Epic of Caterpillar Chapter 2922 2923: The Final Battle Against the Spirit Queen

"Lowly scum. Why do you refuse to prostrate yourselves before the majesty of the spirit queen? Kneel and offer worship to the sun god, you maggots!"

The Spirit Queen bellowed, sunlight radiating from her eyes as she stood atop her rainbow throne. Every Yggdrasil Tree she had painstakingly seized was gone—abducted by the Sun God to further bolster his own might.

Her grandeur had been stripped away, reduced to nothing. She was merely a puppet now, yet one wielding immense power and total dominance over the entire Plane of Spirits. She would be no simple adversary.

In fact, defeating her seemed like an impossible feat by any standard.

However, her challengers remained undeterred.

"Tundra, frost them! Obsidian, entomb them! Skadi, crush them! Hedlehash, infest them! Odin, annihilate them! Thor, pulverize them!"

Her subordinates, invigorated by the Sun God's influence, surged with power that far transcended their original boundaries. Odin and Thor engaged first, directly confronting those who bore deep-seated vendettas against them: Loki, Hel, Freyja, and Gerd.

The deities clashed with savage intensity. Loki swiftly unleashed her illusion magic—now bolstered by her Cosmic Power and Heart Manifestation—altering reality on a minor scale to turn her deceits into physical truth. She destabilized both spirits and gods alike, binding them with shackles that siphoned their energy while warping space to expose their vulnerabilities.

Hel, Freyja, and Gerd joined their forces, with Surtr, Ruby, and Truhan charging on their heels. Hel summoned the essence of death, draining the life force of her foes to bolster the assault. Freyja conjured and tamed dream entities, weaving them into her Manifestation to create giants of countless limbs and heads. Gerd wielded Ymir's Axe with brutal force, unleashing waves of devastating destruction.

Odin and Thor floundered despite their enhanced strength. Odin’s Gungnir was his most lethal tool, yet Loki repeatedly snatched it from his grip. Although he could recall it, her endless tricks left him wide open. Surtr, Ruby, and Truhan capitalized on these openings, pummeling his frame with blazing fists and weaponry.

"D-Damn you! You maggots! Do you honestly believe you can— GAAAH?!"

Odin coughed up blood as Surtr’s fist hammered into his stomach. Truhan sheared through his arms with his axe. Ruby ignited her spirit power, encasing him in explosive fire crystals that detonated across his frame in a ceaseless barrage.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"F-Father?!"

Thor watched in terror as her father was overwhelmed, teetering on the precipice of death. She swung Mjolnir with thunderous malice, targeting Loki—the one orchestrating the assault—and smashing her body repeatedly.

"Damn you, Loki! Traitor, why not join our side instead of resisting? Why not worship the sun beside us, you foolish sister?!"

"Because I'm not a brainwashed simpleton like you, Thor! And for the record, I'm much sharper and better looking, too!"

"What?!"

Thor’s rage reached a boiling point. Her long green hair whipped violently in the air as her muscular frame expanded. She brought her titanic hammer down against Loki, shattering her into fragments and…

Blowing her to pieces!

BOOOMMM!!!

A massive crater scarred the earth. Thor smiled in relief.

"She’s finished! I did it…! Loki is finally dead—"

Before she could finish, agonizing pain tore through her frame. Scores of swords and spears—forged from cosmic heart essence—pierced her completely.

"G-Gaaaha?!"

Thor vomited blood and stared in disbelief as her smug sister shoved her face into the ground and claimed Mjolnir for herself.

"Y-You…! How…! I ended you!"

"That was merely an illusion," Loki chuckled. "Oh wow, look! I'm worthy! Sleep tight, Thor~!"

"LOKI, YOU DAMN BI—"

CRAAASH!

Before Thor could utter another word, Loki pulped her head into carnage with her own hammer, then obliterated the remainder of her body. She seized Thor's soul and sealed it within her personal realm.

"I’ll find a way to play with you later."

Loki returned to her allies, helping them crush Odin.

"I AM…! THE KING OF GODS!!!"

