Chapter Summaries

Xia Xiu, a transmigrator trapped in a BIO creation, realized Kradashi Weddell planned to offer him as a sacrifice during the Oroko Hunt. After Kradashi assigned him to supervise the other creations, he was left with the ritual array’s design in his mind and a need to find a way to kill her.

• Kradashi Weddell prayed to Ravata and promised a rich sacrifice for the Oroko Hunt.
• Xia Xiu recognized that he was one of Kradashi’s BIO creations and recalled that she would die later in the game’s story.
• Xia Xiu realized he and the other eight new creations were likely meant to be sacrificed the next day.
• Kradashi ordered the creations to engrave a ritual array and transferred its design into Xia Xiu’s mind.
• Kradashi left after instructing Xia Xiu to supervise the others.

Xia Xiu altered Kradashi’s blood-sacrifice ritual and used an old Flesh-Eating Cult technique to seize control of the array. As Ravata’s statue responded, Kradashi was trapped and Xia Xiu began the ritual’s interception.

• Xia Xiu reviewed Kradashi’s outdated array designs and ordered his BIO copies to build a new sacrificial array overnight.
• Kradashi arrived with her attendants, placed Xia Xiu and nine other sacrifices in the array, and prayed to Ravata for power to become a thaumaturge.
• Ravata’s statue came to life, but the array transformed and Xia Xiu began reciting Ya’en’s Black Sea Sermon.
• Xia Xiu used the Once for Five Hundred method to interrupt Kradashi’s ritual and take control of the array.
• Ravata addressed the gathered believers, leaving everyone but Xia Xiu delirious as he continued the ritual.

Xia Xiu completed Yarn’s ritual by sacrificing Kradashi and linking himself to the Flesh Supremacy Lineage in the Ether Sea. He emerged as an authorized lineage holder with a personal template and the traits Flesh Sculpting and Yarn’s Mark.

• Xia Xiu forced Kradashi to dance, then used Equivalent Exchange: Human Body as she began to transform into a lump of flesh.
• Xia Xiu completed the ritual’s sacrifice, and Ravata’s statue consumed Kradashi and the other blond boy before turning its attention to him.
• Xia Xiu received Yarn’s Mark · Vortex as the ritual circle’s magic took effect.
• Xia Xiu entered the Ether Sea and spoke the linking word Orin to connect to the Flesh Supremacy Lineage.
• Xia Xiu gained authorization and became a member of the Sin-Eater Church (Flesh-Eating Cult), with a personal template listing his rank, class, and traits.

Xia Xiu unexpectedly linked to the Heaven Lineage as well as the Flesh Supremacy Lineage, gaining two lineage records and 200 spirit units of EVE Particles. Back in the physical world, he began investigating the mystery of his transmigration and the twelve hours missing from his memory.

• Xia Xiu detected the Heaven Lineage's Revelation and recited its declaration to complete the link, despite already being linked to Flesh Supremacy.
• Xia Xiu named himself Xiu and received a Red Book recording his Heaven Lineage status as an Angel.
• Xia Xiu returned to the hall where Kradashi had been sacrificed and summoned screens for both lineages, finding that he had 200 spirit units of EVE Particles.
• Xia Xiu realized he could remember his past life in detail except for the twelve hours before he logged into the game, and wondered whether Terra Chronicles was really a game.

Xia Xiu secured BIO Species, recovered Cladashi’s hidden assets, and learned that Terra’s major conflicts and the game’s first expansion lay in the future. He reviewed how thaumaturge stages and lineage ranks differed as he considered his plans for advancement.

• Xia Xiu summoned three BIO Species and stored them in his Flesh Supremacy Lineage using a Reverse Summoning Array.
• Xia Xiu inspected his Mark of Ya'en and Flesh Sculpting trait, then searched Cladashi’s residence for hidden valuables.
• Xia Xiu found one hundred thousand Youyang Currency, fifteen Thaumaturgy Stones, and a news bulletin about Three Portlands, military exercises, and new sea routes.
• Xia Xiu learned the date was February 3, 1589, and noted that the events tied to the game’s upcoming expansions were still years away.
• Xia Xiu reviewed Terra’s five thaumaturge stages and learned that lineages had distinct rank structures governing permissions and support.

