Chapter Summaries

This is an author’s note rather than a story chapter. The writer says the previous draft moved too quickly into a fatal fight with the Master, making the pacing and action feel uninteresting. They plan to revise it to include more potion brewing and drinking, which they consider central to the story, and expect the update to be delayed from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Plot and events: No story events occur; the author describes plans for revisions and an update delay.
• Character development and interactions: None are shown.
• Themes: Pacing, creative revision, and the importance of maintaining the story’s focus on potions.

Plot points

• Evan immediately wounds Doctor Chuck when he rushes toward him. His transforming Cane—now a venomous Bone Gauntlet—leaves a chest wound that takes Chuck over ten seconds to heal.
• Evan senses Chuck’s strange, soul-level urge to merge with him and infers that the “Good People” specialize in fusing others into their bodies.
• Eldin uses Evan’s display of power to negotiate. She points out that Chuck needs her to reach the inner Holy Temple and the God’s Corpse Remnant, and argues that he would benefit more from partnering with her than with the other factions.
• Evan threatens the four Masters, claiming he has killed one before. His extreme Bestiality unnerves Chuck, who fears Evan may be a fully Beastified maniac despite his ability to think and speak.
• Chuck agrees not to attack Evan and Eldin, provided they prove their value. The groups wait together until the leaders of the other three organizations arrive.
• The newcomers have suffered heavy losses. They report that the temple’s Curses are awakening, the Mountain of Desire has become impassable, and the party must hurry toward the Sleeping Temple.
• Alcott proposes dealing with “unstable elements,” especially Evan, but Russell argues that they should conserve their strength and use Evan as a capable fighter.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan demonstrates that he is far more dangerous than the others assumed. He is ready to kill Chuck, but also recognizes the danger in Chuck’s ability. His savage appearance and Bestiality become tools of intimidation.
• Eldin grows more confident in Evan and uses his strength to improve her bargaining position. His threat of fighting all four Masters both reassures and excites her.
• Chuck shifts from greedy confidence to wary calculation after being wounded and sensing Evan’s unsettling power. He accepts a temporary truce rather than risk a fight.
• The other faction leaders are cautious: they recognize that Chuck’s restraint signals a changed balance of power. Their debate over whether to target or use Evan exposes the alliance’s fragility.

Significant themes

• Power and leverage: Evan’s strength changes Eldin’s standing and forces Chuck to negotiate.
• Unstable alliances: The four organizations cooperate only out of necessity, with distrust and rivalry already threatening their partnership.
• Humanity versus monstrosity: Evan’s mind remains functional even as his Bestiality makes him seem almost fully transformed, unsettling allies and enemies alike.
• Survival under mounting danger: The awakening Curses, the blocked route, and dwindling survivors make speed and practical cooperation essential.

Plot points and events

• Eldin and two groups of researchers unite to protect Evan, despite tension with Edward and Alcott. Their argument is interrupted when the darkness around the underground palace stirs and vanishes.
• The group sees the vast, ruined palace and the Blood Moon God’s enormous pyramid-like structure, which glows red. Four grotesque Tomb Guardians awaken and advance; one student is driven into uncontrolled Beastification by the sight, and Pierson takes control of him.
• Eldin warns Evan not to look directly at the pyramid’s divine remains, which could cause madness. She says the group must reach the Holy Temple to survive.
• The researchers race toward the pyramid, each using their abilities. Unable to fly higher because of a barrier, they reach a door and a pool of thick, bloodlike liquid.
• Eldin identifies the liquid as naturally formed Blood Moon Potion. It can shield drinkers from the Blood Moon’s madness and burning, allowing entry into the god’s domain—but its unrefined side effects can be fatal.
• With the guardians closing in, several leaders force or arrange for their subordinates to drink the potion and use them as vessels to cross the door. Chuck instead absorbs his students and creates a duplicate head to test the potion.
• Evan chooses to drink the potion himself, swallowing a huge amount. His system confirms protection from the Blood Moon’s influence and detects a dangerous reaction with his Cain Bloodthirsty Species bloodline. Evan reverses the side effects, then realizes the potion’s brief, one-hour protection is still extraordinarily powerful because it can counter a god’s Authority.

Character development and interactions

• Evan remains bold and curious, choosing to take the risk himself rather than sacrifice someone else. His confidence grows when he recognizes the potion’s true value.
• Eldin acts as Evan’s guide and protector, explaining the dangers and urging him to drink only a little. Her warning contrasts with Evan’s reckless gulp.
• Russell and Chuck side with Evan, while Edward and Alcott remain wary. Their cooperation is pragmatic, driven by the dangers ahead.
• Pierson uses the crisis to take control of a classmate who apparently bullied him, revealing a vindictive streak.
• Edward, Russell, Alcott, and Chuck expose how expendable they consider their subordinates by using them—or parts of themselves—as test subjects and means of passage.

Significant themes

• Survival and sacrifice: The group’s escape depends on dangerous choices, often imposed on those with less power.
• Power and exploitation: Leaders treat subordinates as tools, while Pierson turns the tables on a former bully.
• Faith, corruption, and horror: The once-sacred palace is desecrated, and divine remains exert a terrifying influence.
• The cost of power: The potion offers protection against a god’s influence, but its raw form carries potentially lethal consequences.

