Chapter Summaries

Luo Zhen revealed that he was not Night Sky and returned Karasuba to Kakugyo Ki after forcibly controlling it. Kakugyo Ki departed hoping they would not become enemies, while a mysterious young man watched and went to report to the Princess.

• Kakugyo Ki realized Luo Zhen had dominated Karasuba rather than being possessed by it.
• Luo Zhen removed Karasuba and returned it to Kakugyo Ki, who left with the frightened Three-legged Golden Crow.
• Kakugyo Ki warned Luo Zhen that he might become another astonishing figure and hoped they would not become enemies.
• Luo Zhen considered testing his strength against Kakugyo Ki but decided not to provoke him.
• A young man with a monocle confirmed that Tsuchimikado Akimi was not Night Sky's reincarnation and disappeared to report to the Princess.

Saotome Ryo and Kakugyo Ki left Tokyo to seek answers from the Tsuchimikado Family, while Soma Takiko summoned a new Yase Doshi and learned that Tsuchimikado Akimi was not Yakō's reincarnation. Takiko decided to approach Akimi at Onmyo Academy and investigate the Tsuchimikado Family.

• Saotome Ryo decided to visit the Tsuchimikado Family, and she and Kakugyo Ki left Tokyo after planning to end her contract with Doma the Sorcerer.
• Soma Takiko performed a rite to summon Rokunobe back as a shikigami and named him Kumomaru.
• Yakushimaru returned and told Soma Takiko that Tsuchimikado Akimi was not Yakō's reincarnation.
• Soma Takiko became agitated, but Yakushimaru calmed her and suggested that Yasuzumi might have concealed the truth.
• Soma Takiko chose to accept Akimi as a comrade and planned to enter Onmyo Academy to meet him.
• Yakushimaru agreed to her plan and said they would send people to surveil and investigate the Tsuchimikado Family.

After the Jōshi Second Exorcism, Tokyo struggled with frequent spirit disasters as the Curse Search Division hunted the Twin Horn Society and the Onmyo Academy closed for repairs. Luo Zhen and Natsume advanced to the second year, but their brief peace ended when Yakou Believers attacked them again.

• Amami Daizen mobilized the Curse Search Division to hunt the Twin Horn Society, uncovering Yakou Believers and spies within the Onmyo Agency.
• Kurahashi Miyoshi ended the school year early, and Luo Zhen, Natsume, and Kyoko passed their advancement examinations.
• Natsume and Kyoko woke after the incident; Kyoko was taken by the Kurahashi Family, while Natsume was questioned and later trained intensely with Luo Zhen.
• Natsume became combative after learning about Hishamaru and Saotome Ryo, while Luo Zhen studied and practiced cursed techniques.
• Luo Zhen asked Natsume how often they had been attacked, and she said this was the twenty-third Yakou Believer attack that month.

Luo Zhen and Natsume confronted Amami Daizen after the Curse Search Division secretly monitored Luo Zhen while Yakou Believers repeatedly attacked him. Amami admitted he had arranged the surveillance and hinted that he had secured a benefit for Luo Zhen, then called someone into the office.

• Yakou Believers attacked Luo Zhen repeatedly, and he defeated them while growing angry at the Curse Search Division's operation.
• Curse Search Officers arrived after another attack and arrested the Yakou Believers, prompting Luo Zhen and Natsume to suspect they were being watched and used as bait.
• Luo Zhen and Natsume went to the Onmyo Agency, where Amami Daizen admitted he had ordered secret monitoring and prioritized Luo Zhen's safety.
• Amami explained he had not assigned Luo Zhen a guard because he believed Luo Zhen could handle the attackers himself.
• Amami told Luo Zhen he had secured a benefit for him and called someone into the office.

Amami Daizen released Dairenji Suzuka early and returned her to Luo Zhen as a shikigami, while the Twin Horn Society crackdown neared its end. As Luo Zhen prepared to leave with Natsume and Suzuka, Kurahashi Genji asked what he thought about the disappearance of the Tsuchimikado Family.

• Dairenji Suzuka entered Amami Daizen's office, surprising Natsume and reuniting with Luo Zhen.
• Amami Daizen explained that he had arranged Suzuka's early release so she could strengthen Luo Zhen's protection, and he and Suzuka traded insults.
• Luo Zhen assured Natsume that he would not manipulate Suzuka, then asked when the attacks by the Yakou Believers would end.
• Amami Daizen said most Twin Horn Society members had been arrested, while Suzuka reacted silently to hearing about them.
• As Luo Zhen left with Natsume and Suzuka, Kurahashi Genji asked him about the disappearance of the Tsuchimikado Family.

