Chapter Summaries

Allen trained Hellhound to devour magical creatures and grow stronger, while the mages searching for Allen returned to Kamar-Taj without finding him. The chapter ended with the Book of Vishanti descending from a higher dimension as Kamar-Taj faced an ominous situation.

• Allen branded Hellhound's soul, summoned a Shadow Cat, and ordered the frightened puppy to devour it, but the cat overpowered him.
• Allen began Hellhound's grueling training, and after three days Hellhound awakened his hellfire talent and fought the Shadow Cat again.
• Hellhound defeated the Shadow Cat with a hellfire attack and devoured it using inscriptions Allen had placed in his soul.
• The Ancient One returned to Kamar-Taj, Agatha went back to her family, and Geralt returned to the School of the Wolf while the other mages searched unsuccessfully for Allen.
• A veteran mage returned to Kamar-Taj severely wounded, the other searching mages came back, and the Book of Vishanti descended from a higher dimension.

Allen tried to leave the castle with Hellhound, but the female mages blocked his way and prepared to kill him. He used his new area-of-effect spells to incapacitate them, then walked away into the forest with Hellhound.

• Hellhound defeated and devoured a demon scorpion, awakening his racial talent as Allen packed to leave the castle.
• A group of female mages confronted Allen at the gate and prepared a spell to kill him, but Jarna was stopped by Allen's Shy Mouth Shut Technique.
• Allen used Ekron's Form and the Ubiquitous 'Dame' Technique to spread his Physiological Tide Incontinence Torrent Surgery across the mages.
• The mages collapsed, unable to pursue Allen, while Hellhound lay drained of mana.
• Allen carried Hellhound into the forest, leaving Jarna unconscious and the other mages struggling to recover.

Allen encountered a Demon Snake woman from the Emerald Realm and used painful spells to subdue her. After learning that her tribe had migrated into the human world, he decided to become their snake king.

• Allen got lost in the forest with Hellhound and waited beside a campfire until dawn.
• A Demon Snake woman tried to lure Allen with bewilderment magic, but he resisted and inflicted several painful spells on her.
• The snake woman explained that she had come from the Emerald Realm, where a curtain of light had opened a passage to the human world.
• Allen learned that the Demon Snake Tribe captured human males to reproduce and decided to seek out the whole tribe.
• The tribe's Queen, Inxilius, ordered the Demon Snakes to stay hidden, while the returning hunters learned that Mi'er had brought back a man.

Allen used his duplicates and a spell that drained Hellhound’s mana to overwhelm the Demon Snake Tribe, whose members became infatuated with the spell’s effects. Inxilius refused to surrender her rule, but her subjects turned against her as Allen declared himself their new king.

• Mi'er told Inxilius that Allen was a virgin, and Inxilius welcomed him as a potential mate for the Demon Snake Tribe.
• Allen revealed he was alive and challenged Inxilius, then created thousands of duplicates with Ekron's Form.
• The Demon Snake guards and other tribe members eagerly swarmed Allen and his duplicates, letting him lure the tribe outside the cave.
• Allen activated Physiological Tide Incontinence Torrent Surgery across the tribe, while Hellhound arrived and collapsed after lending him his mana.
• Allen declared himself the tribe’s new king, but Inxilius refused to submit, and the tribe members turned their sharpened gazes toward her.

Allen became king of the Demon Snake Tribe and led them against their natural enemies, the Demon Owls. After leveling up during the battle, he chased the fleeing Demon Owl King to a cliff, where the king offered a secret in exchange for his tribe’s lives.

• Allen stopped the Demon Snake guards from eating his drained Hellhound and accepted the tribe’s choice to make him their king.
• Allen dressed Inxilius in a braided snake-hair style and made her carry him as his mount while he set rules for the tribe’s monthly blessings.
• When the Demon Owls attacked, Allen flew into the sky with Inxilius and killed dozens with a rocket launcher and Gatling gun.
• Allen gained enough experience to reach mage level 30 and learned Omniscient Intuition as the Demon Snake guards hunted the grounded Demon Owls.
• Allen and Inxilius pursued the fleeing Demon Owl Tribe to a cliff, where the Demon Owl King offered a secret to save his people.

After Allen sent the Demon Owl Tribe back to the Emerald Realm, Chthon’s use of the Emerald Crystal drew the attention of Earth’s divine protectors and began a standoff between them and the Multiverse Council. The battle had not started yet, and Chthon was waiting for the council’s final member, the Black Death Emperor.

