Chapter Summaries

Andrew entered the Sloth Demon King's dream and challenged her for her Fate and abilities, overpowering her despite her Sloth Domain and defensive relic. The Sloth Demon King tried to summon her ally, the Gluttony Demon King, but Andrew blocked the attempt.

• Andrew pulled the sleeping Sloth Demon King into a dream and demanded that she lend him her identity and abilities in exchange for surviving Hell's calamity.
• The Sloth Demon King rejected Andrew's offer, and they agreed that the winner of their fight would decide whether he could take her place.
• The Sloth Demon King slowed time with her Sloth Domain and attacked Andrew, but he countered her blows and overwhelmed her with Nuclear Energy Waves and twisted magic.
• The Sloth Demon King revealed that she had allied with the Gluttony Demon King, then tried to summon him into the dream to secure her victory.
• Andrew warped the Sloth Demon King's summoning magic and reversed the flow of her blood with a Time Magic Array as she tried to interfere.

Andrew defeated the Sloth Demon King, signed a contract with her, and replaced her with his avatar as Hell’s upheaval approached. Days later, his main body sealed the Space Channel between the Cyberpunk world and Hell, stopping the demons from appearing.

• Andrew used the Twisted Eye and Demon King Power to overwhelm the Sloth Demon King, who surrendered and negotiated a contract requiring him to return her Fate and abilities after a hundred years.
• Andrew’s avatar took the Sloth Demon King’s body, Fate, and identity, then met the Gluttony Demon King and agreed to help cultivate the Seven Deadly Sins ahead of Hell’s coming upheaval.
• The Sloth Demon King warned Andrew that the upheaval could bring danger to Earth as demons sought human souls, while Andrew said he would deal with the Three-tailed Demon King and the Losers Alliance.
• A few days later, Andrew descended upon the Cyberpunk world and sealed its Space Channel to Hell, after which the Mechanical Angel announced that the public was safe.

After the demon invasion ended, Andrew warned New York that the Demon King of Hell had set his sights on their world, while superheroes competed for public attention and officials cleaned up the aftermath. Three days later, the heroes in the Cyberpunk world gathered at the Angel Robot Company, where Motoko told Kyuu-sei that their friendship depended on whether he was still the person he used to be.

• Andrew sealed the Space Channel, returned the superheroes to New York, and announced that the disaster was over, but warned that the Demon King of Hell had targeted their world.
• Samuel told Jack to promote him, but Jack advised him to praise Andrew and avoid hostility toward the Director of S.W.O.R.D.
• Homelander and Samuel sought interviews while Soldier Boy rode the Mechanical Demon Eagle back to Vought International, drawing attention from the crowd.
• Andrew became the top headline as Soldier Boy, Homelander, and Samuel gained popularity, and their teams were named the Four Strong Teams Under the Bureau.
• After three days, Motoko, Batou, Kyuu-sei, and the other representatives met at the Angel Robot Company, where Motoko said she had accepted her soul and identity were unchanged.
• Motoko told Kyuu-sei they could still be friends if he was still the person he used to be.

Andrew assigned Section 9 and Kyuu-sei’s group to become superheroes, then launched a plan to replace brain chips and cybernetics across the world. As he gathered souls and the world’s favor, he continued expanding his influence across multiple worlds while his enemies prepared for the final contest.

• Andrew told Section 9 and Kyuu-sei’s group to train as superheroes and protect people in cities and countries.
• Andrew announced that Angel Robot Company would replace brain chips for free and offer advanced cybernetics to people who pledged allegiance to the Mechanical Angel.
• Motoko asked whether Andrew would threaten the world, and he assured her that he would not, after which the group accepted his plan.
• Angel Robot Company began replacing brain chips and cybernetics, with many people signing contracts while others paid for the upgrades.
• Andrew harvested souls and the world’s favor in the Cyberpunk world, expanded his influence in other worlds, and proceeded cautiously in the Van Helsing world to avoid provoking God and Demon.
• Andrew considered his rivals’ preparations as the Losers Alliance, the Three-tailed Demon King, White Tiger Hoggoth, and Cyttorak pursued victory, while Ganahta grew stronger by eating across worlds.

Andrew investigated Frankenstein's monster’s sudden disappearance and discovered that a newly fused world had taken him to the Main World. He planned to use a sample connected to the monster to find him.

• Annie told Andrew that Vought International was preparing Mechanical Backpacks and Mechanical Prosthetics, and Andrew joked about New York becoming Footless City.
• Tracy told Andrew that Frankenstein's monster had vanished after dealing with her enemies, so Andrew used time reversal to inspect the scene.
• Andrew watched Frankenstein's monster disappear and identified the aura of World Fusion, concluding that a new world had fused into the Main World and taken him there.
• Andrew asked Tracy for something belonging to Frankenstein's monster, and Tracy admitted she had kept some of his blood.

