Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• After three years in hiding, Diabolo reappears in the Northern Frontier, unleashing such overwhelming power that the land, sky, and nearby beings are shaken.
• His display awakens the Time-and-Space Taboo Bloodline in Destruction’s forces across other regions. They kneel to him as their ruler, and their bloodlines begin to fuse.
• Diabolo converts the laws Baal sent him into his own power. His body transforms: lightning becomes his blood and veins, space forms his bones, and time imbues his soul. The Taboo Clock also evolves, gaining mastery over both time and space.
• As his taboo power takes shape, the Universe rejects him and sends down a catastrophic divine punishment. Diabolo counters the first thunder dragon with a spear of time and space, destroying both.
• The punishment escalates into a swarm of thunder dragons. Diabolo prepares a time-arrow and a crossbow formed from collapsed space, waiting for the decisive moment.
• A final change within him allows his Time-and-Space Domain to fully manifest. He surpasses the Fourth Level and becomes a supreme sovereign of time and space. His domain forces the Universe’s laws to retreat.
• The awakening spreads to the bloodline’s bearers. Their powers fully emerge, forming the Time-and-Space Legion, which proclaims its loyalty to Diabolo. As he raises his arm, the storm clouds break apart and sunlight falls on him.

Character developments

• Diabolo completes a profound transformation from a powerful demon into a being beyond the Fourth Level. His body, bloodline, and abilities embody the union of time and space, and he establishes himself as the legion’s sovereign.
• Baal and Mephisto are placed at risk: the narration warns that Diabolo’s failure could implicate them as well.
• The bloodline’s bearers awaken and become a unified force under Diabolo, moving from scattered followers to an organized legion.
• Observers in the Central Domain, including the White Dragon Eagle King, Anna, and Aldos, react uneasily to the immense punishment. Aldos’s trembling hand hints that his composure conceals anxiety.

Significant themes

• Power and its cost: Diabolo’s rise to taboo power provokes the Universe itself to punish him.
• Transformation and transcendence: His physical and spiritual changes make time and space part of his very being.
• Loyalty and collective identity: The awakened bloodline unites its bearers as the Time-and-Space Legion.
• Defiance of cosmic order: Diabolo’s domain challenges the Universe’s fundamental laws, making his survival a confrontation with the world’s highest authority.

Character interactions

• Diabolo’s return inspires reverence among Destruction’s forces, who kneel and cry out his name as their bloodlines awaken.
• His conflict is chiefly with the Universe’s divine punishment: he counters its attacks and ultimately asserts a domain that drives its laws back.
• The distant observers cannot intervene, but their uneasy reactions underscore the impact of Diabolo’s awakening across the wider world.

Key events

• In the fourth year of the Dark Era, Diabolo—the Time-and-Space Demon God and one of the three great lords of darkness—awakens as a Lord of Heaven. The Burning Legion rallies around him and resumes its conquest, aiming to find Sunwell branches and revive the other Demon Gods.
• The Legion devastates the Wizard World: the Seventh and Eighth Regions fall, the Ninth is destroyed, and the Tenth surrenders. Its Destruction Squads and Time-and-Space Squad fight with distinct but effective styles, overwhelming resistance.
• The Temple Legion halts the invasion in the Eleventh Region, where the Burning Legion has gathered around a crystalline Blood Altar. The altar spreads the Magic Network, draws energy from a Sunwell branch, and accompanies the appearance of an illusory Black Sun.
• When the Sunwell begins collapsing, a Temple regional lord attacks the altar. A gateway opens, and Diabolo appears. He explains that the Sunwell’s mysterious energy is scarce compared with what he needs and that its source remains unknown.
• Diabolo sends his restored Demon Sword, Frostsnow’s Sorrow, into the regional lord’s chest. The sword turns the lord into an undead attacker, whose assault spreads through the Temple ranks, causing soldiers to rise and attack their comrades. Diabolo dismisses the effect as too slow and prepares to act himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Diabolo is established as overwhelmingly powerful, but also as a calculating seeker of greater strength: even a Sunwell branch offers him only a small amount of the energy he needs. His revived sword has become stronger and seems eager to serve him.
• The Burning Legion gains renewed confidence and purpose under Diabolo. Its two divisions cooperate despite their rivalry, while its captains and commanders show him unquestioning respect.
• The Temple regional lord shifts from cautious defense to a desperate attack when he realizes the Sunwell is being drained. Though initially treated as a formidable opponent, he is quickly turned into a weapon against his own army.
• The Temple soldiers move from relief at the Legion’s apparent pause to panic as the altar, Black Sun, and spreading undead threat reveal the scale of the danger.

Significant themes

• Conquest and destruction: The Legion’s campaign overwhelms the Wizard World, bringing devastation and surrender across entire regions.
• Fear and overwhelming power: Diabolo’s arrival revives the terror once associated with Magic and the ancient Calamity.
• Corruption and contagion: The Demon Sword’s undead aura turns defeated soldiers against their allies, making the threat spread through the Temple’s own ranks.
• Mystery and ambition: The Sunwell’s origin and hidden energy remain unexplained, while Diabolo’s need for more power drives the search onward.

