Chapter Summaries

Chu Lingfeng transmigrated into Bruce Wayne's body and learned that Bruce was set to inherit his wealthy uncle Flickent's estate under the Rune Kingdom's inheritance laws. As Bruce traveled to claim it, a foreboding feeling and memories of mysterious powers suggested that dangers lay ahead.

• Chu Lingfeng realized he had transmigrated and resolved to survive in Bruce Wayne's body while finding a way back to his family and homeland.
• Bruce recalled his background as a poor country boy from Akin Village and learned that his uncle Flickent and Flickent's wife had died.
• Bruce recognized that the Rune Kingdom's Entailed Estate Law made him the sole heir to Flickent's land and property, including income of at least 2,400 silver Rune Coins per year.
• Bruce examined the inheritance notice and felt an unexplained sense of foreboding about the circumstances surrounding his arrival in the body.
• Bruce remembered that mysterious powers existed in the world.

Bruce learned that the Goddess of the Night Church protected the Rune Kingdom and recalled how he had first heard the Goddess’s whisper. A blue character interface appeared, revealing his Grand Trend talent and warnings about local mysteries, and he opened the option to develop his spirituality.

• Bruce recalled that he had become a devout believer after hearing the Goddess of the Night whisper during a blessing ceremony in Akin Village.
• Bruce saw a blue character interface that listed his name, spirituality, and Grand Trend talent, along with messages about Rhode Town, the Flekent Couple, and Wayne Manor.
• Bruce reasoned that Grand Trend let him learn about events and use that knowledge to guide his choices.
• Bruce decided to test his developable spirituality while riding toward Lane Village and pressed the option on the interface.
• Bruce watched the interface change to a new page with brand-new text.

Bruce developed a new innate ability, Breakthrough, and wondered how he could obtain more spirituality while worrying about the dangers awaiting him in Wayne Manor. At the manor, Danforth Wayne feared that Bruce would claim her parents’ estate and leave her and Jessica destitute, so she resolved to act before he arrived.

• Bruce selected his own body for development and gained the innate ability Breakthrough, which could identify a way to survive dangerous situations.
• Bruce learned how Grand Trend, Breakthrough, and spirituality worked, and worried about the dangers tied to the mysterious incidents and Wayne Manor.
• Danforth Wayne, Flickent Wayne’s daughter, asked her younger sister Jessica what they would do after their parents’ deaths.
• Danforth feared that Bruce would inherit Wayne Manor and their parents’ assets under the Rune Kingdom’s inheritance laws, leaving the sisters with little or nothing.
• Danforth resolved to prepare for Bruce’s arrival and protect herself and Jessica.

After her parents’ deaths, Danvers prepared for the possibility that Bruce would claim the Flaikent estate, while Jessica secretly vowed to get rid of him. Bruce traveled toward Lane Village, unable to use Breakthrough for guidance, and resolved to learn more about the supernatural as he neared the village.

• Danvers dismissed the household staff, sold some possessions, and deposited nearly two hundred silver Rune Coins in case she and Jessica were forced to leave Wayne Manor.
• Danvers told Jessica that Bruce might arrive soon to inherit the estate and that they might have to leave their home.
• Jessica secretly vowed to get rid of Bruce when he arrived, and a bloody red gleam flashed in her doll’s eyes.
• Bruce used Breakthrough to ask what he should do, but it failed because he had insufficient contact.
• Bruce weighed the dangers of claiming the inheritance and resolved to seek knowledge about supernatural powers and the wider world.
• Bruce’s carriage approached Lane Village.

Bruce arrived at Wayne Manor to claim his inheritance, where Danvers recognized him as her cousin. Strange forces stirred throughout the manor, and Bruce realized the Goddess of the Night Church might discover he was a transmigrator.

• Bruce reached Lane Village, learned that Wayne Manor had dismissed its servants, and accepted a villager's directions to the estate.
• Bruce arrived at the dark, silent manor and hesitated at its gate as strange lights, flowers, and chains stirred inside.
• Danvers felt a sudden pain in her chest, then hurried to answer the gate when Bruce knocked and startled the tethered wolfdogs.
• Danvers met Bruce at the gate, and he introduced himself, offered condolences, and confirmed that he had come to claim his inheritance.
• Bruce recognized that the Goddess of the Night Church might learn he was a transmigrator.

