Chapter Summaries

After Poseidon vanished, his newly awakened trident found Antilochus and revealed that Pylos had likely been destroyed by the resulting disasters. The trident took Antilochus toward a hidden refuge called Vanaheim, where it planned to hide and build a new following beyond the other gods’ reach.

• Antilochus led Pylos’s fleet south toward the southeastern archipelago, then felt Poseidon’s disappearance through his bloodline as storms and lightning filled the sky.
• Poseidon’s Trident appeared, explained that Poseidon had awakened its mind before vanishing, and said it needed to hide from the gods seeking the former sea lord’s weapon and authority.
• The trident told Antilochus that Pylos had probably been destroyed by storms, earthquakes, and floods, and asked him to rebuild a human kingdom that would eventually worship it.
• Antilochus doubted he could evade the gods and establish a kingdom, but the trident revealed that Poseidon had left it knowledge of a hidden safe place.
• The trident took Antilochus away, identified the destination as Vanaheim, the dwelling place of the Vanaheim God Race, and wondered when such a race had existed.

After Poseidon’s trident vanished with Antilochus, Zeus pursued the fugitive god to the Underworld and discovered he had entered the Eternal Night Land. Zeus chose not to challenge Nyx’s domain, leaving Kerberos to guard its exit while he considered who should inherit Poseidon’s position.

• Zeus sent an avatar from Asgard into the Underworld to pursue the god who had fled after Poseidon’s murder.
• Zeus questioned Kerberos, who confirmed that the fugitive had entered the Eternal Night Land.
• Zeus tried to reach into Nyx’s domain, but its boundary rejected his power.
• Zeus told Kerberos to guard the exit and restrain the fugitive unless he carried proof of Nyx’s favor, offering him Olympus if he would abandon the Abyss.
• Zeus left the Underworld and considered Nereus or Okeanos as Poseidon’s successor, then wondered whether Metis would have supported him.

Hypnos escaped Zeus by entering Nyx’s Eternal Night Land, where he decided to seek shelter at the plain where he was born. Meanwhile, Antilochus crossed into a strange, ruined realm with Poseidon’s Trident and began exploring its ancient city in search of knowledge and answers.

• Hypnos hid within the Eternal Night Land, and Zeus’s search ended without discovering him.
• Hypnos realized he could not safely leave and headed toward the plain of Sleep Flowers, where Nyx’s lingering power kept other beings away.
• A crack opened in the barrier around a distant realm, allowing Antilochus and Poseidon’s Trident to cross into it.
• Antilochus recovered from the dangerous crossing and examined the ruins, recognizing intricate patterns that hinted at an advanced civilization.
• Antilochus set aside a strange energy-absorbing stone and continued deeper into the ruined city with Poseidon’s Trident.

Antilochus explored the ruins of Vanaheim and questioned a mysterious phantom about the vanished civilization. She revealed that God King Odin deceived the Vanaheim God Race during a foretold disaster, and he might still be alive.

• Antilochus wondered why the ancient city had been abandoned without signs of battle or bodies, and the trident suggested its people had expected to return.
• Antilochus found a huge Rune Stone at the city’s center, and a phantom appeared when the trident flared with divine light.
• The phantom identified herself as a creation of Gullveig and explained that the Rune Stone had been made to draw power from sunlight.
• The phantom said Odin came to Vanaheim to propose a way to escape the coming disaster, but later deceived its people after other attempts failed.
• The phantom said the Vanaheim God Race vanished in the disaster, while Odin might still be alive.

Ambrose learned that Vanaheim’s gods had been destroyed after Odin’s unexpected betrayal, and the realm’s phantom accepted him as a rightful heir who could use its resources. He returned to his fleet and decided to relocate his people there, naming the realm the West Continent and his new kingdom Atlantis.

• Ambrose questioned the phantom about Odin’s betrayal and learned that Odin might no longer be in the Nine Realms.
• The phantom told Ambrose that his ocean-god bloodline qualified him to live in Vanaheim and offered to show him resources that could help rebuild it.
• Ambrose returned to his flagship through a portal and learned that he could open Vanaheim’s gates and potentially move the realm.
• The Poseidon's Trident urged Ambrose to bring his subjects and establish a new kingdom in Vanaheim, where they could survive without Poseidon’s protection.
• Ambrose planned to gather his fleet’s ten noble families with divine blood and leave Pylos behind.
• The Poseidon's Trident named the realm the West Continent and declared that Ambrose’s kingdom would be called Atlantis.

