Chapter Summaries

Ace studied the script fragment he had stolen from Rhonamuth and used it to reproduce the Dramatic Domain’s power within his dream world, discovering that its fate and Great Source effects were only real in dreams. As Thoth began merging His Divine Domain with Heaven and Earth, Ace considered testing his new method on a real-world stage.

• Rhonamuth failed to understand why the Star Being had stolen a page of His script and returned after His prophecies pointed toward a star in the southern sky.
• Ace sought Thoth’s protection, explained that he wanted to study the Dramatic Domain, and then examined the script fragment in his Mindscape.
• Ace melted the fragment with Glazed Heart Flame, formed its runes into a spindle, and used it to weave a plot that made dream lives act according to his script.
• Ace sensed that the fate and Great Source auras produced by his experiment were real only within dreams and considered using real people and places as actors and a stage.
• Thoth’s Divine Domain condensed and rose into the sky as He began merging it with Heaven and Earth.

Thoth became the true god of Calculation, protected Nightglow City, and discussed the Wizards’ future with Ace as demonic and devilish activity intensified. Three months later, while Ace was teaching at Magic Castle, the world suddenly spun.

• Demon Lord Alasong tried to corrupt and steal the divine authority crystal, but Thoth wounded him and ascended into the Great Source to become a true god.
• Thoth named himself the God of Calculation, protected Nightglow City, and granted its residents the Blessing of Calculation.
• Artemis and the gods of Night destroyed the Northern Abyss Projection, then declined Rhonamuth’s request to remove the remaining projection near Salia.
• Thoth told Ace that he would support the Wizards and urged them to study and grow stronger to help defend the world.
• Three months later, demons and devils became more active across the Inner World, and the earth suddenly spun while Ace taught at Magic Castle.

Ace’s plans to stage a grand drama were interrupted when demons and devils joined forces to launch a giant spear that shattered the Prime Material Plane’s crystal wall. As the First Titan Sovereign defended the world and argued that another world should be merged with Kaya World, the spear vanished and later exploded at the crystal wall, forcing the Abyssal and Hell lords to retreat.

• Ace reflected on the fate and Great Source feedback he had gained from weaving strange plots and began planning a grand drama.
• A violent upheaval shook Nightglow City, and Ace saw Abyssal and Hell projections gathering across the planet’s core.
• The projections condensed into a giant spear that pierced the sky and tore open the Prime Material Plane’s crystal wall.
• Ace traveled to the Sea of Reality and Illusion and saw a hazy figure on Mount Kaya hold back the spear as blood-red figures pushed it forward.
• A voice accused Nadaya and Lamor of betraying the world, while the First Son argued that merging a dead world with Kaya World would strengthen it.
• The giant spear vanished, then exploded at the crystal wall, badly wounding the Hell Lords and Abyssal Lords and driving them back into Hell and the Abyss.

Ace watched the dying Great Tree World’s gods invade Kaya World as its World Tree grew through the damaged crystal wall. The worlds were on the verge of colliding, while Knoans’s forces fought the invaders and Lamor’s rebellion.

• The Great Tree World’s gods argued over whether to abandon their dying world, and the burly god cut off the Wife of the High God’s arm before the gods devoured her.
• The Great Tree World’s gods and their demigods and Legends charged toward Kaya World, where Knoans led his forces to fight them outside the crystal wall.
• Lamor led a rebellion with gods, Abyssal Demons, and hell devils, leaving Knoans beset from within and without.
• The World Tree’s branches gripped Kaya World’s crystal wall, and a flower bud broke through toward the Inner World as Ace watched.
• Ace realized Knoans could not stop the bud without losing Kaya World’s favor, while Lamor’s alliance with Crown Prince of Gods Olas helped bring the worlds together.
• The World Tree’s vines pierced Kaya World’s core, locking the two worlds together as they drew close to collision.

Ace sought Thoth’s guidance after witnessing the other world’s invasion and the gods’ division, and learned that Kaya World faced a struggle among three factions. He then showed the High Tower’s Level 2 wizards what he had seen in the Outer World, leaving them aware that an age of unforeseeable fortune and misfortune had begun.

• Ace calculated that the two worlds would not collide for at least fifty years and decided to ask Thoth about the future.
• Lamor and Nadaya discussed how the unopened flower had put the Great Source to sleep and created an opportunity to challenge Knoans.
• Ace asked Thoth to explain the situation, and Thoth described the coming struggle between the Kaya Gods, Lamor’s rebels, and the Outer Gods while urging wizards to grow stronger.
• Ace gathered the High Tower’s Level 2 wizards, including Daina, Leon, and Laval, for a secret meeting and secured their signatures on a confidentiality contract.
• Ace projected images of the Outer World for the wizards, who watched the scenes and recognized that an age of unforeseeable fortune and misfortune had arrived.

