Chapter Summaries

Plot and events

• Cornelius confronts the four Japanese Supernaturals for hanging back while he fought the Evil God’s Believers and the Primordial Species. He suspects they have been pretending to be less capable than they are.
• He asks Tomioka Yoshimasa to locate the weakest evil aura. Tomioka pretends to sense it and points toward a route, relieved that he is not being asked to purify anything.
• Cornelius then tells Tanaka Shigenaga to send his Shikigami ahead to scout. Tanaka has no Shikigami or Spiritual Power, but pressure from Cornelius, the watching national leaders, and a call from Japan’s Prime Minister leaves him afraid to admit the truth.
• Tanaka invents a powerful, supposedly weakened Shikigami named Ōtakemaru, claiming its spirit is too faint for most people to see. He asks Tomioka to confirm the story, and Tomioka reluctantly backs him up by claiming he helped Tanaka subdue the demon.

Character developments and interactions

• Cornelius grows impatient with the group’s evasiveness and tries to make them contribute to the mission.
• Tomioka initially dodges responsibility, then is pulled into Tanaka’s deception. He resents being implicated but feels unable to refuse.
• Tanaka shifts from panic to improvisation, using an elaborate legend to disguise his lack of abilities.
• The two men’s exchange is driven by mutual fear: Tanaka pressures Tomioka to support his lie, while Tomioka privately fears that exposure will ruin them both.

Significant themes

• Appearance versus reality: Tanaka’s “faint” Shikigami evokes the emperor’s-new-clothes story, while the group’s claims of weakness may conceal either incompetence or deliberate avoidance.
• Fear and public pressure: The presence of leaders and the Prime Minister makes confessing feel more dangerous than continuing the bluff.
• Responsibility and accountability: Cornelius expects the Supernaturals to share the risks, while they try to evade action.
• Complicity: Tomioka’s reluctant endorsement shows how one lie can draw others into protecting it.

Key plot points and events

• Onmyoji Tanaka Shigenaga invokes the ancient rule that monsters and humans should remain separate, then claims that he and priest Tomioka Yoshimasa have fought together against supernatural threats.
• Tomioka, whose spiritual damage is apparently being used as an excuse to avoid confirming Tanaka’s story, denies remembering their past. Tanaka pressures him by offering to have Ōtakemaru heal him.
• Tomioka goes along with the lie, claiming Ōtakemaru is badly injured and that he will seek treatment elsewhere. Tanaka then calls the supposedly invisible shikigami back.
• Sacagawea and Catherine both claim they can sense Ōtakemaru and express concern for his condition. Their confidence makes Tanaka and Tomioka fear that their supposed allies may also be bluffing.
• Cornelius, anxious to conceal his own inability to sense Ōtakemaru, suggests using him to scout the enemy. Tanaka and Tomioka immediately collapse.

Character developments and interactions

• Tanaka Shigenaga manipulates Tomioka into supporting his story, showing both desperation and willingness to put his old friend in danger to protect himself.
• Tomioka Yoshimasa resists at first but ultimately plays along, balancing resentment toward Tanaka with the need to avoid exposing them both.
• Sacagawea and Catherine unknowingly intensify the deception by treating Ōtakemaru as real and injured.
• Cornelius suspects that Ōtakemaru may be an elaborate bluff but protects the group’s apparent credibility by proposing a practical use for him.
• The group’s interactions are driven by mutual suspicion: several characters fear that the others are frauds, while each tries to hide their own uncertainty.

Significant themes

• Deception and shared pretense: Characters maintain claims they cannot verify, and each person’s bluff makes the others’ doubts harder to voice.
• Fear and unreliable alliances: The mission against the Evil God appears to depend on powers that may not exist, leaving Saint Seiya seemingly as the only dependable fighter.
• Duty versus self-preservation: Tomioka frames his choice in terms of serving the people and the emperor, while privately resenting Tanaka’s coercion.

Plot points

• Tomioka Yoshimasa and Tanaka Shigenaga realize that the supposedly formidable Supernaturals on their team may all be impostors or frauds. They briefly despair, convinced the mission to slay an Evil God is hopeless.
• When questioned, Tomioka reports a sudden surge of Evil Aura inside the joint Scientific Research Station and a terrifying, madness-inducing presence. The team assumes Ubbo-Sathla may already be there.
• Despite his fear, Tomioka decides that retreat would be shameful and presses on. The group advances through the eerily empty station, with special forces soldiers taking the lead.
• Sacagawea prays to Kukulkan as they walk. His prayer’s echo inexplicably changes the deity’s name to Ubbo-Sathla, and the station’s steel walls begin to appear as a vast, flowing mass of flesh.