Odin remained defiant to the bitter end. He hardened his muscles, allowing spirit and sunlight to erupt from his form until he stood as a titan.

"WRAAAAHHH!"

But Surtr, Truhan, and Gerd were already upon him. They halted his arrogance in its tracks, pummeling him with relentless strikes from every angle.

"W-Wait! Aaagh! WAIT— AAACK!"

Odin shrieked, but they ignored him. His skin split, bones shattered, flesh burned. His body was reduced to mash, his soul pulverized into countless shards and incinerated into ash.

"WE FINISHED IT!"

"FUCK ODIN!"

"YEAAAAH!"

While they celebrated, Skadi contended with her daughter and companion. Tundra supported her with constant spiritual assaults of ice and frost.

Blaze and Lazuli signaled one another, merging into a majestic cosmic fairy of flame and frost. They rapidly shifted the momentum.

"H-How is this possible?!" Tundra shrieked. "Lazuliiiii!"

The furious, envious sister roared, controlling her mother like a puppet and imbuing her with immense spirit power, warping Skadi into a more monstrous form.

"GRUOOOHHHH!"

Charging the fused sisters, Lazuli-Blaze wore a confident grin. She summoned a blade forged of ice and fire, slashing through both Skadi and Tundra with a single stroke.

"Blazing Ice And Freezing Flame Soul Heart – Sword of Summer and Winter: Aestu-Hiemis!"

SLAAASH!

Tundra’s eyes went wide as her body was cleaved in two. Her halves plummeted, burning and freezing simultaneously in endless agony.

"GYAAAAAHHHH!"

At that same moment, Skadi separated from her spirit-beast shell and collapsed. She slowly blinked her eyes open amidst the carnage.

"Mother!"

Lazuli-Blaze pulled her into a tight embrace, but Skadi appeared bewildered.

"W-Where in the world are we? What is happening?"

The pair infused memories into her mind through psychic contact—the same technique used to liberate her from the beast shell.

Once she processed the truth, Skadi gave a firm nod.

"Azurite, come!"

"Yes, Skadi! I have waited so long for your return!"

Azurite fused with Skadi, transforming her into a towering giantess of ice and spirit energy. Her Heart Essence flooded the area, manifesting a winter wasteland where hundreds of ice titans rose. A massive frost axe manifested in her right hand.

Because Azurite had already been awakened by Kireina, her full potency transferred to Skadi, amplifying drastically during their reunion.

"Let’s move, girls! We have a war to win!"

With Skadi joining the fray and Odin and Thor defeated, the momentum shifted decisively in favor of Kireina’s allies. Tundra remained trapped in perpetual torment, unable to expire. Lazuli-Blaze sealed her within a sphere in her inner realm and set her aside.

"Tundra, you really are a weakling."

Obsidian let out a sigh, donning the Tundra Crown and combining ice with his sealing black crystals. Black sealing frost spread across the field.

"If you hope to reach my queen, you will have to get through me!"

"With pleasure!"

The group roared. Their Heart Manifestations easily nullified his sealing ability—it was ineffective against Heart Path techniques!

"W-Wha…! Wait!"

Obsidian screeched as they fractured his black ice. Chains erupted from his body in a last-ditch effort to stop them, but Skadi roared and shattered them all with her ice axe.

"Son of a bitch! You and your repulsive queen brought despair to my people! This is the hour we reclaim everything you stole!"

With a cry of rage and justified vengeance, Skadi and her daughters unified their power. Obsidian—who relied entirely on sealing and lacked direct combat prowess—was smashed into brittle shards like glass.

"W-Wait! WAIT A SECOND— AAAAGH!"

Obsidian crumbled into black crystals, then was ground into dust and burned until nothing remained. The seal curse dispersed. Those he had imprisoned in Niflheim—within Kireina’s Realm—finally opened their eyes once more.

Meanwhile, Hedlehash was being tormented by spirits. Nereid, Kjata, Ocypete, and Smilkas unleashed their awakened Heart Manifestation powers—her greatest vulnerability. They negated her parasitizing magic and turned her own creations against her.

