Recaps

Katarro and Ados became puppets in hopes of escaping their mortal limits, while Chenosli planned a ritual to summon [Chaos]. When a deity pulled Katarro into the void, he pledged himself as its loyal servant and was sent to a magnificent temple.

• Katarro and Ados turned themselves into puppets to preserve their consciousnesses and pursue their quests.
• Chenosli began preparing a ritual to draw [Chaos]'s attention to Everbloom Town.
• Katarro met Cheng Shi and unconsciously imitated his behavior because he sensed his aura of [Chaos].
• A mysterious force took Katarro into the void, where he encountered a deity with star-and-spiral-covered eyes.
• Katarro named himself the deity's loyal servant, and the deity sent him to a magnificent temple.

Before the Nothingness Finale, Cheng Shi gave Katarro a pure white Mask and affirmed that he was a Believer of [Deception]. Katarro put on the Mask and sank into darkness as the age ended.

• Cheng Shi told Katarro that [Deception] had died, and Katarro grieved for his Lord of Grace.
• Cheng Shi reminded Katarro that [Deception] had chosen him and named him a Believer of [Deception].
• Cheng Shi gave Katarro a pure white Mask whose previous owner had been lost in the past.
• Cheng Shi warned Katarro that he might forget himself, and Katarro vowed to remain loyal to [Nothingness] and [Deception].
• Katarro put on the Mask at the end of the Long Stairway and sank into darkness as the age drew to a close.

An Jing realized that her exhausting work and growing silence had made An Mingyu withdraw, and she broke down apologizing to her. Mingyu explained that she had stopped smiling so An Jing could rest, and the two fell asleep together after reconnecting.

• An Mingyu grew up in An Jing's care after her parents died, but An Jing's demanding sales job left them with little time to talk.
• An Jing came home to find Mingyu sitting silently on the sofa and realized her own neglect had gradually worn away the girl's smile.
• An Jing collapsed in tears, and Mingyu brought her a tissue and asked whether she had been bad.
• An Jing apologized for overlooking Mingyu's feelings, but Mingyu insisted An Jing was good and explained that she wanted her aunt to rest instead of pretending to be cheerful.
• An Jing hugged Mingyu, and the exhausted pair fell asleep together in the doorway.

An Jing quit her job and brought An Mingyu to the Sunshine Welfare Institute, where An Mingyu found a home among children and became close friends with Zhen Xin. When Zhen Xin was adopted, the girls began meeting monthly, but the chapter hinted that Zhen Xin’s difficult days continued through the winter.

• An Jing left her job and, following An Ning’s advice, started working at the Sunshine Welfare Institute so An Mingyu could learn and spend time with children her age.
• At the institute, An Mingyu met Zhen Xin, who welcomed her and quickly became her friend.
• An Jing watched An Mingyu and Zhen Xin grow up together and saw how Zhen Xin brought joy into Mingyu’s life.
• The director arranged for Zhen Xin to be adopted, leaving An Mingyu heartbroken even as she hoped her friend would have a better future.
• An Jing began taking An Mingyu to visit Zhen Xin every month, and the chapter ended with the girls arranging another visit during winter.

During the Trial of [Time], An Mingyu met versions of Qin Xin and Cheng Shi from a world where the Flame Keepers struggled against [Filth and Decay]. After learning that Zhen Xin was suffering there, An Mingyu chose to stay in that world and bring it change, leaving the fate of both worlds uncertain.

• An Mingyu met a different Qin Xin, who explained that the Trial exchanged people from different worlds and said she was not the Mingyu he knew.
• Qin Xin confided that Passing the Flame had brought endless suffering and warned An Mingyu to beware of [Filth and Decay].
• An Mingyu encountered a mature Cheng Shi, who told her about Zhen Xin's hardship and suggested that change might offer hope to his world.
• Cheng Shi warned An Mingyu not to interfere, but she chose to stay in his world as a Believer of [Destiny] and bring change for Zhen Xin and the other worlds.
• An Mingyu decided to say goodbye to Xin Xin, trusting that her sister would forgive her.

Before the [Faith Game], [Deception] discovered a secret in a fragment of [Memory] and warned the gods against forcing faith on mortals. When a player chose both [Destiny]'s token and [Deception]'s mask, [Deception] stopped [Destiny] from killing him by arguing that he was a pure believer of [Deception].

• At the Covenant Council, [Deception] mocked the gods, warned them not to force faith on mortals, and left them to part on bad terms.
• After the council, [Deception] examined a fragment of [Memory]'s power and discovered that [Memory] was harboring [Filth and Decay].
• When the [Faith Game] began, [Destiny] noticed a player choose her token and regarded his choice as a rejection of [Deception].
• The player grabbed [Deception]'s mask as well, prompting [Destiny] to descend and declare that he had violated the faith selection clause.
• [Deception] blocked [Destiny] and claimed the player's mixed choice was a rehearsal for faith fusion, then called him a pure believer of [Deception].

[Deception] defended Cheng Shi from [Destiny] after Cheng Shi chose [Deception]'s Token, and the twin gods fought over the mortal's allegiance. [Destiny] decided Cheng Shi could still serve his plan to approach [Origin], while [Deception] proposed negotiating over his future.

