Chapter Summaries

Bai Mo questioned Enki about Enlil’s motives and learned that Enlil had pursued power at the expense of love, treating Gorgon and Uruk as expendable test subjects. Bai Mo left the hot spring, preparing for the decisive battle against Enlil.

• Gilgamesh invited Bai Mo to rest with him in the royal hot spring, while Bai Mo urged him to take care of himself.
• Enki appeared in his original form and told Bai Mo he had come to fulfill his promise before the decisive battle.
• Bai Mo asked Enki what Bai Lubao had told Enlil and why Enlil sought humanity’s destruction.
• Enki explained that Enlil had sought greater power, killed his siblings for their divine cores, and turned to Demon Gods and the Sea of Imaginary Numbers when he reached his limit.
• Enki said Enlil had used Gorgon as an experimental subject and likely invaded Uruk to test the new Lahmu.
• Bai Mo reacted with cold anger, left the spring, and challenged Enki not to hide during the coming battle.

Ereshkigal discovered that her new body could let her survive beyond the Age of Gods, but Enlil attacked the Underworld before she could decide what to do. Bai Mo arrived in time to save her and faced Enlil after nearly beheading him.

• Ereshkigal returned to the Underworld with a physical body that freed her from Ishtar and could let her survive the Age of Gods.
• Dumuzi urged Ereshkigal to consider surviving into the modern era and sharing Underworld duties with Bai Mo, earning himself a beating.
• Ereshkigal sensed an attack on the Underworld and informed Bai Mo through their contract as Enlil's wind blade tore through soul cages.
• Ereshkigal blocked Enlil's strike with the Underworld's power, but his winds shattered her double-ended spear and he lunged at her with a black saber.
• Bai Mo appeared between Ereshkigal and Enlil, struck Enlil hard enough to notch his saber and wound his neck, and confronted him.

Ninkigal trapped Manaka in the Sea of Imaginary Numbers as punishment for interfering with Bai Mo’s summoning, but Manaka resolved to escape and reach Tiamat. Meanwhile, Bai Mo fought Enlil in the Underworld as Ereshkigal protected the souls and sensed that the stolen half of the Underworld’s authority was hidden in a region the battle avoided.

• Ninkigal revealed that Manaka had added a Beast’s power to the summoning to make the Command Spells fail, then bound her in the Sea of Imaginary Numbers as punishment and warned her to stay away from Bai Mo.
• Manaka protested that she had helped Chaldea for Bai Mo’s sake, then spotted a fissure leading toward Tiamat and decided she would not remain trapped.
• Bai Mo and Enlil continued their fierce battle in the Underworld, and Enlil recognized that Bai Mo did not share the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s world or assumptions about serving the gods.
• Ereshkigal protected the Underworld’s souls while trying to support Bai Mo, and she sensed that the stolen half of the Underworld’s authority resisted her perception in a region the fighters avoided.

Bai Mo fought Enlil at the edge of the Underworld, overwhelming him with the power of the Complete Realm despite Enlil’s storms and Lahmu weapon. After revealing that he had held back in their earlier encounter, Bai Mo charged at Enlil, who prepared to meet his attack.

• Enlil tried to retreat from Bai Mo, but Bai Mo used the Hell Samsara Sword to block his escape.
• Enlil unleashed divine-punishment spears through a storm, but Bai Mo broke through them with Limitless Tremor Zen and damaged Enlil’s Lahmu weapon.
• Enlil trapped Bai Mo in an improved Bone-Shaving Wind while Ereshkigal considered attacking Enlil’s controlled territory to help him.
• Bai Mo tore through the storm using the Asura Way and revealed a surging aura after activating the Orca Heaven and Earth Way.
• Enlil claimed his greater horsepower gave him the advantage, but Bai Mo charged at him and declared that he would die if that was his full strength.

