Recaps

Frieren and her companions searched for a Goddess's Monument near Kino Mountain Gorge, and Frieren was transported to the past, where she reunited with Himmel and fought to return to her own time. Back in the present, a warrior's story about Himmel's devotion helped Frieren understand which version of him she had truly wanted to see.

• Frieren learned that entry into the Empire would take over three weeks, so she led Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark into the forest to find a nearby Goddess's Monument.
• Frieren touched the monument and woke in the past, where she discovered that Himmel was twenty-three and traveling with Heiter and Eisen.
• Grausam sent Zart to kill Frieren, but she defeated him with future magic and revealed that she had come from the future.
• Himmel and his companions helped Frieren survive their journey and decipher the monument's spell, allowing her to return to the present.
• Frieren found the monument broken again and rejoined her companions, who said she had only been spacing out briefly.
• A bearded warrior told Frieren that Himmel had once come to fulfill a promise, and Frieren felt moved by his quiet devotion.

Frieren and her companions celebrated the Subjugation Festival in Bonye Village, then continued north through the Empire, where they encountered monsters, signs of decline, and a descendant of a local earl. The chapter left them meeting Arume in the forest, with Stark frightened by his noble status.

• Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark joined Bonye Village's Subjugation Festival, where Frieren was upset that the statue of Himmel had been altered beyond recognition.
• The party accepted a job from a blond woman in Falbe Region in exchange for a Nightmare Pot, then continued north.
• Stark stopped Dugu Qing from fighting four Spotted Demon Tigers and defeated them, finding an imperial army that had been killed by monsters nearby.
• The party explored an abandoned fortress and then followed sounds of fighting into the forest.
• Arume introduced himself as a descendant of the earl who once ruled the region, and Stark dropped to his knees in fear of offending him.

Arume hired Frieren and her companions to defeat the monster guarding his family’s treasure, offering Frieren a rare Truth-Telling Magic grimoire as payment. After Dugu Qing swiftly killed the serpent and the group collected treasure, they continued north through a muddy forest, where Dugu Qing carried Fern on his sword.

• Arume explained that he wanted to recover his family’s treasure and offered the group half of it, then promised Frieren a Truth-Telling Magic grimoire in exchange for their help.
• Frieren accepted the commission, and the group fought through the underground palace to reach the serpent guarding the cellar.
• Dugu Qing killed the serpent with a single swift strike, and Arume retrieved the treasure and gave Frieren the grimoire.
• Dugu Qing and Stark took armfuls of gold coins, while Frieren tested the grimoire and warned the others not to call her old.
• The group traveled north through a muddy forest, and Dugu Qing carried Fern on his sword after she complained that her legs were tired.

Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark reached a village where the village chief attacked Dugu Qing and revealed himself as one of the Empire’s Shadow Warriors. His hostility toward mages and Frieren’s anger over the Empire’s rule left the group considering whether to avoid the Empire.

• Dugu Qing carried Frieren and Fern on his flying sword while Stark chased after them, and the group reached a village by a mountain path.
• The village chief gave Dugu Qing an empty house to rent, and Dugu Qing cleaned it with magic before the group ate and settled in.
• The village chief attacked Dugu Qing, who stopped him effortlessly, and the old man identified himself as a Shadow Warrior tasked with eliminating the Empire’s enemies.
• Frieren learned that the Shadow Warriors were hostile toward mages and condemned the Emperor’s rule, while Dugu Qing criticized the Empire’s hierarchy.
• Fern suggested that the group take a detour, and Frieren reflected on how the Empire had betrayed Flamme’s legacy.

Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark arrived in the Imperial Capital, where Jian Ze and Fa'erxiu recruited them to protect Serie from an assassination plot. They learned that the outlawed Shadow Warriors were behind the threat and prepared for the mission.

