Chapter Summaries

Ash and his companions found Garden's Main City but refused Danzel's offer to cooperate, leaving as Oasis's Wanderer arrived to seek Spider Tower's aid against a plague tied to the Four Pillar Gods. The chapter ended with Wanderer asking to borrow Spider Tower's Gospel.

• Ash searched the interior of Time Continent for Heroic Soul Legions and realized a Soul Summoning Spell Spirit was reacting to Garden's Main City above the rain curtain.
• Danzel offered Ash cooperation and access to Commander's Handbooks, maps, and Soul Summoning Spell Spirits, but Ash demanded she cancel their compulsory Contract.
• When Danzel said she could not cancel it, Ash left with Sword Maiden and Witch rather than risk being drawn into her schemes.
• Wanderer arrived with Oasis's forces and told Danzel that his nation faced a plague connected to the Four Pillar Gods.
• Wanderer asked to borrow Spider Tower's most important treasure, Gospel, as the price of Oasis's support in the Prime Minister War.

After Ash and his companions escaped a chaotic battlefield, he reflected on the Secret-Keeping Authority they had unlocked and saved his Gospel points for a future card draw. He then asked Liss whether she would return to the Imperial Palace after the Weaving Festival, and they discussed how they might support themselves if they stayed together.

• Ash recorded the battle in his Secret Poison Diary, including the destruction of Garden Main City's flowers, the spoils they claimed, and their escape.
• Ash recalled that Sword Maiden and Witch had helped assassinate a Spider Tower Commander so he could unlock Secret Incarnation's Secret-Keeping Authority.
• Ash learned that Secret-Keeping raised his mental resistance and adaptability to Divine Spirits, though he wondered which secret it prevented him from confessing.
• Ash passed 328 Gospel points but chose to keep saving them instead of buying a Source Crystal box or drawing cards.
• Liss woke and joined Ash, who asked whether she would return to the Imperial Palace after the Weaving Festival.
• Ash proposed ways for them to live together, and he vowed to work hard so Liss would not have to suffer.

Ash stayed behind with Bange in the inn while Annan, Igula, and Harvey left to take jobs, since Bange was endangered by the Assassination List. After spending the morning playing games together, Bange went to wash his hands and saw a masked man in a Dark Red Windbreaker appear in the mirror.

• Ash tried to persuade Igula to marry into Beldet, but Igula said he planned to build his own secret organization and invited Ash and Liss to settle down with him.
• Annan assigned herself, Igula, and Harvey three jobs in the Surface City while Ash stayed at the inn with Bange to protect him from a possible assassin.
• Ash, Bange, and Liss played old games together, and Bange gradually cheered up.
• Bange went to the washroom to wash his hands, and the water and lights stopped as a masked man in a Dark Red Windbreaker appeared outside the door.

Bange was drawn through memories of the Doran family and realized that his future was to attack the Empress alongside Annan. Ash intervened before that future could unfold, and Bange returned to the present as Ash came in with Liss.

• Bange faced a Spell Spirit riot and was pulled into memories of Doran, who died in a rainy accident and asked him to care for Lex.
• Bange remembered Lex leaving to end the Dolan clan’s fate and later learning that Lex had died in a traffic accident.
• Annan told Bange that the Gospel had shown her a fatal future and that she sought the God Lord’s Wish to sever her bloodline’s curse.
• Bange agreed to help Annan find People from Another World and raise hell with the Four Pillar Gods Church’s plans for the Weaving Festival.
• Bange awoke in a palace beside the bloodied Annan, recognized his future as the Empress’s second-ranked assassin, and charged toward her.
• Ash deflected Bange’s shots, but Liss called out and Ash’s dark-red-windbreaker future vanished before Ash entered with takeout.

Bange told Ash and Liss that an assassination Miracle had attacked him by trapping him in an illusion of his future, and Ash later revealed the danger to Annan despite promising to keep it secret. Annan let Bange stay and join the operation, while Ash said he and Liss planned to join Igula after the Weaving Festival, and Annan offered to support them too.

• Bange explained that Gospel Ash had attacked him in an illusion and that Echoers killed by it inflicted their own abilities’ injuries on themselves.
• Bange asked to stay with Ash so the attack would not recur and asked Ash to keep the danger secret from Annan; Ash agreed not to reveal it on his own.
• Ash told Annan about the attack after she invoked their Contract, and Annan thanked him for saving Bange.
• Annan decided to pretend she knew nothing, let Bange stay, and have him take part in the operation.
• Ash told Annan that he and Liss planned to join Igula’s new business after the Weaving Festival, and Annan offered to support them.

