Chapter Summaries

Gu Mo used the Time Gem to revisit the moment when Ciri returned from a suspected world connected to her home. He proposed that present-day Ciri enter through the gate while preserving the past events that led them there, leaving them able to keep the world's coordinates.

• Gu Mo pulled Yakumo Yukari and Ciri into a replay of recent history with the Time Gem.
• Yakumo Yukari realized Gu Mo had developed precise time-related abilities, while Ciri recognized the scene as the moment she had found a promising world.
• The past Ciri opened hundreds of Teleportation Gates and sent Probe Robots through them to collect preliminary information.
• After reviewing the robots' results, the past Ciri personally entered a world flagged as highly suspicious, then hurried back and tried unsuccessfully to reopen the gate.
• Gu Mo rewound the scene to the instant the past Ciri returned and explained that present-day Ciri could enter the world without disrupting the events that followed.

Gu Mo returned to Horai Island with Ciri and Yakumo Yukari after Ciri defeated the Wild Hunt and resolved to eliminate them. As they reached Gu Mo’s residence, Tamamo appeared to surprise him.

• Ciri returned through the Teleportation Gate after defeating the Wild Hunt spirits, but warned that the elves would keep pursuing her.
• Gu Mo and Ciri agreed they would need to wipe out the Wild Hunt to end the threat, and Gu Mo created a clone in their world before Ciri closed the gate.
• Gu Mo took Ciri and Yakumo Yukari to Horai Island, where Yukari remarked on its quiet, secluded atmosphere.
• Gu Mo brought them to his residence near the island’s former Cauldron of Resonance, and Yukari sensed traces suggesting several people had stayed there.
• Tamamo greeted Gu Mo excitedly, saying she had returned early to wait for him and give him a surprise.

Gu Mo returned to the real world, where Tamamo and Souhime greeted him after his recovery and Tamamo questioned him about the unfamiliar Yokai Sage. In Gensokyo, the World Tree’s treehouse became a popular gathering place, and Alice reluctantly visited it with her mother, Kamizaki.

• Tamamo returned to Gu Mo and, sensing that he had recovered, met Souhime and asked Gu Mo to introduce the unfamiliar golden-haired Yokai Sage.
• Shameimaru Aya publicized the treehouse at someone’s request, and it grew into a popular place for Gensokyo’s girls to gather.
• Alice realized that Patchouli and Marisa had been visiting the treehouse and felt betrayed that they had stopped contacting her.
• Kamizaki admired the lively treehouse while Suwako chased the Ice Fae for taunting her with a frozen frog.
• Kamizaki noticed Alice’s discomfort and offered to leave, but Alice agreed to look around with her mother.

Alice went with Kamizaki to see the Arcane Gate, while Gu Mo faced Tamamo’s fury after explaining that he had a daughter. The situation grew more dangerous when a large group of women teleported into the valley.

• Alice set aside her guilt and agreed to accompany Kamizaki to the Arcane Gate.
• Alice found Marisa and the others gathered around the gate, eager to visit the other world where Yukari had gone.
• Gu Mo explained Alice’s origins, and Tamamo, Yukari, and Souhime reacted with shock to the news that he had a daughter.
• Tamamo accused Gu Mo of cheating and threatened to kill him and his partner.
• A group of women teleported into the valley, and Tamamo attacked Gu Mo with her Harem Castration Punch.

Gu Mo endured Tamamo’s furious attacks before she stormed off, then welcomed the Gensokyo group to Horai Island and showed them a glimpse of the transformed moon. He connected with the completed Mechanized Sacred Body and found that its immense processing power had advanced his Machine Ascension.

• Tamamo unleashed a furious barrage of attacks on Gu Mo, but his defenses nullified them, and she stormed off after declaring she was done with him.
• Gu Mo restored the damaged surroundings with his Inherent Space and apologized to the gathered visitors.
• Gu Mo welcomed Miss Shinki, Alice, and the others to Horai Island and explained that the Moon Base was gone.
• Gu Mo briefly revealed the moon’s hidden mechanical form, then arranged to have a new head maid receive the guests.
• Gu Mo revealed that he had already gone after Tamamo, while Izayoi Sakuya reacted dejectedly to his mention of a new head maid.
• Gu Mo connected with the completed Mechanized Sacred Body, whose processing power multiplied his computational ability and advanced his Machine Ascension.

