Chapter Summaries

Franca and Jenna speculated about the Tamara Family, Mr. Door, and the origins of the Special Mirror World before deciding to report what they had learned. Lumian completed his studies, became 0-01’s proxy while resisting the Blood Emperor’s influence, and encountered the Abscessed Severed Hand, which spoke the name “Ombella.”

• Franca and Jenna discussed whether the Tamara Family and Mr. Door had helped the Blood Emperor and the Primordial Witch create or control the Special Mirror World.
• Jenna said they needed to report their information, and Franca urged her to rest and adjust to her potion’s effects.
• At six in the morning, Lumian recovered from his illness and continued studying until he sensed the corruption reaching a critical point.
• Lumian recognized that the Underworld Daoist’s seal and the Blood Emperor’s residual aura made him mystically similar to 0-01, then teleported to the artifact and became its proxy.
• Lumian returned to the wilderness and saw the Abscessed Severed Hand leading undead soldiers and Steel Soldier Puppets on patrol.
• The Abscessed Severed Hand stopped before Lumian and said, “Ombella...”

Lumian left Morola after investigating the Abscessed Severed Hand’s strange recognition of him as Ombella, then returned to Trier exhausted. His sudden appearance startled Ludwig, who dropped his fork.

• The Abscessed Severed Hand called Lumian “Ombella,” and Lumian wondered whether the hand had known the former Giant Queen or sensed his bloodline as the Great Mother’s Divine Child.
• Lumian collected Sallys’s Witch of Pain Beyonder characteristic and corpse fragments, then used his status as 0-01’s proxy to return Morola’s flying heads to their bodies.
• At the Knowledge Church, Lumian returned his borrowed books, learned they and his belongings had been infected with disease, and asked Heraberg how to leave Morola.
• Heraberg explained that residents were free to leave and gave Lumian church vestments; Lumian walked through the underground passage, opened the brass doors, and left.
• Lumian teleported back to his Trier apartment, where Ludwig dropped his fork in surprise at seeing him.

Lumian returned from Morola, gave Ludwig a pathogen-infected stomach pouch, and rested before reading Madam Magician’s detailed reply. He learned more about the dangers surrounding 0-01, Albus Medici, and the Sealed Artifact Black Tear, then inspected the Traveler’s Bag and approached the mirror.

• Lumian gave Ludwig the Depriver’s stomach pouch, warning him about its mystical pathogens, and Ludwig ate it before thanking his godfather.
• Lumian wrote a report about his trip to Morola, sent it to Madam Magician through the Doll messenger, and slept soundly until morning.
• Lumian read Madam Magician’s warning that becoming 0-01’s proxy had drawn him into the contest for the Red Priest’s throne and could make the Witch Sect and Red Angel consider killing him.
• Madam Magician explained that the Abscessed Severed Hand might have been an Angel-level Vampire, though the Sanguine had no record of such a member, and that Albus Medici was still alive.
• Lumian learned that Black Tear granted Mirror Magic and strengthened his Harvest but spread mystical pathogens and caused other dangerous effects; Madam Magician had isolated it in the Traveler’s Bag and provided a way to burn away the pathogens.
• Lumian checked the Traveler’s Bag, found Sallys’s Witch of Pain characteristic inside Black Tear’s isolated space, and walked toward the full-length mirror.

After becoming 0-01’s proxy, Lumian discovered changes to his abilities and body, then visited Franca and Jenna in Trier. Jenna’s advancement revealed that Krismona was Blood Emperor Alista Tudor’s daughter, prompting Lumian to connect the revelation to his survival in Morola and the Primordial Witch’s possible plans for the Blood Emperor’s resurrection.

• Lumian tested the Mirror Image Mark, sensed his connection to Banishment City, and assessed the powers and physical changes he had gained as 0-01’s proxy.
• Lumian learned that Ludwig had eaten the entire Depriver’s stomach pouch, reprimanded him, and asked about his advancement.
• Lumian visited Franca and Jenna, noticed Jenna’s new charm after she advanced to Pleasure, and learned that Krismona’s father was Blood Emperor Alista Tudor.
• Lumian recounted his Morola struggles and explained that he was now 0-01’s proxy, though its authority worked only in Morola.
• Lumian wondered why he had survived Julie’s Divine Descent, and Franca suggested that the Primordial Witch had saved him to preserve the Blood Emperor’s chance of resurrection.

Lumian and Franca discussed their discoveries and plans, while Jenna prepared to move out to avoid the Black Witch’s scrutiny. Franca concealed Lumian’s condition from Clarisse, then received a letter from Madam Judgement about Mr. Stars’s request.

