Chapter Summaries

Wuma Xiu doted on Night God Cat after he changed into silver-white fur, but Sun God and Star God competed for his attention with a tiger headbutt, sweet wine, and golden feathers. After Wuma Xiu accepted both brothers’ gifts, Sun God and Star God asked whose he liked best.

• Night God Cat changed his fur to silver-white and his eyes to black, matching Wuma Xiu’s hair.
• Sun God transformed into a golden tiger and headbutted Night God Cat off Wuma Xiu’s lap, then enjoyed Wuma Xiu’s attention.
• Night God Cat waited for Wuma Xiu to comfort him, but grew dejected as Wuma Xiu kept petting the tiger.
• Star God tossed the tiger aside, offered Wuma Xiu sweet wine, and asked him to try it.
• Sun God presented Wuma Xiu with a basket of golden feathers, which Wuma Xiu said he liked.
• Sun God and Star God both asked Wuma Xiu whose gift he liked best.

Wuma Xiu distracted the Sun God and the Star God from asking which brother he liked best by giving them gifts, and both gods decided their gift proved they were his favorite. He then noticed his best friend, the Night God, crouched silently in a corner and staring at him.

• The Sun God and the Star God asked Wuma Xiu which brother he liked better.
• Wuma Xiu gave the Star-Moon Bow to the Star God and the Star-Moon Arrow to the Sun God, agreeing when the Sun God renamed it the Sun-Moon Arrow.
• The Star God and the Sun God each decided that Wuma Xiu's gift showed he cared for them most.
• Wuma Xiu relaxed, then searched for his best friend and found the Night God crouched in a corner, watching him.

Wuma Xiu apologized to the Night God for neglecting him and promised to visit his palace more often, while the Sun God and Star God watched in frustration. Later, the system told Wuma Xiu he could draw a second card without losing his Moon God persona, and he considered what that would mean.

• Wuma Xiu found the hurt Night God in a corner, apologized for ignoring him, and promised to visit the Night God Palace more often.
• The Sun God and Star God watched as Wuma Xiu comforted the Night God and complained that he was too easy to fool.
• Wuma Xiu continued visiting the Night God Palace, where the Night God said Shadow had gone out to play.
• The system returned and told Wuma Xiu that he could draw his second card.
• Wuma Xiu asked whether drawing a new card would erase the Moon God, and the system explained he could split his consciousness to control both personas.

Wuma Xiu, a celebrated gamer, accepted an anonymous invitation to test the holographic game Domain of the Gods and chose its freedom mode. After clearing every god's route, he collapsed and died as the God Disguise Role-Playing System introduced itself.

• Wuma Xiu's grandfather named him after his own dream of becoming a warrior like Lanling Wang.
• Wuma Xiu received a holographic gaming pod and an invitation to test the confidential game Domain of the Gods.
• Wuma Xiu chose Chapter of Freedom and began playing through the gods' stories on his own terms.
• Wuma Xiu spent months clearing the gods' routes, finishing with the Spring God.
• Wuma Xiu collapsed after completing the game, and the God Disguise Role-Playing System addressed him as its host.

The Night God confessed his love to the Moon God while drunk, and the Moon God returned his feelings; they became lovers and remained devoted despite the Sun God and Star God’s objections. The chapter ended with the Night God waiting at home while the Moon God went to spend time with his brothers.

• At the Moon God’s birthday gathering, the Night God confessed to the Love God that he feared rejection and drank until he was drunk.
• The Night God drove the other gods from the banquet, then confessed his love and insecurities to the Moon God, who answered by tying the red ribbon around their joined hands and kissing him.
• After sobering up, the Night God feared he had ruined their friendship, but the Moon God reassured him and they became lovers.
• The Sun God and Star God caught the couple kissing, and the Sun God fainted while the Star God attacked before the Moon God stopped him.
• Nine hundred and ninety-nine years later, the Sun God and Star God confronted the clingy couple, but the Moon God left with them after promising the Night God he would return soon.

