Chapter Summaries

Shade and Sivie searched two locations on the island for a Fatu People relic and found the Decoy Skull hidden in an underwater cave. They left the cave with the relic, while Sivie questioned how its distracting effect worked.

• Shade and Sivie found the abandoned reef laboratory, but their search revealed nothing valuable.
• Shade and Sivie reached the young priest’s submerged cave, where Sivie transformed into a Mermaid to help them explore underwater.
• Shade and Sivie found objects that had supposedly been removed from the cave and searched for clues.
• Shade used Witch Light and Turn Stone to Mud to uncover a metal box containing the Decoy Skull.
• The skull insulted Sivie, and Shade explained that the relic could briefly draw an enemy’s attention away from its target.

Shade and Sivie learned that the Decoy Skull had been abandoned on the island by its holder, who was searching for the Unknown Level Relic Fate Base. Grace and Helen revealed that Annals of Time had been written by three Ancient Gods, including the Silver Moon Sage.

• Shade confirmed the Decoy Skull was the missing Relic and found no other clues in the underwater cave.
• Shade and Sivie questioned the skull, but it only taunted them until Shade summoned Grace and Helen to make it answer.
• The skull revealed that its holder had returned to the island in 1698 to search for Fate Base, a Relic rumored to have been left by an Ancient God.
• The skull cracked after naming Fate Base, and Shade put it back in its box.
• Grace and Helen explained that Annals of Time was believed to have been jointly written by the Axis of Eternal Time, the Weaver of Fate, and the Silver Moon Sage.

Shade and Sivie spent a private day together on Fatumonst Island, exploring the young priest’s past after their treasure hunt. They reached his abandoned village and discovered three Seer Association Ring Arcanists there.

• Grace and Helen told Shade and Sivie that they knew little about the Ouroboros Eye before returning to Middlesburg.
• Shade and Sivie ate lunch aboard Sivie’s yacht and talked about enjoying their time together despite Shade’s guilt over dividing his attention.
• Shade and Sivie went ashore to visit the village abandoned after an earthquake and searched its ruins for the young priest’s former home.
• Sivie noticed they were not the first visitors in a century, and Shade saw three Ring Arcanists from the Seer Association emerge from the ruins.

Shade and Sivie searched a ruined village for a renegade priest while Seer Association Diviners secretly concluded Shade was likely a candidate with an extraordinary connection to Destiny. They found a hidden message from the priest’s parents inviting him to visit their new home in Hangdon Village.

• Shade recognized three Seer Association Diviners, and their attempts to divine him caused Lewis’s divination tool to shatter and left him vomiting blood.
• Lewis and Charatu judged Shade to be a likely candidate, while Charatu said he had seen Shade holding ten Rhodes Cards.
• Shade and Sivie chose their next direction by drawing cards, then searched the renegade priest’s former home.
• Shade and Sivie found a concealed stone box inside a water vat and discovered a message from the priest’s parents naming Hangdon Village as their new home.

Shade and Sivie searched the abandoned village for clues about the priest, then traveled into the Snow Mountain to find his brother’s grave. As they began searching the canyon, someone appeared and disturbed their quiet journey.

• Shade found an old letter whose ink resembled the kind Luvia was developing and took it to have its components identified.
• Shade and Sivie failed to uncover the Seer Association’s movements, then left for the Snow Mountain without finding any sign of the diviners.
• Sivie told Shade about the dangerous creatures and island tribes of the Archipelago Kingdom as they traveled through the mountain.
• Shade and Sivie reached the canyon where the priest’s brother was buried and began searching for the grave by sensing Whisper Elements.
• Someone appeared during the search and shattered the peace of their journey.

Shade and Sivie fought three Misfortune Order cultists in a snowy gorge, where the cultists used Chaos Echo and a Sage Level Relic against Shade’s ice and dragon abilities. Shade overpowered their attacks, but the Nine-Ring Arcanist’s Grafting Glove remained dangerous as the battle continued.

• Shade froze the Nine-Ring Arcanist’s fire torrent with Chloe’s Cold Breath, extinguishing the flames and covering the gorge in frost.
• The Fifth-Ring, Seventh Ring, and Nine-Ring Arcanists used Chaos Echo to mutate their fire spells, but Shade countered them with Flash Freeze Ray and Ice Storm.
• As the cultists retreated through the steam, Shade’s Moonbeam Greatsword pierced the Fifth-Ring Arcanist and wounded the Seventh Ring Arcanist.
• The Nine-Ring Arcanist caught the Moonbeam Greatsword with his Grafting Glove, which transformed into a Black Dragon head and unleashed Dragon Breath.
• Shade’s Silver Moonlight Dragon Breath defeated the black Dragon Breath, but the glove transformed into a giant’s palm to catch the attack as its cost weakened the Nine-Ring Arcanist.

