Recaps

Kallen led his squad toward the Gate of Reincarnation, warning them that the trial might separate the teams and promising Muli he could protect him from Gaitenbert. The Lost Giants carried the five squads up the steps as the Gate of Reincarnation opened.

• Kallen reflected on how his Order path limited his use of the Eyes of the Dark Moon and warned himself not to trust powerful elders too readily.
• Aisili, Blanche, and the others returned from shopping, and Kallen's group rested before departing the next morning.
• On the carriage ride, Muli gave Kallen the purple pill, and Kallen advised him to watch movies instead of making ominous remarks about surviving.
• Kallen warned Muli that the squads might enter separate locations and instructed both teams to establish communication before deciding whether to regroup.
• Kallen promised Muli he could keep him alive if Gaitenbert and Funites still existed, then urged everyone to trust in Order.
• Five Lost Giants carried the squads up the Gate of Reincarnation's steps as the gate began to open.

Kallen entered the Gate of Reincarnation with his squad and found a strange world where souls lived in villages. After the Lost Giant merged into the meadow, Kallen encountered villagers who worshipped him as an auspicious being and asked whether he came from inside the gate.

• Kallen and the other squads entered the Gate of Reincarnation on the backs of Lost Giants and endured a long fall before landing in a gray meadow.
• Kallen ordered his squad to set up communications and keep together, then left to scout while the Lost Giant merged into the meadow.
• Kallen spotted a village and used a Sea God Church spell to inspect its approaching inhabitants, who had strange, fluid-like bodies and crude weapons.
• Kallen tested the villagers with a fire spell that landed nearby, and the crowd prostrated themselves in worship.
• A little girl and an old man approached Kallen, whom the old man called an auspicious being, and the girl asked if he had come from inside the gate.

Kallen’s squad reached a village inside the Gate of Reincarnation, where its residents welcomed them as Auspicious Ones and offered food and help. After discovering that bamboo shoots were safe for the living to eat, Kallen realized the villagers’ smiles resembled people watching pandas.

• Kallen learned that the village hoped to escort the trial participants to a great city in return for a reward, and he told the villagers to return home.
• Kallen contacted Muli and arranged for the Muli Squad to travel to his village so the two squads could join forces.
• The villagers brought food and water, but Kallen found that their usual provisions could harm the living and ordered the drinking water filtered.
• Kallen identified Nailu Tajima’s food as harmful soul-affecting plants and questioned her about the village’s customs and reproduction.
• Kallen tasted the bamboo shoots the villagers brought and found them safe, so his squad eagerly ate them.
• Kallen recognized that Nailu and her grandfather were smiling at the squad as though they were watching pandas.

Kallen’s squad repelled a Bounty Hunter Squad that attacked near the village, and the village chief explained why the hunters targeted auspicious lords. As Kallen’s team prepared to wait for Muli Squad, a three-headed python and a black lion reacted to their arrival and revealed connections to Funites and the God of Reincarnation.

• Kallen detected a scout approaching underground and captured her, then ordered the squad to secure the meadow while he and Ventura advanced.
• Kallen and Ventura defeated the hunters’ hidden attackers, with Ventura’s violent side emerging during the fight; Kallen promised to counsel him.
• The village chief identified the attackers as bounty hunters who kidnapped auspicious lords, and said their remote location was unlikely to attract another squad soon.
• Kallen returned to camp, learned Blanche could not save the captured scout, and sent Bart to conduct covert reconnaissance.
• A three-headed python discussed leaving after luring the newcomers and declared that it and its companions were Funites.
• A woman whipped the black lion Gaitenbert Simorson until he changed his claim from praising the God of Order to praising the God of Reincarnation.

Kallen discovered that the Gray Moon was gradually being obscured, suggesting the Gate of Reincarnation might remain open for nearly two months, and reunited his squad with Muli's. He laid out a route through three major cities to find suitable souls for the team, while he and Muli waited for Gaitenbert and Funites to appear.