• Lumian proposed investigating the Special Mirror World with the Corpse Oil Candle after he became a Half-God, and Franca told him to arrange protection.
• Lumian made Jenna an official team member and said he would reward her with the Witch pathway Beyonder Characteristics she needed; Jenna decided to move out so the Black Witch would not discover her secret.
• Franca returned Lumian’s Lie ear clip and agreed to stay alert for the Black Witch, while Lumian said he would take Amandina to the Samaritan Woman Spring once his condition stabilized.
• Clarisse appeared in Franca’s mirror and questioned her about Lumian; Franca acted bashful and said he had become more vigorous, while implying he seemed unfamiliar and possibly corrupted.
• Madam Judgement’s messenger Ongla delivered Franca a letter saying Mr. Stars’s first request for help had been decided.

Franca received a request from Mr. Stars to decipher ancient pictographic writing and planned to seek help from the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society. Meanwhile, Lumian assigned Ludwig a food-report task before Jenna approached him with a proposal to help digest her Pleasure potion.

• Franca read Madam Judgement's letter, learned more about the being worshipped in the Special Mirror World, and was tasked with investigating Jasmine and the Black Witch alongside the Seven of Cups.
• Franca recognized that the attached writing resembled ancient scripts from her former world and decided to ask the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society for help deciphering it.
• Lumian assigned Ludwig to research Trier's meat pies and prepare a tasting route for the next day, then reviewed ingredients and books in his bedroom.
• Jenna asked Lumian to help digest her Pleasure potion, arguing that his reluctance would accelerate her progress and benefit the team.
• Lumian questioned Jenna about Franca and the consequences, while Jenna insisted the arrangement would be practical and ordinary rather than romantic.

Jenna persuaded Lumian to accept her desire to be with him while she remained a Pleasure Witch, and the two spent the night together. The next day, Franca investigated Mineralogist Jasmine's trail and learned that someone she was seeking had appeared near the same locations.

• Jenna explained why she wanted to be with Lumian and said she did not want them to part with regrets, and Lumian agreed on the condition that she was still a Pleasure Witch.
• Jenna kissed Lumian, and they spent the night together; she later teased him about his nervousness while he prepared to follow Ludwig through Trier.
• Franca received Madam Hella's agreement to convene a gathering of the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society and decided to visit Anthony before Lumian.
• Anthony showed Franca sketches of a person seen near the places where Mineralogist Jasmine had appeared, and Franca recognized him as Harrison, the suspected visitor from Resurrection Island.

Franca learned that Harrison was still in Trier and suspected he was working with the People in the Mirror. She and Jenna planned to use convergence to lure him to the Samaritan Woman Spring, while Lumian began fishing for Devouring Whirlpool believers through Ludwig.

• Franca discussed Harrison's presence in Trier with Anthony, who connected his likely interest in the Samaritan Woman Spring to the People in the Mirror and their Broker allies.
• Franca summoned Chazot Rabbit, sending him a letter and Fors Wall's Great Adventurer 6, then summoned Bainfel.
• Jenna told Franca that Lumian had given Ludwig food-related homework so he would go out, while Lumian followed to protect him and lure Devouring Whirlpool believers.
• Jenna reasoned that catching a high-ranking believer could reveal more about the Whirlpool Plan, and Franca proposed using the Underworld Daoist's powers, Amandina, and the Samaritan Woman Spring to draw Harrison out.
• Lumian watched Ludwig sample a Redfish Hot Beef Pie on Rue Richelieu after feeling emotionally unsettled by the previous night's events.

Lumian returned to Trier and joined Franca and Jenna to bring Amandina from Port Pylos through the Mirror World. After Amandina arrived, Lumian set off with her alone to investigate where a mysterious figure might appear.

• Lumian followed Ludwig through the streets but found no suspected believers in the Devouring Whirlpool, and he used flames to strip a naked man of his top hat.
• Lumian met Franca and Jenna at Apartment 702, 9 Orosei Street, and agreed to ask Amandina what she thought about going to the Samaritan Woman Spring area.
• Franca used Black Tear to send a message through Amandina's mirror and told her to press her hand against it.
• Amandina passed through the Mirror World from Port Pylos to Franca's living room in Trier.
• Lumian explained that Amandina had traveled through the Mirror World, then left with her to investigate the possible appearance of the figure.

Lumian brought Amandina through the Catacombs to the Samaritan Woman Spring, taking the slow route so the convergence of Beyonder characteristics could draw Harrison there. Franca, Jenna, and Anthony waited nearby to ambush him as Lumian and Amandina entered the spring’s fog.

• Lumian explained that he was delaying their journey to give the convergence law time to act, then took Amandina through the Catacombs while warning her about its taboos.
• Lumian sent Amandina through a mirror into the burial chamber concealing the Samaritan Woman Spring and led her down the slope toward it.
• Franca and Jenna hid near the burial chamber, while Anthony used Psychological Invisibility to stay unnoticed despite holding a candle.
• Lumian and Amandina endured the spring’s chilling effects and walked into its grayish-white fog.

