Chapter Summaries

The Demi-human Allied Forces survived another battle but remained trapped inside the Holy Kingdom, with their exhausted leaders debating whether to seek human allies or find another escape route. A scout brought Buser news that gave the army a new option, while a hidden man pursued a plan to use the demi-humans to distract a Dragon Lord and kill a crucial human.

• Buser and the Ten Greats of the Demi-humans discussed their army's dire condition and their inability to cross the Holy Kingdom's sealed borders.
• Rainbow Scales laid out two choices: seek an alliance with humans or retreat while searching for another escape route.
• The leaders recalled that Nasurini Pelt Chule had submitted to the Sorcerer Kingdom and was reportedly thriving there.
• A Winged Demi-human scout whispered news to Buser, who announced that the army might have another choice.
• A man watching the Demi-human Allied Forces planned to use them to divert a Dragon Lord while he approached and killed a crucial human.

Naraku considered accepting the Demi-human Allied Forces as refugees and agreed with Pabel’s proposal, but an unseen attacker struck while the White Frost Dragon Lord opened a path through the domain. Naraku’s head was severed, and his body fell to the ground.

• The Demi-human Allied Forces arrived seeking protection after their attempt to flee to the Great Forest of Evasha failed.
• Naraku met Pabel and the others outside the cave and asked Pabel how they should handle the refugees.
• Pabel recommended accepting the demi-humans for protection and as a potential advantage for Naraku in the Sorcerer Kingdom.
• Naraku agreed with Pabel, and the White Frost Dragon Lord split the Extreme Cold Domain to create a path.
• An eerie purple crack appeared behind Naraku, and a hand reached through and severed his head before anyone could react.

Naraku survived the ambush by using his Dullahan abilities, while the White Frost Dragon Lord tried to protect him and confront the High Priest. The High Priest admitted that Naraku had obstructed his plans by protecting humans, leaving his motives still unclear.

• The White Frost Dragon Lord panicked over Naraku's apparent death, froze the crack with Tier Ten magic, and sealed the area with a Wild Magic barrier.
• The High Priest emerged from the crack and dispelled the White Frost Dragon Lord's Frost Breath with a gesture, then said Naraku was not dead.
• Neia reattached Naraku's head, and he thanked her after revealing that his Dullahan abilities and other safeguards had let him survive the attack.
• Naraku questioned the High Priest about the attack and the incidents in the Holy Kingdom, and the High Priest said Naraku had blocked his path.
• Naraku deduced that the High Priest targeted the humans he protected, and the High Priest praised his insight while hinting at a plan that the White Frost Dragon Lord had interrupted.

Naraku heard Anhela explain that the Holy Kingdom’s catastrophe was a divinely ordered experiment meant to transform humanity, with Demi-humans excluded from his vision of salvation. After Anhela named his God as Jiuyao and invited Naraku to join him, Naraku rejected the offer and ordered an attack.

• Anhela offered Naraku freedom from his dependence on his original body if he joined him, and Naraku pretended to consider the offer.
• Naraku ordered the White Frost Dragon Lord to withdraw the barrier and stand down, then demanded that Anhela prove his sincerity.
• Anhela said God had created him and granted him authority over the rifts, and he described the Corrupted Beasts as a stage in humanity’s evolution.
• Anhela admitted that he had targeted the Holy Queen to destroy the people’s hope and help the miasma infect them, and he dismissed Demi-humans as worthless.
• Anhela named his God as Jiuyao, shocking Naraku and the hidden Minotaur Sage, then invited Naraku to worship alongside him.
• Naraku rejected Anhela’s invitation and ordered those nearby to open fire on him.

Naraku’s ambush failed to harm Anhela, who revealed that the country was trapped in a time loop and that despair could turn people into Corrupted Beasts. With reinforcements unable to arrive, the White Frost Dragon Lord, the Minotaur Sage, and Dragon Lord Touguang prepared to fight Anhela together.

• Naraku used Domination Spell to make the assembled fighters attack Anhela, then survived his own Great Calamity blast with Avatar of Nature and helped the White Frost Dragon Lord strike.
• Anhela emerged uninjured, identified Naraku’s true self as a remnant of Yggdrasil, and revealed that Divine Authority had trapped the country in an endless cycle without a tomorrow.
• Despair spread through the crowd, causing some people to become Corrupted Beasts and attack their companions, but the others subdued them before the corruption spread further.
• The White Frost Dragon Lord swallowed a Demon soul to replenish his energy and charged Anhela, who opened rifts and forced him to choose between attacking and protecting the humans.
• The Minotaur Sage and Dragon Lord Touguang stepped in to aid the White Frost Dragon Lord, and Touguang revealed his true dragon form.

