Recaps

Lumian explained that the disaster surrounding his planned confrontation with the Primordial Witch could let Franca complete her Calamity Witch ritual. On the Future, Cattleya prophesied that Lumian would fight Cheek in the Primeval Rainforest on the Southern Continent, then saw the ship and its people as part of a vast, illusory vision.

• Franca asked Lumian about Naporidisli’s visit, and Lumian explained that a disaster tied to the Primordial Witch’s fall could fulfill her advancement ritual.
• Lumian and Franca visited Cattleya on the Future, where a sailor’s mushroom-covered appearance prompted Franca to ask about Frank Lee’s experiments; Cattleya said it was an illusion caused by the Protected Zone.
• Lumian asked Cattleya to prophesy Cheek’s whereabouts, and she saw him fighting Cheek in the Primeval Rainforest on the Southern Continent.
• Lumian asked Cattleya to contact the Queen of Mysteries for another prophecy, explaining that it could provide more information and help Cattleya digest her Sage potion.
• After Lumian and Franca vanished, Cattleya saw the ship fade into a murky vision filled with spheres of overlapping human bodies, including herself and the sailor.

Lumian sought Bernadette’s prophecy about the Primordial Witch and delivered Mr. Fool’s message to the weakened Genie. The Genie gave three hints for facing the Apocalypse and warned that his sister would accommodate the Brood Hive sooner than expected.

• Lumian, Franca, and Cattleya visited Bernadette, who said she was staying in Trier to protect its people and digest her Sage potion.
• Bernadette prophesied that she saw the Primordial Witch, the deep Mirror World, and a crimson full moon; she and Cattleya judged the target might be a Mirror World reflecting the Southern Continent’s Primeval Rainforest.
• Lumian compared Bernadette’s prophecy with the earlier predictions that placed the Primordial Witch in the Ruined World’s Primeval Rainforest.
• After Cattleya and Franca left, Bernadette summoned the Genie from the Wishing Lamp so Lumian could deliver Mr. Fool’s message.
• Lumian warned the Genie that his future depended on Mr. Fool surviving, then asked him for advice about the approaching Apocalypse.
• The Genie offered three hints: the Circle of Fate’s role as an Angel of Redemption, Lumian’s body and the Lord of Mysteries’ symbolism, and temporarily strengthening the Nation of Disorder; he also warned that his sister would accommodate the Brood Hive soon.

Lumian received Heraberg’s prophecy that he would encounter Cheek soon and returned to Trier ready to plan an attack on the Witch Sect. Mr. Fool assigned the Major Arcana card holders to support him, and Leonard applied to the Church of the Evernight for a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact.

• Edwina escorted Lumian to Heraberg, who prophesied that Lumian would encounter Cheek in the near future and explained that Morola was inside his stomach, with its path of banishment leading to the Astral World.
• Lumian returned to Trier, told Franca about the prophecy, and said he would make a plan to bring disaster upon the Witch Sect.
• Mr. Fool summoned the Major Arcana card holders and ordered them to assist Lumian, giving Derrick, Leonard, and Sharon additional guidance for the operation.
• Leonard met Pope Dabomachi at the Church of Tranquility and applied to borrow the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact 0-17.

Lumian explored the Ruined World’s outskirts, where the Fallen Mother Goddess’s influence warped nature and a Witch of the Apocalypse’s power triggered a catastrophe. After reporting a strange discovery inside a coffin to Mr. Fool, he reached Messy Street and noticed the ruins had fallen unnaturally silent.

• Lumian left the Protected Zone and walked toward the Green Kingdom, where deer rapidly died and gave birth to fawns under the Fallen Mother Goddess’s influence.
• Lumian encountered an Earth Mother Church defector carrying a coffin and used the Witch of the Apocalypse’s power to make the Coffin Bearer and his earth golems lose control.
• Lumian’s designated apocalypse turned the attackers to stone and swallowed them in magma, while he preserved the coffin from the destruction.
• Lumian opened the coffin and found rotten flesh that evaporated into blackish-brown gas despite his attempts to protect it, then reported the discovery to Mr. Fool.
• Lumian walked through the ruins to Messy Street and noticed that the cries from the oak forest had stopped and the surroundings had become deathly quiet.

Lumian confronted the Primordial Witch Cheek in the Special Mirror World, exposing the Chaos Whirlpool Face and Salinger Blood Banner and interrupting her attack on Franca. Meanwhile, his allies opened a route into the Mirror World and brought out “0-17,” the Goddess of Evernight’s Descent Vessel, as the battle escalated.