Chapter Summary: “Brothers, I Need Your Help”

• Key events: On Monday morning, Sixue checks the novel’s recommendation votes and monthly tickets before going to work. Discouraged by the poor results, Sixue makes an urgent appeal to readers for recommendation votes, monthly tickets, and subscriptions. Despite having a job, Sixue explains that they have continued writing diligently and have worked even harder in recent days. The message is posted at 6:30 a.m. before leaving for work, with hopes that readers will show their support by the evening.
• Character development: Sixue is portrayed as hardworking, anxious about the novel’s performance, and increasingly desperate for reader support. Their frustration turns into a humorous, affectionate plea, including exaggerated language and playful cuteness.
• Themes: The chapter focuses on perseverance, the pressures of creative work, dependence on audience support, and the direct relationship between an author and their readers. It also uses humor and self-deprecation to express vulnerability.
• Character interactions: There is no conventional scene-based interaction. Instead, Sixue directly addresses the readers as “brothers,” pleading with them to vote, subscribe, and buy monthly tickets. The appeal creates a personal, informal connection between the author and the audience.

Key plot points

• Diabolo uses his new Time Domain to slow the temple army nearly to a standstill, then combines it with spatial blades to slaughter the soldiers while sparing the Burning Legion. He ignores the survivors and absorbs energy from a Sunwell, but finds it is only a small tributary.
• He orders the Legion to intensify its invasion, locate every Sunwell, and summon powerful allies when needed. Xierjie leads the next advance.
• With no immediate task, Diabolo reflects on his new status as a Lord of Heaven. He now has a rudimentary Time-and-Space Law Sphere and wonders whether mastering the Taboo Clock’s laws could make him a new God of Time and Space—or let him transcend that role.
• His wanderings take him back to the Northern Frontier and the site of the Frozen Throne. There he finds the ground covered in bones and the Nine-Tailed Ice Fox trapped by a Summoning Array, its blood being drained through a bone tube into the Throne.
• Diabolo breaks the tube and array, then uses Sunwell energy to revive the weakened fox. It warns that an unknown force within the Frozen Throne took control of the Ancestor of the Witch Tree and attacked it.
• The Ancestor, still seated on the Throne, speaks and releases a vast wave of deathly energy, ending the chapter on a new threat.

Character developments and interactions

• Diabolo demonstrates how dramatically his power has grown: the lightning around the Throne, once dangerous, can no longer harm him. He is also becoming more reflective, considering the nature and limits of his power rather than simply seeking more energy.
• The Nine-Tailed Ice Fox is left near death after being drained, but survives thanks to Diabolo. It shares what happened and expresses anger at the violation.
• The Ancestor of the Witch Tree appears to have been controlled by an unknown presence, though Diabolo suspects the figure may genuinely be the Ancestor. Its lifeless expression and death aura suggest a transformation or awakening.
• Diabolo and Xierjie remain aligned in the invasion: he gives the orders, and she promptly leads the Legion forward.

Significant themes

• Power and evolution: Diabolo’s advancement changes both his capabilities and his priorities, shifting his focus from energy gathering to developing his understanding of law.
• Control and identity: The uncertainty over whether the Ancestor is controlled, resurrected, or truly himself raises questions about agency and what remains of a person.
• Consequences of conquest: While Diabolo’s forces continue invading and killing, he encounters suffering caused by another power—and intervenes to save the fox.
• Foreshadowing: The bones, disturbed lightning, and death energy establish the Frozen Throne as the source of a dangerous development.

Chapter Summary: “Lich Ancestor Nao”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Ancestor of the Witch Tree sheds his former appearance and reveals his true undead nature. Deathly energy erupts from him, forming skeletal wings, a bone tail, and full bone armor.
• The Nine-Tailed Ice Fox recognizes him as Lich Ancestor Nao, while Diabolo realizes that Nao and the Ancestor of the Witch Tree have always been the same individual.
• Nao explains that he is only a remnant soul of the ancient Primordial Lich King. He was sealed within the Frozen Throne for tens of thousands of years, and he restored himself by drawing upon the Witch Tree’s life force.
• Diabolo attempts to suppress Nao with his Time and Space Law domain, but Nao counters with a powerful, dragon-like aura that prevents Diabolo from controlling the surrounding space. This suggests Nao once fused with a powerful dragon or another Cosmic Magic Beast.
• Neither side can defeat or safely escape from the other. Diabolo cannot kill Nao alone, while Nao fears that the other Demon Gods may arrive and recreate the terrifying Triune Demon God.
• Nao proposes an exchange: he will provide the complete method for nurturing a Plane Will through sacrifice in return for permission to leave the plane.
• Diabolo reveals that he already possesses incomplete versions of the method through the Wizard God and Sea God. Nao admits that he deliberately spread the flawed versions to prevent the Plane Will from recovering.
• Nao further reveals that the plane and its Plane Will were damaged during an ancient battle between himself and another powerful being, who ultimately defeated and sealed him.
• Diabolo demands additional information about the Sunwell, forcing Nao to accept harsher terms.
• Instead of signing Diabolo’s proposed contract, Nao and Diabolo swear soul oaths filled with loopholes, since neither trusts the other.
• Nao gives Diabolo two spheres of light and attempts to escape with the Frozen Throne. Diabolo attacks with Crimson Thunder, forcing Nao to flee through a Space Rift while leaving the Frozen Throne behind.
• The chapter ends with Diabolo confronting the Nine-Tailed Ice Fox and demanding that it explain itself.

Character Developments

• Nao: His true identity and history are exposed. He is revealed to be a remnant of the Primordial Lich King rather than merely the Witch Tree’s ancestor. Despite his reduced strength, he remains highly dangerous, cunning, proud, and knowledgeable.
• Diabolo: Demonstrates caution, strategic thinking, and intimidation. He recognizes Nao as the hidden mastermind behind many past disasters and successfully manipulates him into revealing valuable information and abandoning the Frozen Throne.
• Nine-Tailed Ice Fox: Its shock at recognizing Nao confirms the importance of his legendary past. It remains silent and observant throughout the confrontation but becomes Diabolo’s next target for questioning.
• Wizard God and Sea God: Their supposed methods for nurturing a Plane Will are revealed to have been incomplete versions deliberately circulated by Nao.

