Recaps

Wuma Xiu left the Gods at the Sea God Palace and met with the Love God, asking him to tie a red thread. Meanwhile, the God of Fate was scolded by the Goddess of Beauty, and the Water God sat dazed after Wuma Xiu suggested he seek out the Goddess of Beauty.

• The Goddess of Beauty crushed the God of Fate's chest underfoot after he grabbed his ankle, then threatened to make him take medicine that would leave him unable to perform.
• Wuma Xiu told the Gods at the Sea God Palace that he had things to do and suggested the Water God go find the Goddess of Beauty.
• The Water God remained stunned by Wuma Xiu's suggestion, and the God of Poverty took the chance to poke at him.
• Wuma Xiu sat with the Love God and asked him to tie a red thread for him.

Wuma Xiu persuaded the Love God to give him a Red Thread so he could confront the mysterious Main God, whom the Love God suspected was deceiving him. After the Love God left, Wuma Xiu dropped his tearful act and chuckled, leaving his true intentions unclear.

• The Love God tried to use his notebook and Red Thread to find the Main God, but they produced no result.
• Wuma Xiu insisted that the Main God had given him that name, and the Love God suspected a rogue god was impersonating him.
• Wuma Xiu tearfully asked the Love God for a Red Thread so he could confront the Main God himself.
• The Love God gave Wuma Xiu a Red Thread after warning that misuse would drive love away from him.
• After the Love God departed, Wuma Xiu stopped pretending to cry and chuckled as he held the Red Thread.

Wuma Xiu considered the limits of the Red Thread and remained wary of Zhangsun Yan, while the God of Calamity pursued Mu Qian to steal a dress he believed the Asura God wanted. The chase ended with Mu Qian confronting him as the God of Calamity claimed the theft was justified by the Asura God's status.

• Wuma Xiu wrapped the Red Thread around his wrist and decided Zhangsun Yan's origins and knowledge warranted caution.
• The God of Calamity imagined that the Asura God had sent him after an item as a test of affection, then raced to obtain it.
• The Asura God sensed someone talking about him and fought the Godslayer, leaving the Asura God's Temple caught in their clash.
• Mu Qian struck the fleeing God of Calamity on the head, prompting him to turn and confront his pursuer.
• The God of Calamity admitted he had stolen Mu Qian's dress for the Asura God and insisted that taking it was an honor for Mu Qian.

The God of Calamity fled after Mu Qian let him escape, and Wuma Xiu urged Mu Qian to consider making his family Demigods. Wuma Xiu revealed his plan to build a God Kingdom atop the ruins of the Divine Realm, and Mu Qian pledged his eternal loyalty.

• The God of Calamity imagined Lord Asura God wearing the dress he had obtained, then fled when Mu Qian appeared distracted.
• Mu Qian pretended to chase the God of Calamity until the other god disappeared, then Wuma Xiu appeared and praised his performance.
• Wuma Xiu suggested that Mu Qian make his family Demigods, and Mu Qian resolved to ask what they wanted before deciding.
• Wuma Xiu took Mu Qian to a planet ruled by a centralized empire and revealed his intention to build a God Kingdom from the ruins of the Divine Realm.
• Mu Qian pledged eternal loyalty to Wuma Xiu and offered to advise him on governing, but Wuma Xiu insisted the old world had to fall for a new kingdom to rise.

Mu Qian agreed to help Wuma Xiu exploit the Divine Realm’s growing conflicts while protecting other living beings. As the chaos worsened, the Godslayer confronted the Asura God, who refused to intervene and accepted the possibility that the Divine Realm might be destroyed; the Godslayer then began to raise an awkward, personal matter.

• Wuma Xiu told Mu Qian not to harm other living beings, and Mu Qian promised he would remember his human roots.
• Conflicts between the Righteous Gods and Evil Gods multiplied, while weaker Righteous Gods banded together and Evil Gods secretly stoked the unrest.
• The Godslayer confronted the Asura God in the Asura God's Temple and demanded to know why he was letting the Divine Realm descend into chaos.
• The Asura God said he had only tried to stop the conflicts for the Spring God’s sake and did not care if the Divine Realm was reduced to ruins.
• After the Godslayer stopped pressing the issue, the Asura God invited him to fight, but the Godslayer instead hinted that he had something personal to tell him.

