Charlie has guarded the Demon-Sealing Tower for a thousand years, imprisoning deadly Soul Beasts inside. The Sky Kingdom’s royal family orders him to hand over the tower to the newly appointed Grand Preceptor, the Sea God, but Charlie doubts the Sea God's ability to control the beasts. Facing intense pressure and threats of extermination from the royal family, Charlie grows frustrated by their greed and disregard for the tower’s danger. Ultimately, Charlie decides to quit, dissolving the Demon-Sealing Pact and releasing the Soul Beasts. As the tower’s seal breaks, chaos looms with the beasts finally freed.
The Demon-Sealing Tower, a vital national treasure, suddenly starts breaking, releasing a powerful Soul Beast with Divine-Realm power. Charlie, who has guarded the tower for a thousand years, is accused of sabotaging it after the pact is broken, but he denies the charges. The Sea God asserts his strength to suppress the escaped beast but declares Charlie a traitor, ordering all troops to kill him. The Demon-Suppressing General confronts Charlie, demanding his surrender. Despite the accusations, Charlie stands firm, preparing to face overwhelming hostility as the unleashed Soul Beast threatens to drown the Star Forest in blood.
A powerful beast unexpectedly shatters the Demon-Sealing Tower, releasing ancient Soul Beasts and overwhelming the kingdom's elite Demon-Suppressing Army. The Sea God, famed as the continent's strongest, is forced to retreat by this unprecedented threat. Amid the chaos, Charlie tries to abandon the battlefield despite the risk of execution by the Queen. A princess confronts him, warning that harming her would provoke the Queen’s wrath and threatening the safety of her sister trapped in the capital. With danger mounting and loyalties tested, Charlie faces a critical choice as the fallout from the breach escalates.
Charlie injures a royal from the Sky Kingdom, igniting a fierce retaliation. Despite his warning, the Sky Kingdom’s forces attack the Star Forest, but Charlie escapes, leaving the area in chaos. Meanwhile, a powerful adversary claims that devouring the Sea God will elevate his strength beyond Charlie’s reach. Urgent news arrives that the Demon-Sealing Tower has been destroyed, the defending army wiped out, and the Sea God is severely wounded and fleeing with two children. The Sky Kingdom’s rulers are shocked and confused, facing a dire situation as their strongest defense crumbles.
The episode opens with a royal court discussing a grave report that the Demon-Sealing Tower, which imprisons powerful million-year-old Soul Beasts, has shattered. The king doubts the intel at first, blaming Charlie, the former guardian who was exiled and accused of faking rumors to demoralize the army. In response, the king strips Charlie of his titles and vows to cut support for Charlie's comatose sister. But the situation escalates wildly when news arrives that the tower has indeed fallen, threatening the continent's safety. With border defenses at risk, the king decides to personally seek Charlie's help, willing to humble himself for the kingdom's survival, setting up a tense dilemma for Charlie’s response.
Charlie Lynch defies the capital's strict no-fly zone and trespasses into the Forbidden Zone to rescue his sister Sophia, who is trapped in the Ice Coffin fading fast. Despite being stripped of his posts and warned of the death penalty, Charlie demands the coffin be opened, accusing the authorities of breaking their promise to revive his sister after centuries of guarding the Demon-Sealing Tower. Officials insist the coffin cannot be opened without the Queen's order and deny Charlie's claims that the Demon-Sealing Tower is broken and Soul Beasts are about to be unleashed. Tensions escalate as guards move to seize Charlie, leaving his mission hanging in the balance.
Six demi-gods confront Charlie after he challenges the Queen by attempting to release the seal on the Demon-Sealing Tower. Despite their combined attacks, Charlie withstands them with unexpected power, raising suspicions about a possible Divine Realm status. He insists on freeing Sophia, the Queen trapped inside, but the demi-gods threaten severe punishment for his defiance. In retaliation, Charlie uses Martial Soul Fusion to summon the Netherworld White Tiger, escalating the conflict as he prepares to break the seal. The episode ends with the demi-gods warning that Charlie's crimes are unforgivable, leaving the battle unresolved.
In this episode, multiple warriors confront Charlie, determined to kill him under the Sky Kingdom's orders. Before the fight escalates, Layla, Queen of the Feather Kingdom, interrupts, pleading with Charlie—referred to as the Nether Divine Lord—to help after her country confirms the Demon-Sealing Tower has collapsed. She offers loyalty and the Imperial Seal if he saves her people from rampaging Soul Beasts. Charlie’s opponents accuse Layla of betrayal and question her desperation, while Charlie denies the tower's failure and accuses her of lying. Despite Layla’s warnings of massive Soul Beast attacks, Charlie remains skeptical, leaving the crisis unresolved and tensions mounting.
The northern border has collapsed under a sudden beast tide attack, shocking the kingdom's leadership who had dismissed such threats as routine. Despite the frontline falling with no prior intelligence, the royal court insists the kingdom’s strong army and the protective Sea God make the beast tide negligible. Mr. Dunn volunteers to lead a campaign north to suppress the threat, gaining the queen’s approval. Meanwhile, rumors of a ‘Divine Lord’ terrified by this minor tide spread mockingly among officials. As preparations for war begin, the queen decides to personally join the campaign to witness the threat firsthand, while tensions about impending disaster rise unresolved.
The Divine Lord decides to head to the Star Forest, the stronghold of powerful Soul Beasts, to retrieve the Soul-Forging Herb needed to heal his sister. Despite warnings about the dangerous creatures like the Cinderfall Kylin and Thunder Phoenix, he insists on pressing forward. Meanwhile, others react nervously as the beast tide approaches, but their confidence in Simon's defense of the Demon-Sealing Tower keeps them calm. Upon arriving, they find unexpected opponents, including a baby Soul Beast with Divine-Realm blood, signaling tougher challenges ahead. The episode ends as a powerful rescue demand sets the stage for escalating conflict.