Chapter Summaries

Charlotte led the defense against an evil god whose body was an endless storm of mud, then followed Whispers of Destiny to find and seize its Authority of Filth. With the Dead Sea Scrolls absorbing the god’s shattered consciousness, Charlotte gained control of the mud, leaving the battle decisively in his favor.

• Charlotte brought the Holy Light Divine Kingdom and the Emilia onto the battlefield to halt the mudstorm and help the Saint Ranks fight the mud monsters.
• Charlotte used Amon’s power and Omniscience ×4 to push through the endless mud in search of the evil god’s control center.
• Whispers of Destiny guided Charlotte to a pure-white space containing a flawless feather.
• Charlotte touched the feather and gained the Authority of Filth, while the Dead Sea Scrolls absorbed the evil god’s shattered soul and consciousness.
• Charlotte realized the weakened evil god had been gravely wounded, then gathered the uncontrolled mud into a mountain.

Charlotte defeated an evil god on Ojibwa Island and gained the Authority of Filth, then announced a Great Temple of the Serpent of Destiny and Lantern Towers. He secured the former evil god’s territory, but the other seven evil gods stayed entrenched, leaving Ojibwa Island in a tense standoff as nobles sought to migrate there.

• The mud torrents vanished when the evil god’s true body emerged as a mountain, and Amon watched Charlotte while wondering whether his father would remember their family after ascending to godhood.
• Charlotte used the Authority of Filth to purge impurities from his body and realized he had permanently gained the authority with help from the Serpent of Destiny and the Old Man with the Lamp.
• Charlotte announced that he had slain an evil god and would open a Great Temple on Ojibwa Island and build Lantern Towers in every city, prompting cheers from the West Wind Knight Regiment.
• Charlotte occupied the defeated evil god’s territory, but the other seven evil gods stayed within their own lands and repelled his advances.
• News of Charlotte’s victory reached Briton, where nobles praised Alfred Guillaume and asked permission to migrate to Ojibwa Island.

Charlotte assigned fiefs on Ojibwa Island to Inglima nobles in exchange for people, then sent the arrivals to help reclaim Goling Island. As Goling Island developed and its officials prepared supplies for war, Charlotte began planning another attempt to draw the second evil god out of its territory.

• Charlotte required nobles seeking Ojibwa Island fiefs to send people, and they supplied prisoners, vagrants, criminals, and poor residents from Britannia.
• Charlotte gave the nobles fiefs in Ojibwa Island's interior, then arranged for the newcomers to bathe, receive medical examinations, and help reclaim Goling Island.
• Cruz's authority and local prestige grew as administrator of Goling Island, which rapidly developed with the arrival of more Inglima people.
• Seaman told Cruz that Duke Mecklen would attack the second evil god again and asked about preparations for provisions.
• Cruz said he had arranged for a new shipment of supplies to leave for Ojibwa Island soon.
• Charlotte prepared to drive the second evil god from its territory, but it remained inside despite his repeated attempts to provoke it.

Charlotte introduced the mass-produced Milleurion to the West Wind Knight Regiment and used the new weapons in a campaign against the Evil God Lord of Rot. The exhausting war lasted a year and a half, during which the Old Continent changed dramatically.

• Charlotte failed to draw the Evil God Gompas out of its territory and turned to another target.
• Twenty Milleurions arrived from Mecklenburg, and Charlotte trained Mid-Order Transcendents to operate them.
• Charlotte led the West Wind Knight Regiment into the Lord of Rot’s domain, protected his soldiers from its stench and toxins, and steadily burned and cleared contaminated land.
• Hundreds of thousands of Rot Corrupted counterattacked, forcing the regiment into a brutal campaign that lasted a year and a half.
• The war ended after the Old Continent had undergone earth-shaking changes.

As the Four Great Empires moved toward a ceasefire with Zimmerman, Charlotte continued the righteous gods’ war against the Lord of Rot. He joined the final assault, but the evil god’s soul, divine authority, and Divine Form remained hidden.

• The Four Great Empires sent delegations to Zimmerman to discuss recognizing his new nation and arranging a ceasefire.
• Charlotte recognized that he could not leave the war against the evil gods because he was bound to the Serpent of Destiny and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
• After a year and a half of fighting, Charlotte launched an all-out final campaign against the weakened Lord of Rot with the West Wind Knight Regiment.
• On the sixth day of the campaign, Charlotte entered the world where the Lord of Rot’s true body appeared as a gigantic worm covered in undead spirits.
• Amon and Emilia tore flesh from the Lord of Rot while Charlotte joined the battle with his Flame Lance, drawing the evil god’s fury.

