Chapter Summaries

Klein revealed that Mr. Emperor was Roselle Gustav, who had returned as the Black Emperor and killed George III. The Tarot Club members reacted to the revelations, and the gathering ended with Klein encouraging them to pray to Roselle for help as well.

• Klein revealed that Mr. Emperor was Roselle Gustav, surprising the Tarot Club members and embarrassing those who had offered him Roselle's diary pages.
• Priscilla and Derrick congratulated Bernadette on reuniting with her father, while Edward agreed to help arrange a blessing for the City of Silver Chief's advancement ritual.
• Derrick told Bernadette that he had found no information about the Hidden Sage, and Bernadette said she no longer needed it.
• Audrey asked whether Klein and Roselle had planned George III's death, and Roselle claimed that the plan had begun a century earlier with his assassination.
• Roselle admitted that he had killed George III, and Klein confirmed that Roselle had advanced to Sequence 0 and become the Black Emperor.
• Klein told the Tarot Club members that they could pray to Roselle for help as well as to the Fool.

At the Tarot Club, Klein commissioned Fors to write novels about him to help him act as a Bizarro Sorcerer, but Amon soon ambushed him and Leonard. Edward and Lilith prepared for Edward’s attempt to advance to Sequence 0, and Edward met Grisha Adam at the Chaos Sea to discuss the Oldest One and the danger surrounding his advancement.

• Klein asked Fors to write and widely circulate novels featuring him as the protagonist, then warned the Tarot Club members about worsening turmoil before ending the gathering.
• Qonas of MI9 appeared beside Klein and revealed that Amon had taken control of the lost marionette.
• Amon’s monocled postman delivered a letter to Leonard, prompting Pallez Zoroast to tell him to run before they were overwhelmed.
• Edward told Lilith that Amon had taken Klein and sent her to watch over him while he went to the Chaos Sea.
• Edward met Grisha Adam, who explained that he could not take the Chaos Sea himself and agreed that the Oldest One’s awakening would threaten them both.
• Edward said his advancement to Sequence 0 required a ritual and would likely provoke a counterattack from the Oldest One and the Outer Deities.

Edward helped Grisha Adam and the Evernight Goddess gain power to repair the breach Cheek opened in the barrier, while Harry Potter's world began merging with the Lord of the Mysteries world. As the wars turned against Loen and the Numinous Episcopate, Doloren Sauron completed his Red Priest advancement ritual and confronted Roselle Gustav.

• Grisha Adam told Edward that Cheek had fused with the Oldest One in the Mirror and opened a breach in the barrier, prompting Edward to agree to help repair it.
• Edward sent tributaries from the Chaos Sea and the River of Eternal Darkness through the Door Uniqueness to Grisha Adam and the Evernight Goddess, starting the worlds' merger, and received the Abyss Card from Grisha Adam.
• Edward concealed the Door Uniqueness, left an avatar to guard it, and departed as Loen suffered defeats while the Resistance Army gained the advantage in the Southern Continent.
• Doloren Sauron completed his Red Priest advancement ritual beneath the Intis imperial palace and drank the potion.
• Roselle Gustav appeared before Doloren, who accused him and Adam of betraying him and declared that supreme power was necessary for freedom.

Amon seized Doloren Sauron's Red Priest apotheosis ritual to become Sequence 0 Error, while Roselle fought Stiano and Edward discovered the barrier breach in Cheek's Divine Kingdom. Amon then found Edward and began using his powers against him.

• Amon replaced Doloren Sauron during his advancement ritual, became Sequence 0 Error, and left the contaminated Salinger's Blood Banner for Medici.
• Roselle sensed Amon's advancement during his fight with Stiano, mocked the gods for losing the Red Priest, and returned to reality.
• Edward entered Cheek's Divine Kingdom, saw the enormous breach in the barrier, and fled after spotting Desire Cassava within it.
• Amon appeared before Edward and revealed that his earlier avatar had lured Lilith away while he advanced during another Red Priest apotheosis ritual.
• Amon stole Edward's vitality and other attributes through a Star Worm, then confused its connection to Edward's main body.

