Chapter Summaries

Thor discovered that a dormant Wind Eye was hidden beneath the Round Platform in his Consciousness Space and called on the Diary and Stars to drive it away during his Ascension ritual. He emerged to find a huge Wind Eye forming above him in the outside world.

• Thor paused the Ascension ritual and searched his body and Consciousness Space for the source of the danger.
• Thor found a tiny Wind Eye beneath the Round Platform but could not move it with his own power.
• Thor asked Keri to restart the ritual, then entered his Consciousness Space as the Magic Power surged into him.
• Thor commanded the Diary to drive away the Wind Eye, and the Diary and Stars made it vanish from his Consciousness Space.
• Thor returned to his body and saw a five-meter vortex forming above him, which Herbert recognized as the Wind Eye.

Thor’s attempt to seal the Wind Eye triggered a vision of the Black Tide consuming him and his companions, revealing that a White Shadow had caused the catastrophe. After the vision ended, Thor decided to advance without the Promotion Array.

• Thor and the Star Gate Council prepared to seal the Wind Eye with the Ice Lock Array after stopping the Magic Array and cutting off its energy.
• Thor placed a mirror at the Wind Eye, but Keri reacted as it suddenly spun and spewed black smoke, apparently disturbed by a White Shadow slipping into the ground.
• The Wind Eye erupted into the Black Tide, which swallowed Thor and mutated the people around him, including Byron, Pearl, and Herbert.
• Thor saw the Consciousness Entities shatter and concluded that someone had planned the disaster and knew the Wind Eye was inside him.
• Thor awoke from the vision and told Keri that he could advance on his own without the Promotion Array.

Thor proved he could open the gate within his body without the Promotion Auxiliary Array, but Camus appeared and activated the Wind Eye inside his Consciousness Space. Byron transformed into the Elf King and helped Thor pull the Wind Eye from his body, leaving Thor and his allies to seal it.

• Herbert and Pearl confirmed that Thor had opened the gate on his own, and Thor told Keri he would keep the array materials.
• Camus appeared behind Thor, pierced into his Consciousness Space, activated the Wind Eye, and apologized before vanishing.
• Byron and the others rushed toward Thor as the Wind Eye drew in his Magic Power, but Thor warned them not to come closer.
• Byron transformed into the Elf King and used his Mental Power to slow the Wind Eye and pull it out of Thor with Thor's help.
• Pearl guarded Thor and Byron while Byron signaled for Thor to set up the Sealing Array.

The Elves pulled Byron through a fissure, leaving Thor and his friends to face the Wind Eye’s renewed Black Tide. Thor discovered Herbert was burning corpses to resist corruption and realized Herbert was waiting for the Anchor Point to appear, but Diu Diu was consumed by fire.

• Byron used the Elf King's power to control the Wind Eye until Elves emerged from a fissure and dragged him away.
• The Wind Eye unleashed the Black Tide, which corrupted Thor's companions; Thor stored the transformed Consciousness Entities in his Diary but could not reach Marsh.
• Thor rode Diu Diu toward the flames and realized Herbert was burning corpses to fuel himself and preserve his sanity.
• Thor found Brando's burning head and dodged Herbert's Fire Whips while confronting him about waiting for the Anchor Point.
• Herbert attacked Thor, and Diu Diu caught fire before flinging Thor away and plunging into the Black Tide.

Thor’s final replay revealed that Kismet had orchestrated the gathering around the Wind Eye and used Herbert, whom Thor killed with the Stars’ help. After learning he could escape to survive, Thor chose to face fate instead, and the Diary answered that he would die.

• Kismet stopped Penny from reaching Herbert and admitted he had arranged for everyone to gather, though he did not want Thor to die.
• Thor used the Consciousness Battlefield against Herbert and called on the Stars to corrupt and kill him, while Kismet kept Thor from sinking into the Black Tide.
• Thor captured Herbert’s soul with the Diary and learned that Kismet had also used Herbert, then asked how to avoid his fate.
• Kismet told Thor he could survive by forcing out the Wind Eye and fleeing, but breaking fate required facing it head-on.
• The replay ended, and Thor realized he could use the Compass to escape after awakening the Wind Eye, but chose not to run; the Diary answered his choice with “Death.”

