Chapter Summaries

Lu Xiao watched Calamity and Lust share a dance as Lust revealed the face she had hidden and the misery of her life. As Lust neared death, Lu Xiao gave her a bloody finger and whispered to her, restoring her beautiful appearance.

• The Gambler explained that he built the gambling city for himself, then fell asleep before explaining further.
• Lust thanked Calamity for calling her beautiful and asked his name, while Lu Xiao explained that Calamity's memories were incomplete.
• Lust revealed her disfigured face and described how others had shunned her and how plastic surgery had failed to change her appearance.
• Calamity reassured Lust that he did not look down on her and invited her to dance, then told her it was not too late when she wished she had met him sooner.
• As Lust neared death, Lu Xiao put a bloody finger in her mouth and whispered to her, and her face became beautiful again.

Lu Xiao exposed Gambler’s lie, then left with Calamity after they buried Lust, while Gambler watched them go. On Huaxia’s southeastern coastline, the tsunami crisis ended, but Deputy Commander Zhang ordered continued vigilance and revealed that a reconnaissance company sent to the distorted coordinates had not returned.

• Lu Xiao told Gambler that his power depended on people believing his lies, causing the hall to revert to a dim break room and the casino to become a hut in the sand.
• Lu Xiao and Calamity buried Lust’s body, then flew away as Gambler watched them disappear.
• Deputy Commander Zhang learned that a giant jellyfish had stopped the tsunami and concluded that Lu Xiao had likely kept his promise to hold out for forty-eight hours.
• Yao Ling noted that mutated sea life had not attacked for over twenty-four hours and that the mist had disappeared, prompting the officers to celebrate their survival.
• Deputy Commander Zhang ordered reconnaissance ten nautical miles offshore and casualty counts, then told Yao Ling that a reconnaissance company sent to the distorted coordinates had never returned.

Yao Ling rejected Zhang Deputy Commander's attempt to contact the god but decided to investigate the dangerous location herself with Little Well-Behaved. She escaped the Campsite despite Zhang Deputy Commander's efforts to stop her and continued into the night.

• Zhang Deputy Commander asked Yao Ling to contact the god about investigating a threat near Huaxia, but she said gods would not heed mortals' demands.
• Yao Ling volunteered to investigate with Little Well-Behaved, though Zhang Deputy Commander forbade her from going.
• Yao Ling sneaked into the workshop, woke Little Well-Behaved, and left with it under the pretense of a secret mission.
• Zhang Deputy Commander pursued them and ordered them to return, but Yao Ling refused and Little Well-Behaved sped away on its treads.
• Yao Ling used electromagnetic interference to disable the pursuing helicopter, which turned back while she and Little Well-Behaved continued onward.

Lu Xiao returned to the Dark Prison with Calamity and reunited with Bai Suoyi, Pride, and Lucilla, bringing the Lust trait. He challenged Bai Suoyi’s decision to give Lust to Lucilla, and Bai Suoyi explained how the Sin traits had affected their previous holders.

• Lu Xiao and Calamity entered the great pit and met Bai Suoyi, Pride, and Lucilla, who had gathered six Sin traits.
• Lu Xiao revealed his identity and recent experiences to Bai Suoyi, then showed him the heart-shaped crystal containing Lust.
• Bai Suoyi chose to give Lust to Lucilla, but Lu Xiao questioned his decision and used his aura to frighten her.
• Bai Suoyi explained that Wrath had overwhelmed Lucilla and recounted how Gluttony, Wrath, Envy, Sloth, and Lust had been affected by their traits.
• Bai Suoyi said Gambler had taken Lust away, and Lu Xiao reflected on how the trait had shaped her life.

Bai Suoyi gave up the Sin Trait of Lust, and Lucilla swallowed it, transforming from a vampire into a noble young lady. As Lucilla ran toward Bai Suoyi, Lu Xiao sensed that he had become Pride’s redemption.

• Bai Suoyi explained that the seven Sin Traits embodied human flaws and said he did not want to rely on one to become a deity.
• Lu Xiao handed Bai Suoyi the heart-shaped crystal containing Lust, and Bai Suoyi threw it to Lucilla.
• Lucilla swallowed Lust and began transforming as Lu Xiao withdrew the aura suppressing her.
• Lucilla’s appearance changed, and she curtsied to Lu Xiao, Calamity, and Bai Suoyi as a noble young lady.
• Bai Suoyi turned to leave, but Lucilla called to him and ran after him, prompting Lu Xiao to recognize him as Pride’s redemption.

Lucilla and Bai Suoyi reunited, while Lu Xiao and Calamity discussed humanity’s unusual potential as they flew toward their next destination. Calamity suggested powerful Outsiders might seek to wipe humanity out, leaving Lu Xiao to question their motives.

