Chapter Summaries

Riezel used two Beast Hide Scrolls and Meloy God to break the seal inside the Temple’s artificial mountain, where he discovered a cube-shaped Statue of God containing Dimensional Energy. The Dimensional Cube in his mind began to tremble as he encountered it.

• The High Priest brought Riezel to the sealed artificial mountain and explained that ancient Temple priests had hidden something inside it.
• The High Priest left Riezel to open the seal, believing the predecessors’ will had led him and his key there.
• Riezel pressed the two Beast Hide Scrolls against the mountain, causing them to burn and reveal a Magic Circle.
• Riezel placed Meloy God into the Magic Circle’s groove, opening an entrance into the mountain.
• Riezel entered a vast cave and found a cube-shaped Statue of God holding immense Dimensional Energy.
• The Dimensional Cube in Riezel’s mind trembled as it sensed the energy.

The Dimensional Cube emerged from Riezel and absorbed the vast Dimensional Energy sealed within the Statue of God, recovering the power it had lost long ago. Afterward, Riezel learned that the Cube now held inexhaustible energy and could freely transport him, people, and objects between worlds.

• The Dimensional Cube left Riezel and absorbed the Dimensional Energy pouring from the Statue of God above the platform.
• Riezel deduced that Eulalie had preserved the Cube’s accumulated energy and that Temple priests had used some of it to create objects and the Hidden World.
• The Dimensional Cube absorbed the energy for hours, then returned to Riezel after the supply was exhausted.
• Riezel learned that the Cube’s energy was now inexhaustible and that he could travel to any world, bring objects with him, and transport designated people between worlds.
• Riezel recognized that his soul had fused with the Dimensional Cube and declared that they were one.

After resolving the Dimensional Cube, Riezel discovered that a terrifying darkness had engulfed the Temple and was corrupting its people. The High Priest led Riezel, Liz, and their companions away, saying Liz’s help was urgently needed.

• Riezel recovered Meloy God from the artificial mountain and decided to keep wearing it.
• A wave of evil darkness swallowed the Temple, driving many clerics mad and corrupting them.
• Liz, Lilith, and Eulalie were surrounded by the darkness, but Moslo's Sword released golden light that repelled it.
• Riezel teleported to the three girls and identified the darkness as something that should never have appeared in the Hidden World.
• The High Priest arrived and said Liz was needed, then used Spatial Transfer to take the group away as the darkness surged after them.

Abyss Aura suddenly invaded the Temple in the Hidden World, infecting clerics and forcing the survivors to shelter behind a barrier. Liz used Moslo's Sword to purge the infected and drive the darkness away, but the scattered remnants fled, leaving Riezel and the others to pursue them as he wondered how the Aura had appeared.

• Riezel and his group arrived at a hall where Temple clerics were sheltering from Abyss Aura and defending themselves against infected companions.
• The High Priest explained that Abyss Aura came from another world and had once helped destroy the Ancient Magic Civilization, while Riezel questioned how it could have reached the Hidden World.
• The High Priest asked Liz to use Moslo's Sword to save the infected, and Riezel agreed.
• Liz drew Moslo's Sword, whose radiance purged the Aura from the infected and drove the darkness away from the Temple.
• The Holy Sword scattered the remaining Abyss Aura into fleeing mists, so the High Priest and the others pursued them, and Riezel's group joined the chase.

Riezel destroyed another mass of Abyss Aura, then encountered Gigabyte while heading toward the source of Shalti’s Blizzard. Gigabyte blocked his path, leaving Riezel unable to reach Shalti without confronting the Holy Envoy.

• Riezel used the Azure vortex and Holy Sword Power to eliminate the fourth Abyss Aura he had pursued, while Liz, Lilith, and Eulalie dealt with others.
• Riezel sensed an eruption of extreme cold and recognized it as Shalti’s power, then flew toward its source.
• A puppet attacked Riezel with a spike-like blade, but Riezel dodged it and destroyed the puppet with Cleave.
• Gigabyte appeared and told Riezel that Shalti had brought the Holy Temple’s group through the Blizzard using the Ice Holy Sword.
• Riezel recalled that Yanifei had left the Ice Holy Sword with Shalti because Shalti’s compatibility with it surpassed Yanifei’s, then realized Shalti might have used it to cross the Blizzard.
• Gigabyte refused to let Riezel reach Shalti and raised his fighting aura as Riezel asked why he had stopped him.

Riezel overwhelmed “Gigabyte” with his new powers and beat him while leaving him alive, despite having the ability to kill him by touch. As “Gigabyte” prepared to use a treasure containing a violent monster soul, Riezel ordered him to stop.

