Recaps

Loren discovered that immense faith power had reached him inside the Illusionary Territory as Bulida's battles escalated toward the decisive confrontation. When Sigrid cornered Geya Te in the Hall of Divine Descendants, Loren emerged in a radiant transformation into the ninth-rank divine realm, leaving Geya Te stunned.

• Loren fought off waves of void creatures in the Illusionary Territory and realized that surging faith power was pushing him toward ninth-rank divinity.
• Mi Gaiya, Ifatia, and Talia battled Jasper, Conzel, and Feili in Bulida's port while Antanas, Sinora, and Planai clashed with Ryan, Julius, and Bianca near Saint Krui Di Monastery.
• The Ice Witch confronted Lu Jiayede, and Sigrid and Toliado manipulated their fight with Salong and Geya Te to separate the War Gods.
• Sigrid pursued Geya Te into the Hall of Divine Descendants, where he tried to activate the Illusionary Territory to trap them both.
• Loren appeared amid golden divine radiance in the Hall's underground chamber as the Illusionary Territory began activating, and Geya Te recognized him in horror.

Lanchi held Hycintos off at Krui Di Memorial Square while Sigrid freed Loren from the Illusionary Territory. Loren joined Lanchi and faced Hycintos, leaving the Southern Continent’s strongest duel on the verge of beginning.

• Hycintos battered Lanchi’s defenses, while Simon Luo strained to maintain Bulida’s barriers and protect the residents and reporters.
• Hycintos realized Lanchi was stalling and prepared to leave, but a powerful surge of Mana from the Hall of Divine Descendants stopped him.
• Ifatia, Talia, and Mi Gaiya fought the War Gods at Hassel Port as the newly awakened Mana signaled that Sigrid had succeeded.
• At Saint Krui Di Monastery, Planai continued stalling the War Gods until Ryan attacked Sinora and the other demons.
• Sigrid freed Loren, trapped Geya Te, and sent Loren toward Bulida with a Record Crystal Key; Loren quickly understood the situation and rushed to Krui Di Memorial Square.
• Loren intercepted Hycintos as he tried to leave, then stood beside Lanchi to face him while their allies watched the duel begin.

Loren fought Hycintos inside the Saint Astri Barrier while their allies exposed the Blood Moon City footage, persuaded several War Gods to defect, and reinforced the barrier. As Hycintos's counterspells and Ceros Spirit Sword pushed Loren toward defeat, Loren adapted to the interference and began using attacks beyond wind magic, but the duel remained unresolved.

• Hycintos overwhelmed Loren with sword qi, wounded him, and later used clones and increasingly powerful slashes as Loren's healing struggled to keep pace.
• Abigail and Nikola took control of the Truth Voice broadcast and aired evidence that challenged Hycintos's account of the vampire turmoil.
• Julius admitted he was the traitor among the Twelve War Gods but insisted he had not betrayed the empire; Ryan, Saron, and Bianca chose to trust him, and Lanchi asked the War Gods to help reinforce the barrier.
• The opposing forces stopped fighting each other and strengthened the Saint Astri Barrier together, containing the devastation as Loren and Hycintos continued their duel.
• Hycintos used Collapse of Causality to interrupt Loren's spells, but Loren adapted, resisted more of the counters, and began striking Hycintos with electrical and compound elemental attacks.

Lanchi joined Sigrid against Hycintos and used Overflowing Gentle Land to expose Hycintos’s vulnerability, buying time for Loren to recover. After Salong took over the fight, Lanchi brought the exhausted, rejuvenated Sigrid back to safety, where Hughberlian recognized her as the girl she had lost.

• Sigrid fought Hycintos despite their difference in power, while Loren’s allies tried to stabilize him and Lanchi identified a way to exploit the Imbalance Devourer.
• Lanchi entered the battlefield and shielded Sigrid from Hycintos’s attacks, then used Overflowing Gentle Land to trap Hycintos in a memory of his family and give Sigrid an opening to strike.
• Lanchi and Sigrid coordinated their spells and attacks to keep Hycintos from reaching their companions, while Sigrid repeatedly healed herself with Tears of Pope Porant II.
• Salong arrived to hold Hycintos back, allowing Lanchi to carry the exhausted, childlike Sigrid through Toliado’s spatial gate to safety.
• Hughberlian recognized the rejuvenated Sigrid as her lost Little Wolf Girl and embraced her, leaving Talia stunned.

