Chapter Summaries

Homelander, Soldier Boy, and Van Helsing attacked Prince Naberious, while Beelzebub escaped Hell’s Gate badly weakened. The Three-tailed Demon King’s group and the Gluttony Demon King then arrived to prey on Beelzebub, leaving him under attack as the two Demon Kings fought each other.

• Soldier Boy told Prince Naberious that Vought Pharmaceutical Company no longer needed him, and Homelander, Soldier Boy, and Van Helsing attacked him.
• Beelzebub re-formed from the remains of his body and cursed the Director of S.W.O.R.D. for ruining his plan.
• The Three-tailed Demon King’s group and the Gluttony Demon King appeared, each intending to take advantage of Beelzebub’s weakened state.
• The Three-tailed Demon King challenged the Gluttony Demon King while Death, Chthon, Set, and Wade attacked Beelzebub.
• The Gluttony Demon King used his Gluttony Domain and fought the Three-tailed Demon King, who countered with the Hell Greatsword.

The Three-tailed Demon King battled the Gluttony Demon King while the Losers Alliance and Wade cornered the injured Beelzebub. Andrew intercepted Beelzebub’s source blood and divine staff, and the Sloth Demon King rescued Beelzebub before fleeing with Gluttony, leaving the Three-tailed Demon King to choose between pursuing them and claiming Beelzebub’s estate.

• The Three-tailed Demon King used Hell’s negative energy and a Hell Greatsword to gain the advantage over the Gluttony Demon King, who refused to eat the poisonous attacks.
• Wade and Set struck Beelzebub as he tried to reclaim his source blood and divine staff, while Chthon’s Otherworld Sacrifice sent them through a passage to Demon’s world.
• Andrew seized Beelzebub’s source blood and divine staff from the passage, then blasted Demon’s tail when Demon tried to take them back.
• Chthon and Death prevented Beelzebub from activating his divine artifact, and Beelzebub fled as a swarm of flies.
• The Sloth Demon King made the fighters lethargic, compressed Beelzebub into a ball, and escaped with the Gluttony Demon King.
• The Three-tailed Demon King led the Losers Alliance in pursuit, but the Sloth Demon King warned that Beelzebub’s estate would be claimed by other Demon Kings if they did not return.

The Sloth Demon King and the Gluttony Demon King escaped the Three-tailed Demon King’s pursuit, then persuaded the captured Beelzebub to transform his core and join their seven deadly sins. As Beelzebub agreed to begin that night, the Sloth Demon King planned to secretly use the process to control both Beelzebub and the Gluttony Demon King.

• The Three-tailed Demon King and the Losers Alliance stopped pursuing the Sloth Demon King and the Gluttony Demon King, then returned to take over Beelzebub’s territory.
• The Sloth Demon King revealed the sealed Beelzebub to the Gluttony Demon King and proposed transforming Beelzebub into one of the seven deadly sins.
• The Sloth Demon King threatened to let the Gluttony Demon King eat Beelzebub if he refused, then persuaded him by offering a chance to get revenge on his enemies.
• Beelzebub agreed to transform his core, beginning with the Three-tailed Demon King as a target for revenge, and accepted magic power from the two Demon Kings to recover.
• The Sloth Demon King prepared to start the transformation that night and secretly planned to use it to gain control over Beelzebub and the Gluttony Demon King.

After Prince Naberious died, Van Helsing took responsibility for the Night-walking Divine Dragon while Dr. Wade proved he had secretly helped the Director of S.W.O.R.D. and made contact with Adam. At the press conference, Newman described the battle as another rescue of the world by the Director of S.W.O.R.D., prompting the superheroes to glare at a critical reporter.

• Soldier Boy and Homelander argued over Prince Naberious's corpse before Homelander left with his half and Soldier Boy urged Van Helsing to contact the Director of S.W.O.R.D. about Gabriel.
• Newman assigned cleanup and press duties, and Van Helsing ordered the Night-walking Divine Dragon to wait at the church for further instructions.
• Dr. Wade produced Andrew Wang's signed card, which convinced Newman that he had helped the Director of S.W.O.R.D.; Wade refused Newman's job offer and called Adam to discuss Frankenstein's diary.
• Newman summarized the battle at a press conference as the Director of S.W.O.R.D. saving the world, and a reporter's pointed description of the superheroes drew their hostile looks.