Shade and Sivie fought a Nine-Ring Cultist before a Flame Demon emerged beneath the Snow Mountain and attacked them. With help from Ellie, Little Liana, and Emilia, Shade used the mountain’s power to destroy the Demon and prevent its self-destruction, then realized how the Fatu People had once repelled the Seer Association.

• Shade pursued the Nine-Ring Cultist, but his Moonbeam Greatsword struck an unseen thread that Shade suspected came from the Prophecy Spinning Wheel, allowing the Cultist to escape.
• A Flame Demon burst from beneath the Snow Mountain and attacked Sivie, while Shade fought it with a Flash Freeze Ray and Sivie struck it with Holy Catastrophe.
• Ellie and Little Liana arrived with Emilia and severed the Flame Demon’s sword arm, then joined Shade and Sivie in attacking and sealing it.
• Shade recognized that the Demon was about to self-destruct and used the Snow Mountain’s power to summon an enormous ice peak and destroy it with the Black Moon Rune.
• After the battle, Shade told Sivie that he understood how the Fatu People had driven back the Seer Association by using Mountain Possession.

Shade and his companions recovered the Fatu People’s healing relic and a three-page treasure map from a grave on Snow Mountain, then learned that the map might lead to a fate-related treasure. Mr. Mortis revealed that the treasure could contain the Fate Base and that the Annals of Time was believed to remain in the Moon Sage’s library.

• Ellie led Shade and the others to a gravestone, where Shade found Benevolence of the Mushroom and a three-page treasure map buried nearby.
• Shade and his companions sampled the mushroom, and Shade identified it as the Fatu People’s healing relic.
• Mr. Mortis arrived with two masked companions, and Shade exchanged information with him about the treasure hunt.
• Mr. Mortis said the Clown Troupe sought a treasure linked to the Chosen One Ritual and the seven crucial plays, possibly containing a fate-type Unknown Level Relic.
• Shade identified the relic as the Fate Base, and Mr. Mortis explained that the Troupe believed the Annals of Time remained in the Moon Sage’s legendary library.

Shade told Danist that Mr. Mortis had said the Annals of Time was in the Silver Moon Sage’s library, which they planned to enter the next night. Danist warned him not to use the dangerous Unknown Level Relic, and they agreed to search for it together while continuing to look for traces of her Teacher.

• Emilia told Danist that Little Liana and Ellie had returned to Unicorn Nest, then left Shade and Danist to talk privately.
• Danist took Shade to a sealed room on Tier 3 of the library, where he explained that no one could eavesdrop on them.
• Shade recounted meeting the cultists and Clowns in the Snow Mountain and relayed Mr. Mortis’s claim that the Annals of Time was in the Ancient God’s library.
• Shade described possible ways he could use the Annals of Time, but Danist urged him not to use an Unknown Level Relic; Shade agreed to search for it without using it.
• Shade and Danist planned to search the Silver Moon Library together the next night and discuss clues about her Teacher, then Danist teased him about spending Saturday with her.

Shade brought Luvia a late-night snack at the Seer Association, where she had been working with local diviners to investigate the spread of doppelgangers. After they returned home, they discussed a mysterious Association Keeper of Secrets and the treasure maps that might lead to the Fate Base, and Luvia prepared to divine what they revealed.

• Shade used the Eternal Fire Mark to locate Luvia at the Seer Association, then waited for her to finish work and walked home with her.
• Luvia told Shade that the Association was consulting diviners to find and eliminate powerful Fourth Stage doppelgangers in Tobesk.
• Shade described meeting three Association members at an abandoned village, and Luvia identified the old man as Antoine Charat, a retired Keeper of Secrets who had reviewed prospective diviners.
• Shade showed Luvia three Fatu People treasure maps that Elder Harald was still deciphering, and they discussed how several factions were seeking the Fate Base.
• Luvia took a Lucky Coin and prepared to divine whether the maps or the treasure held the information they needed.

Luvia’s divinations revealed that Fatumonst Island’s treasure was linked to ancient pilgrims and the Chosen One Ritual, while Laplace Howard may have left clues about it in the Edwardz inheritance. After Shade failed to find those clues on Green Lake Island, Lust Edwardz confirmed that Laplace had spoken of a snowy island matching Fatumonst.

