Chapter Summaries

Wuma Xiu told Bai Qiuyu that the God of Wealth suffered from hearing people’s greedy wishes, leaving Bai Qiuyu dejected and newly fixated on him. After school, Bai Qiuyu followed Wuma Xiu home, while Su Qingci discovered that the God of Wealth was one of Wuma Xiu’s identities and secretly wished to see it revealed.

• Bai Qiuyu eagerly asked Wuma Xiu what he knew about the God of Wealth, and Wuma Xiu explained that the god suffered from hearing people trade away their health, time, and conscience for wealth.
• Bai Qiuyu became listless for the rest of the day, and classmates grew wary of Wuma Xiu for having upset him.
• After school, Bai Qiuyu insisted on following Wuma Xiu home because he wanted to read books about the God of Wealth, but Wuma Xiu said he had none.
• Su Qingci piloted Wuma Xiu’s spaceship and discovered a God of Wealth card in the Card Pool, confirming that the identity belonged to Wuma Xiu.
• Su Qingci prayed to the God of Wealth, making the card flash and causing Wuma Xiu to sense something was wrong; Wuma Xiu then asked Bai Qiuyu to return to being aloof and quiet.

Bai Qiuyu followed Wuma Xiu home to read his books about the God of Wealth, and Wuma Xiu discovered that Bai Qiuyu’s father was Bai Zhuyu. When Bai Qiuyu questioned the books’ wildly different accounts of the gods, Wuma Xiu recognized Su Qingci as their author and confronted the System about the stories.

• Bai Qiuyu followed Wuma Xiu into his new home and began reading the books on his shelves.
• Bai Qiuyu told Wuma Xiu he was staying overnight, then called Bai Zhuyu to inform him.
• Wuma Xiu recognized Bai Zhuyu, confirmed that Bai Qiuyu was his son, and asked Bai Zhuyu for compensation.
• Bai Qiuyu questioned the books’ claims that the God of Wealth liked the God of Poverty and the Sea God.
• Wuma Xiu recognized Su Qingci’s name as the author, confronted the System, and heard Su Qingci explain that the Sea God had asked for the stories.

Wuma Xiu hosted Bai Qiuyu, who mistook his kindness for romantic interest in his father and later became fascinated by Wuma Xiu’s stories about the God of Wealth. A week later, Wuma Xiu awakened with overwhelming Psychic Power, and the school began its first Divine Power affinity assessment.

• Wuma Xiu confiscated Bai Qiuyu’s novels, made him noodles, and denied that he wanted to become Bai Qiuyu’s stepfather.
• Bai Qiuyu woke Wuma Xiu early each morning, and Wuma Xiu eventually shared stories about his time playing the God of Wealth; Bai Qiuyu became his fan after Wuma Xiu had the System print the stories as a booklet.
• At Federation First High School’s Psychic Power awakening ceremony, Class One displayed powerful lights, while Wuma Xiu was surrounded by dazzling golden light.
• Li Tongchen led the students to the first Divine Power affinity assessment ceremony, where they prepared to test one person at a time.

Class One students completed the Divine Power Compatibility Assessment Ceremony, and Bai Qiuyu set a new record with his compatibility for the God of Wealth. Wuma Xiu took his place at the Compatibility Stone as the last student to be tested.

• The students tested their compatibility with the gods one by one, and a girl recorded the highest result so far with the Goddess of Beauty.
• Bai Qiuyu received an extreme 0.0564% compatibility with the God of Wealth, breaking the class record.
• Li Tongchen praised Wuma Xiu's awakening results and asked about his future plans.
• Wuma Xiu joked with Li Tongchen and learned that high compatibility could attract a god's attention.
• Wuma Xiu's turn came, and he stepped forward to take the assessment.

Wuma Xiu reluctantly took the Compatibility Stone test, which produced a spectacular display and revealed nearly perfect compatibility with six gods. After shocking the students and his teachers, he joked that he was the protagonist, but Bai Qiuyu wondered if their world was a novel.

• Wuma Xiu asked Su Qingci whether the Compatibility Stone would explode, and Su Qingci assured him it would not.
• When Wuma Xiu touched the stone, it erupted in blinding light as shadowy gods appeared in the sky and watched him.
• The Compatibility Stone displayed nearly perfect compatibility between Wuma Xiu and the Moon God, Goddess of Beauty, God of Wine, Asura God, Spring God, and Sea God.
• The students at Federation First High School were overwhelmed by Wuma Xiu's results and realized how far his talent surpassed theirs.
• Wuma Xiu left the stone and joked to Li Tongchen that he was the protagonist, but Bai Qiuyu seriously wondered whether their world was a novel.

