Recaps

Himmel, Heiter, Eize, and the Hero of the South went to see Naruto: The Movie, while Li Yan watched it with Frieren and the others. Afterward, Frieren drew attention because the film’s Ōtsutsuki Frieren looked like her, leaving her embarrassed and hiding in Li Yan’s arms.

• Himmel and Heiter invited Eize to the movie, and the Hero of the South agreed to join them.
• Eize recognized Uchiha Li Yan on the billboard and guessed that Uchiha Flamme’s death had driven him to oppose a world consumed by war.
• Li Yan watched the audience react as Ōtsutsuki Frieren, modeled after Frieren, fought Uzumaki Hero of the South and Uchiha Macht.
• Li Yan led Frieren, Aura, Solitär, and Line out of the cinema and reassured Frieren, who felt dejected about appearing in the film.
• At a nearby milk tea shop, customers gathered around Frieren and compared her to Ōtsutsuki Frieren, making her hide shyly in Li Yan’s arms.

Li Yan took Frieren, Solitär, Aura, and Line to an amusement park, where the group rode attractions that revealed Frieren and Aura’s fear of thrills and haunted houses. As they ended the day on the Ferris wheel, Frieren kissed Li Yan, surprising the others.

• Li Yan brought the women to an amusement park, where Frieren and Aura clung to their companions on the roller coaster while Solitär enjoyed the ride.
• Frieren and Aura waited with ice cream while Li Yan, Solitär, and Line rode the giant pendulum; afterward, Frieren joined everyone on the pirate ship and Li Yan calmed her with a spell.
• Aura cried and nearly attacked the haunted house, while Frieren was frightened by its ghosts and asked Li Yan to take her to the bathroom.
• Frieren and Aura enjoyed the gentle carousel with the others after avoiding more intense rides.
• Li Yan explained a Ferris wheel tradition about kissing, and Frieren kissed him while the others stared in surprise.

After watching a Naruto movie with Himmel’s party, Li Yan and his companions found the underground labyrinth already stripped clean by Himmel’s thorough exploring. On a forest walk, they encountered a green-haired Monster girl disguised as a helpless traveler, and Li Yan gently questioned her about the people she had eaten.

• Solitär, Aura, and Line each kissed Li Yan after Frieren did, leaving him bewildered.
• Himmel and his companions watched a Naruto movie and discussed its heroes and battles.
• Himmel insisted on clearing every room in the underground labyrinth, while Heiter, Eize, and the Hero of the South supported his approach.
• Li Yan’s group found the labyrinth’s rooms emptied by Himmel’s party, so Li Yan led them away.
• On a forest road, Li Yan and the others found a green-haired girl calling for help, whom Frieren and Solitär suspected was a man-eating Monster.
• Li Yan stroked the Monster girl’s head and asked how many travelers she had eaten.

Li Yan killed a monster girl that had lured travelers to their deaths, then continued clearing the route ahead of Himmel’s party. Three years later, he was still traveling with Frieren and the others, who remained nearly a year from the Demon King’s Castle.

• Li Yan and Frieren exposed the monster girl’s deception after finding the remains of her victims in a cave.
• The monster girl attacked with vines and begged for mercy, but Li Yan burned her body and used earth and Hellfire to destroy her hidden real body.
• Li Yan led Frieren and the others onward, killing Monsters that threatened people along the forest path.
• After three years, Li Yan noted that Himmel’s party was still nearly a year from the Demon King’s Castle.
• While clearing an underground labyrinth ahead of the party, Li Yan found Frieren trapped headfirst in a Mimic for the 1,721st time and teased her about getting curly hair.

Li Yan and his companions joined Himmel’s party at the Demon King’s Castle after the hero’s group was overwhelmed by the Demon King. The battle continued as Frieren, Solitär, and the others attacked, while Li Yan defended them and Himmel’s party regrouped.

