Recaps

Shen Qingzhu led the Black Killer Group in an attack that crippled the Hankawa Family, then faced a Red Robe Oracle Envoy when the group’s vehicles were stopped in the rain. After refusing to kneel, he signaled that he intended to kill the envoy.

• Shen Qingzhu’s forces defeated the Hankawa Family, and he reviewed the Japanese Lin Qiye had taught him as they drove through the rain.
• The Red Robe Oracle Envoy appeared in the road, and the Black Killer Group members climbed out and knelt before him.
• Shen Qingzhu stayed in his car while the Red Robe Oracle Envoy searched for his identity and Asakura Ken realized the Grand Leader was missing from the kneeling crowd.
• Shen Qingzhu stepped out wearing the Flowing Cloud Haori and refused Asakura Ken’s demand that he kneel.
• The Red Robe Oracle Envoy identified Shen Qingzhu as an invader, and Shen Qingzhu made a throat-slitting gesture and said, “Kulus.”

Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki split up to rescue their companions after sensing the Oracle Envoys, while Little Gold fought the yellow-robed Oracle Envoy to protect Yurina. Little Gold escaped with Yurina, but the Envoy caught up with them just as reinforcements arrived.

• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki sensed two Oracle Envoys and split up, with Lin Qiye heading to save the Grand Leader and Amamiya Haruki going to Dotonbori.
• The yellow-robed Oracle Envoy destroyed the Black Wutong Club and confronted Little Gold, who defended the dazed Yurina.
• Little Gold attacked the Envoy with illusions, but the Envoy saw through them and overpowered him.
• Little Gold used another illusion to escape with Yurina, but the yellow-robed Oracle Envoy caught up and blocked their route.
• Rain began to fall, and Little Gold smiled as he sensed that reinforcements had arrived.

Amamiya Haruki confronted Oracle Envoy No. 2, Heart Calamity, while piecing together Yurina Kurotetsu’s scheme and realizing that Yurina and Lin Qiye had been drawn into the Black Wutong Club deliberately. He learned Yurina Kurotetsu was trapped in the Mirror World without Black Rope, then prepared to face Heart Calamity with another Magatsu Blade master.

• Amamiya Haruki emerged from the rain and struck Heart Calamity with Rain Collapse, but the Oracle Envoy repelled him.
• Amamiya Haruki recognized Xiaojin as Bewildering Pupil’s blade spirit and deduced that the Black Wutong Club and his own hiring had been part of Yurina Kurotetsu’s scheme.
• Amamiya Haruki concluded that Yurina Kurotetsu had likely lured Hansawa Shi to Osaka to obtain Black Rope and target the Pure Land.
• Xiaojin told Amamiya Haruki that Oracle Envoy No. 6 had trapped Yurina Kurotetsu in the Mirror World and taken Black Rope.
• Amamiya Haruki sent Xiaojin to help Yurina Kurotetsu and suggested that another Magatsu Blade master could help him fight Heart Calamity.

Shen Qingzhu confronted the Pure Land’s Red Robe Oracle Envoy, whose flames devastated the street and threatened the Black Killer Group. He ordered the group to flee, then used his Vacuum Domain to extinguish the flames and save them, while a mysterious gaze searched the area around him.

• Shen Qingzhu shot at the Red Robe Oracle Envoy, but the envoy melted the bullet and unleashed flames across the street.
• The Oracle Envoy’s fire ignited cars and killed pedestrians, while the Black Killer Group members remained kneeling on the scorching ground.
• Shen Qingzhu ordered the Black Killer Group to flee, and Asakura Ken rallied the members to follow him.
• The Oracle Envoy sent an inferno after the fleeing group, but Shen Qingzhu snapped his fingers and evacuated the air within a one-kilometer radius, extinguishing the flames.
• The Black Killer Group and surviving pedestrians escaped as a mysterious gaze searched the area around Shen Qingzhu.

