Chapter Summaries

Soran used his Fear Gaze to overwhelm the Hamatulas and kill several devils, bringing his Hezrou avatar close to advancing. A powerful Bone Devil then challenged him, and Soran closed in for a direct fight despite the enemy’s superior equipment and ability to teleport.

• Soran interrupted a Hamatula’s Summon Devil ability with his Fear Gaze, then exploited the devils’ fear to kill more of them.
• Soran’s growing power brought him close to advancing into the Hezrou’s Elite Form as he fought in the flames.
• A Bone Devil killed a Glabrezu, spotted Soran among the Hamatula corpses, and attacked him with Greater Teleport.
• Soran dodged the Bone Devil’s opening attack and resisted its Fear Aura, then traded blows with the stronger devil.
• With no support nearby, Soran charged into hand-to-hand combat and prepared to test his skill and endurance against the Bone Devil.

Soran fought the Bone Devil amid the escalating Blood War, where powerful Demon and Devil reinforcements joined the battle. After killing the Bone Devil, he absorbed its Soul Power, advanced to Hezrou Elite Form, and gained the innate ability Fear Aura.

• Soran and the Bone Devil fought desperately as the Demon Legion's high-tier forces entered the battlefield, including a Balor wielding the Scythe of Death.
• Beholders joined the battle after the Beholder Great Mother sent an army, while elite Devils reinforced their lines and continued to resist the Demon advance.
• The Bone Devil tried to teleport away, but Soran wrapped it in his Flame Whip and struck it down with his Longsword.
• Soran absorbed the Bone Devil's Soul Power, raised his CR to 15, and advanced to Hezrou Elite Form.
• Soran's body grew stronger, and he gained the innate Fear Aura ability.

After reaching Elite Hezrou form, Soran withdrew from the front line to assess his injuries and new abilities while the Demon Legion gained ground against the Devils. The Devils then unleashed a force of adult Chromatic Dragons, turning the battle against the Demons as Soran retreated.

• Soran advanced into Elite Hezrou form, gained Constrict and stronger attributes, and retreated to recover from his wounds.
• Soran examined his new status and found that his Intimidation had risen sharply, causing nearby Demons to fear and defer to him.
• Soran noticed that the Devil Legion lacked its expected elite forces and suspected the Devils were pursuing another objective.
• More than twenty adult Chromatic Dragons attacked the Demon Legion with their breath, breaking its advance and forcing the Balor, Mariliths, and other Demons to retreat.
• Soran recognized the Dragons as servants of Tiamat and fled, regretting that his true body was not present to fight them.

As the Dragon Legion routed the demons in the Blood War, Soran killed a Greater Succubus who tried to charm him into protecting her from a dragon. He fled the battlefield, deciding to abandon the Succubus Legion and survive as a wandering demon.

• The Dragon Legion shattered the demon army with volleys of Dragon Breath, forcing Soran and other demons to retreat.
• A wounded Greater Succubus used Greater Charm on Soran and ordered him to stop an approaching adult Blue Dragon while she fled.
• Soran pretended to be Charmed, then stabbed the Greater Succubus through the heart when she turned away.
• Soran left the battlefield rather than return to the Succubus Legion, choosing to rebel and explore The Abyss alone.

Soren weighed the dangers of Abyssal territories and chose the Crematory Pyre as a promising place for his Demon Avatar to grow. He planned to revisit the War Chess Demiplane, where he might challenge Tower Spirit 13 to obtain the Wizard Tower Port Nyanzaru needed.

• Soren reflected on the strain of controlling his main body and Demon Avatar at once and recognized that he could not fight effectively with both.
• Soren reviewed Abyssal layers and rejected dangerous or unsuitable territories, including the Plains of Infinite Portals and the Sea of Blood.
• Soren marked the Realm of Phantoms and Skinning Abyss as possibilities, then added the Balor-ruled Crematory Pyre to his reserve targets.
• Soren chose the Crematory Pyre, whose volcanoes and fire-resistant inhabitants suited his Demon Avatar.
• Soren noted that the Eye of the North's Avatar would attend Port Nyanzaru's upcoming military parade after a storm expected to last several days.
• Soren decided to revisit the Demiplane and considered challenging Tower Spirit 13 if he could not clear the War Chess game, hoping to secure a Wizard Tower for Port Nyanzaru.

