Chapter Summaries

Bai Mo revived Siduri and helped his comrades recover, while Gilgamesh believed their victory was secure. Tiamat then emerged from the Sea of Imaginary Numbers, and the Thirteenth Grand Protector drew on her life force to face Bai Mo with 870,000 horsepower.

• Bai Mo used his Underworld authority to revive Siduri, and the Asura Way restored Nobunaga and Kawakami.
• Bai Mo told his comrades they were not tools, and Gilgamesh concluded their opponent had exhausted his options.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector prepared to flee, but Tiamat tore open the Underworld and emerged from the Sea of Imaginary Numbers.
• Gilgamesh panicked at Tiamat’s arrival, while Mery suggested Manaka might be involved and Kingu recognized Tiamat as his mother.
• Bai Mo left Uruk’s defense to Arcueid and flew to confront Tiamat, where the Thirteenth Grand Protector absorbed her life force and reached 870,000 horsepower.

Bai Mo fought Thirteenth Grand Protector, whose Heaven and Earth Demon God grew stronger by drawing on Tiamat and burning life force. Though Bai Mo wounded him with a redirected attack, Thirteenth Grand Protector survived and reconnected to Tiamat, leaving Bai Mo to confront their supposed mother-and-son bond.

• On Uruk's wall, soldiers and a painter used a Magecraft device to watch Bai Mo face Thirteenth Grand Protector on Tiamat's horn.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector attacked with the Heaven and Earth Sea Tiger Sword, but Bai Mo countered with Heaven-Severing Way and dispersed the attack.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector drew on Tiamat and burned his life force to unleash a 910,000-horsepower Thunder Shock, but Bai Mo redirected it with God-Severing Way and cleaved into his shoulder and chest.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector used Asura Blade-Subduing Art to drive Bai Mo back, then healed his wounds and declared that Bai Mo had no chance to kill him.
• Bai Mo realized Tiamat had reconnected with Thirteenth Grand Protector, who said she treated him as her child and supported him; Bai Mo called him a parasite exploiting a pitiful woman.

The Thirteenth Grand Protector used Tiamat’s life force to sustain his Heaven and Earth Demon God body and revealed that his blood carried a modified virus weakening Bai Mo. Bai Mo resisted the poison and fought back, leaving their battle unresolved as the Thirteenth Grand Protector unleashed his blade techniques.

• The Thirteenth Grand Protector mocked Bai Mo while exploiting Tiamat’s love for her children to make her surrender life force.
• Bai Mo sensed that Sajyou Manaka was nowhere nearby, then felt the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s blood infect him and weaken his power.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector explained that he had modified Blue Dream’s virus with Magecraft so that using power beyond Electric Current Push would eat away at Bai Mo’s bones and brain.
• Bai Mo refused to retreat, and the Thirteenth Grand Protector attacked with Electric Claw Seizes the Sky before drawing him into range.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector launched Asura Wind-Cutting Blade with six blades, but Bai Mo used Avici Hell Blade-Covering the Heavens and Earth to block the strikes with Mad Giant Shark.

Bai Mo lured Thirteenth Grand Protector into believing the virus had left him helpless, then struck when Kingu, Gilgamesh, and Arcueid helped block his escape. As Bai Mo charged through Thirteenth Grand Protector’s strongest defense, a mysterious saber wielder appeared and was recognized as Hell God of War.

• Thirteenth Grand Protector trapped Bai Mo in a tentacle cage and attacked him while taunting him about relying on his divine weapon.
• Gilgamesh explained that Bai Mo was feigning weakness while waiting for a chance to kill Thirteenth Grand Protector, and Kingu volunteered to create an opening.
• Kingu attacked Thirteenth Grand Protector, and Bai Mo shattered the cage after adapting to the virus and struck him with Limitless Tremor Zen.
• Gilgamesh launched [Arrowhead That Cleaves Primordial Creation], while Arcueid redirected the arrowhead to hit Thirteenth Grand Protector and Kingu used the Chains of Heaven to restrain him.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector activated Force Dissipation Way to defend against Bai Mo, but he sensed another powerful saber wielder and recognized the newcomer as Hell God of War.

Bai Mo and Great Blade Martial God joined forces to overwhelm Thirteenth Grand Protector, who survived their first devastating attacks and fled toward Tiamat. As Bai Mo continued to tear him apart, Thirteenth Grand Protector begged Tiamat to save him.

