Fletcher Ward endures five years of blindness and spiritual ruin to guard a tomb, only to learn the sacrifice was merely a test. Serena Horton shatters their engagement, while his junior brother and rival disciples steal his Divine Bone and hurl him into an abyss. In that moment of despair, Fletcher completes the trial and awakens from his long slumber. He now vows to enter the Seven Divisions selection, determined to return to his sect.