Recaps

Gord survived the magical attack by burrowing underground, but Shien and Shafna captured him as he tried to escape. Shien knocked him unconscious after failing to extract information about the Primal Demon, and Shafna teased him about acting more like a demon than a Hero.

• Gord emerged from the scorched earth and decided to flee after realizing the succubus had recovered.
• Shien kicked Gord down and used Enchantment: Imprisonment to seal his magic power while Shafna watched.
• Shafna recognized Gord as a former demon executive under Kamina who had betrayed her a thousand years earlier and joined the Primal Demon.
• Shien interrogated Gord about the Great Apostle he served and the Primal Demon's headquarters, but Gord refused to cooperate.
• Gord transformed his face into steel and tried to attack Shien, who shattered it with a stomp and then knocked him unconscious.
• Shafna questioned whether Shien was really a Hero, and Shien joked that he would keep acting villainous.

Shien chatted with Shafna and learned how she restrained the Mind-Weaving Demon while preserving her own feelings. Their connection deepened before Liel, Hart, and Grey arrived, relieved to find Shafna safe but barely acknowledging Shien.

• Shien questioned Shafna about the world and Demon Lord Clatiss, whose past Shafna described as pitiful because no one had truly understood her.
• Shafna explained that she kept people at a distance to resist the Mind-Weaving Demon without becoming heartless, and Shien gained a deeper understanding of her.
• Shien and Shafna's connection through the Mind-Weaving Demon grew stronger during their conversation.
• Liel, Hart, and Grey arrived and apologized to Shafna for failing to protect her from the Old Demon Race's scheme.
• Shafna said Shien had been with her and kept her safe, prompting the three newcomers to admit they had nearly forgotten he was there.
• Shien silently fumed that he wanted to chop the three men to death for ignoring him.

Shien and Shafna continued toward Central City after Shien insisted on keeping the captured Gord alive for questioning. As Shafna grew closer to Shien, Hart and Grey became jealous, and Shafna warned inwardly that she would not tolerate anyone provoking him.

• Shien ignored Grey's devotion to Shafna and told Liel that he needed Gord alive to learn about the Primal Demon.
• Shafna ordered Liel to stand down, agreeing that Gord's survival could be useful.
• Shien told Shafna that things were not easy for her, and she said his words made her feel that everything might have been worth it.
• Shafna took Shien's hand and led him toward Central City, while Liel, Hart, and Grey noticed their growing closeness.
• Grey dismissed Hart's concerns by pointing out that Shien was the Dragon Demon's fiancé, while Hart felt jealousy and killing intent toward him.
• Shafna sensed the danger and hoped Hart and Grey would know better than to do anything that displeased her.

Shien arrived in Central City after being attacked, drawing the attention of the Demon Lords and those waiting for him. As Lilith rushed to meet him, Aiyi prepared to protect him from the hostility gathering in the city.

• Sera watched Shien's light approach, while Lilith shot toward it and Kamina, Milu, Lide, and Aiyi also reacted to his arrival.
• Aiyi's two Dragon Race officers voiced their disdain for Shien and questioned why the Dragon Race girl chose to serve him.
• The Dragon Race girl defended Shien, crediting him with saving her and helping her grow powerful, and reminded the officers that she had defeated them both.
• Aiyi noticed the hostility toward Shien throughout Central City and resolved that no one would be allowed to bully him.

Shien and Shafna arrived at Supreme Castle in Central City, where Shafna explained the demon rulers’ gathering and the growing threat from the Old Demon Faction. As an overwhelming, familiar evil aura approached, Shien recognized its presence and turned toward it with delight.

• Shien arrived in Central City with Shafna and learned that Supreme Castle was the Demon Realm’s capital and administrative center.
• Shafna explained that the six demon ruler sisters rarely gathered, though recent unrest and the Old Demon Faction’s activity had brought them together more often.
• Shafna teased Shien about meeting all six demon rulers and joked that they would protect him from being melted by Poison Demon Kamina.
• Liel, Hart, and Grey watched Shien and Shafna’s playful exchange with unease.
• A powerful evil aura rushed toward the group, and Shien recognized its familiar presence as it surged down from the sky.