Naraku watched the Minotaur Sage, Dragon Lord Touguang, and White Frost Dragon Lord defeat Anhela, but Anhela revived with Jiuyao’s power and recovered his strength. As the battered group faced a second round, a Platinum Dragon descended and declared that he would fight Anhela.

• Naraku recognized the Minotaur Sage as a fellow Player and realized that he and Dragon Lord Touguang had been hiding in plain sight as Sorcerer Kingdom Magic Academy instructors.
• Neia caught the exhausted Naraku and helped him sit down while the battle continued above them.
• The Minotaur Sage, White Frost Dragon Lord, and Dragon Lord Touguang combined their attacks and brought Anhela’s health to zero.
• Anhela revived, restored his health and mana, and disrupted Dragon Lord Touguang’s ability to cast magic.
• The Platinum Dragon descended and announced that he would be Anhela’s opponent.

The Platinum Dragon Lord arrived to save Naraku and overwhelmed Anhela with Calamity-empowered attacks, but Anhela began regenerating after surviving his ultimate technique. Naraku sent the others to hold Anhela back while he asked Char to gamble on a method tied to the dark Dragon Scale.

• The Platinum Dragon Lord arrived, unleashed holy dragon breath on Anhela, and transformed into Dragonoid form to fight him.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord used his Soul Garment and suppressed Anhela with a fierce Dragon Fist assault, then confined his Ultimate Big Bang within a barrier.
• Anhela was reduced to charred remains by the attack, but his flesh began regenerating a few seconds later.
• Naraku stopped the Platinum Dragon Lord from attacking again and asked the White Frost Dragon Lord, Minotaur Sage, and Dragon Lord Touguang to buy him time.
• The White Frost Dragon Lord attacked Anhela with Resurrection Magic prepared, while the Minotaur Sage and Dragon Lord Touguang joined the fight.
• Naraku turned to Char, pointed out the glowing dark Dragon Scale on the Platinum Dragon Lord's chest, and asked him to take a gamble.

Naraku and the Platinum Dragon Lord began a ritual to recreate Naraku’s former true body while the others held off Anhela. Naraku completed the ritual’s final outline, but the chapter ended before the result was revealed.

• Naraku and the Platinum Dragon Lord drew a sacrificial altar with their blood as the gathered forces prayed and produced a torrent of Faith Power.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord removed his reverse scale, and Naraku guided it toward the altar while filtering the Faith Power with Wild Magic.
• The Minotaur Sage was hurled into a crater as the White Frost Dragon Lord and Dragon Lord Touguang struggled against Anhela.
• Naraku changed his classes to [Apostle of Naiyuan] and [Calamity—Ruler], then asked the Minotaur Sage to hold the enemy off for one more minute.
• Naraku combined his soul, Human Blood, the Platinum Dragon Lord’s Dragon Blood, the reverse scale, and Faith Power to recreate his former true body.
• Naraku completed the ritual’s final outline and chanted an invocation to the Demon Dragon of Calamity.

Naraku and the Platinum Dragon Lord fused into a fragile Calamity form and unleashed a combined self-destructive attack against Anhela. Anhela survived the blast, but the explosion tore open the false sky, allowing an enormous, ominous eyeball to peer into the world.

• Naraku told the Platinum Dragon Lord that their Faith Power-fueled fusion was unstable and could only last briefly.
• Anhela noticed cracks spreading across the Platinum Dragon Lord’s body but dismissed the transformation as a hollow facade.
• Naraku combined two sacrificial attacks, seized Anhela, and self-destructed in a devastating explosion.
• The Minotaur Sage dug underground, Dragon Lord Touguang escaped through an alternate dimension, and the White Frost Dragon Lord flew toward the blast while the Demi-human Allied Forces were incinerated.
• Anhela regenerated and declared himself the victor, but the false sky split open and an enormous eyeball appeared beyond it.

Naiyuan confronted Anhela, whose Divine Authority had trapped the Holy Kingdom in a repeating day, and killed him with the Principle of Calamity. After the torrent swept the land, Anhela revived, and Naiyuan began refining his soul and life.

• Anhela tried to flee from Naiyuan, but his rift shifted and he fell before he could escape.
• Anhela attacked Naiyuan with Divine Authority and died after the Principle of Calamity overwhelmed his body.
• Naiyuan explained that Anhela had caused the Holy Kingdom's endless time loop and sent the Torrent of Calamity through the land.
• Anhela's body revived, and Naiyuan seized him and used Wild Magic: Self-Life Reincarnation to draw out his soul and life.

