Chapter Summaries

Mary Shaw served Orsaga a lavish meal while he watched events unfold, including the Magic Talisman losing control. Roland Deschain arrived after obtaining the talisman, and he faced Orsaga, whose true presence towered beyond reality and fantasy.

• Mary Shaw brought Orsaga a feast, but he said he was watching something interesting rather than eating.
• Mary Shaw sensed that Ma Teng had died and the barrier sealing the Magic Talisman had lost control.
• Roland Deschain appeared in Orsaga’s castle, and Mary Shaw recognized that he had obtained the Magic Talisman.
• Roland ignored Mary Shaw and focused on Orsaga, understanding that the figure on the throne was only a shadow of an existence beyond reality and fantasy.
• Orsaga’s unseen presence sent a savage wind through every level and Timeline of the Dark Tower, while the Transition Period’s disasters were revealed as incidental effects.

Roland confronted Orsaga, the Bloody King, and learned that Orsaga’s evil threatened countless timelines. Roland summoned the dead protagonists of earlier cycles to join him, but Orsaga welcomed the coming battle and began revealing his True Body Form.

• Roland recognized that he could not defeat Orsaga, while Orsaga calmly asked whether he had come to challenge him.
• Orsaga accepted Roland’s challenge and transported him to the blood-red garden at the Dark Tower’s top floor.
• Roland invoked the White Realm and summoned dead protagonists from earlier cycles, including King Arthur and Jack Sawyer.
• The resurrected protagonists explained that Gann had promised to restore their destroyed cycles if they defeated the Bloody King.
• Orsaga delighted in the returning fighters and began revealing his True Body Form.

Orsaga unleashed a blood-red scorching sun that burned through every layer and reality of the Dark Tower, overwhelming its defenders and destroying Roland and the others. Gann watched with approval, then restored and multiplied the Dark Tower as he awaited Orsaga’s attempt to reach the peak.

• Orsaga’s power expanded until the Dark Tower’s highest floor collapsed and blood-red suns appeared across its layers and realities.
• The blood-colored flames indiscriminately burned time, space, matter, life, thoughts, and dreams throughout the Dark Tower.
• Pennywise fled in terror, Mazhuling and other powerful beings were injured, and Orsaga instantly wiped out Roland and the others.
• Gann watched Orsaga’s destruction and wondered whether he could ascend to become an existence on Gann’s level.
• Gann restored the destroyed Dark Tower, split it into countless facets, and decided to expand his story theater.

Orsaga’s Ideal Dream Race reached power comparable to his own, and he began merging every version of himself across time to attain true omniscience and omnipotence. The Race agreed to become his sacrifices after securing his promise to resurrect them, and they held a banquet with him before giving everything up.

• The hourglass ran out, causing the Ideal Dreamland’s power to surge until even its weakest members surpassed Pennywise.
• Orsaga asked the Ideal Dreamland for its answer and gathered his past, present, future, and avatars into one perfect self.
• Orsaga’s power shook Crimson Heaven and swept away nearby Abyss Layers, prompting the Abyss Lords to flee.
• The Ideal Dream Race asked Orsaga to resurrect them and grant them freedom after his ascension, and he promised to do so.
• The Ideal Dream Race requested a banquet with Orsaga, and they began celebrating together before offering themselves as sacrifices.

After the Ideal Dream Race ascended, Orsaga began his own ascension by sacrificing his authority and origin to the Abyssal Will. As he rose toward Demon Prince Level, he saw infinitely many paths to the top of the food chain and realized he could create a new concept and embed it throughout the Multiverse.

• The Ideal Dream Race completed its ascension after bidding farewell to Orsaga, who promised they could meet again if he reached true Omniscient and Omnipotent.
• Orsaga unleashed his power across the Crimson Heaven and turned his authority and origin into fuel for his ascension.
• The Ozhaki Race celebrated Orsaga’s ascent, while his wives and daughters gathered to support him despite sharing its risks.
• Orsaga’s Lord’s Proof shattered, and the Abyssal Will drew him toward the level above Demon Lord Level.
• As his powers and attributes were consumed and replaced with pure power, Orsaga perceived infinitely many paths upward and realized he could create a new concept and make it an extension of himself.

Orsaga abandoned his planned Pain Concept and created Eternity of Evil, an abstract concept ensuring that all things would inevitably encounter malicious influences. He began ascending toward Abyss Prince Level, and the Multiverse’s Great Beings sensed a new climber as related concepts emerged.

