Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Klein negotiated a temporary truce with the Fallen Mother Goddess by changing the contract’s deadline, ending the immediate battle as the weakened sides withdrew. He then restored the star region and Earth, while Grisha Adam’s unstable state remained unresolved.

• Lumian and Amanises prepared to fight the wounded Unquenchable Muttering, while the Higher-Dimensional Watcher fled the battlefield.
• Klein distorted and deceived a clause in the Fallen Mother Goddess’s contract, changing its deadline to before the incident concluded and proposing that She wait until Her weakness passed.
• The Fallen Mother Goddess accepted a temporary truce and departed; Unquenchable Muttering and the Higher-Dimensional Watcher withdrew, and Medici confirmed the battle was over to Franca, Leonard, and the others.
• Klein explained that his allies’ temporary strength was fading, and he and Lumian recognized that releasing the Genie was their fallback if the battle resumed.
• Amanises warned that the Primordial Witch God’s consciousness was gaining the upper hand over the sleeping Grisha Adam, and Klein agreed to release him after a brief delay.
• Klein wished the star region back to its state near the end of the old era, restored Earth to before the Fallen Mother Goddess’s descent, and returned the protected zone and its inhabitants to their original places.

Lumian killed Grisha Adam, whose remains became a meteor shower over the restored Earth, then joined Klein and Amanises in altering the sealed Overlord of the Supernova into an apparent ally. They left the Spirit World planning for future conflicts, while Klein warned that their safety depended on everyone remaining in good condition.

• Lumian destroyed Grisha Adam at his request, and Grisha Adam's remains descended over Earth as a colorful meteor shower.
• Klein rejected Lumian's suggestion to kill the Overlord of the Supernova, fearing his resistance would let the Fallen Mother Goddess breach the Spirit World's blockade.
• Klein imposed foolishness on the Overlord of the Supernova while Lumian implanted a virtual persona that made him regard them as friends and avoid the Fallen Mother Goddess's allies.
• The Overlord of the Supernova thanked Klein and Lumian, then left the Spirit World while avoiding the Fallen Mother Goddess's gaze.
• Klein outlined plans to strengthen Earth's forces over the coming decades and said he would use the Wishing Lamp to draw out and influence the hidden Mist of Uncertainty.
• Amanises said the apocalypse seemed to have passed, and Klein cautioned that this depended on them all remaining in good condition.

Leonard watched Antigonus escort a bewildered woman away, while Fors led the Travel Group to Lobav Star and Franca later met Melissa Moretti in Trier. Franca offered to help Melissa find a way around her Alchemist advancement ritual, and Melissa took comfort in hearing that Klein might walk the earth again in a few years.

• Leonard asked Antigonus whether they needed to implant the woman’s original memories, and Antigonus led her away without doing so.
• Fors brought Pallez, Xio, Cattleya, Sharon, Hella, and the others to Lobav Star and explained its civilization and customs.
• Franca showed Alger a mirror that let him receive prayers across star regions, then joked about the Travel Group’s painting title, “Mr. Moon Staying Home.”
• In Trier, Franca met Melissa at Saint Audrey Church and learned Melissa was a Sequence 5 Astronomer troubled by the Alchemist ritual.
• Franca suggested alternatives for Melissa’s ritual and offered to explain them over coffee; Melissa recalled Leonard’s words that Klein might walk the earth again in a few years.

Franca revisited Trier, attended the Tarot Club’s monthly gathering, and traveled to the old world before reuniting with Lumian and Jenna in the village tavern. She planned a trip back to the Western Continent with Aurora and invited Jenna to join them.

• Franca saw Melissa enter the research institute, then noticed Ouroboros praying at the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun and checked on Julian and Bella before they left Trier.
• At the Golden Rooster Inn, Franca learned Danitz had bought the street’s properties and heard a young man celebrate returning to Trier.
• At the Tarot Club gathering, Fors described the members’ travels among the stars, including their encounter with the God of Steam and Machinery on Lobav Star.
• Franca traveled through a mirror to the old world, saw Cheek announce plans to abolish traffic lights, and spotted Alista Tudor serving as a priest.
• Franca found Lumian and Jenna at the Old Tavern and told Lumian she and Aurora planned to return to the Western Continent; Lumian said Jenna would have to decide whether to go.

Lumian paid an actress to trick Larca Guillaume into being discovered naked beside a farmer’s ewe, avenging him for spreading a rumor about Aurora. Aurora warned Lumian to keep his pranks within bounds, while he arranged for Raymond Klegg to spread a humiliating nickname for Larca.

• Larca Guillaume speculated that Aurora had been a rich man’s mistress, then tried to buy a drink for an alluring young woman who entered the Old Tavern.
• The young woman lured Larca to a hay shed, where Lumian’s prank left him naked beside a ewe as the sheep’s owner and searchers rushed in.
• Lumian paid the actress five felkines and warned her to leave before the parish priest found her.
• Aurora confronted Lumian about his prank, cautioned him not to provoke the parish priest, and told him to behave until they left Cordou Village.
• Lumian asked Raymond Klegg to spread the nickname “Man of the Sheep” for Larca, promising to help him with his studies the next day.
• Aurora watched Lumian leave and reflected that she had quietly enabled him to teach the village children without attracting attention from the Church or government.