• Frieren decided to travel to the Imperial Capital, and the old village chief admitted he had lost contact with the Shadow Warriors and that Frieren was the last mage on their assassination list.
• Frieren led the group along the flooded mountain path, and Dugu Qing flew above the water with their luggage.
• Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark reached the Imperial Capital, where Jian Ze and Fa'erxiu stopped them with a mission from the Continental Magic Association.
• Jian Ze explained that seven Level One Mages would protect Serie from assassination at the National Day ball, while Ubel and Lanto gathered information.
• Jian Ze revealed that the Shadow Warriors, a once-powerful imperial organization abolished more than a decade earlier, were secretly plotting to kill Serie.
• The group finalized their plans and found an inn in the Imperial Capital.

Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark tried to ease their worries about the National Day ball by shopping, while Frieren warned that the outlawed Shadow Warriors still had deep influence in the Empire. The next day, Dugu Qing discovered an Imperial Magic Academy circle that combined more than a dozen mages’ mana to give one woman over five hundred years of mana, and he reported it to Jian Ze.

• Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, and Stark shopped for snacks and accessories, and Fern bought rabbit and fox ears after Dugu Qing praised how they looked on her.
• Frieren told the group that the Empire had once supported the Shadow Warriors, and she and Dugu Qing discussed the feeling that someone was watching them in the Imperial Capital.
• Dugu Qing suggested that the emperor restore Flamme’s true appearance after Serie was protected, and Frieren returned to the inn with the others.
• The next day, Dugu Qing secretly watched more than a dozen professors channel their mana through a Magic Circle into a female Imperial Mage Corps agent, giving her more than five hundred years of mana.
• Dugu Qing returned to the inn and told Jian Ze what he had witnessed at the academy.

Frieren and her companions investigated the Shadow Warriors and used a tracked payment to discover their meeting place. The Shadow Warriors accepted an order to assassinate Serie at the National Day ball, while Lore noticed something unusual about Frieren’s silver coins.

• Fa'erxiu explained that the Empire’s mana-sharing spell was likely limited by mages’ reluctance and the difficulty of learning it, then left to have his spies investigate.
• Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark searched the market, where Frieren identified Gazelle as a Shadow Warrior and secretly placed a tracking spell on the silver coins she paid him.
• Back at their lodgings, Fa'erxiu identified Frieren’s magic pot as fake, but Dugu Qing explained that the coins had already led them to Gazelle’s companions.
• Gazelle carried the coins to a forest meeting where Kelaimatisi relayed Laiwei’s order to kill Serie and her protectors at the next day’s National Day ball.
• The Shadow Warriors reluctantly accepted the assassination order and dispersed to prepare, while Gazelle used the coins to settle an old debt at a tavern.
• Shurit and Lore arrived at the tavern to exchange intelligence, and Lore noticed something unusual about the silver coins.

Dugu Qing defeated Wolf after the Shadow Warriors ambushed Frieren’s group, while Sein reunited with them and healed Stark. The group learned that Sein’s childhood friend Gorilla Klees was among the Shadow Warriors, and they sensed Serie’s immense mana entering the imperial capital.

• Lore discovered Frieren’s tracking magic on a silver coin and sent the Shadow Warriors to attack Frieren and her companions.
• Wolf wounded Stark with an arrow, but Dugu Qing pursued and killed him after breaking his bow.
• Lore ordered Gazelle and Shurit to flee the tavern, and Dugu Qing found it empty while Stark collapsed from poison.
• Sein reunited with Frieren’s group and healed Stark, then joined them for a celebratory barbecue.
• Jian Ze shared information about the Shadow Warriors, including Gorilla Klees, Sein’s childhood friend, and Frieren agreed to bring Sein to the ball.
• Frieren, Dugu Qing, and the others sensed Serie’s vast mana entering the imperial capital.

Dugu Qing and the others settled into Mistveil Hall and prepared for their guard mission at a ball, while Frieren asked Serie for a reward. Serie agreed to restore Flamme’s statues, and the group received custom evening outfits, though Ubel and Lanto could not attend the ball.

