Chapter Summaries

Adele struggled to contain the danger posed by her failed attempt to investigate Xuan Sheng, while Yalin concealed her true feelings. At the Hual Family banquet, Audencia pursued Xuan Sheng despite his confession that he loved someone else, and kissed him anyway.

• Adele interrogated Yalin about Xuan Sheng’s goods and security, then ordered her to return and wait for further instructions.
• Yalin left Adele’s room, and the bloodstain from her fall healed as hatred and disgust appeared in her eyes.
• At the banquet, Xuan Sheng danced awkwardly with Audencia while watching Webber prepare to leave.
• Audencia embraced Xuan Sheng and asked to form a closer relationship, but he said he already loved someone and expected to reunite with her soon.
• Audencia kissed Xuan Sheng and said she was unwilling to give up on him.

Xuan Sheng found Yalin under attack by Bo Ye, who had mistaken her for a traitor leaking information to the Hual Family. After rescuing Yalin and warning Bo Ye that another disobedience could cost her life, he left the banquet with them to explain the situation.

• Audencia withdrew from Xuan Sheng after declaring that she would pursue him again.
• Bo Ye attacked Yalin in a sealed barrier, accusing her of being a traitor and calling herself a demon.
• Xuan Sheng arrived, took the injured Yalin from Bo Ye, and gave her a Dragon Blood Potion.
• Xuan Sheng reprimanded Bo Ye for disobeying his instructions, and Bo Ye knelt and apologized.
• Xuan Sheng carried Yalin toward his residence with Bo Ye, promising to explain everything after they returned.

Sui Qin and Mo Rui learned that Xuan Sheng had contacted his kin in the Abyss, while Xuan Sheng arranged delivery of Dragon Slayer weapons in De City. An unsigned letter warned him that someone would arrive soon, as a hostile man watched Audencia from the shadows.

• Mo Rui told Sui Qin that Xuan Sheng had contacted his kin in the Abyss, and they decided to send news of his safety to the royal city through Yetis.
• Audencia walked home after her failed confession and accepted that she would not regret acting on impulse, while a hostile man watched her from the shadows.
• Xuan Sheng read Lutga's letter confirming that goods, including three Dragon Slayer heavy crossbows and thirty bolts, would arrive the next day.
• Xuan Sheng sent Bo Ye back to pass the news about the Dragon Slayers to Sasum, then told Yalin that the mansion's maids were Fallen Angels.
• Xuan Sheng opened an unsigned letter that contained the words, "I'll be there soon."

The Xuan Tribe prepared for the arrival of the Goddess of Beauty from the Land of Divine Favor, drawing leaders from across the continent to witness her visit. As her ship appeared, Kais told Kael that ancient family texts claimed the people of their land had fled a continent torn apart by wars among deities.

• Er Hao hurried to prepare the temple for the visiting Goddess, but Nan told her the Xuan Tribe only panicked for the Xuan God.
• Hecate learned that the visitor was the Goddess of Beauty and reacted with alarm.
• At the harbor, Kael asked Kais why he had been frequently traveling to the Xuan Tribe, and Kais explained that nations across the continent had centered their cities around it.
• Kais told Kael that ancient family texts described the Land of Divine Favor as a place of divine wars and claimed their ancestors had fled it.
• Kais spotted the visitor's ship on the horizon and told Kael that the Goddess had arrived.

Kais warned the other envoys not to trust their hopes in the powerful visitors, while Qien told him only a few reliable people could meet the Goddess. Shan and Teacher Ti prepared to welcome her, and the Goddess of Beauty arrived at the Xuan Tribe’s harbor.

• Kais cautioned the Merchant Alliance subordinate and the other envoys that the Land of Divine Favor had no reason to help them and could treat them as inferior.
• Qien told Kais that the Goddess’s fleet would soon arrive and that Kais could bring only three additional trustworthy envoys to meet her.
• Shan told Teacher Ti that Lord Xuan God had not answered his prayers, and they decided to welcome the Goddess before discussing the gods’ celebration.
• The Goddess of Beauty slowed her ship to show respect to the Supreme Main God and stepped ashore at the Xuan Tribe’s harbor.
• Vina followed the excited Goddess as the watching envoys were captivated by her beauty.