• Cheek descended into the Special Mirror World and claimed that she was Lumian’s consort, while her power began petrifying Franca.
• Lumian removed the Dark-Gold Strange Mask, exposing the Chaos Whirlpool Face and Salinger Blood Banner; Cheek’s descent faltered, allowing Franca to escape.
• Madam Magician opened a gateway into the Mirror World, and Sun Derrick, a howling gale, and an enormous sword arrived to aid Franca against the Witches of Unaging.
• Madam Justice faced Judith and Tishavika outside the Mirror World as Audrey recited an honorific name in Ancient Hermetic.
• Leonard opened the prepared wooden door to the sealed room, bringing “0-17,” the Angel of Concealment, into the ruins.

Pallez Soraist and the Tarot Club’s reinforcements confronted the Rose School’s Abominations while Leonard joined Franca and the others in the Mirror World to face the Witches of Unaging. As both sides prepared their Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, Roland appeared and headed toward the Special Mirror World.

• Pallez Soraist sent Stars Leonard into the Mirror World and stayed behind as Soea and Tirya emerged to oppose him alongside Renette Tinekerr and Hermit Cattleya.
• Stars Leonard arrived to find Sun Derrick, Franca, and their allies battered by the Witches of Unaging and their Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts.
• The Tarot Club members assembled their own Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts, including the Staff of the Stars, Proof of Glory, the Box of the Old One, and the Trensost Brass Book.
• Franca took the Book of Post-Apocalypse from the Traveler’s Bag Lumian had given her, completing the group’s preparations.
• Roland passed Moon Emlin and walked toward the Special Mirror World.

Lumian and his allies fought the Primordial Witch Cheek in the Special Mirror World, where Cheek’s chaos authority countered their attacks. Elsewhere, the Witch Sect divided the battlefield, leaving Empress Roselle free to confront the Tarot Club members as Lady Judgement tried to change the rules.

• Lumian used 0-01 and the Salinger Blood Banner to attack Cheek, but she swallowed his flames and soldiers into her Chaos Whirlpool.
• 0-17 appeared and attacked Cheek with a giant scythe, but Cheek’s Chaos Whirlpool met the darkness and briefly erased all light, sound, and perception.
• The Special Mirror World restored itself, and Roland entered with Bird-Clawed Babies as a crimson full moon rose behind her.
• Empress Roselle entered the Mirror World, and Fors flashed in to join the fight against the Gray Witch Judith and the Yellow Witch Tishavika.
• The Scarlet Witch raised the Harsh Stone Pillars, dividing the battlefield and trapping Fors in the ruins of Trier with Audrey, Judith, and Tishavika.
• The Golden Witch faced Derrick and used the Eye of God to discover that his Dawn Crown could not function without a second saint; Lady Judgement moved to distort the rule.

Ma'am Judgement distorted the battlefield’s rules to rebalance the matchups, leaving Sharon isolated against Clarisse and Empress Roselle. Sharon banished Roselle temporarily and faced Clarisse, while the other battles continued; in the Special Mirror World, the Primordial Witch taunted Mother Superior Roland about the Earth Mother.

• Ma'am Judgement used Solomon's Mask to distort the battlefield rules and rearranged the combatants into new matchups.
• Sharon trapped Clarisse and Empress Roselle in the Box of the Old One, but they escaped its destruction; Sharon then cursed Roselle and sent her into the Spirit World, where Roselle offered no resistance.
• Clarisse re-emerged after escaping the Box of the Old One, leaving Sharon to face her alone.
• Yalena's Sunset Rooster weakened Alger with its cry, and Yalena attacked him with two swords; Alger's Holy Armor formed in response.
• Franca used the Book of Post-Apocalypse to write a prophecy that the three attacking Witches would suffer backlash from their Sealed Artifacts, then dodged an attack with a Mirror Substitute.
• The Primordial Witch taunted Mother Superior Roland about whether the Earth Mother wanted her as a mother, and Roland's expression turned grim.

Lumian and 0-17 joined forces to destroy Mother Superior Roland and her crimson moon, while the Primordial Witch Cheek warned that their time was running out. Elsewhere in the Mirror World, Emlin and Leonard’s battles continued, with Leonard summoning Klein Moretti into his dream.

