Chapter Summaries

Night Cherry Tangle accepted Dies Martin’s plan to provoke the gods by marking Wither Chanter Electra’s barrier with the Abyss Brand. He infiltrated the battlefield under Night Lady’s veil and prepared to strike, knowing the attack would expose him to every god.

• Night Cherry Tangle drew his Shadow Sword, told the Command Center to hold the stronghold until the guild leader returned, and vanished into the shadows.
• Season Star ordered the units to remain on maximum alert and reinforce the stronghold’s defenses.
• Night Cherry Tangle crossed the ruined city toward the sea while Dies Martin warned him that Night Lady’s veil could not hide everything.
• Dies Martin identified Wither Chanter Electra as the target and explained that an Abyss Brand on Electra’s Withering Barrier could ignite the gods’ suspicions.
• Night Cherry Tangle steeled himself and crept toward Electra, preparing to use Shadow Thorn.

Night Cherry Tangle ambushed Wither Chanter Electra, cracking her barrier with the Abyss’s mark and triggering her instinctive Law of Withering. Rescued by Dies Martin and the Night Lady, he collapsed at the Magic City Stronghold as the gods broke their standoff and moved their battle into the sky.

• Dies Martin ordered Night Cherry Tangle to attack Electra while she was distracted by the Lord of Lava.
• Night Cherry Tangle struck Electra’s Withering Barrier with the Shadow Sword, leaving a crack marked by Abyssal Aura.
• Electra’s Law of Withering nearly killed Night Cherry Tangle, but Dies Martin’s deceit barrier and the Night Lady’s power pulled him away.
• Astaroth accused Electra of breaking the gods’ balance, while the Lord of Destruction questioned whether the attack was a test or a backstab.
• The Main Gods moved their battle tens of thousands of meters above the sea to protect the transforming seed below.
• Night Cherry Tangle reached the Magic City Stronghold, told his guild leader he had done his best, and lost consciousness.

Night Cherry Tangle’s desperate strike triggered a global battle among the gods, while the forces at Magic City Stronghold planned to exploit the chaos and protect Qin Chuan. Dies Martin and Night Lady began hunting vulnerable gods and securing the waters around the sea before the God of Light System arrived.

• Night Cherry Tangle’s strike ignited a battle across the sky, drawing gods and other powerful beings into the chaos while attacks avoided the sea above Qin Chuan.
• Tiga Lingyu and Season Star watched the battle from Magic City Stronghold as healers struggled to keep Night Cherry Tangle alive.
• Dies Martin rejected the Lord of Lava’s call for an all-out attack, warning that the Lord of Destruction, Astaroth, and the approaching God of Light System made a direct clash too costly.
• Night Lady and Dies Martin proposed hunting weaker gods and intruders while the Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture kept Astaroth and the Lord of Destruction occupied.
• The Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture focused their pressure on Astaroth and the Lord of Destruction as Dies Martin and Night Lady began prowling for prey.

The Night Lady and Dies Martin ambushed Wither Chanter Electra while the other gods fought, draining her Divine Might and driving her away. They established a controlled perimeter around the outer Sea Battlefield, leaving their plan to clear a safe zone underway.

• The Night Lady sealed Electra off from the other gods as Dies Martin surrounded her with illusions.
• The Night Lady crushed Electra with her Nihility Domain while Dies Martin's deception disrupted her defenses.
• The Night Lady's dark tendril pierced Electra's Withering Barrier and drained her Divine Might.
• The Night Lady stopped short of killing Electra and hurled her away with a warning.
• The Night Lady and Dies Martin maintained their Nihility Domain as a perimeter around the outer Sea Battlefield.
• Season Star and Tiga Lingyu watched Electra's signal dim in Magic City Stronghold's Command Center.

Nether Monarch Astaroth realized Dies Martin had used the battle’s chaos to drive Electra from the field and seize control with his allies. He declared war on the Abyss and summoned the Undead Pantheon, while Lord of the Bone Abyss Altros moved toward Dies Martin’s flank instead of joining the main battle.

• Astaroth recognized that Dies Martin, the Night Lady, Lava, and Torture had coordinated to remove Electra and gain control of the battlefield.
• Astaroth declared the attack on Electra an insult to the Undead Pantheon and summoned its gods to fight the Abyss forces and Dies Martin.
• Mortis, Grego, Sylvia, Karonnix, and Valak began moving toward the battlefield in response to Astaroth’s call.
• Altros chose to send his Bone Vortex toward the flank controlled by Dies Martin and the Night Lady rather than enter the main battle.
• Dies Martin sensed Altros’s approach and anticipated that the spreading war might force Altros into the conflict.

