Chapter Summaries

Saigō secured control of Salamandra and the North District by appointing the young Shandora as heir and claiming the role of her father. Meanwhile, the Halloween Queen flew into a rage over Avalon's destruction and the loss of its divinity.

• Saigō threatened Salamandra's Fire Dragons and sealed the North District, gaining control over the residents' lifespans.
• Saigō declared that he would raise Shandora and keep her as Salamandra's twenty-fourth-generation heir, silencing Mandra and the assembled Fire Dragons.
• Saigō gave Shandora the Void Star Tai Sui as a token from the Star Sea Dragon King and proof of her leadership.
• The Halloween Queen's palace shook under her fury as she lamented that Avalon had been nearly annihilated and its divinity taken.

The Halloween Queen decided to meet the Zoroastrian Demon King and negotiate for Avalon’s divinity, sending only an incarnation. Saigō explored Azdahaka’s memories and learned that the ancient Demon King had sacrificed his own glory to preserve Zoroastrianism and prepare the way for Saigō.

• Scathach warned the Halloween Queen that confronting the Demon King could draw her into dangerous historical events, but the Queen still resolved to meet him and reclaim Avalon’s divinity.
• The Halloween Queen chose to use Descent from Heaven to Man rather than descend in her true body.
• Saigō recalled Azdahaka’s memories and learned how the Zoroastrian Pantheon’s destruction led to a great Historical Transition Period and the rise of new pantheons.
• Saigō learned that Azdahaka had sealed himself as a beacon for Zoroastrianism, awaiting Zarathustra and preserving the pantheon’s final sacred banner.
• Saigō realized Azdahaka had sealed himself near Moon Shadow City to help him recognize its importance and negotiate with Indra for the divinity of Treason.

Saigō reflected on Little Garden’s role as a tool through which the gods observed and absorbed other universes, then confronted the Halloween Queen over Avalon’s banner and divine status, which he had taken as spoils of war. The Queen’s attempt to recover them by forceful demands failed, and she composed herself as their negotiation began.

• Saigō watched the Halloween Queen enter the sealed North District through her power over realms.
• Saigō considered how Little Garden’s ancient gods used its Core to observe other universes and consolidate divine status.
• Saigō reasoned that the Halloween Queen had come because he had taken Avalon’s banner and divine status, undermining her effort to rebuild the Celtic Pantheon.
• The Halloween Queen demanded that Saigō return Avalon’s banner and divine status, but he refused and challenged her to descend in her true body.
• The Halloween Queen realized she could not frighten Saigō and restrained her anger.

Saigō proposed that the Halloween Queen cooperate with him, explaining that their shared goals included restoring the Celtic Pantheon and reclaiming their original identities. He revealed how the Queen's feud with the White Night King began and how she had lost Solar Sovereignties, leaving her path to ascension increasingly difficult.

• The Halloween Queen demanded to know what Saigō wanted, and he said she could not give it to him or easily find a new heir for the Divinity and flag.
• Saigō explained Little Garden's observation and the difficulty of restoring fallen Pantheons, then proposed that he and the Queen cooperate.
• The Halloween Queen rejected Saigō's suggestion with a cold remark but listened as he identified the two conditions for their ascension: restoring the Celtic Pantheon and reclaiming their original identities.
• Saigō recounted how Lugh summoned the Halloween Queen, the Star Spirit of Gold and Boundaries, and entrusted her with the Celtic Pantheon's worldview and flag.
• Saigō explained that the White Night King's changing identity had caused her to split the Queen's Solar Sovereignties, beginning their longstanding feud.
• The Halloween Queen's First Solar Sovereignty War failed, costing her four Sovereignties and leaving her with only eight.

Saigō proposed an alliance with the Halloween Queen so they could reclaim the Solar Sovereignties and Treason Divinity. He offered her access to worlds hidden from Little Garden’s observation, giving her a chance to rebuild the Celtic Pantheon, and the Queen was excited by the prospect.

• Saigō explained that the gods and Buddhas had conspired to scatter the Solar Sovereignties and invited the Halloween Queen to join forces with him.
• The Halloween Queen described three ways she could reclaim her Solar Sovereignties and admitted that she had backed both the Sealed World and Canary to advance her plans.
• Saigō said the Queen needed an opportunity to rebuild the Celtic Pantheon, and she asked whether he planned to cause turmoil in Little Garden.
• Saigō revealed that the Mother of Good Gods and the Mother of Evil Gods had hidden worlds from Little Garden’s observation and offered to lend those worlds to the Queen.
• The Halloween Queen realized the hidden worlds could help her rebuild the Celtic Pantheon and grew visibly excited.

