Chapter Summaries

Alice told the Chief about the gods, Rose Redemption, and the Three Gods, then showed Klein the Blasphemy Slate’s advancement formulas. The chapter ended with Alice warning Klein that the Evernight Goddess would die in the Divine War.

• Alice explained the Orthodox Gods, evil gods, Rose Redemption, Sasrir, the Creator’s interrupted resurrection, and the Three Gods to the Chief.
• Alice showed Klein the Blasphemy Slate formulas for Mystery Attendant and Fool, and Klein wondered whether fooling Alice could count as fooling Fate.
• Alice explained that she could not yet be called the Incarnation of Fate and discussed what a successful deception would require.
• Klein warned Alice to keep his Virtual Personality secret, and Alice threatened to alter the City of Silver’s missionary pamphlets if he threatened her again.
• Alice said she distrusted the Blasphemy Slate and Castle of Origin, then revealed that the Evernight Goddess would die in the Divine War.

Alice and Klein led the people of the Forsaken Land of the Gods through the gate into the bright world, where Dunn welcomed them in an unexpectedly grand fashion. Klein advanced to Miracle Invoker, and his new authority over Castle of Origin changed how Alice perceived him; their conversation ended with Alice wondering what would happen if she could sense neither of the two wills or kinds of corruption Klein described.

• Alice told Klein that the Goddess had orchestrated the situation and urged him to rest while he prepared for his advancement.
• After two weeks, Alice had Derrick open the Divine Palace gate, and the group waited until night fell before descending through the darkness toward the Black Monasteries.
• Daylight revealed the group on an island in the golden sea, and Dunn arrived with a fleet to bring them to safety.
• Dunn dramatically welcomed the newcomers, prompting Alice to take Klein to an uninhabited island, where Klein drank the Miracle Invoker potion.
• Klein's body dissolved into transparent Worms and entered the Historical Void, and Castle of Origin then summoned Alice, who found herself unable to resist its authority.
• Klein discussed the opposing wills and corruption he sensed after advancing, and Alice wondered aloud what it would mean to sense neither.

Klein learned the truth about the Outer Deities and discussed faith, fate, and good luck with Alice, who then returned to the Forsaken Land of the Gods. There, Ouroboros chased her until she drew Will Auceptin into the pursuit and transformed him into an infant.

• Alice confirmed her suspicions about her identity and explained the secrets of above the sequence and the Outer Deities to Klein.
• Klein decided to give up the Sea God’s believers and discussed the difference between fate and good luck with Alice.
• Alice returned to the Forsaken Land of the Gods carrying the Blasphemy Slate and encountered Ouroboros, who began chasing her.
• Alice found Will Auceptin and brought him into the chase, while Amon watched from a distance.
• Will attacked Alice to get ahead, but Alice stopped and reversed their sizes, leaving Will in an infant’s body.

Alice entered the Gray-White Mist with the Blasphemy Slate, triggering a powerful convergence that drove Ouroboros away and pulled at Will Auceptin. Amon revealed that he had been preparing to use his connection with Alice and her Fate for his own path to godhood, while putting his search for Castle of Origin on hold.

• Amon returned Will Auceptin's stolen life stage, turning him into an infant, and Alice fled Ouroboros by entering the River of Fate.
• Alice recited the incantation at the Gray-White Mist and followed its pull to capture a fleeting silver gleam, setting off a powerful attraction.
• Ouroboros felt his Snake of Mercury Beyonder Characteristics being stripped away, abandoned two of them, and Returned to his master's side.
• Will Auceptin realized the convergence could let him Restart, lose his Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic, and escape, then restarted as the attraction dragged him away.
• Amon reflected on how Alice's Fate and her resemblance to him could serve as a backup plan for becoming a god, and postponed his attempt to steal Castle of Origin.

Alice completed her advancement and became the Wheel of Fortune, escaping the River of Fate after the Blasphemy Slate drew a dangerous figure into the Chaos Sea. She later reunited with Klein, whose worries about her identity and strange effects of Fate led to a discussion of her divination-based abilities.

