Chapter Summaries

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• After defeating Blood Demon/Mephistopheles, Er Dongsheng regains control of his body and holds both Mephistopheles’s soul and a completed Authority disc. Purgatory’s influence recedes, while the Black Sun and Magic Network continue spreading destruction across the world.
• Snow Spirit, reduced to the last remnant of his will, congratulates Er Dongsheng on becoming the world’s ruler. He begins describing a second possible future, but the Thunder of Fate strikes him down before he can explain. His final warning is: “Beware the mysterious land. Beware the winged race.” He also asks Er Dongsheng to treat the world well. Er Dongsheng consumes Snow Spirit’s remaining light.
• Er Dongsheng summons several frightened rulers and returns with them to the Demon Domain. Along the way, they witness the world’s devastation and the emergence of bizarre creatures created by the mingling of destruction, the Abyss, and local life.
• A tiny mouse-like creature demonstrates an ability to swallow part of a gigantic mutated centipede. Er Dongsheng recognizes the transformed wildlife as a rich source of new bloodlines and abilities, and plans to use the Magic Network to organize research and collection.
• He reflects on other unresolved mysteries: Hell Will, the Authority disc, the place where the Plane Will was imprisoned, the “mysterious land,” and a strange prayer from someone named Isabella. A Crystal carrying a strand of the Magic Network has reached the prayer’s source, but something powerful obstructs communication.
• The Magic Network replenishes Er Dongsheng’s energy and carries him to the Holy City. He is greeted by an immense crowd of humans, Demons, and magical beasts.
• Er Dongsheng declares that, after three years, the seven-layered Hell and the wider world have returned to the Demon Domain. He proclaims that the world now belongs to them. The chapter ends with him seated on the Throne, asking three unidentified figures what they have to tell him.

Character developments

• Er Dongsheng emerges from the battle as the uncontested ruler of the world and is publicly acclaimed as the Destruction Demon God. He remains calculating and unsentimental, but the mutated wildlife excites his scholarly curiosity and ambition.
• Snow Spirit dies while trying to communicate a forbidden prophecy. His final words suggest dangers beyond the victory Er Dongsheng has won, though fate prevents him from revealing more.
• The rulers are terrified by Er Dongsheng’s power, especially his ability to consume a Plane Will; they now travel under his authority.
• Former humans aligned with the Demons celebrate their new position and look toward a future in which their transformed bodies grant them greater strength and longevity.

Significant themes

• The limits of prophecy: Fate punishes those who try to reveal or control the future, leaving Snow Spirit’s warning incomplete.
• Victory and its cost: Er Dongsheng’s triumph brings devastation, mutation, and the transformation of the world into a domain of destruction.
• Power, rule, and allegiance: The crowd’s celebration shows how Er Dongsheng’s victory has become the foundation of a new political and religious order.
• Knowledge within catastrophe: Er Dongsheng views the world’s monstrous mutations not only as dangers but as research opportunities and valuable resources.

Character interactions

• Snow Spirit addresses Er Dongsheng as his new sovereign, attempts to share a prophecy, and dies after warning him about the mysterious land and winged race.
• Er Dongsheng summons the rulers and brings them back to the Demon Domain, where they witness both his power and the world’s altered creatures.
• The Holy City’s people and beasts acclaim Er Dongsheng as their Demon God. He responds with a triumphant speech before returning to the Castle and confronting three figures for answers.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• In the central Castle, Er Dongsheng reflects on a mysterious place in the Material World that both Snow Spirit and Lilith mentioned. He learns Mephistopheles acquired the Dragonfly there, but postpones investigating it until he has dealt with Hell.
• In Hell’s Seventh Layer, he finds that his Phoenix has devoured the enormous Dragonfly, leaving no remains. The wounded Phoenix returns to him exhausted and full, then merges into his body.
• With Purgatory’s influence now extending across all seven layers, Er Dongsheng investigates a gigantic skeleton. He discovers strange red markings in its bones that contain two Bloodline Sources—one near the heart and one on the forehead.
• When he approaches, the skeleton’s lingering power attacks his mind with the vision of a colossal Giant. Purgatory breaks the attack, but Er Dongsheng decides he is not yet strong enough to claim the skeleton.
• At the far end of the layer, he uses the assembled disc to remove a portal and the enormous finger that concealed it. This reveals a Summoning Array, which he enters.
• In a blood-red realm, visions reveal enormous monsters and divine beings, a fourteen-paired-winged figure wielding black and white flames, and a battle over a mysterious portal. An unknown creature wounds the winged figure, severing a piece of its finger—the fragment associated with the events surrounding Hell’s portal.
• The scenes appear to belong to a lost era, possibly the Mythic Age or an even older period. The assembled Authority then appears, draws energy from the Blood Sea, and sends a pillar of light through Hell into the void. A message begins, but the chapter ends before it is revealed.

Character developments

• Er Dongsheng remains curious but cautious: he avoids provoking the powerful skeleton and focuses on the mystery of the Seventh Layer. The visions leave him deeply shaken by how little he knows of the universe’s history.
• The Phoenix is shown to be ferociously powerful and comically gluttonous, consuming the Dragonfly despite its injuries.
• The mysterious fourteen-winged figure is revealed through the visions as a near-unstoppable combatant, though an unknown attacker manages to wound it.