Plot points and events

• Evan drinks the Blood Moon Potion and suffers no immediate ill effects. Eldin is astonished by his composure and, after explaining that the potion works only inside the Holy Temple, leads him onward.
• They enter a vast, blood-red hall decorated with ancient scenes of winged people worshipping three Moon Lords and fighting monsters. Eldin explains each Lord’s Authority: the Red Moon burns away corruption, the Silver Moon protects souls, and the Violet Moon conceals the world’s dreadful truths.
• The Red Moon’s Authority makes unprotected visitors’ blood and souls flammable. Two of Chuck’s Expert-level companions, who had bypassed the potion screening, burst into flames and die. Several Master-level intruders remain concealed in servants or students; Chuck alone is unaffected.
• Evan attacks the group. His transforming Sacred Bone Staff becomes a chain that hampers Alcott’s Spirituality, but Alcott’s Master-level power and Edward’s intervention prevent Evan from finishing him. Evan withstands Alcott’s transformation effect unusually well and quickly regenerates a shattered arm.
• A Scripture Guard statue intervenes, forbidding shouting and preventing members of the same race from killing one another in the temple. Eldin says Evan’s unusually pure Bloodline caused the guard to mistake him for a pureblood member of the Bloodthirsty Species; Evan suspects Moon Spirit’s hair is responsible.
• Russell and Chuck claim to be descendants of ancient Sages seeking the Goddess’s protection. The Scripture Guard, which Eldin says acts by fixed rules rather than reason, accepts their professions of devotion but requires them to prove their resolve. It conjures a basin of red liquid teeming with small monsters.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan remains flippant under extreme danger, but his resilience, regeneration, and resistance to Alcott’s power reveal how formidable he is. He eagerly tries to save some potion before learning it cannot survive outside the temple.
• Eldin’s admiration for Evan grows; she interprets his composure as noble bearing and remains protective of him. She also serves as his guide to the temple’s history and rules.
• Chuck, Alcott, Edward, and Russell are exposed as intruders who manipulated the screening process. Their cooperation is fragile: Alcott warns Chuck not to abandon the plan, while Edward intervenes when Alcott is threatened.
• The Scripture Guard’s intervention temporarily restrains everyone, shifting the confrontation from open combat to a test governed by temple rules.

Significant themes

• Divine power and peril: The Moon Lords’ Authorities are tangible forces, and even the Red Moon’s light can kill those without protection.
• Power, identity, and hidden origins: Evan’s unusual Bloodline and resistance suggest that something within him—likely Moon Spirit’s hair—affects how the temple recognizes him.
• Faith versus deception: The intruders use pious speeches to pursue their own aims, while the guard evaluates them through rigid ritual rather than discernment.
• Humor amid danger: Evan’s jokes, including his description of the temple as offering “food and drink,” contrast with the lethal trials unfolding around him.

Plot points and events

• The group reaches the Flesh and Spirit Trial, where candidates must swallow a Bloodthirsty Spirit Worm and either earn its acceptance or subdue it. Failure means the worm drains them and takes over their body.
• Eldin coats a worm in her blood and swallows it. It becomes docile, and the temple guard sends her up the Heaven-Piercing Cloud Ladder to continue the pilgrimage.
• Edward imitates her, but his worm burrows into him and consumes his body. At the last moment, Edward parasitizes Evan’s blood, expecting to seize control of him.
• Evan activates his Toxic Blood System. The system’s Solar Power corrodes Edward, who struggles inside Evan’s body before being dissolved and absorbed.
• Evan gains the life essence of a Master-level Bloodthirsty Species. His Cain trait unlocks Blood Servant, which lets him implant his blood in others and control them, and he removes its final side effect: losing sanity when deprived of blood.
• Evan then swallows a Bloodthirsty Spirit Worm whole. Unharmed and still hungry, he reaches for another, but the temple guard declares that he has passed.

Character developments

• Evan proves that his unusual body and Toxic Blood can overcome even a Master-level parasite. He gains a new ability, loses his blood-deprivation side effect, and treats the trial’s lethal creatures as food.
• Eldin demonstrates familiarity with the worm and confidence in her bloodline, successfully earning the master’s blessing and advancing in the pilgrimage.
• Edward goes from smug confidence to terror as his attempt to take Evan’s body backfires; he is ultimately consumed.
• Chuck, Alcott, and Russell are shaken by Evan’s power. Their confidence and plans give way to fear and doubts about whether they can survive or reach their goal.

Significant themes

• Power and reversal: Edward expects rank and species superiority to guarantee victory, but Evan turns the parasite into prey.
• The body as both weapon and resource: Blood, flesh, and life essence determine survival, control, and power.
• Fear of the incomprehensible: Evan’s victory destabilizes the other Masters because it defies what they believe about Beyonder abilities.
• Predation and adaptation: The trial tests whether candidates can master—or be mastered by—the creatures they consume.

Character interactions

• Eldin answers Evan’s concern by assuring him she can handle the trial, then proceeds ahead after passing.
• Edward mocks Evan and explains how Advanced Bloodthirsty Species can control lesser bloodlines, but Evan uses that information only to taunt him before destroying him.
• Edward begs Alcott for help, but Alcott is too stunned to act.
• The three Masters watch Evan’s transformation in horrified fascination, while Evan’s casual appetite for the worms prompts the temple guard to stop him and announce his success.

Key events

• After Evan passes the trial by swallowing a bloodthirsty spirit worm, Chuck uses a precious Reincarnator Umbilical Cord to protect himself while doing the same. He qualifies, and Russell and Alcott resolve to continue rather than turn back.
• Evan’s Cain Bloodthirsty Species devours the worm and evolves toward the Primordial Bloodthirsty Species. Its improved life force and ability to assimilate powers help him gain the beginner Master-level characteristic Garden of Life.
• Garden of Life makes Evan exceptionally hard to kill and gives his blood powerful life-sustaining properties. It also strengthens the viruses, fungi, and parasites of his Copper Plague. His Endurance and Blood Quality rise sharply, and his Moon Affinity reaches 100%, advancing him to Scion of Night.
• Evan and Eldin reach the end of the Heaven-Piercing Cloud Ladder and enter a hall saturated with red light. There, they experience vivid, distressing visions of the city’s fall and its brutal conquest.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan is delighted by his new defensive abilities and sees them as a foundation for future power. He jokes about becoming “Papa Nurgle,” then warns Eldin that the old order cannot simply be restored in a modern age.
• Eldin is impressed—and baffled—by Evan’s ability to digest the spirit worm. She explains that consuming one will purify her Bloodline and help her become a Master. Her deeper goal is to find the hidden Cain Castle, where her Queen is imprisoned, and settle her people’s old grievances rather than restore their dynasty.
• Chuck shows determination by risking a vital artifact to pass the trial; Russell and Alcott are encouraged by his success and press onward.
• Eldin and Evan speak candidly about changing society and their differing circumstances, with Evan approving of Eldin’s pragmatic outlook.

