Chapter Summaries

Arthur faced the three-headed Xenomorph in the arena and defeated it despite its powerful Calamity Field. He left the monster torn apart as the stunned crowd watched.

• Ilida revealed that he had captured the Xenomorph after breaking into seventy-three secret realms in Youlan State.
• Arthur entered the arena, where his enormous size and unusual Crimson Beast appearance shocked the spectators.
• The Xenomorph filled the arena with its Calamity Field and phantoms, and Xiluria feared Arthur would be trapped.
• Arthur emerged unharmed from the Calamity Qi, which his red flames drove away and consumed.
• Arthur struck the Xenomorph repeatedly, tore it apart, and left the arena in silence.

Arthur completely destroys the Xenomorph and absorbs its chaotic bloodline power, while the spectators assess the Crimson King Beast’s strength. Prince Ilida welcomes the discovery that Arthur can make use of Calamity Beasts, and he anticipates that many people will visit his estate after the beast fight.

• Arthur crushes the still-writhing Xenomorph with a scarlet claw, killing it and reducing its body to shapeless flesh.
• Arthur extracts the Xenomorph’s bloodline power and recognizes its chaotic nature as the source of Calamity Beasts’ mutating effects.
• The Fifth Prince watches Arthur with fervent interest, while Carlo wonders whether he could match the Crimson King Beast.
• Ilida tells Talina that the Crimson King Beast’s unexpectedly easy victory will draw visitors to his estate after the beast fight.
• Ilida concludes that Arthur’s ability to drain Calamity Beasts’ life force is useful because the creatures otherwise have almost no value.

Arthur followed a Bloodline Contract summons to meet Siria, Iley, and Princess Talina, who planned to use him to help trigger a disaster in Ku City. After learning the plan, he returned to his cell and decided to wait for the coming three months.

• Arthur continued absorbing the chaotic Xenomorph bloodline and estimated that it would take at least half a month to finish.
• Arthur followed the Bloodline Contract summons through the arena and found Siria, Iley, and Princess Talina waiting among some ruins.
• Arthur saw that Siria had become a powerful supernatural being, and her Soul Power nourished him through their contract.
• Talina revealed that the Demon Disaster would erupt across Ku City in three months and asked Iley’s people to disrupt the city’s defenses by releasing the Calamity Beasts in the Kumara Arena.
• Iley agreed to hand Talina the Emerald Heart after the plan, then left with Siria, who urged Arthur through their contract to return.
• Arthur judged that he could not escape Ilida and the other pursuers, so he returned to his cell and resolved to wait.

Talina and Xiluria conspired over the Crimson King Beast, while Arthur secretly overheard them and resolved to escape during the Night of Demonic Fog. After growing stronger in the Coliseum, Arthur underwent another Metamorphosis in Kumas.

• Talina told Xiluria that she wanted the Crimson King Beast more than the Emerald Heart because it might reach the Nether Tier and save her from her Soul Body’s fatal cost.
• Xiluria agreed to oppose his father and uncle, who had ordered his mother’s execution, and Talina warned him not to hesitate when the time came.
• Arthur, hidden nearby, overheard their conversation and decided the Night of Demonic Fog would be his chance to escape; he resolved to grow stronger first.
• Seven days later, Arthur killed more than a dozen Third Order or stronger Calamity Beasts in the Coliseum, drawing the crowd’s cheers and Talina’s eager attention.
• Arthur absorbed the beasts’ bloodline power and consumed piles of meat, rapidly strengthening his body over the following weeks.
• Two months later, Arthur underwent another Metamorphosis in the Kumas Coliseum, surrounded by a cocoon of light.

Arthur completed his metamorphosis at the peak of the Sixth Order, while Prince Ilida set out to capture Iley and Siria so the Crimson King Beast could be claimed. As Talina and Xiluria watched a demonic shadow descend, Talina warned that the Demon Wolf God Yariandora’s awakening was near.

• Arthur emerged from his month-long metamorphosis at the peak of the Sixth Order, bearing new traits and growing to more than twenty meters long.
• Prince Ilida ordered Carlo to find Iley and Siria, promising Carlo’s family Iley’s Winged Terror Bird King if they were brought back.
• After Ilida and Carlo left, Arthur acknowledged that he had timed his metamorphosis to finish before the coming events, then waited in a deep slumber.
• Talina and Xiluria saw black mist spread across the night sky and discussed the approaching awakening of the Demon Wolf God Yariandora.
• A tremendous howl rang out as a gigantic demonic silhouette descended and a shadow began to cover the moon.

