Chapter Summaries

Erica, Lu Yinghua, and Ena Kiyo overwhelmed Perseus, who was revealed to be Mithra, with their combined attacks. Erica drove Longinus into the god’s chest, leaving the outcome decided as Su Yang challenged Athena’s assumptions about what would follow.

• Lu Yinghua suppressed Perseus in martial skill, while Ena Kiyo countered his Authorities with Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi.
• Erica began chanting the Golgotha Words of Power to unleash the strength of her godslaying spear.
• Mithra called down the sun to interrupt Erica’s chant, but Ena Kiyo used Brahmashira to split and extinguish it.
• Erica completed her chant and struck Mithra in the chest with Longinus.
• Athena reflected that a god slain through human cooperation had never granted an Authority, and Su Yang told her that precedent did not decide the future.

Su Yang chose to transform Lu Yinghua, Erica, and Seishouin Ena into new Campiones after humanity’s joint god-slaying. Sun Wukong then emerged from the Hidden World, having dealt with the place that had imprisoned him.

• Su Yang weighed whether to use Pandora’s method, act alone, or combine both to create Campiones, then decided to proceed with his own method.
• Perseus’s corpse dissolved as Lu Yinghua, Erica, and Seishouin Ena felt their bodies begin the painful transformation into Campiones.
• Saya no Miya Kaoru and Toma Amakasu realized that humanity had jointly slain a god and wondered how Su Yang had influenced the three new Campiones.
• A gold-and-red staff burst out from Xitiangong, signaling that Sun Wukong had emerged from the Hidden World after settling matters there.
• Su Yang greeted Sun Wukong, who said that his activity in the Hidden World had felt good.

Sun Wukong summoned Zhu Ganglie and Sands God to face the Campiones, then claimed Su Yang as his personal opponent. Zhu Ganglie chose Erica and Ena Kiyo, while Sands God also prepared to attack, and the battle began.

• Sun Wukong summoned Zhu Ganglie and Sands God as Subordinate Gods and learned that Su Yang was not a Campione.
• Su Yang agreed to fight Sun Wukong and produced a golden sword.
• Zhu Ganglie chose Erica and Ena Kiyo as his opponents, while Sun Wukong flew toward Su Yang.
• Sands God launched an attack as Zhu Ganglie moved to fight.

Lu Yinghua fought the Sands God with the solar Authority he had usurped from Mithra, while Su Yang faced Sun Wukong and endured the god’s attack without injury. As Sun Wukong wondered whether Su Yang was a Celestial Being, Su Yang looked up at something in the sky.

• Lu Yinghua evaded the Sands God’s water attacks with Divine Feet and analyzed the god’s refined techniques.
• The Sands God revealed his past as a sinner god and former commander of the Four Seas Dragon Kings.
• Lu Yinghua invoked Mithra’s solar Authority to use blazing sunlight against the water god.
• Sun Wukong probed Su Yang with his Golden Cudgel and wondered if he was a Celestial Being rather than a Campione.
• Su Yang remained unharmed when Sun Wukong’s strike shook the ground, while Athena noticed that Su Yang was looking toward the sky.

Luo Hao defeated the guardian of a passage between worlds and used the Golden-Winged Great Peng to travel onward, possibly back to Su Yang’s world. Her departure left her world behind, while Su Yang sensed that a Campione was returning.

• Su Yang sensed that one of the Campiones exiled to another world was traveling through time and space, while Sun Wukong prepared to attack him.
• Luo Hao used the Twelve Divine Palms of the Flying Phoenix and her Authority to defeat the guardian of the passage between worlds.
• Luo Hao decided to leave, hoping the passage would lead to another world or to Yang’s world.
• Luo Hao summoned the Golden-Winged Great Peng, which had grown powerful through battles across worlds, and vanished amid spatial-temporal fluctuations.
• Luo Hao left the world she had brought disaster to, as the narration noted that countless planes remained beyond it.