Character developments and interactions

• Tomioka moves from panic and despair to grim resolve, choosing a heroic death over retreat. His outward encouragement contrasts with his private belief that the team cannot win.
• Tanaka supports Tomioka and frames their advance as a “glorious sacrifice,” suggesting he shares Tomioka’s expectation of death.
• Sacagawea becomes increasingly uneasy as he senses the station’s unnatural silence, then is shaken when his prayer is corrupted.
• Cornelius tries to inspire the group, welcoming the chance to confront the Evil God, though Tomioka privately doubts Cornelius has the power he claims.
• The team’s fear and resolve reinforce one another: Tomioka’s warning alarms everyone, but Cornelius’s confidence helps propel them forward.

Significant themes

• Deception and false confidence: The supposed elite team may be made up of frauds, exposing the gap between reputation and real strength.
• Courage in the face of certain defeat: Tomioka and Tanaka choose to advance because retreat would mean disgrace, even if the mission seems impossible.
• Cosmic horror and the instability of reality: The unseen presence causes madness, alters a familiar prayer, and makes the station’s physical structure reveal a grotesque underlying form.

Key plot points and events

• The joint team enters a corridor that suddenly transforms into undulating flesh, revealing they have walked into a trap.
• Cornelius urges everyone to stay together. Tanaka Shigenaga proposes fighting Ubbo-Sathla, but Sacagawea argues that the entity cannot be the actual Great Old One: unlike people who encounter other Great Old Ones, the group has not immediately gone mad.
• Ye Men appears within the living wall and broadcasts a grotesque prayer to Ubbo-Sathla. The voices overwhelm several team members, including Sacagawea, Tomioka Yoshimasa, and Tanaka Shigenaga. They approach the wall and are impaled by its tendrils.
• Archimedes’s warning reaches Cornelius through a disrupted earpiece. Cornelius orders a retreat, and the survivors flee, protected by a squad of special forces.
• At UN headquarters, world leaders watch the base become a gigantic, tentacled mass. With the interior camera feed lost, they debate whether to launch a missile strike. Tagawa Masamune and Egypt’s Clemens oppose abandoning their people inside, while US President Hodgson argues that the monster must be destroyed before it spreads.
• Archimedes rebukes Hodgson for dismissing the trapped team and speaking carelessly.

Character developments and interactions

• Cornelius shifts from seeking advice to taking command, choosing retreat once the danger becomes clear.
• Sacagawea uses his knowledge of earlier Great Old One appearances to calm the group, but is later overcome by the prayer and killed.
• Tanaka Shigenaga appears unusually eager to die in battle; despite Cornelius trying to restrain him, he too succumbs and is killed. Tomioka Yoshimasa shares their fate.
• Archimedes remains focused on reaching Cornelius and openly challenges Hodgson’s callous attitude.
• Tagawa Masamune and Clemens prioritize the lives of their countries’ supernatural representatives, while Hodgson favors destroying the threat, even at the cost of those still inside.

Significant themes

• Cosmic horror and loss of agency: the living base and the prayer reduce people to helpless targets, eroding both bodies and minds.
• Leadership under crisis: Cornelius’s retreat order contrasts with Tanaka’s reckless desire to fight.
• Conflicting national interests: leaders weigh the survival of their representatives against the wider danger posed by the monster.
• Human vulnerability and political callousness: the scene exposes how easily individuals can be treated as expendable amid a global emergency.

Plot points and events

• During an international crisis, President Hodgson is forced to swallow his anger after Archimedes rebukes him. The leaders agree that missiles cannot be used while Supernaturals remain near the Evil God’s territory.
• Archimedes proposes sending elite teams in by air. Moon Sang-woo claims the ancestor Gija will intervene at the “critical moment,” but privately accepts that his own trapped team may be lost and hopes the other countries’ losses will let him avoid accountability.
• Leaders debate a rescue mission. Tagawa Masamune wants help recovering two key Eastern Isles figures, Tomioka Yoshimasa and Tanaka Shigenaga, but Greece refuses to commit another team. Archimedes’ stated concern is the danger; privately, Greece’s supposed Sanctuary does not exist. Egypt’s president can only pray for Sekhmet’s reincarnation.
• The conference’s attention shifts to a projection showing a small, butterfly-clad girl hovering above the giant amoeba. An adviser identifies her as an Onmyoji Shikigami—one unknown to the assembled experts, who suspect the Eastern Isles has kept it secret.
• The Shikigami lands, plants a branch, and causes it to grow instantly into a tall ritual tree decorated with Gohei and Shimenawa. The amoeba senses a threat and attacks with gelatinous tentacles.

Character developments and interactions

• Hodgson’s former confidence gives way to caution in the face of Greece’s greater supernatural power.
• Archimedes is blunt with Hodgson and skeptical of Moon Sang-woo’s vague assurances, but conceals Greece’s lack of a real Sanctuary.
• Moon Sang-woo presents himself as confident while calculating how the crisis might benefit him.
• Tagawa is motivated by the danger of losing two pillars of the Eastern Isles’ supernatural traditions, yet lacks the strength to rescue them alone.
• The mysterious Shikigami becomes the focus of the leaders’ attention; her action suggests a possible intervention, though its outcome is not yet shown.

