Ch. 1161Gijera and the Descending Darkness

Dark Lugiel explained that he and Ginga had split over whether life could find its own way forward, then used Chaos Header and Gijera’s pollen to trap humanity in perfect dreams. Masaki Keigo challenged Lugiel’s claim that people had freely chosen the dreams, and Lugiel transformed into his true form as Ginga and Ultraman Taro were overwhelmed.

  • Gijera’s pollen spread across Earth, freeing people from their nightmares and luring them into smiling, dreamlike stupors.
  • Chaos Virus replicas of Super Taro and Ginga formed and attacked Ultraman Taro and Ginga, leaving both badly injured.
  • Masaki Keigo realized Dark Lugiel had used Chaos Header and Gijera’s pollen to create an eternal dream, and Lugiel recounted how his disagreement with Ginga had begun after their battle destroyed a planet they had tried to save.
  • Dark Lugiel argued that humanity had chosen its beautiful dreams, but Masaki Keigo accused him of manipulating people and imprisoning them to avoid facing loss and helplessness.
  • Dark Lugiel erupted into black slime and grew into his armored true form, wielding a dark red spear.

Ch. 1162Dark Lugiel

Masaki Keigo created a medicine to stop the Chaos virus and neutralize Gijera, freeing people from dreams that kept them asleep. As humanity’s awakened hopes strengthened Ultraman Ginga, Dark Lugiel’s power waned and he heard the voice of his other half.

  • Masaki Keigo fought Dark Lugiel, realized he was absorbing dark energy, and asked Ginga and Ultraman Taro to buy him time.
  • Masaki Keigo reached Gijera’s roots and combined a Chaos virus vaccine with medicine designed to prevent Gijera from reviving, then sent it through the worldwide root network.
  • Yuichi Nakamura and people around the world awoke from dreams of lives without pain and chose to return to reality.
  • Dark Lugiel’s dark energy supply dried up as people awakened, and Hikaru Raido explained that people cherished happiness because life included hardship and loss.
  • The awakened people’s light gathered into Ultraman Ginga, whose crystals shone as Dark Lugiel heard his other half’s voice.

Ch. 1163The Land of Light's Doomsday

Ginga defeated Dark Lugiel with the light gathered from Earth, and Lugiel realized he had been afraid of loss and helplessness before disappearing. Masaki Keigo returned to the frozen Land of Light, where Dan Moroboshi told him that Beria had escaped the space prison.

  • Ginga overwhelmed Dark Lugiel with Earth's light, and Lugiel recalled the destruction that had made him fear further battles.
  • Ginga showed Lugiel a memory of a survivor thanking him for saving the planet's memory, and Lugiel disappeared after saying farewell.
  • Masaki Keigo left Hikaru Raido and Ultraman Taro to protect their universe and used the Noa and Absolutian capsules to travel to another universe.
  • Masaki Keigo arrived in the frozen Land of Light and encountered Dan Moroboshi.
  • Dan Moroboshi explained that Masaki Keigo had been missing for several hundred years and that one of Beria's underlings had used Hikari's Ultra Capsules to free Beria from the space prison.

Ch. 1164Preparing for battle

Masaki Keigo and Dan Moroboshi investigated the frozen Research and Development Institute, where Masaki restored its backup power and discovered that Ultra Capsules: Juda had been stolen. Mirai Hibino returned with Rei, and Masaki asked Rei to explain a Reionics's power as they prepared to face Beria.

  • Dan Moroboshi explained that Beria had stolen the Plasma Spark core and Ultra Capsules, and that the Reionics Rei might be their best hope against his monster army.
  • Masaki Keigo and Dan Moroboshi entered the frozen Research and Development Institute, where Masaki activated its hidden backup power system.
  • Masaki reviewed the institute's records and found that the stolen items included the Ultra Capsule: Juda.
  • Masaki began recalibrating the institute's equipment as Mirai Hibino returned with Rei.
  • Masaki asked Rei to help him learn about the power of a Reionics.

Ch. 1165Reionics

Masaki Keigo scanned Rei’s Reionics power and discovered that Reiblood’s influence worked through the mind rather than the body. He revealed a way to disrupt Beria’s control over monsters, while the prospect of curing Rei remained uncertain.

  • Masaki Keigo scanned Rei’s Reionics form and analyzed his genes while Mirai Hibino and Dan Moroboshi watched.
  • Masaki Keigo concluded that Reiblood’s power came from spiritual contamination that influenced the host’s body through the mind.
  • Masaki Keigo said he might eventually create a device to remove Reiblood’s influence, but warned Rei that it would take time.
  • Masaki Keigo explained that Rei could not overpower Beria’s control directly because Beria carried Reiblood’s actual spirit.
  • Masaki Keigo revealed that he could sever Reiblood’s mental link to monsters by using an interference source tuned to the same frequency.

Ch. 1166Beria's ambition

Beria used the Plasma Spark Core, Ultimate Battle Nizer, and a machine built from Land of Light technology to revive the monsters in the Monster Graveyard and control them. His psychic link to the monsters abruptly broke, leaving them hostile as a cryptic message appeared on the machine.

