Arc 47The War Against the Old Ones

Lumian accommodated the City of Calamity and joined Klein and their allies in battle against the Outer Deities and Rulers of the Old One. The Circle of Fate kept Lumian alive by resetting his collapse, while the war continued with several enemies wounded or displaced.

  • Klein concealed the Astral World Barrier’s cracks as Lumian entered the City of Calamity and challenged the Sinful Dragon.
  • Lumian defeated and devoured the Sinful Dragon, then completed his accommodation as the Fallen Mother Goddess fused with the Brood Hive and the barrier collapsed.
  • Klein transferred the Protected Zone and its people to a distant planet, where Fors and the others prepared to fight the invading forces.
  • Klein sealed the universe’s Spirit World while Lumian joined Amanises in battle against the Rulers of the Old One, and Amanises accommodated the River of Eternal Darkness.
  • Lumian and Amanises fought the Decaying Monarch and Circle of Fate, while Klein and the assembled allies battled the other Rulers of the Old One.
  • Klein and Amanises trapped or wounded several enemies, but the Circle of Fate returned and replaced the Decaying Monarch inside Lumian as his body collapsed toward termination.
  • The Circle of Fate reset Lumian’s collapse each day, and Lumian used his bond with Ludwig to surprise Primordial Hunger and drive Him into the Astral World.
Chapters 1151–1175 Vol. 12 Read

Ch. 1151Buying time

Klein became the Lord of Mysteries, stabilized the Astral World Barrier, and delayed the Fallen Mother Goddess’s fusion with the Brood Hive. With Earth still in danger, Lumian began his final attempt to accommodate the City of Calamity by letting Naporidisli enter his mind.

  • Klein concealed the cracks in the Astral World Barrier and used an ancient chime to stabilize it against the Old Ones’ pressure.
  • Klein sent billions of marionettes to attack the blood-red moon, distracting the Fallen Mother Goddess and delaying her fusion with the Brood Hive; Ombella died in the process.
  • Fors told Franca, Xio, Ludwig, and Anthony that Klein had become the Lord of Mysteries, but warned that they would still need to relocate if Lumian failed to accommodate the City of Calamity in time.
  • Alger and Leonard set out on missions under the crimson moon, while Lumian gave Giddas a lump of soil formed from the purified Mother of Depravity’s gift power to take to Miss Justice.
  • Lumian returned to his villa and began his last chance to accommodate the City of Calamity as Naporidisli dissolved into black liquid and entered his body and mind.

Ch. 1152A goshawk never bows to sparrows

Lumian reached the Sinful Dragon at the bottom of the blood-colored ocean as the Celestial Master and other powerful beings strengthened the Dragon-Locking Well’s seal. When the Sinful Dragon refused to submit, Lumian removed his mask and accepted its challenge to fight.

  • Lumian used the gray amber candle to enter the City of Calamity and reached the barrier around the Sinful Dragon’s prison.
  • The Celestial Master, the Holy Monk, the head of Haoli, and the Master of the Dark Hut gathered at the Dragon-Locking Well and reinforced its seal, allowing Lumian to pass through the weakened barrier.
  • Lumian found the Sinful Dragon, whose body and three heads embodied the entwined City of Calamity, and realized that a stable accommodation required three forces rather than a complete union of yin and yang.
  • Lumian tried to persuade the Sinful Dragon to merge with him, but it declared that a true dragon would not take orders from a wild dog and demanded that he defeat it.
  • Lumian removed the dark-gold mask covering the chaos head and laughed as he agreed to fight the Sinful Dragon.
  • In the Ruined World, a heartbeat sounded from within the blood-red moon as the Fallen Mother Goddess suppressed the Brood Hive.

Ch. 1153On the shoulders of those who came before

Lumian used the Eye of Omniscience to expose the Sinful Dragon’s foreign consciousness and force it into an instinctive state, but its calamity attack shattered the Grafting protecting his internal balance. He survived the first collapse, though his three heads began acting independently as he tried to control Cheek’s face.

