Recaps

After Seele and Sakura’s unprecedented four-day rise to Level 2 made Hestia Familia famous, Hestia brought them to Loki Familia so Sakura could test her strength against a first-class Adventurer. Loki agreed to the meeting, and Hestia clarified that Sakura alone would take on the challenge.

• News that Siri O'Flaherty and Sakura Kinomoto had reached Level 2 in four days spread throughout Orario, astonishing the city and drawing Loki Familia’s attention.
• Sakura created five new Sakura Cards—Sword, Power, Shield, Time, and Mirror—while An Xiu suggested finding a Level 5 or Level 6 opponent to test her strength.
• Hestia took Seele and Sakura to Twilight Manor and asked Loki Familia for a first-class Adventurer to spar with Sakura.
• Loki welcomed Seele and Sakura, tried to recruit them into Loki Familia, and heard both girls reaffirm their loyalty to Hestia Familia.
• Hestia explained that she wanted Sakura to face a first-class Adventurer to prepare for possible rivals, and Loki questioned the plan because Sakura was only Level 2.
• Hestia insisted that her children could create miracles and clarified that Sakura, not Seele, would challenge the first-class Adventurer.

Sakura challenged Ais to a spar and revealed that her [Card Creation] magic could produce cards with extraordinary powers, including a sword that cut through the unbreakable Despair Sword. As Ais pressed her with speed, Sakura used defensive and wind cards before invoking the Time Card, leaving everyone frozen as the chapter ended.

• Hestia arranged for Sakura to challenge Ais, and Finn gathered Loki Familia executives to watch their spar.
• Sakura used the Sword Card and Power Card to block Ais's attack and send the Level 5 Adventurer flying.
• Sakura explained that [Card Creation] made cards with different effects, including a sword that could cut through all objects and a card that amplified her strength.
• Ais enhanced herself with wind and attacked again, but Sakura's Sword Card cut the Despair Sword in two.
• Ais tried to exploit her speed, but Sakura's Shield Card blocked her attacks and her Wind Card disrupted Ais's movements.
• Sakura activated another card and commanded time to stop, freezing the people and objects around them.

Sakura defeated Ais, and the Hestia Familia challenged the Apollo Familia to a War Game after its members provoked Sakura and Seele. The Army Battle began a week later as Orario watched, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Sakura stopped time and used the Sword Card to wound Ais and destroy part of the training ground, then Ais acknowledged her defeat.
• Loki was stunned by Sakura's strength and believed she could defeat the Black Dragon.
• Sakura and Seele reported that the Apollo Familia had provoked them in the Dungeon, and An Xiu proposed challenging Apollo to obtain his Familia's property.
• Hestia agreed to the plan and challenged Apollo to a War Game at his residence, and Apollo accepted an Army Battle scheduled for a week later.
• The Gods and the Loki Familia discussed the coming War Game, with the Loki executives expecting Sakura's side to win.
• A week later, the Hestia Familia and Apollo Familia's War Game began as spectators prepared to watch.

Sakura used her Shield Card to withstand the Apollo Familia’s attacks, then summoned three Floor Bosses with her Mirror Card and overwhelmed them. The War Game was effectively decided, leaving the gods astonished by Sakura’s power as a Level 2.

• Freya said she could not fully read Sakura’s soul and saw two souls within Seele, while Loki hinted that the Hestia Familia might achieve a miracle.
• The War Game began, and the Apollo Familia attacked Seele and Sakura with volleys of arrows and magic.
• Sakura’s Shield Card blocked every attack without wavering, prompting Riveria to compare it with her own defensive magic.
• Sakura summoned Goliath, Amphisbaena, and Udeus from mirrors, and the Floor Bosses surrounded and devastated the Apollo Familia.
• The Floor Bosses vanished back into cards after the battle was decided, and the gods watched Sakura as a newly emerged prodigy.

An Xiu returned to the Arknights World to find Talulah and Doctor, but learned they were away from Londinium. Near Lungmen, he rescued Lapland from a group of enemies and faced her wary questions.

