Chapter Summaries

Shien rescued Iris from Geura’s underground stronghold and followed her directions to the prison where Oz, Mafy, and the other Beastman Priests were held. After freeing them, he learned that Iris had been protected from Geura’s advances, and the group was ready to continue the fight.

• Iris told Shien that she knew where Oz, Mafy, and the other Beastman Priests were imprisoned, and he carried her through the corridors as he fought off pursuing Beastfolk warriors.
• Shien reached the underground prison, killed its guards, and found Oz, Mafy, and the other Beastman Priests chained to the walls.
• Shien revealed his identity and cut through the prisoners’ chains with the Holy Sword.
• The freed Beastman Priests rushed to check on Iris, who explained that a protective force had stopped Geura from touching her.

Shien and the Beastman Priests rescued the other captives, including the Goddesses and Lilime and Lalame. He prepared to escort them out of the palace while planning an attack on the Beastmen Race's traitors.

• Shien asked about the other prisoners, and Mafy explained that they were held in nearby locations.
• Oz, Mafy, and the Beastman Priests split up and rescued the Beastfolk captives and Goddesses.
• The Goddesses treated Shien as Mother Goddess Omnis's representative and bowed to him, while Iris grew jealous.
• Shien found Lilime and Lalame, reassured them that Nobu was fine, and said he would lead them out.
• Shien warned the captives to stay close as he escorted them through the palace and prepared to attack the traitors.

Shien led the freed captives through Pyramid Palace, killing Geura’s forces and opening a path to the top floor. There, Geura activated a barrier, recognized Shien as the Hero, and confronted him as Shien revealed his identity.

• Shien, Oz, Iris, Mafy, and the freed captives fought through the Beastfolk legion, while Shien slaughtered the enemy commander and soldiers.
• Shien blasted holes through the palace floors as the group climbed, then killed several Legendary-tier Beastmen chiefs who attacked them.
• Shien and the others reached the top floor, where a magic circle activated and a barrier sealed the palace.
• Geura emerged and recognized Shien from the Holy Sword, identifying him as Hero Shien Poztut.
• Shien tore off his black robe and faced Geura openly as both men’s killing intent rose.

Shien confronted Geura, whose jealousy and resentment toward him drove him to oppose the God Race, but Geura revealed two undead knights as his true opponents. The knights launched a sudden attack on Shien, leaving the battle just beginning.

• Shien confronted Geura and made clear that he intended to kill him.
• Geura admitted that Shien was stronger, then revealed two knights in black and white armor who radiated death energy.
• Shien recognized the knights as the dead, and Geura said they were assassins secretly prepared by the New Primal Demon.
• Iris sensed danger and shouted a warning as both undead knights rushed at Shien.
• Shien raised the Holy Sword while the two knights arrived before him.

Shien fought two resurrected Transcendent Class Heroes in a battle that devastated the town, while Geura revealed that forbidden necromancy had turned fallen Heroes into undead weapons. The Goddesses and Beastman Priests attacked Geura, and Shien remained locked in combat with the two undead Heroes.

• Explosions tore through the palace as Shien, the Black Knight, and the White Knight battled across the sky, sending destructive shockwaves throughout the town.
• Geura blocked the Goddesses from helping Shien, and he revealed that the two Undead Knights were Heroes from Another World who had transcended before dying.
• Oz, Mafy, the Beastman Priests, and the Goddesses attacked Geura after he admitted that the New Primal Demon had awakened dead Heroes through necromancy.
• Shien fought the two undead Heroes, dodging their heavy swords and Unique Skills while relying on the Holy Sword and Inner Fate of Heaven to survive.
• Shien deduced that the Branch of Flourishing might let necromancy restore the dead Heroes' Unique Skills, and the three Heroes continued fighting in the sky.

Geura used Pandemonium’s blessing to overpower Iris, Oz, Mafy, and the Goddesses while insisting Shien would lose to the two undead Heroes. Shien unleashed the Holy Sword’s power and prepared to end his fight with the Black Knight and White Knight.