• Solitär reported that she had cleared the Underground Labyrinth, and Li Yan led Frieren to open its marked treasure chests.
• Three years later, Himmel’s party reached the Demon King’s Castle and was defeated after fighting the Demon King for an hour.
• Li Yan appeared with Frieren and his companions, and Frieren attacked the Demon King with Normal Attack Magic.
• Solitär attacked the Demon King with Mana Greatswords, while the Demon King condemned her coexistence with humans and called Aura a disgrace.
• The Demon King unleashed his mana and struck at Frieren, but Li Yan’s layered defenses bought her time as Himmel engaged him.
• Eize and Heiter joined the fight, but the Demon King sent Eize crashing through the castle walls, and the Hero of the South removed his damaged mechanical components.

Li Yan, Frieren, and their allies defeated the Demon King, who died beneath Li Yan’s Holy Sword. Afterward, Himmel returned to the Royal Capital, where he was honored as a national hero and began a peaceful new life.

• Li Yan’s invisible spell sent the Demon King flying, giving the party an opening to attack.
• The Demon King unleashed his full Mana, overpowering Eize and Himmel before attacking Frieren.
• Li Yan defended Frieren and used predicted movements and elemental spells to wear down the Demon King.
• Li Yan drew the Holy Sword and split the Demon King’s Castle, killing the Demon King.
• Himmel returned to the Royal Capital and received a public celebration and the title of National Hero.
• Himmel settled in the Royal Capital, tending to the country and its people while remembering his past adventures.

After the Demon King’s death, Frieren and Li Yan watched a meteor shower and discussed their plans for the future. Frieren left to collect support magic, while Li Yan stayed in the Royal Capital and began research with Solitär.

• Li Yan and Frieren watched the rare meteor shower and talked about their plans now that the Demon King was dead.
• Frieren decided to travel and collect support magic, and Li Yan agreed to wait for her in the Royal Capital.
• Frieren left, while Li Yan stayed because he wanted to make use of Himmel’s remaining years.
• Heiter became Archbishop and promoted the idea that priests needed powerful bodies, while Eize returned to his hometown.
• Li Yan led Solitär into the research institute to begin their research.

After decades of magical research, Li Yan attended Himmel’s seventieth birthday banquet and secretly reunited with his old friends. He left his identity hidden from the nobles, though Heiter recognized him.

• Li Yan left his research institute and learned that Himmel was celebrating his seventieth birthday while Heiter was still unmarried.
• Li Yan traveled to Himmel’s castle, where the nobles admired his appearance but did not recognize him.
• Himmel spotted Li Yan and restrained himself from greeting his godfather publicly when Li Yan signaled him to keep quiet.
• Heiter arrived and reunited with Himmel, who drew his attention to Li Yan among the noblewomen.
• Heiter recognized Li Yan as his father, and Himmel warned him not to reveal Li Yan’s identity.

At Himmel’s birthday banquet, Li Yan left the nobles to confront Himmel and Heiter about never marrying or having children, and offered to restore their youthful appearances. The Hero of the South arrived, and Li Yan examined his improved mechanical body.

• Li Yan left the banquet guests and went with Himmel and Heiter to the castle study, prompting Princess Yaya to wonder about his connection to them.
• Li Yan scolded Himmel and Heiter for remaining unmarried and urged them to find partners and have children.
• Li Yan offered to restore Himmel and Heiter to their forties, and both men became interested in the possibility of romance.
• The Hero of the South entered the study and greeted Himmel and Li Yan.
• Li Yan examined the Hero of the South’s mechanical body and praised its upgraded components.

Li Yan reunited with Frieren beneath the meteor shower, fulfilling the promise they had made fifty years earlier. As the meteors faded, Frieren leaned toward him, and the chapter left their next moment unresolved.

• Li Yan gave Himmel a restored youthful appearance for his seventieth birthday and ordered him to find a spouse within a week.
• Heiter agreed to seek a wife and said he wanted to watch the coming meteor shower with her.
• Li Yan remembered his promise to Frieren as the half-century meteor shower approached.
• Li Yan traveled to the Royal Capital’s highest point and found Frieren waiting there.
• Li Yan and Frieren watched the meteor shower together, and she took his clothes as he put an arm around her.
• As the last meteor neared the horizon, Frieren closed her eyes and leaned toward Li Yan.

Li Yan welcomed Frieren home with a family reunion dinner after they watched a meteor shower. Later, Himmel and Heiter married, and Li Yan promised Solitär they could marry when Flamme returned to life, leaving Frieren quiet at the mention of her master.