• Mobius told An Xiu about her new potions, New-Type Wendigos, and a Flame Chaser Surgery breakthrough using his genes, which could enhance and influence the resulting host.
• An Xiu spent two days with Makima and Mobius before returning to the Arknights World.
• An Xiu learned that Doctor was in the Ursus Snowfield and Talulah was traveling to Lungmen.
• An Xiu flew toward Lungmen and spotted Lapland fighting gangsters who had ambushed her.
• An Xiu struck down Lapland's attackers with lightning, then told her he had saved her.

An Xiu rescued Lapland, offered her power in exchange for joining him, and strengthened her with the Ouroboros Potion and Grace. He then reunited with Talulah on the road to Lungmen, where Lapland learned that Talulah ruled the Holy Terra Empire and discovered her close bond with An Xiu.

• An Xiu brought the injured Lapland to his car, teased her by petting her ears and tail, and offered to help her gain the power to defy her fate.
• Lapland agreed to become An Xiu’s dog, drank the Ouroboros Potion, and received Grace, which greatly increased her strength and bound her to An Xiu’s orders.
• An Xiu detected Lapland’s loyalty and told her he would later have Mobius perform Flame Chaser Surgery on her.
• An Xiu and Lapland reached Talulah’s military convoy, where Talulah welcomed An Xiu and heard that Grace could help her and Doctor realize their potential.
• An Xiu introduced Lapland as his new dog, and Lapland was stunned to meet Talulah, whom she knew as the Emperor of Ursus.
• An Xiu told Lapland that Talulah now ruled the Holy Terra Empire and that she and Ata shared the same relationship with him.

Talulah visited Lungmen with An Xiu and Lapland, while Wei Yanwu feared that the Emperor of the Holy Terra Empire had come with hostile intentions. After Talulah reassured him that she was there to inspect the city and visit old friends, Wei Yanwu decided to seek An Xiu’s help to protect Lungmen.

• An Xiu asked Talulah about her trade cooperation with Great Yan, and she explained that she had come to Lungmen to inspect it.
• Wei Yanwu prepared for Talulah’s arrival, fearing an attack on her could bring the Holy Terra Empire’s forces down on Lungmen.
• Talulah arrived in Lungmen, where Wei Yanwu, Chen Huijie, Swire, and the welcoming party greeted her respectfully.
• Talulah asked Wei Yanwu to show her around Lungmen and invited An Xiu and Lapland to ride with them.
• Wei Yanwu asked whether Talulah had come only to inspect the city, and she reassured him that she also wanted to visit him and Auntie.
• Wei Yanwu decided to approach An Xiu for help securing Lungmen’s safety.

An Xiu took Lapland to Mobius’s research base, where she underwent Flame Chaser Surgery and gained greatly enhanced abilities. After learning Lapland could transform female Lupo into controllable, weakened Flame Chasers, he asked Talulah to secretly gather candidates and stayed in Lungmen while the Empire prepared.

• An Xiu brought Lapland to another world and introduced her to Mobius for Flame Chaser Surgery.
• Mobius operated on Lapland for six hours, and she emerged with enhanced strength, sharper senses, lightning control, and powerful regeneration.
• Mobius explained that Lapland could use her genes to transform similar targets, preferably female Lupo, into weaker Flame Chasers she could sense and control.
• An Xiu returned with Lapland to Lungmen and asked Talulah to secretly gather fewer than a thousand female Lupo for the transformation trials.
• Talulah agreed to issue the orders, and An Xiu bestowed Grace upon her before leaving her residence with Lapland.
• The Empire needed three days to prepare the candidates, so An Xiu stayed in Lungmen, where Wei Yanwu eagerly volunteered to guide him around the city.

Wei Yanwu lavishly bribed An Xiu in hopes of protecting Lungmen, while An Xiu avoided promising him anything and oversaw Lapland transforming a thousand female Lupo into a powerful new race called the Buliren. He then sent Lapland and the Buliren to Sicily to overthrow the mafia Families and bring the country under his control, where Lapland began cautiously scouting the city.

