Chapter Summaries

Kallen’s purification faltered as Light failed to answer, and attempts by Puer, Little Kangna, and Philomina could not open the Eye of Order. Neo finally provoked a powerful response by declaring that the God of Light was dead, and the Eye opened as Kallen’s voice declared that he would not allow Light to die.

• Puer passed out from exhaustion, and Little Kangna’s dragon claw briefly revived Kallen’s purification with a vision of the Rebel Dragon God helping Order defeat the God of Magma.
• Little Kangna’s attempt failed to awaken the Eye of Order, so Alfred had Philomina invoke the Dark Moon Goddess, but her vision also produced no response.
• Alfred ordered Philomina to place Kevin’s paw on Kallen, which caused the Eye of Order to appear, though it remained closed.
• Kallen experienced a memory of Raniedal asking Order to help kill the Sea God, but the Eye still did not open and the purification began to end.
• Neo seized Kallen and shouted that the God of Light no longer existed, causing the Light Aura to surge and the Eye of Order to open.
• Kallen rose as the power of Order flooded the Opera House, and a voice declared, “I will not allow him to die!”

Kallen witnessed memories of the God of Order carrying the God of Light's severed head and completed his purification as a Divine Servant with combat strength comparable to his former Arbiter level. He planned to awaken Earl Recar and Old Saman while fearing that the Previous God of Order might be watching him across time.

• Kallen witnessed the God of Order retrieving the God of Light's severed head from Anlamyde Mountain, but remained uncertain who had killed him.
• Kallen absorbed a Black Ring of Order Rules, and his Order Sculpture transformed into a small puddle while his Hunger Addiction grew stronger.
• Kallen experienced another resonance with the Previous God of Order and feared that he could observe Kallen across time.
• Kallen drained sacred power from the Mills Goddess's Harp and completed his purification just before the altar collapsed.
• Kallen instructed Alfred to prepare for awakening Earl Recar and Old Saman after a day of rest.
• Kallen told Neo that his Divine Servant combat strength matched his former Arbiter level and named Inquisitor as his goal in keeping with family tradition.

Kallen awakened Earl Recar and Old Saman as companions, then discussed plans to support them and prepare for an Investigation Delegation. He told Loya that the symbiosis-contract plan had to be redone because he had acquired a new body, leaving the artifact spirits stunned.

• Kallen studied Order spell arts and worried that advancing to Divine Revelation would be harder than expected, while wondering why the Immerlis Family bloodline and Dis's phantom were absent.
• Kallen learned Neo had left to clear his head and arranged a ceremony to awaken Old Saman and Earl Recar at the Opera House.
• Kallen used Order-Awakening to revive Earl Recar and Old Saman, who pledged themselves to Order and joined Kallen's companions.
• Old Saman proposed modifying his refrigerator so Kallen could summon coffins and their occupants across Vien Territory, while Kallen assigned the two men duties at the Manor.
• Kallen confirmed with Byrne that he would join the Investigation Delegation and learned that the conflict in Desert was worsening.
• Kallen told Loya that the revised symbiosis-contract plan was obsolete because he had a new body, and Loya informed the artifact spirits that their research had fallen behind his rise in life level.

Earl Recar scolded Old Anderson over the Allen family’s lack of heirs, while Puer reminded him to respect Kallen’s position and wait for Eunice’s wedding. Kallen returned to York City, learned that Gaspol planned to hand her position over to him, and discovered Mavario’s pollution treatment had stalled because the Divine Temple wanted him to produce an heir first.

• Earl Recar berated Old Anderson for failing to secure the family’s continuation, but Puer sent Old Anderson away and rebuked Earl Recar for his own interference in Eunice’s condition.
• Puer warned Earl Recar not to overreach with Kallen, and Earl Recar agreed to wait for the wedding and Eunice’s efforts.
• Old Saman and Kevin settled on a design for their spatial forging work, while Old Saman spoke about beginning a new life and Kevin clasped his hand.
• Kallen ordered Alfred to support their nominee against Gaspol’s candidate, then chose Richard and Philomina as his attendants for the upcoming trip to the Desert Order God Church.
• Kallen met Gaspol, who said she had volunteered to hand her position over to him, then learned that Mavario’s experimental accident had left him with treatable pollution.
• Kallen visited Mavario in the hospital and learned the Divine Temple had paused treatment until Mavario produced an heir, prompting Kallen to call him a good friend.

