Arc 19The Secrets Sorcerer

Cyril explored the Forsaken Land of the Gods, helped the City of Silver, and pursued the Secrets Sorcerer advancement with Adam’s plan. After surviving the ritual and advancing, he joined a Twilight Hermit Order gathering and rescued Klein from a Silent Disciple.

  • Cyril explored the living ruins beyond Afternoon Town, used Mother Earth’s Holy Emblem of Life to transform them into a thriving forest, and recovered a dark red crystal.
  • Cyril confronted Kotar in the ruins, then reached the barrier of the Forsaken Land of the Gods and acquired the Die of Probability as something behind enormous doors pounded against them.
  • Cyril met the True Creator, agreed to find Medici, and later entered the City of Silver, where Randy died after Cyril tried to soothe his loss of control.
  • Cyril told Colin and Lovia that the gateway out of the Forsaken Land lay in the Giant King’s Court, then met Adam, who explained the forces that could stabilize his advancement and sent him to find Krismona beneath Trier.
  • Cyril and Medici entered the Underground Catacombs, where Amon stole Cyril’s Secrets Sorcerer potion and transferred Krismona’s memories and fate to him as the Primordial Demoness appeared.
  • Cyril became the Creator of the Painting World, resisted the High-Dimensional Overseer and the Oldest One in the Mirror, and used the Die of Probability to stabilize himself and advance to Secrets Sorcerer.
  • Cyril learned about his new abilities, attended a Twilight Hermit Order gathering, and viewed the Blasphemy Slate’s advancement requirements while Adam discussed the challenges of combining powers from five pathways.
  • Cyril sensed Klein’s plea for help, freed him from a Silent Disciple, and trapped Klein, Anderson, the disciple, and a Wraith in a Dream Labyrinth before a living reflection of Cyril appeared in the Spirit World.
Chapters 452–476 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 452Amon in the Declining Forest

Cyril entered the Declining Forest, where he encountered Amon and exchanged information before traveling to ancient ruins beyond Afternoon Town. Meanwhile, Anderson suffered another bout of deadly bad luck and asked Klein for help, while Cyril’s attempt to investigate the ruins triggered a strange burst of life that quickly withered.

  • Cyril destroyed two reanimated giant corpses at the entrance to the Declining Forest and found that they left no characteristics.
  • Amon confronted Cyril, revealed that he had stolen Aurmir’s parents’ graves, and asked him about Adam’s secrets.
  • Cyril told Amon that Adam’s greatest secret was His identity, and Amon used a time-rewinding power to reveal that Aurmir’s parents were human skeletons.
  • Anderson nearly choked to death while drinking water, then asked Klein about Beyonders who could change his luck and learned he could pray to the Fool.
  • Cyril arrived at ruined lands beyond Afternoon Town and sent a painted version of himself to invoke Omebella and Lilith.
  • After the painted Cyril spoke Lilith’s name, crimson moonlight appeared, the strange moss and its spawned creatures flourished, then rapidly withered along with the painted double.

Ch. 453Smuggling In

Cyril investigated the ruined city’s strange transformations, then unexpectedly opened a way into Sefirah Castle and met Klein, who asked about bad luck and the Bizarro Sorcerer potion. After returning to the Forsaken Land of the Gods, Cyril tested the Die of Probability and used the Brilliant Spark to turn the ruins into a bizarre, insect-filled oasis.

  • Cyril found that the ruins changed between desolation and life when he invoked Mother Earth, then returned to the Inn after a failed divination was interrupted by a shrill wail.
  • Cyril used spirituality to pass through a starlit door into Sefirah Castle, surprising Klein, who had been trying to contact him.
  • Cyril told Klein ways to counter bad luck, listed sources for the Bizarro Sorcerer potion formula, and described its advancement ritual; Klein agreed to pay 3,000 pounds for Cyril to consult the Second Blasphemy Slate.
  • Cyril returned to the Inn and concluded the Die of Probability could not directly influence fate there, though it could affect him through his surroundings.
  • Cyril went back to the Forsaken Land of the Gods and used the Brilliant Spark to summon a blazing sun, under which the ruins became an oasis of strange insects bearing pieces of plants.