Significant themes

• Lost history and cosmic mystery: The visions suggest that beings far beyond recorded history once existed.
• Power and restraint: Er Dongsheng recognizes when he is outmatched and chooses to retreat rather than risk a costly confrontation.
• The unknown nature of life and magic: The skeleton’s exposed, dual Bloodline Sources challenge Er Dongsheng’s understanding of how bloodlines work.
• Transformation and consumption: Purgatory converts emotional energy into Destruction energy, while the Phoenix’s consumption turns victory into an almost comic spectacle.

Character interactions

• Er Dongsheng recalls warnings and information from Snow Spirit and Lilith about the mysterious Material World location.
• The Phoenix affectionately rubs its bloodied head against Er Dongsheng before merging back into him.
• The skeleton’s supernatural presence attacks Er Dongsheng mentally; Purgatory shields him by severing the crimson lines reaching toward him.
• In the ancient visions, the fourteen-winged figure battles countless beings and is ultimately struck by an unknown creature.

Summary

Plot and key events

• After three months of seclusion, Er Dongsheng emerges when Little Bei’er’s antics become impossible to ignore. He wins her over with soul-fruit, then teases her by suggesting she cannot join the outing. Little Bei’er pretends to be ill and hides in his clothes, but Er Dongsheng takes her and Lulu along anyway.
• Er Dongsheng heads with Lulu toward a human city, thinking that the coming merger of the myriad worlds will bring fierce competition and that he must grow stronger.
• The city has been transformed by the Demon God’s influence: a monumental statue radiates Destruction energy, and a Nature Church branch now worships nature and Destruction, treating Er Dongsheng as the first true god.
• In the church’s tavern, Roxie tries to stop her grieving friend Minaj from drinking herself to death. Minaj mourns the people she lost and questions whether the world has any hope.
• A Magic Network announcement sparks excitement across the city. Roxie learns that, in three days, everyone in the Demon Domain—humans and Magic Beasts alike—may compete in a large-scale martial contest. City rankings will determine entry to the Reserve Corps, and the top ten will become Destruction Squad members.
• The priest presents the contest as preparation for a new age of expansion, quoting Er Dongsheng’s call to carry Destruction into new worlds.

Character developments and interactions

• Er Dongsheng remains affectionate toward Lulu and amused by Little Bei’er’s shameless tricks. Beneath his playful behavior, he is increasingly focused on becoming stronger before the worlds merge.
• Little Bei’er is greedy and mischievous, but her excitement at being included reveals how much she wants to join Er Dongsheng and Lulu.
• Lulu shares Er Dongsheng’s fondness for Little Bei’er and joins in laughing at her antics.
• Roxie is protective of Minaj and speaks with respect about her former mentor, Pope, while admitting she cannot understand his motives.
• Minaj is disillusioned by the Demon God’s growing authority and by humanity’s willingness to follow power, but the announcement introduces the prospect of a new future.
• The priest and the city’s residents openly celebrate the Demon God’s influence, contrasting with Minaj’s grief and skepticism.

Significant themes

• Ambition and expansion: The contest is a recruitment drive for a larger struggle beyond the Demon Domain.
• Power and faith: Destruction is becoming both a source of protection and the basis of a new religious order.
• Grief versus hope: Minaj’s despair contrasts with the city’s excitement about the contest and the promise of a new beginning.
• Playfulness and affection: The opening’s comic teasing shows the close, informal bonds between Er Dongsheng, Lulu, and Little Bei’er.

Key plot points and events

• Anastaria wins Dark City Nilok’s tournament, becoming its captain and earning the right to lead its top ten fighters to the Holy City. There, the team will compete for a place among the Destruction Squads’ reserves.
• The newly appointed city administrator—a masked Destroyer with two little girls on his shoulders—asks Anastaria which squad she wants to join. Images of the eight squad captains appear, and her teammates argue over their favorites.
• As the crowd speculates, the girls place a lopsided wager on Anastaria’s choice. The dark-haired girl bets a nearly eaten fruit against ten fruits.
• Anastaria chooses the Eighth Destruction Team, led by Nier Lilith. Her choice shocks the crowd and frightens her teammates, who refer to Nier as the “Devouring Serpent.”
• A teammate consults a popular guidebook about the Destruction Squads. Its account describes Nier’s fearsome reputation, earned through a decisive battle involving the Devouring Serpent. The chapter ends before revealing the battle’s results.

Character developments and interactions

• Anastaria shows confidence and independence: despite her teammates’ competing preferences, she makes the final choice herself. Her relief after announcing it hints that the decision carried some weight.
• Her teammates reveal their varied personalities through their squad preferences: one admires brute strength, another favors the Fairy Queen, others argue over captains, and the illusionist’s admiration for the Heavenly Demon turns into an inappropriate fantasy.
• The administrator and the girls bring a playful, curious tone to the ceremony. Their wager distracts them from the outcome, while the administrator is left responsible for the promised prize.
• The crowd treats the squad captains as celebrities, trading gossip and consulting rankings and guidebooks about their reputations.

