Chapter Summaries

Hughberlian held Ulysses back while Sigrid fought to break free of Heliti’er’s ice hall, and Frei suddenly entered Earth Abyss Hall to rescue Duke Migaiya. The chapter ended with Frei’s second life allowing him to shatter the sealing crystal and free Duke Migaiya.

• Hughberlian fought Ulysses through the burning ruins while her companions’ battles remained precarious.
• Antanas and Sinora recovered enough to strike back at Somerset Marquis after Blood Bear lost control, and Planai revealed that he had fought using a clone.
• Abigail restored communications and urged Sigrid to help Hughberlian, prompting Sigrid to smash apart the Thoroughly Cold Hall and force Heliti’er to fight back.
• Abigail spotted Frei moving toward Earth Abyss Hall, and Lanchi told Hughberlian to keep Ulysses from returning there.
• Frei used a Blood Moon Soul to attack Duke Migaiya’s sealing crystal while Ulysses’s Blood Snake battered him, then survived a fatal blow with the Undying Glass Tear.
• Frei shattered the black crystal and freed Duke Migaiya as Abigail and Cat Boss reported the breakthrough to the Assault Team.

Lanchi fought La Sha Er at Blood Royal Palace while the allied forces battled the Blood Race across the city. At the Crimson Abyss, Hughberlian held Ulysses back until her father, Duke Migaiya, broke free and shielded her, allowing them to reunite.

• Lanchi shattered La Sha Er’s magic mirror and continued facing the Third Progenitor as they exchanged attacks.
• At the Faded Hall, Almirs battled Nedoqi Ka, who grew distracted after learning that her Withered Saint Child had betrayed her.
• Hughberlian fought Ulysses at the Crimson Abyss, preventing him from returning to Earth Abyss Hall even as her strength failed.
• Duke Migaiya appeared before Ulysses and used the Primordial Slab - Darkness to block his attack and heal Hughberlian.
• Hughberlian recognized her father, and Mi Gaiya called her by name as she tearfully told him she had found him.

Migaiya protected Hughberlian and fought Ulysses with inventive dark magic while the Assault Team gained ground elsewhere. After Sigrid defeated Helitier and breached the Thoroughly Cold Hall, Lanchi began unleashing a radiant power that terrified Ulysses and left him enraged at Migaiya.

• Migaiya shielded Hughberlian from Ulysses, sent her to safety with Little Bear, and used the Puppet Forest to turn Ulysses's summoned blood creatures into his own rag-doll puppets.
• Abigail told Ifatia that Hughberlian was safe, so Ifatia shifted to evading Marquis Bernhard and keeping him occupied with ice shackles.
• Sigrid broke apart the Thoroughly Cold Hall, defeated Helitier with a full-powered punch, and reported her success to Abigail.
• Abigail informed Lanchi that the breached Thoroughly Cold Hall had removed Raschal's immunity, and Lanchi unleashed brilliant sunlight over Blood Royal Palace.
• Ulysses recognized the power in Lanchi's radiance as resembling Lan Keluos's, then charged at Migaiya after she mocked his struggle and offered to shelter the vampire race with dark magic.

Lanqi and Talia weakened Lasha'er at the Blood Royal Palace while their allies defeated or drove off Blood Race defenders across the city. Lasha'er escaped to the surface, but Lanqi ordered the group to regroup and prepare to destroy Blood Moon City, leaving the battle poised for its final stage.

• Lanqi used the Black Sun and summoned Talia as Kali Yella to trap and attack Lasha'er, while Talia's taunts and Demonic Voice left him disoriented.
• Abigail explained the mana costs of Lanqi's strategy to Cat Boss and said Sigrid's success would let the team launch further attacks.
• Sigrid arrived at Extermination Hall, defeated Somerset Marquis, and freed Sinora, Planai, and Antanas; Nedoqi Ka withdrew from Faded Hall, and Farmer and Toliado ended their fight.
• Talia and Lanqi kept attacking Lasha'er until he fled Blood Moon City through a space rift, and Lanqi told Talia not to pursue him because the city was their main target.
• Lanqi instructed his allies to bring the four defeated Blood Race marquises and the Forced Demonic Mutation Potion to the Blood Royal Palace, where they would use them to destroy Blood Moon City.
• Lanqi remembered Loren and promised the Goddess of Fate that he would no longer use Loren's name when Inviting God.

Lasha'er hid in the Hall of Divine Descendants after fleeing Landry, but Violet confronted and sealed him before nightfall. Hycintos arrived to help, then suddenly killed Violet and revealed that he had concealed his identity and lived under an assumed name for twenty years.

• Lasha'er used Marquis Ryan's seal to enter the Hall of Divine Descendants and planned to gather the War Gods he controlled.
• Violet found Lasha'er, blocked his mental magic with the Moon God's Flawless Pure Land, and fought to seal him before sunset.
• Hycintos arrived to aid Violet, and Lasha'er's attempts to control him failed inside the barrier.
• Hycintos suddenly stabbed Violet through the back, tore out her heart, and killed her as Lasha'er watched in disbelief.
• Hycintos told Lasha'er that he had lived under an assumed name for twenty years and slowly approached him.

