Chapter Summaries

Bai Mo launched a life-burning Triple War God attack against Nidhogg, while the dragon armed itself with the Sword of Victory coated in Hvergelmir Spring’s primordial poison. Their attacks collided in a blast that tore through the Storm Wall, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Bai Mo answered Nidhogg’s taunts and prepared to strike despite his body burning away and his restorative power waning.
• Bai Mo unleashed the Triple War God, channeling eighty years of vitality into four powerful attacks aimed at Nidhogg.
• Nidhogg coated the Sword of Victory with Hvergelmir Spring’s poison and concentrated its 990,000-horsepower power for a counterattack.
• Mimir urged Jormungandr to stop Nidhogg, but Jormungandr refused to release the unstable Surtr.
• Nidhogg’s black hand seized Ortlinde, while its Sword of Victory lunged at Bai Mo’s heart and spectral Aesir charged in every direction.
• Bai Mo’s attack erupted and tore through the Storm Wall, its force reaching every Lostbelt.

Bai Mo survived Nidhogg’s attack by diluting its poison and absorbing the Aesir Gods’ remaining energy, while Ortlinde led the Valkyries against the dragon. After Jormungandr warned her not to trust Odin, Ortlinde gouged out Odin’s eye and declared that she was herself before she was a Valkyrie, as Nidhogg began to shriek in agony.

• Bai Mo revealed that he had prepared a way to dilute Nidhogg’s poison and began replenishing his power from the Aesir Gods’ remaining energy.
• Ortlinde and the Valkyries charged through the black mist toward Nidhogg, while Thrud and Hildr encouraged her.
• Jormungandr warned Ortlinde that Odin’s belief in fate had doomed the Aesir Gods and urged her not to trust him.
• Ortlinde removed Odin’s eye and said she would act as herself first and a Valkyrie second.
• White smoke rose from Nidhogg as it shrieked, leaving everyone unsure what had caused its pain.

Ortlinde, Bai Mo, and their allies pressed Nidhogg as the exhausted dragon tried to escape, and Ortlinde summoned Odin’s Gungnir to strike it. Bai Mo used Gram’s power to rush toward Nidhogg, while Surtr’s power surged beyond Jormungandr’s control.

• Ortlinde’s False Gungnir shattered against Nidhogg, and Gullfaxi and Ortlinde were badly wounded.
• Ryougi Lataib struck Nidhogg with Limitless Tremor Zen, while Nidhogg’s tail severed Bai Mo at the waist.
• Ortlinde kept pursuing Nidhogg despite her injuries, and Surtr’s power surged as a wolf’s head burst from his body.
• Gungnir answered Ortlinde’s summons and pierced Nidhogg, though the dragon remained powerful.
• Bai Mo used Gram’s power to cross the distance to Nidhogg as Jormungandr cried that he could no longer hold Surtr back.

Bai Mo and his allies defeated Nidhogg and stopped Surtr from exploding, ending the long night. As dawn broke, Bai Mo answered Nidhogg’s question about the world’s doomed future by saying he was not facing it alone.

• Nidhogg tried to use the Sword of Victory to stop Bai Mo, but the sword had abandoned its wielder.
• Bai Mo joined with Great Saber, Oga, and Tiandao to unleash the Triple War God attack and shatter Nidhogg’s body.
• As Nidhogg and Bai Mo fell, Nidhogg questioned why Bai Mo had come, and Bai Mo said he had come because humanity would keep striving for a better future.
• Ortlinde rode Gullfaxi and used Gungnir to pierce Nidhogg’s heart, while Bai Mo struck its skull with Magnetic Field Rotation-God-Severing Thunderbolt and ended its life.
• The Sword of Victory shattered the divine core in Surtr’s damaged brain just before he erupted, and both Surtr and Jormungandr fell as dawn arrived.

After defeating Nidhogg, Bai Mo sought the Fantasy Tree in Helheim to save the gravely weakened Ophelia, but Landao Tianwu emerged from Surtr’s body and attacked him and Electric Eye. Bai Mo helped Electric Eye exploit Landao Tianwu’s unfamiliar body, ending with Electric Eye stomping on his head while Landao Tianwu launched a furious counterattack.

• Bai Mo found Ortlinde nearly healed, treated his own injuries, and left Gullfaxi to watch over her before heading to Surtr’s battlefield.
• Bai Mo found Jormungandr gravely wounded and learned from Electric Eye that Ophelia’s Sirius Light had nearly exhausted her life and badly damaged her soul.
• Bai Mo identified the Fantasy Tree’s likely location in Helheim and left to find it, hoping it could save Ophelia.
• Landao Tianwu burst from Surtr’s body in a newly made vessel and threatened to cripple Electric Eye and take Bai Mo’s body.
• Bai Mo guided Electric Eye’s Ice Sealing Art, which pierced Landao Tianwu’s palms and sent flames into his eyes.
• Electric Eye charged through Landao Tianwu’s blind flurry of punches and stomped on his head while Bai Mo prepared to exploit the opening.

