Chapter Summaries

Xiao Zhen and the girls stopped at Obik’s noodle stall, where Obik tried to attack him with the shadow inside The Pot. After Zi Yan and Zixiang forced Obik to keep serving them, he fled into the darkness, while Zi Yan planned to return for more noodles.

• Xiao Zhen and the girls arrived at Obik’s stall, ordered noodles, and ate together.
• Obik asked Xiao Zhen about Obik and revealed his identity when Xiao Zhen recognized him.
• Obik sent the shadow from The Pot to attack Xiao Zhen, but Xiao Zhen easily struck it back into the pot.
• Zi Yan and Zixiang refused to let Obik leave and threatened to smash his stall unless he kept cooking.
• After serving more noodles, Obik escaped into the darkness, and Zi Yan said she would visit his stall again.

Xiao Zhen negotiated a wager with Keigo Masaki over the use of his Spark Blade, then returned to his villa and discovered a strange flower in the courtyard. Keigo began preparing to merge with the statue, while Xiao Zhen’s encounter with the flower left him feeling ill.

• Xiao Zhen visited Keigo Masaki’s base and found him working on a mechanical shark and the Light Particle Converter.
• Keigo Masaki asked to borrow Xiao Zhen’s Spark Blade so he could merge with the statue and become a Giant of Light.
• Xiao Zhen proposed a wager: if Keigo Masaki lost their fight after transforming, he would work for Xiao Zhen, and Keigo accepted.
• Keigo Masaki worked harder on the Light Particle Converter as Xiao Zhen returned to his villa.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Zhen that she and Zixiang had gone to the village and witnessed Tiga kill Obik.
• Xiao Zhen sensed a strange flower in the courtyard and felt terrible when he saw it.

Xiao Zhen and the others discovered a dangerous Kijera flower in their yard and learned that its fragrance affected the Spirit Maidens. He stored the flower away, while Zi Yan continued demanding to eat it and threatened to expose him to Die if he sent her away.

• Nia and Miku warned everyone about Kijera’s illusion-inducing fragrance, while Xiao Zhen found that it had no effect on him.
• Zi Yan wanted to eat the flower, but Xiao Zhen stopped her and stored Kijera in the System Space.
• Zixiang and the other Spirit Maidens admitted that the fragrance made them crave its scent, while Zi Yan said she felt nothing.
• Nia suggested sending Zi Yan away or letting her eat Kijera before the flower spread, and Xiao Zhen considered sending her away.
• Zi Yan refused to leave and threatened to tell Die that Xiao Zhen had found dozens of women, but Xiao Zhen doubted Die would believe her.

Xiao Zhen tested Kijera on Zi Yan and let her eat it after confirming it caused no harm. He then accompanied Miku to Tokyo for a concert, where Yamaguchi Dairo welcomed them and tried to recruit Xiao Zhen into show business.

• Xiao Zhen gave Zi Yan a small piece of Kijera, checked her with Soul Power, and allowed her to eat the flower whole.
• Xiao Zhen heard Miku singing on the balcony and learned she had been invited to perform with Maya at a major concert.
• Miku asked Xiao Zhen to accompany her to Tokyo, and they flew there together early the next morning.
• Yamaguchi Dairo met Miku and Xiao Zhen at the airport, and Miku refused to shake his hand.
• Yamaguchi Dairo drove them to a hotel and invited Xiao Zhen to join the entertainment industry, but Xiao Zhen declined.

Xiao Zhen met Daigo and Mayumi outside Maya’s crowded concert after they missed the start because Daigo overslept. He used his staff pass to bring them backstage, where he explained that his girlfriend was performing as a backing singer.

• Miku left Xiao Zhen to rehearse with Maya before the concert.
• Xiao Zhen went out for drinks and found Daigo and Mayumi stuck outside the packed venue with their tickets.
• Mayumi complained that Daigo had slept past their planned departure, while Daigo blamed a broken alarm clock.
• Daigo told Xiao Zhen that he and Shinjoh had trained with a flight instructor but had still crashed two aircraft that month.
• Xiao Zhen offered to take Daigo and Mayumi inside through the back entrance using his staff pass.
• Mayumi guessed that Xiao Zhen’s girlfriend was Maya, and Xiao Zhen clarified that she was only a backing singer.

Miku performed at a concert, while Xiao Zhen refused Yamaguchi Dairo’s request to help launch her singing career. Shinjoh was possessed by an alien in space, and after Maya left to find her brother, Xiao Zhen agreed to contact Daigo and help the siblings.

