Chapter Summaries

The Ice and Snow Queen learned that Romon had reached the Legendary Realm and that the Ice and Snow Sage had disappeared, so she sought guidance from the Ice and Snow God. The god gave a divine scroll to Cardinal Archbishop Sakaven, who prepared to investigate Romon and the Sage’s disappearance.

• The Ice and Snow Queen received a confidential letter reporting that Romon had entered the Legendary Realm and was being called His Highness.
• Fearing the Ice and Snow Sage had fallen, the queen hastily led priests in a ceremony to ask the Ice and Snow God for guidance.
• The Ice and Snow God appeared and left a golden scroll, but the queen and the archbishop present could not interpret its purpose.
• Cardinal Archbishop Sakaven returned and told the queen that the god had tasked him with investigating the matter and the Sage’s disappearance.
• The queen approved Sakaven’s mission, and he revealed that the scroll held divine power equivalent to an eleventh-level spell and a god’s blow.

Chapter Summary: Divine Power Scroll (Part 1)

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon visits a tavern outside Far-Sail Port’s City Defense Army camps while the soldiers are off duty.
• An old squad captain recounts the unit’s battles during the Demon Calamity, particularly an incident in which Romon led a small force against more than thirty Imps and saved an entire village.
• The soldiers discuss Romon’s early achievements, courage, combat ability, and the origins of Tatshaw Territory’s military reputation.
• Romon sits unnoticed in the corner, listening to his former subordinate praise him. He leaves without revealing his identity.
• Reflecting on his rise from a teenage survivor of the Demon Calamity to a Legendary Realm figure, Romon realizes that he has nearly reached the limit of mortal power.
• He concludes that his only remaining meaningful goal is godhood. With the Shennong Horn, he expects to reach the level cap within roughly ten years.
• Meanwhile, Cardinal Archbishop Sakaven of the Temple of the Ice and Snow God approaches Far-Sail Port. He has been sent to investigate the disappearance of the Ice and Snow Sage and intends to capture or confront the druid who has troubled the Ice and Snow Kingdom.
• Sakaven carries a Divine Power Scroll granted by his god, giving him confidence that he can act without fear.
• Before entering the city, he decides to visit the port docks and study Tatshaw Territory before choosing the best time to make his move.

Character Developments

• Romon: His immense growth is emphasized. He remembers being a powerless young man during the Demon Calamity and recognizes how completely he has surpassed his former self. Despite his power and status, he feels nostalgic for the intense battles that once drove his progress. His ambitions have shifted from survival and advancement to attaining godhood.
• The squad captain: He is shown as loyal, proud, and deeply devoted to Romon. Although he is no longer a frontline soldier, he treasures his wartime service and the dagger Romon personally awarded him.
• The young recruit: His limited understanding of the Demon Calamity contrasts with the veterans’ memories, allowing the captain to explain how dangerous even ordinary Imps were.
• Sakaven: He is confident, calculating, and condescending toward ordinary people. His mission is driven by both duty to the Ice and Snow God and a personal determination to locate the powerful druid troubling his kingdom. He intends to investigate before acting rather than attack recklessly.

Significant Themes

• Memory and legacy: Romon’s past deeds have become military legend, while he himself quietly listens from the sidelines. The chapter contrasts personal memories with the public myths built around heroic actions.
• The passage of time: Fifteen years have transformed Romon from a struggling adolescent into a Legendary Realm powerhouse. The old soldier’s recollections and Romon’s reflections emphasize how quickly life and history can change.
• Power and ambition: Mortal strength has nearly reached its practical limit for Romon, making godhood the next logical goal. The chapter also distinguishes conventional power from divine and demigod existence.
• Nostalgia and lost opportunities: Romon misses the constant danger and growth of wartime, while the captain wistfully remembers the part of his life he left behind after being wounded.
• Investigation versus conflict: Sakaven’s arrival introduces an impending confrontation. His decision to study the territory first suggests that future events will involve strategy, intelligence gathering, and political tension.

Character Interactions

• The soldiers listen respectfully as their captain recounts Romon’s wartime heroics, while the inexperienced recruit prompts clarification about the true strength of the Demons.
• The captain’s praise reveals the deep bond between Romon and the soldiers who fought under him.
• Romon has no direct interaction with the soldiers, but his silent presence creates dramatic irony: they celebrate their lord without realizing he is listening nearby.
• Sakaven briefly interacts with his coachman but dismisses the man’s attempt at conversation, highlighting his arrogance and social distance.
• Sakaven’s arrival sets up a future conflict between the Ice and Snow Temple and Romon’s territory.

Summary of “Divine Power Scroll (Part 2)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Cardinal Archbishop Sakaven arrives at Far-Sail Port, impressed by its extraordinary development: busy docks, numerous ships, warehouses, taverns, and a growing Mage Tower.
• He recognizes the port’s prosperity as evidence of Romon’s political, economic, and magical influence. Sakaven considers Romon a major threat to the Ice and Snow Kingdom.
• Sakaven’s mission is narrowly focused on investigating the disappearance of the Ice and Snow Sage. He is prepared to kill Romon if Romon was responsible, despite the possible political consequences.
• Sakaven encounters Romon alone near the port. Both immediately sense that the other is unusually powerful and approach with suspicion.
• Romon identifies himself as Count Teta Xiao, while Sakaven reveals that he is Cardinal Archbishop Sakaven of the Temple of the Ice and Snow God.
• Sakaven questions Romon about the Ice and Snow Sage. Romon openly admits that he killed the Sage, explaining that the Sage had attacked him first and that the Ice and Snow Kingdom had repeatedly provoked him.
• Sakaven is shocked that Romon managed to kill a veteran Legendary Realm expert, especially before Romon had officially reached that realm. However, he quickly decides that Romon must be eliminated.
• Sakaven fires a lightning spell as a feint, then immediately activates the god-given Divine Power Scroll rather than engaging Romon in a prolonged fight.
• The scroll releases the divine power “Ice Gaze,” creating a freezing prison that suppresses and confines its target. Romon resists with his green domain, but the scroll’s true attack follows: an enormous black hole appears and pulls him inside.
• The chapter ends with Romon being swallowed by the black hole while Sakaven watches with a cold smile.

