Chapter Summaries

Anderson Hood watched as the Rose School of Thought’s Shanks unleashed a flesh-and-blood catastrophe on the island during the kings’ meeting. Nast attacked Shanks and destroyed the Flesh Trees, but Shanks summoned the great Abomination, Suah, from the storm clouds.

• Nast discussed the growing threat of the navy and whether Alexander Gascoigne should be recognized as the new king of the seas.
• A violent storm and fleshly growths erupted across the island, and Anderson sensed a terrifying presence gathering in the clouds.
• Nast used his power over space to drag Shanks above The Black Emperor, but crimson light freed the demigod from his grasp.
• Nast immobilized the Flesh Trees and ordered The Black Emperor’s sailors to fire, destroying the trees and severely wounding Shanks.
• Shanks praised the Mother Tree, stabbed a black finger through his eye and skull, and summoned Suah, whose huge black arm reached down from the clouds.

Suah descended in his true form and trapped the pirates on Black Lake Island as the Rose School of Thought used them to heal him. With the escape routes sealed and Agalito turning on the fleeing ships, Alger hid in his cabin and prayed.

• Suah's giant black arms crushed Shanks and began devouring pirates and Flesh Trees across Black Lake Island.
• Bernadette identified the arm as Suah's true body, and Nast ordered everyone to flee.
• Admiral of Blood Senor revealed the Rose School of Thought's scheme to feed Suah, while Vice Admiral Dusk and the other admirals escaped toward their ships.
• Suah's black barrier sealed off the island and nearby waters, and Vice Admiral Hell reported that the Spirit World could not be reached.
• King of Immortality Agalito opened a passage through the barrier, then betrayed the pirates by firing on their ships.
• Alger hid in the captain's cabin and prayed as the pirates faced capture or death.

After Mr. Fool warned Luther that his crew was trapped at the Pirate Assembly, Luther prepared to rush to their rescue with Antiya. At Black Lake Island, Suah and Agalito continued attacking the pirate kings and their fleets, but a mysterious black sailboat appeared as the battle worsened.

• The Hanged Man warned Mr. Fool that the Pirate Assembly had descended into chaos and that Luther's crew was in danger, while Anderson's talisman also called Luther for help.
• Luther resolved not to arrive too late again and asked Antiya to accompany him, and she agreed.
• At Black Lake Island, Suah attacked the pirate kings and their fleets while the island's flesh and blood and the Abomination's arms closed in around them.
• Barros Hopkins escaped through the Sea of Collective Subconscious, while Bernadette prophesied that new backup was coming.
• Suah's spiritual roar sent pirates into chaos, allowing Agalito to attack the Blood Bishop's fleet, but a black three-masted sailboat appeared through the crimson waters.

With the Blood Pirates trapped and their captain missing, Walter led the crew in resisting the Death Announcer until Luther arrived on a mysterious ship. Luther and Antiya weakened Suah’s attack, and Luther chose to pursue King of Immortality Agalito as he fled toward the lake.

• Walter rejected the claim that the captain had abandoned them and ordered the crew to fire on the Death Announcer while they waited for rescue.
• The Death Announcer’s laughter and Suah’s Shriek left the pirates helpless as the ship charged toward the Doe.
• Ludwell sensed that something had broken through the Abomination’s blockade, and a blood-red sea opened before the Doe.
• Luther appeared aboard a black, three-masted ship, and the Blood Pirates recognized their captain.
• Antiya used Distortion to lessen the effect of Suah’s Shriek, allowing Luther to decide to attack King of Immortality Agalito first.
• The Death Announcer turned toward the center of the lake, and Luther realized Agalito was fleeing.

Luther and Antiya cornered the Death Announcer and fought its demonized crew in a fierce sea battle. After winning the first exchange, Luther drew on the Red Priest card and prepared to strike the flagship with an Angel-level blessing.

• Antiya distorted space to prevent the Death Announcer from reaching the island, while Luther pursued it aboard the Black Throne with the Doe.
• The Death Announcer’s pirates declared loyalty to their flagship, transformed into Devils, and attacked with flying assaults and ghostly blue cannon fire.
• Antiya weakened the pirates’ Word-Eating, and Luther used the Red Priest card to inspire his sailors with courage and make them share the damage he took.
• Antiya redirected the enemy’s cursed shells and strengthened the Doe’s cannonballs, helping Luther’s crew defeat the pirates in the first clash.
• Luther summoned black armor and raised his greatsword as Antiya blessed him with Angel-level Enlarge; he unleashed a devastating slash at the Death Announcer.

