Chapter Summaries

Suren discovered that Herbert Hilboray had manipulated the clues to draw the imperial investigation group into Laboratory Zero, where they triggered the Void Invasion and released Herbert’s mutated form. As the Void Two-Dimensional Insect Ultimate Abomination emerged and the dean prepared to confront it, Suren chose to stay and fight.

• A Sickle-Tongue anomaly attacked the group as they descended into Laboratory Zero, killing several slaves, but Major General Tatyana ordered the investigation to continue.
• Major General Tatyana divided the group to search the laboratory, then demanded Level One access from Dean Mason to investigate the T11 Experiment Zone.
• Tatyana’s people sealed the laboratory doors and attacked Dean Mason with Micro-Particle Energy Arc Guns, while Suren realized they intended to kill him and seize access.
• A nearly ten-meter Void Two-Dimensional Insect Ultimate Abomination emerged, and Suren identified it as Herbert Hilboray fused with Void Mother Insect Marrow Fluid.
• Suren deduced that mutated Herbert had lured the investigation group to trigger the Void Invasion and ambush the dean, then chose to stay as the monsters and their enemies clashed.
• Dean Mason explained that Herbert had been his closest friend, but contamination had transformed him into a monster that Mason had sealed inside Laboratory Zero.

Suren discovered that Mafa's group had triggered the Void Invasion while seeking a key to the Plane Channel, and he stopped Major General Tatyana from taking it. As the academy fought the monster tide, Suren escaped Laboratory Zero, rescued some slaves, and looted the fourth floor of the library.

• Dean Mason explained that he had sealed Laboratory Zero to contain Herbert's mutation, while Suren realized the dean had not been lying.
• The Void Two-Dimensional Worm devoured slaves and Mechanical Warriors, and Dean Mason used Spatial Techniques to hold it back without killing it.
• Major General Tatyana sought the Void Channel Restriction Clockwork, but Suren warned Dean Mason that her group had ambushed Commander Markel and planned to destroy the Plane Channel.
• Mafa's group fled and caused an explosion that sealed the laboratory again, while Suren opened another exit and took some slaves into the Small Void Realm.
• Suren escaped into the academy as the Void Monster tide overwhelmed its defenses, then fought his way to the fourth floor of the library.
• Suren opened the library's spatial door and released Dawn Pirates members, who began looting its books and treasures.

Suren looted the Void Academy library while the Void Invasion overwhelmed the academy and the Plane Channel. He ambushed the battered Mafah force, killed Major General Tatyana Lynn, and gained valuable mechanical blueprints and intelligence before heading for Laboratory Zero.

• Suren and the Dawn Pirates emptied the library's fourth floor, then searched the library for books and materials while fighting off Void Insects.
• Suren decided to reenter the Plane Channel before the Mafah force was wiped out and waited until the battle had weakened them.
• Suren reached the Mafah Mechanical Warriors' defensive position and used attacks from the Small Void Realm to shatter their formation.
• Suren killed Major General Tatyana Lynn and obtained mechanical armor blueprints, Mafah military intelligence, and the Investigation Team's Archives.
• Suren cleaned up the battlefield and headed toward Laboratory Zero.

Suren warned Dean Mason that Herbert Hilboray was controlling the Void Insect Race as a Mother Insect, and helped the dean banish the Two-Dimensional Worm with a Divine Art. After Dean Mason died, Suren obtained the Void Walker's Anywhere Door and decided to search the T11 Zone for the Void Gene Potion.

• Suren reached the sealed lower level of Laboratory Zero, warned Dean Mason about the Mother Insect, and killed a Fourth Tier golden Anomaly sent to silence him.
• Suren explained that Herbert Hilboray was manipulating the Void Insect Race to destroy the Plane Channel, and Dean Mason recognized that the Two-Dimensional Worm had been feigning weakness.
• Dean Mason gave Suren the Forbidden Clockwork and used the Divine Art World Banishment to force the Two-Dimensional Worm through a runic stone door while Suren fought off the Void Monsters.
• Dean Mason banished the monster but spent his life in the process, and the uncontrolled Void Monsters scattered after their Mother Insect lost command.
• A legendary Cursed Object called the Void Walker's Anywhere Door appeared, and Suren decided to seek the Void Gene Potion in the T11 Zone to improve his chances of using it.

