Chapter Summaries

After Ang returned and World City recovered from the siege, Dana awakened as a legendary warrior, giving Ang confidence to pursue revenge against the Christian Family. Ang then began building eighty-one Magic Towers to draw power from the God-Demon Battlefield into the Archipelago Plane.

• Therese and Elijah waited outside World City for half a month before leaving; Therese vanished into an unfamiliar plane, while Elijah told Emperor Alfred VII that Ang was alive and was ordered to keep it secret.
• Ang attended the funeral for World City's fallen warriors and told Drumil he intended to take over every plane belonging to the Christian Family, but would wait for Dana to become legendary first.
• Quintina and Natiya vowed to remain atop the World Tree until they became Archmages, while Dana's awakening Gravity Domain caused a crushing pressure around his room.
• After a week, Dana awoke and attacked in confusion, but Ang restrained him and congratulated him on becoming a legendary warrior; Ang then helped Dana master his Gravity Domain.
• World City celebrated Dana's breakthrough for a week, and Ang's confidence in pursuing vengeance grew.
• Ang raised eighty-one Magic Towers around World City and planned to open passages through them to the God-Demon Battlefield so its magical elements could flow into the Archipelago Plane.

Ang lured demons through the Abyssal Prison Passage on the Sola Plane, sealed the passage, and led his army to victory before activating the eighty-one Magic Towers with the spoils. He returned to North Wind Territory and told Aisha and Aida to go to World City so Aida could pursue a breakthrough, leaving Norma to guard the territory.

• Ang waited until two Tier 3 Foul Spirits and more than a hundred Tier 2 Foul Spirits emerged, then sealed the Abyssal Prison Passage and ordered his army to attack.
• Dana defeated both Tier 3 Foul Spirits with support from Ang and the army, and Ang promised to find him a legendary weapon better suited to him.
• The army killed more than a hundred thousand demons and collected a hundred thousand sheets of Black Magic Mark Skin; Ang stabilized the passage and left the Nightmare Knights to guard it.
• Ang used Black Magic Crystals to activate all eighty-one Magic Towers, doubling the magical-element concentration in World City, then returned to North Wind Territory.
• Aisha told Ang that Norma had become a Level 1 Warrior and Yus a Rank 1 Mage, and Ang suggested she take Yus to World City.
• Ang told Aida to go to World City with Aisha so he could become a legendary powerhouse, while Norma remained to guard North Wind Territory.

Ang gave Aida a fourth-tier Flame Demon Molten Core that could make him a Legendary Warrior at the cost of ever reaching the fourth tier, then severed his ties with the Tan'anster Family and visited Charles and Donna. In Akreli, he confronted Emperor Alfred VII and four hidden fourth-tier experts over an old agreement, seized one Epic Warrior, and overwhelmed a Grand Archmage before the emperor intervened.

• Ang offered Aida the Molten Core and warned him that using it would prevent him from becoming an Epic Warrior, but said he first had to become a Great Warrior and master fire-element power.
• Ang visited the Tan'anster Family, declared that Ilsa's ties no longer bound them, and warned Duke Tananst VIII not to let nobles withhold soldiers' pay.
• Ang gave Charles and Donna pale red Magic Potions to aid their Qi force cultivation.
• After reaching Akreli, Ang sensed faith power from the imperial palace and flew there, drawing the attention of Katie and the city's experts.
• Emperor Alfred VII watched as four fourth-tier experts confronted Ang, who seized an Epic Warrior and reflected a Grand Archmage's Soul Shackles back into the caster's consciousness.
• Alfred stopped Ang's spatial spear from striking the fallen Grand Archmage, while another Epic Warrior carried the injured mage away and Ang kept his grip on his captive.

Ang killed an imperial Epic Warrior and accused Emperor Alfred VII of wanting the elder dead before the two fought throughout the palace. Ang overwhelmed the emperor, but the battle remained unresolved when the emperor’s Imperial Shackles passed through Ang and killed an Archmage instead.

• Ang crushed an imperial Epic Warrior’s head and claimed Emperor Alfred VII had ordered the killing, prompting the emperor to deny it and attack.
• Emperor Alfred VII transformed and wielded the Talron Twin Swords while Ang took his Eight-armed form and drove the emperor back.
• Ang’s attacks weakened the emperor and caused onlookers to doubt his demigod strength, so Emperor Alfred VII unleashed more powerful sword techniques.
• Ang’s Despair Greatsword began to crack, so he pierced the emperor with Chaos Spikes and switched to a Chaos Blade, damaging one of the Talron swords.
• Emperor Alfred VII blocked Ang with his faith halo, escaped his next blow, and summoned Imperial Shackles that passed through Ang and killed an Archmage.

Ang survived the Imperial Shackles, defeated the emperor, and negotiated for Tutataab's body, magical materials, and the inheritance of soul magic. He left with Katie after the emperor refused to hand over the Christian Family's plane coordinates, while the emperor learned why the shackles had failed and faced questions about Lord Gutaaf's death.