Naraku’s Thought Entity awoke after sacrificing nearly all of his soul to survive, and he and Naiyuan discussed the imprisoned Calamity Dragon King and the dangers spreading through the Holy Kingdom. As Faith Power opened a crack in the sky, the God of Death—Slilshana appeared.

• Naraku’s Thought Entity awakened among the Chaos Stones, and Naiyuan explained that the Stones could substitute for experience points and that Naraku had narrowly avoided dissipating.
• Naraku asked what Naiyuan would do with the captive Calamity Dragon King, and Naiyuan ordered him kept burning until enough souls had been gathered to resurrect the Holy Kingdom’s dead and conduct experiments.
• Naraku reminded Naiyuan to alter the resurrected people’s memories, and Naiyuan agreed to conceal knowledge of Jiuyao, Players, and Thought Entities.
• Naiyuan warned that the cracks across the Holy Kingdom continued spreading and swallowed every Undead, Golem, and summon sent to investigate them.
• Faith Power streamed across the sky, and Naiyuan recalled Naraku’s soul and the two Dragon Souls before Slilshana, the God of Death, emerged through a crack.

Naiyuan told Slilshana about Jiuyao and learned that Slilshana’s memories of Anhela contradicted Anhela’s origins, suggesting Jiuyao had altered them. The Six Great Gods demanded Anhela’s return to the Theocracy, but the Platinum Dragon Lord’s new information changed Naiyuan’s decision.

• Naiyuan explained Jiuyao’s threat to Slilshana, who was shaken by the news and by Anhela’s connection to it.
• Naiyuan and Slilshana realized that Slilshana remembered Anhela as a Theocracy aide, though Anhela had said he was created by Jiuyao.
• Slilshana consulted the other Five Gods, and the Six Great Gods suspected Jiuyao’s Divine Authority had altered Slilshana’s memories.
• The Six Great Gods urged Slilshana to bring Anhela back to the Theocracy, and Slilshana offered Naiyuan any conditions in exchange.
• As Naiyuan weighed whether to agree, the Platinum Dragon Lord revealed information from the Holy Kingdom ruins that changed his decision.

Naiyuan and the Platinum Dragon Lord flew toward the Holy Kingdom city ruins to investigate a monster whose HP could not be detected and might be connected to Jiuyao. On the way, they discussed Anhela’s transfer to the Six Great Gods and Naiyuan’s plans to use the materials and information he had gathered from her.

• Naraku remarked that Naiyuan had given Anhela to the Six Great Gods in exchange for techniques involving Faith Power, and Naiyuan said he doubted they would uncover her value.
• Naiyuan explained that Anhela’s connection to Jiuyao made her both a potential resource and a danger to the Slane Theocracy.
• Naiyuan and Naraku teased the Platinum Dragon Lord, whose level and abilities had improved after merging with Naiyuan’s Thought Entity.
• Naiyuan revealed that he had collected Anhela’s materials and used her bound equipment to obtain memories and information about her abilities.
• Naiyuan said they were searching for the undetectable monster to help reverse-engineer Jiuyao’s power, then pointed out the city ruins where a fellow countryman awaited them.

After the Torrent of Calamity devastated Hoburns, Naiyuan found and captured a powerful Dragon-Type Chaos Beast that had survived the world’s malice. He sent it to Number One VIP Cave and prepared to pursue the main prize.

• Naiyuan and the Platinum Dragon Lord reached Hoburns and found a wounded Dragon-Type Chaos Beast near the ruined temple.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord explained that the Chaos Beast had attacked him while he investigated the cracks in the sky and tried to reach Naraku.
• Naiyuan concluded that the Chaos Beast was a rare, high-level creature and decided to capture it for research.
• Naiyuan trapped the exhausted Chaos Beast in a cocoon, compressed it into a glass bead, and ordered it taken to Number One VIP Cave.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord reacted uneasily to the mention of Number One VIP Cave, and Naiyuan turned his attention to the main prize.

Naiyuan and the Platinum Dragon Lord found a dormant underground monster called the Essence of Life. When Naiyuan’s Power of Calamity touched it, the monster rejected it and shed its tentacles, leaving behind a shell-like husk.

• Naiyuan and the Platinum Dragon Lord searched underground and found the dormant Essence of Life.
• The Platinum Dragon Lord cautiously touched the monster and concluded that it was dormant.
• Naiyuan tested the Power of Calamity and found that the monster reacted to it with rejection rather than fear.
• Naiyuan sent a spark of calamity toward the monster, and the touched tentacle detached as the others retracted into the bud.
• The monster left behind a ruined shell-like husk, and Naiyuan’s companion laughed at how much it hated him.