The Halloween Queen agreed to ally with Saigō after he promised to help rebuild the Celtic Pantheon and reclaim her Solar Sovereignties. Saigō revealed the Mother of Evil Gods' Divinity in the Void Sanctuary, demonstrating the power and legacy he hoped to restore.

• Saigō told the Halloween Queen that he controlled three worlds and was observing others for one that could help rebuild the Celtic Pantheon.
• Saigō offered to join the Halloween Queen in a Second Solar Sovereignty War, and she promised to support him, even by descending in her true body to fight Indra and reclaim his stolen Divinity.
• Saigō placed a scrap imbued with the Mother of Evil Gods' power in the Halloween Queen's hand, and she followed its summons to the Void Sanctuary.
• Saigō appeared there with the overwhelming presence of the Mother of Evil Gods and explained that he needed to complete himself and rebuild Zoroastrianism to inherit her Divinity.

Saigō and the Halloween Queen formed an eternal alliance, and she introduced him to Faith Res, her knight and wielder of the Takamagahara legacy. Together they investigated the unusual three-world universe where Saigō was born and concluded that Zurvan had shaped the appearance of humanity’s Original Texts, before the Queen revealed that the Mothers of Good and Evil had shattered Zurvan.

• Saigō confirmed that the Halloween Queen could sense the Void Sanctuary’s connected worlds, and she verified the coordinates of the World Tree, Bloodlust, and Teyvat.
• The Halloween Queen swore to help Saigō defeat Indra and reclaim his Divinity, while requiring him to fulfill her own wish, and they vowed never to betray each other.
• The Halloween Queen introduced Faith Res, a knight she had saved before her birth, and explained that Faith Res’s bloodline let her wield the Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi.
• Saigō and the Halloween Queen discussed the three intersecting worlds of his birth and the naturally occurring Original Text he had obtained there.
• Saigō and the Halloween Queen linked the three Original Texts to Zurvan and speculated that three people would become Original Text Candidates.
• The Halloween Queen concluded that Saigō possessing one Original Text had violated Zurvan’s laws and revealed that the Mothers of Good and Evil had shattered Zurvan.

Saigō and the Halloween Queen agreed to support the Human Original Text Candidate and planned to approach Zeus by provoking Athena over the Demon Star. At Thousand Eyes headquarters, White Night Yaksha confronted the drunken Indra, who had come to visit.

• The Halloween Queen explained that Buddhism and the Indian Pantheon supported Mythological History, so Saigō concluded that he and the Queen should back humanity.
• The Halloween Queen agreed to support humanity, and Saigō suggested contacting Zeus as a natural ally through a dispute with Athena.
• Saigō proposed seizing the Demon Star, prompting the Halloween Queen to plan to provoke Athena and settle their old grudge.
• White Night Yaksha complained that Indra had been drinking her wine instead of explaining why he had come to Thousand Eyes headquarters.

Indra explained to Canary and White Night Yaksha why Zarathustra sought his Divinity of Treason: it would complete him and enable the birth of Destruction, the sixth Great Demon. Indra refused to surrender the Divinity because he feared Zoroastrianism’s return would plunge the Little Garden into upheaval, leaving him bound by his duty as a god of good.

• White Night Yaksha confronted Indra for freeloading at Thousand Eyes and neglecting the threat of the Demon King, while Indra argued that the North District had order and that he feared leaving it undefended.
• Canary arrived and asked whether the Divinity of Treason mattered to the Demon King; Indra explained that Destruction had no physical form and could be summoned only by gathering the first five Great Demons’ Divinities.
• Indra said Zarathustra needed the Divinity of Treason to complete himself, and Canary wondered whether it was connected to the Mother of Evil Gods’ possible return.
• White Night Yaksha asked whether Indra feared the Mother of Evil Gods, and Indra reflected that Treason meant Apostasy and questioned why the Mother had created a demon destined to betray its faith.
• Indra explained that returning the Divinity could revive Zoroastrianism and trigger a catastrophic Historical Transition Period, so his knowledge and responsibility as a god of good prevented him from handing it over.

Canary and White Night Yaksha discussed the weakened Arcadia Grand Alliance and the unusual Demon King’s rule in the North District, then learned he had entered the East District. In the Upper Layer, Kaling reunited with Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, who invited her to accompany her against the Demon King but warned her not to fight seriously.

