Chapter Summaries

Seiya rejected Administrator and Vector’s offers, choosing to attack Vector while Administrator joined him. Vector ordered the Dark Territory to capture Alice and had Krit bring a flood of foreign players into UW, turning the battle against the Human Realm army.

• Administrator claimed she had allied with Kirito and urged Seiya to help defeat Vector, while Vector offered Seiya greater rewards to join him.
• Seiya decided Vector was the more irreconcilable threat and attacked him, prompting Administrator to join the assault.
• Vector issued a compulsory command for the Dark Territory’s creatures to capture Alice alive.
• Krit brought many foreign players into UW, and they joined the Dark Territory as fearless soldiers and overwhelmed the Human Realm army.
• Shasta and Tiael’s forces, which had defected from Vector, saw their advantage collapse when the new players arrived.

As players swarmed into Under World on the Dark Territory’s side, Kirito, Eugeo, and Alice struggled to hold the Human Realm’s line while cursing Seijiro Kikuoka for failing to protect the system. With the battle reaching its most desperate stage, Seijiro asked Asuna and Nao to log in with Human Realm Super Accounts as reinforcements.

• Players led into Under World by Krit joined the Dark Territory and attacked the Human Realm army, overwhelming its defenses.
• Kirito, Eugeo, and Alice unleashed their divine weapons’ powers but began running low on strength and durability against the endless enemy forces.
• Kirito and Seiya berated Seijiro Kikuoka over RATH’s security failures and the slow arrival of support.
• Seijiro Kikuoka decided to bypass delays by calling Asuna and Nao and asking them to enter Under World with Human Realm Super Accounts.
• Asuna and Nao headed for the Ocean Turtle while the Human Realm army neared destruction and the Dark Territory’s lords considered retreating after suffering massive casualties.

Seiya and Administrator defeated the Dark Emperor Vector, but Vector cursed them as he died, leaving them weakened and exposed to the attacking players. As Administrator begged Seiya for help, he revealed that he was also a player and could return to UW with another disguise, while her death would be permanent.

• Kachi and the other Dark Territory leaders began retreating as Vector weakened, giving Kirito and the Human Realm forces a brief reprieve.
• Players charged at Seiya, Administrator, and Vector, mistaking the exhausted fighters for weakened game bosses.
• Seiya killed Vector with the Sorrow of the White Dragon, and Vector used his remaining Sacred Power to curse Seiya and Administrator.
• Administrator fought off players targeting her, but her depleted Sacred Power and Vector’s curses left her vulnerable to their growing assault.
• Administrator asked Seiya for help, and he told her that he was also a player who could return to UW, while she would truly die if they killed her.

Seiya rescued Administrator from the attacking players after forcing her to surrender her Soul Core, planning to use her as a leader in Under World’s independence from the Real World. With their Sacred Power running low and the players still pressing the attack, Seiya prepared to fight hand-to-hand.

• Administrator offered Seiya her body, then agreed to give him her Soul Core and accept him as her master in exchange for rescue.
• Seiya used White Dragon's Roar to crush the players charging at Administrator and took her Soul Core.
• Seiya decided Administrator was better suited than Tiael to lead Under World against the Real World’s control.
• Administrator warned Seiya that his Sacred Power and divine weapon would soon reach their limits as the players attacked again.
• Seiya dismissed his divine weapon armor and said he would rely on his hand-to-hand combat skills.

Seiya revealed his overwhelming fistfighting strength and slaughtered the players who attacked him, while Gabriel was killed again before he could rally them. Asuna, Nao, and Shino arrived in powerful Super Accounts after the war had nearly ended, leaving Tiael’s hopes of ruling the weakened world uncertain.

• Seiya used powerful punches and martial arts to crush the attacking players, revealing that his body and level remained formidable despite his weakened state.
• Administrator watched Seiya mow down the players and felt relieved that she had yielded to him earlier.
• Many players quit UW, while Gabriel returned with a new account, saw Seiya, and was killed before he could finish speaking.
• Asuna, Nao, and Shino arrived at the Ocean Turtle Fortress headquarters and entered UW as the Human Realm’s Super Accounts: Stacia, Solus, and Terraria.
• Tiael rejoiced at the destruction of the Human Realm and Dark Territory forces, but her celebration faltered when Asuna and the others arrived.