• Orsaga learned that a successful concept would endure alongside him and become a permanent part of the Multiverse, then chose to abandon the Pain Concept.
• Orsaga defined Eternity of Evil, making inevitable malice a force that could afflict all things at any time and in any form.
• Orsaga declared his ambition to become the source, process, and result of all things, then began climbing the path toward the summit.
• As Orsaga climbed, his malice randomly brought disasters and difficulties to places, people, and groups across the Multiverse.
• The Great Beings sensed a new climber, while Eternity of Evil overlapped with other concepts and prompted related concepts, including Eternal Good, to emerge.

Orsaga began his ascension to Demon Prince by placing the Supreme Crown on his head and enduring the Multiverse’s resistance as Eternity of Evil expanded through all existence. He succeeded, becoming a Demon Prince and making Eternity of Evil a permanent constituent of the Multiverse.

• Orsaga reached an altar bearing a changing crown and understood that wearing it would force Eternity of Evil to expand throughout the Multiverse.
• Orsaga placed the crown on his head, beginning his ascension as infinite power destroyed his True Body Form.
• The Multiverse’s malice shattered Orsaga’s will, but his absolute confidence continued to radiate as his will spread across all times, spaces, and things.
• Orsaga comprehended himself as Formless Evil, Eternity of Evil, and Indeterminate Yet Inevitable Malice.
• Orsaga emerged as a Demon Prince, and Eternity of Evil became one of the Multiverse’s Constant Constituent Elements.

Orsaga completed his ascent and became a formless Great Being who embodied Eternity of Evil, surpassing time, space, and his own history. He named the shared characteristic of beings who embodied Complete Concepts “One of the Great” and explained how their power and coverage worked.

• Orsaga transcended his former existence, condensed his old appearance out of habit, and manifested throughout the Multiverse and its Time and Space Planes.
• Orsaga recognized that his power had increased beyond any meaningful mathematical comparison and that he had become one of the Multiverse’s Constant Constituent Elements.
• Orsaga named his new characteristic “One of the Great,” explaining that each Great Being embodied a Complete Concept and occupied a portion of the Multiverse.
• Orsaga explained that Great Beings held roughly equal power, while their different coverage determined where they could unleash it without restriction.
• Orsaga noted that Abyss Lord Level beings could sometimes escape Abyss Prince Level beings, but a Prince who pursued them seriously could kill them with ease.

Orsaga's One of the Great trait gave him perfect immortality and caused his power to grow in sync with the other Abyss Prince Level Complete Concepts. His domain over malice let him draw strength from any malice across the Multiverse, while the Multiverse and other Complete Concepts reciprocally influenced and empowered one another.

• Orsaga gained perfect immortality and a constant enhancement that linked his growth to the other Abyss Prince Level Complete Concepts.
• The trait caused Orsaga and the other Great Beings to grow stronger whenever any of them increased their power.
• Orsaga's actions and thoughts could bring him strength from Complete Concepts whose domains they touched, such as slaughter and love.
• As Eternity of Evil (Indeterminate Yet Inevitable Malice), Orsaga gained power from any malice, suffering, or calamity that touched his domain, even across the Multiverse.
• The chapter described the Great Beings, Complete Concepts, and Multiverse as mutually entangled in an endless cycle of reciprocal influence and growth.

The chapter explained the near-infinite power and resilience of Abyss Prince Level beings, distinguishing Complete Concepts from Living High-level Planes by how their strength operated inside and outside their territories. It ended with the author noting that the novel had entered its final stage and would probably conclude that month.

• The narrator described the Multiverse as a Critical True Infinity State and said only the Bottomless Abyssal Will or Multiversal Will could truly erase beings at the apex.
• The narrator explained that Orsaga could survive even extreme attempts to kill himself because his Demon Prince-level abilities constantly blurred the line between possibility and impossibility.
• The narrator contrasted the rapid growth methods of Great Demons and Demon Lords with Demon Princes, whose strength surpassed those methods outright.
• The narrator explained that Living High-level Planes held power within their own territories, while Complete Concepts were freer and stronger throughout the wider Multiverse.
• The narrator said Orsaga could potentially become a Living High-level Plane by independently consuming the Warp Space Chaos Gods and merging his will with the plane.
• The author stated that the novel had entered its final stage and would probably be completed that month.

