Chapter Summaries

The Wanderer explained that Frey was the Seed chosen by the world and warned that heretics were pursuing her. He led the group deeper into the Land of the Dead Silence for protection, while the Heretic Leader sought help from the Bloodred Tower.

• The Wanderer explained that Frey had been chosen as the Seed and that the heretics had tried to sacrifice her to awaken their Holy Sovereign.
• The Wanderer warned that the heretics had detected Frey and said the group needed more allies and a safer place to hide.
• Brunkel decided that escorting Frey out of the world alive was her priority and silently assessed the Wanderer as a possible threat.
• The Wanderer led Lu Yuan, Frey, and Brunkel away from their resting place toward another Wanderer camp.
• At a heretic outpost, the Heretic Leader sent an emergency message to the Bloodred Tower and waited for help.

The grand leaders of the Withered Wood Seat set out to reclaim the Holy Sovereign’s seed, while the Three Nuns summoned the Angel to aid the Blue Knight and Brunkel. The Angel’s golden light healed the two women, who seemed close to waking.

• The leader of the Withered Wood Seat sent one grand leader to guard the Great Tower and took two others to reclaim the Holy Sovereign’s seed.
• The Three Nuns noticed the Blue Knight and Brunkel’s auras worsening and decided to contact the Angel.
• The leading nun prayed with their last pure white feather and crushed it to summon the Angel.
• The Angel froze the blizzard, restored the Three Nuns, and sent golden light to heal the Blue Knight and Brunkel.

The lead nun’s golden feather failed to awaken the two women, though it healed their injuries and restored their sanity. In the Land of the Dead Silence, Lu Yuan and his companions fled with the Wanderer as a powerful presence watched them, and the Wanderer concealed their auras to help them escape.

• The golden light shattered before it could bring the two women back, but it healed them and restored their sanity.
• Lu Yuan and his companions chased the Wanderer across the Land of the Dead Silence as he urged them to move faster.
• Lu Yuan sensed a powerful gaze watching them, and Frey whispered that she felt it too.
• Lu Yuan warned Frey not to look back or show that she had noticed the watcher, which he believed was a Fifth Order being.
• The Wanderer released an aura that concealed the group and caused the oppressive gaze to fade.

The Wanderer brought Lu Yuan and the others to a hidden group of Wanderers and revealed that Frey carried the Seed sought by the heretics. The group debated whether to help and agreed to ask how soon the outsiders could leave the Land of the Dead Silence before deciding what limited assistance to offer.

• The Wanderer led Lu Yuan, Frey, and the others to a hillside where two black skeletons emerged from the mountain and examined Frey.
• One skeleton entered the mountain while the other stayed behind, and the Wanderer explained that his companions had their own plans and contingencies.
• Inside the mountain, the Skeleton Guard reported the Seed and the outsiders to three awake skeletons gathered around a table.
• The skeletons argued over whether intervening was worth the danger, noting that they could mobilize only two Fifth Order beings and might face powerful heretics.
• The three skeletons agreed to ask how long the outsiders would remain in the world and to offer only limited help if the time was short.
• The Skeleton Guard returned from the mountain alone.

The Skeleton Guard questioned Lu Yuan and Frey, then reported their answers to the skeletons, who decided to awaken the Seventh Seat to escort the group. The Wanderer departed, leaving Lu Yuan and the others alone with their new, imposing guardian.

• The Skeleton Guard asked Lu Yuan when the group could leave and questioned Frey about her capture and the ritual she had witnessed.
• After hearing the report, the skeletons judged that the outsiders might have a chance to escape and agreed to awaken the Seventh Seat.
• The skeleton in the corner awakened the Seventh Seat and ordered him to escort the group, protect the Seed, and kill her only if necessary.
• The Skeleton Guard brought the Seventh Seat outside and told the Wanderer to leave, then said the Seventh Seat would escort the group.
• The Wanderer departed, and the Skeleton Guards vanished, leaving Lu Yuan's group facing the Seventh Seat in the rising fog.

Lu Yuan’s group followed the Seventh Seat through the Wasteland and found an abandoned camp where they could rest and recover their sanity. As they settled in, three travelers elsewhere noticed that the group’s auras had disappeared.

• Lu Yuan identified the Seventh Seat as a believer transcendent whose strength was restricted, and the Seventh Seat enveloped the group in an aura that blocked their connection to the world.
• Lu Yuan, Frey, the Blue Knight, and Brunkel set off with the Seventh Seat following behind, and he pointed them toward a direction to travel.
• The group found an abandoned camp and decided to rest there so the Blue Knight and Brunkel could recover and Lu Yuan could restore his sanity.
• Frey cautiously climbed down from Lu Yuan’s back, and the exhausted group settled inside the main tent.
• Three men advancing through the Wasteland encountered returning fog, and the man on the right noticed that the group’s auras had vanished.

Lu Yuan and his companions fled as three airborne heretics attacked their camp, while the Seventh Seat tried to hold them off. As Lu Yuan called for the authority to arrive, the Sea of Knowledge continued advancing toward his location, and two heretics broke past the Seventh Seat to pursue the fleeing group.

• The heretics sensed the Seed’s connection had been blocked and summoned more followers to hunt the outsiders and the hidden rats.
• Frey woke Lu Yuan when the feeling of being watched returned, and bone spikes erupted beneath the camp.
• The Seventh Seat shattered the spikes and charged out of the tent as three flying heretics approached, prompting Lu Yuan and the others to flee.
• Lu Yuan realized the attackers were three Fifth Order enemies and anxiously called for the authority while running.
• Oden let the Sea of Knowledge carry him toward the Land of the Dead Silence and went back to sleep.
• One heretic engaged the Seventh Seat while the other two flew around him to pursue Lu Yuan and his companions.

Lu Yuan charged into the Heretics’ formation and tore open a passage at the cost of severe injuries, while the Blue Knight and Brunkel held off the Fifth Order Heretics. He emerged with Frey still safe on his back, but the formation’s corruption continued consuming his arms.

• The Heretics surrounded Lu Yuan, the Blue Knight, and Brunkel with a formation while two Fifth Order Heretics pursued them.
• Lu Yuan told the Blue Knight and Brunkel to hold the enemies off, then charged toward the Third Order Heretics.
• Golden eyes appeared over the Blue Knight and Brunkel, restoring their sanity and healing their injuries before their attempt to pull the women away failed.
• The Blue Knight and Brunkel attacked the two Fifth Order Heretics as Lu Yuan and Frey reached the Third Order Heretics’ formation.
• Lu Yuan forced open the corrosive barrier with his hands and shoulders, then escaped through it with Frey protected on his back.