Recaps

On the road back to Auwest, Dugu Qing learned Ten Thousand Great Mountains Magic while the Demon King gathered an army of eight million and prepared to use the deaths of Demons and humans to increase his mana. The battle began outside Auwest, where Dugu Qing led the allied forces’ charge against the Demons.

• Fern hinted to Dugu Qing that she liked a man who did not understand romance, but the approaching war shifted the group’s attention to the Demon King.
• After returning to Magic City, Dugu Qing studied Light Magic, received Serie’s Grimoire on Ten Thousand Great Mountains Magic, and mastered the spell.
• The Demon King’s army swelled to eight million and reached Auwest, while the allied forces grew to 1.8 million and relied on sea routes, Dugu Qing’s highway, and Serie’s food stores to maintain supplies.
• The Demon King revealed to his generals that he planned to use the bloodshed to empower his Absorption Magic, then ordered an attack along the entire front.
• Serie used Gravity Magic to control the skies as the allied forces met the Demons in battle, and Dugu Qing carved through their ranks while the Continental Magic Association’s elites reinforced the line.

Dugu Qing and Serie finally merged their mana through Light Magic, greatly boosting his power as the human alliance prepared to face the Demon King. After the battle resumed, the allies learned that Frieren’s barriers had stopped people in rear cities from being transformed into Demons, and Frieren proposed killing the Saintess of the End to stop the transformation threat.

• Dugu Qing tried to give Serie his Sun God Magic notes, but she rejected the difficult lessons and asked him to promise to conquer the divine realm instead.
• Serie crowned Dugu Qing after he swore to study magic and defeat the Demons, then merged her mana with his through Light Magic.
• Dugu Qing’s mana surged from two thousand years’ worth to ten thousand before the boost faded, and the allies rallied to pursue victory.
• Serie returned to the front lines and used Gravity Magic as the Demon army attacked again.
• The Blade Knights’ commander told Dugu Qing that Frieren’s Barrier Magic had prevented people in rear cities from becoming Demons.
• Frieren said the alliance should kill the Saintess of the End to stop her from using Transformation Magic, and Dugu Qing agreed.

Dugu Qing faced the Demon King Weilun in the final battle, using magic borrowed from Serie and Frieren to reach one hundred thousand years of magic and sever Weilun’s head. Weilun healed by absorbing the blood spirits and the humans and Demons on the battlefield, rising to three hundred thousand years of magic as the allied forces lost hope.

• Weilun declared himself tired of war and challenged the human army to surrender as his sixty thousand years of magic filled the sky.
• Serie and Frieren transferred their magic to Dugu Qing, who then addressed the allied forces and flew out to face Weilun.
• Dugu Qing used Sun God Magic to raise his magic to one hundred thousand years and clashed with Weilun, severing the Demon King’s head.
• Weilun healed his wound, then absorbed blood spirits and the humans and Demons on the battlefield to raise his magic to three hundred thousand years.
• The Demon King’s immense power shrouded the world in darkness, and the human forces collapsed into despair.

Dugu Qing fought the Demon King, nearly piercing his heart before the Demon King’s immense mana blasted him into the battlefield, seemingly defeated. As the human coalition feared he was dead, Lavina, Frieren, Fern, and the soldiers sent him their mana and strength, and Dugu Qing began to recover in a sea of light.

• Dugu Qing used his speed to evade the Demon King’s attacks while Serie, Frieren, and Fern watched from the human army, unable to intervene.
• Dugu Qing baited the Demon King into attacking, then stabbed the Sacred Sword through his defenses and nearly reached his heart.
• The Demon King struck Dugu Qing with overwhelming mana, sending him crashing to the ground, then healed his own wound and declared victory.
• The human coalition panicked at the sight of Dugu Qing lying motionless, while Frieren and Fern struggled to believe he was dead.
• Lavina, Kanne, Ubel, Ailu, the Continental Magic Association, and a million soldiers sent their mana, strength, and courage to Dugu Qing.
• Dugu Qing’s consciousness returned as the golden light healed his wounds and restored his vitality.

Dugu Qing awakened the light holy body and fought the Demon King, ultimately crushing it beneath a hundred thousand mountains. The Demon King remained alive and struggled beneath the mountains as Dugu Qing vowed to keep grinding it down, while the Demons were defeated and the world was freed from the spell that turned animals into Demons.

