Chapter Summaries

Saigō learned that the two Primogenitor Mother Goddesses had changed his fate and that his path to First Rank required him to support Human History. He entered its river of years and received its blessing, but Yahweh and the Future Buddha Lord could not tell whether he had truly advanced.

• Saigō realized that he had always been the elder brother of Sakamaki Izayoi and Saigō Homura, and that the Mother of Evil Gods and the Mother of Good Gods had altered the past to save him.
• Saigō understood how humanity, good and evil, Karma, and causality related to the paths toward First Rank, and concluded that supporting Human History was the correct path for him.
• Saigō recognized that the Future Buddha Lord had also chosen correctly, while several other pantheons had supported the wrong history.
• Saigō stepped into the river of Human History and received its full power, becoming the first being to attempt to reach First Rank.
• The river dispersed, and Yahweh and the Future Buddha Lord could not determine whether Saigō had advanced beyond Second Rank.

Saigō revealed that he had attained First Rank through Human History and used its power to suppress Yahweh, the Future Buddha, and Shiva while erasing the Indian Pantheon’s gods. After he destroyed Kari Yoga, Kurma and Brahma discovered that one of her incarnations had appeared behind them.

• The Halloween Queen and White Night King tried to comfort Saigō, but he revealed he had attained First Rank and wielded the true Human Original Text.
• Saigō unleashed the river of Human History, suppressed Yahweh and the Future Buddha for hundreds of millions of years, and erased the Indian Pantheon’s Third Rank gods.
• Saigō suppressed Shiva and the Indian Pantheon’s Second Rank Domain Holders, leaving Kari Yoga alive because she existed outside the pantheon’s upper-level order.
• Kari Yoga went mad when her mission became impossible, but Saigō used a giant hand formed from Human History to destroy her body and turn her blood into fertile land, rivers, and seeds of new worlds.
• Kurma and Brahma argued about their past loyalties while fleeing through the void, then sensed Kari Yoga appearing behind them and feared the Indian Pantheon’s destruction.

Saigō erased the Indian Pantheon by reshaping Human History, then helped the White Night King reclaim her true identity as the Primordial Star. After returning to Little Garden’s battlefield, he reunited with his allies, where Kaling arrived worried about the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven and embarrassedly realized Saigō was there.

• Kurma and Brahma returned to Little Garden after Saigō destroyed Kari Yoga, and discovered that the Indian Pantheon’s gods had vanished.
• Kurma and Brahma learned that Saigō had erased their pantheon from Mythological History by creating a Historical Transition Period in which its source of faith disappeared.
• Saigō urged the White Night King to reclaim her original identity, and she transformed into countless stars as she ascended to become the Primordial Star.
• The Halloween Queen agreed to watch over the White Night King while Saigō returned to Little Garden’s battlefield.
• Saigō reunited with his surviving allies, and Kaling arrived in her Golden-Winged Great Peng form asking whether the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven was hurt.
• Kaling noticed Saigō watching her, reverted to human form, and the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven teased her for greeting him first.

After Arcadia’s victory, Saigō rewarded its members and agreed to resurrect Kalki so Sakamaki Izayoi could face him again. Canary prepared to reunite Arcadia’s scattered members, leaving the Community’s leadership unresolved as Saigō Homura also planned to leave Little Garden.

• Sakamaki Izayoi asked Saigō to bring Kalki back, and Saigō promised Kalki would be reborn when Little Garden returned to the Era of World Preservation.
• Saigō offered Saigō Homura a future wish, returned Moon Shadow City and its people to Black Rabbit, and gave Canary the coordinates of Arcadia’s scattered members.
• Canary chose to retrieve the exiled members herself, and Kasugabe Takaaki and Baron agreed to accompany her.
• Canary proposed Sakamaki Izayoi as Arcadia’s temporary leader, but he declined and suggested Saigō Homura.
• Saigō Homura said he could not lead Arcadia because he belonged to Zoroastrianism and planned to visit the children at his former orphanage.

Saigō left Arcadia after appointing Kasugabe Yō to lead it, then confronted the Decadent Wind threatening Little Garden. He contained the Apocalypse Theory, restored Little Garden to the Era of World Preservation, and departed as a higher-dimensional observer.

• Sakamaki Izayoi refused Canary's offer to lead Arcadia and suggested Kasugabe Yō inherit the position, so the others accepted her as leader.
• Saigō told Leticia to travel Little Garden with Lamia and Kara before leaving Arcadia's headquarters for the Second Rank Outer Gate.
• Saigō faced the Decadent Wind as it engulfed the Second Rank Outer Gate, then trapped it within his Sacred Fire.
• Saigō repaired the River of Fate and returned Little Garden from the Era of World Destruction to the Era of World Preservation, reducing the Decadent Wind to a Fifth Rank Demon Lord.
• Saigō declared Little Garden safe from destruction for the foreseeable future and described himself as an observer from a higher dimension.

Saigō reunited with Momonga in Little Garden, confirmed that his wish had been fulfilled, and sent him back to reorganize Nazarick for their move. He then met Nangong Nayue, who recognized his past role in frightening her, and spent the afternoon teasing her over tea.

• Saigō surprised Momonga in Little Garden and asked how he was finding the world.
• Saigō told Momonga to return to the New World, reorganize the Great Tomb, and bring Nazarick to Little Garden as a new community.
• Momonga asked Saigō whether he had fulfilled his wish, and Saigō said he had achieved his goal.
• Momonga agreed to return to the New World, and Saigō sent him back to begin arranging its aftermath.
• Saigō met Nangong Nayue in a Fifth Rank outer gate, and she accused him of having frightened and deceived her before.
• Saigō and Nangong Nayue sat down for afternoon tea, where he pulled her into his embrace and teased her despite her protests.

After the war, Saigō reunited with Sirzechs and Rias, arranged to attend Sirzechs’s wedding, and sent the siblings to bring their world’s connections to Little Garden. He then visited Morgan in Camelot before preparing to resurrect the Mother of Evil Gods and the Mother of Good Gods.

• Sirzechs and Rias met Saigō at World's End, where he praised their work in protecting Salamander and their mastery of the Spirits he gave them.
• Saigō told Sirzechs he would attend his wedding to Ajuka and promised to bestow Gifts on them, while assuring Rias that she did not have to marry unless she wanted to.
• Saigō ordered Sirzechs and Rias to return to their world and bring everyone connected to them into Little Garden, then opened a Boundary Gate for them.
• After the siblings left, Saigō headed toward the West District to settle Little Garden's affairs before resurrecting the Mother of Evil Gods and the Mother of Good Gods.
• Saigō appeared beside Morgan as she watched Camelot being rebuilt, while Melusine, Bávan Shí, and Artoria Caster directed the fairies and knights at work.

Saigō visited Morgan in Camelot, then went to the Dual Goddesses of Karma to resurrect the Mothers of Good and Evil Gods by rewriting Zoroastrianism’s creation myth. The two mothers returned, and Saigō welcomed them back.

• Saigō praised Morgan’s Britain, while Morgan credited him for helping her achieve the kingdom she wanted.
• Saigō commended Makima for her work during the war and allowed her to continue her game of control.
• Saigō told Morgan that he intended to repay his debt to the Mothers of Good and Evil Gods by bringing them back.
• The Dual Goddesses of Karma gave Saigō access to their memories of the world’s beginning so he could gather information about the two mothers.
• Saigō rewrote the Avesta’s creation myth, making himself the creator of the Mothers and declaring that they would return when the Sacred Fire burned again.
• The Mothers of Good and Evil Gods reappeared, and Saigō welcomed them back.