Bai Mo defeated Enlil in the Underworld, then stopped the World-Destroying Demon God from killing Ereshkigal. Enlil and the Thirteenth Grand Protector prepared to begin their plan, with Enlil bidding farewell to his homeland.

• Bai Mo overwhelmed Enlil, breaking the fighting rhythm he had maintained with the Lahmu saber and leaving him badly beaten.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector entered the World-Destroying Demon God, which swallowed nearby souls and attacked Ereshkigal.
• Bai Mo arrived and used Mad Giant Shark’s Peerless Demon Blade to cut through the Demon God’s attack, saving Ereshkigal.
• Bai Mo realized the Demon God was a newly born life-form created through research into the Underworld’s power, and Enlil fled to Heaven.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector discussed improving the Demon God with Enlil, who rejected risking another Demon God and declared that they could begin the plan.

Bai Mo encouraged Ereshkigal after she blamed herself for the Underworld’s losses, then asked her to analyze a virus that could threaten the coming battle. Ereshkigal accepted the task with renewed determination, while Ishtar teased Bai Mo about her feelings for him.

• Gilgamesh watched Uruk celebrate as Ereshkigal sat alone, blaming herself for the damage to the Underworld and the souls lost.
• Ishtar tried to console Ereshkigal, but Ereshkigal drove her away by throwing rocks at her.
• Bai Mo let Ereshkigal’s rock hit him, then reassured her that she had done her best and had not failed.
• Bai Mo gave Ereshkigal a book about a virus targeting magnetic field experts and asked her to find a way to counter it.
• Ereshkigal accepted the work and promised to have results by morning.
• Ishtar later teased Bai Mo, saying he had a rare chance to win Ereshkigal’s affection.

Bai Mo dismissed Ishtar’s mistaken assumptions and explained that he wanted Rin’s help analyzing a virus. Crimson Moon confronted him about tolerating disrespect, but Bai Mo reassured her that he understood why others had acted as they did, leaving her visibly relieved before she returned to Arcueid.

• Ishtar teased Bai Mo about his relationship with Rin, and he clarified that he had asked Rin to help analyze a virus.
• Ishtar warned Bai Mo that a woman left unsatisfied could eventually beat him to his knees, then departed.
• Crimson Moon told Bai Mo she had witnessed Ereshkigal’s accidental stone attack and criticized him for accepting such disrespect.
• Crimson Moon proposed teaching Bai Mo noble etiquette so he would respond to rudeness and discourage others from taking advantage of him.
• Bai Mo argued that Ishtar’s and Crimson Moon’s past behavior had understandable causes, and Crimson Moon admitted she had been offensive when they first met.
• Crimson Moon asked whether Bai Mo truly did not mind her past conduct, and he smiled and nodded.

Bai Mo asked Arcueid to protect Uruk while he dealt with Enlil and the Thirteenth Grand Protector, and they negotiated how often she could drink his blood. Mery then reported that Manaka was safe but unreachable and showed Bai Mo a distant sky collapsing toward the earth.

• Crimson Moon mocked Arcueid and told her to grow stronger and bring Bai Mo back to the Millennium Castle.
• Bai Mo asked Arcueid to defend Uruk from the City of Lahmu, and she agreed in exchange for drinking his blood twice.
• Mery arrived and told Bai Mo that Manaka had not returned, though she was unharmed and somewhere safe.
• Bai Mo entered Mery's mind to view what her [Clairvoyance] saw and discovered that the sky was falling toward the earth.

As the sky began collapsing into chaos, Bai Mo and the Uruk leaders debated Enlil’s motives and agreed that Bai Mo would confront him while Arcueid guarded Uruk. Gilgamesh gave Bai Mo a key to his treasury, and Bai Mo departed for the final battle as Enki returned to the city in disguise.

