Chapter Summaries

Shien asked Hertia what help she needed, and she requested that he save someone before explaining the rare Ice Maiden Tribe. The chapter left the person Hertia wanted saved unidentified.

• Shien asked Hertia what she wanted his help with, and Hertia said she wanted him to save someone.
• Hertia asked whether Shien knew about the Ice Maiden Tribe, and Shafna explained that it was a tiny, all-female unified race whose members wielded powerful ice abilities.
• Shafna described how unified races shared similarly named Unique Skills and explained the Dragon Race's and Stone Woman Race's abilities and scarcity.
• Shafna said the Ice Maiden Tribe ranked beneath the Dragon Race and rivaled the Stone Woman Race, while Hertia said her people had never considered the Stone Women enemies.
• Hertia said the Ice Maiden Tribe remained loyal to Lady Moon Demon, and Shafna explained that she disliked their unquestioning obedience.

Shien learned why Hertia wanted him to save the frozen members of the Ice Maiden Tribe: their Ice Net Flow sealed space and time, making the ice difficult to undo without a power that could affect both. Shafna told him that his Hero’s Holy Sword might be able to free them, and the chapter left Shien facing the task.

• Shafna reflected on her complicated feelings for Shien, whose love for his other partners remained stronger than his desire for her.
• Hertia explained that the Ice Maiden Tribe had only her left because the rest of its members had frozen themselves with their own Ice Net Flow.
• Shafna described how Ice Net Flow could freeze space and time, making it dangerous even to its wielders.
• Shafna explained that only overwhelming power or abilities affecting space and time could undo the ice without harming those trapped inside.
• Shafna told Shien that his Hero’s Holy Sword might be able to free the frozen Ice Maiden Tribe members.

Hertia asked Shien to use the Holy Sword to free the Ice Maiden Tribe, whose members had been trapped by their own powerful Ice Net Flow. Shien agreed, and Hertia led him to the frozen snowfield where her clanswomen were imprisoned.

• Hertia explained that no one in the Demon Realm could safely undo the Ice Maidens' frozen state, and that she had come to ask Shien for help.
• Shafna described the Ice Maiden Tribe's strength and promised loyalty, while Hertia vowed that her people would repay Shien if he saved them.
• Shien agreed to help Hertia and followed her and Shafna to a snowfield where Ice Net Flow had frozen the space and prevented teleportation or magic.
• Hertia stopped in the snowfield and spread her hand, causing the ground to shake as pillars of ice rose around them.

Shien used the Holy Sword to free the Ice Maiden Tribe from their frozen pillars, and Shafna confirmed they would recover after resting. Hertia then realized that the ice pillar containing her younger sister had vanished without a trace.

• Hertia asked Shien to free the Ice Maiden Tribe, whose members had sacrificed themselves in the final battle a thousand years earlier.
• Shien used the Holy Sword to break the ice pillars without harming the frozen Ice Maiden Tribe members.
• The freed Ice Maiden Tribe members briefly awoke, then fell unconscious from mana exhaustion, and Shafna said they would recover.
• After Shien freed the last visible pillar, Hertia noticed another pillar was missing and revealed that her younger sister had been inside it.

Aiyaglin destroyed Gord rather than risk revealing the Primal Demon, but Danas confronted her with knowledge of her past and provoked her into unleashing her power. Aiyaglin left after calming down, while Danas and a girl discussed the danger she posed and the possibility that he might need to kill her.

• Aiyaglin shattered the ice pillar beneath Central City, destroying Gord along with it.
• Danas revealed that he knew Aiyaglin had escaped and become the Primal Demon's grand apostle, then taunted her about her elder sister.
• Aiyaglin's extreme cold collapsed the underground chamber, and she pursued Danas to the surface before threatening to kill him.
• Danas told the girl that Aiyaglin's power could freeze and shatter space and time, and the girl agreed to help if needed.
• Danas admitted he might have to kill Aiyaglin to keep his plans secret.

Laisha sensed that the test subject who had taken her power had appeared and expected them to come to her before the Three Races' meeting in a month. Meanwhile, Hertia settled the awakened Ice Maiden Tribe in the Demon Realm, leaving Shien under the Dragon Women’s newly intensified scrutiny.

