Chapter Summaries

Orsaga and the Lady of Pain observed that Miska’s appearance had filled Dimogegen with rage, while Orsaga revealed he had left his former mount a gift to boost his potential. Two hundred years later, Miska prepared his Tanari Demon army to destroy Aikua and the Wind Elemental Legion, while privately resenting the Chaos Queen’s control over him.

• Orsaga noticed Dimogegen’s intense hatred of Miska and credited it with unlocking the demon’s potential.
• The Lady of Pain reminded Orsaga not to kill Dimogegen, and Orsaga said he had invested in his former mount by leaving him a gift.
• Two hundred years later, Miska prepared to attack Aikua and the Wind Elemental Legion, which had repeatedly defeated his forces.
• A High Succubus named Mephistopheles flattered Miska as he dreamed of rebelling against the Chaos Queen and becoming her equal.
• Miska cursed the Chaos Queen in his thoughts, then grabbed Mephistopheles and began reproducing with her.

Aikua prepared Pess Plains’ natural fortress for Miska’s attack, strengthening its defenses while secretly hoping to lure the enemy into a trap. With a divine artifact granted by Arkadi, the God of Wind Elements, Aikua believed Miska’s defeat was certain.

• Pess Plains was described as a resource-rich mining region protected by a nearly impregnable fortress and a persistent Thunder Cloud.
• Aikua ordered his troops to harden the ground and strengthen the Thunder Cloud as Miska’s forces gathered.
• Aikua suspected Miska had a way to counter the Thunder Cloud and secretly intended to use it as bait.
• Arkadi, the God of Wind Elements and Aikua’s superior, granted him power in the form of a special divine artifact to deal with Miska.
• Aikua gripped the artifact and declared that he would imprison Miska and his forces in the boundless void.

Miska led the demon horde in an assault on the Wind Elemental city, but Aikua invoked Arkadi’s power to seal Miska and all his avatars. After receiving Aikua’s message, the gathered Order-aligned forces redirected themselves toward the Abyss.

• Miska charged the Wind Elemental city with his demon army as the Wind Elements unleashed a massive lightning spell.
• Aikua confronted Miska atop the city and summoned a scepter surrounded by gathered lightning.
• Aikua used Arkadi’s power to block teleportation and launched a lightning pillar at Miska, intending to seal him and all his avatars rather than kill him.
• Miska tried to resist the lightning pillar with his scimitar as his avatars were dragged into the void, and the nearby Chaos Queen realized something had gone wrong.
• The assembled Order-aligned races received Aikua’s message and changed course toward the Abyss to join the fight.

A Blazing Sky Divine Attendant entered the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains and unleashed holy light that dissolved countless demons, then declared war on the Abyss. His arrival signaled the start of a major upheaval across the Abyss.

• Abyss creatures spotted a white light appearing in the sky above the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains, and a recuperating lord ordered his troops to prepare for battle.
• The light expanded into a celestial body and poured holy radiance over the plains, dissolving countless demons and their souls.
• Abyss creatures, including lords, attacked the celestial body, but a golden Holy Sword deflected their assaults with holy fire.
• A three-paired-winged heavenly creature in golden armor emerged and declared that the demons would be destroyed.
• Abyss creatures recognized him as a Blazing Sky Divine Attendant and realized his arrival marked the beginning of a major upheaval.

Seventeen Blazing Sky Divine Attendants led a massive Heavenly Creature Army into the Abyss, purifying the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains and driving its lords to flee. As Abyss Lords begged the Chaos Queen to summon Miska and his Demon Army, she saw through divination that Miska was sealed and his army nearly destroyed.

• A Blazing Sky Divine Attendant declared war as nearly two million Heavenly Creatures emerged and their holy power burned Abyss Creatures across the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains.
• The Abyss Lords recognized the seventeen Blazing Sky Divine Attendants and fled deeper into the Abyss to seek reinforcements.
• The Heavenly Creature Army slaughtered Abyss Creatures and purified the Ten Thousand Abyss Plains, crushing the last pockets of resistance with holy flame arrows.
• Heavenly Creatures advanced into other regions, killing Abyss Creatures and reshaping the land into sacred ground.
• Abyss Lords pleaded with the Chaos Queen to recall Miska and his Demon Army, but her divination revealed that Miska was sealed away and his army nearly annihilated by the Wind Elemental Legion.

