Chapter Summaries

Xiluo spent weeks developing illusions, using Alice and Abel as test subjects while remaining hidden beside the castle. When his advanced Illusion Seed finally let him reveal himself to Abel, he agreed to help gather Soul Fruits and prepared to recruit others.

• Xiluo stayed in the clearing to study illusions while Allen delighted in having him nearby, and Xiluo repeatedly used illusions to make Alice and the castle guards believe he was inside resting.
• After six days, Xiluo explained that he had planted a Hypnotic Seed on Alice, causing nearby observers to overlook her and the illusion of him accompanying her.
• Abel repeatedly failed to notice Xiluo, and Xiluo explained that his newly developed Illusion Seed could implant adaptable illusions in creatures with weak mental willpower.
• Abel gave up searching and waited outside the castle, passing the time by playing cards with the guards while Allen refused to join him.
• After two weeks, Xiluo dismissed the guards and appeared to Abel, who asked him to help obtain Soul Fruits; Xiluo said they first needed to gather some people.

Xiluo developed [Limit Release], a spell that greatly increased strength at the cost of muscle injuries, and recruited Descenders for a secret mission. Meanwhile, the Tidal Titans continued searching for Xiluo and the Merfolk, then split up to answer an attack on their kingdom and continue the hunt; three days later, Xiluo had selected a hundred Descenders.

• Xiluo tested [Limit Release], which let him use 70% of his muscles and increased his strength by nearly half, but caused strains after a few minutes.
• Xiluo posted a notice recruiting 100 Descenders for a secret mission, offering gold rewards and compensation for deaths, and eager applicants went to the castle.
• Baro Weili and three other Tidal Titans failed to find Xiluo or the relocated Merfolk after searching for fifteen days.
• The Tidal Titan Leader ordered Baro Weili to return and defend the kingdom from the Sawtooth Shark Fishmen and Blue Whale Fishmen, while Harlock and the others continued the search with the Lightning-Absorbing Jade.
• After three days of screening, Xiluo gathered a hundred Descenders he was satisfied with.

Xiluo sent a force of Descenders and Beastmen to Abyssal Hell under the command of Jiānyá, equipping ten fighters with Imprint Orbs that could greatly increase their strength. The group arrived in the blood-red realm and spotted a beautiful woman, leaving her identity and their next move unknown.

• Xiluo recruited a hundred Descenders to fight Demons in Abyssal Hell and explained that Jiānyá would lead them alongside Beastmen.
• Xiluo gave ten Warriors, Paladins, and Holy Warriors Imprint Orbs that could release their full strength at the risk of their lives.
• Xiluo used the Twelve Royal Rings and traded the Descenders and Beastmen to No. 1, the Pleasure Demon, who transported them to Abyssal Hell.
• The group arrived in a dim, blood-red landscape and tried to figure out where they were.
• A Descender spotted a beautiful black-haired woman standing in the middle of the crowd.

Jiānyá led the Descenders and Beastmen into Abyssal Hell, where a Pleasure Demon guided them toward a nearby demon stronghold. After Xiluo ordered the group to test the demon’s strength, Jiānyá chose to attack the Babaus first, and the opening volley began the battle.

• Jiānyá met the Pleasure Demon, ordered the Descenders to maintain discipline, and returned to Niro City to report to Xiluo.
• Xiluo and Barbara discussed the Pleasure Demon’s unusual confidence, then sent Jiānyá back to Abyssal Hell to proceed and test her.
• The Pleasure Demon offered three demon strongholds, and Jiānyá chose the nearby Babaus despite the demon’s warning about their strength.
• Jiānyá’s force reached the stronghold and saw Babaus guarding Quasits and eating one of them.
• Jiānyá ordered the Descenders to prepare for battle, and the demons charged after spotting them.
• The Boar-Pigfolk and Hyena-People hurled javelins into the attackers, killing at least seven or eight demons.