Significant Themes

• Hidden identities and ancient conspiracies: The chapter recontextualizes earlier events by connecting the Witch Tree Ancestor, the Lich King, Arandika, the Wizard God’s betrayal, and the Undead Calamities.
• Cunning over strength: Neither Diabolo nor Nao can decisively overpower the other, so both rely on threats, deception, negotiation, and carefully worded promises.
• Opposing forces and balance: Nao’s undead soul was restored through the life force of the Witch Tree, emphasizing the interaction between death and life.
• The danger of incomplete knowledge: Nao manipulated others by distributing flawed versions of the Plane Will ritual, showing how incomplete information can shape major historical events.
• Distrust and loopholes: Even while cooperating, both sides expect betrayal and use vague soul oaths rather than genuine trust.

Important Character Interactions

• Nao and the Nine-Tailed Ice Fox: The fox recognizes Nao’s true identity and reacts with fear and disbelief.
• Nao and Diabolo: Their confrontation shifts from attempted combat to a tense negotiation. Both acknowledge the other’s threat while trying to exploit the other’s weaknesses.
• Nao and the ancient enemy who sealed him: Though this opponent does not appear directly, Nao’s hatred reveals a major unresolved conflict tied to the ruined Plane Will and the damaged plane.
• Diabolo and the Nine-Tailed Ice Fox: At the end of the chapter, Diabolo turns his attention to the fox and demands an explanation, setting up the next confrontation.

Chapter Summary: “A New World”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Diabolo studies two pieces of information obtained from Lich King Niao:
  • A method for cultivating a plane through sacrifice.
  • Information about the Sunwell.
• He postpones testing the cultivation method because it may contain a hidden trap.
• Although he believes the Sunwell information is genuine, he remains suspicious because he previously broke his soul oath with the Lich King and attacked him.
• The Sunwell is revealed to draw energy from multiple worlds and ultimately connect to Aizer, a vast and powerful plane known as the Demigod Realm.
• Aizer controls many planes, including the Wizard World, though its influence over that world has nearly disappeared for unknown reasons.
• Diabolo notices the Sea Demon World, once ruled by Bronze Titans, and recognizes its possible connection to the fallen Titans, Little Bei’er, the Sea Demon clan, and the Destruction Devil Master. He decides to investigate it if necessary.
• He examines other planes, including:
  • The Sub-Elemental Plane, whose inhabitants cultivate Battle Aura and may possess power comparable to or greater than that of the Wizard World.
  • The Fire Elemental Plane, an immense world of flame containing powerful fire gods and ranked fourth among Aizer’s surrounding planes.
• Diabolo learns the universal hierarchy of power, progressing from mortals and ability-users to rule-wielders, Mortal Saints, demigods or False Gods, and finally true gods.
• Aizer’s three most powerful factions are revealed to be the Light God Clan, the Elf Pantheon, and the Gods of Humanity, all sharing the highest ranking.
• The Light God Clan is described as a mysterious faction opposed to Abyss Demons. Led by seven primordial Gods of Light, its Angels are natural enemies of Demons and spread their influence through faith.
• The discussion of the Gods of Light causes Diabolo to think about the unresolved mystery of Lulu’s origins.

Character Development

• Diabolo becomes more cautious and strategic. He refuses to blindly trust the Lich King’s information and recognizes the enormous danger involved in pursuing the Sunwell.
• His awareness of the wider universe expands as he learns about the power structures, planes, gods, and factions surrounding Aizer.
• His concern for Little Bei’er and possible links to the Sea Demon World shows that personal loyalties and unresolved mysteries continue to influence his plans.
• His reaction to the Light God Clan reveals that Lulu’s identity remains emotionally and strategically important to him.

Significant Themes

• Trust and betrayal: Diabolo’s broken soul oath demonstrates that agreements are fragile when powerful beings pursue their own interests.
• The vastness of the universe: The chapter broadens the setting dramatically, introducing numerous planes, civilizations, energy systems, and divine factions.
• Power hierarchies and ascension: The detailed ranking from mortals to gods emphasizes the long path Diabolo must follow to reach the highest levels of power.
• Hidden histories and uncertain control: Aizer’s fading influence over the Wizard World, the mystery of the Sea Demon World, and the unexplained emergence of the Light God Clan suggest buried events shaping the present.
• Personal mysteries within cosmic conflict: Lulu’s origins and Little Bei’er’s connection to the Sea Demons tie Diabolo’s personal concerns to larger universal struggles.

Character Interactions

• Diabolo’s primary interaction is with the absent Lich King Niao, whose information continues to guide his decisions even after their confrontation.
• His thoughts connect the Sea Demon World to Little Bei’er, the fallen Titans, the Sea Demon priest, and the Destruction Devil Master, suggesting future alliances or conflicts.
• The chapter also links Diabolo indirectly to Lulu through his growing suspicion about her relationship to the Gods of Light.
• The Light God Clan’s hostility toward Demons establishes a major potential conflict between Diabolo and the divine powers of Aizer.