The three founding goddesses descended after Seiya defeated Vector, and Chudelkin tried to persuade them to punish Seiya and the other alleged traitors. Nao, disguised as Terraria, instead called Kirito and Seiya her brothers, leaving Chudelkin stunned as Kirito explained that the Axiom Church’s help had arrived too late.

• The Human Realm’s battered forces rejoiced at the arrival of Stacia, Solus, and Terraria, while Tiael and the Dark Territory’s remaining forces feared they would be punished.
• Chudelkin complained to the goddesses about Seiya and demanded judgment for the Axiom Church’s supposed traitors.
• Alice and Eugeo defended Seiya, but Chudelkin interrupted them and insisted that the goddesses should trust him.
• Kirito challenged Chudelkin’s claims about the Axiom Church and its authority over the Human Realm.
• Nao, disguised as Terraria, called Kirito and Seiya her brothers and questioned why Chudelkin wanted Seiya punished.
• Kirito told Nao that Seiya had already resolved the crisis by defeating Vector, and Chudelkin turned to Stacia and Solus for support.

Asuna, Nao, and Shino revealed their ties to the Human Realm's founding gods and protected Alice, Eugeo, and Lybia, while Chudelkin was captured and exposed as a criminal. The Dark Territory realized Seiya was allied with the three gods, leaving Tiael reeling from the battle's repeated reversals.

• Asuna restored Alice, Eugeo, and their companions' spent life force, while Shino recognized Chudelkin as a villain and suggested dealing with him.
• Asuna and the others subdued Chudelkin, and the Imperial Knights turned against him by listing his crimes.
• The Four Great Empires shifted their allegiance, hailing Alice and the others as heroes and apostles of the gods.
• Asuna befriended Alice, and Nao eagerly fussed over Lybia, whom she saw as her future sister-in-law.
• The Dark Territory realized the three founding gods were Seiya's allies, and Tiael looked back in disbelief at the battle's many reversals.

Tiael claimed to be Seiya’s wife, provoking Lybia, Alice, and the three founding gods with jealousy and hostility. Administrator accepted that Seiya held power over her fate and considered the danger she faced if RATH learned what she had done.

• Tiael introduced herself to God Terraria as Seiya Zankel’s wife and expected the gods to welcome her.
• Lybia and Alice reacted angrily, and Tiael realized the founding goddesses also viewed her as a rival.
• Lybia confronted Shasta about letting Tiael get close to Seiya, and Shasta fled while insisting he had tried to stop them.
• Lybia and Alice raised their weapons against Tiael, furious that she had been with Seiya before them.
• Administrator asked Seiya how he intended to deal with her and recognized that RATH could separate her from her authority or format her if her actions were exposed.

Seiya explained to Administrator that he had no interest in ruling the Real World and revealed his ambition to free Under World from outside control. He showed her the World Seed and advanced programs, leaving Administrator convinced that he might come from a higher dimension.

• Administrator argued that she had seized power to escape being controlled, and Seiya recognized the force of her reasoning.
• Seiya assured Administrator that he would keep her secret from RATH and could deal with the researcher Yanagi.
• Administrator suspected Seiya wanted to control Under World for power in the Real World, but Seiya said he was an ordinary Kendo Dojo instructor with modest ambitions.
• Seiya claimed that ruling the world was beneath him and questioned whether the Real World might itself be controlled by a higher-dimensional world.
• Seiya showed Administrator the World Seed and said he intended to make Under World an independent world.
• Administrator saw the World Seed and Seiya's advanced programs, then began to believe he came from a dimension beyond the Real World.

Seiya used Administrator’s privileges to free Under World from RATH’s control and create a way for its residents to materialize in the Real World. Administrator accepted the new possibility but questioned why Seiya had chosen to help them.

• Seiya altered Under World’s systems as RATH’s staff and government experts failed to stop the changes.
• Seiya adjusted the passage between the worlds so Real World visitors needed authorized accounts and Under World residents could materialize in the Real World.
• Administrator grew excited at the prospect of bringing her body and powers into the Real World, but Seiya warned that the two worlds depended on each other.
• Administrator accepted that Under World could now negotiate with the Real World on more equal terms and asked Seiya why he had helped them.