The Goddess of Beauty arrived in Heavenly Silence and was escorted to the temple, while Mist Rain's Death Warriors plotted against the outsiders. At the temple, she unexpectedly recognized Hecate as an old friend.

• The Goddess of Beauty left the harbor under guard as the Xuan Tribe's staff welcomed the visiting gods.
• Mist Rain's Death Warriors watched the fleet from a rooftop and decided to wait for word from the tribe before acting.
• Fallen Angel maids guarding Xuan Sheng's mansion noticed a powerful man outside, who soon left without causing a disturbance.
• Shan prepared to welcome the Goddess of Beauty, while Hecate decided not to avoid the temple and Frostmoon nervously anticipated meeting her.
• The Goddess of Beauty entered the temple with Shan and froze when she recognized Hecate.

Vina told the pope that the Goddess of Beauty had come to meet a deity and seek a partner, shocking the pope. After learning that the deity was believed to be an incarnation of a Supreme Main God, the pope embraced the potential benefits for their believers and looked forward to winning his approval.

• The pope questioned Vina about why they had traveled to the remote Xuan Tribe land, and Vina said the Goddess of Beauty had come to meet another deity.
• Vina confirmed that the Goddess of Beauty intended to seek a partner, causing the pope to grieve and rage over the choice.
• Vina explained that they believed the deity was an incarnation of a Supreme Main God, and the pope's grief turned into excitement over the benefits for their believers.
• Hecate confronted someone, declared she had important business, and stood confidently because she believed she had the advantage this time.

The Goddess of Beauty, Aphrodite, arrived at the Xuan Tribe seeking to meet Xuan Sheng, while Hecate left after arguing with her. Xuan Sheng awoke to discover that the Xuan Tribe had lured a Second-tier Deity to their home by making her believe she could become his companion.

• Hecate and Aphrodite argued over their old rivalry, and Hecate left after insisting she had come to meet Lord Xuan God.
• Frostmoon and Shan stayed cautious as Aphrodite apologized for the quarrel and Shan prayed to the divine stone.
• At the De City estate, the strongest Fallen Angel sensed an intruder and ordered the maids to search the grounds, including the dragonkin's room.
• Shan's prayer awakened Xuan Sheng, who learned that Aphrodite had come to visit him.
• Xuan Sheng identified Aphrodite as a Second-tier Deity and discovered that she intended to become his companion after being deceived by the Xuan Tribe's supposed identity.

Xuan Sheng tried to hide that he was not the Supreme Main God Floridy believed him to be, while Floridy panicked and begged forgiveness for entering his territory. After he spared her, he asked why she had come, and she hesitated over her original plan to win his favor.

• Xuan Sheng feared Floridy would discover his weakness and endanger the Xuan Tribe.
• Floridy knelt before the divine stone, swore to keep the Xuan Tribe's secrets, and begged Xuan Sheng to forgive her.
• Xuan Sheng's first divine decree frightened Floridy, so he quickly clarified that he would let her go because she meant no harm.
• Floridy and the onlookers remained shaken as Xuan Sheng asked what she wanted from him.
• Floridy hesitated to pursue her plan to gain Xuan Sheng's favor after their tense first meeting.

Xuan Sheng gave Floridy Soul Cleansing Water and ordered the Xuan Tribe to limit contact with the Land of Divine Favor. As Floridy departed, Hecate decided to return to the Land of Divine Favor and reclaim what she believed was hers.

• Xuan Sheng gave Floridy half a bottle of Soul Cleansing Water and told her to leave the Xuan Tribe's territory without revealing the gift.
• Xuan Sheng warned Shan to avoid close contact with the Land of Divine Favor and to stay away from deities other than Floridy.
• Xuan Sheng checked Shan's memories, found no sign that Floridy had discovered anything suspicious, and went to rest.
• Floridy told Shan that future communication could continue but that Xuan God's identity and the Xuan Tribe's information had to remain confidential.
• Hecate told Floridy she wanted to return to the Land of Divine Favor and reclaim everything that belonged to her.

