Chapter Summaries

Neph learned that Cheek’s hidden Honorific Name might reveal a deeper link between the Demoness and Primordial God Almighty, and Adam warned her to investigate before the true Apocalypse threatened the Universe. She agreed to help Klein oppose the Rose School if Suah appeared, then discussed Divine Descent and Amon’s possible role as a Sun during the Apocalypse.

• Neph explained that Amon’s main body had been destroyed by a supernova after He became a dual-Pathway True God, while an avatar survived near Adam.
• Adam told Neph that Cheek’s fourth Honorific Name part was “Female Form of Primordial God Almighty” and urged her to find the fifth part or research the City of Calamity and Primordial God Almighty.
• Neph speculated that Primordial God Almighty might seek resurrection while also longing for death, and Adam said the idea was theoretically possible and needed confirmation to avert the Universe’s destruction.
• Neph decided to investigate the First Epoch’s history and considered tracing the entrance at Bansy Harbor to the City of Calamity.
• Neph told Klein she would help hold off Suah during his planned operation against the Rose School, then explained the dangers of Divine Descent and said Amon might become the Angel of Redemption, the Sun of the Apocalypse.

Neph searched the past for the secret surrounding the City of Calamity and learned that Adam had sent her to investigate before she advanced further. After returning, she hurried to act against the Church of Storms, while Fors remembered that her deadline was the next day.

• Neph revisited the Oldest One's awakening and saw God Almighty swallow the City of Calamity before a grayish-white fog carried her away.
• Adam explained that he had investigated the City of Calamity through Blood Emperor Tudor and suspected Cheek had hidden a problem in the Mirror World.
• Neph returned to Klein and asked him to divine an auspicious day to hang Church of Storms personnel, but he refused, so she asked Bernadette instead.
• On the morning of October 9, 1350, dozens of Church of Storms personnel were found hanging outside Holy Wind Cathedral with Church of the Sun symbols on them.
• After reading the report, Fors realized her deadline was the next day and rushed into her study.

Audrey learned that her father had rushed out after reading a newspaper report, then hurried to her room to pray. The chapter ended abruptly as she began her prayer.

• Countess Hall told Audrey that her father had rushed out after reading the newspaper.
• Audrey asked which report had caused him to leave.
• Audrey saw the conspicuous front-page report, hurriedly finished breakfast, and locked herself in her room.
• Audrey began to pray.

Neph gave the City of Silver the Cross of Darkness and warned its explorers about dangers in the Giant King's Court and the ocean beyond it. Meanwhile, Klein investigated General Mesangers's residence and found a disturbing mass of similar Spirit Body Threads inside.

• Neph appeared at the City of Silver's gate and gave Derrick the Cross of Darkness, explaining that it had been touched by the Lord's blood.
• Neph offered to take the City of Silver's Life Staff in exchange and warned the team not to speak the names of figures gathered around a long table in the Giant King's Court.
• Neph cautioned the explorers that the ocean leading outside was illusory and that they must never use a real person as a test subject.
• After Neph vanished, Colin Iliad ordered the team to set out for the Giant King's Court.
• Klein sent Qonas Kilgor, disguised as Dwayne Dantès, to investigate General Mesangers's residence and saw a disordered mass of similar Spirit Body Threads inside.
• Klein had Qonas Kilgor push open the residence's ajar front door.

The hall Klein remembered had become a wreck filled with golden spikes, illusory bookshelves, and black shadows. Elsewhere, Li Qing gained fame, Wang Chen reconsidered escalating a fight, Ye Han broke through, and Qing Shui intervened while Song Wan was in danger.

• The hall Klein remembered had twisted into a mass of golden spikes, with stone pillars, shattered glass, illusory bookshelves, and black shadows scattered throughout.
• Li Qing became a household name in Tide City after a battle.
• Wang Chen summoned the Azure-Purple Twin Swords but abandoned merging with Golden Armor and Colorful Wings because fighting the Bull Demon King did not justify the cost.
• Ye Han gained an insight and broke through, shocking the black-clad figure and Lin Mengxi.
• Shao Xuan took Qing Shui's pill and felt a warm current replenish his depleted bodily functions.
• Qing Shui turned toward Ouyang Jingsong and extended his left hand after Ouyang Jingsong made snide remarks while Song Wan was in danger.

Herabergen questioned why the Lord had chosen Neph, and Neph answered by accusing him of eating the Lord's eyes. Elsewhere, several confrontations and journeys unfolded, ending with Zhao Yue taking men back separately on horseback for an important objective.