  • The Brood Hive’s resistance weakened after a brief heartbeat sounded from within the Blood-Red Crimson Moon.
  • Lumian removed the Dark-Gold Mask, and the Sinful Dragon tried to break free before the Dragon-Locking Chains and evil ghosts restrained it.
  • Lumian used the Chaos Whirlpool Face to identify the Sinful Dragon’s problem: generations of worshippers had shaped its consciousness and inclinations.
  • Lumian’s Visionary power made phantoms separate from the Sinful Dragon, returning it toward a primal state and unleashing its instinctive destructive will.
  • The Sinful Dragon’s calamity attack reached Lumian through his Mirror Substitute and caused his internal powers to clash, but Grafting shielded him from one catastrophic collapse.
  • Lumian’s three heads turned independently, and he barely controlled Cheek’s face and raised one of his right arms.

Ch. 1154Doomsday Calamity

Lumian attacked the Sinful Dragon with chaos, but the clash triggered his latent madness and a sequence of cosmic calamities. A prepared virtual persona kept him fighting, and he used a sacrifice to the instinct-driven Sinful Dragon to escape a black hole’s pull, leaving the battle poised to continue.

  • Lumian’s chaos whirlpool broke through the seal with help from the Celestial Master, the Holy Monk, and the other Western Continent High-Ranking Beings, destroying Evil Ghosts, Dragon-Locking Chains, and part of the Sinful Dragon’s body before both forces annihilated each other.
  • Lumian lost control as the Sinful Dragon’s latent calamity triggered his madness, but a Visionary virtual persona took over his body.
  • A supernova erupted before Lumian, and he survived by transforming into light and then a chaos whirlpool.
  • A black hole pulled Lumian toward its rotating disk, so he used the Red Priest’s sacrificial ability to call on the instinct-driven Sinful Dragon for help.
  • The Sinful Dragon’s response dispelled the black hole, and Lumian activated a Contract Mark.

Ch. 1155The Dao

Lumian used a contract with Gehrman Sparrow to reach the Sinful Dragon’s sealed region, then rallied the evil ghosts to launch a devastating attack. The Sinful Dragon’s body was destroyed but quickly began to reform, leaving Lumian prepared to fight Him through their consciousnesses.

  • Lumian activated his contract with Gehrman Sparrow and opened a door into the region where the Sinful Dragon was sealed.
  • Lumian asked the evil ghosts guarding the Dragon-Locking Chains to help him end the calamity, and they joined his army of mirror selves.
  • Lumian combined his powers with the evil ghosts’ attacks and borrowed River of Eternal Darkness water to create a gloomy longsword of destruction.
  • The high-ranking beings of the Western Continent lifted the seal, allowing Lumian’s attack to cross from the Mirror World into reality.
  • Lumian plunged the longsword into the Sinful Dragon’s necks, and the resulting collapse swallowed the Dragon, chains, and evil ghosts before exploding.
  • The Sinful Dragon’s body began reforming from the City of Calamity, and Lumian prepared for a battle of consciousnesses.

Ch. 1156A clash of consciousnesses

Lumian entered the City of Calamity’s consciousness space and used the divided consciousnesses within him to disrupt the Sinful Dragon’s rebirth while attempting to accommodate the city. The confrontation ended with Lumian and the Sinful Dragon face-to-face, unable to retreat.

  • Lumian summoned his body from the Protected Zone, entered the Dragon-Locking Well, and pulled the City of Calamity into himself.
  • The Fallen Mother Goddess’s followers returned to the blood-red full moon to help her bear the burden of fusing with the Brood Hive.
  • Soea and Tirya began a ritual with Tolzna, the Bound God, as its primary sacrifice so the Mother Tree of Desire could descend within the barrier.
  • Lumian split into six consciousnesses and withdrew several of them while Cheek and Alista Tudor briefly reunited to freeze and recreate the Sinful Dragon’s dark universe.
  • Lumian, Aurora, and Jenna brought the Chaos Whirlpool Face and the Sinful Dragon’s chaos head together, stopping the Primordial One in the mirror from being born.
  • The Chaos Whirlpool Face and the Sinful Dragon’s chaos head drew together, leaving Lumian and the Sinful Dragon close enough to confront each other directly.

Ch. 1157A special symbolism

Lumian weakened and devoured the Sinful Dragon by restoring the Dragon’s fused consciousnesses, using Fooling, and deceiving Him about the consequences of resisting. Meanwhile, the Fallen Mother Goddess’s special heartbeat made the Astral World Barrier vanish and brought the apocalypse, as Klein briefly restored the barrier from history and grafted most of the Western Continent into the Protected Zone.