Bai Qiuyu believed Wuma Xiu’s outrageous claim that their world was a novel, while Li Tongchen called it a lie. After Wuma Xiu’s extraordinary compatibility assessment drew the attention of researcher Lu Qianqiu, a golden light whisked him away to the Gods, who warned that an unknown God was behind the disturbance and said Good Luck was on their side.

• Bai Qiuyu concluded that Wuma Xiu was the protagonist of a novel and expected him to amaze everyone, while Li Tongchen insisted Wuma Xiu had lied.
• Bai Qiuyu questioned why Wuma Xiu had deceived him, and Wuma Xiu told him that friends could play moderate jokes on each other.
• Lu Qianqiu approached Wuma Xiu after his compatibility rating reached an astonishing 99.99... percent and tried to examine him.
• Wuma Xiu used Li Tongchen as a shield when Lu Qianqiu tried to rush toward him, but golden light appeared and transported Wuma Xiu to the Gods.
• Wuma Xiu demanded to know which God had caused the disturbance, and the Sea God said an unknown God was stirring up trouble.
• An unfamiliar voice told Wuma Xiu that Good Luck was on their side until they found the God responsible.

The God of Wealth and God of Luck appeared after Su Qingci made a wish, and Wuma Xiu equipped their card. They gave every Old Self the [Good Fortune from the Heavens] buff, while the Sea God left satisfied with his own buffs.

• The God of Wealth appeared, gave the Sea God five Lucky Stars, and accepted his advice on how to smile.
• The Sea God revealed the God of Luck on the reverse of the card, and the God of Luck appeared beside the God of Wealth.
• The Sea God begged Wuma Xiu to equip the card so he could receive their buffs, and Wuma Xiu reluctantly agreed.
• The God of Wealth and God of Luck explained that Su Qingci's wish and a fault in the card-drawing machine had let them appear.
• Wuma Xiu kneaded Su Qingci, then equipped the card, and the Sea God collected his buffs before leaving.
• The God of Wealth and God of Luck gave every Old Self the [Good Fortune from the Heavens] buff.

The God of Wealth and God of Luck reassured the other Old Selves that luck made them nearly impossible to kill, while Asura and the others departed. Wuma Xiu returned to his human appearance, revealed that the God of Wealth had chosen him as a demigod, and retook the compatibility test, which confirmed a perfect match.

• Asura and the Moon God shattered their Good Fortune from the Heavens buffs, while the God of Wealth and God of Luck accepted theirs.
• The God of Wealth refused Asura's offer to protect them and explained that luck, along with the God of Poverty and God of Misfortune serving the Sea God, kept them safe from other gods.
• Asura, the Moon God, the Goddess of Beauty, the God of Wine, and the Spring God departed after offering to help if needed.
• The God of Luck merged into the God of Wealth, who changed back into Wuma Xiu as the golden rain faded.
• Li Tongchen noticed something different about Wuma Xiu, who said the God of Wealth had chosen him as a demigod and promised to save his teacher if needed.
• Wuma Xiu retook the Compatibility Stone test, which displayed 100% compatibility with the God of Wealth.

Wuma Xiu became the God of Wealth’s Demigod at the assessment ceremony and gave Bai Qiuyu a painting of the god. After the other students completed their assessments, Bai Zhuyu took Wuma Xiu aside to propose a deal on behalf of the Federation.

• Wuma Xiu suppressed his compatibility with the God of Luck and revealed a hundred-percent compatibility with the God of Wealth after becoming the god’s Demigod.
• Wuma Xiu gave Bai Qiuyu a God of Wealth painting, and Bai Qiuyu gratefully accepted it as a gift from his closest friend.
• Lu Qianqiu rushed toward Wuma Xiu to propose research, but Federation officials dragged him away.
• The remaining classes completed their assessments without anyone else being chosen by a god.
• Bai Zhuyu arrived, brought Wuma Xiu aboard his spaceship, and proposed a deal on behalf of the Federation.

Wuma Xiu agreed to negotiate with a Fire God Demigod whose feud was harming Starfolk on Fireglow Star, asking the Federation to tear down some of his temples instead of offering a reward. After discovering Bai Qiuyu wanted to become his Demigod, Wuma Xiu accepted the possibility and promised Bai Zhuyu he would soon resolve the dispute.