Key plot points and events

• Diabolo continues wondering about Lulu’s origins after seeing the Light God Clan. He suspects the powerful presence inside her is connected to them, but cannot explain why it prevented her awakening or threatened that she would make everyone regret it. He concludes that Lulu and Little Bei’er do not intend him harm—for now—and turns his attention to the Sunwell.
• Studying a star chart, Diabolo identifies a remote, low-level technological world called Water Star. Though it is largely overlooked, a major tributary of the Sunwell runs through it. He chooses the planet to investigate.
• On Water Star, a sudden, unusually heavy rainy season traps a group of Central Military Academy students in a coastal forest. The rain disrupts communications and energy equipment, weakens their protective Barriers, floods their shelter, and draws dangerous creatures out of hiding.
• Andariel Lilian, the group’s admired and capable senior student, organizes the girls while they wait for scouting students to return. The boys report that they cannot contact the school or outside world.
• The chapter ends with a startling escalation: the students look up to see the sky filled with countless scarlet lightning bolts.

Character developments

• Diabolo remains curious and uneasy about Lulu’s mysterious power, but chooses to postpone the question and investigate the Sunwell first.
• Andariel shows composure and leadership under pressure, directing the students despite the failure of their equipment and the danger around them.
• The students shift from treating their exercise as a comfortable camping trip to confronting a real survival crisis.

Character interactions

• Diabolo reflects on his relationship with Lulu and Little Bei’er, acknowledging that he trusts their intentions despite not understanding them.
• The stranded students look to Andariel for guidance. She assigns tasks, urges them to stay together, and refuses to rely solely on the boys.
• Azul Andreco reports that the group has lost contact with the school and believes the rain has caused wider disruption.

Significant themes

• The limits of knowledge and control: Water Star’s people cannot explain or master the rain, and careful preparations prove useless against it.
• Leadership under uncertainty: Andariel must project confidence and make practical decisions without reliable information.
• Hidden mysteries and looming danger: Diabolo’s unanswered questions about Lulu and the unexplained Sunwell tributary echo the sudden, ominous appearance of scarlet lightning.

Summary

The author, Sixue, apologizes for accidentally uploading the same chapter twice and deleting the duplicate shortly afterward. Unsure whether anyone subscribed to it, they worry that readers may have been charged or subscribed twice and hope no one was affected. They attribute the mistake to being dazed, express repeated remorse, and make a self-deprecating joke that the story’s small readership may have prevented anyone from subscribing quickly.

Character and tone

Sixue comes across as anxious, embarrassed, and apologetic, but uses humor to soften the worry. The passage is a direct address to readers rather than a story scene; it describes no character interactions beyond the author speaking to their audience.

Themes

• Responsibility and reader care: Sixue is concerned about the inconvenience or harm the mistake might have caused.
• Self-deprecating humor: The author jokes about the story’s modest readership as a possible upside.
• Imperfection and apology: The passage openly acknowledges a mistake and repeatedly asks for forgiveness.

Summary

The author apologizes because some readers had subscribed automatically, but the subscriptions were not visible on the author’s end. Feeling responsible for the confusion, the author promises to write an extra chapter, expected to be ready shortly after one for readers to enjoy the next morning.

Character developments and interactions

There are no fictional characters or plot developments. The author directly addresses readers, expresses regret, and responds to their reports with a promise of extra content.

Themes

• Apology and accountability: The author accepts responsibility for the confusion.
• Communication and platform frustration: A mismatch between readers’ subscriptions and what the author can see causes uncertainty.
• Appreciation for readers: The author’s repeated apologies and promised chapter show concern for the audience.

Plot points and events

• A supernatural storm of crimson lightning tears across the sky, briefly splitting the clouds before vanishing. Andariel’s stranded student group is frightened but manages to seek shelter as the rain intensifies.
• Diabolo, a powerful outsider, examines the storm clouds and realizes this world’s Sunwell is hidden in the sky. Its energy causes the strange, seemingly endless rainy season. His arrival disturbed the Sunwell and altered the weather.
• Seeing the Sunwell as a valuable prize, Diabolo considers how to bring the Burning Legion to this world. The planet’s protective clouds make a direct summoning difficult, so he decides he may need to use the local inhabitants.
• A day later, the Central Military Academy begins sending search teams, but the worsening storm makes rescue dangerous. Andariel’s group has found a makeshift cavern, built a barrier against the rain, and managed to start a fire.
• When the rain continues the next day, Andariel leads a small party into the forest to find food. She warns Nana that the red berries she found are mildly poisonous, then spots edible fungi on an enormous, apparently leafless tree.
• Diabolo appears and warns Andariel not to approach the tree. Before he can explain himself, a scream comes from elsewhere in the forest. Andariel rushes toward it, while Diabolo smiles, taps the mesmerized Nana, and follows—apparently expecting trouble.

Character developments and interactions

• Andariel takes charge of the students, organizing shelter, watches, and a food search. Despite her own unease and exhaustion, she remains composed and protective, showing unusual energy control by keeping rain off herself with a fine white glow.
• Azur admires Andariel and praises her abilities, but his attempts to impress her falter; he is disappointed when she pairs with Nana rather than him.
• Nana is tired and inexperienced with the forest’s dangers, but eager to help. She finds berries, then becomes captivated by Diabolo when he appears.
• Diabolo is introduced as a confident, calculating figure with vast insight into the planet’s energy and ambitions for the Sunwell. His warning suggests he knows the giant tree—or the danger around it—better than the students do.

Significant themes

• Nature’s danger and human vulnerability: The storm, flooded forest, poisonous plants, and limited supplies leave even trained students struggling to survive.
• Power and perspective: Diabolo’s cosmic vantage lets him understand the Sunwell and weather as parts of a larger system, while the students can only respond to immediate threats.
• Ambition and exploitation: Diabolo sees the world’s energy source as something to seize and considers using its inhabitants to advance his plans.
• Suspense and foreshadowing: The unexplained tree, Diabolo’s warning, and the distant scream signal that the group’s survival crisis is about to escalate.

