Chapter Summaries

The God of Wealth returned to Fulin Town and found it ruined, with Elena's connection to him severed and her embroidery workshop shut. The God of Luck confronted the Fallen God, who admitted he had devastated the town to punish him and revealed that Elena was still alive in the God of Wealth Shrine.

• The God of Wealth sensed something wrong and went with the God of Luck to Fulin Town, where they found the town quiet and its embroidery workshop closed.
• The God of Wealth traced Elena's bracelet to the God of Wealth Shrine and went to find her.
• The God of Luck stayed behind, summoned the Fallen God, and accused him of destroying the town to take revenge.
• The Fallen God admitted that he had harmed Fulin Town to upset the God of Luck and revealed that Elena was alive in the shrine.
• The Fallen God recalled disguising himself as a mortal and approaching Elena, who had remained devoted to an ordinary man.
• The chapter recounted how the Fallen God empowered Lance, leading to the Lance Empire's decline and eventual destruction by Divine Punishment.

The Fallen God provoked the God of Luck and threatened the God of Wealth, while the God of Luck stripped him of his luck. At the God of Wealth Shrine, Elena mourned Lucien and their daughter and prepared to die.

• The Fallen God taunted the God of Luck about the God of Wealth and watched the shrine, hoping the God of Wealth would break.
• The God of Luck declared that luck would leave the Fallen God, who dismissed the curse and withdrew into the darkness.
• The Fallen God warned the God of Luck to return to the shrine before it was too late to see the God of Wealth.
• Elena cleaned the God of Wealth’s statue and recalled her happy life with Lucien and their daughter.
• Elena blamed herself for their deaths, dropped her handkerchief, and knelt before the statue.

The God of Wealth remembered Elena’s final days and the grief that followed her death, then reacted with fury when a black-clad god brought him a woman resembling her. He attacked the black-clad god, determined to kill her for using Elena’s likeness to provoke him.

• The God of Wealth found Elena at the shrine and offered to resurrect her family or make them Demigods, but she refused and explained that she was grateful for the life he had given her.
• Elena died from poison after telling the God of Wealth not to blame himself and warning him to be careful.
• The God of Wealth held Elena’s body until the God of Luck arrived, then buried her with belongings from her home and vowed to make her killer pay.
• The God of Wealth recalled the past as he confronted a black-clad god who had brought a woman resembling Elena and asked who she was.
• The God of Wealth crushed the woman with a thought, then hurled golden objects at the black-clad god in a furious attack.

The God of Wealth and the God of Luck confronted a black-clad god from the Abyss, but the Asura God arrived and revealed their opponent was only a puppet. The true body escaped, and the Asura God vowed to hunt it down before remembering something he had overlooked.

• The black-clad god dodged the God of Wealth's attacks and tried to persuade the God of Wealth and the God of Luck to join him, while admitting he came from the Abyss.
• The God of Luck called for Xiu, and the Asura God arrived and speared the black-clad figure through the chest.
• The Asura God tore away the puppet's robes, discovered its featureless face, and destroyed it after sensing its true body flee.
• The God of Wealth realized the woman identical to Elena he had crushed earlier had also been a puppet.
• The God of Luck pulled the God of Wealth's forced smile into a grimace, while the Asura God promised to find the puppet's true body and then recalled something he had overlooked.

The Asura God tried to take the God of Wealth and the God of Luck to the Abyss, but neither could remember its entrance. He left to join the Sea God in a fight, while the two gods parted ways, each heading toward a different destination.

• The Asura God asked the God of Wealth and the God of Luck to guide him to the Abyss, but they said their memories of its entrance were hazy.
• The God of Wealth suggested that the conscious Abyss might be hiding its entrance from the gods, so the Asura God decided to wait for Spring to return.
• The Sea God summoned Xiu and promised him a fight, prompting the Asura God to leave at once.
• The God of Luck claimed he would seek treatment from the God of Life, while the God of Wealth agreed to wait and planned to revisit Otheros Planet.
• The God of Luck and the God of Wealth exchanged a last look and parted, though the God of Luck had only used his planned visit to the God of Life as an excuse.

The God of Luck visited the God of Time, who warned him against interfering in mortal affairs and condemned his actions during the fall of the Lance Empire. The chapter then showed how Emperor Lance abandoned worship of the God of Wealth after his prayers for eternal life went unanswered.

• The God of Luck asked the God of Time about something he was searching for, but the God of Time refused to tell him and said he would find it in time.
• The God of Time told the God of Luck that he had gone too far when the Lance Empire fell and ordered him not to interfere in mortal affairs again.
• The God of Luck admitted he had changed Elena's fate to help the God of Wealth, but a Fallen God later targeted her because of his actions.
• Emperor Lance visited the Fortune God Temple after ten years of worship without a response and demanded to know why the God of Wealth would not grant him eternal life.
• Lance knocked over the incense burner, declared the God of Wealth useless to him, and ended the Lance Empire's worship of the god.

The God of Luck returned to the Lance Empire and began punishing those who had betrayed the God of Wealth. After killing many people connected to Lance’s offering register, he confronted Lance and vowed not to let him escape.