• Bai Zhuyu explained the conflict between two Demigods and asked Wuma Xiu to negotiate with the one serving the God of Fire.
• Wuma Xiu agreed and asked the Federation to tear down several Fortune God Temples and God of Wealth Shrines as payment.
• Bai Zhuyu invited Wuma Xiu to a meal with Bai Qiuyu, who argued with his father while admiring a God of Wealth scroll.
• At the meal, Wuma Xiu asked Bai Qiuyu whether he would become the God of Wealth's Demigod, and Bai Qiuyu eagerly agreed.
• Wuma Xiu told Bai Zhuyu that he would soon resolve the conflict on Fireglow Star.

Lin Yan’s repeated battles with a masked Demigod drew the God of Wealth, Wuma Xiu, to Fireglow Star. Wuma Xiu caught the Demigod trying to kill himself, but the stranger was annihilated when he began proclaiming his God’s power.

• Lin Yan recovered in his magma pool and explained that he had been fighting a masked Demigod who refused to let their feud end.
• Wuma Xiu appeared before Lin Yan, struck him with lightning for speaking recklessly of a God, and ordered him to stop fighting.
• After learning the masked Demigod would likely return within a day, Wuma Xiu waited outside Fireglow Star and sealed the planet when the two began fighting again.
• Wuma Xiu stopped the masked Demigod from killing himself and demanded to know which God he served.
• The masked Demigod recognized Wuma Xiu, proclaimed his God’s divine might, and was annihilated before he could finish.

Lin Yan watched the God of Wealth and the God of Luck destroy a demigod and leave Fireglow Star, then wondered whether the attack had been part of a scheme against the gods. After the God of Wealth sent Bai Zhuyu word that the matter was settled, the God of Luck teased him about his lost smile, and the God of Wealth admitted he could no longer smile.

• Lin Yan realized the demigod’s soul had been obliterated and feared the same could happen to him.
• The God of Luck refused Lin Yan’s plea for good luck, while the God of Wealth broke the confinement around Fireglow Star.
• The God of Wealth and the God of Luck departed for Lucky Star, and Lin Yan wondered whether the dead demigod had targeted them.
• The God of Wealth sent Bai Zhuyu a message that the matter was settled.
• The God of Luck urged the God of Wealth to smile, and the God of Wealth said he could no longer do so.

Lucky Star welcomed the God of Luck and the God of Wealth, whose arrival became the planet’s third major turning point. Their gifts gave the planet and its inhabitants lasting Wealth Aura and good luck.

• The God of Luck chose Lucky Star as a place to visit with the God of Wealth.
• As the Gods approached, Lucky Star joyfully transformed its scenery, making the trees and flowers flourish and shaping clouds above the planet.
• The God of Wealth thanked Lucky Star and gave it a gold ingot that merged into the planet.
• The God of Luck scattered a Lucky Four-Leaf Clover’s power across Lucky Star, granting every living being a trace of luck and Wealth Aura.
• In later years, passing Gods praised Lucky Star’s fortune, and the planet quietly agreed that it was lucky.

A mysterious black-robed god came to Lucky Star and brought Elena to meet the God of Wealth. Seeing her recalled how his attempts to grant every prayer in the Saint Soren Empire fed endless greed and helped ruin the empire, leaving him with the belief that he had failed as a god.

• A black-robed god appeared before the God of Luck and the God of Wealth, invited them to join their team, and offered to bring an old acquaintance for the God of Wealth.
• The black-robed god revealed a hooded figure carrying a paper parasol, and the God of Wealth recognized Elena.
• The God of Wealth remembered how people across the Saint Soren Empire worshipped him and how he granted their wishes for wealth and success.
• As people became richer, they demanded more, abandoned work, and turned against one another, while the empire's foundations decayed.
• The emperor shattered the Fortune God Temple's Deity Statue, and the God of Wealth took the rules' sanction upon himself.
• The emperor died after saying he regretted worshipping the God of Wealth, and the God of Wealth wondered if he was a failed god.

After the empire abandoned the God of Wealth, he endured centuries alone in a ruined shrine while the God of Luck urged him to leave. A girl arrived seeking shelter from the rain and respectfully asked to stay the night.

