Liath, saved by the spirits of fire from her own mother, finds herself in the amazing and frightening world of the Seven Spheres. Climbing the steps of the universe, she lifts the veil of secrecy over her own essence. Meanwhile, her husband Prince Sanglant returns to King Henry to tell him about the conspiracy of the Seven Sleepers and the impending disaster associated with the return of the Vanished. But Henry, obsessed with the idea of receiving the crown of the Holy Darrian Empire, is not ready to forgive his son for his love for the witch. Sanglant does not find understanding and goes to the eastern border of the kingdom, where there is a war with the Cumans.