Recaps

Reinhardt met Medici aboard Victoria’s Fearless Airship as they traveled to Vagrian’s competition, while the Holy Duke encountered a covertly connected young man in a Vostok town. The young man reported that the Holy Duke had shown nothing unusual, and his lord said their plan depended on Caesar.

• Reinhardt invited Medici aboard the Fearless Airship and learned that Medici was also traveling to the competition.
• Reinhardt and Medici watched Pegasus streak past the airship and recalled Victoria’s costly war with Saint Junxi.
• The Holy Duke entered a tavern, accepted a bottle from a young man, and effortlessly startled him by reaching toward him.
• The Holy Duke said he would win unless Medici went all out, then left without learning the young man’s real name.
• The young man reported his contact with the Holy Duke to his lord and learned that they would have to ask Caesar about their plan.

King Ghidorah watched the Dragon Ancestor restore Valerirus City, then flew with Rodan and encountered Nuoyaji’s group as they searched for the Silver Radiance Dragon God’s true body. The chapter ended with King Ghidorah greeting them near the mountain cave.

• The Dragon Ancestor used levitation magic to rebuild Valerirus City, and King Ghidorah asked him to deal with a strange green slime he found in the rubble.
• King Ghidorah flew off with Rodan to tour the continent and wondered how they had been transported from Earth to this world.
• The Silver Radiance Dragon God brought Nuoyaji, Chaluoke, and Fuyila to a mountain where he believed his true body might be hidden, then began digging into a cave.
• Nuoyaji told the orb that the Silence Society had warned him that the true threat to the world came from beneath the deep sea.
• King Ghidorah and Rodan arrived at the mountain and greeted Nuoyaji’s group.

Nuoyaji and his companions were drawn into King Ghidorah’s plans after he recovered the Light God’s true body and made her agree to serve him for a hundred years. At restored Valerilus City, Chaluoke entered the Continent’s Strongest Competition while King Ghidorah ordered the gathered group to work under him.

• King Ghidorah invited Nuoyaji, Yifula, Chaluoke, and the Light God to his gathering, and they reluctantly went with him.
• King Ghidorah freed the Light God’s true body from a mountain seal, and she merged with it.
• King Ghidorah had Valeria draw up a contract requiring the Light God to work for him for a hundred years.
• The Silver Radiance Dragon God recognized the smoke-covered seven-headed dragon as his ancestor and presented him with his crown.
• Nuoyaji reached restored Valerilus City, where Valerirus invited him to enter the Continent’s Strongest Competition; Nuoyaji declined, but Chaluoke signed up.
• King Ghidorah told Nuoyaji and the others that they would work under him for now.

Nuoyaji helped Sangis process recovery paperwork while the Light God built a vast arena in Valerilus City for King Ghidorah. Outside the gates, Voraksa, Valeria, and the injured Dragon Ancestor waited as Pegasus arrived from Saint Junxi.

• Nuoyaji signed relief, resettlement, and envoy documents while Sangis sorted the paperwork beside him.
• The Light God raised a huge arena in Valerilus City and created floating screens that showed views of King Ghidorah inside it.
• Voraksa ate grass while guarding the city gates alongside the curled-up Valeria and the weakened Dragon Ancestor.
• The Silver Radiance Dragon God stood nervously beside the Dragon Ancestor, afraid to ask what had happened to him.
• Pegasus flew east from Saint Junxi and descended toward the city.

Pegasus arrived in Vagrian to represent Saint Junxi at the Strongest Championship, expecting to demonstrate his kingdom’s military strength. Faced with a gathering of ancient dragons and the Light God, he entered the city despite realizing the competition was far beyond what he had anticipated.

• Pegasus recalled how he had turned the tide of a naval battle against Victoria and understood that Saint Junxi needed Vagrian’s support after the disaster.
• As Pegasus approached Vagrian’s capital, he sensed many overwhelming auras and saw several ancient dragons gathered by the gates.
• Pegasus wondered whether the immense, many-colored dragon was Emperor Caesar and considered fleeing, but reminded himself that Saint Junxi was counting on him.
• The Light God appeared above the city and instructed Pegasus to register and wait for the other contestants.
• Pegasus felt his mana growing stronger in the Light God’s presence, regretted entering the championship, and rode through the gates anyway.

King Ghidorah oversaw the arrivals for the Strongest Championship as contestants and observers gathered in Valerilus City. After entering the arena, the crowd watched him land and announce that the tournament would be an unrestricted, untimed fight with no rules, won by the last one standing.

