Chapter Summaries

Meli arranged for Axel to learn of Vanir so Mitsurugi Kyouya would be defeated and An Xiu’s party would gain a chance to prove itself. After the party accepted the guild’s desperate request, Meli enhanced its members while An Xiu, Artoria, and Meli prepared to stay out of the fight.

• Meli leaked news of a high-ranking demon near Axel, prompting the Adventurers’ Guild to request outside help.
• Mitsurugi Kyouya accepted the subjugation request, but Vanir struck him by surprise and gravely wounded him before he and the other adventurers retreated.
• Axel’s adventurers turned to An Xiu’s party as their last hope, and Artoria accepted the request to fight the demon.
• An Xiu encouraged the adventurers by praising their hard work, while his companions privately wondered what efforts he meant.
• The next day, Meli said she, Artoria, and An Xiu would not fight directly, then used enhancement magic to strengthen the remaining party members.

Vanir found Chomusuke and attacked An Xiu’s party, but Artoria, Darkness, Yunyun, Meli, and Megumin defeated the high-ranking demon without anyone being injured, making the party famous for its strength. Later, An Xiu bought out a fruit stall where Sato Kazuma and Aqua worked, and Kazuma blamed Aqua for his miserable life after seeing An Xiu’s loyal, wealthy companions.

• Vanir sensed Lady Wolbach’s other half in Chomusuke and charged at Megumin, but Artoria struck the demon back through the forest.
• Darkness blocked Vanir’s second attack while Yunyun blasted it with magic, and Meli trapped it with an illusion so Megumin could finish it with Explosion.
• An Xiu’s party became famous after subjugating Vanir without suffering any injuries, and Adventurers greeted them respectfully in Axel.
• An Xiu, Meli, and Artoria bought all the fruit from the stall where Sato Kazuma and Aqua worked, and Artoria paid for it.
• Artoria and Meli told Kazuma they supported An Xiu, prompting him to blame Aqua for his hardships and confront her over money she had spent on wine.

After Verdia and Hans surrounded Axel to kill the prophesied Braver, Artoria arrived and faced the two Demon King's army officers with a newly revealed Holy Lance. The chapter ended as Verdia and Hans prepared to attack her and threaten the city.

• Meli warned An Xiu that Verdia and Hans had advanced their plans and were heading to Axel to kill the Braver.
• Verdia surrounded Axel with a monster army and demanded that the Adventurers hand over An Xiu and his party.
• Mitsurugi Kyouya challenged Verdia, but Hans poisoned him from hiding and Verdia defeated him.
• Artoria arrived in a golden flash, rescued Mitsurugi Kyouya, and confronted Verdia and Hans.
• Artoria summoned a silver-white Holy Lance whose overwhelming aura stunned the battlefield, and Verdia and Hans decided to fight her together.

After Artoria destroyed the Demon King’s army outside Axel, Mitsurugi Kyouya learned that she and Meli had pledged loyalty to An Xiu. An Xiu then visited Mobius and Vill-V’s research base, awakened a Stand that could travel between worlds, and accepted the system’s offer to fuse its ability with his world-travel function.

• Artoria used her Holy Lance to wipe out Hans, Verdia, and the Demon King’s army outside Axel, ending the attack.
• Mitsurugi Kyouya thanked Artoria, then left shocked after learning that she and Meli had sworn loyalty to An Xiu.
• An Xiu traveled to Mobius and Vill-V’s research base after Mobius improved the Stand Arrow’s success rate to nearly one hundred percent.
• An Xiu awakened the Stand [Beyond Gate], whose ability let people travel randomly to other worlds, and the Requiem Arrow fused with it.
• Mobius and Vill-V explained the Stand’s random destinations, lack of a reliable return route, and one-month cooldown.
• The system offered to fuse [Beyond Gate] with its own travel function, and An Xiu agreed.

