Chapter Summaries

Bernadette remembered a warning and pressed her hand to the pale metal mask, which reshaped around her face as a mysterious symbol appeared in its black eyes. Elsewhere, factions made plans and rumors spread, while the Supreme Truth Sword Sect launched another attack three months later.

• Bernadette recalled a warning, then pressed her hand to the mask as it reshaped and revealed an intricate symbol in its black eyes.
• Dragon One sent Dragon Two and Dragon Three away to complete his task despite their reluctance to leave.
• The chief consulted with Yilin and others, then sent Yilin to summon Zhou Jiping; a rumor spread that Duka had betrayed the tribe and been sentenced to death.
• Qin Yun planned to have Yu Yaoyao contact the Heaven-Opening Ancient Tribe and bring its members to his side.
• Three months later, disciples of the Supreme Truth Sword Sect attacked again, and Yan Tong and the Great Monster Sect charged in to collect corpses.

Neph told Emperor Roselle about the Outer Deities, the Pillars, and her devotion to the Sun God, then promised to look after Bernadette. Roselle warned her that the Primordial Moon's corruption was dangerous and asked her to cultivate a new Black Emperor if he could not be saved.

• Emperor Roselle asked Neph what she knew about the Apocalypse, and she explained that she had awakened in the divine kingdom of a Great Old One who had tried to revive inside Earth.
• Neph told Roselle that the Primordial Moon had corrupted him and that he might be saved if a complete Pillar came into being.
• Neph explained that she followed the Sun God, not Adam, and Roselle realized Adam was the Creator's son.
• Neph promised Roselle she would look after Bernadette, but said she would not help Bornova or Ciel's descendants.
• Roselle asked Neph about his Demoness Card, and she called him Uncle Huang after he complained she had not called him uncle.
• Roselle warned Neph that his corruption was dangerous and asked her to cultivate a new Black Emperor if he could not be saved.

After sealing Emperor Roselle, Bernadette advanced to Sequence 2 as a Sage while Neph guarded her from the Hidden Sage. Once the advancement succeeded, Neph offered to reveal secrets or teach her Chinese, and Bernadette chose to learn about the being who had corrupted her father.

• Neph told Emperor Roselle she had promised Bernadette she would teach her Chinese, and he begged her not to reveal his diary to his daughter.
• Neph asked Bernadette whether she blamed her for withholding what she knew about the island, and Bernadette accepted that Neph had her reasons.
• Bernadette prepared and drank the Sage Potion, transforming into an Information Stream as she used the Catastrophe-related information to stabilize her advancement.
• The Hidden Sage appeared and fled when Neph attacked with white mist, giving Bernadette time to balance the awakening will and complete her advancement.
• Neph offered Bernadette a choice between hearing Angel secrets and learning the language in Roselle’s diary, and Bernadette asked to learn about the being who corrupted her father.

Neph explained to Bernadette the Primordial Moon’s corruption, the Great Old Ones, and the ancient history behind the Magic Wishing Lamp, prompting Bernadette to question her father’s past. Later, the Tarot Club discussed the Church of Evernight’s new account of the Winter Goddess, and the Fool revealed that Neph had reunited with her twin sister and was nearing godhood.

• Neph told Bernadette that Roselle’s corruption came from the Primordial Moon and explained the Pillars, Sefirot, Outer Deities, and the history of the First Epoch.
• Neph revealed that the Magic Wishing Lamp contained the Son of Chaos, whom the Lord of the Mysteries had sealed during the First Epoch.
• Bernadette inferred that Roselle’s inventions and knowledge might have come from an earlier civilization, then said his choice to be sealed in the Mausoleum outweighed her disappointment in his past.
• Neph asked Bernadette to monitor the Church of Steam and Machinery’s Angels, Saints, and Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, and Bernadette agreed before returning to the Dawn.
• Audrey shared the Church of Evernight’s new Holy Bible story about the Winter Goddess, and the Fool said Neph had reunited with her twin sister and was close to becoming a true God of Winter.
• Cattleya explained that powerful beings could give birth to themselves, and Audrey privately connected that revelation to rumors about Dwayne Dantès and the Fool’s favor toward Neph.

Neph and Klein discussed Miss Justice's unexpected initiative at the Tarot Club, while separate scenes followed attacks, threats, and preparations involving other characters. The chapter ended with Lin Yifeng and Bi Ran returning to the Rao Martial Arts Hall.

• Neph expressed surprise that Miss Justice had raised the matter first at the Tarot Club, and Klein admitted he had expected The Star to do so.
• Yang Kun fired twice at Gaidora, missed both times, and hit the spacecraft's hatch, startling Rocket Raccoon.
• Luo Suolin decided that he had to win Dou Mo over to his side.
• Qin Qingtong asked Ze Hua to collect lotus seeds and conjured water columns to fill the original lake.
• Shangguan Yifan ignored his injuries and punched at the exhausted Ye Mu, while an attempt on Ye Mu's life convinced Yi Xinyue to believe his warning.
• Lin Yifeng and Bi Ran left the Beautiful Golden Capital and took a taxi back to the Rao Martial Arts Hall.

