Chapter Summaries

The High Priest led the Order forces into the Tree of Life and began negotiating a new cooperation model with Seefus while Kallen assisted him. At the Tree’s heart, the High Priest used its root to contact Ogurev, and Kallen secretly heard the reply.

• The Order Knight Orders tore open the Tree of Life and sent their formations inside to clear it.
• Over a meal, the High Priest told Seefus that Order wanted to change its partnership with Principle and assigned Kallen to negotiate the new arrangement.
• Wukongjia reported that the Tree’s interior had been cleared, and Base carried the High Priest, Wukongjia, and Kallen inside.
• At the Tree’s core, Kallen argued that people should value what they had learned to master independently rather than call the present an age of degeneration.
• The High Priest touched the Tree’s root and contacted Ogurev, whose weary voice answered that Tyranus had returned.

The High Priest ordered the destruction of the Tree of Life and rejected Ogurev’s demand to help the returning gods, while Wukongjia suspected Kallen had heard their conversation. After rescuing Piaget and Bede, Kallen found Piaget’s drawing of Ogurev and realized the attack might have accelerated the gods’ return.

• The High Priest argued with Ogurev and the Life Chief Gods, then ordered Wukongjia to destroy the Tree of Life and free the people confined in its divine kingdoms.
• Wukongjia questioned Kallen about the voice he thought Kallen had heard, threatened to uncover Kallen’s secrets, and argued with him about the High Priest’s plans.
• Piaget and Bede survived the destruction beneath a sturdy bed, identified themselves as Kallen’s spies, and were taken into custody by Order knights.
• Kallen learned that Piaget and Bede had been found, visited them, and saw that Piaget had drawn Ogurev and the Tree of Life with its nodes beginning to wither.
• Kallen inferred that the returning gods might be killing one another to hasten their return, and that the assault on the Garden of Life could have accelerated it.

Kallen learned that the two Gods of Life were nearing their return after the Tree of Life fell, threatening to turn the summit into a confrontation with the Chief Gods. The High Priest answered the danger by calling on the Twelve Knight Orders, who rallied to fight the gods.

• Kallen warned Mr. Bede not to return to Ruilan, and Piaget woke from a nightmare asking to see him and recover his drawing.
• Kallen stopped the Tree of Life’s will from taking control of Dali Wenluo, who used the remaining life force to restore his family’s heads on a tree.
• Kallen reviewed Vic’s observation drawings with the High Priest, who recognized signs of change and ordered continued observations.
• Kallen attended the summit as the Tree of Life was pulled down, revealing black pus and two stump-shaped coordinates marking the return of the two Gods of Life.
• The High Priest summoned the Twelve Knight Orders, and their warriors answered with a vow to slay the gods.

Kallen learned that Order's branch gods were accelerating the gods' return and insisted the church must fight them rather than compromise. The High Priest told him to return to York City while the Divine Temple advanced the Mink Street operation, and Kallen left saying he was going home.

• Kallen discussed the accelerating return of the gods and the church's preparations for war with Dali Wenluo and Alfred beside the Black Sea.
• The High Priest showed Kallen reports of new signs of return and explained that Order's branch gods were pushing the process forward.
• Kallen said the Order God Church had to fight the returning gods to preserve its faith, and the High Priest agreed that Kallen's convictions reflected many young Order Followers.
• The High Priest told Kallen the Divine Temple was bringing the Mink Street operation forward and ordered him to return to York City, but Kallen insisted he was prepared to complete the mission.
• Kallen left the palace, sent a message to Alfred and the others, and told Mobiten he was going home.

After returning to Vien, Kallen heard Alfred report how his allies were advancing and learned that a deepening conflict had emerged between the Order Church Headquarters and the Divine Temple over the gods’ return. The chapter ended with Kallen questioning whether even the Temple Elders could resist the temptation of power.

