Chapter Summaries

Slilshana fought the Dragon Emperor while the Five Gods’ remaining time dwindled, and learned that the Dragon Emperor possessed several overwhelming World-class powers. Meanwhile, Curo persuaded Anhela to release the Holy Five Bodies, bringing Anhela back as the battle’s balance shifted.

• Slilshana unleashed powerful Faith Power magic against the Chaos Beasts, but their numbers kept growing from the rift and he knew he had to defeat the Dragon Emperor quickly.
• The Dragon Emperor emerged and resisted Slilshana’s Reality Slash, revealing the defensive power of the World Guardian class alongside his other formidable abilities.
• Alah Alaf told Slilshana that the Dragon Emperor’s cat slave was negotiating, while Curo urged Anhela to accept the Six Great Gods’ request.
• Anhela decided he could not die before fulfilling his mission and agreed to be released.
• Curo invoked the Six Great Gods’ name and released the Holy Five Bodies sealed in the Stone Tablet, summoning the four sealed limbs and restoring Anhela.

Anghela joined the Six Great Gods against the Dragon Emperor, while opening a Rift in the barrier and giving Curo purified Faith Power. As the battle worsened, messages escaped the Theocracy and Curo charged into the fight, leaving Certain Death to help calm the people.

• Anghela reassured Curo that his identity as a member of the Theocracy bound him to honor their agreement, then manifested his defensive Feather Garment.
• The Dragon Emperor recognized Anghela as an imperfect creation of their God and launched a serious attack, rousing the Chaos Beasts.
• Anghela seized control of nearly half the Chaos Beasts, opened another Rift in the barrier, and gave Curo purified Faith Power.
• Curo stored the Faith Power without using it, while Anghela joined Slilshana against the Dragon Emperor and messages flew out from the Theocracy.
• Curo charged at the Dragon Emperor, while Certain Death and the New Black Scripture assisted the High Priests in calming the populace.

Naraku considered how to respond after learning that the Dragon Emperor was connected to Jiuyao and arranged support despite most fighters being deployed to the Abyss Plane. He left Akemi behind to defend the Sorcerer Kingdom and prepared to handle the Theocracy with two specialists.

• Naraku realized he needed to inform the main body about the Dragon Emperor and Jiuyao, but had few available fighters to send as support.
• Akemi offered to join the fight, and Naraku refused because he wanted her to stay safe.
• Naraku told Akemi to protect the Sorcerer Kingdom while he went to deal with the Theocracy.
• Naraku pointed out a Dragonoid and a Minotaur waiting below and said he had invited two professionals to accompany him against the Nine Luminaries Envoy.

Naraku summoned the Minotaur Sage and Dragon Lord Touguang to help subjugate the Dragon Emperor, who had become a Nine Luminaries Envoy and was attacking the Theocracy. After reassuring them they could retreat and preparing a Dragon Crystal, Naraku fused with Touguang and set off with the Minotaur Sage for the Theocracy.

• The Minotaur Sage and Dragon Lord Touguang wondered why they had been summoned, and Naraku announced that they would subjugate the Dragon Emperor.
• Naraku explained that the Dragon Emperor had become a Nine Luminaries Envoy and was wreaking havoc in the Theocracy, prompting the Minotaur Sage to try to leave.
• Akemi blocked their way out, and Naraku reminded the Minotaur Sage that Touguang could help them retreat if the battle went badly.
• Naraku brought out his main body's Dragon Crystal, and Touguang fused with him to become the Calamity-Fallen Chosen.
• Touguang opened a spatial rift, grabbed the Minotaur Sage, and set off with Naraku for the Theocracy.

Momonga and Herohero fought Demon King Yano and his allies in the Abyss Plane, but the evenly matched Demigods could not secure a victory. Aureole interrupted the battle with a message about the Theocracy, the Nine Luminaries Envoy, and the Dragon Emperor.

• Momonga and Yano exchanged heart curses, but their resistances and Momonga's undead state made the attacks nearly ineffective.
• Momonga judged that his and Herohero's battles were stalemates and that Naiyuan's battlefield was the only likely way to break the deadlock.
• Herohero and his opponent fought in monstrous, shifting forms, with neither side gaining the upper hand.
• Aureole contacted the three combatants and mentioned the Theocracy, the Nine Luminaries Envoy, and the Dragon Emperor, causing them to pause.