• Allen took the Emerald Crystal from the Demon Owl King, confirmed that it had not been tampered with, and let the Demon Owl Tribe return to the Emerald Realm.
• Chthon traced the crystal’s magic to Earth, where Vishanti warned him that Ancient Gods were forbidden from entering.
• Atlas joined Chthon, prompting Zeus and the Olympian gods to confront them; Dormammu and Odin then arrived, bringing the opposing sides to a three-against-three deadlock.
• Mephisto revealed that he had been waiting nearby, but the Father of Heaven emerged to support Vishanti’s side.
• Amun-Ra arrived to support Earth’s gods, and Tri-Omni-Man stepped through a Dimensional Channel to join Chthon’s side.
• Chthon told Tri-Omni-Man to wait for the Black Death Emperor before fighting, since the council was still missing one member.

While the gods fought rebellions and enemies across their realms, Allen continued developing magic and training the Demon Snake Tribe. The chapter ended with snake women mistaking screams from Allen’s venom-magic research for something else.

• Athena led the Olympian army against giants who escaped their furnace prison while Lucifer’s rebellion in Heaven ended with the Heavenly Father casting the rebels into hell as Fallen Angels.
• Malekith’s forces attacked Asgard as Thor, Loki, and the Valkyries fought back; Laufey discovered Loki’s Frost Giant heritage before an arrow interrupted him, and Odin awakened the Destroyer Armor.
• Darkness spread across the Egyptian desert, prompting Horus to summon the gods to fight Set and other forces opposed to Amun-Ra.
• Allen boasted of creating nine spells and agreed to study poison magic with Demon Snake mages, then proposed new combat training for the guards.
• Allen demonstrated tail-powered jumping by stomping on Inxilius’s coiled tail, sending her high into the air before she crashed back down.
• Ten snake mages entered Allen’s cave to research venom magic, while the other snake women listened to the screams inside and guessed incorrectly about what was happening.

Allen developed poison spells with the Demon Snake Tribe and rescued Agatha and the Coven from Black Witches using Intoxicating Smoke. After the group woke in his cave, Agatha explained that war had thrown the magical and mortal worlds into chaos.

• Allen demonstrated Poison Dragon's Breath, Intoxicating Smoke, and other poison spells, then taught the Demon Snake Tribe to cultivate poison magic.
• Cui Liu reported that witches were fleeing toward the territory, and Allen ordered the tribe to capture them.
• Agatha tried to split the Coven and protect her unconscious mother, Ivana, but Black Witches surrounded them and threatened to capture them.
• Allen arrived on the Demon Snake Queen and used Intoxicating Smoke, cast through portals by the Demon Snake mages, to knock out the Black Witches and the Coven.
• Allen's guards looted and disposed of the Black Witches, while the Coven was taken to a cave and gradually woke up.
• Agatha told Allen that the good and evil factions were at war and that Black Witches were hunting the White Witches; she also said Kamar-Taj had searched for him before the unrest began.

Allen returned to Kamar-Taj after infiltrating the Hermes Church, then agreed to help reinforce the Third Sanctum on the New Continent. He left for the site with Yao Mei, Agatha, a veteran mage, the Coven, and more than three thousand Demon Snakes.

• The veteran mages at Kamar-Taj worried about the shortage of defenders as they built the Three Sanctums and learned that Allen had returned.
• Allen told the mages he had joined the Hermes Church while pursuing necromancers and had been held at Silent Castle, where he avoided the female mages arranged around him.
• The veteran mages assigned Allen to help at the New Continent’s Third Sanctum, and he requested that Yao Mei accompany him.
• Allen led the group through a portal to the New Continent, where mages and immigrants were building the Third Sanctum.
• The Ancient One questioned Allen about bringing more than three thousand Demon Snakes, and Allen insisted that he would protect his people as their Cobra King.

Allen and the Demon Snake Tribe settled at a sanctuary threatened by hostile natives and Fallen Gods. When Hellhound detected intruders in the forest, Allen turned the pursuit into a bizarre comedy, then claimed he could speak dog language as he caught up with his pet.

• The Demon Snake Tribe arrived at the sanctuary, where the mages explained the dangers posed by native tribes, totem gods, Fallen God Apostles, and Fallen Gods.
• Hellhound sensed transparent intruders approaching the camp at night and barked to alert Allen.
• Allen dismissed Hellhound's warning and made him dance, allowing the hidden natives to remain in the forest until Agatha realized what was happening.
• Allen tried to ride Agatha after Hellhound ran into the forest, then crawled after the intruders while howling like a dog.
• Allen caught up with Hellhound and ordered him to track the enemy, insisting he was speaking dog language.

Allen helped Hellhound destroy the Shimora Tribe’s Night God, then brought the tribe back to camp and insisted on keeping them as his subjects. He revealed that his century-long plan was to make the New Continent’s natives comfortable so their descendants would fall behind when industrialization arrived.