"A-Ahhh! Aaaggghh! My queen! Save meeeeee!"

Hedlehash was a sorcerer rather than a warrior. Powerless to resist as her abilities were so easily nullified, she was consumed alive by her own monstrosities.

"Alright, we’ve finished with the trash, it seems!" Freyja announced, stepping forward. She merged with her Dream Entity Monster, transforming into a giant similar to the Spirit Queen. "Where is my son, bitch?! Where is Freyr?!"

"Heh, right here," the Spirit Queen sneered. She revealed both within her Spirit Heart, fueling herself with immense power. "You are not the only one capable of manipulating dreams!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Endless reality-distorting explosions rang out. Space and time fractured as the Dream Plane materialized. Both queens roared and collided.

The Spirit Plane re-emerged, attempting to crush the Dream Plane, but Freyja fought back with fierce tenacity.

Two mighty Planes—wielded by their respective Queens—shattered the earth and tore the heavens asunder.

The Spirit Queen ultimately proved far more dominant.

"Nnnggh…! Y-Youuuu!"

Freyja roared, gathering more power, but she was too inexperienced. She lacked the ability to fully command the Dream Plane like her rival.

"Hahahaha! Pathetic! You are simply pathetic! Did you really believe I required those useless goons?! They were nothing more than my toys! I am powerful enough to crush ANYONE!"

The Spirit Queen laughed as she repeatedly kicked Freyja’s face with her massive spirit-crystal foot, battering her over and over. Both Planes shuddered; dimensional fissures tore through the area.

"Freyja!"

Reinforcements arrived quickly. A tsunami roared forward. The waters morphed into countless sea serpents and krakens, slamming into the Spirit Queen and sending her tumbling!

SPLAAASH!

Emerging from the tsunami was Poseidon—fused with Sapphirine. He unleashed a barrage of primordial cosmic spirit-sea attacks, creating an opening as a portal materialized behind him, bringing the rest of the ranks.

Truhan advanced with Surtr, while Ruby remained fused at his side. Trailing behind were Skadi with Azurite, plus Lazuli-Blaze beside Nereid, Ocypete, Kjata, and Smilkas.

"Who summoned some backup?!" Smilkas yelled. She morphed into a titan of spirit crystals and swung a gargantuan hammer toward the Spirit Queen, driving her into a sea of liquefied dreams.

"Aaaaaahhh?!"

As the Spirit Queen coughed up blood and the dream sea began to devour her, she escaped and flew higher—only to be struck by two blazing titans who slammed her back down with axe and hammer, half her head erupting in gore.

SPLAAASH!

"Gaaaahhh!"

She groaned and attempted to leap upward again. Loki distorted reality, forcing the very air around her to rebound back into the sea.

"D-Damn it!"

The water formed countless hands, seizing her body and pulverizing her spiritual form—and her very soul.

Poseidon and Freyja joined their power to command the Sea of Dreams, morphing it into hundreds of fists that hammered her without mercy.

Her body grew fragile, shattering into shards that vanished within the Sea of Dreams.

"RAAAAHHHH! I AM THE QUEEN OF SPIRITS!!! I SHALL NOT YIELD! I WILL NOT… DIEEEEEEE!"

As she bellowed in desperation, her sisters—Ruby, Azurite, and Sapphirine—observed her with pity. They combined their Spiritual Power into a singular, colossal sphere of iridescent light.

"Farewell, sister!"

Smilkas, Ocypete, Kjata, and Nereid absorbed the rainbow radiance, unifying into a shimmering dragon of iridescent spiritual crystals. It lunged, piercing the Spirit Queen’s chest to liberate Freyja’s child and reclaim Freyr while obliterating her soul for good.

"T-THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE…! NOOOOOO!"

BOOOMMM!!!

Unable to survive the catastrophic trauma, the Spirit Queen detonated. Her remnants were rapidly consumed by the Dream Sea, fading away amidst the endless illusions.

The Spirit Queen, Ruler of the Spirit Plane, had finally been vanquished!