Chapter Summaries

Ash and the Funeral Agency questioned Igula’s sudden rejection, while Ash suspected the Fraudster was forcing them away rather than truly abandoning them. In the Void Realm, Ash, Diya, and Sword Maiden reached a Star Hall region and began looting a gemstone mine, where Sword Maiden echoed Igula’s warning when Ash tried to touch her.

• Ash joined Igula and Harvey for dinner and learned Igula would not help dissolve their Contracts, then Igula slapped away his hand and told him not to touch him.
• The Funeral Agency discussed Igula’s behavior, and Ash said he believed Igula was acting alone and forcing himself to distance them.
• Liss stayed with Ash at bedtime, and Ash entered the Void Realm to find Diya in his arms while Sword Maiden watched from the sports car.
• Ash, Diya, and Sword Maiden traveled to a gemstone mine and easily defeated its Overlord Raging Slicing Dragon and Doghead Dragons.
• Ash found a Sharp Gemstone for a Sword Art Spell Spirit and approached Sword Maiden, but she knocked away his hand and told him not to touch her.

Ash and his companions looted Time Continent while a Heroic Soul Legion pursued them, and Ash suspected the Empress had revealed their location to other factions. At Mist Miracle Garden, Sonia confessed that her hostile behavior had been an act to make the Witch believe she and Ash were at odds.

• Sonia acted cold toward Ash while they fought the Fox Lantern Dragon, leaving Ash baffled about what he had done wrong.
• Ash led the group along a route of rare Resource Points to strengthen the Alchemy Throne using their Star Hall Map.
• A Heroic Soul Legion located and chased the group, prompting Ash to suspect the Empress had exposed their coordinates and resolve to keep looting while fleeing pursuers.
• Ash and the others entered Mist Miracle Garden to collect Spell Spirits, but Ash collided with Sonia while following the sound of singing.
• Sonia told Ash that her bad temper had been an act to reassure the Witch that their relationship was poor, and Ash asked her to save such attacks for when the Witch was absent.

Ifrin tried to recruit Ash into Beldet, offering to use Gospel Points to suppress his Wanted Order and later proposing that he marry into the family alongside Igula. Ash refused to join, explaining that Igula had not asked him to come along, and the chapter left him continuing his work at Menfila’s manor.

• Ifrin explained that Beldet could use Gospel Points to block Ash’s Wanted Order, then offered him a loan secured by most of his cognitive ability.
• Ash refused Ifrin’s proposed marriage arrangements, but accepted gold coins to feed his Spell Spirits.
• Ifrin said she wanted Ash and Igula to join Beldet, and Ash insisted that he would accept no treatment worse than Igula’s.
• Ifrin revealed that she had hoped Ash would disrupt Igula and Anfield’s date so Igula would side with Beldet, but Ash had chosen to trust Igula’s judgment.
• When Ifrin asked why Ash would not join Beldet if Igula had, Ash said Igula had not asked him to come along and suggested Igula thought he had a brighter future with Annan.

Igula explained to Ifrin why he had chosen Beldet and planned to betray the Funeral Agency by exposing Ash and the others to rival factions. The Gospel confirmed that Igula had told no lies, while Qinna prepared to lead a raid into Menfila to retrieve Ash.

• Ifrin tried to persuade Ash to join Beldet, but Ash refused and continued saving Redemption Money.
• Igula told Ifrin that he would leave if Ash stayed, because Ash's trust would change him and cost him his sense of self.
• Igula revealed that he planned to contact Senheiser, the Agency, the Red Hats, and other factions with information about Ash and the others.
• Ifrin asked the Gospel whether Igula had lied, and it answered that he had told no lies.
• Qinna ordered a raid on Menfila and decided to lead it herself to bring Ash back.

Sangiert led a coalition of Red Hats and elite Spellcasters into Beldet Manor to seize Ash and Harvey, only to realize they had been lured into destroying Beldet property. Ifrin used the resulting debts and Domination Miracle to take control of the intruders, then went to confront them and protect Annan.

• Qinna took control of the Menfila Red Hats' Royal Balance Boots as the assembled families and Spellcasters prepared to raid Beldet Manor.
• Sangiert led the group through Cargo Elevator 23 toward the warehouse, where they received word that the Funeral Agency was preparing to flee.
• A Spellcaster broke through the warehouse ceilings, and the coalition destroyed Beldet's valuable Spell Spirits as they rushed toward the Night Sky.
• Igula explained that Ifrin had baited the other powers into damaging Beldet property so the Gospel would judge them indebted and trigger her Domination Miracle.
• Ifrin said she would confront the intruders, who would take Ash and the others away, apologize publicly, compensate Beldet, and form an alliance.
• Ifrin left to protect Annan under the Contract, while Igula remained behind and reflected that trust belonged with those worthy of it.

