Chapter Summaries

Andrew and his allies lured the Rat Army into an underground parking garage, destroyed it, and helped New York survive the first wave of the Animal Disaster. In the Space Channel, the Lord of Order revealed a seal around the passage, but Wade demonstrated that he could pass through it freely.

• Andrew, Samantha, and the Rat Controller led the pursuing rats into a three-level underground parking garage, where an enormous beetle blocked their exit.
• Andrew used his enhancement Ability to transform Samantha into a massive gun and blast the beetle aside, then Tsunade detonated Explosive Tags to collapse the garage and bury the Rat Army.
• Samantha returned to normal and questioned Andrew about his Ability; he admitted he had exhausted himself, and the group rested before continuing to fight Monsters across the city.
• By sunset, superheroes had eliminated most of New York’s Monsters, while many creatures escaped into sewers and dark places and other cities struggled with fewer superheroes.
• The Lord of Order told Andrew that the Angel Army had sealed the Space Channel, but Wade crossed the seal and returned without difficulty.
• Chthon warned the Lord of Order not to engage with Wade, who mocked him for being petty.

The Kung Fu Master fought God while secretly planning to free him from the Lord of Order’s control, as Andrew and Green worked to create the Ten-Tails and Andrew arranged defenses against the monsters. The chapter ended with Tony promising a Mutated Animal Detector within twelve hours and Andrew escorting Blair back to the restaurant.

• The Kung Fu Master challenged the Lord of Order, fought God, and secretly borrowed god's power from Ghost Rider while seeking a way to wake God.
• The Lord of Order asked Chthon to handle arrangements on Earth while he kept Andrew and the Skyfathers occupied.
• Andrew told Green to accelerate their research on the Ten-Tails, and the two continued working on it in Minor Hell.
• Andrew took Blair back to the restaurant, while Tsunade rode off on the Harley motorcycle and Minutemen cleared monster corpses from Flushing’s streets.
• Andrew asked Tony to develop a Mutated Animal Detector, and Tony said he would have it ready in twelve hours.

Andrew arranged for the Monster Detector to be deployed across New York and planned to extend the system to other cities, while keeping the public calm. After seeing that Blair would face danger but survive, he warned Director Newman that a passenger plane might explode, then chased it as mutated birds attacked and Blair was thrown from the aircraft.

• Andrew discussed establishing the City Safety Perimeter and told Blair he would not return to the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau until his Ability recovered.
• Andrew foresaw that Blair would encounter danger during her flight but chose not to tell her, and Blair left for the airport after spending the night talking with Ashley.
• Andrew learned the Monster Detector could find most monsters and instructed Director Newman to deploy detectors across New York and organize heroes to eliminate monsters.
• Andrew warned Director Newman that a plane might explode, then rode his motorcycle after a passenger plane as mutated birds attacked it.
• A mutated bird struck the plane's engine with a fireball, an opening tore near the engine, and Blair was swept out into the sky.

Blair Gaines awakened the Holy Light Angel Ability after falling from an attacked plane and helped save four other passengers with Andrew’s guidance. Andrew caught her after she exhausted herself, while news of the accident left her father, Ray Gaines, distraught in Los Angeles.

• Whirlwind Man killed the monstrous birds attacking the plane and focused on saving the passengers still inside, leaving Blair and four others falling.
• Blair Gaines awakened her Holy Light Angel Ability, slowed her fall, and used a Holy Light Rope to catch the other four passengers.
• Talisman Andrew warned Blair that pulling the passengers up at full speed would injure them, then slowed their descent with an updraft.
• Blair brought all four passengers safely to the ground, but Andrew caught her when exhaustion made her fall.
• Andrew and Blair joked about her new Ability and her preference for muscular men as they waited on the ground.
• Ray Gaines heard that the plane had been attacked and that Blair was among the five missing passengers.

After Blair survived the plane disaster, Ray Gaines heard she was missing and went on a destructive rampage, leading to his arrest. Andrew arranged a call between them and reassured Blair that Ray would be safe, while teasing her and provoking Ray about their relationship.

• Ray Gaines heard that Blair was missing in the plane crash, transformed into a giant ape, and wrecked streets before Translucent defeated him and the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau arrested him.
• Andrew watched reports about the disaster and the suspension of flights while Blair registered as a survivor.
• Blair asked Andrew to help Ray, and Andrew called Hughie to arrange a phone call from prison.
• Ray learned that Blair had survived and awakened an Ability, while Andrew advised her not to return because the journey was dangerous and Ray would likely work off the damage costs.
• Andrew joked to Ray that he and Blair had been intimate, prompting Ray to rage and Blair to angrily end the call.

