Chapter Summaries

Bruce considered how fate might influence his abilities before he, Ophelia, and Dusk searched Fedoran for Faust. They found Faust with Blaze, who refused to hand his brother over to Ophelia.

• Bruce wondered whether the Wheel of Fate shaped his innate abilities and whether he could influence future abilities through study.
• Dusk sensed Faust in Fedoran, and Ophelia and Dusk broke into his house while Bruce kept watch.
• Blaze used Super Speed to rescue Faust from Ophelia and Dusk, carrying him away before they could capture him.
• Dusk, Ophelia, and Bruce tracked Faust down again, and Ophelia claimed they needed him for a crime in Bartos.
• Blaze called Ophelia's accusation bullshit and shielded Faust from the three pursuers.

Bruce, Ophelia, and Dusk arrested Faust in Fedoran after Bruce subdued Blaze, who had tried to protect his brother with super speed. Dusk warned the townspeople to flee before dawn, while five Gray-Robed Men appeared in the shadows and watched Bruce.

• Dusk agreed to Bruce intervening after recognizing that Blaze carried the aura of a Fate Tablet, and Ophelia charged at Blaze to arrest him.
• Blaze used super speed to attack Ophelia, but Bruce slowed him with a spell and bound him with whips of spirituality power.
• Ophelia and Dusk caught Faust as he fled, while Bruce overwhelmed Blaze and suspended him in midair.
• Fedoran's Constable Ubiloo arrived, and Dusk identified Bruce as an Extraordinary from the Goddess of the Night Church and explained that Faust was expected to host an evil force.
• Dusk told Fedoran's residents to leave until after dawn, while five Gray-Robed Men appeared in the shadows and watched Bruce.

As Fedoran prepared to evacuate, Blaze refused to leave Faust, who was destined to become the God of Fall’s host. The Castro Family’s Wizards offered to seal the descending god in exchange for the magic manuscript and said their method required a strand of Faust’s hair.

• Bruce repeated Dusk’s warning that evil would descend, and most of Fedoran’s residents scattered to prepare to leave.
• Blaze apologized to Faust and refused to abandon his brother, despite Bruce and Dusk warning that he could not save him and would only endanger himself.
• Five Wizards from the Castro Family emerged and offered to seal the God of Fall without sacrificing anyone.
• Jesus asked for the magic manuscript, and Dusk agreed to hand over half of it before the Wizards began their preparations.
• The Castro Family’s Wizards said they needed a strand of Faust’s hair to carry out their method.

Dusk warned Bruce that Wizards should develop their own magical power rather than rely only on runes and incantations, prompting Bruce to consider casting spells directly from magic. The Castro Family prepared a bell as a vessel for the God of Dusk and Dawn, while Dusk guarded Faust and Fedoran emptied ahead of dawn.

• The Gray-Robed Man took a strand of Faust's hair, and the Castro Family used it to prepare their Sealing Magic around a bell.
• Dusk told Bruce that a Wizard's foundation was magical power and knowledge, and Bruce wondered whether he could form spells directly from magic.
• Dusk reflected that he wanted his original self sealed or killed so he could remain free, and he questioned why Fate had intervened in Bruce's destiny.
• Dusk and Ophelia guarded the bound Faust while the Castro Family waited for dawn to draw the God of Dusk and Dawn into the bell.
• Residents fled Fedoran for nearby towns, leaving the town nearly empty before dawn.

Bruce was pulled into the Magic Array when Jesus and the Castro Family Wizards betrayed him, and the God of Fall’s madness threatened to overwhelm his mind. He escaped into his identity as the Dark Lord Eris, while another presence took control of his body, killed the five Wizards, and restored Dusk’s youth.

• Jesus and the Gray-Robed Men drew Bruce’s magical power into the Magic Array, then trapped him inside as Ophelia and Dusk watched helplessly.
• Bruce realized the God of Fall had descended into his body and used Breakthrough to learn that his will had to leave it to survive.
• Bruce assumed the identity of the Dark Lord Eris and escaped to the Throne in Zambesi’s Underground City, leaving his body behind.
• The Bruce inside the Magic Array broke its glyphs, killed Jesus and the other four Gray-Robed Men with golden tentacles, and absorbed their magical energy.
• The presence controlling Bruce rewrote Dusk’s fate, restored his youth, and warned him never to give up his human body.

