Chapter Summaries

Shien woke exhausted and unable to remember what had happened over the past few days, so he confronted Shafna for answers. Shafna refused to explain, and the chapter left her troubled by the events while Shien prepared to leave for Central City the next day.

• Shien woke sore and depleted, found that someone had cleaned and changed him, and suspected Lasha had done something to him in his sleep.
• Shien ran into Liel, asked her to prepare nourishing supplements, and hurried to Shafna’s room to demand an explanation.
• Shafna told Shien that he had exhausted her and that she had cleaned up and erased the effects, but she refused to explain further.
• Shafna asked whether Shien would take responsibility if she told him what happened, and briefly resurfaced memories vanished before he could recall them.
• Shafna urged Shien to rest before their trip to Central City, then lay beneath the covers and wondered what she should do next.

Shien suspected that a succubus was behind the strange effects on him and Shafna, so he sneaked into Shafna’s room to question her with sleep-talk magic. Her answers left him stunned, and he was still trying to understand what she meant.

• Liel told Shien that the Shalin Race had begun moving to Succubus City, and Shajina had sent her gratitude to him.
• Shien decided to investigate whether Shafna was responsible for the strange changes affecting them and prepared to sneak into her room.
• Shien unsealed the Holy Sword, strengthened his Heaven-given skills, and used stealth and teleportation to evade the room’s defenses.
• Shien found Shafna asleep and cast Enchantment: Sleep Talk to make her answer questions unconsciously.
• Shafna murmured that she could not take any more and told someone to stop, leaving Shien frozen in confusion.

Shien questioned the sleeping Shafna with an enchantment and learned that they had apparently slept together, though he could not remember it. When Shafna woke and confronted him, he demanded that she restore his memories before he would explain himself, leaving her reluctant because her own actions had been shameful.

• Shien used sleep-talking enchantment magic to question Shafna and heard her say that he had tormented her in dreams and the previous night.
• Shien concluded that he had slept with Shafna but doubted the story because he could not remember what had happened.
• Shafna woke, revealed she had noticed the spell, and threatened to expose Shien if he tried to leave.
• Shien argued that he could not be blamed without knowing what happened and demanded that Shafna restore his memories.
• Shafna refused, then realized she had accused Shien first despite having acted shamefully herself.

Shafna explained how her attempts to investigate the strange loss of her powers had led to what happened with Shien, then restored his blurred memories. After an awkward exchange about the mysteries surrounding Shien and Shafna’s declaration that she was already his, the two became intimate again and spent another sleepless night.

• Shafna told Shien how she had entered his dreams to investigate an accident that sealed her power, while concealing the red jewel’s existence.
• Shafna pressed a finger to Shien’s forehead and restored his memories of what had happened in the dream and the previous night.
• Shien asked why Shafna’s power kept getting sealed, and Shafna wondered whether something unusual had appeared inside him.
• Shien said he would uncover the secrets surrounding himself, and Shafna blurted out that she trusted him because she was already his.
• Shien moved toward Shafna, and the two became intimate again instead of getting a proper night’s rest.

Shien and Shafna argued after spending the night together, and Shafna warned him not to let his desire turn him into someone who blindly clung to her. Shien said he would accept it if she chose to end their relationship, leaving Shafna reassured and willing to consider how they might get along.

• Shafna angrily beat Shien with a pillow for exhausting her, while Shien admitted he had lost control.
• Shafna told Shien not to force himself on her again and explained that she had admired his independence and feared he would become blindly devoted to her.
• Shien acknowledged his impulsiveness but refused to agree to a rule forbidding him from touching her.
• Shien asked whether Shafna wanted to end their relationship and said he would accept her decision if she did.
• Shafna realized Shien meant what he said, felt reassured, and went back to sleep considering how to get along with him.

Shien prepared to accompany Shafna to Central City with a group of her subordinates, while Liel dismissed the Spirit Race brothers as weak. Shien warned Liel to watch Xien closely, and the gathered experts discussed how Xisai had secured a place on the escort.