After Miska and his Demon Legion were killed, the Abyssal forces collapsed under the Heavenly Creature Allied Army’s advance. The Chaos Queen freed the Tanari Demons from artificial creation by introducing their system into the Styx, and the invasion intensified as the Tanari population began to grow.

• The demonic beast lords suspected the Chaos Queen of secretly enabling the invasion and tried to win her favor, until news spread that the Wind Elemental Legion had killed Miska and his Demon Legion.
• The demonic beasts fled rather than resist, and the Heavenly Creature Allied Army devastated Abyssal layers and inflicted heavy casualties on the Obriss Demons.
• In the Steam Swamp, the Chaos Queen lifted most restrictions on the Tanari Demons and used her authority to introduce their system into the Styx.
• The Styx began producing Tanari Demon Eggs, making the Tanari a true race independent of the Chaos Queen’s control.
• Most Tanari Demons avoided fighting the Obriss Demons directly, but watched for a chance to replace them, while the Heavenly Creature Allied Army intensified its slaughter to curb their growing numbers.

Dimogegen celebrated the Tanari demons’ liberation, unaware that his enemies were already being defeated, until Orsaga summoned him and ordered him to disguise himself as a Heavenly Creature. The chapter ended with Orsaga directing Dimogegen to kill Abyss Creatures and recycle them as resources.

• Orsaga heard that demons in another plane were being slaughtered and got Lady of Pain’s permission to eat a limited number of them.
• Dimogegen rejoiced that the Tanari demons had gained independence and imagined taking revenge on the Chaos Queen and Miska.
• Dimogegen prepared to attack another town when the mark in his mind summoned him, extinguishing his happiness.
• Dimogegen tearfully flattered Orsaga and offered to serve him as a lapdog.
• Orsaga ordered Dimogegen to disguise himself as a Heavenly Creature and slaughter Abyss Creatures so their bodies could be reused as resources.

Orsaga punished Dimogegen and gave him the power to disguise himself as a Heavenly Creature, then ordered him to infiltrate their army and kill Abyss Creatures. Two months later, Dimogegen was slaughtering Demonic Beasts on the battlefield, feared by both sides.

• Orsaga inflicted five minutes of Worldly Suffering on Dimogegen after hearing his thoughts.
• Dimogegen said he could not disguise himself as a Heavenly Creature, so Orsaga marked him with the power to transform his life form and soul aura for three years.
• Orsaga ordered Dimogegen to join the Heavenly Creature Allied Army, kill Abyss Creatures, and give Orsaga ninety percent of his kills.
• Dimogegen grieved over his inability to understand Orsaga's mark and his lack of hope for escape.
• Two months later, Dimogegen fought behind enemy lines disguised as a Heavenly Creature and slaughtered Demonic Beasts with a Holy Sword and holy powers.

Asmodeus used vast rituals to sever nine connected Abyss territories and establish the Nine-Layered Hell, introducing himself as its mastermind. The Abyssal Will raged but could not stop the transformation, while the Chaos Queen watched new lifeforms emerge and anticipated gaining new enemies.

• Asmodeus observed how Orsaga's torment had changed Dimogegen and decided the Abyss's future leader could be replaced without consequence.
• Asmodeus waited for a moment when Abyss Creatures and Heavenly Creatures were too occupied to interfere with his plan.
• Nine red pillars and enormous Magic Rituals separated nine connected Abyss territories from their original space and time.
• The rituals dissolved every creature in the nine territories into a suspended ocean of blood, leaving Asmodeus untouched.
• Asmodeus welcomed onlookers and declared the birth of his territory, the Nine-Layered Hell.
• The Abyssal Will grew furious but could not intervene, while the Chaos Queen watched new evil lifeforms emerge and expected to face more opponents.

Tyr, the God of Justice, attacked Asmodeus as the Nine-Layered Hell broke away from the Bottomless Abyss, while an evil god launched a surprise attack from behind. The chapter ended as scarlet Blood Light erupted around Asmodeus, leaving the outcome of the pincer attack unknown.

• Tyr recalled how Kozuv had permanently bitten off his arm during the gods’ campaign to seal and exile the Chaos Demon Hound.
• After seeing the new evil race being bred in the Nine-Layered Hell, Tyr decided to attack Asmodeus rather than let evil spread unchecked.
• Tyr struck through the Space-time Rift with a divine artifact, and the Nine-Layered Hell trembled under the force of his attack.
• Asmodeus calmly met Tyr’s blast with a surge of blood from the crimson ocean.
• While Asmodeus faced Tyr, an evil god appeared behind him and stabbed toward the back of his head with a dagger wreathed in Black Mist.
• Scarlet Blood Light erupted as the dagger struck Asmodeus, obscuring what happened next.

