Chapter Summaries

Linsey received three valuable Miraculous Seeds from Green Fir and Reze, then continued with Rota toward Lake Anindaluhut. They discovered a large settlement of mostly Demi-humans by the lake and suspected a hidden force was keeping powerful enemies occupied as they pursued the secret of godslaying.

• Linsey accepted Green Fir and Reze's seeds and flew away with Rota, explaining that he had once been an ordinary, weak person.
• Linsey examined the Red Snake Tree, Thirsting Leaf Lotus, and Crimson Sun Chrysanthemum seeds and recognized them as transformed versions of plants he had previously given Green Fir.
• Linsey ordered Rota to land before they reached Lake Anindaluhut so they would not be easily spotted from the sky.
• Linsey and Rota saw thousands of Yellow Markers and a lakeside settlement whose residents were mostly Demi-humans.
• Rota questioned why powerful enemies seeking an ancient tomb beneath the lake had allowed so many intelligent lifeforms to settle nearby.
• Linsey suggested something was keeping the enemies occupied and said they needed to uncover the secret of godslaying and expose their weaknesses.

Linsey and Rota traveled to Blue Lake Town to investigate hostile markers, disguising themselves as refugees and gaining temporary shelter. After nightfall, Linsey set out to investigate the markers but noticed the lake might offer a way to exploit the ongoing lunar eclipse.

• Linsey changed his appearance and headed east with Rota to investigate hostile markers near Lake Anindaluhut.
• Linsey and Rota met cat-eared Demi-humans in a Golden Oat field, and Linsey claimed they were refugees and Awakened hunters.
• A cat-eared girl welcomed Linsey and Rota to Blue Lake Town and offered them a place to stay while their longer-term arrangements were decided.
• After the town went to sleep, Linsey left alone to investigate the nearby Red Markers.
• While walking beside Lake Anindaluhut, Linsey wondered whether the lunar eclipse counted as special weather and whether the lake had fish he could catch.

Linsey changed his plans with Rota and went fishing at Lake Anindaluhut during Eternal Night. After Rota caught a gigantic perch, Linsey hooked a special box marked by both the eclipse and Eternal Night, leaving its contents unknown.

• Linsey watched the Demi-human residents fishing at Lake Anindaluhut and speculated that powerful Awakened made certain tools uncommon.
• Linsey gave Rota the Module Seed of Hunting Simulation and a Flower Fishing Rod, then led her south to a concealed spot by the lake.
• Linsey caught a rusty iron sheet, and Rota caught a gigantic Pointy-Mouthed Perch that she knocked unconscious with a punch.
• Linsey resumed fishing and pulled up a black box marked with a veiled moon and patterns of thick black mist.
• Linsey identified the catch as a possible Eternal Night Lunar Eclipse Box.

Linsey used a Lunar Eclipse Mark to craft a Moon Shard, then combined it with the Emblem of Ice and Fire and a Sun Shard to make the Sublime Sun and Moon Seal. As he showed off his new accessory to Rota, her fishing line hauled a gigantic Fish King out of Lake Anindaluhut.

• Linsey found a Lunar Eclipse Mark in a chest and combined it with Moon Stones to craft a Moon Shard.
• Linsey discovered that the Moon Shard could be combined with his old Emblem of Ice and Fire and a Sun Shard to create the Sublime Sun and Moon Seal.
• Linsey crafted the seal, learned it boosted all attributes and wielded the powers of the sun and moon, then returned it to his inventory after seeing its next synthesis recipe.
• Linsey turned to show the new seal to Rota, whose fishing rod bent under the weight of a huge catch.
• A shadow more than a hundred meters across burst from Lake Anindaluhut, and Linsey identified it as the Fish King.

Linsey and Rota brought the enormous Sunken Water Moon Dragon into the Ice Wolf Theater, where they killed it and gathered its rewards. Linsey used a rare water source to craft the powerful Source Mark.

• Linsey pulled Rota and the Sunken Water Moon Dragon into the Mind Image Extreme Domain to keep the fish king hidden from Blue Lake Town.
• Linsey identified the dragon as an Awakening 7th Stage elemental creature with a weakness to fire and high temperatures.
• Rota blasted the dragon with her floating cannons, and Linsey followed with the Lava Jet Stream Sword and Sublime Sun and Moon Seal.
• Linsey gave Rota his Module Seed to gather materials as the dragon died, and they collected Moon Dragon Gel, equipment, and a water source.
• Linsey combined the water source with an Ocean Current Crest at the Workbench to create the Source Mark.