• Alice used the Chaos Sea’s imprint and a net woven from connected fates to preserve herself in the River of Fate, then emerged as a Great Serpent and became the Wheel of Fortune.
• A figure with Amon’s face reached for Alice, but she summoned the Blasphemy Slate, which unleashed the Chaos Sea and swallowed him as she escaped.
• At Chernobyl, a withered figure climbed from the illusory black ocean and realized he could no longer sense his true body or other avatars.
• Klein explained to the Tarot Club that Alice was taking part in a gambling game with Fate, while he worried that she might return as someone else.
• Klein noticed people across the Outside World forgetting events and experiencing confusing memories, then saw Daily and Dunn become convinced that Daily was pregnant despite nothing having happened.
• After Alice landed, Klein tested her identity with an integral; Alice answered by explaining that she could divine the calculation process and work out the result.

Klein learned that Alice had become the Goddess of Fate and fallen into a deep sleep, then discussed her condition with the Tarot Club. After hearing that Will Auceptin might be reborn as an angel through Madam Daly’s pregnancy, Klein decided to investigate Amon’s condition and traveled toward the City of Silver’s settlement.

• Alice told Klein she would sleep until before her birth, and Klein secretly considered how to propose to her using a ring resembling Amon’s proposal ring.
• At the first Tarot Club after Alice became a god, Klein explained that she was the Goddess of Fate and was asleep while developing as a fetus.
• Leonard privately told Klein that Madam Daly was pregnant and that the child might be Will Auceptin, whom the Goddess had blessed.
• Klein decided not to act on Alice’s behalf and said he would speak with the Goddess before deciding what to do about Will Auceptin.
• Klein divined Amon’s condition and saw Amon’s withered hand at Chernobyl, then chose to investigate the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Klein returned to the Real World and headed toward the place where the City of Silver had settled to ask about the region’s condition.

Klein visited Roselle in Emperor Roselle’s mausoleum after Bernadette reached the island, and they discussed Alice, the Apocalypse, and Roselle’s past. Roselle realized his Card of Blasphemy might be connected to the Primordial Moon’s corruption and warned Klein not to collect all twenty-two cards, especially the Mother card.

• Klein divined the Forsaken Land of the Gods and saw that the passage beyond the Giant King's Court had closed, then set aside the mystery to focus on digesting his potion and accumulating miracles.
• After Bernadette chose to visit Emperor Roselle’s mausoleum, Klein sent a paper figurine there and appeared before Roselle in his original form as Zhou Mingrui.
• Klein and Roselle discussed Alice, her status as a True God, and the strange story of how she obtained the Key of Light; Roselle also learned that Klein was carrying her child.
• Klein told Roselle that Alice had advised him not to contact Mr. Door and mentioned Amon, then listed the Blasphemy Cards he had collected.
• Roselle explained how the cards’ anti-divination effects could have arisen, then realized he had made them while corrupted by the Primordial Moon and shouted for Klein not to collect all twenty-two, warning him to beware the Mother card.

Klein spoke with Roselle about the Primordial Moon's contamination, the dangers of becoming an Old Days entity, and Roselle's family and final wishes. After promising to help Bernadette, Klein returned to the Castle of Origin and considered the risks of releasing the other Transmigrators, then wondered when Alice would awaken.

• Roselle explained how the Primordial Moon may have influenced his fate and warned Klein that becoming an Old Days entity would be extraordinarily dangerous.
• Roselle asked Klein to save him if possible, or destroy him and his mausoleum if he could not be freed from the contamination; Klein promised he would not forget.
• Roselle asked Klein to look after Bernadette, and Klein agreed; they exchanged their names and discussed Alice.
• Roselle said goodbye before falling asleep and returning to the seal, and Klein severed his connection to the paper figurine.
• Klein returned to the Castle of Origin and decided against releasing the Transmigrators in the Light Cocoons because he distrusted the dangers surrounding them.
• Klein looked at his body and wondered when Alice would awaken.

Klein talked with the newly awakened Alice while building a Fully Automatic Wishing Machine, and she explained her limited strength after restarting. Alice recounted her Deification Ritual and raised the possibility of taking the name Goddess of Light, while the fate of Amon and Will remained unresolved.