Significant themes

• Power and political vulnerability: Leaders’ decisions are constrained by differences in supernatural strength.
• Self-interest and deception: Moon’s evasions and Greece’s fabricated Sanctuary expose the gap between public claims and private motives.
• Limits of human power: The leaders confront the possibility that only gods can oppose an Evil God.
• Secrecy and hidden strength: The Shikigami’s unfamiliarity highlights how nations conceal supernatural assets.

Plot points and events

• A Reiko-associated little girl protects a tree from a massive, regenerating amoeba with a Barrier that corrodes its tentacles.
• In a UN conference room, the Eastern Isles’ Prime Minister, Tagawa Masamune, identifies her as High Priestess Reiko’s Shikigami. Reiko’s reputation—especially her past role in sealing the Evil God Cthulhu Fhtagn—raises hopes that she can rescue the trapped Supernaturals.
• At Hodgson’s suggestion, the assembled nations coordinate their fighter jets with the Shikigami. Missiles damage the amoeba, but its screaming faces drive a pilot into a fatal collision with another jet, showing its supernatural threat remains severe.
• The Shikigami hangs a ribbon on the tree. Its crown glows, opening a vortex that sends arrows from the Eastern Isles to the New Continent. The arrows unleash powerful Spiritual Power, purifying the amoeba’s flesh and opening an escape route.
• Cornelius and other trapped Supernaturals emerge unharmed. Tagawa, however, notices that Tomioka Yoshimasa and Tanaka Shigenaga are missing. As concern mounts, the projected image shifts to Iceland’s president.

Character developments and interactions

• The Shikigami is calm and capable under pressure, using both defensive magic and a remarkable long-range attack. She recognizes the amoeba as an unprecedented evil.
• Tagawa Masamune moves from uncertainty to confidence when he hears Reiko’s name, then grows anxious when the two Eastern Isles Supernaturals are absent.
• Hodgson proposes cooperation between human forces and the Shikigami; other national leaders quickly support the plan.
• The watching advisers and experts praise Reiko and marvel at the cross-space arrows, while military specialists confront the limits of conventional weapons.

Significant themes

• Supernatural power versus technology: Missiles can harm the amoeba, but the Shikigami’s magic proves more precise and potent.
• International cooperation: Nations coordinate their efforts in the face of a shared threat.
• Hope and uncertainty: Reiko’s intervention offers a way to rescue the trapped, but the missing Supernaturals leave the outcome unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• Icelandic president Anderson Streicher unexpectedly appears through a conference-room projector, prompting alarm that he may be connected to a Cthulhu Evil God. He reassures the diplomats that he has not been corrupted.
• Streicher announces that the Five Nordic Countries will confront Ubbo-Sathla, the terrifying Evil God looming over the New Continent, and insists the countries renegotiate how its future benefits will be divided.
• When asked how the Nordics will face an Evil God, Streicher says they will rely on “Gods.” This surprises the diplomats, since the Norse pantheon was devastated after Ragnarok.
• Streicher demands 90 percent of the New Continent’s benefits. The diplomats reject the demand, and negotiations produce a preliminary agreement that gives the Nordics a smaller, unspecified share.
• Streicher ends the meeting by promising the Nordics will deal with Ubbo-Sathla. Afterward, the U.S. diplomat suggests recruiting the Nordics’ apparent divine backer, but the Greek diplomat mocks the idea. The Universe Country diplomat remains pensive.

Character developments and interactions

• Anderson Streicher is confident and strategic: he uses the Nordics’ claim that they can fight Ubbo-Sathla to secure a better share, while recognizing that his country cannot develop the New Continent alone.
• The diplomats move from fear and suspicion to cautious optimism when they hear that the Nordics intend to oppose the Evil God. They then bargain forcefully against Streicher’s opening demand.
• The U.S. diplomat attempts to sow doubt and explore whether the Nordics’ new divine support could be won over.
• The Greek diplomat rebukes the U.S. representative, arguing that countries with ancient religious traditions will not casually abandon their own gods for a foreign pantheon.

Significant themes

• Power and bargaining: The prospect of divine intervention becomes leverage in negotiations over resources and territory.
• Fear versus opportunity: The New Continent is dangerous, but its agricultural and supernatural potential makes countries eager to return.
• Mythic heritage and national identity: The exchange highlights tension between nations rooted in ancient pantheons and the United States’ identity as a nation of immigrants.
• Uncertainty: The Nordics’ source of divine support—and whether they can truly defeat Ubbo-Sathla—remains unexplained.

