Chapter Summaries

Luo Zhen endured Miyaji Hanao’s blazing barrier and summoned Magma Wyverns, which carried the Valkyries into battle. As they pressed Miyaji Hanao, Luo Zhen and Hokuto began preparing a Great Wisdom King’s Dharma, leaving their opponent alarmed.

• Miyaji Hanao’s chanting filled the corridor with flames that forced Hokuto, Enenra, and the Valkyries to use their defenses to survive.
• Luo Zhen summoned Magma Wyverns and had the Valkyries ride them to attack Miyaji Hanao and strengthen the wyverns with their spiritual power.
• Miyaji Hanao drove back the Magma Wyverns with his Fire Realm Incantation, but they continued attacking under the Valkyries’ support.
• Luo Zhen called to Hokuto, and she escaped the flames and drew a pentagram in the air while he chanted.
• Miyaji Hanao recognized the spell as possibly the Great Wisdom King’s Dharma and grew solemn.

Luo Zhen used Miyaji Hanao’s Fire Realm Incantation to complete the Great Wisdom King’s Dharma during their battle. The spell struck Miyaji Hanao’s fiery defense, leaving the Tenfold Barrier shaking as the exorcists feared for their section chief.

• Luo Zhen turned Miyaji Hanao’s Fire Realm Incantation into the fire altars needed for the Great Wisdom King’s Dharma, drawing its power into Hokuto’s pentagram.
• Luo Zhen explained that he had fused his own Acalanatha Fire Realm Incantation and guiding spell patterns into Miyaji Hanao’s spell, redirecting its power to form the ritual.
• Luo Zhen completed the mantra and sent the pentagram’s radiance down onto Miyaji Hanao.
• Miyaji Hanao formed a barrier of fire with his prayer beads, but the spell overturned the surrounding flames and made the Tenfold Barrier tremble.
• The exorcists maintaining the battlefield cried out in alarm as Miyaji Hanao faced the impact.

Luo Zhen amplified the Great Wisdom King's Dharma with his blood energy to break through Miyaji Hanao’s flames. He trapped Miyaji Hanao with Enenra and unleashed a pillar of light that swallowed the barrier and everything inside, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Luo Zhen’s Great Wisdom King's Dharma struggled against Miyaji Hanao’s flames as Miyaji Hanao continued pouring spiritual power into them.
• Luo Zhen released blood energy and expanded the pentagram, making the pillar of light more than ten times stronger.
• Miyaji Hanao tried to escape with Ubu, but Luo Zhen’s Enenra restrained him with thick smoke.
• The pillar of light devoured Miyaji Hanao and engulfed the barrier, the Valkyries, and the surrounding corridor.
• The radiance filled the Onmyo Agency in Akihabara, while those outside cried out and shielded their eyes.

After defeating Miyaji Hanao, Luo Zhen confronted Amami Daizen outside the interrogation room, where Amami admitted his illusions could not affect him. Amami then asked whether Luo Zhen could no longer feel his connection with the two young women, leaving their whereabouts unresolved.

• Amami Daizen waited outside the interrogation room as disturbances across the Onmyo Agency subsided and the Flame Demon was defeated.
• Luo Zhen arrived exhausted and low on magical power but still capable of fighting, and he challenged Amami Daizen to another battle.
• Amami Daizen surrendered because his illusions had no effect on Luo Zhen, who was protected by the Jade Rabbit.
• Amami Daizen asked Luo Zhen whether he could no longer feel his connection with the two young women.

Luo Zhen confronted Amami Daizen after losing his connection to Natsume and Suzuka, only to learn that someone from the Tsuchimikado Family had already rescued them. After hearing the rescuer’s name, Luo Zhen recognized that he had successfully “woken up” and left the Onmyo Agency, while Amami Daizen reconsidered his position.

• Luo Zhen found Amami Daizen outside the interrogation room and accused him of moving Natsume and Suzuka and severing their shikigami connection.
• Luo Zhen deduced that Amami Daizen had waited alone because he did not intend to arrest him and suspected the Onmyo Agency’s hidden truth.
• Amami Daizen revealed that someone had already rescued Natsume and Suzuka and used curse arts to sever their connection to Luo Zhen.
• Amami Daizen told Luo Zhen the rescuer’s name, and Luo Zhen realized that he had successfully “woken up.”
• Luo Zhen transformed into a Three-legged Crow and flew away, while Amami Daizen considered changing his position.

