Chapter Summaries

Li Yan fed Serie snow ice shrimp and brought her bed and Magic Tomes to the place where she was sealed, then returned to Flamme for dinner and sleep. Flamme noticed a familiar scent on him, and Li Yan hurriedly covered up the secret.

• Serie devoured Li Yan’s snow ice shrimp and asked him to bring her bed and Magic Tomes down so she could sleep and read while sealed.
• Li Yan returned to Flamme, who had reheated dinner for him, and ate while she lovingly fed him.
• Flamme noticed that Li Yan smelled like someone she knew, making him panic and rush to the bathroom.
• Li Yan cleaned himself, used Spatial Movement to get cologne from a perfume shop, and returned to Flamme.
• Flamme teased Li Yan about smelling like a girlfriend, while he insisted it was an old acquaintance, then gathered him into her arms to sleep.

Li Yan spent the morning caring for Flamme and preparing breakfast before bringing food to the chained Serie. When Serie could not use magic to wash herself, Li Yan bathed and dried her hair, leaving her silently vowing to get even.

• Li Yan gathered fresh ingredients through a Spatial Gate and cooked a varied breakfast for Flamme and Serie.
• Li Yan combed Flamme’s hair, helped her wash up, and packed a generous lunchbox for Serie.
• Li Yan arrived at Serie’s Castle and woke Serie, who was restrained by Anti-Magic Stone chains.
• Serie could not use Cleaning Magic, so Li Yan carried her to the bathroom and washed her face and hair despite her protests.
• Li Yan dried Serie’s hair with Hot Air Magic, while Serie privately swore to take revenge on him in the future.

Li Yan visited his family in the Lionheart Earl Territory while trying to avoid changing the future. After briefly speaking with his father, he left the Castle to regain his composure and discern the course of fate.

• Li Yan cared for Serie, then left after she asked him to bring mushrooms from Mount Zhumate for lunch.
• Li Yan visited the Lionheart Earl Territory and entered the Castle secretly through a Spatial Gate.
• Li Yan overheard Xiao Xue and Xiao Wu lamenting that life was harder while he was away.
• Li Yan met the Lionheart Earl, who asked why he had not announced his visit and told him that his mother was in the garden.
• Li Yan left the Castle with Space Magic, concerned that spending more time with his family would alter the future.

Li Yan returned to the Lionheart Earl Territory to visit his mother, then traveled to Sword Village to see the Holy Sword and Chief Little Rabbit. He left the village claiming he was a hero from the future who had returned to the past.

• Li Yan visited his mother in the Castle garden, reassured her that he was well, and shared pastries with her before preparing to leave.
• Li Yan told his mother to take care of herself and not overwork his maids, then left the Lionheart Earl Territory using Spatial Movement.
• Li Yan arrived at Sword Village, entered the cave, drew the Holy Sword, and returned it to its seal after promising to take it home next time.
• Li Yan disguised himself in a black robe and met Chief Little Rabbit in the village.
• Li Yan told Chief Little Rabbit that he knew her favorite foods and claimed he was a hero from the future who had returned to the past.

Li Yan visited Chief Little Rabbit and told her about the future, then returned to Flamme and helped her refine a spell. On his third day in the past, he missed Fern, Frieren, and Solitär but admitted that he wanted to stay with Flamme longer.

• Li Yan explained to Chief Little Rabbit that he had come from the future, and she questioned him about her best friend and the Demon King's defeat.
• Li Yan told Chief Little Rabbit that wars would continue after the Demon King's death but assured her that peace would eventually come; he then left to see Flamme.
• Li Yan returned to find Serie requesting treats and magic materials, and he complained that caring for his prisoner felt like serving her.
• Li Yan helped Flamme revise a spell that removed bad smells, suggesting a stronger mana output to clear odors instantly.
• On his third day in the past, Li Yan thought about Fern, Frieren, and Solitär, but told Flamme he wanted to spend more time with her.

Li Yan left the past after saying goodbye to Flamme and parting from Serie, then returned to his own time. He headed for the chest he had buried a thousand years earlier and sensed its sealing magic beneath an old tree.