Edward tricked Amon into entering the Harry Potter world, where Amon discovered clues linking it to his father and the world before the First Epoch. Edward then stripped Amon of his powers and repeatedly dropped him through Illusory Doors, leaving Amon furious but determined to get even.

• Edward lured Amon into a false Sefirah Castle and kicked him through the Light Gate into the Harry Potter world.
• In 1992 New York, Amon parasitized a bookshop owner to learn about the unfamiliar world and its history.
• Amon recognized Chernobyl, God Almighty, and his father's distinctive language, and wondered whether the world was his homeland.
• Edward appeared in the bookshop, and Amon discovered that he could no longer use his abilities or spirituality.
• Edward trapped Amon in a loop of Illusory Doors and dropped him repeatedly until Amon accepted his helplessness.
• Amon climbed out of the crater left by his final fall and told Edward he would make him experience the same treatment next time.

Edward turned Amon into a child and sent him to Hogwarts under Dumbledore’s care. In the Forsaken Land of the Gods, Amon led Klein to an ancient site and began revealing the truth about the world.

• Edward brought Amon to the Leaky Cauldron, transformed him into a child, and gave him the identity Amon Grisha Adam, a Hogwarts transfer student.
• Edward left Amon with Dumbledore, who worried about handling Amon alongside Lily and James’s resurrection.
• Klein followed Amon through the Forsaken Land of the Gods, unable to escape or reach Sefirah Castle because Amon kept interfering.
• Amon admitted that he intended to steal Sefirah Castle without accepting its fate and responsibilities.
• Amon led Klein to a deep ravine containing a vast grayish-white structure and began naming the sacred place where his father had awoken.

Klein learned that his homeland was Earth in a distant future, while Amon tried to seize Sefirah Castle and was stopped by Lilith's disease. Lilith discovered Adam had stolen her Conqueror characteristics, and the chapter ended with the surviving Amons gathering to vote for a new main body.

• Klein realized that he had never left Earth, but that his homeland lay thousands or tens of thousands of years in the future, and he rejected Amon's offer to surrender Sefirah Castle.
• Amon's main body vanished, so Amon tried to take Sefirah Castle himself, but Lilith's disease killed his phantom and gravely wounded him.
• Amon revealed that Lilith's Conqueror characteristics had been envisioned, and Lilith confirmed this before destroying them and blaming Adam.
• Lilith killed Amon's avatar, sent Klein through a mirror to the City of Silver to pursue his Miracle Invoker ritual, and went to confront Adam.
• Nearly a hundred Amons gathered to choose a new main body after learning their original one had disappeared and the Amon who captured Klein had been killed.

Edward trapped and captured the Amon avatars who had gathered to vote for a new main body. Meanwhile, Amon arrived at Hogwarts with Dumbledore, learned that he could study magic there, and was brought to the dining hall for the Sorting Ceremony.

• The Amons voted to choose a new main body until Edward revealed himself and sealed off every escape route on the island.
• Edward used Sequence 0-level Fooling to incapacitate the Amons, bound them together, and tossed them into a separate space.
• Amon traveled by boat to Hogwarts with Dumbledore and learned that he could study magic at the school.
• Professor McGonagall introduced Amon in the dining hall and brought the Sorting Hat for his ceremony.
• Amon remarked that the Sorting Hat resembled his usual hat, though it was much older and dirtier.

Amon joined Gryffindor at Hogwarts after the Sorting Hat panicked at his mind, and he warned Harry that an Assassin Potion and a Demoness characteristic would turn him into a girl. In the world of Lord of the Mysteries, Edward comforted Lilith over the loss of her Red Priest plans, and Klein arrived in the City of Silver as the Fool’s messenger.