Ash and Annan discussed their wishes, the Weaving Festival, and whether the God Lords truly cared for their people. Annan confessed her fear and asked Ash to weave the future with her, but Ash paused before answering and asked to draw her portrait.

• Ash rejected Annan's attempt to renew his contract indefinitely and told her his primary wish was to permanently cancel the Unfated List.
• Annan promised to fulfill Ash's wish if she obtained the God Lord's Wish, and Ash urged her to imagine a future beyond the Weaving Festival.
• Ash argued that the God Lords cared about people without loving individuals, and he compared Gospel Country's system with Blood Moon Country's.
• Annan admitted that her status and contracts had dragged Ash and the others into danger, and she asked whether he hated her.
• Annan asked Ash if he would weave the future with her, and Ash began to answer before asking to draw her portrait.

Annan painted Ash’s portrait, confessed how her affection had grown, and kissed him while his Contract kept him from moving. She promised they would continue after the Weaving Festival, leaving Ash to realize she had used the promise of a future together to spur him into the coming operation.

• Annan recalled the moments that had made her grow fond of Ash and showed him a portrait filled with affection.
• Annan asked Gospel who suited her best, saw Ash Hiss named, and kissed him while her Contract restrained him.
• Annan stopped when Liss called for Ash and promised to resume after the Weaving Festival, saying she had woven that future.
• Annan privately looked at Ash’s portrait and found her fear of death easing as she anticipated a second half of life.
• Liss told Ash she planned to discuss Annan becoming her stepmother with Aunt Bo Jin, and Ash realized Annan had used the promise to motivate him.

Sonia won Sword Flower University’s Center match in the Star Palace Tribulation, but Truth University’s Aisha Marz defeated Leonie in the Sub-Chief battle. The top-eight match came down to the Chief battle between Nages Balfur and Dimi Vosrodar, two Meteor Tribulation contenders Sonia expected to face in her pursuit of the meteor.

• Sonia defeated a defensive earth-and-wood artificer by breaking through his Concrete defenses with three Blood Moon Shattered Lakes, giving Sword Flower a point against Truth University.
• Leonie faced Aisha Marz, who used her Shield Control and Prophecy abilities to perfectly parry Leonie’s third Rhythm Melody strike and defeat her.
• Aisha’s victory left Sword Flower’s hopes resting on Nages Balfur in the Chief battle.
• The host announced that Nages would face Truth University’s Dimi Vosrodar, a contender Sonia watched closely.

Niges challenged Dimi in the Chief Battle with a powerful blood-and-water sword array, but Dimi revealed a space-cutting miracle that overwhelmed it. After defeating Niges, Dimi confirmed he had long since advanced beyond being a Two-Winged Sorcerer.

• Dimi and Niges exchanged words before their match, with Niges declaring that he intended to defeat Dimi and avenge his earlier loss.
• Niges cut his wrists and used his blood to form a Red Lotus Sword Array that combined blood and water arts with lethal close-contact miracles.
• Sonia and the Sword Flower University team realized that a victory in the Chief Battle could eliminate Truth University, while Professor Tello Zan warned that the outcome was not certain.
• Niges launched 144 Red Lotus Swords, but Dimi drew his sword and erased them with Annihilation Ripple, a Shining Color High Miracle inherited from Vosrodar.
• Dimi carried the gravely wounded Niges toward the medical station and revealed that he had stopped being a Two-Winged Sorcerer long ago.

After hearing of Dimi’s rise as a Star Sword Saint, Sonia reflected on her own ambitions and the long road from Gold to Saint Domain. In the sports car, she noticed Diya and Watcher were unusually distracted; Diya let the White Queen take her place, while Ash abruptly insisted they had no plans for the night.

• Sonia considered how difficult it was to reach Saint Domain and decided that level would be enough for her ambitions.
• Sonia told Diya that her school had lost the Star Palace Tribulation and that she feared losing the upcoming Meteor Tribulation.
• Sonia noticed that Diya and Watcher were not responding to her as usual and asked Diya what was wrong.
• Diya admitted she was unsettled but could not explain why, then agreed to let the White Queen take her place for the night.
• Sonia asked Watcher what they would do that night, and Ash stiffened and said they were doing nothing.

Sonia noticed Ash acting strangely and used Treat People with Sincerity to probe him, while White Queen struggled with turbulent feelings of her own. Sonia sensed Ash’s guilt and concluded that he had someone else outside, then asked Diya what would happen if the Watcher abandoned her.