Blair decided to stay with Andrew in New York and train so she could help her father repay his enormous debt. Meanwhile, Monster Detectors began uncovering hidden Monsters across the city, and Andrew learned that Ashley might awaken as an Ability User too.

• Blair called her mother, then accepted Andrew’s assurance that Ray would likely be released soon because his creditors needed him alive to repay his debt.
• Blair asked Andrew to teach her how to fight and use her Ability, and he took her to his home after she insisted on staying there rather than with Samantha.
• Andrew carried the exhausted Blair home as Monster Detectors were installed around the city, where one device revealed dozens of rat Monsters in a warehouse and A-Train went to deal with them.
• Andrew told Tsunade that Blair had awakened and predicted Ashley would awaken too, attributing their abilities to Universe’s Favor.
• Samantha called Andrew, learned Blair was staying with him for training, and said Ray would object but Blair could train at her home instead.

Ashley awakened the Flame Witch Ability and accidentally burned down her family’s new house, so Samantha moved the family into Andrew’s Chinese restaurant. There, Blair revealed her Holy Light Angel Ability, and Ashley decided to train alongside her.

• Samantha told Ashley and Mike how Blair’s plane crash, Ability awakening, and father’s imprisonment had brought her to New York.
• Ashley slammed her bedroom door, accidentally awakened her Flame Witch Ability, and set the house ablaze before learning to control the flames.
• With their house nearly destroyed, Samantha, Ashley, and Mike moved into Andrew’s restaurant, and Samantha arranged for Mike to attend boarding school.
• Blair told Ashley that her Ability was Holy Light Angel and that she planned to train with Andrew and earn money to repay her father’s debt.
• Ashley hid her worry about being a Demon and asked Blair to let her train with her so she could control her Ability.

Andrew warned Ashley and Blair that becoming superheroes would mean dangerous work, including fighting Monsters in the sewers, and asked them to decide whether to pursue that life. The two women remained unsure, while the Rat Controller arrived at Andrew’s empty restaurant to ask whether his promised plan to make him rich was real.

• Ashley and Blair borrowed Tsunade’s waitress uniforms after discovering they had no clothes, and Andrew joked that they made his restaurant look improper.
• Andrew explained that New York’s disaster was not over and warned Ashley, Blair, and Samantha about the dangers and unpleasant duties of superhero work.
• Samantha accepted that she might have to enter the sewers because she needed her salary, while Andrew told Ashley and Blair to decide by the next day.
• Ashley and Blair discussed their families’ expectations and their conflicting wishes to live comfortably and become superheroes, but neither chose a path.
• The Rat Controller visited Andrew’s restaurant and questioned whether Andrew had truly promised to make him rich, while Andrew complained that the restaurant had no customers.

Andrew offered Rat Controller legitimate ways to make money with her rat-controlling Ability and invited her to join his team, while Tsunade questioned his plans to build a team of potential Skyfathers. At the police station, Samantha learned that more people were awakening as Ability Users and that her chief expected her to become a precinct chief.

• Andrew suggested that Rat Controller start a rat extermination company, process rat meat, or eventually help the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau fight sewer Monsters with Mutant Rats.
• Rat Controller chose to train with Andrew in exchange for joining his team and fighting alongside him, then eagerly went to pick a room in his home.
• Andrew explained to Tsunade that he recruited Ashley, Blair, and Rat Controller because they possessed Universe's Favor, while Samantha would remain an outside member in the police force.
• Samantha received an assignment to lead three newly awakened police officers in eliminating three Monsters in a church.
• Samantha questioned why Ability Users were awakening so easily, and her chief told her she was being considered to replace him as precinct chief.

Samantha’s struggle against Monsters led the authorities to establish a Bounty Hunter system as Monster sightings multiplied. Andrew then took Ashley and Blair to fight Monsters, leaving Blair eager to train and Ashley shaken, while he insisted the outing had only involved ordinary spiders.

• Samantha’s inexperienced team struggled against three Monsters, but she killed them by turning her arm into a sniper rifle.
• Samantha proposed recruiting Bounty Hunters, and the police and Disaster Countermeasures Bureau announced a certification and bounty system that drew excited Ability Users and alarmed the public.
• Andrew and Tony discussed Monster threats, the antidote research, the growing danger posed by Ability Users, and the Ten-Tails.
• The Rat Controller urged Ashley and Blair to earn their own money, and Andrew invited the women to face Monsters with him while leaving the Rat Controller to train with Grand Champion.
• Andrew returned from the spider fight with Ashley and Blair; Blair thanked him and asked to learn more, while Ashley returned to her room shaken.

