Chapter Summaries

Shien offered to take Shafna’s centuries-old curse, trusting the Supreme God’s Blessing to protect him long enough to cleanse it with the Holy Sword. When Shafna warned that the curse required a deep connection to transfer, Shien asked her to use her succubus powers to make him fall for her.

• Shien proposed taking Shafna’s curse and argued that the Supreme God’s Blessing would help him endure it.
• Shafna objected that the curse could kill Shien before he cleansed it and questioned whether their connection was deep enough for the transfer.
• Shien revealed that the Supreme God had bestowed a powerful blessing on him, leaving Shafna shocked and wondering why the Hero had received it.
• Shafna explained that the curse needed a deep connection, and Shien acknowledged that he was not deeply in love with her.
• Shien cornered Shafna and asked her to make him fall for her, even if only temporarily.

Gord led the Primal Demon search for the cursed succubus and located a cave where Shien and Shafna were hiding. He ordered a barrage of high-level magic against it, but a cold snort and overwhelming pressure followed, leaving the attackers facing an unknown threat.

• Gord grew impatient while searching the Moon Demon Territory border for the cursed succubus and summoned more Primal Demon members to help.
• An envoy reported the curse’s location, and Gord gathered his forces before a cave where detection magic had found two powerful magical reactions.
• Gord reported the discovery to the Apostle of the Moon, transformed his body with Infinite Transformation, and ordered the envoys to prepare attack magic.
• Gord’s forces unleashed a barrage of high-level spells that collapsed the cave and devastated the surrounding forest.
• A cold snort rang out, the clouds twisted into a vortex, and terrifying pressure enveloped the area.

Shien urged Shafna to seduce him so he could fall in love with her and take on her curse rather than face the Old Demon Race in battle. Shafna succeeded, and the surge of magical power from the cave sent Gord and the Primal Demon envoys fleeing as the battlefield erupted.

• Shien challenged Shafna to make him fall in love with her, provoking her by calling her a pretty vase.
• Shafna seduced Shien with caresses and kisses, then urged him to ravish her and make her admit defeat.
• Shien finally succumbed to Shafna's seduction after resisting for a week.
• A tremendous magical power surged from Shafna above the ruined cave, stirring the sky and freezing the Old Demon Faction envoys in place.
• Gord and the Primal Demon envoys tried to flee, but a thunderous roar erupted across the battlefield.

Shafna summoned phantom Legendary-tier mages to destroy the Primal Demon's envoys and drive off their hidden leader, then spoke with Shien about the threat and the curse she had transferred to him. The crisis passed, and both resolved to settle accounts with the fleeing Half-Demonoid someday.

• Shafna summoned phantom Legendary-tier mages, whose barrage obliterated the forest and killed the Primal Demon's envoys as Gord escaped underground.
• Shafna spotted the hidden leader in the clouds, but he vanished before she could pursue him.
• Shafna told Shien that the leader's concealment skill made him nearly impossible to find unless they could lure him into a trap.
• Shien admitted he had not sensed the Half-Demonoid's attack and joked about his escape; he also explained his nosebleed after Shafna's seduction.
• Shafna confirmed that the curse she transferred to Shien had been purified by the Holy Sword, while Shien secretly reassured himself that he had conquered her.
• Shien and Shafna bickered and agreed to settle their debt with the Half-Demonoid in the future.

After the succubi’s curse was resolved, Danas discussed his plans with a mysterious girl and encountered the Goddess of Time, who had traveled across eras searching for the Hero. Her account of the future suggested that Demonoids would become more numerous, leaving Danas to conclude that either his plan or his father’s plan would succeed.

• The unknown demons and Primal Demons withdrew after learning the succubi’s curse had been resolved, and Danas welcomed his father’s failed mission.
• Danas told the girl that he was waiting for his father to act before advancing his Seventh Demonoid creation plan.
• A vortex of time appeared, and the Goddess emerged and asked Danas what era she had reached.
• Danas told the Goddess about recent events, including the Hero’s arrival in the Demon Realm and his upcoming engagement to Lady Dragon Demon Aiyi.
• The Goddess said she had traveled through time for years searching for the Hero, then revealed that the future Demon Realm had more Demonoids.
• Danas concluded that the future meant either his plan or his father’s plan had succeeded, while the Goddess flew off in the wrong direction and wondered why the Hero had so many Demonoids.

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.