• The situation on the New Continent escalates: The Barrier repels the first Shoggoth’s tentacles, but weakens with each purification. Then the sky turns black and countless Shoggoths fall, merging into Ubbo-Sathla, a vast Evil God whose body covers the continent.
• Ubbo-Sathla attacks minds as well as bodies: Its human-faced head emerges and its gaze drives Cornelius and the others toward madness and worship. A beam from the vortex briefly restores their sanity, but the little girl—one of Reiko’s fragile paper Shikigami—burns away under the Evil God’s Corruption. The trees she planted wither, and the Barrier vanishes, leaving the people exposed.
• The survivors face despair: With no protection, some people begin praying to their own gods. A voice answers that the New World belongs to the Norse gods and that the gods these people worship will not enter it.
• Vidar appears: An armored figure arrives, apparently the Norse God of the Forest. Observers in the conference room debate whether he is genuine: his presence seems to fulfill Odin’s prophecy that Vidar and Vali will lead the New World’s people, but his talkative manner clashes with Vidar’s traditional reputation as the silent god. The chapter ends with him confronting Ubbo-Sathla and threatening to send it back to Azathoth.
• Character developments and interactions: Cornelius tries to protect the group by warning them not to look at or listen to the Evil God, though he knows their defenses are failing. The little girl’s sacrifice ends with the destruction of her Barrier. Vidar’s confident, mocking address to Ubbo-Sathla contrasts with the helplessness of the humans. Meanwhile, the Universe Country diplomat remains open to worshipping another pantheon after losing faith in the Huaxia gods.
• Significant themes: The chapter explores the terror of cosmic corruption, the fragility of faith and protection in the face of overwhelming power, and the uncertainty of prophecy and divine identity. It also raises the possibility that the New World is governed by a different divine order.

Plot points and events

• Diplomats watching a confrontation on the New Continent doubt that the figure claiming to be Vidar, God of the Forest, is really Vidar. They speculate that he may be Lucifer—or another god using an assumed identity—to claim the prophesied role of the newborn gods and found a new pantheon.
• A Greek theologian extends the theory, wondering whether gods with different names across mythologies might be one being adopting multiple identities. His speculation expands into questions about who controls the gods and whether famous deities across traditions could conceal other identities.
• Ubbo-Sathla attacks the figure in the sky, sending tentacles toward him while another monstrous mass rises behind him to swallow him.
• The supposed Vidar cuts through the tentacles and hurls his dark greatsword at the attacker behind him. A flowering sapling sprouts from the blade’s impact, grows by feeding on the Shoggoths, and spreads across Ubbo-Sathla’s head.
• Ubbo-Sathla retaliates with incomprehensible information intended to corrupt Vidar’s mind, while its vast body rises and surrounds him. Vidar declares that a god who should not exist in this universe will not exist—and erases Ubbo-Sathla entirely.

Character developments

• The supposed Vidar is revealed to possess overwhelming power and absolute confidence. His identity remains uncertain, but his ability to defeat Ubbo-Sathla makes him appear far more formidable than the forest god’s expected rank suggests.
• The Greek theologian moves from practical suspicion to elaborate theories about divine identities, revealing both his curiosity and the uncertainty surrounding the gods’ true nature.
• Ubbo-Sathla shifts from an imposing attacker to a defeated threat, unable to overwhelm Vidar with either physical force or corruption.

Significant themes

• Identity and disguise: Gods may cross pantheons under different names, making divine identities difficult to verify.
• Power versus status: The supposed Vidar’s low expected rank contrasts sharply with his ability to destroy a vastly powerful Evil God.
• The unknowable divine world: Human observers can only speculate about the gods’ origins, alliances, and hidden identities.
• Clashing forms of horror: The scene pairs Ubbo-Sathla’s grotesque insects with unsettling forest imagery, making even the supposedly natural growth repulsive.

Character interactions

• The diplomats initially challenge the figure’s identity, then unite in supporting him against Ubbo-Sathla.
• The theologian’s speculation gives the conference room’s observers a framework for interpreting the apparent impersonation, though it leaves more questions than answers.
• Vidar confronts Ubbo-Sathla first with a warning, then with force, and finally with a declaration that erases the Evil God from the universe.

Plot points and events

• Vidar effortlessly destroys Ubbo-Sathla, ending the threat. The gathered diplomats recognize that the apparent victory was due to Vidar’s overwhelming strength, not the Outer God’s weakness.
• The diplomats discuss Lucifer’s past role in saving the world and reveal that the United States has been left out of important international intelligence.
• Vidar warns foreign gods against entering another god’s territory without permission, comparing divine boundaries to the diplomatic sensitivities of nations.
• Butterfly, a paper Shikigami created by Reiko, appears and explains that she can be reborn whenever Reiko wishes. She thanks Vidar on Reiko’s behalf.
• Butterfly performs a ritual that returns the souls of Tomioka Yoshimasa and Tanaka Shigenaga. She says Reiko will rebuild their bodies, then departs.
• Tomioka and Tanaka realize they have been resurrected and exchange generous praise, each crediting the other with surviving the Evil God’s influence.
• At the chapter’s end, Cornelius receives news that mysterious lightning has devastated a vast area around Mount Olympus. Tomioka and Tanaka then reveal that both have exhausted their Spiritual Power and that Ōtakemaru died in battle.

