Chapter Summaries

Saigō bestowed the Spirit of the Great Demon of Chaos on Nangong Nayue, giving her Fourth Rank power and control over the Bloodthirsty World in exchange for joining him in the Little Garden. After accepting the bargain, Nayue began using her new strength to build a Witch Country, but Saigō questioned how she would overcome the world's opposition.

• Saigō offered Nangong Nayue control of the Bloodthirsty World and gave her the Spirit of the Great Demon of Chaos.
• Nangong Nayue endured the painful transformation and learned that she had gained true Fourth Rank power, while Saigō explained the price was joining him as a demon of Zoroastrianism in the Little Garden.
• Nangong Nayue accused Saigō of coercing her by threatening the world and the people she cared about, but said she was satisfied because he trusted and cherished her.
• Nangong Nayue announced that Zoroaster Island would demand that governments send their Demon Sanctuary personnel there and surrender a vast Pacific territory for her Witch Country.
• Saigō warned Nangong Nayue that the nations would oppose her demands and asked how she planned to achieve her goal.

Nangong Nayue decided to seize the Celestial Tribe’s Familiar Beast Warheads and use their threat to force the world into peace, with Saigō supporting her and revealing their location. After she took control of nearly six thousand warheads, the First and Second True Ancestors rallied the nations against her, leaving a world war on the verge of breaking out.

• Nangong Nayue told Saigō she intended to use the Familiar Beast Warheads as a Sword of Damocles and accepted that her plan would make her an enemy of the world.
• Saigō named Nangong Nayue the “Sword Bearer,” warned her that the True Vampires and Kingdom of Aldegia might oppose her, and told Aurora and the other Star Familiar Beasts to assist her.
• Nangong Nayue accepted Saigō’s offer to reveal the warheads’ location, and he said they were hidden in the Celestial Tribe’s former royal capital at the edge of the Solar System.
• Nangong Nayue and Aurora traveled to the former royal capital, overcame its defenses, and gained control of nearly six thousand Familiar Beast Warheads.
• The First and Second True Ancestors warned Nangong Nayue and informed the nations, which assembled a world-class force and blockaded Zoroaster Island to compel her to surrender.
• Sendou Aya reported the approaching conflict to Saigō, who told her he would leave the future of their nation to her and Nangong Nayue.

Nangong Nayue brought Yohase Natsune to Saigō’s apartment, intending to use her as leverage to persuade the Kingdom of Aldegia to withdraw from the war while repairing her altered body. After perfecting Natsune’s ritual and granting her angelic power, Nayue prepared to confront the allied forces and end the conflict by her own methods.

• Nangong Nayue captured Yohase Natsune, a student and the former king of Aldegia’s illegitimate daughter, after learning her uncle had altered her body without consent.
• Nayue told Saigō she planned to use Natsune to give Aldegia a reason to withdraw from the war and to perfect the kingdom’s forbidden Imitation Angel ritual.
• Nayue declared that she would remove the warheads’ safety measures and launch one at the allied army if necessary, then told Saigō that summoning him had been the best decision of her life.
• Nangong Nayue repaired Yohase Natsune’s body and successfully gave her the power of angels.
• Nayue left Natsune to recover at Saigō’s apartment and said her remaining busy work would soon be over.

Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka followed the River of Fate into Saigō’s apartment, intending to confront Nangong Nayue, but found Yohase Natsune wounded on the floor with Saigō nearby. The two girls were shocked and confused as they realized their mission had brought them somewhere unexpected.

• Himeragi Yukina decided to seek out Nangong Nayue and make her abandon her plans, and Kozakura Sayaka joined her to protect her friend.
• The two Lion King Organization miko infiltrated Nangong Nayue’s apartment building, where their uneasy instincts warned them that their decision was being manipulated.
• Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka opened the apartment door and saw Saigō reading while Yohase Natsune lay wounded and disheveled on the floor.
• The girls misunderstood the scene and wondered whether they had entered the wrong place instead of finding Nangong Nayue.