Ch. 454Demonic Wolf

Cyril explored ruins twisted by the Mother Earth's residual divine power and encountered Kotar, the Demonic Wolf, while Klein assisted from above the gray fog. After escaping, Cyril kept watch over the ruins until Klein summoned him to a gathering.

  • Cyril fled attacking trees and an ice dragon, then prayed to the Fool for help.
  • Klein examined the ruins through the gray fog and used a Lightning Storm, but the strange trees regenerated too quickly to destroy.
  • Kotar ambushed Cyril, whose spirit body threads he began manipulating, but Klein's warning and intervention helped Cyril recover.
  • Cyril summoned Adam's Corpse Cathedral and used Amon's message to distract Kotar, while an imagined Amon parasitized the Amon wandering nearby and drove Kotar off.
  • Cyril escaped through a Phantasmal Double Door, set up camp outside the ruins, and continued observing them.
  • Klein told Cyril to prepare for a gathering in fifteen minutes.

Ch. 455Monday

At the Tarot Club, Cyril explained how he reached the Forsaken Land of the Gods and described its lingering divine dangers while agreeing to help Emlyn find Primordial Moon believers. He tested ways to destroy a living ruin shaped by the Mother Earth's power, then Owen Garcia sought out Emlyn in Backlund.

  • Fors asked for an Ancient Wraith's cursed object or leads on Asman's Brain, and Cyril offered help and said the Asman Abraham Family had intact Asmans for sale.
  • Cattleya offered World either a chance to view the Wheel of Fortune Card of Blasphemy or a method to regain strength during weakness, and World agreed to ask for her.
  • Emlyn asked the Tarot Club to find Primordial Moon believers, and Cyril offered to help if Emlyn prayed to the Mother Earth about the mutated ruins.
  • Derrick recounted the City of Silver's expedition to Afternoon Town, and Cyril explained the dangers of the Forsaken Land of the Gods and how to enter it.
  • Cyril used imagined doubles and the names Leodero and Herabergen to attack the Mother Earth's living ruins, but concluded that the ruins adapted and could not be quickly destroyed.
  • Owen Garcia visited Emlyn at Harvest Cathedral and introduced himself.

Ch. 456A prayer answered

Emlyn received information about Primordial Moon believers from Owen, then prayed to Mother Earth and received her Holy Emblem of Life. Using the emblem, Cyril drew on Lilith’s power to destroy animated ruins and uncover a red crystal before traveling to Dawn Town.

  • Owen gave Emlyn drawings and information about Windsor Belin, Gallis Kevin, and Argos, and said Dandy and Lola were not in Backlund.
  • Emlyn destroyed the drawings, prayed to Mother Earth, and received a vision telling him to take the Holy Emblem of Life and recite her name.
  • Klein received the emblem above the Gray Fog and sent it through the Gate of Sacrifice and Bestowal to Cyril.
  • Cyril used the emblem to make the animated ruins collapse and transform into a thriving forest, then recovered a dark red crystal from a pool.
  • Cyril traveled to Dawn Town, where the ruined streets and buildings became new and giant figures appeared around him.

Ch. 457Encounter at the bar

Cyril used the Holy Emblem of Life to overcome a deadly city of lingering afterimages, while Klein and Anderson encountered Medici at a bar in Oravi and fled after he erupted into flames. Medici escaped the new Navy High Commander Robert Davis, and Klein and Anderson ended up on Toscarter Island, where Klein demanded five pounds for his damaged hat.

  • Cyril illuminated the city with Pure White Vision, saw the hostile afterimages, and fled their expanding Storm of Light.
  • Cyril summoned Lilith through the Holy Emblem of Life, causing a forest to consume the city’s dawnlike light before he left with a lantern.
  • Klein and Anderson learned that Councilor Ricciardo had left Oravi, then met Medici at a dockside bar.
  • Medici offered to resolve Anderson’s bad luck and give him a potion formula or Beyonder characteristic, but his conflicting inner voices made him lose control and set the bar ablaze.
  • Klein and Anderson escaped using Creeping Hunger, while Robert Davis extinguished the bar’s flames and identified Medici as an angel before pursuing him.
  • Klein and Anderson arrived on Toscarter Island, where Klein threw Anderson his damaged hat and demanded five pounds.

