The narrator returns to the village and finds that it has been completely erased. He wonders who the demon lord was, and wonders if the emperor's intent was too powerful. He concludes that after learning the maxim, "infinite nothing has no beginning," something mysterious begins to bloom within his soul ocean. The narrator asks if he has found anything, and the narrator replies that he has only found pieces and pieces. He asks the narrator to continue looking for stones of light, but the narrator says that they might run into some powerful demon beasts. He suggests that they merge with the demon beast and search the area for something similar to the demon stele