Andrew explained that Blair’s growing kindness came from an Angel Rule Seed, while Ashley’s excitement at killing spiders came from a Demon Rule Seed. He reassured Ashley that she was not a Demon, and she chose to become a superhero; the chapter ended with her asking whether he liked her or Blair more.

• Andrew told Tsunade that Blair’s Heart of an Angel had awakened after she rescued people from spiders, and that she risked becoming an Angel or a Skyfather.
• Andrew explained that Ashley’s distress came from enjoying burning the spiders, then tested her by prompting her to attack him; she stopped herself and he reassured her that she was not a Demon.
• Ashley decided to become a superhero and use her flames against Monsters, while Andrew resolved to watch over her because she possessed a Demon Rule Seed.
• Andrew reasoned that Rule Seeds affected their hosts’ personalities, could create new Skyfathers, and might be spreading through Ability Momentum across the Universe.
• Ashley stayed in Andrew’s arms and asked whether he liked her or Blair more.

Andrew reassured Blair that her father had reached a favorable deal with the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, then warned her that her Angel Ability could reshape her personality if she failed to set boundaries. After Blair thanked him and sent him promised photos, Andrew returned to the lobby, where he teased Tsunade about her brutal training of the Rat Controller and narrowly avoided her punch.

• Andrew told Ashley he liked her and Blair equally, then joked that he would take all his girlfriends before she kicked him out.
• Blair thanked Andrew after learning her father had struck a favorable deal with the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, and Andrew confirmed that he had made a phone call to help.
• Andrew warned Blair that her Angel Ability could assimilate her unless she set personal boundaries, and Blair resolved to train toward becoming a Skyfather.
• Blair sent Andrew the photos she had promised, then searched online for information about him but found nothing because she looked for superheroes in their thirties or forties.
• Andrew learned that Tsunade had made the Rat Controller faint during training and scolded her for overworking a child.
• Tsunade punched at Andrew after he teased her, but he vanished, leaving her to clean up the damaged lobby.

Andrew taught the trainees how to strengthen their abilities and planned to create the Ten-Tails on Earth with Tony. Meanwhile, Chthon completed a Simplified Sacrifice Formation designed to make ability users kill each other, gaining power while spreading chaos.

• Andrew explained that ability users could grow stronger by building their physiques, practicing their abilities carefully, and undergoing combat training.
• Andrew urged Tsunade to master the Eight Inner Gates and promised his theory could help her break through to Skyfather, then admitted he might need to study it further as a joke.
• Andrew decided to create the Ten-Tails on Earth to benefit from the universe's resistance to chaos, and sent his avatar and Green to join Tony's research beneath Manhattan.
• Chthon revealed a Simplified Sacrifice Formation that rewarded branded ability users for killing other ability users and sent the victims' souls and negative energy to Hell.
• Chthon planned to use the formation's temptation and the chaos factor to spread slaughter among ability users, enrich Hell, and plunge Earth into chaos.

Chthon prepared to spread a self-replicating magic array as the factions continued their struggle over Earth. Weeks later, Andrew took Ashley and Blair to a farm to hunt a herd of minotaurs, where Ashley flew ahead despite his warning.

• Chthon praised his magic array and planned to distribute it, while Set secretly reported the development to God Andrew.
• The Lord of Order tried to influence The Kung Fu Master's fate, but Andrew blocked the attempt and chose to let God suffer losses.
• Samantha became Flushing's chief of police, while the Rat Controller started an ability-user pest control company.
• Andrew explained that a mutated cow had turned a farm's cattle into a herd of minotaurs and warned Ashley and Blair not to underestimate them.
• Ashley ignored Andrew's warning and flew into the farm alone, so Andrew led Blair in cautiously behind her.

Ashley and Blair fought the Minotaurs and two powerful Ability Users at Andrew’s direction, but the battle escalated when their enemies revealed their abilities. Ashley was knocked down by the revived, enlarged Golden Minotaur as Andrew and Blair remained under threat.

• Ashley attacked the Minotaurs, but the Golden Minotaur broke her Flame Spear and used a mental shock and golden net to trap her until Blair rescued her with a Holy Light rope.
• Andrew killed the Golden Minotaur with an Explosive bullet, and Ashley and Blair attacked the remaining Minotaurs while Blair noticed that the fleeing man and woman seemed suspicious.
• The man fused with the Golden Minotaur while the woman attacked Blair and Ashley through their shadows; Andrew’s shot failed when the woman vanished and appeared beside him.
• The woman restrained Andrew with his shadow, but earth-yellow hands and brands also immobilized her, leaving them locked in a struggle.
• Ashley destroyed the shadow attacking her with a giant Flame Claw, but the Golden Minotaur struck her down after absorbing the other Minotaurs and growing to enormous size.