Bai Mo crippled Landao Tianwu’s heart and left him to Electric Eye before going to Helheim to transfer the Fantasy Tree. The freed Aesir Gods protected him as he completed the transfer, and several figures vanished from their worlds.

• Bai Mo and Dongni struck Landao Tianwu, and Bai Mo wounded his heart with the Nine Heavens Samsara Lock and the Hell Samsara Sword.
• Bai Mo left Landao Tianwu weakened for Electric Eye to fight while he rushed into Helheim.
• Bai Mo found the damaged Fantasy Tree and began transferring its power despite his injuries and the danger from Nidhogg’s remaining souls and snakes.
• A one-armed god and the other Aesir Gods appeared, fought the snakes, and kept them away from Bai Mo.
• Bai Mo completed the transfer as the surroundings surged into him, and several figures vanished from their respective worlds.

Tiandao, Sea Tiger, and another enemy of Landao Tianwu confronted him after his attack on Electric Eye failed. Landao Tianwu found himself surrounded by four men seeking revenge, and he recoiled in fear.

• Skadi opened the barrier, and a world-altering fluctuation drew the attention of Landao Tianwu and Electric Eye.
• Tiandao appeared, crushed Landao Tianwu’s hand, and beat him after Landao Tianwu tried to justify killing Tiandao’s birth parents.
• Tiandao healed Electric Eye, who recognized him as his Second Brother.
• Sea Tiger healed Landao Tianwu, then revealed he was Mizuki Hitomi’s man and had no intention of helping him.
• Another of Landao Tianwu’s enemies arrived, and he and Sea Tiger joined Tiandao and Electric Eye in confronting Landao Tianwu.
• Landao Tianwu accused the four men of ganging up on him and took a fearful step backward.

After recovering from the Scandinavian Lostbelt, Bai Mo returned to Chaldea, where Shiki and Arcueid urged him to rest before examining the spoils and lingering dangers. Northern Europe began to flourish, but a golden eye appeared in Ortlinde’s empty socket as she slept.

• Bai Mo woke after half a month in Shiki’s hot spring and learned that Ophelia had been rescued and settled in Chaldea.
• Bai Mo joined Arcueid in the kitchen, then shared dinner with her and Shiki.
• Arcueid showed Bai Mo Laevateinn, and Bai Mo summoned the Sword of Victory as he considered the Lostbelt’s remaining mysteries and hazards.
• Shiki and Arcueid stopped Bai Mo from setting off to investigate and insisted that he rest until the next day.
• Green growth spread across Northern Europe, while Ortlinde slept as a golden slit-pupiled eye began appearing in her empty right socket.

Bai Mo approved Ophelia’s return to Chaldea and set out with her, Da Vinci, and Brynhildr to explore Northern Europe. They found Ortlinde still asleep, and when they entered her home, they discovered she had grown black dragon horns.

• Da Vinci told Bai Mo that Chaldea had unanimously accepted Ophelia, and Bai Mo signed the report clearing her record.
• Ophelia said she would speak with Kadoc about supporting Chaldea, while Da Vinci eagerly prepared to explore Northern Europe.
• Brynhildr arrived as the temporary guide and explained that Ortlinde had not woken; she also admitted she might lose control without Sigurd nearby.
• Bai Mo and the others went to Ortlinde’s home, where Gullfaxi warned Da Vinci away from petting him.
• Bai Mo and Brynhildr entered after hearing a commotion and found Ortlinde sitting on the floor with black dragon horns instead of her Valkyrie crown.

Ortlinde learned that Nidhogg’s blood and soul had transformed her, giving her dragon traits and Magnetic Field Rotation, while Bai Mo reassured her and helped her prepare to explore Northern Europe. Meanwhile, Tezcatlipoca and Daybit watched events from the South American Lostbelt and discussed Chaldeas’s disappearance and the plan involving ORT.

• Da Vinci identified Ortlinde’s horns and slit pupils as signs of dragonification, and Bai Mo and Brynhildr reassured her that her sisters would still be proud of her.
• Ortlinde revealed that she could use Magnetic Field Rotation at 920,000 horsepower, which Bai Mo explained came from Nidhogg’s soul filling the gap left when she traded away an eye.
• Bai Mo promised to teach Ortlinde to control her new power, and she set out with him, Da Vinci, and Ophelia toward the Well of Wisdom on Gullfaxi.
• Tezcatlipoca watched the events through a private livestream and told Daybit that the situation made awakening ORT seem unnecessary.
• Daybit agreed that Marisbury’s trouble appeared to have been dealt with and said he would investigate why Chaldeas had vanished, while Tezcatlipoca warned him not to expose the hidden city to the hummingbird.

