Chapter Summaries

Alger learned that the mission had succeeded despite an Angel's ambush, while Derrick received a message for Mr. Tower from Lovia. Abner's bad luck delayed his advancement, but an invitation to a ball arrived just before the Tarot Club gathered.

• Alger received an order to return, prayed to The Fool, and learned that the mission had succeeded despite an Angel's ambush and that more money was wanted.
• Klein prepared to Teleport away with Strawberry as Abner reminded him of the thirty-thousand-pound donation.
• Derrick headed to redeem merit points and advance to Notary, but Lovia asked him to pass Mr. Tower a question about a promise made 203 years ago.
• Abner struggled to control the rebellious scepter and postponed advancing to Sequence 3 because his bad luck would last a week.
• Hilbert invited Abner to a ball at the House Hall, and the Tarot Club's Monday gathering began.

Audrey returned to Backlund to negotiate about Bicycle Company shares and an Academy Award, while the Tarot Club discussed Roselle’s diary and Bernadette sought information about what Roselle had left in the Great Lighthouse. The chapter ended with Mr. Fool about to answer her question about the structure in the reverse side of Miracle City.

• Audrey decided to return to Backlund for a ball and talks with Viscount Braine about Bicycle Company shares and a film and television award.
• Cattleya gave Klein three pages of Roselle’s diary, which described the madness of becoming an Angel, the role of Anchors, and monsters gathered for a ritual on Primordial Island.
• Klein wondered whether the Gray Fog’s influence and Liu Bo’s abilities were forms of contamination connected to a Sefirah.
• Cattleya asked Mr. Fool what Roselle had left in the Great Lighthouse dragged into the reverse side of Miracle City, and Abner realized she wanted a spoiler about the Dream Labyrinth Tower.

At the Tarot Club, Klein answered the Hermit's question about the Dream Labyrinth Tower with a cryptic clue about Roselle's Miracle, while the members discussed several requests and transactions. Sun delivered Lovia's message to Abner about a promise from 203 years ago, prompting Abner to enter the Land of Unknown to investigate his past.

• Klein told the Tarot Club that Roselle had left behind a Miracle and defined a Miracle as returning from death, leading the members to suspect Roselle had planned a resurrection.
• Cattleya asked Fors to contact the Abraham Family so she could learn more about Mr. Door, offering a contact fee.
• Alger offered Audrey a lead on Hallucinatory Wind Chime Tree fruits and planned to use the Sea Monster for his advancement to Sequence 5.
• Sun told Abner that Elder Lovia had asked, "Do you still remember the promise from 203 years ago?"
• Abner connected the promise to the fall of Morning Star City and entered the Land of Unknown to explore his past imprints.

Abner experienced the Mechanical Emperor’s memories and learned that the True Creator had promised to protect Morning Star City for 203 years, a term that was nearing its end. He passed the promise’s details to his Tarot Club avatar, who told The Sun that the agreement still had a few months to run.

• The Mechanical Emperor recalled his agreement with the True Creator to help open a door in the Giant King’s Court in exchange for permission to move Morning Star City, then promised to help obtain the first Blasphemy Slate for 203 years of protection.
• The Mechanical Emperor foresaw Morning Star City’s fall and prepared contingencies, while suspecting that Ouroboros had caused his death and owed him a Giant Serpent characteristic.
• Abner experienced the Mechanical Emperor’s life and realized that Morning Star City’s looming disaster came as the True Creator’s protection period neared its end.
• Abner considered the God of Luck’s influence over Fate, but could not access the Calamity Seal’s memories through the Eye of Wisdom.
• Abner sent the Mechanical Emperor’s promise to his Tarot Club avatar, and The Tower told The Sun to assure Elder Lovia that the promise had not been forgotten and still had a few months to run.

At the Tarot Gathering, Abner advised Derrick to tell the City of Silver’s Chief about his contact with Lovia, and the group discussed the unexplained truth behind the Bloody Butcher case. After choosing a mystical weapon and delivering Abner’s message, Derrick left Lovia with a mysterious voice; Alger learned how dangerous Gehrman Sparrow’s recent mission had been, and Abner arrived with Xio and Fors at a Hall family villa.

• Abner told Derrick to be open with the City of Silver’s Chief about his promise to Lovia, and Klein and Alger agreed.
• Audrey asked about the Bloody Butcher case, and Abner suggested the ritual had succeeded after the fifth victim was killed.
• Derrick chose the Thunder God’s Roar and delivered Abner’s message to Lovia, who heard a familiar mechanical voice.
• A deacon told Alger that Gehrman Sparrow’s mission involved several Demigods and an Angel, and that Demoness Sect Demigods had seized the Trident.
• Abner arrived with Xio and Fors at the Hall family villa, where a handsome young nobleman approached them.

