Chapter Summaries

The Human God explained his abilities and why he could not kill the Dragon God Orsted, revealing that the First Dragon God had sealed him in Void Space. Cui Ciyou learned that the Human God’s apparent power was limited by his imprisonment, leaving the conflict between him and Orsted unresolved.

• The Human God boasted about his Parallel Sight and other abilities, claiming his full fighting power could destroy the world.
• Cui Ciyou asked who the Battle God was, why the Dragon God wanted to destroy the world, and whether the Human God or Orsted was stronger.
• The Human God said Orsted wanted to kill him and obtain the source of the world, but admitted he did not know which of them was stronger because Orsted was the son of the First Dragon God.
• Cui Ciyou challenged the Human God to kill Orsted himself and asked whether he was afraid of dying.
• The Human God described his long existence and said he could not confront Orsted because the First Dragon God had sealed him in Void Space.

The Human God told Cui Ciyou that in every future where he did not rescue Benedict, she eventually killed Roxy. Cui Ciyou asked what would happen if he killed Benedict first, and the Human God called him ruthless without answering.

• The Human God told Cui Ciyou that Roxy died in every timeline where he never brought Benedict out of the palace.
• The Human God described futures in which Benedict became queen, a political ruler, a member of the Seven Great Powers, or a Demon King, and killed Roxy in each one.
• The Human God said Cui Ciyou's bond with Benedict created a unique timeline where he saved her and Roxy survived.
• Cui Ciyou wondered whether killing Benedict could prevent those tragedies and demanded to know how that future ended.
• The Human God froze at Cui Ciyou's question, then called him more of a Demon King than a Demon King.

The Human God explained that extraordinary fortune was the world's favor, which protected people like Roxy Migurdia and Benedictine Kingdragon by shifting danger and misfortune onto others. Cui Ciyou questioned the cost of fate’s corrections and ended by asking why Benedict killed Roxy in the futures the Human God had seen.

• The Human God praised Cui Ciyou’s ruthless decision to kill Benedict but warned that choosing it had created a new possibility in the river of fate.
• The Human God explained that Benedictine Kingdragon had the world’s second-greatest fortune, behind Roxy Migurdia, and described extraordinary fortune as protection from the world’s corrective forces.
• The Human God said Cui Ciyou’s changes to the Displacement Incident had shifted seven people, including himself and Roxy, because their destinies outweighed those of everyone in the Fitoia Territory.
• Cui Ciyou felt helpless at the idea that fate imposed costs on others, then challenged the Human God to explain why Benedict killed Roxy despite Roxy’s greater fortune.

The Human God explained to Cui Ciyou that the strongest fortune did not guarantee strength or survival, and warned that killing Benedict would not prevent Roxy's death. Cui Ciyou was left to choose whether to keep Benedict by his side and alter Roxy's fate.

• The Human God revealed that he had used Parallel Sight to observe the Jobless Reincarnation story, including its novel and discarded drafts.
• The Human God cited Rudeus nearly dying to Orsted as proof that the strongest fortune did not make someone invincible.
• The Human God advised Cui Ciyou to bring Princess Benedict out of the palace and keep her by his side, while warning that killing her would not change Roxy Migurdia's fate.
• The Human God explained that killing Benedict would cause the world's laws to create another woman with the second-strongest fortune, whose destiny would still be to kill Roxy.
• Cui Ciyou fell silent as the Human God asked him what he would choose.

Cui Ciyou demanded to know why the Human God was helping him and Roxy, and the Human God revealed that their child would be the savior destined to defeat Orsted. Cui Ciyou realized the Human God was protecting Roxy and manipulating events to create a weapon against his enemy, then wondered whether his suspicions were correct.

• Cui Ciyou asked the Human God what he hoped to gain by helping him and Roxy.
• The Human God revealed that Cui Ciyou and Roxy Migurdia were the parents of the world's savior.
• The Human God said their child would defeat Dragon God-Orsted and end the world's curse and loops.
• Cui Ciyou concluded that the Human God had manipulated him to protect Roxy and ensure their child could be born.
• Cui Ciyou stared at the Human God and questioned whether his suspicions were right.