Saigō manipulated Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka into breaking into Nangong Nayue’s home, then trapped them and exposed doubts about the Lion King Organization’s treatment of Yukina. When Nangong Nayue returned, she found the two miko captured and reprimanded Yukina for failing to address her as Teacher.

• Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka mistook Yohase Natsune for a schoolgirl being exploited and confronted Saigō.
• Saigō revealed that he had influenced the two miko and framed their intrusion as grounds for Nangong Nayue to punish the Lion King Organization and the Island Nation.
• Saigō questioned Himeragi Yukina about whether the Lion King Organization had manipulated her family history and recruited her for her Saint bloodline.
• Saigō expanded the apartment’s space and ordered the transformed Yohase Natsune to capture Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka.
• Nangong Nayue returned home, found the two miko tied up, and struck Yukina for addressing her by name instead of as Teacher.

Nangong Nayue ordered a retaliatory strike on the Lion King Organization after accusing it of trying to assassinate her, and the Familiar Beast Warheads were launched at its headquarters. At the headquarters, An Baina and Yuan Tangyuan began investigating the accusation, with Yuan Tangyuan insisting Himeragi Yukina would not have acted irrationally.

• Nangong Nayue explained that she had saved Yohase Natsune while retaining a control technique in her body, and promised to remove it once the crisis ended.
• Nangong Nayue refused to forgive Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka, while Saigō reminded them that he would decide their punishment under the island's laws.
• Nangong Nayue went to the secret base, accused the Lion King Organization of assassinating her, and ordered a press conference and a strike on its headquarters.
• Nangong Nayue launched Familiar Beast Warheads from orbit toward the Lion King Organization's headquarters as the press conference announced Zoroaster Island's retaliation.
• An Baina questioned Yuan Tangyuan about Himeragi Yukina's actions, and Yuan Tangyuan denied ordering an assassination attempt and said Yukina would not have acted without reason.

Yuan Tangyuan and An Baina realized that Nangong Nayue had launched Familiar Beast Warheads against the Island Nation and the Lion King Organization. More than a hundred immortal Familiars devastated the country, leaving its survivors unable to stop the destruction.

• Yuan Tangyuan told An Baina that the Island Nation had planted agents on Zoroaster Island and that Nangong Nayue might be retaliating against them.
• A Familiar Beast Warhead struck the Lion King Organization headquarters, killing most of its personnel and unleashing a destructive horse-shaped Familiar.
• A Demon Slayer reported that Takagami Shrine had also been destroyed, while hundreds of more warheads began falling across the Island Nation.
• The warheads struck cities throughout the country, unleashing Familiars that devastated the land with magical storms and blights.
• Demon Slayers fought and defeated one Familiar, but it revived, and the immortal creatures continued their rampage.

The First and Second True Ancestors learned that the Holy Annihilation System had lost its power and led a final assault on Zoroaster Island. Meanwhile, Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka remained imprisoned and struggled to keep their hope alive.

• The First and Second True Ancestors discussed the Familiar Beast Warheads and blamed Nangong Nayue’s demon for the crisis.
• Cain’s artificial intelligence told the True Ancestors that the Holy Annihilation System was now an empty shell.
• The Second True Ancestor proposed surrendering if necessary, and the First True Ancestor ordered the forces to advance on Zoroaster Island.
• Saigō watched reports of the Island Nation’s destruction before approaching the captive Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka.
• Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka, confined in a windowless room, comforted each other as Kozakura Sayaka’s despair began to weaken Yukina’s resolve.
• Himeragi Yukina insisted that the Three Saints had survived and would come to rescue them.

Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka endured their imprisonment in a room where time was distorted, while Yohase Natsune explained that only two days had passed outside. Elsewhere, Saigō spoke with Aoba Asagi about her missing friend Mo Guai and confirmed that it was a fragment of Cain’s consciousness.

• Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka feared what Saigō might do to them and whether they could bear monstrous children, then cried together.
• Yohase Natsune brought them food and said she did not consider serving Saigō and Nangong Nayue painful, reminding the prisoners that they had come intending to kill her teacher.
• Himeragi Yukina asked how long they had been imprisoned, and Yohase Natsune explained that only two days had passed outside while a spell made time inside impossible to perceive.
• Aoba Asagi told Saigō that her friend Mo Guai had vanished after the Holy Annihilation System failed and wondered whether it had joined the Sanctuary Treaty Nation.
• Saigō confirmed that Mo Guai was a part of Cain’s consciousness and teased Aoba Asagi about switching sides to remain friends with it.

Saigō reassured Aoba Asagi about the coming destruction of the Island Nation and urged her to hold on to her kindness while carefully choosing whether to resist. Meanwhile, Nangong Nayue and Sendou Aya prepared to defend their Witch Country from the world’s invading forces, with Nayue claiming she could defeat the enemy coalition with absolute certainty.

• Saigō told Aoba Asagi that she could not stop the political conflict and warned her to consider the consequences before choosing a side.
• Aoba Asagi accepted that she could not change events and left the park hoping Nangong Nayue would create a world she could be proud of.
• Saigō reflected that he would ascend to the Second Rank and face the Domain Holders after Nangong Nayue achieved her wish and Momonga gained sufficient magnanimity.
• Nangong Nayue and Sendou Aya discussed how Saigō had helped reconcile them and advance their respective goals of human-demon coexistence and Witch freedom.
• Sendou Aya agreed to search for enemy spies on the island while Nangong Nayue said she would confront the Sanctuary Treaty Nations and their allies herself.
• Nangong Nayue assured Sendou Aya that she was absolutely certain she could defeat the two True Vampires and the allied forces.

Nangong Nayue used the Chaos Spirit to trap the allied fleet and the two True Ancestors in a domain of disorder, declaring that they must submit or die. Meanwhile, Saigō confronted Cain about the Holy Annihilation System’s failure, and Cain realized that the power behind it had been summoned by its master.

• Sendou Aya agreed to help Nangong Nayue by assigning Aurora, Dishampa, and the twelve Star Familiar Beasts as her assistants.
• Nangong Nayue appeared above the sea near Zoroaster Island and engulfed the allied fleet, the two True Ancestors, and their forces in a chaotic domain.
• Nangong Nayue told Kii Julambalada and Aswardgull Ayajiz to submit to her new nation or face death.
• Saigō watched the chaotic domain, then told Cain that the Holy Annihilation System had failed and that Cain’s plans were no longer under control.
• Cain realized that the system’s core power had vanished because its owner had summoned it, and wondered whether Saigō controlled that power.

Saigō revealed himself as the resurrected Mother of Evil Gods, reclaimed the scattered Spiritual Authorities, and resolved the Familiar crisis, prompting Cain to erase his consciousness. As Nangong Nayue battled the First and Second True Ancestors, her chaotic power killed the Second True Ancestor’s Familiars and left the vampires vulnerable.

• Saigō explained to Cain that he was the Mother of Evil Gods and that reclaiming his power had stopped the Holy Annihilation System and Overlord World Items.
• Saigō demonstrated that he could resolve the Familiar problem, and Cain accepted that Nangong Nayue’s goal could be fulfilled before willingly erasing his consciousness.
• Saigō sent a Little Garden invitation to Canary and reflected that he intended to disrupt the predetermined fate of the Little Garden.
• Nangong Nayue overwhelmed the two True Vampires with chaotic magic, which suppressed their regeneration and left them badly wounded.
• The Second True Ancestor told the First True Ancestor that all his Familiars had genuinely died under Nangong Nayue’s power.

