Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan learned that the Prometheus Grimoire could steal gods’ authorities, while Erica took it to the Bronze Black Cross for safekeeping. The explanation led Chen Fan to consider how acquiring divine authorities might help his world develop.

• Lucrezia Zola offered the Prometheus Grimoire to Erica, who agreed to take it back to the Bronze Black Cross and seal it away.
• Erica carried the grimoire out of the bedroom but stayed overnight because it was too late to leave.
• Lucrezia Zola explained that the grimoire could steal gods’ authorities and divine powers.
• Chen Fan dismissed the grimoire’s theft power but asked Lucrezia Zola what gods were.
• Lucrezia Zola described gods’ authorities as sources of their power and things the world required, prompting Chen Fan to consider how they might help his world.

Chen Fan learned from Lucrezia Zola about the coming God War and the Authorities gained by killing gods, then spent the evening with Erica, Arianna, and Kusanagi Godou. The next morning, Erica rushed into Chen Fan’s room before he had awakened, apparently ready to demand an explanation.

• Chen Fan considered whether helping the island could repair and advance his world, while Lucrezia Zola flirted with him and warned that a God War might threaten the island.
• Lucrezia Zola explained that gods fought over Authorities and that killing a god transferred its Authority, and she recognized an unusual divinity in Chen Fan.
• Erica interrupted Lucrezia Zola’s advances and took Chen Fan to dinner with Arianna and Kusanagi Godou.
• After dinner, Chen Fan carried the drunken Erica and Arianna to a bedroom, helped them undress, and covered them with blankets before going to sleep.
• The next morning, Erica entered Chen Fan’s room while he was still asleep, apparently intending to demand an explanation.

Chen Fan and Erica encountered the Disobedient God Melqart as another god attacked him, signaling that a God War was beginning. Erica feared the battle would destroy the island and kill its civilians, while Chen Fan offered to help stop it.

• Erica confronted Chen Fan about removing her clothes, and he teased her before a sudden storm interrupted them.
• Chen Fan followed Erica outside, where she recognized the unnatural rain as a sign that a god had appeared.
• Melqart emerged from the mist, identified himself as the ancient Phoenician king, and continued marching after another god struck at him with lightning.
• Erica warned that Melqart's arrival meant a God War was imminent and the island's civilians were in danger.
• Chen Fan offered to help Erica stop the battle, and she questioned whether he understood the threat of facing a real god.

Chen Fan and Erica arrived as Melqart faced Verethragna, the Persian god of war, and Erica rushed to stop them from fighting. Verethragna restored all ten of his incarnations and declared himself certain to defeat the still-wounded Melqart.

• Erica transformed into her swordswoman's outfit and rode with Chen Fan and Arianna toward the gods.
• Erica recognized Verethragna and rushed ahead to prevent him and Melqart from fighting.
• Chen Fan told Arianna to stop the car, shielded himself from the rain, and promised to bring Erica back safely.
• Verethragna noted that Melqart's wounds had not healed, but Melqart insisted on fighting him anyway.
• Verethragna summoned and absorbed his incarnations, restored his peak strength, and declared himself the victor.

Chen Fan appeared in time to save Erica from Verethragna’s lightning and declared that he would fight Melqart and Verethragna head-on. The chapter ended as he rose into the air and dodged Melqart’s opening strike.

• Erica pleaded with Melqart and Verethragna to stop their war, but Verethragna attacked her with lightning and blasted away her shield.
• Chen Fan appeared beside Erica and casually deflected a bolt of lightning before it could kill her.
• Chen Fan told Erica he would take on both gods and urged her to stay away from the fight.
• Chen Fan lifted himself into the air on spinning whirlwinds as Melqart dismissed his wind power and swung his weapon at him.
• Chen Fan dodged Melqart’s attack and criticized the gods for showing no mercy to Erica.