Cui Ciyou planned to win the Martial Arts Tournament and use its reward to ask King Bark for Benedictine Kingdragon, but the Human God explained why the king would refuse. The Human God told Cui Ciyou to use his status as a duke of the Asla Kingdom to request Benedict's hand in marriage.

• Cui Ciyou identified bringing Benedictine Kingdragon to his side as the purpose of the plan, while the Human God teased him and read his thoughts.
• The Human God learned that Cui Ciyou planned to win the Martial Arts Tournament and ask King Bark for Benedict as his reward.
• The Human God explained that King Bark valued royal prestige so greatly that he had rejected Pax Shirone's request to marry Benedict.
• The Human God advised Cui Ciyou to make the request as a duke of the Asla Kingdom and ask King Bark to give Benedict to him in marriage.

The Human God persuaded Cui Ciyou that his engagement to Alice would not prevent him from seeking marriage to Benedict, and suggested he would use a divine revelation to influence the Dragon King Kingdom’s king. Cui Ciyou resolved to follow the advice to save Benedict and Roxy, while the Human God began approaching Bark de Wite and Pax Shirone.

• Cui Ciyou questioned why the Human God wanted him to pursue Benedict despite his engagement to Alice, but the Human God explained that powerful nobles could have multiple wives.
• The Human God said Bark de Wite would regard a marriage proposal from an Asla duke as an honor and offered to influence the king through a dream.
• Cui Ciyou returned to reality and decided to follow the Human God’s advice because he would not risk someone else’s life, while warning that he would retaliate if the god deceived him.
• The Human God spoke to the sleeping Bark de Wite in the Dragon King Kingdom palace.
• In Shirone, a voice offered Pax Shirone the chance to change his appearance and his life.

Cui Ciyou traveled through Shanakia with Benedictine Kingdragon after rescuing her from the Dragon King Kingdom’s palace, while Alice and Sylphiette remained angry and hurt over his bringing the blue-haired princess along. The party continued toward Shirone in an awkward silence, with Cui Ciyou trying to build a relationship with Benedictine and change the future.

• Alice won the Dragon King Martial Arts Tournament with a Sword of Light and lent Cui Ciyou her prize: the right to make a reasonable request of the king.
• Cui Ciyou used that request to bring Benedictine Kingdragon, a blue-haired princess resembling Roxy, along from the palace.
• Alice and Sylphiette attacked Cui Ciyou in anger, but Rujierd blocked their blows while Elinalise and Keith restrained them.
• The party set out for Shirone, with Alice riding alongside Sylphiette and Cui Ciyou sharing his horse with Benedictine.
• Cui Ciyou traveled through Shanakia’s fertile countryside under Alice’s and Sylphiette’s resentful stares.

Cui Ciyou and his companions entered the Shirone Kingdom, a guarded country bordering the Conflict Zone. Keith explained how its alliance with the Dragon King Kingdom and its ancient labyrinths sustained it, and Cui Ciyou decided the group would rest for three days before moving on.

• Cui Ciyou stopped the caravan in a Shirone town and announced they had entered the kingdom.
• Keith described the Conflict Zone and explained that Shirone had preserved its sovereignty through an alliance with the Dragon King Kingdom.
• Keith revealed that Shirone was known as the Labyrinth Nation, attracting adventurers with ancient labyrinths full of monsters, magic items, materials, and treasure.
• Cui Ciyou concluded that Shirone relied on Dragon King Kingdom protection and labyrinth wealth, then recalled Zanoba Shirone and Pax Shirone.
• Cui Ciyou ordered the group to rest in town for three days before setting out.

Zanoba Shirone and Pax Shirone visited Cui Ciyou and asked for an audience, prompting him to recall their unusual reputations and troubled histories. Pax warmly greeted Cui Ciyou, then revealed that the princes had come to ask him for a favor.

• A Royal Attendant announced that Zanoba Shirone and Pax Shirone had arrived together to meet Cui Ciyou.
• Cui Ciyou recognized Zanoba as a powerful dollmaking enthusiast and Pax as a cursed prince whose body remained childlike.
• Pax greeted Cui Ciyou with exaggerated warmth and eyed Alice before shrinking back when he noticed Rujierd.
• Pax exchanged pleasantries with Cui Ciyou and said that he and Zanoba had come to ask him for a favor.