• Dugu Qing absorbed the allied army's mana, awakened the light holy body, and rose to more than four hundred thousand years of mana.
• Dugu Qing shattered the Demon King's shield, but the Demon King absorbed nearby demon generals and soldiers to strengthen itself and fled toward its army.
• Dugu Qing transformed into a hundred thousand mountains and brought them down on the Demon King and its forces.
• The Demon King and the Saintess of the End struggled to hold up the mountains, but Dugu Qing's power forced them down, killing the Saintess and countless Demons.
• The Saintess of the End's death ended the magic that transformed animals into Demons, while the Demon King survived beneath the mountains and Dugu Qing continued crushing it.
• Serie, Frieren, Lavina, Kanne, Ailu, Ubel, and the allied army celebrated the Demons' defeat and the return of peace.

After the Demon King was suppressed, Serie and the others joined a campaign to eliminate Demons while Fern stayed behind to wait for Dugu Qing. Fifty years later, Dugu Qing finally defeated the Demon King and returned to Auwest, hoping to find his old companions.

• Fern chose to remain at the Hundred Thousand Mountains and wait for Dugu Qing, while Serie, Frieren, Lavina, Kanne, Ubel, and others set out to fight Demons.
• The human armies routed the Demon forces, then disbanded as the Northern Countries reclaimed the Empire's lands and began competing for power.
• Serie named Kanonie empress, Stark became Duke Lynn, and Sein was appointed bishop, while Frieren continued traveling alone and Fern waited for Dugu Qing.
• Fifty years passed, and Fern died three years before Dugu Qing emerged from the Hundred Thousand Mountains after finally killing the Demon King.
• Dugu Qing returned to Auwest, reminisced about his past adventures, and wondered how Frieren, Fern, Stark, and Sein had fared.

After spending fifty years fighting the Demon King, Dugu Qing learned that Fern had died three years earlier. He visited the home they had planned together, then fled into the forest, where he woke the next day grieving her.

• Dugu Qing celebrated his return by eating more than two hundred skewers at a barbecue restaurant.
• Dugu Qing overheard two students mention Fern and learned from the restaurant owner that she had died three years earlier.
• Dugu Qing mourned Fern and went to the courtyard house they had designed together, realizing she had built it while he ignored the outside world.
• Dugu Qing fled the house in despair and spent the night in the forest.
• Dugu Qing woke beneath a tree the next day, remembered Fern, and began crying again.

After discovering that Fern had loved him and receiving the Grimoires she left behind, Dugu Qing learned time magic that sent his consciousness forty-five years into the past. Still bound to suppress the Demon King, he created Clone Magic and sent a clone toward Fern’s home.

• Dugu Qing realized Fern had favored him since childhood and grieved that she had died without knowing he understood her feelings.
• At Fern’s former home, Xuezhi gave Dugu Qing the Grimoires and magic tools Frieren had left for him and told him Fern had died naturally of old age.
• Dugu Qing found Frieren’s marked Grimoire, Chapter of the Time Bird, and studied it for three days to learn magic that sent his consciousness into the past.
• Dugu Qing traveled forty-five years before Fern’s death and found himself still suppressing the Demon King beneath the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
• Unable to leave his post, Dugu Qing created Clone Magic and sent a wisp of energy toward Fern’s nearby home.

Dugu Qing traveled back in time to see Fern, but she rejected his offer to stay with her and urged him to face his future. Back in the normal timeline, he resolved to find Aureole and meet Fern, then visited Serie for help.

• Dugu Qing visited Fern in the past, where she welcomed him with a meal and he revealed that he was her future self.
• Dugu Qing confessed his regret and offered to spend the rest of Fern’s life with her, but Fern rejected him and told him to return to his mission.
• Dugu Qing returned to the normal timeline and decided to find Aureole so he could meet Fern.
• Dugu Qing left Fern’s old home, traveled to the Magic City, and met Serie in the Continental Magic Association’s Supreme Hall.
• Serie greeted Dugu Qing and asked what he needed from her.

Dugu Qing searched for Aureole with purple flowers after Serie explained how to track it, then encountered the Heavenly Vein Dragon in the Wiesen Mountains. The dragon claimed to know Aureole’s location and asked for barbecue in exchange, so Dugu Qing began preparing a meal while traveling with him.

