Recaps

Kallen survived an assassination attempt on the way to the Demon Beast Research Institute, then arranged for Puer to undergo surgery to regain the use of her hands. He left Puer at the laboratory for preparations and ended by promising she would soon be able to hold a cup of coffee herself.

• Philomina drove Kallen toward the institute, and they discussed her possible future trip to the desert and Kallen's treatment of Puer and Eunice.
• An old man and other assassins attacked Kallen's car with a spell crossbow, but Philomina protected him and killed the attackers before their bodies and the truck were set ablaze to destroy evidence.
• Philomina stayed with Kallen instead of going to the desert, and she carried their damaged car back onto the road so they could continue to the institute.
• Kallen gave Aisili's parents a detailed surgical plan, and they said they could prepare to operate on Puer by midnight.
• Kallen visited Xianty while waiting, then Philomina returned with Puer and Little Kangna, who found Kallen at the demon beast enclosures.
• Kallen told Puer she would undergo the surgery, and he promised that afterward she would be able to hold a cup and drink coffee with her own hands.

Kallen and Puer underwent a difficult operation that let Puer share his power, and Puer faced her fear of becoming human by choosing to go through with it. The surgery succeeded, leaving Puer transformed into Paul Allen, who greeted Kallen by asking for fish.

• Aisili returned home and prepared a late-night snack while Kallen, Puer, and Little Kangna waited for the operation; Puer admitted she was nervous about becoming human.
• Kallen and Puer began the operation, which used their symbiosis and the Lax Copper Coin’s power to create a connection between them.
• In a vision of the Immerlis Family villa, Puer confessed that she was afraid of becoming human and facing the outside world, but Kallen offered to end the operation rather than pressure her.
• Puer chose to continue, prayed to Kallen for strength, and received a surge of Spiritual Power as the operation reached its conclusion.
• At dawn, Puer emerged from the Black Light as a woman named Paul Allen, accepted coffee, and asked Kallen for fish.

Kallen prepared a fish feast for Puer after she briefly transformed into a human, then took Puer and Little Kangna on a walk through the Zoo. Puer planned to join Neo’s desert expedition, and she returned to cat form before they drove away.

• Puer asked Kallen to make fish, and Aisili caught three Demon Beast fish from the institute’s aquatic area.
• Puer spent time with Little Kangna and watched Kallen cook, then agreed to join Neo’s expedition to the desert with Reikar.
• Kallen served the fish meal to the Santos couple, Philomina, Aisili, Puer, and Little Kangna.
• Kallen walked Puer and Little Kangna around the Zoo, where Puer visited Xianty’s enclosure and spoke with Kallen about their changing circumstances.
• Philomina drove Kallen, Puer, and the sleeping Little Kangna away, while Puer had turned back into a cat and tied her tail around Kallen’s finger.

Kallen attended the Whip of Order’s annual meeting, where his completed militia preparations drew Fudeng’s attention and he was asked to report. Afterward, Miguel spoke privately with Kallen, who returned claiming he had only taken a nap in the carriage.

• Kallen arrived at Saint Rosen Church with Little Kangna and mingled with the Whip of Order’s district chiefs before the annual meeting began.
• Fudeng arrived late, and the meeting turned to organizing militia regiments to support the desert battlefield.
• Miguel presented Kallen’s report to Fudeng, showing York City District had completed its militia preparations and planned additional rotation batches.
• Fudeng directed the meeting to discuss practical preparations, and Kallen was called to report that York City District’s regiment was ready to enter the desert battlefield immediately.
• After the meeting, Richard distributed a feast, and Miguel took Kallen aside in a carriage for a private conversation.
• Kallen returned to the group, then told Richard that he had napped in the empty carriage.

Neo fought Madam Tang Li after she caught him sneaking into Allen Manor, but the battle ended when he called her Grandmother and she stopped. Kallen discussed the risks of sending his relatives on the desert expedition, while Puer and Madam Tang Li met at the Manor.

