Chapter Summaries

Roland discovered that the Sea Demon Clan had left him hundreds of magical beast cubs to raise, then Felicia led him to a costly water-element Element Pool. When Roland asked why the clan had not built a Mage Tower around it, Felicia fell silent.

• Felicia showed Roland 300 Shadow Demon Leopard cubs and 200 Horned Eagle Beast cubs, which he agreed to raise with limited resources.
• Felicia explained that fully maturing the cubs in three years would cost about 50 million gold coins in total.
• Felicia led Roland deeper into the forest, where he sensed water elements gathering in unusual abundance.
• Roland found a water-element Element Pool with a Saint Domain magic array and realized it could serve as the core of a Mage Tower.
• Roland asked Felicia why the Sea Demon Clan had not built a Mage Tower, and Felicia fell silent with a subdued expression.

Roland learned why the Elf Empire had prevented the Merfolk from building Mage Towers and discovered that High Priestess Servia was a master-level Magic Pattern Master who could not safely join him. After surveying the Emerald Sea Region, Roland prepared to leave for the Glazed Sea Region, but Director Leslie arrived seeking a meeting.

• Felicia explained that the Elf Empire wanted to annex the Merfolk and that Servia, still on Sea God Island, was a master-level Magic Pattern Master whose magic arrays had helped the Sea God Race produce Saint Domain experts.
• Roland realized he lacked the strength to protect Servia from political suspicion and conflict, then Felicia asked him to supply Magic Crystals for the Element Pool; Roland said the territory would decide how it was used.
• Roland and Felicia argued over her age, and Roland hid away for several days before resurfacing near the alliance meeting.
• Luke reported that the Emerald Sea Region had five giant islands, 210 large islands, and limited mineral deposits, and Roland assigned the region's affairs to the Department of Administration.
• Roland ordered preparations to depart for the Glazed Sea Region, but a Storm Eagle Knight reported that Director Leslie was arriving at Pearl Island, so Roland agreed to wait for him.

Roland and Leslie discussed the Three Great Kingdoms’ military pressure and agreed to give up part of the Emerald Sea Region while appealing to the Human Alliance. Meanwhile, members of the Ghost Saint Cult found another weak point in the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands’ space and continued searching for sites to open rifts to hell.

• Leslie told Roland that the fleets of Autran and Storm had mobilized, while the North Sea Fleet was on combat readiness, and that Javen Jones had been stripped of his positions and titles.
• Roland promised Eric Jones that the Jones Family would be protected if they moved to the Azure Sea Region.
• Leslie proposed granting territory in the Emerald Sea Region to the Cavendish Family and Terra Kingdom nobles to gain support and avoid war with the Three Great Kingdoms.
• Roland agreed to give up at most half the Emerald Sea Region and ordered an appeal to the Human Alliance, intending to use Servia’s defense of Sea God Island to avoid fighting there.
• Dry Bones and other black-robed members of the Ghost Saint Cult found a spatial weak point that three Saint Domain experts could use to open a rift for demons.
• The Ghost Saint Cult members said they had found seven of ten required sites and departed to search for the remaining three.

After Autran and Storm sent a huge army to seize Sea God Island, Servia and the Sea Demons refused to surrender. Servia sacrificed her life and her people to unleash a Level 20 Forbidden Spell, destroying the invading force and leaving the island in ruins.

• Roland refused to continue the war against the Sea Demons until the Human Alliance punished Autran and Storm for threatening his territory.
• The noble alliances of Autran and Storm assembled an army of five hundred thousand and advanced on Sea God Island to capture Servia and claim the Glazed Sea Region.
• Servia rejected the human Saint Domain experts’ offers of surrender, while Priestess Liss and nearly ten thousand Sea Demons chose to stay and support her.
• Liss and the other Sea Demons gave their lives to channel their power into Servia as she activated the magic patterns across Sea God Island.
• Servia sacrificed her life to cast the Level 20 Forbidden Spell The Sea God's Swan Song, which destroyed the human soldiers and all four Saint Domain experts on the island.

