Chapter Summaries

Wuma Xiu recounted meeting the gifted boy Li Xisheng before falling asleep beside the God of Fire. He woke seven years later, learned the system had been up to something while he slept, and checked that he had not missed an appointment with Qin Jiu.

• Wuma Xiu told the God of Fire about Li Xisheng, a young boy who could see him while he was invisible.
• Wuma Xiu fell asleep against the God of Fire, who tidied the scattered wine jars with his divine power.
• Wuma Xiu woke after seven years, and the system tearfully told him how long he had been asleep.
• The God of Fire greeted Wuma Xiu, who accepted the passage of time and resolved not to drink so much around his human friends.
• Wuma Xiu checked the divine mark he had placed on Qin Jiu and confirmed that no one had called for him during his sleep.

Seven years after the Gods returned, Wuma Xiu learned that mortals had begun poaching Divine Scions and Divine Blood, and suspected hidden forces were accelerating the crisis. He warned the God of Fire to stay alert, then discovered that the God of Fire had drunk all of his Reunion.

• The system briefed Wuma Xiu on rising crimes against the Gods and the Federation's creation of the Special Action Group under Admiral Yang Zhi.
• Wuma Xiu suspected someone, possibly a hidden god, was provoking mortals into pursuing divine power far sooner than expected.
• Wuma Xiu warned the God of Fire that the times had changed and offered to help him fight anyone who threatened him.
• The God of Fire left the God of Wine Palace to check for unusual activity at the God of Fire Hall.
• Wuma Xiu spotted the empty jars of Reunion and realized the God of Fire had drunk all the wine he had made.

After leaving his secluded home, Wuma Xiu heard that Li Xisheng had vanished and suspected someone had taken him because of his connection to the God of Wine. He promised Li Xisheng’s father that he would bring the young man back and set out to investigate.

• The system revealed a hidden jar of Reunion, and Wuma Xiu buried it beneath the ancient tree for his kindred spirit before flying away on Fat Orange Cloud.
• The Li Clan Head prayed to the God of Wine for help finding his missing son, Li Xisheng, who had disappeared days after coming of age.
• The Li Clan Head feared Li Xisheng had been taken because people believed he was favored by the God of Wine.
• Wuma Xiu overheard the prayer, suspected Li Xisheng had been kidnapped, and decided to investigate.
• Wuma Xiu left a note promising to bring Li Xisheng back safely and took the Li Clan’s freshly brewed wine.

After Li Xisheng’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, a cold, unknown god appeared in his room and blinded him when he looked directly at him. Li Xisheng regained consciousness bound and unable to see, then asked his captor what he wanted.

• Li Xisheng recalled how a note from the God of Wine had made him a devoted believer who offered his homemade wines for years.
• The note vanished from Li Xisheng’s hand, and a silver-haired man appeared by the window holding it and criticizing the God of Wine.
• Li Xisheng defended the God of Wine, then looked at the stranger and felt blood stream from his eyes.
• The stranger said gods could not be looked at directly and raised his hand, after which Li Xisheng lost consciousness.
• Li Xisheng woke bound and blind, recognized the stranger as a god, and asked what his purpose was.

Li Xisheng was rescued by the God of Wine, Wuma Xiu, after the God of Time blinded and restrained him. The God of Time revealed that his actions were guidance from fate and warned that something inside Wuma Xiu would be punished for disrupting time.

• Li Xisheng tried to kill himself rather than let the God of Time use him against the God of Wine, but the God of Time prevented him from moving.
• Wuma Xiu appeared and demanded that the God of Time restore Li Xisheng's sight, threatening to bring his friends to the Temple of Time.
• The God of Time reversed time in Li Xisheng's body, restoring his vision to before he had looked directly at a god.
• Li Xisheng recognized Wuma Xiu and joyfully reunited with the God of Wine, who greeted him warmly and treated him like a child.
• Wuma Xiu confronted the God of Time over how he had treated Li Xisheng, and the God of Time called it guidance from fate.
• The God of Time said his power could affect something inside Wuma Xiu and warned that anything disrupting time had to be punished.