Character Developments

• Cardinal Archbishop Sakaven: Demonstrates strategic caution, religious devotion, and willingness to sacrifice himself for the Ice and Snow God’s command. Although he recognizes Romon’s overwhelming strength, he avoids a fair fight and uses deception and the Divine Power Scroll to attempt an immediate kill.
• Romon: Is portrayed as a confident and increasingly formidable Legendary Realm expert. His anger alone causes the surrounding elements to react, forming a partial domain. He openly acknowledges killing the Ice and Snow Sage and shows growing hostility toward the Ice and Snow Kingdom.
• The coachman: Briefly benefits from Sakaven’s generosity when Sakaven gives him a full gold coin, allowing him to imagine providing meat and happiness for his family. This moment contrasts with the dangerous confrontation that follows.

Significant Themes

• Political and military power: Far-Sail Port’s prosperity reflects Romon’s expanding influence and makes him a threat not merely as an individual but as the ruler of a powerful territory and Guild.
• Divine duty versus personal survival: Sakaven is willing to risk or lose his life because he considers the Ice and Snow God’s order absolute.
• Strategic deception: Sakaven deliberately uses a minor lightning attack to distract Romon while activating the scroll, emphasizing that victory matters more than honorable combat.
• Escalating conflict: Romon’s admission that he killed the Ice and Snow Sage makes open war with the Ice and Snow Kingdom increasingly inevitable.
• Hidden strength and underestimated enemies: Sakaven initially appears to be a powerful priest, but his greatest danger lies in the divine artifact he carries. Conversely, Romon’s seemingly ordinary appearance conceals overwhelming power.

Character Interactions

• Sakaven treats the coachman generously, creating a brief, humanizing exchange.
• Sakaven and Romon meet in mutual suspicion, challenging each other over identity and authority.
• Their conversation shifts from guarded questioning to open hostility when Romon admits killing the Ice and Snow Sage.
• Sakaven responds not with further debate but with immediate combat, using a feigned spell and the Divine Power Scroll.
• Romon successfully evades the first lightning attack and initially resists Ice Gaze, but Sakaven’s surprise black-hole attack ultimately captures him.

Abyss (Part 1) — Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• A Legendary scroll activates, opening a vast tunnel connected to the Negative Energy Core, an Abyss-like realm that drains energy from anything it draws in.
• Five stars align and generate a mysterious green force that shatters the tunnel and sends its power toward a distant, polluted world.
• The green energy strikes a barren region, creating a pit more than one hundred meters deep. It also releases life-giving energy that awakens buried seeds and causes vegetation to begin spreading through the wasteland.
• Back in the Main World, Cardinal Archbishop Sakaven uses divine magic to track Romon and confirms that Romon no longer exists there. Believing him to be trapped in the Negative Energy Core, Sakaven assumes even a Legendary expert—or possibly a god—would struggle to survive.
• The Mage Tower and the Giant Eagle Druid Academy investigate Romon’s disappearance. Eileen, Nick, Fafier, and the druids conclude that a powerful Legendary transportation scroll banished him to an unknown plane. They identify the Abyss, the Elemental Planes, and newly discovered planes as possible destinations.
• Their final speculation proves correct: Romon has been transported to a layer of the Abyss.
• During the journey through space-time, Romon’s body is nearly destroyed by violent energy currents. His open domain and the powers within him—including Shennong Horn Space—protect him long enough for him to reach another plane.
• Romon lands severely injured, but his body regenerates inside a cocoon of green energy. Within Shennong Horn Space, Luoli and the Tree Spirits observe his recovery.
• Once conscious, Romon vows to return and retaliate against the kingdom responsible. He begins considering how the Three Great Conventions might provide a legitimate justification for attacking the Ice and Snow Kingdom.
• The chapter ends with Romon examining the World Tree. After reaching the Legendary Realm, he can perceive countless mysterious symbols and immense power circulating around it.

Character Developments

• Romon: Survives an ordeal that nearly destroys his body, demonstrating the resilience granted by his Legendary strength and internal powers. Although injured and stranded, he remains determined, calculating, and vengeful. He begins planning both his return and his political justification for retaliation.
• Cardinal Archbishop Sakaven: Becomes convinced that Romon has effectively been killed or permanently removed from the world. His confidence reflects his belief in the overwhelming danger of the Negative Energy Core.
• Eileen: Shows concern for Romon and remains uncertain about his fate, though she accepts the possibility that he may survive and return.
• Luoli and the Tree Spirits: Act as loyal supporters and caretakers, reassuring Romon as he recovers.
• The World Tree: Its growth and power are emphasized, suggesting that it may have developed significantly alongside Romon’s advancement.