Lumian brought Amandina to the Samaritan Woman Spring, where she received a new gift and experienced a terrifying vision. After the group returned to Trier without meeting Harrison, Lumian told Franca that Jenna had asked him to help digest her Pleasure potion.

• Lumian guided Amandina to the Samaritan Woman Spring, where she saw Krismona and was overwhelmed by frightening visions.
• Amandina saw an old man at the spring and gained the Soul Soother ability, while Lumian collected some spring water for Madam Magician.
• Franca, Jenna, and Anthony waited for Harrison, but he never appeared; Franca postponed Amandina's help until she had adjusted to her new powers.
• Lumian and the others returned Amandina to her bedroom, and she reflected on the extraordinary journey she had experienced in half a night.
• Franca interpreted Amandina's remembered words as “beware, Penglai,” and planned to summon the Armored Wraith with Amandina in a few days.
• After Jenna left, Lumian told Franca that Jenna had asked him to help her digest the Pleasure potion.

Lumian told Franca that he had agreed to be with Jenna, leaving Franca devastated and angry. After confronting him again, Franca chose to stay close to both of them, saying they were the two people she cared about most.

• Franca learned that Lumian had agreed to Jenna’s offer and demanded to know why he had accepted.
• Lumian explained that he had chosen the option he thought would cause less lasting harm and believed their relationship would eventually erupt into conflict.
• Franca sent Lumian away and Jenna stayed outside Franca’s door in case she needed her.
• Franca later climbed through Lumian’s window, accused him of making her feel abandoned, and offered him two choices: become a Witch or include her in their relationship.
• Lumian affirmed that he and Jenna cared about Franca, and Franca said she wanted the three of them to stay together because they were the two people she cared about most.

Lumian agreed to Franca’s request after she confronted him about his arrangement with Jenna, and Jenna later spoke privately with Franca. Franca confessed her feelings and revealed that she had transmigrated from another world, but admitted she still thought about going home.

• Franca argued that Lumian had to treat the team fairly and asked him to agree to one of her proposed arrangements; he agreed, though Jenna would need to discuss her own wishes with Franca.
• Jenna told Lumian she had feared Franca might lose control and attack them, and admitted she had considered hiding until Julian’s future was secure.
• Jenna visited Franca and said she had heard Franca’s conversation with Lumian, then explained she preferred the other proposed options to the arrangement Lumian had accepted.
• Franca admitted she had liked Jenna for a long time and confessed that she had once been a man and had transmigrated from another world into her current body.
• Jenna accepted Franca’s revelation and asked whether she still wanted to return home; Franca answered that she did.

Franca explained why she chose to set aside jealousy and try a different kind of relationship with Jenna and Lumian, while Jenna affirmed their enduring bond but said she could not accept joining them for now. Two days later, the group summoned the Armored Wraith and asked it to translate documents, and its first translated passage described the union of yin and yang.

• Franca told Jenna that she chose to try setting aside love and jealousy because life was short and she feared they would otherwise drift apart.
• Jenna said Franca was one of the people she cared about most, admitted she might have fallen for Franca in a hypothetical past, and said she could not accept joining them for now.
• Jenna asked whether Franca would stay if Lumian and Jenna wanted her to remain after finding a way home, and Franca answered that she did not know.
• Two days later, Lumian prepared a ritual in a quarry cavern in Underground Trier while Franca, Jenna, and Amandina watched and Anthony guarded the area.
• The Armored Wraith recognized Amandina as a disciple of Haoli and accepted gold in exchange for translating documents and answering questions.
• The Armored Wraith translated the documents' opening passage as a statement that yin and yang unite to give rise to all things.

Franca questioned the Armored Wraith Chen Tu about transmigration and Penglai, and his vision of a corpse revealed that Harrison had died years earlier. After the group ended the ritual and Amandina left, Lumian suggested the translated teachings might be extremely important.

• Franca asked the Armored Wraith Chen Tu whether anyone from his world had transmigrated elsewhere, and he said he did not know.
• Franca asked Chen Tu to show the corpse that had drifted from Penglai, and he conjured a vision of Harrison's decomposed body.
• Lumian thanked Chen Tu and ended the ritual after the gold helped restore the wraith's golden body.
• Franca, Jenna, and Lumian explained to Amandina how her presence had helped them communicate with Chen Tu, and Amandina asked them to find Evernight pathway formulas and Beyonder Characteristics.
• After Amandina left, Franca recounted the translated teachings to Lumian, Jenna, and Anthony, and Lumian said they might be extremely important.

Lumian and his companions connected the Blood Emperor and Primordial Witch’s union to a method of approaching the Heavenly Dao, while considering what Resurrection Island and Harrison’s return might mean. Franca sent their analysis to the Major Arcana, and the chapter ended with Madam Magician arriving to deliver her letter to Stars.

