Chapter Summaries

As darkness spread across the city, Athena broke through Xitiangong’s barrier and approached Su Yang in search of the Gorgon Stone. She recognized him as the one who had inherited The Last King’s fate, leaving him to face the Goddess.

• Su Yang, Erica, and Lu Yinghua played a card game while Yuri Kusanagi watched, and Erica added another note to Lu Yinghua’s face.
• Erica sensed Athena’s darkness approaching Xitiangong and warned the others that the Goddess was descending.
• Athena sent owls against Xitiangong’s barrier, and the messengers broke through it.
• Athena arrived at Xitiangong seeking the Gorgon Stone and declared that she would reclaim the ancient serpent.
• Su Yang greeted Athena, and she called him the one who had inherited The Last King’s fate and the Child of the World.

Monkey God Lord questioned the Japanese magic world about his broken seal as his divine powers began to return. Outside Xitiangong, Athena asked Su Yang for the Gorgon Stone, and he showed her the now-unsealed emblem.

• Monkey God Lord asked Liliana who had arranged the conditions that undid his seal, and she said her lord had stated his demands.
• Monkey God Lord wondered whether The Last King had returned or whether Su Yang was a newly born Campione, while Liliana refused to reveal more about her lord.
• Monkey God Lord sensed the Earth Mother Goddess outside and described how his Dragon Serpent nature stirred as his body and divine powers recovered.
• Athena praised Su Yang’s martial might and asked him to give her the Gorgon Stone.
• Su Yang produced the emblem and showed Athena that its magical seal had disappeared.

Su Yang gave Athena the Gorgon Stone, allowing her to regain her ancient form while preventing her from being driven to cause calamity. Athena noticed the change and began speaking with Su Yang, whose mention of the true god within the Divine Realm left the others stunned.

• Su Yang tossed the Gorgon Stone to Athena, and Yuri Kusanagi was shocked that he had handed a god an artifact capable of restoring her power.
• Athena chanted a hymn and regained her ancient form as the Earth Mother Goddess.
• Su Yang asked whether Athena intended to fight him, while Yuri Kusanagi, Toma Amakasu, Saya no Miya Kaoru, Lu Yinghua, and Erica watched.
• Athena discovered that the Gorgon Stone had changed her, leaving her free of the urge to bring calamity and strengthening her authority as the Goddess of Wisdom.
• Su Yang explained that he had restrained Athena's destructive impulses and suggested she had intended to draw his true self out of the Divine Realm so they could talk.
• Su Yang said there was no need for that now, then referred to the true god within the Divine Realm.

Sun Wukong emerged at Xitiangong and unleashed his power as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven while Su Yang prepared a powerful attack. The story then shifted to Kuoh Academy, where Sona learned that a new student named Su Yang had earned perfect scores in every subject.

• Sun Wukong appeared above Xitiangong, declared himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and transformed the surrounding ground into stone.
• Toma Amakasu wondered how Sun Wukong could have undone his Magic Formula so quickly, and Su Yang explained that it had not been completely undone.
• Su Yang fired a destructive beam toward a distant target, and Toma Amakasu realized it was not aimed at Sun Wukong.
• At Kuoh Academy, Sona asked Tsubaki Shinra whether any suitable new students would enroll, and Tsubaki predicted there would be one.
• Tsubaki told Sona that a new student had perfect scores in every subject, and Sona learned his name was Su Yang.

Su Yang gave the freshman speech at Kuoh Academy and applied to join Sona's Student Council. Sona offered to let him join if he chose an area and defeated her, leaving Su Yang facing a challenge from the president.

• Sona asked Tsubaki Shinra for Su Yang's file and watched him give the freshman speech.
• Su Yang finished his speech and focused on joining either the Student Council or the Occult Research Club.
• Su Yang applied to join the Student Council, citing his experience as a middle-school council member and president.
• Sona proposed that Su Yang choose an area and defeat her to earn a place on the Student Council.

Su Yang accepted Sona's choice of chess for their contest, while Rias watched him from the Occult Research Club and considered recruiting him as a Servant. Rias set aside the idea for now, recognizing she might need to seek help from Sona's side in the future.

• Su Yang smiled and agreed to play chess after Sona chose it for their contest.
• Rias watched the sunset in Kuoh Town while Akeno Himejima brought her tea and asked whether she was searching for a Servant candidate.
• Akeno noticed Rias was watching later than usual and guessed she was interested in Su Yang, the new Student Council member who had defeated Sona at chess.
• Rias admitted she was watching Su Yang and considered recruiting him to irritate Sona and help her win a contest of intellect.
• Rias decided not to make an enemy of Sona and considered asking her side for help if she needed it.

Rias watched Su Yang leave campus and wondered about her unusual concern for him, while he prepared for the dangers he expected in the future. Elsewhere, Serafall escaped the room where Su Yang had confined her and reconsidered opposing Sona’s interest in him.

