Chapter Summaries

Orsaga killed Wilmot’s subordinate and then challenged Wilmot to become his lackey, provoking the enraged Demon into attacking with his Flame Greatsword. Orsaga shattered the weapon with one empowered fist and struck Wilmot with 999,999 simultaneous blows.

• Uilaggs watched a colleague die to Orsaga’s attack and felt relieved that he had survived.
• Wilmot hesitated over fighting Orsaga, whose earlier strike had revealed unexpectedly great power.
• Orsaga told Wilmot to become his lackey, and Wilmot summoned his rune-covered Flame Greatsword and charged.
• Orsaga punched the Greatsword, destroying it with his abilities and sending the attack into Wilmot.
• Orsaga struck Wilmot from multiple dimensions and time periods with 999,999 punches.

Orsaga killed Wilmot in a clash too fast for the other demons to witness, then offered them the choice to serve him or die. Uilaggs eagerly declared loyalty to Orsaga while secretly planning to aid Wilmot if he returned, and Orsaga appointed him to command the demons of Endless Storm.

• Orsaga struck Wilmot with 999,999 consecutive attacks and erased him, leaving only a scorched pit behind.
• The demons speculated that Wilmot had been teleported or sealed, while Orsaga told them their boss was dead and ordered them to choose whether to serve him.
• Uilaggs slid to Orsaga's side and declared that he would help purge Wilmot's rebels, while secretly intending to remain loyal to Wilmot.
• Orsaga gave Uilaggs authority to command the demons, delighting Uilaggs and provoking envy among the others.
• Uilaggs vowed to eliminate opposition to Orsaga but resolved to switch sides and share intelligence if Wilmot returned and defeated Orsaga.

Orsaga judged the native Demons weak and decided to make their lives more dangerous. He activated a ritual across the Endless Storm that rewarded killing and made its inhabitants more bloodthirsty, triggering an unprecedented free-for-all.

• Orsaga assessed the native Demons as weak, poorly trained, and less fierce than Abyss Demons.
• Orsaga decided to increase the Demons’ hardships so they would become more useful.
• At Orsaga’s orders, Demons built towers throughout the Endless Storm and reshaped Wilmot’s Lava Castle into a towering spire.
• Orsaga activated a ritual across the Endless Storm that let living beings gain half the power of those they killed and alter themselves through slaughter.
• The ritual made the Demons more bloodthirsty, and they began a free-for-all across the domain.

Orsaga watched the Slaughter Ritual drive the Endless Storm Domain’s survivors into increasingly frenzied slaughter and judged that the survivors had grown stronger. When Uilaggs warned that Gantso and Colde were joining forces to advance toward Demon God level, Orsaga dismissed the threat, leaving his subordinates to wonder whether he was confident or concealing a trap.

• The Slaughter Ritual drove Demons and energy creatures into mass slaughter, reducing the Endless Storm Domain’s population by 97.8%.
• Orsaga observed the survivors through Omniscient Vision and was satisfied that the remaining lifeforms had become far more powerful.
• Uilaggs reported that Gantso and Colde were gathering Demons to eliminate rivals and potentially reach Demon God level.
• Orsaga told Uilaggs and the high-ranking Demons not to interfere, calling their plans insignificant.
• Orsaga’s response emboldened some Demons to consider advancing themselves, while Uilaggs and a few others suspected he might have a hidden reason.

Orsaga let his subordinates compete for advancement, secretly marking them with his power and granting the female Demons a one-time resurrection blessing. In the Tachyon World, the dragon clan weakened without new hatchlings, and Malz began preparing for the possibility that Wujin would never return.

• Orsaga revealed that his Slaughter Ritual marked its participants and took half of the defeated Demons’ power as a fee.
• Orsaga offered the female Demons a one-time resurrection blessing, after which several left to compete for advancement while others stayed and sought his favor.
• Since Wujin’s death, the Tachyon World’s spell storms had ceased, dragon numbers had dwindled, and subordinate races had begun secretly preparing to challenge the dragon clan.
• Malz worried over the dragon clan’s declining population and the growing unrest among subordinate races.
• Unable to contact Wujin or leave the Tachyon World, Malz decided he might need to prepare for the worst.

