Chapter Summaries

Xuan Sheng learned that Alisa had switched Adele’s things so he would pretend to be controlled at Adele’s birthday banquet. He prepared to attend with Lucifer and the others, intending to assess the Hual Family and establish the demon race’s foothold in De City.

• Xuan Sheng resisted the powder’s influence and overheard Alisa instructing him to feign control and obey Adele.
• Yalin told Xuan Sheng that the Hual Family’s major upcoming event was Adele’s birthday banquet, which began that night.
• Xuan Sheng and Lucifer prepared to attend the banquet and discussed displaying their strength to the Hual Family.
• Lucifer ordered Wenwen to remain at home while Xuan Sheng and the others departed to reorganize De City.

Xuan Sheng arrived at the Hual Family’s birthday banquet, where Lugal welcomed him and confirmed their goods were ready. Adele noticed Yalin with Xuan Sheng and secretly summoned her to the garden, while Lucifer drew the attention of the noblewomen.

• Lugal’s subordinates told him they had prepared everything as ordered and warned that the Old Family Head would be returning.
• Lugal personally escorted Xuan Sheng into the banquet hall and confirmed that the goods they had discussed were ready.
• Lugal claimed his family had offered a large private bounty for Willis, though Xuan Sheng knew Lugal had arranged the attack on Audencia.
• Adele noticed Yalin beside Xuan Sheng, had Yalin secretly nod, and sent her a silent order to meet in the garden.
• The noblewomen spotted Xuan Sheng’s group and surrounded Lucifer after Xuan Sheng stepped away.

At a banquet, Xuan Sheng left Belphegor to meet Adele in the garden, where Adele demanded the Dragon Blood Potion. Alisa arrived, revealed she had taken the potion, and ordered Xuan Sheng to destroy Adele, leaving both Adele and Xuan Sheng stunned.

• Lucifer drew the attention of women at the banquet and used his pressure to force them away.
• Xuan Sheng noticed the Tongtian City players, then left Belphegor when Adele signaled him from the garden.
• Adele demanded the potion that Uncle Second had traded for, but Alisa arrived and warned her not to take it.
• Alisa pulled the Dragon Blood Potion from Xuan Sheng's pocket and dodged Adele when she lunged for it.
• Alisa pinned Adele to the ground, blamed her for being devoured by her own slave, and ordered Xuan Sheng to take her.
• Adele protested that her constitution made Alisa's threat dangerous, and Alisa said she intended to destroy her.

Adele and Alisa’s conflict in the Hual Family’s rear courtyard was interrupted when Lucifer revealed herself and subdued them. Xuan Sheng was recognized as the Demon God’s Majesty, and he began considering how to use the sisters.

• Alisa tried to force Adele toward Xuan Sheng, threatening to have several men assault her if she resisted.
• Lucifer appeared with Xuan Sheng and ordered the sisters controlled; she used golden magic to make their eyes vacant.
• Lutga arrived, and Alisa pretended that she and Adele had only been chatting with their guest.
• Xuan Sheng gave Lutga a blood-red potion, prompting him to leave the young people together and urge Alisa to take her turn.
• Lucifer released Adele and Alisa from their restraints, and Alisa excitedly recognized Xuan Sheng as the Demon God’s Majesty.
• Xuan Sheng considered using Adele and Alisa as candidates to help him gain control over the Hual Family.

Xuan Sheng forced Adele and Alisa to sign enslavement contracts, then ordered them to manage the Hual Family’s affairs in De City without interfering with his plans. He returned to the banquet, where Audencia had been looking for him and watched Belphegor with envy.

• Alisa offered her family’s cooperation, and Adele confirmed that the Hual Family might work with the demons if the benefits were sufficient.
• Xuan Sheng gave Adele and Alisa the choice between mind erasure, enslavement, or becoming like Yalin, and both chose to sign contracts.
• Lucifer produced the contracts, and Adele and Alisa signed them, agreeing to manage De City affairs and stay out of Xuan Sheng’s arrangements with Audencia.
• Xuan Sheng revealed that the demons intended to weaken the Hual Family from within and eventually place its future in the sisters’ hands.
• Xuan Sheng returned to the reception hall, where Audencia confronted him about his absence and looked jealously at Belphegor.