• Akeno Himejima teased Rias about her interest in the intelligent-looking boy, and Rias denied having fallen for him.
• Su Yang calculated how he might defeat Rias’s or Sona’s Servants so he could pass a future combat test if he applied to join either group.
• Su Yang noticed someone watching him from the old school building, saw a flash of Rias’s red hair, and headed home while worrying that he might remain powerless when the world changed.
• Akeno Himejima teased Rias for hiding from Su Yang, and Rias insisted this was only their first meeting.
• Serafall used ice magic to break Su Yang’s barrier and escaped, reflecting that she no longer had a good reason to stop Sona from pursuing him.

Serafall gave in to her curiosity and played Su Yang’s game, becoming unable to stop despite recognizing its effect on her. The next day, Grayfia arrived at the Sitri castle to bring Serafall back to work and sensed an unusual aura outside her room.

• Serafall took the disc from Su Yang’s sofa and later decided to play it after her magical power recovered.
• The game introduced Magical Girl Milky and drew Serafall into playing chapter after chapter.
• Serafall became deeply immersed as the game used the images of Milky and Sona, and she continued playing through the night.
• Grayfia went to the Sitri castle the next day after Serafall failed to report for work.
• The Sitri head maid led Grayfia to Serafall’s room, where Grayfia noticed an unusual aura.

After the war against the evil gods, Su Yang learned that Hades had caused Ophis to lose nearly all the clothes he had bought her, and he promised to take her shopping again. Ophis woke him with quiet anticipation, and Su Yang planned to restore the Dimensional Rift as her home.

• Grayfia used her psychic power to check on Serafall, then sent the head maid away so she could wake her privately.
• Grayfia wondered whether Serafall needed a male devil spouse after seeing her condition.
• Su Yang learned that Hades had caused Ophis's clothes to be devoured by Dragon Eater Samael, leaving her with only one outfit.
• Su Yang invited Ophis to go shopping for new clothes, and she responded with quiet delight.
• Ophis climbed onto the sleeping Su Yang to wake him, and he resolved to return the Dimensional Rift to her as a cozy home.

Su Yang took Ophis to the Human World to shop and learned that Aisha had gone preaching with Irina and Xenovia. Ophis brought a list of unusual things she wanted, and Su Yang agreed to help her find them.

• Ophis told Su Yang that Aisha had gone with Irina and Xenovia to preach to people.
• Su Yang got ready and took Ophis to the Human World to shop for clothes and other things.
• Ophis showed Su Yang her shopping list, which included a high-end chessboard and many other strange items.
• Su Yang agreed to buy Ophis the chessboard and asked who had written the list, but Ophis said no one had.

Su Yang learned that Ophis had collected ideas from others to discover what she liked, and Great Red offered to help uncover her deepest desire. Ophis agreed after Su Yang reassured her, leaving Great Red ready to use her power.

• Ophis explained that she had asked others for ideas because she could not figure out what she liked.
• Su Yang suggested trying all the things Ophis had collected, and Ophis agreed.
• Great Red emerged from the void and offered to reveal what Ophis wanted most.
• Ophis called Great Red a peeping maniac, but agreed to let her help after Su Yang reassured her.
• Great Red used her Power of Peeping.

Great Red told Su Yang that Ophis seemed to want his offspring, while Su Yang destroyed Erlang Shen before he could interfere with Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong remained free and challenged Su Yang, whom he mistook for a Campione.

• Great Red used Dream Power to discover that Ophis seemed to want Su Yang's offspring, then pulled him aside to reveal it.
• Su Yang fired a beam that destroyed Erlang Shen and his temple before Erlang Shen could capture Sun Wukong.
• Ena Kiyo wondered if Su Yang had missed, while Toma Amakasu suspected the beam had struck True Lord Manifesting Holiness's temple.
• Athena watched warily as Su Yang questioned Sun Wukong about taking the shrine maiden's body.
• Sun Wukong said he trusted his own abilities and addressed Su Yang as a Campione.

Su Yang released Sun Wukong and urged him to avenge himself on the foreign gods in the Hidden World before returning for a final battle. After Sun Wukong agreed and fled, Su Yang struck him with lightning to remove the last of his seal and separate Tanimura Hikari from his body.

• Su Yang restored the petrified ground and taunted Sun Wukong about being captured by foreign gods.
• Sun Wukong created thousands of divine clones, but Su Yang destroyed them with the Devastating Bow (Shiva).
• Su Yang told Sun Wukong to take revenge on the gods of the vassal states before returning to fight him.
• Sun Wukong agreed to the plan and flew away on a Somersault Cloud.
• Su Yang struck Sun Wukong with a lightning Authority, removing the remaining stones of his seal and separating Tanimura Hikari from him.