A mysterious future version of Bruce warned Dusk to choose humanity, then destroyed Dusk’s divine body and set his fate in motion. After returning from Zambesi, Bruce discovered that someone had used his body to kill the Castro Family Wizards, and he met the figure who claimed to be his future self.

• "Bruce" offered Dusk the choice to reclaim his identity as a god or live as a human, and Dusk chose to be human.
• "Bruce" destroyed Dusk’s true body, causing golden gears to appear behind Dusk as his fate began to turn.
• "Bruce" praised Bruce’s progress and left to speak with him face-to-face, while Bruce waited on the throne in Zambesi.
• Bruce returned to Fedoran and saw that the five Castro Family Wizards had been killed and their magical power absorbed into his body.
• Bruce’s unease drew him into a pale, empty space, where a mature figure with his face appeared and identified himself as Bruce’s future self.

Bruce learned from his future self that he was Bruce Wayne, not Chu Lingfeng, and that the Wheel of Fate had been created to steer him away from serving the ancient gods. His future self began answering Bruce’s remaining questions, while warning that Bruce’s next challenges included the reincarnated Dark Lord Eris.

• Bruce’s future self explained that he had once served the ancient gods after discovering the Prayer Scripture through Jessica, then used fate to alter the timeline and guide Bruce away from the same path.
• The future Bruce revealed that Chu Lingfeng’s memories had been woven into Bruce’s mind and that the Character Status Panel was the Wheel of Fate, which could change Bruce’s fate and grant talents from alternate possibilities.
• The future Bruce said he would hand the Wheel of Fate over to Bruce and explained that demigods such as the Primordial Witch and the God of Communication sensed his presence, but would not dare challenge fate.
• Bruce asked about the Dark Lord Eris, and his future self said Bruce would inevitably fight the reincarnated Dark Lord and could claim the title if he won.
• Bruce asked whether the pale space blocked divine listeners, and the future Bruce confirmed it did and agreed to answer what he could.

Bruce mastered the abilities of the Wheel of Fate after meeting his future self, then recovered Julius's magic manuscript after the God of Fall's descent. Dusk and Ophelia asked to join him, and Bruce agreed to work with them in Walkervis.

• Bruce learned that the Ancient Gods belonged to two generations and eight categories, then absorbed the Character Status Panel and mastered its five innate abilities.
• Bruce reshaped the panel into the Wheel of Fate and realized he would need to encounter mystery incidents or deaths to gain fate power.
• Bruce withdrew his golden tentacles from the Castro Family's Wizards, searched their corpses, and took Julius's magic manuscript.
• Dusk handed Bruce the other half of the manuscript and asked to travel with him.
• Ophelia offered to join Bruce after handling the follow-up in Bartos, and Bruce gave her the address of his lodgings in Walkervis.

Bruce agreed to take Dusk and Ophelia to Chelberly, then accepted Blaze and Faust as companions on the journey to Metropolis. Meanwhile, Julius recovered from the influence affecting his soul, but Elder Rodman revealed that Jesus and his group of five had been killed.

• Bruce packed Julius's manuscripts and set out with Dusk and Ophelia, while Ophelia planned to await the kingdom's response in Chelberly and considered resigning as Constable.
• Blaze asked Bruce to take him and Faust along, and Bruce agreed to let the brothers join him.
• Bruce introduced himself to the Fast Brothers and told them they could leave immediately because they had nothing to pack.
• At the Castro Family Castle, Julius's soul steadied as the influence faded, and he resolved to improve his safeguards before continuing his attempts to summon ancient gods.
• Elder Rodman stood and told Julius that Jesus and his group of five were dead.

Rodman learned that Jesus and his companions had been killed by a golden figure linked to the Goddess of the Night Church, while the God of Communication explained how polluted gray fog threatened demigods with madness. Bruce and his companions left Chelberly on horseback for Walkervis, and the Castro Family’s operation there was assigned to Angliuen.

