Chapter Summaries

Ishtar used her power to divert the catastrophic flood away from Kutha, then confronted Gugalanna as it emerged from the storm and attacked her. Ereshkigal warned that Gugalanna had been dominated and urged Ishtar to send it back to the underworld, but Ishtar hesitated because she still considered the Bull of Heaven her property.

• Ishtar split the land between Mount Epiph and Kutha, sending the floodwaters into an abyss and saving the city.
• Ishtar fired Ma'anna into the storm, but a golden hoof emerged from the clouds and blasted her into a mountainside with lightning.
• Ishtar recognized Gugalanna as the Bull of Heaven and attacked it with arrows, which failed to harm it.
• Gugalanna summoned thunderbolts and reshaped the land, collapsing the Spirit Peak and closing the abyss as floodwaters rose again.
• Ereshkigal warned Ishtar that Gugalanna had been dominated and told her to strike it into the underworld, but Ishtar protested that it was her bull.

Ishtar discovered that Gugalanna had caused the attacks on Mount Epiph and Uruk, then blasted it into the Underworld. Its interference unleashed a catastrophic flood, and Uruk was saved at the last moment by the Sun Calendar Stone.

• Ishtar realized Gugalanna had destroyed her temple on Mount Epiph and caused the earlier disasters, then attacked it with the Mount Epiph Crusher.
• Ishtar defeated Gugalanna and fled aboard Ma'anna after seeing the floodwaters threatening Uruk.
• Gugalanna made the Euphrates overflow and merge with the flash flood as Ereshkigal left the abyss.
• Uruk’s guards raised the alarm, and Samael rushed to the southern gate with Anna as Ishtar’s exhausted attack failed to stop the flood.
• Ereshkigal’s raised terrain slowed the flood, and the Sun Calendar Stone struck the ground, causing the waves to collapse and recede.

After Ishtar’s disastrous mission left Kusa destroyed and Uruk nearly flooded, Samael punished her and arranged compensation and resettlement for Kusa’s people. As Ereshkigal surveyed the damage in the Underworld, Samael began considering how to punish her too.

• Samael confronted Ishtar over the ruined Kusa, the Euphrates flood, and Gugalanna’s escape, then made her hold a stamped clay tablet declaring herself a useless goddess.
• Ishtar refused to pay compensation from her savings and chose the punishment, while Siduri explained that she had to hold the tablet until dark or face a larger fine.
• Samael ordered Siduri to compensate Kusa’s displaced people, help them rebuild near Uruk, and present Kusa’s sacrifice as a bond between the people of Kusa and Uruk.
• Samael blamed the mission’s failures on sending Ishtar and Ereshkigal without backup and considered spanking Ereshkigal as punishment.
• Ereshkigal assessed the ravaged, flooded Underworld, cursed Ishtar for being unreliable, and worried that she could not face Samael after causing more trouble.

As Uruk’s defenses held back the flood, Gilgamesh fought the spreading Dawn God’s Arm in the Fir Forest and discovered that Apsu would awaken at dawn on the seventh day. The projection broke as the forest unleashed a barrage of magic beams, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Solar Calendar Stone’s light drove rain clouds and floodwaters away from Uruk, while Leonidas feared the rising waters would soon overwhelm the defenses.
• Merlin established contact with Gilgamesh, whose projection showed the Dawn God’s Arm spreading across the Fir Forest and wasteland.
• Gilgamesh and Kingu fought the forest’s growth, and a lion-shaped monster identified as the revived Fir Beast Humbaba emerged from the ground.
• Samael warned Gilgamesh that the Bull of Heaven was approaching and that the enemy possessed Dominion Authority.
• Gilgamesh learned that the land absorbed attacks and aether to hasten Apsu’s awakening, which he said would occur at dawn on the seventh day.
• Hundreds of light cores rose above the Dawn God’s Arms and fired Magic Beams, shattering the projection in the Royal Palace Divine Tower.

