Chapter Summaries

Miku finished her concert and rejected Yamaguchi Mie’s offer to sign with her company, choosing to keep singing as a hobby. Xiao Zhen had invited the agent and Maya in because he sensed a familiar aura, and Miku left suspicious of his interest in Maya.

• Miku performed for an hour and a half, then told Xiao Zhen she would sing only for him, but he encouraged her to pursue what she enjoyed.
• Kyoko told Miku that an agent wanted to meet her, and Miku initially refused until Xiao Zhen sensed a familiar aura and asked to see the visitors.
• Yamaguchi Mie introduced herself and Maya, who explained that Yamaguchi had discovered and guided her as a singer.
• Yamaguchi Mie invited Miku to join her company, but Miku politely declined after Xiao Zhen told her the choice was hers.
• Miku asked Xiao Zhen if he had invited Maya because he liked her, and he said he only wanted to observe the alien; he then checked Zi Yan’s notebook before returning it.

Xiao Zhen and the women traveled to a remote mountain valley for a wilderness camping trip, while Xiao Yan was left behind with Yao Chen. They arrived beside a river and began planning their activities and meal, with Zixiang considering picking wild mushrooms despite not knowing which ones were safe.

• Xiao Zhen drove the group toward a remote camping spot as the women teased him about wanting to visit the beach.
• Xiao Yan called Xiao Zhen after finding the villa empty, and Xiao Zhen explained that the group had left on a trip with Yao Chen there to watch over him.
• Xiao Zhen lost phone signal after sending Xiao Yan a final message from the undeveloped mountain road.
• Xiao Zhen and the group arrived at a scenic valley beside a small river, where Nia settled down with manga and Yagami and Yuzuru argued over who would cook.
• Zixiang proposed picking wild mushrooms, and Kurumi asked whether she could tell safe mushrooms from poisonous ones.
• Zi Yan claimed she could eat any mushroom without getting poisoned, and Xiao Zhen teased her by pinching her cheek.

While camping, Xiao Zhen checked a basket of colorful mushrooms and found that none were edible. A Silvergon appeared near the camp, and Xiao Zhen flew off to fight it.

• Xiao Zhen went fishing with Yoshino and returned to camp with a large catch.
• Zi Yan and Zixiang brought back a basket of mushrooms, but Xiao Zhen determined that every one was poisonous.
• A roar interrupted the group's meal, and Xiao Zhen used Soul Power to locate a Silvergon chasing wild boars northwest of camp.
• Nia identified Silvergon as a powerful monster, and the group discussed whether Xiao Zhen could defeat it.
• Xiao Zhen declared that he would pin Silvergon down and flew off to challenge it.

Xiao Zhen transformed into Achilles and fought the starving Silvergon, whose tough hide resisted his attacks. When Gagi appeared and attacked Silvergon, the monsters fought each other, and Xiao Zhen intervened to keep Gagi alive as Silvergon turned its attention toward him.

• Silvergon chased and killed the wild boar family, then Xiao Zhen transformed into Achilles to challenge it.
• Achilles dodged Silvergon’s attacks and struck it repeatedly, but its defenses shrugged off his blows.
• Achilles fired his strongest beam at Silvergon’s head, but the attack barely hurt it.
• Gagi emerged after being drawn by the commotion, and Nia explained that Silvergon’s arrival had disturbed its long-standing presence in the area.
• Silvergon attacked Gagi, tore off its tentacles, and knocked it down with a kick.
• Achilles struck Silvergon to stop it from killing Gagi, and Silvergon lashed its tail toward him.

Xiao Zhen defeated Silvergon by transforming into azure flames and burning its internal organs after his light-wheel attack failed to finish it. He planned to turn the intact corpse into a puppet, but had to stop Zi Yan from carving off its meat.

• Gagi tried to escape by digging a tunnel, but Xiao Zhen killed it with a white light blade.
• Achilles used invisibility to attack Silvergon with the Light Chainsaw Man technique, cutting into its neck.
• Silvergon grabbed Achilles and slammed him into the ground until his chest light turned red.
• Xiao Zhen transformed into azure flames, escaped Silvergon's grasp, and burned it from within until it stopped moving.
• Xiao Zhen decided to make a puppet from Silvergon's corpse, then restrained Zi Yan when she tried to cut off some meat.