Kallen visited the recovering Mavario, who revealed that he had sensed the God of Order’s return before his accident, then traveled to Dinge District with Richard and Little Kangna for classes and an investigation assignment. At his first lecture, Kallen recognized the loneliness behind the God of Order’s actions in the Previous Era, prompting his teacher to abandon his trip home and return with him for a proper lesson.

• Kallen and Mavario discussed Mavario’s marriage, and Kallen urged him to invite the District Chief to volunteer at an orphanage; Mavario also disclosed that he had sensed the God of Order’s return during the experiment that caused his accident.
• Kallen told Mavario he was leaving for Dinge District to attend a lesson and join the Investigation Delegation, then took get-well gifts to his family and visited the recovering Richard.
• Kallen, Richard, Philomina, and Little Kangna traveled to Dinge District, where Little Kangna sensed that the surrounding mountains were the remains of an ancient dragon.
• Kallen and Richard attended a lecture on the differences between the God of Order and the God of Light, while the teacher’s hypnotic voice put the other students to sleep.
• The teacher took Kallen toward the teachers’ dormitory while discussing the God of Order’s actions in the Previous Era; Kallen answered that the god had acted out of loneliness.
• The teacher was shaken by Kallen’s answer, turned away from his dormitory, and invited Kallen back to the classroom for a proper lesson.

Professor Xideluode taught Kallen how the God of Order inherited the work of the God of Light, then invited him home and explained his theory about the Mad Pope. He argued that the Mad Pope had understood Order deeply and had shouted that he did not believe in the God of Light because he was clear-minded and suffering.

• Xideluode and Kallen discussed how humanity’s role in the Divine War raised its status and how the God of Order continued the God of Light’s reforms.
• Kallen revealed that he was a minister, and Xideluode recognized him from the newspapers and invited him to lunch.
• Kallen arrived at Xideluode’s home and discovered that his granddaughter was Gaspol, his district chief.
• While Kallen cooked, Xideluode explained that the Mad Pope had studied at the Order University alongside Budalas and had never been an Order spy.
• Xideluode said the Mad Pope had come to understand Order better than most Order Followers and believed the God of Light had chosen suicide to make way for a world without gods.
• Xideluode concluded that the Mad Pope’s declaration that he did not believe in the God of Light reflected clear-minded suffering rather than madness.

Kallen attended a lesson on the Wall God Church and became the class’s test subject in a prophecy experiment, while Mavario struggled with his feelings for Gaspol and came to fetch Kallen for a drink. The experiment was interrupted when Mavario appeared, prompting the entire classroom to kneel and pay respects to the Divine Son.

• Xideluode challenged Gaspol about her engagement to Mavario and urged her to spend time with him, then suggested she show him around campus; Kallen left for his afternoon class with Mavario.
• Kallen and Mavario discussed attending dinner together to support Gaspol, and Mavario admitted he wanted a more ordinary life beyond his role as a Divine Son.
• In class, Kallen read about the Wall God Church’s prophetic paintings and listened as the professor explained how believers could help bring their visions to pass.
• The professor selected Kallen as the subject of a demonstration, and a puppet imbued with the Wall God’s aura began painting a prophecy that showed Kallen bowing at the classroom door.
• After cutting his finger to comfort Gaspol, Mavario arrived at Kallen’s classroom and asked him to come drinking; the professor recognized him, and the teachers and students knelt to pay their respects.

Kallen attended a lecture with Mavario, who confided in him about his growing relationship with Gaspol, before meeting Dean Jax and the Academy Faction. At a gathering of influential church figures, they welcomed Kallen and arranged to support his nomination as the new district chief.

