Arc 32The Three Races Conference

Shien struggled through demon disputes, reunited with Roxie, and learned that her Unique Skill gave her the Goddess of Fate’s authority and the potential to transcend. As the Three Races conference approached, world leaders gathered at House Poztut seeking an audience with him.

  • Shien clashed with Grey over Shafna, defeated him, and left Shafna to confront and wound Grey herself.
  • The Three Goddesses of Time and Space arrived to watch over Shien, then fought Kamina and damaged Central City before Sera stopped them.
  • Shien escaped the Demon Realm with Yulin and Lilith, while Shafna followed him toward the Kingdom of Mithra and the others kept the goddesses in the Demon Realm.
  • Shien returned to the royal capital as foreign delegates arrived for the Three Races conference, then went to Roxie’s palace and found her acting cold and wielding an unfamiliar power.
  • Shien reconciled with Roxie, who explained that her Unique Skill, Blessing Prayer, let her use the Goddess of Fate’s authority and might allow her to become Transcendent.
  • Shien left the palace with Yulin and Lilith and went to House Poztut, where Ryley Razahad told the gathered leaders that he was not home as the crowd began to quarrel.
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Ch. 777Shien's Path to Transcendence

As Shien reached Limit-tier, he sensed the barrier separating ordinary life from transcendence and asked Shafna how to cross it. Shafna explained that no one knew a reliable method, leaving Shien to forge his own path with the Demon Lords’ encouragement.

  • Shien noticed that reaching Limit-tier had changed his vitality and let him sense a barrier between ordinary life and transcendence.
  • Shafna explained that the world’s laws prevented living beings from crossing the limit, while Heroes from Another World could transcend through their own efforts.
  • Shien asked Shafna how to enter the Transcendent Class, and she said neither she nor the other Demon Lords knew how Heroes broke through.
  • Shafna described how past Heroes had transcended through different, unrepeatable experiences, and told Shien he would need to forge his own path.
  • Sera, Lyd, Kamina, Milu, and Aiyi encouraged Shien to be patient and trust his potential and the Supreme God’s blessing.

Ch. 778The Demons' Abnormal Behavior

Shien settled into a comfortable routine at Supreme Castle while the demon sisters’ unusual attention made him the target of jealousy among the demons. Grey eventually confronted him and led him away for a private talk, watched by an unseen figure.

  • Shien refused Gratia and Blady’s invitations to the Dragon Demon Territory, and Yulin defeated them in a fierce battle after they kept pestering him.
  • Shien spent his days with Lilith and Yulin as demons including Shafna, Lyd, Milu, and Kamina repeatedly accompanied him, stirring confusion and jealousy among demonkind.
  • Shien learned from Hertia that Sera had been busy gathering intelligence, investigating Gord's Assassination, and searching for a lost Goddess.
  • Shafna clung to Shien after he left Supreme Castle, and he returned with her before finally getting rid of her.
  • Grey blocked Shien in a corridor, asked him to talk, and led him away while a hidden figure watched them with an icy gaze.

Ch. 779"She Shouldn't Belong to Anyone."

Grey confronted Shien over his growing closeness to Shafna and warned him not to pursue her, insisting that she should remain beyond anyone’s reach. Shien rejected Grey’s interference and drove him away, leaving their conflict unresolved.

  • Grey led Shien into the wilderness and admitted he wanted to talk about Shafna.
  • Shien accused Grey of being jealous of their growing closeness and told him there was no hope for a relationship with Shafna.
  • Grey warned Shien that, despite his other female companions, he should not try to claim Shafna.
  • Shien told Grey they had no connection and ordered him not to interfere in his affairs.
  • Grey grabbed Shien and insisted Shafna should belong to no one, including Shien.
  • Shien unleashed his magic power and told Grey to get out.

