Chapter Summaries

As the Astral Realm’s forces tied down the Abyss’s strongest demon kings, Gustavo was sent into the Abyss to begin the Demon-Hunting War. Equipped with the Black Book’s ability to record information, calculate merit, and plunder demon origins, he arrived in a sulfurous plane as demons rushed to attack him.

• The Secret Shadow Demon King reassured the demons that the Abyss would endure, but the Elf King, Mage Great Sage, and Mechanical Grand Archbishop arrived and trapped him in a battle space.
• Powerful forces from the Northern Spirit Empire, the Divine Realm, and others confronted demon lords across the Abyss, keeping its strongest defenders occupied.
• Gustavo prepared for the war and was transported from the Black Prison Realm to a platform in the Void.
• The Prison Lord’s Black Book marked Gustavo and informed him that it would record information, calculate war merits, and plunder the origins of demons he killed.
• Gustavo was sent to a sulfurous Abyssal plane, where demons charged him and he spread a vast spiderweb across the layer, declaring the Demon-Hunting War underway.

Gustavo fought the Abyss’s united demonic forces in the Burning Ash Plane, using his spatial web and miniature black holes to devour demons and absorb Abyss Power. As God Level demons approached and the ancient Red Dragon awakened, Main Gods and Supreme Gods watched the battle from a divine hall outside the Abyss.

• Gustavo recognized that the Abyss Will had empowered and coordinated the Burning Ash Plane’s demons in response to the invasion.
• Gustavo raised his star- and spatial-power web, trapping the advancing demons with its gravity.
• Gustavo’s web formed miniature black holes that devoured demons, beginning with a Peak Demigod dragon-blooded Balor.
• Gustavo absorbed the Abyss Power produced by the demons’ deaths, relying on his adapted foundation to withstand it.
• Thirty or forty God Level demons, including three Upper Gods, approached as an ancient Red Dragon awakened deeper in the plane.
• Main Gods and Supreme Gods observed a scene of Gustavo surrounded by demons in a divine hall outside the Abyss.

The Lord of Demonic Machinery bet Magrus that Gustavo would survive the Burning Ash Plane, while most of the watching Main Gods favored Magrus. Gustavo fought the demons attacking him, endured their assault, and used powerful artifacts to trap most of them.

• Magrus taunted the Lord of Demonic Machinery and wagered an ordinary Main God artifact that Gustavo would not leave the Burning Ash Plane alive.
• Oporo Doros warned the Lord of Demonic Machinery that Magrus must have a reason for his confidence, but the Lord accepted the bet.
• Nearly forty god-level demons attacked Gustavo, whose Devouring Divine Realm absorbed and redirected much of their assault.
• Gustavo used the Realm-Sealing Nail to freeze thirteen demons momentarily, then swept the remaining demons into a spatial world with the Eternal Night Magic Carpet and the Thousand Faces Labyrinth.

Gustavo fought the hammer-wielding demon and twelve other God Level demons on the Burning Ash Plane, devouring their attacks and defeating them with his Hundred-Law Blade River. As Ashes' Wings moved to intervene, Gustavo consumed the demons and taunted him.

• The hammer-wielding demon and twelve God Level demons attacked Gustavo, driven forward by the pressure of the Abyss Will and Gustavo's killing intent.
• Gustavo turned into a black hole singularity and devoured all thirteen attacks with his gravity and Devouring Divine Law.
• Gustavo charged the demons and unleashed the Hundred-Law Blade River, cutting through their ranks and rapidly weakening them.
• Ashes' Wings unfurled his wings and moved to save his subordinates, but Gustavo strengthened the Blade River with the Devouring Divine Law and consumed the demons' bodies and souls.
• Gustavo flew toward Ashes' Wings and taunted him that his subordinates had tasted good.

Gustavo overwhelmed Ashes' Wings with All Things Stars, then unleashed the Dragon-Mourning Blade's Will of Annihilation as the seal broke. The strike shattered Ashes' Wings, leaving his fate unclear.