Andrew took Tracy to New York to find Frankenstein's monster, while Billy and Hughie discovered demons in Los Angeles and encountered a self-proclaimed angel. The Night-walking Divine Dragon escaped after Billy refused to let him handle the captured demons.

• Andrew used Frankenstein's monster's blood to locate him in New York and brought Tracy there.
• Billy and Hughie detected dark energy in Los Angeles and found three men who transformed into demons that could survive being torn apart.
• A stone-winged Night-walking Divine Dragon entered the bar and killed one demon, but Billy's lasers brought it down before it could pursue the others.
• Hughie captured the remaining demons while Billy questioned the Night-walking Divine Dragon, who said sacred objects were needed to kill demons.
• Billy insisted the Night-walking Divine Dragon come to the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, but it broke through the roof and flew away.

Billy captured two demons and learned that Prince Naberious planned to open the Gate of Hell, while Newman prepared the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and superhero teams for another invasion. Andrew and Tracy met Adam, who explained his history and agreed to lead them to the Night-walking Divine Dragon at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

• Billy reported the captured demons and the Night-walking Divine Dragon to Newman, then sent Hughie to New York with the cages.
• A demon identified Prince Naberious as the Demon King’s son and threatened to bring Hell into the Human World, so Newman ordered an interrogation and mobilized superhero teams.
• Andrew and Tracy watched Adam fight demons in a New York alley, and Andrew marked the fleeing demons for tracking.
• Adam told Andrew and Tracy about his creation, his past, and his search for purpose, and Andrew assured him he could develop a soul.
• Adam agreed to take Andrew and Tracy to the Night-walking Divine Dragon, who were staying at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Andrew met Queen Lenu at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and learned about the Night-walking Divine Dragon’s war against demons led by Prince Naberious. He sealed Adam’s aura and encouraged him to live among humans in New York, while Lenu kept Frankenstein’s journal for possible future use.

• Andrew, Adam, and Tracy visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where Queen Lenu introduced herself and her guard Gideon.
• Lenu told Andrew that Prince Naberious led the demons in New York, that demons could only be killed with holy weapons, and that the Night-walking Divine Dragon had dwindled while demon numbers remained steady.
• Andrew promised to help find Naberious and invited Lenu to join the fight, then removed Adam’s stitches, sealed his aura, and gave him a valid driver’s license so he could live in New York.
• After Andrew and Tracy left, Gideon asked whether they should destroy Frankenstein’s journal, but Lenu decided to keep it because Adam might want to learn about his origins.
• Tracy asked Andrew to restore Frankenstein’s memories, but Andrew declined and promised her a humanlike robot instead; Tracy eagerly accepted.

Prince Naberious oversaw Dr. Tara Wade’s experiment, which briefly resurrected a mouse, and pushed her to accelerate her research so he could complete his plan to open the Gate of Hell. After receiving power from the Demon King and learning that Vought Pharmaceutical Company wanted to contact him, he prepared to pursue Adam while keeping his plans hidden from humanity.

• Prince Naberious watched Dr. Tara Wade resurrect a mouse for three minutes and urged her to finish developing a way to resurrect humans sooner.
• Big Black Guy told Prince Naberious that the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau had captured two Demons and that Frankenstein had appeared in New York, so Naberious ordered his Demons to find Adam.
• The Demon King contacted Prince Naberious, gave him power he had secretly sent to Earth earlier, and demanded that he complete the plan to open the Gate of Hell.
• Prince Naberious assessed his increased strength, decided to capture Frankenstein without drawing Sky Sword’s attention, and learned that Vought Pharmaceutical Company wanted to speak with him.
• A Vought Pharmaceutical Company representative told Prince Naberious that the company knew about the Demons and the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau’s Dark Energy Detector.

Prince Naberious traded demon source blood and an electrical-stimulation enhancement method to Vought Pharmaceutical Company for Compound Five and intelligence, then prepared to face the Night-walking Divine Dragon. As Newman’s group went to meet the angels, Naberious learned of their alliance and ordered the demons to attack them.

• Prince Naberious agreed to give Vought Pharmaceutical Company ten drops of demon source blood and his electrical-stimulation research in exchange for twice as much Compound Five and Disaster Countermeasures Bureau intelligence.
• The Vought representative promised that Homelander and The Seven would hold back, and Naberious began injecting Compound Five into himself and the other demons.
• Newman recruited Van Helsing, Billy, and Hughie to meet the Night-walking Divine Dragon at St. Patrick's Cathedral and seek an alliance against the demons.
• Vought Pharmaceutical Company reported the group's movements to Prince Naberious, who decided the humans and angels must not unite.
• After failing to find Frankenstein's monster, Prince Naberious ordered the demons to gather and attack the Night-walking Divine Dragon.

