Chapter Summaries

Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Mr. Abdu entered the inverted tower’s maze, where their Beyonder powers were suppressed and each floor presented a trial. Chu Yang used the Pure White Eye to open a locked door and received a clue tied to Mr. Abdu’s Night Bar, leaving him with a likely lead toward his next advancement.

• Mr. Abdu brought Chu Yang and Miss Xiu through a hidden passage into the inverted tower, where they confirmed they had entered the maze as a team.
• The three arrived in a burning house and were told to find a way out while their Beyonder powers were heavily suppressed.
• Chu Yang used the Pure White Eye to determine the lock’s combination, and Miss Xiu opened the door with the numbers he provided.
• After leaving the house, the group reached a library where each received a book containing information as a reward for passing the floor.
• Chu Yang learned that his book’s clue concerned Night Bar, and Mr. Abdu revealed that he owned the bar and had established it using information from the maze.

Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Mr. Abdu entered a villa murder trial and cleared it after Chu Yang identified the disguised killer. Back in the library, Chu Yang received mystical notes that suggested a new way to contact The Fool, while Miss Xiu found a partial formula for her next advancement.

• Miss Xiu described a romance novel whose story ended abruptly, and Chu Yang recognized its subjects as Angels but kept that knowledge to himself.
• The trio entered a villa trial with the objective of identifying a murderer, where Mr. Abdu warned that the child detective Yarman had caused him to fail previous trials.
• Chu Yang recognized the case and accused the fat man of disguising himself as the mascot-headed attacker; the man exposed the stuffing under his clothes, and the trio cleared the stage.
• Chu Yang read a Wizard pathway notebook that described rituals for borrowing power from higher-dimensional beings, giving him a possible way to contact The Fool through the Pure White Eye.
• Miss Xiu said her reward contained a partial potion formula for her next step, the Constable pathway.

Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Mr. Abdu entered the seventh-floor maze, where they found themselves aboard a ship filled with violent, deranged sailors. After learning that a pirate attack preceded the outbreak of madness, Chu Yang recognized the event as a historical incident and claimed he knew its truth.

• Chu Yang and his companions arrived on a dim ship's deck, where they fought off attackers and found a note instructing them to discover what had happened aboard the ship.
• Miss Xiu killed two sailors who were attacking a woman, and Chu Yang stopped the woman from taking her own life after her companion died protecting her.
• The woman explained that the ship's passengers and crew had mostly gone mad after encountering the West Sea Pirate King, who had raided the vessel days earlier.
• Chu Yang recognized the ship's tragedy as a historical event and told Miss Xiu and Mr. Abdu that he already knew the truth behind it.

Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Mr. Abdu cleared the seventh-floor ship disaster by exposing Daires and ending the massacre. The maze then granted them private libraries and other rewards, while Chu Yang discovered an anonymous account statement worth 1,800 pounds.

• Miss Xiu defended her choice to help people, and Chu Yang affirmed that convictions mattered even when their actions seemed meaningless.
• Chu Yang identified Daires as the Spirituality Sect culprit and shot at him, while Miss Xiu fired at the captain she suspected of complicity.
• The historical ship disaster ended as the woman killed two thugs and Daires called off his plan, allowing the survivors to regain their senses.
• The trio returned to the library and learned that clearing the seventh floor granted personal library spaces, accumulated reputation, and access to historical scenes.
• Chu Yang found an anonymous account statement for 1,800 pounds, apparently collected after a merchant met with disaster.

Chu Yang and Miss Xiu left the Maze Secret Realm after learning that the sixth floor could kill them in real life, and they prepared to attend Mr. Abdu’s Trade Fair to seek advancement materials. The chapter ended with them disguised and arriving early at the gathering, while Chu Yang hoped his limited cash would be enough to secure what he needed.