Nangong Nayue destroyed the Familiars binding the First and Second True Ancestors, freeing them from their curse and granting their wish to die. She then annihilated the fleets that had invaded Zoroaster Island, leaving the Pacific calm and her path to rule unopposed.

• The First True Ancestor and the Second True Ancestor welcomed Nangong Nayue as their savior after realizing she could eliminate the Familiars and asked her to honor their promise to Cain.
• Nangong Nayue swept the two True Ancestors into a storm of chaos, which erased their curse and released their Familiars.
• The Familiars absorbed Nangong Nayue’s chaotic magic power and perished, while the two True Ancestors accepted death after fulfilling their promise to Cain.
• Periesu Aradale rallied the vampire soldiers of War King's Domain to defend the Forgotten War King's final glory, and they charged Nangong Nayue.
• Nangong Nayue used a new Space Control Technique to destroy the fleets and their crews, leaving no trace of the warships in the Pacific.

Nangong Nayue destroyed the international fleet and left the First True Ancestor’s domain collapsing after his death, then returned to Saigō with the Forgotten War King’s Blood Companions as an offering. Saigō rejected the vampires and forced Nangong Nayue to face Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka, ending by demanding that she teach Yukina.

• Nangong Nayue annihilated the combined fleet, launched Familiar Beast Warheads at the Island Nation, and considered destroying the Forgotten War King’s territory to intimidate the nations.
• Nangong Nayue found that the Forgotten War King’s domain was already collapsing as his Familiars ran wild after his death, so she left it to fall on its own.
• Nangong Nayue brought the Forgotten War King’s seventy-two Blood Companions to Saigō as an offering, but he said he had no interest in them.
• Nangong Nayue opened the door to find Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka bound, bruised, and terrified, then told Yukina that her suffering was punishment for trying to kill her.
• Saigō restrained Nangong Nayue with her Chains of Discipline and ordered her to teach Himeragi Yukina.

Nangong Nayue planned to unite the world under her rule while Saigō prepared to leave for the Overlord world before returning to Little Garden. Their conversation was interrupted when Dishampa brought in Astalut, an Artificial Lifeform implanted with a Familiar, and asked Nangong Nayue to save her.

• Nangong Nayue outlined her plan to make nations surrender, establish an Earth United Government, and root out the Lion King Organization and foreign spies.
• Saigō told Nangong Nayue he would disappear to prepare Momonga to inherit the Spirit of Decay, and said they might meet again in Little Garden.
• Dishampa returned and brought an expressionless girl named Astalut to Nangong Nayue, explaining that the Orthodox Church had created her as an Artificial Lifeform and implanted a Familiar in her.
• Nangong Nayue recognized that Astalut's implanted Familiar would consume her life force and rebuked Dishampa for treating her home like a welfare institution.

Nangong Nayue offered the surviving Lion King Organization a place under her rule, and Hinado Koyomi accepted on behalf of its members. As Saigō turned his attention to the world of Overlord, the chapter left the Lion King Organization bound to Nayue’s demands despite lingering resentment among some survivors.

• Nangong Nayue offered Astalut a temporary place as her maid and promised to help solve her problem after settling her own affairs.
• Sendou Aya confronted Dimitrie Vatler on Zoroaster Island and asked whether he would surrender after the First True Ancestor’s death and the destruction of War King’s Domain.
• Xian Guyong weighed whether the Lion King Organization should seek refuge abroad or submit to Nangong Nayue, who appeared at its secret base and asked Hinado Koyomi to decide their fate.
• Nangong Nayue offered to accept the Lion King Organization’s allegiance if its members swore soul loyalty to Zoroaster Island, and Hinado Koyomi agreed on behalf of the survivors.
• An Baina realized that some surviving Demon Slayers and miko were only pretending to accept Nayue’s terms because they still resented her for their lost relatives and friends.
• Saigō turned his attention toward the world of Overlord and the possibility of the Mother of Good and Evil Gods’ revival.