Ch. 458Nightmare

Klein learned that Anderson had encountered Medici, the Red Angel’s evil spirit, while Cyril hunted vampires and sent Klein the Die of Probability and other items. After Medici’s corruption appeared on Anderson, Klein brought him above the gray fog, where Anderson asked for help and began recounting his past.

  • Klein told Anderson that the being they had met was the Red Angel’s evil spirit, a former King of Angels and colleague of Ouroboros.
  • Cyril hunted vampires in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, gathered their Beyonder characteristics, and sent them and the Die of Probability above the gray fog for Klein.
  • Anderson suffered a nightmare of Medici, woke with a bloody mark on his forehead, and realized he had been corrupted.
  • Klein heard Anderson’s prayer and summoned him above the gray fog, then offered to help in exchange for information or something of equal value.
  • Anderson told Mr. Fool about growing up in Lenburg, being expelled from the Church of Knowledge’s school, and his travels as an adventurer and treasure hunter.
  • Anderson explained that he still had ties to the Church of Knowledge but feared asking them for help because of their demands and doubted they could solve his bad luck without a demigod’s knowledge.

Ch. 459Mr. Chariot

Anderson joined the Tarot gathering as Mr. Chariot and used Mr. Fool’s ritual to remove his misfortune, while Klein and Cyril investigated the reckless influence of the Red Angel Evil Spirit. Cyril then warned Klein about the Rose School of Thought and went to the Forsaken Land of the Gods’ barrier, where something behind it began battering the doors he created.

  • Mr. Fool gave Anderson a ritual to remove his misfortune and allowed him to join the gatherings as Mr. Chariot.
  • Anderson performed the ritual, which expelled a rust-red and iron-black clot from his body and lifted his misfortune.
  • Klein divined that the Red Angel Evil Spirit had influenced Anderson through the authority of courage, then contacted Cyril for his thoughts.
  • Cyril assessed that the Red Angel Evil Spirit was likely at Sequence 2 and warned Klein to be careful of the Rose School of Thought.
  • Cyril traveled to the Forsaken Land of the Gods’ barrier and used a Brilliant Spark to form enormous doors in the gray fog.
  • Something behind the doors pounded them until an infant-like cry slowed their collapse, while the Die of Probability fell and silver light began to emerge.

Ch. 460Sanctuary

Cyril received the Key of Light’s mark after the Die of Probability helped him draw power through the gate, then visited the True Creator in his Sanctuary and agreed to find Medici in exchange for help with his Secrets Sorcerer ritual. Back in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, he advanced his Traveler potion digestion and took a piece of Bradel’s corpse to use in a divination.

  • Cyril acquired a mercury-colored swastika fused with his right hand and spirit as the Die of Probability cracked, then followed a summons through an Illusory Door.
  • A High Priest saw the barrier’s disturbance and ordered the group to prepare for an early sacrificial ceremony.
  • Cyril met the True Creator beneath an inverted Cross, accepted a contract to find Medici, and agreed to ask him to fight for the Southern Continent.
  • Cyril asked Ouroboros for a blessing before leaving the Sanctuary, and the True Creator’s ravings continued through their new connection.
  • Cyril returned to the Forsaken Land of the Gods, encountered Bradel’s rotting corpse, and used the Die of Probability and his abilities to take a piece of its flesh.
  • Cyril froze the flesh and prepared a Crystal Ball to divine Bradel’s past.

Ch. 461Badheil

Cyril’s divination revealed the Giant King’s Court and the giant Badheil, whose residual power nearly destroyed him. After striking a wary bargain with Amon, Cyril left for the City of Silver and appeared outside its wall.

  • Cyril used Bradel’s memories to witness Aurmir’s confrontation with the Ancient Sun God, then saw a gentle female giant and the armored giant Badheil in the Giant King’s Court.
  • Badheil’s residual twilight power caused everything around Cyril to decay, but Cyril escaped when an illusory book made him vanish from its effects.
  • Amon appeared, mocked Cyril’s recklessness, and offered a monocle in exchange for something from Sefirah Castle, help retrieving Door, or information about Cyril’s actions at the barrier.
  • Cyril asked whether he could refuse the monocle, heard the True Creator tell him to agree, and accepted Amon’s offer without revealing what he had done.
  • After Amon left, Cyril tossed the monocle into his shadow, resolved to finish digesting his potion and leave the Forsaken Land of the Gods, then opened a door and departed.
  • Cyril appeared at the base of the City of Silver’s wall, where a patrol spotted him and he waved up at them.

