Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary: Netherworld (Part 2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Netherworld continues taking shape as the River Styx nears completion. Its influence spreads across the universe, drawing dead souls from every plane—especially the Main World—toward the future Underworld.
• Romon and Molansi discuss the implications of the River Styx. Its formation is beginning to call forth a Lord of Death, while various death-related forces gather and attempt to condense a Death Godhood.
• Molansi reveals that only twenty-five million demons are available for the immediate construction effort, while the remaining Abyssal Dukes may already suspect her plans. She intends to use a demon blood sacrifice once the new cities are built.
• A vast gray-marble city is constructed by eighty million demons. Blood seeps through its walls, suggesting its role in the coming sacrificial ritual.
• Romon leaves Molansi to absorb and process the power he has accumulated. He upgrades Shennong Horn Space to the Twenty-Eighth Level, doubling its land area to five billion mu and absorbing the power of millions of demons, angels, and three Dukes.
• Romon gains the Water Domain, strengthening his authority over his divine space. The World Tree also grows substantially and produces two golden fruits.
• Romon determines that further advancement will require immense power. He plans to gather more angels and demons and eventually raid the Mist World, which contains at least one hundred Divine Beings.
• In the Radiant Realm, the Lord of Radiance learns that Molansi is abandoning the Devil Race to pursue Death Authority. He decides to intervene personally and launches a campaign of sixty million angels.
• The elemental planes are also overtaken by divine forces:
  • The Flame Monarch is killed in the Fire Elemental Plane.
  • The Sea King submits to a goddess in the Water Elemental Plane.
  • A goddess takes control of the Earth Elemental Plane.
  • A Wind Giant pledges allegiance to another goddess in the Wind Elemental Plane.
• The chapter ends as the entire universe trembles, signaling major changes in the cosmic balance of power.

Character Developments

• Romon grows stronger after upgrading his divine space and gaining the Water Domain. His status as a Primordial Deity and First Authority Holder of Space deepens, and his territory becomes substantially larger and more powerful.
• Romon becomes increasingly strategic and ambitious. He begins planning future power acquisitions, including harvesting Divine Beings from the Mist World and pursuing further upgrades.
• Molansi moves closer to becoming a true Death deity. Her transformation of the Abyss into the Netherworld and reliance on demon sacrifices show her willingness to abandon her former race and pursue a new cosmic role.
• The Lord of Radiance shifts from observation to direct intervention. He recognizes Molansi’s threat and personally leads a massive angelic expedition.
• The former rulers of the elemental planes lose their independence: the Flame Monarch dies, while the Sea King and other elemental powers submit to new divine rulers.

Significant Themes

• Death and cosmic order: Death is portrayed not simply as destruction but as repose and a necessary force sustaining the universe. The River Styx represents the institutionalization of death on a universal scale.
• Transformation and rebirth: The Abyss is becoming the Netherworld, Molansi is changing from Devil ruler to potential Death God, and Romon’s divine space continually evolves into a more complete world.
• Power accumulation: Characters measure progress through territory, sacrifices, souls, divine energy, and Godhood. Advancement depends on absorbing the remains or power of other beings.
• Political and divine realignment: The rise of the Netherworld threatens the existing balance among gods, angels, demons, and elemental rulers, prompting alliances, conquests, and campaigns.
• The limits of divine control: The gods influence universal order but remain dependent on the worlds and laws that sustain them. Even powerful deities must adapt to changes generated by the River Styx and other cosmic forces.

Important Character Interactions

• Romon and Molansi cooperate in building the Netherworld, though their goals are distinct: Molansi seeks Death Authority, while Romon seeks power and resources for his own advancement.
• Romon and Molansi acknowledge the danger posed by the River Styx’s call for a Lord of Death and discuss the logistical challenges of sacrificing enough demons.
• The Lord of Radiance and his angels respond to reports about Molansi, ultimately deciding to launch a direct military expedition.
• The Lord of Radiance and the rewarded Demigod: The Demigod receives Domain knowledge and a Divine Power Crystal for his service, illustrating the Lord of Radiance’s control over divine advancement.
• New goddesses and elemental rulers: The Sea King, Earth Giants, and Wind Giants submit to or follow invading divine powers, while the Flame Monarch is forcibly removed, demonstrating the rapid conquest of the elemental planes.

Chapter Summary — “Harvesting (Part 1)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon observes the Mist World as the Black Sun is challenged by the rising sun of the Lord of Radiance. The Lord’s Holy Light dispels the mist, provoking the Black Sun into unleashing storm clouds, crimson lightning, and blood-colored darkness.
• A massive celestial battle begins: countless Angels descend as light-rain and charge the Black Sun. The Black Sun’s Divine Thunder destroys enormous numbers of them, causing Angel corpses and Holy Blood to fall across the world.
• Mortals below panic, believing the world is ending. Amid the terror, one impoverished family quietly shares a half-eaten pie, emphasizing ordinary human life continuing during cosmic destruction.
• Romon travels toward one of the points of light and enters a temple dedicated to the death god Ik. Ik is consuming sacrificial blood and takes pride in his knowledge, magic, and growing power.
• Romon—or the entity later identified as Rog—appears inside Ik’s hidden magical space. Ik senses an intruder but cannot locate him. Rog suddenly kills him with a Sacred Sword, burns his Vampire heart with Holy Flames, and captures his Divine Soul.
• Rog takes Ik’s books and scrolls concerning death, absorbing or removing the knowledge before leaving.
• In Shad City, Countless wars and disasters have destroyed the old order. Count Dar—or another young lord—learns that people have been murdered and drained of blood.
• Romon meets a middle-aged Knight identified as an ancestral figure to the young lord. The Knight recognizes that the Lord of Radiance has invaded the Mist World again but agrees to fight rather than surrender his descendant.
• The young Silver Knight enters and pledges to fight alongside his “Ancestral God.” Romon kills both Knights and destroys the building, then disappears.
• Romon reflects that the falling Angel fragments represent another “harvest,” but he must continue killing and gathering power before the celestial war ends.