Significant themes

• Adaptation versus tradition: Eldin recognizes that inherited status and old political methods no longer guarantee power; Evan argues that the age has changed.
• Survival and transformation: The trial, Evan’s evolution, and Eldin’s anticipated advancement all show progress coming at a cost.
• The horror of history: The hall’s visions expose atrocities committed during the city’s fall, blurring the boundary between victim and perpetrator and nearly overwhelming Evan’s mind. He escapes the mental contamination by using Mist Brain Plague.

Plot points and events

• Evan and Eldin witness the Blood Moon God’s enormous Corpse Remnant—an otherwise perfect, sacred body infested and defiled by seven grotesque, human-like figures. The sight nearly shatters Eldin’s faith and sanity.
• Evan uses the Mist Brain Plague to shield Eldin’s mind, covers her eyes, and reassures her that the desecrated body is only a remnant, not the living Blood Moon God.
• One of the intruders notices Eldin’s royal Bloodline and attacks. Evan dodges the first blow but is crushed into a mangled lump by the creature’s invisible force.
• Eldin unleashes her full power in grief and fury: her sword manifests a blood blade, while a golden sun and red crescent appear around her. Her white, solar-powered strike wounds the attacker, astonishing him.
• Evan regenerates from his apparently fatal injuries. Eldin embraces him in relief, while the attacker recognizes his exceptional endurance and vitality.
• Chuck, Russell, and Alcott arrive and greet the seven figures as “Sages,” revealing that they expected to find them and had been in contact with them.
• Facing the seven Sages, Evan activates the Super-Resonance Potion hidden in his body. Its enhanced Spirituality will let him project into the Starry Expanse and use the Silver Keys’ resonance to contact Carter.

Character developments and interactions

• Eldin is pushed to the brink of collapse when the desecration destroys her assumptions about the Blood Moon God and her people’s prospects. Evan’s intervention restores her composure and deepens her trust and affection for him. When Evan is attacked, she responds with desperate courage, revealing a surprising combination of Bloodthirsty Species and solar power.
• Evan acts as Eldin’s protector and emotional anchor, then survives an attack that would ordinarily be fatal. His final move shows that he anticipated the possibility of a crisis and kept a powerful potion ready.
• Eldin and Evan shift from partners toward a more intimate bond: she thanks him personally, embraces him after his recovery, and openly expresses how much his safety matters to her.
• Chuck, Russell, and Alcott reveal their allegiance to the Sages, suggesting their expedition had a hidden purpose and that they were not surprised by what they found.
• The Sages are shown as powerful, monstrous figures with long-standing ties to the three arrivals. One recognizes Eldin’s royal lineage and openly threatens her.

Significant themes

• Faith confronted by desecration: The corrupted Corpse Remnant forces Eldin to question the power and protection of the deity her people worship.
• Protection and dependence: Evan’s intervention gives Eldin a source of safety amid the horror, strengthening their bond.
• Hidden alliances and betrayal: The three newcomers’ greetings expose a concealed connection between them and the Sages.
• Power and survival: Eldin’s unexpected solar ability and Evan’s extraordinary regeneration suggest that both possess strengths beyond what their opponents expect.

Plot points and events

• Evan absorbs the Magic Potion and senses a connection to the Starry Expanse. Using the Silver Key, he begins establishing contact through an Astral Configuration.
• Eldin protects him with Saint Martin’s damaged helmet, a powerful Holy Relic. The snake-headed monster attacks Evan anyway, seemingly obliterating him and stripping away his Bloodthirsty Species’ Undying Nature.
• Evan’s Spirituality and the Silver Key remain active. He suddenly reconstructs himself, revealing the Black Sun’s Wings—an ability that alarms the ancient monsters.
• The seven surviving monsters attack Evan and Eldin, but Carter arrives through a gate of light and shields them.
• Carter pulls Chuck into a spatial rift, then kills one of the ancient monsters with a flash of light and bizarre tongues emerging from rifts. The remaining six realize Carter’s unfamiliar power is a serious threat.
• The monsters unleash the Blood Moon Remnant in a massive crimson surge. Carter uses the Silver Key to lock space and create a barrier that protects Evan and Eldin.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan displays extraordinary resilience: even after his body and spiritual defenses are destroyed, he returns instantly. His Black Sun’s Wings reveal a dangerous power that the ancient monsters recognize.
• Eldin is briefly stunned by Evan’s apparent death, then condemns the monsters for stealing divine Authority. She is protected first by Saint Martin’s helmet and later by Carter.
• Carter enters as a composed but furious force. He decisively removes Chuck, kills one ancient monster, and shields the others from the Blood Moon’s destructive surge, eclipsing Evan and Eldin in power.
• The ancient monsters shift from arrogance to alarm after witnessing Carter’s strength. Their attack reveals their desperation: they have spent centuries weakening themselves while trying to steal power from the Blood Moon Remnant.

Significant themes

• The limits of death: Evan’s restoration defies ordinary healing and the apparent removal of his Undying Nature.
• Blasphemy and stolen power: The monsters’ survival depends on appropriating divine Authority, which Eldin denounces as sacrilege.
• The terror of the unknown: Carter’s power comes from the Starry Expanse and operates by rules the ancient beings do not understand.
• Shifting power and perspective: Carter’s arrival transforms Evan and Eldin from apparent central actors into witnesses to a far greater conflict.

