Chapter Summaries

Anima recognized Shien as a likely Hero and prepared to reinforce Lilith the Evil God's seal, but Aiyi appeared and stopped her. Aiyi revealed she was protecting Shien and told Anima not to interfere as he acted against the seal.

• Anima decided to reinforce Lilith the Evil God's seal as the evil aura and disturbances intensified.
• Aiyi arrived with Lasha and Emerald, greeting Anima and reuniting Lasha with Laisha.
• Aiyi explained she had hidden her presence by suppressing her life aura and sleeping, evading Anima's perception.
• Anima asked whether Shien was a Hero, but Aiyi refused to answer and acknowledged that she also wanted to understand his origins.
• Aiyi declared Shien was her person and said she was watching over him and acting as his muscle when needed.
• Aiyi warned Anima not to interfere with Shien's decision to destroy the seal, and Anima fell silent.

Aiyi held Anima back while Emerald went to the temple, where Shien and the others faced the breaking seal. After Shien killed Danas, the seal shattered and the Fallen Goddess returned, unleashing evil aura toward Cosmos and the world.

• Aiyi warned Anima to watch and stopped her from intervening as Emerald jumped down toward the temple.
• The crystal sealing the scarred girl cracked while evil creatures began scattering toward Cosmos’s populated districts.
• Shien killed Danas with the Holy Sword as the seal broke completely.
• The scarred girl rose into the air, formed garments from evil aura, and spread twelve black wings as the Fallen Goddess.
• The Fallen Goddess’s evil aura surged from the temple toward Cosmos and threatened to engulf the world.

Lilith the Evil God’s authority erupted through Cosmos, but Shien’s prepared barrier contained the disaster and evacuated the citizens. Shien remained inside with Iris and faced Lilith alone, telling Iris he would stop her.

• Lilith’s evil energy flooded Cosmos, driving citizens to flee as evil creatures attacked them.
• Shien’s enchantments formed a barrier around the city and transported its citizens outside, containing the evil energy and creatures.
• Lasha explained that Shien had prepared the barrier and was likely still inside the temple with Lilith, while Iris remained behind under Anima’s protection.
• Lilith’s power destroyed the temple and blasted Shien and Iris through the city, while Iris began to succumb to the evil energy.
• Shien set Iris down and told her to hold on and escape while he stopped Lilith.

Shien used the Holy Sword to shield Iris from Lilith’s corruption, then charged into the Evil God’s storm and attacked her with an enhanced Starry Arrays spell. Lilith opened her eyes amid the explosions.

• Shien told Iris he would stop Lilith, unsealed the Holy Sword, and used its sacred radiance to ease her corruption.
• Shien launched himself from the building toward Lilith while a young girl passed unharmed through the evil aura and evil creatures.
• Shien unsealed the Holy Sword’s second seal and used Limit Break to push through Lilith’s storm of evil aura.
• Shien enhanced and cast Starry Arrays, surrounding Lilith with celestial bodies that blasted her with beams of light.
• Lilith raised her head and opened her amethyst eyes amid the explosions.

Shien faced Lilith the Evil God as her rampaging evil aura destroyed Cosmos, then fully unsealed the Holy Sword and cleared the darkness from the city. He charged through Lilith’s attacks, and she unleashed an even greater force that began shaking the barrier and Duke Streim’s Territory.

• Lilith shattered Shien’s celestial magic and unleashed evil aura that flattened Cosmos, forcing Anima, Laisha, Lasha, and Aiyi to escape into the sky.
• Shien realized he could not let the battle drag on and unsealed the Holy Sword’s final layer, awakening its full power.
• Shien used the Holy Sword to cut through the evil aura covering Cosmos and make it vanish.
• Lilith sent a flood of dark beasts at Shien, who charged through them and purified each one with the Holy Sword.
• Lilith released an even greater surge of evil aura that shook the sky, the earth, Cosmos’s barrier, and Duke Streim’s Territory, as Shien reached her and swung his sword.

