Chapter Summaries

Flavi offered the World Tree’s branch to secure Issui’s stay with the elves, and she escorted him to the Whisper of the Wind Spirit Elf Tribe. After meeting Nicole and learning about her extraordinary strength, Issui and Flavi were brought to the tribe’s Demigod elder, leaving their visit about to begin.

• Flavi offered Issui a weapon made from the World Tree’s only remaining branch, outbidding Yagansi’s offer of a Star Stone energy weapon, and Yagansi departed with the dwarves.
• Flavi led Issui toward the Whisper of the Wind Spirit Elf Tribe and held his hand as they ran there together.
• Elf guards stopped Issui and Flavi at the tribe’s entrance, then recognized Flavi and welcomed Issui as the human Divine Son.
• The tribe’s leader sent Nicole to look after Flavi’s attendants and explained that Nicole was the Demigod elder’s granddaughter, famed for her immense physical strength despite being unable to cast spells.
• Flavi grew jealous when Issui became interested in Nicole, then accompanied him and the tall elf to meet the tribe’s Demigod elder.

Issui and Flavi visited Mach Shu, the learned elf sage, and Flavi invited him to return to the City of Life. After Issui proved that Leins was his mount, Mach and Flavi were stunned when Nicole mistook the fearsome Blazing Liger for a cute puppy.

• Mach Shu recognized Flavi and agreed to accompany her to the City of Life to see the Elemental Elf.
• Flavi told Mach that Issui had killed the Two-Headed Frost Wolf and made the Blazing Liger his mount.
• Issui summoned Leins, and Mach warned Flavi to flee from the powerful magic beast.
• Leins called Issui his master, leaving Mach amazed that the Blazing Liger obeyed a human boy.
• Nicole entered, called Leins a cute puppy, and petted him while Issui and Flavi laughed.

Mach recounted how he found and adopted Nicole, after Leins suspected her unusual strength came from magical beast blood. He revealed that the rare fur swaddling she was found in might offer a clue to her origins.

• Leins lunged at Nicole, but she withstood the remaining force of his charge without injury, revealing her extraordinary physical strength.
• Leins suspected Nicole had magical beast blood, and Nicole asked Mach to tell her who her parents were and why they had abandoned her.
• Mach explained that he found Nicole as a baby beneath a tree after killing a Demigod magical beast and chose to adopt her.
• Mach said Nicole's swaddling was made from rare magical beast fur that could negate half the damage from elemental attacks.
• Mach moved a bookshelf, opened a hidden space in the wall, and retrieved the golden swaddling for everyone to inspect.

Leins identified Nicole as the daughter of Golden Behemoth Stosa Beckett and an elf, leaving her at risk among both elves and magical beasts. After someone overheard the revelation, Issui hid Nicole in his Sumeru World and returned to face the gathered elves, who demanded that he hand her over.

• Leins concluded that Nicole was Stosa Beckett's daughter, and Flavi revealed that Nicole might also have elven royal blood.
• Mach and Flavi feared the elves would kill Nicole if they learned her origins, while Issui argued that she should be protected.
• Leins spotted a shadow fleeing after overhearing their conversation, and Mach realized that another elf might have learned Nicole's secret.
• Issui took Nicole and Leins into his Sumeru World, where he promised Nicole she would be safe and she decided to follow him.
• Issui returned to the treehouse and called Flavi away to get food, but an elderly elf demanded that he hand over Nicole.
• Flavi warned the elves that Issui was a God Level expert, and they fell silent.

Issui took Anya to the Sumeru World, where she reunited with Nicole and accepted that Nicole would leave the elves with him. Flavi discovered that Anya had taken Issui away and headed to Anya’s sealed treehouse to find them.

• Issui left the elders arguing, and Anya tearfully asked whether Nicole was truly descended from a magical beast; Issui confirmed it and reassured her that Nicole was safe.
• Anya gave Issui fruit for Nicole and accompanied him through the Sumeru World to see her.
• Anya embraced Nicole and promised she still regarded her as a sister, while Nicole said she would follow Issui because she believed he loved her romantically.
• Anya asked Issui to care for Nicole, and he agreed; Nicole warned him she would punch him if he mistreated her.
• Flavi learned that Anya had taken Issui, found Anya’s treehouse, and opened its magically sealed door with an incantation.