• Serie gave Dugu Qing purple flowers and advised him to search for Aureole by watching for them to react.
• Dugu Qing bought a Spatial Ring and supplies, then set out north toward the Demon King's Castle.
• In the Wiesen Mountains, Dugu Qing found that the purple flowers showed no reaction before the Heavenly Vein Dragon appeared.
• Dugu Qing asked the Heavenly Vein Dragon to help him find Aureole, and the dragon said he knew where it was but requested barbecue first.
• Dugu Qing promised the dragon a feast, flew on his back, caught fish, and began grilling them.

Dugu Qing learned that Aureole rested on Peach Blossom Mountain and traveled there hoping to reunite with Fern. After the divine general told him Fern had not entered Aureole, Dugu Qing left in despair, while Fern watched from behind the South Heavenly Gate and wept.

• Dugu Qing fed the Heavenly Vein Dragon a hundred feasts, learned Aureole's location, and then returned to Serie for a high-speed Flying Boat.
• Serie gave Dugu Qing her luxurious Flying Boat, and he flew south to Peach Blossom Mountain.
• Dugu Qing climbed the Stairway to Heaven and asked the divine general outside the South Heavenly Gate to see Fern.
• The divine general told Dugu Qing that Fern had not entered Aureole after her death, and Dugu Qing left in anguish.
• Fern watched Dugu Qing depart from behind the gate, explained that she had hidden herself to spare him further pain, and broke down crying.

Twelve years after Fern's death, Dugu Qing returned to the Magic City and spent his days visiting her grave. Sixty years after their last meeting, Frieren found him there, and they reunited over a meal.

• Dugu Qing woke after years of grieving in a cave, traveled to the Magic City, and left flowers at Fern's grave.
• Dugu Qing rented a home nearby and visited Fern's grave every afternoon as he settled into a routine.
• Frieren approached Dugu Qing at the graveyard and embraced him, saying they had not seen each other in sixty years.
• Frieren told Dugu Qing she had spent the years fighting Ocean Demons and had wiped out most of them.
• Dugu Qing took Frieren to a restaurant, where they shared a meal and talked about their lives.

Frieren moved in with Dugu Qing after learning that Fern had not reached Aureole, and decided to stay with him so he would not be alone. As they settled into daily life and went shopping together, Frieren asked Dugu Qing to teach her how to cook for him.

• Dugu Qing told Frieren that Fern had not been in Aureole, and Frieren grieved over Fern’s fate.
• Dugu Qing brought Frieren to his rented villa, where she decided to stay and take care of him.
• The next morning, Frieren and Dugu Qing ate breakfast and shopped for household necessities together.
• At the mall, neighbors mistook Frieren for Dugu Qing’s girlfriend, and he hurried them away from the gossiping aunties.
• After sharing a meal at home, Frieren asked Dugu Qing to teach her to cook, and he agreed.

Dugu Qing realized he loved Frieren, and the two began living together after sharing a kiss in the snow. Years later, after learning that Sein had died, they set out north to attend his funeral and visit Stark.

• Dugu Qing worried about Frieren in the winter snow and recognized that he had loved her since they first met.
• Dugu Qing found Frieren asleep in the library, carried her home, and kissed her when she stumbled into his arms.
• Dugu Qing and Frieren began living together and later strolled through Auwest, agreeing to move into the forest when they could.
• Frieren read a letter saying Sein had died suddenly after drinking, and she and Dugu Qing decided to attend his funeral and see Stark.
• Dugu Qing and Frieren packed their belongings, left their rental, and boarded a northbound Flying Boat.

Dugu Qing and Frieren reunited with the aged Stark at Sein’s memorial reception before a divine decree summoned Dugu Qing to become Immortal King. On their way to Aureole, they encountered Fern, and the three joyfully reunited.

• Dugu Qing and Frieren paid their respects at Sein’s grave, then found Stark at the memorial reception and caught up with him.
• Stark’s grandson Dawson stormed away after Stark scolded him for deploying troops without permission.
• A divine messenger declared that Dugu Qing had been chosen to succeed as Immortal King, but Dugu Qing and Frieren left for Aureole to explain that he did not want the throne.
• Dugu Qing and Frieren traveled with the messenger to the Immortal Realm and greeted the heavenly soldiers at the South Heavenly Gate.
• Fern encountered Dugu Qing and Frieren on their way to Aureole, and they rushed toward her in delighted reunion.