• The emperor's Imperial Shackles passed through Ang harmlessly but killed two Archmages, and Ang shattered the emperor's halo of faith with the Chaos Blade.
• Katie stopped Ang from killing the emperor by asking whether he would take the throne, and Ang agreed to spare him in exchange for the soul magic inheritance and additional compensation.
• The emperor returned Tutataab's body to Katie and gave Ang the prepared magical materials, but refused Ang's demand for all the Christian Family's plane coordinates.
• Katie invited Ang to visit the Manchester Family, and they flew away together after Ang agreed.
• The Epic Warrior explained that the Imperial Shackles could not affect Ang because he was no longer considered a subject of the empire, and the emperor realized he had severed ties with him.
• The soul Grand Archmage accused the emperor of ordering Ang to kill Lord Gutaaf, but the emperor denied it and blamed Ang for provoking distrust.

Ang recovered from his fight with the emperor and spoke with Katie about the demigod’s power, the losses among their allies, and the Christian Family’s plane coordinates. After learning how Fourth-tier experts could enter unknown planes, Ang planned to return Lanlost’s ashes to the Pan Family’s plane before seeking the Christian Family himself.

• The Epic Warrior ended the dispute over Gutaaf’s death, and the Grand Archmages left while Emperor Alfred VII watched them depart.
• Ang arrived at the Manchester Family Hall injured, destroyed the traces of his blood, and used Divine Blessing to heal himself as Katie questioned him about fighting a demigod.
• Ang told Katie that Lanlost’s ashes were in a sealed jar and that Adelaide had sacrificed himself with Prince Ak to summon the God of Curses.
• Ang asked Katie to seek information about the Christian Family’s plane and the God-Demon Battlefield, but she could not secure the coordinates or spare her forces for battle.
• Katie gave Ang a scroll explaining how Fourth-tier experts could use their laws to pass through plane barriers, and told him the Tal Dragon Sword was said to contain pure-blooded dragon bone.
• Ang decided to return Lanlost’s ashes to the Pan Family’s plane, then go to the Christian Family himself.

Ang delivered Lanlost’s ashes to the Pan Family in Shuifan City and discovered that the family’s black-haired members and Dragon bloodline were connected to mysteries from his past. After clashing with Sheng Pan, Ang faced a colossal dragon that warned him to stop.

• Ang rejected the Emperor’s appeal, then ordered two Legendary warriors to spread a reward for the coordinates of every plane belonging to the Christian Family.
• Ang traveled to the Felton Tower plane and reached Shuifan City, where he returned Lanlost’s urn to a black-haired woman of the Pan Family.
• Ang used a familiar phrase, startling the woman, but she refused to explain its significance or reveal her ancestor’s name.
• Sheng Pan confronted Ang, and the two fought until Ang transformed into an Eight-armed Giant and drove Sheng Pan into the ground.
• A colossal earthen-yellow dragon arrived and warned Ang to stop, while an unseen force caught Sheng Pan and lowered him safely to the ground.

Ang discovered that the Pan Family’s ancestor, Pan Wei, had been a Chinese-speaking figure who left a message for someone who came after him. After warning Ang that he might die if he stayed in Felton Tower, the prophecy Grand Archmage let him leave and agreed to mention Blue Star in a prayer to the ancestor.

• Steedmans revealed his human form as an Earth Dragon and took Ang to the Pan Family’s ancestral hall after Ang asked about the family’s ancestor.
• Ang recognized the Chinese characters Pan Wei on the ancestor’s statue and read a Chinese message on an ancient parchment saying its writer hoped to meet a later arrival who became a god or demon.
• Steedmans summoned the Pan Family’s experts, and the prophecy Grand Archmage confirmed Ang had truthfully repeated the message.
• The Pan Family members prayed before Pan Wei’s statue, while Ang realized they had misunderstood the message as a rebuke to his descendants.
• The prophecy Grand Archmage warned Ang to leave Felton Tower because he might die there, and Ang asked her to mention Blue Star when praying to Pan Wei.
• Ang left the ancestral hall, and the prophecy Grand Archmage told Steedmans that Ang was not their enemy.

Ang returned to Akreli City, found the Christian Family gone, and learned that a trace of divine curse power had awakened within him. After months of searching for the family and preparing to enter the God-Demon Battlefield, Ang discovered a spatial anomaly above the ruins of Viscount Horsey's manor.

• Ang found the Christian Family estate abandoned, then learned from a servant that the family had left without revealing where they went.
• Ang asked the Astrologer's Guild for the Christian Family's plane coordinates and for a portal to the Archipelago Plane, but the guild refused the first request and said another portal already existed at Fortress of Will.
• Ang brought Aisha and Aida's family to World City, where Drumil identified the curse reawakened in Ang as the power of a god.
• Ang searched for the Christian Family's plane for months, then sent Katie to the God-Demon Battlefield with fifty warriors and secretly gave Mephini a Magic Waist Pouch and instructions.
• Dana recalled that the armies who came through the destroyed Litchfield Plains portal had worn different uniforms, prompting Ang to suspect the portal had connected to multiple planes.
• Ang used spatial detection above the ruins of Viscount Horsey's manor and found cracks in the void.