An Xiu fused his Stand with the system, unlocking new worlds and buying three discounted abilities, then had Sakura create a card to restore souls so he could use Soul Supply without risking lasting damage. After dramatically increasing Seele and Ais’s strength with the ability, he left for a newly unlocked slice-of-life world, planning to explore it alone.

• An Xiu fused his Gate of World-Crossing Stand with the system, replacing its traversal requirement with a thirty-day countdown and unlocking Honkai: Star Rail, a daily anime world, and Fate/Zero.
• An Xiu bought the discounted Authority of Corruption, Devil Fruit Tree, and Soul Supply from the system shop.
• Sakura created the Restore Card to repair missing or damaged things, giving An Xiu a way to restore his soul after using Soul Supply.
• An Xiu used Soul Supply on Seele and Ais, greatly increasing both their strength, especially Ais’s.
• An Xiu told Sakura to keep growing stronger, then left the DanMachi world alone to explore the newly unlocked slice-of-life world.

An Xiu arrived in a world where evil spirits were growing stronger and rescued Chika Fujiwara after a ghost-seeing ritual made her visible to one. He brought her home to the Fujiwara Estate, where he demonstrated his powers to her skeptical father by filling the hall with Shadow Ninjas.

• An Xiu arrived in Tokyo, sensed that the world's supernatural energy was slowly increasing, and destroyed the evil spirits that attacked him.
• Chika Fujiwara tried a ghost-seeing ritual on her way home, and an evil spirit chased her until An Xiu struck it down with lightning and rescued her.
• An Xiu explained to Chika that evil spirits were growing stronger and that their restrictions on harming people would gradually weaken.
• An Xiu escorted Chika to the Fujiwara Estate, where she introduced him to Fujiwara Father and explained what had happened.
• Fujiwara Father questioned Chika's account, so An Xiu filled the hall with Shadow Ninjas to prove his abilities.

An Xiu secured the Fujiwara family’s support by promising them access to Shadow Troopers and rewarding them with Ouroboros Potions, while they agreed to help him consolidate power in Tokyo. After meeting Chika Fujiwara’s sisters at dinner, he discovered that his Devil Fruit Tree had produced a Soul-Soul Fruit and considered giving it to Chika.

• Fujiwara Father brought the Fujiwara Patriarch to meet An Xiu, and the Patriarch agreed to provide him with a residence and serve his demands.
• An Xiu ordered the Fujiwara family to begin uniting Tokyo’s political families and business clans, promising them partial control of the Shadow Troopers and giving them three Ouroboros Potions.
• The Fujiwara Patriarch and Fujiwara Father thanked An Xiu and arranged his residence and dinner, while Chika Fujiwara was tasked with entertaining him.
• An Xiu met Fujiwara Toyomi and Fujiwara Moeha at dinner and told them he was collaborating with their family.
• An Xiu connected to the system space and obtained the ripe Soul-Soul Fruit, then considered giving it to Chika Fujiwara.

An Xiu’s growing alliance used rewards and Devil Fruits to expand its influence, while he went out in Shimokitazawa under the protection of Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue. Their outing brought them to STARRY Live House, where Nijika Ijichi greeted them.

• An Xiu approved the Fujiwara family’s cautious plan to bring Tokyo’s political figures into an alliance under his influence.
• The Fujiwara family used Shadow Troopers to recruit its targets, and An Xiu rewarded it with points that it exchanged for the Owl-Owl Fruit.
• An Xiu established a points-based reward system, prompting his allies to recruit political and business powers across Tokyo.
• The DA Organization assigned Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue to protect An Xiu, and Chisato volunteered to show him around Shimokitazawa.
• An Xiu, Chisato, and Takina visited STARRY Live House, where Nijika Ijichi welcomed them.

An Xiu visited STARRY with Chisato and Takina, where he startled part-time worker Sakiko by recognizing her and later gave the two Lycoris extraordinary gifts. After the DA commander envied the gifts, Chisato and Takina used them and discovered that Chisato's heart condition had been cured and Takina had gained the Bomb-Bomb Fruit's power.

