Recaps

Radeus used a binding vow to concentrate his Malevolent Shrine’s most powerful slashes within one meter, luring Orsted into a devastating attack. Orsted escaped the shrine’s range bloodied and weakened, while Radeus explained how he had set the trap.

• Radeus summoned Malevolent Shrine, and Orsted endured its initially weak slashes while mocking Radeus.
• Orsted charged toward the shrine, where Radeus’s five slashes surged to greatly increased power and wounded him severely.
• Rudeus questioned whether Radeus intended to kill Orsted as Radeus laughed at his suffering.
• Orsted escaped the slashes’ one-meter range and demanded to know what Radeus had done.
• Radeus explained that he had used a binding vow to weaken slashes outside the shrine’s inner range in exchange for strengthening all five types within it.

Orsted stopped holding back against Radeus and Rudeus, declaring he would defeat them within four minutes and eleven seconds. He shattered Malevolent Shrine with a single blow, then identified the principles behind Radeus’s Limitless and Six Eyes.

• Nanahoshi recognized that Orsted was about to fight at full power and urged Eris and Rujierd to stop the battle.
• Orsted healed his wounds, praised Radeus’s strength, and announced that he would tear the two apostles apart within four minutes and eleven seconds.
• Radeus refused to back down and summoned Mahoraga in secret while Rudeus noticed the hidden Dharma Wheels.
• Orsted moved faster than Radeus and Rudeus could perceive and destroyed Malevolent Shrine with one punch.
• Orsted confronted Radeus and deduced that Limitless relied on spatial magic and that the Six Eyes enabled his precise mana control.

Orsted broke Radeus’s Limitless and overwhelmed both brothers, but Radeus adapted to his attacks and unleashed a binding-vow-enhanced Hollow Purple. The blast erased part of the Red Dragon Mountains, and Rujierd declared that Radeus had won, though Orsted’s fate remained unclear.

• Orsted shattered Radeus’s Limitless with a black-lit fist and sent him flying, then punched through Rudeus’s Mana Armor and hurled him into the sky.
• Radeus caught Rudeus, healed him, and returned to the fight, but Orsted detected his spatial fluctuations and intercepted his teleportation.
• Mahoraga’s Dharma Wheels began adapting to Orsted’s attacks as Radeus welcomed the chance to evolve and prepare for a stronger opponent.
• Radeus used a binding vow to amplify Hollow Purple to two hundred percent of its power and fired it at Orsted.
• Hollow Purple annihilated part of the Red Dragon Mountains, and Rujierd concluded that Radeus had won.

Radeus overwhelmed Orsted with a string of attacks, including four consecutive Black Flashes, after surviving Orsted's counterattack. As the sun reached its highest point, Radeus felt his power surging, leaving the battle's outcome seemingly decided in his favor.

• Orsted emerged unharmed from Radeus's Purple attack and knocked both Radeus and Rudeus into the plain.
• Radeus charged Orsted and landed two consecutive Black Flashes, destroying Orsted's arms and sending him flying.
• Orsted healed his injuries and prepared to overpower Radeus with increased mana, but Radeus trapped him with Blue and fired two Reds.
• Orsted dodged the first Red, but it turned back, split into twelve spheres, and struck him before Radeus landed another Black Flash.
• Radeus delivered a fourth consecutive Black Flash as Orsted's body began disintegrating, and the sun reached its highest point, strengthening Radeus.

At high noon, Orsted nearly killed Radeus, but Rudeus struck him with a powerful Black Flash and Radeus regenerated. Orsted recovered and cut Rudeus in half, leaving Radeus furious as Mahoraga appeared on the battlefield.

• Radeus recovered at high noon and appeared to have defeated the badly wounded Orsted, but Orsted healed and attacked him from behind, cutting off his arms and cleaving him in two.
• Rudeus blamed himself for being too weak, then strengthened his Mana Armor and struck Orsted with his strongest Black Flash, blasting away half his body.
• Radeus revived using white flames and his Healing Spell, while Orsted also recovered and advanced toward them.
• Orsted attacked Radeus again, but Rudeus shielded him and lost his lower body; Nanahoshi watched in shock as Eris tried to rush to the battlefield and Rujierd stopped her.
• Radeus teleported away with the half-bodied Rudeus, swore to kill Orsted, and summoned Mahoraga.

Mahoraga adapted to Orsted’s fighting style, while Radeus learned to channel mana and struck Orsted with a string of Black Flashes. Radeus then awakened his Domain Expansion, Unlimited Void, trapping Orsted in a flood of information as a miniature white body began to emerge from Radeus’s shadow.