The God of Time confronted Wuma Xiu over the system’s repeated journeys through time, but Wuma Xiu protected it and offered to make a deal. The God of Time had not agreed to let the system go when Wuma Xiu blamed the God of Fate for setting events in motion.

• The system admired its photo collection until it saw the God of Time and panicked, then hid in Wuma Xiu’s hair.
• Wuma Xiu gathered the frightened system into his palm and used his divine power to block the God of Time’s aura.
• The God of Time accused the system of disrupting time and warned that repeated interference could throw cause and effect into chaos.
• Wuma Xiu lowered his defenses and asked the God of Time what it would take to release the system.
• Wuma Xiu suspected the God of Fate had prompted the confrontation and called him a bastard.

Wuma Xiu tried to persuade the God of Time to spare his system, appealing to their friendship. The God of Time agreed to discuss the matter and sent Li Xisheng safely back to his worried father.

• Wuma Xiu suspected the God of Fate had orchestrated events to get the Goddess of Beauty to flirt with him.
• Wuma Xiu appealed to his friendship with the God of Time, who said he had something he needed.
• Wuma Xiu sent the system back into his body, and it vowed to stay with him forever.
• The God of Time began to reveal a major secret, so Wuma Xiu sent Li Xisheng home before the conversation continued.
• Li Xisheng appeared in the Li Clan Head's courtyard and embraced his father.

After Li Xisheng departed, the God of Time privately asked Wuma Xiu for the last jar of his wine, “Reunion.” Wuma Xiu was astonished because the God of Time never drank, fearing that drunkenness could throw time into chaos, and he wondered why every god wanted the wine.

• Wuma Xiu watched Li Xisheng dissolve into divine power, then asked the God of Time what he wanted.
• The God of Time asked Wuma Xiu for his wine, “Reunion,” and confirmed he meant the jar Wuma Xiu had brewed.
• Wuma Xiu recalled that the God of Time never drank because drunkenness had once disrupted time throughout the mortal world.
• Wuma Xiu realized the God of Time had joined others in coveting his last jar of “Reunion,” which he had planned to save for his old self.

The God of Time forced Wuma Xiu to hand over his last jar of “Reunion” by threatening to throw it into the Crack in Time. As the God of Time stored it in his Pocket Watch, he recalled the jar of “Time” that Wuma Xiu had brewed for him and the loneliness it had captured.

• The God of Time refused to explain why he wanted “Reunion” and threatened to throw it into the Crack in Time if Wuma Xiu would not give it to him.
• Wuma Xiu reluctantly retrieved the jar of “Reunion” from beneath the Ancient Tree and handed it over, mourning its loss.
• The God of Time put “Reunion” into his Pocket Watch, where another jar of wine was already stored.
• The God of Time remembered how Wuma Xiu had brewed “Time” to capture the solitude he had felt while watching the River of Time.
• The God of Time recalled accepting “Time” and treasuring it at the heart of time, where he could see it whenever he opened his Pocket Watch.

The system lamented spending all its savings to save itself, then plotted to keep the God of Time from enjoying Wuma Xiu’s wine. Wuma Xiu decided to brew wine that would not cause drunkenness, and the God of Time supplied the rare Holy Spirit Grass he needed.

• The system mourned its empty wallet after discovering that its purchases could not be returned, then cheered itself up by planning revenge on the God of Time.
• The system decided to inspect every jar Wuma Xiu brewed so the God of Time could not drink wine that would not get him drunk.
• Wuma Xiu realized he could make wine that would not intoxicate anyone and immediately began brewing a batch.
• Wuma Xiu stopped when he ran out of Holy Spirit Grass, and the God of Time opened the River of Time to retrieve a blade of it.
• The God of Time returned a strip of cloth found with the grass to its owner and said the owner would soon be dead.

Wuma Xiu brewed a wine that would not get the God of Time drunk, using the God of Time’s Pocket Watch to age it a hundred years. The God of Time named it “This Moment” and tasted it, but his face turned red despite his insistence that he was not drunk; then a message from the God of Fate appeared.

