Chapter Summaries

Li Yue defeated Ei by using the authority of dreams to make her believe their battle was still underway, then revealed that she had already lost. Ei accepted the loss and declared that she would become Li Yue’s deputy and give him the position of Thunder God, shocking the people of Inazuma.

• Li Yue equipped the Wood Person with Armor of Thunder and fought Ei in a second round, but Ei destroyed the Wood Person with a powerful slash.
• Ei targeted Li Yue’s real body, but he used Illusion to reveal that she had been trapped in a dream and that he had already placed his sword at her throat.
• Ei admitted defeat and silenced the Inazumans who protested, explaining that she had been under Li Yue’s illusion from the start.
• Ei declared that she would become Li Yue’s deputy and relinquish the position of Thunder God to him.
• The Inazumans, especially members of the Tri-Commission, protested Ei’s decision, but she insisted that she had to honor the contract.

Li Yue took over as Inazuma’s Electro God under the name Lord Tenno and began judging the Raiden Shogun and Tri-Commission for their actions. After Ei admitted her failings and Li Yue balanced them against her past service, he accused the Commission leaders of treason, and Ei killed Kujou Takayuki when Li Yue asked her to silence him.

• Ei supported Li Yue’s rule, and Yae Miko joined them as Li Yue’s retainer under her contract.
• Li Yue declared himself Inazuma’s Electro God, chose the name Lord Tenno, and promised to govern by fairness.
• Li Yue judged the Raiden Shogun for the Sakoku and Vision Hunt Decrees, but ruled that her past protection of Inazuma offset her wrongdoing.
• Li Yue accused Hiiragi Shinsuke, Kujou Takayuki, and Kamisato Ayato of betraying Inazuma and detailed their dealings with the Fatui and Resistance.
• Kujou Takayuki demanded evidence, so Li Yue asked Ei to silence him; Ei struck him with lightning and killed him.

Li Yue dismantled Inazuma’s Tri-Commission, punished its ruling clans, and appointed new leaders to run the government. He left the rebels’ fate to be decided after reorganizing the Commissions.

• Raiden Ei killed the Head of the Kujou Clan, and Li Yue questioned the Tri-Commission subordinates until they revealed the Kanjō Bugyō and Tenryou Commission’s crimes.
• Li Yue sentenced the Tri-Commission ringleaders to death, stripped their clans of power, and spared the Kamisato siblings from execution while demoting them to commoners.
• Li Yue appointed Kujou Sara to lead the Tenryou Commission and Kuki Shinobu to lead the Kanjō Bugyō, bringing the Arataki Gang in as a patrol squad.
• Li Yue abolished the Yashiro Commission and assigned its duties to the Grand Narukami Shrine, leaving Yae Miko responsible for overseeing them.
• Li Yue ordered the rebels to be sent to work in the mines, except for the Human God Shrine Maiden and her deputy.

Li Yue made Raiden Ei his deputy after winning their wager, took the title of Raiden Shogun, and merged Liyue and Inazuma under the name United Kingdom of Liyue and Inazuma Islands. As Inazuma began reforms and reopened to trade, Venti suggested that he, too, might join Li Yue, while Nahida said she would follow Li Yue’s guidance in Sumeru.

• Li Yue decided to keep the Human God Shrine Maiden and her deputy to help shift Watatsumi Island’s faith, then announced that Liyue and Inazuma would merge as the United Kingdom of Liyue and Inazuma Islands.
• Raiden Ei told Liyue’s leaders that she had wagered her service on a contest with Li Yue and had given him the Raiden Shogun position to limit the impact of her departure.
• Sara reorganized the Tenryou Commission, Kuki Shinobu took charge of the Kanjō Bugyō, Yae Miko assumed the Yashiro Commission’s duties through the Grand Narukami Shrine, and the Kamisato family reclaimed Komore Teahouse.
• Li Yue returned to Liyue Harbor, where he arranged for an official announcement and said the two countries would keep their existing systems while increasing trade and cooperation.
• Raiden Ei explained that Makoto’s consciousness had recognized Li Yue’s abilities, and Venti proposed that he become part of Li Yue as well.
• Nahida said she would follow Li Yue’s ideas in governing Sumeru until she gained enough experience.

Li Yue agreed to help Kazuma fight the Headless Knight Beldia and set out for the Konosuba World with Hu Tao and the four Archons. The group arrived above Axel City as Beldia continued attacking adventurers, and Li Yue rushed out of the portal to confront him.