Xuan Sheng helped Audencia prepare to regain control of De City while the Hual Family’s leaders showed no interest in taking authority. As he pursued Tongtian City players, Ao Xue interrupted him with a warning that Ironblood’s final internal competition would begin within three days, prompting him to prepare to return.

• Xuan Sheng told Audencia that Adele had accepted his plan and that the Hual Family would loosen its control, giving Audencia a chance to carry out her policies.
• Audencia learned that the Hual Family’s old family head and other powerful figures would not become future authorities, and she celebrated the prospect of regaining control of De City.
• Xuan Sheng left the banquet and followed the departing Tongtian City players through the alleys, intending to dispose of their bodies.
• Ao Xue appeared and warned Xuan Sheng that Ironblood’s final internal competition would begin within three days and that scarce Guxing players could not afford another round of deaths.
• Ao Xue gave Xuan Sheng a scroll and urged him to return to Ironblood, reminding him of their agreement; Xuan Sheng put it away and headed back toward the venue.

Xuan Sheng prepared to return to the Ironblood Empire while Lucifer took over negotiations with the Hual Family. He left De City as a hidden base, intending to begin working from the Ironblood Empire while the demons’ plans and Leviathan’s missing pages remained unresolved.

• Belphegor warned Xuan Sheng that the Ironblood Empire had strong defenses against demons, but he said he was not a demon and set off.
• Audencia rushed Xuan Sheng to the Hual Family, where the Old Family Head accepted a potion and discussed a longer-term partnership.
• The Old Family Head misread Alisa and Adele’s unusual behavior and approved of Lugal, believing he had helped the women become more useful to the family.
• Xuan Sheng told Lugal to handle future business through Ereign, and Lucifer took over the negotiations with Audencia.
• Lucifer asked whether Xuan Sheng was leaving, and he confirmed he would return to the Ironblood Empire while De City remained a hidden base.

Xuan Sheng prepared to leave Reapus for Ironblood, but Belphegor and Yalin insisted on accompanying her, so she agreed to bring both. In Ironblood's Royal City, You Mi and Hain waited for Yi Qing to emerge from the Holy Temple trial as Yetis received a plea for help from the Xuan Tribe.

• Xuan Sheng told Belphegor she was leaving immediately, but Belphegor insisted on following her so she could absorb Xuan Sheng's aura at night.
• Yalin asked to accompany Xuan Sheng, explaining that she wanted to stay with her until they found her mistress, and Xuan Sheng agreed.
• Xuan Sheng limited the group traveling with her to Belphegor and Yalin, refusing to let anyone else join them.
• In Ironblood's Royal City, You Mi worried that Yi Qing had entered an unusually difficult trial, while Hain remained confident Yi Qing would succeed.
• Yetis received a secret letter from the Xuan Tribe asking for help.

Yetis left Heavenly Silence for the Xuan Tribe, where Ti asked her to help prepare the tribe for the approaching Festival of the Gods. Meanwhile, Qian studied a fragment sought by the Xuan God and planned a broader search, as Xuan Sheng and his companions neared Hailian City.

• Yetis returned to the Xuan Tribe after learning that the tribe needed her help for the Festival of the Gods.
• Ti told Yetis that the Festival could take place in three or four years, or in more than ten, and the Xuan Tribe needed a strong pioneer to lead them.
• Qian showed the Empress a fragment he had found in the Land of Divine Favor and decided to collect four fragments before giving them to the Xuan God.
• Qian recorded possible fragment characteristics and planned to ask the Goddess of Beauty's people to search for them.
• Xuan Sheng, Belphegor, and the sleeping Yalin reached the border of Reapus and Ironblood, near Hailian City.

Xuan Sheng, Belphegor, and Yalin entered Hailian City to search for a succubus and the demon race’s Sealed Page or his weapon fragments. Belphegor led them to the Desert Rose, where the proprietor’s reaction suggested the hidden succubus worked on its third floor.

• Xuan Sheng and his companions reached Hailian City, and he told the coachman they were only passing through.
• Xuan Sheng used Ao Xue’s Royal City Secret Order to cross the city checkpoint.
• Yalin studied the locals’ windproof clothing while Xuan Sheng considered how the hidden succubus might be disguised.
• Belphegor suddenly led Xuan Sheng and Yalin to the Desert Rose on Hailian’s main street.
• Xuan Sheng asked to go to the third floor, and the proprietor refused while eyeing the two women accompanying him.