• Liel woke Shien and told him that he and Shafna were leaving for Central City with several subordinates.
• Liel named herself, Hart, and Xisai as Shafna's escorts, with Grey and Xien accompanying them as well.
• Liel described Xisai as a level-ninety-four ordinary expert and Xien as a level-ninety-one aspirant who could not defeat the rock giant brothers.
• Shien told Liel that Xien was not as worthless as she thought and advised her to keep a closer eye on him.
• Hart questioned why Xisai had been chosen over Wendy, and Xisai said he had paid a price and brought Xien to secure the escort place.
• Shien arrived at the plaza, where Hart, Grey, Xisai, and Xien were waiting.

Shien confronted Xisai over his supposedly middling abilities, making the Spirit Race brothers suspect that Shien had seen through their disguise. Shafna arrived and prepared to take the group to Central City using a rare transportation Magic Item, and Shien volunteered to power it.

• Shien provoked Xisai by calling him barely passable and questioning the Succubus Territory's judgment, alarming Xisai and Xien.
• Shafna emerged from Succubus Castle, ignored the gathered experts, and told Liel to prepare their departure.
• Liel drew a transportation pattern with a crystal pen, and Shafna explained that the Magic Item could carry them across the Demon Realm using power from a unique mineral vein.
• Shafna explained that reaching Central City required more magical power than most could provide and usually consumed expensive Magic Crystals.
• Shien offered to supply the power himself, surprising Shafna and the others.

Shien and Shafna prepared to leave Succubus City for the Moon Demon Territory as Demonoids across the territories set out for the gathering. In Dragon King Valley, Aiyi and her executives awaited the emergence of a dragon who had spent several days in a dragon nest.

• Shien activated the teleportation circle with his vast magic power, and Shafna teased him about wanting to return to Aiyi and his companions.
• Shafna led the group into the circle, and Liel activated it, sending them toward the Moon Demon Territory.
• Lyd and Milu set out from their territories, while Kamina emerged from a poisoned swamp after separating the evil aura from her body and prepared to meet the evil god and Shien.
• Aiyi waited outside a dragon nest with two executives, expecting a dragon to emerge after several days inside.
• A naked figure walked out of the dragon nest as Aiyi smiled at her emergence.

Shien and the others traveled from Succubus Territory toward Moon Demon Territory, while Hart and Grey speculated about Shafna’s unusual attention to Shien. The journey ended in an ambush when Xisai and Xien detonated their magic power, and a blood-red presence revealed it had been waiting for Shafna.

• Liel confirmed that the group was nearing the border of Succubus Territory and Moon Demon Territory, and Grey said he had spent over twenty years in Succubus Territory without visiting elsewhere.
• Shafna glared resentfully at Shien while he watched the teleportation passage, and Hart asked Grey whether Shafna might have feelings for him.
• Xisai told Xien to prepare to act as they approached their agreed location, and both brothers began releasing magic power.
• Xisai and Xien detonated their magic power, causing the traveling light passage to explode and throwing the group into midair.
• Shafna moved to capture the falling brothers, but the surroundings turned blood-red as an unseen speaker announced it had been waiting for her.

Parien, a Grand Apostle of the Primal Demon, revealed that he had trapped Shafna and her companions in the Unique Skill Crimson Sun Hell, where he could control the environment and drain its magic power. As the hell’s blood-red sun rose, the group struggled under its crushing gravity, and Parien revealed his Limit-tier strength.

• Parien appeared with two demons, introduced himself as the Sun Grand Apostle of the Primal Demon, and greeted Shafna.
• Liel condemned Parien and the Old Demon Faction for their atrocities and their attempts to revive the Demon King; Shafna’s attitude toward him turned hostile.
• Parien’s two companions matched Liel, Hart, and Grey with their auras as Shien sensed that the blood-red space was strengthening them by drawing in its magic power.
• Shafna recognized the space as the effect of a Unique Skill, and Parien explained that Crimson Sun Hell gave him control over the sealed area.
• A blood-red sun rose, increasing the world’s gravity until Liel, Grey, and Hart nearly collapsed, while Parien unleashed the aura of a level-one-hundred Limit-tier expert.

Shafna confronted Parien, who admitted Hermes had ordered him to stop her, while Shien stayed beside her when Parien warped the crimson world. Parien sent the Spirit Race brothers after Shien, but Shien revealed he had seen through their hidden strength and severely wounded them.

