Chapter Summaries

Andrew persuaded the Sea Goddess to let him help resurrect her and fight the Monster Legion, while assuring her that he could handle the Six Great Powers. After learning how they killed her and discovering her vulnerability to ultraviolet rays, he set out with her to find her divine remains, keeping his revised plan secret.

• Andrew introduced himself as the King of Abilities and showed the Sea Goddess that New York and Detroit had been liberated.
• The Sea Goddess showed Andrew how she had helped Miami defeat the Monster Legion, then explained that the Six Great Powers had killed her by ambushing her with concentrated ultraviolet rays.
• Andrew demonstrated that he could produce ultraviolet rays, alarming the Sea Goddess, and joked that her shell and pearls could protect him or become powerful bombs.
• Andrew asked where to find the nearest piece of her body and described his original plan to make her remains reunite during a conflict with the Six Great Powers.
• The Sea Goddess asked Andrew to avoid provoking a battle that would endanger her followers, and he said he had devised a better plan but would reveal it later.

Andrew secretly revived the Sea Goddess by creating and datafying a replacement for her head, while keeping her original Divine Body in place. He planned to repeat the process for her six remaining body parts, leaving the Six Great Powers unaware that her old body would eventually fail them.

• The Sea Goddess led Andrew to the Duke Group’s underwater base, where her head was being held.
• Andrew entered the base unseen and phased into the sealed Seawater Chamber without alerting its guards.
• Andrew extracted the Sea Goddess’s Divine Power and used a strand of her hair to create a replacement head.
• Andrew summoned a Data Stream that transformed the new head and the Sea Goddess’s soul, deepening her understanding of the Power of Rules.
• The new head absorbed most of the original head’s Divine Power, and Andrew returned the revived Sea Goddess to her Pearl for safekeeping.
• Andrew explained that he would replicate her remaining six body parts while leaving the originals in place, so the Six Great Powers would not detect his plan.

Andrew and the Sea Goddess traveled to the Coastline Rescue Team’s undersea base to recover another fragment of her Divine Body. They found the base heavily guarded, and the Sea Goddess recognized the guards as Rick’s personal protectors as Andrew headed inside.

• Andrew dismissed the Sea Goddess’s suggestion to spar and led her toward the next fragment’s location.
• The Sea Goddess explained that she had trusted the Coastline Rescue Team because they were passionate and helped ordinary people, but they had ultimately attacked her too.
• Andrew noted that the Coastline Rescue Team’s small, rudimentary base had many powerful guards protecting the Seawater Chamber.
• The Sea Goddess recognized the guards as Rick’s personal guards and warned Andrew that Rick, the team’s leader, was likely present.
• Andrew ignored the Sea Goddess’s warnings and walked toward the Seawater Chamber to investigate.

Andrew let the King of Negativity’s ring attach to the Sea Goddess’s Left Hand, secretly merged his power with her divine power, and prevented the King from sensing his actions. As he replicated her hand, Andrew told the Sea Goddess that the King of Negativity had summoned the Monster Legion and caused the End Times.

• Andrew put Rick into an illusion and slowed his perception of time while the ring approached the Sea Goddess’s Left Hand.
• Andrew let the ring merge with the Sea Goddess’s finger and secretly blended his power of ability with her divine power.
• The King of Negativity tried to corrupt the Sea Goddess’s divine power, but his corruption failed and her power began corrupting him in return.
• Andrew sealed the King of Negativity’s perceptions, then extracted the Sea Goddess’s divine power and a drop of her blood to replicate her Left Hand.
• The Sea Goddess questioned Andrew about the ring and his power, and Andrew explained that the King of Negativity had summoned the Monster Legion and caused the End Times.

Andrew explained the King of Negativity’s plan to corrupt the Sea Goddess and helped her begin reviving in a new left hand. Meanwhile, the leader of the Official Powers activated the Black Gold Ring and became a fanatic believer of the Great Demon God.

• Andrew told the Sea Goddess that the King of Negativity had tampered with her left hand to turn her into a Negative Being, and she thanked him for stopping the corruption.
• Andrew explained that Compound V Big Trees could prevent Monsters from spawning and recalled creating two safe zones from the Iron Great Tree’s wood.
• Andrew sent the Sea Goddess’ soul into the completed prototype left hand, where she absorbed Power of Rules from the Data Stream.
• Andrew wondered whether Chthon had corrupted the Sea Goddess’ remaining body and considered the threat of the Great Demon God behind him.
• The leader of the Official Powers deciphered the Black Gold Ring’s pattern, summoned its power, and pledged himself to the Great Demon God.