Xuan Sheng visited the dancer Hai Kui in Hailian City and revealed that he was the Demon God, accompanied by Belphegor. He asked Hai Kui to help search for information about the pages containing the other Demon Lords.

• Xuan Sheng paid the owner of Desert Rose to meet Hai Kui, its star dancer.
• Hai Kui met Xuan Sheng, Belphegor, and their companion, then grew wary when she learned they were from Lone Star.
• Belphegor revealed her identity, and Hai Kui recognized her and realized Xuan Sheng was the Demon God.
• Xuan Sheng explained that the Abyss was improving but that the demons had not yet regained their former freedom.
• Xuan Sheng asked Hai Kui whether she had found clues about the pages containing the other Demon Lords, and she admitted she had not.
• Xuan Sheng told Hai Kui to watch for information now that she understood Hailian better.

Xuan Sheng and his companions settled in the Sea Alliance, where Belphegor subdued Hai Kui’s succubus instincts and urged everyone to rest before their nighttime search for information about the pages and fragments. As Xuan Sheng slept, his Divine Spark’s cracks began to mend, and Hai Kui woke to find Belphegor close beside him.

• Hai Kui, overwhelmed by her succubus instincts after learning Xuan Sheng was the Demon God, asked him to favor her, but Yalin stepped in to protect him.
• Belphegor placed a curse mark on Hai Kui that suppressed her instincts and left her sleeping peacefully.
• Belphegor carried Xuan Sheng to bed to rest, saying they could search for information about the pages and fragments at night, while Yalin joined them.
• As Xuan Sheng fell asleep, the cracks in his Divine Spark gradually repaired, and Belphegor kissed his face.
• Hai Kui woke feeling refreshed and saw Belphegor and Xuan Sheng pressed closely together.

Hai Kui confronted the proprietor of Desert Rose after he discovered she had let a guest stay overnight, and she rejected his attempt to control her. As her anger rose, Hai Kui prepared to resist him and the attendants behind him.

• Hai Kui watched over His Majesty and Belphegor in her bedroom and decided she no longer needed to maintain her disguised identity.
• The proprietor pounded on Hai Kui’s door, fearing for his dancer and angry that the guest had not paid for an overnight stay.
• Hai Kui told the proprietor that the guest was resting in bed and that she had changed her mind about accepting overnight guests.
• The proprietor accused Hai Kui of being a whore and prepared to have his attendants seize her.
• Hai Kui declared that she and the proprietor were only partners, asserted her freedom, and gathered her aura to face him.

Xuan Sheng intervened when Hai Kui was threatened at Desert Rose, then discovered that its owner, Prince Banfasa, recognized him as the merchant who sold life-saving potions. Banfasa invited Xuan Sheng to his home and offered to pay at least ten million Reapusian Gold Coins, leaving Xuan Sheng with a powerful local ally in Hailian City.

• Hai Kui confronted Desert Rose's manager, but Xuan Sheng arrived and asked how much it would cost to free her.
• Xuan Sheng's power sent the men attacking Hai Kui flying, alarming the guests in the dance hall.
• Prince Banfasa recognized Xuan Sheng as the merchant who sold life-saving medicine and kicked the manager away.
• Banfasa offered Desert Rose to Xuan Sheng as compensation and invited him to his home, promising at least ten million Reapusian Gold Coins for his medicines.
• Xuan Sheng accepted Banfasa's invitation, while Hai Kui wondered how he had won over the prince and Belphegor complained that his rest had been disturbed.

Xuan Sheng traveled with Banfasa to the Sea Alliance chieftain’s estate in search of the Sealed Pages of the Demon Lord. Belphegor revealed that Banfasa’s father had died from Mammon’s Curse and that Mammon’s Seal was likely in his collection, leaving Xuan Sheng poised to search it.

• Banfasa offered to let Xuan Sheng search his late father’s collection for ancient scrolls and explained that his father had died mysteriously after obsessing over ancient artifacts.
• Banfasa offered ten million Gold Coins and one item from the family collection in exchange for Xuan Sheng’s miraculous medicine.
• Belphegor told Xuan Sheng that Banfasa’s father had died from Mammon’s Curse and that Mammon’s Seal was likely in the collection.
• Banfasa welcomed Xuan Sheng into his lavish estate, and Xuan Sheng agreed that he needed the promised item.