Luo Zhen was questioned by Kurahashi Genji about the Tsuchimikado Family’s month-long disappearance, but he hid his theory that Yasuzumi had taken the family away to protect his son. The family’s whereabouts and the identity of the danger Yasuzumi feared remained unknown as Luo Zhen left the director’s office with Natsume and Suzuka.

• The Tsuchimikado Family disappeared a month earlier, and the Curse Search Division questioned Luo Zhen and Natsume, who had no information about their whereabouts.
• Luo Zhen privately suspected that Yasuzumi had hidden the family because a dangerous figure was coming after them, though he could not determine who it was.
• Kurahashi Genji asked Luo Zhen to disclose anything he knew about the family’s disappearance, while Amami Daizen watched.
• Luo Zhen denied knowing where the family was and offered to undergo Word Spirit or hypnosis, but Kurahashi refused to treat him like a criminal.
• Luo Zhen left the director’s office, followed by Natsume and Dairenji Suzuka, while Kurahashi remained behind in thought.

After leaving the Onmyo Agency director’s office, Luo Zhen struggled with the strained silence between Natsume and Suzuka. They encountered Soma Takiko, whose unexpected arrival frightened Suzuka and left Luo Zhen wondering about the mysterious presence following her.

• Luo Zhen, Natsume, and Suzuka left the director’s office in tense silence, and Luo Zhen worried about how to make the two girls get along.
• Soma Takiko called out to Suzuka, and Suzuka grabbed Luo Zhen’s sleeve and urged him not to meet her.
• Soma Takiko approached the group, introduced herself to Luo Zhen, and stared at him with excitement.
• Suzuka coldly rejected Soma Takiko’s offer of tea and said she was leaving the Onmyo Agency that day.
• Luo Zhen noticed an invisible, illusion-like presence behind Soma Takiko and wondered what it was.

Luo Zhen and Natsume met Soma Takiko, who praised them and urged Luo Zhen to accept Kihane’s possession because he might be Yoko’s reincarnation. Luo Zhen challenged her advice by asking what would happen if he were not Yoko’s reincarnation and went berserk, leaving the conversation tense.

• Luo Zhen sensed two alert shikigami concealed behind Soma Takiko, though Natsume and Suzuka did not notice them.
• Suzuka dragged Luo Zhen away, but Soma Takiko pleaded to speak with him and Natsume and addressed them by name.
• Soma Takiko apologized for her familiarity and explained that she had heard about them and seen their photographs.
• Soma Takiko praised Natsume’s diligence and Luo Zhen’s achievements, then said he should have allowed Kihane to possess him because he might be Yoko’s reincarnation.
• Luo Zhen asked what should happen if he was not Yoko’s reincarnation and went berserk, and Soma Takiko replied that he should still try rather than run from fate.

Soma Takiko revealed that she believed fate and duty justified any sacrifice, and urged Luo Zhen to use his talent for their proper purpose. After her shikigami interrupted her and escorted her away, Luo Zhen concluded that she would eventually become their enemy.

• Luo Zhen rejected Soma Takiko's suggestion that he should risk his life for a possible connection to Yakou's fate.
• Soma Takiko explained that she believed people should follow their missions and that Luo Zhen's talent and status must be used for the proper purpose.
• Soma Takiko began to say that Luo Zhen's proper purpose was to be with her, but one of her shikigami interrupted her.
• Soma Takiko apologized, promised to meet Luo Zhen again, and left with her two shikigami, who spiritized and vanished.
• Luo Zhen told Natsume that Soma Takiko would sooner or later become their enemy, while Suzuka trembled in silence.

After returning to Shibuya, Luo Zhen told Natsume and Suzuka how he had obtained Yakou’s curse knowledge and explained his plan to prepare materials for a forbidden ritual. Despite their concerns that the Curse Search Division could arrest him, he decided to proceed and take full responsibility.

• Luo Zhen, Natsume, and Suzuka returned to Shibuya, where Suzuka went to her Onmyo Agency apartment and remained withdrawn.
• Luo Zhen asked Suzuka what she planned to do, and she said she would follow him as his shikigami.
• Luo Zhen instructed Suzuka to prepare materials for high-level Imperial-style Onmyo Arts rituals, including the Taizan Fukun no Matsuri.
• Luo Zhen told Natsume and Suzuka how Kakugyo Ki and Karasuha had led him to obtain Yakou’s curse knowledge, and said he had been proven not to be Yakou’s reincarnation.
• Suzuka warned Luo Zhen that his plan could be treated as a curse-related crime, but he declared that he would take full responsibility and finalized it despite Natsume’s objections.

