Arc 54Ragnarok in Asgard

Si Xiaonan’s use of Gjallarhorn unleashed Odin’s hidden Cthulhu corruption across Asgard, while Thor and Bragi fought over the realm’s origin. Bragi became Supreme and began purging the corrupted gods to try to revive Idunn, then faced Odin in the void as reinforcements approached.

  • Si Xiaonan led the escaped prisoners and Great Xia fighters toward Asgard’s sacred mountain, where Zhou Ping, Monkey King, and Yang Jian joined the battle against Tyr and the Norse Gods.
  • Si Xiaonan sounded Gjallarhorn, and scarlet Worm Eyes spread through the Norse Gods as Verdandi and the others uncovered Odin’s long-term poisoning of the Sacred River.
  • Odin killed Sif and overpowered Thor and the three Norns, while Thor absorbed Asgard’s origin and used Idunn’s life force to force his way toward the Supreme realm.
  • Bragi confronted Thor over Idunn’s sacrifice, and Monkey King and Gilgamesh helped him reach Thor and extract Asgard’s origin, killing Thor and causing the insect swarm to collapse.
  • Bragi took in Asgard’s origin and became Supreme, then used his music to weaken the corrupted gods’ connection to their divine realms and filled the Holy Grail with their blood.
  • Bragi gave Skuld a chance to escape toward Great Xia and played his letters to Idunn across Asgard before facing Odin, who dragged him into the void as Lin Qiye saw reinforcements approaching.
Chapters 1329–1353 Vol. 14 Read

Ch. 1329Storms on the Horizon

Si Xiaonan escaped the Abyssal Dungeon with Agni and Ymir and led the group toward Asgard’s sacred mountain. In the Rainbow Bridge maze, Guan Zai’s power gave out as the maze faded, and Queen Mother of the West revealed that someone else had killed Loki; the Great Xia fighters chose to keep advancing.

  • Jinian explained that the Horn of Fate could herald a disaster whose true source might lie elsewhere, then used her power to contact the outside group.
  • A pillar of fire tore through the Abyssal Dungeon as Si Xiaonan escaped on Fenrir with Agni and Ymir, both Lord Gods.
  • Si Xiaonan said she had made a deal with Agni and Ymir and led the group toward Asgard’s sacred mountain, declaring that she had returned.
  • Zhou Ping found Guan Zai as the Red Brick Maze faded, and Guan Zai admitted that he needed time to recover.
  • Queen Mother of the West said Loki was dead and that a little girl had killed him.
  • The Monkey King urged the Great Xia fighters to continue fighting rather than return home.

Ch. 1330Heading to the Rendezvous

Zuo Qing and the other Human Apex figures learned that Lin Qiye, Jinian, and their allies were battling Norse forces near Asgard’s sacred mountain. Queen Mother of the West agreed to risk an assault on Asgard, and the group set out to rendezvous with Lin Qiye.

  • A distant explosion shook Asgard, and the repaired walkie-talkie let Zuo Qing reconnect with Jinian and Baili Pangpang amid the fighting.
  • Baili Pangpang explained that Si Xiaonan had led rescued criminal god prisoners toward the sacred mountain, while Jinian fought off a Norse God who ambushed her.
  • Lin Qiye reported that gods from Giant Country, the Dwarven Kingdom, and the underworld were arriving, threatening Si Xiaonan’s temporary rebel force.
  • Queen Mother of the West agreed to attack Asgard and damage its divine kingdom origin or national fortune, and Zuo Qing told Lin Qiye they would rendezvous with him.
  • Zhou Ping, Yang Jian, Monkey King, and the other Human Apex figures rushed toward the disturbance.

Ch. 1331Sowing the Future

Bragi and Skuld began reviving the Eternal Garden while Urd kept watch over Bragi, who was prophesied to become the source of Ragnarok. Elsewhere, Lin Qiye’s team pushed toward Asgard’s heart until Vila, the Forest God, ambushed them with a branch spear.