• Miku finished her concert and reunited with Xiao Zhen, while Mayumi met her and asked for an autograph.
• Yamaguchi Dairo asked Xiao Zhen to persuade Miku to become a popular singer, but Xiao Zhen declined and took Miku back to the hotel.
• Shinjoh lost his sight during a spacecraft flight, and an alien later took control of his body while Shinjoh fell into a temporary slumber.
• Maya left behind a letter saying she was going to find her brother, Shinjoh, prompting her managers to seek news from Miku.
• Xiao Zhen recalled that an alien had possessed Shinjoh and agreed to help the siblings, reaching for his phone to contact Daigo.

Xiao Zhen joined Daigo and Miku as Maya reunited with her brother, Shinjoh, and prepared to leave Earth. A Natarnian arrived to kill the siblings, but Xiao Zhen destroyed his weapon and challenged his claim to be upholding justice.

• Miku persuaded Xiao Zhen to help find Maya, and he located her with her brother on a mountaintop.
• Xiao Zhen warned Daigo that Maya and her brother were being hunted, while Miku learned Maya planned to leave Earth with Shinjoh.
• A Natarnian confronted the siblings and demanded they surrender, revealing that he intended to kill them as fugitives.
• Shinjoh pleaded for Maya to be spared, but the Natarnian declared they must die in the name of Natarn Star's justice.
• Xiao Zhen destroyed the Natarnian's weapon with a bolt of electricity, then rejected his claim of justice as Daigo condemned his actions.

Xiao Zhen and Daigo helped Shinjoh and Maya survive the Natarnian attack, and Maya decided to remain on Earth while taking a short break from singing. Back in Kumamoto City, Xiao Zhen learned that Kijera was spreading and that Keigo Masaki needed an item he possessed to finish an experiment, leaving him set to visit the laboratory the next day.

• The Natarnian summoned a giant monster, but Daigo transformed into Ultraman Tiga and defeated it with his Zeppelion Beam.
• Xiao Zhen welcomed Shinjoh, who said he planned to leave Shinjoh's body eventually, while Daigo invited him and Maya to stay on Earth.
• Shinjoh and Maya decided to begin a new life on Earth, and Maya planned to take a two- or three-month break from singing.
• Maya treated the group to a meal, and Daigo promised to help Shinjoh find a new body.
• After returning to Kumamoto City, Xiao Zhen learned that Zi Yan had found two more Kijera flowers and that the flowers were appearing more often online.
• Nia told Xiao Zhen that Keigo Masaki's experiment was nearly complete but required an item Xiao Zhen had, so Xiao Zhen planned to visit his laboratory the next day.

Xiao Zhen helped Keigo Masaki use the Spark Blade and the Light Particle Converter to become an Ultraman, but Keigo immediately betrayed their wager and attacked him. The chapter ended with Xiao Zhen standing unharmed after Keigo’s blast struck the cave.

• Keigo Masaki reaffirmed his wager with Xiao Zhen, then reluctantly led him to the stone statues and explained how the transformation would work.
• Xiao Zhen placed the Spark Blade on the platform, and Keigo used the Light Particle Converter to channel its energy into himself.
• Keigo broke down into light particles and merged with the Ultraman stone statue, awakening as a giant.
• Keigo declared himself the strongest being on Earth and said he would rule the planet, dismissing Tiga, Achilles, and Xiao Zhen.
• Keigo mocked Xiao Zhen and fired a sphere of light at him, but Xiao Zhen remained unharmed when the dust cleared.

Xiao Zhen learned from Gadi that Keigo Masaki's power came from an ancient Ultraman whose spirit had nearly collapsed, while Masaki's darkness and greed were being amplified. In Kumamoto City, Masaki declared himself Earth's future ruler and began charging an attack as people fled and GUTS learned of his arrival.

• Xiao Zhen confronted Keigo Masaki, who escaped the cave after deciding he needed time to charge a finishing move.
• Xiao Zhen discovered that the tan puppy was Gadi, an ancient monster loyal to the Ultraman whose power Keigo Masaki had inherited.
• Gadi told Xiao Zhen that Camilla had ambushed his master and Tiga, and that Masaki's inherited power was amplifying his darkness and greed.
• Keigo Masaki arrived in Kumamoto City, landed among the people, and proclaimed that he would rule Earth.
• At GUTS headquarters, Nakai reported the unknown Ultraman's appearance, and the team watched Masaki threaten the crowd.
• Keigo Masaki began gathering energy to demonstrate his power, prompting the crowd to panic and run.

Xiao Zhen’s Ultraman Achilles protected civilians and overpowered Keigo Masaki in a brutal fight. Their beams collided, leaving Daigo and the GUTS pilots struggling to keep their aircraft aloft.