• Thirteenth Grand Protector recognized Great Blade Martial God and learned that he had come to settle old grudges with Bai Lubao.
• Great Blade Martial God and Bai Mo struck Thirteenth Grand Protector in perfect coordination, shattering his armor and then destroying his head.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector survived the blows and fled downward, while Bai Mo and Great Blade Martial God pursued him with further attacks.
• Thirteenth Grand Protector begged Tiamat to save him as Bai Mo trapped him in a vortex of Magnetic Field Heavenly Blades.
• Tiamat attacked instinctively to protect her child but could not hit Bai Mo, while Thirteenth Grand Protector continued screaming for help.

The Thirteenth Grand Protector survived Bai Mo’s attack when Tiamat sacrificed her own body to restore his vitality, then mistook Bai Mo for a descendant of Bai Wunan and launched a deadly strike. Bai Mo inexplicably avoided the blow and joined the Great Blade Martial God in killing him.

• The Thirteenth Grand Protector tried to reach Tiamat, but Bai Mo used Electric Claw Seizes the Sky to drag him back.
• Tiamat sensed her child in danger and slashed herself with her wings, sending a rain of blood that restored the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s body and power.
• Bai Mo noticed that Tiamat’s support seemed strange and warned the Thirteenth Grand Protector not to accept a deity’s favor.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector recognized Bai Mo as a possible descendant of Bai Wunan and attacked with the Heaven and Earth Sea Tiger Sword.
• Bai Mo flew toward the attack, which inexplicably veered past him; he punched through the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s chest while the Great Blade Martial God beheaded him.

Bai Mo cornered the Thirteenth Grand Protector, who detonated the Heaven and Earth Demon God and unleashed the Magnetic Field Virus before Tiamat’s Nega Genesis transformed the world. As the Thirteenth Grand Protector tried to exploit the Reality Marble, Bai Mo charged into it unharmed and prepared to strike.

• Bai Mo pinned the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s head to Tiamat’s horn and rejected his surrender and offer to make him a god.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector detonated the Heaven and Earth Demon God, releasing deadly Magnetic Field Virus across Mesopotamia.
• Bai Mo and the Great Blade Martial God swept up much of the poison, while Ereshkigal gave Arcueid the antidote and Arcueid released pollen to counter the viral crisis.
• Bai Mo sensed the Thirteenth Grand Protector hiding in the flesh and used the Asura Way to drag him out, but Tiamat’s Nega Genesis erased the trees and turned the world white.
• The Thirteenth Grand Protector believed Nega Genesis would protect him as he consumed the Underworld’s power, but Bai Mo entered the Reality Marble unharmed and charged at him.

Bai Mo defeated the Thirteenth Grand Protector by creating a vacuum blade that cut through his strongest technique, then condemned him for betraying his family before destroying his head and drawing his primordial spirit into the Martial God Space. The Thirteenth Grand Protector’s final plea for Bai Wunan to return to his former self went unanswered.

• The Thirteenth Grand Protector burned his life force to unleash the Heaven and Earth Sea Tiger Sword against Bai Mo, while Bai Mo prepared a counter.
• Bai Mo collided two air vortices to form a vacuum blade that pierced the Thirteenth Grand Protector’s attack and beheaded him.
• Bai Mo explained that he had devised the counter during their battle, while Oga and Tiandao recognized the technique’s inspiration.
• As Bai Mo crushed his head, the Thirteenth Grand Protector mistook him for Bai Wunan and begged him to change back.
• Bai Mo condemned the Thirteenth Grand Protector for betraying his family, shattered his head, and drew his primordial spirit into the Martial God Space.

Bai Mo defeated the Thirteenth Grand Protector, who awoke in Kebao’s space and was trapped in his hands. As Bai Mo dealt with the aftermath, Arcueid threatened to erase Ishtar and Ereshkigal’s memories after they saw him naked.

• The Thirteenth Grand Protector woke in the sand, recognized that Bai Mo had killed him, and vowed revenge.
• Kebao appeared and revealed that the Thirteenth Grand Protector was trapped in his space as a soul and could not kill himself.
• Kebao began beating the Thirteenth Grand Protector while Bai Mo surveyed the still-active [Nega Genesis] Reality Marble and spreading toxins.
• Bai Mo conjured a robe after noticing the cold, while Ishtar, Ereshkigal, and Arcueid watched his exposed body.
• Arcueid struck Ishtar and Ereshkigal, then reached to erase their memories of seeing Bai Mo.

The Sumerian gods’ fragile souls began to dissipate, but Enlil rebuilt a body and used his wind to gather the poisonous mist around [Nega Genesis]. Bai Mo allowed Enlil to proceed and chose to absorb the toxins himself, leaving the gods to watch as mythology reached its end.

