Chapter Summaries

Chen Lun led a group of Beyonders into the chaos-stricken city to hunt the Red Apple Church and end the trading company's crisis. He captured and killed a Sequence 7 priest, Wade, whose dying words revealed the Church's plans for Lady Rose's revival.

• Chen Lun ordered ordinary trading company personnel to remain behind and led the Beyonders, including Xixi, into the city to hunt the Red Apple Church.
• Silver Dragon guards shot down and finished off Fallen Believers as the group crossed the frozen, devastated streets.
• Chen Lun sensed a Red Apple Church Beyonder hiding nearby, vanished, and returned with the gravely wounded priest Wade.
• Wade declared that Pope Dolomipulnis would help Lady Rose revive in the Rose Garden and fulfill the Church's undertaking.
• Chen Lun pierced Wade's throat with the Silver Cane and burned him to ashes with supernatural fire.

Chen Lun organized a simultaneous hunt for Red Apple Church priests in Snow Crystal City, then tracked down the Church’s bishop himself. As he advanced through the ruined streets, he killed and burned Fallen Believers while players began following him.

• Chen Lun checked the Scarlet Festival quest and assigned Shidan, Nalan, Cumberland, Xixi, and Noah to hunt priests in separate squads, while he targeted the bishop.
• Chen Lun killed several Fallen Believers with playing cards and supernatural fire as he moved through the city.
• Chen Lun saved a woman from two pursuing Fallen Believers, who warned him before he killed and burned them.
• Players recognized Chen Lun as Mr. Jack and followed him, hoping to record his actions or trigger a quest.

Chen Lun fought Bishop Bruno in Snow Crystal City as players gathered to watch, while Noah completed his Ascension Ritual and hurried with Xixi’s Silver Dragon Guard toward the battle. The clash drew more players to the ruined garden square, and the story left Chen Lun and Bruno still fighting.

• Chen Lun found Bishop Bruno collecting blood at the ruined fountain and confronted him about sacrificing people to revive Dolomipulnis.
• Bruno attacked with blood-based powers, and Chen Lun transformed into his standard state and fought back with his silver sword and eight pythons.
• Players watched the fight from a distance, and one uploaded footage of Jack battling the Red Apple Church bishop to the game forum.
• Bruno transformed into a giant ghoul and traded fierce blows with Chen Lun as flames spread through the garden square.
• Noah completed his Ascension Ritual, and he and Xixi led the Silver Dragon Guard toward the noise of Chen Lun’s battle.

Chen Lun fought Bishop Bruno, using his Extreme State to overwhelm the Ghoul despite its regenerative powers. As Red Apple Church clerics closed in, Chen Lun attacked them as well, while players and Shidan, Nalan, and Cumberland watched.

• Chen Lun severed Bruno's head, but Bruno regenerated and used bats that spat stolen Supernatural Fire to counterattack.
• Chen Lun entered his Extreme State, formed pale wings from his White Pythons, and charged through Bruno's flames.
• Chen Lun broke Bruno's claws, severed his arm, and battered the Ghoul to the ground.
• Red Apple Church clerics surrounded Chen Lun as players watched and Shidan, Nalan, and Cumberland discussed the danger.
• Chen Lun cut three approaching clerics in half with sword energy, then fired his Hand Crossbow at the others.

Chen Lun fought through the Red Apple Church monks and the mass of Fallen Believers while Noah, Xixi, and the Icehorn Society entered the garden. Bishop Bruno rose again, gathered Sinblood into a crystal cup, and summoned a phantom of the Profane Holy Sword, leaving Chen Lun facing a dangerous new threat.

• Chen Lun killed the Red Apple Church reinforcements as the wounded monks fell into a frenzy of devouring one another.
• Hundreds of Fallen Believers converged on Chen Lun, while Shidan, Nalan, and Cumberland debated whether to enter the fight.
• Noah jumped into the garden to join Chen Lun, and Xixi followed with the Silver Dragon Guard to protect him.
• Cumberland recalled Mr. Kaibak's instructions and led the Icehorn Society into the garden.
• Chen Lun burned through the Fallen Believers and turned to face Bishop Bruno, who had risen and collected blood in a crystal cup.
• Bishop Bruno summoned a phantom of the Profane Holy Sword and raised it, spreading a strange power.