Lilith returned as a Transcendent Class Evil God and rushed into Shien’s arms, where he comforted her. After she removed the evil aura infecting Liel, Hart, and Grey, Shien warned her to stay away from Shafna, and the two began bickering.

• Liel, Hart, and Grey tried to stop the incoming evil aura, but it overwhelmed them and invaded their bodies.
• The evil aura crashed into Shien’s arms and revealed Lilith, who clung to him as he welcomed and comforted her.
• Shien kissed Lilith, and she relaxed and withdrew the aura around her.
• Lilith drew the evil aura out of Liel, Hart, and Grey, ending the madness taking hold of them.
• Shafna greeted Lilith, but Shien covered Lilith’s eyes and called Shafna toxic, prompting the two to bicker.

Hertia received Shafna’s group at Supreme Castle and took custody of Gord after Shien added a safeguard to him. As they reached the castle, Kamina unleashed a crushing aura across Central City and targeted Shien and Lilith, prompting Shien to stop Lilith and prepare to face her himself.

• Hertia arrived to escort Shafna and offered to seal Gord deep underground, where Shien could still interrogate him.
• Shien agreed to leave Gord in Hertia’s custody and had Lilith plant evil energy inside him as a safeguard.
• Hertia led Shafna, Shien, Lilith, and the others toward Supreme Castle, where Kamina waited inside.
• Kamina’s overwhelming aura swept through Central City, forcing its residents and even Hertia’s group to their knees.
• Lilith began to unleash her evil energy against Kamina, but Shien stopped her and said he would handle the confrontation.
• Shien looked toward Kamina at a castle window as a tremendous surge of magic power erupted.

Shien used the Holy Sword to repel Kamina’s overwhelming aura at the gates of the Supreme Castle, revealing power that could briefly contend with the Transcendent Class. Hertia led Shien and the others into the castle, while his companions reeled from the display and Hart abandoned his thoughts of killing him.

• Shien unleashed his power, pushing back the aura Kamina had spread across Central City and stunning the onlookers.
• Shien released the Holy Sword’s seals and cut through the pressure and Demon aura, causing Kamina’s own aura to break apart.
• Kamina recognized that Shien could temporarily wield power comparable to the Transcendent Class and wondered about his exceptional potential.
• Grey realized he had underestimated Shien, and Hart’s fear extinguished his jealous intent to kill him.
• Shien caught Lilith as she rushed to him, then followed Hertia into the Supreme Castle with Shafna and the others.

Shien and his companions entered Supreme Castle, where Hertia led them through the Demon Realm’s powerful administrative center. Shien and Shafna’s teasing revealed his closeness with Aiyi, before Sela summoned Shien, Shafna, and Lilith to meet her and ordered everyone else to remain outside.

• Hertia led Shien and the others through Supreme Castle, where Grey saw that superior demons staffed the Demon Realm’s central administration.
• Liel explained that all three of the demons’ Limit-tier experts served under Moon Demon Sela, who handled dealings with other races.
• Shafna asked to hold Lilith, but Shien refused and teased her by claiming Aiyi let him hold her whenever he wanted.
• Shafna challenged Shien to draw his sword after he revealed that he and Aiyi had even slept together, startling the surrounding demons.
• Sela summoned Shien, Shafna, and Lilith and ordered Hertia and the others to stay outside.

Shien confronted Sela over the Demon Race’s unilateral announcement of his engagement to Aiyi, and Sela explained that Aiyi had accepted it and that the engagement could still be settled between them. As a dangerous young Demon girl arrived, Shien suddenly realized he had been poisoned.

• Shien reunited with Lide and greeted Milu and Lilith in the Supreme Castle conference room.
• Shien challenged Sela for announcing his engagement to Aiyi without consulting him, and Sela said Aiyi had tacitly accepted the arrangement.
• Sela explained that the engagement had been meant to calm unrest and that Shien and Aiyi could decide its timing or cancel it themselves.
• Sela warned that not everyone supported the engagement, and a mysterious young Demon girl appeared at the doorway.
• Shien noticed a purple trace between his brows and realized he had been poisoned.