A colossal Calamity Beast and its Demon Wolves attacked Ku City, smashing the walls and overwhelming its defenders. As the city faced the assault, Arthur broke out of his cage and received Siria’s plan to release the Coliseum’s beasts, deciding he would rather devour them.

• Talina recognized the demonic fog and scarlet eyes as a disaster like the one she had witnessed in her youth, while Arthur sensed a powerful, growing Calamity Beast within it.
• A giant black claw struck Ku City, destroying buildings and collapsing sections of the city wall as residents were crushed and injured.
• Carlo flew in on his Purple Scaled Beast and shielded people from debris, but he fled after three Fifth Order Demon Wolves summoned dozens more powerful wolves.
• Arthur broke out of his cage at the Kumas Coliseum while the city’s leaders were occupied, then received Siria’s message to release the captured Calamity Beasts.
• Arthur decided that devouring the Coliseum’s beasts would help him grow stronger than simply releasing them.

Arthur hunted Calamity Beasts in Kumas Coliseum, growing stronger as the Demon Disaster escalated outside. He entered the inner cages to face more powerful beasts, while Iley and Siria waited for a chance to rescue the Scarlet King.

• Iley told Siria to wait until Ku City's defenders were exhausted, then planned to enter Kumas Coliseum with the Guardian to rescue the Scarlet King and warned her not to seek out Talina.
• Arthur emerged from the Night Curtain, killed Calamity Beasts, and absorbed their bloodlines, advancing to the initial transformation stage of the Second Order.
• Arthur watched powerful fighters, including Carlo and Prince Ilida, battle Demon Wolves while the Demon Wolf King and another Level 3 Wizard-level creature faced off in the fog.
• Arthur entered the inner cages of Kumas Coliseum and defeated a Second Order, eight-clawed, three-headed tiger with crimson flames.
• Arthur absorbed the tiger's life force and bloodline, then continued deeper into the cages to hunt stronger beasts.

Ilida confronted Lord Zagel as a Two-headed Demon Wolf revealed its Nether-Tier power, but the awakened Earth Giant Dohra joined the fight outside Ku City. As the two Nether-Tier beasts clashed, Arthur sensed their powerful bloodlines and continued drawing strength from Calamity Beasts.

• Ilida challenged Lord Zagel, but the Two-headed Demon Wolf’s overwhelming aura nearly shattered his soul imprint until the golden-eyed figure atop the tower drew its attention.
• The Two-headed Demon Wolf spoke a faint, hoarse name, and Ilida realized his brother had succeeded.
• A quake split the earth near Ku City, awakening the Earth Giant Dohra and forcing back the Calamity Power.
• Talina identified Dohra as Ku City’s Guardian Beast and warned that a Nether-Tier battle was beginning.
• Dohra and the Two-headed Demon Wolf fought outside Ku City, shaking the city with their clash.
• Arthur destroyed a Calamity Beast in Kumas Coliseum, sensed the two beasts’ bloodlines stirring his Bloodline Seed, and moved on to the next cage.

Outside Ku City, Yariandora and Zagel fought while Talina, Xiluria, and Ilida confronted Iley over Siria and her Crimson King Beast contract. As the battle roared on, someone ordered an attack.

• Yariandora and Zagel unleashed devastating powers as they fought outside Ku City.
• Talina joined Ilida on the city wall, and Xiluria revealed the severed head of his brother, prompting Ilida to condemn him for murder.
• Talina called out Iley, who arrived with Siria and others, and admitted she had marked him with a Holy Spirit Worm when she helped him escape Ku City.
• Iley realized that Ilida and Talina both wanted Siria’s Crimson King Beast contract, while Talina offered to let Siria go unharmed if he surrendered it.
• Ilida and Talina urged Iley to hand over Siria, and he hesitated before a beast roared and someone shouted, “Attack!!”

Siria and Prince Ilida prepared to fight over the Crimson King Beast, but a tremendous awakening at the Kumas Coliseum interrupted them. Arthur emerged in a transformed, near-Epic form, and Siria recognized him as the Crimson King before he turned his attention toward the distant battlefield.