After the Descenders and Beastmen swiftly defeated a group of demons, a Descender transformed into a Quasit in a blood pool while retaining his identity and holy abilities. He challenged a level 8 Paladin and overwhelmed him in their duel, leaving the Paladin vomiting after the Quasit breathed foul gas on him.

• Clerics exposed the invisible Babaus with holy light, and the Descenders and Beastmen killed or drove off the demons within minutes.
• The Pleasure Demon used the demon corpses' blood to inscribe a one-way teleportation array, while Jiānyá fined Descenders for interrupting her.
• A Descender transformed in a blood pool into a large Quasit, recognized his companions, and reacted with horror before embracing his new strength.
• The Quasit revealed that he could still use holy spells, astonishing Jiānyá, the Pleasure Demon, and the other Descenders.
• The Quasit fought a level 8 Paladin with a holy-flame greatsword, gained the upper hand, and made the Paladin vomit with his breath.

Jiānyá reported that human Descenders could become stronger after transforming into Quasits, while Xiluo considered what the discovery meant and how it might help him. He ordered Jiānyá to test the transformation on ordinary prisoners and hinted at a plan involving the Pleasure Demon and the Twelve Royal Rings.

• A Quasit Descender frightened a Paladin with his racial abilities, and Jiānyá estimated that his transformation had raised him from level 7 to level 9 or 10.
• Several human Descenders entered the Blood Pool, and three transformed into Quasits before it dried up; the Pleasure Demon explained how demons were made and what was needed to replenish the pool.
• Jiānyá arranged to transport demon corpses and five Soul Fruits, then returned to Niro City and reported the discovery to Xiluo.
• Xiluo reasoned that Descenders could retain divine protection after becoming demons and considered how the Twelve Royal Rings might let him establish a bridge to Abyssal Hell.
• Xiluo told Jiānyá to take ordinary death row prisoners to Abyssal Hell for transformation and instructed her to report after each demon tribe was defeated.

Xiluo planned to seize the Pleasure Demon's King's Ring while expanding his forces and promising the Descenders access to captured Blood Pools. After the Vrock battle, Barbara and Allen ambushed the Pleasure Demon when she returned to trade Soul Fruits, revealing Xiluo’s trap.

• Xiluo told Abel and the dragons that he would obtain more Soul Fruits by using the Twelve Royal Rings to trade with Abyssal Hell’s rulers.
• Xiluo had Jiānyá announce that Blood Pools belonged to him and set point prices for Descenders who wanted to use them.
• The Descenders and Xiluo’s fighters defeated a Quasit tribe, then attacked a Vrock stronghold, killing eight Vrocks and capturing three at the cost of two deaths and several injuries.
• Jiānyá arranged for the Pleasure Demon to return ten Soul Fruits to Xiluo through the King's Ring.
• Barbara and Allen emerged from a Spatial Ring and seized the Pleasure Demon, who realized the dragons had concealed themselves to evade the King's Ring’s scans.

Barbara defeated the Pleasure Demon, claimed the King's Ring, and joined its shared space as the new No. 1. There, she met the other members, learned about the Ring's trading network, and vanished suddenly, leaving Xiluo wondering whether she had encountered danger.

• Barbara took the King's Ring from the Pleasure Demon, who blew herself up and injured several Descenders and Beastmen before dying.
• A Barbazu named Yulas learned from Vrocks that Natasha had attacked their territory, then led his devils toward the black forest to hunt her.
• Barbara entered the King's Ring space in human form, where Xiluo and the other members saw her arrive as the new No. 1.
• No. 8 warned Barbara and Xiluo to restrain their evil natures, while No. 3 insulted Barbara after she said she was human and then disappeared.
• No. 7 introduced himself as the Frost Titan king, described the Ring's trading function, and offered White Dragons for twenty thousand gold coins each.
• Barbara suddenly left the Ring space, prompting Xiluo to suspect she had run into trouble and No. 7 to hope another newcomer would appear.

A Barbazu led devils to Blackwood Forest to demand Natasha, whom Barbara said had died, and attacked when she refused to hand her over. As the devils overwhelmed the defenders, Barbara left the battle and entered the King's Ring Space to seek Xiluo's reinforcements.

