Chapter Summaries

Saigō arrived at the Sacred Kingdom’s royal city, overwhelming its defenders and halting the battle across the city. After disciplining the Pleiades and ordering the humans captured alive, he left the two sides poised to clash.

• Saigō’s aura and black flames spread over the city, forcing Lakyus, Calca, Remedios, and the soldiers to their knees.
• Demiurge and the Pleiades welcomed Saigō, who forgave Entoma but reprimanded the maids for their failures and promised punishment later.
• Yuri and the other maids offered to kill the humans, but Demiurge explained that Saigō wanted them captured and warned them not to guess his intentions.
• Blue Rose and the Sacred Kingdom’s remaining elite forces launched an attack after deciding they could not escape.

Evileye’s ambush failed when Aurora captured her, and Saigō’s servants defeated the Sacred Kingdom forces and Blue Rose. Saigō left Evileye gravely wounded but alive, then faced the question of what to do with the surviving leaders.

• The Holy Knights, Calca, Kuirat, Remedios, and Blue Rose attacked the Pleidas Seven while Evileye tried to stab Saigō from behind.
• Evileye’s weapon could not pierce Saigō’s clothing, and Aurora seized her, revealing herself as a True Vampire.
• Nabe stabbed Lakyus, Solius incapacitated the Twin Ninjas, and Lupusregina overwhelmed Gagaran while Yuri, Entoma, and Shizu killed the soldiers and spellcasters.
• Saigō revealed that he had noticed Evileye’s plan and allowed her to touch him, then pierced her chest with black flames that prevented her from healing or dying.
• Aurora discarded the wounded Evileye, and Saigō’s servants asked how he wanted the captured survivors dealt with.

Saigō captured the Sacred Kingdom’s capital, suppressed the demi-humans, and kept the city’s residents safe while confronting Queen Calca Bessarez with the failures of her rule. He forced her to choose between killing two companions to spare the commoners or protecting them and watching the city be destroyed, intending to make her govern the country under his rule.

• Saigō ordered the Pleiades Seven sisters to bring the Saint Princess and Blue Rose to the palace alive, and instructed Demiurge to take the capital without harming its residents.
• After the Saint Princess was captured, Demiurge’s forces took the capital and killed Serpentfolk and other demi-humans who tried to massacre or disobey the city’s people.
• Demiurge secured control of the capital and went to the palace, where Saigō sat on the Saint Princess’s throne before Calca Bessarez and the captured members of Blue Rose.
• Saigō criticized Calca’s idealistic but ineffective rule, and Calca admitted she had failed to govern even her capital properly.
• Saigō showed Calca that the city remained orderly under demonic rule, then offered her a dagger and demanded that she kill her two companions or let him destroy the city and kill hundreds of thousands.
• Demiurge praised Saigō’s method of breaking Calca’s spirit, while Saigō planned to make her loyal and use her to govern the country.

Saigō forced Calca to choose between Remedios and her people, then made her kneel as his slave after healing Remedios. He turned to Blue Rose and threatened Evileye, while Lakyus and her teammates refused to yield.

• Calca stabbed Remedios in the abdomen, choosing to act for her people, and Saigō healed Remedios before praising Calca’s obedience.
• Saigō ordered Calca to become his slave in exchange for Remedios’s life and a happier nation, and Calca knelt and kissed his shoe.
• Lakyus silently considered Saigō’s choice between Evileye and the Re-Estize Kingdom, while Evileye signaled that she would not blame her.
• Saigō threatened to torture Blue Rose’s teammates and pinned Evileye’s head beneath his foot.
• Gagaran and the Twin Ninjas urged Lakyus not to blame herself, and Lakyus wept at her teammates’ support.

Saigō spared Blue Rose by sending them away while keeping Evileye captive, and he made Saint Princess Calca his slave while promising to remake the Sacred Kingdom. Rigurd warned the Platinum Dragon King that Saigō and Momonga threatened the world; meanwhile, Blue Rose returned to the Kingdom after failing to rescue Evileye and heard reports of the demons’ rule.