Chen Fan survived Melqart’s attack and revealed a powerful angelic form while preparing to fight the two gods. Verethragna recognized that Chen Fan was a god from another world and welcomed the challenge.

• Verethragna removed the wind beneath Chen Fan, and Melqart struck him down as Erica feared he had been killed.
• Chen Fan stood unharmed and held Melqart’s weapon with one hand, then sent it flying back with his power.
• Chen Fan declared that he would kill the gods and activated the crystal core in his brain, releasing a powerful Kamui.
• Chen Fan rose into the air with four white wings, and Erica, Eliana, Melqart, and Verethragna reacted with shock.
• Verethragna identified Chen Fan as a god from another world and challenged him to prove his strength.

Chen Fan confronted the Gods Verethragna and Melqart, redirecting their lightning attack before testing Melqart’s Godhead defense. When Verethragna joined the fight with a Golden Sword capable of breaking Godheads, Chen Fan raised a barrier to meet his strike.

• Chen Fan redirected a lightning bolt toward Verethragna and Melqart, who evaded and blocked it.
• Chen Fan rejected the Gods’ guesses about his identity and said he wanted to learn about their Authorities.
• Chen Fan attacked Melqart, but Melqart’s golden Godhead barrier stopped the strike and shook the island.
• A fiery horse attack arrived from the sky, and Melqart blocked it with his barrier as the battle became a three-way melee.
• Verethragna formed a Golden Sword and slashed at Chen Fan, who raised a pale white barrier around himself.

Chen Fan killed Verethragna by snapping his Golden Sword and stabbing him with it, becoming humanity’s seventh king and gaining something that could help him reach a higher realm. He then fought Melqart, whose golden barrier withstood Chen Fan’s punch.

• Verethragna’s Golden Sword sent incomprehensible information into him when it clashed with Chen Fan’s domain, leaving Verethragna unable to activate his divine core’s defenses.
• Chen Fan snapped the Golden Sword and stabbed Verethragna with the broken half, killing him; Verethragna recognized Chen Fan as a heretic and asked his name before vanishing.
• Chen Fan felt he had gained something from Verethragna’s death that might let him break through his limits, while Erica realized he had become humanity’s seventh king.
• Melqart attacked Chen Fan, but Chen Fan blocked his weapon with his wings and warned that he could break Melqart’s divine core.
• Chen Fan appeared above Melqart and punched him, but Melqart’s golden barrier absorbed the blow.

Chen Fan defeated Melqart with a single slash and gained Melqart's Authority, which changed his world and the crystal in his mind. After examining his world, Chen Fan returned to his senses and reassured the worried Erica.

• Melqart attacked Chen Fan with his clubs, but Chen Fan used his wing to perform Slash Style and cut through Melqart's weapon and divine barrier.
• Melqart's body dissipated after he vowed to reclaim his power, and Chen Fan obtained Melqart's Authority.
• Chen Fan discovered that the Authority had made his world more lively and added rules, though his world still seemed hungry for more power.
• Erica called to Chen Fan when he stood motionless, and he finally emerged from his examination of his world.
• Chen Fan reassured Erica that he was fine and reminded her that he had just dealt with the two gods.

After defeating Verethragna and Melqart, Chen Fan learned that Erica considered him the Seventh King and pledged herself as his knight. He accepted her loyalty but asked her to treat him as a friend, while Lucrezia Zola watched the battle and questioned his claim to be human.

• Erica knelt before Chen Fan and pledged loyalty to him as the Seventh King.
• Erica explained that Kings were humans who could slay gods, and said she chose Chen Fan because he cared about protecting ordinary people.
• Chen Fan rejected the title of King and asked Erica to be his friend, but she insisted on serving as his knight.
• Chen Fan agreed to let Erica be his knight, helped her up, and asked her to call him by name and act normally.
• Erica rode back with Chen Fan, sat beside him, and leaned against his shoulder as he asked to learn about Authorities.
• Lucrezia Zola watched Chen Fan's battle through a crow familiar and wondered how he could deny being an angel after displaying such power.