• Venti, Zhongli, Raiden Ei, and Nahida agreed that Li Yue might one day become the Heavenly Principles because he could take people to safe, isolated worlds.
• Kazuma asked the Chat Group for help against Beldia, whose armor had resisted Megumin's Explosion Magic and Aqua's purification.
• Li Yue agreed to help Kazuma and left Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, where Hu Tao asked to come along.
• Venti, Raiden Ei, Zhongli, and Nahida joined Li Yue and Hu Tao, and Li Yue opened portals to the Konosuba World.
• Beldia kept attacking adventurers outside Axel City while Kazuma carried Megumin and waited for reinforcements.
• Li Yue emerged from a portal above Beldia, who threw his head into the air and prepared to fight.

Li Yue and the Teyvat group arrived in Axel City, where Raiden Ei instantly defeated the Headless Knight and Hu Tao met Megumin. Meanwhile, Kasumigaoka Utaha questioned Li Yue about his novel based on Akise Tomoya's group and learned he wanted to know its sales.

• Li Yue caught the Headless Knight's head and greeted Kazuma, but Hu Tao discovered she could not use Elemental Power in this world.
• Raiden Ei struck down the Headless Knight with one slash, while the other adventurers celebrated and the Teyvat group explored Axel City.
• Hu Tao and Megumin recognized that they shared a voice and enthusiastically introduced themselves to each other.
• Kasumigaoka Utaha asked Li Yue about White Album and criticized the disguised versions of Akise Tomoya's group in his novel.
• Li Yue asked about the novel's sales, and Kasumigaoka Utaha ended the chat without telling him that it had become a hit.

After earning a huge bounty for defeating Beldia, Li Yue’s group registered as adventurers in Axel City and began choosing classes. Zhongli and Venti made their choices, and Li Yue was still advising Raiden Ei when the chapter ended.

• Luna offered Li Yue’s party a special bounty of three hundred million Eris for defeating Beldia, and Li Yue arranged to lend Kazuma five hundred thousand Eris from the reward.
• Li Yue brought Zhongli, Venti, Raiden Ei, and the others to register as adventurers and explained the available classes and their abilities.
• Zhongli chose to become a spear-wielding Cross Knight and spent his skill points on abnormal status resistance, which relieved his erosion.
• Venti learned that his high luck suited him and chose the thief class, putting his skill points into Steal.
• Li Yue assessed Raiden Ei’s stats and recommended that she become a High Priest.

Li Yue helped Raiden Ei, Nahida, and Hu Tao choose their classes, then went to check the quest board in Axel. Aqua recognized his blessing and, after Li Yue pretended to honor her as a goddess, asked him for money, which he gladly gave her.

• Raiden Ei chose the Sword Master class, Nahida became a High Priest and invested her points in Sacred Purification, and Hu Tao became a mage who put all her skill points into Explosion Magic.
• Li Yue noticed his party’s unusual lineup and joked that he was Satou Kazuma, then asked Kazuma about available commissions in Axel.
• Kazuma explained that the Headless Knight had scared away nearby monsters, leaving few commissions but some high-level extermination quests on the board.
• Aqua recognized her blessing on Li Yue and assumed he was a reincarnated hero, so Li Yue pretended not to know her until she introduced herself as the Goddess of Water.
• Li Yue praised Aqua for descending to help mortals, and Aqua asked to borrow 500,000 Eris after admitting her money had been confiscated.
• Li Yue handed Aqua 500,000 Eris, and she happily snatched the money pouch.

Li Yue’s group accepted three Adventurer’s Guild commissions and tackled the One-hit Bear, but their first quest became a chaotic test of fighting without Elemental Power. Hu Tao defeated the bear with Explosion Magic, leaving the party to regroup at the guild before their remaining commissions.

• Aqua celebrated receiving five hundred thousand from Li Yue, while the Teyvat Adventure Team registered at the Adventurer’s Guild and accepted commissions to subjugate a One-hit Bear, a Black Wolf Pack, and a Giant Armored Crab.
• Li Yue stopped Raiden Ei from killing the One-hit Bear so the others could experience adventuring, and Zhongli volunteered to face it as the party’s Cross Knight.
• Zhongli forgot he could not use Elemental Power and was swatted away twice before he began dodging the bear’s attacks; Venti, Nahida, and Zhongli struggled to help while Hu Tao prepared her magic.
• Hu Tao unleashed Explosion Magic to kill the bear, then collapsed from depleted Magic Power, and Li Yue carried her back to the Adventurer’s Guild.
• Zhongli complained that he had been the only one taking hits, while Li Yue praised the group’s performance and Hu Tao said she would use Explosion Magic again despite its exhausting cost.

Li Yue’s group adapted to adventuring in the Otherworld, completed their hunting commissions, and returned to Teyvat before Li Yue went to meet Eriri. Eriri’s novel became a hit, and Li Yue summoned her after school while the chat group discussed Kazuma’s troubles with Aqua.