• Klein worked on a Fully Automatic Wishing Machine, and Alice teased him before explaining that she could chat and use minor powers but could not reliably fight.
• Klein told Alice that Bernadette had sealed the corrupted Emperor Roselle and advanced to Sequence 2, and Alice worried about how Roselle might react to learning she was a true god.
• Klein read Alice parts of the Holy Bible, where the City of Silver recorded her as the Angel of Fate and the Fool’s divine child.
• Alice said Will Ongsaetin had restarted as the child of the captain and Madam Daly, and she decided to postpone dealing with him until after their births.
• Alice recounted that Amon returned Will’s stolen time, then the Lord of Mysteries revived inside Amon’s body and she struck him with the Blasphemy Slate before the Chaos Sea flooded the area.
• Alice suggested calling herself the Goddess of Light and wondered why the Great Old One of the Fate pathway was called the Key of Light.

Klein invited Alice to use the Castle of Origin to host the Tarot Club, and she joined the gathering in the form of a silver human baby after failing to decide her appearance. She introduced herself as the Goddess of Light, leaving the Tarot Club members bewildered.

• Alice argued that her powers and her title, the Key of Light, justified calling herself the Goddess of Light, while Klein questioned how she would explain her inability to glow.
• Klein offered Alice limited access to the Castle of Origin so she could host the Tarot Club, and she agreed after he clarified that he was not handing over its true authority.
• Alice appeared above the Castle of Origin as an undecided silver human baby, so Klein placed her in a transformed chair while they waited for the gathering.
• Klein summoned the Tarot Club members, and Audrey greeted Alice as Miss Fortune before Alice asked to be called the Goddess of Light.
• Audrey, Alger, Cattleya, and Derrick reacted with confusion or quiet consideration as Alice explained why she thought the title fit.

Alice attended the Tarot Club meeting as a True God and discussed her awakening, her relationship with Mr. Fool, and the choices she faced after the Restart. The meeting left her undecided about her future appearance and gender, while Klein offered to help if she regretted her choice.

• Alice questioned the Tarot Club members’ silence about her title, then let Audrey finish the greetings and begin the meeting.
• After Derrick shared news from his life, Alger asked how Alice had joined the meeting, and she explained that Mr. Fool had suggested it after she persuaded Mr. World to leave his ugly machine to a professional.
• Alice described strange family relationships among Mythical Creatures and explained that mushrooms on Cattleya’s ship had been created through the involvement of a Rose Bishop and a believer of the Original Moon Shell.
• Klein asked Alice to stop discussing the subject, and she instead asked the Tarot Club for advice about her appearance, gender, and name after the Restart.
• Alice considered remaining female, then proposed calling herself the God of Light if people would find a male Goddess of Light strange.
• When Alice worried she might regret becoming a man, Klein offered to help, and Audrey observed that the two had not changed how they treated each other.

At the Tarot Club, Alice hinted that Emlyn had taken a wrong path that had somehow become the right one, while joking with Klein about whether their child should be a son or daughter. Afterward, Leonard and Pallez speculated about Alice’s cryptic warning, and churches across the land investigated Merlin Hermes and the Fool; Alice remained asleep until the New Year.

• Alice stopped herself from probing the World’s identity, then persuaded the angry Alice to reconsider her decision by thinking in terms of a son or daughter.
• Alice told Emlyn that he had taken the wrong path by a twist of fate, but it had become the right path, and later asked Klein whether he preferred a son or daughter.
• Leonard told Pallez that Alice wanted to become the Goddess of Light, and they discussed her remarks about Emlyn and the possible involvement of Lilith.
• Emlyn concluded that the Church of the Earth Mother was the wrong path and wondered whether the Mother Goddess of Depravity could be the Ancestor.
• Churches discovered that Merlin Hermes, who carried the Fully Automatic Wishing Machine, was a Blessed of the Fool, while Klein continued digesting his potion and Alice fell asleep.
• On January 1, 1352, Alice greeted Klein with a Happy New Year.