Klein introduced the God of Winter to Snoman and the others, then led them into battle against Ulyssan. After Klein helped defeat the Frost Dragon, Groselle opened the phantom gate and freed the companions from the book.

• Klein told Snoman that the God of Winter had returned to the Creator's side, and Snoman agreed to ask Him about his Lord after they defeated Ulyssan.
• Klein introduced himself to Longzel, explained that 165 years had passed outside the book, and handed out Cold-Resistance Charms.
• Ulyssan attacked the group with a freezing breath, and Groselle shielded everyone with his greatsword and dawn-like light.
• Shatas, Mobet, and Snoman charged out of the cave as Klein took control of Ulyssan's Spirit Body Threads.
• Klein narrowly avoided Groselle's greatsword and brought along his new Marionette as a phantom gate appeared.
• Groselle pushed open the snow-covered gate and cheered that they were free.

Neph rescued Klein and the others from Groselle's Travels and explained that centuries had passed while they were inside, leaving the oldest survivors near death. She left them on a deserted island and assigned Klein to help them settle in and learn about the Fifth Epoch.

• Neph explained that Ulyssan had been an illusion and that she ruled the Kingdom of Memory.
• Neph restored the group's memories, identified the Fifth Epoch as the year 1350, and told them giants and elves no longer existed.
• Neph shrank Groselle to a more human-sized form and told the group that Pallez was alive but weak after abandoning his body to escape Amon.
• Shatas, Longzel, Groselle, and Snoman each shared where or how they wished to be buried, while Mobet questioned Neph's motives.
• Neph transported the group to a deserted island and told them to pray to her after arranging shelter, asking Klein to teach them history, language, and the proper ritual.

Klein agreed to have Longzel recite the True Creator’s Honorific Name, then sent the others to meet Edwina while Neph took Snoman to the Sea of Ruins. Neph guided Snoman through the Pilgrimage and left him convinced that she was a fraud.

• Klein compared the group’s languages, taught Longzel the True Creator’s Honorific Name, and arranged for him to complete the ritual.
• Neph took Snoman to the Sea of Ruins, where the True Creator told her to bring him to Leomaster instead.
• Neph explained the Lord’s assassination and claimed the surviving traitors were among the Fifth Epoch’s orthodox deities.
• Neph told Snoman that Angels often had mental problems and claimed she was not yet a year old.
• Neph recited the Honorific Name, led Snoman through the passage to Giant King’s Court, and pushed him off a cliff.
• Snoman recognized Neph’s deceptive behavior and concluded that she was a fraud.

The chapter strings together brief scenes involving Neph and Snoman, Ye Chen’s search for material, and conflicts among several other characters. It ends with Lei Shanbian and Wei Shufen returning to Clear River Village after the Corpse King leaves.

• Neph asked Snoman to open the gray-blue door at the end of the ribbon.
• Ye Chen sought a way to obtain the intelligent-warrior material Zhurong had identified as the highest grade.
• Gan Mingjun and the others learned that the Gan Family faced execution over the black weapons made for the emperor’s birthday ceremony.
• Peng Junhua ordered his soldiers to retreat to the inner city wall after Prefect Yan’s suspicious order.
• The narrator returned a payroll card, quit working for Third Brother, and went back to Zhou Ting.
• Lei Shanbian and Wei Shufen returned to Clear River Village after the Corpse King left.

Neph explained how the Forsaken Land’s people survived generations of pollution and scarcity, then cleansed Snoman after his Pilgrimage and prepared to teach him history before taking him to meet a Saint. She brought him to the Golden Dream, where she recognized Danitz and asked where Anderson was.

• Laila told Neph that Lord Ouroboros had said Fate abandoned her because she had betrayed it, and Neph warned that following her meant following the Lord.
• Snoman traveled through the darkness without food or water and hunted Monsters to survive his Pilgrimage.
• Neph found Snoman polluted by the Monsters he had eaten, cleansed him, and explained that she had brought food and arranged for crops to be grown for the Forsaken Land’s people.
• Snoman praised Neph as a Holy Spirit, and she questioned why believers revered her before asking him about the Lord’s teachings on Holy Spirits and Saints.
• Neph brought Snoman to the Golden Dream to seek history lessons, then spotted Danitz and asked where Anderson was.

Danitz fled from Neph and called for his captain after she handed Snoman over to Edwina, while Klein contacted Te. Elsewhere, Wang Xianhui opposed canceling an engagement, Mu Zifei challenged Mr. Liu, and the Angel Race remained unaware that their spiritual pillar had died.

