Chapter Summaries

Ash and his companions tried to open a passage to another country to save the Senro People falling into the Abyss, but every attempt led to danger. As their last usable Space Gate seemed destined to fail, Tama Hill revealed that Zhanzhu was dreaming of him and that people like him were reserve vessels for Zhanzhu’s resurrection.

• Ash proposed using the Space Gate Spell Spirit to send the falling Senro People through an Empty Doorway into another country, and Yin Gula, Harvey, and Tama Hill agreed to try.
• Ash introduced Little Silver Lamp as both Madman Silver Lamp and Divine Spirit Silver Lamp, then the group flew toward the rift in the sky.
• Ash and his companions repeatedly opened Empty Doorways, but found Void Realm Turbulence, rock, seawater, and magma instead of a safe passage.
• With their last Three-Winged Space Gate Spell Spirit nearly spent, Ash failed to open a usable passage as a Senro Person fell toward them.
• Tama Hill used Sanctuary to stop time and told Ash that people like him were Zhanzhu’s reserve vessels for resurrection, adding, “Zhanzhu is dreaming of me.”

Ash and his companions learned that Senluo Zhanzhu intended to resurrect through people with the Death Wish Constitution, and Tamashi chose not to become his vessel. Tamashi used his new authority over Senro Dreamland to fuse the Wish Center with the Space Gate, then asked Ash to accept the Senro People as his subjects.

• Tama Hill revealed that people with the Death Wish Constitution were meant to become vessels for Zhanzhu's resurrection.
• Tamashi said he would rather leave with Ash and his companions than serve as Zhanzhu's vessel.
• Ash and Igula urged Tamashi to value his own life, and he agreed to stay with them.
• Tamashi used his authority over Senro Dreamland to fuse the Wish Center with the Space Gate Spell Spirit.
• Tamashi asked Ash whether he would accept the Senro People as his subjects.

Ash and his companions rescued survivors in Thousand Wishes Heaven and returned to collapsing Senro, where they learned Little Silver Lamp could sustain the world only by consuming her divine foundation. Vishy attacked to seize the heaven, but a clash of Space Gates swept Ash, Yin Gula, and Harvey away, leaving them beneath a brilliant starry sky as Silver Lamp held Senro together.

• Ash returned to Thousand Wishes Heaven with unconscious survivors, and Tama Hill agreed to manage them while they recovered.
• Tama Hill explained that Little Silver Lamp could delay Senro's collapse by spending her divine foundation, and Silver Lamp comforted Ash as he asked whether she was willing.
• Vishy attacked Ash and his companions inside the Silent Helix, revealing that he had reincarnated through the Fire Cat God.
• Vishy used Daydream to send Ash toward a Space Gate, but Tama Hill's Light Gate collided with it and spatial turbulence swallowed Ash and Vishy.
• Yin Gula and Harvey followed Ash into the turbulence, and the three emerged from an underground passage beneath a star-filled sky.
• Ash saw Silver Lamp sustaining Senro with her silver light as the world fell silent around her.

Tama Hill managed the survivors of Senro in Thousand Wishes Heaven, where he enforced rules and considered how to govern people from different faiths. After approving Gavin and Kaisa’s request to live together, he began wondering about love and physical desire.

• Tama Hill broke up a dispute between the residents of houses 713 and 714, punished the middle-aged man for dirtying his neighbor’s doorway, and ordered him to clean it.
• At dinner, Tama Hill reflected on how he had organized housing, food, and rules for three thousand Senro survivors and considered how to manage them without imposing Raven Slaughter faith.
• Gavin and Kaisa asked Tama Hill for permission to live together because they loved each other and wanted to mate.
• Tama Hill approved their request and wished them well, then wondered whether wanting to touch someone’s body was another kind of liking.

Tama Hill prepared to enter the Void Realm, hoping to become a Saint Domain Artificer, find Ash, and return the Wish Center. In a dream bubble of Black Robe Town, she met a group of sorcerers who welcomed her provisionally, giving her a chance to start over.

• Tama Hill trained with Little Dream, then promised to return the Wish Center to Ash and agreed to fund Little Dream's plan for a Morality Score system in exchange for a commission.
• Tama Hill merged with Death Announcer, discovered the Gate of Truth, and entered the Void Realm to pursue Zhanzhu's legacy and become a Saint Domain Artificer.
• Tama Hill arrived in a Dream Bubble of Black Robe Town and learned that it was likely the lingering dream of a dead Senro Saint Domain Artificer.
• Tama Hill overheard a Veela, a red-eyed girl, and a woman in purple discussing Ash and Tamashi Raven Slaughter, then followed them and asked to join their group.
• The Veela enthusiastically welcomed Tama Hill, while the woman in purple said she could join if they met again in the Void Realm the following night.