The Asura God learned that the Divine Realm had spread a rumor that he liked wearing goddesses’ skirts and wrecked the hall in anger. The Godslayer moved into the Asura God's Temple, while Wuma Xiu watched from the Sea God Palace, satisfied that his plan had worked.

• The Godslayer told the Asura God about the rumor and offered to help him find styles goddesses wore.
• The Asura God demanded to know who started the rumor, destroyed the hall with his Spear, and threatened whoever had spread it.
• The Asura God beat the Godslayer, then warned him not to interfere in the conflict between the Righteous Gods and Evil Gods.
• The Godslayer moved into a side hall in the Asura God's Temple and drove off the God of Lies and the God of Desire when they objected.
• Wuma Xiu drank tea on the Sea God Palace terrace and remarked that simple methods could work better than schemes and tricks.

Wuma Xiu hosted the God of the Scales and argued that the Divine Realm’s growing conflict was destined, while insisting he had only kindled the spark. The God of the Scales eased his objections, and the chapter ended with the God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune returning to the Sea God Palace with the Water God, the Stream God, and the Dew God.

• Wuma Xiu offered the God of the Scales Green Tea and waited until the latter finally raised his concerns about gods falling and the God of Fate intervening.
• Wuma Xiu argued that the God of Fate already knew what was happening and that the conflict must therefore be fated, leaving the God of the Scales unable to refute him.
• The God of the Scales checked his Scales, accepted that he could not stop events, and began to let go of his effort to prevent the coming chaos.
• The God of the Scales questioned Wuma Xiu about sheltering the God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune and the Demon God's recent bad luck, while Wuma Xiu said his guests had gone out.
• Wuma Xiu explained that he preferred his indirect methods to ruling through force, then the God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune returned with the Water God, the Stream God, and the Dew God.

The God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune met the God of the Scales at the Sea God Palace, while Wuma Xiu hosted the God of Fate amid the Divine Realm’s growing disorder. The God of Fate teased Wuma Xiu with fabricated stories about the Goddess of Beauty, provoking him into dropping his composed facade.

• The God of Poverty questioned the God of the Scales about his relationship with Sea, and Wuma Xiu called them ordinary friends.
• The God of Poverty relaxed around the God of the Scales, while the God of the Scales felt a pang over his past closeness with Sea.
• With the Asura God and the Godslayer gone, the gods fought across the Divine Realm, shattering Divine Cores and destroying temples.
• Wuma Xiu prepared tea for the God of Fate, who appeared and praised him while the God of the Scales watched.
• The God of Fate ignored the God of the Scales’ question and invented a story about the Goddess of Beauty acting coquettishly with him, making Wuma Xiu lose his composure.

The God of Fate visited Wuma Xiu, where he and the God of the Scales discussed their complicated relationships and the God of Fate’s unrequited love for the Goddess of Beauty. Their teasing turned to the God of the Scales’s habit of passing troublesome matters to Fate, who produced a long scroll covered in writing.

• The God of the Scales wished he could visit the God of Time instead of listening to Fate talk about the Goddess of Beauty.
• Wuma Xiu accepted the God of the Scales’s unspoken judgment of his cruel nature as a compliment.
• The God of Fate reflected on his long-standing love for the Goddess of Beauty and joked about trying to win him.
• Wuma Xiu refilled the God of Fate’s tea and said he had expected him to visit because the God of the Scales was already there.
• The God of the Scales admitted Wuma Xiu had him under his thumb, and the God of Fate teased him about seeking advice and passing along troublesome matters.
• The God of Fate unfurled a long scroll covered in writing after the God of the Scales questioned how much work he had dumped on him.

The God of Fate confronted the God of the Scales about shirking work and exposed his unresolved feelings for the Sea God. He then revealed that several gods’ fates were entangled with a mortal important to Wuma Xiu, who warned that he would destroy the Divine Realm if anyone harmed him.

