Chapter Summaries

Xuan Sheng revealed that he could draw the Dragon Slayer's manufacturing blueprints, but warned that making more would require skilled craftsmen and time. Before the demons could study the plans, a demon army attacked the settlement, forcing the defenders into battle.

• Xuan Sheng sketched the Dragon Slayer's manufacturing process and gave the blueprints to Malice to take to the Demon Spiders for study.
• A thunderous blast announced the arrival of a huge army of red-skinned demons approaching the settlement.
• Sasum ordered the defenders to prepare, and the settlement's three Dragon Slayers blasted craters into the advancing horde.
• Sasum led the Fallen Angels in a charge to hold the demons beyond the fortifications.
• Bo Ye engaged an eight-armed demon commander while Malice rushed to reinforce the strained front line.

Xuan Sheng confronted Suka, an ancient demon commander who planned to kill him and rejected his claim to be chosen as a Demon God. As the Dragon Slayer threatened the demon ranks, Xuan Sheng appeared to be struck down, then suddenly split Suka in two.

• Suka revealed himself to Xuan Sheng and declared that the war’s purpose was to kill him, while insisting the Demon Lords would return.
• Xuan Sheng attacked Suka, but the demon easily stopped his blade and evaded the Dragon Slayer’s heavy crossbow bolt.
• Bo Ye and the Eight Arms demon discussed the battle, with the demon refusing to keep fighting and Bo Ye trusting Xuan Sheng to defeat Suka.
• A sudden pressure alarmed Bo Ye and the Eight Arms demon as Xuan Sheng’s hand was bloodied and Suka released him, believing he had won.
• Xuan Sheng’s scarlet eyes appeared, and a flash of his blade split Suka’s enormous body in two.

Xuan Sheng fought Suka with terrifying power but was gravely wounded when his strength ran out. Belphegor broke free of her seal, healed Xuan Sheng, declared him the Demon God, and left the demons with no choice but to submit.

• Xuan Sheng cut Suka in two, but Suka quickly regenerated and seized him as Xuan Sheng's power waned.
• Belphegor emerged from the shattered seal, and her Heavy Pressure forced the demons to kneel.
• Belphegor examined Xuan Sheng, healed his shattered body, and declared him the Demon God, asking whether anyone objected.
• Suka challenged Belphegor's decision, so she annihilated him with a glance.
• Belphegor again asked whether anyone had an objection.

Belphegor returned from her seal and erased Grand Commander Suka, ending the demons’ resistance. After the battle, she held the recovering Xuan Sheng close and revealed she wanted his power to guide her growth, leaving him ready to negotiate a contract.

• Demon King Belphegor erased Grand Commander Suka, and the demons abandoned their resistance as news of her return spread.
• Sasum became occupied with the postwar purge while Xuan Sheng recovered from his battle with Suka.
• Belphegor told Xuan Sheng she had watched his fight and admitted she had kept him drowsy because she wanted him near her.
• Xuan Sheng questioned Belphegor’s motives, and she said she wanted to become stronger and needed his power to guide her.
• Belphegor insisted Xuan Sheng stay close to her, and he prepared to establish three rules in a contract.

Xuan Sheng negotiated with Belphegor and gained her Sloth power, but their exchange turned into a struggle when she tried to keep him by her side. As Belphegor prepared to force him to comply, a familiar figure surrounded by crimson flames arrived.

• Xuan Sheng asked Belphegor how her power could advance and received her power, transforming Belphegor's Approval into Original Sin: Sloth.
• The Demon God's Inheritance reached one-seventh completion, raising Xuan Sheng to level 67 and granting him Wrath's territory and a Demon God Set bracer blueprint.
• Belphegor demanded Xuan Sheng's power in return and silenced him, but Lucifer's Approval made him immune and he broke free to state his conditions.
• Belphegor refused to let Xuan Sheng leave, claiming he no longer needed to grow stronger, and used Heavy Pressure to reduce his movement speed by 99%.
• As Belphegor grew angry and considered tearing Xuan Sheng apart, a humanoid figure wrapped in crimson flames entered, making her turn solemn.

Satan emerged and granted Xuan Sheng the power of Original Sin: Wrath, while Belphegor pressed him to honor their deal. Satan restrained her desire to wage war at Xuan Sheng’s command, then challenged the gathered demons to spar.