Adele brought Lois and Ingrid a candidate list for Sonia Serve’s boyfriend from Truth University’s Strategy Group, but none of the men seemed to fit. Lois concluded that they had either misunderstood what Sonia’s boyfriend was like or that he did not exist, while the chapter explained why Sonia’s anxiety about losing him baffled the Strategy Group.

• Adele revealed that she had obtained Sonia Serve’s Boyfriend Candidate List by using Ingrid’s name and inventing a romantic story about the roommates for Aisha.
• Adele, Lois, and Ingrid rejected the candidates on the list, then wondered whether they had misread the clues or Sonia’s boyfriend was imaginary.
• Lois recalled that Sonia’s boyfriend was believed to be a slightly taller male swordsman whom Sonia could kiss without standing on tiptoe.
• The Strategy Group found Sonia’s fear of losing her boyfriend difficult to explain because she was a Saint Domain Artificer and was thought to seek control in romance.
• The Strategy Group inferred that Sonia valued her free status because she had chosen to protect her relationship rather than pursue noble rank or career advancement.

Sonia’s roommates tried to cope with her worsening mood because she could not meet her boyfriend in the Void Realm. They started a drinking game to cheer her up and coax her into revealing more about him.

• Adele, Ingrid, and Lois discussed Sonia’s volatile moods and planned to help ease her frustration.
• Lois proposed using alcohol and a drinking game to get Sonia to open up when she returned.
• Sonia came back to the dormitory and smashed a gilded Copper maze gift box, then memorized and crushed the giver’s card.
• Lois suggested playing “I’ve never,” and began with a statement about never fighting another woman over a man.

Sonia, Lois, Adele, and Ingrid played a drinking game and traded stories about romance, school, and their past. Ingrid’s final prompt exposed that Lois and Adele had once bathed with their roommates, leaving Sonia and Ingrid surprised as the pair tried to shut down questions.

• Adele recounted how she won over her childhood sweetheart fiancé by taking the initiative, while Lois and Ingrid shared brief stories about their school days.
• Sonia, Lois, and Ingrid recalled their old jealousy and how their once-distant dormitory had grown close; Sonia remembered her first kiss with the man she loved.
• Adele claimed she had never received a love-filled kiss, then admitted she had kissed her fiancé on the face, while Ingrid revealed her first kiss had happened before university.
• Sonia described her first kiss as an accidental, dark encounter that she later learned had been mutual, and said she still treasured it most.
• Ingrid said she had never bathed with her roommates, prompting Lois and Adele to admit they had done so when the water was about to be cut off.

Sonia confronted her distress over Star Country Homeland Security Emergency Order 51, which threatened her hope of reuniting with the Watcher and forced her to consider leaving her mother and life in Star behind. She resolved to return to sword training, but an emergency alert about three suspected Holy Domain Invaders in Gala City interrupted the Dormitory gathering.

• Sonia and Adele exposed each other's embarrassing secrets during a drinking game, prompting Lois and Adele to fight while Sonia and Ingrid watched.
• Ingrid told Sonia that her mood, sleep, and training had suffered because of her long-distance relationship with the Watcher.
• Sonia explained that Order 51 barred Space Gate travel and would make the Watcher a target if he entered Star, leaving her torn between pursuing him and staying with her mother.
• Ingrid urged Sonia to focus on improving her strength, and Sonia tied up her hair and decided to return to the Sword Saint route.
• Sonia rejoined the others for drinks, but their Miracle Bracelets announced that three suspected Holy Domain Invaders had appeared in Gala City's Narrow Abyss.

Yin Gula dreamed that Ash’s coronation ended an era and began a new age, then woke in a train restroom with Ash and Harvey. The three escaped their pursuers in Star Country for now, though they remained wanted.

• Yin Gula watched Ash paint the Void Realm with new colors, ending the era that had lasted through Year 1668 and beginning a coronation atop Ruby Mountain.
• Yin Gula woke in a train restroom beside Ash and Harvey, where they had fallen asleep together for forty-five minutes.
• Ash told a female attendant they had gathered in the restroom to smoke, and the three left before she inspected the room.
• Yin Gula watched from the train window and said their pursuers had likely not caught up with them.
• Ash recalled that a Spellcaster Troop had attacked them shortly after they entered Star Country, and said the familiar fugitive plotline made him feel at ease.