Charlotte, Emilia, and Amon defeated the Lord of Rot by destroying its body and extracting its soul, allowing Charlotte to claim its Authority. The Lord of Rot’s remains then broke through into the real world, while Charlotte considered how to present himself as a proper god.

• Charlotte used Emilia’s power to join her assault on the Lord of Rot, whose enormous body Emilia smashed apart with her fists.
• Amon invaded the Lord of Rot’s severed body segments with countless eyes while Charlotte removed one segment with the Authority of the Labyrinth and cured Amon’s corruption with the Authority of Filth.
• Charlotte carried another segment into the Mountain of Mud, uncovered the Lord of Rot’s Authority Divine Rune, and used the Dead Sea Scrolls to seize the evil god’s soul.
• After about ten days, Charlotte wore away the Lord of Rot’s remaining consciousness and claimed its ownerless Authority of Rot.
• Charlotte reflected that his Authorities did not seem upright and decided to hold onto the Authority of novels to shape his image.
• The Lord of Rot’s body collapsed into a rotting swamp that corroded through its world and split into the real world.

Charlotte defeated the Lord of Rot, reached the Twenty-third Order, and withdrew his forces from Ojibwa Island after the empire ordered the war ended. Back in Mecklenburg, he received an invitation to attend the Old Emperor of Brittany’s wedding to Princess Axo and looked forward to seeing Miss Anne Brittany.

• Charlotte broke through to the Twenty-third Order, cleansed his subordinates, and led the West Wind Knight Regiment back to its camp.
• After Red Dragon Emperor Alfred Guillaume ordered Inglima’s forces to withdraw, Charlotte pulled his regiment back to Goling Island and handed Ojibwa Island to Inglima’s nobles.
• Charlotte divided Goling Island into twenty-four districts, appointed administrators, and began building the Great Temple of the Serpent of Destiny in Somalia.
• Inglima’s nobles seized or partnered with the Serpent of Destiny Temples on Ojibwa Island, while the six remaining evil gods stayed there.
• After returning to Mecklenburg, Charlotte accepted the Old Emperor of Brittany’s invitation to attend his wedding to Princess Axo and looked forward to seeing Miss Anne Brittany.

Charlotte returned to Strasbourg and reunited with Crown Prince Antonio, whose welcome and gifts of powerful weapons signaled Charlotte’s support for him. He then saw how Anne’s reforms had transformed Strasbourg, though Anne remained the only member of their family who was not Saint Rank.

• Antonio welcomed Charlotte at Machu Picchu, and Charlotte gave him ten Thousand Commanders and fifty Centurions for his Knight Order.
• Charlotte told Antonio that he had reached the Twenty-third Order after fighting an evil god in Inglima.
• Charlotte and Antonio traveled toward Strasbourg and noted that Anne was the only one in their family who had not reached Saint Rank.
• Charlotte saw that Anne had reorganized the City Patrol and improved Strasbourg’s economy, sanitation, security, and public services.

Duke Charlotte Mecklen returned to Strasbourg and reaffirmed his support for Crown Prince Antonio before visiting Emperor McLean and Princess Axo. After the emperor blessed Charlotte’s future marriage to Anne Brittany, the reunited couple embraced, but Charlotte spotted his teacher Juno and a strange man carrying a suitcase.

• Charlotte Mecklen and Antonio rode through Strasbourg together, prompting the people to cheer for the empire, the Crown Prince, and Duke Mecklen.
• Charlotte told Princess Axo that Zimmerman was one step away from becoming a god, and she grieved over her son’s path.
• Emperor McLean promised Charlotte that Anne would marry him after the emperor’s wedding and urged him to protect her.
• Charlotte left the hall and embraced Anne, who had been waiting for him in hunting attire.
• Antonio told the onlookers to close their eyes as Charlotte kissed Anne, then Charlotte noticed Juno and a middle-aged man carrying a suitcase.

Charlotte escorted Juno and the vampire evil god Carnstein from the imperial palace to his residence, wary that Carnstein might threaten the Old Emperor. Carnstein showed unusual interest in Charlotte and offered him cultivation guidance, leaving Charlotte anxious as they entered Champs-Élysées Avenue Number 58.

• Carnstein appeared with Juno, and Charlotte recognized him as a dangerous vampire evil god while Juno introduced Charlotte as his student on a new Transcendence path.
• Charlotte warned Anne about Carnstein, gave her a mirror containing Emilia, and sent her to summon their allies while he stayed with Juno and Carnstein.
• Antonio brought Charlotte to the Old Emperor, who welcomed Juno and Carnstein as wedding guests and asked Charlotte to arrange their accommodations.
• Charlotte led Juno and Carnstein to Champs-Élysées Avenue Number 58, where Carnstein questioned Charlotte about his cultivation and pointed out flaws in it.
• Carnstein grew contemplative upon entering Charlotte’s residence, making Charlotte tense.

