Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen defeated Yuzuru and Kaguya in a sparring match, overcoming their teamwork by taking Yuzuru out of the fight and wearing Kaguya down. He returned to the seaside inn with the four Spirit Maidens and discovered that his quest progress was only 3/5 because the system counted Yuzuru and Kaguya as one Spirit Maiden.

• Yuzuru and Kaguya fought Xiao Zhen together, while Motorcycle Warriors gathered to watch the sparring match.
• Xiao Zhen tricked Kaguya into charging ahead, knocked her to the ground, and overwhelmed Yuzuru with Lightning Affinity Dou Qi.
• After Yuzuru was defeated, Xiao Zhen wore down Kaguya until she ran out of Spiritual Power and admitted defeat.
• Xiao Zhen absorbed the Lightning Affinity Dou Qi from Yuzuru, gave both girls Healing Pills, and said farewell to his friends in the Mecha Beast World.
• Xiao Zhen returned to the seaside inn with the four Spirit Maidens and found that his quest progress was 3/5 because Yuzuru and Kaguya counted as one.

Xiao Zhen discovered that DEM Industries had surrounded the hotel and suspected Kurumi had revealed their location. He sent the four Spirit Maidens to Mecha Beast World, while Ellen arrived to oversee DEM Industries' operation.

• Xiao Zhen sensed armed forces closing in around the hotel and identified the soldiers as members of DEM Industries.
• Xiao Zhen suspected Yuzuru and Kaguya's typhoons had drawn attention, then accused Kurumi of exposing their whereabouts.
• Kurumi emerged from Yoshino's shadow, confirmed the group was surrounded, and vanished after taunting Xiao Zhen.
• Xiao Zhen sent Zixiang, Yuzuru, Kaguya, and Yoshino through a passage to Mecha Beast World to keep them safe.
• Ellen arrived to investigate the targets after Westcott dispatched DEM Industries forces and equipment to capture the Spirits and Xiao Zhen.

Xiao Zhen evaded DEM Industries’ capture operation by disguising himself as a soldier named Jack, then infiltrated its London headquarters as a guard. He planned to steal its technology and rescue a Spirit while keeping the Spirit Maidens in Mecha Beast World reassured.

• Xiao Zhen dodged DEM Industries soldiers, destroyed the building’s cameras, and extracted a soldier’s memories before disguising himself as Jack.
• Mana Takamiya searched the building but found no sign of Xiao Zhen, and DEM Industries declared the capture operation a failure.
• Xiao Zhen impersonated Jack in the hospital and gave investigators a useless account of the encounter.
• Xiao Zhen blended in with DEM Industries security personnel and planted battle aura around a soldier’s kidneys.
• Xiao Zhen reached DEM Industries’ London headquarters as a guard and began looking for ways to enter, steal its technology, and rescue a Spirit.

Xiao Zhen stole Mark’s identity, rescued Honjou Nia from DEM Industries’ secret prison, and brought her to the Mecha Beast World. Honjou Nia celebrated her freedom as Xiao Zhen’s task panel showed that only one Spirit remained.

• Xiao Zhen resigned from DEM as Jack, then used Jack’s identity to return the man’s savings to his family before taking Mark’s identity.
• Xiao Zhen entered DEM’s secret prison and found Honjou Nia bound and awaiting further torture.
• Xiao Zhen killed the two guards and freed Honjou Nia from her chains.
• Xiao Zhen carried the weakened Honjou Nia to the Mecha Beast World, where she cried and laughed at being free.
• Xiao Zhen saw that his task panel showed 4/5 Spirits complete.

After recovering from her ordeal, Honjou Nia reunited with Xiao Zhen, who had advanced to eight-star Dou Emperor and then returned to the Date A Live World. He secretly infiltrated DEM Company as Westcott discussed capturing the newly discovered Spirit Maiden Miku Izayoi, just as the company detected an unknown energy surrounding its building.

• Xiao Zhen took more than a dozen Sixth-grade Medicinal Pills during six days of cultivation and advanced from three-star to eight-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Zhen found Honjou Nia getting along with the other Spirit Maidens, and they all clung to him and demanded kisses.
• Honjou Nia worried that Xiao Zhen would return to the place where she had been imprisoned, so he comforted her and promised to protect her.
• Xiao Zhen entered the Date A Live World invisibly and used his Soul Power to search the underground building.
• Ellen told Westcott that Honjou Nia was missing and that DEM Company had discovered the singer Miku Izayoi as another Spirit Maiden.
• Westcott considered capturing Miku Izayoi, then received an alert that an unknown energy covered the company and it might have been infiltrated.