• Danitz recognized Neph, fled, and cried for his captain's help.
• Neph returned after handing Snoman over to Edwina, while Klein contacted Te.
• Wang Xianhui refused to agree to canceling the engagement involving Huang Xuxu.
• Mu Zifei challenged Mr. Liu to show something worthwhile or leave the gathering.
• The fat man followed Nan Feng's words and headed to the Dueling Platform with Old Bai.
• The ordinary members of the Angel Race remained unaware that their spiritual pillar had died.

Klein and Neph discussed Mobet’s future and Neph’s plan to target the Church of Storms in Backlund by stripping its Beyonders of their characteristics and framing the Church of the Sun. The chapter ended with Klein agreeing to go with Neph to the Forsaken Land of the Gods before she acted, while urging her to consult her Lord and evacuate people.

• Klein told Pallez about Mobet, who found work as a circus clown after Klein asked him to leave.
• Neph proposed reserving the Lovers card for a representative and offered the Cataclysmic Interrer’s Beyonder Characteristic to Mr. Hanged Man in exchange for a price.
• Neph asked to borrow a Sun Pathway Sealed Artifact from Viscount Stratford so she could disguise her planned attack as the work of a Sun Pathway Beyonder.
• Neph revealed that she intended to strip Beyonder Characteristics from Church of Storms Beyonders across Backlund and hang them outside Holy Wind Cathedral, provoking conflict between the churches.
• Klein urged Neph to consult her Lord and evacuate people, and asked her to take him to the Forsaken Land of the Gods before she carried out her plan.

Neph met Adam in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, where he explained her role in the end of the Fifth Epoch and reassured her that she did not yet need to worry about dying. After Neph left, Laila learned that Ouroboros would lead the Aurora Order’s gathered believers to the Lord’s holy sanctuary.

• Neph returned to the Forsaken Land of the Gods and found Adam waiting beneath the illusory Cross.
• Adam questioned Neph about her origins and her use of “ship,” then explained how a Tyrant Pathway Angel’s Source of Anger could make the Storm lose reason and unleash its power.
• Adam told Neph that her appearance signaled the Fifth Epoch’s approach to its end and that she was destined to witness its curtain call, but said she did not need to worry about dying while she was only His child.
• Neph apologized for prying into Adam’s secrets, then left the Forsaken Land of the Gods reflecting on how he and Amon could influence people’s feelings.
• Leomaster told Laila that he had received an oracle ordering the believers to gather so Ouroboros could lead them to the Lord’s holy sanctuary.
• Laila began arranging the believers’ gathering, while Leomaster returned to the Underground basement.

Trissy transformed Shermane and sent her to seduce Viscount Stratford to learn whom he served, but the mission became a trap when Stratford and the Witch of Gold captured Trissy. Neph arrived with Xio Derecha and Fors Wall, and the Witch of Gold killed herself before Neph could strike.

• Trissy gave Shermane her womanhood back, gifted her a dark-red gown, and ordered her to win Viscount Stratford's love while investigating whom he truly served.
• Trissy bound Shermane in a Spider Silk cocoon and placed a curse inside her, then waited for Stratford to arrive at the warehouse.
• Stratford reached Shermane but revealed that he had anticipated the hunt and had used Trissy's gift against her, sealing her in a cocoon as the Witch of Gold appeared.
• The Witch of Gold's Sealed Artifact detected Neph, who revealed herself as an Angel and summoned Xio Derecha and Fors Wall into the warehouse.
• The Witch of Gold recognized Neph as Pure White and burned herself to ashes, leaving the Eye of God behind.

Neph recovered the Eye of God after the Witch of Gold escaped by killing herself, then discussed pets and the artifact with Klein. Klein reported that Viscount Stratford had died before revealing the King’s secret and prayed to the Goddess of Evernight for guidance on Qonas Kilgor; an Angel appeared in response.

• Neph took the Eye of God, cursed Viscount Stratford to crawl, and told Xio that Shermane might not want to be saved.
• Klein found Neph discussing whether a rat could be a god’s pet and asked about Qonas Kilgor and the King’s secret.
• Neph learned that Viscount Stratford had shouted that he would reveal the secret before his head exploded, and she suggested trading it for Potion ingredients.
• Neph explained that the Eye of God could grant wisdom but could also addict its wearer and turn them into its puppet.
• Klein prayed to the Goddess of Evernight about his findings, and a mysterious woman appeared before him.

Neph withdrew to the kitchen while Klein fought, and Shi Sheng faced both a dispute over Duan Wuya's business plans and an attack by a young man in black. Other scenes showed political changes surrounding Li Longji and ended with Zhou Hongyun summoning fortune to confront Huangfu Wanli.