Significant themes

• Strength and status: Tournament victory determines leadership, prestige, and access to powerful organizations.
• Choice and competition: Anastaria’s selection shapes her team’s next challenge, while the popular captains attract different kinds of loyalty.
• Reputation and fear: Nier’s fearsome image is powerful enough to unsettle the crowd, and the guidebook frames her notoriety as a blend of terror and admiration.
• Gossip and celebrity culture: Humans obsess over the Destruction Squads’ personalities, appearances, and rankings, treating their leaders as both heroes and public figures.

Plot points and events

• A published battlefield account reveals that Captain Nier Lilith possessed the feared weapon Devouring Serpent, whose ability to split into countless manifestations and cross time and space let it annihilate nearly all the human resistance in the final sunlight zone.
• Nier killed Golden Duke and the other dukes, defeated Bronze Duke’s forbidden fusion, and exposed the lie she had maintained about owning a weapon. Her taunt—“I lied to you, fool!”—became infamous.
• In the present, Anastaria chooses to join Nier’s Eighth Destruction Team. The Destroyer marks her with the number eight, granting her Nier’s protection before the final competition.
• Little Bei’er gives Anastaria a fruit, then pranks the crowd by turning the magical screens into a downpour. Everyone is drenched except Anastaria; the little pretty boy is also soaked in foul-smelling water.
• A second Destroyer arrives too late to oversee team selection. Witnesses realize that the earlier visitors were likely Little Bei’er and the Demon God—or Lulu. News of Bei’er’s appearance spreads, prompting people to hide.
• Outside the city, Er Dongsheng, Lulu, and Bei’er laugh about the prank. Bei’er insists she barely did anything, despite her history of frequent mischief.
• Er Dongsheng follows strange prayers and time-space traces to a black castle. When Bei’er identifies it as Lily’s home, he realizes the place belongs to Lily Baal.

Character developments and interactions

• Nier is revealed as a master deceiver as well as a formidable fighter; her reputation grows from the public account of her battlefield victory.
• Anastaria makes a firm, potentially risky choice to serve under Nier, accepting the pressure associated with Nier and Bei’er.
• Bei’er remains mischievous and oblivious to how frightening her reputation is. She shows a rare moment of encouragement by giving Anastaria a fruit.
• Er Dongsheng treats the prank with amusement, but the prayers and the discovery of Lily’s castle make him sharply alert.
• Lulu joins in the laughter, while the humans react with fear and confusion to Bei’er’s antics.

Significant themes

• Deception and reputation: Nier’s calculated lie changes the course of the resistance and becomes part of her legend.
• Power and intimidation: The Devouring Serpent’s overwhelming force and Bei’er’s notorious pranks both make people feel helpless.
• Choice and risk: Anastaria’s selection brings protection, but also places her under intimidating figures.
• Mystery and foreshadowing: The strange prayers, time-space traces, and discovery of Lily Baal’s castle point toward a larger supernatural secret.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• The chapter introduces the Northern Frontier, a frozen region controlled by Highland Wizards. Ordinary humans survive in its safer central areas by mining resources and supplying people with wizardly talent, while the far north is a deadly wilderness filled with blizzards and strange creatures.
• The frontier town of Ilyte, a crowded staging point for hunters and adventurers, is especially busy during the brief thaw. Many visitors risk their lives seeking treasure and rare materials in the northern depths.
• At a shabby inn, the miserly proprietress Aqiusha—known as Third Auntie—mistreats her child slaves. She takes particular pleasure in bullying Isabella, whom she calls a princess from a fallen duchy.
• When Third Auntie tries to force open a locked door, Isabella uses the chain from her ankle shackle to strike her. The blow breaks the woman’s leg, giving Isabella an opportunity to escape with a small bundle.
• Isabella flees through the town and out its gate into the deep northern zone. Mercenaries hired to pursue her decide to return the next day, assuming the cold will kill her before then.

Character developments

• Isabella: Shifts from a seemingly powerless, abused child to a determined escapee. Her sudden strength and ability to break free suggest that she has concealed abilities or that something has changed, though the cause remains unexplained.
• Third Auntie (Aqiusha): Her cruelty and greed are established through her treatment of the slaves and her enjoyment of humiliating Isabella. Her confidence turns to pain and rage when Isabella retaliates and escapes.
• The other child slaves: They sympathize with Isabella but are frightened and powerless. Their deliberate slowness in responding to Third Auntie’s orders may give Isabella crucial time to get away.
• The mercenaries: They treat Isabella’s capture as a job rather than a rescue and casually assume the wilderness will kill her.

Significant themes

• Power and exploitation: Wizards and human authorities benefit from the labor and resources of people with little power; the same hierarchy is repeated in the inn’s abuse of child slaves.
• Cruelty and dehumanization: The slaves are denied even names, while Isabella’s supposed royal identity becomes an excuse for torment rather than protection.
• Survival and resistance: Isabella’s escape shows that even someone treated as helpless can find a chance to resist.
• A hostile, indifferent world: The freezing wilderness, dangerous economy, and mercenaries’ callousness underline how little value is placed on ordinary lives.

Character interactions

• Third Auntie insults and threatens Isabella, while the other slaves watch with fear and pity.
• Number Four reluctantly tells Third Auntie where Isabella went, apparently under pressure.
• Isabella turns Third Auntie’s violence back on her, using her shackle chain to injure her and escape.
• The mercenaries discuss the pursuit pragmatically, planning to wait until morning and collect Isabella’s presumed corpse.

