Recaps

Li Yan buried Aura’s defeated undead army and brought Aura and her officers to his castle in the Unified Kingdom, where he introduced them as his new captives. Aura was forced to accept her status as a pet under Obedience Magic while the others teased and petted her.

• Li Yan buried the fallen headless knights and took Aura and her three officers away from the battlefield.
• Li Yan teleported Aura, Lugner, Draht, and Line to his castle and welcomed them to the Unified Kingdom.
• Aura recognized Macht and Solitär, and Li Yan introduced Aura and her officers as his pets.
• Li Yan assigned Lugner and Draht to Macht so they could learn the castle’s rules and life in the human Kingdom.
• Li Yan stopped Aura from trying to bite Solitär, and Solitär, Frieren, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Xue petted Aura while Line watched.

Li Yan took Aura, Line, Solitär, and Frieren to the National Hero Tournament at the Dragon's Nest, where he hoped to find talented heroes. They settled into the arena’s best private box as the tournament was about to begin.

• Li Yan made Line Aura’s maid and told Aura to learn from her, while Line offered to take punishment in Aura’s place.
• Aura settled into castle life, while Frieren became a teacher at a Magic Vocational Technical College to understand Flamme’s feelings as a teacher.
• A year passed as Li Yan continued researching Lifespan Magic and deciphered the Demons’ Flight Magic, which sparked a nationwide craze for flying.
• Li Yan invited Frieren to the National Hero Tournament, and Solitär and Aura asked to join them.
• Li Yan led the four girls through the VIP entrance at the Dragon’s Nest and took them to private box number one to watch the tournament.

At the Royal Capital’s Warrior tournament, Li Yan recognized the young Hero of the South and decided to recruit him as a disciple. The Hero of the South fought every contestant alone, and referee Macht let the match continue after the field shrank below the required hundred, convinced the champion was already decided.

• The 672 Warriors began a free-for-all to determine which 100 would advance, while Li Yan and his companions watched from a private box.
• Li Yan recognized a young dual-wielding fighter as the Hero of the South and ordered mechanical spiders to tell the Lionheart King to keep him in the capital.
• Li Yan told Aura, Solitär, Frieren, and Line that the Hero of the South could defeat the Seven Sages of Destruction unless Schlacht joined them.
• The Hero of the South challenged every Warrior in the arena, and the contestants united to attack him.
• After the number of Warriors fell below 100, a staff member asked Macht to stop the match, but Macht refused as the Hero of the South continued fighting.

The Hero of the South won the tournament, and Li Yan ordered that the victor be brought to him. After the Hero of the South arrived at the castle, Li Yan found him drugged unconscious on his bed.

• The Hero of the South defeated every other contestant and became the tournament’s victor.
• The Lionheart King hesitated over the Mechanical Spider’s message and sent a servant to confirm the Ancestor’s instructions.
• Li Yan prepared to leave the tournament with Aura, Solitär, and Frieren asleep around him, then ordered the servant to bring the Hero of the South to him.
• The Lionheart King accepted the clarification, and the Hero of the South followed a servant to the castle, anticipating that the important figure there would change his life.
• Li Yan later opened his bedroom door and found the drugged, unconscious Hero of the South lying on his bed.

Li Yan tried to keep the unconscious Hero of the South hidden in his room while Frieren and Solitär kept interrupting him. After the rain forced them inside, Li Yan left the hero behind and ended the night with Frieren and Solitär competing for his attention.

• A servant brought the unconscious Hero of the South to Li Yan's room, mistakenly believing Li Yan had ordered him drugged and delivered there.
• Li Yan stopped Frieren from seeing the hero by claiming there was a mouse in his room, then led her and Solitär outside to look at the stars.
• Rain cut short their stargazing, and Li Yan returned to find the Hero of the South still in his room; he sealed the door with Barrier Magic and decided to sleep elsewhere.
• After bathing, Li Yan dried Frieren's and Solitär's hair as they argued over who was bigger, then suggested they sleep together and compare.

The Hero of the South woke in Li Yan’s residence, explained his goal of defeating the Demon King, and accepted Li Yan’s offer to train him. During their first training session, he fought Macht evenly and revealed that the sword he wanted from Sword Village was sealed as a fake by Flamme.