Newman promoted Samuel to help the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau counter The Seven, while Andrew arranged to study Samuel’s abilities and gave Newman a Lucky Card for her daughter. In Hell, Andrew joined the Sloth Demon King, the Gluttony Demon King, and Beelzebub to begin a conversion ritual that could bring Beelzebub and the Gluttony Demon King under his control.

• Newman praised Samuel’s actions at a press conference, and news stories about him competed with Future Group coverage for attention.
• Newman told Andrew she had begun courting Samuel, and Andrew instructed her to obtain Samuel’s blood so he could study his second ability.
• Andrew refused to let the government lead Dr. Wade’s resurrection experiment, then gave Newman a Lucky Card to ensure her daughter awakened an ability.
• Andrew traveled to the Sloth Demon King’s castle to preside over a ritual intended to control the Gluttony Demon King and Beelzebub.
• The Sloth Demon King brought the group to a magma cavern and activated seven magic arrays linked to Hell’s source of negativity.
• The Sloth Demon King broke open the orb imprisoning Beelzebub and prepared to begin the ritual.

The Sloth Demon King transformed Beelzebub into the Wrath Demon King while Andrew seized the chance to enslave him and the Gluttony Demon King. Andrew ordered the new Wrath Demon King to keep working under the Sloth Demon King, leaving both Demon Kings astonished by his plans to claim countless Hells.

• Beelzebub accepted the transformation ritual, and the Sloth Demon King and Gluttony Demon King used their magic power to create a new soul for him.
• During the soul resonance, Andrew appeared, drained the Gluttony Demon King's remaining power, and used his Lord of Hell Brand to enslave him and Beelzebub.
• Beelzebub realized that the Sloth Demon King had been working as Andrew's undercover agent, while the Gluttony Demon King gave up resisting after Andrew promised him Demon King and Lord of Hell meat.
• Andrew completed Beelzebub's transformation, and the Wrath Demon King bowed to him and agreed to continue working under the Sloth Demon King's leadership.
• Andrew said he intended to claim countless Hells, astonishing Beelzebub and the Gluttony Demon King.

Andrew secured new allies and spoils after the conflict in Hell, then returned to Manhattan and later escorted Tracy back to the Van Helsing World. He waited for God to contact him about the demon’s activity in Hell, but God did not appear, so Andrew teleported away.

• Andrew ordered the Sloth, Gluttony, and Wrath Demon Kings to conceal his identity and obey him, while the Sloth Demon King kept Beelzebub’s source blood and divine artifact.
• The Sloth Demon King gave the Gluttony Demon King some source blood and agreed to provide three meals of Demon King meat.
• Andrew reviewed his gains, including two Demon Kings, Frankenstein’s resurrection method, Dr. Wade, the Night-walking Divine Dragon, and fragments of Naberious’s soul that could let him control Enhanced Humans made with Naberious’s source blood.
• Vought Pharmaceutical Company executives ordered scientists to study the source blood and Pulse-Wave Stimulation Technology, unaware that Andrew planned to control the resulting Enhanced Humans.
• Andrew accompanied Tracy shopping, then escorted her back to the Van Helsing World, where she returned to her expanding position of authority.
• Andrew waited for God to contact him about the demon in Hell, but no one appeared, so he teleported away.

Chthon and the Losers Alliance launched a plan to ignite a war across Hell, using the chaos to gather resources, weaken their enemies, and advance Hell Fusion. They began stealing and disguising Demons to provoke rival Demon Kings, and the Rampage Demon King retaliated by ordering an attack on the Three-tailed Demon King's territory.