Ch. 462City of Silver

Cyril negotiated entry to the City of Silver so he could observe it and finish digesting his potion, while presenting himself as the representative of the Silver Key. After the elders admitted him under a contract, he offered to help an old man who was showing signs of losing control.

  • Cyril met Waite Chirmont at the City of Silver's wall and explained that visiting the city would help him digest his Traveler potion.
  • Cyril visited Leomaster nearby, who mistook him for an oracle and declared his faith in the True Creator.
  • Colin, Waite Chirmont, and Lovia agreed to let Cyril enter the City of Silver under restrictions, and they signed a contract in the presence of the sacred artifact.
  • Lovia sensed something holy and lofty about Cyril, so he identified himself as a representative of the Silver Key and described his Lord to the elders.
  • Cyril encountered a sedated old man on the verge of losing control and asked to try helping him, so Colin led them to Waite Chirmont's office.

Ch. 463A Prophecy

Cyril helped Randy regain clarity, but Randy chose to die rather than become an evil spirit, and his purified Beyonder characteristics became a crystal. Cyril then brought Colin and Lovia to see the sea and sunlight, prophesying that the City of Silver would escape the darkness with help from its destined savior.

  • Cyril soothed Randy's loss of control and explained that fully purifying his Beyonder characteristics would be harmful, but Randy asked Colin to extract them anyway.
  • Randy died by suicide and used the Pure White Vision's light to cleanse the evil spirit he became; the process produced a silvery-white crystal and helped Cyril digest the last traces of his Traveler potion.
  • Cyril told Colin, Lovia, and Waite that the gateway out lay in the Giant King's Court, and said the key was outside the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
  • Cyril invited Colin and Lovia to cross the gateway temporarily, and they followed him through a Phantasmal Double Door to a sunlit sea formed from the God War Ruins.
  • Cyril told Colin and Lovia they would open a route through the Giant King's Court and meet their destined savior, then opened a door to take them back.

Ch. 464Book

Cyril returned Lovia and Colin to the City of Silver, then investigated the Golden Carriage and reunited with his book-reading avatar. After receiving access to Heraberg’s library and a cryptic prophecy, Cyril met Adam, who sent him to Trier to advance and gave him information about Krismona.

  • Cyril told Lovia about the Silver Key after she asked to hear of its glory.
  • Cyril investigated the Golden Carriage, but its golden flames destroyed his paper decoy, so he abandoned the inquiry.
  • Cyril reunited with his avatar in Aisara and absorbed the knowledge it had gathered.
  • Heraberg let Cyril explore his library, gave him a Knowledge Emblem, and prophesied that fate rested in his own hands.
  • Cyril used the emblem’s coordinates to enter the Corpse Cathedral, where Adam told him to go to Trier and gave him a portrait and details about Krismona.

Ch. 465Adam's plan

Adam explained that Cyril needed to balance the High-Dimensional Overseer's corruption with the Oldest One in the Mirror and the Die of Probability to survive his advancement. Cyril accepted a mission from the Evernight Goddess and obtained a Dark Sacred Emblem before setting out to find Krismona.

  • Adam explained that the Key of Light's gift, the Die of Probability, and the Oldest One in the Mirror could counter the High-Dimensional Overseer's influence and stabilize Cyril's advancement.
  • Adam revealed that the Oldest One in the Mirror was a personality born from the Primordial Demoness and said his Garden of Eden would anchor Cyril during the ritual.
  • Adam gave Cyril a Key of Stars and instructed him to visit the churches of Evernight and Steam before finding Krismona in the Fourth Epoch ruins beneath Trier.
  • Cyril traveled to Saint Samuel Cathedral, where the Evernight Goddess offered him a Dark Sacred Emblem in exchange for river water from the Western Continent in his future.
  • Cyril agreed to the contract, woke from the vision, and took the Dark Sacred Emblem from the cathedral's Donation Box.