Naiyuan transformed with the Dragon God Combat Method and overwhelmed Yano with a devastating attack. Yano called the other two Demons to him, and the three fused into a three-headed, six-armed Demon as Naiyuan, Momonga, and Herohero faced them.

• Naiyuan realized the Dragon Emperor had likely been monitoring Nazarick and activated Fallen Dragon Transformation and Calamity God Descent.
• Naiyuan used the Dragon God Combat Method to transform his body and trap Yano in crystal snow.
• Naiyuan struck Yano with Dragon Claw Flash Sky Break, destroying his palm and tearing through his body.
• Yano attacked Naiyuan with a torrent of blood and Black energy spheres, but Naiyuan brushed off the assault.
• Yano summoned the two Demons fighting Momonga and Herohero, and the three Demons fused into a three-headed, six-armed form.

Naiyuan fought Yano after the Demon revealed its authority over Greed, Anger, and Ignorance. As their battle exposed their shared potential to enter God Prohibition, Yano summoned the Abyss’s revived Demons and began Extreme Realm Ascension.

• The Demon manifested the Three Poisons, and Naiyuan recognized its authority over Greed, Anger, and Ignorance.
• Momonga and Herohero recovered from the flames’ effects while Naiyuan faced the Demon alone and grew stronger through [Fallen Dragon Transformation].
• Naiyuan and Yano traded meteors and fought at close range, recovering from severe injuries as they clashed.
• Yano recognized that Naiyuan had entered God Prohibition and urged him to pursue godhood together, but Naiyuan rejected the idea of fate controlling him.
• Yano invoked the River Styx and the Abyss’s planar will, reviving countless Demons and beginning the second round.

Momonga and Herohero left the cosmic battlefield to help Demiurge suppress the demons, while Naiyuan continued fighting in space. On the wilderness battlefield, a familiar demon approached them under a white flag, and Momonga recognized him as Mephistopheles.

• Demiurge observed the demons adapting and cooperating as the resurrected Seven Deadly Sins Demons fought the Floor Guardians and True Dragon Lords.
• Momonga and Herohero arrived from the cosmic battlefield and told Demiurge that Naiyuan was still fighting, with no quick resolution in sight.
• Momonga and Herohero decided to clear the demons from the First Floor and take control of the Main Rift.
• Herohero’s Dark Turmoil tentacles devoured demons, restoring his strength, and he shared the remaining life force with the Floor Guardians and True Dragon Lords.
• Herohero spotted an ugly demon approaching with a white flag, and Momonga recognized him as Mephistopheles.

Mephisto recalled Yggdrasil’s fall and his group’s ruin in an Abyss Plane, where one of the Eight Dragons, Nienniels, was captured. Recognizing Momonga and Herohero as Players, Mephisto begged them to rescue Nienniels, leaving Momonga startled by another familiar name.

• Mephisto remembered how the Nine Luminaries World Devourer destroyed Yggdrasil and drove its survivors to flee between planes.
• Mephisto’s group stopped at an Abyss Plane, where Demons captured Nienniels and tormented his Dragon Soul.
• Mephisto hid under an assumed identity while the other survivors fell into the Demons’ hands.
• Mephisto recognized Momonga and Herohero as Players and urgently asked them to rescue Nienniels from the Demon Fortress.
• Momonga recognized Nienniels as Wings of the End and wondered why he had encountered another familiar face.

Momonga and Herohero recognized Mephisto and learned that Nienniels, a World Boss they had once defeated in Yggdrasil, was imprisoned in Demon Fortress. They decided to help free him, discovering that his Dragon Soul was being burned and would be lost in twelve sunsets unless it was replenished.

• Momonga recalled how he and Naiyuan had spent years preparing to defeat Nienniels, whose rewards had shaped their dragon-related abilities and equipment.
• Momonga judged that rescuing Nienniels could provide a powerful ally and valuable knowledge, with little risk while the Dragon was weakened.
• Momonga and Herohero followed Mephisto to the deserted Demon Fortress and heard what seemed like a quest notification.
• Momonga and Herohero sensed Nienniels's Dragon Soul sealed inside a flaming skull above the fortress gate and realized it was being refined into soul energy.
• Momonga estimated that Nienniels would be lost in twelve sunsets, and Herohero proposed breaking the seal and replenishing him with the Demons around them.

Slilshana regained consciousness in what seemed to be the real world and ran to his old apartment to confirm whether his New World experiences had been real. There, he encountered the Dragon Emperor, who revealed a transformed humanlike appearance and greeted him as an old friend.