After rescuing Prometheus, Heracles and Amon reached Silver Moon City to explore its renowned wizardry and alchemical technology. They entered the city after registering, where Heracles learned that magical pets would soon be available to ordinary applicants.

• Heracles, Amon, and Prometheus emerged from their alchemical ship on the coast near Silver Moon City, and Heracles agreed to visit the city before continuing west.
• Prometheus warned Heracles that Zeus’s power had grown immense and urged him to proceed cautiously; Heracles promised to remember the warning.
• Heracles and his companions crossed the city’s barrier and saw its twelve rotating towers, which Prometheus recognized as a calendar drawing energy from their surroundings.
• At the city gate, Heracles registered as a visitor from Thebes and received the entry rules from Registrar Number 1587.
• Heracles asked about the rules for applying to purchase magical pets and learned that Silver Moon City would soon offer them to eligible ordinary people.

Zephyrus enjoyed his temporary life in Silver Moon City until Medea arrived, prompting him to resist her attempt to bind him with a Magic Pet Contract. He flew toward the busiest part of the city, using the encounter as an excuse to explore.

• Zephyrus relaxed in his room, snacking and enjoying the freedom of his temporary bird identity.
• A bell announced a visitor, and Zephyrus recognized Medea and prepared to reject her conditions.
• Medea opened the window and grabbed Zephyrus, who struggled free and warned her about his rights.
• Medea recalled the elaborate preparations she had made in case her approach to a powerful god went wrong, then noted that Zephyrus seemed unexpectedly compliant.
• Zephyrus refused to sign Medea's Magic Pet Contract, despite knowing it could not bind a god, and flew off to explore the city.

Zephyrus followed the mark he had placed on Heracles to a hidden chamber beneath an abandoned temple in Silver Moon City. There he found a vast pit filled with bones and discovered Astraeus pierced by crimson tubes, leaving him stunned.

• Zephyrus escaped the woman pursuing him and decided to search for Heracles rather than settle into life in Silver Moon City.
• Zephyrus traced Heracles’s mark to an unfinished district and found it pointed beneath the abandoned temple.
• Zephyrus tore open the temple floor, entered a hidden passage, and followed a candlelit corridor underground.
• Zephyrus emerged above a huge chamber filled with countless bones and briefly mistook one marked skeleton for Heracles.
• Zephyrus sensed another presence and saw Astraeus pierced by crimson tubes at the chamber’s center.

Zephyrus discovered Astraeus imprisoned beneath Silver Moon City and learned that the city’s humans were conducting a Blood Sacrifice using the god’s body and power. Astraeus warned him away, but Zephyrus stayed at the passage to uncover who was responsible and whether any gods were involved; Astraeus said no gods had helped.

• Zephyrus found Astraeus bound to an altar beneath Silver Moon City, surrounded by bones and pale-silver mesh.
• Astraeus warned Zephyrus that the underground force was part of a Blood Sacrifice and urged him to escape and inform the gods.
• Zephyrus recognized that the cavern’s bones and the force draining him were connected to human sacrifices that turned victims into Blood Food.
• Zephyrus asked who had imprisoned Astraeus and whether any gods, including the Magic Net Goddess, were involved; Astraeus said no gods were involved.
• Astraeus explained that humans had captured him after the Typhon Rebellion and used Divine Oil Lamps to drain his blood, bones, fat, and organs, keeping him near death and restricting his recovery.

An elderly Spellcaster in Silver Moon City discussed the limits of human magic and the promise of a potion that could restore his fading soul. He sent Erwin to gather more materials as war approached, while leaving Medea to handle the visiting wind god from Olympus.

• The old man explained to Erwin how human power came from creation while divine power came from ancient forces, and lamented that Hermes had refused to join Silver Moon City.
• The old man drank a golden potion that briefly restored the radiance of his soul, then told Erwin that their experiments remained stalled by a lack of materials and control cases.
• The old man revealed that he had supported preparations involving Achilles's soul container and the Divinity Users, though he had not initiated either effort.
• The old man noticed a powerful demigod and the scent of an eastern god in the city, and told Erwin to let them leave without interfering.
• Erwin said Medea was handling the wind god from Olympus, and the old man advised him not to make an enemy of her.
• The old man told Erwin to find more materials because the stars' natural recovery was too slow and war was coming.