• Luvia divined that believers of the God of Fate had left valuables on Fatumonst Island, and that uncovering its Unknown Level Relic was a key scene in the Chosen One Ritual.
• Luvia identified Laplace Howard as a likely source of information about the treasure, and Shade planned to search the Edwardz inheritance.
• Luvia reasoned that the Flame Demon Shade encountered had already been placed in the Snow Mountain, possibly by Black Hand-Tifron, and discussed further investigation of the strange ink.
• Shade carried Luvia to bed, then went to Green Lake Island the next morning and searched its discovered libraries and laboratories without finding relevant records.
• Shade asked Durut Giles and Lust Edwardz about Fatumonst Island, and Lust recalled Laplace mentioning an island with a beautiful Snow Mountain.

Shade and Megan searched Laplace Howard’s hidden cemetery library for records about Fatumonst Island and learned that he had found the end of the ancient Diviners’ pilgrimage route but left its treasure untouched. Megan explained that diviners could enter the Snow Mountain’s invisible region by finding their own paths, leaving Shade to gather capable diviners to search for it.

• Lust Edwardz told Shade that Laplace Howard’s records were hidden in the old house’s underground library or beneath the town cemetery.
• Shade reunited with Megan at Green Lake Inn, and they found Laplace Howard’s concealed library beneath a cemetery gravestone.
• Shade and Megan used the library’s records to learn that Laplace Howard had investigated Fatumonst Island, located the pilgrimage route’s end, and left an item there without taking its treasures.
• Megan explained that each diviner had to find their own way into the Snow Mountain’s invisible region and that Laplace Howard had left methods to guide the search.
• Shade named Luvia, Bella, Matilda, Bella’s young ladies, and Angelina as potential diviners who could find the entrance, while Megan wondered why Luvia was not being supported as a Chosen One.

Shade found the documents beneath the cemetery on Fatumonst Island, then joined the group meeting in Tobesk to discuss the House of Resurrection. The group planned to infiltrate the organization on Monday and destroy the Doppelgangers behind it.

• Shade stayed in the underground chamber with Megan and Audrey until they let him leave at one o’clock.
• Dorothy told the group that the House of Resurrection was real and had been recruiting nobles with promises of resurrecting their dead relatives.
• Luvia explained the four stages of Doppelgangers and proposed that Shade pose as someone seeking resurrection to reach the organization’s core.
• Shade agreed to contact Iluna so she could join the operation and alert The Church if the group found the House of False Men’s main body.
• The group decided to attack the House of Resurrection next Monday after Galina’s maids’ recommender made contact.

Shade and Danist Gustav performed the Silver Moon Door ritual at Shade’s home, hoping to find a way to Kalas Mountain. The ritual succeeded, revealing a vast silver door and causing the doors to the Keeper of Secrets Hall and Time Corridor to appear as well.

• At the group meeting, Shade collected thirteen black Metal Puppets from the Doctor for use on Fatumonst Island, while Luvia agreed to arrange the operation against the House of False Men.
• Luvia advised Shade to contact the Annals of Time at the Silver Moon Library, then search for High-Ring Words of Sublimation if that failed; Shade agreed.
• Shade and Danist Gustav returned home with the ritual materials and prepared the Silver Moon Door ritual in the living room at 6 Saint Derain Square.
• Shade and Danist began the ritual with the Moon Stone Slabs and Source of Chaos, and the Wordless Black Book entered the silver Mirror before it shattered.
• A massive silver double door appeared in the room amid white fog and a river of stars, while the doors to the Keeper of Secrets Hall and Time Corridor also appeared.

Shade and Daniste entered the Silver Moon Library using all three keys, where Daniste found a letter from her teacher, Lady Helena Carter, revealing secrets about the Thirteen Old Gods. The knowledge overwhelmed Daniste, but the library’s moonlight helped both her and Shade recover as they resolved to continue toward Kalas Mountain.

• Shade and Daniste entered the Silver Moon Library, where they learned that using all three keys granted them the option to seek limited help from a sage.
• Daniste searched the library’s historical records for information about Lady Helena Carter but found that Helena had erased the records of her death and left Daniste a letter instead.
• Helena’s letter revealed that the Sun and Moon were supreme twin gods and described the alliances and connections among the Thirteen Old Gods, then invited Daniste and Shade to meet her at Kalas Mountain.
• Daniste collapsed after reading the ancient knowledge, and Shade stayed with her as the library’s moonlight restored their spirits.
• Daniste recovered and wondered what Helena had discovered before her disappearance while her and Shade’s Destiny Rings gathered Miracle Ling Light beneath the Silver Moon.

In the Silver Moon Library, Shade and Daniste learned more about the Ancient Gods and gained new Spirit Runes, including Shade’s unprecedented World rune. They left with their search for the Annals of Time still unresolved, and Shade began using the library to look for them.