Gu Mo resumed his Dungeon World operations and entered the Lands Between, where he explored the land and discovered the Elden Ring had already shattered. He challenged the Erdtree’s dominion by creating a moonlit night across the realm and sending a falling star toward it.

• Gu Mo reopened his explored Dungeon Worlds, gave up on reaching the world of the Time Gem, and decided to explore a new dimension.
• Gu Mo appeared in the Lands Between, recognized the Erdtree, and considered joining the struggle for control of the realm.
• Gu Mo rapidly mapped the Lands Between and confirmed that the Elden Ring had shattered and the Shattering War had already occurred.
• Gu Mo chose to challenge the Erdtree’s power openly rather than immediately confront the demigods who held Great Runes.
• Gu Mo plunged the entire Lands Between into night, manifested a bright full moon, and sent a falling star streaking toward the land.

Gu Mo summoned a meteor to conceal the arrival of a starship in the Lands Between while he considered the Greater Will’s apparent lack of attention. The vessel landed beneath Limgrave, leaving Gu Mo time to develop his plans undetected.

• A meteor streaked across the Lands Between and crashed near Limgrave, startling its inhabitants and shaking the ground.
• Gu Mo sensed the Greater Will from afar and reasoned that it was unlikely to notice the meteor amid the Lands Between’s many such disturbances.
• Gu Mo abandoned his plan to deploy a World Tree Seed, judging that its slow growth and unpredictable history would make it unsuitable.
• Gu Mo sent an order through his Spiritual Will and vanished as the full moon continued to hang over the Lands Between.
• The meteor’s impact revealed itself to be a disguised starship that had pierced the crust and settled deep within the underground caverns.

After the starship’s nanomachines revived a nearly drowned man and began spreading through the underground, Gu Mo entered Raya Lucaria Grand Library to investigate Rennala’s Amber Egg and its power of rebirth. He subdued Rennala and the crawling children with his Forced Calm Technique, but a defensive spell invoked Witch Ranni as he approached.

• The starship’s spreading Steel of the Gods revived a man in a coastal cave and began seeping through the earth toward the Eternal City ruins.
• A witch rode her double-jumping horse down into the enormous sinkhole to investigate the meteor’s impact.
• Gu Mo arrived at Raya Lucaria Academy and entered the Grand Library to study its knowledge and examine Rennala’s Amber Egg for a possible respec function.
• Gu Mo used his Forced Calm Technique to put the crawling children and Rennala to sleep.
• An automatic defensive spell sounded in Witch Ranni’s name and warned Gu Mo not to disturb her mother’s sleep.

Gu Mo froze the Full Moon Queen’s protective spell and reached for the mysterious dark moon it had summoned, hoping to learn whether it was connected to the Eternal City’s shattered faith. Meanwhile, Ranni sensed that her spell had been crushed and decided to leave her tower to investigate.

• Gu Mo allowed Ranni’s protective spell to draw him into its dark-moon space, then stopped time before the Full Moon Queen phantom could attack.
• Gu Mo examined the summoned moon’s possible connection to the black moon once worshipped in the Eternal City and reached toward it with his Spiritual Power.
• Ranni awoke in her tower after sensing that her protective spell had triggered and then vanished from her control.
• Ranni suspected the Two Fingers or someone from the academy had attacked her mother, but could not determine who had breached the Grand Library.
• Ranni decided to go out and investigate the Lands Between after the incident renewed her worry for her mother.

Gu Mo’s nanomachines reached the Eternal City and began transforming its Silver Tears into a force that could arm the city’s swordsmen. The young witch witnessed the change underground, while Gu Mo waited in the Grand Library for data and considered using the city’s Larval Tears to unlock respec.

• The young witch followed traces of the fallen meteor to the ruins of the Eternal City and continued exploring while concealed with her Spirit Steed.
• The Nano-Plague spread through the Silver Tears, accelerating their evolution and restructuring their liquid-metal bodies.
• A Silver Tear engulfed an Underground Swordsman and formed a suit of bright silver armor around him, activating its systems and granting him power.
• Gu Mo received a signal from the starship, reviewed the results of his nanomachine experiment, and decided to let the changes develop before acting.
• Gu Mo planned to study the Great Rune in the Amber Egg, consider the Full Moon Queen as a host for the Respec function, and use Larval Tears if those approaches failed.