• Geura blasted the Beastman Priests and Goddesses aside, then lifted Oz and Mafy into the air with his deceptive control ability.
• Geura revealed that Pandemonium’s blessing let him control anything he could see by deceiving it into having touched him.
• Geura taunted Iris and explained that the undead Heroes were meant to trap Shien, kill him, and have him resurrected as one of the dead.
• Iris insisted Shien would defeat Geura’s schemes, and Shien suddenly erupted with brilliant light and overwhelming magic power in the sky.
• Shien’s aura and strength increased tenfold as he faced the Black Knight and White Knight, saying he would grant them rest.

Shien battled the Black Knight and White Knight with the Holy Sword’s power, but the undead Heroes counterattacked and put him in danger. As Shien’s soul resonated with the Holy Sword, three colored lights emerged, and a red jewel absorbed the Demon King’s remaining power while this side of the world began to disappear.

• Shien blasted the Black Knight away, then slowed the White Knight with magic and struck him with a powerful shockwave.
• Shien tried to finish the wounded White Knight with the Holy Sword, but the knight vanished before the blow landed.
• The Black Knight charged through Shien’s repeated explosions, and he and the White Knight attacked Shien from opposite sides.
• Shien’s heartbeat and the Holy Sword began to resonate as three golden, blue, and red lights surrounded him, freezing the two undead Heroes.
• A red jewel emerged above Shien and absorbed the Demon King’s power, causing this side of the world to tremble and shrink.

Nien watched Shien awaken a hidden power as his Holy Sword began transforming, but the collapsing inner side of the world threatened to assimilate him and everyone trapped there. A blue gemstone appeared and froze time and space before drawing Shien and the others away, leaving Nien furious that the Goddess had sent the gemstone to him.

• Nien realized Shien's Hero power had triggered the Holy Sword's transformation and awakened another power within him.
• Nien saw the inner side of the world collapsing as its remaining Demon Lord's power vanished, putting Shien and the trapped inhabitants in danger of assimilation.
• Nien demanded that the Goddess release her or save Shien, but the screen showed a new development that enraged her.
• An azure gemstone appeared, froze time and space, and circled Shien alongside the red gemstone before both entered his body.
• Shien's Holy Sword entered his body, and the three-colored radiance carried him and everyone on the ground away from the collapsing inner world.
• Nien cursed the Goddess for sending the gemstone to Shien and began gathering power to resist her.

Shien witnessed a memory of the Hero confronting the Goddess over her friendship with the Demon King, then discovered his body and Holy Sword were transforming alongside three supreme treasures. His consciousness was expelled from the vision before he could learn what the jewels or his awakening power meant.

• Shien saw the Hero protest when the Goddess forbade her from approaching the Demon King, whom she considered a friend.
• The Goddess explained that the Demon King was a recurring threat and ordered the Hero to grow strong enough to kill her; the Hero reluctantly agreed.
• The Demon King watched the Hero agree and shed a tear.
• Shien awoke and saw a Holy Sword and two jewels surrounded by brilliant, azure, and crimson lights in his sea of consciousness.
• Shien sensed that the treasures were accelerating his transformation and awakening a mysterious Unique Skill, but his consciousness was suddenly expelled.

Shien awakened on the Beastfolk camp platform after escaping the inner side of the world, discovering that he was beginning to transcend and that his Holy Sword, two supreme jewels, and awakening Unique Skill were tied to mysteries he could not yet understand. As the others recovered and reunited, Nobu confronted Note, who had tried to flee.

• Shien woke among the unconscious Beastfolk and goddesses, sensed the Holy Sword inside his body, and realized his transcendence had begun.
• Shien examined the blue and red jewels and his awakening Unique Skill, then decided to seek answers from Nien and Sera when possible.
• Shien found Iris, confirmed they had escaped the inner side of the world, and comforted her as she cried in relief.
• The Beastfolk and goddesses gradually woke, while Note recognized Shien’s power and tried to slip away.
• Nobu seized Note and confronted him, and Note’s plea for mercy was followed by a scream.

After Shien and the others escaped the collapsing World's Crevice, they learned that Geura had survived and fled. Danas abandoned Geura after using him to gather intelligence, and as Geura tried to escape, Shien confronted him.

