Chapter Summaries

Bai Mo escaped with the Myoken Divine Wheel and learned that Yudhishthira had gambled away his kingdom, while Duryodhana ordered Draupadi seized and humiliated. Bai Mo arrived just in time to save Draupadi, who took refuge in his arms as he promised to deal with her captors.

• Bai Mo found the Myoken Divine Wheel, learned that Yudhishthira had become king and set off for Hastinapura, and rushed after him.
• Duryodhana ordered Dushasana to bring Draupadi to him, despite the Pandavas and several elders condemning the plan.
• Duryodhana had Dhritarashtra restrain Bhishma and Drona, while flames bestowed by Shiva spread through the palace.
• Dushasana reached Draupadi's room, grabbed her hair ornament, and lost his arm when Bai Mo intervened.
• Bai Mo covered Draupadi with a robe, comforted her, and vowed to deal with Duryodhana, the Pandavas, and their allies.

After learning that Yudhishthira and the others had become slaves, Karna set out for Hastinapura despite his oath never to enter the city again. Krishna drove him through the gates, and Karna arrived at the burning palace where Duryodhana was taunting the captive Pandavas.

• Krishna told Karna that Yudhishthira and the others had lost at dice and become slaves, so Karna prepared to go to Hastinapura.
• Karna told Radha he had to repay Kunti for giving him life, and Radha blessed him before he left.
• Adhiratha warned Karna of the danger, but Karna said he would act against evil, and Vrishali reminded him of his oath never to enter Hastinapura.
• Karna chose to break his oath, and Krishna offered to drive his chariot and accept blame for bringing him into the city.
• Karna and Krishna reached the burning palace, where Duryodhana taunted Bhima and the suffering Pandavas.
• Karna charged through the palace doors in golden armor, bow in hand.

Karna arrived at Hastinapura to rescue the Pandavas, revealing that he was Kunti’s eldest son and that Yudhishthira had no right to wager his brothers. When the Kauravas resisted and Drona unleashed Brahma’s Noble Phantasm, Bai Mo appeared to protect Karna, and everyone lowered their weapons.

• Karna drove into the palace and declared that he would take the Pandavas away, rejecting Duryodhana’s offer to let him leave unpunished.
• Krishna challenged the legitimacy of Yudhishthira’s wager, and Karna revealed that he was Kunti’s eldest son, born of Surya, and therefore the Pandavas’ eldest brother.
• Duryodhana refused to release the Pandavas and called for war; Karna announced that he had come as the king of Sweetness City to take them back.
• Karna’s golden armor repelled the warriors’ attacks, and his arrows disarmed them; Bhima rejected Duryodhana’s demand that the Pandavas fight for their master.
• Dhritarashtra pressured Drona and Bhishma to attack Karna, and Drona’s Brahma’s Noble Phantasm blasted Karna from his chariot without breaking his armor.
• Bai Mo appeared behind Karna, stopped his fall, and struck Brahma’s Noble Phantasm to the ground, prompting everyone to lower their weapons.

Arjuna’s intervention to save two brothers made him question his perfection and stop the Yuga, while Bai Mo confronted Duryodhana over his treatment of Draupadi and challenged him to fight. Duryodhana could not bring himself to pick up his mace, paralyzed by fear.

• Arjuna saw a boy risk himself to protect his younger brother and realized that brotherly affection still affected him.
• Arjuna decided to return to the past to correct his perceived flaw, defying Mahadeva and halting the Yuga.
• Bai Mo threw the mutilated but living Dushasana before Duryodhana and the others.
• Duryodhana accused Bai Mo of bullying the weak, and Bai Mo compared his actions to Duryodhana’s attempt to humiliate Draupadi.
• Bai Mo dropped Duryodhana’s mace and offered to fight with restrictions, but Duryodhana trembled and could not pick it up.

Bai Mo confronted Duryodhana and Dhritarashtra over their crimes, but Gandhari’s plea stopped him from killing them. He left the royal family alive, while Krishna warned that their deaths would come the next day, and Duryodhana faced the truth of his own cowardice.

• Bai Mo threatened to kill Duryodhana and challenged Dhritarashtra to use his authority to stop him.
• Bai Mo restored Dhritarashtra’s sight and condemned him for enabling his sons’ wrongdoing, then demanded that he surrender the crown.
• Gandhari knelt before Bai Mo and begged him to spare her family, and he chose not to kill them.
• Kama prepared to stop Gandhari from cursing Bai Mo, but Krishna signaled for her not to act.
• Bai Mo split Dhritarashtra’s crown with Beginning and End, then left with Draupadi, the Pandavas, Karna, and Kunti.
• Krishna warned the court that their sun would not rise the next day, while Duryodhana wept as he recognized that he had relied on his mother and others rather than his own courage.