The chapter is an author’s note rather than a story installment. The author says they must leave at 4:30 the next morning but intend to write on their phone while traveling, so readers should not worry about delayed updates. They also promise to finish several chapters owed to supportive readers, thank everyone for their support, and ask readers to cast their saved monthly votes at the end of the month.

• Plot and events: No fictional plot events occur; the note concerns the author’s schedule and updates.
• Character development and interactions: No story characters appear. The author speaks directly to readers, reassuring them and expressing gratitude.
• Themes: Dedication to writing, appreciation of reader support, and an appeal for continued participation.

Key plot points

• Isabella, a young enslaved girl, escapes after the mysterious black Book of Taboo breaks the chains around her ankles. She takes the book and a few belongings, but becomes lost in a deadly blizzard at the edge of the Northern Frontier and is close to freezing to death.
• Er Dongsheng senses Isabella’s desperate prayer through a faint connection and realizes her life is in danger. He follows the signal to a hidden, altered Space-Time Array beneath the floor of the Old Castle.
• The array’s center now contains a radiant Space-Time Node. Er Dongsheng uncovers it and examines Iris’s recorded experiment, discovering that her flawed design and activation caused the array to explode.
• The recording reveals that Iris accidentally tossed Lily’s Book of Taboo into the working array. The book was transported to another world, where Isabella found it; its power later enabled her escape.
• Er Dongsheng recognizes the chain of accidents as a rare opportunity and prepares to investigate the world beyond the node.

Character developments and interactions

• Isabella shows resourcefulness and determination by planning her escape, but her inexperience with the Northern Frontier leaves her vulnerable and disoriented.
• Er Dongsheng acts decisively in response to Isabella’s plea. His exceptional perception and precise control are emphasized, as is his growing strength as a Third-Level Demon. He also patiently identifies Iris’s mistakes and helps her learn.
• Iris is embarrassed when her private experiment is played before the others, but eagerly welcomes Er Dongsheng’s guidance. Her mistake also drives the chapter’s central revelation.
• Lily is amused by Iris’s recorded behavior, then becomes angry when she learns her treasured Book of Taboo was used in the experiment.
• Lulu and Bei’er accompany the others and observe the discovery, while Iris initially worries that Er Dongsheng’s visit may concern some misdeed by one of the siblings.

Significant themes

• Chance and consequence: A series of mistakes and coincidences links the Old Castle to Isabella’s world.
• Escape and peril: Isabella’s freedom comes at the cost of entering a wilderness she does not understand.
• Knowledge and discovery: Careful records and Er Dongsheng’s expertise turn a failed experiment into a major revelation.
• Power and responsibility: Er Dongsheng’s growing abilities make him capable of investigating the portal and potentially protecting those connected to it.

Key plot points and events

• The chapter explains how Iris’s failed experiment accidentally sent Lily’s nearly indestructible Book of Taboo into another world. The book, unable to reach its owner, absorbed the emotional energy of Isabella, a young girl who prayed to Demon God Baal. Isabella’s faith enabled it to carry her prayers across worlds and become the key to contact.
• Er Dongsheng opens a stable portal to the new plane, but its defenses immediately burn and damage his hand. He heals it and is excited rather than discouraged: the world seems powerful enough to be worth conquering, but not impossibly strong.
• Unable to enter safely in his current form, Er Dongsheng decides to use the Book of Taboo’s connection to Lily. He assigns Lily the initial mission of helping Isabella survive and promises Lily and her six siblings permission to form their own officially recognized Destruction Squad if she succeeds.
• Er Dongsheng gives Lily a Space-Time Array, allowing her true body to hide in the Book while she acts through a phantom. She can also summon his projection or energy for protection. He tells her she can return after completing the initial task and orders her to prepare for the journey.

Character developments and interactions

• Er Dongsheng is impressed by the plane’s defenses and treats the challenge as an opportunity for growth and conquest. He is strategic, adapting his approach instead of forcing his way through.
• Lily eagerly accepts the dangerous mission, despite being young, motivated by the chance to help and earn a squad of her own. She remains annoyed with Iris for using her book in the experiment.
• Iris feels embarrassed about losing Lily’s book and worries that the mission is too dangerous for her younger sister. Er Dongsheng’s reassurance and safeguards ease her concern.
• Little Bei’er senses that Er Dongsheng’s plan may bring trouble, while Lulu and the others are astonished by the rare reward offered to Lily.
• Er Dongsheng’s authoritative offer briefly creates tension with Iris, but Lily’s enthusiasm wins his approval and the atmosphere relaxes.

Significant themes

• Coincidence and faith: A chain of unlikely events—and Isabella’s sincere belief—makes contact between worlds possible.
• Growth through challenge: Er Dongsheng welcomes a formidable opponent as a chance to strengthen himself.
• Protection and risk: Lily is sent into danger, but safeguards and the promise of support balance the mission’s peril.
• Ambition and conquest: The stable portal marks the beginning of an invasion plan, setting up the coming conflict with the new world.

