Chapter Summaries

Obsidian Princess of the Demon Army waited at the academy for Luo Zhen, the person she had yearned to see since childhood. After hearing that a Far Eastern transfer student had arrived with a Karyusai-made Automaton Doll, she rushed to his classroom and recognized him.

• Obsidian Princess of the Demon Army lamented that Luo Zhen had not arrived and resolved to avenge his clansmen by defeating the sinner herself if she could not find him.
• Subaru and Rokuren told Obsidian Princess of the Demon Army that a Far Eastern transfer student with a Karyusai-made Automaton Doll had appeared in the Magical Physics building.
• Obsidian Princess of the Demon Army dropped her comb and ran to the second-year classroom, with Subaru and Rokuren chasing after her.
• Kimberly lectured about Magic Circuits, Eve's Heart, and the Principle of Magical Incompatibility while Luo Zhen considered studying Eve's Heart.
• Obsidian Princess of the Demon Army burst into the classroom, and Luo Zhen recognized her from his sealed memories as the girl he had known decades earlier.

Luo Zhen reunited with Domon Nichirin at the academy, where her arrival sparked a tense confrontation with Yaya. Before Luo Zhen could defuse the rivalry, Nichirin’s childhood guard Kamo Subaru attacked him, and the two old rivals began fighting in the classroom.

• Luo Zhen recognized Domon Nichirin and recalled the ribbon she had given him when they parted years earlier.
• Nichirin nearly called Luo Zhen by his name, but Yaya questioned whether he knew her, and Nichirin realized he was hiding his identity.
• Nichirin and Yaya regarded each other with hostility, while Kimberly, Charlotte, and Sigmund watched in surprise.
• Kamo Subaru rushed in and punched at Luo Zhen, who caught the blow with Reinforced Body.
• Luo Zhen caught Subaru’s second punch too, and the two childhood rivals grappled and traded insults as Renzu watched from the doorway.

Luo Zhen reunited with Subaru, Rokuren, and Nichirin at the academy, where their confrontation drew the class’s attention. After Kimberly reprimanded them for disrupting class, Luo Zhen led the three childhood companions out, leaving the lesson behind.

• Subaru confronted Luo Zhen over his defeat, and Luo Zhen revealed that he had scored perfectly on the entrance exam, matching Magnus.
• Luo Zhen ended their contest of strength and reunited with Rokuren, while recognizing how much Subaru, Rokuren, and Nichirin had changed.
• Luo Zhen told Nichirin to call him Luo Zhen and said they could talk somewhere else.
• Kimberly scolded the group for disrupting class, deducted points from Luo Zhen, and ordered him to take the others away.
• Luo Zhen led Nichirin out of the classroom, followed by Subaru, Rokuren, and Yaya, and they skipped the lesson.

Luo Zhen learned that Nichirin, Subaru, and Rensou had come to the academy because they were worried about him after the Akaba Clan’s massacre and his two-year disappearance. Nichirin asked whether he had joined the Night Party to take revenge on the person responsible.

• Yaya prompted Luo Zhen to stop holding Nichirin’s hand, and he asked the Izunagi-ryu trio why they had come.
• Subaru and Rensou told Luo Zhen that they had met Raizen, who was pursuing revenge and had won a brutal fight against a military officer’s doll.
• Subaru revealed that Nichirin worried Luo Zhen would sacrifice himself for revenge and had cried over his disappearance.
• Rensou explained that Nichirin had tracked Luo Zhen to the academy and brought him there by using her goal of becoming a Demon King as her reason.
• Nichirin asked Luo Zhen whether he had joined the Night Party to get revenge on the person responsible for the Akaba Clan’s massacre.

Luo Zhen explained that he had joined the Night Party for reasons beyond revenge and reassured Nichirin that he would act carefully. With his ranking still too low to qualify, he planned to challenge the person from his past at the academy to demonstrate his strength.

