When Will The Next Lord Of Mysteries Release Date Be Confirmed?

I’m still without a solid release date and really, I don’t mind. It’s far worse to rush out a book than to take your time. I saw a post on a subreddit a moment ago claiming that the unofficial translation group he’s supposedly linked to has heard that it will be released by year’s end, but these sorts of rumors pop up left and right, and almost always, they’re incorrect. With his previous work having a gap of more than a year between the announcement of a volume and its release, this radio silence doesn’t worry me in the least. I hope he’s devoting sufficient time to really tying the plot into a tight bow, just as he did with the truly fascinating tarot club gatherings of the first volume. We’ll know when it’s good to read.

Will that finally happen in 2024? The question seems to echo through every few months and enters discussions in fan discords and forums. Historically, Cuttlefish That Loves Diving is not one to share fixed release dates with the audience until absolutely necessary. He clearly learned his lesson during Lord of Mysteries, when fans were fraying at the seams of anticipation. Right now, all silence. The pattern I can observe from previous work cycles of his tends to go something like this: Cuttlefish completes the first major story arc of his current work, and then a month or so later he’ll signal “Completion!” on his Weibo or Qidian author page, and that’ll be the announcement for the formal release date a few months later, which will be available for pre-order as part of a hype campaign.

What makes this wait even more annoying is that Cuttlefish left us with an enormous cliffhanger at the end of ‘Circle of Inevitability’. All that was revealed in the end about the newfound cosmos has already spawned an enormous number of speculation threads, most of which are read like cult rituals. Most of us only hope that Cuttlefish will complete his research on history, re-read some of the folklore he references, and then we can finally know when we can expect ‘Lord of Mysteries’ 4 to be published. Although it is likely that the official platform doesn’t yet have a date confirmed with Cuttlefish, they are probably waiting for him to complete a larger chunk of the manuscript and then they can greenlight the pre-order campaign to start the huge hype that is required for this author. I’m guessing we’ll get the confirmation of the release date late this quarter, but I’m preparing myself for a 2025 release. Better to hope for the best than to constantly refresh the page.