Chapter Summaries

At the Three Races conference, Shien faced questions and accusations about who summoned him. He declared that he had been summoned to confront an enemy in Omnipotens and challenged the leaders to guess who it was.

• The leaders concluded that neither the God Race nor the demons were likely responsible for summoning the Hero, stirring discussion in the Hall of Glory.
• Nats suggested asking Shien directly who had summoned him, and Geura, the Beastmen warrior, sarcastically accused him of hiding a scheme.
• Shien warned Geura that he was considering using violence, while Nats cautioned that violence at the conference would be difficult to justify.
• Shien stood and said he would cooperate, explaining that he had been summoned to confront an enemy rather than start a war or take part in a conspiracy.
• Shien asked the gathered leaders to guess which enemy required a Hero to fight, and their expressions changed.

Shien explained that he had been summoned to oppose the Primal Demons’ plans to create a new Demon King and a seventh demonoid, then revealed that he had received the Supreme God’s Blessing. The revelation silenced the Hall of Glory, leaving the leaders and goddesses to reconsider pressing him about who summoned him.

• Shien told the gathering about the Primal Demons’ Second Demon King Creation Plan and Seventh Demonoid Creation Plan, with the demonoids confirming that a new Demon King could not be created but a seventh demonoid might be.
• Sela suggested that Shien had been summoned as a precaution against the possibility of a new Demon King, making him uneasy with her knowing look.
• Lidas asked who had summoned Shien, and he refused to name the one who had requested secrecy.
• Shien revealed that he had received the Supreme God’s Blessing when he was summoned, stunning the Human Race leaders and the Goddesses.
• Shien warned the gathering to think carefully before pursuing the matter further, then sat down as the Hall of Glory fell silent.

At the Three Races talks, Shien revealed that he had received the Supreme God's Blessing, using the revelation to discourage the factions from investigating his summoner. The God Race learned that Omnis had not visibly awakened, but its goddesses resolved to win Shien over and protect him.

• Anxi called an intermission so the factions could discuss Shien's revelation and consider its implications.
• Shien told the Demon Lords that invoking the Supreme God's name would deter others from pursuing the matter, and they agreed that the God Race would be especially shaken.
• The God Race's goddesses questioned the Three Great Goddesses, and Nadula confirmed that Shien truly was Omnis's Blessing Bearer.
• Anima and Nadula said they had seen no sign that Omnis had awakened or left the Sacred Realm, disappointing the goddesses.
• Artemis urged the God Race to win Shien over, and the goddesses agreed that they should support and protect him before the Demon Race could take him.

Anima and Nadula realized that Shien’s Supreme God blessing and close ties to the Demon Race meant the God Race could no longer simply watch over him from afar. Meanwhile, Nats and Geura reacted to the revelation by reaffirming their plans to oppose Shien and the existing order.

• Anima and Nadula agreed that the God Race needed to strengthen its ties with Shien after learning he bore Supreme God Omnis’s blessing.
• The Human Race leaders and Shien’s allies reacted with surprise, anger, or satisfaction, while many factions considered reaching out to him.
• Geura learned that Shien was Supreme God’s Blessing Bearer and complained that Nats had not told him, fearing the consequences of provoking him.
• Nats explained that he opposed Nadula’s favoritism toward the Elves and had gathered dissatisfied factions into a movement against the current order.
• Nats told Geura to keep pursuing their plans, saying they had support and still had a chance of winning.

The God and Demon Races argued over who would help Shien confront the Old Demon Faction, turning the conference into a fight over him. Meanwhile, Nien remained sealed away, and Laisha sensed that it was time to reclaim her power as darkness gathered around the royal capital.

• Sera, Lidas, Anima, Nadula, and the other leaders debated how the God and Demon Races should deal with the Old Demon Faction, with each side insisting Shien belonged with them.
• Roxie and Iris avoided helping their goddesses sway Shien, while the human faction leaders watched the conference devolve into an argument over him.
• Nien watched the conference through a spatial ripple and shouted at the Supreme God to release her from the seal, but the Supreme God refused.
• Nien recalled that Shien might eventually break the seal by mastering his awakened power, and resolved to claim him for herself when she got the chance.
• Nien sensed an approaching threat and warned Shien to be careful, while Laisha sensed the same change and said it was time to reclaim her power.
• Darkness began to close in on the royal capital.