Flavi searched Anya’s room, then made excuses after Issui and Anya caught her there; her jealousy grew as she watched Anya care for Issui. The next morning, Issui left with Flavi and Mach for the elven royal capital, the City of Life.

• Flavi found Anya’s panties while searching her room and hurriedly hid them again.
• In Sumeru Space, Issui struggled with a meal of fruit until Anya took him away to find meat and wine.
• Issui and Anya returned to find Flavi rummaging in Anya’s room, and Flavi lied that she had come to join Issui for a meal.
• After Anya brought Issui food, Flavi grew jealous as they spoke, and Anya recognized that Flavi liked him.
• Issui rested in a treehouse, then set off early the next morning with Flavi and Mach toward the elven royal capital.

Issui, Mach, and Flavi flew across a dangerous mountain range and reached the Elf Royal City, where Issui saw the immense mother tree. At the Hall of Demons, Stosa and Jiligao Li discussed threats to the Demon Clan and the worlds’ impending merger.

• Mach and Flavi cast Wind Soaring Technique, and Issui rode Leins over the mountain toward the Elf Royal City.
• Stosa told Jiligao Li that he sensed a major event approaching and worried about the God Level magic beasts on the other continents.
• Jiligao Li described the elves’ and dwarves’ potential threats, and agreed to investigate their territory while Stosa stayed behind.
• Stosa and Jiligao Li discussed the worlds merging in about three years and the powerful Abyssal Demon and Flying Dragon clans in the other world.
• Issui, Mach, and Flavi crossed the mountains and reached the Elf Royal City, where Mach rejoiced at returning to the City of Life.
• Flavi asked Issui whether he knew where the enormous mother tree came from, and Issui asked to hear its origin.

Issui, Mach, and Flavi reached the City of Life, where Percy greeted them with jealousy toward Issui and led them toward the queen. In the Goddess Palace, Avril warned Alicia not to wake the sleeping Goddess of Life, while Alicia worried that the Elf Clan could not withstand its growing crisis.

• Leins explained that the Goddess of Life had become the mother tree and that Stosa had spared the Elf Clan because he loved Annie, whose daughter was Nicole.
• Flavi reunited with Percy at the city entrance and introduced him to Mach, Issui, and Leins.
• Percy resented Issui’s closeness to Flavi, while Mach tried to discourage him from provoking the God Level visitor.
• Percy said the queen was waiting for them, and Issui moved on with Leins.
• Avril told Alicia that the Goddess of Life needed to recover in her sleep, while Alicia feared the Elf Clan would soon face threats from powerful God Level experts.

Flavi brought Issui and Leins to the Goddess's Palace, where Percy’s hostility toward Issui deepened after Marilyn made him apologize. Avril verified Issui’s Divine Son identity and was surprised by the strength of his bloodline before he revealed Eye of Heaven-Haku.

• Avril persuaded Marilyn that Flavi had brought back two powerful human God Level experts who could help the elves fight the magic beasts.
• Flavi reunited with Marilyn and introduced Issui as the human Divine Son and Leins as his sealed mount, who had once been a God Level magic beast.
• Percy accused Issui and Leins of plotting against the elves, but Marilyn ordered him to apologize; Issui dismissed Percy, who left vowing revenge against Issui and Flavi.
• Avril took Issui to the Goddess’s Palace to test his Divine Son identity, and his blood made the statue’s eyes shine more brightly than hers had.
• Issui said his ancestor had altered his bloodline after the War of the Gods and displayed Eye of Heaven-Haku, whose power and potential impressed Avril.

Issui confirmed that he would help the Elf Clan eliminate its God Level magic beasts, and Avril offered her first night as compensation because the World Tree branch was needed to revive the Goddess of Life. As Avril showed Issui around the City of Life, Leins explained her formidable Elemental Elf abilities.

• Issui explained that his Heaven Eye came from his ancestor’s altered bloodline power and agreed to help the Elf Clan defeat its God Level magic beasts.
• Flavi revealed that she had promised Issui a World Tree branch, but Avril explained that the Goddess of Life needed it to recover.
• Avril offered Issui her first night in place of the branch, and Leins persuaded him that the encounter could greatly increase his strength; Issui accepted it as a transaction.
• Marilyn left to arrange lunch, sorrowful after recognizing that Flavi had fallen for Issui while he already had lovers.
• Avril walked through the City of Life with Issui, who told her he was thirteen, and Leins described her elemental immunities and combat talents.