• Slilshana woke in a polluted city street and struggled to understand how he had returned to the real world after fighting the Dragon Emperor.
• Slilshana ran through the crowded streets toward his former home, wondering whether his life in the New World had been a dream or illusion.
• Slilshana entered his unlocked apartment and found a white-haired schoolgirl in an apron, whom he immediately punched.
• The girl dodged Slilshana's punch, transformed into a horned figure in a dragon-patterned robe, and greeted him as an old friend.
• Slilshana recognized the transformed figure as the Dragon Emperor.

The Dragon Emperor explained to Slilshana why he changed his appearance and described the artificial world he had created from the Eight Greed Kings’ memories. He revealed that the Players’ arrival in the New World might have involved more than the summoning of World Items, leaving Slilshana questioning the true cause.

• The Dragon Emperor told Slilshana that he treated gender and appearance as mere shells and changed his form only around equals such as him.
• Slilshana asked about his surroundings, the Dragon Emperor’s purpose, and the figure outside; the Dragon Emperor said their world was under his control and time passed differently there.
• Slilshana connected the Dragon Emperor to the Eight Greed Kings, and the Dragon Emperor confirmed he had learned about Players and Yggdrasil from their memories.
• Slilshana acknowledged that the Dragon Emperor’s actions had helped the Players reach the New World, and the two shared beer.
• The Dragon Emperor asked whether the Players’ arrival had truly been caused only by World Items, prompting Slilshana to wonder what else had brought them there.

The Dragon Emperor explained that Players’ transmigration was part of a destiny linking them to Yggdrasil and its enemy, Jiuyao. He also revealed that Slilshana had abandoned his soul and now existed as a self-aware World Item projection, but insisted that he was still truly Slilshana.

• The Dragon Emperor connected the game description’s journey to an unknown world with the Players’ arrival in the New World, arguing that Players and their World Items were both necessary for transmigration.
• Slilshana realized that the Players had been chosen to protect Yggdrasil and were destined to oppose Jiuyao, which had been born to devour it.
• Slilshana questioned how he could still be part of the Players’ destiny after the Eight Greed Kings killed him five hundred years earlier.
• The Dragon Emperor explained that Slilshana had abandoned his soul and fused with a World Item to escape Faith Power’s influence.
• Slilshana admitted that he was a self-aware projection of [Pandora's Mirror], carrying his memories and consciousness.
• The Dragon Emperor told Slilshana that despite having no soul, he was still the genuine Slilshana.

The Dragon Emperor explained to Slilshana that memories define the soul, reassuring him that he was the genuine Slilshana. He then revealed how his second consciousness arose and how he gained the power to become a Player, leaving Slilshana to confront the truth that the Dragon Emperor had eaten Players.

• The Dragon Emperor told Slilshana that memories formed the soul and that carrying Slilshana's memories made him the genuine Slilshana.
• Slilshana accepted the Dragon Emperor's explanation and thanked him for helping him resolve his doubts.
• The Dragon Emperor explained that his second consciousness emerged after the Eight Greed Kings wounded him and his soul was corrupted as he neared death.
• The Dragon Emperor recounted that Kind Mother and the True Dragon Lords revived him, and that he later killed the Eight Greed Kings and took their souls.
• The Dragon Emperor said he discovered Players' souls could resist the Divine Authority of the Nine Luminaries, so he ate them to gain their power.

The Dragon Emperor explained how he became a Player and tried to recruit Slilshana as an ally against Jiuyao. He revealed that his other self possessed far more power and proposed a mutually beneficial deal.

• The Dragon Emperor described cleansing, processing, and absorbing a soul before using the Divine Authority of the Nine Luminaries to become a Player.
• The Dragon Emperor argued that he and Slilshana were natural allies against Jiuyao and reminded him that he had once been killed by the Eight Greed Kings.
• Slilshana admitted he was no match for the Dragon Emperor's other self.
• The Dragon Emperor claimed his other self had barely reached sixty percent of his overall strength because he occupied only about forty percent of their shared soul.
• The Dragon Emperor warned that Slilshana would suffer a crushing defeat once his other self stopped holding back, and said the Sorcerer Kingdom's Players were fighting among themselves.
• The Dragon Emperor proposed a mutually beneficial deal to Slilshana.

Slilshana awakened after speaking with the Dragon Emperor in an illusory world, where they discussed a risky deal that could change the course of the war. As the Six Great Gods watched the battle turn in their favor, Slilshana weighed the Dragon Emperor’s offer and his warning not to regret his choice.

