Welcome to NGB and our Shin Megami Tensei V (SMTV) Vengeance walkthrough on the To the Empyrean / Temple of Eternity main quest! Here we’ll cover everything you’ll need to breeze through this quest and finish the game!
To the Empyrean Walkthrough
After completing The Three Keys main quest, head to the Umayabashi leyline then follow the bridge south to reach Honjo. Once in Honjo, follow the path to the objective to trigger a cutscene. If playing SMTV Vengeance, please note that there is a husk along the way! Use the glowing object to move to the Temple of Eternity!
Temple of Eternity Collectibles
In the Temple of Eternity, you can obtain the following items from the chests:
- 1F
- Adramelech’s Essence x1
- Balm of Life
- Seal Gem
- Sleep Gem
- Repulse Bell x2
- Grimoire x2
- Kali’s Essence x1
- Bead Chain
- Vasuki’s Essence x1
- 2F
- Charge Gem x2
- Critical Gem x3
- Arioch’s Essence x1
- Attack Mirror x1
- Magic Mirror x1
- Chakra Drop
- Ongyo-Ki’s Essence x1
- Odin’s Essence x1
- 3F
- Concentrate Gem x3
- Chi You’s Essence x1
- Chakra Pot x1
- Mada’s Essence x1
- Amrita Shower
Make your way through the temple to reach 4F. A cutscene will trigger followed by a boss fight with a Level 78 Metatron. He has no weaknesses, resists Fire, Ice, Electric and Force and blocks Light. Defeat him to receive a Large Glory Crystal and his essence! He will also unlock for fusion. Head through the doors behind Metatron to continue forward.
SMTV Vengeance only: After the leyline, a fight with Level 80 Ichiro Dazai and Abdiel will trigger. Ichiro Dazai is weak to Ice, resists Light and Dark and blocks Fire. He uses Fire attacks and can inflict Confusion, Sleep and Mirage. He also reflects Magic attacks and lowers stats. Abdiel is weak to Light, resists Ice, Electric and Force, and reflects Dark. She has a severe dark attack that hits the whole party and can increase the damage of her next attack and adds Pierce effect. She uses physical attacks and can boost all her and Ichiro’s stats.
Empyrean Collectibles
In Empyrean, you can find the following chests:
- Phys Dampener
- Whittled Goat
- Sandalphon’s Essence x1
- Gospel x1
- Grimoire x3
- Vishnu’s Essence x1
- Bead Chain
- Magic Mirror x1
- Chakra Pot
- Attack Mirror x1
- Beelzebub’s Essence x1
- Balm of Life
If you did all of Demeter’s subquests, you’ll be able to speak with her to obtain “A Plot Revealed”. For this subquest, you’ll fight a Level 86 Zeus. He is weak to Force and blocks Electric, Light and Dark. He uses Electric, Physical and Almighty skills. After you defeat him, you’ll unlock Zeus as a fusion, receive Demeter’s Essence x1 and Demeter will join your party.
After pressing forward past Demeter, a battle will trigger with 3 Level 79 Melchizedek. They are weak to Force, block Dark and drain Light. Continue along the path to be stopped by yet another demon. This time you’ll be challenged by Level 80 Sraosha. Sraosha is weak to Force, resists Electric and drains Light.
Along the path, speak to Maria to receive The Noble Queen subquest. You’ll only be able to obtain this quest if you have the Seed of Life, which you obtain from Sophia in the World of Shadows after fusing 75% of the demons. Accepting her quest will trigger a fight with a Level 81 Danu. She is weak to Dark, blocks Light and resists Electric, Force, Ice and Fire. She uses Light, Physical and Almighty attacks. She can heal and put your party to sleep. During the fight, she’ll summon Level 78 Mandrakes into the fight. They are weak to Fire. Defeat them to complete the subquest. As a reward, you’ll receive 150,000 Macca and Lady Danu will unlock for fusion.
As you approach the second leyline (Path to the Throne), a fight with a Level 81 Alilat will trigger. It resists Light and Dark. After the leyline, head up the stairs to trigger a cutscene followed by a boss fight based on your decision.
SMTV: For us it was a Level 83 Abdiel. She is weak to Ice, drains Electric and blocks Dark. Halfway through the fight, she’ll summon a Depraved Wing and Depraved Arm. The Depraved Wing casts a reflect all magic on Abdiel while the Depraved Arm increases her accuracy and evasion. The wing is weak to electric and the arms is weak to light. Defeat the boss to continue the cutscene. Afterwards, follow the path forward to trigger another boss fight. For us it was against a Level 83 Tsukuyomi. He is weak to Fire, drains Ice and resists Electric. During battle, he’ll create copies of himself. Defeat him to continue the cutscene.
SMTV Vengeance: For us it was a Level 83 Tiamat who is made up of 4 parts. The Tiamat part resists all but Ice, which she drains, and uses all Ice attacks. The Dragon Head is weak to Light and Dark and drains Ice. It uses Physical attacks. Goat Head is weak to Physical and drains Ice. It uses Fire, Electric and Force attacks. Camel Head is weak to Fire, Electric and Force and drains Ice. It uses Light and Dark attacks. Every time you defeat a head, it steals HP from Tiamat, so focus your attention on the heads! For round 2 of the fight, you’ll face Level 84 Tehom who is weak to all but Physical and has severe attacks for all elements. After the first turn, she’ll change her resistances and will continue doing so throughout the entire fight! Afterwards, continue to the realm beyond the earth and the heavens to fight Level 85 Lucifer. He resists Physical, blocks Fire, Ice, Electric and Force and drains Light. He has all elemental attacks except Light and Dark.
Congratulations! You’ve finished the game.