• Lumian, Franca, Jenna, and Anthony reasoned that the Heavenly Dao represented the powers at the tops of the Hunter and Witch pathways, and that the Blood Emperor and Primordial Witch may have cooperated to approach it.
• Franca translated and interpreted the Armored Wraith’s material, then compiled the group’s ideas into a report for the Major Arcana.
• Franca confirmed that Resurrection Island was sacred mountain Penglai and that Harrison was the corpse that had drifted from Penglai, while the group considered whether the island had transmigrated into their world.
• Lumian assigned the group to find Harrison or Palia and said he would gather auxiliary ingredients for Iron-Blooded Knight; Franca agreed to collect ingredients for Witch of Despair as well.
• Anthony said Madam Hermit’s Minor Arcana, the Knight of Swords, had arrived in Trier and needed help from a Spectator pathway Beyonder, and Lumian offered his assistance.
• On the Southern Continent, Madam Magician arrived at Stars’ house carrying Franca’s letter.

The Magician and Mr. Stars discussed how That One may have influenced Alista Tudor and the Hunters and Witches, then arranged a payment and mission for the Two of Cups. At Lumian’s apartment, Jenna said she had recovered emotionally after speaking with Franca and urged Lumian to visit her, while promising to respect Franca’s choice.

• The Magician and Mr. Stars speculated that That One had helped Alista Tudor and may have arranged the Hunters’ and Witches’ initial meeting, while the Celestial Master influenced the knowledge that corrupted Kemolo.
• Mr. Stars prepared potion formulas and ingredients for the Two of Cups, planning to offer them alongside a special reward after another mission.
• The Magician asked why Pallez remained inside Mr. Stars, and Pallez explained that he needed the protection of the Church of the Goddess of Evernight from the conflict between Mr. Fool and the Celestial Worthy.
• Jenna told Lumian that talking things through with Franca had improved her mental state, and she described her conflicting feelings about his relationship with Franca.
• Jenna urged Lumian to go to Franca that morning and said she would try to make Franca stay while respecting her final choice.

Lumian acted on Jenna’s advice and fulfilled his agreement with Franca, who was embarrassed but agreed to be intimate with him. Afterward, Franca discovered that Lumian had lied about the Black Witch watching them and scolded him for deceiving a teammate.

• Jenna explained that Franca needed close relationships to help her cope with the possibility that she could never return home, then urged Lumian to take the initiative with her.
• Jenna coached Lumian on how to approach Franca, then left him to visit her alone.
• Lumian visited Franca and tried to ease her discomfort with teasing and an offer of a massage, but she turned him down.
• Lumian pretended the Black Witch was watching through a mirror, leading Franca to cooperate when he kissed her and took her to the bedroom.
• Franca learned that the Black Witch had never been there, pounced on Lumian, and warned him not to deceive a teammate again.

Franca told Lumian that Mr. Stars had asked her to collect water from the Samaritan Woman Spring and promised an additional reward, while Lumian explained how he had gathered ingredients for Jenna’s potion. After Franca proposed using Lumian to digest her Pain potion, they went to collect the spring water and spotted Harrison approaching through the fog.

• Franca told Lumian about Mr. Stars’s mission and questioned why he had offered her a special reward for collecting water from the Samaritan Woman Spring.
• Lumian described the bloodstained soil, plague victims’ blood, and other ingredients he had gathered, and said he planned to make disaster-corrupted plant powder himself after consulting Madam Magician.
• Franca suggested tormenting Lumian to speed up her Pain potion’s digestion, but Lumian proposed collecting the spring water first.
• Lumian and Franca collected half a vial of water from the Samaritan Woman Spring without triggering any abnormalities.
• As they left through the gray fog, Franca recognized the approaching figure as Harrison, the visitor from Resurrection Island.

Lumian and Franca watched Harrison enter the Samaritan Woman Spring’s gray fog barrier, then hid as they tried to determine how he had bypassed it. They suspected Harrison was connected to the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth and Penglai, but when he detected Lumian and tried to seize his Traveler’s Bag, Lumian moved to counterattack.

• Harrison entered the gray fog barrier without an item or ritual, surprising Lumian and Franca.
• Franca hid inside a mirror while Lumian became a Shadow Creature and concealed himself in the darkness.
• Franca and Lumian suspected Harrison carried the Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth’s brand and was connected to Penglai and the Whirlpool Plan.
• Lumian realized the Underworld Daoist’s warning to Amandina to beware of Penglai might have referred to Harrison visiting the Samaritan Woman Spring.
• Termiboros warned Lumian to protect his Traveler’s Bag, and Lumian held onto it as Harrison tried to pull it away.
• Lumian changed his position through the shadows and appeared behind Harrison.