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That makes a lot of points, and i think the general idea is absolutely right : Without characters as important as the gods, a lot of events won't occur, or in a different way than what we know, and so the world can't go in the same direction as the original 3rd period.

But I can't forget the four endings thing. It is possible that even if the gods are no longer here, their rules still apply. Those rules are a matter of fate, no one controls it, it is almost like a prophecy

"The Third Period was created to allegedly last for roughly one thousand years;[7]  due to the makeup of its rules, it was destined to end in one of four ways.[8]  "

If these rules are indeed transfered to the new world, it doesn't matter how the story goes, it will always end with one or more of the four endings, and that is what the loop is about : Irina fighting fate to reach her own utopia, the court ending. And so she will try, and fail, and restart the story any number of times, trying different ways to avoid the Graveyard, Hellish and Heavenly endings.

What I see is much like the plot of Kagerou Days, in the "lose and retry against fate" thing.