Chapter Summaries

Andrew told the Iron Great Tree that he had written the world's script, then accepted the Iron Great Tree's challenge to spar. Andrew toyed with him throughout the fight and revealed that the apparent Light Barrier was an Otherworldly God whose energy the Iron Great Tree had unknowingly restored.

• Andrew asked whether the Iron Great Tree was still loyal, and the Iron Great Tree activated the Ring Fortress and challenged him to a spar.
• The Iron Great Tree's cannons and steel branches failed to hit Andrew, who struck him and offered to fight in a tangible body.
• The Iron Great Tree and the fortress's robots fired Energy Beams at Andrew, whose Light Barrier absorbed every attack.
• Andrew pulled the Steel Hearts from the robots, then stopped the Iron Great Tree's attacks by revealing that the Light Barrier had not reached its limit.
• Andrew transformed the orb into an Otherworldly God and explained that the Iron Great Tree had replenished its energy for him.

Andrew defeated the Iron Great Tree, revealed that his magnetic-field and space abilities had overwhelmed its defenses, and asked it about its history in the Secret Realm. The Iron Great Tree explained its role as the game’s Villain BOSS, and Andrew ended by asking whether it had created the monsters outside.

• Andrew summoned the Energy God and persuaded the Iron Great Tree to concede, as it recognized that he had held back his true power.
• Andrew used his Control Magnetic Field ability to shatter the Iron Great Tree’s countermeasures and lift it helplessly into the air.
• Andrew explained that the Iron Great Tree’s attacks had missed because it had only been striking his projection, created by his Transcendence ability.
• The Iron Great Tree recounted waking in the Secret Realm with its strength suppressed, cautiously testing its power, and building mechanical creatures and a fortress.
• The Iron Great Tree explained that it could command its subordinates but could not control the game’s rules, and that after its entrance it could command the iron monsters and move the fortress.
• Andrew asked the Iron Great Tree whether it had created the monsters outside the Secret Realm.

Andrew explained that Iron Great Tree and its robots had become part of the Secret Realm’s game, then enlisted it to infiltrate Chthon’s group and help them escape. While Chthon and the others strengthened their defenses and prepared a way to flee, Andrew collected treasures and sent subdued monsters toward their territory.

• Iron Great Tree told Andrew that the Secret Realm had turned its robots into monsters, and Andrew explained why they had been requisitioned as game content.
• Iron Great Tree proposed exploiting an opening to destroy Crystal and drive Chthon’s group out, but Andrew said he wanted it to join them undercover.
• Andrew showed Iron Great Tree weak points in space so it could contact King of Negativity, and instructed it to gain Chthon’s trust while secretly remaining loyal to him.
• Andrew restored the damaged area as an illusion, returned the metal Hearts to the robots, and warned Iron Great Tree not to let Chthon’s group enter Small Space.
• Andrew left Small Space, drained the Moon Well, sought Wisdom Stone, and collected treasures while subduing monsters to send near Chthon’s territory.
• Chthon and his allies reinforced their defenses and arranged to detonate Crystal if necessary so they could escape the Secret Realm.

Chthon and the others located the Iron Great Tree trapped in a Small Space and began weakening its boundary to rescue him. The Iron Great Tree agreed to cooperate but refused to recognize King of Negativity as their leader, while the group feared the King of Abilities would attack before they could open a Space Channel.

• King of Negativity sensed the Iron Great Tree, and the group combined their energy to help him locate the Small Space's weak point.
• Demon began burning the Spatial Weak Point with Demon Fire while the others supplied energy, allowing the Iron Great Tree to communicate through the Group Chat.
• The Iron Great Tree agreed to cooperate but bluntly refused to accept King of Negativity as his leader and warned that the King of Abilities was preparing to attack.
• Chthon learned that the Iron Great Tree could control the monsters, Robots, and Mechanical Animals once freed, and proposed rescuing him before confronting the King of Abilities.
• Demon estimated that opening a Space Channel would take ten minutes with everyone's help, then worried that Chthon's remark had jinxed them and the King of Abilities would arrive.

