Recaps

George III’s Black Emperor advancement failed, and he exploded during his speech as Roselle’s resurrection was announced to his followers. Exhausted Luther fled the Fog Sea, only to be immobilized by Silent Angel Heliodorus, who offered his body and sent a blood-red cross through Luther’s heart.

• Medici took the rusted, bloodstained crown from George III’s ruined mausoleum after confirming that his advancement had failed.
• Hermes confirmed George III’s failure, then sent a Fluffy Big Rabbit to carry the dreaming Trissy away.
• Bernadette heard the Black Emperor’s authority announce Roselle’s resurrection and escaped her confrontation with William I.
• George III exploded during his speech in Backlund, plunging Anniversary Square into chaos as Audrey wondered what the others had done.
• Luther escaped Roselle’s hidden mausoleum in the Fog Sea and landed on an island, where he encountered Silent Angel Heliodorus holding the Hanged Man Card of Blasphemy.
• Heliodorus immobilized Luther, merged himself into a blood-red cross, and drove it through Luther’s heart while declaring, “Lord, I offer You my body.”

Emlyn White emerged from imprisonment and learned that George III had died, suspecting Temperance’s involvement in the king’s death. At the royal funeral, Audrey watched the ceremony and thought of the Great Smog’s victims as the king was laid to rest.

• Emlyn left the underground prison after the Sanguine secured his release, then encountered a solemn funeral procession outside St. Samuel Cathedral.
• Emlyn read that George III had been killed by the Blood Bishop and suspected Temperance had played a role, then hurried home.
• Fors asked Xio whether MI9 had learned anything, and Xio said the department was in disarray after the king’s death and had warned her not to get involved.
• Audrey followed the funeral procession to the Royal Mausoleum, where George III’s coffin was buried after a priest’s prayer.
• Audrey watched the royal family pretend to grieve and thought of the Great Smog victims buried in a communal cemetery.

Luther was trapped by the blood-red cross and its corrupting influence, then found himself in Adam’s bone cathedral. Adam asked whether he could accept the upheaval caused by his choices, and Luther angrily rejected him.

• The blood-red cross pierced Luther’s heart and flooded his mind with the Aurora Order’s prayers, while his exhausted spirituality left him unable to summon the Phantom Tide.
• Luther tried to pull out the cross and dissolve his body, but it remained bound to his spirituality and returned to his chest.
• Luther decided to seek help from Queen Mystic Bernadette and picked up the [Hanged Man] card before leaving the island.
• Luther stepped into Adam’s bone cathedral in the Psychology Alchemists’ Garden of Eden and saw the Twilight Hermit Order’s president praying before a giant cross.
• Adam described the coming upheaval in Loen and Intis and asked whether Luther could accept the ending; Luther cursed and rejected him.

Adam stabilized the cross embedded in Luther and prevented him from summoning the Phantom Tide while Luther recovered in the Corpse Cathedral. Adam revealed that he had been watching Luther and judged his actions too dangerous, then said the Hanged Man wanted to see him.

• Luther insulted Adam and accused him of seeking revenge because George III failed to become the Black Emperor.
• Adam soothed Luther and restrained the cross’s corrosion, then identified the attacker as Heliodorus, the Silent Angel of the Aurora Order.
• Luther realized Heliodorus’s words had transformed him into the cross fused to Luther’s heart and soul, and that Adam was preventing him from summoning the Phantom Tide.
• Adam made Luther sit and meditate, then listed Luther’s dangerous actions and admitted he had been watching him.
• Luther asked whether Adam planned to seal or kill him, and Adam said the Hanged Man wanted to see him.

Adam took Luther from the Garden of Eden to the God War Ruins at the eastern end of the Sonia Sea, confirming that he was heading for the Forsaken Land of the Gods. As night fell, Adam warned Luther to close his eyes.

• Adam subdued Luther and led him through the Garden of Eden while Luther asked about Amon and his companion.
• Adam and Luther left the Garden of Eden and arrived on Toscarter Island, where Luther saw the islanders living under his protection.
• Adam warned Luther that an unavoidable torrent of fate would force him to make a choice about the island’s future.
• Adam used Dream Traversal to take Luther through a fish’s dream to a beach in the God War Ruins.
• Adam told Luther to close his eyes as darkness fell over the God War Ruins.