• Sasum sensed Satan’s return and learned from Bo Ye that she had emerged, though Bo Ye withheld the news about Belphegor’s plot against the Demon God.
• Satan confronted Belphegor, who shrank back into human form rather than fight her.
• Satan embraced Xuan Sheng, transferred her power to him, and unlocked Original Sin: Wrath, bringing his quest progress to two-sevenths and raising him to level 72.
• Satan declared that she wanted to wage war against Heavenly Silence but agreed to wait for Xuan Sheng’s orders.
• Xuan Sheng told Belphegor he would honor their deal later, and Satan dismissed Suka’s death before calling Eight Arms to spar with her.

Willis ambushed Audencia and revealed his allegiance to the Hual Family, but she fought back with her newly gained strength. Poisoned and badly wounded, Audencia fled toward the head maid for help, and the maid appeared as she reached her.

• The head maid confirmed that nobody had followed her through Decheng before sensing a familiar aura from a nearby house.
• Willis attacked Audencia in her room and accused her of betraying him by siding with the merchant.
• Audencia realized Willis had long been allied with the Hual Family and said she had turned to her own methods to fight her enemies.
• Audencia and Willis fought, but his venom-coated greatsword poisoned her and left her badly wounded.
• Audencia fled toward the head maid, who appeared and addressed her as the City Lord.

Xuan Sheng handed control of the abyss to Satan while Sasum succumbed to the demonic aura eroding his soul. Sasum died after explaining how his self-deception had driven him to weaken the gods’ seal and bring Xuan Sheng to the abyss, and Xuan Sheng could not save him.

• Xuan Sheng left the abyss’s governance to Satan and told Belphegor to do as she pleased.
• Outside the meeting hall, Sasum collapsed as the demonic aura consumed his soul, and he explained that he had sacrificed himself to send power to Heavenly Silence.
• Sasum revealed that he had deceived himself into pursuing the legend of the Demon God, weakening the gods’ seal and creating breaches in the abyss.
• Before dying, Sasum asked Bo Ye to greet Lucifer Demon Lord for him.
• Xuan Sheng tried to treat Sasum with a potion, but his treatment system said the erosion exceeded its limits and treatment was impossible.

Xuan Sheng and Satan discussed rebuilding the demons and delaying their return to Heavenly Silence until their refuge was stable. Their conversation lightened when Satan teased Xuan Sheng’s Young Dragon, but she became flustered after mistaking his glances for a request for intimacy.

• Xuan Sheng said he would return to Heavenly Silence and prepare for the demons’ return, while Satan urged him to stabilize their refuge first.
• Satan explained that her dragon scales had come from fighting dragons and absorbing their blood before she was sealed.
• Satan spotted the Young Dragon on Xuan Sheng’s arm, teased it about fighting when it grew up, and watched it hide inside his clothes.
• Xuan Sheng said Belphegor had agreed to approach him only for a limited time each day, leaving him undisturbed otherwise.
• Satan noticed Xuan Sheng looking at her chest, misunderstood his apology as interest in her, and nervously refused intimacy.

Xuan Sheng told Lucifer that Sasum had died and that the Abyss no longer needed her, prompting her to abandon her seal and return to the Abyss. She reclaimed the Fallen Angels and gave Xuan Sheng her power and life, leaving him with the power of Original Sin - Pride.

• Satan mistook Xuan Sheng's plan to visit Lucifer's seal for an attempt to force himself on her, then learned he intended to discuss the Abyss and left feeling disappointed.
• Xuan Sheng told Lucifer that the Great Demons had been driven off, Sasum had died, and Bo Ye was still alive.
• Xuan Sheng said the Abyss no longer needed Lucifer because Satan and Belphegor had emerged from their seals, and urged her to keep working within her seal.
• Lucifer rejected the idea that she was dispensable, left her seal, and gave Xuan Sheng her power and life, which granted him Original Sin - Pride.
• Lucifer emerged in the Abyss, gathered the Fallen Angels' souls, and was welcomed back by Bo Ye and the other Fallen Angels.

