Chapter Summaries

Ian Silverpeak revealed the history of the Star Gods, Terra, and the Nethercrystal Perpetual Motion Machine, then showed how the Psychic Beacon had gathered the thoughts of all living beings. Their unified will awakened Eternal Tidecall, and a light in the abyss answered them.

• Ian explained that scarcity had driven civilization to seek a perpetual motion machine and that the Star Gods' war with Terminus had dimmed or imprisoned the stars.
• Ian projected the Silver Wheel, Terra, and the planned Cradle Ringworld, and described how the Calamity of Falling Skies had shaped Terra and brought the Magic Beasts.
• Ian told the crowd that the Nethercrystal Perpetual Motion Machine could end resource scarcity, while Ganterigum challenged him to prove it existed and explain the Psychic Beacon's role.
• A Void Realm tide swept across the world as a vast Subspace Network and the black pyramid of Eternal Tidecall appeared to all thinking beings.
• With Axel's Psychic Beacon aligning their thoughts, living beings watched Ian call upon Eternal Tidecall, and a light in the black abyss answered their combined will.

Ian prepared a Thunder Chaser Magic Potion for Sha Sha, whose Ironclad Shark lineage was highly compatible with the Aurora Titan inheritance. He summoned Sha Sha from the maze to begin its advancement to the Second Energy Level.

• Ian concluded that Sha Sha needed Thunderhunter Jellyfish materials and strong lightning abilities to advance, and decided to prepare an Aurora Titan inheritance potion.
• Ian made silver and gold solutions for Sha Sha and considered developing his own regeneration ability using Glowfire Jellyfish materials.
• Ian gathered the remaining ingredients, including Gleamlight Crystal Clam materials and fluorescent algae extract, and crafted a perfect Thunder Chaser Magic Potion.
• Ian activated his Maze Lord authority, called Sha Sha out of the maze, and presented the potion as its promised gift.

Ian and Elder Pude discussed Patrick’s threat and Viscount Grant’s plans, then Elder Pude gave Ian a fairy’s molted feather and revealed the Chehalorvo Family’s Silverpeak Envoy inheritance. He began explaining why the family had been exiled, ending with the revelation that they had told the late Emperor about the secret of immortality.

• Ian told Elder Pude he had no evidence of Patrick’s hostility and decided not to warn Viscount Grant, since the resulting mission could earn him credit and ties to Master Gose.
• Elder Pude explained that Viscount Grant had a child and intended to relinquish some control, then warned Ian not to reveal his Sand Armor Apprentice.
• Elder Pude gave Ian a fairy’s molted feather he had purchased for him, and Ian recognized its deep-blue radiance through his psychic power.
• Ian asked about his family’s inheritance and exile, and Elder Pude explained that the Chehalorvo Family had cultivated the Silverpeak Envoy True Form.
• Elder Pude recounted the family’s history and revealed that it had informed the late Emperor of the secret of immortality.

Brin reflected on the abusive past that had shaped him as he took his daughter Sophie to school, where Adalbert observed children learning to cultivate through the Loren-Miles Law. The chapter ended with Adalbert recognizing that anyone could now gain sublimation power and wondering whether this achievement could atone for the dead of Awak Domain.

• Brin remembered how he and his mother escaped his abusive father, and how he later reacted violently when his uncle raised concerns about his property and future.
• Thirty-five years later, Brin prepared to attend Sophie's parent-teacher meeting and open class, then teased Sophie and kissed his wife Fulan before leaving home with her.
• Brin stopped Sainan from chasing Boer with a belt and encouraged the boy to finish his homework, while Sainan explained his fears about the consequences of cutting corners and shirking responsibility.
• At the academy, Amber taught children the Loren-Miles Law, and Adalbert observed them begin meditation and considered how the method made cultivation accessible to everyone.
• Adalbert reflected on Spirit Crystals and his research into artificial immortality, then realized that spreading cultivation could let even the poorest and most marginalized people gain sublimation power.
• Adalbert wondered whether his achievement could atone for the sacrifices of the dead of Awak Domain.

Ian hunted in the Outer Wilds to expand the Silver Chip’s database, but discovered native scouts tracking him and lured their forces into the open. The natives revealed an arsenal of advanced, unfamiliar muskets and fired at Ian, who vanished before the shots could hit him.

• Ian used the Silver Chip to identify creatures while hunting in the Outer Wilds and reflected on how its database grew through observation.
• Ian noticed native scouts following him and suspected they had planned an attack.
• Ian drew the natives into a clearing and used his Wave-Singer power to disperse the mist and expose them.
• Ian discovered the natives carried refined muskets, including alchemical firearms of a design newer than Harrison Port’s.
• The natives aimed at Ian and fired, but he vanished from the clearing.

