Chapter Summaries

An adventurer captain with faint divinity was terrified when Wayne, a stronger Child of Slaughter, noticed him and fled rather than turn in his party’s quest. At the Adventurer’s Guild, Sulun’s church team awaited the Rune Knight, Fang Yuan, to join their mission to kill a Legendary Child of the Purgatory.

• An adventurer party returned to Koso City after surveying Magic Beast migrations, and its captain secretly considered hunting demons to increase his divinity.
• The captain recognized divinity in Wayne, who stared him down, and fled into the crowd instead of going to the Adventurer’s Guild with his teammates.
• Wayne entered the guild with Sulun and Effia, whose church team had been assembled to kill a Legendary Child of the Purgatory.
• Sulun warned Wayne and Effia not to quarrel before the Rune Knight arrived, and recalled that the Rune Knight was a powerful Legendary who concealed his strength.
• Fang Yuan arrived at the private room, greeted Sulun, and removed his cloak.

Fang Yuan joined Sulun, Effia, and Wayne in a plot to eliminate Crown Prince Redwin and the royal family of the Kingdom of Not. Redwin was revealed to be a Legendary Child of the Purgatory and the murderous Bloody Hand Jack, and he set out to hunt the adventurers who had encountered another Child of the Purgatory.

• Fang Yuan met Effia and Wayne, displayed his power, and agreed with Sulun that Redwin and the royal family were their targets.
• Redwin reviewed reports on the kingdom’s disasters, Timo’s victory, and the Church of the God of Life taking the infant Heim, then raged at his advisers.
• Redwin entered a secret passage, disguised himself as Bloody Hand Jack, and slipped into the city to hunt.
• Bloody Hand Jack confronted an adventurer captain, questioned him about a new high-ranking party, and learned that they had encountered another Child of the Purgatory.
• Redwin killed the captain and absorbed the dark golden divinity that rose from his corpse.

Redwin ambushed Wayne, Effia, and Sulun, revealing his demonic powers and overwhelming them until Fang Yuan intervened. Fang Yuan struck Redwin from the sky, but the arrival of the Legendary Storm Orysh left the battle unresolved.

• Redwin attacked Effia after disguising his movements, but Sulun intercepted his blow and the group pursued him outside.
• Redwin revealed his demon arms and used his Demonic Language to overpower Sulun and threaten Effia, whom Wayne rescued.
• Redwin unleashed the Great Dissolution Technique at Sulun, but Fang Yuan appeared and negated the attack.
• Redwin fled into the sky, but Fang Yuan struck him down with swordlight and damaged his wings.
• Redwin anticipated rescue when Storm Orysh approached, while Sulun prepared to hold Orysh back and Fang Yuan faced Redwin.

Fang Yuan killed Redwin, seized his divinity, and escaped the Kingdom of Not with Effia and the others. He planned to use the divinity and the Monge World's foundations to advance his power and pursue a realm beyond Sage.

• Fang Yuan bound Redwin with Demonic Language and killed him with Edict—Death, absorbing the divinity from his corpse.
• Orysh blocked the group with a Wind Wall, but Fang Yuan blasted him and the soldiers with a crimson fire spell before escaping.
• Effia thanked Fang Yuan and pledged the Church of Harvest's support for his claim to the Kingdom of Not; Fang Yuan vowed to invade it with his army.
• Fang Yuan reviewed his attributes and realized that Redwin's divinity had brought his avatar close to his true body's strength.
• Fang Yuan reflected on refining source power through divinity and the Monge World, intending to break through the ninth level of the Creation Sword Array and reach a higher-dimensional realm.

Fang Yuan led the Stan Duchy to a decisive victory over the Kingdom of Not and sent his army marching toward the Royal Capital. The Secret Agency tried to flee the kingdom, but Rune’s men attacked its branch and killed those inside.

• King of Not gave his troops a speech promising rewards, while Fang Yuan ordered his soldiers to charge using a merit-based reward system.
• Fang Yuan used Calamity Aura to strengthen the Stan Duchy’s knights and weaken the Kingdom of Not’s cavalry, breaking through the enemy formation.
• King of Not ordered a retreat as his army collapsed, and Orysh escorted him away while the Stan Duchy claimed victory.
• A Secret Agency branch chief learned that the Stan Duchy was marching toward the Royal Capital and ordered the organization to relocate.
• Rune’s knights burst into the Secret Agency branch and killed the branch chief’s men.

