Chapter Summaries

Azer rejected Black Song’s proposal to have his child and warned her against bringing a child into an incomplete family. Black Song used immortal arts to calm Asia and Raynare’s qi, leaving them asleep, and then followed Azer into the villa.

• Black Song appeared on the balcony and offered to help Azer with the still-praying Asia and repentant Raynare.
• Black Song told Azer she wanted his child because she believed he was powerful and could father strong offspring, but Azer refused.
• Azer told Black Song not to suggest having a child without providing a complete family, and she remarked that he would probably be a good father.
• Black Song used immortal arts to settle Asia and Raynare’s chaotic qi, and both women fell asleep as the lingering influence remained in their minds and souls.
• Azer carried Asia to her room and left Raynare behind, while Black Song followed him into the villa.

Azer escorted Asia back to her room, then learned that Black Song had witnessed his confrontation with the Gremory Familiar and wanted to join the Disaster Faction. He accepted her onto his team, and their teasing exchange left them on more familiar terms.

• Azer returned the Black Furnace Magic Sword and left Raynare to decide whether she would stay or run.
• Black Song admitted she had watched Azer fight the Gremory Familiar and had intervened to protect her sister, Bai Yin.
• Azer recognized that Black Song had killed her former master to protect herself and her sister, though he did not reveal that he knew the truth.
• Black Song asked to join the Disaster Faction because Ophis led it, and Azer agreed to bring her onto his team.
• Black Song teased Azer about having a child with him, and the two bickered until the tension between them eased.

Cao Cao assessed Azer’s actions and concluded that he had little interest in the Hero Faction, while Kuoh Town’s turmoil was drawing powerful figures from every faction. In the Underworld, Sirzechs confirmed the Disaster Faction’s existence with Azazel, who proposed a discussion among the three factions.

• Cao Cao heard Siegfried’s report that Azer had recruited a former Saintess and Black Song, and concluded that Azer was not acting for the Hero Faction.
• Siegfried reported Azer’s actions in Kuoh Town and the Church’s, devils’, and Fallen Angels’ responses; Cao Cao predicted the Old Devil King Faction would act and the Disaster Faction would emerge from hiding.
• Cao Cao left the waterfall and looked forward to facing Azer as his destined opponent.
• Sirzechs contacted Azazel and asked whether the Disaster Faction existed and whether Ophis led it.
• Azazel confirmed the information and proposed that the devils, Fallen Angels, and Heaven hold a proper discussion.

Azer stayed in Kuoh Town as the factions grew tense over the Disaster Faction, while Asia joined his team and Raynare disappeared. A month later, Azer and his companions found Azazel waiting in their villa.

• Azer sensed that the factions' sudden restraint meant a major conflict was approaching Kuoh Town, but he chose to stay and enjoy himself with Asia and Black Song.
• Asia decided to join Azer's team, believing that the Lord's will within him had guided her, while Black Song continued trying to tempt Azer into having children.
• Raynare disappeared after fleeing, and about a month later Black Song sensed that someone had breached the barrier around their villa.
• Azer entered the villa with Asia and Black Song and found a stranger sitting in the living room.
• Azer identified the stranger as Azazel, the Governor of the Fallen Angels, and the two men faced each other as the room grew heavy with tension.

Azer confronted Azazel, who questioned him about his strength and alleged connection to the Disaster Faction. Azazel revealed that the Three Great Factions’ leaders had gathered in Kuoh Town, then admitted he had come to test Azer and challenged him to spar.

• Black Song pulled Asia back and stayed wary as Azer faced Azazel, the Twelve-Winged Fallen Angel Governor-General.
• Azazel questioned how Azer had mastered the Holy Spear and grown so powerful without the God Child Observer noticing, and Azer denied any obligation to explain himself.
• Azazel said the Three Great Factions knew about the Disaster Faction and Ophis, and named Sirzechs Lucifer, Serafall Leviathan, Michael, and Gabriel as leaders gathered in Kuoh Town.
• Azer argued that Azazel had come alone to scout him and warned that the Twilight Holy Lance could threaten Fallen Angels.
• Azazel spread his twelve black wings, admitted he had come to test Azer, and challenged him to spar; Azer accepted.