Seiya established his authority as UW’s supreme god and appointed Administrator and Tiael to govern the Human Realm and Dark Territory. He left them to manage UW and its contact with the Real World, then returned to the battlefield and concealed the full extent of his power from everyone.

• Seiya told Administrator that she would manage the Human Realm, while Tiael would rule the Dark Territory, and granted both of them divine offices.
• Seiya appointed Alice and Lybia as deputies and asked Administrator to revise the Taboo Index and keep his role as UW’s supreme god confidential.
• Tiael objected to Administrator retaining authority, and the two women traded insults until Seiya let them continue their rivalry.
• Seiya chose Administrator and Tiael because their experience and ruthlessness made them suited to govern UW and deal with the Real World.
• Seiya returned to the battlefield, explained the arrangements, and concealed that he had made UW independent and become its supreme god.

Tiael and the Ten Lords met with Administrator and the Human Realm's leaders to negotiate an armistice, while the Four Great Empires demanded that the Dark Territory's people be enslaved as compensation. Administrator confronted the emperors, and her ambition to rise beyond the Real World remained in view as the negotiations continued.

• Tiael became Dark Queen after the surviving Ten Lords accepted her Sacred Power and agreed to seek peace with the Human Realm.
• Seiya's changes made the Dark Territory more prosperous, and Tiael, Lybia, Shasta, and the Ten Lords came to Satoria to sign an armistice.
• The Norland Calus North Emperor and the other emperors demanded compensation, including making the Dark Territory's people slaves.
• Tiael stopped Iskhan and the other lords from reacting violently and asked whether Administrator shared the emperors' position.
• Administrator turned a hostile look on the emperors, while her desire to rise beyond the Real World remained unresolved.

Administrator ended the war between the Human Realm and the Dark Territory and revealed that Under World had broken free from the Real World's control. She announced that she and Tiael would travel to the Real World to demand answers, leaving Kirito worried that Under World's artificial souls might invade.

• Administrator declared that she did not want the war between the Human Realm and the Dark Territory to resume, but several Emperors objected and threatened to claim Dark Territory spoils.
• After Emperor Calus North said he had claimed Lybia Zankale, Administrator killed him and warned the other Emperors not to challenge her authority.
• Administrator explained that Under World was an artificially created world and that people from the Real World had manipulated events to provoke the war.
• Administrator said that she and Tiael would go to the Real World as ambassadors to demand an explanation from its leaders.
• Kirito asked Seiya whether Under World's artificial souls intended to enter the Real World, and he worried about the consequences.

After the Human Realm and Dark Territory signed a ceasefire, Seiya and the others returned to the Real World, where RATH learned that Under World had become independent and could no longer be controlled from outside. The chapter ended with RATH discovering that Under World’s accounts, including the three Super Accounts, were permanently bound to their users.

• Seiya persuaded Kirito that separating Under World from the Real World could protect its inhabitants and give them a chance to live as equals.
• Administrator and Tiael rewarded the heroes after the ceasefire, naming Seiya the Holy Dark Knight, Alice the Holy Light Knight, and Lybia the Night Knight; Alice also became commander of the Integrity Knight Order.
• Lybia used her mother’s necklace to find her family, and Seiya and Lybia’s importance turned the family into a prestigious noble house.
• Seiya and the others stayed in Under World for two more days, revealed their identities to Alice and Lybia, and then returned to the Real World.
• At RATH, Seiya, Kirito, and the others told Seijiro Kikuoka and the authorities what had happened, while the investigators wrongly assumed hackers had caused Under World’s changes.
• RATH discovered that Seiya and Kirito’s accounts and the Super Accounts were locked to their users, leaving Under World beyond outside control.

Administrator recalled a prophetic dream in which Chudelkin’s interference led to her death, and she became enraged when he returned to the Axiom Church. After torturing him, she decided to use his soul to create a Sword Giant.

• Administrator dreamed that, without Seiya, Kirito defeated her and she died after Chudelkin fused his fluctlight with hers.
• Administrator ordered the Four Great Empires to transfer Chudelkin from prison to the Axiom Church.
• Chudelkin tried to kiss Administrator’s toes, but she kicked him, pinned him to a wall with Sacred Arts, and tortured him with her holy sword.
• Chudelkin went mad when Administrator called Seiya her Master, and she grew more convinced that her dream showed a possible fate.
• Administrator decided to use Chudelkin’s soul to create a Sword Giant.