Character developments

• Cornelius reflects on his past overconfidence and recognizes the United States’ declining influence. He is also stunned by the Eastern Isles’ ability to resurrect the dead.
• Catherine thanks Vidar for saving them and is surprised to see Butterfly alive, then learns that the Shikigami can be recreated.
• Tomioka and Tanaka are restored as souls and show mutual respect, though their lighthearted praise also suggests they want some recognition after their ordeal.
• Vidar demonstrates immense power and awareness, while setting clear boundaries about divine territory.
• Butterfly acts as Reiko’s representative, showing both the reach of Reiko’s power and her devotion to her mistress.

Significant themes

• Power and hierarchy: Vidar’s effortless victory emphasizes the vast differences in strength among gods.
• Borders and diplomacy: Divine territories, like national borders, require respect to avoid conflict.
• Death and resurrection: The chapter contrasts the finality of death in some traditions with Reiko’s ability to restore the dead.
• Changing global influence: Cornelius’s realization that the United States has lost its intelligence advantage reflects a broader shift in international power.
• Humility after survival: The survivors recognize how easily confidence and self-deception can lead them astray.

Character interactions

• The diplomats debate Vidar’s identity and Lucifer’s history, exposing their different levels of knowledge.
• Catherine expresses gratitude to Vidar; Butterfly then thanks him on Reiko’s behalf.
• Butterfly explains her nature to Catherine and delivers the resurrected men to the group.
• Tomioka and Tanaka reassure and praise one another, turning their survival into a moment of camaraderie.
• Cornelius receives Archimedes’s alarming report just as the group’s apparent relief is undercut by the news from Olympus.

Plot points and events

• A sudden storm of lightning and thunder strikes Thessaloniki, devastating buildings and sending residents fleeing. The city’s closeness to Mount Olympus makes the disaster especially alarming.
• As footage spreads worldwide, people debate whether the event is another Cthulhu Mythos invasion. Reports of no madness or strange voices make that explanation seem unlikely.
• Observers notice the lightning stretches across the Aegean Sea and centers on Mount Olympus. They conclude Zeus may be responsible, raising fears that a god—not an enemy humanity can pray against—is causing the catastrophe.
• Online speculation escalates when users uncover alleged U.S. preparations for a long-term spacecraft evacuation, alongside unusual steel orders and international meetings. People suspect governments know humanity faces extinction.
• Governments ignore the public uproar and meet to discuss the danger. Though the disaster currently appears confined to Greek territory, they fear it could spread worldwide—or beyond.

Character developments and interactions

• No individual characters drive the chapter; its focus is on civilians, online commentators, and government leaders.
• Thessaloniki’s residents shift from confusion and anger to terror as they flee and blame Zeus.
• Online users challenge and build on one another’s theories, moving from Cthulhu fears to suspicion of Zeus and then to distrust of world governments.
• Governments remain offstage but are shown responding privately to the crisis, while the public demands answers.

Significant themes

• Humanity’s vulnerability: Even a city believed to be protected by the gods can be struck by disaster.
• Fear of the divine: The gods may be powerful and revered, but mythology offers little reason to assume they are merciful.
• Uncertainty and misinformation: With no clear explanation, speculation spreads rapidly and turns scattered clues into claims of impending extinction.
• Distrust of authority: Secretive preparations and unexplained government activity fuel suspicion that leaders are concealing the truth.

Plot points and events

• A lightning catastrophe originating from Olympus spreads across Greece and threatens to engulf West Asia and Western Europe. The world’s leaders confirm that it is not caused by the Cthulhu Evil Gods.
• Greek President Archimedes identifies Zeus as the likely source. He explains that Zeus may have discovered a plot by Athena and Prometheus to overthrow him—or that Athena’s rebellion has already begun.
• The leaders fear that a war over Olympus’s throne could devastate Blue Star, as earlier divine conflicts nearly destroyed the world.
• Moon Sang-woo suggests that Archimedes persuade Athena to establish her own pantheon instead of challenging Zeus, offering Universe Country’s worship. Archimedes says Greece has contact with Athena but lacks the influence to change her plans.
• As the lightning spreads into Italy, the leaders agree to involve the Papal State and consider bringing in India, Britain, and the Vampires of Gaul. They decide to widen the summit and gather supernatural forces from across the world.

Character developments and interactions

• Archimedes is burdened by the crisis but shares Greece’s knowledge of Athena’s plot, choosing cooperation over secrecy. He rejects Moon Sang-woo’s proposed appeal as unrealistic.
• Moon Sang-woo presents himself as seeking peace, but also hopes Universe Country might gain Athena as a powerful patron. His proposal prompts the leaders to consider broader alliances.
• Hodgson contributes the idea of involving India, prompting others to suggest additional supernatural groups.
• The leaders move from alarm and mutual suspicion toward pragmatic collaboration, though each remains aware of the political and religious risks of inviting rival powers.

