Chapter Summaries

Ash gained a permanent upgrade that made all his Sword Art Spell Spirits Two-Winged, then began recording memories in the Legendary Library. Meanwhile, a red-haired woman named Sonia discovered she could read her own newly recorded memories and prepared to give Sonia a gift.

• Ash read a book about a genius Spellcaster who modified Knowledge Creatures and learned the miracle Refine Sword into Wings.
• The Legendary Library permanently advanced Ash's Thrusting Sword, Cutting Sword, and Heart Sword Spell Spirits to Two-Winged.
• Ash celebrated Heart Sword's advancement and looked forward to surprising Sword Maiden with his stronger attacks.
• Ash began recording memories of his prison break in a new book on the Bookshelf.
• A red-haired woman recorded memories in the Legendary Library, realized she could read them immediately, and opened the book as a gift for Sonia.

Leonie defeated Trajectory University's Sub-Chief, Skoll, in the Sub-Chief Battle by using Silence Rhythm, revealing that she had advanced beyond Silver Rank. Sword Flower University took the match and entered the Chief Battle with its hopes restored.

• Sword Flower University’s competitors worried as Leonie lost ground to Skoll, leaving the team on the verge of an overall defeat.
• Skoll and Leonie exchanged remarks about her role as Sub-Chief and her junior Sonia before Skoll activated One-Arm Domain.
• Leonie used Silence Rhythm to deafen and disorient Skoll, then struck him down and won the match.
• Skoll recognized Silence Rhythm as an Upper Gold Miracle and asked whether Leonie was a Two-Winged Sorcerer.
• Leonie confirmed her advancement, saying she had stopped being a Silver Arcanist days ago.

After Leonie’s victory tied the friendly match, Sonia faced Tida Argent in the decisive Chief Battle. Just as the fight was about to begin, a page-turning sound transported Sonia to a strange plain, where she encountered a seductive woman and heard herself say, “Bewitching Demon, lead the way.”

• Leonie congratulated Sonia on her advancement to the Chief Battle and urged her to disappoint the people who doubted her.
• Sonia took the stage to face Tida Argent, Trajectory’s Chief and an alchemist known for her giant bear.
• Tida transformed her Bear Doll into a five-meter-tall black bear after Sonia pointed out her real age.
• As Sonia and Tida prepared to fight, a page-turning sound transported Sonia from the auditorium to a strange plain.
• Sonia saw a seductive woman with pink fur around her forearms and heard herself tell the Bewitching Demon to lead the way.

Sonia followed Bewitching Demon through a memory of the Everlasting World Abyss, where Bewitching Demon stole the Shadow Evil Dragon’s eye. As the awakened dragon roared, Bewitching Demon told Sonia it was time to fulfill her duty and said goodbye.

• Sonia realized the Watcher had pulled her into a memory while she was supposed to fight Tida in the Chief Battle.
• Bewitching Demon concealed herself and Sonia as they crossed the Shadow Evil Dragon’s monster-filled Everlasting World Country.
• Bewitching Demon reached the palace and found the Shadow Evil Dragon asleep beneath a covering of Purple Nether Flowers.
• Bewitching Demon exposed the dragon’s forehead pupil, poured strange liquids into it, and tore out its eye.
• The Shadow Evil Dragon awakened and roared, and Bewitching Demon stored its eye before telling Sonia to fulfill her duty.

Sonia relived a battle as the Sword Demon, then used the experience to summon the Two-Winged Spell Spirit Sword Shadow and defeat Tida’s Alchemy Giant Bear with one Miracle. Her victory made her a Two-Winged Sorcerer and the newly declared Sword Flower Chief.

• The Bewitching Demon vanished after provoking Sonia, and Sonia cut the Shadow Evil Dragon into pieces in the memory before returning to the auditorium.
• Tida unleashed Blood-Drinking Berserk on her Alchemy Giant Bear, while Sonia tried to recreate the Sword Demon’s technique.
• Sonia summoned the Two-Winged Spell Spirit Sword Shadow during the battle and used Blood Flower Water Moon to destroy the giant bear.
• Tida withdrew from the stage and vowed to face Sonia again at the League.
• Professor Tello Zan and the students reacted to Sonia’s new Spell Spirit, and the host declared Sonia Servia the winner.

Diya realized that the Legendary Library’s guide had lied about a fourth floor, and she regretted missing the encounters on the lower floors. Back home, she challenged Ash to Artificer Kart to vent her frustration while the others dealt with a broken controller and Igula’s luggage.