• Shien learned that his awakened power had triggered the World's Crevice's collapse, while everyone on his side escaped and most of the opposing Beastfolk and Dwarves were lost.
• Iris revealed that Geura's life force had survived, and Shien sensed that Geura had escaped but would not get away easily.
• Geura reached a secluded trail outside Cosmos and crushed a gemstone to contact Danas, demanding that Danas send someone to retrieve him.
• Danas explained that he had used Geura as a pawn, cut contact, and abandoned him because Shien would pursue him.
• Geura swore revenge on Shien and Danas, then tried to flee when Shien's voice sounded behind him; a tremendous surge of magic power erupted as Geura shot into the sky.

Shien trapped Geura with the Demon Roar Chain, tortured him, and rejected his offer of information about Danas and the New Primal Demon. He killed Geura, ending the former Beastmen king’s attempt to bargain for his life.

• Shien sealed Geura inside a cage of Demon Roar Chains, and Geura failed to destroy or control them.
• Shien revealed that he had tracked Geura using an Enchantment Magic Mark, then lashed him with the chains.
• Geura offered information about Danas and the New Primal Demon in exchange for his freedom, but Shien refused to spare him.
• Shien severed Geura’s hand and leg tendons and used Dispel to prevent him from gathering magicules.
• Shien dismissed Geura’s intelligence as worthless and strangled him to death.

Danas discussed the Queen Consort’s failed attempt to awaken Hero Mitra and persuaded her to retrieve two other Heroes she had raised as undead. After she left, Danas planned to relocate and make contact with a girl who looked exactly like the Demon King.

• Danas told the Queen Consort that Mitra could not be revived because no corpse remained and the Holy Sword would purify her necromancy.
• The Queen Consort agreed to give up on Mitra, though she still felt attached to him.
• Danas asked the Queen Consort to retrieve the two awakened Heroes, whose restraints had likely been destroyed and whose death energy was leaking.
• The Queen Consort departed to retrieve the Heroes, while Danas decided to relocate and contact someone whose choices interested him.
• Danas took out a wanted poster depicting a black-haired, red-eyed girl who looked exactly like the Demon King.

Shien returned to the Royal Capital with the rescued Beastman Priests, goddesses, and Beastmen Race forces, giving the allied side its first major good news of the war. He met Lidas and Anima, who were enraged to learn that the New Primal Demon had resurrected two former Heroes as undead, leaving the allies facing a dangerous reassessment of their strength.

• Shien returned to the Royal Capital with the rescued captives and Beastmen Race forces, and the Kingdom celebrated his arrival to raise morale.
• The Beastmen Race representatives joined the city's defenses, while Shien and Iris were granted an audience with Lidas and Anima.
• Lidas asked Shien to confirm reports that the New Primal Demon had used necromancy to awaken two former Heroes.
• Shien confirmed that the two undead had displayed demonoid-level strength and were surrounded by dense death energy.
• Lidas and Anima erupted in anger over the desecration of the Heroes, while Shien warned that the New Primal Demon's strength had to be reassessed.

Shien reported that the New Primal Demon had gained two resurrected Transcendent Class Heroes, bringing its high-level forces to four. Lidas and Anima identified them as Heroes Reinart and Philip and explained how they had died outside the Demon King’s hands.

• Shien told Lidas, Anima, Roxie, and Iris about the two powerful Heroes he had fought, alarming them about the enemy’s growing strength.
• Lidas and Anima explained that 108 Heroes had appeared before Mitra and that seven had reached the Transcendent Class.
• Anima explained that most Transcendent Class Heroes had died after challenging the Demon King, whose power could not be healed or overcome by miracles.
• Lidas revealed that two of the seven Heroes had not died at the Demon King’s hands, making them possible targets for necromancy.
• Anima identified the resurrected Heroes as Reinart, whose Divine Might Penetration pierced defenses, and Philip, whose Elemental Transformation let him become flowing elements.

Lidas and Anima recounted how Heroes Reinart and Philip had sacrificed themselves, and Shien realized Danas might have orchestrated their disappearances long ago. Fearing the New Primal Demon’s carefully planned victory, Shien decided he needed to act and thought of visiting the sleeping Goddess in the sea of flowers again.

