Chapter Summaries

After Ding Dang discovered that the World Tree had malfunctioned, she used the remaining compound fertilizer to keep the damage from spreading, though she admitted she had secretly drunk most of it. At the Space-Time Management Center, A Jun learned that the disturbance had briefly affected the entire universe, leaving the possibility of more transmigrators unresolved.

• Ding Dang panicked over the World Tree's malfunction and explained that its foreign objects had to be sent back, while temporary measures could prevent the damage from spreading.
• Ding Dang found compound fertilizer in her Personal Space and revealed that she had secretly drunk more than half because it tasted sweet.
• Ding Dang sprinkled the remaining fertilizer on the World Tree, restoring its vitality enough to stop the malfunction from worsening.
• A Jun left Ding Dang to inspect the Space-Time Management Center, where technicians reported a brief space-time disturbance around Earth and unexplained discrepancies in their models.
• Siweisi told A Jun that Viska had requested permission to launch a counteroffensive, and A Jun rejected the proposal and ordered chocolate sent to her instead.
• Tawell showed A Jun evidence that the entire universe had briefly flickered, and A Jun replied that he already knew the World Tree had partially withered.

The Emperor organized a search and repatriation effort after learning that groups of transmigrators were disrupting the World Tree, and arranged temporary housing for those who could not be sent home. He also reconciled with Suigintou, who accepted that she was in another world and asked him to help her find her Father.

• The Emperor told Tawell that transmigrators were causing the World Tree’s malfunction and ordered Siweisi to deploy the Expeditionary Force to find and return them.
• The Emperor ordered Tawell to prepare the Space-Time Management Center and create temporary residential areas for transmigrators whose worlds could not be located.
• The Emperor contacted Reno and tasked the New Eden Federation with searching its territory and establishing a residential zone for transmigrators.
• Sandora told the Emperor that Pandora had driven Suigintou to desperation by staring at her without blinking for three hours.
• The Emperor demonstrated his powers to Suigintou and explained that she had arrived in another world.
• Suigintou agreed to stay for now and asked whether the Emperor could help her find her Father, leaving him wondering where to find one.

A Jun welcomed the traveler Shana into the household and explained that the Empire could help her return to her world. The chapter ended when Asidda and Asidora reported that they had found another group of travelers.

• A Jun lectured Suigintou about the household rules, and Older Sister calmed their breakfast-time quarrel.
• Suigintou joined the family meal, where Lin Xue said the Travelers had begun arriving and warned that guests were coming.
• Ding Ling brought Shana to the house, and A Jun recognized her connection to Alastor and learned she had lost contact with him.
• A Jun explained the Empire's previous expedition to the Crimson World and offered Shana a place to stay while the Space-Time Management Center worked on her return.
• Asidda and Asidora reported to A Jun that they had discovered a group of Travelers.

Chen Jun dealt with the Highschool of the Dead group and Sagara Sousuke before Qian Qian found seventy-three Spartan warriors in the neighborhood. After stopping the Spartans from attacking, Chen Jun claimed they had died and offered to revive them if they obeyed him.

• Chen Jun met Komuro Takashi, Miyamoto Rei, Busujima Saeko, and the other transmigrators, recognized them, and sent Sagara Sousuke to temporary barracks with his equipment restored.
• Chen Jun told the Highschool of the Dead group that they had arrived in another world without The Dead or the T-virus, and promised to explain their situation later.
• Qian Qian reported that seventy-three Spartans had appeared near the group's home, and Sandora knocked them unconscious while Lin Xue arranged to handle witnesses.
• The Spartans awoke and attacked Chen Jun, who blocked their spears and struck the ground with lightning to make them stop.
• Centurion Beodoni said he obeyed only his commander, and Chen Jun claimed the Spartans had died and offered them a chance to return to battle if they obeyed him.

Lin Xue questioned Lin Xue's companion's decision to convince the Spartan Warriors that they had entered the Netherworld, and he led them to Shadow City to begin their resettlement. He showed Shana and Suigintou a Planet Warship, while learning that Shana could not return to her world until a large-scale device was ready.

• Lin Xue questioned whether he felt guilty for misleading the Spartan Warriors, and he defended the ruse as a way to keep them calm.
• Beodoni asked where the other dead were, and Lin Xue explained that the Living Room was only one Netherworld entrance before the Spartans were transported to Shadow City.
• Lin Xue introduced Beodoni to the Imperial Army and assigned an officer to guide the Spartans to their new barracks.
• Lin Xue took Shana and Suigintou by shuttle to see a Planet Warship, and Suigintou asked him to help find Rozen.
• Shana asked whether the ships could return her to Earth, and Lin Xue explained that she was in a parallel world and would have to wait for a large-scale device.