After negotiations with the Three Great Kingdoms faltered, Roland prepared for war with Zarick the Fire Dragon King’s help as a hidden trump card. At the first formal negotiation, Leslie defended Roland’s title and turned the kingdoms’ attempt to question it against them.

• Servia’s Forbidden Spell destroyed most of Poseidon Island, killing 120,000 coalition soldiers and four Saint Domain experts, while the Storm Pirates and Cavendish Family seized nearly half the Glazed Sea Region.
• Roland returned to the Azure Sea Region with more than 100,000 troops, and Leslie told him the Three Great Kingdoms’ demands were unacceptable.
• Roland revealed that he had asked Zarick to hold back the kingdoms’ Legendary experts, though the Fire Dragon King demanded a steep price for his help.
• At negotiations organized by the Human Alliance, Lionel and Emis demanded that Roland give up the Emerald Sea Region and open passage through the Azure Sea Region.
• Leslie challenged the kingdoms’ right to question Roland’s title, prompting Cameron to defend the Terra Kingdom’s authority and leaving Lionel and Emis wary.

Roland rejected Autran and the Storm Kingdom’s demands over the Emerald Sea Region and Azure Sea passage rights, while the Human Alliance representative failed to settle the dispute. The meeting ended with Roland accepting the prospect of war against the Three Great Kingdoms.

• Lionel pressed Roland to accept Autran’s terms, while Cameron made clear Terra would not support Roland’s claim without its own interests in mind.
• Roland appealed to Ailan Whitney and argued that the Human Alliance should punish the kingdoms for trying to seize the rewards of his campaign.
• Roland proposed dividing the Emerald Sea Region equally among himself and the Three Great Kingdoms, but Lionel and Emis rejected the idea.
• Emis warned that Roland could lose his position and that refusal would bring war, while Lionel insisted Roland must not claim the Emerald Sea Region.
• Roland refused to back down and declared that war could come; Ailan Whitney tried to calm the parties, but the other representatives stayed silent.
• Roland rose from the table and declared, “War, then.”

The Three Great Kingdoms mobilized against Roland, but the Holy Church and the Mage Hall announced that the Saint Nor Continent’s Space Weakening Period had arrived early, forcing the armies to retreat. Roland gathered his officials to plan for the Demon Disaster expected next year, learning that the continent had less than a year to prepare for an invasion.

• Autran and the Storm Kingdom sent three hundred thousand troops into the Azure Sea Region, while Phillips deployed one hundred thousand Terra Kingdom Imperial Guard soldiers to Beast Slaying Island.
• Roland positioned two hundred thousand troops along the region’s borders as five hundred thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of warships faced off.
• The Holy Church and the Mage Hall warned that the Space Weakening Period had arrived early and that cults would try to open Spatial Rifts to hell.
• Autran, the Storm Kingdom, and the Terra Kingdom withdrew their forces, ending the immediate threat of war against Roland.
• Roland returned to his territory and summoned his officials, including Felicia and Olivia, to discuss preparations for the Demon Disaster.
• Leslie reported that space would be weakest between June and August next year, and Felicia described the millions of Mid-tier Demons and powerful High-tier Demons the continent would face.

Roland organized the territory’s preparations for the demons’ arrival, assigning leaders to gather resources, secure food and supplies, build defenses, and expand the militia. The Sea God Race agreed to abandon the Emerald Sea Region and relocate to Double Gate Island, which Roland planned to make the center of resistance.

• Roland ordered Reff and O'Neal to gather resources in the Glazed Sea Region and Emerald Sea Region, while Leslie’s Administrative Department took responsibility for the Azure Sea Region and Double Gate Island’s fortifications.
• Roland assigned nearly two hundred Druids to help Leslie stockpile food, and ordered Ryan to have the territory’s mages assist them with winter farming.
• Roland tasked James with acquiring supplies for three large-scale wars and materials for at least two hundred Extraordinary Potions each month, offering thirty Level 15 Extraordinary Potions monthly in return.
• Roland ordered Chopper, Ronald, and Luke to expand the militia to one hundred thousand by June next year, and told Louis to equip them and nearly four thousand arriving Earth Giants.
• Roland announced that the territory would abandon the Emerald Sea Region and defend from Double Gate Island, and Felicia agreed to move her people there.
• Roland encouraged the assembled leaders to prepare for victory, and they rose to echo his confidence.