Chen Lun killed Bishop Bruno with his Death-Burning Sword, then confronted Cumberland after the latter tried to attack him. Chen Lun captured Cumberland for questioning and returned to fight the remaining fallen believers.

• The fallen believers transformed into stronger tendril monsters, and Chen Lun charged toward Bishop Bruno as the Silver Dragon Guard and Noah joined the battle.
• Chen Lun unleashed his Death-Burning Sword and cleaved Bishop Bruno in half, while Cumberland's Shark Wave failed to affect the clash.
• Bishop Bruno split into smaller ghouls and bats, but the purplish-red flames burned every fragment to nothing.
• Chen Lun approached Cumberland, who fled in terror, but Noah blocked his way and stopped when he recognized Chen Lun.
• Chen Lun captured Cumberland for questioning and then left to fight the remaining fallen believers.

Circus players discussed Jack’s battle in Snow Crystal City and learned how he had traveled there through the Spirit World. As the fight’s videos spread across the Empire, Chen Lun returned to the Silver Dragon Trade Association’s Branch with a goblet containing the last drop of sinblood.

• At the Lakeside Cabin, Ma Ren, Weiyin, and other Circus players praised Jack after watching footage of his battle against the Red Apple Church.
• Dongyang explained that Jack had gone to Snow Crystal City to rescue the Silver Dragon Trade Association’s Branch and that he had traveled there through the Spirit World.
• Dongyang told the players that the Spirit World was a dangerous plane used mainly by Middle Sequence Transcendents, though he did not know how they could enter it.
• Videos of the battle spread across the Empire, making the Circus and Jack popular topics among players.
• After the battle, Chen Lun and his group headed back to the Silver Dragon Trade Association’s Branch, and Chen Lun carried Bishop Bruno’s goblet with one remaining drop of sinblood.

After Chen Lun defeated the Red Apple Church’s forces in Snow Crystal City, he returned to the Silver Dragon Trade Association with Noah and the others. Noah had Cumberland taken for interrogation, while Chen Lun rested on the rooftop and reflected on the worsening Red Calamity and his team’s remaining advancement needs.

• Chen Lun stored the Cup of Sin and Sinblood and noted that his accumulated experience had reached 260,000.
• The group returned to the upper district, where Xixi told the defenders that Chen Lun had killed Bishop Bruno and eliminated the threat to Snow Crystal City.
• Chen Lun left the defenders and continued to the Silver Dragon Trade Association with Noah, Xixi, and the others.
• Noah ordered Xixi and the Silver Dragon Guard to interrogate Cumberland for his treacherous attack on Chen Lun.
• The trade association members celebrated their rescue, while Kaibak reacted poorly to seeing Cumberland in custody.
• Chen Lun rested on the rooftop, considered the worsening Red Calamity, and thought about Maggie and Fuluoyin's advancement.

Chen Lun reunited with Rosa, who thanked him for saving the trade association and revealed that Kaibak and Cumberland had plotted against him and Noah. Rosa publicly charged them and began punishing other corrupt officials, leaving the trade association under her full authority.

• Chen Lun spoke with Rosa after she returned to Snow Crystal City, and she thanked him for defeating the Red Apple Church and lifting Noah’s curse.
• Rosa told Chen Lun that Cumberland had worked with Kaibak to plot attacks on trade association leaders and target Chen Lun and Noah.
• Rosa brought Kaibak and Cumberland before the association’s members and publicly read out more than twenty charges against them.
• Rosa slapped Kaibak when he protested, then declared that her mother had granted her full authority over the trade association.
• Rosa announced that Mr. McCauley and Mr. Kerry had also violated numerous regulations.

After Rosa punished the corrupt association officials and named the Circus the Silver Dragon Trade Association’s respected partner, she invited Chen Lun to meet Bulaize. Chen Lun and Noah traveled with Rosa through a Spirit World portal and reunited with Bulaize, who beckoned Noah into her arms.

• Rosa stripped two former executives of their positions and sentenced them to farm in the countryside.
• Xixi beheaded Cumberland and Kaibak after Rosa concluded their sentencing.
• Rosa declared the Circus a respected partner of the Silver Dragon Trade Association and told Chen Lun that Bulaize wished to see him.
• Rosa served dinner to Noah and Chen Lun, then led them to the association’s rooftop.
• Rosa opened a portal to Hidden Veil City, and Chen Lun, Rosa, and Noah entered the Spirit World.
• Noah ran to Bulaize, who studied him with surprise.