Ch. 780"Prince of a Thousand Blades"

Shien fought Grey, who used his self-created mana weapons to challenge him after being pushed back in close combat. Grey regained his confidence and unleashed a barrage of Magic Swords as the battle continued.

  • Grey recovered from Shien's opening attack and clashed with him, but Shien forced him back with a kick.
  • Grey formed a crimson Magic Sword from mana and demanded that Shien draw his sword, but Shien refused.
  • Grey's huge sword strike tore open the ground, but Shien dodged behind him and used Enchantment: Disperse to nullify Grey's next slash before kicking him away.
  • Grey blocked Shien's follow-up kick with a mana shield, revealing his self-created technique for shaping mana into weapons and earning him the title Prince of a Thousand Blades.
  • Grey seized Shien's foot and summoned multiple crimson Magic Swords, raining them down and devastating the surrounding ground.

Ch. 781"You Can't Even Break My Defense."

Shien effortlessly withstood Grey’s Magic Sword attack and explained the extent of his newly acquired power. Grey then unleashed his Unique Skill, Faceless Beast, and surrounded Shien with invisible attacks.

  • Grey’s rain of Magic Swords devastated the wilderness, but Shien emerged unscathed and kicked Grey into the rubble.
  • Shien described his strength at Limit-tier and said Grey would need a powerful Unique Skill to threaten him.
  • Grey rose and expanded an invisible domain that let him attack throughout the area within his line of sight.
  • Grey revealed his Unique Skill, Faceless Beast, and sent invisible beast attacks to bite down on Shien.

Ch. 782Putting an End to This Farce

Shien defeated Grey’s full-force assault and unleashed Auroras Meteoric, swallowing Grey in a meteor shower. In Central City, Shafna ordered the demons to stay away from the impact site, while one person secretly flew out to investigate.

  • Grey attacked Shien with invisible beasts and Magic Swords, but Shien sensed and repelled every strike with his fists.
  • Shien declared the fight over and cast Auroras Meteoric, whose falling stars swallowed Grey.
  • Shafna used her voice to order the demons in Central City not to approach the meteor shower’s impact site.
  • Aiyi identified Shien as the one behind the meteor shower, and the Demon Lords and Yulin and Lilith returned indoors without worrying about him.
  • One person watched the meteor shower, then transformed into a streak of light and flew out of the city.

Ch. 783"You, What Gives You the Right?"

Shien unleashed his Celestial Magic against Grey, but a woman intervened and transported Grey away. Shafna confronted Grey, punished him for judging her Hero, and left him bleeding as he reached for her.

  • Shien's meteor shower flattened the wilderness, and he sensed that Grey and the woman watching them had disappeared.
  • Shafna arrived at Grey's location and explained that she had saved him because his death in the meteor shower would have been unsatisfying.
  • Shafna attacked Grey with Magic Swords, inflicting repeated flesh wounds as she rejected his claims of love and devotion.
  • Shafna demanded to know what gave Grey the right to define her and the people she cared about, then warned she would kill him if he did it again.
  • Shafna flew away without looking back, leaving Grey wounded and unable to reach her.

Ch. 784Refusing to Understand

Hart rescued Grey after Shafna left him with wounds that could never heal, and the two brothers disappeared from Succubus City to travel across Omnipotens. Sela found the Time-Space Goddess and asked her to take her to the Canyon of Gods, after the Goddess mistakenly revealed a startling detail about Sela’s future.

  • Shien and Shafna returned to Supreme Castle after dismissing their confrontation as an insignificant interlude.
  • Hart found Grey bleeding on the mountainside, used magic potions to stop the bleeding, and carried him away after assuring him that he had not been wrong to struggle.
  • Hart resigned as chief of the Bi'an Race and disappeared with Grey; the brothers later traveled throughout Omnipotens.
  • Sela found the Time-Space Goddess, who mistook her for a future version carrying her tenth child.
  • Sela asked the Time-Space Goddess to take her to the Canyon of Gods.