• Kangna saw frozen homeless people being loaded onto a garbage truck and lost her interest in the snow, while Dali Wenluo returned to the Discipline Department with his father's urn.
• Alfred reported that Puer had helped Earl Recar reach family faith system level 10, and Kallen instructed Old Saman to accept the Pamireth Church inheritance without reservation.
• Kallen signed recommendations expanding Leon and Byrne’s authority, heard that Mrs. Gandiro and Molindi could help him cast large-scale Awakening spells, and learned Neo had completed Divine Revelation.
• Mavario told Kallen that he and the other Divine Sons sensed a call and that tensions were rising between the High Priest’s faction and the Divine Temple over the return of the gods.
• Kallen considered whether the Temple Elders could preserve their convictions, given that even former followers of the Lord had betrayed Order.

Kallen gathered his allies before heading to Rojia City, where he surrounded the city and entered the forbidden zone with Little Kangna and Kevin. Rasma began condensing a godhead fragment as Dis stirred in his bed, leaving their confrontation imminent.

• Kallen visited Eunice at the fashion show before preparing to leave on a dangerous mission.
• Kallen invited his companions to his home, and Neo explained that Richard's awakening might be hastened by placing him in the Pastry Shop.
• Kallen ordered a legion to surround Rojia City and entered the forbidden zone with Little Kangna, Puer, and Kevin.
• Wukongjia gave Kallen a golden rune and agreed he might intervene if Kallen faced mortal danger.
• Rasma arrived at 13 Mingke Street and began condensing a godhead fragment after sensing Dis react.

Neo, Alfred, and their allies arrived in Rojia City as Master Dis’s return drew the churches’ attention. The chapter ended as Mason spotted someone who looked like Kallen, while a radio announcer declared that the story’s prologue had ended.

• Neo took Earl Recar and Dali Wenluo toward Mink Street and discussed waiting for their Young Master to arrive before visiting his home.
• Alfred visited Mr. Hoffen’s grave, left his notebooks there as an offering, and told Vic that their greatest help to Master Dis would be not holding him back.
• Alfred and Vic secured the notebooks with Defensive Formations before they began moving on their own and revealed a radiant vision of Mr. Hoffen’s life.
• The Principle God Church’s Divine Son told Seefus that the God of Principles’ Private Notes had been detected in Rojia City, but Seefus refused to send anyone into the forbidden zone.
• Mason and Ron argued while driving, then Mason spotted a young man with a dog, a little girl, and a black cat who reminded him of Kallen.
• The car radio came back to life and announced that the prologue to the story had ended.

Kallen returned to 13 Mingke Street with Kangna, Puer, and Kevin, and reunited with his family, who mistakenly believed he had fallen on hard times in Vien. He visited the still-sleeping Dis and decided to let him rest while the family prepared dinner and events elsewhere continued to unfold.

• Kallen saw Mason’s hearse pass but hesitated to greet him until Mason recognized him and drove away, convinced Kallen had returned in hardship.
• Kallen arrived home with Kangna, met Paul at the gate, and reunited with Mason, Mary, Winnie, Mina, Lunt, and Chris.
• Kallen’s family welcomed Kangna and misunderstood her answers about pills, her absent mother, and her life in Vien as evidence that she had suffered neglect.
• Kallen went upstairs with Mason to visit Dis, who remained asleep in bed while Puer and Kevin watched the storm gathering outside.
• Kallen sat beside Dis, chose not to wake him, and said he would call him when dinner was ready.

Vic reunited with Rasma, who revealed his opposition to Kallen and sealed the Gate of Order as Temple Elders descended on Rojia City. At the family dinner, Dis awakened and joined Kallen’s household, while Mr. Hoffen also began to rise from his grave.

• Vic found Rasma watering a grape arbor at the church and realized his teacher was preparing to oppose Kallen’s grandfather.
• Rasma learned from Kallen that the minister commanded the operation and argued with Vic, who declared his loyalty to Kallen.
• Rasma transformed his faith into a Godhead Fragment and sealed the Gate of Order, while twelve Temple Elders descended on Rojia City.
• Kallen rang the dinner bell, and Dis came downstairs after waking; Kevin bowed his head, and Mary and Mason wept with relief.
• At the cemetery, Golden Threads encircled Mr. Hoffen’s tomb, and his hand broke through the coffin as he cursed that another grandpa was still buried there.