• [Deception] argued that Cheng Shi had renounced his oath before choosing a Faith and challenged [Destiny] to justify killing him.
• [Destiny] attacked [Deception], igniting a real battle in the void beyond mortal sight.
• [Deception] taunted [Destiny] about his unusual concern for Cheng Shi and warned that forced Faith would not bear good fruit.
• [Destiny] realized Cheng Shi's early renunciation left him a possible path back to [Destiny], making him useful to the plan to build a Divine Throne for [Origin].
• [Deception] recalled choosing Cheng Shi when he grabbed the Mask and recognized that the Mask and Dice were part of the gods' struggle for his allegiance.
• [Deception] offered to negotiate, insisting that [Destiny] name his terms rather than erase Cheng Shi at the Path of Fate's Beginning.

[Destiny] and [Deception] settled their dispute over Cheng Shi’s faith with a wager that let him choose his own path, while Cheng Shi survived and was restored. [Deception] later realized Tria had vanished from the Path of Fate’s Beginning, and an unknown watcher observed Cheng Shi and spoke of a hidden path to godhood.

• [Destiny] took the Mask from Cheng Shi while [Deception] took the Dice, and [Deception] proposed a wager to settle whose faith Cheng Shi would follow.
• [Destiny] and [Deception] signed a [Nothingness] agreement, recognizing Cheng Shi as [Deception]’s believer until he reached the end of his path.
• After both Dominions departed, the Tokens returned to Cheng Shi, whose power of [Nothingness] restored him from the brink of death.
• Cheng Shi heard an unexplained voice speak through his mouth, then asked who was talking.
• [Deception] realized Tria had escaped into the Path of Fate’s Beginning and suspected [Destiny] had hidden Tria’s destiny.
• A pair of eyes coated in chaotic white miasma watched Cheng Shi and claimed that no one would now find the path to godhood.

[Destiny] recalled how He had watched over Cheng Shi through his Trials while growing increasingly frustrated by Cheng Shi’s prayers to [Deception] and deceptive behavior. He continued guarding Cheng Shi despite doubting whether He had chosen the right Predestination, and repeatedly fought the other gods over Cheng Shi’s setbacks and successes.

• [Destiny] watched Cheng Shi’s first Trial and heard him recite [Deception]’s prayer to the [Destiny] Dice, which left Him furious when the Dice did not respond.
• [Destiny] forbade [Deception] from helping Cheng Shi after his failed Edict of Passage, hoping to see how Cheng Shi would recover from the setback.
• Cheng Shi cleared the Trial by deceiving his teammates without using faith, prompting [Destiny] to fight [Deception] afterward.
• [Destiny] repeatedly fought [Prosperity], [Annihilation], [Silence], and [Deception] over Cheng Shi’s Trial outcomes and conduct.
• [Destiny] kept watching over Cheng Shi in later Trials, accepting that he stayed safe even when he gained little, while wondering whether He had chosen the right Predestination.

[Destiny] reconsidered the truth of their identity after [Deception] secretly plundered their Divine Authority and altered the course of events around Cheng Shi and An Mingyu. Unable to bear the uncertainty about Predestination and [Deception]'s plans, they made a deal with [Memory] to erase their doubts and resume being [Destiny].

• [Destiny] realized that An Mingyu came from an unseen origin and that her destiny had reconnected with Predestination after Cheng Shi saved her.
• [Destiny] recalled how [Deception] had used a staged ambush to exchange Divine Authorities and approve three Faith Fusions without their consent.
• [Destiny] questioned whether other worlds had their own destinies and whether [Deception] was secretly rewriting the world's future with [Time].
• [Destiny] recognized that their bond with [Deception] would lead them to yield, and they sought out [Memory] to make a deal.
• [Destiny] erased their doubts and accepted that they would remain [Destiny] if that was what [Deception] wanted.

The chapter revealed that [Destiny] had foreseen [Deception]'s disappearance from every future they could see and chose to erase themself in a gamble to give their twin god a chance to survive. It ended with a mysterious rain of dice falling over an unknown world in Reality.

• [Destiny] foresaw that [Deception] would be absent when the era ended and searched for a way to save them.
• [Destiny] discovered that erasing themself could open an unknown path for [Deception], then chose to prophesy [Origin] and risk their own existence.
• [Deception] believed [Destiny] had died from prophesying [Origin] and spent the era grieving alone.
• A sudden downpour of dice darkened the sky over an unknown city in Reality, then vanished into the ground as the sky cleared.

Katarro awoke with amnesia in a ruined city and learned from Meng Youfang that the gods and [Origin] had left or died. Remembering his devotion to Mem Li Jingming, Katarro set out to spread His Will, while Meng Youfang stayed behind to seek ways to restore life and reunite with his lost friends.

• Katarro woke on a ruined rooftop with a white mask and no memory of his identity.
• After collapsing on the road, Katarro woke at Yunye Temple, where Meng Youfang told him his name and read his past from a Scripture Fold.
• Meng Youfang recounted that [Origin] had abandoned the world and the gods had died or departed, leaving Katarro with fragments of memories of those who mattered to him.
• Katarro vowed to travel with the mask and spread Mem Li Jingming's Will, while Meng Youfang resolved to live as a mortal and build a monument to his old friends.
• After Katarro left, Meng Youfang planned to search for ways to restore life and memories, gripping a black hole model as he vowed to reunite with his friends.