Key plot points and events

• Little Lily arrives burdened with belongings. Er Dongsheng gives her a rare Spatial Necklace, which absorbs her bags, and takes her through a spatial gate to the Wizard Plane.
• In the Northern Frontier, Isabella is close to freezing to death as she trudges through a blizzard. She clings to the Book of Taboo and calls on the “Great Demon God Lord Baal” for help.
• A tremendous disturbance tears at space above Border Town, abruptly stopping the storm. Isabella collapses, while black light from the hidden book begins entering her body and easing her stiffness.
• Highland Wizards and other observers gather to investigate. They fear an attack by a powerful outsider and send word to the authorities.
• A black, scaled claw pushes through the rift, surrounded by destructive darkness. The Highland Wizards attack together, damaging one scale and forcing the claw to withdraw.
• Just as they believe the danger has passed, two claws seize the edges of the rift and tear it open wider. A figure begins to emerge, its eyes shining with three colors.

Character developments and interactions

• Er Dongsheng shows reluctant generosity toward Lily, giving her one of his last Spatial Necklaces while setting the condition that she must work hard to keep it.
• Lily is thrilled by the necklace and fiercely protects it from her sister’s covetous attention.
• Isabella fights exhaustion and the temptation to surrender, drawing hope from her mysterious book. Its power begins to affect her just as the spatial crisis unfolds.
• The Highland Wizards, led by an old wizard in golden robes and joined by a man and a woman, shift from curiosity and confidence to alarm when they recognize the claw as an alien threat. Their teamwork briefly repels it, but the renewed breach suggests they have underestimated the danger.

Significant themes

• Persistence against despair: Isabella keeps moving despite the cold, exhaustion, and visions of her family.
• The unknown and the limits of power: Even experienced wizards have never encountered a spatial rupture or intruder of this scale.
• Hope and hidden power: The Book of Taboo appears to protect Isabella and may connect her to the approaching entity.
• Escalating conflict: The first successful defense proves temporary, ending the chapter on the threat of a much larger invasion.

The passage is an author’s end-of-month appeal for votes, not a story chapter.

• Key events: The author says they’ve written chapters 267–351 since April 1, averaging about 11,000 words per day. They ask readers to help them reach 100 monthly votes by giving one or two votes each.
• Character development: No fictional characters appear; the author playfully presents themselves as hardworking and eager for reader support.
• Themes: Dedication, audience appreciation, and the push to meet a public goal.
• Interactions: The author directly addresses readers as “brothers,” praises their potential support, and uses energetic, joking language to encourage them to vote.

Summary

This is an author’s note rather than a story chapter. Sixue realizes she forgot to announce that the May Day holiday marks the start of a double monthly-ticket promotion, when each ticket counts as two. She encourages readers to vote for the book and promises to try to release a batch of chapters over the holiday if readers support it.

• Plot and events: No fictional plot events occur; the note announces the promotion and a possible holiday chapter release.
• Character development: Sixue presents herself as forgetful but enthusiastic and eager to reward reader support.
• Themes: Reader participation, appreciation, and the mutual encouragement between an author and her audience.
• Interactions: Sixue directly appeals to readers, asking for their monthly tickets and offering extra chapters in return.

Summary: “The First Wave of Attack”

Key Plot Points and Events

• A new Space-Time Rift tears open in the Northern Frontier, alarming the Highland Wizards. Sancast, an elderly wizard transformed into a giant, attempts to seal it with red threads.
• A mysterious black claw and tail emerge from the rift. Helim, a powerful body-focused level-four wizard, attacks with a corrosive Pale Bone Hand, but the creature effortlessly snaps her arm and pierces through her skull. She survives through rapid regeneration, though the assault deeply shocks the other wizards.
• Sancast identifies the invader as a possible creature from the Otherworld—an existence believed to be the source of summoned creatures. However, the High Tower’s records contain no description of anything like it.
• The invader waits inside the rift until a young voice announces that “Lily” has completed her mission and is safely hidden. He then reveals his name, Er Dongsheng, and begins forcing his way into the Wizard World.
• Er Dongsheng releases enormous quantities of Black Flame, destroying the sealing threads, surrounding mountains, snowfields, buildings, and parts of the Northern Frontier. The land’s ice and snow melt beneath the flames.
• Er Dongsheng fully emerges in a demonic, black-scaled form with horns, a powerful tail, spines, a crystal embedded in his chest, and an aura of Destruction. His presence alone overwhelms weaker wizards, causing their bodies and Red Markings to break down.
• Storm Nasser protects the weaker wizards with a barrier and orders them to retreat. Nasser, Helim, and Sancast then surround Er Dongsheng, preparing to confront him.
• Er Dongsheng ignores their demands for an explanation and instead waits for the Wizard World’s Plane Will to appear. A strange, ominous manifestation descends: a vast creature-like phantom with countless arms and eyes, wielding an enormous blood-red hand.
• Er Dongsheng summons the power of Purgatory through a gigantic black sun and clashes directly with the Plane Will. The impact sends the surrounding wizards flying, though they cannot perceive the true opponent.
• Sancast assumes the entity is the legendary Guardian or “Northern Frontier Will,” while Er Dongsheng realizes it may be the actual Plane Will. He is astonished by its ability to corrode, expel, resist, and potentially erase intruders from the Material World.