After killing the Sunken Water Moon Dragon, Linsey and Rota discovered that the lake was awakening and sweeping his enemies away. Linsey suspected the boiling lake’s upheaval was connected to the Elemental Lord and Subordinate Creature he had just defeated.

• Linsey and Rota received a pair of Dragon Eye Rings, and Linsey equipped them alongside his Dragon Scale Boots to unlock the Dragon’s Bloodline set bonus.
• As Linsey and Rota discussed whether to keep fishing, Lake Anindaluhut began surging with gathered Water Element.
• Linsey checked his map and saw dozens of Red Markers fleeing Blue Lake Town as the ground and lake shook.
• Linsey and Rota flew above the lake and watched its violent waves sweep away nearly seventy percent of Linsey’s enemies.
• Linsey recalled that the Sunken Water Moon Dragon was an Elemental Lord and Subordinate Creature as green radiance flooded his Map Skill.

Linsey realized that an Elemental Lord beneath Lake Anindaluhut had awakened and unleashed devastating waves against the fleeing Awakened. The spirit transported Linsey and Rota to the lake bottom, where Linsey gained a new title, and the pair set off toward the Wizard's Tomb.

• Linsey explained to Rota that the Elemental Lord beneath Lake Anindaluhut was an ally and that its awakening likely explained why the Abyss School had avoided making a major move.
• A second, seventeen-hundred-meter wave swallowed fleeing Awakened, including powerful Seventh Stage fighters, while Linsey and Rota escaped upward.
• Dense Water Elements enveloped Linsey and Rota and transported them into a natural tunnel at the bottom of Lake Anindaluhut.
• Linsey received the title Oceanic Resonance and concluded that the weakened Elemental Spirit had briefly awakened to kill nearby enemies before returning to sleep.
• Linsey told Rota they had found a shortcut toward the Wizard's Tomb, and they continued forward.

Linsey and Rota explored the hidden tunnels beneath the lake, where Linsey discovered that Rota’s probes could restore his suppressed scouting. After claiming a reward for Rota’s loyalty, they learned a human figure had destroyed the probes.

• Linsey and Rota traveled through the unflooded tunnels and discussed how the City of Law’s records about the lake might have been altered.
• Linsey used the Active Spring Eye given to him by the Nature Spirit as a key, then found his Adventure Map’s scouting range was suppressed.
• Rota sent out two Scouting Probes, allowing Linsey’s Strategic Map to reveal the tunnels, and Linsey told her to preserve her combat strength.
• Linsey checked Rota’s affection, found it was 99, and claimed the Rogue Mechanical Servant — Octopus Robot reward.
• Rota reported that someone had destroyed her probes, whose last image showed a human figure in the darkness.

Linsey and Rota pursued the person who destroyed their Scouting Probe through the underground tunnels and caught him. Linsey recognized the man's faith-powered weapon and demanded to know how he had arrived and why he had fled.

• Linsey used the Map Skill to locate the destroyed Scouting Probe, and Rota reported that the enemy had retreated beyond scouting range.
• Linsey and Rota followed the enemy's footprints while Rota repaired and redeployed the Scouting Probe to gather more information.
• When the footprints disappeared, Linsey used the Hunting Module to track the fleeing enemy through the tunnels.
• Linsey and Rota caught up with the man, who threw black blades at them before Linsey struck him down and pinned him.
• Linsey identified the man's weapon as condensed Power of Faith and demanded to know how he had arrived and why he had run.

Linsey interrogated a One God Cult believer and learned that twenty-seven cultists, led by the Seventh Stage Mr. Terra, were searching the Under-lake World alongside the Mutated Ones. When the believer tried to reveal his god’s identity, his soul collapsed, leaving Linsey to disguise himself as the man and continue the investigation; his Horror Game level rose to 3.