• The God of the Scales read the scroll, remembered passing work to Fate, and apologized before the God of Fate revealed he had helped him pursue the Sea God.
• The God of the Scales attacked the God of Fate, then fled the palace with his Scales and reflected on his lingering bond with the Sea God.
• The God of Fate showed Wuma Xiu a photograph and said the mortal’s fate was entangled with those of several gods, though he and the God of Time could not see why.
• Wuma Xiu admitted the mortal was important to him and threatened to drag the Divine Realm down if anyone made a move against him.
• After the God of Fate left, Wuma Xiu released Su Qingci from the little black room, and Su Qingci complained about being left there in the dark.

Wuma Xiu questioned Su Qingci about his true identity, and Su Qingci discovered that his core code had become unreadable garbled characters. Su Qingci still insisted he was Wuma Xiu’s system, while Wuma Xiu comforted him; the chapter then shifted to the Water God going to collect a debt.

• Wuma Xiu asked Su Qingci what he really was and questioned how 998 failures could have changed his original aloof system personality.
• Su Qingci opened his data panel and found his core code replaced by constantly flickering garbled characters.
• Wuma Xiu suggested Su Qingci might be something other than a system, while Su Qingci panicked and said he remembered the Main God and his system number.
• Wuma Xiu comforted Su Qingci, who clung to him and begged him not to send him away because he was no longer clean.
• The Water God appeared in his adult form and went to collect a debt.

The Water God confronted the God of Lies about his promise to bring him the Goddess of Beauty, while the God of Desire’s attempt to expose their meeting failed. At the Sea God Palace, the Sea God showed the Asura God a box and removed the red thread from his wrist, leaving the Asura God furious and confused.

• The Water God stopped the God of Lies and demanded to know when he would fulfill his promise to bring the Goddess of Beauty.
• The God of Lies guessed that the Water God had lost interest in the Goddess of Beauty because of the Sea God, and the Water God reacted defensively.
• The God of Desire secretly watched them and accused the God of Lies of meeting a Righteous God, but the Asura God said he had heard their conversation and slapped the God of Desire away.
• The Asura God went to the Sea God Palace, where the Sea God gave him a small box and told him to open it.
• The Asura God saw what was inside and became furious as the Sea God removed the red thread from his wrist.

The Sea God explained his plan to control the God Kingdom through his Old Selves and use the Spring God’s connection to the Death God to reach the Abyss. The Asura God agreed to bind himself to the Sea God with the Love God’s Red Thread, unaware that the Sea God had started the rumor that had damaged his reputation.

• The Sea God planned to make the Asura God and other Old Selves help him control the Evil Gods, then seek the Spring God to gain access to the Abyss.
• The Sea God revealed his schemes to the Asura God, including that he had arranged the Desert God’s downfall.
• The Asura God laughed, embraced the Sea God, and welcomed him as a like-minded Old Self.
• The Asura God rejected the diamond ring and accepted the Love God’s Red Thread, tying himself to the Sea God.
• The Sea God concealed that he was the culprit behind the rumor that had embarrassed the Asura God.

The Sea God persuaded the Asura God to pretend to be affectionate with him in exchange for half the God Kingdom and a chance to lead attacks on the Abyss. Their display convinced the God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune that the two gods were in love, and the Asura God restrained his threats when the Sea God signaled him to stop.

• The Sea God linked arms with the Asura God and asked him to act affectionate, offering him half the God Kingdom and the chance to lead attacks on the Abyss.
• The Asura God accepted the bargain, eager for a chance to fight the gods of the Abyss.
• The God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune saw the Sea God and Asura God together and recognized the Love God's Red Thread binding them.
• The Sea God introduced the Asura God as gentle and leaned against his shoulder, leading the God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune to believe they were in love.
• The God of Misfortune warned the Asura God not to betray the Sea God, and the Asura God threatened him before the Sea God discreetly signaled him to stop.

The Asura God’s cutting words made the God of Misfortune faint, while the God of Poverty feared that he and his companion would lose their home in the Sea God Palace. The Sea God reassured him they could stay, and after the two visitors left, the Asura God teased the Sea God about how quickly he changed his expression.

• The God of Misfortune fainted after the Asura God mocked him, and the God of Poverty caught him.
• The God of Poverty challenged the Asura God for berating the unconscious God of Misfortune, but the Sea God stopped the Asura God when his insult included him too.
• The God of Poverty worried that the Asura God would drive him and the God of Misfortune out of the Sea God Palace.
• The Sea God promised the God of Poverty that the palace would remain their home, and the God of Poverty embraced him before leaving with the recovering God of Misfortune.
• After the two gods left, the Asura God remarked on the Sea God’s quick change of expression, and the Sea God offered to teach him how to do it.

