Chapter Summaries

Aiyi told Shien how Lilith the Evil God had once driven the world to the brink of destruction and warned him not to release her. Shien learned that the seal would likely need Anima’s intervention, but decided to help Emerald find release anyway, even if that meant opposing the God Race or the world.

• Aiyi recounted how Lilith’s authority had driven armies and nearly all living things into madness, forcing the God and Demon Races to withdraw from the battlefield.
• Aiyi warned Shien that releasing Lilith could destroy the Human Realm and objected when he assumed the Demon King had started the war to destroy the world.
• Aiyi explained that Anima would likely descend to repair Lilith’s damaged seal after learning of the problem from her messenger.
• Shien told Aiyi he intended to get involved because Emerald would otherwise remain trapped in her suffering, even if helping her made him an enemy of the God Race or the world.
• Aiyi called Shien different from other Heroes before leaving.

Shien told Roxie that his actions at the Dark Temple had brought him into a crisis involving Lilith the Evil God, Emerald, and the Beastmen Race, and he explained that he wanted to help Emerald. Roxie planned to report the situation to the Kingdom and seek information and advice while Shien agreed to wait before attempting anything reckless.

• Across Cosmos, the Empire, the Kingdom, and the Beastman Priest Corps reacted to growing tensions and searched for ways to respond.
• Shien updated Roxie about the seal, Emerald, the Beastman Priests, and the growing threat of Lilith the Evil God, leaving Roxie shocked by how much trouble he had caused.
• Roxie criticized Shien for nearly breaking Lilith's seal and kidnapping the Beastmen Race's Saintess, while Shien said he had been prepared to deal with the consequences.
• Shien told Roxie he wanted to help Emerald return to Lilith without being erased, and described a possible plan to release and weaken Lilith.
• Roxie warned Shien not to release the dangerous evil god and promised to consult the Kingdom, research the problem, and ask her God Race friends for help.
• Shien agreed to wait while Roxie sought a solution, though she urged him to avoid causing more trouble.

Shien weighed the risk of confronting Lilith before the Goddess of Life arrived, then comforted Emerald when she sought reassurance. Emerald accepted his promise to help her find a way forward without rushing into a dangerous attempt to break the seal.

• Roxie left after reminding Shien to wait while she searched the God Race's and kingdom's archives for a solution.
• Shien considered the Goddess of Life's arrival the deadline for deciding whether to confront Lilith and weaken her himself.
• Emerald entered the bath and leaned against Shien, silently seeking his company.
• Shien recognized that Emerald feared both remaining a ghost and being erased if her attempt to return to her body failed.
• Shien promised to help Emerald and urged her to take their time deciding what to do, and she nodded and hugged him.

Iris sensed that something terrible had happened, and Shien released the restraint on her magic power so she could investigate. A spreading evil presence appeared near the Dark Temple, prompting Shien to fly toward it while Lasha stayed behind with Emerald and Aiyi woke with a warning that trouble was coming.

• Iris anxiously begged Shien to undo the restraint on her magic power, and he released it despite accidentally touching her chest and drawing Lasha's rebuke.
• Iris used her holy power to sense what was happening, then rushed out of the inn after discovering the danger.
• Shien and Lasha spotted a spreading mass of evil presence in the direction of the Dark Temple, though Shien could not sense the immense magic power associated with the seal being broken.
• As Cosmos fell into chaos and knights hurried toward the evil presence, Shien told Lasha to watch over Emerald and wake Aiyi if needed, then flew toward the source.
• Lasha reassured Emerald that Shien would be safe, while Aiyi woke and muttered that the situation had become troublesome.

Shien returned to the Dark Temple and found it engulfed in a dangerous evil aura that seemed to be leaking through Lilith the Evil God's weakening seal. As Capeline and Yuri prepared to enter with their knights, Shien appeared and asked whether anyone had seen his runaway little fox.