• Neo tried to sneak through Allen Manor’s Defensive Formation and was attacked by Madam Tang Li, who mistook him for a thief.
• Neo used his blood powers and seals against Madam Tang Li, but she broke free and nearly killed him with a knife; he stopped her by calling her Grandmother.
• Kallen told Old Delong that the expedition could cause heavy casualties and objected to sending the whole family, while preparing to divide his team between district reforms and the desert campaign.
• Madam Tang Li brought Neo to Kallen, and Puer greeted them while riding with Kevin and Little Kangna.
• Puer dispelled the yin wind around Madam Tang Li and recalled that Dis had once described meeting a hot-tempered girl who carried a knife.

Kallen investigated why the Guman family had been rejected from the Militia Regiment and agreed with Neo to expand the force and send it to the Desert. As the regiment departed, the Gate of Reincarnation opened onto a dark region, where a voice announced that Order would return soon.

• Puer grieved that the eras she remembered had vanished, while Neo went to consult Earl Recar about the Militia Regiment.
• Madam Tang Li confronted Kallen with the Guman family's rejected applications, and Kallen learned from Mr. Eisen that the family wanted to join despite her objections.
• Kallen and Neo agreed to add places for recruits from other districts, divide the regiment into sections, and broadcast its departure; the regiment marched through York City and teleported toward the Desert.
• Lango watched the broadcast from Reincarnation Valley, where the Gate of Reincarnation opened onto a vast darkness and then began to close.
• A voice from beyond the Gate declared, "Order, I'll be back soon!" and the Reincarnation Church rejoiced at the sign of its Chief God's imminent return.

Kallen and Alfred considered whether Kallen’s growing influence was weakening the Previous God of Order’s barrier against the returning gods, while the Whip of Order and Church Headquarters debated how to respond to the Reincarnation Church’s miracle. Fudeng ultimately urged the Order God Church to prevent the God of Reincarnation’s descent, declaring it a violation of the Order Regulations.

• Kallen, Alfred, Leon, and Vic discussed the Reincarnation Church’s miracle and interpreted the words “Order, I'm coming back soon” as a warning from the God of Reincarnation.
• Kallen wondered whether he himself was the point in time marking the gods’ return, and Alfred suggested that Kallen’s expanding authority and influence might be weakening the God of Order’s seal.
• Fudeng invited Kallen to the Whip of Order’s meeting, where the members discussed how to respond to the Reincarnation Church’s miracle.
• When Fudeng called on him, Kallen thanked the Whip Bearer for allowing him to join the meeting, and Fudeng told him he deserved that treatment.
• At the High Priest’s meeting, Fudeng argued that the God of Order might have sealed away the God of Reincarnation, and the High Priest ordered the church to prevent the God of Reincarnation’s descent as a violation of the Order Regulations.

Kallen hosted Miguel, Daina, Aoji, Mavario, and Gaspol, while Miguel confirmed that the Whip Bearer had approved Kallen’s entry into the Church’s inner circle and discussed his career prospects. Alfred then reported that Neo’s militia had captured the second-in-command of a Desert Rebels organization, giving Kallen’s regiment its greatest victory in the desert war so far.

• Kallen took Little Kangna to collect Miguel, Daina, and Aoji from the Church Administration Building and invited them to his home for a meal.
• Miguel told Kallen that the Whip Bearer had approved his participation in a regular inner-circle meeting, and he outlined how Kallen’s reforms and the militia’s battlefield record could advance his career.
• Mavario and Gaspol joined the gathering, and Mavario used his closeness with Kallen to show Miguel their relationship.
• Miguel said Kallen might rise quickly, while Mavario joked that he could someday compete for the High Priest position.
• Alfred told Kallen that Puer had helped Neo’s regiment enter a Desert Rebels command base and capture its second-in-command alive.

Kallen reported that Neo’s militia had captured Mili Yev, the Desert Rebels’ second-in-command, alive, and arranged to share credit with the Whip of Order. Neo revealed that Mili’s secret refuge had fallen after Kevin supplied its location and access method, while Kevin’s history with the desert factions proved more complicated than expected.