Luther’s enhanced strike split Agalito and the Death Announcer’s crew apart, but the ship revived them and revealed its terrifying Mythical Creature form. Antiya shielded the watching pirates as Luther realized the ship, not Agalito, was the true King of Immortality; it then unleashed its Word-Eating power against him.

• With the Duke of Entropy’s enhancement, Luther struck the Death Announcer with the Blade of Flesh and Spirit, cutting its mast, Agalito, and most of its crew in half.
• The watching pirates and admirals were stunned by Luther’s power, while Luther suspected Agalito had fallen too easily.
• Blood revived the crew with red crystals, and the Death Announcer transformed into a monstrous ship with an incomplete Mythical Creature form.
• Antiya shielded the watching pirates from the ship’s corrupting influence and explained that the Death Announcer possessed a Sequence 3 Beyonder Characteristic.
• Luther realized the Death Announcer was the true King of Immortality, and the ship’s crew chanted “Death!” as its Word-Eating power struck beside him.

Antiya transformed the Death Announcer into a soul-bearing ship, allowing Luther to Graze the Sequence 3 Devil and defeat the King of Immortality. With Abomination Suah still rampaging and Queen Mystic trapped, Luther prepared to use an item that borrowed power from his past self.

• Antiya stopped the Death Announcer's curse and trapped the ship in a whirlpool when it tried to flee.
• Antiya used Entropy Increase and Entropy Reduction to merge the ship, its characteristics, and the pirates' souls into a vessel with a soul.
• Luther surrounded the weakened Death Announcer with shadows, caused it to Degenerate, and Grazed it, imprisoning its soul within himself.
• The Doe's sailors cheered as the Death Announcer's hull collapsed, while Abomination Suah roared across the island.
• Luther saw that Queen Mystic remained besieged and took out a rune-carved item that could borrow power from his past self.

Luther used the Queen Mystic’s mysterious staff head to borrow power through the gray fog and empower the Red Angel Evil Spirit within him. As Suah sensed the danger, he called upon the Mother Tree of Desire.

• Nast and Bernadette fought Suah together while Bernadette said her Prophecy showed Alexander Gascoigne would bring a turning point.
• Suah focused a spirit-shaking Shriek on Luther, and Antiya blocked the attack.
• Luther decided to use the staff head and asked Antiya to help him.
• Luther crushed the staff head, released gray fog, and channeled its power into the Red Angel Evil Spirit within him.
• Suah sensed the danger and shouted the name of the Mother Tree of Desire.

Suah called upon the Mother Tree of Desire and attacked Luther while Luther summoned the reflections of the past. Bernadette and Nast held Suah back, allowing Luther to bring three Sequence 1 Conquerors back to life.

• Suah summoned the Mother Tree of Desire's attention, empowering his arms and directing his attack at Luther.
• Bernadette recognized Suah's self-harm curse and used Pale Death to suppress his arms, with Nast amplifying the artifact's effects.
• Bernadette removed Pale Death before its effects could kill her, after holding Suah back long enough for Luther to continue.
• Luther completed the summoning as three iron-red figures rose behind him: Medici, Sauron, and Einhorn.

Luther summoned Medici, Sauron, and Einhorn to form the Spear of Destruction and prepare to strike Suah, while Bernadette and Nast tried to stop the Abomination from escaping. As Suah reached the rift, a lightning bolt struck it after the Spirit World was torn open, and Alger prayed to the Fool.

• Luther summoned the spirits of Medici, Sauron, and Einhorn, who joined him in forming the Spear of Destruction.
• Bernadette used Game of Time and Nast used Amplify to slow Suah as it tried to crawl into the rift.
• Luther aimed the spear at the center of Suah's tree-trunk body, but his body began to crack under the strain.
• Suah pushed past the kings' efforts and reached the edge of the rift.
• A great power tore open the sealed Spirit World, and a bolt of lightning struck Suah's arm.
• Alger prayed to the Fool aboard the Ghost Ship Blue Avenger.

