Chapter Summaries

Lin En defeated the Black Butler’s attack with regenerating, hardened tentacles, then emerged alive from the crater in a female body. He went after the fleeing Black Butler but first demanded Hana Ye lend him her panties, and she reluctantly handed them over.

• Lin En unleashed multiplying tentacles and hardened them until they pierced the Black Butler’s defenses and tore off his arm.
• The Black Butler swung his enormous black sword, flattening the neighborhood and blasting Lin En into a deep crater.
• Hana Ye found Lin En alive and saw his naked female body before he struck her and threatened her into silence.
• Lin En told Hana Ye to wait while he pursued the Black Butler, who had fled, and vowed to kill everyone who knew his secret.
• Lin En returned after realizing he was bare below the robe and asked Hana Ye for her panties; she refused until he threatened to abandon her, then reluctantly gave them to him.

Lin En pursued the badly wounded Black Butler and refused his plea to make peace. After Black Butler unleashed his strongest attack by sacrificing an Origin Substance, the battlefield became a sea of blades, leaving Lin En badly cut.

• Black Butler fled through the Spirit Realm after his strongest strike failed to kill Lin En, and he wondered whether Lin En was really the Valkyrie's Divine Chosen.
• Lin En caught up with Black Butler and struck him with a mass of tentacles, smashing his armor and grounding him with severe internal injuries.
• Black Butler asked Lin En to make peace, but Lin En refused and moved to attack him.
• Black Butler crushed one of his Origin Substances and activated [Weapon Dissolution], sending his [Armament] sequences out of control and filling the area with blades.
• The blades carved deep wounds into Lin En as they engulfed the battlefield in a dense sea of steel.

Lin En survived the Black Butler’s [Weapon Dissolution] and pursued him to a Crimson Secret Cult stronghold in the Spirit Realm. As the Black Butler prayed for his master’s attention, Lin En began attacking the castle and its defenders.

• The Black Butler’s blades impaled Lin En, but Lin En healed, escaped, and continued after him.
• The Black Butler reached the cult’s ruined castle, ordered its defenses activated, and used its Magic Formation to pray to his master.
• Lin En arrived at the castle and noticed that it resembled Hana Ye’s family castle in the Real World.
• Lin En announced that he had come to kill the castle’s occupants and attacked as its defenders fired arrows at him.
• The Black Butler filled the Magic Formation with his blood and prayed while Lin En’s assault battered the castle defenses.

The Black Butler summoned power from the Lord of Crimson through the Black Sword as Lin En destroyed the Castle. The Black Butler claimed his master’s domain would overwhelm Lin En, who pretended to be crushed by its pressure.

• The Black Butler cut his artery and performed a ritual to call on the successor to the Red Moon for power.
• Lin En shattered the Castle’s defenses and slaughtered its weird creatures with his tentacles.
• Lin En tore open the Castle’s gate and found the Black Butler waiting beside the Black Sword.
• The Black Butler seized the Black Sword, gained a demonic arm, and invoked the Lord of Crimson’s power.
• The Black Butler spread a crimson domain across the Castle and declared that it would let him execute Lin En.
• Lin En feigned distress under the domain’s suppressive force as the Black Butler confronted him.

The Black Butler trapped Lin En in a magic formation and explained that his master, the Lord of Crimson, was heir to the King of the Red Moon. Just as he began to reveal Hana Ye’s connection to him, his master warned that Lin En had tricked him, and the Black Butler attacked—only for his sword to stop in Lin En’s body.

• The Black Butler activated the scarlet magic formation, binding Lin En with Soul-Devouring Shackles and suppressing his power.
• The Black Butler threatened to sacrifice Lin En’s soul and keep his body, while Lin En pretended to be helpless.
• The Black Butler said his master was the successor to the King of the Red Moon and was destined to become an Outer God.
• Lin En demanded to know how Hana Ye was connected to the Black Butler, but the Black Butler’s master warned him that Lin En had tricked him and ordered him to kill.
• The Black Butler attacked Lin En, but his sword became lodged in Lin En’s body without cutting through, and Lin En revealed that he had been pretending to be suppressed.

Lin En broke free of the borrowed domain, killed the man wielding the Black Sword, and confronted the Lord of Crimson, who wanted Hana Ye returned. The Lord offered him a Reality Anchoring Origin Substance and then proposed the Flesh of the [Tyrant] in exchange for Hana Ye.