Plot points and events

• Carter traps Evan and Eldin inside a hidden dimensional space while he confronts six escaped Transcenders—fanatical survivors from the previous era. They have corrupted the Blood Moon’s remains to create the Blasphemous Plague, a force capable of desecrating gods. Carter warns that the six must be stopped before they can ignite a war in the Real World.
• Eldin feels responsible for helping release them, but Evan’s irreverent optimism and practical advice ease her guilt. He shares his own blood supply, and Eldin reluctantly drinks deer blood.
• Two of the six send the plague-infected Russell and Alcott into the space, hoping to distract Carter and exploit their connection to people of the current era. Both men are partly possessed by the plague and target Evan.
• Evan tells Eldin to keep her eyes closed to protect her fragile Spirituality. He injects a revised set of Magic Potions and transforms into the forbidden Nine Dragons Tyrant, gaining immense power and bestial strength.
• Evan kills Alcott with a single devastating punch. Russell restrains him with plant-based abilities that weaken his control, while Alcott’s remains re-form as swarms of monsters and attack. Evan counters with the Mist Brain Plague, whose aura overwhelms and confuses Russell’s Formless Mind Seeds. The fight remains unresolved.

Character developments

• Evan stays humorous and resourceful under pressure. He shows concern for Eldin’s mental safety, draws on past experience to manage his transformation, and is eager to confront the Blasphemous Plague rather than fear it.
• Eldin moves from shock and crushing guilt toward renewed composure, helped by Evan’s reassurance. Despite her unease, she follows his warning and protects herself by keeping her eyes covered.
• Carter emerges as a determined protector facing an unusually difficult battle against six powerful enemies.
• Russell and Alcott are shown as victims and weapons of the plague: their minds are largely compromised, though their powers remain formidable.

Significant themes

• Hope and resilience: Evan argues that maintaining happiness and health matters even when one cannot control events.
• The cost of the past: Survivors shaped by an era of war cannot adapt to peace, and their return threatens the present.
• Power and corruption: The Blasphemous Plague and Evan’s own extreme transformation both blur the boundary between human and monstrous.
• Trust and protection: Evan’s orders to Eldin are blunt, but his priority is preventing her from suffering further spiritual damage.

Character interactions

• Evan comforts Eldin with jokes, food, and blood, easing her guilt without dismissing the danger.
• Eldin challenges Evan’s grimly cheerful outlook but accepts its comfort; she also follows his instruction to shield her eyes.
• Carter briefly explains the threat to Evan and Eldin before leaving to fight the Transcenders.
• Russell and Alcott attack Evan, while Evan counters their powers through brute force and the Mist Brain Plague.

Plot points and events

• Evan smashes through Russell’s supposedly indestructible, divinity-infused Bone-Eating Divine Tree Barrier. His toxic blood corrodes the barrier, and his punch destroys Russell’s head and upper body.
• Pierson is freed from the tree-like remains, where Russell had been using him as living fuel. He recognizes Evan beneath his monstrous form and regards him as a god.
• Though black threads sustain Russell after the blow, Evan’s Toxic Blood dissolves him completely, consuming his Spirituality, soul, and Beyonder Characteristic.
• The threads of the Blasphemous Plague rush toward Pierson, but Evan intercepts them and allows himself to be infected.
• Inside Evan, the Garden of Life reacts to the plague. Its leader, the Rabid Divine Carbuncle, and the Calamity Factor begin fighting the contamination. The Calamity Factor breaks down much of it; the Carbuncle infects what remains, while Evan’s vitality repairs the damage.
• Alcott, revived and transformed into a grotesque composite of monsters, sees Evan’s infection as an opportunity. He attacks by pouring his Bestiality, desire, soul, and Spirituality into Evan to destroy him from within.
• Alcott’s assault fails: Evan’s Spirituality is far tougher than expected, and Alcott damages himself instead. Evan cheerfully invites him into the Garden of Life, where he sees its teeming, powerful organisms. The chapter ends as Alcott faces this internal world.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan displays overwhelming strength, confidence, and composure. He protects Pierson, knowingly accepts the plague, and treats Alcott’s desperate attack with almost playful ease.
• Pierson shifts from fear and despair to stunned reverence and gratitude after Evan kills the teacher who tormented him.
• Russell goes from smug certainty in his divine barrier to panic and a degrading death by Evan’s Toxic Blood.
• Alcott is restored by the plague and becomes a monstrous creature. Convinced the plague makes Evan vulnerable, he attacks recklessly, only to discover Evan’s Spirituality and internal defenses are formidable.
• Evan’s interactions contrast sharply: he offers Pierson protection and inspires worship, while confronting his enemies with casual confidence.

Significant themes

• Power and corrupted divinity: The supposedly godlike barrier and plague prove insufficient against Evan’s combined physical might, Toxic Blood, vitality, and internal powers.
• Faith and awe: Pierson interprets Evan’s monstrous appearance and gentle attention as signs of godhood.
• Contamination versus adaptation: The plague is terrifying, but Evan’s living ecosystem turns infection into an internal battle rather than certain defeat.
• Cruelty and its reversal: Russell’s use of Pierson as fuel ends with Russell reduced to nameless slime; Alcott’s attempt to destroy Evan from within instead puts Alcott in danger.