  • Lumian returned the consciousnesses once unified with the Dao of the City of Calamity to the Sinful Dragon, confusing Him and weakening His control.
  • Soea and Tirya mistook the Chaos Primordial Fetus’s heartbeat for the Fallen Mother Goddess’s help, but Klein redirected their sacrifice toward himself and grafted its mass Above the Gray Fog.
  • Lumian used Fooling to freeze the Sinful Dragon, tore apart His bodies, and began devouring them.
  • Lumian lied that Medici and other cultivators could accommodate the City of Calamity after his death, then truthfully warned the Sinful Dragon that waiting would let Him take over.
  • The Chaos Primordial Fetus’s special heartbeat submerged the Brood Hive and made the Astral World Barrier disappear, bringing the apocalypse.
  • Klein pulled the barrier out of history to delay the crisis for seconds and grafted most of the Western Continent and its living environments into the Protected Zone.

Ch. 1158What has been will be again

As the Outer Deities pressed toward the world, Klein opened the Western Continent and the gods sacrificed themselves to protect the Protected Zone. Lumian accommodated the Sinful Dragon, briefly restoring Aurora and Jenna, while the chapter ended with a crimson meteor descending on the blood-colored moon.

  • The Fallen Mother Goddess tried to reclaim the Moon and Mother pathway characteristics as Klein removed the Western Continent's seal and faced the approaching Rulers of the Old One.
  • Herabergen destroyed himself and merged with Grisha Adam to help him resist the Primordial Witch God, while Leodero charged the Fallen Mother Goddess and the blood-colored moon.
  • Lumian swallowed the weakened Sinful Dragon, briefly restoring Aurora and Jenna through their imprints; they accepted the coming sacrifice, and Lumian prepared to complete his accommodation.
  • Klein redirected two bursts of Leodero's lightning toward the cross above the Protected Zone, and Amanises left to stake her life.
  • A crimson meteor struck toward the blood-colored moon and the enormous figure as crimson flames filled the sky at the end of July, 1360.

Ch. 1159Oath of the River of the Underworld

Lumian’s calamities and Leodero’s attack weakened the blockade of the Western Continent, giving the gods time to prepare for the apocalypse. Klein borrowed the Black Emperor Uniqueness to strengthen the Nation of Disorder, while Amanises and Stiano began their respective arrangements with the Haoli lineage and the Celestial Master.

  • Lumian’s summoned calamities briefly disrupted the Outer Deities, and Klein used the opening to send the Black Emperor Uniqueness and other items to the figure seated as Heavenly Emperor.
  • Bernadette learned that Klein had borrowed the Black Emperor Uniqueness to strengthen the Nation of Disorder, while Empress Roselle explained its limits and described her hope for the Mirror World.
  • Leodero’s suicidal attack and the Doomsday Calamity broke the Fallen Mother Goddess’s blockade, allowing Amanises and Stiano to reach the Dragon-Locking Pagoda.
  • Amanises swore an oath to strengthen the Haoli lineage before the River of Eternal Darkness, and the Underworld Daoist made her the sect leader as she resisted the river’s chaotic consciousness.
  • Stiano chose to join the Celestial Master’s formation rather than use the Shangqing Register, and the Celestial Master named him Fuzhen and granted him a register.

Ch. 1160Converting the Foreign God into a Buddha

Lumian used the Fallen Mother Goddess’s Rebirth influence to make himself symbolically equivalent to her, then prepared to stab himself with a sword of destruction and chaos. Klein waited for the Old Ones to breach the barrier before evacuating humanity, while the chapter ended as Lumian challenged the Fallen Mother Goddess to kill him and risk killing herself.

  • Will Auceptin and Ouroboros joined the giant Buddha, while the Holy Monk returned to the Buddha Kingdom and merged with him.
  • The Master of the Dark Hut and Naporidisli agreed to work together and walked into the Shadow World with Farbauti.
  • Lumian’s Fascination drew him and his companions toward the Fallen Mother Goddess, whose Rebirth influence revived the weakened consciousnesses within him and loosened the Sinful Dragon’s suppression.
  • Klein watched the illusory barrier crack and waited for the Old Ones to rush in before transferring the hundreds of millions of people in the Protected Zone.
  • Lumian realized that the Fallen Mother Goddess’s Rebirth had made him symbolically equivalent to her, swallowed a phoenix egg, and formed a black-flame sword to stab himself.