• The Barbazu spotted Barbara, Allen, and the Descenders, then threatened its imps and demanded that Barbara hand over Natasha.
• Barbara said Natasha had blown herself up, but the Barbazu accused her of lying and attacked with a Hellfire Sword.
• Allen helped Barbara repel the Barbazu's strike as the Osyluths, imps, and Vrocks attacked the Descenders and their allies.
• The Barbazu's powerful illusions and attacks wounded Barbara and Allen, while a huge Osyluth repeatedly knocked Paladin Andy aside and casualties mounted.
• After Jiānyá called for reinforcements, Barbara told Allen to hold the Barbazu back and flew away to enter the King's Ring Space.

Xiluo answered Barbara’s request for help and joined the battle against the devils, where he used illusions to turn the Osyluths against each other. He defeated the remaining Osyluth with lightning while Yulas fought the elementals, leaving the battlefield’s fate in the hands of the surviving combatants.

• Barbara told Xiluo that a Hero Realm Barbazu was attacking her group, so Xiluo arranged for Alicia to trade him into Abyssal Hell.
• Xiluo destroyed a strange eyeball-like plant before following Barbara to the battlefield, where Allen, Andy, and the defenders welcomed him.
• Qilao and five other Osyluths attacked Xiluo, but Xiluo trapped them in an illusion in which they fought their allies and believed they were winning.
• Yulas broke the Osyluths’ illusion and ordered them to retreat, while he charged Xiluo and the Osyluths resumed fighting the humans and elementals.
• Xiluo’s illusions made the Osyluths attack one another again, and Yulas admitted that the devils had been defeated.
• Xiluo killed the last surviving Osyluth with an Azure Lightning bolt.

Xiluo concluded that a supposedly dead Pleasure Demon had likely manipulated the conflict, then faced Lawrence Moyuan’s eighth-tier Fire Dance Meteor spell. He struck the Barbazu with a lightning-charged Thunder Spear, leaving him severely injured as the incoming spell threatened the battlefield.

• Xiluo discussed the suspicious Pleasure Demon incident with Barbara and Allen, and they suspected she had used a fake death and the King's Ring to lure the Barbazu’s forces into a fight.
• Xiluo approached the besieged Barbazu, who threatened revenge from Lord Lawrence, while Xiluo mocked the devils for being manipulated.
• The sky turned red as Lawrence Moyuan began casting Fire Dance Meteor, prompting the Descenders to flee and Xiluo to warn Barbara, Allen, and the others to protect themselves.
• Xiluo summoned a massive Thunder Spear and charged the Barbazu before Fire Dance Meteor fell, ordering the elementals to help protect the Beastmen and Descenders.
• The Barbazu charged Xiluo, but Xiluo’s lightning paralyzed him and his Thunder Spear blasted him into a crater, leaving him severely injured but alive.

Xiluo endured Fire Dance Meteor and fought the level 19 Pit Fiend, whose Hellfire Domain clashed with Xiluo’s Dragon Domain - Extreme Thunder. The battle continued as Barbara, Little White Dragon Allen, and Paladin Andy watched from a distance, with the survivors caught between awe and fear.

• Fire Dance Meteor devastated the battlefield, while Xiluo used his storm winds to withstand the meteors and elemental creatures helped protect the Beastmen.
• A level 19 Pit Fiend arrived, and Xiluo charged it, countering its fireballs and striking through its Permanent Image illusions.
• Xiluo and the Pit Fiend exchanged powerful attacks until the Pit Fiend used scorching rays, which Xiluo endured by entering Water Injection Mode.
• The Pit Fiend unleashed Hellfire Domain, and Xiluo answered with Dragon Domain - Extreme Thunder, causing their domains to collide and devastate the surrounding land.
• Little White Dragon Allen urged Barbara to help Xiluo, but Barbara refused to approach the battle, and Paladin Andy persuaded them to wait.