Afrina Ellen and the second prince discussed Emperor Axel’s mysterious intentions and his renewed research into their grandfather’s experiments. They learned that Ian, heir to the Chehalorvo Family, had saved a nearly dead accident victim with a new regenerative potion, and planned to meet him the next day.

• Afrina Ellen reflected on her father’s youth and asked the second prince what the emperor intended for their family.
• The second prince recalled how their father survived the royal family’s past turmoil by holding to the eastern frontier instead of guessing their grandfather’s plans.
• Afrina warned that the emperor had resumed their grandfather’s research and had grown increasingly detached from governing.
• The second prince said the emperor would not repeat their grandfather’s condemned experiments, but agreed that the renewed research was alarming.
• Afrina and the second prince discussed Ian’s Chehalorvo heritage and his exceptional abilities in alchemy, inscriptions, and sublimation arts.
• The second prince told Afrina that Ian had saved an almost-dead accident victim with a new regenerative potion, and they agreed to meet him the next day.

While waiting for a chance to attack the broodmother, Ian learned about Morien Steel and the Church of Light’s Embrace, whose clerics gain psionic abilities by keeping strict oaths. The conversation ended when parasitic beasts dragged the corpse of a Surging Tide Giant Eel into view.

• Master Gose explained that Morien Steel was a dense aggregate of Origin Matter found in high-energy psionic fields and labyrinths, and Ian said it would be useless unless they killed the broodmother.
• Ian asked Master Gose about the Church of Light’s Embrace, and Gose described its five doctrines and said its clerics gained psionic abilities by keeping oaths.
• Isengard explained that the Church sought out people critically wounded in battle or crime and invited them to travel to the Holy Mountain for baptism.
• Ian wondered whether the clerics’ path resembled his own awakening, but turned his attention to a sudden disturbance across the rift.
• Dozens of parasitic beasts dragged a massive Magic Beast corpse through the river channel, and the group recognized it as a Surging Tide Giant Eel.

Ian prepared to demonstrate his appraisal ability to a group of important visitors, using Precognitive Vision to test possible outcomes before the meeting. As he set out with Mr. Silverfang and Elder Pude, he learned that the visitors included every major party he had suspected.

• Lamar told Ian to show his true strength, and Ian realized the port's leaders had coordinated a display of his abilities.
• Ian bought shrimp for Elan, met the still-troubled Sainan, and brought home sea urchins for dinner.
• Ian used his silver-scaled fish as a danger reference while Precognitive Vision tested different plans for the appraisal.
• Ian told Elan to stay home, collected his tools and appraiser's robe, and met Mr. Silverfang and Elder Pude outside White Room General Store.
• Ian asked Elder Pude who was involved in the gathering, and the elder answered that it was all of them.

Ian followed a Primordial Frost Fairy into the depths of the Ice Abyss to investigate the psychic field that had produced the strange creatures. He reached a vast iceberg where a colossal crystalline dragon and a gigantic moth-like aberration had impaled each other and become trapped together.

• A Primordial Frost Fairy approached Ian after he used Fairy Wings, and he learned that it was a self-aware psychic derivative rather than a true fairy.
• Ian decided to follow the fairy into the Ice Abyss, while Isengard warned him about the dangers and gave him blood that could interfere with Patrick's control of the Aether Armor's subsidiary strains.
• Ian left the camp alone and traveled through the frozen ruins, following the fairy toward the increasingly cold permafrost region.
• Ian's Ancient Dragon Core trembled in warning as he reached an enormous iceberg.
• Ian saw a colossal crystalline dragon and a giant moth-like aberration impaled through each other and trapped within the iceberg.

Ian tested how his awakened psionic power affected his body, cared for Elan, and used Precognitive Vision to compare ways of disposing of Osena’s corpse. The vision favored Lake Forest, but its golden-red glow left Ian startled and uncertain.

• Ian confirmed that using Precognitive Vision consumed physical strength and that his body had grown stronger after eating.
• Ian fed Elan porridge and worried that Osena’s repeated use of Supor Sleeping Powder had damaged the toddler’s mind and nerves.
• Ian imagined dumping Osena’s body in the riverside woods west of the port, and Elan became surrounded by dangerously dense blood-red mist.
• Ian considered burying the corpse beside the official road, which made the mist fade somewhat but left danger.
• Ian imagined taking the body to Lake Forest, and Elan’s mist turned brilliant gold-red, stunning Ian.