At Hibbert Hall’s ball, Abner recognized his companion, Miss Nancy, as the Black Saintess from Owen’s memories and alerted the Fool. Xio brought Audrey and Fors to the Ancient Palace, where Fors learned that Xio was Judgment and began to suspect Abner was the Tower.

• Abner arrived at Hibbert Hall’s ball with Xio and Fors, then recognized Miss Nancy as the Black Saintess.
• Audrey returned to Backlund and joined Xio and Fors in a lounge after Abner quietly signaled Xio.
• Abner went to the washroom and reported Miss Nancy’s identity to the Fool.
• Xio summoned Fors and Audrey to the Ancient Palace, where Fors realized Xio was Judgment.
• Fors accused Xio of hiding her identity, and Xio hinted that Abner was the Tower.

Fors realized that Abner was Mr. Tower, while Xio admitted she had enjoyed fooling her. The World revealed that a socialite at Audrey’s ball was likely the Black Saintess of the Demoness Sect, and relayed Abner’s plan to contain the danger.

• Fors connected Abner’s abilities and behavior to Mr. Tower and confronted Xio, who admitted it had been fun to fool her.
• Xio told Audrey that Abner had found a dangerous person in her home and had asked Mr. Fool for help.
• The World appeared and identified the woman as likely the Black Saintess of the Demoness Sect, a Sequence 2 Demoness of Catastrophe.
• The World instructed Audrey to end the ball within half an hour and said he would notify the Church through a reliable channel.
• The World told Xio to inform Princess Vera after the ball and asked Fors to use Lyman’s Travel Notes to bring Abner’s image into reality.

Abner and Fors used Lemano’s Travel Notes and a switch of identities to evade the Black Saintess while Audrey arranged a kitchen fire to end the ball early. The Black Saintess intercepted Abner’s Historical Image in the Mirror World and demanded to know what he was carrying.

• Fors summoned Abner’s Historical Projection from Lemano’s Travel Notes, and Abner disguised himself as Fors so she could hide in the Labyrinth.
• Audrey had Escalante hypnotize the kitchen staff and start a fire, then planned to discover it and help evacuate the guests.
• Abner and Fors exchanged identities in an empty lounge, and Hibbert organized the guests’ evacuation after learning of the fire.
• Abner’s Historical Image left the ball in a hired carriage, but the Black Saintess pulled him into the Mirror World and asked what he was carrying.
• Abner refused the Black Saintess’s request.

Abner and several powerful allies ambushed the Black Saintess Medea, trapping her in a Secrecy-shrouded Mirror World and foiling her attempts to escape. After Medea was forced back into the trap, the Mother of Heaven told Abner he could safely drink the Dominator of Mysteries Potion and advance while near her.

• The Black Saintess tried to use Fascination and Pleasure on Abner, but his Historical Projection vanished when he announced that time was up.
• Leticia Tamara revealed herself as Princess Vera and confronted Medea inside the Mirror World, which had been shrouded in Secrecy.
• Medea used her Mythical Creature Form and Light of Time to escape, but an Ancient Bane's Shriek turned her into a chick and sent her back into the Mirror World.
• Medea used a crown formed from a Conqueror characteristic to break through the Secrecy and reach the outskirts of Backlund, where Abner and the Mother of Heaven were waiting.
• The Mother of Heaven made the crown disappear and used the Snake of Fate's Restart to reverse Medea's actions, returning her to the Mirror World.
• The Mother of Heaven told Abner to drink the Dominator of Mysteries Potion and advance while his luck could return to normal beside her.

With the Evernight Goddess’s vessel nearby to protect the area, Abner prepared and consumed the Dominator of Mysteries Potion. He successfully advanced to Sequence 3 of the Reader Pathway.

• Abner considered why the Black Saintess had arrived in the Mirror World and noted the Angels gathered there to oppose her.
• Abner assembled the main and supplementary ingredients for the Potion of the Reader Pathway.
• After the Mother of Heaven nodded, Abner entered his Incomplete Mythical Form and consumed the Potion.
• Abner endured a flood of dangerous knowledge, using his studies of Mythical Creature Forms to sort and understand it.
• Abner completed his advancement and became a Sequence 3 Dominator of Mysteries.

Abner awakened the Unknown briefly, then fell asleep as people across the world sensed the event and considered what it meant. While he slept, Alger advanced to Sequence 5 and Edwina advanced to Sequence 4; Abner woke on Friday to find Xio and Fors beside him.

• Abner looked into the Land of Unknown, sensed an Unknown figure connected to his fate, and fell asleep after it soothed him.
• Flora Jacob, Lilith, Princess Vera, Tolzna, Yalolan, and Hosenam sensed the Unknown's awakening, while a shadow on Primordial Island remarked that its own power had weakened.
• Alger summoned Reinette Tinekerr, obtained the Obninsk Sea Monster, and advanced to Sequence 5 Ocean Songster, but his singing made the monster spit him out.
• Edwina Edwards displayed her discoveries, published an archaeological paper, and advanced to Sequence 4 Prophet, declaring herself the Iceberg Queen.
• Abner woke on Friday morning and found Xio and Fors beside his bed.