• Shafna recognized Parien as a demon from a thousand years ago and learned he was acting on Hermes's orders.
• Shafna challenged Parien over his plan to help Hermes become a demon, and Parien warped space to separate her from Liel, Grey, and Hart.
• Shien used Immobilize to resist the spatial distortion and remain beside Shafna.
• Parien ordered Xisai and Xien to attack Shien, and the brothers revealed their concealed peak Legendary-tier strength.
• Shien drew the Holy Sword and badly wounded Xisai and Xien, then revealed he had long known they were hiding their true levels and were traitors from the Old Demon Faction's Primal Demon.

Shien and Shafna confronted Parien’s force inside a crimson space, where Shafna destroyed the demon-forged army. When Parien boasted that his Unique Skill made the space indestructible, Shafna killed him with a snap of her fingers.

• Xisai and Xien’s injuries worsened as Shien’s Holy Sword’s Sacred Power corroded them, and Parien recognized Shien as a serious threat.
• Parien summoned an army of demon-forged creatures from a sea of blood within his Unique Skill space.
• At Shien’s urging, Shafna crushed the creatures with a giant palm of magic power and evaporated the sea of blood.
• Parien claimed only his death could end the space, so Shafna snapped her fingers and killed him.

Shien and Shafna fought Parien, whose Unique Skill let him revive and distort the surrounding space. Shien unsealed the Holy Sword and pursued Parien with Transcendent Class power, killing the Spirit Race brothers Xisai and Xien and cutting down two more Apostles as Parien fled.

• Shafna made Parien explode by causing her magic to go out of control inside his body, but he revived and attacked with his foul wind and spatial distortions.
• Shafna and Shien stabilized the warped space, and Shien released all three seals on the Holy Sword to defeat Parien permanently.
• Parien fled through distorted space and used his Apostles and spatial effects to obstruct Shien, but Shien's power locked the space in place.
• Shien passed Xisai and Xien and killed both Spirit Race brothers with a single strike.
• Shien charged after Parien and cut down the remaining two Old Demon Faction Apostles as Parien continued to flee.

Parien activated a curse that used Shafna’s Mind-Weaving Demon Unique Skill and the centuries-old connections she had formed with Succubus City’s residents to attack her. As Shafna was overwhelmed, Shien found and destroyed the crimson sun that was Parien’s true body, making Parien vanish.

• Shien killed four Legendary-tier experts, while Parien fled toward Shafna and prepared his plan.
• Across Succubus City, residents and the Spirit Race committed suicide, releasing a bloody aura that reached Shafna.
• Shafna froze as the curse entered her body, and Parien revealed that it had accumulated through the connections created by her Unique Skill.
• Parien explained that the curse was designed to erode Shafna through her servants and tried to claim her Demon body.
• Shien recognized the crimson sun as Parien’s true body and cleaved it apart with the Holy Sword, causing Parien to scream and disappear.

Shien destroyed Parien’s true body and used Celestial Magic to ease Shafna’s curse, but a mysterious Transcendent Class attacker struck them. Shien and Shafna escaped before the attacker could return, leaving Liel, Hart, and Grey to find the ruined battlefield.

• Shien used the Holy Sword to destroy the crimson blood sun, revealing and annihilating Parien’s true body.
• Shafna succumbed to the centuries-old curse, and Shien used Celestial Breathe to ease its effects.
• A mysterious Transcendent Class figure attacked Shien with a pillar of magical light, but Shien blocked it with his strongest slash.
• Shafna struck the attacker with an icy burst that reduced his aura, and he vanished; she urged Shien to leave before the attacker recovered.
• Shien teleported away with Shafna, and Liel, Hart, and Grey later arrived at the devastated battlefield.

Shafna explained that the enemy who attacked her was an unstable Half-Demonoid and the hidden force behind the Primal Demon. She suspected he intended to use the Seventh Demonoid Creation Plan to complete himself, while Shien wondered why the Primal Demon had made no preparations for his involvement.