Ace arranged for Betty and Daina to guard a refuge while Bayern led the Magic Council’s expansion, then sent an avatar toward a newly contacted Level 2 world to establish an altar. The avatar crossed into that world, lost consciousness, and awoke amid a foul stench.

• Betty urged the wizards to develop quietly, while Bayern argued that they should expand the Magic Council during the upheaval.
• Ace ordered Betty to administer a refuge in the Outer World and appointed Daina as her deputy, while Bayern took charge of outward expansion.
• Ace discovered a message asking “Who are you?” from a distant Level 2 world and decided to send an avatar to establish an altar there.
• Ace’s avatar traveled through the Astral Plane, crossed the world membrane, and entered the distant world, severing its connection to his main body.
• Ace’s avatar lost consciousness upon arrival and awoke to a foul stench.

After entering a feverish boy’s body, Ace lived among the Field family in an abandoned sewer and learned their rules for surviving a monster-ravaged world. At thirteen, he remained wary of the adults’ secrets and slipped away from the other children while Dewey watched them.

• Ace woke in the sewer among a man and woman who cared for him, then was taken to a gathering of children and adults led by Dewey Field.
• Ace learned that his body was named Kellan Field, his father was Doyle Field, and the family survived by fishing and gathering food in the underground river.
• Doyle taught the children to fear the White Oddities and Iron Oddities, stay quiet, control their emotions, and avoid discussing monsters.
• Ace noticed signs of sunlight and activity aboveground, but his skin burned near the light, so he decided to keep observing the adults.
• At thirteen, Ace listened as Doyle repeated the family rules, then walked away while Dewey dozed; another child followed but returned after seeing him answer nature’s call.

Ace explored the surface at night, then joined his family on a food-gathering trip to the underground river, where he encountered dangerous sewer monsters. As Ace proved himself useful and gained standing among the Field family, Old Chieftain Dewey marked him with a feather and smeared foul-smelling dirt on him.

• Ace secretly climbed aboveground at night, observed that the inhabitants were humanlike, and returned to the sewers before dawn.
• Doyle warned Ace to stay in the shallows when he joined the adults on a trip to gather food at the underground river.
• Doyle rushed the group into the river after strange creatures approached, and Ace saw their many glowing green eyes along the bank.
• Doyle explained that the fast, powerful monsters feared water, and the family hid until they left before gathering fish and aquatic plants.
• Ace continued helping with food gathering, learned to swim and catch fish, and earned the respect of the family children and adults.
• At Doyle's suggestion, Old Chieftain Dewey placed a feather in Ace's hair and smeared foul-smelling dirt over his body.

Ace refined his first drop of blood-energy essence and grew suspicious of his changing blood and the Old Chieftain’s hidden power. After catching and roasting a Green-eyed Rat, he discovered its vitality greatly accelerated his blood-energy cultivation.

• Ace formed a drop of blood-energy essence and resolved to learn more about the world above ground and why his body could not see daylight.
• Ace noticed his blood had changed from red to a red-and-blue mixture and sensed that the Old Chieftain possessed some kind of power.
• Ace encountered a swarm of Green-eyed Rats near the underground river and dragged one into the water, where it lost its strength.
• Ace roasted and ate the rat, then used the Blood-Energy Circulation Method to refine its abundant vitality, which equaled nearly three months of cultivation.

Ace ignited his Heartfire and transformed his blood energy into pure blue, prompting the Old Chieftain to recognize him as a Blue Blood and explain their origins and history. The account was interrupted by clapping from outside.

• Ace ignited his Heartfire, refining his blood energy into deep blue and turning his Heartfire azure.
• The Old Chieftain and three others found Ace, and the Old Chieftain attacked him after questioning whether he had contacted surface monsters.
• Ace fought the Old Chieftain without using his Heartfire, and faint blue stripes appeared on his body.
• The Old Chieftain recognized Ace’s Blue Blood and agreed to explain their history in exchange for learning how Ace had awakened without losing control.
• The Old Chieftain described the Blue Bloods’ origins and recounted the Great Calamity, the blue blood rain, and the persecution of Blue Bloods by sun worshippers.
• Clapping sounded from outside while the Old Chieftain was speaking.

After the Field family was killed, Ace buried them and began making a life for himself in Bernada, learning the local language and customs among the beggars. He heard about the coming Royal Selection and the Mayne Gang, then went to South City Old Street, where he saw Vigor Organization members attacking a young man.