Ch. 785Final Meeting! Time-Space Goddess!

Shien met the Three Goddesses of Time and Space after they finally tracked him down in the Demon Realm. They explained that Nadula had sent them to protect him, and they decided to follow him, leaving Shien worried about the trouble they would bring.

  • Sera summoned Shien, and a rainbow-shrouded goddess appeared, complaining that she had spent ages searching for him.
  • Shien recognized that the goddess was a Transcendent Class powerhouse, and she revealed that she was the Three Goddesses of Time and Space merged into one.
  • The goddess split into Nolde, Welter, and Shiltee, who introduced themselves to Shien.
  • After an hour of conversation, Shien learned that Nadula had sent the three goddesses to watch over and protect him.
  • Welter announced that the goddesses would follow Shien, while Shiltee immediately asked him to take her somewhere fun.

Ch. 786"Let's Sneak Away."

Shien tried to escape the noise of the Three Goddesses of Time and Space with Lilith, but they chased after him through the corridor. Their pursuit ended when they crashed into Kamina, who had been walking alone.

  • Shiltee, Welter, and Nolde swarmed Lilith with questions and chatter, while Aiyi and Yulin explained the goddesses' formidable time-and-space powers.
  • Aiyi fled to Sister Lide's room, and Yulin flew away to spar with Gratia and Blady.
  • Shien carried Lilith out of the room, but Shiltee spotted them and the three goddesses chased after them.
  • Kamina walked alone through the corridor as nearby Demons avoided her because she was the Poison Demon.
  • Shiltee, Welter, and Nolde crashed into Kamina around a corner.

Ch. 787Arch-Enemies from 786,000 Years Ago

Kamina ran into the Three Goddesses of Time and Space in the Supreme Castle, and their old enmity quickly reignited. They began fighting, while Shien and Lilith turned back toward the disturbance.

  • Shiltee crashed into Kamina in a corridor, and the three sisters recognized their former enemy.
  • Kamina confronted the goddesses and learned they had been brought to the Demon Realm by Big Sis, though they denied getting lost.
  • Kamina unleashed her poison, but Welter, Nolde, and Shiltee used their time authorities to neutralize it.
  • Kamina challenged the sisters over their thousand-year-old grudge, and they joined hands to fight her.
  • The clash blasted Kamina and the goddesses through the Supreme Castle’s ceiling, and Shien and Lilith turned back to watch.

Ch. 788A Transcendent-Class Battle!

Shien and Lilith intervened in the battle between Kamina and the Time-Space Goddess to protect Central City. Shien broke through the Goddess's time distortion and struck her with the Holy Sword, then grabbed her as she cried out.

  • Shien arrived at the Supreme Castle with Lilith and saw Kamina and the Time-Space Goddess fighting above Central City.
  • Shien sent Lilith to stop Kamina and charged into the Time-Space Goddess's temporal current himself.
  • Shien broke through the current without being harmed while Lilith blocked Kamina's poison tsunami and split her poison sea with her wings.
  • Shien struck the Time-Space Goddess with the Holy Sword, blasting her out of the ripples of time and space.
  • Shien teleported behind the injured Goddess and grabbed her, making her scream.

Ch. 789"Almost Didn't Recognize You."

Shien intervened to stop Kamina and the Time-Space Goddess from fighting, but their arguments escalated until he joined the battle. Sera ended the confrontation by threatening to reveal embarrassing details from their childhood, leaving Shien curious about what they had done as newborns.

  • Lilith restrained Kamina by hugging her, while Shien stopped the Time-Space Goddess and confronted the pair about damaging Central City.
  • Kamina and the Time-Space Goddess blamed each other, then turned their complaints toward Shien, who lost his temper and challenged them to fight.
  • The argument became a two-on-two battle as Lilith joined Shien and the Time-Space Goddess and Kamina prepared to retaliate.
  • Sera and the other Demon Men appeared, and the Time-Space Goddess remarked that their pregnant bellies had made them hard to recognize.
  • Sera ordered Kamina and the Time-Space Goddess to stop fighting, silencing them by threatening to reveal how they had been cared for as newborns.
  • After the Demon Men departed, Shien asked what Kamina and the Time-Space Goddess had done when they were born, prompting both to flee.