Character Developments

• Romon is portrayed as calculating, detached, and driven by advancement. He views both divine warfare and mortal suffering as opportunities for harvesting power. His willingness to kill the Knight and the young Silver Knight demonstrates his rejection of traditional honor, loyalty, and morality.
• Rog appears as a powerful, methodical figure who kills Ik with ease and values knowledge as much as strength. His collection of death-related books suggests that he is deliberately expanding his abilities and resources.
• Ik is confident in his accumulated knowledge and increasing deathly power, believing he has surpassed ordinary faith-based gods. His arrogance leaves him vulnerable to Rog’s sudden attack.
• The middle-aged Knight retains a sense of duty and responsibility, defending the young man even while recognizing the world’s hopeless situation.
• The young Silver Knight demonstrates courage and loyalty by choosing to stand beside his ancestral teacher, despite facing an overwhelming enemy and a doomed world.
• The ordinary family offers a brief image of tenderness and solidarity, contrasting sharply with the indifference of the supernatural conflict.

Significant Themes

• Cosmic destruction versus human endurance: Divine beings wage war on an unimaginable scale while ordinary people cling to family, food, and companionship.
• Harvesting and power accumulation: Romon treats the deaths of Angels, gods, and mortals as resources needed for his next advancement.
• The collapse of morality and order: War has destroyed the Mist World’s political and social structures, making concepts such as Knightly honor and meaningful victory seem obsolete.
• Knowledge as power: Ik’s belief that death and knowledge are foundational is partly validated when Rog specifically takes his magical texts.
• Faith and abandoned mortals: People pray to gods who have left them, revealing the gap between divine conflict and the suffering of those caught beneath it.
• Honor versus ruthless survival: The Knights act according to loyalty and duty, while Romon dismisses these ideals as meaningless in a doomed world.

Important Character Interactions

• Romon and the Lord of Radiance: Romon recognizes the Lord’s presence within the second sun but remains an observer and opportunist rather than a direct participant in the angelic assault.
• Rog and Ik: Ik senses Rog’s arrival but cannot defend himself. Rog kills him, claims his Divine Soul, and takes his death-related knowledge.
• Romon and the middle-aged Knight: The Knight challenges Romon and asks him to spare the young man. Romon rejects the Knight’s sense of duty and attacks.
• Romon and the young Silver Knight: The young man willingly joins the fight to protect his ancestral teacher, but Romon kills them both without hesitation.
• The family: The parents and daughter share their last food together, providing the chapter’s clearest example of mutual love and human connection amid catastrophe.

Chapter Summary: Harvest (Part 2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the Main World’s Tatshaw Territory, the Nature Church holds a prayer service before Romon’s statue. Owenna’s rapid advancement draws the admiration and envy of the other worshippers.
• Owenna has reached the level of an Eighth-Level Holy Knight and has become the chief figure of the newly reformed Thorn’s Tip Knight Order. The order currently has three Holy Knights, with more apprentices and Knights from the Salante Kingdom expected to join.
• Eileen, serving as bishop, speaks with Owenna about the order but privately struggles with lingering resentment and pain connected to Owenna’s relationship with Romon.
• Danny reports that 3,651 people in Tatshaw Territory have converted to Romon’s faith. Though small compared with established religions, Eileen recognizes this as an impressive achievement for a new god, especially since Romon’s influence and the support of the Salante Kingdom give the Nature Church promising long-term prospects.
• In the Mist World, Romon secretly enters a temple dedicated to Goddess Sayani, a deity of peace whose followers number in the tens of thousands.
• Romon discovers that Sayani’s altar and statue retain only a weak amount of power. Through the divine memories embedded in the statue, he learns Sayani’s history: she began as a warrior determined to protect the weak, eventually became a goddess, and built a city around her principles of peace and protection.
• Sayani has recently been attacked and is close to death. Romon finds her severely wounded, with nearly all her Divine Power exhausted, yet remarkably pure after centuries of maintaining her beliefs.
• Sayani assumes Romon, known as the “Gods’ Reaper,” has come to kill her. She asks only that he spare her people.
• Instead of destroying her, Romon invites Sayani to accompany him to the Main World. He explains that he intends to harvest many Divine Beings, but her convictions have moved him, leading him to make an exception.

Character Development

• Owenna: Her transformation of past love and suffering into religious faith has led to extraordinary advancement. She is now a powerful Holy Knight and emerging military leader, rebuilding Thorn’s Tip with determination and discipline.
• Eileen: She acts competently as bishop and understands the Church’s gradual growth, but remains emotionally wounded by Owenna’s closeness to Romon. Her personal bitterness contrasts with her public devotion to the Church’s mission.
• Danny: She demonstrates reliability and increasing responsibility within the Church, managing believer statistics and preparing to receive future reinforcements from the Salante Kingdom.
• Romon: He continues his campaign through the dying Mist World, but reveals a capacity for mercy and personal judgment. Rather than treating every Divine Being as a target, he chooses to save Sayani because of the purity of her ideals and the sincerity of her life’s work.
• Sayani: Though defeated and close to death, she remains devoted to her people and principles. Her willingness to sacrifice herself for her followers reinforces her identity as a goddess of peace and protection.

Significant Themes

• The slow growth of faith: Building a new religion requires patience, influence, and generations of effort. Romon’s Church’s 3,651 converts are presented as a major accomplishment despite their relatively small number.
• Faith as transformation: Owenna’s emotional suffering becomes religious devotion, while Sayani’s centuries of steadfast belief purify her Divine Power.
• Power versus conviction: Raw strength does not define spiritual worth. Sayani is nearly powerless, yet her Divine Power is exceptionally pure because she never abandoned her ideals.
• Mercy and personal judgment: Romon is portrayed as a feared destroyer, but he does not follow a rigid policy of extermination. He spares Sayani because her character and beliefs affect him.
• Institution-building: The chapter emphasizes the practical foundations of a religion—temples, priests, believers, military orders, and alliances—as well as the emotional burdens carried by its leaders.
• The collapse of an old world: Sayani’s world is doomed, making Romon’s offer both a rescue and a continuation of her mission in a new setting.