• The God of Wealth withdrew to a remote shrine after Lance destroyed the Fortune God Temples and the Lance Empire turned to a new god.
• Lance regained his youth and became a demigod, while the empire’s people made desperate sacrifices to the new god and its temples were built on their bones.
• After finding the God of Wealth and learning what had happened, the God of Luck took the luck of the Lance Empire’s sinful people, causing them to die in accidents.
• The God of Luck appeared before Lance and kept him bowed beneath an invisible force, revealing that the deaths of the offering-register donors were his doing.
• The God of Luck cut off Lance’s right hand and told him that he would receive no chance to escape his punishment.

The God of Luck watched the Lance Empire fall and confronted the Fallen God who had supported it. The Fallen God invited him to the Abyss, but the God of Luck refused, unaware that he would eventually force his way there.

• The God of Luck watched Lance die as the people revolted and destroyed the Imperial Throne.
• The God of Luck waited above the burning empire to find the god who had helped Lance become a Demigod.
• The Fallen God appeared and revealed his black wings and incomplete halo to the God of Luck.
• The Fallen God reminisced about their past and invited the God of Luck to join him in the Abyss.
• The God of Luck refused to go to the Abyss.

The God of Luck confronted the Fallen God after the Fallen God’s plans were ruined, then sought the God of Time’s help while protecting Wine from being involved. The God of Time warned him that keeping the God of Wealth in the dark could lead to regret, and the God of Luck left in silence.

• The Fallen God watched the Lance Empire’s people smash his statue and die under the rules’ punishment, then demanded compensation from the God of Luck for disrupting his plans.
• The God of Luck invoked his power over luck, and the Fallen God withdrew his Divine Power and left, threatening revenge.
• The God of Luck gave the God of Time an item and promised not to involve Wine in his plans.
• The God of Time warned the God of Luck that the God of Wealth might not want to be kept in the dark or treated as fragile.
• The God of Luck stopped before leaving, saying nothing as the candy in his mouth lost its sweetness.

The God of Luck reflected on how his efforts to protect the God of Wealth had become an obsession, while the God of Wealth visited Elena’s old mountain home and graves. He apologized to Elena for acting against her wishes, leaving his plea for forgiveness unanswered.

• The God of Luck left the banks of the River of Time, wondering whether he had been wrong to shield the God of Wealth from hardship.
• The God of Wealth stood before Elena’s cabin and remembered how she had served him, planted flowers, and refused his offer to build her an extravagant home.
• The God of Wealth walked through the flowers to the graves he had made for Elena and her family.
• The God of Wealth addressed Elena’s gravestone and asked her to forgive him for going against her wishes.

After Elena died, the God of Wealth visited her grave and then went to the God of Fate to ask whether she was living well as a mortal. The God of Fate confirmed she was and gave the God of Wealth a blank page from the Book of Fate.

• The God of Wealth spent seven days tending Elena’s grave and remembering her.
• The God of Fate complained that gods always sought out the God of Time, then prepared to welcome the God of Wealth.
• The God of Wealth asked the God of Fate to check whether Elena was doing well, and the God of Fate confirmed that her mortal life was quite good.
• The God of Wealth felt relieved and turned to leave, but the God of Fate stopped him.
• The God of Fate gave the God of Wealth a blank page from the Book of Fate and warned him not to write anything too outrageous.

The God of Fate gave the God of Wealth a page from the Book of Fate and warned him that war would eventually break out between the Abyss and the Divine Realm. After leaving the Fate Temple, the God of Wealth reunited with the injured God of Luck and accused him of lying.

• The God of Fate gave the God of Wealth a page from the Book of Fate, though he clearly regretted parting with it.
• The God of Fate reflected on the Divine Realm’s unity, the Goddess of Beauty’s work for the Sea God, and the possibility of a future war with the Abyss.
• The God of Wealth asked whether the God of Fate needed help, and the God of Fate revealed that the Abyss and the Divine Realm would go to war before disappearing.
• The God of Wealth wondered whether his past actions had caused the coming conflict and considered the possibility that his good intentions had brought about a bad outcome.
• The God of Luck returned, and the God of Wealth recognized from his injuries that he had lied about going to see the God of Life.

The God of Luck admitted he had planned to enter the Abyss with Xiu without consulting the God of Wealth, and the God of Wealth insisted on being treated as an equal. After they reconciled, the God of Wealth used a page from the Book of Fate to restore their memories of a previous journey into the Abyss, where they had found the Death God planting Green Crabapple flowers.

• The God of Luck confessed his plan to meet the God of Time and take Xiu into the Abyss ahead of the God of Wealth.
• The God of Wealth confronted the God of Luck for making decisions on his behalf and questioned whether they were truly the same god.
• The God of Luck apologized repeatedly and gave the God of Wealth his Lucky Four-Leaf Clover crystal chain as compensation.
• The God of Wealth accepted the chain, and the two gods agreed that they would share fortune and misfortune from then on.
• The God of Wealth used a page from the Book of Fate to write that they should regain their memories of their previous Abyss journey.
• The God of Wealth and the God of Luck remembered finding the Death God in the Abyss, where he was planting Green Crabapple flowers.

