Chapter Summaries

Luther used Roselle’s help to break free from the True Creator, tearing apart the god’s body with the Chaos Sea. The Silent Angel and Aurora Order members intervened to hold the True Creator together, and Luther drew the Hanged Man card in response.

• Roselle descended into the Forsaken Land of the Gods, while the Evernight Goddess also acted to aid Klein.
• Luther used his connection to the True Creator to let Roselle pierce the god’s Divine Kingdom and target him with Chaos.
• Roselle’s power separated Luther’s flesh from the True Creator, and Luther pulled the scattered pieces back to himself.
• Luther tore open his own head and unleashed the Chaos Sea into the True Creator, while Roselle magnified the damage.
• The Silent Angel and Aurora Order members appeared on the True Creator’s flesh and prayed to prevent Luther from escaping.
• Luther drew the Hanged Man card and threatened to make them die with the True Creator.

Luther used Roselle’s Hanged Man card and the Black Emperor’s authority to tear the True Creator apart, but the god’s three Sequence 1 Characteristics scattered. Adam and Ouroboros claimed the western remains and departed, while Roselle withdrew into darkness.

• Luther embedded Roselle’s Hanged Man card in his chest, and Roselle declared him the new Hanged Man.
• Luther crushed the Silent Angel’s cross, seized the True Creator’s wounds, and tore the god’s body apart.
• The True Creator’s followers exploded into blood and flesh as the god’s body split into three pieces that flew in different directions.
• Roselle, exhausted, could not stop the pieces from scattering, while Luther lacked the strength to pursue them.
• Adam took the Blasphemy Slate and Ouroboros recovered a swaddled bundle from the western remains before they left.
• Luther thanked Roselle, who returned to his Throne as darkness engulfed the Astral World.

After the True Creator fell, Luther mourned his losses and wondered about Klein, then learned that Klein had escaped Amon. He discovered an abnormal presence in his shadow and identified it as the Hanged Man Pathway’s Uniqueness.

• Luther sat atop the inverted cross in the ruined Divine Kingdom and reflected on the enemies he had killed and M’s absence.
• Luna brought Luther the piece of flesh containing Antiya Trollies, and he reattached it to his arm.
• Luther saw Mr. Fool announce that the Tarot Club would proceed as usual and concluded that Klein had escaped Amon with the Evernight Goddess’s help.
• Luna reacted fearfully to Luther’s shadow, and Luther sensed a powerful presence within it.
• Luther examined the Hanged Man card and identified the strange presence in his shadow as the Hanged Man Pathway’s Uniqueness.

After the True Creator split, Luther discovered and secured the Hanged Man pathway’s Uniqueness, then resolved to control his advancement while pursuing his goals in the Forsaken Land of the Gods. As the Fool summoned Luther and Derrick to the Tarot Club gathering, a mysterious, spiritually powerful object streaked across the sky toward the Giant King's Court.

• Luther realized he had obtained the Hanged Man pathway’s Uniqueness and stored it in an empty space in the Tower.
• Luther assessed the aftermath of the battle, recognized his rapid digestion of the Profane Presbyter potion, and decided to advance only at his own pace.
• Luther planned to resurrect Cecilia, oppose Adam and [God Almighty], and search the Forsaken Land of the Gods for the two remaining Sequence 1 Dark Angel characteristics.
• The Fool told Luther that the gathering would begin after one thousand heartbeats, and Luther prepared to attend without the red-haired, golden-eyed woman’s help.
• The Fool gave Derrick the same notice, but commotion outside drew him to the window, where he saw a strange object flying toward the Giant King's Court.

At the Tarot Club, Klein explained his delayed meeting by saying he had played a game with Amon, while hiding how badly things had gone. Derrick asked for the Fool’s blessing for the City of Silver’s Chief and reported a strange light, and Luther claimed the True Creator no longer existed.

• The Tarot Club members gathered after the meeting was postponed, and Klein reassured them that he was present as usual.
• Klein said he had used The World's body to play a game with Amon in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, prompting the members to assume he had won.
• Derrick asked Klein to bless the City of Silver's Chief during his advancement ritual, and Klein agreed.
• Derrick described the strange streak of light he had seen and worried that the Fallen Creator was preventing the City of Silver from leaving.
• Luther said the phenomenon was not the True Creator's doing because the deity no longer existed in the world.

Luther told the Tarot Club that the True Creator’s divinity had been destroyed and explained how George III’s attempt to become the Black Emperor failed. He revealed that Roselle had returned and reclaimed his Characteristics and status, while Hermit Cattleya confirmed his resurrection.