After Nicole left the Sumeru World and reunited with her aunt Marilyn, Issui and the others planned how to eliminate the God Level magical beasts threatening the Elf Continent. They assigned Issui to hunt the strongest target, the three-headed serpent lizard Slick, and Issui asked Leins to explain Slick’s abilities.

• Avril hosted Issui and Leins for a meal with Marilyn and the other elves.
• Nicole used the mark on her hand to leave the Sumeru World and appeared at the table.
• Flavi explained Nicole’s parentage and history, and Marilyn comforted her and promised she could stay with the elves.
• Nicole said she intended to follow Issui, while Marilyn accepted her choice.
• Avril warned that the God Level magical beasts might soon become restless, so the group agreed to act quickly.
• Avril assigned Issui to Slick, the elves to Uriala, and the dwarves to Birol; Issui asked Leins about Slick’s abilities.

Issui learned how the Three-Headed Basilisk’s auras could wear down even God Level opponents, then traveled to the swamp to face Slick alone. Their battle began with Issui using Sealing Domain and Ice-Sealed Armor, but Slick claimed he could still fight using Natural Energy.

• Leins explained that the Three-Headed Basilisk’s corrosion, poison gas, and weakening auras made it exceptionally difficult to fight.
• Issui and Leins agreed to destroy Slick, and Flavi volunteered to guide Issui to the swamp; Marilyn allowed her to go after Issui promised to protect her.
• The next day, Issui’s team traveled north from the City of Life while Avril’s team set out separately toward its target.
• At the swamp, Issui sent Nicole, Flavi, and Leins into his Sumeru World and confronted Slick as the basilisk emerged.
• Issui activated Sealing Domain and Ice-Sealed Armor, but Slick said he could use Natural Energy despite the restriction on energy inside his body.

Issui summoned enhanced ice knights and used them to wound Slick, a God Level Three-Headed Basilisk, despite Slick’s confidence in his superiority. Slick grew enraged as the knights pressed their attack.

• Issui created a formation of ice knights and ordered them to charge Slick.
• Slick’s Corrosive Acid Orb froze against an ice knight and shattered when struck by its shield.
• Issui explained that his bloodline-enhanced knights had exceptionally dense ice bodies and continued fighting without pain or fatigue.
• Slick fired a barrage of Strong Acid Torrent Arrows, but the ice knights froze and broke the projectiles before thrusting their lances into him.
• Issui taunted Slick after the knights inflicted a dozen small wounds, and the furious basilisk faced another attack from the knights.

Slick overwhelmed Issui’s ice knights with his Corrosion Aura, forcing Issui to devise a way to protect ice from the corrosive attack. The chapter left Issui preparing an ice-ant swarm coated in glass.

• Slick knocked the charging ice knights aside with his tail, but Issui’s reinforced ice constructs survived the blows.
• Slick sent a wave of swamp mud at the knights, who charged through it without slowing and attacked him.
• Slick unleashed his Corrosion Aura, badly dissolving the ice knights and their horses before smashing the few survivors with his energized tail.
• Issui considered how acid affected ice and realized he could shield it with glass made from sand.
• Issui created an ice-ant swarm, brought up and crystallized underground sand, and coated the ants with a thin layer of glass.

Issui used his Ice Crystal Ant Swarm to distract Slick and trap him with a combination of Earth Release attacks, but Slick survived and revealed his Poison Gas Aura. Issui took an antidote pill as the poison spread, while the hidden ants’ whereabouts remained unexplained.

• Issui sent the Ice Crystal Ant Swarm at Slick, whose Acid Corrosion Ripple failed to harm the ants.
• Issui used a series of Earth Release attacks to confine and crush Slick, leaving him with only superficial injuries.
• Slick praised Issui’s strength and announced that he would show his true power.
• Slick released his Poison Gas Aura, and Issui inhaled some of the poison before taking an antidote pill.