After defeating the Gods in the Nine-Layered Hell, Asmodeus planned to create a local devil race and offered Orsaga the eighth layer as his territory. The completed Hell announced Asmodeus as its Lord to living beings, including a bewildered Sun Elf.

• Orsaga arrived in the ruined Nine-Layered Hell and found Asmodeus recovering after the battle against the Gods.
• Asmodeus admitted he enjoyed fighting but regretted that his enemies had not challenged him enough, and he began considering how to improve.
• Asmodeus sent the Gods’ corpses into the Styx tributary and explained that he would use them to create devils with a strict hierarchy and traits distinct from Demons.
• Orsaga accepted Asmodeus’s offer of a layer of Hell, and Asmodeus granted him the eighth layer.
• The completed Nine-Layered Hell announced Asmodeus as its Lord to living beings, including a bewildered Sun Elf.

Nine days after the Nine-Layered Hell came into being, Asmodeus’s first devils hatched from the remains of gods and began processing fallen souls for resources and merit. With seven lordly thrones vacant, the new devils had an unusually clear path to advancement.

• The Styx left egg-like objects on its banks, and the first devils hatched from them with Asmodeus’s will and information in their minds.
• Fallen souls were drawn into the Nine-Layered Hell, and the newly born devils fought over them to gain resources and merit.
• The devils used fallen souls as food and recruits, eventually recycling their empty shells to nourish future generations.
• The chapter explained that devils followed a strict hierarchy in which promotions required approval from high-ranking devils.
• With seven thrones vacant and little competition from established talent, the newborn devils could rise quickly by meeting their targets.

Orsaga lounged in Scorching Hell while his Pleasure Devil agent reported that the Heavenly Creature Allied Army might withdraw from the Abyss and asked for help securing a lordship. Orsaga dismissed the threat, told her to focus on developing Scorching Hell, and left her ambitions unanswered.

• Orsaga watched newborn devils torment fallen souls in Scorching Hell and instructed them in how to extract more value from their victims.
• Over the next forty years, Orsaga spent much of his time idling in Scorching Hell and wandering through other worlds, leaving his territory's affairs to his agent.
• The Pleasure Devil agent told Orsaga that the Heavenly Creature Allied Army might withdraw from the Abyss.
• Orsaga said the recovering Demons and the impending conflict between the Tanari Demons and the Obriss Demons would leave the Nine-Layered Hell untroubled for now.
• The Pleasure Devil agent asked whether she could become lord of the second layer and promised to remain Orsaga's loyal dog.

The Pleasure Devil gained a Devil Master position after seducing Orsaga, while Asmodeus remained indifferent to who ruled Hell’s layers. In the Abyss, the Chaos Queen withdrew to recover as the Tanari Demons defeated the Obriss Demons and began fighting among themselves, setting the stage for Dimogegen to rise.

• The Pleasure Devil seduced Orsaga, who agreed to let her become a Devil Master.
• After the Heavenly Creature Allied Army withdrew, the Obriss and Tanari Demons clashed over the abandoned territories.
• The injured Chaos Queen relinquished her position as Demon Prince, retreated into Steam Swamp, and sealed off her layer to recover.
• Ten years later, the Tanari Demons defeated the Obriss Demons, driving the survivors into the Abyss’s desolate regions.
• The Tanari Demons turned against one another as their powerful members sought to reach the Chaos Queen’s former position, and Dimogegen stepped into the spotlight.

Dimogegen entered a gathering of Demons seeking the Demon Prince’s throne and declared himself fit to rule the Abyss. After killing the challengers who opposed him, he claimed the title of the new Demon Prince.

• Dimogegen reflected on his brutal upbringing and the killing he had done while impersonating a Heavenly Creature, which had helped him grow stronger.
• At the gathering, Dimogegen announced that he had what it took to rule the Abyss and become Demon Prince.
• When Demons mocked him, Dimogegen swiftly killed several of them and challenged the others to fight for the throne.
• The assembled Demons attacked Dimogegen, who eagerly fought back and slaughtered them over several days.
• Standing amid the corpses, Dimogegen proclaimed himself the new Demon Prince, and no Abyss Creature dared oppose him.

Over a thousand years, Orsaga profited from the Blood War he helped set in motion as Hell and the Abyss grew stronger and new Demon Princes emerged. Meanwhile, mortal worlds changed drastically, and the once-flourishing civilization in Toril had collapsed into ruins.

