All Chapters of When the Moonlight Vanished, the New God Regretted Everything: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

On Helen's first day at the temple, Cynthia watched the frail woman in silence. By mortal custom, a newcomer to the household was expected to present its lady with a ceremonial cup of wine.But Cynthia drank only moon-dew.No mortal wine could pass her lips."Take it back."Helen's eyes immediately welled with tears. "Cynthia, if you can't stand having me here, I'll just leave."Then came the sound of the cup shattering.Helen suddenly dropped to the floor, a broad patch of skin on the back of her hand turning red."Helen!"Arthur burst through the doors and shoved Cynthia aside.Cynthia's slender frame stumbled, her back slamming hard against the edge of the stone altar.I heard the dull thud clearly."What do you think you're doing?"Arthur gathered Helen carefully into his arms.He looked up at Cynthia, his eyes full of blame."Helen is just a mortal. She can't withstand your divine aura."She brought you a ceremonial cup out of respect. Why would you push her?"I was shaking with r

Chapter 2

"This laurel tree blocks the sunlight from the bedchamber. Helen's too frail for the cold and shade."Arthur stood in the center of the courtyard, gripping a dark-gold divine axe.The tree went back eight hundred years.To win Cynthia's favor, he had crossed the frozen wastelands in an act of grueling penance to obtain the sacred seed.He had said this tree would stand with her, a witness to their eternal bond.Now he was going to chop it down with his own hands.Cynthia was sitting on the steps, brushing my fur."This tree has been growing for eight hundred years. Its roots have already merged with the temple's ley lines."She didn't look up."If you force it down, you'll damage the ley lines."Arthur frowned."Helen coughed through the entire night."The healer said she needs plenty of sunlight to drive the cold from her body."It's only damage to the ley lines. I'll restore them with my power."He stepped forward and raised the axe.I tore free of Cynthia's arms and raced to the tre

Chapter 3

"Arthur, that rabbit's fur is white as snow. If you made it into a stole, I'd never be cold in winter."Helen leaned against Arthur's shoulder, greed glinting in her eyes.I was dozing at Cynthia's feet.At those words, every hair on my body stood on end.That woman was not content with taking Cynthia's things.Now she wanted my life too.Arthur looked over, following her finger."Its fur really is pure white."If you want it, I'll have someone skin it for you."I stared in disbelief.Had he lost his mind?I was a Starlight Rabbit, born alongside the Moon Goddess herself.Cynthia shot to her feet and pulled me tight against her chest."Arthur, touch her and see what happens."Her voice was quiet, but it carried a force that brooked no refusal.The temperature in the hall plummeted.Arthur blinked, caught off guard.It had been a long time since he'd felt Cynthia's fury.But he recovered quickly and seemed to find her anger almost laughable."Cynthia, you'd really fight me over an anima

Chapter 4

"Helen's soul has cracked. Only the heart-blood of an ancient true god can mend it."Arthur stood beside Cynthia's bed and stared at her.His voice left no room for discussion.It was an order, delivered as if her compliance were a given.Today was the last day of the divine curse's countdown.Cynthia lay in bed without the Moon Soul Pearl or the sacred spring to restrain the curse.The curse inside her had erupted in full force.Her divine soul felt as though it were being gnawed by a million ants. Even breathing was agony.I lay beside her pillow.My heart ached as I watched cold sweat bead across her forehead and licked her face over and over."Heart-blood."Cynthia's mouth twisted.The result was a smile more painful than tears."Arthur, do you have any idea what it means to take a true god's heart-blood?"Arthur's gaze wavered for an instant.But he steadied himself just as quickly."The healer said it's only a bowlful."Rest for a few hundred years and you'll recover."But Helen

Chapter 5

"Cynthia, what trick are you pulling now?"Arthur kicked the door open in a fury."Helen drank your blood. Why is she still vomiting?"Did you tamper with it?"He stopped short.The bed was empty.Only a glaring pool of dried blood remained.Cynthia was gone."Where is she?"Arthur turned to me, panic creeping into his eyes.I ignored him. I just watched the sky beyond the window.The blood-red moon was swelling at an impossible speed.Every trace of light across the divine realm was being swallowed.Darkness, dead and total, closed in around us.Boom!A deafening roar tore through the heavens.It sounded as if something colossal had ripped open space itself.Arthur jerked his head up, his face going white.The sound came from directly above the temple.A massive rift slowly split open.It was the Gate of the Star Abyss.The entrance to the realm of the gods had opened."What... what is this?"Arthur's voice was shaking.He had ascended to godhood.But he had never witnessed anything t

