Chapter 844 opens with a flashback to the beginning of the novel. The flashback is to a time before the events of this chapter took place. It is a time when the gods were fighting over a treasure called the "stone granary rat." The rat was a symbol of the gods, and it was believed that the rat would one day become a saint. The rat's corpse will allow the god to find the spot where the rat reincarnated, and the god will be able to use the rat as a weapon. This will be the first time that a god has been able to form a pact with a rat, and this will be a major turning point in the history of the book.