Xiao Zhen infiltrated DEM Industries’ research center, stole its advanced technology, and fought Ellen when she confronted him. He sent Ellen flying, while she insisted on facing him alone and Westcott watched from an airborne warship.

• Xiao Zhen disguised himself as a researcher and passed Ellen by claiming he was Dr. Beaton’s assistant.
• Xiao Zhen entered the research center and began storing its blueprints and instruments in his System Space.
• Ellen received a report that the research center had been attacked and rushed back as Xiao Zhen knocked out the researchers and guards.
• Ellen confronted Xiao Zhen, who revealed himself and declared that she could not stop him from leaving.
• Xiao Zhen and Ellen clashed, and he blasted her through the building wall as magicians and robots gathered outside.
• Ellen ordered the others not to interfere, while Westcott watched Xiao Zhen from the red airborne warship and considered who he might be.

Xiao Zhen fought Ellen and DEM Company’s forces until he was nearly exhausted, then used Mushroom Bombs to halt the assault. With London’s authorities and residents panicking, he began to announce explosive news about Westcott and DEM Company.

• Xiao Zhen battled Ellen and evaded attacks from DEM’s magicians and robots, while Westcott ordered his forces to overwhelm him.
• After nearly an hour of fighting, Xiao Zhen accused DEM Company of crimes in front of London officials and reporters, and Westcott demanded that Ellen eliminate him.
• Xiao Zhen revealed several Mushroom Bombs, stopping the attackers and alarming Westcott, London’s authorities, and the crowd.
• London residents began fleeing as officials tried to negotiate, while Westcott warned Xiao Zhen that the world would punish him and his family.
• Xiao Zhen rejected Westcott’s threats and announced that he had explosive news to share, leaving Westcott fearing disaster.

Xiao Zhen exposed Westcott’s role in causing the Great Spatial Quake, triggering worldwide backlash that devastated DEM Company. After returning to Japan, Xiao Zhen ambushed Shido Itsuka and drained his destiny with the Sword of Destiny, which fell just short of leveling up.

• Xiao Zhen accused Westcott of causing the Great Spatial Quake and used the system to broadcast footage of the ritual that summoned the First Spirit.
• Westcott denied the accusation, but countries and organizations targeted him and DEM Company as public suspicion grew.
• With DEM Company collapsing, Westcott insisted on capturing Miku Izayoi to obtain her Inversion Crystal, and Ellen agreed to proceed.
• Xiao Zhen returned to Japan in disguise and decided to drain more of Shido Itsuka’s destiny.
• Xiao Zhen dragged Shido into an alley, stabbed his thigh with the Sword of Destiny, and collected enough destiny to bring the weapon close to leveling up.

Xiao Zhen met Kurumi, who revealed a new plan to travel thirty years into the past and prevent the First Spirit’s arrival by killing the magicians who summoned her. Kurumi asked Xiao Zhen to give her some of his time, but he refused and hinted that Shido Itsuka was not a viable target either.

• Xiao Zhen celebrated upgrading the Sword of Destiny after draining the Island Nation's Heavenly Emperor of his remaining Destiny, which led to the emperor’s death.
• Xiao Zhen brought Spirit Maidens out of Mecha Beast World and gave the cities’ research departments the technology he had acquired.
• Kurumi visited Xiao Zhen and asked to learn from Nia when and where the First Spirit descended thirty years earlier.
• Kurumi kissed Xiao Zhen, then said she had changed her mind about killing the First Spirit and planned to travel back in time to kill the magicians who summoned her.
• Kurumi asked Xiao Zhen to contribute some of his time to her plan, but he refused and suggested Shido Itsuka instead.
• Kurumi said Mana Takamiya had thwarted her attempt to take Shido’s time, and Xiao Zhen told her she could never take it from him anyway.

Xiao Zhen learned about Kurumi’s plan to pursue revenge against Takamiya Mio, then heard from Nia that Miku Izayoi would soon be targeted by DEM Company. He went to Miku’s concert, where Ellen shot her and prepared to attack.

• Kurumi heard Xiao Zhen’s account of Takamiya Mio and vowed to take revenge, first holding Shido Itsuka responsible.
• Xiao Zhen asked Nia to find the time and place where Takamiya Mio had first been summoned, and Kurumi left after receiving the result.
• Nia told Xiao Zhen that Miku Izayoi would be hunted by DEM Company and had little chance of escaping without help.
• Xiao Zhen secretly entered Miku’s concert, where Ellen shot Miku in the thigh and her singing left the audience confused.
• Miku summoned her Astral Dress and prepared to fight Ellen as DEM Company’s forces secured the area.