Ch. 790Is This a Public Execution?

Shien returned to Supreme Castle with the Three Goddesses of Time and Space under Sela’s request, while the other Demons kept their distance. On the way, the Goddesses questioned him about his immunity to their Authority, then asked an embarrassing question about his experience touching their fused form.

  • Sela asked Shien to keep the Three Goddesses of Time and Space in sight, and he agreed because he owed the Demon sisters a favor.
  • Aiyi sent Shien back to his original room, while Yulin took Lilith away and the other Demons avoided him.
  • Nolde asked why Shien could ignore their Authority, and he explained that a Blessing protected him from every Goddess’s Authority.
  • Welter used her question to ask who had bestowed Shien’s Blessing, and he named Nien, whom the three Goddesses did not recognize.
  • Shiltee asked what it felt like for Shien to touch them after they fused, leaving him speechless as Nolde and Welter admitted they were curious too.

Ch. 791"Protect Your Hero"

Shien fled from the three goddesses and brought them back to his room, while Nadula spoke with Merika in the Divine Realm and gave her a powerful staff. Nadula hoped Merika would be strong enough to protect herself and Shien when the coming upheaval arrived.

  • Shien escaped the three goddesses’ attention by fleeing to his old room in Supreme Castle, where they moved in after him.
  • Nadula praised Merika’s progress after her training in the Inner Sanctum and reassured her that Shien was doing well amid the turmoil over his identity and engagement to Aiyi.
  • Merika accepted that Shien and Aiyi had a close bond and was grateful that she could eventually marry him.
  • Nadula gave Merika the Staff of Nature, a rare weapon capable of helping her fight a Limit-tier powerhouse.
  • Nadula told Merika to use the staff to protect herself and Shien if something extraordinary happened.

Ch. 792I Might Get... Cuckolded?

With the Three Races summit approaching, Shien grew fed up with the three goddesses’ constant interference and secretly teleported out of the Demon Realm. The Demon Lords discovered he was heading back to the Kingdom of Mithra and decided Shafna would go after him while Lid and Milu dealt with the goddesses.

  • As the summit preparations intensified, Shien endured ten days of trouble caused by the three goddesses while the Demon Lords quietly monitored him.
  • Shien left the Demon Realm by Teleportation after leaving a note in Aiyi’s room, and Shafna sensed his departure through Mind-Weaving Demon.
  • Shafna told the Demon Lords that Shien was heading back to the Kingdom of Mithra, and the sisters debated who should follow him.
  • The Demon Lords rejected Aiyi and Milu as unsuitable, while Sera, Kamina, and Lid each ruled themselves out.
  • Sera ordered Shafna to go after Shien and told Lid and Milu to watch the three goddesses and send them back to the Divine Realm.

Ch. 793Is This "Taking Care" Proper?

Shien returned from the Demon Realm to the Human Realm with Yulin and Lilith, escaping the Three Goddesses and the demons at Supreme Castle. As Shafna set off after him and Aiyi was kept from following, Shien directed Yulin to take them to the Kingdom of Mithra.

  • Yulin emerged from a Magic Power Source in the Source Mountain Range, where the monsters submitted to her powerful dragon form.
  • Shien explained that they had crossed the passage safely and celebrated getting away from the Three Goddesses and the demons, while Lilith remained confused.
  • The Three Goddesses discovered Shien had fled, but Milu and Lyd blocked their escape and chased them through Supreme Castle.
  • Shafna stopped Aiyi from pursuing Shien by teleporting her to Kamina and Sera, then set off for the Human Realm herself.
  • A stone maiden found Shafna's note saying she had left to join Shien and cried out in distress.
  • Shien told Yulin to fly directly to the Kingdom of Mithra, and Yulin happily obeyed.