• The Three-tailed Demon King revealed that Demon had restored him to his peak and that he had received a divine artifact, while Chthon proposed attacking the Sloth Demon King and the Gluttony Demon King.
• Chthon explained that a war across Hell would satisfy the Hell Will, gather souls and Negative Aura, provide magic-array materials, and help prepare the Two Realms Grand Array for Hell Fusion.
• The Losers Alliance agreed to steal Demons from rival Demon Kings, disguise them, and frame their enemies to spread the fighting across Hell; Chthon also planned to recruit Hoggoth and send preparations from the Main World to Hell.
• Death assigned Wade to let Chthon study his X-Gene and check whether the Mechanical Demon King had altered his body, while the alliance and the Three-tailed Demon King began capturing Demons.
• After more than a thousand Demons vanished from his territory, the Rampage Demon King blamed the Three-tailed Demon King and ordered his forces to attack.

Hell’s Demon Kings plunged into total war as Three-tailed Demon King allied with Mountain Demon King to invade Sloth Demon King’s territory. With Sloth’s forces retreating and Gluttony Demon King and Wrath Demon King unsure how to respond, Andrew arrived with Saruman and Aragorn to take command of their armies.

• Rampage Demon King’s invasion of Mirage Demon King’s territory sparked another battle as wars spread throughout Hell.
• Three-tailed Demon King negotiated an alliance with Mountain Demon King, promising him Sloth Demon King’s territory and Gluttony Demon King’s territory in exchange for their support.
• Three-tailed Demon King opened a portal and sent an unusually disciplined army into Mountain Demon King’s territory before they advanced toward Sloth Demon King’s lands.
• Sloth Demon King reported his army’s retreat to Gluttony Demon King and Wrath Demon King, while Gluttony worried about the invaders’ taste and Wrath proposed they become Wandering Demon Kings.
• Andrew appeared at Sloth Castle with White Robe Wizard Saruman and King Aragorn, appointing them commander and strategist of the Demon Armies.
• Aragorn explained that he had agreed to fight in Hell because Andrew promised immortality for his family if they won the war.

Andrew appointed Aragorn commander of a technological and demon army against the Coalition Army, while Saruman served as military adviser. Aragorn halted the enemy offensive, but the Mountain Demon King broke through his defenses and attacked him.

• Aragorn agreed to command Andrew's forces, and Saruman joined as military adviser.
• Andrew deployed Armed Robots and modern weapons, gave Aragorn a helmet for controlling them, and ordered the Demon Kings to obey him.
• After receiving a briefing from a Succubus adviser, Aragorn led the army to the front and repelled several Coalition Army attacks.
• The Three-tailed Demon King planned a surprise attack, sending the Mountain Demon King disguised among Greater Demons to target Aragorn.
• Saruman and the demons unleashed a massive lightning strike that destroyed the attacking Greater Demons, but the Mountain Demon King burst through the Defensive Shield and punched at Aragorn.

Galacta was sent to Hell to fight the Mountain Demon King and train, using power from Gourmet World to survive the battle. The Demon Coalition Army’s assault continued as the Three-tailed Demon King sent in more Demons.

• Andrew sent Galacta to Hell, where Aragorn used her as bait for the Mountain Demon King’s decapitation attack.
• Galacta fought the Mountain Demon King with her Floating Cannons, but his Gravity Field and falling stones overwhelmed her.
• Andrew told Galacta to invoke the power of Gourmet World, and she shattered the Gravity Field and began fighting the Mountain Demon King evenly.
• Chthon, Death, and Set decided to secretly help Galacta grow stronger so they could use her against Andrew later.
• The real Aragorn commanded the Robot Army from among his troops while the Three-tailed Demon King sent more Demons into the ongoing battle.

The Sloth Demon King manipulated nearby Demon Kings into wars, leaving his conflict with the Mountain Demon King at a stalemate. Andrew helped Van Helsing enter a dream to meet Gabriel, who demanded that Van Helsing help him eliminate Andrew.