Ch. 466Medici

Cyril obtained an old map of Fourth Epoch Trier from Horamick, then found Medici and helped the True Creator suppress the darkness and the other consciousnesses within him. Medici agreed to assist Cyril, while Klein sent him Paper Angels to help with his attempt to complete the Secrets Sorcerer ritual.

  • Horamick gave Cyril a Fourth Epoch map of Trier and warned him that the ruins were dangerous.
  • Cyril used the connection from his prayer to the God of War to locate and teleport to Medici.
  • The True Creator’s corruption spread through Medici’s room, and Medici transformed into a Flame Giant to defeat the two-headed manifestation of the Shadow World.
  • Medici explained that the darkness had suppressed Sauron and Einhorn, then agreed to assist Cyril at the True Creator’s request.
  • Cyril told Klein he planned to attempt the Secrets Sorcerer ritual and would miss the Tarot Club gathering.
  • Klein sent Cyril Paper Angels enhanced with the gray fog’s power and various effects.

Ch. 467Underground Ruins

Cyril and Medici entered Trier’s Underground Catacombs, where Cyril investigated a misty ossuary and discovered a pool resembling a tributary of the Underworld. After the Red Priest card reacted, Cyril followed his spiritual intuition into a powerful Fog of War, while Medici used the card to complete a sacrifice and triggered a crimson phenomenon.

  • Cyril and Medici traveled to the Underground Catacombs, where Medici warned that corruption limited how deeply high-level beings could enter and shared his power with Cyril through their team connection.
  • Cyril used the Die of Probability to enter a mist-filled ossuary, where he found a pool that Medici identified as a tiny spring connected to the Underworld.
  • Cyril burned the spirits rising from the pool with Solar Flare, but the mist swallowed the light and the Red Priest card reacted.
  • Cyril followed his spiritual intuition toward the card’s reaction, but a thick Fog of War suppressed his senses and disrupted Medici’s voice.
  • Medici told Cyril that he had used the Red Priest card to complete a sacrifice, and a crimson star overlapped with Cyril’s viewpoint as the air began to tremble.

Ch. 468Stealing Fate

Cyril found Krismona’s corpse beneath Trier and began stealing her identities, memories, and fate with Amon’s help. As the Primordial Demoness broke through the seals, Cyril touched her chaotic form and merged with her.

  • Cyril escaped the charred Terror Giant, and Medici explained that the creature was a Sauron descendant whose presence stirred his dormant Sauron consciousness.
  • Cyril followed his spiritual intuition to the Black Pillar and encountered Krismona, then used Replication to summon the Corpse Cathedral and prepare a Secrets Sorcerer potion.
  • Amon emerged from Cyril’s shadow, stole the potion, and began transferring Krismona’s memories, emotions, and fate to Cyril.
  • Cyril saw memories of Cheek, Alista Tudor, Krismona’s blood relative, and Amon before Amon vanished with the replicated cathedral.
  • The Primordial Demoness shattered the surrounding seals and appeared as a chaotic figure, and Cyril reached out to merge with her.

Ch. 469A gathering with someone missing

Cyril’s advancement ritual encountered trouble as the Primordial Demoness blockaded an entrance to underground Fourth Epoch Trier and Amon, Medici, and Adam awaited a signal. At the Tarot Club, Klein intervened when Cyril’s star dimmed, then revealed an image of what was happening to him.

  • Amon’s form collapsed into starlight and Illusory Doors as fate began to flow within the darkness.
  • A transformed Unshadowed Domain illuminated the catacombs and revealed the Primordial Demoness blocking an entrance to underground Fourth Epoch Trier.
  • Amon, Medici, and Adam waited at Adam’s Corpse Cathedral for a signal from the Western Continent.
  • Klein announced that Fate was absent to prepare his advancement ritual and introduced Anderson as the new member, Mr. Chariot.
  • Klein saw Cyril’s star dim and sent a Paper Angel to stabilize it, astonishing the Tarot Club members.
  • Klein told Audrey that problems had arisen with Mr. Fate’s advancement, then tapped the table and formed an illusory image from Cyril’s star.

