Recaps

Lumian studied Morola’s underground mysteries while shifting alliances and a sabotaged ritual brought down Gusin’s group. In Trier, Franca’s team killed the Person in the Mirror Griffith and uncovered the Mirror People’s plan, as Julie began a final operation that ended with Lies dead.

• Franca learned from Clarisse about the Witch Sect, the Primordial Witch’s mirror projection, and the People in the Mirror, while Lumian waited to see whether Sallys would visit Julie.
• Lumian followed a lead from Gusin into the Fog of War, where Gusin and Albus Medici ambushed him, and he escaped through the Mirror World after destroying the trial’s statues without lasting effect.
• Lumian secretly tampered with the Calamity Lamp, and when Gusin and Albus used it to summon a Tin Soldier, Gusin transformed and the ritual erupted in an explosion.
• Vanak and Julie joined Lumian in fighting Gusin and Albus, and Vanak killed Gusin, Julie destroyed the Tin Soldier, and Lumian learned that Albus had thrown the Abscessed Severed Hand’s head into the Underground Mausoleum.
• Franca, Jenna, and Anthony ambushed Nikila, discovered he was the Person in the Mirror Griffith, and killed him before the Hidden Sage’s knowledge could make him lose control.
• Griffith’s ghost revealed that the People in the Mirror wanted the Moses Ascetic Order’s leaders to help open the Fourth Epoch Trier seal, and named Palia as their contact in Trier.
• Lumian warned Julie that People in the Mirror might already be in Morola, and Julie later reported seeing one near the Underground Mausoleum.
• Lumian found Lies dead in Julie’s bed, recalled Julie saying she would seduce Lies last, and suspected she had begun her final operation.

Lumian entered Morola’s Underground Mausoleum, became entangled with 0-01’s corruption, and helped thwart Julie and Sallys before leaving as the artifact’s proxy. Back in Trier, he joined Franca and Jenna in investigating the Special Mirror World and the Samaritan Woman Spring, where he and Amandina walked into the spring’s fog.

• Lumian entered the Underground Mausoleum blindfolded, retrieved the Abscessed Severed Hand’s head, and met Albus, who warned him about Julie’s dangerous item.
• Lumian and Albus confronted Julie, Sallys, Vanak, and the reassembled Abscessed Severed Hand as the battle spilled into the Mirror World and Julie invoked the Primordial Witch’s power.
• Albus destroyed Sallys’s Mirror Image Maze and fought Lumian, but mystical pathogens weakened them both until Lumian removed Sallys’s Black Tear ornament and recognized that firelight threatened Morola’s seal.
• Albus smeared Medici blood on 0-01, triggering chaos across Morola, and the Knowledge Church suppressed the abnormality while Lumian remained lucid as its marionette.
• Lumian later became 0-01’s proxy, encountered the Abscessed Severed Hand, collected Sallys’s remains, and left Morola with Heraberg’s help.
• Madam Magician warned Lumian that his new status drew him into the contest for the Red Priest’s throne, while Lumian told Franca and Jenna about his powers and made Jenna an official team member.
• Franca investigated the Special Mirror World and Harrison’s presence in Trier, while Jenna and Lumian spent the night together and Franca considered using Amandina and the Samaritan Woman Spring to draw Harrison out.
• Lumian brought Amandina through the Catacombs toward the hidden Samaritan Woman Spring as Franca, Jenna, and Anthony kept watch, and they walked into its grayish-white fog.

Lumian and his allies uncovered Harrison’s connection to Penglai and the Whirlpool Plan, while Roselle’s resurrection and the ritual drew powerful forces into conflict. The arc ended with Roselle resurrected as the Black Emperor and Amon appearing before Lumian as both himself and Termiboros.

• Lumian guided Amandina to the Samaritan Woman Spring, where she gained the Soul Soother ability, and Franca later interpreted her warning as “beware, Penglai.”
• Franca and Jenna confronted their feelings for Lumian and each other, and Franca revealed her past life as a man from another world while deciding to try setting aside jealousy.
• The Armored Wraith Chen Tu translated Penglai teachings for Lumian and the others, and the group linked the Heavenly Dao to the Hunter and Witch pathways and identified Harrison as the corpse from Resurrection Island.
• Lumian and Franca met Harrison at the Samaritan Woman Spring and fought him, but he escaped after using powerful deathly magic and paper figures.
• Anthony investigated the Indulgence Faction and learned that its members were giving birth, while Lumian moved the team to a safe house and learned that the Whirlpool Plan involved several traders and Angels.
• Perle began the Whirlpool Ritual with Bernadette at Roselle’s mausoleum, while Heros revealed Lumian’s location and the Person of the Loop repeatedly thwarted attempts to reach the safe house.
• Lumian’s group battled Vazan Sanson and Higdon as Roselle emerged from the mausoleum, and Roselle’s return restored the Black Emperor’s Uniqueness and three Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics to him.
• Lumian stayed behind in the Special Mirror World to confront Vazan Sanson and Harrison while Franca led the others away, but Vazan completed a destiny exchange and turned Lumian into a sheep.
• Roselle resurrected as the Black Emperor and killed Perle and other believers, but their bloody mist continued the Whirlpool Ritual, and Amon appeared before Lumian, freed him from his sheep form, and identified himself as both Amon and Termiboros.

Lumian learned how Amon had shaped his life, chose to pursue Aurora’s revival on his own terms, and became a Witch of Despair. He investigated Ombella and the Witch Sect, helped his companions advance, and received a Lucky Gold Coin as preparations to enter Mr. Fool’s dream continued.

• Amon revealed that he had impersonated Termiboros and manipulated Lumian’s experiences, then offered a predetermined path to Aurora’s resurrection, which Lumian rejected.
• Amon gave Lumian the Witch of Despair ingredients, and Lumian returned to Morola and advanced while Franca, Jenna, and Anthony battled the Higdons and Vazan Sanson.
• Lumian killed Vazan Sanson, while Amon and Roselle used the Genie and the second Blasphemy Slate to drive the Mist of Uncertainty away at the cost of Roselle’s life.
• Lumian told his companions about Amon’s revelations, and Madam Magician explained the Lucky Gold Coins, the plan to awaken Mr. Fool, and the possible means of reviving Aurora.
• Lumian studied Earth Gift in New Silver City, discovered its connection to Ombella and Giddas, uprooted it, and warned Derrick Berg that it could cause conception.
• Jenna advanced to Witch of Despair and learned from Krismona’s shadow that a terrifying presence in the Special Mirror World had caused Krismona’s death.
• Lumian and Franca fought the Black Witch, while Clarisse directed Franca to contact the Emperor Party’s core members and contribute to the sect.
• Lumian and his companions hunted a Black Dream Tapir in Kaiwell’s nightmare, Anthony advanced to Dreamwalker, and Madam Magician introduced Lumian to Azik, who gave him a Lucky Gold Coin.