Chapter Summaries

After winning ten consecutive battles, Ailin checked into an inn in Blood Nether City, where diners recognized him as the arena’s new sensation. Meanwhile, Ek and Glass discussed their match-fixing profits and planned to approach Ailin for a chance to profit from his next challenge against Bens.

• Ailin paid five hundred Nether Stones for a year’s stay and went to Courtyard Fourteen.
• A diner recognized Ailin as the High-God who had won ten straight battles, exciting the inn’s guests and waitress.
• Ek returned to his courtyard and found Glass recovering from their staged fight on the Blood Battle Stage.
• Ek told Glass that Ailin might be a Six-star Demon and proposed learning his plans to exploit a possible Betting Ring against Bens.
• Ek left to visit Ailin while Glass stayed behind to recover.

Ailin learned more about how the Blood Battle Stage arranged streaks and listened as Ek proposed a scheme to earn Nether Stones together. Ek revealed that he rigged his own matches and sought Ailin’s cooperation as Ailin prepared to keep challenging.

• Ailin admitted he planned to continue fighting for as long as he kept winning, despite the possibility of facing Bens or stronger opponents.
• Ek warned Ailin that the Blood Battle Stage might arrange a dangerous fight with Bens or another powerful challenger as his streak grew.
• Ek proposed that he and Ailin cooperate to earn Nether Stones through Ailin’s matches.
• Ek revealed that his own fights were rigged: his opponent was Glass, and they had agreed on the outcome and how Ek would lose.

Ailin rejected Ek’s proposal to surrender to Bens for betting-ring profits and instead offered to bet on his own victory. Ek and Glass remained unsure whether they could trust Ailin’s strength, and Ek decided to delay the match so they could observe him further.

• Ek told Ailin he could delay a match with Bens but could not prevent it if Ailin kept winning, then proposed that Ailin surrender near the end so they could profit from betting.
• Ailin refused to lose for a million Nether Stones, learned that Bens cultivated Water Law, and said he would keep challenging and fight to win.
• Ailin suggested Ek bet on his victory over Bens, but Ek could not be certain Ailin would win and left to reconsider.
• Ek told Glass that Ailin’s match with Bens was too uncertain for a safe bet, then decided to ask Uvaldo to delay it while they watched Ailin’s strength.

After reaching forty consecutive victories, Ailin learned that he might face Bens the next day and considered betting on the outcome. Ek struggled to decide whether to risk his and Glass's Nether Stones, then chose not to bet.

• Ailin declined to watch the matches after reaching forty consecutive victories, though he remained eager to face Bens.
• Ek brought Ailin fifty thousand Nether Stones earned by betting on his winning streak and said the odds had become unprofitable.
• Ek told Ailin he would most likely face Bens the next day, and Ailin asked what Ek would do if he were certain to win.
• Ek returned to Glass and discussed whether to bet on Ailin or Bens, noting that neither fighter had revealed much of his strength.
• Ek decided not to risk their Nether Stones on the uncertain match.

Bens challenged Nom at the Blood Battle Stage while concealing his true strength to keep Kengo from fleeing before Bens could become City Lord. Bens overpowered Nom’s attacks but held back, and the fight continued with Nom preparing to resist.

• Bens discussed his plan to become City Lord, investigate the mineral vein beneath Blood Ghost Mountain, and notify his family about the possible Blood Pattern Ice.
• The referee announced Bens’s fifty-eight consecutive victories and introduced Nom, a High-God who cultivated the Earth Law, as his challenger.
• Nom attacked Bens with Gravity Space and stone pillars, but Bens shattered the pillars and charged at him with a barbed whip.
• Bens struck Nom hard enough to send him flying and break his Gravity Space, while hiding his greater strength to avoid making Kengo wary.
• Nom realized he could not defeat Bens but expected to survive by conceding, then prepared to fight on.

Bens defeated Nom and continued his winning streak, then faced Ailin, another undefeated powerhouse with forty consecutive victories. Bens tried to persuade Ailin to surrender, but Ailin challenged him to reveal his trump cards.