• Li Yan brought Frieren home through a Spatial Gate, where Aura, Line, Solitär, Xiao Wu, Xiao Xue, and Macht welcomed her to a reunion dinner.
• Macht revealed that Li Yan had talked about Frieren in his sleep, and Li Yan served her a Spicy Chicken Wing.
• Himmel and Heiter held a joint wedding, with the Lionheart King officiating and Eize enduring their attempts to find him a match.
• Frieren watched the wedding with Li Yan and said Himmel and Heiter were happy.
• Solitär asked whether she could marry Li Yan, and he agreed on the condition that Flamme returned to life.
• Frieren started to speak but lowered her head when she thought of Flamme.

Macht revealed that he had turned Glück’s sick daughter to gold and planned to do the same to Glück so he could later be restored, asking Li Yan to help him. Years later, as Himmel faced death, Li Yan offered him a choice between becoming a statue or a machine.

• Macht told Li Yan that he had turned Glück’s daughter to gold and that Denken had been told she died of her illness.
• Macht explained that he wanted to turn Glück to gold so he could feel guilt and malice, then have him restored in the future to live happily with his daughter.
• Li Yan agreed to help Macht after Macht calmly begged him to spare Denken.
• Years later, Himmel came to Li Yan as his life neared its end, and Li Yan asked whether he wanted to become a statue or a machine.

Himmel chose a mechanical body so he could remain with his wife and children, then fought Demons as the Era of Himmel's Passing unfolded. When war among the human kingdoms devastated the countryside, Li Yan found an orphaned girl named Fern and took her with him.

• Himmel chose a mechanical body, and Demons took advantage of the time he needed to adjust to it to launch attacks.
• Himmel, the Hero of the South, and their allies defeated Demons in the fifth year, then fought Greater Demons in the tenth year, losing one of Himmel's mechanical arms as Rivale escaped.
• Human kingdoms declared war on the Lionheart King in the fifteenth year, plunging the Kingdom into chaos.
• Li Yan traveled through a ruined town with Heiter, who healed the surviving townspeople.
• Li Yan found a wary little girl beside her dead parents, offered her candy, and invited her to come home with him.
• The girl accepted Li Yan's offer and told him her name was Fern.

After the war, Li Yan adopted Fern as his goddaughter and brought her home to the castle, where the household gathered to meet her. Aura teased him by suggesting Fern was his biological daughter, provoking his wrath.

• Li Yan introduced Fern to Heiter after burying her parents, and Heiter accepted her as his new younger sister.
• Li Yan stayed with Fern while Heiter treated the wounded, then took her through a Spatial Gate after the Kingdom's army arrived to aid the displaced townspeople.
• Heiter reassured Fern about her new home and said goodbye before Li Yan brought her to the castle.
• Aura announced that Li Yan had brought a woman home, drawing Frieren, Solitär, Xiao Wu, Xiao Xue, Line, and Macht into the hall.
• Li Yan introduced Fern as his goddaughter, and Aura mischievously asked whether she was his biological daughter, prompting him to threaten Aura with his burning iron sand palm.

Li Yan welcomed Fern into his family, gave her a lavish dinner and a room of her own, and comforted her as she grieved for her parents. After casting a spell to protect her dreams, he went to punish Aura for her earlier arrogance, while Aura tried to keep him out of her room.

• Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue praised Fern, and Li Yan told everyone to stop crowding her because she was part of the family now.
• At dinner, Li Yan served Fern food and promised to protect her, while Aura watched him give Fern all her favorite dishes.
• Li Yan showed Fern her pink room filled with stuffed animals and comforts, and she told him she loved it despite feeling sad about losing her parents.
• Li Yan reassured Fern, wished her good night, and cast a Dream-Protection Spell on her room before heading to Aura's room.
• Aura refused to open her locked door and taunted Li Yan, while Line decided to pretend she was asleep; Li Yan then appeared beside Aura and stroked her head.

Li Yan brought Fern out for a sunny picnic with Frieren, Solitär, Aura, Macht, and a pack of puppies, hoping to give her a comforting morning. Fern began to relax among her new companions, while the puppies caused trouble and Macht impressed her by carving an ice puppy.