Chthon planned to bring the Military Leader and the Sea Goddess under the Great Demon God's control, while Andrew secretly removed the Sea Goddess's Left Hand. The King of Negativity exploited a flaw in its defenses and began corrupting it with Resentment Aura.

• Chthon had the Official Leader arrange a meeting with the Military Leader at The Citadel and prepare to control the right hand held by the Official Powers.
• Andrew sealed the Sea Goddess's Left Hand, stored it away, and left the Seawater Chamber after dispelling his Illusion on Rick and the King of Negativity.
• Rick believed the Sea Goddess's Left Hand was still present and hoped to gain complete control of it.
• The King of Negativity found a flaw Andrew had deliberately left in the hand's defenses, broke through, and took control of it.
• The King of Negativity began infusing the Sea Goddess's Left Hand with Resentment Aura to make her negative.

Andrew used the Sea Goddess’s left hand as bait while the King of Negativity tried to corrupt it, then rushed to investigate her right hand after sensing that it was being corrupted too. He identified Chthon as the force behind the Official Leader and began explaining why the Mechanical God had not acted against the Monster Legion.

• The Sea Goddess told Andrew that Negative Aura was corroding her left hand, but her limited resentment made the process slow.
• Andrew explained that he was using her left hand to trap the King of Negativity and argued that scheming could prevent innocent deaths.
• The Sea Goddess sensed that her right hand was also being corrupted, and Andrew hurried toward its location.
• Andrew found the Official Powers’ concealed defensive zone and learned that the Sea Goddess had absorbed her right hand’s memories.
• The Sea Goddess sensed a terrifying evil presence controlling the Official Leader, and Andrew identified it as the Great Demon God.
• Andrew questioned why the Mechanical God had not fought the Monster Legion and said it had instead created a system for humanity to save itself.

Andrew explained that Chthon was trying to corrupt the Sea Goddess’s Right Hand for the Great Demon God, then entered Miami’s defensive zone to observe the Official Leader. The Sea Goddess urged Andrew to stop Chthon before he could exploit the Official Leader’s position to endanger Miami.

• Andrew told the Sea Goddess that Chthon was targeting her Right Hand to turn her into a believer of the Great Demon God.
• The Sea Goddess offered to worship the Mechanical God, but Andrew said saving and strengthening humanity was the best way to help him.
• Andrew passed through the Defensive Shield and found Chthon controlling the Official Leader as he tried to corrupt the Sea Goddess’s Right Hand.
• Chthon arranged for the Official Leader to notify the Military Leader and planned to control him next.
• Andrew recognized Chthon but hesitated to intervene because it could ruin his planned show, while the Sea Goddess warned that Chthon could use the Official Leader to threaten Miami.

Andrew manipulated a messenger to arrange a meeting with General Ross so he could control the Military Leader, then prepared to reclaim the Sea Goddess’s corrupted right hand. He created a fake Sea Goddess soul from her Soul Power, leaving the Official Leader’s fate unresolved.

• Andrew trapped the messenger in an Illusion Realm and made him believe he had delivered a message postponing the meeting with the Military Leader.
• Andrew told the Sea Goddess he planned to control General Ross and use him to protect civilians and oppose Chthon, while she warned that Ross was powerful and possessed her torso.
• The Sea Goddess urged Andrew to rescue the Official Leader, but Andrew said the Official Leader’s deep Soul Brand could not be cured and that he would have to die.
• Andrew extracted the Sea Goddess’s Soul Power from the Pearl and shaped it into a fake Sea Goddess soul.

Andrew helped the Sea Goddess regain control of her Right Hand and lured Chthon into her Ocean Illusion Realm while he extracted the hand’s blood and divine power. Chthon discovered the Sea Goddess’s soul in the illusion and proclaimed the Great Demon God’s supremacy.

• Andrew put the Sea Goddess’s consciousness into the Imitation Body, then secretly moved her soul into the Defensive Shield.
• Andrew triggered an underwater volcano eruption, distracting the Official Leader and giving the Sea Goddess a chance to return to her Right Hand.
• At Andrew’s instruction, the Sea Goddess resisted the Official Leader and drew his consciousness into her strengthened Ocean Illusion Realm, where Chthon followed.
• Andrew concealed himself and extracted blood and divine power from the Sea Goddess’s Right Hand to create a rudimentary replacement.
• Chthon saw the Sea Goddess’s soul and celebrated, while the Official Leader admitted he would attack her again for the potential gains.
• Chthon appeared before the Sea Goddess and declared the Great Demon God the universe’s true master.

