Recaps

Shien fought his way into the temple with Emerald, whose presence allowed them to pass through its doors and mana barrier. Meanwhile, Ji Bai prepared to begin work at the Royal Academy as concerns about danger in the capital lingered; Shien and Emerald reached a vast hall, where he saw something astonishing.

• The temple's mana revealed Shien's presence to the beastman priests, and he knocked one unconscious before carrying Emerald away.
• Shien attacked the priests guarding the temple entrance with Flying Star and found the temple's repelling mana was nearing the limit of his Magic Resistance.
• Emerald approached the temple without being repelled, opened its doors, and led Shien inside while he held off pursuing priests.
• Emerald guided the mana around Shien as she led him deeper into the temple, and they entered a vast hall where Shien gasped at what he saw.
• Ji Bai failed to guide a water element across a spatial barrier, then discussed preparations for the Royal Academy's opening with Elena.
• Ji Bai told Elena to watch for suspicious activity while he attended the academy, and he reflected on the brewing danger in the capital.

Shien helped Emerald by cutting the crystal seal around a girl who looked exactly like her, unleashing a powerful surge of magic and drawing the Beastman Priests into battle. The Foxkin Girl tried to contain the cracking crystal while a level-ninety-one Wolfman Strongman and a level-eighty-nine Catkin Girl confronted Shien.

• Emerald led Shien to a crystal mountain containing a wounded girl who looked exactly like her and asked him to break the seal with the Holy Sword.
• Shien agreed and slashed the crystal mountain just as a group of high-ranking Beastman Priests arrived, despite the Foxkin Girl's warning.
• The crystal split and released a powerful surge of magic, and the Wolfman Strongman attacked Shien with a devastating punch.
• Shien bound the Wolfman Strongman with magic, but the wolfman broke free through brute force and struck the temple floor after Shien escaped with Instantaneous Movement.
• The Beastman Priests surrounded Emerald while the Foxkin Girl used holy light to stabilize the crystal, and a Catkin Girl blocked Shien from reaching them.

Shien fought the Beastfolk guards Oz and Mafy after they confronted him over breaking the temple seal, using enchantments to weaken and slow them before overpowering them. He stopped the other priests and protected Emerald, while the foxkin Saintess collapsed after resealing the crystal.

• Mafy questioned Shien about breaking into the temple and undoing its seal, while Oz demanded that the Beastfolk attack him.
• Shien fought Oz and Mafy above the temple, using Enchantment Magic to weaken Oz and slow Mafy.
• Shien defeated both guards with Flying Star magic and immobilized the Beastman Priests with his aura.
• Emerald escaped the priests and joined Shien as the crystal resealed and its magic power faded.
• The foxkin Saintess stopped praying, collapsed unconscious, and was identified by the priests as their Saintess.

Shien restrained the Beastman Priests and agreed to postpone breaking the temple seal, but he abducted the unconscious Foxkin Saintess to learn more and keep the priests from retaliating. He escaped with Emerald and the Saintess, leaving the priests in despair.

• Shien immobilized the Beastman Priests while Emerald examined the cracked seal, and Mafy warned that releasing its prisoner could plunge the Human Realm into hell.
• Shien decided to leave the seal alone for now, believing the Saintess had only temporarily restored it and that there was time to investigate.
• Shien scooped up the unconscious Foxkin Saintess, kicked away Oz and Mafy when they tried to stop him, and said he wanted to take her as a guest and hostage.
• Emerald pointed out that Shien's hand was pressing against the Saintess, and he apologized, claiming his hand had slipped.
• Shien escaped through the shattered ceiling with Emerald and the Saintess, rejecting Mafy's promise not to pursue him and leaving the Beastman Priests distraught.

Shien brought the unconscious Foxkin Saintess back to the inn and used Celestial Breathe to repair her severe internal injuries, then imprisoned her magic power while she recovered. The next morning, she woke to find herself unharmed and her accumulated injuries gone, and wondered what had happened.

• Shien returned to the inn with Emerald and the unconscious Foxkin Saintess, and Lasha bathed and examined the Saintess.
• Lasha reported that the Saintess had exhausted her magic power and suffered severe internal injuries from the strain of using the Goddess of Life's power.
• Shien cast Celestial Breathe to heal the Saintess's injuries, imprisoned her magic power, and had Lasha take her downstairs to rest.
• The Foxkin Saintess woke the next day, feared she had been captured and defiled, then found that her body was unharmed and her long-standing internal injuries had vanished.
• The Foxkin Saintess wondered how her injuries could have been healed, since only the legendary Miracle Light Veil was believed capable of curing them.