After waking from four days unconscious, Abner reunited with Xio and Fors and reflected on how his advancement had affected him. He examined the Dominator of Mysteries’ abilities and Acting, then considered the tasks and powers ahead of him.

• Xio and Fors told Abner he had been unconscious for nearly four days, and Fors brought him porridge while Xio urged him to be more cautious.
• Abner learned that Fors had found him unconscious after leaving Alvin's Quiz Maze, and he realized his clothes had been destroyed during his transformation.
• Xio left for MI9, and Fors went to meet Dorian at the Backlund steam train station, leaving Abner alone to examine his advancement.
• Abner reasoned that the Dominator of Mysteries’ Acting involved discerning the composition, fate, and connections of all things, and he considered how these directions related to Wisdom.
• Abner found that Insight had absorbed and improved several abilities, while Simulation could create Sequence 4 Beyonder Characteristics within his White Tower and let him use the corresponding Demigod abilities.
• Abner concluded that his Insight also let him find leverage points and solve difficult problems at little cost.

Abner studied the Dominator of Mysteries’ Event Lever, White Tower, and Pure White Eye abilities, learning how they could manipulate fate, gather Readers, and glimpse Authority. He ended by preparing to explore the Seals in the Land of Unknown left by Derrick and Alvin.

• Abner compared the Dominator of Mysteries’ Event Lever with an Author’s ability and considered forming a Reader organization through his White Tower.
• Abner opened the Pure White Eye but found the illusory sun still blocking his view of the Unknown figure.
• Abner discovered that the illusory All-Seeing Eye used its own power to grant him early experience of later Sequence abilities.
• Abner realized the Pure White Eye let him begin understanding Authority and use past-life experience to grasp some Sequence 3 abilities.
• Abner split off an Eye of Wisdom and prepared to explore the Seals in the Land of Unknown left by Derrick and Alvin.

Fanny Sari stopped a planned massacre in Toulon, while Ialdabaoth and Bornova Gustav discussed the hidden plan behind the incident. In Backlund, Fors showed Dorian Gray Lewis Wien’s corpse and revealed Abner Braine’s prophecy that Alvin would soon become an Angel and restore the Abraham Family.

• A Nois Family officer prepared to massacre the cavalrymen and civilians in Toulon, but Fanny Sari arrived, killed him, exposed the planned Sacrifice, and secured a reconciliation between the cavalry brigade and the guards.
• A Mechanical Doll called Shanghai reported that the enemies had been eliminated, while Penglai and Goliya confirmed their missions were complete.
• Bornova Gustav questioned Ialdabaoth, who said he also intended to curry favor with a powerful existence; Bornova recognized the incident as a successful Bribery.
• Fors unsealed Lewis Wien’s corpse for Dorian Gray, who asked how she had arranged his death.
• Fors told Dorian that Abner Braine was a true Prophet and had predicted Alvin would soon ascend to Angelhood and restore the Abraham Family’s glory.

Fors told Dorian that Alvin Abraham might return and ascend to the Angel rank, prompting Dorian to arrange a meeting with Abner and give Fors a defensive talisman and property deeds. Meanwhile, Abner recovered Danitz Tynicole’s memories and went to Konwa Town, where he understood the purpose of Baron Konwa’s experiment.

• Fors told Dorian that Viscount Abner Brain had said Alvin Abraham was returning and might become an Angel, and Dorian asked her to arrange a meeting for next Monday night.
• Dorian gave Fors the Heart Prison talisman as compensation for helping kill Lewis Wien and handed her deeds to two Backlund properties worth about six thousand five hundred pounds.
• Fors told Dorian about Madam Hermit’s request to meet, and Dorian decided to delay the meeting until the Abraham Family knew whether Alvin had returned.
• Abner awakened from Danitz Tynicole’s memories after Eye of Wisdom was contaminated by Unknown, then appeared above Konwa Town and understood the purpose of Baron Konwa’s experiment.

Abner entered the ruins of Baron Konwa’s castle, captured the two Konwas, and uncovered the experiment that had linked Konwa to the Chaos Sea. He reached the altar holding Konwa’s true body and explained how the experiment had used him to simulate a great existence and Abner’s past lives.

• Abner broke Mr. Azik’s seal on Baron Konwa’s castle and entered the ruins.
• Abner studied the arguing Baron Konwa and his reborn counterpart, then sealed both inside his sleeve.
• Abner found that Roselle had taken the Bronze Door and other objects from the castle beneath Dreller Forest.
• Abner descended into the pit, cleared away its monsters, and found Baron Konwa’s armored body inside a bronze coffin.
• Abner explained that Danitz and the Traitor Dragon had connected Konwa to the Chaos Sea to simulate the Land of Unknown, its sleeping entity, and Abner’s past lives.