Administrator and the UW delegation arrived in Tokyo with their supernatural powers, prompting the authorities to summon Seiya, Asuna, and Nao. The story left the authorities scrambling to negotiate with the newcomers after Administrator destroyed reconnaissance aircraft sent to test them.

• A white mist appeared over Tokyo, and Seiya realized people from Under World had arrived.
• Seijiro Kikuoka came to Seiya’s home and summoned Seiya, Asuna, and Nao, while other groups intercepted Kirito and Shino.
• The authorities spotted Administrator and the UW delegation emerging from the mist and attacked them with reconnaissance aircraft.
• Administrator crushed several advanced fighter jets with a casual strike, showing that the newcomers retained their powers.
• The authorities decided to seek peaceful relations with the delegation, but Administrator and the others rejected their attempts at friendliness.

Panshilgon, working as Amane Towa in the Real World, was summoned to greet important visitors and learned that the gathering with Seiya had been postponed. Administrator, Tiael, Alice, Lybia, and Eugeo arrived, impressing the assembled entertainers as several male models approached them.

• Panshilgon arrived at the government-assigned reception after Seiya canceled their gathering, leaving her another chance to witness his love-life drama later.
• An idol told Panshilgon that young entertainers had been assembled because the important foreign guests were young, and Panshilgon decided to offend them so she could leave.
• Security Bureau staff brought Administrator, Tiael, Alice, Lybia, and Eugeo before the entertainers.
• The assembled actors, idols, and models admired the visitors' appearances, and several confident male models strode toward them.

Administrator and her companions arrived in the Real World and demanded to meet Seiya Zankel and Kirito after locals tried to treat them as guests and guides. Panshilgon recognized their names, then learned that Administrator and Alice claimed to be Seiya’s friends and older sisters, leaving her shocked by the apparent contradiction.

• A male model invited Administrator to dinner, but she ignored him and threatened him when he persisted.
• Administrator objected when people crowded Alice and Lybia, and Security Bureau staff apologized and said Seiya and Kirito were being brought over.
• Panshilgon reacted with surprise when she heard Seiya and Kirito’s names, drawing Administrator and the others’ attention.
• Panshilgon claimed she knew someone named Seiya but suggested he might not be the person they sought, so Administrator and Alice lost interest.
• Administrator said she and the others were Seiya’s friends and that she and Alice were his older sisters, prompting Panshilgon to blurt out that Seiya was an orphan.

Panshilgon learned that Alice and Lybia were from another world and traded stories with them about Seiya before Seiya arrived and pulled her away. Kirito reunited with Eugeo and rescued him from the idol girls, while Eugeo’s praise only reminded Kirito that he was unemployed in the Real World.

• Panshilgon introduced herself to Alice and Lybia and asked them for stories about Seiya in exchange for tales of her own friendship with him.
• Alice and Lybia shared amusing stories about Seiya, and Panshilgon learned they came from another world where Seiya and Kirito had lived for more than ten years.
• Panshilgon began questioning whether Lybia was really Seiya’s sister, but Seiya appeared, flicked her forehead, and warned Alice and Lybia not to trust her.
• Kirito arrived and freed Eugeo from the idol girls, then told him he did not need to pine after Alice because he was popular in the Real World.
• Eugeo praised Kirito’s abilities and asked if he was popular too, leaving Kirito painfully aware that he was unemployed.

At the first meeting between the UW world and the Real World, Administrator and Tiael killed an arrogant negotiator and threatened to conquer the weaker world. Seijiro Kikuoka and Seiya argued for cooperation, leaving the negotiations focused on the benefits the Real World could offer the UW world.

• Administrator and Tiael responded to a negotiator's claim that the Real World was the UW world's creator by aging him to a skeleton with Dark Arts.
• Alice and Lybia drew their weapons as armed personnel rushed in, but the senior officials ordered them to withdraw.
• Administrator and Tiael rejected the title of emissaries, demanded to be called goddesses, and threatened to conquer and enslave the Real World.
• Seijiro Kikuoka warned that war would harm both worlds and offered the Real World's advanced civilization and resources as reasons to cooperate.
• Seiya supported Seijiro Kikuoka's proposal, arguing that the UW world could benefit from Real World science and that resource support could prevent future conflict.