  • Bragi ignored the fighting in Asgard and focused on restoring the Eternal Garden for his returning wife.
  • Skuld planted Scale-Treading Chrysanthemum seeds, and her accelerated-time power made them sprout almost immediately.
  • Urd told Bragi that Verdandi was watching Asgard for an invading Great Xia God and admitted she was staying to keep an eye on him.
  • Fenrir and the bloodstained girl led Lin Qiye’s group through Asgard as they fought off scattered gods.
  • Lin Qiye and An Qingyu dodged a spear attack that wounded Lin Qiye and destroyed a temple.
  • Lin Qiye recognized the attacker as Vila, the Forest God, who had been acting alongside them that morning.

Ch. 1332Thor Ascends the Throne

Vera revealed that Thor had united the remaining Norse gods and become Asgard’s God King, leaving Si Xiaonan’s group and the Great Xia forces surrounded. Zhou Ping, the Monkey King, and Yang Jian arrived to aid them, and the two sides began fighting as Zhou Ping confronted Tyr.

  • Vera appeared, and Tyr and the other gods on Thor’s side surrounded Si Xiaonan’s group and the escaped prisoners.
  • Tyr announced that Thor had become God King and ordered the prisoners to surrender or be executed, while Si Xiaonan refused to back down.
  • Zhou Ping struck Tyr with a sword, then the Monkey King and Yang Jian arrived to support the Great Xia forces.
  • Tyr ordered the gods to attack, and Si Xiaonan called for a breakout as the major criminals and Great Xia gods joined the battle.
  • Zhou Ping blocked Tyr’s counterattack and reminded him that Tyr had been no match for him even before losing both hands.

Ch. 1333Odin Returns

Thor restored Asgard’s divine origin and placed Idunn’s Soul within it before Odin unexpectedly returned and urged him to rebuild Asgard under Odin’s control. Meanwhile, Lin Qiye and his companions fought the Norse Gods, and Lin Qiye recognized the goddess Verdandi.

  • Thor returned Asgard’s divine origin to the God King’s Palace and placed Idunn’s Soul inside it, hoping to revive her.
  • Odin appeared in the palace, told Thor he wanted a ruler who would control the Norse Gods for him, and asked Thor to follow him.
  • Tyr continued fighting the Sword Saint despite his many wounds as Lin Qiye and Baili Pangpang watched from the Somersault Cloud.
  • A goddess carrying a spear fell near Lin Qiye, who identified her as Verdandi, the goddess of the present.

Ch. 1334Keep You Safe

Verdandi joined the battle against Zhou Ping, then fought Queen Mother of the West while Zhou Ping turned back to the wounded Tyr. Master Chen rescued Lin Qiye and the others from a vine-blade attack and sheltered them in his Mindscape until the fighting ended.

  • Verdandi attacked Zhou Ping and forced him back, then told him that he could not defeat her yet.
  • Lin Qiye explained that Verdandi ranked among the world's strongest chief gods, while Zhou Ping had only recently reached the divine realm.
  • Queen Mother of the West challenged Verdandi with the Kunlun Mirror, and Zhou Ping left them to attack the wounded Tyr.
  • Vine blades threatened Lin Qiye and his companions, but Master Chen's carriage knocked them aside and carried the group into his Mindscape.
  • Master Chen scolded the group for watching the battle and promised to keep them safe until the fighting ended.

Ch. 1335Just Beginning

Lin Qiye and the Nightfall Squad waited inside Master Chen’s Mindscape while the Norse Gods attacked from outside, and Master Chen left to join the God War. Meanwhile, Si Xiaonan survived a brutal siege and revealed Gjallarhorn, declaring that the real show was only beginning.

  • Forest God Vili broke into the Mindscape, but Master Chen blasted him back and repaired the barrier.
  • Jiang Er worried that the growing number of Norse Gods might overwhelm them, while Master Chen reassured the squad and brewed tea.
  • Lin Qiye, An Qingyu, and Cao Yuan felt guilty about sitting safely inside as others fought, so Master Chen reminded them that their battlefield lay in the future.
  • Master Chen left the carriage to test himself against the Norse Gods.
  • Fenrir caught the wounded Si Xiaonan as she fell, and her injuries rapidly healed while the Norse Gods surrounded her.
  • Si Xiaonan rejected the Norse Gods’ demand to surrender, produced Gjallarhorn from the Black Box, and startled them.