Significant Themes

• Survival against overwhelming forces: Romon endures planar turbulence, destructive energy, and near-total bodily disintegration.
• The unknown and cosmic scale: The chapter expands the setting beyond the Main World, introducing the Negative Energy Core, the Abyss, newly discovered planes, and immense forces beyond ordinary understanding.
• Life emerging from destruction: The green energy creates both devastation and renewal, forming a deep pit while simultaneously awakening plant life in a dead wasteland.
• Retribution and political restraint: Romon desires revenge but recognizes that he must find a lawful or diplomatic pretext to attack the Ice and Snow Kingdom.
• Growth and transformation: Romon’s entry into the Legendary Realm changes his perception, allowing him to see hidden symbols and powers surrounding the World Tree.

Character Interactions

• Sakaven and the divine power behind the scroll: The scroll’s activation represents the Ice and Snow side’s decisive attack against Romon, while Sakaven later confirms the apparent success of the assault.
• Eileen and the Archdruid: They discuss possible destinations for Romon and whether his Legendary strength might allow him to survive in hostile planes.
• Romon and Luoli: Luoli comforts Romon after seeing his mangled condition, while Romon maintains his resolve and speaks of returning to take revenge.
• Romon and the World Tree: Though no direct dialogue occurs, Romon’s heightened perception reveals a new connection to the Tree’s hidden structures and growing power.

Chapter Summary: Abyss (Part 2)

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon emerges from a green cocoon at the bottom of a deep pit after surviving the previous battle. He replaces his destroyed robe with one from Shennong Horn Space.
• He climbs out using his Legendary abilities and discovers a hostile environment: poisonous air, acid rain, cold temperatures, swamps, rotting jungles, barren terrain, and a dense demonic aura.
• Romon attempts to contact his Demiplane so he can return to the Main World, but an unknown force repeatedly disrupts the connection. He is therefore stranded.
• Flying for more than a hundred miles, he finds no people, animals, or settlements at first. Eventually, he discovers bones, scattered tools, and signs that intelligent beings once traveled through the area.
• Romon reaches a settlement and detects overwhelming demonic energy. He realizes that he has landed in the Abyss.
• He witnesses Demons torturing and disemboweling one of their own kind, apparently preparing to cook and eat it.
• When the Demons notice Romon, they attack, viewing him as a human whose flesh would be valuable. Romon responds with the divine spell Nature Storm, destroying the entire group.
• He regrets killing them so quickly because he could have captured one for information. He remains uncertain which layer of the Abyss he is in or how he will return home.

Character Development

• Romon remains calm and confident despite being stranded in an unknown world. His Legendary strength and high constitution allow him to endure the poisonous atmosphere and extreme cold.
• His initial optimism about finding intelligent life gradually changes into concern when he discovers that the inhabitants are hostile Demons and that the land is littered with corpses.
• Romon demonstrates practical awareness by searching for settlements, records, and possible clues to his location. However, his impulsive destruction of the Demons reveals frustration and a missed opportunity to gather information.
• He also recognizes the limitations of his Druid powers in the Abyss, where natural life is scarce and the elements are corrupted, though his Elemental Druid abilities remain effective.

Significant Themes

• Isolation and displacement: Romon is cut off from his Demiplane and uncertain how to return to his own world.
• Survival in a hostile environment: The poisonous air, freezing nights, acid rain, and barren landscape emphasize the dangers of the Abyss.
• Corruption of nature: The world’s swamps, dead jungles, twisted elements, and demonic aura contrast sharply with the life-based foundations of Romon’s Druid abilities.
• Demonic brutality and moral decay: The Demons’ torture and cannibalism portray the Abyss as a realm governed by violence and chaos.
• The limits of strength: Although Romon can easily defeat the Demons, raw power does not solve his central problem—discovering his location and finding a way home.

Character Interactions

• Romon has no meaningful allies or cooperative encounters in the chapter.
• His first interaction with the Demons is hostile: they are torturing one of their own, then turn their attention to Romon and threaten to eat him.
• Romon responds coldly, identifies them as Demons, and annihilates them with Nature Storm before any interrogation can take place.

Romon considered what he knew about demons as Kaji led a patrol through Lord Sino’s territory. Kaji sensed something ahead, leaving the patrol on alert.

• Romon reflected on demon society and wondered how much of what he knew was true.
• Kaji was ordered by the squad captain to lead a patrol instead of staying on guard as Lord Sino had arranged.
• Kaji took a dozen Imps to patrol the territory’s southern edge, and they complained about their exhausting work and hoped to grow stronger.
• Kaji recalled surviving the demon calamity and hiding his fear of powerful humans from the younger Imps.
• Kaji sensed something ahead and ordered the patrol to be quiet.

Romon explored the Abyssal World’s underground caves, studying their demonic corruption and discovering a poisonous lake. When Kaji and a group of Imps confronted him, Romon killed them with a holy Fireball, leaving him puzzled by how easily they died.

• Romon used his domain to shield himself from the Abyssal World’s corrosive demonic corruption and continued through the caves.
• Romon entered a damp passage, found a lake with fish, and discovered that both the water and fish were poisonous.
• Romon sensed approaching Imps and concealed his aura while waiting for them to arrive.
• The Imps recognized Romon as a human and called for his death, but Kaji froze in terror at the sight of him.
• Romon cast a holy Fireball that burned the Imps, and he wondered why Kaji had not resisted.