Chapter 6

"No... this can't be happening..."Arthur couldn't believe what had just taken place.Half an hour ago, he had been the sovereign of the divine realm.Now he was powerless, unable to summon even a spark of divinity."Arthur."A weak voice called from the side chamber.Arthur whipped around as if grasping at his last lifeline.Helen clung to the doorframe, staggering out.The Moonlight Gown she wore had gone dull and lifeless.Worse still was her face.Her skin had once been as delicate as a flower petal.Now it was mottled with age spots and carved by deep lines."Helen... what happened to you?"Arthur recoiled two steps, horror-struck.Helen touched her face. Then she saw the loose skin on the back of her hand.She let out a piercing scream."My face! What's happened to my face?"She lunged at Arthur, clutching his robes."Arthur, use your power to save me!"I don't want to grow old! I don't want to be ugly!"Arthur looked at the gaunt old woman before him and felt his stomach churn.

Chapter 7

"Let me in! I need to see Cynthia!"Arthur had reached the foot of Mount Olympus.His clothes hung in tatters.Drenched in blood, he knelt before the long stone staircase.He had been kneeling there for nine days and nine nights.Without his divine power, he didn't even have the right to climb the sacred mountain.All he could do was endure the divine pressure pouring down from the summit with nothing but a mortal body."Get lost, you worthless mortal."The guardian of the mountain kicked Arthur to the ground."You think an insect like you can approach the sacred mountain?"Take one more step and I'll annihilate your soul."Arthur spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with dirt."I'm the Moon Goddess's husband..."He roared, his voice hoarse and raw."Let me in. She'll see me. I know she will."The guardian laughed as if Arthur had told the greatest joke imaginable."Eight hundred years ago, the Moon Goddess lowered her divinity for you, and you repaid her by bringing a mortal woman into

Chapter 8

"Today, the Temple of the Moon Goddess will choose its First Attendant. Anyone over a thousand years old, step aside."The herald's voice boomed across the plaza.The entire divine realm was buzzing with excitement.Cynthia had returned to the divine realm.Not only had her power grown immensely; she now commanded the laws of the Star Abyss.Now she was publicly choosing her First Attendant.In name, she was selecting a servant.But everyone knew she was really choosing her future consort.The plaza was packed with talented young men from every corner of the divine realm.There were princes of the Dragon Clan.There were princes from the Elven Court.Even the chief knight of Apollo's temple had come.Every one of them hoped to earn the Moon Goddess's smile.At the far edge of the plaza, a man in tattered black robes stood in the darkest corner.His back was bent.A crude mask covered his face.It was Arthur.He had slipped into the crowd for the selection ceremony.He couldn't see, but

Chapter 9

"You worthless mortal. How dare you face the Moon Goddess?"The guard's whip cracked across Arthur's back.Arthur did not scream. He only raised his head stubbornly.His two empty, bleeding sockets stayed fixed on Cynthia."Cynthia..."I know I was wrong... I really do..."I'm not asking you to forgive me."I only ask... let me stay by your side..."Even as a dog... as long as I could catch your scent, that would be enough..."The gods around them burst into laughter.Cynthia looked down at Arthur in his utter abasement.Disgust flickered through her eyes."Stay by my side?"She let out a cold, hollow laugh."Arthur, have you forgotten?"Your soul already belongs to that mortal woman."She raised her hand.Silver light gathered at her fingertip.She traced a point in the air, and a vast image materialized over the plaza.It showed a scene from the mortal realm below.The vision traveled deep into the Misty Forest.A white-haired, withered old woman lay there.She crawled through the mu

Chapter 10

"Cynthia, do you truly feel nothing for what we once had?"There was nothing left inside Arthur's chest.Cerberus had devoured his heart.He should have died on the spot.But the soul contract kept even death beyond his reach.Helen was still clinging to life in the mortal realm.So he had to drag his broken body onward through torment.The agony and despair finally snapped the last thread of his sanity.Pitch-black demonic energy gathered inside him.It seeped from his empty chest and spread across his body in seconds.He was becoming a demon."If you won't take my heart,"Arthur's voice turned rough and jagged."then I'll tear this entire realm apart."I'll drag you down to hell with me."The dark energy solidified into lashing tendrils.Several gods standing too close were caught off guard, and the demonic energy pierced straight through them.The plaza erupted into chaos.The gods fled in every direction."Protect the goddess!"The captain of the guard bellowed and raised his shiel

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