Character Interactions

• Eileen and Owenna: Their conversation is formally respectful but emotionally strained. Eileen recognizes Owenna’s value to the Church while suppressing personal pain connected to her.
• Eileen and Danny: Eileen encourages Danny in her administrative work and assigns her responsibility for receiving the Salante fleet, showing growing trust.
• Romon and Sayani: Their encounter begins with mutual awareness of danger. Sayani expects death, but Romon’s admiration for her unwavering ideals changes the outcome, and he offers her refuge rather than destruction.

Chapter Summary: “Apotheosis (I)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• In the Shennong Horn divine space, more than a hundred slain Divine Beings dissolve beneath the World Tree, releasing immense spiritual energy and fragments of natural laws.
• Romon absorbs and studies this energy, recognizing it as Natural Divine Power—a force encompassing wind, fire, earth, water, darkness, and a small amount of light.
• The divine space reaches Level Twenty-Nine and begins a major transformation:
  • Hills rise into mountains.
  • Rain, streams, rivers, and waterfalls form.
  • Oceans and seabeds emerge.
  • Aquatic creatures, including Sea Behemoths, appear and reproduce.
  • The Light Orb rises and increasingly resembles a sun.
• The space’s natural cycle becomes nearly complete: light initiates life, the four elements sustain it, and darkness represents death before the cycle begins again.
• Romon declares that nature’s cycle must not be disrupted and that those who destroy it will suffer Heaven’s condemnation. His words trigger a profound resonance with the space, granting him deeper knowledge of nature and its laws.
• Romon selects the Wind Domain, completing the sixth cycle. The four elemental domains merge into the broader Nature Domain.
• He gains the advanced Transcendent Divine Power “Lord of Nature,” allowing him to control wind, weather, temperature, earthquakes, and related natural phenomena. Though his Godhood is still zero, he can already wield this power for up to thirty minutes.
• The system confirms Romon’s new status as the Lord of Nature, Lord of Punishment, and Primordial Deity, with access to Seventh-Level Divine Spells.
• The system warns that the fruits of the World Tree are nearly mature. The Dark Fruit has fully ripened, while Romon’s own Nature Fruit remains imperfect because it still lacks the Light Fruit.
• Romon decides to give the Dark Fruit to Molansi, believing it is her rightful share. He understands that taking it for himself would make him the sole god and provoke the four goddesses, the Lord of Radiance, and potentially all other gods.
• The Dark Fruit detaches from the World Tree and falls into Romon’s hand.

Character Development

• Romon advances from cultivating a divine space to effectively creating a complete natural world. His understanding of nature shifts from memorized doctrine to genuine comprehension and authority.
• He becomes more powerful without yet possessing formal Godhood, gaining a Transcendent Divine Power ahead of schedule.
• Despite his ambition and growing strength, Romon demonstrates restraint and political awareness by refusing to consume the Dark Fruit. He recognizes the dangers of becoming the sole god and chooses cooperation—or at least balance—over immediate supremacy.
• His decision to give the Dark Fruit to Molansi suggests gratitude, fairness, and an intention to maintain alliances.

Significant Themes

• Nature as a cycle: Life, death, the elements, light, and darkness are presented as interconnected stages in an endless process.
• Creation and divine authority: Romon’s power grows as he not only controls nature but understands and demonstrates its underlying laws.
• Balance versus supremacy: The Dark Fruit represents immense power, but taking it would destroy the existing divine balance and unite the gods against Romon.
• Power and responsibility: Romon’s declaration that nature must not be destroyed establishes a moral and possibly cosmic principle tied to his authority.
• Incomplete perfection: His Nature Fruit cannot reach its full potential without the Light Fruit, emphasizing that true completeness requires harmony among opposing forces.

Character Interactions

• Romon primarily interacts with the Shennong Horn space, the World Tree, and the system governing his advancement.
• His decision to give the Dark Fruit to Molansi reflects an important off-screen relationship and implies that she has a legitimate claim to the fruit.
• The anticipated conflict with the four goddesses and the Lord of Radiance shapes Romon’s choice not to consume the fruit himself, even though doing so might grant overwhelming power.

Romon gathered the elemental goddesses and Molansi to coordinate obtaining the Light Fruit and accelerating the World Tree’s transition, then gave Molansi the Dark Fruit to absorb. Molansi became the ruler of darkness and death, and the River Styx surged across the universe as other gods realized the death authority had coalesced.

• Romon entered the Pantheon Hall and met with the five elemental goddesses and Molansi.
• Romon explained that the World Tree needed the Light Fruit and asked the goddesses to unite against the Lord of Radiance’s claim to it.
• The goddesses agreed, and Romon gave Molansi the Dark Fruit, telling her to wait until the Lord of Radiance’s forces were fully engaged in the Mist World.
• The goddesses described the ranks of divine power, and Molansi said she expected to reach intermediate godhood after taking control of the death domain.
• Molansi swallowed the Dark Fruit, transformed into the ruler of darkness and death, and declared, “My name is Darkness!”
• The death authority coalesced, the River Styx’s final dam collapsed, and its waters spread their power across the crystal-wall universe.

