Chapter Summaries

Ash told Sonia that his upcoming operation might leave her his Void Realm inheritance, but she saw through his attempt to hide his fear and argued with him. Sonia then demanded that Ash help her reach Saint Domain before her Meteor Tribulation final, and he agreed.

• Ash told Sonia that Contract restrictions kept him from explaining his plans and that she might inherit his Void Realm possessions if he died.
• Sonia recognized Ash was acting to conceal his fear, confronted him, and stormed back to the car after they quarreled.
• Sonia told Diya that a powerful Swordsmanship Saint Domain awaited her in the Meteor Tribulation final and that she wanted to win.
• Sonia grabbed Ash and ordered him to find the Seven-Colored Tail and make her a Saint Domain, and Ash gently agreed.

Ash and his companions escaped the battle at Li Yuan’s Main City with five-sixths of the Void Realm map but no clue to the Seven-Colored Tail. While pondering why the Time Continent’s rain flowed upward, Ash realized the world was inverted and that the Gilded River below them was the final color.

• Ash and his companions fled the battlefield after Sword Maiden killed a Li Yuan commander, but they failed to obtain an Oasis map.
• Ash divided the spoils and examined the six-colored Soul Summoning Spell Spirit, while the group found no direct clue to the Seven-Colored Tail on their partial map.
• Sonia urged the others to keep searching, and she and Diya considered how the map, the six factions, and the Seven-Colored Tail hypotheses might connect.
• Ash argued that the Seven-Colored Tail could be found anywhere on the Time Continent, just as the Golden Fish could be found anywhere in the Sea of Knowledge.
• Ash recalled a traveler being carried by a river of Seven-Colored Stream to the Distant Void Domain and realized that the world was upside down and the Gilded River was the Seven-Colored Tail.

Ash realized that the Time Continent and Sea of Knowledge were opposite sides of one space, and that the Gilded River might be the passage to the Seven-Colored Tail. With the Six-Colored Anchor protecting them, Ash, Sonia, and Diya entered the river, which turned seven-colored around them.

• Ash argued that the White Bull walked upside down across the Time Continent, with the Sea of Knowledge above it and the Gilded River marking the way down.
• Sonia suggested that the Seven-Colored Tail could have been found through six ancient mechanisms before the Divine Lords took their colors to build their forces.
• Ash, Sonia, and Diya put on their six-colored armor and went to the Gilded River to test whether it could lead them to the Seven-Colored Tail.
• Ash stepped into the river under the Six-Colored Anchor's protection, and the Gilded River turned brilliantly colorful like a Seven-Colored Tail.

Ash, Sonia, and Diya fought the Gilded River’s time-scouring force by joining their wills and recalling the adventures that anchored them. They reached the White Cattle Seven-Colored Tail, found the Giant Gate Inside the White Bull, and passed through it, where they were broken down.

• Ash used his Void Wings to dive through the reverse-flowing Gilded River, then rescued Sword Maiden and Witch as time’s vastness threatened to erase their sense of self.
• Ash joined hands with Sonia and Diya and wrote reminders of their past adventures in their palms, helping them use shared memories as anchors against the river.
• The three spellcasters resisted the Gilded River’s scouring and broke free into a transparent world, where they saw the Celestial Cart Bull’s true seven-colored tail.
• Diya spotted the Giant Gate at the source of the Gilded River, and Ash, Sonia, and Diya passed through it together.
• The three were broken down after entering the Giant Gate Inside the White Bull.

Freya waited in the Sea of Knowledge for other artificers, hoping to reach the Time Continent and follow Ash’s path. Ash, Sonia, and Diya emerged from a spatial teleportation into the Distant Void Domain, where they saw Ruby Mountain on every horizon, a landmark Saint Domain Artificers could never reach.

• Freya complained that she had not met any artificers and imagined how she would have flown with Ash, while Little Bat struggled in her embrace.
• Freya decided to wait for a female artificer so she could travel without holding hands with a man, and vowed to catch up to Ash.
• Ash, Sonia, and Diya awoke in agony after spatial teleportation and found themselves in an alley surrounded by a bustling street.
• Diya identified their location as the Void Realm after noticing the crimson speck visible on the horizon in every direction.
• Sonia explained that the crimson was Ruby Mountain, the unreachable fourth layer of the Void Realm and the defining feature of the Distant Void Domain.