Chapter Summary: “Clash (Part 1)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Imp squad captain senses that an outsider has entered the Demon territory and realizes that Deputy Captain Kaji and the Imps accompanying him have likely been killed.
• Fearing punishment from the cruel Demon Baron, the captain leads roughly one hundred trained Imps out to investigate before reporting the incident.
• Meanwhile, Romon advances through an underground passage toward what he believes is a nearby Demon settlement.
• He discovers a large area of Demon-grown vegetation, recognizing that the Demons cultivate food and maintain organized living conditions. He collects some of the plants in his Shennong Horn Space for later study.
• Romon passes through a filthy, toxic environment filled with excrement, corpses, poisonous plants, and harsh Abyssal conditions. His strong constitution allows him to resist the toxins.
• Several grotesque, toad-like creatures attack him by spitting highly corrosive liquid. Romon easily avoids the attack and captures the creatures with a Transport Spell, intending to study them as potential potion ingredients.
• Soon afterward, Romon hears approaching footsteps. He chooses not to hide, confident that the low-level Imps pose little threat.
• The Imp captain and its force arrive, only to find Romon calmly waiting. The captain immediately realizes that Romon’s aura is overwhelmingly powerful and that the situation is far more dangerous than expected.

Character Developments

• Romon continues to display confidence, curiosity, and practical intelligence. Rather than merely fighting everything he encounters, he studies the environment, collects useful plants and creatures, and seeks information about Demon society.
• His goals become clearer: he wants to locate a Demon settlement, learn how Demons reach the surface, and acquire their written knowledge or other forms of inheritance.
• Romon’s increased physical constitution and magical abilities are emphasized, allowing him to withstand Abyssal toxins and effortlessly capture dangerous creatures.
• The Imp captain is shown to be intelligent and responsible rather than mindless. It understands the consequences of losing its patrol, fears the Demon Baron, and attempts to investigate before making a report.
• However, its decision to confront Romon with a large force appears to have placed the Imps in serious danger.

Significant Themes

• The intelligence and organization of Demons: The chapter challenges the human stereotype that Imps are inherently foolish. Older Demons can be intelligent, disciplined, and socially organized.
• The hostile nature of the Abyss: Toxic plants, corrosive creatures, filth, and environmental danger demonstrate that the Abyss itself is difficult for ordinary humans to survive in.
• Romon’s scientific curiosity: He treats the Abyss as a source of valuable biological and magical resources, collecting plants and animals for research rather than simply destroying them.
• Power versus preparation: The Imp captain arrives with numbers, training, and confidence in its force, but Romon’s superior aura suggests that these advantages may be meaningless against a much stronger opponent.
• Fear within Demon society: Even a blood-related subordinate of the Demon Baron fears brutal punishment, revealing the oppressive hierarchy governing the Demons.

Character Interactions

• The Imp captain reflects on Kaji’s disappearance and feels obligated to investigate despite their personal disagreements.
• Romon interacts indirectly with the Demon environment, treating its plants and creatures as resources to be examined and collected.
• His first direct confrontation with the Demons occurs at the end of the chapter. The Imps approach as an organized military unit, while Romon remains calm and unthreatened.
• The chapter ends with the Imp captain recognizing that the apparently isolated human intruder possesses an aura powerful enough to overwhelm the entire squad.

Counterbalance (Part 2) — Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon encounters more than a hundred Imps in a sinister limestone cavern within the Abyss. His overwhelming strength terrifies their captain, who realizes Romon is a powerful human rather than an ordinary intruder.
• The Imp captain attempts to flee, but Romon casts Ice Storm, freezing and killing nearly the entire group. He captures the surviving captain for interrogation.
• Using Comprehend Languages, Romon learns that:
  • He is in the Third Layer of the Abyss.
  • The region is ruled by Baron Xinuo, who commands more than ten thousand Demons.
  • The cavern lies near the outer wall of Baron Xinuo’s castle.
• After obtaining this information, Romon kills the Imp captain and stores all the corpses in the Shennong Horn Space, where they are converted into fertilizer. However, the large number of corpses produces only a minor effect because the space has grown so vast.
• While exploring the cavern, Romon discovers rare, fragrant plants cultivated by the Demons. He collects them and transfers them to the Shennong Horn Space.
• The Tree Spirits identify the plants as Fragrant Wood, an extremely rare species whose scent enhances meditation and benefits spellcasters. They explain that the trees nearly vanished from the Main World because humans and Elves harvested them excessively.
• The Fragrant Wood is cleansed of its demonic corruption inside the Shennong Horn Space, confirming the space’s ability to purify Abyssal taint.
• The Tree Spirits ask Romon to provide rain because the expanding space has made it difficult for them to nourish every region. Romon creates rainfall, but abruptly stops after sensing something troubling within the space.

Character Developments

• Romon displays growing confidence and dominance. He views the Imps as insignificant, efficiently defeats them, and remains cautious about revealing his full power near Baron Xinuo’s territory.
• His practical and opportunistic side appears when he immediately recognizes the commercial value of the fragrant plants and considers using them for perfume or fragrance.
• Romon’s relationship with the Shennong Horn Space has evolved: he now functions almost like its creator or governing deity, able to control weather and support its ecosystem.
• Despite his power, Romon remains aware of the space’s limitations and feels nostalgic for the period when smaller quantities of Demon corpses produced dramatic improvements.
• The Imp captain demonstrates the survival instincts of a stronger Demon, fleeing despite its authority over the others and attempting to save itself by revealing its connection to Baron Xinuo.
• The Tree Spirits, especially Luoli, become more comfortable relying on Romon. Their enthusiasm over the Fragrant Wood and their request for rain show their dependence on him and their growing role in managing the space.