Gu Mo analyzed the Full Moon Queen’s Great Rune and found it contained an incomplete law of rebirth, then waited while explorers descended into Limgrave’s fallen-star sinkhole. The chapter ended as the first recorded Hero of Steel confronted the Grafted Monster on the battlefield.

• Gu Mo bypassed the Great Rune’s protection and examined its incomplete power of rebirth, but found no Respec function.
• Gu Mo returned the Great Rune to the Amber Egg and read a spellbook while he waited in the Grand Library.
• Explorers flocked to Limgrave’s sinkhole, where the Underground World’s creatures, rivalries, and Limgrave’s hunters caused many casualties.
• Someone discovered the ruins of the Eternal City and brought out a treasure, becoming the first recorded Hero of Steel and bringing about a demigod’s fall.
• The Grafted Monster raged on the battlefield, breathing flames from its grafted dragon head as a mysterious suit of armor faced it.

Vergil's mysterious armor defeated and killed Godrick, a demigod and Shardbearer, leaving the Tarnished spectators stunned. The armor's wearer stood before Godrick's Great Rune, bewildered by the power he had been given.

• Godrick attacked Vergil's armor in a rage, determined to kill his enemies and hide his humiliation.
• Vergil's armor used a spatial slash to tear apart Godrick's grafted body, then followed with three overlapping strikes that killed him.
• The spectators watched Godrick fall and realized that a Tarnished had finally defeated a demigod.
• Godrick's body vanished, and a Great Rune floated before Vergil's armor as the spectators restrained themselves from approaching.
• The armor's combat systems reported that its functions were normal and that the Yamato module was recharging, while its wearer struggled to understand how he had killed a demigod.

The Silver Tears’ transformation into powerful armor sparked a rush of surface dwellers into the Underground World and a conflict with the Eternal Cities, whose residents interpreted the changes as the Sacred Black Moon’s return. Ranni investigated the sinkhole and, uncertain whether the Law of the Moon had returned, considered changing her plan to become a king instead of a god.

• The appearance of Steel armor that could rival demigods drew ambitious people from across the Lands Between to Limgrave in search of power.
• The Eternal Cities’ residents linked the moon, meteorites, and altered Silver Tears to the Sacred Black Moon’s return and clashed with surface dwellers trying to obtain the armor.
• The Eternal Cities’ small population struggled to defend the Silver Tears, then considered cooperating with surface dwellers who opposed the Golden Rule.
• Ranni traveled to the edge of Limgrave’s Mistwood to investigate the sinkhole and learned that the meteorite had revealed an Eternal City.
• Ranni wondered whether the Law of the Moon had returned and realized she might have to abandon her plan to become a god and become a king instead.

Ranni summoned a moon sorcery and was pulled into Gu Mo’s mental domain, where he showed her the laws of the universe. After returning to Limgrave, she told Blaidd she thought she had seen a god.

• Ranni used the Carian Queen’s moon sorcery to investigate the moon, but its connection pulled her consciousness away from her puppet body.
• Ranni realized the presence she had contacted was a true moon in a different world, then heard a voice declare that the cosmos was the starry sky and saw the universe’s structure.
• Gu Mo explained that his copied spell had resonated with Ranni’s, and he showed her the laws of the starry sky before returning to his studies.
• Gu Mo reached Profession Level 15 and learned that he needed advanced information about the profession to raise its level cap.
• Ranni returned to Mistwood, reassured Blaidd that she was fine, and said she thought she had seen a god.

Gu Mo explored his class options and found that his Fangshi class had reached its maximum level, so he investigated how to advance it. Meanwhile, the Allied Forces defeated a Hero Gargoyle on Royal Capital Road and pressed toward the royal capital to overthrow the Golden Rule in the name of the Age of Stars.

• Gu Mo reviewed the thousands of class cards he had collected and decided that changing classes was no longer worth the experience penalty.
• Gu Mo selected his max-level Fangshi class and tapped the advancement panel’s plus symbol to see what it required.
• The Hero of Steel and the Allied Forces defeated a Hero Gargoyle on Royal Capital Road.
• The Eternal City had granted Steel to surface dwellers who accepted its faith and joined the rebellion against the Golden Rule.
• The Allied Forces gathered from across the Lands Between and marched toward the Altus Plateau, proclaiming the Age of Stars and the Lord of Night.