Shen Qingzhu rescued the Black Killer Group’s members and killed the Red Robe Oracle Envoy with the Soul Severing Blade, but the envoy’s body activated an autonomous counterattack. Lin Qiye saved Shen Qingzhu from the ensuing explosion, while Amamiya Haruki faced the Yellow Robe Oracle Envoy as Little Jin went to help Yurina Kurotetsu.

• Shen Qingzhu stopped Qi Min’s operation after the Black Killer Group members had mostly evacuated, drawing the Red Robe Oracle Envoy close by pretending not to understand him.
• Shen Qingzhu used the Soul Severing Blade to erase the Red Robe Oracle Envoy’s soul and escape the mysterious gaze.
• The Hazu System took control of the soulless Oracle Envoy and triggered an explosive counterattack.
• Lin Qiye rescued Shen Qingzhu with a branch and warned him that the Oracle Envoys’ modified bodies could still operate without their souls.
• Little Jin left Amamiya Haruki to help Yurina Kurotetsu, while Amamiya Haruki stayed to fight the Yellow Robe Oracle Envoy.

Amamiya Haruki fought the yellow-robed Oracle Envoy, Heart Calamity, and merged with Rain Collapse's blade spirit to unleash its full power. After cutting the Oracle Envoy down and devastating Dotonbori, Haruki learned that the enemy could return through anyone nearby who feared him.

• The yellow-robed Oracle Envoy countered Amamiya Haruki's attacks, exploited his familiarity with Haruki's techniques, and told him he needed ten more years of training to win.
• Amamiya Haruki stained Rain Collapse with his blood and merged with its blade spirit, transforming into white-haired Amamiya despite the cost to his lifespan.
• White-haired Amamiya used a rain-line slash to sever half of Dotonbori and cut off half the yellow-robed Oracle Envoy's hand.
• Amamiya Haruki appeared before the Oracle Envoy and sliced him in two, while his attack reduced the rest of Dotonbori to ruins.
• Heart Calamity reappeared in another body and revealed that any person within ten kilometers who feared him could become his main body.

Amamiya Haruki faced Oracle Envoy No. 2, whose Heart Calamity made him nearly immortal by using the fear of thousands of people as substitutes. Haruki urged Yurina to find the third Magatsu Blade, and she discovered a mysterious paper crane hidden in her clothes.

• Oracle Envoy No. 2 gathered hundreds of kneeling people and relied on thousands more potential vessels to survive, leaving Haruki with no easy way to kill him.
• Haruki told Yurina that her father must have left her the third Magatsu Blade and asked whether anything unusual had stayed by her side.
• Yurina remembered Grandma Crane, the elderly woman who had folded paper cranes with her, but was confused because Grandma Crane was in Yokohama.
• The Oracle Envoy attacked Haruki, who fought him with Rain Collapse and destroyed his body, only for him to reappear through a kneeling passerby.
• Yurina found no blade among her belongings and pulled out her mother's cherry blossom hairpin, then noticed a dry paper crane with a scorched mark that had somehow hidden itself in her clothes.

Grandma Crane’s paper cranes flew to Yurina and formed Thousand Cranes, the Magatsu Blade Yurina Kurotetsu had left her. The Yellow-Robed Oracle Envoy urged Yurina to surrender it, but she questioned whether the gods and their idea of goodness had ever protected her.

• In Yokohama, Grandma Crane transformed into a flock of paper cranes and flew out of her nursing home window.
• In Osaka, a paper crane with a bullet mark flew from Yurina’s hand, followed by a vast flock that formed the sheathed blade Thousand Cranes.
• The Yellow-Robed Oracle Envoy recognized that Thousand Cranes was protecting Yurina, while Amamiya Haruki said she had the qualifications to become a blade wielder.
• The Yellow-Robed Oracle Envoy warned Yurina that drawing the blade would make her a hunted fugitive and offered to let her live safely if she handed it over.
• Yurina recalled how the Black Wutong Club had given her warmth and questioned whether the gods’ protection and the distinction between good and evil meant anything.

