Chapter Summaries

Misaka Mikoto woke from a nightmare that revealed the battle between Jiang Rui, Nine Tails, and Kerrisa had truly happened, while Jiang Rui took Kerrisa’s form and continued the assault on the Knights Faction. As the battle raged around the estate, he turned his attention to the barrier containing Reivinia and Sylvia’s fight.

• Misaka Mikoto woke beside Accelerator, and a silver-haired girl told her and the awakened Tsuchimikado Motoharu that the visions of the battle were real.
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails discussed their injuries and points after Nine Tails killed Kerrisa with the Star Lance; Jiang Rui devoured Kerrisa and gained her spatial-severing technique and control over Curtana.
• Jiang Rui used Kerrisa’s skin and Human-Skin Magic to disguise himself as the Second Princess, then ordered Nine Tails to wipe out the knights within the estate.
• Jiang Rui killed a knight who approached him, and Wordless reported that several Sequence 6 fighters had died while the remaining knights regrouped against the Transcendents.
• Jiang Rui asked Nine Tails whether she could break the barrier around the estate, eager to join the intense battle between Reivinia and Sylvia.

Jiang Rui and Nine Tails shattered Sylvia’s golden barrier with a combined attack from inside and outside, then joined Reivinia to fight her. Nine Tails overwhelmed Sylvia with relentless spear attacks and prepared a legendary spear throw.

• Jiang Rui’s projected Rune of All-Law Breaking failed to damage the golden barrier, but Nine Tails’s Star Lance briefly cracked it.
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails coordinated attacks with Curtana to break the barrier, revealing themselves to Sylvia and Reivinia.
• Reivinia recognized Jiang Rui despite his disguise as Kerrisa, and Jiang Rui, Nine Tails, and Reivinia rushed Sylvia together.
• Reivinia unleashed Michael’s angelic power while Jiang Rui supported Nine Tails, who used her spatial leaps and rapid spear thrusts to wound Sylvia.
• Nine Tails threw her spear at Sylvia and called the attack the “Godslaying Spear.”

Nine Tails and Reivinia overwhelmed Sylvia while Jiang Rui explained that his plan had drawn Lola Stuart toward Aleister. At Windsor Castle, Lola recognized Aleister, who escaped with Accelerator, Misaka Mikoto, and Tsuchimikado Motoharu, leaving the confrontation between the two Great Demons unresolved.

• Nine Tails hurled her spear through a wormhole, and Reivinia restrained Sylvia so the attack struck her instead.
• Jiang Rui guarded Sylvia's charred body and revealed that Lola Stuart was likely the person Sylvia was waiting for.
• A silver-haired girl led Accelerator, Misaka Mikoto, and Tsuchimikado Motoharu through Windsor Castle and explained that Academy City might become England's enemy.
• Lola Stuart confronted the silver-haired girl, recognized her as Aleister, and threatened her.
• Aleister seized the three Academy City operatives and escaped as Jiang Rui explained that he had deliberately used them to bring Lola to her.

Lola unleashed her demonic power and set out to hunt Aleister, while Jiang Rui’s group defeated the Knights Faction and Nine Tails killed Sylvia. The chapter ended with Fa Hai and the others learning that Jiang Rui had wielded Sequence 5 power despite not yet reaching Sequence 5.

• Lola revealed the demonic power sealed in her hair and began searching England for Aleister.
• Jiang Rui’s group finished off the Knights Faction and cornered Sylvia, who tried to surrender and then flee.
• Nine Tails pierced Sylvia with the Star Lance, shattering the world around her and killing her as a golden treasure chest appeared.
• Fa Hai arrived and asked whether Nine Tails had broken through to demigod; Nine Tails explained that Jiang Rui had mastered Sequence 5 power without its life tier.
• Jiang Rui confirmed that he had not reached Sequence 5 yet, leaving Fa Hai and the others astonished.

After Nine Tails defeated Sylvia, her loot included a demigod-level God Power Crystal, which she kept for Jiang Rui despite his refusal to accept it. Raphael noticed the loss of his power, and the Roman Orthodox Church declared a crusade against Academy City and the remnants of R'lyeh.

