Chapter Summaries

Kevin retrieved a purple Sea God Heart egg and brought it to Kallen, who learned it could evolve his heart and strengthen his Sea God Armor. After Order God Church reinforcements secured Corona Island, the survivors prepared to leave, while Alfred resisted the egg’s temptation with an unusual wish.

• Kevin hid the purple egg near the landing point, then led Kallen back to retrieve it.
• Alfred explained that the egg contained a Sea God Heart whose essence could transform Kallen’s heart and expand his Spiritual Power, though Puer warned the process was normally impossible.
• Kallen gave the egg to Alfred to handle, and the group rested on a reef while waiting for reinforcements.
• Vien Empire warships and Order Knights arrived, and the Order God Church began searching Corona Island as the survivors boarded a warship.
• The captain asked Kevin to stay with him and tried to communicate, but Kevin wrote only, “Secret.”
• Alfred faced the egg’s promises and declared that he wanted to be on a mural.

After returning from the mission, Kallen agreed to help Lemar rescue Selena from a Voss Family member who had sealed her inside her puppet body and demanded the Yılmaz Carving Knife. Kallen asked Fanny to contact the Captain, then heard the egg plead with him to fry it rather than endure any more of Alfred’s silent communication.

• Kallen returned to the Funeral Society, rested with Puer and Kevin, and later watched the stars in the backyard.
• Lemar and Selena visited Kallen, and Lemar explained that a Voss Family member had sealed Selena inside her body and demanded the Yılmaz Carving Knife in exchange for her freedom.
• Lemar told Kallen he could break the seal safely but wanted to lure the culprit out and kill him; Kallen agreed to help and said the Captain could handle the plan if Kallen was away for the church selection.
• Kallen asked Fanny to contact the Captain and arrange for him to visit the Pottery Gallery, then went to the kitchen and heard the egg beg to be fried because it could no longer tolerate Alfred.

Kallen visited Richard to obtain an imprint of the Guman Family’s formation magic cube and was pulled into the family’s basement training. When Richard’s illusion breached Kallen’s defenses, Kallen’s counterattack unleashed Black Chains throughout the basement and aimed them at Old Delong.

• Kallen made fried rice with Alfred, then called Richard and arranged to meet him for coffee.
• Kallen asked Richard to imprint the Guman Family’s formation magic cube onto a scroll, and Richard gave him family study notes before completing the imprint.
• Madam Tang Li invited Kallen inside, and Kallen studied the [Key of the Magic Cube] while Richard rested.
• Madam Tang Li and Madam Kaixi sent Kallen to join Richard’s basement training with Old Delong.
• Richard grabbed Kallen inside the illusion, breaking Kallen’s defenses and triggering a swarm of Black Chains that covered the basement and threatened Old Delong.

Kallen received private training from Old Delong, resisted increasingly powerful illusions, and learned how the upcoming selection would test candidates. After spending the night using the Key of the Magic Cube to improve his spell arts, he realized his Guman bloodline let him master the system at extraordinary speed and identified the Immerlis Family Faith System’s defining trait as learning and plunder.

• Old Delong judged Kallen capable of reaching the final list of twelve and kept him for private tutoring, while Richard returned upstairs and was later beaten by Eisen.
• Kallen broke through Old Delong’s increasingly powerful illusions, including one that tried to overwhelm him with loneliness, and Old Delong explained the formation-based selection tests.
• Kallen studied Mr. Hoffen’s Formation Notes and used the Key of the Magic Cube to deduce improvements to formations and his own spell arts.
• Kallen worked through his abilities all night and discovered that his Magic Cube mastery had advanced to nearly Mr. Eisen’s level.
• Kallen attributed his rapid progress to the Guman bloodline and concluded that the Immerlis Family Faith System’s defining trait was “learning,” followed by “Plunder.”

After exhausting himself while studying the Guman Family’s Magic Cube, Kallen recovered in time for the York City District Selection Test. He traveled to the test site with Richard and his teammates, and the chapter ended as the participants teleported to the venue.

• Kallen collapsed from exhaustion after studying all night, and Puer and Xili helped him bathe and rest.
• Puer and Kevin discussed how Dis had designed the Immerlis Family Faith System specifically to help Kallen, while Kevin accepted his life as a dog.
• Kallen slept for two days, then recovered, prepared for the selection, and learned that Fanny and Peige would escort him to the exam.
• Kallen and Richard traveled together, and Kallen told Richard to use his bloodline’s ability to sense him during the test.
• The team gathered to encourage Kallen and Richard at the Church Administration Building, where Leon explained that many participants belonged to other jurisdictions.
• Kallen, Richard, and the other participants entered teleportation circle D-1 and were transported to the test site.

