Chapter Summaries

Orsaga secretly steered Yogmoth’s research for more than fifty years, preparing him as a tool while Yogmoth pursued godhood through fusion with the Glistening Oil. As Yogmoth’s dangerous ritual began, Orsaga added crimson tendrils carrying his will to the fusion, which Yogmoth unknowingly absorbed.

• Orsaga decided to guide Yogmoth’s growth and secretly redirected his research while Yogmoth remained unaware of the source of his unease.
• More than fifty years later, Yogmoth prepared a ritual to fuse his consciousness with the Glistening Oil and gain control of it.
• Yogmoth began the ritual and endured intense physical and spiritual pain as his body melted into the Glistening Oil.
• Orsaga increased the ritual’s pain and sent crimson tendrils containing his will into the oil.
• Yogmoth unknowingly fused Orsaga’s red tendrils into his body and soul.

Orsaga secretly altered Yogmoth’s fusion and remade the inhabitants and structure of Phyrexia, preparing Yogmoth’s transformation into its god. Yogmoth emerged vastly more powerful and was hailed as the God of Phyrexia, still unaware that Orsaga controlled his perceptions and thoughts.

• Orsaga used his influence within Yogmoth to secretly redirect the fusion ritual and reshape Yogmoth’s body, soul, memories, and consciousness.
• Glistening Oil spread throughout Phyrexia, infecting its residents and transforming the world until they were sealed in protective bubbles.
• Yogmoth’s consciousness occupied the residents and filled them with loyalty to him as they remained dormant.
• The residents awakened, broke free of their bubbles, and proclaimed Yogmoth the God of Phyrexia and King of Darkness.
• Yogmoth emerged from an enormous egg-shaped object in the Glistening Oil Sea, gained immense power, and laughed as the nine layers trembled.
• Orsaga watched unseen, retaining the ability to manipulate Yogmoth’s senses and thoughts without Yogmoth realizing it.

Yogmoth reveled in the power he gained from the fusion, which turned more than a million of his subordinates into Oily Infections. As Orsaga secretly intensified Yogmoth’s hatred of Planeswalkers and planned to use him to weaken them and bring part of his true body into the plane, Yogmoth began considering how to strengthen Phyrexia World enough to master the Power of Time and Space.

• Yogmoth discovered that the fusion had infected more than a million of his subordinates into Oily Infections, and he delighted in controlling them through Glistening Oil.
• Yogmoth sensed faint fluctuations he believed were the Power of Time and Space, but realized he could barely perceive it and was far from the Planeswalkers who could wield it.
• Yogmoth grew jealous and hostile toward Planeswalkers, while Orsaga covertly amplified his resentment to set up a future conflict.
• Orsaga’s true missions for Yogmoth were to weaken the Planeswalkers and eventually serve as a sacrifice that could bring part of Orsaga’s true body into the plane.
• Yogmoth, unaware of Orsaga’s plans, began considering how to transform and strengthen the entire Phyrexia World so he could master the Power of Time and Space.

After helping Yogmoth ascend to the throne of God of Phyrexia, Orsaga left and wandered the multiverse. Centuries later, he met the Elder Dragon and Planeswalker Nicoterus, and their cautious conversation became a mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge.

• Orsaga left Phyrexia after arranging matters and continued wandering between worlds.
• Centuries later, Orsaga encountered the golden dragon Nicoterus amid the aether between worlds.
• Nicoterus introduced himself as an Elder Dragon and Planeswalker, while Orsaga described himself as a traveler and collector.
• The two powerful beings remained wary but friendly, trading valuable information instead of fighting.
• Orsaga shared his spell knowledge, and Nicoterus's accounts of the plane deepened Orsaga's understanding of it.

After parting from Nicoterus, Orsaga considered recruiting him but let him go because the seasoned dragon was too dangerous to control. Several dozen days later, Orsaga destroyed a continent in Alara World, provoking the world’s consciousness, which manifested as the Ancestor Beast and turned the world against him.

