Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: The Striking Little Golden Man and Caesar’s Battlefield

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac notices that summoning the Lord of Billions of Radiance’s Little Golden Man has suddenly become much more difficult. The resistance feels different from the Divine Realm’s normal defensive mechanisms, suggesting that the Lord of Billions of Radiance may have suffered catastrophic injuries and been forced into slumber.
• Isaac worries that the deity’s possible destruction or permanent slumber could cost him valuable assets, but he realizes he cannot negotiate with the Outer Gods while countless Demigods are present.
• For the next six months, Isaac continues hunting vulnerable teams. He preserves rare professions for research when possible and eliminates ordinary opponents. He also occasionally confronts Fifth Tier experts, fleeing from the strongest and fighting weaker ones.
• Isaac’s efficiency allows him to destroy more than twenty squads, pushing Solomon’s team into the top ten rankings. With the Virtual Deity, Isaac is effectively unbeatable below the Fifth Tier.
• Once the rankings reveal Solomon’s unusually successful team, rival factions begin coordinating against them. Fifth Tier experts cannot reliably catch Isaac, while Caesar and Cheryl’s team is too powerful for ordinary Third and Fourth Tiers to defeat. As a result, enemy teams merge their forces and become much harder to hunt.
• Isaac discovers that Caesar’s group contains several Fourth Tier fighters and appears larger than before. With time before the next battle royale, he decides to return and investigate.
• At Caesar’s location, Isaac finds not a productive battlefield but a chaotic social scene: numerous women are surrounding Caesar and arguing over how to gain his attention.

Character Developments

• Isaac: Remains highly effective, cautious, and opportunistic. He balances hunting, experimentation, and survival, retreating from powerful Fifth Tiers while exploiting weaker opponents. His concern over the Lord of Billions of Radiance shows that he views powerful beings both as threats and as valuable resources.
• Lord of Billions of Radiance: Its unexpected injuries and apparent need for slumber introduce uncertainty about the condition of a major deity and suggest that a powerful, unseen conflict may have occurred.
• Caesar: Despite being a capable leader, he becomes the unwilling center of constant romantic and interpersonal disputes within his expanded group. His battlefield has effectively turned into a competition for his attention.
• Cheryl: Tries to maintain discipline and produce meaningful results, but internal conflicts among the recruits make her task nearly impossible. Her frustration contrasts sharply with Little Mouse’s carefree enjoyment.
• Little Mouse: Enjoys the chaos and rewards of the campaign, happily consuming Divinity Fragments and finding the entire experience entertaining and beneficial for its advancement.
• Solomon’s team: Its rapid rise into the top ten makes it a major target, forcing opponents to unite against it.

Significant Themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even a top-tier deity can suffer devastating injuries, reminding Isaac that no powerful entity is completely secure.
• Strategic adaptation: Isaac’s success depends on recognizing when to fight, when to flee, and how to exploit differences in enemy strength.
• Competition creating cooperation: Rival teams only unite after Isaac’s dominance and Caesar’s group’s strength threaten everyone’s rankings.
• Chaos within organizations: Increasing the team’s numbers boosts its apparent power but damages efficiency because of jealousy, rivalry, and personal distractions.
• Humor amid danger: The chapter contrasts deadly inter-faction warfare with the absurd spectacle surrounding Caesar, creating a comedic shift from cosmic speculation to romantic squabbling.

Character Interactions

• Isaac considers whether he can exploit the Lord of Billions of Radiance’s weakened state but abandons the idea because the surrounding Demigods make negotiations impossible.
• Isaac’s hunting activities indirectly support Solomon’s team’s rise, provoking rival factions to merge their forces.
• Cheryl and Caesar struggle to manage their expanded group, whose members constantly argue and compete for Caesar’s attention.
• Little Mouse remains detached from the conflict, enjoying Divinity Fragments while Cheryl and Caesar deal with the group’s disorder.
• Isaac arrives expecting a strengthened military force and instead discovers Caesar surrounded by arguing admirers, ending the chapter on a comedic misunderstanding.

Chapter Summary: “The Great Age of Political Marriages!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac arrives at Caesar’s location and finds him surrounded by several powerful female teammates, many of whose factions have previously fought or lost against Isaac.
• Initially wary, Isaac relaxes after learning through Little Mouse that the women are connected to Caesar through complicated romantic circumstances rather than active hostility.
• Caesar introduces the women as trusted teammates and skillfully calms their jealousy, impressing Isaac with his ability to manage interpersonal conflict.
• Isaac reports that the War Game’s remaining teams are all led by Fifth Tier experts, while Caesar’s group is the only remaining Fourth Tier force.
• He presents two possible strategies:
  1. Gather everyone and challenge a Fifth Tier team in a risky final battle.
  2. Continue avoiding combat, search for small altars, and accumulate points safely.
• Caesar is tempted by the bold strategy, recognizing that slow altar-hunting will produce few points and that a decisive gamble may be worthwhile.
• However, the female mage and female knight argue for a safer plan: survive until the end, preserve their ranking, and avoid unnecessary risks.
• Their discussion shifts from War Game tactics to political strategy. The women realize that joining the Solomon Kingdom through political marriages would greatly strengthen it by supplying missing Third and Fourth Tier experts.
• Isaac approves of the arrangement, noting that political marriage is a practical way to expand Solomon’s military and political power. Since Isaac refuses such a marriage and his sister is unsuitable for one, Caesar becomes the obvious candidate.
• Isaac decides to continue operating separately while Caesar and the women remain together, planning to regroup near the end of the War Game for a final push.
• He leaves abruptly, unintentionally abandoning Caesar to the women and their marriage schemes.

Character Developments

• Isaac: Demonstrates strategic awareness and caution. Although initially prepared for conflict, he quickly evaluates the situation rationally and ultimately supports the political-marriage plan because it benefits Solomon.
• Caesar: Shows both tactical judgment and emotional helplessness. He is tempted by Isaac’s risky battle plan but is easily overwhelmed when the women redirect the conversation toward marriage and political alliances.
• The female mage and female knight: Reveal that their interest in Caesar is not purely romantic. They understand the political and military advantages of joining Solomon and begin actively planning how to secure that future.
• Little Mouse and Lapis Lazuli: Remain calm and grounded, suggesting that they understand Isaac’s limits better than Caesar and Cheryl do.
• Cheryl: Is surprised by Isaac’s admission that the group has encountered a serious problem, reinforcing how highly others regard his abilities.

Significant Themes

• Political marriage as a tool of power: Romance becomes secondary to alliances, military strength, and national expansion.
• Pragmatism versus recklessness: The group must choose between a dangerous attempt to defeat a Fifth Tier team and a safer strategy focused on survival and ranking.
• Power and resource distribution: The women recognize that Solomon lacks enough high-level experts and see their own allegiance as a way to help transform it into an empire.
• The burdens of leadership: Caesar is expected to make strategic and romantic decisions, but his tendency to avoid confrontation leaves others to shape his future for him.
• Subversion of heroic stereotypes: Isaac finds Caesar’s perceptiveness and talent for explaining himself surprisingly “unprotagonist-like,” while Caesar’s supposed heroic fortune manifests through an expanding circle of powerful women.

Character Interactions

• Isaac cautiously assesses Caesar’s female teammates, concerned that their past conflicts with him could lead to violence.
• Caesar reassures Isaac and cleverly presents the women as allies, immediately easing their hostility.
• Isaac and Caesar discuss the War Game’s strategic options, with Caesar seriously considering Isaac’s proposal to fight a Fifth Tier opponent.
• The female mage and knight oppose the risky plan, indirectly revealing their desire to remain close to Caesar.
• The women then collaborate on the idea of political marriages, with some even suggesting they could act as informants or spies.
• Isaac accepts the situation rather than interfering, while Caesar is left helpless as his romantic future—and potentially Solomon’s political future—is decided around him.

Chapter Summary: “Fragrant Orcs!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After meeting Caesar, Isaac resumes gathering intelligence through the Eye of Omniscience. Most remaining factions are led by Fifth Tier fighters, leaving no easy targets for a direct attack.
• He chooses the relatively obscure Morris orc kingdom as his next target. Its leader is a powerful but slow Fifth Tier knight, making the faction vulnerable to Isaac’s mobility and surprise attacks.
• Isaac travels using Electromagnetic Flux, which is less convenient than teleportation but far better for concealment. The restrictions on spatial teleportation have forced him to become more skilled at covert movement.
• He infiltrates the Morris team while they rest beside a Bone Altar, intending to study their warriors and possibly abduct specimens rather than immediately kill them.
• Isaac observes their Sword Saints and Shamans, studying their strengths, limitations, and potential applications to his own research.
• Rather than risk confronting the Morris leader directly, Isaac devises a plan to manipulate another faction into attacking them.
• He discovers that the nearby Terra Kingdom team includes two Fifth Tier fighters:
  • A genuine Fifth Tier knight, the Terra king and a member of the royal family.
  • Morgan, the eldest prince, who has temporarily reached Fifth Tier through the power of Boundless. Though technically a counterfeit Fifth Tier, Morgan still gives Terra a decisive advantage.
• Isaac secretly conceals the Bone Altar’s location from the orcs while directing the Terra Kingdom toward it. He also prevents the orcs from detecting the approaching threat early enough to escape.
• The chapter ends with the Terra team arriving and a battle between Terra and Morris about to begin, allowing Isaac to profit from the ensuing chaos.

Character Developments

• Isaac becomes increasingly confident and effective as a covert operative. He has adapted to the battlefield’s restrictions and now uses Electromagnetic Flux for stealthy long-distance movement.
• Despite his boldness, Isaac remains cautious about genuine Fifth Tier opponents. He recognizes that his abilities may not yet be reliable against them in a direct confrontation.
• His scientific and magical curiosity deepens. He views the Sword Saints and Shamans not merely as enemies, but as valuable research subjects and possible foundations for new transcendent professions.
• Isaac demonstrates greater strategic sophistication by choosing indirect manipulation over reckless combat. He uses rival factions against one another and plans to “fish in troubled waters.”
• Morgan is revealed to possess temporary Fifth Tier strength through Boundless. Although he lacks the experience and techniques of a true Fifth Tier fighter, his presence greatly strengthens the Terra Kingdom.
• The Morris orcs are presented as powerful but limited warriors whose specialized paths provide impressive early strength at the cost of long-term potential.