Yurina awakened Thousand Cranes and became its blade master, earning a Fierce Ghost-level wanted designation. As Amamiya Haruki fought the yellow-robed Oracle Envoy, Grandma Crane incapacitated nearby civilians to weaken the enemy’s ability to create avatars.

• Yurina chose to stand by the people she cared about, drew Thousand Cranes, and summoned Grandma Crane as its blade soul.
• Grandma Crane reassured Yurina and promised to protect her before confronting the yellow-robed Oracle Envoy.
• The city’s screens identified Yurina as a Fierce Ghost-level wanted criminal and displayed her wanted notice.
• Amamiya Haruki intercepted the Oracle Envoy’s attack while Grandma Crane spread paper cranes across the area to knock civilians unconscious.
• Amamiya Haruki attacked the Oracle Envoy again as the loss of frightened civilians weakened his ability to create avatars.

Uncle Kyosuke fought the silver-robed Oracle Envoy in the Mirror World, using illusions and hypnosis to recover Black Rope and complete Bewildering Pupil. He drew both Magatsu Blades and challenged the Oracle Envoy to face him.

• The silver-robed Oracle Envoy attacked Uncle Kyosuke, but could not draw Black Rope from its sheath.
• Uncle Kyosuke's blade soul returned to its scabbard, restoring Bewildering Pupil and surprising the Oracle Envoy.
• The Oracle Envoy crushed two mirrored buildings together, but Uncle Kyosuke escaped using Bewildering Pupil.
• Uncle Kyosuke used hypnosis to trick the Oracle Envoy into throwing Black Rope away, then retrieved it.
• Uncle Kyosuke drew both Bewildering Pupil and Black Rope and asked the Oracle Envoy whether he still thought he could win.

Lin Qiye summoned Hong Yan to confront the Red Robe Oracle Envoy’s inferno, which she absorbed as nourishment. Hong Yan broke through from the peak of the “Sea” realm into “Limitless,” and her roar resounded across Osaka.

• Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu saw Yurina Kurotetsu’s black sword projection and decided to deal with the Red Robe Oracle Envoy first.
• Lin Qiye summoned Hong Yan in her true dragon form and asked her to confront the source of the flames.
• Hong Yan flew into the inferno and swallowed the Red Robe Oracle Envoy’s attacks, absorbing the flames.
• Hong Yan broke through from the peak of the “Sea” realm into “Limitless” and gained the memories of her lineage reaching adulthood.
• Hong Yan unleashed a pillar of black flame and roared across Osaka, and Lin Qiye told Shen Qingzhu that she had grown up.

Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu attacked the weakened Red Robe Oracle Envoy after Hong Yan’s bloodline awakening left her exhausted. Lin Qiye split the envoy’s body apart with Star Splitter, but an explosion erupted from the corpse and engulfed him.

• Hong Yan awakened her bloodline, exhausted herself, and returned to the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods to sleep.
• Lin Qiye and Shen Qingzhu used Mumu’s missiles and Shen Qingzhu’s vacuum passage to expose the battered Red Robe Oracle Envoy.
• Lin Qiye dodged the envoy’s counterattack, lost one chance to kill him, and then unleashed Star Splitter within Shen Qingzhu’s six-second window.
• Lin Qiye cut the Red Robe Oracle Envoy into four pieces, but the corpse detonated and swallowed him in a massive explosion.

Lin Qiye learned that Uncle Kyosuke was Yurina Kurotetsu and had been carrying out a plan with a partner, then discovered he could draw the Magatsu Blade Black Rope. The chapter left Uncle Kyosuke challenging him to try Bewildering Pupil as well.

