Chapter Summaries

Shade and Audrey visited the home of the missing Mineralogist, solved the stone puzzle, and provided materials to obtain a key. The Mineralogist warned Audrey that she could not defeat her ancestor.

• Shade and Audrey recovered from their kiss, and Audrey invited him to dinner and to attend Friday’s banquet with her.
• Megan led Shade into Green Lake Town to the former home of Mineralogist Rudy McMahon, whom she believed was connected to her ancestor.
• Shade and Audrey identified five extraordinary stones and placed them on the desk, summoning Rudy’s soul in a portrait.
• Audrey offered Orichalcum and other required materials, then added Mithril and Shade’s Adamantine in exchange for more information.
• Rudy gave Audrey a key and warned her that her ancestor was too terrifying for her to defeat.

Audrey learned that Green Ridge Ore had been used to enhance the Edwards Family’s spatial talents, and Shade comforted her by sharing his own mysterious origins. After they prepared a safe house and entered a shared dream, Shade awoke alone on the island’s foggy dock.

• The man in the painting explained that Green Ridge Ore came from the island’s unstable space and that Edwardz had hired him to mine it; he also revealed that Edwards mothers were given ore-containing potions to enhance their children’s spatial talent.
• Audrey worried that her family’s origins involved Human Transmutation, so Shade reassured her and told her he had no memories from before awakening last summer and could find no trace of his past.
• Audrey promised to help Shade investigate his origins, which were connected to the Sun, Moon, and Stars symbol found in her family’s letter.
• Shade and Megan left the island’s fog, ate lunch aboard the boat, then returned and secured a house in Green Lake Town for entering the dream together.
• Shade and Megan entered the dream while holding hands, and Shade awoke on the foggy island dock without Megan’s boat beside him.

Shade entered Megan and Audrey’s shared dream, where they revealed that their souls were one while retaining separate consciousnesses. After Shade affirmed that he considered them two people and promised to protect them, they prepared to explain the Edwards Family secret.

• Shade followed a golden thread through the dream island to Edwards Mansion and gained entry by calling out to Megan and Audrey.
• Megan and Audrey met Shade in the dining room and said their ancestor had appeared and the family secret was affecting the Material World.
• Shade concluded that Megan and Audrey were two people sharing one body, and they showed him a dream form with two heads to illustrate their intertwined souls.
• Megan asked whether Shade would still protect her despite her unusual soul, and Shade agreed and confirmed he would keep his promise.
• Megan and Audrey kissed Shade in turn before they were due to reveal why their souls had entered the same body.

Shade and Megan entered her dream to investigate the door connecting the island to Another Island, but a Demon confronted them in the mist. After escaping the dream, they were trapped in chaotic fog on the island, where Shade used Enhanced Space Perception and Megan shared her senses with him so they could navigate.

• Megan showed Shade the dream door and explained that her gloomy dreams reflected Another Island and that the door marked a possible passage between the islands.
• A Demon in the mist accused Edwardz of bringing someone outside the family and violating the rules, prompting Shade to wake himself and Megan.
• Shade and Megan left their room, but space became chaotic and thick fog surrounded them as hostile shapes approached.
• Shade and Megan defeated the shapes with a Moonlight Slash and Megan's golden magic, then Shade activated Enhanced Space Perception to map their surroundings.
• Megan drank a Body Sensation Enhancement Potion and had Shade drink it too, allowing them to share senses so she could follow his perception through the fog.

Shade and Megan discovered that a demon had trapped the island’s lost souls and turned it into a labyrinth, then prepared to exorcise it. Megan began casting the high-ring Margaret Exorcism with Shade’s Demon Hunting Seal as the chapter ended.

• Shade and Megan used Megan’s potion to see through the fog, defeated undead attackers, and sailed away from the island’s docks.
• After the boat remained trapped in the fog, Shade and Megan jumped into the lake and returned to the street where they had started.
• They met seven people who said the island was a labyrinth, then Shade and Megan left without joining them.
• Shade and Megan concluded the island’s missing people had become trapped souls and that a demon’s power was gradually corrupting them.
• Megan opened the Tome of Yearning, borrowed Shade’s Demon Hunting Seal, and began preparing Margaret Exorcism.

Shade and Megan confronted Maze Demon - Yaru, who trapped them in a dark labyrinth after Megan refused to leave under her ancestor’s contract. Guided by the Source of Chaos, they escaped back to the island, outside the bedroom where they had entered the dream.