• Wuma Xiu gave the God of Time Holy Spirit Grass and asked him to age a jar of wine by a hundred years.
• The God of Time used the Pocket Watch to age the wine, and Wuma Xiu gave the jar to him as a gift.
• The God of Time named the wine “This Moment” and took a sip, recalling how his only previous taste of wine had caused temporal disorder.
• Wuma Xiu noticed the God of Time’s face turning red and worried that something was wrong, but the God of Time said the wine was fine and he was not drunk.
• The God of Fate sent the God of Time a message asking, “Did you get the thing?”

The God of Fate tried to get the God of Time to hand over Reunion, but Time refused despite having taken it from the God of Wine, Wuma Xiu. Wuma Xiu learned Fate had persuaded Time by claiming the world would be destroyed without the wine, and the chapter ended with Time denying Wuma Xiu’s theory that Fate wanted to stop him visiting his bosom friend.

• The God of Fate repeatedly demanded Reunion from the God of Time, who kept refusing.
• Wuma Xiu read the exchange and suspected the God of Fate had schemed to get his wine through Time because he could not claim it himself.
• The God of Fate asked whether the God of Wine was beside Time, and Time confirmed that Wuma Xiu was leaning against him.
• Time told Wuma Xiu that the God of Fate had claimed the world would be destroyed unless Time took Reunion.
• Wuma Xiu teased Time for believing the claim, but Time said he would act on a warning that Wuma Xiu might get hurt because his friend mattered more than wine.
• Wuma Xiu wondered if the God of Fate wanted Reunion to prevent him from visiting his bosom friend, and Time answered, “No.”

The God of Fate tried to provoke Wuma Xiu by comparing the Goddess of Beauty’s closeness with the Moon God to his own past with the Goddess. When Wuma Xiu challenged his claim that “Reunion” would destroy the world, the God of Fate’s real motive emerged: jealousy and a scheme to take the wine to the Goddess of Beauty himself.

• The God of Fate appeared before Wuma Xiu and the God of Time, then taunted Wuma Xiu about the Goddess of Beauty spending months with the Moon God.
• Wuma Xiu struggled to hide his laughter, while the God of Fate believed his provocation had succeeded.
• The God of Fate demanded that the God of Time give him something, threatening to withhold something in return.
• Wuma Xiu accused the God of Fate of lying to the God of Time about “Reunion” destroying the world and stood up for Time.
• The God of Fate admitted he had made the claim but stopped himself from revealing that he had seen the Goddess of Beauty kiss Wuma Xiu after receiving the wine.
• The God of Fate’s thoughts revealed he had lied to the God of Time because he wanted to deliver “Reunion” to the Goddess of Beauty himself and hoped for a kiss.

Wuma Xiu stopped the God of Fate from leaving long enough to ask about the growing rift between humans and gods. After the God of Fate vowed to kill the culprit behind the abnormal fluctuations in fate, Wuma Xiu offered to repay the God of Time, then walked away expecting him to call him back.

• The God of Time told the God of Fate he no longer wanted their agreed-upon item, and the God of Fate left in irritation.
• Wuma Xiu blocked the God of Fate and warned that conflict between humans and gods could devastate countless lives.
• The God of Fate said he had found the culprit behind the abnormal fluctuations in fate and would kill him, declaring that the culprit's fate was to die by his hand.
• Wuma Xiu offered to give the God of Time whatever the God of Fate had promised, but the God of Time refused to trouble him.
• Wuma Xiu walked toward the exit expecting the God of Time to call him back, but when no one spoke, he stopped and looked back.

Wuma Xiu promised the God of Time a storage gourd and accepted a mountain of Space Stones, then realized the God of Fate had leaked their conversation. The God of Fate revealed that he had used the recording and a massacre to eliminate threats while steering events toward his chosen outcome.

• The God of Time told Wuma Xiu that the God of Fate had promised him a gourd that could hold many things.
• Wuma Xiu offered to make the God of Time a gourd, and the God of Time supplied him with a mountain of Space Stones as payment.
• Wuma Xiu accepted the stones and wondered why the God of Time had been carrying so many, but decided it was probably a coincidence.
• A recording of the three gods' conversation leaked, and Wuma Xiu concluded that the God of Fate had released it to warn hidden enemies.
• The God of Fate stood amid the remains of those he had killed, dismissed his role as the villain, and said he had achieved his goal.