• Laisha told Lasha she had sensed the test subject and would wait for them to come to her, likely amid trouble surrounding the upcoming Three Races' meeting.
• Aiyaglin received a reprimand for using her bestowed power without orders and privately wished she could be free of it.
• Hertia established a remote temporary home for the awakened Ice Maiden Tribe and instructed its members to recover after their thousand-year sleep.
• Shien, Shafna, Aiyi, Yulin, Gratia, and Blady discussed the Ice Maiden Tribe's return and its effect on the Demon and Dragon Races.
• Gratia and Blady decided the Dragon Race needed to grow stronger, then turned their attention toward Shien and made him shudder.

Shien and the others learned how the returning Ice Maiden Tribe would be protected and discussed the missing captive and Hertia’s vanished younger sister. The chapter ended with a rescued Ice Maiden girl quietly watching Shien, prompting the others to tease him.

• Liel glared at the Ice Maidens while the Lion-Tiger Scaled Beast sulked beside her, and Gratia and Blady glared at Shien.
• Hertia explained that the Ice Maidens would stay in the village until they recovered, with Sera arranging protection before announcing their return.
• Hertia apologized to Shien because the imprisoned Apostle had disappeared, and she said Sera was investigating the damaged prison site.
• Shien and the others asked about Hertia’s missing younger sister, and Hertia said Sera was handling the disappearance as official business.
• Shien noticed the little girl he had rescued from an ice seal watching him, and the others teased him about her apparent fondness for him.

Shien stayed behind with Aiyi and Shafna after the others left, and their teasing turned into a slapstick pursuit. Meanwhile, Sera met the demon officials outside Central City and discussed the Ice Maiden Tribe’s return as she considered who had undone Hertia’s Ice Net Flow.

• Aiyi grabbed Shien and reminded him that she had promised to take him somewhere that could increase his strength, while Gratia and Blady objected that the place would not work on humans.
• Aiyi sent the officials back to Supreme Castle and warned them to keep the Ice Maiden Village secret, leaving herself, Shien, and Shafna behind.
• Shafna slapped Shien after reading his thoughts, and Shien struck Aiyi’s head while joking about itchy hands, prompting Aiyi to smash a boulder with her fist.
• Shien slapped Shafna and teleported away, so Shafna and then Aiyi chased after him.
• Milu, Lyd, Kamina, and Sera gathered outside Central City, where Sera explained that she had prepared for the Ice Maiden Tribe’s return and suspected someone had undone Hertia’s Ice Net Flow.

Shien met the six Devil sisters, evaded their angry attacks by turning their gathering into a chaotic game, and hurried them toward a volcanic lake. Lyd revealed that the lake held a treasure left by their mother, the Demon King, and Shien prepared to enter it.

• Shien hid behind Sera and fought Milu for the hiding spot before Shafna and Aiyi arrived and tried to attack him.
• Shien threw Milu at Shafna and Aiyi, then told Milu to grab them, leaving the Devils tangled together.
• Shien insisted the group hurry because he wanted to grow stronger, picked up Lyd to lead the way, and flew off while Shafna and Aiyi chased him.
• Shien led the exhausted group on a long chase until they reached a lake in the crater of a volcanic mountain.
• Lyd told Shien that the lake contained a treasure left by their mother, the Demon King, whose value rivaled humanity's Inner Sanctum.

Shien and the six Demonkind descended to the sealed Demon Lord's Mansion beneath a mountain lake, where they explained its power to turn sacrificed magic into strength. The Demonkind offered to sacrifice small portions of their own power to help Shien grow, and he accepted after confirming the cost would be negligible.

• Shien and the six Demonkind dived through the lake and reached the underwater Demon Lord's Mansion, which he recognized as Hanamaru Mansion.
• Sera explained that this was the holy land forged by Demon Lord Clatiss, where magic power could be converted into strength and passed to another person.
• Aiyi described how Demonkind had once sacrificed their power to strengthen younger clan members, and Sera explained the mansion's deadly protections.
• Aiyi told Shien that all six Demonkind planned to provide magic power for him, but Shien immediately turned to leave rather than accept their sacrifice.
• Shafna, Aiyi, Lidas, Sera, and Kamina reassured Shien that sharing the cost would have little effect on them and could help him reach Limit-tier.
• After Sera explained that the Demonkind had other reasons for helping him, Shien trusted Aiyi and accepted their offer.

