Chapter Summaries

Medici learned that Ouroboros had become a god through the Circle of Inevitability and that his resurrection required him to confront the City of Calamity and Cheek. Meanwhile, God Almighty’s sun shower won widespread devotion as he turned his attention toward the Astral World, where Lilith faced his gaze.

• The Outer Deity recovered Medici’s ancient Death Imprint from the River of Eternal Darkness and gave the newer imprint to Ouroboros.
• Medici saw visions of his life in the Circle of Inevitability ring and discovered that Ouroboros had become a god by accepting the Outer Deity’s power.
• The Outer Deity explained that Medici needed to seize something from the City of Calamity to reconnect his fate, and Medici said he was already there fighting Cheek.
• God Almighty’s sunlit rain healed people across the Northern Continent, prompting crowds to worship the Sun and accept Liveseyd as a heavenly symbol.
• Hermes told Ileana and Audrey that the Lord had returned and that the sun would never set again.
• God Almighty looked toward the Astral World; the Son of Chaos and the Hidden Sage hid, while Lilith opened her arms toward him.

Medici told Ouroboros that he was still alive in the City of Calamity and fighting Cheek, while Klein accepted Adam alive from the Demon of Knowledge. In the Astral World, God Almighty attacked Lilith and pursued the Hidden Sage, but Klein opened a Door beneath Lilith to help her confront him.

• Medici told Ouroboros that he was in the City of Calamity, had not died, and was fighting Cheek over her attempt to become a dual-pathway true god.
• Klein refused the Demon of Knowledge’s offer to break Adam down and asked for him to be handed over alive.
• Klein entered the Astral World and saw God Almighty appear, while the corrupted Lilith made an embracing gesture toward him.
• God Almighty sealed the Astral World, restricted Lilith, and used the Spirit World to track the Hidden Sage, but someone scrambled the information and obscured the trail.
• God Almighty filled the Astral World with scorching sunlight as Lilith raised a Red Moon and grew layers of vegetation to withstand the attack.
• Klein tried to open a Door beneath Lilith, resisted her Mother Goddess-induced vision, and succeeded; Lilith enlarged the Door as another Door opened before God Almighty.

The Son of Chaos fled Earth after God Almighty returned, while Medici defeated Cheek and absorbed the Primordial Demoness’s power. Medici then reappeared in a new form and called for Ouroboros, who hesitated and asked for time to understand what had happened.

• The Son of Chaos escaped into Outer Space, where other deities mocked him and some quietly followed him as he fled with Uncertain Mist.
• Medici fought Cheek, revealed his connection to the City of Calamity, and summoned the Red of War to overwhelm her.
• Medici burned Cheek and took her transparent dagger, which transformed into the Primordial Demoness’s Uniqueness.
• The flames of 0-01 carried Cheek’s body toward the Southern Continent, where a red streak joined them and Medici reformed in armor.
• Medici entered the Spirit World, called for the Great Serpent, and Ouroboros said he needed time to digest the situation.

Klein’s intervention helped Medici’s will persist within the Calamity of Destruction, though his identity and future remained uncertain. Ouroboros reunited with Medici, who planned to campaign across the Starry Sky with him, and Ouroboros could only sigh instead of refusing.

• Klein answered Ouroboros’s prayer, explained that he had bound the Red Priest Card to Medici’s soul, and then evaded the sun pursuing him through the Astral World.
• The Outer Deity used the Death Imprint to probe the River of Eternal Darkness, encountered Salinger, and discussed how Klein’s intervention had helped Medici become a candidate for Red Priest.
• The Outer Deity warned Ouroboros that Medici’s consciousness might not last and urged him to check on his own life after losing his past and future.
• Ouroboros found Medici outside Calderón, where Medici believed he had defeated Cheek and gained the power of a Sefirah.
• Medici promised to fight the Circle of Inevitability to restore Ouroboros’s past and future, then invited him to campaign across the Starry Sky; Ouroboros sighed rather than refusing.

