Arc 41The Dream’s Hidden Gods
Lumian and his allies uncovered the forces shaping Dream City while Franca confronted memories of her lost life and Emperor Roselle in the Mirror departed. As Zhou Shasha’s arrival drew near, Lumian assembled the group for an operation against the Celestial Worthy.
- Lumian rescued Franca from Mushu Hospital’s underground area, where she had found herself cocooned in the gray-white fog, and the group began investigating the dream’s hidden influence.
- Franca and Lumian connected Peng Deng, Grisha, and other dream figures to the Celestial Worthy and the five pathways associated with omniscience and omnipotence, while Franca decided to remain in the dream.
- Lumian found Li Keji transformed into a rebirthing mushroom, encountered Madame Pualis with the infant Ombella, and escaped the collapsing Otherworld by invoking Mr. Door’s name.
- Madam Magician theorized that the Great Mother had used the Divine Child’s birth and death to return Ombella, potentially making Lumian a medium for her arrival in reality.
- Jenna and Ludwig recovered a dried mushroom from Mushu Hospital, and Ludwig developed healing spores after eating it.
- Bernadette followed Emperor Roselle in the Mirror out of Dream City, where he warned her of possible merging and an early apocalypse and left Lumian a Blasphemy Card depicting him as the Primordial Witch.
- Lumian warned Franca, Jenna, Anthony, and Ludwig that Dream City blended Mr. Fool’s and the Celestial Worthy’s subconscious and that speaking certain facts could awaken the Celestial Worthy.
- After learning Zhou Shasha would arrive nearly two hours early, Lumian assigned the group their tasks and left with Jenna to begin the operation.