Character Developments

• Er Dongsheng is established as an overwhelmingly powerful and confident invader. He treats the Wizard World’s defenses as an experiment, eagerly testing both its resistance and its Plane Will. His ability to communicate through a soul connection and wield Purgatory’s power emphasizes his extraordinary level.
• Helim suffers a devastating injury when her bone arm is destroyed and her skull is pierced, revealing both the terrifying power of the invader and her own remarkable regeneration. Her confidence in her physical strength is badly shaken.
• Sancast shifts from attempting to control the situation to recognizing the scale of the threat. His knowledge of Otherworld creatures and the Plane Will helps the wizards interpret the invasion, but even he remains uncertain.
• Storm Nasser demonstrates leadership by shielding the weaker wizards and ordering an organized retreat rather than allowing them to die in a hopeless battle.
• The lesser wizards are reduced to helpless observers, highlighting the enormous gap between them and Er Dongsheng.

Significant Themes

• Invasion and resistance: The chapter depicts the Wizard World’s first direct confrontation with an overwhelmingly powerful outsider.
• Limits of knowledge: The wizards’ historical records and theories fail to explain Er Dongsheng, exposing the limitations of their understanding of the Otherworld.
• Power hierarchy: The invader’s presence alone destroys the bodies of weaker wizards, showing that true power can overwhelm defenses before a battle even begins.
• World will and sovereignty: The appearance of the Plane Will suggests that worlds possess their own protective consciousness or laws, turning the conflict into a struggle between entire planes rather than individual beings.
• The unknown and the uncanny: Er Dongsheng’s alien form, soul-based communication, Black Flame, and the grotesque Plane Will create an atmosphere of cosmic horror and uncertainty.

Character Interactions

• Helim directly challenges the black claw and tail but is defeated almost instantly, establishing the invader’s superiority.
• Sancast warns Helim and the others about the creature, later explaining that it may come from the Otherworld.
• Nasser protects the wizards from Er Dongsheng’s aura and assumes command of the defensive response.
• The three leaders—Nasser, Helim, and Sancast—surround Er Dongsheng, but their caution shows they know they are facing something beyond an ordinary wizard.
• Er Dongsheng disregards their questions and focuses on provoking the Plane Will, turning the confrontation away from a conventional battle and toward a direct test between himself and the world’s governing force.

Key plot points

• Er Dongsheng battles the Northern Frontier Will, a bizarre, seemingly living force able to distort reality. It speaks, attacks through illusions and giant physical manifestations, and identifies him as an outsider.
• Er Dongsheng sees through its deceptive forms, reaches into its true body, and tears out a piece of flesh containing blood, white mist, and Causality Fragments.
• The Northern Frontier Will’s blood appears as Primordial Blood, an ancient source of the Northern Frontier’s bloodlines. Three local wizards—Helim, Nesser, and Sancast—approach the drops, hoping they can help them become fifth-level Great Wizards. Nesser secures one drop.
• A roar from the Blood Pool weakens and frightens the Northern Frontier Will, suggesting that something more dangerous lies beneath it. Er Dongsheng, having accomplished his goal, retreats through the Space-Time Rift.
• The Will pursues him but is blasted back when it crosses the rift. Er Dongsheng warns it that the world beyond the Northern Frontier is not its territory. The Will retreats into the Blood Pool, and the strange phenomena subside.
• The wizards are left confused by the battle and question Sancast about the “other world” and the Northern Frontier Will. He postpones his explanation until they return.
• Beyond the healed rift, a black-flamed figure watches and hints that a second attack is coming, showing that the danger is not over.

Character developments and interactions

• Er Dongsheng demonstrates sharp perception and confidence: he recognizes the Will’s true body, wounds it, takes a sample, and leaves once his objective is met. His teasing attitude toward the monster contrasts with the danger of the encounter.
• The Northern Frontier Will appears powerful but is not invincible. It can speak and shape reality, yet it is vulnerable to Er Dongsheng and visibly afraid of whatever lurks beneath the Blood Pool.
• Helim, Nesser, and Sancast react with awe and caution. Nesser prioritizes the Primordial Blood, while Helim and Sancast focus on the scale and implications of the threat. They press Sancast for answers, exposing how little they know.
• The three wizards remain observers of Er Dongsheng’s fight, unable to see what he is confronting directly.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even a force revered as a divinity can be wounded and frightened.
• Knowledge and uncertainty: The wizards witness extraordinary events without understanding them, while the Blood Pool’s hidden presence raises new questions.
• Ambition and risk: The wizards’ desire for Primordial Blood may offer advancement but draws them toward forces far beyond their control.
• Unfinished conflict: Er Dongsheng’s departure seems to end the immediate battle, but the promised second attack signals a larger confrontation ahead.

Key events

• After the invasion, life in the town returns to normal. Most residents treat the battle as another danger of frontier life, while Third Auntie—injured and furious—continues demanding that mercenaries capture Isabella alive for a doubled reward.
• Far away in the frozen Northern Frontier, Isabella sees a powerful demonic figure and wonders if it was Demon God Lord Baal. As night approaches, she faces freezing to death, a ruined leg, hunger, and the prospect of being captured if she returns to town.
• A voice comes from the bundle she is carrying. The speaking black book, marked “Taboo,” introduces itself as Lily Baal and insists it can save Isabella.
• Lily gives Isabella a black crystal. Isabella swallows it, and the crystal restores her warmth, strength, and injured leg. Lily explains that her father specially treated it so Isabella could survive its power.
• Before Lily can explain who her father is, a pack of Ice Giant Wolves surrounds them. Enraged that the wolves interrupted her praise of her father, Lily manifests from the book and kills the entire pack instantly.