• Lin En caught the Black Sword, broke free of the chains, and killed the man before the presence descending into him could save him.
• The Lord of Crimson manifested through the sword and mistook Lin En for a Great Demon from her realm.
• Lin En refused to hand over Hana Ye without a sufficient payment and rejected the Lord's offer of territory on the ninth level of the Spirit Realm.
• The Lord of Crimson offered Lin En a Sequence Seven [Reality Anchoring] Origin Substance from beneath the Castle.
• The Lord of Crimson offered the Flesh of the [Tyrant], one of the seven Outer Gods, if Lin En handed Hana Ye over.

Lin En accepted the Red Moon successor’s offer of Tyrant flesh in exchange for staying out of her affairs and Hana Ye, then arranged a replica to use in the exchange. He left Mirror with the unconscious real Hana Ye and prepared to take the replica to the ruined Castle, hoping to gain the offered items without giving up the girl.

• The Red Moon successor showed Lin En a sealed piece of the Tyrant’s flesh and offered it, along with another item, if he stopped interfering and handed over Hana Ye.
• Lin En agreed to the trade, while Mirror reported that she had brought the real Hana Ye safely to the Grand Graveyard.
• Lin En ordered Mirror to create a realistic Hana Ye replica, conceal its aura, and bring it to him.
• Mirror delivered the replica to Lin En, who implanted it with a tentacle and flesh containing Outer God’s Blood so he could control its aura and detonate it.
• Lin En told Mirror to leave the unconscious real Hana Ye behind and headed toward the ruined Castle with the replica.

Lin En and the crimson silhouette tried to trade Hana Ye for Tyrant's flesh, but both planted explosive contingencies and detonated their offerings. Lin En escaped with a piece of Tyrant's flesh and seized the Black Sword as reality collapsed, threatening to drag the silhouette somewhere with him.

• Lin En and the crimson silhouette agreed to exchange Hana Ye and Tyrant's flesh simultaneously, but discovered that both the girl and the box were fakes after their hidden explosives detonated.
• The blasts devastated the Shattered Castle and badly injured Lin En and the crimson silhouette, while a piece of Tyrant's flesh fell into the ruins.
• Lin En used a tentacle to retrieve the flesh, then fled as the crimson silhouette pursued him with the Black Sword.
• The Black Sword pierced Lin En as reality collapsed, but he gripped it and wrapped his will around it, threatening to pull the silhouette somewhere with him before ordering her projection to return.

Lin En severed the Crimson Shadow from her true self and dragged her avatar into the Warp, where she recognized him as the Lord of Crawling. After the Demon Hunting Corps found a ruined castle and a fragment of the Yellow Robe, Lin En began questioning the captive Crimson Shadow about her new state.

• Lin En tore the Crimson Shadow's avatar out of the Black Sword, severing its connection to her true self and plunging her consciousness into darkness.
• In the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Realm, the Red Moon split with a black fissure as the Crimson Shadow's true self cried out and realized her avatar had been severed.
• The Crimson Shadow awoke in the Warp, saw Lin En's monstrous form, and recognized him as the Lord of Crawling, an Outer God she had believed dead.
• Ophiel arrived at the ruined castle with the Demon Hunting Corps, discovered signs of a major reality collapse, and received a fragment of the Yellow Robe.
• Lin En questioned the Crimson Shadow in the Warp, and she told him that she had been severed from her true self.

Lin En captured the Crimson Shadow and demanded to learn the Lord of Crimson's plans, but she refused and urged him to bring Eternal Night to the mortal world. He sustained her with Black Mist and threatened to torment her before sending her back so her true self would feel what she endured.

• Lin En explained that severing the Crimson Shadow from her true self had left her consciousness cut off and asked her to reveal her true self's plans.
• Lin En showed the Crimson Shadow the imprisoned goddess, frightening her, and said he would not let anyone take what belonged to him.
• The Crimson Shadow urged Lin En to kill the Valkyrie and unleash Eternal Night, but Lin En denied being the Lord of Crawling and insisted he was human.
• The Crimson Shadow refused to answer Lin En's questions about whether the Lord of Crimson planned to descend through Hana Ye.
• When the Crimson Shadow said her consciousness would soon dissipate, Lin En used Black Mist to stabilize her and threatened to make her obedient before returning her to her true self.