Andrew discovered the demons’ mass-resurrection scheme while Prince Naberious led an attack on the Night-walking Divine Dragon. The demons’ newly acquired powers overwhelmed the defenders, and Queen Lenu confronted Naberious as the battle turned against her people.

• Prince Naberious ordered the demons to attack the Night-walking Divine Dragon and arranged for Vought Pharmaceutical Company to delay the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
• Andrew entered the Demon Headquarters, found tens of thousands of human corpses and a Hell-linked Magic Array, and began investigating the resurrection plan.
• Andrew warned Queen Lenu, who alerted the Night-walking Divine Dragon and prepared the cathedral for battle while Soldier Boy led superheroes toward it.
• Prince Naberious’s army surrounded the cathedral, and the demons used newly acquired abilities to overpower the Night-walking Divine Dragon warriors.
• Prince Naberious and Big Black Guy blocked Queen Lenu as she tried to join the fight, and she attacked Naberious with a Holy Cross Slash.

Prince Naberious overwhelmed Queen Lenu and attacked the Night-walking Divine Dragons, but Soldier Boy and the other superheroes arrived to help defend them. Van Helsing then unleashed his angelic power against the demons, revealing himself as Gabriel and shocking both Queen Lenu and Prince Naberious.

• Prince Naberious shattered Queen Lenu's defenses, corrupted Gideon with black mist, and struck Queen Lenu down.
• Soldier Boy arrived and blocked Prince Naberious's attack, then fought him while Queen Lenu battled Big Black Guy.
• A-Train and the superheroes joined the fight, and Annie discovered her electricity could destroy demons after absorbing Andrew's positive energy.
• Newman learned the attack on the cathedral was meant to distract the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau and sent Van Helsing and Billy to help.
• Van Helsing reached the battlefield, transformed his wings into blades, and slaughtered demons as Queen Lenu recognized him as Gabriel.

Van Helsing awakened Gabriel and battled Prince Naberious while the demons stole Frankenstein's Diary and retreated. Andrew took control of the demons' teleportation array, then confronted Dr. Wade and revealed that Mister Wether was a demon.

• Gabriel awakened within Van Helsing, who fought Prince Naberious while Soldier Boy helped Queen Lenu and turned Big Black Guy into his servant.
• Gideon stole Frankenstein's Diary for Prince Naberious and escaped as Queen Lenu tried to stop him.
• Prince Naberious threatened civilians with plague-carrying flies, but Van Helsing struggled between Gabriel's urge to kill demons and his own need to save people.
• Prince Naberious escaped with the demons, while Van Helsing, the Night-walking Divine Dragons, and the superheroes worked to destroy the flies.
• Andrew altered the demons' Magic Array to put it under his control and teleported Dr. Wade to a white room.
• Andrew told Dr. Wade that Mister Wether was a demon, and Dr. Wade believed him.

Andrew recruited Dr. Wade to secretly sabotage Prince Naberious’s resurrection experiment while setting a trap for a larger enemy. At the cathedral, Van Helsing and Soldier Boy discussed Gabriel’s awakening before Queen Lenu warned that Naberious had taken Frankenstein’s diary.

• Andrew told Dr. Wade that Mister Wether was a Demon Prince and explained that resurrection required recovering a soul before it entered the River Styx.
• Andrew gave Dr. Wade a Lightning Bead to plant in the equipment as a last-resort measure, and Dr. Wade agreed to continue the experiment secretly.
• Dr. Wade returned to the laboratory and began reading Frankenstein’s diary after Prince Naberious brought it and ordered him to start the experiment quickly.
• Van Helsing told Soldier Boy that Gabriel had awakened and seemed willing to sacrifice civilians, and Soldier Boy suggested something had gone wrong with Gabriel before his reincarnation.
• Van Helsing admitted Gabriel’s awakening was becoming easier as he gained power and said he would refuse to become evil.
• Queen Lenu arrived and warned Soldier Boy and Van Helsing that Naberious had taken the diary.

Queen Lenu and the superheroes prepared to attack Demon Headquarters after learning that the Demon Prince had stolen Frankenstein’s experimental diary, while Homelander secretly planned to help the demons kill Samuel. In Hell, Chthon and the others learned Prince Naberious was Beelzebub’s son and planned to seize Beelzebub’s estate after the Mechanical Demon King defeated him.

• Queen Lenu contacted Andrew, received the address of Demon Headquarters, and shared it with the assembled heroes.
• Newman organized an attack, and Samuel proposed collapsing Demon Headquarters with an earthquake before the heroes moved in.
• James told Homelander that Vought Pharmaceutical Company had allied with the demons, and Homelander arranged for them to target Samuel.
• The Three-tailed Demon King discovered that Prince Naberious was Beelzebub’s son, and Chthon’s group decided to prepare to take Beelzebub’s estate after his expected defeat.

