“ | Every being has divinity. |
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— Cuttlefish That Loves Diving on Volume 7 The Hanged Man |
The Hanged Man is the seventh volume of the Lord of Mysteries series written by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving.
Title Meaning[]
Its main meaning comes from the interpretation of the Tarot card, and Author endows it with two relatively obvious meanings: First, take the initiative to sacrifice yourself or pay the price; The second is that when you are in a dilemma, do not struggle in vain, but look at the problem from another angle, look at yourself calmly, think about the future, and wait patiently for something to happen.
Since the seventh volume, the sacrifices have been made by Roselle, Mr.Door, the Ancient Sun God who decided to give up important things. Those who paid the price included Alger, Klein, True Creator and Adam.
Synopsis[]
Derrick has now become an Elder and led some of City of Silver's Beyonders through the door where they see a boat for the first time carrying Danitz. They settle down New City of Silver and New Moon City near the Bayam, and founded the Church of the Fool.
Klein advanced to Sequence 2 Miracle Invoker. He entered the Spirit World to visit the Seven Lights and learned some truth of The Original Creator, the secrets of the Outer Deities, as well as the true identity of The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth.
Klein return to Loen Kingdom and he got the magic mirror Arrodes from Bornova Gustav. He acting as the wandering magician to digest the potion under the identity of Merlin Hermes.
Larrion, the chief shepherd of the Church of the God of Combat, escaped from the church with the Sealed Artifact 0-02. Arianna tracking after him to the Belltaine City. Under the Law of Convergence, Klein ended up enter the Belltaine City. He worked with Arianna to create rule loopholes and threw the 0-02 into the abandoned palace at the peak of the Hornacis Mountain Range. From there he got the Card of Blasphemy, The Fool.
Bernadette explored the nameless island located on the Fog Sea. She entered Roselle's last mausoleum, learned about her father's corrupted, and sealed him using a symbol from Pale Death and help from the Mr. Fool. After Roselle forcibly sent Bernadette out of the mausoleum, Klein met him with his historical projection. He learned about Roselle's current state and the danger of the Cards of Blasphemy. Klein promise Roselle that he will save him from the corruption of the Mother Goddess of Depravity when he become the Great Old One.
Klein built the marionette town Utopia as an essential part of his advancement ritual to promote to Sequence 1. His main body hid under the Saint Arianna Cathedral to control every marionettes. Meanwhile Zaratul sneak into the Utopia with the help of Adam. When Zaratul isolated him from the Sefirah Castle using historical projection of William Angustus, Klein ran into the old metropolis of the Pre-First Epoch inside the fog of history. However, he stabbed by the German Sparrow who had been given humanity by Adam and fell into Adam's Corpse Cathedral.
In his conversation with Adam, Klein learned about Adam's true identity and the specialness to the Visionary while waiting for his rescue by previous arrangements. He read the Second Blasphemy Slate.
On the other side, Verdu Garcia was tricked by Amon and Red Angel Evil Spirit to hold a ritual to let Mr. Door return to the real world. Mr. Door's return triggered his apotheosis ritual, Mother Goddess of Depravity also tried to breach the barrier and enter Earth. In order to stop this, he gave up his life to Amon, who became sequence 0 by stealing his apotheosis ritual and shut Mother Goddess of Depravity out of Earth using the First Blasphemy Slate.
Klein successfully died in the Corpse Cathedral through a deal with Genie by distorted wish and completed the advancement ritual directly. He drank the potion and advanced to Sequence 1 Attendant of Mysteries. Klein locked onto Zaratul and visited him. Zaratul was betrayed by his own historical projection of Knowledge Emperor Roselle and Klein directly killed him using Law of Convergence then devoured his Beyonder Characteristic, eventually, Klein became the King of Angels.