Chthon’s group tried to hold off King of Abilities while Demon continued breaking the Spatial Weak Point, but Andrew appeared and struck Demon with a Hammer Handle. Demon’s body began to disintegrate under the lightning as Andrew retreated from a spatial attack.

• Chthon ordered Iron Great Tree’s Robots and Mechanical Animals to attack King of Abilities’ territory while the group held their position for three minutes.
• King of Abilities arrived with a herd of monstrous beasts, which joined the ninth wave in attacking Multi-armed Commander and King of Negativity’s Followers.
• King of Abilities unleashed lightning, and Chthon used Rune Woman’s runes and a Divine Power Crystal to keep the Rune Wall from collapsing.
• A Hammer Handle’s silver light narrowly missed Demon after Death’s Black expert twisted space, and King of Negativity’s Communication Bird knocked it away.
• Andrew appeared with a second Hammer Handle and stabbed Demon in the heart, unleashing lightning that began destroying Demon’s body.
• Twisted Black Man distorted the space where Andrew had stood, forcing Andrew to retreat.

Andrew fought Chthon’s allies but failed to stop the Demon Fire from opening a Space Channel, allowing Iron Great Tree to escape into Chthon’s territory. Iron Great Tree secretly remained loyal to Andrew and accepted Chthon’s runes after Andrew assured him they could not corrupt him.

• Death saved Demon, who recovered at a reduced size, while Chthon spent another Divine Power Crystal to strengthen the Demon Fire and his allies attacked Andrew.
• Andrew defeated Twisted Black Man and drove Strong Black Man and another Black expert away, then tried to destroy the Demon Fire with a steel Greatsword.
• Death used Twisted Black Man’s body to ambush Andrew, buying enough time for the Space Channel to open and Iron Great Tree to escape through it with robots.
• Chthon and his allies celebrated their apparent victory, while Iron Great Tree recognized that Andrew had deliberately allowed his escape.
• Andrew used Magnetism to pull Iron Great Tree toward him, but Chthon sent runes to help him resist and privately offered him support in becoming the Compound V Big Tree Boss.
• Iron Great Tree asked Andrew whether Chthon had tampered with the runes, and Andrew told him to accept them because he had already arranged protection against their effects.

Andrew fought off Chthon and the Losers Alliance while secretly trying to make the Iron Great Tree’s treachery convincing. After Andrew’s lightning badly wounded the Iron Great Tree, Chthon called in the Multi-armed Commander and ordered everyone to commit to an all-out attack.

• Chthon used runes to plant a trace of his power in the Iron Great Tree, then ordered him to summon the Mechanical Monsters and keep other forces occupied.
• Andrew vanished from the battlefield and unleashed a powerful lightning strike from the clouds, shattering Chthon’s defenses and piercing the Iron Great Tree.
• Chthon used a Divine Power Crystal to stop Thor’s Hammer Handle from penetrating further, but Andrew removed the runes and pulled the Iron Great Tree toward him.
• The Multi-armed Commander and ten Negative Believers restrained and attacked Andrew, but Andrew broke free by turning into a tornado of wind blades.
• Chthon ordered the fighters to swallow their Negative Crystals and surround Andrew, while the King of Negativity questioned why they were escalating so soon.

Chthon persuaded the King of Negativity and their allies to commit to an all-out assault on Andrew, but Andrew’s control over the Iron Monsters and his berserk-beast crystal disrupted their plans. As the attackers prepared their remaining trump cards to kill Andrew before Harley Quinn arrived, the Iron Great Tree revealed a plan to fire exploding robot energy cores at him.