• Ashes' Wings attacked Gustavo, but Gustavo's Dragon Hunting talent and All Things Stars gave him the advantage.
• Gustavo battered Ashes' Wings while the Red Dragon conserved strength, expecting his sealed subordinates to break free.
• The Main Gods watching were stunned by Gustavo's strength, while Magrus hoped Ashes' Wings could turn the battle around with help.
• As the Eternal Night Magic Carpet and Thousand Faces Labyrinth seal failed, Gustavo changed his attack and activated the Dragon-Mourning Blade.
• Gustavo struck Ashes' Wings with Will of Annihilation, causing the Red Dragon to explode into scales and blood.

After killing Ashes' Wings and every remaining God Level demon on the Burning Ash Plane, Gustavo devoured the plane's demons and faced the growing Mind Beast created by their negative emotions. He headed to the Supply Exchange Shop with a high battle-merit ranking and sought supplies that could help him endure the rest of the ten-year war.

• The Lord of Demonic Machinery claimed his wager from Magrus, who handed over a Main God artifact after Ashes' Wings fell.
• Gustavo slaughtered the remaining God Level demons on the Burning Ash Plane and devoured demons across the plane, feeding a powerful Mind Beast in his mind.
• Gustavo judged that he could suppress the Mind Beast for now but worried it would grow beyond his control during the ten-year Demon-Hunting War without a substitute for Logo.
• Gustavo used Fortune from his Fate Seizure talent to boost his luck through the Scale of Exchange, easing the Abyss Will's hostility toward him.
• Gustavo reached the Supply Exchange Shop with over a hundred million battle merit and a rank of twenty-ninth on the Upper God-level leaderboard, then opened its supply selection.

Gustavo spent his war merits on the Abyss Sealing Studies and began studying them while the Black Book’s spirits investigated his ability to devour Abyss Power. The Prison Lord noticed Gustavo’s talent and ordered the spirits not to interfere with him, while limiting Enulake’s rewards.

• Gustavo exchanged a hundred million war merits for the lower volume of Abyss Sealing Studies, specifically its Abyss Sealing Studies category.
• Gustavo studied the book and compared its teachings with the sealing knowledge and runes Logo had left behind.
• The Black Book’s spirits discovered that Gustavo and Enulake could intercept Abyss Power, though Gustavo devoured far more than Enulake.
• The Prison Lord observed Gustavo studying and decided to give him a chance to grow, ordering the spirits not to interfere with him.
• The Prison Lord ruled that Enulake could receive either the Abyss Power he devoured or the war merits he earned, and the spirits continued watching Gustavo.

Gustavo spent two and a half years mastering the first volume of Abyss Sealing Studies, developing an early-stage Main God Dao and sealing the Mind Beast in his sea of mind. He returned to hunting God Level demons and ambushed four Upper Gods fighting on an ice field, sealing the battlefield as they looked for their attacker.

• Gustavo used the Scale of Exchange to boost his comprehension and combined his mastery of Abyss Law with his study of Abyss Sealing Studies.
• Gustavo's Devouring Divine Law formed an illusory Main God Dao, which the black and white book spirits recognized as likely a Higher Main God Dao.
• Gustavo completed the first volume of Abyss Sealing Studies and sealed the Mind Beast in his sea of mind with webs of sealing patterns.
• Gustavo emerged from hiding after two and a half years, found the Burning Ash Plane repopulated with demons, and set out to hunt God Level prey.
• Gustavo traveled through the spatial interlayer to an ice-field battle between two Metallic Dragons and two demons, then attacked them with a sky-spanning sealing web.

Gustavo used his mastery of Abyss Sealing Studies to defeat four powerful opponents, then hunted and devoured prey throughout the Endless Abyss as his strength and ranking surged. His rampage drew the attention of Main Gods and powerful participants, while the Lord of Demonic Machinery worried that Gustavo’s growing Mind Beast would eventually break through his seal.