After becoming the Seventh King by killing Verethragna and Melqart, Chen Fan stayed in Italy to study the Authorities he had gained while Erica handled visitors and other affairs. He asked Lucrezia Zola why angelic Disobedient Gods rarely appeared, and she explained their ambiguous status in mythology.

• Sasha Dejan Stardat Voban arrived at the empty battlefield too late to claim the gods as prey, then vanished as black mist.
• News spread that Chen Fan had become the Seventh King after killing Verethragna and Melqart, though many suspected he had ambushed them after they weakened each other.
• People from China visited Chen Fan and urged him to return, but he ignored them and left other matters to Erica while he studied his new Authorities.
• Chen Fan stayed with Lucrezia Zola, whose library helped him learn about gods, while Kusanagi Godou returned home without the dangerous Prometheus Codex.
• Chen Fan asked Lucrezia Zola why angelic Disobedient Gods were absent from the records, and she explained that angels were God's messengers and had few widely known myths.

Lucrezia Zola asked Chen Fan about his power, while Sasha Dejan Stardat Voban learned that Chen Fan had taken the gods he meant to hunt. Meanwhile, Erica and other leaders debated which King to trust with the Gorgon Stone, and they had not settled on a choice.

• Lucrezia Zola asked Chen Fan about his Authority, and he said his power came from science rather than mythology.
• Sasha Dejan Stardat Voban learned that Chen Fan had taken the prey he had intended to claim and decided he needed to meet him.
• Erica and three knight-order leaders gathered to decide what to do with the Gorgon Stone.
• The Magic Society She-Wolf leader objected to relying on a foreign King, while the others discussed the risks of angering Salvatore.
• Erica said John Pluto Smith was too busy protecting the West Coast to help, leaving the group without a clear King to turn to.

Erica told three leaders of European magic societies that Chen Fan was the Seventh King and offered to demonstrate his power. She brought him to Rome, where she greeted him passionately and questioned whether he had another woman’s scent on him.

• Erica claimed that Chen Fan had defeated Verethragna and Melqart and that the Bronze Black Cross had pledged loyalty to him.
• Erica offered to bring Chen Fan to the leaders so they could verify his strength, and they agreed to meet him in Italy.
• That afternoon, Chen Fan arrived in Rome with Arianna.
• Erica kissed Chen Fan and sniffed him to check whether he had another woman’s scent on him.

Chen Fan and Erica reaffirmed their relationship before she introduced him to leaders of the Italian Magic Association, who wanted to ask for his help. The leaders doubted whether Chen Fan truly was humanity’s Seventh King, and he asked if they questioned his record of defeating a god.

• Erica told Chen Fan that he belonged to her, and he kissed her first, making her happy.
• Chen Fan called Erica his girlfriend and said he expected her to become his wife.
• Erica introduced three leaders of the Italian Magic Association to Chen Fan and named him humanity’s Seventh King and her beloved.
• The leaders said they had a troublesome matter and wanted Chen Fan’s help, but questioned whether he was truly a King.
• Chen Fan asked whether they doubted that he had defeated a god.

Chen Fan faced Erica in a combat test before the leaders of the Italian Magic Association, who wanted to verify his strength as the Seventh King before pledging their allegiance. He evaded Erica’s sword and reflected her spell, leaving the observers impressed as Erica summoned a giant steel lion to continue the fight.

• The association leaders warned Chen Fan that the commission could attract a powerful god, but he accepted without concern.
• Erica said she would fight Chen Fan, and the association leaders stepped aside to watch his test.
• Erica summoned Reinhardt and attacked Chen Fan, who narrowly dodged her sword strikes.
• Erica fired a spell-power attack, and Chen Fan’s pale halo reflected it, shattering a pillar when Erica dodged.
• Erica summoned a massive steel lion and sent it charging at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan effortlessly defeated Erica’s attacks, demonstrating overwhelming power and a refined domain. The Italian Magic Society leaders decided to entrust him with the divine artifact, and Erica clung to him after the duel as he pointed out their watching audience.