As the Demon Disaster approached early, Roland confronted the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands’ weak defenses and prepared to reach the Saint Domain while keeping an escape route in mind. Across the continent, kingdoms mobilized for war, and Gustav finally agreed to seek an alliance with Roland.

• Roland learned he could attempt a Saint Domain breakthrough in ten days with a ninety-eight percent success rate, and he began meditating.
• The Human Alliance empires warned the continent of the approaching Demon Disaster, prompting Phillips to mobilize the Terra Kingdom, control supplies, and seal its borders.
• Phillips learned Roland might be abandoned by the other factions in the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands and offered him refuge in the kingdom.
• Gustav and Ulysses returned to Golden Lion Island after ending their war and learned that the other factions were withdrawing from the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands.
• Ulysses persuaded Gustav that the Storm Pirates needed Roland’s help to survive, and Gustav ordered him to contact Roland.

As the Demon Disaster approached, Leslie received Kailon and nearly four thousand returning Earth Giants at Double Gate Island. Roland broke through to the Saint Domain inside Black Fortress, formed a Spirit Crystal, and began comprehending his domain.

• Leslie welcomed Kailon, who reported that nearly four thousand Earth Giants had arrived and the rest would reach the territory within a month.
• Leslie’s people prepared food, baths, and clothing for the arriving Earth Giants, easing their unease as they disembarked.
• Roland’s breakthrough aura erupted across the harbor, and Kailon, O'Neal, and Leslie flew toward its source while Fili stayed behind to oversee the newcomers.
• Nuwa guided the fire elements through Roland’s body to optimize it as his attributes increased during the Saint Domain breakthrough.
• Roland endured the reshaping of his Mental Power until it condensed into a crystalline Spirit Crystal.
• At Nuwa’s prompting, Roland suppressed his excitement and focused on comprehending his domain.

Roland broke through to the Saint Domain by comprehending the River of Flame, gaining the Mystic Fire Domain and greatly enhanced attributes. Back at Black Fortress, he learned the domain could rapidly strengthen fire mages, offering new support against the coming Demon Disaster.

• Roland entered the River of Flame, glimpsed Hephaestus, and comprehended the laws of fire until he manifested a Dark Red Domain.
• Roland returned to the Cultivation Room and saw that his attributes had doubled and that his new domain was Mystic Fire.
• Roland discovered that Mystic Fire supported fire mages by accelerating cultivation and helping them understand knowledge and laws.
• Olivia, Felicia, Kailon, Reff, and Cassius tested Roland's domain until he ordered them to stop.
• Nuwa analyzed the domain's effects, and Roland realized it could help him cultivate many fire mages and strengthen them against the Demon Disaster.

After advancing into the Saint Domain, Roland planned to train two thousand fire mage apprentices for the approaching Demon Disaster and strengthen the territory’s war reserves. He left the meeting committed to trading weapons with the Beastkin Empire for Magic Crystals, then examined and equipped three Saint Domain magic items from the Terra Kingdom.

• Roland emerged from the devastated Cultivation Room, received congratulations, and reassured Elizabeth and the others that they could become Saint Domain experts.
• Kailon reported bringing back nearly four thousand clan members, and Olivia told Roland that the territory had about 2,200 fire mage apprentices.
• Roland revealed that his Mystic Fire domain could help train the apprentices into Intermediate Mages in half a year, despite Leslie’s warning that the territory could not afford it.
• Olivia estimated that the Mage Tower would need Magic Crystals and magic cores to support several thousand mages for two months, so James proposed selling surplus iron as weapons and armor to the Beastkin Empire.
• Roland accepted the risks of attracting the Human Alliance’s attention and ordered the Weapons and Equipment Workshop to produce weapons and armor in exchange for Magic Crystals.
• Roland had Nuwa examine three Level 16 magic items from the Terra Kingdom, confirmed they were safe, and equipped the Divine Fire Staff, Crimson Lotus Robe, and Molten Ring.