Xia Xiu traveled to Fog City to seek a recommendation for Deer College from the Blanc Gang's leader, Mr. Stephen. After overpowering two gang members and healing one of them, he got Lei Si to agree to take him to Stephen.

• Xia Xiu arrived in Fog City and decided to pursue Deer College admission through a recommendation.
• Xia Xiu entered the Lambeth Slums to find the Blanc Gang and its leader, Mr. Stephen.
• Kobei and Lei Si tried to intimidate Xia Xiu, but he struck Kobei down and disarmed Lei Si.
• Xia Xiu pinned Lei Si and cut his cheek, then used Flesh Sculpting to heal the wound.
• Xia Xiu politely asked Lei Si to take him to Mr. Stephen, and Lei Si agreed.

Xia Xiu sought Stephen’s recommendation for admission to Deer College, using his knowledge of Stephen’s past and the Red Book to persuade the ghost to hear him out. Stephen agreed to help only after demanding more money.

• Lei Si led Xia Xiu to Stephen’s house, and Xia Xiu entered without waiting for an invitation.
• Stephen emerged from his portrait after five minutes and asked Xia Xiu what he wanted.
• Xia Xiu asked Stephen to recommend him to Deer College and revealed that he knew details about Three Portlands and Stephen’s past.
• Stephen drew his rapier and held it to Xia Xiu’s throat, but withdrew it when Xia Xiu revealed Heaven’s Red Book.
• Stephen protested that he would not sell out his alma mater, then demanded extra payment after Xia Xiu offered him forty thousand Youyang Currency.

After securing Stephen’s recommendation, Xia Xiu prepared to wait for Three Portlands to arrive in Fog City. Three Portlands appeared, and its representative Albert Lauengen met with Barthomeloi Phyllis as the two discussed their routes and competing plans for expeditions.

• Xia Xiu earned Stephen’s appreciation with sixty thousand in Youyang Currency and received a recommendation letter.
• Xia Xiu had Lei Si deliver the sixty thousand to Stephen, then waited in his rented room for Three Portlands.
• Three Portlands arrived above Fog City, prompting the Clock Tower and its affiliated sites to activate their barriers and suppress EVE particles.
• Barthomeloi Phyllis met Albert Lauengen of Deer College and hosted him for a discussion.
• Barthomeloi asked about Three Portlands’ route, and Lauengen hinted at rumors of a Youyang and Sanctum Church expedition east.

Deer College began recruiting in Fog City, and Xia Xiu traveled to Three Portlands with Stephen’s recommendation. After arriving, he countered a girl’s attempt to probe his mind and found her collapsed beside an owl.

• Laugen and Bathermelo agreed that Deer College’s spirit guides could seek students in Fog City and that recruitment would begin in three days.
• Bathermelo and Colin Creevey agreed that talented people overlooked by the Clock Tower should be allowed to join Deer College.
• On recruitment night, Professor Mansur released the spirit guides, and Xia Xiu received a letter of recommendation from Stephen’s snowy owl.
• Xia Xiu entered a gateway that brought him from the Three Sparrow Inn to Three Portlands.
• Xia Xiu sensed someone probing his mind and raised his Lineage’s loudness to repel the intrusion.
• Xia Xiu found a girl and an owl incapacitated in the bushes, then warned the girl that mind-probing another thaumaturge was taboo.

Camille Siffney, a psychology student with the ability to read minds and see strange things, received a mysterious invitation that transported her to an unfamiliar city. There she met a young thaumaturge after he caught her probing his mind.

• Camille recalled how Professor Phoenix identified her gift as Synesthesia but dismissed her as a Muggle.
• An owl delivered a letter that transformed into a magical doorway, then shoved Camille through it.
• Camille emerged in a strange city beneath unusual rain and hid when another doorway appeared.
• Camille probed the mind of a boy who stepped through the doorway, and a painful roar interrupted her.
• The boy gently helped Camille up and explained that probing another thaumaturge without permission was taboo.