• Megan fired her Exorcism thaumaturgy into the sky, breaking the island labyrinth open and revealing Maze Demon - Yaru.
• Shade recognized that the demon’s apparent form was not its main body, while Yaru identified Megan as an Edwards Descendant and offered to let her leave.
• Megan refused to accept her ancestor’s favor, so Yaru trapped her and Shade in a dark labyrinth with one exit.
• Shade used the Source of Chaos to guide them through the shifting labyrinth while Megan’s Spiritual Power drained.
• After more than two hours, Shade and Megan followed the relic’s guidance out of the darkness and returned to the island street outside the bedroom.

Shade and Megan escaped the demon labyrinth on the island just before the moon eclipse, then encountered the Invisible Man and his students on the lake. The Invisible Man challenged Shade to a brief test of strength, and the two prepared to fight as Shade worried about the Demon’s plans.

• Shade and Megan left the island and recovered as they crossed the fog-covered lake toward its edge.
• After emerging from the fog, Shade and Megan encountered the Invisible Man and the Edwards Brothers aboard a boat from the Mirror Society.
• Shade told the Invisible Man that an Evil Spirit Demon connected to space remained on the island, while Megan refused the Mirror Society’s offer to cooperate.
• The Invisible Man challenged Shade to a brief exchange, and Shade sent Megan toward shore before joining him on the water.
• The Invisible Man warned Shade that the Chosen One of Space and the Edwards secret might serve the Ancestor’s ascent, then entered a mirror as Shade prepared to fight.

As the total lunar eclipse began, Shade remained missing while people across the Old Continent watched the moons and sensed changes in Spirit and Elements. Galina Cavendish arrived in Green Lake City looking for him, then detected an unusual reaction over the lake and headed toward the disturbance.

• Luvia noticed the three moons darkening, worried about Shade’s absence, and drew The Lovers card.
• At Saint Byrens Comprehensive College, Miss Danist’s red-covered book began fading, so she left for Green Lake.
• Iluna discussed the eclipse’s effects and the growing danger of spatial disturbances with Hogg Lundell at the Sun Church.
• Galina Cavendish asked the Greens about John Watson, learned he had not returned, and sensed an unusual Elemental Reaction over Green Lake.
• Galina told Tifa to wait for Angelina and the others while she went to see what trouble Megan had caused Shade.

Shade and the Invisible Man fought a peak Thirteenth Ring battle over Green Lake during the Moon eclipse, combining borrowed powers into a clash that left the lake unharmed. The Invisible Man and the Mirror Society retreated, and the brown-haired Witch kissed Shade as she resolved not to let the Witch Council come between them.

• Thousands of Invisible Men emerged from mirrors over Green Lake as Shade rose into the sky and prepared to face Er Harken.
• Shade summoned the Earth Energy Cannon and Red Moon Fall, wielding Iluna’s Gold Bracelet and Miss Danist’s little red book beneath the Angel Halo.
• Shade and the Invisible Men launched their enormous attacks, and the three spheres of light collided above Central Island.
• The blasts dispersed the clouds and shook the region, but the lake and surrounding terrain remained unchanged; the Invisible Man disappeared.
• The brown-haired Witch caught Shade as he fell, and he assured her he was unharmed and would protect her.
• The Witch kissed Shade and decided she would not give up their relationship, even if she had to leave the Witch Council.

Shade was struck into Green Lake by the Ancestor’s attack, while the Demon of the Labyrinth urged Megan to stop the expanding spatial anomaly. Underwater, Desire explained the secret of Soul Fusion and challenged Shade to prove his loyalty to Love, leaving him determined to face her test.

• The Ancestor shot Shade through the chest, and Megan watched him fall into the lake as the Demon of the Labyrinth warned her that the island’s unstable space was expanding.
• Shade regained control underwater and realized the wound was not fatal, but Desire embraced him and slowed his descent toward the lakebed.
• Desire explained that Soul Fusion required a powerful soul and an emotion-binding secret art, while the fusion of bodies required the story symbolized by Enlightenment.
• Desire challenged Shade to prove his loyalty to Love and revealed how to perform Soul Fusion and resolve the crisis on the lake’s surface.
• Desire pushed Shade toward the surface, and Shade resolved to prove that his feelings were more than Desire as he turned to face the depths.

Shade received the Miracle of charm from Desire, then used a Cherub Feather to help Audrey and Megan combine their power and halt the fog spreading across Green Lake. The lunar eclipse and spatial disaster remained unresolved, but the Green Lake Incident had reached a turning point.