Significant themes

• Mortals caught in divine conflict: Human societies suffer the consequences of disputes among gods.
• Political opportunism amid crisis: Leaders seek protection and influence even while trying to avert catastrophe.
• Cooperation over exclusivity: Faced with a threat too large for any one nation, the summit loosens its usual membership standards and looks beyond national boundaries.

Key events

• Krov, a once-popular YouTuber who had sworn off chasing dangerous supernatural events, finds himself driving through Greece as an enormous storm of lightning spreads across the sky.
• Hoping to revive his channel, he starts a livestream. Viewers identify the phenomenon as the “Wrath of Zeus,” which is rapidly expanding and striking mountain peaks with devastating force.
• The chat debates whether Zeus is punishing humanity for abandoning the Olympian gods. Some believers are preparing a large sacrifice on Mount Olympus, while commenters mock Zeus and his followers—until others warn that provoking a real, volatile god could bring divine punishment.
• A lightning strike narrowly misses Krov’s vehicle and destroys a peak. Then Zeus’s voice booms through the livestream worldwide, accusing Hera, Poseidon, and Athena of binding him while he slept and stealing his lightning. He vows to punish them eternally.

Character developments and interactions

• Krov is reluctant to risk his life for content, but his ambition to recover his audience leads him to livestream the crisis anyway. His fear becomes immediate when lightning nearly hits him.
• The viewers shift from joking and casual chatter to alarm as they witness the storm. Their discussion shows a mix of skepticism, religious devotion, mockery, and fear.
• Zeus is revealed not as an unseen force punishing humanity, but as a furious god who has apparently been betrayed and restrained by other Olympians. His accusation turns the presumed divine punishment into a conflict among the gods.

Significant themes

• The dangers of chasing fame and spectacle.
• The tension between online irreverence and fear of genuine divine power.
• The gap between mythological reputation and religious devotion.
• Betrayal and political conflict among the gods, with humanity caught in the consequences.

Plot points and events

• Zeus reveals that Hera, Poseidon, and Athena have betrayed him and chained him while he slept. Viewers speculate that Hypnos—and possibly Hades—helped make the coup possible.
• A vast head formed from thunderclouds and lightning appears over the sky. Hundreds of black chains stretch from Olympus and bind it, preventing Zeus from breaking free.
• Zeus threatens the rebels, then appeals to gods, humans, monsters, and the dead: whoever breaks his chains and defeats the rebellion will be welcomed to Olympus and granted immortality.
• The livestream audience and world leaders debate whether Zeus can win and whether anyone should help him. In the United States, Hodgson is especially tempted by the promise of immortality.

Character developments and interactions

• Zeus shifts from furious accuser to desperate recruiter, revealing how precarious his position is.
• Hera, Poseidon, and Athena emerge as a formidable alliance against Zeus; Athena’s ability to bring the other two into the rebellion surprises observers.
• Hypnos and Hades are not confirmed participants, but viewers suspect their involvement, particularly because Zeus was helpless while asleep.
• Hodgson responds to Zeus’s offer with fervent interest, seeing immortality as an opportunity worth pursuing.
• Viewers interact through rapid, often joking comments, but their speculation reflects genuine anxiety about choosing the winning side.

Significant themes

• Power and loyalty: Even the king of the gods may lack the loyalty of those beneath him, and apparent respect does not necessarily mean allegiance.
• Ambition and betrayal: The rebellion turns familiar divine rivalries into an immediate political crisis.
• The lure of immortality: Zeus’s promise offers an extraordinary reward, but also pressures people to risk siding with a ruler who may already be losing.
• Myth entering the human world: Because the conflict is unfolding on Olympus, observers fear that its consequences could reach Earth.

Key plot points and events

• President Hodgson urges the gathered leaders to help Zeus, arguing that the immortality Zeus has promised could benefit all humanity and preserve great minds.
• Greece’s President Archimedes rejects involvement: Greece will remain neutral in the divine conflict, which could destroy entire generations of gods.
• Egypt’s President Clemens shows interest in immortality but asks about Zeus’s chances. An Egyptian theologian warns that Zeus may be overthrown, citing the recurring pattern of fate defeating earlier rulers of Olympus and Athena’s possible connection to Prometheus’s prophecy.
• Egypt publicly reaffirms its neutrality. After some leaders leave their watch over Greece, they reconvene privately to discuss helping Zeus without taking on the danger themselves.
• Iceland’s President Anderson Streicher proposes passing the opportunity to vampires working in Africa, then negotiating for some immortality places in return. Since vampires are already effectively immortal, the arrangement could suit them. The leaders agree to develop the plan.

Character developments and interactions

• Hodgson presents intervention as a humanitarian cause, but the other leaders suspect his appeal is self-serving or politically naïve.
• Archimedes firmly prioritizes Greece’s survival through neutrality, viewing humans as insignificant to the gods.
• Clemens reveals that he wants immortality but is unwilling to risk supporting a losing side.
• The Egyptian theologian counters Clemens’s temptation with historical and mythological evidence, steering Egypt toward caution.
• Streicher offers a practical workaround: recruit vampires to act while human leaders remain at a distance.