• Kallen shattered the gem in the skeleton's brow, ending the Wall God Church prophecy's effect, then returned to class with Mavario.
• Mavario told Kallen about finding Gaspol washing dishes and wondered whether her actions showed she was responding to his feelings.
• Mavario and Gaspol argued by the pool over work, marriage, and whether they could build a family life together.
• Xideluode told Iniflei that her granddaughter's marriage to Mavario could become unhappy, warning that Mavario's immaturity and status made divorce impossible.
• Kallen entered an Academy Faction gathering with Dean Jax and met dozens of members, including senior figures who offered to support his advancement.
• Andilao agreed to handle Kallen's nomination as district chief, while Pare called him District Chief Kallen.

Kallen pitched an ambitious plan to create a district-level Third Sequence Reserve Forces institution that would expand Order University’s and the Whip of Order’s influence, while the Academy Faction’s leaders considered the risks. After dinner, Kallen helped Mavario and Gaspol confront their strained relationship, leaving Mavario delighted when Gaspol angrily told him to get lost.

• Kallen proposed that York City District establish a broad Third Sequence Reserve Forces institution staffed by Order University teachers and students, with departments that could strengthen the Whip of Order and require new equipment.
• Jack's, Andilao, and Parre considered the plan’s benefits and risks, and Andilao suggested having Gaspol submit it before leaving office to share responsibility.
• Kallen visited Xideluode, discussed Mavario and Gaspol’s relationship, and accepted copies of the Mad Pope’s writings and access to his old dorm room as supplementary lessons.
• After Mavario and Gaspol returned from their disastrous date, Kallen told Mavario to confront Andilao and then helped him frame his conflict with Gaspol in terms of fairness and effort.
• Mavario returned after breaking Andilao’s arm and leg, then tried to teach Gaspol a lesson; Gaspol told him to get lost, and Mavario laughed with delight.

Kallen and Xideluode explored an abandoned dormitory and uncovered a spiritual imprint showing the student days of four future figures: Budalas, Wukongjia, Dikalost, and Phileas. The scene became vivid around Kallen, and Wukongjia noticed him and asked whether he had come from the neighboring room to mooch a meal.

• Kallen returned to the guesthouse, where Little Kangna eyed the giant crab and argued with him about whether it should be grilled or steamed.
• Kallen attended Xideluode's History of the Gods Philosophy class, and they shared tea while the sleeping students waited for the bell.
• Xideluode led Kallen to an abandoned dormitory, where he showed him the belongings of Budalas, Wukongjia, Dikalost, and the Mad Pope, Phileas.
• Xideluode explained that a mysterious leak had once occurred in the dormitory and that Wukongjia had repeatedly returned to erase records of it.
• Kallen triggered the dormitory's spiritual imprint and watched the four students relive an argument about church politics and a stolen washbasin.
• Wukongjia spotted Kallen in the memory and asked if he had come from next door to mooch a meal.

Kallen discovered that Wukongjia could see and interact with him inside the Spiritual Imprint, then joined the young Wukongjia, Phileas, Budalas, and Dikalost as they shared a meal and planned a reckless attempt to reach the Sealed Space. After Kallen offered to provide an anchor point, the group raised another toast, leaving him with the uncanny feeling that they were all still alive.

• Kallen confirmed that Wukongjia could see and speak to him, and suspected the Temple Elder was still alive rather than merely appearing in a recorded memory.
• Kallen joined Wukongjia, Phileas, Budalas, and Dikalost in preparing and eating a stolen Five-Colored Fire Turkey, then discussed politics and their plans for the future.
• Kallen noticed that his awareness could affect the Spiritual Imprint scene and spoke with Budalas about the dangers of unchecked power and the Church of Light.
• Wukongjia and Dikalost proposed summoning a divine artifact from the Sealed Space, but they lacked an anchor point to reach it.
• Kallen offered to place an anchor point inside the Sealed Space, and Wukongjia, Phileas, Dikalost, and Budalas agreed to prepare for the attempt.
• The group raised their glasses again, and Kallen wondered whether they all still lived.

Kallen discovered that the dormitory scene required his soul power to sustain, then waited for Wukongjia and the others to return and finish preparing an altar. Using its detection formation, he called to Loya in the Sealed Space, but Mills Goddess's Harp's Artifact Spirit appeared and did not recognize either of them.