• The Hero of the South spoke with Li Yan about his wish to stop the Demons and accepted his offer to become his disciple.
• The Lionheart King’s father beat him for sending a man to the old ancestor’s room, while the Lionheart King protested that Li Yan had told him to do it.
• Li Yan began training the Hero of the South in the countryside and told him to fight without relying on his ability to see the future.
• The Hero of the South sparred evenly with Macht, impressing Li Yan, Aura, Draht, and Lugner with his swordsmanship and strength.
• The Hero of the South said he had wanted the Holy Sword in Sword Village, and Li Yan explained that it was a fake sealed by Flamme.

Li Yan revealed that the sword in Sword Village was fake and showed the real Holy Sword, which he had drawn a thousand years earlier. The Hero of the South tried to wield it but was rejected, and Li Yan comforted him by explaining that the sword already had a master.

• Li Yan revealed the real Holy Sword and explained that he had left a fake in Sword Village with a heavily reinforced seal.
• Frieren and Solitär each took one of Li Yan's hands as the Hero of the South prepared to test the sword.
• The Hero of the South grasped the Holy Sword, felt it reject him, and let go without pulling it out.
• The Hero of the South lamented that he was unworthy, and Li Yan reassured him that the sword already had a master.
• Frieren told the Hero of the South that she could raise the Holy Sword too.

Frieren used Li Yan’s hand to lift the Holy Sword, while Solitär tried to join in and wrest control of it. Later, the kingdom continued training the Hero of the South and expanding its magical research as Li Yan focused on developing Mana Armor and assessed the defenses against the Demons.

• Frieren guided Li Yan’s hand to lift the Holy Sword, and the Hero of the South accepted that a hero did not need to wield it.
• Solitär took control of Li Yan’s other arm and competed with Frieren to hold the Holy Sword until Li Yan bumped their heads.
• The Hero of the South began deeper training, while Frieren attended her classes and Aura settled into life as a pet.
• Solitär researched Goddess Magic and Lifespan Magic with Li Yan, who also began working with the kingdom’s magical tool researchers on Mana Armor.
• Li Yan directed the Mana Armor team to prioritize defense and judged that the kingdom’s barriers and rotating First-Class Mages could withstand the Demons’ attacks.

After the Hero of the South left to confront the Demons, Li Yan learned that his disciple expected to die and had sent a message for a future hero. As Li Yan prepared for an early conflict with the Demon King, he focused his concern on the elusive Miracle Grausam.

• The Hero of the South departed alone for the Northern Theater, and Macht said he had seemed ready to face death.
• Frieren told Li Yan that the Hero of the South had foreseen his death and had asked her to keep it from Li Yan.
• Frieren explained that the Hero of the South had considered inviting her to fight the Demon King but had seen no future in which they could win.
• Frieren passed on the Hero of the South's message for the future hero, declaring that he would clear the path ahead.
• Macht warned Li Yan about Schlacht, the god of war, and Miracle Grausam, while Aura mocked the Hero of the South and Li Yan ordered Line to smack her.
• Li Yan decided that Grausam's ability to hide and strike unexpectedly concerned him more than Schlacht or the god of war.

Li Yan and his companions traveled to the northern border to secretly follow the Hero of the South as Schlacht assembled the Demon leaders to kill him. The Demons ambushed the Hero of the South, who killed Torast and overwhelmed their opening attacks, while Schlacht shared his Future Sight and ordered Böse to flee.

• Li Yan warned Solitär to watch for Grausam, Schlacht, Rivale, and the other Greater Demons, then left with Frieren and Macht after telling Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue to watch Aura.
• Schlacht gathered the Seven Sages of Destruction and other Demon leaders, explaining that killing the Hero of the South was crucial to the Demons' survival.
• At night, Schlacht's forces ambushed the Hero of the South in the Northern War Zone and Böse trapped the group inside a huge barrier.
• The Hero of the South dodged Schlacht's attack, sent Rivale flying with a single clash, and killed Torast outright.
• The Hero of the South split Böse's compressed barrier bomb with one sword strike, and Schlacht ordered Grausam and Rivale to hold him off while he shared his Future Sight and told Böse to run.