• Zhongli, Venti, Hu Tao, and the others agreed to continue their commissions after resting, with Zhongli and Venti gaining confidence in their new skills.
• The party defeated a pack of black wolves and armored crabs, then returned to Teyvat with sparkling wine from the Adventurer’s Guild.
• Li Yue traveled to the Saekano world, where Eriri’s White Album had become a popular bestseller and Akise Tomoya praised it.
• Li Yue called Eriri at school and told her to meet him after class, and Eriri claimed to Akise that she was seeing a friend from England.
• Li Yue waited for Eriri on the school rooftop and read Kazuma’s complaints in the chat group about Aqua spending his money and accumulating debt.

Li Yue took Eriri to a love hotel, while her childhood friend Akise Tomoya followed and misunderstood what he saw. Eriri entered believing Li Yue was setting up another prank, but his behavior left her frightened and trapped on the bed.

• Li Yue met Eriri after school, and Akise Tomoya overheard them leaving together.
• Akise secretly followed Eriri as she followed Li Yue through the streets.
• Li Yue entered a love hotel, and Eriri convinced herself it was another scheme before confidently following him inside.
• Akise saw Eriri enter the hotel with Li Yue and concluded she was willingly engaging in prostitution.
• Li Yue showered, then approached Eriri half-naked; she backed onto the waterbed and fell beneath him.

Li Yue teased Eriri into thinking he intended to have sex with her, then had her type the full plot of White Album Volume Two under his dictation. He assigned her the illustrations and walked her home after the buses stopped running.

• Li Yue teased Eriri until she mistakenly thought he was about to have sex with her, then revealed that he wanted her to use the hotel computer to write.
• Eriri spent the night typing White Album Volume Two under Li Yue's dictation and called home to tell Sawamura Sayuri she was out with Akise Tomoya.
• Li Yue praised Eriri for finishing the text and told her to organize the copy in her email after she got home.
• Eriri asked to illustrate Volume Two, and Li Yue agreed on the condition that she follow his character designs, especially keeping Ogiso Setsuna flat-chested.
• Li Yue teased Eriri about her claimed B cup, then told her to go home and offered to walk her after she realized the buses had stopped running.

Li Yue returned from Eriri’s world and discussed materializing the Demon Gods inside his Inner World with Aizen. After Aizen lent him the Hōgyoku, Li Yue absorbed its spiritual power, greatly increased his Reiatsu, and released a newly awakened power.

• Li Yue walked Eriri home, reminded her not to alter Ogiso Setsuna’s breasts, and left while Akise Tomoya watched from afar and Sawamura Sayuri misread the scene.
• Li Yue told Kasumigaoka that Eriri would help handle his second novel volume, then returned to Liyue Harbor, where Raiden Ei was waiting for him.
• Li Yue discussed the Raiden Shogun and Lady Kitsune with Raiden Ei before they went to rest, and he considered summoning the Demon Gods from his Inner World.
• Li Yue asked Aizen how to materialize the souls within his Inner World, and Aizen suggested using the Hōgyoku after explaining its power and his own abilities.
• Aizen sent Li Yue the Hōgyoku, and Li Yue absorbed its spiritual power on Mt. Tianheng, raising his Reiatsu from twelve to sixty Kenpachis.
• Li Yue aimed his hand at the empty ground and released the power that had begun to emerge within his soul.

After the Hōgyōku strengthened Li Yue’s soul, he awakened the ability to summon souls from his Inner World and manifested four Demon Gods, including Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. He left Zhongli speaking with the separated consciousness of Morax, while Nahida and Ei reunited with their mothers and Venti was scolded by Boreas.

• Li Yue returned the Hōgyōku to Aizen and meditated to assess his increased power.
• Zhongli, Ei, Venti, and Nahida arrived after Li Yue’s Reiatsu erupted, and Li Yue told them he had awakened the ability to summon souls from within himself.
• Li Yue used Enma’s Blade to manifest Boreas, Morax, Raiden Ei, and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, explaining that they could fight beside him while his Inner World’s power was temporarily unavailable.
• Nahida reunited with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, Ei reunited with Makoto Raiden, and Venti accompanied Boreas as the Demon Gods chatted on Mt. Tianheng.
• Li Yue urged Zhongli to thank Morax for recommending him to manage Liyue, and Zhongli thanked the Vago Monarch while describing himself as a humble consultant.

Li Yue explained how his new ability let the four Demon Gods appear outside his body, while Zhongli arranged for Morax to handle Liyue’s paperwork as he relaxed. A chat-group member named 486 then announced that he had suddenly transmigrated, and the chapter ended as he began livestreaming his new world.

• Li Yue described how his Reiatsu was divided to sustain himself, Enma's Blade, and the four Demon Gods when they appeared outside his body.
• Makoto Raiden and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata explained that the departed Demon Gods would usually remain within Li Yue, while Zhongli asked Morax to stay and teach him to govern Liyue.
• Morax processed Liyue’s documents at the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor while Zhongli and the others drank tea, and Zhongli defended the arrangement as Morax doing his work for him.
• Li Yue discussed with Aizen whether Enma's Blade could separate the Soul King's stabilizing power, and Aizen said Li Yue could likely do so with enough Reiatsu.
• So Arrogant announced that he had suddenly transmigrated after leaving a convenience store, and Li Yue guided him in starting a livestream of the Otherworld.