Chapter Summary: “World Tree (I)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon and the four elemental goddesses enter the Black Sun to confront the Lord of Radiance and stop him from completing the Radiant Fruit’s transformation.
• They pass through a massive Positive Energy storm. The goddesses endure it easily, while Romon is briefly burned to a charred state before recovering. Angel fragments scattered throughout the storm reveal that the Lord of Radiance prepared his Angels to survive the journey.
• Inside the Sun’s passage, they find a huge corridor where the Lord of Radiance’s Angels are fighting the Black Dragon’s Knight apostles. Both sides are nearly destroyed, continuing to fight despite having exhausted their divine support.
• Romon enters the battle and overwhelms the remaining Angels and apostles with his domain and Natural Divine Power. The Angels, deprived of the Lord of Radiance’s favor, are effectively mortal against him.
• He reaches the enormous final door. When it opens, a torrent of flame and white light incinerates the remaining fragments of Angels and apostles.
• In the central hall, Romon discovers the Black Dragon still alive but grievously wounded, its chains broken and its sacred blood almost completely drained.
• The Lord of Radiance appears before Romon. He offers him a chance to retreat, praising his accomplishments but demanding that he bow, beg forgiveness, and acknowledge the Lord’s authority.
• Romon refuses, declaring that after coming so far, he cannot turn back. The four elemental goddesses reveal their Avatars and join him.
• A World Tree manifests behind Romon, supported by the goddesses’ divine power. The Lord of Radiance counters with his own enormous, burning World Tree. Their opposing authorities clash, with neither initially gaining the advantage.
• Romon recognizes that the Lord of Radiance is attempting to delay him and complete the World Tree’s transformation. He attacks with a sword formed from Natural Divine Power, aiming to break through the Lord’s defenses and force the new World Tree to be born completely.

Character Developments

• Romon demonstrates increasing confidence and power. Though still technically a Demigod, he withstands the Black Sun’s Positive Energy, annihilates the remaining Angel forces, and directly challenges the highest god in the world.
• His attitude toward the Lord of Radiance shifts from cautious respect to open defiance. He acknowledges the Lord’s strength but refuses to submit or accept an offer of survival.
• Molansi, though absent from the battle, has achieved Apotheosis and attained Intermediate Divine Power. Her return to the Abyss to transform it into the Netherworld gives Romon’s side an important future source of strength.
• The four elemental goddesses commit themselves to the confrontation by sending Avatars and lending their Divine Power to Romon’s World Tree.
• The Lord of Radiance is shown as severely confident and manipulative. Despite his apparent advantage and the damage suffered by his forces, he still attempts to intimidate Romon and stall until his own World Tree is completed.
• The Black Dragon is revealed to have survived the battle but is near death, having been brutally torn apart after its chains were broken.

Significant Themes

• Defiance against absolute authority: Romon refuses to submit even when facing the supreme god and the threat of certain destruction.
• The clash between old and new powers: The Lord of Radiance’s vast but declining World Tree opposes Romon’s smaller, vigorous, life-filled World Tree, symbolizing the struggle between an established order and a rising force.
• Preparation and sacrifice: The Lord of Radiance’s Angels were specially adapted to survive the Positive Energy storm, while both Angels and apostles fight to the end despite enormous losses.
• The limits of mortal and divine power: The six great forces are so immense that even gods struggle to endure them, emphasizing the vast scale of the cosmic setting.
• Unity and shared power: Romon’s ability to challenge the Lord depends heavily on the four elemental goddesses combining their strength with his World Tree.
• Transformation and rebirth: The impending birth of the new World Tree represents the creation of a new divine order.

Character Interactions

• Romon cooperates closely with the four elemental goddesses, relying on their support while they remain largely silent and united against the Lord of Radiance.
• The Lord of Radiance speaks directly to Romon in a condescending but initially conciliatory manner, offering him survival if he submits.
• Romon answers respectfully but firmly, rejecting the Lord’s offer and making clear that he intends to oppose him.
• The Lord mocks both Romon and the elemental goddesses for relying on Avatars, while Romon counters by questioning how much power remains in the Lord’s battle-worn Avatar.
• Their verbal confrontation immediately becomes a battle of divine authorities, culminating in the collision between their two World Trees and Romon’s first sword strike.

Chapter Summary: World Tree (Part 2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Lord of Radiance initially blocks the Nature Divine Sword with a powerful protective barrier, but Romon channels the combined Divine Power of the four goddesses through the World Tree and strengthens the attack.
• Romon destroys the barrier and impales the Lord of Radiance. He explains that nature follows an eternal cycle—light, the elements, darkness, and renewed light—and argues that the Lord of Radiance’s fire-based Retribution is doomed without the World Tree’s sustaining vitality.
• The Lord of Radiance’s core and body are destroyed. Romon then kills the dying Black Dragon without questioning it.
• A golden “Radiant Fruit,” containing the essence of the Black Dragon and the Lord of Radiance’s power, emerges. Its appearance causes the Mist World’s sun to go out and reveals the palace within it.
• The Mist Continent is plunged into sudden darkness, causing widespread panic. A surviving high priest interprets the event as the prophesied end of the world.
• Romon and the four goddesses begin the dangerous seven-day ritual needed to complete the new World Tree. The palace’s defenses seal shut as it gathers fragments and nourishment from the surrounding region.
• In Shennong Horn Space, Romon plants the Radiant Fruit into the World Tree. Its power spreads through the tree in repeated cycles of light, wind, fire, earth, water, darkness, and light, restoring the tree’s balance.
• He feeds the space with the purified remains of countless Angels and apostles, as well as the Lord of Radiance’s incarnation and the Black Dragon’s corpse. The angelic remains become rivers and rain, while the more powerful corpses require slower digestion.
• The space reaches the Thirtieth Level after three days. It expands into a complete world, and the Light Orb becomes a tiny sun.
• Romon selects the Protection Divine Domain, completing his three Domains: Nature, Retribution, and Protection.
• He harvests and consumes the Nature Fruit, undergoing his final transformation into a True God. He declares himself the Lord of Nature and Retribution.
• A branch of the World Tree becomes the Judgment Spear, also called the Godslayer Spear. His ascension is felt throughout the universe.
• The Radiant Realm suffers a major collapse when one of its seven layers is destroyed, signaling that the Lord of Radiance’s defeat has shaken the foundation of the old divine order.