Azer and Azazel met outside Kuoh Town and discussed the Twilight Holy Lance, Sacred Gears, and God’s possible intentions before Azazel challenged him. Their clash escalated into a fierce battle, leaving them locked in a Doomsday War.

• Azazel recognized the Twilight Holy Lance and wondered whether it had grown stronger alongside Azer.
• Azazel explained his fascination with Sacred Gears and questioned why God had created them and allowed God Slaying Gears to threaten gods and Demon Kings.
• Azazel hurled a massive Spear of Light at Azer, but Azer’s Holy Spear shattered it and nearly struck Azazel.
• Azazel filled the sky with countless Spears of Light, and Azer destroyed them with a burst of sacred power.
• Azazel created a halberd of light and charged Azer, and their weapons collided as they began a devastating close-combat battle.

Asia prayed for Azer’s victory while Black Song worried about the powerful factions gathering in Kuoh Town. On the battlefield, Azer forced Azazel to reveal his Artificial Sacred Gear, the Fallen Dragon’s Flash Gun, and Azazel began its Balance Breaker Transformation.

• Asia prayed for Azer, believing that the Holy Spear and God’s Will made him the Lord’s favored messenger.
• Black Song stopped teasing Asia and worried that her little sister might be drawn into trouble as the leaders of the Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels gathered in Kuoh Town.
• Azer and Azazel exchanged rapid attacks, and Azazel praised the Holy Spear while studying its abilities.
• Azer accused Azazel of holding back and revealed that he knew about Artificial Sacred Gear.
• Azazel presented the Fallen Dragon’s Flash Gun, which contained Fafnir, the Golden Dragon Lord, and began its Balance Breaker Transformation.

Azazel and Azer fought a devastating battle, each pushing the other to the brink with their Sacred Gear powers. Just as they prepared a final collision, a golden-winged angel restrained Azazel while a red-haired man bearing Rias’s resemblance stopped Azer.

• Azazel activated his Artificial Sacred Gear to assume the golden Fallen Dragon's Armor and challenged Azer.
• Azer and Azazel traded powerful attacks, wrecking the battlefield and inflicting serious wounds on each other.
• Azazel and Azer charged toward one another for a final strike as the underground battlefield collapsed around them.
• A golden-winged angel appeared and froze Azazel with holy Light Power.
• A red-haired man resembling Rias appeared before Azer and forced him back with Power of Destruction.

Azer fought Azazel until Sirzechs Lucifer and Michael intervened, ending the battle between the three factions’ leaders. Though they urged him to talk and asked why he had joined the Disaster Faction, Azer remained ready to fight and refused to reveal his full strength.

• Azer and Azazel burst out of the rubble, and Sirzechs Lucifer and Michael stepped between them.
• Sirzechs thanked Azer for looking after Rias, while Michael apologized for how the Church had treated him.
• Sirzechs asked why Azer had joined the Disaster Faction, and Azer pointed his Holy Spear at the three leaders and asked if they would fight him together.
• Azazel noted that Azer had not activated Balance Breaker and asked why; Azer said he had believed he could defeat Azazel without it.
• Sirzechs offered to talk with Azer and promised to fight him afterward if Azer still wanted to.

Azer offered information on the Disaster Faction in exchange for Azazel’s core research on Artificial Sacred Gears. Azazel agreed on the condition that Azer keep the materials from the Disaster Faction, and they arranged to meet at Kuoh Academy in two days.

• Azer asked for Azazel’s Artificial Sacred Gear research in exchange for detailed information on the Disaster Faction.
• Azazel probed whether the Disaster Faction had obtained research materials from a defector, and Azer confirmed it had only received superficial information.
• Sirzechs and Michael rejected the exchange as first proposed, fearing the Disaster Faction would use the research to grow stronger.
• Azazel agreed to give Azer the research on the condition that Azer examine it himself and not pass it to the Disaster Faction.
• Azer accepted the condition, and Azazel arranged for them to exchange the materials at Kuoh Academy in two days.

After Azer left, Azazel, Sirzechs, and Michael discussed whether they had grounds to pursue him and reconsidered his ties to the Disaster Faction. They learned that Diodora’s crimes against Asia had helped set events in motion, and the leaders chose to trust Azer and await what he would do next.