Adam led Luther through the Black Monastery to the Ancient Sun God's final dream, then used the Sun God's honorific name to open a road to the Giant King's Court. Adam grabbed Luther and carried him toward the Twilight Passage.

• Adam led Luther through the Dream World's Black Monastery toward the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• At a black wooden door, Adam told Luther that the dream beyond it belonged to the Ancient Sun God and marked where he had fallen.
• Adam said the Ancient Sun God's defeat had been his will, and Luther asked if his father had depression.
• Adam opened the door to a blazing golden sea and led Luther into the Sun God's maddened dream.
• Adam recited the Ancient Sun God's honorific name, causing the Giant King's Court to appear and a Road of Light to form across the fissure.
• Adam grabbed Luther and flew toward the Twilight Passage leading to the Giant King's Court.

Adam brought Luther into the Forsaken Land of the Gods, where Luther unexpectedly reunited with Klein and Amon. The chapter ended with Klein marveling that Luther had arrived instead of rescuing him.

• Adam led Luther through the Giant King's Court doors after a hostile gaze from the True Creator struck Luther.
• Luther realized he had entered the Forsaken Land of the Gods, where the Spirit World was absent and the true Giant King's Court stood across the sea.
• Adam guided Luther past the City of Silver's forward camp and deeper into the dark wasteland.
• Luther encountered Klein and Amon, and Klein exclaimed in surprise that Luther had arrived while he was waiting to be rescued.

Klein reunited with Luther in the Forsaken Land of the Gods and learned that Luther had stopped George III's advancement by freeing Roselle. As Amon continued his game with Klein, the group began an eerie roadside picnic, with Klein roasting a transformed monster as rabbit.

• Luther told Klein that George III's advancement had failed because he had freed Roselle and removed the Primordial Moon's corruption.
• Klein explained that Amon had offered him a chance to escape without being parasitized until they reached their destination, and Luther confirmed that he and Adam were real.
• Amon revealed that Klein's failed attack had turned his monster marionettes into goats and rabbits by redirecting a Transformation Curse.
• Klein chose to rest and eat, then roasted one of the transformed rabbits and argued that it was rabbit meat.
• Amon proposed a picnic, produced a table and chairs that Klein suspected had been stolen from his home, and sat down with the others.

Klein, Luther, Amon, and Adam shared a meal beneath the Giant King's Court, though only Klein ate while the others regarded their mismatched offerings. Luther asked Adam why the Ancient Sun God had tacitly allowed Rose Redemption to form, leaving the question awaiting an answer.

• Klein served Historical Projection food, while Amon brought wine he claimed had been made with Giant King Aurmir’s blood.
• Luther and Klein avoided drinking Amon’s wine, and Adam contributed plain wheat bread to the meal.
• Luther produced cans of cat food, and Luna emerged from his shadow; Luther warned Amon not to harm her.
• Amon asked Adam whether he felt anything about returning to the ruined continent, and Adam replied that he felt nothing.
• Luther asked Adam why the Ancient Sun God had known about and permitted Rose Redemption’s founding.

Amon explained that Sefirah contain the lingering wills of their original owners, and that the Ancient Sun God had arranged his death and resurrection to escape the Chaos Sea’s influence. He tried to persuade Klein to give up Sefirah Castle, but Klein refused, and the group prepared to return to Amon’s game.

• Adam told Luther that Rose Redemption had not originally been founded to cause the Ancient Sun God’s fall, and Amon explained that the corruption came from within.
• Amon revealed that Luther’s Tide was the Chaos Sea and that using a Sefirah exposed its holder to its original owner’s residual will.
• Luther inferred that the Ancient Sun God had allowed Rose Redemption and Sasrir’s betrayal as part of a plan to escape the Chaos Sea’s influence, and Amon confirmed it.
• Amon urged Klein to hand over Sefirah Castle, but Klein refused and told him to kill him instead.
• Luther warned that Amon’s truthful claims did not mean his offer benefited Klein, and Klein agreed to return to the game before asking Luther for his canned food.

Klein and Luther used a meal and conversation to set up a surprise attack on Amon and Adam. They summoned projections of Roselle and Reinette Tinichole, and Luther called on Klein to have Roselle remove Adam’s seal on him.