Ash, Sonia, and Diya entered a sorcerer's dream in the Distant Void Domain and learned that advancing there required surviving Space Gates with a Saint Domain. They received Golden Blessings, and Ash revealed the effects and cultivation conditions of Sonia's and Diya's blessings while concealing details about Sonia's.

• Sonia explained that they had been teleported into a dream in the Distant Void Domain and that Space Gates led between dreams rather than back to the Time Continent.
• Sonia told Ash and Diya that Saint Domain Artificers used a Saint Domain to endure the painful spatial turbulence of Space Gates.
• The group received Golden Blessings, and Ash noticed that Sonia's Bond level had risen to level 4.
• Ash told Sonia her Shining Star blessing grew stronger through attention-grabbing battles and popularity, while Sonia suspected he had withheld information about its possible routes.
• Ash revealed that Diya's rebellion blessing increased her maximum Spell Power and grew stronger as she harbored ill intentions toward people who loved her.

Ash and his companions received powerful blessings and discovered the effects of the Seven-Colored Tail Secret Poison while exploring Distant Void Domain. The chapter ended with Ash, Sonia, and Diya realizing they could no longer find the Consciousness Thread back to reality.

• Ash examined his Silver and Golden Blessings, then concealed the Golden Blessing's Void Realm enhancement from his companions.
• Ash and his companions discovered that Seven-Colored Tail Secret Poison had nine infectees and granted three effects, including stronger Prismatic Artificery and three-wing-level power from weaker Spell Spirits.
• Diya realized that six other people knew the Secret Poison, and Ash led the group out to explore Distant Void Domain.
• Sonia explained that Dream Masters could yield faction experience, but admitted she knew little about the Domain's exploration methods.
• Ash and Diya tried to return to reality and discovered they could not find their Consciousness Thread.

Sonia explained that Ash, Sonia, and Diya had to endure the Wind Flower Snow Moon Synchronization Ban to begin forming Saint Domains, and the dream bubble burst, subjecting them to its four stages. After their consciousnesses returned to Star Country, Sonia secretly prayed to the Star Law Master for Ash.

• Sonia explained that leaving the dream would expose them to the Wind Flower Snow Moon Synchronization Ban, which could kill them but might help them form Saint Domains.
• The dream bubble burst, and the ban’s Wind Formation, Flower Dwelling, Snow Ruin, and Moon Void stages tore apart and reconstituted their soul bodies before their consciousnesses returned.
• Sonia walked out of the Meditation Building and rode with Felix to the Sky-Reaching White Tower.
• Sonia sensed the tower’s Air Wall, knelt before it, and secretly prayed to the Star Law Master for Ash.

Qinna and Nona traveled from Van Mula to Nabistin on the newly introduced Azure Lane and saw the capital’s advanced transportation systems before attending the Palace Banquet. While they discussed Annan’s expected return to the Senheiser family after the Weaving Festival, Qinna admitted she was interested in Ash and wanted to borrow him for a while.

• Qinna and Nona reached Nabistin in ten minutes by Azure Lane and learned that the Isu Royal Family planned to build a nationwide network of the new routes.
• Qinna and Nona followed Nabistin’s Chosen Road toward the Imperial Palace, where the city’s pedestrian paths accelerated and adjusted their speed to prevent collisions.
• Qinna stopped at a cake shop, where she and Nona ate Black Forest Lava Cake and discussed the Weaving Festival ending and Annan joining the Senheiser family.
• Nona confronted Qinna about her interest in Ash and warned that she could take Annan and Ash away if Qinna tried to harm Annan’s interests.
• Qinna admitted she was interested in Ash as a cute pet or toy and said she would return him once she got tired of him.

Qinna refused to give up her pursuit of Ash, arguing that staying close to him could help Senheiser survive the coming chaos. At the Imperial Palace banquet, she recognized Ash beneath his disguise as the waiter serving cake.

• Qinna rejected Nona’s objections and said she would stay with Ash because the Gospel tied him to Senheiser’s future.
• Nona told Qinna the story of how their parents met and admitted she wished she could have been the rival family in their romance.
• Qinna and Nona arrived at the Imperial Palace banquet and saw representatives from across the Gospel’s cities, including the isolated Beldet sisters.
• Qinna ate the untouched Volcano Cake while Ash, disguised as a waiter, wiped cream from her face.
• Qinna teased Ash by licking cream from her own lips, and Ash realized she had seen through his disguise.