• Nine Tails opened Sylvia's treasure chest and found a God Power Crystal containing Raphael's healing power, but Jiang Rui returned it to her while accepting the other three golden items.
• Jiang Rui realized that the crystal might help Great Sage evolve into Raphael and promised to prioritize finding a way to do so after returning to R'lyeh.
• Raphael's spiritual pressure swept across the battlefield, and Nine Tails explained that breaking his power's laws had alerted him to their presence.
• Jiang Rui warned the group to prepare for a world war as angels were likely to enter the conflict.
• At the Vatican, the Pope told the Roman Orthodox Church's leaders that two members of God's Right Seat had died in Academy City and ordered a crusade against the city and the remnants of R'lyeh.

The war between the science and magic sides erupted after R'lyeh's attacks on Saints and Academy City's declaration of war, drawing nations and Magic Societies into the conflict. As civilians died and Vivian was kept under guard, Jiang Rui grew uneasy about Aleister's disappearance and returned to Academy City with Nine Tails.

• England's Third Princess Vivian used United Meaning to suppress the Knights Faction rebellion, and Princess Kerrisa invoked Glastonbury Fortress to declare war on France.
• After France refused R'lyeh's forces entry, Jiang Rui declared war on France, and Italy and the Russian Orthodox Church joined the fighting.
• Academy City imposed sanctions on the Vatican, while news that Aleister was alive led magic-side powers to demand his surrender and science-side forces to support Academy City.
• Golden Conch's Anthem bombarded Moscow, and Vivian learned that Krans was leading forces toward the Swedish Magic Society while Kihara Tsumiki kept her under guard.
• Jiang Rui learned that Aleister had escaped with Misaka Mikoto, Accelerator, and Tsuchimikado Motoharu, then returned to Academy City with Nine Tails to investigate.

Jiang Rui and Yinyin Qingcao tested whether Aleister had returned by provoking Shirai Kuroko, whose memories and loyalties were thrown into confusion. The confrontation ended when Misaka Mikoto, Accelerator, and others returned to protect Kuroko, leaving her bewildered by the changed alliances.

• Jiang Rui returned to Academy City with Nine Tails and learned from Yinyin Qingcao that fewer than a hundred thousand students remained while hundreds of thousands of combatants and killers occupied the city.
• Jiang Rui told Yinyin Qingcao that Aleister would return because Academy City was central to both sides of the war, then devised a way to test whether Aleister was watching them.
• Shirai Kuroko encountered Yinyin Qingcao and attacked after her memories of Shokuhou Misaki were altered, prompting Yinyin Qingcao and Fiery Sky to fight her.
• Yinyin Qingcao used Mind Control and telekinesis to restrain Kuroko while Fiery Sky launched a fire dragon, but Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator intervened to protect her.
• Kuroko realized that her former allies had returned and that Accelerator had stepped in front of her, leaving her confused about what had happened overseas.

Jiang Rui confronted Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator, but the silver-haired Aleister revealed that she had already told them the truth and escaped after announcing her presence in Academy City. Jiang Rui pursued her, only for Reivinia to be swept into the chase and defeated before Archbishop Lola arrived.

• Jiang Rui tried to explain that he had betrayed Aleister to protect Academy City, while Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator challenged his account.
• The silver-haired Aleister emerged and revealed that Misaka Mikoto and Accelerator already knew who she was and had compared Jiang Rui's explanation with hers.
• Aleister sent a surge of aura over Academy City to reveal her location to the world, then fled into the sky with Misaka Mikoto, Accelerator, and Tsuchimikado Motoharu.
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails pursued Aleister, and Nine Tails pulled Reivinia through a wormhole to intercept her.
• Aleister reclaimed Reivinia's Tarot cards and redirected her hurricane, leaving Jiang Rui to catch the injured Reivinia.
• Archbishop Lola arrived through a blood-drawn magic circle, and Jiang Rui welcomed her while recognizing her ability to teleport forcibly.