Xiao Zhen and the others returned from their camping trip, while Zi Yan complained that she had not gotten to eat Silvergon’s meat. After Nia checked the latest news about Tiga, the group turned to her to find out which monster would appear next.

• The van returned to the highway, and Xiao Zhen comforted Zi Yan as she complained about missing out on Silvergon’s meat.
• Xiao Zhen refused to let Zi Yan eat any of Silvergon because he planned to make it into a puppet.
• Nia regained phone signal and checked the latest reports about Tiga’s battles against Golza, an iron-skinned man, and an interdimensional demon god.
• Xiao Zhen asked which Experience Pack was next, and the girls looked to Nia, who prepared to use divination to identify the upcoming monster.

Daigo and Horii investigated the silent Space Observation Center, but interference sent their Guts Wing crashing into the forest. Xiao Zhen found them, and Daigo learned that magnetic fluctuations were blocking contact with headquarters as Horii began to wake.

• Daigo and Horii flew to the Space Observation Center after GUTS lost contact with it, while Shinjoh teased Horii about his breakup.
• Interference struck the Guts Wing, and Daigo lost control before the aircraft crashed through the trees.
• Xiao Zhen woke Daigo by warning that Rena might marry another man, while Horii slept through the crash.
• Daigo found the Guts Wing wrecked and could not reach headquarters because strong magnetic fluctuations blocked communications.
• Kurumi said Horii was about to wake up.

Xiao Zhen, Kurumi, Daigo, and Horii traveled through the mountains and reached a village that appeared to have been abandoned moments earlier. A soaked girl appeared and warned them that the fog was coming.

• Xiao Zhen and Kurumi rode ahead of Daigo and Horii along rough mountain paths.
• After more than an hour, the group reached a village, and Xiao Zhen sensed that it was empty.
• Daigo and Horii searched the houses with their Energy Guns and found signs that people had left only moments earlier.
• A soaked, short-haired girl appeared before Daigo and Horii and muttered that the fog was coming.

Daigo, Horii, Xiao Zhen, Kurumi, and the girl in yellow fled a village under attack by armed villagers and strange monsters. They reached a cave after a long run and were temporarily safe.

• Horii told Daigo that armed people were attacking the village, and Xiao Zhen urged everyone to escape before they broke in.
• Xiao Zhen, Kurumi, Horii, Daigo, and the girl in yellow fled through a window into the woods as fog and pursuers followed them.
• The girl in yellow tripped, and Horii pulled her to her feet as bizarre, tumor-like monsters appeared.
• Xiao Zhen noticed Horii's rescue had sparked affection in the girl in yellow and chose not to interfere.
• After running for around two hours, the group reached a damp cave, where the monsters disappeared and they found temporary safety.

Xiao Zhen, Kurumi, Horii, and the girl discovered that monsters were draining people’s life energy around a meteorite and learned that water could repel them. After fleeing and finding Daigo, they left Horii and the girl’s situation uncertain while Xiao Zhen teased Daigo about Rena.

• Horii, the girl, Xiao Zhen, and Kurumi escaped the pursuing fog and found monsters draining people’s life energy near a meteorite.
• The girl recognized her father, Dr. Esaki, among the controlled people, and Horii and the others were spotted after he shot a monster.
• The four split up, and Xiao Zhen used cyan-blue flames to destroy the monsters pursuing him and Kurumi.
• Xiao Zhen and Kurumi found Daigo unconscious by the river and woke him by shouting that Rena was going to marry another man.
• Daigo asked after Horii and the girl, and Xiao Zhen assured him Horii was safe while hinting at Daigo’s future with Rena.

GUTS and Tiga fought Magunia, whose strength came from a life-draining meteorite, while Xiao Zhen intervened by burning the meteorite with Heavenly Flames. After Magunia was defeated, Dr. Esaki died before he could finish speaking, leaving Horii to mistakenly believe he had been entrusted with Chizuru.