• A dead Red Robe Oracle Envoy self-destructed, but Uncle Kyosuke used Black Rope to shield Lin Qiye from the blast.
• Uncle Kyosuke explained that Oracle Envoys self-destructed when they lost their vital signs and revealed that he was Yurina Kurotetsu, with Xiao Jin inside Bewildering Pupil.
• Lin Qiye realized Uncle Kyosuke had faked his death and orchestrated a trap, but Uncle Kyosuke said a partner had helped devise the scheme.
• Uncle Kyosuke tossed Black Rope to Lin Qiye, who drew it and formed a connection with the blade.
• Uncle Kyosuke, stunned that Lin Qiye had drawn Black Rope, tossed him Bewildering Pupil and asked him to try it.

Lin Qiye discovered that he could draw both Black Rope and Bewildering Pupil, leading Uncle Kyosuke to suspect he possessed royal blood. After Uncle Kyosuke asked him for help, Lin Qiye reunited with Yurina and the exhausted Amamiya Haruki, leaving Yurina to face her father and the truth about her royal blood.

• Lin Qiye drew Black Rope and Bewildering Pupil, and Uncle Kyosuke concluded that Lin Qiye had royal blood.
• Lin Qiye returned the blades to Uncle Kyosuke, who promised to give them to him later and asked him for help.
• Amamiya Haruki collapsed after using Rain Collapse to kill the yellow-robed Oracle Envoy, while Yurina saw that she had become a Fierce Ghost-level wanted criminal.
• Lin Qiye arrived with Uncle Kyosuke and others, and Yurina rushed into his arms after explaining that she and Amamiya Haruki had been hunted.
• Lin Qiye told Yurina to ask Uncle Kyosuke about what had happened, and she turned to face her father.

Yurina reunited with Uncle Kyosuke and forgave him, believing he had reasons for leaving. Uncle Kyosuke showed her the birthday photos he had secretly taken over the years, promised not to leave again, and revealed his scarred real face, which Yurina called handsome.

• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki compared what they had learned about Yurina Kurotetsu’s trap while Shen Qingzhu smoked nearby.
• Yurina apologized to Uncle Kyosuke for having thought he abandoned her and told him she trusted him.
• Uncle Kyosuke showed Yurina photographs he had taken at every birthday from age seven to twelve, explaining that he had stayed away to protect her.
• Yurina hugged Uncle Kyosuke and asked him not to leave again, and he promised to stay.
• Uncle Kyosuke revealed his scarred real face, and Yurina praised his looks.

Yurina and Uncle Kyosuke had nowhere to go after Dotonbori and Black Wutong were destroyed, so Shen Qingzhu invited them to the Black Killer Group headquarters. There, the group’s members begged Shen Qingzhu’s forgiveness, and he stopped Imori Hiroshi from taking his own life before leading the group to abandon its worship of the gods.

• Yurina asked Uncle Kyosuke where they would go after the destruction of Black Wutong and Dotonbori, and he fell silent.
• Shen Qingzhu invited Yurina, Uncle Kyosuke, and their companions to stay at the Black Killer Group headquarters.
• Black Killer Group members knelt in the rain to beg Shen Qingzhu’s forgiveness for leaving him behind after he saved them from the Oracle Envoy.
• Imori Hiroshi tried to commit seppuku, but Shen Qingzhu knocked the wakizashi from his hand.
• Shen Qingzhu condemned the group for treating themselves as worthless and told them their lives belonged to themselves.
• Imori Hiroshi and the Black Killer Group members renounced worship of the gods and declared Shen Qingzhu their faith.

Yurina learned that her mother, Kazari Akiko, had been the Kazari Family’s eldest daughter before she eloped with Uncle Kyosuke. He told her how the Pure Land took their son and experimented on Akiko, and how his attempt to rescue the boy ended in failure.