Samael learned that legendary monsters had attacked several cities and organized Uruk’s defenses while Apsu remained underground. He revealed Noah’s Ark as a plan to evacuate the population downriver into the Persian Gulf, where Apsu would be weakened, leaving the group to hold out until the Ark arrived.

• The leopardman reported that Q'uq'umatz had killed Abgal after it flooded Eridu and Ur, though most people there had died.
• Samael received General Tim’s message that Apsu might emerge in five days and assigned Siduri, Merlin, the leopardman, and Ishtar preparations to protect the cities and refugees.
• Samael proposed drawing Apsu away from the land’s freshwater systems and into the Persian Gulf, but Merlin questioned how they could lure him there.
• Samael showed Merlin a blueprint for Noah’s Ark, which Ziusudra was secretly building to carry Uruk’s population downriver into the sea.
• Merlin enthusiastically explained that Apsu would weaken if he pursued the Ark into saltwater, while the people could remain at sea if he did not.

Samael and the others prepared for Apsu’s advance while confronting the danger of divine interference and the possible loss of Tiamat’s protection. He later visited the badly weakened Quetzalcoatl, who teased him by proposing marriage.

• Samael explained that Apsu would likely pursue Noah’s Ark and that the Bull of Heaven Gurra and Fir Beast Humbaba could block their escape.
• Merlin said he could not hypnotize Apsu with illusions, leaving the group to prepare for a desperate fight until the eighth day after Apsu surfaced.
• Samael reestablished contact with Mother Goddess Tiamat and learned that forcing her back into the world could trigger its destruction.
• The Sun Calendar Stone brought sunlight to Uruk while the surrounding lands remained flooded.
• Samael and Anna visited the injured Quetzalcoatl, and Samael fed her medicinal porridge as she jokingly proposed marriage.

Samael and the goddesses coordinated Uruk’s defense as Lahmu attacked from the north and corrupted spirits surged from the south. The assault eased by evening, and Ishtar hoped she had avoided having to wear the humiliating dog tag.

• Quetzalcoatl told Samael that her Solar Calendar Stone authority could last until the eighth day unless she took a serious hit, as tremors signaled attacks on both fronts.
• Samael projected the northern battlefield, where Lahmu broke through Nabisthin's Tooth but were held back by Uruk’s defenses and patrolling Leopard Beastkin.
• At the south gate, Ishtar used Sky Ark Ma'anna against the flood while Sumerian mages and Ereshkigal’s intervention destroyed the advancing evil spirits.
• Uruk’s goddess popularity rankings and campaigns strengthened human faith in the goddesses, while Samael secretly profited from the related flower and statue businesses.
• The floodwaters receded by evening, and Ishtar felt relieved that she had not failed and might avoid wearing the dog tag.

As the seventh day of the apocalypse approached, Samael found no way to bring Tiamat into the world or stop Apsu, and he spent Uruk’s possible final night with its people. Anna hosted a meal for their friends, while Samael’s worries lingered beneath the city’s brief warmth.

• Samael surveyed the devastated world and concluded that Uruk’s defenses might not withstand Apsu’s awakening, while Tiamat remained unable to cross the World Wall.
• Samael struggled to interpret Ziusudra’s prophecy, grew frustrated with its riddles, and decided to spend the night living in the present.
• Anna dragged Samael into the kitchen to help prepare a meal, and he contacted the guests she had invited.
• Quetzalcoatl and Siduri helped Anna cook, while Merlin and Miss Leopard Person drank and complained that Gilgamesh had taken his wine away.
• Samael embraced Ereshkigal and reflected on Uruk’s uncertain future before she pried his wandering hand away.
• The guests shared Anna’s meal, and the festivities ended with Quetzalcoatl knocking a drunken Leopard Man into the floor and Anna happily drinking the milk Merlin had spiked with wine.

As the Great Flood attacked Uruk on the seventh day, Ishtar and the city’s defenders prepared to protect their people while Samael coordinated the battle. Uruk’s forces trapped Humbaba and fought the Bull of Heaven, but lightning interrupted their finishing blows as the third and fourth waves of the black tide arrived.