Chen Jun oversaw the mass arrival and registration of transmigrators on Earth, then learned that rumors about the arrivals had sparked unrest in the New Eden Federation. He sent Lilina to the Kopru Star Sector to help the Federation house the newcomers and calm the crisis.

• Imperial agents identified and captured suspected transmigrators around the world using a solution made from World Tree leaves, while Shadow City opened a crowded reception center.
• Chen Jun and his family watched transmigrators register, reassured Suigintou that he would help her return home, and encountered an unusually calm Earthling called Big Eyeballs.
• Reno and Zeratul told Chen Jun that rumors of otherworldly invaders had caused social unrest in the New Eden Federation, where emergency camps and a shortage of habitable land worsened public fears.
• Chen Jun sent Lilina and her Temple Legion to the Kopru Star Sector to establish an ecological planet for the transmigrators and ease the Federation's crisis.

As Shadow City’s makeshift inns drew transmigrators away from Imperial barracks, Rin Tohsaka visited to say goodbye before studying magecraft in England, and the narrator promised to visit her. An explosion then led him to investigate a dispute between Sagara Sousuke and the Spartans, leaving Sagara facing punishment for planting mines in a military-controlled area.

• Transmigrators flocked to inns run by merchants from other worlds, trading their local specialties for lodging and leaving the standard Imperial barracks mostly empty.
• Rin Tohsaka criticized the barracks and explained that she had come to say goodbye before leaving for England to study magecraft; the narrator promised to visit her.
• After hearing an explosion, the narrator went to a resident district and learned that Sagara Sousuke had clashed with the Spartans.
• Sagara explained that one of his mines had nearly harmed a Spartan, prompting Beodhal to lead the warriors toward him before Imperial Soldiers intervened.
• The narrator reprimanded Sagara for planting explosives and ordered him to polish, wax, and service three incoming battleships as punishment.

The Emperor handled tensions among Shadow City’s newcomers before meeting Busujima Saeko, who feared being sent back to her zombie-filled world. He brought her to the World Tree and Ding Dang to ask whether she could remain, but the chapter ended before Ding Dang gave an answer.

• The Emperor assigned Sagara Sousuke a heavily armed maintenance robot to supervise his ship-cleaning punishment.
• He confronted Beodhal about the Spartans’ refusal to use their barracks or bathe, and Beodhal insisted their battle was still ongoing.
• The Emperor reflected on rising conflicts among Shadow City’s many transmigrators and encountered Busujima Saeko.
• After learning that transmigrators would be returned to their original worlds, Busujima pleaded not to be sent back to her zombie-ravaged homeland.
• The Emperor took Busujima to the World Tree and introduced her to Ding Dang, explaining that God would decide whether she could stay.

A Jun and Ding Dang found a loophole that could let Busujima Saeko and the other travelers return legally to Shadow City after a brief trip home. Then Lin Xue reported that Lilina and the Temple Legion had vanished during a hyperspace jump, leaving A Jun’s household searching across worlds and worrying about what the fleet might do while lost.

• Ding Dang explained that travelers had illegal-entry records and called her contacts to find a loophole for clearing them.
• Ding Dang proposed sending the travelers home to conclude their cases, then issuing visas so they could return legally; A Jun reassured Busujima Saeko and suggested sending shamans to her world.
• Lin Xue announced that Lilina and the Temple Legion had lost contact with the base, and Sandora and Tawell outlined possible causes for their disappearance beyond the Kuiper Belt.
• Siweisi agreed to have Shadow Base search for Lilina across worlds, while Lin Xue said Lilina was safe but could not locate her.
• A Jun worried that Lilina’s black-hearted Temple Legion and its 115 Empire warships could cause trouble in another world while out of his supervision.

The narrator ordered an investigation into Lilina’s missing fleet and tried to settle back into domestic life, but Suigintou revealed she wanted help finding her world. An emergency fight among powerful transmigrators then drew him to Shadow City, where he arrived to find a chaotic scene.

• The narrator ordered a team to contact the New Eden Federation, assigned Siweisi to investigate Lilina’s disappearance, and imposed ten-minute roll calls on cross-world transport units.
• Ding Dang bit the narrator after he tossed her into a flowerpot, then got covered in syrup and had to be dunked in water to clean her off.
• The narrator accidentally slammed Suigintou into a wall, apologized, and learned she wanted to know when he would find her world.
• Suigintou angrily rejected the narrator’s offer to repair her body and left the room, while Ding Dang tried to explain her reaction using advice she had picked up from Bubble’s game.
• A report said powerful transmigrators were fighting in the Third Residential District and had seriously injured more than ten people, so the narrator rushed to Shadow City.
• The narrator arrived at the chaotic scene and demanded to know what had happened.

