Chapter Summaries

Linsey encountered Kang Song, a Seventh Stage Righteous Walker wielding the White Steel Sword, during a King Selection War in Dawn Furnace World. Kang Song invited Linsey to join his campaign for the City of Law’s throne, and Alvitte revealed that he would later be remembered as the King of the Blazing Sun who abolished human sacrifice.

• Linsey discovered that six injured Law Knights were traveling nearby during a King Selection War.
• A powerful attack from the heavens erased the six Law Knights, and Kang Song appeared beside Linsey.
• Kang Song offered to protect Linsey, then introduced himself and invited Linsey to join his bid for the City of Law’s throne.
• Linsey identified Kang Song’s weapon as the White Steel Sword and introduced himself as someone journeying home.
• Linsey asked Alvitte about Kang Song, and Alvitte identified him as a renowned king who abolished human sacrifice.

Linsey learned that the City of Law was divided over how to respond to the rise of the gods, and that the dispute had sparked a war over choosing a new ruler. Kang Song revealed that the White Steel Sword had chosen him and invited Linsey to join his team, leaving Linsey to consider the offer.

• Linsey questioned Kang Song about the City of Law, and Kang Song explained the split between those who wanted to preserve its traditions and those who wanted to oppose the gods and their believers.
• Kang Song told Linsey that the City of Law had no ruler and that war began after someone failed to claim the throne in the King Selection War.
• Kang Song showed Linsey the White Steel Sword, whose powers included increasing its wielder's attributes and severing concepts such as fate and causality.
• Kang Song explained that he wanted to reform outdated customs and invited Linsey to join his team.

Linsey revealed to Kang Song that he came from the future, then told him about Kang Song’s future as king of the City of Law. Their conversation turned to Kang Song’s ideals and his hope of laying the groundwork for a future in which Awakened still recognized themselves as human.

• Linsey told Kang Song he had traveled from the future after an artifact containing the power of time and space collapsed, and Kang Song believed him.
• Kang Song explained that changing the past was generally beyond the power of Awakened, though rare Eighth Stage Awakened and the Human Wisdom Codex might be exceptions.
• Linsey told Kang Song that he would become king of the City of Law and abolish Human Sacrifice, but Kang Song felt unsettled because he had only just begun pursuing those goals.
• Kang Song explained that he had killed the Law Knights because they had tyrannized the border world, and said local residents had driven them into a humiliating retreat first.
• Linsey told Kang Song that future society had a normal class division between ordinary people and Awakened, prompting Kang Song to speak against Awakened denying their humanity.
• Kang Song said he wanted to promote that understanding but recognized that social change required laying foundations step by step.

Linsey and Kang Song discussed the White Steel Sword, their ideals, and the City of Law as they traveled east, but they could find no way to repair the temporal-spatial chaos. Over lunch, Kang Song explained how past changes in the universe shaped his belief in equality and revealed that he planned to teach people to sense one another’s hearts, prompting Linsey to connect his technique to Alvitte.

• Linsey learned that the White Steel Sword had appeared when Kang Song decided to travel to the City of Law, and they concluded it could sever the temporal-spatial chaos.
• Kang Song let Linsey try to hold the sword, but it vanished from Linsey’s hand and reappeared with Kang Song.
• Linsey and Kang Song tried several ways to address the chaotic order of time and space, failed, and continued eastward.
• While Linsey prepared lunch, Kang Song told him that craftsmen had once risen to prominence after someone awakened the Law of Creation, inspiring his belief in human equality.
• Kang Song explained that he planned to teach people to sense one another’s hearts and souls, and Linsey suspected that Kang Song’s technique had been passed down to Alvitte.

Linsey and Kang Song traveled together through the past and promised to meet again in the future. When a Seventh Stage believer empowered by divinity appeared to kill Kang Song, Kang Song sent Linsey away, telling him he did not belong there.

• Linsey relayed Alvitte's gratitude to Kang Song, who wished he could have met Linsey in his own era and agreed they would become friends in the future.
• Alvitte told Linsey that Kang Song had disappeared from history and that his successor had gained power peacefully, giving Linsey hope that they might meet again.
• Linsey and Kang Song continued east, but after nightfall Kang Song sensed a hostile presence approaching from more than ten kilometers away.
• The two encountered a Seventh Stage believer who recognized Kang Song from a prophecy and declared him an obstacle to his faith who had to die.
• As the believer's power surged with divinity, Kang Song struck Linsey and sent him north, telling him to cherish his life and go.