• Azazel asked why they had let Azer go, but Sirzechs and Michael explained that they had no wish to attack him.
• Michael questioned Azazel about Raynare’s attempt to sacrifice Asia Argento, and Azazel admitted what had happened before pointing out the Church’s role in Asia’s expulsion.
• Sirzechs revealed that Diodora had deliberately arranged to be injured so he could obtain Asia, and said Ajuka would restrain the Astaroth Family.
• Sirzechs explained that the leaders had decided not to pursue Azer over the Astaroth successor’s death, while Michael and Sirzechs argued that Azer might not truly be aligned with the Disaster Faction.
• Azazel said Azer’s spear and conduct convinced him the young man was not one of the Disaster Faction’s terrorists, and he looked forward to seeing how Azer used his research findings.

After Azer recovered from his battle with Azazel, he learned that the current Demon King Lucifer and Michael had helped arrange a deal with him. Two days later, Azer, Black Song, and Asia arrived at Kuoh Academy’s Occult Research Club for the transaction.

• Asia used Holy Mother's Smile to heal Azer’s wounds after he returned from the battlefield.
• Azer explained his encounter with Azazel, Sirzechs, and Michael, then invited Black Song and Asia to accompany him to Kuoh Academy in two days.
• Black Song and Asia agreed to go, and the three spent the next two days resting as the factions kept the peace in Kuoh Town.
• Azer, Black Song, and Asia entered Kuoh Academy and were greeted by Himejima Zhu Nai, who said Rias Gremory and Demon King Lucifer were waiting with Heaven’s representatives.
• Himejima Zhu Nai led the three to the Occult Research Club, where the gathered participants awaited the transaction.

Azer met with Michael, Sirzechs, and Azazel to trade intelligence about the Disaster Faction for Azazel’s Artificial Sacred Gear research. After both sides exchanged their information, Vali’s fighting interest in Azer remained unresolved.

• Azer entered the crowded Occult Research Club room and found representatives of all three factions gathered, including Michael, Sirzechs, Azazel, and Vali.
• Ta Cheng Xiao Mao reacted with shock when she saw her wanted older sister Black Song accompanying Azer, while Mu Chang You Dou glared at the Holy Sword Users and Himejima Zhu Nai eyed Azazel with hostility.
• Vali asked to speak to Azer, but Azazel told him to wait until the trade was finished, and Vali reluctantly agreed.
• Azer handed over his compiled intelligence on the Disaster Faction, and Azazel gave him a parchment containing the God Child Observer researchers’ Artificial Sacred Gear research.
• Azer unrolled the parchment and immediately absorbed its vast amount of information.

Azer discovered that his Anti-Armament authority let him instinctively understand and create Artificial Sacred Gears from Azazel’s research materials. Vali Lucifer revealed himself as the White Dragon Emperor and challenged Azer to find out whose dragon-type God Slaying Gear was stronger.

• Azer received Azazel’s Artificial Sacred Gear research and realized his authority let him create the devices without understanding their principles.
• Vali introduced himself as Vali Lucifer, and Azazel revealed he was the great-grandson of the late Old Devil King Lucifer.
• Vali explained that he was a half-blood Devil King descendant and had possessed a Sacred Gear since birth.
• Vali unfolded White Dragon Emperor’s Light Wings, revealing that he held the Longinus containing the White Dragon.
• Vali challenged Azer, asking whether the White Dragon Emperor’s Light Wings or Azer’s Twilight Holy Lance was stronger.

Vali challenged Azer to a fight at Kuoh Academy, driven by his desire to test himself against the strong. Azazel raised a barrier around the school, and Vali and Azer faced off on the field, ready to fight.

• Vali revealed himself as the White Dragon Emperor and challenged Sirzechs before turning his attention to Azer.
• Azazel warned that Vali was exceptionally strong and explained that stopping him could provoke an attack.
• Vali flew outside, and Azer followed him to the field as the others rushed after them.
• Azazel activated a barrier around Kuoh Academy to contain any damage from the battle.
• Vali and Azer confronted each other, and Vali explained that his Sacred Gear could halve a touched opponent’s power every ten seconds and absorb it.