• Shien sensed that the evil aura was affecting him despite his Abnormal Status Resistance and suspected Lilith's seal was close to breaking.
• Capeline and Commander Yuri arrived with the Shattered Blade Knights and Duke Streim's Territory First Knights, then halted their forces before the aura.
• Capeline recognized the land as the former Beastmen Race tribal camp and suspected its secrets were connected to Cosmos's strange events.
• Capeline ordered a mobile barrier deployed, while Yuri chose to send a potion-protected squad ahead to scout.
• Shien warned the assembled knights not to enter the evil aura, then asked whether they had seen his runaway little fox.

Shien traded barbed remarks with Limjo and Yuri, using his closeness with Roxie to make the Streim Family back down. When Capeline asked why he was blocking the way and whether he knew what had happened inside, Shien refused to tell her.

• Yuri introduced himself as the commander-in-chief of Duke Streim's knights and made clear that he supported his nephew Limjo.
• Shien provoked Limjo by emphasizing his closeness with Roxie, and Yuri and Sona tried to rebuke him for addressing the Princess by name.
• Shien threatened to tell Roxie that the Streim Family objected to how she let him address her, so Limjo and Yuri backed down.
• Shien continued to needle the Streim Family by saying he wanted to become even closer to Roxie, while Limjo suppressed his anger.
• Capeline asked Shien why he was stopping them from entering and whether he knew what had happened inside, and Shien refused to tell her.

Shien warned Capeline and the knights not to enter the evil aura, then went inside alone to investigate. He used Mirror Water and X-Ray Vision to counter the aura’s effects, but shadowy figures attacked him before he could go farther.

• Shien taunted the Shattered Blade Knights and challenged Capeline’s accusation by recalling the Empire’s role in the Royal Capital’s disaster ten years earlier.
• Shien warned everyone to stay out of the evil aura, drew the Holy Sword, and entered alone.
• Capeline ordered the Shattered Blade Knights and First Knights to follow Shien into the aura despite his warning.
• Shien used Mirror Water to steady his mind against the Evil God’s influence and cast X-Ray Vision to see through the black fog.
• Shien realized the evil aura had disabled his perception skills as several shadows crept toward him and pounced.

Shien fought ancient beings driven mad by Lilith the Evil God's Authority and burned them to ash as he headed toward the temple. He found Mafy on the verge of killing herself and used Celestial Breathe to restore her sanity.

• Shien discovered that the frenzied people attacking him ignored pain and injury, so he killed them when he could not subdue them.
• As he flew toward the temple, Shien encountered more humans, demons, and monsters and realized they were ancient lifeforms driven mad by Lilith the Evil God's Authority.
• Shien unleashed waves of fire to burn the maddened creatures and grant them release.
• Shien found Mafy preparing to stab herself in the throat and knocked her dagger away.
• Shien cast Celestial Breathe on Mafy, clearing her negative emotions and restoring her sanity.

Shien learned that the Old Demon Faction had released Lilith the Evil God’s evil aura and creatures while interfering with her seal, scattering the Beastman Priests. After stopping Mafy from rushing into danger to find Iris, he asked her to lead him onward.

• Shien explained that he had saved Mafy because she had not yet lost herself completely to Lilith the Evil God’s influence.
• Mafy revealed that the Old Demon Faction had infiltrated the Dark Temple, interfered with Lilith’s seal, and released the evil aura and creatures.
• Mafy asked Shien to return Iris, but he told her Iris had run off and might have entered the temple.
• Mafy rushed toward the temple, but Shien stopped her and explained that Iris could protect herself with the Goddess of Life’s power.
• Shien acknowledged his part in causing the disaster and asked Mafy to lead the way.

Shien flew Mafy to the temple, enduring her terrified screams, then cleared the area outside with fire. After Mafy sensed that Iris had entered the temple, she chose to accompany Shien inside despite the dangers and her distrust of him.

• Shien carried Mafy through the air toward the temple while she clung to him and screamed because she feared leaving the ground.
• Shien set the evil creatures around the temple ablaze, clearing a path for them to land at the gates.
• Mafy smelled Iris's scent leading into the temple and worried that Iris had gone inside alone.
• Shien decided to enter the temple to find Iris, and Mafy chose to go with him rather than search for her companions.
• Mafy said she would keep an eye on Shien because she still considered him an enemy, and she followed him into the temple.