• Kallen told Miguel that Neo had captured the Desert Rebels’ second-in-command alive, and Miguel reported the news to Fudeng.
• Kallen confirmed the capture to Fudeng and agreed to credit the Whip of Order’s desert intelligence network.
• Kallen and Miguel went to headquarters, where Kallen arranged for Miguel to review the report and share in the achievement’s credit.
• Neo questioned the captured Mili Yev, who suspected the Desert Rebels’ first-in-command had betrayed him, and argued that their civil war had invited outside forces into the desert.
• Neo explained that his troops had found Mili’s refuge using Kevin’s precise directions, surrounded it, and secured Mili’s surrender without significant losses.
• Puer explained that Kevin had helped build the Secret Realm and supported the Desert Believers after collecting service fees from both the Desert God and the rebels.

Kallen used a detailed report to secure the Whip of Order’s backing, then led an overnight raid on the assassin guilds behind a contract on his life. The Whip Bearer read the report of Kallen’s rampage and decided to summon him for a personal reprimand instead of issuing an official letter.

• Kallen approved Miguel’s report, which credited the Whip of Order with the desert operation and gave its backing to Neo’s regiment’s activities.
• Leon delivered a report tracing an assassination contract on Kallen through several intermediary guilds, and Kallen decided to visit the assassins with Alfred, Vic, Leon, Daina, Aoji, and Little Kangna.
• Kallen’s group killed the assassins at a York City inn, then used district teleportation privileges to travel between guild bases and destroy them.
• Aoji transformed into a Frost Dragon to carry Kallen’s group to an island guild, where the local Church Venerable mistakenly mobilized forces in the Whip Bearer’s name.
• Miguel reported Kallen’s raids to the Whip Bearer, who declined to issue an official reprimand and instead ordered Kallen to come see him.

After returning from a revenge mission, Kallen handled York City District’s reforms and financial troubles while the Militia Regiment fought in the desert. During his meeting with the Whip Bearer, reports revealed that the desert campaign had turned against the militia, though the York City and Dinge District regiments had survived and begun rebuilding their defenses.

• Kallen approved issuing bonds to fund York City District’s reforms and read Neo’s report about the militia’s orders to join a major campaign against the Desert Rebels.
• Kallen wrote an article arguing for Whip of Order control over militia regiments, but the article was blocked as rival factions competed for influence over the forces.
• Kallen met Fudeng for lunch, apologized for acting impulsively, and learned that his article had not been published.
• Miguel reported that the Militia Regiments had lost communication after routed troops struck their encirclement lines, and Kallen suggested that Orthodox Order God Church forces might have disguised themselves as Desert Rebels.
• Fudeng learned that Muli and Senrol had restored communication and were gathering retreating regiments to rebuild their defenses, then scolded Kallen for smiling at the news of the front-line defeat.

Puer and Kevin’s scouting party found signs that a large, well-equipped force had concealed its movements near the militia regiments, prompting Neo to prepare defenses and warn Senrol. At dawn, Night God Church forces attacked, but Neo’s regiment opened fire with its cannons and forced the infiltrators to face a heavily fortified camp.

• Puer found evidence that someone had cleaned traces beneath rocks and in a hollow, and Kevin detected the use of different Purification Scrolls.
• Puer warned Neo that the clues suggested a serious threat, and Neo reinforced the camp and sent a warning to Senrol’s neighboring regiment.
• Earl Recar sensed danger approaching, so Neo ordered the regiment to strengthen its defenses, eat, rest, and take battle positions.
• Night God Church forces advanced before dawn, using Nightwing Giant Birds to disrupt communications and Night-Walking Warriors to infiltrate the camps.
• Kevin sensed the attackers’ positions, Puer gave the coordinates, and Fanny directed the Magic Crystal Cannons to bombard the enemy’s heavy swordsmen.
• The Night-Walking Warriors triggered the camp’s traps and reached a towering wall covered in formations, where they despaired at the difficulty of infiltrating it.

Neo’s regiment repelled a Night God Church attack and took in scattered militiamen while waiting for the Knight Order, leaving him worried that surviving forces and added responsibilities would disrupt their plans. Elsewhere, the High Priest learned that Kallen and Muli had distinguished themselves and asked Fudeng to bring Kallen to meet him.