• King Ghidorah and Valerirus saw that hundreds had arrived, including uninvited spectators and envoys from small countries.
• Nuoyaji registered contestants including Jack and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, while Tuoke entered with two Silence Society colleagues to compete and gather intelligence.
• Tuoke identified prominent figures in the crowd, recognized King Ghidorah as the legendary Dragon Ancestor, and wondered whether he knew Caesar.
• The Light God guided the arrivals to the arena, where contestants and spectators spotted figures including Pegasus, Marshal Reinhardt, and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna.
• King Ghidorah landed in the arena, startling the crowd, and announced that the tournament would have no rules or time limit, with the last contestant standing declared the winner.

Tuoke and his companions struggled to survive a chaotic free-for-all where contestants fought without apparent boundaries or rules. As legendary fighters clashed and the battle spread beyond the arena, Tuoke was left wondering whether anyone was overseeing the competition at all.

• King Ghidorah watched the arena’s escalating battle and asked the Light God whether Voraksa and Little Rodan had returned.
• Tuoke and two companions regrouped amid the free-for-all as Pegasus and the commander of the Azure Flame Wind-Rending Cavalry charged out of the arena to duel.
• Medici attacked the fighting grounds with a rain of spells that knocked contestants unconscious, while Tuoke dodged an assailant and struck him down.
• The mystic arts practitioners gathered behind a shield, and Reinhardt escaped an attack by the knights of the Marquisate of Bolundeng by vaulting over the wall.
• A suspicious swordsman in a conical hat watched Tuoke before leaving, and Tuoke wondered whether the competition had a referee or any rules.

Medici, Chaluoke, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, and the mysticists clashed as the arena’s free-for-all escalated with powerful spells and a legendary summon. After Chaluoke and Kamiizumi fought, a woman mage appeared and greeted Chaluoke, who was startled to see her alive.

• Chaluoke dispelled a huge blue spell, then defended himself from Kamiizumi Nobutsuna’s blade and counterattacked with flame.
• Medici attacked the chanting mysticists, but their shield and a dark-purple claw stopped his spell.
• The mysticists summoned the Reaper of Death from a rune-engraved black crystal, and Medici prepared a devastating spell as Vostok’s holy duke watched.
• Kamiizumi Nobutsuna was thrown into the arena, and Chaluoke landed nearby after their fight.
• A woman mage in red robes attacked Chaluoke with a crimson spell, then greeted him; Chaluoke questioned whether she should still be alive.

Chaluoke reunited with Na'er during the battle, heard that his old friends did not blame him, and declined to return until he finished his urgent task. As Na'er challenged him to demonstrate the strength of a legendary mage, Medici, the Holy Duke, and the Reaper of Death faced off nearby, and the ground suddenly split open.

• Chaluoke and Na'er reunited, and she told him that Feixiu and their other academy friends were well and wanted to apologize because no one blamed him.
• Na'er offered to help resolve the empire's arrest warrant, but Chaluoke stopped a black-armored attacker and said he had an important task to finish.
• Na'er challenged Chaluoke to show her how strong a legendary mage was, and he accepted.
• Medici waited for either the Holy Duke or the Reaper of Death to make the first move as they faced each other across the arena.
• A young Valerirus local boasted to spectators that Vagrian was invincible after Caesar had defeated the Evil God.
• The ground shook violently, paving stones burst upward, and several black hands reached out of openings in the arena floor.

Black monsters emerged throughout Vagrian’s colosseum, forcing the fighters to join against them as A Qiu was caught in the chaos. As the monsters’ cracks became deadly pits and a barrier sealed the city, King Ghidorah and the Light God watched the expanding black sphere surrounding the colosseum and nearby blocks.

• Black monsters poured from cracks across the colosseum, and Medici, the Holy Duke, the mystic arts practitioners, Chaluoke, Na'er, Pegasus, and the Azure Flame Wind-Rending Cavalry commander attacked them.
• Kamiizumi Nobutsuna protected A Qiu from the monsters, and Chaluoke carried her into the stands before joining Na'er in fighting.
• Chaluoke and Na'er tried to leave, but an invisible barrier blocked the city gate and a black hole swallowed a contestant.
• Cracks widened into expanding black pits that dragged contestants underground as King Ghidorah watched a black sphere cover the colosseum and nearby city blocks.
• King Ghidorah told the Light God that the sphere looked convincing, and the Light God said everything was ready as instructed.