Orsaga restored Crimson Heaven and transformed it into a rapidly expanding realm while empowering his subordinates. After reuniting with his family, he celebrated his success and was embarrassed when Elsa recognized that his new Complete Concept, Eternity of Evil, evolved from his childhood habit of beating up random civilians.

• Orsaga restored Crimson Heaven and its Main Timeline, but Ideal Dreamland remained erased.
• Crimson Heaven expanded into a Living High-level Plane, and Orsaga granted special authority to his core subordinates, including the three Ozhaki Leaders.
• Orsaga's wife and daughters adapted to their increased power and embraced him to congratulate him.
• Elsa questioned why Eternity of Evil seemed familiar, then realized it let Orsaga find random victims to torment.
• Orsaga felt embarrassed as he admitted that Eternity of Evil had grown from his childhood hobby of beating up random civilians.

Orsaga explained that his ambition to spread suffering came from enjoying others’ misfortune, and the reborn Crimson Heaven became a vast power drawing tribute from across the Abyss. The tribute bearers’ anguish itself strengthened Orsaga, while their treasures mattered little to him.

• Allison asked Orsaga what had motivated his past cruelty, and he said he had no real motive beyond taking pleasure in others’ misfortune.
• Orsaga recalled how learning about custom mode transformed his ambition into the eternity of evil, which subjected all things to malicious influence.
• The reborn Crimson Heaven expanded across endless Time and Space Planes, and many beings regretted not pledging themselves to Orsaga sooner.
• Abyss Lords came to pay their respects, and tribute delegations filled the Crimson Heaven’s vaults with treasures.
• Orsaga gained strength from the tribute bearers’ anguish, treating their suffering as a harmful influence covered by the eternity of evil.

Contained Object—682—Immortal Abomination remained unnervingly docile while Researcher Grade A-774 worried that it was secretly preparing to escape. Meanwhile, Orsaga completed his advancement, and his Seat of Power rose to the Abyss Prince Level as the gathered Abyss Lords sensed his overwhelming evil.

• Researcher Grade A-774 monitored Immortal Abomination and requested reinforcements after its unexplained calm made him suspect danger.
• Immortal Abomination, secretly the weakened Ancestor of Dragons, waited for the Crimson King to regain his power and seethed over its imprisonment by humans.
• Purple Tribulation sensed through the transforming Seat of Power that Orsaga had successfully advanced.
• Orsaga's Seat of Power rose toward the Abyss Prince Level, and his emerging silhouette oppressed the Abyss Lords with the presence of Eternity of Evil.

Orsaga arrived at the End Venue after advancing, where he discussed the Unity Council’s plan with another being and chose to return to the arena to continue his match. Meanwhile, a Special Measures Foundation administrator learned that several Contained Objects were stirring and suspected they were connected to the Crimson King.

• Orsaga told the being who greeted him that his arrival would not end the long wait to assemble the puzzle pieces for the Unity Council’s plan to destroy the Multiverse.
• The being said Orsaga’s advancement had made the Multiverse stronger and pushed their goal farther away, but accepted that the group had grown used to waiting.
• Greed told Orsaga that he had already won by advancing, but could give up his immediate victory and reenter the arena to play with the others.
• Orsaga chose to return to the arena so he could use his new power to bully the weaker participants, and Greed warned him not to damage Boundless Dreamscape.
• At a Special Measures Foundation base, an assistant reported that the stored spears and several other Contained Objects were agitated and likely connected to the Crimson King.
• The base administrator hesitated over applying for access to the restricted Crimson King file, while suspecting that higher-ups were already responding to the disturbance.

The Ancestor of Dragons unleashed its fury on Earth, destroying cities, invading troops, and the Moon before sensing a greater confrontation approaching. At the Foundation’s core base, the O5 Council concluded that the Crimson King had returned and chose to observe in silence.

• The Base Administrator watched red light pour from the spear and erase his base as seven pillars of light rose across Earth.
• The Ancestor of Dragons devastated cities while Orsaga watched, and the Foundation’s troops and temporal-device Moon were destroyed when they appeared.
• The Ancestor of Dragons sensed a change beyond the universe and prepared to fight the Foundation under its superior’s orders.
• At the Foundation’s core base, staff reported that the pillars affected trillions of Parallel Worlds and that Contained Object—682’s energy was rising rapidly.
• The Commander suspected Contained Object—001—the Crimson King had returned, and the O5 Council decided to observe in silence.

