Recaps

Azik learned that he was the son of Death, but he still could not recall the most important parts of his past. After Tracy's escape was stopped, Luther began purifying her and expelling her Beyonder Characteristic.

• Azik and Medici exchanged insults while Medici revealed that he and the other two spirits had remained trapped underground for a thousand years.
• Medici recalled that Azik's father, Death, had joined forces with a Demoness to unleash the Pale Disaster across the Southern Continent, but the Seven Gods and a newly advanced figure had defeated them.
• Azik admitted that Medici's words had brought back memories, though he still could not remember something important, and Medici withdrew into Luther.
• Klein explained that he had brought Azik to help Luther and asked what would happen to Tracy; Luther asked her what she knew about Katarina.
• Tracy said she had been a child Katarina created to preserve her youthful state of mind, and Luther dismissed her attempt to evoke sympathy.
• Luther used Purification of the Unshadowed on Tracy, forcing the Beyonder Characteristic out of her body as Klein retreated.

After defeating Tracy, Luther celebrated with his crew, used her intelligence to plan a campaign against the Demoness Sect’s trafficking network, and narrowed his search for the Black Throne. Elsewhere, Admiral of Blood Senor learned that Lord Shanks’s ritual had succeeded and awaited the god’s response.

• Luther declined Klein’s invitation to the victory banquet, and Klein left with Azik while Luther dragged the Black Death’s wreckage back to his fleet.
• Luther reunited with his crew, confirmed they had captured Tracy’s pirates, and ordered the loot divided and the prisoners held for sale.
• Luther’s crew celebrated aboard the Doe while he studied Tracy’s intelligence and planned to target Demoness Sect traffickers and their transport captains.
• Luther recorded another direction from the black key on his sea chart, narrowing the search area for the Black Throne, and remembered the Queen’s request to meet before his journey.
• Senor asked Lord Shanks whether the ritual had succeeded, and Shanks confirmed it had and said they were waiting for the god’s response.

The Rose School of Thought sought the Mother Tree’s help to heal the injured Lord Suah, and its ritual produced a writhing ball of flesh. At Symeem Island, the Blood Bishop’s fleet arrived with the captured Vice Admiral of Ailment, Tracy, leaving the dock stunned.

• Senor watched as Shanks performed a ritual to ask the Mother Tree for a way to heal Suah.
• The altar transformed into a flesh-and-blood tree, which collapsed into a living ball of flesh after tormenting Senor.
• The Mother Tree answered Shanks, who declared that the ritual could help Suah.
• The Blood Bishop’s pirate ships appeared at Symeem Island’s harbor, and the dock workers froze in confusion and fear.
• Anderson led the bound Tracy and her captives ashore, and the crowd recognized her as the Vice Admiral of Ailment.

Luther identified a likely location of the Black Throne’s flagship in the Fog Sea and prepared to leave the fleet in Anderson’s hands. He gave Anderson the Sequence 4 Iron-Blooded Knight formula and left him a powerful Flesh Puppet and mystical items to help protect the fleet.

• Walter freed islanders from a pirate ship and told them that Luther’s fleet would take them home and recruit new crew members.
• Luther plotted the bearings he had gathered and located their intersection between Aroca Island and Easter Island in the Fog Sea.
• Luther gave Anderson the Iron-Blooded Knight Potion formula and Advancement Ritual as an advance payment.
• Luther told Anderson he would leave the fleet and ordered him to continue freeing islanders and recruiting crew members.
• Luther tore off his arm and turned it into a Flesh Puppet to impersonate him, then gave Anderson mystical items and a charm to summon him in an emergency.

Luther flew from the Rorsted Archipelago into the Berserk Sea, where storms and Death’s lingering power had distorted both the waters and the Spirit World. After following a safe route past twisted creatures, he spotted a steamship trapped outside it.

• Luther crossed the Rorsted Archipelago and reached the boundary between the calm sea and the Berserk Sea.
• Luther recognized the Berserk Sea as a region warped by the aftermath of Death’s fall and consulted his nautical atlas for a safe route to Midway Island.
• Luther entered the Berserk Sea and used an air-current shield and the Phantom Tide to endure its physical and spiritual shocks.
• Luther flew along the safe route past ships and watched distorted Spirit World creatures that avoided the route and regarded him with aversion.
• Luther heard people pleading for help and saw a steamship trapped among fleshy arms after straying from the safe route.