Significant Themes

• Strategy over brute force: Isaac relies on mobility, concealment, misdirection, and exploiting factional conflicts rather than confronting stronger enemies head-on.
• The cost of specialization: Sword Saints and Shamans gain rapid strength by focusing on one aspect of cultivation, but their lack of balance limits their eventual advancement.
• Balance and long-term development: Isaac repeatedly compares different transcendent professions, emphasizing that a person’s ultimate potential is determined by their weakest foundation.
• Research through conflict: Battles are not merely contests for points; Isaac treats powerful warriors as living samples that can advance his magical theories.
• Ambition and dangerous innovation: Isaac’s ideas for Faith Wizards and Temple Knights involve using divine power to transform and eventually replace gods. Although he modifies the plan to make it more acceptable to the gods, the concept remains radical and potentially dangerous.
• Cunning versus recklessness: The chapter contrasts Isaac’s careful manipulation with the confidence of factions that believe superior combat strength guarantees victory.

Character Interactions

• Isaac’s earlier encounter with Caesar influences his cautious mood as he continues operating alone.
• Isaac observes the Morris team without revealing himself, particularly focusing on their Sword Saints, Shamans, and Fifth Tier leader.
• He mentally compares the orc professions to his own concepts of Faith Wizards and Temple Knights, seeing the orcs’ physical and spiritual strengths as ideal foundations for handling divine power.
• Isaac indirectly brings the Terra Kingdom into conflict with Morris, manipulating both sides without their knowledge.
• The chapter sets up an imminent confrontation between the Terra king, Morgan, and the Morris orc forces, while Isaac remains hidden and prepared to exploit the outcome.

Summary: “The Endgame of the War Game!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac’s attempt to conceal his actions is largely ineffective because the Terra Royal Family has two Fifth-Tier combatants and remains confident in its strength.
• Terra’s Fifth-Tier prince, Soths Rielman Terra, attacks the Orc Kingdom. He uses the powerful Angel Furnace Method, manifesting white wings, a halo, and a highly condensed divine avatar.
• The Orc Kingdom’s Fifth-Tier knight transforms into a massive, physically overwhelming lesser giant. Isaac observes their battle closely, using his Analysis Authority to collect valuable Fifth-Tier combat data.
• Soths deliberately restrains the orc while waiting for Morgan, Terra’s eldest prince, to arrive. Morgan destroys the Orc Kingdom’s Third- and Fourth-Tier forces before joining Soths.
• Morgan’s temporary Fifth-Tier advancement proves unusually powerful. His Boundlessness Furnace allows him to recover instantly and develop increasing resistance to the orc’s attacks.
• Working together, Soths and Morgan kill the Fifth-Tier orc. However, they discover that ten points are missing from their expected gains.
• Isaac had secretly abducted and killed ten Third-Tier orcs—five Sword Saints and five Shamans—stealing their points and gathering research subjects before the orc king died.
• Although the data Isaac acquired from the Sword Saints and Shamans is incomplete, he gains substantial information from observing Fifth-Tier battles.
• Isaac continues moving through the war game as a hidden opportunist: he watches battles from a distance to collect combat data and uses Artificial Black Holes to steal points when opportunities arise.
• One of his black holes nearly traps a Fifth-Tier knight, revealing that the spell may eventually allow Isaac to confront Fifth-Tier opponents directly.
• Isaac realizes that Star Creation: Miniature Black Hole still has enormous potential because its concepts and supporting data are incomplete but rapidly developing. By contrast, his attempt to create a miniature star fails because he lacks an understanding of nuclear fusion and because the world’s sun is itself a god.
• After a year of fighting and successive rule changes, only four factions remain: the Terra Kingdom, Solomon Kingdom, Auks Kingdom, and Soman Kingdom. Remarkably, all four survivors are kingdoms rather than empires.

Character Developments

• Isaac becomes increasingly skilled at exploiting the war-game rules without directly exposing himself. He shifts from merely observing battles to testing his own offensive potential against Fifth-Tier opponents.
• His research into Fifth-Tier combat significantly improves his understanding of advanced knights, magic, and battlefield tactics.
• Isaac identifies a possible route to overcoming the gap between Fourth and Fifth Tier through the continued development of his Artificial Black Hole spell.
• Soths is established as an exceptionally powerful Upper Fifth-Tier fighter. He is confident, strategic, and experienced enough to restrain the orc knight rather than waste resources killing him immediately.
• Morgan’s temporary Fifth-Tier advancement proves far more formidable than expected. His regeneration and adaptive resistance make him increasingly difficult to defeat as a battle continues.
• The Orc Kingdom’s Fifth-Tier knight is shown to possess tremendous physical strength and durability, but he is ultimately outmaneuvered and overwhelmed by Terra’s coordinated strategy.

Significant Themes

• Power has no universal path: At the highest levels, fighters must develop individual methods suited to their abilities. Soths and the orc knight represent contrasting but equally specialized styles—condensed magical force versus overwhelming physical power.
• Knowledge as power: Isaac treats every battle as an experiment, gathering information that may eventually let him bridge the gap between tiers.
• Indirect warfare and opportunism: Isaac succeeds not through open confrontation but through stealth, timing, manipulation, and exploiting the rules of the game.
• The limits of understanding: Isaac can develop the black hole because he understands some of its basic properties, but the complexity of stars and nuclear fusion remains beyond him.
• Uncertainty and paranoia: The missing points make Terra’s leaders realize that an unseen force is manipulating events, increasing their suspicion and anxiety.
• Survival through adaptation: Morgan’s growing resistance and Isaac’s improving spells both demonstrate how power can evolve during prolonged conflict.

Character Interactions

• Soths and Morgan cooperate effectively, following a practiced strategy: Soths restrains the strongest enemy while Morgan eliminates weaker forces and then assists in the final attack.
• Isaac observes Soths and the Orc knight as research subjects rather than allies or enemies, studying the differences between their combat systems.
• Isaac indirectly interferes with Terra’s victory by stealing ten orc kills, causing Soths and Morgan to suspect that a hidden manipulator is operating nearby.
• Isaac’s actions remain mostly unnoticed, but his increasingly effective black holes begin to affect Fifth-Tier combatants and risk exposing him to the surviving factions.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Only four kingdoms remain in the war game: Terra, Auks, Soman, and Solomon. Their survival is largely attributed to unconventional or morally questionable methods:
  • Terra used the stolen [Boundless] Authority to temporarily elevate Morgan to the Fifth Tier.
  • Auks relied on powerful Magic Array Guards, treating them as expendable resources.
  • Soman used a pact with extraplanar fiends to sacrifice living beings and temporarily gain Fifth-Tier strength.
• Isaac reflects that established empires normally possess better, more legitimate systems for producing powerful cultivators, but the unusual rules of the war game made lower-tier fighters nearly disposable.
• With the final battle approaching, Isaac locates his elder brother, Caesar, to discuss his advancement to the Fourth Tier.
• Isaac discovers that Caesar has not prepared an advancement ritual because modern Knight cultivation traditionally incorporates ritual benefits into ordinary training. However, Isaac possesses a highly advanced ritual reconstructed from Outer God Forbidden Knowledge.
• Isaac proposes two advancement plans:
  • Plan B: Use the recovered ritual as a supplement, likely allowing Caesar to stabilize around the Mid Fourth Tier.
  • Plan A: Use a custom ritual designed specifically for Caesar, potentially allowing him to leap directly to the Upper Fourth Tier.
• Isaac begins constructing Plan A, which will combine the ritual with Caesar’s recovered [Boundless] Authority and accumulated training.
• The ritual includes two additional talent abilities:
  • Super Evolution, which grants temporary resistance and eventual immunity to attacks after recovering from them.
  • Invincible Golden Body, whose details are introduced at the chapter’s end.

Character Developments

• Isaac demonstrates his exceptional mastery of Ritual Studies. He has reconstructed and fused incomplete knowledge from multiple Outer Gods, earning recognition even from the divine consciousness within Caesar.
• He becomes more directly involved in Caesar’s advancement, acting as both researcher and ritual designer. Isaac believes Caesar can eventually become a Demigod upon reaching the Fifth Tier.
• Caesar is revealed to have deliberately delayed his advancement in hopes of reawakening the [Boundless] Authority naturally. Once Isaac gave him an Authority Crystal, his preparations were essentially complete, but the war game caused another delay.
• Caesar’s confidence in Isaac increases after the divine consciousness confirms that the ritual is not corrupt or dangerous.
• Cheryl, despite being a Grand Arcane Master, admits that the traditional Knight advancement ritual has effectively been lost, highlighting Isaac’s superior and unusual knowledge.
• The mysterious divine consciousness inside Caesar recognizes that Isaac’s ritual is derived from ancient sources but has been uniquely repaired and improved.

Significant Themes

• Legitimate power versus artificial shortcuts: The remaining kingdoms survived through stolen authority, magical constructs, or blood sacrifice, raising questions about whether victory achieved through such methods is truly deserved.
• Advancement through innovation: Isaac’s ritual research shows how old systems can be rediscovered, improved, and adapted rather than merely preserved.
• The limits of conventional knowledge: Even experienced figures like Cheryl and Caesar’s inner divine consciousness lack access to the exact advancement method Isaac has created.
• Potential and restraint: Isaac wants to maximize Caesar’s growth, but he carefully avoids excessive power that could destabilize Caesar’s body and soul.
• The cost of power: The discussion of permanent adaptation reveals that unchecked evolution could grotesquely distort the body, mind, and consciousness.