• Gustavo trapped two metal dragons and two God Level demons in his sealing web, then killed and devoured all four with his Hundred-Law Blade River.
• Gustavo reflected that his mastery of the second volume of Abyss Sealing Studies let him suppress demons and strengthen his advantage against both demons and dragons.
• Gustavo continued hunting through the Abyss, using his ability to enter deep space to escape stronger foes while his Divine Laws and battle merits rapidly increased.
• Main Gods from multiple factions noticed Gustavo’s soaring ranking, and the Lord of Demonic Machinery suspected that Gustavo had temporarily sealed his Mind Beast but feared the seal would eventually fail.
• Gustavo’s slaughter alarmed powerful participants, and a Supreme True God of the True Dragon Clan set out to hunt him down.
• As the war’s slaughter fed the Abyss’s origin power, the Abyss heart beneath the dark throne began maturing faster.

Lancelot escaped Gonda Tiehai and learned that Ignis would take over the hunt for him while Gonda and Sera Olivia were reassigned to the Knight Empire. He upgraded the Genesis Ovary to an Eight-Star Miracle, honed his Combat Skills, and unlocked power that made him a Supreme True God.

• Lancelot fled Gonda Tiehai in the Golden Treasure Ship as Sera Olivia arrived with reinforcements and ordered Gonda to join her in the war against the Knight Empire; Ignis would hunt Lancelot instead.
• Lancelot brought the Genesis Ovary and gathered materials to Herfis, the God of Flames, who agreed to upgrade the artifact to an Eight-Star Miracle.
• Lancelot spent a month training in the Realm of Divine Communion, improving his Combat Skills and drawing inspiration from Gustavo’s mastery of Divine Laws.
• Herfis returned the upgraded Genesis Ovary, and Lancelot tested it alongside the Steel Feather Cloak at his personal residence.
• Lancelot transformed the Genesis power within his Endless Divine Body into destruction, summoned the Spear of Destruction, and declared himself a Supreme True God.

After reviewing his strengths and deciding to seek upgrades for his divine artifacts, Lancelot accepted a mission to hunt dark mages and World Destroyers on the Flame Frost Continent. He arrived on the vast continent, where the Undying Civilization and Knight Empire were waging war.

• Lancelot rested for two days, then returned to the Dome of the Stars to browse missions and found the streets bustling with hunters spending their Primeval Stones.
• Lancelot selected a mission to kill dark mages and World Destroyers on the Flame Frost Continent, earning Primeval Stones and Knight Empire merit badges.
• Lancelot reviewed intelligence about the continent, learning that it was a prized domain shared by the Undying Civilization and the knight civilization.
• Lancelot used the Dome of the Stars' teleportation array, with the Flame Frost Continent's World Will allowing him to pass its defenses.
• Lancelot arrived before the immense Flame Frost Continent as ancient roars sounded around him.

The Source Fire Palace awakened and its appearance stirred the factions of the Flame Frost Continent, while Lancelot arrived and was summoned by the Knight Empire's chancellor. He agreed to follow a Barbarian Soul Race captain, as the Undying Civilization's Ignis, Sera Olivia, and Gonda Tiehai prepared to pursue their own mission.

• The Source Fire Palace detected a compatible inheritor, began scattering Source Fire Crystal fragments, and activated its defenses.
• The Lord of Ice Origin hoped the Source Fire Palace would find an inheritor, while factions across the continent mobilized to find its crystals.
• Ignis led Sera Olivia and Gonda Tiehai to hunt for the world origin of the Flame Frost Continent after learning Terra remained untraceable in the Dome of the Stars.
• Lancelot assessed the continent's power and considered joining either the Undying Civilization or the Knight Empire.
• A Barbarian Soul Race captain told Lancelot that the chancellor had requested his presence, and Lancelot agreed to go with him.