After the White Steel Sword sent Linsey out of Kang Song’s Time Node, he found himself in a deserted wilderness under a starry sky and searched for other people. He discovered a group of Mutated Ones discussing the collapse of the Divine Court and a planned investigation of the Seven Stars Federation and the City of Law.

• Kang Song’s wish activated the White Steel Sword, and Linsey was thrown out of the chaotic space-time into a different Time Node.
• Linsey realized that the landscape was still intact but the time had changed, and he wondered how to return to real time.
• Linsey traveled through the empty wilderness all night and spotted several hostile markers on his map near dawn.
• Linsey used stealth to approach a camp of Mutated Ones and listened as they discussed the Divine Court, Andrew, and the rise of the Organizers.
• A Mutated One reminded the group that their mission was to investigate the Seven Stars Federation and reports that a Son of Justice traitor planned to establish the City of Law.

Linsey realized Kang Song's slash had sent him to the ancient era, where the Divine Court, Seven Stars Federation, and Mutated Ones were still active. As he eavesdropped on the Mutated Ones discussing their plans and the coming collapse of the Federation, he sensed a familiar Feathered Serpent nearby.

• Linsey recognized the Divine Court and Seven Stars Federation from ancient relics and deduced that the City of Law was only being established.
• Linsey stopped to eavesdrop as the Mutated Ones set out, learning that they considered the Abyss's power and their own paths a route to the Ninth Stage.
• The Mutated Ones explained that Lord Ryan was trying to change the universe's rules so more dead could revive, which Linsey connected to the resurrected dead and the School of Death.
• The Mutated Ones said they planned to exploit the Seven Stars Federation's likely collapse to expand their influence while the Federation and World Beyond were occupied fighting.
• Linsey and the Mutated Ones halted when a Feathered Serpent's source essence aura appeared in the sky, and Linsey recognized the familiar presence.

Linsey defeated the Mutated Ones, then pursued the Feathered Serpent while questioning whether the temporal anomaly could let him affect the past. He found the Feathered Serpent fighting a friendly-marked ancient Awakened who seemed to be an ancestor of the Law Knights.

• The Mutated Ones mistook the Feathered Serpent for a newly appeared deity and decided to return to the Great Rift to report it to the Child of To Dark.
• Linsey ambushed the Mutated Ones with powerful arrows and used a Withered Overlord Flower seed to consume the incapacitated scouts.
• Linsey investigated a Rotten Tumor and considered whether Clear Sky or the temporal anomaly could affect the past, but he could not reach a conclusion.
• Linsey prepared to attack the Feathered Serpent with a Mythic Arrow, but discovered it was already fighting another opponent.
• Linsey saw that the opponent was marked as friendly and recognized the powerful human as an ancient Awakened who might be an ancestor of the Law Knights.

Linsey ambushed the Feathered Serpent during its battle with the Law Knights’ ancestor, using a Mythic Arrow to corrupt its divine concept without destroying its magical-beast power. As Linsey prepared to pursue the wounded creature, the youth blocked him with his control over laws and demanded to know who he was.

• Linsey realized the Feathered Serpent had fought the ancestor of the Law Knights because of its grudge against the Righteous Walker of City of Law.
• Linsey found the smiling youth battling the Feathered Serpent and recognized that the youth possessed Life Source Material and fought with extraordinary mastery.
• The youth called his self-created skill Law Dominator and anchored space with his sword, wounding the Feathered Serpent as it tried to flee.
• Linsey silently shot the fleeing Feathered Serpent with a Mythic Arrow, twisting its divine concept while leaving its magical-beast power intact.
• Linsey activated the Freedom Mark to pursue the struggling Feathered Serpent, but the youth blocked him and asked about his mixed aura.

Linsey pursued the wounded Feathered Serpent toward the World’s Edge, while the youth who had restrained him wondered why the Law of Chaos kept appearing and considered Bena’s invitation. Linsey followed the Feathered Serpent into a colossal tornado, crossing the World Border toward an unknown destination.

