Chapter Summaries

Will infiltrated peaceful Noxus on a secret mission as Esdeath and the Emperor's Sharp Blades prepared to confront the Empire's forces. The ambush began with Mastema's feather attack, followed by assaults from Will, Seryu Ubiquitous, and Bols.

• Will reflected on his orders to infiltrate Noxus and his reluctance to bring war to its peaceful streets.
• Esdeath reported the Hunters' gathering to Chang Wei, who assigned the operation entirely to her.
• Esdeath led the ten Emperor's Sharp Blades through Noxus as Imperial Arms users and assassins prepared to attack.
• Mastema's user launched sharp feathers from the sky, but the Emperor's Sharp Blades blocked them with their black armor.
• Will attacked an Emperor's Sharp Blade with Shura Incarnation: Noble Chariot, while Seryu Ubiquitous sent Xiao Bi rampaging and Bols unleashed flames and magma.

Bols's fire attack disrupted the Emperor's Sharp Blades, while Ran searched for Esdeath and worried that more Blades might be able to fly. The Reincarnators entered the battle, and Passerby A unleashed his tattooed demons as the Emperor's Sharp Blades began taking casualties.

• Bols's self-destruction attack engulfed the battlefield in flames and forced the Emperor's Sharp Blades to retreat.
• Ran saw an Emperor's Sharp Blade take flight and searched the battlefield for General Esdeath, unaware that she had hidden herself to test the Blades.
• Will fought an Emperor's Sharp Blade while two other Blades struggled against the regenerating Hundred-Armed Giant, with Seryu providing cover.
• Passerby A summoned the demons and ghosts housed in his tattoos, and they attacked the Emperor's Sharp Blades.
• A Reincarnator punched an Emperor's Sharp Blade into a stone wall and hammered it deeper with repeated blows.

Esdeath attacked a Reincarnator who was overpowering Emperor's Sharp Blades, but his implanted Artificial Intelligence helped him evade her first strike. She then overwhelmed him with a 100,000-ton punch and froze him to death, leaving the battlefield with one fewer Reincarnator.

• A Soldier Boy-enhanced Reincarnator pinned Emperor's Sharp Blades down and nearly crushed him.
• Esdeath struck at the Reincarnator, but his implanted Artificial Intelligence calculated her attack and helped him dodge and throw her aside.
• Esdeath questioned the Reincarnator about the Imperial Fist Temple, and he asked whether she had betrayed the Empire.
• Esdeath said the Empire was no longer worthy of her loyalty, then struck the Reincarnator with her Ice Fist and shattered his blocking arm.
• Esdeath froze the Reincarnator, and his ice-encased body broke into fragments when she pushed him down.

Esdeath defeated the Empire’s rescue force, captured survivors, and interrogated them while the Revolutionary Army and Night Raid struggled to enter Noxus. After half a month, Esdeath obtained confirmed intelligence and prepared to act.

• Esdeath used the Ice Fist Treasure Tool to freeze and shatter the Reincarnators, leaving three Emperor's Sharp Blades dead and the rest injured.
• Esdeath ordered the battlefield secured and the surviving captives interrogated to uncover the Empire’s hidden forces in Noxus.
• Najenda and Night Raid failed to obtain identification documents or enter the sealed City No. 3 while seeking Esdeath.
• Minister Honest decided to send the Imperial Fist Temple to assist the Empire’s Assassin Organization.
• After half a month of checking intelligence and waiting for the Blade members to recover, Esdeath summoned her subordinates and prepared to act.

Esdeath led the Blades on a sweep of the Empire’s intelligence bases, but the remaining factions had relocated before she could reach them. After Leone spotted Esdeath and informed Najenda, Night Raid began planning an assassination, suspecting Noxus had left Esdeath free as bait.

• Esdeath cleared two intelligence strongholds, but discovered that the remaining factions had relocated after her operation gave them time to move.
• Leone sensed Esdeath’s overwhelming presence from a rooftop and abandoned her companion Reincarnator’s chance to attack her for the Lion King belt.
• Leone told Najenda that Esdeath was moving freely, and Najenda warned that Esdeath remained a major threat despite her defeat by Noxus.
• Najenda suspected Noxus was using Esdeath as bait to expose Imperial spies and assassins, and Leone agreed with her theory.
• Najenda and Leone began devising a plan to assassinate Esdeath.

