Chapter Summaries

Imagawa Yoshimoto entered the living world in an avatar and visited the Imagawa Residence, where she saw the cherry tree before deciding to go to Hokkaido to find Uesugi Tetsu. As the Second Wave began, Tetsu received a mission to restrain Everworld’s encroachment and purge Eight Sufferings’ key incarnation, then set out with Ririko for the frontline.

• Imagawa Yoshimoto rode the Kisaragi Train into Shizuoka City in an avatar, using her phone and disguise to pass the Special Affairs Division checkpoint.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto reached the Imagawa Residence, gazed at the great cherry tree, and left for Hokkaido to find Uesugi Tetsu.
• Uesugi Tetsu sensed the Second Wave’s rising Spiritual Power and received the limited-time mission to restrain Everworld’s encroachment and purge Eight Sufferings’ key incarnation.
• Uesugi Tetsu found only weak monsters in Sapporo, then learned from Nanjō Emi that the main battle was taking place at a frontline where three-star strength was the minimum.
• Uesugi Tetsu and Ririko prepared to leave for the frontline and planned to send Chisa to the nearby Hokkaido headquarters.

Nanjō Emi explained the Boundary Land and its eight war zones to Chisa as the Second Wave offensive began. Uesugi Tetsu reached the hard-pressed Tokyo front and made a dramatic entrance on an Iron Throne summoned by his War Horn, reuniting with Minamoto Shizuka and the others as thunder gathered overhead.

• Nanjō Emi showed Chisa the Boundary Land defenses and explained how the eight war zones guarded the mortal world from demons emerging from Everworld.
• Spiritual Power-enhanced warships, aircraft, and missiles struck the advancing demons, but stronger enemies landed after the first wave of fire support.
• Minamoto Shizuka and the wounded young fighters held their Kanto position through fourteen hours of combat and refused to retreat.
• Uesugi Tetsu left the quiet Hokkaido front, became separated from Ririko and Two-Shaku-Sama while teleporting, and eventually reached the Tokyo battlefield.
• Uesugi Tetsu blew his War Horn and summoned an Iron Throne carried by four newly enhanced Ghost God-level Throne-Bearing Giant Spirits.
• Uesugi Tetsu settled onto the throne, greeted Minamoto Shizuka and the others, and unleashed a storm of thunder over the battlefield.

Uesugi Tetsu arrived at the Tokyo front line, where he effortlessly destroyed monsters and stopped two Ghost God ambushes while reuniting with Minamoto Shizuka and the others. After learning the wider battle was holding, he sensed a familiar malice and prepared to tell Minamoto Shizuka about the Sufferings Incarnation; elsewhere, Imagawa Yoshimoto searched for his current address.

• Chisa watched the strategic map as Minamoto Shizuka faced several enemy Ghost Gods, then spotted Uesugi Tetsu’s golden marker appear.
• Uesugi Tetsu swept away the monsters with thunder, caught and killed a shadow Ghost God, and greeted Minamoto Shizuka and his other acquaintances.
• Uesugi Tetsu contained a self-destructing monster inside his Heavenly Cycle Flame Armor, then checked his Soul Ash and asked how the battle was going.
• Saito Ryuichi reported that Tokyo and the other battle zones were holding, while Kyoto faced greater pressure; Uesugi Tetsu sensed a familiar malice and decided to tell Minamoto Shizuka about the Sufferings Incarnation.
• Imagawa Yoshimoto studied and saved images of Uesugi Tetsu on a moving train, then sent a message asking for his current address.

Uesugi Tetsu repelled the first fiend assault on his defense line, then coordinated with Minamoto Shizuka about the Eight Sufferings. Elsewhere, Ririko killed the Earthquake Catfish while Two-Shaku-Sama protected the survivors, and Imagawa Yoshimoto arrived in Sapporo with cherry blossoms and a message for Uesugi.

• The red ogre retreated with the remaining fiends after Uesugi Tetsu’s lightning attack, ending the first assault on the defense line.
• Uesugi Tetsu and the injured defenders withdrew to the black tower, where Minamoto Shizuka explained its defenses and he gave her a heart string for sharing intelligence about the Eight Sufferings.
• At Kyoto’s 13th District Defense Line, Ririko protected the wounded with her attack and killed the Earthquake Catfish, while Two-Shaku-Sama expanded her barrier over the survivors.
• In Sapporo, Imagawa Yoshimoto asked an agent for Uesugi Tetsu’s address and left cherry blossoms with a message that an old acquaintance was waiting for him.

Irenno explained that he was pausing the story as graduation and the need to find work forced him to choose between his career and writing. He hoped to return to writing and promised that this book would connect to his next novel for a complete ending.

• Irenno reflected on twelve years of writing and said he was approaching graduation and needed to get a job.
• Irenno explained that his income, fear of being overtaken by AI, and limited energy made it difficult to balance work with writing.
• Irenno apologized to readers for temporarily ending the story and said he was betting on his writing experience during the months before graduation.
• Irenno promised that the unfinished book would connect to his next novel, <I've Already Become the Human Emperor, and Only Now Is Spiritual Energy Reviving?>, and directed readers to find it under his account.