• Munakata and Rena arrived in the Drill Tank, and Horii told them the meteorite was the source of the fog and the life drain.
• Magunia appeared, crippled the Drill Tank, and overpowered Tiga after absorbing life energy from the meteorite.
• Shinjoh arrived in the Guts Wing, but tumors stuck to the plane and caused it to crash before he could fire effectively.
• Xiao Zhen burned the meteorite with Heavenly Flames, weakening Magunia so Tiga could destroy it.
• TPC sent medical personnel to treat the victims, and Dr. Esaki briefly regained consciousness before dying while trying to speak to Chizuru.
• Horii told Dr. Esaki he would take care of Chizuru, while Xiao Zhen and Kurumi doubted that this was what the doctor had meant.

After a month of calm, Daigo warned Xiao Zhen that the Naga People threatened Earth with two neutron bombs powerful enough to devastate the planet. Xiao Zhen prepared to confront the crisis and sent the girls and Xiao Yan to Mecha Beast World for safety.

• Horii returned to the village but could not find the delicious meat he had enjoyed.
• Xiao Zhen and Kurumi returned to the villa, where Miku blamed Kurumi’s clone for getting the group detained after speeding.
• Xiao Zhen showed the girls photos of Magunia, and they reacted to the monster’s appearance.
• Daigo told Xiao Zhen that the Naga People had threatened Earth and possessed two powerful neutron bombs.
• Xiao Zhen summoned everyone, called Xiao Yan away from his game, and explained that the danger might be serious.
• Xiao Zhen opened a spatial passage and sent the villa’s occupants to Mecha Beast World for safety.

Xiao Zhen helped Daigo confront the Naga People’s allies as Ultraman Tiga saved Earth from two bomb-carrying dinosaur monsters. After learning the Naga had used them, Ibu and Adam left Earth to seek a new home.

• Daigo tried to convince Ibu that the Naga People had deceived her and planned to destroy Earth, but Adam arrived and revealed he had evolved into the first Dinosaur Person.
• Xiao Zhen subdued Adam while Daigo received word that a dinosaur monster was moving and the two implanted neutron bombs threatened Earth.
• Daigo transformed into Ultraman Tiga, removed the bombs from both monsters, and destroyed the Naga People’s spaceship in outer space.
• Adam thanked Daigo and, with Ibu, chose to leave Earth because Dinosaur People had no right to remain after nearly destroying the planet.
• A strange spaceship carried Ibu and Adam away, while Daigo reacted nervously when Xiao Zhen asked if he was scary.

After training Daigo, Xiao Zhen returned to the villa and learned that the angel appearing on television was connected to the Kirieiloids. He planned to help Daigo, though Yoshinon’s teasing left him intending to discipline both Kurumi and Yoshino that night.

• Xiao Zhen and Daigo finished their training in the mountains, where Daigo had shifted into Tiga’s purple form before returning to human form.
• Xiao Zhen returned to the villa, comforted Yoshino as she watched a horror movie, and changed the channel.
• A television report about an angel appearing in a plaza caught Xiao Zhen’s attention, and Nia identified the likely threat as the Kirieiloids.
• Xiao Zhen decided to help Daigo and imagined the coming fight, until Nia and Yoshinon questioned his motives.
• Xiao Zhen pulled off Yoshinon’s puppet and decided he would also have to set Yoshino straight, along with Kurumi.

Xiao Zhen went to the square and confronted a Kirieiloid who was influencing the crowd and boasting about ruling Earth. He beat the Kirieiloid, then left him to be found by his female partner, who ordered him to get back to their operation.

• Xiao Zhen sensed a mental influence affecting people gathered in the square and noticed someone watching him.
• Xiao Zhen lured a male Kirieiloid into a secluded spot and mocked his claims of godhood and his plan to save humanity.
• The Kirieiloid insulted Xiao Zhen and demanded that he kneel and join them, so Xiao Zhen grabbed him and beat him for more than ten minutes.
• Xiao Zhen warned the Kirieiloid not to cross him again and left him groaning on the ground.
• A female Kirieiloid found her battered partner, dismissed his complaint that the Giant of Light had beaten him, and ordered him to return to their task.

Daigo investigated the angel apparition and was captured by a female Kirieiloid, while other Kirieiloids manipulated the plaza crowd into believing Ultramen were evil. Xiao Zhen found Daigo and confronted the female Kirieiloid, leaving her attack caught in his hand.