Character Developments

• Romon evolves from a powerful Demigod into a complete True God. He gains a third Divine Domain, Protection, and receives a divine weapon capable of killing gods.
• He demonstrates increasing confidence and authority, speaking as a universal divine figure rather than merely acting as a participant in the conflict.
• Romon shows ruthlessness by killing the Black Dragon immediately after defeating the Lord of Radiance, prioritizing the World Tree’s completion over obtaining information.
• The four goddesses actively support Romon by channeling their Divine Power and commit to defending the ritual, despite feeling both sorrow and joy at the transformation taking place.
• The Lord of Radiance is revealed as powerful but fundamentally dependent on the World Tree’s cycle. His defeat marks the collapse of the era dominated by Radiance and Retribution.
• The Black Dragon dies without revealing its secrets, but its corpse becomes valuable nourishment for Romon’s ascension.
• The surviving priest and inhabitants of the Mist Continent react with fear and religious fanaticism, interpreting cosmic upheaval through the lens of apocalypse.

Significant Themes

• The cycle of nature and existence: Light, elemental forces, darkness, death, and renewal form an endless cycle. The World Tree represents balance and continuity, while the Lord of Radiance represents an unsustainable force that burns everything away.
• The end of an era: The Lord of Radiance’s destruction and the collapse of the Radiant Realm symbolize the death of the old divine order and the beginning of a new age.
• Transformation and ascension: Romon’s consumption of the Nature Fruit completes his evolution into a True God and establishes him as a new cosmic power.
• Sacrifice and nourishment: The bodies and Divine Power of enemies, Angels, and apostles are converted into fuel for the World Tree, emphasizing the chapter’s recurring idea that destruction feeds creation.
• Balance versus extremism: The World Tree embodies equilibrium among light, darkness, and the elements, whereas Radiance and Retribution are portrayed as destructive when separated from that balance.
• Fear of the unknown: Ordinary people and religious authorities respond to the disappearance of the sun and the changing world with terror, demonstrating how cosmic events destabilize mortal society.

Important Character Interactions

• Romon and the four goddesses cooperate directly, with the goddesses transferring their power through him to overcome the Lord of Radiance.
• Romon confronts and verbally condemns the Lord of Radiance, explaining why its power cannot endure without the World Tree.
• Romon kills the Black Dragon after the battle, treating it as both a defeated enemy and a source of essential nourishment.
• The goddesses agree to protect the World Tree’s completion ritual and defend the palace against outside threats.
• Romon interacts with the World Tree as a living, responsive force: he implants the Radiant Fruit, feeds it immense nourishment, and ultimately receives the Judgment Spear from it.
• His final declaration as Lord of Nature and Retribution reaches every part of the universe, announcing his ascension and challenging the remaining gods.

Summary of “Raising the Throne (Part 1)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon completes his transformation into a True God, reaching Godhood 5 and gaining control of the faith of approximately 200,000 believers.
• He acquires several new Transcendent Divine Powers, including:

Reality Alteration

True Judgment

Divine Power Shield

• Lord of Nature II, formed by the fusion of Life Growth, Nature Mastery, and Lord of Wildness.
• His divine status is updated: he is now the Lord of Nature and Lord of Punishment, with authority over Nature and Retribution and domains of Nature, Retribution, and Protection.
• Romon observes that the Lord of Radiance has entered the conflict personally, bringing the war between the Primordial God Clan and the Radiant forces to a dangerous stage. Fearing a destructive civil war that would benefit outside gods, he decides to act.
• Using the Judgment Spear, empowered by the World Tree and his Retribution authority, Romon destroys the Mist Plane in three devastating strikes:
  1. The palace serving as the plane’s crystal-wall core cracks.
  2. The Mist Plane splits apart, killing countless inhabitants.
  3. The palace and the entire world shatter into fragments.
• The dead souls are drawn into the Netherworld by the laws of death, while some residual resentment gathers around Romon.
• The destruction releases a massive quantity of Origin Force, which pours into the Shennong Horn. Its land, waters, plants, animals, and especially the World Tree undergo rapid growth.
• The Shennong Horn reaches its energy limit, prompting the activation of the Throne Ascension Plan. The space expands and absorbs fragments of the destroyed Mist World, though only smaller pieces can enter.
• During the ascension, Romon advances to Godhood 6, strengthens his existing domains, and gains:
  • Unavoidable Strike, making attacks empowered by Retribution impossible to evade.
  • Private Insight, allowing him to perceive nearly all information about mortals and uncover limited secrets of deities.

Character Development

• Romon grows from a newly established True God into a more powerful divine ruler capable of destroying an entire world.
• He accepts responsibility for intervening in the wider divine conflict rather than remaining hidden in the Shennong Horn.
• His understanding of divine politics deepens: he recognizes that a prolonged conflict between the Primordial Gods would allow hostile observers to profit.
• His connection with the World Tree strengthens, as its power directly supports his judgment attack and its rapid growth becomes central to the Shennong Horn’s advancement.
• Romon also begins transitioning from simply surviving and developing his divine space to actively building a throne and preparing for a greater level of godhood.

Significant Themes

• Power and responsibility: Romon’s increased strength forces him to act as a stabilizing figure in a conflict threatening the larger divine order.
• Destruction and renewal: The Mist World’s annihilation causes mass death but simultaneously provides the energy needed to expand and strengthen the Shennong Horn.
• Nature’s regenerative force: The World Tree and the living environment flourish dramatically after receiving the released Origin Force.
• The cost of divinity: Faith grants Romon power but also brings obligations, burdens, and involvement in the affairs of countless mortals.
• The transition from hidden power to visible authority: Activating Throne Ascension means the Shennong Horn can no longer remain concealed, marking Romon’s emergence as a more openly significant divine power.

Character Interactions

• Romon’s most important interaction is with the Mist Plane and its remaining Divine Beings, whom he condemns and destroys through the Judgment Spear. Their final curses express their helpless rage.
• He is indirectly engaged in the conflict between the Lord of Radiance and the four goddesses, observing the escalation and acting to prevent it from becoming a catastrophic civil war.
• The World Tree functions as both an ally and source of power, blessing Romon’s attack and growing alongside the Shennong Horn.
• Romon also becomes connected to his 200,000 believers through the transferred Faith Gate, personally receiving their prayers and assuming responsibility for their worship.