• Fa'erxiu escorted Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, Stark, Sein, Ubel, Lanto and Jian Ze to Mistveil Hall, where they spent the night.
• Dugu Qing found Frieren awake early and saw Fern and Stark attending to her as she prepared to meet Serie.
• Frieren asked Serie what reward the group would receive for completing the mission, and Dugu Qing requested that Serie restore the statues of Flamme around the imperial capital.
• Fa'erxiu arranged for a female mage to take everyone’s measurements and make custom outfits for the ball, which would also allow them to perform their guard duties openly.
• Ubel and Lanto put away their outfits because their friction with the Imperial Mage Corps made attending the ball inconvenient.
• Frieren asked Fern to brush her hair, but Fern declined while Jian Ze helped her dress, and Dugu Qing later appeared in his white, gold-trimmed outfit.

At the National Day ball, Dugu Qing drew the attention of the noble guests and danced as Fern, Frieren, and the others watched. Kelaimatisi and the Shadow Warriors attended openly and planned to attack Dugu Qing later.

• Fern and Dugu Qing tried to recreate their bond magic, named Peerless Under Heaven, but could not summon it again.
• Serie, Frieren, Fern, Dugu Qing, and the others traveled by carriage to the National Day ball at Silver Maple Autumn Palace, while Fa'erxiu, Ubel, and Lanto stayed behind on their duties.
• Noble ladies crowded around Dugu Qing, who eventually danced with several of them as the guests watched and applauded.
• Kelaimatisi and the Shadow Warriors attended the ball, counting on the Empire's presence to keep the Continental Magic Association from acting against them.
• Shurit warned Kelaimatisi that Dugu Qing was powerful, and Kelaimatisi said they would assign several people to attack him later.

At the National Day ball, Serie and the emperor debated magical affairs while assassins prepared a trap underground. Seven anti-magic pillars crashed into the hall, cutting off the mages’ magic as the Shadow Warriors surrounded Serie and her companions.

• The emperor arrived at the ball and delivered a speech before meeting the nobles and Serie.
• Serie stayed at the ball because assassins had threatened her students, and she debated major issues with the emperor as midnight approached.
• Varos and Kleis launched seven anti-magic ore pillars through an underground passage toward the ballroom.
• The pillars burst into the hall and suppressed Serie, Frieren, Fern, and the others’ magic as chaos erupted.
• Jian Ze entrusted Dugu Qing with protecting Serie and the others while the Imperial Mage Corps escorted the emperor away.
• Kelaimatisi, Shurit, Lutine, Gazelle, Nadal, and the other Shadow Warriors surrounded Serie, Frieren, Fern, Dugu Qing, and their companions.

At the national celebration ball, Laiwei led the Shadow Warriors in an attack on Serie, hoping to end the age of magic and establish the nobles’ rule. Dugu Qing defeated the attackers and killed Laiwei, while Serie survived the fatal-looking strike with a protective talisman.

• Kelaimatisi and the Shadow Warriors mocked Serie and charged Dugu Qing’s group, while Stark held off their assault and Dugu Qing guarded the others.
• Laiwei emerged from behind Serie and struck her with a poisoned sword, leaving her motionless as Frieren tried to help her.
• Laiwei announced that Anti-Magic Ore would usher in an age ruled by warriors, but Dugu Qing killed the Shadow Warriors and challenged him.
• Dugu Qing shattered Laiwei’s swords and cleaved him in half, and Laiwei died believing he had killed Serie.
• Serie sat up in pain and revealed that a protective talisman from a bishop of the Goddess Church had stopped the fatal attack.

After Dugu Qing and Serie exposed the Shadow Warriors’ attack, Serie severed the Continental Magic Association’s ties with the Empire and warned of retaliation. As seven great lords marched on the capital, Fuleisi seized command of the Empire’s armed forces and ordered the execution of 367 alleged traitors.