• Herabergen questioned the Lord's choice of Neph, and Neph accused him of eating the Lord's eyes.
• Wu Tian endured blows from iron rods and struck a shorter attacker in the cheek with his elbow.
• Helian Muyu made a move, after which a Water Qilin and a Phoenix-Winged Jiao charged into the attacking Bloodthirsty Sanguine Tribe experts.
• Xu Rui told Bai Zihua that Xingtian had asked him to conceal information and pretend they were dating.
• Li Yi tested the crossing by throwing two ribs across, then grabbed both skeletons and flew over.
• Zhao Yue took men back separately on horseback rather than traveling east by boat with the main group.

Neph questioned Herabergen about the Church's control of education in Lenburg, while Xiao Yumiao, Zi Yu, and Mu Yun encountered separate magical situations. Mu Wufeng entered an auction house to gather information, and Volker Deli transformed into a burning giant before onlookers.

• Neph questioned Herabergen about compulsory prayer and Bible recitation in Lenburg's schools.
• Xiao Yumiao discovered the Winged Dragon Beast and the Nine-Headed Demon Beast Bird eating Demon Cores and angrily increased the heat beneath four medicine cauldrons.
• Zi Yu watched the Red Venerable Poison Toad draw in the green poisonous mist until the surroundings became partly visible.
• Mu Yun received three beams of light that became spiritual energy flowing through his body.
• Mu Wufeng entered the auction house in Near-Tiger Town to browse and gather information.
• Volker Deli transformed into a five-meter-tall burning giant with magma visible beneath his cracked skin.

Klein asked Fors to write ghost stories and helped Trissy learn how George III planned to become a god, leading her to join the effort against him. Trissy summoned Mr. Door, learned how to enter Tudor’s Mausoleums, and was challenged when she asked how to bring him back.

• Neph warned Klein that Fors might miss her deadline unless he set one, so Klein gave Fors a week to write the book.
• Trissy agreed to help sabotage George III after Klein revealed his plan to become a god, and she decided to ask Mr. Door how to enter Tudor’s Mausoleums.
• Neph asked Herabergen irreverent questions during class and requested Mr. Door’s summoning ritual and an answer about bringing him back.
• On the full moon, Trissy summoned Mr. Door and learned that blood from Beyonders of all twenty-two Pathways could open a hidden passage into the Mausoleums.
• When Trissy asked how to bring Mr. Door back, he demanded to know who wanted the answer and why she had not come herself.

Trissy reported Mr. Door’s answers to Klein, and Neph revealed that the Primordial Moon was trying to recruit her through Mr. Door’s message. Neph warned Klein not to let the Abraham Family bring Mr. Door back, since doing so could lead to the Primordial Moon’s Divine Descent.

• Trissy learned that Mr. Door’s return Ritual required one Demigod sacrifice from each of the Seer, Apprentice, and Marauder Pathways, and that the Abraham Family’s curse would end when he escaped the storm and pierced the darkness.
• Trissy sent Klein Mr. Door’s answers and message, and Klein asked Neph whether Trissy had left anything out.
• Neph identified the message as recruitment by the Primordial Moon, said it was connected to the Apocalypse, and agreed to help Klein obtain blood from several Pathways for Mr. Door’s Ritual.
• Neph warned Klein that Mr. Door was entangled with the Primordial Moon’s corruption and that bringing him back alive could lead to Her Divine Descent; she said the voice answering questions was the Primordial Moon’s child, not the real Mr. Door.
• Neph explained that she only intended to lay Mr. Door’s body to rest, and Klein realized that Mr. Door’s warnings had nearly driven the Abraham Family to extinction.

Neph prayed after parting from Klein and told Herabergen that she had received a letter urging her to surrender. Elsewhere, Lee Sin reached his mission target without attacking, and Luo Ran watched Zheng He's body nearly disappear.

• Neph said goodbye to Klein and began praying.
• Herabergen interrupted Neph and questioned why she had prayed to the Fool first beneath his sacred emblem.
• Neph reported receiving a letter urging her to surrender, and Herabergen questioned whether it could have come from the Fool.
• Lee Sin entered Fireplace Fortress disguised as a member of the Scarlet Crusade and found his target, but refrained from attacking to preserve his disguise.
• Jiang Cheng listened to a report from the head of the intelligence department.
• Luo Ran could not ask his questions as Zheng He's body vanished up to his neck.

Klein asked Neph where he could obtain the main ingredients for becoming a Miracle Invoker, and she explained the locations and dangers of the remaining Beyonder Characteristics. Their discussion turned to the Apocalypse and the madness of gods in the Fourth Epoch, then ended with Neph insisting that she had met and worshipped her Lord before she met Klein.

