Chapter Summaries

White Night Yaksha learned that a coordinated Demon King attack had thrown the East District into chaos and left Arcadia isolated, forcing her to choose between defending the district and seeking help. She went to the North District to ask Saigō for aid, and the chapter ended with him teasing her as she made her request.

• Maid attendants reported that Demon Kings were attacking communities across the East District while the Boundary Gate to Arcadia had lost contact.
• Lapzi explained that the attack was likely a trap targeting Arcadia and urged White Night Yaksha to seek help from the Demon King of Zoroastrianism.
• White Night Yaksha traveled to the North District and entered Saigō's palace, where she found him with Kaling.
• Saigō teased White Night Yaksha about returning to his palace, but she told him she had come to ask for his help.

Saigō agreed to stop the Demon Lords rampaging through the East District after White Night Yaksha promised to serve as his maid. He wiped them out with one strike, while Ouroboros's Alliance Leader ordered the group to withdraw from Arcadia before White Night Yaksha arrived.

• White Night Yaksha asked Saigō to stop the unknown Demon Lords, and he negotiated her service as his maid in exchange for his help.
• Saigō unleashed a storm of Malice and aging that drew the East District's Demon Lords into his Gift Game and killed or wounded nearly all of them.
• White Night Yaksha witnessed Saigō's intervention and hurried toward Arcadia after the East District crisis ended.
• At Arcadia's burning headquarters, Ouroboros's Alliance Leader dismissed concerns about Saigō breaking their agreement and ordered everyone to disperse before White Night Yaksha arrived.

White Night Yaksha found Arcadia destroyed and helped Black Rabbit and the surviving children, who refused to abandon hope of restoring their Community. Elsewhere, Leticia endured a vampire maid’s brutal punishment, and the maid demanded that she reclaim the rage she had shown when she destroyed the vampire race.

• White Night Yaksha searched Arcadia’s burned ruins and suspected Canary and the other leaders had been exiled beyond the Little Garden.
• Black Rabbit emerged with Arcadia’s surviving children and learned that White Night Yaksha had found no sign of the missing leaders.
• Black Rabbit blamed herself for the repeated tragedies caused by Demon Kings, but White Night Yaksha assured her the attacks were not her fault.
• Black Rabbit refused White Night Yaksha’s offer to join Thousand Eyes and vowed to protect Arcadia’s remaining members until Canary and the others returned.
• A vampire maid whipped the shackled Leticia and rebuked her for showing sorrow instead of the rage she had displayed when she destroyed the vampire race.

Xing Lejia taunted Leticia to revive her will to live before preparing to deliver her to the Demon King of Zoroastrianism. As Kara dragged Leticia toward the Boundary Gate, Xing Lejia promised Kara he would help fulfill her wish.

• Kara raised her whip against Leticia, but Xing Lejia stopped her because he needed Leticia alive to sell.
• Leticia recognized Xing Lejia as the man who had persuaded her to become a Demon King and blamed her for destroying the vampires.
• Xing Lejia taunted the despairing Leticia with the prospect of being sold, prompting her to remember Canary and choose to survive.
• Leticia challenged Xing Lejia for serving a Demon King, and he explained that he pursued pleasure after losing his spiritual status and power.
• Xing Lejia told Kara to take Leticia to the customer, then promised to help Kara accomplish her wish.

Saigō accepted Leticia as his slave after Xing Lejia delivered her to him, and Kara chose to stay and care for her. In the dungeon, Kara treated Leticia’s wounds and revealed that Lamia was still alive, leaving Leticia desperate to learn her sister’s condition.

• Xing Lejia brought the wounded, chained Leticia before Saigō and revealed that Ouroboros had sold her to him.
• Saigō challenged Xing Lejia’s claims about Ouroboros’s lack of resentment, while Xing Lejia offered Kara to serve Saigō as well.
• Kara chose to remain with Leticia, and Saigō ordered her to take Leticia to the dungeon and declared Leticia his slave.
• Kara visited Leticia in the dungeon and treated her wounds, telling her she did not blame her for killing the traitors.
• Kara told Leticia that Lamia was alive, and Leticia urgently asked how her sister was.

Leticia learned that her younger sister Lamia was alive and resolved to survive so she could see her again. Saigō visited Leticia in prison and fed her water and Fire Dragon blood custard, while Kaling watched.