Ash, Harvey, and Yin Gula escaped the Griffon Corps by disguising themselves from its aerial surveillance and sneaking onto a locomotive bound for Gala City. As the exhausted trio traveled, Ash revealed he had learned Star Country’s accent from someone he used to talk with, prompting Yin Gula to ask whether he wanted to meet that person.

• The Griffon Meteorologists pursued Ash, Harvey, and Yin Gula for a day and night until they realized a Miracle was tracking them from the sky and used camouflage to evade it.
• The trio boarded a Luxury Locomotive without permits by having Yin Gula distract the attendants, then hid in the restroom until they were out of the search area.
• Ash, Harvey, and Yin Gula joked about whether the handsome traveler they had seen was Tama Hill and whether Black Crow was a woman.
• Ash stayed awake while the exhausted Harvey and Yin Gula rested, and he explained that he had picked up Star Country’s accent from someone he used to chat with.
• Yin Gula asked Ash whether he was eager to reach Gala City because he wanted to meet that person.

Ash told Yin Gula and Harvey that he wanted to reach Gala City to investigate whether he could clear his identity and meet the woman he hoped to take with him. They agreed to join his search despite the danger, and Ash warned them to behave normally if they met her.

• Ash hesitated over whether to go to Gala City, where Star Country's hostility toward outsiders made their plans dangerous.
• Ash explained that Law No. 51 criminalized citizens who sheltered outsiders, so he might have to use criminal methods to meet the woman he sought.
• Ash said he would take her away if possible or stay in Star Country, while still hoping to return to Gospel Country and visit Liss.
• Ash asked Yin Gula and Harvey to join his investigation in Gala City, and they agreed to join his Find Sword Maiden Squad.
• Ash urged Yin Gula and Harvey not to reveal their criminal natures or mention his past relationships if they met the woman.

Ash, Harvey, and Yin Gula discussed their futures and Ash's plans to reunite with Sword Maiden and retrieve Silver Lamp before hiding aboard a train bound for Gala City. Their journey was interrupted when a blond fugitive concealed himself among them as masked Six-Lamp Guests pursued him.

• Yin Gula said he wanted to become an ordinary photographer, while Harvey planned to expand his work into end-of-life care inspired by Qikala.
• Ash said he would seek a way back to Thousand Wishes Heaven, return to Senro for Silver Lamp, and find Sword Maiden in Gala City.
• The three discussed disguising themselves in Gala City by relying on a morally compromised local for shelter and information.
• A wind spell filled their carriage, and Ash, Harvey, and Yin Gula pretended to fall asleep while defending themselves.
• A handsome blond man slipped into their seats and hid among them as armed Six-Lamp Guests entered the carriage.
• The Six-Lamp Guests realized the fugitive was still in the carriage and called out Felix Voslotda, declaring his life was over.

Felix faced an ambush by the Van Dale Gang on a speeding train after Beverly hired them to kill her. She fought back using a passenger as a shield and revealed her newly acquired Malicious Spell Spirit, leaving the gang’s attackers terrified and incapacitated.

• Felix recognized the Van Dale Gang’s assault as a serious threat and assessed the sorcerers surrounding her on the train.
• As the gang searched the carriage, Felix chose the sturdy black-haired passenger beside her as a shield and found that touching him eased her stomach pain.
• Felix spat a silver needle at a masked bandit, whose defensive Miracle triggered and burst into poison mist.
• Felix grabbed the black-haired passenger and charged through the bandits, using him to shield herself while they avoided harming an ordinary citizen.
• Felix summoned her Malicious Spell Spirit, which bypassed the attackers’ defensive Miracles and caused their skin to rot as they collapsed.

Felix fought off the Van Dale Bandits on the train, but Ash and his two companions revealed themselves as wanted Saint Domain Artificers and cornered him. Ash exposed Felix’s connection to the Four Pillar Gods and asked about his family’s estate.

• Felix used Endless Poison to drive off the Van Dale Bandits, then tried to leave the train through a window.
• Ash revealed that he had blocked Felix’s poison, while the Blonde Handsome Man and the curly-haired man inspected the aftermath.
• Felix offered money and warned Ash that helping him would bring trouble, but Ash showed him a news report identifying the trio as wanted invaders.
• Ash inferred that Felix would not report them because he followed the Four Pillar Gods, then asked whether his family’s place was large.

Sonia’s roommates joked about how they would spend a bounty on three wanted Saint Domain Artificers, but Sonia explained that she wanted more work so she could buy insurance for her mother. After her soul spasm healed, she happily left the dormitory, while Adele decided she needed to become a Spellcaster so she would not have to sleep alone.