• The Sloth Demon King proposed abducting demons to provoke wars among neighboring Demon Kings, and he carried out the plan, distracting them from the Mountain Demon King’s war.
• Andrew continued supplying forces for the war and met with Van Helsing, who feared Gabriel’s awakening could bring destruction to the Main World.
• Andrew used Dream Magic to put Van Helsing to sleep so he could meet Gabriel in a dream.
• Gabriel told Van Helsing that Andrew had tampered with his body and ordered him to help eliminate Andrew.
• Van Helsing rejected the order, pointing out that Andrew was the celebrated savior who paid his salary.

Gabriel revealed that he had reincarnated to protect the world, but Andrew pulled his soul from Van Helsing and stopped him from using his angel power. Unable to sever the bond between them, Andrew sealed Gabriel inside an Angel Greatsword, leaving Van Helsing’s future tied to the trapped angel.

• Gabriel explained that God had sent him to reincarnate and protect the Human World, while he and Van Helsing argued over what protecting it meant.
• Van Helsing ended the dream, and Andrew pulled Gabriel’s soul core out of Van Helsing’s body while Van Helsing blocked Gabriel from using their shared angel power.
• Gabriel attacked Andrew with Heaven’s Judgment, but Andrew stopped time, sealed the attack into a card, and pulled Gabriel fully out of Van Helsing.
• Andrew discovered that a white thread still connected Gabriel and Van Helsing, and explained that Gabriel’s awakening would replace Van Helsing if he returned to their body.
• Andrew opened a Space Gate to the Game World and sealed Gabriel inside an Angel Greatsword.

Andrew forged Gabriel into a Greatsword for Van Helsing and brought him to Hell to train his Angel Power. There, Andrew explained that Hell’s Demon Kings were at war because the Hell Will was stirring and a Lord of Hell might emerge, then introduced the Three-tailed Demon King as a demon from Van Helsing’s world.

• Andrew gave Van Helsing the Angel Greatsword, warning him that he had lost Gabriel’s memories and must never let Gabriel take control of his body.
• Van Helsing argued with Gabriel about heroism and justice, then stored the Greatsword in his arm.
• Three days later, Andrew brought Van Helsing to Hell, where he promised demonic enemies and Succubi would help motivate his training.
• Andrew showed Van Helsing a bloody demon battlefield and explained that Hell’s Demon Kings were fighting to grow stronger amid a coming upheaval.
• Andrew revealed that the Three-tailed Demon King, mastermind of the second-to-last Demon Invasion, was a demon from Van Helsing’s world.

Andrew persuaded Gabriel to teach Van Helsing Angel Magic by refusing to trade Van Helsing for an alliance, then sent Van Helsing to help defend the Sloth Demon King's territory. Van Helsing fought in Hell while Gabriel coached him, and the Three-tailed Demon King discussed a possible ambush with the Mountain Demon King.

• Andrew revealed that the Three-tailed Demon King was the avatar of the Demon and urged Gabriel and Van Helsing to help stop him.
• Gabriel offered an alliance in exchange for his body, but Andrew refused and persuaded Gabriel to teach Van Helsing Angel Magic instead.
• Andrew sent Van Helsing to Aragorn to help defend the Sloth Demon King's territory, then went to the Van Helsing World to strengthen Tracy.
• Van Helsing unleashed holy attacks on the battlefield, drawing attacks from the Mountain Demon King's Demons while Aragorn ordered his allies not to target him.
• Gabriel coached Van Helsing through the fight, and Van Helsing secretly memorized his advice as his strength grew.
• The Mountain Demon King worried that Heaven had joined the war, and the Three-tailed Demon King explained that Gabriel came from another world before asking whether he wanted to ambush him.

The Three-tailed Demon King and Chthon planned to exploit a disaster on Earth to draw the Mechanical Demon King away from Hell, while Van Helsing and Galacta fought the Mountain Demon King. On Earth, Chthon tried again to recruit Hoggoth into the Anti-Mechanical Demon King Alliance, but Hoggoth rejected his argument.