The Lord of Destruction answered Nether Monarch Astaroth’s declaration of war, awakening powerful Abyssal beings and turning the battlefield into a conflict between pantheons. At Magic City Stronghold, Dies Martin and his allies prepared to defend Shadow’s transformation and target Lord of the Bone Abyss Ortros.

• The Lord of Destruction turned his attention to Nether Monarch Astaroth, bringing their standoff close to all-out war.
• Rotten Court Sakash, Myriad-Devouring Deepthroat Grum, Hate Flameweaver Filamer, and other Abyssal powers awakened and converged on Blue Star.
• Tiga Lingyu and Season Star watched Abyssal forces spread across the energy monitors at Magic City Stronghold.
• Dies Martin explained that Sakash, Grum, and Filamer were self-interested threats, while the Lord of Lava warned that they might target more than the Undead.
• The Night Lady ordered the defenders to reinforce the sea barrier, eliminate anyone approaching, and buy Shadow time.
• Dies Martin chose Lord of the Bone Abyss Ortros as their first target as Ortros’s Bone Vortex crept toward the defensive line.

Lord of the Bone Abyss Ortros tried to slip across the battlefield, but Dies Martin ensnared him in a Web of Fraud. As Ortros defended against the false threats, the Night Lady struck his divine power core, leaving him caught in a joint ambush.

• Lord of the Bone Abyss Ortros compressed his Bone Throne into a Bone Vortex and tried to avoid the major combatants while gathering remains to strengthen himself.
• Dies Martin trapped Ortros in a Web of Fraud that distorted his senses and disrupted his control of space and energy.
• Ortros condensed the Bone Vortex into a spiked shield and used Bone Vein Resonance to resist the Deceit Runes.
• Dies Martin’s illusions forced Ortros to spread his defenses and spend his Divine Might guarding against apparent attacks.
• The Night Lady attacked from beneath Ortros’s blind spot and pierced toward the core of his Bone Vortex, beginning to erode his divine power.

The Night Lady and Dies Martin overwhelmed the Lord of the Bone Abyss, who sacrificed much of his Bone Throne and unleashed the Lament of Ten Thousand Bones to escape. They chose to drive him away rather than risk killing him, then turned their attention to the other gods drawn to Qin Chuan’s transformation.

• The Lord of the Bone Abyss sacrificed the Bone Vortex’s outer structure to hold back the Night Lady’s dark thread while Dies Martin’s illusions battered his defenses.
• The Lord of the Bone Abyss unleashed the Lament of Ten Thousand Bones, disrupting Dies Martin’s illusions and briefly weakening the Night Lady’s attack.
• The Lord of the Bone Abyss fled through a gap in the Deceit Web, and the Night Lady’s final strike propelled his Bone Throne away.
• The Night Lady told Dies Martin that driving off the Lord of the Bone Abyss was safer than risking an all-out fight with the Undead.
• Dies Martin and the Night Lady prepared to hunt other God Tier beings drawn to the sea by Astaroth or the Abyssal Aura.

Lord of the Bone Abyss Ortros fled the God War, while the battle in the sky continued to rage. The Lord of Destruction faced pressure from the Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture as Astaroth's shadows clashed with his flames.

• Lord of the Bone Abyss Ortros fled in disgrace, leaving the sound of splintering bones behind him.
• Nether Monarch Astaroth's shadows clashed with the Lord of Destruction's flames, sending fragments of law raining down.
• The Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture relentlessly pressed the Lord of Destruction with violent exchanges of energy.

God of War Helion and Hunting Goddess Artemis arrived to attack the battlefield, but Dies Martin manipulated the undead and Abyssal gods into believing the newcomers had targeted them. As the factions clashed, Night Lady and her allies focused on buying time for Qin Chuan to complete his transformation.

• God of War Helion and Hunting Goddess Artemis arrived and aimed their power toward the center of the sea, where Night Lady guarded Qin Chuan.
• Dies Martin distorted the gods’ perceptions, convincing many undead and Abyssal gods that the Light Pioneers were targeting them first.
• The Lord of Destruction, Mortis, Grego, Sakash, and Filamer attacked the two gods of light, triggering a wider battle.
• Helion and Artemis countered their attackers, while the Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture waited for the other sides to weaken.
• Night Lady told her allies to buy time as she guarded Qin Chuan’s unstable Shadow Energy and transformation.

War God Helion and Hunting Goddess Artemis fought the undead and Abyssal gods while Light Power destabilized Qin Chuan at the heart of the sea. Dies Martin’s plan to keep the battle raging gained momentum as the enemies believed the goddesses meant to destroy them all.