• Rodman and Julius watched a magical replay of Jesus and his four companions dying to golden tentacles, and Julius recognized the attacker from Walkervis.
• Rodman sent Angliuen to carry out the Castro Family’s operation in Chelberly, then visited the imprisoned God of Communication and tortured him for answers.
• The God of Communication reflected on how dead demons had polluted the world’s gray fog, causing gods and demigod-level Extraordinaries to risk corruption and loss of control.
• Bruce, Ophelia, Dusk, and the Fast Brothers reported to the district church in Chelberly, but Bruce chose not to leave Dusk and the brothers behind.
• Bruce and his three companions rode toward Walkervis because Dusk and the Fast Brothers could not use the Budani Gate.

Bruce returned to Walkervis with Dusk and the others, then arranged for Fawcett to translate Julius's magic manuscripts. The translations gave Bruce new combat spells and a method for cultivating humans into magic creatures, while Rodman's dwindling lifespan left the God of Communication nearing freedom from his torment.

• Rodman rejected the God of Communication's offer to cleanse his corruption and continued torturing him, though Rodman's life force was fading.
• Bruce returned to Walkervis with Dusk and two others, gave Faust Silver Runes for supplies, and went to the Church to find Fawcett.
• Ernest asked Bruce about the God of Fall's descent in Chelberly, and Bruce said he had dealt with the incident.
• Bruce took Fawcett from the Church and asked him to translate Julius's ciphered magic manuscripts.
• Fawcett translated nine pages, revealing six combat spells and a cultivation spell that could turn humans into magic creatures.

Bruce attended the Charity Ball in Jiaxi Town to promote his Security Company, while Cameron sought a Wizard’s help in hunting Lava Golzans so his stone skin gu could advance. The chapter ended with Alfonso telling Cameron he had no effective way to deal with the creatures.

• Bruce obtained a Charity Ball ticket through the Church and traveled to Jiaxi Town with Fawcett and the others.
• Bruce met wealthy guests at his lodging and promoted the Security Company to expand its business.
• Cameron pursued the advancement of his stone skin gu into lava gu and planned to hunt Lava Golzans with a Wizard’s help.
• Cameron’s family members’ gu showed signs of being ready to advance, and Zatanna continued to regard Bruce as a target for her dark qi gu.
• Alfonso Lorenzo read Cameron’s request at the White Stone Tower and concluded that Lava Golzans were too difficult to hunt, so he wrote back that he had no good solution.

At the Charity Ball in Jiaxi Town, Bruce promoted his Security Company and met Evelyn Meyer, who wanted protection for a shipment. He later discovered members of the Church of the God of Machinery searching the auction backstage and intervened when they attacked a newcomer.

• Bruce introduced his Security Company to guests at Guen Brody's Charity Ball and described its protection, investigation, and valuables-transport services.
• Evelyn Meyer and her daughter, Dora Meyer, asked Bruce about escorting goods from the Rediven Kingdom, and he agreed to discuss the fee with the company's representative.
• After the auction began, Bruce sensed spirituality power backstage and found three black-clad Extraordinaries searching auction boxes.
• Bruce used Grand Trend and learned that the searchers were connected to the Church of the God of Machinery.
• When the searchers attacked a backstage worker, Bruce restrained one of them with a rope of spirituality power and saw their steel-plated bodies.

Ye Futian was scolded by Qin Yi for sleeping through class and making no progress at Qingzhou Academy, despite his heaven-grade sensitivity. With the Autumn Examination a month away and expulsion looming, he decided to take the exam, leaving Qin Yi to promise he could do whatever he liked in her classes if he passed.

• Ye Futian woke in class after Qingxue called him and accidentally made a suggestive remark to Qin Yi, who confronted him with questions about cultivation.
• Ye Futian claimed he was a Heavenly Mandate Mage whose life soul was still asleep, and Qin Yi rebuked him for remaining in the Qi Gathering Realm for three years and withdrawing from every examination.
• Qin Yi warned that Ye Futian would be expelled if he withdrew from or failed the upcoming Autumn Examination, while Yu Sheng declared he would leave if Ye Futian was expelled.
• Ye Futian decided to take the Autumn Examination, and Yu Sheng quietly sat down when Ye Futian told him to.
• Qin Yi said Ye Futian could do whatever he liked in her classes if he passed, and he teased her by asking what that meant.