Chapter Summaries

The High Priest and the players tried to destroy the Lord of the Netherworld's arm so their god could descend, but the Demon Domain froze their attack and the arm vanished. After the blast killed most of them, the survivors returned to the temple, where the High Priest insisted they still had a chance.

• The High Priest gathered the players' remaining power and condensed it into a point of light to strike the cracked arm.
• The Demon Domain appeared, slowing time and stopping the point of light just short of the arm.
• The Lord of the Netherworld's arm vanished, and the trapped point of light exploded, killing most of the players and badly injuring the High Priest.
• The High Priest fled to the temple with the few surviving players, who despaired over their repeated failure.
• The High Priest told the survivors that the Demon could not enter the temple for now and that they still had a chance.

The High Priest received greater power from the god and healed and resurrected the surviving players. He led them into the temple to wait for the Demon, confident its mechanisms and the possibility of summoning the god’s avatar would ensure victory.

• The High Priest prayed at the divine statue, and the god granted him greater power and healed his injuries.
• The High Priest healed the surviving players and told them to stay inside the temple rather than pursue the Demon.
• The High Priest resurrected the players who had died outside the temple, restoring their bodies.
• The High Priest led everyone back into the temple and explained its mechanisms and the plan to lure the Demon inside.

Shen Hao entered the temple to destroy the god’s statue and prevent the god from descending, while leaving the damaged Demon's Left Arm unattached. The high priest and the players unleashed the temple’s divine power against him, and the players charged as his Demon Domain collapsed.

• Shen Hao examined the cracked Demon's Left Arm and decided to let it heal before attaching it.
• Shen Hao arrived at the temple and walked inside, intending to destroy the god’s statue.
• The high priest alerted the players, who had disguised themselves as armored statues, that Shen Hao had arrived.
• The high priest activated the temple’s sacred power, pinning Shen Hao in place as his Demon Domain shrank and vanished.
• The high priest urged the players to attack, and they charged at Shen Hao to kill and devour him.

The demon broke the statue’s death-thread, weakening the temple’s divine power, then destroyed the statue and temple as the players and high priest tried to kill him. With their god’s protection uncertain, the players fled, but the demon sent the withered arm after them.

• The demon saw the statue’s weak points and snapped one of its death-threads, causing cracks to spread and the temple’s power over him to weaken.
• The statue shattered into neat pieces, shocking the high priest and players as the demon’s restrictions lifted.
• The temple collapsed into uniform blocks, burying nearly everyone while the demon used his power to keep the stones away from himself.
• The high priest urged the players to attack, but they feared fighting without the god’s protection and fled in different directions.
• The demon released the withered arm, which floated into the air and began searching for prey.

Shen Hao's Demon destroyed the temple and slaughtered the players, while the high priest escaped by sending his soul away. The high priest learned that he had only been bait and that his god had already descended into the world.

• The Demon's arm absorbed the fleeing players, healed its cracks, and killed everyone except Shen Hao and the high priest.
• The high priest teleported away from the arm, then let it drain his body while his soul escaped to a distant place.
• Shen Hao used the Eye of Cause and Effect to search for the high priest after seeing his soul escape.
• The high priest possessed a new body and met a God's Messenger, who told him he had been used to deceive the Lord of the Netherworld's lingering will.
• The God's Messenger revealed that the god had already descended and would soon become the world's god.

The high priest learned that the god had no use for him, then died when the Demon destroyed the god’s messenger and burned him alive. Shen Hao realized the god had descended and joined the Demon’s left arm to his own as the god’s power pressed against his Demon Domain.

• The woman told the high priest the god would turn the world’s people into captive believers and had no need for him.
• The Demon’s aura appeared, and the woman shattered into pieces before the high priest could escape.
• The high priest burned in eerie green flames until he died.
• Shen Hao realized destroying the temple and idol had not prevented the god’s descent, and that the god would target him as the Lord of the Netherworld’s ally.
• Shen Hao opened his Demon Domain, then severed his left arm and fused the Demon’s left arm to his body.

After absorbing the Demon's left arm, Shen Hao learned that the Lord of the Netherworld had chosen him to inherit the Demon's power and protect the world from an invading god. He realized he needed to gain control of the world's Divine Authority to oppose the god, then began examining his newly completed Demon body.

• Shen Hao absorbed memories explaining how the Lord of the Netherworld's accumulated resentment became the Demon, who later separated from him as an independent being.
• Shen Hao learned that the Lord of the Netherworld had died after leaving behind a plan to keep another god from fully entering the Netherworld.
• Shen Hao discovered that he had been chosen as the plan's only viable successor because he was a native of the Netherworld and resembled the Demon.
• Shen Hao learned that he needed to control the Netherworld's Divine Authority to become its god and fight the invading god.
• Shen Hao examined the power granted by the Demon's left arm after it fused with his body.

Shen Hao discovered that becoming a true Demon had greatly increased his attributes and granted him new abilities, but the god from another world was draining his Fear Points. He found this world’s Divine Authority and seized its crystal after the world’s supreme rule repelled the rival god, though the consequences of touching it remained unknown.