After Aleister used Demon God-level power to defeat Reivinia, Lola decided to stay in Academy City and wait for him. Jiang Rui then learned that Like a Dream was being hunted by another Demon God, and Nine Tails relayed The Unifier’s warning that the group might have to abandon him and kill Kamijou Touma before the world’s defenses fell.

• Reivinia woke in Jiang Rui’s arms, and Nine Tails revealed that Aleister had been her teacher while Lola examined Reivinia’s injuries.
• Lola announced she would stay in Academy City, and Jiang Rui told her that Kamijou Touma’s Imagine Breaker and Kazakiri Hyouka’s protection made him difficult to reach.
• Kihara Tsumiki called Jiang Rui to report that Like a Dream was being hunted, and Jiang Rui asked Nine Tails to contact The Unifier.
• Nine Tails explained that a Demon God had used the Infinite Division Method to enter the world and that The Unifier was occupied fighting to delay the other powerful beings.
• Nine Tails relayed The Unifier’s advice: if they could not save Like a Dream, they should abandon him and kill Kamijou Touma in three days.

Jiang Rui returned to London after learning that the Crowns planned to wait three days before intervening, leaving Like a Dream and the other Extraordinary beings without timely support. As the group debated whether to retreat, news that China had withdrawn its forces suggested that multiple Magic Gods might have descended.

• Nine Tails explained that The Unifier expected Like a Dream to die and for her to take first place, then said she trusted Jiang Rui’s judgment.
• Jiang Rui returned to Buckingham Palace, where the Extraordinary beings had gathered anxiously, and told them the Crowns would take three days to force their way into the world.
• Jiang Rui and Fa Hai warned that breaching the world barrier would provoke the angels and Magic Gods and make the Crowns’ intervention more dangerous.
• Nine Tails revealed that The Unifier’s plan meant abandoning Like a Dream and the gathered Extraordinary beings, prompting several Sequence 6 members to consider retreating.
• God's Advent reported that China had withdrawn its support forces, and Fa Hai said the Buddhist seals he had left there had been erased by deathly energy.
• Jiang Rui and the others wondered whether the signs meant that more than one Magic God, possibly Niangniang, had descended.

Jiang Rui sent his allies toward Academy City to exploit the conflict around Kamijou Touma while he and Nine Tails went to rescue Like a Dream and confront Monk. They reached the ruined Italian town where the Magic God had fought, while the remaining group prepared to travel to Academy City.

• Jiang Rui assigned his allies to work with Yinyin Qingcao and disrupt the magicians protecting Kamijou Touma, while he planned to confront Monk and rescue Like a Dream with Nine Tails.
• Ghost Blade, Kitagawa, and Fa Hai volunteered to accompany Jiang Rui, but he left with Nine Tails and ordered the others to focus on killing Kamijou Touma.
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails arrived at the destroyed Italian town and found that the battle had killed everyone there.
• Jiang Rui sensed the lingering aura and set off with Nine Tails to find Like a Dream.
• At Buckingham Palace, Kihara Tsumiki urged the remaining allies to head for Academy City, while Fa Hai warned Ghost Blade that Jiang Rui's growing attachment to original characters could endanger him.

Jiang Rui and Nine Tails encountered Like a Dream fleeing Monk and Niangniang, then found themselves trapped in a fight against the two Magic Gods. Beyond the World, The Unifier worried that a demonic man’s actions had put Nine Tails in danger.

• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails followed the devastation to a deserted island, where Like a Dream rushed back from the sea with Monk pursuing him.
• Nine Tails disrupted space while Jiang Rui summoned a tsunami and hurricane to attack Monk, but Like a Dream warned them that another pursuer was nearby.
• Like a Dream identified the other pursuer as the underwear-less Niangniang, and Monk used earth to attack the group as she froze their escape route with talismans.
• Jiang Rui entered his True Name state and Heroic Spirit Transformation, gave Like a Dream recovery potions, and urged him to fight alongside them.
• Beyond the World, The Unifier threatened a demonic man over Nine Tails’s safety, while the man suggested his actions had served the greater good.

Nine Tails battled Monk while Jiang Rui confronted Niangniang, using his unstable demigod power to trap and injure her. Niangniang retaliated with powerful artifacts, but Jiang Rui’s attacks forced her to retreat into a scroll, leaving him and Like a Dream alive as the fight continued.

