Chapter Summaries

Mephisto surrendered the Hellfire Source to Loren, who took it while transformed into a Super Saiyan and left Mephisto weakened and subordinate. The chapter ended with Loren ordering Mephisto to remain in Hell and obey him.

• Mephisto painfully tore the Hellfire Source from his soul, leaving his power and body severely weakened.
• Loren transformed into a Super Saiyan, seized the Hellfire Source, and compressed it into a crystal-like object.
• Loren left through the spatial rift with 2B, A2, and his harem, leaving Mephisto behind.
• Loren commanded Mephisto to stay in Hell and cause no trouble without permission, and Mephisto obediently called him Master.

Loren brought the Hellfire Source from the Hell Dimension to his laboratory, where Mai Shiranui revealed her desire to make it part of her Shiranui Style. After warning her of its dangers, Loren granted her the flame.

• Loren examined the sealed Hellfire Source in the manor's underground laboratory as 2B, A2, Tsunade, and Mai Shiranui watched.
• Mai Shiranui felt the Hellfire's pull and told Loren she wanted to merge it into her Shiranui Style.
• Loren explained that the Hellfire Source contained negative emotions and soul remnants and could cause a wielder's soul to collapse.
• Mai Shiranui vowed to use her Will of Fire to forge the Hellfire into her own power.
• Loren decided Mai Shiranui had the resolve to take the risk and granted her the Hellfire.

Loren awarded Mai Shiranui the Hellfire Crystal and arranged a protected fusion procedure to strengthen her. The next day, Mai entered the fusion chamber, and Loren ordered the procedure to begin.

• Loren granted Mai Shiranui the Hellfire Crystal, and she vowed to obey him and develop its power.
• Loren assigned Wanda to protect Mai’s soul and 2B and A2 to supervise the high-risk fusion, which he scheduled for the next day.
• Mai left to prepare herself, while Tsunade began planning medical support and Loren reviewed Mephisto’s weakened presence in the Hell Dimension.
• The next day, Wanda established protective fields as 2B and A2 checked the equipment and monitored Mai’s condition.
• Loren ordered the Hellfire fusion procedure to begin.

Mai Shiranui underwent a painful fusion with Hellfire, and her Shiranui flames absorbed and transformed the invading energy. She emerged with soul-burning flames and reached the Sub-Skyfather Level, ready to master her new power under Loren.

• Loren ordered Hellfire injected into Mai Shiranui's energy core, triggering a violent clash with her Shiranui flames.
• Wanda protected Mai's consciousness while 2B adjusted the life-support systems, and Loren ordered a Senzu Bean when Mai's vitality and ninja flame activity fell.
• Mai's will rebounded, allowing her native flames to absorb and fuse with Hellfire as the fusion rate rose to 89%.
• Mai emerged from the fusion pod with a new dark crimson, molten-gold, and pale flame that could burn souls.
• Mai told Loren she felt stronger than ever, and he instructed her to test and master her new abilities.

Loren held a combat test to assess Mai Shiranui’s control of Hellfire against 2B wielding the Eternal Flame. Mai evaded 2B’s opening attacks and sent flame bees against her shield, where Hellfire began interfering with 2B’s systems.

• Loren announced the rules for a no-restrictions assessment match between Mai Shiranui and 2B.
• 2B launched a supersonic opening attack with the Eternal Flame, but Mai dodged with a swift, dance-like movement.
• 2B followed with a flaming leg sweep, and Mai avoided it by launching herself upward with Shiranui-ryuu: Flame Flash.
• Mai used Ninja Bee to send a swarm of Hellfire-infused flames at 2B.
• 2B blocked the swarm with an Eternal Flame shield, but the Hellfire’s soul-eroding force began disrupting her sensors and energy circuits.

Mai Shiranui and 2B tested their new powers in a close-range clash before Loren ordered them to switch to an energy contest. The chapter ended as 2B’s Pale Nova collided with Mai’s Karmic Fire Red Lotus in the testing ground.

• Mai Shiranui attacked 2B with a flaming blade, and 2B met it with a sword formed from the Eternal Flame.
• 2B fired an Annihilation Pulse at point-blank range, but Mai dodged and kicked her back, leaving both fighters damaged and standing.
• Loren ordered the combatants to change tactics and make the fight an energy clash.
• 2B formed a sphere of Eternal Flame and blue energy circuits called the Pale Nova.
• Mai Shiranui created the nine-petaled Karmic Fire Red Lotus Calamity, and it collided with 2B’s Pale Nova.

2B and Mai Shiranui fought to a draw in a test of their newly demonstrated Sub-Skyfather-level power, and Loren ended the match after assessing their performance. Tsunade then pointed out that Mai still needed a maximum sprint test.

• 2B and Mai Shiranui's energy attacks collided, creating a huge crater and driving both fighters back.
• Loren reviewed the combat data and ended the test, noting that both fighters remained capable of continuing.
• 2B and Mai Shiranui praised each other's abilities as Loren, Wanda, and Tsunade entered the arena.
• Loren judged the draw acceptable and told them to keep honing their power, skills, and experience.
• Tsunade announced that Mai had not yet completed the maximum sprint test, leaving Loren stunned.