• Klein traded the Faceless potion formula to Luther for three cans of cat food, then ate the cans and a five-scoop ice cream.
• While Klein questioned Luther about Roselle, he ate the ice cream to boost his luck and used Roselle’s food and their prior connection to summon a Historical Projection of Roselle.
• Luther expelled George III from his body as a lamb and threw him toward Roselle, while Amon tried to intercept him.
• Roselle distorted Amon’s attempt, swallowed George III’s soul, and possessed him, making the projection more stable.
• Klein summoned an enormous projection of Reinette Tinichole as Luther drew his weapons and urged Klein to have Roselle lift Adam’s seal on him.

Luther and Klein’s attempt to resist Adam and Amon failed when Adam trapped them inside the Corpse Cathedral and Roselle’s projection vanished. Amon took Klein east, while Adam led Luther deeper into the Forsaken Land of the Gods, leaving Luther to ponder Klein’s warning that a Sefirah could not be seized directly.

• Luther asked Klein to use Roselle’s power to distort Adam’s will, but Adam sealed them inside the Corpse Cathedral before Luther could summon the Chaos Sea.
• Roselle’s projection was shut out and dissipated, and Adam explained that he had acted quickly to prevent Roselle’s true body from descending.
• Adam tossed George III’s soul to Luther, who used their bond to reclaim and torment him; Amon asked whether Luther feared a trap, but Luther said George III had already been soaked in the Chaos Sea.
• Amon led Klein out of the cathedral after Klein warned Luther that they could not seize a Sefirah directly.
• Adam put away the Corpse Cathedral and led Luther deeper into the Forsaken Land of the Gods, while Luther wondered why Amon had taken Klein east.

Colin Iliad asked Derrick Berg to seek the Fool’s blessing for his advancement, while Elder Lovia revealed that the Blood God had stopped answering her prayers. As Luther questioned Adam about the True Creator and the war, Adam said he could accept the consequences because the apocalypse drew near.

• Colin Iliad showed Derrick Berg the ritual materials for his advancement to Sequence 3 Silver Knight and asked him to obtain the blessing of a Subordinate Deity.
• Colin told Derrick that Elder Lovia’s condition was wrong, and Derrick found her repeating that she could no longer hear the Blood God’s voice.
• Derrick prayed to the Fool, but Luther heard the overlapping prayers and thought that the Blood God could barely protect himself and could not answer.
• Adam explained that the True Creator was a mad manifestation of the Ancient Sun God’s human side, but did not answer Luther’s question about the Creator’s divine side.
• Luther challenged Adam for helping an evil god plunge the continent into war, and Adam replied that he could accept it because the apocalypse drew near.

Luther challenged Adam’s justification for sacrificing innocents to prepare for the Apocalypse as they traveled toward their destination in the north. In Backlund, Audrey learned that Intis had unexpectedly withdrawn its troops, suspected Roselle had returned, and received no apparent response after reporting her findings to the Fool.

• Luther asked Adam whether the coming Apocalypse was driving him to advance to Sequence 0, then condemned him for benefiting from sacrifices made by innocent people.
• Earl Hall told Audrey that Loen’s nobles were still deadlocked over the royal succession despite the ongoing war.
• Earl Hall reported that Intis had withdrawn troops from beyond the border, apparently because of a serious internal problem.
• Earl Hall mentioned rumors that Roselle had manifested divine power and thrown Intis into chaos, leading Audrey to suspect Roselle had returned and caused George III’s failure.
• Audrey prayed to the Fool and reported the intelligence, but noticed that she received no familiar sensation or reply.

Adam led Luther into an abandoned city and showed him murals tracing its history from the Elf King and the Ancient Sun God through the Great Cataclysm. The final paintings revealed that generations of residents had dug into a pit, where they were drowned and corrupted by a black liquid Luther recognized as possibly the Chaos Sea.

• M reminded Luther that it was Monday and that the others might notice his absence if he failed to return by the afternoon.
• Adam led Luther into a ruined city whose former residents had worshipped Elf King Soniathrym before turning to the Creator.
• Luther examined temple murals depicting the Elf King's rule, the Ancient Sun God's rise, and the catastrophes of the Great Cataclysm.
• Later murals showed the city's desperate residents discovering a pit filled with strange objects and worshipping it as a source of salvation.
• The final mural showed black liquid spilling from the pit and corrupting the people who had excavated it, and Luther suspected it was the Chaos Sea.

Luther accompanied Adam to the vast pit where the Chaos Sea had once been, learning that its lingering influence could take them to the True Creator’s Divine Kingdom. Before they entered, he questioned Adam about God Almighty and his own past, and Adam revealed that Cecilia had been Luther’s biological younger sister.