• Saigō threatened to subject Evileye to eternal torment, then ordered Demiurge to teleport Blue Rose and the other guests to the Kingdom.
• Saigō declared Calca a slave and ordered her to announce the birth of a new nation, promising to make the Sacred Kingdom a utopia under his rule.
• Rigurd met the Platinum Dragon King Chaindroux and warned him that Saigō and Momonga were a greater danger than the Demon God of the past.
• Rigurd and Chaindroux agreed to prepare for the players’ threat by seeking Guild Weapons and World Items and gathering dragonkind’s help.
• Lakyus and the rest of Blue Rose returned to the Re-Estize Kingdom after repeated failed attempts to enter the Sacred Kingdom and rescue Evileye.
• Blue Rose overheard tavern patrons say that demons had taken over the Sacred Kingdom, killed its nobles, and begun governing its people.

Blue Rose heard rumors that the Sacred Kingdom was thriving under demon rule, while Momonga suspected Zarathustra was drawing out powerful beings to assess the world's dangers. Saigō explained how he had remade the capital and ordered Calca and Remedios to extend his rule across the kingdom.

• Tavern patrons debated whether the Sacred Kingdom's demon ruler had spared its people, and Blue Rose wondered whether Evileye was still alive.
• Momonga met Blue Rose, suspected Zarathustra was testing the world's strength and searching for other players, and resolved to strengthen his will against the Mother of Evil Gods.
• Saigō asked Calca about the capital, and she praised its transformation after he replaced the exploiting nobles with Undead administrators and laborers.
• Calca ordered Remedios to reclaim the northern cities and then march south to eliminate the southern nobles and apply the capital's policies.
• Saigō told Calca that she would remain king under his authority because the Undead could not manage the kingdom's larger strategy.

Saigō visited Nazarick’s dining hall before going with Albedo to inspect Evileye’s psychological torment in the Black Coffin. He found Evileye near a mental breakdown and prepared to impose his will on her.

• Saigō enjoyed lunch while the Pleiades Maids served him, then asked Albedo about Evileye.
• Albedo told Saigō that The Death Knight was tormenting Evileye’s mind, and Saigō decided to visit her.
• Saigō and Albedo entered the Black Coffin, where Entoma and The Death Knight greeted him.
• The Death Knight led Saigō to Evileye, who was bound to a cross after witnessing humans repeatedly devoured and magically revived.
• The Death Knight reported that Evileye’s will was close to collapse and invited Saigō to instill his thoughts in her.

Saigō forced Evileye to reveal how the Coffin Dragon King destroyed Inberia and turned her into a vampire. He offered to spare Blue Rose, kill the Coffin Dragon King, and revive her kingdom if she submitted to him and helped conquer the Re-Estize Kingdom, leaving Evileye stunned by the promise of her people’s return.

• Saigō visited Evileye in the black coffin and threatened to have Albedo capture Blue Rose unless Evileye answered his questions.
• Saigō recounted Evileye’s history as Keno Fasris Inberun, and Evileye agreed to explain what had happened to her homeland.
• Evileye revealed that the Coffin Dragon King had used Origin Magic to sacrifice Inberia, but her Talent let her copy the spell and absorb souls, turning her into an undead vampire.
• Evileye explained that the Coffin Dragon King had meant to use millions of souls in a ritual to restore the world’s distorted Heavenly Principles.
• Saigō refused to promise Blue Rose’s safety in exchange for her story, then offered to spare them if Evileye became his possession and helped him take the Re-Estize Kingdom.
• Saigō also promised to kill the Coffin Dragon King and possibly revive Inberia’s citizens, leaving Evileye shocked and asking how he could bring them back.

Saigō learned that Shalltear had been marked as a traitor by an external force, condemned her weakness, and teleported to confront her. While the Guardians prepared to pursue and punish Shalltear, she fought Brain Unglaus and easily drove him to flee.

• Saigō persuaded Evileye to submit, and she knelt to swear loyalty to him.
• Saigō discovered Shalltear's treason status, declared her his enemy, and teleported away to face her.
• Albedo ordered Demiurge and the other Guardians to prepare to reach Shalltear and punish her for betraying Saigō.
• Shalltear mocked Brain Unglaus as he failed to damage her nail with his sword.
• Brain Unglaus slashed at Shalltear and fled, but she effortlessly blocked his attack with her fingernail.

Shalltear encountered the Slane Theocracy’s Black Scripture and was captured by Kaire’s World Item, Beauty Overwhelms Nations. As the Theocracy approached to claim her, Saigō appeared through a magic circle in the sky.

• Shalltear spotted the Black Scripture and recognized its members as powerful figures from the Slane Theocracy.
• The Black Scripture mistook Shalltear for a potential asset, while Shalltear planned to capture some of them for information.
• Kaire revealed the World Item Beauty Overwhelms Nations and used it to control Shalltear.
• Shalltear’s uncontrolled magic devastated the valley as the Black Scripture waited for the World Item to take effect.
• Saigō emerged from a magic circle as Shalltear cried out to Lord Zarathustra.