• The Primordial Witch Cheek revealed Her Mythical Creature Form and used Her charm and the Special Mirror World to trap Mother Superior Roland and the crimson moon in a chaotic whirlpool.
• Lumian and 0-17 attacked the trapped Mother Superior Roland and crimson moon, collapsing them into a black dot that exploded and stabilized the Mirror World; Cheek then said there was not much time left as 0-17’s Divine Descent neared its end.
• Katrina used the Fear of Love ring against Emlin, but his blood-red robe countered its effect; after Katrina’s Mirror Substitute saved her from losing control, she prepared to cause the Mirror World to collapse.
• Leonard used the Staff of the Stars to summon Pallez Soroiasred, who froze the Scarlet Witch and the Harsh Stone Pillars in time, giving Leonard a chance to fall asleep and draw her into his dream.
• In Leonard’s dream, Klein Moretti emerged from the Black Thorns Security Company.

Leonard, Derrick, and the others turned the battle against the Witches of Unaging, while Derrick discovered the justice he wanted to uphold. As the fighting continued, Amon confronted Zaratul and parasitized him.

• Leonard used a dream image of Klein Moretti to marionette the Scarlet Witch, who died when the dream ended.
• Derrick realized that his deepest justice was preserving humanity and its continuation, and empowered Xio to strike the Orange Witch through her barrier.
• Alger wrote a rule in the Brass Book that caused two of the black rooster’s heads to fall off, while Franca used her charm to enthrall the Witch of Silver and the Witch of Green.
• Zaratul tried to escape by switching places with a marionette, but Amon’s parasitism prevented him from succeeding.
• Amon explained that parasitizing Zaratul’s historical projection also affected his original body, and Zaratul accepted the Monocle Amon offered him.

Clarisse, Sharon, Emlin, and Katrina fought amid the Mirror World’s collapse, while Amon returned to confront Cheek in the Special Mirror World. Amon used a stolen wish to make all imagined things briefly disappear, leaving the battle against Cheek poised to change.

• Amon defeated Zaratul through his status and an ambush, then left him and his Marionettes behind.
• Sharon used the Box of the Old One to transport Clarisse and her Mirror Projections to the Underworld, killing them and allowing Sharon to collect the Crimson Calamity.
• Emlin’s malice killed Katrina’s mirror self and spread through her, while Katrina’s resurrection let Emlin revive inside her and burn her blood and desires.
• In the Special Mirror World, 0-17 returned to the Protected Zone as the Goddess of Evernight’s Divine Descent ended and the world’s shaking subsided.
• Cheek confronted Lumian, but Amon arrived and released a stolen wish that briefly made all imagined things disappear within the Special Mirror World.

Amon escaped the chaos vortex by abandoning his borrowed power and becoming the Angel of Redemption, while Mr. Fool’s wish stripped Cheek of her True God level inside the Special Mirror World. Lumian led a legion of steel soldiers against her as Franca defeated several witches, and the Witch of Brown’s attempt to flee left her lost in gray-white fog and facing crimson moonlight.

• Cheek identified Amon’s dependence on borrowed power and used his fallen nature to force him into a choice.
• Amon sealed the Special Mirror World and entered the river of futures, redeeming himself as the Angel of Redemption and losing his former Sinner and Dual-Pathway True God status.
• Mr. Fool’s wish took effect, reducing Cheek to an Angel King and contracting her chaos vortex; her attempt to escape was stopped by Amon’s seal.
• Lumian summoned metal soldier puppets and charged Cheek with his steel giant legion.
• Franca’s charm and the Book of Post-Apocalypse helped her kill the Witch of Silver and Witch of Green, while she evaded the Witch of Brown’s petrifying attack by hiding behind a mirror.
• The Witch of Brown fled into the Astral World but emerged into gray-white fog, where crimson moonlight approached and something began tearing at her from inside.

Alger used the Trensost Brass Book to suppress corruption and trap Yalena, while Derrick and Xio repelled the witches’ attacks but let Golden Witch and Orange Witch escape. In the Special Mirror World, Lumian attacked Primordial Witch Cheek with the Sword of Destruction as she summoned her chaotic whirlpool again.

• Alger resisted Sunset Rooster’s corruption with Tornado, established rules in the Trensost Brass Book, and unleashed Lightning Storm against Yalena.
• Yalena let Lightning Storm destroy her body, then escaped through her mirror self; the Brass Book’s third rule confiscated corrupt and evil objects, leaving Sunset Rooster behind.
• Derrick’s Justice Mentor abilities suppressed Orange Witch and Golden Witch, but Golden Witch foresaw the danger and the pair escaped to the Land of Traps using the Tamara Shapeshifting Card.
• Xio and Derrick anchored themselves to their battlefield with a barrier and avoided being transferred with the witches.
• Lumian used the Sword of Destruction and his soldier puppets’ Flash ability to attack Cheek, who summoned her chaotic whirlpool despite its diminished power.