• Orsaga realized Nicoterus was likely responsible for Wujin’s accidental death and saw him as valuable future material.
• Orsaga decided not to capture Nicoterus, fearing his hidden escape methods and the attention a confrontation could attract.
• Nicoterus suppressed his desire to seize Orsaga’s knowledge and resolved to investigate him after returning.
• Several dozen days later, Orsaga’s explosion in Alara World destroyed a continental plate and injured or blinded beings across much of the world.
• The Ancestor Beast appeared as Alara World’s will, forced the spreading destruction into the void, and directed the world’s hostility at Orsaga.
• Orsaga sighed and asked the Ancestor Beast to let him take some resources and leave.

Orsaga’s failed negotiations with the Ancestor Beast escalated into a battle that destroyed a continent, so he trapped the entire Alara World in a deadly ritual and fused with Scorching Calamity. He countered the Ancestor Beast’s attack with a vast wave of flames, and their collision darkened the world.

• The Ancestor Beast attacked Orsaga with five immense pillars of destructive sound waves, driven by intense hostility.
• Orsaga decided negotiations had failed and activated the Dark Duel, sealing the Alara World and marking every lifeform with an invitation to fight to the death.
• The Dark Duel began draining life force and origin from all things within the barrier.
• Orsaga fused with Scorching Calamity, empowered by Crimson Desire, and became a humanoid figure thousands of meters tall.
• Orsaga sent a world-ending wave of flames against the Ancestor Beast’s pillars, and their collision drained the light from the world.

Yu Ling Mei Yan and other powerful beings in the Alara World joined the battle despite the danger, hoping to help the Ancestor Beast stop Orsaga. Orsaga continued slaughtering the defenders effortlessly and refused a plea to surrender, leaving the world’s survival in immediate jeopardy.

• Yu Ling Mei Yan, weakened by the Death Tribulation Flower mark, told her deputy to search the records for Orsaga’s origins while she went to fight.
• Powerful beings across the Alara World, including former enemies, set aside their grudges and entered the battle to survive.
• Orsaga killed a dimensional drake with a casual strike and continued destroying the battlefield’s other powerful defenders.
• Yu Ling Mei Yan’s deputy and most others could not approach the fight because its aftershocks would kill them.
• A defender begged to serve Orsaga, but he erased the supplicant and chose to wipe out the Alara World’s inhabitants rather than accept surrender.

Orsaga overwhelmed the Ancestor Beast and Alara World’s remaining powerhouses, while Yu Ling Mei Yan watched the plane’s inhabitants near extinction. Mofei Ge appeared beside her and asked for her help, leaving his purpose unexplained.

• Orsaga used the Ancestor Beast’s Five-Color breath to kill warriors who attacked him, then stopped one of its heads with his hand.
• Orsaga’s superior knowledge and skill let him effortlessly defeat the Ancestor Beast and slaughter the other native powerhouses.
• Yu Ling Mei Yan, badly wounded and weakened by the Death Tribulation Flower mark, sensed that most Fairies and ordinary lifeforms across Alara World had died or were dying.
• Mofei Ge descended beside Yu Ling Mei Yan, and despite their hostility, told her he needed her help.

Mofei Ge asked Yu Ling Mei Yan to help the Ancestor Beast by using his Magic Ritual to gather the power of every lifeform in the world. As Orsaga’s Disaster Guidance warped his judgment, Mofei Ge secretly altered the ritual so he could steal some of that power and escape, while Yu Ling Mei Yan began passing it to the Ancestor Beast.

• Mofei Ge explained that his modified Magic Ritual could let the Ancestor Beast draw on the power of every lifeform in the world.
• Yu Ling Mei Yan agreed to help, setting aside her thoughts of fleeing with some of her clansmen.
• Orsaga’s Disaster Guidance and Source of Eternal Suffering influenced Mofei Ge as he prepared to hand over the Magic Ritual.
• Mofei Ge doubted the Ancestor Beast could win and secretly altered the ritual to reserve control over some of the gathered power for himself.
• Yu Ling Mei Yan examined the ritual and used one of her Special Abilities to send it remotely to the Ancestor Beast.

Orsaga discovered that Mofei Ge and Yu Ling Mei Yan were preparing a plan against him, but after they gave the Ancestor Beast a Magic Ritual, it began gathering power from Alara World’s survivors. The ritual’s golden light made Orsaga pause as the scene reminded him of Tiga fighting Gatanothor.