• Desire appeared to Shade beneath the lake, granted him the Miracle of charm, and vanished as a huge shadow crossed the lakebed.
• Audrey took control from Megan and prepared to confront the spreading fog around Central Island, while Shade chose to help her.
• Shade used the Cherub Feather to grant Audrey and Megan the Enlightenment of Knowledge and Wisdom, healing Audrey and enabling the sisters to act together.
• Audrey and Megan drew the Angel Level Relic bow as one and fired golden arrows that dispersed the expanding fog.
• The arrows stopped the fog's spread, but the remaining fog swallowed them, leaving the lunar eclipse and spatial disaster unresolved.

During the eclipse, Shade entered the Silver Moon Library, absorbed the Moon’s divinity, and risked merging with the Moon to touch it. He returned to Green Lake with a new blessing and a vast silver wheel of light, as Laplace’s confrontation with the Church continued.

• Megan’s soul became whole, but Shade warned that the battle was not over as March’s last light faded.
• Laplace Klein Howard appeared at Green Lake, declared himself the Chosen One of Space, and challenged the Edwards Family and the Church.
• As March vanished beneath the eclipse, Shade saw the three Moon’s Shadows and disappeared into the Silver Moon Library.
• Shade chose to touch the Moon, absorbed its divinity, and unsealed and enhanced his Library Retrieval spell.
• Shade flew toward the Moon and touched a fragment of the Original Moon, gaining the Moon of Life blessing and a chance to see the sleeping Moon Ancient God.
• Shade reappeared above Green Lake, glowing with silver radiance and holding up a spinning wheel of light as large as the Moon.

Shade defeated the shadow giant with the Moonlight Wheel, but Laplace Klein Howard withdrew after a mysterious Mermaid shadow appeared beneath Green Lake. The gathered arcanists realized Howard had become something beyond Thirteenth Ring, while the island’s spatial anomalies continued to spread.

• Shade threw the Moonlight Wheel through the shadow giant and the black door, and Laplace Klein Howard caught the returned Door in a Bottle.
• Shade and Audrey faced Howard alongside reinforcements, including Minsk Toddlers, Miss Maria, Er Harken, Miss Danist, and Mr. Miller Lynch.
• A gigantic Mermaid shadow passed beneath the lake, and Howard accepted the exchange as a defeat before declaring he would wait for his descendants on the island.
• Mr. Lynch said the Mermaid shadow, not the gathered arcanists, had likely stopped Howard, who had abandoned his humanity and possessed power beyond Thirteenth Ring.
• Mr. Lynch’s divination of the God Summoner returned an odd result, while Miss Danist announced she would lead an investigation team to the area.
• The arcanists saw that the fog had advanced a hundred meters from the island and that spatial anomalies around the world would persist until the Space Chosen One was decided.

Shade and Megan reunited in the reed beds, where Megan revealed that she and Audrey had been Parasitic Twins sharing one body and soul. Miss Danist arrived after the battle, and Shade prepared to explain his identity to Megan later.

• Shade and Megan embraced in the reeds after escaping the Church members.
• Megan showed Shade the scar on her back and explained that she and Audrey had absorbed one another before birth and still could not fully separate their souls.
• The scar spoke to Shade, and Megan later asked him to embrace her from behind before he sensed Miss Danist approaching.
• Shade dispelled the illusion and introduced Megan to Miss Danist, who teased him and praised his battle against the Invisible Man.
• Miss Danist explained that she had been delayed near the lake and told Shade to put Megan's coat on because she was trembling.
• Shade covered Megan with her coat and said he would reveal his identity to her on Friday.

Shade spoke with Miss Danist about Megan and the danger surrounding the Edwards Family, then met Miss Galina while embracing Megan in the reed bed. He slipped away before Megan transformed back into Audrey Edwards and faced Galina.

• Miss Danist warned Shade and Megan that the suspected Chosen One of Space could bring them into conflict and offered Megan Saint Byron's support.
• Miss Danist returned to the Academy after reminding Shade to learn Black Moon Rune and stay cautious in the Green Lake Region.
• Megan embraced Shade and praised his connection to Miss Danist, while Shade sensed Miss Galina approaching through the reeds.
• Miss Galina silently asked Shade to conceal their acquaintance, and he left after warning Megan that someone was coming.
• Megan changed back into Audrey Edwards, and Galina greeted her and remarked that she seemed greatly changed.