• Iley, Talina, and Prince Ilida attacked at the same time, while Xiluria fought masked figures and Siria stopped Prince Ilida's strike.
• Siria revealed that she had reached the Eighth Tier half a month earlier, and Prince Ilida recalled killing her father, the King of Arian, in single combat.
• A series of increasingly powerful roars from the Kumas Coliseum halted the fighting, and a scarlet pillar of power rose into the sky.
• The earth churned and scarlet rain fell as Arthur awakened amid flames, transformed after devouring the Calamity Beasts in the Kumas Coliseum.
• Siria recognized the towering beast as the Crimson King, and Arthur glanced at her before focusing on the distant battlefield.

Arthur completed his transformation and joined the battle between the Earth Giant and the Demon Wolf King, but his first clash left him badly wounded. After rapidly regenerating, he received unexpected help from the Earth Giant as the fight continued.

• Arthur shed his old scales, grew new ones, and charged toward the battlefield as Ilida realized he had transformed.
• Ilida urged his allies to attack Siria, while Talina prepared to use her immense Soul Power against her.
• Arthur chose to target the Two-headed Demon Wolf rather than the Earth Giant, and the two beasts began fighting.
• The Demon Wolf King wounded Arthur in their clash, but Arthur quickly healed using the life force stored within him.
• The Earth Giant struck the Demon Wolf King and sent it crashing through mountains, then Arthur charged in and brought down a claw.

Arthur battled the Two-headed Demon Wolf King, using his vitality to heal and relentlessly tearing into his foe. When the mist cleared, Arthur remained standing despite severe wounds, while the Earth Giant watched to see who had won.

• Arthur struck the Two-headed Demon Wolf King with a devastating claw, then absorbed nearby blood and flesh to heal his injuries.
• Arthur charged the Demon Wolf King and fought it in a savage exchange of bites, while the Earth Giant held back and let them weaken each other.
• Calamity power and elemental energy engulfed the battlefield in mist, hiding the outcome from the Earth Giant.
• The Earth Giant used his golden gaze to clear the mist and saw Arthur standing amid the devastation, badly wounded but radiating overwhelming power.

Arthur killed Zagel, the Demon Wolf King, and absorbed his bloodline power, briefly encountering the sleeping Demon Wolf God Yariandora. The Earth Giant offered to remove the curse mark left on Arthur, but Arthur refused, believing he had time to grow stronger before Yariandora awakened.

• Arthur crushed Zagel with repeated blows until the Demon Wolf King died, while Carlo watched and regretted not having claimed Arthur earlier.
• Siria's power grew during her battle with Ilida as the Crimson King Beast's ascension strengthened her.
• Arthur absorbed Zagel's bloodline power and sensed the immense, sleeping three-headed Demon Wolf God before severing their connection.
• The Earth Giant explained that Zagel's curse had marked Arthur and offered an Earth Rite to remove it, but Arthur declined.
• The Earth Giant asked Arthur whether Siria was his Contract Master.

Arthur accepted the Earth Giant’s knowledge and gems for weakening or undoing his Bloodline Contract, then left Siria behind as the Ku royal court let her and Iley go. In the wilderness, Talina neared death after breaking her seal, and a gigantic crimson beast approached her and Xiluria.

• The Earth Giant explained how Bloodline Contracts worked and offered Arthur golden gems and secret arts that could weaken or undo his contract with Siria at the cost of life force.
• Arthur accepted the knowledge, asked about contracting with multiple people, and learned that Siria’s Soul Power had not marked his imprint; he gave the Earth Giant his imprint and promised to help him once in return.
• After the battle ended, Arthur saw Siria and vanished; Carlo relayed the king’s command to release her and Iley, and Ilida escorted them through Ku City.
• Talina told Xiluria that breaking her seal had burned away her life force and confessed her wish to stay with him; Xiluria promised he would marry her and held her as she weakened.
• A gigantic beast with crimson eyes emerged through a spreading crimson mist and approached Xiluria and Talina.

Arthur found Xiluria holding the dying Talina and used a Bloodline Contract to save her, discovering that her immense Soul Power came from burning her life force. Talina recovered by drawing on Arthur’s vitality, leaving him surprised by how rapidly she drained it.

• Arthur approached Xiluria and Talina, declared he could save her, and rendered the charging golden lion unconscious with his bloodline pressure.
• Arthur sensed that Talina’s unusual constitution burned her life force to strengthen her Soul Power, making her difficult to sustain with an ordinary bonded beast.
• Arthur formed a Bloodline Contract with Talina, and a vast stream of her pure Soul Power began flowing to him.
• Arthur’s life force flowed through their connection into Talina, restoring her body, healing her wounds, and making her look like a healthy girl in her teens.
• Arthur felt his vitality draining rapidly as he watched Talina recover.