• “Gigabyte” attacked Riezel with lightning-charged blades, but Riezel unleashed Dismantle: Heavenly Net and forced him to flee.
• Riezel snapped his fingers to bring “Gigabyte” back, touched his chest, and warned him that trying to fight would get him killed.
• Riezel recalled “Gigabyte’s” past attacks and repeatedly punched him, holding him in place with Blue while Infinity stopped the incoming blades.
• “Gigabyte” decided to release a treasure containing a violent monster soul and began preparing to use its power.
• A cold voice told “Gigabyte” to stop.

Shalti confronted Riezel and demanded another sword duel, but he refused and tried to leave with Gigabyte to learn why the Holy Temple group had come to the Hidden World. Shalti attacked to stop him, and the chapter ended as Riezel retreated from her spreading ice storm while she pursued him.

• Shalti arrived on the battlefield, stopped Riezel and Gigabyte, and looked at Gigabyte with open disgust.
• Shalti challenged Riezel to continue their interrupted duel, but he refused and questioned her about the Abyss Aura and her purpose in the Hidden World.
• Shalti offered to explain everything if Riezel defeated her, then froze Gigabyte inside an iceberg when he protested.
• Riezel freed Gigabyte and tried to leave with him, saying he could make Gigabyte talk instead.
• Shalti unleashed a vast ice storm to stop them, and Riezel retreated as she pursued him.

Riezel effortlessly kept Shalti from reaching him, then froze her in place with a command and began to leave with Gigabyte. As she watched him go, Shalti remembered the malice that had shaped her life and fell into demonhood, declaring that she would draw her sword.

• Shalti repeatedly attacked Riezel with the Inheritance Sword, but he used Immoral Game and an invisible barrier to keep her from touching him.
• Riezel stopped switching their positions and used cursed energy to freeze Shalti mid-strike before leaving with Gigabyte.
• Shalti recalled how her gifted bloodline made her family exploit her, and how she used her sword against those who showed her malice.
• Shalti's eyes turned blood-red as she fell into demonhood and declared that she would draw her sword.

Shalti broke free of Riezel’s Cursed Speech as her extraordinary senses consumed her mind, and she attacked him with deadly precision. After they clashed in a fierce sword fight, Shalti froze Riezel and struck at him, but he prepared to use Domain Expansion from within the ice.

• Shalti’s extraordinary senses took over completely, and she broke Riezel’s Cursed Speech before charging at him.
• Shalti anticipated Riezel’s techniques, froze him in a glacier, and forced him to evade her silent sword strike.
• Riezel drew his flaming black blade and fought Shalti in a rapid sword duel, but she evaded his Circular Dance Flash and froze him by disrupting Infinity.
• Shalti brought down a lethal strike on the frozen Riezel, who formed a hand seal and began Domain Expansion: Infinite Void.

Riezel defeated Shalti with Infinite Void, exposed Gigabyte’s obsession with her, and destroyed his secret weapon. Shalti revealed the Holy Envoys’ mission, then rejected Gigabyte and left him behind as Riezel returned to the Temple.

• Riezel ended Infinite Void, caught the incapacitated Shalti, and kicked Gigabyte away when he grabbed his ankle.
• Riezel condemned Gigabyte’s self-righteous devotion to Shalti and intercepted and destroyed the iron box containing a berserk beast’s soul.
• As Riezel prepared to search Gigabyte’s memories, Shalti revealed that five Holy Envoys had come to destroy the Hidden World’s travel Magic Circle and find something.
• Riezel opened a Gate and returned to the Temple, while Shalti struggled to her feet and left Gigabyte behind.
• Shalti told Gigabyte that Riezel had been right to call him disgusting, then walked away as Gigabyte laughed in despair.

Riezel learned that the Holy Temple had destroyed the Hidden World’s only route to the outside and searched the artificial mountain for the Dimensional Energy he had taken. He left to pursue his own plans, while Shalti wandered the grassland until she encountered someone familiar.

• Riezel returned to the Temple and learned that the Holy Temple had escaped after destroying the Teleportation Magic Circle leading outside, which would take at least a year to repair.
• Riezel and the High Priest discussed whether the Holy Temple was connected to the Great Source World and learned that its intruders had searched the artificial mountain before leaving.
• Riezel suspected the Holy Temple had sought the Dimensional Energy he had removed, then asked the High Priest to handle the Abyss Aura and wait for Liz and the others before he departed through a Gate.
• The High Priest concluded that Liz would leave with Riezel and wondered whether he was blessed by God, looking forward to his future.
• Shalti wandered aimlessly across the grassland until a familiar figure appeared before her.