• Nom conceded after Bens’s attacks overwhelmed his defenses, and Bens claimed another victory.
• Bens chose to continue challenging, and the referee announced Ailin as his next opponent.
• Ek and Glass watched from separate parts of the spectator stands as Ailin was summoned to the arena.
• Ailin considered Bens’s immense physical strength while approaching the stage, and the crowd cheered for both fighters.
• Bens offered to spare Ailin if he surrendered, but Ailin refused and urged him to show his trump cards.

Ailin faced Bens on the Blood Battle Stage as Bens revealed a powerful water-based technique, but Ailin countered with an ice defense and blades that overwhelmed Bens's attack. The battle remained unresolved as only a few of Bens's tentacles survived Ailin's assault.

• Ailin judged that Bens's revealed strength was close to that of a Six-star Demon, and Bens deployed his Ripple Sphere Divine Domain.
• Bens merged his whip with the Ripple Sphere and sent dozens of tentacle-like whips at Ailin, drawing Ek's conclusion that Bens was exceptionally powerful among Six-star Demons.
• Ailin raised a towering ice wall that withstood Bens's tentacle whips without breaking.
• Ailin formed ice blades that cut through most of Bens's tentacles, leaving only two or three intact.

Ailin revealed power strong enough to shatter Bens's Ripple Sphere, convincing the spectators that he was a Seven-star Demon. Bens realized his plans to conceal his identity were unraveling and attacked Ailin with both whip and saber.

• Ailin's Ice Blades destroyed Bens's remaining tentacles and shattered the Ripple Sphere.
• The spectators, including Ek and Glass, concluded that Ailin was likely a Seven-star Demon after seeing him tear open spatial cracks without a Divine Weapon.
• A white-haired observer from the City Lord's Mansion decided to report the fighters' strength to the City Lord and make contact with them early.
• Bens recognized that defeating Ailin would likely expose his identity and disrupt his plan to challenge Kengo for Blood Nether City.
• Bens told Ailin to show his true ability, then charged with his whip and saber while still holding back his full strength.

Ailin faced Bens on the Blood Battle Stage and overwhelmed him despite using only a Mid-level Divine Weapon. After defeating Bens’s attack and taking his Dragon Subduing Whip, Ailin left him injured and revealed the vast gap between their strength.

• Ailin reflected on the scarcity and cost of Divine Weapons, then drew a Green Longsword to fight Bens.
• Bens unleashed a powerful saber-and-whip attack, while Ailin countered with a sword strike that shattered the space before him.
• Ailin caught Bens’s whip barehanded, froze it, and kicked Bens across the arena.
• Ailin examined the undamaged whip as Bens explained that he had forged and nurtured the Dragon Subduing Whip with Golden Dragon Flame and the baleful aura of Golden Dragon Blood.
• Ailin praised the weapon but told Bens that he was too weak to pose a real threat.

Ailin faced Bens on the Blood Battle Stage until Bens revealed his Dragonman form and identified himself as Bensgodo, an Elder of the Four Divine Beast Family. The City Lord’s Mansion reported his appearance to the City Lord as Ailin prepared to face a powerful opponent.

• Bens abandoned his disguise and transformed into a towering Dragonman, shocking the spectators and Ek.
• Bens revealed that he was Bensgodo, a Four Divine Beast Family Elder, prompting a commotion among the crowd.
• The white-haired steward ordered an attendant to report Bensgodo’s identity to the City Lord.
• Ailin recognized the significance of Bensgodo’s bloodline and innate abilities and considered the strength of elite Seven-star Demons and peak Asuras.

The City Lord learned that Bensgodo, an elder of the Four Divine Beast Family, was battling Ailin at the Blood Battle Stage and flew there to see for himself. Ailin overwhelmed Bensgodo in their clash, prompting Bensgodo to unleash his clan’s Innate Divine Ability as an Azure Dragon Phantom appeared behind him.