Chaluoke, Na'er, Medici, and the other contestants were transported to an unknown desert, where a giant beast fell from a rift in the sky. King Ghidorah revealed that he and the Light God had created a small world to stage a raid boss battle against the captured demon god.

• The Dragon Ancestor stopped the Silver Radiance Dragon God from investigating the black sphere and said it was part of a new idea from the great one.
• Chaluoke and the other contestants awoke in an unfamiliar desert, while Medici and the Holy Duke failed to identify where they were or how they had been transported.
• Tuoke discovered that his magic device was being jammed as the contestants argued over what had happened.
• A rift opened in the sky, and an enormous beast fell into the desert, kicking up a sandstorm as its crimson gaze swept over the contestants.
• King Ghidorah watched the beast emerge and explained that he and the Light God had sent the contestants into a low-spec small world to fight it in a raid boss battle.

The Dragon-Erosion Demon God attacked the people in the yellow sands, overwhelming the legendary fighters until A Qiu’s grandmother, Laiwu, emerged through her and confronted him. As Laiwu prepared to fight with Ninth Tier power, something else fell through the sky and stunned everyone.

• The Dragon-Erosion Demon God awakened in an unfamiliar place with his core damaged and attacked the people before him.
• Chaluoke shielded the group while Medici, the Holy Duke, Pegasus, the Azure Flame Wind-Rending Cavalry, and the Reaper of Death fought the Demon God and tried to hold him back.
• The Demon God destroyed most of Medici’s summons, killed the Azure Flame Wind-Rending Cavalry’s warhorse, and overwhelmed the defenders with a powerful beam that destroyed the Reaper of Death.
• A Qiu activated the stone her grandmother had given her, and Laiwu took control of her body, blocked the Demon God’s beam, and struck him with emerald magic.
• Laiwu revealed that she could wield Ninth Tier power and began gathering magic for another spell, but something fell through the sky with a tremendous impact.

King Ghidorah remotely controlled the ancient God of War mecha, which Laiwu empowered with her divine art, and the pair attacked the Dragon-Erosion Demon God. After being battered, the demon god’s core activated and transformed him, and the mecha charged at him again before Laiwu could explain their plan to wear him down.

• King Ghidorah linked his consciousness to the ancient God of War mecha and named it the Fighter.
• The Fighter charged the Dragon-Erosion Demon God while Laiwu cast Land of Fertility, coating the mecha in emerald light.
• The Fighter punched and repeatedly kicked the Dragon-Erosion Demon God, knocking him across the sand.
• The Dragon-Erosion Demon God’s core activated, blasting the Fighter away and transforming him into a more powerful form.
• Laiwu told the Fighter that the demon god was injured and could be worn down until his power of origin ran out.
• The Fighter charged at the transformed demon god before Laiwu finished speaking.

Laiwu and the Fighter battled the Dragon-Erosion Demon God, but his explosive attack crippled the mech and left him poised to win. As the sky rift widened, an unseen voice announced the start of phase two.

• Laiwu linked her power to the Fighter as it charged the Dragon-Erosion Demon God and grappled with him.
• The Fighter’s armor withstood the Demon God’s claws, while it punched, kicked, and restrained him as Laiwu struck him with emerald magic.
• The Dragon-Erosion Demon God unleashed his remaining origin power, blasting Laiwu and severely damaging the Fighter.
• The Demon God pinned the Fighter into the sand and crushed its chest, prompting the crowd to despair.
• The sky rift widened, and a voice congratulated the Demon God on his victory before announcing phase two.

King Ghidorah effortlessly destroyed the Dragon-Erosion Demon God, and the survivors returned to Valerilus City, where Leonsel called for nations and races to cooperate against the threats spreading across the continent. Valerilus proposed the Parliament of All Nations, and representatives began planning the conference as Laiwu volunteered to represent the Wood Elf Clan.

• King Ghidorah killed the Dragon-Erosion Demon God with a bolt of golden lightning, leaving Laiwu stunned by his overwhelming power.
• Leonsel dismissed the black barrier, returned everyone to the area outside Valerilus City, and healed the wounded with divine light.
• Leonsel urged nations and races to cooperate against the Evil God's remaining creations and the ancient beings they had awakened.
• Medici, Pegasus, Reinhardt, the Holy Duke, and representatives of other nations and independent groups pledged support or promised to carry the call home.
• Valerilus proposed the Parliament of All Nations, and the representatives began discussing its location, timing, and agenda.
• Laiwu offered to represent the Wood Elf Clan at the conference, while King Ghidorah watched the preparations and looked toward the horizon.