Ash and Harvey fled Beldet’s attempt to capture them, using its special zones to evade the pursuing Spellcasters and reunite with Annan and Liss. Their escape stalled when Qinna attacked the group and seized Annan, threatening to take her away.

• Ash and Harvey escaped through the forest as Artificer Wild Monsters appeared, and Ash realized Ifrin had arranged for pursuers to invalidate their Contract.
• Shadow Faction Spellcasters chased them, but a Hell Zone eruption and Beldet’s imitated landscapes helped Ash and Harvey evade capture.
• Qinna and Nona joined the pursuit, but Ash and Harvey escaped the Saint Domain Artificers using Substitutes, Corpse Mud, and the Gilded River Zone.
• Ash and Harvey reunited with Annan, Liss, and Bange, but gunfire knocked Ash, Harvey, and Bange down as they tried to leave.
• Qinna overwhelmed Annan and pinned her against a tree, demanding that she come quietly and promising to help her complete her wedding.

As Qinna fought Bange over Annan, Ash remained immobilized and urged Liss to escape, but Mercury seized the chance to attack. Harvey fused with Alice and used ghostfire to shield the Coffin from Mercury, leaving the battle poised for a deadly confrontation.

• Ifrin watched the battle and reflected on her severed Funeral Agency Contract and the friends she stood to lose.
• Bange broke Qinna’s suppression with his adjusted Melt Miracle and challenged her to release Annan, but Qinna evaded his attacks while holding her captive.
• Ash used Sever Self repeatedly to free his voice and told Liss to seek shelter with Ifrin, but Liss refused to leave him behind.
• Mercury captured Harvey and attacked Ash, while Liss shielded Ash from the Shadow Phantom.
• Harvey transformed into mist and fused with Alice, then used ghostfire and the Necromancer’s barrier to block Mercury’s attack.

Qinna's effort to claim Ash, Harvey, and Annan for Senheiser turned into a battle with four Saint Domain Artificers and dozens of Spellcasters. After both sides lost key fighters and reached a stalemate, a new Bookmark appeared bearing the title “Scheme List.”

• Annan declared that she, Ash, and Harvey would surrender to Senheiser, but the other Saint Domain Artificers disputed how the captives should be divided.
• Qinna, Bange, Harvey, and Ash attacked the rival Artificers, and Qinna used Gospel Points to strengthen her allies and weaken their opponents.
• Qinna's side injured Aina and forced the rival Artificers to withdraw, but Ifrin freed the Spellcasters trapped by the Space Inversion Maze Lock, shifting the numbers against Senheiser.
• Bange reverted to the appearance of a little boy, while Alice Harvey emerged as Harvey withdrew into his coffin, leaving Senheiser short of Holy Domain Combat Power.
• Annan told Ash that they might have to hand Harvey over, then everyone received a Bookmark displaying the title “Scheme List.”

In the Void Realm, Danzel discovered that Annan Dolan was her descendant after the Scheme List revealed Annan’s future Crown Descent Ritual, which ended with Danzel possessing Annan and killing the guests. Annan received the Crown of Sin, and the rankings then exposed Zuwendas Kesrui’s planned ritual, leaving the group to recognize him among their enemies.

• Danzel saw the Spider Web fill its seventh gap and read the Scheme List entry naming Annan Dolan as the mastermind behind a ritual to summon her.
• The Gospel showed Danzel taking over Annan’s body and ordering Bange to kill everyone at the banquet.
• Mercury demanded the Crown Descent Ritual from Annan, while Annan denied knowing anything about it and hid behind Ash and Nona.
• The Gospel rewarded Annan with the Crown of Sin, which she placed on Liss’s head after teasing her about what to call her.
• The Scheme List revealed Zuwendas Kesrui’s plan to sacrifice a Saint Domain Artificer and one hundred Kesrui clansmen, and Nona identified him among the Spellcasters.

The Scheme List revealed more future sacrificial Rituals, all tied to Rusty Crow and scheduled for April 10, 1678, while Ifrin recognized how a Ritual might let her dominate her Necromantic Angel ancestor. The list then named Ash's Kingdom Resurrection Ritual as its top-ranked scheme, leaving its details unrevealed.

• Zu Wendas defended his future slaughter of the Kesrui Clan as a path to power, and Mercury said he could no longer represent the clan or share in the Spoils Allocation.
• The Scheme List exposed Joel Hopkin's, Jeremy De Jill's, and Raine Mercury's future Rituals, each planned for April 10, 1678.
• Cleo Si asked who Rusty Crow was, and Annan and Ash noted that the seven revealed schemes were connected to resurrection.
• The list revealed Ifrin Beldet's plan to dominate her ancestor Everton, and Ifrin realized Rusty Crow's Ritual could make it possible.
• The Scheme List named Ash's Kingdom Resurrection Ritual as Rank 1.