• Kara told Leticia that Lamia was alive, giving Leticia a renewed will to live.
• Saigō entered Leticia’s cell with Kaling, whose sun-like flames illuminated the dungeon and caused the vampires pain.
• Saigō praised Kara for cleaning Leticia and told her she looked ready to be tasted.
• Saigō gave Leticia water, teased her when she spilled some, and stopped her from drinking it off the floor.
• Saigō fed Leticia custard made from the blood of female Fire Dragons and assured her he had not killed them to obtain it.

Saigō learned how Ouroboros had helped destroy the vampires and discovered that Leticia’s sister Lamia had sacrificed herself to save the surviving vampires. He offered Leticia a bargain: wholehearted loyalty in exchange for bringing Canary back to Little Garden, leaving Leticia to consider the promise.

• Saigō fed Leticia Fire Dragons’ blood, then demanded that she keep showing him tender affection and learned from Kara how she had become obedient.
• Saigō used his power over time to uncover Ouroboros’s role in turning the vampires into monsters through fabricated rumors, and learned that Lamia had absorbed the curse to save the survivors.
• Saigō considered recruiting subordinates to build his own Community before he faced the Decadent Wind as a Second Rank.
• Saigō told Leticia that Lamia was alive but gave no details of her condition, and Kara withheld what she knew.
• Saigō offered Leticia a contract requiring her body, soul, loyalty, and feelings in exchange for bringing Canary back to Little Garden and giving her a chance to save Arcadia.

Saigō won Leticia’s submission by promising to save her sister Lamia Decrea and take revenge on Xing Lejia, then appointed her to govern the North District. Leticia began adjusting to her new role as Kara helped her bathe and dress.

• Saigō promised to save Lamia Decrea and end Xing Lejia’s life, and Leticia submitted to him.
• Saigō freed Leticia from her shackles and assigned her to manage Salamander and the North District, with limited freedom and the possibility of seeing her former comrades.
• Saigō explained to Kaling that he was preparing to become a Domain Holder and influence Little Garden, rather than acting like a traditional Demon Lord.
• Kara helped Leticia leave the prison, and Leticia worried whether the North District would accept her rule.
• Kara bathed Leticia, who admitted she felt nervous and unaccustomed to the care.

Kara revealed that Lamia had absorbed the vampires’ curses and was sealed in the Upper Layer, renewing Leticia’s resolve to live on and face her sister again. Saigō played chess with Shandora and teased Kaling before Leticia arrived dressed as a queen, just as Argol objected to Saigō giving her a golden seal.

• Kara told Leticia that Lamia had swallowed the vampires’ curses and had been sealed by Christianity in the hell of Little Garden’s Upper Layer.
• Leticia vowed to live properly and stand before Lamia again, while Kara affirmed her as the future Vampire Queen and dressed her in a gown.
• Saigō played chess with Shandora, tricked her into losing, and made her bark like a puppy as Kaling laughed.
• Saigō praised Leticia’s appearance and tossed her a golden ornament resembling a crown.
• Argol entered in a Restraint Suit and angrily protested that Saigō had given Ar-chan’s seal to Leticia.

Saigō traveled to Thousand Eyes’ East District headquarters with Leticia and Kaling, alarming the community and prompting White Night Yaksha to confront him. He teased White Night Yaksha about failing to maintain order, while she greeted Leticia and admired the women’s outfits.

• Saigō lent Leticia Argol’s sealed Gift, explaining that he had removed Athena’s seal so Argol could wield Fourth Rank power.
• Saigō asked Kara to prepare supplies and brought Leticia and Kaling along to give White Night Yaksha a “gift.”
• Kaling flew Saigō and Leticia to the East District, where Saigō reminded her that their contract bound her to serve as his mount.
• Saigō’s arrival at Thousand Eyes’ headquarters sent its residents fleeing, and White Night Yaksha hurried out to challenge him.
• Saigō teased White Night Yaksha about her failure to keep order, and she turned her attention to Leticia’s formal dress before admiring Kaling’s revealing outfit.

Saigō visited White Night Yaksha and used their prior agreement to make her put on a revealing Maid Outfit in front of others. Black Rabbit begged him to release her imprisoned clansmen and Leticia, but he refused to release the Moon Rabbits for now.