• Orsted fought Mahoraga at increasing speed, and Mahoraga regenerated from his injuries while Radeus healed Rudeus.
• Mahoraga adapted to Orsted’s movements, copied his Sword of Light, and cut off his arm before Orsted regenerated and destroyed Mahoraga with a pillar of light.
• Radeus observed Orsted and Mahoraga, learned to merge mana with his body, and attacked Orsted with the fifth through eighth Black Flashes.
• Radeus used Domain Expansion—Unlimited Void, overwhelming Orsted with information and leaving him unable to move.
• A miniature white body began emerging beside Radeus’s shadow.

Orsted remained trapped in Radeus's Unlimited Void, but he managed to move just as Radeus tried to finish him. Orsted's counterattack shattered the domain, leaving him free and the advantage shifting back in his favor.

• Radeus noticed Orsted's finger twitch inside Unlimited Void and hesitated over how to kill him.
• Radeus decided to use Black Flash as his final blow and approached Orsted from behind.
• Orsted turned and struck, but Mahoraga emerged from Radeus's shadow to shield him.
• Orsted redirected his knife-hand around Mahoraga and sent Radeus crashing through Unlimited Void's barrier.
• Unlimited Void shattered, and Orsted declared that victory had turned back in his favor.

Orsted explained that repeated Time Regression had given him slight resistance to Radeus’s Unlimited Void, and he revealed how he had anticipated Radeus’s attacks. Radeus refused to surrender, and they resumed their close-quarters fight with only a minute left in Orsted’s remaining time.

• Orsted told Radeus that he had endured more than a hundred two-hundred-year cycles and gained some resistance to Unlimited Void.
• Radeus questioned Orsted’s purpose and asked whether World-Cutting Slash could have defeated him; Orsted explained how he had prepared counters and detected Mahoraga.
• Radeus declared the fight was not over, and Mahoraga returned to his shadow as thirteen Dharma Wheels appeared behind him.
• Radeus and Orsted stepped into close range and exchanged rapid punches, with one minute remaining of Orsted’s four minutes and eleven seconds.

Radeus evolved during Orsted’s assault, combining Limitless with time manipulation so Orsted could no longer touch him. As the Dharma Wheels continued turning, Radeus’s body transformed, his hair turned white, and he declared himself beyond Orsted’s power.

• Orsted battered Radeus, but the first revolution of the Dharma Wheels began merging Mana with Radeus’s cells and increasing his durability.
• As the wheels turned again, Radeus realized he could use time to freeze space and strengthen Limitless against spatial techniques.
• Radeus’s time-infused defense stopped Orsted’s punches, and he grabbed Orsted’s wrist before throwing him away.
• Radeus healed instantly, and another revolution completed the union of Mana, spirit, and flesh as his hair turned snow-white.
• Radeus told Orsted that he could no longer harm him and announced that God was officially online.

Radeus overwhelmed Orsted with his evolved strength, but Orsted revealed he had been holding back and drew the Godblade. The battlefield screen went dark, leaving the spectators unable to see what happened next.

• Radeus evolved further, used “Freeze!” to immobilize Orsted, and blasted half his body apart with a light punch.
• Orsted healed himself, praised Radeus’s physical strength, and refused to concede.
• Orsted announced he would use his full strength, alarming Radeus, who tried to end the fight and considered escaping.
• Orsted drew a shining blade from his palm, and Radeus’s instincts warned him of danger.
• The battlefield screen went black, and Nanahoshi recognized that Orsted had drawn the Godblade.

Orsted overwhelmed Radeus with the Godblade, severing his healing magic and urging him to concede. Radeus refused, swapped places with Rudeus, and prepared to keep fighting as he sensed a breakthrough near.

• Orsted drew the Godblade and destroyed the Red Dragon Mountains with a slash that Radeus barely dodged.
• Radeus admitted Orsted was vastly stronger but declared that he would surpass him rather than surrender.
• Orsted wounded Radeus and severed the Healing Spell Formation on his body and soul, preventing him from healing.
• Radeus rejected Orsted’s offered hand and used Limitless: Modified to swap places with a pebble, then appeared beside the sleeping Rudeus.
• Radeus slapped Rudeus awake, stood beside him, and prepared to fight Orsted while trying to buy time for a breakthrough.

Radeus and Rudeus fought Orsted with swaps, shadow attacks, and Black Flash, but Orsted defeated Mahoraga and knocked Rudeus unconscious. Blaming himself for their defeats, Radeus expanded his domain, Shadow Royal Court, to face Orsted alone.