Bruce arrived at Wayne Manor to claim his inheritance, and Danvers showed him around while hoping to secure a place for herself and Jessica. As Danvers grew attracted to Bruce and considered marrying him, Bruce restrained his own desire; the chapter ended with Danvers grieving her father in his study.

• Bruce showed Danvers his genuine identification papers, and she reluctantly let him into Wayne Manor.
• Danvers introduced the manor and its assets while hoping Bruce would allow her and Jessica to stay.
• Danvers considered marrying Bruce to preserve her life at the manor and brushed against him, stirring desire in both of them.
• Bruce entered his uncle's study, where Danvers remembered her father and began to cry, so Bruce comforted her.

Bruce settled into Wayne Manor and read about the Rune Kingdom, its churches, and its supernatural world, while Jessica secretly asked the spirit Fawcett to help her kill him. The chapter left Bruce unaware of the danger as he became absorbed in Barry Batson’s accounts of mystical adventures.

• Bruce considered the costs of restoring Wayne Manor and declined Danvers’s offer of food before settling into the guest room.
• Jessica asked Fawcett, the vengeful spirit of Absanik, to help her kill Bruce, and agreed to carry out the plan herself in a bathroom.
• Bruce read about the Rune Kingdom’s history, the influence of its churches, and secret groups that pursued chaos and disaster.
• Bruce discovered Barry Batson’s travelogue, The Traveler, and read accounts of supernatural powers, monsters, and strange places.

Danvers was mysteriously beguiled into seducing Bruce, but Jessica interrupted them before they went further. The Vengeful Spirit Doll recognized another presence in the manor and suspected it was pursuing the same prize.

• Danvers felt feverish and confused by her desire for Bruce, then saw a black rose appear on her chest as a sinister version of herself remained in the mirror.
• Bruce researched the world's mythology until Danvers entered his study with wine and climbed onto his lap.
• Jessica interrupted Bruce and Danvers, prompting Danvers to snap out of her trance and flee in shame.
• Jessica asked the Vengeful Spirit Doll what had happened, and it said Danvers had been beguiled by another presence in the manor.
• The Vengeful Spirit Doll suspected the presence was after the same thing it wanted and vowed not to let it take the prize.

Bruce survived the Drowned Hatred Diagram curse in the bathtub, revealing powerful spirituality to the Vengeful Spirit Doll. After its curse failed, Jessica rejected the spirit’s plea for a contract and set out to summon a stronger spirit to kill Bruce.

• Bruce bathed in the manor and was pulled beneath the water by the Drowned Hatred Diagram curse.
• Breakthrough told Bruce to struggle, and he broke free from the curse and climbed out of the bathtub.
• The Vengeful Spirit Doll told Jessica that Bruce’s strong spirituality suggested he might be a Beyonder and asked to make a contract with her.
• Jessica recalled summoning the vengeful spirit Fawcett and admitted that she had used its curses to kill her parents.
• Jessica called the doll useless, left to summon a stronger spirit, and ignored its desperate pleas.
• The Vengeful Spirit Doll feared Jessica’s next summoning and the Nighthawks, and resolved to act before it was annihilated.

After surviving a mysterious attack in Wayne Manor, Bruce suspected Jessica but chose to avoid confronting her and considered how to strengthen himself without attracting the church's attention. Jessica began summoning a new Spirit Body, while a Missionary in Lane Village sensed a stronger response to prayers.

• Bruce found fresh marks carved into the bathroom floor and suspected Jessica had tried to kill him with mysterious power.
• Jessica prepared her collected materials and called upon the Great Silver Serpent Mother to summon a stronger Spirit Body.
• Bruce avoided Jessica's room, searched for information about mysterious powers, and decided that seeking help from the church would be too risky.
• Bruce saw that his Spirituality had risen from seven points to nine and wondered whether contact with mysterious powers had caused the increase.
• A Missionary in the Lane Village church woke after sensing a stronger response to prayers.

Missionary Cruno detected a powerful summoned presence in Lane Village as Jessica summoned Mondreton and asked him to kill someone. Mondreton trapped Bruce in a deadly nightmare, where Bruce realized that dying in the dream could kill him in reality.