Kallen reunited with Dis over dinner, introduced him to Kangna, and followed him to the study to talk. As Rasma confronted Dis outside, Kallen told Kevin to quiet him down, and the dog sent Rasma flying with one swat.

• Dis awoke and joined Kallen and the family for dinner, where he asked Kallen about life away from home.
• Kallen introduced Kangna as his daughter, and Dis warmly accepted her after she offered him peeled shrimp.
• Dis asked the children about their plans, then praised Kallen's cooking before leaving for the study.
• Kallen told Dis he had become head of the Whip of Order's Discipline Department, but Dis asked about the post's allowances and benefits.
• Rasma confronted Dis outside and demanded that he admit his mistakes, so Kallen sent Kevin to quiet him down.
• Kevin struck Rasma with a giant paw, sending him flying as an angry voice cursed him for barking.

Puer and Kevin confronted Rasma as he guarded the Gate of Order, then pulled him into Puer’s divine kingdom and overwhelmed him. Meanwhile, Alfred and Dikno explained why they were allowing events to unfold slowly as the Temple Elders approached, and Alfred recorded the battle for a future edition of the “New Light of Order.”

• Puer, riding Kevin, challenged Rasma and revealed that she belonged to Order, while Rasma summoned the Aiskecin Stone Stele to protect himself.
• Puer opened her divine kingdom and tried to draw Rasma inside, but he refused to leave the Gate of Order undefended as the twelve pillars of light drew near.
• Alfred told Dikno that Kallen needed time to meet Dis and pursue a breakthrough, while the Church sought to make its conflict with the Divine Temple costly but avoid civil war.
• Kevin used a blue halo to shrink the Aiskecin Stone Stele and its phantom armor, allowing Puer to pull Rasma into her divine kingdom.
• Puer and Kevin repeatedly struck Rasma in the magma-filled divine kingdom, where his Order spell arts were swallowed by the environment.
• Alfred saved his unfinished painting of Puer and Kevin’s battle, intending to include the event in the “New Light of Order.”

Kallen spoke with Dis about family, the church, and the coming operation against the returning gods. Dis agreed to support Kallen’s efforts, even as he made clear that his loyalty to his grandson did not mean he had forgiven the God of Order.

• Kallen told Dis about Kangna, his relationship, and his meeting with Richard, whose concentrated Alt Bloodline needed to be suppressed with the Mills Female Order God Church’s power of faith.
• Kallen and Dis discussed Lord Taixisen, the Order Regulations, and Kallen’s rise in the church; Dis said he was glad his grandson had become a true Order Follower.
• Dis revealed that Mr. Hoffen would soon arrive, then discussed the operation with Kallen, who explained that he and Wukongjia shared command.
• Dis condemned the God of Order for treating generations of Order Followers as sacrifices, while Kallen struggled to reconcile his grandfather’s anger with his own devotion to Order.
• Kallen explained that the High Priest wanted Dis’s cooperation against the gods’ return, and Dis agreed to do whatever Kallen wanted; he ended by saying the God of Order would not call him Grandpa.

Kallen told Dis that he opposed the gods’ return and ordered him to judge the Order Church’s faithless Descent Faction. As twelve Temple Elders attacked, Kallen released the War Scythe from its duty and summoned an enormous divine figure to shatter their barrier, while Dis went to carry out his judgment.

• Kallen told Dis he did not want the gods to return and argued that the Descent Faction’s leaders served their own ambitions rather than the God of Order.
• Kallen ordered Dis, still Rojia City’s Order Inquisitor, to deal with the faithless church members, and Dis accepted the assignment.
• Kallen spoke with Old Hoffen, who had become an Artifact Spirit, and defended his decision to unseal Kevin.
• Wukongjia’s projected doppelganger moved Kallen and Little Kangna to the Rojia City Road Marker as twelve Temple Elders advanced on the villa.
• Kallen ordered his legion to withdraw, sent a message to Daina saying negotiations had gone smoothly, and told Puer to keep Rasma occupied while Kevin stopped holding back.
• The War Scythe broke the Iron Curtain, and a giant shattered the barrier and seized two Temple Elders as Dis pronounced educational discipline on the faithless elders and prayed to the God of Order he had raised.

