Chapter Summaries

Kallen returned to the renovated Pavarro Funeral Society, reunited with his household, and learned the new medicine had greatly improved Dora and Doreen’s condition. At a dinner with Neo’s squad, he heard that the Order God Church was preparing to destroy a medium-sized church and invited the team to visit his funeral society.

• Dinkum and Pike welcomed Kallen back to the renovated funeral society, where Alfred showed him his new rooms and the Sword of Arius.
• Kallen accidentally walked in on Mrs. Lake and Xili bathing Dora and Doreen, then told Puer about the story Dark Moon Island had spread about her, prompting her to rage until he offered her more fish dishes.
• Kallen shared a housewarming meal with his household, and everyone saw that Puer and Kevin’s new medicine had greatly improved Dora and Doreen’s condition.
• At Captain Neo’s dinner, Neo revealed that the Order God Church was preparing to wipe out a medium-sized church, and the squad took a group photograph before joking about their dangerous work.
• Kallen invited Neo’s squad to visit his newly renovated funeral society.

After dinner, Peige took Kallen to the team’s training hall, where Gerui taught him close combat. Kallen’s rapid learning and immense spiritual reserves exhausted Gerui, and Kallen left convinced that his family’s inherited faith system had helped him understand the techniques—before deciding he could still call himself a genius.

• Neo paid for dinner with Kallen, then left to visit Elisa while the others planned their next stop.
• Peige drove Kallen, Gerui, and Fanny to a factory training hall, where Gerui invited Kallen to spar with a longsword against his spear.
• Gerui repeatedly broke Kallen’s Sea God Armor, but Kallen kept restoring it and quickly adapted to Gerui’s techniques, forcing Gerui to fight through several exhausting rounds.
• Kallen finally defeated Gerui by switching his sword’s edge to its flat, then thanked him for the lesson and arranged to train with him again the next night.
• Kallen realized his family’s faith system had helped him learn, but after Fanny and Peige teased him, he accepted that he was a genius.

Kallen read reports accusing the Pamireth Church of sheltering Light Remnants, then continued his combat training with Gerui and spent the night with Fanny on the anniversary of someone dying to protect her. At the cemetery, Neo promised to visit every day, while Old Saman played his Recorder and praised Pamireth.

• Kallen returned home, learned that Puer was writing an autobiography with Little John, and told her to ask Alfred for point vouchers.
• Kallen read news linking the Pamireth Church to Light Remnants and strange disasters at sea, then learned he had to attend Vicolai's mandatory work meeting.
• Kallen brought food to the factory compound and trained with Gerui for three hours, winning two of their final four bouts.
• Fanny told Kallen that the day marked the anniversary of someone dying to protect her, so Kallen stayed to shower at the compound.
• Neo told Old Saman he planned to visit the grave every day, and Old Saman played his Recorder before murmuring, "Praise Pamireth."

Kallen accompanied Fanny to the seaside, considered his path toward becoming an Inquisitor, and attended a meeting disguised as Pavaro. After receiving a mysterious phone number, he called it and discovered that the voice on the other end belonged to Rook, who challenged him to reveal his identity.

• Fanny scattered her former boyfriend’s cremated remains at sea and later admitted she had imagined his voice approving of Kallen.
• Puer urged Kallen to advance to Inquisitor, but Kallen explained that rushing could derail the path he had forged for himself.
• Kallen improved in his training bouts with Gerui, then attended Vicolai’s meeting disguised as Pavaro and observed a bishop’s support for Vicolai.
• Kallen returned to the Funeral Society, received a letter containing a phone number, and called it with Alfred relaying the other person’s voice.
• Puer identified the caller as Rook, and Rook asked Kallen to reveal who he really was.

Kallen used Pavaro’s identity to rebuff Rook’s attempt to bargain, while Neo and Gengdi arranged to capture the fugitive and seize the hidden wealth. After dinner at Green Vine Cemetery, Kallen asked to join the arrest, and Neo agreed.

• Kallen refused Rook’s offer of point vouchers and warned him to surrender, then told Puer and Alfred he could not safely investigate the calls without an elite Whip of Order Squad.
• Rook urged Gengdi to investigate the man claiming to be Pavaro and offered to split hidden assets, but Gengdi told him to leave Vien; Neo revealed he had heard their call and planned to arrest Rook with Gengdi’s help.
• Kallen brought food to Old Saman at Green Vine Cemetery, where Neo joined them for dinner and Kallen later found Neo visiting the graves of Pavaro and Annie.
• Neo told Kallen that Wende was watching Rook and that they would move to arrest him in two days; Kallen asked to take part, and Neo agreed.