Pax gave Cui Ciyou a lifelike figurine of Roxy and asked him to use Magic Nullification on himself and Zanoba. Cui Ciyou accepted the deal and realized the figurine was not an exact copy, easing his suspicion that Rudeus had spied on Roxy.

• Pax presented Cui Ciyou with a finely crafted figurine of Roxy, which left Zanoba overwhelmed with admiration.
• Pax asked Cui Ciyou to cast Magic Nullification on him and Zanoba to remove the magic power causing them hardship as a blessed child and a cursed child.
• Cui Ciyou agreed to help and accepted the Roxy figurine as payment.
• Cui Ciyou removed the figurine's robe and asked Pax whether it had a mole under its arm; Pax said it did not.
• Cui Ciyou concluded that Rudeus had not peeked at Roxy naked because the figurine was not a completely accurate reproduction.

Pax Shirone and Zanoba revealed that they sought Cui Ciyou’s Magic Nullification to remove the curse and uncontrollable strength caused by their immense magic power. After Cui Ciyou activated his ability, Zanoba lost his monstrous strength and Pax’s curse lifted, restoring his handsome true appearance.

• Pax told Cui Ciyou that he and Zanoba were a Cursed Child and a Blessed Child, and described how Zanoba’s strength had harmed the things and people he loved.
• Zanoba stopped Pax from describing the tragedy of his wedding night, and Cui Ciyou realized they wanted him to eliminate their magic power.
• Cui Ciyou activated Magic Nullification, and Pax and Zanoba both weakened as their powers vanished.
• Zanoba tested his strength by holding a steel longsword without crushing it and wept with relief.
• Pax’s stunted body grew, his face became handsome, and his blond hair lengthened as his true appearance was restored.

Cui Ciyou temporarily suppressed Zanoba and Pax Shirone’s mana, freeing them from their monstrous strength and curse, but explained that their conditions would return as they absorbed mana again. Pax failed to persuade Cui Ciyou to stay in Shirone, then invited him and his companions to the palace, hoping to keep the possibility open.

• Zanoba and Pax marveled at their changed appearances and asked Cui Ciyou whether their conditions would return.
• Cui Ciyou explained that Magic Nullification only temporarily severed their connection to outside mana, so their conditions would return once they absorbed enough mana.
• Pax offered Cui Ciyou a royal position and a share of Shirone if he became king, while Zanoba offered him his dolls, but Cui Ciyou declined because he had to travel to see an old friend.
• Cui Ciyou reflected on Shirone’s succession system, in which the prince with the largest royal guard became king when the king died.
• Pax accepted Cui Ciyou’s refusal and invited him and his companions to the palace for a banquet, hoping they would remain in Shirone.

Cui Ciyou visited the Shirone Kingdom’s capital with Pax and Zanoba, where he saw the city’s public slave market and attended a royal banquet. After the banquet, Pax lured him into a hidden chamber and trapped him at the center of a powerful Magic Circle.

• Cui Ciyou and his companions rode through the capital and saw slaves openly auctioned in the central square.
• Pax hosted a lavish banquet for Cui Ciyou, while Zanoba and the assembled nobles joined them.
• Pax led Cui Ciyou to a side chamber and invited him onto a Persian carpet as Alice and Sylphy followed.
• The floor vanished beneath Cui Ciyou, and a strange force dispersed the magic he used to stop his fall.
• Cui Ciyou landed in a vast chamber and found himself standing at the center of an enormous Magic Circle.
• Pax apologized from above and revealed that he had trapped Cui Ciyou because he needed his power.

Cui Ciyou was trapped inside an Emperor-level Barrier while Pax explained his betrayal and his desire to make Cui Ciyou’s Magic Nullification his own. As Pax insisted that even a Sword King could not escape, Cui Ciyou revealed that Pax had misunderstood his strength.

• Cui Ciyou examined the barrier and found that it absorbed and dismantled magic, while his physical blows failed to damage it.
• Alice attacked Pax, but the royal guards intercepted her, and Rujierd threatened them with his Trident as Sylphy prepared her magic.
• Pax revealed that the Shirone royal family had restored the Emperor-level Barrier and claimed only he could open it.
• Pax confessed that Cui Ciyou’s gift of a new face made him unwilling to return to his former life, and he demanded Cui Ciyou’s Magic Nullification as permanent power.
• Cui Ciyou accepted that the barrier could contain a Sword King, then asked who had told Pax that he was only a Sword King.