Significant themes

• Neutrality versus intervention: Leaders weigh the potential reward against the danger of choosing a side in a divine power struggle.
• Immortality and self-interest: Hodgson invokes humanity’s progress, but the discussion exposes personal ambition and unequal access to any reward.
• Fate and political change: Theologians treat the history of Olympus as evidence that even powerful gods may be unable to escape prophecy.
• Human vulnerability: The gods’ conflict dwarfs human affairs, leaving leaders to seek influence indirectly rather than confront divine powers themselves.

Plot points

• Zeus’s enormous head remains bound by Black Chains above Eurasia. The lightning stops, giving frightened people a temporary reprieve, though the threat still hangs over Greece.
• A livestreamer, Zhang Hua, advertises Zeus’s promise that whoever cuts all the chains will receive immortality. Viewers debate the danger, the chains’ likely divine nature, and Zeus’s betrayal by his family.
• At viewers’ urging—and in exchange for promised tips—Zhang Hua agrees to travel to Olympus Holy Mountain to look for signs of the gods. The mountain has long been searched by worshippers and the Greek government without success, leading many to suspect the gods’ homes exist in another dimension.
• Viewers suddenly warn Zhang Hua to look behind him. He turns and sees a vast flock of black, hairless bats with red eyes flying toward Olympus, prompting him to identify them as vampires.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Hua shifts from cautious reluctance to reckless bravado when viewers promise money. His confident performance gives way to genuine fear when he realizes something is behind him.
• The viewers serve as both an audience and an influence on events: they joke about the gods and myths, challenge Zhang Hua’s claims, and pressure him to approach Olympus. Their urgent warnings alert him to the approaching bats.
• Zeus is discussed rather than directly active: commenters portray him as a brutal, lustful ruler betrayed by his family, while others compare his misfortune with Uranus’s.

Significant themes

• Human helplessness before divine power: People recognize that, as in ancient times, they remain at the gods’ mercy.
• Fear mixed with spectacle and entertainment: A divine catastrophe becomes livestream content, with viewers treating danger as both a spectacle and an opportunity for tips.
• Greed and risk-taking: The promise of money—and the legendary reward of immortality—encourages people to approach threats despite the danger.
• Uncertainty and hidden worlds: Olympus’s apparent emptiness suggests that the gods may occupy a realm inaccessible to humans, while the vampire-like flock introduces a new, unexplained danger.

Key plot points and events

• Vampires—once forced into hiding after the Son of God’s descent—reappear in a vast flock of bats and head toward Mount Olympus. Viewers speculate about their wealth, modern influence, and whether they mean to help Zeus.
• Zhang Hua, a livestreamer already traveling to Olympus, follows the bats after viewers’ tips surge. The chat encourages him to take risks for their curiosity, treating him like a character in a game.
• The storm over Olympus erupts again. Zeus’s enormous head breaks apart, and the lightning contracts before striking the mountain.
• Mount Olympus is revealed in all its splendor: green slopes, cloud-hidden palaces, and Nymphs moving among them. The viewers identify the figures and urge Zhang Hua to climb the mountain in hopes of encountering a god.

Character developments

• Zhang Hua is motivated primarily by profit. He follows the Vampires partly because the journey serves both his existing plans and his audience’s demand for spectacle.
• The viewers emerge as a collective presence: curious and excited by supernatural events, but often heedless of the streamer’s safety. Their jokes also reveal skepticism toward the Vampires’ power.

Character interactions

• The livestream chat debates Vampire society, their apparent return, and whether they could matter in a conflict involving the gods. The banter mixes modern references, mockery, and genuine fascination.
• Viewers pressure Zhang Hua to follow the Vampires and then to approach Olympus, projecting themselves onto him while remaining safely behind their screens.
• The chapter gives little direct interaction between Zhang Hua and the Vampires or Nymphs; their significance is mediated through the livestream and the audience’s reactions.

Significant themes

• Spectacle and danger: Viewers seek thrilling revelations while treating real risks as entertainment.
• Modernity meeting myth: Vampires are portrayed as figures who can participate in contemporary society, while ancient gods and mythic creatures suddenly become visible.
• Power and uncertainty: The Vampires’ past encounter with the Son of God is debated, and their motives at Olympus remain unknown.

Key plot points and events

• On Mount Olympus, bats descend on a group of Nymphs, but Zeus’s divine majesty suddenly radiates from his palace. The bats fall rigidly to the ground, and the Nymphs collapse in fear.
• Livestreamer Zhang Hua feels the same pressure while driving. He manages to brake and pull over rather than kneel at the wheel, but the force overwhelms him until it fades several minutes later.
• Viewers mistake the bats’ collapse for proof that the Vampires are no match for the gods. Zhang, meanwhile, turns the frightening incident into a popular stream and earns a flood of tips.
• In Zeus’s palace, the imprisoned God King sits bound to his Throne by black chains. The gods’ places at his banquet table are empty, reflecting their absence after the rebellion led by Athena, Hera, and Poseidon.
• Bilborn, a Vampire able to withstand Athena’s divine majesty because of the Son of God’s blessing, visits Zeus. Zeus orders him to bring the Egg of Phanes.