Character developments and interactions

• Isabella moves from despair and resignation to hope and amazement. Though she has no wizard potential and considers herself an ordinary “mudborn,” she trusts Lily readily because she believes she has nothing left to lose.
• Lily Baal emerges as a boastful, sharp-tongued but protective presence. She teases Isabella, rescues her, and displays overwhelming magical power. Her fierce admiration for her father is interrupted before she can identify him.
• Their first exchange establishes a comic, affectionate dynamic: Lily scolds Isabella for mishandling the book, while Isabella responds with politeness and wonder.

Significant themes

• Survival and hope: Isabella’s desperate situation changes abruptly when an unexpected ally gives her a second chance.
• Power and vulnerability: Isabella is physically fragile and excluded from wizardry, while Lily possesses immense strength.
• Everyday life amid danger: The town quickly resumes normal routines despite the recent battle, reflecting how accustomed its people are to frontier threats.
• Mystery and foreshadowing: The demonic figure from the battle, Lily’s identity and father, and the crystal’s significance hint at larger conflicts yet to come.

The chapter consists only of a brief, comedic appeal to readers: the narrator watches the story’s monthly-ticket ranking fall toward 200th place and begs readers to vote, exaggerating the danger as a painful beating to their backside.

• Plot and events: The ranking is dropping, prompting an urgent plea for support.
• Character development: Sixue appears as the alarmed voice of the appeal, though no broader character change occurs.
• Themes: Reader participation, anxiety about popularity, and self-deprecating humor.
• Character interactions: Sixue directly addresses readers as “friends,” asking them repeatedly for monthly tickets.

Key plot points and events

• Lily Baal and Isabella shelter in an icy cavern during a fierce storm, where they roast a giant snow wolf. Isabella has recovered from the shock of their recent escape and is beginning to feel hopeful about her future.
• As Isabella questions Lily about legendary creatures such as Fenrir, Lily studies Isabella’s three books to learn about the Wizard World. She discovers that the world is vast and largely unexplored, divided into small, relatively safe domains separated by deadly regions.
• The books describe the Northern Frontier: a frozen territory ruled by Highland Wizards, bordered by dangerous mountains and seas, with a vast underground region called the Dark Zone. It also hints at other mysterious realms and ancient imprisoned beings.
• Lily learns that Wizards gain power through bloodlines, progressing through levels; Fourth-Level Wizards condense a Bloodline Source, while stronger levels are mostly legendary. She suspects the Highland Wizards may possess the knowledge her father wants.
• Isabella’s Destruction Mark is slowly growing. Lily has told her that the mark, a Destruction Crystal, and a connection to the Magic Network can make her a powerful Destroyer, regardless of her bloodline or Wizard talent.

Character developments

• Isabella shifts from fear and uncertainty toward gratitude, devotion to Lily, and determination to become strong enough to avenge her parents. She believes the Destruction Mark offers her a new path.
• Lily remains confident and dismissive of ordinary concerns, but reveals curiosity and a practical, strategic side as she studies the world and plans to seek the Highland Wizards’ knowledge.
• Isabella’s intense hatred produces potent emotional energy, which Lily quietly absorbs, hinting at an unusual connection between human emotions and Lily’s abilities.

Significant themes

• Power and destiny: The books present bloodline as the basis of Wizard strength, while Lily insists that a different path—becoming a Destroyer—can transcend inherited talent.
• Faith and admiration: Isabella’s reverence for Lily and the Demon God shapes her hope and commitment to her new identity.
• A vast, dangerous world: The Northern Frontier is only a small part of a sprawling world filled with unexplored lands, strange races, and hidden threats.
• Trauma transformed into resolve: Isabella’s grief and hatred become motivation for revenge and personal growth.

Character interactions

• Isabella treats Lily with awe, asking about legendary beasts and wondering about her origins; Lily answers casually while continuing to read.
• Lily reassures Isabella that her lack of Wizard talent and bloodline does not prevent her from gaining great power as a Destroyer.
• Isabella’s devotion deepens as she recalls Lily’s rescue and the Demon God’s overwhelming power, while Lily benefits from the emotional energy Isabella unconsciously radiates.

Key plot points and events

• In the Destruction Demon Domain, Er Dongsheng studies the monster flesh he tore away, finding it protected by a powerful repulsive force. He decides not to attack it directly until he understands the mysterious Northern Frontier Guardian.
• Er Dongsheng visits a towering skeleton bearing the same blood-red flowers and patterns as the flesh, suspects it also came from the Wizard World, and hints that he has a plan for it.
• After a long sleep, Isabella is awakened by Little Lily and given clothes and a stuffed toy. Lily asks her to sign beneath Lily’s name in the book, which allows Isabella to borrow Lily’s power when needed.
• The signature connects Isabella to the Magic Network. Black markings spread across her body, a tiny black crystal appears on her forehead, and a miniature Black Sun manifests. Lily confirms that the Network has begun entering the Wizard World while disguised as native energy, helping it evade the plane’s suppression.
• Through the Network, Isabella sees visions of the Demon God, the Black Sun, and eight powerful figures, then receives information about its systems: contributions, sacrifices, knowledge, missions, skills, and the Destruction faithful.
• The new connection alerts Er Dongsheng. He channels Purgatory and Destruction energy into the Wizard World, deliberately provoking a disturbance to distract the Northern Frontier’s will from the Magic Network’s quiet spread. Wizards battling sea monsters sense an approaching catastrophe.