• Cruno investigated the Flekent Couple’s curse and hurried toward Wayne Manor after sensing a powerful evil presence.
• Jessica successfully summoned Mondreton, who identified himself as the Sixth Son of Dreams, Dragon Lord, and Nightmare.
• Jessica asked Mondreton to kill someone, and he released a force that made people across Wayne Manor fall asleep.
• Bruce awoke in a strange dream hall and used Breakthrough to learn that he was trapped in a deadly nightmare.
• Bruce resisted the growing fear as mist filled the hall and an ominous sound approached.

Cruno, a Night Watcher, entered Wayne Manor to confront the evil presence, while Mondreton took control of Jessica’s body and attacked him. Their fight began as the Vengeful Spirit Doll hid in the attic and Danvers slept on.

• Bruce heard heavy footsteps and dodged a towering figure’s longsword attack in the flooded hall.
• Cruno entered Wayne Manor, quieted the guard dogs with his power, and ran toward the evil presence.
• Mondreton sensed Cruno approaching and took control of Jessica’s body despite her resistance.
• Mondreton charged Cruno and announced his name, while Cruno recognized him as the Dragon Lord and raised a Spirituality Shield.
• The Vengeful Spirit Doll hid beneath a floorboard as Mondreton and Cruno clashed, while Danvers continued sleeping.

Cruno fought Mondreton, a corrupted demigod’s son appearing through a spirit avatar, until a stronger Night Watcher arrived and drove the avatar back into Jessica. Mondreton recognized the newcomer’s powerful artisan-made Beyonder weapon, while the young man calmly faced him without attacking.

• Cruno recognized Mondreton from Church records and defended himself against the avatar’s relentless attacks with a Spirituality Shield.
• Cruno activated his Crescent Moon pendant, summoning silver chains and a crescent blade to fight Mondreton.
• A gray-haired Night Watcher carrying an umbrella emerged from the darkness as more Night Watchers approached.
• Mondreton evaded Cruno’s blade and lunged for his heart, but the young man blocked him with his umbrella.
• The umbrella’s force nearly dispersed Mondreton’s spirit avatar and drove it back inside Jessica, while the Vengeful Spirit Doll, the mirror, Danvers, and Bruce reacted to the commotion.
• The young Night Watcher closed his umbrella and calmly watched Mondreton without attacking.

Daniel Pacino, the newly appointed bishop, saved Cruno from Mondreton’s dream attack, though Mondreton escaped, and eased Bruce’s nightmare. Bruce awoke with greatly increased spirituality and suspected Jessica was behind the supernatural incident, but remained afraid to leave his room.

• Mondreton introduced himself as a Dragon Lord and trapped Cruno and Daniel in a dream, but Daniel dispersed the mist and drove him off.
• Daniel and Cruno entered Wayne Manor and found Bruce suffering through a nightmare; Daniel touched Bruce’s forehead and eased his distress.
• Daniel told the arriving Night Watchers that Mondreton had escaped and warned them to watch for the more dangerous Gargoyle.
• Cruno confirmed he had recorded Mondreton’s Beyonder characteristics, and the Night Watchers left to report the incident to the church.
• Bruce awoke from a painful nightmare, found his spirituality had risen from 9 to 21, and suspected Jessica had caused the attack.
• Bruce got dressed but hesitated at his red bedroom door, unsure how to approach Jessica or seek help from the Church.

Cruno reported Mondreton’s supernatural signature to the Church and returned to Lane Village to investigate Wayne Manor and Bruce Wayne. Bruce learned that Jessica had escaped with an evil creature, then grew anxious when Cruno asked to speak with him privately.

• Cruno gave Mondreton’s recorded supernatural signature to missionaries who would take it to central Forendana, then returned to Lane Village.
• Cruno decided to visit Wayne Manor after daybreak and asked for information about Bruce Wayne.
• Bruce found Danvers crying with clergy from the Goddess of the Night Church and learned that Jessica had been taken by an evil creature.
• Cruno and Francis told Bruce that the Church had tracked an anomaly to Wayne Manor, but Jessica and the creature had escaped and were now wanted.
• Danvers begged the clergy to save Jessica, and Cruno then asked Bruce to speak with him privately.

After the events of the previous night, Cruno and Francis questioned Bruce Wayne and reassured him that the Church would protect his family and strengthen its patrols. Cruno invited Bruce to join the Goddess of the Night Church as a Beyonder, leaving Bruce intrigued but wary of the Church’s interest in him.