• Ishtar thanked Samael for helping Ereshkigal, teased him about her kissing, and then blushed when he touched her sensitive ear.
• As dawn broke, Ishtar vowed to defend Uruk, whose residents organized themselves and moved into defensive positions as the Great Flood and Lahmu assaulted the city.
• Uruk’s artillery blasted apart the first northern tide, while Gilgamesh and Enkidu battled Humbaba and the defenders prepared for the Bull of Heaven’s arrival.
• Samael’s plan trapped Humbaba in an Underworld Spear Cage, and Anna rode out with Hepal to destroy the monster as Gilgamesh and Enkidu withdrew.
• Enkidu bound the Bull of Heaven with the Chains of Heaven, and Gilgamesh and Anna prepared to strike down their targets.
• Purple-white lightning struck the Spear Cage and Chains of Heaven, disrupting the attacks as the third and fourth waves of the black tide surged toward Uruk.

As the black tide’s fifth and sixth waves struck Uruk, its defenders fought to hold the walls and protect the city while Samael’s forces tried to buy time. The Solar Calendar Stone’s barrier began to fail, and Lahmu poured into Uruk as Samael awaited the enemy’s next move.

• Gilgamesh and Enkidu wounded the Bull of Heaven Gurra, while Anna and Ereshkigal killed the Fir Beast Humbaba; Samael realized their opponents were intelligent and kept the planned matchup switch in reserve.
• Gugalanna’s Heavenly Roaring Temple cracked Uruk’s barrier, but Quetzalcoatl sacrificed blood to the Solar Calendar Stone and blasted the bull away before collapsing into the Jaguar Warrior’s arms.
• The fifth and sixth waves of the black tide arrived, carrying countless Lahmu, and Leonidas organized the defenders into phalanxes to hold the North Wall.
• At the eastern breach, several hundred Kusa soldiers strengthened with Immortal Herb potions endured the Lahmu assault, while Samael revealed that Gilgamesh had gathered the herb and named the soldiers the Immortals.
• The South Gate collapsed and Lahmu flooded into Uruk; Jaguar Warriors intercepted them near the central plaza as Samael moved pieces across the sand table and hoped the fighting would delay the enemy.

Uruk’s defenders tried to delay Apsu until reinforcements arrived, using Earth Authority and the false impression that Tiamat was present to confuse him. Gilgamesh drove Apsu back briefly, but as Noah’s Ark reached the city, a storm gathered over the ships.

• Ereshkigal raised mountains to shelter Uruk’s survivors and hinder Lahmu, while the defenders fought the invading monsters through the city.
• Samael and Merlin realized Apsu was testing Uruk because he feared Tiamat, and they used signs of her presence to buy time.
• Apsu emerged from the abyss and advanced on the Northern High Ground, overwhelming Ishtar, Enkidu, and Uruk’s defenses.
• Gilgamesh invoked the Star of Creation and forced Apsu back, while the Lahmu briefly prostrated themselves at a maternal divine chant.
• Samael saw Noah’s Ark arrive from the south, but a storm formed above the ships and a bull’s head glared down at them.

Anna revealed her Gorgon form to hold Gugalanna back while the Noah’s Arks entered Uruk, and Samael’s plan cleared their route through the flooded city. As the ships prepared to dock amid the Lahmu assault, Apsu devastated the Astrology Platform, and Samael realized Uruk could no longer intimidate him.

• Anna sheltered the Noah’s Arks from Gugalanna’s lightning with her wings, then used her Petrifying Mystic Eyes to restrain the Bull of Heaven.
• Samael ordered Ereshkigal to activate Plan Two, collapsing barriers and flooding the route so the three Noah’s Arks could reach the inner city.
• Tim directed the ships’ magecraft and gunports to clear Lahmu from the waters while soldiers and Beastkin fought to make room for the ships to dock.
• The World-Destroying Dragon attacked the Noah’s Arks, but Gilgamesh struck it with a beam that redirected its aetheric torrent into the Astrology Platform.
• Pterodactyl Riders and Leopard Beastkin rescued Quetzalcoatl’s divinity vessel and the wounded god, as Uruk’s defenses crumbled under the Lahmu assault.
• Samael surveyed the ruined city and worried that Uruk could no longer intimidate Apsu.