Kallen and Richard entered the Order God Church’s district selection, passed security, and discussed how the examination would intensify illusions. When Bishop Byrne declared the selection underway, the square went dark and Richard’s bloodline drew him to Kallen before the test had fully begun.

• Kallen and Richard surveyed the candidates gathered in Tyranus Hall and learned about several prominent groups attending the selection.
• The organizers screened candidates for forbidden aids, and Kallen kept his ring while Richard carried their stored belongings and food.
• Kallen used the Magic Cube to warn Richard that the illusion test would be amplified by the Shimos Enhancement Formation and could be altered by the statue’s eyes and sacred artifacts.
• Bishop Byrne greeted Kallen, then announced the start of the selection as the statue’s eyes glowed red and darkness engulfed the examination square.
• Richard’s activated Alt Bloodline sensed Kallen in the darkness, and Kallen told him to sit still and shut up while the formation continued activating.

Kallen helped Richard endure a brutal soul-freezing selection trial while the candidates struggled to climb a snowy mountain road. As the remaining competitors recognized Kallen’s strength, the selection entered its final stage with Kallen still supporting Richard.

• Kallen shielded Richard from the trial’s first wave of wind and snow as the candidates began climbing toward the five recommendation spots.
• The mountain’s cold began freezing the candidates’ souls, forcing many to withdraw while Kallen recognized the trial as resembling his earlier Divine Revelation.
• Kallen helped Richard stand and continued pulling him forward as the freezing intensified and candidates, including Laure, disappeared from the trial.
• A stream of coffee and meat broth tempted more candidates to withdraw, and the sudden doubling of the cold reduced the field to roughly ten.
• Richard asked Kallen to leave him behind, but Kallen refused and kept dragging him onward.
• A competitor knocked Leon down and eliminated him, after which the remaining candidates looked away from Kallen rather than risk challenging him.

Kallen protected Richard through the mountain selection, letting other candidates pass while refusing to abandon him. Richard eventually withdrew, and Kallen placed fourth; afterward, he joined Bart, Ventura, and Aisili for tea while Richard left with Mr. Memphis.

• Kallen dragged the nearly frozen Richard up the mountain and let Bart and Ventura pass, while the man who had eliminated Leon attacked Aisili and was expelled after her scarlet bird set his soul ablaze.
• Philomina reached Kallen, but Richard voluntarily withdrew so Kallen would not have to fight her for his sake, and Bishop Byrne ended the selection.
• Bishop Byrne announced Bart first, Ventura second, Aisili third, Kallen fourth, and Philomina fifth.
• Kallen, Bart, Ventura, and Aisili agreed to get tea together and returned through the Teleportation Magic Formation.
• Richard went with Mr. Memphis to report to the Captain and told him that he wanted to stop wasting time, then invited Memphis to meet him at Red Leaf Street as Young Master Eisen.

Kallen built an alliance with Aisili, Bart, and Ventura, then visited Ventura’s grandparents and learned that a mysterious benefactor had once treated Ventura’s polluted parents. The portrait of the benefactor revealed that he was Dis.

• Aisili, Bart, and Ventura agreed to look out for one another in the next selection, and Kallen joined their alliance.
• Aisili, Bart, Ventura, and Kallen introduced themselves and discussed their backgrounds, skills, and plans for the future.
• Kallen offered Ventura a place on a future team, then drove him home and accepted an invitation to visit his grandparents.
• Ventura’s grandfather explained that a benefactor had controlled the pollution in Ventura’s parents, giving them three more years with their son and helping Ventura manage his own pollution.
• Ventura uncovered the benefactor’s portrait, and Kallen recognized the silver-masked man as Dis.

Kallen collected an iron box for the Captain and discovered it held a tooth that triggered a terrifying illusion when Alfred examined it. The Captain revealed that the tooth belonged to the Phantom Beast Kongpacini and offered Kallen a lead on its burial ground, while Kallen agreed to pursue it for Alfred’s sake.

• Kallen visited the Lemaire Pottery Gallery, where Memphis explained that Richard’s legs had been broken after he used Memphis’s name to buy pastries on credit.
• Kallen collected an iron box from Hiddink at the Raquel Theater, bound him with the Chains of Order when he demanded the Captain’s unpaid balance, and later found a tooth inside its pendant.
• Kallen showed the tooth to the Former Owner, then watched Alfred activate his Succubus Eyes and become possessed as the entire Funeral Society plunged into darkness.
• Alfred revealed the tooth after the illusion ended, and Kallen recognized the familiar presence of the Phantom Beast Kongpacini.
• The Captain told Kallen that the tooth came from Kongpacini and revealed a lead on the Phantom Beast’s burial ground, prompting Kallen to say he was interested so Alfred could pursue it.