The Allied Forces advanced on Leyndell, but the Ancient Dragon Lansseax first arrived to defend the capital before turning against it when the five-headed Dragon King Placidusax appeared. As Leyndell faced defeat, the Greater Will answered with a rain of meteors, while a vast mechanical entity emerged behind the ominous moon.

• The Allied Forces overwhelmed Leyndell’s defenders as the Heroes of Steel tore through the battlefield.
• The Ancient Dragon Lansseax descended in a storm of red lightning and rallied the royal capital’s forces.
• A space-time rift opened above the battlefield, and the restored five-headed Dragon King Placidusax descended from it.
• Lansseax recognized Placidusax’s will, attacked Leyndell’s walls, and led the Ancient Dragon Cult to switch sides.
• The Greater Will unleashed meteors across the Lands Between, and a gigantic mechanical entity appeared behind the moon.

The Greater Will unleashed a meteor apocalypse on the Lands Between, but the Mechanized Moon and Dragon King Placidusax stopped the assault as the Allied Forces advanced on the royal capital. After the Allies breached the capital, the Erdtree split open and revealed a golden realm containing a suffering goddess.

• The Greater Will sensed a threatening power and sent a rain of destructive meteors toward the Lands Between.
• The Mechanized Moon used its Gravity Well to suspend the meteors, and Dragon King Placidusax and the ancient dragons destroyed many of them.
• The Allied Forces regained their momentum, broke through the royal capital’s walls, and defeated the Golden Heroes.
• The Erdtree shook as the capital fell, split open, and revealed a golden space with a suffering goddess suspended inside.

Queen Marika transformed into Radagon and devastated the Allied Forces with the hammer that had shattered the Elden Ring, but the Sacred Black Moon restored the fallen warriors. Meanwhile, Gu Mo held off the Greater Will and unleashed his strongest form in the void.

• Queen Marika revealed herself as Radagon, shocking the witnesses who realized the two had always been the same being.
• Radagon struck the battlefield with Marika’s hammer, destroying the royal capital and wiping out the Allied Forces in a single blow.
• The Sacred Black Moon revived the fallen warriors and restored Ancient Dragon Lansseax’s injuries, allowing the Allied Forces to resume their attack.
• Gu Mo used his power and the Mechanized Sacred Body to withstand the Greater Will, then studied possible futures with the Infinity Stone.
• Gu Mo unleashed the Great Thunder Power in his strongest form, tearing open the night sky with thunderlight and forcing the Greater Will to evade.

Long after the War of Defiance, the young witch traveled through a recovering Lands Between and wondered whether its uncertain peace truly marked a new Age of Law. She stopped at a Church of Marika, where she met a mysterious black-haired young man, while the Puppet Girl discovered that Torrent was nearby.

• The young witch rode across Limgrave, reflected on her unfulfilled mission and the world-changing defeat of the Greater Will, and questioned why the new age had no established laws.
• The young witch traveled toward distant lands and, after nightfall, approached a Church of Marika to rest.
• The young witch entered the church and met a black-haired young man in moon-white robes, who welcomed her to stay.
• The young witch rested beside a Site of Grace while the young man studied Queen Marika's statue and she examined a short knife.
• The Puppet Girl used ancient astrology to trace the Law of the Moon and discovered that Torrent was nearby.

At the Church of Marika, Melina and an unfamiliar traveler met Ranni, who used the alias Witch Rena and recognized Torrent. Ranni offered to pass Torrent’s new master an item from his former master, leaving the traveler wondering if Melina would take up the path toward becoming Elden Lord.

• Ranni arrived at the church and asked Melina whether she was Torrent’s new master.
• Ranni introduced herself as Witch Rena and explained that she knew Torrent’s former master.
• The traveler and Melina clarified that they had only just met and that neither was a Tarnished and Finger Maiden pair.
• Ranni offered Melina an item entrusted to her by Torrent’s former master.
• The traveler wondered whether Melina would ride Torrent and pursue the Elden Lord’s path.