• Lucilla embraced Bai Suoyi, introduced herself, and asked to learn his real name; he told her he was Bai Suoyi, and she kissed his neck.
• Lu Xiao and Calamity returned to the Present World and set out for Lu Xiao’s next destination.
• Calamity reflected on humanity’s complex emotions and its capacity for lies, contrasting it with his own species.
• Calamity described Doctor Li’s use of the Authority of creation and Mr. Ivan’s attempt to create a new Authority as extraordinary feats.
• Calamity suggested powerful Outsiders might try to destroy humanity because of its potential, and dismissed Lu Xiao’s theory that they came to use humanity’s Trait to wear away their madness.

Lu Xiao and Calamity uncovered a spaceship beneath a charred pit, where swarms of eyeball creatures attacked them. Lu Xiao used his corruption ability to destroy the first swarm, but more creatures arrived and attacked with beams of light.

• Lu Xiao and Calamity reached the pit, and Lu Xiao used the Bone Spur to raise the ground and reveal its contents.
• Calamity identified the object at the center as a spaceship, and Lu Xiao rushed down to investigate.
• More than a hundred eyeball creatures surrounded Lu Xiao and Calamity and raised a black water curtain over the area.
• Lu Xiao used his glowing ability and ate his heart to unleash his malice, causing the eyeball creatures to mutate and die.
• Calamity asked who would handle the next wave as more eyeballs approached and fired beams that left tiny black spots on them.

Lu Xiao and Calamity wiped out the Big Eyeballs, then discovered that the spaceship was a living creature called a Zhou. Inside, Lu Xiao found Coastal Campsite soldiers gathered around Little Well-Behaved, who had withdrawn into his shell.

• Calamity used rhythmic murmurs to make the Big Eyeballs attack one another, and their rampage delayed his descent into madness by about a month.
• Lu Xiao and Calamity examined the spaceship, and Calamity explained that it was a living creature called a Zhou with a protective layer that blocked kinetic-energy attacks.
• Lu Xiao entered the Zhou and found Coastal Campsite soldiers standing near Little Well-Behaved, who had withdrawn all his limbs into his shell.
• Lu Xiao walked toward Little Well-Behaved, and Calamity entered the Zhou and noticed the sea turtle too.

Lu Xiao found Little Well-Behaved alive inside Zhou and learned that Big Eyeballs had captured him, the soldiers, and a mechanically augmented human for research. He left the soldiers to guard Little Well-Behaved and had Calamity pilot Zhou to Dark Prison to fetch the Prison Doctor before heading to Kyoto.

• Lu Xiao found Little Well-Behaved wrapped in his neck and confirmed that he was still alive.
• Lu Xiao questioned the soldiers, who explained that Big Eyeballs had controlled them, brought them to the enclosed space, and later delivered Little Well-Behaved there.
• Lu Xiao and Calamity concluded that the Big Eyeballs had captured the different forms of life for research.
• Lu Xiao told the soldiers to guard Little Well-Behaved while he and Calamity went to bring the Prison Doctor.
• Calamity reminded Lu Xiao that Zhou could travel faster than they could, so Lu Xiao asked him to pilot it to Dark Prison before they went to Kyoto.

Lu Xiao brought Zhou to the Dark Prison, where Doctor recognized its resemblance to the Transforming Vehicle and proposed turning it into a mobile base. After Yao Ling awoke from repairs, Lu Xiao realized she had brought Little Well-Behaved along to lure him to her location.

• Lu Xiao had Calamity pilot Zhou to the Dark Prison and teleport it into the C03 Containment Facility.
• Doctor identified Zhou as resembling the Transforming Vehicle, and Lu Xiao realized he needed a mechanic rather than Prison Doctor to repair Little Well-Behaved and Yao Ling.
• Doctor and Shuns brought Little Well-Behaved and Yao Ling out, and a forklift carried Little Well-Behaved away for repairs.
• Doctor proposed moving the C03 Containment Facility's equipment onto Zhou and using it as a mobile base, and Calamity agreed to pilot it.
• Shuns reported that repairs were complete, and Yao Ling woke up and showed relief when she saw Lu Xiao.
• Lu Xiao concluded that Yao Ling had deliberately brought Little Well-Behaved along so he would come to rescue them.

Lu Xiao reprimanded Yao Ling for investigating without orders, while Doctor warned that he would report her and recommend severe punishment. Aboard Zhou, Doctor learned about the Zerg creature powering the vessel; meanwhile, Kyoto’s deadly virus outbreak was being treated by mysterious beaked physicians known as the Lantern Doctors.