Raniedal fully manifested as a god and helped Puer capture Xidi while Dis defeated Wukongjia before the Gate of Order. Dis revealed another newly condensed Godhead Fragment, then said he had more than four.

• Raniedal appeared in his full divine form, received a freshly issued Order Church certificate, and battered two Temple Elders before pursuing Xidi for Puer.
• Old Hoffen recalled giving Kallen the Principle God’s notes and offered Dis the original blueprints for the Order Temple.
• Dis fought Wukongjia, endured his attacks, and repeatedly unleashed powerful forbidden spells while Raniedal restrained retreating Temple Elders.
• Kallen ordered the Legion to withdraw and contain outsiders, while the High Priest forbade mobilizations without his Divine Edict.
• Wukongjia tried to deceive Dis about the Gate of Order’s condition, but Dis summoned the gate again with another Godhead Fragment.
• Wukongjia realized Dis had more than four Godhead Fragments, and Dis calmly confirmed he had more than that.

Kallen kept his Legion out of the battle, rescued the shattered Wukongjia, and arranged for Neo to treat him. Dis entered the Divine Temple with Old Hoffen’s notes and began destroying its sacred grounds, declaring that he would teach its inhabitants a lesson.

• A Temple Elder ordered Kallen’s Legion to attack, but Kallen refused, and Daina announced the High Priest’s decree forbidding unauthorized mobilization.
• Kallen flew into the battle on Kangna, caught the shattered Wukongjia, and carried him away while Dis’s sword strike narrowly missed them.
• Kallen brought Wukongjia to Neo by the river, and the two discussed the failed mission and the threat to the Divine Temple.
• The High Priest delayed his departure, while Old Hoffen transformed into the God of Principles’ Personal Notes and joined Dis.
• Dis revealed that he had hated the God of Order partly because he had been unable to save his children, rejected the notes’ attempt to incite him, and entered the Divine Temple.
• Dis struck the Divine Temple with his Wooden Sword, destroying three stars and damaging its grounds as he announced that he would teach its inhabitants a lesson.

Dis destroyed the Divine Temple’s defenses and turned the battle around after retrieving the War Scythe, then entered the Order Temple and revealed how the Order God fed on its Elders. The chapter ended with Dis explaining that the Elders willingly sacrificed themselves.

• Dis tore through the Divine Temple’s formations while the Head Guard, Prophet, and Divine Edict User prepared the temple’s remaining defenses.
• The Head Guard unleashed a Twelve-Winged Angel, a giant python, Demon Beasts, and Temple Elders to wear Dis down, but Dis destroyed the python and reached a temple enshrining the War Scythe.
• Dis summoned the War Scythe with Kallen’s help and used it to cut down the angel, Demon Beasts, and Temple Elders who attacked him.
• Dis impaled the Divine Edict User with the War Scythe and took his heart, while the beings sleeping beneath the tombstones chose not to intervene.
• Dis entered the Order Temple and showed Old Hoffen the pit where Elders offered their Power of Order and sacrificed their Godhead Fragments to feed the Order God.
• Old Hoffen questioned why the Elders accepted this fate, and Dis answered that they did it willingly.

High Priest Norton entered the devastated Divine Temple and negotiated with Dis, securing Church Headquarters’ control over the Temple’s affairs. After learning that Old Hoffen considered Kallen his grandson, Norton offered to groom Kallen as his successor if Old Hoffen publicly named him the God of Principles’ Inheritance Heir, and Old Hoffen agreed.