Significant Themes

• Power and fear: The Imp captain’s bloodline instinct allows it to recognize Romon’s terrifying strength before the ordinary Imps do.
• Practical restraint: Romon avoids using destructive spells such as Fireball because he does not want to damage the environment or attract stronger Demons.
• Transformation and purification: Demon corpses become useful fertilizer, while demonic contamination is cleansed from the Fragrant Wood, reflecting the Shennong Horn’s ability to convert corruption into growth.
• Nature versus exploitation: The Fragrant Wood’s near-extinction in the Main World illustrates how long-term harvesting can destroy rare natural resources, while the Abyss unexpectedly preserves them.
• Growth and responsibility: As the Shennong Horn Space expands, it requires more active management. Romon must increasingly act as a caretaker rather than merely using it as a storage or cultivation tool.
• The limits of abundance: Even over a hundred Demon corpses now provide only a negligible benefit, emphasizing how Romon’s resources and ambitions have expanded.

Character Interactions

• Romon intimidates the Imp captain through his presence alone, then interrogates it after using Comprehend Languages.
• The captain begs for its life and reveals information about Baron Xinuo, but Romon kills it once it has served its purpose.
• The Tree Spirits excitedly identify the Fragrant Wood and explain its rarity and magical properties to Romon.
• Luoli respectfully asks Romon to bring rain to the space. Romon apologizes for neglecting the plants and fulfills the request, strengthening the cooperative relationship between him and the Tree Spirits.
• The chapter ends with Romon silently detecting an unexpected problem in the Shennong Horn Space, leaving the nature of the disturbance unresolved.

Chapter Summary: “God’s Apostle (Part One)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon retreats to a safer location and meditates to examine his condition.
• He discovers that the green energy associated with the Shennong Horn is being attacked by the black demonic mist of the Abyss. Although the green light purifies the mist and the two forces currently restrain each other, Romon realizes that his power is being slowly corrupted.
• Fearing that the balance may eventually collapse, Romon resolves to find a way back to the Main World as quickly as possible.
• The narrative shifts to Demon Baron Sino’s castle, where Succubi perform a dance while Imps provide music. The luxurious castle and its treasures contrast with the harsh, resource-driven nature of the Abyss.
• Baron Sino summons his demon steward to discuss the territory. The steward reports that Kaji and Gaozi have repeatedly clashed without killing one another.
• Sino reveals that he deliberately placed the two demons in competition, hoping one would devour the other and evolve into a Greater Demon. He is frustrated by their lack of courage and considers eating them himself if they fail to advance.
• Sino orders the steward to bring Kaji and Gaozi before him immediately, intending to pressure them into action.
• After leaving the castle, the steward reflects enviously on the Baron’s wealth, authority, and pleasures, while also fearing his cruelty.
• The steward travels to the demon squad’s cave, only to find it completely empty. Furious that the Imps appear to be shirking their duties, he decides to punish them and waits for their return.

Character Developments

• Romon: Becomes more alarmed and cautious after discovering the corruption of his power. His immediate priority shifts toward escaping the Demon Abyss before the opposing energies cause permanent harm.
• Demon Baron Sino: Is established as powerful, indulgent, cruel, and politically calculating. He treats his subordinates as disposable tools or potential food, while using competition to cultivate stronger demons and secure his own advancement.
• The demon steward: Shows obedience and fear toward Sino, but also envy of the Baron’s elevated status. His reflections reveal the rigid hierarchy of demon society and his desire to rise within it.
• Kaji and Gaozi: Though absent from the chapter, they are characterized as rival demons who have repeatedly fought but lack the decisiveness to kill one another and evolve. Gaozi’s noble bloodline makes Sino especially disappointed in him.

Significant Themes

• Corruption and survival: Romon’s struggle against the Abyssal mist emphasizes the danger of remaining in a hostile environment, even when his powers can resist it temporarily.
• The law of the strong: Demon society is governed by survival of the fittest. Advancement depends on strength, bloodline, and the ability to eliminate rivals.
• Power and privilege: The castle’s luxury and the Baron’s abundance illustrate how dramatically resources increase with rank.
• Cruelty and hierarchy: Fear, obedience, and predation define relationships among demons. Lower-ranking demons are constantly vulnerable to being punished, consumed, or discarded by stronger ones.
• Appearance versus status: Demons become uglier as they rise in rank, yet their wealth, authority, and influence increase. Beauty belongs largely to the Succubi, whose survival depends on attaching themselves to powerful males.

Character Interactions

• Romon has no direct interaction with others in this chapter, but his internal conflict with the demonic mist drives the opening.
• Sino interacts with the Succubi through indulgence and receives their flattery, reinforcing his self-satisfaction.
• Sino and the demon steward discuss the rivalry between Kaji and Gaozi. Sino’s contempt and the steward’s fear highlight the power imbalance between them.
• Sino orders the steward to summon the two rivals, using authority and implied violence to force progress.
• The steward’s reaction to the empty cave shows how Sino’s cruelty influences even those who are not directly present: his subordinates obey largely because they fear becoming victims themselves.

After discovering his demon squad had vanished from its posts, Demon Baron Sino sensed an unfamiliar aura and suspected a God's Apostle had entered his territory. He reported his suspicion to his father, Demon Count Kasas, who decided to investigate and report the matter to the Duke if necessary.

