Vol. 8The Mirror and the Empire

Lanchi infiltrated the Krui Di Empire, investigated the Blood Race, and entered the Shadow World to confront Lan Keluos’s failed efforts to save the Honing Empire. He returned to the academy with a Sealmaster advancement token, while Sigrid planned to study there under a new name.

  • Lanchi entered the Krui Di Empire as Landry Washington, taught at Saint Krui Di Monastery, and built influence while pursuing his plans.
  • Elsa struggled to reconnect with him, while Hughberlian reunited with Almirs at Cat Boss Restaurant.
  • Lanchi investigated Blood Race activity and reunited Talia with Ifatia, who revealed that a secret medicine had shortened her life.
  • Lanchi promised to find a remedy and left with Talia and Barton to free Ifatia.
  • Lanchi joined the Silver Moon Restoration Society and entered a Shadow World, where he faced memories of Lan Keluos and Kali Yella.
  • Hughberlian escaped Melo Gas with Tamisha and headed toward Purgatory City, hoping to meet Lanchi.
  • Lanchi relived Lan Keluos’s failed attempts to save the Honing Empire in the Tiberius Mirror, and Tamisha freed him from its curse.
  • Sigrid revealed she had entered the Shadow World from outside, gave Lanchi a Sealmaster advancement token, and planned to study at Iketerite Academy as Sid.
Chapters 714–816 Read from Ch. 714

Arc 29The Professor of Bulida

Lanchi entered the Krui Di Empire under Landry Washington’s identity, joined Saint Krui Di Monastery, and used his teaching post to build influence while pursuing his plans. The arc ended with Elsa struggling to reconnect with him and Hughberlian reuniting with Almirs at Cat Boss Restaurant.

  • Lanchi and Talia joined the festival masquerade, then began crafting a card whose magic drew them into a dream before an urgent broadcast announced the Krui Di invasion.
  • As the Krui Di War Gods devastated Alliance forces, Lanchi agreed to serve as a Magical Engineer for Bosen and arranged to enter the empire as a special agent.
  • Lanchi disguised himself as Lovia and boarded a train to Bulida, where he met Landry Washington before an attack killed Landry and Lanchi subdued the assassin Unity.
  • Lanchi arranged for Unity to take Landry’s body and assumed Landry’s identity, then convinced Imperial officers that he had defended the Empire during the train attack.
  • At Saint Krui Di Monastery, Principal Violet hired Lanchi provisionally and authorized him to expose and punish members of the Silver Moon Restoration Society.
  • Lanchi discovered that Landry’s contacts belonged to a nine-member secret organization, while news reached the group that Geya Te had sealed Loren in the Illusionary Territory.
  • Lanchi’s first lectures impressed the students with demon-engineering principles and a new interpretation of the Genesis Records, while he planned to use their connections to find illegal buildings and locate Blood Moon City.
  • Lanchi declined Elsa’s invitation to spend the afternoon together, and Elsa told Ursula that he felt colder than before, and meanwhile, Hughberlian reunited with her teacher Almirs at Cat Boss Restaurant.
Chapters 714–73925 summaries Read

Arc 30The Sisters Reunited

Lanchi worked to uncover the Blood Race’s plans while Elsa’s abduction led him to a dangerous meeting with Talia’s sister, Ifatia. After reuniting with Ifatia and learning the cost of her strength, Lanchi left with a plan to find a cure for the Blood King Divine Fire and free her.

  • Almirs recruited Hughberlian for an infiltration mission into the Krui Di Empire, and Hughberlian agreed to serve as a spy for the allied forces.
  • Lanchi accepted an honorary consultant position with the Imperial Special Operations Division while concealing his loyalties and preparing to investigate the Empire’s factions and the Blood Race.
  • Lanchi developed a plan to attack Blood Moon City during the National Day Ceremony and expected to enter the vampire-history Shadow World with Talia.
  • Elsa and Cat Boss were pursued through the Bulida Port District, where Elsa’s Eye of Judgment exposed Viscount Carmel’s vast death toll before Lanchi captured him.
  • Barton brought Lanchi to the Mafia’s underground palace, where Talia and her sister Ifatia recognized each other and reunited after a hundred years apart.
  • Ifatia offered to help Lanchi destroy Blood Moon City and rescue Mi Gaiya, while Lanchi considered asking Violet for blood to test a possible cure for the Blood King Divine Fire.
  • Ifatia revealed that the Godly Curse Potential Secret Medicine had greatly shortened her lifespan, and Lanchi promised to find a remedy before leaving with Talia and Barton.
Chapters 740–76525 summaries Read