Ch. 1161Pillar symbolism

Lumian and Klein severely wounded the Fallen Mother Goddess and drove her beyond the Solar System, but the final barrier collapsed, leaving Lumian exposed to the hostile Astral World. The Fallen Mother Goddess began recovering while the life-dead planet was destroyed.

  • The Fallen Mother Goddess tried to reset her symbolism through rebirth, but Klein slowed her transformation with Sefirah Castle and his power over change.
  • Lumian used the black-flame greatsword to bring calamity upon himself, burning his own and the other consciousnesses within him and inflicting severe destruction on the Fallen Mother Goddess.
  • The Fallen Mother Goddess's Undying symbolism prevented her complete destruction, so Klein used banishment and sealing to drive her beyond the Astral World Barrier.
  • The Fallen Mother Goddess transformed into a world-supporting oak to resist sealing, then used sweet rain to stop Lumian's collapse before Klein's banishment sent her outside the Solar System.
  • The Fallen Mother Goddess began recovering around a giant planet, while Klein and Lumian stopped attacking her; the last barrier collapsed, and the planet beneath Lumian was torn apart by the Astral World.

Ch. 1162A distant planet

Klein transferred the Protected Zone and its inhabitants to a habitable planet, but hostile angels and other powerful beings soon converged on it. Fors and her allies prepared defenses and took their positions as the approaching forces gathered.

  • Lumian used the Box of the Old One and a mass of chaotic liquid to balance lingering corruption while the Protected Zone endured the planet’s destruction.
  • Klein used the Light Gate to transfer the Protected Zone and its inhabitants to a distant habitable planet.
  • Fors spotted approaching Dimension Shadows and Observers, who summoned powerful beings through the Hostel to join them.
  • Fors sealed the planet with a protective starry sky, while Saint Dabomachi added a barrier of light and William Augustus studied the enemy forces before acting.
  • Xio and Franca joined Fors outside the seal, while Fors assigned Anthony to soothe people and maintain stability inside the Protected Zone.
  • Ludwig remained behind, then gritted his teeth and swallowed the chaotic liquid Lumian had sent him.

Ch. 1163Assembly

Angels from across the Protected Zone left to confront the world-ending threat, while Red Angel Medici gathered them into a legion to fight together. Franca failed to borrow Lumian and his team's power and joined Medici's force as the Angels faced the assembling Outer Deities.

  • Audrey left Susie in the Collective Subconscious Sea and appeared beside Fors and Xio, while Alger and Derrick also departed their Protected Zones for battle.
  • Sharon reflected on her teacher's lesson about temperance before Renette left to curse their enemies, and Cattleya transformed into a stream of information and surged beyond the Protected Zone.
  • Emlin flew out with crimson-moonlit Sanguine following him, and Leonard sent the Nighthawks home before leaving to join the Angels.
  • Medici invited the Angels to join his legion, and Leonard agreed while Franca tried unsuccessfully to borrow power from Lumian, Jenna, and Aurora.
  • Franca joined Medici's legion as he prepared to lead the assembled Angels against the Outer Deities' Angels.

Ch. 1164Know yourself and your enemy

Klein used his knowledge of the Old Ones’ powers and desires to plan how to divide them, then sealed the universe’s Spirit World with his Pillar authority. As Klein prepared to restrain the Old Ones, Lumian began the next stage of his plan: devouring one of them, with the Decaying Monarch as his chosen target.

  • Klein assessed which Old Ones could counter his abilities and which he could hold off, using his Pillar symbolism to face three or four while other battlefields sought an opening.
  • Klein used divination and prophecy to identify the Old Ones’ likely targets among the Sefirot and Uniquenesses, then prepared to steer them toward their goals.
  • Klein left the Astral World and sealed the universe’s Spirit World, preventing entry and disabling the Old Ones’ Spirit World-related abilities.
  • Lumian, still standing with three heads, three bodies, and six arms, prepared to devour a Ruler of the Old One and had selected his target in advance.
  • Lumian reverted his Disease Church Honorific Name to God of Disease, following the previous God of Disease’s indication of the Decaying Monarch.

Ch. 1165Two star domains

Klein divided the battlefield by transferring the targets to another star domain, while Grisha Adam delayed the Old One Rulers and Klein maneuvered among them. The Goddess of Evernight finally accommodated the River of Eternal Darkness as five Rulers of the Old One entered the star domain.