Xiluo fought the Pit Fiend Lawrence Moyuan, using [Limit Release] to overpower him before Lawrence summoned his Devil retainers and turned the battle against him. The two agreed to make peace after blaming Natasha for engineering their conflict, but Lawrence tried to keep Xiluo talking by proposing they work together.

• Xiluo activated [Limit Release], shattered Lawrence Moyuan’s arms and wings, and nearly attacked his head before Lawrence used souls to escape and disrupt him.
• Lawrence summoned a Barbazu, two Qilu Devils, two Jiluo Devils, and five Contract Devils through a magic circle, then healed his injuries with Fel flames.
• Lawrence proposed peace, and Xiluo ended [Limit Release] and explained that Natasha had manipulated their sides into fighting.
• Lawrence believed Natasha was alive and seeking revenge, and Xiluo agreed to treat him as an ally while promising to kill her if he got the chance.
• Xiluo refused Lawrence’s invitation to visit his Devil Castle, but Lawrence suggested they could work together because Xiluo could still return to the Prime Material Planets.

Xiluo negotiated a soul-for-treasure deal with the Pit Fiend, then reunited his forces and tried to calm survivors after their battle. The chapter ended with a Descender eager to see what becoming a Demon would be like.

• Xiluo and the Pit Fiend bargained over the price of Giant and Titan organs, agreeing on 350 medium-grade souls per Giant organ and 3,500 per Titan organ, with ten Giants' organs due within half a year.
• Xiluo and the Pit Fiend discussed other goods while Barbara, Little White Dragon Allen, and Paladin Andy watched in confusion.
• After several hours of talks, the Pit Fiend departed with his followers, leaving one Barbazu behind, and Xiluo returned to the survivors.
• Xiluo blamed the Pleasure Demon for the battle, promised to avenge the fallen, arranged proper burials, and offered survivors increased allowances and rewards.
• When Xiluo ordered everyone to gather the bodies, a Descender asked to wait because he wanted to experience becoming a Demon.

Xiluo tested the two Demon Blood Pools, learning that ordinary prisoners became weaker, smaller Quasits while Descenders gained levels and demon templates. After four Descenders chose Demonization and demonstrated the smaller Quasits’ advantage in flight, Xiluo prepared to return to Niro City and collect souls for the Pit Fiend, but Allen asked to remain in Abyssal Hell.

• Xiluo offered four Descenders a choice between the two Quasit Blood Pools, and they debated flight, height, appearance, and equipment before agreeing to watch a test.
• Xiluo threw a human prisoner into a Blood Pool, where he became a level 3 Elite- Quasit, lost his reason, and attacked Xiluo before Allen froze and crushed him.
• A second prisoner became a short Quasit whose level fell from 3 to 2, leading Xiluo and the Descenders to recognize that Descenders changed differently through Demonization.
• The four Descenders chose two taller Quasits and two smaller flying Quasits; after their transformations, all gained levels and Elite- templates, though by different amounts.
• The smaller Quasit Descenders used flight and magic to defeat a taller Quasit, showing Xiluo the major advantage airborne fighters held over ground troops.
• Xiluo planned to return to Niro City, collect souls for his deal with the Pit Fiend, and establish a guarded outpost near the Blood Pools, but Allen asked to stay in Abyssal Hell.

Xiluo arranged for Allen and Barbara to continue the Divine Trials in Abyssal Hell while he returned to Domirank Star and prepared guards for the Demon Blood Pool. He kept Alicia with him to preserve the King's Ring arrangement, though she mistook his reasoning for romantic interest, and the demonized survivors returned to Niro City.

• Allen resolved to complete his remaining Divine Trials, and Xiluo sent Barbara with him to help in Abyssal Hell.
• Natasha and Marina argued over Natasha’s failed attempt to take the King's Ring and whether she should seek protection from the Black King High Court.
• Xiluo returned with the survivors and let the demonized Descenders remain in Niro City temporarily despite their discomfort.
• Xiluo asked Alicia to stay with him and keep the King's Ring for a year, explaining that he wanted to avoid making No. 7 suspicious before he could buy its White Dragons.
• Koraman objected to Alicia staying with Xiluo, but Alicia reassured him that he could manage on his own for a year.
• Xiluo sent fifty Boar-Pigfolk, fifty Beastmen, and a hundred Human Soldiers to guard the Demon Blood Pool in Abyssal Hell, then took Alicia toward the Administrative Manor.