• Norton arrived at the Divine Temple, where Regiment Commander Daan opened the chained gate and the Order Knights entered to secure the grounds.
• Norton removed the Prophet from leadership, appointed Daan’s Knight Order to serve inside the Divine Temple, and went to meet Dis.
• The Divine Edict User and the elders recognized Norton as Tyranus’s inheritance heir when he opened the seal to enter the hall.
• Norton and Dis agreed that Church Headquarters would take over some Divine Temple affairs, while Rojia City would remain unchanged.
• Old Hoffen revealed that Kallen was his grandson, and Norton offered to make Kallen his successor if Old Hoffen publicly designated him the God of Principles’ Inheritance Heir.
• After Dis remarked that Kallen was not Old Hoffen’s flesh and blood, Old Hoffen accepted Norton’s proposal.

Dis and Old Hoffen left the Divine Temple with the War Scythe and information about the Eternal Divine Palace, while the High Priest planned to make Kallen his successor and secretly assign him to investigate the returning Lord. At Rojia City, Fudeng entered the barrier and encountered Raniedal, only for Kallen to arrive and reveal that he knew the deity.

• The High Priest let Dis take the War Scythe and asked him how to suppress his realm, and Dis advised him to embrace failure by attempting to condense a complete godhead.
• The High Priest and his two Nortons decided to make Kallen secretary-general of the Office Divine Temple while secretly tasking him with tracking down the Lord.
• Dis and Old Hoffen searched the archives, then Dis revealed that the God of Order had sent himself down during the Superstandard Divine Descent Ritual, making Kallen the God of Order's descendant and Old Hoffen his grandfather.
• The High Priest told Dis that several Chief Gods would return and asked him to help in the coming Divine War, while Dis accepted a scroll and departed toward the Eternal Divine Palace.
• Fudeng entered the barrier around Rojia City and saw Raniedal watching Puer and Xidi fight in his Divine Kingdom; Raniedal lifted Fudeng to inspect him as Fudeng calmly arranged for the injured elders to be taken away.
• Kallen flew into the barrier on the Bone Dragon with the High Priest's latest Divine Edict, and Fudeng realized that Raniedal was a real deity rather than a doppelganger.

Kallen took charge of the Divine Temple’s aftermath, while Wukongjia faced the end of his life after failing to obtain an Order-type Godhead Fragment. Dis Immerlis sent Wukongjia a Silver Mask containing a godhead fragment, and Wukongjia revived after putting it on, eager to hear Dis’s message.

• Fudeng escaped Raniedal’s palm with Kallen’s help, and Kevin restored balance in the Divine Kingdom before Puer could escape the Seal.
• Fudeng gave Kallen his Identity Token and authority to settle the Divine Temple incident, and Kallen ordered Daina to circulate a recording of Fudeng facing Raniedal to improve the Whip Bearer’s reputation.
• Kallen learned from Mr. Hoffen’s letter that Grandpa was going to the Eternal Ruins and would return before the change in the Garden of Life.
• Kallen left Alfred to transfer the injured Temple Elders and returned to the river, where Neo and Wukongjia discussed Order, Wukongjia’s coming death, and his family’s inheritance.
• Kallen placed Dis Immerlis’s Silver Mask on Wukongjia, causing Wukongjia’s head to bounce into the river before his body revived and his head reattached.
• Wukongjia discovered the mask was gone and eagerly pressed Kallen to tell him Dis’s message and guidance.

Dis returned to the abandoned Heitaer Checkpoint and entered the sealed palace where the last investigation delegation had perished, seeking to confront what happened to his family. Inside, he and Old Hoffen encountered the reanimated Temple Elder Lefenlina, who declared them enemies of eternity, and Dis prepared to fight.

• Dis arrived at Heitaer Checkpoint, and Dingneson recognized him as Yaluo’s father and joined him on the journey to the investigation site.
• Dingneson told Dis about his friendship with Yaluo and Anli, and Dis revealed that Yaluo and Anli had survived the disaster, married, had a child, and later died.
• Dis entered the sealed region alone while Dingneson waited outside, and Old Hoffen accompanied him through the snow-covered landscape.
• Dis and Old Hoffen found the palace, discovered that its restrictions had been lifted, and suspected that it was awaiting its master’s return.
• Blood-red snow revealed Lefenlina, the dead Temple Elder, who threatened to erase them, and Dis summoned his War Scythe to face her.