Chapter Summaries

The Fool returned to Sefirah Castle and announced that the Tarot Club meetings would resume, while Audrey and Leonard reflected on the upheavals around them. Klein then summoned Antigonus to Sefirah Castle, where Antigonus asked whether Klein was the Lord of the Mysteries and why he had brought him there.

• The Fool greeted the Tarot Club members and said he would resume presiding over their meetings.
• Audrey finished rescuing drowning victims in the Southern Continent and learned that the Chained God had survived but was embarrassed by an emotional confession to Richard.
• Traynor offered to take Audrey back with him, and she discovered his cat could traverse the Spirit World.
• Leonard questioned Pallez about the Fool’s identity and agreed to attend the next Tarot Club meeting if one was called.
• Klein recognized a powerful distortion affecting Xio and considered George III’s possible resurrection plans.
• Klein summoned Antigonus to Sefirah Castle, where Antigonus asked whether he was the Lord of the Mysteries and why he had been brought there.

Klein summoned Antigonus to Sefirah Castle and offered him an opportunity for equivalent exchange in return for his Beyonder characteristics and Uniqueness. Antigonus asked about his descendants and said he wanted to die and reunite with his family in the Historical Void, and Klein agreed.

• Antigonus realized he had been brought to Sefirah Castle and asked Klein why he had summoned him.
• Klein told Antigonus that his characteristics and Uniqueness were the only things of value to him, then described how the Tarot Club began and how its members had helped him.
• Klein offered Antigonus an opportunity for equivalent exchange and told him to call him the Fool.
• Antigonus asked what his soul and characteristics were worth, whether Klein could kill Badheil, and whether any of his descendants still lived.
• Klein said the Church of Evernight had searched for Antigonus's descendants using the Antigonus Marionette, and Antigonus said he no longer considered any surviving descendants to be his family.
• Antigonus said he wanted to die and reunite with his family in the Historical Void, and Klein agreed.

Klein offered Antigonus control of Sefirah Castle so he could take revenge on Badheil himself before dying. Antigonus accepted the Fool’s seat and used its power to contact Bethel, setting up an attack on Badheil.

• Antigonus told Klein he wanted a painless death, and Klein promised to end his life without pain or awareness.
• Klein urged Antigonus to take the Fool’s seat and experience the power of a Fool, then stepped aside and acted as his attendant.
• Antigonus sat in the Fool’s seat, received control over much of Sefirah Castle, and selected the crimson star connected to his own body.
• From above the gray fog, Antigonus saw Badheil approaching an unaware Bethel and sent Bethel a message asking him to help kill Badheil.
• Antigonus removed the mist disrupting Bethel’s perception and prepared to use Sefirah Castle to torment and kill Badheil.

Edward considered the upheaval around the Lord of the Mysteries while Fors grew suspicious that Xio had been replaced. Inside Sefirah Castle, Klein encountered a mysterious golden Genie who recognized the castle and offered help, leaving their exchange unresolved.

• Edward reviewed the altered course of the conflict and decided not to help the Demon of Knowledge fight the God of Thunder.
• Fors and Xio discussed whether the current Mr. Fool was genuine, and Fors grew afraid that Xio was an impostor wary of Mr. Fool.
• Xio accepted Fors's warning and said she had been overthinking the possibility.
• Klein noticed a figure entering the crimson star for Judgment and blocked Antigonus from sensing it.
• The golden Genie spoke to Klein, recognized Sefirah Castle's weakened condition, and suggested that Klein needed help.

Klein negotiated with the Son of Chaos, discovering that the Great Old One had escaped the Magic Wishing Lamp and was using George III’s identity. The Son of Chaos offered to leave Earth in exchange for his freedom, while Klein weighed the consequences and ended by hinting that he disliked the country ruled by the incarnation of God Almighty.

• Klein realized that the Son of Chaos was the Great Old One sealed inside the Magic Wishing Lamp and that the Genie had escaped.
• The Son of Chaos proposed a deal: Klein would remove his seal, and the Son of Chaos would return a Miracle Invoker characteristic and leave Earth.
• Klein probed the Son of Chaos about his plans, and the Genie admitted that he had taken over George III’s identity and wanted to leave for the Starry Sky.
• The Son of Chaos offered to abandon his claim to a country and avoid harming its people if Klein released him, but Klein’s spirituality warned him against making a promise lightly.
• Klein considered the political consequences of releasing the Genie and told him that he disliked the country of God Almighty’s incarnation, prompting the Son of Chaos to laugh.