• Helion burned the Lord of Destruction with holy sword strikes while Artemis’s arrows damaged Mortis’s Death Domain and threatened Grego’s soul-devouring power.
• Dies Martin and the other gods watched the fight, while the Night Lady warned that Light Power was worsening Qin Chuan’s unstable condition and the barrier might not withstand a full-strength attack.
• Artemis unexpectedly struck Bone Nightmare Weaver Sylvia with a Light Arrow, weakening her and making the undead and Abyssal gods fear they were all targets.
• Wither Chanter Electra, Soul Abyss Gazer Valak, Eternal Silence Matriarch Ophira, and Plague Throat Father Nogros joined the battle with their full power.
• Death Wither, Soul-Peering Eyes, Dead Silence Devouring Domains, and Plague Corrosion Poison Mist surged toward Helion and Artemis as the battle intensified.

Helion and Artemis broke through the wavering Undead and Abyss forces and charged toward Qin Chuan, only to meet Dies Martin, the Night Lady, the Lord of Lava, and the Lord of Torture. As the opposing gods prepared to clash, the faint point of light at the sea’s center pulsed faster.

• Helion and Artemis fought off the Undead and Abyss gods, using Holy Light to weaken them and disrupt their attacks.
• Eternal Silence Throat Mortis, Soul Devouring Monarch Grego, and other enemies feared sharing Altros’s fate and called for a retreat.
• As the enemy ranks withdrew, Helion and Artemis opened a path with a sword strike and three Light Arrows, then charged toward Qin Chuan.
• Dies Martin and the Night Lady raised a curtain of darkness to block the two gods of light, while the Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture guarded them.
• The Four Gods Alliance and Helion and Artemis faced off as the point of light at the heart of the sea pulsed faster.

War God Helion and Hunting Goddess Artemis attacked the Night Lady’s barrier to disrupt Qin Chuan’s transformation, while Dies Martin and the Abyssal gods tried to hold them back. Artemis pierced the barrier with a Light Arrow, and the Night Lady struggled to seal the breach as Helion charged the Lord of Lava and Lord of Torture.

• Helion and Artemis prepared to break through the Night Lady’s barrier and disrupt Qin Chuan’s transformation.
• The Night Lady and Dies Martin resisted while the Lord of Lava and Lord of Torture moved to confront Helion.
• Artemis fired a Light Arrow that pierced the Night Lady’s barrier and let purifying Light Power reach Qin Chuan.
• The Night Lady struggled to seal the breach, and Dies Martin poured his Authority of Deception into driving out the invading light.
• Dies Martin ordered the Lord of Lava and Lord of Torture to hold Helion off, and Helion charged through their attack with his holy sword.

Dies Martin corrupted Artemis’s Light Power with his Source of Deceit, turning the battle around Qin Chuan into a chaotic clash of light and darkness. At the Magic City Stronghold, Dies Martin told Season Star and Tiga Lingyu they could not safely intervene, leaving them to watch and hope Qin Chuan survived.

• Helion wounded the Lord of Lava with Holy Flame as Artemis prepared another Light Arrow aimed at the breach.
• Dies Martin unleashed his Source of Deceit to corrupt Artemis’s Light Power, and their forces collided around Qin Chuan.
• At the stronghold, Season Star asked Bruno and Lola whether they could use a god’s power to distract the enemy and help Qin Chuan.
• Speaking through Bruno, Dies Martin explained that Night Cherry Tangle’s earlier intervention depended on exceptional circumstances and warned that the demigods would be annihilated if they approached the clash.
• Dies Martin told Season Star and Tiga Lingyu to pray that Qin Chuan survived and that the others could hold out, leaving the Command Center helpless before the battle.

Dies Martin and Night Lady struggled to shield Qin Chuan from the God of Light System’s assault while the Four Gods Alliance faced threats on the perimeter. At the Magic City Stronghold, Bruno suspected that Shadow had deliberately engineered the crisis, though he could not determine what Qin Chuan hoped to gain.

• Dies Martin and Night Lady used their powers to protect Qin Chuan from War God Helion and Hunting Goddess Artemis as the assault drained their Divine Might.
• Night Lady warned Dies Martin that the Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture had to guard against the Undead and Abyssal gods.
• At the Magic City Stronghold, Bruno recovered from Dies Martin’s Divine Sense and noticed Season Star and Tiga Lingyu’s despair.
• Bruno argued that Shadow would not have chosen such a dangerous moment for his transformation unless he had planned for the crisis.
• Season Star and Tiga Lingyu doubted Bruno’s theory, but he suggested that the gods’ attack might be part of Shadow’s plan.