Xia Xiu and Camille Siffney arrived at Deer College with the other new students, where student council president Diabolo welcomed them and explained the academy’s dangers and procedures. The freshmen were about to receive a Meme Vaccine and connect to Deer College’s lineage.

• Xia Xiu explained to Camille Siffney that they had been brought to Three Portlands to attend Deer College.
• Spirit Recognitions gathered the new students at the House of Languages, where Camille saw several nonhuman students and hid behind Xia Xiu.
• Diabolo introduced himself as Deer College’s student council president and warned the freshmen about the hardships of college life, including GPA Wraiths.
• Diabolo announced that the new students would receive a Meme Vaccine, connect to Deer College’s lineage, and gain access to its shared knowledge base.
• Diabolo said students abducted by the owls could apply for subsidies for their families.

Xia Xiu connected his Heaven Lineage to Deer College’s system, named its AI sprite Jarvis, and learned about housing and academic requirements. After heading to the cafeteria, he helped the nervous Camille order food from a ghostly server.

• Xia Xiu received a Lineage peripheral and connected to Deer College’s Lineage, where he named his AI assistant Jarvis.
• Jarvis told Xia Xiu he had a single room in Anderson Dormitory and explained Deer College’s academic divisions, coursework, and credit requirements.
• Xia Xiu asked Jarvis to guide him to the cafeteria, where he encountered Camille hesitating to order from a ghost server.
• Xia Xiu caught Camille when she stumbled, reassured her, and encouraged her to order food.
• Camille ordered from the cafeteria lady, who comforted her about adjusting to Deer College.

At Deer College, Xia Xiu spoke with Camille about her lineage and the choices ahead, then settled into his dorm and planned to learn the Four Great Seals. Camille met her new roommate, Ushas, while Xia Xiu reflected on his past life and hoped his bad luck would not follow him.

• At the cafeteria, Xia Xiu asked Camille about her dorm and lineage connection, and Camille told him she was assigned to a double room and would link to her lineage in three days.
• Xia Xiu advised Camille to learn about the five Normal States before choosing one, and the two left the cafeteria together.
• Camille reached room 233 in Blackwood dormitory and met her two-meter-tall, three-eyed roommate, Ushas.
• Xia Xiu entered room 404 in Anderson dormitory and set his next goal at Deer College: obtaining the Four Great Seals imprints.
• Xia Xiu reflected on learning Terra’s language and history in his past life, then worried that the strange bad luck he experienced in the game might continue in Terra.

Xia Xiu settled into life at Deer College and attended his first Occult Studies lecture, where Albert Lauengen introduced the nature and dangers of thaumaturgy. The class began learning that manipulating reality through the Ether Sea could expose thaumaturgists to corruption and demonic possession.

• Xia Xiu paid to have breakfast delivered, received his college robes, and asked Jarvis to show him the teaching areas.
• Xia Xiu arrived at Classroom 22, where Camille appeared to be adapting well and sat with the Three-Eyed Girl.
• Albert Lauengen teleported into the classroom and began teaching the first-year students about thaumaturgy.
• Albert Lauengen explained that thaumaturgy altered concepts by analyzing ether and distorting reality through the Ether Sea.
• Albert Lauengen warned that excessive thaumaturgy could cause malignant mutations or turn practitioners into Out-of-Control, and that demons could be drawn to their souls and possess their bodies.

Laugen taught his students the Three Laws of Thaumaturgy and explained how EVE and the Ether Sea let thaumaturgists warp reality. After class, Xia Xiu planned to explore Three Portlands for DNA templates and headed toward Prometheus Plaza, while Camille awkwardly offered him her notes.

• Laugen explained EVE, the Ether Sea, and the Three Laws of Thaumaturgy, demonstrating fire and ice constructs for the class.
• Laugen ended the lesson and vanished through a six-pointed magic circle, while Camille reviewed her notes and Xia Xiu checked his timetable.
• Xia Xiu decided to explore Three Portlands for biological DNA templates and remembered that he needed an Anti-Muggle Meme Antibody to visit a café selling a branch Lineage application device.
• Camille caught up with Xia Xiu and offered him her lecture notes, but he showed her Jarvis's lecture recordings instead, leaving her embarrassed.
• Xia Xiu traveled through Three Portlands by light rail, and the train arrived at Prometheus Plaza.