• Chu Yang received an anonymous account reward, while Miss Xiu obtained the complete potion formula she had sought and worried that some of her rewards overlapped.
• Mr. Abdu offered to send them back and explained that the next Trade Fair would take place in three days; Chu Yang learned that the sixth floor imposed deadly risks and chose to leave with Miss Xiu.
• Mr. Abdu revealed that he represented a local church and that Punisher Squads tolerated the Trade Fair, increasing Chu Yang’s suspicion of his motives.
• Chu Yang and Miss Xiu worked as detectives for three days, earning money and searching for clues to Miss Xiu’s advancement ingredients, while Chu Yang learned that Mr. Abdu kept exploring the deeper floors and appeared mentally exhausted.
• Chu Yang and Miss Xiu disguised themselves and entered Mr. Abdu’s bar early for the Trade Fair, where Chu Yang hoped his several hundred gold pounds would be enough to buy what he needed.

Chu Yang attended Mr. Abdu's Beyonder gathering, where Heloise traded for a weapon suited to fighting snake-like creatures. He offered three hundred pounds for information about a Rock Python, and Heloise agreed to lead him to it if she could join the hunt and claim its outer skin; the chapter ended as Miss Xiu prepared to spar with Heloise.

• Mr. Abdu helped Heloise complete a trade for a light-element weapon that could burn snake-like creatures for at least three months.
• Chu Yang watched the gathering's other trades and offered three hundred pounds for information about a Rock Python.
• Heloise offered to lead Chu Yang to the Rock Python if she could join the hunt and take its outermost skin, and Chu Yang agreed to have Mr. Abdu witness their contract.
• Heloise asked to test Chu Yang and Miss Xiu's strength, and Chu Yang arranged for Miss Xiu to spar with her.
• Heloise warned Miss Xiu that she specialized in close combat, while Miss Xiu calmly identified her as an Arbitrator Sequence Beyonder.

Miss Xiu defeated Heloise in a sparring match, and Chu Yang agreed to help her hunt a Rock Python. That night, a monster threatened the city after a church seal was disturbed, and Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Mr. Abdu headed toward the danger as nearby Punisher Squads mobilized.

• Miss Xiu swiftly defeated Heloise, then praised her combat potential and learned more about the Rock Python expedition.
• Heloise explained that the Rock Python lived in a cave on a remote island, and Chu Yang paid her part of the reward and arranged to meet again in three days.
• Mr. Abdu described Heloise as trustworthy and used his abilities and a Beyonder item to secure the deal.
• A terrifying roar woke Chu Yang and Miss Xiu, and Mr. Abdu discovered that a church seal had been disturbed and a guarded monster might be escaping.
• Mr. Abdu led Chu Yang and Miss Xiu toward the sealed site, where cannon fire revealed that the military was fighting anomalous creatures; Chu Yang decided they should look for a chance to help.
• A priest at the nearest medium-sized Church of Storms cathedral dispatched several Punisher Squads.

Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Mr. Abdu fought dangerous creatures in the mist-covered streets, killing a Mist Shadow Vulture and a Hellhound with the help of church relics and their Beyonder abilities. Chu Yang survived the encounters but was warned to stay alert, while Heloise remained trapped in a house with a monster at the door.

• Chu Yang's group entered streets swallowed by gray mist, and Miss Xiu foresaw a Mist Shadow Vulture's attack before it struck.
• Mr. Abdu used a golden bead to weaken the vulture, and Chu Yang cleared the mist with the Wind Ring so Miss Xiu could kill it.
• Mr. Abdu collected the vulture's Beyonder materials, and the group continued toward the sounds of fighting as he explained that help from the military and churches would arrive.
• Heloise, trapped inside a house, feared that her remaining Beyonder item would not hold off the creature battering at her door.
• Chu Yang's group fought a three-headed Hellhound; Miss Xiu forced it down, Mr. Abdu weakened it with church light, and Chu Yang killed it by throwing his dagger.
• Mr. Abdu warned Chu Yang about monsters' disguises, and Chu Yang resolved to stay alert after the Pure White Eye helped him regain his senses.