Vali transformed into the White Dragon Emperor’s Balance Breaker and attacked Azer, forcing him to reveal the Holy Spear. The strongest White Dragon Emperor and the strongest Holy Lance User prepared to continue their clash.

• Vali activated his Balance Breaker, prompting Azazel to explain how its form inspired his Artificial Sacred Gear.
• Vali bombarded Azer with Magic Power Bullets, but Azer emerged unharmed and the surrounding field lay in ruins.
• Vali revealed his eight-winged status and traded powerful punches with Azer, demanding that he draw his lance.
• As Vali charged to use the White Dragon Emperor’s power-halving ability, Azer summoned the Holy Spear and blasted him into the gymnasium.
• Azer landed on the school building with the Holy Spear, whose presence threatened the devils and transfixed the Holy Sword Users.

Azer and Vali fought across Kuoh Academy, with Vali using the White Dragon Emperor’s abilities and Azer countering with the Twilight Holy Lance. As Vali surrounded him with duplicates, Azer closed his eyes and trusted the lance to reveal the real enemy.

• Vali and Albion recognized that the Twilight Holy Lance gave Azer a dangerous advantage against Vali’s half-devil nature.
• Azer struck Vali with the extending Holy Lance, and Vali dodged, counterattacked with Magic Power Bullets, and escaped the follow-up thrust.
• Vali used the White Dragon Emperor’s Domain to halve and destroy the school grounds while Azer retreated and the spectators protected themselves.
• Vali created numerous duplicates with Magic Cube Arrays and sent them to attack Azer from every direction.
• Azer closed his eyes and relied on the Holy Lance to sense which Vali was real.

Azer wounded Vali with the Holy Spear, forcing him to use Divide repeatedly to stop its purifying power. Refusing to surrender despite his injuries and dwindling strength, Vali activated the dangerous Juggernaut Drive, leaving Azer to face his transformed opponent.

• Azer entered a concentrated state and repelled the attacking Valis with the Holy Spear.
• Vali launched a surprise punch at Azer, but Azer turned and pierced Vali's arm with the Holy Spear.
• Vali used Divide repeatedly to purge the Holy Spear's power, though Albion warned that his Balance Breaker time had been greatly reduced.
• Vali declared that he would reveal the White Dragon Emperor's higher power, alarming Azazel, Sirzechs, and Michael.
• Vali chanted the incantation and activated Juggernaut Drive, creating a huge crater as Azer retreated and faced him gravely.

Vali activated the White Dragon Emperor’s Juggernaut Drive and overwhelmed Azer, leaving him bloodied against Kuoh Academy’s barrier. As Vali declared victory, Azer revealed that he would answer with his own trump card: Balance Breaker.

• Vali’s Juggernaut Drive battered Kuoh Academy’s barrier, forcing Azazel, Sirzechs, and Michael to reinforce it while Sirzechs explained the power’s dangers.
• Azazel warned that Juggernaut Drive could make its user lose control and consume their vitality, but said Vali could control it for several minutes by spending his magic power.
• Vali emerged from the crater in a larger, more savage dragon form and attacked Azer, shattering his holy-power shield with one punch.
• Vali battered Azer through the academy grounds and struck him into the barrier, tearing through his Battle Qi defense and making him cough blood.
• Vali claimed victory, but Azer said the fight was not over and announced that he would show his Balance Breaker.

Azer unveiled Judgment God-Demon Lance, his unique Balance Breaker that manifested God's will to judge sinners and gave the Holy Spear the power to slay gods. He defeated Vali by piercing and shattering the armor of his Juggernaut Drive, leaving Vali alive on the ground.

• Azer activated his Balance Breaker, transforming the Holy Spear into a scarlet lance whose presence shook the world and overwhelmed nearly everyone with God's judgment.
• Azazel recognized the form as Judgment God-Demon Lance, a unique subspecies Balance Breaker that Azer had developed himself.
• Azer explained that the lance enhanced the Holy Spear's original abilities, gained absolute God Slaying Power, and manifested God's will to judge sinners.
• Azer said Vali's Juggernaut Drive had weakened his resistance, leaving him unable to fight under the lance's judgment and purifying power.
• Azer thrust the lance into Vali's chest armor, shattered it, and ended the fight without killing him.