• Canary told White Night Yaksha that Avalon had been destroyed, Salamandra was under the Demon King’s control, and the Arcadia Grand Alliance had lost much of its influence.
• Canary and White Night Yaksha observed that the Demon King had sealed the North District but otherwise ruled it without imposing widespread harm, while Indra suggested he might seek to transcend Good and Evil Duality.
• White Night Yaksha worried that the Halloween Queen’s silence after Avalon’s destruction signaled a scheme, then she and Indra sensed that the Demon King had entered the East District, prompting Canary to notify Arcadia.
• Kaling arrived in the Upper Layer and joyfully embraced Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, whom she had not seen since the Seven Great Sages were suppressed.
• Great Sage, Equal to Heaven invited Kaling to accompany her against the Demon King, then told her to go through the motions and avoid fighting him seriously.

Saigō explained how goodwill balanced his demonic evil and resolved to use the Halloween Queen’s help to confront Perseus, Indra, and White Night Yaksha to reclaim his Divinity. He visited the Queen’s palace, where Shandora was studying under Faith Lays, and she greeted him as her father.

• The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven told Kaling that she could neither defeat Saigō nor be defeated by him, and revealed that her campaign to subjugate him was a pretext to seek Zoroastrianism’s aid against Buddhism.
• Saigō reflected that the people’s goodwill toward him balanced his evil, and planned to strengthen that balance by improving life across the World Tree’s world.
• Saigō decided to attack Perseus to draw out White Night Yaksha and Indra, then defeat Indra with the Halloween Queen’s help and reclaim his Divinity.
• Saigō went to the palace where the Halloween Queen stayed in the Lower Layer and found Faith Lays teaching Shandora swordsmanship.
• Shandora greeted Saigō as her father, and Faith Lays addressed him as Lord Zarathustra.

Saigō secured the Halloween Queen’s support for a Demon Lord’s Gift Game against Indra, and she prepared to join the coming conflict. Saigō then launched a Demon Lord’s Game against Perseus, whose leader realized he had received an invitation from the strongest Demon Lord.

• Saigō met the Halloween Queen, who agreed to help him defeat Indra by letting him draw her into a Demon Lord’s Gift Game.
• After Saigō left, the Halloween Queen ordered Fes Reis to stay behind and prepared to enter the dangerous game herself.
• Saigō traveled to Perseus’s headquarters, where more than a million black invitations fell over the city and the Wind of Decay began destroying it.
• Perseus read the invitation, recognized Saigō as the Demon Lord behind the game, and looked down at the golden ornament around his neck.

Saigō took the sealed Gorgon Gift from Perseus, freed Argol from her monstrous state, and punished her for insulting him by throwing her into Indra’s lightning. Argol survived, but remained injured and furious as Saigō warned her to think before speaking.

• Perseus surrendered the golden ornament sealing Argol to Saigō, who took it and broke the seal.
• Saigō restored Argol’s sanity and true form, but she insulted him as soon as he freed her mouth.
• Indra’s lightning descended on Saigō, who threw the restrained Argol into its path as punishment.
• Argol survived the lightning as a Star Spirit, and Saigō removed her gag and told her to think before speaking.

Saigō was caught off guard by the arrival of the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, who joined Indra in fighting him. He used Avesta to shield himself and sent his Three-Headed Dragon against them, leaving the battle at a tense stalemate.

• Saigō questioned Argol about her hatred of Athena while he blocked Indra’s lightning, and Argol accused Athena of tricking, cursing, and sealing her.
• White Night Yaksha brought Saigō and Argol to her white horizon domain, where Argol insulted her and White Night Yaksha called Argol an idiot.
• The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven ambushed Saigō with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, damaging his Divinity before he could recover.
• Saigō activated Avesta, separating good and evil with a Void that Indra and the Great Sage could not breach, then summoned a Three-Headed Dragon to fight them.
• The Great Sage clashed with the dragon until Saigō’s Aging incarnation infused it with Fated Death, forcing her to fight cautiously while Indra warned her of the danger.

Saigō fought Indra and the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven while his Avesta protected him from their attacks, and Kaling and White Night Yaksha managed the surrounding chaos. After the battle reached a standstill, the Great Sage explained that she had come to fight because she found Saigō interesting, leaving him to consider the wisdom of the gathered Problem Children as Argol eagerly watched.