Lin En stripped the Crimson Shadow of her power and rebuilt her soul into a physical body under his control. She awoke in her new body, horrified, as her sanity collapsed.

• The Crimson Shadow tried to activate her power and kill herself, but Lin En suppressed her attempt and offered to release her if she revealed her true self's plans.
• The Crimson Shadow insulted Lin En and refused to cooperate, so he began replacing the power in her soul with his own black mist.
• The Crimson Shadow lost consciousness as Lin En devoured her remaining power and began stitching her soul into a broken body.
• The Crimson Shadow intermittently regained consciousness during the painful process, then passed out again when she saw Lin En working on her body.
• Lin En finished the transformation, and the Crimson Shadow awoke with a flesh-and-blood body as her sanity fell by 100.

Lin En gave the Crimson Shadow a sculpted young woman’s body, restored her damaged soul, and magnified her senses while keeping her bound. He demanded to know her plans, but she refused, and he promised he would not be too rough if she cooperated.

• Lin En showed the Crimson Shadow her new body and explained that he had bound her soul to it, leaving her unable to leave the black-mist realm.
• The Crimson Shadow struggled against her restraints and discovered that movement caused her intense pain.
• Lin En told her he had magnified her senses a hundredfold, and she cursed him and struggled in rage.
• Lin En nicknamed her Little Red and asked her to reveal her plans in exchange for being spared further mistreatment.
• The Crimson Shadow accused Lin En of lying and refused to cooperate, so he said he would not be too rough if she behaved.

Lin En tormented the Lord of Crimson with a cruel game while Shinsen Saya continued trying to escape the black mist. When Saya investigated the cries from next door, the mist turned transparent and Lin En greeted her.

• Lin En taunted the Lord of Crimson and began a game that threatened to continue until she lost consciousness.
• The Lord of Crimson endured the first wave of intensified sensations and feared she might not survive.
• Shinsen Saya failed again to reconnect with the Great Sun and wondered whether Lin En was the Lord of Crawling.
• Saya heard distressed cries from the room next door and went to investigate.
• The black mist turned transparent, and Lin En greeted Saya as the Valkyrie.

Lin En humiliated an avatar of the Lord of Crimson in front of Shinsen Saya and revealed that she planned to enter the Real World. The chapter ended with Lin En suspecting that she wanted to seize the King of the Red Moon’s authority and become an Outer God.

• Shinsen Saya saw Lin En tormenting a captive girl, who recognized her and was overwhelmed with shame and fear.
• Lin En identified the girl as the Lord of Crimson, shocking Shinsen Saya and intensifying the captive’s anguish.
• Lin En admitted the captive was an avatar he had forcibly imprisoned and said he was using her to punish disobedience.
• Shinsen Saya questioned why Lin En had captured the Lord of Crimson, and he explained that she was encroaching on the world Saya protected.
• Lin En revealed that the Lord of Crimson likely intended to enter the Real World through a Vessel and seek the King of the Red Moon’s authority and divine status.

Lin En persuaded Shinsen Saya to explain how the Lord of Crimson might become an Outer God by finding the King of the Red Moon's corpse and the authorities left behind by the ancient gods. When Shinsen Saya mentioned the Watcher of Emotions, Lin En abruptly stopped and demanded to know who she meant.

• Lin En argued that the Lord of Crimson would be a greater threat to the world than he was and persuaded Shinsen Saya to answer his questions.
• Shinsen Saya said the Lord of Crimson could become an Outer God by finding the King of the Red Moon's corpse and inheriting surviving authorities.
• Shinsen Saya explained that an authority embodied a concept and gave its holder power over everything associated with it.
• Shinsen Saya began describing powerful gods from the Old Days, including the Watcher of Emotions, and Lin En interrupted to ask who it was.

Lin En questioned Shinsen Saya about the dead Outer Gods and learned that their authorities remained in their corpses, though they rejected anyone but their masters. Shinsen Saya revealed what she knew about the Unclean One and the King of the Red Moon, leaving Lin En without the corpse locations but with a possible lead through the descendants of their vessels.