Charlotte discovered that Carnstein did not remember the earlier events involving another version of himself, then received advice about House of Adonis secret arts. As danger from evil gods threatened the Old Continent, Charlotte reunited with his subordinates, handled imperial wedding duties, and spent a quiet day with Anne.

• Charlotte realized that Carnstein had no memory of the Blood Kindred evil god’s previous visit and attack, and admitted that he had once summoned Carnstein.
• Carnstein advised Charlotte to awaken the Blood Flame Spirit Shield and revealed that Wood Brandon had been his student and descendant.
• Juno dismissed Charlotte, and Carnstein invited him to return for guidance; Charlotte left shaken by the danger posed by the powerful evil god.
• Charlotte met Anne and his subordinates, warned them to stay together because battle could break out, and returned to his duties during the Old Emperor and Princess Axo’s wedding.
• Twelve days later, Charlotte spent a date with Anne at Baker Street 221B, where she baked him cakes and promised to make them after they married.

Charlot met Juno and Carnstein at Hortingrain Mountain, where Carnstein revealed that the Blood Kindred were Pendragon Arthur’s experimental creations and might be targeted for destruction. Juno and Carnstein asked Charlot to join their effort to investigate whether Pendragon was driving the Divine War, and Charlot agreed to stand with his teacher.

• Juno brought Charlot to Hortingrain Mountain, which Carnstein identified as the true body of Timothy, the ancestral god of House of Abraham.
• Carnstein told Charlot that Pendragon Arthur had created the Blood Kindred as test subjects and that the race’s growing flaws threatened its survival.
• Carnstein explained that he no longer believed Zimmerman had started the Divine War and suspected Pendragon Arthur was behind it.
• Juno said he had allied with Carnstein because Carnstein suspected Pendragon intended to destroy his failed creations through the Divine War.
• Charlot agreed to join Juno’s side and help investigate the threat.

Charlot followed Juno and Carnstein into Hortingrain Mountain, where Juno urged him to reach the Twenty-Fourth Order soon. After awakening Blood Flame Spirit Shield, Charlot combined his abilities into a Divine Form and learned they were about to encounter the Blood Progenitor of House of Beros.

• Juno told Charlot to advance to the Twenty-Fourth Order as soon as possible, then led him and Carnstein into Hortingrain Mountain.
• Charlot followed Juno and Carnstein through the mountain, wary of Carnstein and alert to a shrill howl from deep within.
• Charlot awakened Blood Flame Spirit Shield and poured his newly gained energy into it, Blood Flame Demonic Gun, and Demonic Flame Horse.
• Charlot's abilities combined into a Divine Form of black armor, and he adjusted it to resemble the Centurion.
• Carnstein told Charlot they were about to see the Blood Progenitor of House of Beros, a terrifying giant spider and nemesis of House of Arthur.

Charlotte and Juno observed Doris’s endless war with Timothy, then Charlotte’s attack drew the attention of the spiders and forced him into the dimensional void. There he faced a giant white spider that transformed into a mysterious girl.

• Charlotte saw Doris’s vast spider nest devouring Timothy while Hortingrain Mountain’s flesh tentacles destroyed the spiders, maintaining their endless stalemate.
• Carnstein asked whether Doris had lost consciousness, and Juno said it seemed so.
• At Juno’s urging, Charlotte killed several hundred spiders with the Blood Flame Demonic Gun, provoking the spiders to fix their eyes on him and thread his spirit.
• Charlotte escaped into the dimensional void and used Star War Qi to sever most of the spiritual threads, but Doris and his teacher remained connected to him.
• A giant white spider followed Charlotte through space, then transformed into a young girl when he drew his Flame Lance.

Charlot discovered that the girl in white, Lilith Beros, was a vessel connected to Doris and agreed to help free her from the Star Puppet Strings. A Great Prophecy merged their memories and powers, bringing Lilith to life and raising Charlot to peak Twenty-Fourth Order Saint Rank; he ended by severing the strings attached to them both.

• Lilith Beros asked Charlot to burn through the Star Puppet Strings Doris had attached to her.
• Juno invoked a Great Prophecy to make Charlot and Lilith share their lives, souls, memories, knowledge, bloodlines, and fates.
• Charlot found Doris’s soul fragments within Lilith and exchanged his Authority of Filth for the Authority of Puppet.
• The sharing awakened Lilith and advanced Charlot to the Twenty-Fourth Order, while Lilith gained Bloody Glory and many of his abilities.
• Charlot sensed a link between Star War Qi and Star Puppet Strings, then snapped the strings attached to himself and Lilith.

