Desri

Desri is one of Yulan's veteran Prime Saints, an experienced entrant to the Necropolis of the Gods, and a direct subordinate of Beirut. He combines speed and institutional knowledge with a light-style focus on the soul. After surviving the Necropolis expedition and becoming a Deity, he joins Linley Baruch and Olivier Akerlund in confronting Beaumont over the mass harvesting of Yulan's souls. His divine light clone is later destroyed, leaving his original body to pursue a new path through the Edicts of Death. (Chapters 333–334, 348, 403–404, and 411–416)

Desri's supporting role is defined less by solitary victory than by judgment under pressure. He explains dangers that inexperienced Saints do not recognize, helps coordinate survival plans, and commits himself to protecting Linley while Linley prepares a decisive spell. Once divine, he applies the same sense of duty to the civilian population of his home plane, treating Beaumont's killings as a shame no Yulan Deity should tolerate. (Chapters 334, 348, 360, and 403)

Biography

The Necropolis, Deityhood, And Yulan Conflicts

Before entering the Necropolis, Desri stands among the highest tier of Saints and explains that he, Rosarie, Tulily, and Rutherford answer directly to Beirut. His previous expeditions make him a source of unwelcome but necessary knowledge: when the route is revealed, he gravely explains that three separate Necropolises exist and warns the group about the danger ahead. Inside, his speed helps him escape the Queen Mother's tendrils, while his questions about their regeneration keep the survivors focused on finding a workable method rather than assuming temporary damage is enough. (Chapters 333–334 and 348)

On the later floors, Desri acknowledges that his understanding of Lightspeed is not deep enough to seize a divine spark alone, but refuses to treat the mission as hopeless. He joins the plan built around Linley's Dimensional Edge, promises that the others will block the Abyssal Blade Demons even at the cost of their lives, and reaches the exit among the first survivors. The expedition confirms both his limits and his reliability: he cannot match Linley's highest attacks, yet he helps create the protection that lets those attacks matter. (Chapters 360 and 375)

After advancing to Deityhood, Desri helps confront Beaumont over the destruction of Yulan's population. He insists that their homeland cannot be abandoned to mass killing and demands the return of the harvested souls, rejecting Beaumont's attempt to end the dispute without restitution. In combat, Desri's white-light soul attack hurts Beaumont initially but later fails against his altered defense. Desri thus develops from an experienced Saint expedition leader into a divine defender whose specialization is dangerous but not decisive against every God-level opponent. (Chapters 403–404)

That limitation becomes decisive when Desri refuses to abandon Linley during Ojwin's attack. A stronger Demigod endures his spiritual attack and destroys his divine light clone, ending five thousand years of cultivation in that path while his original Prime Saint body survives. After withdrawing in grief, Desri decides that he no longer wants to rely principally on spiritual combat. He accepts Beaumont's death-type divine spark from Linley and begins a new fusion path intended to combine soul and close-range capabilities. (Chapters 411–416)

Appearance and personality

Desri first appears as an elegant middle-aged man and is later called suave, but the cited chapters provide few other stable physical details. His expression changes sharply with circumstances: his face becomes dark when he must explain the dangerous Necropolis route and cold when Beaumont dismisses Yulan's dead. After losing his divine clone, his hair becomes disheveled and his former gentle, ever-smiling bearing gives way to a brutal aura. (Chapters 285, 334, 403, and 416)

Desri is calm, pragmatic, and protective. He rests the group after a narrow escape, redirects attention from speculation to the Queen Mother's demonstrated regeneration, and openly measures his own understanding against the challenges ahead. His caution does not become passivity. He promises to hold off lethal enemies for Linley and later risks battle with Beaumont because continued survival would be shameful if Yulan's inhabitants were left undefended. (Chapters 348, 360, and 403)

Abilities and cultivation

Desri begins the cited Necropolis expedition as a Prime Saint and later creates a divine light clone. Speed and soul effects are that clone's most visible strengths, but the Beaumont battle shows that a newly advanced Deity can still be countered by stronger defenses. When the clone is destroyed, Desri's original body survives at the Prime Saint level but can no longer resume its independent light-law path; his latest cited choice is to fuse a death-type divine spark and become a Deity again through a different route. (Chapters 333, 348, 360, 403–404, and 411–416)