Najenda agreed to let Revolutionary Army Reincarnators join Night Raid’s plan to assassinate Esdeath, while the Reincarnators sought help from the Anning Dao faction. The chapter ends with the two factions’ leaders meeting to negotiate a contract and split the rewards for killing Esdeath.

• Mine observed that Esdeath was followed by ten people, whom Najenda suspected were Noxus Treasure Tool Users.
• Najenda and Brood discussed how Night Raid could distract the ten guards while Akame assassinated Esdeath with One-Cut Killer.
• Revolutionary Army Reincarnators offered to assassinate Esdeath, and Najenda approved their operation after considering their strength and records.
• The Revolutionary Army Reincarnators met with the Anning Dao Reincarnators, and their leader proposed that they sign a contract to kill Esdeath and divide the rewards equally.
• The chapter described Old Bull’s Mighty Bull Demon King bloodline and the other leader’s formidable Blood Scripture blood-shadow technique.

Esdeath sensed an ambush while walking through the city with ten Blades members, then effortlessly blocked Mine’s powerful attack with ice. Night Raid’s attack faltered as Najenda insisted Esdeath must still be controlled and ordered her team to fight with everything they had.

• The Blood Demon and Ox Demon prepared to attack Esdeath, while Najenda warned Night Raid to avoid harming civilians.
• Esdeath sensed the Reincarnators’ killing intent and told the ten Blades members to prepare for an attack.
• Mine fired Romantic Cannon Pumpkin from a rooftop, but Esdeath stopped the shockwave with an ice shield.
• Mine and the Night Raid members were shocked when Esdeath’s ice barely showed damage.
• Leone questioned whether Esdeath had really been weakened by control, but Najenda urged Night Raid to assume Esdeath was hiding her power and give the battle everything.

Mine’s attack drew the guards away from Esdeath, leaving her surrounded by the Reincarnators. Chang Wei saved her from the Blood Demon’s clone, then confronted the Mighty Bull Demon King over Esdeath’s reward.

• Mine’s attack sent the ten guards rushing toward her and left Esdeath alone.
• Brood and Susanoo went to support Mine and Leone as the enemies converged on them.
• Esdeath fought off the Reincarnators surrounding her and scattered them.
• The Blood Demon sent a Blood Shadow Clone after Esdeath, but Chang Wei appeared and seized it.
• Chang Wei devoured the clone, startling the Blood Demon and the Mighty Bull Demon King, while learning the latter’s secrets.
• The Mighty Bull Demon King asked Chang Wei to leave Esdeath to them, but Chang Wei refused to give up the reward.

Chang Wei defeated Mighty Bull Demon with ease and used Gravity Manipulation to pin him down when he tried to flee. He began forming a Simulated Black Hole, leaving its destructive power poised to be unleashed.

• Mighty Bull Demon struck Chang Wei with a powerful punch, but Chang Wei caught it barehanded without being moved.
• Chang Wei appeared behind Mighty Bull Demon and knocked him into a crater at the edge of the plaza.
• Chang Wei warned Mighty Bull Demon to use his real abilities or die, and Mighty Bull Demon roared before trying to run away.
• Chang Wei used Gravity Manipulation to crush Mighty Bull Demon against the ground and prevent his escape.
• Chang Wei condensed a Gravitational Field into a glowing sphere, forming the embryonic Simulated Black Hole.

Chang Wei formed a Simulated Black Hole that overwhelmed Mighty Bull Demon and resisted his strongest punch. Unable to destroy it, Mighty Bull Demon transformed into Mighty Bull Demon True Dragon and charged again, meeting fierce resistance as his fist touched the black hole.

• Chang Wei created a tiny Simulated Black Hole whose gravity pulled in air and dust and trapped Mighty Bull Demon.
• Mighty Bull Demon broke free of the gravity and punched the black hole, but his attack passed through it without causing damage.
• Mighty Bull Demon realized that brute strength could not destroy the black hole’s gravitational structure and decided to unleash greater power.
• Mighty Bull Demon transformed into Mighty Bull Demon True Dragon, gaining golden scales, dragon claws, horns, eyes, and a tail.
• Mighty Bull Demon True Dragon charged at the black hole and poured out more bloodline power when his fist met its resistance.

