Chapter Summaries

Set secretly left a World Imprint in the Reality World, then helped plunge the Beastman Empire into chaos while blocking communications to hinder Barbara and Kara. As Barbara struggled to contain sabotage in the border city, Andrew urged her to use the Mythical Gem for more than fighting.

• Set closed the Space Rift after Black Dragon and the others emerged, secretly transferring a grain of sand marked with a World Imprint to the Reality World.
• Set told Black Dragon that Chthon planned to use the Doomsday Gene again, then asked him to turn the Beastmen into followers of the Great Demon God; Black Dragon refused and suggested the Followers of Death and Negative Commanders handle it.
• Set blocked the networks and helped ignite Bloody Slaughter across much of the Beastman Empire, while using the resulting chaos to weaken Barbara's border city and delay Kara's reinforcements.
• Barbara complained to Mr. Wang that sabotage had worn down her forces and damaged the city's defenses, including a fire at the granaries.
• Andrew told Barbara that the Mythical Gem's power had grown and urged her to develop it for purposes beyond fighting.

Andrew explained how Barbara could identify hostile people in the city and revealed that Kara had used an emotion-sharing ability to rally humans against the crisis. With reinforcements already teleporting in, Andrew said Kara would step down after the battle and return to being a superhero—and date him.

• Andrew told Barbara that a god's power could reveal anyone with hostile intent through a green glow above their head.
• Barbara asked for information on the Corpseman Empire and the Beastman Empire, but Andrew said people would not believe how extreme their actions had been.
• Andrew explained that Kara was bringing every available combat force to the city through teleportation, while prisoners supplied energy.
• Barbara questioned how Kara had persuaded people who opposed an alliance with the Beastmen, and Andrew admitted he had tricked Kara into using an ability that shared her anxiety and love for humanity.
• Andrew told Barbara that Kara would resign after the battle and return to superhero work, then date him.

Barbara exposed and suppressed traitors in the border city while preparing for battle, and Kara and Andrew awaited Chthon and Set's forces. The enemy's elite army arrived with a plan to flood the city, and Barbara's defenders recognized the Corpse King among the approaching troops.

• Barbara used her mythological ability to expose traitors in the city, punished those preparing to act, and declared martial law.
• Andrew reassured Barbara that she only needed to hold out until the King of Abilities could enter the fight, while Kara remained eager to protect people.
• Chthon and Set brought elite Beastmen, Chthon's believers, Doomsday Zombies, and Negative Commanders toward the border city ahead of their slower forces.
• Poseidon told Chthon he had diverted groundwater, lake water, and river water beneath the city, ready to flood it on command.
• Chthon ordered Poseidon to release the flood and draw Barbara and Kara out while the others attacked the city and killed its Beastmen.
• Barbara's people prepared for battle as the enemy army arrived, and they spotted Corpse People Clan members led by the Corpse King.

Barbara revealed that Set had conquered the Corpseman Empire and pledged the Beastman Empire to the Great Demon God, while the border city watched the warning on a live broadcast. Chthon ordered Poseidon to unleash a devastating flood, and Set demonstrated that he had found a way to resist Barbara’s Bloodline Suppression.

• Barbara told the border city and the live-broadcast audience that Set’s forces had conquered the Corpseman Empire and that the Beastman vanguard were frenzied victors of Bloody Slaughter.
• Barbara explained that Set had pledged himself and the Beastman Empire to the Great Demon God, prompting the defenders to prepare for a desperate last stand.
• Chthon ordered Poseidon to attack, and Poseidon caused a concealed underground flood to erupt beneath the border city, destroying buildings and killing Beastmen.
• Poseidon turned airborne water into countless arrows and rained them across the city, while Barbara led elders into the sky to stop him.
• Chthon, Set, the Iron Great Tree, and the Corpse King blocked Barbara, while the Black Dragon hid nearby to ambush her.
• Set resisted Barbara’s Bloodline Suppression and smugly claimed that he had prepared a perfect counter to her ability.

Set and Chthon launched their assault on Barbara and the flooded border city, while Chthon’s forces moved to overwhelm the defenders and gather souls for his altar. The battle began with Barbara holding off Chthon as the city’s weakened troops prepared to resist an invading army.

• Set confronted Barbara after she insulted him, and Barbara summoned divine powers to strengthen the Council of Elders and five generals.
• The elders attacked Set while the five generals fought the Iron Great Tree, and Barbara clashed with Chthon using her Mythical Gem to resist his corruption.
• Chthon ordered Poseidon and Corpse King to help the Iron Great Tree defeat the five generals, then sent his armies into the city to kill its inhabitants and feed souls to his altar.
• Barbara urged the surviving soldiers and beastmen to defend the city, while Chthon predicted their defeat and left the defenders and human spectators fearing the city would fall.