  • Klein used the Door pathway to transfer the remaining people and objects to a distant star domain, splitting the battlefield without moving the Outer Deities.
  • Grisha Adam manifested a state approaching an Old One and disrupted the Astral World, delaying the Rulers of the Old One as Klein confronted several of them.
  • Klein halted the Goddess of Destiny and the Overlord of the Supernova, surrounded the Mother Tree of Desire with marionettes, and let the Circle of Fate enter the Astral World.
  • Klein deceived Primordial Hunger, which then entered the Astral World, while Grisha Adam's disruption bought the others only a few seconds.
  • Five Rulers of the Old One reached the target star domain, where darkness and the River of Eternal Darkness appeared around Amanises.
  • Amanises accommodated the River of Eternal Darkness with the aid of the remnant spirits of those who had Unified with the Dao in the Haoli lineage.

Ch. 1166Melee

Eternal Darkness Amanises and Calamity of the Root Lumian fought the Rulers of the Old One while the Higher-Dimensional Watcher and other enemies attacked the Sefirot holders. Lumian and Amanises became teammates, and the Celestial Master and his allies prepared to confront the Higher-Dimensional Watcher as the battle continued.

  • Eternal Darkness Amanises weakened the Decaying Monarch with the River of Eternal Darkness, but the Circle of Fate redirected Lumian’s attack and drew him away from his target.
  • Lumian unleashed Doomsday Calamity to attack the Circle of Fate and delay the Higher-Dimensional Watcher, Unquenchable Muttering, and Primordial Hunger, then realized the Fourth Pillar could not yet be born.
  • Lumian used the Fog of War to ask Amanises to become his teammate, and Amanises agreed to share access to their abilities and authorities.
  • The Higher-Dimensional Watcher descended before the Nation of Disorder and turned the Celestial Master into a paper figure, but the Celestial Master escaped the painting by becoming information.
  • The Heavenly Emperor’s phantom connected higher and lower dimensions with the words “The three realms and six paths shall be one!” as the Light Buddha Kingdom and Shadow World gathered into their battle forms.

Ch. 1167Unquenchable Muttering

The unquenchable muttering awakened the Primordial One Creator’s mental brand across the star domain, disrupting the Old Ones and creating openings in the battle. Lumian and Amanises faced the Decaying Monarch while Klein’s plan drew Primordial Hunger toward Grisha Adam, who was also overcome by the muttering.

  • The unquenchable muttering disrupted the Sefirot and their wielders, but the Key of Light’s influence helped the Master of the Dark Hut, Farbauti, and their allies survive.
  • Amanises fell asleep to escape the muttering, and the Decaying Monarch used convergence to draw her toward Him for a certain-hit, certain-death attack.
  • Lumian switched places with Amanises, activated the Decaying Monarch’s mental brand with Mirror-World symbolism, and struck while the Monarch was confused.
  • The Person of the Loop reset the region, erasing the abnormalities affecting Lumian and Amanises.
  • Klein’s deceit led Primordial Hunger toward the Chaos Sea, where He attacked Grisha Adam; the unquenchable muttering then confused Grisha Adam and halted Primordial Hunger.
  • Amon watched the battle from beside the Chaos Sea and wondered aloud why he was there instead of playing pranks outside the Protected Zone.

Ch. 1168Explosive Malice and Desire

Amon waited for an opening as the angelic legion struck the Outer Deities’ forces and the battle among the Sefirot and the Rulers of the Old One intensified. When Farbauti and the Master of the Dark Hut chose mutual destruction, Amon used the Chained Uniqueness to target the Mother Tree of Desire through the Shadow World.

  • Red Angel Medici led the angelic legion in a surprise attack that severely wounded the Observer and forced him to withdraw.
  • Klein used errors and doors against the Overlord of the Supernova, then turned the symbolism of Foolishness against the Goddess of Destiny while evading the Mother Tree of Desire.
  • The Celestial Master overwhelmed the Higher-Dimensional Watcher with living knowledge, while Unquenchable Muttering awakened and corrupted the minds within the golden Buddha and the pitch-black fiend.
  • Eternal Darkness briefly soothed the golden Buddha and the pitch-black fiend, but the Decaying Monarch destroyed the darkness.
  • Farbauti and the Master of the Dark Hut detonated their desires and cursed themselves, turning the pitch-black fiend into an enormous rabbit engulfed in blood-colored flames.
  • Amon took the Chained Uniqueness from Sefirah Castle and prepared to transfer the Shadow World’s injuries to the Mother Tree of Desire.