• Ventura asked Kallen about the holy flames, and Kallen revealed that he could wield the Power of Light through a Symbiosis Contract with a Light Demon Beast.
• Using the Eyes of the Dark Moon, Kallen noticed a black line obscuring the Gray Moon and concluded that the Gate of Reincarnation might stay open for nearly two months.
• The Muli Squad arrived at Tajima Village, and the two squads shared a meal of bamboo shoots before gathering to plan their journey.
• Kallen dismissed the Muli Squad's objections to his command and set Black Forest City as their first destination, followed by the Dark Cavern and Blazing Valley to seek souls suited to different squad members.
• Kallen explained that he and Muli would wait for Gaitenbert and Funites rather than contract with other souls, saying they would at least reclaim the lives that belonged to them.

Kallen and Muli discovered that Reincarnation believers were persecuting Order believers in the Inner Gate World, and Kallen led his squad to intervene. He summoned [Black Prison Castle] to shelter the women and children, then revealed the power of Order as the battle began.

• Kallen declined the village chief’s offer to escort the group, brought Nailu along to collect intermediary fees, and led everyone toward Black Forest City.
• At a riverside hollow, Kallen and Muli watched Reincarnation believers surround an Order-believing old man and the women and children he was protecting.
• The old man used a soul-burning secret art and cast Order Cage, revealing that the pursuers were Reincarnation believers hunting followers of Order.
• Kallen ordered Muli to command a surprise attack while he went to protect the trapped civilians, and he summoned [Black Prison Castle] around them.
• Kallen called forth chains wreathed in Order Flames and told the Reincarnation leader, “Order, as you wish.”

Kallen and Muli’s squad rescued Order believers from Reincarnation pursuers, then Kallen explained the truth about the Gate of Reincarnation to Mrs. Ganfusen and the boys. After discovering the boys’ exceptional gifts, he urged Bart, Ventura, Yilaman, and Demel to consider Soul Contracts with them, but Ventura rushed over to ask which boy wanted to play with him.

• The leader of the Reincarnation pursuers ordered an attack, but Kallen fought them with Chains of Order and the Sword of Arius while Muli’s squads struck from outside and drove them into retreat.
• Kallen dismissed Black Prison Castle and organized the survivors’ evacuation, but the old man, Ganfusen, praised Order and dissipated before Kallen could speak with him.
• Kallen told Mrs. Ganfusen and the four boys that they lived inside the Gate of Reincarnation and that the Order God Church was powerful outside it, giving the boys renewed hope.
• Kallen examined the boys with the Eyes of the Dark Moon, recognized their exceptional souls, and proposed that Bart, Ventura, Yilaman, and Demel enter Soul Contracts with them.
• Ventura ignored Kallen’s explanation and hurried to the boys, shyly asking which of them wanted to play with him.

Ventura, Bart, Yilaman, and Demel formed Soul Contracts with four children of Order, and Kallen arranged for Mrs. Ganfusen’s people to move to Tajima Village under the Order God Church’s protection. Mrs. Ganfusen gave Kallen a rubbing of an old mural, which Muli recognized as depicting a passage from “Light of Order.”

• Ventura warned Lan about his illness, but Lan chose to form a Soul Contract with him and insisted they would return to the world inside the gate together.
• Bart agreed to choose a contract partner, and Yilaman and Demel eventually made their choices as well.
• Kallen performed the Soul Contract ceremony, during which Ventura and the others cleansed the boys’ souls before merging with them and growing stronger.
• Kallen told Mrs. Ganfusen to move her people to Tajima Village, where the Order God Church could protect them and future Trial participants might become their contract partners.
• Mrs. Ganfusen gave Kallen a rubbing of a mural her husband had kept, and Muli identified it as a scene from “Light of Order” showing the God of Order and his four attendants.

Kallen’s group traveled to the Dark Cavern, where he arranged Soul Contracts between three of his companions and the cavern’s leaders. When the ladybug leader insisted on contracting with Kallen instead, Miss Paul appeared behind him, opened her eyes, and declared that he was hers.

• Kallen sent Nailu and Mrs. Ganfusen’s group back to Tajima Village with crystal coins, then continued toward the Dark Cavern with his companions.
• After running out of Bamboo Shoots, Kallen’s group hunted field rats for food and reached the Dark Cavern’s outskirts.
• Kallen entered the cavern’s outskirts and negotiated with its centipede, spider, and ladybug leaders, who agreed to meet his terms and offered Reincarnation Cleric badges as a greeting gift.
• Dijiate formed a Soul Contract with the centipede, and Passio began one with the spider while Kallen went to bring the ladybug to the Formation.
• The ladybug demanded to form a Soul Contract with Kallen, but he refused and summoned his existing partner, Miss Paul.
• Miss Paul opened her eyes and declared that Kallen was hers.