• Linsey stabbed the captured believer with the Blade of Emotion, but the fanatic refused to reveal information under torture.
• Rota used electrical currents to interfere with the believer’s cranial nerves, allowing Linsey to question him.
• The believer identified himself as Carl of the One God Cult and revealed that twenty-seven cultists had entered the Under-lake World, with Mr. Terra, a Seventh Stage Awakened, leading them.
• Carl said the cultists had found clues and were concealing their plans from the Revivalists, while also revealing that the cultists and Mutated Ones were both present in the Under-lake World.
• When Linsey asked who their god was, Carl’s soul collapsed as he tried to answer, and Rota confirmed that his body survived but his soul had died.
• Linsey disguised himself as Carl, told Rota to help remove the captive’s clothes, and his Horror Game level increased from 2 to 3.

Linsey gained the Horror Heartbeat skill and continued through the vast Underground World with Rota, disguising themselves as believers while searching for their destination. They reached a hostile group debating whether to activate a Nature Spirit, and Linsey listened as their argument escalated.

• Linsey inspected Horror Heartbeat, which offered Danger Sense and Fear Aura, and chose to keep Danger Sense active.
• Linsey and Rota traveled deeper underground, learned the mapped region stretched across a vast inland sea, and disguised themselves using the appearance of believers they encountered.
• Rota detected recent human activity without losing her Scouting Probes, and Linsey decided they would approach on foot as believers named Carl and Millison.
• Linsey followed the tunnel to within range of seven hostile markers and overheard the group arguing about whether to activate a Nature Spirit.
• One of the group insisted on acting immediately and threatened to try alone if the others would not join.

Linsey and Rota infiltrated a camp of seven Seventh Stage Awakened by disguising themselves as Carl and Millison. After Linsey warned them that the Elemental Spirit had awakened and their allies had suffered devastating losses, the group set off deeper into the tunnel to confront the danger.

• Linsey and Rota approached the campfire, where four believers and three Revivalists questioned them.
• Linsey used the Morphing Sword to copy a believer's Source Material Attribute and passed the identity check as Carl.
• Linsey and Rota claimed that a powerful will had awakened above, and Rota confirmed their account.
• The Awakened learned that most of their people outside were dead or badly injured, and they decided to press on despite the danger.
• The believers and Revivalists headed deeper into the tunnel with Linsey and Rota, bringing the group to nine.

Linsey and Rota investigated a hidden gate to the Wizard's Tomb, which the believers revealed and opened with their power of prayer. While the gate's opening appeared to lead nowhere, Linsey's Strategic Map detected something intangible beyond the wall.

• Linsey used his Scouting Skill to discover the outline of a hidden gate and sent the information to Rota.
• A believer used the power of prayer to reveal the gate, while the Revivalists warned that opening it could be dangerous.
• The believer poured power into the gate, releasing a golden radiance of Law power and will.
• Rota reported that the gate opened onto an ordinary wall, and Linsey's other perception skills confirmed her findings.
• Linsey switched to his Strategic Map and discovered that he could select something intangible and formless beyond the wall.

Linsey and Rota stayed behind as the believers and Revivalists pursued the formless entities that had emerged from the gate. With the sole guard distracted by the ruined gate, Linsey and Rota approached him.

• Linsey warned Rota not to touch the strange entities, and they retreated while the believers tried to open a gate.
• Three Revivalists charged into the gate and destroyed it, but another believer realized the gate had opened and something had escaped.
• Linsey observed that the entities had fled without attacking anyone, and the believers and Revivalists split up to pursue them.
• The believers and Revivalists left Haisen to guard Linsey and Rota near the ruins.
• Linsey and Rota walked toward Haisen while he studied the rubble, and he asked what they wanted.

Linsey and Rota ambushed and killed a Seventh Stage Revivalist, then discovered the escaped creatures had scattered beyond the Strategic Map’s range. Linsey used a Hunting Mark to track one and led Rota toward the Wizard’s Tomb, armed with a dagger that could strike intangible enemies.

• Linsey and Rota killed the Revivalist in a coordinated ambush, and Linsey collected a Love Potion from him.
• Rota reported that the thirteen creatures released from the gate had scattered into unexplored tunnels beyond her scouting range.
• Linsey revealed he had placed a Hunting Mark on one creature, allowing them to track it for a day.
• Linsey and Rota set out to investigate the creatures and the Wizard’s Tomb’s Godslaying Skill before their enemies could reach them.
• Linsey showed Rota Words of Rose, a dagger capable of striking enemies without physical forms.