• Neo coordinated summoners, archers, and crossbowmen to mark and kill Night-Walking Warriors attacking the camp, then refused to pursue their retreating survivors.
• Neo ordered scattered militiamen treated and supplied outside the walls while keeping them out of the camp until the Knight Order arrived.
• Senrol offered to place his regiment under Muli’s joint command, prompting Neo to complain that the arrangement would interfere with their plans to rob tombs.
• The Knight Order’s Military Discipline Officer arrived to tally results, and Regiment Commander Daan summoned Muli to explain how the defenses had been prepared in advance.
• The High Priest learned that the Orthodox churches had escalated the war and praised Muli’s performance before asking Fudeng to bring Kallen to meet him.

Kallen used lunch with Fudeng to advocate reform and greater investment in the Militia Regiments, then accompanied him to a high-level meeting at the High Priest’s Office Divine Temple. The High Priest announced a major escalation in the desert, and Kallen drew special attention during the meeting’s closing praise.

• Kallen told Fudeng that the Order Church should adapt its rules and let history judge its reforms, impressing the Whip Bearer.
• Fudeng ordered Miguel to convene a meeting on increasing investment in the Militia Regiments, and Kallen recommended expanding and supporting the two regiments that had distinguished themselves.
• Mobiten announced that the High Priest wanted to see Kallen, and Fudeng invited Kallen to accompany him into the Office Divine Temple.
• The High Priest assigned the church’s leaders new tasks and announced a major deployment to the desert in response to other Orthodox Order God Churches entering the conflict.
• The meeting’s leaders praised the great God of Order, and Kallen added the missing words after sensing a gaze fall on him.

Kallen attended a meeting at the Office Divine Temple, where Norton drew him into a private audience and questioned his views on the Church and the age without gods. Norton left unconvinced by Kallen’s carefully considered answers, while Kallen returned to focusing on his work in York City District.

• Kallen resisted Norton’s first attempt to pull him out of his seat with a mental tug, then deliberately let himself be drawn into a hidden platform beside Norton.
• Norton laughed at Kallen’s attempt to rock his chair for another chance and used a gentler tug to bring him over.
• Kallen and Norton discussed books, the Order God Church, and Kallen’s changing views on divinity and the Order Regulations.
• Kallen called the epoch without gods wonderful, but Norton grew cold and told him to do his work well.
• Norton suspected that someone had coached Kallen, while Kallen returned to the meeting and later decided to concentrate on his duties in York City District.
• Kallen studied a mural of Tyranus, then Alfred sneezed at the Office as Leon and Vic joked that the District Chief was thinking of him.

Kallen reported his meeting with the High Priest to Fudeng, then returned to York City District and learned that Byrne was dying. Byrne offered Pamireth Church’s support to solve Kallen’s financial crisis and asked him to help Order absorb the church.

• Kallen gave Fudeng a deliberately brief account of his conversation with the High Priest, then left the carriage with Little Kangna.
• Little Kangna told Kallen about a dream in which she searched for him while carrying a crystal-like apple, and Kallen suspected it was an inherited memory of the Rebel Dragon God.
• After returning to York City District, Kallen met Byrne, who revealed that an old poison infection had become unmanageable and that he might live about two more years.
• Kallen and Byrne discussed the High Priest’s meeting, York City District’s financial troubles, and the Order God Church’s plans to send reinforcements to the desert.
• Byrne proposed that Pamireth Church fund Kallen’s Militia Regiment in exchange for Kallen helping his son secure the Church Venerable position.
• Byrne urged Kallen to take Pamireth Church’s money, then use his influence to weaken and ultimately absorb the church into Order.

Kallen learned that the Whip Bearer was sending nearly two hundred elite Whip of Order squads from Frontier Space to reinforce the desert, turning the militia forces there into a legion that would attract a fierce contest for command. He prepared to receive them and considered whether he should go to the front himself.