Klein and Alice discussed the approaching succession of divine positions as war intensified, and Alice revealed that the God of Combat had fallen after Lilith replaced his mother, Omibella. Klein struggled with what the revelation meant for his own morality and his inability to oppose the Goddess, while Alice challenged him to consider what he might do when confronted with suffering firsthand.

• Alice told Klein that she could sense an approaching divine succession but was afraid to reveal its details.
• Klein continued digesting his potion near the front lines as the war worsened, while Alice gave the Staff of Life to the City of Silver.
• Alice told Klein that Adam was nearing godhood and explained that Adam had few viable candidates besides Klein and Zaratul.
• Alice revealed that the God of Combat had fallen after Lilith replaced Omibella, his mother, and dealt him a fatal blow during the divine war.
• Klein admitted that he could not accept the suffering caused by the Goddess’s actions, and Alice called his struggle a moral purity complex.

Klein returned to Backlund to seek protection from the Evernight Goddess and ask Pallez about Amon, learning that the Apocalypse was only a little over ten years away. In a dream, the Goddess agreed to help conceal Klein’s plan from Fate if he retrieved water from the River of Eternal Darkness after reaching Sequence 1.

• Alice told Klein he would eventually need to speak with Adam and the True Creator, and asked him to bring back information from the second Blasphemy Slate.
• Klein commissioned a ring resembling Rose's Oath, returned to Backlund, and met Leonard to ask Pallez about Amon.
• Pallez said Amon had briefly become the true Error, and Klein warned Leonard that the Apocalypse was real and just over ten years away.
• Klein prayed to the Evernight Goddess at St. Samuel's Church and met her in a dream, where she confirmed his plan to deceive Fate could work if maintained until he became a god.
• The Evernight Goddess agreed to help conceal Klein’s ring from Fate in exchange for water from the River of Eternal Darkness, advising him to wait until Sequence 1 and avoid advancing with the Mystery Attendant characteristic.

Klein discussed his advancement and plans with the Evernight Goddess, learning how Antigonus had once accommodated the Fool Uniqueness and securing her help in suppressing him. After leaving the prayer hall, Klein encountered a bishop who mistook him for Alice and then turned his attention to the Church of Steam and the possibility of bringing Arrodes over.

• Klein decided to avoid using the Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic and prepare for a hunt for Zaratul before Alice was born, then asked the Evernight Goddess for a container to collect River Water of the River of Eternal Darkness.
• The Evernight Goddess explained her interference in Klein's birth, why the Lord of Mysteries' residual will made the Mystery Attendant path dangerous, and how Antigonus had used Adam and Amon's help to fool Fate while accommodating the Fool Uniqueness.
• Klein agreed to perform a Ritual of Bestowal before going to Calderón so the Evernight Goddess could use the river water to help put Antigonus into temporary eternal sleep.
• After waking in the prayer hall, Klein donated his foreign coins, and the bishop mistook him for Alice because of her earlier donation to the Church of Evernight.
• Klein left the church and considered taking advantage of the Church of Steam's defeat to bring Arrodes over.

Klein summoned Arrodes and brought the magic mirror away from the departing Church of Steam, then asked it about the situation in Feynapotter. Alice awoke after sensing a change in Fate and warned Klein about his Mystery Attendant advancement, leaving him to continue questioning Arrodes while she listened.

• Klein learned that the Church of Steam had to remove its high-level Beyonders and powerful Sealed Artifacts from Loen, then summoned Arrodes aboard its departing train.
• Arrodes's owner, Bonaparte Gustav, allowed Klein to take the mirror after Klein said he was Blessed of Evernight.
• Back in a Backlund hotel, Klein asked Arrodes about Feynapotter, and the mirror displayed an Evernight Church document about accepting defectors and purging only the most devout opponents.
• Alice awoke, described a change in Fate, and reminded Klein that the Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic was unsafe.
• Klein told Alice that he planned to hunt Zaratul and had promised the Goddess to help Her obtain water from the River of Eternal Darkness after advancing to Mystery Attendant.
• Alice urged Klein to see a Psychiatrist and advised him to call Adam if Miss Justice could not help, while Klein told Arrodes to continue displaying its documents.