• Li Yan said goodbye to Flamme at the Goddess's Monument and opened a Spatial Gate to visit Serie before leaving the past.
• Li Yan returned Serie's key and panties, removed his tracking magic, and left her castle as her restraints began to weaken.
• Li Yan buried the panties in a gold treasure chest beneath the mountain and sealed it before returning to the Goddess's Monument.
• Li Yan recited the monument's magic and returned to his own time, waking after three days with Solitär beside him.
• Li Yan walked down the mountain with Solitär and detected the chest's sealing barriers beneath a massive old tree.

Li Yan recovered the Golden Treasure Chest he had buried a thousand years earlier, then released and killed Rea, one of the Seven Sages of Destruction. He returned home with Solitär and was welcomed by Aura, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Xue.

• Li Yan and Solitär dug up the Golden Treasure Chest, but Li Yan stored it away before Solitär could open it.
• Li Yan used Earth-Rending Magic to reveal Rea sealed beneath the Goddess's Monument and freed her from the Sealing Magic.
• Rea tried to escape and attack Li Yan with Space Magic, but his Spatial Barrier trapped her and he killed her with the Holy Sword.
• Li Yan took Solitär through the Spatial Gate and returned home, where Aura, Xiao Wu, and Xiao Xue welcomed him.
• Li Yan asked Xiao Wu for snacks and told Xiao Xue he wanted apple juice, gently touching their mechanical bodies.

Li Yan opened a thousand-year-old treasure chest and was caught by Serie with the panties he had kept inside. Serie restrained him while he tried to keep Fern from learning why she was angry, and the chapter ended with him asking Serie to cast a silencing spell before she hurt him again.

• Li Yan opened the golden treasure chest and found the fragrant panties preserved inside.
• Serie entered Li Yan's room, recognized the scent, and pulled the panties from his pocket.
• Serie restrained Li Yan with sealing magic and vines after revealing she had not truly let his past offense go.
• Frieren and Fern arrived, but Li Yan refused Fern's offer to help so she would not learn the truth.
• Solitär challenged Serie, but Li Yan ordered her and the others out, leaving him alone with Serie.
• Li Yan asked Serie to cast a silencing spell, then cried out in pain.

Serie punished Li Yan for his revenge against her a thousand years in the past, then treated his injuries with a restorative Magic Potion. Li Yan recovered under Frieren and Fern’s care and quietly planned to defy his master and Grandmaster again.

• Serie confronted Li Yan about the past and whipped him after he tried to blame her for his revenge.
• Frieren and Fern tended Li Yan’s wounds, while Frieren speculated that he had made a move on Serie.
• Serie brought Li Yan a restorative Magic Potion and explained that their grudges would be settled once he recovered.
• After Serie left, Li Yan began planning his next act of defiance.

Li Yan learned that Tod, the Demon End Saint, was developing a curse that could cover the world and ordered Himmel and the Hero of the South to find her. After Aura confirmed that Tod’s magic could destroy the world, Li Yan resolved to kill her.

• After receiving reports that the Demons had been unusually quiet, Li Yan suspected Tod’s world-spanning curse was behind it and ordered Himmel and the Hero of the South to seek her out.
• Fern asked about Tod, and Solitär explained that Tod was beautiful in her mana and magic but rarely fought, usually relying on her subordinates and Rivale.
• Li Yan questioned Solitär about her undercover work, and she defended herself by saying the Greater Demons were too dangerous to investigate closely.
• Li Yan summoned Aura for information about Tod, and Aura warned that Tod rarely harmed humans but reacted with delight when she heard Tod had developed her destructive magic.
• After Aura confirmed Tod’s magic could destroy the world, Li Yan declared that Tod had to die.

Himmel and Eize began gathering priests for their campaign against the Demon saint Tod, while Li Yan took his friends to a swimming pool in the Royal Capital. The group reunited with several familiar mages and met their idols Aura and Line, while Li Yan still struggled with the effects of Eternal Youth Magic.