Soren began the War Chess challenge again as an ordinary person and fought his way through a demon-ravaged village using scavenged weapons and his combat skills. After finding a military crossbow near a fallen guard, he prepared to face a stronger group of demons.

• Soren accepted Tower Spirit 13’s challenge and was teleported into the War Chess simulation as the village came under attack.
• Soren found a Hunting Bow and killed three Dretches with seven arrows, then made a crude +1 Dagger from a Dretch’s claw.
• Soren retrieved a Kitchen Knife and used the Dagger to kill two more Dretches while searching the village.
• Soren found a dead Half-Elf hunter and took his shortsword and eight Wolf-Tooth Arrows.
• Soren spotted a Mid-tier Demon among the advancing enemies and found a Military Crossbow beside a fallen guard.

Soren used stealth and a military crossbow to turn the village battle around, killing the black-robed wizard who had summoned the demons. The survivors were still fighting the remaining demons as Soren prepared to take aim at the Barlgura.

• Soren crept barefoot toward the battle and saw the survivors, including a militia captain, a priest, and a wizard named Kanos, struggling against the demons.
• A black-robed wizard appeared and demanded that Kanos hand over the arcane cards, then attacked him with Aganazzar's Scorcher.
• Soren waited for an opening as Kanos and the militia captain fought back against the black-robed wizard.
• When the captain struck at the wizard's Energy Protection Field, Soren emerged and shot a crossbow bolt through the wizard's temple.
• Soren reloaded and aimed at the Barlgura while the militia captain charged the demons to draw their attention.

After completing the War Chess challenge, Soren received an Arcane Card and partial first-floor permissions, while the simulated village’s destruction reinforced his resolve to gain power. He explored the newly accessible library and found extensive golem-crafting texts and advanced combat-wizard books.

• Soren watched the survivors mourn the dead, including the militia captain’s daughter, and saw the captain vow vengeance against demons.
• A burned wizard gave Soren a dark-gold Arcane Card as the village scene faded and the challenge’s story ended.
• The War Chess system awarded Soren an A+ evaluation, changed his alignment to Lawful Neutral, unlocked his class template, and granted partial first-floor permissions.
• Tower Spirit 13 explained the available areas and warned Soren that the Wizard Tower’s higher Tower Spirits would treat him as an enemy without core permissions.
• Soren used his divine power to enter the library, where he found thousands of books on alchemical constructs, spells, and combat-wizard techniques.

Soren used the War Chess Plane’s wish platform to permanently raise his Intelligence to 25. His wish summoned Akadi, the God of Air Elements, who completed the contract and granted him the legendary feat Epic Intelligence.

• Soren decided not to enter the wizard tower and considered how to use the wish platform’s single wish.
• Soren chose to increase his Intelligence from 24 to 25 and began the wish ritual with Tower Spirit 13.
• The ritual summoned Akadi, who recognized Soren as the god of half-elves and demanded that he state his wish.
• Soren carefully reviewed and signed a contract with Akadi, agreeing to pay soul power converted from slaughter experience.
• Akadi fulfilled the contract, permanently raising Soren’s Intelligence to 25 and granting him the legendary feat Epic Intelligence.

Soren used the Golem Factory to build and activate seven Golems, then planned to keep the factory and its advanced Alchemy secrets hidden from the Witches’ Council and Wizard Union. He intended to bring Goria and the Fallen Witch to study its knowledge, but kept a book about Combat Wizard advancement for himself.

• Soren assembled a Clay Golem and infused it with a Soul Gem, giving it intelligence and ordering it to clean the factory.
• Soren began making more Golems, noting that the factory could automatically produce parts for Clay and Stone Golems and reduce production costs.
• Soren assembled a Stone Golem, recognizing its strength and usefulness for heavy labor in Port Nyanzaru.
• Soren used all the materials in the factory to make seven Golems and decided to keep the facility secret from the Witches’ Council and Wizard Union.
• Soren planned to bring Goria and the Fallen Witch to study the factory’s Alchemy secrets, but kept the book on Combat Wizard advancement for himself.