Ch. 1169Help

Amon and Klein used Unquenchable Muttering’s curse to grievously injure the Mother Tree of Desire, but the Fallen Mother Goddess intervened and enabled her escape with the Shadow World. As Klein’s side gained an opening against the remaining Rulers of the Old One, the Fallen Mother Goddess revived several consciousnesses in the Chaos Sea, including the Primordial Witch God’s.

  • Amon used the Chained Uniqueness to turn its connection to the Mother Tree of Desire into a link that transmitted Unquenchable Muttering’s curse to her.
  • Klein’s attack transformed the Mother Tree of Desire into a chaos-scaled rabbit, but the Fallen Mother Goddess blocked his attempt to graft her connection and helped her escape to the Shadow World.
  • The Mother Tree of Desire fled with the Shadow World, while the gravely injured Unquenchable Muttering escaped to another star region.
  • Klein realized his side now faced only one Ruler of the Old One with three sefirot and planned to pursue the Mother Tree of Desire while stalling the other enemies.
  • The Fallen Mother Goddess sent crimson moonlight into the Chaos Sea, reviving Grisha Adam, Herabergen, Leodero, and the Primordial Witch God, whose consciousness was close to gaining the upper hand.

Ch. 1170The symbolism of "the past"

Klein chose to use Change to buy Grisha Adam more time, then returned to fight the Goddess of Destiny and the Overlord of the Supernova. Lumian and Amanises destroyed the Circle of Fate with a Chaos Whirlpool, but the Circle of Fate returned through the symbolism of the past, leaving Lumian to realize they had to erase His history to truly defeat Him.

  • Klein applied Change to slow Grisha Adam’s deterioration, transferred Amon to the planet at the edge of the universe, and returned to confront the Goddess of Destiny and the Overlord of the Supernova.
  • Amon hid in the Protected Zone as the Love Goddesses and Leviathans left the battlefield, easing pressure on Franca, Medici, and the other Angels.
  • Lumian told Amanises to target the Circle of Fate first, then used the Fog of War to switch places with Her as She attacked the Decaying Monarch.
  • Amanises halted the Circle of Fate’s Loop by unifying time and space, allowing Lumian’s Chaos Whirlpool to swallow the Circle of Fate and return Him to chaos.
  • The Circle of Fate reappeared through the symbolism of the past, and Lumian realized they needed to erase His existence and history to truly defeat Him.

Ch. 1171Using himself as bait

The Goddess of Destiny disrupted the battle at the Sefirot, while the Overlord of the Supernova summoned dying stars and created a black hole. Klein used himself as bait to turn the Overlord’s attack against the Goddess and bind them both, but the battle remained unfinished and Sefirah Castle was badly damaged.

  • The Goddess of Destiny used a śarīra to give the golden giant Buddha a new destiny, causing it to collapse and forcing the Celestial Master and the Heavenly Emperor's phantom to face the Higher-Dimensional Watcher alone.
  • The Circle of Fate grew tempted to devour the Key of Light, while the Overlord of the Supernova summoned dying stars and formed a black hole in the star domain.
  • Klein appeared with Sefirah Castle and slowed time, trapping the Overlord of the Supernova in the black hole’s effects.
  • The Goddess of Destiny attacked Klein with Final Judgment, and Klein used the Overlord’s black hole and his own attack to bait her and graft her strike onto the Overlord.
  • The Overlord’s black hole became a white hole and engulfed Klein and the Goddess of Destiny, while her strike left the Overlord isolated from reality, the Spirit World, and the Astral World.
  • Klein returned from death, but Sefirah Castle was badly damaged and he recognized that the battle had not truly ended.

Ch. 1172Giving you a chance

The Overlord of the Supernova tried to restore his connection to reality while the Goddess of Destiny’s consciousness gathered, and Amanises restrained the Circle of Fate to give Lumian a chance to confront the Decaying Monarch alone. Lumian drew the Decaying Monarch into the Mirror World and strengthened his God of Disease symbolism to tempt him into occupying Lumian’s body.