Luther saved the Golden Lamb from Spirit World creatures in the Berserk Sea and continued on to Midway Island. He entered a local bar and ordered food and drink, with Luna peeking out from his arms.

• Captain Kost watched the Golden Lamb sink under the pull of invisible creatures and ordered the crew to fight back.
• Luther used the Sun Pathway's power to destroy the creatures gripping the ship, freeing it to return to the safe shipping lane.
• When hostile Spirit World creatures approached Luther, he amplified the sound of the tide within him, causing them to retreat.
• Luther flew to Midway Island, landed, and entered a bar under Psychological Invisibility.
• Luther soothed the angry bartender and ordered lemonade and fresh fish while Luna poked her head out and meowed.

Luther met with Queen Mystic Bernadette and told her he had located the Black Throne’s approximate route through the Fog Sea. He planned to search for it alone, while Bernadette revealed that the Aurora Order’s Rose Saint was a Sequence 3 of the Secrets Suppliant pathway whose whereabouts were unknown.

• At a bar, Luther heard that Tracy had been captured by Blood Bishop, then taken from Symeem Island by the Intis Embassy after the Sauron Family intervened.
• Luther left town with Luna and climbed the pea-vine staircase to meet Queen Mystic Bernadette on Midway Island.
• Luther showed Bernadette the Black Iron Key and described his plan to search for the Black Throne between Aroca Island and Easter Island.
• Bernadette declined to accompany Luther, warning that her presence might interfere with his chance of finding the Black Throne.
• Luther asked Bernadette about the Sequence 3 Secrets Suppliant potion formula, and she told him the Aurora Order’s Rose Saint was a Demigod whose whereabouts were unknown.

Luther learned that Roselle’s Black Throne had vanished after Roselle modified it and suspected it might contain a hidden backup plan. Bernadette agreed to let Luther claim the ship, provided she could board it to discover what her father left behind, and offered him a one-use ritual item that might draw on the evil spirit within him.

• Luther asked Bernadette what she knew about the Black Throne, and she recounted how Roselle had used it before his coronation and later modified it before it disappeared.
• Luther suspected the Black Throne might hold a secret reserve or backup plan, but Bernadette said she would not contest his ownership and only wanted to investigate what Roselle had left behind.
• Luther asked Bernadette for a reliable Artisan and a powerful item for his upcoming journey, and she offered him a single-use ritual item.
• Luther recognized a Fool emblem among the item’s runes, then asked whether its ability to borrow power from his past self was meant for the evil spirit inside him.

Luther accepted Bernadette’s powerful item after discussing how it might restore Medici’s strength, then concealed his connection to the Fool when she questioned him. After Luther warned the Fool that Queen Mystic seemed to suspect their connection, Klein suspected Cattleya had leaked the information.

• Bernadette offered Luther an item that could temporarily restore Medici’s power, and Luther accepted it after confirming he could stop feeding it spirituality if Medici became dangerous.
• Luther suppressed Medici with the Phantom Tide and kept the evil spirit from overhearing his conversation with Bernadette.
• Bernadette asked Luther whether he had heard of the Fool, and Luther gave her only vague information while concealing his connection to the deity.
• Bernadette told Luther to focus on finding the Black Throne and promised a reward for clues about the Fool; Luther agreed but decided to report her suspicions.
• Luther prayed to the Fool and warned Klein that Queen Mystic might know of their connection.
• Klein suspected Cattleya had told Bernadette about Luther’s connection to the Fool.

Klein learned that the King of the Five Seas was holding a Pirate Assembly and considered sailing with Cattleya, despite the risk of drawing Queen Mystic Bernadette’s attention. Meanwhile, Anderson told the Doe’s sailors that the captain would not attend, and Luther continued west until he reached the Fog Sea.