• The youth told Linsey that the Feathered Serpent was doomed and turned his attention to Linsey’s unusual auras, but Linsey broke free with the Freedom Mark and flew after the beast.
• The youth reflected on the Law of Chaos appearing alongside the Divine Court and the Seven Stars Federation, then hurried after Linsey while considering Bena’s invitation.
• Linsey pursued the frenzied, fleeing Feathered Serpent, but it outpaced his attacks and taunts.
• Linsey and the Feathered Serpent reached the World’s Edge, where a colossal tornado marked the border between worlds.
• The Feathered Serpent flew into the tornado, and Linsey followed, choosing the uncertain journey beyond the World Border.

Linsey crossed into the City of Law World and marked the fleeing Feathered Serpent so he could track it while recovering and planning his pursuit. The young Law Knight who had fought the creature caught up with him and agreed to help kill it, then asked about the strange aura surrounding Linsey and the Feathered Serpent.

• Linsey crossed the world-connecting tornado into the City of Law World and followed the Feathered Serpent's blood trail across a desolate plain.
• Linsey used a Hunting Mark to tag the Feathered Serpent, making its location trackable for a day and clearing its route on his map.
• Linsey pursued the creature on foot, using the Eternal Imprint to restore his stamina while saving his flight ability for difficult terrain.
• The young Law Knight caught up with Linsey and offered to help kill the Feathered Serpent.
• Linsey explained that the Feathered Serpent had founded an evil cult and endangered the world, then suggested their chaotic aura came from belonging to a different era.

Linsey explained to Nolan that they had come from the future and described how time-related abilities worked. As they pursued the fleeing Feathered Serpent, Nolan learned that Bena’s village would become the City of Law and asked Linsey to explain the Law Knights.

• Linsey and Nolan introduced themselves and realized they came from different eras.
• Linsey explained that he and the Feathered Serpent had traveled from the future, and he told Nolan that time arts generally could not affect the past or future.
• Linsey flew with Nolan over a mountain range, then continued pursuing the Feathered Serpent across a hilly area.
• Nolan guessed that the barren grassland would become important, and Linsey confirmed it would become the City of Law.
• Linsey told Nolan that the Righteous Walkers and their Law Knights would become one of the strongest powers in the universe, and Nolan asked what Law Knights were.

Linsey and Nolan discussed how Nolan’s art could lead to the creation of Law Knights, then investigated a spatial rift and traced it to the early development of the future Space Sorcerers. Nolan explained the universe’s history and major factions, leaving Linsey with a clearer picture of the forces surrounding their pursuit of the Feathered Serpent.

• Linsey suggested Nolan could become the origin of the Law Knights, and Nolan warned that rigid laws could trap those who followed them.
• Linsey’s Decryption Game detected a spatial rift, and Nolan smoothed the unstable spatial fluctuations at the site.
• Nolan said people from the World Beyond had likely opened the rift while pursuing Bena, and Linsey recognized them as ancestors of the Space Sorcerers.
• Nolan described the Exile Era, when desolation drove people from the universe’s center toward the Cosmic Frontier.
• Nolan explained that the Divine Court and Seven Stars Federation developed separately, then said the Advocates Alliance challenged the Divine Court while the World Beyond had split from the Seven Stars Federation.

Linsey gave Nolan an Ancient Gold Coin commemorating peace between the Seven Stars Federation and the Fifth Divine Court, then warned him that the Abyss might have caused a universe-wide war. Nolan decided to return rather than run, while Linsey spotted that the wounded giant snake had stopped to recover.

• Nolan reflected on the Divine Court and the Seven Stars Federation, and Linsey gave him an Ancient Gold Coin that moved him deeply.
• Nolan told Linsey about the coin's history and the Divine Court's changing rulers, then swore that Linsey would succeed in killing the giant snake.
• Linsey told Nolan that the Abyss had three branches and might have unleashed a massive war that erased the major powers in his era.
• Nolan decided to return instead of fleeing, and Linsey pointed out that the giant snake had stopped to recover from its wounds.

Linsey and Nolan pursued the Feathered Serpent and discussed the Mutated Ones, the birth of new worlds, and their plan to subdue the creature. Near Bena’s fledgling City of Law, figures from the World Beyond emerged from a spatial rift after detecting Linsey’s affiliations.