Chen Lun learned that Saint Bulaize had lifted Noah’s curse and received an upgraded blessing for his help. Bulaize proposed that he marry Rosa, but he declined because his heart belonged to someone else, and she warned him to beware of the Sun.

• The Witch explained that the Profane Duke’s cursed sword had caused Noah’s affliction, which was now removed, and Chen Lun received the upgraded Shining Nova blessing from Saint Bulaize Shelley.
• Bulaize asked Chen Lun to marry Rosa, but he politely refused and explained that he had no prejudice against Rosa and already loved someone else.
• Bulaize revealed that Rosa and Noah’s father had been a Saint of the Blazing Sun Cross Society who died in a secret war, then warned Chen Lun to beware of the Sun.
• Bulaize sent Noah with Chen Lun and hoped he would follow Chen Lun like Clarenso; Chen Lun, Rosa, and Noah returned to the rooftop.
• Noah teased Rosa about having children with Chen Lun, and Rosa hit him while Chen Lun nearly stumbled on the stairs.

Chen Lun returned to Amber City with Noah and helped Fuluoyin prepare for her [Soul Requiem Master] Ascension Ritual, finding a place where she could obtain the required spirits. The Silver Dragon Trade Association delivered most of the requested materials, but the sunset chrysanthemum dew was missing.

• Chen Lun said goodbye to Rosa, who gave his Silver Ring Coin a way to contact her directly and teased him with a proposal before he and Noah returned to Amber City.
• Chen Lun and Noah arrived at Jack Manor, where Connie, Golov, and Fuluoyin welcomed Noah and learned who he was.
• Chen Lun asked Fuluoyin about her Ascension Ritual, and she explained that it required an [Executioner] to destroy ten souls before the ritual candles burned out.
• Chen Lun suggested using the wraiths beneath the Gloom Plains in Wonderland, and Fuluoyin confirmed that they met the ritual requirements.
• Fuluoyin gathered most of the ritual materials, so Chen Lun ordered spirit silver and sunset chrysanthemum dew from the Silver Dragon Trade Association.
• The association's messenger delivered the spirit silver and other commissioned materials, but Chen Lun discovered that the sunset chrysanthemum dew was missing.

Chen Lun learned that Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew would be available at the Silver Dragon Trade Association’s Secret Venue in Pyrite City, and traveled there to obtain it for Fuluoyin. The chapter ended as he hailed a carriage after arriving in the unfamiliar city.

• Chen Lun discovered that Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew was sold out and asked Rosa for help finding more.
• Rosa told Chen Lun that an old nobleman had bought the trade association’s stock and that a seller would offer the material at the Secret Venue in Pyrite City.
• Chen Lun brewed liquor, gathered Mysterious Objects for his team, and set out for Pyrite City through the Spirit World.
• Chen Lun arrived in Pyrite City and hailed a carriage on the main street.

Chen Lun arrived at a secret auction hosted by the Silver Dragon Trade Association and bid on a Conspiracy Faction book that could provide advancement knowledge. His bid drew the attention of Viscount Pompey and Mr. Sibert, who recognized him.

• Chen Lun took a carriage to Haishong Department Store and arrived an hour before the secret venue began.
• Chen Lun followed a hidden sign to a closed shop, showed his Silver Ring Coin, and entered the auction room.
• At the auction, Chen Lun spotted Viscount Pompey and Mr. Sibert seated beside a respectful-looking elderly man.
• Chen Lun watched the early lots pass before Yuri presented the Conspiracy Faction book The Keyhole, which could reveal knowledge for Sequence 8-Locksmith.
• Chen Lun raised his paddle to bid 550 Gold Pounds, and Viscount Pompey and Mr. Sibert recognized him as Mr. Jack.

At an auction, Chen Lun won a book of Transcendent Knowledge and offered its defeated bidder a chance to obtain another Sequence’s knowledge in exchange for help. He then competed with Malediz for Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew, and the bidding remained unresolved.