Character Interactions

• Isaac awkwardly greets Caesar after nearly calling him a “stray,” an insult Caesar detects through their blood bond. Cheryl is also offended by Isaac’s implication that Third Tiers are insignificant.
• Isaac and Caesar shift quickly from teasing to serious discussion about advancement.
• Cheryl explains why Knight advancement rituals disappeared, while the divine consciousness confirms that modern cultivation replaced their functions.
• Isaac presents his reconstructed ritual, stunning Caesar’s companions and making a Fourth-Tier Witch feel inadequate by comparison.
• Caesar consults the divine consciousness about possible corruption in the ritual; she reassures him and praises Isaac’s rare talent.
• Isaac takes command of the advancement preparations, explaining his plans to Caesar and the others as he begins setting up the ritual.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac explains his newly designed Invincible Golden Body, more accurately an Undying Golden Body. Rather than providing conventional defense, it uses the Authority of [Boundless] to infinitely expand concepts such as his existence, life, regeneration, and energy.
• The ability allows Isaac to regenerate instantly as long as the relevant concepts still exist—even if his body is completely destroyed. Because those concepts are spread infinitely, destroying him conceptually is nearly impossible while the skill remains active.
• The technique has strict limitations:
  • It can be used only five times per year.
  • Each use requires at least one month of recovery before the next.
  • It lasts one hour at Fourth Tier and three hours at Fifth Tier.
  • Isaac cannot use [Boundless] during its activation.
  • Repeated misuse could permanently damage the Authority.
• Isaac explains that he originally intended the ability to be more flexible, allowing separate enhancements to defense, offense, mana, or regeneration. However, that level of conceptual control requires a Legendary Wizard, so he simplified it into a one-click ability suitable for knights.
• During preparations for Caesar’s advancement ritual, a female Fourth Tier Witch from the Flesh Cult questions whether Isaac can safely bear the Forbidden Knowledge of the Outer Gods. Isaac assures her that most of the burden is carried by the [Legendary Gate], and that advancing to Fifth Tier will resolve the issue.
• Isaac reveals that he intends to complete the remaining two Great Deeds and then begin preparing his Legendary advancement ritual.
• The Witch is shocked that Isaac plans to use Great Deeds rather than Miracles. Although Great Deeds can theoretically replace Miracles, they are far more difficult and rarely used. She indirectly concludes that Caesar should prepare to found an empire, suggesting that Isaac’s achievements may be connected to major political or civilizational change.
• Isaac realizes that he has become too isolated from ordinary people and broader society. He recognizes that magical research, like science, requires interaction and the exchange of ideas. With the world changing, he decides he must adapt rather than remain detached.
• Once the preparations are complete, Caesar enters the ritual and begins his advancement. Powerful life energy erupts from him, activating the ritual and drawing in energy and concepts to transform his life essence.

Character Developments

• Isaac demonstrates extraordinary confidence and creativity, designing an ability capable of overcoming even conceptual destruction. However, he also shows humility by questioning whether his plan to use Great Deeds is mistaken.
• He begins to recognize a personal weakness: his prolonged isolation has distanced him from society and limited the exchange of ideas necessary for continued growth.
• Isaac’s ambitions are clarified. He is not merely seeking power; he intends to complete Great Deeds, reach Legendary status, and reshape his approach to research and advancement.
• The Flesh Cult Witch reveals herself as an experienced Fourth Tier Wizard and someone connected to Isaac’s family, particularly Caesar. She appears to use concern for Isaac as part of a broader strategy to influence or support Caesar.
• Caesar begins his advancement ritual, showing immense life energy and indicating that he possesses the strength necessary for a major breakthrough.

Significant Themes

• Regeneration versus true immortality: The chapter distinguishes ordinary physical regeneration from Isaac’s conceptual immortality, which persists so long as the underlying concepts remain.
• Innovation and imagination: Isaac’s greatest advantage is his willingness to imagine possibilities others consider impossible, including stealing divine power and developing new supernatural abilities.
• Great Deeds versus Miracles: The chapter explores two paths to advancement. Miracles are more practical and common, while Great Deeds require exceptional creativity, luck, and achievement.
• Adaptation to changing times: Isaac realizes that even great Wizards must remain connected to society and respond to historical change.
• Knowledge and danger: Forbidden Knowledge carries a growing burden, but greater life ranks and the Legendary Gate allow Isaac to bear it.
• Power and limitations: Even Isaac’s seemingly invincible techniques have strict costs, emphasizing that overwhelming power always demands sacrifice or restraint.

Character Interactions

• Isaac’s companions are stunned by his explanation of the Undying Golden Body but ultimately accept it as typical of him.
• The Flesh Cult Witch warns Isaac about the dangers of Forbidden Knowledge and offers her assistance with his advancement.
• Isaac and the Witch discuss whether Great Deeds can replace Miracles. His uncertainty reveals his respect for her experience, while her reaction shows how extraordinary—and impractical—his chosen path is.
• The Witch then speaks privately with Caesar, urging him to prepare to found an empire, implying that his advancement may have broader political consequences.
• Isaac directs the group through the ritual preparations and instructs Caesar to begin his breakthrough normally as the ritual activates around him.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac observes and analyzes Caesar’s advancement along the Knight’s Path using the Eye of Omniscience, personally processing the data rather than relying on Meixiukante.
• He discovers flaws in the advancement ritual, particularly an inadequate focus on the role of magic power in a knight’s development. Isaac repeatedly adjusts the ritual to correct these issues.
• Although everyone else fears the ritual is dangerously unstable—because it incorporates knowledge derived from Outer Gods—Isaac’s corrections allow it to proceed safely.
• Caesar successfully advances to the Upper Fourth Tier. Isaac deliberately prevents him from reaching the Peak Fourth Tier, choosing instead to consolidate his foundation and prepare him for a future breakthrough toward Demigod status.
• The chapter discusses the changing meaning of the title “Demigod.” As more powerful beings emerge, the old standard—being able to kill an unrestricted god alone—may soon no longer be sufficient.
• Isaac briefly considers creating a Great Creation to establish an objective standard for Demigods, but dismisses the idea as currently impractical.
• Caesar recognizes the enormous value of his newly granted powers, especially the restored or recreated [Boundless] Authority, but worries that his kingdom’s current Faith Power will no longer be enough to support his growth. He concludes that Solomon Kingdom must continue expanding and eventually become an empire.
• Isaac turns his attention to Little Mouse, Lapis Lazuli, and the Holy Master, intending to advance them as well. However, Disaster Seventeen activates a new rule: everyone’s maximum level is locked at the highest level they have previously displayed.
• Isaac angrily realizes the restriction was imposed specifically to prevent him from temporarily elevating more Fourth Tiers into Fifth-Tier-level combatants.
• Despite the restriction, Lapis Lazuli and the Holy Master remain valuable. Lapis Lazuli may reach Peak Fourth Tier and could potentially restrain a temporarily advanced Fifth Tier such as Morgan, while the Holy Master possesses extraordinary destructive power. Little Mouse is comparatively weak and still needs time to consolidate its advancement.

Character Developments

• Isaac: Demonstrates both confidence and caution. He is willing to intervene personally when his calculations reveal flaws, but he avoids recklessly pushing Caesar to the highest possible level. His ambition expands as he considers regulating the Demigod title through a Great Creation, though he remains realistic about his limitations.
• Caesar: Successfully reaches the Upper Fourth Tier and gains two powerful talents, including [Boundless]. He becomes more confident in his strength but also realizes that his kingdom’s resources must grow to sustain him. His relationship with Isaac remains close, and he is deeply impressed by his younger brother’s abilities.
• Little Mouse: Remains weak in practical combat despite reaching the Fourth Tier, since its advancement depends heavily on the Virtual Divine Spark and still requires consolidation.
• Lapis Lazuli: Emerges as the most promising of the familiars. Her planned Peak Fourth Tier strength could allow her to challenge or restrain a temporarily elevated Fifth Tier.
• Holy Master: Is established as a powerful Fourth Tier due to the fusion of multiple dimensional demon gods’ powers.
• The distant Demigods: Reveal their concern about Isaac’s interference and secretly impose restrictions to prevent him from disrupting the final battle.

Significant Themes

• Caution versus ambition: Isaac chooses stability and long-term potential over immediately maximizing Caesar’s power.
• The dangers of forbidden knowledge: The advancement ritual relies on Outer God knowledge that even powerful observers cannot fully understand, highlighting Isaac’s unusual expertise and the risks of his methods.
• Power and balance: The Demigods’ intervention shows that Isaac’s ability to create or enhance powerful combatants threatens the balance of the ongoing “game.”
• The changing nature of status: The discussion of the Demigod title shows how reputation and standards weaken when too many individuals achieve comparable power.
• Political expansion as a consequence of strength: Caesar’s advancement makes the expansion of Solomon Kingdom—and eventually the creation of an empire—necessary.
• Divine interference and unfair rules: The new level restriction is portrayed humorously as an obvious attempt to counter Isaac specifically, emphasizing how openly the higher powers manipulate events.

Character Interactions

• Isaac carefully guides Caesar through his advancement, repeatedly modifying the ritual while Caesar trusts him despite not understanding the process.
• Caesar internally reflects on Isaac’s gift of [Boundless], acknowledging both its astonishing power and its unusual suitability for a knight rather than a wizard.
• Caesar and the mysterious god connected to him communicate during the aftermath, reassuring Isaac that Caesar’s condition is stable.
• Isaac mentally evaluates Little Mouse, Lapis Lazuli, and the Holy Master as potential assets in the coming conflict.
• The Demigods observe Isaac’s actions from afar and impose Disaster Seventeen because they fear that allowing more of his allies to advance would make the battle overwhelmingly one-sided.