Chu Yang and his companions survived attacks by strange creatures, rescued Heloise, and sailed aboard her ship, Lucky. When pirates pursued them, a colossal golden ship destroyed the pirate vessel, and Heloise identified it as the Golden Mountain, home of the Holy Cannon.

• Chu Yang killed a giant black insect that ambushed Miss Xiu and Mr. Abdu, then gave its eye to Miss Xiu as a potion ingredient.
• Heloise joined Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Mr. Abdu after Chu Yang explained that her parents had not sent him to retrieve her.
• Chu Yang and Miss Xiu met Heloise’s crew and boarded her ship, Lucky, while Chu Yang realized the recent monster outbreak and seal sabotage might point to a larger plot.
• Chu Yang noticed that reasoning through the events had accelerated his potion digestion and decided to avoid returning to the dangerous area.
• A pirate ship pursued Lucky, but a golden beam from the enormous Golden Mountain destroyed it, and Heloise recognized the weapon as the Holy Cannon.

Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Miss Heloise reached the cave where the Rock Python had killed Heloise’s former teammates and defeated the beast. After gathering its valuable materials and the eyes needed for the Knowledge Keeper potion formula, they left Heloise with the agreed snakeskin reward.

• Gold Mountain Vice Admiral saved Chu Yang’s ship, then sailed away without explaining her decision to her first mate.
• After nearly three days at sea, Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Miss Heloise reached the island and uncovered the cave entrance.
• Chu Yang chose the right passage, where the Rock Python ambushed the group and attacked him.
• Chu Yang used the Wind Ring to wound the python, and Miss Xiu, Chu Yang, and Miss Heloise struck it down as it tried to flee.
• Chu Yang confirmed the python was dead, collected its eyes and other valuable materials, and secured the final component for the Knowledge Keeper potion formula.
• Miss Heloise wept over her fallen teammates, then accepted the shed snakeskin as her agreed reward.

Chu Yang, Miss Xiu, and Miss Heloise explored the cave, where Heloise explained that her Beyonder knowledge came from an old notebook. Chu Yang discovered a sunken ship beneath the black pool and claimed its sentient longsword, but he could not yet enter the cabin.

• Miss Heloise accepted the Rock Python's snakeskin, and the trio continued exploring the cave.
• Chu Yang found supplies and two Beyonder characteristics among the debris, while Heloise said her notebook contained Beyonder knowledge and records of the cave.
• Heloise recalled that the notebook mentioned a world-ending catastrophe and several gods joining forces, prompting Chu Yang to suspect the pool concealed the real secret.
• After dividing their finds and recovering their spirituality, Chu Yang descended alone through the pool and found an ancient sunken ship.
• Chu Yang defeated the ship's animated armor by driving it against the hull's restrictions, then suppressed and claimed its longsword.
• Chu Yang wrapped the longsword in rune-covered cloth and stepped onto the deck, but the ship's cabin remained inaccessible to him.

Chu Yang and Hugh left the nameless island with the dangerous Spear of Light, while Edwina’s pirates arrived and found a black key inside the wreck. Klein’s divination traced recent troubles back to Daires and revealed Chu Yang’s role in an illusion that had altered events; Chu Yang blocked future investigations as he and Hugh set out for their next destination.

• Chu Yang told Hugh and Heloise about the wreck and the Spear of Light, then warned them that prolonged contact with the weapon could turn people into puppets.
• Chu Yang, Hugh, and Heloise rested and sailed away before dawn, and Edwina arrived at the cave with her pirates and uncovered an unrusted black key inside the wreck.
• Klein used the Gray Fog to identify Daires as the mastermind behind his troubles and saw an illusion in which Chu Yang and his companions killed Daires aboard a ship.
• Pure White Eye informed Chu Yang that Klein had investigated him, so Chu Yang adjusted it to block future investigations, including Klein’s.
• Chu Yang returned to the school with Hugh, obtained materials from Mr. Abdu, sealed the Spear of Light in a case, and departed with Hugh for their next destination.