Charlotte severed Doris’s control over Lilith Beros, then used the Star Puppet Strings to make her Lilith Mecklen and a Subordinate Deity of the Serpent of Destiny. At Hortingrain Mountain, Charlotte and Lilith seized many of Doris’s spiders and stored them in Charlotte’s Infinite Mirror World, while Juno rejected the vampires’ path to godhood.

• Charlotte named Lilith Beros Lilith Mecklen, and the Serpent of Destiny transformed her memories and soul while granting her a silver spear and Charlotte credit for Joy of Destiny.
• Charlotte sensed an approaching evil god and moved with Lilith to Hortingrain Mountain, where they found Doris trapped beneath the mountain’s restrictions.
• Charlotte used Star Puppet Strings to take control of many spiders and send them into his Infinite Mirror World, while Doris resisted his efforts to seize the rest.
• Lilith used Star Puppet Strings to capture more spiders and store them in Charlotte’s Infinite Mirror World.
• Carnstein explained to Juno that the vampire path to godhood created a duplicate rather than elevating the original, and Juno declined to pursue it as he watched Doris’s power weaken.

Charlotte and Lilith captured Doris’s puppet spirit spiders, gaining power before Charlotte learned the secret behind Carnstein’s new identity and the vampire path to godhood. The three then returned to Strasbourg to attend the wedding of Fars’s Old Emperor.

• Charlotte changed tactics and captured twelve of Doris’s large puppet spirit spiders before Doris’s growing resistance forced him and Lilith to retreat.
• Lilith absorbed the captured spiders, while Charlotte detonated others to strengthen his Spirit Spider Technique and form two Star Spirit Spider Technique runes.
• Carnstein revealed the vampire method of ascending to godhood, and Charlotte realized that Carnstein was a newly created life named Garipot.
• Juno, Charlotte, and Garipot left to attend the wedding of Fars’s Old Emperor, then returned to Strasbourg and went their separate ways.

Charlotte returned to Hortingrain Mountain, helped Lilith gain the advantage over Doris, and took her to Strasbourg to prepare for the Old Emperor’s wedding. The chapter ended with Charlotte, Anne, and their four children dressed for the wedding.

• Charlotte returned to Hortingrain Mountain after fighting a wicked god-level creature in the void and removed its parasitic power from his body.
• Charlotte joined Lilith’s battle against Doris and used his transformed Star Puppet Strings to gather spiders, gaining a third Star Spirit Spider Technique rune.
• Charlotte called a temporary truce with Lilith and took her through the void to Strasbourg so she could attend her grandfather’s wedding.
• Charlotte and Lilith arrived at the imperial palace, where Charlotte took on reception duties as the wedding approached.
• Charlotte stood beside Anne with Amon, Gareth, Emilia, and Lilith as the Old Emperor’s wedding day began.

At the Old Emperor of Brittany’s wedding, Emilia sensed that many dangerous beings had entered Strasbourg, while Amon, Emilia, and Lilith disappeared. Charlotte found them amid a battle between gods in the High-Dimensional Void and raced to assess the chaos.

• Charlotte refused Amon’s request for authority over the Holy Light Divine Kingdom after Whispers of Destiny warned him.
• Emilia sensed that many of their kind had entered Strasbourg, and Lilith realized how formidable her Mecklen family members were.
• The Old Emperor of Brittany and Princess Axo exchanged imperial scepters and crowns during their wedding ceremony.
• Charlotte discovered that Amon, Emilia, and Lilith had disappeared, sent Anne to stay with Antonio, and told Gareth to protect Anne.
• Charlotte entered the High-Dimensional Void, where dozens of evil creatures were fighting, and searched for a way to distinguish friend from foe.

Charlotte surveyed the battlefield of the Nine Great Righteous Gods, then joined his family in attacking a mysterious castle while fending off a bubble-like Evil Spirit. He entered the castle after Juno identified it as the Blood Castle, though its dangers remained unknown.

• Charlotte discovered that dozens of powerful Evil Spirits were besieging the lamp that held the Old Man with the Lamp, and decided to retrieve Amon, Emilia, and Lilith instead of joining the battle.
• Charlotte summoned the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, and Dapochilodo, Ivona, Sugi, and Omibella joined Amon, Emilia, and Lilith in striking the castle.
• A bubble-bodied Evil Spirit trapped Charlotte in a mirror maze, but he weakened it with his authorities and sealed its bubbles in the Infinite Mirror World.
• Charlotte noticed that Lilith and Omibella were drawn to the castle, entered through its barrier, and heard Juno identify it as the Blood Castle.
• Charlotte released the Flame Lance and advanced toward the Blood Castle's gates after the castle cut off Juno's voice.