Lika broke into the mansion to steal the Ancient Dragon Blood but was captured by the powerful Fallen Angels. While they searched for an earlier intruder, they suspected that person had entered Xuan Sheng’s bedroom, where Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing were together.

• Lika climbed over the mansion wall and sneaked into the courtyard to search for the Ancient Dragon Blood.
• The head maid and the Fallen Angels found Lika, overwhelmed her with magic, and knocked her unconscious.
• The head maid wondered whether the earlier infiltrator had entered Xuan Sheng’s bedroom and led the others to check without disturbing him.
• Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing embraced in bed and began seeking intimacy.
• The head maid opened Xuan Sheng’s door, saw what was happening inside, and recoiled in shock.

Xuan Sheng clarified that the intruder he had been with was his wife, Yi Qing, and the embarrassed head maid withdrew. The next morning, Lika escaped her ropes in the sealed basement but found herself trapped, just as the newly arrived little demon encountered her.

• The Fallen Angel maids glimpsed Xuan Sheng with Yi Qing, and the head maid later mistook his treatment of the intruder for punishment.
• Xuan Sheng confirmed to the head maid that Yi Qing was his wife and the woman who had sent him a letter, prompting the maid to flee in embarrassment.
• Lika woke in the basement, cut through her bindings with Wind Blade, and failed to break through the door or use her Teleportation Scroll.
• The little demon arrived at Heavenly Silence and greeted Lika, whom she recognized as a rare living human.

Lika escaped her basement cell but was caught by Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing before she could leave the estate. Wenwen met Yi Qing and noticed Xuan Sheng’s unusual affection for her.

• Wenwen arrived to collect Lika, but Lika vanished from the basement before they left.
• Lika used an item to flee through the estate, but Wenwen caught up with her beyond the wall.
• Xuan Sheng and Yi Qing arrived, and Yi Qing bound Lika with shadows when she tried to escape again.
• Xuan Sheng recognized Lika as an enforcer from the Valendino Gang and chose to keep her imprisoned rather than kill her.
• Wenwen noticed Xuan Sheng’s tenderness toward Yi Qing and studied the woman at his side.

Yi Qing reunited with Xuan Sheng at his estate, while Lika discovered that the estate’s maids were demons but could not identify Xuan Sheng. The Hual Family delivered the Dragon Slayer war machine, and Xuan Sheng learned he could obtain its blueprint without damaging it.

• Wenwen introduced herself to Yi Qing as a demon who controlled space and souls, then went to receive the delivery.
• Yi Qing stayed hidden in Xuan Sheng’s shadow and worried about how to tell him about Yetis, who was unable to escape the Upper Realm’s watchful officials.
• Lika used a detection item to identify the estate’s maids as demons and Yi Qing as a human player, but the item failed to reveal Xuan Sheng’s identity.
• The Hual Family’s guards delivered Dragon Slayer components, and Xuan Sheng paid three million Gold Coins under their previous agreement.
• Xuan Sheng learned that his max-level Spark Blacksmith profession let him obtain the Dragon Slayer’s blueprint and crafting method without damaging the machine.
• The Guard Captain explained that the Reapus Official alone manufactured Dragon Slayers, with several Forge Masters working for months on each one, prompting Xuan Sheng to consider replicating them.

Xuan Sheng learned that his first healing potion had sold for 8.5 million Gold Coins and agreed to sell a second one to the Hual Family once they gathered the funds. Audencia collected the Ancient Dragon Blood and warned him about the danger posed by his maids, but he dismissed her concerns.

• Wenwen reported that the Dragon Slayer and the surrounding arrangements had no abnormalities.
• The Hual Family’s Guard Captain told Xuan Sheng that his first potion had sold for 8.5 million Gold Coins and offered to buy the next one at the same price.
• Xuan Sheng read Xizes’s letter and learned that the potion auction had attracted intense interest, with the second potion expected to sell for over ten million Gold Coins.
• Xuan Sheng told the Guard Captain to notify him once the Hual Family had gathered the Gold Coins.
• Audencia arrived to collect the Ancient Dragon Blood and warned Xuan Sheng that other families might send spies to target his valuable potions.
• Xuan Sheng dismissed Audencia’s concerns about his maids, and she left believing she might later become his only savior.

