Chapter Summaries

Adam revealed that the battle had taken place in a dream, while Anger had used the illusion to buy time for a satellite strike. As six tungsten rods descended on the Tama River Mountain Area, Adam transformed into a gray-white Dragon.

• Adam ended his dream, restoring Anger, Chu Zihang, Caesar, Minamoto Chisei, and the others after they had experienced dying in the illusion.
• Anger realized they had remained in the same place and admitted that he had known their small group could not defeat Adam.
• Anger revealed that he had stalled until Sky Watcher could launch six tungsten rods at the Tama River Mountain Area.
• The six rods fell from the sky, and Adam transformed into a gray-white Dragon as Chu Zihang recognized him with shock.

Adam Ankewelt transformed into a Dragon and destroyed the six Swords of Damocles with the Word of Power: Judgment, then overwhelmed the people below with his Dragon Might. He spared them and said he had no intention of becoming humanity’s enemy, leaving Anger bewildered by his restraint.

• Chu Zihang recognized the gray Dragon from the night his father disappeared, but Caesar held him back as the Dragon flew toward the sky.
• Adam Ankewelt confronted the six falling tungsten rods and shattered them with the Word of Power: Judgment, creating a vast scar across the sky.
• The shockwave battered the people in the Tama River Mountain Area, and Caesar feared that Dragon Kings were too powerful to hunt.
• Adam returned to human form and used his Dragon Might to frighten everyone into submission before warning them not to challenge him again.
• Anger asked why Adam did not kill them, and Adam replied that he had no intention of becoming humanity’s enemy and would not seriously fight children.

After sacrificing himself to stop the Deadpools, Uesugi Yue revived when pale gold blood overwhelmed the White King's Blood in his body. He reached shore with new power and abilities, where Uchiha Sōgetsu appeared and asked whether he liked the gift.

• Uesugi Yue sank beneath the sea, believing he had died after fulfilling his promise and wondering whether Eriyi, Shisheng, and Chishio had escaped their fates.
• A drop of pale gold blood reawakened Uesugi Yue's heart, and his golden gaze caused nearby fish to mutate and explode.
• The pale gold blood defeated and devoured the White King's Blood, transforming Uesugi Yue's body until it stabilized.
• Uesugi Yue regained consciousness, swam to shore, and realized his bloodline and abilities had grown stronger.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu approached Uesugi Yue and asked whether he liked the gift he had given him.

Adam visited the recovering survivors and persuaded Anger to cooperate with him, claiming he could end the war between humanity and the Dragon Clan. As Sleipnir departed with the strange allies aboard, Adam assured Chu Zihang that he would soon see Chu Tianjiao again.

• Adam entered the crowded ward, where Anger confronted him about his motives for stealing the White King Authority.
• Adam said the White King Authority mattered less than the process of obtaining it and claimed Dragon Kings were insignificant in the wider universe.
• Anger agreed to cooperate with Adam if he could prove he could end the war between humanity and the Dragon Clan.
• Anger, Adam, Chu Zihang, and Caesar boarded Sleipnir, and Anger classified their cooperation as an SSS-Class secret.
• Chu Zihang asked Adam about Chu Tianjiao, and Adam promised that Chu Zihang would see him again soon.

Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze were drawn into a strange dream centered on a Church of Bones, where Lu Mingze discovered that his usual control over dreams had been sealed. The chapter ended when a notebook and quill appeared on the Bronze Long Table, and Lu Mingze rushed to stop Lu Mingfei from touching them.

• Lu Mingze found that he could not break the dream or control its surroundings, and Lu Mingfei appeared beside him.
• Lu Mingze told Lu Mingfei that someone else had drawn them into the dream and led him into the Church of Bones.
• Lu Mingze examined the church and concluded that its bones belonged to creatures outside the four known domains of life.
• Lu Mingfei spotted a notebook on the Bronze Long Table, and Lu Mingze warned him not to touch it.
• Lu Mingze reached the table and found a blackened notebook with a feather quill tucked beneath its cover.

Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze opened a mysterious notebook in the Church of Bones and discovered it contained a script describing Lu Mingfei’s future and his bargain with Lu Mingze. Before they could read the ending, a hazy figure closed the notebook and welcomed them to his Divine Kingdom.