Ch. 470The Mysticism Trash Can

Cyril’s dangerous advancement triggered his Mythical Creature Form and revealed three immense powers sealed within him. Amon and Adam intervened according to a hidden plan, leaving Cyril to accept the High-Dimensional Overseer’s help while the Die of Probability and the Oldest One in the Mirror protected him from losing himself.

  • Audrey and the Tarot Club saw Cyril’s Mythical Creature Form, and Cattleya identified the three clashing powers sealed behind its illusory doors.
  • Klein told the Tarot Club that Cyril had asked him for several blessings before advancing, while a second figure appeared beside Cyril in the obscured vision.
  • Adam told Amon that the corruption had receded, and Amon went to Cyril as Medici prepared to confront Cheek.
  • Amon stole part of Cyril’s shadow, helping Cyril’s scattered consciousness gather, and used a book containing part of the God of Steam and Machinery’s power to counter Cheek’s attacks.
  • Adam awakened Cyril’s sealed memories and reminded him of their plan: the High-Dimensional Overseer would seal the Oldest One in the Mirror, while the Die of Probability would help keep Cyril stable.

Ch. 471The Creator of the Painting World

Cyril accepted the High-Dimensional Overseer’s power to become the Creator of the Painting World, while Adam revealed that a prepared duplicate had survived the assimilation. Cyril joined the duplicate and returned to face his transformed self as the High-Dimensional Overseer and other powers converged on the Painting World.

  • Cyril became the Creator of the Painting World as the High-Dimensional Overseer transferred its symbol to him, and the Oldest One in the Mirror’s seal began moving from the Mirror World into the Painting World.
  • Amon told Adam that Cyril had been assimilated, but Adam released a prepared painting-scroll duplicate and restored its copied memories and awareness.
  • Cyril explained that he had sacrificed himself to gain a hope, then left the Corpse Cathedral to find his other self.
  • Klein sent a Paper Angel to bless Cyril, who acknowledged the gesture and merged with the Star Worm figure in the Painting World.
  • The brass dragon in the Kingdom of Knowledge and a stern voice in another realm discussed stopping the High-Dimensional Overseer’s power from crossing the barrier, while a transparent figure took hold of a milky-white die in the Painting World.

Ch. 472The symbol of return

Cyril advanced to Secrets Sorcerer and used the Die of Probability and the symbol of return to regain control of his body, but the High-Dimensional Overseer and the Oldest One in the Mirror remained locked in a struggle inside a sealed Painting World. He explained the temporary solution to Adam and Amon, then joked about adding the Celestial Worthy to the consciousnesses trapped inside.

  • Cyril used the Die of Probability to select a future, solidify his Star Worms, and make the Painting World increasingly governed by probability.
  • The High-Dimensional Overseer halted the Painting World’s transformation and reclaimed the Creator symbol, so Cyril invoked the symbol of return and resisted being absorbed by the Oldest One in the Mirror.
  • Cyril separated and destroyed a corrupted shadow formed from the influence of the High-Dimensional Overseer, the Oldest One in the Mirror, and his own thoughts.
  • Cyril emerged in the Corpse Cathedral and told Adam that he had advanced to Secrets Sorcerer, while the Die of Probability’s cycle temporarily sealed the hostile forces inside the Painting World.
  • Amon suggested that Cyril could resolve the conflict by betting on the next Lord of the Mysteries, and Cyril teased him about volunteering before joking about adding the Celestial Worthy to the Painting World.

Ch. 473Every thought finds an echo

After becoming a Secrets Sorcerer, Cyril learned about the struggle between the Oldest One in the Mirror and the High-Dimensional Overseer, then examined his new powers and their costs. He realized the Inn would eventually rise into Infinite Heights, where he would face the High-Dimensional Overseer, and found that star worms could not solve the strain of processing the thoughts and prayers reaching him.