Ch. 794The Center of the World: The Royal Capital

The royal capital of the Kingdom of Mithra tightened its defenses and welcomed influential visitors ahead of the Three Races conference, while citizens debated Shien’s engagement to a Demon Lord and its consequences for Roxielusty. As the capital waited to see how the conference would resolve the tensions, a massive black dragon arrived overhead.

  • The royal capital increased inspections and defenses as convoys carrying foreign leaders and representatives arrived for the Three Races conference.
  • Citizens celebrated Mithra hosting the conference, recalling that Hero Mitra had founded the kingdom and held the first conference there.
  • Supporters praised Shien’s ties to the God Race, Demon Race, Elves, and Beastmen, while others condemned his engagement to a Demon Lord after his engagement to Roxielusty.
  • The people anticipated that the conference would address the Hero Summon and the engagement issue involving Shien, the Demon Lord, and Roxielusty.
  • A massive black dragon descended over the royal capital, roared, and sent the city into an uproar.

Ch. 795The Most High-Profile Return

Shien returned to the royal capital on Yulin, making a forceful public entrance before heading directly to the royal palace to see Roxie. As he approached a familiar chamber, he sensed an indescribable aura and Yulin reacted warily.

  • Yulin's arrival stirred the royal capital, and citizens and officials recognized Shien as a Hero who had returned.
  • Lumya, Vivian, Tier, Ryley, Laisha, Lasha, Ria, Anxi, Aridia, and others watched Shien's return, while Roxie sensed his presence from the palace.
  • Yulin passed through the capital's barrier without damaging it, and Shien's display made Anxi suspect he meant to deter anyone considering interfering in his engagement to Roxie.
  • Shien directed Yulin to the royal palace, used Teleportation to pass through its barrier, and continued toward a familiar chamber.
  • Yulin halted and growled as an indescribable aura fluctuated inside the chamber, and Lilith looked toward it in surprise.

Ch. 796Roxie's Drastic Change in Demeanor?

Shien entered Roxie's palace after the True Seal she had left on him reacted to a powerful divine aura, and found the Sacred Sword Knights greatly expanded. Roxie greeted him with icy golden eyes and a stranger's indifference, but Shien's Iron Claw made her immediately scream and drop the act.

  • Shien's True Seal reacted to the divine aura surrounding Roxie's palace, so he landed outside and went in alone while Yulin and Lilith waited behind.
  • Female knights escorted Shien through the heavily guarded palace, where he noticed that Roxie's Sacred Sword Knights had expanded into a large force.
  • Shien reached Roxie's room and saw that her eyes had turned golden and her manner had become cold and indifferent.
  • Shien teleported in front of Roxie and grabbed her head with Iron Claw, making her scream as her golden eyes vanished.

Ch. 797Already Terrified Shien?

Shien returned to the palace and confronted Roxie, who had tried to act cold toward him despite her resentment over his engagement to the Dragon Demon. Outside, the Sacred Sword Knights mistook Roxie’s cries for private intimacy, while Anxi confidently waited for Shien to beg her forgiveness; the chapter left Roxie exhausted and in tears after surrendering to Shien.

  • The elder Sacred Sword Knights stopped the rookies from rushing into Roxie’s room, explaining that they had learned not to interrupt when Roxie and Count Poztut were alone together.
  • Shien caught Roxie by the head and scolded her for acting cold after his return, while Roxie blamed him for leaving for two months and bringing back a frightening fiancée.
  • Roxie called Shien a coward for turning the blame on her, and Shien threatened to make her verify whether he was a man before dragging her away.
  • The female knights heard Roxie’s cries and established an internal rule forbidding anyone from entering when Shien and Roxie were alone.
  • Anxi waited in the King’s bedchamber, certain that Shien had gone to beg Roxie’s forgiveness and that Roxie would make him work for it.
  • Roxie finally surrendered, and Shien released her as she lay exhausted on the bed, crying.