• Lu Xiao crushed Yao Ling’s shoulder as punishment, but Doctor broke the stern mood and criticized his attempt to act harsh.
• Doctor told Yao Ling that he would report her actions to Mr. Warden and recommend severe punishment; Yao Ling accepted the prospect of losing her status and honors.
• Doctor and Calamity toured Zhou, where Calamity revealed that an enormous Zerg creature served as the vessel’s power supply.
• Kyoto remained under total lockdown as a virus infected most of its population, destroyed immune systems, and dissolved the organs of many victims.
• A group of beaked physicians led by a three-meter-tall surgeon treated infected people and other illnesses, earning the name Lantern Doctors.

Lu Xiao visited the Prison Doctor in Kyoto, where the Lantern Doctors were treating patients infected by an unexplained virus. The Omniscient Mirror demanded a divine authority to identify the virus's source, revealed that the Prison Doctor would ascend to godhood, and left Lu Xiao planning to catch a deity to pay the price.

• The Prison Doctor completed an operation as a Lantern Doctor reported that they had cultured the virus and were preparing for clinical trials.
• Lu Xiao appeared in the operating room and asked the Prison Doctor whether he had found the virus's source; the Prison Doctor suspected a deity was hiding in Kyoto.
• The Prison Doctor explained that the outbreak resembled an ancient plague but could not be explained by the city's sanitation or medical conditions.
• Lu Xiao asked the Omniscient Mirror where the virus spreader was and learned that the answer required him to offer a divine authority.
• The Omniscient Mirror added that the Prison Doctor would ascend to godhood when the incident ended, and Lu Xiao said he would find a deity to sacrifice in exchange for the answer.
• The Prison Doctor warned Lu Xiao not to endanger himself, then learned Lu Xiao had become a god and asked to cut him open for study.

Lu Xiao learned that the Prison Doctor had transformed the doctors to protect them from the outbreak and agreed to search for raven feathers in the Dark Prison. He then visited C01, reported the suspected plague god, and discovered Calamity rapidly reading information online on a tablet.

• The Prison Doctor asked Lu Xiao to find raven feathers, explaining that they fueled lanterns keeping the transformed doctors alive and that they could not return to their original forms.
• Lu Xiao agreed to look for the feathers, asked the Omniscient Realm about their location, and left for the Dark Prison after learning the answer required a god's authority.
• Lu Xiao arrived at C01 and told the Warden, the Doctor, Shuns, and Calamity that the outbreak might have been caused by a plague god hiding in Kyoto.
• Lu Xiao asked what Calamity was doing with a tablet, and Calamity explained that he was rapidly reading information about Lu Xiao's world through the internet.
• Calamity told Lu Xiao to read with his brain, so Lu Xiao pressed his forehead against the tablet but said he still could not see anything.

Lu Xiao learned to read the tablet with his consciousness before joining the Prison Wardens' final Round Table Conference. The conference proved to be a real place, where a mysterious figure identical to Lu Xiao's original appearance appeared in the chair at the head of the table.

• The Doctor explained that Lu Xiao could read the tablet faster by using his consciousness, and Lu Xiao quickly broke the device while testing the method.
• The Warden called the Prison Wardens' last Round Table Conference, and Lu Xiao, the Doctor, the Warden, and Shuns gathered in the temple with Antie.
• Lu Xiao told Antie that Liu Guang had asked him to help Antie attain godhood, but that it might no longer be necessary.
• The Doctor discovered a shard of glass embedded in his eyeball and confirmed that the blood on his palm was real, leading him to conclude the conference was taking place in a real place rather than a virtual space.
• A figure resembling Lu Xiao's original appearance materialized in the chair at the head of the table and greeted everyone.

Lu Xiao confronted the Fate Rules wielder who had taken his place in fate and orchestrated events across the Universe. The figure summoned Gambler, the wielder of the authority of lies, and asked Lu Xiao to confirm his identity.

• Lu Xiao shot the figure on the throne, but it dissolved into black pus and reformed, revealing a face identical to Lu Xiao's.
• The figure admitted he had eaten the Calamity Homeworld and used Lu Xiao's face to set events in motion across the Universe.
• The figure revealed that someone had grafted his fate onto him and forced him to master the Fate Rules, while he arranged the meeting to expose Lu Xiao.
• Lu Xiao challenged the figure's claims and asked why he had brought everyone together.
• The figure summoned Gambler and identified him as the wielder of the authority of lies.

Gambler revealed that Lu Xiao was Fate, who had guided his life and helped him found the Saints. The Saints worshipped Miracle, whose awakening Lu Xiao said could free him.