As the Three Races conference continued, disguised intruders entered the royal capital and began transforming into beasts, setting chaos in motion. Anxi’s alarm signaled that the danger had reached the city, and Shien learned that the enemies he had anticipated had appeared.

• A cloaked adventurer named Raul entered the royal capital after registering at the gate, then slipped into an alley and transformed as a beast emerged from his body.
• Similar cloaked figures throughout the royal capital ruptured and revealed ferocious beast limbs, while muted roars rose from the alleys.
• In the Hall of Glory, the Goddesses and Demon Lords argued over recruiting Shien as the Human Race leaders watched, and Nats and Geura grew hostile toward him.
• Anxi’s pocket watch began flashing and spinning, so he sent Aridia away as Ria recognized the alarm and the gathered Human Race leaders took notice.
• Roxie told Shien that the intelligence he had provided had proved useful and confirmed that the intruders had appeared, prompting him to smile.

The human factions discovered and purged the beast nests planted in the royal capital, foiling the Old Demon Faction’s planned attack before it could fully begin. Burke realized his plan was compromised and ordered an immediate assault using higher-grade beast nests.

• Kingdom Knights sealed off remote areas of the royal capital while forces from the kingdom, empire, Beastmen, and Elves searched for and fought the beast nests.
• Roxie’s intelligence revealed that Burke of Hundred Beast's Lair used his Unique Skill to turn people into monster-filled hosts intended to cause chaos and disable the capital’s barrier.
• Anxi, Ria, and the other factions prepared defenses, and the capital’s modified barrier detected the beast nests when they activated.
• Aridia ordered the Royal Knights to exterminate every beast nest and prevent any from reaching the streets.
• Burke noticed that the beast nests were disappearing unusually quickly and ordered the other Old Demon Faction leaders to act immediately, sent agents to deactivate the barrier, and released higher-grade beast nests.

Burke’s infiltration plan failed when the kingdom exposed and captured his agents, so he persuaded the Old Demon Faction leaders to launch their Legendary-tier beast nests at the royal capital. He secretly planned to sacrifice the leaders as scapegoats and escape, while a meteor shower appeared on the horizon.

• Burke and the other Old Demon Faction leaders learned that the kingdom had exposed their infiltrators, captured them, and begun searching for the beast nests.
• Burke concluded that their plan had been leaked, but chose not to accuse the other leaders because he still needed them.
• Burke proposed releasing the weaker beast nests to distract the kingdom’s forces, then sending core personnel with Legendary-tier beast nests to attack the royal capital.
• Burke warned the leaders that they could not back out, invoking Sela and Lidas, and they agreed to proceed despite the danger.
• Burke secretly decided to use the leaders as scapegoats if the plan succeeded, while a meteor shower appeared across the horizon.

Shien, Roxie, and Lilith destroyed the Old Demon Faction leaders’ cave with a meteor shower, while a moonlit attack trapped the faction leaders gathered in the Hall of Glory. Danas and his hidden ally prepared to exploit the chaos as monsters advanced on the royal capital, leaving the city facing a broader assault.

• Burke sensed danger and fled the cave, but meteors struck and buried the Old Demon Faction leaders inside.
• The meteor shower alarmed the royal capital, and the leaders at the Hall of Glory ended their talks after noticing that Shien, Roxie, and Lilith had disappeared.
• A woman enveloped the Hall of Glory in moonlight and vanished, while Danas revealed that the attack was part of a plan to delay Shien.
• Danas watched a powerful figure and a horde of monsters approach the royal capital, with a chained shadow visible in the clouds, then departed with his ally.
• Shien, Roxie, and Lilith appeared over the ruined cave, and Roxie scolded Shien for leveling the area with Auroras Meteoric.

Shien defeated Burke, the leader of Hundred Beast's Lair, and burned his corpse along with the monsters inside him, seemingly ending the Old Demon Faction. As Shien and Roxie sensed an ominous threat and prepared to return to the Royal Capital, an unseen speaker stopped them.

• Shien found Burke alive beneath a monster corpse in the ruined area and identified him as the leader of Hundred Beast's Lair.
• Burke sent monsters from his body to attack Shien, then fled, while Lilith engulfed the attacking monsters in evil aura.
• Burke extracted the power of eleven Demonoid Larvae and charged Shien with strength beyond the Limit-tier.
• Shien used Cycle of Fate to overpower Burke with a single punch, killing him, then burned Burke's corpse and the monsters within it.
• Roxie told Shien that the Old Demon Faction's forces around the Royal Capital were being captured, but both of them felt an ominous premonition and decided to return.
• An unseen speaker told Shien, “That won't do, my Hero.”