• The Ancient One and Agatha pursued the invaders to the Shimora Tribe’s cave, where the Night God manifested as a giant bat.
• Allen ambushed the Night God by destroying its idol, while Hellhound fought and ultimately devoured the deity.
• Allen beat the witch doctor and gave the surviving natives the choice of submitting to him or becoming slaves; they submitted.
• Allen returned to camp with several hundred natives and refused to abandon his new subjects despite the settlers’ complaints about food and security.
• Allen told Master Walker that his century-long plan was to make the natives complacent before the industrial age, and he decided to keep feeding totem gods to Hellhound.

Allen conquered the Sharke Tribe and united sixteen tribes, then struggled to manage their rivalries as their king. He established laws and a monthly hunting contest to curb disputes, with the first Hunter King Competition set for three days later.

• Allen appointed Inxilius and Hellhound as vanguard attackers, hurling them at the Sharke Tribe, where Inxilius’s intoxicating smoke and Hellhound’s battle with the Fire God incapacitated the tribe and let Hellhound devour the god’s divinity.
• Allen conquered more tribes until his subjects numbered over ten thousand across sixteen rival clans, then slowed his campaign to address their ongoing feuds.
• Sixteen witch doctors complained to Allen about disputes over food, hunting grounds, and river pollution, leaving him overwhelmed by his role as a mediator.
• Allen declared penalties for damaging vital resources, assigned prey ownership by hunting grounds, and barred trespassing and poaching.
• Allen announced a monthly Hunter King Competition in which hunting parties would compete in other tribes’ grounds, and the first contest was scheduled for three days later.

Allen discovered that Aliens and Iron Blood warriors had arrived on the New Continent, moved the native tribes to the Sanctum for safety, and set out with Agatha and The Ancient One to find the pyramid and Alien Queen. He tracked down and defeated an Iron Blood warrior, who recognized Allen’s overwhelming strength and surrendered.

• Sixteen hunting parties encountered demons in the forest, and Allen discovered that Facehuggers had begun parasitizing hunters and producing juvenile Aliens.
• Allen ordered the native tribes to relocate to the Sanctum, where Master Walker examined the Alien remains and agreed that extraterrestrial creatures threatened them.
• Allen, Agatha, and The Ancient One traveled east to find the pyramid and stop the Alien Queen, while Hellhound tracked Iron Blood weapons and blood through the forest.
• Allen killed an Alien with an Iron Blood spear and followed the wounded Iron Blood warrior’s trail to a concealed cave.
• The Iron Blood warrior attacked Allen while cloaked, but Allen crushed its shoulder cannon, broke its wrist, and forced it to surrender.

Allen and Blood Wolf entered the pyramid to hunt the Xenomorphs and recover control of the Predator spacecraft. Allen slaughtered the swarm with magic, killed the Alien Queen, and left Blood Wolf to deal with any survivors.

• Blood Wolf explained how his squad's trial had gone wrong, and Allen rushed toward the pyramid despite his warnings.
• Allen punched through the pyramid's wall, killed Facehuggers and Xenomorphs inside, and let Blood Wolf finish off a weakened Xenomorph to complete his trial.
• Allen found the Alien Queen, tore her chains from the wall, and dragged her outside to draw the Xenomorph swarm back to the pyramid.
• Allen killed three Xenomorphic Predators, then unleashed Borsat's Thunder to wipe out the incoming Xenomorphs and level up to Mage Level 92.
• Allen killed the remaining Xenomorphs and the Alien Queen, while Blood Wolf prepared to handle any survivors.

After the Three Sanctums sealed the human world against easy incursions, Allen helped defend the New Continent Sanctum and reached Mage Level 120. He defeated the invading Progenitors, secured the Sanctum, and prepared to return to his original timeline after leaving gifts for The Ancient One and Agatha.

• The Three Sanctums completed a magic array that prevented multidimensional realms from descending freely, while the New Continent Sanctum prepared for a monster invasion.
• Allen reached the battlefield after the first monster wave fell, and the Ancient One and the defenders feared he had been swallowed by the next tide until five angels arrived and he emerged unharmed.
• Allen reached Mage Level 120, summoned the angels’ power, and led them against the monsters and the gathered Progenitors.
• Allen and the angels killed, crippled, or drove off the Progenitors, including the Werewolf Progenitor, and successfully defended the Third Sanctum.
• Allen helped Hellhound and the Demon Snake Tribe settle in a safer dimension, gave The Ancient One his spellbook and Agatha the Toilet Plunger, and prepared to return to the original timeline.