• Quetzal explained that Enlil was undoing the separation of heaven and earth and returning the world to chaos, while the collapsing sky’s affected area continued to expand.
• Ishtar urged Gilgamesh to commit all their forces against Enlil, but Gilgamesh warned that the enemy’s apparent openness might conceal a trap.
• Bai Mo proposed following their earlier plan, with him fighting and Arcueid guarding Uruk, and insisted that Ishtar and Ereshkigal stay out of danger.
• Bai Mo suggested Enlil had eliminated the powerful Sumerian gods because he needed them all dead, and Gilgamesh agreed to the plan.
• Gilgamesh gave Bai Mo a spare key to the Gate of Babylon and vowed that Uruk would stand until he died in battle; Bai Mo then left for the final battle.
• Enki returned to his aged appearance and quietly walked among Uruk’s people.

Bai Mo fought Enlil in Mesopotamia while Arcueid defended Uruk from the Lahmu. After entering Enlil’s Space-Time Wind, Bai Mo discovered the scheme to create a new divine body from two World-Destroying Demon Gods and the power of other gods.

• Enlil summoned a storm and sent Lahmu to attack Uruk, where Arcueid protected the city with Millennium Castle and the Real of the World.
• Bai Mo dodged Enlil’s spear and resisted his Space-Time Wind, then used Whale Dominates the World to close in on him.
• Bai Mo realized Enlil was trying to lure him through the Space-Time Wind and plunged through it instead of pursuing an attack.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector emerged from a stone stele after sacrificing Lahmu to it.
• Bai Mo found two World-Destroying Demon Gods merging within the chaos and deduced that Enlil was forging a new divine body from them and the other gods.
• Bai Wunan warned Bai Mo about the embryo’s power and called it the Heaven and Earth Demon God.

Bai Mo fought Enlil and the Thirteenth Grand Protector while the Heaven and Earth Demon God gestated in the collapsing heavens. He tricked the two attackers into striking each other, then used their power to kill the Thirteenth Grand Protector.

• Ereshkigal realized Enlil had sought the Underworld’s authority to accelerate the birth of the Heaven and Earth Demon God, and Bai Mo attacked the monster with Heaven-Severing Way.
• A restored whale from the Sea of Imaginary Numbers intercepted Bai Mo’s attack as Enlil and the Thirteenth Grand Protector attacked him from opposite sides.
• Bai Mo let Enlil’s spear and the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s Heart-Crushing Electric Claw converge, using the spear to block the claw and injure the Thirteenth Grand Protector.
• Enlil detonated his spear inside Bai Mo, but Bai Mo absorbed the attack with his complete realm and seized the Thirteenth Grand Protector.
• Bai Mo unleashed Zen-shaking Samsara, causing the Thirteenth Grand Protector to burst into a rain of blood.

Bai Mo defeated Enlil’s remaining defenses as Enlil sacrificed his divine core and accelerated the creation of the Heaven and Earth Demon God to bring down the sky. Bai Mo restored the sky and took the core, convinced Enlil had only prepared the way for someone else to claim the body and suffer a devastating betrayal.

• Bai Mo recovered from the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s attack, removed Enlil’s Evil Wind curse with Enki’s water of life, and challenged Enlil to continue fighting.
• Enlil sent the wounded imaginary-number whale to intercept Bai Mo’s Heaven-Severing Way, then extracted his divine core and authority as king of the gods to accelerate the embryo’s development.
• Enlil sent his divine core away and announced that its destruction would collapse Heaven and bring down Mesopotamia, forcing Bai Mo to choose between pursuing him and saving the world.
• Bai Mo used the Blade of Hell to strike Enlil but turned away before killing him and raced to seize the divine core.
• Bai Mo connected to the core’s authority and restored the collapsing sky, while Enlil rushed toward the shrinking embryo.
• Bai Mo told Bai Wunan that Enlil was destined to lose the Heaven and Earth Demon God’s body and would suffer a painful death after paving the way for someone else.