• Sonia returned to the Dormitory and found Adele, Lois, and Ingrid discussing how they would spend the bounty for capturing three wanted Saint Domain Artificers.
• Sonia said she wanted more endorsement work to buy insurance for her mother, and rejected the dangerous wanted-criminal job Adele suggested.
• Sonia rushed to shower, then emerged with her soul spasm healed and left the Dormitory in high spirits.
• Lois and Ingrid guessed Sonia had gone to see her boyfriend and left Adele worrying about sleeping alone.
• Adele declared she would become a Spellcaster, while Lois and Ingrid joked that she would use any Void Realm failure as an excuse to skip work and watch dramas.

Diya weighed whether to tell Ash that she was Lysithea, then decided to keep the truth hidden while arranging for Lise to spend three months with him if he returned to the Gospel Country. In the Void Realm, Sonia told Ash she was ready to be with him, but Diya interrupted their reunion and revealed her identity.

• Diya and the other sisters negotiated with Lise, agreeing that she could take over Diya’s young body for three months if Ash returned to the Gospel Country.
• Annan told Diya a story about a woman caught between someone she liked and his close female friend, and advised the princess in the story not to confess her other identity.
• Diya entered the Void Realm and found Sonia embracing Ash on Ruby Mountain.
• Sonia told Ash she was ready to stay with him or leave with him for a while, though they would not abandon their lives forever.
• Diya pulled Sonia and Ash apart and told Ash that she was Lysithea.

Ash reunited with Diya and Sonia and caught them up on the dangers he faced in the Senro Wasteland, including Weiser’s death and transformation into Silver Lamp. The reunion ended with Sonia suggesting Weiser had sacrificed herself to save Ash, while Ash insisted that saving one person was already a way of saving the world.

• Diya explained that she and Lys were separate people, and told Ash about the Witch Construction Bureau and how their friends were doing.
• Sonia teased Ash and Diya about their closeness, while Diya clarified which memories and relationships belonged to Lys.
• Diya asked about Bo Jin and Harvey, and Ash described their injuries before revealing that Weiser had died.
• Ash recounted how Weiser had secretly been Silver Lamp and had helped him survive the World Extinction Ritual and other crises in the Senro Wasteland.
• Ash apologized for giving Tama Hill the Wish Center without consulting Diya and Sonia, and both said they did not mind.
• Sonia argued that Silver Lamp had sacrificed herself to protect Ash, but Ash said he preferred to believe she had saved the world.

Ash, Sonia, and Lysithea compared their memories of mysterious alternate versions of people they knew and revealed their real identities to each other. Ash then asked Sonia about coming to the Star Country and learned that three Holy Domain Wanted Criminals had recently appeared there.

• Lysithea explained that she had not known Watcher was Ash until after she received the Secret concept and could resist the Gospel God's influence.
• Ash told Sonia and Lysithea about Black and White, Death Frenzy, and another Watcher, and they realized they had also encountered unfamiliar versions of people they knew.
• Ash considered whether these figures were connected to Aurora's Sorcerer Manual, but found Youlan Weiser's portrait grayed out in Agent Management.
• Lysithea revealed that Watcher had once wanted to wish to meet someone far away but feared the meeting would harm that person's life.
• Sonia introduced herself to Ash by her real name, and they held hands and greeted each other before discussing her invitation to the Star Country.
• Lysithea asked where Ash had been sent, and Ash pointed out that his recent journeys between countries had repeatedly left him hunted or hunting; he asked Sonia about three Holy Domain Wanted Criminals in the Star Country.

Ash explained why he and the others were staying with Felix and admitted he had planned to leave Star Country without involving Sonia. He insisted he would not take her away from her home and life, even though Sonia said she would leave with him.

• Ash said the group had chosen Felix and the Four Pillar Gods Church as allies because they needed help hiding from Star Country and believed they could handle the risks.
• Sonia confronted Ash for staying with Felix instead of asking her for help, and Ash admitted he had meant to judge her attitude before deciding whether to meet her.
• Ash explained that he had planned to leave Star Country after meeting Sonia only once or a few times, without asking her to give anything up.
• Sonia accused Ash of assuming she was acting impulsively, but Ash said he was the one who could not bear the sacrifice she would make by leaving.
• Ash told Sonia he had lost the first half of his own life and did not want her to lose her family, friends, and career for him.
• Ash vowed to meet Sonia in the Starry Sky but not take her away from Star Country, and Sonia said she would never hate him.