Soren oversaw Port Nyanzaru’s grand parade, which displayed the city’s disciplined forces, enormous fleet, and growing strength to the gathered crowd. The people’s pride gathered into a mysterious power that reached Soren, granting him partial information about the domains of Rulership and Order.

• Soren put the newly arrived Golems to work on Port Nyanzaru’s reservoir and embankment while Goria and the Fallen Witch continued their research into the Battle Standard Plane.
• Port Nyanzaru prepared a long-term Mythal project intended to improve the island’s climate and defenses, with completed sections bringing additional blessings.
• Soren placed a Divine Barrier around Goria’s laboratory to keep the Shadow Plane’s secrets safe from visitors, including the Eye of the North.
• At Port Nyanzaru’s grand parade, the Drow Guard and seven formations of elite pirates marched before the crowd and dignitaries.
• Port Nyanzaru’s warships fired a ten-thousand-cannon salute as seven Wyverns flew over the city and out to sea, astonishing the witnesses.
• The crowd’s pride and confidence gathered into a mysterious force that reached Soren, giving him partial information about the domains of Rulership and Order.

Soran reached the Realm of the Forgottens and encountered a murderous Legendary Alchemy Construct slaughtering Demons. He fled before she could notice him, uncertain who had created her or how she had come to the Abyss.

• Soran crossed into the Realm of the Forgottens with a Rutterkin ferryman and continued along the River Styx.
• Soran heard explosions and found a Constructed Girl killing Demons who could not answer her questions or meet her standards of beauty.
• The Constructed Girl killed a Barlgura, burned two Succubi, and destroyed a crowd of Demons with a Fireburst.
• Soran recognized the Constructed Girl as a Legendary-tier Alchemy Construct and ran away by another route.

Soren welcomed the Goddess of Agriculture to Port Nyanzaru after rumors of the city’s growing power stirred hostility among regional lords. She came seeking to spread Soren’s fertilizer to reduce famine during the approaching Time of Troubles, and he led her to see it.

• Rumors about Port Nyanzaru’s military parade spread, and the Port Nyanzaru Threat Theory made many lords wary of Soren.
• Soren arranged heightened security as the Goddess of Agriculture arrived in Port Nyanzaru through her avatar.
• The Goddess of Agriculture praised the city’s order and explained her goal of helping people avoid hunger while maintaining nature’s balance.
• The Goddess of Agriculture warned Soren that the Time of Troubles would bring chaos and famine, and said fertilizer offered hope of saving lives.
• Soren invited the Goddess of Agriculture to follow him.

Soren brought the Goddess of Agriculture to Saruman’s laboratory to show her Port Nyanzaru’s fertilizer production and explore how it could improve food supplies before the Time of Troubles. After she took interest in the research and recognized that Druid apprentices could help expand production, she asked Soren to discuss a mutually beneficial arrangement in private.

• Soren escorted the Goddess of Agriculture to Saruman’s laboratory, where Saruman greeted them with deference.
• The Goddess of Agriculture examined Saruman’s Mutated Plants, collected their seeds, and suggested he discuss his research with Kaldadag.
• The Goddess of Agriculture noticed that Saruman lacked enough workers to support wider fertilizer production, and Soren explained that the work required spellcasting ability.
• A Legendary Druid said Druid apprentices could operate the alchemical equipment, and the Goddess of Agriculture invited Soren outside to discuss a deal.

The Goddess of Agriculture visited Port Nyanzaru, admired its farming projects, and gave Soren improved wheat seeds before secretly agreeing to cooperate with him. After she left, Soren continued developing the city and studying magic while seeking a chance to advance his Demon Avatar into a Demon Lord.

• Soren showed the Goddess of Agriculture Port Nyanzaru's fields and irrigation works, which she praised and predicted would produce a bountiful harvest.
• The Goddess of Agriculture gave Soren improved wheat seeds developed by Master Canadomo and asked to discuss their cooperation in private.
• Soren and the Goddess of Agriculture reached secret agreements about agricultural reforms and matters involving the domains of deities.
• The Goddess of Agriculture's avatar left Port Nyanzaru, while Soren continued developing Treasure Island and researching the Golem Factory's Crystal Mana Transmission Pipeline with Goria and the Fallen Witch.
• Soren kept studying combat magic as reports of divine avatars and liches spread inland, then focused on finding an opportunity to make his Demon Avatar a Demon Lord.