The Sea Goddess confronted Chthon and the Official Leader in the Illusion Realm while Andrew used the fight as part of a plan to deceive them. Chthon’s Resentment had already infected the Sea Goddess, and Andrew revealed that Chthon needed to win for their arrangements to work.

• The Sea Goddess rejected Chthon’s invitation to worship the Great Demon God and urged the Official Leader to regain himself, but he refused.
• The Sea Goddess agreed to fight Chthon while Andrew explained that alternating combat and conversation would keep Chthon from suspecting his plan.
• Chthon attacked with Resentment Bugs as the Official Leader launched Ice Spikes, and the Sea Goddess deflected both attacks with seawater.
• Chthon revealed that Resentment had been eroding the Sea Goddess since their first meeting, and the black mist began gnawing at her soul.
• Andrew told the Sea Goddess that he needed Chthon to win the Illusion Realm battle, but she warned that her defeat could expose his arrangements.

Andrew urged Sea Goddess to hold Chthon in the Ocean Illusion Realm while he completed his plans outside. Sea Goddess awakened the Light of Life and fought Chthon’s Resentment to a stalemate, leaving Andrew’s delay plan on track.

• Andrew explained that the Illusion Realm and reality had a one-to-one time ratio, then promised to teach Sea Goddess an ability to counter the Resentment.
• Chthon’s Resentment overwhelmed Sea Goddess as Official Leader watched, but Sea Goddess awakened the Light of Life and soothed the Resentment.
• Chthon corrupted the ocean and intensified his assault, while Sea Goddess vowed to fulfill her duty and kept the Light of Life shining.
• Sea Goddess and Chthon battled across the ocean in a fierce stalemate, and Andrew was satisfied that she was buying him time.

Andrew replicated the Sea Goddess's right hand and Celestial Brand while her resolve strengthened her power against Chthon. He arranged for her Illusion Realm counterpart to disappear so Chthon and the Official Leader would believe she had escaped.

• Andrew placed the Sea Goddess's soul into a replicated prototype of her right hand, which absorbed Divine Power, Power of Rules, and insights that strengthened her Light of Life.
• The Sea Goddess asked Andrew to steal the Celestial Brand from her right hand, and he transferred it to the replica.
• Andrew replicated the Brand's Rule Ability into the original God's Right Hand, explaining that the copy could be used only once and would cause Loss of Control and backlash.
• Andrew returned the Sea Goddess's soul to the Pearl and planned for her Illusion Realm counterpart to burn herself up and disappear, making Chthon and the Official Leader think she had escaped.
• The Sea Goddess apologized after Andrew claimed he was willing to bear insults and infamy to protect the world, while Andrew privately wondered at her kindness.

The Sea Goddess escaped Chthon by burning her soul and Divine Power, then secretly left the base with Andrew. Andrew rejected her plan to warn the other factions and took her toward The Citadel to subdue them before Chthon and the Official Leader could destroy Miami.

• The Sea Goddess forcibly ended the Illusion Realm, then burned her soul and Divine Power to escape Chthon’s grasp.
• Chthon realized the Sea Goddess had transferred herself into another remnant and planned to collect her remains before she awakened.
• Chthon accelerated the erosion of the Sea Goddess’s right hand while the Official Leader prepared to meet the Military Leader.
• Andrew and the Sea Goddess’s soul quietly left the base without Chthon’s knowledge.
• Andrew argued that the other factions would not trust the Sea Goddess and proposed subduing them one by one.
• Andrew flew with the Sea Goddess toward The Citadel to gather allies against Chthon and the Official Powers.

Andrew brought the Sea Goddess’s soul into The Citadel to observe a meeting between General Ross and the Official Leader, bypassing the conference room’s Divine Power shield. Inside, the Sea Goddess identified General Ross, King Kong, and his secretary Scorpion, while Andrew took an interest in their Abilities.

• Andrew brought the Sea Goddess’s soul into The Citadel and headed unseen toward the heavily guarded conference room.
• The Sea Goddess offered to help Andrew pass through the room’s Defensive Shield, but Andrew imitated her Divine Power and entered without her assistance.
• Andrew found General Ross, King Kong, and a woman the Sea Goddess identified as Scorpion inside the conference room.
• The Sea Goddess explained that King Kong could turn his body into metal and that General Ross could transform into and absorb seawater.
• The Sea Goddess revealed that General Ross had injured her with his Ability and was Miami’s strongest and most cunning person.

