 Tracking down Soul Edge, he manipulated events so that Soul Calibur would come to him, serving as the main antagonist of "Soulcalibur III".Hoping to use the combined energies of the swords to end his existence, he was instead transformed into a monster called Abyss.During these events he had a vision of the future, and desiring to see it firsthand he returned to life, acting in "Soulcalibur IV" to protect the swords in case their destruction broke his cycle of reincarnation.