• Demons resisted Dimogegen's rule through defiance, schemes, seduction, and attempts to raise powerful descendants.
• Over time, devils and demons grew stronger and their mutual hostility escalated into the Blood War, secretly manipulated by Orsaga, who turned it into a source of food and paid off Lady of Pain and others to look the other way.
• Every Devil Master throne in the Nine-Layered Hell became occupied, while Orcus and Graz'zt emerged as Demon Princes alongside Dimogegen and kept one another from gaining the upper hand.
• Across the worlds, the Gith spread beyond their empire aboard specially made vessels, carrying the Bloody King's renown with them.
• In Toril, the humanoid tribe that had found a fragment of the God-Bestowed Scroll developed a civilization that eventually fell, leaving only ruins.

In the world of Toril, a kingdom’s expedition discovered the ruins of a legendary lost dynasty, hoping its treasures and technology would strengthen their country. After exploring the site and suffering unexpected losses, the team returned with a rich haul of relics and magical materials.

• A group of travelers led by an Intermediate Adventurer crossed a primeval forest using an ancient map and avoided its dangers without losses.
• Three days later, the leader climbed a mountain and spotted an immense ancient complex hidden in a distant basin.
• The leader celebrated finding the lost dynasty, then considered how to guard its priceless treasures and remove outsiders from the team.
• The leader recalled that Nethys had been founded by fishing villages and was mocked by neighboring kingdoms, and he hoped the expedition would help it rise.
• Half a month later, the team returned with gold, jewels, antiques, magical materials, and ancient scrolls after losing more than ten people to unexpected circumstances.

The Kingdom of Netheril opened the Nethys Scrolls to researchers after facing mockery over its origins, and their knowledge transformed the nation. The chapter ended with Netheril achieving a literacy rate far beyond that of neighboring human nations.

• In Year 326, Netheril celebrated a royal family member’s return with the Secret Treasure of a lost dynasty, while surrounding kingdoms mocked the nation and its humble origins.
• Humiliated by the nobles’ disdain, Netheril’s rulers opened the one hundred Nethys Scrolls to scholars, villagers, and adventurers for study.
• Readers received vast knowledge through the scrolls, but those with insufficient intelligence risked mental overload and could no longer continue deciphering them.
• Several years later, Arcanists joined the effort and accelerated Netheril’s progress in magical research and technology.
• Inspired by improving living standards and enthusiasm for learning, Netheril raised its literacy rate to twenty percent within a few decades, surpassing neighboring human nations.

Congelio Ioun completed an enchanted stone that drew in ambient elemental energy and let him control its magic through thought alone, bringing him fame and resources. Decades later, the invention helped him reach the power to cast Tenth Circle Spells and become the first true Grand Arcanist.

• After three years of painstaking work, Congelio Ioun engraved the final Magic Rune onto his ink-green stone.
• The stone awakened, floated above Congelio Ioun, and carried him through the sky while drawing energy from its surroundings.
• Congelio Ioun spotted a strange blood-red figure disappearing below, then descended to show others his invention and attract resources.
• Two hours later, Congelio Ioun's name and his invention became widely known as Congelio's Stone.
• In Netherease 451, Congelio Ioun used Congelio's Stone to temporarily raise his Professional Level by two, reached the ability to cast Tenth Circle Spells, and became the first true Grand Arcanist.
• Congelio's Stone was renamed Ioun Stone in honor of the Ioun Family.

Orsaga and Lady of Pain discussed the Kingdom of Netheril’s likely destruction as its Arcanists grew powerful and arrogant. The kingdom’s ambitions were stirred by claims that the gods were merely powerful Arcanists, and the chapter ended with news that one of its two sets of Nethys Scroll had been stolen.

• At a celebration for Kang Jienio Ioun’s advancement, he noticed Orsaga but was pulled away before he could ask who he was.
• Orsaga told Lady of Pain that the Kingdom of Netheril had a promising future, while she warned that its arrogance and greed would likely destroy it.
• Orsaga and Lady of Pain discussed destruction, rebirth, and the need to seek greater power, then shared a toast across space and time.
• As the Arcanists studied the Nethys Scroll, Kang Jienio Ioun became a Grand Arcanist and others followed.
• Arcanists increasingly claimed that the gods were merely exceptionally powerful Arcanists, fueling their ambition to become gods.
• News emerged that one of the two separately stored sets of Nethys Scroll had been stolen.