Ch. 798Blessing Prayer

Shien returned to Roxie and reassured her that Aiyi accepted Roxie marrying him first, then learned that Roxie’s Unique Skill had awakened and granted her the Goddess of Fate’s authority. Roxie revealed the power recorded in a royal document, leaving Shien stunned.

  • Shien promised Roxie that he would not abandon her and explained that Aiyi had accepted Roxie taking precedence as his first wife.
  • Roxie relaxed after hearing Aiyi’s position, though she regretted that her earlier confrontation with Shien had been unnecessary.
  • Shien noticed Roxie’s changed eye color and extraordinary strength, and asked about her unusual displayed level.
  • Roxie explained that her Unique Skill had been unusable because it needed a long time to take shape, then gave Shien an old royal document describing it.
  • Shien read that Roxie’s Unique Skill, Blessing Prayer, could reproduce the authority of the Goddess of Fate, and Roxie confirmed that she could use that power.

Ch. 799This Is a True Genius!

Roxie revealed that her Unique Skill, Blessing Prayer, had granted her part of the Goddess of Fate’s authority and transformed her nature, but using that power could leave her dangerously weak. Shien learned that Roxie might break through life’s limits and eventually become a stable Transcendent being comparable to Goddess Lidas.

  • Roxie explained that Blessing Prayer had traced Goddess Lidas’s blessing for seventeen years, granting her the Goddess of Fate’s authority and a True Seal.
  • Roxie told Shien that her mixed human and Goddess nature made her power unstable, and using authority could make her grow stronger before suddenly leaving her unable to fight.
  • Roxie explained that Goddess Lidas had judged she could briefly reach power comparable to Lidas before her strength collapsed.
  • Roxie told Shien that she was normally around Legendary-tier, could fight a Limit-tier expert with the Holy Sword, and might break through life’s limits into the Transcendent Class.
  • Shien realized that Roxie’s potential to become Transcendent explained why Mithra’s Holy Sword had acknowledged her.

Ch. 800"I'll Wait a Little Longer."

Shien tested whether Roxie's authority over fate could affect him, then subdued her after she bit him and left the palace with Yulin and Lilith. Anxi waited all night for Shien to come ask him for help, but Shien never came.

  • Shien wondered whether his Supreme God's Blessing could protect him from Roxie's authority, then tested it by patting her face and confirmed it did not stop her from biting him.
  • Roxie bit Shien, and he pushed her down and made her promise not to bite or resist him again.
  • Shien left Roxie's room and found the female knights watching him bashfully in the corridor.
  • Yulin and Lilith met Shien outside the bedchamber, and the three of them left the palace together.
  • Anxi waited for Shien to come beg him for help, but Shien never arrived, and Anxi stayed awake through the night.

Ch. 801"A Bunch of Trash!"

Shien returned to House Poztut and found powerful visitors crowding its gates, hoping to curry favor with the Hero. As the gathering descended into a dangerous confrontation, Ryley Razahad and members of Vivian's Squad came out to send everyone away, but the visitors refused to leave.

  • Shien arrived at House Poztut with Yulin and Lilith and learned that leaders from across the world had gathered to seek an audience with him.
  • Yulin explained that Shien's ties to the Demon Race, Kingdom of Mithra, God Race, and other peoples made him a powerful figure worth courting.
  • The visitors and their guards began shoving, threatening one another, and preparing to fight outside the gates.
  • Ryley Razahad emerged with Lumya, Tier, and Vivian, introduced herself as House Poztut's temporary external representative, and told the crowd that Shien was not home.
  • Several visitors protested being turned away and accused Shien of looking down on them, just as a startled cry came from the crowd.
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