Freya visited Serena, whose experimental Fantasy Prosthetics treatment made the ward respond to her thoughts, and learned that Serena had chosen her as a future Church cadre. Serena expected Ash’s fatal tribulation to draw the Four Pillar Gods’ attention, while Ash and his companions discovered a new scheme to resurrect him and heard a bizarre invocation.

• Freya visited Serena after Siffrin scolded her for keeping an irregular schedule, and Serena sensed her sadness.
• Serena explained that her treatment let her imagine limbs into existence, then bit Freya and claimed her scent would protect her from people who excluded her.
• After Freya left, Serena revealed that she had chosen her as a Four Pillar Gods Church cadre and believed Ash’s coming death would bring the gods’ attention back to her.
• Ash, Liss, Annan, and Qinna found Scheme List No. 1, titled “Ash's Kingdom Resurrection Ritual,” and Ash questioned who wanted to resurrect him.
• The scheme’s image material began with an invocation praising the Great Gazing Abyss Rust Crow, leaving Ash unable to hold back his reaction.

The viewers learned that Rusty Crow’s First Deceit was a countrywide Ritual built from nine schemes and an Inverted Tree pattern. At Azula, the Ritual opened a massive Gate of Truth and brought a mysterious man into the world, who greeted Rusty Crow as Igula.

• Rusty Crow’s vision revealed the Four Pillar Gods Church’s deep infiltration of Gospel Country and its manipulation of people’s desires to set up the schemes.
• Rusty Crow connected the first nine schemes on a map, forming an Inverted Tree whose final node lay in Azula.
• Rusty Crow opened a gigantic Gate of Truth in Azula as the schemes’ Ritual energy converged there and Danzel, Zu Wendas’s blood mark, and other forces were drawn south.
• Rusty Crow offered his blood to the Gate of Truth, channeling life energy from across Gospel Country into the Ritual and causing Azula’s First Layer to collapse into a crater.
• A man formed from the Gate of Truth, donned a Dark Red Windbreaker, and greeted Rusty Crow with, “Good morning, Igula.”

Raine recognized the First Deceit as a ritual to resurrect Ash, while the Spellcasters tried to seize Ash and Harvey from Qinna. Ifrin’s intervention triggered a force that immobilized nearly everyone, and Ash stepped forward after receiving a message from Rusty Crow.

• Raine explained that true resurrection required finding a soul in the Void Realm, retrieving its heartbeat from Hell, and creating a compatible body.
• Ash reasoned that someone in the Beldet Family must have supplied Harvey with information about the Necromantic Angel’s tomb, and Annan hinted at a shared understanding with Igula.
• Raine demanded that Qinna surrender Ash and Harvey, but Qinna drew her guns and vowed to protect Annan and Ash.
• The Gospel revealed that Igula masterminded Ash’s Kingdom Resurrection Ritual, and Ifrin tried to divert everyone’s attention with fireworks before an unseen force knocked the Spellcasters down.
• The Beldet Manor’s statues glowed as a river of light spread through the grounds, leaving Ash and his companions standing while everyone else was immobilized.
• After receiving a message from Rusty Crow, Ash walked into the open and claimed to be Miss Ifrin’s dog, warning that anyone who offended him would offend Beldet.

Igula’s domination of Ifrin and the intruding families let the Funeral turn the tables at Beldet Manor, while Annan explained how she had guided them into Ifrin’s scheme. The chapter ended with Anfield entering Ifrin’s office to meet Igula.

• Ifrin’s domination left Renn, Zu Wendas, and the other intruders unable to resist, and they apologized to Beldet.
• Ash spoke for Ifrin and led the Funeral in punishing the Spellcasters so their hatred would fall on Beldet rather than Senheiser.
• Annan explained that she had brought the group to Menfila so they could enter Ifrin’s scheme and that Igula had used his ignorance to deceive her.
• Ash pretended to slap Qinna while his Substitute made the sounds, and Qinna revealed that she was wearing the Mist Spirit Ring.
• Anfield entered Ifrin’s office and found Igula waiting there.

Igula explained how Beldet’s Domination System used Beidian and debt to control people, revealing how he had seized the family’s highest authority. He left Anfield with his credit limit uncapped, accumulating one hundred million Beidian in debt every second.

• Igula reflected that Scheme List had clarified his path as a fraudster and taught him to use people’s desires and expectations against them.
• Anfield questioned Igula on Ifrin’s behalf about how he had taken control of Beldet’s Domination System.
• Igula explained that Beldet’s statues acted as base stations and Beidian connected people to them by enabling the system to dominate debtors’ thought-processing power.
• Igula revealed that the Beldet Family Head protected her authority by owing one hundred million Beidian per minute, making her debt too costly for anyone to assume.
• Igula said he had cracked Hua Bei’s credit-limit signal and could borrow and spend one hundred million Beidian every second without reducing his limit.