• Daniste explained the connections between six Ancient Gods and the Sun-Moon Twin Gods, and Shade pieced together how the Sun and Moon stood at the heart of the world’s ancient order.
• Daniste gained the Miracle—Mythology Spirit Rune, which let her learn divine arts without believing in the gods.
• Shade gained the Golden Miracle Ling Rune—World, which strengthened several of his time- and space-related thaumaturgies.
• Shade learned that Moon Library and Summon Small Wooden Boat were divine arts tied to the powers of the Ancient Gods, and that he could seek out more such abilities.
• Daniste declined to use her opportunity to search for Kalas Mountain’s secret, and she and Shade wondered whether the library’s true door lay in the ruins of its Moon Tower.
• Shade activated his Moon Library within the Silver Moon Library and asked it to find the Annals of Time.

Shade and Danist reached the Annals of Time in the Silver Moon Library, where Shade discovered that it recorded their words and revealed detailed information about him. He took a small fragment from the book and gained the Thaumaturgy Fate Manual before the library vanished, leaving him to demonstrate the new power to Danist.

• Shade and Danist followed a starry path to a vast open book on a raised platform and recognized it as the Annals of Time.
• Shade touched the book and saw it reveal his details, including the misleading age of two; the book also recorded Danist's doubts about its contents.
• Shade learned that only he could touch the Annals and asked the library for permission to take a small piece of a page.
• Shade reassured Danist about his age, told her their visit was ending, and kissed her when she tried to question him further.
• A fragment of the Annals floated into Shade's hand and granted him the Thaumaturgy Fate Manual before the library disappeared.
• Back in the living room, Shade cast Fate Manual and unfolded a book-like spell before a startled Danist.

Shade tested his newly acquired Fate Manual, while Daniste reflected on their year-long search for her missing Teacher and concluded they would have to investigate Kalas Mountain. They ended the night celebrating their progress together.

• Shade discovered that the Fate Manual could reveal the approximate race of living creatures and display information when they touched its page.
• Daniste rejected the age shown by the Fate Manual, and Shade confirmed its current abilities were race inspection and information display.
• Daniste lamented that a year of investigating her Teacher’s disappearance had brought them back to Kalas Mountain, and Shade reminded her of what they had learned about Lady Helena Carter.
• Daniste wondered whether her Teacher had visited Fatumonst Snow Mountain, but Shade suggested reviewing Lady Helena Carter’s travel records.
• Daniste and Shade agreed to celebrate their work on the library investigation and spent the night together.

Shade learned that the World Spirit Rune could strengthen his spells and help them become Thaumaturgy, then used the Fate Manual to uncover its powers. The book could record and interpret Fate, including Shade’s own information, and the chapter ended with Luvia and Dorothy discovering that it listed Shade as two years old.

• Luvia visited Shade after Daniste had left and heard about his trip to the Silver Moon Library, the Ancient Gods, the World Spirit Rune, and the Fate Manual.
• Luvia explained that the World Spirit Rune could potentially associate otherwise unrelated spells with the World and gradually strengthen Shade’s abilities.
• Luvia divined that the Fate Manual would be important and took Shade to Dorothy’s apartment to examine Dorothy’s Serpent’s Shedding.
• Shade imprinted Dorothy’s Serpent’s Shedding into the Fate Manual, and Luvia identified its powers to record changing Fates, interpret Fate, and provide detailed information about Shade himself.
• Luvia and Dorothy saw that the Fate Manual listed Shade as two years old, then chose to pretend they had not seen it.

Shade helped establish a Teleportation Gate linking the tower to the Ice and Snow Castle, learned the Ten Thousand Spirits Festival schedule, and reviewed the Fate Manual with Liana and Ellie. The chapter ended as Claire and Miss Larson returned to the Unicorn Nest.

• Shade confirmed that a newly revived person had no race mark above their head and asked Vanessa to lend him Siris to extract a Stage Four Imposter's memories.
• Sylvia and the others completed a Teleportation Gate to the Ice and Snow Castle and planned to connect it with other locations as a transfer station for the Witches.
• Winnie told Shade that a witch had searched for the true End of the Pilgrimage, which she believed lay atop a mountain peak.
• Elder Harald told Shade that the Ten Thousand Spirits Festival would run over the final three days of the month and asked him to persuade Claire to return each year to preside over it.
• Shade used the Fate Manual to view his own information and the Starry Sky Revelations for Liana and Ellie.
• Claire and Miss Larson returned as Shade sat with the Unicorns in the Unicorn Nest.