Bruno’s theory that the president had deliberately set events in motion gave Season Star and Tiga Lingyu a faint reason to hope. At sea, Helion and Artemis disrupted the laws around Qin Chuan’s transformation, forcing Dies Martin and Night Lady to defend it as the watching dark gods weighed whether to intervene.

• Bruno suggested that the president’s apparent predicament might be part of a deliberate plan, and Season Star and Tiga Lingyu regained a little hope.
• Helion and Artemis attacked the laws around Night Lady’s dark curtain to destabilize Qin Chuan’s transformation.
• Night Lady gathered Star Rings while Dies Martin used his Fraud Power to hold the defenses together, but the Light Gods’ assault began tearing through them.
• The Lord of Lava and the Lord of Torture held back from joining the battle, fearing their interference could worsen the instability around Qin Chuan.
• Astaroth, Throat Mortis, and Sylvia watched as the Undead and Abyss gods considered whether to help, knowing the dark gods would share the Four Gods Alliance’s fate if it fell.

As Qin Chuan underwent a dangerous transformation, the dark deities prepared to seize his Energy Core while Helion and Artemis attacked Dies Martin and Night Lady. Helion’s assault opened a gap in their defenses, and Artemis’s Starlight Arrow flew toward Qin Chuan.

• Astaroth, Grego, and the other dark deities decided to wait for a chance to seize Qin Chuan’s Energy Core and survive the coming God of Light purge.
• Astaroth, Sylvia, Grego, and Grum cautiously probed the battlefield, while Helion and Artemis focused on stopping Qin Chuan’s transformation.
• Artemis charged her Star Longbow as Helion burned his Origin Essence and unleashed a massive wave of Holy Flame against Dies Martin and Night Lady.
• Dies Martin warned Night Lady to watch for Artemis as Helion’s assault strained their defenses.
• Artemis’s Starlight Arrow slipped through a gap in their defenses and streaked toward Qin Chuan.

Hunting Goddess Artemis’s starlight arrow pierced the darkness surrounding Qin Chuan during his transformation, and the undead and abyss gods withdrew rather than challenge the God of Light System. Helion and Artemis believed Qin Chuan’s life had vanished, while Magic City Stronghold watched in despair.

• Artemis’s arrow pierced Dies Martin’s fraud power and Night Lady’s curtain of darkness, striking toward the energy vortex where Qin Chuan was transforming.
• Nether Monarch Astaroth ordered the undead gods to retreat, and the abyss lords also withdrew from the battlefield.
• At Magic City Stronghold, Season Star, Tiga Lingyu, and Bruno watched the arrow approach Qin Chuan’s core and feared that he had no way to survive.
• Artemis’s arrow struck the vortex, triggering a catastrophic clash of holy flame and darkness that tore apart and reformed space.
• Helion declared that Shadow had been purified, and Artemis said the seed of darkness had been uprooted after Qin Chuan’s life aura vanished.

After Artemis’s Starlight Arrow struck Qin Chuan, Dies Martin and the Night Lady tried to stabilize the destructive energy while the gods sensed an unexpected pulse within it. In the Magic City Stronghold, a backup monitor detected a faint energy signal, leaving Season Star and Tiga Lingyu with hope that Qin Chuan had survived.

• Dies Martin and the Night Lady rushed into the chaotic energy and poured in their divine power, trying to find a trace of life after Artemis’s arrow struck Qin Chuan.
• Helion and Artemis sensed that something was wrong, while Astaroth and the Lord of Destruction also noticed the energy did not feel like complete annihilation.
• Dies Martin and the Night Lady detected a new pulse of energy at the heart of the destruction.
• The monitoring system in the Magic City Stronghold overloaded, and Season Star, Tiga Lingyu, and Bruno believed Qin Chuan was lost.
• Bruno spotted a faint green energy signal on a backup monitor, and Season Star and Tiga Lingyu realized Qin Chuan might still be alive.

After Artemis's arrow nearly destroyed Qin Chuan, a faint new power emerged within the wreckage and began absorbing the light and shattered laws around him. The gods recognized that Qin Chuan's life force was growing, while both sides watched for a chance to attack.

• Bruno detected a faint life signal and unusual energy fluctuation, which gave Season Star and Tiga Lingyu hope that Qin Chuan was alive.
• Dies Martin and the Night Lady sensed a newborn pulse bound to Qin Chuan's Soul Origin, absorbing the Holy Flame, Light Power, and scattered Law Fragments.
• Helion and Artemis realized Qin Chuan's aura was changing and growing stronger, and Artemis prepared her bow while Dies Martin and the Night Lady held their defenses.
• Astaroth and Grego stopped retreating and watched Qin Chuan, while the Abyss gods and Undead concealed themselves and prepared to strike.