• Uncle Kyosuke told Yurina that her mother had been Kazari Akiko, the eldest daughter of the Kazari Family.
• Uncle Kyosuke recalled quitting his host job and eloping with Akiko after she lost her place in the family.
• Uncle Kyosuke explained that Akiko returned from the Pure Land with Yurina, scarred, while the family’s younger son had been taken for experiments.
• Uncle Kyosuke said he became a Fierce Ghost-level wanted criminal after discovering the Pure Land wanted the King's Blood in him and their son.
• Uncle Kyosuke described charging into the Pure Land with three blades to rescue their son, but the seven Oracle Envoys severely wounded him before he could reach it.

Yurina comforted Uncle Kyosuke, who grieved over the son left in the Pure Land, and promised to protect her younger brother. In the Pure Land, An Qingyu and Jiang Er advanced their infiltration, found Subject Zero’s location, and uncovered another unexpected prisoner.

• Uncle Kyosuke told Yurina that he regretted leaving her younger brother in the Pure Land for thirteen years, and Yurina promised she would protect him.
• An Qingyu and Jiang Er played shogi in the Pure Land’s control room, and Jiang Er changed into a yukata after An Qingyu complimented her.
• Jiang Er reported that her control of the Pure Land had reached 46%, then said she had gained all permissions in the prison district.
• An Qingyu told Jiang Er to search for Yurina Kurotetsu’s son, and Jiang Er found Subject Zero’s location.
• Jiang Er revealed that she had also found Cao the Traitor, and An Qingyu reacted in shock at the possibility that Cao Yuan was there.

Yurina woke from a nightmare fearing Uncle Kyosuke would leave for the Pure Land, but he reassured her and took her, Lin Qiye, Amamiya Haruki, and Little Gold to an amusement park. Meanwhile, An Qingyu reached Cao Yuan in the Pure Land prison and began examining him, claiming he had everything under control.

• Yurina woke, found Uncle Kyosuke gone, and feared he had left her and taken Thousand Cranes.
• Uncle Kyosuke returned, comforted Yurina, gave back Thousand Cranes, and invited Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki to the amusement park.
• A Black Killer Group member secured priority tickets for the group, and Yurina excitedly rode the attractions with them.
• Imori Hiroshi brought male models to Shen Qingzhu after the other hosts had left.
• An Qingyu visited imprisoned Cao Yuan in the Pure Land and began analyzing his condition as Cao Yuan warned him to escape.

An Qingyu visited Cao Yuan in the Pure Land prison, promised to deal with the Oracle Envoys within three days, and began investigating Subject Zero’s records. After reading the reports on the thirteen-year experiment, he was shocked by what the Oracle Envoys had done.

• An Qingyu found Cao Yuan restrained by chains that corroded his bones, but Cao Yuan refused to be freed so the Oracle Envoys would not discover them.
• Cao Yuan urged An Qingyu to continue his mission, and An Qingyu promised to return and rescue him within three days.
• Jiang Er erased the surveillance and visitor records of An Qingyu’s prison visit and questioned whether he could deal with the Oracle Envoys so quickly.
• An Qingyu asked Jiang Er for Subject Zero’s records and learned the child was Yurina Takishiro, a thirteen-year-old subjected to years of experiments.
• An Qingyu read the full experiment reports and reacted with shock at what the Oracle Envoys were doing.

An Qingyu and Jiang Er uncovered that the Oracle Envoys had subjected Yurina Takishiro to thirteen years of experiments intended to create an artificial god. Meanwhile, an Oracle Envoy returned to the Pure Land and learned that three others had been lost in Osaka, while Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki spent a happy day at the amusement park with Yurina and Uncle Kyosuke.

• An Qingyu explained that the Oracle Envoys had experimented on Yurina Takishiro from birth, seeking to activate his potential, purify his bloodline, and create a god.
• An Qingyu and Jiang Er wondered how the gods would respond to the Oracle Envoys’ attempt to create an artificial god.
• A white-robed Oracle Envoy returned to the Pure Land and learned that No. 4 had been killed, No. 6 was missing and severely injured, and No. 2’s fate was unknown after the incident in Osaka.
• Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki watched Yurina and Uncle Kyosuke enjoy the roller coaster and shared ice cream with them.
• When Yurina asked for one last ride, Uncle Kyosuke agreed and went with her to the drop tower.