• The Longtuoba Beast attacks: During a violent rainstorm, the rare and nearly invincible monster appears near Central Military Academy. Alexia freezes in fear as the beast prepares to attack, while the other students are too frightened to intervene.
• Andariel’s rescue attempt: Andariel uses her Holy Light to snatch Alexia from the beast and shields herself with a Holy Sword. The beast easily destroys the sword and knocks Andariel down. She gets Alexia to safety, then stands her ground to give the others time to escape.
• Diabolo arrives: As the beast prepares a deadly energy attack, Diabolo appears and catches it in one hand, compressing it into a tiny ball. He gives Andariel his mushroom-shaped umbrella and calmly turns to face the monster.
• A mysterious power: Andariel notices that her Holy Light seems subdued and afraid around Diabolo. He senses something unusual in her power and privately identifies it with the Light God Clan, suggesting he recognizes a larger supernatural force at work.
  Character developments and interactions: Andariel is established as courageous and self-sacrificing: despite being badly injured, she keeps protecting Alexia and refuses to abandon the others. Nana reacts with distress when she sees Andariel fall, while the students’ fear leaves them unable to help. Diabolo’s teasing confidence contrasts with their terror; his gentle, protective gesture toward Andariel creates an immediate, romantic-looking connection, though she remains cautious and warns him about the beast.
  Themes: The chapter contrasts fear and helplessness with courage and self-sacrifice. It also builds suspense around hidden power and the supernatural: the supposedly unstoppable monster is effortlessly checked by Diabolo, while Andariel’s Holy Light hints that the world’s mysteries extend beyond the beast itself.

Plot points and events

• Diabolo explores the forest to study how the Sunwell’s energy has affected the ecosystem. He finds few mutated plants, but discovers that their sap and cores contain potent life energy.
• A Longtuoba Beast attacks Diabolo, mistaking him for prey. He defeats it effortlessly, then kills it instantly when it flees from him the next day.
• Diabolo reunites with Andariel and a group of students, who are stunned by his power. He offers to teach them how to become stronger if they meet again.
• The students need food, so Diabolo gives them the beast’s carcass. He also warns Andariel against gathering mushrooms growing on a mutated tree.
• Diabolo and Andariel walk away together beneath contrasting umbrellas, with Andariel accepting his hand after stumbling. The students watch and wonder whether she has fallen in love with him.

Character developments and interactions

• Diabolo remains confident and immensely powerful, treating the fearsome beast like a “puppy.” His curiosity about the world’s energy drives his experiments, while his attention to Andariel suggests a personal interest.
• Andariel is torn between her feelings for Diabolo and her religious devotion. She becomes visibly unsettled watching him attract the other girls, yet ultimately accepts his help and walks with him.
• The students, especially Alexia and Nana, shift from terror to admiration after witnessing Diabolo kill the beast. Their awe also brings out a playful, romantic curiosity about him and Andariel.
• The Longtuoba Beast’s repeated fear of Diabolo emphasizes the enormous gap between their strength.

Significant themes

• Power and survival: Diabolo’s overwhelming strength changes a near-fatal encounter into an easy victory and provides the group with food.
• Mutation and adaptation: The forest’s altered plants and animals reveal the Sunwell’s growing influence and the world’s changing food chain.
• Forbidden or doomed love: Andariel’s attraction to Diabolo conflicts with her devotion, foreshadowing an uncertain future.
• Fate and ambiguity: The chapter frames their meeting as potentially tragic or happy, leaving the outcome unresolved.

Chapter Summary

This chapter is an announcement from the author, Sixue, rather than a story chapter. Sixue promises a posting spree on the 25th for readers who have finished their college or high school entrance exams. The number of chapters will depend on reader support, including tips, subscriptions, monthly votes, and recommendations. Noting that subscriptions have been low recently, Sixue urges readers to subscribe and support the work, promising to post plenty—even if it means writing at work.

• Key events: Sixue announces the planned posting spree and makes it conditional on reader support.
• Character development: No fictional characters appear; Sixue presents themself as committed to delivering on the promise.
• Themes: Reader–author support, reciprocity, and encouragement.
• Interactions: Sixue directly addresses readers, appeals for their support, and reminds them of the 25th.

Chapter Summary: “Exploring a New World”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Diabolo and Andariel discover a seemingly ordinary, leafless tree in the rain. When Diabolo attacks it with water, the tree reveals itself as an Animated Plant, coming alive and attacking him with its branches.
• Diabolo easily avoids the tree’s attacks and uses a powerful storm vortex to destroy it. The tree’s destruction releases a swarm of small, black, bat-like fungi that attack the group.
• Diabolo traps the creatures inside his umbrella and kills them all. The monsters are revealed to be Parasitic Animated Plants, a species previously known only through academic speculation.
• Andariel explains that these fungi parasitize powerful trees or Animated Plants, draining their life energy before moving to a new host. Alarmed by the danger, she argues that the forest should be reported to the government and sealed off, though the worsening rain prevents them from leaving.
• Diabolo extracts a green life core from one of the fungi and gives it to Andariel. After consuming it, she rapidly heals and experiences a breakthrough in her Holy Light abilities.
• Secretly, Diabolo plants a strand of Red Lightning within Andariel’s heart, intending to use or observe the consequences of this hidden influence.