Light-style speed

Desri is among the fastest members of the Necropolis group, alongside Bebe and Fain. That speed lets him escape the Queen Mother's regenerating tendrils and later reach the exit through a field of Abyssal Blade Demons. He nevertheless states that his insight into the Lightspeed aspect is not deep enough for the extreme speed needed to claim the divine spark, distinguishing high relative mobility from mastery of the profound mystery. (Chapters 348 and 360)

Soul attacks

As a Deity, Desri emits a strange ripple of white light from his chest that reaches Beaumont almost immediately and causes him pain. Linley identifies this as a soul-focused application of the Laws of Light and regards soul matters as Desri's principal specialty. The attack is therefore more than ordinary radiance or physical force: its demonstrated target is Beaumont's soul rather than his body. (Chapter 404)

The same fight establishes a limit. After Beaumont surrounds himself with a changed gray aura, Desri repeats the attack and sees no effect, leaving him shocked. The source does not explain the full mechanism of either the aura or Desri's technique, so it establishes an effective soul strike and a demonstrated counter without supporting a claim that the attack bypasses all divine defenses. (Chapter 404)

Experience and tactical judgment

Desri has entered the Necropolis before and can interpret its route, enemy behavior, and comparative risks for less experienced Saints. He helps formulate group responses rather than issuing unsupported commands: he asks for ideas, tests assumptions about regeneration, warns when enemy density rises, and commits the faster fighters to shielding Linley's spell preparation. This experience is a practical capability even though it is not a named cultivation technique. (Chapters 334, 348, and 360)

Loss of the light clone and death path

Desri's original body remains safe in the pocket dimension while his divine light clone fights Ojwin's subordinates. A stronger Demigod withstands Desri's spiritual attack, shatters the clone's divine spark, and destroys its soul. Because Desri had reached Deityhood independently, the loss prevents the surviving body from receiving another natural light divine spark, reducing him to his Prime Saint original and closing that mode of advancement. (Chapters 411–413)

Desri declines Linley's promise to recover the stolen light spark because two battles have convinced him that exclusive reliance on spiritual attacks is disadvantageous at close range. He instead accepts Beaumont's black Demigod spark, whose Edicts of Death include both spiritual and close-combat applications, and agrees to fuse it at Dragonblood Castle. The spark offers renewed Deityhood, but through fusion rather than another independent breakthrough. (Chapter 416)

Power progression

Relationships

• Linley Baruch: Desri initially recognizes Linley as a peer among the strongest Saints and later helps protect him while he prepares a decisive Necropolis spell. Their alliance continues after both become Deities, when they confront Beaumont together over the fate of Yulan's population. Desri then refuses to desert Linley against Ojwin, losing his light clone before Linley helps him choose and begin a new death-style cultivation path. (Chapters 333, 348, 360, 375, 403–404, and 411–416)
• Beirut: Desri is one of four Prime Saints who answer directly to Beirut and had previously been told to watch over Linley and Bebe. This places him within Beirut's Saint camp before the Necropolis expedition and explains his access to information and responsibilities beyond those of an unaffiliated expert. (Chapter 333)
• Fain: Desri and Fain occupy the same leading tier among the expedition's Saints and are repeatedly among its fastest or most experienced members. They exchange judgments and accept shared risks, forming part of the practical leadership that keeps the larger group coordinated. (Chapters 333–334, 348, and 360)
• Olivier Akerlund: Olivier survives the Necropolis plan alongside Desri and later joins him as a newly advanced Deity confronting Beaumont. Their attacks pressure the stronger opponent in different ways—Olivier through his own combined power and Desri through the soul—even though neither can settle the fight alone. (Chapters 360 and 403–404)

Items

No notable item is assigned to Desri in the centralized item inventory. He accepts Beaumont's unnamed death-type Demigod spark from Linley after losing his light clone, but the spark is a cultivation resource rather than a separately cataloged personal artifact. (Chapter 416)