Ash and his companions infiltrated the Imperial Palace by exploiting loopholes in the Gospel’s employee system, but their work contracts kept them from leaving their posts. Qinna recognized Ash by Annan’s perfume, cornered him in a restroom, and asked him to reveal the plan.

• Annan swapped Funeral’s jobs with Imperial Palace servants and used Gospel Points to put the group into manual service, letting them enter the Palace disguised as employees.
• The Gospel’s work contracts prevented Ash and the others from leaving their posts, so they remained on duty in the banquet hall instead of going to the Princess’s chambers.
• Qinna recognized Ash by Annan’s perfume and pulled him into an independent restroom.
• Qinna set up a Silence Barrier, cornered Ash, and asked him to tell her the plan.

Ash persuaded Qinna to help Annan’s group escape their Work Contract and reach the High Tower, arguing that the Six Medallions could benefit from the fall of the Isu Royal Family. After they left the washroom, Annan caught them together and pulled Ash back to work, while Qinna rejoined Nona.

• Qinna warned Ash that invalidating the First Gospel could destabilize the kingdom, but Ash argued that the Six Medallions were ambitious and unafraid of danger.
• Qinna agreed to help Ash and Annan, provided she could withdraw if the plan became too risky, and Ash asked her to get them out of work status.
• Qinna questioned Ash about his motives and the possibility that the world might end because of him, and Ash said he would still act without regret.
• Qinna and Ash left the washroom and found Annan waiting outside; Qinna teased them, and Annan grabbed Ash and returned to work.
• Qinna rejoined Nona, who reacted with surprise when she learned Ash had been in the washroom with her.

At a royal banquet, Ifrin and Anfield discussed the upcoming fireworks and Anfield’s uncertain future with Igula before Ifrin agreed to help Qinna oppose the Isu Royal Family. The chapter ended as Ifrin realized one of the chefs had been using Domination School attention manipulation, just as a blond chef brought their scallops.

• Ifrin told Anfield that the Empress's New Clothes fireworks would celebrate the new empress and could be seen across All Gospel.
• Anfield said she and Igula might like each other but would not have a future, while Ifrin urged her to fight for a better relationship.
• Qinna approached Ifrin with a proposal to welcome a sunrise without an Empress, and Ifrin agreed to help disrupt the situation using her power to dominate guests.
• Anfield realized that Ash and the others had infiltrated the banquet after Qinna hinted at the chefs' skills.
• Ifrin noticed she could not remember one chef's appearance and recognized that he had used attention domination before the blond chef delivered their scallops.

As the birth of the New Emperor approached, Empress Isu arrived at a banquet where rival families had been fighting and heard their demands and fears about the future of Gospel. She left the gathering waiting for the First Gospel to ascend the throne, while refusing to confirm whether the missing Princess was the future Empress.

• Ifrin and Nona continued their destructive fight until Empress Isu entered, froze them in place, and ordered the guests to rise.
• Empress Isu announced that the New Emperor would soon take over Gospel and invited the gathered rulers to make reasonable requests before the transition.
• A Mercury Family Artificer asked to see Bofis, but Empress Isu explained that he had abandoned his family to pursue Truth in Nabistin.
• The guests questioned Gospel’s decisions, the dangers posed by Ash Hiss and his allies, and whether the next Empress could still govern; Empress Isu said the New Emperor would answer them.
• Ifrin asked whether the Princess in the High Tower had disappeared, and Empress Isu replied that the First Gospel would ascend the throne and that Fate’s arrangement could not be stopped.

Ash and Liss infiltrated the Imperial Palace to find Princess Nina, while Annan and the others were diverted to clean the New Emperor’s room. They reached the top of the seemingly empty High Tower and opened its highest room, leaving Nina’s whereabouts uncertain.

• A Secret Guard recruited Annan and the others to clean the New Emperor’s room, while Ash stayed behind and regrouped with Liss.
• Ash and Liss slipped through the palace, and Ash promised to draw away any powerful guards while Liss searched for her sister.
• Ash carried Liss across Yalan Lake, and they found no guards outside or inside the High Tower.
• Ash and Liss climbed to the tower’s highest room and opened its door, still unsure whether Nina was there.

Annan and Funeral discovered a Divine Spirit taking Ash’s form beneath the Imperial Palace, while Ash and Liss entered the Princess’s room as the Gospel List updated. The chapter ended with Aseyin named first on the list and Spider Web fireworks spreading across All Gospel.