• Neph ducked into the kitchen to wait for Klein to finish fighting, but a red-haired person snatched the cake she reached for.
• Chen Yu was punched off his flying sword and spat blood after hitting the ground.
• Shi Sheng accepted Duan Wuya's proposal to open a bank but objected to a materials shop.
• Shi Sheng fought a young man in black who summoned a two-headed, four-armed monster phantom.
• King Chess's appointment indicated that Li Longji was likely to reorganize the chancellorship.
• Zhou Hongyun summoned an immense surge of fortune from the city lord's residence in the White Jade Capital while facing Huangfu Wanli.

Klein questioned Neph about starting a war, and she explained that the approaching Apocalypse required the gods to unite under a Supreme God. Their conversation turned to George III’s plan to become the Black Emperor and Adam’s role in supporting him, while Neph speculated about prophecy, memory, and the possibility that her actions had disrupted a predetermined story.

• Klein challenged Neph for attacking the Church of Storms, and she said the Apocalypse was approaching sooner than the prophecy’s date of 1368 suggested.
• Neph told Klein that the war was meant to bring about a Supreme God, and confirmed that the Ancient Sun God had been one.
• Klein and Neph agreed to discuss other matters, and Neph offered to donate her Pedal Bicycle shares to his charity foundation.
• Neph confirmed that George III was preparing to become the Black Emperor and said he was at least an Archangel, possibly a King of Angel.
• Neph explained how Adam and Hermes might have helped George III, and said the Seven Gods had tacitly approved his ascension despite the Churches opposing it.
• Neph speculated that the apparent prophecy might instead reflect memories of the Original Creator, though she admitted that her actions had already disrupted the supposed plot.

Klein took action concerning lingering memories after obtaining the Cross but withheld his theory from Arianna. The account then shifted among separate incidents, including Bu Fan's strengthened armor, an investigation into poisoned needles, and the discovery that the Dan Tribe had abandoned its territory.

• Klein acted on the lingering memories instead of Neph and did not immediately tell Arianna his theory.
• Bu Fan's Demon-Breaking Spirit Armor reached twin rings and six wings, giving him strength on par with Yu Junxi without his knowledge.
• He Chuan suspected that Zhang Feng had brought Li Qing somewhere for a purpose other than finding her parents.
• Su Lingyue explained that she had ordered a search for remaining poisoned needles after Manager Qian had been poisoned.
• Wang Hao slapped Zhang Desheng three times before he could finish speaking.
• The Dan Tribe left its territory hurriedly but in an orderly fashion, apparently fleeing an enemy it feared.

Klein and Neph discussed George III’s plan to become the new Black Emperor, and Neph told Bernadette so she could seek more information from the World. While investigating the Cross of Darkness, Neph discovered that her accidental appearance before the Ancient Sun God in the Second Epoch had led Him to mistake her for the White Angel, leaving her wondering how much of the past had been arranged.

• Neph told Klein that George III intended to become a god, and Klein planned to inform Arianna while warning Justice about Hvin Rambis.
• Neph told Bernadette that George III was seeking to become the new Black Emperor, and Bernadette contacted Cattleya to reach the World for details.
• Neph searched through the Cross of Darkness’s past and witnessed the Ancient Sun God emerge at Chernobyl and call her “Pure White” after she inadvertently invoked sunlight.
• Neph explained to Klein that, at the end of the Second Epoch, the Cross of Darkness had pierced her hand and released her Sun-domain power, causing the Ancient Sun God to mistake her for the White Angel.
• Neph wondered whether the apparent coincidence had been secretly arranged, since she had known the Ancient Sun God would see her divination yet had examined His past anyway.

Anderson tried to steer Danitz away from doubts about the Demoness Pathway, while Neph sought Adam’s counsel about her past, the Cross of Darkness, and Amon’s future. Adam summoned Amon after Neph revealed that his prophesied role was “Angel of Redemption.”

• Danitz asked Anderson whether the Captain favored women, and Anderson insisted she was simply friendlier toward them and asked whether Danitz planned to take the Demoness Pathway.
• Neph left Klein and asked the True Creator whether He would mind her seeking psychological treatment from Adam, then used the Cross of Darkness to reach Adam’s church.
• Adam discussed Neph’s Authority, the Second Blasphemy Slate, and why she could not learn its history merely by looking at it.
• Neph asked whether events in the past could have unfolded differently, and Adam explained that time did not mean the same thing to beings at a higher level.
• Adam asked what future Neph had seen for Amon, and Neph identified him as the Angel of Redemption of the Circle of Inevitability Pathway.
• Amon appeared as a crow on Adam’s shoulder and questioned the Potion name, while Neph connected it to his father’s prophecy that he would be a light during the Apocalypse.