Lancelot met Chancellor Sanchez in the Knight Empire and demonstrated how the Genesis Ovary’s Spiritization trait could turn objects into God Level beings, potentially helping solve the empire’s troop shortage. Sanchez agreed to discuss cooperation, and Lancelot asked him to advance a rare resource so he could upgrade the artifact.

• Lancelot arrived in Aodu with Wenger’s squad and met Chancellor Sanchez, who asked about his Guardian Blade’s trait and gave him a Knight Badge with access to the empire’s supply treasury.
• Lancelot spotted the umbilical cord of the Mother Goddess of All Things in the treasury list and decided he wanted it to upgrade the Genesis Ovary.
• Lancelot offered to address the Knight Empire’s troop shortage and used the Genesis Ovary’s Spiritization trait to bring Sanchez’s seat to life as a God Level being.
• Sanchez realized the trait could animate the empire’s buried statues and warned Lancelot that Grand Commander Gore might react dangerously to the artifact.
• Lancelot asked Sanchez to advance him the umbilical cord so he could raise the Genesis Ovary to a Nine-Star Miracle.

Lancelot negotiated with Chancellor Sanchez to provide resources and the Umbilical Cord of the Mother of All Things in exchange for upgrading the Genesis Ovary and reviving Barbarian Soul warriors. After seeing the revived warriors’ strength, Chancellor Sanchez agreed to sign an Astral Realm Contract.

• Lancelot secured Chancellor Sanchez’s agreement to provide the Umbilical Cord of the Mother of All Things, supplementary materials, and Primeval Stones for the Genesis Ovary’s upgrade.
• Chancellor Sanchez explained that the Barbarian Soul Race’s Petrification Talent preserved its members’ spirituality in stone after death.
• Lancelot used the Genesis Ovary’s Spiritization trait to revive several Barbarian Soul warriors, who knelt to him in a gesture of absolute loyalty.
• The revived warriors demonstrated their combat strength, convincing Chancellor Sanchez that the empire could build a powerful force from its many Barbarian Soul stone statues.
• Lancelot said upgrading the Genesis Ovary to a nine-star Miracle would make revivals faster and the warriors stronger, and Chancellor Sanchez agreed to sign an Astral Realm Contract.

Lancelot secured the resources to advance the Genesis Ovary through an Astral Realm Contract with Chancellor Sanchez, then set out to hunt black Mages with Black Abyss Knight Baghdad accompanying him. After a day exploring Aodu, he concealed himself near a marsh rift and waited for three approaching black Mages.

• Lancelot and Chancellor Sanchez signed an Astral Realm Contract, binding both parties to their agreement.
• Chancellor Sanchez provided Lancelot with the resources for the Genesis Ovary and assigned Black Abyss Knight Baghdad to accompany him.
• Lancelot used the Dome of the Stars to send the storage ring and Genesis Ovary away, then asked Chancellor Sanchez for a high-level pass and intelligence support to hunt black Mages.
• Lancelot toured Aodu, sampled local food, and watched the battle on Gustavo's side while waiting for the Genesis Ovary to advance.
• Lancelot and Baghdad traveled to a marsh near a rift leaking world origin energy, where Lancelot concealed himself and waited for three God Level black Mages to arrive.

Lancelot hunted dark mages across the Barbarian Soul Race's territory, while Ignis learned that Terra the Demon Slayer had arrived and sought a divination master. When the dark mages fled into the Undying Civilization's territory, Lancelot and Black Abyss Knight Baghdad set out after them using a powerful spatial rune array.

• Lancelot ambushed and killed three dark mages, then hunted down nearly ten more across the Barbarian Soul Race's territory.
• Ignis devoured the origin leaking from a world rift and learned that Terra the Demon Slayer had arrived on the Flame Frost Continent.
• Ignis asked her companion to contact Master Dalton, a divination master, through the Undying Civilization.
• As dark mages withdrew into the Undying Civilization's territory, Lancelot decided to pursue them there, and Black Abyss Knight Baghdad agreed to handle any Main God.
• Lancelot used the Steel Feather Cloak to create a powerful spatial rune array and departed with Baghdad, whose composure faltered during the intense teleportation.