Li Yan and Frieren rushed toward the Hero of the South but were stopped by Böse’s barrier, which blocked both air and Space Magic. As the Hero of the South fought Schlacht and the Seven Sages of Destruction, Li Yan prepared to use the Holy Sword to break through.

• The Hero of the South recognized Grausam’s mental illusion and attacked him after using his vision of the future to find a way out.
• Böse trapped the Hero of the South with Barrier Magic, but the Hero shattered the hastily cast barrier and forced Böse to shield himself.
• Rivale and another of the Seven Sages attacked the Hero of the South, while Schlacht warned that they needed to wear him down rather than fight him head-on.
• Li Yan, Frieren, Solitär, and Macht found Böse’s barrier blocking their way, and Li Yan took out the Holy Sword to break it.

Li Yan arrived during the demons’ attack on the Hero of the South, killed Schlacht and pursued the fleeing demons to the Demon King’s Castle, which he split in half. He sealed the dying Hero of the South and began developing a mechanical body so the hero could fight again in the future.

• Schlacht saw that Li Yan’s arrival had changed the future and ordered the demons to kill the Hero of the South at any cost.
• Li Yan, Macht, Solitär, and Frieren shattered Böse’s barrier and attacked the demons, but the Hero of the South and Schlacht both suffered fatal wounds.
• The Hero of the South told Li Yan he had no regrets about opening a path for humanity, and Li Yan sealed him before pursuing the demons who had fled.
• Li Yan followed Grausam to the Demon King’s Castle, cut the castle in half with Holy Severance, and escaped when a powerful presence approached.
• Li Yan began researching a mechanical body for the Hero of the South, while the Lionheart King announced that the hero would return to battle in a new body.

After returning from the Hero of the South’s campaign, Li Yan rested at his castle and learned that Aura had uprooted his favorite lilies. He comforted her instead of scolding her, then joined Solitär and Frieren as they showed off their new Magic Tools.

• Li Yan considered the campaign’s impact on the Demons and the deaths of the Seven Sages of Destruction before falling asleep at his desk.
• Xiao Xue told Li Yan that Aura had picked his favorite lilies to welcome him, concealing Aura’s plan to place them on his grave.
• Li Yan found Aura trying to replant the uprooted lilies and gently reassured her that she mattered more to him than the flowers.
• Solitär showed Li Yan her moving cat ears and tail, which could hear distant sounds and tickle people.
• Frieren entered wearing a Colorful Bird Magic Tool and slowly flew forward by flapping its wings.

After Hokage became popular, Li Yan tracked down the young Himmel and Heiter and went to Himmel’s orphanage, intending to adopt two boys. He offered the orphanage generous support and asked Himmel to become his son.

• Li Yan adapted Naruto into Hokage, and The Birth of Hokage won moviegoers’ praise while Aura complained that she had been left out.
• Hokage merchandise became popular, and adventurers eagerly awaited the next film.
• Years later, Li Yan learned the locations of the young Himmel and Heiter and decided to intervene in their lives.
• Li Yan arrived at Himmel’s orphanage, where Kingdom agents reported that the area was safe and agreed to pose as his servants.
• Li Yan promised the director thirty gold coins to renovate the orphanage and support its children, then asked Himmel to become his son.

Li Yan adopted Himmel and Heiter and took them from the orphanage toward the Royal Capital. At the airship airport, he guided them into the business-class VIP lounge, where the boys began to enjoy the luxuries and food.

• Li Yan chose Himmel and asked to adopt Heiter as well, promising both boys a better life.
• Li Yan and the boys left the orphanage in a luxury Mana Battle Car and headed to the Mana Airship airport.
• During the drive, Himmel and Heiter discussed their favorite Naruto characters while Li Yan considered their future role in opposing the Demon King.
• Li Yan led Himmel and Heiter through the crowded airport and into the business-class VIP lounge.
• Li Yan encouraged Heiter to sit and offered him cake, while Himmel eagerly helped himself to the snacks.

Li Yan boarded the Mana Airship with Himmel and Heiter and helped them settle into the VIP cabins. After admiring the ship and its luxurious rooms, he hid suggestive cards from the boys and left them to rest before dinner.