Key plot points and events

• Inside Evan’s transformed body, Alcott witnesses the Garden of Life’s Rabid Divine Carbuncle and its assembled viruses battling the Blasphemous Plague. The Plague, despite its divine origin and immense reputation, is gradually overwhelmed because the Carbuncle’s forces can replenish themselves while the Plague cannot absorb what it consumes.
• The Carbuncle’s virus army destroys the Blasphemous Plague. When Alcott tries to escape Evan’s body, black mist blocks his way, and the Carbuncle devours him along with his Desire Beast and Bestiality. Alcott’s body is left an empty husk.
• The Garden of Life gains the Blasphemous Plague as a new “child.” Evan learns it is immortal and can corrupt souls, but it is dangerously rebellious and cannot yet use its full power. The Mist Brain Plague also shows an urge to join the Garden.
• Evan spits out the useless residue left from Alcott. With Alcott and Russell dead, the immediate threat is over.
• Eldin, who had hidden with her eyes closed, finally looks at Evan in his enormous, monstrous transformed form.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan proves that the Garden of Life’s accumulated viruses can defeat even the legendary Blasphemous Plague. He is astonished by its power and wary of the new Plague’s danger, but also sees his victory as a step toward becoming a Master.
• Alcott goes from arrogant confidence to panic and psychological collapse as he watches the Plague lose. He is ultimately consumed, along with the powers he carried.
• Eldin moves from fear and uncertainty toward admiration and trust in Evan. Evan interprets her gratitude as evidence that she will remain loyal, though his private thoughts are self-serving: he plans to impress and manipulate her, speculating that she may want heirs to continue the royal bloodline.
• Pierson responds to Evan’s victory with fervent worship, kneeling and praying.
• Evan reassures Eldin before she opens her eyes; she then recognizes him despite his frightening, many-featured monster form through his familiar eyes and presence.

Significant themes

• Power and reversal: A supposedly world-ending divine plague is defeated by a collection of viruses housed in an unlikely host.
• Transformation and identity: Evan’s monstrous appearance contrasts with the familiar person Eldin remembers.
• Corruption versus containment: The Blasphemous Plague can defile nearly anything, yet the Garden of Life turns it into a contained—though still dangerous—addition.
• Loyalty and manipulation: Eldin’s growing trust contrasts with Evan’s calculating intention to use that trust to secure her allegiance.

Key plot points and events

• Pierson, formerly a scientist who served Russell, kneels before Evan and pledges loyalty after Evan helps him avenge himself. Evan offers him a chance to redeem his past by leading Red King Laboratory responsibly, and Pierson accepts.
• Eldin witnesses the exchange as a sacred, god-and-believer moment, deepening her awe of Evan despite his monstrous transformed appearance.
• Carter returns from fighting the enemies’ forces. He killed three of six but the rest escaped. He removes the Blasphemous Plague from himself, then learns Evan and the others are safe and agrees to give Pierson a chance because Evan trusts him.
• Evan changes back into human form. As the group prepares to leave, the Blood Moon’s immense presence fills the space. Eldin senses it means no harm and approaches; Carter and Pierson disappear from the scene.
• The Moon Spirit appears and communicates with Eldin through its hair. It gives Evan a lock of hair from the Blood Moon Remnant and indicates that he should eat it. Evan does so, triggering a choice between using it as medicine or giving it to the Garden of Life, following a suggestion from Black Sun’s Wings.

Character developments

• Evan shows mercy and authority by offering Pierson a fresh start. He remains confident amid frightening supernatural forces and eagerly accepts the Moon Spirit’s gift.
• Pierson shifts from disillusioned scientist to fervent follower of Evan, committing his knowledge and Red King Laboratory to a better purpose.
• Eldin is deeply impressed by Evan’s transformed form and his apparent divinity. Her connection to the Blood Moon allows her to recognize its benign intent and communicate with the Moon Spirit.
• Carter is frustrated by the enemies’ escape but regains his composure, protects the group, and trusts Evan’s judgment about Pierson.

Significant themes

• Redemption and responsible power: Evan gives Pierson a path to atone by using his knowledge for the world’s benefit.
• Faith versus reason: Pierson renounces his former faith in science, while the scene around Evan takes on the aura of religious myth.
• Power and restraint: Evan’s monstrous strength and supernatural allies are balanced by his willingness to guide and protect others.
• The uncanny and the sacred: Terrifying forms and ruined surroundings contrast with the reverence, purity, and majesty associated with Evan and the Moon Spirit.

Character interactions

• Evan and Pierson form a leader–follower bond, sealed by Pierson’s promise to serve him.
• Eldin watches this exchange with awe, then cautiously asks Evan about his transformed appearance.
• Carter and Evan discuss the failed hunt; Evan comforts Carter, and Carter later accepts Pierson provisionally at Evan’s request.
• Eldin approaches the Blood Moon without fear, while the Moon Spirit communicates with her and offers Evan the remnant hair.

Plot points and events

• Evan accepts and consumes a strand of hair from the Blood Moon Remnant. Though it sets his whole body ablaze, his powerful healing ability lets him survive while the Garden of Life transforms around it.
• The Garden’s new scarlet threads reinforce its structure and further suppress the Blasphemous Plague’s black threads. Evan’s viruses gain fire immunity and the ability to burn things.
• The Moon Spirit disappears, and Evan and Eldin return to the Dreamlands—but high in the air, in daylight. Eldin has lost her powers and is falling; Evan catches her and flies them safely to the ground with his remaining wing.
• They land near a forest and the sea. Eldin explains that the Messenger of God’s power interfered with Professor Carter’s teleportation.
• A band of Coldlanders pose as helpful Ruby merchants and try to bewitch the pair. Evan resists, but Eldin is dazed. When the Coldlanders turn hostile, Evan reveals Gold, whose presence terrifies them into fleeing.
• Huge figures and a mist begin closing in. A mysterious door of light appears, and an unseen force pulls Evan, Eldin, and Gold back to Miskatonic University.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan gains a major power upgrade and reacts with exuberant delight. He remains alert and protective, catching Eldin, shielding her from the Coldlanders, and watching for a larger threat.
• Eldin learns the Queen’s location and the fortress’s secret, receives the Moon Spirit’s blessing, and sees restoration—and advancement toward becoming a Master—as within reach. Her exhilaration turns to fear when she loses her powers, then to gratitude and growing affection after Evan saves her. She proudly shares her connection to the Queen’s bloodline and the Messenger.
• Evan and Eldin grow closer through the fall and rescue. Eldin feels safe in Evan’s arms and briefly wants to kiss him; Evan frames their bond as mutual care, while playfully indulging her pride.
• Gold proves an unexpectedly effective deterrent: the Coldlanders’ terror of cats instantly breaks their threatening formation.