• Lidas told Shien, Roxie, and Iris how Hero Reinart had defended human settlements from a monster horde and vanished after fighting for three days while gravely wounded.
• Anima described how Hero Philip had sacrificed his chance to attain transcendence to save the front lines, then fought for ten years before detonating his magic power and dying among the demon army.
• Shien and the others grew angry at the desecration of the two Heroes, while Roxie privately worried about her connection to the necromancer who had called her a descendant.
• Lidas and Anima suspected Hermes had obtained the Heroes’ corpses, and Shien considered that Danas might have planned their resurrection and his broader war strategy long in advance.
• Shien concluded that the Three Great Races were in danger of defeat and thought he should find a way to visit the Goddess sleeping in the sea of flowers again.

After the meeting about the awakened Heroes and the Dwarves, Shien chose not to take part in reclaiming the Dwarven kingdom and reflected on what being a Hero meant to him. He returned to House Poztut and called out to Nien, who he believed could hear him.

• Lidas and Anima explained the awakened Heroes’ strengths and weaknesses and discussed the kingdom’s next steps, including how to handle the Dwarves’ rebellion.
• Shien declined to help with the Dwarves, saying he had other matters to deal with and privately deciding that he would follow his own heart rather than worry about being an unqualified Hero.
• Shien left the palace without telling anyone about the mysterious pulse within him, while Roxie noticed Iris’s hesitation and asked whether she wanted to follow him.
• Iris imagined Roxie as her future Empress and worried about being treated as a bullied concubine, leaving Roxie confused by her changing expressions.
• Shien returned to House Poztut, greeted his family, Lasha, and Lilith, then shut himself in his room and called out to Nien.

Shien was summoned to the Divine Realm, where Nien appeared unusually solemn and spoke about his progress toward transcendence. After seeing through Shien’s thoughts, she transformed into Saint Megumi, delighting him and recalling the seductive transformations from their previous meeting.

• Shien called for Nien and was summoned to her temple after an unusually long journey through distorted space.
• Nien greeted Shien with an unfamiliar, detached presence and told him he had taken a crucial step toward transcendence.
• Nien said Shien was the most outstanding and powerful Hero in Omnipotens, attributing his uniqueness to the three supreme concepts sleeping within him and his connection to her predecessor.
• Nien saw through Shien’s thoughts and asked whether he liked a certain kind of woman.
• Nien transformed into Saint Megumi, and Shien excitedly declared that his feelings for fictional girls were love.

The Goddess showed Shien another character from his imagined worlds and promised to create those worlds for him, then heard his request to reach Omnis and help stop Danas and the New Primal Demon. She agreed that Omnis might help if Shien could interest her, but revealed that Omnis had also taken an interest in another master-and-servant pair.

• The Goddess transformed into Othinus, whom Shien recognized as the One-Eyed Princess, and described her as a Demon God whose power could rival Lidas.
• The Goddess promised to create the worlds Shien had imagined as gifts after he finished everything he wanted to do in this world.
• The Goddess asked Shien if he had come to see Omnis, and Shien requested that she send him to the Sacred Realm so he could ask the Supreme God for help finding Danas and the New Primal Demon.
• The Goddess warned Shien that Omnis viewed the world's lives and objects as equally insignificant and would not intervene in its conflicts without a reason to care.
• Shien explained that he hoped to make Omnis interested enough to help, and the Goddess agreed she could assist at his request.
• The Goddess pressed God's Spear against Shien's chest and revealed that Omnis had also taken an interest in a master-and-servant pair.

The Goddess told Shien that Danas sought to revive the Demon Lord and revealed that the root keeping her from resurrection had recently been released. She sent Shien back, then left Nien trapped in the sealed temple, where Nien raged over being unable to summon him again.

• The Goddess told Shien that Supreme God Omnis was observing a master-and-servant pair and would not interfere unless Shien's safety was threatened.
• The Goddess explained that the Demon Lord could revive if her roots remained, and that the Demon Lord's Jade had been released from suppression, restoring that possibility.
• Shien asked why the root had been released, and the Goddess suggested the Demon Lord had come to terms with the past and was anticipating something.
• The Goddess said the conditions for resurrection were essentially gathered and wondered what choice the Demon Lord would make after learning of Shien's existence.
• The Goddess sent Shien away, then restrained Nien when she lunged at her and vanished, leaving Nien unable to summon Shien from the sealed temple.