Lumian and Amon attacked the Primordial Witch Cheek, but Cheek survived the combined strike by returning from nothingness. Lumian then cursed himself through Cheek’s face, setting the Mirror World and both of them ablaze, before Cheek willingly began merging with him—only to learn Lumian expected them both to die.

• Amon created a new future and trapped Cheek’s chaotic vortex in a loop while Lumian’s puppets and Sword of Destruction struck Cheek with powers of darkness, death, and dusk.
• The combined attack formed a black point that erased Cheek’s mirror selves and disrupted memories of Him, but Cheek returned and declared that destroying every mirror world was necessary to kill Him.
• Lumian used Cheek’s face on his shoulder as a medium to curse himself and Cheek, causing black Flames of Destruction to spread through the Special Mirror World and the other mirror worlds.
• Franca, Alger, and the others escaped to the Ruined World as the mirrors shattered, while Amon lifted the lockdown and Empress Roselle became free to leave the Special Mirror World.
• With most of Lumian’s body burned away, Cheek accepted defeat and began merging into him, but Lumian revealed that he intended to die soon and take Cheek with him.

Lumian reunited the Witch and Red Priest pathways’ Uniquenesses and Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics, becoming a new Red Priest and Chaos Witch as the Primordial Witch’s fall unleashed disasters across the world. The chapter ended with Lumian challenging the returning Crimson Moon and directing his new powers against it.

• Cheek laughed as she disintegrated into Beyonder Characteristics, and the Special Mirror World collapsed after the Primordial Witch’s fall triggered disasters across the world.
• Franca drank a potion made from the Calamity Witch Beyonder Characteristic, while Ma'am Justice revealed she had planted seeds of mental plague in the Gray Witch and Yellow Witch.
• Lumian used his Steel Soldier Puppets to move Cheek’s self-awareness and Mental Brands onto the Witch Uniqueness, then gathered the Witch pathway’s Uniqueness and Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics within himself.
• Lumian incorporated 0-01 and the remaining Red Priest pathway Characteristics, and the Mirror World was born anew amid intensifying disasters and transformations.
• Lumian became a new Red Priest and Chaos Witch, then raised his arms and unleashed invisible flames and a chaotic vortex toward the returning Crimson Moon.

Lumian completed the battle against Cheek, transformed the Special Mirror World into his divine kingdom, and returned to the Protected Zone. He reported to Mr. Fool, who said the Apocalypse was at least a month away and described a possible future form for Lumian before convening an ad hoc gathering.

• Lumian discovered that the Witch apotheosis ritual involved enduring corruption from the Chaos Sea and concluded that Cheek’s sealed face had fulfilled it for him.
• Lumian conquered the Special Mirror World and shaped it into a divine kingdom, briefly making it reflect Cordou Village before returning to reality.
• Lumian thanked Franca, Madam Magician, and the others for their help, and they returned to the Protected Zone.
• Franca spoke with Anthony about remaining optimistic for Lumian and Jenna, while Lumian went to report to Mr. Fool.
• Lumian told Mr. Fool he could travel to the City of Calamity if needed or take a month to stabilize, and Mr. Fool said there was at least another month before the Apocalypse and described a possible second form for Lumian.
• Mr. Fool told Lumian that his future standing would not suit the Tarot Club, suggested Franca could replace him as a Major Arcana card, and convened an ad hoc gathering.

After becoming a dual-Pathway True God, Lumian offered the Tarot Club members favors and arranged exchanges for their help, then asked to borrow the Box of the Old One. The meeting ended with Xio asking Leonard whether she could trade Solomon's Mask for a Grade 0 Judge Pathway artifact.

• Lumian thanked the Tarot Club and promised to help its members in the future; Derrick accepted his offer of assistance with the Sun Pathway advancement ritual.
• Lumian asked Sharon to exchange Crimson Calamity for the Abomination Beyonder Characteristic he expected to obtain from Farbauti, and she agreed.
• Lumian arranged to exchange Crimson Calamity for New Silver City's Earth's Gift; Derrick agreed, and Lumian promised to pass the artifact to Audrey after using it.
• Lumian offered Fors access to living Special Mirror Worlds so she could spread his faith, and promised Cattleya help with digesting her potion and the Queen of Mysteries' Sage potion.
• Lumian promised Pallez and Xio favors, then asked Fors to lend him the Box of the Old One to address the danger on its third layer; she agreed.
• Xio asked Leonard whether she could exchange Solomon's Mask for a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact of the Judge Pathway.