• Himmel and Eize discussed hunting the Demon saint Tod and agreed they needed reliable priests skilled at breaking curses.
• Li Yan invited Aura, Solitär, Frieren, Fern, Edel, Lawine, Kanne, Übel, Methode, and Serie to swim at a private pool.
• Kanne and Lawine recognized Aura and Line from The Great Detective and eagerly greeted them.
• Methode admired the younger girls, while Edel and Übel reacted to the gathering and Aura's presence.
• Serie teased Li Yan about starting a harem, and he complained that Eternal Youth Magic still made him look like Fern's little brother.

Li Yan organized a poolside water volleyball tournament, and the Demon team defeated the new generation team. The magic elite team’s match began with Frieren repeatedly getting hit in the head by the ball, leaving Fern convinced they had no chance.

• Li Yan divided the players into four teams and recruited Zanze to help referee the tournament.
• Aura, Line, and Solitär’s Demon team faced Edel, Kanne, and Lawine’s new generation team, with Line copying Edel’s shot and Solitär using a spinning ball to score.
• After half an hour, the Demon team defeated the new generation team through their superior physical abilities and reactions.
• Frieren tried to serve against Methode, Übel, and Laufen’s close-range mage team but hit herself in the head with the ball.
• Serie tossed the ball for Frieren again, and Frieren was struck in the head once more, prompting Fern to lose hope in their chances.

Serie’s volleyball match ended in a victory for the Demons team, whose members earned the right to have their wishes granted. Li Yan congratulated Solitär, Aura, and Line and asked what they wanted.

• Serie’s team played volleyball against the close-range magic team, but Fern could not make up for Frieren’s poor play and her side lost.
• During the break, the players enjoyed desserts before the Demons team faced the close-range magic team in the final.
• Aura served forcefully, and Line blocked Übel’s return to score the Demons team’s first point.
• Übel, Laufen, and Methode battled Solitär, Aura, and Line until the Demons team won the final by five points.
• Li Yan congratulated Solitär, Aura, and Line and asked what wishes they wanted granted.

Li Yan granted Solitär’s wish to visit the aquarium with him, while Aura failed to settle on a wish and Line remained undecided. At the aquarium, Solitär enjoyed seeing and studying marine life, and Li Yan took her to a nearby seafood restaurant after their visit.

• Aura wished to make Li Yan her pet, but he denied her request and rejected her attempts to bargain for more wishes.
• Solitär asked to visit the aquarium alone with Li Yan, and he granted her wish; Line hesitated over what to ask for.
• After the pool party, Li Yan found Solitär waiting, and they left together for the aquarium.
• Li Yan and Solitär explored the aquarium, watched the animal performances, tried the touch pools, and experienced a magical virtual-reality attraction that inspired Solitär’s research.
• Solitär joined a behind-the-scenes tour, and Li Yan took her to a nearby restaurant for seafood.

Li Yan took Solitär on a seafood outing and then spent private time with her before accompanying Aura to the Royal Capital’s largest arcade. Their fighting-game match left Li Yan facing Aura’s powerful Schlacht and a copied Heiter, with the outcome unresolved.

• Li Yan realized Solitär was sad because their time together had ended, so he took her to a hotel and spent more time with her.
• Aura asked Li Yan to visit the Kuku Dog Arcade with her and challenged him to a fighting game where the loser had to obey the winner.
• Aura beat Li Yan’s first character, the Hero of the South, with the Demon King, but Li Yan defeated her God of War Rivale using Heiter.
• Aura’s Schlacht used Foresee the Future to damage Heiter and reduce the accuracy of his next three attacks.
• Aura revealed Schlacht’s ultimate, You from the Future, which summoned a copy of Heiter and left Li Yan facing two opponents.

Li Yan beat Aura at a game by pulling her stool out from under her, then helped her win a crocodile plush at a claw machine. They competed at the basketball machines, where Li Yan used his Future Sight to score 30,000 points and left Aura far behind.