• Luther announced that the True Creator’s divinity had been completely destroyed, shocking the Tarot Club members.
• Justice Audrey asked Luther to explain what had happened, and he agreed to tell them without payment after getting Mr. Fool’s permission.
• Luther recounted George III’s preparations to become the Black Emperor, including the Backlund Great Smog Incident and the bombing of Backlund, and said Adam and the Twilight Hermit Order had supported him.
• The World said Mr. Fool had opposed George III’s plan, and Luther added that the Blood God had opposed it too.
• Luther revealed that Roselle had returned, reclaimed his Characteristics and status, and resurrected in the Astral World, causing George III’s ritual to fail.
• Hermit Cattleya confirmed Roselle’s resurrection and felt conflicted because Queen Mystic was now occupied with her father’s return.

Luther recounted the True Creator’s fall and warned Derrick that a Sequence 1 characteristic might have reached the Giant King’s Court. He revealed that he had become a Sequence 2 Angel and offered to face Sasrir, while Klein asked the Tarot Club for help escaping Amon.

• Luther explained that Adam and the True Creator had joined forces against the Blood God, who helped the Black Emperor strike down the True Creator.
• Luther told Derrick that one of the True Creator’s three scattered remains might have flown into the Giant King’s Court and contained a Sequence 1 characteristic.
• Derrick worried that the characteristic could fuse with the sleeping Sasrir and leave the City of Silver facing an Angel.
• Luther urged Derrick to check the forward camp but not enter the Giant King’s Court until they could meet, revealing that he had become a Sequence 2 Angel.
• Klein explained that he had shaken Amon off temporarily by entering a concealed state, but Amon would find him when he returned to reality, and he asked the Tarot Club for help.

Luther endured the conflicting wills of God Almighty and the True Creator after advancing, but his Anchors helped him suppress them and survive. Above the Gray Fog, the Tarot Club discussed how Klein could escape Amon and learned that Intis had withdrawn from Loen amid rumors of Roselle’s return.

• Luther suffered as God Almighty’s will and the True Creator’s remnants fought for control of his mind, while Luna remained unharmed beside him.
• Lovia and other worshippers prayed to Luther, and their Anchors gave him the strength to overcome the two hostile wills.
• Luther’s will prevailed: God Almighty’s influence receded, and the True Creator’s remnants were absorbed.
• Luther’s Virtual Personality proposed joining Klein and Lao Huang to kill Amon, while Klein and the Tarot Club considered safer ways to evade him.
• Audrey reported that the Intis army had withdrawn from Loen, and Cattleya dismissed the soldiers as fools who thought they could oppose a god.

At the Tarot Club, Cattleya described the turmoil in Intis over Roselle’s return, and Luther and Klein stayed behind to compare how they had escaped their recent crises. They revealed what they knew about Earth and the ancient sun god, then discussed finding Worms of Star for Klein’s advancement.

• Cattleya said Intis’s parliamentarians and nobles were resisting Roselle’s return, while Queen Mystic fought back against them.
• After the Tarot Club ended, Klein told Luther that the Goddess had used Death’s authority to stop Amon long enough for Klein to kill himself and escape.
• Luther recounted how Adam took him to the True Creator’s Sanctuary, where he broke free with Roselle’s help and destroyed the True Creator.
• Luther and Klein realized they both knew the world was Earth, and Klein said Amon had shown him Chernobyl in the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Luther explained that Adam and the True Creator were the divinity and humanity split from the ancient sun god, and Klein said their reunion would not simply recreate the former Creator.
• Klein asked Luther for Worms of Star to advance to Sequence 2, and Luther offered to help Fors digest her Potion and advance if they could not find any.

Klein planned to escape Amon, seek advancement in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, and work with Luther against the Dark Angel. After divining the location of a missing True Creator Characteristic, Luther prepared to search for it, while Leonard and Pallez considered pursuing Jacob's family treasure.

• Klein told Luther that he hoped to bring the City of Silver out of the Forsaken Land of the Gods and asked for help confronting Sasrir, the Dark Angel.
• Luther asked Klein to divine the location of the missing Characteristic from the True Creator's split, hoping to advance to Sequence 1 before facing Sasrir.
• Klein's divination caused his head to explode, but he recovered and reported that the Characteristic lay deep in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, where its Corrosion had driven nearby creatures mad.
• Klein gave Luther the Sequence 6 Faceless Potion formula to pass along to Luna, and Luther returned from above the Gray Fog.
• Leonard heard Pallez explain that a Deceit bullet could change Klein's resurrection location, and Pallez said they could begin seeking Jacob's family treasure now that Luther had drawn Amon's attention.