Zephyrus questioned Astraeus about the humans who imprisoned him with the Man-Made Magic Net and experimented on him in their pursuit of godhood and eternal life. Astraeus revealed that they had tried to extract a life-prolonging substance from divine offspring, leaving Zephyrus shaken and sympathetic.

• Zephyrus asked Astraeus about Hecate and the humans’ attempt to create a Man-Made Magic Net, and Astraeus explained that it was an inferior imitation used to imprison him.
• Astraeus described how the humans studied his body and performed Blood Sacrifices, hoping to understand divine power and the secrets of godhood.
• Astraeus revealed that the humans forced him to sire offspring so they could investigate divine descendants and their unusually long lifespans.
• Zephyrus asked whether the humans had succeeded, and Astraeus said they had discovered what they called Source of Life Residue by cutting open divine embryos.
• Zephyrus recognized the possible connection to the Source of Life Liquid and fell silent, imagining how the God King might react if his own immortality were threatened.

Zephyrus learned that humans had tortured Astraeus and promised to help him, then left the underground chamber to search for Heracles. After discovering his mark had landed on someone else, Zephyrus wondered whether Heracles had ever reached Silver Moon City.

• Zephyrus promised Astraeus that the humans responsible for his suffering would pay, and heard how Hermes had awakened one of Astraeus’s children before the God of Constellations was corrupted and stranded at Fallen Star Lake.
• Astraeus warned Zephyrus never to trust humans, and Zephyrus soothed him before leaving the underground chamber.
• Zephyrus secretly checked Silver Moon City for signs that its overseers had altered the Magic Net or Mystic Lock, found no obvious disturbance, and decided to leave as soon as he had arranged Heracles’s mission.
• Zephyrus realized his mark had appeared on an unlucky sacrifice instead of Heracles and questioned whether Heracles had ever come to Silver Moon City.

Zephyrus found Heracles in Silver Moon City after his sparrow form was revealed by the Caucasus Divine Eagle's Eye, and Ande advised Heracles to pretend he had not noticed. Meanwhile, Medea confronted Amon after he slipped into the city, putting his infiltration at risk.

• Zephyrus discovered his locator had led him to the wrong place, then spotted Heracles beneath a ginkgo tree and fell in front of him while disguised as a sparrow.
• Heracles and Ande realized the Caucasus Divine Eagle's Eye had revealed Zephyrus' true form, and Ande suggested they act as if nothing had happened.
• Amon slipped out of the temporary lodging and surveyed Silver Moon City, believing the group's presence had helped him evade the city's barrier.
• Medea confronted Amon, identified him, and said she wanted to learn where he came from.
• Amon chose not to resist Medea, but realized she might have disrupted his plan to infiltrate the city.

Lachesis visited Hermes in Athens, where he demonstrated a sorcery that made an arrow appear both still and in flight. She remembered her reason for coming and asked for his help, but postponed explaining until the next day.

• Lachesis arrived at Hermes’s High Tower in Athens and greeted him as an old friend.
• Hermes showed Lachesis his Flying Arrow Stillness experiment and explained how it explored space and time.
• Hermes asked why Lachesis had come, and she said she needed his help but would explain the next day.
• Hermes offered Lachesis a place to stay, and she accepted.
• Hermes led Lachesis to her room while wondering why she favored him and hoping his precautions had concealed the Star Gods’ fates.

After recovering in the High Tower, Lachesis realized Hermes could shield her from the Backlash of Fate and asked him to help find whoever harmed Atropos and rescue her. Hermes agreed, while privately suspecting Lachesis was manipulating him because she knew he was a transmigrator.

• Lachesis awoke after a night of nightmares and concluded that Hermes's presence made the Backlash of Fate disappear.
• Lachesis decided to find the culprit who harmed Atropos and rescue her with Hermes's help.
• Lachesis told Hermes that Atropos had been attacked in the Aigaleo Mountains after guiding mortals back onto the right path.
• When Hermes hesitated to interfere with fate, Lachesis insisted that he was uniquely capable of helping her.
• Hermes suspected Lachesis was threatening and manipulating him, but agreed to do what he could and claimed that he never lied.