Linsey and Rota pursued an invisible spirit in the underground tunnels and discovered it was a Shadow of the Past, a guide to the Wizard’s Tomb whose seal had been disrupted. The passage to the tomb had collapsed, leaving Linsey unsure whether to kill the spirits or seek another way inside.

• Linsey and Rota chased the fleeing Shadow of the Past through the tunnels while Rota recorded information about it.
• Linsey used the Words of Rose and a powerful strike to hit the spirit, but it flew into a wall without disturbing the mud or stone and then resumed fleeing.
• Rota and Linsey’s Hunting Notes revealed that the spirit was a massless being made from an Awakened’s will, now chaotic and harmless after being torn from its seal.
• Linsey realized the spirits had guarded the passage to the Wizard’s Tomb, which collapsed when a believer forced it open with wish-granting power.
• Linsey wondered whether killing the spirits would destroy his remaining chance to enter the Wizard’s Tomb or whether another solution existed.

Linsey pursued a Shadow of the Past in the Under-lake World and decided to restore him rather than destroy the tomb’s guardians. Using the full value of a Double Serpent Coin, he rebuilt the Shadow’s human body, and the revived Awakened asked whether the Abyss School had returned.

• Rota suggested destroying the Shadows of the Past, but Linsey argued that the Revivalists’ god or leader could still break into the tomb by other means.
• Linsey concluded that they needed to enter the tomb and learn about the God-Slaying Skill, and proposed questioning a Shadow by freeing him from his transformed state.
• Linsey pinned the pursued Shadow of the Past to the muddy ground with an iron rod enhanced by Words of Rose.
• Linsey spent the full value of a Double Serpent Coin to rebuild the Shadow’s body and restore him to human form.
• The revived Awakened opened his golden eyes and asked Linsey whether the scum of the Abyss School had revived in this era.

Linsey revived a Seventh Stage Law Knight named Al and convinced him that the Seven Stars Federation had fallen and that the Wizard's Tomb faced a new threat. Al agreed to lead Linsey and Rota to the tomb's hidden Spatial Base Point, while Linsey revealed he had visited the era when the City of Law was founded.

• Linsey restored the Resurrected Knight's flesh and explained the current danger surrounding the Wizard's Tomb.
• Linsey showed Al the Peace Seven Stars Medal and used Al's lie-detection skill to verify his account of stopping the Extinction Crown's revival.
• Linsey told Al that a new evil god's follower had opened the sealed gate, and Al recognized the tomb's power as the God-Slaying Skill.
• Al led Linsey and Rota through the tunnel toward the Wizard's Tomb's hidden Spatial Base Point, introducing himself as Al.
• Linsey introduced himself and Rota, then told Al that he had traveled to the City of Law's founding era and helped Mr. Bena.

Linsey, Rota, and Al traveled through the tunnels toward the Wizard's Tomb while discussing its history and the sacrifices made to protect it. Before Al could explain how the tomb could be entered, a powerful source essence erupted overhead, and Linsey recognized a wizard's skill within it.

• Al learned that Linsey had met Lord Bena during the temporal chaos and became more trusting of him.
• Al told Rota that he had helped build the Wizard's Tomb and that the wizard's dying wish was to preserve the Godslaying Skill for the future.
• Al explained that Lord Anindaluhut had chosen to sleep beneath the lake and would kill anyone from the Abyss School.
• Linsey, Rota, and Al reached a maze of cracks deep beneath the water, where Al prepared to break through the earth with Linsey's pickaxe.
• A source essence containing the Mutated Ones' stench, believers' Power of Faith, and a wizard's skill erupted above them, and Linsey recognized Ke Saiwei Lait.

Linsey, Al, and Rota tried to excavate the Spatial Base Point while a battle raged above them, but the fighting tore open the barrier between the Under-lake World and the lake. As the tunnel flooded with violent wind and powerful forces awakened overhead, Linsey realized an Eighth Stage Awakened of the Abyss School was moving to seize the Elemental Spirit.

• Linsey sent Rota to support the battle above while he stayed behind to handle the Wizard's Tomb.
• The battle tore open the spatial barrier, letting lake water and hurricane-force air surge into the underground tunnel.
• Linsey held Al and Rota steady as Rota launched Scouting Probes and Al used his Law Radiance to shield them from the wind.
• The Elemental Spirit that formed the underground sea awakened, and an Eighth Stage Awakened of the Abyss School appeared above them, intent on capturing it.