• The Three-tailed Demon King and Chthon agreed to wait for a disaster on Earth before launching an attack on the Hell front and besieging the Sloth Demon King.
• Van Helsing used Sacrificial Holy Flame to escape the Mountain Demon King's attack, and Galacta ambushed and injured the Mountain Demon King.
• Galacta and Van Helsing joined forces against the Mountain Demon King, while Gabriel decided to keep teaching Van Helsing and stop the Three-tailed Demon King's scheme.
• Chthon visited Hoggoth and urged him to join the Anti-Mechanical Demon King Alliance, but Hoggoth questioned why Chthon himself had joined it.

Hoggoth struggled to choose between an alliance with Chthon and his existing alliance with the Mechanical Demon King, Andrew. After The Ancient One revealed that Andrew already knew about the secret contact, Hoggoth chose to fight Andrew in an early decisive battle and then contacted him.

• Chthon pressured Hoggoth to join the Anti-Mechanical Demon King Alliance, and Hoggoth asked for until the next day to decide.
• The Vishanti debated whether to support Andrew or betray him, then asked The Ancient One for advice.
• The Ancient One said Andrew had long known about Hoggoth’s communications with Chthon and would strike if Hoggoth chose to betray him.
• The Ancient One proposed that Hoggoth and Andrew settle their dispute in a battle, and Hoggoth agreed to fight Andrew early.
• Hoggoth’s avatar contacted Andrew, who confirmed he knew about the secret communications and welcomed Hoggoth’s decision to stand with him.

Andrew arranged for Hoggoth to infiltrate Chthon’s side while preparing for a future decisive battle, as the Hell War intensified and New York’s hidden conflicts grew. During lunch with Newman, Andrew received Samuel’s blood and recognized Mario and Luigi in a television advertisement.

• Andrew and Hoggoth agreed that Hoggoth would join Chthon’s side while secretly coordinating with Andrew, and Hoggoth later told Chthon he would cooperate.
• Set reported Hoggoth’s apparent betrayal to God Andrew, who said he had prepared for it and would no longer need to hold back.
• Over the following month, the Hell War intensified, while Death Organization and Vought Pharmaceutical Company expanded their operations in New York.
• Newman gave Andrew a sample of Samuel’s blood and reported her cooperation with Amusement Park Group and her suspicions about its members.
• Andrew noticed a television advertisement for Mario and Luigi’s plumbing business and recognized the name Mario.

Andrew took Mario’s identity to prepare for a new disaster, sending Mario to another world to unclog sewers. When the disaster began, a giant pipe pulled Andrew and Luigi into separate passages, leaving them hurtling apart.

• Andrew learned the Mario Bros. were nearly bankrupt and found Mario in Brooklyn.
• Andrew sent Mario to Pleasure Space to work on sewers, then used the Art of Fate to take Mario’s appearance.
• The ground in New York turned transparent, revealing a world of Mushroom People and other creatures beneath it, and the city sounded its disaster alarms.
• Luigi found a giant green pipe, and its suction pulled him inside; Andrew grabbed Luigi and was dragged into the pipe as well.
• The pipe split Andrew and Luigi into separate passages, while Andrew relied on a safeguard to resurrect Luigi if he died.

Andrew entered the mushroom-filled Mario World while scouting Magma Island, and heroes and the Losers Alliance prepared separate expeditions through the pipes. The chapter ended with Elizabeth Batori and Wade entering Mario World to find its Villain BOSS and help the Three-tailed Demon King’s plan against the Mechanical Demon King.

• Andrew traveled through a pipe into a mushroom-filled land and sent scouting birds to investigate Magma Island.
• Director Newman organized an expedition after Clone Person’s clone returned memories of a beautiful world where a gorilla driving a car killed it.
• Hughie, Translucent, Starlight Annie, and Old Sera entered pipes to investigate Mario World.
• Death and the Three-tailed Demon King sent Wade and a companion to find Mario World’s Villain BOSS and cause trouble to distract the Mechanical Demon King.
• Wade met Elizabeth Batori, who recruited him as her assistant, and they entered a pipe toward Mario World.
• Batori spotted the hell aura on Magma Island and suspected its inhabitant was the world’s Villain BOSS.