• Radeus used claps to swap positions and coordinated attacks with Rudeus, while Orsted recognized the tricks and blocked their strikes.
• Radeus hid in shadows and attacked Orsted, but Orsted anticipated his moves and turned the shadow ambush against him.
• Radeus revealed he could swap without clapping and landed a Black Flash, but Orsted said he had detected the swaps all along.
• Orsted destroyed Mahoraga and knocked Rudeus unconscious, leaving Radeus alone against him.
• Radeus blamed his selfish desire to defeat Orsted for the others' defeats, then activated Domain Expansion-[Shadow Royal Court].

Radeus trapped Orsted inside his Shadow Royal Court, where endless Shikigami emerged and drained stamina and mana, though the domain’s effects barely affected Orsted in his Godblade state. The chapter ended with countless Mahoraga surrounding Orsted, each with turning Dharma Wheels.

• Radeus formed his Shadow Royal Court around himself and Orsted, but Orsted could still perceive everything inside it.
• Endless waves of Shikigami emerged from the shadows and attacked Orsted, who cut them down with his Godblade.
• Radeus explained that the domain endlessly revived its Shikigami and drained the stamina and mana of anyone inside, but it could not weaken Orsted in his Godblade state.
• Mahoraga appeared and attacked Orsted, then immediately revived after being struck down, continuing its previous actions.
• Radeus revealed that the domain could produce infinite copies of a single Shikigami, and Mahoraga copies filled the battlefield around Orsted.

Radeus trapped Orsted in his domain, where rising shadows and endless Mahoragas threatened to overwhelm him. After Orsted’s attacks destroyed several apparent Radeuses, Radeus revealed that he could become any shadow, leaving Orsted unable to identify or reach his true body.

• Radeus told Orsted that shadows in his domain would engulf him and turn him into a Shikigami, and that revealing his Cursed Technique shortened the countdown.
• Orsted used the Godblade to destroy the Mahoragas, then isolated them in the shadows and struck down Radeus, only for his body to become shadow.
• Radeus revealed that his domain created shadow clones that could resurrect endlessly, and four identical Radeuses appeared as the Mahoragas returned.
• Orsted pursued and beheaded the four Radeuses one by one, but each became shadow, and the first began to emerge again.
• Radeus explained that he could switch his soul between any shadow, making every shadow both his real body and a clone.

Radeus used his many Shadow Clones and Mahoraga to keep Orsted from stopping the Hollow Technique, but Orsted erased Purple with the Godblade. With his mana nearly exhausted, Orsted tried to break the domain barrier, which shattered at the touch of his blade, prompting Radeus to declare the battle had reached its final moment.

• Orsted faced four reassembled Radeuses, while Radeus warned that more Shadow Clones might be hidden.
• Radeus’s clones relayed the chant for Purple as Mahoraga grabbed Orsted, but Orsted destroyed the attackers with Sword of Light.
• A fifth Radeus finished the chant, and Orsted erased the newly formed purple Sun with the Godblade.
• Orsted, nearly out of mana, touched the domain’s edge with his Godblade, and the barrier shattered.
• Radeus laughed at the shattered hemisphere and said Orsted had made his choice and the battle had reached its final moment.

Radeus revealed that breaking the Shadow Royal Court’s false barrier had made its shadows spread without limit, empowering his clones and marking Orsted for transformation into a Shadow Shikigami. With Orsted’s mana depleted and the Godblade’s light fading, Radeus demanded that he surrender.

• Orsted realized that the shattered shell had not ended the domain and watched its shadows expand across the ground.
• Radeus explained that the shell was a decoy, and breaking it had marked Orsted while allowing the domain to spread wherever its shadows reached.
• Radeus revealed that the expanded domain produced a Shadow Clone every five seconds, bringing ten versions of him onto the battlefield.
• Radeus said that anyone marked by breaking the shell would become a Shadow Shikigami after three minutes, even if they left the domain’s range.
• Radeus pointed scarlet light at Orsted and demanded his surrender as the Godblade’s white light flickered.

Radeus believed his domain would let him outlast Orsted, but Orsted revealed that the Godblade still held tremendous true god power and launched a final attack. The clash ended with Radeus vanishing into a spatial rift, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Radeus boasted that he could defeat Orsted and declared that he would stand above the pinnacle.
• Orsted warned Radeus that only a true god could defeat another true god, then unleashed the power still remaining in the Godblade.
• Orsted and Radeus agreed that Orsted would fight at full power for thirty seconds, while Radeus tried to survive.
• Orsted immobilized Radeus and his Shadow Clones, and Mahoraga admitted he could not adapt to Orsted quickly enough.
• Orsted’s Godblade vaporized the Mahoragas and struck Radeus, who vanished as a rift opened and drew in the surrounding shadows.

Orsted pursued Radeus through the shadows and defeated him after surviving his Purple attack, suppressing his mana and collapsing his domain. Radeus still refused to admit defeat, so Orsted apologized for mistaking him for a Human God Apostle and urged them to join forces against Hitogami.