Shien, Roxie, and Lilith encountered the real Danas, who revealed that he was an Apostle of the Stars and the son of the Primal Demon’s leader. After Danas escaped, Shien destroyed the four Limit-tier Combat Mages guarding him, but Danas remained at large.

• Shien and his companions discovered Danas, whom Shien had previously believed he killed in Cosmos, and learned the earlier victim had been a Magic Life double.
• Danas introduced himself as an Apostle of the Stars, a member of the Primal Demon, and the son of its leader.
• Shien tried to capture Danas, but one Combat Mage teleported away with him while the other three attacked Shien.
• Danas revealed that his four Combat Mages were Limit-tier Magic Lifeforms made from rare Demonoid Larvae and could share abilities and revive unless all were killed together.
• Shien dispersed the Combat Mages’ cursed lightning, bound all four, and tore them apart with Starry Arrays.

Shien defeated four Limit-tier Combat Mages while Danas escaped with a fifth, but Roxie and Lilith intercepted him. A Transcendent Class girl called the Queen Consort blocked Lilith’s attack and revealed that Roxie was her descendant.

• Shien easily crushed four Limit-tier Combat Mages, whose Symbiosis skill let them begin to revive before they were teleported away.
• Shien realized Danas had escaped with a fifth Combat Mage, while Roxie and Lilith pursued him.
• Danas met Roxie and Lilith in a distant forest and called on the Queen Consort when Lilith attacked with overwhelming evil energy.
• The Queen Consort used death energy to block Lilith’s attack, revealing herself as a Transcendent Class being.
• The Queen Consort told Roxie to consult the royal family genealogy and called her a descendant who carried that man’s bloodline.

Roxie recognized the girl battling Lilith as the mysterious Death Great Spirit Body behind Moro and suspected she was the surviving Princess of Ereii who founded the Mitra royal family. As the girl and Danas prepared to retreat before the Hero arrived, Roxie was left struggling with the possibility that her royal ancestor had survived and become an enemy of the world.

• Lilith unleashed her full power, and the girl answered with immense death aura, forcing Shien to halt his Teleportation and rush toward their battle.
• Roxie recognized the girl's power as that of the Great Spirit Body behind Moro and recalled that Moro had claimed descent from Ereii.
• Roxie remembered that Hero Mitra had taken Ereii's surviving princess as his maid and later married her, leading Roxie to fear the girl was the royal family's founding matriarch.
• The girl told Danas to retreat before the Hero arrived, and Danas agreed because his plan was ready to begin.

Danas escaped with the mysterious girl using the Colorless and Tasteless Unique Skill, preventing Roxie from tracking them. Shien returned to find the royal capital under attack by Demon Refining creatures, then faced Hermes, the leader of the Primal Demon.

• Danas used a vortex and the Colorless and Tasteless Unique Skill to escape with the girl and the Combat Mages, leaving Lilith and Roxie unable to find them.
• Shien comforted Roxie, then used Teleportation with Roxie’s authority to return with her and Lilith to the royal capital.
• Shien, Roxie, and Lilith found the capital besieged by Demon Refining creatures as Knights and other forces fought to defend it.
• Roxie charged into the city to protect her home, while an unseen force immobilized Shien and Lilith sensed a powerful enemy nearby.
• Hermes appeared above the royal capital, confronted Shien, and identified himself as the leader of the Primal Demon.

Shien confronted Hermes, who revealed that his thousand-year plan had unleashed armies on cities across the Human and Demon Realms while powerful leaders were trapped in a cage. After Hermes threatened to kill Shien, Shien drew the Holy Sword and prepared to fight him.

• Hermes identified Shien as a Hero summoned to interfere with his plan to become a complete Demonoid.
• Hermes revealed that armies of Demon Refining subjects and Demonoid Larvae were attacking cities across the Human and Demon Realms while the strongest defenders remained trapped.
• Hermes explained that his plan forced his enemies to choose between breaking free of the cage and saving the besieged cities.
• Hermes declared that Shien should die, and Shien condemned Hermes's hatred and released Lilith.
• Shien drew the Holy Sword and told Hermes that he would kill him.