Xuan Sheng reviewed sponsorship offers while Audencia tried to persuade him to fund her bid for Reapus prime minister, but he refused to get deeply involved in politics. After Audencia left, Yi Qing warned him against trusting her, and Xuan Sheng turned his attention to his plans in the Abyss and against Heavenly Silence.

• Xuan Sheng reviewed letters from prominent families seeking his favor after his Dragon Blood Potion sold for 8.5 million Gold Coins.
• Audencia asked Xuan Sheng to sponsor her campaign for prime minister, but he declined to commit and ended the conversation when Xizes was due to arrive.
• Audencia left after acknowledging that her request had gone too far.
• Yi Qing emerged from the shadows, sat on Xuan Sheng's lap, and warned him that Audencia seemed more interested in using him.
• Xuan Sheng planned to return to the Abyss to pacify demons who resisted his orders, then launch a counterattack against Heavenly Silence.

Xuan Sheng renewed his profitable partnership with Xizes and asked him to find a discreet organization in Reapus for a sensitive job. Xizes warned that such groups were controlled by powerful backers and could not be trusted, but said he had another way to help.

• Yi Qing indirectly told Xuan Sheng that Yetis had something to say to him later, and he wondered whether something had happened between them.
• Xizes arrived at Xuan Sheng’s office, learned that his ally had been using a disguise, and delivered the remaining payment from the potion sale.
• Xizes paid another three million Gold Coins to reserve a Dragon Blood Potion, and Xuan Sheng gave him one while affirming that their contract remained unchanged.
• Xuan Sheng asked Xizes to connect him with a confidential organization in Reapus that took money to carry out jobs.
• Xizes cautioned Xuan Sheng that hidden enforcers answered to powerful people and were not loyal, then offered another way to handle his needs.

Xuan Sheng decided to use outsiders to find the Leviathan scroll and recruited Lika by offering to help Valendino. Yi Qing then gave him a shadow accessory before leaving to become stronger so she could protect him.

• Xizes recommended the gangs Valendino, Death Wolf, and the Brotherhood as discreet contractors, and Xuan Sheng thanked him for the advice.
• After Xizes left, Yi Qing released Lika from the shadows, and Xuan Sheng offered her a choice between helping them and dying.
• Lika agreed to help Xuan Sheng after he promised not to harm her companions and said he could help Valendino rise.
• Yi Qing told Xuan Sheng she wanted to leave and grow stronger so she would not hold him back.
• Yi Qing gave Xuan Sheng the Umbral Shadow accessory, which shared her critical-hit abilities and allowed her to teleport him.

Yi Qing left Xuan Sheng to attend to the demon race, entrusting Yalin with looking after him while she was away. Xuan Sheng returned to the abyss with the Dragon Slayer, leaving his estate under the Fallen Angels’ protection as they prepared for the demons to reunite.

• Xuan Sheng gave Yi Qing Ancient Dragon Blood and tools, and Yi Qing told Yalin to take her place in looking after him while she was away.
• Yi Qing returned to her own domain, leaving Yalin inspired by her strength and eager to earn her trust.
• Xuan Sheng assigned the Head Maid to deliver a letter to the Hual Family’s second-in-command and told Yalin and Wenwen to manage the estate.
• Xuan Sheng took the Dragon Slayer and teleported back to the abyss before Yalin could follow him.
• Wenwen sealed the estate’s space while the Head Maid left to deliver the letter, and the Fallen Angels took up their duties protecting the estate.

Malice delivered the merchant’s letter to Lugal, who planned to intensify his efforts to uncover the source of the potions. Meanwhile, Xuan Sheng learned that preparations to face the rebels were complete and ordered the operation to begin.

• Malice entered the Hual Family compound and delivered her master’s letter to Lugal, who agreed to wait for news about the potion.
• Lugal read that the merchant needed more war machines, then burned the letter after Malice left and criticized Adele’s spy for failing to gather information.
• Lugal decided to use harsher methods to discover who stood behind the merchant and where the potions came from.
• Sasum reported that preparations to face the rebel attack were complete, and Xuan Sheng ordered them to begin.