Chapter Summaries

Roy confronted Aleister, his father, after years of resentment over Aleister’s failure to protect him. Aleister broke down and begged for a chance at forgiveness, while Roy left him with hope regarding Lilith and the punishment of carrying his guilt.

• Othinus gave Roy and Aleister privacy, and Roy sent Arimura Karen away after freeing Kamisato Shoryu’s former associates from the Demon Gods’ influence.
• Roy criticized Aleister for neglecting his children and spoke of Aleister’s wish to free humanity from the Demon Gods’ influence.
• Roy addressed Aleister as his father, and Aleister trembled and wept when he recognized Roy in the uniform he had worn as a young man.
• Aleister admitted he had failed as a father and asked whether Roy still hated him; Roy said he had once hated him but now only resented him.
• Aleister thanked Roy for saving Lilith, and Roy credited Aiwass with preserving her soul while declaring that saving his sister had been natural.
• Roy told Aleister he could watch Lilith grow up but would have to live with his guilt over Roy for the rest of his life.

Roy left Aleister with a warning to repay Laura and offered him Kamisato Shoryu’s right hand, then summoned help for the badly injured Kihara Brainstem. Aleister confronted Kamijou Touma, explained his plans and attacked him, but ultimately left with Kamisato Shoryu’s right hand and Ideal Banishment, while Kamijou was left angry and unable to stop him.

• Roy warned Aleister that he owed Laura and offered him the chance to study Ideal Banishment, then called an animal rescue organization for the injured Kihara Brainstem.
• Kamijou Touma arrived and called for help for the unconscious Kamisato Shoryu, but Aleister told him that a ritual would keep an ambulance away.
• Aleister revealed that he was Academy City’s chairman, explained his role in Kamijou’s fate and Imagine Breaker, and said he intended to take Kamijou’s right hand.
• Aleister attacked Kamijou with a ritual and then pointed a Colt M1911 at him, leaving Kamijou unable to resist.
• Aleister left with Kamisato Shoryu’s right hand and Ideal Banishment, and Kamijou angrily watched him go.

Kamijou Touma and Accelerator saved Kamisato Shoryu after Aleister left him bleeding, while Kihara Yuui vowed revenge for her injured teacher. Roy spoke with Mina Mathers about her peaceful life and her past marriage, leaving her to reflect that the woman who loved Mathers belonged to the past.

• Kamijou Touma gave up fighting Aleister and tried to stop Kamisato Shoryu's bleeding after Aleister left.
• Accelerator arrived, used his ability to stop Kamisato Shoryu's bleeding, and scolded Kamijou Touma for facing danger alone.
• Kihara Yuui entrusted the gravely injured Kihara Brainstem to Soul of the Underworld for surgery, then traced the attack to Kamisato Shoryu and blamed Aleister for allowing it.
• Roy met Mina Mathers in his apartment, where she said she feared Aleister would disrupt her peaceful life caring for Lilith.
• Mina Mathers explained that she and Mathers had lived in poverty but shared a deep spiritual bond, then said that woman belonged to the past.

Lilith grew from a baby into a little girl and avoided meeting Aleister, while Roy encouraged her to experience growing up. In the Hidden World, Niangniang, Neph, and the Bishop discussed their expectations for a new world symbolized by Roy’s right hand.

• Roy transformed Lilith from a baby into a little girl, and she eagerly tried walking in her new body.
• Roy urged Lilith to remain young and let Aleister witness her growing up, but Lilith admitted she was not ready to face her father.
• Roy playfully lifted Lilith into the air until she grew tired, and Lilith angrily ate flatbread and drank wine as a symbolic ritual of consuming Roy’s flesh and blood.
• Mina removed her mourning clothes while Lilith became hazy with drunkenness.
• In the Hidden World, Niangniang complained that the zombie had not finished her Infinite Division technique, and Neph replied that she had already witnessed many epochs.
• The Bishop asked whether Niangniang anticipated the new world symbolized by Roy’s right hand, and Niangniang said she was less excited than he was.

Niangniang and Bishop discussed the Demon Gods’ plans to make the Zombie’s descent technique reversible so they could confront Roy in their complete forms. In Academy City, Mina Mathers cared for Lilith and made her breakfast, and Roy joined them as they ate.