Loren returned to the battlefield and fought Hycintos while allies took turns delaying the enemy, but Hycintos’s attacks threatened both the barrier and the Southern Continent. Lanchi then arranged a trap for Hycintos as Loren cast Heavenly Sanction, leaving Hycintos facing an impossible choice between absorbing the spell or devouring the Carrion Alchemy Beast.

• Talia realized that Sigrid was the girl from her memories and embraced the sleeping Sigrid while Hughberlian watched.
• Salong fought Hycintos to buy time, suffered severe injuries, and was replaced by Toliado, who also struggled to hold Hycintos back.
• Loren woke, accepted Cat Boss from Lanchi for protection, and took over the fight after healing Toliado.
• Loren and Hycintos clashed with devastating ninth-tier attacks, and Cat Boss’s Dawn Storm protected Loren from the redirected Heavenly Sanction.
• Lanchi had Frei bring Alchemy Beasts to the battlefield and told Loren when to cast Heavenly Sanction.
• Lanchi’s silver-shelled Alchemy Beast broke open to reveal a Carrion Alchemy Beast, forcing Hycintos to choose between absorbing Heavenly Sanction and activating the Imbalance Devourer on the creature.

Lanchi deployed Talia, the Crazy Love Demon King, to overwhelm Hycintos with a citywide song while Loren kept him trapped and attacked him. Loren’s restored Heaven’s Sanction struck Hycintos down, and the Saint Astri Barrier began to dissolve as the Southern Continent’s Assault Team won.

• Lanchi and Loren forced Hycintos to swallow the Carrion Alchemy Beast with Heavenly Sanction, while Loren used Absolute Immunity to survive Hycintos’s counterattack.
• Landry brought a convoy of Carrion Alchemy Beasts to the barrier, and Hycintos’s anger and desperation left him vulnerable to Loren’s attacks.
• Lanchi summoned Talia, who performed across Bulida’s giant screens and used her song to disrupt Hycintos’s mind.
• Loren attacked the incapacitated Hycintos and struck him with a fully restored Heaven’s Sanction, leaving him motionless on the scorched battlefield.
• The Assault Team’s victory appeared on Bulida’s screens as the Saint Astri Barrier shattered and snow began to fall.

After defeating Hycintos, Lanchi learned that Violet was alive and watched the Krui Di Empire’s forces acclaim Loren as their leader. With the battle over and peace restored, Lanchi and Hughberlian prepared to return home and pursue their future at Iketerite Academy.

• Lanchi asked Hycintos whether he had killed Violet, and Hycintos revealed that he had hidden her in the First War God's chamber before dying.
• Lanchi learned Violet could be rescued with Hycintos's Diamond Key, while Julius and the others celebrated her survival and the armies began relief work.
• The war gods and Imperial Army declared their allegiance to Loren and raised him onto the Memorial Throne, leaving him bewildered by the sudden surrender.
• Abigail filmed the survivors as Toliado, Talia, and the demons prepared to leave the battlefield, while exhausted Lanchi rested beside Hughberlian.
• Lanchi told Abigail he planned to return to Ikelite, take a holiday, and work toward becoming Iketerite Academy's human headmaster; Hughberlian offered to support him, and they set off for home.

After becoming Emperor of Krui Di, Loren struggled with the responsibilities of keeping the Southern Continent stable while catching up with old friends at Wency Free Memorial Palace. The chapter ended with his friends discussing the proposed Bosen Demon Race Duchy and Ifatia saying her sister had abandoned her dream of restoring the nation.

• Loren worked through official business at Wency Free Memorial Palace and received Duke Mi Gaiya, Ifatia, and the Ice Witch.
• Loren discussed his unexpected rule with his friends, explaining that he would serve as emperor for at least a year before Princess Alexia could succeed him if the situation stabilized.
• The Ice Witch told Loren that Florence was waiting for him, and Loren looked forward to returning to Iketerite and seeing his colleague.
• Mi Gaiya and Ifatia said Lanchi and the Silver Moon Restoration Society had gone to visit Violet, while the Ice Witch asked Loren to spend a day with her in Iketerite.
• Loren explained that peace talks had raised the possibility of creating a Bosen Demon Race Duchy on Krui Di's southern border, and Ifatia said her sister now wanted to retire in Iketerite.

