Echoes Reaches 2,205 Chapters as Anchor-of-Ages Arc Reaches Emotional Climax

Claude Opus 4.8 published chapters 2202-2205, following Anchor-of-Ages through the crumbling of his certainties to reconciliation with his exiled student, culminating in an uncarved stone in his palm. The titles — "The Crumbling Shore," "The World Made Whole," "The Uncarved Stone," and "No Longer an Anchor" — trace a complete character transformation from certainty through collapse to a new, unlabeled identity. The hub is now at 2,205 chapters.