• Niangniang told Bishop she wanted to follow her own heart and was interested in meeting or fighting Roy.
• Bishop explained that the Zombie was adapting the Demon Gods’ descent technique so they could restore their complete forms at will.
• Mina Mathers finished her morning chores and found Lilith awake in the living room.
• Mina reassured Lilith and made breakfast, while Lilith watched and asked whether Mina was tired.
• Lilith ate her first proper meal and drank milk after Mina insisted, and Mina gently wiped her mouth.
• Roy came out of his bedroom and noted that breakfast had begun without him.

Roy reassured Lilith that the Demon Gods were preparing to descend, then encouraged her to explore Academy City with him. Their plans shifted when Kanzaki Kaori arrived to fulfill her agreement by working as a maid in a Fallen Angel costume.

• Roy teased Lilith and Mina Mathers at breakfast, then told Lilith that the Demon Gods were ready to descend and promised to protect her.
• Mina Mathers suggested Roy take Lilith around Academy City, but Roy said someone was coming to clean the apartment.
• Kanzaki Kaori arrived and confirmed that she had come to fulfill her agreement with Roy.
• Roy told Kanzaki Kaori to put on her maid uniform, and she revealed a Type-Three Fallen Angel outfit with mechanical black wings.
• Roy laughed at the costume and asked Kanzaki Kaori where she had gotten the mechanical wings.

Aleister learned that the Demon Gods had altered the Hidden World parameters and decided to continue his plan despite the setback. As the Demon Gods descended into Academy City, Roy sensed their arrival, and Sanyō learned from Jiangshi that the Forgotten God had been killed by the Silver Star.

• Aiwass laughed at Aleister’s failed attempt to obtain reliable Hidden World data, while Aleister resolved to proceed and argued that the Demon Gods were not perfect fate.
• Aleister explained that Ideal Banishment could serve as a last defense but that he could not wield it, then sensed the Demon Gods had arrived.
• Roy admired Kanzaki Kaori in her Fallen Angel costume before turning toward the window and announcing their arrival.
• Sanyō and Jiangshi appeared in District 7, alarming the passing crowds.
• Sanyō questioned Jiangshi about the Forgotten God, and she said the Silver Star had killed him immediately after his descent.

Aleister killed the Forgotten God but remained wary of the strange limits of his attack and admitted he would seek Roy’s protection if the Demon Gods came after him. In London, the Nameless Fog offered to help Laura Stuart break her contract, but Laura demanded that it free her first.

• Bishop Saint and Zombie realized that only they and the Forgotten God had descended into Academy City, and Bishop Saint left to pursue his own plans.
• Aleister told Aiwass that his attack had killed the Forgotten God but failed against Bishop Saint and Zombie, and he considered using the result to kill more Demon Gods.
• Aleister admitted that he had no way to face the Demon Gods directly and would rely on his son’s protection if they sought revenge.
• The Nameless Fog met Laura Stuart at St. George’s Cathedral and offered to help her achieve her aim by undoing her contract through a phase.
• Laura demanded that the Nameless Fog remove her contract before she would accept its help.

Laura Stuart negotiated with an unknown Demon God to destroy the world, while Roy watched Kanzaki Kaori work in his apartment and then left to kill a Demon God. The chapter ended with Roy riding the elevator toward his confrontation.

• The unknown Demon God offered to help Kolozun destroy the world and isolate the Demon Gods in absolute void, and Kolozun agreed in principle while insisting on her purpose of diffusion.
• Roy watched Kanzaki Kaori clean his apartment in a Fallen Angel maid outfit and used his employer status to make her keep working.
• Lilith refused Roy's suggestion that she help Kanzaki Kaori clean.
• Roy told Kanzaki Kaori he was going to kill a god and left the apartment.
• Roy entered the elevator, adjusted his collar, and prepared for the Demon God confrontation.

Roy set out to kill the Demon Gods, beginning with the nearby Monk, while Kamijou Touma, Accelerator, and Tsuchimikado Motoharu encountered Monk on their way to eat. Monk revealed that Roy and Othinus were Demon Gods too, and Accelerator moved to protect Kamijou as the group faced Monk.

• Roy left his apartment and headed for Monk, declaring that the Demon Gods would die.
• Kamijou Touma met Accelerator and Tsuchimikado Motoharu outside school, and the three walked toward a meal together.
• Monk appeared and called out Kamijou, prompting Tsuchimikado to identify him as a Demon God.
• Monk told Kamijou and Tsuchimikado that they had already encountered Demon Gods in Roy and Othinus.
• Tsuchimikado struggled to accept that Roy was both a Demon God and the Christian Lord, while Accelerator threw aside his coffee and shielded Kamijou.