Violet recovered enough to receive visitors and learned that Julius had been nominated as the Empire’s new Commander-in-Chief after proving himself during the Bulida unrest. Lanchi and Hughberlian visited with pastries, and Violet looked forward to meeting the mysterious Big Gray Cat and seeing her friends while she recuperated.

• Ryan thanked Violet for protecting Ursula, while Salong explained that the War Gods had little to do as the war moved toward peace talks.
• Julius apologized for his earlier harshness, and Ryan told Violet that Jasper had nominated Julius to become Commander-in-Chief after the War Gods recognized his judgment during the unrest.
• Julius credited the Silver Moon Restoration Society for helping the Empire, and Violet congratulated him on the nomination.
• Lanchi and Hughberlian arrived with pastries from Talia, and Lanchi told Violet that Ba Tian Sect and other companions might visit her.
• Violet asked Lanchi to bring the Big Gray Cat she had seen before, and he promised to see whether it would come without revealing Tata’s secret.
• Lanchi told Violet that Abigail was preparing a new installment of Holy War Romance, which was expected to premiere early the following year.

As Lanchi and his family prepared to leave Bulida, Talia reluctantly agreed to transform into the Big Gray Cat so Lanchi could fulfill Violet’s wish to hold it. Sigrid discovered Lanchi playing with the gray cat in the kitchen.

• Lanchi, Hughberlian, and Sigrid reminisced about leaving Bulida while Talia finished lunch.
• Hughberlian left with Cat Boss to meet Antanas and Sinora, while Lanchi learned Planai was consulting at the opera house.
• Talia punished Lanchi with dishwashing after he teased her, and Sigrid went upstairs to change for their visit to the monastery’s affiliated hospital.
• Lanchi told Talia that Violet wanted to hug the Big Gray Cat, and Talia decided to transform into a cat to repay her kindness.
• Talia transformed into a large gray cat, and Sigrid walked into the kitchen and saw Lanchi playing with her.

Sigrid met Talia in cat form and eagerly carried her to visit Violet at the Elcia Holy Domain Healing Center. Lanchi and Sigrid arrived at the hospital and requested access to the special ward on the fifth floor.

• Sigrid tried to befriend the gray cat, and Talia reluctantly let Sigrid hold and feed her while pretending to be an ordinary cat.
• Lanchi and Sigrid left the mansion together, reminiscing about the person who had brought them together and deciding to eat dinner at a Bulida restaurant later.
• On the school bus, Sigrid showered Talia with affection while Lanchi explained how he had found and tamed the cat.
• Lanchi and Sigrid walked through the hospital garden, and Lanchi recounted events from Flower Capital Pariel as they discussed the demons and the Bosen Kingdom.
• Lanchi gave his identification to the front-desk nurse, who recognized him as Professor Landry, and requested a visit to the fifth-floor special ward.

Lanchi and Sigrid visited Violet at the healing center, where they discussed the Moon Goddess, the empire’s plans for a new temple, and the monastery’s rumored Forget-Dust Star. Violet revealed the stones might let them revisit shared memories, and Lanchi and Sigrid left considering a search that could also lead them back to an old enemy.

• Lanchi and Sigrid visited Violet, and Violet eagerly held Big Gray Cat while she and Sigrid bonded over their devotion to the Moon Goddess.
• Violet told Lanchi and Sigrid that the Krui Di Empire might promote the Moon Goddess and build a new temple in Bulida, and Lanchi agreed to draw sketches of the ancient wolf-clan temple.
• Violet described Forget-Dust Star, said it might lie beneath the monastery’s lake, and regretted that she may have missed a chance to save Hycintos.
• Lanchi and Sigrid discussed Hycintos’s choices and blamed La Sha Er for helping create the opportunity he seized.
• Lanchi and Sigrid agreed to search for Forget-Dust Star and immediately began talking about returning to Banderra City to fight Lao Sang again.