• The Sumerian gods’ souls drifted out of the Heaven and Earth Demon God and vanished, while Tiamat mourned their loss.
• Enlil entered the Heaven and Earth Demon God’s body and reconstituted himself despite the other gods’ scorn.
• Enlil gathered the Magnetic Field Virus and Demon God poison into a hurricane and planned to defeat Bai Mo, Ishtar, and Ereshkigal to absorb their Spirit Origins.
• Bai Mo put away the divine core and let Enlil’s plan proceed because the poisonous wind would reduce pollution across Mesopotamia.
• Bai Mo refused Arcueid’s offer to absorb the toxins in his place, and Arcueid protected Ereshkigal and Ishtar as the wind entered the Reality Marble.
• The humans and gods watched Bai Mo and Enlil on the final stage, knowing that mythology was ending.

Bai Mo defeated Enlil, but Tiamat revived him, prompting Enlil to burn his soul and empower the completed Heaven and Earth Demon God. Enlil then declared he would kill Bai Mo to secure a place in the world for Tiamat, even if it meant exterminating humanity.

• Bai Mo overwhelmed Enlil in their fight and left him unable to continue in his improvised body.
• Tiamat revived Enlil, and her unexpected aid made him confront his past cruelty toward her.
• Enlil acknowledged his defeat as king of the gods, but chose to fight on so he could repay Tiamat for helping him.
• Enlil used Electric Claw Seizes the Sky to reach the Heaven and Earth Demon God, then burned his soul to unleash its full power of nine hundred thousand horsepower.
• Enlil told Bai Mo he would make a place for Tiamat in the world, even if doing so required exterminating humanity, and vowed to kill him while he was weak.

Enlil used his final strength to spread the poison around Nega Genesis, hoping to save Tiamat, but Bai Mo revealed that Enki could still intervene. Enki entered the deadly realm and began purifying its Magnetic Field Viruses as he faced Enlil.

• Bai Mo learned that the Heaven and Earth Demon God required a complete soul fusion and that Enlil’s damaged soul was rapidly failing.
• Arcueid joined Bai Mo inside Nega Genesis despite his objections, bringing her planetary resistance and power to the fight.
• Enlil abandoned his attack on Bai Mo and used his final strength to blast the poisonous mist across Mesopotamia so Tiamat could survive.
• Bai Mo told Enlil that he had forgotten one god, and Enki arrived to settle the grievance among the Sumerian gods himself.
• Enki’s body crumbled into purifying rain that melted the Magnetic Field Viruses around Bai Mo and Arcueid.

Enki sacrificed himself to cleanse the poisoned land with rain, leaving Bai Mo a gift and asking him to restore Tiamat to her juvenile form. Bai Mo sensed no clear flaw in Tiamat’s immense vitality, but the uncertainty left him uneasy.

• Enki transformed his body into rain, dispelling the poison and restoring the land as the people mourned his sacrifice.
• Enki told humanity to leave the rivers and explore the wider world, then gave Bai Mo a cord imbued with his purifying authority.
• Enlil added his divine core to the cord, forming a pendant for Bai Mo, while Ishtar joked about proposing to him and Ereshkigal rebuked her.
• Enki asked Bai Mo to return Tiamat to her juvenile form so Human History might permit her to remain.
• Bai Mo examined Tiamat but sensed only vast vitality, which made him uneasy.

Bai Mo tried to recover the Heaven and Earth Demon God, but it absorbed Tiamat and the Beast of Sodom before transforming into Sajyou Manaka. Manaka embraced Bai Mo and said she had finally been reunited with him.

• Bai Mo approached the Heaven and Earth Demon God, and the Metatron Award on him flared with heat as crimson beasts appeared.
• The Heaven and Earth Demon God began draining Tiamat and the Beast of Sodom, weakening both of them.
• Bai Mo caught the unconscious Tiamat and destroyed a Beast of Sodom that was about to devour her.
• The Heaven and Earth Demon God absorbed both Beasts and transformed into a sphere that grew stronger.
• The sphere became Sajyou Manaka, who held Bai Mo and told him she had finally been reunited with him.

Manaka and Arcueid fought at nine hundred thousand horsepower, and Bai Mo prevented their clash from destroying Mesopotamia. After Manaka broke down in tears, Bai Mo checked with Gilgamesh on the damage to Uruk.

• Manaka transformed with the Heaven and Earth Demon God's body and fought Arcueid, matching her at nine hundred thousand horsepower.
• Arcueid and Manaka unleashed their Orca Tyrant Fist and Sea Tiger Exploding Fist, but Bai Mo seized their fists and redirected the collision's power into the sky.
• Bai Mo steadied Arcueid and dissipated the force within her, while Ishtar, Ereshkigal, and Enlil were shaken by the display.
• Manaka's right hand was destroyed and quickly regenerated, then she stood and tearfully apologized for what had happened.
• Bai Mo stopped Arcueid from attacking again and warned that another clash could wipe out Mesopotamian and neighboring civilizations.
• Bai Mo asked Gilgamesh about the damage, and Gilgamesh reported that Uruk had suffered almost no casualties and Enki had dealt with the poison mist.