Lucifer returned to the demons and began restoring the fallen angels, while Xuan Sheng reflected on his progress and the Demon Lords’ return. The celebrating demons carried Xuan Sheng into the air as Satan and Lucifer discussed their feelings for him and Lucifer went to thank Belphegor.

• Lucifer returned to her territory, where the fallen angels greeted her with reverence as their creator and queen.
• Satan told Xuan Sheng that Lucifer might be able to restore Sasum, then left with him as the demons celebrated.
• Xuan Sheng considered his quest progress and his plans to find the remaining pages and Demon Lords, but the demons began tossing him into the air in celebration.
• Satan admired Xuan Sheng, while Lucifer joined her and explained that she was keeping her original female form to focus on rebuilding the fallen angels.
• Lucifer asked Satan what had broken her seal, then went to find Belphegor to thank her for rescuing the wounded fallen angels.

Xuan Sheng arranged for Lucifer to manage De City in Heavenly Silence while he continued stabilizing the Abyss. In De City, Audencia recovered in the mansion, and the staff mistook Lucifer’s arrival for Xuan Sheng’s return.

• Malice asked Xuan Sheng about Leviathan, and he said he had sent people to search for the Demon Lord’s lost pages and seals.
• Xuan Sheng told Lucifer that Satan would manage the Abyss, Belphegor would travel with him, and Lucifer would go to De City in Heavenly Silence.
• Lucifer agreed to go to Heavenly Silence and carry the light containing the dead Fallen Angels so she could help restore them.
• Audencia woke in the mansion after the head maid treated her wounds, and learned the former Guard Captain had been knocked out and caged.
• Wenwen detected a disturbance in the basement and hurried with the head maid to greet the expected return, but the teleportation array brought Lucifer instead.

Xuan Sheng returned to the mansion, learned that the Hual Family had assassinated Viscount Audencia, and ordered Willis to bring Audencia to him. While reviewing the Hual Family’s materials list, he found they could not supply the Divine Charm Fragment, and Belphegor continued keeping him close under their contract.

• Xuan Sheng learned that Wenwen had stopped people spying on the mansion and that the Hual Family had assassinated Viscount Audencia; he ordered Willis to deal with it and bring Audencia to him.
• Lucifer changed into a butler’s uniform and inspected the mansion while the head maid went to carry out Xuan Sheng’s orders.
• Xuan Sheng reviewed letters from families seeking to trade for his potions and found the Hual Family’s list of materials he needed.
• Xuan Sheng discovered that the Hual Family had never heard of the Divine Charm Fragment and could not provide it.
• Belphegor sat Xuan Sheng on her lap as they fulfilled their contract, telling him he did not need to follow human rules so closely.

Xuan Sheng’s allies urged him to understand his role and rely on others, but Audencia’s arrival derailed the discussion when she mistook his closeness with Belphegor for decadence. Belphegor took offense and seized Audencia, leaving Xuan Sheng to decide how to handle the captive.

• Belphegor warned Xuan Sheng that he was overburdened and should rest or rely on others, and Lucifer agreed that he was becoming too close to humans.
• The head maid brought Audencia into Xuan Sheng’s study after rescuing her from danger, and Audencia was shocked to find Xuan Sheng with Belphegor and Lucifer.
• Audencia questioned why the others called Xuan Sheng “Your Majesty” and criticized his conduct, while Xuan Sheng tried to steer her toward discussing their cooperation.
• Belphegor took offense at Audencia’s remarks, released a wave of pressure, and had the head maid lock the study door.
• Belphegor lifted Audencia by the throat and suggested erasing her consciousness, but Xuan Sheng objected that Audencia was stubborn.

Xuan Sheng and Belphegor forced Audencia to sign a contract joining the demon race, while disguising their intentions to avoid triggering Reapus's surveillance. Lucifer confronted the head maid for disobeying her, then left without punishing her, and the maid wondered if Lucifer was pleased.

• Belphegor released Audencia, and Xuan Sheng gave her water and a contract to join the demon race.
• Audencia signed the contract after Xuan Sheng claimed he was Li Xunsheng from Ironblood, then left the sealed mansion.
• Xuan Sheng explained to Lucifer and Belphegor that Reapus's surveillance prevented them from erasing Audencia's consciousness, so they had tricked her into signing a contract instead.
• Lucifer rebuked the head maid for letting Audencia leave alive, but the head maid said His Majesty's orders mattered more.
• Lucifer left without further punishment, and the head maid wondered whether Lucifer was actually pleased.