Kara arrived at the border city with five thousand Ability Users to ally with the Beastmen against Chthon’s Monster Army. She sent Poseidon flying with one punch, leaving Chthon’s planned breakthrough in doubt while Barbara questioned Andrew about Kara’s strength.

• People in a bar regretted that the Human Race had waited too long to join the Beastmen in fighting the Monsters.
• Kara led five thousand Ability Users into the border city, where Beastmen and humans cheered her arrival.
• Kara ordered the Human forces to support the Beastmen and led superheroes toward Barbara.
• Chthon ordered Poseidon to intercept Kara and the Corpse King to fight her superheroes, explaining that the Doomsdays, Black Dragon, and Altar could turn the battle in his favor.
• Poseidon charged Kara, but she knocked him into a huge pit with one punch.
• Barbara asked Andrew why he had given Kara so many benefits.

Andrew explained that Kara could withstand the Ability Gem’s power because she believed she could, while Barbara realized she could draw more power from her own gems. Kara then used borrowed Abilities to bind Poseidon with blood chains and continued attacking him, leaving him unable to transform into seawater.

• Andrew told Barbara that Kara had strengthened herself with the Ability Gem and could endure its power through her confidence.
• Barbara decided to hold back until everyone’s attention focused on Kara, then make her move.
• Kara attacked Poseidon with Heat Vision, but he scattered into seawater to evade it.
• Kara froze the seawater, then used blood control to form chains around Poseidon and struck him with a powerful punch.
• Kara dragged Poseidon back with the blood chains, and he discovered that he could no longer transform into seawater.

Kara’s Blood Chain suppressed Poseidon’s transformation, leaving him vulnerable as she battered him and turned Black Dragon’s attack against him. Chthon sent the Corpse King to rescue Poseidon and called on Death to prepare to descend as Kara continued to overwhelm their side.

• Kara used her Blood Chain to prevent Poseidon from transforming into seawater and repeatedly punched him while preparing a Fist of Destruction.
• Black Dragon tried to free Poseidon, but Kara redirected his Oblivion Beam into Poseidon and attacked Black Dragon with her growing hair.
• Kara used Twisted Eye, an Ability Andrew had selected for her, and a Black Hole formed around Poseidon as he struggled to escape.
• Chthon sent the Corpse King to rescue Poseidon, while Negative Commanders blocked the superheroes from pursuing.
• Chthon secretly asked Death to prepare to descend, and Death complained that he was calling her in too soon.

Chthon and Death discussed Kara’s newfound abilities and planned to ambush her, believing her power came from a Human Race treasure rather than Andrew’s presence. At Kara’s battlefield, the strengthened Corpse King attacked her while the Black Dragon escaped her hair and freed Poseidon from the Blood Chain.

• Death feared that Andrew had entered the Small World, but Chthon argued that Kara’s powers came from a Human Race treasure.
• Chthon ordered Death to prepare for their descent and ambush Kara, while warning Set, Poseidon, and the others to prepare escape routes.
• With the Negative Commander’s help, the Corpse King arrived at Kara’s battlefield and attacked her with Lasers.
• Kara countered the Corpse King’s Lasers with Heat Vision, overpowering them as the floodwater evaporated into steam.
• The Black Dragon escaped Kara’s golden hair, transformed into a Lightning Blade, and cut the Blood Chain binding Poseidon.

Kara fought off the Corpse King, Poseidon, and the Black Dragon while Andrew worked to gain control of the Small World. Chthon’s allies eventually suppressed Kara with a coordinated barrage, putting his plan back on track.

• The Black Dragon cut Kara’s Blood Chain with a Lightning Blade, and Poseidon escaped the Black Hole Beam by dispersing into seawater and reforming nearby.
• Andrew watched Poseidon survive and secretly pursued control of the Small World, believing he could meet the conditions without acting himself.
• Chthon ordered the Black Dragon and Poseidon to help the Corpse King hold Kara back while the other fighters finished their opponents.
• Poseidon formed an Earth Giant and attacked Kara, while the Corpse King raised a regenerating Bone Domain and the Black Dragon transformed into a Bone Dragon.
• Kara used spinning Heat Vision to destroy their attacks, but Poseidon, the Corpse King, and the Black Dragon overwhelmed her with a continuing barrage, leaving Chthon relieved that she was suppressed.

