Chapter Summaries

Kama reconsidered her identity as the god of love after Bai Mo offered her a chance to help create a new divine aspect. She left determined to prove herself, while Bai Mo prepared for the undertaking and anticipated possible interference from Arjuna.

• Kama recalled how her duties as the god of love had led to Shiva burning her away and how she later felt empty without that role.
• After learning Bai Mo's plans, Kama explained the process of creating an aspect and asked him to consider one for her.
• Bai Mo told Kama to prove herself over the next few days by showing what she could do as a protector of the oppressed.
• Bai Mo reviewed the requirements for creating a god and recalled Krishna's support and warning that Mahadeva might be a concern.
• Bai Mo began preparing vessels with Magnetic Field Power, expecting the undertaking could prompt Arjuna to descend in person.

As kingdoms prepared to attack Sweetness City with power borrowed from the gods, Yudhishthira planned to return to Hastinapura while Arjuna and Bhima stayed behind. Kama hesitated over taking on a divine position, but Bai Mo encouraged her to face the challenge, and she resolved to go through with it.

• The king of Vatsa asked Varuna to drown Sweetness City, but Varuna refused and offered him a spring that granted one-fifth of the god’s power to one person for half a month.
• Duryodhana and Shakuni helped persuade kingdoms across India to join the coming attack, while the gods granted powers but avoided intervening themselves.
• Bai Mo told Yudhishthira that dozens of kingdoms would likely attack Sweetness City, and Yudhishthira decided the Pandavas would advance toward Hastinapura rather than retreat, leaving Arjuna and Bhima behind.
• Bai Mo asked Kama if she was ready to take on a divine position, but Kama admitted she was anxious about its responsibilities and considered giving up.
• Bai Mo urged Kama to give the challenge everything she had and offered to handle any lack of ability, so Kama resolved not to back out.

Sweetness City faced an invasion by an alliance of twenty-three countries led by Duryodhana, but Bai Mo's show of force halted the ordinary soldiers and Maya's walls withstood the divine attacks. Maya defended the city's residents and declared that he would stand by his students.

• As the ritual began in Sweetness City, Krishna listened to the people's memories and prayers, then fell asleep after declaring that the world's corrupted dharma had to be overthrown and rebuilt.
• Duryodhana led the invading alliance toward Sweetness City, while Karna, Bhima, and Arjuna watched from within the city and argued about the attack.
• Bai Mo urged the enemy soldiers to withdraw, then used Magnetic Field Heavenly Blades to cut through the ground and sever their weapons, prompting the soldiers to retreat.
• Shakuni advised Duryodhana to send in the god-favored warriors, who unleashed divine powers against the city walls.
• The walls revealed three illusory forms—gold, silver, and copper—and remained unharmed; Maya then mocked the attackers and explained that his students had built them.
• Maya rejected Duryodhana's demand that the city surrender him, saying the residents had treated him with respect and that he would stand by his students.

Kama sought Vishnu and Brahma’s approval to create a new divine office while Duryodhana’s army remained unable to breach Sweetness City’s walls. As a golden pillar announced the birth of a new god, an icy voice rejected the baptism.

• Duryodhana ordered his army to attack Sweetness City’s walls, but Arjuna, Karna, and Bhima helped keep the attackers at bay.
• Kama listened to the city’s prayers and met Vishnu and Brahma, who approved her plan to create a divine office for the oppressed.
• Kama asked Brahma for more Power of Austerity to strengthen the new office, while Duryodhana failed to rally anyone to break through the walls.
• Maya recognized a golden pillar rising from the city as a sign that a new god was about to be born.
• Kama wondered whether her efforts were enough, and an icy voice cried, “No!”

Shiva interrupted Kama’s ritual by destroying the city walls with a black arrow, then arrived to confront her. Bai Mo stood between them as Shiva explained that he had come because Kama disrupted ascetic practice.

• Shiva’s black arrow shattered the walls of Sweetness City and forced Kama’s ritual to stop.
• Bai Mo deflected the arrow’s flames with Beginning and End, while Indra watched from above.
• Duryodhana ordered the kings to charge, but Bai Mo killed the leading attacker and a golden wheel appeared above the corpse.
• Shiva and Vishnu descended at the city entrance, and Vishnu urged Bai Mo to appeal to Shiva’s sincerity.
• Shiva told Bai Mo that he had come because of Kama, whom he accused of disrupting ascetic practice.