Chapter Summary: “Battle of Fate?”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The appearance of the Calamity Rule confirms everyone’s suspicion that Isaac has become powerful enough to trouble even Demigods. His rapid advancement suggests that he may soon reach the Fifth Tier and become a true Demigod.
• Isaac and his allies question why he was allowed to participate in the War Game at all, since the Demigods have repeatedly altered the rules to restrict him. They speculate that there must be a hidden reason for his inclusion.
• With no possibility of gaining more allies or strength, Isaac’s faction must choose an opponent for the decisive battle. Their options are Terra’s prince, Morgan, or one of the other powerful Fifth-Tier leaders.
• Isaac recognizes that defeating the other Fifth-Tier leaders is impossible, while fighting Morgan would almost certainly result in defeat. However, confronting Morgan might reveal the hidden connection between Caesar and Terra, especially the mysterious “Battle of Fate.”
• A new rule, “Calamity Eighteen; Enemy of the Void,” announces that the four remaining teams will soon be forcibly gathered and randomly paired for battle. Isaac suspects the matchups are not truly random and that the Demigods have arranged the most dramatic confrontation.
• Isaac’s suspicion proves correct when his group is matched against Morgan and Terra. Isaac realizes that Morgan and Caesar’s fated battle has not been fully triggered because the Small World lacks the necessary conditions.
• Isaac learns that once the true Battle of Fate begins, either Morgan or Caesar must die permanently, with no possibility of resurrection. He becomes suspicious that the origins of this fate involve more than their old conflict over “digging out bones.”
• Isaac assigns himself to fight Morgan while ordering Caesar to face the other Fifth-Tier opponent. Caesar activates Super Evolution and Invincible Golden Body before charging into battle.
• Morgan senses that Caesar possesses a version of [Boundless], confirming that Caesar has begun reclaiming the power once transferred to Morgan. This reinforces the prophecy that only one of them can ultimately survive.

Character Developments

• Isaac demonstrates increasing confidence and strategic awareness. He accepts that he cannot yet defeat the strongest Fifth-Tiers but remains willing to challenge Morgan to investigate the deeper secrets surrounding fate and Terra.
• Isaac’s suspicions about the Demigods become stronger. He believes the rules are being manipulated to force specific battles and begins considering capturing Morgan for further study.
• Caesar has grown powerful enough to contend with a temporarily promoted Pseudo-Fifth-Tier after his breakthrough. His possession of [Boundless] marks him as Morgan’s destined rival and signals the beginning of his eventual confrontation with Terra.
• Morgan is alarmed by Caesar’s growth and the return of [Boundless]. He understands that his advantage is temporary and that he must become a Demigod before Caesar catches up.
• Terra’s royal family is revealed to have deliberately allowed Solomon and his faction to survive, hoping Morgan and Caesar would develop in a controlled environment. Their calculations, however, failed to account for Isaac’s disruptive influence.
• Caesar and Morgan’s relationship is clarified as a prophetic rivalry in which only one can survive, resembling Emperor’s Fated Death but arising from a different cause.

Significant Themes

• Fate versus free will: The Battle of Fate appears to be an unavoidable prophecy, raising questions about whether Morgan and Caesar can escape their predetermined deaths.
• The dangers of overwhelming power: Isaac’s strength has become so disruptive that the Demigods must repeatedly change the rules to contain him.
• Hidden manipulation: The supposedly random rules and matchups may actually be carefully arranged by the Demigods, emphasizing their control over the War Game.
• Growth and rivalry: Caesar and Morgan represent parallel paths toward Demigodhood, with their competition driven by inherited power, prophecy, and unequal resources.
• Unintended consequences: Terra’s plan to allow both sides to grow safely is undermined by Isaac, whose presence changes the balance of power and invalidates their assumptions.

Character Interactions

• Isaac’s allies react with shock to the new Calamity Rule, recognizing that it is essentially aimed at limiting him.
• Isaac and the others briefly consider whether he should have been excluded from the War Game, but they accept that the Demigods’ motives are beyond their understanding.
• Isaac and Caesar coordinate their battle strategy, with Isaac taking Morgan while Caesar attacks the other Fifth-Tier opponent.
• Morgan reacts tensely to Caesar’s attack after recognizing the presence of [Boundless], realizing that the prophecy concerning their mutual destruction is moving closer to fulfillment.
• Isaac observes Morgan and Caesar’s encounter closely, treating the battle not only as a fight but also as an opportunity to uncover the truth behind their fate.

Chapter Summary: “Split Up!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Emperor’s posthumous plans include cultivating multiple potential Demigods. Morgan is one candidate, but Grand Princess Filo is considered the safer and more reliable prospect because Morgan contains the dangerous hidden variable, Caesar.
• Morgan is alarmed when Caesar, after reaching the Fourth Tier, immediately advances to the Upper Fourth Tier. Morgan has only reached the Peak Fourth Tier and senses that Caesar remains threatening even after using [Boundless] to temporarily raise himself to Fifth-Tier strength.
• Caesar’s use of [Boundless] is completely beyond Morgan’s understanding. His platinum-white halo appears to embody a form of the Authority that Morgan cannot analyze despite possessing the Terra Empire’s extensive knowledge.
• Morgan easily cuts Caesar into pieces, only for Caesar to regenerate instantly—along with his armor and weapon, which should be impossible. Caesar’s aura and energy levels do not weaken, leaving Morgan confused and increasingly unsettled.
• Caesar repeatedly charges at Morgan, and Morgan repeatedly dismembers him, but Caesar continues returning unharmed.
• Elsewhere, Isaac faces Soths, the Terra Kingdom’s prince and a peak conventional Fifth-Tier powerhouse. Isaac transforms his severed arms into two enormous Fifth-Tier Golden Dragons.
• One dragon uses the Golden Dragon Domain, an ancient domain spell that immobilizes Soths. Though Soths could easily break free, he chooses to observe Isaac instead of immediately counterattacking.
• Just as one dragon attacks and Soths focuses on Isaac, Isaac’s head suddenly detaches and flies into the air, ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Morgan: His confidence is shaken by Caesar’s rapid advancement and incomprehensible application of [Boundless]. Although he remains overwhelmingly powerful in direct combat, he realizes that Caesar’s abilities defy his understanding and may represent a serious threat to the Terra Kingdom.
• Caesar: Reveals an extraordinary regeneration or resurrection-like ability that restores not only his body but also his equipment without apparent energy loss. His confidence remains high despite being repeatedly destroyed, suggesting that he understands or trusts the nature of his new powers.
• Isaac: Demonstrates a grotesque and highly unconventional combat style, transforming his detached arms into giant Golden Dragons. His abilities confirm why the Emperor regarded him as an unpredictable “variable.”
• Soths: Displays the composure of a peak Fifth-Tier fighter. Rather than immediately breaking the Golden Dragon Domain or attacking, he studies Isaac with curiosity and anticipation, treating the battle as an opportunity to evaluate the Mad Witch’s capabilities.
• Filo: Though she does not appear directly, she is established as the Terra Kingdom’s most stable potential Demigod candidate.

Significant Themes

• Unpredictability versus calculated planning: The Emperor prepared for many possibilities, but Isaac and Caesar exceed the limits of his predictions.
• Limits of knowledge: Morgan’s centuries-old understanding of [Boundless] proves insufficient against Caesar’s new form of the Authority, emphasizing that power can evolve beyond established theory.
• Regeneration and immortality: Caesar’s ability challenges the normal rules of injury, energy consumption, and death, raising questions about the true nature and limits of his power.
• Innovation in combat: Isaac’s grotesque transformations and Caesar’s strange abilities contrast with traditional cultivation and spellcasting methods.
• The danger of hidden variables: Morgan’s connection to Caesar makes him a potential liability for the Terra Kingdom, especially if Caesar continues surpassing expectations.

Character Interactions

• Morgan and Caesar: Their confrontation is dominated by contrast: Morgan possesses superior immediate destructive power, while Caesar repeatedly survives attacks that should be fatal. Morgan’s confusion grows as Caesar’s abilities prove impossible to explain.
• Isaac and Soths: Soths approaches Isaac with curiosity and respect, allowing him to reveal his abilities rather than interrupting his transformation. Isaac responds with an unusual attack involving two dragon-bodied extensions of himself and a restraining domain.
• Soths and Isaac’s Golden Dragons: The Golden Dragon Domain temporarily restricts Soths, but he is clearly capable of escaping. His decision to remain still suggests he is more interested in understanding Isaac’s next move than in ending the fight quickly.

Chapter Summary: “Blood of Myriad Spirits and the Black Hole’s First Display of Might!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac’s severed head and arms transform independently through his experimental spell, Blood of Myriad Spirits: Youth Edition. His head becomes a gigantic, eye-covered octopus resembling an Outer God, while his arms transform into enormous Golden Dragons.
• The Magic Eyes covering Isaac’s octopus form immobilize Prince Soth. One Golden Dragon then embraces Soth and sacrifices itself to cast Golden Dragon Tomb, a powerful sealing spell capable of restraining even Fifth-Tier experts.
• Isaac’s legs detach and become two giant serpents. They merge into a black liquid that coats Soth, casting Barbatos’s Ouroboros Curse and drastically weakening him.
• With Soth fully restrained and weakened, Isaac restores his torso into a wizard-like form and prepares his ultimate attack: Star-Creation Power; Ultra-Miniature Black Hole.
• Using the Golden Finger to stack fault tolerance and stabilize his casting, Isaac successfully creates a black hole several thousand meters wide. Its gravity crushes everything nearby, including Soth, Morgan, Caesar, and the spectators watching from afar.
• Caesar survives only because his temporary invincible golden body allows him to repeatedly revive and gradually adapt to the black hole’s damage. However, he remains trapped within its gravity.
• Isaac cannot control or dismiss the black hole. His experiment becomes a catastrophic mutually destructive attack, ultimately consuming Isaac himself.
• When Isaac dies, the Small World’s rules attempt to teleport Caesar out, but the black hole destroys even that rule power. Caesar is left trapped in the black hole, unable to escape.

Character Developments

• Isaac demonstrates a major breakthrough in transforming individual body parts into powerful monsters. His new spell shows enormous potential, though it remains unfinished and dangerous.
• He reveals that he is not trying to use transformation spells conventionally. Instead, he uses each transformed body part as an independent Fifth-Tier spell for restraint, sealing, weakening, and battlefield control.
• Isaac’s creativity and willingness to experiment are emphasized, but so are his recklessness and lack of concern for self-preservation. His final attack succeeds technically but becomes uncontrollable.
• Prince Soth remains calm and rational throughout the assault. Rather than resisting desperately, he allows Isaac to reveal his trump card, hoping it might expose a path toward Sixth-Tier advancement.
• Soth also reveals Terra’s strategic priorities: resources will now favor Soth and Filo’s advancement to Demigodhood, while Morgan has effectively been abandoned because Caesar has become a more urgent threat.
• Caesar survives the black hole through his golden-body ability, but his survival becomes a curse when the Small World can no longer extract him.
• Morgan is caught in the black hole despite being locked in an increasingly even battle with Caesar.