• Lu Xiao identified Gambler as Niclade, and Gambler recognized Lu Xiao as Fate.
• Gambler explained that he had summoned Fate through a ritual, received guidance, and won a fortune before being directed to join the Salvation Society and worship Cthulhu.
• Gambler said Fate arranged for him to meet Doctor Li and later join the Original Anomaly Supervision Bureau as a Pioneer of the New World.
• Gambler revealed that he founded the Saints, transferred his destined role as First Seat to Niclade, and became the Second Seat.
• Gambler explained that the Saints worshipped Miracle rather than Cthulhu, and Lu Xiao said he served Miracle because its awakening could free him.

Gambler explained that he had planned to awaken Miracle through Cthulhu, but intervened when Liu Guang pursued the Sin Trait, which could grant Godhood without a ritual but could not become an Authority. Lu Xiao deduced that Gambler’s Lies Trait had made Niclade believe the nonexistent Sin Trait was real, and Gambler regretted that Lu Xiao had seen through his lies.

• Gambler said he had arranged for Niclade and a Pope Clone to serve his plan to awaken Miracle through Cthulhu.
• Gambler explained that Liu Guang could have completed his original ritual and briefly retained his lucidity as a God, but instead pursued Sin, which only produced False Gods.
• Gambler described how Niclade gathered seven holders of Sin’s component Traits, intending to combine them as nourishment for Cthulhu.
• Doctor questioned the logic of Gambler’s account, and Lu Xiao explained that Gambler’s Lies Trait had made Niclade believe the nonexistent Sin Trait into existence.
• Gambler confirmed Lu Xiao’s deduction and said Liu Guang might have been saved if he had recognized the Lies Trait, but Lu Xiao had exposed Gambler’s lies at their first meeting.

Lu Xiao revealed that Liu Guang had already become a god through Gambler’s lie, while Fate confirmed Lu Xiao’s identity as Miracle and prepared to disappear. Fate left Lu Xiao with the final arrangement and a warning that altering history would bring an unknown price, as the group returned to the Round Table Conference.

• Lu Xiao realized Gambler had altered his lie so Liu Guang could complete his ritual later, though Gambler could neither tell the truth nor bring Liu Guang back himself.
• Fate told Lu Xiao that he could resurrect Liu Guang, but refused to restore Lu Xiao’s stolen memory because it did not originally belong to him.
• Doctor pointed out the clues to Lu Xiao being Miracle, and Fate confirmed that Miracle had awakened and that Fate would soon disappear.
• Fate and Lu Xiao exchanged places, and Fate revealed four occupied seats and a fifth holding a blurred human outline.
• Fate warned Lu Xiao that changing history carried an unknown price, then vanished after telling the group to rely on themselves.
• Doctor proposed that the group resume the final Round Table Conference.

Lu Xiao discovered he could alter the Divine Hall and used that power to create a statue of Liu Guang. The statue revealed Liu Guang’s identity and deeds, leaving Lu Xiao and the others to honor his memory.

• Antie asked Warden about the tsunami, and Warden said a sudden cyclone near the ruins of Japan may have caused it while a jellyfish shielded Huaxia from the wave.
• Lu Xiao rearranged the Divine Hall’s seats and discovered he could change the space with his thoughts.
• Lu Xiao created a white jade statue that gradually transformed into a likeness of Liu Guang.
• Doctor, Warden, and the others stood and paid tribute as the statue’s pedestal identified Liu Guang as Shadow, wielder of Human Heart, and a Deity-fallen.
• Liu Guang’s deeds began appearing on the pedestal, and everyone paused to read them.

Lu Xiao agreed to lead the newly established Saints after the Prison Wardens chose a new name and structure. He then revealed what he and Calamity had found beyond the Present World, but the images and murmurs overwhelmed the meeting until a mysterious silhouette calmed everyone.

• Doctor, Antie, Li Changqing, and Niclade proposed renaming the Prison Wardens the Saints and appointing Lu Xiao as their leader, and Lu Xiao eventually agreed.
• The four set the Saints’ ten-seat structure, naming Doctor, Antie Icarus, Li Changqing, Niclade, Bai Suoyi, Shuns, Lu Qian, Lucilla, Calamity, and Lu Xiao, with one seat left vacant.
• Lu Xiao told the group that the Present World lay beneath the surface and that the apparent outer space was a disguise concealing the Dark Prison.
• Lu Xiao manifested images of a red-atmosphered planet, a damaged moon occupied by a giant moth-like creature, and a dark star with a tentacle covered in eyes.
• The murmurs of “Alfred” drove the four into madness, but a blurry human silhouette snapped his fingers and soothed them.