Barbara absorbed the Phantom Images of the gods and unleashed a powerful attack on Chthon, while Set trapped her in an Illusion Realm. The gods turned the trap against Set, and Andrew revealed that the King of Abilities had secretly empowered Barbara and Kara; Set then asked why the King had not acted himself.

• Barbara recalled the Phantom Images from the elders and generals, sent them to the border city, and survived the surge of divine power.
• Barbara attacked Chthon with her spatially empowered tail, but he transformed into black mist and tried to flee as the Iron Great Tree and Set rushed to help him.
• Barbara trapped Chthon's black mist in a Space Rift, while Set pulled her consciousness into an Illusion Realm and the Iron Great Tree attacked her.
• The gods appeared in the Illusion Realm, trapped Set, and let Barbara leave to pursue Chthon.
• Andrew revealed to Set that he had sent the King of Abilities into the Small World and that the King had empowered Barbara and Kara.
• Set asked Andrew why the King of Abilities had not acted personally instead of sending Barbara and Kara to fight.

Andrew instructed Set to protect Poseidon and the Iron Great Tree while making their escape, using a deal with King of Negativity as cover. Andrew also intended for Set to die with the White Eagle Statue and the Corpse Race Teeth, allowing him to secure both treasures; the two settled on a plausible reason for Set’s deal.

• Andrew told Set that he was destined to lose the war and ordered him to protect Poseidon and the Iron Great Tree so they could escape the Small World.
• Set objected that sacrificing himself for the two Compound V Big Trees would look suspicious and expose him as a Traitor.
• Andrew proposed that Set’s main body make a deal with King of Negativity, who would have reason to protect Poseidon and the Iron Great Tree.
• Set questioned why he would seek the deal when he could likely escape with the White Eagle Statue and the Corpse Race Teeth, which Andrew secretly wanted to obtain.
• Andrew suggested Set claim he was preparing for the next Scripted World, written by The Intermediary, where he would have a better chance against King of Abilities.
• Set agreed that the explanation could work, noting that he had heard about the next Scripted World from Death.

Andrew laid out a plan for Set to bargain with the King of Negativity by risking a loss in the Scripted World in exchange for placing some of his authority in a new world. Set agreed to try the deal while remaining trapped until his defeat, leaving Andrew's scheme dependent on whether the King of Negativity accepted.

• Andrew told Set that the Compound V Big Trees were doomed to lose the war and advised him to use that prospect as leverage with the King of Negativity.
• Andrew proposed that Set demand a strand of the King of Negativity's authority for the new Scripted World, with a bet requiring the King to place it there and fight the King of Abilities if Set lost.
• Set warned that the King of Negativity would resist separating his core authority, but Andrew told him to begin with that demand and offer the bet as a fallback.
• Andrew gave Set a mark to contact him and instructed him to remain trapped until the right moment to escape and negotiate.
• Set agreed to carry out Andrew's plan, which aimed to secure two clan treasures, save two Compound V Big Trees, and create a way to challenge the King of Negativity.

Barbara thwarted the Iron Great Tree’s attempt to rescue Chthon and killed Chthon’s current body, but Chthon used the Corpse King to revive. Chthon then began absorbing the remaining Doomsdays to become a Super Doomsday as his allies tried to hold Kara and Barbara off.

• Set failed to keep Barbara’s consciousness trapped, and Barbara tore apart the Iron Great Tree’s branches while it tried to protect Set and reach Chthon.
• Barbara distracted the Iron Great Tree with an attack on Set, then destroyed its branches that were helping Chthon escape the Space Rift.
• Chthon used the Substitute Rebirth Technique to revive inside the Corpse King, leaving the Corpse King dead.
• Chthon ordered Poseidon, the Black Dragon, the Iron Great Tree, and Death to delay Kara and Barbara while he prepared his Trump Card.
• Chthon drew the Doomsdays into his body and began evolving into a Super Doomsday to defeat Barbara.

Barbara disrupted Death and the Iron Great Tree’s attempt to give Chthon time to finish devouring Doomsday, but her feint let her tail ambush Poseidon. Poseidon barely survived in a weakened form, and Chthon urgently called on Set to save him.

• Barbara attacked Chthon, but Death froze her, the Phantom Images, and the surrounding area with Extreme Cold after drawing energy from the Iron Great Tree.
• Chthon continued devouring Doomsday while Death’s brief freeze gave him time to approach completing his transformation.
• Barbara secretly sent her tail through the Void to ambush Poseidon, shattering his Earth Giant form and nearly destroying him.
• Poseidon reassembled from fewer than a hundred droplets and cried for help as he flew toward Chthon and the others.
• Chthon called for Set to save Poseidon while Kara continued beating down the Black Dragon.