Xuan Sheng traded a Dragon Blood Potion to Banfasa for access to his father’s dangerous collection, hoping to recover the Sealed Page. Belphegor found the page and revealed that the former family head had opened its seal through an unorthodox method and made a single transaction with Mammon.

• Xuan Sheng admired Banfasa’s lavish hall and learned that the many beautiful women surrounding him were his wives and concubines.
• Xuan Sheng gave Banfasa a Dragon Blood Potion and asked for information about his father’s collection instead of the ten million Gold Coins.
• Banfasa warned Xuan Sheng that the collection might contain deadly objects and sent his butler to guide him there.
• The butler unlocked the deepest warehouse and warned Xuan Sheng to avoid the scroll at the very back.
• Xuan Sheng ignored the other treasures and went straight for the ancient Sealed Page, while Belphegor sensed Mammon’s aura on the collection.
• Belphegor removed the sealed scroll and explained that the former family head had opened it without receiving Mammon’s Approval, gaining only one transaction with Mammon.

Xuan Sheng entered Mammon’s seal and found a golden world created by the Greedy Demon Lord. Mammon recognized the powers Xuan Sheng carried and faced a choice: restrain his greed or be forced to do so.

• Belphegor explained that Mammon marked wealth for himself through contracts, and she opened the seal for Xuan Sheng.
• Xuan Sheng entered the seal and crossed its seemingly endless sea of Gold Coins.
• Xuan Sheng found Mammon atop a mountain of Gold Coins and identified him as the Greedy Demon Lord.
• Mammon recognized the powers of Lucifer, Satan, and Belphegor in Xuan Sheng and mistook him for the Demon God.
• Xuan Sheng questioned Mammon’s obsession with creating currency, then demanded that he either preserve his dignity himself or let Xuan Sheng help him.

Xuan Sheng escaped Mammon’s seal with Lucifer’s power, but collapsed into sleep after returning to Belphegor and the others. Belphegor left him in Yalin’s care and reentered the pages, while Mammon was left devastated by his failure to obtain Xuan Sheng’s power.

• Mammon fought Xuan Sheng and tried to trap him in the seal, but Xuan Sheng used Pride and Lucifer’s divine power to escape.
• Belphegor carried the exhausted Xuan Sheng away, and he fell asleep as the Divine Spark in his mind ached.
• Belphegor’s strength allowed her to recognize and heal Xuan Sheng’s injuries, and she grew murderous toward Mammon for defying him.
• Yalin examined Xuan Sheng and reassured the old butler that he was only resting, while the group settled into the household’s guest rooms.
• Belphegor asked Yalin to care for Xuan Sheng and entered the pages again, leaving Hai Kui frightened.
• Mammon collapsed in despair over Xuan Sheng’s escape and the power he had failed to obtain.

Belphegor effortlessly returned from Mammon’s seal after destroying his body, while Satan grew stronger after breaking free and heard that Lilith’s succubi wanted to meet Xuan Sheng. After waking, Xuan Sheng received a message from the succubi clan leader.

• Belphegor reappeared beside Xuan Sheng, told Hai Kui that the gods could no longer sense the shattered seals, and comforted the worried succubus.
• Mammon struggled to survive in his ruined seal, realizing Belphegor had spared his soul but left him badly weakened.
• Satan reflected on her increased strength and told Lilith’s succubi to speak with her because His Majesty was absent from the Abyss.
• Xuan Sheng woke after three hours of sleep, and Hai Kui presented him with a crystal carrying a message from the succubi clan leader.

Xuan Sheng learned that Demon Lord Lilith had escaped her seal and decided to return to Lone Star. Before leaving, he asked Banfasa to help locate shards of a Mysterious Weapon.

• Xuan Sheng opened a projection stone and spoke with the succubus matriarch, while Belphegor shielded him from her bewitching voice and appearance.
• The matriarch asked whether Xuan Sheng knew where Demon Lord Lilith was, and he told her Lilith had escaped her seal and was resting.
• After the call, the matriarch urged Hai Kui to win Xuan Sheng over, but Hai Kui feared Belphegor’s jealousy.
• Xuan Sheng told Banfasa that he and his companions were leaving and asked him to record details of several shards and notify him if he found any.
• Xuan Sheng said he would go to Lone Star City, and Banfasa offered to arrange a fast, comfortable journey.