Yuexi’s unspoken love for the Moon God deepened as the clan spread rumors about them and the Moon God cared for him through exhaustion, even transforming him into a cat. The Moon God eventually confessed that he loved Yuexi, and after they became a couple, he reassured the jealous Yuexi by changing his notebook drawing to say he liked Yuexi more than the cat.

• The Moonlight Clan mistook the Moon God’s care for Yuexi as proof they had been intimate, and the rumor unsettled the Sun God, Star God, and Night God.
• Yuexi realized he loved the Moon God but kept suppressing his feelings, then collapsed from exhaustion and woke with his head resting on the god’s lap.
• The Moon God transformed Yuexi into a cat and stroked him until he relaxed and fell asleep on his lap.
• The Sun God confronted Yuexi, then questioned the Moon God privately; later, Yuexi discovered the clan’s secret chat and saw its members speculating about him and the god.
• The Moon God admitted his feelings for Yuexi and kissed his forehead, and the two began a relationship that upset the Sun God and Star God.
• Yuexi drew a picture saying he hated his cat form because the Moon God favored it, so the Moon God changed the drawing to say, “I like you more.”

The chapter recounted how the Sun God found the Moon God in the primordial void, and how the two later found the Star God and grew into a close family. It ended with the adult Star God still vowing to outgrow his brothers so he could hug and lift the Moon God.

• The newly born Sun God wandered alone through the void until he found the Moon God, returned his dropped light, and declared himself the Moon God's older brother.
• The Sun God and Moon God traveled together, illuminating the void, and the Sun God repeatedly chased away gods who tried to approach his younger brother.
• The two brothers found the Star God, who joined their travels and became part of their playful, affectionate family.
• As the brothers grew at different rates, the Star God competed with the Sun God for the Moon God's attention and secretly wished to become taller than both of them.
• Long afterward, the adult Star God embraced the Moon God and promised he would someday grow taller and lift him up, while the Sun God wrapped both brothers in his arms.

After the Evil God ignored their bloody sacrifices, his fanatics searched ancient texts and found an unofficial history claiming that he liked pretty boys. When their attempts to reach him still failed, they reluctantly considered acting on the claim.

• The Evil God's fanatics performed violent sacrifices, but the Evil God gave them no response.
• The fanatics searched ancient religious texts and found no record of sacrifices or rituals for the Evil God.
• The fanatics read an unofficial history about the Goddess of Beauty and the Love God, then became absorbed in its tales of gods entangled with her.
• The fanatics found a line claiming that the Evil God liked pretty boys and angrily denounced it as blasphemy.
• After their sacrifices and other attempts to gain the Evil God's attention failed, the fanatics reluctantly turned to the claim about his tastes.

Mu Li was abducted after his parents let him travel home alone, joining dozens of handsome boys imprisoned in a cage. He woke to find himself among the missing people and was warned by a composed black-haired boy not to attract the captors’ attention.

• Mu Li's parents took turns escorting him to school because handsome people had been disappearing on Landon Star.
• When his parents worked overtime, someone drugged Mu Li at the shuttle stop and kidnapped him.
• Mu Li's parents searched for him, but surveillance footage and witnesses offered no trace of his disappearance.
• Mu Li woke in a huge cage holding at least twenty other handsome boys and recognized them as the missing people.
• A black-haired boy told Mu Li to stay calm and avoid shouting, warning that the captors would punish him.

Wuma Xiu entered the room of captive boys, stunning them with his beauty while his system celebrated. He tricked the system into deleting its treasured files, then muted it, leaving it to realize its loss too late.

• 10098 and 10100 argued over who would adjust the lights, and 10100 eventually brightened the room.
• 10098 and 10100 threatened the crying boys with the Isolation Room, then opened the door to Wuma Xiu.
• The captive boys stared in stunned silence at Wuma Xiu's extraordinary beauty.
• Wuma Xiu asked the system whether he was beautiful, then persuaded it to delete its treasured files.
• Wuma Xiu muted the system, which soon discovered its files were gone and could not call out to him.