Shien confronted Hermes above the royal capital as Hermes summoned Magell to seize Lilith and unveiled the Demon Roar Chain. Shien survived Hermes’s attacks and emerged unharmed, while Magell and Lilith began fighting in the clouds.

• Shien told Lilith to enter the royal capital and protect Roxie, Yulin, and the others, but Hermes blocked her departure.
• Hermes summoned the Dragon of Demonic Might Magell, which wrapped its centipede tail around Lilith and dragged her into the clouds.
• Shien attacked Hermes with the Holy Sword, but Hermes used the Demon Roar Chain to deflect the strike and seal off space, preventing Shien from using Teleportation.
• Shien parried the chains’ attacks with exceptional swordsmanship, but Hermes trapped his ankle and blasted him with beams of magic power.
• As Magell and Lilith began fighting in the clouds, Hermes recognized Shien’s concealed Unique Skill, and Shien emerged from the explosion completely unharmed.

Shien taunted Hermes after surviving an amplified Demon Roar Chain attack, driving Hermes into a rage and prompting a devastating blast over the royal capital. The explosion scattered the defenders and civilians, while Shien’s fate remained unclear and the wider disaster continued.

• Hermes was stunned when Shien emerged uninjured from an attack amplified by the Demon Roar Chain, though Shien privately wondered why the attack had stalled before hitting him.
• Shien mocked Hermes’s unstable condition, his half-demonoid origins, and his betrayal of the Demon Race, provoking him into fury.
• Hermes poured vast magic power into the Demon Roar Chain and fired a massive beam at Shien, who stood still as it swallowed him.
• The beam’s explosion swept across the royal capital, damaging buildings and hurling civilians, knights, and monsters through the air.
• Aridia braced against the blast, Tilly was swept away, and Carol grabbed Geno as the Elf Division was scattered.
• Aridia looked toward the sky and the Hall of Glory in concern, unaware that upheaval had also struck the Human Realm and Demon Realm.

House Poztut repelled a major assault by Primal Demon apostles and their forces, with Yulin and the household’s defenders overwhelming the attackers. Raul was left facing an elf girl whose power surpassed his own, and a rain of fire swallowed him.

• Primal Demon forces attacked the royal palace, temple, noble houses, and House Poztut while battles spread across the capital.
• Yulin descended as a black dragon and destroyed Demonoid Larvae and demon-refined with her Dragon Breath.
• Seven Legendary-tier experts from House Poztut charged out and killed two Demonoid Larvae, while the household’s fighters slaughtered the envoys and demon-refined.
• Raul and the other apostles failed to break through House Poztut’s defenders, including a dual-blade wielder and a girl with a greatshield.
• An elf girl confronted Raul with power greater than his, and her rain of fire swallowed him.

Roxie arrived at the Hall of Glory and discovered that Demon Lord power had sealed away its powerful occupants. She attacked the barrier with the Holy Sword, but first cut down a swarm of monsters, prompting the Old Demon Faction to send its army after her.

• Roxie saw the moonlit barrier around the Hall of Glory and realized it had imprisoned the leaders and powerful beings inside.
• The Holy Sword confirmed that the barrier carried the Demon Lord's power, and Roxie decided to try breaking it with the sword.
• Roxie unleashed a Magic Sword strike, then redirected it to destroy several Demonoid Larvae and countless alchemical demons attacking her.
• The human factions cheered as the Old Demon Faction's apostles realized Roxie was far stronger than they had expected.
• The apostles ordered the monsters to attack Roxie again as she prepared to face the army alone.

Hermes prepared to merge with Magell, believing his invasion would let the unstable Half-Demonoid reach its peak, but Shien survived Hermes’s attack unharmed. The Demon Roar Chains then broke free from Hermes and gathered around Shien, accepting his magic power.

• Hermes stabilized his declining aura and watched Magell fight in the clouds, explaining that their opposing constitutions would let them become a complete Demonoid once Magell reached its peak.
• Hermes dismissed Shien as already dead and attacked him with the Demon Roar Chains, but Shien emerged from the explosion completely uninjured.
• Shien recalled that the chains’ attack had dispersed before hitting him and sensed that the weapon felt close to him.
• When Shien called the chains toward him, they broke free from Hermes and gathered around Shien.
• Hermes felt his magical bond with the Demon Roar Chains sever, while the weapon began connecting to Shien’s magic power.