Character developments and interactions

• Er Dongsheng is calculating and cautious about the mysterious flesh and guardian, but confident enough to use a controlled assault on the Wizard World as a diversion. He presents himself to his followers as a playful tactician (“giving the Wizard World a little tickle”).
• Isabella moves from exhaustion and insecurity to awe and excitement. She admires Lily’s power and resources, then becomes an active participant in the Demon God’s network by signing the book and exploring its systems.
• Little Lily acts as Isabella’s guide, linking her to the Network and reassuring her during the process. Her boastful impatience and teasing contrast with her genuine concern and relief when the connection succeeds. Her thoughts also reveal that the stuffed toy is a favorite and that she dislikes having to share it.
• The Demon God remains an unseen but influential presence: Lily credits her father with the plan and the artifact, while the Network’s imagery deepens Isabella’s reverence for him.

Significant themes

• Invasion through gradual influence: The “Boiling a Frog in Warm Water” strategy uses a disguised, incremental spread rather than an obvious attack.
• Power, faith, and hierarchy: The Network organizes users through ranks, missions, knowledge, and access to power; Isabella’s awe reinforces the Demon God’s authority.
• Distraction as strategy: Er Dongsheng creates a conspicuous threat to conceal the more subtle infiltration.
• Dependency and belonging: Isabella’s envy of Lily’s status gives way to a new connection and potential place within Lily’s world.

Plot points and events

• A space-time rift opens over the battlefield, unleashing destructive Black Flame and an immense black sun. Er Dongsheng’s will arrives through the rift with Purgatory and clashes with the Northern Frontier’s will.
• Er Dongsheng withdraws after seizing many wizards and sea beasts. When the Northern Frontier’s shadow pursues him beyond its own territory, he devours it and taunts it, promising to return.
• The battlefield is left devastated. A different giant hand strikes the ground, apparently releasing the blood-colored pool’s fury before it vanishes.
• Wizard leaders and representatives of the sea people gather to assess the damage. After initial mutual accusations, they learn the attack came from another world—and that it is the second invasion, suggesting the invader intends to claim their world. Both sides retreat to prepare.
• Unnoticed by them, black traces seep from the rift. An unseen voice remarks that a gradual conquest sometimes requires turning up the heat.
• In an icy cavern, Isabella begins learning magic through the Magic Network, using Contribution Points borrowed from Lily. Her first attempt at Ice Blade is clumsy, though Lily praises her talent.
• A streak of black light enters Lily’s mind. She then urges Isabella to go complete tasks to repay her borrowed points, leaving Isabella suspicious about what task Lily has in mind.

Character developments and interactions

• Er Dongsheng demonstrates overwhelming power and confidence, deliberately provoking the Northern Frontier’s will and treating it as prey.
• The Northern Frontier’s will is shown to be formidable on its own territory but cautious when drawn outside it; after being devoured once, it refuses to pursue Er Dongsheng again.
• Sancast and the wizard leaders recognize that the crisis has shifted beyond their local conflict and must be addressed strategically.
• Kabisara, the sea people’s leader, begins by accusing the wizards of breaking their battle agreement. After hearing the attack was an invasion from another world, he becomes fearful and agrees that careful planning is necessary.
• Nesser remains openly hostile toward the sea people, while Sancast keeps a measured, battle-ready posture during their exchange.
• Isabella is eager to learn magic but discouraged by her imperfect first effort. She admires Lily’s earlier combat performance, which is why she chose Ice Blade despite its difficulty.
• Lily encourages Isabella while concealing her own past lack of skill. After receiving the mysterious message, she seems to have a particular task in mind for Isabella.

Significant themes

• Escalating invasion and existential threat: The second incursion confirms that the outside force is not merely passing through but may seek to conquer the world.
• Fragile alliances: Wizards and sea people distrust one another, yet the larger danger makes cooperation and preparation essential.
• Power and territory: The Northern Frontier’s will is dangerous within its domain but vulnerable beyond it, underscoring how much strength depends on where it is exercised.
• Learning through effort—and debt: Isabella’s early struggles mark the beginning of her magical development, while her borrowed Contribution Points tie that progress to Lily’s influence.

• Plot/events: The author, Sixue, announces that tomorrow will end a month-long commitment to posting three updates daily. They also still owe bonus chapters to several supporters and plan to deliver them soon. Next month, they expect to post twice a day, with occasional extra updates.
• Character development: Sixue expresses relief and excitement after the demanding schedule, while emphasizing pride in keeping their promise despite the strain on their hands. They also acknowledge a disappointing loss in the monthly-vote contest and hope to do better next time.
• Themes: Keeping commitments, perseverance, gratitude toward readers, and the pressure of ambitious creative goals.
• Interactions: Sixue addresses readers warmly and playfully, asking for continued recommendations, subscriptions, tips, and votes. They thank supporters affectionately, joke about sounding girly, and wish everyone happiness.