Shiva tried to stop Arjuna from entering the era, but his attack instead connected Arjuna to the world and allowed him to arrive. In Sweetness City, Arjuna recovered his bow and met Karna at the arena, where they began a deadly archery duel.

• Shiva confronted Arjuna in the Himalayas, but Arjuna crossed the barrier and urged Shiva to let him enter the world.
• Shiva struck Arjuna with his trident, and their powers connected Arjuna to the era as flames consumed the snowy mountains.
• The Pandavas returned to Sweetness City, where Yudhishthira accepted that Karna should take the throne before Bai Mo confronted him about his earlier boast.
• Krishna returned Arjuna's bow and encouraged him to try again, while the dark-skinned servant questioned whether he would surrender his conquered territory to Karna.
• Arjuna met Karna at the arena, and Karna opened his Armor of Hell to make their contest fair; when their bowstrings sounded, a fist struck instead of an arrow.

Karna defeated Arjuna in a duel by using smoke and his fists, then defended the choice as a way to survive rather than remain bound by rigid rules. After Arjuna accepted Karna’s view, he took Karna’s hand and punched him, while the dark-skinned servant began to fade away.

• Nakula and Sahadeva treated Yudhishthira’s broken legs, while Bhima criticized him for continuing to gamble.
• King Drupada confronted Yudhishthira over his failure to protect Draupadi, and Yudhishthira’s brothers fled, leaving him to face Drupada alone.
• Krishna told Bai Mo that Karna would be all right after breaking his vow, then reflected on how dharma could be exploited and needed to be broken.
• Karna defeated Arjuna by throwing up smoke and punching him, prompting Arjuna to protest that they were supposed to be having an archery duel.
• Karna explained to Arjuna that people could not always remain pure and that survival mattered more than rigid rules; Arjuna took his hand and punched him.
• The dark-skinned servant began to fade as Karna asked whether he was now the greatest archer, and Arjuna let him claim the title.

Arjuna returned to Hastinapura and found Bhishma and the others still burdened by their failures to uphold dharma. Seeing the age unchanged, he unleashed Maha Pralaya to judge the world, and Gandhari removed her blindfold to see Duryodhana for the first time as the sword light closed in.

• Arjuna emerged from the flames on the snowy mountain and vanished to inspect the world before remaking it.
• Bhishma and Drona lamented how their oaths and choices had failed to prevent adharma in Hastinapura.
• Arjuna appeared before Bhishma and Duryodhana, gathering energy from the world as the people sensed his overwhelming power.
• Arjuna declared that evil still filled the age and invoked Maha Pralaya, whose sword light began swallowing the people around Duryodhana.
• Duryodhana ran toward Dhritarashtra and Gandhari, while Gandhari removed her blindfold and saw her son for the first time.

Bai Mo and Krishna prepared to confront Arjuna, whose Maha Pralaya was erasing people and weakening the world’s resistance to him. In Hastinapura, Arjuna struck down Bhishma, but Kama challenged the merit protecting him and denied it in the name of the oppressed.

• Bai Mo asked Krishna whether the people erased by Arjuna’s first judgment had been destined to die, and Krishna explained that Arjuna was an unstoppable God of the End whose repeated strikes would make the world resemble his Lostbelt.
• Krishna gave Bai Mo a golden Divine Wheel and told him to use it against Arjuna, while he went to speak with Karna.
• Bhishma attacked Arjuna in Hastinapura, but Arjuna ignored his questions and cut him down with a sword strike.
• Bai Mo tried to break Arjuna’s wrist with an Orca Tyrant Fist, but Arjuna’s golden wheel and Power of Merit blocked the attack.
• Kama touched Arjuna’s golden wheel, drew his attention, and denied his merit in the name of the patron deity of the oppressed.

Bai Mo fought Arjuna while Kama helped protect Hastinapura’s fleeing citizens. In the ruins, Duryodhana discovered that his family and allies were dead, and demanded to know why he alone had survived.

• Kama rejected Arjuna’s judgment of the world, shattering his halo of merit and removing its protection.
• Bai Mo defended Kama and clashed with Arjuna, whose attack devastated the already-ruined Hastinapura.
• Kama carried fleeing citizens to safety on sacred lotuses, though some chose to hide and watch the battle.
• Duryodhana awoke beneath the ashes and searched the wreckage for his family, Teacher Drona, and other allies.
• Krishna told Duryodhana that Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, his brothers, and Bhishma were dead, prompting Duryodhana to ask why he had survived.