• Klein overheard people in Bayam discussing the Pirate Assembly and its possible attendees, including the Blood Bishop and the King of the Five Seas.
• Klein recalled that the Hanged Man had been assigned by the Church of Storms to attend the assembly, leaving Cattleya as the only person he could hire to take him toward the God War Ruins.
• Klein considered the benefits and risks of sailing with Cattleya, including the chance to meet Bernadette and confirm that she had leaked information.
• Anderson brushed off the Doe’s sailors by pretending to consult the absent captain, unaware that the King of the Five Seas’ invitation was glowing in a drawer.
• Luther reported to Mr. Fool, left Midway Island, and flew west through the stormy sea region until he reached the Fog Sea.

Luther crossed into the Fog Sea and flew west toward Aroca Island, where he spotted an armored warship in the mist. In Nas, Klein met with Cattleya through a crystal ball to arrange their journey to the God War Ruins.

• Luther consulted his chart and chose to fly west toward Aroca Island instead of northwest toward the Fog Sea Archipelago.
• Luther flew into the Fog Sea, navigated by chart and compass, and ignored the unsettling presence he sensed in the mist.
• Klein arrived in Nas, walked through the rough port city, and contacted Cattleya from the Frenzied Whale Dance general store.
• Klein and Cattleya began discussing the arrangements for traveling to the God War Ruins.
• Luther heard an engine, caught up with a vessel in the fog, and realized it was a heavily armed warship.

Luther spotted an Intis warship protected by a contract-like membrane while flying toward Aroca Island to find the Black Throne, and chose not to approach it. Elsewhere, Senor arrived at Agalito’s harbor to propose cooperation with the King of Immortality, but refused to board the Death Announcer.

• Luther saw Intis sailors and clergy studying the mist aboard a warship and sensed that its appearance was suspicious.
• Luther detected a faintly golden membrane around the warship and realized touching it could alert the powerful Beyonder behind its Contract.
• Luther left the warship alone and continued toward Aroca Island to search for the Black Throne.
• Agalito’s pirates absorbed crimson mist in silence as their harbor resupply unfolded around the Death Announcer.
• Senor arrived and offered Agalito cooperation on behalf of the Rose School of Thought, promising sacrifices and souls if its scheme succeeded.
• Agalito invited Senor aboard to explain, but Senor declined, wary that the Death Announcer could turn him into its servant.

Luther followed Intis warships to Aroca Island and discovered that the navy, the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun, and a powerful Beyonder were gathering there to pursue Roselle’s flagship. After entering an inn to avoid the dangerous presence, he was suddenly struck by an icy gust as he opened his room.

• Luther spotted Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun clergy aboard Intis warships and suspected the church was cooperating with the government.
• He followed a fleet of intercepted ships to Aroca Island, where the Intis Navy forced passengers ashore and confined them.
• Luther noticed a specially modified warship and sensed a powerful Beyonder, leading him to conclude that Intis was searching for Roselle’s flagship.
• He avoided the powerful presence and entered an overcrowded inn, where travelers protested the inflated room prices.
• Luther took a room on the second floor, entered it, and felt an icy gust sweep toward him.

Luther learned that the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun had sent a Sequence 3 carrying a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact to find the Black Throne. On Aroca Island, Archbishop Jean-Pierre ordered Rear Admiral François to act against a tracked ship the next day, while Luther sought information and heard local rumors about the Ghost Ship.

• Queen Mystic Bernadette sent Luther a warning that Intis and the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun were searching for the Black Throne and that the church had deployed a Sequence 3 with a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.
• Luther destroyed the note after learning of the danger posed by the unknown artifact.
• Jean-Pierre received a report that the church had tracked a ship and ordered Rear Admiral François to act the next day.
• François questioned the haste, but Jean-Pierre declared that he had received the Lord's revelation and condemned the ship as a remnant of Roselle's rule.
• Luther went downstairs to gather information and heard fishermen discussing the navy and church's search for the Ghost Ship, along with local tales about it.

Luther learned that the Intis fleet planned to depart the next day in search of the Black Throne, so he decided to infiltrate it and follow their pursuit. He used Flesh and Blood Parasitism to merge with an officer aboard an escort ship, leaving himself hidden inside the man.