The Son of Chaos freed Xio Derecha from his control while planning to stay clear of the Lord of Mysteries. During Bethel’s fight with Badheil, the Scroll of God revealed the Red Moon and threatened a descent by the Mother Goddess, leaving Klein to intervene through Sefirah Castle.

• The Son of Chaos severed his control over Xio Derecha, whose memories filled in the gaps as she returned to sleep.
• Bethel used the Abraham Family’s Scroll of God against Badheil, and the painting displayed the Red Moon as moonlight began reaching toward him.
• Antigonus drank Klein’s fruit tea and ate a pastry before asking whether the Mother Goddess’s descent could be stopped.
• Antigonus ordered Klein to deal with the painting, and Klein took control of Sefirah Castle and forced the moonlight back into the Scroll of God.

Klein used Sefirah Castle to sever the Mother Goddess of Depravity’s connection to the Scroll of God and seal the corruption inside it. As Badheil succumbed to the moon’s influence, Bethel and Antigonus seized their chance to attack him.

• Klein reclaimed control of Sefirah Castle, wrapped the Scroll of God in gray fog, and sealed the red moonlight that had escaped from it.
• Klein left Badheil exposed to the Mother Goddess of Depravity’s corruption and returned part of Sefirah Castle’s control to Antigonus.
• Badheil relived memories of his father Aurmir, his mother Omebella, and his brother Bradel as the corruption awakened his organs and Beyonder Characteristics.
• Bethel examined the sealed Scroll of God and concluded that Sefirah Castle’s controller had extraordinary power.
• Bethel attacked the distracted Badheil with spatial tears, and Antigonus seized Badheil’s Spirit Body Threads as Badheil tried to counterattack.

Amon realized that losing Sefirah Castle had left him facing a final choice: risk stealing the Fool’s apotheosis ritual or flee. Above Sefirah Castle, Klein took control of Antigonus and sent his consciousness into the Historical Void, ending Antigonus’s life.

• Amon reviewed how he had been deceived into leaving Sefirah Castle and regretted the chances he had missed to gain power.
• Amon realized Bethel had not taken Antigonus’s Uniqueness and Sequence One characteristic, so either Antigonus or Klein could still become the Fool.
• Klein and Antigonus spoke about Antigonus’s longing for his former peaceful life before Klein stripped away Antigonus’s consciousness.
• Klein took control of Antigonus’s body, made him his marionette, and sent his consciousness into the Historical Void, where it faded away.

After Antigonus died, Klein prepared to advance to Attendant of Mysteries and accommodate the Fool’s Uniqueness, while the Demon of Knowledge and the God of Thunder clashed over the limits of power and human resistance. The chapter ended with Edward taking control of Amon and asking whether he wanted to see his father.

• Klein divined that Benson and Melissa were walking through Shell Blue at night and asked Fors to pay attention to public safety in Backlund.
• Klein decided to advance, sent Bethel a message explaining his plans, and used Antigonus’s inheritance and nine Spirit World specialties to prepare the potion.
• Klein drank the Attendant of Mysteries potion and placed the Fool’s Uniqueness against his face, then fell into a deep sleep as his marionettes’ eyes lit up.
• The Demon of Knowledge told the God of Thunder that humans could challenge gods through their beliefs and actions, then withdrew from the Spirit World.
• Edward seized control of Amon, accused an associate of betraying him, and asked Amon whether he wanted to see his father.

Edward took Amon toward God Almighty, negotiating with the Demon of Knowledge to recover his Prisoner Uniqueness. Meanwhile, Klein’s unstable advancement drove him to create a marionette town in the northern snowfields, slowing his dissolution into the Spirit World before he lost consciousness.

• Edward decided to trade Amon and his Beyonder characteristics and Uniqueness to God Almighty in exchange for the Prisoner Uniqueness.
• The Demon of Knowledge confronted Edward, who persuaded him that sending the Error pathway to God Almighty could also serve his interests; they agreed to work together on a task in Loen.
• Klein began advancing to Attendant of Mysteries, but without completing his ritual, he started losing his sense of self and faced merging with the Lord of the Mysteries' will.
• Klein instinctively awakened corpses across the continents and turned them into marionettes, causing widespread panic as their bodies repaired themselves into paper-thin forms.
• Klein gathered about thirty thousand marionettes in the northern snowfields and used Sefirah Castle to establish a hidden town, which slowed his merging with the Spirit World.
• As Klein’s mind fell asleep, he hoped he would wake again; the closing note suggested naming the town Utopia.