Fang Yuan took control of the Not Kingdom and crowned Rune its king, while Jiang Ge prepared to leave with the Earth Mother God’s church. Elsewhere, the Life Goddess transformed the baby Heim into a grown Holy Son of Redemption, and Jay sent his followers to find the Sun God’s priest Ramon as a young believer named Trist began killing them.

• Fang Yuan entered the Not Kingdom’s capital after nobles surrendered, then used Rune’s coronation to establish the Violet Orchid Dynasty and strip or weaken the old nobility.
• The bishop told Jiang Ge to leave the monastery for the church headquarters, and Jiang Ge agreed despite wondering why the Earth Mother God favored him.
• The Life Goddess Venus declared baby Heim the Holy Son of Redemption, used the Water of Life to make him an adult, and blessed him to oppose invading evil.
• Jay ordered his followers to travel to the central region and find Ramon, a priest of the Sun God.
• Trist realized Jay was targeting Ramon, then killed the believers around him and vowed to draw Jay out.

Fang Yuan celebrated the birth of his son Arthur while considering the World Will’s response to his growing influence. After detecting several Children of Destiny and Jay’s plan to target the wounded Sun God Ramon, Fang Yuan decided to go to the central region and declared that the final hour was approaching.

• Tanya gave birth to a boy, and Fang Yuan named him Arthur, while privately noting that the child had inherited none of his divinity or power.
• At a feast for the new heir, Fang Yuan listened to Gals’s report and learned that followers of the Earth Mother God, Mera, were relocating.
• Fang Yuan detected Heim and Jiang Ge as Children of Destiny, then traced the Children of the Purgatory through Apophis.
• Fang Yuan discovered that Jay was plotting against the wounded Sun God, Ramon, and decided to travel to the central region.
• Fang Yuan proclaimed that the final hour was near and urged the Children of the Purgatory to fight and devour one another.

As the Purgatory transformed the central plains into a demon-filled hell, Fang Yuan entered the expanding Demon Realm to find the sleeping Sun God, Ramon. He spotted Amanda, a Child of the Purgatory whose growing pull toward hell made her plan to leave her Adventurer companions.

• Sean watched the land become volcanic as a tributary of the Underworld River turned spirits into demons, then a Flame Demon threw him to be eaten by little demons.
• The gods learned that the Ninefold Hell was transforming the world, while Children of the Purgatory and human forces headed toward the central region for the approaching final battle against Apophis.
• Fang Yuan rode to the Demon Realm, where armies and Adventurers gathered, intending to find Ramon before Jay could claim the Sun God's power.
• Fang Yuan considered using the Adventurer's Guild's mapping quests to locate Ramon and noticed that Amanda was a Child of the Purgatory.
• Amanda felt the Purgatory's pull intensify as she neared the Demon Realm and decided to leave her companions after their next expedition.

Fang Yuan hired Craig’s adventuring team to help him map the Demon Realm, while Amanda encountered two other Children of the Purgatory and a being whose divine aura overwhelmed them. Fang Yuan revealed that one of the newcomers had become the Deity of Murder, and he absorbed the World Rules related to killing.

• Fang Yuan offered Craig’s team a thousand gold coins to explore the Demon Realm, claiming he sought a map that could earn him a hereditary viscount’s title.
• Craig agreed to take the job after Fang Yuan paid half the fee in gemstones, and the team prepared to register the contract and restock.
• While shopping for supplies, Amanda was approached by a powerful one-eyed Child of the Purgatory, but both sensed a cloaked figure whose divine aura drove the man away.
• Fang Yuan sensed the two Children of the Purgatory and identified one as a Quasi-Legend and the other as a Deity.
• Fang Yuan learned that the Deity had killed the True God of Murder and seized his Divine Position, then absorbed the World Rules related to killing.

Fang Yuan’s manipulation drew Lauder and Zoro into the party’s path, and Lauder lured a horde of demons into an attack. The party survived with a costly Ice Storm, but Lauder approached Amanda afterward, and she suspected he had brought the demons.

• Amanda joined Fang Yuan and Craig’s expedition into the Demon Realm, still hiding that she was a Divinity Wielder.
• Fang Yuan used divinity to influence events while tracking Lauder and Zoro, who were both following the party for their own purposes.
• Lauder resisted attacking the party directly and instead drew several hundred little demons and Great Demons toward their concealed tent.
• Craig led the party toward a defensible hill as demons attacked, and one Warrior was killed after flying demons dropped him.
• Michael unleashed the party’s high-level Ice Storm scroll, freezing and destroying the demon horde.
• Lauder approached Amanda after the battle, and she accused him of drawing the demons there.