• Wei Yanwu showered An Xiu with gifts and hospitality, but An Xiu accepted them without agreeing to influence Talulah's plans for Lungmen.
• Lapland used her blood and the Horse Talisman to transform a thousand female Lupo into white-haired Buliren with immense strength, electrical powers, heightened senses, and rapid regeneration.
• An Xiu named the transformed Lupo the Buliren and ordered them to remain at the base until he had work for them.
• An Xiu assigned Lapland to seize Sicily's political power and overthrow the Families that ruled it.
• Lapland arrived in a Sicilian border city and sent a Buliren to investigate the local Families and gangs.

Lapland’s Step-away Maidens seized several Sicilian cities, while Lady Sicily urged the major families to avoid provoking the seemingly unstoppable force. When the families launched an extermination campaign in Volsini, the Maidens turned it into a rout, and Lapland surrounded the stronghold where the family heads had gathered.

• Lapland began taking Sicilian cities by having Step-away Maidens purge the mafia families and spread to neighboring cities.
• Lady Sicily told the major families that two Step-away Maidens had nearly wiped out Giant Wolf’s Maw, and advised them to wait unless the force kept expanding.
• Lapland’s Maidens continued their expansion and rejected the families’ attempts to negotiate, so the families assembled an extermination force.
• In Volsini, the Step-away Maidens slaughtered the gang members’ force, whose attacks could not overcome the Maidens’ speed and regeneration.
• Lapland used Shadow Troopers to locate and surround the stronghold where Alberto Saluzzo and the other family heads had gathered, then prepared to attack.

Lapland conquered Sicily, destroyed The Family’s leadership, and established the Shadow Moon Canglang army before leaving to return to An Xiu. In Lungmen, Wang, the second of the Twelve Sui Phases, appeared before An Xiu and Talulah and challenged Talulah to Go, leaving her to ask what Wang truly wanted.

• Lapland’s Step-away forces overwhelmed Sicily’s guards, and Lapland killed the family heads with her God-Severing Thunderbolt, bringing Sicily under her control.
• Lapland organized the Shadow Moon Canglang, purged remaining resistance, and appointed Step-away Maidens to govern Sicily in her absence.
• Lapland told her subordinates she was returning to An Xiu, while recommending that they consult Lady Sicily when needed.
• An Xiu received a system reward for Lapland’s conquest and instructed Talulah to pursue diplomatic ties with Sicily on behalf of the Holy Terra Empire.
• Wang appeared before An Xiu and Talulah, introduced herself as the second of the Twelve Sui Phases, and invited Talulah to play Go.
• After Wang defeated Talulah in three games, Talulah asked her to reveal her true purpose.

Talulah drove Wang from her residence after he dragged her into an illusion, and Wei Yanwu feared the attack would provoke an invasion of Great Yan. An Xiu persuaded Wei Yanwu to offer other Sui Fragments as a concession, and Great Yan sent Nian, Shu, and Xi to meet Talulah and her companions.

• Wang challenged Talulah to another chess game, but Talulah destroyed the illusion with her flaming sword and forced him to retreat with Yá.
• Wei Yanwu arrived at the ruined residence and collapsed in fear that Talulah would blame Lungmen and Great Yan for Wang's attack.
• An Xiu advised Wei Yanwu to offer the Sui Fragments, and Wei Yanwu agreed to seek Great Yan's approval in exchange for Talulah's restraint.
• Wei Yanwu warned the True Dragon and Great Yan's officials that refusing could lead to a disastrous war, so they ordered Nian, Shu, and Xi sent to the Empire.
• Shu apologized to Talulah and offered to bear responsibility for Wang's actions, while Nian said she and Xi would face the consequences alongside Shu.

An Xiu took Talulah to Mobius for Flame Chaser Surgery, then traveled to JoJo World to find research materials for Mobius and bought several time-related abilities from the system shop. He materialized Tokisaki Kurumi to gather items and points, then summoned Izayoi Sakuya as another clone.

• An Xiu revealed Ling, the eldest Sui Fragment sister, and returned with her and Shu, Nian, and Xi to Londinium.
• An Xiu arranged places for the Sui sisters, granted Grace to the Doctor, and took Talulah to Mobius for Flame Chaser Surgery, which greatly increased Talulah's power.
• Mobius asked An Xiu to collect research materials from the newly connected worlds, especially JoJo World Stands, and An Xiu traveled to Naples during Part 5: Golden Wind.
• An Xiu bought Zafkiel, the Ability to Manipulate Time, and the Azure Orb from the system shop, then materialized Tokisaki Kurumi and tasked her with finding JoJo artifacts and earning points.
• An Xiu materialized Izayoi Sakuya, who introduced herself and offered to serve him.