• Kaling burned away Saigō's River of Corruption while White Night Yaksha dispelled the chaos and kept the surrounding powers from disrupting Indra and the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven.
• Saigō fought Indra and the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven with Avesta protecting him, and tore a wound across the Great Sage's abdomen with his dragon claw.
• The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven withdrew briefly and challenged Saigō to fight without his defensive ability, but he refused to give up his advantage.
• The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven told Saigō that Canary had asked her to help, though she had mainly descended because she wanted to fight him.
• The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven said she had enjoyed the battle and had not come simply to obey Buddhism, while Saigō looked at Argol, who watched eagerly from beneath his foot.

Saigō faced White Night Yaksha and the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven while using Argol as bait and testing the Gaia Hypothesis. As the battle shifted back to Little Garden, the Halloween Queen ambushed Indra and left him gravely wounded.

• White Night Yaksha questioned Saigō about his purpose in the East District, and he said he had come to capture Argol and test his power.
• White Night Yaksha explained Argol’s two seals, while Argol insulted her and panicked as Saigō’s River of Decay approached.
• Saigō used Avesta to erase White Night Yaksha’s Game Board and return everyone to Little Garden’s reality.
• The Halloween Queen used the instant the boundaries shifted to strike Indra with a spear formed from nine Solar Sovereignties.
• The spear pierced Indra’s chest, and Saigō recognized that the Halloween Queen had defeated him and gravely damaged his Divinity.

Halloween Queen joined Saigō’s Gift Game, helped him defeat Indra, and claimed the Spirit of Treason. She then turned on White Night Yaksha, while Great Sage, Equal to Heaven intervened to protect her.

• Halloween Queen emerged through Saigō’s Boundary Gate and revealed that she had taken the Spirit of Treason.
• Indra announced that Halloween Queen had obtained the Treason Spirit, leaving the Six Great Devils of Zoroastrianism poised to revive.
• Saigō agreed to deal with White Night Yaksha and the others before Halloween Queen gave him the Spirit.
• Halloween Queen attacked White Night Yaksha, who was immobilized by the Queen’s power of boundaries.
• Great Sage, Equal to Heaven struck at Halloween Queen to protect White Night Yaksha, and the two clashed with a force that shook the Outer Gate.

Saigō and the Halloween Queen overwhelmed the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven’s side, leaving Kaling and White Night Yaksha captured. The Queen took White Night away and declared she would reclaim the Solar Sovereignty, while Saigō remained with Kaling.

• Saigō’s attack devastated the region and destroyed the already-crippled Perseus Community.
• Kaling and Canary rushed to help the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven, but Saigō’s power blocked their approach and his divine strike left Kaling helpless.
• The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven attacked Saigō’s barrier in desperation but could not reach Kaling before Saigō seized her.
• The Halloween Queen bound White Night Yaksha, confronted her over the Solar Sovereignty, and declared she would hold a Second Solar Sovereignty War to reclaim it.
• The Halloween Queen opened a gate of Domain and carried White Night Yaksha away as her captive, while Saigō still held Kaling by the neck.

Saigō captured Kaling after the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven failed to defeat him, then escaped toward the North District to pursue the Halloween Queen and her Divinity. Canary and the others found the injured Indra after the gods and Buddhas departed.

• Kaling revealed her Golden-Winged Great Peng form, and Saigō decided to keep her as his mount rather than kill her.
• The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven furiously attacked Saigō and demanded that he return Kaling, but she could not overcome him.
• Saigō sealed Kaling inside the Simulated Star Creation Chart and escaped through the Boundary Gate left by the Halloween Queen.
• The Great Sage, Equal to Heaven headed for the North District, while Canary and the others surveyed the destroyed Outer Gate and reflected on their powerlessness.
• Canary and the others dug the wounded Indra out of the rubble, and he said he had survived Saigō's attack.

Saigō bound Kaling and manipulated her into believing that her capture could endanger the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven. He demanded that Kaling become his servant and mount so the Great Sage could return to the Upper Layer, then left Kaling to consider his coercive offer.

• Saigō used chains powered by Void Star Tai Sui to restrain Kaling and told her the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven could not abandon her.
• Saigō recounted how the Great Sage had angered the Asura Clan by rescuing Kaling, and claimed the Asura King had helped cause the Great Sage's loss of freedom.
• Saigō touched the jewel on Kaling's horn, making her tremble, and argued that her father, King Garuda, had failed to protect her from the Asura Clan.
• Saigō convinced Kaling that the Great Sage might face punishment or fall if she stayed in the Lower Layer to rescue her.
• Saigō offered to let the Great Sage return safely if Kaling became his mount and servant and claimed it was her own choice.
• Kaling called Saigō despicable, and he told her she was a prisoner with no other choice and needed time to consider his offer.