Significant themes

• Transformation through danger: Evan endures an ordeal that strengthens his abilities and his Garden.
• Hope and abrupt reversal: Eldin’s spiritual breakthrough is immediately followed by the loss of her powers and a near-fatal fall.
• Trust and protection: Evan’s rescue and defense of Eldin deepen their bond.
• Appearance versus reality: The Coldlanders’ welcoming merchant act conceals predatory intent, while a seemingly ordinary cat becomes their greatest fear.
• Power and vulnerability: Even great discoveries and blessings cannot prevent sudden danger, and characters must adapt when their abilities fail.

The author announces that they will post three videos at noon on Bilibili to demonstrate how they wrote the chapter: an uncut voice-typing session, a five-minute security-camera clip intended to show no other material was on screen, and footage of the morning’s manual editing. The videos are meant to answer readers who suspect the author has begun using AI, despite their claims that they dictate quickly and revise afterward.
The author also clarifies the day’s schedule: Chapter 287, written the previous night, will be free at noon; Chapter 288 will remain a paid release at 6 p.m. They thank readers for their support and promise to add links to the announcement once the videos are available.
Developments and interactions: The author responds directly to skeptical readers, dismissing accusations about AI-written chapters while inviting readers and fellow writers to examine the evidence.
Themes: Trust, transparency, authorship, and the challenge of judging how a work was created.

Plot and events

• Evan and Eldin return from the Dreamlands with Professor Carter, relieved to be back beneath Arkham’s gloomy but reassuring sky.
• Carter praises Evan’s confidence, then leaves to brief the other faculty and tells Evan to go to the Academic Affairs Office.
• Miskatonic students greet Evan as a new “living legend.” They explain that Carter’s Dreamlands trips are notoriously dangerous: of fifteen students who accompanied him, three vanished, six were badly injured, two went mad, and four died.
• The students embellish Evan’s earlier exploits—his encounter with a Deep One, the bomb he held in his mouth, and his examination of Library Dog’s teeth—turning them into heroic feats. Evan tries to correct them, but the rumors only grow.
• Winston and Doreen invent a dramatic rescue story about Evan protecting Eldin in the Dreamlands. Eldin unexpectedly confirms the danger and credits Evan with saving her several times, further intensifying the students’ admiration.
• Pressed to speak, Evan gives the students advice about investigating boldly while avoiding needless risks. They interpret his words as a profound creed and take inspiration from them.
• Professor Morgan summons Evan and Eldin to a faculty office. There, Professor Thurston asks Eldin whether she can track the Blasphemous Plague carried by the escapees. She cannot: she is still weak, the plague’s connection to the Blood Moon God has faded, and the fugitives likely planned their escape and hiding places in advance. The faculty are left facing an uncertain pursuit.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan remains upbeat and modest, but becomes embarrassed as students turn his exploits into increasingly exaggerated legends. His offhand advice nevertheless inspires them.
• Eldin shows gratitude and trust toward Evan. Rather than correcting the students’ invented rescue narrative, she confirms that he repeatedly protected her.
• Carter expresses confidence in Evan and acknowledges his strong outlook, while the students’ stories reveal the dangerous reputation he has earned in the Dreamlands.
• The students, especially Winston, Doreen, Doco, and Carl, eagerly reinterpret events through their own excitement, treating Evan as a role model.
• Thurston and the other professors shift the mood from celebratory to serious by focusing on the escaped plague-carriers and the difficulty of locating them.

Significant themes

• Rumor and reputation: Real events become distorted into heroic legends, showing how quickly stories can outrun the truth.
• Courage amid danger: Evan’s practical advice encourages investigation, though his qualification—act only when it will not cost your life—tempers the students’ enthusiasm.
• Trust and gratitude: Eldin’s public support reflects how much she relies on Evan after their ordeal.
• The contrast between triumph and ongoing danger: The group’s safe return is celebrated, but the escaped plague-carriers remain a serious threat.

Plot and events

• Evan meets Professor William Dale, a veteran geologist and Lord-Class Knight. After assessing Evan’s strength, Dale agrees with Thurston and Carter that they should pursue the injured attackers; Evan may also serve as bait when the enemies recover.
• The attackers—a clergyman, an old man, and a snake-headed being—escape to Britain. Still badly wounded, they learn about the Outer Gods and are shocked that the modern world’s powers surpass those of their era. They disguise themselves as objects and meet Professor Lapham of rival Bletchley University, whose followers welcome them as “Sages.” The Snake Person promises Lapham power and declares that Bletchley will destroy Miskatonic.
• Evan spends two days studying supernatural subjects at Miskatonic while David’s group finishes filming safely. Then Parker calls for urgent help. Carter opens a portal, sending Evan directly back to Bolton City.
• Evan recognizes the portal’s arrival point as the place where he once killed the factory owner Elton. He crosses the familiar, bustling streets of Gooding Street and reaches Parker’s ruined house on Hain Street.
• After verifying Evan’s identity with a question about their first job together, Parker lets him into a hidden shelter. Parker has been grotesquely transformed. He explains that two strange men attacked him after he helped a robbery victim: one could teleport, and the other had a snake’s head. The snake-headed attacker struck him, and his condition worsened the next day. The chapter ends as Parker hints the attackers mentioned a Bestiality Magic Potion.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan shows respect toward Dale, remains eager to help Miskatonic, and is increasingly serious about his supernatural education. His immediate concern for Parker reveals his loyalty and affection for his uncle.
• Dale is introduced as a formidable, experienced survivor, valuing physical strength and treating Evan as a potential asset in the pursuit.
• Carter supports Evan’s family emergency without hesitation and uses the Silver Key to get him home quickly.
• Parker is revealed to have been attacked and transformed, but remains cautious enough to test Evan’s identity before opening his hidden door.
• Lapham and the Bletchley group revere the three returned beings and see them as a means to gain power against Miskatonic.
• The escaped trio, once arrogant powers of an earlier age, are now frightened and dependent on one another to contain their injuries.