Bethel inspected the Scroll of God, sealed Calderón, and headed for Trier as Leonard and Pallez processed the end of the War of the Gods and the Goddess’s death. Pallez directed Leonard to leave Loen and travel through Intis toward an abandoned castle called Dilan, where he expected them to meet someone bound for the same destination.

• Bethel tried to seal the Scroll of God but failed, then made two Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts for his descendants and sealed the Twilight Greatsword away.
• Bethel found the River of Eternal Darkness empty of the bodies and Beyonder Characteristics he expected, resealed Calderón, and departed for Trier.
• Pallez told Leonard that the War of the Gods had ended and that the Church of Evernight was about to be absorbed after the Goddess’s death.
• Leonard admitted his grief over the Goddess and accepted that he could not remain in Loen, while Pallez advised him to wait before seeking Klein’s help.
• Pallez directed Leonard to cross the Hornacis Mountain Range and head to an abandoned castle called Dilan northwest of Intis, where they might meet someone with the same destination.

Fors received an invitation from Dorian to attend the Abraham Family’s ceremony in Intis, while Klein planned to develop Utopia in Feysac after foreseeing turmoil caused by the God of Combat’s death. The ticket Dorian sent transported Fors away as soon as she reached for it.

• Fors returned home after patrolling Backlund at night and found Xio acting normally, planning to visit the East Borough to help people seeking legal assistance.
• Klein woke from a dream of Utopia after marionettes became stuck in a broken trade, and he considered how to make the town believable to outsiders.
• Klein foresaw upheaval in Feysac following the God of Combat’s death and considered bringing the people of the City of Silver and Moon City there to help populate Utopia.
• Fors fell asleep while writing, then woke to find Dorian’s Spirit World Creature delivering a letter inviting her to the Abraham Family’s welcoming ceremony in Intis.
• The Spirit World Creature produced a ticket, and Fors vanished when she reached for it.

Fors arrived at the Abraham Family residence, where Bethel recognized her connection to Sefirah Castle and praised her potential to become a Traveler. In Trier, Audrey explored the city and encountered a boy hoping to attend school and become an Artisan.

• Fors teleported to the Abraham mansion, recovered from the journey, and observed the estate while other students arrived.
• Bethel divined that Fors matched an old Abraham prophecy and carried Sefirah Castle's aura, then told Dorian she was qualified to become a Traveler.
• Audrey explored Trier, marveling at its waterways, busy streets, and a metal giant moving building materials.
• Audrey overheard a teacher offer a poor boy a place at a boarding school and heard the boy's grandfather urge him to study.
• The boy said he wanted to become an Artisan because Artisans could build impressive robots and learning a craft could help him earn a living.

Audrey questioned the Church of Mysteries’ open approach to becoming a Beyonder, then met Hermes, who revealed that he had provided the Elderly Mind Dragon blood she used to become a demigod. Meanwhile, Dorian welcomed Fors to the Abraham Family, gave her the ingredients and formula for the Traveler potion, and prepared her to advance soon.

• Audrey listened to a grandfather, his grandson, and a Church of Mysteries clergyman discuss Beyonders openly, and she questioned the clergyman about the risks of advancement.
• The clergyman explained that Beyonder powers demanded effort and could cost a person their life or soul, easing Audrey’s discomfort with the Church’s approach.
• Hermes approached Audrey, praised her, and revealed that the Elderly Mind Dragon blood she used to advance had come from him.
• Fors visited the Abraham Family mansion, where Dorian praised her progress and gave her a Traveler characteristic, potion formula, and supplementary ingredients.
• Dorian explained the Traveler advancement ritual and its dangers, urged Fors to advance soon, and told her to beware the attraction between Beyonder characteristics of the same pathway.

Fors visited Dorian at the Abraham Family residence and glimpsed Bethel, while Hermes invited Audrey to join the Twilight Hermit Order. Audrey was moved by his vision of an ideal Heaven and felt she had received a calling.

• Dorian warned Fors that Botis had become a Saint of the Church of the Creator, but agreed to give her his portrait and information after she offered to help avenge the Abraham Family.
• Fors noticed Bethel in the mansion and sensed his extraordinary nature, while Bethel recognized her spiritual intuition and considered her connection to the Fool useful to the Abraham Family.
• Hermes revealed to Audrey that he was an Elderly Mind Dragon and a member of the Twilight Hermit Order, then praised her work and resolve.
• Hermes invited Audrey to join the Twilight Hermit Order and work toward a better world under the Lord Almighty.
• Audrey considered Hermes's invitation and felt a calling as she repeated the words “An ideal Heaven” in her heart.

