Chapter Summaries

Annan explained that the Mermaid Stinkweed Farm turned Van Mula People whose bodies had failed from prolonged exposure to Mermaid Mist into plants, letting them remain in their personal Dream Realms while producing more mist. She led the group into a passage connecting Abysses, where time and space were compressed, and said they would emerge in another city.

• Harvey identified the Mermaid Stinkweed Farm as the work of a powerful Necromancer and condemned its creator’s methods.
• Annan explained that the Family Reincarnation Dreamscape could only delay the rising threshold caused by Mermaid Mist, and that Van Mula People’s bodies eventually broke down irreversibly.
• Annan revealed that the Gospel guided elderly Van Mula People to the farm, where a Miracle transformed them into Mermaid Stinkweed modeled on their deepest desires.
• Ash, Liss, Igula, and Harvey reacted to the farm as Annan led them into a natural passage at its edge.
• Igula discovered that time passed far faster inside the passage, and Annan explained that it connected Van Mula’s Abyss to another city’s Abyss.

Ash and his companions learned how the Mermaid Stinkweed Farm stabilized an Abyss and used its White Mist to suppress monsters, then left Van Mula and underwent Demon Extraction Surgery. At midnight on May 20, their Gospels updated with the second ranking, titled Family Ranking.

• Annan explained that Mermaid Stinkweed could keep Abyss terrain stable and that its mist pacified and overwhelmed monsters.
• The group traveled through an Abyss Passage, and Harvey joked about hibernation as a way to reach the future.
• Bange led everyone to an underground ruin, where they removed their protective suits and began Demon Extraction Surgery.
• Ash teased Liss with the filthy speckles drawn from his body, then was knocked down by Igula when he approached the blanket hiding him.
• Everyone's Gospels produced new Bookmarks after midnight, and the group opened the second ranking: Family Ranking.

The Six Medallions Clan Leaders subdued the Red Hats while Qinna explained that she was protecting Ash to bind him and his companions to Senheiser, hoping the family would survive the prophesied Doomsday. When the Weaving Festival updated, Senheiser appeared at No. 10 on the Family Ranking.

• Light gave up fighting and handcuffed himself to Cleo Si, claiming he had been captured by her.
• Qinna explained that Annan planned to use Senheiser’s Family Reincarnation Dreamscape to help Ash and his companions influence Gospel’s judgment and join the family.
• Qinna said Ash was Annan’s fiancé and would appear on Senheiser’s family register, prompting the other clan leaders to support her plan.
• Light suggested killing Ash to prevent the future calamity, but the clan leaders argued that the Weaving Festival’s foretold future could not be changed.
• The Weaving Festival updated, and the Family Ranking listed Mist Spirit Clan · Senheiser at No. 10.

The Family Ranking revealed that Senheiser would become the undead Mist Spirit Clan after Van Mula was transformed into a paradise of flowers and grass. A future image showed Qinna and Nona serving Ash as his commanders, prompting the furious Qinna to fly off and find him.

• The Family Ranking named Senheiser the tenth-ranked Mist Spirit Clan and described how its members could capture intruders, heal through mist, and transform living beings through dreams.
• The Six Medallions Clan Leaders inferred that they had turned Van Mula’s doomed population into Mermaid Stinkweed to spare them suffering, while Senheiser had survived by becoming Mist Spirits.
• Qinna received the Mist Spirit Ring, which let its wearer switch between living and Mist Spirit forms and command Van Mula’s white mist.
• A future image showed Ash appointing Qinna and Nona as Mist Spirit Legion commanders and having them swear to follow him as he prepared to make Senheiser his vanguard against Eternity.
• Qinna tried to remove the ring, then transformed into a Mist Spirit and flew out to find Ash, determined to confront him over the future scene.

Aina Aldo realized the Gospel’s rankings revealed Annan’s ability to predict the future and initially ordered her Agency to withdraw. After the Gospel named the Aldo Family as a Machine Spirit Clan and transformed Aina into Machine Spirit No.001, she changed her mind and headed to join the mission.

• Aina Aldo concluded that Annan had predicted the Gospel’s lists and worried that rival organizations would seek her, so she ordered her subordinates to retreat.
• The Gospel ranked the Aldo Family ninth, describing its Machine Spirits and naming Aina Aldo as their Family Head.
• Aina received the Liquid Metal Microchip, which let her switch between human and Machine Spirit forms while retaining her spellcaster abilities.
• Aina heard that her subordinates had not captured Annan, Ash, and the others, then canceled the withdrawal and set out to join the mission herself.