Hermes prepared to help Lachesis free her elder sister while testing his alchemical method of turning illusion into reality. After briefly manifesting a Starlight Gate and anchoring its remnant in his eye, he returned to Lachesis ready to set out.

• Hermes accepted Lachesis's request and privately considered the danger of confronting an outsider under the Goddess of Fate's laws.
• Hermes visited Star God Amon beneath the High Tower and used its seventy-two pillars to attempt to make a Starlight Gate real.
• The gate began to crack, but Hermes anchored its remnant in his eye before it could shatter completely.
• Hermes explained to Star God Amon that his experiment had failed, though he recognized the attempt as a breakthrough toward his path to godhood.
• Hermes returned to Lachesis and told her he was ready to set out, while her sense of closeness to him grew stronger.

Hermes and Lachesis arrived at an island devastated by a flood, where Lachesis identified a Divinity User as her target. In the Underworld, Nyx visited the center of the Eternal Night and touched one of the three rules supporting its sky, while reflecting on Ryan and the power she held.

• Lachesis asked Hermes whether he knew Athena well, and Hermes denied having much contact with the goddess.
• Lachesis lost herself in thoughts about her feelings for Hermes until he told her they had reached their destination.
• Hermes and Lachesis saw the flooded island being used as an Athenian base, and Lachesis located her target near its volcano.
• Hermes recognized the target as a Divinity User he had seen at the ceremony for Athens's new king and noticed the Starlight Gate in his eyes.
• Hypnos cautiously traveled along a path through the Eternal Night Land as terrifying lifeforms kept their distance.
• Nyx entered the center of her domain, spoke to Ryan, and touched one of the three shadows representing Fate and Karma, Inevitable Destiny, and Natural Order.

Lachesis urged Hermes to capture a man on an island, but Hermes secretly imprisoned her inside his unfinished Gate. The Gate began leaking the Poison of Fate and breaking apart, leaving Hermes unable to hold Lachesis until an unfamiliar voice spoke beside him as the man calmly brewed tea.

• Lachesis spotted the man by the volcano and promised Hermes anything if he helped capture him.
• Hermes used starlight chains and Flying Arrow Stillness to trap Lachesis inside his incomplete Gate.
• The Gate tried to consume Lachesis, and Hermes drew her into its depths.
• Black traces of the Poison of Fate spilled from the Gate, damaging it and threatening to free Lachesis.
• As Hermes struggled to find a solution, an unfamiliar voice spoke beside him while the man brewed tea near the crater.

Ryan waited near Navarin Island for Lachesis and unexpectedly met Hermes, who was trying to imprison her with his incomplete Starlight Gate. Ryan proposed using Lachesis’s stone ruler as a medium for Hermes’s creation, and the chapter ended with Ryan producing a Yggdrasil Leaf to address Hermes’s concern that he could not wield the artifact.

• Ryan waited at sea near Navarin Island for Lachesis, but Hermes arrived with her and attacked first using the Starlight Gate.
• Hermes abandoned the stalemate and greeted Ryan, who introduced himself as Evan and asked how far Hermes was willing to go against Lachesis.
• Ryan suggested that Hermes use something connected to Lachesis to support his incomplete Gate, and Hermes produced her stone ruler.
• Ryan explained that the ruler could serve as a medium for the Gate, but Hermes said he was not its true master and could neither shake it nor use it to carry his creation.
• Ryan said he had a solution and summoned a jade-like Yggdrasil Leaf.

Ryan pressured Hermes into accepting a divine leaf from the Midgard Serpent, and Hermes used it alongside other materials to begin forging a major alchemical creation. After seven days and nights of work, a massive black furnace remained above the volcano, while the creation’s outcome was still unrevealed.

• Ryan presented Hermes with a Nodrassil Leaf and claimed it carried the Midgard Serpent’s power, which could weaken the Starlight Gate and the Goddess of Fate’s Divine Artifact.
• Hermes tried to withdraw, but Ryan framed the Serpent’s aid as a favor Hermes could not refuse, and Hermes accepted the leaf.
• Hermes gathered Lachesis’s Divine Artifact, the prototype of the Gate of Truth, the divine leaf, and a fragment of his memories at the island’s volcano.
• Hermes lowered the Divine Artifact into the volcanic fire, where it began to soften and release the backlash it shared with its master.
• As the sun set, Hermes began his unprecedented creation, and after seven days and nights a massive black furnace remained above the crater.