Kallen spoke with Old Saman about his ties to the Pamireth Church and heard his warning that Neo was close to losing himself. After Neo and Kallen discussed an upcoming arrest operation, Kallen visited the Pottery Gallery and discovered that Neo’s portrait held the top place among Lemar’s mask clients.

• Kallen offered Old Saman a job and promised to cook for him, while Old Saman revealed he was a Pamireth believer and warned that Neo was nearing the edge of losing himself.
• Kallen, Neo, and Old Saman ate noodles together, and Old Saman found the extra bowl Kallen had left for him.
• Neo told Kallen that the arrest operation would take place at Meilong Wharf the following evening and accepted Kallen’s urge for life-and-death combat as his reason to participate.
• Kallen visited Selena at the Pottery Gallery and followed her into Lemar’s collection room to view his clients’ portraits.
• Kallen recognized Neo in the portrait displayed at the very front of Lemar’s collection.

Kallen learned that the identity of Neo had been a mask worn for years and wondered whether his captain concealed another identity as he did. He joined the operation against Rook at Meilong Wharf, where he told the wounded man he had come to discuss who he really was.

• Selena told Kallen that the first mask had been made over ten years earlier and described how an unknown man had kidnapped her to force her brother to make it.
• Kallen speculated that Neo might be disguising his true identity and strength, then gave Selena his new address and invited her to visit.
• The next day, Kallen prepared to join the squad operation against Rook, explaining that he wanted to test his chosen path and hoped to become an Inquisitor.
• Kallen visited Old Saman, shared wine and food with him, and heard that Old Saman would give him a Pipe and a Recorder when he retired.
• At Meilong Wharf, Kallen met Fanny and learned the squad had ambushed and wounded Rook before Neo ordered them to hold him alive.
• Kallen entered the factory, where Rook mistook him for someone ready to negotiate, and Kallen said he had come to discuss who he was.

Kallen fought Rook, an injured Arbiter, and summoned Order’s judgment to expose his crimes and defeat him. He reached the Inquisitor level, killed Rook, and ended the trial as the witnesses and visions faded away.

• Rook mistook Kallen for someone recruiting him, but Kallen attacked with the Sea God Armor and the Sword of Arius.
• Rook summoned two scythe-wielding skeletons, forcing Kallen to defend himself while searching for a way to reach their caster.
• Kallen invoked a trial that brought the victims and witnesses before Rook, then manifested the Order Regulations and became an Inquisitor.
• Kallen used Order-Guarding Walls and Spears of Discipline to fend off the skeletons and Rook’s attacks as he advanced.
• Kallen overwhelmed Rook’s Order-Cage, killed him, and declared the trial over as the figures and black circle disappeared.

After killing Arbiter Rook and becoming an Inquisitor, Kallen gained a place in Neo’s squad’s Second Sequence and celebrated with his teammates. Back at the Funeral Society, he invited Puer to enter into a Symbiosis Contract with him.

• Kallen erased the Spiritual Power from Rook’s corpse, and Neo declared the mission complete and congratulated him on becoming an Inquisitor.
• Kallen’s teammates celebrated over food, and Neo promoted him to the squad’s Second Sequence while urging everyone to stay alive.
• Wende offered to spar with Kallen, and Kallen promised Marlow formation notes in return for his interest.
• At Elisa’s grave, Old Saman confronted Neo about his feelings and the Pamireth Church’s doomed negotiations; Neo said he was about to awaken from being lost.
• Kallen returned to the Funeral Society, where Puer and Kevin celebrated his advancement and Puer asked him to begin their Symbiosis.
• Kallen formally invited Miss Paul Allen to enter into a Symbiosis Contract with him.

Kallen and Puer completed a symbiosis ritual that gave Puer a measure of freedom and began restoring her power. Kallen awakened new bloodline abilities and opened his eyes with light in one eye and darkness in the other.

• Kallen and Puer agreed to the symbiosis contract, and Alfred prepared the scroll and explained the ritual.
• Kallen entered Puer's Soul World, found her human form on a White Sacred Bed, and gave her three drops of his blood.
• After Kallen fell asleep, Puer cut her palm and let her blood soak the bed, restoring some of her power as blood-red patterns spread across the sky.
• The ritual succeeded, and Kallen's Allen Family bloodline powers appeared, strengthening the Dark Moon Blade and Sea God Armor with fire and water attributes.
• White light emerged from Kallen, prompting Kevin and Alfred to prostrate themselves; after it faded, Kallen opened his eyes with holy white in his right eye and profound black in his left.