List of Chapters[]
Chapter # |
Chapter Name | Webnovel # |
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1 | Welcome | 1267 |
2 | Miracle Invoker | 1268 |
3 | The Power of Wishes | 1269 |
4 | "Visiting" | 1270 |
5 | Seven Lights | 1271 |
6 | "Spring" | 1272 |
7 | The Poor Arrodes | 1273 |
8 | The Stabilization of the Situation | 1274 |
9 | A New Journey | 1275 |
10 | Wandering Magician | 1276 |
11 | A Qualitative Change | 1277 |
12 | Reminder | 1278 |
13 | Sense of Urgency | 1279 |
14 | Chance Meeting in the Tiny City | 1280 |
15 | Anomaly | 1281 |
16 | Crime | 1282 |
17 | Gradually Deepening | 1283 |
18 | Limitation Loophole | 1284 |
19 | Forget About Leaving, All of You | 1285 |
20 | New Applications of Old Methods | 1286 |
21 | Guidance | 1287 |
22 | Key Intelligence | 1288 |
23 | Fooling | 1289 |
24 | Fulfilling Wishes | 1290 |
25 | Two Rituals | 1291 |
26 | Entering Bayam For the First Time | 1292 |
27 | Devil's Oil Painting | 1293 |
28 | Conversation | 1294 |
29 | The Aftermath from the War's Frontlines | 1295 |
30 | Amateur Astronomer | 1296 |
31 | "Forest" of Miracles | 1297 |
32 | Departure | 1298 |
33 | Milk and Honey | 1299 |
34 | The Fourth Person | 1300 |
35 | "New Life" | 1301 |
36 | The Scene in the Prophecy | 1302 |
37 | Coming to Life | 1303 |
38 | The Importance of Ideas | 1304 |
39 | That Black Shadow | 1305 |
40 | Seal | 1306 |
41 | Meeting | 1307 |
42 | Goodbye | 1308 |
43 | Additional Lessons | 1309 |
44 | Envoy | 1310 |
45 | New Mission | 1311 |
46 | Fully Automatic Wishing Machine | 1312 |
47 | The Third Wish | 1313 |
48 | Miracles Are Only For A Moment | 1314 |
49 | Summary Report | 1315 |
50 | An Unknown City | 1316 |
51 | "Pride" | 1317 |
52 | Seven Councilors | 1318 |
53 | Life-Preserving Incantation | 1319 |
54 | Mind Mail | 1320 |
55 | The Six Special Pathways | 1321 |
56 | Hold Off On Something Unresolvable | 1322 |
57 | Development Plan | 1323 |
58 | Handling | 1324 |
59 | More than Half a Year Later | 1325 |
60 | Successful "Mass" | 1326 |
61 | Three Plans | 1327 |
62 | The Preparations Needed | 1328 |
63 | A Night Without Any Abnormalities | 1329 |
64 | Moving in | 1330 |
65 | Pleasure in Helping Others | 1331 |
66 | Shocked in the Middle of the Night | 1332 |
67 | Warning Using His Experience As Example | 1333 |
68 | Night With The Moon | 1334 |
69 | "I" | 1335 |
70 | Interaction | 1336 |
71 | A Chain Reaction | 1337 |
72 | Exploration | 1338 |
73 | Behind the Door | 1339 |
74 | Travel Diaries | 1340 |
75 | In the Dream | 1341 |
76 | Simultaneously | 1342 |
77 | Weaved Nightmare | 1343 |
78 | Humanity | 1344 |
79 | Meeting Again | 1345 |
80 | The Specialness of a Visionary | 1346 |
81 | Pillar | 1347 |
82 | Preparation for the Ritual | 1348 |
83 | Door | 1349 |
84 | Wish | 1350 |
85 | Seizing The Opportunity | 1351 |
86 | Attendant of Mysteries | 1352 |
87 | Sacrificial Victim | 1353 |
Timeline of Major Events[]
Date | Chapter | Event |
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Monday, January 28, 1352 | 1269 | Tarot Club 134th Meeting (Mentioned) |
Unknown date in February 1352 | 1267-1276 |
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Unknown date in February 1352 | 1275-1276 |
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Monday, February 4, 1352 | 1276-1279 |
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Unknown date in February 1352 | 1280-1291 |
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Unknown date in February 1352 | 1291-1292 | Danitz, Derrick Berg and City of Silver team arrived in Bayam. |
Unknown date in February 1352 | 1293-1294 |
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Monday, February 18, 1352 | 1298-1309 |
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Tuesday, February 19, 1352 | 1310-1315 |
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Sunday, February 24, 1352 | 1316-1320 |
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Monday, February 25, 1352 | 1320-1324 |
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August 25, 1352 | 1324-1326 | Amon rang the bell for the Church of the Fool. |
Unknown dates, September, 1352 | 1326-1353 |
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