Chapter Summary: Raising the Throne (Part 2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon rapidly advances to Godhood 10, reaching the peak of Lesser Divine Power in a single day.
• He gains several powerful Transcendent Divine Powers:
  • Life-and-Death Dominion, allowing him to create or destroy life across planes and through most defenses.
  • Regional Divine Power Shield, greatly strengthening and expanding his protective barriers.
  • Divine Gift, which can temporarily or permanently enhance mortal attributes.
  • Severance, enabling him to cut an existence off from nature and the six fundamental energies, causing the world itself to reject it.
• The destruction of the Mist World is explained as a process similar to digestion. Its fragments are broken down by the six elemental energies and absorbed into the World Tree, providing enormous nourishment and Origin Force.
• Using this power, Romon constructs a magnificent Divine City around the World Tree in Shennong Horn. The city’s buildings, gardens, fountains, statues, and divine runes form a massive defensive array. Romon believes even a Mighty God would have difficulty reaching the World Tree within it.
• In the Netherworld, Molansi receives more than a million human souls and tens of millions of animal souls. They successfully enter the Netherworld without becoming Demon larvae, proving that its transformation is complete.
• False believers and unbelievers become residents of the Netherworld, while many souls gradually dissolve into the Netherworld’s essence. Death Angels—souls who once followed Molansi—are created to judge and guide the newly arrived dead.
• Several powerful Demons accuse Molansi of betraying their race and destroying their path to growth. They announce that they will abandon her and retreat to other layers of the Netherworld. Molansi responds with silent confidence.
• A radiant sun appears over the Netherworld. Its Holy Light does not harm the dead or Demons; instead, it causes grass and flowers to grow. Molansi recognizes this as Romon’s ascension and notes that her own Avatar will soon be completed.
• In the Main World, Romon’s followers gather in huge numbers to witness the raising of his divine throne. Pope Kanrongpa announces that the miracle will last seven days and organizes continuous prayer.
• Eileen and the other clergy in Tatshaw Territory also prepare to pray in shifts. A brilliant sun appears in the sky, and Romon’s Holy Light spreads across the land, prompting his followers to rejoice.

Character Developments

• Romon fully establishes himself as a major divine power. His new abilities reflect his growing mastery over nature, life, protection, judgment, and reality.
• He becomes more strategic and confident, recognizing that the Divine City gives him a powerful home-field advantage against stronger gods.
• Molansi demonstrates that she has successfully become the Goddess of Death and completed the Netherworld’s transformation. She remains calm despite the Demons’ hostility and shows growing independence from Romon.
• Molansi also reveals ambition of her own, stating that her Avatar will soon be finished and implying that she is rapidly approaching greater power.
• Pope Kanrongpa acts as the organizer and public representative of Romon’s ascension ceremony, reinforcing his devotion and leadership among the faithful.
• Eileen displays both awe and nervous excitement, understanding that Romon’s manifestation marks the rise of a true god.

Significant Themes

• Ascension and divine legitimacy: Romon’s growing Godhood and visible celestial sign establish him as a fully developed True God in the eyes of his followers.
• Creation through destruction: The destruction of the Mist World is not merely annihilation; its remains become nourishment for the World Tree and fuel further creation.
• Order versus chaos: The Netherworld introduces rules for handling souls, creating structure in the afterlife while opposing the uncontrolled corruption associated with Demon larvae.
• Power and territorial authority: Both Romon and Molansi strengthen their domains, showing that divine power depends not only on personal strength but also on control over worlds, realms, and followers.
• Faith and identity: Souls are categorized according to their beliefs, while Romon’s followers publicly reaffirm their loyalty through seven days of prayer.
• Changing alliances: Molansi’s former Demon allies view her transformation as betrayal, foreshadowing future conflict between her and the Devil Race.

Important Character Interactions

• Romon interacts primarily with the World Tree and his own divine systems, using his new power to build and fortify the Divine City.
• Molansi commands the newly formed Death Angels to judge the incoming souls according to Netherworld law.
• The Demons openly confront Molansi through accusations and declarations of withdrawal, but she refuses to argue and answers only with a cold, confident smile.
• Molansi observes Romon’s Holy Light and acknowledges his rapid ascension, while also asserting that she will soon complete her own Avatar.
• Pope Kanrongpa addresses the massive congregation and instructs them to witness Romon’s miracle through prayer.
• Eileen coordinates her own followers, including Bell, Alice, Ruxiji, Owenna, Nick, and Fafier, ensuring that their prayers continue throughout the seven-day manifestation.

Chapter Summary: “Heaven-Given Destruction (Part 1)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon brings the five goddess sisters’ Avatars to the Holy Mountain, a heavily restricted Divine Kingdom protected by the New World Tree. Even Mighty Gods must climb the mountain rather than teleport.
• The mountain contains six palaces representing wind, fire, earth, water, light, and darkness. Each palace can unleash the full strength of the deity stationed there, forcing an enemy to fight through repeated waves of powerful opponents.
• Romon explains that the World Tree’s laws amplify the goddesses’ Avatars to the level of Mighty Divine Power. The Lord of Radiance will therefore have to face five such opponents in succession, followed by Romon beneath the World Tree.
• Each goddess takes responsibility for one palace, leaving Romon alone at the summit. However, Romon recognizes that the Light Palace is only partially empowered because the Lord of Radiance’s power cannot be fully diminished.
• Reflecting on the past, Romon realizes that his entire journey—from mortal villager to divine ruler—helped prepare the New World Tree’s rise. The Demon Calamity, Elven conflicts, Anion’s ascension, and various alliances all contributed to this larger destiny.
• Romon believes the Lord of Radiance may be the true body of the Old World Tree. If it enters the Divine Kingdom and is killed, the New World Tree can absorb it and take control of the Crystal-Wall Universe. If it stays away, the New World Tree will gradually consume it over three thousand years.
• The Lord of Radiance invades in its true body, appearing as an enormous sun. Its arrival devastates Shennong Horn: mountains explode, the earth splits, magma erupts, oceans boil, and the entire realm becomes a hellish landscape.
• The Lord’s Angel army follows it, but the Divine Kingdom’s power destroys most of the Angels, leaving only the strongest Four-Winged and Six-Winged Angels able to resist.
• Romon invokes the World Tree’s authority through the Godslayer Spear and formally judges the Lord of Radiance guilty of three crimes:
  1. Failing to destroy the Mist Plane and reclaim the Light Fruit.
  2. Violating the World Tree’s prohibition against direct war between Primordial God Clans.
  3. Failing to protect the World Tree and instead attempting to destroy it.
• Romon declares that the Lord of Radiance must fall, but the Lord responds with the devastating technique “Heaven-Given Destruction.”
• Time and space briefly freeze before the attack obliterates the Fire Element Palace, creating a massive crater and destroying the Fire Elemental Primordial God’s Avatar.