• The demon steward found no demons at the patrol post and reported their absence to the Demon Baron.
• The Demon Baron sensed an unfamiliar aura near the gathering point and suspected it belonged to a God's Apostle.
• The Demon Baron ordered his attendants to guard the area, then flew to Demon Count Kasas's fortress for safety and help.
• Sino reported the missing demons and the suspected God's Apostle to his father, Demon Count Kasas.
• Demon Count Kasas recognized the seriousness of the report and set out to investigate.

Soul Rain (Part 1) — Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon arrives in a barren region of the Abyss, surrounded by foul rivers, swamps, terrifying Larvae, and an unforgiving climate.
• He recalls that Larvae are the earliest form of Abyssal life. They may eventually become identical Imps, then Greater Demons if they survive and accumulate enough power.
• Having recently caused trouble and killed several Demons, Romon deliberately distances himself from a Demon Barony rather than recklessly confronting unknown forces.
• A catastrophic Abyssal blizzard begins. The storm carries Negative Energy, stones, wood, bones, and deadly cold, forcing Romon to seek shelter.
• Using his earth authority and sacred power, Romon excavates a cave into a cliff. He creates a doorway, blocks it with a stone sphere, and makes himself comfortable with supplies, warmth, food, and wine.
• The blizzard lasts two weeks. Once it ends, Romon uses an exceptionally powerful Reconnaissance Spell to investigate the area.
• His spell encounters an invisible force that resists its spread, warning him that something unusual and dangerous is approaching.
• A strange sound fills the sky, combining the howling of wind with countless cries for help. A vast red cloud appears overhead, containing innumerable distorted human figures.
• The trapped figures beg for salvation, forgiveness, and escape, but cannot break through the cloud. The red mass spins like a tornado, radiating a beautiful yet sinister power.
• Romon senses that the red energy resembles Negative Energy but also contains a distinct aura of death.
• The red cloud begins to “rain,” releasing countless gray-white orbs. Romon realizes each orb contains a struggling human soul, and the horrific cries come from the souls themselves.

Character Development

• Romon demonstrates caution and strategic judgment. Rather than immediately attacking another powerful force, he withdraws to assess the situation.
• His experience as a Saint Druid is emphasized through his mastery of earth manipulation, survival skills, combat awareness, and advanced reconnaissance.
• Despite his confidence and resources, Romon becomes increasingly wary and unsettled. The resistance to his spell and the soul-filled red cloud reveal a threat beyond his prior experience.
• His initial irritation at the Abyss’s harshness shifts into genuine alarm as he confronts the supernatural phenomenon.

Significant Themes

• The Abyss as an ecosystem of suffering: Its inhabitants struggle through brutal environmental conditions, endless transformation, and violent survival.
• Survival through adaptation and caution: Romon survives not through reckless strength alone, but by retreating, preparing shelter, and studying threats.
• Death and spiritual torment: The red cloud and falling soul-orbs introduce a more disturbing danger than physical violence, suggesting that the Abyss consumes or processes souls.
• Beauty masking horror: The red light is described as beautiful while containing despair, death, and countless trapped victims.
• Power beyond understanding: Even Romon’s exceptional senses cannot fully explain the force resisting his spell, establishing the phenomenon as mysterious and potentially overwhelming.

Character Interactions

• No direct conversation occurs between Romon and another individual in this section.
• Romon interacts indirectly with the Larvae and Demons through observation and earlier conflict.
• The trapped souls communicate through their desperate cries—begging Romon, gods, or any possible rescuer for help—but he remains an observer, unable to intervene before the chapter ends.

Romon witnessed human souls fall into the Abyss, where most transformed into Human-Faced Insects or were devoured, and the insects grew stronger amid a foul power that even affected his sacred domain. Determined to learn what was happening, he cast a net to catch some souls, leaving their rescue in progress.

• Romon watched human souls fall from red clouds, transform into Human-Faced Insects on the black earth, and begin slaughtering one another.
• Larger, brighter balls of light released stronger souls who briefly resisted demonization before the insects overwhelmed them.
• A foul odor intensified the insects' strength and also affected Romon, who reinforced his domain until he cleared its influence.
• Romon decided he needed to save souls and question them, but one pleading soul was devoured before he could reach it.
• Romon cast a large net beneath the falling souls and pulled in a few lucky ones who landed inside it.

Romon rescued seven professional souls from the Abyss and learned that shallow believers without a god of death fell there to become larvae. He brought the souls into Shennong Horn Space, where they chose to place their faith in him, then returned to the Abyss.

• Romon sheltered seven souls in a cave as human-faced larvae swarmed around them, and they mistook him for a Divine Emissary.
• The souls told Romon they had worshipped gods but lacked sufficiently deep faith to enter divine kingdoms, while their world had no god of death to collect them.
• The elderly scholar explained that the Abyss was in its warm rainy season, when larvae fed on one another to survive and grow into imps.
• Romon accepted the souls into Shennong Horn Space despite their incompatible attributes, and they became partially solid there.
• Romon told the souls he aspired to become a god and described the space as half a divine kingdom, and they offered to place their faith in him.
• Romon sent the souls to learn from Luoli before withdrawing from Shennong Horn Space.