The Shilin Emperor dealt with Iori Yagami and Leona after the Riot of the Blood drove them berserk, then confronted Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, and Chris over their fight. Ding Dang incapacitated the three after Yashiro challenged the Emperor’s authority, leaving their fate unresolved.

• The Shilin Emperor questioned a commander about Iori Yagami’s rampage and learned that Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, and Chris had been involved in the fight.
• Leona attacked the Shilin Emperor while berserk, but he stopped her with psychic power and helped her regain control of her bloodline.
• The Shilin Emperor woke Iori Yagami with an uppercut, and Iori agreed to take responsibility for the damage before leaving.
• The Shilin Emperor questioned Yashiro Nanakase and the others about their fight, but Yashiro insisted the dispute between the God Race and the Three Sacred Treasures was none of his concern.
• Ding Dang declared Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, and Chris mortals, then instantly knocked all three down.

A Jun used Ding Dang’s authority to strip Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, and Chris of their powers after they arrived in the city. Later, Laura Stuart asked to join the Urban Management Brigade so she could preach to the outsiders and help restore order, and A Jun agreed.

• Ding Dang declared Yashiro Nanakase, Shermie, and Chris mortals, severing their connection to Orochi and turning them into ordinary people.
• A Jun explained that their powers had been temporarily removed and that Sandora would handle them, then took the three newcomers to a park.
• Laura Stuart found A Jun resting and explained that she regarded him as the Lord she had sought after he helped save humanity.
• Laura asked to join the Urban Management Brigade to preach to the outsiders, and A Jun approved her request.
• A Jun prepared to leave Laura to help settle the city’s chaos, then noticed Angel Sister was upset by his joking offer of a feather pillow.

The narrator visited Avalon’s Heroic Spirits and found them enjoying a leisurely life around Fairy Lake. He called them together to register unauthorized transmigrators and investigate spatial imbalances in the Kuiper Belt, but the chapter ended before anyone volunteered.

• The narrator walked through Avalon’s Fairy Forest with Alaya and met Medusa, who greeted him after an acrobatic fall destroyed her game console.
• Medusa led the narrator to Fairy Lake, where Artoria, Berserker, Cu Chulainn, Sasaki, Red A, Medea, and Souichirou Kuzuki were relaxing or working.
• The narrator gathered the Heroic Spirits and explained that Ding Dang had eaten the information Stack Area, leaving them without their orders.
• The narrator assigned the Heroic Spirits to find unauthorized transmigrators and bring them to Shadow City for registration.
• The narrator announced that spatial imbalances had appeared beyond the Solar System and asked for volunteers to observe the Kuiper Belt.

Chen sent Heroic Spirits to investigate hidden transmigrators and world distortions, then relaxed while others handled the search. He told Suigintou that Rozen was probably dead, and their argument was interrupted by Ilya arriving.

• Chen explained that transmigrators had begun hiding and that existing detection methods could not find them all.
• Chen assigned Cu Chulainn and other Heroic Spirits to investigate the Kuiper Belt, while Red A headed to Kopru; Artoria blasted Cu Chulainn after his ahoge tracked grilled meat.
• Chen asked Medusa to keep an eye on the Heroic Spirits, and their searches helped agents uncover hidden transmigrators.
• Chen lounged on the balcony while Suigintou asked when she could return home to find Rozen.
• Chen told Suigintou that Rozen had likely sacrificed his soul to create artificial life and could no longer be alive; Suigintou angrily denied it.
• Ilya arrived at the balcony and interrupted Chen as he held the struggling Suigintou.

Ilya visited Shadow City for a physical examination and experienced the city’s wonders while arguing with Suigintou over her place beside A Jun. A Jun’s forces captured QB after learning of its Magical Girl recruitment schemes, and Ding Dang classified it as a prohibited creature.

• Ilya and Suigintou argued over who belonged in A Jun’s arms, then pretended to be friends when Older Sister entered and warned them to behave.
• Suigintou flew off after A Jun patted her head, while Ilya admitted she wanted to grow up so she could marry him; A Jun took her to Shadow City for an examination.
• Ilya marveled at Shadow City’s ships, residents, and soldiers as A Jun showed her around.
• A Jun ordered the Imperial forces to capture QB and send it to Sandora as a snack, and Ding Dang agreed to classify QB as prohibited.
• An officer described how Leona, Misaka’s Sisters, Laura Stuart, Silvia, an Empire-made raven Magical Girl, and Sikaro had thwarted or traumatized QB’s recruitment attempts.

Ilya underwent a successful soul transfer into a healthy new body and reunited with Hercules, who had once protected her before losing his consciousness as a Berserker. As Ilya caught up with Hercules in Shadow City, the narrator met an unfamiliar monk who said he came from the Eastern Land Great Tang.