Thor traded Keri the Ice Lock Array mirror and sealing materials for her quick-calculation formula, then entered the Wind Eye during his promotion to reach its Anchor Point. He left Camus trapped in the Diary as he pushed deeper, rejecting the idea that others could decide he had to die.

• Thor traded Keri the Ice Lock Array formula for her mirror and sealing materials before the Promotion Array began.
• Thor opened the door without waiting for the Promotion Array, drew a Witchcraft Array, and shot into the sky as the crowd watched.
• Thor entered the Wind Eye and used the mirror and materials to prepare an Ice Lock Array aimed at its Anchor Point.
• Camus appeared and tried to pull Thor out, but Thor seized her and drew her into the Diary as a Black Page.
• Thor resisted the Wind Eye's corruption and soul damage, rejected Camus and the Diary's predictions, and reached the Anchor Point.

Thor used Morton's sacrifice to reach the Anchor Point and seal the Wind Eye, while black rain spread Corruption over Rhine Lake. Herbert ordered the Wizards to stay and feed the Wind Eye with human lives, and Thor's allies prepared to intervene.

• Thor summoned the Stars for power, but still could not reach the Anchor Point through the Corruption and Alienation.
• Morton melted the Diary's Black Page and poured his power into Thor, restoring his consciousness.
• Thor touched the Anchor Point and used the Ice Lock to seal it.
• Black rain fell over Rhine Lake, Corrupting Wizards and driving many to flee as Byron and the others protected their Consciousness Entities.
• Herbert forbade anyone from leaving and, after learning Thor had traded away Keri's spare Ice Lock Array, declared that they would seal the Wind Eye by feeding it human lives.

Pearl turned against Herbert after suspecting he was using sacrifices to protect himself, while Sol sealed the Wind Eye despite Camus’s warnings and survived the Black Tide’s disappearance. As Sol fell from the sky without Magic Power, he used his Fate Line to suddenly appear beside Kismet.

• Herbert sacrificed the low-ranking wizards he had brought and urged Pearl to help seal the Wind Eye, but Pearl trapped him in her gale and accused him of using their deaths to protect his Spirit Body.
• Camus warned Sol not to seal the Anchor Point, but Sol continued forming the Ice Lock seal as Camus broke free of the Diary.
• Camus transformed into white light and entered the final Rift, causing a fragment of the warped Anchor Point to enter Sol’s left hand before the seal closed.
• The Black Tide and Wind Eye vanished, and Sol survived, though his left palm became a white skeleton and the sealing force launched him from the vortex.
• Sol returned to his body high above the clouds, ran out of Magic Power, and began falling after his attempts to summon help failed.
• Sol entered his Meditation Method, selected one of the unfamiliar Fate Lines, and suddenly appeared beside Kismet.

The narrator realized they would not make it home that day and decided to take the day off. They also noticed their typing speed had improved after racing to meet the deadline.

• The narrator decided to take the day off because they did not know when they would get home.
• The narrator told someone not to wait up.
• The narrator noticed their typing speed had improved after racing to meet the deadline.

Thor appeared beside Kismet through his newly mastered teleportation and revealed that he had sealed the Wind Eye. As Pearl fought Herbert, Thor considered Kismet’s role in the crisis and prepared to test his new ability.

• Kismet heard strings snapping inside him, then celebrated that he had succeeded at something.
• Thor teleported beside Kismet, Byron, and Pearl, avoiding Herbert’s attacks each time.
• Thor told Herbert that he had sealed the Wind Eye, and the black rain and corrupting force stopped.
• Herbert attacked Thor and Pearl with chains of fire, while Pearl fought him and Kismet took shelter behind Thor.
• Kismet said a string had snapped, and Thor wondered whether it was a Fate Line before turning his attention back to Herbert.
• Thor watched Pearl battle Herbert and prepared to test his new ability, though he doubted he could defeat Herbert.