• Lu Mingze overcame his hesitation and opened the parchment notebook while Lu Mingfei watched nervously.
• The words “Dragon Clan” stirred overwhelming sorrow and rage in Lu Mingfei, and Lu Mingze explained that the Dragon Clan was a Fourth Domain life-form.
• The notebook described Lu Mingfei’s future at Cassell Academy, his encounters with Nono, Chu Zihang, and Caesar, and his bargain with Lu Mingze in the Bronze Ancient City.
• Lu Mingze realized the notebook seemed to be a script of their future and tried to read its ending.
• A hazy figure closed the notebook and welcomed Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze to his Divine Kingdom.

Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze entered Adam’s Divine Kingdom and learned that Aleister Crowley’s Pen had brought them there. Adam revealed that the pen’s stories inevitably become reality, leaving Lu Mingze questioning whether their futures were already destined.

• Lu Mingze used a Word Spirit to pull Lu Mingfei away from the mysterious figure’s hypnotic gaze.
• Lu Mingze confronted Adam, who said the brothers’ arrival in his Divine Kingdom had not been his doing.
• Adam identified the feather pen as Aleister Crowley’s Pen, a Sealed Object that had written the Dragon Clan notebook.
• Adam explained that the pen had secretly drawn Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze into the Divine Kingdom so they could steal it.
• Lu Mingze asked whether their endings were destined, and Adam said the pen’s stories inevitably became reality.

Uchiha Sōgetsu used a fake Aleister Crowley's Pen to convince Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze that he could rewrite their tragic story, then revealed himself as the founder of the Twilight Hermit Society. He invited the brothers to join, and Lu Mingze learned they qualified despite not arriving through fate's revelations.

• Lu Mingfei asked whether the tragedy of their story could be changed, and Uchiha Sōgetsu said rewriting it would require a tremendous price.
• Lu Mingze offered the Black King's Power and Authority, but Uchiha Sōgetsu rejected it as worthless to him.
• Lu Mingfei realized he was a character in someone else's story, while Uchiha Sōgetsu explained that the pen's former wielder had borrowed it and that he was an ordinary Spectator.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu told Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze about the Twilight Hermit Society and its aim to awaken the true Creator and alter fate.
• Lu Mingze asked whether they could join, and Uchiha Sōgetsu said both brothers qualified without needing to pay a price.

At a Board of Directors meeting, Anger defended his cooperation with Adam Ankewelt and was removed from his positions, but Adam revealed himself and took control of the Directors. With the Secret Party consolidated under his influence, Adam turned his attention to settling the score with Odin.

• Frost Gattuso and the other Directors questioned Anger about concealing that the White King had survived and accused him of betraying humanity.
• Anger explained that he cooperated with Adam because Adam showed him the truth about fate and the world's history, but the Directors unanimously removed him and ordered Adam's execution.
• Anger revealed that Adam was in the room, and Adam took the seat at the head of the table as the Directors reacted in terror.
• Adam stopped the Directors from moving or speaking, then controlled their minds and made them submit to his will.
• Anger recognized that Adam now held enormous power over the mixed-bloods, and Adam declared that he would settle the final score with Odin.

Chu Zihang returned to the coastal city for a mission, but on the drive home he sensed a dangerous presence in the fog and went to confront it. An Eight-legged steed and an armored rider emerged, bringing the nightmare from his past back before him.

• Chu Zihang landed in the storm and declined Cheng Er's offer to meet the freshman assigned to assist him, choosing to go home first.
• Uesugi Yue arrived at the airport and used his immense speed to follow Chu Zihang's car through the rain.
• Cheng Er grew uneasy as the car drove into thick fog, and Chu Zihang ordered him to stop and remain inside.
• Chu Zihang entered the fog alone and warned Cheng Er to run when told, saying they had already entered Its territory.
• An Eight-legged steed emerged from the fog with an iron-armored rider astride it.

Odin appeared on the elevated highway and Chu Zihang confronted him to settle an old score. Odin shattered Chu Zihang’s blade and left him gravely wounded, then prepared to kill him when he refused to submit.