• Linsey told Nolan that Mutated Ones had discovered a way to become gods, but Nolan remained confident that their era could overcome the new threat.
• Linsey used the Strategic Map to track the Feathered Serpent to a canyon near the City of Law, and Nolan agreed to help subdue it.
• Nolan told Linsey that new worlds were born every hundred years and that Harvest Days helped drive the world’s growth.
• Linsey and Nolan crossed two mountain ranges and saw the City of Law in its early form as a small wooden village.
• Nolan warned Linsey that the World Beyond would notice his Divine Court and Seven Stars Federation auras, and several figures stepped through a rift in space.

Linsey and Nolan encountered Winter Bird and three other Awakened who had come seeking Nolan, and Nolan refused to join their cause. After they left, Nolan explained the Mediators’ history and led Linsey toward the village to prepare for confronting a Seventh Stage Feathered Serpent.

• Nolan shielded Linsey when four people arrived through a tear in space, but Linsey removed his equipment and concealed his aura.
• Nolan rejected the leader’s attempt to recruit him and insisted that he served neither the Divine Court nor the Seven Stars Federation.
• Winter Bird tried to speak with Linsey, but Nolan warned her to stop using her mind-influencing tricks and called Linsey his gifted attendant.
• Winter Bird warned Nolan that the conflict was worsening and urged him to choose a side before she and the others returned to the village.
• Nolan told Linsey that Mediators had helped found the Seven Stars Federation but that some had since betrayed their past.
• Nolan led Linsey toward the village, saying someone there might be familiar to him and that they needed to prepare to subdue a Seventh Stage Feathered Serpent.

Linsey and Nolan returned to City of Law, where Linsey met Bena, the first King of the Righteous and founder of the city. The chapter ended as Arona arrived and recognized Bena and Linsey.

• Nolan told Linsey he had encountered a blind young woman with an aura of chaos, and Linsey realized she was Arona, a believer in the Righteous Walker.
• Linsey and Nolan entered City of Law and met Bena, who introduced himself as the village chief and offered to help them deal with a vicious beast.
• Linsey declined to involve Bena, then took a photograph with him and sent it to Alvitte, who closed the Friend Channel without replying.
• Arona came out of a nearby wooden house, recognized Bena, and told Linsey that she had known he would come.

Linsey joined Bena’s village banquet and advised him on building a future city, then offered him high-yield oat seeds to help solve the village’s food shortage. As Linsey remembered that his hometown had once been called Bromegrass Plain, the chapter ended on that connection.

• Arona told Bena how Linsey had saved her, while hiding that she and Linsey had come from the future.
• Bena invited Linsey and Nolan to a banquet, where Linsey impressed the villagers by preparing new dishes.
• Bena asked Linsey for advice about the village, and Linsey discussed choosing a suitable location and ensuring reliable supplies.
• Bena explained that food production would become a problem as the village grew, and Linsey offered him seeds for high-yield Golden Oat.
• Linsey remembered that his hometown had once been called Bromegrass Plain.

Linsey gave Bena Golden Oat seeds and demonstrated their extraordinary yield, securing Bena’s promise to help subdue the Feathered Serpent. As Nolan and the Awakened debated joining the fight, Linsey accepted his role in shaping the future and prepared to face the wounded beast.

• Linsey realized that he had truly returned to the past and decided to accept his role in creating the future he wanted.
• Linsey planted a Golden Oat seed and used his skills to show Bena how much grain it could produce.
• Bena recognized the seeds’ value and pledged to help Linsey defeat the Feathered Serpent in return for his aid.
• Nolan argued with Bena over who would help Linsey, while the other Awakened also moved to join the battle.
• Linsey sat back on the bench and looked toward the mountain where the wounded Feathered Serpent was recovering.

Linsey led the expedition to subjugate the Feathered Serpent while Arona stayed behind to protect the village. As the party approached the valley, the wounded Feathered Serpent called on the being inside its body to honor their contract and prepare a gift for the City of Law.

• Arona refused to join the expedition, choosing to stay in the village and protect the place where her faith began.
• Linsey finalized the party and set out with Nolan, Bena, and four Awakened from the World Beyond, whose members discussed their plans and concerns about Linsey.
• Linsey warned the expedition to move quietly because the Feathered Serpent could fly and was extremely fast.
• The Feathered Serpent remained unaware of the approaching party, but Linsey's Mythic Arrow continued to torment it and resisted its attempts to remove it.
• The Feathered Serpent demanded that the being inside its body help kill Linsey, and the being agreed while proposing to give the City of Law a gift.