• Li Yan pulled Aura's stool away during their game, letting Heiter defeat Schlacht, and Aura accused him of cheating.
• Aura tried the racing simulator and dance machine before turning to a claw machine, where she repeatedly failed to grab a crocodile plush.
• Li Yan took over the claw machine, used Future Sight to win the crocodile plush, and gave it to Aura.
• Li Yan and Aura competed to beat the basketball machine's high score, with their points close through the earlier stages.
• Li Yan used Future Sight during the final stage of moving hoops and finished with 30,000 points, leaving the watching children astonished and Aura far behind.

Li Yan took Line and the others to Demon territory so she could revisit her homeland, then headed for the Demon King's Castle to check on Himmel and the others. There, Himmel and the Hero of the South confronted the Demon saintess Tod, whose deadly curses surrounded them.

• Li Yan teased Aura after beating her at arcade games, then asked Line what she wanted for her wish.
• Line wished to return to Demon territory, and Li Yan opened a Spatial Gate; when Aura refused to go, he carried her through with Line.
• Li Yan, Line, Aura, Frieren, Solitär, and the others arrived at Willis High Mountain and prepared to travel to the Demon King's Castle.
• Line chose to visit the Demon King's Castle, and Li Yan opened another Spatial Gate to take the group there.
• Himmel and the Hero of the South confronted Tod, while the Royal Capital's priest warned them that magical curses had been laid around them.

Li Yan and his companions entered the Demon King's Castle while the Hero of the South and Himmel fought the demon Saintess Tod. Li Yan killed Tod with the Holy Sword, and the group left the castle without deciding to claim it.

• Li Yan arrived at the Demon King's Castle with Aura, Line, and the others while the Hero of the South and Himmel battled Tod and her demons.
• Fern and Solitär attacked demons that ambushed Li Yan's group, while Frieren warned that Tod's widespread Curse Magic was difficult to analyze.
• Tod's curses weakened Eize, the Priest, and the Hero of the South's mechanical body as Himmel fought off Greater Demons blocking the heroes.
• Li Yan used Spatial Movement to reach Tod and beheaded her with the Holy Sword, prompting the Hero of the South and Himmel to rout the remaining demons.
• Li Yan suggested taking over the Demon King's Castle, but Frieren, Fern, and Line warned of the consequences, and the group left the question unresolved.

Li Yan and his companions joined Methode and Genao’s mission to defeat a Demon General who had slaughtered villages. While Li Yan and Genao went to guard a village’s corpses, Frieren and the others investigated the Demons, and Methode traded Frieren a grimoire for permission to stroke her head.

• Li Yan met Methode and Genao and offered to help them defeat the Demon General Reyferdi, who had killed Genao’s former partner and slaughtered villagers.
• Reyferdi learned that a child and four mages were approaching, but decided to wait for them to split up before attacking.
• Li Yan sent Aura and the other Demons back to the Castle, then accompanied Genao to guard the villagers’ bodies while Methode, Frieren, Fern, and the others searched for the hidden Demons.
• Frieren warned Fern not to use long-range Detection Magic and refused Methode’s request to stroke her head.
• Methode offered Frieren a grimoire containing an eggshell-cracking spell, and Frieren accepted it in exchange for letting Methode stroke her head.

Frieren and Fern fought two tactically skilled Demons in a fog-covered forest while Methode battled the other, and Frieren left Fern to face the priest Demon alone. Meanwhile, Li Yan and Genao waited among the ruins as Reyferdi arrived, leaving Li Yan warned about the Demon’s four weight-controlling swords.

• Methode hugged Frieren, and Fern tried to pull Frieren away before they sensed two Demons approaching.
• The Demons used mist and attack magic to split the group, leaving Methode to fight alone while Frieren and Fern faced the priest Demon together.
• Frieren explained that Demons commonly used Flight Magic in combat and told Fern to handle the priest Demon as a First-Class Mage.
• Fern blocked a surprise attack with Frieren’s warning, but admitted she had not detected the priest Demon herself and was frightened by his strength.
• At the ruined village, Li Yan imagined arranging partners for single First-Class Mages while Genao waited for the approaching mana fluctuations.
• Reyferdi arrived and recognized Genao, and Genao warned Li Yan that Reyferdi’s four Mana Greatswords could shift between feather-light speed and overwhelming weight.