Set rescued Poseidon from Barbara, while Chthon absorbed the Doomsdays and grew stronger. Kara ambushed Chthon, and both sides fought to keep Barbara from joining the attack as Chthon’s allies tried to protect him.

• Set stopped Barbara from striking Poseidon and carried the injured Poseidon to safety.
• Chthon rejected Poseidon’s request to escape, insisting they still had a chance and promising Set could get them out if necessary.
• Barbara broke free from the ice after Chthon absorbed every Doomsday, leaving his power unstable.
• Kara ambushed Chthon with Heat Vision and Blood Chains while Barbara attacked him with her tail.
• Set, Iron Great Tree, and Death occupied Barbara, while Black Dragon reluctantly attacked Kara to protect Chthon.

Kara trapped the Black Dragon and attacked Chthon, who used the Regeneration Curse to make a second head grow on her. Set and the others took the curse as proof that their side was doomed and began planning to escape.

• Kara trapped the Black Dragon in a vast adhesive beam, then used fused abilities to bombard Chthon's Bone Giant with Heat Vision.
• Chthon raised a Bone Giant whose rapid regeneration kept pace with Kara's attacks as both sides tried to avoid a prolonged battle.
• Kara sent a figure made of her own blood into the Bone Giant to reach and seal Chthon, while Chthon drew Divine Power from the Altar and cast the Regeneration Curse on Kara.
• Set complained in the Group Chat that Chthon had used a Curse again, and Chthon defended his choice while evading Blood Kara inside the Bone Giant.
• Set told the Black Dragon, the Iron Great Tree, and palm-sized Poseidon to prepare to escape, and they agreed that Chthon's use of a Curse meant defeat.

Kara turned Chthon’s curse against him, sealing the Corpse King body’s healing ability and gaining the advantage in battle. Chthon rejected Kara’s belief in love as humanity’s strength as the fight continued.

• Poseidon and the Black Dragon worried about escaping, while Set promised he could get them out safely and told them to keep fighting.
• Kara’s second head began cooperating with her, and their combined Heat Vision destroyed the Ancient Bone Giant and killed Chthon’s blood figure.
• Blood Kara entered Chthon’s body and sealed the Corpse King body’s healing ability, leaving Chthon unable to rely on regeneration.
• Kara explained that love had let her reform and control the cursed head, while Andrew knew his power in the Ability Gem had suppressed the curse.
• Chthon dismissed Kara’s belief in love and insisted that intelligent beings were selfish.

Kara’s attacks left Chthon struggling, while Set negotiated with the King of Negativity over rescuing Black Dragon, Poseidon, and the Iron Great Tree. Set believed the Scripted World’s defeat was inevitable and demanded compensation for sacrificing his clone to save them.

• Kara called Chthon pitiful as she intensified her attacks, and Chthon struggled to dodge her Heat Vision after losing his Healing Ability.
• Set contacted the King of Negativity and offered to sacrifice his clone to help Black Dragon, Poseidon, and the Iron Great Tree escape in exchange for something.
• The King of Negativity objected that Set was extorting an ally, but recognized that Set was the only one who could safely rescue the three Compound V Big Trees.
• The King of Negativity argued that they had to keep fighting to prevent the King of Abilities from becoming a true Skyfather.
• Set said the Scripted World was doomed because the King of Abilities had the home-ground advantage, and he refused to keep investing in a war he believed they would lose.

Set persuaded the King of Negativity to make a conditional deal: if they lost the Doomsday World, the King of Negativity would personally invest a wisp of Negative Core Authority in the next Scripted World. The King of Negativity agreed, leaving Set to save Black Dragon and the others under the bargain.

• The King of Negativity challenged Set's decision to give up, warning that failure would let the King of Abilities become the true King of Abilities.
• Set argued that the next Scripted World would make them protagonists and give them a better chance to defeat the King of Abilities.
• The King of Negativity asked what Set wanted in exchange for saving Black Dragon and the others, and Set demanded a wisp of Negative Core Authority.
• The King of Negativity refused to let Set handle his core authority, so Set proposed that the King of Negativity personally invest it in the next Scripted World if they lost this one.
• The King of Negativity accepted Set's conditional deal, agreeing to invest the authority himself if they failed in the Doomsday World.