Shien and Mafy fought through the temple’s evil creatures as the Supreme God's Blessing kept Shien safe from Lilith’s Authority. They encountered the maddened Oz and several figures Shien had been searching for.

• Shien used Enchantment Magic to burn through the temple’s hordes of evil creatures while Mafy marveled at his power.
• Mafy warned Shien that stronger Legendary-tier creatures might still be sealed in the temple, then struggled against the dense evil energy.
• Shien reasoned that his blessing let him avoid Lilith’s Authority and remain unaffected by the evil energy.
• Shien pulled Mafy out of the way as a wall exploded and Oz emerged, crazed and roaring.
• Shien spotted several figures beyond Oz and recognized them as the people he had been seeking.

Shien fought four powerful members of the Old Demon Faction and discovered that their Symbiosis skill let them share magic and life. They escaped when Oz awakened and attacked Mafy, and Shien subdued the werewolf.

• The four black-robed members restrained and electrocuted Oz until Mafy attacked them and freed him.
• Shien arrived and walked unharmed through the group’s black lightning before striking one of them with the Holy Sword.
• The other three used Symbiosis to restore their wounded companion, and Shien realized they could share skills, life, and positions.
• The four tried to retreat, but Oz awakened and blasted Mafy into a wall, giving them time to vanish.
• Shien fought Oz and left him twitching on the temple floor.

Shien healed Mafy and Oz after knocking the corrupted Oz unconscious, then subdued him again when he attacked. After Mafy explained that Iris had entered the temple to stop the Old Demon Faction, she and Oz resolved to find her, and Shien agreed to proceed alongside them.

• Shien explained that Oz had been wounded and driven mad by evil energy, then used Celestial Breathe to heal Oz and Mafy.
• Oz woke and attacked Shien, who weakened and paralyzed him with enchantments; Shien teased Oz about caring for Iris and Mafy about her feelings for Oz.
• Mafy told Oz that Iris had entered the temple alone to stop the Old Demon Faction from releasing evil creatures.
• Mafy and Oz insisted on rescuing Iris despite the danger, and Shien agreed to continue into the temple while asking them not to interfere with his target.

Shien, Oz, and Mafy passed through the temple’s evil creatures and discovered that the Old Demon Faction was allowing them to advance, apparently because they wanted Shien to help break Lilith’s seal. The group reached the ritual hall as the Old Demons further cracked the crystal, and Shien announced that the main act was about to appear.

• Shien, Oz, and Mafy found that the evil creatures ignored them and suspected the Old Demon Faction was controlling the creatures and protecting itself from evil energy.
• Shien guessed that the Old Demon Faction was letting them pass because it wanted him to break Lilith’s seal.
• Mafy and Oz worried that Shien might cooperate with the Old Demon Faction, and Oz resolved to stop him if necessary.
• Shien led Oz and Mafy through the temple to a hall where robed Old Demons performed a ritual around Lilith’s crystal seal.
• Oz and Mafy tried to interrupt the ritual, but Shien stopped them and said the main act was about to appear.

Shien met Danas, the low-level leader of the Old Demon Faction Mirage, and discovered that his mastery of Life Creation Magic let him create powerful Magic Life forms. Danas admitted he had supplied such creatures to a human partner, leaving Shien with a clearer picture of the threat behind Emerald’s abduction.

• Danas emerged before the temple under the protection of four powerful black-clad demons and introduced himself as the leader of Mirage.
• Shien used Appraisal to reveal that Danas had maxed out Magic: Biological Creation despite being only level ten.
• Mafy and Oz realized Danas could create powerful Magic Life forms, and Shien connected them to the creatures used during Emerald’s abduction.
• Danas said he had lent the Magic Life forms to a human partner who destroyed the spatial node and took Emerald, while denying hostility toward Shien.
• Danas explained that his talent lay in Life Creation Magic and that his four guards were creations obedient to him.