Shiva rejected Kama’s attempt to assume a new divine position because she had disrupted his austerities, but Bai Mo intervened and used his austerity and merit to seek a divine baptism for her. Brahma answered his wish as the golden light flooded the heavens.

• Shiva declared that Kama could not take on the new divine duties because she had disrupted his austerities.
• Goddess Rati confronted Indra over Kama’s public humiliation, and Indra left to intervene.
• Kama gave up on the ritual, but Bai Mo stepped forward and drew Beginning and End to oppose Shiva.
• Bai Mo insisted that Kama alone should take the position and argued that she too had been oppressed.
• Bai Mo unleashed his merit and power of austerity and asked Brahma to transform them into Kama’s baptism of rebirth and power as a new god.

Bai Mo revealed his immense merit while Kama underwent a baptism that began her transformation into a god. He then fought Shiva to provide Kama with the trial she needed, and their battle escalated across the Ocean of Milk as Kama continued her baptism.

• Brahma appeared and revealed Bai Mo’s vast power of merit, which flowed into the sky as part of Kama’s baptism.
• Bai Mo told Shiva that Kama would not become a new god and asked him to give her a trial, then began fighting him.
• Bai Mo and Shiva clashed with their weapons and fists, directing their power away from the city before Vishnu sent them to the Ocean of Milk.
• Shiva struck Bai Mo with immense force, but Bai Mo absorbed and transformed the impact before Shiva summoned his God of Great Terror avatar.
• Bai Mo empowered Laevateinn with Runes and magnetic field power, creating a giant flame-wreathed warrior that fought Shiva’s avatar across the Ocean of Milk.

Bai Mo fought Shiva atop the giants’ weapons and survived Vasuki’s venomous attack by turning Nidhogg’s Bite against him. Shiva opened his third eye, and his destructive power collided with Bai Mo’s Avici Uninterrupted until the world vanished into black and white, where a golden figure reached toward the darkness.

• People built boats to watch as the fire giant and the God of Great Terror clashed across the Ocean of Milk.
• Bai Mo fought Shiva, blocking his arrow and countering with Hell Samsara Sword as Vasuki attacked from within the sword qi.
• Bai Mo used the venom of Nidhogg’s Bite to poison Vasuki, then neutralized it with his blood and warned him not to attack again.
• Shiva told Vasuki to stay out of the battle, then opened his third eye as Bai Mo charged toward him.
• Bai Mo met the third eye’s destructive ray with Avici Uninterrupted, and the collision swallowed the Ocean of Milk in black and white energy.
• Vishnu and Brahma protected Sweetness City as the world lost its light, and a golden figure reached out to touch the darkness.

Bai Mo and Shiva fought to a standstill as Shiva unleashed his third eye’s destructive flames. With Kama completing her trial and joining him, Bai Mo absorbed the flames and struck Shiva before he could attack.

• Shiva transformed into his full divine form and charged Bai Mo with his trident.
• Bai Mo summoned the Triple War God, and the two fought until their weapons were knocked away and both bodies cracked under the strain.
• Duryodhana pointed out that Shiva’s third eye remained intact, and Shiva unleashed its flames at Bai Mo.
• Kama appeared beside Bai Mo after completing her baptism and asked him to give Shiva a hard punch.
• Bai Mo used Ryougi Lataib to absorb Shiva’s flames, merged with the Triple War God, and struck Shiva in the chest with Explosive Fist.

Bai Mo and Kama defeated Shiva in the trial, earning Kama her divine station and the support of the gods. Vishnu then revealed that Kama had disrupted Shiva’s austerities on a mission prompted by Brahma’s boon and Indra’s defeat.

• Shiva ended the trial, declared Bai Mo and Kama victorious, and brought them to his palace in Sweetness City.
• Brahma restored Shiva’s shattered body, while Kama used the Asura Way to heal Bai Mo.
• Shiva confirmed Kama had earned her divine station, and Vishnu and Brahma gave her a lotus and a page from the Vedas.
• Kama rejected Shiva’s offer of a boon and argued with him, while Bai Mo held her back.
• Vishnu explained that Kama had acted to help defeat Taraka after Brahma’s boon protected him from everyone except Shiva’s child, and Shiva learned that Indra had never told him.