Chu Yang and Miss Xiu boarded the Going Merry, expecting their voyage to intersect with the stories they had found in the Maze Secret Realm. On the ship, Chu Yang reunited with Miss Triss, met the adventurer Lesente, and received a sealed invitation from a follower of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.

• Chu Yang explained to Miss Xiu that the stories from the Maze Secret Realm might have predicted their journey and that they would likely meet Caroline aboard the Going Merry.
• Chu Yang and Miss Xiu boarded the Going Merry and encountered Miss Triss, who was working as a bodyguard for a family of passengers.
• Chu Yang noticed that many adventurers were aboard and recognized Lesente, who revealed that he had a secret message for him.
• Lesente led Chu Yang to a cabin and gave him a sealed letter inviting him to visit a station belonging to a follower of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.

Chu Yang pieced together a divine scheme from Lesente’s battle report, while the elderly sender erased Lesente’s memories after the message was delivered. Miss Triss asked to become a Beyonder, and Chu Yang agreed to sell her a Hunter potion and its materials for 500 pounds after their exams.

• Lesente delivered an invitation to study and recited reports about Gold Mountain Vice Admiral and Twilight General, which led Chu Yang to deduce that the Theives Guild sought a sleeping deity and that Gold Mountain Vice Admiral had found the key.
• Chu Yang realized the Reasoning Student potion had fully digested and worried that deities were watching and using him.
• An elderly man praised the God of Knowledge and Wisdom for Lesente’s work, then wrote in a worn notebook.
• Lesente’s memories were altered, and Chu Yang left his cabin to find Miss Triss waiting in the corridor.
• Miss Triss explained that her companions had died and asked Chu Yang to help her become a Beyonder, determined to carry on their dreams as an adventurer.
• Chu Yang agreed to sell Miss Triss a Hunter potion and its materials for 500 pounds, and they arranged to make contact after the exams.

Chu Yang brewed and consumed the potion to advance to Sequence Seven, becoming a Knowledge Keeper and gaining new analytical abilities. After nearly losing control twice, he tested his powers and found he could sustain the Pure White Eye for five minutes and could decipher the Wind Ring’s abilities in a month.

• Chu Yang used the Pure White Eye to verify his potion was safe, then drank it and endured a flood of information that threatened to overwhelm him.
• Chu Yang suppressed the potion’s effects with Pure White Pain and stabilized as a Sequence Seven Knowledge Keeper, though he worried that his rapid advancement and the Pure White Eye might be part of a god’s design.
• Chu Yang nearly lost control again while pondering the Pure White Eye, but the Wind Ring’s cool sensation brought him back to clarity.
• Chu Yang assessed his new abilities, including Universal Analysis, aura extraction, Absolute Calm, and improved Scene Replay.
• Chu Yang sustained the Pure White Eye for five minutes and concluded that its analysis, combined with Universal Analysis, could help him imitate opponents’ abilities.
• Chu Yang analyzed the Wind Ring and determined that he could decipher its abilities and imprint them in his mind within a month.

Chu Yang advanced to Sequence Seven, helped Miss Xiu secure a path toward becoming a Sheriff, and developed a prayer phrase that the Pure White Eye acknowledged. His prayer stirred Klein’s spirituality and brought him to the Gray Fog, though Klein found no one there and could not identify what had summoned him.

• Chu Yang advanced to Sequence Seven, and Miss Xiu explained that she had traded a Beyonder characteristic for the main ingredient she needed to advance.
• Chu Yang revised his prayer phrase until the Pure White Eye acknowledged it, then realized he still needed an item to connect it to the unknown land.
• At breakfast, archaeologist Durant told Chu Yang that he planned to investigate ancient ruins in the Pais Mountains, and Chu Yang warned Miss Triss that the expedition could be fatal.
• Miss Xiu went to gather information from Captain Elanda while Chu Yang returned to his cabin and tested the successful prayer phrase.
• Chu Yang recited the phrase, stirring Klein’s spirituality; Klein traveled to the Gray Fog but found no one waiting and could not determine what had summoned him.