Krishna explained that Gandhari sacrificed herself to save Duryodhana from Arjuna’s judgment, then urged him to flee as her protection faded. Meanwhile, Bai Mo fought Arjuna and exposed how his reliance on overwhelming borrowed power had weakened his combat judgment, before a sudden shout distracted him.

• Krishna told Duryodhana that Gandhari had spent her merit to protect him and had consequently been judged evil and killed.
• Krishna warned Duryodhana to run before Arjuna found him, then headed toward the battlefield.
• Bai Mo used the Orca Heaven and Earth Way, Dark Reincarnation, and God-Severing Way against Arjuna, who countered with immense power and prepared Maha Pralaya.
• The Myoken Divine Wheel cut Arjuna’s wrist and disrupted Maha Pralaya after Bai Mo used the God-Severing Way to conceal its attack.
• Bai Mo said Arjuna had lost his combat wisdom because he depended on power drawn from the gods, then attacked alongside the Myoken Divine Wheel.
• Someone shouted at Arjuna, and the normally machine-like warrior turned to look.

Duryodhana refused Krishna’s offer to flee and asked him to help him reach Arjuna so he could take revenge. As Bai Mo and Kama fought to stop Arjuna’s attack, the explosion cleared to reveal Arjuna still standing with Maha Pralaya.

• Duryodhana recalled Dhritarashtra’s promise that fate would favor him and insisted that his evil deeds were debts fate owed him.
• Krishna urged Duryodhana to run while Arjuna was occupied, but Duryodhana rejected his pity and asked Krishna to help him attack Arjuna.
• Arjuna gathered Maha Pralaya’s power and aimed it at Duryodhana, but Bai Mo seized his arm and disrupted the attack.
• Bai Mo and Arjuna clashed with blades, and fragments of Bai Mo’s Blade of Hell engulfed Arjuna.
• Kama unleashed Shiva’s flames while Bai Mo formed Avici Uninterrupted, and their powers collided in a tremendous explosion.
• Arjuna split the smoke with his sword and remained standing, still controlling Maha Pralaya.

Duryodhana struck Arjuna with Krishna’s Moonlight Mace, but Arjuna killed him with Maha Pralaya. Krishna then reached Arjuna and vanished, causing the emotions Arjuna had suppressed to resurface as he realized Krishna had once again filled the place within him that Shiva had cleared.

• Duryodhana traded his iron mace for Krishna’s Moonlight Mace and hit Arjuna in the forehead.
• Arjuna unleashed Maha Pralaya and engulfed Duryodhana after Duryodhana let his guard down.
• Krishna appeared beside Arjuna and touched his shoulder, then collapsed as Bai Mo caught him.
• Bai Mo found that Krishna had stopped breathing, while Arjuna clutched his face as unfamiliar emotions surged through him.
• Arjuna remembered that Shiva had destroyed the Krishna within him, leaving a vacant place that the new Krishna had now filled.

Arjuna tried to suppress Krishna’s influence, but Krishna awakened memories and emotions that weakened Arjuna’s control of the gods’ power. In a vision of the Kurukshetra battlefield, Krishna rejected Arjuna’s claim to uphold Dharma and declared that compassion was its soul, leaving Arjuna unable to carry out its judgment.

• Arjuna tried to seal off Krishna within himself while Bai Mo and Kama attacked him, slowing his divine power.
• Krishna asked Arjuna what the soul of Dharma was, stirring memories of people Arjuna had erased and filling him with painful emotions.
• Arjuna showed Krishna the aftermath of the Kurukshetra War and argued that evil had to be rooted out before it could spread.
• Krishna first appeared to accept Arjuna’s invitation to fight together, then told him that he should never have been the one to uphold Dharma.
• Krishna explained that compassion, not the Pandavas’ virtues, was the soul of Dharma and declared that Arjuna could no longer pass judgment on the world.

Krishna restored Arjuna’s humanity before returning to Vishnu, disrupting Arjuna’s control over his divine power and judgment. Bai Mo fought Arjuna, but Maha Pralaya suddenly regained its authority and unleashed a force that began collapsing everything around them.

• Krishna gave Arjuna the humanity he had lost, then returned to Vishnu’s true self.
• Arjuna erupted with uncontrolled power as Bai Mo attacked, and the Myoken Divine Wheel shredded his golden gauntlet and struck one of his horns.
• Bai Mo battered Arjuna and pulled an energy arrow from his throat, then checked with Kama that Krishna would return to Vishnu once the fight ended.
• Arjuna summoned a sacred warhorse and wielded Maha Pralaya, whose judgment repeatedly rejected Bai Mo as a target.
• Kama fired Bai Mo’s energy-sealed arrow into the warhorse, and Maha Pralaya suddenly approved its use of power, causing the surroundings to begin collapsing.