The Death God tended the Green Crabapple Forest, reflecting on his work and the flowers the Spring God had given him. The God of Fortune appeared in the Abyss, and the Death God warned him that the Abyss might claim him.

• The Death God carefully tended the Green Crabapples, which the Spring God had given him as payment for favors.
• The Death God sent a little less than half of himself to the Divine Realm to work, after fighting with that part of himself over who had to go.
• The Death God struggled to resist the temptation to spend his days among the flowers, then sensed an unfamiliar presence.
• The Death God recognized the God of Fortune and questioned why he had returned after choosing to split himself in two.
• The Death God told the God of Fortune to leave the Abyss before it discovered him and turned him into one of its children.

The God of Fortune visited the Death God in the Abyss to retrieve Elena and her family’s souls so they could reincarnate, explaining that they were his family. After asking the Death God to watch over the Spring God, he flew deeper into the Abyss to kill the Fallen God.

• The Death God warned the God of Fortune that the Abyss had become unusually dangerous, but the God of Fortune asked him for Elena and her family’s souls.
• The Death God gathered their souls and gave them to the God of Fortune, who promised Elena a happy ending in another life.
• The Death God asked the God of Fortune to alert him if the Spring God needed help, and the God of Fortune agreed.
• The God of Fortune explained that Elena was his family, then continued into the Abyss to kill the Fallen God.

The God of Fortune tracked down the Fallen God and found him being tormented by the God of Delusion. As the God of Delusion noticed the dazzling stranger, the God of Fortune stood ready to kill the Fallen God.

• The God of Fortune decided he had to deal with the Fallen God to feel safe about Elena.
• The God of Fortune used the Fallen God’s restored luck to locate him in the Abyss.
• The God of Fortune reflected on his strength and reputation in the old Divine Realm while heading toward the Fallen God.
• The God of Fortune found the Fallen God helplessly being tormented by the God of Delusion.
• The God of Delusion noticed the conspicuous God of Fortune and wondered who he was.

The God of Fortune confronted the Fallen God over Elena and her family's deaths, while the God of Delusion agreed to stand aside. The God of Fortune unleashed a vast barrage of arrows that engulfed the Fallen God.

• The God of Delusion sensed the radiant God of Fortune and watched as the Fallen God recognized him.
• The Fallen God told the God of Fortune to get it over with, and the God of Fortune demanded that the God of Delusion either stop him or move aside.
• The God of Delusion stepped back and let the God of Fortune proceed.
• The God of Fortune formed a longbow and filled the sky with countless green-gold arrows.
• The God of Fortune released the arrows, and the barrage swallowed the Fallen God as the God of Delusion reinforced his shield.

After killing the Fallen God, the God of Fortune faced a giant eye belonging to the Abyss, which tried to claim him as its child. He refused and attacked, unleashing his full Authority of luck as a green halo surrounded him.

• The Fallen God died from the God of Fortune’s Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart and warned that the Abyss had noticed him.
• A Black Thread emerged from the Fallen God’s Divine Core, and a giant Dark Gold eye appeared above the Abyss before the Core vanished.
• The Abyss asked the God of Fortune to become its child, but the God of Wealth and the God of Luck joined him in refusing.
• The God of Fortune resisted the Abyss’s pressure, declared his authority, and fired arrows at the giant eye, which shattered them.
• The God of Fortune unleashed his luck at full power, and a green halo enveloped him as he invoked A Way Out of Desperate Straits.

The gods of the Abyss searched for the fugitive who had escaped its gaze, but none could find him. The God of the Netherworld appeared, silenced the God of Murmurs, and received the Abyss’s doting attention while the God of Delusion watched.

• The Abyss ordered every god to find and bring back the fugitive, but the gods could not locate him.
• The God of Murmurs asked the God of Delusion what the fugitive looked like and said he wanted to keep him like the God of the Netherworld had kept someone before.
• The God of Murmurs was split in two and crushed after speaking about the God of the Netherworld.
• The God of the Netherworld emerged, and the Abyss showered him with concerned whispers and offers of comfort.
• The God of Murmurs regenerated and apologized to the God of the Netherworld while the God of Delusion stayed quiet nearby.

The God of Fortune crossed the Abyss while concealing himself from its searching gods, and spoke with the God of Wealth and the God of Luck about their past and their choices. He escaped the God of the Netherworld’s grasp for now, but the God of the Netherworld believed the closing entrance would eventually trap him.

• The God of Fortune hurried across the Abyss, using his remaining divine power to hide his aura and evade the gods searching for him.
• The God of Wealth apologized, but the God of Fortune told him he had done nothing wrong and asked whether he regretted what had happened.
• The God of Wealth said he would disappear if they escaped, and the God of Luck offered to disappear with him.
• The God of Fortune refused to change his decision and urged them to keep living if they truly wanted what was best for him.
• The God of the Netherworld arrived where the God of Fortune had stopped, narrowly missing him, and said the Abyss’s closing entrance would prevent his escape.