Luther defeated the King of Immortality and forced Abomination Suah to retreat after hurling the Spear of Destruction. Exhausted but alive, he was caught by Antiya and greeted by Queen Mystic Bernadette and King of the Five Seas Nast.

• Lightning from Abomination Suah briefly disrupted Luther as he prepared the Spear of Destruction.
• Luther and the three translucent Angels threw the spear, devastating Black Lake Island and badly wounding Abomination Suah.
• Antiya caught Luther as he collapsed, while Medici returned to his body.
• Abomination Suah glared at Luther and fled through a spatial fissure, ending the battle.
• Luther's crew and Anderson celebrated his victory, and Luther greeted Bernadette and met Nast.

Luther was formally recognized by Nast Solomon and Bernadette as the King of Blood after saving the pirates and defeating their enemies. Aboard the Future, Klein entered a dream with Cattleya and questioned her about why she had shared information with Queen Mystic.

• Nast Solomon and Bernadette formally recognized Alexander Gascoigne as the King of Blood, and the pirates celebrated his new title.
• Alger watched Temperance receive acclaim and completed a secret prayer ritual to Mr. Fool.
• Klein reflected on Luther’s battle and the mysterious item that restored the Red Angel Evil Spirit’s strength as the Future sailed toward the mermaids’ waters.
• A sudden nightfall sent Klein into a dream outside the Black Monastery, where he found Cattleya waiting near the cliff.
• Klein pressed Cattleya about whether she had hoped Queen Mystic would infer information about Mr. Fool, and Cattleya fell silent.

Bernadette and Luther entered the Black Throne’s locked room and discovered a Card of Blasphemy depicting the Sequence 0 Twilight Giant. They found a hidden box that Luther could not open, as it required the spirituality of someone at Sequence 3.

• Bernadette recalled the Black Throne cabin and apologized to Antiya for Roselle’s treatment of her, but Antiya rejected her apology.
• Bernadette examined Roselle’s chessboard, found that the white pieces were doomed, and flipped the board as Roselle had taught her, revealing a key that opened the locked room.
• Luther spotted a Card of Blasphemy depicting the Twilight Giant, while Bernadette searched Roselle’s books, logbooks, and charts for the information she sought.
• Bernadette asked to take the collected materials, and Luther agreed.
• The servants discovered a locked black box hidden behind a bookcase, but the key rejected Luther, who sensed that he could open it only after reaching Sequence 3.

After the battle, Luther and Bernadette discussed Roselle’s belongings and their advancement, and Bernadette revealed that unresolved feelings about her father kept her from becoming an Angel. She left after asking Luther to protect Cattleya if she ever ran into trouble, while Luther returned to his crew and began considering what to do next.

• Luther and Bernadette concluded that he needed to reach Sequence 3 to open Roselle’s black box, and Bernadette kept the box and Twilight Giant card aboard the Black Throne while giving Luther the Card of Blasphemy.
• Bernadette thanked Luther for helping drive away Suah and explained that she had completed the ritual needed to advance to Sequence 2, but would not take the Potion while her feelings about Roselle remained unresolved.
• Bernadette admitted that she regretted refusing to speak with Roselle before his assassination, and Luther realized she suspected Mr. Fool might be the resurrected Roselle.
• Bernadette asked Luther to preserve Cattleya’s life if she encountered trouble, then departed with the Dawn in a burst of foam.
• Luther invited Antiya to the celebration feast, but she refused to leave the Black Throne, so he joined his crew alone.
• The next morning, Luther watched Darkwill treat the crew’s hangovers and considered his next steps.

Luther laid out plans to expand and strengthen his fleet, appointed Anderson to manage it while he handled matters on the Northern Continent, and then joined a new Tarot Club meeting. The chapter ended with Mr. Fool confronting Cattleya, saying that this was the second time.

• Luther announced that the Black Throne would become the fleet’s flagship, named Antiya as its ship spirit, and ordered the fleet to recruit and train new personnel.
• Luther gave the fleet new objectives, including freeing slaves and eliminating the remaining forces of the King of Immortality.
• Luther appointed Anderson to manage the fleet in his absence and gave him a Hunter Pathway Sequence 4 Beyonder Characteristic.
• Luther summoned M, who created a false personality for him to use at the Tarot Club meeting.
• At the meeting, Audrey noticed that Cattleya seemed frightened, and Mr. Fool told Cattleya that this was the second time.