Significant Themes

• Power through unconventional methods: Isaac turns incomplete transformation magic into a flexible system of restraints and battlefield effects rather than relying on direct combat.
• The danger of uncontrolled experimentation: Isaac’s black hole proves overwhelmingly powerful, but its lack of control makes it a weapon capable of destroying allies, enemies, and even the caster.
• Survival versus victory: Soth prioritizes long-term advancement over temporary War Game success, while Caesar’s immortality preserves him but leaves him trapped in an even worse situation.
• Strategic sacrifice and expendability: Terra’s willingness to abandon Morgan reflects the ruthless logic of high-level factional politics.
• The limits of rules against absolute force: The black hole becomes so powerful that it destroys not only matter and life but also the Small World’s governing teleportation rules.

Character Interactions

• Isaac uses his transformed body parts in succession against Soth: the Magic-Eyed octopus immobilizes him, the Golden Dragon seals him, and the serpent curse weakens him.
• Soth recognizes that Isaac’s restraints are preparations for a far more dangerous attack and deliberately chooses not to resist, hoping to learn from Isaac’s power.
• Caesar and Morgan’s battle is interrupted when the black hole expands over the battlefield. Caesar survives, while Morgan is consumed.
• Isaac’s death should have triggered Caesar’s removal from the Small World, but the black hole interferes with the world’s rules, leaving Caesar trapped and ending the chapter on an ironic note.

Chapter Summary

Plot Points and Events

• Isaac’s accidental creation of a miniature black hole devastates the Small World battlefield. It devours nearly half the world’s matter before disappearing, but the resulting collapse continues, producing lightning, violent storms, and countless spatial cracks.
• Caesar, who remained at the black hole’s center, is safely teleported out under the Demigods’ rules. The opposing “king” has already died, effectively ending that side’s battle.
• Isaac anxiously checks whether anyone benefited from the incident. Soths thanks him, having gained valuable insight and nearing advancement from the peak of the Fifth Tier to the Sixth Tier.
• Cheryl also gains inspiration. She believes she has found a possible direction for creating a new Fourth Tier Great Arcana, potentially making her advancement nearly certain.
• The Small World finally reaches the end of its lifespan and returns all remaining participants to the preparation plaza.
• The War Game officially ends. The Pure White Tower announces that territories will be redistributed according to points and protected from territorial conflicts for one hundred years. Anyone violating the order will be killed.

Character Developments

• Isaac: Feels embarrassed and frustrated because his experiment caused widespread destruction and ultimately failed to produce the desired result. He is especially bitter that others gained more from his experiment than he did. He resolves to return, construct two great transcendent powers, complete the Great Deed, and prepare for Fifth-Tier advancement.
• Caesar: Appears thoughtful after enduring the center of the black hole, suggesting he gained significant insight or enlightenment.
• Soths: Receives a major breakthrough from the experience and moves closer to becoming a Sixth-Tier Demigod. His future advancement could greatly strengthen Terra’s chance of reclaiming the title of Empire.
• Cheryl: Gains inspiration for designing a new Fourth Tier Great Arcana. Isaac believes her success is almost guaranteed because of her talent and the traces of Great Arcana within his Star-Creation Power.
• The Demigods: Remain stunned and largely speechless at Isaac’s ability to cause such destruction despite their precautions, though they find no clear evidence of Outer God involvement.

Significant Themes

• Unintended consequences: Isaac’s experiment succeeds only as a destructive catastrophe rather than as the controlled result he wanted.
• Sacrifice and unequal rewards: Isaac bears responsibility and frustration while Caesar, Soths, and Cheryl gain insights and opportunities from his actions.
• The importance of inspiration in advancement: Higher-tier transcendence depends not only on effort but also on rare moments of insight, especially for Arcane Masters.
• Progress through catastrophe: Even a failed experiment produces breakthroughs that may elevate several characters and strengthen Terra’s political position.
• Order after chaos: The Pure White Tower’s final proclamation restores structure after the battlefield’s destruction, imposing strict territorial rules for the next century.

Character Interactions

• Isaac awkwardly asks the Demigods whether they would believe that the disaster was an accident; their silent reaction reflects their exasperation with him.
• Isaac watches Caesar carefully as his “big brother,” hoping Caesar’s contemplation represents genuine insight.
• Soths openly thanks Isaac, which worsens Isaac’s mixed feelings because Soths’s advancement is a direct benefit of Isaac’s failed experiment.
• Isaac questions Cheryl about whether she also gained something, and she confirms that she has found inspiration for a new Great Arcana. Isaac reacts with helpless frustration, realizing that nearly everyone benefited except him.

Chapter Summary: “Wizard? Priest!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac examines the postwar exchange system and is shocked to see a True God’s Thunder God Godhood listed for only 10,000 points or more.
• He reflects on the changing divine system: newer gods follow the Divine Authority Path rather than the restrictive Dominion Path, making even low-grade godhood extremely valuable.
• The Thunder God Godhood is quickly claimed, confirming its immense appeal despite the limitations gods face in the Main World.
• Other powerful rewards are revealed, including:
  • Three Furnace Methods leading to the Sixth Tier
  • Six fast-progressing Fourth-Tier Transcendent paths
  • Divine Power Crystals for strengthening godly knights
  • Sixth-Tier Demon God Essence
• Isaac considers these treasures but decides not to spend Solomon’s limited 2,354 points, preferring to preserve them for his brother.
• Solomon’s faction ranks eighth, illustrating the brutal inequality of the War Game’s final rewards: first place has 27,000 points, while the lower rankings possess dramatically fewer.
• After returning to his territory, Isaac checks the progress of the Mad Witch Experiment and Star-Creation Experiment, finding both stable.
• He then begins designing two new divine Transcendent systems: the Faith Wizard and the Temple Knight.
• Isaac focuses first on the Faith Wizard, debating whether divine power should be converted into magic power or used directly through the Godhood Network.

Character Developments

• Isaac demonstrates greater strategic maturity by resisting the temptation to spend scarce points on powerful rewards. His priority is supporting his family and advancing his own research.
• He continues evolving as a creator of Transcendent paths, carefully analyzing the relationship between magic power, spellcasting ability, and life sublimation.
• Isaac’s thinking reveals a tension between independence and efficiency: converting divine power into magic would give greater control, but using divine power directly could make spellcasting much easier.
• Solomon and the allied faction are shown to have performed well despite limited resources, ranking eighth among the participating factions.
• The Demigods remain distant and enigmatic, repeatedly altering the War Game’s rules and shaping its aftermath.

Significant Themes

• Power and scarcity: Godhood and other high-level resources are rare, while the point rankings show how victory concentrates wealth and opportunity in the hands of a few.
• Changing paths of advancement: The shift from Dominion to Divine Authority reflects the development of new systems and the desire of later generations to retain the possibility of growth.
• Pragmatism over greed: Isaac’s decision not to spend the faction’s points emphasizes long-term planning over immediate personal gain.
• Independence versus dependence: The Faith Wizard’s design raises the question of whether Transcendents should rely directly on a god or transform divine power into something personally controlled.
• Order after conflict: Although the War Game creates disorder, the Demigods’ authority prevents complete chaos, while future conflicts are expected to become more controlled.

Character Interactions

• Isaac informs his older brother and older sister about the exchange rewards before returning to his own territory.
• He coordinates with Moens to review experimental data, showing cooperation within his research network.
• The planned Faith Wizard system is closely tied to the gods, since its practitioners would receive divine power rather than steal it.
• Isaac’s broader relationship with his family influences his decisions: he preserves Solomon’s points instead of claiming resources for himself.

Chapter Summary: “Lucky God of Gourmet”

1. Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac develops a plan to create Faith Wizards using the Godhood Network, a system originally associated with Divine Species and gods.
• He recognizes a major limitation: if the Godhood Network is condensed into a true Godhood after the Second Tier, the user would follow the established path of becoming a god rather than developing a new wizarding path.
• Isaac studies Third Tier Magical Web Mages, who gain power by cutting off and refining parts of the Magical Web into personal treasures. Their method inspires him to transform the Godhood Network into a similar, individualized spellcasting artifact.
• He concludes that Faith Wizards can progress if they avoid condensing Godhood and instead refine divine power into something personally controlled.
• Isaac divides the experiment into two stages:
  • Cultivating First and Second Tier Faith Wizards.
  • Developing methods that allow them to use divine power without being assimilated or controlled by the gods.
• He plans to use both Virtual Deities and a True God as experimental references. Virtual Deities are especially useful because, despite their unusual limitations, they can still grant power to mortals and create followers.
• Isaac prepares a god-summoning ritual using ominous materials and summons Stephen David Dai, the God of Gourmet, to assist with the experiment.
• The God of Gourmet senses the unusually powerful summoning and immediately becomes suspicious, fearing another encounter with a dangerous Mad Witch. Before responding, they report the summons to the Truth Association for protection.

2. Character Developments

• Isaac is shown as highly analytical, decisive, and willing to adapt existing systems rather than blindly reproduce them. He carefully compares divine advancement, Magical Web Mage techniques, and Faith Wizard cultivation.
• His status as a former or current Mad Witch continues to influence how others perceive him. The gods and institutions treat his actions as potentially dangerous, even when his intentions are unclear.
• Isaac also displays caution in his research. He avoids experimenting directly with the Outer Gods because he expects them to manipulate the results, and he acknowledges the risks of divine power corrupting or assimilating mortals.
• The God of Gourmet is portrayed as both powerful and traumatized by past encounters with Mad Witches. Despite sensing no immediate danger, they remain wary and follow official procedures before answering Isaac’s summons.