Xuan Sheng prepared a concealed materials request for the Hual Family and reviewed clues about Divine Charm Fragments before exhaustion overtook him. Belphegor persuaded him to rest beside her, and he fell asleep in her arms.

• Xuan Sheng sent Wenwen with a disguised list of materials to deliver to the Hual Family, whose watchers had withdrawn after Audencia returned home.
• Xuan Sheng set aside urgent requests for goods and used the Eye of God to learn that Divine Charm Fragments were needed to create the Demon God Set.
• The head maid reminded Xuan Sheng that it was late, and he realized Belphegor had kept him sitting on her lap for hours.
• Belphegor asked to rest with Xuan Sheng and offered to count the closeness against the next day's time.
• Xuan Sheng agreed to sleep beside Belphegor, who held him close until he fell asleep.

Wenwen delivered Lutga another letter about the merchant’s requested goods and promised potions, while Lutga refused to provide family resources for his brother’s plan. Adele learned that Lutga was secretly dealing with the merchant and ordered Yalin to make the merchant drink a mysterious potion; meanwhile, Lucifer noticed a human woman entering the estate.

• Wenwen delivered Lutga a letter listing more requested goods, and the guard promised to take it to the Second Family Head.
• Lutga read that the merchant would bring the potions at their next meeting and told Adele that the family resources could not be mobilized.
• Adele questioned Yalin about the merchant and learned that many new people had appeared at the estate and that Yalin was not trusted there.
• Adele concluded that Lutga was pursuing a private deal for potions and gave Yalin a transparent potion to make the merchant drink.
• Lucifer watched Jie Luo leave the room after His Majesty and the others fell asleep, then sensed a human woman entering the estate.

Yalin found Lucifer guarding Xuan Sheng’s room and mistook Belphegor, who was beside him, for a woman trying to steal him. Lucifer stopped Yalin from entering and explained that demons did not act according to human assumptions, leaving Yalin uncertain about what was happening.

• Yalin met Lucifer outside Xuan Sheng’s bedroom and asked whether she was protecting her master.
• Yalin saw Belphegor beside the sleeping Xuan Sheng and rushed to enter the room, but Lucifer stopped her with a golden barrier.
• Lucifer told Yalin that Belphegor would not do anything unnecessary and urged her not to judge demons by human standards.
• Lucifer insisted that demons were not lecherous and said even Lilith could never have relations with Xuan Sheng because she feared physical contact.

Lucifer worried that Her Majesty might grow closer to humanity and lamented that the other Demon Lords could not win her favor for the demon race. After Yalin misunderstood Lucifer's appearance and intentions, Lucifer sent her away, but Yalin kept watch outside her mistress's room and fell asleep.

• Lucifer considered how the Demon Lords were unable to influence Her Majesty or make her favor the demon race.
• Yalin asked whether Lucifer might pursue her master, then mistakenly concluded that Lucifer preferred women because of her clothes.
• Lucifer suppressed her anger, explained that she pursued perfection rather than a particular gender, and insisted she would not attack her master.
• Yalin moved a stool to the doorway to guard her mistress, but she fell asleep while watching the room.
• Lucifer drank her coffee and worried again about Her Majesty's leanings.

Xuan Sheng escaped Belphegor’s embrace and learned that the Hual Family had sent Yalin to drug him with Alisa’s Alchemical Powder. He swallowed the powder, but his talents and Lilith’s recognition weakened its effects and made him immune to its harm.

• Xuan Sheng activated Pride to escape Belphegor’s embrace and left to handle his affairs.
• Belphegor wondered whether Xuan Sheng disliked her original form and decided to ask Lilith about human preferences.
• Xuan Sheng found Yalin asleep by the door and learned that the Hual Family had asked her to drug him.
• Yalin said Adele had given her the powder, though its name identified it as Alisa’s Alchemical Powder.
• Xuan Sheng swallowed the powder, and his Will of God and Lilith’s Recognition weakened its effects until he became immune to them.