Shien wounded Lilith with the Holy Sword, suppressing her destructive power, while Emerald gave him her True Seal and reunited with Lilith. Lilith erupted in agony and unleashed an even greater storm, but Aiyi and Anima moved to restrain her as Lasha and Laisha appeared beside Shien.

• Shien drove the Holy Sword through Lilith's chest, but Lilith struck him with a wing and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Emerald rushed to Shien, bit his hand, and left an ancient patterned mark that Anima recognized as her True Seal.
• Emerald controlled Lilith's incoming evil aura and merged with her original body after Shien used the Holy Sword to halt Lilith's attack.
• Lilith screamed in agony, erupted with an immense storm of evil aura, and forced the Holy Sword out of her chest into Shien's hand.
• Aiyi attacked Lilith with Dragon Breath while Anima enveloped her in holy light, and Lasha and Laisha appeared beside Shien.

After Aiyi and Anima contained Lilith, they told Shien that Emerald was fighting the Evil God’s instincts to reclaim her body and power. Anima revealed that Emerald had entrusted Shien with her Core of Existence, whose destruction would erase her forever.

• Shien reunited with Laisha, Lasha, and Iris, then met Anima, the Goddess of Life.
• Aiyi and Anima explained that they had temporarily isolated Lilith, while Emerald struggled against the Evil God’s darkness and chaos.
• Anima and Aiyi said Shien’s Holy Sword had weakened Lilith’s power, giving Emerald a chance to reclaim her body, though her prospects remained uncertain.
• Anima identified the mark Emerald had left on Shien as her Core of Existence, or True Seal, and explained that its destruction would prevent Emerald from ever returning.

Shien reflected on why he had helped Emerald and realized that her misfortune mirrored the life he might have had under different circumstances. Having entrusted her True Seal to him so he could destroy it if she failed, Emerald now faced the final choice herself, and Shien urged her to return to the beginning and decide what to do.

• Aiyi explained that Emerald had entrusted her True Seal to Shien so he could destroy it if she failed, preventing Lilith the Evil God from endangering the world.
• Shien confessed that he had no grand ambition and only wanted to live peacefully, help the Goddess who revived him, and see interesting things.
• Shien realized that he had helped Emerald because her forced, unlucky path resembled the fate he might have faced if his own circumstances had gone differently.
• Shien told Emerald to return to the starting line and choose what to do next, then urged her not to fail.

Inside Lilith’s consciousness, Emerald recalled her lonely existence and how Shien’s support gave her a reason to keep trying. She claimed the name Lilith, and her wavering soul stabilized as brilliant light burst over Cosmos.

• Emerald remembered nearly ten thousand years of wandering alone after Lilith’s main body rejected her.
• Emerald recalled meeting Shien, whose unusual gaze and offer to face her problems with her led her to choose to follow him.
• Shien helped Emerald see that returning to Lilith did not have to mean giving up on herself, and she began hoping to gain reason and succeed.
• Emerald declared, “I am Lilith,” identifying herself as a Goddess who had gained reason with the Hero’s help.
• Lilith’s unstable soul rapidly stabilized, and dazzling radiance pierced the sky above Cosmos.

Emerald succeeded in regaining her sanity and revealed her true name as Lilith, reuniting with Shien as the barrier around Cosmos vanished. Meanwhile, Danas and a mysterious woman discussed their failed operation and resolved to take revenge on the Hero and destroy the Kingdom of Mithra.

• Shien decided that if Emerald failed, he would kill Lilith but preserve the True Seal, and Aiyi agreed to help him.
• The light source collapsed, and Lilith emerged with her evil aura calm and controlled before rushing into Shien's arms.
• Lilith told Shien that her name was Lilith, confirming that Emerald had succeeded, while those around them celebrated.
• The barrier around Cosmos disappeared, revealing the ruined city to its stunned citizens.
• Danas appeared with his four Combat Mages and spoke with a woman who had engineered the attack and resented the Hero.
• Danas and the woman agreed to pursue revenge against the Hero and destroy the Kingdom of Mithra.