Soran encountered the Constructed Girl, who called herself Xiaoyuan and invited him to Gurumba Arena. After traveling with her for a day, he realized she repeatedly forgot who they were, and she woke the next morning unable to recognize him.

• The Constructed Girl teleported in front of Soran and attacked, but became interested in him when she saw his flames.
• The Constructed Girl introduced herself as Xiaoyuan and explained that people in the Realm of the Forgottens gradually lost their memories.
• The Constructed Girl invited Soran to Gurumba Arena, and he agreed to go with her.
• Xiaoyuan crushed an Abyssal Worm as they traveled, then repeatedly asked Soran their names during the journey.
• The next morning, Xiaoyuan woke without recognizing Soran, then chose the name Xiaoyuan again and asked him who he was.

Soran traveled through the Realm of the Forgottens with a powerful Constructed Girl whose memories and emotions were unstable. When he tried to leave because he feared her, she pleaded with him to stay, though she had already forgotten his name.

• Soran watched the Constructed Girl effortlessly defeat a Glabrezu and saw how her combat skills remained despite her memory loss.
• The Constructed Girl repeatedly asked Soran his name, and he finally told her it was Soran.
• After the girl fell asleep, Soran decided to leave because he feared she might forget him or attack him.
• The Constructed Girl tearfully begged Soran not to go and said she could remember him if they stayed together.
• Soran stopped when he realized she had forgotten his name but still remembered the name Xiaoyan that she had given him.

Soran and the Constructed Girl traveled through the Abyss’s third layer and reached Gurumba Arena, a town ruled by the Demon Lord Miamide Disaster Coin. The chapter described the town’s strict ban on private fighting and its deadly arena, where Soran’s interest in building an arena of his own continued.

• Soran crossed the Realm of the Forgottens with the Constructed Girl, whose memory seemed short and whose mood remained cheerful.
• Soran approached the Land of Lost, where evaporating Water of the River Styx caused nearby creatures to forget things or lose their way.
• Soran learned that Gurumba Arena was ruled by the Demon Lord Miamide Disaster Coin, a Mutated Goblin who enforced order through fines and a powerful band of guards.
• Soran arrived in the town, where the central arena hosted Death Combat and attracted demons, gamblers, and fighters from other planes.

Soran and the Constructed Girl arrived at Gurumba Arena, where the Demon Lord Miamide enforced his laws through brutal punishment and lucrative arena fights. After paying a Night Hag for information, Soran entered the Magma Tavern and announced that he would join the Death Combat challenge, drawing scorn from the other Demons.

• Soran and the Constructed Girl saw the preserved corpse of Noxet, a Balor executed for violating Miamide's laws.
• A Night Hag explained that Noxet had been killed for defying the Demon Lord and offered Soran information for payment.
• Soran paid the Night Hag three Disaster Coins and learned about Gurumba Arena's rules and attractions.
• Soran went to the Magma Tavern and told a Succubus maid that he wanted to enter the Death Combat challenge.
• The Demons in the tavern mocked Soran, doubting that a Mid-tier Demon could survive the challenge's powerful opponents.

Soren mastered Mobile Spellcasting and prepared to travel to the Abyssal Realm of the Forgottens, where he hoped to seize Gurumba Arena and build power for the coming conflict with the Demon Lord of Fear. He left Vivian and Port Nyanzaru in Goria’s care, setting out to secure a foothold in the Multiverse for their future.

• Soren mastered the Mobile Spellcasting feat and decided to pursue Flyby Attack after his Abyss expedition.
• Soren saw Vivian’s demonic runes emerging on their own and realized her awakening was drawing closer, so he resolved to gain strength to confront the Demon Lord of Fear.
• Soren chose Gurumba Arena, ruled by the Goblin Demon Sorcerer Miamide, as a potential base because its hidden order and nearby volcano suited his plans.
• Soren told Goria he would be away for at most half a month, and she gave him an improved Gith Silver Sword while agreeing to look after Vivian.
• Soren left for the third layer of the Abyss, seeking to take Gurumba Arena and establish a realm that could support his future among the gods.