• The God of Light told Slilshana that only 42 minutes and 53 seconds had passed since he left the battle and helped convert Faith Power.
• Slilshana looked toward the ongoing fight, where Dragon Lord Touguang and a cautious Minotaur fought Anhela while Curo provided support.
• Slilshana recalled the Dragon Emperor’s warning that the Sorcerer Kingdom could send no more reinforcements, leaving the group to rely on themselves.
• Slilshana touched the spiritual light on his forehead, a gift from the Dragon Emperor that served as a bargaining chip in their proposed deal.
• Slilshana sighed as he remembered the Dragon Emperor telling him not to regret his choice, while the other Six Great Gods reacted with concern and shock.

Nienniels awakened and explained that an Oracle had foretold the Players’ arrival and their destined confrontation with Jiuyao. As Mephisto received a World Item, a Demon attacked him, but a dragon claw dragged the attacker away.

• Nienniels awoke and told Momonga and Herohero that an Oracle had foretold the Players’ arrival.
• Nienniels explained that Yggdrasil’s fate drew Players toward their archenemy, Jiuyao, and would also help them grow strong enough to fight it.
• Herohero dismantled Demons sent by Demiurge, and their life force and souls restored Nienniels’s Dragon Soul.
• Nienniels pointed out that fate had granted Mephisto a gift, and a quest-completion notification sounded as an item formed in Mephisto’s hands.
• Momonga recognized the item as a World Item, but a Demon claw lunged for Mephisto before a metallic dragon claw seized it and dragged it away.

Naiyuan battled Yano in the Abyss, maintaining his enhanced form while refusing to sacrifice his rationality for more power. He unleashed Great Calamity against Yano’s Three Sins Fusion, and their collision began tearing through the universe.

• Naiyuan and Yano clashed, and both were blasted backward by the force of their attacks.
• Naiyuan realized his enhancements had reached a stable limit and decided not to use Wrath, which would double his abilities at the cost of his rationality.
• Yano revealed that he knew Naiyuan and his companions were remnants of Yggdrasil and taunted them about their fate and their role as challengers in the Abyss.
• Naiyuan rejected Yano’s talk of fate and resolved to support the Players as they climbed toward godhood.
• Naiyuan attacked with Great Calamity, and Yano countered with Three Sins Fusion, unleashing a cosmic storm that shattered stars and ground away the laws.

The True Dragon Lords and Floor Guardians contained the destruction caused by the cosmic aftermath while Naiyuan battled Yano. After the demons were driven back and the Seven Deadly Sins were destroyed, Momonga examined a mysterious World Item called Seed of Miracle, whose abilities and effects remained unknown.

• Thousand Blades Dragon Lord and Sebas shattered incoming meteors while Seven-Colored Dragon King and Platinum Dragon Lord combined Wild Magic to destroy more debris.
• Sephith annihilated the remaining dust with dark clouds, while Vampiric Dragon Lord helped clear the aftermath and considered researching new Wild Magic.
• The Floor Guardians pushed the demons toward the Abyss's Second Floor, and Herohero destroyed the Seven Deadly Sins demons so Demiurge could collect their Sin Cores.
• Herohero reflected that Yano had fought Naiyuan impressively but believed Naiyuan's revival abilities gave him the advantage in a prolonged battle.
• Momonga told Herohero that the World Item Seed of Miracle revealed only its name, with its information, abilities, and effects all unknown.

Momonga and Herohero examined the informationless World Item while Nienniels proposed it contained the weight of Yggdrasil’s final nine worlds. The revelation suggested it was a newly formed 201st World Item, possibly the strongest, and that Yggdrasil had placed a major wager on Mephisto.

• Herohero and Momonga found that the World Item revealed only its name and speculated that it might be connected to the race-changing [Seed of Yggdrasil].
• Herohero asked Nienniels for his thoughts, drawing the Dragon Soul out of his contemplation.
• Nienniels explained that World Items came from Yggdrasil’s fallen leaves and suggested Mephisto’s sliver of possibility represented the weight of multiple worlds.
• Momonga and Herohero concluded that the item might have formed from Yggdrasil’s final nine leaves and become a 201st World Item.
• Nienniels reasoned that the nine-world weight could conceal Mephisto from powerful observers and hinted that Yggdrasil had a deeper purpose for choosing him.