• Li Yan reassured Himmel and Heiter that their VIP tickets let them board without waiting in line, then wiped food from their faces and hands.
• Li Yan took Himmel and Heiter aboard the Mana Airship and showed them the VIP section as the ship took off beneath its magical protective shield.
• Himmel admired the sky and dreamed of piloting an airship to travel the world after defeating the Demon King, while Heiter tried to act like a noble.
• Li Yan explored the ship with the boys, found their cabins at the front, and watched passengers play games and fight in a ring on the deck below.
• Li Yan settled Heiter in room 003 and Himmel in room 002, secretly pocketing the suggestive cards in both rooms before leaving them to rest.

Li Yan took Himmel and Heiter to the Mana Airship’s buffet restaurant, where their ordinary clothes drew hostile stares from wealthy passengers. The airship was suddenly struck by flying Monsters, and an alert called the flying guard unit to assemble.

• Li Yan noticed that the room cards showed different numbers of flight attendants, burned them with Fire Magic, and rested in room No. 001.
• Li Yan found Himmel and Heiter in the corridor and invited them to eat at the second-floor buffet restaurant.
• Himmel and Heiter felt uncomfortable among the wealthy passengers, who stared at their ordinary clothes.
• A loud crash shook the Mana Airship, and Himmel and Heiter sensed that Monsters were attacking.
• An alert announced that Three-Eyed Vultures were attacking and ordered the flying guard unit to assemble on the first floor.

Li Yan watched the Mana Airship’s Sky Guard Corps drive off a Three-Eyed Vulture attack and explained their abilities to Himmel and Heiter. That night, the vultures returned with their king, while Li Yan brushed off a noblewoman who tried to approach him.

• Li Yan took Himmel and Heiter to watch the Sky Guard Corps fight three Three-Eyed Vultures with magic and the airship’s laser cannons.
• Li Yan explained that the guards were elite mages and that some mages specialized in close-range combat.
• After the airship steadied, Himmel and Heiter went to the first-floor party while Li Yan stayed in the corridor and rejected a young noblewoman’s invitation.
• The Three-Eyed Vultures attacked again at night, this time accompanied by their larger leader, the Three-Eyed Vulture King.
• The young noblewoman tried to get Li Yan’s attention during the alarm, but he told her to go away and walked toward Himmel and Heiter.

The Three-Eyed Vultures overwhelmed the Sky Guard Corps, prompting the Mana Airship to call for help from its passengers. Li Yan took Himmel and Heiter into the sky and began annihilating the attacking vultures.

• The Sky Guard Corps fought the Three-Eyed Vultures, but several guards were injured and the captain struggled to hold on.
• The Mana Airship summoned passengers able to fight, and Himmel tried to join them despite being unable to fly.
• Li Yan stopped Himmel, carried him and Heiter on his shoulders, and used Space Magic to pass through the barrier.
• Li Yan killed one Three-Eyed Vulture with the Great Fireball Technique and another with Water Dragon Descent.
• Two remaining vultures fled, and Li Yan used Black Hole Annihilation to drag one of them toward a black hole as the passengers watched in shock.

After Li Yan defeated the Three-Eyed Vultures, he brought Himmel and Heiter through a Spatial Gate to the Royal Capital and settled them into their new lives. The chapter ended with Li Yan taking them to watch a Naruto movie, where the Hero of the South Uzumaki fought Pain.

• Li Yan defeated the Three-Eyed Vultures, then opened a Spatial Gate and brought Himmel and Heiter to the Royal Capital.
• Frieren watched Himmel train with a wooden sword after Li Yan asked her to instruct him, while Himmel called her Mom and asked to see a movie with his godfather.
• Aura worried that Himmel threatened her place in Li Yan’s household, and Heiter studied Goddess Magic at the Royal Capital’s church.
• Himmel persuaded Li Yan to take him to the cinema, and Heiter joined them.
• Li Yan and the boys watched the Naruto movie as the Hero of the South Uzumaki awakened and fought Pain.

