God-Eater’s Odyssey
When the Kingdom of Yalandis, after a century of relentless toil, finally forged its so-called “Path to Godhood” — the Yalandis Star — and, in its passage across the planes, tore through the fabric of space to bury itself within the seared flesh of young Robert’s left hand, heir to the Lord of Moonwatch City, a tempest destined to engulf the Divine Continent was set irrevocably into motion. On this continent, divine authority reigns supreme. The Yalan Theocracy wields the sacred gift of godpower, ruling over thirteen empires; within the Starveil Mountains, factions such as the Fragrant Snow Pavilion and the Corisen Mistborn Syndicate carve out their bloody dominions; and hidden deep within the fog lurk descendants of the gods and enigmatic deities who command thunder, stirring chaos from the shadows. Yet Robert, the “good-for-nothing heir” who languished six years at the Academy for lacking divine blood, suddenly found himself the bearer of a power beyond comprehension — his left hand, fused with the Yalandis Star, could devour all divinity and every vestige of godgift. That hand of his devours gods as easily as men. The idol of the Yalan Goddess, the sacred energies of temple acolytes, even the boundless power that fuels airborne citadels — all are drawn into him as nourishment for his evolution. But behind this strength lies the Yalandis people’s burning ambition to subjugate the gods, a collision between cosmic science and celestial dominion, and the riddles entangled with his fate: Why did his father, Luo Xiong, fall upon the slopes of the Starveil, and why did his body vanish without a trace? Why do figures such as Chu Mengyuan, Attila, and Lady Sarah all contend to claim him as kin? And what binds the relentless violet-white lightning — the force that shattered divine statues and hunts him without end — to the unfathomable power in his left hand? From feigning faith to infiltrate a cathedral, to rising as heir of the Fragrant Snow Pavilion; from devouring crystalline godgifts to awaken hidden potential, to joining forces with Julius, daughter of the Federal God of War, Robert advances step by perilous step through flight and growth. The hexagram upon his hand burns ever brighter, the Star’s artificial intelligence, “Yar,” flickers in and out of being, and the balance of the Divine Continent is broken — the Church’s machinations, the syndicates’ wars, and the rivalries of hidden deities all converge upon Floating Cloud Mountain, where a skyborne fortress hovers in ominous silence. When the power of devouring collides with the shackles of divinity, when the dying embers of science pierce the fog of godhood, can Robert unravel the truths that bind him, tread upon the corpses of all who oppose him, and truly ascend the fabled path to godhood? And the Yalandis Star in his hand — is it the gospel of evolution, or the overture of annihilation?