Su Yang watched Luo Hao return after crossing four worlds and wondered whether she had hurried back because of their agreement. Luo Hao arrived on a Golden-winged Great Peng and greeted Su Yang, then noticed Lu Yinghua holding his own against Unruly Sun Wukong.

• Su Yang reflected on how difficult it was to return between worlds and realized Luo Hao had found the shortest route back in only four crossings.
• Su Yang suspected Luo Hao had rushed home either to kill Unruly Sun Wukong or to catch him cheating.
• Unruly Sun Wukong struck Su Yang with his Golden Cudgel, shaking the ground, while Su Yang sensed someone approaching.
• Luo Hao descended from a giant Golden-winged Great Peng and greeted Su Yang.
• Luo Hao noticed Lu Yinghua fighting Unruly Sun Wukong on nearly equal terms and wondered how much time had passed.

Luo Hao returned to the battlefield and confronted Zhu Ganglie, whose strength had been enhanced by the Pseudo Great Law of Covenant. She destroyed him with her Golden Warriors, while the others struggled to react to her overwhelming power.

• Zhu Ganglie noticed Luo Hao had returned and challenged her as she joined the fight.
• Luo Hao struck Zhu Ganglie with her Nioh Statue, then realized he was enhanced by the Pseudo Great Law of Covenant and sensed several Campiones nearby.
• Zhu Ganglie approached Luo Hao on a cloud and called her a beauty, provoking her to unleash demonic wind and sound attacks.
• Luo Hao enlarged her Golden Warrior and summoned another, and the Heng Ha Generals crushed Zhu Ganglie between their fists.
• Lu Yinghua remained caught up in his joy at Luo Hao's return, while Saya no Miya Kaoru and the others were still stunned.

Luo Hao returned from another world and swiftly defeated the rogue gods, including the Sands God. She told Lu Yinghua he could establish his own school, then postponed the decision after he celebrated too eagerly.

• Sun Wukong recognized Luo Hao as the Eastern Campione and recalled meeting her before.
• Luo Hao used a palm strike to kill Zhu Ganglie and another to defeat the Sands God.
• Lu Yinghua praised Luo Hao and realized that becoming a Campione had not made him any less intimidated by her.
• Luo Hao said Lu Yinghua could establish his own school and pursue his ambitions freely.
• After Lu Yinghua celebrated, Luo Hao rebuked him and said they would revisit the matter when he could stand on his own.

Luo Hao returned from the divine realm and fought Unruly Sun Wukong, while Su Yang revealed that less than twenty days had passed in the mortal world. Athena questioned how the Campiones had grown so powerful in another world, and Su Yang insisted he had not controlled their progress.

• Unruly Sun Wukong confronted Luo Hao for killing his junior brother, and she drew a sword to fight him.
• Su Yang left Luo Hao to settle her grudge with Sun Wukong and asked her to help him afterward.
• Luo Hao learned that less than twenty days had passed since she left and wondered how Lu Yinghua had become so strong so quickly.
• Athena asked Su Yang how the Campiones had become so powerful after he sent them to another world.
• Su Yang said their actions and growth there were beyond his control, and Athena observed that Luo Hao had gained many Authorities.

Luo Hao used her expanded Authorities, including time and Hou Yi’s divine bow, to defeat Unruly Sun Wukong despite the support of the Real World’s four Campiones. Afterward, she warned Lu Yinghua not to be impressed by her current strength, hinting at the greater power she could still unleash.

• Athena and Su Yang watched Luo Hao fight Unruly Sun Wukong, and Su Yang explained that her Authorities had expanded through crossing worlds.
• Luo Hao manifested Hou Yi’s divine bow and fired a divine arrow at Unruly Sun Wukong after suppressing him with her speed.
• The arrow struck Unruly Sun Wukong and ended the battle in Luo Hao’s victory.
• Lu Yinghua congratulated Luo Hao, and she told him that being surprised by her current strength would limit his future achievements.
• Luo Hao reflected that her strongest attack could unleash nine Sun-Destroying Divine Arrows and transcend space.