Kallen spoke with Puer and Kevin, learned that the Blazing Valley held Raniedal’s dangerous sealed palace, and was warned that someone might be pushing open the Gate of Reincarnation. Meanwhile, Kevin discovered that the Wall God Church had transferred the sealed Wall God into the gate, while her followers anticipated her return.

• Puer used a positioning Spell Art to locate Kallen and learned that his planned destination, Blazing Valley, contained Raniedal’s sealed palace and spiritual imprint, so Kallen agreed to change his plans.
• Puer relayed Kevin’s warning that someone inside the Gate of Reincarnation might be trying to open it, and told Kallen to finish his contract and wait near the teleportation point.
• After Puer fell asleep, Kevin searched newspapers with Alfred and noticed that the Wall God Church had become unusually active.
• Kevin revealed that he had secretly transferred the sealed Wall God Rilielsa from the God of Order to the God of Reincarnation, making her a likely candidate to awaken first.
• In Reincarnation Valley, Mr. Bede showed Piaget a painting of the Wall God pushing open the gate and declared that she would be the first god to return.

Kallen's team secured a plentiful food supply and reached the outskirts of the Pool of Sorrow to seek more soul contracts. Meanwhile, preparations for the Wall God's return and a covert Reincarnation Church operation unfolded as Romir warned that an awakened god could emerge from the gate.

• Kallen tested the black plants near the Dark Cavern and found their filling edible, allowing Bart and the others to gather a plentiful food supply.
• Kallen learned about the Pool of Sorrow from the ladybug inside Mars and led the rested team to a mountain overlooking it.
• Mr. Bede guided Piaget's mural of the Wall God, while Piaget warned that the god's descent would make every church their enemy.
• Romir ordered her subordinates to stop harassing the Order God Church's participants and learned that the unusually wide gate might indicate an awakening god.
• Romir contacted Sumil, who was traveling with Gaitenbert toward the Order trial participants to carry out an infiltration plan and had received Peide's request to locate Kallen.
• Romir warned an Elder Council representative about the danger of a hungry god emerging and urged advance notification of the other Orthodox Churches.

Kallen prepared to approach the Pool of Sorrow settlement while helping Muli face the threat of Gaitenbert. In a dream connected to Linda and the Wall God Church, Kallen discovered the Pool of Sorrow might be linked to the Wall God, then found himself confronted by Rilielsa.

• Kallen explained that he would send a messenger to the Pool of Sorrow settlement and give its residents time to choose someone before he arrived.
• Kallen told Muli that he might have to face Gaitenbert alone, urged him to hold on to his will to survive, and advised him not to treat resistance as a sin.
• Sumil subdued the three-headed python and forced its occupants to accept a restriction on their souls, then reflected on the former Tanshiyin Queen and the fate of beings inside the gate.
• While Aisili, Blanche, and Xijinni waited, Kallen dreamed of Piaget's House and noticed that a mural's image of the Female Giant resembled the Pool of Sorrow.
• Linda told Kallen she was with the Female Giant, and when Kallen tried to wake, she opened the curtains to reveal an enormous eye as Kallen recognized the Wall God, Rilielsa.

Kallen confronted the sleeping Wall God through Linda’s dream and learned that the god had singled him out. After realizing the house was part of his own dream and that leaving would lead him into the Female Giant’s mouth, Kallen turned the dream into a defense and faced Linda’s revelation that he was Lord Raniedal.

• Kallen resisted the Wall God’s overwhelming gaze until Linda closed the curtains, then followed her downstairs to talk about Piaget.
• Linda revealed that the Wall God was nearing awakening and had marked Kallen, warning him to leave before the god’s attention reached him.
• As Linda lost control of herself and the house twisted around them, Kallen used the Eyes of the Dark Moon and Chains of Order to stabilize the space.
• Linda urged Kallen toward the front door, but he realized the house was his own dream and that the Female Giant was waiting beyond the doorway to swallow him.
• Kallen recognized the house as a stronghold within his heart, and Linda addressed him as Lord Raniedal.