Bai Mo discovered that the Well of Wisdom had scattered Primal Runes across Northern Europe as a reward shaped by his wish to help the world recover. After Mimir explained that only good-aligned people could perceive and master them, Bai Mo considered establishing a rune academy and received Jormungandr’s gifts, including Mjölnir’s restored fragments.

• Bai Mo brought Ortlinde and the others to the Well of Wisdom, where he showed Da Vinci a Primal Rune that she deciphered and used to grow a fruit tree.
• Mimir told Bai Mo that the Well had scattered the runes in response to his wishes, allowing good-aligned people to perceive or study them while keeping evil people from using them.
• Bai Mo discussed his plans to help the world recover and suggested building a rune academy near the Well, while Mimir chose to remain there.
• Mimir warned Bai Mo that Skadi could learn what happened through the lingering snowflakes, then complained that he was getting frostbite.
• Mimir told Bai Mo that Jormungandr had left for Jotunheim after bringing out Fenrir and had left something nearby.
• Bai Mo found Jormungandr’s venomous fang and fragments of Mjölnir beneath the Well’s tree, and Mimir explained that Skadi had undone their runes, bringing the old grudges to an end.

Bai Mo and his companions cleared out Nidhogg’s remaining lair in Helheim, while Ortlinde adjusted to the Dragon Kind traits she had gained. They discovered an enormous Machine God wreck among the hoard, leaving Bai Mo focused on the alien wreckage.

• Bai Mo gave Mjölnir to Ortlinde and Mimir reassured her that her new Dragon Kind traits would not endanger her soul.
• Bai Mo collected Nidhogg’s skeleton and went with his companions to Helheim to hunt the remaining venomous snakes.
• Ortlinde and Bai Mo defeated the snakes, and the last survivor revealed their hiding places before Ortlinde killed it.
• Bai Mo and his companions reached Nidhogg’s lair, where Thrud and the Valkyries were sorting through the hoard, and Thrud teased Ortlinde about becoming a dragon.
• Bai Mo examined an enormous wreck in the lair, which he identified as a Machine God from outside their world.

Bai Mo discovered the ruined Machine God Hephaestus in Nidhogg’s nest and found that its remaining forge could still be used. After Ortlinde placed Mjölnir inside for repairs, Hephaestus began forging and showed Bai Mo an image of a pale humanoid giant.

• Bai Mo examined the ruined Machine God and learned that Nidhogg had used Surtr as bait to lure outsiders into its nest.
• The damaged Machine God identified itself as Hephaestus before shutting down, and Bai Mo led the others to its remaining powered component.
• Hephaestus’s defenses targeted Ortlinde, but Bai Mo disabled them and learned the forge required energy and identity verification.
• Bai Mo used his hand to verify as Hecate, and Hephaestus granted him access to nearly all its functions.
• Ortlinde placed Mjölnir in the forge, and Bai Mo fed in a dried Fantasy Tree section to provide energy.
• Bai Mo learned that the Atlantic Ocean remained relatively peaceful, then asked why Hephaestus had attacked Ortlinde; Hephaestus responded with an image of a pale humanoid giant.

Bai Mo arranged for Hephaestus to forge a poison-laced weapon while he began preparing magnetic field cultivation lessons for Ortlinde. Arcueid arrived and agreed to spar with Ortlinde, while Hell received Bai Wunan and examined a mysterious rune stone.

• Bai Mo gave Hephaestus Northern European materials and a short sword taken from Ibuki to forge into a weapon, with Da Vinci and Ortlinde advising on the poisons and protective runes.
• Bai Mo moved the damaged Hephaestus to a valley to continue forging and examined Ortlinde before beginning work on her cultivation technique.
• Arcueid brought Bai Mo dinner and told Ortlinde that she had defeated cosmic monsters; she agreed to spar with Ortlinde and help her train.
• Hell sent the Sun and Moon Elders tumbling down the mountain after they brought Landao Tianwu's head to pay their respects.
• Bai Wunan showed Hell a rune stone that had caught Bai Mo's interest, and the two studied its markings.

Bai Mo and his companions brought Skadi and Ortlinde to Chaldea to arrange help rebuilding Northern Europe, while Olga Marie nervously met with Skadi. As old Servants began returning to Chaldea, Bai Mo hoped to reunite with his former companions from the Argo.