An Xiu sent Tokisaki Kurumi and Izayoi Sakuya to obtain a Stand Arrow in Italy, and Kurumi stole its arrowhead before killing Polpo. Diavolo learned of Polpo’s death and ordered Passione to investigate, while An Xiu and Kurumi’s clones gathered at an estate.

• An Xiu told Tokisaki Kurumi to pursue the Stand Arrow and attempt to obtain the Requiem Arrow despite JOJO World’s mysterious fate.
• Tokisaki Kurumi watched Polpo give a newcomer the lighter test, then extinguished the flame and waited for him to relight it.
• Tokisaki Kurumi stopped Black Sabbath with the Seventh Bullet, took the Stand Arrow’s meteorite arrowhead, and destroyed the Stand in sunlight.
• Tokisaki Kurumi’s clones used Time-Eroding City to weaken Polpo and killed him with their Flintlocks before leaving the prison.
• Diavolo discovered Polpo’s death, suspected someone had targeted the Stand Arrow, and ordered Passione’s subordinates to investigate.
• An Xiu spent time with Tokisaki Kurumi’s clones at an estate while Izayoi Sakuya brought him tea.

Tokisaki Kurumi secured the Stand Arrow and planned to locate Polnareff and the Requiem Arrow by involving Kujo Jotaro, while An Xiu stayed out of the conflict. After Kurumi’s call and Sakuya’s time stop shocked Jotaro, Passione suffered several mysterious shootings, prompting Bruno Bucciarati’s team to pursue the attacker.

• Kurumi told An Xiu that her clones were searching for Polnareff near the Colosseum and planned to use Joseph Joestar’s Hermit Purple to help find him.
• Kurumi called Kujo Jotaro with information about Polnareff, Passione, and DIO’s descendant in Italy, while Izayoi Sakuya stopped time for nine seconds during the call.
• Jotaro recognized the time manipulation and was shocked, while Kurumi and Sakuya prepared to hunt more Stand Users for An Xiu.
• Over the next two days, several Passione Stand Users were killed by gunfire after Polpo’s death, throwing the organization into an uproar.
• Bruno Bucciarati told his team that the Boss would promote whoever identified and killed the attacker, and Pannacotta Fugo warned that the team might be targeted.

Tokisaki Kurumi used her Stand to ambush Bucciarati’s Team and wipe out the assassination team, leaving Passione and Diavolo facing a dangerous enemy. As Diavolo considered his response, Kujo Jotaro arrived in Naples with photographs showing Polnareff’s condition and location.

• Bucciarati’s Team used Abbacchio’s Moody Blues to replay Polpo’s final moments, but Tokisaki Kurumi trapped them in the City of Devouring Time and knocked them unconscious.
• Tokisaki Kurumi ambushed Risotto Nero and the assassination team outside the prison, killing the team with her clones.
• Diavolo reviewed Bucciarati’s account of Kurumi’s appearance and abilities, then decided to send his guards to gather more intelligence before confronting her himself.
• Kujo Jotaro arrived at the Naples airport and examined photographs of Polnareff in a wheelchair with missing limbs.

Kujo Jotaro accepted Tokisaki Kurumi’s offer to see her memories and learned that Diavolo would kill Polnareff in Rome, driving him to hurry after his friend. Three days later, Kurumi ambushed Passione’s Guard in Rome, incapacitating Cioccolata and capturing Secco in the shadows.

• Tokisaki Kurumi met Kujo Jotaro and offered information about Polnareff in exchange for his help locating him.
• Kurumi used Zafkiel to transmit memories showing Polnareff’s future death at Diavolo’s hands and his later appearance at Rome’s Colosseum.
• Kujo Jotaro became furious at Polnareff’s fate and left to find him, while Tokisaki Kurumi prepared to target Passione’s remaining Stand Users.
• Three days later, Tokisaki Kurumi attacked the Guard’s hideout in Rome with her City of Devouring Time, leaving Cioccolata powerless.
• Secco summoned Oasis and escaped into the shadows, but Kurumi’s pale arms restrained him and dragged him away; Kurumi then killed Cioccolata.