• Diya crossed the third floor’s dangerous book domains, ignored a peaceful fairy-tale book, and climbed the stairs believing the fourth floor held better books.
• Diya reached the roof and discovered she could not return, then understood that the Library guide had deceived her about there being four floors.
• Diya regretted missing the lower-floor encounters and grew more embarrassed when the Watcher laughed during their later Void Realm Exploration.
• Diya sought Ash out and challenged him to Artificer Kart because she was in a bad mood, and Ash agreed to play.
• Annan and Igula arrived to find Bange repairing a controller that Liss said she had broken, and Igula tried to make Liss demonstrate her carelessness on Ash.
• Igula took his luggage to his Dormitory, and Ash and Harvey speculated about what it contained.

Igula told Ash about a supposed heist with Annan, then revealed that his dramatic story had been invented to make a Mind Mask seem like a special gift. After Ash left with the mask, Igula saw a warning in the bathroom mirror telling him not to let anyone know he was happy.

• Igula claimed that he and Annan had robbed Earl Russell's manor and gave Ash a Mind Mask as his share.
• Ash discovered Igula's luggage was full of identical masks and realized the story and special-gift act were a scheme to win people's favor.
• Igula explained that he planned to invent a customized story for each recipient and asked Ash not to reveal that everyone would get a mask.
• Ash left with the mask, thanked Igula, and Igula jokingly told him to record the gift in his Diary and repay him.
• After his bath, Igula Resonated with Revelation and saw the message, "Don't let anyone know you're happy," in the mirror.

Ingrid learned how to handle invitations from nobles and explained why she would accept an approach from the Royal Family. The Dormitory celebrated Sonia’s victory, and her rise began inspiring Lois and the other students, while Sonia spent the day engrossed in the Veil.

• Adele threw away a Viscount Young Master’s invitation to Sonia and explained how invitation stars reflected the sender’s rank.
• Ingrid said she would consider Royal Family invitations because she hoped to join the Star Country Artificer System and would serve the country’s rulers rather than other nobles.
• Lois explained that nobles sent invitations through Sonia’s roommates to avoid public embarrassment if Sonia refused, then complained of a hangover from the Dormitory celebration.
• The chapter recounted how Sonia’s victory brought the Dormitory together and inspired Lois to give up social activities and study the Water Art Faction.
• Ingrid discovered Sonia had spent the day playing on the Veil, prompting Adele to tease her about her own Veil addiction.

Sonia brushed off malicious School Forum posts and celebrated her Chief Battle victory with her friends before entering the Void Realm to tell the Watcher about her achievements. The Watcher was absent, and Diya revealed that she had run him over and killed him during their previous exploration.

• Sonia and Adele found anonymous School Forum accounts spreading rumors about Sonia, but Sonia gleefully fought back in the comments.
• Sonia joked with Lois, Adele, and Ingrid, then joined them for dinner after winning the Chief Battle.
• Sonia entered the Void Realm with her new Two-Winged Art Spirit, Sword Shadow, eager to tell the Watcher what she had accomplished.
• Sonia and Diya found the Watcher's note saying he was busy and had left them the car to drive.
• Diya confessed that their previous exploration had not gone smoothly because she had run over and killed the Watcher as soon as he entered the Void Realm.

Ash accompanied Annan to Fourth High, where she explained Gospel Country’s lifelong education, labor, and marriage systems before assigning him to remove an Orc Arcanist from an Education Pod. Ash tried to intimidate the man, but their exchange ended with Ash patting him on the head and asking why he was not wearing a hat.

• Ash checked the Void Realm team’s status and learned that skipping too many explorations could lower Operators’ favorability and Bonds.
• Ash rode with Annan to Fourth High, expecting a criminal stronghold but finding a facility filled with Virtual Education Pods.
• Annan explained that Gospel Country linked basic education, employment, and marriage to lifelong Contracts and Gospel data analysis.
• Annan revealed that her target was an Orc Production Artificer in Education Pod No. 15 and told Ash to drag him out and beat him up.
• Ash strengthened himself with Bull Hide, disguised himself with Igula’s mask, and pressed the pod’s emergency call button.
• The Orc misunderstood Ash’s insult as an offer to become his mother’s companion, and Ash ended by patting his head and asking why he was not wearing a hat.

Annan treated Ash’s injuries after he completed her mission by fighting an Orc, though Ash had deliberately avoided using his full spellcaster power to minimize harm. She praised his unusual morality and hinted at his potential, while Ash realized the fight had been the real purpose of bringing him out; Annan left that question unanswered.