• White Night Yaksha led Saigō, Leticia, and the others into a room, where Black Rabbit was working in a Maid Outfit to receive help for No Name.
• Saigō presented White Night Yaksha with a revealing Maid Outfit and insisted she honor their agreement and wear it.
• Saigō threatened to make the imprisoned Moon Rabbits suffer, prompting Black Rabbit to urge White Night Yaksha to keep her promise.
• Black Rabbit offered to take Leticia's place and do anything Saigō wanted, but Saigō said Leticia was more important to him.
• Saigō said he had no further need to imprison the Moon Rabbits, but would keep them captive until he found a reason to release them.

Saigō told White Night Yaksha that Ouroboros had approached him before destroying No Name and warned her that the hidden Demon King Group might be backed by a Domain Holder. He left her to watch the group carefully while she prepared to honor their agreement and serve as his maid.

• Saigō reassured Black Rabbit that her people and parents were alive in Moon Shadow City, then White Night Yaksha entered wearing the revealing Maid Outfit he had sent her.
• Saigō reminded White Night Yaksha of their agreement, and she said she would come serve him after stabilizing matters in the East District.
• Saigō revealed that Ouroboros had asked him not to interfere with its attack on No Name and had paid him with Leticia, whom he claimed he valued for her management experience.
• Saigō identified Xing Lejia as Ouroboros's contact and suggested that the group had a Domain Holder behind it, shocking White Night Yaksha, Leticia, Kaling, and Black Rabbit.
• Saigō warned White Night Yaksha to watch Ouroboros carefully and cautioned her that many Domain Holders distrusted and disliked her.

Canary decided to raise Sakamaki Izayoi and guide his Original Text rather than use him for revenge, while Saigō watched over their fates from Little Garden. Meanwhile, Yukari Yakumo investigated a disturbance beyond Gensokyo’s Great Barrier, where she was joined by Ran Yakumo.

• Canary and Baron Croa discussed adopting Sakamaki Izayoi, whose Original Text had given Canary a reason to abandon her suicidal revenge plan.
• Canary resolved to raise Izayoi, guide him so he would not lose himself in The Original, and search for her former comrades without making revenge her goal.
• Canary took Izayoi by the hand and told him to follow her around the world.
• Saigō revealed that Zeus and other gods already knew about Izayoi, and he welcomed the opening of a new invitation letter.
• Ran Yakumo reported to Yukari Yakumo that the Great Barrier had been inspected and was not contaminated.

Yukari Yakumo explained to Ran Yakumo how dwindling fear and magic, along with the demons’ arrival, threatened the survival of yokai and Gensokyo. Seeing no remaining solution, Yukari considered using a mysterious black paper, and the chapter ended with Saigō climbing the steps to Salamander headquarters.

• Yukari Yakumo rejected Ran Yakumo’s suggestion to release Gensokyo’s yokai into the outside world, warning that humans might capture and study them.
• Yukari Yakumo explained that demons born in a strange hell had taken humanity’s fear from yokai and could not be permanently killed.
• Yukari Yakumo revealed a mysterious black paper bearing a symbol resembling Zoroastrianism and wondered whether it was connected to the demons and hell.
• Yukari Yakumo said Gensokyo was nearing collapse and that neither taking the moon nor fleeing Earth offered a way to save the yokai.
• Yukari Yakumo decided she was willing to pay any price to use the black paper, even if it released a monster that destroyed humans and yokai alike, and Ran Yakumo stood by her.
• Saigō walked up the 940 white-marble steps of Salamander headquarters.

Saigō borrowed Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi from the Halloween Queen so he could restore the Takamagahara Pantheon's worldview and grant godhood to youkai from a newly discovered world. After receiving the sword, Saigō prepared to use it, while Yukari Yakumo opened an invitation letter and found herself powerless in a dark, unfamiliar space.

• Saigō told the Halloween Queen he wanted to borrow Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi and explained that he planned to use the Takamagahara Pantheon's Eight Million Gods concept to give godhood to youkai from another world.
• Saigō revealed that the new world contained a youkai who controlled boundaries, and the Halloween Queen expressed interest but learned that the world could not meet her own needs.
• Saigō discussed his eventual need to discard his Great Demon Spirit Divinities, and the Halloween Queen agreed that they would limit his path to becoming the true All Evil.
• Fith Race presented Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi to Saigō, who promised to return it after extracting the Divine Group Worldview attached to it.
• Yukari Yakumo opened an invitation letter and found herself in a dark void without her powers, cautiously observing her surroundings.