• Li Yan invited Fern to join breakfast on the lawn, and she washed up, dressed herself, and came downstairs.
• Fern tried to pet the puppies, but they crowded around Li Yan, who showed her how to tempt them with food.
• A puppy took Frieren's Magic Tome, so Frieren restrained it and lured it into dropping the tome with a piece of meat.
• Aura ordered a puppy to bite Frieren, but it instead bit Aura's shoe, and she angrily shooed it away.
• Macht offered drinks, made Fern papaya milk with an ice puppy carved from gold, and refused Aura's request for an ice Demon King.

Li Yan and Frieren trained Fern to improve her magic, first using a rocket launcher to practice accuracy and then teaching her Mana Restriction Magic. After months of training, Fern destroyed a boulder more than seven hundred meters away, and Frieren approved of her progress.

• Li Yan asked Fern to break a boulder five hundred meters away with Normal Attack Magic as a test before taking her to the amusement park.
• Frieren gave Fern a rocket launcher to practice aiming, and Fern hit a boulder at two hundred meters with her first shot.
• After two and a half months of practice, Fern could hit a boulder beyond five hundred meters, but her attack only chipped it.
• Frieren taught Fern Mana Restriction Magic and told her to maintain it for the rest of her life.
• After a month of training with the spell, Fern destroyed a boulder more than seven hundred meters away, earning Frieren's approval.

After Fern became a qualified mage by shattering a boulder from seven hundred meters away, Li Yan promised to take her to the amusement park. Fern, Li Yan, and Frieren spent the day enjoying rides and meeting mascots, and Fern returned home delighted.

• Fern shattered a boulder from seven hundred meters away, and Frieren congratulated her on becoming a qualified mage.
• Fern ran to tell Li Yan she had exceeded her training goal, and he promised to take her to the amusement park the next day.
• Li Yan took Fern and Frieren to the amusement park, where Fern rode the roller coaster and Frieren reluctantly joined her.
• Fern and Frieren enjoyed the carousel and other rides, then Fern excitedly interacted with the mascot NPCs using Li Yan's super VIP card.
• Fern had a wonderful time at the amusement park and ran beside Li Yan on the way back.

After Heiter exhausted his life force and chose to devote himself to the Goddess, Li Yan turned him into a statue and took Fern and Frieren on a journey to clear his head. The chapter ended with Li Yan leaving Fern to face a giant red bird Monster as her first opponent on the road.

• Li Yan ordered Mechanical Spiders to investigate whether a suspicious boy had appeared beside Eize, then continued studying Rejuvenation Magic.
• Fern earned third-class mage certification in her teens, while the Intelligence Department reported that Stark had quarreled with Eize and run away.
• Heiter refused Li Yan’s offered choices and said he wanted to devote his life to the Goddess, so Li Yan knocked him out and arranged for him to be turned into a statue.
• Himmel watched Heiter being carried away, and Frieren comforted Li Yan by patting his head.
• Li Yan set out with Fern and Frieren on foot, and warned Fern to watch for Monsters in the sky.
• A giant red bird swooped toward Fern, and Li Yan told her to fight it as her first opponent since leaving home.

Li Yan and Frieren celebrated Fern’s birthday in Bokari Small Town, where Li Yan prepared a lavish breakfast and Fern woke to his wishes. The chapter left Fern enjoying the meal with Frieren while her birthday cake waited for noon.

• Fern killed her first Monster, a giant bird, and Frieren praised her accuracy, power, and casting speed before Li Yan praised and patted her head.
• During the carriage ride, Li Yan asked Fern what she wanted for her birthday, and Frieren decided to give her a Magic Potion that could dissolve clothes.
• In Bokari Small Town, Li Yan prepared a lavish birthday breakfast and chose a priceless red agate from his Storage Alternate Space as Fern’s present.
• Li Yan woke Fern and wished her a happy birthday, then Fern brushed Frieren’s hair and dressed her before they went to breakfast.
• Fern and Frieren enjoyed Li Yan’s cooking, and Li Yan saved Fern’s cake for noon when she was too full to eat it.