After defeating Shalti, Riezel questioned her about the Holy Temple and learned that it planned to restore the Sacred Beast Alakron, conquer the Akasha Continent, and establish one kingdom. Shalti revealed that the Temple had nearly finished collecting the needed ancient technologies and that its leader, Sky Hunter, was known personally only to Giant Soldier.

• Riezel asked Shalti about the Holy Temple's origins, goals, and plans, and she explained that its leaders sought to reunify the continent under one kingdom.
• Shalti said she had joined only because Fire Princess invited her, since Fire Princess was the first person to show her genuine, unconditional affection.
• Shalti explained that the Holy Temple planned to gather technological crystallizations from Ancient Ruins and perform a ritual to restore Alakron's full power, then conquer the continent with Magic Dolls and other forces.
• Shalti revealed that the Temple had come to the Hidden World to destroy its Teleportation Magic Circle and search for an unspecified object wanted by Sky Hunter, though it was not necessary for the revolution.
• Shalti told Riezel that only Giant Soldier knew Sky Hunter's true identity and that Giant Soldier was the Strategic Class Mage from the Rebru Kingdom.
• Riezel pieced together the Holy Temple's hierarchy, with Sky Hunter at the top and Giant Soldier and Fire Princess overseeing the other Holy Envoys.

Riezel interrogated Shalti about the Holy Temple, the Abyss Aura, and its planned revolution, then offered her a chance to face his sword. Shalti accepted, and Riezel unleashed a blazing slash, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Shalti explained the Holy Envoys’ roles and revealed that Giant Soldier and Sky Hunter had dealings with the Abyss Aura, which Giant Soldier used in forbidden magical technology.
• Riezel connected the Aura’s effects to the chilling energy in Magic Dolls and Sacred Relics, then concluded that Giant Soldier’s research resembled the work of an Abyss Believer.
• Shalti warned Riezel that the Holy Temple’s revolution might begin ahead of schedule, then said she would remain in the Hidden World.
• Shalti recalled that she had challenged Riezel after choosing to act alone and had told Fire Princess goodbye after losing to him.
• Riezel drew Hermit and offered Shalti one slash to face, promising she would become his attendant if she could not withstand it.
• Shalti accepted the challenge, and Riezel invoked Sun Breathing: Thirteenth Form, Secret Art: Blooming Radiance, as a blazing blade light flashed before her.

The Holy Temple’s envoys reported that the divine power they sought had already been taken by Riezel, and Sky Hunter ordered the Temple’s final war to begin. In the Hidden World, Riezel said goodbye to the High Priest and departed for the Akasha Continent with Liz, Eulalie, Lilith, and the Valkyrie.

• Fire Princess, Ba Snake, and Tyrant told Sky Hunter that the Temple’s sealed chamber had been emptied and the Statue of God they found had been destroyed.
• Sky Hunter accepted that Riezel had taken the divine power, dismissed Giant Soldier’s demand to retrieve it, and said they could seize it after their revolution.
• Fire Princess revealed that Ice Maiden and Gigabyte would not return, and Sky Hunter ordered the Holy Temple’s final war to begin after Giant Soldier confirmed preparations were complete.
• Riezel bid farewell to the High Priest and the others at the Temple, while Liz, Eulalie, Lilith, and the Valkyrie prepared to leave with him.
• Riezel used Wish Upon a Star to return with his group to the Akasha Continent.

Riezel and his companions returned from the Hidden World as the Liberation Ritual began spreading magical ripples across the Akasha Continent and driving monsters into a frenzy. While Liz, Eulalie, Lilith, and Shalti fought the northern horde, Riezel realized they needed to return as soon as possible.

• Riezel used Wish Upon a Star to bring Liz, Eulalie, Shalti, and Lilith from the Hidden World to Queen Tistis's Kingdom.
• Riezel and his companions saw magical ripples spreading across the sky as Shalti explained that Ancient Ruins across the continent were powering the Liberation Ritual.
• Riezel questioned why the Holy Temple needed to turn the entire continent into an altar to liberate Underground Beast Alakron's power.
• Shalti warned that the ritual was making monsters across the continent go berserk, and a horde of northern polar beasts charged at the group.
• Lilith raised a Hellfire Wall while Liz and Eulalie attacked the horde, and Shalti joined them with the Inheritance Sword.
• Riezel watched the ritual's magical ripples at the horizon and decided they needed to get back as soon as possible.