• Shien carried Shafna to a forest near the border of the Moon Demon Territory, where she said they were far enough away from pursuit.
• Shafna explained that the Half-Demonoid was the seventh life nurtured by Demon Lord Clatiss, born incompletely and fluctuating between Transcendent Class and Limit-tier power.
• Shafna connected the Half-Demonoid to the Seventh Demonoid Creation Plan and said he could use the plan or devour one of the six Demonoids to become complete.
• Shafna revealed that the Half-Demonoid led the Primal Demon from behind the scenes, using his Unique Skill to hide himself and others, and had targeted her to take her Demonoid body.
• Shien questioned why the Primal Demon had not prepared for him, despite his earlier killing of a Transcendent Class opponent in the Imperial Capital.

Shafna explained that life could not normally surpass level one hundred and that Moro’s and the Half-Demonoid’s transcendence were incomplete, conditional states. She also revealed that Sera and the goddesses had concealed Shien’s true power to prevent unrest, while the Primal Demons’ internal divisions might have kept Moro’s defeat from them; Shien and Shafna then turned to removing her curse.

• Shafna told Shien that Moro’s power had pierced the realms and that her transcendence was restricted and dependent on the Branch of Flourishing.
• Shafna explained that the world’s laws limited life, with Heroes uniquely able to transcend without side effects, while other beings who crossed the limit became incomplete or suffered problems.
• Shafna said the Primal Demon’s Half-Demonoid wanted to devour the other Demonoids to obtain a perfect body and avoid side effects.
• Shafna revealed that Sera and the goddesses had sealed information about Shien’s strength and arranged for the empire to suppress the truth.
• Shafna speculated that conflict within the Primal Demons explained why the Great Spirit Body had not joined Parien or shared intelligence about Shien.
• Shien stopped discussing the Primal Demons and proposed that they find a way to remove Shafna’s curse.

Shien watched Shafna purge her curse and learned more about the Mind-Weaving Demon’s power and risks. When they sensed Primal Demon forces searching the forest, Shafna urged Shien not to fight while her curse remained dangerous.

• Shien watched phantoms connected to Shafna use recovery magic to purge her curse, and realized they could recreate people with their abilities except for Unique Skills and certain other powers.
• Shafna explained that the Mind-Weaving Demon worked both ways, making people important to her potential weaknesses, and Shien asked what score he had in her heart.
• Shien teased Shafna about having improper thoughts about him, and she grew furious before a wave of magic power interrupted them.
• Shien and Shafna sensed a concealed search party from the Primal Demon, led by one Legendary-tier individual and accompanied by upper demons.
• Shafna warned that the Half-Demonoid might be hiding nearby and that her curse could erupt if she fought, so she and Shien decided not to engage the search party.

Danas defended himself against a suspicious woman who questioned his role in the failed plan and Ri’s death, then revealed his secret efforts to create Limit-tier Combat Mages. He planned to betray his father’s hunt for Shien Poztut and Shafna to pursue his own chance to transcend.

• A woman confronted Danas for lingering on the mountain instead of helping search for Shien Poztut and Shafna, and accused him of repeatedly acting against the leader’s plans.
• The woman challenged Danas over concealing Shien Poztut’s Transcendent Class strength, which had contributed to the failed plan, Shafna’s escape, and Ri’s death.
• Danas claimed he had not known Moro’s plans or the Hero’s strength, and the woman warned him before leaving after demonstrating her power.
• Danas admitted to a girl that he had secretly established Demon Refining Ritual sites and used Demonoid Larvae to build obedient Limit-tier Combat Mages.
• Danas said he would reveal Shien Poztut and Shafna’s locations at the right time to restore his father’s trust, while pursuing his own chance to transcend.

Shien and Shafna hid from the Old Demon Faction while Shafna’s curse grew stronger and drew their pursuers closer. Shafna explained how she could transfer the curse through her Mind-Weaving Demon, and Shien offered to take it from her.

• Shien and Shafna hid in a forest cave while the Old Demon Faction searched for them, and Shien used Celestial Breathe to stabilize Shafna when her curse flared.
• Shafna explained that they could wait for rescue, but Liel and her sisters could not arrive in time to face the enemy leader.
• Shafna revealed that her Mind-Weaving Demon could transfer her curse to someone with a sufficiently deep connection to her.
• Shafna said she did not want to use the ability to make others bear the curse, and Shien offered to take it himself.