Wuma Xiu presented the God of Time with a gourd he had carved to show the God of Fate begging the God of Wine for help, but Time disliked the image. Time erased it and suggested a new design showing Wuma Xiu embracing him, which Wuma Xiu happily began carving.

• Wuma Xiu carved a picture of the God of Fate clinging to the God of Wine onto the gourd and brought it to the Temple of Time.
• The God of Time frowned at the carving, and Wuma Xiu mistook his displeasure for shared dislike of the God of Fate.
• The God of Time erased the picture, and Wuma Xiu offered to carve something else instead.
• The God of Time showed Wuma Xiu a scroll depicting Wuma Xiu embracing him around the waist.
• Wuma Xiu agreed to the new design and began carving the gourd again.

Wuma Xiu finished the chibi carving on the gourd, won permission to stay at the Temple of Time, then left when Qin Jiu called. The God of Time worried that Qin Jiu’s mortal friends might draw him away, and seven years later Qin Jiu had become a famous Star Network star.

• Wuma Xiu showed the God of Time his finished gourd carving, and the God of Time said he liked it.
• Wuma Xiu pretended to be exhausted and persuaded the God of Time to let him stay at the Temple of Time for a few days.
• When his special alert for Qin Jiu lit up, Wuma Xiu left the Temple of Time to meet his friend.
• The God of Time found Wuma Xiu with another mortal and worried that Qin Jiu might stop visiting him if he made more mortal friends.
• Seven years later, Qin Jiu had become a hugely popular Star Network star, and Fat Orange curled up on his lap as his manager sent him a packed schedule.

Qin Jiu insisted that Ling Yu clear his three-hour weekend slot, despite warnings that canceling the appointment could harm his career. He kept the reason private, leaving Ling Yu curious as Qin Jiu reflected on how much the manager had helped him.

• Qin Jiu told Ling Yu to cancel the appointment scheduled during his usual three-hour weekend break.
• Ling Yu warned that canceling could hurt Qin Jiu’s future prospects, but Qin Jiu refused to change his mind.
• Ling Yu asked whether Qin Jiu was spending the time with a girlfriend and worried about the effect on his public image.
• Fat Orange glared at Ling Yu and readied a paw, while Ling Yu recalled the cat’s extraordinary strength and Qin Jiu’s unusual feats.
• Qin Jiu declined to explain the private story involving himself, the god, and Fat Orange, and acknowledged Ling Yu’s role in his rise to fame.

Qin Jiu told Ling Yu that the God of Wine had saved him seven years earlier and that he had never dared call on the god again. As Ling Yu shared his own connection to the god, they discovered their memories of the god’s appearance sharply differed, and Ling Yu sent Qin Jiu his old notes.

• Qin Jiu explained that the God of Wine had saved him seven years ago and that he still considered the god a friend, though he had never summoned him for fear of being a nuisance.
• Ling Yu revealed that the God of Wine had saved him too, while Fat Orange reacted as if he recognized Ling Yu from the past.
• Ling Yu asked whether Qin Jiu kept three hours free each week for the God of Wine, and Qin Jiu confirmed that he did.
• Ling Yu complained that the God of Wine’s Deity Statue looked nothing like the god he remembered, describing the statue as a delicate beauty.
• Qin Jiu called the God of Wine cute and rejected Ling Yu’s description of him as bearded and majestic, so Ling Yu sent Qin Jiu the notes he had made seven years earlier.

Wuma Xiu revealed himself as the God of Wine to Qin Jiu after Fat Orange secretly brought over Qin Jiu’s wine. Ling Yu realized the God of Wine was the very person whose appearance he had been describing, and Wuma Xiu confirmed he had told the truth.

• Qin Jiu and Ling Yu argued over whether the God of Wine was cute or a burly, bearded man.
• Fat Orange slipped out and carried Qin Jiu’s wine jar to Wuma Xiu, who was waiting nearby.
• Wuma Xiu revealed himself to Qin Jiu, and Qin Jiu recognized the friend he had not seen in seven years.
• Wuma Xiu poured wine for himself and Qin Jiu, and they exchanged greetings while Ling Yu struggled to understand what was happening.
• Wuma Xiu told Ling Yu that he had been the one who described the God of Wine’s appearance and briefly changed back to that form to prove it.