Character Developments

• Diabolo demonstrates overwhelming combat ability, precise control over water and spatial forces, and a growing interest in the world’s magical creatures and academic knowledge.
• He learns about Animated Plants and immediately considers how their life cores might be exploited to benefit the demons of the Burning Legion.
• Andariel becomes increasingly emotionally affected by Diabolo. Although her Holy Light repeatedly warns her that he is dangerous, she dismisses the warnings as a natural response to his immense power.
• Her concern for ordinary people and the security of her country becomes clear when she insists that the forest must be reported and sealed.
• After eating the life core, Andariel’s wounds heal and her Holy Light advances, greatly increasing her strength and deepening her trust and admiration toward Diabolo.
• Nana remains energetic and fearless, eagerly examining the dead parasitic creatures. Alexia subtly competes for Diabolo’s attention and positions herself closer to him.

Significant Themes

• Discovery and expansion of knowledge: The students encounter creatures believed to exist only in theory, emphasizing that the world is more dangerous and mysterious than they understood.
• Power and manipulation: Diabolo helps Andariel while secretly inserting Red Lightning into her body, showing that his generosity is part of a larger plan.
• The danger of unchecked nature: The parasitic fungi represent an ecosystem in which life evolves into predatory, mobile, and highly dangerous forms.
• Trust versus instinct: Andariel’s Holy Light warns her against Diabolo, but her judgment is clouded by gratitude, fascination, and growing emotional instability.
• Exploitation of resources: Diabolo views the Animated Plants not merely as threats but as potential sources of energy for the Burning Legion.

Character Interactions

• Andariel initially worries when the Animated Plant attacks Diabolo, then becomes irritated when she realizes he deliberately stood outside its range.
• The students gather around Diabolo during the battle, reacting with awe to his abilities and the discovery of the parasitic fungi.
• Diabolo’s closeness with Alexia creates a subtle moment of tension, as she moves nearer to him while Nana excitedly occupies his space.
• Andariel accepts the life core from Diabolo despite some hesitation, and its effects produce a dramatic strengthening of her Holy Light.
• Diabolo gives Andariel an explanation for her advancement while concealing his true intervention, leaving her impressed and increasingly drawn to him.

Key plot points and events

• Diabolo abruptly leaves the students, disappearing into the rain. Though the group is disappointed, they accept that they have no grounds to ask someone so powerful to protect them.
• During the continuing rainy season, the students survive in the dangerous forest on the Longtuoba Beast’s meat and other energy-rich prey. The beast’s remains also deter predators, while their improved strength makes hunting easier.
• A week later, Andariel has grown especially powerful, a change the students attribute to the Life Core Diabolo gave her. She remains preoccupied with his strange abilities and the mysteries surrounding him.
• Away from the camp, Diabolo examines a Black Fungus crackling with red lightning and sends it into the forest, calling it another “seed.” He then sets out to investigate the world’s Plane Will, the Sunwell, and an unfamiliar game-like phenomenon.
• The chapter ends with Diabolo appearing above a vast human city and looking down at the mysterious game-like system.

Character developments and interactions

• Andariel becomes stronger but is also increasingly suspicious of Diabolo. She is intrigued by him, yet insists she is not infatuated; she recognizes his power and senses a regal presence, while concluding that he poses no immediate threat to the students.
• Nana, Alexia, and the other girls continue to wonder about Diabolo and eagerly ask Nana to recount his feats. Their interest contrasts with Andariel’s more analytical concern.
• The students as a group gain confidence and strength through the food they have secured, but still face the danger of the forest and uncertainty about how to return.
• Diabolo reveals his larger, ominous purpose: he is manipulating the world and intends to investigate its underlying forces. The narration clarifies that his actions threaten the world itself—and, in turn, everyone living in it.

Significant themes

• Power and perspective: Diabolo’s immense strength places him beyond ordinary human concerns, while his plans show how danger can operate on a far larger scale than direct violence.
• Survival and adaptation: The students use scarce resources, the carcass’s deterrent effect, and their growing abilities to endure the hostile rainy forest.
• Mystery and hidden systems: The Black Fungus, the Sunwell, the Plane Will, and the “game-like” phenomenon hint at forces shaping the world that characters do not yet understand.
• Unequal understanding: Andariel can sense Diabolo’s extraordinary nature but cannot grasp his true intentions; the students interpret his departure and actions through the limits of their own experience.

Key plot points and events

• Half a month after the disaster, battered Central Military Academy students return to Nosk City under military escort. Nearly a third remain missing after the catastrophic rain.
• The crowd waits for the city’s beloved Divine Maiden, Andariel, but she does not arrive with the returning troops. The city sinks into grief, and disabled veterans accuse the soldiers of abandoning her.
• Watching from a library, Diabolo senses and is tempted by the concentrated grief, but restrains himself because he suspects the strange Plane Will may react.
• While researching, he finds accounts of the world’s creation, the Sacred Realm, the Heavenly River, and Andariel’s life. He identifies the Heavenly River as the Sunwell and suspects the fabled homeland of the gods is the Demigod Realm.
• Diabolo discovers the Virtual Realm: a game-like world where people fight monsters, improve their abilities, and gain some real-world benefits. He realizes that it absorbs emotional energy and may be connected to the world’s Plane Will.
• As Diabolo studies an illustration in The Life of Andariel, cheers erupt outside. Andariel appears to have returned, and the image shocks him.

Character developments and interactions

• Diabolo remains cautious despite his hunger for emotional energy. His curiosity intensifies as he investigates the Plane Will, the Sunwell, and the Virtual Realm.
• Nosk’s citizens reveal how deeply they love Andariel; their grief turns to celebration when they hear she is back.
• The returning soldiers and veterans clash over the failed search for Andariel. The soldiers respond with shame, while the veterans express anger and sorrow.
• Andariel is absent for most of the chapter but is established as a celebrated hero, an exceptional student, and a contributor to the Virtual Realm.