Saigō annihilated the Black Scripture with his Wind of Decay, sparing its leader after the others sacrificed themselves. Shalltear, driven mad by blood frenzy, threatened Saigō and Albedo as Albedo and the other Guardians arrived.

• The Black Scripture fled Saigō, but his Wind of Decay trapped them and he forced them to fight for the chance to survive.
• Giant Shield Wanli charged Saigō to protect the leader, then died when Saigō's breath aged him to death.
• The Black Scripture attacked Saigō and perished, leaving only its leader alive as Saigō honored his promise.
• Shalltear rose in a blood-frenzied state and declared that she would dominate Saigō and bear his child.
• Albedo, Cocytus, Aura, Mare, and Demiurge arrived, and Shalltear insulted Albedo and threatened to tear her apart.

Saigō confronted Shalltear after the World Item 'Beauty Overwhelms Nations' drove her to betray the Great Tomb, while the Guardians asked permission to punish her. Momonga arrived to support Saigō, who began fighting Shalltear and left her badly injured after revealing power that seemed nearly infinite.

• Albedo and the other Guardians knelt before Saigō and asked permission to tear Shalltear apart for betraying the Great Tomb.
• Saigō explained that Shalltear had been affected by the World Item 'Beauty Overwhelms Nations,' and Momonga arrived to ask what had happened.
• Momonga offered to help Saigō fight Shalltear, but Saigō told him to stay back and watch.
• Shalltear challenged Saigō and attacked him with holy magic, but the sacred brilliance faded against his Black Flame.
• Saigō used Super-tier Magic: Divine Sheep Diamond to reflect Shalltear's holy attack onto her, melting her face and blinding her when she tried to assess his power.
• Saigō struck Shalltear in the abdomen and sent her crashing into a crater a hundred meters wide.

Saigō overwhelmed Shalltear after the World Item Beauty Overwhelms Nations drove her into Blood Frenzy, then battered her into submission. The guardians praised Saigō as their creator and god, while Momonga worried that Shalltear might not survive being killed to break the item’s control.

• Saigō caught Shalltear’s Pure Throwing Spear, shattered it, and used Dragon-Snake Mercury to tear her body in half, but Shalltear restored herself with Time Rewind.
• Shalltear transformed into a monstrous lamprey-like creature and lunged at Saigō, who praised her appearance, tore out her tongue, and repeatedly whipped her with it to stop her from using magic.
• Saigō threw Shalltear’s mangled body before the guardians, who knelt and asked him how to deal with her.
• Momonga explained that another World Item could remove Beauty Overwhelms Nations’ effect, while killing Shalltear might also free her but risked losing her if resurrection no longer worked.

Saigō used Holy Annihilation on Shalltear and discovered that it resonated with the World Item controlling her, revealing that both were fragments of the Mother of Evil Gods’ shattered cosmic truths. As stars fell across the world, the Slane Theocracy and powerful dragons sensed the immense force, while Shalltear’s fate remained unresolved.

• Saigō studied Shalltear and activated Holy Annihilation to test whether it could dispel the World Item’s effect on her.
• Saigō learned that Holy Annihilation and World Items shared an origin as fragments of the Mother of Evil Gods’ power, and he connected the invitation letters to those scattered fragments.
• The sky darkened worldwide, the stars shifted from their orbits, and meteors began falling as Holy Annihilation resonated with the World Item inside Shalltear.
• Certain Death told the twelve High Priests that an overwhelming power had appeared, and the priests ordered the Wind Flower Sacred Canon to investigate recent events across the continent.
• The Platinum Dragon King and other Giant Dragons watched the falling stars, while enormous dragons in the depths, skies, and space awakened and sensed the power.

Saigō restored the sky, learned that Holy Annihilation and World Items shared the Mother of Evil Gods’ power, and returned to Nazarick after sparing the Black Scripture leader. He punished Shalltear for her betrayal, while the survivor reported Saigō’s power to Certain Death, who became interested in marrying someone strong enough to defeat her.