• An Xiu bought three tickets at STARRY, recognized Sakiko Togawa, and unsettled her by revealing he knew her identity.
• When Sakiko confronted An Xiu, Takina blocked her and Sakiko glimpsed Takina's gun, then retreated after Nijika arrived and apologized to the guests.
• Before parting with Chisato and Takina, An Xiu gave Chisato an Ouroboros Potion and Takina a Devil Fruit.
• The DA commander learned about the gifts and privately regretted that he had not taken the mission himself, while Chisato and Takina hurried back to the café.
• Chisato drank the potion and Takina ate the fruit; Takina discovered it was the Bomb-Bomb Fruit and accidentally made the café a bomb while exhausting her stamina.
• Chisato felt her heart beating healthily and realized the potion had cured her congenital heart condition.

After Chisato and Takina revealed the gifts An Xiu had given them, they wondered how they could repay him and whether they would see him again. A week later, the Shinomiya family attended a secret underground auction, where Ganan Shinomiya exchanged the family’s remaining quota of points for 25 trillion yen, leaving his children to learn that the points were valuable within the forces serving a powerful lord.

• Chisato and Takina explained to Mika and Mizuki that An Xiu’s medicine had healed Chisato and strengthened her, while Takina’s Devil Fruit had awakened her power.
• A week later, Oko Shinomiya warned Kaguya to impress a powerful lord at an important gathering that could advance the Shinomiya family.
• Ganan Shinomiya brought Kaguya, Oko, Seiryu, and Un'yo to a venue disguised as a charity auction, where influential figures had gathered.
• Ganan and Oko led the family through a hidden passage to an underground auction venue and presented Ganan’s faction member badge.
• Ganan exchanged his remaining 2,500-point quota for 25 trillion yen, and told his children that points were worth far more than real-world assets.

At an auction run by An Xiu’s forces, the Shinomiya Family agreed to lend its points to the Suo Family in exchange for Kaguya Shinomiya being brought to meet An Xiu. Yuki Suo revealed the supernatural world and the Shinomiya Family’s precarious position to Kaguya, who watched the auction begin with no points of her own.

• Ganan Shinomiya and the Suo Family patriarch confirmed a deal to lend the Suo Family points in return for bringing Kaguya to meet An Xiu.
• Yuki Suo invited Kaguya to talk and explained that their families expected them to spend considerable time together.
• Yuki asked Kaguya whether she believed in evil spirits and hidden supernatural powers, then showed her a Shadow Ninja emerging from the shadows.
• Yuki explained An Xiu’s control over Tokyo, the points system, and the Fujiwara Family’s influence, while Kaguya realized the Shinomiya Family had joined too late to gain standing.
• The auction began, and Kaguya understood that the Shinomiya Family could not bid because it had lent all its points to the Suo Family.

The Suo Family won the Logia-type Snow-Snow Fruit at auction and gave it to Yuki Suo, who tested her new powers and prepared to visit An Xiu with Kaguya Shinomiya and Ayano Kimishima. The group arrived at the Fujiwara Family estate, where the Suo Family head requested an audience with the Fujiwara Patriarch.

• The Suo Family outbid the other attendees and won the Snow-Snow Fruit for 16,500 points.
• The Suo Family head gave the fruit to Yuki Suo, who ate it and awakened the power to create and control snow.
• Yuki Suo tested her abilities at the Suo Family residence, including elementalization, and learned that using her powers quickly exhausted her stamina.
• Yuki Suo asked to bring Ayano Kimishima to meet An Xiu, and her grandfather agreed to take her along.
• A week later, the Suo Family head, Yuki Suo, Ayano Kimishima, and Kaguya Shinomiya arrived at the Fujiwara Family estate while Ganan Shinomiya waited outside.
• The Suo Family head asked a servant to inform the Fujiwara Patriarch that he had come to pay a visit.