Chang Wei used a Simulated Black Hole to defeat Mighty Bull Demon and swallow the fleeing Reincarnators. Afterward, Esdeath left the palace following a night with Chang Wei, while Scathach questioned whether he would let her go.

• Mighty Bull Demon unleashed his bloodline power, but Chang Wei's Simulated Black Hole grew stronger and crushed him.
• The Reincarnators fled from Chang Wei, who sent the black hole after them and swallowed them one by one.
• Esdeath asked Chang Wei whether creating black holes was his innate ability, and he confirmed it before leaving to punish her that night.
• Scathach guarded the palace roof while Esdeath and Chang Wei's struggle continued inside until near noon.
• Esdeath limped away from the palace, and Chang Wei told Scathach that Esdeath was competitive before Scathach left.

After Night Raid’s failed operation against Esdeath, Akame went missing and Najenda resolved to investigate her fate. Chang Wei held Akame in Noxus and began trying to persuade her to join, leaving her under Noxus’s instruction.

• Blades drove Night Raid back during the failed assassination attempt, and Akame disappeared as the Revolutionary Army’s fighters were wiped out.
• Najenda, Leone, Mine, and Brood discussed finding Akame and investigating Esdeath, while Najenda suspected Noxus had captured her.
• Chang Wei told Akame he knew her identity and asked her to work for him, but she refused to betray Night Raid.
• Chang Wei offered to make Kurome betray the Empire, but Akame still refused to abandon her companions and beliefs.
• Chang Wei arranged for Akame to be taught a lesson, and Noxus placed her in a secret chamber for instruction about its strength and the failings of the Empire and Revolutionary Army.

Akame attended Chang Wei’s introductory education courses and began questioning her beliefs and the Revolutionary Army’s ability to build a better society. Chang Wei told her that her understanding was insufficient and criticized her collusion with foreign races, leaving her to reconsider her actions.

• Chang Wei arranged introductory education courses for Akame, whose beliefs began to waver as she learned about justice, equality, and freedom.
• Akame questioned whether the Revolutionary Army had a clear program of action or an ideology capable of guiding the anti-Empire movement.
• Chang Wei explained that courage alone could not secure victory and that the Revolutionary Army needed clear goals and an ideology that united people.
• Akame asked Chang Wei what mistake she had made, and he said her understanding was insufficient.
• Chang Wei warned Akame that colluding with foreign races to overthrow the Empire could deepen the anti-Empire cause’s difficulties and increase social unrest.

Chang Wei freed Akame after challenging her beliefs, and she decided to bring his ideas back to the Revolutionary Army despite the risk of rejection. Chang Wei told Esdeath that Akame would likely fail but could still destabilize the Revolutionary Army.

• Chang Wei unlocked Akame's shackles and warned her that the Revolutionary Army might reject the ideas she wanted to spread.
• Akame resolved to return to the Revolutionary Army and encourage her comrades to question their beliefs, despite Chang Wei's warning about resistance.
• Chang Wei cautioned Akame that conservative forces might suppress and ostracize her, but she left the cell determined to continue.
• Esdeath asked Chang Wei why he had let Akame go and whether she would succeed, and Chang Wei said he expected her to fail.
• Chang Wei explained that Akame was a chess piece whose efforts to spread new ideas could throw the Revolutionary Army into chaos.

Akame returned to Night Raid and reunited with her companions, then told them that Noxus's emperor had intervened during the assassination attempt on Esdeath and killed the Revolutionary Army's powerful fighters. Night Raid learned that the emperor posed a far greater threat than they had understood.

• Akame used Night Raid's secret codes and markers to find their relocated camp and was welcomed back by Najenda and the others.
• Akame asked the group to talk privately, ate the grilled meat Brood had prepared, and began recounting what had happened.
• Akame said she had been captured by people from Noxus during the operation to assassinate Esdeath.
• Akame revealed that Noxus's emperor had personally intervened and instantly killed the Revolutionary Army's powerful fighters.
• Najenda said Night Raid knew little about the emperor because Scathach's Assassin's Court had kept information about him and the rescued people sealed away.