Himmel and Heiter trained against Macht and Draht, while Aura, Line, and Lugner watched. Himmel lost to Macht, and after Draht badly injured Heiter by using too much force, Draht fought Lugner and was defeated for overcommitting at the start.

• Himmel attacked Macht with the Bootleg Holy Sword, but Macht parried him without moving and eventually defeated him.
• Heiter began close-quarters training with Draht, who struck him hard enough to send him flying and make him spit blood.
• Himmel stopped the fight and insisted he would protect Heiter, while Macht and Lugner reprimanded Draht for using his full strength.
• Draht fought Lugner with mana threads, but Lugner cut through them with blood-made sickles and held a blade to Draht’s throat.
• Draht admitted he could not defeat Lugner, and Lugner told him he had lost through poor judgment by going all out from the start.

After Draht defeated Heiter in close combat, Heiter trained his body alongside Himmel for three years and became remarkably muscular. Li Yan discovered Frieren had used a fictional training manual he had written for a movie, leaving him to reckon with the consequences of their extreme transformation.

• Lugner made Draht apologize to Heiter for fighting at full strength, and Heiter asked Draht to teach him his evasive footwork.
• Over the next three years, Heiter and Himmel followed an intense training regimen while Li Yan focused on magic, and Heiter eventually defeated Draht.
• Li Yan praised Heiter, then was astonished to see that Himmel had become even more muscular.
• Frieren explained that she had followed a training manual Li Yan had left in a drawer, and Li Yan realized it was a fabricated regimen for a One-Punch Man movie.
• Himmel and Heiter said they felt fine and wanted to continue training, while Li Yan privately told Frieren she would have to take responsibility for what they had become.

Li Yan brought the Hero of the South back to life in a powerful mechanical body, then took him to meet Himmel and Heiter. After the Hero of the South rushed to test his strength against them, Frieren eagerly asked Li Yan to take her out.

• Li Yan completed the Hero of the South’s Mechanical Magic Puppet body and placed his soul inside it.
• The Hero of the South learned that Li Yan had spent decades building the body for him and accepted his new life.
• Li Yan teleported the Hero of the South to Himmel and Heiter’s training ground, where the Hero of the South recognized Himmel as the hero from his visions.
• The Hero of the South charged at Himmel and Heiter to test his mechanical body, while Macht watched with interest.
• Li Yan found Frieren relaxing at home, and she clung to him and asked to go out for fun.

Li Yan, Frieren, Solitär, Aura, and Line secretly followed Himmel’s party to watch them confront Corrupt Sage Qual, whose new killing magic pierced ordinary defenses. As the battle began, the Hero of the South activated his Faster-than-Light System and rushed to intercept Qual’s attack.

• Frieren asked Li Yan about Qual’s powerful killing magic, and Li Yan explained that it pierced existing defenses and that he had developed a True Shield against it.
• Frieren suggested following Himmel’s party, and Solitär and Aura asked to join; Li Yan agreed and teleported them to Himmel’s location.
• Li Yan and his companions watched Himmel, Heiter, the Hero of the South, and their new dwarf companion prepare an ambush from a Cloud Sofa.
• Qual arrived and taunted the Hero of the South before firing killing magic at Himmel’s party.
• The Hero of the South activated his Faster-than-Light System and slashed at Qual’s attack, astonishing Frieren and Solitär.

Li Yan intervened when the Sage of Corruption threatened Himmel, Eize, Heiter, and the Hero of the South, then killed the Demon with Black Hole Annihilation. After Li Yan left, the Hero of the South wondered why people treated him like a hero before the group found a Naruto movie billboard featuring him and Li Yan.

• Himmel, Eize, Heiter, and the Hero of the South attacked the Sage of Corruption, but his multiple Killing Magic spells put them in danger.
• Frieren urged Li Yan to help, and he appeared before the group to block the Sage's attacks with a defensive shield.
• Li Yan trapped the Sage of Corruption with Black Hole Annihilation and killed him with copied Killing Magic.
• The Hero of the South told Li Yan he had not yet mastered his mechanical body, and Li Yan left before answering his question about his growing popularity.
• The Hero of the South, Himmel, Heiter, and Eize passed a billboard advertising a Naruto movie that featured the Hero of the South and Uchiha Li Yan.