Loren oversaw the final stage of building Astraea, an Angeloid designed for extreme speed and close-combat power. As her body took shape, he began infusing her consciousness, leaving her wings of light solidifying around her.

• Loren worked at the manor’s heavily guarded laboratory while Ikaros and Nymph watched the construction platform.
• The chapter described Astraea’s specialized design, including Vibranium components, Super-Vibration Particles, spatial-jump mobility, and variable close-combat weapons.
• Ikaros reported that Astraea’s modules, energy circuits, and neural network had passed their final checks.
• Loren ordered the final consciousness infusion and initialization of Astraea’s personality prototype and combat data.
• Energy and data surged into Astraea’s forming body, and her wings of light sharpened and solidified.

Loren completed Astraea, who pledged herself to him and met her fellow Angeloids. In the Himalayas, Kaecilius’s dark ritual connected him to Chthon, who empowered him and claimed him as an anchor and vanguard.

• Astraea awakened, recognized Loren as her master, and pledged her power and existence to him.
• Nymph and Ikaros welcomed Astraea as their sister, and Astraea returned their greeting.
• Kaecilius’s ritual in Shadow Echo Valley spiraled out of control, nearly consuming his soul.
• Chthon halted the attack, infused Kaecilius with dark power, and declared that Kaecilius would become his coordinate, anchor, and vanguard.

Chthon empowered Kaecilius and ordered him to prepare a secret ritual to bring darkness to Earth. Kaecilius set out to establish seven arrays while avoiding Kamar-Taj and Loren.

• Chthon offered Kaecilius power and eternity in exchange for his service, threatening to consume his soul if he refused.
• Kaecilius accepted, and Chthon gave him dark magic and instructions to build the Shadow Resonance Array at seven ancient sites across Earth.
• Chthon warned Kaecilius to keep the plan secret, especially from Loren, and granted him enough power to overwhelm most Kamar-Taj sorcerers.
• Kaecilius vowed to bring darkness to the world and planned to travel secretly to the seven locations.
• Kaecilius vanished into the darkness, leaving obscure runes on the ice wall as a connection to Chthon.

Kaecilius prepared to summon Chthon by secretly building dark formations and creating twelve Dark Deadpools to destroy Earth’s Sanctums. He sent the transformed followers to wait near the three Sanctums, ready to attack on his signal.

• Kaecilius secretly built six Darkness Wedge formations at sites of accumulated dark energy and learned that the three Sanctums had to be destroyed for Chthon to reach Earth.
• Kaecilius performed a dark transformation ritual at an ancient Himalayan ruin, turning twelve followers into obedient, pain-proof Dark Deadpools.
• Kaecilius assigned four Dark Deadpools to each Sanctum and planned to oversee the attack on the Hong Kong Sanctum himself.
• Kaecilius ordered the twelve Dark Deadpools to conceal themselves near their targets and destroy the Sanctums and kill the sorcerers inside when he gave the signal.

Doctor Strange and Wong discovered synchronized energy anomalies that suggested someone was building a large-scale ritual, just as an attack struck all three Sanctums and sealed their portals. In New York, Dark Deadpools nearly wiped out the defenders and destroyed the Sanctum’s crystal sphere, collapsing its protective barrier.

• Strange showed Wong synchronized energy anomalies across several regions, and Wong suspected someone was preparing a large-scale ritual array.
• All three Sanctums came under attack, and a disruptive force collapsed the portals connecting them.
• Strange ordered the sorcerers to split into groups and reinforce the Sanctums by other routes, while communications returned only static, explosions, and screams.
• Four Dark Deadpools overwhelmed the New York Sanctum’s defenders, and Master Daniel Drumm detonated his artifact before collapsing.
• The Dark Deadpools reassembled after being blasted apart and continued attacking the remaining sorcerers.
• A Dark Deadpool stabbed the New York Sanctum’s crystal sphere, shattering it and collapsing the protective barrier.

Three Kamar-Taj Sanctums came under coordinated attack, and the London Sanctum fell as Clive and Emily were killed and its core was destroyed. After Doctor Strange called for help, Loren sent his forces to defend the remaining Sanctums, leaving Hong Kong as Kaecilius awaited the arriving reinforcements.

• Dark Deadpools killed Clive and Emily, overwhelmed the London Sanctum, and destroyed the Book of Cagliostro and its core.
• Master Yu organized the Hong Kong Sanctum's defense and sent distress signals, while Kaecilius waited outside for news and a possible wild card.
• Doctor Strange told Loren that all three Sanctums were under attack and asked for his help.
• Loren dispatched Wanda, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Hancock, and Mai Shiranui to Hong Kong, while he and other teams headed for New York and London and Nymph stayed behind.

Wanda and her allies reached the Hong Kong Sanctum too late to stop Kaecilius from destroying its core, and their battle with him triggered the final step of his ritual. As a vast rift opened above Earth, Chthon announced his descent.