Lancelot and Black Abyss Knight Baghdad arrived in the Undying Civilization and destroyed a black mages’ origin power conversion array. Lancelot slaughtered the assembled black mages, leaving their leader Heifa Ropton alive as he departed.

• A silver beam blasted through space and shattered the black mages’ furnace-shaped array, ruining Heifa Ropton’s plan to convert world origin.
• Lancelot and Baghdad emerged from the spatial breach, and the black mages recognized Lancelot as the Demon Slayer.
• Lancelot attacked the black mages despite Heifa Ropton’s attempt to avoid a fight, and their spells and defenses failed to stop his destruction spear.
• Lancelot killed the Demigod black mages and nearly all the God Level black mages, leaving only Heifa Ropton alive.
• Lancelot warned that Heifa might not be so lucky next time, then sent Baghdad away through a Rune Array while Heifa chose not to stop him.

Gustavo pursued the God of the White Swallow into an Abyss layer, where they fought the Blood-Remains Tyrant. After devouring the fallen swallow and reaching a thousand Divine Laws, Gustavo became a Supreme True God and attacked the Tyrant.

• On the Flame Frost Continent, a teleportation array’s spatial force shattered the dark mages’ interception tower and killed several mages, prompting the Main Gods to name Terra.
• Gustavo chased the God of the White Swallow across the Abyss after the swallow fled from their earlier battle.
• The God of the White Swallow lured Gustavo to the Blood-Remains Tyrant’s layer and awakened the Tyrant, but Gustavo attacked the swallow while the two faced the demon.
• The Blood-Remains Tyrant joined the fight, and Gustavo and the Tyrant overwhelmed the God of the White Swallow, who died in the melee.
• Gustavo snatched and devoured the swallow’s remains, bringing his Devouring Divine Realm to a thousand Divine Laws and transforming into a Supreme True God.
• Gustavo grinned at the enraged Blood-Remains Tyrant and pounced on him.

Gustavo killed the Blood-Remains Tyrant with the Black Hole Divine Light and became a Supreme True God, earning widespread acclaim from the Dragon-Hunting Spider Clan. Meanwhile, Golorag called for Gustavo’s help while two Blue Dragons used him as bait to ambush his reinforcements.

• The Blood-Remains Tyrant revealed his Main God Skill, but Gustavo evaded his close-range attacks and unleashed the Thousand Divine Realms’ Black Hole Divine Light.
• Gustavo destroyed the Blood-Remains Tyrant, devoured his remains, and added several Divine Laws to his Devouring Divine Realm.
• Dragon-Hunting Spiders celebrated Gustavo’s victory, and Gustavo absorbed useful remains while sending what he could not use to the Bloodline Sanctuary.
• News of Gustavo’s rise spread through the Endless Abyss as Golorag fought two powerful Blue Dragons and sensed Gustavo nearby.
• Golorag sent Gustavo a bloodline message asking for help, while the Blue Dragons discussed using him as bait to ambush reinforcements.

Gustavo rushed to help Golorag, but discovered the Blue Dragons had used Golorag as bait to ambush him. He let them surround him before revealing that he had become a Supreme True God and unleashing his Devouring Divine Realm.

• Gustavo answered Golorag's call and hurried toward the battlefield, intending to feast on Blue Dragons.
• Using the Eye of Omniscience, Gustavo spotted two hidden Blue Dragons and realized Golorag was bait, but continued toward the fight.
• Gustavo fought while concealing his true strength as the Blue Dragons planned to focus their attack on him and keep Leimengde fighting Golorag.
• The two hidden Blue Dragons sprang their ambush and surrounded Gustavo, prompting Golorag to prepare to burn his origin to save him.
• Gustavo told Golorag he was a Supreme True God, then revealed his Devouring Divine Realm and unleashed the power of over a thousand Divine Laws, shocking the four Blue Dragons.