3. Significant Themes

• Creating a new transcendent path: Isaac’s central goal is to ensure that Faith Wizards become an independent system rather than merely another form of divine ascension.
• Personal control versus external power: The chapter repeatedly contrasts power that belongs to the individual with power borrowed from gods, emphasizing the danger of dependence and assimilation.
• Innovation through synthesis: Isaac advances his research by combining ideas from different systems—the Godhood Network, Magical Web Mages, Virtual Deities, and divine followers.
• The limits of advancement: Existing paths often have hidden ceilings, such as Magical Web Mages potentially stopping at Fourth Tier or Godhood Networks naturally leading toward godhood.
• Suspicion and institutional caution: Past abuses by wizards and Mad Witches have created strict oversight, while gods remain fearful of losing control over their power or followers.

4. Character Interactions

• Isaac’s most significant interaction is indirect: he compares his proposed Faith Wizard system with the methods of Legendary Mages and the behavior of gods and divine followers.
• His planned interaction with the God of Gourmet begins when he activates the summoning ritual.
• The God of Gourmet reacts defensively, recalling Isaac’s dangerous reputation and reporting the summons to the Truth Association before appearing.
• This establishes a tense relationship: Isaac seeks cooperation for research, while the god expects possible danger and takes precautions before engaging with him.

Summary

Isaac contacts the God of Gourmet through the Prayer Ritual after filing a report with the Truth Association, proposing a cooperative experiment. The God of Gourmet immediately recognizes that Isaac has hidden an ancient Divine Descent Ritual within the communication. This ritual can affect a god’s identity as a True God and temporarily force them into an Outer God state, making them vulnerable and potentially subject to dangerous risks.
The ritual originated as an ancient wizard method for dragging gods into the Main World in Saint Form so they could be attacked. Although it could not permanently kill gods, it caused severe injuries and temporary divine slumber. Later, Mad Witches exploited its unusual ability to influence gods with minimal power, using it to manipulate and extort the Outer Gods. Its use was eventually restricted through the Legendary Gate, but Isaac has adapted it to interfere directly with a god’s status as a True God.
The God of Gourmet is especially alarmed because becoming an Outer God carries serious dangers, including weakened Faith Power and the risk of losing one’s identity through assimilation toward Humanity. They are a reclusive deity who only wants to research and enjoy food, with no desire for political power or dangerous divine ambitions. Isaac, aware that the ritual frightens them, removes it and casually dismisses its presence as a “momentary slip.” His lack of guilt reveals that the ritual was deliberately included as leverage to make the God of Gourmet negotiate seriously.
Isaac then introduces a new supernatural path, initially called the Faith Wizard path but now renamed the Priest path. He transmits information about it through the Prayer Ritual. The God of Gourmet is not primarily interested in the path’s ability to strengthen churches; instead, they focus on its deeper connection to gods. If Priests reach the Third Tier, they can potentially obtain the same Authorities as the deity they worship.
This possibility strongly tempts the God of Gourmet. Their Authorities—Cooking and Deliciousness—are domestic and non-combat-oriented, making them unpopular and difficult for others to pursue. As a result, the God of Gourmet struggles to find people capable of creating truly delicious food. Mortals generally lack the necessary ability, while wizards who can make magical food care more about its supernatural effects than its taste. Priests who could inherit or awaken the Authorities of Cooking or Deliciousness might therefore become excellent creators of gourmet food and allow the god to enjoy such dishes regularly.
Although genuinely intrigued, the God of Gourmet remains wary. Their central concern is whether Isaac, known as an old-school Mad Witch, can be trusted.

Character Development and Interactions

• Isaac demonstrates calculated diplomacy rather than outright coercion. He uses the dangerous ritual as a bargaining chip, removes it once discovered, and presents the Priest path as an attractive opportunity.
• The God of Gourmet shifts from suspicion and fear to cautious temptation. Their passion for food makes them highly interested in the Priest path, but their distrust of Isaac prevents immediate agreement.
• Their interaction is defined by mutual negotiation: Isaac offers a potentially valuable supernatural system, while the God of Gourmet must weigh its benefits against the danger of dealing with him.

Significant Themes

• Power through knowledge and leverage: Isaac relies on specialized magical knowledge to gain influence without directly attacking.
• The tension between trust and self-interest: The God of Gourmet is tempted by the Priest path but fears Isaac’s motives and reputation.
• The dangers of divine identity: Becoming or being forced into an Outer God is portrayed as a threat to a deity’s stability, power, and sense of self.
• The value of seemingly insignificant Authorities: Cooking and Deliciousness appear weak compared with martial or grand divine powers, yet they are deeply meaningful to the God of Gourmet.
• Civilized negotiation masking manipulation: Isaac claims to favor reason over plunder, but his “cooperation” still involves carefully arranged intimidation and psychological pressure.

Chapter Summary: “The God of Gourmet’s Ambition!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chi, the God of Gourmet, agrees to cooperate with Isaac in developing priests—transcendent beings empowered by gods.
• Chi’s decision is supported by the Truth Association, which has investigated Isaac’s behavior and judged him reasonably trustworthy so long as he maintains his identity as a True God.
• Chi demands ownership of the transcendent inheritance once the experiment succeeds, hoping to gain priests before other gods and possibly find a route toward greater power. Isaac agrees because the inheritance is of little use to him.
• Isaac and Chi sign a weakly binding contract drafted by Chi, who remains cautious because Isaac is a Mad Witch.
• Isaac gives Chi the training methods for First- and Second-Tier priests, then ends their ritual connection.
• After examining the research, Chi realizes Isaac has solved problems that previously caused divine evolution experiments to fail. However, Chi also fears Isaac may be pursuing a path that could threaten the gods, so Chi secretly reports him as dangerous to the Truth Association.
• Isaac turns his attention to Third-Tier priests. Rather than pursuing easier projects first, he deliberately tackles this difficult stage because the War Game revealed that his current power is insufficient against Fifth-Tier opponents.
• Isaac considers two routes to greater strength: completing a Floating City or advancing to Fifth Tier. The Floating City is delayed by technical difficulties and a three-hundred-year queue at the Truth Association, leaving advancement as his practical option.
• Using information gathered from Magical Web Mages during the War Game, Isaac studies their advancement method. He becomes particularly interested in how their Magical Web can merge with laws and concepts while remaining connected to the external world.

Character Developments

• Isaac shows increased ambition and urgency. The War Game exposes the limits of his current abilities, convincing him that advancement is essential. He also demonstrates his characteristic suspicion by continuing to worry about the mysterious god supporting his elder brother.
• Isaac displays exceptional insight by creating a priest system that avoids the two major dangers of divine experimentation: assimilation into the god and the creation of independent Divine Species capable of replacing their patron.
• Chi, the God of Gourmet, evolves from a cautious observer into an ambitious participant. The possibility of obtaining exclusive priests—and perhaps eventually “looking upward” toward greater strength—overcomes Chi’s fear of cooperating with Isaac.
• Despite agreeing to the experiment, Chi remains deeply suspicious and politically cautious, drafting the contract personally and reporting Isaac to the Truth Association.
• The relationship between Isaac and Chi becomes a pragmatic partnership based on mutual benefit rather than trust.

Significant Themes

• Ambition and the desire for advancement: Even a god who once considered greater power impossible is tempted when a genuine opportunity appears.
• Trust versus suspicion: Isaac needs cooperation from the gods but distrusts hidden motives, while Chi accepts Isaac’s help but fears he may ultimately endanger the divine faction.
• Innovation and controlled experimentation: Isaac’s priest system represents a breakthrough because it solves problems that had caused generations of divine experiments to fail.
• Power and institutional authority: The Truth Association acts as both evaluator and protector, illustrating how wizard organizations have become powerful enough to arbitrate conflicts involving gods.
• The limits of specialization: Isaac possesses the resources to build a Floating City but lacks the technical ability to complete certain structures, emphasizing the gap between understanding a system and being able to create it.
• Alternative paths to transcendence: The chapter contrasts priests, Legendary Mages, Magical Web Mages, and other transcendent routes, suggesting that each path carries different strengths, weaknesses, and possibilities.

Character Interactions

• Isaac and Chi negotiate directly, with Chi demanding the priest inheritance and Isaac accepting without resistance.
• Their contract reflects mutual caution: Chi protects against Isaac’s possible manipulation, while Isaac is relieved that Chi does not reject him because of his Mad Witch identity.
• Chi’s later secret report to the Truth Association reveals that cooperation has not eliminated distrust.
• Isaac’s reflections on his elder brother’s mysterious divine protector show that his family relationships remain connected to broader political and supernatural concerns.
• Isaac’s interaction with the wider wizard establishment is indirect but important: the Truth Association controls access to Floating Cities and becomes the institution Chi relies on when fearing Isaac.

Overall Significance

The chapter establishes a major alliance between Isaac and the God of Gourmet while simultaneously showing that the alliance is fragile. Isaac’s priest research may transform the gods’ position in the transcendent world, but it also raises the possibility of divine betrayal and upheaval. Meanwhile, Isaac’s realization that neither his Floating City nor current abilities can quickly solve his power problem pushes him toward the difficult Third-Tier priest project and, ultimately, toward advancement.

Chapter Summary: “Holy Master? Just a Laborer~”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac studies the contrasting development paths of the Magical Web and the Godhood Network. The Magical Web expands outward to replace mana, while the Godhood Network normally condenses inward into tangible Godhood.
• He plans to force the Godhood Network to expand outward and connect with the concept of the world, though his initial success rate is below ten percent.
• Rather than relying solely on theory, Isaac conducts experiments in his laboratory using divine mice, descendants of Little Mouse’s species that possess unstable, inheritable Godhood Networks.
• Isaac surgically exposes and relocates portions of the Godhood Network toward the mice’s bodies, hoping to establish a connection between the network and the external world.
• All ten experiments fail, but the deaths reveal valuable information: exposure to chaotic external mana causes the mice’s bodies to collapse in unpredictable ways, including burning, electrocution, decay, and partial undead transformation.
• Isaac identifies two possible solutions:
  1. Modify the Godhood Network so it can filter and selectively absorb mana.
  2. Allow it to absorb all mana indiscriminately, then convert that energy into bodily nourishment through a system resembling the Knight Furnace Method.
• He assigns Little Mouse the task of developing a divine spell based on the Furnace Method. Little Mouse accepts and begins researching immediately.
• Isaac orders Lapis Lazuli to have the Holy Master gather materials needed for Little Mouse’s Virtual Divine Spark advancement. The Holy Master is dismayed because he has not even finished gathering his own materials.