• Luther identified the locals’ Ghost Ship as the Black Throne and wondered whether it had a Lawyer Pathway ability that prevented pursuers from approaching.
• Luther entered a room where Intis sailors were assaulting a Loen woman, and M searched the officer Philip Tasini’s memories.
• M discovered that Philip had orders to join the fleet’s departure the next day, and Luther realized the fleet was preparing to pursue the Black Throne.
• Luther decided to infiltrate the fleet by parasitizing Philip, an officer aboard the warship Paz.
• Luther dissolved into flesh and blood, entered Philip’s body, and took control while leaving the officer alive and outwardly normal.

Luther hid inside Lieutenant Philip as the Intis fleet pursued the Black Throne through the mist. Bishop Pierre cleared the fog with a burst of sunlight, revealing the ship, which tried to enter the Spirit World before François's vessel disrupted its escape.

• Luther remained concealed in Philip as Philip returned to the Paz and spent the night unaware of his host.
• The fleet assembled off Aroca Island, and Philip told a fellow officer gossip about Bishop Pierre's history and hatred of Roselle.
• Pierre spotted the Black Throne through the mist and ordered the fleet to make contact, but the escort ships could not close the distance.
• At François's request, Pierre praised the sun and unleashed blazing light that cleared the mist and revealed the Black Throne.
• The Black Throne began turning transparent to escape into the Spirit World, but François's vessel fired a golden shell that solidified the Spirit World around it.

Intis warships trapped the Black Throne in the Fog Sea, and Archbishop Pierre used his Justice Halo to suppress Roselle’s ship and empower the fleet. The barrage finally struck the vessel, and Pierre hurled a spear of light at it.

• An unusual shell disrupted the Spirit World and forced the Black Throne to stop, allowing François to order the fleet to fire.
• The shells missed the Black Throne because Confusion bent their trajectories, while Luther watched through Lieutenant Philip’s body and analyzed the battle.
• Jean-Pierre told François to withdraw his ability, then invoked his code of Justice against Roselle and activated Justice Halo.
• The Justice Halo strengthened the fleet and weakened the Black Throne, allowing the fleet’s next barrage to hit its hull.
• Pierre hurled a blazing spear of light at the Black Throne.

A mysterious woman aboard the Black Throne stopped Bishop Pierre’s Spear of Light and revealed an aura Luther recognized as belonging to an Angel. She fired the ship’s lone cannon at the Intis flagship, and the accelerated shot struck Pierre’s Holy Armor as its energy spread across the fleet.

• Bishop Pierre fired a Spear of Light at the Black Throne, but an unseen force protected the ship from the attack.
• A chained woman in a black dress appeared aboard the Black Throne and stopped the spear with one hand.
• Luther recognized the woman’s overwhelming presence as that of an Angel, comparable to Dlink Augustus.
• The woman fought against her chains and fired the Black Throne’s cannon at the Intis flagship.
• The cannonball accelerated into black light, and Archbishop Pierre transformed into light and formed Sequence 3 Holy Armor to defend the ship.
• The shot struck Pierre’s armor, and its energy swept across the sea toward the surrounding vessels.

A devastating blast crippled the Intis fleet, but Jean-Pierre survived and prepared to use Sealed Artifact 0-15 against the woman in black. The chapter ended as he unwrapped the artifact, “The Fourth Sun.”

• The blast destroyed most of the central Intis warships and left the sea filled with wreckage and wounded sailors.
• Lieutenant Philip regained consciousness unharmed and saw Jean-Pierre and François facing the woman in black.
• The woman in black prepared to fire again, but black chains restrained her, confirming that Roselle had placed restrictions on her power.
• Jean-Pierre ordered the priests to bring him 0-15, and four priests carried the wrapped artifact to him.
• The four priests turned to ash as Jean-Pierre unwrapped 0-15, revealing pages bearing sacred Ancient Feysac passages.

Jean-Pierre revealed a powerful Sealed Artifact and summoned a second sun over the Fog Sea while Luther considered using his key to free the Black Throne. Meanwhile, Anderson managed Luther’s pirate fleet and discovered that the King of the Five Seas’ invitation was glowing.