Lanchi, Sigrid, and Cat Boss found Forget-Dust Star beneath Ten Thousand Year Snow Lake and used it to enter a memory illusion. They found themselves reliving the Northern Border Demonic Realm Encounter Battle from a year earlier, leaving Cat Boss terrified aboard their sled.

• Lanchi and Sigrid went to Ten Thousand Year Snow Lake to search for Forget-Dust Star, which Violet believed Hycintos had hidden there.
• Sigrid summoned the Nian Qi Puppet, which searched underwater and brought back a dark-blue meteorite containing Forget-Dust Star.
• Lanchi, Sigrid, and Cat Boss touched the gem and resonated with its power, entering an illusion based on a memory.
• The three found themselves riding a sled across a frozen wilderness toward a distant city-state, and Cat Boss recognized the scene as the Northern Border Demonic Realm Encounter Battle.
• Cat Boss begged to be let off the sled after Sigrid confirmed that they were reliving the battle.

Lanchi and Sigrid revisited the deadly Northern Border Frontline battle in a Forget-Dust Star dream, where Sigrid fought Askesang and the Black Robed Man until Lanchi intervened. They awoke at Saint Krui Di Monastery and spent the evening together, leaving the story on their quiet walk through the Moon God Temple.

• Lanchi, Sigrid, and Cat Boss arrived outside Banderra City and reviewed their previous disastrous encounter with Askesang.
• Lanchi and Sigrid entered Banderra City, discovered its hidden mass of corpses, and confronted Askesang, who trapped them in a spatial barrier.
• Lanchi deflected Askesang’s attack, while Sigrid struck Askesang and fought him across the collapsing city.
• The Black Robed Man joined Askesang and summoned an Abyssal Black Worm, forcing Sigrid to fight both enemies while she repeatedly recovered from her injuries.
• Askesang launched a powerful sealing spell at Sigrid, but Lanchi arrived and nullified it, then revealed that he was Luo Qi McCarthy and greeted Askesang as his teacher.
• Lanchi and Sigrid awoke at Saint Krui Di Monastery, then walked together through the Moon God Temple and shared a tender conversation beneath the moonlight.

Lanchi, Talia, Mi Gaiya, Ifatia, and Cat Boss prepared to leave Bulida and travel back toward Hutton Kingdom by different routes. As Lanchi and Talia boarded their train, Talia reminded him that he still owed her more than sixty-two thousand pounds and hinted that he could legally clear the debt in one stroke.

• Lanchi recalled his first visit to Bulida First Station and teased Mi Gaiya about calling him her brother-in-law as the group arrived to depart.
• Lanchi explained that Hughberlian and the Great Demon Race had already left by another route, while he and Talia had to return to Pariel before heading home, and Sigrid would travel separately with Toliado.
• The group reminisced about their companions and waited for the train, while Mi Gaiya privately considered how Hughberlian, Sigrid, and Talia had agreed not to compete with one another.
• When the train arrived, Ifatia and Mi Gaiya boarded Carriage Five while Lanchi and Talia headed for their nearby carriage.
• Talia calculated that Lanchi still owed her 62,256 pounds for the Poet of Great Love and warned she could raise the interest rate.
• Talia hinted that Lanchi could legally erase the debt in one stroke, but told him to figure out the method himself.

Lanchi and Talia traveled north by train, where Cat Boss pressed Talia to acknowledge her feelings for Lanchi. Before resting, they used Talia’s Gentle Land spell with Kali Yella’s Letter, and the chapter left them falling into a shared dream.

• Lanchi and Talia boarded the train to Nicksasender and settled into their first-class compartment.
• Lanchi left to buy food, while Cat Boss reminded Talia how their relationship with Lanchi had changed; Talia denied that she understood her feelings.
• Lanchi returned with a dining cart, and Talia offered to use Gentle Land to help him rest.
• Talia and Lanchi agreed to activate Kali Yella’s Letter together, and Cat Boss left the compartment to avoid being caught in the spell.
• Talia cast Gentle Land with the letter, and the spreading dream magic made Lanchi and Talia collapse into sleep.

Lanchi and Talia were trapped in Kali Yella’s dream, where they experienced an imagined wedding between Kali Yella and Lan Keluos. The dream collapsed before the vows, revealing Kali Yella’s final memory and her departure through the Inverted Mirror Corridor.