Shien confronted Kamina, the Poison Demon, after her toxic greeting nearly poisoned him, and the two traded threats while the Demon Lords prevented a fight. When Kamina sat beside him and continued exposing him to poison, Shien moved close and wrapped an arm around her neck, shocking everyone.

• Kamina's poison afflicted Shien until he released the Holy Sword's power and cleansed it.
• Shien recognized Kamina as the Poison Demon, and Lilith confronted her over their past battle.
• Shien threatened to join Lilith against Kamina, but Sera, Lyd, and Milu warned them not to fight in Supreme Castle.
• Kamina sat beside Shien and continued exposing him to her poisonous scent.
• Shien pulled his chair against Kamina's, sat beside her, and wrapped an arm around her neck, leaving the others stunned.

Shien endured Kamina’s poison while boldly putting an arm around her, and his unexpected closeness softened some of her hostility. Aiyi finally reunited with Shien, then challenged Kamina to try harming him if she dared.

• Shien put his arm around Kamina and endured the burning effects of her poison, hoping Inner Fate of Heaven would help him adapt to it.
• Kamina recalled someone from her past who had once been able to approach her, and her dislike of Shien diminished.
• Aiyi arrived with a cushion, greeted Lilith, and exchanged a quiet, familiar reunion with Shien.
• Aiyi noticed Shien’s arm around Kamina, and Shien quickly moved away as Kamina grumbled that he was a coward.
• Kamina asked Aiyi what would happen if she got serious, and Aiyi told her she could try.

The Demon Lords gathered in a sealed meeting room to discuss Shien and Aiyi’s engagement. After teasing Aiyi about her feelings, Shien agreed to the engagement, leaving the sisters to continue their confidential meeting.

• Shafna privately relished that she had already become Shien’s woman, while Shien worried she might reveal their relationship.
• Hertia withdrew from the meeting room, and Sera’s group activated a powerful barrier to conceal their discussion.
• Shien made Aiyi and Lilith sit on his lap, drawing jealous reactions from several Demon Lords.
• Sera concluded that Shien and Aiyi were willing to become engaged, and Shien teased Aiyi about tacitly accepting the announcement.
• Aiyi told Shien he could refuse, but after seeing her furious stare, Shien said he agreed.

Sera revisited the Demon sisters’ opinions on Shien and Aiyi’s marriage engagement, and most of them were willing to accept it. Kamina offered her agreement on one condition: Shien had to publicly declare that he had completely joined the Demon Race.

• Sera asked her sisters to reconsider their opinions now that Shien had agreed to the engagement.
• Lyd supported the engagement, believing Shien’s alliance with the Demon Race could ease tensions among the Three Races.
• Shafna gave a resentful, noncommittal response while hiding her own relationship with Shien.
• Sera asked Kamina whether she still opposed the engagement, and Kamina said she could agree if Shien publicly joined the Demon Race completely.

Shien and Aiyi’s engagement faced Kamina’s demand that Shien fully join the Demon Race, but Sera rejected the condition as too dangerous for relations among the Three Races. After Kamina heard Shien’s indifferent plans for a war, she approved the match, and Sera formally announced their engagement.

• Kamina demanded that Shien join the Demon Race completely if he wanted to marry Aiyi, and Shien nearly broke off the discussion.
• Lied and Sera explained that taking the Hero for the Demon Race could deepen tensions with the God Race and Human Race, so Sera told Kamina that Shien only needed to become one of them.
• Kamina asked what Shien would do if the Demon Race and God Race went to war, and Shien said he would take his people and run away.
• Kamina laughed at Shien’s answer and withdrew her opposition to his engagement with Aiyi.
• Sera formally announced Shien and Aiyi’s engagement, and the demons present gave their blessing.

After Shien revealed what he knew about the Primal Demon, the Demons discussed the threat and set the Three Races summit for one month later in the Kingdom of Mithra. Once Shien had left, Shafna revealed that the Demon Lord’s Jade was on him, and Aiyi and Kamina prepared to clash over retrieving it.