Andrew rescued Ashley and Blair from the male Ability User and revealed his Eye of Ability, which let him see and strike the crucial points in the enemy’s powers. The male Ability User was forced out of his Fusion state, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• The Golden Minotaur overwhelmed Ashley and Blair, but Ashley’s flames badly damaged it while Andrew froze its golden attack to save Blair.
• Andrew told the male Ability User that his wife was alive but unconscious, and the man explained how he and his wife had awakened their Abilities and begun hunting Ability Users for sacrifice.
• The male Ability User charged Andrew with golden fists, while Andrew used the Eye of Ability to identify weak points in the golden light and shoot them apart.
• Andrew’s bullets severed the male Ability User’s connection to the Golden Minotaur, forced him out of Fusion, and caused the other bull Monsters’ corpses to scatter.

Andrew defeated the fused Ability User by disrupting his ability and using electrified bullets, then explained that the enemy had gained power through the Demon King of Hell’s Sacrifice Formation. As the group prepared to leave the burned farm, Andrew gave Ashley Ghost Rider’s Chain, which she tested successfully.

• Andrew’s shots disrupted the male Ability User’s fusion, and electrified bullets inside the man knocked him unconscious.
• Andrew teased Ashley about Samantha, then explained that the two enemies had used a brand that let them sacrifice Ability Users for power at the cost of their humanity.
• Blair and Ashley learned that the Demon King of Hell had established the Sacrifice Formation, and Andrew said the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau was working to counter it.
• Andrew carried Ashley while she extinguished the surrounding flames, and the group collected Minotaur samples before leaving the ruined farm.
• Andrew gave Ashley Ghost Rider’s Chain, and she infused it with her ability and cut a large rock in two.

Ashley received Ghost Rider’s chain and a method for turning flames into a combat uniform, while Andrew and Blair returned to the Chinese restaurant after turning in their mission. Andrew then took Blair to his room to reveal another gift, whose opened crystal box flooded the room with Holy White Light.

• Andrew gave Ashley Ghost Rider’s chain and a method for forming a combat uniform from flames, and claimed Ghost Rider had repaid an old favor.
• Andrew took Ashley and Blair to Flushing Police Station, collected the bounty for the bull monster, and split the money evenly between the three of them.
• Andrew and Blair discussed Blair’s father Ray’s growing debt and his destructive transformations before Andrew led Blair away to unwrap a gift.
• At the Chinese restaurant, Tsunade taught Rat Controller to keep the accounts while they joked about Andrew taking Blair to his room.
• Andrew opened a crystal box for Blair, filling the room with Holy White Light that made everyone feel refreshed and comfortable.

Andrew gave Blair Angel Armor, which let her access Angel Magic but quickly drained her power, and she spent the afternoon with him. Ashley later activated the Magic Chain and received personal Flame Magic instruction from Ghost Rider.

• Andrew placed a Feather Mark in Blair that let her summon Angel Armor and study Angel Magic, while also counteracting the angel rule inside her.
• Blair briefly activated Angel Armor, then weakened and collapsed into Andrew's arms when its power drained her.
• Blair spent the afternoon with Andrew, and Rat Catcher later told Ashley about it.
• Ashley grew jealous after Blair told her about the Angel Armor, and her anger activated the brand in her Magic Chain.
• Ashley met Ghost Rider inside a fiery world, where he promised to teach her Flame Magic and how to turn her anger into Wrathful Fire.

Andrew created Ten-Tails to absorb chaos and chaos factors, then tested it and planted it in major cities around the world. As it began easing the chaos, the Lord of Chaos noticed the interference and contacted Chthon.

• Ashley eagerly began learning how to infuse Holy Light with emotion from Ghost Rider, hoping to grow strong enough to restrain Andrew.
• Andrew revealed Ten-Tails and its Eye of Chaos, which made Tony lose control until Ten-Tails removed the chaos from him.
• Andrew explained that Ten-Tails would absorb chaos and eventually produce Tailed Beasts for Skyfathers to control, while Tony warned about the risks and agreed to oversee experiments on ability users.
• Tony's experiments showed that Ten-Tails could absorb ability users' chaos factors, but the process harmed them; those who had them removed seemed less irritable, though further observation was needed.
• Andrew divided Ten-Tails and planted it in major cities worldwide, where it began absorbing chaos and gradually eased the world's oppressive atmosphere.
• The Lord of Chaos detected that the chaos factors and the world's chaos were being suppressed, and told Chthon that the Mechanical Demon King was interfering.