Significant themes

• Old and new powers: The returned “Sages” discover that the modern supernatural world has changed, with the Outer Gods representing powers beyond their former understanding.
• Rivalry and ambition: Bletchley’s alliance with the Sages sets up a direct threat to Miskatonic University.
• Home and belonging: Evan’s sensory impressions of Gooding Street emphasize its warmth and familiar community, contrasting with the danger awaiting him at Parker’s shelter.
• Loyalty and mutual aid: Miskatonic’s cooperation, Carter’s help, and Evan’s rush to assist Parker show how personal ties and institutional support matter in a perilous world.
• Transformation and vulnerability: Parker’s sudden physical corruption mirrors the wounded Sages’ precarious state, underscoring how dangerous supernatural powers can be.

Plot points and events

• Evan discovers Parker has been afflicted by a supernatural virus, snake venom, and traces of the Money Curse. He removes the virus with the Garden of Life, then uses a Cost Transfer Ritual to draw the venom into himself, restoring Parker’s face.
• Two pursuers break into the house: Aike, a Snake Person, and a Mage Apprentice. Aike recognizes Evan from earlier encounters and is terrified by how powerful Evan has become. Evan incapacitates both with an unseen force, then completes the Ritual while Parker watches.
• Evan’s status panel reports that the venom will reduce his pain perception for four hours; its side effect takes only one hour to reverse, suggesting Evan’s growing strength and resistance.
• Parker recalls signing a guarantee after organizing a protest to secure compensation for his injured coworker, Jack. Evan explains that the agreement has exposed Parker to a Money Curse tied to debt and contracts. He cannot remove it, but creates a consecrated pendant that can suppress the Curse, ward off illness, and warn of danger.
• Evan revives the captives and interrogates Aike, who identifies Professor Byron of Sage University as the person who hired them. Before Aike can explain further, a hidden force violently kills him.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan demonstrates confidence, powerful supernatural abilities, and growing mastery of Rituals. He reassures Parker, treats him without hesitation, and gives him a protective Amulet. His status is now approaching that of a Master.
• Parker moves from shame and fear to relief, gratitude, and resolve. He trusts Evan completely, is stunned by the scale of Evan’s power, and becomes furious at the people exploiting him through the Money Curse.
• Aike shifts from predator to terrified supplicant once he recognizes Evan, revealing the hired pursuer’s employer before being silenced.
• Evan and Parker share a close, affectionate bond: Parker worries that the Ritual will hurt Evan, while Evan calmly protects and reassures him.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and care: Evan’s willingness to take Parker’s poison and protect him reflects their reciprocal family bond.
• Power and responsibility: Evan’s strength is presented not just as a means of defeating enemies, but as a way to heal and shield others.
• Exploitation and resistance: The Money Curse turns legal agreements and debt into tools of control; Parker’s story connects supernatural danger to predatory institutions.
• Growing mastery and its costs: Evan’s increasing resistance makes supernatural afflictions less potent, while the rituals he learns carry risks and demand careful use.

Key plot points and events

• Byron emerges from Aike the Snake Person’s body in a grotesque, floating form. His glance kills a Mage Apprentice, and he tells Evan that Parker’s labor activism has angered powerful interests, including the Factory Alliance. Byron warns Evan that his own plan is about to begin and advises him to watch the Excellence Institute.
• Evan asks Byron for more Fusion Potion and is promised the formula after the plan is complete. Byron then collapses into blood and vanishes. Aike survives through his reincarnation ability; Evan finds no Beyonder Characteristic in Aike’s remains and chooses not to take the Mage’s, preferring to avoid provoking the mercenary group.
• Evan cautions Parker against taking part in dangerous drug experiments, though organizing workers is acceptable. Parker returns to Miley Street, where workers greet him with gratitude and respect for his efforts to secure their wages and unite them.
• Back home, Evan’s status panel reports that he is “Receiving prayer.” Black Sun’s Wings manifest, connecting him to a ritual performed by Pierson and Elden in the Dreamlands. Through the darkness, Evan sees the two ritualists.
• At the Doom Witch Tower, Pierson and Elden have combined their knowledge to design a Black Sun ritual. Pierson wants to prove Evan’s divinity; Elden hopes to confirm that he is connected to the Black Sun and understand the force witches worship. Their offerings—a potent potion and a cursed seed—successfully summon a vision of Evan’s immense, winged form.

Character developments and interactions

• Evan shows growing caution and responsibility: he refrains from looting an enemy, considers the people who depend on him, and tries to keep Parker out of conflicts beyond his abilities. His supernatural connection to prayer and ritual appears to be developing.
• Parker is recovering and increasingly confident as a workers’ leader. The respect of his neighbors gives him a sense of purpose and even seems to strengthen him.
• Byron remains calculating and powerful, both warning Evan about the dangers around Parker and dangling the Fusion Potion formula.
• Pierson and Elden develop a close alliance through their shared fascination with Evan. Their collaboration turns their separate ambitions into one successful ritual.
• Parker and Evan share a protective, trusting bond; Evan guides Parker, while Parker credits Evan with keeping him safe. Miley Street’s workers, in turn, rally around Parker as a leader.

Significant themes

• Power and responsibility: Evan’s growing influence brings obligations to protect allies and avoid needless retaliation.
• Solidarity and earned leadership: Parker gains workers’ trust through concrete acts of courage and advocacy.
• Faith, worship, and uncertainty: The witches’ offerings and Pierson’s devotion raise questions about what receives prayers and what consequences may follow.
• Restraint in a dangerous world: Evan’s choice not to take the Mage’s remains reflects the costs of conflict and the importance of protecting those around him.
• Revelation and misinterpretation: Pierson and Elden see Evan’s winged appearance as confirmation of their beliefs, while the chapter leaves the true nature of his connection to the Black Sun unresolved.