Prince Naberious prepared Demon Headquarters for an attack, but Newman’s superhero team triggered a trap when Samuel tried to use his ability. The fight erupted outside the headquarters, with Samuel revealing a powerful second ability and Van Helsing facing Prince Naberious as Queen Lenu led the Night-walking Divine Dragon into battle.

• The Three-tailed Demon King agreed to watch Beelzebub’s territory while the Sloth Demon King and Gluttony Demon King planned to capture Beelzebub as a sacrifice.
• Prince Naberious learned from Vought Pharmaceutical Company about Samuel, prepared Demon Headquarters, and declared his ambition to become the Lord of Hell.
• Newman led the superhero team to Demon Headquarters, where Samuel’s ability failed against the defensive arrays and Prince Naberious’s demons ambushed them.
• Samuel activated his second ability, resonated with nearby Ability Users, and shook the headquarters, but Prince Naberious struck his mind with a soul attack.
• Soldier Boy destroyed Prince Naberious’s Hell’s Swords while Van Helsing fought him, and Queen Lenu led the Night-walking Divine Dragon against the demons as residents fled.

Newman sent Hughie, A-Train, and Starlight Annie into Demon Headquarters to find and destroy Frankenstein’s experimental laboratory and recover his journal. They found Dr. Wade activating an apparatus powered by electricity from across headquarters, and the chapter ended with the machine still running despite the assistant’s attempts to stop it.

• Newman suspected The Seven had betrayed the heroes and sent Hughie, A-Train, and Starlight Annie to locate the laboratory and recover Frankenstein’s journal.
• Annie sensed concentrated electricity inside Demon Headquarters, and the three reached the laboratory, where Dr. Wade and his assistant were preparing the experiment.
• Big Black Guy revealed that the apparatus was meant to resurrect tens of thousands of corpses, then Annie attacked him as Gideon assumed his Night Demon form.
• Hughie and A-Train struck Gideon and moved to hold off the demons while Annie prepared to destroy the apparatus.
• The assistant tried pressing the stop button and using the controls, but the apparatus kept running.

Prince Naberious's plan opened the Gate of Hell and brought Beelzebub into the Main World, while the heroes failed to stop the demons. As Beelzebub began to emerge, Naberious activated the array and trapped his father in the shrinking gate.

• Annie and Queen Lenu failed to stop the shadow guarding the experimental device, and the revived corpses opened the Gate of Hell.
• Millions of wraiths poured through the gate and possessed the corpses, destroying the Demon Headquarters as the heroes and demons continued fighting.
• The demons summoned Beelzebub, who emerged from the Gate of Hell and vowed to destroy the world.
• Prince Naberious activated the array and trapped Beelzebub in the rapidly contracting gate, leaving the Demon King demanding an explanation.

Prince Naberious's attempt to control Beelzebub failed, and he knelt as his father continued descending into the Main World. The superheroes attacked, but Andrew arrived and began turning Beelzebub's own blood magic against him.

• Prince Naberious used the Myriad Grudge Puppet to try to enslave Beelzebub, but Beelzebub revealed he had anticipated the scheme and taken control of the Wraith Corpses.
• Beelzebub ordered Prince Naberious to kneel and serve him, and Naberious surrendered to preserve his chance of surviving.
• Queen Lenu called for an attack, and Van Helsing, Soldier Boy, Newman, the superheroes, and the Night-walking Divine Dragons charged Beelzebub while Gabriel failed to answer Van Helsing's call.
• Beelzebub sent plague gas at Van Helsing and Soldier Boy, but Andrew appeared and stopped it as the superheroes and civilians cheered.
• Andrew warned Beelzebub to return to Hell, but Beelzebub sealed himself in a blood cocoon and used the remaining Wraith Corpses to form a spear that pierced and tortured him.

Andrew defeated Beelzebub’s invasion attempt, sealed the plague demon’s abandoned body in space, and closed the Gate of Hell over New York. As the heroes regrouped and Queen Lenu considered staying to defend Earth, Van Helsing, Soldier Boy, and Homelander cornered Prince Naberious, who was shocked when Homelander declared himself an enemy of the demons.

• Beelzebub’s blood magic turned against him after Andrew tampered with the magic array, and Andrew pierced his body with Black Hole Swords.
• Andrew cut apart Beelzebub’s phantom, blasted him with a Black Hole Cannon, and sealed the body Beelzebub had abandoned in a pocket of space.
• Andrew closed the Gate of Hell, then told Newman that humanity needed to become more capable of defending itself.
• Newman asked Queen Lenu to keep the Night-walking Divine Dragon on Earth, and Queen Lenu said they would follow Gabriel’s command when he returned.
• Van Helsing, Soldier Boy, and Homelander caught up with Prince Naberious, and Homelander announced that he would fight the demons.