• Neph told Klein that the Miracle Invoker Characteristics belonged to Kotar, Zaratul, Antigonus, and several Sealed Artifacts, and warned him about the dangers of using the one from Sefirah Castle.
• Klein said he wanted to challenge Kotar first, while Neph urged him to remember the risks and offered to let her sister help.
• Neph explained that the Primordial's spirit had grown dormant near the Apocalypse, making advancement less dangerous than it had been in the Fourth Epoch.
• Klein and Neph discussed how Amon, Mr. Door, and Antigonus had tested the dangers of accommodating the Fool's Uniqueness, and joked about the Ancient Sun God and his supposed children.
• After Klein wondered whether Neph worshipped him, she reminded him that she had prayed to her Lord as soon as she descended and had met him before Klein.

Klein and Neph joked about trading her to the Church of Storms for Sealed Artifact 0-32, while her conversation with Herabergen turned to surprising passages in the Holy Bible and what they implied about Pure White and the Primordial. Herabergen wondered whether Pure White could still be saved, and Neph admitted she did not know.

• Klein and Neph ended their conversation about whether she would call him Mom, then discussed the busy, studious life in Isar and Herabergen’s work as Pope.
• Unable to enter the Forsaken Land of the Gods, Klein considered obtaining Sealed Artifact 0-32 from the Church of Storms and joked that he could trade Neph for it.
• Klein sent a Historical Projection into the Church of Storms, where the Lord of Storms struck his Marionette dead, and Neph suggested he demand 0-32 as compensation.
• Klein refused to risk confronting the Lord of Storms directly, and he and Neph joked about his behavior and her calling him a cat.
• Neph told Herabergen about Klein’s attempt to get the Sealed Artifact, prompting Herabergen to discuss how the Gods might react to such a request.
• Herabergen and Neph discussed lines in several Holy Bibles, and Herabergen inferred that the Primordial had tried to take over My Lord’s body and asked whether Pure White still had hope; Neph said she did not know.

Neph considered Herabergen's lingering affection for his former colleague and answered his question about taking the name Pure White. The passage then shifted among unrelated scenes, ending with Ming Rui embracing Song Yi in bed.

• Herabergen asked Neph whether she intended to call herself Pure White, and Neph replied that the Lord did not seem to want her to inherit that name.
• Gu Xi remembered that Huang You had shoved her body's original owner toward a pursuing wild beast.
• Duan Yetong discreetly messaged Wang Changqing and the others for help.
• Ye Han realized that the heavy rain posed an unusual danger despite his group's cultivation.
• Sonoko Suzuki retrieved an item, taped it back together, and sent Luke a photo to improve his chances of winning.
• Ming Rui rolled over and put an arm around Song Yi's shoulders, prompting her to chuckle.

Neph gathered Klein, Bernadette, and Trissy to exchange information and plan against George III, while warning that his apotheosis ritual might fail without their intervention. She then asked Trissy to become a gift for the True Creator, and revealed her connection to the Three Deities of Winter as mother and daughter—or as the Winter Goddess herself.

• Neph brought Klein, Bernadette, and Trissy together, and Klein warned that they could not confront George III directly but might sabotage his ritual.
• Neph said Adam had guided her to witness George III's end and suggested his ritual was likely to fail, though Klein refused to simply wait.
• Neph focused on Trissy, a Divine Descent Vessel for Cheek, and asked whether she would give the Primordial a present before she died.
• Trissy agreed to consider Neph's proposal and asked which deity she worshipped; Neph answered that it was the True Creator.
• Trissy asked about Neph's relationship to the Three Deities of Winter, and Neph said they could be considered mother and daughter—or that she could be considered the Winter Goddess herself.

Klein questioned Neph about Adam’s plans for George III and learned that she could alter history and collective memories to disrupt his Apotheosis Ritual. Neph reflected on her role as a witness to history and Klein’s own connection to the past, while Gillian and Quinn prepared to leave despite her worries about discrimination in Loen.

• Klein asked Neph why Adam helped George III if He did not care whether George III became a god, and Neph said the outcome would depend on which situation favored Him.
• Neph explained that she could alter how later generations understood history and temporarily break George III’s Anchors, potentially ruining his Apotheosis Ritual.
• Klein and Neph discussed whether Neph was a Historical Incarnation and what Klein’s Fooling ritual required, before Neph identified herself as a Witness of Everything.
• Neph warned that the Historical Void could contain other Scholars of Yore and memories she had forged, and suggested that fooling a True God of the Fate Pathway might count as fooling Fate.
• Gillian, six months pregnant, complained of a stomachache and worried about discrimination in Loen as Quinn urged her to pack for their departure.