• Malediz rejected Pang Bei and Sibert’s recommendation that Jack help treat Ruiyin, saying he had already found a cure for her supernatural illness.
• Chen Lun outbid a desperate Transcendent to buy The Keyhole for seven hundred Gold Pounds, then offered him Sequence 8-Locksmith knowledge under certain conditions.
• The host presented Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew as a material that could be prepared into a panacea, prompting guests to bid on it.
• Malediz bid one thousand Gold Pounds for the dew, and Chen Lun raised the bid to one thousand two hundred.
• Malediz bid one thousand five hundred Gold Pounds, continuing the contest with Chen Lun.

Chen Lun recruited Morey into his team after agreeing to help him deal with a stalker. He failed to persuade Malediz to sell him sunset chrysanthemum dew for Fuluoyin and left needing another way to obtain it.

• Chen Lun gave up bidding for sunset chrysanthemum dew and arranged to approach the elderly buyer after the auction.
• Chen Lun offered Morey the knowledge for [Sequence 8-Locksmith] in exchange for joining his team, and Morey accepted while asking him to kill his stalker.
• Chen Lun accepted a mission to deal with the stalker and used divination to confirm that someone was watching Morey.
• Chen Lun met Malediz after the gathering and asked to buy some sunset chrysanthemum dew.
• Malediz refused to sell any of the dew, explaining that it was his granddaughter Ruiyin's hope, and Chen Lun left without a source for Fuluoyin.

Chen Lun tried to draw out the person stalking Morey and used a mirror to locate him. He confronted the stalker on a rooftop, where the man revealed a monstrous maw in his palm.

• Chen Lun took Morey to an inn and promised to deal with the stalker following him.
• Chen Lun left the inn and tried to lure the stalker into the open, but the man stayed hidden.
• The stalker watched Chen Lun through a makeup mirror and dismissed his claim that he had been found.
• Chen Lun used a mirror and a deck of cards to locate the stalker, then appeared above him on the rooftop.
• The stalker attacked with a longsword, but Chen Lun parried and struck his shoulder with the Silver Cane.
• The injured stalker formed a tooth-filled maw in his palm, and Chen Lun recognized him as a [Gourmet].

Chen Lun killed Neir, a member of the Chrysalis of the End, and discovered the cult had tricked Malediz into collecting Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew. He returned to Morey with a living hedgehog Mysterious Object, and Morey accepted that his stalker was dead.

• Chen Lun killed Neir and found a mirror, a Red Chrysalis token, and two letters on his body.
• Chen Lun identified the mirror as a reconnaissance Mysterious Object and learned the Chrysalis of the End was gathering Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew for a ritual.
• Chen Lun realized the letters concerned Malediz and a scam to make him collect the dew, then rejected a mission to tell him the truth.
• Chen Lun obtained the Cautious Gardener, a hedgehog-shaped Mysterious Object that detects and consumes nearby hazards.
• Chen Lun returned to the inn and showed Morey the Cautious Gardener, convincing him that Neir was dead and earning his friendly favor.

Chen Lun recruited Morey into the Circus and obtained Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew from Malediz by posing as an emissary. After eavesdropping on Malediz and his companions, Chen Lun decided to follow them and seek more information about the Chrysalis of the End.

• Chen Lun made Morey sign a contract, welcomed him into the Circus, and sent him to Jack Manor with a Silver Snake Ring.
• Chen Lun disguised himself as a Tracker and met Malediz, Pang Bei, and Sibert at an upscale hotel.
• Chen Lun took half of Malediz's Sunset Chrysanthemum Dew as payment and promised to arrange a ritual to cure Malediz's granddaughter.
• After Chen Lun left, Sibert worried that the emissary might be deceiving Malediz, who said he would turn to the Containment Bureau if the promise proved false.
• Chen Lun watched Malediz and his companions through a vanity mirror and decided to follow them to learn more about the Chrysalis of the End.

Chen Lun visited Ruiyin, Malediz’s granddaughter, and learned that a cursed black rose ornament had caused her illness. He lulled her to sleep and decided to wait a few more days before acting so he would not alert the people watching her.

• Malediz comforted Ruiyin and promised to find a way to cure her strange illness.
• Chen Lun entered Ruiyin’s room disguised as an angel called Mr. Black Messenger and reassured her that he was not afraid of her appearance.
• Ruiyin told Chen Lun that a thorn on a black rose ornament from a toy merchant had caused her appearance to change and her heart to hurt.
• Chen Lun used [Siren's Song] to lull Ruiyin to sleep and decided to wait a few more days before intervening.