Chapter Summaries

Wuma Xiu rejected the God of Poverty’s request for a kiss, then told the God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune the story of the Sea God’s friendship with the Demon God. The two gods vowed to stay by Wuma Xiu’s side, while he privately doubted they would remain once they learned the truth.

• Wuma Xiu refused the God of Poverty’s request for a kiss and explained that kissing required affection, willingness, and boundaries.
• The God of Poverty grabbed Wuma Xiu’s arm as they returned with the God of Misfortune to the Sea God Palace.
• Wuma Xiu recalled that the Sea God’s past with the Demon God was character backstory from the game, and privately admitted he did not care about the Demon God.
• Wuma Xiu recounted how the Demon God’s possessiveness led him to confess, threaten imprisonment, and eventually break with the Sea God.
• The God of Poverty promised that the gods’ blessings would bring the Demon God misfortune, while the God of Misfortune vowed that he and the God of Poverty would never betray or abandon Wuma Xiu.
• Wuma Xiu accepted their promises but privately wondered how quickly they would leave after discovering the truth.

Su Qingci’s fantasies about a little black room reached Wuma Xiu, who punished him by locking him away. Meanwhile, the Stream God came to Wuma Xiu’s palace seeking comfort and ended up sleeping beside him and the other gods.

• Su Qingci realized Wuma Xiu could hear his thoughts and admitted he had finished and posted the writing Wuma Xiu had assigned him.
• Wuma Xiu sent Su Qingci into a little black room after hearing his fantasies about being locked up.
• The Stream God arrived at Wuma Xiu’s room bundled in blankets and asked to sleep with him, then tried to flee when he noticed the God of Poverty and the God of Misfortune.
• Wuma Xiu caught the Stream God, welcomed him, and introduced him to the other gods.
• The gods settled into bed together, with the Stream God shrinking to rest against Wuma Xiu’s chest.

Shen Muheng helped expand the Sea God Church, while Wuma Xiu dealt with a quarrel between the Water God and the God of Poverty in the Sea God Palace. Wuma Xiu calmed both gods by embracing them and promising neither had to leave.

• Shen Muheng promoted the Sea God Church, and crowds gathered after women arrived for unclear reasons and bowed before Wuma Xiu's statue.
• The Water God stormed into the Sea God Palace and shoved the God of Poverty away from Wuma Xiu.
• The God of Poverty recruited the God of Misfortune, while the Water God enlisted the Stream God, but neither helper meaningfully joined the argument.
• The Water God and the God of Poverty both cried to Wuma Xiu and begged him not to send them away.
• Wuma Xiu hugged both gods, promised they could stay as his friends, and soothed them until they made peace.

Mu Qian told the Godslayer that he did not know how the previous Desert God had died, concealing his own role and knowledge. The Godslayer suspected the Divine Core’s memories had been erased and planned to seek the God of Fate, but Fate messaged him that he was spending time with the Goddess of Beauty.

• The Godslayer learned that Mu Qian had become the new Desert God and asked who had killed his predecessor.
• Mu Qian recounted how the Divine Core had appeared before him, using a truthful but misleading version of events.
• Mu Qian hid that he knew the Desert God’s cause of death and reflected on how his family had motivated him to persevere.
• The Godslayer concluded that a powerful God might have erased the Divine Core’s memories and decided to consult the God of Fate.
• Fate messaged the Godslayer not to visit and teased him about drinking tea with the Goddess of Beauty.

The Godslayer severed his connection with Mu Qian, while the Goddess of Beauty visited the God of Fate, who openly admitted he wanted to be beaten to win his attention. The chapter ended with the Goddess of Beauty pinning the God of Fate down as he happily confessed his motive.

• The Godslayer dismissed a cryptic message, told Mu Qian to leave, and severed their connection.
• Mu Qian departed the Godslayer Temple and reflected that the Godslayer would never ask him for help.
• The Goddess of Beauty visited the God of Fate, who served him tea and pastries while admiring him.
• The Goddess of Beauty asked the God of Fate to feed him the last pastry, and the God of Fate admitted he wanted more intimacy.
• The God of Fate said he wished the Goddess of Beauty were weaker so he could overpower him, prompting the Goddess of Beauty to beat him and pin him down.
• The Goddess of Beauty asked if the God of Fate was asking for a beating, and he said he was trying to get attention because the Goddess of Beauty usually ignored him.

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.