• Sonia worried that she depended too much on the Watcher and considered discussing the possibility of being abandoned with White Queen.
• White Queen muttered about people trying to take her treasure, but calmed down after Sonia comforted her.
• After they raided a Resource Point, Sonia confronted Ash about repeatedly using Healing Sword and Enhancement Sword on her, and Ash nervously avoided her gaze.
• Sonia used Treat People with Sincerity on Ash, but he rushed away when White Queen returned.
• White Queen cycled through her personalities before Diya came out and anxiously asked Sonia what was wrong.
• Sonia sensed Ash’s secret delight and guilt, realized he had someone else outside, and asked Diya what would happen if the Watcher abandoned her.

Sonia struggled with her jealousy over the Watcher and tried to convince herself she should end their uncertain bond. During a Spell Spirit hunt in Dark Phantom Sound Miracle Paradise, she secretly kissed him, only for Witch to reveal that they had caught a Heartbeat Spell Spirit.

• Sonia recalled how Daedalus's dramas had shaped her independence and decided she would not compromise herself to compete for the Watcher's affection.
• Sonia saw the Watcher chatting with Witch and felt renewed jealousy, though she joined their conversation while fighting Ferocious Jackal Dragons.
• Ash, Witch, and Sonia held hands and entered Dark Phantom Sound Miracle Paradise to capture Spell Spirits in the darkness.
• Sonia resolved to kiss the Watcher as a way to bring their relationship to an end and leaned over to kiss him.
• Witch announced that she had caught a loud Heartbeat Spell Spirit.

Harvey, Igula, and Annan worked in Nabistin and returned to Ark Square, where Harvey studied the Gospel’s control over workers. After comparing their reactions to recovered work memories, Harvey recognized a connection between his experience as a necromancer and the Gospel, then said he understood.

• Harvey, Igula, and Annan arrived at Ark Square and watched workers pass through job doors to work under the Gospel.
• Igula and Annan recovered their sealed work memories and were overwhelmed by the memories’ suffocating pressure, while Harvey remained calm.
• Igula asked Harvey why he was unaffected, and Harvey explained that he was accustomed to the loss of bodily control from inhabiting necromantic bodies.
• Harvey compared the Gospel’s commands and noise to the experience of being a necromantic being, then realized something about their connection.
• Harvey stood up and told Igula and Annan that he completely understood, and they prepared to leave.

Back at the inn, Annan openly doted on Ash, prompting Liss, Igula, and Harvey to debate their relationship before Ash’s affection for Annan became unmistakable. The Gospel then produced a new Culprit Ranking List, and Igula warned Ash that he might finally be officially listed.

• Annan returned to the inn and hugged Bange, then playfully embraced Ash while Liss summoned Igula and Harvey to discuss Annan stealing Ash away.
• Harvey argued that Annan genuinely liked Ash and refused to pursue revenge, while Liss vowed to find Ash another sweetheart.
• At dinner, Annan and Ash fed each other, and Harvey brought Alice out of her coffin to make Annan and Liss apologize for trying to control Ash.
• The Gospel updated its lists, and Annan noticed the new Culprit Ranking List was different.
• Igula warned Ash that he might finally be officially appearing on the list.

The Culprit Ranking List began updating and exposed several allies of Ash as criminals for helping him escape or failing to capture him. Qinna and Nona argued over Qinna’s attraction to Ash and the future of the Senheiser clan, while Qinna’s new spell spirit offered Nona a path toward the Holy Domain.

• Annan reassured Liss that the Isu Royal Family would not target Ash before the Gospel Wove his future, while Liss and the others argued over who should protect him.
• The Gospel named Cleo Si Baimu tenth on the Culprit Ranking List for releasing Ash and his companions, and Cleo cried at the Azula Red Hat Branch Bureau.
• The Gospel ranked Aina Aldo ninth for failing to eliminate Funeral Agency, prompting the Duchess to recognize how her own victims had felt.
• The Gospel placed Qinna Senheiser eighth for helping Ash escape and rewarded her with a Shared Spell Spirit that could share her Faction Realm and senses with blood relatives.
• Nona confronted Qinna about letting Ash go and warned her not to pursue him, while Qinna revealed that Annan had contracted to return to the Senheiser clan after the Weaving Festival.
• Qinna asked whether Nona could use their shared Faction Realm to reach the Holy Domain, and their exchange ended with both sisters reacting to the shared sensation.