• Nine Tails shattered Monk’s giant spell-hand with her Star Lance and charged him, but six strange totems rose around him and blocked her path.
• Jiang Rui sensed Niangniang hiding underwater and, with Like a Dream standing by, unleashed his Blood Moon domain and unstable demigod power to expose and freeze her.
• Jiang Rui detonated the ice imprisoning Niangniang, injuring her and destroying four of her fingers, but she explained that she opposed Othinus because Othinus planned to sell the world.
• Niangniang suppressed Jiang Rui’s domain with Pangu Banner, struck him with Fantianyin, and attacked with Dinghaizhu, but Jiang Rui’s surging seawater forced her to escape inside Hetu Luoshu.
• Jiang Rui reformed beside Like a Dream and asked whether he had recovered; Like a Dream admitted he feared he would die if he joined the battle.

Jiang Rui and Nine Tails joined forces against Monk while Like a Dream held off Niangniang, but their attack failed to kill Monk and left the group in danger. Niangniang explained how to sever Monk’s link to the Six Paths pillars, then an unseen attacker shattered the pillars and restrained Monk, enraging Niangniang as she recognized Nephtys.

• Jiang Rui told Like a Dream that she had one more powerful attack but would be left helpless afterward, and Like a Dream chose to help her fight Niangniang.
• Like a Dream held off Niangniang while Jiang Rui joined Nine Tails against Monk, who used the Six Paths to blunt Nine Tails’ Star Lance.
• Jiang Rui’s Thunder Judgment combined with Nine Tails’ Star Lance to strike Monk, but he survived, and Niangniang dragged the badly injured Like a Dream to Nine Tails.
• Niangniang revealed that Monk could shift between the Six Paths pillars and used the Five Elements Flag to contain the group.
• White bandages shattered Monk’s six pillars and wrapped around him, prompting Niangniang to recognize Nephtys and accuse her of ambushing her again.

Nephtys appeared during the fight and helped Nine Tails kill the Magic God Monk, earning the group a huge points reward. She then restrained Niangniang and told Jiang Rui that her understander had sent a message: Phoenix had repaid its debt, and Jiang Rui must survive long enough to face its revenge.

• Nephtys bound Monk and urged Nine Tails to attack him again, so Nine Tails released the Star Lance and killed him.
• Jiang Rui received 8,755 points for assisting in Monk's death, while Nine Tails rose to the top of the rankings and obtained a rainbow treasure chest.
• Nephtys stopped the group from attacking Niangniang, restrained her, and said she would keep watch over her.
• Nephtys told Jiang Rui that her understander had sent her to protect him and deliver a message, not at The Unifier's request.
• Nephtys revealed that the understander was connected to Phoenix and said Phoenix had repaid its debt to Jiang Rui, but hoped to kill him in a future encounter.

Jiang Rui absorbed the remnants of Monk’s Demon God corpse and began a dangerous transformation while Nine Tails and Like a Dream protected him. At Academy City, the arriving extraordinary beings rallied around Jiang Rui’s reputation and proceeded with their plan to lure the magicians toward Aiwass, unaware that Jiang Rui had not yet returned.

• Jiang Rui arranged to divide Monk’s demigod-level treasure chest later and reviewed how Lilith’s blood essence had strengthened his Vampire Sequence.
• Jiang Rui ordered Great Sage to absorb Monk’s corpse fragment, the Buddha Remnant - Six Paths Ancient Lamp, and black mist formed a cocoon around him as his attributes surged.
• Nine Tails and Like a Dream paused their journey to Academy City and guarded Jiang Rui while he absorbed the Demon God’s power.
• Ghost Blade and the other extraordinary beings arrived above Academy City, saw Jiang Rui and Nine Tails’s enormous point totals, and gained confidence in their alliance.
• Kihara Tsumiki rejected the group’s attempts to recruit her, explaining that she followed Rimuru because he had cooked Chinese food for her for two months.
• After learning Jiang Rui and Nine Tails had not returned, the group followed the original plan to stop the magicians and draw them toward Aiwass.