Lauder cornered Amanda and her companions with a Demigod Artifact, leaving Amanda and Craig wounded and Michael unable to fight. Just as Lauder raised his saber to kill Amanda, an overwhelming presence froze the scene.

• Lauder killed the fleeing rogue and revealed that he was a Quasi-Legendary professional.
• Amanda admitted she was a Child of the Purgatory and a Divinity Wielder, then fought Lauder with her Bow Dancer weapons.
• Craig and Michael stayed to defend Amanda, while Fang Yuan remained with them.
• Lauder used his curved saber, a Demigod Artifact, to break Amanda’s bow and Craig’s sword and extinguish Michael’s Fireball Spell.
• Lauder raised his saber over Amanda, but an overwhelming presence suddenly descended and froze everything around them.

Zoro defeated Lauder and forced Amanda’s group to accompany him to Bloody Canyon, where he sought a mysterious being. Meanwhile, followers of Jay, the God of Death, entered the canyon in search of the Sun God’s trail as Zoro’s infiltrators began killing them.

• Zoro shattered Lauder’s Red Moon Domain, disarmed him, and revealed that he had no desire to kill the group immediately.
• Zoro introduced himself to Amanda’s group and compelled them to travel with him to Bloody Canyon; Fang Yuan concealed his identity and wondered whether Ramon had gone deep into the Demon Realm.
• Zoro brought the group to Bloody Canyon on a Demon Giant Elephant and said he was searching for someone whose power kept demons away.
• A wounded army of Jay’s followers entered Bloody Canyon, believing the Sun God’s trail lay there.
• A follower secretly serving Zoro killed a member of the Death God Church, and similar attacks continued across the vast canyon.

Fang Yuan realized the World Will planned to empower a Child of the Purgatory with the sleeping Sun God Ramon's power, but he could not locate Ramon until Amanda accidentally exposed the entrance to the Sun God's Divine Kingdom. Zoro and Lauder entered first, and Amanda and her companions chose to follow, while Fang Yuan had already gone through the gate.

• Fang Yuan concluded that the World Will intended to sacrifice Ramon and empower a Child of the Purgatory to oppose him.
• Amanda accidentally cracked a rock wall, revealing the entrance to Sun God Ramon's Divine Kingdom and exposing it with a beam of golden light.
• Zoro broke through the Divine Kingdom's defenses and entered, and Lauder followed after identifying him as a New God.
• Amanda decided to enter the Divine Kingdom rather than flee, and Craig and Michael agreed to go with her.
• Amanda saw Rune climbing through the gate, while Michael suspected he was a church spy; Fang Yuan had already entered the Divine Kingdom.

Fang Yuan and others searched the Sun God's empty divine kingdom, which had been transformed into a maze guarding its core. Amanda was drawn to the Sun God's sanctuary, where Saint George revealed that the god was healing by absorbing his petitioners and sent her to delay the approaching enemies.

• Fang Yuan explored the desolate divine kingdom and realized its pyramids formed a spatial maze concealing the core.
• Zoro searched the golden pyramids for the Sun God, while Jay entered the kingdom through a Light Gate with Death God's followers.
• Fang Yuan began calculating the spatial laws as Amanda, Craig, and Michael discovered a golden pyramid and Amanda activated a hidden mechanism.
• Saint George appeared to Amanda and brought her to the golden mountain, where petitioners sacrificed themselves in a pool to heal the sleeping Sun God.
• Saint George showed Amanda the approaching Great Evil Gods and sent her into the divine pool to intercept them, explaining that the World Will had brought her there.

Saint George drew Children of Divinity into the Sun God Kingdom to help Ramon resist the Evil Gods, while Jay and Zoro clashed among the kingdom’s pyramids. The two gods discovered George’s scheme and attacked the Golden Holy Mountain, where George activated the Sun God Palace’s defenses.

• Saint George reasoned that Ramon needed a Child of the Purgatory who had become a god as a sacrifice to refine Divinity, then recruited Lauder and other Divinity Wielders to strengthen the kingdom’s Power of Destiny.
• Jay demolished pyramids in search of the Sun God Kingdom’s core until he encountered Zoro, and the two gods began battling with their divine kingdoms.
• Jay and Zoro’s clash brought them to the Golden Holy Mountain, where they confronted George and realized the Sun God was slumbering there.
• Jay and Zoro attacked the mountain together, while George escaped into the golden palace and activated its defenses, including guards that could resurrect.

Fang Yuan entered the Sun God’s Kingdom and revealed himself as Apophis, defeating the gods and guards protecting the palace. He reached the golden pool where the Sun God’s Divine Body lay, while Jay and Zoro arrived too late to stop him.

