Chapter Summaries

Han Dong shared the Corpse Cart with Jian and exchanged information with her about divinity, his world, and their possible cooperation. Jian revealed her identity and abilities, leaving Han Dong to discover that she was Derry Town’s fourth-ranked resident.

• Han Dong rode the Corpse Cart into a sealed room, where Jian asked him to lie beside her and dismissed the corpses beneath the cart.
• Jian questioned Han Dong about divinity and Dean Richard, and Han Dong explained that powerful gods in his world were connected to divinity.
• Han Dong and Jian talked through the day, and his battle aftereffects disappeared while he rested on the cart.
• Han Dong asked Jian for information about a suitable torso and about herself, clarifying that he wanted to learn her personal details for future cooperation.
• Jian shared her resident information, revealing her identity as a witch named Jian Doyle and her overall resident ranking of No. 4.

After arranging with Miss Jian to obtain names of fugitives and threats in Derry Town, Han Dong returned to the Prison Area and upgraded his Faceless Head using Dean Richard’s high-quality Cellular Essence. The upgrade completed and revealed a new choice for expanding the Prison Area or Experiment Zone, while Han Dong emerged with memories of a strange life on Mars and a glimpse of higher-dimensional space.

• Han Dong asked Miss Jian for a list of fugitives or threats whose bodies could provide torsos, and she told him to return after Town Hall finished investigating Dean Richard’s death.
• Han Dong assessed Nicole, Chen Li, and Togu’s injuries and considered finding Togu’s former residence to unseal the Demon Engine.
• Han Dong injected Dean Richard’s high-quality Cellular Essence into his main body and began upgrading his Faceless Head to LV.3.
• During the upgrade, Han Dong lived as a stranded astronaut on Mars, discovered a strange door, entered a realm of higher-dimensional colors, and died of old age after returning.
• The laboratory announced the Faceless Head upgrade was complete and offered Han Dong a choice between adding a prison cell or a Void laboratory.

Han Dong completed his Skull Upgrade and chose to add a Void Laboratory, which could turn superior Cellular Essence into Void Essence to enhance his tentacles. After tending to his Contained Objects, he met Diana to discuss Abyssal Transformation.

• Han Dong chose to create a Void Laboratory, then rested while the experiment zone was expanded.
• Han Dong explored the new laboratory and learned that Void Essence could upgrade his tentacles with spatial abilities without increasing Load Value.
• Han Dong planned to gather superior Cellular Essence while searching for the clown, and concluded that his improved abilities made him more resistant to Miss Jian's illusions.
• Togu asked Han Dong to visit his former residence and help recover his lost demonic power, and Han Dong promised to help him.
• Han Dong reassured Chen Li and Nicole that he would find a way to raise their ranks, then left the Portable Prison.
• Han Dong met the exhausted Diana at a convenience store and asked to discuss Abyssal Transformation.

Han Dong examined Diana after her Seed Breaking triggered an unusual Abyssal reaction, discovering that a conscious Abyssal presence remained inside her. When their foreheads touched, he saw a vision of a woman beneath a dead tree on a hill of bones.

• Diana’s shoulder began producing fine bone matter, and Han Dong suppressed it while questioning her about her Abyssal Transformation.
• Diana explained that her Seed Breaking target was a Terrifying Existence connected to her father, which had killed itself and was expected to reappear after she left the Holy City.
• The Scarlet Count told Han Dong that a foreign Abyssal with some retained consciousness was inside Diana and could help against the Ten Demons.
• Han Dong leaned in to examine Diana’s forehead, but she mistook his movement for an attempt to kiss her and slapped him through the convenience store wall.
• Han Dong explained that he needed to use the eye on his forehead to examine her, and their foreheads touched as he activated it.
• Han Dong saw a woman sitting beneath a withered tree on a hillside of bones and called her Lady White Bone.

Han Dong discovered that Diana’s Talent Tree concealed a Mature Body Aberration and restored her strength before asking her to demonstrate her Abyssal Transformation. After Diana’s uncontrolled transformation nearly killed him, Han Dong used the Yellow Mark to make the consciousness within her withdraw, leaving Diana in control of her own power.

• Han Dong used the Demon Eye to see Diana’s Talent Tree, Myriad Bones, and recognized the woman beneath it as a Mature Body Aberration like the Earl.
• Han Dong infused Diana with energy, curing her weakness, then took her to an abandoned field to examine her Abyssal Transformation.
• Diana transformed and attacked Han Dong at extreme speed, forcing him to evade with a sand substitute and defend himself with a Hundred-Eyed Blood Hound.
• Han Dong unleashed his Aberration powers and Graveyard of Crows domain, seized Diana, and ordered the consciousness within her to withdraw using the Yellow Mark.
• Diana regained control of her body and excitedly embraced Han Dong.