• Shien told Sera and the other Demons everything he had experienced in the Imperial Capital, including Moro’s origins and the mysterious being behind her.
• Sera assessed the Primal Demon’s forces, agreed that Gord should be interrogated, and let Shien insist on questioning him personally.
• Sera announced that the Three Races summit would take place in one month in the Kingdom of Mithra, then sent Shien away before the Demons’ confidential discussion.
• Shafna told the Demons she had seen the Demon Lord’s Jade on Shien, shocking Sera, Lyd, Kamina, Milu, and Aiyi.
• Kamina tried to rush out to retrieve the Jade, but Aiyi stopped her and threatened to fight when Kamina refused to back down.

The Demons learned that the Demon King's jewel was inside Shien and that it protected him, prompting them to suspect a connection between him and the Supreme God. Sera revealed that her investigation had led her to believe Shien might not be a Hero.

• Aiyi, Kamina, and Milu lost control of their power over the Demon King's jewel, so Sera, Shafna, and Lyd subdued them and calmed the conference room.
• Shafna explained that she had seen the jewel in Shien's dreams twice and had failed to remove it from him.
• The Demons learned that the jewel had willingly stayed inside Shien and protected him, and wondered why the Supreme God's blessing had brought it to him.
• The Demons suspected that Shien's Hero Summon and the Supreme God were connected, leaving Aiyi convinced that Shien was central to the mystery.
• Sera admitted that her investigation supported the possibility that Shien was not a Hero.

Shien reunited with Lilith and spoke with Hertia, who asked him to use the Holy Sword’s purifying power to help with an urgent matter. He agreed to meet her alone in a small wooded area that night, leaving the nature of her request unknown.

• Shien carried Lilith from the conference room corridor and learned that she had been poisoned while fighting a Poison Demon but had recovered.
• Shien reassured Lilith that he would protect her, and she happily clung to him.
• Shien met Hertia in the hall and learned that she had previously sought him out in the Human Realm to ask for help.
• Hertia explained that Shien’s Holy Sword might solve a problem even Sera was unsure she could handle, and Shien agreed to help.
• Hertia gave Shien a parchment directing him to a small woods that night and asked him to come late, unseen by anyone.

After leaving the Demon Lords’ meeting, Shien encountered Gratia, Blady, and a powerful Dragon Race girl who turned out to be the black dragon he had ridden for nearly half a year. The girl left in a huff after he failed to recognize her, while Gratia and Blady blocked Shien from following her.

• Shien tucked away Hertia’s note and explored the Supreme Castle with Lilith while waiting for the Demon Lords’ meeting to end.
• Shien met Gratia and Blady, two level-ninety-nine Dragon Race sisters serving Dragon Demon Aiyi, and a mysterious level-one-hundred girl standing ahead of them.
• The girl hinted that she was a Limit-tier dragon who had only recently taken human form, but Shien failed to recognize her at first.
• Shien realized the girl might be the black dragon he had ridden for nearly half a year, and she turned away angrily when he cautiously guessed her identity.
• Gratia and Blady stopped Shien from following the girl and said they wanted to discuss something with him.

Gratia and Blady asked Shien to free Yulin so she could return to the dragon race, but Shien argued that Yulin chose him and that he had helped her reach the Limit-tier. The chapter ended with Shien offering to prove his power by giving the two founders a buff.

• Blady told Shien that she and Gratia wanted him to give Yulin her freedom so she could remain with the dragon race.
• Shien challenged their belief that Yulin would be better off with the dragons, pointing out that she had chosen to acknowledge him as her master.
• Gratia and Blady acknowledged that Yulin's loyalty as a dragon meant she would not leave unless Shien dissolved their bond, but Shien doubted she would then stay with them.
• Shien explained that he had helped Yulin break through her limits and reach the Limit-tier, leaving Gratia and Blady astonished and skeptical.
• Shien told the two Dragon Women to stick their heads out so he could give them a buff.