Audrey received Hermes's invitation to join the Twilight Hermit Order and agreed to learn more about the Creator's teachings before her baptism. On the Eastern Continent, Edward offered Medici help in regaining godhood while Amon hinted that he was close to death.

• Audrey questioned the identity behind Hermes's revelation, asked for time to consider joining, and accepted a Sunday baptism at the Church of the Creator.
• Audrey asked Hermes to take her to the Grand Cathedral so she could meet Miss Irena Montemar and learn about Heaven.
• Ouroboros told Medici that Amon had nearly lost his connections to the Lord of the Mysteries, and Medici questioned Amon about his fate and Sefirah Castle.
• Amon suggested that he was about to die, but Medici dismissed him while Edward returned from fishing and joined the conversation.
• Edward offered to help Medici obtain Sequence One characteristics and remove corruption from the Uniqueness if Medici still wanted to become a god again.

Leonard climbed to the ruins of the Nation of the Evernight and, with Pallez’s help, entered Duke Antigonus’s hidden temple. He escaped the terrifying palace with a Tarot Card marked Sequence 0: Fool and arrived in the Hidden Town.

• Leonard found an ancient stone path and followed it to a church in the mountain ruins.
• Pallez lent Leonard Angel-level Spirit Vision, allowing him to see a ruined palace hidden above the church.
• At Pallez’s instruction, Leonard used Theft to reach the palace and entered its hall of hanging corpses and strange tentacles.
• Leonard repeatedly fainted at the sight of the corpses, then followed Pallez’s directions toward a stone chair while keeping his eyes lowered.
• Leonard seized a Tarot Card marked Sequence 0: Fool, and Pallez sent him to the Hidden Town.

Leonard recovered the Fool card from the ruins of the Nation of the Evernight and fled the unsettling town, while Pallez explained that it should eventually be returned to the Fool. Elsewhere, Medici assessed Feysac’s instability and considered war as Edward revealed that Medici’s success as the Red Priest could help Ouroboros pursue the Uniqueness.

• Leonard recognized the Fool card as a Card of Blasphemy, and Pallez explained why he had taken it and warned Leonard to give it to the Fool or a former colleague.
• Leonard explored the ruined town beneath the mist-shrouded temple, grew frightened by the sight, and ran down the mountain.
• Medici and Edward discussed Feysac’s leaderless state after Badheil’s death, and Medici reasoned that Klein had helped bring about the God of Combat’s defeat.
• Medici considered using the Einhorn Family, the Feysac army, and defectors from the Church of the God of Combat to seize control and prepare for war.
• Edward urged Medici to fight for the Red Priest position, saying that success could let him help Ouroboros accommodate the Uniqueness as a half-Great Old One.

Medici and Edward discussed how to exploit the coming war between Feysac and Loen, while Audrey visited the Cathedral of Light and unexpectedly encountered Mr. A. A report about a mysterious town called Utopia left Hermes wondering if it was connected to an old acquaintance.

• Medici weighed the dangers of becoming the Red Priest and discussed using the Demon of Knowledge and Edward's help to wage war against Loen.
• Edward proposed worsening unrest in Loen and disrupting its food supplies, while Medici said he would find a pretext for Feysac's war.
• Hermes brought Audrey to the Cathedral of Light, where she recognized Mr. A and introduced herself as a member of the Psychology Alchemists.
• Hermes gave Audrey an invitation from Ileana to stay at the Montemar Family Mansion and meet her later that day.
• A clergy member reported that the Secret Order's minister had entered a strange town of marionettes that worshipped the Fool and called itself Utopia.
• Hermes reacted to the name Utopia and suggested it might be connected to an old acquaintance.

Hermes investigated the report about Utopia and considered how to learn more, while Audrey arrived at the Montemar residence and Ileana wondered about Susie. Edward forced Amon to choose whether to return to the Chaos Sea, and Amon entered the Giant King's Court, accepting that he would die there.

• Hermes warned Audrey that Utopia was dangerous, then read the report describing its marionette residents and decided to wait for more clues.
• Clovis saw Audrey arrive at the Montemar residence dressed in trousers and riding boots, while Ileana watched Susie and suspected the dog was unusually perceptive.
• Edward told Amon that his death in the Chaos Sea would prevent Marauder angels from advancing and leave his surviving avatars to face the consequences.
• Amon accepted his fate, entered the Eastern Continent, and reached the ruins of the Giant King's Court, wishing he could watch Klein and Bethel fight over each other's characteristics.