On the eve of the Onmyo Academy’s reopening, Luo Zhen prepared to use a dangerous Spirit Vein ritual to create his own Karasuha and Moon Ring. Despite Natsume’s worries and Suzuka’s warning that the attempt could be treated as a jutsu crime, Luo Zhen ordered them to proceed.

• Luo Zhen, Natsume, and Suzuka gathered at an altar on a remote hill on the last day of the academy holiday.
• Luo Zhen explained that Yakou’s Karasuha, the Golden Crow, had been paired with the Moon Ring, a less-known Jade Rabbit Cursed Tool.
• Suzuka prepared a black coat and ring as the Cursed Tools that Luo Zhen had finished engraving with formulas.
• Luo Zhen explained that he would draw upon the Spirit Vein to gather Spiritual Energy in the tools and make them Servant Shikigami.
• Suzuka warned that twisting the Spirit Vein could draw the attention of the Exorcism Bureau and Curse Search Division, while Natsume urged Luo Zhen to reconsider.
• Luo Zhen told them to proceed with the ritual.

Luo Zhen prepared a ritual to summon the true Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit as shikigami, combining Onmyo Arts with Divine Spirit Summoning. With Natsume and Suzuka helping maintain the Eight Array Barrier, he began the dangerous ritual.

• Luo Zhen explained that Crow Feather and Moon Ring were imitations made from spirit disasters, while he intended to summon incarnations of the true Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit.
• Luo Zhen reassured Natsume and Suzuka that he had prepared safeguards and used eight Simple Shikigami to form an Eight Array Barrier around the ritual site.
• Luo Zhen revealed to himself that his plan went beyond Ye Guang's research and relied on his knowledge of Summoning Arts to bring down the gods' spiritual forms.
• Luo Zhen asked Natsume and Suzuka to help maintain the barrier, and Suzuka and Natsume reluctantly agreed.
• Luo Zhen turned toward the altar and began the ritual.

Luo Zhen began a god-descent ritual by combining Japanese Onmyo Arts with Servant-summoning techniques. As another world overlapped with the present one and divine power poured through, Natsume and Suzuka struggled to contain the ritual, but their barrier shattered.

• Luo Zhen chanted prayers from the Kojiki and an altered Servant-summoning incantation to summon a divine spirit's avatar.
• Luo Zhen's spiritual power awakened the Spirit Veins and made the surrounding horizon shudder.
• Natsume and Suzuka reinforced the Eight Array Barrier as it shook under the surging energy.
• A world of gods overlapped with the present, and vast spiritual power poured through the breach.
• The Eight Array Barrier shattered, releasing the spiritual energy in every direction.

Soma Takiko sensed that Luo Zhen had performed a Divine Descent, while others across Japan also felt the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit descend. The Tsuchimikado Family and other powerful figures began heading to Tokyo as the turmoil started.

• Soma Takiko collapsed when her Spiritual Energy resonated with Luo Zhen's Divine Descent, then recognized that Akimi was performing it.
• Yakushimaru told Kumomaru to take Soma Takiko to rest and decided to summon Akimi to meet him.
• Kakugyo Ki and Saotome Ryo sensed the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit's Divine Aura and set off for Tokyo with Crow Feather.
• Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi saw that the celestial phenomena had become chaotic, then learned that Harutora was missing and Touji had followed him.
• Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi decided that the Tsuchimikado Family would leave for Tokyo.

Luo Zhen’s ritual summoned the true bodies of the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit instead of limited divine aspects, unleashing spiritual energy he could barely control. After using all three Command Seals to stabilize it, he decided to bind both gods as shikigami, and his second trump card made his magical energy surge beyond theirs.

• Luo Zhen realized his ritual had summoned the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit’s true bodies, causing their spiritual energy to erupt and threaten a catastrophe across the Far East.
• Luo Zhen chanted purification incantations and used his knowledge of spellcraft to bring the raging spiritual energy under temporary control.
• Luo Zhen released all three Command Seals to replenish his magical energy and stabilize the spiritual energy.
• Luo Zhen chose to use the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit’s true bodies as materials and ordered them to become his shikigami.
• Luo Zhen activated his second trump card, and his magical energy surged tenfold, surpassing the divine spirits.