Hycintos revealed his hatred of the Krui Di Empire and defeated La Sha Er by countering his Blood Control Heart. He then used the spell against La Sha Er and sent him toward Emperor Saint Baldo, while Violet lay dead and unreachable.

• Hycintos recalled escaping the Day of Bloodshed as a child and told La Sha Er he had pretended to cooperate with him to watch the vampire clan destabilize the empire.
• La Sha Er tried to control Hycintos, but Hycintos used Imbalance Devourer to absorb the Blood Control Heart and seize La Sha Er.
• Hycintos returned the spell to La Sha Er, exploiting his own painful memories to control him and command him to cause chaos.
• La Sha Er attacked the Hall of Divine Descendants at ninth rank, triggering city-defense alarms across Bulida, as Hycintos headed toward Saint Astri Palace.
• The Holy Communication Magic link to Violet fell silent, leaving the High Priest motionless in a pool of blood.

During the Krui Di Empire’s National Day celebration, La Sha Er’s control over five War Gods triggered a battle that devastated Bulida, and the Blood Race Progenitor attacked Emperor Saint Baldo. Hycintos arrived to challenge La Sha Er but was defeated, and Saint Baldo was killed as the people’s hope collapsed.

• Emperor Saint Baldo gave his National Day address while Geya Te, Jasper, Lu Jiayede, Conzel, and Ryan showed signs of La Sha Er’s control.
• The five War Gods went berserk and attacked Saint Baldo, while Salong and the other conscious War Gods fought to protect the emperor and contain the chaos.
• La Sha Er arrived, overwhelmed Saint Baldo, severed his arm, and announced his intent to destroy the Krui Di Empire and revive the Blood Moon Calamity.
• Hycintos arrived gravely wounded after fighting La Sha Er, and the people rallied behind him as he battled the Blood Race Progenitor.
• La Sha Er defeated Hycintos, then revealed his connection to the Hallbein family and killed Saint Baldo by crushing his heart.

After discovering that Hycintos had seized power by taking credit for their victory over the Blood Race, Lanchi’s group learned that Loren was still alive but imprisoned beneath the Hall of Divine Descendants. They chose to attempt a rescue and defeat Hycintos at his coronation in three days by launching Lanchi’s Artificial God Project and staging Loren’s return as a Rank 9 powerhouse.

• Abigail and the Silver Moon Restoration Society watched news reports crediting Hycintos with defeating Lashael and examined footage that suggested Hycintos had betrayed Violet and staged the crisis to become a hero.
• Frei brought Imperial Princess Alexia to the group, and Alexia contacted Number Four, revealing that he was the Tenth War God, Julius.
• Julius reported that Hycintos would be crowned emperor in three days, that the other War Gods supported him, and that Loren had been sealed beneath the Hall of Divine Descendants.
• After learning the Ceros Spirit Sword’s powers and recognizing they could not defeat Hycintos directly, Lanchi decided the group would rescue Loren and challenge Hycintos during the coronation.
• Lanchi proposed the Artificial God Project, planning to present Loren as a Rank 9 powerhouse, and the group agreed to support the plan.

During Hycintos’s coronation, the White Robed Pope and his followers appeared and demanded that he surrender the throne to the rightful heir. Hycintos attacked them with the Ceros Spirit Sword, but Loren arrived, shattered his strike with wind magic, and declared that Hycintos was the challenger.

• Lu Weixier watched the live broadcast of Hycintos’s coronation at Iketerite Academy as residents of Bulida gathered to witness the ceremony.
• Hycintos took the imperial oath, and Simon Luo prepared to crown him before a crack opened in the sky and the White Robed Pope descended with his followers.
• The White Robed Pope declared that Hycintos was not the legitimate emperor and demanded that he yield the throne to the rightful heir.
• Julius fired his Heavy Cannon at the White Robed Pope, but the Pope deflected the attack without moving or visibly using magic.
• Hycintos drew the Ceros Spirit Sword and unleashed a devastating slash at the Pope and his followers.
• Loren arrived amid a storm of wind, dispersed Hycintos’s attack, and told him that he was the challenger, prompting cheers from viewers at Iketerite Academy.

Lanchi, posing as Loren, forced Hycintos to agree to a half-hour delay so Bulida’s residents could evacuate before their battle. As the War Gods scattered to confront threats across the city and the empire watched anxiously, the evacuation neared completion and the two strongest fighters prepared to begin.

• Loren’s ninth-tier wind spell appeared on the public screens, restoring the citizens’ hope and convincing the War Gods that he had returned.
• Lanchi challenged Hycintos and framed another attack as a threat to Bulida’s citizens, compelling Hycintos to accept a half-hour truce while the residents evacuated.
• The War Gods suspected that one of their number had helped Loren escape, and Jasper divided them into groups to guard the city and monitor possible traitors.
• White Robed Followers moved against Bulida’s energy stations while the War Gods deployed to intercept them, and Simon Luo reinforced three layers of barriers around the central battlefield.
• Officials and citizens across the Krui Di Empire and neighboring nations watched the crisis, while Nigel worried about Lanchi and Tata and recognized something familiar in Loren’s style.
• As the evacuation neared completion, Lanchi and Hycintos waited across the empty Krui Di Memorial Square for their battle to begin.

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.