Significant themes

• Collective emotion as power: The city’s grief is vivid and appears to feed or affect the Plane Will.
• Myth and reality: Legends of the Sacred Realm and Heavenly River may describe real cosmic forces.
• Progress through virtual worlds: The Virtual Realm blurs the boundary between illusion and reality, offering tangible benefits to its users.
• Public devotion and heroism: Andariel’s reputation is so powerful that her absence plunges an entire city into mourning.

Chapter Summary: “Primordial Void Creation”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Diabolo studies a religious text containing an illustration of Origin, the supreme deity of the God Clan of Light. She is depicted as a beautiful woman with fourteen pairs of wings.
• The image triggers an inexplicable sense of familiarity in Diabolo, though he is certain he has never seen her before. As he touches the page, the emotional connection suddenly fades, deepening his suspicion that something unusual is occurring.
• The text describes Origin as the primordial god, the nameless Source from which all things originate and to which all things eventually return.
• The book then recounts the early life of Andariel, claiming that her birth coincided with the appearance of a second sun and the miraculous end of a devastating plague in Nosk.
• Diabolo recognizes the plague’s symptoms—victims dying and turning instantly into dry bones—as characteristic of the Undead Plague, suggesting that a Lich or another undead power may have been operating in the world.
• Andariel’s emergence of immense Holy Light supposedly destroyed the plague and possibly killed its source. She was subsequently worshiped as the Child of Light and Goddess of Holy Light.
• Over the following decades, Andariel became immensely popular. Her reputation, the Monastery’s influence, and devotion to the God of Light all grew alongside her.
• Diabolo concludes that the greatest beneficiary of Andariel’s existence is not humanity or the Central Military Academy, but the God Clan of Light, which may have deliberately influenced events.
• He theorizes that the God Clan is interested in the world because of its unusual Mutated Plane Will, which may be connected to the mysterious concept of “Primordial Void Creation.”
• Outside, Andariel returns to the city with her companions. The people greet her with overwhelming celebration after fearing she had disappeared.
• Andariel offers a solemn prayer for the dead and the living, prompting tens of thousands of people to kneel and pray. Their collective faith, mixed with Holy Light, generates a massive force of thought that rises into the sky and enters the virtual realm.
• Witnessing this phenomenon, Diabolo realizes its significance and declares: “Primordial Void Creation! The gods descend!”

Character Developments

• Diabolo becomes increasingly suspicious and analytical. He moves beyond seeing Andariel as merely a gifted human and begins investigating the larger divine forces manipulating her life.
• His emotional reaction to Origin hints at a possible hidden connection between him and the supreme deity, though the nature of this connection remains unknown.
• Andariel’s status rises from beloved holy figure to the apparent center of a vast religious and supernatural process. Her power, popularity, and symbolic importance continue to expand.
• The Central Military Academy’s president and staff are shown to have been under immense pressure during Andariel’s disappearance, fearing consequences from the Monastery and the public.

Significant Themes

• Faith as power: The prayers of the citizens produce tangible energy capable of affecting the virtual realm.
• Religious manipulation and political influence: Andariel’s miracles strengthen the Monastery and the God Clan of Light, suggesting her rise may have been orchestrated.
• Hidden divine agendas: Events that appear to be miracles may actually be part of a larger plan involving Origin, the God Clan, and the plane’s Will.
• Identity and forgotten connections: Diabolo’s strange familiarity with Origin hints at concealed memories, reincarnation, or an unknown relationship with primordial forces.
• Creation and cosmic transformation: The repeated references to “Primordial Void Creation” foreshadow a major event involving the descent or manifestation of gods.

Important Character Interactions

• Diabolo and Origin: Diabolo interacts only with Origin’s image, but his intense reaction suggests a mysterious personal bond or buried memory.
• Diabolo and Andariel: Though they do not directly converse in this chapter, Diabolo closely analyzes her history and begins viewing her as a possible instrument of the God Clan of Light.
• Andariel and the citizens: Her return restores the people’s hope. Through her prayer, she unites the city in worship and channels their collective faith.
• Andariel and the Central Military Academy: Her disappearance placed the academy under severe political and public pressure; her return relieves that tension.
• The God Clan of Light and Andariel: The chapter strongly implies that the God Clan has benefited from—and may have engineered—Andariel’s rise as the world’s Goddess of Holy Light.

Plot points and events

• Sacred energy pouring into the Virtual Realm awakens the legendary Primordial Void Creation: gods from the world’s many myths begin to appear as enormous phantoms. The God Clan of Light seems especially powerful, with a vast Divine Pool looming over the realm.
• The Virtual Realm’s users witness the sky tearing open and the sun splitting like an eye. Their excitement and mental energy help the phantoms grow clearer, though the changes remain invisible in the real world.
• Diabolo recognizes the signs as more than a game event. Using a device to enter the Virtual Realm in a godlike form, he heads toward the demonic figures that have descended near Nosk, intending to investigate both them and the God Clan of Light.
• The system announces a new quest: find the Ruins of the gods and win a god’s favor to become a Godchild, supposedly allowing people to survive in a more powerful form.
• In the Monastery’s underground laboratory, High Priest Aidan Cruz oversees a vast machine and summoning arrays that are channeling Sunwell energy through a rift toward the Virtual Realm. He expects the Sacred Realm to descend and merge with reality.
• Aidan reveals the Monastery’s plan: once the realms merge, those who fail to win a god’s favor will die. He also orders his people to extract evil energy from a sealed demon, believing the Virtual Realm needs both sacred and evil forces.
• The laboratory shakes as the demon resists. The disturbance subsides, but someone reports that something is wrong, leaving the scene on a cliffhanger.