Summary of “Rescue (Part Two)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon returns to his cave after rescuing several human souls, troubled by the suffering of humanity in the Abyssal World. He recognizes that his limited Divine Kingdom cannot safely contain the tens of millions of souls falling from the sky.
• Although he initially resolves not to interfere, Romon is unable to ignore the souls’ cries. He ventures outside during another Soul Downpour and rescues additional groups, moving them into his cave and later into Shennong Horn Space.
• The rescued souls mistake Romon for a Divine Emissary because of his radiant power. He corrects them, explaining that he is merely a Sacred Domain expert who happened to save them.
• The souls are former powerful professionals, and their condition moves Romon enough that he chooses to take them into his space despite the cost.
• Saving the souls severely drains Romon’s strength. He rests for an entire day and night while the environment outside undergoes major changes.
• The rainy season begins. Black rain intensifies the Human-Faced Insects’ bloodlust, causing them to devour fallen souls, one another, and even pieces of their own bodies.
• After recovering, Romon observes that the Soul Downpour has diminished, while the insects have grown stronger and begun competing fiercely for survival. Their evolution toward Imps continues through slaughter and consumption.

Character Developments

• Romon: His emotional detachment weakens as he confronts the destruction of humanity. Though he insists that the souls’ fate is not his responsibility, compassion repeatedly overcomes his caution. He accepts the physical and spiritual cost of rescuing them, revealing that his humanity remains central to his identity.
• The rescued souls: They are frightened and desperate, instinctively treating Romon as a divine savior. Their former strength as professionals allows them to survive longer than ordinary souls, but they remain vulnerable to corruption.
• Human-Faced Insects: They become increasingly savage and powerful under the influence of Demonic Corruption and the black rain. Their progression from larvae toward Imps illustrates their transformation into Abyssal creatures.

Significant Themes

• Compassion versus pragmatism: Romon knows he cannot save everyone and that the rescued souls may eventually become corrupted, yet he still chooses to save those he can.
• The persistence of humanity: Despite becoming a Saint Druid, Romon’s human origins continue to shape his morality and emotional responses.
• Power and responsibility: Romon’s inability to rescue everyone highlights the limits of power and the burden of choosing whom to help.
• Corruption and dehumanization: The insects’ evolution shows how the Abyss strips beings of reason and morality, reducing survival to violence and consumption.
• The irreversible path of evil: The chapter ends by emphasizing that the “Demon’s Path” allows no return, suggesting that continued exposure to Abyssal Power permanently changes both body and nature.

Character Interactions

• Romon speaks internally to himself as he struggles with guilt and helplessness.
• He rescues frightened souls who plead for help and worship him as a Divine Emissary.
• Romon gently corrects their misunderstanding and questions them about their circumstances.
• His relationship with the souls is defined by unequal but compassionate protection: he cannot promise complete salvation, but he gives them temporary refuge and a chance to survive.

Chapter Summary: “Breaking In (Part 1)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Romon watches the Human-Faced Larvae endlessly slaughter and devour one another inside the Abyss. Although the sight horrifies him, repeated exposure has made him emotionally numb, leaving only lingering sorrow.
• He reflects that the Larvae were once professionals and ordinary people like himself, now reduced to mindless creatures by Demonic Corruption.
• As the rainy season continues, Romon seals himself inside the cave. He uses Light Orbs to warm and dry the damp environment and relies on supplies stored in the Shennong Horn Space.
• Unable to safely venture outside, Romon spends days and weeks cultivating in seclusion. He studies and gradually integrates the knowledge and powers he previously acquired, especially those of the Ice and Snow Sage, thereby strengthening his foundation.
• As the rainy season begins to weaken, the Larvae undergo a major evolutionary stage. Some become enveloped in black mist and emerge as small, weak Imps.
• The newly evolved Imps immediately massacre and consume the remaining Larvae. Later, as too many Imps compete for too little food, they begin killing one another before eventually retreating and dispersing.
• Only roughly one-tenth of the original Larvae survive as Imps. They scatter across the Abyss and must endure a year in the wilderness before Abyssal Nobles select the strongest and most talented survivors.
• Romon observes the newborn Imps but refuses to kill them for materials, feeling pity after witnessing their transformation. With the rainy season ending and the Demonic Corruption growing stronger, he decides to leave the region.

Character Development

• Romon: Becomes increasingly detached from the violence around him, though he retains compassion and moral reluctance. His time in isolation allows him to consolidate his powers and knowledge, emphasizing his methodical growth rather than immediate advancement. Witnessing the Larvae’s evolution also deepens his disgust with the Abyss and strengthens his desire to leave.
• The Larvae/Imps: Their transformation demonstrates the loss of their former identities. They evolve physically but become increasingly governed by instinct, violence, and hunger. The surviving Imps begin the difficult process of becoming true demons through natural selection.

Significant Themes

• Corruption and loss of identity: Former professionals are reduced to monstrous beings whose minds and bodies no longer resemble their original selves.
• Survival through violence: Evolution in the Abyss is inseparable from slaughter, predation, and competition.
• Pity versus necessity: Romon understands the harsh laws of the Abyss but struggles to treat the creatures as mere resources after recognizing their tragic origins.
• Foundation and preparation: His secluded cultivation shows that meaningful progress comes from integrating existing knowledge and building a stable base.
• The cruelty of fate and nature: The rainy season offers limited protection and resources, but its end exposes the Imps to even harsher competition and an unforgiving environment.

Character Interactions

• Romon has little direct interaction with other characters in this chapter, instead observing the Larvae and Imps from the cave and later from the air.
• His relationship with the creatures is primarily emotional and philosophical: he views them as corrupted former people rather than simple monsters.
• The Larvae and newly formed Imps interact through constant predation, with evolved Imps attacking weaker Larvae and later competing violently among themselves.

Romon left his cave to find a Demon Noble who might know how to return him to the surface, and he infiltrated Baron Pat’s castle looking for records. Finding no books, Romon located the Baron and approached his room, where Pat woke after detecting a human scent.