Kallen fought Linda inside the transformed family home and escaped her control by using powers stored in the house. He returned to reality just as the Throne of Order sealed the area, leaving Linda to realize that he was the God of Order rather than the weakened Raniedal she had mistaken him for.

• Kallen challenged Linda’s claim that he was Raniedal and fought her for control of the house, using Alfred’s prayers to break free of her spell.
• Kallen drew on the Dark Moon, seawater, Chains of Order, and the Silver Mask to resist Linda and reach the front door.
• Kallen refused Linda’s offer to obtain a mural of the Mills Goddess and left the house despite her threats.
• The Throne of Order appeared and sealed the area, but Kallen escaped through a gap and returned to reality.
• Linda realized Kallen was the God of Order and desperately tried to awaken the Great Being.

Kallen was nearly absorbed by the Throne of Order, but used Order Awakening to turn its power against it and Orderize his abilities and allies. He returned to reality transformed, while the Throne of Order shifted its attention to the approaching awakening of the Wall God Rilielsa.

• Kallen charged into the Throne of Order’s seal, where black thunderbolts dismantled his Sea God Armor, destroyed his senses, and broke apart his body and powers.
• Kallen severed his connection to Puer to keep the throne’s power from reaching her, while the thunderbolts dispersed Primordial Ancestor Allen and weakened Dis.
• As the throne’s purple chain began absorbing him, Kallen cried out, "Order... Awakening!" and reversed the flow of power, restoring himself by drawing on the Throne of Order.
• Kallen Orderized Dis, Primordial Ancestor Allen, Light, the Eyes of the Dark Moon, the Sea God Armor, and the Gate of Reincarnation, remaking them as aspects of Order.
• When the Throne of Order began suppressing the awakening Wall God Rilielsa, Kallen abandoned his attempt to take the purple chain and escaped back to reality, where he felt intensely hungry.

After recovering from the psychic shocks at the Pool of Sorrow, Kallen hurried toward Tajima Village as the Wall God’s awakening drew near. Gaitenbert and Funites arrived to descend into Kallen and Muli, while Kallen’s hunger began to rise again.

• Aisili told Kallen that he had been unconscious for a day after drawing away the Pool of Sorrow’s psychic shocks, and she said her contracted souls had been found.
• Kallen ordered his squad to leave for Tajima Village, and he gradually recovered his Spiritual Power and strength during the journey.
• When Muli sensed Gaitenbert nearby, Kallen refused to waste [Black Prison Castle] and told Bart to take the others to Tajima Village if he and Muli did not return within three hours.
• Kallen and Muli walked into a grove, linked their minds with a Spiritual Bridge Scroll, and prepared to face Gaitenbert and Funites.
• Gaitenbert approached Muli, whose Token suppressed him and forced him to kneel, while Funites appeared behind Kallen in the form of a three-headed giant python.
• Muli said he felt humiliated, and Kallen trembled as darkness swirled in his eyes and answered that he was hungry.

Kallen let the Three-Headed Python enter his soul while he watched Muli through their Spiritual Bridge, then left to investigate an unusual change in Muli's trial. The Python tried to seize Kallen's body but discovered his many Order-aligned powers and found its escape routes blocked, leaving it facing Primordial Ancestor Allen and the Sea God Armor.

• Gaitenbert entered Muli's mental space, subdued his soul, and began trying to take control of his body.
• The Three-Headed Python entered Kallen's body and tried to frighten him, but Kallen admitted he had lost his binding Token and remained composed.
• Kallen sensed a change in Muli's trial, withdrew from his mental space, and told the Python to entertain itself while he went to Muli.
• The Python uncovered Kallen's Dark Moon, black armor, Guardian Totem, Gate of Order, and Temple Elder, then tried to flee when it realized how exceptional he was.
• Primordial Ancestor Allen and the Order Flames blocked the Python's escape passages, while the Magic Cube identified the real passage among its decoys.
• The Python split into two brothers to fight, but the Sea God Armor joined Primordial Ancestor Allen, leaving the brothers facing two opponents.

