Chapter Summaries

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.

Aiyi questioned Shien about his lost memories and hinted that his past life was connected to who he was now, but an unseen force suddenly took him away. As the demons gathered in alarm, Sera suspected she knew who had summoned him and told everyone to wait for his return.

• Aiyi asked Shien whether he cared about his previous life, and Shien said he wanted to live well in the life he had now.
• Aiyi began to tell Shien that his previous life was connected to his present self, but an invisible power enveloped him and made him vanish.
• Lilith and Aiyi unleashed their powers in shock, shaking Central City until the other demons arrived and helped restrain them.
• Aiyi said Shien had been taken away, and the demons demanded to know who had done it.
• Sera said she suspected the one responsible and told the demons that Shien would survive and might return soon, then asked them to wait.

Shien reunited with Nien, who revealed that she was the Hero Summon ritual itself and had summoned him using the Supreme God's Blessing. She began explaining the origins of Heroes and the other worlds, leaving Shien learning that those worlds were created to nurture Heroes.

• Nien explained that the God Race and Sera had been investigating the Hero Summon, forcing her to reveal herself.
• Nien revealed that she was fused with the Hero Summon ritual and had personally summoned Shien and bestowed the Supreme God's Blessing on him.
• Shien asked why Nien shared the First Generation Hero's name, and Nien said Supreme God Omnis had been obsessed with it.
• Nien described how the Almighty Goddess and the Demon King had fought before the God Race, humanity, and Demon Race existed.
• Nien revealed that Omnis created other worlds as places for Heroes to arise, since Omnipotens could not give birth to a third being beyond limits.

Nien explained to Shien how Supreme God Omnis created the Another Worlds to cultivate Heroes and how the First Generation Hero’s death changed Omnis. She revealed that she was born when Omnis’s grief merged with the Hero Summon ritual, leaving Shien silent as he recognized the sorrow behind her existence.

• Nien told Shien that Omnis created the Another Worlds and restricted their mystical power so Heroes could be born there.
• Nien recounted how the First Generation Hero became Omnis’s close friend before Demon Lord Clatiss killed her, plunging Omnis into despair.
• Shien experienced a hazy memory of speaking with a gentle woman about a friend he could never visit again.
• Shien guessed that Nien had been created from the First Generation Hero, and Nien clarified that she was the Hero Summon ritual itself.
• Nien revealed that Omnis’s grief after the Hero’s death merged with Hero Summon, making Nien the true third life born in Omnipotens.

Nien told Shien that she had been born from Supreme God Omnis's pain, used as the Hero Summon ritual, and abandoned in a sealed temple. She revealed that she had summoned Shien by her own choice after accumulating mana for a thousand years, then brought him into a nearby room to show him something.

• Nien explained that Supreme God Omnis had treated her as a tool to summon Heroes and sealed her away after the war, leaving her alone for countless years.
• Nien confessed that she had summoned Shien herself because she wanted to fulfill her purpose and find a companion, and called him her Hero alone.
• Nien said Sela had sensed her existence and that a wildcat had guessed her identity, so she no longer saw a reason to hide.
• Shien asked why Nien had called him there, but she avoided answering and pulled him into a nearby room.
• Shien cried out as Nien showed him something, and he experienced his greatest joy since coming to that world.

Aiyi, Sister Sela, Lilith, and the others waited through the night for Shien to return, growing increasingly worried and angry. Shien finally reappeared in the plaza before Supreme Castle, where Lilith rushed into his arms and Aiyi and Sister Sela noticed something that changed their expressions.

• Aiyi, Shafna, Kamina, Sister Sela, and Lyd waited outside Supreme Castle while Lilith's worry and evil aura grew, and Milu slept on Lyd.
• Shafna and Kamina complained that Shien had been gone all night, while Aiyi insisted she would deal with him when he returned.
• Kamina, Shafna, and Lyd left; Aiyi and Sister Sela sent the gathered demons away, while Hertia stayed with them to wait.
• Aiyi tried to calm Lilith as Sister Sela prepared to restrain her if she lost control.
• Shien returned through trembling air, and Lilith threw herself into his arms.
• Aiyi and Sister Sela approached Shien to question him, then stopped as Sister Sela's expression turned strange and Aiyi's grew cold.