Sun Wukong left after becoming eager to fight Su Yang again, while Su Yang turned to Athena to discuss her purpose. The chapter ended with Athena considering Su Yang’s request for her important token.

• Sun Wukong departed, planning to meet Su Yang again after dealing with Susanoo and the troubles in the Hidden World.
• Yuri Kusanagi thanked Su Yang for saving Tanimura Hikari.
• Su Yang resumed his discussion with Athena and said he understood what she wanted but needed to make preparations.
• Su Yang asked Athena for her token, suggesting she could give him her body instead; the others mistook his words for a proposal.
• Athena said she would think over Su Yang’s request.

Su Yang accepted a middle school uniform from Athena as a token, while the people around him tried to understand why she had given it to him. Athena then asked him to grant her request, leaving its nature unrevealed.

• Athena chose her old school uniform as the token for Su Yang, testing whether he would accept something connected to her incomplete past.
• Su Yang accepted the uniform and considered using it as he had used Veleshrana's token.
• Seishouin Ena, Erica, and Toma Amakasu each speculated about Su Yang's relationships with goddesses and his power.
• Athena asked Su Yang to fulfill her request as the Child of the World.

Athena told Su Yang she wanted to restore her original form in the divine realm, and he agreed they were discussing the same goal. As Sun Wukong fought in the Hidden World, Su Yang calmed the spatial disturbances and waited with the others, then spoke with Athena about wanting the complete version of what he could obtain.

• Athena explained that she wanted to restore her original form within the divine realm, and Su Yang said he understood.
• A tremor shook the space around Xitiangong as Sun Wukong unleashed his strength in the Hidden World against Susanoo.
• Lu Yinghua welcomed Sun Wukong's attack, while Saya no Miya Kaoru doubted that the Imperial Old Lord could survive it.
• Su Yang calmed the spatial fluctuations and invited everyone to wait for Sun Wukong to emerge.
• Athena gestured for Su Yang to join her, and he joked about completing the set before saying he wanted the fullest version of anything he could obtain.

Su Yang and Athena encountered Perseus, a Hero God whose legends made him Athena’s natural enemy. Athena confronted him after he dispelled her serpents, and the two prepared to fight.

• Su Yang noticed a surge of azure Divine Energy, and Perseus appeared before him and Athena.
• Athena recognized Perseus as the hero who had defeated her Gorgon incarnation and suspected Su Yang had summoned him.
• Perseus declared that his serpent-slaying power could counter Athena, then destroyed her giant serpents and scattered her darkness.
• Athena rejected Perseus’s offer to avoid using that power and challenged him as her nephew.

Perseus appeared and challenged Athena, who tried to redirect his attention toward Su Yang by calling him the strongest Steel. Su Yang refused to take Athena’s side and told Perseus he would not interfere unless Perseus chose to fight him.

• Perseus appeared and aimed his weapons at Athena, whose Divine Power surged to oppose his serpent-slaying Word Spirit.
• Perseus taunted Athena about her past as Medusa, but Athena rejected his claim to be a Hero and criticized him for enslaving the earth with power gained from goddesses.
• Athena called Su Yang the strongest Steel, trying to draw Perseus’s attention toward him.
• Su Yang used a gust of wind to erase Athena’s aura from himself, surprising Athena and amusing Perseus.
• Su Yang said he would not interfere if Perseus fought Athena, but was willing to fight Perseus himself.

Perseus learned that Su Yang was the Sun Emperor and challenged him, but Su Yang sent Lu Yinghua, Erica, and Seishouin Ena to fight in his place. As the three attacked, Perseus invoked his Authority to control descendants of the ancient goddesses.

• Perseus used his Authority to question Liliana, who revealed that Su Yang was the Sun Emperor and the strongest and only Campione of the age.
• Su Yang pointed out Lu Yinghua, Erica, and Seishouin Ena and told Perseus to defeat them before fighting him.
• Seishouin Ena activated Divine Descent with Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, drawing on Su Yang's power.
• Lu Yinghua attacked Perseus with the Twelve Divine Palms of the Flying Phoenix, and Erica joined the assault.
• Perseus vowed to kill Su Yang's attendants and used words of power to command descendants of the ancient goddesses.

Su Yang’s interference prevented Athena from taking control of Seishuuin Ena, while the god fighting Ena’s allies was driven back. Su Yang then pressed Athena for more help to drag down the Divine Realm, leaving her to weigh his demand against the other unruly gods nearby.

• The god who tried to control Seishuuin Ena was struck by Su Yang’s authority and spat blood.
• Three close-combat fighters rushed the god, who fired the Arrow of the Sun Wheel to force them back.
• Su Yang told Athena that the earlier arrangement was not enough and that they needed to drag down the entire Divine Realm.
• Athena questioned whether Su Yang needed another token, and he said the choice depended on her will.
• Su Yang warned Athena that Unruly Sun Wukong and Unruly Perseus were also present and that she had little time to hesitate.