Xia Xiu obtained an unofficial [Anti-Muggle Meme Antibody] from Vortex Music and used it to meet the requirements for installing [Abnormal Community Life Guide]. He ignored the Red Book’s high-risk warning and continued the installation.

• Xia Xiu paid Quinn the velociraptor for Vortex Music’s contact details and passphrase.
• Xia Xiu found Alice at the Natural Ghost Refuge and bought a dose of [Anti-Muggle Meme Antibody].
• Xia Xiu injected the antibody and confirmed through the Red Book that he now had three memetic antibodies.
• Xia Xiu set the Lineage frequency and volume to the app’s required values at a designated installation site.
• Xia Xiu ignored the Red Book’s high-risk warning and continued installing [Abnormal Community Life Guide].

Xia Xiu used the Life Guide app to order a Petroshapian Species DNA template for his shapeshifting and returned to Deer College. As Jarvis purged the app, Xia Xiu reflected on how his anomaly-spectrum abilities differed from ordinary thaumaturgy.

• Xia Xiu registered on Life Guide as a Heaven lineage user, complained about its restrictions, and gave the app a one-star review.
• Xia Xiu ordered a Petroshapian Species DNA template through the Community Marketplace, paying 20,000 Youyang Currency and five standard Thaumaturgy Stones.
• Xia Xiu returned to Anderson Dormitory, where Jarvis flagged Life Guide as high-risk and began a purge at his request.
• Xia Xiu considered using the template as his first shapeshifting form and reflected on the powers granted by his Flesh Sculpting trait.
• Xia Xiu reviewed the distinctions between non-lineage, normal-state lineage, and anomaly-spectrum lineage thaumaturgy practitioners.

Professor Laugen taught the students how the four thaumaturgical seals shaped spells and demonstrated one spell for each element. He assigned them to master one of the four spells within a month before dismissing class.

• Professor Laugen explained how symbols, spell formulas, and the factors influencing ARad fields worked.
• Professor Laugen demonstrated a fireball, and Camille identified its sound characteristics as her classmates listened.
• Professor Laugen demonstrated the sharp seal’s violent release and the blunt seal’s concealed, limited-area effect.
• Professor Laugen used a square seal to raise earthen figures from the ground, then used a round seal to fire water droplets through them.
• Professor Laugen assigned every student to master one of the four elemental spells within a month and directed them to their lineage inboxes for instructions.

Xia Xiu gathered the ingredients for a Divine Feast Elixir and went to Three Portlands Observatory to refine it as a suppressant for his aberration. He completed the elixir and prepared to use it for bloodline containment before leaving for Farlan.

• Xia Xiu brought his ingredients to the Three Portlands Observatory and rented Room 6 from Philip.
• Xia Xiu examined the room’s Reality-Stabilizing Anchor and prepared his alchemy equipment.
• Xia Xiu drew the Star of David magic circle and used the Philosopher’s Fourfold Division to balance the four states.
• Xia Xiu refined the Divine Feast Elixir through Joseph Quercetanus’s twelve processes and produced a blood-red vial.

Xia Xiu injected Petroshapian DNA and performed the Divine Feast, entering the Ether Sea and encountering the colossal He Who Covers the Boundless. He survived the ritual’s severe aftereffects and found that his Flesh Sculpting entry had changed.

• Xia Xiu injected the Petroshapian DNA template solution, endured its mutations, and swallowed the Divine Feast Elixir.
• Xia Xiu entered the Ether Sea, heard a song and a speech, and sank into a flesh-colored space where the parchment recorded new entries.
• Xia Xiu was dragged through a black hole and saw He Who Covers the Boundless devour a star before the Red Book forced him out.
• Xia Xiu returned to Room Six, retched from the ritual’s aftereffects, and reflected on the dangers of advancing through the Flesh Supremacy Lineage.
• Xia Xiu inspected his parchment and found the new Flesh Sculpting-Pedrosapin entry with its subsidiary entries.