The Gospel’s family ranking excluded Funeral Affairs while repeatedly showing Ash in its reward images, prompting Annan to confront him over the images of Qinna and Nona calling him Master. Harvey began explaining that Ash’s earlier remarks about Annan and her mother may have inspired the Gospel’s projections, but the chapter ended before he finished.

• Igula expected Funeral Affairs to fail the Love and Family ranking because its members were unqualified or poor candidates.
• The Gospel announced the family rankings, and Ash appeared in the reward images for every family despite earning no rank.
• Liss said she wanted the powerful-looking version of Ash in the images, and Ash joked that he wanted to be that dad too.
• Annan grabbed Ash in a chokehold and accused him of having private contact with Qinna, while Liss helped restrain him and questioned him about finding stepmothers.
• Harvey said he understood why the Gospel had portrayed Qinna and Nona calling Ash Master, then began recalling Ash’s comments about Annan and her mother.

Ash and his companions debated why the Family Ranking linked him to powerful families, while Harvey explained his respect for the boundary between life and death. The ranking named Harvey head of a clan made by fusing tortured living beings, leaving him to blame Gospel for falsely accusing him.

• Annan warned that the Family Ranking had tied Ash to influential families and could make them targets, while Ash insisted the ranking described his future self.
• Bange brought up the suspicious man in the image records, and the group suspected Harvey of creating the necromantic clan.
• Harvey denied turning living people into necromancy and explained that he respected life, though he considered corpses suitable materials for Necromancers.
• The Family Ranking named the Blood Moon Corpse King Clan as its top family and identified Archibald Harvey as its head, describing its members as fused from living beings and tortured souls.
• Harvey stepped away from Ash and blamed Gospel for falsely accusing him.

The Gospel revealed that Harvey’s Blood Moon Corpse King traits could give him legendary combat strength, then showed future footage of two people discovering Beldet’s True Tomb and discussing an Angel’s Inheritance. Annan explained that Angels were Five-Winged Demigod Arcanists, leaving Ash and the others wondering whether they could find the inheritance themselves.

• Bange handed out Emergency Biscuits as everyone read the Blood Moon Corpse King’s five powerful traits and concluded Harvey was about to rise from the dead.
• The Gospel showed footage of two people exploring Beldet’s True Tomb and discussing his Angel’s Inheritance and the Beldet Family.
• Annan explained that Angels were Demigod Arcanists who had condensed a fifth wing and stood above Legendary Arcanists.
• Ash, Igula, Harvey, and Annan realized the footage might reveal a treasure they could try to find before the events shown occurred.

The image showed Harvey resisting Beldet’s supposed inheritance, capturing the Evil Soul Angel and claiming a Divine Spirit before declaring his plan to burn Gospel Country. After Ash explained what a Divine Spirit was, the group realized the Gospel’s coming reward announcement for Harvey might offer something extraordinary.

• Beldet’s Malice Souls attacked Harvey, but Harvey revealed he had turned himself into a Corpse Cage and trapped Beldet instead.
• Harvey claimed Beldet’s Evil Soul Path and sole remaining Divine Spirit, then told Ash he would lead a group of Necromancy who struggled to survive.
• Ash and the others learned from the Gospel that a Divine Spirit was an intelligent Spell Spirit with five wings.
• Ash joked to Liss about preparing for prison, while Igula quietly watched Harvey’s image with sorrow.
• Bange and Igula noted that Harvey’s reward had not yet appeared on the Future List, prompting the group to await the Gospel’s announcement.

Ifrin watched the Gospel award Archibald Harvey the Ghost King Shackles rather than a Divine Spirit, easing fears while leaving the great families tempted to pursue him. After learning that six people had appeared in Abyss Zone 3 through an Abyss Passage, she recognized their likely origin and ordered Bluebeard to seal off the Abyss.

• Ifrin considered how a Divine Spirit in Harvey's hands could overturn Gospel Country and watched for the Future List's reward.
• The Gospel awarded Harvey the Ghost King Shackles, which let him unlock ten Necromancy troop types in sequence, starting with Mist Spirit.
• Ifrin reasoned that the reward would reassure the country for now but leave the families weighing whether to capture Harvey for his Angel Inheritance.
• Bluebeard headquarters told Ifrin that six people had appeared in Abyss Zone 3 without a visible route, apparently through an Abyss Passage.
• Ifrin connected their arrival to Van Mula and ordered Bluebeard to suppress the news, block Red Hats' information channels, and seal off the Abyss.