Shien returned to the Supreme Castle with Lilith and a face covered in kiss marks, prompting Aiyi to leave in anger. He passed Nien’s message to Sera about meeting her at the Canyon of Gods with the Rainbow Demon Diamond, then was left to figure out how to win back Aiyi’s favor.

• Shien came to his senses after Aiyi punched him and confronted him about staying out all night.
• Hertia showed Shien his face in a mirror, revealing it was covered in kiss marks, and Lilith added another before Aiyi left in anger.
• Sera warned Shien not to follow Aiyi and demanded to know where he had gone and whom he had met.
• Shien told Sera that Nien would meet her if she brought the Rainbow Demon Diamond to the Canyon of Gods, and Sera said she would try.
• Sera and Hertia left after scolding Shien about his appearance, and Shien entered the Supreme Castle with Lilith to consider how to regain Aiyi’s favor.

Shien reunited with Yulin after she had turned human, and he teased and coaxed the newly transformed dragon girl until she forgave him. He, Yulin, and Lilith were together again in the Demon Realm.

• Shien carried Lilith through Supreme Castle and apologized for leaving her behind.
• Shien ran into Yulin, recognized her, and grabbed her after she scolded him for failing to recognize her sooner.
• Shien used his magic to make Yulin surrender and apologize, alarming demons who witnessed them.
• Yulin recovered and attacked Shien, but stopped when he threatened to use his magic again.
• Yulin complained that Shien had failed to recognize her, and he apologized and patted her head until she forgave him.
• Lilith watched as Shien, Yulin, and she reunited.

After reuniting with Yulin, Shien tried to make amends with Aiyi, who had refused to see him, but he teleported into her room and soon turned their argument into flirting. Yulin reaffirmed that she would stay by Shien’s side, while Gratia and Blady resolved to find a way to keep him in the Dragon Realm.

• Yulin reunited with Shien and followed him alongside Lilith, while Gratia and Blady refused to let him enter Aiyi’s room because Aiyi did not want to see him.
• Yulin argued with Gratia and Blady that Aiyi wanted Shien to coax her, and Aiyi emerged from her room to stop their quarrel.
• Shien teleported into Aiyi’s room, and their bickering turned into affectionate scuffling as Gratia and Blady listened in disbelief.
• Yulin told Gratia and Blady that she would not return to the dragon race and would remain beside Shien as a dragon who could help him fight.
• Gratia and Blady agreed that they needed to find a way to keep Shien in the Dragon Realm.

After Aiyi warned Shien that his disappearance involved secrets too dangerous to reveal, she told him the Six Great Demon Lords would take him somewhere that could strengthen him. That night, Shien slipped out to meet Hertia, but Shafna caught him and insisted on going with him.

• Shien told Aiyi that he had been taken to the place where the Hero Summon ritual was sealed, and Aiyi said his circumstances involved secrets he should not learn yet.
• Aiyi invited Shien to a place where his strength could increase and said all six sisters would accompany him the next day.
• Shien and Aiyi slept through the day, and Shien woke at night remembering he had missed his meeting with Hertia.
• Shien left Aiyi's room using Teleportation and headed out of Supreme Castle without waking the others.
• Shafna intercepted Shien, learned he planned to go out, and told him to take her with him.

Shien left Supreme Castle with Shafna, who insisted on accompanying him to protect him, and they traveled to meet Hertia in a forest near Central City. Shafna’s teasing led Hertia to misunderstand their relationship, but Hertia invited them both to come with her, leaving Shien exasperated.

• Shafna joined Shien as he left Supreme Castle, explaining that the Demonkind were keeping watch over him for his safety.
• A hidden figure watched Shien and Shafna depart and clenched his fists as demonic power rippled around him.
• Shien and Shafna entered a forest in Central City, where Shafna summoned a level ninety-two Lion-Tiger Scaled Beast and made it carry them.
• Shien followed the parchment’s directions to a clearing, where Hertia was waiting.
• Shafna joked that she had come out with Shien for a night stroll and some fun, and Hertia misunderstood their relationship.
• Hertia invited Shien and Shafna to accompany her, and Shafna happily agreed.