Suren and the Dawn Pirates closed the Plane Channel, explored Laboratory Zero’s T11 Zone, and uncovered Herbert’s preserved research and treasures. With the Void Secret Realm’s dangers largely past, Suren gained a chance to strengthen his Void affinity using a Gene Potion, while Black Crow devoured God-tier insect tissue and began suffering strange spatial effects.

• Suren used the Brass Clockwork Ball to close the Plane Channel, and the Dawn Pirates emerged into stable space after three hours.
• Suren and the Dawn Pirates opened the T11 Zone, killed two Golden Anomalies, and found Herbert’s living brain and Void Mother Insect tissue in culture vessels.
• Dr. Banks communicated with Herbert and learned that he had left his research reports and other materials for future alchemists.
• Suren found Herbert’s storage space, claimed a massive Shattered Plane Crystal Source Body, and let Black Crow eat the Void Mother Insect Brain Tissue Block.
• Qiantiao found three Void Gene Potion Stock Solutions, and Dr. Banks said Suren could probably use one because his Fallen Angel genetics could suppress mutation.
• Dr. Banks said Herbert’s research and materials could save the Dawn Pirates at least a hundred years of work on bloodline potions.

Suren used the Void Gene Potion to raise his Void Affinity, advanced to the Fifth Tier, and gained the Void Walker’s spatial displacement ability. After the Dawn Pirates scavenged the Cursed Space, he escaped the North Sea Fleet’s ambush, leaving Princess Stika furious and ordering a search for him.

• Suren injected the Void Gene Potion, raising his Void Affinity and improving his chances of fusing the Void Walker’s Anywhere Door.
• The Death Announcing Bird gained intelligence and learned to speak and use dimensional reduction after eating the Two-Dimensional Worm’s flesh.
• Suren advanced to the Fifth Tier and demonstrated that he could teleport to spatial markers he created.
• The Dawn Pirates returned to Laboratory Zero with treasures, then entered the Small Void Realm as Suren prepared to leave the collapsing Cursed Space.
• Suren escaped the pirates by teleporting between rockets, while Samigina failed to stop him.
• Princess Stika ordered Oleg to blockade the North Sea and demanded that the temple locate Suren and his people.

Suren escaped the Void Secret Realm, sealed its Plane Channel, and led the Dawn Pirates through the North Sea Fleet’s blockade after advancing to Fifth Tier. As the fleet pursued them, a flamboyant man in a floral shirt arrived and challenged Suren to a one-on-one duel.

• Suren used the Brass Clockwork Ball to seal the rifts above the academy ruins, cutting off the Void energy leaking into the Alchemy Plane.
• More than half a month later, the Dawn Pirates sank three of five North Sea Fleet ships in the Dalenmite Sea and salvaged their weapons.
• Suren told Barrett that the North Sea Fleet was gathering forces, including the Frost Moon Princess and Kalo Meldis, while Mr. Mirror warned him that the rescue plan for Kai was a trap and said she was coming to Roman.
• A man in a floral shirt told Jacob Ferdinand that the Dawn Pirates had likely destroyed the Void Secret Realm, then ordered the Blue Knight Pirates to head north instead of west.
• The Blue Knight Pirates approached the Eternal Night Emperor and signaled that their captain wanted to duel Suren one-on-one.
• Suren left the Eternal Night Emperor to meet the challenger, despite Qiantiao warning him to be careful.

Suren fought Duke Bartolo Lance, who challenged him after suspecting his daughter Ekaterina had grown close to Suren, then offered the Dawn Pirates protection from the many forces hunting them. After Suren declined, the crew escaped the North Sea Fleet, strengthened themselves with Void Gene Potions, and awaited Mr. Mirror’s arrival.