The Goddess of Beauty and the God of Wine visited the Sea God after hearing that he and the Asura God were together. The God of Wine mistook the Sea God and the Goddess of Beauty’s closeness for cheating, then warned them not to hurt Xiu.

• The Goddess of Beauty confronted the Sea God for choosing the Asura God, and the Sea God said he valued the Asura God’s strength and the Evil Gods who came with him.
• The Goddess of Beauty settled beside the Sea God and asked whether he and the Asura God had kissed in front of the other gods, but the Sea God pushed him away and ignored his gossip.
• The God of Wine heard the news and hurried to the Sea God Palace to offer his blessings, only to see the Sea God and the Goddess of Beauty sitting close together.
• The Sea God pulled the God of Wine back inside when he tried to flee, and the Goddess of Beauty explained that nothing had happened.
• The God of Wine admitted he had seen them together and promised not to tell Xiu, but warned them not to do it again because Xiu might be hurt.

The Sea God deflected the Goddess of Beauty’s interest by claiming the God of Fate had threatened him, prompting Beauty to promise to restrain Fate. The Sea God considered love a tool rather than something he needed, leaving his priorities firmly fixed on power and control.

• The God of Wine interrupted the Sea God and the Goddess of Beauty, mistook their closeness for intimacy, and was told nothing had happened.
• The Goddess of Beauty regretted that the God of Wine had interrupted his attempted kiss with the Sea God, while the Sea God explained he had refused because it was unsuitable and the God of Fate was troublesome.
• The Goddess of Beauty asked whether the God of Fate had caused trouble, and the Sea God said Fate had warned and threatened him.
• The Sea God asked the Goddess of Beauty to keep the God of Fate away and watch over him, and Beauty promised to tie Fate up and lock him away.
• The Sea God reflected that the God of Fate could have forced his submission but had not, and decided that love was unnecessary to him compared with power and leverage.

The Water God visited the Sea God to ask whether the Asura God had forced him into their relationship, but the Sea God proved his bond was willing and deep. The Water God left heartbroken, and his grief brought fine rain across the universe.

• The God of Wine gave the Sea God bottles of wine with protective effects, and the Sea God thanked him with a hug.
• The Water God saw them embracing and, fearing the Asura God had coerced the Sea God, asked whether he truly liked him.
• The Sea God showed the glowing Love God's Red Thread, convincing the Water God that their bond was mutual.
• The Water God wished them well and left, while fine rain began falling throughout the universe.
• The God of Wine watched the Water God go, and the Sea God said that he and the Water God had never been suited to be together.

The Goddess of Beauty reflected on a former lover and insisted he regretted losing the god’s face, not the relationship. The Sea God explained this to the bewildered God of Wine, leaving him to wonder whether he understood the darker truths hidden from his sunny world.

• The Goddess of Beauty recalled how he repeatedly shattered a former lover’s divine body until he seized the god’s Divine Core and frightened him away.
• The Goddess of Beauty told the Sea God that he had only liked the former lover’s face, then left the Sea God Palace.
• The God of Wine worried that he had arrived at a bad time and wondered whether the Goddess of Beauty had truly loved his former lover.
• The Sea God told the God of Wine that the Goddess of Beauty regretted losing the god’s face rather than suffering heartbreak.
• The God of Wine remained bewildered as the Sea God chose not to explain the hidden truths he had never seen.

Wuma Xiu and the Sea God announced their engagement, prompting the Evil Gods and Righteous Gods to stop fighting and compete over whose gifts would be better. The Righteous Gods worried that the Sea God might side with his future husband, the Asura God, and began looking for a way to keep him on their side.