Yuki Suo, Ayano Kimishima, and Kaguya Shinomiya were brought to the Fujiwara Estate, where An Xiu accepted them and had them move into his pavilion. As the girls settled in, Yuki worried about what An Xiu expected of them and hoped for time to prepare herself.

• Ganan Shinomiya left Kaguya with Yuki Suo and Fujiwara Father while he waited outside the Fujiwara Estate.
• Chika Fujiwara and her sisters watched the visitors arrive and teased Chika about her feelings for An Xiu.
• The head of the Suo Family introduced Yuki Suo, Ayano Kimishima, and Kaguya Shinomiya to An Xiu, who agreed to let them stay.
• The head of the Suo Family instructed the girls to serve An Xiu and left, while An Xiu told Fujiwara Father to take them to his pavilion.
• Yuki Suo asked Ayano Kimishima what An Xiu was like and admitted she hoped to have time to prepare before serving him in bed.

After spending the night with Chika Fujiwara, An Xiu learned that his Soul Supply had greatly increased her strength. He asked the Fujiwara patriarch about the expansion of his influence, while Miko Yotsuya and Ai Hayasaka were announced as arriving in the chapter title but did not appear in the events shown.

• Chika Fujiwara woke in An Xiu’s room, worried about facing her sisters, and decided to make them share the consequences of their plan.
• Chika Fujiwara noticed that An Xiu’s Soul Supply had made her far stronger and more energetic.
• An Xiu met Yuki Suo, Ayano Kimishima, and Kaguya Shinomiya downstairs, and Yuki Suo explained away her dark circles.
• Chika Fujiwara jumped out of the attic window and encountered Fujiwara Toyomi and Fujiwara Moeha, who asked how their plan had gone.
• An Xiu asked the Fujiwara patriarch about his expanding influence, and the patriarch said nearly all Tokyo forces were under An Xiu’s command, with plans to expand across Japan.

An Xiu had Miko Yotsuya brought to the Fujiwara Estate, where he offered her the Soul-Soul Fruit in exchange for becoming his shrine maiden. Desperate for relief from the evil spirits she could see, Miko accepted his terms and asked what power the fruit would give her.

• An Xiu ordered Fujiwara Father to find Miko Yotsuya and bring her to the Fujiwara Estate.
• Ai Hayasaka escorted Miko from her school and explained that An Xiu had summoned her, while revealing that the Shinomiya Family intended to offer Ai to him as well.
• Miko discovered that no evil spirits could be seen around the Fujiwara Estate and hoped she might find safety there.
• An Xiu welcomed Miko and Ai, accepted the Shinomiya Family’s offer to let Ai remain at his side, and offered Miko a Devil Fruit in exchange for becoming his shrine maiden.
• An Xiu explained that the fruit was the Soul-Soul Fruit and that Miko’s life would belong to him if she ate it.
• Miko, longing for peace from the evil spirits, picked up the fruit and asked An Xiu what ability she would gain.

Miko Yotsuya gained the Soul-Soul Fruit and began training to become a shrine maiden while keeping the truth about evil spirits from her mother. Half a month later, An Xiu checked the System Shop’s new discounted items and considered what to buy.

• Miko Yotsuya ate the Soul-Soul Fruit, learned to extract and use souls, and agreed to train as a shrine maiden at An Xiu’s shrine.
• On her way home, Miko Yotsuya used her new power to absorb the evil spirits around her street and stored the gathered soul power.
• Miko Yotsuya told her mother she had been recruited by an influential shrine, reassured her that she could protect herself, and kept her Spirit Sight secret.
• Over the following half month, Miko Yotsuya trained at the Fujiwara Estate while Chika Fujiwara helped An Xiu bring more women there into his camp.
• An Xiu opened the refreshed System Shop, examined its discounted Mangekyō Sharingan, Ripple Breathing Method, and Factor of Light, and considered their uses.