• Orsaga dismissed the Ancestor Beast’s defenses and world-soul attacks, planning to destroy Alara World’s foundations to cut off its supply of power.
• Orsaga sensed Mofei Ge and Yu Ling Mei Yan plotting against him and learned that they intended to use a Magic Ritual.
• Yu Ling Mei Yan transferred the Magic Ritual to the Ancestor Beast, which used it while suffering intense pain from Orsaga’s attacks.
• The Ancestor Beast called on Alara World’s survivors, and countless lights gathered around it as they offered it their strength.
• Orsaga froze at the sight of the golden light and thought of Tiga fighting Gatanothor.

Orsaga watched the Ancestor Beast gather power while Mofei Ge stole some of it and escaped Alara World. Orsaga killed Mofei Ge across spacetime, defeated the Ancestor Beast, and left as the Dark Duel consumed the dying world.

• The Ancestor Beast absorbed power from Alara World’s survivors and adapted its abilities to fight Orsaga.
• Mofei Ge stole power from the Ancestor Beast and used a golden crystal to escape through the worlds, leaving the Ancestor Beast gravely weakened.
• Orsaga intensified the Dark Duel, causing most of Alara World’s Native Creatures to die and Yu Ling Mei Yan to nearly perish.
• Orsaga nailed the Ancestor Beast’s five heads to spacetime and reached across spacetime to turn Mofei Ge into a Light Dot.
• Orsaga left Alara World through a Space Door, and the Dark Duel began consuming the Ancestor Beast and the world.

Nicoterus returned to the Alara World’s coordinates and found both the world and Mofei Ge gone. Unable to trace the destruction through a blank stretch of time, he caused a magical explosion in the river of time, alerting powerful beings across the plane.

• Nicoterus returned to the Alara World’s location and found only a desolate void, then confirmed his coordinates were correct.
• Nicoterus recalled his plans to use Mofei Ge to gain a foothold in the Alara World and learned that both Mofei Ge and the world had vanished.
• Nicoterus traveled upstream through time to investigate, but stopped when he encountered a blank stretch where the Alara World’s history could not be observed.
• Nicoterus decided to draw out whoever had concealed the world and triggered a violent magical explosion in the river of time.
• Powerful beings across countless worlds sensed the temporal disturbance, though most could not perceive its source.

The Primordial Dragon awakened after sensing a disturbance in the Timeline and ordered Nicoterus to investigate the hole in the river of time. The Primordial Cat offered to involve its followers too, and Nicoterus left to rally the Elder Dragons.

• The Primordial Dragon opened its eyes and examined the hole in the river of time but could not identify the figure connected to it.
• The Primordial Dragon ordered Nicoterus to investigate the hole and report any important developments.
• The Primordial Cat, Ahabo, offered to have its followers help investigate, and the Primordial Dragon agreed before returning to slumber.
• Nicoterus opened a Space Door to gather the Elder Dragons and mobilize the dragon race to investigate the hole.

Orsaga assessed the growing threat of the Warhammer plane’s emerging Chaos Gods, then reached the World Tree and examined its worlds and the giant snakes surrounding it. After finding no traps, he entered one of the World Tree’s large worlds.

• Orsaga sensed traces of the Primordial Dragon and the Primordial Cat, and judged that one was close to becoming a Chaos God.
• Orsaga decided to accelerate his invasion plans, fearing a costly war against several beings supported by the Warhammer plane.
• Orsaga arrived at the immense World Tree and saw that its branches held ten large worlds alongside numerous smaller worlds.
• Orsaga identified the giant snakes crawling around the tree as avatars of powerful beings comparable to high-ranking Planeswalkers or stronger.
• Orsaga chose a large world after confirming the World Tree held no traps, then plunged into it.

Orsaga entered a sealed demon world whose brutal landscape felt familiar to him, then encountered a demon who mistook him for a mortal and eagerly charged to attack. Orsaga stayed put and accepted the demon’s invitation to fight.

• Orsaga passed through the gods’ sealing barriers and entered the demon world, enjoying its harsh landscape and grotesque plants.
• A wandering demon spotted Orsaga despite his red clothing blending with the fiery surroundings.
• The demon excitedly drew his crude weapon and charged, eager to kill an Otherworld Lifeform after more than a hundred years without being summoned.
• Orsaga decided to indulge the demon’s enthusiasm and waited for him to reach him.