The Foxkin Saintess woke to find herself among Shien, Lasha, and Emerald, then panicked when Shien jokingly threatened to make fox meat out of her. After Lasha stopped Shien and comforted her, the Saintess began to see Lasha as her savior.

• The Foxkin Saintess peeked out of her room and watched Shien, Lasha, and Emerald eating breakfast together.
• The Foxkin Saintess decided to sneak away and reunite with Oz and Mafy so she could return for Half-body.
• Shien joked that he wanted to eat fox meat, and the Foxkin Saintess rushed from the room in terror.
• The Foxkin Saintess ran into Shien, who teased her until she tearfully begged him not to eat her.
• Lasha shoved meat into Shien's mouth to stop him, then helped the Foxkin Saintess up and reassured her.
• The Foxkin Saintess asked Lasha if she could call her Big Sister, leaving Shien dumbfounded.

Shien questioned Iris about the Beastmen's guarded temple in Cosmos, and Iris reluctantly agreed to explain what they were doing there. She left off protesting Shien's threats as she prepared to tell him the truth.

• Lasha reassured Iris that she had changed her clothes and served her breakfast, which Iris ate gratefully.
• Shien learned that the Foxkin Saintess was named Iris and teased her by calling her Little Fox.
• Shien asked Iris why the Beastmen were guarding the ominous temple and what lay behind its seal.
• Iris explained that the temple's leaking magic had repelled investigators, and admitted the Beastmen had expected their secret to be discovered eventually.
• When Iris hesitated to reveal their purpose, Shien threatened to have Lasha prepare another dish, and Iris hurriedly offered to tell him everything.

Iris explained that the temple in Cosmos had once sealed Lilith, a powerful evil god who governs evil and chaos. The chapter left Shien realizing that the Dark Temple had fallen into the Human Realm after the world split during the war a thousand years ago.

• Iris told Shien that gods could be evil and described the God of Misfortune and other feared deities.
• Iris identified the god sealed in the temple as Lilith, the demon god of evil and chaos, and Shien connected her to the wounded girl sealed in crystal.
• Iris explained that Lilith was born alongside Artemis and could rival the Goddess of Justice and the Three Great Goddesses in power.
• Iris revealed that Lilith had lost her rationality at birth and brought disasters, so the Three Great Goddesses sealed her temple beyond the worlds.
• Iris said the world’s division during the war a thousand years ago opened the gaps between worlds, allowing Lilith’s Dark Temple to fall into Cosmos.

Iris explained Cosmos’s hidden history and revealed that a human destroyed the spatial node sealing the Dark Temple, unleashing the events that displaced the Beastmen tribe and caused the transfer phenomena. She confirmed that Emerald had been sealed inside the temple as Lilith the Evil God’s separated rational half.

• Iris told Shien that Cosmos had been built on the Beastmen tribe’s homeland, where the Goddess of Life had hidden the Dark Temple in a pocket space.
• Iris explained that the temple’s reappearance drove away the Beastmen tribe and caused buildings and living beings across Cosmos and nearby territories to be transferred.
• Iris said the Old Demon Faction attacked the tribe but was repelled, and that a human had deliberately destroyed the spatial node.
• Iris revealed that the human mastermind used Magic Life to obstruct the priests’ investigation, including Magic Life that killed themselves.
• Shien asked whether Emerald was connected to Lilith, and Iris confirmed Emerald was Lilith’s rational half-body, sealed with her in the Dark Temple.

Shien learned that Emerald was Lilith the Evil God's rational Half-body and that she had hoped he would break Lilith's seal, prompting Iris to beg him not to release the dangerous evil god. Shien refused to return Iris to the temple and kept her as a hostage while Emerald disappeared and he pondered the chaos outside.

• Shien recalled the legend of the blonde, violet-eyed girl and realized Emerald was the resentful spirit people had encountered for centuries.
• Iris explained that Emerald was Lilith the Evil God's rational Half-body, who traveled the world to strengthen her rationality and had hoped Shien would break Lilith's seal so she could reunite with her.
• Shien realized Emerald's plan could destroy her, glared at her, and understood why she had accepted delaying the attempt to break the seal.
• Iris warned Shien that Lilith's return could devastate the world and pleaded with him not to break her seal again.
• Shien refused to let Iris return to the temple and declared he would keep her as a hostage against the Beastman Priest Corps.
• Iris ran to Lasha for comfort or protection, Emerald vanished, and Shien went to the balcony to contemplate the chaos in Cosmos.

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.