• Amon prompted the Sorting Hat to shout that Azkaban suited him before it sorted him into Gryffindor.
• Amon told Harry that Edward had given him an Assassin Potion and a Demoness of Unaging Beyonder Characteristic, which would soon turn him into a girl.
• Lilith told Edward that Amon had stolen her Conqueror characteristics and Red Priest Uniqueness, and she feared confronting Cheek.
• Edward explained that he had stripped Amon of his Beyonder abilities and placed a continuous Fooling effect on him; Lilith learned Medici had received her lost items.
• Klein entered the City of Silver and told Lovia that he had come by the Fool’s command to deliver the city.
• Derrick approached Klein, who identified himself as the World.

Klein prepared to lead the people of the City of Silver and Moon City out of the Forsaken Land of the Gods, while Edward dealt with Amon and strengthened Klein for the journey. Klein reached Moon City and announced their coming rescue, but worried about the people’s condition and whether he could help them.

• Klein told the City of Silver that Mr. Fool had opened a safe passage through the Giant King's Court and instructed Colin to prepare everyone to leave.
• Edward and Lilith arrived, and Derrick revealed that a new Tarot Club member was the Sequence 0 Black Emperor, leaving the City of Silver residents astonished by Mr. Fool's supposed power.
• Edward advanced Klein to Sequence 3, while Lilith said Edward had dealt with Amon's main body.
• Edward and Lilith visited the imprisoned Amon at the bottom of the Round Tower, stopped his escape, and sent him back to the space containing the other Amons.
• In the Harry Potter World, Snape berated Amon during Potions Class, and Neville offered to help him.
• Klein used Edward's Historical Projection to travel to Moon City, where he announced that he would lead its people out and wondered how he could help them.

Edward and his allies responded to escalating divine conflict as Grisha Adam left to repair the weakening barrier and warned of danger from Cheek and the Chaos Sea. The chapter left Audrey’s protection in Will’s hands, while Will reminded Edward of an outstanding promise.

• Leonard prayed to Klein for help after Amon took Pallez, then learned that Pallez had survived but lost his Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic and that Amon had become a True God; Edward confirmed that Amon had fallen into his hands.
• The war between Loen, Feysac, and Feynapotter shifted into a divine struggle, and the Evernight Goddess’s forces suffered heavy losses before the Evernight Goddess, the God of Combat, and Lilith began fighting in the Astral World.
• Audrey told Edward and Lilith that nobles had used commoners to buy up cheap grain and admitted that she had begun doubting her efforts to help them.
• Grisha Adam advised Audrey to follow her heart, then told Edward that the barrier needed repair and that Cheek and the Chaos Sea were concerns; Edward agreed to help when needed.
• Edward and Lilith decided to ask Will to look after Audrey, and Will agreed before reminding Edward of the promise he owed him.

Edward and Little Snake negotiated a bizarre plan for Little Snake to reboot through Edward, while Grisha Adam and Mr. Door helped repel the Outer Deities and the God of Combat died after trying to tear open the barrier. The chapter ended with Cheek confronting Edward near the Light Gate, where he attacked her with a Spatial Cage, Fooling, and an assault on her emotions.

• Little Snake revealed that he wanted to reboot by being born from Edward, and Edward reluctantly accepted the request.
• Cheek summoned the Oldest One through a Flesh Door, but Mr. Door sacrificed himself to attack the Mother Goddess of Depravity and let Christine steal her half of the Brood Hive.
• Grisha Adam sealed the barrier with the Blasphemy Slate, while Cheek escaped after his intrusion into her Mind World ended.
• The God of Combat discovered that the Earth Mother was Lilith, attacked her, then died after returning to tear open the barrier; Roselle recognized Grisha Adam.
• Cheek appeared before Edward near the Light Gate, and Edward attacked her with a Spatial Cage, repeated Fooling, and the power to detonate her emotions.

Edward escaped Cheek and the Mirrored Original Creator after reaching Sequence 0, but the Outer Deities were already tearing into the world through the damaged barrier. In Backlund, Lilith reassured Medici that Edward was their hope, and Roselle joined Edward as the apocalypse approached.