After waking from a long sleep, Kallen discovered his powers had changed and prepared to meet Marlow and the others. On his way to the church administration building, he saw it collapse in a violent blast.

• Kallen woke after sleeping through most of the day and found his spiritual reservoir enriched with unfamiliar powers, including the ability to turn fire into sacred flame.
• Kallen discussed faith in the God of Light with the old man, then arranged to attend Marlow's late-night barbecue and bring formation notes.
• Puer demonstrated her new family faith power by accidentally setting Kevin's fur alight, and Kallen put out the flames before asking Alfred to prepare dumplings and formations.
• Kallen brought dumplings to Old Saman, who revealed that the Pamireth Church delegation had been driven out and agreed to give Kallen his refrigerator the next evening.
• Kallen collected a black mask from Old Saman and drove toward Parasol Tree Street to deliver it and pick up his clerical robes.
• Kallen arrived at the Order God Church administration building just as it collapsed amid a deafening roar and tremors.

Kallen helped evacuate and rescue people after the Order God Church administration building collapsed, then met Richard, a privileged Divine Shepherd whose family included several Law Expounders. At Richard’s home, Kallen recognized Richard’s mother in an old family photograph as the woman who had protected him in his dream, revealing that Richard was his younger cousin.

• Kallen helped pull people from the collapsed administration building and carried injured survivors to safety while church clerics lowered the chained sections.
• Kallen rested with Richard, a Divine Servant collecting his allowance, and heard him speculate that a spatial formation failure—possibly involving the Pamireth Church—had caused the collapse.
• Richard introduced Kallen to his Law Expounder aunt, then asked Kallen to drive him home to White Deer Street.
• At Richard’s villa, Kallen studied a family photograph and recognized Richard’s mother as the woman who had protected him when Raniedal tried to seize his body.
• Kallen realized that Richard was his younger cousin.

Kallen visited Richard’s family and wondered about the identity and origins of his mother, while the attack on the Order God Church’s administration building remained under discussion. Delong arrived and learned that Richard wanted to join the Neo Squad, whose exploits had greatly impressed him.

• Richard told Kallen that the woman in the family photograph was his aunt, who had died before Richard was born, prompting Kallen to question what his family had hidden about his mother.
• Kallen showered at Richard’s home, met Eisen, and learned that Richard’s father had difficulty socializing even with his own son.
• Eisen left after a communication crow appeared, and Richard returned with food before Delong arrived and joined them.
• Delong said he had helped maintain the formation at the damaged administration building and gave Richard a passbook of point vouchers for an anniversary gift.
• Richard asked Delong to arrange for him to join the Neo Squad, praising its decisive work and claiming that one member had sent the Princess of Dark Moon Island home pregnant.

Kallen saw Richard accepted as an unofficial member of Neo's Whip of Order Squad, then returned home and read Mr. Hoffen's notes on undoing Kevin's seal. The notes ended with a warning that made Kallen question whether he should proceed.

• Richard persuaded Delong to let him join Neo's Whip of Order Squad as an unofficial member, and Neo welcomed him and gave him a ring.
• Kallen spoke with Richard about his family, then drove home after stopping near the cordoned-off Parasol Tree Street.
• Alfred gave Kallen Mr. Hoffen's notebook, and Kallen learned that Puer had exhausted herself while using fireballs to heat the boiler.
• Kallen searched the notes for instructions to undo Kevin's seal and found that two pages had been stuck together.
• Kallen separated the pages and read Mr. Hoffen's two-part warning: “Are you really going to undo its seal???” and “Are you out of your mind!!!”

Kallen began undoing Kevin’s seals and witnessed a memory of a woman entering the Sea God’s maw, followed by a man vowing to destroy the Sea God Church. After lifting only the first seal, Kallen left Kevin to grieve beneath the moon.

• Kallen read Mr. Hoffen’s instructions and learned that only he or Dis could undo Kevin’s seals, then showed Kevin the note’s taunting final message.
• Alfred urged Kevin to accept the great being’s mercy, and Kallen chose to begin the ritual that night.
• As Kallen loosened Kevin’s first seal, Alfred spoke with the elderly Light Remnant, who began doubting his faith.
• Kallen saw Kevin’s memory of a woman entering the Sea God’s maw and a man swearing to make the Sea God fall.
• Kallen ended the ritual after lifting one of twelve seals, and Kevin crouched in tears.
• That night, Kevin sat beneath the moon, reached toward it, and gently tucked it in as if it were a blanket.