Ch. 1336Norse Disaster Begins

Si Xiaonan sounded Gjallarhorn, unleashing its call across the Norse realms while Zhou Ping killed Tyr. As Odin pressed Thor to join him in rebuilding a real Asgard, Thor refused and claimed his place as God King, but Odin hinted that he had prepared contingencies as a scarlet hue gathered in the clouds.

  • Si Xiaonan sounded Gjallarhorn, and its shockwave swept across Asgard and the other Norse realms.
  • Zhou Ping told Tyr that he and his allies might be part of the disaster, then killed him with his sword.
  • Lin Qiye, Cao Yuan, An Qingyu, and Baili Pangpang heard Gjallarhorn from inside Lin Qiye's Mindscape.
  • Odin told Thor that Asgard and the other divine kingdoms were fabricated and asked him to help rebuild a real Asgard, but Thor refused.
  • Thor warned Odin not to harm Asgard and declared himself the God King of the Norse Gods.
  • Odin asked Thor who had governed Asgard during the past century and hinted that he had contingencies as a scarlet hue gathered in the clouds.

Ch. 1337Disaster Strikes

During the God War, Si Xiaonan sounded Gjallarhorn, and a crimson presence appeared over Asgard as scarlet Worm Eyes erupted from the Norse Gods. Si Xiaonan recovered and chose not to sound the horn again, while Yang Jian and the others faced the spreading disaster.

  • A crimson hue spread over the divine mountain, and Yang Jian noticed Cthulhu's aura while fighting Vili.
  • Scarlet Worm Eyes grew from Vili's body, multiplying despite his attempts to tear them out and crush them.
  • The Norse Gods across the battlefield developed Worm Eyes and heard a voice in their heads, leaving the Great Xia Gods and Human Apex stunned.
  • Agni wondered whether Gjallarhorn, the Horn of Disaster, had caused the phenomenon.
  • Si Xiaonan regenerated after sounding Gjallarhorn and decided not to blow it again, fearing the disaster could affect the Great Xia Gods.

Ch. 1338Source of the Contamination

A Cthulhu-like contamination spread through Asgard, driving its Norse Gods mad and turning flowers and water red. Lin Qiye recognized the source as ashes from Hell, while Verdandi remained unaffected and Urd realized the Sacred River might be involved.

  • The Monkey King smashed a frenzied Norse God as Zhou Ping and Queen Mother of the West observed the contaminated battlefield, and Queen Mother of the West asked why Verdandi was unharmed.
  • Urd heard Gjallarhorn sound and wondered whether Ragnarok had begun again, while Skuld noticed the flowers in the Eternal Garden turning to ash.
  • Urd identified the spreading corruption as Cthulhu contamination and discovered red traces in the garden water from the Sacred River.
  • Master Chen repeatedly shut the carriage door on Baili Pangpang, then listened when Lin Qiye warned that familiar auras were nearby.
  • Lin Qiye recognized the Norse Gods’ tumors and Worm Eyes as signs of contamination by Odin’s Cthulhu-type ashes from Hell.

Ch. 1339The Wrong God King?

Lin Qiye and An Qingyu discovered that Odin had secretly contaminated the Sacred River for a century, turning the Norse Gods into potential pawns of the Lovecraftian Gods. Verdandi charged toward the God King's Palace to confront Odin, while Thor discovered that he and Sif were also becoming contaminated and demanded answers from his father.

  • An Qingyu identified the Norse Gods' corruption as contamination that had spread from within their bodies.
  • Verdandi struck the Sacred River's source and exposed ash flowing through its waters, revealing how Odin had contaminated Asgard.
  • Lin Qiye and An Qingyu concluded that Odin had poisoned the river over many years to control Norse Mythology.
  • Verdandi blamed Odin for the coming Ragnarok and flew toward the God King's Palace to kill him.
  • Thor discovered a Worm Eye on his body and saw Sif's flesh tumors, then confronted Odin, who said Loki would have been better suited to manage Asgard as his puppet.