Arthur struggled with Talina’s extreme vitality drain while considering how to purify Soul Power so he could absorb it from different Contract Masters. Months later, he learned from Xiluria that the world’s Dark Region and its Calamity Beasts threatened the shrinking normal lands.

• Arthur realized Talina’s Bloodline Contract was draining years of his avatar’s lifespan and that her Soul Power overwhelmed Siria’s.
• Arthur considered removing the owner-specific marks from Soul Power to make it possible to absorb power from different Contract Masters.
• Several months later, Xiluria brought Arthur a nearly Fifth Order Calamity Beast, which Arthur consumed to replenish his vitality.
• Xiluria explained that dark mist covered the Dark Region, transformed exposed creatures into Calamity Beasts, and caused them to mutate and multiply.
• Xiluria told Arthur that Calamity Beasts drew mist toward populated areas, turning more land into Dark Regions, so the nations prioritized hunting them.

Arthur explained the rarity of Guardian Beasts and the Emerald Heart to Xiluria, then continued training Xiluria and Talina. Talina successfully formed her first basic spell model, impressing Arthur with her exceptional wizarding talent.

• Xiluria explained that only Nether Tier contracted beasts qualified as Guardian Beasts and described how the Arian Kingdom fell after its Guardian Beast died.
• Arthur asked about the Emerald Heart, and Xiluria explained that it held much of the dead Guardian Beast’s life force and that Talina wanted it to extend her lifespan.
• Talina arrived dragging a wounded elephant, and Xiluria took an iron sword to train by the stream.
• Arthur trained Xiluria as a potential knight and taught Talina how to form a basic spell model.
• After half an hour, Talina completed the spell model, and Arthur recognized her as an exceptionally talented wizarding student.

Adier reflected on his research into Talina’s constitution and Soul Power, concluding that Soul Power could strengthen life but risked changing the user’s identity. He then sensed a massive wave of Calamity Beasts approaching as black mist began to cover the moon.

• Adier finished observing Talina and considered how her constitution converted life force into Soul Power.
• Adier concluded that Soul Power could elevate a person’s strength but might corrupt their will and sense of self, and he set aside his attempts to purify it.
• Adier wondered whether Soul Power existed in other worlds, since its components seemed universal despite its unique form.
• Adier sensed Calamity Beasts emerging from thickening mist, including several Level 3 presences comparable to the Demon Wolf King.
• Xiluria cried out at the sight of black mist obscuring half the silver moon, and Adier looked up at it.

As the Misty Moon appeared, Talina explained that it could awaken the Demon Wolf God Yariandora, who was tied to the Guro Empire and the curse on Arthur. Arthur began assimilating the Demon Wolf bloodline while protected by witch formations, and Talina and Xiluria set out to find a quiet town.

• Talina and Xiluria explained that the Misty Moon made Calamity Beasts attack the lands of reality and could eventually awaken a Demon God.
• Talina said the Demon Wolf God Yariandora was connected to Guro and had been roused early ten years earlier, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths.
• Arthur realized the Misty Moon could hasten Yariandora's awakening and that the Demon Wolf King's curse would make him a target.
• Arthur told Talina and Xiluria to find shelter, then went to the mountain and used witch formations to conceal himself before assimilating Zagel's Demon Wolf bloodline.
• Arthur's bloodline transformation deepened into a dangerous slumber as his Bloodline Seed changed from crimson to black.
• Talina and Xiluria chose to find a small town and spend some quiet time together.

Three years after Arthur fell into a deep sleep, Xiluria and Talina gathered intelligence while the Demon Disaster ravaged the nations and the Arian Kingdom. Months after sensing Arthur would soon awaken, they received an expected visitor at their manor.

• Xiluria told Talina that Calamity Beasts and the Demon Disaster had brought severe hardship to Guluo, Kuma, and the Arian Kingdom.
• Xiluria said Iley had sent people to search for them, likely hoping to claim Talina's contract with Arthur for Siria.
• Talina reflected on how Arthur had chosen to contract with her and how his power had stopped growing Siria's strength.
• Talina and Xiluria sensed Arthur would wake within months and decided it was time to move.
• Several months later, a pale young man in a golden robe arrived at the manor, and Xiluria greeted him in the garden.