Kallen joined his teammates for an afternoon gathering and defeated Gerui and Wende in sparring, demonstrating how much his abilities had grown. The squad welcomed Kallen’s strength as Richard arrived with Captain Neo to meet his new teammates.

• Kallen agreed to meet Marlow and the others before the squad’s formal gathering and visited Old Saman at Green Vine Cemetery with Alfred.
• Kallen sparred with Gerui and disarmed him in a single exchange, surprising the watching teammates.
• Kallen used twelve Order-Guarding Walls to trap Wende, who conceded defeat and praised the squad’s growing strength.
• The teammates cheered for Kallen, and Neo brought Richard to meet the squad.

After Kallen’s strength earned him a high rank in Neo Squad, Richard joined the team as a new auxiliary member and mistook Kallen for another newcomer. Neo announced that the squad would protect the Pamireth Church’s Divine Son during talks that could bring the Pamireth Church into the Order God Church.

• Marlow asked Kallen to review a formation, and Kallen went upstairs to get soda while Marlow continued drawing it.
• Neo gathered the squad for a meeting, and Richard tried to help the team and fit in as a new auxiliary member.
• Richard assumed Kallen had joined through his family’s influence, but learned that Kallen held a senior seat in the squad after defeating Gerui and Wende.
• Neo announced a lucrative security assignment protecting the Pamireth Church’s Divine Son, who would arrive in York Port the following evening for talks with the Order God Church.
• Neo said the Pamireth Church could become part of the Order God Church if the talks succeeded.

Kallen learned that the Pamireth Church would be annexed by the Order God Church, and his squad prepared for a dangerous mission to oversee the process. After dinner with Old Saman, Kallen discovered that Old Saman intended to die after the mission because he could neither accept the merger nor bring himself to resist it.

• Neo told Kallen and the squad that they would protect the Pamireth Church’s integration into the Order God Church, warning them of opposition from other churches and Pamireth believers.
• Kallen’s squad welcomed Richard, while Peige and Fanny teased Kallen about his closeness with the Princess of Dark Moon Island and discussed their upcoming mission.
• Kallen declined Richard’s request for a ride, asked him to keep his identity secret, and drove to Green Vine Cemetery to see Old Saman.
• Old Saman told Kallen that he already knew the Pamireth Church would not be destroyed, and the two ate hot pot together as Old Saman reflected on life and death.
• Old Saman asked Kallen to return after his mission and revealed that he planned to die because he could neither accept the annexation nor resist it, and wanted to remain in the past with the person he had lost.

Kallen discussed faith and sacrifice with Old Saman, who reaffirmed that he would end his life after the talks, then prepared to leave on a dangerous protection assignment. As Kallen welcomed the arriving Pamireth delegation in York City, their passenger ship exploded.

• Kallen told Old Saman that faith should guide real actions, and Old Saman said he would choose to die when the talks concluded.
• Neo joined Old Saman for hot pot, and the two discussed how neither knew what they wanted to do.
• Puer and Kevin identified Old Saman’s refrigerator as a costly spatial transporter and began working on an instruction manual.
• Kallen left Alfred in charge at home and traveled with Fanny and Peige to meet the Pamireth delegation.
• Kallen stood at the front of the Close Protection Group to welcome the delegation, but its passenger ship exploded as it approached.

Kallen’s team rescued Derius, the Pamireth Church’s Divine Son, after an explosion destroyed his ship and then protected him from another attack on the way to Ankara Hotel. There, Derius confronted Bishop Byrne and revealed that the bishop was his father, who had sent him undercover in the Pamireth Church for twenty years.

• Blue flames destroyed the passenger ship before Derius emerged from the sea with his attendants, and Kallen’s team escorted him away from the pier.
• Kallen learned that an elder accompanying Derius had betrayed him, while Derius agreed to the Order’s security arrangements and gave Kallen a card with one hundred thousand Reincarnation Vouchers.
• A huge finger reached through a black rift to attack the car, but Neo struck it with Black Flames and drove it back before the group reached Ankara Hotel.
• At the hotel, Kallen learned that Bishop Byrne had arrived to see Derius, and Derius asked to speak with him while Kallen remained present.
• Derius seized Bishop Byrne by the collar and accused him of keeping him undercover in the Pamireth Church for twenty years; Byrne revealed he was Derius’s father and insisted that the outcome had worked out well.