• An attendant told the City Lord that Bensgodo was an elder of the Four Divine Beast Family and was fighting Ailin, who also seemed to be a Seven-star Demon.
• The City Lord flew to the Blood Battle Stage to witness the battle.
• Ailin threw his frozen Dragon Subduing Whip aside and forced Bensgodo back with a strike from his Green Longsword.
• Ailin mocked Bensgodo and defeated him in their renewed clash, leaving Bensgodo battered on the ground.
• Bensgodo declared that he would show Ailin the Azure Dragon Clan’s innate gift, and an Azure Dragon Phantom appeared behind him.

Ailin was affected by Bensgodo’s Dragon’s Roar but blocked his attacks and shattered Bensgodo’s High-level Divine Weapon with a punch. Bensgodo then used the Water Element Sovereign’s Might, forcing Ailin to face the power that could let a Seven-star Demon rival an Asura.

• Bensgodo used Dragon’s Roar, affecting Ailin with its time-altering power, but Ailin still blocked Bensgodo’s saber strike.
• Bensgodo continued attacking despite Ailin’s defense, and Ailin destroyed his green longsword while preparing to counterattack.
• Ailin punched Bensgodo’s saber, breaking the High-level Divine Weapon, then used water to restrict Bensgodo’s movements.
• Bensgodo activated the Water Element Sovereign’s Might, broke through Ailin’s restriction, and struck Ailin’s fist with his tail.
• Bensgodo was knocked back and Dragon’s Roar ended, while Ailin recognized the threat posed by Sovereign’s Might.

Ailin overwhelmed Bensgodo even after the Four Divine Beast Family elder used Sovereign’s Might, and their battle shattered the Blood Battle Stage’s protective array. Bensgodo remained defiant as Ailin declared that he would kill him.

• Bensgodo used Sovereign’s Might, but Ailin struck him away with a single punch, shocking the spectators and Ek.
• Ailin attacked Bensgodo again, forcing him to abandon his broken saber and fight barehanded as his enhanced scales and dragon tail withstood Ailin’s blows.
• Their clash damaged the Blood Battle Stage’s Magic Array, prompting the city guards and spectators to flee.
• Bensgodo crashed through the array into the viewing area, and Ailin told him that Sovereign’s Might could not save him.
• Bensgodo angrily challenged Ailin’s ability to kill him and invoked the Four Divine Beast Family’s refusal to retreat from enemies.

Ailin pursued Bensgodo from Blood Nether City to the Nether Sea after Bensgodo fled, then overcame him in battle. Bensgodo died as the onlookers witnessed Ailin's victory.

• Ailin shattered Bensgodo's arm, but Bensgodo used Dragon's Roar and fled the Blood Battle Stage toward the outskirts of Blood Nether City.
• Ailin chased Bensgodo beyond the city and ignored his warning that he was an elder of the Four Divine Beast Family.
• Kengo and crowds of God-level experts followed toward the outskirts to watch the fight.
• Ailin caught up with Bensgodo, who launched a final attack with the last of his Sovereign's Might.
• Ailin defeated Bensgodo, whose lifeless body fell into the Nether Sea.

After Ailin killed Bensgodo in the battle near Blood Nether City, the City Lord Kengo recognized Ailin’s victory and ordered the corpse collected. Two of Bensgodo’s clansmen returned to the Four Divine Beast Family’s Dragon Soul Mountain Range to report his death, and they were admitted to the Netherworld branch’s clan leader, Ennio Reiding.

• Kengo declared Ailin the victor, and Ailin kept Bensgodo’s Godhead and Space Ring while leaving the corpse for the Blood Battle Stage.
• After Ailin departed, Kengo told Bolei to collect Bensgodo’s corpse and ignore everything else.
• In the Dragon Soul Mountain Range, Uri and another clansman learned that Bensgodo had been killed and decided to inform the clan leader.
• Enis admitted Uri and his companion to the castle, where they entered the hall and met Ennio Reiding, clan leader of the Azure Dragon Clan’s Netherworld branch.

Ennio learned that Ailin had killed Bensgodo and vowed that the Four Divine Beast Family would seek revenge. Back in Blood Nether City, hotel owner Moke Kakri offered Ailin the finest courtyard and his family’s assistance after learning Ailin was an Asura-level expert.