Ch. 1340The Berserk Thunder God

Odin killed Sif and overpowered Thor, revealing his plan to reach the other shore while Asgard fell to the Black Goat’s corruption. Verdandi arrived and confronted Odin, who recognized that she had escaped corruption because she and her sisters had never entered Asgard or drunk from the Sacred River.

  • Thor faltered under Odin’s claim that Asgard’s ruin was his fault, but Sif warned him that Odin was manipulating his mind.
  • Odin appeared behind Sif and killed her, then told Thor she was fabricated and promised to give him a real Sif after reaching the other shore.
  • Thor attacked Odin repeatedly, but Odin knocked him back and his body became covered in scarlet worms despite Thor burning away the corruption with lightning.
  • Odin used Gungnir to shatter Thor’s hammer and pin him to the ruins of the divine throne, ordering him to watch Asgard perish.
  • Verdandi burst into the divine hall and struck Odin, but he deflected her spear and realized she had avoided corruption because she and her sisters had never entered Asgard or drunk from the Sacred River.
  • Verdandi called Odin a beast and faced him with killing intent.

Ch. 1341Three Goddesses Battle Odin

Urd and Skuld joined Verdandi on the sacred mountain to fight Odin, whose chaotic divine aura and power surpassed Vishnu’s. As Odin attacked the three goddesses, Urd invoked Verdandi’s past while Skuld tried to evolve her future, but Skuld’s attempt failed.

  • Skuld sensed Verdandi in danger, so Urd flew with her toward the sacred mountain and left Bragi behind.
  • Verdandi fought Odin among the ruins, but he overpowered her and shattered the mountains around them.
  • Urd and Skuld arrived to aid Verdandi, who warned that Odin was more terrifying than Vishnu.
  • Odin attacked the three goddesses by creating a collapsing abyss that pulled them toward it.
  • Urd transformed into a younger version of Verdandi, while Skuld tried to evolve into Verdandi’s future but collapsed after spitting blood.

Ch. 1342Leave the Future Behind

Skuld fled after Verdandi and Urd confronted Odin, while Bragi discovered that Vali had become a monster in the ruins of Asgard. The chapter left Bragi facing Vali’s attack and unaware of the full strength of his fused divine powers.

  • Odin told Skuld that she had no future, and Verdandi and Urd teleported her away from him.
  • Verdandi and Urd urged Skuld to escape and find Lin Qiye, then charged Odin as Skuld ran from the battlefield.
  • Bragi explored the ruined Asgard and encountered a tumor-covered monster that he recognized as Vali.
  • Vali begged Bragi to kill him, then attacked, and Bragi evaded him with unexpected speed.

Ch. 1343Thor at Death's Door

Bragi fought and killed the corrupted Vali, then hurried toward Idunn as he realized other gods might have become monsters too. Pinned by Gungnir in the God King's Palace, Thor discovered Asgard's origin remained and decided to fuse it with himself to reach the Supreme realm and save Asgard.

  • Vali's worm eyes and flesh tumors attacked Bragi, who used a powerful poem to unleash a lightning hurricane against him.
  • Bragi killed the still-advancing Vali with another lightning hurricane and grieved over his death.
  • Hearing anguished cries nearby, Bragi realized Vali might not be the only corrupted god and rushed toward Idunn's temple.
  • Thor failed to pull Gungnir from his chest and saw the corruption spreading through Asgard.
  • Thor summoned the Illusory Sea and found Asgard's origin, then resolved to fuse it with himself to reach the Supreme realm.

Ch. 1344Great Xia Evacuates

Thor used Asgard’s origin to force a breakthrough toward the Supreme realm as Great Xia’s forces decided to retreat from Asgard. The group escaped across the Rainbow Bridge, but Monkey King revealed that Bragi had entered the shattered God King’s Palace.