Tokisaki Kurumi captured Carne and defeated the remaining members of Diavolo’s guard while Diavolo watched from hiding. Diavolo attacked her with King Crimson after Epitaph showed him a lethal strike, but Kurumi’s teasing expression left him uneasy as the chapter ended.

• Tokisaki Kurumi trapped Carne in Shadow Space before the remaining guard members, Squalo and Tiziano, faced her.
• Tokisaki Kurumi appeared behind Squalo and Tiziano, shot Tiziano, and kicked Squalo aside after he sent Clash at her.
• Tokisaki Kurumi deployed the City of Devouring Time, weakened Squalo, and shot him dead.
• Diavolo used King Crimson and Epitaph to attack Tokisaki Kurumi, then retreated after his strike pierced her heart.
• Diavolo approached the bleeding Tokisaki Kurumi, but her calm, teasing expression made him feel that he had fallen into a trap.

Tokisaki Kurumi defeated Diavolo by trapping him with her clones and explaining Zafkiel’s time powers before leaving to return to An Xiu. In Rome, Kujo Jotaro found Polnareff’s hiding place, where Polnareff mistook him for an enemy and attacked before recognizing Star Platinum.

• Tokisaki Kurumi surrounded Diavolo with clones, healed her wounded clone with the Fourth Bullet, and explained Zafkiel’s time-manipulating abilities and City of Devouring Time’s power to steal time.
• Diavolo accused Tokisaki Kurumi of treating Passione’s members as food, and she let City of Devouring Time consume him before leaving the stronghold.
• Tokisaki Kurumi planned to return to An Xiu at the manor while her clones argued over who would accompany him.
• Kujo Jotaro arrived at Polnareff’s remote hiding place in Rome, while Polnareff searched online for signs of someone who could oppose Diavolo.
• Polnareff heard Jotaro outside his door but suspected a Stand trick and sent Silver Chariot through the door; Star Platinum stopped its sword, leaving Polnareff astonished.

Kujo Jotaro reunited with Polnareff and learned that the Requiem Arrow had drawn Izayoi Sakuya to them. Sakuya attacked when they refused to surrender it, and after wounding Jotaro with a second time-based power, she again offered to let them leave if they handed over the Arrow.

• Kujo Jotaro found Polnareff and explained that he had used Joseph's Stand ability to locate him.
• Polnareff revealed the Requiem Arrow, and Izayoi Sakuya stopped time and tried to take it with throwing knives.
• Jotaro recognized Sakuya as an enemy, refused to surrender the Arrow, and defended Polnareff from her next barrage.
• Sakuya accelerated time to move and attack faster than Jotaro and Star Platinum could react, cutting Jotaro's back.
• Sakuya asked Jotaro and Polnareff to reconsider and hand over the Requiem Arrow in exchange for their release.

Izayoi Sakuya defeated Kujo Jotaro and Polnareff, secured the Requiem Arrow, and returned with Tokisaki Kurumi to An Xiu. After tallying their rewards and considering the next world to visit, An Xiu chose Genshin Impact World, where the chapter introduced Sangonomiya Kokomi struggling under Inazuma’s Sakoku Decree.

• Kujo Jotaro stopped time, but Izayoi Sakuya remained unaffected and wounded him throughout the five-second ability.
• Izayoi Sakuya pierced Polnareff’s hand, took the Requiem Arrow, knocked Kujo Jotaro unconscious, and defeated Polnareff before leaving with the Arrow.
• An Xiu received the Requiem Arrow and praised Izayoi Sakuya and Tokisaki Kurumi, then asked Mobius to study the arrows and prepare Sakuya’s upgrades.
• Mobius offered Izayoi Sakuya and Tokisaki Kurumi the option to join the Hero Association, but neither was interested; Sakuya stayed at the laboratory while Kurumi sent Diavolo to Makima and planned to visit Arknights World.
• An Xiu calculated that the JOJO World trip had earned 230,000 points and decided to visit Genshin Impact World.
• Sangonomiya Kokomi worked through a mountain of documents at Sangonomiya Shrine while dealing with the effects of Inazuma’s Sakoku Decree.