Roland strengthened his forces and territory as the Demon Disaster approached, while negotiating a partnership with the Storm Pirates. The chapter ended with Gustav agreeing that Roland would lead their united forces, provided Roland protected the Storm Pirates’ 1.6 million people.

• Roland tested Monk’s loyalty and ordered him to prepare for a breakthrough to the Saint Domain.
• Roland began cultivating Monk and Alvis Ed, while he declined to invest heavily in other newcomers whose loyalty was uncertain.
• Roland expanded weapons smuggling into the Beastkin Empire, drawing in coastal nobles and improving his territory’s finances and strength.
• Gustav and Ulysses arrived at Black Fortress and offered to unite the Storm Pirates with Roland against the Demon Disaster.
• Roland secured command of the alliance and agreed to protect the Storm Pirates’ people, who would follow his Administrative Department’s arrangements.

With the continent’s spatial strength at its lowest point, Roland realized the Demon Disaster was imminent and convened his commanders to launch a preemptive defense across the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands. He sent his forces and Saint Domain allies to patrol several sea regions while Olivia stayed behind to guard Double Gate Island.

• Nuwa warned Roland that removing the Ghost Scepter’s Blood Sacrifice rules would destroy its ability to store Mental Power, then alerted him that spatial strength had fallen to its lowest point.
• Roland tested his power and nearly opened a Spatial Rift, confirming that the Space Weakening Period had reached its nadir.
• Roland reviewed his territory’s greatly expanded forces and, reassured that Legendary Demons had not appeared in the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands during previous disasters, summoned his senior officers and allies.
• Roland announced that the Demon Disaster was imminent and ordered Reff, O'Neal, Artur, and Gustav to lead forces into four sea regions while Malcolm sent griffins to scout for Spatial Rifts.
• Felicia, Natalie, and Olivia agreed to support the regional forces, but Roland assigned Olivia to guard the territory and sent Monk and Alvis to the Mystic Tide Sea Region while he went to the Cloudy Waves Sea Region.
• More than two hundred thousand troops mobilized from Double Gate Island to patrol the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands.

Cultists opened a massive Spatial Rift in the Brightwind Plains, allowing the Demon Lord’s forces to invade Saint Nor Continent as Gaia Arcmond and Thane failed to stop them. Demons poured through rifts across the continent, while an unknown attacker killed a Saint Domain Ox Demon shortly after it arrived.

• Three black-robed cultists tore open a huge Spatial Rift in the Brightwind Plains, and the Demon Lord’s aura forced it to expand.
• Gaia Arcmond and Thane attacked the cultists, but they escaped after stabilizing the rift; a Legendary Flame Demon and other Legendary Demons emerged.
• Thane vanished while Gaia fled, and seven more Legendary-level rifts appeared across Saint Nor Continent alongside over a thousand smaller rifts.
• Tens of millions of demons crossed into Saint Nor Continent and began sweeping toward the various races.
• A Saint Domain Ox Demon emerged from a rift in the Cloudy Waves Sea Region and was killed by an unseen attacker’s fire breath and spells.

Roland and Cassius ambushed the Ox Demons emerging from a Spatial Rift, hoping to weaken the invading force before it could establish a foothold. They fought until five Saint Domain Ox Demons arrived, then fled while reinforcements were still on the way.

• Roland revealed that he and Cassius had followed three cultist Saints and ambushed the first Saint Domain Ox Demon to emerge from their Spatial Rift.
• Roland and Cassius attacked the second Ox Demon, but it trapped them in a Dark Element domain before Cassius used Twisted Insight Technique to locate it and strike it down.
• The third Ox Demon emerged and joined the fight as Roland told Cassius that Monk, Alvis, and Artur's reinforcements were coming.
• More Ox Demons crossed the rift, turning the battle in the Demon Army's favor as five Saint Domain Ox Demons gathered, including a top-tier expert.
• Roland and Cassius fled, trading insults with the heavily injured second Ox Demon as they escaped.