At the Tarot Club, Xio chose to remain on the Justiciar Pathway, Alger chose to become a Profane Presbyter, and the Major Arcana members prepared for the apocalypse expected in about a month. Back in the real world, Lumian explained the Great Ones to Franca, who planned to explore the Western Continent with him if they survived, before he brought out the Box of the Old One.

• Xio chose to pursue the Justiciar Pathway, and she and Leonard exchanged Solomon's Mask and the Harsh Stone Pillars.
• Mr. Fool offered Alger several options for becoming an Angel, and Alger chose the Secret Supplicant Pathway's Profane Presbyter while Lumian offered to provide the supplementary ingredients.
• Lumian offered to answer Emlin's summons so Emlin could digest his Summoning Master potion, and Mr. Fool warned the Major Arcana that the apocalypse was roughly a month away.
• Lumian explained the Great Ones and the world's destruction to Franca, who said she wanted to travel the Western Continent with him, Aurora, and Jenna if they survived.
• Lumian summoned Ludwig to the sitting room and revealed the silver-black, gem-studded Box of the Old One.

Lumian tested Ludwig’s connection to the Box of the Old One and learned that Ludwig might eventually be able to consume the danger inside it. Lumian fed Ludwig a Weather Warlock Beyonder Characteristic, restoring him to the angel level, and Ludwig named his Sequence.

• Franca sensed the Box of the Old One’s presence, and Lumian brought everyone into his Divine Kingdom before questioning Ludwig about it.
• Ludwig sensed the power of Primordial Hunger inside the box and warned that opening it might cause it to devour everything, including rules and concepts.
• Lumian asked whether Ludwig could eat the danger inside the box, and Ludwig said he would need to recover his original level and receive help from another Great One.
• Lumian offered Ludwig a choice of Beyonder Characteristic and let him eat the Weather Warlock characteristic in his arm.
• Ludwig resisted breaking the God of Knowledge and Wisdom’s seal, then said he wanted to experience an ordinary human life if he survived the apocalypse.
• Lumian asked Ludwig for his Sequence name, and Ludwig answered that it was the Angel of Devouring.

Ludwig demonstrated the Angel of Devouring’s ability to consume rules and concepts, while Lumian explained the Box of the Old One and offered Franca a way to resurrect through a Sleeping Mirror in his Divine Kingdom. The story then shifted to Emlin preparing a formal summoning before the Sanguine as he worked toward digesting his potion.

• Ludwig demonstrated that he could devour the rule of sunlight and the concept of gold, while explaining the limits and effects of his abilities.
• Lumian restored the sitting room’s gold and explained the Box of the Old One’s layers and the unpredictability of its transfers.
• Franca learned that Lumian would place one of her Sleeping Mirrors in his Divine Kingdom so she could resurrect under certain conditions.
• Lumian left to help Mr. Moon digest his potion, while Franca planned to tell her subordinate that the Witch Sect was finished.
• In Backlund, Emlin prepared a formal summoning before Aulmer’s grave and the assembled Sanguine Marquises, then announced that he was beginning.

Moon Emlin summoned the Primordial Witch’s successor, who revealed himself as a newly ascended Dual-Pathway True God, while Franca told Niseya that the Witch Sect had been destroyed and gave her a month to enjoy herself. The chapter left Niseya bewildered by Franca’s revelations and unexpected permission.

• Moon Emlin completed the summoning ritual, and the entity who emerged caused the Sanguine Marquises and Aulmer to fall into a hallucinatory state.
• Moon Emlin confirmed that he had fully digested the Summoning Master potion and told Aulmer that he had summoned a newly ascended Dual-Pathway True God.
• Franca visited Niseya and revealed that she had become a Calamity Witch Angel.
• Franca told Niseya that the Primordial Witch had perished and the Witch Sect had effectively been destroyed, adding that she had helped destroy it.
• Franca told Niseya to rest for a month, said the Primordial Witch’s honorific name now referred to the existence she followed, and urged Niseya to enjoy herself.

Derrick Berg completed the Lightseeker ritual with Lumian’s help, and Lumian secured the Abomination Beyonder characteristic and traded for Crimson Calamity. The chapter ended with Lumian asking Derrick to trade him Earth’s Gift as Giddas appeared from Cheek’s mirrored face.