• Bai Wunan extracted Landao Tianwu’s remaining system component, leaving him unconscious, while Tiandao questioned whether the process had become more painful.
• Bai Mo noticed that Hephaestus’s progress had not changed, then taught Ortlinde about magnetic fields before taking her, Skadi, and others to Chaldea.
• Olga Marie prepared anxiously to meet Skadi, but found her and Ortlinde enjoying Goredolf’s desserts in the kitchen; she and Skadi then discussed Chaldea’s role in restoring Northern Europe.
• Bai Mo and Ortlinde made honey desserts together, and Ortlinde asked him for a favor.
• Atalanta visited the kitchen, praised Ortlinde’s improved health, and ate Bai Mo’s apple cake while telling him that Heroic Spirits were returning to Chaldea.

Bai Mo learned that Ritsuka and Mash had gone to a strange Singularity in Salem and lost contact with Chaldea, so he entered it through the Relic café. He found Ritsuka and Robin Hood under attack and discovered that the Singularity weakened their powers but barely affected him.

• Kadoc returned from a materials-gathering mission exhausted, and Bai Mo asked Dr. Roman where Ritsuka and Mash were.
• Dr. Roman explained that Ritsuka had entered a strange Singularity in Salem and that Chaldea could not contact her.
• Bai Mo used the Relic café to enter the Singularity, but a distorted starry sky pulled him onto its stage.
• Ritsuka and Robin Hood fought wolves in the woods, and Bai Mo arrived just as more wolves attacked them.
• Bai Mo found that the Singularity suppressed Ritsuka and Robin Hood but left most of his strength intact, then destroyed a group of ghouls with ease.

Bai Mo reunited with Ritsuka and the others at Abigail Williams’s home in Salem, where they discovered a major time discrepancy with Chaldea and Circe revealed she had disguised herself as Medea. The group began questioning why the Throne of Heroes had guided Circe into a witch-hunt Singularity that suppressed Servants’ powers.

• Ritsuka brought the unconscious Abigail Williams to the cottage, where Bai Mo examined her and recognized her importance to the Salem Witch Trials.
• Medea reported that Tituba had not returned from buying groceries, Mata Hari and the others were gathering information, and Randolph Carter had left.
• Dr. Roman told Ritsuka that half a month had passed in Chaldea despite only two days passing in Salem, and Bai Wunan warned Bai Mo to stay alert.
• Bai Mo identified Medea as Circe after noticing the wheat porridge, and Circe dropped her disguise and explained how she had joined the mission.
• Bai Mo asked why the Throne of Heroes had guided Circe to a Singularity where Servants were weakened and a witch hunt was underway.

Bai Mo and the others recovered from hunger in Abigail’s home, where he met the girl and learned about her stuffed bear, Yog. As Abigail ate and thanked God, Bai Mo noticed his Metatron Award had gone dull and concluded that the Lord of the Bible was absent from this world.

• Bai Mo, Ritsuka, Circe, and Robin Hood ate a feast after enduring two days of hunger.
• Circe explained that her father had offered Bai Ermo sacred springs, whose gifts had been recorded and sublimated into a Noble Phantasm.
• Bai Mo caught Abigail as she fell down the stairs and introduced himself to her.
• Abigail showed Bai Mo her stuffed bear, Yog, and then joined the others for food.
• Bai Mo saw that his Metatron Award had lost its light and suspected the world was not normal.

Bai Mo accompanied Abigail to visit Lavinia and encountered a cave that transformed into a flesh-lined trap. He destroyed the living flesh, but Lavinia’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Bai Mo refused to use force to investigate the townspeople before meeting Randolph Carter, and Abigail offered to introduce him to her uncle.
• Bai Mo left with Abigail to bring food to Lavinia while Circe stayed behind to set up a bounded field.
• Abigail led Bai Mo to Lavinia’s isolated cottage and then toward a nearby cave when Lavinia was not there.
• A shadow appeared inside the cave, and the walls transformed into flesh and tentacles as Abigail ran toward it.
• Bai Mo blasted apart the tentacles and used the Life-Severing Way to drain the living flesh, restoring the cave to its original appearance.

After Bai Mo and Abigail left Lavinia’s cave, Tituba was arrested for allegedly directing Abigail’s forest gathering with black magic. Bai Mo rejected the others’ warnings and infiltrated the dungeon to find her, where Dr. Roman was shocked by what he saw.

• Bai Mo comforted Abigail after the cave incident, got her to promise not to go anywhere alone, and left Rune Runes watching Lavinia’s house.
• A crow observed Rune Runes and decided to use someone else to pursue its plans involving Abigail.
• Bai Mo and Abigail returned home and learned that magistrate Hopkins had arrested Tituba on a black-magic charge.
• Bai Mo dismissed the idea of clearing Tituba through legal proceedings and chose to investigate the dungeon despite Dr. Roman’s warning that it was a trap.
• While Chaldea’s troupe performed a play at the church as cover, Bai Mo entered Tituba’s cell and Dr. Roman reacted with shock at the sight of her.