Akame told Najenda that the Emperor of Noxus had challenged her understanding of revolution, prompting Night Raid to reconsider the Revolutionary Army’s goals and methods. Najenda decided to take Akame’s proposals to headquarters for discussion.

• Najenda said Night Raid would resume gathering intelligence and wait for another chance to strike Esdeath.
• Akame explained that the Emperor of Noxus had treated her leniently and told her that revolution meant building a better system, not merely overthrowing the old one.
• Akame said the Revolutionary Army lacked clear plans for the New World it hoped to create, and Najenda acknowledged the group’s shortcomings.
• Akame proposed uniting more people, spreading their ideals through propaganda, and setting practical goals and steps for establishing a New World.
• Najenda decided to bring Akame’s advice to Revolutionary Army headquarters and discuss a plan with its leaders and members.

Najenda returned to the Revolutionary Army but was placed under house arrest because her ideals threatened its leaders’ ambitions. As Akame went to investigate, Chang Wei exploited the growing divide between the Revolutionary Army and Night Raid and ordered Noxus to launch a full-scale offensive.

• Najenda returned to the Revolutionary Army, where its upper ranks accused her of betrayal and confined her under house arrest.
• The Revolutionary Army hid Najenda’s situation from Night Raid, while its devastating defeat in Noxus forced its leaders to reconsider Night Raid’s importance.
• Akame suspected something was wrong with Najenda’s treatment and secretly left to investigate the Revolutionary Army’s base.
• Chang Wei prepared Noxus’s forces and ordered a full-scale offensive against territories that had not submitted.
• Esdeath and the Emperor’s Sharp Blades established the Judgement Court, alongside Scathach’s Assassin’s Court, to suppress resistance and conduct covert operations.

Noxus launched a swift offensive that shattered the Empire’s hastily assembled defenses, while Minister Honest sent Shira on a mission to rescue Esdeath. Shira and his group headed toward Noxus but were stopped by its tight border blockade.

• Noxus rapidly consolidated its newly conquered southern territories and launched another offensive before the Empire could prepare.
• The Empire’s poorly trained, forcibly conscripted troops repeatedly fled and lost ground to Noxus’s ideological army.
• Minister Honest remained confident that the Supreme Machine God could destroy Noxus, but worried about the Empire’s devastation and Esdeath’s absence.
• Shira returned with people he had recruited across other countries and worlds, and Minister Honest ordered him to rescue Esdeath despite his reluctance.
• Shira took his subordinates, including several Reincarnators, toward Noxus and encountered its tightly guarded borders.

Shira and his Reincarnators tried to enter Noxus disguised as refugees, but Noxus’s strict screening and resettlement system made covert action difficult. In Concentration City, Scathach noticed Shira’s lustful gaze as he mistook her lack of visible weapons for an opportunity.

• Shira’s Reincarnators disguised themselves as refugees to slip into Noxus, where the Empire’s harsh rule had driven many people to defect.
• Chang Wei explained that Noxus centralized the management of refugees and conquered people, issued temporary identity cards, and required three years of residence before granting citizenship.
• Shira grew impatient under Noxus’s close watch and avoided acting because he feared attracting attention.
• Scathach arrived in Concentration City with her Assassin’s Court, including surviving assassins and Imperial Arms users who had joined her.
• Scathach used the Wisdom of the Magic Mirror to observe the city and sensed the Hooded Man staring at her with greed and lust.

Scathach used Shira’s attempt to abduct her to capture him and learn about his crimes and his allies. She then led Kurome and Will to confront the other Reincarnators, allowing them to help bring their former comrades to justice.

• Scathach lured Shira into a quiet place and knocked him unconscious with a precise kick when he tried to grab her.
• Scathach’s assassins took Shira to the base, where she used the Primal Rune to make him reveal his crimes and information about his allies.
• Scathach decided to send Shira to Esdeath for interrogation and torture.
• Scathach, Kurome, and Will surrounded the place where Shira’s subordinates and the Reincarnators were hiding.
• Kurome and Will asked to join the coming fight, and Scathach agreed.