• Adam led Luther through the ruined city and showed him the enormous pit left after the Chaos Sea receded.
• Adam explained that the pit remained mystically connected to the True Creator and could serve as a route to His Divine Kingdom.
• Luther asked about the Chaos Sea’s original owner, and Adam identified the cold mental imprint as God Almighty, whose resurrection had been tied to the Ancient Sun God.
• Adam told Luther that he wanted a God Almighty willing to sacrifice everything to save humanity, and admitted that some sacrifices were necessary.
• Luther asked when Adam had begun controlling him, whether Ms. M was also controlled, and whether Adam had caused his sister’s death.
• Adam revealed that Cecilia had always been Luther’s biological younger sister.

Adam revealed that Luther had always been Luther Rondal, Cecilia’s biological older brother, and that he had sealed Luther’s memories and blocked his access to the Chaos Sea. Luther rejected Adam’s plan to take back his authority and began fighting, ending by summoning prayers to the Blood God across the land.

• Adam told Luther that he had been born as the eldest son of the Rondal family and that his memories and authority had been sealed.
• Adam explained that Luther’s bond with Cecilia came from their shared childhood and that God Almighty had influenced Greed’s schemes.
• Adam said Luther was too radical to become the new God Almighty and intended to take him to the True Creator’s Divine Kingdom to return the Chaos Sea’s authority.
• Luther cursed Adam and attacked him with a Silver-White Rapier, a black greatsword, and spreading shadows.
• M entered Luther’s mind to help him search for Adam, but Luther found no trace of him on his mind island.
• Luther used pieces of flesh he had secretly discarded during the journey to summon twisted mouths that prayed to the Blood God.

Luther regained control of the Chaos Sea through hidden prayers, but M ambushed him and severed his connection to it. Adam revealed that he had influenced M since her creation in Tingen, leaving Luther’s long-prepared resistance defeated.

• Adam showed Luther that he had collected the chunks of flesh Luther left along the route, but Luther revealed that shadow patches concealed the real praying flesh.
• The hidden prayers reached the tower, restoring Luther’s connection to the Chaos Sea and granting him powers from five adjacent pathways.
• As Luther prepared to attack Adam, M pierced his chest, and the tide’s power began to fade.
• Adam told Luther that he had placed influence on M back in Tingen, then Luther recovered memories of Adam witnessing M’s creation.
• Adam explained that M was both Luther’s split personality and a force influenced by [God Almighty]’s will, while Luther watched his connection to the Chaos Sea disappear.

Adam took Luther into the Forsaken Land of the Gods, where they found the True Creator’s divine kingdom and the last remnants of the Aurora Order. The chapter left them facing a settlement of believers worshipping the True Creator beneath His cross.

• Adam used M to sever Luther’s connection to the Chaos Sea again, then took him into the enormous pit.
• Luther woke in a dimly lit wasteland and saw Adam staring toward a mountain range resembling the one in the murals in Amon’s Tomb.
• Luther saw the True Creator hanging from a blood-covered cross atop the highest peak, but Adam’s presence shielded him from the usual impact of seeing a true god.
• Adam led Luther along a sacred avenue through ancient buildings stained with blood and marked with the True Creator’s emblem.
• Luther and Adam found the last remnants of the Aurora Order kneeling in worship, led by a man with a head on either side of his shoulders.

Luther encountered Ouroboros and the True Creator in the Forsaken Land of the Gods while Adam explained how he intended to transfer authority. Adam revealed that he was the Ancient Sun God’s divine part, and the name “Li Ran” brought Luther’s sealed memories rushing back.

• Luther watched the Aurora Order’s last pilgrims drink the True Creator’s blood and eat his flesh to survive.
• Ouroboros used his fate-related power to transport Luther to the mountain before the True Creator.
• Luther mocked the True Creator and crushed Mr. A’s soul after pulling it from his body.
• Adam explained that the True Creator’s divine part had to help neutralize the madness involved in transferring authority, then identified himself as that part.
• Adam called Luther “Li Ran,” awakening his old memories, and Luther recognized him as Mr. Grisha.

Luther remembered that Li Ran had encountered a black liquid before an ancient catastrophe and later witnessed Adam Grisha rise as the Creator. As the True Creator’s divine kingdom revealed the real starry sky, Luther realized he might have been resurrected on Earth rather than transmigrated, while terrifying entities lurked among the stars.