Character Developments

• Romon displays confidence and strategic preparation, revealing that he has designed the Holy Mountain specifically to exhaust and weaken the Lord of Radiance. However, the Lord’s overwhelming power forces him to acknowledge genuine fear and uncertainty.
• Romon’s understanding of his own life expands. He sees his rise from mortal to god as part of a larger plan connected to the renewal of the World Tree and the fate of the universe.
• The five goddess sisters act as a coordinated defensive force, each taking control of one palace and trusting Romon’s strategy. Their Avatars are powerful enough to serve as major obstacles despite not being their true bodies.
• The Lord of Radiance demonstrates terrifying power and determination by invading in its true body rather than sending only an Avatar. Its willingness to risk catastrophic destruction suggests that it may be prepared to sacrifice itself to eliminate the New World Tree.
• The Lord’s destruction of the Fire Element Palace establishes that its combat strength may exceed Romon’s expectations, even under the World Tree’s suppression.

Significant Themes

• Renewal versus stagnation: The conflict represents the New World Tree’s attempt to replace or absorb the Old World Tree and restore the damaged universe.
• Destiny and preparation: Romon’s entire life and many major historical events are reinterpreted as steps leading toward this final confrontation.
• Law and judgment: The World Tree’s rules provide both the structure of the universe and the authority for Romon’s divine judgment.
• Sacrifice and annihilation: The Lord of Radiance’s invasion could cause the collapse of the Crystal-Wall Universe, emphasizing that victory may come at the cost of total destruction.
• Overconfidence challenged by reality: Romon believes his layered defenses will exhaust the Lord, but “Heaven-Given Destruction” immediately proves that the enemy’s reserves and abilities are far greater than anticipated.
• Power versus legitimacy: Romon fights not only with force but also through the World Tree’s legal authority, formally declaring the Lord of Radiance guilty before battle begins.

Important Character Interactions

• Romon explains the Holy Mountain’s defenses and battle plan to the five goddess sisters, persuading them that they can fight independently rather than combine their forces.
• The goddesses accept their assignments and separate into the five elemental palaces, leaving Romon to defend the summit.
• Romon confronts the Lord of Radiance through the Godslayer Spear, using the World Tree’s will to accuse and sentence it.
• The Lord of Radiance rejects Romon’s judgment with an enraged response and counters with “Heaven-Given Destruction,” immediately killing the Fire Elemental Primordial God’s Avatar and signaling the beginning of the true battle.

Summary of “Heaven-Given Destruction (Part 2)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Lord of Radiance continues ascending through the World Tree’s elemental palaces, using the devastating authority Heaven-Given Destruction.
• In the Wind Palace, the Wind Goddess explains that Heaven-Given Destruction is an authority granted by the Old World Tree. Although the Lord’s power has weakened by roughly ten percent, it remains extraordinarily dangerous.
• The Lord unleashes Heaven-Given Destruction, destroying the Wind Goddess’s avatar and leaving a massive crater.
• Romon and the World Tree rapidly restore Shennong Horn’s environment:
  • The ocean is evaporated to reduce the temperature.
  • Clouds are frozen into hail to cool the magma.
  • Rain later weathers the cooled rock into soil.
  • The displaced sun is returned to its orbit.
  • Plant life is accelerated, allowing grass, trees, and lakes to regenerate.
• The Lord destroys the Earth Palace with another use of Heaven-Given Destruction, terrifying Romon. However, the power is not used again in the Water Palace, where the Lord suffers a prolonged battle and emerges visibly weakened.
• The surviving Angels gradually lose their strength and transform into Light Orbs. Angels attempting to enter the sacred palaces are destroyed because they cannot withstand the World Tree’s domain.
• As Shennong Horn recovers, the World Tree’s connection with the space strengthens, allowing it to better suppress the intruder and increase Romon’s power.
• The Lord reaches the Darkness Palace, which has become a restored wilderness containing the Sea of Souls and Death City.
• There, the Lord meets the Dark Goddess, Molansi. She explains the planned order of the afterlife and the future Pact of the Gods, under which gods may reclaim the souls of their true believers.
• Molansi urges the Lord to withdraw, offering him the Fruit of Light and a respected position among the gods. He refuses, and the two begin battling with the powers of fire and retribution against darkness and death.

Character Developments

• Romon becomes increasingly desperate and strategic. He coordinates the World Tree’s defenses while simultaneously rebuilding Shennong Horn, recognizing that restoring the environment will strengthen the space and improve its ability to suppress the Lord.
• The Lord of Radiance demonstrates overwhelming destructive strength but gradually loses power with each major attack. His advance continues, though his radiance visibly dims after the Water Palace battle.
• The Wind Goddess’s avatar is destroyed by Heaven-Given Destruction, emphasizing the vulnerability of even powerful divine beings.
• The Dark Goddess, Molansi, openly breaks with the Lord of Radiance after seven thousand years of cooperation. Though sympathetic to him, she prioritizes the new World Tree and the world’s future order.
• The surviving Angels are shown to be unable to meaningfully challenge the World Tree and are eventually destroyed or reduced to Light Orbs.