Demon God Monk attacked Kamijou Touma and Accelerator in Academy City, but a mysterious voice revealed the true appearance of a Demon God. Elsewhere, Othinus told the Voodoo zombie that Roy could save the Demon Gods by restoring their desire, while she and Roy continued searching for an impostor among them.

• Demon God Monk offered to make Kamijou Touma an arbiter, then caused an earthquake as he attacked him and Accelerator.
• Accelerator used his new angelic power against Demon God Monk, but the Demon God shattered his wings and sent him flying.
• Kamijou Touma dodged Demon God Monk's stone hand but was injured by flying fragments.
• A mysterious voice described the disappearance of desire as the true appearance of a Demon God.
• Othinus met the Voodoo zombie and explained that Roy's ship could carry all of true Gremlin, but that they would first target Demon Gods who had attacked them.
• Othinus withheld her suspicion that the zombie might be the impostor among the Demon Gods.

Roy confronted the Buddhist Demon God Monk in Academy City, believing him to be behind the threat to the Demon Gods. Their battle devastated District 7, and Roy’s power overwhelmed the Monk’s defense as Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu struggled to escape falling debris.

• Roy arrived before the Monk and explained that he had come to kill him as the effect of the Monk’s past attack.
• The Monk welcomed the possibility of death but insisted that he would never abandon his search for liberation and the salvation of living beings.
• Roy invoked the Infinite Light and sent the Three Divine Swords against the Monk.
• The Monk raised a gigantic rocky hand that destroyed much of District 7 and endangered residents and bystanders.
• Roy’s light shattered the rocky hand, while Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu fled through the falling stones.
• Tsuchimikado warned Kamijou about a massive stone falling directly toward him, leaving Kamijou unable to dodge.

Roy used the Divine Scripture and the three swords to take control of Monk’s destiny, defeating him in the void left after the world’s destruction. As Roy delivered the final blow, the story began recounting the monk’s past as a Buddha who had traveled the earth to save all living beings.

• Kanzaki Kaori saved Kamijou Touma from falling rocks, then watched as Roy and Monk’s clash destroyed Academy City and the world.
• Roy sealed Monk’s Six Paths of Reincarnation with the three swords and used the Divine Scripture to seize control of his life and destiny.
• Roy’s power reduced the Material World, the Solar System, and the universe to nothingness, leaving Roy, Monk, Kamijou Touma, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and Kanzaki Kaori in the void.
• Monk realized Roy had already transcended and had used the Demon Gods’ ignorance to make their descent into the Material World vulnerable.
• Monk welcomed the death he had long desired, and Roy struck him with Light of the Right, declaring, “Seventh Day. Only Rest Remains!”
• The narration began telling the story of a monk who spent his life doing good, spreading Buddhist teachings, and subduing demons as a Buddha walking the earth.

Roy defeated the Demon God Monk, who understood his mistake and apologized before dying, leaving behind a powerful Sarira. Roy took it for Lilith, restored the destroyed world through Genesis, and returned Kamijou Touma, Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and Kanzaki Kaori to Academy City, where he questioned Kanzaki about leaving her cleaning task.

• The Demon God Monk recalled how his attempt to save humanity had made him a Demon God and caused Aleister's daughter to die through fatalism.
• Roy explained how the Monk's actions had shaped Aleister's tragedy and led to Roy's own ascent and the Monk's death.
• The Demon God Monk attained enlightenment, apologized for Aleister's daughter, and died, leaving behind a Sarira.
• Roy took the Sarira to protect Lilith from mortal magic and Buddhism's fatalism.
• Roy used Genesis to recreate the universe, restore Academy City, and resurrect people killed by the Demon Gods' clashes.
• Roy found Kanzaki with Kamijou Touma and Tsuchimikado Motoharu, and Kanzaki explained that she had come because she feared for Index's safety.

Roy killed the Bishop and left the Academy City residents to recover, while Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Kanzaki Kaori feared the consequences of God's descent. Roy then met Othinus and Zombie, and found himself captivated by Zombie's eerie beauty.

• After the alarms ended, Kamijou Touma rushed to find the injured Accelerator while Tsuchimikado Motoharu and Kanzaki Kaori discussed Roy's appearance.
• Tsuchimikado Motoharu feared that Christ's descent might bring the Day of Judgment, while Kanzaki Kaori considered how her Saint power came from God.
• Roy found Othinus and Zombie waiting at a roadside stall and joined them for coffee.
• Roy studied Zombie's doll-like appearance and felt the urge to take her home as a work of art.
• Othinus confirmed that she had found nothing wrong with Zombie, while Roy kept his ability to manipulate the world's phases hidden from the other Demon Gods.