Character developments and interactions

• Zhang Hua responds to divine power with fear and pragmatism, not defiance. He prioritizes survival and sees his sudden popularity and potential earnings as far more attainable than revenge against a god.
• Bilborn approaches Zeus with elaborate deference and eagerly seeks the king’s approval. He offers his help, and Zeus gives him a specific mission.
• Zeus remains imposing despite being chained and isolated. He recognizes the source of Bilborn’s unusual immunity and directs him toward the Egg of Phanes.
• The scene contrasts the humans’ and Nymphs’ helpless submission with Bilborn’s ability to approach Zeus and speak with him.

Significant themes

• The overwhelming gap between gods and mortals: Even supernatural beings such as Vampires are powerless before divine majesty.
• Pragmatism over heroic rebellion: Zhang accepts his vulnerability and chooses safety and opportunity over impossible revenge.
• Power and isolation: Zeus still appears sovereign over the universe, yet his chains and the empty seats reveal his confinement and loss of support.
• Loyalty and ambition: Bilborn’s flattering offer suggests both reverence for Zeus and a desire to serve—and perhaps benefit from—the God King’s favor.

Key plot points and events

• Bilborn leaves his meeting with Zeus puzzled by the “Egg of Phanes,” an artifact absent from the myths he knows. He sends a written report to the human leaders, avoiding recordings out of reverence for Zeus.
• At a conference, theologians explain that Phanes is a creator god from Orphic tradition, born from an egg made by Chronos—but they can only guess what the Egg of Phanes is. The lack of historical records sparks disagreement over how much the myths reveal about the gods.
• The leaders debate whether to send fighter jets to escort Bilborn and help him retrieve the egg. Supporters see a chance to secure eternal life; opponents fear provoking the gods and endangering humanity. Greece’s President Archimedes decides they will wait.
• Bilborn continues alone, flying in bat form around the palaces on Olympus toward the mountain’s summit. Just before he arrives, a golden chariot emerges and becomes a blazing sun above Olympus.

Character developments and interactions

• Bilborn remains cautious and reverent toward Zeus, but accepts the mission despite knowing little about the artifact.
• The theologians clash: a Slavic scholar doubts the egg exists because it is undocumented, while Greek scholars argue that myths preserve only a tiny fraction of divine history. The exchange leaves the Slavic scholar embarrassed.
• The human leaders reveal competing priorities. Archimedes and Clemens favor caution, while Hodgson regrets abandoning a chance at greater rewards but ultimately accepts the decision.

Significant themes

• Limits of human knowledge: Mythological records cannot capture the full history or possessions of the gods.
• Ambition versus survival: The promise of eternal life tempts leaders, but fear of divine retaliation restrains them.
• Reverence and risk: Bilborn’s reluctance to record Zeus reflects the danger and sacredness of dealing with divine powers.
• Political self-interest: Leaders weigh humanity’s safety against personal or national hopes of gaining immortality.

Plot points and events

• A supernatural sun rises over Mount Olympus, causing vegetation to flourish and inflicting pain on the vampires who cannot endure sunlight. Some escape the gods’ divine pressure and hide.
• Apollo arrives in his Sun Chariot. In Zhang Hua’s livestream chat, viewers debate whether he has come to aid Zeus, but Apollo confirms he supports the rebellion: he says prophecy will make Pallas the next God King.
• Zeus answers Apollo’s declaration by summoning a lightning spear and hurling it at him. Apollo blocks the attack with his bow. The collision devastates the mountain, though the damage mysteriously heals.
• Pallas then emerges from Zeus’s palace. Still able to command lightning despite being imprisoned and abandoned, Zeus throws another spear at him. The chapter ends as the attack races toward Pallas.

Character developments and interactions

• Zeus is isolated, with his family and allies apparently turned against him, but remains defiant and powerful. He responds to Apollo’s betrayal and Pallas’s appearance with direct attacks.
• Apollo openly backs the rebellion and treats Zeus’s defeat as inevitable, appealing to the prophecy of Pallas’s rise.
• Pallas is identified as the prophesied future God King, though his identity and significance remain unexplained.
• The livestream audience speculates about the rebellion, compares Olympian and Norse power, and reacts nervously to the damage threatening the mountain and streamer.

Significant themes

• Fate versus resistance: Apollo claims even the most powerful rulers cannot escape a destined overthrow.
• Betrayal and isolation: Zeus faces rebellion from his own family and receives no apparent support.
• Power and authority: Imprisonment has not stripped Zeus of his command over thunder, suggesting his authority persists even when his rule is collapsing.
• Spectacle and perspective: The viewers’ comparisons and commentary frame the gods’ conflict as both a real catastrophe and a livestreamed event.