• Jean-Pierre unwrapped the black staff, and Luther recognized it as a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact while the chains kept the woman aboard the Black Throne restrained.
• Luther noticed a lock binding the woman and wondered whether the key Roselle had bound to him could open it.
• Jean-Pierre raised the staff, and a brilliant golden sphere rose from the Fog Sea like a second sun.
• Anderson reassured the Blood Pirates’ crew that Luther was safe and continued posing as their captain while Luther was away.
• Anderson found the King of the Five Seas’ invitation glowing in a desk drawer.

Anderson accidentally activated the Pirate Assembly invitation, transporting the Doe and a nearby warship through the Spirit World to Black Lake Island. He concealed the mistake from the crew and claimed the captain had decided to attend, leaving the ship among the assembled pirate fleet.

• Anderson discovered that the invitation had gained the Pirate Assembly's date and location, and that it was glowing on March 25.
• The invitation transformed into black cloth and transported the Doe and a nearby ironclad warship through the Spirit World.
• Anderson saw Black Lake Island surrounded by pirate ships and realized he had arrived at the Pirate Assembly.
• Anderson told the Sailors that the captain had chosen to attend at the last minute, and they grew excited about the gathering.

Anderson welcomed Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina Edwards and secured her cooperation as their ships arrived at Black Lake Island for the pirate gathering. Alger Wilson watched from the Blue Avenger, unable to find Blood Bishop Alexander Gascoigne, who remained out on the Fog Sea.

• Anderson recognized Edwina Edwards aboard the Golden Dream and teased her about using their friendship to meet his captain.
• Anderson and Edwina agreed to cooperate if trouble arose at the gathering, then followed the Earl's servant toward their berths at Black Lake Island.
• The pirates recognized Alexander Gascoigne's bloodstained black skull flag and saw the gathering's other famous ships, including the Dusk, Rose, Newins, and The Black Emperor.
• Anderson saw black Spirit World canvas fly from his captain's cabin toward The Black Emperor, while Edwina held up a similar piece of canvas aboard the Golden Dream.
• Alger Wilson searched the Ghost Ship Blue Avenger for Alexander Gascoigne but learned he was still out on the Fog Sea.

A blood-red figure’s voice manipulated Major General François into attacking Bishop Pierre during the battle over the Black Throne. François realized he had been deceived, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Archbishop Pierre used the Miniature Sun to devastate the Fog Sea Fleet, leaving the Black Throne and Jean-Pierre’s steamship relatively intact.
• The woman in black rose against Pierre despite the chains restraining her, while Major General François warned Pierre not to destroy the Black Throne.
• A mysterious voice stirred François’s anger and urged him to attack Pierre.
• François stabbed Pierre with a flaming dagger, but golden light exposed the attack and restored François’s awareness.
• François spotted a blood-red figure holding a dead officer’s head, with a strange shadow whispering beside it.

Luther used Medici’s influence to distract Archbishop Pierre, then reached the Black Throne and unlocked the chains restraining it. The ship was freed, and the woman in the black dress turned to face the others.

• Luther broke out of Lieutenant Philip’s body and decided to free the Black Throne from its chains.
• Medici used Philip’s connection to a Hunter aboard the ship to make the Hunter attack Archbishop Pierre.
• Luther hurled a flintlock pistol ahead and used it to propel himself toward the Black Throne, dodging Pierre’s beam.
• The woman on the Black Throne saw Luther’s black key and confused the distance between them, bringing him to the helm.
• Luther unlocked the large black lock, causing the chains to fall away from the ship and the woman.

The black-haired woman broke free from the Black Throne’s chains and used her power to turn the battle against Intis into a complete defeat. As she faced Luther afterward, he discovered that the black key had become a chain linking him to a collar around her neck.

• The black-haired woman freed herself from the chains binding the Black Throne and turned her attention to the Intis fleet.
• Pierre invoked Justice, but the woman distorted the world’s rules and caused his Purification flames to burn him from within.
• Pierre triggered the Miniature Sun’s explosion and fled with 0-15, The Fourth Sun, while the woman slowed and pushed the blast away from the sea.
• The Intis fleet was destroyed, and the woman safely dissipated the explosion before the returning seawater became docile around the Black Throne.
• Luther noticed that the black key had become a chain attached to his palm and realized its other end was a collar around the woman’s neck; when he moved, it made her raise her head.