Kallen agreed to let Aisili’s parents examine Puer and Kevin after they visited the Pavarro Funeral Society, hoping to gain his help with the Gate of Reincarnation selection. The checkup ended with Santos and Selena visibly shaken inside the Workshop, while the reason for their reaction remained unknown.

• Kallen explained that he had agreed to explore Phantom Beast Konpacini’s burial site because Konpacini’s power could help Alfred grow stronger, and he let Alfred keep the tooth.
• Bart’s parents warned him that Kallen’s background seemed unusual and urged him to befriend Kallen, while explaining that the Gate of Reincarnation selection might reward teamwork.
• Santos and Selena brought Aisili to visit Kallen and explained that they wanted to assess Puer and Kevin and prepare a rearing plan for them.
• After learning the visitors might have information about the selection, Kallen agreed to the checkup, and Puer and Kevin reluctantly went along with it.
• Santos and Selena examined Puer and Kevin in the Workshop, then announced that the pets were healthy but ordinary and promised to provide a rearing plan.
• Aisili entered the Workshop with a fountain pen and found Santos and Selena deathly pale.

Santos and Selena’s examination revealed that Kallen’s pets, Puer and Kevin, were extraordinarily powerful beings, and they realized Kallen likely had a Temple Elder in his family. They prepared restoration plans for the pets, while Kallen returned to the Study to take the supernatant that would grant him the [Sea God Heart].

• Selena found that Puer was an ancient, weakened fire-attribute demon beast with a powerful soul and a symbiosis contract with Kallen.
• Santos discovered hundreds of harmonious Principle God Church seals on Kevin and concluded that an extraordinary soul was sealed inside him.
• Santos and Selena inferred that Kallen’s family included a Temple Elder, and they told Aisili to keep their discoveries secret and treat Kallen well.
• Santos and Selena gave Kallen cultivation plans for Puer and Kevin, and Kallen promised to help Aisili during the final Selection if he could.
• After the family left, Kallen returned to the Study, where Alfred prepared the supernatant for the [Sea God Heart] and Puer announced it was time for his medicine.

Kallen drank the purified blue liquid and awakened the Sea God Heart, then set out with the York City candidates for the Final Selection. Their arrival in a hearse caused a stir, and Kallen told a reporter it symbolized their determination to win or return in coffins.

• Kallen endured severe pain after drinking the blue liquid, awakened the Sea God Heart, and manifested a more detailed Sea God Armor.
• Kallen considered his new strength and prepared to leave for the Final Selection after resting.
• Ventura, Aisili, and Bart joined Kallen, and the four agreed not to undermine one another if the selection allowed teamwork.
• Alfred drove the group to the Church Administration Building in a hearse, surprising the bishops and reporters waiting to welcome them.
• Kallen told Order Weekly correspondent Meliye that the hearse represented their resolve to pass the selection or return in coffins.

Kallen charmed reporter Meliye with an impromptu explanation of his group’s hearse, then joined the other candidates at the Augurev Divine Temple for the dangerous final selection. After Punk announced that candidates would compete in six-person squads and only the last two squads would qualify, Kallen chose to keep Ventura, Aisili, and Bart with him and rejected Philomina’s request to join.

• Kallen told Meliye that arriving in a hearse honored veterans of the First Knight Order, and she interviewed and photographed him and his friends.
• Bishop Woforen praised Kallen’s remarks before sending the candidates through the Teleportation Magic Formation to the Augurev Divine Temple in Void Space.
• Kallen examined the island’s formation and discussed with Bart and Aisili how the selection might prepare candidates for dangers beyond the Gate of Reincarnation.
• Commander Punk announced that the selection was dangerous, required teams of six, and would qualify the two squads that lasted the longest.
• Aisili and Bart realized their parents had correctly predicted the team-based test, and Kallen declared that he, Ventura, Aisili, and Bart would stay together.
• Philomina asked Kallen to bring her onto the team, but he calmly told her to get lost.

Kallen formed Squad 3 for the final selection, recruiting Mars and Blanche to fill its support roles and deducing that the fortress would become a hunting ground where squads faced Phantom Beasts. After laying out a defensive battle plan for his five subordinates, he said he would not need Blanche’s support.

• Kallen rejected Philomina’s chance to join his squad and had Ventura, Bart, and Aisili recruit two more members.
• Kallen interviewed applicants and chose Mars, a reserve Formation Master, and Blanche, a reserve priest, then registered the six-member group as Squad 3.
• Aisili passed the security check despite hidden Demon Beast sensory imprints tattooed on her arms.
• Kallen and Mars examined flagpole number 3, and Kallen deduced that the fortress formation would expand the squads’ testing grounds for observers from the Order God Church.
• After learning that the fortress held Phantom Beasts, Kallen predicted the squads would face escalating attacks and assigned each member a role in a defensive battle plan.