The Funeral party left the Abyss Passage while Harvey explained why his devotion to Necromancy meant he would not betray its principles, even if the Weaving Festival predicted he would become a powerful villain. Ash suspected Igula had been absent from the rankings because he would leave them, and Igula admitted he had been worried before threatening to use Ash’s Wish if he faced death.

• Harvey tested his new shackles by turning into a Mist Spirit and discussed transforming Alice’s coffin into mist.
• Harvey explained that Necromancers honored the traces of life in corpses and said he would abandon Necromancy rather than change his beliefs.
• Ash and the others speculated that a future atrocity might force Harvey to create a Necromantic Family, while Liss shared her unusual solution to a trolley problem.
• Ash noticed Igula walking silently and guessed that he would leave the group to explore ruins or join a wealthy woman.
• Igula admitted he had been slightly worried about his absence from the rankings, then reminded Ash that their Contract gave him a Wish he could use to save himself.
• Igula joked that he had planted a Suggestion to make Ash revive him, then offered to use his Wish to alter Ash’s memories, prompting Ash to back away.

The Funeral group was ambushed in the Abyss Passage and captured by Ifrin Beldet’s Bluebeards. Ifrin welcomed them to Menfila of Beldet, revealing that they had arrived at the Beldet Conglomerate heir’s home.

• Ash reassured Igula that Liss was not to blame, and Igula carried the frightened girl on his back.
• Annan decided the exhausted group should find a short-term rental, but Bluebeard Gun Artificers surrounded them in the passage.
• Ifrin Beldet appeared and ordered her Bluebeards to seize the group, who were too exhausted and outnumbered to resist.
• Ifrin introduced herself as the Beldet Conglomerate heir and welcomed the prisoners to Menfila of Beldet.

Sonia filmed a dramatic execution scene, then went to Truth University to train before the High School League. When Truth University’s guards blocked her from entering the reserved Time Training Room, she recognized the obstruction as retaliation and called Professor Tello Zan for help.

• Sonia used Blood Flower Water Moon in repeated takes for her scene, impressing the director and securing his interest in casting her again.
• Sonia left the film set and studied the Friendly Match analysis report on her way to Truth University.
• Truth University students recognized Sonia as the Red-Haired Sword Maiden, and she went to the Time Training Room she had reserved.
• Two Gunswordsmen stopped Sonia and said she needed approval from the Management Office before entering.
• Sonia suspected someone at Truth University was retaliating because she had rejected its offer, and she called Professor Tello Zan, asking him to come save her.

Sonia forced her way into Truth University's Time Training Room after the staff blocked her, then pushed through an exhausting training session and kept piling work onto herself. After her soul recovered, she returned to the Void Realm and leaned on Ash, admitting that she had been a little tired lately.

• Sonia called Professor Tello Zan to confront the Truth University staff who had stopped her from entering the Time Training Room, and Tello Zan arrived to defend her.
• Sonia entered the Time Training Room and combined Sword Body Spell Spirit with Forced Training to endure painful, exhausting sword practice.
• Back in the Dormitory, Sonia said she still had to study and practice for a vocal audition, then left after announcing that her soul had fully recovered.
• Lois asked to join Sonia's fan group and help Adele manage it after Adele and Lois discussed Sonia's relentless workload.
• Sonia returned to the Void Realm, leaned against Ash in the sports car, and said she had just been a little tired lately.

Sonia and Ash reunited with Diya while traveling toward the Spider Tower Area, and Sonia struggled with embarrassment after leaning against Ash. Diya’s mention of the Stars prompted Ash and Sonia to demand an explanation, but she claimed she had forgotten what happened.

• Sonia leaned against Ash, then pulled away when he hugged her, while Diya pretended not to notice.
• Ash and Sonia caught Diya up on their Secret Poisons and learned she had not experienced the Stars Falling event.
• Sonia explained that the Queen's Heroic Soul had taken the Avatar of Stars and may have crushed it, annihilating related Spell Spirits.
• Diya connected the Avatar of Stars and Stars Falling to something she could not recall, so Ash spun the car while Sonia shook her for answers.
• Diya pleaded that she had forgotten everything, including seeing Sonia hug Ash, but Sonia realized she still remembered that moment.

Diya explained that her resemblance to the Gospel Incarnation came from the Armor Ceremony of Sanctification, a Ritual that could fuse a mortal with a Divine Spirit and transform them into a God of Humanity. She revealed that her Grandmother had completed the Ritual and become the Gospel Incarnation, while Diya had escaped it and planned to break Fate’s chains through the Weaving Festival.

