The place they arrive is full of souls trapped in the world of the living. They arrive at the Wizard's Keep, but Richard's condition worsens because he takes the Sword of Truth with him through the sliph. They follow the writing on the wall and find the sliph well of Lucy who is a one way sliph between the Wizard's Keep and Stroyza. Sammy ambushes them in the caves and kills all the soldiers but ultimately dies by accident of her own device, collapsing the tunnels on top of her but trapping Richard, Kahlan, and the Mord Sith. They arrive at Stroyza and discover everyone is dead (revealed that Sammy killed them under the influence of a dark spirit and hate).

Ultimately, Richard has a hunch that there might be a sliph well at Stroyza and they go there along with a dozen men, including Commander Fister.

Richard discovers the Cerulean scrolls which sheds light on prophecy and the Omen Machine (Regula,) revealing that prophecy is from the underworld and has no place in the world of life, and that the anchor is Regula which is also how Sulachan has manipulated the world. With Richard restored, they have to find a way to cure him, but they are too far from any containment field (they are in the Citadel). During a ceremony for the dead, they are attacked by Sammy and Richard tries to reason with her by explaining why he killed her mother but fails. Richard is restored but he has retained the death's touch. During this, they are attacked by undead, and Cara arrives and saves them she decides to be the bridge and dies in the process. However, Richard still needs a bridge to pass back. Nicci manages to travel to the underworld with the help of the spiritists and their allies against the Emperor Sulachan's minions holding Richard's spirit and free him. They do this by Nicci using her Sister of the Dark knowledge and Kahlan's and Richard's blood.

The key is to find a spiritist in the underworld who in turn helps them find another spiritist Naja Moon. Kahlan, Nicci and the Mord-Sith follow Hunter to a meeting spot with Red who tells them a way to save Richard by seeing the flow of time. Richard's body is about to be cremated when Kahlan sees Hunter who is a messenger from Red and stops going on a hunch that she might be able to bring him back.

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