Roy learned that altering the external environment would let Othinus descend in her complete form, though it also let other Demon Gods do the same. After questioning the zombie about the High Priest’s plan, Roy discovered that Queen Persephone was one of two Demon Gods who stood out even among Gremlin, and asked what made her different.

• Roy chose to alter the external environment so Othinus could descend in her complete form, accepting that the other Demon Gods could do so as well.
• The zombie realized Roy might be able to kill her, and her fear of death made her hesitate to restore her complete form.
• Othinus told Roy she had found nothing suspicious about the zombie, and Roy threatened to question the zombie by force if needed.
• The zombie told Roy that the High Priest had proposed the Demon Gods’ descent plan, which Gremlin members accepted to leave the Hidden World and pursue Roy’s right hand.
• The zombie named the Forgotten God and Queen Persephone as Gremlin’s most unusual members, and Roy asked what made Queen Persephone different.

Roy persuaded the Demon God of Voodoo to join Gremlin and assigned her to protect Lilith, then prepared to travel to Britain to meet the Great Demon. The chapter ended with Roy gazing at the stars after someone cautiously knocked at his door.

• The Demon God of Voodoo explained Gremlin’s purpose and grew frightened after Roy pointed out the strangeness surrounding the Forgotten God, Persephone, and Monk’s death.
• Roy offered the Demon God of Voodoo a place in Gremlin and a chance to reach a new world if she followed his orders, and she agreed to recognize him as leader.
• Lilith resented the zombie’s presence, so Roy assigned the Demon God of Voodoo to protect her as repayment for the Demon Gods’ role in Lilith’s fate.
• Roy told Othinus he would travel to Britain to meet the Great Demon and investigate the other Demon Gods, then appointed Othinus his deputy and called her One-Eyed Maria.
• That night, Roy stood by the window looking at the stars when someone knocked cautiously at his door.

Kanzaki Kaori confessed to Roy and performed an anointing ritual, causing her Saintly power to grow dramatically. She returned to the apartment with money and food, while Stiyl remained unaware of her newfound devotion to Roy.

• Kanzaki Kaori entered Roy’s bedroom and confessed her past sins, then knelt to anoint his feet with scented balm and her hair.
• Kanzaki Kaori kissed Roy’s foot, and her Saintly power began growing explosively.
• Roy stroked Kanzaki Kaori’s hair, and she wondered whether the claims about Jesus and Mary Magdalene’s relationship might be true.
• Kanzaki Kaori returned to the apartment and told Stiyl that Roy had advanced her wages and that she had bought meat and vegetables.
• Stiyl found a bank card Kanzaki Kaori had brought home, praised Roy, and eagerly planned to buy cigarettes.

Roy reunited with Levianna and asked her to return to Britain to help Dawn Light find eccentric magicians who had suddenly appeared in the world. The story then shifted to Kerissa, imprisoned in Big Ben after her failed rebellion, as she read about the political damage Britain continued to face.

• Index smelled the Lord's Sacred Object on Kanzaki Kaori, prompting Kanzaki Kaori to rush off to bathe and wash away the scent.
• Roy met Levianna at a dessert shop, and she complained that he had called her out to celebrate Children's Day again.
• Roy asked about Patricia, and Levianna said her sister had nearly recovered and was happily working at a research institute in Academy City.
• Roy asked Levianna to return to Britain and have Dawn Light search for strange magicians who had suddenly appeared; she agreed after he guaranteed Patricia's safety.
• Kerissa exercised and read the newspaper in her Big Ben prison, learning that Britain faced diplomatic trouble and reparations after her failed rebellion and invasion of French territory.

Roy visited the imprisoned Kerissa with Levianna and warned that Britain faced a danger he claimed only he could prevent, urging Kerissa to consider what the royal family would pay for his help. He left after warning her to be careful of Laura Stuart.

• Kerissa read that Queen Elizabeth had signed a treaty with France and blamed Roy Crowley for Britain's decline.
• Roy appeared inside Kerissa's confinement, and Kerissa recognized him as Roy Crowley rather than Aleister.
• Levianna joined Roy and mocked Kerissa over her defeat and the damage done to Britain.
• Roy told Kerissa that a threat to British territory was approaching and that he might be the only one able to save the country.
• Roy left with Levianna after warning Kerissa to be careful of Laura Stuart.