• Ace lost control after Doyle and the others were killed, crushed Wire King Nuweil, and then passed out.
• The Old Chieftain told Ace that he was the last member of the Field family and entrusted him with their heirlooms before dying.
• Ace buried the Field family, escaped to the surface, and spent nearly two months among beggars while learning the local language.
• Ace left the beggars, gathered information in taverns, and learned about the Royal Selection and the Mayne Gang from Hajin.
• Ace went to South City Old Street and saw Vigor Organization members kicking a wounded young man they had stabbed.

Ace killed members of the Vigor Organization and the Mayne Gang, then became known on Old Street as the White Cat Vigilante. Yamila Bernard witnessed his power and resolved to find him, while Ace discovered that his staged acts were earning him Power of Fate.

• Ace killed three Vigor Organization members, and Old Peter discovered their bodies the next morning.
• Du En the Ring-Eyed had Peter mutilated to threaten the killer, but Yamila Bernard rescued him as Ace followed the gang.
• When Du En threatened to kill Peter, Ace attacked the Mayne Gang and cut down its members with Heartfire saber qi before killing Du En.
• Yamila recognized the attack as Holy Light Saber Qi, cremated the dead, and decided to seek out Mister Cat Face to fight the Mayne Gang.
• Ace looted Du En's home, shared much of the wealth with nearby residents, and gained a reputation as the White Cat Vigilante.
• Ace realized that his vigilante exploits were harvesting Threads of Fate, though he still did not know why they yielded no Great Source Aura.

Ace used his Fate Eye to study Old Street’s tangled fates while gathering material for a Fate Stage Play at Brother Bear Mian’s establishment. After Yamila Bernard was captured and auctioned as a Radiant Female Knight, Ace marked the people involved and walked into an alley as Mayne Gang members followed him.

• Ace formed a Fate Eye with the Spindle of Fate phantom and identified Brother Bear Mian as the central node in Old Street’s web of fate.
• Ace entered Brother Bear Mian’s establishment, watched Yamila Bernard get blinded, trapped, and beaten, then spent the night recording people and their circumstances.
• A Suoxi Merchant Guild auction sold a missing noble lady and other stolen goods while Ace observed the crowd and recorded their tangled fates.
• The auction displayed a King-Testing Stone rich in the Power of Fate, but nobody bought it.
• The auctioneers presented the battered Yamila in a wedding dress, and a wealthy man bought her as the crowd grew excited.
• Ace marked people at the auction and headed into a dim alley, where Mayne Gang members followed him.

Ace used his Mr. Cat identity to kill traffickers, rescue Lisa Merren and a group of children, and take them to the Half-Giant Clair Latin for shelter. He then attacked merchant Walton Neil to save Yamila, but Walton revealed a fierce-tiger power and met Ace’s strike head-on.

• Ace killed Bakar and his guards, while Lisa Merren stabbed Bakar and escaped with Ace.
• Ace killed the traffickers holding children, freed them, and left Lisa and the children with Clair Latin.
• Ace tracked down Walton Neil, who had bought Yamila and was abusing her at an inn.
• Ace wrote on his fate scroll, stormed the inn, and killed the guards blocking his way to Walton.
• Ace broke into Yamila’s room and attacked Walton, who summoned a fierce-tiger shape and caught Ace’s blade.

Ace rescued Yamila and used the Power of Fate to defeat Walton’s men, then recruited her to help destroy the Mayne Gang and recover the King-Testing Stone. As Yamila attacked the gang’s hall, Ace ambushed the auction-house woman guarding the stone, and their fight began.

• Ace used Yamila’s warning to strike the Nature Spirits’ weaknesses, killing Walton’s remaining fighters and completing the predetermined scene.
• Ace absorbed returned Power of Fate, reached Heart Illumination, and persuaded Yamila to help wipe out the Mayne Gang and touch the King-Testing Stone.
• Ace and Yamila traveled to Clair Latin’s residence, where Yamila recovered her strength while Ace prepared a plan and studied the Threads of Fate.
• Ace sent Yamila to attack the gang’s main hall as a diversion while he targeted Brother Bear Mian and the auction-house woman.
• Ace followed the auction-house woman to the King-Testing Stone and attacked her, but she activated her wildcat Nature Spirit and pounced at him.

Ace killed Brother Bear Mian, destroyed the Mayne Gang, and helped Yamila transform into a Starfall Knight by activating the King-Testing Stone. After disguising his Blue Blood with a mask sanctified by Holy Light, Ace proposed that Yamila help establish a church on Old Street to protect its residents.