After Niro City welcomed the new Quasit Descenders, a forum post about demonification attracted widespread attention. Wealthy Descender merchants then visited Xiluo to request access to stronger Demon Blood Pools and ask whether Devil Blood Pools existed.

• Soldiers introduced the Quasit Descenders as Niro City's new family, and the subjects accepted them after being reassured that the Guardian Dragon protected the city.
• A newly demonified Descender posted about the Demon Blood Pool's benefits, sparking debate and drawing more witnesses who confirmed his claims.
• Long Hair tried to persuade Bald Head and Female Cleric to become demons, but only Bald Head showed some interest, and Long Hair led him toward asking Xiluo for stronger demon options.
• Xiluo returned from the sea with over seven hundred intermediate souls and resumed researching illusion magic before wealthy Descender merchants came to see him.
• The merchants praised Xiluo and asked to reserve places in high-level Demon Blood Pools, while one also asked whether Devil Blood Pools could transform humans into Devils.

Xiluo inspected a Giant’s heart from the Pit Fiend, then negotiated soul prices for transforming soldiers into devils. He publicized the new transformation services at the Astral Realm Walker office, where Descenders rushed to learn more.

• Xiluo collected souls and brought Barbara and Allen back to his outpost with two Demon Blood Pools, classifying the Shil Devil pool as tier two and the Egg-Laying Devil pool as tier one.
• Xiluo summoned the Pit Fiend, inspected and ate a Giant’s heart, and found that it increased his Ancestral Dragon bloodline by 0.1%.
• Xiluo and the Pit Fiend agreed on soul prices for transforming creatures into devils of various ranks, and the Pit Fiend said his Barbazu could perform rituals below level 10.
• Xiluo returned to Niro City and posted news about Demon Blood Pools and devil transformations at the Astral Realm Walker office.
• Longhair, Baldy, and a middle-aged Descender rushed to the office and pushed through the crowd to see the announcement.

Xiluo announced paid devil transformations for Descenders and drew growing numbers of applicants to Niro City. A month later, he sent the first group to Abyssal Hell after Alicia punished one Descender for mocking her appearance.

• Xiluo announced new Demon Blood Pools and set prices for devil transformations, with extra fees and contracts for certain applicants.
• Descenders debated the prices, and several registered, including a long-haired man who chose the powerful Qilu Devil.
• Descenders from Niro City and neighboring regions flocked to the city, and more than fifty gathered for the first transformation trip while nearly two hundred waited behind them.
• Alicia bound and tormented a Descender with vines after he compared her to Xiluo's daughter, then released him when Xiluo intervened.
• Xiluo warned the group to mind their words around the devils, then had the first fifty Descenders teleported to Abyssal Hell.

Xiluo returned to Abyssal Hell with a group of Descenders and arranged for them to transform into demons and devils. The transformations increased their levels and physiques, but Xiluo suspected their greater benefit might be improved potential.

• Xiluo reviewed the outpost and discussed with Allen and Barbara their work securing Quasit and Quasit Demon Blood Pools.
• Jimmy, One Cut, Puppy Stupid Third Son, and Blabbermouth transformed into Shil Devils and an Egg-Laying Devil, gaining levels and celebrating their new strength.
• Xiluo took the transformed Descenders to the Barbazu and arranged with the Pit Fiend to turn more of them into devils using souls supplied through human-world merchants.
• Alexander and the other Descenders underwent rituals to become Hooked Devils, Steel Devils, Chain Devils, Succubi, and Reaper Devils, with their strength and size increasing according to their prior levels.
• After observing that the transformations gave the Descenders only modest level gains, Xiluo considered that becoming demons and devils might improve their potential more than their immediate power.