Thor used an Anchor Point Fragment to corrupt Herbert, whose firefly form spread the flames across the Land of No Owner. Herbert fled while burning, leaving countless fireflies blazing through the sky like fire clouds.

• Thor projected his soul onto the Consciousness Platform and used a fine line to teleport behind Herbert as he fought Pearl.
• Herbert split into fireflies to counter Thor, but scattered when he heard Ophelia's voice; Kismet assured Thor she could handle the situation.
• After evading pursuit, Herbert reformed and prepared to contact the Judgment Court, but Thor appeared behind him again.
• Thor's Anchor Point Fragment corrupted Herbert, and Herbert realized Thor had used it to ambush him.
• Herbert scattered into fireflies and fled, but every firefly across the Land of No Owner caught fire and rose into the sky.

After the Anchor Point transformed Herbert and Pearl began acting under a mysterious summons, Thor pursued her into the sky and used a white line to teleport them away. At the Eye of Stars, Murich reported that the Star Gate Council had sent an object code-named the Anchor Point through an open Star Gate.

• Thor explained that the Anchor Point Fragment had erupted when it touched Herbert, twisting him with Corruption.
• Pearl examined Thor, then recoiled in terror and began rising toward the upper sky as if summoned.
• Thor pursued Pearl until he reached the sky’s limit, then grabbed a clear white line and vanished with her.
• Murich reported to Speaker Alik that the Star Gate Council had briefly opened a Star Gate and sent the Target Object through.
• Murich revealed that he had code-named the Target Object the Anchor Point.

Thor entered the Phantom Color World while searching for Pearl and learned that she had scattered there and could not return with him. The voice sent him back to the Wizard World, leaving Pearl’s recovery uncertain and Thor’s past unexplained.

• Thor arrived in the Phantom Color World and heard a voice tell him he had spent time there before.
• Thor learned that Pearl had scattered and would eventually gather herself again, but could not leave with him because her Origin was unstable.
• Thor asked whether the Star Eye in his Consciousness Space was connected to the voice, and it confirmed that the Stars had always watched him.
• The voice told Thor that the book had chosen to follow him because he already possessed a condensed Fate Line, but refused to explain why.
• Thor asked to return, and the voice sent him back beneath the blue sky, with Pearl nowhere in sight.

After exhausting his Mental Power in the Phantom Color World, Thor meditated to recover while Corruption threatened the Wizards gathered at Rhine Lake. He returned as a Tier 3 Wizard and ordered everyone into the Promotion Array so he could purge the Corruption.

• Thor discovered that his Mental Power was exhausted and descended into the wilderness to recover through meditation.
• At Rhine Lake, Corruption from the Wind Eye caused Wizards to mutate, and Keri prepared to kill those she believed could not be saved.
• Keri urged Brando to support purging the vulnerable Tier 1 Wizards, but Brando refused and trusted Thor to return.
• Thor appeared above the gathered Wizards, and Byron called on him to give orders.
• Thor commanded everyone to stand inside the Promotion Array so he could purge the Corruption from their bodies.

Thor treated Wizards suffering from Black Tide Corruption by drawing the Pollution into the Anchor Point hidden at his fingertip, while using the Promotion Array’s resources to sustain his effort. As Keri and Brando worried about the coming political upheaval, Kismet declared that Thor had already become the Land of No Owner’s new master.

• Thor entered the Promotion Array and used translucent tentacles to draw Corruption from the afflicted Wizards, gradually stabilizing their Mental Power and Magic Power.
• Eddie woke to find Thor treating him, and Jiajiagu explained what was happening; as more patients improved, wary Wizards joined the treatment.
• Thor absorbed the Pollution into the Anchor Point at his fingertip and consumed the Promotion Array’s remaining resources to keep treating the growing crowd.
• Keri told Brando that Herbert’s actions would anger the Judgment Court and predicted another Tier 3 Wizard would arrive, possibly plunging the Land of No Owner into conflict.
• Kismet appeared behind Keri and Brando and said that Thor was the only Tier 3 Wizard the Land of No Owner needed as its new master.