Kallen intervened in Gaitenbert’s attempt to take over Muli’s body and purified the Benda Family’s inherited short blade after Muli pledged his loyalty to Order’s teachings. Meanwhile, the Jamie Brothers awakened Funites in Kallen’s consciousness, and Gaitenbert ended the chapter terrified as the purified blade answered only to Muli.

• The Jamie Brothers failed to escape Kallen’s sealed consciousness and awakened Funites by transferring their soul power into her; she opened her eyes and praised the God of Order.
• Gaitenbert used Muli’s shield and short blade to break through his defenses, while Kallen arrived and challenged Gaitenbert’s claim to be the original man.
• Gaitenbert attacked Muli, but Kallen shielded him with Chains of Order and Dis’s manifestation; Gaitenbert’s short blade failed to harm Kallen.
• After the short blade rejected Kallen and struck at him, Muli’s faith in his family inheritance collapsed, and he affirmed his trust in Kallen and commitment to Order’s teachings.
• Kallen purified the short blade with Order-Purification, after which it flew to Muli and broke his shackles.
• Gaitenbert failed to summon the purified blade and cried out in terror as Muli held it.

Kallen seized control of the Order relics, destroyed Funites, and discovered that his Chains of Order grew more purple when he devoured souls. As Gaitenbert died from a hidden restriction and Sumil was recalled, the Wall God-Rilielsa awakened beneath the Pool of Sorrow.

• Kallen forced Gaitenbert to relinquish the Round Shield, purified it with the Chains of Order, and demanded Gaitenbert's memories in the form of a yellow orb.
• Sumil sent Thousand Enchantments into Kallen's body, where it vanished after Kallen attacked and destroyed Funites and the three-headed Giant Python.
• Kallen's Chains of Order gained more purple traces as they consumed the remains, and he found a hidden restriction that dissipated when its host died.
• Gaitenbert extracted the yellow orb, but a restriction burned him to death and left Muli unconscious; Kallen then trapped a struggling black creature with his Chains of Order.
• Sumil lost contact with Thousand Enchantments, but the Clone Recall Art summoned her away before she could investigate Kallen.
• The Wall God-Rilielsa emerged from beneath the Pool of Sorrow, and her roar shook the worlds inside and outside the gate.

The Wall God Rilielsa awakened and advanced toward the Reincarnation Church’s Central Hub, while her influence drove people to attack the trial participants. Kallen reunited with his squad, learned that pursuers and a Lizard Dragon were closing in, and ordered everyone to summon the castle and prepare for battle.

• Rilielsa awakened in a storm of curses and magma and began marching toward the Reincarnation Church’s Central Hub.
• Sumil ordered the Central Hub evacuated and its defenses abandoned, while enthralled clerics attacked the trial participants in Reincarnation Valley.
• Kallen found Muli unconscious, reunited with Ventura and Bart, and learned that Bart had disobeyed orders to search for him.
• Kallen told his squad that Rilielsa had awakened, then encountered Passio and the other trial participants fleeing an encirclement of enthralled attackers.
• A Lizard Dragon approached the group, and Kallen ordered everyone to summon the castle and prepare for battle.

Kallen used [Black Prison Castle] to repel the first wave of pursuers, but the battle exhausted his squad’s War Equipment and strength. After learning that no pursuers had come from Blazing Valley, he suspected Raniedal’s mental imprint had awakened and decided to draw the next wave there, leaving the gods to settle their grudges.

• Kallen summoned [Black Prison Castle], baited the Lizard Dragon with Xianty, and killed it with the Magic Crystal Cannon.
• Kallen combined the Frey Forest Formation, the Hodaman Vine-Binding Formation, and the cannon’s Black Flames to destroy the strongest pursuers, then directed Passio and the others to clear the remaining enemies.
• After nearly two hours of fighting, Kallen’s squad and Passio’s group had exhausted their War Equipment and were too drained to face another attack.
• Muli woke and gave Kallen the yellow-bean memory Gaitenbert had separated before his death; he also reported that pursuers came from Black Forest City and Dark Cavern, but none from Blazing Valley.
• Kallen reasoned that Raniedal’s mental imprint beneath Blazing Valley had likely awakened after Rilielsa’s return, and chose to go there to draw the next wave of pursuers.