Andrew used an Illusion to confront General Ross, Scorpion, and Kong, while Sea Goddess warned them that Speaker had been controlled by Great Demon God and that Chthon threatened Miami. When they refused to trust Andrew, he challenged them and revealed his power over metal by flinging Kong into the sky.

• Andrew cast an Illusion that brought General Ross, Scorpion, and Kong to a grassland with him and Sea Goddess.
• Sea Goddess explained that Great Demon God had controlled Speaker and described the threat involving Chthon, but General Ross remained unconvinced.
• Andrew introduced himself as the King of Abilities and said he would subdue General Ross's group to help save Miami.
• Kong charged at Andrew after General Ross agreed to test him, while Sea Goddess stayed out of the fight.
• Andrew lifted Kong into the sky with his power over metal and revealed that some people called him Magneto.

Andrew challenged General Ross, Scorpion, and King Kong to attack him together after demonstrating his Magnetic Field Control and neutralizing Scorpion’s poison. He defeated King Kong and exposed and fatally wounded the invisible Scorpion, leaving General Ross to face him alone.

• Andrew stopped King Kong’s Metal Spikes and forced her into a crater, then challenged her, General Ross, and Scorpion to fight together.
• Andrew transformed the grassland into an ocean island and dismissed Scorpion’s attempt to poison him.
• King Kong charged Andrew while General Ross attacked with a hand of seawater and Scorpion turned invisible to ambush him.
• Andrew battered King Kong unconscious with a series of punches and aerial attacks.
• Andrew spotted Scorpion’s hiding place with his Lasers, pierced her chest, and ordered General Ross to use his full strength.

Andrew overwhelmed General Ross, who drew on the Sea Goddess’s stored divine power to keep fighting. After General Ross’s water sphere failed to trap Andrew, he claimed the Sea Goddess’s defenses made him invincible and sent more spheres at him.

• General Ross transformed into a Sea Giant and attacked Andrew, but Andrew pierced him with a needle-like form and blasted him with lightning, leaving him alive only because he used the Sea Goddess’s divine power.
• General Ross crushed a crystal containing the Sea Goddess’s power, amplified his strength, and sent an enormous sphere of water surging toward Andrew.
• Andrew used his lightning-fast movement to appear beside General Ross and punch him into the sea, but General Ross surfaced and claimed the Sea Goddess’s defenses made him invincible.
• Andrew declared that every defense could be broken, and General Ross summoned multiple water spheres and hurled most of them at Andrew.

Andrew defeated General Ross with a lightning attack that pierced both his Divine Power Barrier and his soul, then challenged the Sea Goddess to prove he could defeat a god. The Sea Goddess and the other leaders doubted he could win as Andrew restored them and prepared to fight her.

• Andrew twisted space to redirect General Ross's water spheres, then pierced his Divine Power Barrier and body with a Lightning Needle.
• General Ross fell toward the sea as his Divine Power collapsed, and the Sea Goddess demanded to know how Andrew had defeated him.
• Andrew challenged the Sea Goddess to a fight in the Illusion Realm, hoping to subdue her and win her love.
• Andrew revived General Ross, King Kong, and Scorpion, who said they would submit if he defeated the Sea Goddess, though they doubted he could.
• Andrew returned the island to normal, released the Sea Goddess's hands and head, and drew her soul back into her head.

Andrew restored Sea Goddess’s body in the Illusion Realm and challenged her to prove that humans could defeat gods. As Sea Goddess’s God’s Blessing repelled his attacks, General Ross, Scorpion, and Kong saw a chance to use her against Andrew.

• Andrew used Illusion to restore Sea Goddess’s body after her soul entered her head.
• Sea Goddess agreed to fight Andrew, and he taunted her for acting arrogantly.
• Sea Goddess raised towering waves and attacked Andrew, who froze the water and used ice shards to strike at her.
• God’s Blessing absorbed and rebounded Andrew’s blow, leaving Sea Goddess unharmed.
• Sea Goddess explained that God’s Blessing could not protect her when she was dismembered because she had revealed her weakness.
• General Ross, Scorpion, and Kong discussed using Sea Goddess to eliminate Andrew, whom they considered a threat.