• Duke Bartolo Lance forced Suren into a duel, and Suren endured the Seventh Order Professional’s blows after recognizing him as Katyusha’s father.
• Barrett identified Bartolo as his former instructor, and Qiantiao suspected he had come because Suren had helped Bartolo’s daughter, Ekaterina.
• Bartolo warned Suren that powerful factions were hunting the Dawn Pirates and offered his protection, but Suren did not accept.
• The Dawn Pirates evaded the North Sea Fleet and used Dr. Banks’s Void Gene Potions to grant Void Affinity to nearly all the crew members who received them.
• Black Crow and the lookout announced that the White Whale Merchant Guild ship Suren had mentioned had arrived, signaling Mr. Mirror’s arrival.

Mr. Mirror joined Suren and the Dawn Pirates aboard the Eternal Night, bringing rare materials for his Mechanical Armor. During a private reunion, she warned Suren and Sister Chijou that Outer God worship was spreading through Lu Ying and that the Dawn needed to reveal itself to stop Divine Authority from destroying the Alchemy Civilization.

• Mr. Mirror arrived with her vampire descendants, greeted the Dawn Pirates, and reunited with Suren and Sister Chijou.
• Mr. Mirror gave Suren rare metals for his Mechanical Armor and met his disciples Aberk, Karma, Lolota, and Tani.
• Sister Chijou brought Mr. Mirror to Suren's cabin, where they discussed the Dawn Pirates' recent adventures and Mr. Mirror's travels.
• Mr. Mirror warned that Outer God sects were spreading in Lington with support from people in the Bona Imperial Family, and Suren connected the Giant Hermitage Society to the Outer God they had encountered in the Cursed Valley.
• Mr. Mirror declared that the Dawn needed to reveal itself to the world, then she and Sister Chijou relaxed in the bath while discussing their companions' activities.

Suren returned to Moros City-State and discovered that storms, the Devil’s Island disaster, and scandals surrounding Agapanon Temple had devastated the city and weakened its faith. Ekaterina proposed a political marriage using his Fick Regardie identity; he accepted after she invoked his old promise, then left as she unleashed a meteor toward the temple.

• Suren and Mr. Mirror arrived in Moros City-State, where the harbor and streets were nearly deserted and Mr. Mirror noticed that the city’s Power of Faith was unusually thin.
• Suren heard sailors blame Agapanon Temple for the Devil’s Island disaster and realized that someone was spreading the temple’s scandals, while Roman soldiers stayed silent.
• Suren met Ekaterina in a tavern, learned that Oleg and the North Sea Fleet were waiting to ambush the Dawn Pirates, and heard her offer to help in exchange for a Marriage Alliance using his Fick Regardie identity.
• Ekaterina presented the favor coin Suren had given Katyusha, and Suren accepted the marriage arrangement before leaving it on the table as payment for his drink.
• Ekaterina mourned the loss of her friendship with Suren, then invoked Astrology Alchemy: Crimson Emperor and sent a meteor streaking toward the temple.
• Mr. Mirror saw the daylight meteor and remarked that Suren had an incredible friend.

Suren lured Onis Popov into Steinitz's Chessboard after the destruction of Agapanon Temple sparked a battle with the North Sea Fleet. Barrett and Qiantiao held off the reinforcements, and Qiantiao launched an attack on the Mafah Royal Guards as the fight escalated.

• Ekaterina's meteor destroyed Agapanon Temple, shaking Roman faith and morale as Suren watched from the Central Gladiatorial Arena.
• Suren summoned the Dawn Pirates, revealed Tyr, God of War's Causal Golden Spear, and teleported Onis Popov into Steinitz's Chessboard.
• Samigina J. Luo arrived with the Void Fleet, but Barrett intercepted him, revealed his Seventh Tier strength and Domain, and battled the fleet captain.
• Princess Stika's Mafah Royal Guards arrived in Mechanical Armor and battered Barrett with concentrated gunfire while Samigina's forces pressed the attack.
• Qiantiao summoned thunderclouds and drew his sword, charging the Mechanical Warriors with his new technique, Vajra Rain Kill.

Suren and the Dawn Pirates fought through Mafa’s forces in Moros City-State, rescued Kai, and killed Oleg’s son Onis. With the North Sea Fleet’s Prism Barrier blocking teleportation and roughly a hundred thousand troops surrounding the arena, Suren began casting Puppet Profound Meaning: Grand Horror Theater.