• Odin’s arrival overwhelmed Cheng Er with murderous pressure, and Chu Zihang stepped between them to shield him.
• Chu Zihang told Cheng Er to flee, drew Muramasa, and charged Odin using Second Stage Blood Rage.
• Chu Zihang’s slash struck Odin’s Gungnir, but the spear chipped Muramasa and Odin’s counterattack hurled Chu Zihang nearly a hundred meters.
• Odin ordered Chu Zihang to submit, but Chu Zihang refused and faced him with the broken half of his blade.
• Odin declared that Chu Zihang would die and gathered lightning around Gungnir for another attack.

Odin nearly killed Chu Zihang after Chu Zihang resisted his King's Domain and scarred his iron mask. Before Odin could strike the exhausted Chu Zihang, Uesugi Yue arrived and knocked Odin and Sleipnir backward, identifying himself as the Shadow Emperor.

• Odin used his King's Domain to crush Chu Zihang with overwhelming physical and mental pressure and demanded that he submit or die.
• Chu Zihang refused and struck Odin with the broken Muramasa, carving a deep scar into Odin's iron mask before collapsing from his injuries.
• Enraged, Odin raised Gungnir to kill the helpless Chu Zihang as Sleipnir prepared to charge.
• Uesugi Yue arrived and met Odin's spear strike with a fist, sending Odin and Sleipnir more than ten meters backward.
• Uesugi Yue introduced himself to Odin as the Shadow Emperor.

Uchiha Sōgetsu used 0-08 Aleister Crowley's Pen to write an account of the events leading to Lu Mingfei's defeat of Norton. After Eriyi asked what happened next, Sōgetsu left the rest of the story a mystery.

• 0-08 Aleister Crowley's Pen wrote a recap of Odin's schemes and the mission to the Bronze Ancient City.
• Constantine sacrificed himself to Norton, who awakened and attacked Chu Zihang and Chen Motong.
• Lu Mingfei arrived with Lu Mingze's help and used Seven Deadly Sins to slay Norton.
• Anger admitted Lu Mingfei to Cassell College as an S-class, while Xia Mi eyed Norton's remains with greed.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu closed the notebook and told Eriyi to wait for the next chapter.

Uesugi Yue fought Odin on an elevated bridge after Odin demanded to know who had brought him back to life. Yue used Black Sun and overwhelming physical attacks to drive Odin from Sleipnir, then revealed that he had borrowed the White King's authority to simulate Instant.

• Odin recognized Uesugi Yue, whom he believed dead, and demanded to know who stood hidden behind him.
• Uesugi Yue tried to persuade Odin to let him and his companions go, but Odin offered to spare him only if he revealed the hidden being.
• Odin unleashed his King's Domain and attacked with Gungnir, while Yue countered with Black Sun and rushed into the domain.
• Uesugi Yue transformed into a hulking, dragon-scaled form and battered Odin and Sleipnir with a relentless barrage of punches.
• Odin was knocked from Sleipnir and forced to one knee, then recognized Yue's Instant and learned that Yue had borrowed the White King's authority to simulate Word Spirits.

Uesugi Yue fought Odin, but Gungnir’s fated strike pinned him to a ruined elevated highway. As Odin approached to torture him, Uesugi Yue called for backup, and a terrifying presence descended into Odin’s Nibelungen.

• Odin recognized Uesugi Yue’s use of Word of Power: Instant and attacked him with a storm of lightning.
• Uesugi Yue survived the lightning, pushed his Dragon Blood into the Abyss, and charged at Odin with Ninth Rank Instant.
• Odin threw Gungnir, whose fated lock pierced Uesugi Yue and pinned him to the highway.
• As Odin threatened to torture him, Uesugi Yue carved runes into the ruins and recited a prayer for assistance.
• A terrifying presence descended into Odin’s Nibelungen, causing the light in his single eye to contract.

Odin confronted a strange, robed figure whose presence and maddening voice overwhelmed him. After the figure named itself “Hastur,” Odin’s mind and Nibelungen began to collapse, leaving Uchiha Sōgetsu to wonder whether he had gone too far.