Ellen captured Miku Izayoi, the Spirit called Diva, but Xiao Zhen intervened and later disguised himself as Ellen to ambush Westcott. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhen impersonating Westcott and keeping the guards outside while Westcott lay unconscious.

• Ellen attacked Miku Izayoi at her concert, shattered her Spiritual Power barrier, and captured her after injuring the crowd.
• Xiao Zhen confronted Ellen and demanded that she release Miku, but he vanished after Ellen threatened to kill her captive.
• Ellen returned to Westcott and reported that an unknown person had rescued Diva.
• Xiao Zhen revealed himself, knocked Westcott unconscious, and explained that he had disguised himself as Ellen to reach Westcott first.
• Xiao Zhen answered the bodyguard outside in Westcott's voice and ordered him to keep guarding the door.

Xiao Zhen disguised himself as Westcott and rescued the captured Miku Izayoi from DEM Company. He escaped with Miku while leaving the real Westcott alive but planting Takamiya Mio’s identity in his mind to fuel his revenge.

• Xiao Zhen drained Westcott’s luck, disguised himself as the man, and sent the real Westcott to the Mecha Beast World under guard.
• Ellen brought the chained and injured Miku Izayoi to DEM Company headquarters, where Xiao Zhen posed as Westcott and asked to examine her alone.
• Xiao Zhen revealed himself to Miku, broke her chains, and offered to help her escape if she cooperated.
• Ellen discovered Xiao Zhen with Miku and confronted him; he produced the real Westcott and threatened him until Ellen’s forces cleared a path.
• Xiao Zhen spared Westcott and implanted Takamiya Mio’s identity into his mind before leaving with Miku Izayoi.

Xiao Zhen brought Miku Izayoi to his home and let her leave after breakfast, but she soon returned because she feared going home while still vulnerable. He agreed to let her stay temporarily on the condition that she work as a maid, and the Yamai Sisters began teaching her.

• Xiao Zhen brought Miku Izayoi back to Tengu City, where she met the girls in his household.
• Miku Izayoi asked Xiao Zhen why he had saved her, and he showed her Nia's memories of brutal torture.
• Xiao Zhen sent Miku Izayoi away with twenty thousand yen, but she worried she might be captured again if she went home.
• Miku Izayoi returned and asked to stay temporarily, and Xiao Zhen agreed in exchange for her doing the housework.
• Xiao Zhen ordered Kaguya and Yuzuru to teach Miku Izayoi how to be a maid, and they argued over who would train her.

Miku Izayoi struggled with housework and cooking, then recognized the producer who had ruined her entertainment career when the group went out to eat. Xiao Zhen used a Shame Lollipop to make Nakamura confess his past crimes, and Miku felt a chain within her begin to break.

• Miku Izayoi failed to sweep properly and made inedible dishes, so Xiao Zhen and the others went to a restaurant.
• Miku recognized Nakamura as the producer who had persecuted her before she became a Spirit.
• Xiao Zhen bought a Shame Lollipop and secretly turned it into liquid before making Nakamura swallow it.
• Nakamura publicly confessed to a string of shameful acts during an interview, while Xiao Zhen admitted he had given him the candy.
• Miku felt warmed by Xiao Zhen's actions, and one of her chains seemed close to breaking.

After Westcott’s forces captured Shido Itsuka and tortured him publicly to draw out Takamiya Mio, Murasame Reine merged with Phantom and became the First Spirit. The chapter left Takamiya Mio newly awakened as Westcott’s hostage plot reached its goal.

• Nia warned Xiao Zhen that a major event connected to the First Spirit would happen in Tengu City the next day.
• Ellen and Westcott’s wizards invaded Shido Itsuka’s school, knocked out Tamae Okamine, injured Origami Tobiichi, and captured Shido.
• Westcott imprisoned Shido in a glass container and broadcast his torture across Tengu City to force Takamiya Mio to appear.
• Kotori Itsuka and Mana Takamiya reacted furiously from Ratatoskr as Shido suffered, while Murasame Reine remained silent.
• A mysterious figure appeared beside Murasame Reine, who merged with Phantom and became Takamiya Mio.