• The narrator and Tawell placed Ilya in a maintenance pod, where her soul fusion and body reconstruction began despite the system's intrusive advertisements.
• The medical scan revealed that Ilya's original artificial body had severe structural flaws and fatal organ injuries, so Tawell explained that her new body would be healthier and could improve as her soul recovered.
• After the fusion finished, Ilya woke in her new body, ran around delightedly, and screamed when the narrator pointed out that she was naked.
• Medical Center examinations confirmed Ilya had adapted well, and the narrator took her through Shadow City to spend the day with her.
• Ilya spotted Hercules, ran to him, and excitedly told him about her recent experiences while he carried her on his shoulder.
• The narrator struck up a conversation with the middle-aged man accompanying Hercules, who introduced himself as a monk from the Eastern Land Great Tang.

Ilya left Shadow City to begin her new life in England under Rin Tohsaka’s care, while Hercules described the difficulties he faced searching for Travelers. After Viska and Pandora reported a signal from Lilina’s lost fleet, the Empire discovered her forces on a chaotic battlefield and heard Lilina gleefully declaring judgment on the planet, prompting the Emperor to plan her recovery.

• Ilya said goodbye to the narrator and Hercules before leaving Shadow City with Rin Tohsaka for school in England.
• Hercules explained that his imposing appearance had drawn crowds, scouts, and even English Puritan Church Holy Knights while he searched for Travelers.
• Viska and Pandora reported receiving a signal from Lilina’s lost fleet, and the Empire’s senior leadership examined the probe footage and audio.
• The footage showed three ragtag forces fighting on a desolate planet, while intercepted voices described the Imperial Army attacking their bases.
• Lilina’s audio revealed her gleefully burning her enemies and proposing to smash Tiannu Base with a Landing Craft, so the narrator called for a plan to bring her back.

After receiving fragmented signals that Lilina was alive but trapped beyond an enormous information barrier, Wood learned that Busujima Saeko’s world had been overrun by rapidly evolving Dead and was beyond saving. Lin Xue urged Wood to visit that world anyway, and he set off with a reluctant Suigintou.

• Lin Xue used a prediction to reassure Wood that Lilina had caused no major disaster, while Tawell explained that an information barrier had severed contact and erased the Temple Legion’s coordinates.
• Wood learned that Busujima Saeko’s world had been located and that she and the other travelers needed to return within hours as reality around them grew unstable.
• Wood promised Busujima Saeko a fleet and specialists to help, but Lin Xue revealed that the Dead had evolved and that the planet could only be destroyed with an eop-03 planetary incineration bomb.
• Lin Xue encouraged Wood to visit the doomed world to look for refugees and investigate something interesting, despite Busujima Saeko’s distress at learning that everyone she knew might be dead.
• At the Royal Starport, Lin Xue forced the protesting Suigintou onto Wood’s shuttle, and Wood departed for the Highschool of the Dead world with her.

Chen led the Empire Fleet into orbit around the devastated Highschool of the Dead world, where Komuro Takashi's group hoped their home could still be saved. He concealed the fleet's true mission and joined a search for survivors, leaving the group's hopes unresolved as Lin Xue's warning hinted that the world held dangers beyond The Dead.

• Chen joked with Komuro Takashi's group aboard the flagship while Busujima Saeko kept quiet about the doomsday bomb and the others talked about returning home.
• Suigintou explored the command hall, and Chen explained that the Anals System could destroy space on a vast scale.
• The fleet reentered the Prime Material Plane near Earth, and Chen ordered a landing instead of deploying the planned EOP.
• Chen and Komuro Takashi's group landed near a deserted city, where Chen claimed they would search for government survivors while hiding the orbital scan results.
• Chen reviewed the devastating scan of Earth and reread Lin Xue's warning that the world contained more than Resident Evil.

The narrator led Imperial Soldiers and the Highschool Seven Cockroaches through an abandoned city, where they found evidence of a catastrophic outbreak and encountered evolved The Dead. After destroying the city and feeling an energy eruption from Earth’s core, they found refugees and reunited Marikawa Shizuka with Minami Rika.

• The narrator’s group entered a deserted city and found a square filled with the charred remains of hundreds of thousands of people.
• Evolved The Dead converged on the group, and Imperial Soldiers fired their particle cannons, vaporizing the enemies and much of the surrounding buildings.
• Takagi Saya concluded that survivors had gathered in the city as a shelter before The Dead broke out, and the narrator destroyed the city with a magma eruption.
• A powerful tremor shook the ground for ten minutes, and the narrator realized it had come from an energy eruption in Earth’s core.
• A probe detected a human gathering three hundred kilometers away, and the group teleported to the refugees.
• Marikawa Shizuka reunited with Minami Rika, while the narrator declared that the refugees were under his protection.