Orsaga watched the O5 Council’s actions without concern, then visited the imprisoned Flying Spaghetti Monster God and revealed his advanced status. He left the Flying Spaghetti Monster God greeting him uneasily while Orsaga enjoyed showing off.

• Orsaga watched the Ancestor of Dragons attack the Foundation and toasted the Boundless Dreamscape, unconcerned by the O5 Council’s plans.
• Orsaga observed that he had no intention of directly intervening in the arena and smiled at the trouble he had set in motion.
• The imprisoned Flying Spaghetti Monster God complained that others had locked him away after he succeeded at their shared stunt.
• Orsaga appeared before the Flying Spaghetti Monster God, whose awareness of him returned after Orsaga adjusted his Self-Definition Right.
• The Flying Spaghetti Monster God learned that Orsaga had advanced and greeted him as his lord, while Orsaga savored his discomfort.

Orsaga reunited with the Flying Spaghetti Monster God and announced he would free the prisoners to make the competition more interesting. When he dissolved their cages, Azathoth awoke and devoured the three prison guards, Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, and Nyarlathotep, leaving Orsaga’s meddling to upend their long efforts.

• The Flying Spaghetti Monster God cautiously asked whether Orsaga planned to end the competition, and Orsaga said he only wanted to free the prisoners and watch what happened.
• Orsaga used his power to dissolve the prisoners’ cages throughout the upper region.
• Azathoth woke as his cage vanished and devoured the nearby prison guards Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, and Nyarlathotep.
• The three guards’ years of building factions and influence in the Trapezoidal Spacetime Layer ended in their deaths, while Orsaga regarded the chaos as entertaining.

As prisons across the upper region collapsed and their captives escaped, the contestants remained calm, suspecting one another and using the chaos to make their own moves. The chapter explained how the contestants shaped the Trapezoidal Spacetime Layer and classified Great Demon Level beings by the completeness of their abilities.

• The contestants watched countless prisons collapse and prisoners escape, but stayed calm because they had expected such an incident and believed the captives posed little threat.
• The contestants suspected one another of causing the prison break, while some even wondered if they had unknowingly caused it themselves.
• Seven-Horned Yuan Shen exploited the turmoil to plant hidden moves in the uppermost Spacetime Layer beneath the Tree of Knowledge.
• The chapter explained that contestants had reshaped the Trapezoidal Spacetime Layer so influence from upper layers could spread down through lower ones.
• The contestants distinguished Raw Materials, Defective Products, Semi-finished Products, Finished Products, and Perfect Products, noting that only Finished Products and Perfect Products could properly attempt to advance to Abyss Lord Level.

Orsaga’s seven subordinates used the spears he granted them to strengthen themselves and pursue victory while the contestants were occupied with internal conflict. The Ancestor of Dragons left the Foundation behind, and Orsaga and Greed watched as the crisis threatened the Foundation and Human Civilization.

• After receiving Orsaga’s command, the Ancestor of Dragons absorbed one of the seven spears, regained its peak strength, and unleashed a Dragon Breath that transformed vast layers of reality into dragon territory.
• The Ancestor of Dragons failed to harm the Foundation’s hidden base, abandoned its attack, and flew toward another Narrative Layer while spreading the concept of dragons.
• The Ancestor of Dragons and its six siblings set out to exploit the contestants’ infighting, hoping to win an Abyss Lord Level authority slot and considering how they might betray one another afterward.
• The white-robed O5 Council Member restored the Foundation’s base to visibility and watched the data, fearing the upheaval could destroy the Foundation and Human Civilization.
• Greed praised Orsaga’s scheming subordinates, while Orsaga said their mission would provide entertainment and a chance to test them, though he judged their chances of victory nearly nonexistent.

Orsaga returned to Lady of Pain's courtyard in Sigil City after reaching the pinnacle of his dream, displaying power far beyond the plane. He explained that every manifestation of him was now an original body, leaving Lady of Pain to ask about the nature of Abyss Prince Level beings.

• Orsaga appeared in Lady of Pain's courtyard, and Koma sensed that his aura had changed.
• Lady of Pain recognized that Orsaga had succeeded in reaching the pinnacle of his dream and marveled at his overwhelming power.
• Orsaga told Lady of Pain that every version of him was an original body, able to exist anywhere at his full strength.
• Lady of Pain asked whether every Abyss Prince Level being possessed this perfect power, and Orsaga explained that concept-path beings did while plane-path beings differed.