• Dugu Qing killed Laiwei, and Serie declared that the Continental Magic Association was withdrawing from the Empire after the assassination attempt.
• Serie warned the nobles that the Association could help blockade or destroy the Empire if it discovered imperial complicity with the Shadow Warriors.
• Fuleisi presented the emperor with a list of 367 alleged traitors and demanded their execution.
• Kanonie reported that an army of a hundred thousand, raised by seven great lords, had gathered outside the capital to overthrow the emperor.
• The emperor granted Fuleisi command of the realm’s armed forces, and she ordered the Imperial Mage Corps to kill everyone on her list.

Serie and Jian Ze eliminated the craftsmen capable of cutting anti-magic ore, while Little Aura prepared a hundred-thousand-strong army for the Empire's civil war. As Frieren and her companions left the Imperial Capital, they learned Aureole was ascending and hurried north aboard Serie's Flying Boat to reach the Demon King's Castle within three days.

• Serie and Jian Ze traced the anti-magic ore cutting technique to the Shadow Warriors' supporters and sent warriors to kill the craftsmen who knew it.
• Little Aura revealed that she had used Obedience Magic to make powerful dukes turn against one another, while a hundred-thousand-strong army advanced on the Imperial Capital.
• Serie told the group that the ore-cutting craftsmen had been eliminated and that Fuleisi had agreed to restore Flamme's statues; the group decided to leave the Imperial Capital to avoid the civil war.
• As Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Sein prepared to depart, Frieren noticed the purple flowers bowing north, and Serie explained that Aureole was ascending.
• Serie gave the group a Flying Boat and told Frieren to reach the Demon King's Castle within three days; Frieren set the destination, and the boat sped north.

Frieren and her companions disguised themselves as Demons and sneaked into the Demon King's Castle to reach Bright Mountain. After Frieren broke the barrier surrounding the mountain, demon soldiers searched for the intruders as the group hid in the woods and continued toward the summit.

• Dugu Qing told Sein that he suspected Gorilla and his companions had caused the anti-magic pillars to rise at the ball.
• Frieren prepared demon horns and earmuffs for the group, and they disguised themselves before approaching the Demon King's Castle.
• The group hid beneath supply wagons to pass through the castle gates without being discovered.
• Frieren refused Stark's request to eat at a restaurant, and the group continued toward Bright Mountain.
• Dugu Qing examined the barrier around Bright Mountain, and Frieren broke it after they agreed to press on quickly.
• Hundreds of demon soldiers searched for whoever had broken the barrier, while Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, and Stark hid in the woods and headed for the summit.

Frieren and her companions reached Aureole, where Frieren reunited with Himmel in the Martial Realm. Himmel confessed his love but urged her to move on, and Frieren resolved to forget the past and start over.

• Frieren, Dugu Qing, Fern, Stark, and Sein activated the Stairway to Heaven as Soren led demons toward Bright Mountain.
• Frieren, Dugu Qing, and Fern entered Aureole, while Stark and Sein were stopped by a divine general for being impure of heart.
• The divine general told Frieren that Himmel, Flamme, and Heiter lived in the Martial Realm, and that Dugu Qing’s parents were not in Aureole.
• Frieren found Himmel in the Martial Realm and greeted him after a long separation.
• Himmel confessed his love for Frieren, then urged her to forget him and find happiness among the living.
• Frieren said she would forget the past and start over, then asked Himmel to scold her for her past mistakes.

Frieren and Himmel exchanged their final criticisms and put their lingering regrets to rest before parting in tears. In Aureole, Frieren, Fern, and Dugu Qing reunited with Heiter, but as Aureole prepared to separate from the human world, Frieren remembered she still needed to meet Flamme.