• Daigo and Rena went undercover to investigate the angel appearing above the plaza, and Daigo followed a strange laugh to a secluded park.
• The female Kirieiloid ambushed Daigo, took him to an abandoned tunnel, and beat him while demanding that he transform into Ultraman Tiga.
• A Kirieiloid used a hacked plaza screen and brainwashing waves to convince the crowd that Ultramen, especially Tiga, were evil.
• Xiao Zhen appeared in the tunnel and teased Daigo before the female Kirieiloid attacked him in anger.
• Xiao Zhen caught the female Kirieiloid's kick and stroked her leg as he taunted her.

Xiao Zhen captured a female Kirieiloid, but Daigo insisted on letting her go after she claimed her people only wanted a home. As night fell, a male Kirieiloid prepared to deceive humans with a fake angelic gate, while the released woman returned injured.

• Xiao Zhen caught the female Kirieiloid and destroyed the white phantoms who rushed to help her.
• The female Kirieiloid pleaded for mercy, claiming her people had lost their homeland and wanted somewhere to live.
• Daigo asked Xiao Zhen to release her so the humans and Kirieiloids could seek coexistence, and Xiao Zhen let her go.
• The female Kirieiloid thanked Daigo and limped away, while Xiao Zhen warned him not to blame anyone else if his choice had consequences.
• That night, the male Kirieiloid told a crowd that angels had arrived and a gate was about to open, then boasted that humans were easy to fool.
• The male Kirieiloid noticed the female's crooked walk, but she brushed off his concern.

Daigo and Xiao Zhen watched the black gate open as the Kirieiloids prepared to invade, while Colonel Jack received secret orders to target it with nuclear missiles. Daigo transformed into Tiga and tried to close the gate, but the Kirieiloids fused into a stronger form and ambushed him, leaving him facing a formidable enemy.

• Xiao Zhen comforted Daigo and showed him a photograph of his son as the black gate began opening above the city.
• Colonel Jack received orders from the President to aim every nuclear missile at the gate and fire if the situation became critical.
• Daigo transformed into Tiga and tried to force the gate shut, but the cult leader and the woman Daigo had let escape combined their power to summon a stronger Kirieiloid.
• The fused Kirieiloid ambushed Tiga and knocked him from the sky, prompting him to switch to his red form.
• Tiga's punches had no effect on the transformed Kirieiloid, while Xiao Zhen watched with growing concern.

Ultraman Tiga was overwhelmed by the Kirieiloid and collapsed as the alien prepared to open the spatial gate. With both sides fearing the other's next move, the Kirieiloid began forcing the gate open while Earth prepared a bomb that could destroy the city.

• The Kirieiloid battered Tiga, while the crowd under its influence cheered for the supposed Angel and Xiao Zhen watched in disbelief.
• Tiga switched to his purple form and fought the Kirieiloid in the air, but his energy ran low and the alien struck him down.
• Colonel Jack ordered preparations to launch the Mushroom Bomb, then received a message that the Island Nation's Prime Minister supported an immediate strike even if civilians died.
• After hearing that Earth intended to destroy the city and gate with a powerful missile, the Kirieiloid rushed to the spatial passageway and tried to open it.
• Purple light and black mist began spilling from the gate as people on the ground continued cheering.

After citizens’ support helped Daigo revive Tiga, he defeated the fused Kirieiloid and destroyed the invasion gate. Xiao Zhen secretly claimed the Kirieiloid’s body, while the city was spared a missile strike and the Guts Wing was forced to make an emergency landing.

• Megumi Iruma’s broadcast rallied the citizens, and their calls and lights helped Daigo regain consciousness and raise Tiga again.
• Xiao Zhen restored Tiga’s energy with the Spark Blade and asked Daigo to leave the fused Kirieiloid’s body intact; Colonel Jack then halted the missile launch.
• Tiga knocked the Kirieiloid down and attacked him until Xiao Zhen warned Daigo that the gate was about to open and Kirieiloid troops waited beyond it.
• Tiga flew up and fired his ultimate move at the gate while Xiao Zhen erased the fused Kirieiloids’ consciousnesses and stored the body in the System Space.
• Tiga’s beam shattered the gate, debris damaged the Guts Wing and forced Shinjoh and Horii to land, and Colonel Jack confirmed that the invasion had been stopped and the mushroom bomb was unnecessary.