• Kallen found that he could not leave the dormitory scene without crossing into reality, and he stayed behind while the Mad Pope and Budalas gathered altar materials.
• After Wukongjia left, Kallen began turning transparent as the scene drained his soul power, so he wrapped himself in a low-consumption state until Wukongjia returned.
• Wukongjia brought back the altar blueprint after meeting a woman in the room, and the Mad Pope and Budalas helped him set up the altar while Kallen assisted with the formations.
• Dikalost returned with a giant crab claw, and after the group ate, Kallen used the detection formation to call for Loya.
• Loya heard Kallen faintly in her sleep, and Mills Goddess's Harp's Artifact Spirit was drawn into an illusory scene where she asked Kallen who he was and who Loya was.

Kallen placed Raniedal’s coordinates inside the Sealed Space and returned to the dorm room, where Phileas, Dikalost, Budalas, and Wukongjia began searching its deepest layers for a Divine Artifact. They drew out the Spear of Eternity, whose Artifact Spirit recognized Kallen and claimed the God of Order had banished a serious problem into the future.

• Kallen met the Mills Goddess’s Artifact Spirit in the ancient Sealed Space, gave her Raniedal’s coordinates, and returned to the dorm room.
• Kallen told the four young men that he had succeeded, and Phileas reassured him while Dikalost prepared the altar.
• Phileas empowered the altar with Light incantations, while Dikalost and Budalas analyzed and broke through the Sealed Space’s layers.
• Wukongjia reached into the altar and pulled out the Spear of Eternity, which froze the five men and enveloped the Dormitory Building in a blue halo.
• The Spear of Eternity’s Artifact Spirit approached Kallen and said the God of Order had solved a serious problem by banishing it into the future.

Kallen learned that the God of Order had sent Hunger Addiction into the future with him, and discovered that the Spear of Eternity’s artifact spirit, Michiōs, could see the presence within his soul. Michiōs explained Kallen’s connection to an ancient memory and let him leave, then celebrated the possibility that Kallen might become the next God of Order and reopen the sealed epoch.

• Michiōs searched Kallen’s soul, but Hunger Addiction’s sculpture seized and burned his gaze before he could escape.
• Michiōs introduced himself, released Kallen from his restraint, and explained that Kallen had not been present in the original event a thousand years earlier.
• Michiōs told Kallen that Wukongjia had lived on as a special artifact spirit after reuniting with the divine artifact spirit he loved.
• Michiōs explained that Wukongjia had repeatedly returned to the dormitory seeking traces of Kallen, unknowingly strengthening the spiritual imprint that drew Kallen into the experience.
• Kallen left the Dormitory Building, and Michiōs promised to help him if they met again.
• After Kallen vanished, Michiōs celebrated the possibility that Kallen would become a god and open the epoch sealed by the previous God of Order.

Kallen returned from the Dormitory Building after encountering Michiōs and began to suspect his growth could serve the interests of a hidden group. After discovering that Xideluode had reported his screening under a false name, Kallen confronted him and learned why he had taken over the long-running investigation.

• Kallen left the Dormitory Building and told Xideluode he had heard the door and screams before briefly losing consciousness.
• Xideluode secretly reported that the screening had produced no results and registered Kallen as Mases Kuonova, a student from Loriel District.
• Kallen returned to Xideluode’s apartment and asked him to sign his class schedule, revealing that he had overheard the report.
• Xideluode admitted he had helped conceal Kallen’s identity and joked about Kallen fabricating a suicide note for him.
• Xideluode explained that he had inherited the investigation from his father-in-law and continued it so his divorced wife would not have to.

Kallen met Xideluode and offered to arrange an interview with the Mad Pope’s successor, then traveled with Little Kangna and Philomina to join the Investigation Delegation. The delegation arrived at the Maqina Sacred Land and discovered it was under attack by rebels.