Neph met Melissa and Benson at Civic Square, gave Melissa a protective snowflake, and taught her how to summon Klein’s Messenger. She later found Klein at Anniversary Square and told him Melissa had become a Savant and now knew he was a Beyonder.

• Neph spoke with Melissa and Benson, learned Melissa had become a Savant, and gave her a snowflake with instructions to call for help using Jotun.
• Neph taught Melissa how to summon Klein’s Messenger so she could write to him, then disappeared before Melissa could ask more about her.
• Melissa asked Benson about Gehrman Sparrow, and he recalled a sensational story in the Sea News claiming Gehrman had seduced the mother of the Vice Admiral of Ailment and then killed her.
• Klein waited at Anniversary Square while preparing for the ritual to become a god and worrying that something would go wrong.
• Neph found Klein and told him Melissa had become a Sequence 9 Savant, knew he was a Beyonder, and could summon his Messenger.

As George III began his ascension speech, Neph secretly altered his Ritual’s prayer and spread snow across the square. She then entered the Mausoleum and stopped Trissy’s attempt to summon the Primordial Demoness’s power, leaving Trissy alive.

• Neph told Klein that Melissa knew he was a Beyonder and had been given Gehrman Sparrow’s name as a way to contact him.
• Klein learned that the Sea News had turned stories about Gehrman Sparrow into sensational fiction, then stopped talking as George III’s speech began.
• Neph changed George III’s prayer to invoke Winter’s End’s Empress, and Audrey recognized Miss Pure White’s intervention.
• Neph spread snowfall over the square and entered the Mausoleum, where she found Zaratul and Suah absent.
• Neph interrupted Trissy’s summoning and asked whether she still planned to kill herself; Trissy stopped and said she had no chance to do it in front of Neph.

Neph saw that damage to the Mausoleum, attacks on George III, and distorted prayers had left his ritual unable to succeed as his transformation grew unstable. The account then shifted through disconnected scenes involving confrontations, personal dilemmas, and the discovery of Jess's body.

• Neph focused on George III's ritual and saw his emerging shadow of order begin to seethe.
• Guan Yu reminded Cao Cao not to forget while Cao Cao assigned tasks at a military council.
• Wang Zhi stopped Li Jingyue from losing his temper and accepted Sect Master Xu's insistence that the wager's outcome stand.
• Guli and his two companions entered the cave while Sun Li's and Xia Fanchen's forces remained trapped in a deadly confrontation.
• Deng Sanniang burst into laughter after Ye Zheng left, aggravating her chest wound and triggering a coughing fit.
• Brother Tan stumbled toward the counter to make a phone call as others discovered Jess hanging dead from the office chandelier.

Klein and Neph arranged for Colin Iliad to receive Neph’s blessing and advance with the Silver Knight Potion while they discussed Klein abandoning his Dwayne Dantès identity. As they prepared to leave, Klein still had not heard from Melissa and worried that something might have happened to her.

• Neph identified Derrick’s prayer as a request for her blessing, and Derrick relayed her response to Colin Iliad.
• Colin prepared to advance, and Neph sent snowflakes as a blessing; Colin drank the Silver Knight Potion and succeeded.
• Klein agreed to discuss donating the assets tied to Dwayne Dantès with Miss Justice and arranged for Leonard to pass along any letter from Melissa.
• Neph explained that the Winter’s End Empress was her, and she and Klein joked about prayer gestures and a game based on Klein.
• Klein prepared to leave his Dwayne Dantès identity behind, but he had received no letter from Melissa and feared something had happened to her.

Melissa investigated Klein’s past and learned that he had been Gehrman Sparrow, while Klein and Neph entered the Forsaken Land of the Gods through the War of the Gods Ruins. The chapter left Klein pausing at the Giant King’s Court after Leonard urgently prayed to him, apparently angry about the mess surrounding Melissa’s memories.

• Melissa told Portland Momont about Miss Pure White and the snowflake, and he offered to take her to meet someone.
• Neph told Klein that Melissa was investigating his life, and explained three ways to enter the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Neph escorted Klein across the golden sea at the War of the Gods Ruins, and Klein chose to follow her despite realizing it would bind him to the True Creator.
• Archbishop Anthony assigned Leonard to speak with Melissa, who revealed that she knew Klein had become Gehrman Sparrow.
• Leonard discovered that Melissa had no memory of Klein’s funeral, and the Archangel in Leonard said Miss Pure White had likely tampered with her memories.
• Leonard prayed to Klein, who sensed his urgency and anger as he and Neph reached the Giant King’s Court.