Fern received a red agate and a clothes-dissolving potion for her birthday, while Li Yan and his companions visited Stark’s village to recruit him to fight the Red Mirror Dragon. Stark doubted his ability, but Li Yan challenged him to stop running away as the dragon still threatened the village.

• Fern admired Li Yan’s red agate gift, then accepted Frieren’s clothes-dissolving potion and secretly pocketed it.
• In the twenty-eighth year after Himmel’s passing, Li Yan brought Frieren and Fern to Stark’s village, where they heard how Stark had protected it from the Red Mirror Dragon.
• Li Yan recognized Stark as Eize’s apprentice and learned that Stark had driven the dragon away three years earlier.
• Li Yan asked Stark to kill the Red Mirror Dragon, but Stark said he was not strong enough.
• Li Yan reminded Stark that the dragon had fled because of him and challenged him not to keep running away from danger.

Li Yan encouraged Stark to face the Red Mirror Dragon as a way to train him, and Stark overcame his fear and returned to defend the village. The chapter ended as Stark descended into the gorge and the dragon sensed him approaching.

• Li Yan told Stark that the party would attack the Red Mirror Dragon the next morning, then explained to Fern that he had exaggerated his own strength to encourage Stark.
• Li Yan said Himmel would arrive the next day and suggested that Stark train alongside him.
• The next morning, Stark was missing, but he returned with his Battle Axe and vowed to protect the village.
• Li Yan, Frieren, and Fern followed Stark to the gorge where the Red Mirror Dragon slept atop a pile of treasure.
• Stark jumped into the gorge, and the Red Mirror Dragon sensed him and stared at him with its golden eyes.

Stark killed the Red Mirror Dragon after discovering that Li Yan, Frieren, and Fern had left him to fight alone. Himmel arrived and took Stark under his wing, while Frieren and Fern found a spellbook that let its user see through clothes.

• Stark charged the Red Mirror Dragon and fought on despite his fear, believing his master's friends would attack with magic.
• Stark saw Li Yan, Frieren, and Fern watching from above instead of preparing a spell, then realized he would have to rely on himself.
• Stark killed the wounded Red Mirror Dragon with Flash Heaven Strike, impressing Fern and Himmel.
• Li Yan told Himmel to take Stark, and Himmel introduced himself as Eize's friend and offered to train him.
• Frieren beat Li Yan to a Magic Tome containing a spell that let its user see through clothes, and Fern learned the spell while Li Yan pretended not to be interested.

Li Yan, Frieren, and Fern confronted a Phantom Demon whose illusions showed them people they had lost, and Li Yan comforted Fern after destroying the phantoms of her parents. Later, while Fern was poisoned by a snake, they heard a cry for help and found a man trapped in a bog, leaving them to decide whether to help him before seeking treatment for Fern.

• Li Yan, Frieren, and Fern learned that a Phantom Demon was luring villagers in the mountains with illusions of dead loved ones, and they went to confront it.
• Fern encountered phantoms of her parents and hesitated until Li Yan shattered them with a beam of magic.
• Li Yan comforted Fern, while Frieren asked whether he had seen their master; Li Yan said he had seen many familiar people.
• Afterward, Fern was bitten by a venomous snake, and Frieren suggested seeking help from a nearby village priest.
• The group heard someone cry for help and found a middle-aged man stuck in a bog; Li Yan allowed them ten seconds to assist him.

Li Yan rushed Fern to a village church after she was bitten by a poisonous snake, where Sein cured her. Li Yan invited Sein to train in the Royal Capital, but Sein refused, choosing to stay in the village with his older brother.

• Li Yan and Frieren rescued a middle-aged man from a swamp, then carried Fern to a nearby village church for treatment.
• The Priest with Glasses failed to cure Fern's snake venom but said his brother could help when he returned with medicinal herbs.
• As Li Yan prepared to take Fern back to the Royal Capital, the muddy man from the swamp arrived, and the Priest with Glasses identified him as his brother, Sein.
• Sein treated Fern, and Li Yan invited him to continue his studies in the Royal Capital.
• Sein refused Li Yan's invitation, saying he did not want to leave the village.