Ouroboros accepted that Medici had become the Calamity of Destruction and promised to stand by him, while Audrey and Ileana discussed the origins of Ileana’s distrust of gods and the spread of faith in God Almighty. Elsewhere, an Outer Deity decided to seize the embodiment of a tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness while the gods were distracted.

• Ouroboros asked how long Medici would remain the Calamity of Destruction, and Medici explained that he expected to roam the Starry Sky and fight any gods who challenged him.
• Ouroboros recognized how abruptly Medici’s values had changed and promised that Fate would stand by him.
• Ileana told Audrey how a corrupt convent administrator had exploited and murdered people, how she and her brother brought him to justice, and how the experience destroyed her faith in the gods.
• Audrey explained that God Almighty’s appearance in the Sea of Collective Subconscious could spread belief among all living beings, and Ileana feared humanity would become his believers.
• The Outer Deity considered taking the embodiment of the River of Eternal Darkness’s tributary while God Almighty and the Lord of Mysteries were preparing to fight.

A decaying god invaded Calderón through the River of Eternal Darkness and called for the Demon of Knowledge, while Medici considered launching a world-spanning war before revealing he had only been teasing Ouroboros. Bethel heard their exchange and began recording the souls and events he had witnessed.

• The god of decay spread his Sefirah’s domain across Calderón, whose ruins rapidly withered, and called on the Demon of Knowledge to fulfill their agreement.
• Ouroboros received a vision of a sea of blood and found Medici preparing to lead a war across the world.
• Ouroboros warned Medici that his war would threaten God Almighty’s believers and bring severe consequences, but Medici initially claimed those believers were worth destroying.
• Medici revealed that he had been joking and said he would watch the conflict, helping Klein if he was in danger.
• Bethel overheard the conversation, realized Medici had been close to carrying out his threat, and began a notebook dedicated to the souls he had witnessed.

The Demon of Knowledge delivered Adam to Klein as payment for obtaining Omniscience, while the gods’ battle reshaped the world and the Demon of Knowledge evacuated Church of Mysteries territory in Trier. In Sefirah Castle, Klein confronted Adam about the sacrifices behind the catastrophe in Tingen, then allowed him to remain there as an Angel of Imagination.

• The Demon of Knowledge freed Adam, shielded him from God Almighty’s gaze, and brought him toward Klein after explaining recent events.
• The Church of Mysteries evacuated its schoolchildren as the Demon of Knowledge folded its territory in Trier into boxes and carried it away.
• The red moon’s light faded as the battle between the incomplete Mother Goddess and the Omniscience and Omnipotence One reached its outcome.
• The Demon of Knowledge presented Adam to Klein, who accepted him as an Angel of Imagination without stripping away his identity.
• Klein challenged Adam over the planned use of 0-08 and the deaths risked in Tingen, and Adam admitted he had wronged the victims.
• Klein told Adam to remain in Sefirah Castle, where he could choose a seat except the one bearing the Spectator symbol.

The Demon of Knowledge brought Klein to the Lord of Withering, who offered two ways to help him endure the Lord of Mysteries’ influence. Klein chose to recover memories from before the Celestial Worthy’s influence took hold, while conflicts over the Western Continent and the River of Eternal Darkness continued.

• The Mother Goddess of Depravity’s incarnation fled God Almighty but turned toward the Western Continent after its Sefirah’s aura drew her in.
• The Demon of Knowledge returned Arrodes to Klein and introduced the Lord of Withering, who offered to help with Klein’s mental strain.
• The Lord of Withering described a curse that strengthened Klein’s humanity and a memory ability that could preserve his past.
• The Lord of Withering’s main body fought to seize Calderón and its tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness, sacrificing lives to gain control.
• Klein chose the memory treatment and asked the Lord of Withering to restore his Old Earth memories and those from before he became Sequence Two.
• The Lord of Withering said it needed Klein to do something, suggesting he might be willing to help.

Klein used memories of his ordinary past to preserve his humanity against the Lord of Mysteries’ corruption, then witnessed the Outer Deity’s plan unfold amid a devastating battle. He agreed to banish the Outer Deity from humanity, while the fate of the Lord of Mysteries remained unresolved.

