yue arrived ashore with Tracy, and Klein and Danez learned that Tracy’s mother was Caterina Pelai, a Sequence 3 Ageless Witch.
• Xu Yue suggested that the Witch Cult could cooperate with him, just as it had cooperated with the Luen Royal Family.

Xu Yue negotiated with Edwina Edwards over transporting people from the Gods' Battlefield to the Rosted Islands and offered her a role in an expedition to the Giant King's Court. Edwina chose to cooperate, and Xu Yue's group prepared to discuss their next steps aboard the Red Skull.

• Alger brought Xu Yue and the others out to meet Edwina Edwards aboard the Golden Dream.
• Xu Yue offered Edwina either 20,000 gold pounds' worth of payment for transporting people or cooperation in an expedition to the Giant King's Court.
• Xu Yue explained that Edwina could contribute her key to the Giant King's Court and share in the operation's benefits, including materials for advancing to demigodhood.
• Edwina agreed to cooperate after learning that the key was connected to the Giant King's Court.
• Back aboard the Red Skull, Tracy teased Xu Yue and Klein, while Alger watched their familiar banter.

Klein encountered Arrodes through the radio receiver and learned that it could provide information about mermaids and the Gods' Battlefield. After discussing a plan to rescue Silver City, he summoned a messenger and chose the revived angel Lennon Tinikol.

• Alger found Arrodes speaking through the receiver, answered its disturbing question, and realized it could probe his memories.
• Klein told Alger that the receiver was an auxiliary item bestowed by Mr. Fool, then asked Arrodes about mermaids and the dangers of the Gods' Battlefield.
• Arrodes asked Klein what he planned to eat for dinner, and Klein answered that he would eat whatever Jack made.
• Xu Yue entered and the receiver froze; he and Alger then agreed to prepare for a plan to help Silver City through the Gods' Battlefield.
• After sending Alger ashore, Klein tried to summon a messenger and settled on Lennon Tinikol, a revived Sequence 2 spirit world creature and former leader of the Rose School.

Klein completed his contract with Renette Tinikol, then discovered a new connection to the Gray Fog and rescued Admiral Star Cidalia from losing control. Cidalia joined The Tarot Club as The Hermit, while Klein was left to wonder about the troubled angels he knew.

• Renette Tinikol completed her contract with Klein, called Xu Yue the king of perverts, and returned to the spirit world.
• Xu Yue identified Renette Tinikol as an Exotic Pathway angel called an Ancient Evil and suggested Klein ask Miss Sharon about her condition.
• Klein went to Origin Castle to act as the Sea God and noticed a crimson star belonging to someone outside The Tarot Club.
• Klein connected to the star and brought the mutating Cidalia into the gathering, weakening her loss of control.
• Cidalia cautiously accepted her rescue, joined The Tarot Club, and selected The Hermit card.

Fors confirmed that the Abraham family would cooperate with Klein’s rescue plan, then joined the Tarot Club as Cidalia became its newest member. Xu Yue and Klein warned Cidalia against using her Mysticism Eye carelessly, leaving her humbled and unable to peer at the gathering’s members.

• Dorian Gray agreed to test Mr. Fool’s protection against the full-moon whispers, while Fors prepared to attend the Tarot Club.
• Fors arrived at the gathering and saw that Cidalia had joined as a new member.
• Audrey greeted the members, and Alger suspected Cidalia was Admiral Star and connected her arrival to the Silver City rescue plan.
• Cidalia used her Mysticism Eye to assess the members until Xu Yue warned her that she risked losing control.
• Cidalia challenged Xu Yue, who revealed part of his Mythical Creature form and made her scream in pain.
• Klein formed glasses from the Gray Fog to seal Cidalia’s Mysticism Eye as she lowered her head obediently.

At the Tarot Club gathering, Cidalia learned that Mr. Fool could read Emperor Roosevelt’s diaries and proposed an exchange with her friend, whom Klein suspected was Bernadette Gustav. The gathering then planned a rescue mission to bring Silver City out of the Forsaken Land, with Xu Yue, Cidalia, and others offering their aid.

• After Xu Yue and Klein reprimanded Cidalia, she asked Mr. Fool whether he could understand Emperor Roosevelt’s diary pages supplied by Fors.
• Klein suspected Cidalia’s friend was Bernadette Gustav and agreed to an equivalent exchange for more diary pages.
• Cidalia actively traded supplies and knowledge during the gathering.
• When the Tarot Club discussed rescuing Silver City, Cidalia offered a ship for a thousand people and a safer route through God’s Battlefield.
• Xu Yue agreed to enter the Forsaken Land and assist, while Cidalia offered to ask her high-Sequence friend to help.
• Xu Yue outlined the rescue roles, and the Silver City rescue plan officially began.

Xu Yue joined Silver City’s preparations to leave the Forsaken Land and revealed the dangers along the route, including the Dark Angel Vile Spirit. He proposed that Silver City strengthen its Beyonders by hunting Silver Knights and asked the True Creator for advancement materials before the investigation.

• Xu Yue transferred control of the spirit world creatures to Klein, then left the assembled ships to travel to Silver City.
• Bernadette watched Xu Yue enter the spirit world and wondered how he could reach the Forsaken Land so easily.
• Little Sun welcomed Xu Yue to Silver City and explained that the Chief planned to scout a safe route before relocating the city.
• Xu Yue showed Little Sun the key to the Last Door and warned him about the Silver Knights and Dark Angel Vile Spirit.
• Xu Yue proposed that Silver City hunt three Silver Knights to help its Beyonders advance, then told Elder Luo Weiya to ask the True Creator for advancement materials.
• Xu Yue asked Luo Weiya to request an extra set of Sequence 4 advancement materials for him.

Xu Yue and the Silver City team reached the Giant King's Court, where they fought the Royal Court Hunters’ leader, Milgrom. Xu Yue defeated him, and Milgrom died remembering the ancient Royal Court and calling out to his king.

• Luoweiya advanced to Black Knight with the True Creator’s blessing, while Xu Yue gained the Spirit-Flesh Blade and greater control over corrosive shadows.
• Xu Yue led Silver City’s team to the Giant King's Court, where Colin and the others advanced to Sequence 3 after learning the Silver Knight ritual.
• The team encountered Light Slayer Milgrom, who attacked Xu Yue after his shadow wounded him with a Spirit-Flesh Blade.
• Xu Yue blocked Milgrom’s ambush and outmatched him with his swordsmanship, preventing him from escaping into the light.
• Xu Yue and his shadow attacked Milgrom from both sides and cut him apart; Milgrom recalled the Royal Court, called out to his king, and died as his Beyonder characteristic began to form.

Klein and the others pushed deeper into the Gods' Battlefield while debating what to do with Anderson, and Xu Yue’s group opened the throne room of the Dark Angel Vile Spirit. Xu Yue awakened Sasliel with a fate die, leaving the spirit confused by Xu Yue’s aura and the fortune gathering around him.

• Medici demanded Anderson as a reward, while Tracy and Cidalia supported killing him and Edwina reluctantly agreed.
• Klein saved Anderson by proposing that he sail in a small boat as a navigator and draw hidden dangers away from the others.
• Xu Yue and four other demigods entered the throne room and recognized the figure on the throne as the Dark Angel Sasliel.
• Xu Yue called Sasliel awake and remarked on his lingering divine status and near-omniscient abilities.
• Sasliel sensed an unusual aura of fate from Xu Yue, who showed him a die displaying six.
• Sasliel felt the world's hostility and became confused as fortune gathered around Xu Yue.