Su Yang stopped Luo Hao from killing Athena and explained that he intended to use her to reach the divine realm. He told Luo Hao that true gods were far stronger than their unruly bodies, then said she already had the power to contend with them.

• After the Sun-Shooting Arrow Curse devastated the area, Luo Hao turned her attention to Athena, but Su Yang intervened and brought everyone back to Luo Hao's residence.
• Luo Hao asked Su Yang why he had stopped her from killing Athena, and he said Athena was an ally with many uses.
• Athena and Erica both felt uneasy as Erica compared Luo Hao's overwhelming strength with her own recent rise to Campione.
• Su Yang said he intended to develop toward the divine realm, diverting Luo Hao's attention from further questions about Athena.
• Luo Hao recalled Veleshrana's true body and worried that a true god's descent could destroy the world, but Su Yang told her she could already contend with true gods.

Su Yang discussed sending Luo Hao to another world again so she could return stronger, and she agreed. Later, while fishing on Mount Lu, he and Athena argued over the Dragon Carp he had taken from the site where Unruly Nuwa appeared.

• Luo Hao wondered whether she had earned Su Yang's approval and asked if he planned to pull Athena down from the divine realm.
• Su Yang said he had originally planned to deal with it three years later and suggested sending Luo Hao to another world again so he could contact her this time.
• Luo Hao confidently agreed to go to another world again.
• Su Yang fished on Mount Lu beside the vortex of the Dawn Lamp, which could guide Campiones home from other worlds.
• Athena accused Su Yang of laying hands on her Servants, and Su Yang argued that the Eastern Dragon Serpents had nothing to do with her as a Western goddess.

Su Yang discussed the returning Campiones with Athena while overseeing a world where his faction had grown to nearly twenty members. Under his leadership, Campiones hunted gods and awaited true gods to kill, leaving the world steadily changing into a new era.

• Su Yang told Athena that Luo Hao had gone out again and the Black Prince, the Marquis, and Annie had yet to return.
• Su Yang explained that Campiones could grow stronger by traveling to other worlds or by remaining in their own world to gain more powerful Authorities.
• New-generation Campiones sought out and killed Unruly Gods, working together when they could not defeat one alone and following Su Yang’s rule against attacking one another.
• Twenty-four hours after an Unruly Body was killed, the Campiones summoned a true god, which older Campiones or Su Yang’s allies would then kill.
• Mage Associations grew less fearful of descended gods, and people began betting on which Campione would arrive to defeat them.
• The world recognized Su Yang as the Sun Emperor, whose growing faction had made nearly the entire world his domain, though he himself did not care about that status.

Wang Xiade returned to his original world after more than a hundred years of traveling through other worlds. He wondered how much time had passed and resolved to challenge again the man who had killed him before.

• Athena asked Su Yang whether he had killed the disobedient Nuwa, and Su Yang said he had sent her back to mythology.
• A giant wrapped in lightning emerged near the gate of the Campione world, using Giant Spirit Manifestation.
• Wang Xiade recognized the Hidden World and its familiar Curse Power, realizing he had returned to his original world.
• Wang Xiade shrank to his human form and stood atop Mount Lu, wondering whether Su Yang had guided him home and how long he had been gone.
• Wang Xiade decided to challenge again the man who had killed him several times before.

The Marquis returned to Mount Lu after spending more than a century battling in another world and reunited with Su Yang and Athena. He challenged Su Yang to fight again, and Su Yang accepted.

• The Marquis heard Su Yang call out and recognized him, then noticed Athena beside him.
• Athena moved behind Su Yang as the Marquis looked her over, and Su Yang warned him not to pursue her while she was cooking for him.
• The Marquis appeared in his youthful form and asked Su Yang whether they finally had a reason to fight again.
• Su Yang accepted the challenge, and the Marquis summoned tangible Curse Power while holding back to ask how much time had passed in this world.