• Edward advanced to Sequence 0, used dimensional powers to reduce Cheek to Sequence 1, then fled with the Light Gate when the Mirrored Original Creator resumed her attack.
• In the Astral World, Edward saw the Outer Deities forcing their way through a rift in the barrier and froze in alarm.
• In Backlund, Medici bragged to Lilith about his new Conqueror characteristics and planned advance, while Lilith revealed that the Outer Deities' invasion could no longer be stopped.
• Lilith told Medici that Edward gave them hope, leaving him baffled.
• Edward watched the Outer Deities gather beyond the widening rift as Roselle arrived and suggested they watch the apocalypse together.

Edward created a vast array of illusory doors from Star Worms to cover the barrier’s tear while Adam and the Evernight Goddess held back the Outer Deities. After Roselle reported that Cheek had opened another breach, Edward ordered Roselle and the Evernight Goddess to open their sealed tear, then put on the Fool Pathway’s Uniqueness.

• Grisha Adam advanced to dual-pathway Sequence 0, briefly raised himself beyond the Sequences, and helped the Evernight Goddess seal the barrier’s tear with the Second Blasphemy Slate and the River of Eternal Darkness.
• Cheek attacked the barrier from within, but Roselle fought her with help from Stiano, the God of Steam and Machinery.
• The Outer Deities battered the repaired barrier as Adam and the Evernight Goddess used their powers to disrupt the attacks and buy time.
• Edward sacrificed his vitality to create illusory doors from Star Worms, while Lilith supplied him with vitality.
• Roselle returned and told Edward that Cheek had opened another breach, prompting Edward to order Roselle and the Evernight Goddess to open their tear.
• The Evernight Goddess withdrew her threads, and Edward put on the Fool Pathway’s Uniqueness.

Edward tricked the Outer Deities into entering the Harry Potter World, then struggled to keep that world from collapsing under their corruption. He fused the Harry Potter World with the Lord of Mysteries World through the Door Uniqueness, and the Harry Potter World completed its Ascension.

• Edward used the Fool, Door, and Error Uniquenesses to trick the Outer Deities into passing through a Light Gate into the Harry Potter World, then transferred them into the Cosmos.
• Edward resisted the Celestial Worthy's attempt to revive and confronted the Outer Deities, shrinking and petrifying them before enclosing them in a barrier.
• Edward realized that the Outer Deities were making the Harry Potter World ascend, but their presence was also causing it to collapse.
• Edward used the Door Uniqueness and the command "Lunatic on the Right, reverse!" to transform the Harry Potter World into a book and link it to the Lord of Mysteries World.
• The Harry Potter World and the Lord of Mysteries World briefly overlapped and influenced each other, and the Harry Potter World completed its transition to a higher dimension.

Edward advanced to Sequence 0 as Dimension and resisted the High-Dimensional Observer’s influence, while Lilith learned that she and Li Li were linked and that they needed to resist the Oldest One together. The chapter left Edward weighing whether he could claim the Oldest One’s power without losing himself.

• Lilith met Li Li aboard the train to death and learned that she was an avatar created to help Li Li resist the Oldest One.
• Li Li told Lilith that the Oldest One was eroding her and asked her to help suppress its will until Edward could replace it.
• Lilith saw another Li Li sleeping inside a piece of golden amber and was invited to join her.
• Edward trapped the Outer Deities in a picture book, returned to the Astral World, and briefly repaired the barrier against the Mother Goddess of Depravity.
• Edward accommodated the required characteristics and Uniqueness, advanced to Sequence 0 as Dimension, and resisted the High-Dimensional Observer’s urge to become a passive observer.
• Edward considered taking the Oldest One’s authority to become the Creator and wondered whether he would remain himself.

