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The plan seems to be coming together. Maybe they could set some aerosol bombs in the caves set to go off just after Gary and his followers return. They could fill the air in the caves with the antidote spray and return later to clean up.

Too bad John's conversion of the Maliri women couldn't spread like a virus and soon all of house Valedan would be blonde and his clan which he could draw power from. Is a mouthful required? How about John/Jade leaving a load, convert it into an aerosol and give each lady a snort. That would probably work on thousands.
I'm interested in where you're going with two points:
1) Irillith's vision problems which I bet will turn into her being able to view and write code projected from her eyes since I seem to remember someone suggesting that in a comment, and
2) I believe you said Irillith's vambrace Faye resides in is a Progenitor creation. Curious if that means the device only or does that include Faye's AI programming?
Great job.

Lady #1:He made love to me for almost 45 minutes last night.
Lady#2:Oh my husband can go 45 minutes also…just not in a row…and on the same days.
-Rodney Dangerfield
On a related note research has shown the average sex act of intercourse is 3-5 minutes in duration. However with the advent and widespread use of internet porn every male now feels they are underperforming. Fear not! Big Pharma has a whole host of drugs, creams, sprays and pills coming to a Rx near you. Watch for the ad campaign being rolled out to reinforce the insecure fear of PE and a “cure”. Big Pharma sees this as the next Virgra.
Johnson & Johnson has developed Priligy, a pill aimed at men who ejaculate before copulating or within seconds of beginning. Priligy, which is intended to help prolong latency time before orgasm, went on sale earlier this year in nine countries, but it has not been approved for sale in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration.
Meanwhile, Sciele Pharma, based in Atlanta, plans to seek approval from the agency next year to market a prescription drug in the form of a metered-dose aerosol sprayed on the skin that is intended to increase latency time. Company representatives have been making the rounds of medical conferences and meeting journalists, trying to drum up sympathy and attention for premature ejaculation as a widespread medical problem in need of a drug intervention.

You've kept the main character growing in his understanding of how to use the power that he stumbled into (excellent btw), but because its a chemical and not some supernatural gift you may want at some point to circle back to the lab and scientists to either share, modify or expand upon it. (if the scientists are willing participants or not is your choice, but free will usually leads to conflict down the road even if they begin as friends) Perhaps to refine it (2 versions for the dom and sub sides of the effect) or just write a few chapters to make sure that the lab continues to produce it in enough supply so our hero can keep doing what he does long into the future.
The point at the end, about the neighbor's girls and the real possibility of developing a harem, is a wonderful plot line for more chapters of its own, which I look forward to reading.
For my own addition, I would want for him to find a personal space that he can make into his own dungeon if for no other reason that to avoid using a frying pan and duct tape (and dumb luck on timing) to restrain any future victims he needs to dose. (perhaps scientist friends makes up an aerosol sleeping med easy to deliver, reliable, and avoids having to trick someone into over-the-counter dosing in water)
Keep up the good work and I look forward to many wonderful chapters to come

Hey Tefler,
I just started reading your series three days ago and I can only say ...Dude! This story is awesome. The imagery is rich, the characters are fun and sexy (!), and you keep coming up with cool stuff for them to do. Very impressive imagination you have there! Thanks for putting so much work into your world and then sharing it with us.
As I've read this, some thoughts have come into my head and I wanted to share them in the hopes that you'll find them useful.
First: it's been a while since you've had any comments made about too much sex or not enough plot/story, and I'm not going to be the one to start them up. In general the comments made about the sex v. story/plot claim that the sex is boring (WTF?) and/or that nothing happens to move the plot forward. Broadly, I think this is a cultural phenomenon that (for some) violence is more entertaining than sex. I don't fit into that camp. I would also like to share my knowledge as a biologist.
When one human has good sex with another, i.e. with orgasms (regardless of the gender of the partners) measurable physiological changes occur in BOTH partners brains, the result of which is that they change the way they react to each other (more trusting, calmer, more endorphins released in each others company). They get happier, more confident. This happens here on earth, now, in the present.
To imagine that some species might develop which took advantage of those brain changing capabilities of sex is not too far a stretch. However, it is unlikely that the species that developed would be benevolent towards humans. It is also not out of the realm of possibilities that a new species/sub-species could be genetically engineered to produce those changes in humans (also unlikely to be benevolent). I think that the above possibilities relate to John's male parentage, and his nightmares. I'm very interested in what you come up with...
The important point here is that the sex IS the plot! It's how John got his freakishly wonderful crew. His ejaculate does genetic engineering! If that's not sci-fi, I don't know what is! And just my personal opinion, jism that transforms one's partner into a brilliant, beautiful, confident, enthusiastic sex-goddess is WAY more fucking interesting than armor, battles, power sources, or freaking elevators.
Second, some wild thoughts: could John's jizz (or some component isolated by a smart sexy medical officer [SSMO]) be used to turn an enemy combatant into an ally, or at least dis-inclined to hurt John or his crew? What about a gay man, how would John's jizz effect him? Would John's jizz change a male's orientation? Could the SSMO weaponize John's jizz or the active component i.e. turn it into an aerosol & pipe it through the ventilation system to make the enemy crew susceptible to John's influence? Could his jizz turn a male into a FEMALE!? Wouldn't THAT surprise the fuck out of the Drakkar!!!
How about for the crew, can the SSMO isolate the healing properties and then create a delivery method not so John (or Jade) dependent?
Third, crew diversity: without getting too far afield, you can mix it up with (big!) cats, flying pixie/fairy like beings, horses, bears, various canines, flying squirrels (so CUTE!), and generally mammals of one type or another. A creature capable of flight keeps coming into my mind. Bats are a bit edgy, and some of your readers may get squicked out by snakes or spiders, (and mantis have the nasty habit of eating their mate), but those animal families (reptiles, insects) have great predators in them (i.e. Nile crocodiles have likely killed more humans than all other animals combined - not very cuddly though).
Fourth (switching gears): I have no idea why, but the idea of John's crew being knocked up is SUCH a wicked turn on! To paraphrase Rudy Giuliani's 2008 RNC speech, Breed baby, breed!! Gotta give 'em some boring downtime to make babies though, and not be gettin' their asses shot at! I hope that comes around soon. Or make that a separate series!
Fifth (a concern that others have mentioned): Momentum. This world you've created is truly epic. As it stands you can go on forever and not run out of possibilities. Very selfishly, I want you to continue pumping out reading material for my entertainment and pleasure, but even if you wanted to do that you'd burn out. I hope you have an outline of where you're going and how you're going to get there. We readers will be sad to say goodbye to this series, but we'll hate you if you just drop it because got addicted to the praise, and really wanted to keep going but you're brain got fried and you can't stand looking at the blank pages in front of you anymore. I can assure you, you'll get more readers on your next one than you've had on this one...if you end it well.
And finally, as the vast majority of the other commenters have encouraged...Keep it up! This is REALLY great stuff.
Just as an aside, big cats do it for me. Panthera, Onca is the genus, species designation for jaguars. Melanic is the black coat color: In scientific short-hand: P. onca (melan), Black Jaguar