After sensing that Malz had made a decision involving Wujin’s fate, the sealed Ozhaki failed to determine how to respond and reported the matter to Orsaga. Orsaga traced Malz to Tarkir and sent a consciousness projection into the dragon’s mind to examine his memories.

• Imokku, Ulamo, and Kojire sensed that a distant dragon had made a decision concerning Wujin’s life and death, but they could not see the plane’s unclear future in detail.
• Kojire asked whether they should interrupt Wujin’s resurrection, and Ulamo suggested it might lead to renewed conflict; the Ozhaki debated acting but could not agree.
• The three Ozhaki sent their findings to Orsaga, who wondered whether the plane’s consciousness had arranged Wujin’s resurrection to strengthen the seal.
• Orsaga used Omniscient Vision and the Spacetime Coordinate to locate Malz in a cave on Tarkir, then sent a consciousness projection through an illusory door.
• Orsaga’s projection entered a library materialized from Malz’s past imprints and began reading the books that recorded his thoughts and actions.

Orsaga took control of Malz’s thoughts and devised a contingency plan to ensure Wujin could eventually be resurrected, even if dragons went extinct in Tachyon World. Orsaga secretly accelerated that extinction by spreading fragments of dragon-slaying knowledge, leaving Malz ready to carry out the plan without knowing he had been manipulated.

• Orsaga entered Malz’s mind, organized his thoughts, and used a book and pen to guide him into forming a comprehensive plan.
• Orsaga arranged for Malz to leave a contingency that would turn suitably gifted newborns into Dragon Cultists if Tachyon World’s dragon population fell below a threshold or went extinct.
• Malz’s plan would guide a future world-traveler to Wujin’s hidden treasure, which held a fragment of Wujin’s soul and could help locate or resurrect him.
• Orsaga secretly scattered fragments of Dragon Slaying Knowledge across Tachyon World to help other races develop weapons and hasten the dragons’ extinction.

As the Endless Storm Cup entered its final stage, seven high-tier Demons paused their fighting under mounting bloodlust and suspicion. A female Demon provoked one opponent into attacking, reigniting the melee, while Orsaga watched from the Flame Tower and casually wagered a resurrection chance on guessing the winners.

• Orsaga observed that Uilaggs and the female Demon who had massaged him had survived, and the female Demon had grown close to Demon God level.
• The seven high-tier Demons rested warily as injuries, exhaustion, bloodlust, and the chance to advance made them reluctant to retreat or attack.
• A horned female Demon insulted the others, prompting an enraged high-tier Demon to charge at her and break the stalemate.
• The Demons resumed fighting, targeting the strongest and least injured opponents and increasingly trading wounds to pursue advancement.
• Orsaga drank Wilmot's valuable wine, then offered the female Demons a chance at resurrection if they guessed how many contestants would win and who they would be.

Orsaga watched a female Demon use her resurrection chance to amplify a self-destruct, then return from death and consume a high-ranking Demon to reach Demon God level. She cleared the battlefield while Uilaggs fled, and her new power did nothing to lessen her fear of Orsaga.

• A female Demon drew the attention of three Demons, then used a spell to strengthen her self-destruct and kill herself along with nearby high-ranking Demons.
• Orsaga recognized that she had deliberately gambled her resurrection chance for greater power and reflected on how his intervention had changed the Demons' fates.
• The female Demon reappeared unharmed, killed a wounded high-ranking Demon, and consumed its brain and soul to gain Demon God-level power.
• She remembered that Orsaga had killed Wilmot, who had been stronger than her, and abandoned thoughts of ruling the worlds.
• She unleashed devastating fire blades that erased the surviving Demons, while Uilaggs abandoned the spoils and escaped using a teleportation item.

After becoming a Demon God, Mavis crossed the distance to Orsaga and thanked him for arranging the ritual that enabled her advancement. When she asked to become the mistress of the Endless Storm Domain, Orsaga threatened to slaughter her if she spoke beyond her station again.