• Luther remembered that a tanker had spilled black liquid on Li Ran, who was then swallowed by a fissure during a world-shaking catastrophe.
• Li Ran had awakened in Chernobyl beside Adam Grisha, whose research involved the black liquid; after they were submerged, Grisha later escaped and became the Creator.
• Klein, held captive by Amon, saw ancient buildings in a ravine that resembled Chernobyl and wondered whether he had ever transmigrated.
• The True Creator’s divine kingdom descended, dispelling the darkness above Luther and revealing a vast starry sky beyond the familiar one.
• Luther recognized the Big Dipper and Orion and connected Earth’s geography and history to the current world, concluding that he might have been resurrected from ancient times on Earth.
• Luther saw a crimson sea consuming the moon and distant colored stars that seemed to wink at him.

Adam revealed that the fading barrier would eventually let the Outer Deities reach Earth and offered Luther the truth and Cecilia’s revival in exchange for merging with the Creator. When Luther could not resist Adam’s threats and the merger began, Adam sent an avatar carrying the second Blasphemy Slate into the Chaos Sea, and Luther disappeared from the mountaintop.

• Adam told Luther that the barrier was collapsing and that the Outer Deities would destroy the world if it failed.
• Adam asked Luther to cooperate with the merger, promising to revive Cecilia, but threatened to deny her revival if Luther interfered.
• Adam removed the anchor mark from Luther and hypnotized Luna, saying he would give her and Luther’s Ship Spirit to Queen Mystic.
• The Hanged Giant’s influence caused the Cross in Luther’s chest to dissolve into fervent praise for the True Creator as the Chaos Sea resonated with him.
• Adam created an avatar, gave it the second Blasphemy Slate, and sent it into the Chaos Sea; a black curtain then covered the mountaintop, and Luther vanished.

As Adam and the True Creator’s wills overwhelmed Luther’s mind, an illusion of Cecilia urged him to pursue revenge and become the Hanged Man. Luther emerged from the hanging giant’s body in a frenzy, attacking Adam’s avatar and trying to free himself completely.

• Luther struggled against the merging wills in the sea of depravity and retreated into a memory of his home with Cecilia.
• Cecilia challenged Luther to stop running from his grief and seek revenge on Adam and the True Creator.
• Cecilia and the Great Smog victims urged Luther to become the Hanged Man, and their voices helped spark his resolve.
• Adam and the True Creator breached Luther’s last mental refuge, and Luther watched Cecilia’s figure disappear into their combined light and shadow.
• Luther tore out of the hanging giant’s abdomen, wounded Adam’s avatar, and bit into him to replenish his strength.
• Luther summoned the Blade of Flesh and Spirit and a silver-white rapier, then stabbed the giant to force his lower body free.

Luther fought to free himself from the True Creator while Adam tried to restrain him through M. Herabergen caused the White Tower to tremble, briefly freeing Luther, and M signaled him toward the rose-shaped mark on his wrist.

• Luther tried to cut himself free from the True Creator, but Adam warned that doing so would damage both their souls.
• Adam summoned M and used her connection to hypnotize and restrain Luther.
• A brass light entered the White Tower, making it tremble and sending ripples through the Phantom Tide.
• The Tide's tremors freed Luther from Adam's control, and Adam named Herabergen as the one who had helped him.
• M pointed to her wrist, prompting Luther to notice the rose-shaped mark on his own wrist.

Luther destroyed the heart-mark that held M’s personality, killing her after she warned him about Adam. He then fought Adam with power borrowed from his past self, but Adam and Ouroboros altered his fate, and the chapter ended as Luther pointed toward a mysterious shadowed kingdom in the Astral World.

• Luther doubted M’s warning but destroyed the rose mark on his wrist, causing M to shatter and die.
• Adam failed to stop M’s destruction as Luther unleashed the blood-colored tide against him.
• Luther used a “Yesterday Once More” charm to summon power from his past self, Roselle, during the moment he had grazed a True God.
• Adam and Ouroboros altered Luther’s fate, draining his spirituality, and the black curtain corrupted Roselle’s summoned figure.
• Luther activated another charm to restore his spirituality, then pointed toward a shadowed kingdom in the Astral World, where a figure sat upon a Throne.