• Uri told Ennio that Bensgodo had fallen, and he and his companion recounted the battle with Ailin in Blood Nether City.
• Ennio blamed Ailin for Bensgodo’s death and vowed that the Four Divine Beast Family would not let the matter go unanswered.
• After the news spread through Blood Nether City, Moke Kakri prepared Courtyard No.1 for Ailin and ordered his staff to accommodate his requests.
• Ailin returned to the hotel, where Moke introduced himself as the Kakri Family patriarch and offered him the courtyard and his family’s help.

Ailin examined Bensgodo’s Space Ring, then received Blood Nether City’s City Lord, Kengo, who explained the rules for challenging the City Lord. Ailin learned that his victory over Bensgodo let him challenge directly and asked whether he could challenge the Prefect the same way.

• Ailin accepted Moke’s willingness to work for him but told him to stay in his current courtyard until needed.
• Ailin claimed Bensgodo’s Space Ring and found nearly ten billion Nether Stones, weapons, High-God Sparks, and precious ores, but no Sovereign’s Might.
• A waitress told Ailin that Kengo was outside requesting an audience, and Ailin invited him in.
• Kengo apologized because damage to the Blood Battle Stage had interrupted Ailin’s challenges and offered to step down as City Lord.
• Ailin said he intended to become City Lord, and Kengo explained that killing the Seven-star Demon Bensgodo qualified him to challenge directly.
• Ailin asked Kengo whether his strength also allowed him to challenge the Prefect directly.

Ailin learned that the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture lived in the Abyssal Sea and cultivated the Fire Law, and he planned to challenge the Prefect once prepared. After Kengo departed to notify the Prefect, a mysterious woman ordered an investigation into Ailin and considered allowing him to take her position; Ailin then encountered Ek again.

• Kengo told Ailin that the Prefect lived in the Abyssal Sea, cultivated the Fire Law, and could be challenged under rules like those for challenging a City Lord.
• Kengo gave Ailin Bensgodo's Dragon Subduing Whip, and Ailin claimed the weapon as his own.
• Kengo left the Kakri Restaurant and decided to notify the Prefect that Ailin intended to challenge her.
• A mysterious woman in the restaurant ordered her maidservant to investigate Ailin and said she might let him take the Prefect's position.
• Ailin met Ek again, the acquaintance who had previously placed Nether Stone bets for him.

Ailin refused Ek and Glass's offer of one million Nether Stones and instead asked them to find powerful High-Gods who cultivated the Death Law and gather information on the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture. Learning they came from the Okarun Material Plane sparked Ailin's interest in the future Supreme God Mission there, and he left the chapter planning ahead for the tokens.

• Ek and Glass visited Ailin, and Ek apologized for his earlier presumption and offered one million Nether Stones to compensate for Ailin's lost wagers.
• Ailin refused the Nether Stones and asked how long Ek and Glass had lived in Blood Nether City and what they knew about it.
• Ek explained that he and Glass came from the Okarun Material Plane and had settled in Blood Nether City after their tribe was destroyed.
• Ailin recognized Okarun as the future site of a Red Diamond contest and considered seeking the Supreme God's Tokens before Linley.
• Ailin asked Ek and Glass to find powerful High-Gods who cultivated the Death Law and buy detailed information about the Prefect of Blood Phantom Prefecture.

The Petrov Family faced possible destruction after Ailin killed Bensgodo, a Four Divine Beast Family elder they had lured to Blood Nether City. Andre proposed seeking Ailin’s protection by offering him the Blood Pattern Ice Mine, leaving the family to decide whether to risk that approach or flee.

• Waldo Petrov gathered the family elders to discuss the danger posed by the Four Divine Beast Family and the City Lord after Bensgodo’s death.
• The elders debated fleeing Blood Nether City, but Waldo resisted abandoning the Petrov Family’s hard-won foundation.
• Andre proposed seeking refuge with Ailin, arguing that the family would otherwise be caught between the Four Divine Beast Family and the City Lord.
• Waldo asked how they could persuade Ailin to protect them, and Andre suggested using the Blood Pattern Ice Mine to establish contact.
• Waldo accepted that if the offer failed, the Petrov Family would have to abandon everything and flee.