• Mavis realized her new Demon God strength let her kill the other Demons present, leaving only Uilaggs alive among the survivors.
• Mavis restored her appearance with Black Mana and crossed the vast distance to the Flame Tower in a few steps.
• Mavis thanked Orsaga for the Slaughter Ritual and Resurrection of the Dead, then promised to obey his commands.
• Mavis asked Orsaga if she could become the mistress of the Endless Storm Domain.
• Orsaga warned Mavis that she was a toy and threatened to slaughter her if she overstepped her station again.

Orsaga agreed to let the Endless Storm Domain recover from the Slaughter Ritual, but decreed that it would resume every five years for three months. He then conjured a strange ball of blood and Black Mist that affected everyone in the room except Mavis, who broke free and stared at it in horror.

• Uilaggs reported that the Slaughter Ritual had created more high-level powerhouses but nearly wiped out the lower and middle tiers, and asked Orsaga to let the domain recuperate.
• Orsaga agreed to a recovery period but ordered the Slaughter Ritual to activate every five years and last three months each time.
• When Uilaggs seemed ready to object that five years would not be enough, Orsaga conjured a ball of blood amid strands of Black Mist.
• The demons in the room became immersed in a comforting sensation, but Mavis resisted it and looked at Orsaga's conjuration in horror.

Orsaga created countless newborn Demons with his Demon Cub Manufacturing spell and sent them into the Endless Storm Domain. The cubs immediately began devouring one another, leaving the native Demons frightened as the slaughter spread.

• Mavis watched Orsaga form a blood ball filled with the life pulses of newborn Demons and realized the gulf between their powers.
• Orsaga sent the blood ball into the storm clouds, and countless newborn Demon cubs emerged and attacked one another in their hunger.
• Mavis explained that Orsaga had created the cubs, and Orsaga said they needed to eat after being born and would calm down after their first meal.
• Orsaga revealed that his spell turned intercepted concepts of Demons and Black Mana into living newborns.
• The other Demons feared the cubs would keep slaughtering one another and that survivors of the Slaughter Ritual would join the violence.

Two Goddesses of War patrolled the barrier outside the Endless Storm and sensed an unprecedented number of deaths inside. The Life Shepherd persuaded her twin, the Death Reaper, not to enter or extract a soul, and they left the danger to be reported first.

• The Life Shepherd detected signs of slaughter inside the Endless Storm on a scale far greater than before.
• The Death Reaper proposed pulling out a soul to discover what had happened.
• The Life Shepherd warned that entering the storm could bring them face-to-face with a Demon God and insisted they report the situation first.
• The Death Reaper argued that they could retreat if they encountered danger, but she ultimately dismissed her scythe and agreed not to enter.

Orsaga seized the Death Reaper and the Life Shepherd through the sealing barrier and dragged them into Endless Storm, where their divine weapons could not scratch him. He pierced them with his split tail and began transforming and brainwashing them.

• The Death Reaper and the Life Shepherd prepared to respond to a sudden ring of fire, but Orsaga reached through it and grabbed them by their wings.
• Orsaga dragged the two Goddesses of War into Endless Storm, leaving Mavis and the other Demons confused about how they had appeared there.
• The Death Reaper and the Life Shepherd attacked Orsaga with their enchanted divine weapons, but they could not break through his defenses or leave a scratch.
• Orsaga split his tail and pierced both Goddesses of War, beginning to transform and brainwash them.

Orsaga forcibly transformed the Life Shepherd and Death Reaper, Emiryna and Domilia, into loyal followers and raised their power to the level of Great Demons. After the other demons left, the two emerged from their eggs and knelt before him, while their new forms bore signs of their allegiance.

• Orsaga used his tail to connect to the Life Shepherd and Death Reaper and alter their consciousnesses, overcoming their resistance.
• Blood-red runes covered the two Goddesses of War, putting them into dormancy inside giant egg-shaped objects.
• Mavis asked Orsaga about the eggs, but he dismissed the gathered demons and gave them no explanation.
• The high-ranking demons silently obeyed despite their dissatisfaction, and Orsaga let them leave.
• Half an hour later, the eggs absorbed magic power and cracked open, releasing Emiryna and Domilia.
• Emiryna and Domilia knelt before Orsaga as his followers, displaying blood-red armor and wings and power raised to the level of Great Demons.