Klein read plans for the Evernight Church to consolidate control after the war and discussed the Church of The Fool with Alice and Arrodes. He planned to prepare his Mystery Attendant advancement ritual by building a marionette city and decided to replenish his marionettes at sea while waiting for Zaratul to find him.

• Klein read a document outlining how the Evernight Church would conceal the Goddess's replacement of the God of Combat, seek peace, and reduce references to the Red Moon and the title Lord of Crimson.
• Alice told Klein that the Church of The Fool could become an official organization, and asked Arrodes to revise an earlier account of the Goddess of Fate into one for the Goddess of Light.
• Arrodes told Klein that Zaratul was searching for him, so Klein decided to prepare his Mystery Attendant advancement ritual and let Zaratul come to him.
• Klein learned that Alice had not chosen her birth date and could remain unborn for years, which eased his urgency but left him uneasy.
• Klein considered the marionette town required for his ritual, recognized the challenge of giving its inhabitants convincing lives, and decided to gather more marionettes at sea.

At the Tarot Club, Derrick revealed that the Mother Goddess of Depravity had impersonated the Giant Queen Omibella, and the members deduced that she was actually Lilith, the Blood Race Progenitor. The revelation left Emlyn proud that he had unknowingly offered faith to the Progenitor, as he awaited the truth becoming public.

• Leonard, Alger, and Cattleya discussed the Divine War and wondered how the Goddess of the Night had defeated the Mother Goddess of Depravity and the God of Combat.
• Derrick promised secrecy before Mr. Fool and revealed that Omibella had died long ago and that her remains were in the City of Silver.
• The Tarot Club members connected the revelation to the Mother Goddess of Depravity's long-running disguise, with Gehrman Sparrow suggesting other True Gods had helped conceal it.
• Mr. Fool hinted that Fate had already given Emlyn the answer, and Leonard recognized Alice's clue about the wrong and right paths as pointing to the Blood Race Progenitor.
• Leonard and Cattleya connected the Church of Evernight's changed lunar titles and prayer gesture to the Goddess of the Night exchanging authority with Lilith.
• Emlyn realized the Progenitor had become the Mother Goddess of Depravity and proudly concluded that his early faith had made him Her most devout child.

Klein planned a marionette town to prepare for his ritual, studying the knowledge needed to make its residents believable and deciding how to connect the town to the outside world. He chose an isolated island and used his powers to build a town for about five thousand people, leaving its streets and key facilities newly formed.

• Emlyn realized the Church of Earth’s changes could make him a representative of the Blood Race, while Klein later asked Alice why Zaratul kept missing him.
• Alice asked Klein for a Yesterday’s Recurrence charm and said she could influence his luck; Klein made and swallowed one, then Alice fell silent without revealing the result.
• Klein created many avatars in Castle of Origin and studied professional books while drafting scripts and character profiles for the marionette town’s residents.
• Klein chose to build the town on an uninhabited island and use Grafting to connect it with travelers, favoring that plan over building it inside an existing city.
• Klein selected an island isolated by storms and transformed an open area into a town with homes, public facilities, railways, and a church.

Klein built a town on an uninhabited island, named it Utopia, and populated it with marionettes while bantering with Alice. After learning that Bethel Abraham had pleaded not to be saved, Klein and Fors worked to delay the Abraham Family’s attempt to bring him back, while Alice watched Verdu Abraham and pursued her own plans for a New Holy Scripture and Honored Name.

• Klein wished a deep-water port and convenient transport into existence, then watched people and creatures emerge from Saint Alice church and fill the town.
• Klein named the town Utopia after Alice joked about his marionettes, and he threatened to send her to school when she teased him.
• Fors advanced to Arcanist and, after communicating with Mr. Door, discovered that Bethel Abraham had cried, “Don’t save me”; Klein confirmed the message and told Alice.
• Fors followed Klein’s instructions by warning the Abraham Family of the danger and revealing a difficult method for lifting the curse, while Verdu Abraham nevertheless set out to summon Mr. Door.
• Klein asked The Hanged Man Alger to monitor Verdu and continued practicing life in Utopia; Alice marked Verdu, then turned her attention to her New Holy Scripture and Honored Name.