  • Thor absorbed Asgard’s origin and unleashed a pillar of light as he attempted to reach the Supreme realm.
  • Odin killed Urd, but Verdandi attacked him from behind and pierced his heart with her spear.
  • Lin Qiye and Queen Mother of the West recognized that Thor was using Asgard’s origin, and Zuo Qing urged Great Xia’s forces to retreat.
  • Queen Mother of the West extended the Rainbow Bridge, and the group crossed it to leave Asgard.
  • Monkey King stopped Lin Qiye and said he had seen Bragi enter the shattered God King’s Palace.

Ch. 1345Offer Yourself Once More

Monkey King and Lin Qiye left the Rainbow Bridge to help Bragi while the others continued ahead. At the God King's Palace, Thor tore Gungnir from his chest and seized Asgard's origin, but as his body began to rupture, he tried to absorb Idunn's soul crystal to survive.

  • Monkey King told the others he was going to help a friend, and Lin Qiye joined him on the Somersault Cloud.
  • An Qingyu led Baili Pangpang and Cao Yuan onward, while Yang Jian agreed to wait in the mist.
  • Thor pulled Gungnir from his chest and used Asgard's origin to force himself into the realm of the Supreme.
  • Thor's body began bursting apart under the origin's power, and he refused to surrender himself to the Worm Eyes within him.
  • Thor recognized Idunn's purple crystal as a source of life force, grabbed it, and bit down, shattering it.

Ch. 1346Bragi's Fury

Bragi reached the ruined temple and discovered Thor had consumed and destroyed the amethyst tied to Idunn, then learned Thor had sacrificed her life and vitality to pursue the Supreme state. Bragi attacked Thor with newfound strength and his harp, leaving Thor battered in the shattered ruins.

  • Bragi hurried to the temple and found Thor chewing the amethyst while surrounded by the Illusory Sea.
  • Thor blasted Bragi with lightning, then spat out and crushed the remaining crystal fragments when consuming them failed to stabilize his power.
  • Thor told Bragi that he had used Idunn’s life and vitality to reach the Supreme state and claimed her sacrifice was her duty to the Norse.
  • Bragi struck Thor through his lightning and vowed to kill him for betraying their trust and condemning Idunn.
  • Bragi snapped his harp strings, unleashing cutting sound waves and a whirlwind that battered Thor and drove him into the ground.

Ch. 1347Musician

Thor’s body collapsed under Asgard’s source before flesh-worms transformed him into a monster and restored his strength. As Thor attacked Bragi for Idunn’s heart, Monkey King arrived to take the fight, and Gilgamesh prepared to leave the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.

  • Thor’s body began failing under the forced fusion with Asgard’s source, but flesh-worms replaced his organs and drove his strength toward Supremacy.
  • Thor attacked Bragi with crimson lightning, pinned him, and blasted a hole through his chest.
  • Bragi’s Life Law and Idunn’s heart healed his wound, and Thor demanded that he surrender the heart.
  • Monkey King struck Thor with the Golden Cudgel and told Bragi to step back while he fought.
  • Monkey King addressed Gilgamesh through Lin Qiye, and Gilgamesh announced that he was going out.

Ch. 1348Fellow Patients

Lin Qiye, Sun Wukong, and Gilgamesh joined Bragi’s fight against Thor, marking the hospital patients’ first battle together. Afterward, Lin Qiye revealed what he knew about Idunn and gave Bragi the Holy Grail as a possible way to revive her.

  • Gilgamesh emerged from Lin Qiye’s hospital, and he and Sun Wukong stood with Bragi as Thor confronted them.
  • Sun Wukong attacked Thor while Gilgamesh told Lin Qiye to use the Star Coin to summon a version of him from Lin Qiye’s memories.
  • Lin Qiye summoned Gilgamesh with the Star Coin, and the manifested king joined Sun Wukong in striking Thor’s insect-mountain form.
  • Bragi thanked Lin Qiye, who explained that Idunn’s soul had not been in the crystal and that she had given Bragi her heart and laws.
  • Lin Qiye gave Bragi the King’s Holy Grail, and Bragi hoped its power might revive Idunn.

Ch. 1349What Can a God King Do?

Bragi, the Monkey King, and Gilgamesh attacked Thor after he transformed into a regenerating insect monster. Bragi reached Thor and tore Asgard’s source from his chest, leaving Thor’s fate unresolved.