Yuri learned that monsters were attacking cities across the Akasha Continent, threatening even the Ginas Kingdom, and received Saint Nidor's request to use Strategic Class Magic if necessary. As the crisis recalled the fall of the Ancient Magic Civilization, Yuri prepared to go to the city gate, but someone urged her to wait because the situation had not yet reached that point.

• Yeluf's political upheaval settled as Saint Nidor reorganized the kingdom and left the Franzer Family free to act independently.
• The Franzer Family's strength and influence grew, while Carly became head of the Lyatt Family and rejected marriage proposals.
• Monsters began attacking the royal capital as knights mobilized to defend its gates and walls.
• Yuri read Saint Nidor's letter requesting that she use Strategic Class Magic if the monster crisis demanded it.
• Yuri learned that monsters were attacking cities across the continent and that some small nations had already been destroyed.
• Yuri decided to head to the city gate, but someone interrupted her and said the situation had not yet reached that point.

Riezel returned to the Ginas Kingdom and left Lilith and Shalti to protect Yuri while he went to confront the force behind the monster attacks. At the Holy Temple’s Ritual Tower, the Giant Soldier explained that the ritual was feeding magic power into the Sacred Beast, but an unexpected voice interrupted him.

• Riezel told Yuri that the monster attacks were connected to the mysterious organization and assigned Lilith and Shalti to guard her.
• Yuri asked what Riezel would do, and he said he was going to deal with the main culprit.
• At the Gem Tower in the Hungry Great Wilderness, Tyrant and Ba Snake waited while the Giant Soldier operated the ritual.
• Fire Princess said the leader, Sky Hunter, had gone to the Sacred Beast and that they were guarding the Ritual Tower.
• The Giant Soldier explained that the ritual was filling the Sacred Beast with magic power, and an unknown speaker warned that they would not live to see its power unleashed.

Riezel, Liz, and Eulalie infiltrated the Ritual Tower and confronted the Holy Temple’s Envoys. As Liz and Eulalie fought Tyrant and Ba Snake, Riezel faced Fire Princess and Giant Soldier and pressed the Holy Temple to reveal its leader.

• Tyrant and Ba Snake attacked the newly arrived Riezel, but Eulalie and Liz intercepted them.
• Riezel revealed that he had reached the Ritual Tower using a teleportation coordinate he left inside the Underground Beast Alakron.
• Riezel demanded to know where the Holy Temple’s leader was, then provoked Tyrant by dismissing him as a nobody.
• Eulalie grabbed Tyrant by the face and slammed him into the Gem Tower wall, while Liz blocked Ba Snake from intervening.
• Liz and Eulalie continued fighting Ba Snake and Tyrant as Riezel turned his attention to Fire Princess and Giant Soldier.

Riezel confronted Fire Princess and revealed that he knew she was Leni Franzer, Yuri’s rebellious aunt and a Holy Temple envoy. Leni explained that her experiences resisting her family and the injustices she saw in the world led her to join the Holy Temple’s plan to remake the continent.

• Riezel told Leni Franzer that Yuri had revealed her identity and recounted how she had left the Franzer Family after resisting its plans for her.
• Leni realized Yuri had likely guessed she was a Holy Temple envoy, while Riezel explained that Yuri trusted him to handle the matter properly.
• Riezel asked Leni why she had joined the Holy Temple and its plan, and she said she could no longer tolerate the world’s injustices.
• Leni described how her efforts and intelligence had been dismissed by her family and how commoners and knights were treated as tools by nobles and nations.
• Leni declared that she intended to rebel against the world by ending the continent’s many nations and giving everyone a chance to demonstrate their worth.

Lainey revealed that the Holy Temple wanted to restore the Ancient Magic Civilization’s order and offered to make Riezel the sole king of the Akasha Continent. When the Giant Soldier attacked him, Riezel effortlessly countered the mage’s magic and exposed Lainey’s attempt to stab him, leaving the Magic Dolls to swarm into the Gem Tower.

• Lainey explained that she had investigated Riezel and believed his transformation was connected to Reinayl, the Ancient Magic Civilization, or a mysterious God.
• Lainey offered to help make Riezel the continent’s sole king, but Riezel noted that the Giant Soldier behind her seemed to disagree.
• The Giant Soldier secretly unleashed Tactical Class Magic at Riezel, who shattered the gemstone storm with a burst of repulsive force.
• Riezel used an attraction ability to pull Lainey toward him, but she attacked with a hidden dagger and struck the Giant Soldier after Riezel switched their positions.
• The wounded Giant Soldier ordered his allies to kill Riezel, and Magic Dolls rushed into the Gem Tower from every direction.