Character Developments

• Isaac continues to demonstrate his experimental mindset and broad expertise. He treats failure as useful data and quickly identifies multiple possible research paths.
• He also reveals his ability to connect seemingly unrelated fields, drawing on research into mana networks, divine species, divine spells, and the Knight Furnace Method.
• Little Mouse is shown to be a highly capable specialist in divine-spell research. Although Isaac is more powerful overall, Little Mouse’s focused expertise makes it better suited to convert Furnace-based principles into a divine spell.
• Lapis Lazuli remains Isaac’s reliable laboratory assistant, preparing materials and carrying out his orders.
• The Holy Master is humorously reduced from an important figure to a resource-gathering laborer. His confused and frustrated reaction contrasts with Isaac’s calm efficiency.

Significant Themes

• Scientific experimentation and learning through failure: Isaac regards failed experiments as progress because they reveal how the Godhood Network behaves.
• The relationship between flesh and energy: Unlike the Magical Web, the Godhood Network is living tissue rooted in the body, making its interaction with external mana dangerous and difficult.
• Evolution, mutation, and inheritance: Divine Species are presented not as inherently sacred beings but as rare products of mutation. Their ability to reproduce and pass on Godhood Networks raises major scientific questions.
• Forbidden research and curiosity: Isaac and other scholars are fascinated by Divine Species because they offer a way to study phenomena connected to gods without directly researching gods themselves.
• Specialization and cooperation: Isaac recognizes that different individuals possess different strengths and delegates tasks accordingly, even while casually exploiting everyone’s abilities.
• Power versus practicality: The chapter contrasts grand theories about Godhood and divine evolution with the mundane labor of gathering materials and performing experiments.

Important Character Interactions

• Isaac works with Lapis Lazuli, who prepares the divine mice and later receives instructions to organize materials.
• Isaac physically experiments on the divine mice, demonstrating his detached but methodical approach to research.
• He summons Little Mouse, explains the need for a Furnace-based divine spell, and entrusts it with the project.
• Little Mouse listens carefully, accepts the challenge, and immediately begins calculations using extra skeletal arms, emphasizing its unusual nature and dedication.
• Isaac then indirectly burdens the Holy Master with collecting Little Mouse’s advancement materials. The Holy Master’s bewildered reaction provides the chapter’s comedic ending.

Chapter Summary: “Two Sides to the Story, and Over at Morgan’s...”

Key Plot Points and Events

• While Isaac researches the “Great Deed,” the Holy Master reluctantly but meticulously prepares materials for Little Mouse, purchasing the highest-quality resources available.
• After returning from the War Game, Solomon receives a huge influx of points, which are exchanged for resources and an enormous expansion of territory—nearly three to four times its former size.
• The expanded territory raises Solomon’s potential substantially. It can now support Caesar’s advancement to the Fifth Tier, with resources left over, making the kingdom a target for many interested factions. The Demigods’ authority and regulations temporarily prevent open conflict.
• Solomon’s national strength is assessed in three areas:
  1. Top-level power: Caesar is only at the Upper Fourth Tier, while Cheryl is still progressing toward the Fourth Tier. The kingdom lacks a true powerhouse.
  2. Military strength: Solomon possesses several elite forces, including Isaac’s magical puppets, Cheryl’s golems, the Spellbreaker Sword legion, and the newly formed Witch Legion. Its problem is excessive military expense rather than weakness.
  3. Population and adventurers: The kingdom needs more adventurers to control magical creatures, protect wilderness areas, and generate tax revenue. Adventurer taxes are extremely lucrative, though Solomon’s economy is not yet as developed as that of stronger nations.
• Because Solomon cannot quickly produce a Fifth Tier expert, Caesar considers forming marriage alliances with powerful factions. He must choose his allies carefully, since mishandled alliances could create enemies.
• Meanwhile, Morgan becomes increasingly suspicious of the Terra Kingdom’s treatment of him after the War Game. Despite his major contribution and Peak Fourth Tier status, he receives no additional resources and is burdened with more administrative work.
• Morgan confronts Terra’s Demigod ancestor, expecting support based on his talent and claimed thirty-percent chance of becoming a Demigod. Instead, the ancestor refuses to compensate him, redistributes some of Morgan’s existing resources, and places a restriction on him preventing him from leaving the royal palace.
• The chapter ends with the Demigod ancestor quietly observing both Morgan and Filo, clearly suggesting that he has deeper plans and does not trust Morgan’s estimate of his future potential.

Character Developments

• Caesar: Gains territory and resources that make Fifth Tier advancement possible, but his lack of high-level power remains Solomon’s greatest weakness. He begins seriously considering political marriages as a way to secure allies.
• Cheryl: Continues her advancement toward the Fourth Tier and contributes indirectly through her powerful golem legion, but is not yet ready to serve as Solomon’s supreme powerhouse.
• Isaac: Remains focused on researching the Great Deed while strengthening Solomon through his magical-puppet army.
• The Holy Master: Though dissatisfied with the task, he demonstrates loyalty and precision by preparing Little Mouse’s materials with exceptional care.
• Morgan: Shifts from confidence to anger and humiliation. He believes his contribution and talent entitle him to special treatment, but his confrontation with the Demigod leaves him politically isolated, financially weakened, and physically restricted.
• Filo: Gains resources and administrative support despite contributing little to the War Game, provoking Morgan’s resentment.
• Terra’s Demigod ancestor: Reveals himself as calculating and distrustful. He dismisses Morgan’s thirty-percent chance of becoming a Demigod and appears to be monitoring both Morgan and Filo for ulterior reasons.

Significant Themes

• Power versus political influence: Solomon’s vast territory and military strength cannot compensate for its shortage of top-tier experts, leading Caesar toward diplomacy and marriage alliances.
• The cost of success: Solomon’s gains bring wealth and opportunity but also attract enemies, increasing the kingdom’s vulnerability.
• Merit versus favoritism: Morgan believes rewards should reflect contribution, yet Filo receives benefits while he is denied them, exposing the arbitrary nature of political power.
• Ambition and uncertainty: Morgan’s confidence in his future advancement contrasts with the Demigod ancestor’s skepticism, emphasizing that talent and potential do not guarantee recognition or success.
• Hidden agendas: The ancestor’s final observation suggests that the visible political conflict may conceal a larger strategy involving Morgan, Filo, and Terra’s future.

Important Character Interactions

• Isaac and the Holy Master/Little Mouse: Isaac works on the Great Deed while the Holy Master fulfills Little Mouse’s request, showing parallel efforts on different fronts.
• Caesar and Solomon’s leadership: Caesar and his allies evaluate the kingdom’s weaknesses and conclude that marriage alliances may be necessary to obtain external support.
• Morgan and Terra’s Demigod ancestor: Morgan demands fair treatment, but the ancestor rejects his appeal, takes back resources, and restricts his movements.
• Morgan and Filo: Morgan resents Filo for gaining resources and officials despite her lack of contribution, viewing her as someone exploiting his achievements.
• Terra’s Demigod ancestor, Morgan, and Filo: The ancestor watches both figures from afar, implying that their conflict is part of a broader calculation.

Chapter Summary: “God of Gourmet? God of Sweet Dreams!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Soths Terra visits Filo, bringing her additional resources for her research. Filo reveals that she has successfully constructed all three Miracles and is completing the final tests before advancing to the Fifth Tier.
• Soths asks how Filo compares with Isaac. Filo admits that Isaac is far beyond her despite being only Mid Fourth Tier because he follows the vastly more difficult path of Great Deeds. If Isaac reaches the Fifth Tier, he will immediately possess Demigod-level power, whereas Filo will require years of preparation after advancing.
• Soths remains optimistic about the Terra Kingdom’s future. He hopes that sacrificing Morgan will end their remaining conflicts with Isaac and allow the kingdom to regain a complete Demigod and restore its imperial status.
• Soths leaves Filo to continue her work and focuses on his own cultivation. Isaac’s final spell has given him insight into a possible breakthrough to the Sixth Tier, raising the possibility that the Terra Kingdom could soon gain two Demigods.
• Filo, despite her rapid progress and institutional support, senses that something is wrong. She suppresses her unease and returns to her experiments, believing that sufficient power will resolve any danger.
• Three years later, Isaac and the God of Gourmet oversee a crucial experiment involving ten Second Tier priests attempting to advance to the Third Tier.
• The experiment succeeds: golden markings appear on the priests, and conduits connect them directly to the God of Gourmet’s Divine Realm. Through these conduits, the god can grant them Authority and Divine Authority without assimilating or consuming them.
• However, the God of Gourmet discovers that they cannot control the priests’ lives or deaths. Isaac mocks this expectation, explaining that Third Tier higher life-forms possess enough independence to resist such control.

Character Developments

• Filo demonstrates humility and self-awareness by acknowledging Isaac’s superiority, while also recognizing the advantages provided by the Terra Kingdom’s resources. Her choice of the conventional Miracle-based path reflects her pragmatic understanding of her own limitations.
• Soths Terra becomes increasingly hopeful and ambitious. Isaac’s spell has inspired him to seek a breakthrough to the Sixth Tier, and he envisions the Terra Kingdom producing two Demigods and reclaiming imperial power.
• Isaac continues developing a method that can free divine followers from total dependence on gods. He deliberately delays human experimentation until he believes it can be conducted safely, revealing both ethical restraint and a long-term plan to empower the priests independently.
• The God of Gourmet is shown to possess a fundamentally possessive, godlike view of humans. Despite appearing benevolent, they are willing to treat believers as experimental materials and expect to retain absolute control over them.