  • Thor’s body fused with the insect swarm, and the Monkey King and Gilgamesh struggled against his regenerating tentacles.
  • Bragi explained that removing Asgard’s source would stop Thor’s regeneration and asked the Monkey King and Gilgamesh to open a path to him.
  • The Monkey King and Gilgamesh carved a deep passage through the insect mountain while Bragi descended toward Thor.
  • Bragi pulled Thor from the swarm and severed his arm when Thor tried to attack him.
  • Bragi pierced Thor’s chest and began extracting the prism that held Asgard’s source.

Ch. 1350I Want Her Back

Bragi seized Asgard’s origin from Thor and sacrificed Thor to the Holy Grail, desperately wishing for his wife Idunn to return. The Grail did not answer, but Asgard’s origin began merging with Bragi and raised him toward the Supreme realm.

  • As the origin left Thor, Asgard’s insect mountain shook, and Bragi endured the swarm’s attack while holding on to the Prism origin.
  • Bragi pulled the Prism origin from Thor, killed him, and watched the worms collapse as the insect mountain shriveled.
  • Bragi placed Thor’s remains in the Holy Grail and repeatedly begged it to resurrect Idunn, but it showed no response.
  • Lin Qiye tried to comfort Bragi, who wondered whether his wish had failed because his heart was not sincere enough.
  • Bragi’s divine power surged as Asgard’s origin merged with his body, and Gilgamesh told him he was about to reach the Supreme realm.

Ch. 1351Symphony of Fallen Gods

Odin killed Verdandi after learning Thor had died and Asgard’s origin had been taken. Bragi used the origin to become a Supreme and resolved to purge the corrupted Norse gods, turning their power into sacrifices to revive Idunn.

  • Odin sensed Thor’s death and realized someone had taken Asgard’s origin, then killed Verdandi when she challenged him.
  • Bragi grieved over his wife and resisted becoming Supreme, but the Monkey King urged him to use the Holy Grail and seek sacrifices.
  • Bragi absorbed Asgard’s origin and ascended to Supreme as the ruined Norse realm echoed with the cries of corrupted gods.
  • Bragi told Lin Qiye he would purge the corrupted Norse gods so their divine power could help revive Idunn.
  • Bragi explained that Asgard’s origin let him locate the gods and reach them through sound, then began his final symphony.

Ch. 1352"The Sky's Poet"

Skuld escaped toward Great Xia after Bragi severed her connection to Asgard, while Bragi used his harp to reveal the letters he had exchanged with Idunn. His sorrowful music reached the corrupted Norse Gods, who began to weep.

  • Skuld sensed that Urd and Verdandi had died and set out for Great Xia to find Lin Qiye.
  • Bragi told Skuld not to turn back, then used his harp to sever her connection to Asgard's source.
  • As Skuld flew onward, she heard Bragi's mournful harp and realized she was crying.
  • Bragi played among the ruins of the divine mountain, and more than two thousand letters to Idunn appeared and were recited aloud.
  • The corrupted Norse Gods heard Bragi's music, stopped howling, and wept bloody tears.

Ch. 1353The Overflowing "Holy Grail"

Bragi used The Sky's Poet to weaken and kill corrupted Norse Gods, collecting their blood in the Holy Grail before Odin confronted him and dragged him into the void to fight. Lin Qiye, Monkey King, and Gilgamesh could only wait, but Lin Qiye spotted reinforcements approaching.

  • Bragi's song reached across Asgard, moved its gods, and weakened their connection to the origin and their divine realms.
  • Bragi snapped the harp's strings to kill corrupted Norse Gods, sending their blood into the Holy Grail until it overflowed.
  • Odin appeared and demanded Asgard's origin and the Holy Grail, but Bragi handed the Grail to Monkey King and faced Odin himself.
  • Odin froze space-time and dragged Bragi into the void, leaving Lin Qiye, Monkey King, and Gilgamesh unable to follow.
  • Lin Qiye saw a golden streak approaching and announced that reinforcements were coming.
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