• Keigo Masaki fired an energy sphere at fleeing civilians, but Xiao Zhen blocked it as Ultraman Achilles and challenged Keigo’s desire to rule Earth.
• Keigo attacked with a kick that destroyed an empty building, but Xiao Zhen dodged and knocked him down with a punch.
• Keigo unleashed a series of kicks while Xiao Zhen taunted him and dodged, then Achilles struck him with Furious Thunder Consecutive Kicks.
• Daigo and Horii decided Achilles was on humanity’s side, while Daigo wondered whether to join the fight and the pilots speculated about Achilles’s connection to Tiga.
• Xiao Zhen caught Keigo’s fist, and Keigo noticed his energy was nearly depleted before firing a Zeppelion Beam.
• Achilles answered with Despair Ray, and the colliding beams nearly caused Daigo and Shinjoh to crash their GUTS Wings.

Xiao Zhen defeated Keigo Masaki, then confronted him in an alley and took his transformation device after Keigo refused to become his subordinate. Back home, Xiao Zhen learned the women had bet on whether he would recruit Keigo, and the losing side was stuck cleaning the house.

• Xiao Zhen overwhelmed Keigo Masaki in their beam struggle, forcing him to revert to human form and leaving the city battle site devastated.
• Xiao Zhen found the injured Keigo Masaki in an alley and demanded that he honor their bet, but Keigo refused to become his subordinate.
• Xiao Zhen searched Keigo Masaki's coat and took his dark red-patterned transformation device, then left after Keigo would not agree to work for him.
• Daigo called Xiao Zhen to ask about the mysterious giant, and Xiao Zhen brushed him off with an invented explanation.
• Xiao Zhen returned home and learned that Nia, Miku, Kurumi, and the others had bet on whether he would recruit Keigo Masaki, with the losing side responsible for cleaning the house.
• Zi Yan complained about having to do housework, while Kurumi reminded her that a bet was a bet.

Xiao Zhen woke from a vision of the Ancient Civilization’s destruction to find Kijera blooming everywhere and most of his household trapped in dreams. He set out to retrieve Zi Yan, who had been eating the flowers and refused to return home.

• Xiao Zhen learned from Gadi that Kijera had spread across the mountains and plains, then shielded his house from its pollen with Dou Qi.
• Xiao Zhen found that Nia and Kurumi were unaffected, along with Zi Yan, while the rest of the villa’s residents were lost in Kijera-induced dreams.
• Nia showed Xiao Zhen an image of Zi Yan eating Kijera, and Kurumi began restraining the dream-entranced Yamai Sisters as Xiao Zhen left to find the child.
• Zi Yan kicked a flower-addled painter away after he accused her of stealing his Kijera, then continued eating flowers.
• Xiao Zhen found Zi Yan and asked her to return home, but she refused because she believed eating more Kijera would help her advance.

Xiao Zhen met Luke and Dina, survivors of the Ancient Civilization, and asked Luke to explain its history. Luke recounted the Ultramen’s arrival, their alliance with humanity, and the civil war that Tiga began before revealing that Tiga attacked the awakened Gatanothor.

• Xiao Zhen uprooted Kijera for Zi Yan, who ate it all and sensed that she was about to advance.
• Dina introduced herself to Xiao Zhen, and her father Luke arrived and identified Xiao Zhen as Achilles's inheritor.
• Luke invited Xiao Zhen, Zi Yan, and Dina to his spaceship and began telling Xiao Zhen about the Ancient Civilization.
• Luke explained that the Ultramen came from the Orion Galaxy and allied with humans to fight monsters and darkness.
• Luke described how Tiga manipulated the giants into civil war and revealed that the Dark Giant later attacked Gatanothor with three followers.

Luke explained how Tiga and the other Giants failed to stop Gatanothor, and how humanity’s reliance on Kijera led to the fall of the super ancient civilization. After Xiao Zhen helped the Spirit Maidens through their Kijera withdrawal, Daigo called him for guidance.

• Luke showed Xiao Zhen how Dark Tiga and his companions fought Gatanothor, then explained that Tiga joined the Giants of Light and sealed Camilla and his two subordinates in R'lyeh.
• Luke said Kijera caused humanity to abandon resistance, and explained that humans had created it to preserve life and achieve a degree of immortality.
• Luke revealed that he trusted Xiao Zhen because he believed Achilles had recognized him, though Xiao Zhen knew he had forcibly merged with Achilles.
• Xiao Zhen returned home and found Kurumi and Nia restraining Spirit Maidens who were suffering from Kijera withdrawal; Yao Chen reassured him that they would recover.
• Xiao Zhen put the Spirit Maidens to sleep and began preparing medicine to suppress their dependence on Kijera.
• Daigo called Xiao Zhen from a phone booth and asked him to meet so he could seek guidance.