Audrey reunited with Galina after the battle at Green Lake, while Shade returned home and then performed a Black Moon ritual to learn dangerous Thaumaturgy from Miss Danist. The chapter ended with Shade demonstrating that his new rune could reduce an apple to ash.

• Audrey told Galina that her mysterious ally was a beautiful, exhausted woman and agreed to introduce them at Friday's banquet.
• Shade returned home, told Luvia about fighting Laplace Klein Howard, and said he would go back to Green Lake to observe Audrey and learn Thaumaturgy.
• Audrey returned to the Green Lake Inn and eagerly went to Shade's room, while Soren and Helena mistakenly assumed she had bested Galina in a romantic rivalry.
• Shade completed a ritual using thirty-six pearls and revealed the Black Moon Rune, which he said Miss Danist had taught him.
• Shade marked an apple with the rune and turned it into white ash.

After Shade’s ritual stabilized Audrey and Megan’s Two-in-One soul, Audrey regained her Eleventh Ring strength and discovered new ways for Megan’s spirit and their shared scar to manifest. Shade revealed that he had used a feather from Cherub-Kerub, then invited Audrey to the Underground Storage Room to show her the Space Old God’s form.

• Shade and Audrey discussed the sealed Green Lake area, the traitor ancestor, and the unstable space spreading around the lake.
• Audrey explained that Shade’s ritual had established a stable coexistence between her soul and Megan’s, restoring her Eleventh Ring strength and revealing a path toward the Twelfth Ring.
• Shade showed Audrey the angel’s feather given by Cherub-Kerub, explaining that he had used one of its three chances to save her and Megan.
• Audrey demonstrated how Megan’s spirit could separate to cast spells and how their scar could transform into an eye; she said it might eventually manifest more of Megan’s body.
• Audrey and Shade kissed, and Shade reassured her that he accepted their current form.
• Shade asked Audrey to use her Locked Space Spirit Rune and invited her to the Underground Storage Room to see the Space Old God’s form.

Shade showed Audrey the Space Labyrinth hidden beneath Green Lake Inn and explained how it connected to multiple signposts. After returning home, he discussed Laplace Klein Howard with Luvia and prepared for the new month and upcoming Time Key adventures.

• Shade and Audrey entered the hidden passage beneath the inn and found the statue of an Ancient God.
• Shade guided Audrey into the Space Labyrinth, explained its teleportation paths, and gave her a signpost to use.
• Audrey gave Shade a Time Key and arranged for him to join her at a banquet on Friday night.
• Shade returned home and told Luvia that Laplace Klein Howard seemed to have abandoned his humanity and might no longer be a Ring Arcanist.
• Luvia noted that Iluna's birthday was approaching as the Month of Rain Prayer began.

After the lunar eclipse, Shade resolved to meet the Silver Moon Sage, then woke from a strange dream and received a letter from Miss Goode. Iluna learned she might soon be sent to Green Lake, while Shade prepared to use Megan’s new Time Key and plan a divination to identify the Chosen One of Space.

• Shade decided he had to meet the sleeping Silver Moon Sage, and her voice assured him that he would.
• Shade dreamed of being pursued through Green Lake, encountering a two-headed snake resembling Audrey and Megan, and being swallowed by Giant Mia.
• Shade received Miss Goode’s letter, which congratulated him on winning the equestrian competition and offered him her usual ten-pound note.
• After Shade recounted the battle at Green Lake, Iluna concluded that the Church would likely send her to the region.
• Shade planned to visit Mikella Blast Furnace City and retrieve the Desire painting, then used the new Time Key Megan had given him.
• Luvia said she would organize a divination with Special Coins to discover who would become the Chosen One of Space.

Shade entered a Fifth Epoch time exploration in 1576, where the Father of Infinite Tree tasked him with helping mortals complete transactions in a marketplace and promised information about the Silver Moon Library. He reached a bonfire camp in a lightless wilderness and joined Liya Higgins and Sarah Miles on their journey to the market.

• Shade used his Fifth Epoch key and received a twenty-minute trial to assist mortals with transactions involving the Old God Golden Master.
• Shade escaped animated plants by following a path into black fog, where he found a bonfire and three people waiting.
• Liya Higgins mistook Shade for a witch until he confirmed he was a man, then allowed him to accompany the group.
• Sarah Miles introduced herself as a trader, and Liya explained that she had been hired to help Sarah complete a transaction for a large commission.
• Liya told Shade that the Desert Witch Emperor Faris Miles had personally divined that she should accompany Sarah and that their chances of success were high.