Recaps

Shade and the Witches investigated the Bennett Family, uncovered Thomas Bennett’s connection to the Time Transfer Station, and fought him before learning that the decisive battle would begin Saturday night. As the world fell into an unnatural darkness, Shade gathered the Church, Academy, elves, and other allies to defend Vesta City and support Emilia’s Chosen One Ritual.

• Shade and the Witches established Moon Sanctuary around the silver hot spring, then learned that Thomas Bennett had sent Albert into the future and planned to confront the Bennett Family.
• Shade and Megan investigated the Fisher, Bennett, and Koch families, uncovering Ina Fisher’s Tree Hollow, Herman Koch’s Truth Society machinery, and Mrs. Bennett’s death from natural causes.
• At Mrs. Bennett’s funeral, Thomas Bennett defeated the assassins who attacked him, then fought Shade and the Witches before fleeing into Vesta Woodland as a giant.
• Thomas brought Shade into the Time Transfer Station, where he revealed his plan to find a way to revive his dead wife and invited Shade to face him, the Paradox Worms, and the Clockmaker on Saturday night.
• Emilia prepared for the Chosen One Ritual while Luvia encouraged her, and Shade learned that a star-filled darkness had halted the world’s normal passage of time.
• Shade gathered support from Priest Augustus, Doctor Schneider, Old John, the Guardian, and Mr. Ptolemy Albert, who provided a sword, relics, and Dragon Transformation Potions.
• The Church and Academy agreed to defend Vesta City and hold off the Paradox Worm army as the city prepared for lockdown and evacuation.
• Elderon and the Nine Great Elf Clans arrived to help, and Shade gathered his allies aboard the Radiance Messenger to begin planning the decisive battle.

Shade and Emilia defeated Thomas Bennett in the Time Transfer Station, but the siege of Vesta City escalated as Paradox Worms and corrupted forces attacked. The defenders destroyed the Watcher’s Worm and Bug Man, while the Clockmaker remained missing and a third Bug Tide approached.

• Shade and the witches prepared Vesta City for the siege, and Shade and Emilia entered the hidden Time Transfer Station to confront Thomas Bennett.
• Emilia defeated Bennett in their Time War duel, but he escaped into the past after accepting power from the Mermaid and leaving behind a World Tree Branch.
• Shade claimed Bennett’s daughters under his agreement with the Mermaid, then returned with Emilia as the Paradox Worm siege intensified around Vesta City.
• Shade and the defenders fought the second Bug Tide, and the Watcher emerged embedded in a Gravel Worm that empowered the attacking creatures and turned parts of the forest to stone.
• Shade, the witches, Church forces, dragons, and elves battled the Watcher’s Worm and its great tree as the creature broke through the city’s golden shield.
• Emilia awakened the Thirteenth Ring of Fate and summoned five time-powered dragons, whose attacks weakened the Watcher while Shade uprooted the tree and burned the Worm.
• Shade’s sealed Gravel Worm petrified the Watcher’s Worm, and Emilia and the Dragon Maids destroyed the Bug Man with Time Cleavage.
• Vanessa recovered a mud-wrapped branch from the Bug Man’s ashes, while Grace and Helen reported that the Clockmaker was still missing and a third Bug Tide was approaching.

Shade and Emilia reached the World Tree and joined a desperate battle against the Ancient One, whose time powers overwhelmed their allies. After the Ancient One sent the woodland’s inhabitants a day into the future, Shade followed Luvia’s instructions and Blaine recognized him as the Moon she must hunt on her path to demigodhood.

• Shade led Emilia and their allies through Vesta Woodland, where Professor Yuke Wood revealed the World Tree’s root and began the final trial.
• The Ancient One emerged and attacked the group, while Shade’s allies fought the Fire Demon, Thomas Bennett, the Watcher, and the Paradox Worms.
• Flora broke her Time Curse and transformed into an Undead Dragon, while the Chosen Ones and Shade’s allies joined forces against the Ancient One.
• Shade summoned Adele and fought alongside the others, but the Ancient One stopped time throughout the world and sent everyone in the woodland twenty-four hours forward.
• Shade awoke with Little Mia in the empty woodland and found Luvia, who said Miss Olanord needed to become a demigod and instructed Shade to free Blaine and strike the Ancient One’s heart.
• Shade restored Blaine from her doll form, and she pursued him through the forest in a Hunting Ritual.
• Blaine caught Shade after their chase and realized that he was the Moon she had been hunting on her Demigod Road.

Shade and his allies defeated the Ancient One and sealed the Time Scar beneath Vesta Woodland, with Emilia becoming the Chosen One of Time. After the battle, Shade said goodbye to Blaine and reunited with the recovering Witches.

• Blaine became Demigod Witch Blaney after Shade’s love and the Yellow Moon helped her complete her advancement.
• Shade summoned Helena Carter and gave her the chance to gain a physical body, then returned with Blaney and their allies to battle the Ancient One.
• Emilia learned from Adele that her journeys through time were helping the World Tree’s seed grow, while Iluna and the others fought the Ancient One on the battlefield.
• Shade advanced as the Watcher, and he and his allies struck the Ancient One with their combined moonlight before Shade absorbed the World Tree’s divinity.
• Luvia arrived from Shade’s shadow and killed the Ancient One, after which Professor Yuke Wood revealed that the throne had bound him to suppress the Time Scar.
• Emilia became the eighth Chosen One of Time, and Shade used the Crystal Throne, the World Tree Bark, and his Mystic Lock to seal the Time Scar and stabilize Vesta Woodland.
• Shade and Emilia emerged from their crystal statues after the seal was completed, and the surviving groups began recovery and relief efforts.
• Shade said goodbye to Blaine in the Time Corridor, then woke beside Galina and visited the recovering Witches.