• Kallen returned to the dormitory, ate with Aoji and Daina, and then briefed Alfred, Vic, and Leon about his trip to Dinge District.
• Kallen reviewed reports of growing church involvement in the desert and spoke with Neo, who described the militia regiment’s success and worried that reinforcements might bring a new commander.
• Miguel told Kallen that nearly two hundred Whip of Order squads from Frontier Space would assemble in his district within three days before heading to the front.
• Kallen calculated that the mobilization could bring the Whip of Order’s desert forces to more than ten thousand and realized senior officers would compete to command them.
• After agreeing to prepare for the reinforcements, Kallen wondered whether he should go to the front.

Kallen weighed whether to compete for command of the expanding Whip of Order legion and arranged to question Neo about his apparent inherited military expertise. He then met Pamireth Church executive Derius, who sought a promise from Kallen, but Kallen left the negotiation to Vic, who demanded ten times the written offer.

• Kallen and his secretaries discussed the legion commander position, and Kallen admitted he lacked confidence commanding an army of that size.
• Alfred explained that Neo might have inherited the military memories of the Mad Pope and the Ancestor of the Bloodthirsty Otherworldly Demon, so Kallen arranged to question him directly.
• Kallen ordered Alfred to prepare for incoming personnel and told Leon to move up the next communication with the front.
• Kallen went to the Ankara Hotel with Little Kangna and Aoji to meet Derius, who presented a proposal from the Pamireth Church.
• Kallen left after Derius revealed the actual offer was twice the written amount, leaving Vic to demand ten times the offer and warn that refusing would bring the outcome Derius feared most.

Kallen negotiated support for the Pamireth Church with Derius, then faced three unruly Order clerics who forced their way toward the Ankara Hotel. With the Regional Guardian declaring them allies, Kallen and Aoji prepared to teach them the rules.

• Kallen told Derius that small churches would need Order's protection to survive the coming age of conflict, and urged him to act as a loyal Pamireth Church Venerable while accepting Order's support.
• Derius agreed to prepare the first funds and supplies, then left to meet his father; Kallen told Vic to pursue the payment.
• Aoji threatened to complain about Kallen to the Whip Bearer, but backed down when she remembered what Kallen could expose.
• A giant python carrying three Order clerics arrived at the Ankara Hotel, and the young people attacked its defenses and disabled a security rider.
• The Regional Guardian identified the intruders as allies, and Kallen ordered the hotel defenses lowered before revealing Aoji and Little Kangna in their dragon forms.
• Kallen told the Regional Guardian that he would teach the three young clerics what rules meant.

Kallen subdued Andrew and his companions after they challenged his authority, then ordered them to hang at the hotel entrance for three days and face further discipline. After returning to headquarters, he spoke with Neo about an urgent matter and was told that he should take command of the Militia Regiment.

• Alyosha and Zhansenni surrendered to Kallen, but Andrew challenged him to a duel and was swiftly restrained by Kangna's bone cage.
• The district guardian injured Andrew while intervening, and Kallen ordered Andrew, Alyosha, and Zhansenni to hang at the hotel entrance for three days without food or water.
• Kallen learned that the three were Frontier Space officers being transferred to the Militia Regiment, and Andrew's father apologized to him through a communication formation.
• Kallen told the suspended trio to submit written self-criticisms after three days and threatened to disqualify them from joining the Militia Regiment if Andrew's account was unsatisfactory.
• Kallen returned to headquarters for an urgent meeting, while Little Kangna rushed off to finish her homework before speaking with Puer.
• Neo told Kallen that Muli was no longer fit to command the Militia Regiment and urged Kallen to take over.

Kallen pursued the Whip of Order legion commander position while building support and managing his district. After touring a staged execution meant to impress newly arrived clerics, he left Andrew and the others shaken by what it meant to lose their Order Clerical Robes.

• Kallen told Andilao he intended to compete for the legion commander position and urged him to support his candidacy, then contacted other Academy Faction members to make his decision known.
• Kallen refused Daina's offer to ask the High Priest for help, explaining that it would damage his chances.
• Kallen dismissed Andrew's twenty-page self-criticism because Andrew and the two Vice Captains still failed to understand that their real wrongdoing was bypassing proper channels.
• Kallen and Vic took Andrew and the two Vice Captains to the new execution ground, where Mr. Alfred had gathered newly arrived Whip of Order clerics to watch.
• The condemned prisoners were stripped of their Order Clerical Robes and pleaded to die wearing them, silencing the clerics and leaving Andrew frightened.