• Saigō dispelled Beauty Overwhelms Nations, revived Shalltear, and promised to punish her after they returned to the Great Tomb.
• Saigō released the Black Scripture leader as promised, and Demiurge let him go back to the Slane Theocracy.
• The leader told Certain Death that Saigō had defeated Shalltear and made the stars fall, and Certain Death laughed about wanting to marry a man who could defeat her.
• In Nazarick, Saigō stepped on Shalltear’s face and whipped her as punishment for betraying him and the Great Tomb.
• Shalltear collapsed in a pool of blood and revealed her lamprey-like true form as Saigō watched her from a throne of congealed blood.

Saigō punished Shalltear, Entoma, and Shizu for their offenses, leaving Shalltear convinced that the punishment proved his affection and prompting a bitter quarrel with Albedo. In the Throne Room, Momonga returned and hinted to Saigō that his recent experiences had changed him, while keeping the details to himself.

• Saigō ordered Shizu to clean Shalltear’s devastated bedchamber before teleporting away.
• Shalltear staggered through the corridor, boasting to Albedo that she had received Saigō’s affection, and the two argued over his favor.
• After parting from Shalltear, Albedo broke down alone, longing to receive Saigō’s attention and punishment too.
• Momonga sat in the Throne Room with Saigō and said that his recent experiences had changed his state of mind, but he withheld what he had encountered.

Morax remembered how he and Guizhong had built a prosperous Liyue before the Archon War destroyed their peace. As displaced people fled across Mt. Tianheng, Morax mourned Guizhong and struggled to hold Guili against a coalition of Archons.

• Momonga told Saigō that his power had outgrown his mindset and feared his undead identity was changing his thoughts.
• Saigō urged Momonga to preserve his human beliefs, and Momonga vowed he would not let undeath turn him against Saigō.
• Saigō sensed that someone new had accepted an invitation, giving him a chance to seize another world's origin.
• Morax watched people flee across Mt. Tianheng and remembered Guizhong's final words and her death.
• Morax recalled how he and Guizhong had united their people, founded Guili, and guided Liyue through centuries of prosperity.
• The Archon War devastated Liyue, and Morax, Guizhong, Azhdaha, and the immortals struggled against the Archons besieging Guili.

After Guizhong’s death and the evacuation from Guili, Morax’s erosion worsened, and the black paper he had carried for a thousand years exploited his weakened mind. He realized he had unknowingly formed a contract with it, fell into darkness, and met Nangong Nayue in the Void, where Momonga also appeared.

• After Guizhong died defending Liyue, Morax led the people south of Mt. Tianheng as the Demon Gods recovered for another battle.
• While watching the evacuation, Morax briefly lost himself in memories, and Azhdaha warned him that his erosion had worsened.
• Morax realized the black paper had influenced him for a thousand years and that he had activated its spell, forming a contract with it.
• Morax fell into darkness and met a shadowy girl who introduced the place as the Void, also called the Borderland Between Good and Evil.
• Morax learned from Nangong Nayue that she had never heard of Teyvat, then observed Momonga appear in the darkness.

Morax accepted that he could not refuse Saigō’s contract, and Saigō offered a Devil’s incarnation to protect what Morax cared about. Saigō then promised he could also fulfill Morax’s deepest desire and regret, leaving Morax shaken by the thought of someone dear to him.

• Saigō told Morax that he lacked the power to refuse the contract and that resistance would be meaningless.
• Morax calmly asked Saigō to state the contract’s terms and decided to limit the harm as much as he could.
• Saigō offered to send an incarnation of one of his subordinate Devils to defeat Morax’s enemies and protect what he cared about.
• Saigō offered to make up for Morax’s deepest desire and regret, and Morax shuddered as a smiling figure came to mind.

Morax accepted Saigō’s contract, which promised to fulfill his deepest wishes while leaving its price undecided, and returned to Mt. Tianheng. There he met Saigō’s Entropy Demon God incarnation, introduced him to Azhdaha as an ally, and explained Liyue’s history as its people migrated south.

• Morax asked Saigō what price he would have to pay for the contract, and Saigō said he would decide later.
• Saigō sent Morax back to Mt. Tianheng, where Azhdaha said Morax had been gone for only an instant.
• Saigō appeared before Morax and Azhdaha, introduced himself as Zarathustra, the Entropy Demon God, and showed them the black flame in his lantern.
• Morax stopped Azhdaha from attacking and described Saigō as his friend, leading Azhdaha to believe the new Demon God would help protect Liyue.
• Morax told Saigō that a fallen celestial star had formed the Chasm and that Liyue’s people were migrating south from the ruined Guili Gathering.