Kurahashi Genji and Yakushimaru discussed Luo Zhen’s defeat of the Onmyo Agency’s forces and the unexpected attack on Soma Takiko. After identifying the attacker as the reincarnation of Yakou, Kurahashi declared that their plan would proceed, even if the Tsuchimikado Family stood in their way.

• Kurahashi Genji found Miyaji Hanao badly burned and unconscious after his defeat by Luo Zhen, and Miyaji apologized before losing consciousness.
• Yakushimaru and Kurahashi discussed how Tsuchimikado Akimi had defeated several powerful opponents and how an unexpected attacker had targeted Soma Takiko.
• Kurahashi and Yakushimaru identified the attacker as the reincarnation of Yakou, whose awakening had exposed Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi’s long-running scheme.
• Kurahashi said they would begin the formal implementation of their plan and hunt down the Tsuchimikado Family to make them cooperate.
• Kurahashi warned that if the Tsuchimikado Family refused, they could not be allowed to obstruct the path of yin and yang.

Harutora appeared near the Onmyo Agency after using powerful sorcery, and the Three-legged Crow acknowledged him as its master. Reunited with Hishamaru and Kakugyo Ki, he was revealed as the true reincarnation of Tsuchimikado Yakou.

• Harutora watched the turmoil at the Onmyo Agency and lamented that he had failed to stop it.
• The Three-legged Crow arrived and willingly became Harutora's Cursed Tool, forming a black overcoat around him.
• Hishamaru and Kakugyo Ki appeared, and Hishamaru reunited with Harutora after searching for him for half a century.
• Kakugyo Ki asked whether Harutora had fully awakened and whether he should call him Harutora or Yakou.
• Harutora was identified as the true reincarnation of the legendary Onmyoji Tsuchimikado Yakou.

Harutora explained that he was Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi’s true son and Yakou’s reincarnation, and that he had broken the seal hiding his memories. He left Tokyo with his two guardians to oppose the Soma Family’s Divine Descent as the Onmyo Agency declared his allies and the Tsuchimikado Family wanted.

• Harutora explained that the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit’s arrival had disrupted his seal, prompting him to break it and awaken with chaotic memories of both lives.
• Harutora said he intended to atone for his past sins by thwarting the Soma Family’s Divine Descent, and Saotome Ryo and Kakugyo Ki agreed to join him.
• Harutora revealed he had notified Natsume and Suzuka’s families to retrieve them, while Kakugyo Ki discovered a powerful miasma inside Suzuka and returned it to her.
• Saotome Ryo told Harutora that he had hypnotized a Living Spirit looking for him, and Harutora ordered him to bring it along.
• Harutora left Tokyo with Saotome Ryo, Kakugyo Ki, and the Living Spirit, while Natsume and Suzuka were taken away by three people who arrived later.
• The Onmyo Agency declared Luo Zhen and his group, along with the Tsuchimikado Family, wanted.

Natsume and Suzuka woke in a secluded cabin after Harutora had taken them from the Onmyo Agency, and they confirmed that Luo Zhen was still safe. Tsuchimikado Chizuru, Takakhiro, and Yasuzumi arrived and invited them to the hall to explain what had happened.

• Natsume awoke in an unfamiliar cabin and remembered that Harutora had put her and Suzuka to sleep in the Onmyo Agency interrogation room.
• Suzuka told Natsume that the cabin's barrier weakened their connection to Luo Zhen, though they could tell he was safe and had likely escaped.
• Tsuchimikado Chizuru and Takakhiro entered and greeted the awakened girls.
• Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi invited Natsume and Suzuka to the hall to explain everything.

Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi and the others revealed the truth about Yakou’s reincarnation and the schemes targeting Luo Zhen, leaving Natsume anguished over her inability to help him. As the Tsuchimikado Family prepared to search for Luo Zhen and Harutora, Takakhiro asked Natsume whether she wanted power and revealed their Branch Family enshrined the spirit of the Fox Immortal Kuzunoha.

• Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi, Tsuchimikado Takakhiro, and Tsuchimikado Chizuru told Natsume and Suzuka about the family conflicts, Yakou’s reincarnation, and Luo Zhen’s true origins.
• Suzuka explained that she learned about the Soma Family’s plans while confined by the Onmyo Agency, and Natsume confronted the group for leaving Luo Zhen in danger without telling him the truth.
• Tsuchimikado Takakhiro reported that Luo Zhen had escaped the Onmyo Agency after defeating several National First-Class Onmyoji and seriously injuring the Flame Demon.
• Tsuchimikado Yasuzumi, Tsuchimikado Takakhiro, and Tsuchimikado Chizuru vowed to resist the Kurahashi and Soma Families and search for Luo Zhen and Harutora.
• Tsuchimikado Takakhiro asked Natsume whether she wanted to gain power and revealed that the Branch Family had long enshrined the spirit of their ancestor Kuzunoha, a Fox Immortal.

Natsume chose to become a Living Spirit by accepting the branch family's Fox Immortal, and Suzuka decided to host an oni so she could fight Yase Doshi. Luo Zhen supported their choices from outside the cottage before the Miracle summoned him to another world.

• Takakhiro revealed that the Tsuchimikado branch family secretly worshipped a powerful Fox Immortal and suggested Natsume become its Living Spirit.
• Despite Chizuru's objections, Natsume asked Takakhiro to pass the Fox Immortal's spirit on to her, and he agreed to help protect her from corruption.
• Suzuka announced she would become a Living Spirit for a weak oni spirit so she could gain the strength to face Yase Doshi.
• Takakhiro promised to guide both girls, while Chizuru and Yasuzumi accepted their decisions.
• Luo Zhen revealed he had watched from outside the cottage, supported Natsume and Suzuka, and left through a passage of light after the Miracle called him to another world.

Narukami arrived in Liverpool, the world’s most advanced meccha city, and reached Walpurgis Royal Meccha Academy, a prestigious institution that trained Doll Masters. Yaya emerged from his coat and clung to him, while Narukami scolded her outside the academy.

• A three-legged golden crow flew into Liverpool and transformed into the boy Narukami before the academy gates.
• Narukami surveyed Walpurgis Royal Meccha Academy and remarked that its guarded grounds looked more like a prison than a school.
• Narukami explained that the academy trained Doll Masters in Mekuraku Magecraft for military service and accepted students from around the world.
• Narukami told the girl hidden in his coat to get off him, and Yaya emerged, calling him her darling.
• Yaya pressed herself against Narukami, and he struck her on the head when she groped him.

After returning to the magical world, Luo Zhen arrived at Walpurgis Royal Meccha Academy with Yaya to take the entrance test and begin studying there. Professor Kimberly became his entrance guide and supervisor, and Luo Zhen entered the academy under the name Lorelei Annerose.

• Luo Zhen recalled that nearly two years had passed since his last visit and that Karyusai Shoko had agreed to pay for his tuition.
• Yaya begged Luo Zhen to replenish her Narukami energy, and he scolded her for using the excuse to make advances on him.
• Professor Kimberly approached Luo Zhen and Yaya, introduced herself as their guide and supervisor, and called them perverted.
• Luo Zhen introduced himself to Kimberly as Lorelei Annerose and learned that he would take an academic test and that students' Automaton Dolls could not leave the city.
• Luo Zhen told Yaya to call him Luo Zhen, and the two entered the academy together.

Luo Zhen took Machina Academy’s transfer test and learned that his perfect score was being held at 101st place pending the Night Party executive department’s approval. Kimberly explained that approval could raise him to 50th and qualify him to compete for the title of Demon King, while Luo Zhen headed for his dormitory unconcerned.

• Luo Zhen completed the academic test in ten minutes and left the venue with Yaya.
• Kimberly gave Luo Zhen his result, which listed him 101st among the academy’s 1,236 students.
• Luo Zhen realized the ranking was not his true result, and Kimberly confirmed that his test score was perfect and could otherwise place him second.
• Kimberly explained that the Night Party selected a Demon King and that only approved students in the top 100 could participate.
• Kimberly told Luo Zhen that executive department approval could raise his ranking to 50th and grant him a special glove, while the top 50 were ranked by strength.
• Luo Zhen dismissed the result and left with Yaya for Raphael Boys Dormitory as Kimberly watched him go with a cold smile.

Luo Zhen settled into the Raphael Boys Dormitory after enrolling and dealt with Yaya’s attempts to get close to him. He wondered what he should do next.

• Luo Zhen rested in his room while Yaya tried to take off his coat and flirted with him.
• Luo Zhen recalled that Golden Crow’s automatic defenses had thwarted Yaya’s nighttime attacks, so he wore the coat whenever he slept.
• Luo Zhen summoned Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit, thanked Golden Crow for carrying them on their journey, and stroked Jade Rabbit as it rested in his arms.
• Yaya complained that Luo Zhen treated the two magical dolls better than her and tried to undress, so Luo Zhen stopped her.
• Luo Zhen wondered what to do next now that he had enrolled.