Roland watched the Demon Army gather on an island, then joined Monk, Alvis, and Artur’s Third Fleet in a strike against it. After inflicting heavy casualties, Roland ordered a retreat as the demons reinforced their counterattack.

• Roland observed more than a hundred thousand Lesser Demons, tens of thousands of Demon Hounds, and over five thousand Ox Demon warriors emerge from the Spatial Rift.
• Monk and Alvis reported on the fighting in the Mystic Tide Sea Region, and Roland ordered them to hold back the Saint Domain Ox Demons until Artur’s Third Fleet arrived.
• Roland, Monk, and Alvis engaged the five Saint Domain Ox Demons while Artur’s fleet bombarded the island and landed tens of thousands of soldiers.
• Artur’s forces killed large numbers of Lesser Demons, Demon Hounds, and hundreds of Ox Demon warriors, while sea demon Archmages helped hold off the Ox Demon Commanders.
• Roland ordered the forces to withdraw after the demons sent reinforcements through the Spatial Rift, and Cassius carried him, Monk, and Alvis away.

After defeating the Ox Demon vanguard, Roland received reports of Spatial Rifts and demon forces across the sea regions and redeployed his fleets to contain them. His campaigns killed hundreds of thousands of demons, but the Ox Demons, Dark Angels, and Succubi united their forces and turned toward Roland.

• Roland ordered the withdrawal of forces from the Glazed Sea Region and the return of Reff and O'Neal's troops to Double Gate Island.
• Artur reported that O'Neal's fleet had killed nearly twenty thousand demons and three Demon Commanders in the Mystic Tide Sea Region, while Reff's forces had killed demons around several rifts in the Emerald Sea Region.
• Roland learned that Dark Angels had emerged through a Saint Domain-level rift in the Emerald Sea Region and that the Storm Pirates were fighting Succubi in the Glazed Sea Region.
• Roland sent Monk back to command the Second Fleet and ordered Artur and Alvis to take troops to the Azure Sea Region to attack its three Spatial Rifts.
• Roland and Cassius led attacks on the Cloudy Waves Sea Region's smaller rifts, and the human fleets killed more than four hundred thousand demons before withdrawing to Double Gate Island.
• The Ox Demons, Dark Angels, and Succubi gathered more than three million demons and directed their forces toward Roland.

A Demon Army assembled on an island as Dark Angel Michael recovered his past life’s memories and realized he was Dylan Fikernando. Meanwhile, Roland organized Double Gate Island’s defenses against the vastly larger invading forces, leaving his allies preparing for the coming battle.

• Gasmi reprimanded Gar for criticizing the alliance and ordered the demons to finish assembling their million-strong army.
• Michael struggled with memories from his reincarnation, then remembered his identity as Dylan Fikernando and flew west.
• Roland’s commanders reported their casualties and supplies spent in the previous battle, while Gustav said the Storm Pirates had lost fewer than three thousand men.
• Roland warned that the enemy had fourteen Saint Domain experts and millions of demons, and his officers and Gustav pledged to fight.
• Roland assigned forces to defend Double Gate Island’s eastern, western, and northern fronts, kept several legions in reserve, and ordered Leslie to coordinate supplies and enforce martial law.

Dylan Fikernando arrived at Black Fortress as a Dark Angel, claiming to be Elizabeth’s father and Reff’s brother. Roland cautiously allowed him inside, where Reff began recounting what had happened since Dylan’s disappearance.

• Felicia and the Saint Domain experts surrounded Dylan Fikernando, and Roland ordered them to attack until Dylan recognized Roland, Reff, and Elizabeth.
• Dylan removed his helmet and revealed a face resembling his former human self, while Elizabeth confirmed his identity with a childhood memory and learned that he remembered his past life.
• Dylan said his soul still belonged to humanity, but Roland and Felicia could not verify his claim, so Roland decided to watch his actions rather than trust him outright.
• Roland brought Dylan into Black Fortress with the Saint Domain experts keeping him surrounded, and Dylan asked Reff what had happened after he left.
• Reff began telling Dylan about the events following the battle between the Black Knights and the other five great overlords.