Kallen and Alfred guided the Frontier Space Whip of Order clerics through an outing designed to reconnect them with Order and prepare them for the coming war. After learning that an emergency meeting would decide the legion leadership, Kallen said the next move was his.

• Alfred arranged a theater performance, food, and shopping for the visiting clerics, while Kallen watched and recognized the purpose behind treating them like tourists.
• Mavario asked Kallen to let Lister and Old White remain with the returning clerics and join the front lines, and Kallen agreed to consider them during reorganization.
• Kallen told Andrew and the other two young clerics to resume their duties and submit sincere written self-criticisms when reorganization began.
• Alfred showed the clerics evidence of other churches' atrocities at the Ankara Memorial Hall, then highlighted Kallen's actions and military achievements to stir their resolve for the Desert campaign.
• Alfred asked about Kallen's candidacy for legion commander, and Kallen said he had chosen a risky approach based on what he believed the Whip Bearer wanted.
• Vic reported that the Whip of Order would hold an emergency meeting for district chiefs and above the next morning, and Kallen said the next step was up to him.

Kallen spent the day in Dinge District before the Legion Commander selection, distancing himself from the Academy Faction while receiving support and a military proposal from his former teacher, Pilo. At the assessment, Kallen submitted no proposal and instead promised to obey the Superior Knight Order, leaving Fudeng’s handpicked choice remark hanging over the competition.

• Little Kangna trapped children in a beach formation, and Kallen opened it and told her not to practice formations carelessly in public.
• At an Academy Faction gathering, Kallen admitted to Andilao that he was trying to move beyond the faction, and Andilao agreed to explain his departure to the other bigwigs.
• Kallen visited Pilo’s retirees’ club, where Liwen gave him a military proposal and told him that serving Knight Order commanders had arrived early to serve as assessors.
• At the cathedral, Kallen entered the preliminary assessment without a proposal and told the assessors he had no thoughts beyond obeying military orders and maintaining the militia regiment.
• After Kallen left, Sommer accused Fudeng of arranging a handpicked choice, and Fudeng admitted that he had used the selection as an excuse to meet his old friends.

Kallen Silva was appointed Legion Commander of the Whip of Order’s Desert Legion after correctly recognizing that the Whip Bearer wanted an obedient, adaptable leader. Back in York City District, he was welcomed as Legion Commander and contacted Neo at the front, where he called him Deputy Knight Commander.

• Andilao realized Kallen had understood that the Legion Commander selection favored a candidate with no independent agenda, and he congratulated Kallen before the appointment was announced.
• Number Two named Kallen Silva Legion Commander, and Fudeng presented him with his special Identity Token before the assembly praised the God of Order.
• Kallen received congratulations from officials and regional leaders, then returned to York City District, where Clerics welcomed him as Legion Commander.
• Byrne urged Derius to transfer money quickly, warning that Kallen would deal openly and decisively with anyone who angered him.
• Kallen contacted Neo at the front, learned about the soldiers’ improvised Order Pot, and addressed Neo as Deputy Knight Commander until Neo answered with an insult.

Kallen prepared to lead the Order God Church’s forces at the front while Neo organized the York City Militia Regiment for the coming war. After inspecting the regiment’s training and speaking with Byrne, Kallen faced his doubts about his rising position and decided to read the Order Regulations again.

• Neo reassured Kallen that the war would favor their well-supplied forces, and Kallen said he would arrive at the front with the main force within days.
• Neo ordered half pay for the Desert Order God Church’s people and told Ventura and Muli to prepare commanders and expand the regiment around York City’s existing command structure.
• Kallen told Daina he was going to the front, then inspected the militia’s modular training and praised the work of Drill Instructor Sainis and his staff.
• Byrne congratulated Kallen, urged him to be careful at the front, and discussed his plans for Derius and the future of his family.
• Kallen admitted that his rapid rise had left him feeling insecure, but declined Byrne’s advice and said he would reread the Order Regulations.