• Wanda, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Hancock, and Mai Shiranui arrived at the burning Hong Kong Sanctum and defeated its two Dark Deadpools.
• Kaecilius emerged with Chthon-marked dark magic and attacked the group, but Tsunade, Hancock, Mei Terumi, and Mai Shiranui fought back.
• Tsunade’s punch missed Kaecilius and smashed the already damaged bronze cauldron, destroying the Hong Kong Sanctum’s core.
• Kaecilius declared that all three sanctums had fallen, activating the seven Darkness Wedge formations around the world.
• A gigantic rift opened above the Hong Kong Sanctum, and Chthon announced that he would descend as Kaecilius knelt in worship.

Chthon began descending through the rift above Hong Kong, overwhelming Wanda and the others with his presence. The five women defeated his Imps, but Chthon’s immense form emerged and Wanda’s attack failed to reach him.

• Wanda, Mai Shiranui, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and Hancock faced the expanding rift as Chthon’s power shook Earth’s magical network.
• Hundreds of Imps formed from dark droplets and attacked the five women, who destroyed them with their abilities.
• Chthon’s shifting limbs and enormous silhouette emerged from the rift, and his gaze wounded Mai Shiranui and weakened the others.
• Chthon called Wanda a child of chaos and mocked the group as she attacked him with a crimson blade of Chaos Magic.
• Chthon stopped Wanda’s attack with an invisible barrier and challenged the women to endure his power.

Chthon overwhelmed Wanda and her four allies, leaving them ready to fight to the death. Loren and his other harem members arrived through a spatial ripple, lifting the despair as the chapter ended.

• Chthon struck at the five women with a giant dark hand, and Wanda scattered them just before it created a massive crater.
• Mai Shiranui burned through part of Chthon’s barrier, but it trapped her, and his second hand knocked Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Hancock, and Mai away.
• Wanda resisted Chthon’s demand that she return to darkness, but her Chaos Magic could not harm him.
• Tsunade, Mei Terumi, Hancock, and Mai returned to Wanda’s side despite their injuries, and the five prepared to fight Chthon together.
• Loren’s other harem members arrived through a stable spatial ripple, followed by Loren, whose presence dispelled the women’s despair.

Loren arrived as Chthon attacked the women, and Android 18's powerful blast damaged Chthon but failed to stop him. As Chthon took a humanoid form and prepared to fight in earnest, Loren's allies rallied to face him while Loren watched.

• Loren appeared before the wounded women and confronted Chthon, who recognized him as the one who had destroyed his consciousness avatar.
• Loren stopped Chthon's dark chains, then sent Android 18 to attack with a powerful Kamehameha that damaged Chthon's massive form.
• Chthon ensnared Android 18 with a chain, and Hinata, Mei Terumi, Hancock, Mai Shiranui, and Wanda worked together to break it and free her.
• Chthon condensed into a humanoid form, summoned a sword of dark runes, and declared that the fight would end.
• 2B led Ikaros and A2 into the first line of defense as Nymph, Tifa, Marie Rose, and Commander prepared to fight; Loren remained still as Chthon moved.

Chthon overwhelmed Wanda and her warriors, leaving Wanda ready to surrender before Loren appeared to protect her. Loren shattered Chthon’s sword with his bare hand and transformed into a Super Saiyan.

• Chthon defeated Wanda’s warriors with his counterattack, leaving Wanda exhausted and despairing.
• As Chthon raised his sword to kill Wanda, Loren stepped in front of her and promised rewards for the women.
• Chthon’s sword stopped just short of Loren, and Loren seized and shattered it with his hand.
• Loren’s aura surged, his hair turned gold, and he activated his Super Saiyan form.

Loren confronted Chthon and overwhelmed the ancient god with his power, forcing back Chthon’s dark energy. As the women watched in awe, Loren declared that Chthon’s era was over.

• Android 18, Tsunade, Ikaros, and Hancock agreed to give Loren their own training that night and vowed not to hold back.
• Chthon sensed that Loren’s power did not belong to the world and demanded to know who he was, but Loren dismissed him.
• Loren cracked Chthon’s body with a gesture, then blasted it apart with a punch before Chthon could reform.
• Loren fired a planet-destroying Kamehameha at Chthon, who met it with a torrent of dark power.
• Loren’s golden energy pushed Chthon’s darkness back as Hong Kong Island shook, and Loren declared Chthon’s era over.

Loren defeated Chthon, but Chthon’s power began reclaiming Dark Magic across the universe and formed an energy-devouring black hole. Loren’s attacks only fed it, and a figure began emerging from its collapsed darkness.

• Loren’s golden energy erased Chthon, whose furious echo vowed to return before the spatial rift sealed.
• Wanda embraced Loren as Tsunade, Android 18, and the others celebrated surviving the battle.
• Loren sensed a higher-dimensional warning and saw the sealed rift expand around a black point that swallowed the sky’s light.
• Kaecilius, Wanda, and dark-power users across the universe had their Chthon-derived magic forcibly drawn toward the black hole.
• Loren’s Kamehameha and a direct punch failed to damage the black hole, which absorbed his energy and grew larger.
• The black hole stopped devouring, contracted violently, and began revealing a figure from within its darkness.