Luo Zhen returned to the World of Machines after being reverse-summoned, reuniting with Yaya, Irori, Koko, and Karyusai Shoko. He explained little about the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit, then pressed Karyusai to reveal the urgent trouble she was facing.

• Luo Zhen appeared at Karyusai Shoko's residence after the miracle summoned him back from Tokyo Ravens.
• Yaya clung to Luo Zhen and cried with relief, while Irori and Koko welcomed him home.
• Karyusai Shoko recognized the Golden Crow and Jade Rabbit as shikigami, but Luo Zhen asked her to treat them as special Automaton Dolls.
• Luo Zhen compared how Onmyo Arts had developed in the two worlds and explained why he avoided discussing the shikigami's true nature.
• Luo Zhen confronted Karyusai about the unpleasant situation she faced, and her complicated expression confirmed that she was in a hurry.

Karyusai Shoko offered Luo Zhen her three Snow Moon Flower Automaton Dolls if he attended a grand event at a Western Machina Academy and won its title. After learning that the person he had asked her to find was competing there, Luo Zhen agreed to enroll at Walpurgis Royal Meccha Academy and head straight for the Night Party.

• Luo Zhen questioned why Karyusai Shoko had summoned him, while Yaya demonstrated her closeness by trying to kiss him and got struck on the head.
• Karyusai Shoko offered Luo Zhen all three Snow Moon Flower Automaton Dolls in exchange for attending a grand event and winning its title.
• Karyusai Shoko revealed that the person Luo Zhen had asked her to find was the academy's most famous genius and a leading contender for the title.
• Luo Zhen agreed to attend the event, and Karyusai Shoko said Irori and Koko would be his once he fulfilled her request.
• Luo Zhen decided to enroll at Walpurgis Royal Meccha Academy and head straight for the Night Party.

Luo Zhen considered how to secure a Night Party invitation and tested Yaya’s true potential by precisely activating her Magic Circuits. After discovering that her Adamantine Strength could withstand any attack under his control, he decided it was time to meet Akaba Tenzenn face-to-face.

• Karyusai Shoko enrolled Luo Zhen at Machina Academy, where he earned a perfect assessment score but ranked 101st and lacked a Night Party invitation.
• Luo Zhen learned that the Night Party committee would review his results and that he needed to demonstrate his strength to improve his ranking.
• Luo Zhen considered the power of the Snow Moon Flower dolls and called Yaya over to examine her abilities.
• Luo Zhen used his Mind’s Eye to activate Yaya’s Adamantine Strength and realized he could adjust it to withstand any attack.
• Luo Zhen looked toward the window and decided it was time to meet Akaba Tenzenn face-to-face.

Luo Zhen began classes at Machina Academy and introduced himself and Yaya to the second-year students. After hearing rumors about a student with six female-type dolls, he pressed one of the students for information and encountered Charlotte and her dragon automaton.

• Kimberly introduced transfer student Luo Zhen, ranked 101st, to the second-year students.
• Luo Zhen introduced himself and said he could not teach anyone how to pass the regular examination.
• Yaya introduced herself, and the students reacted with astonishment at how human she looked.
• Luo Zhen heard students mention someone who had six female-type dolls and asked them to explain.
• Charlotte called Luo Zhen an idiot, and her dragon automaton criticized her for judging how others spoke.
• Luo Zhen confronted a nervous student and asked him to tell him about the person with six dolls, leaving the student with a vacant expression.

Luo Zhen used a mysterious power to make a student reveal that Magnus, the academy’s top student, was the leader of the Thirteen. He then learned that Charlotte Bilou was another member of the Thirteen, and Kimberly began class as Luo Zhen settled into life at Machina Academy.

• Luo Zhen compelled a student to describe Magnus, whose alias was Marshal, and reveal his name.
• Luo Zhen released the student and returned to his seat, while Charlotte grew furious at being mocked and Sigmund warned her to be careful around him.
• Luo Zhen asked another student about Charlotte and learned that she ranked sixth among the Thirteen, had the alias The Tyrant Who Conquers, and had a fearsome reputation.
• Kimberly ended the commotion and began class, marking the start of Luo Zhen’s life at Machina Academy.