After the assembly, Nuoyaji asked Chaluoke and Na'er to investigate information about the destroyed city. They confronted a group discussing the Silence Society and the destruction of Silent City, and Nuoyaji invited them to learn what happened next.

• Nuoyaji greeted Na'er and told her that he and Chaluoke had uncovered information about the destroyed city, prompting both of them to react with alarm.
• Reinhardt, Medici, and the other legendary powerhouses and contestants departed Valerilus City to return home and report what had happened.
• Tuoke met Keluosi, who revealed that he was an Apostle and asked Tuoke to tell him everything about the assembly.
• King Ghidorah asked the Dragon Ancestor whether he could create spatial portals, and the Dragon Ancestor warned that his jumps could lead to dangerous worlds.
• Nuoyaji, Chaluoke, and Na'er found a group discussing the Silence Society and the destruction of Silent City, and Nuoyaji asked if they would find out what happened next.

Reinhardt reported the demon god’s defeat in Vagrian to the imperial court, which chose him and Hermann to attend the Conference of All Nations. Across the continent, nations reacted to the news, and a clear-voiced stranger announced a commission at an adventurers’ guild.

• Hermann described the airship’s crash and his efforts to help the survivors before Reinhardt urged him to report the intelligence.
• Reinhardt told Augustus VII and the grand dukes that Caesar had destroyed the demon god, and the empire agreed to support Vagrian’s conference.
• Grand Duke Cavendish assigned Hermann to accompany Reinhardt to the conference, and Reinhardt offered to make amends for misjudging him.
• Kodaor decided to attend the conference after hearing Medici’s report, while Master Valot assured him that an evil being remained contained.
• News of Caesar’s single-strike victory spread throughout the continent, and an unknown speaker announced a commission at a Karelia adventurers’ guild.

Nuoyaji and his companions traveled to a city in the southern Karelia Empire to investigate the Silent City incident and draw out the Salvation Society. After hiring Angnade's party through the Adventurers' Guild, Nuoyaji prepared to visit nearby friends, while people in a hidden room began discussing recent troubles.

• Nuoyaji found a badge linking the defeated group to the Salvation Society and continued with his companions to a city in the southern Karelia Empire.
• Caesar sent his remotely controlled construct, Black Owl No. 2, to join Nuoyaji's campaign.
• Nuoyaji posted a gem-funded commission to uncover the truth behind the Silent City incident and identify the culprit and organization responsible.
• Most adventurers declined the commission, but platinum-rank Angnade accepted it with his party for a seven-day deadline.
• Nuoyaji told Black Owl No. 2 that the commission and rumors about the Salvation Society were meant to draw the organization out, and that he planned to find nearby friends.
• Several people gathered around a map in a windowless room, where one of them said something had felt off lately.

Nuoleila and the Stargazers grew wary of the mysterious Salvation Society after being summoned to collect payment, and Nuoleila's attempt to contact their absent leader was blocked. Nuoyaji and King Ghidorah, posing as Godzilla, arrived and offered to work with the Stargazers against the Salvation Society.

• Nuoleila reviewed the Stargazers' map and worried that recent upheavals had left the nobles and thugs they targeted strangely quiet.
• Nuoleila learned that the mysterious organization wanted every Stargazer to collect payment at Dongping Village the next day, and he suspected a trap.
• Nuoleila tried to contact the Stargazers' leader with a magic item, but the signal had been blocked, so he ordered everyone to leave.
• Nuoyaji and King Ghidorah, controlling Black Owl No. 2 and calling himself Godzilla, appeared in the doorway and forced the Stargazers back inside.
• Nuoyaji told the Stargazers that he wanted to work with them to deal with the Salvation Society.

Nuoyaji recounted how Chaluoke and his companions visited a peaceful coastal city ten years earlier, just before a massive impact shook the area. He revealed that the city vanished from the map that night, showing the Salvation Society had caused a major disaster.

• King Ghidorah asked whether the Salvation Society had ever done anything major, and Nuoyaji said it had, about ten years earlier.
• Nuoyaji recalled Chaluoke enjoying the seaside with Na'er while their teacher met an old friend.
• Chaluoke and Na'er reunited with Feixiu, John, and Nade in the shopping district, where they ate grilled meat and joked about Chaluoke's strength.
• A tremendous crash struck nearby and jolted the ground before their teacher could finish speaking.
• Nuoyaji said the city disappeared from the map that night.