Kallen organized his squad and assigned everyone their roles before the final Selection began at Ogleve Fortress. As the first trial approached, he directed Aisili to scout the incoming beasts by sending a Demon Beast phantom into the vortex.

• Kallen assigned combat and support responsibilities to his squadmates, then rallied them to work together through the Selection.
• Cardinal Kreid watched the candidates with Moswat and Geliruiwen, recognized Kallen from Dark Moon Island, and proposed annual Selections to give young people more chances to choose their departments.
• Punk announced the start of the final Selection, and the Formation expanded each squad’s grounds behind separate Barriers.
• Kallen helped Mars prepare a defensive Formation as Ventura, Bart, and Blanche took positions around the perimeter.
• Punk announced that void Phantom Beasts called Maca would arrive in ten minutes, and Kallen ordered Aisili to send a weak Demon Beast phantom into the vortex to scout the next trial targets.

Kallen used Aisili’s knowledge of the Phantom Beasts to prepare Squad Three for the Selection, and the squad defeated Maca while conserving its strength. When the second round began, Kallen restrained Zogai with Black Chains and had Aisili summon a Fire Salamander to burn it slowly.

• Aisili summoned Xianty into the black vortex and learned the names of the remaining Phantom Beasts and the location of a Sealed Space before the organizers closed the vortex.
• Aisili described Maca’s abilities, and Kallen assigned Ventura to restrain it, Bart to attack it, and Blanche to protect them from its mental effects.
• Ventura trapped Maca between silver Order-Guarding Walls while Bart repeatedly struck its skin and Blanche shielded the attackers from its hallucinations and poisonous mist.
• Maca burst under the squad’s sustained pressure, and Kallen ordered Ventura, Bart, and Blanche to rest while Mars prepared Formations.
• After the remaining squads finished the first round, Kallen bound Zogai’s tentacles and head with Black Chains, then told Aisili to summon a Fire Salamander and let it burn the Phantom Beast slowly.

Kallen slowly wore down and defeated Zogai while his teammates rested, and ten teams remained for the next round of the selection. In the Sealed Space, Loya learned she might be chosen as an examiner and wondered whether Kallen was among the young contestants.

• Kallen restrained Zogai with Chains of Order and endured its pollution while the fire salamander steadily burned it down.
• Blanche and Bart discussed Kallen’s control of the team’s pace, while Mars prepared formations for the later divine-artifact test.
• Philomina defeated her team’s Zogai and regretted not joining Kallen’s team.
• Kallen released his chains and finished Zogai with twelve Spears of Discipline, then ordered his team to prepare for the next round.
• Lonidale told Loya that she had recommended her as a possible divine-artifact examiner, and Loya wondered if Kallen was among the contestants.

Kallen's squad fought Leidina, a fast and intelligent Phantom Beast that targeted their vulnerable members and used mental attacks. After noticing Leidina's abnormal condition, Kallen ordered the squad to retreat behind Mas's defensive formation and concluded the organizers had drugged the beasts with stimulants.

• Aisili described Leidina's strengths and weaknesses, and Kallen arranged the squad's positions before the Phantom Beast emerged.
• Leidina bypassed Ventura and Bart to attack Blanche, but Kallen used black-fire Spell Arts to slap it away and give the squad time to regroup.
• Leidina's mental attack affected Bart, while Ventura's pollution made Kallen order both men to retreat and purify themselves.
• Kallen noticed Leidina's mental state was disordered, and Aisili confirmed that its vitality and other conditions were abnormal.
• Kallen withdrew the squad into Mas's defensive formation, reinforced it with the Key of the Magic Cube, and said Leidina had been given stimulants.

Kallen’s team survived Leidina by waiting for its stimulant potion to wear off, then faced Puxien’s surprise spiritual attack. Trapped inside his own consciousness, Kallen was confronted by visions of his grandfather, Puer, Kevin, and the God of Order, while one Puxien became terrified of him.

• Kallen had Mars lead the formation while he helped hold off Leidina until the stimulant potion weakened it.
• Kallen killed the exhausted Leidina, and the remaining teams prepared for the next round against Puxien.
• Puxien attacked from beneath the barriers and flooded the teams’ minds with white light, trapping them in their own consciousnesses.
• Kallen entered an inner world where visions of his grandfather, Puer, Kevin, Raniedal, and the God of Order claimed he was destined to return as the God of Order.
• One Puxien screamed within its consciousness and became unable to stop its ability after seeing Kallen.