Ian learned that Elder Pude’s family had been punished after releasing something called Echo, and received the family’s research notebook to investigate the mystery. He gave Pude a new Wave-Singer Magic Potion to test and returned to his workshop, ready to experiment on himself with the material in his marble box.

• Elder Pude told Ian that Emperor Inyaga had arrested and punished his family after they handed over relics, while his dying mother had spoken of Echo and warned that the family had released it and become it.
• Ian promised to uncover the truth, and Pude gave him a notebook containing remembered Silverpeak Envoy Magic Potion formulas and the family’s old research.
• Ian and Pude discussed White Folk affairs and the need for Ian to build a team of his own.
• Ian left Pude a new Wave-Singer Magic Potion and asked him to choose someone to test it and report the effects.
• Ian returned to his workshop with the marble box and decided to experiment on himself.

Ian rebuilt Layan Territory, secured food and construction supplies, and prepared for new projects while his reforms angered former tax officers. As his noble appointment approached, Ian considered whether to restore the Chehalorvo Family name or choose a new surname.

• Former tax officers argued over Ian’s dismissals, and Old Fal registered for the new tax officer examinations while Lauren went to drink.
• Lauren unknowingly told Nick, a Blazing Flame Lands spy, about the tax officers’ complaints; Nick sent a carrier pigeon, but White Folk soldiers only placed him under surveillance.
• Ian planned to rehire qualified former tax officers, oversaw Layan City’s reconstruction, and ordered food to supply the territory through the coming harvest.
• Ian asked Mr. Silverfang to find skilled craftsmen willing to sign confidentiality contracts for an unexplained project.
• Mr. Silverfang congratulated Ian on his coming noble investiture and asked whether he would reclaim the Chehalorvo Family name; Ian decided to contact Elder Pude.

Aels Grant remembered his parents’ and grandmother’s lessons about strength and home, realizing that Harrison Port had become his own hometown and purpose. Years later, he opened Patrick’s posthumous letter and learned that Patrick had targeted Isengard Ellen over a royal succession struggle and that Klar Ellen was his son.

• As a child, Aels heard his father Harrison vow to reclaim Grant Territory while his grandmother trained him to become strong enough to protect what he had.
• After his grandmother died, Aels’s parents argued about abandoning their hometown campaign to pursue a new opportunity in the south, then left him for the front again.
• As an adult, Aels realized that Harrison Port, his loved ones, and his future had become his own hometown and purpose.
• Aels opened Patrick’s box with their old passphrase and read a letter explaining that Patrick had planned to kill his nephew Isengard Ellen because of a royal succession struggle.
• Patrick warned Aels about the appraiser’s exceptional talent and revealed that Klar Ellen, the son of Wilde’s eldest brother and Aili, was his own child.

Ian received Madam Ellen’s offer of a headquarters post and inspected the Second Energy Level Fairy Magic Potion materials she had sent. In Layan City, he learned that a stolen shipment of premium Rosy Radiance Grass had prompted a curfew, and he and Anfa suspected the theft was staged to shield Baron Layan from blame.

• Madam Ellen offered Ian a prospecting alchemist post at the Platinum-Iridium Workshop’s headquarters, with generous pay and benefits.
• Ian confirmed that the gift from the Ellen Family completed his Second Energy Level Fairy Magic Potion ingredients.
• Ian explored Layan City and learned that its residents were staying indoors after thieves allegedly stole a shipment of Two-Year Rosy Radiance Grass.
• Anfa explained that the theft would let Baron Layan blame poor security while avoiding further consequences, and Ian agreed that it was likely a staged performance.

Ian considered the Pre-Epoch Civilization’s plans and learned that Isengard and Master Gose would join a secret observation mission connected to Canaanmore. Meanwhile, Mo Ren revealed that the Dragon-Worshiping Cult’s reinforcements were likely already attacking Xiahui Territory while Ian and its strongest fighters were away.

• Ian reasoned that Terra’s people might have been designed to gather the strengths of many lifeforms and considered how the Terra Spark could reveal the True Dragons’ plans.
• Isengard told Ian that he and Master Gose had been invited to a secret observation mission related to Canaanmore and might be unreachable for a while.
• Ian ended his conversation with Isengard, prepared his equipment, and set out to find the Foresight Twin Leaves and meet the Nethertrace Order.
• Elder Pude interrogated the captive Mo Ren about why he had tried to assassinate Ian and whether the Dragon-Worshiping Cult had reinforcements.
• Mo Ren said the cult’s goal was to destroy Xiahui Territory and revealed that its reinforcements had probably already infiltrated the territory and begun causing havoc.

