Recaps

Over centuries, Li Yan built a powerful Kingdom, reunited with Frieren, and brought Macht and Solitär into human society. The arc ended with Li Yan defeating Aura and her companions, collaring them, and purifying her army of headless knights.

• Li Yan and Little Fool killed the nobles behind the young King’s assassination, while the Lionheart Earl became King and the Kingdom entered a magical golden age.
• Li Yan revived Xiao Wu and Xiao Xue in human mechanical bodies, then sent Little Fool to infiltrate Demon territory as the Nameless Greater Demon.
• After years of gathering martial knowledge and strengthening his body, Li Yan reunited with Little Fool and learned about her acquaintance with Solitär and Macht.
• Li Yan brought Macht and Solitär to the Royal Capital, then reunited with Frieren and helped her study Diagoldze and recover her golden arm.
• Frieren learned Curse Reversal Magic, while Macht and Solitär became residents of the Unified Kingdom under Subjugation Collars.
• Li Yan spent time with Frieren, taking her shopping, to an aquarium and cinema, teaching her to drive, and showing her a Mana Rocket Launcher test.
• Li Yan confronted Aura and her companions in Earl Granat’s territory, defeated them with his magic, and forced Aura to submit through the Obedience Scale.
• Li Yan collared Aura, Draht, Line, and Lugner, then used Purification Magic to destroy the tens of thousands of controlled headless knights.

Li Yan took in Aura, trained the Hero of the South, and intervened in the war against the Demons before adopting Himmel and Heiter. Years later, he revived the Hero of the South in a mechanical body and helped Himmel’s party defeat Qual, the Sage of Corruption.

• Li Yan brought Aura and her officers to his castle, assigned them roles, and introduced them to life in the Unified Kingdom.
• Li Yan watched the National Hero Tournament and recognized the Hero of the South, then took him on as a disciple and trained him.
• The Hero of the South tested the real Holy Sword but could not draw it, and Li Yan and Frieren assured him that a hero did not need to wield it.
• Schlacht’s forces ambushed the Hero of the South, and Li Yan joined Frieren, Solitär, and Macht in the battle, where the hero suffered fatal wounds and was sealed by Li Yan.
• Li Yan built a mechanical body for the Hero of the South, while he adopted Himmel and Heiter and brought them to the Royal Capital after saving them from Three-Eyed Vultures.
• Frieren trained Himmel and Heiter using Li Yan’s mistaken One-Punch Man regimen, and the boys grew much stronger over three years.
• Li Yan placed the Hero of the South’s soul in his mechanical body, and the hero began testing it against Himmel and Heiter.
• Li Yan and his companions watched Himmel, Heiter, Eize, and the Hero of the South confront Qual, then Li Yan shielded them and killed the Sage of Corruption.

After the Demon King’s defeat, Li Yan reunited with Frieren, watched Himmel and Heiter build lives of their own, and took Fern in after finding her orphaned. He trained Fern and traveled with her and Frieren, while Stark proved himself against a dragon and Sein declined Li Yan’s offer to study in the Royal Capital.

• Himmel and Heiter defeated the Demon King with Li Yan’s help, and Himmel returned to the Royal Capital as a celebrated hero.
• Frieren left to collect support magic, while Li Yan remained behind and later met her again for the half-century meteor shower.
• Li Yan restored Himmel’s youth, and Himmel and Heiter held a joint wedding before Li Yan agreed to help Macht with his plan for Glück and his daughter.
• As war ravaged the Kingdom, Li Yan found Fern beside her dead parents and brought her home, where Heiter accepted her as his younger sister.
• Li Yan and Frieren trained Fern in magic, and Fern became a qualified mage before joining them on a journey and celebrating her birthday.
• Li Yan, Frieren, and Fern challenged Stark to face the Red Mirror Dragon, and Stark killed it before Himmel offered to train him.
• The travelers confronted a Phantom Demon whose illusions made Fern hesitate, then Fern was bitten by a venomous snake.
• Li Yan and Frieren brought Fern to a village church, where Sein cured her but refused Li Yan’s invitation to continue his studies in the Royal Capital.

Li Yan, Frieren, and Fern passed the first two stages of the First-Class Mage exam, with Li Yan leading a team through the Royal Crypt Labyrinth and defeating its replicas. Serie passed Fern but failed Frieren, then recognized Li Yan’s Eternal Youth Magic and subjected him to a brutal examination.

• Sein left the village to search for his childhood friend Gorilla Warrior, while Li Yan, Frieren, and Fern continued north and destroyed the curse’s Chaos Flower source.
• Li Yan and his companions reached Grandpa Voll, who revealed that he had protected the village to honor a promise to his human wife, then qualified for the First-Class Mage exam in Äußerst.
• Li Yan’s Eternal Youth Magic left him with a childlike appearance, but he entered the exam with Frieren and Fern and was assigned Kanne and Lawine as teammates for the first test.
• Li Yan’s team caught a Stille and joined forces with Frieren’s group, gathering enough birds to pass the first test after Frieren dispelled Serie’s barrier.
• Li Yan’s expanded team entered the Royal Crypt Labyrinth, where immortal replicas attacked the examinees and the group reunited with Übel, Lanto, and Wirbel.
• Fern spotted the weakness in Frieren’s replica, and Li Yan protected Fern from its attack before Frieren destroyed the copy.
• Li Yan fought his replica as the group defeated the Water Mirror Demon, then he and Fern passed an extravagant dinner together before returning with food for Frieren.
• Serie passed Fern after she recognized the wavering in Serie’s Mana, failed Frieren, and then identified Li Yan’s Eternal Youth Magic array before attacking him with Mythical Era magic.