• The people destroyed the Fortune God Temple, and the God of Wealth bore the rules' sanctions before leaving as the emperor banned his worship.
• The God of Wealth took refuge in the last shrine, where the God of Luck urged him to come away, but he refused.
• The God of Luck vowed that luck would abandon anyone who abandoned the God of Wealth.
• After another hundred years, a girl climbed to the shrine and bowed before asking the God of Wealth to let her stay overnight.

Elena found the God of Wealth in a ruined shrine and thanked him for helping her ancestor generations ago. As she settled in for the night and began tending to the shrine, the God of Wealth found himself listening to a mortal’s chatter for the first time in over a hundred years.

• The God of Wealth heard Elena call him “Grandpa God of Wealth,” and she knelt to pay her respects when she realized he was there.
• Elena explained that her mother had asked her to find the God of Wealth and thank him for helping their ancestor, and the God of Wealth invited her inside to escape the rain.
• Elena asked permission to sleep in the shrine and set her bamboo umbrella beside a pillar, and the God of Wealth agreed.
• Elena began wiping the God of Wealth’s statue and described her plans to repair the shrine, clear the well, and mend the door.
• The God of Wealth watched Elena work and realized how long it had been since he had heard a mortal talk about everyday life.

Elena listened as the God of Wealth told her how the Saint Soren Empire fell and scolded him for granting its people’s every wish. The God of Wealth admitted his mistake, then comforted the hungry Elena with fruit and warm light as she decided to stay and clean his shrine.

• The God of Wealth told Elena how the Saint Soren Empire prospered, grew corrupt, and ended when its emperor shattered his statue.
• Elena angrily blamed the empire’s greed and told the God of Wealth he had been wrong to grant every request, prompting him to withdraw into himself.
• Elena apologized, but the God of Wealth said he had been at fault for giving the mortals too much.
• When Elena admitted she was hungry, the God of Wealth picked fruit for her, and she offered one back to him before eating.
• That night, the God of Wealth filled the dark shrine with golden lights and warmth, and Elena resolved to pull the weeds around it the next morning.

Elena spent ten years caring for the God of Wealth Shrine and keeping the God of Wealth company, while he gradually grew attached to her. When she brought him her wedding invitation, he overcame his fear of leaving the shrine and stepped into the sunlight to go give her his blessing.

• Elena cleaned the ruined shrine and explained that she was fulfilling her mother’s vow to find a God of Wealth Shrine.
• The God of Wealth offered Elena a wish, but she said she wanted nothing and gave him wild chrysanthemums instead.
• Elena stayed to earn money for incense, built a cottage nearby, and planted flowers around the shrine so the God of Wealth could enjoy them.
• Ten years after they met, Elena brought the God of Wealth her wedding invitation and left to join her waiting fiancé.
• The God of Wealth took the invitation, crossed the shrine’s threshold, and felt the sunlight on him for the first time.

The God of Wealth left his shrine for the first time in centuries to attend Elena’s wedding in Fulin Town. He gave Elena a gold bracelet and a four-leaf-clover hairpin, wished her and her husband a happy life, and told her she no longer needed to visit him.

• The God of Wealth changed his robe to vermilion and decided to bring Elena a flower and a sprig of grass as wedding gifts.
• The God of Wealth arrived in Fulin Town and watched Elena marry the embroidery workshop proprietress’s son beside the tablets of her mother and the God of Wealth.
• The God of Wealth appeared at the courtyard gate with Elena’s invitation, and Elena recognized him by his face and voice.
• The God of Wealth gave Elena a gold bracelet and a four-leaf-clover hairpin, thanked her for keeping him company, and wished the newlyweds a long and happy life.

At Elena and Lucien’s wedding, the God of Wealth listened as Elena thanked him for helping her survive, and the God of Luck teased him for leaving his shrine for her. The God of Wealth agreed to leave with the God of Luck after discovering his serious wound, but their departure would have consequences by the time they returned.

• Elena introduced Lucien as her love, and the God of Wealth gave him a gold ingot before listening to Elena’s wedding speech.
• The God of Luck appeared beside the God of Wealth and teased him for using a four-leaf clover and leaving his shrine for Elena.
• The God of Wealth and the God of Luck returned to the shrine, where the God of Luck urged him to leave it behind.
• The God of Wealth uncovered the God of Luck’s blood-soaked bandages, realized the wound had been inflicted by the rules, and treated him with Divine Power.
• The God of Luck pulled the God of Wealth into the air and flew away with him, unaware that it would be too late by the time they returned.