• Chen Fan deflected Erica’s steel lion attacks and urged her to stop, but she began chanting Golgotha’s Word Spirit.
• Chen Fan split the ground with a stomp, forcing Erica to halt her spell and leap clear of the fissure.
• The three Italian Magic Society leaders discussed Chen Fan’s power and agreed that entrusting him with the divine artifact was the right choice.
• Chen Fan flicked Erica’s forehead and declared victory, then teased her as she demanded compensation with a kiss.
• Erica embraced Chen Fan and asked for a passionate kiss, but Chen Fan reminded her that the three leaders were watching.

Erica gave Chen Fan the Gorgon Stone and warned that a powerful god could use it to destroy the world. Their discussion was interrupted when the Sword King, Salvatore Doni, returned and challenged Chen Fan to a duel.

• After the three men left, Erica kissed Chen Fan and handed him the Gorgon Stone, explaining its danger.
• An owl watched Chen Fan and Erica, while a silver-haired girl secretly observed them and left.
• Chen Fan said they could wait for the god to come for the stone and then fight it, though Erica warned the god was exceptionally powerful.
• The three men returned and told Erica that Salvatore Doni had come back.
• Salvatore Doni challenged Chen Fan, the Seventh King, to a duel.

Chen Fan agreed to fight Italy’s King, Salvatore Doni, at the Roman Colosseum after Doni challenged him. The battle was about to begin, while Doni’s butler Andre Rivera expected the experienced King to defeat the newcomer.

• Erica explained that Salvatore Doni was Italy’s King, known as the Sword King, and that he had returned after hearing about the Seventh King.
• Salvatore Doni appeared with his butler, Andre Rivera, and challenged Chen Fan to a fight between Kings.
• Chen Fan asked Erica if he could kill Doni, then accepted the challenge after Erica warned him that Kings protected humanity.
• Chen Fan and Salvatore Doni went to the Roman Colosseum, where Erica, the Magic Society leaders, and Andre watched from the stands.
• Andre Rivera refused to intervene and privately believed Doni’s four Authorities and experience would let him defeat Chen Fan.

Chen Fan fought Salvatore Doni in the arena, borrowing Erica’s Reinhardt to face the Sword King in a sword duel. After Chen Fan repeatedly outmatched him, Salvatore Doni activated Steel’s Blessing, leaving Chen Fan to confront his hardened defenses.

• Salvatore Doni challenged Chen Fan to fight, and Chen Fan borrowed Reinhardt from Erica to meet him with a sword.
• Chen Fan and Salvatore Doni clashed, and Chen Fan criticized Doni’s swordsmanship before pressing him in close combat.
• Chen Fan wounded Salvatore Doni twice and demonstrated that his swordsmanship surpassed the Sword King’s.
• Salvatore Doni knocked Chen Fan’s sword aside, retreated, and used Steel’s Blessing to turn his body into steel.
• Chen Fan realized Reinhardt alone could not cut through Salvatore Doni’s defenses.

Chen Fan fought Salvatore Doni in the Roman Colosseum and showed that his psychic power could stop the Sword King’s attacks and hurl him into a wall. Salvatore Doni rose again, unleashed his strongest Authority, and continued the battle.

• Chen Fan discarded his sword and caught Salvatore Doni’s strike between two fingers.
• Chen Fan flicked Salvatore Doni into the Colosseum wall with psychic power.
• Salvatore Doni burst from the wreckage and launched sword energy at Chen Fan, who dodged it.
• Andre warned that Salvatore Doni’s Tearing Silver Hand could devastate the city, but Doni was too absorbed in the fight to heed anyone.
• Chen Fan said his flick had badly damaged Salvatore Doni, who refused to yield and explained that his Tearing Silver Hand was his strongest Authority.