• Qiantiao used her armor-piercing swordsmanship to disable dozens of Mechanical Armors, while Blood Duke Moore Wordsworth and other ancient Bloodkin joined the battle against the North Sea Fleet’s elite forces.
• Suren emerged from the Chessboard space with Onis as a hostage and demanded Kai’s release in exchange for him.
• Princess Stika handed over Kai, the Slave Collar key, and Kai’s belongings; Qiantiao freed Kai, and Suren then beheaded Onis.
• Princess Stika ordered Kai to attack Suren, but Pandora broke the mental enslavement with her Mental Suggestion and restored Kai’s awareness.
• The completed Prism Barrier prevented the Dawn Pirates from teleporting away, so Suren began forming a massive alchemy cross over the arena and invoked Grand Horror Theater.

As the North Sea Fleet surrounded the Gladiatorial Arena, Mr. Mirror intercepted Oleg in Central Square while Suren unleashed his Puppet Legion and turned the arena battle against the pirates. The Dawn Pirates held their ground as Suren’s theater devastated the North Sea Fleet and the city watched their crew’s power become known.

• Oleg sensed danger, left the Mammoth Tavern, and attacked Mr. Mirror in Central Square.
• Mr. Mirror blocked Oleg’s blows and fought him as he transformed into a five-meter berserk giant.
• Suren spread his Puppet Theater across the Gladiatorial Arena and deployed more than a thousand puppets and dozens of Mechanical Armors.
• Suren’s forces cut through the North Sea Fleet, while Mental Alchemy: Limb Deprivation made hundreds of pirates turn their weapons on themselves.
• Suren’s threads, puppets, and Mechanical Warriors overwhelmed the pirates, killing thousands and weakening their morale as observers recognized the Dawn Pirates’ strength.

Suren fought the North Sea Fleet in the Moros Central Gladiatorial Arena, where the Heroic Spirit's Blessing and a near-fatal assassination helped him awaken Dominator Type Haki. He continued commanding the battle as Princess Stika realized the Dawn Pirates were far more dangerous than she had believed.

• Mr. Mirror held Oleg back while Suren's Puppet Legion fought the North Sea Fleet's pirates, and Suren began receiving the Arena's Heroic Spirit's Blessing.
• Kalo Meldis ambushed Suren, but Vincent F. Van Gogh revealed and restrained him long enough for Suren to counterattack; Meldis escaped.
• Black Crow used Spatial Dimensional Reduction to shield Suren from a sniper's bullets as Suren entered a deathly form and awakened Haki.
• Suren felt his control over the Gladiatorial Arena and its combatants become clear as he grasped the nature of his Dominator Type Haki.
• Spectators marveled at Suren's awakening, while Princess Stika regretted provoking the Dawn Pirates and Ekaterina recognized his rare Haki type.

Suren and the Dawn Pirates broke out of the Central Gladiatorial Arena after Haki dramatically strengthened Suren and helped him slaughter the North Sea Fleet’s forces. Princess Stika was fatally attacked in secret as the group escaped, and Suren eventually teleported back to the Eternal Night Emperor with his crew.

• Suren awakened to Haki, greatly boosting his physical strength, defenses, threads, and combat abilities as he continued fighting in the arena.
• The North Sea Fleet’s pirates lost morale, and many squads delayed or avoided reinforcing the battle while Suren’s group prepared to escape.
• Suren led the Dawn Pirates out of the arena and toward East City, while Skadi Harris ordered the North Sea Fleet to pursue them.
• Ekaterina arranged for Abe Taihe’s Shikigami curse to fatally attack Princess Stika, and the royal Mechanical Warriors abruptly returned to the arena.
• After confirming Mr. Mirror was suppressing Oleg, Suren led the Dawn Pirates beyond the Prism Barrier and used Vlad III’s Coffin to buy time for a teleport to the Eternal Night Emperor.

After the Dawn Pirates celebrated their successful rescue of Kai, Suren asked Wordsworth about powerful materials for strengthening his body before advancing to the Sixth Tier. Pandora prepared to leave and pursue faith in the Mountain Concealed Country, but Suren asked to study her Alchemical Body, and she asked where he wanted to conduct the research.