  • Adam explained that the Oldest One in the Mirror was trying to become the Oldest One within the Painting World, while the High-Dimensional Overseer’s influence could bring that world closer to Pillar status.
  • Amon dismissed Cyril as no threat yet, and Adam told him not to miss the next Twilight Hermit Order gathering before both figures and the Corpse Cathedral vanished.
  • Medici asked Cyril to help reach a mad Conqueror in the Underground Fourth Epoch Ruins so they could banish him, and Cyril agreed to respond when summoned by burning his portrait.
  • Cyril concealed himself away from Trier and examined his Secrets Sorcerer abilities, including the constant information and prayers he perceived as ‘every thought finds an echo.’
  • Cyril understood that the Inn was a derivative of Infinite Heights and foresaw that it would rise into Infinite Heights when the barrier left by the Oldest One disappeared, bringing him face to face with the High-Dimensional Overseer.
  • Cyril tested whether star worms could carry his awareness outside his body in a Brilliant Spark, but found they could not maintain a clear sense of self.

Ch. 474"Orange Light" Hilarion

Cyril tested ways to create an independent avatar, met Klein Above the Gray Fog, and visited Edefana to arrange recording a Dream Weaver’s abilities. Meanwhile, Orange Light Hilarion warned Klein that the Mother Tree of Desire had noticed him, then left to die in the Spirit World, while Anderson revealed he had overheard the encounter.

  • Cyril failed to make an independent avatar from his Star Worms and planned to record a Dream Weaver’s abilities for a permanent one.
  • Cyril met Klein Above the Gray Fog, explained why he needed anchors, and advised him to act as a wealthy tycoon in Backlund.
  • Cyril found Edefana in a hidden dream and asked to record a Dream Weaver’s abilities.
  • Orange Light Hilarion visited Klein in Bayam and warned him that the Mother Tree of Desire had noticed him.
  • Hilarion left, and Klein discovered Anderson had been listening from the neighboring room.

Ch. 475Twilight Hermit Order

Cyril attended a Twilight Hermit Order gathering, proposed using the Numinous Episcopate’s artificial God of Death to draw the God of Combat into the conflict, and viewed the Blasphemy Slate after advancing to demigod. Adam explained that advancement rituals could vary as long as they fulfilled their purpose, leaving Cyril to consider the difficult requirements of his pathways.

  • After Orange Light Hilarion warned Gehrman Sparrow about the Mother Tree of Desire, Gehrman prepared for danger while Anderson inferred Hilarion’s identity.
  • Cyril awakened at a Twilight Hermit Order gathering, where Hermes congratulated him on reaching demigod and reminded him that he could view the Blasphemy Slate.
  • Cyril suggested that the Order use the Numinous Episcopate’s artificial God of Death to attract the God of Combat’s attention, and Baros Hopkins reported that Mirela had taken over Ludwell’s fleet.
  • The Order discussed reports of supernatural events in Trier, while Cyril privately considered whether Hermes suspected his connection to them.
  • Cyril viewed the Blasphemy Slate’s advancement requirements and found that the Blasphemy Slate was invisible to the other members.
  • Adam explained that rituals could differ from those recorded on the Blasphemy Slate if they balanced a potion’s impact, and he described the difficulty of combining powers from five pathways.

Ch. 476Dream Labyrinth

Cyril left the Twilight Hermit Order gathering and returned to Backlund, where he sensed Klein in danger and teleported to rescue him from two Rose School of Thought demigods. He trapped the pursuers and Klein and Anderson in a Dream Labyrinth, where the dream’s corruption became real, then confronted the Silent Disciple’s attempt to summon help.

  • Hermes questioned Cyril about the Secrets Sorcerer ritual and advised him to consider the Error or Fool pathways, while a Feysac attendee warned him that Amon hunted Error pathway Beyonders.
  • After the gathering ended, Cyril returned to his bedroom through the Collective Unconscious Sea and went back to sleep.
  • The next morning, Cyril sensed Klein’s plea for help and saw him bound by his own clothes, so he teleported to a forest near Bayam and freed Klein from a Silent Disciple’s restraints.
  • Cyril drew Klein, Anderson, the Silent Disciple, and a Wraith into a Dream Labyrinth shaped like the City of Miracles, Liveseyd.
  • Cyril’s distorted dream caused the Wraith to collapse and the Silent Disciple to release his curse, synchronizing their corruption with reality and breaking the labyrinth.
  • The Silent Disciple gouged out his eye and threw it into the Spirit World, where a reflection of Cyril came to life and snapped its fingers.
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