• Himmel poured out his hurt over Frieren’s past obliviousness and criticized her, while Frieren defended herself and their century of unrequited feelings came to an end.
• Frieren and Himmel smiled and walked away in opposite directions, both weeping as they faced their lingering feelings.
• Dugu Qing and Fern found a hungover Heiter in a tavern, and Fern recounted their adventures after his death.
• Fern asked Heiter for his blessing to be with someone she loved, leaving Dugu Qing confused about who she meant.
• Frieren joined the group, and they shared stories until the general announced that Aureole was about to ascend and ordered them to leave.
• As the group headed for the South Heavenly Gate, Frieren remembered Flamme, and the divine general allowed her to go meet her teacher before they departed.

Frieren reunited with Flamme in Aureole and heard that the realm was about to ascend, then rejoined her companions on Bright Mountain. When Soren and his demon army ambushed the group, Dugu Qing's Clear Radiance Sword shattered, but the Hero's Holy Sword flew from the Sacred Domain of Sword Village and landed in his hand.

• Flamme descended from the clouds, embraced Frieren, and asked her to recount the thousand years since her death.
• Frieren told Flamme about the Empire, the Demons, Serie, Himmel, and Dugu Qing before leaving Aureole with Dugu Qing and Fern as it began to ascend.
• Frieren, Dugu Qing, and Fern reunited with Stark and Sein, and the group descended Bright Mountain as Aureole vanished into the heavens.
• Soren led thousands of Demon soldiers in an ambush, and the four demon generals' elemental magic scattered the group and helped trap Frieren.
• Soren empowered the Demon King Sword with the four generals' mana and shattered Dugu Qing's Clear Radiance Sword with a powerful strike.
• The Hero's Holy Sword flew from the Sacred Domain of Sword Village and landed in Dugu Qing's hand just as Soren's Demon King Sword was about to strike.

Dugu Qing and his companions escaped the Demon King's Castle after killing Soren and breaking the castle barrier. Weilun seized the vacant throne and proclaimed himself Demon King, while the Saintess of the End Todd arrived with a special gift for him.

• Dugu Qing killed Soren, and he and his companions fled the Demon King's soldiers aboard Frieren's flying boat.
• Dugu Qing shattered the barrier around the Demon King's Castle, allowing the group to escape the pursuing Demons.
• After Soren's death, the four demon generals argued over who would rule the city.
• Weilun arrived with an army, forced the four generals to submit, and claimed the Demon King's throne.
• Todd approached Weilun in a wedding gown and offered him a special gift.

Todd presented Weilun with Transformation Magic that could turn animals into Demons, and he used it to unite the Demon race under his rule. After Dugu Qing and his companions discussed their plans for life after the adventure, a newly transformed Demon appeared in town, and they continued on toward the Magic City.

• Todd revealed that her Transformation Magic could transform animals into Demons, and Weilun celebrated its power to expand the Demon race.
• Todd gave Weilun a Heavenly Demon Banner that would let him command the transformed Demons, and he ordered all Demons to submit within a year.
• Dugu Qing, Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Sein discussed their plans for after the adventure while resting in a human town.
• A small fish-headed Demon appeared in a restaurant, and Dugu Qing killed it before paying for the meal.
• After resting overnight, Dugu Qing and his companions learned that Serie had returned to the Magic City and set out there by Flying Boat.

As Demons spread across the world and the Saintess of the End’s spell began turning animals and humans into Demons, Serie called humanity to unite in Auwest. Dugu Qing and his companions prepared to fight back, while Frieren investigated transformed Demons for a way to break the spell; allied forces gathered outside the city as a decisive meeting approached.

• Serie revealed that the Demons had united under a powerful new Demon King and that the Saintess of the End had cast a spell to transform animals into Demons, so Dugu Qing and his companions agreed to continue their adventure.
• Serie called for a holy war, and people and rulers across the continent responded by marching toward Auwest to join the alliance.
• Dugu Qing and Fern restrained a newly transformed feral cat while Frieren studied its cells and found structural differences that might help her discover how to break the spell.
• Serie welcomed the Kuman Khanate’s seventy thousand troops, and the Great Khan’s messenger announced that they had joined the alliance.
• Armies and organizations from across the human world gathered outside Auwest as a meeting to decide humanity’s fate drew near.