Igula questioned Anfield about how the Beldet family purified mental energy and uncovered how domination had stripped her of selfhood and Ifrin of emotion, leaving them vulnerable to their ancestor’s possession. After receiving a coin that protected his will, Igula gave it to Anfield and prepared to challenge Ifrin’s domination while continuing to study the Beldet Domination School.

• Anfield told Igula that she absorbed others’ thoughts and preferences but could not read minds or access her own, and she confirmed that she was the container that purified mental energy.
• Igula explained that he had deceived Beldet to learn its Domination School and redirect hatred away from Funeral, and he deduced that Ifrin’s repeated use of domination had diluted her emotions.
• Igula concluded that Anfield’s lack of personal will and Ifrin’s diminished feelings made them ideal vessels for the Necromantic Angel, and Anfield confirmed that the sisters bore different costs to resist their ancestor’s summons.
• The Scheme List awarded Igula a Kingdom Gold Coin that protected his will from alteration, but he gave it to Anfield so she could recover her own self-awareness.
• Igula said he had developed a way to resist domination and wanted to test it against Ifrin, while Anfield told him that the light in his eyes was what truly sparkled.

Ash and the others kept the pursuing Saint Domain Artificers at Beldet Manor by humiliating the men and soaking the women, while sparing Qinna’s Six Medallions Family. Qinna tried to persuade Ash to bring Annan back to Van Mula, but Ash refused and left her in the Wine Pool after she pulled him in with her.

• Ash and his companions put Raine Mercury, Zu Wendas, and the male pursuers into Beldet’s impurity-dissolving mud pit to keep them from giving chase.
• Ash and the others soaked the female spellcasters in the Wine Pool, intending to let Qinna and the Six Medallions Family go in recognition of Qinna’s earlier support.
• Ash carried Qinna to the Wine Pool, and she urged him to persuade Annan to return with her to Van Mula.
• Ash told Qinna he hated Van Mula and wanted to keep traveling with Annan until they found somewhere to retire or obtained God Lord’s Wish.
• Qinna pulled Ash into the Wine Pool, licked wine from his face, and warned him to hold Annan back when necessary.
• Ash adjusted Qinna so she could float safely, then left the Wine Pool without agreeing to return to Van Mula.

Annan and the others returned to rescue Igula, then escaped Beldet Manor with him and invited Anfield to come along. Left behind with Ifrin, Anfield chose to rest instead of pursuing them, despite recognizing that Harvey might be able to free Beldet from its fate.

• Igula stayed at Beldet Manor so Annan and the others could reach safety, while Anfield teased him about being too embarrassed to meet them.
• Ash and the others drove their Floating Car through the office wall, grabbed Igula, and pulled him into the car.
• Ash invited Anfield to join them, but she declined because she was Igula's fiancée and said she might agree when he returned to Menfila.
• After the Floating Car left, Ifrin asked Anfield what they should do next, and Anfield decided they should have tea and rest instead of pursuing the group.

Sonia entered the High School League’s opening Meteor Tribulation and faced five other Two-Winged Sorcerers, including Truth University’s Velin. She stunned the arena by knocking Velin out with her self-created Blood Moon Shattered Lake Miracle, then turned toward the four remaining contestants.

• Sonia entered the arena as Sword Flower University’s first-year contestant, while Velin represented Truth University among the six Two-Winged Sorcerers.
• Velin used her Water Art and long staff to dominate the shallow-beach terrain and warned Sonia that the other contestants might target her.
• As the match began, Sonia unleashed Blood Moon Shattered Lake and blasted Velin off the stage with a devastating strike.
• Colonzo and Lydia asked about Sonia’s Miracle, and Sonia said she had created it from someone else’s experience.
• Sonia declared that she would take on the four remaining contestants as the weaklings.

After Sonia won the first Meteor Tribulation, she enjoyed the attention at Sword Flower University and called her mother before heading to the Void Realm. There, she told Diya about her victory and tried to get Ash to praise her.

• Sonia reunited with Leonie, who praised her performance and promised to prepare a counter for Blood Moon Shattered Lake.
• Tello Zan drove Sonia and her roommates back to campus, where Sonia posted on the school Veil and received a Firefly Stone from Tello Zan.
• Sonia called Martha, reassured her that she was unharmed, and asked her mother to watch her next matches.
• Sonia's roommates questioned why she treated the Void Realm as a way to rest, then Sonia departed for it.
• In the Time Continent, Sonia recounted her Meteor Tribulation victory to Diya and asked Ash to praise her, but he struggled to understand what she wanted.