Chu Yang anticipated Klein’s contact and was drawn into the Gray Fog, where he concealed his true knowledge and posed as a cautious newcomer. Klein mistook Chu Yang’s composure and hints about the Seer Sequence for signs of great status, then introduced the Tarot Club’s gatherings and exchanges.

• After praying, Chu Yang laughed about Klein’s likely reaction and continued developing his abilities while gradually digesting his potion.
• Klein noticed a bright crimson star in the Gray Fog, deciphered fragments of its Fergus Cipher, and divined that contacting the person would not bring fatal danger.
• Klein touched the star and summoned Chu Yang into the Gray Fog, where the Pure White Eye suppressed Chu Yang’s aura and helped him contemplate knowledge about Gods.
• Klein introduced himself as Mr. Fool, and Chu Yang pretended to believe he was a God after recognizing the implications of the Seer Sequence.
• Chu Yang asked about the other chairs, and Klein explained that other people attended regular gatherings to exchange information and items and arrange tasks.

Chu Yang joined the Tarot Club as Mr. White Tower, sold Miss Triss a Hunter characteristic, and warned her about Lesente’s expedition. Meanwhile, Klein’s Night Watchers team was ordered to patrol a cemetery, and Chu Yang arrived at his destination with Miss Xiu.

• Klein welcomed Chu Yang into the Tarot Club, offered him a place in its Trade Fair, and watched him choose The Tower card as his codename.
• After reviewing how Absolute Rationality had affected his thinking, Chu Yang met Miss Triss, who bought his Hunter characteristic with money lent by Lesente.
• Miss Triss explained that Lesente was assembling a large Hunter-pathway expedition team, and Chu Yang warned her to avoid exploring ruins with them.
• Klein’s captain ordered the Night Watchers to patrol the nearest cemetery in pairs, and Klein suspected that something had changed there during the day.
• The Going Merry reached its destination port, where Chu Yang and Miss Xiu disembarked.

Chu Yang joined a Tarot Club gathering as Mr. White Tower and used his knowledge to impress the members with information about the Psychological Alchemists. He told Miss Justice that her Spectator pathway abilities qualified her to seek membership, leaving her with a promising lead.

• Miss Xiu left Chu Yang at the inn while she visited former acquaintances, and Chu Yang considered using free intelligence to build influence within the Tarot Club.
• Klein summoned Chu Yang early, tested his reaction with the prayer incantation, and then brought Miss Justice and Mr. Hanged Man into the gathering.
• Miss Justice asked the club for help finding the Psychological Alchemists, but Mr. Hanged Man had no useful information to offer.
• Chu Yang identified Miss Justice as a Ruen noble and explained the origins, research, and secretive membership of the Psychological Alchemists.
• Chu Yang told Miss Justice that her Spectator pathway status gave her the basic qualifications to join the Psychological Alchemists.

At the Tarot Club gathering, Chu Yang warned Miss Justice about the Psychological Alchemists and advised her on seeking protection and digesting her potion. He then revealed the churches’ suppression of the Acting Method and linked the Psychological Alchemists to a recent island riot, while Mr. Hanged Man shared news of the Thieves Guild searching for the remnants of an ancient existence.

• Chu Yang explained how the Psychological Alchemists used Spectator Beyonders to approach nobles, and advised Miss Justice to seek Mr. Fool’s protection before contacting them.
• Chu Yang suggested Miss Justice find a reliable guide, while Klein considered using a contribution system as an excuse to refuse requests for protection.
• Mr. Hanged Man described the Acting Method and potion digestion, and Klein said low-Sequence potions could be digested in as little as a month.
• Chu Yang deduced that Mr. Hanged Man belonged to the Church of Storms and revealed that churches suppressed the spread of the Acting Method.
• Chu Yang said the Psychological Alchemists had helped the Thieves Guild release a monster on an island, with the Spirituality Sect also involved.
• Mr. Hanged Man reported that the Thieves Guild was searching for the remnants of an ancient existence, whose outward form had changed throughout history.