Orsaga killed a demon by dismantling its weapon and draining it with the Death Tribulation Flower, then absorbed its memories to learn the history of the World Tree realms. He learned that the Scoti Pantheon had won control of the realms by splitting the Enir Pantheon into Forest Elves and Shadow Elves, while the demons remained imprisoned in the Endless Storm.

• Orsaga used his Omniscient Vision to identify the crude weapon’s core and secretly removed it, causing the weapon to fall apart.
• Orsaga killed the demon with the Death Tribulation Flower, harvested the resulting fruit, and ate it while absorbing the demon’s memories.
• Orsaga learned that the World Tree held large realms ruled by intelligent races and small realms inhabited by powerful Cosmic Beings, including the Cosmic Coiled Serpent—Koma.
• Orsaga learned that the Scoti Pantheon and Enir Pantheon had driven the demons into the Endless Storm, where they continued to build their strength.
• Orsaga learned that Halva used the Axe that Splits All Things—Gedrimay to divide the Enir Pantheon into Forest Elves and Shadow Elves, securing the Scoti Pantheon’s rule over the World Tree.

Orsaga retreated into the isolated Endless Storm domain to turn the resources he had plundered from Alara World into more power. In Huai Sha World, Boer perfected Evolution Moss and prepared to use its ability-granting potions to rise among the Planeswalkers.

• Orsaga decided to avoid further attention from the Primordial Dragon, the Primordial Cat, and the plane consciousness, and sought a remote place to hide.
• Orsaga estimated that his plunder from Alara World could produce eight more Great Demon Level—Crimson Cards.
• Boer celebrated after perfecting Evolution Moss in his laboratory at the core of Huai Sha World.
• Boer recalled that he had spent centuries developing the plant, largely ignoring the campaign against Fragment Demons after sharing information with other worlds.
• Boer determined that his calibrated potions could grant lifeforms three to five Special Abilities at a cost ordinary civilians could afford.

Boer rejoiced over a potion made from Evolution Moss, unaware that Kojire had manipulated his research for centuries. Kojire, Imokku, and Wulamo continued coordinating plans to spread the potions and exploit Fragment Demons and Imokku’s Church to weaken worlds.

• Boer recalled his rise to power, his later humiliation, and how he learned that his talent paled beside that of other Planeswalkers.
• Boer admired the glowing potion and imagined it promised him many bright futures.
• Kojire watched Boer from afar and revealed that Boer’s Evolution Moss research had followed Kojire’s will from the beginning.
• Kojire and Imokku planned to have Imokku’s churches promote and distribute Evolution Moss potions once Boer began selling them.
• Wulamo explained that he indirectly guided Fragment Demons into target worlds to create openings for Imokku’s Church, while the three leaders’ plans supported one another.

Orsaga used the Demonization and Talent Customizer cards to transform into a native Great Demon and select powerful Talents. His arrival triggered a massive storm that engulfed the Endless Storm Domain, and a Demon God realized an unfamiliar Demon had suddenly reached Demon God level.

• Orsaga watched a gathering of native Demons before activating the Demonization and Talent Customizer cards.
• Orsaga transformed into a towering native Demon and installed selected Talents, including Time Travel, Mana Negation, and Undying Body of Time.
• When Orsaga touched the ground, flames, magma, Mana, lightning, and winds surged toward him, forming a colossal tornado across the Endless Storm Domain.
• The storm swept up Demons and elemental creatures, while distant survivors stared at the apparent apocalypse.
• A Demon enjoying himself in a volcano castle sensed Orsaga's rise to Demon God level, crushed his goblet, and burned the Succubus on his lap to ash.

Orsaga finished converting his power into the form used by native Demons and sensed Wilmot’s hostile intentions. He broke into Wilmot’s fortress and killed a Demon who tried to challenge him, leaving Wilmot and the assembled Demons to face his arrival.

• Wilmot sensed Orsaga’s Demon God aura, grew furious at the unknown rival, and considered devouring him before he could master his new power.
• Orsaga used his newly chosen precognitive abilities to detect Wilmot’s malice and broke through the crimson tornado toward Infernal Fortress.
• Orsaga smashed through the fortress’s defenses and landed in the great hall before Wilmot and the gathered Demons.
• A four-armed Demon stepped forward to rebuke Orsaga, and Orsaga killed him with a casual lash of his tail.
• Orsaga asked why the Demon had dared interrupt him while Wilmot glared at him.