Enlil entered the Heaven and Earth Demon God's embryo, where the souls of the Sumerian gods he had killed appeared to challenge him. Surrounded and confronted by Ninlil, he rejected their judgment and prepared to fight them for control of the body.

• Enlil entered the embryo, determined to claim its body and gain the power to defeat Bai Mo.
• Enlil awoke in darkness and encountered the souls of the gods he had killed, including Nanna and Marduk.
• The gods surrounded Enlil and declared that they had come to kill him and take control of the body.
• Ninlil confronted Enlil and asked why he had betrayed and killed his family.
• Enlil condemned the gods as hypocrites, reminding them of their own violence against their parents, kin, and the craftsman gods.
• Enlil dismissed the gods as defeated enemies and challenged them to fight.

Thirteenth Grand Protector defeated Enlil and emerged as the last victor of the slaughter among the gods of Sumer. He revealed his Heaven and Earth Demon God body to Bai Mo and attacked him, intending to devour his power and complete his transformation.

• Thirteenth Grand Protector revealed that he had used the returning Primordial Spirit power of the dead Sumerian gods to turn them against Enlil.
• Enlil admitted defeat, but Thirteenth Grand Protector killed him anyway and claimed victory over the gods of Sumer.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector emerged from the chaos in the Heaven and Earth Demon God body, briefly taking Bai Chou's appearance before returning to his own.
• Bai Mo recognized Thirteenth Grand Protector and blocked his attack with the Blade of Hell, while noting the demon body's extraordinary power.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector absorbed the chaos and announced that he would kill Bai Mo, take his appearance, and devour the goddess of the Underworld.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector lunged at Bai Mo with claws extended.

Bai Mo battled the Thirteenth Grand Protector across the plain while Ishtar and Gilgamesh defended Uruk from the Lahmu. After revealing the Darkness Asura Way, Bai Mo left the fight poised to turn the battle.

• Bai Mo told Ereshkigal to leave Uruk and head toward the City of Kussa, so she flew away while Ishtar remained to fight the Lahmu.
• Gilgamesh wounded the Lahmu with Marduk's hand axe, and Ishtar used her gems to finish off the injured creatures.
• Bai Mo and the Thirteenth Grand Protector traded powerful attacks, and the Grand Protector froze Bai Mo before Bai Mo shattered the ice and struck back with Limitless Tremor Zen.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector healed his severed arms with the Eighty-Fifth Heaven-Asura Rebirth Art, grew two more arms, and attacked Bai Mo with Triple Rapid Bullet Fist.
• Bai Mo caught the Grand Protector's punches and revealed that his technique was the Darkness Asura Way, not the Bai Family's Asura Art.

Bai Mo fought the Thirteenth Grand Protector, who revealed his Seventh Ultimate, Heaven and Earth Sea Tiger Sword, but Bai Mo countered its follow-up strike with Enlil’s divine core. The Thirteenth Grand Protector tried to escape and target Ereshkigal, but Bai Mo had already sent her away and anticipated his plan.

• Bai Mo dismissed the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s accusations and charged at him with the Mad Giant Shark.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector unleashed his Seventh Ultimate, Heaven and Earth Sea Tiger Sword, and its first strike wounded Bai Mo.
• Bai Mo used Enlil’s divine core to slow the sword’s follow-up attack, then dispersed its remaining force with Heaven-Severing Way and healed his wounds.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector attacked again, trapping Bai Mo in a cage of flesh before fleeing toward Ereshkigal.
• Gilgamesh and Ishtar questioned Bai Mo, who explained that Ereshkigal was no longer in Uruk and that he had anticipated the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s plan.

Bai Mo pursued the Thirteenth Grand Protector, who tried to strike Uruk and awaken Tiamat while exploiting the Heaven and Earth Demon God's ability to divide and regenerate. Bai Mo survived the Grand Protector's heart-crushing attack and hit him with Life-Severing Way, forcing the demon god's body to explode into bloody mist that fled underground.