After Cosmos was destroyed by the ancient seal, Anima helped the Kingdom and Empire understand what happened and agreed to aid the displaced people and search for the missing Beastmen. In Yutrili, Lilith stayed attached to Shien, while Anima questioned him about his summoning and Shien concealed what he had learned the previous night.

• The Kingdom of Mithra and the Ragna Empire learned that Cosmos had been destroyed and that their missing knights and Princess were among the losses.
• Anima revealed that Lilith and an ancient seal had caused the disaster, easing the nations' suspicions of each other, and promised aid from the God Race.
• Anima agreed to help Iris find her companions and the transferred Beastmen, then traveled with the group to Yutrili.
• After resting at an inn, Shien found Lilith clinging to him, and Anima realized she could not take Lilith back to the Divine Realm.
• Anima asked whether Shien knew why he had been summoned, and Shien denied knowing while recalling what had happened in his room the previous night.

Shien was summoned to Nien’s temple, where she confirmed that Roxie’s mark was a True Seal and hinted at Roxie’s unusual nature. Nien then warned Shien that Anima might investigate his Hero Summon and asked him to keep Nien’s existence secret from the God Race.

• Shien arrived face-first on the temple floor and punished Nien for summoning him without warning.
• Nien told Shien that Roxie’s mark was a True Seal and that Roxie was a uniquely special human who could also be regarded as a goddess.
• Nien revealed that Shien had obtained three True Seals, surprising him, then asked whether his identity had been exposed during his dealings with Lilith.
• Shien confirmed that Iris and Anima knew his identity, and Nien warned that Anima could investigate the circumstances of his Hero Summon.
• Nien asked Shien to hide the Hero Summon from Anima because it was not yet time for the God Race to learn that Nien existed.

Anima and Aiyi discussed the danger that Shien’s existence as a Hero could create between the God Race and the demons, while Shien remained unconcerned about their decisions. The chapter ended with Anima and Aiyi recognizing that Shien differed from Heroes of previous generations.

• Shien recalled agreeing to Nien’s request and her claim that she had discovered the perfect way to seduce someone.
• Anima asked whether the demons’ upper ranks knew a Hero had appeared, and Aiyi said only she and Sela knew.
• Anima promised to investigate the Hero Summon with the Goddesses of Fate and Nature and give the demons an explanation.
• Laisha warned Shien that the God Race and demons might restrain or kill him, but Shien said he would leave the complicated decisions to them.
• Shien left with Lilith, and Anima and Aiyi remarked that he was unlike Heroes of previous generations.

Anima invited Shien to visit the Divine Realm and gave him a token for entry, while Lilith remained at his side. Iris, Oz, and Mafy later visited to discuss Cosmos’s rebuilding and their plans to find the hidden mastermind and the missing Capeline.

• Anima invited Shien to investigate the Hero Summon in the Divine Realm, and he accepted the possibility while postponing the visit until he had handled current matters.
• Anima gave Shien a token that let him enter the Divine Realm through a qualifying temple, then left to handle the incident’s aftermath.
• Laisha stayed behind with Lasha, while Shien lamented that Lasha had returned to serving her young lady instead of tending to him.
• Iris visited with Oz and Mafy, who reported that the Empire had withdrawn and Cosmos would be rebuilt while the Beastmen temporarily relocated.
• Oz said the Beastman Priests would investigate the hidden mastermind, and Iris added that finding Capeline might depend on pursuing the same trail.
• Shien watched Oz and Mafy’s feelings for Iris complicate their conversation, while Iris secretly blushed at Shien.

Mafy revealed that Danas had been Magic Life, leading Shien and the others to conclude a demon had secretly directed him while the human mastermind remained hidden. With their enemies escaped and no way to track them, Shien decided to return to the royal capital and invited the uncertain Laisha to come along.

• Mafy reported that Danas’s remains showed signs of Magic Life, and Lasha and Aiyi reasoned that his master must have been a demon rather than the hidden human mastermind.
• Mafy said the four Combat Mages had escaped and the Magic Life modeled on Emerald had died, while Iris explained the risks and limitations of using Anima’s power to track people.
• Aiyi pressured Iris to search for the culprits, but Oz defended her and Aiyi frightened him until Shien told her to stop.
• Shien accepted that they could not find the culprits and said they would settle the score if they met again.
• Shien announced that the group would return to the royal capital and insisted that Laisha come with them.