Dugu Qing was summoned to the Human Allied Army’s council, where Serie nominated him as its leader because he had drawn the Hero’s Holy Sword. Though reluctant, he accepted and began organizing humanity’s forces against the new Demon King.

• Frieren studied transformation magic and planned to test a barrier that could protect Auwest’s residents.
• Jian Ze summoned Dugu Qing to the allied forces’ meeting, where Serie proposed choosing a hero to lead humanity against the Demon King.
• Serie named Dugu Qing as her nominee, and the archbishop and faction leaders accepted him after the Hero’s Holy Sword was verified as genuine.
• After Frieren, Fern, and Serie urged him to accept, Dugu Qing took the alliance leader’s throne as the rulers and commanders pledged their support.
• Dugu Qing appointed Serie and Frieren as deputies and assigned regional patrols, anti-transformation barriers, refugee reception, and food supplies to the allied leaders.

Dugu Qing steadied the allied leaders after learning that the Demon King had destroyed the Empire and sent a six-hundred-thousand-strong vanguard toward them. After Kanonie described the Demons’ weaknesses, Dugu Qing mobilized the coalition to take up defensive positions for battle.

• A scout reported that the Demon King had destroyed the Imperial Capital and that his six-hundred-thousand-strong vanguard was only a hundred li away.
• Dugu Qing calmed the panicked leaders by pointing out that their coalition outnumbered the vanguard by two hundred thousand, and Serie reinforced their confidence with her immense mana.
• Kanonie arrived with remnants of the imperial army and recounted the Empire’s civil war, the fall of the capital, the emperor’s death, and Fuleisi’s death in an ambush.
• Kanonie explained that most Demons had little mana and limited intelligence, while monster-transformed Demons were the greater threat.
• Dugu Qing ordered Serie to use Gravity Magic to block aerial attacks and arranged the coalition’s infantry, archers, and cavalry across favorable terrain.

Serie and Dugu Qing helped the human coalition annihilate the Demon vanguard at Auwest, while the Demon King learned of the defeat and decided to lead five million Demons south himself. The chapter left the two sides preparing for a much larger confrontation.

• Steiner ordered six hundred thousand Demons to attack the human coalition at Auwest, but increased gravity grounded their flying troops and the battle dragged on until the Demons began to falter.
• Dugu Qing sent cavalry to divide and encircle the retreating Demon army as Serie and her students supported the human forces.
• Serie enlarged herself and crushed the Demons trapped in the encirclements, prompting celebrations in Auwest and a victory banquet for the coalition leaders.
• A messenger told the Demon King that Steiner's six-hundred-thousand-strong vanguard had been wiped out, and the Saintess of the End attributed the defeat to Serie's intervention.
• Weilun ordered the Demon generals to prepare for him to lead an army of five million south to fight the humans and Serie.

Dugu Qing obtained the Empire’s Light Magic in exchange for promising Kanonie a chance to reclaim its territory, then used his newly strengthened magic to clear the route for a north-south highway. The story left him and his companions continuing south as construction workers admired his power.

• Dugu Qing asked Kanonie for magic that could increase his mana, and she identified it as Light Magic and offered to teach it in exchange for becoming the Empire’s new emperor after the war.
• Dugu Qing agreed to let Kanonie lead the vanguard to retake the Empire’s former territory, and she gave him the Light Magic Grimoire.
• Dugu Qing ordered a scorched-earth policy north of Auwest and studied Enlarge Magic, Divine Heavenly Might Magic, and Light Magic while the allied army fortified its defenses.
• Dugu Qing traveled south with Frieren and Fern to clear obstacles blocking the north-south highway, while Stark stayed behind to organize and train civilian guards.
• Dugu Qing used Enlarge Magic to move three mountains, and Frieren relocated the lake’s fish before Dugu Qing filled the lake with sand to create a plain and a safe passage.