Tabad and the defenders of Uruk held the North Wall so Leonidas and the civilians could escape, then fought to the last as Lahmu overwhelmed them. Gilgamesh destroyed the battlefield in a parting strike but was wounded by a red-and-black beam before retreating aboard a ship, where his leg began regenerating.

• Tabad and the Uruk defenders held the North Wall while Leonidas led civilians onto two warships, then convinced him to leave rather than waste their sacrifice.
• Tabad rallied his men to fight for Uruk, and they resisted the Lahmu for twenty minutes before the tide consumed the final defensive line.
• Gilgamesh sensed the defenders’ deaths and used the Gouging Sword to destroy the Lahmu, the North Wall position, and the corpses beneath them.
• A red-and-black beam struck Gilgamesh as he retreated, shattering his left leg, but light patterns appeared and his flesh began to regenerate.
• Gilgamesh seized a chain and landed on a broad deck.

As Uruk’s survivors hurried to board the Noah’s Arks, Samael stayed behind to draw Apsu’s attention while Merlin and Siduri helped clear the evacuation route. Apsu overwhelmed Ishtar and Ma’anna, and the chapter ended as his claw descended on Ishtar.

• Gilgamesh was held back aboard Noah's Ark No. 1 as Enkidu’s injuries worsened and Apsu advanced toward the Royal Palace Divine Tower.
• Samael learned that the evacuation needed twenty more minutes, while Merlin said the defenders were gravely wounded and Siduri had gone to help elsewhere.
• Samael ordered Merlin to clear the route and find Siduri, then Merlin used dreamlike petals to subdue Lahmu along the riverway as Siduri organized civilians to board.
• Samael remained at the Divine Tower with the Holy Grail, refusing to use it because it was needed to carry the Arks toward the Persian Gulf.
• Ishtar crashed into the hall, and Apsu’s claw struck toward her after knocking Ma’anna away.

Samael rescued Ishtar as Apsu attacked the survivors, but Ereshkigal sank Uruk into the Underworld to halt the destruction. When Lahmu threatened the Noah's Arks, ghosts and Underworld guards arrived to protect them and help the ships escape.

• Samael seized Ishtar and tried to escape Apsu's attack, while the Aether Dragon unleashed a barrage that threatened the Noah's Arks.
• Ereshkigal sank Uruk into an abyss and trapped Apsu beneath the collapsed earth, then warned the survivors to flee when he began to break free.
• Apsu unleashed a black tide and sent Lahmu after the Noah's Arks, while Merlin's illusion failed and the ships' defenses faltered.
• Samael and the survivors were aided by ghosts led by General Tal and the old blacksmith, whom Ereshkigal empowered with Underworld Protection.
• A green-haired figure sent Underworld guards to push the Noah's Arks onward, and Samael drove the ships forward as Ishtar saluted the dead.

As the three Noah’s Arks fled Uruk, Samael faced Apsu’s approach with their strongest fighters incapacitated. He discovered that human prayers could restore and empower gods and heroes, then urged Gilgamesh to lead a Great Sacrifice for Mother Goddess Tiamat.

• Ereshkigal fought Gugalanna as the Noah’s Arks escaped, while Samael ordered the vessels toward the Persian Gulf.
• Samael learned that Ziusudra had not appeared and continued tending to the shaken survivors aboard the Arks.
• Ereshkigal returned with the wounded Anna and warned that Apsu was approaching the Arks.
• Samael saw human prayers flow into the injured goddesses and heroes, with the Royal Seal channeling power to Gilgamesh.
• Samael recognized that human faith could gather destiny and asked Gilgamesh to preside over the Great Sacrifice for Mother Goddess Tiamat.