Barry had Shien bound and demanded Limjo’s whereabouts, believing his territory could shield the Streim Family from consequences. Aiyi and Lilith intervened, and Lilith’s evil aura killed Barry and overwhelmed his mages.

• Barry’s mages burst into the inn and restrained Shien with layers of binding magic.
• Barry threatened to frame the Old Demon Faction for an attack and offered to erase their dispute if Shien revealed where Limjo and the others were.
• Shien mocked Barry for attacking him, warning that Barry had backed himself into a corner.
• Aiyi emerged and revealed herself as the Dragon Demon, while Lilith saw Shien restrained and erupted in anger.
• Lilith’s evil aura freed Shien and drove the mages and Barry into madness.
• Barry lost his consciousness and his life under Lilith’s evil aura.

Shien’s return to the royal capital was delayed when Barry and the Streim Family attacked him, prompting Aiyi and Lilith to protect him. After Aiyi killed the attackers, Shien decided to leave the rest of the family alone and set off for the capital with the girls.

• Barry and the Streim Family transformed into monsters and bowed before Lilith, who rushed to Shien and checked that he was unharmed.
• Aiyi condemned the attack and prepared to visit the Streim Family’s headquarters, but Shien persuaded her to spare the family and deal only with the main culprits.
• Aiyi vaporized Barry and the other attackers with Dragon Breath, startling Shien, Laisha, and Lasha.
• Shien whistled for a black dragon, and he and the girls flew away toward the royal capital.

Anima visited Nadula in the Divine Realm to discuss the possibility of a Hero appearing again. She revealed that she had met a Hero summoned from Another World, leaving Nadula questioning what the revelation meant and whether Lidas knew.

• Anima arrived on Nadula’s floating island and met the Goddess of Nature in her forest.
• Anima and Nadula shared honey tea and chatted before Nadula asked what had brought her there.
• Anima asked whether a Hero could still appear, and Nadula first thought she meant Roxie Lusti Mitra.
• Anima revealed that she had encountered a Hero summoned from Another World who used the Holy Sword and helped Goddess Lilith return.
• Anima told Nadula that Goddess Lilith had entrusted the True Seal to the Hero, and confirmed that Lidas did not know about him.

Anima and Nadula decided to investigate the Hero Summon without telling Lidas, dividing their tasks between the Divine Realm and Human Realm. In the Kingdom of Mithra, Roxie revealed what had been troubling her: she wanted to get married.

• Anima and Nadula agreed to investigate the Hero Summon themselves before informing Lidas, fearing the Goddess of Fate would overreact.
• Anima planned to investigate the Divine Realm and the sealed summoning ritual, while Nadula planned to visit the Human Realm, monitor the Demon Realm, and check on the Hero and Lilith.
• Anima told Nadula that Dragon Demon Aiyi seemed taken with the Hero, and Nadula decided to see him for herself.
• Ria noticed Roxie was distracted during tea and urged her to share what was troubling her, promising the Kingdom would help.
• Roxie said she wanted to get married, and Ria dropped her teacup in shock.

Roxie shocked Ria and Shana by announcing that she wanted to get married, despite having rejected every suitor before. She felt she needed to marry Shien soon to secure their future together, while Ria wondered whether Roxie's words were a revelation from her blessing.

• Roxie told Ria and Shana that she wanted to get married, leaving them stunned.
• Ria and Shana questioned why Roxie wanted marriage after she had repeatedly rejected suitors and never accepted an engagement.
• Roxie reflected on how her closeness with Shien had led her to trust him, give him her True Seal, and hope for a life together after marriage.
• Roxie said she felt something might happen if she did not marry soon, fearing she would lose her place beside Shien.
• Ria wondered whether Roxie's feeling was a revelation from her blessing.