• Ash warned Diya that becoming infected with Secret Poison would worsen their symptoms, and Sonia tickled Diya until she agreed to explain her connection to the Gospel Incarnation.
• Diya said she was not related by blood to the Gospel Incarnation, who had been a Divine Spirit controlled by the Empress Heroic Soul and had no opportunity to have descendants.
• Sonia explained the Armor Ceremony of Sanctification, and Diya revealed that it summoned and fused a Divine Spirit with a mortal, allowing the mortal to wield its authority.
• Diya explained that her Grandmother had completed the Armor Ceremony and become a God of Humanity, also known as the Gospel Incarnation.
• Diya said she had escaped her Grandmother’s control with the Blessing of the Bronze Dragon and intended to use the Omniscient Weaver’s Wish to sever Fate’s chains after taking first place twice in the Weaving Festival.
• Sonia asked Diya about the Weaving Festival and Future List while Ash reacted in shock to learning that Diya had won the festival twice.

Ash reconsidered whether the Witch’s resemblance to the Gospel Incarnation meant she existed in his reality, but the conflicting events reinforced his belief that the Operators inhabited separate story worlds. Diya concealed her rebellion against the Witch from the others, while Ash was left with little to report beyond the team’s victory over the Extreme Fish-Slaying Carp Overlord.

• Ash weighed asking the Witch to meet offline, then concluded that her claims about the Weaving Festival did not match his reality and upheld his story-world theory.
• Diya claimed she had taken first place on the first two Future Lists, though Annan and Harvey had actually won them.
• Diya decided to reveal only part of the truth about her conflict with the Witch and hoped the Watcher and Sonia would stop asking about it.
• Diya recalled Igula’s advice to act confident so others would lose interest in her secrets, and she boasted that she would win every Weaving Festival list.
• Sonia asked Ash whether he had any news to share, and Ash realized that his only reportable accomplishment was leading the team through Extreme Fish-Slaying Carp Overlord.

Ash used the Secret Poison Diary to record the Vortex Secret Poison, then decided to write about his past as a diary so readers would keep the Copy. In the Sea of Knowledge, Freya found a Diary floating on the water.

• Ash recorded the Vortex Secret Poison in the Diary and discussed what to write in its Copy with Sonia and Diya.
• Sonia gave Ash the Heart Pen Miracle Spell, and Diya suggested that Ash write about his own life instead of creating fiction.
• Ash began his diary with three lines about being caught in 1668 and making an indelible contribution to his city being rated the country's safest district.
• Freya lamented her slow progress in the Void Realm and wondered whether she could have learned Ash's secret for finding Vortices sooner.
• Freya heard a splash, turned around, and saw a Diary floating on the sea.

Ash, Sonia, and Diya defeated the Raging Slicing Dragon by exploiting Ash’s knowledge of its attacks and Diya’s thread-and-acceleration combination. Diya claimed the dropped Spell Spirits for her other Sisters, revealing that several of them helped design her Miracles.

• Ash predicted the Raging Slicing Dragon’s attack and directed Sonia to bait it while Diya prepared her Water Life Thread.
• Sonia’s Sword Body Bulwark withstood the dragon’s tail strike, and Diya bound and accelerated its tail until its own momentum severed it.
• Sonia asked how Ash knew the dragon’s attack patterns, and Ash explained that he had studied the Fish-Slaying Dragon series after fighting it repeatedly.
• Diya offered the dragon’s Sharp Intent and Shared Heart Spell Spirits, then claimed both for her other Sisters after Ash and Sonia declined.
• Diya explained that her other Sisters designed and optimized her Miracles, leaving Ash and Sonia impressed by the Witch’s behind-the-scenes support.

Diya took control of two Spell Spirits and Ash upgraded the sports car’s Alchemy Throne after gathering the needed resources. When Ash’s group spotted an unknown Heroic Soul Legion, the Void Realm Map revealed two Spellcasters and an Unknown Existence inside the troops’ encirclement.

• Diya explained how the Sharp Intent Spell Spirit could help her elder sisters think longer and why she wanted the Shared Heart Spell Spirit’s empathy effect.
• Diya’s sisters teased her for wanting to slack off, while Diya privately hoped they would trust her again.
• Ash used the Gemstone Mine’s resources to upgrade the Alchemy Throne to Level 4, increasing Golden Artificery absorption by 60%.
• Ash spotted Thousand Feather Bird Dragons and tried to steer the group around the unknown Heroic Soul Legion.
• The Void Realm Map showed two Spellcasters, a Knowledge Creature, and an Unknown Existence inside the area surrounded by Retinue Troops.