  • The Overlord of the Supernova created new matter and interwoven destinies in an attempt to reconnect with the real world and the River of Fate.
  • Amanises used the River of Eternal Darkness to destroy the Circle of Fate’s loop nodes, put his bodies to sleep, and delay his destined awakening with the Unifier of Time and Space.
  • Lumian pulled the Decaying Monarch into the Mirror World and unleashed Doomsday Calamity, but the Monarch’s decay weakened the attack.
  • Lumian emerged behind the Decaying Monarch and had his believers call him the Great God of Disease, strengthening that symbolism while the Monarch prepared a certain-hit, certain-death attack.
  • Lumian used the strengthened God of Disease symbolism to invite the Decaying Monarch to occupy his body, hoping to create an opening against him.

Ch. 1173"Accommodation"

Lumian used Fooling, provocation, fascination, and convergence to trick the Decaying Monarch into entering his body and starting a battle inside his consciousness. As the consciousness space collapsed into a deadly singularity, Lumian accepted that they would both die, while Klein’s attempt to seize the Goddess of Destiny was interrupted by the Fallen Mother Goddess.

  • Lumian used Mr. Fool’s Contract Mark to briefly make the Decaying Monarch hesitate, then provoked and fascinated him into accommodating the Calamity of the Root.
  • The Decaying Monarch entered Lumian’s consciousness space, where Lumian’s gathered figures prepared to attack him.
  • Klein tried to steal the Goddess of Destiny’s consciousness and spirit from the River of Destiny and seal them in an Abomination Beyonder Characteristic.
  • The Fallen Mother Goddess intervened with crimson moonlight and a damaged oak tree, fixing the Goddess of Destiny’s consciousness in place.
  • Lumian’s figures combined their powers with the Decaying Monarch’s attack, creating a black point that began collapsing the consciousness space.
  • The Decaying Monarch tried to kill Lumian first to destabilize the Fourth Pillar’s power, while Lumian remained seated and accepted that they would both die.

Ch. 1174The instinct for redemption

Lumian’s collapsing body threatened to bring forth the symbolism of termination, so the Circle of Fate replaced the Decaying Monarch inside him with a Sequence 1 avatar. Meanwhile, Klein used the Fallen Mother Goddess’s distraction to seal away the Overlord of the Supernova and trap the Goddess of Destiny, then rushed toward Lumian’s battlefield.

  • Eternal Darkness Amanises realized that the collision of powers inside Lumian might produce the symbolism of termination and withdrew the powers She had lent him, but his collapse continued.
  • The Circle of Fate returned to Lumian, used Substitution to replace the Decaying Monarch throughout the past, and exchanged the Monarch inside Lumian for a Sequence 1 avatar.
  • The wounded Decaying Monarch fled into the Astral World, while Lumian continued collapsing and the symbolism of termination continued to emerge, though more slowly.
  • Klein used an Abomination Beyonder Characteristic and the Light Gate’s projection to seal the Overlord of the Supernova inside an astrological crystal and block the Spirit World.
  • Klein used the symbolism of foolishness to lure the Goddess of Destiny into the sealed Spirit World, trapping Her in a labyrinth, then opened a door to Lumian’s battlefield.

Ch. 1175The Eternal One

The Circle of Fate used the symbol of eternity to halt Lumian’s collapse, binding itself to an endless cycle of entering his body to reset the crisis. As the battle against the Old Ones resumed, Lumian exploited Primordial Hunger’s instinctive connection to his symbolic “father” to wound and drive Him away.

  • The Circle of Fate entered Lumian’s collapsing body and used the symbol of eternity to reset the power of termination, committing to repeat the process every day.
  • Lumian learned that he would remain in peak condition for an hour, then endure twenty-two hours of slumber before the Circle of Fate reset him again.
  • The Fallen Mother Goddess descended, Klein confronted Her, Lumian attacked Primordial Hunger, and Amanises helped Grisha Adam enter slumber before joining the fight against the Higher-Dimensional Watcher.
  • Amanises assessed the remaining enemies and decided to target the severely wounded Unquenchable Muttering before the Goddess of Destiny returned.
  • Lumian called on Ludwig to call him Father, using their symbolic connection to make Primordial Hunger freeze in confusion.
  • Lumian struck Primordial Hunger with the Sword of Destruction, severely wounded Him, and drove Him into the Astral World.
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Arc 47 of 48