Significant Themes

• Power versus independence: Filo relies on the Terra Kingdom’s established systems, while Isaac pursues the harder path of Great Deeds and self-earned power. The same conflict appears in Isaac’s attempt to free priests from divine control.
• The limits of institutions and resources: Filo advances quickly because of royal support, but Isaac’s independent path promises vastly greater strength.
• Ethics and exploitation: Isaac refuses to use human subjects prematurely, contrasting with the God of Gourmet’s willingness to sacrifice or manipulate believers.
• Ambition and political restoration: Soths equates strength with legitimacy and hopes new Demigods will restore the Terra Kingdom’s former imperial glory.
• Humanity’s potential for transcendence: The successful experiment suggests that priests may become powerful beings capable of receiving divine power without losing their autonomy.

Character Interactions

• Filo and Soths: Their conversation establishes the gap between Filo and Isaac while strengthening Soths’s confidence in Filo as a future asset to the Terra Kingdom.
• Soths and Isaac: Although they have clashed previously, Soths now sees Isaac as a potential ally and hopes Morgan’s sacrifice will erase their remaining hostility.
• Isaac and the God of Gourmet: Their partnership is tense beneath the surface. Isaac cooperates with the god but rejects their view of humans as expendable tools and intends for the priests eventually to become independent.
• Isaac and the priests: Isaac acts as their protector and enables their transformation, creating the possibility that they may one day replace or surpass the gods they serve.

Chapter Summary: “Sage of the Gods: Isaac!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After three years of preparation, Isaac and the God of Gourmet begin human trials for the Priest experiment.
• Isaac’s improved Godhood Network appears on the test subjects as golden patterns. It filters magical power and allows them to absorb pure [holy] magical power, an energy closely connected to divine power.
• Isaac discovers that the Godhood Network must be compressed and condensed to support divine Authority, much like the original development of Divine Species.
• Through experiments involving “divine mice,” he develops the Sacred Mark—a condensed form of the Godhood Network. The marks appear in different locations on each subject and take the form of the God of Gourmet’s emblem, Holy Communion.
• The experiment succeeds, creating the transcendent paths of both Priests and

Temple Knights

• Priests specialize in filtering magical power and casting powerful divine arts.
• Temple Knights use the divine art Furnace to convert magical power into physical nourishment, becoming powerful melee fighters with weaker divine-casting abilities.
• Isaac is disappointed because he had hoped these would count as two separate Great Deeds. Instead, both paths are considered different branches of the same Divine Species development and yield only one Great Deed.
• The creation of the Priest path spreads rapidly throughout the nations of the True Gods. The gods immediately order their churches to cultivate Priests and Temple Knights.
• The gods initially consider attacking Isaac to kill him or seize his Great Deed. They fear his intelligence and the possibility that he may one day develop a method capable of destroying them.
• Isaac’s experiment had been officially reported to the Truth Association and the Flesh Cult, giving the Wizards grounds to protect him. The Demigod Wizards firmly reject divine interference, forcing the gods to abandon their attack.
• Isaac receives the rewards of his Great Deed:
  1. An inheritance-quality stone for rapidly cultivating Priests and Temple Knights, given to the God of Gourmet.
  2. A transferable Fourth Tier Priest profession.
  3. The extraordinary Great Deed ability Sage of the Gods.

Character Developments

• Isaac demonstrates exceptional creativity and scientific discipline, refining the Godhood Network into a viable foundation for divine transcendent professions.
• Although the experiment succeeds, Isaac remains dissatisfied because it provides only one Great Deed instead of the two he expected. His ambition to become a Fifth Tier Legendary Wizard remains incomplete, forcing him to seek another major project.
• Isaac also reveals strategic foresight by registering the experiment in advance, ensuring that the gods cannot easily claim credit or attack him without provoking the Wizards.
• The God of Gourmet becomes intensely excited when the Sacred Marks appear, realizing that Isaac’s achievement may provide the path for him to become a God King. His excitement quickly shifts to concern when he notices Isaac’s disappointment.
• The gods’ attitude toward Isaac changes from cautious observation to open fear. They now regard him as a direct and potentially existential threat.

Significant Themes

• Innovation and experimentation: Isaac’s success comes from years of preparation, repeated testing, and learning from failed or overlooked research into holy magical power.
• The relationship between knowledge and power: Isaac’s understanding of divine systems gives him influence over gods and threatens the existing balance of power.
• Ambition and dissatisfaction: Even a world-changing achievement is not enough for Isaac because it falls short of his larger goal of obtaining multiple Great Deeds and advancing to the Fifth Tier.
• Institutional conflict and deterrence: The confrontation between gods and Wizards shows that political alliances, prior registration, and demonstrations of power can prevent open war.
• Transformation and specialization: Priests and Temple Knights embody two different ways of developing the same divine foundation—one through magical control and the other through physical enhancement.
• Control versus cooperation: The Great Deed’s power allows Isaac to control divine power from gods who benefit from his teachings, raising questions about whether enlightenment can also become a form of domination.

Character Interactions

• Isaac and the God of Gourmet maintain a familiar, teasing relationship, with Isaac responding to the god’s repeated predictions with eye rolls and the god tolerating his rudeness because of his extraordinary talent.
• The God of Gourmet celebrates the successful experiment but becomes worried by Isaac’s subdued reaction, prompting Isaac to explain his disappointment.
• Isaac and the gods are placed in direct opposition: the gods want to eliminate him or seize his Great Deed, while Isaac relies on the Wizards’ protection and anticipates their intentions.
• The Wizards collectively defend Isaac, refusing to compromise with the gods and making clear that any attack could escalate into a larger war.
• Through the creation of Priests and Temple Knights, Isaac unintentionally—or at least indirectly—empowers the gods while simultaneously gaining the ability to control a portion of their power through Sage of the Gods.

Ending Development

The chapter ends with Isaac discovering that Sage of the Gods allows him to control at least one percent of the divine power and Authority of every god who has received his enlightenment. Since the gods are now actively cultivating the transcendent paths he created, Isaac can potentially control a portion of all their powers at once—already granting him strength comparable to Soths, at the peak of the Fifth Tier. This is revealed to be only the beginning of the ability’s true potential.

Chapter Summary: “God of Gourmet: Suck... Half!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Isaac examines the three abilities of the Sage of the Gods, a Great Deed he has obtained.
• Enlightenment can guide gods toward breakthroughs, improve their cultivation, and temporarily increase their power beyond normal tier limits.
• Isaac realizes it can elevate his Fourth-Tier Virtual Deities to the Fifth Tier and potentially transform them into true gods capable of independent cultivation.
• Although the ability consumes enormous amounts of Magic Power, Isaac discovers that the real limitation is the Sage’s output efficiency rather than his reserves.
• He concludes that he may be able to use the Sage’s power while creating Virtual Divine Sparks to permanently produce Fifth-Tier Virtual Deities despite being only Fourth Tier himself.
• Isaac recognizes that his failed advancement may be an opportunity. Since Priests and Temple Knights already count as a Great Deed, he begins considering a new Great Deed based on creating a Wonder, while reserving Bloodline Wizard research for a future Great Creation.
• The Sage’s third ability, “Wisdom Above the Gods; Guide,” allows Isaac to contract with a god and act as their adviser. Although the god nominally commands him, Isaac can choose whether to obey based on his interpretation of Wisdom.
• If the god rejects his advice more than three times, the contract causes backlash. Isaac realizes this could amount to near-total control over another god.
• He considers testing the ability on the God of Gourmet, but first explains the Sage’s powers and asks for their consent.
• The God of Gourmet agrees to take the risk, hoping Isaac’s Enlightenment can strengthen their weak Divine Authority.
• However, they report the arrangement to the Truth Association to preserve a safeguard. The Association’s Grand Arcane Master remains uneasy and raises the God of Gourmet’s danger rating because of their increasingly close cooperation with Isaac, the “Mad Witch.”

Character Developments

• Isaac becomes even more pragmatic and strategic. He dismisses Enlightenment as a research tool but immediately identifies its value for creating powerful Virtual Deities and expanding his influence.
• His failure to advance to the Fifth Tier does not discourage him; instead, he reframes it as an opportunity to develop alternative sources of power.
• Isaac also reveals a willingness to experiment with contracts that could effectively control other gods, though he remains cautious enough to seek the God of Gourmet’s agreement first.
• The God of Gourmet shifts from a relaxed, passive deity into someone willing to gamble for greater power. Their weak Authority and newly awakened ambition make them receptive to Isaac’s offer.
• Despite agreeing to cooperate, the God of Gourmet remains cautious and refuses to risk everything, involving the Truth Association as a fallback.
• The Grand Arcane Master becomes more suspicious of the God of Gourmet and more impressed—and concerned—by Isaac’s abilities.

Significant Themes

• Power through strategy rather than direct advancement: Isaac compensates for being unable to reach the Fifth Tier by developing stronger servants and indirect methods of influence.
• The danger of knowledge and guidance: Wisdom, advice, and enlightenment appear beneficial, but Isaac’s Sage abilities can turn them into tools of domination.
• Calculated risk and ambition: The God of Gourmet must decide whether to remain weak and safe or gamble on Isaac’s assistance.
• Innovation born from failure: Isaac’s failed breakthrough creates the conditions for new research and military possibilities.
• Trust, safeguards, and control: The God of Gourmet’s decision to notify the Truth Association reflects the uneasy balance between cooperation with Isaac and fear of his growing power.

Character Interactions

• Isaac and the God of Gourmet develop a more ambitious partnership based on mutual benefit: Isaac gains a willing subject for testing the Sage’s powers, while the God of Gourmet gains a chance to improve their Authority.
• Isaac’s intimidating glance makes the God of Gourmet briefly suspect that he may use the contract to control them.
• Isaac reassures them by explaining the ability and seeking their opinion rather than imposing the contract outright.
• The God of Gourmet’s decision to report the partnership to the Truth Association introduces institutional oversight and demonstrates that their trust in Isaac is limited.
• The Grand Arcane Master’s reaction highlights the broader concern surrounding Isaac: even when he acts cooperatively, his inventions and influence make him increasingly dangerous.