Edward discovered that Lilith had been drawn into the Creator’s plan to replace the Oldest One, but Cheek revealed herself as the Oldest One in the Mirror and began transforming reality into the Mirror World. Edward fled between dimensions as the Mirrored Original Creator attacked, leaving her plan underway and the struggle unresolved.

• Edward used a projection of Klein’s future as the Lord of the Mysteries to bring him into the fight against the Mother Goddess of Depravity.
• Edward learned from Grisha Adam that Lilith was the Creator and had been recruited to suppress the Oldest One, while the Creator intended to claim Edward’s power for herself.
• Cheek absorbed the Outer Deities trapped in a Picture Album and revealed that she was the Oldest One in the Mirror.
• The Oldest One in the Mirror spread mirrors across the universe to exchange reality with the Mirror World.
• The Mirrored Original Creator attacked Edward across dimensions while continuing her transformation of reality.

Edward fought the Oldest One in the Mirror while Li Li left the amber and confronted him aboard a train, forcing him to choose between advancing Above the Sequence and preserving Lilith’s freedom. Edward chose to advance and promised to free Li Li as soon as possible, and she answered by sending the Chaos Sea and River of Eternal Darkness out of the world.

• Lilith touched Li Li’s fingers through the amber and received memories of her past, while Li Li trapped Lilith inside and left to board a train.
• Grisha Adam confronted Li Li, but she entered a psychological world, summoned a Dragon King to fight him, and released dead Ancient Gods from the Bronze Gate.
• Edward drew the Oldest One in the Mirror onto a giant planet and forbade Lord of Mysteries abilities there, preparing to duel with magic.
• On the train, Li Li explained that she had engineered a choice for Edward: abandon advancement or leave Lilith suppressing the Oldest One’s will.
• Edward rejected Li Li’s attempt to make him sacrifice himself, saying he would advance and do his best to free her; Li Li attacked and sent the Chaos Sea and River of Eternal Darkness out of the world.

Edward fought Li Li and the Mirrored Original Creator while arguing that the Oldest One had already awakened and was steering events. Elsewhere, Amon stole Lilith’s fate to let Grisha Adam inherit it and suppress the Oldest One, but the theft left Amon with the power to replace them all and become the Creator beyond a Pillar.

• Edward used Imagination to split the Mirrored Original Creator and weaken Li Li, then claimed the Oldest One had already awakened and was manipulating events.
• Edward summoned Lilith and barred her escape, prompting her to threaten resurrection within him.
• Grisha Adam asked Amon to steal Lilith’s fate so he could inherit it and suppress the Oldest One, explaining that he would sacrifice himself because he did not trust the Oldest One.
• Amon struggled against the force holding Lilith’s fate in place, then taunted her by threatening Edward until she awakened and the resistance weakened.
• Amon successfully stole Lilith’s fate and realized he could accept it to replace Lilith, Edward, or Li Li and become the Creator beyond a Pillar.

Edward overcame Li Li and the Oldest One’s influence, then ascended to the Creator and defeated the Mirrored Original Creator and the Outer Deities. He reunited with Amon beside Adam’s amber seal, where Amon faced Edward’s rebuke for skipping class at Hogwarts.

• Grisha Adam took the Thread of fate and used his own consciousness, with the Primordial’s help, to suppress the Oldest One before sealing himself in amber.
• Lilith disrupted Li Li’s attempt to make Edward accept the Oldest One’s will, allowing Edward to restore his memories and anchors.
• As Adam’s suppression pulled Li Li and the Oldest One back into slumber, Lilith told Edward it was his turn, and he leaped into the future to meet another version of himself.
• Edward became the Creator, prohibited convergence, and transformed the Outer Deities into books before dispersing their Beyonder Characteristics and Uniquenesses.
• Edward deconstructed the Mirrored Original Creator and gave its authority to Lilith, who confronted Sequence 1 Cheek about advancing to Primordial Demoness.
• Edward arrived at Adam’s amber seal, where Amon had been waiting, and asked why he had skipped class at Hogwarts.