• Annan described the Ecstasy Dreamland and asked Ash why he had fought the Orc without using his full spellcaster abilities.
• Ash explained that he had wanted to avoid humiliating the Orc and had completed the mission in the least harmful way he could.
• Annan helped Ash to a Floating Car and said she believed his Ecstasy Dreamland would lead either to Heaven or to an unimaginable Hell.
• Annan treated Ash’s bruises while he rested on her lap and told him the mission was over.
• Ash asked why Annan had wanted him to drive the Orc away, but Annan pulled him back down and did not answer.

Annan showed Ash how the Gospel’s carefully matched marriages concealed betrayal and mutual harm, presenting the system as a web of lies that kept society orderly. When the Orc Arcanist caught his wife with another man, the Red Hats arrived, and the chapter ended as the confrontation threatened to shatter his life.

• Annan showed Ash drone footage of an Orc Arcanist beating a Blond Man after discovering him with his elf wife, and explained how Biological Adjustment had made cross-racial reproduction commonplace.
• Annan explained that the Gospel matched the couple for mutual benefit and that the elf used anti-reconnaissance and Gospel guidance to hide her affair; the Orc Arcanist also secretly harmed his subordinates to protect his career.
• Annan described Lifelong Education, Labor, and Marriage as a system in which people harmed one another while the Gospel hid the damage to preserve social order.
• Ash urged Annan to save the Orc Arcanist, but she said he was unlikely to kill anyone unless he was made to lose face.
• The Red Hats broadcast a warning to the Orc Arcanist in Room 3506, and the chapter ended as the enraged man continued his attack.

Annan showed Ash how Gospel’s web of lies could turn people’s desires against one another, leading Ash to resolve to obtain God Lord’s Wish so he could avoid being changed by the system. Ash agreed to cooperate with Annan, then reminded her that she had promised to fund his game purchases.

• Annan explained that she had exposed a target’s vulnerabilities and used a Proxy to carry out an ordinary assassination, while lifting Gospel’s Veil revealed the collision of their desires.
• Purple Moth described how Gospel’s system reduced social conflict and maintained productivity and public happiness, while Annan asked Ash whether he hated or wanted to use it.
• Ash compared Blood Moon Country’s exploitation of citizens with Gospel Country’s concealment and control of social contradictions, and decided to obtain God Lord’s Wish for himself.
• Annan welcomed Ash’s decision to join her plan, and they agreed to cooperate despite their ulterior motives.
• Ash asked Annan to invest in his game as promised, and she offered 10,000 Copper Coins, which he said would not cover all the purchases he wanted.

Ash discussed character creation with Igula and Harvey, then reviewed Sword Maiden and Black White Witch’s training reports and planned Sword Maiden’s day off. The chapter ended with Igula, Lise, and Annan confronting Ash with a vial, a mace, and handcuffs, so he sent his Substitute to face them instead.

• Ash told Igula and Harvey that memorable characters combined sex appeal with usefulness, prompting Harvey to rush off to create something.
• Ash recalled that Igula and Harvey had been exploring the Void Realm for six hours each night using their own methods to overcome its hardships.
• Ash checked Sword Maiden’s report and saw that she had advanced her Sword Art to Gold, completed her career task, and earned a new Clan-Slaying Gold Artificer career.
• Ash saw Black White Witch had received only a B evaluation despite advancing her Spell Power to Gold Two-Feather, then decided Sword Maiden would have Rose Day on May 11.
• Igula offered Ash a vial of pink medicine, Lise raised a bloodstained mace, and Annan showed him handcuffs, so Ash summoned his Substitute and told them to take out their grievances on it.

Ash and his companions chose Fate Followers in hopes of influencing the Gospel’s Weaving Festival rewards, then arranged to delay their Void Realm Exploration so they could watch the first Future List at midnight. Sonia learned that her promised day off would come at the cost of ninety extra minutes of training and a delayed exploration, leaving her doubtful that it counted as a break.

• Annan explained the Seven Days of Knowing Fate custom, and Ash, Liss, Igula, and Harvey selected items as their Fate Followers.
• Ash chose his Dark Red Windbreaker and mask, blessing them with wishes for protection and mystery.
• Annan said the first Future List might appear at any time that day and asked everyone to stay up until midnight to read it.
• Ash used the Gospel’s game page to propose delaying Void Realm Exploration by ninety minutes, and Liss negotiated the same change with Diya.
• Sonia read Watcher’s letter promising her a day off while extending her training and delaying Void Realm Exploration by ninety minutes, and she questioned whether it was really a day off.

