This workload is too big. From the plots of past games to comics and novels, even if you give 400 to 500 points for this length of text, no one will give you details, so I will only say this. The key points are general. The following content includes that Baidu Encyclopedia does not have comics, novels, settings, etc., and many false information in the encyclopedia have also been corrected.
Devil May Cry is divided into two series, Devil May Cry 1-4 and New Devil May Cry. There is no Devil May Cry 5. The one you are talking about is New Devil May Cry, and its plot has nothing to do with Devil May Cry 1-4. In addition , due to some setting conflicts in Devil May Cry, the before-and-after comparison of some content is rather strange.
The plot order of Devil May Cry 1-4 is: 3142.
Background: The world was originally one, but later it was divided into two realms: light and dark, that is, the human world and the devil world. Later, 2000 years ago, the Lord of the Demon Realm, Demon Emperor Mundus, launched a war against the human world. Humans were unable to compete with him. Then, a powerful demon, Sparta, wielded the demon sword of the same name and defeated the Demon Emperor. He used his sword to seal the demon world together with his overpowering power. Sparta and a human woman Eva had two sons, Dante and Vergil, who inherited two weapons and part of a necklace respectively. Later, Sparta died (this is a third-generation setting. The first generation did not say death, By the way, this has nothing to do with the fusion island between saints and demons), Eva was killed by the resurrected Demon Emperor, and the twins were separated.
3rd generation comics: Vergil, who was living in the demon world, awakened the power of demons when he was about to die. Later, in order to obtain the power of Sparta, he and Arkham activated Terminig, but a ritual was required. Including the necklace that liberated the demons, Terminig, and the Twins who were deprived of their names by Sparta. Virgil came to Dante and asked for the necklace. Dante thought that Virgil was going to be a lackey of the devil. The two started fighting, but Dante lost, but Virgil still returned the necklace to Dante.
Generation 3: One year after the comics, Arkham invited Dante in the name of Vergil and demolished Dante's shop. Then Vergil activated Termini and Dante entered Termini. He goes to see Virgil, during which he meets Maria, the daughter of Arkham, and a clown transformed by Arkham, whom Dante calls Lady. Later, when the twins met for the first time at the top of the tower, Dante was killed and the necklace was taken away. Virgil nailed the sword of rebellion to Dante's chest. However, not only did Dante not die, but he awakened the power of the devil. After Dante regained consciousness, he began to track Vergil. During this period, Arkham pretended to be killed by Vergil, luring Letty to kill Vergil. Immediately afterwards, Dante and Vergil met again, and the outcome was still undecided. Letty came out to disrupt the situation, and then benefited the Arkham fisherman and gained the power of Sparta. In order to stop Arkham, Dante climbed the tower again, and finally teamed up with Vergil to defeat Arkham. Letty gave Arkham the last shot. In the end, the twins had a decisive battle in the demon world. Vergil was defeated and left behind. The Blade of Lower Force took its own necklace and fell into the demon world to fight the Demon Emperor. Dante, on the other hand, stayed in the world and opened a shop called "Devil may cry".
First-generation novels: The settings of the first-generation novels have many conflicts with those of the third generation, so the time and location may be before the third generation. This is a matter of opinion. Dante lost his memory due to the Blade of Power and became a mercenary named Tony. One day later, a man named Gilvi came to Dante. People around Dante died one after another. Dante regained his memory and fought Gilvi in ??a decisive battle. In the end, he cut off Gilvi's weapon (suspected to be the Yama Sword). But not sure) wins, Gilvey escapes, and his true identity is Vergil, the Black Knight, who was transformed by the Demon Emperor.
First generation: One day, a woman named Tracy came to Dante's shop and entrusted Dante to destroy the Demon Emperor. Dante is surprised to find that this woman looks exactly like his mother Eva. Later, Dante came to the Demon Emperor's castle, first killed the Phantom Spider, and met the Black Knight during the process. Dante lost to the Black Knight in the first battle. When he was about to die, the Black Knight saw Dante's necklace and ran away. Then Dante fought with the Black Knight again. In the second station, Dante won and the Black Knight escaped, killing the griffin in the process. Then the final battle with the Black Knight, the Black Knight died in the battle, Dante discovered that the Black Knight also had a necklace, and then realized that it was Vergil. Dante then combined the two necklaces to gain the power of Sparta, and the Blade of Power also became Spartan. Sword of Barda.
In the end, Dante found the right opportunity and gave the Chaos Overlord the last shot, surpassing his father's achievements and completely destroying the Chaos Overlord. Due to the death of the Chaos Overlord, the door to the Demon Realm was also closed. Lucia discovered the true image of Dante's coin conspiracy at home, while Dante rode a motorcycle into the Demon Realm and drove deep into the Demon Realm. Finally, Lucia was waiting for Dante in "Devil may cry". Suddenly, there was the sound of a motorcycle outside the door, and Lucia ran out............. ........................
At this point, the original Devil May Cry plot is over.
Next is the new Devil May Cry: Many years ago, a terrifying demon suddenly appeared. His name was Mundus. Unfortunately, he is no longer the Demon Emperor here, but at least he is terrifying. He has a brother named Sparta. This Sparta is not that great. Sparta fell in love with a woman named Eva. Unfortunately, this woman is no longer a human but an angel. The two eloped for love, no matter the world or the devil, no matter war or peace, they eloped anyway and gave birth to two sons, Virgil the Nephilim and Dante. Later, Mundus found the eloping couple and killed Eva, while Sparta gave his two sons clear memories and then gave them to others to raise separately. The two sons inherited two weapons and two necklaces respectively. And Sparta was exiled by Mundus. Mundus, on the other hand, only knew that there was a Dante and did not know about Virgil's existence, so he kept chasing Dante.
Later, Vergil regained his memory and formed Order to fight against Mundus. During this period, Vergil met Kate and helped her escape from the nightmare and develop her abilities. After a battle in the prison, the two fell in love. Sparks, and then, the game begins.
When Dante was looking for a girl, he was discovered by Mundus' men, who eliminated the hunter demon to kill Dante. Kate found Dante, helped Dante kill the hunter, meet Vergil, and restore his memory. The brothers teamed up with Kate's assistance to kill the succubus and anchor Bob. During this period, Dante awakened the power of demonization and learned that Mundus had a lover with his son in his belly. Later, the order was discovered and completely destroyed. Kate was captured. Virgil originally planned to give up Kate, but Dante captured Mundus' son and lover in exchange for Kate. Virgil shot Mundus's son during the transaction. Son and lover, Lao Meng was furious. Immediately, Kate used her powerful military and infiltration talents, Dante attacked Mundus' residence head-on, and Virgil used infiltration to finally close the door to the devil's world, and the brothers joined forces to kill Mundus. However, Dante and Kate suddenly discovered that Virgil's true purpose was to rule the world and started to make a fuss. As a result, Dante decisively drew his sword and opened fire, finally nailing Virgil to the ground. After Kate's plea, Dante let him go. Virgil, Virgil escaped into another space, and Dante and Kate stayed in the world neither happy nor happy...... Vergil in another space encountered With his own inner demons, he killed the imaginary Kate, the imaginary Dante, and the imaginary Eva, and then defeated Vergil of the Void, replacing Mundus as the new Lord of the Demon Realm.
That’s all the important plot. For more details, play the game yourself and read the settings, novels, and comics