Cui Ciyou shattered Pax Shirone’s barrier and nearly killed him, but Ruijerd stopped him because Pax was a child. Cui Ciyou respected Ruijerd’s resolve, spared Pax, and knocked him unconscious instead.

• Cui Ciyou used his sword to dismantle the Emperor-level barrier, astonishing Pax Shirone and the others.
• Cui Ciyou crossed the hall and prepared to kill Pax, while the Royal Guard Knights froze under his killing intent.
• Ruijerd seized Cui Ciyou’s wrist and refused to let him kill twelve-year-old Pax, insisting that his oath forbade it.
• Cui Ciyou withdrew his killing intent and sheathed his sword, respecting Ruijerd’s convictions despite their disagreement.
• Cui Ciyou struck Pax with an invisible force, knocking him unconscious, then turned to the astonished Ruijerd.

After Cui Ciyou injured Pax, he used the group’s status and strength to demand an explanation from Shirone’s rulers. The kingdom exiled Pax and Zanoba under the guise of sending them abroad to study, leaving both princes as political hostages.

• Cui Ciyou injured Pax but spared his life, honoring Ruijerd’s request not to kill him.
• Cui Ciyou announced the group’s prestigious identities and demanded that Shirone’s leaders answer for the ambush and imprisonment.
• The First and Second Princes investigated the incident and proposed sentences for Pax and Zanoba.
• The royal ruling stripped Pax of most of his allowances and sent him to study in the Dragon King Kingdom.
• The royal ruling sent Zanoba to study in the Ranoa Magic Principality, removing both younger princes from the struggle for power.

Cui Ciyou and his companions traveled west toward the Red Dragon Mountains, dealing with bandits and monsters along the way. As they reached the crimson peaks at dusk, Ruijerd stopped the group and fixed his gaze on a nearby cliff face.

• After leaving the Shirone Kingdom, Cui Ciyou and his companions sold their horses and continued toward the Red Dragon Mountains on foot.
• Cui Ciyou considered the dangers of the red dragons, whose colonies made them a threat across the mountain range.
• Alice beat a group of bandits who tried to rob the party, then spared them after learning hunger had driven them to crime.
• Rujierd and Talhand helped the group defeat monsters as they crossed the plains.
• At dusk, Ruijerd raised his hand to stop the group and stared at the cliff face of a nearby peak.

Cui Ciyou and his companions tried to avoid a Red Dragon’s lair, but Alice Greyrat’s Battle Aura woke the dragon. They coordinated an attack and Cui Ciyou killed it, leaving them to move on after the battle.

• Rujierd identified the sleeping Red Dragon as a sentry and advised the group to keep five li away from its peak.
• Alice Greyrat’s leaked Battle Aura woke the Red Dragon, and Cui Ciyou ordered the group to fight before its roar drew more danger.
• Rujierd deflected the dragon’s breath, Sylphy protected Alice with earth walls, and Alice repeatedly struck the same joint in its armor.
• Cui Ciyou directed Sylphy to trap the dragon in a mud swamp and Rujierd to expose its neck while Alice broke through a cracked scale.
• Cui Ciyou pierced the Red Dragon’s weak point at the junction of its head and neck, killing it as Alice celebrated the victory.

After looting the Red Dragon they had slain, Cui Ciyou and his companions crossed the Red Dragon Mountains and traveled north toward Fittoa. They found the territory’s farms and villages gone, and continued toward Rebuilt Roa, the only remaining human settlement there.

• Talhand directed the group as they stripped the Red Dragon’s hide, bones, scales, teeth, claws, and Dragon Core.
• Cui Ciyou and his companions used their senses to avoid the Red Dragon colony and crossed the mountains over thirty days.
• The group traveled north through Asla Kingdom toward Fittoa, driven by Alice and Sylphy’s homesickness.
• Cui Ciyou and his companions reached Fittoa and found its fields, villages, and cottages had vanished.
• The group walked across the silent grassland toward Rebuilt Roa.