After devouring Monk’s remains, Jiang Rui gained immense enhancements and a steadfastness talent, then returned to Academy City as invading magicians attacked. He encountered Misaka Mikoto, Accelerator, and Kamijou Touma, and resolved not to hesitate this time.

• Jiang Rui absorbed Monk’s remains, reached the Sequence 7 attribute limit, and gained the talent “Fate Woven Like Threads, Be a Rock.”
• Jiang Rui and Nine Tails returned to Academy City, where he tested his amplified Gravity Spell against the invading magicians before heading to the Windowless Building.
• Jiang Rui watched other supernatural beings battle Right Seat of God and chose to hunt down invading magicians threatening civilians instead of joining the main fight.
• Jiang Rui encountered Misaka Mikoto, Accelerator, and Kamijou Touma amid the ruins, with Misaka Sisters and Dark Misaka nearby.
• Jiang Rui said, “Be a rock,” and decided he would not hesitate again.

Jiang Rui fought Accelerator while Nine Tails pursued Kamijou Touma, and the conflict exposed how far Jiang Rui’s goals had diverged from his former allies’. He declared that he no longer needed their understanding as his followers converged around him.

• Jiang Rui used Exterior Individual to draw power from Misaka Sisters around the world, leaving the nearby Sisters unconscious and provoking Misaka Mikoto.
• Jiang Rui sent Nine Tails after Kamijou Touma while warning her to watch for Aleister, then confronted Accelerator as Kihara Tsumiki summoned support.
• Accelerator attacked Jiang Rui, who regenerated from severe injuries and used the battle to test Accelerator’s reflection.
• Nine Tails repeatedly redirected Star Lance rather than striking Kamijou Touma’s right hand, while Jiang Rui prevented Accelerator from rushing to Touma’s aid.
• Jiang Rui told Accelerator and Misaka Mikoto that he no longer needed them or their understanding, and said he already had others who understood him.
• Ghost Blade, Fa Hai, Kitagawa, Wordless, and God's Advent arrived near Misaka Mikoto and Kamijou Touma as Jiang Rui’s supporters gathered across the city.

Jiang Rui broke Accelerator’s reflection and hurled him into the cliff, drawing more magicians toward the Seventh District as he prepared to expose Aleister and Aiwass. During the ensuing fight, Kuroko teleported Misaka Mikoto and Kamijou Touma away, but Nine Tails intercepted them with her spear and struck Kuroko.

• Jiang Rui charged Accelerator with the Rune of All-Law Breaking, pierced his wing, and punched him through the reflection into the cliff.
• Saints and other magicians headed toward the Seventh District, drawn by the clash between Jiang Rui and Accelerator.
• Nine Tails attacked Kamijou Touma while Misaka Mikoto tried to protect him, and Reivinia joined the group surrounding them.
• The battlefield shook, giving Kuroko a chance to teleport herself, Misaka Mikoto, and Kamijou Touma away.
• Nine Tails sent her spear through their teleportation route, impaling Kuroko as the three fell from the sky.

Shirai Kuroko was gravely wounded while trying to protect Misaka Mikoto, and Kihara Tsumiki rescued her and took her to the hospital. As Nine Tails fought Mikoto and the supernatural beings targeted Kamijou Touma, Nine Tails challenged Mikoto’s assumptions about Rimuru and the power inside Touma.

• Nine Tails struck Shirai Kuroko aside, pulled the Star Lance from her abdomen, and warned her not to interfere again.
• Kihara Tsumiki arrived, treated Shirai Kuroko, and teleported her toward Heaven Canceler’s hospital after reminding her that Ruiko Saten had asked for her protection.
• Nine Tails continued fighting Misaka Mikoto while God's Advent urged the supernatural beings to attack Kamijou Touma for the World Core within him.
• Misaka Mikoto disrupted the group's attack with a powerful iron-sand projectile, but Nine Tails pierced her shoulder and disabled one arm.
• Nine Tails summoned an enormous railgun and told Misaka Mikoto that she misunderstood the power inside Kamijou Touma and had no right to deny Rimuru.