Diana learned to control her Abyssal Transformation, and Han Dong received a household registration and apartment from Derry Town Hall for exposing Dean Richard’s conspiracy. The mayor appointed Shirley Powell to manage the hospital, while Han Dong turned his attention to investigating the clown.

• Diana’s uncontrolled bone spikes nearly injured Han Dong, but with his guidance she learned to regulate her Abyssal Transformation and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Han Dong carried Diana back to the farmhouse, where Cas confirmed he could wield a small amount of abyssal demon power.
• The mayor approved the account that Dean Richard had plotted to bring the Outside World into Derry Town and was killed by Moonlight-Miles and Inspector Jian.
• The clerk told the mayor that Han Dong had led Pennywise to the Connection Point three years earlier, and the mayor decided to speak with him personally.
• A Town Hall employee awarded Han Dong permanent household registration, household-head privileges, and an apartment, and told him that Miles had been nominated as the new Tenth Demon.
• Han Dong learned that Shirley Powell would take over the hospital and resolved to investigate the clown.

After obtaining permanent residency in Derry Town, Han Dong’s team discovered that the Inner Chapter had transformed into a bustling town inhabited by powerful demons. Han Dong left to find Togu at a monastery, while Cas and Diana went to investigate the Neighborhood Committee.

• Han Dong’s team entered No. 35 Palm Street and received the option to suspend the event, but decided to continue without resting in the Holy City.
• Han Dong sent Cas and Diana to search the Neighborhood Committee for information about the clown and disasters while he went to improve his strength.
• Han Dong and Cas stepped outside and found Derry Town transformed, with demons such as Miles, Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, and Freddy heading to work as residents.
• Han Dong recognized that the town’s true appearance became visible after the team obtained permanent residency and warned Cas and Diana not to provoke its residents.
• Han Dong headed for Togu’s monastery on the outskirts, where Togu had said that multiple Hell Visitors lived.

Han Dong went to Town Hall after the mayor summoned him and received a permanent residence permit. The mayor gave him a letter for the monastery and asked him to investigate it, leaving Han Dong with a new exclusive plot.

• Togu warned Han Dong that the monastery was private territory and that entering it could leave them without the town's legal protection.
• A Town Hall staff member summoned Han Dong to meet the mayor, and Han Dong agreed to go.
• Han Dong encountered Ma Taotao at Town Hall and noticed her documents bore the Palm Seal and concerned missing residents.
• The mayor granted Han Dong a permanent residence permit and explained that Togu's abduction had violated town rules, but Han Dong's past service had offset the offense.
• The mayor gave Han Dong a letter that would offer some protection at the monastery and asked him to investigate it.

Han Dong received an Exclusive Scenario from the mayor to investigate the monastery and uncover its connection to Togu. With Diana and Cas, he reached the monastery, which stood partly over a bottomless abyss at the edge of town.

• The mayor gave Han Dong a Universal Pass and instructed him to stay at the monastery for three days, record what he saw, and conceal the mayor’s involvement.
• The clerk questioned Han Dong about his meeting with the mayor, then laughed and let him pass when he mentioned the monastery.
• Han Dong recalled the mayor’s warning that the monastery’s residents might attack if they sensed Togu, and he gathered his teammates before heading there.
• Diana found an old report describing a Demon Locust disaster at the monastery, a Pureblood Demon’s killings, and the Ten Demons’ subsequent purge and rebuilding of the site.
• A woodlouse-covered homeless man warned Han Dong’s group about the monastery, then broke apart into woodlice and returned to a trash bin.
• Han Dong, Diana, and Cas reached the outskirts, where they saw the Gothic monastery perched partly beyond a cliff above a bottomless abyss.

Han Dong and his companions entered the monastery under the guise of community workers and learned that it had been built to guard the Demon Gate, a passage to hell. After suspecting the succubus nun had deliberately encouraged them to investigate the forbidden area, they planned to approach it during the nightly worship ritual.

• Han Dong’s group passed the graveyard and presented their Universal Pass to the strangled nun guarding the monastery gates, causing a succubus to emerge and lead them inside.
• The succubus nun gave them a map, explained the monastery’s rules and restricted zones, and invited Han Dong to visit her quarters with a room key.
• After the nun left, Han Dong, Cas, and Diana concluded that she had tried to lure them toward the Demon Gate and agreed to investigate it during the nighttime ritual.
• The group explored the monastery and learned from a stone tablet that it had been built in 1583 to guard a natural passage connecting the world to the borderlands of hell.