Mr. Fool confronted Cattleya for revealing information about the Tarot Club to Bernadette, and she accepted responsibility without protest. He punished her by using the Gray Fog to inflict extreme mental torment, leaving the Tarot Club members watching in silence.

• Mr. Fool told Cattleya that she had revealed information about the Tarot Club to Bernadette, the owner of the Dawn.
• Cattleya admitted she had asked Bernadette for a Sequence 3 Secrets Suppliant Potion formula despite knowing it could expose the truth.
• Luther realized Bernadette had asked him to protect Cattleya because she feared Mr. Fool's punishment.
• Mr. Fool unleashed the Gray Fog on Cattleya, causing severe mental torment as the Tarot Club members watched.

Klein punished Cattleya for exceeding his instructions, then allowed her to trade for answers about Roselle and conduct business at the Tarot Club. In Backlund, Leonard killed a Devil after a lengthy pursuit, still resentful that the hunt had delayed his trip to Tingen.

• Klein tortured Cattleya nearly to the point of death, then told her to tell Bernadette she could trade Roselle-related items for answers.
• Emlyn bought the Baron characteristic from Alger for 4,500 pounds, while Alger asked the gathering for the Ocean Songster Potion formula.
• Cattleya offered Fors ingredients for her Astrologer Potion and helped Audrey obtain materials for her Hypnotist Potion.
• Leonard chased a Devil through the East Borough, using a moment of sleep and silence to bring it down and shoot it dead.
• Leonard cursed the Devil for delaying his plan to go to Tingen and check whether two of his teammates were alive.

At the Tarot Club meeting, Luther sought Low Sequence Potions and materials to strengthen his fleet, while Emlyn requested help finding believers of the Primordial Moon. The members shared updates on Backlund and Feysac, and Alger began reporting on a new Pirate Assembly.

• Luther asked the Hermit to keep searching for a Sequence 3 Potion formula and revealed that he already had an Angel's blood.
• Luther offered to pay extra for consecutive combat-focused Low Sequence Potion sets, and the Tarot Club members agreed to gather them.
• Emlyn asked the members to locate believers of the Primordial Moon, offering rewards for clues and confirmed targets.
• Luther told Fors he would return to Loen and contact her so she could look for clues about Mr. X.
• Audrey reported that Backlund had calmed and that the Feysac emperor might be critically ill, while Alger began describing a Pirate Assembly convened by Nast.

At the Tarot Club, Luther learned that Lovia was rumored to have eaten her husband, triggering a painful memory of Cecilia. The meeting ended, and Luther and Klein began their private gathering.

• Alger told the Tarot Club that the King of Immortality had died, the King of Blood had emerged, and Suah had been severely wounded at the Pirate Assembly.
• Derrick told Luther that Lovia had not advanced to Sequence 4 and that people in the exploration team rumored she had eaten her husband.
• The rumor reminded Luther of Cecilia's death, and Mr. Fool used his authority to help him regain his composure.
• Luther asked Derrick to investigate Lovia's past and offered Warrior Pathway High Sequence Potion formulas as an incentive for the Chief to cooperate.
• After the Tarot Club meeting ended, Luther and Klein remained behind to begin their Transmigrators' Gathering.

Luther asked the Fool whether he could borrow the power behind an artifact that restored its user’s past self, and Klein evaded the request with a mysterious answer. The two discussed the possible connection between the God War Ruins’ dream palace and the Giant King’s Court, then planned their returns to Loen and a future confrontation with Ince Zangwill.

• Luther manifested the staff-head-like artifact and asked whether the Fool’s power enabled its ability to borrow strength from a past self.
• Klein confirmed the power came from him but ambiguously told Luther that the time had not yet come to make another artifact.
• Klein and Luther discussed whether the palace in the God War Ruins’ dream resembled the Giant King’s Court and agreed to compare it with the City of Silver’s exploration findings.
• Luther said he would return to Loen to seek revenge on Ince Zangwill and the Aurora Order, and Klein said he would return there to pursue his next advancement.
• Klein declined Luther’s offer of a ride and said he would travel by ship, while Luther urged him to get in touch if anything happened.