As the Funeral Agency waited for the Gospel’s first answer sheet on the eve of the Weaving Festival, Annan explained how the Festival affected prophecies and revealed the anonymous Unfated List. The group debated the fate of its forgotten young entrants, and the chapter ended with Harvey arguing that Miracle Power should exalt life rather than destroy the weak.

• Ash noticed the distant City Announcement Light Screen, and Annan and Bange explained its Focus Miracle and history.
• Igula and Harvey said their warnings had prompted them to dress formally, while Annan explained the unusual prophecies surrounding the Weaving Festival.
• Annan told the group that the Gospel had an anonymous Unfated List for people society had forgotten, mostly minors under seventeen.
• Bange and Annan explained that most entrants disappeared from Gospel Country, prompting the group to question whether the Gospel was pushing them toward death.
• Igula condemned a god deciding the Unfated’s fates, Ash argued that they might still hope for better lives, and Harvey said Miracle Power should exalt life.

As the Weaving Festival began in Gospel Country, Serena tried and failed once more to convert Freya, whose clear hopes and mental resilience resisted the Doll Girl’s influence. Serena watched the Festival’s start through her Miracle Microchip and anticipated Ash Hiss’s journey beginning.

• Annan and Bange waited as the first Weaving Festival ranking approached, and a glowing Bookmark appeared from everyone’s Gospel when the countdown ended.
• Serena tried to persuade Freya to embrace the Four Pillar Gods, but Freya rejected the promise of peace of mind and left the ward.
• Serena reflected that Freya and Siffrin were unusually mentally healthy and that Blood Saints’ dispersed souls made them resistant to Mental Charm.
• Serena considered the contrast between preaching in Blood Moon Country and Gospel Country, and thought poorly of Ash’s failure to establish the Four Pillar Gods’ Church.
• Serena checked the time on her Miracle Microchip and realized the Weaving Festival had begun in Ash Hiss’s country, marking the start of his Eternal Journey.

The first Future List revealed its Artistic Ranking, showing works that hinted at a coming catastrophe for Gospel Country. The chapter left Annan and Bange troubled by what the future might hold as the ranking continued.

• The six people watched the Gospel unveil the Artistic Ranking in video form, and Liss said she liked drawing.
• The ranking revealed Lan Beisi Dongbei’s manga From the Old Era, which depicted a transition from the Gospel Era to a Wasteland Era and earned rewards for its creator and work.
• Annan and Igula realized the manga’s royalties would come from Slaughter List members because Gospel Country might no longer have a National Treasury—or might not exist.
• The video showed Mantuosi Qienuo’s Guardian Monument, depicting a Goblin Spellcaster sacrificing his life to shield a city from darkness.
• Annan identified the Obelisk as a landmark in He Maira, and the group concluded that the two artworks foreshadowed a major disaster for Gospel Country.

The Artistic Ranking revealed increasingly desperate works created during a catastrophe that devastated Gospel Country, then named Ash Hiss as its top-ranked subject in a portrait painted by Annan Dolan. The chapter left Ash and the others confronting an ominous image of Ash seated amid a ruined world.

• Mantuosi Qienuo received the Honor Badge of Hemera, and the obelisk received the Watcher reward.
• The Artistic Ranking revealed works whose creators sacrificed themselves to draw on the Void Realm, alarming Annan and Bange about the future disaster.
• Igula challenged Annan over whether she intended to use God Lord's Wish to save the world, while Ash recognized the danger of cooperating with an idealist.
• The ranking's first-place image showed a future Annan painting in a ruined city before declaring, "It's over!"
• The Gospel identified the portrait's subject as Ash Hiss and its creator as Annan Dolan.

Annan and Ash received powerful Artistic Ranking rewards, but Annan recognized that Ash’s appearance on the list had exposed their outsider-related scheme. As the Funeral Agency tried to flee, Maynard Keynes and Liman Sir attacked and demanded a partnership with Annan’s Agency.

• The Gospel granted Annan the Calamity Eye and Liberation Tongue, and gave Ash the Fiend Windbreaker and Twisted Mask.
• Annan used her Calamity Eye to inspect the group, then ordered everyone to pack and leave after explaining that Ash’s ranking exposed him as an outsider and implicated her.
• Bange reported that the floating car had lost contact, and armed drones and exploding mechanical spiders attacked the Funeral Agency.
• Annan saved Ash from a mechanical spider with her submachine gun, and identified the attackers’ device specialist as Azula.
• Maynard Keynes and Liman Sir introduced themselves as members of the Good Home Reunion Agency and demanded a partnership, showing Annan photographs of Ash, Igula, Harvey, and Liss.