Recaps

Aaron investigated South Innis, seized the History Stele Inscription, and used Connie as a beacon to enter the Third History with Shahrukh. In the Invis Empire, he encountered the Sun Church and its powerful authorities, while Baldwin began to suspect that a dangerous fugitive had appeared.

• Aaron killed the Son of Damo, reached Gladstone Fort, and began gathering information about South Innis and the Keeper of Secrets.
• Aaron rescued Amira from the Governor’s Mansion attack, made a contract with him, and learned that the Kumar Faction sought a treasure map linked to the History Stele Inscription.
• Aaron discovered Connie came from another history, took the inscription from Tony, and escaped the resurrecting Feathered Serpent with Connie and Shahrukh.
• Aaron and Mase led a ritual that opened the Gate of Multiple Histories, and Aaron, Connie, and Shahrukh crossed into the Third History.
• The three arrived in the Invis Empire, where Aaron learned about its oppression of South Innis natives, its identity-card system, and the power of its Sun Church and bureaus.
• Aaron killed Suppression Bureau investigators, explored the Spirit Realm, and devoured Sun Clerics who confronted him there.
• Baldwin found reports of extraordinary incidents and a wanted notice describing a Dreamwalker who could become an evil spirit and a Feathered Serpent, and suspected the fugitive might be Your Majesty.

Aaron learned how Dawnbreak had risen in power and allied with the Keeper of Secrets to oppose him, then entered Plymouth and joined forces with Princess Sophia. The arc ended with Arthur IX agreeing to sacrifice members of his family to the Child of Dawnbreak, while the Child identified Feathered Serpent as the source of danger.

• Baldwin’s squad attacked Aaron at the Wisteria Inn, but Aaron exposed their dream and severed Law’s protection, turning the augmenters into monsters before killing the Empire’s defenders.
• Aaron rescued Dairis from the White Tower and helped her reunite with her students, then entered a resistance gathering where he exposed Bone Crow and learned more about the Age Controllers.
• Aaron explored a Spirit Realm secret realm and witnessed Dawnbreak overpower Mother of Night, then brought Connie there, where the Keeper of Secrets appeared through her and explained Dawnbreak’s plan to host the Creator’s revival.
• Aaron agreed to consider helping the Keeper of Secrets stop Dawnbreak, then entered Plymouth and saw the Empire’s suppression of workers amid rising poverty and political unrest.
• Aaron secured an invitation to Lord Farnier’s ball, where Princess Sophia revealed that the Child of Dawnbreak had devoured members of her family and agreed to work with Aaron on a contract the Child would violate.
• Arthur IX planned to bind the Child of Dawnbreak through a promise witnessed by the Spirit of Unknown Void, while Aaron prepared to reforge the Sun King’s Spear and allies gathered for the coming battle.
• Arthur IX contracted to send one collateral-family member each month and one direct-line member each year to the Child of Dawnbreak, who later named Feathered Serpent as the source of danger.

Aaron helped bring about Dawnbreak’s fall, killed Jupiter III, and returned to the Main World with new knowledge and plans. He began advancing Motula and directing the Invisible Cult against three organizations, while Mother Nature descended through Bruce Field.

• Aaron advanced to Crown Bearer, killed Dawnbreak with the Sword in the Stone, and helped the Keeper of Secrets complete the ritual that shattered Dawnbreak’s remaining power.
• Aaron met the Keeper of Secrets, learned the Spirit of Void was awakening within him, and took an iron box containing information about the Creator’s Path.
• Aaron agreed to help Arthur IX in return for two requests, then killed Jupiter III and destroyed the Sun Church’s leaders’ souls.
• Aaron visited the Remingtons and attended Tracy’s and Shahrukh’s weddings before returning to the Main World and ordering Marcel Quinn to warn Motula.
• Aaron told Motula that the Spirit of Void was awakening within him, made a binding contract for five acts of service, and prepared to help Motula advance.
• Aaron summoned the Invisible Cult, explained Rapier’s role as a vessel for the Spirit of Void, and sent the cult to investigate the Witch Sisterhood, the Gourmet Association, and the Lotus Eaters.
• Ye Funai and Nicholas Inam hunted the Mechanical Mentor, with Aaron’s influence causing convenient accidents that helped them kill him and secure his core.
• Aaron considered the limits of Thought Alchemy at the Three Mice Bar, while Bruce Field returned home and became the vessel through which Mother Nature descended.

Aaron contracted with Mother Nature, rescued Lily and Jesita, and defeated the Lord of Corpse Collection while Motula ascended as the Age Controller of Leap Month. After installing Lilliat as Countess of Green Forest, Aaron set aside rescuing Mother Nature and sought another route to the Gate of Longevity through the Eighth History.

• Aaron contracted with Mother Nature and learned from Raven that Motula needed the Age Controllers’ permission to pass through the true Gate of Longevity.
• William escaped the Knowledge Temple prison with Lily and Jesita, while Aaron spread the story of The Count and the Three Thieves through Plymouth’s dreams.
• Aaron killed the Witch Sisterhood leader and confronted Flander and the Blood Cup Archbishop in Jason City, where the Lord of Corpse Collection descended.
• Motula began his Secrecy advancement as the Keeper of Secrets intervened, and the Gumon Giant leader’s sacrifice allowed Motula to complete the ritual.
• Aaron defeated the Lord of Corpse Collection’s vessel, then altered world history to establish the lunar calendar and its leap month.
• Motula became the Age Controller of Leap Month, and Aaron later introduced him to the Invisible Cult while healing Ye Funai.
• Aaron declared Lilliat Sothos the future Countess of Green Forest, presented her with the family’s ring and relics, and revealed himself to Arthur VI as the abdicated Count.
• Aaron advised Lilliat on governing Green Forest City, then abandoned his attempt to rescue Mother Nature and planned to enter the Eighth History with Motula’s help.