• Lin En asked whether every god's authority was unique, and Shinsen Saya explained that the Old Gods were mostly dead after pursuing the Lord of Crawling into the Great Rift.
• Shinsen Saya questioned what Lin En was, and he threatened her when she steered the conversation back to his secrets.
• Shinsen Saya revealed that she possessed knowledge of the Unclean One's corpse and said its authority remained, but she had hidden the corpse and erased her memory of its location.
• Shinsen Saya explained that descendants of the Outer Gods' vessels might inherit their masters' authorities by using their bloodlines or flesh to create suitable vessels.
• Shinsen Saya said the Crimson Shadow was not truly the King of the Red Moon's foremost follower, though she had some connection to him and could summon his blessing.
• Shinsen Saya said the locations of the King of the Red Moon, the World Ruler, and the Broken Ring were unknown, and any clues might lie with their vessels' descendants.

Lin En and Shinsen Saya discussed the Lord of Crimson’s plan to claim the King of the Red Moon’s authority and agreed that her success would threaten them both. After ending their conversation, Lin En resolved to protect Hana Ye and prepare for the Lord of Crimson’s descent, then resumed tormenting a girl who refused to talk.

• Lin En asked Shinsen Saya how she would plan to recover the King of the Red Moon’s corpse, and she described concealing intentions, infiltrating human forces, and preparing a vessel for the authority.
• Shinsen Saya warned that if the Lord of Crimson successfully claimed the authority, neither she nor Lin En could match her, while Lin En joked that they shared common interests.
• Lin En decided to protect Hana Ye, deal with the spies inside the Human Race, strengthen himself, and create a new vessel before the Lord of Crimson could descend.
• Shinsen Saya demanded that Lin En let her connect to the Great Sun, but he sealed off her room and left her pounding on the barrier.
• Lin En found that the girl he had been rewarding was near collapse, restored her consciousness, and asked whether she still refused to talk.

Lin En returned to the Spirit Realm in his Vessel and found himself in the arms of a strange boy, whom he attacked after fearing the boy had taken advantage of his unconscious body. The boy introduced himself as Firstborn and revealed that they were in the Seventh Layer of the Spirit Realm.

• Lin En left Crimson Shadow trapped with the tentacles in the dark room and returned to the Great Rift.
• Lin En spent 500 Satiety to descend into his Vessel, then woke while Firstborn was carrying him through the darkness.
• Lin En struck Firstborn twice with rising uppercuts while demanding to know whether he had touched or violated him.
• After Firstborn denied touching him, Lin En questioned him about his name and their location.
• Firstborn called himself Firstborn and explained that they were in the Seventh Layer of the Spirit Realm.

Lin En learned that he had fallen into Tyrant’s Tomb in the Seventh Layer and that carrying Tyrant’s flesh had likely drawn him there. After he exposed his unusually active piece of flesh, the darkness stirred and attacked him and Firstborn.

• Firstborn told Lin En that they were in Tyrant’s Tomb, a forbidden zone deep in the Seventh Layer where escaping would be difficult.
• Firstborn explained that Tyrant’s corruption had seeped through all nine layers and that carrying Tyrant’s flesh could warp someone into the tomb.
• Firstborn revealed that he also possessed Tyrant’s flesh, while Lin En realized he had acquired his own piece in a trade.
• Lin En took out his highly active piece of flesh, causing the surrounding darkness to grow oppressive, then returned it to his ring.
• Firstborn gave Lin En a burning stick and tried to lead him to his base, but an eerie wind extinguished their campfire.
• A person-sized claw burst from the darkness and swept toward Lin En and Firstborn.

Lin En unleashed his Outer God presence to drive away the monsters in the darkness, but the strain reduced his vessel’s compatibility to 21%. After the danger passed, the boy asked whether Lin En had driven the monsters away.

• The boy shielded Lin En from a Seventh Layer monster’s attacks, but countless creatures swarmed and buried him.
• A giant claw struck Lin En, sending him flying and breaking most of his bones before he recovered.
• Lin En threw his torch into the darkness, revealed the monsters, and released his immense Outer God presence to make them retreat.
• Lin En endured a ten-second standoff until the giant and its monsters withdrew, then returned to his human form.
• A system notification warned Lin En that his vessel’s compatibility had fallen to 21%, and he resolved to make a new vessel.
• The boy called from the darkness and asked Lin En whether he had driven the monsters away.