As Takamiya Mio confronted Westcott to save Shido Itsuka, cracks spread across space and the moon, forcing Xiao Zhen to retreat home. The system revealed that two beings fighting beyond the world were both above the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

• Takamiya Mio arrived at the DEM Company Aerial Battleship and demanded that Westcott release Shido Itsuka.
• Westcott threatened to destroy Shido Itsuka’s mind if Takamiya Mio approached, while Xiao Zhen watched from hiding with a Zoffy Ultraman summoning doll.
• Mysterious cracks spread through space around the world, and the system warned Xiao Zhen to prepare to evacuate.
• Takamiya Mio seized Westcott’s distraction to rescue Shido Itsuka, and Xiao Zhen returned home as the destruction intensified.
• Nia told Xiao Zhen that her visions showed either a blur or endless destruction, and the system showed him two figures fighting beyond the world.
• The system identified both fighters as beings above the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm.

Liu Hao and Zhang Kuang’s centuries-long war devastated the Infinite Empire and the Reincarnation Hall, and its aftershocks began destroying Xiao Zhen’s world. Xiao Zhen learned that Earth would collapse within a day and reassured Yoshino as he prepared to protect the Spirit Maidens.

• Liu Hao and Zhang Kuang fought over the deaths of the Empire’s soldiers and Liu Hao’s descendants after their forces clashed over a Middle Thousand World.
• Zhang Kuang detonated his Great Thousand World, nearly annihilating the Infinite Empire’s elite forces and severely weakening Liu Hao and his empire.
• Xiao Zhen asked his System about the world’s condition and learned that the awakened World Will was preserving its origin for a possible rebirth.
• The System warned Xiao Zhen that the world would collapse in 40–50 hours and Earth in 20–25 hours, while the world passage remained unusable for three hours.
• Xiao Zhen sensed spatial cracks destroying nearby buildings, then held Yoshino’s hand and promised to protect everyone.

Takamiya Mio explained her past with Shido Itsuka and tried to save him as the human world and the Neighboring Realm collapsed. Mio and Shido were swept into Chaos Turbulence, while Xiao Zhen brought the Spirit Maidens to Huaxia and arrived at Number One’s residence.

• Takamiya Mio told Shido Itsuka about their past and warned him that spatial cracks were destroying Earth, then went to retrieve Kotori Itsuka and others.
• Kotori Itsuka refused to leave Ratatoskr and abandon her subordinates, so Takamiya Mio returned to the Neighboring Realm.
• Shido Itsuka fell into a crack, and Takamiya Mio plunged after him as the Neighboring Realm shattered.
• Shido Itsuka was thrown into Chaos Turbulence, where it destroyed his lower body; Takamiya Mio grabbed his hand, but the turbulence struck them both.
• Xiao Zhen brought the Spirit Maidens to Huaxia and was stopped by soldiers outside Number One’s residence.

As Earth’s collapse accelerated, Xiao Zhen negotiated with Huaxia’s government to evacuate young people to the Mecha Beast World and gathered grain reserves to support them. After transporting more than thirty million people, he headed to the island nation to find Kurumi and learned her main body was in Tengu City.

• Xiao Zhen agreed with an elderly government official to relocate young people under seventeen, and the government supplied grain reserves and advanced technology in exchange.
• Xiao Zhen opened a spatial passage for more than one hundred thousand people, while armed personnel stopped adults from rushing into it.
• Xiao Zhen traveled through more than fifty key cities in ten hours, and the Mecha Beast World received more than thirty million people.
• Xiao Zhen flew toward the island nation, narrowly avoided a newly formed spatial rift, and found Kurumi’s clone.
• Kurumi told Xiao Zhen that her main body was in Tengu City, and he offered to take her there so they could escape Earth.

Kurumi joined Xiao Zhen in the Mecha Beast World after her original world was swallowed by a rift, and Xiao Zhen helped settle the millions of people who had fled there. Months later, Xiao Zhen returned to the Dou Qi Continent and learned that his daughter Qing Lin had been kidnapped.

• Kurumi failed to travel back in time, then accepted Xiao Zhen's offer to leave with him as a massive rift engulfed the city.
• Xiao Zhen brought Kurumi to another world and explained the disaster and his origins; Kurumi grieved the loss of her world before asking him to comfort her.
• Xiao Zhen learned that more than fifty million people had entered the Mecha Beast World, and he organized a joint patrol force to maintain order.
• Over the following months, Xiao Zhen pursued relationships with several Spirit Maidens while sparing Yoshino.
• Months later, Xiao Zhen returned to the Dou Qi Continent, where Xiao Da and Xiao Er told him that Qing Lin had been kidnapped.