Abner recalled Derrick’s life after his Transmigration, from his escape from the Southern Continent to his studies in Lenburg and his experiments with the God of Knowledge. He realized that important memories were missing, possibly erased to keep the Mother Tree of Desire from sensing his plans, and the chapter ended with no explanation of the Oath-Breaking War.

• In 428, Liu Bo awoke as Derrick, was saved by Reinette Tinekerr, and she recognized that he was not Danitz or the God.
• In 429, Derrick discovered the Chained God's revived consciousness and gradually befriended it after it severed its connection to its main body.
• After Reinette prepared to advance to Sequence 2, Derrick fled the Indulgence Faction and found protection with Sia Palenque Eggers in the remnants of the Balam Empire.
• Derrick found Alvin’s Ghost Ship, named it the Flying Highlander, reached the North Continent, and later settled in Lenburg under the name Daniel.
• Derrick cooperated with the God of Knowledge, began teaching at the University of Lenburg, and later investigated the Chaos Sea with the God’s descent vessel.
• Abner realized his memories were incomplete and suspected he had erased them to hide plans involving the Mother Tree of Desire and Tolzna.

Abner used Baron Kangwa’s divided selves to complete an experiment that tested whether three Sefirah-level contaminations could be balanced. The original Kangwa fell into a calm sleep while a young offshoot resumed life with little trace of the Chaos Sea, leaving Abner to wonder whether this outcome was the price attached to his own gift.

• Abner released the human and ghostly Baron Konwas, overcame their escape attempt, and hypnotized them into reciting Honorific Names for the Fool and the Pure White Eye.
• With Klein’s Paper Angel and the Gray Fog, Abner freed the younger Kangwa from hypnosis and drew on the Unknown to contaminate the older Kangwa.
• Abner resumed the hexagram ritual, sending both Kangwas into Kangwa’s original body and causing the Hand of Wisdom to vanish from its seal.
• Abner concluded that the experiment combined contamination from the Chaos Sea, Sefirah Castle, and the Unknown to simulate his condition and test whether Kangwa could balance the powers.
• Kangwa balanced the three contaminations and fell into a calm sleep, while a young Baron Konwa awoke in the ruined castle with almost no Chaos Sea aura.
• Abner wondered whether Kangwa’s outcome was the best possible result and whether it was the price marked on the gift he had received.

Abner reflected on his identity and resolved to resist the Unknown, then captured Baron Konwa’s avatar and put him to work in Beldan City. At St. Samuel Cathedral, he reunited with Klein, warned him that his Spirit Body Threads vision had nearly triggered an internal guard’s Loss of Control, and suggested Bernadette help Klein prepare for the Goddess’s test; the chapter ended with Abner revealing a strange, bloodstained crown.

• Abner decided that even if the Unknown was his original self, he would resist becoming part of it to protect his friends, and he resealed the ancient castle in Dreller Forest.
• Abner captured Baron Konwa’s newborn avatar again, secured a ten-year work contract, and took him to Beldan City for the construction effort.
• Klein went to St. Samuel Cathedral, observed an internal guard’s Spirit Body Threads, and nearly triggered the guard’s Loss of Control.
• Abner met Klein at the cathedral and warned that the guard and the Sealing Core might have attacked him if Abner had arrived later.
• Klein told Abner that the first ten thousand pounds of his sponsorship would fund a Church of Evernight cathedral in Beldan City, and Abner recommended that Bernadette help him imitate an internal guard.
• Abner assured Klein that the Dream Labyrinth Tower would soon return to normal, then opened a box to reveal a rusted, bloodstained crown wrapped in darkness.

Abner showed Klein the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact 0-33 and discussed the Loen Royal Family’s ties to the Demoness Sect, then visited Tolzna to ask about his missing memories. Tolzna thanked him for rescuing her from the Mother Tree of Desire, and Abner affirmed their friendship.

• Abner told Klein that the crown was Sealed Artifact 0-33, which had passed from the Loen Royal Family to the Black Saintess, and said Klein would learn more after becoming a Demigod.
• Abner noticed Leonard and Pallez watching him, then left for the Spirit World; Leonard decided to question Dwayne Dantès in a dream.
• Pallez told Leonard that he had sensed an ancient aura on Dwayne Dantès and suspected Dwayne was actually Dunn Smith.
• Abner visited Sheriff Fasin’s home and asked Tolzna who had erased part of his memories, but she said she could not know because her consciousness had shared the tampering.
• Tolzna thanked Abner for keeping his promise and rescuing her from the Mother Tree of Desire, and Abner told her they were friends.