Allen returned from a journey to the past, adopted a chubby calico cat, and went back to Arkham Asylum, where he bragged about his adventures. Meanwhile, Steve and Carter returned to the Quantum Realm after sending away the Calico Cosmic Beast.

• Allen interrupted a hotel encounter, cast a spell on a middle-aged man, and left Seattle invisible.
• Allen found a collarless calico cat in an alley and adopted it before opening a portal to Arkham Asylum.
• Steve and Carter revealed that the cat was the Calico Cosmic Beast and returned to the Quantum Realm.
• Allen arrived at Arkham Asylum, where inmates booed him and Lillian listened briefly as he recounted meeting The Ancient One.
• Allen said he planned to ask the Comedy Troupe about Gotham's situation, while Lillian noted that Gotham had been more peaceful without him.

Allen returned to Arkham Fortress after forty-one days with the Time Gem and introduced his adopted Calico Cat to the Comedy Troupe. The Calico Cat swallowed the gem and then Allen’s Sinestro Corps Ring, leaving him stunned.

• Joker Arthur, Penguin Cobblepot, and Riddler Edward complained that Gotham had been quiet and reminisced about Batman and their past crimes.
• Allen returned to Arkham Fortress, where Nanaue greeted him with an overenthusiastic hug and asked who had hurt him.
• Allen introduced the Calico Cat as the Comedy Troupe’s newest member and said he had been gone for forty-one days, six hours, twelve minutes, and thirty-one seconds.
• Allen showed the group the Time Gem he had taken from the Eye of Agamotto, then lent it to Arthur, who could not figure out how to use it.
• The Calico Cat pulled the Time Gem into its stomach with tentacles, then swallowed the Sinestro Corps Ring Allen offered in exchange.

Allen returned without the Time Gem and Sinestro Corps Ring, then learned the Comedy Troupe had settled into running a successful foot spa. He planned to use their connections to launch Arthur’s campaign for Gotham City mayor, leaving the group surprised by his serious political scheme.

• Allen learned that Mimi was a Cosmic Beast whose body contained dimensional space, so harming her could trigger an explosion that threatened the human world.
• Allen asked about Batman and the missing Midnight Tyrants, learning the Tyrants had been contacted by S.H.I.E.L.D. and The Hand while the Comedy Troupe had opened a profitable foot spa.
• Allen criticized the Comedy Troupe for giving up crime and ambition, then redirected Arthur from causing trouble for Batman toward running for mayor and eventually president.
• Allen learned that the Parliament of Owls was cleaning up after the deaths and disappearances of Court of Owls members, and decided to use the Comedy Troupe’s connections to support a campaign.
• Allen named Arthur the mayoral candidate, calling him Gotham’s Pale Knight, while Cobblepot’s hopeful expression turned to disappointment.

Allen prepared campaign platforms for Arkham Asylum that targeted Batman, then bathed with the crimson bats that were part of Lilith’s body. Meanwhile, Lilith’s strange sensation returned, and she ordered an assassin to kill the bats while planning to travel to America herself.

• Allen admitted that his anti-Batman campaign platforms were revenge for Batman refusing to listen to him and let him join in.
• The Pureblood Princes reported that vampires had lost more than half of the Thirteen Territories and were struggling to counter their half-human, half-machine enemies.
• Lilith’s strange sensation returned during the meeting, and her maid ended it early.
• Lilith learned that Allen had appeared at Arkham Asylum and ordered an assassin to kill his crimson bats rather than Allen.
• Allen named the crimson bats Left Pocket and Right Pocket, used them as bath sponges, and unknowingly transmitted the scene to Lilith.

Allen returned to Gotham, confirmed that he had arranged for Joker Arthur to run for mayor, and teased Batman about the city’s lack of crime. After LexCorp and Stark Industries stole the headlines with their Ultron announcements, Allen left to confront the Marvel heroes.

• Gotham’s spokesperson defended Joker Arthur’s mayoral campaign while privately fearing that the Comedy Troupe and Penguin had leverage over him.
• Batman told Damian he could not arrest Arthur before he committed a crime, since the Joker and Penguin gangs were publicly doing charity work and improving their image.
• Allen reunited with Bruce and Damian, revealed that he had arranged Arthur’s campaign, and said his real intention was to make Arthur president.
• Allen explained that he had traveled five hundred years into the past and met Superman as Geralt the Witcher, then joked with Bruce about having no villains to fight.
• The Comedy Troupe read the news and saw LexCorp and Stark Industries’ Ultron announcements outranking Arthur’s campaign; Allen announced he was going to put the Marvel heroes in their place.