Danas revealed that he had created a Magic Life using Emerald’s magical power, allowing him to control the evil aura and creatures, and explained his plan to release Lilith the Evil God and command the resulting army. Shien rejected Danas’s offer to join him and attacked.

• Danas revealed a petite Magic Life made using Emerald’s magical power, which gave him control over the evil aura and the creatures in the area.
• Danas explained that he had developed a new form of Life Creation Magic to replicate Lilith the Evil God’s rational half-body.
• Danas revealed that he intended to release Lilith and use her evil creatures, including ancient beings, as his army to seize control of the world.
• Danas offered Shien a share of the future world if he helped break Lilith’s seal, but Shien refused.
• Shien surged with magical power and blasted Danas with flames.

Shien rejected Danas’s offer to join the Old Demon Faction and fought the attackers while Oz and Mafy battled the evil creatures. As Shien pressed toward Danas, Danas took out a book, startling him.

• Shien refused to cooperate with Danas, explaining that he did not trust him and had no interest in conquering the world.
• Danas sent the evil creatures after Shien, Oz, and Mafy; Shien burned many of them while Oz and Mafy fought the rest.
• Combat Mages attacked Shien with magic chains and lightning, but he evaded the chains and resisted the lightning.
• Shien realized Danas was using the Magic Life to track him, activated Limit Break, and charged toward Danas.
• Shien endured the Combat Mages’ fire and swept them back with the Magic Sword, then Danas drew a book.

Danas used the Book of Usurpation to multiply the four Combat Mages’ strength, but Shien fought them off with his high-level resistances and Enchantment Magic. As Danas tried to boost them further, Iris appeared and seized the book.

• Danas explained that the Book of Usurpation held a time-limited Unique Skill that multiplied Magic Life’s power, then used it to strengthen the four Combat Mages.
• The Combat Mages attacked Shien with barriers, bindings, and physical strikes, but his Physical Resistance and Magic Resistance turned aside their blows.
• Shien used Enchantment: Disperse to break the bindings and attacked the Combat Mages with Flying Star, intensifying their battle.
• Danas recognized Shien as a threat and tried to use the Book of Usurpation to strengthen the Combat Mages further.
• Iris swept the Book of Usurpation away with Cyclone and caught it, prompting Oz and Mafy to greet her.

Iris stole the Book of Usurpation from Danas, but was knocked into the temple and nearly overwhelmed by evil creatures before Shien rescued her and defeated Danas’s Combat Mages. As Shien confronted Danas, Danas sacrificed Mirage’s members to break the seal, and terrifying magic power surged from the crystal as the sky over Cosmos changed.

• Iris stole the Book of Usurpation from Danas, but flying monsters knocked her through the temple ceiling and Danas ordered the evil creatures to attack her.
• Shien arrived in time to rescue Iris, and his magic-power storm scattered the creatures while he defeated the four Combat Mages.
• Shien struck Danas down and restrained the little mage with help from Oz and Mafy.
• Danas announced that Mirage’s members would sacrifice themselves, and they stabbed themselves before the seal.
• The members’ blood became black air that rushed into the crystal, cracking it and releasing a surge of magic power as the sky over Cosmos changed.

As Cosmos descended into chaos, Goddess Anima and Laisha watched from a distance while Anima explained why she had refrained from intervening in Shien’s actions. Her observations had led her to suspect that Shien was an unknown Hero, and the chapter ended with her growing increasingly shocked by what she had discovered.

• Cosmos’s darkened skies and growing disturbances drove citizens to crowd the gates, where the Knights enforced the order to seal the city.
• Laisha questioned Anima about why she had watched Shien break Lilith’s seal, defeat the Beastman Priests, and abduct Iris without intervening.
• Anima explained that she had guided Iris with revelations and prayer but had otherwise held back because she was investigating Shien.
• Anima told Laisha that Shien’s otherworldly aura, immense magic power, unexplained blessing, and Holy Sword marked him as a mysterious figure.
• Anima concluded that Shien was likely an unknown Hero, and her observations had left her increasingly shocked.