Han Dong’s group met Ghost Nun Valaka, who confirmed that a Hell Locust had revived and agreed to let them investigate it for three days. She gave them records on the locusts and a pendant for access to the monastery, offering to accompany them if they entered the Demon Gate.

• Han Dong negotiated with Ghost Nun Valaka and explained how a succubus had led his group into the monastery.
• Valaka found a living Hell Locust in the cemetery and confirmed that the hanged nun at the gate had recently expelled an Egg Body.
• Han Dong persuaded Valaka to give the group three days to find the locust’s true body before involving Town Hall.
• Han Dong learned that Valaka and her nuns served the Mayor and defended Derry Town against the demons beyond the Demon Gate.
• Valaka verified the group’s identities with Sam and gave them Hell Locust records and a pendant that granted access throughout the monastery.

Han Dong prepared his team to investigate the sealed Backyard after learning that a past Hell Locust outbreak began when a nun entered the restricted depths. Ghost Nun Valaka explained the risks and led them toward the Demon Gate, where the investigation would begin.

• Han Dong sent Diana to disguise herself as a nun and ordered Cas to deliver a secret letter to its recipient in Derry Town.
• Han Dong read Ghost Nun Valaka's records about the outbreak three years earlier, which had turned the convent into a locust nest before the Recorder suppressed it.
• Diana returned with her disguise perfected, and Cas came back battered but unharmed after completing his delivery.
• Han Dong told Ghost Nun Valaka that his team had finished investigating the front courtyard and needed to enter the sealed Backyard.
• Ghost Nun Valaka warned the team they would be treated as suspected locust hosts, quarantined after returning, and presumed dead if they failed to respond within forty-eight hours, then led them toward the Demon Gate.

Han Dong and his teammates entered the monastery’s Backyard to investigate the Hell Locusts, while Ghost Nun secretly revealed that she was working for Secretary Vera, who intended to kill them. In the Backyard, Han Dong found numerous demons who had failed to seek the Dao of Hell, and Togu explained that demons pursued power to avoid becoming prey.

• Ghost Nun opened the Demon Gate for Han Dong and his teammates, warned them to avoid a secret chamber, and gave them forty-eight hours to return.
• After leaving, Ghost Nun met Secretary Vera, who said she planned to execute the group if they entered the forbidden zone because one of them had come into contact with disaster.
• Han Dong subdued and killed a tortured demon in the Backyard, but Togu said its Hell aura could not restore his strength.
• Han Dong found a passageway crowded with more than twenty tortured demons who had failed to seek the Dao of Hell.
• Togu explained that demons sought the Dao of Hell for power because the powerless became food for other demons.

Huo Ziping and Yu Wu defeated Mary Shaw, who revealed that Pennywise had been dismembered and that contact with one of his body parts could spread the Mad Laughter Virus. Huo Ziping killed Mary when the virus began emerging from her, and the pair returned toward Derry Town with evidence, while Yu Wu questioned why Pennywise had been divided into only five parts.

• Huo Ziping and Yu Wu destroyed Mary Shaw’s puppets, and Huo questioned her about Pennywise before the final puppet.
• Mary Shaw revealed that Town Hall had extracted, erased, and dismembered Pennywise, but calamities followed wherever his body parts were stored.
• Mary Shaw described finding Pennywise’s Left Leg at Crystal Lake and failing to destroy it, then began laughing as the Mad Laughter Virus manifested through her.
• Huo Ziping decapitated Mary Shaw, completed Main Plot One, and found a larval creature resembling a balloon with Grasshopper Legs inside her puppet.
• Huo Ziping and Yu Wu drove back to Derry Town with the damaged puppet, and Yu Wu wondered why Pennywise had been divided into five parts rather than six.

Han Dong, Cas, and Diana fought a locust-bodied nun in the monastery’s ash-filled passage, and the Earl discovered she carried the same Mad Laughter as he did. The Earl’s laughter spread through the passage and summoned more nuns, as he urged Han Dong to push deeper toward the clown.

• Han Dong and his companions advanced through the Backyard toward the entrance to hell, where they hoped to restore Togu.
• A locust-bodied nun attacked, but Cas shielded Diana and knocked her into a wall, allowing Diana and Han Dong to disable her.
• Han Dong used his chain to absorb the nun’s lava essence, and the weakened nun revealed the Mad Laughter that the Earl recognized.
• The Earl swallowed the nun and tasted a trace of Mad Laughter, causing him and Han Dong to laugh uncontrollably.
• Their laughter drew more red-lipped nuns from the depths, and the Earl urged Han Dong to fight onward toward the clown.