The Minotaur Sage tunneled through the underground to escape the Holy Kingdom, only to be confronted by the White Frost Dragon Lord. Dragon Lord Touguang briefly contacted him with a possible escape plan, but fled when Naiyuan arrived, leaving the Minotaur Sage to be taken to Nazarick.

• The Minotaur Sage dug a long tunnel, rested underground, and cautiously surfaced to find the White Frost Dragon Lord waiting for him.
• The White Frost Dragon Lord threatened to freeze the Minotaur Sage and used Calamity Mark to prevent his escape.
• As the Minotaur Sage prepared to fight, Dragon Lord Touguang contacted him and said he had a way out of the Holy Kingdom.
• Dragon Lord Touguang sensed Naiyuan approaching, told the Minotaur Sage to pray for his own luck, and vanished.
• Naiyuan appeared, invited the Minotaur Sage to Nazarick for a meal, and the Minotaur Sage resigned himself to going.

Naiyuan left the Holy Kingdom under the White Frost Dragon Lord and Platinum Dragon Lord’s watch, arranging a guarded supply and communication route while the rift and Chaos Beasts remained. Back in Nazarick, the Minotaur Sage ate at the Supreme Dining Hall and considered whether he could bargain for his life as Naiyuan spoke with Momonga.

• Naiyuan allowed the White Frost Dragon Lord to keep the scarlet vertical eye and gave the Platinum Dragon Lord a reverse scale before leaving them to guard the Holy Kingdom.
• Naiyuan let the Torrent of Calamity attack living creatures throughout the Holy Kingdom and opened a small gap for daily supply deliveries and communications.
• The Minotaur Sage arrived at Nazarick and wolfed down a meal in the Supreme Dining Hall while worrying that he had entered a tiger’s den.
• The Minotaur Sage considered appealing to his status as a Magic Academy mentor as Naiyuan talked with Momonga nearby.

Momonga and Naihara discussed the threat posed by the Nine Worlds Devourer after learning that it had appeared in the new world. Herohero urged them to prioritize attacking the Demon Plane and advancing the guild weapon while they prepared to study the threat and its related creatures and items.

• Momonga recalled the Nine Worlds Devourer's overwhelming reputation and feared that its arrival meant the World Tree and its final nine worlds were doomed.
• Naihara warned Momonga that the Devourer might also have consumed the other World Bosses, then urged preparations for the worst.
• Naihara proposed studying the Chaos Beasts, the unusual Nine Luminaries monster, the Chaos Stones, and related items, since their World Protection-like abilities resisted world-class effects.
• The Minotaur Sage listened to Naihara and Momonga's discussion while eating a hamburger.
• Herohero arrived and argued that attacking the Demon Plane and advancing the guild weapon were the urgent priorities.

Herohero proposed preparing Nazarick to flee to the Demon Plane if the Nine Luminaries World Devourer threatened them, and Momonga and Naiyuan agreed. The Minotaur Sage then offered his World Item, [Yggdrasil Leaf], to join their plans.

• Herohero proposed upgrading Nazarick’s Guild Weapon with five [Caloric Stone] World Items and making the Demon Plane a refuge from Jiuyao.
• Momonga agreed, reflecting that his companions mattered more to him than Nazarick’s location, and Naiyuan gave the plan his approval.
• Naiyuan asked the eavesdropping Minotaur Sage what he thought, and the Minotaur Sage said he wanted to join the project.
• The Minotaur Sage placed his World Item, [Yggdrasil Leaf], on the table, surprising Naiyuan, Momonga, and Herohero.

Momonga received the [Yggdrasil Leaf], a World Item the Minotaur Sage had carried for six hundred years, and decided to continue strengthening the [Wheel of Benevolent Fall]. The Minotaur Sage chose to return to the academy as an instructor rather than serve as a general.

• Naiyuan recognized the [Yggdrasil Leaf] as a World Item and recalled that it had once been stolen by a Stealing Devil.
• The Minotaur Sage explained that the item had dropped into his inventory while he was farming and reluctantly handed it over.
• Momonga said the [Yggdrasil Leaf] suited him, but reassured Herohero that he would not abandon their three years of work eroding the [Wheel of Benevolent Fall].
• Naiyuan asked what role the Minotaur Sage wanted in the Sorcerer Kingdom, and the Minotaur Sage said he would rather return to teaching at the academy.
• Naiyuan agreed that the Minotaur Sage could resume working as an instructor.