• Klein relived memories of Zhou Mingrui and Klein Moretti to steady his mind and resist the Lord of Mysteries’ influence.
• The Outer Deity offered the Demon of Knowledge territory and discussed taking people from the Southern Continent and archipelago to preserve cultural conflict.
• The Outer Deity warned Klein that his mental stability would last for a thousand years, and Klein sensed that something had happened outside and returned to Sefirah Castle.
• The Outer Deity asked God Almighty for the Prisoner Uniqueness, while the battle against the Sefirah Incarnation ended with a sword strike killing hundreds of thousands and the Devil attacking Klein.
• The Outer Deity revealed that he wanted Klein to kill his other half and then banish him from Earth, and Klein accepted the proposal after learning the Demon of Knowledge had helped with the plan.

Klein defeated the Lord of Withering, banished the newly crowned Monarch of Decay, and prepared to face God Almighty with the Tarot Club and his allies. After arranging their safety and sharing a New Year’s Eve celebration in the Western Continent, Klein returned to his identity as Zhou Mingrui and went to celebrate with a friend.

• Klein exploited the seal of the Western Continent and the Twilight Greatsword to kill the Lord of Withering, who became the Monarch of Decay and willingly accepted Klein’s banishment.
• Klein questioned the Demon of Knowledge about the moon, learned why they had chosen to leave Earth, and asked them to join his fight against God Almighty; they agreed to be contacted before returning to the Western Continent.
• Klein visited the City of Miracles, reunited with Leonard, and brought the angels and Tarot Club members to Sefirah Castle to explain that he would relocate them before fighting God Almighty.
• Klein introduced Adam, Will, Zaratul, Pallez, and Bethel as his allies and assigned Bethel to administer Sefirah Castle if Klein fell asleep.
• Klein asked Arrodes if it was afraid, admitted that he was afraid but looked forward to the battle, then crossed into the Western Continent and celebrated New Year’s Eve as Zhou Mingrui.

Garcia struggled with the Church’s restrictions on knowledge after his research into the stars was rejected, but Norbert’s account of a Heretic angel renewed his curiosity. The chapter ended with Garcia finding and secretly ignoring a card advertising wish-fulfillment services.

• A transmigrator accused the Church of deceiving him, but the bishop listed his offenses and ordered his baptism; Garcia defended himself against the man’s attack and was told to pray in the Confessional.
• The bishop rejected Garcia’s research into celestial bodies beyond the Astral World, insisting that people should not seek knowledge the Lord had not permitted them to know.
• Garcia returned home intending to burn his research, but Norbert arrived and praised the work before explaining that one apparent nebula in it was a Heretic angel.
• Norbert warned Garcia that dangerous knowledge about the unknown should remain inaccessible, while Garcia privately continued longing to see the stars for himself.
• The baptized transmigrator, now living as Yorkel, refused to discuss his former world, and Garcia decided against seeking baptism himself.
• Garcia found a strange card advertising professional wish-fulfillment services, saw it vanish, and chose not to report it to the Church.

Garcia learned that Norbert served the God of Mischief, Amon, while preparing to undergo baptism to purge his irreverent thoughts. Elsewhere, Audrey cooperated with Zaratul to bring people into Heaven and reflected on her long life and enduring ties to the Tarot Club.

• Garcia told Norbert he planned to undergo baptism, and explained how the Church used the ritual to remove unwanted thoughts.
• Norbert fed a white dove marked around its right eye and revealed that it was an avatar of Amon; he explained his Error pathway abilities to Garcia.
• Garcia and Norbert watched Amon's avatar lead birds in an attack on a crow, after which Norbert abruptly left and the crow disappeared.
• Zaratul met Audrey and asked her to accept eight people into Heaven; Audrey accepted five and deferred Louise Fischer's case for ten years.
• Audrey and Zaratul discussed their cooperation, the Tarot Club's news, and Audrey's wish for people to live happily and have the chance to atone.