Han Dong led his group through the monastery toward the entrance to the Hell Portal, where he sensed Pennywise’s laughter. As the group fought their way through infected Locust Nuns, the Clerk set out to intercept them and claimed the slender male as her target.

• Han Dong told Cas and Diana they were heading for The Depths to pursue the Perfect Ending, assigning Cas to take the lead and Diana to practice Abyssal Transformation.
• Han Dong used Crow Caller and Great Burial of Black Sand to trap the Locust Nuns, while his crows scattered them for the group to attack.
• Cas charged into the nuns, and Diana transformed without relying on the aberration inside her, killing a nun with her bone whip.
• Han Dong and his hidden team slaughtered the nuns, with Nicole corroding them and Earl devouring those infected by the Mad Laughter Virus.
• Han Dong heard Pennywise’s distinctive laugh ahead and focused on the passage leading to the Hell Portal.
• The Clerk learned that Han Dong’s group had reached the middle depths, then set out with Valaka and declared the slender male her target.

Han Dong and his team reached the monastery’s secret chamber, where they found the source of the locust disaster and reunited with Pennywise. As Pennywise attacked with laughter, Han Dong laughed back and snapped the chains holding him.

• Diana and Earl fought through the nuns while Han Dong led the team deeper into the monastery.
• Han Dong reached the cold iron gate and told Cas and Diana to wait outside while he entered alone.
• Han Dong used the dormitory key to open the gate and embedded Togu’s Hell Chains into his body to withstand the heat.
• Han Dong found the hell portal and the chained torso that spread locust essence and the Mad Laughter Virus, then recorded evidence for the mayor.
• Pennywise laughed at Han Dong, who laughed back until the chains suspending the torso snapped.

Han Dong suppressed Pennywise’s torso and waited in the secret room for the clerk, who arrived intending to arrest him. As the clerk attacked Han Dong and demanded to know where the torso had gone, another tremor signaled that someone else had entered the Backyard.

• Han Dong overpowered Pennywise’s torso with his laughter, sent Tolgu back through the Hell Portal, and sat down to wait for the clerk.
• Cas connected Han Dong’s letter with the Demon Gate opening and hid himself and Diana inside a wall.
• The clerk arrived with Valaka, occupied the passageway with her arms, and declared Han Dong a wanted fugitive after learning he had entered the restricted room.
• Han Dong used his Death Domain to decay the clerk’s arms and claimed he had cleaned up Pennywise’s torso.
• As the clerk prepared to take Han Dong for questioning, the Demon Gate opened again and another uninvited guest entered the Backyard.

Moonlight-Miles and the other Four Great Human-Demons arrived at the monastery to help Han Dong, who was confronting the Clerk over the clown’s virus. The Clerk pursued Han Dong out of the secret chamber and found herself surrounded by Miles and the others.

• Han Dong’s letter persuaded Moonlight-Miles to cut his vacation short and seek help from the Four Great Human-Demons.
• Miles and his three companions forcibly opened the Demon Gate, entered the Backyard, and killed the Ghost Nun Valaka when she tried to stop them.
• The Clerk refused to let Han Dong leave, insisting that his contact with the clown made him a suspected infected individual who had to be killed.
• Han Dong sent a bloodhound to attack the Clerk, then escaped the secret chamber while she tore the creature apart.
• The Clerk pursued Han Dong out of the chamber and ran into the towering, demon-possessed Miles, surrounded by the other human-demons.

Han Dong’s escape plan failed when the clerk sealed the monastery passage, so he sent Cas and Diana out through the walls while the Human Demons confronted the clerk. As the fight continued, Han Dong captured the wounded Ghost Nun Valaka and fed her to the Hundred-Eyed Blood Hound.

• Han Dong discovered the clerk had sealed the passage and told Cas and Diana to escape through the monastery walls and seek help from Miss Jian and Sam.
• Cas and Diana climbed away from the monastery but encountered infected nuns hanging from the cliffs, who attacked them with grasshopper legs.
• The clerk ordered Miles, Jason, Tommy, and Freddy into a room as suspected virus carriers, but Miles struck her neck and only cut halfway through.
• Han Dong slipped into a side room with the wounded Ghost Nun Valaka and had the Hundred-Eyed Blood Hound swallow her before inserting a syringe into her body.