As Apsu’s attacks battered the Noah’s Arks, Miss Leopard Person consumed the Solar Calendar Stone’s core and transformed with Quetzalcoatl’s aid to fight the dragon. Samael found a way forward and called for the Great Sacrifice as the ritual preparations were completed.

• Apsu’s Magic Beams damaged the Noah’s Arks and exhausted many of their defenders, leaving Samael searching for a way to stall until the ritual was complete.
• Miss Leopard Person volunteered to fight Apsu, removed the core from the Solar Calendar Stone, and swallowed it.
• Quetzalcoatl gave Miss Leopard Person the authority of the Solar Age, transforming her into a smoky, flame-wreathed berserker.
• Miss Leopard Person attacked Apsu’s back, while Quetzalcoatl warned Samael that her berserk state would not last long.
• Samael recognized a possible way forward and asked King Gilgamesh for the Great Sacrifice; Siduri announced that preparations were complete as the ritual’s chanting began.

Gilgamesh performed a Great Sacrifice to summon Tiamat, but Samael realized the offerings had to be humanity’s prayers rather than treasure. As the people and goddesses invoked Tiamat, Samael discovered that Ishtar and Ereshkigal’s divine bonds could help anchor the rising Ark of Life, and rushed them to the altar.

• Gilgamesh used the Royal Seal and a vast offering of treasure to call Tiamat back as a compassionate god.
• Samael recognized that Tiamat needed the prayers of humanity, then urged the survivors to invoke her and remember her love for them.
• Quetzalcoatl, Ereshkigal, Ishtar, and Anna joined the people in praying to Tiamat, whose joyful response sent threads rising from the crowd.
• The three Noah’s Arks came under attack as the leopard warrior weakened and the Ark of Life continued its slow ascent through the Sea of Imaginary Numbers.
• Samael noticed powerful anchor lines extending from Ishtar’s and Ereshkigal’s divine cores, seized their wrists, and ran with them toward the altar.

Samael used Gilgamesh’s Royal Seal, the Golden Holy Grail, and the blood and divinity of Ishtar and Ereshkigal to summon Mother Goddess Tiamat, but the world barrier repelled her. As the altar’s anchor faltered and the battle worsened, Samael called for Gilgamesh to deliver the final strike.

• Samael began the Great Sacrifice with the Royal Seal, the Golden Holy Grail, and the blood and divinity of Ishtar and Ereshkigal.
• The ancient serpent revealed that Ishtar and Ereshkigal were the divided Divine Foundation of Origin Mother Goddess Tiamat, and their combined authority formed a passage for her descent.
• Mother Goddess Tiamat approached the world barrier, but its Wedge-shaped Divine Script repelled her foreclaw.
• The leopard woman’s berserk power collapsed, and Quetzalcoatl went to retrieve her while Gilgamesh struggled to hold the battlefield.
• Ishtar and Ereshkigal collapsed as their strength drained, causing Tiamat’s light anchor to flicker.
• Samael recognized the seven replica tablets of creation mud and shouted to King Gilgamesh to deliver the final strike.

Gilgamesh shattered the World Wall with the Gouging Sword and brought Mother Goddess Tiamat back to confront Apsu. As the battle turned against her, Samael revealed that Apsu’s Divine Foundation lay beneath Eridu’s Temple of Ea, giving humanity a way to defeat him.

• Gilgamesh used Enuma Elish to break the World Wall, revealing that his true target had been the barrier keeping Tiamat out.
• Tiamat emerged and fought Apsu while Samael rescued the exhausted Gilgamesh and returned him to Noah's Ark.
• Tiamat wounded Apsu, but he retaliated with a surprise Magic Beam, and her wounds healed as the battle continued.
• Samael told Tiamat that Apsu had buried his Divine Foundation in the Abyssal Layers and urged her to force it into a living body.
• Samael identified Apsu's Divine Foundation as being in the Temple of Ea at Eridu and raised the damaged Clay Tablet Quetzalcoatl had brought him.