Ash and his companions watched the Gospel’s Culprit Ranking List reveal the Beldet sisters and then rank Harvey and Igula before naming Annan its chief culprit. The Gospel showed Annan dead at Ash’s hands, but voided her ranking because Ash had interfered, leaving Annan shaken as the crowd celebrated.

• Annan and Liss teased Ash over Qinna’s interest in him, while Harvey revealed that Qinna had licked Ash after they fell into the water at Beldet Manor.
• The Gospel named Anfield Beldet and Ifrin Beldet among the culprits and awarded Anfield a Golden Feather and Ifrin a Ghost-Unaware Veil; Igula then received more Domination School knowledge from Ifrin.
• The Gospel ranked Harvey third and Igula second for their roles in the Blasphemous Gospel Project, prompting Ash to worry that they would outrank Annan for the God Lord’s Wish.
• The Gospel ranked Annan first and showed a vision of Ash killing her, then voided the ranking because Ash had interfered and named him chief culprit.
• The crowd celebrated Annan’s apparent impending death, while Annan took Ash’s hand and asked him to protect her that night.

Annan made Igula, Harvey, and Ash agree to increasingly binding terms so they would hand her the God Lord’s Wish, which she intended to claim herself. The group discussed the Cursed Seven-Colored Tail Feather’s power and cost, and Igula revealed he had already used it.

• Annan had Igula and Harvey sign a detailed Secondary Contract promising to transfer the God Lord’s Wish to her, then tried to add a declaration of love to Ash’s oath before Liss interrupted.
• Annan explained that she feared the Omniscient Weaver might free Igula and Harvey from their contracts when they made their wishes, and insisted she could not entrust the Blasphemous Gospel’s final step to anyone else.
• Ash asked about their ranking rewards, and Igula and Harvey explained that the Cursed Seven-Colored Tail Feather would grant its user a Golden Wing and direct ascension to the Void Realm Third Layer.
• Bange explained that using the feather permanently closed the user’s Spell Power Channel to the Void Realm Fourth Layer, cutting off their path to becoming a Legendary Arcanist.
• Ash urged Igula not to use the feather, but Igula revealed that he had already used it.

Harvey explained why he had used the Seven-Colored Tail Feather, while Annan let Igula decide whether to use his own. As the group prepared for an assassination attempt, Annan privately admitted her fear to Ash and hinted at why she had not forced Igula to use the item.

• Harvey said he had used the Seven-Colored Tail Feather to visit the Distant Void Domain, and explained that he rejected the future the Gospel had woven for him.
• Annan told Igula that using the Seven-Colored Tail Feather was his choice, then divided the group between two rooms because she and Bange were assassination targets.
• Liss protested being separated from Ash, but Bange took her and Igula away while Harvey chose to sleep alone.
• Annan teased Ash about expecting a reward, then leaned against him and admitted that she hated others seeing through or pitying her.
• Ash asked why Annan had not forced Igula to use the Seven-Colored Tail Feather, and she asked whether he really wanted her to explain.

Ash spent the night with Annan before their approaching operation, struggling to control his desire while she casually wore his clothes and shared a drama with him. After Ash entered the Void Realm, Annan revealed that she had deliberately tested his preferences and kissed him good night.

• Ash listened to Annan bathe and tried to calm himself, but her teasing voice made him imagine more than he wanted to.
• Annan came out of the bathroom wearing only a towel, then borrowed Ash's shirt and glasses while he showered and dressed.
• Ash and Annan watched a shadow drama together and discussed how soon they would need to act, with the operation expected in two to five days.
• Ash entered the Void Realm with Sword Maiden and Witch, leaving Annan alone in the room.
• Annan revealed that Purple Moth had tested Ash based on a video from Ifrin, then kissed Ash and called him her knight.

Adele and Sonia’s roommates realized Sonia had fallen for someone after she changed her habits and blushed when asked about it. Sonia nervously entered the Void Realm to meet the Watcher, but Ash’s announcement that he might have only five days left abruptly changed the moment.

• Adele noticed Sonia watching a drama without paying attention, asking Lois for fashion advice, and refusing to argue with an insulting forum post, then suspected someone had softened her.
• Sonia explained that she had film offers and could not beat Dimi, but blushed and denied having someone she liked when Ingrid asked.
• Sonia went with Tello Zan to watch the Star Cluster Tribulation, and Tello Zan reassured her about the coming semifinals before flying her back to Sword Flower University.
• Sonia nervously entered the Void Realm at the appointed time, pleased that she was wearing the outfit Lois had chosen for her.
• The Watcher took Sonia aside and told her he might have only five days left, leaving her looking at Ash resentfully.