• Annan and Funeral entered the Underground Hall and found a dead Shadow Legendary Arcanist alongside numerous Legendary Arcanists and a Divine Spirit resembling Ash and a woman.
• Annan recognized the scene as possibly connected to the Armor Ceremony of Sanctification, and Ash’s likeness overtook the Divine Spirit completely.
• Ash and Liss entered Princess’s room and saw an elaborate floor mirror as their Gospels appeared.
• The Gospel List rapidly updated, and fifty Spider Web fireworks spread across Nabistin and All Gospel.
• The Gospel List named Aseyin first.

The Gospel List named Yayin as Isu’s future saint and the new emperor, terrifying the families that had hunted Ash and forcing the banquet guests to reconsider their ties to him. As the guests sought favor with Ash’s allies, Mercury angrily demanded to know why Ash had been included on the list.

• The Gospel List announced Yayin as the New Emperor and Future Echoes, and the Empress declared that Isu would welcome a new saint.
• The Mercury, Roland, and Kesrui families panicked because they had sent people to hunt Ash and feared the consequences of opposing Isu’s future ruler.
• The guests recalled how the Isu Royal Family had once allowed a powerful family to destroy itself through internal conflict, deepening their fear of Ash’s ascension.
• The guests realized Senheiser, Beldet, Ifrin, and Anfield were closely connected to Ash and began trying to curry favor with them.
• Mercury accused the Gospel of deceiving everyone and demanded to know why Ash belonged on a list supposedly reserved for innocent and beautiful young girls.

The Empress explained that Yayin’s rankings reflected futures altered by Ash and the Omniscient Weaver, while the Gospel’s perfect future would prevent the apocalypse. Ash then battled Gospel Ash’s foreign memories for control of his body and learned from Annan that a Divine Spirit in the basement looked exactly like him.

• The Empress explained that Ash became the sole First Gospel candidate after a turning point, and that the Omniscient Weaver’s intervention created a perfect future that would prevent the disaster.
• The Gospel revealed a purple bookmark, and the Empress ordered someone to welcome Yayin back and eliminate the noise.
• Ash collapsed as foreign memories overwhelmed him, but Liss comforted him until he recovered control of his body.
• Ash realized his Secret-Keeping Authority had helped him resist Gospel Ash, the hostile version of himself formed from the foreign memories.
• Annan sent Ash a message saying that a Divine Spirit in the basement looked exactly like him.

As Gospel’s Divine Spirit began turning Ash into Ashyne, he tried to destroy the Secret Incarnation but discovered the Empress’s Contract would not end until the Celestial Cart Bull entered Spider Tower Area the next morning. Ash fled Nabistin with “Liss,” but Saint Domain Artificers blocked their path as Annan and the others faced arrest in the Underground Hall.

• Ash realized Gospel had chosen him as its vessel because of the Secret Incarnation and tried to destroy the Soul Summoning Spell Spirit, but the Empress’s Contract prevented it.
• Ash discovered the Contract would remain active until the Celestial Cart Bull entered Spider Tower Area the next morning.
• “Liss” urged Ash to run, and he escaped the Imperial Palace with her on the Ya Fei Kong Motorcycle.
• Annan told Igula and Harvey she still intended to wish for Gospel’s destruction because it denied the people of Doran freedom and shortened their lives.
• A Secret Guard ordered Annan and the others eliminated as noise interfering with Ashyne, while twenty Saint Domain Artificers confronted Ash and “Liss” on the road.
• Ash drew Honeyed Words Hidden Sword and charged toward the Saint Domain Artificers, telling “Liss” to hold on.

Ash fought through the Saint Domain Artificers’ attacks while escaping Nabistin with Liss, using Ashyn’s power to anticipate and counter their strikes. Near the Azure Lane parking apron, his distance from Yayin weakened that power, and a sniper shot hit Liss as she left him behind.

• Ash rode the Ya Fei Kong Motorcycle through a barrage of Saint Domain attacks, blocking the Artificers with his swords and Ashyn’s foresight.
• Ash and Liss neared Azure Lane, while Liss blamed herself for being unable to fight beside him because the Trial of the Bronze Dragon sealed her real-world artificery.
• Ash drove the motorcycle through a weak point in the Artificers’ defensive line and noticed Yayin’s influence diminishing as he moved farther away.
• A Spear Saint Domain ambushed Ash near the parking apron, and without Yayin’s power he could not anticipate the surrounding attacks.
• A sniper bullet bypassed Ash and struck Liss as she left him.