• Orsted deduced that Radeus was hiding in the shadows and charged after him, while Radeus realized Orsted could track his position.
• Radeus attacked with Blue and Red, then Mahoraga interrupted Orsted long enough for another clone to form.
• Orsted destroyed Mahoraga and Radeus’s clone, but Radeus used Blue and Red together to unleash Purple from a new clone.
• Orsted knocked Purple off course, struck Radeus with the Godblade, and suppressed his mana before bringing him back to the surface.
• Orsted told Radeus that his domain had collapsed and apologized for mistaking him for a Human God Apostle, then asked him to join forces against Hitogami.

After the battle, Orsted stopped Radeus from claiming victory, healed him, and declared that he had won. Radeus woke Rudeus, who complained about being left out of the fight, and the group reunited on the flattened Red Dragon Mountains as Radeus struggled to accept defeat.

• Orsted beat Radeus until he conceded, then used his remaining mana to heal him and told him to heal Rudeus himself.
• Radeus found Rudeus asleep, woke him with a slap, and scolded him for doing little in the fight.
• Rudeus argued that he had fought as hard as he could, but Radeus beat him until he pretended he was fine.
• Eris, Nanahoshi, and Rujierd returned to find the mountain range flattened and checked on Radeus and Rudeus.
• Nanahoshi asked where Orsted was, and Radeus pointed him out as he approached and announced that he had won.
• Radeus was devastated by Orsted's victory and privately berated himself for failing to make Orsted fight at full strength.

Orsted questioned Radeus and Rudeus about the strong Hitogami aura clinging to them, and Radeus traced it to the white flames they had absorbed from the Hydra in the Teleportation Labyrinth. Orsted then explained how Hitogami’s deception caused the ancient war that destroyed the worlds, ending with Hitogami ambushing the First Dragon God and destroying the Dragon World.

• Nanahoshi checked Orsted after the fight, and Orsted apologized for losing control as Eris and Rujierd trembled under his curse.
• Orsted asked Radeus and Rudeus why they carried such a strong Hitogami aura, and Radeus identified it as the white flames they had absorbed from the Hydra.
• Radeus demonstrated the white flame, and Orsted recognized it as Hitogami’s power and grew alarmed that Hitogami had personally empowered the Hydra.
• Orsted described the Six-Faced World and explained that Hitogami had deceived the gods, leading the First Dragon God to kill four gods and destroy their worlds.
• Orsted recounted how Armored Dragon King Crystal died, Lunaria was murdered, and evidence and killings across the worlds sparked a war between the First Dragon God and the Dragon Generals.
• Orsted said Hitogami ambushed the wounded First Dragon God, shattered the Divine Jewel, and destroyed the Dragon World with a single blow.

Orsted explained the First Dragon God’s history, Hitogami’s power and methods, and why he feared the seal on the World of Nothingness was failing. Radeus and Rudeus agreed to join Orsted against Hitogami, but Radeus’s Healing Spell unexpectedly restored Orsted’s mana and left him stunned.

• Orsted said the First Dragon God had been strongest, Hitogami second, and that even Orsted at full strength might lose to Hitogami.
• Orsted explained that Hitogami manipulated Human God Apostles through dreams and advice, and that a flaw in his seal might let him escape.
• Radeus agreed to join forces with Orsted, and Rudeus agreed to follow Radeus’s decision.
• Radeus used his Healing Spell on Orsted, restoring his depleted mana and revealing that the spell could return someone’s body and mana to peak condition.
• Orsted was bewildered by the effect and exclaimed that Radeus’s ability did not seem like healing.

Radeus healed Orsted, restoring his mana and even healing his soul, then revealed that his spell could revive the dead. Orsted explained where the remaining Dragon Generals’ secret treasures were, and Radeus proposed taking them and bringing their owners back to life.

• Radeus healed Orsted and explained that his Healing Spell restored mana, prompting Orsted to marvel at its power.
• Orsted realized Radeus and Rudeus had used the spell to recover during their earlier fight, then eagerly imagined fighting Hitogami with unlimited Godblade use.
• Nanahoshi reacted in shock to Radeus’s magic, while Radeus asked Orsted about the five secret treasures.
• Orsted said he had obtained the treasures held by the Underworld Dragon King, the Kaiser Dragon King, and the Chaos Dragon King, while the Armored Dragon King and Demon Dragon King still held the others.
• Orsted explained that the treasures were inside their owners, and Radeus suggested taking them and reviving the Dragon Generals afterward.
• Radeus revealed that his spell could revive people who had recently died, leaving Orsted stunned and questioning his understanding of magic.