• The black divine spear returned to Odin as he sensed a terrifying force eroding the Nibelungen.
• Odin’s King’s Domain shattered under the pressure of approaching footsteps, and a robed figure emerged from the darkness.
• Odin saw the figure’s wormlike body and was overwhelmed by its blasphemous whispers and visions.
• The figure appeared beside Odin and uttered “Hastur,” splitting Odin’s mask and causing his spiritual domain and Nibelungen to collapse.
• Odin became hollow and unresponsive, while Uchiha Sōgetsu wondered if he had gone too far.

Uchiha Sōgetsu traced Odin’s connection through Chu Tianjiao’s consciousness and trapped Odin in a strange realm. There, Odin confronted an immense tentacled being that shattered Gungnir and overwhelmed his mind.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu entered Chu Tianjiao’s Consciousness Island and followed the control passage to Odin’s true body.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu displaced Odin into alien ruins beside a deep lake, where Odin awoke without knowing how he had arrived.
• A colossal tentacled monster rose from the lake as yellow-robed corpses gathered and sang a ballad about Carcosa.
• Odin attacked the yellow-robed figures with Gungnir and lightning, but the monster’s presence drove him toward madness.
• Odin hurled Gungnir at the monster, which slapped the spear aside and engulfed Odin’s thoughts with its mental power.

Pompeii Gattuso woke from a terrifying dream and met Zaratul, who claimed the Hermetic Society had chosen him after he heard the voice of its Lord. Zaratul vanished after leaving him an ancient book, and Pompeii saw its pages reveal the words “The King in Yellow.”

• Pompeii Gattuso woke in a luxury hotel, dismissed Venus, and tried to calm himself after remembering a colossal figure and a secluded lake from his dream.
• Zaratul appeared at Pompeii’s door, identified him as the King of Sky and Wind and head of the Gattuso family, and revealed that he belonged to the Hermetic Society.
• Zaratul claimed Pompeii had been chosen by his Lord and referred to the ancient Urban ruins and lake from Pompeii’s dream.
• Zaratul left an ancient book and urged Pompeii to seek the truth before disappearing from the room.
• Pompeii saw the black leather book open to pages bearing the words “The King in Yellow.”

Chu Zihang woke in the hospital after his encounter with Odin and learned that his rescuer, Xia Mi, had found him alone. Schneider revealed that the airport pickup had been arranged using a missing Logistics Department employee’s identity, then assigned Chu Zihang and Xia Mi to investigate the Bronze and Fire King in the Yangtze River Three Gorges Basin.

• Xia Mi introduced herself to the waking Chu Zihang and said she had found him injured beside the collapsed bridge, while Chu Zihang asked about the Logistics Department employee who had accompanied him.
• Chu Zihang contacted Professor Schneider, who confirmed that Chen Er had disappeared a year earlier and that the airport pickup and Odin encounter had likely been planned in advance.
• Schneider warned Chu Zihang that Odin had targeted him and said Norma would investigate the other group that appeared to oppose Odin.
• Schneider ordered Chu Zihang to travel with Xia Mi to the Yangtze River Basin after recovering, with Chen Motong and Caesar assisting, and said the assignment came from Anger and the Board of Directors.

Manstein demanded to know why Anger had sent Xia Mi on the Bronze Ancient City mission, but Anger refused to explain. Adam revealed that Xia Mi was the King of Earth and Mountains, while Chu Zihang told her she would join the mission to the Yangtze River Three Gorges Basin, leaving Xia Mi wondering whether her identity had been discovered.

• Manstein confronted Anger over sending first-year student Xia Mi on a dangerous dragon-slaying mission, but Anger said the decision had been made with the Board of Directors.
• After Manstein left, Anger asked Adam what Xia Mi really was, and Adam identified her as the King of Earth and Mountains.
• At First Hospital, Chu Zihang told Xia Mi that she would assist him on a mission to the Yangtze River Three Gorges Basin.
• Xia Mi lamented being sent to face a Dragon King, and Chu Zihang promised to protect her.
• Outside Chu Zihang's room, Xia Mi wondered whether the college had discovered her identity.