• Derrick drank the Lightseeker potion, followed the Sun through a vision, and completed his ritual with Lumian’s Chaos Whirlpool Face as his beacon.
• Lumian asked Naporidisli for the Abomination Beyonder characteristic ahead of schedule, and Naporidisli agreed to provide it.
• Abomination Farbauti gave Lumian the characteristic, while Naporidisli explained how the Chained pathway’s Mythical Creature Form took shape.
• Lumian traded the Abomination characteristic to Renette Tinicol and Sharon for Crimson Calamity.
• Lumian returned to Derrick and asked to trade for Earth’s Gift, as Giddas emerged from Cheek’s mirrored face.

Lumian exchanged the Crimson Calamity for Earth’s Gift and moved the ancient tree into his Divine Kingdom while Derrick went to free Proof of Glory. In the Ruined World, Lumian and Franca encountered Madame Pualis, whose farewell revealed that the Fallen Mother Goddess needed her Sequence 1 characteristic as the red moon began to rise.

• Derrick agreed to replace Earth’s Gift with the Crimson Calamity, and Lumian sealed the artifact in a mirror with strict safeguards before Derrick flew to lift Proof of Glory’s suppression.
• Lumian used Cheek’s Fascination to draw Earth’s Gift close, then had Giddas drag it into the Special Mirror World, his Divine Kingdom.
• After Lumian’s latest rampage in the Ruined World, Franca joined him to return to the Protected Zone, but Madame Pualis appeared and said she was going back to the Great Mother’s embrace.
• Lumian recognized that Madame Pualis was a Sequence 1 Goddess of Beauty, but she merged into the moonlight before Cheek’s Fascination could stop her.
• Franca realized the Fallen Mother Goddess needed a Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristic to complete her merger with the Brood Hive as vegetation erupted and a blood-red moon rose on the horizon.

As the Fallen Mother Goddess neared completion of Her accommodation of the Brood Hive, Lumian went above the gray fog and prepared with Mr. Fool and Earth Mother Lilith to turn his symbolic role as the Mother against Her. The chapter ended as Lumian struck at Lilith and Ombella’s remains while acting as the Fallen Mother Goddess.

• Franca learned the Fallen Mother Goddess would soon accommodate the Brood Hive, and Lumian told her to take Anthony and Ludwig to Madam Magician while he sought Mr. Fool.
• Bernadette summoned the Genie, who warned that they had trusted destiny’s revelations too blindly and failed to act quickly enough.
• Lumian told Mr. Fool that the Fallen Mother Goddess would finish accommodating the Brood Hive within half an hour, and Mr. Fool said they would proceed with a less favorable opportunity.
• Earth Mother Lilith arrived in Mr. Fool’s divine kingdom and accepted that Lumian would kill Her, thanking him and urging them to begin.
• Lumian sat in The World’s seat with the Mother card, Giddas, and Ombella’s remains, reinforcing his role as the Fallen Mother Goddess’s symbolic mother.
• Lumian rose and swung colorless and black flames at Earth Mother Lilith and Ombella’s remains, intending to kill his daughter while playing the Fallen Mother Goddess.

Lumian and Mr. Fool killed Lilith, delaying the Fallen Mother Goddess’s fusion with the Brood Hive, but the Astral World Barrier began to fail under the Outer Deities’ assault. Klein fused with Gehrman Sparrow and became the Lord of Mysteries, leaving the story at the moment his return disrupted the assault.

• Lilith allowed Lumian’s Flames of Destruction to destroy Ombella’s remains and her own body, and her true body outside the Astral World Barrier was destroyed as well.
• The Brood Hive’s hatred revived its dissipating consciousness, and the Fallen Mother Goddess’s fusion with it was delayed as the Crimson Moon began to fall toward the Protected Zone.
• Eight Outer Deities pressed against the weakened Astral World Barrier, which began to crack, while Will Auceptin and Azik Aegis sensed death approaching.
• Klein’s preparations and his completed fusion with the Celestial Worthy were revealed, along with the plan he and Lumian had made to protect the barrier and stop the Fallen Mother Goddess.
• Klein merged with Gehrman Sparrow at the Astral World Barrier, and gray-white fog spread through the worlds, disrupting the Outer Deities’ pressure for several seconds.
• Klein emerged from the darkness in his black trench coat as the Lord of Mysteries, and the ruler of the Spirit World returned.