The six Demon Lords brought the unconscious Shien to the Demon Transformation Pool, intending to test whether he could use its power and awaken their mother’s consciousness in the Demon Lord’s Jade. As their magic power flowed into him, the pool transformed it into rainbow currents that entered his body.

• Sera explained that the Demon Transformation Pool absorbed magic power and converted it into strength.
• Shafna used her Mind-Weaving Demon power to put Shien to sleep, and the sisters blindfolded him and blocked his senses.
• The Demon Lords entered the pool with Shien and formed a hexagon around him.
• Shafna revealed that the pool normally worked only on demons, so Shien’s response could confirm Sera’s suspicions.
• Sera and her sisters released their magic power into the water, which transformed it into rainbow currents that surged into Shien.

Shien absorbed the Six Great Demon Lords’ magic power in the Demon Transformation Pool, rapidly leveling up and breaking through to the Limit-tier. His breakthrough revealed three intertwined powers and caused a red jewel to emerge, stirring Nien, the demon young lady, her maid, and a sleeping Goddess.

• Shien’s magic power erupted as he absorbed the six Demon Lords’ offerings, forcing Milu and Shafna to contain the destructive waves inside the Demon Lord’s Mansion.
• Shien leveled from ninety-five to ninety-six, and the Demon Lords increased their sacrifices as his rapid growth demanded far more magic power than expected.
• Shien advanced through further levels to ninety-nine, and the six Demon Lords continued feeding him magic power despite the growing cost to their own strength.
• The Demon Lords’ combined power helped Shien break through to the Limit-tier, while his Holy Sword shattered three seals and three distinct radiances appeared around him.
• A red jewel emerged above Shien, exciting the six Demon Lords and drawing reactions from Nien, the demon young lady and her maid, and a Goddess who woke in a sea of flowers.

Shien’s dream continued, revealing how Omnis and Clatiss repeatedly clashed as Omnis created worlds and Clatiss’s uncontrolled power destroyed them. After Omnis created Omnipotens, Clatiss met Nien, who welcomed her as a friend, and the dream ended with Clatiss smiling.

• Shien watched newborn Omnis create the first world, then saw newborn Clatiss awaken and follow her into it.
• Clatiss’s red jewel destroyed Omnis’s world, prompting the two girls to fight; their clashes and the cycle of creation and destruction continued for ages.
• Omnis eventually created Omnipotens, and Clatiss entered it after gaining control of her power.
• Clatiss encountered Nien in a sea of flowers and introduced herself for the first time.
• Nien introduced herself as a Hero, offered Clatiss her hand, and declared that they were friends; Shien’s dream ended with Clatiss smiling.

The Demon Lord’s Jade restored the Demon Lords’ lost power and stirred the hidden force inside Shien, while Nien realized that force might soon awaken fully. The Supreme God appeared before Nien, revealed that Shien was also her Hero, and disclosed that she had only learned of Nien a thousand years ago.

• The Demon Lord’s Jade replenished the Demon Lords’ power, passed over them as though comforting them, then returned to Shien, who woke to find the Demon Lords embracing him.
• Nien watched Shien and concluded that the Demon Lord’s Jade, the Demon Lords’ magic, and his rise to Limit-tier had awakened a hidden power within him.
• The Supreme God appeared in Nien’s temple and warned that sealing Shien’s power would cost Nien her Goddess form.
• Nien urged the Supreme God to return to her sleep, but the Goddess said Shien was also her Hero and that she would watch over him.
• The Supreme God revealed that she had only learned of Nien a thousand years earlier and that a pitiful woman, not the Goddess, had used Nien to summon Heroes.

After emerging from the Demon Transformation Pool, Shien discovered that he had reached Level 100 and could wield the Holy Sword’s power freely. The demon beings confirmed that the Demon Lord’s Jade remained within him and resolved to protect him, while Aiyi insisted he stay by her side.

• Shien sensed that his magic power had doubled, reached Level 100, and gained the ability to control and conceal the Holy Sword’s power.
• Shien found that Heaven’s Grace and Fate Principle had vanished, replaced by a currently unusable Unique Skill describing the fusion of three supreme concepts.
• Shien boasted that he could take on all six demon beings, lifting their spirits before they assured him they had suffered no lasting losses.
• The demon beings confirmed that the Demon Lord’s Jade was inside Shien and concluded that they must protect him because their mother remained with him.
• Aiyi told Shien not to leave her side, then agreed that he should stay with her even while bathing and sleeping before flying away.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.