Issui struggled to counter Slick’s Poison Gas Aura and learned that it could enter through his pores and assimilate living cells. Elsewhere, Avril tried to make the injured Snow Bird submit, while Moradin defeated Stone Bear Birol and revealed that the three races had joined forces to eliminate the God Level magical beasts.

• Slick explained that his poison gas drained Issui’s energy, and Issui used one of Tsunade’s antidote pills to recover.
• Issui created an ice hood and entered Slick’s Poison Gas Aura, but the poison still entered his body through his pores and he took another antidote.
• Slick revealed that his poison gas could assimilate living cells on contact, leaving Issui searching for a way to counter it.
• Avril refused to kill the wounded Snow Bird and insisted that it submit to becoming her mount.
• Moradin defeated Stone Bear Birol and told him that humans, elves, and dwarves had split into teams to eliminate the three God Level magical beasts.

Issui used his evolved black-and-gold flames and detoxification pills to charge through Slick’s poison defenses, aiming to sever the snake head that released the poison gas. After Slick’s attacks wounded him and filled the battlefield with poison mist, Issui activated his Byakugan and continued toward him.

• Issui summoned Flame Demon Descent and decided to use his remaining detoxification pills to rush Slick and cut off the poison-gas snake head.
• Issui charged through Slick’s Poison King Barrier with his flames and countered the Poison Dragon Piercing Bullet with an Amaterasu fire technique.
• Issui struck at Slick with three God-Devouring fireballs, forcing him to dodge and consuming some of his spiritual energy.
• Slick fired poison rays that pierced Issui’s shoulder, then shrouded the battlefield in dense poison mist to stop his approach.
• Issui took another detoxification pill, activated his Byakugan, and saw through Slick’s poison mist.

Issui used his Byakugan to track Slick through the poison mist, shattered Slick’s bone shield with Flame Demon Purgatory Slash, and forced him to spend another Snake Molting to survive. With time running out, Issui unleashed Magma Hell, but Slick answered with a space-sealing attack that collided with the flame demon god and began to fracture the surrounding space.

• Issui tracked Slick through the poison mist and struck him with Flame Demon Purgatory Slash, breaking his Ten Thousand Poisons Bone-Devouring Shield.
• Slick escaped the slash with Snake Molting, leaving behind a damaged snakeskin as Issui realized the technique had protected him.
• Issui used Flame Demon's Summoning-Magma Hell to turn the swamp into a field of erupting magma, forcing Slick to use Snake Molting again.
• Issui took his last antidote pill and prepared a final attack as Slick unleashed Bloody Poison King's Annihilating Fallen God Strike, sealing space and blocking Issui from entering his Sumeru World.
• Issui ordered the flame demon god to attack Slick’s purple-black energy ball, and their collision warped and fractured the surrounding space.

Issui used the spatial rift’s unexpected absorption of Slick’s attack to unleash Flame Demon Purgatory Slash, severing one of Slick’s serpent heads and a hind leg. Exhausted but unafraid, Issui taunted the wounded Slick as Slick hesitated to finish him off.

• The spatial turbulence swallowed Slick’s purple-black sphere after Issui withdrew the flame demon god, and the rift healed.
• Issui poured his remaining energy into Flame Demon Purgatory Slash, which sealed Slick in place before striking him.
• The slash severed Slick’s right serpent head and right hind leg, causing the poisonous gas to disperse.
• Issui collapsed from exhaustion while Slick mourned his injuries and then approached him, intending to kill him.
• Issui mocked Slick and questioned his threats, making Slick hesitate and suspect another trap.

Issui defeated Slick by luring him into an Ice Crystal Ant Swarm ambush, then escaped Slick’s self-destruction by entering his Sumeru World. He returned to Konoha after two and a half years and gave Tsunade intelligence on the Akatsuki, though he knew little about its leader beyond the pair of Rinnegan.

• Issui provoked Slick into losing his reason and attacking, then unleashed the Ice Crystal Ant Swarm hidden beneath him.
• As the ants devoured Slick, Issui explained how Slick’s overconfidence, hesitation, and anger had led to his defeat.
• Slick began to self-destruct, and Issui escaped into his Sumeru World as the blast spread across the Elf-Dwarf Continent.
• Issui returned to Konoha and gave Tsunade his intelligence scroll on the Akatsuki, noting that its leader had a pair of Rinnegan.