• Lanchi and Talia realized they were experiencing a hypothetical timeline in which Kali Yella and Lan Keluos survived and were marrying in Nekaris.
• Thunder Lord officiated the wedding as friends and allies offered their blessings, and Kali Yella described Lan Keluos as the kindest and most caring human she had known.
• As Lanchi and Talia approached the moment of their vows, thunder and digital distortions shattered the dream before they could kiss.
• Lanchi and Talia were expelled from the illusion and saw Kali Yella in the underground central chamber beside the Tiberius Mirror.
• Kali Yella left her letter for Lan Keluos, then walked into the Inverted Mirror Corridor and vanished into the prism.

Lanchi and Talia awoke from Kali Yella’s memories and discussed her final choices and her life with Lan Keluos. After Talia asked Lanchi to make amends for his past deception, they reconciled on the train and she leaned against him to nap.

• Lanchi explained that Kali Yella had sent the letter that led Lan Keluos to become the Black Sun Tyrant, while Talia struggled with the pain of Kali Yella’s sacrifice.
• Lanchi reflected on how Kali Yella and Lan Keluos had learned to let go, and Talia cried as she listened.
• Lanchi told Talia their journey and promises were complete, and she asked him to fulfill one last request.
• Talia revealed that she knew Lanchi had taken her pigeon and had been the assassin who nearly killed her, and Lanchi admitted both deeds and apologized.
• Talia said she was cold, asked Lanchi to hold her, and leaned against him for a nap.

Lanchi, Talia, Mi Gaiya, and Ifatia began their first day in Pariel with plans to visit old friends and explore the city, while Mi Gaiya and Ifatia repeatedly tried to push Lanchi and Talia into a date. Lanchi and Talia insisted they would spend the day separately, keeping their past Pariel date a secret.

• Lanchi and Talia stopped Cat Boss from announcing that their walk through Pariel was a date, while Ifatia defended him.
• Mi Gaiya teased Lanchi by calling him a brother-in-law or son-in-law, and Ifatia suggested that Talia call her Mom so Talia and Hughberlian could become sisters.
• Mi Gaiya told Lanchi that he and Ifatia planned to surprise Aitio in District 9 of the Bosen Demon Realm.
• Talia said she planned to visit Countess Rosalinda, while Lanchi planned to visit Earl Baptiste's residence.
• Lanchi and Talia denied that they would go on a date, but Mi Gaiya recommended a famous restaurant for couples and Ifatia recalled visiting it with Mi Gaiya years earlier.

Lanchi revisited the ruined Baptiste manor and reunited with Christina, who urged him to go see the gray-haired Witch instead of returning to work for her family. He set out to visit Tata, who contacted him and agreed to go out that afternoon.

• Lanchi and Cat Boss watched workers begin restoring the Baptiste Family Manor and discussed how their journey had gone differently from their original plans.
• Christina recognized Lanchi, greeted him warmly, and told him about her lasting chest and back scar and her newfound fire affinity.
• Lanchi offered to arrange a diagnosis for Christina, and Cat Boss revealed that the doctor was the Duke; Christina also learned that the Little Black Cat could talk.
• Christina asked about the gray-haired Witch and urged Lanchi to go find her, then pushed him away from the Baptiste estate rather than let him return to work for the family.
• Lanchi headed toward the Asturias Earl's Mansion to visit Tata, received her communication, and asked her to go out that afternoon; Tata agreed.

Lanchi met Talia beneath the Pariel Iron Tower, where she acted unusually affectionate and led him on a date through the city. After Talia pulled him out of the path of a Magic-Powered Vehicle, they embraced in the street, leaving both flustered while Rosalinda and the Cat Boss watched.

• Lanchi met Talia at the North Bank plaza, where she wore formal courtwear and told him he could provoke her without making her angry.
• Talia held Lanchi's hand and asked whether he wanted her despite her age and the two children she was raising.
• Rosalinda found the Cat Boss and revealed she had mailed photos of Lanchi and Talia's previous date to the restaurant, alarming the cat.
• When a Magic-Powered Vehicle sped past, Talia pulled Lanchi close and reassured him that he would not be hurt with her there.
• Lanchi embraced Talia back, and the two held each other in the street while Rosalinda and the Cat Boss watched.