Character developments and interactions

• Diabolo shifts from skepticism to alarm as he realizes the myth of Primordial Void Creation may be unfolding. He acts independently, entering the Virtual Realm to investigate rather than trusting the system’s announcement.
• Aidan is revealed as fanatical, ruthless, and convinced that the coming merger will give him and the Monastery control of the world. He dismisses other organizations as expendable.
• A white-robed swordsman outwardly serves Aidan but privately scorns him and pursues his own agenda, anticipating the Sacred Realm’s arrival and the rise of the angel clan.
• The humans in the Virtual Realm react with awe and excitement, inadvertently feeding the supernatural event through their heightened mental and emotional energy.

Significant themes

• Myth becoming reality: the gods and Primordial Void Creation move from legend into an apparent world-changing event.
• Power and survival: the Godchild quest frames divine favor as a possible means of survival, while Aidan’s plan threatens those who fail.
• Manipulation and divided loyalties: the Monastery’s public religious authority conceals dangerous experiments, and its leaders and subordinates harbor conflicting ambitions.
• Faith, technology, and control: sacred forces, demonic energy, machinery, and the Virtual Realm are being combined in a deliberate attempt to reshape the world.

Plot points and events

• In the real-world facility, researcher Aidan learns that Test Subject 118 has disappeared from the Virtual Realm. He dismisses the warning, assuming phantom gods are merely artificial constructs that will vanish when the Sacred Realm merges with the world.
• Aidan privately suspects the sword-bearing man accompanying him is hiding something. He also worries about the plan nearing completion and decides to investigate the strange presence below.
• In the Virtual Realm, Diabolo takes the form of a phantom god and locates a hidden source of dark energy beneath the illusion of an enormous cavern.
• He confronts Minostaur, who claims to be an ancient fire god. Diabolo recognizes him as a demon-like creature, and his Abyssal aura overwhelms Minostaur. He begins extracting the creature’s energy and memories.
• Andariel and several Central Military Academy students discover the cavern’s entrance and identify it as the Flame Evil God’s Cavern, belonging to one of the ancient evil elemental gods. Andariel calls for help from nearby students, drawing the attention of major factions and setting up a struggle over the ruins.

Character developments and interactions

• Aidan shifts from outward confidence to private anger and suspicion. He distrusts the sword-bearing man and questions what the hidden entity is doing.
• Diabolo displays sharp perception and overwhelming power, seeing through the Virtual Realm’s illusion and dismissing Minostaur’s claim to divinity. His encounter with Minostaur becomes a direct contest of identity and power, ending with Diabolo dominating him.
• Minostaur is revealed as a boastful, hostile being who calls himself a god but is frightened and subdued by Diabolo.
• Andariel acts cautiously and responsibly, warning the girls about the forest’s dangers and organizing a larger group rather than attempting the cavern alone.
• The sword-bearing man conceals his contempt for Aidan and the others, believing the angels will ultimately claim the world.

Significant themes

• Truth versus appearance: The Virtual Realm looks real, while the cavern and Minostaur’s supposed divinity conceal a different reality.
• Power and false authority: Minostaur’s grand claims collapse when faced with Diabolo’s Abyssal power.
• Hidden agendas and looming conflict: Aidan’s suspicions and the sword-bearing man’s secret ambitions hint at danger beyond the Virtual Realm.
• Competition over discovery: The cavern’s revelation draws powerful factions, foreshadowing a battle for its resources and significance.

Key plot points and events

• Alexia explains that Minostaur, the Elder Flame Evil God, is an immensely powerful and unpredictable being. The group intends to flee rather than fight if they encounter him, since death in the Virtual Realm can damage a person’s mind and weaken their real body.
• Several major figures arrive at the newly discovered divine ruins: Andariel, Isabel, and Cecilia Bathory, the Countess. Their forces and reputations draw a crowd. Andariel and Isabel were once close friends but have grown distant; their awkward reunion hints at unresolved tension.
• Duriel, a powerful masked figure infamous for torturing his subordinates, arrives as well. The gathering of influential factions raises the stakes: whoever claims the ruins’ divine legacy could gain power in both the Virtual Realm and reality.
• The cavern suddenly shakes, and agonized roars and waves of dark energy spill from within. After the disturbance passes, Duriel enters, followed by Andariel, Isabel, the Countess, and then the other visitors.
• Deep inside, Diabolo has his hand buried in Minostaur’s skull, searching through it. He identifies Minostaur’s power as an incomplete avatar of “Primordial Void Creation,” then uses a black substance to manipulate time and space and seize a luminous thread of causality. He claims to have found Minostaur’s true body.

Character developments and interactions

• Alexia demonstrates her expertise and caution, urging the group to prepare to escape rather than confront a god.
• Andariel and Isabel meet again with visible discomfort, suggesting a strained friendship whose cause remains unknown.
• Isabel and the Countess trade sharp remarks, while the Countess’s arrival renews the public fascination with the three women’s beauty, status, and rivalry.
• Duriel is presented as feared and cruel, yet his decision to enter the ruins makes him another major contender.
• Diabolo reveals formidable, reality-altering abilities and a clear interest in finding Minostaur’s true form.

Significant themes

• Power and risk: The divine legacy promises real-world strength, but pursuing it could mean facing forces far beyond ordinary people.
• Life and death across realities: The Virtual Realm resembles a game, yet its consequences carry into the real world.
• Rivalry and hidden history: Public competition and private tensions shape the relationships among the powerful figures.
• The unknown behind appearances: Minostaur’s apparent form is only an incomplete avatar, while Diabolo’s discovery suggests a deeper truth about the ruins.