Yurina realized that Uncle Kyosuke was Little Gold in disguise, sent to keep her company while her real father prepared to attack the Pure Land. After Little Gold left to help him, Lin Qiye took Yurina home, while the real Uncle Kyosuke appeared in Tokyo as the wanted criminal Yurina Kurotetsu.

• At the amusement park entrance, Yurina broke down and revealed that she knew Uncle Kyosuke was actually Little Gold in disguise.
• Little Gold transformed back and explained that Uncle Kyosuke had asked him to accompany Yurina while he went to attack the Pure Land.
• Lin Qiye reassured Yurina that her father would return with her little brother, and Little Gold left to help him.
• Lin Qiye offered to take Yurina home after Little Gold disappeared.
• In Tokyo, the real Uncle Kyosuke wiped away his disguise and revealed himself as the wanted criminal Yurina Kurotetsu.

Yurina Kurotetsu attacked the Pure Land with Black Rope, damaging its silver shell as he demanded the return of his son. While the Oracle Envoy dispatched four fighters to kill him, An Qingyu and Jiang Er prepared to begin their own operation, and an intruder started altering Hazu’s code.

• Yurina Kurotetsu drew Rain Collapse and Black Rope, then used Black Rope to pierce and damage the Pure Land.
• An Qingyu learned of the breach from Jiang Er and said it was time for them to begin.
• Hazu identified Yurina Kurotetsu as the attacker, and the white-robed Oracle Envoy raised his wanted level to Supreme Evil.
• The white-robed Oracle Envoy ordered Oracle Envoys One, Three, Five, and Seven to deploy and kill Yurina Kurotetsu.
• After the Oracle Envoys left, an intruder began altering Hazu’s code and demanded the system’s highest authority.

Yurina Kurotetsu attacked the Pure Land and drew its four remaining Oracle Envoys into battle, while Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki watched from Osaka and prepared to recover the Magatsu Blades if Yurina failed. In the Pure Land, An Qingyu and Jiang Er gained access to Laboratory Zero and set out to meet the Artificial God.

• Yurina Kurotetsu became an Unpardonable Extreme Evil-class wanted criminal after the Pure Land was cut open, then used Thousand Cranes to draw four Oracle Envoys away from the city.
• Yurina Kurotetsu confronted the Oracle Envoys and declared that he would bring his son home before the five began fighting.
• In Osaka, Lin Qiye and Amamiya Haruki discussed Yurina's battle and Lin's plan to retrieve the four Magatsu Blades if Yurina did not contact him by eight the next morning.
• Lin Qiye thought he saw something pass in the reflection of the headquarters window, but Amamiya Haruki saw nothing.
• Jiang Er told An Qingyu that he controlled 82% of the Pure Land and had opened access to Laboratory Zero, so An Qingyu went to meet the Artificial God.

An Qingyu entered the sanctuary’s sealed room to speak with Yurina Takishiro, a boy altered by the Oracle Envoys’ experiments who saw the world through game-like levels. Yurina revealed that he was Lv. 97, then cut power to the sanctuary, leaving An Qingyu in darkness.

• An Qingyu learned that the Oracle Envoys had accelerated Yurina Takishiro’s growth with hormones and drugs, then entered his room despite Jiang Er’s concerns.
• Yurina greeted An Qingyu without looking away from his game and said he had seen him on a minimap in his Mental World.
• Yurina explained that he could see levels, identifying An Qingyu as Lv. 68 and Jiang Er as Lv. 63, and revealed his own level was Lv. 97.
• Jiang Er warned An Qingyu to leave, but Yurina assured her he was safe and cut power across the sanctuary.
• The television remained lit, displaying the words “You Dead!” in black and crimson light.