• Chthon convinced the King of Negativity to order his forces to use Negative Crystals and urged Demon to absorb a Divine Power Crystal, leaving Demon in agony as his strength surged.
• Demon attacked Andrew with a giant claw, while Andrew countered with thunderbolts and used magnetic control to hurl the Iron Monsters into the opposing forces before the Iron Great Tree could make them self-destruct.
• Andrew threw a blue crystal among the beasts, driving them berserk; Chthon sent Negative Believers to hold them back, weakening the force fighting Andrew.
• Death warned Chthon that Harley Quinn’s reinforcements might arrive soon and suggested using Demon in a suicide attack; Chthon also told Death to use his Water of Death on the headless Twisted Black Man.
• Chthon persuaded the King of Negativity to use the Communication Bird as an explosive and asked the Iron Great Tree for its hidden trump card.
• The Iron Great Tree revealed that it could overload the energy cores of the Citadel Robots inside its body and fire them at Andrew to cause severe damage.

Chthon arranged for Demon and their allies to combine their Trump Cards to kill Andrew, the King of Abilities. Andrew suddenly self-destructed, devastating the battlefield, but Chthon and the Iron Great Tree were left unsure whether he had truly died.

• Chthon persuaded Demon to risk his avatar in exchange for thirty percent of Chthon's gains, and they signed a Contract.
• The King of Negativity's followers transferred their Negative Power to the Multi-armed Commander, who restrained Andrew while the others prepared their attacks.
• The Communication Bird, the Iron Great Tree, Twisted Black Man, and the Multi-armed Commander attacked Andrew as Demon closed in.
• Andrew suddenly self-destructed, killing Demon, the Multi-armed Commander and his followers, Twisted Black Man, and the two Black Hand experts.
• The Iron Great Tree and Chthon's Rune Woman survived, and Chthon and the Iron Great Tree wondered whether Andrew was truly dead.

Andrew defeated Chthon’s group in the Secret Realm but allowed the Iron Great Tree to escape. The Iron Great Tree chose to join Death, while Chthon and the King of Negativity planned to rebuild their strength and prepare for another clash with Andrew.

• Chthon used the Secret Realm’s expulsion to escape with the Iron Great Tree, but Andrew held it back with Magnetism until Chthon forced it into the Space Channel.
• Andrew wiped out Chthon’s group while letting the Iron Great Tree escape, and the Iron Great Tree decided it would rather follow Andrew than the King of Negativity.
• The Iron Great Tree rejected Chthon’s and the King of Negativity’s offers and flew to Africa to join Death, who promised to help it recover and build its forces.
• Chthon planned to send an avatar to find The Intermediary and urged the King of Negativity to recruit human Ability Users and weaken humanity.
• Death and the King of Negativity agreed to cooperate, and Chthon encouraged the group to prepare for another attempt to kill Andrew.

Andrew defeated Chthon and the King of Negativity’s followers, then recruited monsters and left Harley to train her forces while he searched the Secret Realm for treasures. In Hell, Ghost Rider offered Demon a chance to surrender, but Demon demanded a Small World and a guaranteed reward, leaving the negotiation unresolved.

• Andrew killed the King of Negativity’s remaining followers, restored the monsters’ senses with a Yellow Crystal, and persuaded them to fight for humanity outside the Secret Realm.
• Andrew returned to Harley’s territory, told her that Chthon and the others had been defeated, and let her continue training the Ability Users while he searched the Wilds.
• The Robot and Mechanical Animal Crystals were destroyed, leaving Harley to face three times as many Iron Monsters as Andrew continued gathering treasures and subduing monsters.
• Demon learned that his avatar had died and worried that Chthon’s forces might lose, while Ghost Rider contacted him through his Sea of Consciousness.
• Ghost Rider offered Demon a chance to surrender in exchange for a life and the position of Lord of Hell, but Demon demanded to become a World Lord and receive a guaranteed Small World.
• Ghost Rider refused the minimum guarantee and said his offer would remain open only until the final battle began, leaving Demon dissatisfied and undecided.

Harley and her team survived the twentieth wave of Iron Monsters and cleared the Tower Defense Game after Andrew revealed that he had already killed the BOSS. They received Ability Rain and an Iron Legion, leaving Harley with a stronger force for the future.