• Ace touched the King-Testing Stone, found it burned him, and gave its keys to Yamila as Brother Bear Mian cornered her.
• Ace collapsed the hall on the Mayne Gang, then fought Brother Bear Mian while Yamila activated the King-Testing Stone and gained Holy Light Flame.
• Ace defeated and killed Brother Bear Mian, completing his Fate Script and absorbing the Power of Fate released by the gang and the stone.
• Ace captured thirteen little angels of light and used their Holy Light to sanctify his mask, concealing his Blue Blood.
• Yamila told Ace she had become a Starfall Knight, and Ace proposed building a church on Old Street to protect its residents.
• Ace began explaining how Yamila could help establish the church, and she blushed and shook her head at his suggestions.

Ace became Cleric Kelan of the Old Street District Church and secured legal authority over Old Street, where he began building a church and monastery. As he established a new order, he encouraged Yamila to pursue the Royal Selection and left the story asking Lisa why she refused to return home.

• Ace persuaded Yamila to help him use half of the Mayne Gang's wealth for the Church, and Clair Latin secretly buried it before bringing the remaining treasure to St. Ivan's Grand Cathedral.
• Cardinal Mom Mart appointed Ace District Cleric of Bernada Old Street after Ace presented two thousand gold coins in penitence money.
• Ace urged Yamila to believe she could become a Righteous King and invited her to learn governance in Old Street; Yamila agreed to join him after half a month of training.
• Ace bribed Wheeler Commonster and acquired royal documents granting the District Church jurisdiction, Tax Farming Right, and Religious Authority over Old Street.
• Ace advanced to Level 1 life, suppressed the local criminal groups, and began building a church and monastery that housed Old Street's homeless orphans and recruited residents as monks and nuns.
• Lisa became Ace's capable assistant, and Ace asked her why she would not return home despite having few prospects in the Church.

Ace established Lafmay Church and reshaped Old Street into a fair, increasingly prosperous community while training Yamila to govern. As Yamila received the Holy Sword’s blessing and entered the Royal Selection War, Ace activated a summoning array meant to contact his true body.

• Ace completed the church, named it Lafmay Church, appointed Lisa as acting Administrative Deacon and Yamila as Templar Deacon, and announced the Old Street Parish Covenant.
• Ace taught Yamila that fair laws, safety, and equal rights could foster prosperity, then trained her in judging disputes and handling administration.
• Over six months, Yamila helped establish the Templar Order, judge cases, and improve Old Street until its residents trusted the church and the community prospered.
• Yamila decided to join the Royal Selection War, and Ace summoned Old Street’s residents to a grand Mass as she left for the royal palace.
• Ace activated the fate-gathering magic array during the Mass, using the gathered faith as a signal to reach his true body in Kaya World.
• Yamila received a sword-shaped Holy Mark from the Holy Sword, officially becoming a candidate in the Royal Selection War, and Grand Duke Minster noted that a church-backed candidate was troublesome.

Ace linked the altar on Old Street to Kaya World, learned that time passed differently between the two worlds, and agreed to assist Yamila in the Royal Selection War. After discovering Lisa’s blue blood, he erased her memory of the encounter and began writing a new Fate Script to gain more Power of Fate.

• Ace led the residents of Old Street in prayer until Yamila’s participation linked their altar to the Astral Compass altar in Kaya World.
• Ace learned from Yamila that the Royal Selection War would begin in two days and promised to serve as her assistant.
• Ace contacted his main body and discovered that one year in his world equaled one day in Kaya World.
• Ace found Lisa in the church, discovered her azure blood, and used a spell to make her forget the encounter.
• Ace wrote “Royal Selection War” on a new Fate Script Scroll and considered how to obtain more Power of Fate.

Ace accompanied Yamila to the royal palace, where the Holy Sword chose the six candidates in the Royal Selection War and the grand duke ordered them to summon guardian angels. On their way back, Ace defeated mercenaries hired to hunt the candidates, and he and Yamila resolved to summon an angel and challenge the kingdom’s corruption.

• Ace went with Yamila to the royal palace and sensed that the Holy Sword was the source of the Sacred Sword Garden’s oppressive disharmony.
• Grand Duke Minster announced the Royal Selection War’s rules, and the Holy Sword sent holy light to Yamila and the five other candidates.
• Yamila told Ace that four candidates belonged to the royal families that had monopolized the throne, and Ace promised to help her end their rule.
• Nearly a hundred mercenaries ambushed Ace and Yamila, but Ace used magic to kill most of them and interrogated several leaders before killing them too.
• Ace and Yamila agreed to hurry back and find a way to summon an angel.