An Xiu arrived on Watatsumi Island and offered Sangonomiya Kokomi power in exchange for her loyalty. After he gave her the Azure Orb and awakened its Ocean God authority, Kokomi pledged herself to him, leaving Watatsumi Island with a powerful new leader.

• An Xiu appeared inside Sangonomiya Shrine, introduced himself as a Descender, and asked Kokomi to help capture the Raiden Shogun.
• Kokomi explained that mortals could not oppose the Shogun, so An Xiu transported her to a Mirror World to demonstrate his power.
• An Xiu gave Kokomi the Azure Orb, which granted her the Ocean God's authority and power.
• Kokomi accepted An Xiu's offer and prostrated herself before him, pledging her loyalty.

An Xiu helped Sangonomiya Kokomi secure Watatsumi Island’s loyalty, replace its old faith, and end its food crisis while the Raiden Shogun investigated a brief elemental disturbance. As An Xiu and Kokomi prepared to travel, Shogunate soldiers arrived to search Watatsumi Island and accused its people of plotting a rebellion.

• An Xiu granted Sangonomiya Kokomi Grace, checked her loyalty, and told her to postpone an attack on Narukami Island while they addressed the food shortage.
• The Raiden Shogun sensed a brief disturbance in Inazuma’s water elements and ordered the Shogunate to investigate its source.
• Sangonomiya Kokomi announced that Watatsumi Island would worship Supreme Traveler God Lord Grand Shrine, and An Xiu supplied enough food to fill its granaries.
• Watatsumi Island’s people and leaders accepted the new faith after Kokomi demonstrated the Azure Orb’s power and distributed food.
• An Xiu invited Kokomi to tour Inazuma, but Gorou reported that Shogunate soldiers were searching Watatsumi Island and trying to seize its food.
• The Shogunate soldiers accused Watatsumi Islanders of stockpiling food to support a rebellion.

After Shogunate samurai discovered Watatsumi Island’s food supplies, Sangonomiya Kokomi persuaded An Xiu to approve an early uprising and rallied the island’s leaders and troops. Kokomi led the Resistance Army’s preparations, and a colossal wave then bore down on the Shogunate garrison at Yashiori Island.

• Sangonomiya Kokomi sent Gorou to escort the Shogunate samurai to a teahouse while she warned An Xiu that the Shogunate would soon target Watatsumi Island.
• An Xiu approved Kokomi’s proposal to raise an army early, and Watatsumi Island’s leaders unanimously supported rebellion against the Shogunate.
• Kokomi declared that Watatsumi Island would march on Narukami Island and unleashed her elemental power, exciting the assembled residents.
• Gorou arrested the Shogunate samurai, while Kokomi appointed him commander of the vanguard and ordered an attack on Yashiori Island, promising to join the battle.
• The next morning, Shogunate soldiers on Yashiori Island spotted the sea receding before a mountain-high wave approached their garrison.

Sangonomiya Kokomi’s Resistance Army captured Yashiori Island, prompting the Kujou Clan to mobilize a major Shogunate force against them. An Xiu brought Kokomi reinforcements from Mobius, and the chapter ended as Gorou’s enhanced soldiers charged the Shogunate army in an ambush.

• Sangonomiya Kokomi’s forces took control of Yashiori Island, and Kamisato Ayato and Kujou Takayuki learned of the rebellion and reacted to the island’s fall.
• Kujou Takayuki ordered the Tenryou Commission to assemble troops, while Sangonomiya Kokomi learned that the Shogunate had deployed elite soldiers and senior generals.
• An Xiu took Kokomi to Mobius, who supplied over a hundred Ouroboros Potions and three Giant Wendigos for the Resistance Army.
• Kujou Sara led the Shogunate army from Kannazuka toward Yashiori Island, while Gorou prepared an ambush along its route.
• Gorou’s Resistance Army surrounded the advancing Shogunate troops, then nearly twenty enhanced Watatsumi Island soldiers charged toward the enemy commander.