• Cruno asked Bruce what he remembered from the previous night, and Bruce described waking from a painful nightmare while hiding crucial details.
• Cruno said the Church would protect Bruce’s family and increase patrols in Lane Village against further attacks.
• Cruno asked what Bruce knew about Beyonders, then invited him to join the Goddess of the Night Church.
• Bruce asked why he had been chosen, and Cruno gave an ambiguous explanation about his extraordinary nature.
• Cruno and Francis left after telling Bruce he could visit the church in Lane Village, while Bruce remained uneasy about their interest in him.

Bruce studied Beyonders and business, declined the Church’s invitation, and decided to pursue mysticism at Isco Higher Academy while leaving Wayne Manor in Danvers’s care. As night fell, the Vengeful Spirit Doll sought an ally and approached Bruce, while another presence stirred in Danvers’s mirror.

• Bruce spent several days arranging Wayne Manor, planning investments, and studying Beyonders.
• Bruce learned that Isco Higher Academy offered a mysticism program and considered paying its costly tuition to learn more.
• Bruce told Danvers he might attend school and invest in business, gave her authority over Wayne Manor, and politely declined the Church’s invitation.
• The Vengeful Spirit Doll watched Bruce and decided to seek his cooperation, hoping to obtain something hidden in Wayne Manor and escape its confinement.
• Danvers’s reflection appeared in her mirror, announced that the seal had loosened, and said that something would soon emerge.
• Bruce heard a sound in his study, looked down, and found the smiling Vengeful Spirit Doll staring up at him.

Bruce questioned Fawcett about becoming a supernatural being and learned that Fawcett wanted his help obtaining something hidden in Wayne Manor. A ghost resembling Danvers arrived, revealed the object was the sealed Dark Bible, and claimed Bruce alone could pick it up.

• Fawcett told Bruce that he had been a Secret Prayer, described Jessica’s role in his attacks, and offered to teach Bruce supernatural knowledge in exchange for a favor.
• Fawcett explained that he sensed a powerful object taking shape inside Wayne Manor but did not know what it was.
• A ghost who looked like Danvers entered the study and identified the object as the Dark Bible, whose seal was coming undone.
• Fawcett and the ghost argued over the Dark Bible, and the ghost said Bruce was the only person who could pick it up.
• The ghost told Bruce that his body contained tremendous power and that her beguilement could not affect him.
• Bruce asked the ghost where she came from, why she had chosen him, and what she knew about the Dark Bible.

Bruce learned that his presence was accelerating the Dark Bible’s release and that the Wayne family might carry a divine bloodline. Fawcett began explaining how to become an Extraordinary, revealing that the process involved consuming an identity-specific potion and warning that spirituality made it dangerous.

• The ghost said Wayne Manor’s dark aura had intensified since Bruce arrived and that the Dark Bible’s seal was loosening, possibly because of his bloodline.
• The ghost explained that it had formed in the vanity table mirror in Danvers’s room under the manor’s influence.
• Bruce asked Fawcett to explain Extraordinaries, and Fawcett agreed to teach him in exchange for access to information in the Dark Bible.
• Fawcett explained that becoming an Extraordinary required acquiring an identity and consuming its corresponding potion formula.
• Fawcett warned Bruce that becoming an Extraordinary was dangerous and introduced spirituality as a key concern.

Bruce learned more about Extraordinaries from Fawcett and prepared to continue his work at the manor, while Ghost pursued power through the Dark Bible. Elsewhere, Cruno investigated Gargoyle, and Jessica, still possessed by Mondreton, killed a drunk while preparing a Birth Ritual for his mother.

• Fawcett taught Bruce about spirituality, the fallen, and the dangers of using power without sufficient spirituality, but withheld Potion Formulas until Bruce retrieved the Dark Bible.
• After Bruce left, Ghost denied bewitching Danvers and told Fawcett the Dark Bible might grant it a living body; Ghost then returned to Danvers and focused on advancing its power.
• Cruno read Bruce's refusal to join the Night Watchers and continued investigating Gargoyle, which had entered Rhode Town, while noting the arrival of outsiders and the Mistvale Family.
• In Lauderdale, Jessica killed a drunk who approached her, revealing that Mondreton still possessed her and was preparing a Birth Ritual for his mother.