• Romon decided to search a Demon Noble’s holdings for information about leaving the Abyssal World, choosing a Demon Baron as his first target.
• Newborn Imps attacked Romon as he left his cave, so he killed them with a Lightning Spell and flew away.
• Romon found a Demon Baron’s castle and used reconnaissance and concealment spells to enter and search it.
• After finding no relevant books, Romon located the castle’s master, Baron Pat, on the second floor.
• Baron Pat woke from a dream of eating humans after sensing a human scent in his castle.

Summary of “News (Part 1)”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Demon Baron Pat awakens after detecting a human presence in his castle. His unusual obsession with eating human flesh makes him react with excitement rather than caution.
• Romon teleports into Pat’s room and immediately captures him using the Shennong Horn’s power. Pat is transported into the Horn’s internal space, where Romon reveals that he controls the realm—though it is only a partially formed Divine Kingdom.
• Romon questions Pat about how to escape the Abyssal World. Pat refuses and attempts to attack, but the space completely seals his power and movement.
• Romon orders the space to eradicate Pat’s body and soul while preserving his memories. Pat’s body is converted into fertilizer, and Romon chooses to read the extracted memories.
• Hearing Imps approach the room, Romon decides to eliminate the demons in the castle. He summons Elemental Elders and commands them to kill every demon present.
• The Elemental Elders massacre the castle’s inhabitants, including several thousand Imps and stronger demons. Romon repeatedly summons them until the entire castle is cleared.
• The demons’ corpses are absorbed into the Shennong Horn to replenish the power lost through its use and through the corruption of the Abyss.
• Inside the space, Romon observes that the Tree Elves and human souls have progressed significantly under Luoli’s guidance. Their growing reverence and fear toward him reinforce his authority.
• After studying Baron Pat’s memories, Romon learns that a powerful force seals the Abyss and prevents ordinary demons from leaving. Only Count-level demons possess teleportation gates capable of escape.
• Although discouraged by the discovery, Romon resolves to find a way out rather than remain trapped indefinitely.

Character Developments

• Romon becomes increasingly ruthless and pragmatic. He kills Pat without hesitation, orders the destruction of the entire castle, and treats demon corpses as resources for strengthening his space.
• He also shows a growing concern with authority and worship, recognizing that fear and overwhelming power may be more effective than kindness in establishing his future divine rule.
• Demon Baron Pat is revealed as impulsive and overconfident. His appetite for human flesh contributes to his downfall, and his refusal to cooperate cannot prevent Romon from extracting the information he needs.
• Luoli proves herself an effective leader and organizer, helping the Tree Elves and souls rapidly acquire knowledge and develop.
• The inhabitants of the Shennong Horn shift from gratitude and cooperation toward awe, fear, and submission as they witness Romon’s power.

Significant Themes

• Power and domination: Romon’s authority rests increasingly on his ability to control, destroy, and provide protection.
• Pragmatism versus morality: He views demons as resources and kills indiscriminately when doing so benefits his survival, highlighting his moral hardening.
• The construction of divinity: Though Romon is not yet a god, the Shennong Horn functions as a proto-Divine Kingdom, and he deliberately cultivates the reverence expected of a deity.
• Survival and adaptation: Romon must continually replenish the Horn’s power while resisting the Abyss’s corrupting influence.
• Imprisonment and escape: The revelation that the Abyss is sealed raises the stakes and establishes escape as Romon’s central immediate objective.
• Knowledge through conquest: Romon gains crucial information not through negotiation but by killing Pat and reading his memories.

Character Interactions

• Romon confronts and intimidates Pat, presenting himself as the master of the Shennong Horn and attempting to extract information.
• Pat challenges Romon verbally and physically, but the space renders his resistance meaningless.
• Romon commands the Elemental Elders, who obey absolutely and methodically destroy the castle’s demon population.
• Luoli reports the progress of the Tree Elves and souls to Romon and receives his approval.
• Romon addresses the inhabitants of the space as a ruler, encouraging them briefly while reinforcing a hierarchy based on reverence and fear.

Demon Count Kasas brought his forces to the site where a powerful human had once used his abilities and sensed the human’s trail. He led his greater demons into the sky to pursue the target, hoping to kill him and gain power.

• Kasas ordered his son, Baron Sino, to scout the area and sent two greater demons to watch him.
• Sino arranged the imps and reported back that the rainy season had erased the traces he once sensed.
• Kasas examined the site and detected signs that a human with divine power had been there.
• Kasas traced the human’s direction and led his greater demons into the sky while Sino and the imps followed below.
• Kasas resolved to hunt down and kill the human to earn a reward and increase his strength.

Demon Count Kasas discovered that Romon had destroyed a castle and led his forces to track him down. They found Romon on a mountain path, where he killed an attacking Greater Demon and prepared to fight Kasas.

• Demon Count Kasas found a castle emptied of demons and learned that Romon had killed its Demon Baron, then praised Baron Xinuo for avoiding the same fate.
• Romon considered how to obtain a portal out of the Abyssal World and decided to leave the region before seeking another opportunity.
• Demon Count Kasas and his forces spotted Romon, and a Greater Demon swooped down to attack him.
• Romon dodged the attack and killed the Greater Demon with an enchanted longsword, then rose into the air to face Kasas and the surrounding demons.
• Romon told Kasas that he had been waiting for him, then launched a Disintegration Spell and declared that he had come to kill him.