• The Demon decided to prove his worth to the Mechanical Demon King, while the Mechanical Demon King expected the Demon’s new motives to hurt the Losers Alliance.
• Harley and the Ability Users fought through the twentieth wave of Iron Monsters, and the exhausted survivors accepted her as their Commander.
• The mechanical voice announced the final BOSS, but Andrew appeared and joked that he was the BOSS before revealing he had killed the real one.
• The Tower Defense Game awarded the team Ability Rain, which Andrew divided among everyone except himself.
• The team received one hundred Iron Soldiers, who saluted Harley and awaited her orders.

Andrew claimed the Tower Defense Game rewards, returned to Detroit, and planned a safe zone and a teleportation gate linking it with New York. Meanwhile, Chthon found The Intermediary and Wade watching strangers, then warned The Intermediary that Wade worked for the Mechanical Demon King.

• Andrew received the Iron Legion and Thor's Hammer Shards, which fused with his hammer handle after he claimed the hammer had already acknowledged him.
• The game expelled Andrew, the Ability Users, his Iron Statue, and the Monsters from the Secret Realm, and Andrew distributed the Monsters as pets or mounts.
• Andrew asked Harley to coordinate with New York and explained that pieces of the Iron Great Tree could form a safe zone; Harley proposed an Inner City and Outer City for Detroit.
• Andrew began constructing a safe area and a Permanent Teleportation Gate between Detroit and New York using Energy Stones and Space Stones.
• Chthon followed the Communication Bird to The Intermediary and found him and Wade peeping through a window; Chthon warned The Intermediary that Wade worked for the Mechanical Demon King.

The Intermediary told Chthon that the Mechanical Demon King’s Script described the world’s future, but refused to hand it over so he could observe whether events followed it. He revealed that the King of Abilities would soon go to Miami, where a goddess’s murder had given rise to six ruling God Families.

• Wade joked with The Intermediary, while Chthon pulled him aside to ask about the Detroit Secret Realm.
• The Intermediary explained that the Mechanical Demon King had given him a Script of the world, which described a protagonist reclaiming New York and visiting the Detroit Secret Realm.
• Chthon asked to see the Script, but The Intermediary refused because sharing it could disrupt his observations; he promised to provide details about future events instead.
• The Intermediary told Chthon that the Script’s New York plot had already been overtaken by events, and that the next major event would take place in Miami.
• The Intermediary described how a kind goddess helped Miami’s people before six factions ambushed her and used parts of her body to defeat the Monster Legion and establish the God Families.
• The Intermediary said the protagonist would later join the Resistance, overthrow the six God Families, and restore peace to Miami.

The Intermediary shared the Miami plot with Chthon, then explained to Wade that he wanted to test whether the Script matched reality and create a new world through a promoted superhero fan novel. Andrew monitored the plan and prepared for the Intermediary, whose actions surprised him with their calmness.

• Chthon learned that King of Abilities would soon go to Miami and left to prepare for a fight with Andrew.
• The Intermediary told Wade he had withheld the full Script from Chthon so he could observe whether the plot changed without outside interference.
• The Intermediary considered collaborating with Mechanical Demon King to create a Fantasy World by publishing and promoting a superhero fan novel.
• Wade offered to write a novel of his own, while the Intermediary left to write and his main body acquired a promotional company.
• Andrew monitored the Intermediary and reflected that his plan was calmer and wiser than he had expected.

Andrew arranged for Detroit and New York to cooperate, delegated their affairs to Harley and Betty, and sent a clone to establish a safe zone in Detroit and travel to Miami. In Miami, Chthon assessed the city’s conflict over a dismembered goddess and called a meeting to plan how to seize control before the King of Abilities arrived.

• Harley and Betty formed an alliance between Detroit and New York, while Andrew arranged to bring rescued townspeople to the safe zone.
• Mary teased Andrew about his relationships, and he agreed to stay with her while sending a clone toward Miami and another to establish a safe zone.
• The chapter described how Miami’s goddess united the Gathering Place before the Six Great Powers attacked her, took parts of her body, and suppressed her followers.
• Chthon observed Miami’s despair and concluded that he needed to control the Six Great Powers, since he lacked time to recruit enough believers before the King of Abilities arrived.
• Chthon called the King of Negativity, Death, and the Iron Great Tree to a meeting, recounted The Intermediary’s refusal to hand over the Script, and urged them to focus on taking Miami.