Nuoyaji and Black Owl No. 2 learned that the Salvation Society planned to collect payment at Dongping Village, then went to investigate its supply transfer point. Black Owl No. 2 destroyed the warehouse district and buried evidence of the Society’s experiments, leaving Nuoyaji to prepare for what came next.

• Black Owl No. 2 questioned Nuoyaji about Chaluoke and learned that the Salvation Society members would collect payment at Dongping Village the next day.
• Nuoleila contacted Anglinna with a magical device, and she said she would arrive in about two days.
• Black Owl No. 2 took Nuoyaji to the Salvation Society’s warehouse district and detected an unpleasant smell.
• Black Owl No. 2 blasted the warehouse district, revealing the remains of an experimental victim among the ruins.
• After hearing the victim’s faint thanks, Black Owl No. 2 detonated a second sphere that reduced the ruins and their contents to powder.

Black Owl No. 2 led Nuoyaji and Chaluoke to attack a Salvation Society warehouse while leaving Fuyila behind. In Vagrian City, King Ghidorah learned about the World Abyss, summoned the Dragon Ancestor, and formed a contract with him as Apekus investigated King Ghidorah’s world.

• Black Owl No. 2 admitted that he and Nuoyaji had blown up a warehouse, then set out with Chaluoke to attack the Salvation Society while ordering Fuyila to stay at the inn.
• The Light God told King Ghidorah that the Elven Royal Court wanted to join the Conference of All Nations, and he demanded that its leader come speak to him directly.
• King Ghidorah told Voraksa to take Valeria mining, then questioned the Dragon Ancestor about the World Abyss and asked the Light God to summon Valeria.
• The Dragon Ancestor explained that the World Abyss lay at the world's core and was roughly the size of a medium-sized country, then agreed to return and guard it.
• Apekus reviewed reports about recent events and approved a World Contract binding King Ghidorah and the Dragon Ancestor.
• Apekus set out to search a neighboring world for information about King Ghidorah's world.

Nuoleila and the Stargazers went to Dongping Village to collect payment, but the black-robed men revealed a caged Chimera Monster and tried to recruit them into the New World. As the ambush began, the Fifth Tier leader’s arm was suddenly severed.

• Nuoleila entered the silent Dongping Village with the Stargazers and signaled for their hidden ally, Nuoyaji.
• Five black-robed men appeared and presented two heavy crates as payment.
• Nuoleila found a chained Chimera Monster inside one crate, and the black-robed leader released it.
• The leader unleashed his Fifth Tier magic and demanded that the Stargazers join the New World.
• An unseen attacker cleanly severed the leader’s left arm, and he screamed in pain.

Nuoyaji and Chaluoke captured the surviving Salvation Society leader at Dongping Village and questioned him about the group’s plans and intelligence. As Chaluoke prepared to act, the leader revealed that the chimera project involved Doctor Cohen and an organization called G Squad.

• Chaluoke emerged with Nuoyaji and King Ghidorah’s avatar after killing the chimera and severing the black-robed group’s hands.
• Nuoyaji told the surviving leader that his companions had been dealt with and questioned him about the Salvation Society.
• The leader confirmed that the village was a Salvation Society supply transfer site and admitted that its original residents had been killed.
• The leader said the Society aimed to create a beautiful new world and revealed that its intelligence was kept in a basement.
• Black Owl No. 2 found dark red flesh in a cage, and the leader revealed that Doctor Cohen and G Squad were involved in the chimera project.

King Ghidorah ordered Valerirus to investigate an organization called G and flew out with Rodan to investigate it himself. Elsewhere, Voraksa and Valeria confronted members of the Silence Organization, and one revealed that an organization planned to create a “new god.”

• King Ghidorah asked Rodan and his other followers whether they knew about humans or an organization called G, then ordered Valerirus to find it.
• Sangis reported that nations wanted further talks about the tournament and that Donghe Country had submitted an application, but King Ghidorah left to investigate with Rodan.
• King Ghidorah and Rodan flew through a storm over a city whose residents accepted the weather as Caesar’s work.
• Voraksa told Valeria he had killed and eaten a giant beast that emerged from a mountain while they waited at a palace.
• Valeria brought several Silence Organization members out of the palace, and one of them told Voraksa that an organization planned to create a new god.