Bai Mo confronted Manaka over the trouble she had caused, but she declared she would keep him by her side and began using the Heaven and Earth Demon God to remake the world. Before she could complete her plan, an unknown kimono-clad girl appeared and stabbed her with several blades.

• Bai Mo told Manaka to take responsibility for the damage she had caused and return to Chaldea once Uruk's affairs were settled.
• Manaka offered herself to Bai Mo as a companion or weapon, but he rejected her and said he had no time to play prince and princess.
• Manaka vowed to keep Bai Mo beside her by force and said she would perfect the Heaven and Earth Demon God with the Beasts in the area.
• Manaka began to reshape the world and announced she would burn the Quantum Time-Lock to make it belong only to her and Bai Mo.
• Several glowing blades suddenly impaled Manaka, and a kimono-clad girl appeared behind her, called her a good friend, and teased her for not sharing her plans.

Alaya Consciousness and Gaia watched Manaka transform into the Heaven and Earth Demon God, which absorbed Beast II and Beast VI and alarmed the Counter Force. Fearing the being could threaten Human History, Alaya sent a light sphere to Shiki, who traveled to Uruk to reunite with Bai Mo.

• Alaya Consciousness and Gaia watched the battle in Uruk and discussed the danger posed by powerful souls and the costs of breaking through.
• Manaka tore apart her body and soul, merged with Tiamat, and became the Heaven and Earth Demon God.
• The Heaven and Earth Demon God absorbed Beast II and Beast VI, prompting Gaia to warn Alaya about its potential.
• Alaya feared the being could not be killed or permanently sealed and sent a sphere of light to Shiki in Chaldea's library.
• Shiki received Alaya's message and set off through time and space, planning to reunite with Bai Mo.

Manaka confronted Bai Mo with her pain over feeling overlooked and unable to join him, while a mysterious woman named Shiki intervened. A flashback revealed Bai Mo had planned to send Manaka home and refused to accept anyone’s love because he could not reciprocate with equal commitment.

• Shiki froze Manaka and the others, teased Manaka, then released her so she could speak to Bai Mo.
• Bai Mo asked Manaka what she had hoped to achieve, and Manaka broke down, describing how her omniscience made the world feel scripted and how she had longed for him to choose her.
• Manaka explained that she had wanted to help Bai Mo and stand beside him, but her body had kept her trapped in the Sea of Imaginary Numbers.
• In a flashback, Mery asked Bai Mo what he would do about Manaka, and Bai Mo said he would send her back after everything was over.
• Bai Mo told Mery he would not accept Arcueid’s or Manaka’s love because he could not give them the same devotion they were willing to offer.
• Mery laughed when Bai Mo suggested Manaka might eventually compare her fate with him and leave him.

Bai Mo rejected Manaka and left Mesopotamia with Shiki, who said she would heal his injuries. Arcueid stayed behind to deal with Manaka and challenged her to a fight in the Sea of Imaginary Numbers.

• Bai Mo understood how his misunderstanding had brought him to Mifune City and recognized Manaka’s isolation and suffering.
• Bai Mo told Manaka he was fortunate to have chosen Shiki instead of her, crushing her hopes.
• Shiki appeared, lifted Bai Mo away, and began restoring the life force he had lost fighting Crimson Moon.
• Bai Wunan told Bai Mo not to resist or speak while Shiki healed him, and Shiki vanished with him.
• Arcueid refused to stop Shiki and challenged Manaka to settle their fight in the Sea of Imaginary Numbers.

Gilgamesh judged Gorgon, Kingu, and Sajyou Manaka for their crimes and contributions to Uruk. He sentenced Kingu to serve as a slave until Uruk fell and assigned Manaka compensation and duties to protect and rebuild, then left her asking whether Bai Mo had wanted her judged.

• Gilgamesh summoned Gorgon, Kingu, and Sajyou Manaka to face judgment in Uruk's royal palace.
• Gilgamesh had Anna execute Gorgon, whose crimes were too numerous to record.
• Gilgamesh sentenced Kingu to labor as Uruk's lowliest slave until the nation fell, despite Kingu's acceptance of death.
• Gilgamesh ordered Manaka to compensate him for her attempted murder of Ishtar and told her to rebuild Eridu and protect its people at Enki's request.
• Gilgamesh listed Manaka's contributions as merits and invited her to defend herself, but she asked whether Bai Mo had wanted her to accept judgment.