Wuma Xiu entered the boys’ cage and used his effortless authority over 10098 and 10100 to have it cleaned and furnished to his exacting demands. A black-haired boy questioned him, then concluded that Wuma Xiu had been tricked into coming there and warned him not to trust strangers.

• 10098 fawned over Wuma Xiu, who chose to stay in the cage and ordered 10100 to open it.
• Wuma Xiu refused to let the boys clean the cage and made 10098 and 10100 do it themselves.
• Wuma Xiu demanded the finest furniture and necessities, and 10098 and 10100 recorded his requests before leaving.
• The black-haired boy approached Wuma Xiu and asked who he was, why he had come, and why the two men obeyed him.
• Wuma Xiu said someone had told him to follow, and the black-haired boy decided he was too innocent and warned him not to listen to strangers.

Wuma Xiu told Si Lin that he had no family and many pursuers, prompting Si Lin to worry about them and vow to deal with them. When Wuma Xiu asked why he looked familiar, Si Lin revealed his real name, but Wuma Xiu and Mu Li did not recognize it.

• Wuma Xiu said he had no family but many pursuers, and the narration described the chaos those admirers caused over rumors about him.
• Si Lin felt guilty for asking about Wuma Xiu's family, then became angry at the thought of his pursuers and resolved to get rid of them.
• Si Lin warned Wuma Xiu to stay away from his pursuers, but Wuma Xiu said he was older than Si Lin and would not look twice at anyone unless they were more beautiful than him.
• Wuma Xiu asked why Si Lin looked familiar, and Si Lin gave his real name despite having concealed his identity.
• Wuma Xiu and Mu Li showed no recognition of Si Lin's name, leaving Si Lin relieved but faintly disappointed.

Si Lin tried to learn why Wuma Xiu had followed the Fanatics, while Wuma Xiu said he had come hoping to meet someone familiar. When 01 arrived and threatened to kill Si Lin, Wuma Xiu intervened, leaving Si Lin preparing to fight.

• Si Lin questioned Wuma Xiu about what the Fanatics planned to do with him, and Wuma Xiu said he expected to meet someone familiar.
• 01 entered the cage and confronted Wuma Xiu about choosing to stay there.
• 01 recognized Si Lin as strangely familiar and said he would kill him.
• Wuma Xiu told 01 he could not kill Si Lin, and Si Lin prepared to defend himself.

Wuma Xiu offered to take the place of the boys imprisoned by 01, who agreed to release them despite his growing attachment to Wuma Xiu. Before leaving, Wuma Xiu blessed Mu Li, changing the course of the boy’s fate.

• Wuma Xiu told 01 to release the other boys and take him instead.
• 01 struggled with his desire to protect Wuma Xiu but agreed to take him and free the others.
• Mu Li grabbed Wuma Xiu’s clothes and begged him not to go, unwilling to let someone else suffer in his place.
• Wuma Xiu praised Mu Li, kissed his forehead, and blessed him with a smooth, peaceful, healthy life.
• A golden mark briefly appeared on Mu Li’s forehead as his fate shifted onto a safer path.

After Wuma Xiu kissed Mu Li, he ordered the Evil God Order’s sacrifice moved to that afternoon and left with 01. Si Lin stayed undercover, determined to return and save Mu Li, while Wuma Xiu revealed he had altered Mu Li’s fate.

• Mu Li blushed and fainted, and Si Lin caught him before he hit the floor.
• Wuma Xiu told 01 to lead the way, and 01 ordered 10098 and 10100 to move the ritual from ten days away to that afternoon.
• 01 rejected 02’s repeated calls and sent him a terse message announcing the new time for the ritual.
• After Wuma Xiu and 01 left, Si Lin restrained his anger to protect the undercover operation and vowed to come back for Mu Li.
• 01 asked about the unusual power Wuma Xiu had used, and Wuma Xiu explained that he had changed Mu Li’s fate because he saw a beautiful soul.
• Wuma Xiu called Si Lin merely “all right,” which visibly improved 01’s mood.