Yukari Yakumo accepted Saigō’s offer to preserve Gensokyo, agreeing to give him everything she had in return. She returned to her world with no visible sign of the contract, where Saigō appeared and asked if this was the world she lived in.

• Yukari remembered her dream of keeping Gensokyo as a lasting refuge where youkai could survive.
• Saigō promised to fulfill Yukari’s wish and named the price as everything she had.
• Yukari agreed, and Saigō established a contract claiming her body and soul.
• Yukari returned to the forest, where Ran said Yukari’s existence had seemed to vanish for an instant.
• Saigō appeared beside Yukari and asked whether her world was the one she lived in.

Saigō revealed himself as Zarathustra, the demon of Treason, after turning Ran Yakumo’s attacks and Yukari Yakumo’s defenses against them. Yukari recognized his connection to the great existence she had encountered, but Saigō left the exact nature of that connection ambiguous.

• Ran Yakumo attacked Saigō with Fox Spirit's Reverie and the Twelve Divine Generals.
• Saigō used Treason to redirect Ran’s techniques against her, then made Yukari’s Fourfold Barrier and powers betray her, causing both women to be struck.
• Yukari Yakumo stopped Ran from attacking again and demanded to know the stranger’s identity.
• Saigō introduced himself as Zarathustra, the demon of Treason, and Yukari wondered whether he was the great existence she had encountered.
• Yukari questioned Saigō about his identity, and he replied, “I am He, and He is me, yet I am not He,” confirming their connection without clarifying it.

Saigō confronted Yukari Yakumo over their contract, explaining that he would delay fulfilling her wish while he repaired his Treason Divinity and prepared Gensokyo for the Little Garden. He recognized that the merged demon world had been drawn to Gensokyo by a fragment of the Mother of Evil Gods' Divinity, then pressed Yukari to host him as a guest.

• Saigō reminded Yukari Yakumo that their contract bound her to surrender everything in exchange for his promise to help the yokai, alarming Ran Yakumo.
• Yukari asked Saigō to demonstrate his power first, but he said fulfilling the contract immediately would cause her to regret it because Gensokyo's yokai needed preparation before entering the Little Garden.
• Yukari accused Saigō of deception but chose not to fight him, recognizing that she could not safely challenge the demon.
• Saigō observed the demons in the city and reasoned that a fragment of the Mother of Evil Gods' Divinity had caused the demon world to merge with Gensokyo, bringing the invitation to Yukari by chance.
• Yukari called Saigō one of the demons' kin, and he said they were related only in a broad sense before reminding her that their contract made him an invited guest.
• Yukari resisted Saigō's demand to visit her residence but suppressed her anger rather than risk worsening their relationship.

Yukari Yakumo brought Saigō into Gensokyo and tried to gauge his intentions while keeping him away from the Great Barrier. After Yukari left him with Ran Yakumo, Ran sent Chen away from Yakumo Residence to keep her safe.

• Yukari Yakumo opened a Gap for Saigō and welcomed him to Gensokyo at Yakumo Residence.
• Yukari blamed Ran Yakumo for the untidy bedroom, then left to freshen up and told Ran to entertain Saigō.
• Yukari tested Saigō by suggesting Ran would fulfill his requests, but Saigō remained calm and saw through her probing.
• Ran met Chen outside Yukari's living quarters and told her to leave Yakumo Residence for a few days.
• Chen happily went off to play, and Ran headed to the kitchen to prepare tea and snacks for Saigō.

Yukari Yakumo learned that moving Gensokyo to a new world was its best chance of survival, though she hesitated over the dangers and uncertainties. She guided Saigō through Gensokyo and recounted how she and a miko had founded it, leaving him to see the land she was determined to protect.

• Ran Yakumo served tea and pastries while Yukari Yakumo and Saigō spoke in her home.
• Yukari Yakumo learned from Saigō that demons were outsiders and that vast worlds existed beyond her own.
• Saigō told Yukari Yakumo that moving Gensokyo to a new world was the simplest way to save it, and warned that the destination would be dangerous.
• Yukari Yakumo voiced her fear of risking Gensokyo, and Saigō asked her to show him the place she cared about.
• Yukari Yakumo brought Saigō to Gensokyo and described how she had joined forces with a powerful miko to establish the Great Barrier and shape the land.