Daigo struggled to decide whether to destroy Kijera despite humanity’s dependence on its dreams, until Xiao Zhen slapped him into clarity and he transformed to fight. At Kijera, Zi Yan attacked the flower while Daigo and Xiao Zhen began uprooting it, drawing the fury of the dream-addicted crowd.

• Daigo lamented humanity’s obsession with Kijera’s dreams, and Xiao Zhen urged him to stop the plant before it doomed humanity again.
• Xiao Zhen slapped Daigo and reminded him that, as both human and light, he could act to save humanity; Daigo thanked him and transformed, while Xiao Zhen joined him.
• Zi Yan arrived in her Ancient Void Dragon form and began eating Kijera as enraged people demanded that someone protect the plant.
• Tiga prepared to attack Zi Yan, but Xiao Zhen stopped him, identified her as an ally, and pointed out Kijera’s root as the plant’s weakness.
• The two Ultramen pulled at Kijera’s roots while the crowd cursed them, and Xiao Zhen urged Daigo to ignore the abuse.
• Tiga changed into his red form and continued helping Xiao Zhen uproot Kijera.

Xiao Zhen, Daigo, and Zi Yan destroyed Kijera, with Zi Yan eating the plant and Xiao Zhen burning its roots. After Luke and Dina departed to seek a new home, Zi Yan began advancing inside a giant cocoon.

• Zi Yan devoured Kijera while Xiao Zhen and Daigo struggled to pull up its deep roots.
• Xiao Zhen burned Kijera's roots with azure-blue flames, and Zi Yan ate the plant despite its bite to her arm.
• After Kijera was destroyed, Xiao Zhen caught the overstuffed Zi Yan and soothed her stomach with Dou Qi.
• Luke told Xiao Zhen and Daigo that he and Dina had enough Kijera essence to survive for hundreds of thousands of years and planned to find a new home.
• Xiao Zhen brought Zi Yan back to the villa, where purple light surrounded her and she transformed into a giant cocoon as she began advancing.

Xiao Zhen investigated a spatial disturbance and discovered Chariga had awakened Goldras, a monster that could distort space. Goldras opened a passage that dragged Japanese soldiers into the canyon and began eating them.

• Kurumi's clones carried the cocoon containing the advancing Zi Yan upstairs, while the Spirit Maidens recovered from the Kijera incident.
• Xiao Yan's pill refinement failed after he became distracted, and Yao Chen sensed a powerful spatial fluctuation and went to alert Xiao Zhen.
• Xiao Zhen sensed the disturbance in a canyon and went to investigate, leaving Keigo Masaki searching the seabed for Ultraman statues.
• Chariga celebrated after finding Goldras, the golden dragon monster, asleep in the canyon among objects from different eras.
• Goldras opened a spatial passage and summoned several hundred Japanese soldiers, then attacked and began devouring them as Chariga watched.

Xiao Zhen followed Goldras and Chariga through a time-space passage to the Jurassic Era, where he ambushed Chariga and stole his Time Machine and weapon. He spared Chariga and began considering how to use him to deal with Goldras.

• Goldras resisted Chariga's attempt to control his mind, then entered a time-space passage with Chariga and Xiao Zhen following.
• Xiao Zhen identified their destination as the Jurassic Era and secretly pursued Chariga, eyeing the Time Machine he carried.
• Xiao Zhen immobilized Chariga, stole his Time Machine and cane, and threatened him with a blade.
• Chariga revealed his name and described Goldras as a powerful, valuable collectible.
• Xiao Zhen spared Chariga and decided he still needed him to operate the stolen Time Machine.

Xiao Zhen killed Goldras while Chariga watched, then asked Chariga to help him operate the time machine. After learning Chariga had stolen it from a research institute and had nowhere to return, Xiao Zhen recruited him as a follower.

• Goldras dreamed of defeating Silvergon before Xiao Zhen killed him with the High-Speed Light Wheel after drugging him.
• Chariga mourned Goldras as Xiao Zhen stored the corpse and considered turning it into a combat puppet.
• Xiao Zhen asked Chariga how to operate the time machine, and Chariga revealed he had spent over a hundred years cleaning at the research institute before stealing it and escaping the Capricorn Galaxy.
• Xiao Zhen invited Chariga to follow him, and Chariga agreed to serve him.