• The Thirteenth Grand Protector fled from Bai Mo and weighed his plans to gain more vitality and release Tiamat.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector aimed Heaven and Earth Sea Tiger Sword at the bound Gorgon in Uruk, but Arcueid blocked the strike.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector split his body and had one half seize Bai Mo from behind, then attacked him with Heart-Crushing Electric Claw.
• Bai Mo pierced both halves with Hell Samsara Stance, but the Thirteenth Grand Protector's claws struck his chest and failed to crush his specially created heart.
• Bai Mo struck the Thirteenth Grand Protector with Enhanced Life-Severing Way, draining his vitality and driving him to explode into bloody mist that rushed underground.

The Thirteenth Grand Protector escaped Bai Mo and tried to avoid detection in the Underworld, while Bai Mo and Ereshkigal failed to locate him. As a World-Destroying Demon God threatened Uruk, Bai Mo cut off its head and saved the city.

• The Thirteenth Grand Protector hid in the Underworld, absorbed its power, and realized Bai Mo’s Life-Severing Way made fighting him too dangerous.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector detected Ereshkigal’s search, suspected a trap, and tore into his own body as he prepared to risk a desperate move.
• Bai Mo asked Bai Wunan whether the Heaven and Earth Demon God could let the Primordial Spirits leave their space, but Bai Wunan explained that they could not transfer their power into it.
• Ereshkigal admitted that she and Bai Mo had failed to find the Thirteenth Grand Protector because he possessed Nergal’s authority and half of the Underworld’s authority.
• A World-Destroying Demon God formed above Uruk and plunged toward the city, so Gilgamesh ordered Ishtar to take Gorgon to safety while Arcueid restrained the attacker with Thousand Locks.
• Ishtar flew toward Gorgon as the Demon God prepared to unleash its power, but Bai Mo struck its neck from afar, severed its head, and saved Uruk.

Bai Mo fought the World-Destroying Demon God while Arcueid and Uruk’s defenders stopped the Lahmu from attacking the city. The Thirteenth Grand Protector broke through underground to strike at Gorgon, but Kawakami Gensai’s sacrifice gave Arcueid time to trap him in Marble Phantasm.

• Bai Mo destroyed the World-Destroying Demon God’s head, then faced the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s separated body as it burned its vitality to hold him back.
• The World-Destroying Demon God released a swarm of Lahmu, but Arcueid bound them with Thousand Locks and compressed them before they could explode over Uruk.
• Kingu sensed the Thirteenth Grand Protector approaching underground and warned Gilgamesh and the others as he burst out of the earth and charged toward Gorgon.
• Kawakami Gensai, Gilgamesh, and the others attacked the Thirteenth Grand Protector, but he blocked their blows and struck them down.
• Kawakami Gensai used Battō: Kamui to make the Thirteenth Grand Protector pause for less than a millisecond, allowing Arcueid to imprison him in Marble Phantasm.

Thirteenth Grand Protector’s attack on Gorgon was stopped when Siduri and Kingu intervened, and Bai Mo destroyed the remaining part of his clone. Kingu revived Siduri with Magnetic Field Rotation, while Bai Mo’s Asura Eternal Life Art began restoring her, Kingu, and the fading Heroic Spirits.

• Thirteenth Grand Protector unleashed his clone’s power and sent its blade toward Gorgon, but Siduri stepped in front of the attack and blocked it with power Bai Mo had placed in her.
• Kingu rushed to protect Siduri from the clash, and the resulting explosion left both of them gravely injured.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector’s severed arm attacked Gorgon again, but Bai Mo silently sliced the arm and blade apart.
• Gorgon confronted Kingu about his past, and Kingu admitted Siduri deserved to live before using Magnetic Field Rotation-Cellular Regeneration to heal her body.
• Bai Mo’s Asura Eternal Life Art restored a faint trace of life to Siduri and began healing Kingu and the fading Heroic Spirits.