• Suren returned with the rescue team, and the Dawn Pirates celebrated their victory and welcomed Mr. Mirror back aboard the Eternal Night Emperor.
• During the banquet, Suren asked Wordsworth about advancement materials, and Wordsworth told him about Lillia's Vampire Ring, held by the Rodriguez Family.
• Pandora told Suren she planned to leave to pursue the faith left behind by Roman and might return to the Mountain Concealed Country.
• Suren thanked Pandora and invited her to join the Dawn Pirates, but she explained that her Shinto cultivation needed a stable source of faith.
• Before Pandora left, Suren asked to study her Alchemical Body, and she asked where he wanted to conduct the research.

Suren conducted an extensive study of Pandora’s Alchemical Android body in his laboratory, learning that its near-human organs and extraordinary abilities were far beyond his current knowledge. Afterward, Pandora let him help her dress, revealed a more playful side, and said goodbye before disappearing.

• Pandora agreed to let Suren research her and accompanied him to his laboratory.
• Pandora changed into a sterile gown, and Suren obtained her permission before examining her body and collecting samples.
• Suren studied Pandora’s organs, runes, and abilities through the night, gaining a new direction for his alchemical research.
• After the tests, Suren noticed Pandora was uncovered and apologized for his examination and lingering gaze.
• Pandora asked Suren to help her put her dress back on, teased him, and told him he was not a bad person before disappearing.

News of Dawn’s devastating raid on Moros City-State spread worldwide, making Suren’s Puppet Legion the focus of public attention. Back aboard the Eternal Night Emperor, Pandora’s Charm Spell continued affecting Suren until Qiantiao helped him in the bath, leaving their relationship more intimate.

• Newspapers reported Dawn’s attack on the North Sea Fleet and highlighted Suren’s slaughter of thousands with his Puppet Legion, sparking a surge of interest in Puppet Masters.
• Mr. Black read the battle report and spread rumors that Dawn was a free, neutral organization devoted to Alchemy and the growth of Alchemy Civilization.
• Suren discovered that Pandora’s Charm Spell continued to affect him despite his attempts to work and cool off with a shower.
• Qiantiao returned from sword practice, recognized that Suren had been hit by a Charm Spell, and joined him in the bath.
• Qiantiao tentatively tried to help Suren, and the two grew physically intimate before she scolded him for making a mess.

After the battle in Moros City-State, Suren learned that Princess Stika had been killed and that Ekaterina’s marriage alliance had become public. He prepared for the Dawn Pirates’ next steps and reached Lu Ying’s coast, where he waited to board a cruise ship carrying a leader of the Giant Hermitage Society.

• Mr. Mirror told Suren and Qiantiao that Princess Stika had been killed, likely by the Lance Family, and that the Mafa Empire would use her death to pressure Lu Ying.
• Mr. Mirror revealed that Grand Duke Lance and the Regadi Family had announced a marriage alliance, while Suren learned Pandora’s enchantment would flare up for three days.
• Suren spent the following weeks in the laboratory repairing puppets, developing production methods, and preparing for his trip to Lu Ying.
• Suren sailed toward Lu Ying aboard the Eternal Night, then parted from Mr. Mirror and the other Dawn Pirates near the coast.
• Suren waited with Karma and Aberk for the Queen Roderica, which was carrying an important leader of the Giant Hermitage Society.

Suren boarded the Queen Roderica with Karma and Aberk, reunited with Curtis M. Kit, and investigated the Giant Hermitage Society’s followers aboard the ship. His search revealed that the Lu Ying Royal Academy professor leading the students was a Sixth Order Professional and an Outer God believer, suggesting a major conspiracy was underway.

• Suren boarded the Queen Roderica with Karma and Aberk and met Curtis M. Kit, who briefed him on the Giant Hermitage Society’s suspected preaching activity and the mysterious collector’s upcoming auction.
• Suren learned that the exhibition included The One-Eyed Hanged Man, a genuine Dawn Era artifact that might be connected to the All-Seeing Eye, but the organizers kept it hidden until the auction.
• Suren checked room A2022 and later used Dr. Banks’s parasite-detection perfume to identify several Outer God believers aboard the ship.
• Suren discovered that the Lu Ying Royal Academy professor leading the student group reacted to the perfume and recognized him as a Sixth Order Professional and a believer.