Ang used nine Magic Towers to trace a route to the Christian Family’s plane while preparing a measured counterattack and explaining the World Tree’s lack of offensive power. He began negotiating with the Black Magic Society for plane coordinates in exchange for a Tier 4 Foul Spirit’s body, leaving the deal unresolved.

• Ang activated nine Magic Towers at Horesi Manor to locate and stabilize the hidden rift to the Christian Family’s plane, a process expected to take at least a week.
• Ade and Georgie arrived with fifty airships to join the counterattack, and Ang assigned them to lead the Magic Corps in an initial investigation once the coordinates were confirmed.
• Ang explained that the World Tree could not defend World City because the druids who once served as its guardians had been wiped out and its faith had lapsed.
• As the towers drew attention from other factions and the Astrologer’s Guild, Ang agreed to meet a female mage representing the Black Magic Society.
• The mage revealed that the Christian Family controlled six planes and admitted her society wanted the body of a Tier 4 Foul Spirit; Ang offered it for the coordinates of three major planes, but she insisted it was worth only one.
• Ang sent the mage away without accepting her terms and told Dana that the negotiation would also mislead the Christian Family about how Ang had found their plane.

The Black Magic Society concealed its remaining forces on Mata Plane while Ang confirmed the Christian Family’s plane coordinates and entered Segon Plane. After reaching Little Gong City disguised as a merchant, Ang learned about the plane’s peoples and approached Yuri to sell his goods.

• The Black Magic Society sent the Christian Family a warning, and the family’s young warrior led a force against its hidden strongholds.
• The Black Magic Society ordered its Mata Plane forces to disperse and hide, allowing the Christian warrior to mistakenly believe he had eliminated them.
• Ang traveled through a wilderness for three days before entering Little Gong City with a disguised caravan.
• Ang used suggestion magic to learn the local language and learned from a Gongga girl that the plane was called Segon Plane and was home to the Disai, Gongga, and Imperial-descended peoples.
• Ang met the shopkeeper Yuri and asked whether Diyi Shop could buy all the goods he had brought.

Ang revealed his viscount rank to Yuri and sold him North Wind Steel armor and rune longswords, then used their conversation to learn about unrest and hidden political tensions in the Segon Plane. After collecting Little Gong City’s specialties, Ang left for Segon City, where the Plane Portal was located.

• Ang showed Yuri his viscount badge, and Yuri apologized before inspecting Ang’s goods.
• Ang sold Yuri twenty-four boxes of North Wind Steel armor and rune longswords for 2,400 magic crystals.
• Ang demonstrated his fire magic, then spoke privately with Yuri and learned that vassal nobles resented the Christian Family and were stirring conflict between the Disai and Gongga people.
• Yuri told Ang that the Plane Portal was in Segon City and that the Segon Plane still maintained contact with seven planes, including the Mata Plane and the Vagush Plane.
• The next morning, Ang collected Little Gong City’s ores, herbs, and handicrafts, then departed for Segon City with his carriage.

Yuri weighed the growing instability on the Segon Plane and decided to sell weapons to the Disai and Gongga leaders, while Ang traveled across the plane gathering information. Ang arrived in Segon City, secured a discreet shop as his base, and began settling in among its divided population.

• Yuri warned his guards that the Segon Plane might be entering a period of upheaval, citing the Christian Family's downfall and Ang's power.
• Yuri instructed his guards to invite the Disai and Gongga leaders of Little Gong City and sell them most of his North Wind Steel weapons.
• Ang spent a month visiting cities and listening to locals, concluding that the Empire, Disai, and Gongga people were caught in growing tensions.
• Ang reached Segon City, displayed his viscount's badge to the gate guard, and registered his five Board-tailed Beasts without paying the fees.
• Ang rented a three-story shop with a rear courtyard on Berego Street and moved in as neighbors watched the new merchant.
• Ang gave homemade candies to curious children, who smiled as they ate them.

Ang established Drumil Magic Shop across seven planes and returned to Segon City as tensions among its peoples grew. When a Disai noble asked him to treat his poisoned son, Ang identified a Manzhu Snake bite and agreed to stabilize the poison within three days and purge it within seven.

• Ang reinforced his Segon City shop, opened Drumil Magic Shop, and quickly sold its first batch of goods.
• Over two months, Ang opened matching shops across seven planes and stationed mages and warriors to protect them.
• Ang brought Ben to Segon City as tensions between the Disai people, the Gongga people, and the imperial nobles intensified.
• A Disai man took Ang to Disai City to treat his unconscious young master, whose Antidote Potions had stopped working.
• Ang identified the young man's wounds as Manzhu Snake bites and told his father the poison could be stabilized in three days and purged in seven.