Lanchi and Talia spent a date touring Platinum Forest Palace, where they reflected on their shared past and spoke with a reporter about demons and the painting Mysterious Beauty. The chapter left them admiring the painting together as Lanchi described their story as beginning with meeting a wandering gray-haired princess.

• Talia indulged Lanchi as they walked through Pariel hand in hand, while Countess Rosalinda and Cat Boss secretly followed them.
• Lanchi and Talia visited Platinum Forest Palace and discussed Hughberlian’s painful adjustment to the changes in her body.
• Talia explained that she disliked The Demon Lord’s Judgment because it reminded her of what Lanchi had suffered in the Shadow World, and Lanchi squeezed her hand as they continued.
• Talia thanked Lanchi for helping her find her sister while they admired Sleeping Beauty, then they discussed Lanchi’s painting Mysterious Beauty.
• A Pariel Broadcasting Company reporter interviewed Lanchi and Talia about demons, and Lanchi joked that the Silver White Demon King was too gluttonous and useless to restore her nation.
• Lanchi and Talia stood before Mysterious Beauty, and Lanchi said their story began when he met a wandering gray-haired princess.

Lanchi and Talia spent the afternoon feeding each other during a date in Pariel, then went to the Holy Silver Vine Arena to meet Aitio, Ifatia, and Mi Gaiya. They discovered a mysterious black-haired woman with them, but Ifatia fled with her through a shattered window before anyone could explain who she was.

• Lanchi and Talia shared an intimate meal at the Cologne Zhi Ri Bridge Inn Restaurant, teasing each other and discussing Talia's recovery magic and the possibility of Lanchi becoming her familiar.
• Rosalinda and Little Black Cat secretly watched the pair from a boat, while Lanchi and Talia finished their meal and exchanged a promise to visit more places together.
• Lanchi and Talia arrived at the Holy Silver Vine Arena and overheard Aitio and Ifatia laughing about their earlier date and watching footage of it with an unfamiliar woman.
• Lanchi and Talia burst into the chief administrator's office and saw Aitio, Ifatia, and a beautiful black-haired woman; Talia questioned Ifatia about calling her a stepsister.
• Rosalinda entered the office and recognized the black-haired woman, then broke down in tears at their reunion.
• Ifatia grabbed the black-haired woman and escaped through a shattered floor-to-ceiling window, leaving the others behind.

Lanchi returned to Ikelite with Talia, Ifatia, Mi Gaiya, and Cat Boss after their travels, and agreed to visit the ducal residence before going back to the academy. The group reunited with Hans and headed into the city, where they discussed their family ties and Emperor Loren’s expected return.

• Lanchi planned to take Cat Boss to the restaurant and return to his dormitory, but Ifatia and Mi Gaiya persuaded him to visit the ducal residence first.
• Talia told Lanchi that Ifatia had explained their shared history, then quietly offered to call Ifatia “Mom.”
• Mi Gaiya invited Lanchi and Talia to see Hughberlian, and Lanchi agreed to go to the ducal residence before taking Talia and Cat Boss to the restaurant.
• The group met Hans outside Ikelite Central Station, and Lanchi helped load their luggage into the carriage.
• As they rode through Ikelite, Mi Gaiya predicted that Emperor Loren would return quietly and said there was no need to worry about his safety.

Ifatia returned to the Aransal Family estate with Talia and Lanchi, where they discovered Hughberlian watching a recording of Lanchi and Talia’s date in Flower Capital. Hughberlian teased them about the footage, then took Lanchi away for the day, leaving an embarrassed Talia with Antanas.

• Ifatia and Talia chatted about sightseeing and spending money as the car brought them to the Aransal Family estate.
• Ifatia returned home and learned that Hughberlian had kept her piano for more than a decade.
• Francine told Talia that Hughberlian was upstairs watching a recording that Sigrid had sent from Flower Capital.
• Lanchi and Talia overheard Antanas, Sinora, and Hughberlian analyzing footage of their date before Hughberlian opened the bedroom door.
• Hughberlian teased Talia about her catlike voice, then took Lanchi away for the day.
• Talia told Antanas that she would never fool around with Lanchi again.