Kama accepted Shiva’s apology by punching him and received divine powers as the guardian of the oppressed, while Bai Mo rested after the battle. As Kama watched over him, she confessed her love and sealed the room against the approaching Rati.

• Kama punched Shiva as her chosen compensation, and Shiva recognized that she had begun to control her desires.
• Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma granted Kama a sacred fire, a protective lotus, and the power to bless those who recited the Vedas, establishing her role as guardian of the oppressed.
• Bai Mo asked Kama to repair the city wall, then rested while Vishnu dealt with the people outside.
• Kama gave Bai Mo a lap pillow and quietly confessed her love as he slept.
• Kama sensed a chill from the Root, restrained herself from approaching Bai Mo further, and sealed the room when Rati arrived.

Shiva sensed an attempt to reach him through time, while the retreating armies left Duryodhana scrambling back to Hastinapura and Shakuni suspecting Arjuna was behind the earlier attack. In the dream library, Bai Mo worried that fighting Arjuna would endanger his allies, as Abigail tried to keep him from facing the battle alone.

• Shiva smoothed the warped space and wondered whether Narottama was ready, while Takshaka thanked Indra for helping him avoid war with Kama.
• Indra asked Takshaka for a favor and produced a longbow.
• Duryodhana rushed toward Hastinapura after Shakuni reminded him that Yudhishthira was still alive, and Shakuni concluded that Arjuna had attacked Duryodhana earlier.
• Bai Mo told Abigail that Arjuna’s world-spanning sword could threaten Kama, Karna, and the others, despite his progress toward defeating Arjuna.
• Abigail argued that others should share the burden and reached for Bai Mo with her tentacles, while he asked her not to keep him in the dream.

Rati confronted Kama about her growing attachment to Bai Mo and Kama’s desire to keep both her wife and him. After Bai Mo intervened, Rati agreed to give Kama one chance, leaving Bai Mo confused as the two goddesses departed together.

• Bai Mo met Rati outside his room and recognized her as Kama’s wife before leaving them to talk.
• Kama admitted to Rati that she had become attached to Bai Mo and feared losing him, then declared that she wanted both him and Rati.
• Kama suggested splitting off an avatar for Rati, prompting Rati to flee in tears.
• Bai Mo summoned Kama and scolded her for upsetting Rati, while Krishna encouraged Kama to make amends.
• Rati stopped Kama from giving up her new divine position and agreed to let her be greedy just this once.
• Kama embraced Rati and led her away, while Bai Mo wondered what had happened between them.

The almighty god sent three divine generals to remove a threat, while Duryodhana pursued Yudhishthira and was ambushed by Takshaka. Indra intervened, forcing Duryodhana to flee, and promised to recommend Takshaka to Kama.

• The almighty god identified a gap in his power and dispatched the remaining three divine generals to remove their targets.
• Duryodhana rode after Yudhishthira, hoping to kill him before he reached Hastinapura and claimed the throne.
• Takshaka attacked Duryodhana and accused Hastinapura of granting away Khandava Forest, his people's homeland, to Karna.
• Duryodhana blocked Takshaka's venom with golden armor and nearly struck him down with his mace.
• Indra struck Duryodhana with lightning and challenged him, prompting Duryodhana to flee.
• Indra praised Takshaka and promised to speak to Kama about his recommendation.

Bai Mo and Kama entered a growing distortion to confront an ambush set by Arjuna’s allies, where Bai Mo recognized and subdued Nezha, his former comrade from the Third Lostbelt. After the Statue of Bishamonten weakened Nezha, Bai Mo began trying to restore her and learn Arjuna’s plan.

• Bai Mo noticed the distortion expanding over Sweetness City, and he set off with Kama while Krishna stayed behind to support them.
• Bai Mo and Kama entered the dark space and Kama identified the three enemies as Heroic Spirits empowered by Kubera, Enma, and Vayu.
• Bai Mo struck down Nezha, while Kama intercepted Archer and pursued him.
• Bai Mo used the Statue of Bishamonten to suppress Nezha’s magical treasures and began adjusting her in hopes of restoring her memories and discovering Arjuna’s plan.

Kama defeated William Tell after invoking Brahma’s blessings, but Nezha suddenly erupted with power and then turned her Demon-Slaying Sword on herself. Her cry of “Father” left Bai Mo suspecting a connection to Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li.