Chthon and the Monster Legion’s leaders planned to subdue Miami’s Six Great Powers, revive the goddess, and assemble enough strength to kill the King of Abilities before he arrived. The chapter ended with their forces preparing to execute Chthon’s plan and Miami’s Negative Commander warning him about the goddess’s power.

• Chthon argued that reviving the goddess and recruiting the Six Great Powers could give them a chance to surround and kill the King of Abilities in Miami.
• The King of Negativity offered fifty elite followers and two Negative Commanders, while Chthon and Death each agreed to create a powerful avatar.
• Iron Great Tree promised to make one weapon capable of killing the King of Abilities if it hit him.
• Chthon described the Six Great Powers and proposed controlling their leaders through a treasure that would let him seize control of anyone who touched it.
• Chthon ordered the others to send their forces to Miami and begin preparations, and the King of Negativity dispatched a Communication Bird to command the Miami Negative Commander to obey him.
• The Negative Commander accepted the reinforcements and warned Chthon that the goddess’s remaining body parts were formidable.

The King of Negativity learned that the goddess was a powerful support and secretly created a Ring to corrupt her remnant body before Chthon could claim her. Its plan began working through the Coast Guard leader, while Chthon struggled to get his own Ring to the leader of the Official Powers.

• The King of Negativity asked the Negative Commanders for a way to claim the goddess, and Big Head Commander proposed secretly corrupting her remnant body with a treasure.
• The King of Negativity agreed to the plan and created a Ring, while Chthon independently created a Ring for his own scheme.
• With Big Head Commander's help, the King of Negativity lured the Coast Guard leader to a glowing Wooden Ring on the seabed.
• The Coast Guard leader put on the Ring, felt stronger, and concealed it from his subordinates as the King of Negativity waited for it to reach the goddess.
• Chthon found that the leader of the Official Powers was too busy and cautious for him to deliver his Ring.

Chthon arranged for the Official Leader to obtain a Black Gold Ring, which began corrupting him with the Great Demon God's Divine Power. Andrew secretly entered Miami Citadel and set out to claim the Sea Goddess's remains, beginning at the place where she had slept.

• Chthon arranged for the Official Leader's son to find a Black Gold Ring after a powerful boyfriend attacked him and his guards.
• The Official Leader took the Ring from his son, hid its existence, and began studying it, unaware that the Great Demon God's power was corrupting him.
• Andrew secretly entered Miami Citadel and recalled that the Sea Goddess had been betrayed and dismembered by the Six Great Powers.
• Andrew went to the Sea Goddess's Sleeping Quarters, bypassed its illusion formation, and entered the hidden room.
• Andrew stored the seashell bed, planning to use the Sea Goddess's lingering aura to locate her remains, and collected the decorative Pearls as well.

Andrew found the Sea Goddess's soul hiding in her pearls and explained how her kindness and the Six Great Powers' greed had led to her death. She asked him to resurrect her so she could protect her followers and take control of Miami, offering him her shell, pearls, and divine power in return.

• Andrew discovered the Sea Goddess's soul inside a pearl and deduced that she could not leave the pearls containing her divine power.
• The Sea Goddess learned that people had died while resisting the Six Great Powers after her death, and Andrew explained how her forgiving nature had encouraged her enemies to attack.
• Andrew told the Sea Goddess that the Six Great Powers had weakened and killed her to obtain her divine power, which she had revealed would remain in her body after death.
• The Sea Goddess asked Andrew to resurrect her so she could protect her followers and become Miami's city lord, then step down after defeating the Monster Legion.
• The Sea Goddess offered Andrew her shell, pearls, and a portion of her divine power if he helped resurrect her.