Shien demonstrated how his evolved Taming ability could strengthen Gratia and Blady, explaining that it had helped Yulin reach Limit-tier. The Dragon Women accepted that he could cultivate them too and demanded more magic power as he tried to escape.

• Shien patted Gratia and Blady on the head and used his magic power to strengthen them, leaving both astonished by the sensation and the growth in their strength.
• Gratia and Blady doubted that ordinary Taming could affect them or raise a dragon to Limit-tier, since they had taken human forms and become demons.
• Shien explained that he had fused and evolved Taming into Inner Appearance of Heaven, which let him control his magic power and make even demons absorb it.
• Gratia and Blady realized Shien could cultivate them and fixed him with eager, tamed-monster-like gazes.
• Shien tried to leave with Lilith, but Gratia and Blady grabbed his shoulders and demanded another Buff.

After Shien fled, Gratia and Blady realized his magic might help them and the dragon race grow stronger, and they began reconsidering their opposition to his engagement to Aiyi. Yulin appeared and warned them not to take advantage of her master.

• Shien used Teleportation to escape from Gratia and Blady, who chased him but could not find him.
• Gratia and Blady discussed how Shien’s magic had stirred their stagnant power and might help them reach the Limit-tier.
• Gratia reminded Blady that Shien was Aiyi’s fiancé and the future son-in-law of the dragon race, leading both Dragon Women to reconsider him.
• Gratia and Blady argued over how quickly they had warmed to Shien after previously disliking him.
• Yulin appeared and warned Gratia and Blady not to come up with crooked ideas about her master.

After a prolonged meeting, the Demonkind emerged shaken by what they had learned and declared Shien’s existence crucial to the world. Aiyi agreed to stay by his side, while Sera planned to visit the Divine Realm to confirm her suspicions.

• Hertia barred the demonkind officers from entering the meeting room as they waited for the Demonkind to finish their discussion.
• The Demonkind emerged in a grave state, and Aiyi asked where Shien was; Gratia and Blady told her he had left Supreme Castle.
• Shafna, Lyd, Milu, and Kamina reacted with alarm to Shien’s absence, prompting Sera and Aiyi to calm them.
• Sera declared that one of the Demonkind would protect Shien and that he should enter the Demon Lord's Mansion; Aiyi volunteered to stay with him.
• The officers learned that the Demonkind considered Shien essential, and news of Aiyi and Shien’s engagement began to spread.
• Sera decided to visit the Divine Realm to investigate her suspicions while a lost Goddess wondered where she was.

Ria and Shana discovered that Roxie had completed her long pursuit of power and become an immensely formidable fighter. After learning Shien and Aiyi’s engagement had been finalized, Roxie told Ria to inform the royal family of her achievement, then privately vented her anger at Shien.

• Ria and Shana went to Roxie’s room to see how she would react to Shien and Aiyi’s engagement.
• Ria and Shana found Roxie transformed, with golden eyes and a solemn aura, and learned she had succeeded in gaining her power.
• Ria told Roxie that Shien and Aiyi’s engagement was settled and that the kingdom might cancel Roxie’s engagement to Shien.
• Roxie ordered Ria to tell the royal family she had obtained her power so they would stop trying to decide her life for her.
• After Ria and Shana left, Roxie’s eyes returned to wine-red, and she angrily punched a pillow bearing Shien’s name.

Shien returned to Supreme Castle with Lilith and met Aiyi, who warned him to be careful now that a new Transcendent-level threat had emerged. Aiyi then asked Shien whether he had ever considered what kind of person he was.

• Shien walked through Central City as Demonkind knelt to pray beneath the moon, and Lilith fell asleep in his arms.
• Shien reached Supreme Castle and found Aiyi waiting at the gates after her meeting had ended.
• Shien and Aiyi discussed his engagement and the Greater Spirit who had gained Transcendent power using the Supreme God's secret treasure.
• Aiyi warned Shien that his enemies were watching him and told him to stop wandering off, while Shien said he wanted them to reveal themselves so he could defeat them all at once.
• Aiyi asked Shien whether he had ever thought about what kind of person he was.