Kallen led his exhausted companions into Blazing Valley to escape the approaching pursuers, where he recognized their host, Lord Dar, as Raniedal’s awakened mental imprint. Lord Dar brought them to his underground lair for a promised dinner, and Kallen identified a hidden statue as the Mills Goddess while telling Lord Dar about Annie, the woman who had sponsored his childhood.

• Kallen ordered both squads to travel without rest to Blazing Valley, and Bart and Demel later reported that the second wave of pursuers was closing in.
• The group entered Blazing Valley, endured its unsettling influence, and encountered Lord Dar and his black-cloaked knights; Kallen recognized Lord Dar as Raniedal’s mental imprint.
• Lord Dar escorted the group into his cave, where they fed powerful Wraiths beside an underground lake before he led them toward dinner.
• Kallen stopped before a concealed statue, saluted it as a follower of the Mills Goddess, and explained that Annie had sponsored his schooling and introduced him to the goddess.

Kallen and his team visited Lord Dar’s underground home, where they endured a tense dinner and explored its strange attractions. Alone with Kallen, Lord Dar revealed he had planned to use the guests as experimental materials, then recognized Kallen as a dog belonging to his awakened original self.

• Lord Dar led Kallen and the team through a beach and a mirror that exposed their hidden anxiety before bringing them to dinner inside a juvenile water dragon’s skeleton.
• Lord Dar served the team an elaborate meal and questioned them about soul contracts, while Muli volunteered that he was the only one without one.
• Lord Dar abruptly left the dinner, and his guards guided the team through a library filled only with novels.
• A guard summoned Kallen alone, and Lord Dar admitted he intended to extract and modify the guests’ souls and bodies to complete himself.
• Kallen confirmed that Lord Dar’s original self had awakened, and Lord Dar concluded that Kallen belonged to that original self as a dog.

Kallen met Lord Dar, a separate self of his original self who had developed a past and future inside the Gate of Reincarnation, and secured his protection for his companions. Lord Dar then realized that the mysterious Superstandard Divine Descent Ritual may have been intended for him, making him the first god to return in this epoch.

• Lord Dar mistook Kallen for a dog connected to his original self, then questioned their relationship when Kallen refused to kneel or pretend to be submissive.
• Kallen explained that he understood Lord Dar and his original self were distinct, and showed him the Order Temple Elder who had helped shelter his original self.
• Lord Dar agreed to protect Kallen and his companions after Kallen sensed the weight of his past, present, and future within the Gate of Reincarnation.
• Lord Dar showed Kallen three sealed versions of himself and explained that the power of time had given his spiritual imprint an independent self, though leaving the Gate would destroy him.
• Kallen and Lord Dar discussed the gods' return and how Kallen's original self had returned through a mysterious Superstandard Divine Descent Ritual.
• Lord Dar concluded that the ritual's intended target may have been him, making him the first god to return in the epoch.

Kallen considered the growing connections between himself and the former God of Order while Lord Dar explained that he could not escort Kallen to the altar. As Rilielsa reached the Gate of Reincarnation, the churches divided over who would confront her, and the Order God Church agreed to wait outside Reincarnation Valley for at least a day.

• Kallen weighed three possible reasons for his similarities to the God of Order and decided to investigate their shared history, while recognizing that his own orderization had already brought problems.
• Lord Dar refused to escort Kallen and his companions to the altar, explaining that Rilielsa would sense him if he left Blazing Valley and that the group would have to wait.
• Lord Dar showed Kallen an image of Rilielsa approaching the inner gate and revealed a new puppet whose face he shaped to resemble Kallen.
• Sumil and Lango watched Rilielsa reach the Reincarnation Church's central island, where she restored the vanished Gate of Reincarnation by painting a false gate in its place.
• At a meeting called by Romir, Cardinal Kreid blamed the Reincarnation Church for concealing Rilielsa's seal and said the Order God Church would station a joint expeditionary legion outside Reincarnation Valley.
• The other churches accepted Order's arrangement, and Kreid warned that the Reincarnation Church might keep Rilielsa inside the gate for at least a day.