An Xiu gave Mobius the Mangekyou Sharingan: Kamui and Factor of Light to research, learned that Vaccine Man had appeared, and brought Jibril back to the everyday world to deter possible threats. In Tokyo, Yukinoshita Haruno struggled to gain acceptance among its elites before her mother summoned her home because powerful Tokyo families had come to Chiba.

• An Xiu bought the Mangekyou Sharingan: Kamui and Factor of Light, then delivered both to Mobius for research.
• Mobius told An Xiu that Vaccine Man had appeared, signaling that the One Punch World’s plot had begun.
• An Xiu decided to keep an eye on the coming threat of Boros and returned to the everyday world with Jibril as protection.
• Yukinoshita Haruno reflected on how Tokyo’s elites looked down on her and the Yukinoshita Family while taking a break in a café.
• Mother Yukinoshita called Haruno and ordered her to return to Chiba immediately because powerful families from Tokyo had arrived there.

Yukinoshita Haruno returned to Chiba after learning that Tokyo’s powerful families were moving against the local clans, then watched the Shinomiya representative force Chiba’s families to surrender control of their businesses. The next day, the families that had refused to attend the meeting vanished, leaving the others too frightened to resist.

• Yukinoshita Haruno returned to her family home after recalling the deaths and failed redevelopment at the Yukinoshita Family’s haunted construction site and worrying that Tokyo’s elites were targeting Chiba.
• Mother Yukinoshita showed Haruno an invitation signed by powerful Tokyo families, and the Yukinoshita Family decided to attend the meeting scheduled for the next evening.
• Oko Shinomiya presented Chiba’s family representatives with an agreement requiring them to surrender more than half their businesses’ shares and management rights, threatening worse consequences if they refused.
• The Chiba representatives reluctantly signed the agreements, while Oko Shinomiya sent the names of the families that had skipped the meeting to the Fujiwara Family for the Shadow Troopers to handle.
• The next day, several families that had skipped the meeting vanished overnight, and the remaining Chiba families stayed silent as police classified the missing people as missing persons.

Oko Shinomiya sent the Yukinoshita Family to An Xiu’s shrine for help with a haunted property, while An Xiu ordered his allies to continue taking control of Japan despite the presence of United States forces. Jibril met Chika Fujiwara and her sisters, and Togawa Sadaharu refused to reconsider his plan for Sakiko, leaving Togawa Kiyotsugu defeated.

• Oko Shinomiya gave Mother Yukinoshita the shrine’s address and a Shinomiya Family emblem, directing the Yukinoshita Family to seek help from the shrine maiden.
• Fujiwara Father reported that An Xiu’s forces were steadily bringing Japan under his control, and An Xiu ordered them not to avoid regions with United States troops.
• Jibril said the United States might provoke An Xiu, but An Xiu told her to wait until it acted and then took her to meet Chika Fujiwara and the others.
• Chika Fujiwara saw Jibril’s wings and halo and called for Yuki-chan and Kaguya-chan to come see the angel.
• Togawa Kiyotsugu confronted Togawa Sadaharu over Sakiko’s arrangements, but Togawa Sadaharu refused to change his decision and ordered him to leave.

Togawa Sadaharu showed Sakiko Togawa the Evil Spirits hidden from ordinary people, persuading her to serve An Xiu for protection. At the Fujiwara Estate, Sakiko met An Xiu and Jibril, while United States officers reviewed footage exposing the Shadow Troopers.

• Togawa Sadaharu explained that the Toyokawa Family needed Sakiko Togawa to stay beside An Xiu, but Sakiko rejected the plan.
• Togawa Sadaharu used a Magic Lantern to reveal the Evil Spirits lurking in Sakiko's room and warned that An Xiu was the only one who could protect the family.
• Sakiko Togawa agreed to go to the Fujiwara Estate and arrived there the next day in a maid outfit.
• An Xiu recognized Sakiko and asked Jibril to show her to a room and arrange her duties with Chika and the others.
• United States officers watched genuine footage of blood-eyed ninjas raiding a manor and disappearing into the shadows with their unconscious targets.