• Archer used Vayu’s power to attack Kama, but she identified William Tell and countered his storm with blessings from Brahma.
• Bai Mo confronted William Tell over helping Arjuna, and Kama struck Tell down with her vajra.
• Nezha suddenly burst into action, surprising Bai Mo and giving William Tell hope that she could hold out for the remaining forty-five seconds.
• Nezha exceeded her body’s limits, slit her own throat with the Demon-Slaying Sword, and said, “Father...”
• Bai Mo wondered whether Nezha’s father, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, was connected to her actions.

Bai Mo and Asclepius stopped Arjuna’s annihilation ritual and helped William Tell recover memories Arjuna had erased. William Tell learned that Arjuna had removed his memories of his son, leaving him furious at the god who had summoned him.

• Bai Mo recognized that Arjuna had placed Kubera’s divinity in Nezha’s Spirit Origin, and Nezha warned that a large-scale annihilation weapon was about to target their space.
• William Tell tried to buy time, but Caster injected him with an anesthetic; Bai Mo recognized Caster as Asclepius, who said he had dismantled the ritual.
• William Tell passed out, while Bai Mo and Asclepius kept him within a lotus barrier as Kama wrote on a page from the Vedas.
• Bai Mo told William Tell that Arjuna had erased his memories of his son, deeming them unnecessary during a reshaping of the world.
• William Tell’s memories returned, and he angrily condemned Arjuna before dropping his crossbow.

Bai Mo learned that Arjuna had erased his allies’ memories and was carrying out a merciless cycle of destruction as a godlike machine. After discovering that Asclepius and William Tell had been sent to kill him with a devastating sword, Bai Mo invited Asclepius to join his side, but Asclepius chose to remain a doctor where people needed him.

• Bai Mo and Kama discussed Arjuna’s inhuman conduct, and Kama explained that his extermination of evil beings earned him merit in his world.
• Asclepius revealed that Arjuna had promised him a world where medicine could develop freely, while William Tell described how Arjuna had erased his memories of objecting.
• Asclepius handed Bai Mo a burning sword, and Bai Mo identified it as White Horse Kalki’s sword, capable of erasing everything in the space if fully activated.
• Bai Mo stored the dangerous sword in the Gate of Babylon after Kama confirmed the threat it posed to everyone nearby.
• Bai Mo offered Asclepius a place where he could research medicine, but Asclepius refused for now, choosing to remain available to treat patients as a Heroic Spirit.

Bai Mo and his companions struggled against a time distortion while the Pandavas established a prosperous kingdom near Khandava Forest. Duryodhana’s jealousy led Shakuni to plan a dice match against Yudhishthira, but Krishna advised Yudhishthira to seek a divine blessing before going to Hastinapura.

• Bai Mo, Kama, William Tell, and Asclepius encountered a time-related obstruction as they tried to leave, and Bai Mo empowered Kama with a Command Spell to overcome it.
• Yudhishthira founded a kingdom near Khandava Forest, where Maya built a magnificent palace, and the Pandavas won the respect of neighboring kings through their campaigns.
• Duryodhana visited the palace, was humiliated by its illusions, and returned to Hastinapura consumed by jealousy of Yudhishthira’s wealth and status.
• Shakuni promised Duryodhana he would win Yudhishthira’s possessions in a dice match and arranged an invitation to Hastinapura.
• Krishna warned Yudhishthira against going without preparation and advised him to hold a sacrifice and ask the gods for a blessing to win every wager.

Yudhishthira received a blessing from Rati that let him win every gamble unless he began craving profit, then traveled to Hastinapura to face Duryodhana and Shakuni. The wagers escalated until Yudhishthira risked himself and his brothers for Bhishma, and Shakuni died at the table just as the die finally showed a different number.

• Yudhishthira asked Rati to restrict her gambling blessing so it would fail if he gambled for profit, and she granted it.
• Yudhishthira went to Hastinapura while Krishna stayed behind to watch the space Bai Mo had entered.
• Yudhishthira and Shakuni repeatedly rolled sixes as Duryodhana and Yudhishthira raised their stakes from treasure to lands, people, and kingdoms.
• Shakuni wagered Gandhara, and Duryodhana eventually staked Bhishma and Drona, prompting Yudhishthira to wager himself and his brothers.
• The die finally changed from six, and Shakuni collapsed and turned to ash before he could celebrate his apparent victory.