Significant Themes

• Destruction versus restoration: The Lord advances through catastrophic destruction, while Romon and the World Tree counter him by rebuilding the land, weather, life, and cosmic order.
• The limits of power: Heaven-Given Destruction is devastating but consumes the Lord’s strength, making repeated use increasingly difficult.
• The birth of a new order: The proposed Pact of the Gods and structured afterlife represent a shift toward cooperation, regulated faith, and an organized relationship between gods and souls.
• Loyalty versus moral conviction: Molansi’s decision to oppose the Lord shows that long-standing alliances can be broken when a person’s principles change.
• Integration of life and space: The fusion between Shennong Horn and the World Tree suggests that healing and growth are not merely restoration but also sources of defensive and divine power.

Character Interactions

• Romon consults with the Wind Goddess and receives reassurance about the Lord’s weakening power.
• Romon works closely with the data panel, issuing commands that coordinate the cooling, weathering, orbital correction, and regrowth of Shennong Horn.
• The Lord of Radiance and Molansi discuss the future of souls, the Demon Calamity, and the legitimacy of the new World Tree.
• Molansi offers the Lord a peaceful compromise, but he interprets her opposition as another painful betrayal.
• Their disagreement culminates in a direct confrontation between the Lord’s fire and retribution and Molansi’s darkness and death.

Chapter Summary: “Union with the Dao”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Within Shennong Horn Space, Romon confronts the Lord of Radiance beneath the New World Tree.
• The Lord of Radiance reveals that he views the collapse of the old fate-driven order not as an ending, but as a turning point. He launches his ultimate attack, Heaven-Given Destruction, a force of pure annihilation.
• Romon’s armor, body, and Divine Soul are destroyed, but the World Tree sacrifices itself to shield him. Romon revives through the World Tree’s protection and mortally impales the Lord of Radiance with the Godslayer Spear.
• The Lord of Radiance’s corpse becomes a vessel for the Old World Tree’s spirit, which attempts to possess the New World Tree. Romon uses the status panel to block the invasion, allowing the World Tree to destroy and absorb the Old World Tree’s remnant.
• The World Tree rapidly evolves, while the Lord of Radiance’s remaining essence survives within one of its fruits. His other Godhoods disappear, leaving only Retribution, which Romon absorbs.
• Romon strengthens his original domains—Nature, Retribution, and Protection—and gains the transcendent divine powers Power of Fate and Resurrection. He rises to Godhood 11 and becomes an intermediate god.
• Romon permits the World Tree to merge with the Crystal-Wall Universe. Its roots and branches spread throughout creation, renewing the world and bringing about the end of the old era.
• Heavenly flowers descend across all realms. The World Tree’s absolution erases past sins, while a new system of grace, punishment, and reward is established. The Main World begins expanding, and the entire universe enters a new age.
• Seventy years later, Eileen dies peacefully and is buried on Holy Island. Pope Kanrongpa conducts her funeral, while the Nature Church has become dominant across much of the continent.
• Eileen awakens in Romon’s divine realm, where she reunites with Romon and encounters restored versions of friends and loved ones, including Madam Kana, Waden, Ellie, Owenna, Fafier, Bell, Nick, Lurun, and her father.

Character Development

• Romon evolves from a powerful god into an intermediate god and a central figure in the universe’s renewal. His survival depends not only on his strength but also on his bond with the World Tree and his ability to make decisive choices.
• He demonstrates mercy and acceptance by allowing the World Tree to leave Shennong Horn Space and merge with the larger universe, recognizing that it has “grown up.”
• Romon’s newly acquired powers reflect his growing authority: he can influence fate, punish those who attack him, and resurrect after destruction under certain conditions.
• The Lord of Radiance remains proud and confident to the end, believing destruction represents his own transformation. Despite his apparent defeat, his essence survives in altered form within the World Tree.
• The Old World Tree is revealed as the true hidden threat, attempting to use the Lord of Radiance’s death to seize the New World Tree and regain life.
• Eileen receives a peaceful conclusion. After decades of mortal life and service, she is reunited with Romon and restored loved ones in a realm preserving the past.
• Pope Kanrongpa is shown nearing the end of his mortal life but leaves behind a successful religious legacy, having spread Romon’s faith across much of the continent.

Significant Themes

• Death, rebirth, and continuity: Destruction is not always final; Romon, the World Tree, and the Lord of Radiance all survive or transform in different ways.
• The ending of an age: The World Tree’s union with the Crystal-Wall Universe symbolizes the death of the old cosmic order and the birth of a new era.
• Sacrifice and protection: The World Tree takes the Lord of Radiance’s attack in Romon’s place, emphasizing the mutual loyalty between them.
• Fate versus choice: Although fate reaches its supposed endpoint, Romon gains limited authority over fate and uses conscious choice to determine the future.
• Forgiveness and renewal: The World Tree’s absolution erases past sins, allowing the universe to begin again under a new moral and spiritual order.
• Memory and preservation: Romon’s divine realm preserves people, places, and relationships from the past, suggesting that divine power can protect not only life but also cherished memories.
• Love and reunion: Eileen’s final awakening and reunion with Romon and her loved ones provide an emotionally peaceful resolution to the story.

Character Interactions

• Romon and the Lord of Radiance engage in a final ideological and physical confrontation: Romon argues that the Lord’s path has ended, while the Lord insists destruction is a new beginning.
• The World Tree protects Romon, then assists him in destroying the Old World Tree’s spirit and absorbing its power.
• The status panel responds to Romon’s commands, especially when he orders it to block the Old World Tree’s attempted possession.
• Romon chooses to let the World Tree merge with the wider universe rather than keep it confined to his divine realm.
• During Eileen’s funeral, Pope Kanrongpa honors her devotion and service, while representatives of multiple divine powers attend.
• In the divine realm, Romon and Eileen walk together through a recreated town and reunite with familiar people, giving Eileen emotional closure and restoring the bonds of her former life.