There are six days remaining until the contest of champions.

With their anchors to the Physical Realm severed, Navani and Dalinar are adrift in the Spiritual Realm. Dalinar experiences an overwhelming onslaught of visions from his past. He takes from his pocket the rock that Wit provided as a touchpoint to get them to the vision of humanity’s arrival on Roshar.

In each of the visions that Dalinar and Navani experience, they occupy the bodies of individuals who were present when the event originally took place. In this vision, Dalinar is in the body of a Parshendi man. Navani appears as well. She tells Dalinar that she feels a “tugging” (422), as if someone else is in the Spiritual Realm with them. Soon, they will discover that Gavinor has accidentally been pulled into the Spiritual Realm along with them.

Shallan was pulled into the Spiritual Realm when the Ghostbloods attacked Dalinar’s portal. Now, she finds Renarin and Rlain waiting for her. They are all inhabiting a vision of Renarin’s childhood bedroom. In order to locate Ba-Ado Mishram’s prison before Mraize can, they decide to find Dalinar and Navani, whom the Ghostbloods will likely be following.