Kismet revealed to Ophelia that Thor had broken the Death Wizard Diary’s curse, freeing them both from its control. After Ophelia tried to report the news, Kismet used his Tier 4 strength to destroy her Avatar Consciousness, and Thor arrived to speak with him.

• Kismet admitted to Ophelia that Thor was the new owner and true master of the Death Wizard Diary.
• Kismet explained that Thor’s escape from the Diary’s destined death had broken the chains controlling them both.
• Ophelia realized Kismet had reached Tier 3 strength and tried to send news of the broken curse to her true self.
• Kismet revealed his Tier 4 strength and destroyed Ophelia’s Avatar Consciousness before it could escape.
• Thor finished treating everyone in the Magic Array, teleported to Kismet, and asked to talk.

Thor confronted Kismet about his ties to the Death Wizard Diary and offered to restore the part of Kismet’s soul sealed inside it in exchange for help advancing to Tier 4. The chapter ended with Kismet’s Fate Line connecting to Thor’s, completing the second application of Causality Theory.

• Thor revealed that he could now summon and wield the Death Wizard Diary, then confronted Kismet about being a former Tier 4 Wizard bound to it.
• Thor proposed trading Kismet’s freedom for help reaching Tier 4, and Kismet asked to sign a contract.
• Thor tore off the half-page of Black Page sealing Kismet’s soul and returned it to him.
• Kismet hesitated to accept the deal, but his Fate Line connected to Thor’s after Thor declared that Kismet must fulfill his promise.

Thor used his Fate Line to bind Kismet to helping him reach Tier 4, then claimed rule over the Land of No Owner. Kismet revealed that the Star Gate Council had caused Pearl’s Alienation as part of its attempt to explore another world, leaving Pearl slated to become its first sacrifice.

• Thor’s Causality Theory made Kismet indebted to him until Thor reached Tier 4 or died, and Kismet agreed to help him.
• Thor declared that the Land of No Owner needed only one Tier 3 Wizard and claimed it as its master; Kismet pledged to keep the Judgment Court and Star Gate Council from interfering for three years.
• Kismet told Thor that the Star Gate Council’s Star Gate, not the Black Tide, had caused Pearl’s Alienation.
• Kismet explained that the Council sought to escape through the Star Gate and had chosen Pearl as a signal transmitter after Clark could not serve its plans.
• Kismet revealed that the Council intended to send a target object through the Star Gate and that Pearl would die from the combined Corruption of the Starry Sky and Black Tide.

Thor learned that Pearl's survival kept the Star Gate open, while Kismet gave him the remaining Golden Pages and left. At the Star Gate, Alik ordered the Council to begin a second test and prepare for Seam Observation if the Gate remained open and the signals were safe enough.

• Thor learned that Kismet knew Pearl was alive because her connection to Thor had not been severed, and Kismet hinted that Thor had rewritten her fated death.
• Thor and Kismet concluded that Pearl's survival kept the Black Tide connected to the Star Gate, and Kismet said the Star Gate Council and Judgment Court would be too busy to interfere with Thor.
• Kismet gave Thor the remaining two Golden Pages, said Thor would have to weave new Fate Pages himself, and left the Round Platform.
• A Council observer reported to Alik that the Star Gate had not closed because its connection to the living Wind Demon remained intact.
• Alik ordered the Council to activate the Anchor Point and retrieve information, then authorized Seam Observation if the Gate stayed open and the signals posed less than a Level 3 danger.

Haywood and Heidi wondered whether Gorsa’s latest Resurrection Experiment would succeed as Gorsa finally revived Ula in an artificial body. After declaring her free, Gorsa told her to leave his Wizard Tower, leaving Ula bewildered.

• Haywood asked Heidi whether she wanted to come back to life, and she said she was happy as a Grudge Spirit.
• Haywood and Heidi heard Ula scream once during Gorsa’s experiment and pretended not to notice.
• Gorsa used a liquid and a culture fluid to complete the fusion of Ula’s soul with an artificial body.
• Ula awoke, sat up, and cried with joy when she realized she was alive again.
• Gorsa told Ula she was free to leave the Wizard Tower, and she asked where she was supposed to go.