Marquis Barton officially accepted Ian as a Knight Inspector apprentice and assigned him to deliver a document to the Imperial Capital. Over dinner, Barton discussed noble responsibility and hinted that Grant had mishandled Ian, leaving Ian wary of the general’s probing questions.

• Marquis Barton signed Ian’s appointment document, citing his past achievements, and said he would become a full Knight Inspector after reaching the Third Energy Level.
• Marquis Barton ordered Ian to deliver a document to the Imperial Capital and promised to prepare armor and a sword for him.
• Marquis Barton explained that he had hunted the extravagant meal himself and argued that Evolvers should not compete with ordinary people for profit.
• Marquis Barton criticized Baron Layan for concealing his Chosen child and said he would have publicly helped him, while Ian feared that Barton suspected his involvement in recent deaths.
• Marquis Barton suggested Grant should have kept Ian close as the Maze Lord, and Ian remained cautious about the general’s intentions.

Ian welcomed Anfa to Silverpeak Domain, where she exchanged Canaanmore’s secret elf-modification technologies for his help adapting the Arcane Path and invited him to influence her decisions. Anfa revealed that the World Tree Central Nexus wanted to discuss Gaia Planet modification with Ian, who realized the World Tree Capital had transported a Gaia Ecosphere and connected it to the New Continent’s transformation.

• Ian welcomed Anfa and learned she had come to discuss an important matter beyond their Arcane Path research.
• Anfa gave Ian the complete modification technologies for Eternal Elves and Dragonblood Elves in exchange for his help adapting them to the Arcane Path.
• Anfa asked Ian to establish an elf body in Canaanmore and advise her, and he agreed while warning her about elves who wanted to attack him.
• Anfa revealed that the World Tree Central Nexus had recognized Ian’s identity and wanted to discuss Gaia Planet modification with him.
• Ian concluded that the World Tree Capital had transported the Gaia Ecosphere and that Farshore Island’s New Continent project was meant to activate it.

Ian explained his Arcane Path theory to Isengard, describing how ascension progressed from control of the body and soul to the Soul Light Body, Aether True Form, and immortality. As Mikael began advancing to the Fifth Energy Level in Silverpeak Domain, Axel merged with the Imperial Capital’s planetary shield.

• Ian told Isengard that Terra’s energy-level classification misunderstood ascension and outlined the Arcane Path’s stages of self-control and the fusion of flesh and soul into Heartlight.
• Ian explained that the Soul Light Body was the true self, could persist through the destruction of flesh or soul, and allowed him to act through multiple bodies.
• Ian described the Arcane Path’s Aether True Form as a form shaped to express one’s unique self, and identified immortality as the defining nature of the fifth stage.
• Ian said true immortality involved engraving the self into aether across spacetime, while the Sixth Energy Level might be a perpetual-motion-like state beyond their current understanding.
• Axel learned that Mikael had begun his advancement, then entered the Imperial Capital’s planetary shield generator and merged with its light.
• Mikael Setar began his advancement to the Fifth Energy Level in Silverpeak Domain.

Ian used Precognitive Vision to test how changes to his Origin Seed affected Elan’s fate, and found that even a superior design only slightly reduced the danger. Looking across Harrison Port, he saw blood-red mist engulfing the entire city, suggesting its people faced an imminent catastrophe.

• Ian observed the virtual Origin Seed and realized Elan’s changing fate might help him judge whether his own Origin Seed designs were beneficial.
• Ian tested an inferior design and then a standard design, but both left Elan surrounded by blood-red mist signaling certain death.
• Ian tried his optimized Origin Seed design and saw the danger around Elan fade slightly, confirming that the modifications improved its quality.
• Ian deduced that a powerful threat was approaching and feared that he or Elan might not be its primary target.
• Ian looked over Harrison Port with Precognitive Vision and saw scarlet mist gathering around every person and surging across the city.

Ian pursued a black-armored attacker from Twin Tree Town into the wilderness, hoping to identify him before the fight escalated, while Mr. Silverfang organized a group to follow them. The pursuers found signs that Ian had turned to flee and discovered shattered armor and weapon fragments, leaving his condition uncertain.

• Ian provoked the black shadow into fleeing town, then chased him while planning to observe his Origin Matter and learn his identity.
• Ian fired his Charged Water Gun at the black shadow, who evaded the ice bullets and deflected the few that hit his armor.
• Mr. Silverfang learned Ian had pursued the attacker and sent adventurers and guards to track them.
• The pursuit party followed the pair’s destructive trail into the hills and concluded the black shadow was far stronger than Ian’s pursuers.
• After the pair crossed the Berrybush River, the black shadow began pursuing Ian, and the group found shattered armor and blade fragments on the frozen ground.