02 prepared the Evil God's twenty-ninth sacrificial ritual on a desolate planet, but 01 arrived with a cloaked offering and refused to let 02 see their face. 02 was left furious as 01 shielded Wuma Xiu and stood by his refusal.

• 02 complained that 01 had moved the ritual up and released the offerings he had carefully gathered.
• 02 reflected on the twenty-eight failed rituals and doubted that the latest attempt would succeed.
• 01 arrived at the altar aboard his dark-gold spaceship with the cloaked Wuma Xiu.
• 02 demanded that Wuma Xiu remove the hood, but 01 refused.
• 01 moved to shield Wuma Xiu and told 02 that his refusal was final.

Wuma Xiu inspected the Evil God Order’s altar as 01 began a sacrificial ritual, while 01 and 02 sensed that something was wrong. The ceremony proceeded with Wuma Xiu growing bored until a sinister spear struck the stone platform.

• 02 yielded to 01 and let Wuma Xiu approach the altar.
• Wuma Xiu criticized the altar’s crude, ugly, bloodstained appearance.
• 01 and 02 sensed danger, and 01 insisted that the ritual continue despite knowing someone was following him.
• 01 led Wuma Xiu to the altar’s central platform, then left as the believers began the ritual under 02’s prayers.
• Wuma Xiu grew drowsy during the lengthy prayer, then a dark spear lodged in the stone platform before him.

Si Lin arrived with Federation warships to stop 01’s completed sacrifice ritual, but the ritual showed no sign of success. Dark Night broke free from Si Lin and flew to Wuma Xiu, who recognized the spear and realized Si Lin was the familiar man he had seen before.

• 02 recognized Dark Night and accused 01 of knowingly letting the cult continue the ritual despite Si Lin’s arrival.
• Si Lin arrived with Federation warships, reclaimed Dark Night, and confronted 01 at the sacrificial platform.
• 01 insisted the ritual would succeed, while Si Lin pointed out that no divine power had appeared.
• Wuma Xiu removed his hood, and Dark Night shook violently before breaking free from Si Lin’s grasp.
• Dark Night flew to Wuma Xiu, who recognized it and realized Si Lin was the familiar man he had seen before.

Wuma Xiu recognized Si Lin as the descendant of an old friend, and Dark Night reluctantly returned to its master. After the failed ritual, Wuma Xiu summoned the Evil God for 01, who believed Wuma Xiu was the Goddess of Beauty.

• Wuma Xiu recognized the resemblance between Si Lin and an old friend and returned Dark Night to Si Lin.
• Si Lin took Dark Night and teased it for fawning over Wuma Xiu.
• 02 realized his earlier insults toward Si Lin had been a mistake, while 01 brooded over the failed ritual.
• Wuma Xiu asked 01 whether he wanted to see his god, and 01 nodded.
• Wuma Xiu called the Evil God, who appeared and addressed him with cautious surprise.

The Evil God descended onto the planet, silenced his own followers, and destroyed a fanatic who demanded power in his name. Wuma Xiu discovered the portrait of himself that the Evil God had been carrying, leaving the god relieved that he only praised the painting.

• The Evil God’s arrival disabled the Federation fleet and forced everyone near the altar to avert their eyes until Wuma Xiu asked him to restrain his divine might.
• The Evil God offered to kill other gods who might have bothered Wuma Xiu, but Wuma Xiu explained that his followers were looking for him.
• A fanatic begged the Evil God for power, and the Evil God disintegrated him for greed, bloodshed, and causing trouble in his name.
• The Evil God declared that he had no followers and had never acknowledged the black-robed worshippers as his own.
• Wuma Xiu opened the scroll the Evil God carried and found his portrait inside, then praised the painting.
• The Evil God quietly relaxed when Wuma Xiu did not ask why he had been carrying the portrait.