As Arjuna’s power threatened Sweetness City and Bai Mo disappeared, Karna set out to join the battle despite having no weapon capable of harming him. The Myoken Divine Wheel brought Karna to Ashwatthama and another Karna, who empowered him with a spear and the strength to confront Arjuna.

• Maya warned Karna that his weapons could not hurt Arjuna, but Karna insisted on joining the battle.
• Draupadi gave Karna a strip of red gauze, and Vrishali blessed his departure as he rode out of Sweetness City.
• The Myoken Divine Wheel transported Karna to a white space, where he met Ashwatthama and another version of himself.
• The other Karna entrusted his Spirit Origin and spear to Karna, combining his power with Ashwatthama’s and Surya’s divine strength.
• Karna returned to the city gates and flew toward the battle to face Arjuna.

Karna arrived to confront Arjuna, who abandoned his chance to deal with Kama and eagerly challenged his blood brother. Kama exposed that Indra was still supporting Arjuna, and Arjuna rejected his father's help as the two prepared to fight.

• Arjuna overwhelmed Kama with [Maha Pralaya] and demanded she swear not to enter the void to retrieve Bai Mo.
• Kama refused to abandon Bai Mo, and Karna's spear arrived, drawing Arjuna's delighted attention.
• Karna and Arjuna clashed, and Karna called Arjuna his fourth brother, explaining that he was the eldest by blood.
• Karna asked Kama to bring Master back while he fought Arjuna, and Kama questioned whether Arjuna would keep relying on his father's help.
• Kama revealed that Indra had supported Arjuna, and Arjuna demanded to know if his father intended to help him win.

At the battle in Hastinapura, Kama sacrificed her new divine station to keep Arjuna from escaping into nothingness and becoming a Beast again, leaving Karna to defend the way forward. Karna and Arjuna prepared to resume their fight.

• Draupadi stood alone beside the sacrificial fire in Sweetness City as Arjuna struggled with Indra's support and Karna's taunts about his use of [Maha Pralaya].
• Kama tried to slip into nothingness, but Arjuna warned that doing so could erase her new divine station and turn her into a Beast again.
• Kama chose to burn her divine station with Shiva's flames rather than abandon Arjuna, declaring that her duty as a patron god of the oppressed kept her from leaving.
• After Kama vanished, her Power of Austerity remained as a pillar of light, and Karna received a flower tea recipe she had left for her master.
• Karna vowed to stop Arjuna from advancing, and Arjuna eagerly accepted his challenge.

Karna and Arjuna fought amid the ruins of Hastinapura, with Arjuna unleashing Pashupata and overwhelming Karna’s defenses. As Draupadi offered herself to the sacrificial fire, the souls bound to Karna appeared to stand with him, and his eldest brother urged him to fight.

• Karna and Arjuna began their duel, and Arjuna’s opening attack destroyed Hastinapura.
• Karna and Arjuna traded attacks, while Arjuna recognized that Karna’s Golden Armor and God-Slaying Spear had been strengthened by Bai Mo.
• Arjuna summoned Pashupata and bombarded Karna, whose computing core warned that he would soon have no room to evade.
• Draupadi touched the sacrificial fire and offered her body so it could summon and weave the five sons together.
• Karna recalled Bai Mo’s explanation of how love and trust could let him split his mind, then faced Arjuna’s final star-like arrow.
• The Myoken Divine Wheel resonated with Ashwatthama’s war wheel, and five figures appeared beside Karna as his eldest brother invited him to fight together.

Arjuna unleashed the Fantasy Tree to overwhelm Karna, but the Pandavas helped Karna press their attack and Arjuna recovered a trace of humanity. The chapter ended with Arjuna claiming victory as he summoned Pashupata, despite telling Karna he had not lost.

• Arjuna rejected the familial feelings Krishna had restored, while Karna urged him to search his heart.
• Bhima, Yudhishthira, Nakula, and Sahadeva aided Karna as he attacked Arjuna with the God-Slaying Spear.
• As Karna’s spear began to break through Arjuna’s river of stars, Arjuna summoned the Fantasy Tree and linked the Lostbelt to the past.
• One of the Pandavas struck Arjuna with a punch, and Arjuna sensed that Krishna’s return of his humanity had awakened a new vitality.
• Arjuna summoned Pashupata and told Karna that he had not lost, though Arjuna had won.