Orsaga assigned Emiryna and Domilia tasks to distribute two powerful gemstones, created from his eye and heart, to the Goddesses of War. Emiryna was sent to Asgard, while Domilia was sent to Isfe.

• Orsaga asked Emiryna and Domilia whether they had adapted to their new power, and both assured him they were nearly ready.
• Orsaga turned the eye on his forehead into a red gemstone and ordered Emiryna to place it in every Goddess of War's residence in Asgard.
• Emiryna eagerly accepted the gemstone, while Domilia grew jealous and waited for her own assignment.
• Orsaga opened his chest, removed his blazing heart, and transformed it into a second red gemstone.
• Orsaga ordered Domilia to take the heart gemstone to Isfe, and she accepted it with fervent excitement.

Emiryna infiltrated Asgard while disguised and brought Orsaga’s Red Gemstone to her residence. After confirming the realm suited his needs, she left to visit old friends as the gemstone began secretly corrupting Asgard.

• Emiryna arrived at Asgard and fooled the gate guards by claiming Domilia had stayed behind to perform her duties.
• She reached her shared residence with Domilia, secured the room, and showed Orsaga the Red Gemstone.
• Orsaga used the gemstone’s vision to survey Asgard and confirmed that the realm met his requirements.
• Emiryna left to move around Asgard as usual, while the gemstone blended into her jewelry and began spreading an invisible corruption.

Orsaga secretly began altering unborn Goddesses of War so they would see themselves as his loyal subordinates. In Isfe, Domilia cleared a valley for him, where a black vortex grew into a sky-reaching tornado and Orsaga sensed the still-blank destiny of world destruction.

• Orsaga used the Corrupting Power to shape the self-awareness and worldview of the Goddess of War Eggs in their sanctuary.
• Domilia arrived in Isfe and flew to a vast valley amid the World Tree's roots.
• Domilia swept the valley with her scythe, destroying every undead creature within it.
• Domilia presented the site to Orsaga, who approved it and told her to leave.
• Orsaga's Red Gemstone sank into the earth, and a black vortex grew into a gigantic tornado as it absorbed the slain undead.
• Orsaga sensed a blank destiny within the World Tree: the destiny of world destruction.

Orsaga discovered that the valley was a likely birthplace for the World Ender and changed his plan to claim the world-ending destiny for himself. As his ritual transformed his heart into a gigantic black egg, the Fate Weavers sensed the disturbance but chose not to interfere.

• Orsaga sensed that the future World Ender had not yet been determined and recognized his valley as a likely place for one to emerge.
• Orsaga reversed the Black Tornado and began a ritual that drew in energy, Earth Veins, and undead from across Iffis.
• The three Fate Weavers felt the disturbance in the River of Fate and discussed whether to intervene or contend for the pinnacle of fate.
• The Fate Weavers recalled how the Primordial Dragon and the Primordial Cat had overwhelmed would-be challengers, and they accepted their own helplessness.
• Orsaga successfully transferred the world-ending destiny to his heart, transforming it into a black egg as the valley filled with black slurry, drizzle, wind, and lightning.

A colossal black egg in Iffis hatched into a black Young Dragon as undead fed its Black Mist, and the heavens unleashed a devastating lightning strike against him. The Young Dragon revealed the World Ender’s Innate Authority and met the strike with his Dragon Breath, drawing the attention of powerful beings across the World Tree.

• Undead Creatures repeatedly approached the colossal black egg and were destroyed, their Black Mist flowing into the fog surrounding it.
• A black Young Dragon broke out of the egg as lightning and gales intensified around him.
• A crimson lightning pillar descended toward the newly hatched Young Dragon, crushing nearby undead with its soundwaves.
• The Young Dragon roared, grew to span thousands of light-years, and released his Dragon Breath and World Ender’s Innate Authority.
• The Dragon Breath collided with the lightning pillar, creating a murky sphere of light that was seen across nearby realms.
• The God king of the Scoti Pantheon, Cosmic Serpent - Koma, and a giant wolf watched the black dragon’s emergence.