Subaru Natsuki, called 486 in the chat group, discovered that dying sent him back to his arrival point and learned that his power was Death Re-load. After using a loop to beat the thugs, he looked for the beautiful girl he believed had summoned him, then heard someone approaching.

• 486 explored the unfamiliar city, guessed he had been summoned as a hero, and sat in an alley to gather his thoughts.
• Three thugs demanded 486’s valuables, and he charged at them expecting to awaken a special power but was stabbed and killed.
• 486 returned to the street where he had first arrived, and the chat group explained that his power let him restart after death.
• 486 recognized Death Re-load as his ability and decided to seek revenge on the thugs.
• 486 defeated the three thugs, resumed searching for his supposed beautiful-girl summoner, and heard anxious footsteps approaching.

Subaru Natsuki (486) tried to help the Silver-haired Girl recover her stolen Dragon Calendar Stone, but died three times while pursuing the quest. He asked the chat group for help, and Li Yue opened a Portal to Subaru’s world with Morax and another companion set to follow.

• 486 was stabbed by a thug, healed by the Silver-haired Girl, and agreed to help her find the thief who had stolen her important item.
• 486 died while following the Silver-haired Girl to the Exchange in the Slums, then died again after angering her with the fake name she had given him and trying to retrieve the Dragon Calendar Stone alone.
• After reviving, 486 asked Li Yue for help, and Li Yue agreed while Hair Gel Man in the Sky also decided to come along.
• Li Yue opened a Portal to Subaru Natsuki’s world and appeared beside 486.

Li Yue brought Aizen and Shanks to the Royal Capital to support Subaru Natsuki, then took them sightseeing while Subaru set out to find Felt and recover the insignia. After explaining the kingdom’s history and its powerful Sword Saint Reinhard, Li Yue and the others went to seek him out, and Reinhard sensed their hostile presence in the crowd.

• Li Yue opened gates to bring Aizen and Shanks into Subaru Natsuki’s world, and promised Subaru that the group would help if he needed them.
• Li Yue, Aizen, and Shanks left Subaru in the alley with a way to contact them, while Subaru headed toward the Slums to find Felt and retrieve the insignia.
• As they explored the Royal Capital, Li Yue explained Lugnica’s history, the Witch of Envy, the Witch Cult, and the world’s magic and Blessings.
• Li Yue told Aizen and Shanks that Reinhard was the strongest Sword Saint, and the three decided to seek him out.
• Reinhard was patrolling the Royal Capital when he sensed Li Yue, Aizen, and Shanks watching him with hostile intent.

Reinhard followed Li Yue, Aizen, and Shanks out of the Royal Capital, where Shanks challenged him and overwhelmed him with Haki and swordsmanship. Reinhard began drawing on the Dragon Sword’s full power as Shanks met him with Conqueror’s Haki coating, leaving their decisive clash underway.

• Reinhard noticed the Dragon Sword loosen in its sheath when he saw Li Yue, Aizen, and Shanks, then followed them from the Royal Capital to the Slums.
• Li Yue revealed that the group had lured Reinhard away, and Shanks stepped forward to fight him.
• Shanks’s Conqueror’s Haki affected nearby Slums residents, but Reinhard endured it and learned about Shanks’s Haki.
• Shanks used Armament Haki to overpower Reinhard in their sword fight, while Li Yue explained why Reinhard was poorly matched against him.
• Li Yue warned that another powerful accomplice was inside the Royal Capital, prompting Reinhard to gather Mana and prepare his full strength as Shanks coated Gryphon with Conqueror’s Haki.

Shanks defeated Reinhard the Virtuous in a devastating duel, while Li Yue contained the battle’s damage. The group then joined 486 and Emilia in the Slums Exchange, where Li Yue faced Gut Hunter as Shanks and Aizen watched for fun.

• Shanks clashed with Reinhard the Virtuous and won, while Li Yue raised barriers to contain the shockwave and direct it skyward.
• Julius led Guard Knights to the Slums, where Reinhard explained that a pirate had defeated him and that two dangerous companions had left with him.
• Reinhard told Julius that the intruders had likely lured him away only to fight, and then described the three strangers to the knights.
• Li Yue, Shanks, and Aizen arrived through a Portal at the Slums Exchange, where 486, Emilia, a blond little girl, and an injured old man faced Gut Hunter.
• Shanks and Aizen declined to fight Gut Hunter, so Li Yue stepped forward and accepted her as his opponent.