• Fang Yuan slipped into the Sun God’s Kingdom and found Amanda, Lauder, and the other Children of Divinity sealed in crystals while Ramon tried to fuse with their Divinity.
• Saint George confronted Fang Yuan, and the Lord of Dawn and Lord of Stars descended to challenge him.
• Fang Yuan revealed his identity as Apophis, turned the Sun God’s Kingdom into a demonic domain, and defeated the two subordinate gods.
• Fang Yuan annihilated Saint George as Jay and Zoro saw the Sun God’s defenses falter and rushed toward the palace.
• Jay and Zoro arrived too late as Fang Yuan stood before the golden pool and the Sun God’s Divine Body.

Fang Yuan tricked Jay and Zoro into lending him the power he needed to claim the Sun God Ramon's Divine Position, then declared that the Ninefold Hell would rise into the world. As the Demon Realm expanded and the divine kingdom crumbled, Zoro freed Amanda and the others from their crystal prisons.

• Zoro and Jay broke through the collapsing Sun God Palace and attacked the black-armored figure they recognized as Apophis.
• Fang Yuan used their attacks to suppress Ramon's resistance, revealed his true form, and fused the Sun God's glowing orb into his chest.
• The sun vanished into darkness before reappearing, and Villar learned through an oracle that the fated battle of the Children of Divinity had begun and the Ninefold Hell would rise.
• Fang Yuan, now appearing as Apophis, declared the sun his to command and made the Demon Realm expand toward the main world.
• As the divine kingdom crumbled, Jay and Zoro retreated, and Zoro freed Amanda and the others from their crystals.

The Demon Realm expanded after a solar eclipse, trapping border armies and bringing waves of demons against them. Prince William and Holy Son Heim led a continental force to break the siege of Rogo Camp, while nations and churches gathered to investigate the crisis and search for the missing Sun God.

• The expanding Purgatory engulfed border camps, and Guildmaster Bard chose to hold Rogo Camp until reinforcements arrived rather than risk a breakout.
• Three days later, Prince William arrived with an elite army and learned that a hundred thousand demons and three legendary demons surrounded Rogo Camp.
• Heim unleashed his Purification Domain, weakening and killing demons as William ordered the Light Knight Order to charge.
• Legendary human fighters engaged the demons' strongest warriors, and William's forces broke the siege of Rogo Camp at great cost.
• Reinforcements from across the continent and followers of nearly every Deity gathered in the Demon Realm to investigate the crisis and the Sun God's whereabouts.
• Surviving adventurers returned to the camps after enduring the dangers of the transformed Demon Realm.

Fang Yuan returned to the camp and was welcomed by the Goddess of Harvest’s Pope, Miranda, who revealed the gods’ plan to prepare the Children of the Purgatory for the final battle. The gods equipped him with a Demigod Artifact, but Fang Yuan suspected they had not disclosed their full plan.

• Craig and Michael returned to camp with Fang Yuan, mourned Amanda, and tried to persuade him to join them before Miranda and the priests arrived to meet him.
• Miranda welcomed Fang Yuan as a Legendary and founder of the Violet Orchid Dynasty, while Craig and Michael realized how important he was.
• Inside a sealed divine domain, the possessed Miranda questioned Fang Yuan about the sun; he claimed he had seen the Great Evil Gods fighting over the Sun God Kingdom before escaping.
• Villar told Fang Yuan that the gods would empower the Children of the Purgatory to fight the Great Evil Gods and Apophis in the final battle.
• The priests gave Fang Yuan access to the camp’s equipment, including a Demigod Artifact Cross Sword, which he inspected before suspecting the gods had another plan.

Villar and the gods sealed the Hall of Gods after agreeing to use their chosen Children of the Purgatory as beacons to reach the Ninth Layer Purgatory and kill Apophis. In the Great Gan Plane, the Hidden Dragon Venerable Lord sensed a terrifying being drawing near, and a vast purple eye appeared over the Nine Absolute Mountains.

• Villar joined the gods in the Hall of Gods, where they discussed the deaths of deities and the threat posed by the Children of the Purgatory.
• Sakun and the other gods backed a plan to use their blessed champions as beacons, then sealed the Hall of Gods until the final battle.
• The Hidden Dragon Venerable Lord found refuge in the Cloud Country but sensed that the essence of the Great Gan World was changing.
• The Hidden Dragon Venerable Lord's memories of the Demon God surfaced on their own, convincing him that the being was drawing near.
• Liu Mengmei saw the sky over the Nine Absolute Mountains turn black and split open to reveal a colossal purple eye searching across the Nine Regions.