Arc 31The Little Spark

Lanchi and Talia joined the Silver Moon Restoration Society, then entered a Shadow World where Lanchi confronted memories of Lan Keluos and the legacy of Kali Yella. Hughberlian separately escaped Melo Gas with Kali Yella’s mysterious kitten, Tamisha, and headed toward Purgatory City hoping to meet Lanchi.

  • Lanchi and Talia accidentally took the lead roles in Abigail’s opera, then Lanchi revealed his identity as Professor Landry and met Toliado, who recognized him as McCarthy.
  • Toliado, Abigail, Iftia, and Barton reunited, and Lanchi learned that Princess Alexia belonged to the Silver Moon Restoration Society and that Blood Race influence threatened the Empire.
  • Lanchi, Talia, and Cat Boss entered the Shadow World called Tear Rain Eternal World, where Lanchi learned he was the masked Pope and had to understand Lan Keluos’s state of mind while keeping all challengers alive for 21 days.
  • Lanchi read Kali Yella’s letter, experienced a memory of her death, and decided to return to the Demon Realm, where Sigrid mistook Talia for Kali Yella.
  • Lanchi traveled with Sigrid and Talia to Small Stone City and mourned the Bearmen who had died resisting the Honing Empire and the Blood Race.
  • Hughberlian learned that Kali Yella had died and that Melo Gas had seized control as regent, then left the throne hall with a wounded gray kitten carrying the name Tamisha.
  • Melo Gas ordered Hughberlian found, while Planai and Antanas stayed behind to appear compliant and keep the other Great Demons in check.
  • Hughberlian resolved to support Lanchi despite fearing the Black Sun’s influence, and continued toward Purgatory City with Tamisha, hoping to meet him.
Chapters 766–79025 summaries Read

Arc 32The Mirror’s Final Future

Lanchi used the Tiberius Mirror to relive Lan Keluos’s doomed attempts to save the Honing Empire, then returned to the academy with Tamisha’s help. As the Shadow World neared its end, Sigrid revealed she had entered it from the outside, and Lanchi discovered that he was the mysterious cardinal bishop and had gained a Sealmaster advancement token.

  • Lanchi rescued Hughberlian from Profane Lord Melo Gas, helped Sigrid defeat her, and revealed himself as the Holy Plant Pope before persuading Melo Gas to return to Demon King City.
  • Lanchi entered the Tiberius Mirror and saw a future in which Lan Keluos confronted the vampires and the Magic Humans, but the Honing Empire fell despite his victories.
  • Lanchi tried the mirror’s final simulation, took on the curse of Undying Eternal Punishment, and destroyed the Blood Race Progenitors, yet died before he could save the Holy Plant Religious Nation from the advancing Magic Humans.
  • Tamisha cut the mirror’s power to free Lanchi from the curse’s endless darkness, and Lanchi returned to the academy after promising that she might need to save him again in the distant future.
  • Hughberlian and Sigrid comforted Tamisha, while Sigrid and Hughberlian shared an emotional farewell before Lanchi gave Sigrid instructions for what to do after his advancement.
  • Sigrid revealed that she had entered the Shadow World and become the Sigrid Lanchi knew, then told him she planned to study at Iketerite Academy under the name Sid.
  • Sigrid gave Lanchi the Radiant Corona, whose inscription identified him as the holder of the Crazy Love Bishop’s Certificate and provided his Sealmaster advancement token.
  • Lanchi accepted the certificate and agreed to attend the Bishops’ Conference with Sigrid, who reaffirmed her support and grew jealous when he mentioned a useful big sister.
Chapters 792–81625 summaries Read
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