Nangong Nayue brought the Lion King Organization under her command while Saigō advanced his plan to reshape Zoroastrianism. He then arrived in the Overlord world as the Great Tomb’s forces besieged the Slane Theocracy, whose leaders prepared to commit every resource to the war.

• Nangong Nayue assured Yuan Tangyuan that Himeragi Yukina and Kozakura Sayaka would be released after serving their punishment, and she planned to use the Lion King Organization to strengthen Zoroaster Island and spread Zoroastrianism.
• Saigō watched Nangong Nayue take control of the Lion King Organization and decided to complete his final step in the Overlord world.
• Saigō appeared before the Great Tomb’s Guardians, who knelt and welcomed him as their Supreme Sovereign.
• Berenice Nagaya Santini told the Six Cardinals that the Slane Theocracy’s conventional forces had been defeated, the Fire Extinguishing Scripture had suffered heavy losses, and their World Item no longer worked.
• Raymond Zack Laurencin urged the Six Cardinals to send every member of the Sacred Canons to the battlefield, while the council discussed the Platinum Dragon King’s proposed alliance and the growing support for the demons among other nations’ people.

The Slane Theocracy launched its final counterattack against Saigō’s forces, led by Certain Death, while Saigō sent his Guardians to crush them and capture their commander. He treated the battle as Momonga’s final trial, hoping his friend would overcome the undead’s influence and become worthy of inheriting the Spirit of Decay.

• The Cardinals decided to deploy the Scriptures and Certain Death for a desperate counterattack, and the Black Scripture captain informed Certain Death of their orders.
• Certain Death admitted she had little confidence in victory but accepted her mission, while the Black Scripture captain insisted he was not afraid.
• The Theocracy’s elite force charged from the capital and broke through the demon and undead ranks, with Certain Death at its head.
• Cocytus volunteered to capture Certain Death, but Albedo, Shalltear, and Demiurge also asked Saigō for permission to fight.
• Saigō ordered the Guardians to destroy the Theocracy and its allies, declaring that only Zarathustra should endure, while he watched for Momonga’s trial in the north.

Momonga confronted the Platinum Dragon King, removing his equipment and risking his life to resist losing his humanity. Meanwhile, the Slane Theocracy’s sacrificial defenses failed against the Great Tomb’s guardians, who slaughtered its forces as Albedo faced the Black Scripture’s Strongest Human.

• Momonga admitted his fear of becoming Ainz Ooal Gown and challenged the Platinum Dragon King, Chaindroux Bexian, to a battle to the death.
• Momonga raised a barrier, removed his equipment, and told Sebastian to rescue him if he was in danger as he prepared to fight using his own power.
• The Slane Theocracy deployed Shrine Maiden Crown wearers who could cast powerful magic, but their spells failed to harm the Great Tomb’s guardians.
• Demiurge turned the crown-wearing soldiers into undead and led his demons in slaughtering the Theocracy’s forces.
• Shalltear killed Time Turbulence of the Black Scripture with a spear strike that devoured her body.
• The Black Scripture’s tenth seat, the Strongest Human, appeared before Albedo.

Albedo, Shalltear, and the other demons slaughtered the Slane Theocracy’s forces, while Cocytus captured Certain Death alive for Saigō. Aura and Mare reported that the Baharuth Empire had submitted after they killed its emperor and crushed the nobles who resisted.

• Albedo killed the Strongest Human, then she and Shalltear wagered over which of them would kill more enemies.
• The Guardians and demon army massacred the Slane Theocracy’s forces as Cocytus severed Certain Death’s limbs.
• Certain Death watched the capital fall and the Six Cardinals make a doomed last stand before Cocytus captured her and Demiurge sealed her wounds.
• Aura and Mare told Saigō that the Baharuth Empire had submitted, while Mare held the dead Blood Emperor’s head.
• Aura and Mare had killed the emperor and slaughtered the nobles who resisted their rule.