• Kallen trusted Xideluode with the secret and promised to arrange a meeting with the Mad Pope’s successor.
• Kallen, Little Kangna, and Philomina ate at the guesthouse, where Yingdeman recognized Kallen and served Little Kangna crab meat.
• Kallen met Richard at a hotel and rested before joining the Investigation Delegation the next morning.
• Kallen learned he led a team of seven Whip of Order ministers, then departed with the delegation after their schedule was abruptly changed.
• The delegation arrived at the Maqina Sacred Land and heard desert clerics shout that rebels had broken into the sacred land.

Kallen tried to prepare for the rebels’ capture of Maqina Sacred Land while Deputy Knight Commander Yamrek kept the Order delegation passive. After the rebels surrounded the teleportation hall, they burned the Order clerics sent to demand courtesy, leaving the delegation’s safety uncertain.

• The Order delegation’s leaders argued over whether to break out or wait for the rebels, and most supported Yamrek’s plan to stay.
• Kallen urged Yamrek to establish a perimeter, but Yamrek refused until Ze’an warned that the rebels might attack the hall without knowing who was inside.
• Ze’an persuaded Yamrek to send Kallen and a small group outside to establish a perimeter and communicate the delegation’s identity by crow messages.
• Kallen’s sentries watched the rebels take control of Maqina Sacred Land as orthodox clerics surrendered and resistance collapsed.
• The rebels surrounded the teleportation hall, and five Order clerics went out to demand that the rebels’ representatives pay their respects.
• A Desert Camel Walker spewed fire and burned the five clerics to ashes.

Kallen and his team escaped the Maqina Sacred Land after the desert rebels attacked, then split up to lure and ambush the church envoys pursuing them. Kallen confronted Dimoteli Suman alone, and their fight was about to begin.

• Kallen led Richard, Kangna, and Philomina in a breakout, drawing the Sandhawks away and signaling the other sentry posts to escape.
• Kangna transformed into a Bone Dragon and smashed through a conjured desert wall, carrying the group beyond the Sacred Land.
• Richard used his intelligence research to direct them toward a Whip of Order secret post, but sensed several pursuers gaining on them.
• Kallen ordered Richard and Kangna to act as bait while he and Philomina left the Bone Dragon to ambush isolated pursuers.
• Lango slowed his pursuit after divination warned him of danger, hoping the other pursuers would encounter Kallen first.
• Kallen faced Dimoteli Suman, rejected her offer to spare him in exchange for sleeping with her, and drew the Diamans Sword.

Kallen fought Dimoteli in the desert, defeating her after a prolonged contest of spell arts and close combat. He severed her head and hung it from his waist, then looked toward his next target.

• Dimoteli prepared her defenses and attacked Kallen with layered Night Goddess spell arts while Kallen matched her power with summoned stone pillars.
• Kallen sensed Lango and Dali Wenluo watching from the perimeter, then drew Dimoteli into a close-range fight with concealed Chains of Order and resisted her mental assault.
• Kallen passed through Dimoteli’s forbidden insect pollution and struck her with his sword, while his prepared formations pulled him to safety before the explosion.
• The spell arts’ clash ended in Kallen’s favor, leaving Dimoteli severely injured beneath scorched sand.
• Kallen refused Dimoteli’s plea for mercy, severed her head, and declared that he would face the next opponent.

Kallen defeated Dimoteli and approached Dali Wenluo, a Life Order God Church cleric who admired Kallen and wanted to wear his skin. After exchanging polite greetings, they prepared to fight, each misunderstanding the other's offer and apology.

• Kallen suppressed the Hunger Addiction, left the fleeing presence alone, and went after Dali Wenluo, carrying Dimoteli's head at his waist.
• Dali Wenluo remembered his abusive childhood, his mother's murder, and how he had come to envy Kallen's public image and propriety.
• Dali Wenluo told Kallen he collected his photographs and wanted to skin him, while Kallen discovered that Richard had arranged the letters supposedly answered in Kallen's name.
• Kallen offered to spare Dali Wenluo if he stayed out of what came next, but Dali said he intended to kill Kallen and take his skin.
• Kallen clarified that he only wanted to avoid the inconvenience of carrying a bald head, and Dali apologized in imitation of Kallen's polite manner.