Plot points and events

• Elden and Pierson perform a ritual that unexpectedly gives them a clear vision of Evan in the darkness. Recognizing his voice and powers, they hail him as the Black Sun’s divine incarnation, the God of the Negative World and Deep Father.
• Evan realizes their ritual has connected him to them but left him unable to move freely—he is effectively a “kite” held in place by their faith. He compares worship to livestreaming: followers give attention and support, while a god earns their loyalty by performing memorable “stunts.”
• Elden asks Evan to remove the inherited curse that has kept Doom Witches from becoming Masters. The curse has fused with her soul, making ordinary removal dangerous.
• Evan uses the Blasphemous Plague, Blood Moon Hair, and power from the Garden of Life to isolate and remove the tumor-like curse. He then swallows it, impressing Elden and Pierson and strengthening their faith. Elden’s curse is gone without leaving a scar or contaminating her.
• Pierson says he must return to the Red King Laboratory and worries about spreading Evan’s influence in the Primordial Sage’s domain. Evan assures him he will receive help, hinting that lost plants will witness his miracles.
• Evan sends them back to the Dreamlands and orders them to keep the ritual and his identity secret. Elden offers to help Pierson, noting that the Witches will soon return to the Real World as part of a new plan.
• Back in his apartment, Evan chooses to feed the curse to the Garden of Life rather than consume it as medicine. The garden grows stronger, and Evan decides to stage more outrageous “eating shows” to attract followers.

Character development

• Evan adapts quickly to his accidental divine role, treating worship as a relationship built through spectacle and tangible help. He remains irreverent and opportunistic, but his actions genuinely relieve suffering.
• Elden moves from cautious hope to intense devotion after witnessing Evan cure her and consume the curse. Her inherited affliction is finally lifted.
• Pierson becomes more convinced that Evan is a true god, seeing him as a practical, approachable source of hope rather than a distant figure surrounded by ceremony.

Significant themes

• Faith and spectacle: Evan sees miracles as a god’s equivalent of a streamer’s memorable content.
• Divinity versus appearance: The chapter challenges the idea that gods must be formal, aloof, or visibly pure; Evan’s unconventional behavior becomes part of his authority.
• Sacrifice and reciprocity: The believers offer devotion and gifts, while Evan answers with direct aid.
• Transformation of corruption: Curses and filth, normally sources of harm, become fuel that strengthens the Garden of Life.

Character interactions

• Elden and Pierson jointly worship Evan, combining their research and suspicions in the ritual.
• Elden entrusts her body and Spirituality to Evan; his cure deepens her faith, while Pierson witnesses the miracle and is likewise inspired.
• Pierson and Elden discuss his return to the laboratory, and Elden offers support through the Witches’ influence.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• Evan attempts to identify a corpse-like seed using an appraisal ritual. The summoned spirit starts to name it—“Roykara”—but an unknown force silences and destroys it. The backlash temporarily reduces Evan’s Spirituality limit and cuts his body into hundreds of pieces. With Golden’s help, he reassembles himself.
• Concluding that the seed is dangerous and that he has relied too heavily on the Doctor, Evan seals it in a bottle with protective and warning arrays and resolves to investigate matters himself.
• Evan’s security company completes its Arkham assignment successfully. Dylan and his students are pleased with the team’s work, while Rain and Lucky arrive in Bolton City and begin trial employment.
• At university, Evan learns of a Byron Group–funded marine field program sending students to the coast. Professor Byron will lead it alongside Professor Mons, with Doctor Furim supervising the medical students. Evan applies through Mons; Morales is also eager to take part.
• Evan suspects the project may conceal Byron’s work with the Excellence Institute to open ruins tied to Black Sun–series Characteristics. Furim sees no obvious reason for concern, but Evan’s unease persists.
• Deputy Captain Gray warns Evan that the project has high-level political and commercial approval. The authorities may be unable—or unwilling—to intervene if something goes wrong: the Byron Group’s money and influence have effectively insulated the program.
• The next day, the announcement reveals that the destination is Innsmouth. The program will select fifty students, many of them poor or working-class, and assign them to collect and study marine materials. Evan recognizes the location as an alarming clue, but also sees a possible opportunity to improve conditions for the students recruited into drug trials.

Character developments

• Evan survives a devastating magical backlash, becomes more cautious about rituals, and commits to investigating independently rather than depending on the Doctor. He remains suspicious of the Byron project but decides to engage with it rather than simply avoid it, hoping to turn its risks to his advantage.
• Lane has regrown the limbs he lost in the Dreamlands and appears to be growing stronger without worsening Side Effects. His memories remain hazy, but he can recall his experiences as a Beyonder and express a broader range of emotions.
• Gray has moved into a more administrative role as deputy captain. He remains loyal to Evan and candidly warns him about the limits imposed on the Special Operations Team.
• Morales views the field program as a valuable career opportunity. Mons and Furim support the project based on its apparent legitimacy and potential benefit to students.

Character interactions

• Golden helps Evan physically reconstruct his body, following his instructions through their Spirituality connection.
• Lane tells Evan about the field-training program, prompting Evan to question its purpose.
• Mons encourages Evan to apply and offers to recommend him through his department.
• Furim reassures Evan that a covert experiment would not need such public exposure, though Evan remains unconvinced.
• Gray explains the political protection surrounding the project, then shares a lighter dinner with Evan—who eats enough to make the supposedly inexpensive meal cost ten dollars.

Significant themes

• Power and institutional complicity: The Byron Group’s wealth has secured approval at every level, leaving little room for oversight. As Evan reflects, people may tolerate danger when they expect to benefit without paying its costs.
• The danger of forbidden knowledge: The appraisal ritual’s violent failure shows that supernatural inquiry can provoke forces far beyond its practitioner’s control.
• Independence and responsibility: Evan’s decision to investigate the seed himself marks a shift toward greater self-reliance.
• Opportunity amid exploitation: The field program may conceal a dangerous agenda, yet it also offers impoverished students education, work, and possibly a way to improve their treatment.