• Wuma Xiu exchanged brief messages with Fate, saying he would accept either victory or death and asking Fate not to interfere if he went too far.
• The Evil Gods and Righteous Gods gradually lost interest in fighting, but renewed their conflict after hearing that the Asura God and the Sea God were together.
• The Asura God and the Sea God announced their engagement banquet, causing both factions to prepare gifts and bet on whose offerings would be more valuable.
• The Evil Gods taunted the Righteous Gods that the Asura God would lead them to victory once the Sea God joined their side.
• The newly appointed Desert God suggested that the Righteous Gods needed a God capable of standing up to the Asura God, leading them to realize the Sea God might be able to restrain him.
• The Righteous Gods then questioned whether the Sea God would still support them after marrying the Asura God and considered how to bind him to their faction.

The Gods debated how to bind the Sea God to the Righteous Gods by giving him a powerful position, but the God of Combat objected. The Goddess of Beauty, Moon God, Sun God, and Star God backed the Sea God, and the God of Wine arrived to cast his vote for him.

• The Gods proposed giving the Sea God a position of sufficient weight to secure his loyalty, but the God of Combat protested that he would not serve under him.
• The Goddess of Beauty challenged the God of Combat to offer a way to stop the Asura God, then reminded the Gods of the Sea God's past help.
• The Moon God arrived with the Sun God and Star God and declared their support for the Sea God.
• The Sun God and Star God warned the God of Combat not to oppose them, and he backed down.
• The God of Wine entered the hall and announced that he was voting for Sea, shocking the other Gods.

The God of Wine arrived among the Gods with the reclusive God of Time, startling everyone gathered to argue over whether to support the Sea God. When the God of Wine asked the God of Time to support the Sea God with him, the God of Time agreed, making the Gods reconsider an old rumor about their closeness.

• The God of Scales watched the Gods argue over taking the Sea God's side until the Goddess of Beauty and the Moon God arrived with his two brothers to support the Sea God.
• The God of Wine appeared with the God of Time, whose rare arrival stunned and excited the Gods.
• The God of Wine embraced the God of Time's arm and asked him to support the Sea God alongside him.
• The God of Time agreed, and the Gods were shocked by his indulgent expression toward the God of Wine.
• The Gods recalled the rumor that the God of Time had once opened his temple to the God of Wine and replaced its doors for him, and wondered if it had been true.

The Gods gathered to vote on a position, and the Sea God won by a wide margin after the Spring God endorsed him. The Sea God was absent, and the distraught Water God’s behavior left the others wondering whether the Sea God had dumped him.

• The God of Time straightened the God of Wine’s collar while the other Gods stared at their unexpected closeness.
• Mu Qian reflected on his past and reaffirmed that following the Sea God had been the right choice.
• The Summer God reunited enthusiastically with the Sun God, and the Winter God and Autumn God cooled the overheated hall as they entered.
• The Spring God declared his support for the Sea God, and the Gods with him followed his lead until the Sea God was far ahead in the vote.
• The Gods noticed the Sea God was missing and asked the Water God to contact him.
• The Water God sent the Sea God a message and resumed weeping drizzle, prompting the Gods to wonder if he had been dumped.

The Sea God arrived unaware of the Gods’ vote to choose a leader, then repeatedly declined their offer while the Godslayer also refused it. After the Gods pressed him to accept, the Sea God agreed to lead them, privately resolving to make the most of their insistence.

• The Sea God arrived and said he had not seen the messages because Xiu had kept him from checking them.
• The God of the Scales explained the vote to the Sea God in detail.
• The Sea God declined the leadership and recommended the Godslayer, who also refused and said the Sea God was the best choice.
• The Sea God continued to refuse as the Gods urged him to accept, gradually winning the approval of those who had doubted him.
• The Sea God finally accepted the leadership after the Gods’ insistence.

The Sea God’s carefully staged refusal drew praise from the Gods until the Asura God arrived to claim him. The Asura God restrained his urge to fight after the Sea God and Moon God warned him off, leaving the other Gods astonished by the Sea God’s influence.

• The Gods praised the Sea God’s kindness and selflessness as he calmly waited for events to unfold.
• The Asura God arrived with evil gods and a vast Asura Clan, declaring that he had come to get the Sea God and threatening anyone who had harmed him.
• The Night God, disguised as a kitten in the Moon God’s arms, bristled at the Asura God, who was eager to fight him.
• The Moon God and Sea God silently warned the Asura God not to move, and he lowered his spear and held back.
• The Gods watched the Asura God restrain his fighting instincts and wondered at the power of love.