• Shen Hao examined his new Demon’s Left Hand and Demon Body abilities and learned that fear could fuel his power and keep him from disappearing.
• Shen Hao realized the invading god was draining his Fear Points and decided he needed to claim this world’s Divine Authority to survive.
• Shen Hao used the Eye of Cause and Effect to locate the crystal that embodied Divine Authority.
• Shen Hao discovered that the rival god was also reaching for the crystal, but the world’s supreme rule repelled the god’s power.
• Shen Hao shattered the god’s unstable power with the Demon’s Left Hand and seized the Divine Authority crystal.

Shen Hao rejected the world’s Divine Authority and destroyed its crystal to keep the Outer God from claiming it, temporarily removing the Supreme Law. The freed god unleashed his full power, and Shen Hao crossed into the real world to fight him.

• Shen Hao refused the Lord of the Netherworld’s offer of Divine Authority because he would not accept its shackle, and the Lord’s remaining consciousness vanished.
• When the Outer God reached for the crystal, Shen Hao used Gaze into Death to find and break the crystal’s flaw, destroying it and temporarily erasing the Supreme Law.
• The Outer God told Shen Hao that destroying the crystal had freed him from the world’s restraints, then demanded that Shen Hao submit and become his believer.
• After Shen Hao refused, the Outer God collapsed the Demon Domain, and Shen Hao tore open the spatial barrier and entered the real world.
• The Outer God followed Shen Hao into the real world and declared that nowhere in it could shelter him.

Shen Hao expanded the Demon Domain across nearly a hundred cities, but the deity’s power stopped it from spreading farther. When people’s faith in their god kept their fear from growing, Shen Hao transformed the domain into hell to make them doubt their salvation.

• Shen Hao’s Demon Domain spread across several nearby cities, making people panic beneath a blood-red sky and the Demon’s eye.
• The domain reached nearly a hundred cities before the deity’s power blocked further expansion, and Shen Hao stopped spreading it.
• Shen Hao’s Fear Points rose past a million, then nearly stopped increasing as people calmed down and prayed to their god.
• Shen Hao realized people’s faith gave them hope, so he changed the Demon Domain into a hellish place and vowed to destroy their faith.
• The people began doubting whether their god would save them, but soon convinced themselves that their god had not yet heard their prayers.

Shen Hao turned the Demon Domain into a tormenting hell, breaking its people’s faith and harvesting their fear. After he made their god appear to be defeated, their despair drove his Fear Points past ten million, letting the Demon Domain expand and challenge the god’s power.

• As the people grew accustomed to the Demon Domain’s horrors and Shen Hao’s Fear Point gains slowed, he transformed cities into hells of fire, blades, gales, and magma that caused agony without killing anyone.
• The torment made people doubt and resent their god, and Shen Hao’s Fear Points climbed past three million before the fear began to subside.
• A sacred face appeared in the sky, and the people believed their god had come to rescue them.
• Shen Hao’s demonic face appeared and shattered the god’s image, then a voice told the people they would have to rely on their own strength.
• The people fell into utter despair, sending Shen Hao’s Fear Points past ten million and allowing the Demon Domain to expand and contend with the god’s power.

Shen Hao used his Demon Domain to gather Fear Points and resist the deity, surviving the deity’s attacks and escaping a world of darkness. With nearly enough power to retaliate, he rapidly expanded the Demon Domain across the world.

• Shen Hao expanded and reshaped the Demon Domain, gathering thirty million Fear Points as the deity’s controlled territory shrank.
• The deity broke into the Demon Domain and tried to crush Shen Hao with a giant hand, but something drained its power and forced it to withdraw.
• Shen Hao teleported around the Demon Domain, repeatedly spreading it to harvest Fear Points while evading the deity.
• The deity dragged Shen Hao and the Demon Domain into a lifeless space, but Shen Hao found the space’s weakest point and collapsed it.
• Back in the original world, Shen Hao prepared a fatal counterattack and rapidly expanded the Demon Domain without regard for the cost.

Shen Hao used his Demon Domain to turn the world’s people away from the god, steadily weakening him until the god could no longer resist. When the god tried to flee, Shen Hao trapped his avatar and seized it with the Demon’s Left Hand, which began draining his power.

• Shen Hao expanded his Demon Domain across densely populated regions, making people endure hell and abandon their faith in the god.
• As the god lost followers and power, he offered to divide the world with Shen Hao, but Shen Hao rejected the terms and demanded everything.
• Shen Hao continued expanding the Demon Domain until the god’s power fell below his, and the god gave up the world and tried to leave.
• Shen Hao used the Eye of Cause and Effect to locate the god and trapped him inside the Demon Domain before he could escape.
• Shen Hao reached the god across millions of miles with the Demon’s Left Hand and began draining his power.

Shen Hao absorbed the god’s avatar, restored and strengthened the Demon's Left Hand, then crossed into the god’s world and killed him there. After leaving both worlds terrified, Shen Hao saw the Kingdom of God and set out to hunt its gods.

• Shen Hao absorbed the god’s avatar, gaining his power and abilities and making the Demon's Left Hand stronger than ever.
• Shen Hao withdrew the Demon Domain from his devastated world, opened a passage, and traveled to the god’s world.
• Shen Hao spread the Demon Domain across the new world, plunged its people into hell, and dragged their god out of hiding.
• Shen Hao crushed the god, leaving the world without its ruler and its people in despair.
• Shen Hao saw the Kingdom of God through the Eye of Cause and Effect and vowed to kill its gods one by one.