Su Yang brought the Marquis back to Mount Lu more than a year after they had left, explaining that he had arranged their return early because time passed differently in other worlds. The Marquis attacked Su Yang with Sin Eradication, but when the Authority had no effect, Su Yang revealed a divine blade and the White Star appeared in the sky.

• Su Yang recognized the wooden cabin by the lake as Luo Hao’s home on Mount Lu and noted that over a year had passed since the Marquis left.
• Su Yang explained that Cui Lian had also returned after only a dozen days in this world despite several years passing for her elsewhere, and that he had brought the Marquis back early.
• The Marquis confronted Su Yang and declared that his desire to fight him had not changed.
• The Marquis activated Sin Eradication, an Authority that could sense hostility and turn its targets to salt, but it had no effect on Su Yang.
• Su Yang asked if the Marquis was declaring war, then revealed a divine blade and summoned the White Star into the sky.

Su Yang overwhelmed the Marquis’s fused Authorities with his lightning Divine Armaments, forcing the Marquis to transform into the Sun-Devouring Wolf. The Marquis then grew immense and targeted the White Star in the sky, aiming to stop the source of Su Yang’s attacks.

• The Marquis used Giant Spirit Manifestation and Zababa’s Battle Body to become a gigantic warrior with enhanced strength and combat instincts.
• The Marquis summoned the Thunder God phantom and used Twilight of Thunder to create an electromagnetic field that disrupted Su Yang’s Divine Armaments.
• Su Yang adjusted his Divine Armaments and pierced the Marquis’s manifested body despite the electromagnetic field.
• The Marquis changed from a Titan-centered form into the Sun-Devouring Wolf and began growing beyond a hundred zhang to attack the White Star.

Su Yang began taming the Marquis by making the sun he swallowed explode, but the Marquis recovered and mistook the attack for a way to seal the stars. Su Yang revealed he could summon over a hundred White Stars, and the Marquis transformed to his maximum size and prepared to fight without holding back.

• The Marquis swallowed the White Star, using his strengthened resistance to heat and ability to devour suns.
• Su Yang snapped his fingers, causing the sun inside the Marquis to explode and destroy his body.
• The Marquis reformed using one of his Resurrection Authorities and declared that he had found a way to seal Su Yang's star.
• Su Yang summoned over a hundred White Stars, leaving the Marquis stunned.
• The Marquis grew several times larger and decided to unleash his full strength, trusting that Su Yang's protection would keep the area around Mount Lu safe.

Erica and Athena wagered on how many suns the Marquis could swallow, with the loser agreeing to manage the Five Prisons Sacred Cult. Meanwhile, the Marquis continued devouring Su Yang’s White Stars, realizing that Su Yang controlled the ordeal as the suns kept multiplying.

• Erica asked Athena to bet on how many suns the Marquis could swallow, and Athena guessed around eight hundred.
• Erica guessed nine hundred and proposed that the loser manage the Five Prisons Sacred Cult for Lu Yinghua.
• Athena accepted the wager, recognizing that Erica wanted to leave Mount Lu and that she had a strong chance of winning.
• The Marquis kept swallowing suns, exploding and resurrecting because Su Yang’s White Stars would otherwise barrage him.
• The Marquis realized Su Yang was controlling the situation, and he grew alarmed as the surrounding suns multiplied despite his faster pace.

The Marquis used his Comet Avatar Authority to devour Su Yang’s White Stars, then fled through the vortex and survived after spitting blood and resurrecting. Su Yang returned to fishing at Mirror Lake, while Athena and Erica resumed their ordinary routines with him.

• The Marquis activated Comet Avatar, devoured the White Stars, and charged toward the vortex to escape.
• Su Yang let the Marquis flee and taunted him, after which the Marquis spat blood and his resurrection Authority activated.
• Athena and Erica watched the Marquis escape, and Erica acknowledged her defeat and prepared to fulfill her wager.
• Su Yang returned to fishing at Mirror Lake and gave Athena a Dragon Carp to cook for the next day.
• Su Yang told Athena that he made no distinction between goddesses, people, Campiones, and gods, while Athena still believed he favored humans.