Luo Zhen halted and controlled the catastrophic Spiritual Energy surge, drawing it into a cloak and a ring and sealing them with curse patterns. The two artifacts manifested the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit as divine spirits, who focused their attention on the exhausted Luo Zhen.

• Natsume and Suzuka feared the Spiritual Energy eruption would kill Luo Zhen and turn into a disaster that could devastate Tokyo.
• Luo Zhen recited purification incantations and used a Command Seal to halt the spreading Spiritual Energy.
• Luo Zhen manifested red wings and used ten strands of magical power to gather the Spiritual Energy into the cloak and ring.
• Luo Zhen sealed the two Cursed Tools with curse patterns, then collapsed from exhaustion as his power faded.
• The cloak and ring rose into the sky and manifested the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit, whose gazes settled on Luo Zhen.

Luo Zhen explained how he developed and mastered the Akaba Clan’s secret technique, “Crimson Wing Formation,” by changing his physique through his Magic Circuits. After using the technique, he was left severely exhausted and suffering from blood loss, but assured Natsume and Suzuka that the loss was a side effect rather than an injury.

• Natsume and Suzuka rushed to help Luo Zhen after he collapsed, and Suzuka noticed that he had exhausted his spiritual power and lost blood.
• Luo Zhen told Natsume that his blood loss was the price of using a secret technique, then named it “Crimson Wing Formation.”
• Luo Zhen explained that mastering the technique required Crimson Wing Blood and perfect control of magic power.
• Luo Zhen described how he used Roman’s analysis and his research into Chaldea’s summoning system to alter his physique by inscribing and adjusting a Command Seal connected to his Magic Circuits.
• Luo Zhen said that mastering Mind’s Eye had given him the control he needed, allowing him to master “Crimson Wing Formation.”

Luo Zhen used his Command Seals and the Crimson Wing Formation to defeat his opponent, leaving himself gravely weakened. He reunited with the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit, learned they were genuine divine spirits bound to him by an Absolute Contract, and was surrounded by the Onmyo Agency, whose four leaders appeared.

• Luo Zhen released all three Command Seals and activated the Crimson Wing Formation at full power, multiplying his strength at the cost of severe blood loss.
• The Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit descended to Luo Zhen, and he reassured Natsume and Suzuka that they were trustworthy partners.
• Luo Zhen realized the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit were genuine divine spirits who had formed an Absolute Contract with him and become records engraved in his soul.
• Several Onmyo Agency vehicles surrounded Luo Zhen, Natsume, and Suzuka, and exorcists emerged with talismans raised.
• Four leaders appeared, stunning Natsume and Suzuka and leaving Luo Zhen silent.

Yuge Mari, Kogure Zenjirou, Kagami Reiji, and Miyaji Hanao surrounded Luo Zhen, Natsume, and Suzuka after a massive Spiritual Energy disturbance. When Miyaji asked them to come along, Luo Zhen refused, and the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit responded by confronting him and shattering the barrier.

• Yuge Mari sealed off the scene with a barrier as the four independent Exorcists and Bureau personnel arrived.
• Natsume recognized Yuge Mari, Kogure Zenjirou, Kagami Reiji, and Miyaji Hanao, while Natsume and Suzuka grew tense.
• Kagami and Kogure questioned the group about the Spiritual Energy disturbance, and Miyaji focused on the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit.
• Miyaji asked Luo Zhen and the others to come with the Exorcists, but Luo Zhen asked what would happen if he refused.
• The Golden Crow confronted Miyaji, the Jade Rabbit cried out, and the barrier shattered.

Luo Zhen’s Familiars shattered Yuge Mari’s barrier, but using even a fraction of their power nearly exhausted his remaining magic. He agreed to go with the exorcists, while Suzuka secretly collected a mass of black energy before they were taken to the Onmyo Agency.

• The Golden Crow shattered Yuge Mari’s barrier, and Kagami Reiji prepared to fight despite Kogure Zenjirou’s warning.
• Luo Zhen weakened from summoning the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit, recalled them, and Miyaji Hanao urged him to surrender.
• Luo Zhen agreed to go with the exorcists, easing the tension among Natsume, Suzuka, Kogure Zenjirou, and Yuge Mari.
• Suzuka spotted a faint mass of condensed malevolent energy near the altar and secretly drew it into her palm.
• The exorcists arrested Luo Zhen and the others and transported them toward the Onmyo Agency.