  • Beria urged Mephilas to finish the Reading Device while Mephilas explained that Ultra Capsules could restore the monsters’ full abilities and instincts.
  • Beria powered the machine with the Plasma Spark Core and Ultimate Battle Nizer as Mephilas inserted the Ultra Capsules.
  • The machine revived Zetton, Tyrant, Twin Tail, Gomora, Red King, and countless other monsters.
  • Beria used his Reiblood power to seize control of the revived monsters and imagined conquering King Planet and the universe.
  • Beria’s psychic links suddenly snapped, and the monsters turned hostile toward him and his allies.
  • Mephilas checked the machine as a message appeared on its screen: “Whose technology did you think you were using?”

Ch. 1167The predator lying in wait

Masaki Keigo and his allies took control of the Monster Graveyard battle, seized Beria’s Ultimate Battle Nizer, and redirected the monsters against Beria’s forces. After Ultraseven secured the Plasma Core, the Mephilas Alien urged Beria to use his remaining Ultra Capsule, which held Space Emperor Juda’s power.

  • The Mephilas Alien’s machine exploded, and the awakened monsters attacked Beria and the other aliens.
  • Masaki Keigo teleported with Dan Moroboshi, Mirai Hibino, and Rei into the battlefield to reclaim the Plasma Spark Tower’s core.
  • Dan Moroboshi and Mirai Hibino charged toward the wreckage while Masaki Keigo confronted Beria and caught the Ultimate Battle Nizer.
  • Masaki Keigo disarmed Beria, then Rei used the two Battle Nizers to command the monsters to attack Beria and his allies.
  • Ultraseven secured the Plasma Core, and the Mephilas Alien told Beria to activate his remaining Ultra Capsule containing Space Emperor Juda’s power.

Ch. 1168Mutation

Juda's cosmic capsule went berserk, creating a distortion that devoured the Monster Graveyard before Masaki Keigo contained it with the Plasma Spark Core. The distortion collapsed into a strange figure that appeared to be the Void Monster, Greeza.

  • Beria charged Juda's capsule with dark energy, but it attached to his palm and drained him before he threw it at a rock.
  • The capsule sank into the rock and created a spreading distortion that erased Tyrant, the Hipporit Alien, and Mephilas Alien.
  • Masaki Keigo used Instant Transmission to evacuate Ultraseven and the others as the distortion consumed the Monster Graveyard and Beria's forces.
  • Masaki Keigo analyzed the region and used Ultraseven's Plasma Spark Core to create a vacuum around it, stopping its expansion.
  • The distortion collapsed into a twitching figure with yellow and black stripes and a glowing purple chest, which appeared to be Greeza.

Ch. 1169The Void Monster Greeza

Masaki Keigo recognized Greeza as a being of concentrated nothingness, summoned by Juda’s distorted power, and realized why ordinary attacks could neither hit nor control it. Greeza unleashed a storm of annihilating lightning, and Masaki began considering how it might be made tangible.

  • Ultraseven and Mebius attacked Greeza, but their weapons passed straight through its body.
  • Rei tried to connect with Greeza using his Reionics psychic power, but sensed no consciousness at all.
  • Masaki Keigo handed the Plasma Spark Core to Ultraseven and drew Greeza away, discovering that it followed him rather than the energy source.
  • Greeza expanded the purple mass in its chest and fired lightning that annihilated a nearby asteroid, forcing Ultraseven, Mebius, and Rei to retreat.
  • Masaki Keigo concluded that Greeza was concentrated empty space and recalled that the Rainbow Slugger or the Cosmic Needle could change its state of nonexistence.

Ch. 1170The Cosmic Needle

Masaki Keigo realized Greeza could only be harmed by crossing the incompatible spacetime boundaries with the Cosmic Needle, then entered a controlled quantum state that let him strike Greeza. He began using the Plasma Spark Core as the medium to manifest the needle.

  • Ultraseven and Mebius attacked Greeza, but their weapons and beams passed harmlessly through him.
  • Masaki Keigo deduced that Greeza existed in an independent anti-de Sitter vacuum and that the Cosmic Needle could anchor him to reality.
  • Masaki Keigo briefly struck Greeza by forcing himself into a state compatible with Greeza's boundary.
  • Masaki Keigo transformed into light while maintaining his humanoid form and prepared to manifest the Cosmic Needle.
  • Masaki Keigo reached for the Plasma Spark Core, causing it to glow as the needle's physical medium.

Ch. 1171The crisis resolved and Ultraseven's request

Masaki Keigo used the Ultimate Blade to erase Greeza, restored the Land of Light, and learned that Beria had escaped to a parallel universe. As Masaki and Hikari developed technology to pursue Beria, Ultraseven asked Masaki to mentor a young warrior.

  • Masaki Keigo drew the Ultimate Blade from Greeza and erased the monster, then returned with Ultraseven, Mebius, and Rei to restore the Plasma Spark Core.
  • Three days later, Masaki accepted the Land of Light’s highest honor and told Father of Ultra that Beria had escaped into a parallel universe.
  • Masaki asked the Space Garrison to select fighters for an operation to locate Beria while he and Hikari developed technology for traveling through time and space.
  • Masaki and Hikari studied how Greeza erased information and discussed using the findings to create zones of absolute defense.
  • Ultraseven visited Masaki and asked him to mentor a young warrior.
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