• Luo Zhen told everyone that he was investigating the extraordinary circumstances behind the Akaba Clan's destruction and was not driven by revenge.
• Luo Zhen thanked Nichirin for coming to support him and promised he would know his limits, delighting her and provoking Yaya's jealousy.
• Luo Zhen redirected the conversation to his low ranking and the need to qualify for the Night Party before it began.
• Luo Zhen said he would seek out the person from his past at the academy and see how strong he had become.
• Nichirin, Subaru, and the Six Lenses anticipated the reunion between Luo Zhen and the person once known as the Heavenly Child.

Magnus, the academy's top-ranked student, faced an unprecedented visit when an enormous eagle arrived at his workshop with a message from Raishin. Magnus recognized the challenge and ordered his Automaton Dolls to prepare to receive their guest.

• Magnus sat in his workshop surrounded by his six Automaton Dolls, including Hotsuru.
• A piercing cry stirred the academy, and a huge black shadow approached Magnus's workshop.
• Magnus stopped his Automaton Dolls from attacking when he saw the shadow was an enormous male eagle.
• The eagle delivered a message in a familiar voice, saying Lorelei Annerose would visit Magnus soon and asking him to provide a proper reception.
• After the eagle vanished, Magnus told his Automaton Dolls to ready themselves to receive their guest.

Luo Zhen’s challenge to Magnus caused a stir at Walpurgis Royal Meccha Academy, drawing attention from its top students and officials. Meanwhile, Yaya’s jealousy over Nichirin escalated, and the chapter ended with the two Automaton Dolls fighting over access to Luo Zhen’s room.

• Students across the academy learned that Luo Zhen, ranked 101st, had challenged Magnus, while the giant eagle’s cry made top students suspect Luo Zhen had unusual abilities.
• The academy’s higher-ups watched Luo Zhen and the unresolved challenge, but refrained from interfering because Magnus had not refused it.
• Yaya sobbed in Luo Zhen’s room after he fought back against her attempts to help him graduate, and she blamed Nichirin for threatening to take him away.
• Nichirin knocked at Luo Zhen’s door, and Yaya blocked her from entering while the two pushed against each other through the doorway.

Nichirin, Subaru, and Renshen visited Luo Zhen, where Nichirin and Yaya argued over whether Luo Zhen needed her help. After resting, Luo Zhen set out with the group toward Magnus's workshop.

• Nichirin entered Luo Zhen's room with Subaru and Renshen, who stood guard while she spoke with him.
• Nichirin asked about Luo Zhen's rumored challenge to the Marshal, and Subaru and Renshen warned that losing would make him a target for ridicule.
• Yaya and Nichirin argued over whether Luo Zhen needed an outstanding Automaton Doll, while Renshen restrained Subaru as he tried to charge at Luo Zhen.
• Luo Zhen calmly drank his tea, then declared he had rested enough and was ready to leave.
• Luo Zhen, Yaya, Nichirin, Subaru, and Renshen left the room and headed toward Magnus's workshop.

Students gathered outside Magnus's workshop as Magnus waited for Luo Zhen's challenge, while Charlotte and Sigmund discussed why he was treating the transfer student seriously. Kimberly arrived and suggested Magnus understood Luo Zhen's strength better than the others, and the chapter ended as Luo Zhen and Magnus met eyes and released murderous auras.

• Students crowded around Magnus's workshop as he waited with his Automaton Dolls guarding him.
• Charlotte and Sigmund discussed Magnus's strength and agreed that the students did not expect Luo Zhen to defeat him.
• Kimberly arrived and said Magnus might understand Lorelei Annerose's strength better than the others.
• Luo Zhen approached with a group of people, and he and Magnus locked eyes as a murderous aura erupted between them.

Luo Zhen confronted Magnus after Hotsuru launched a sudden lethal attack, which Yaya and Luo Zhen stopped in less than a second. The two former rivals met face-to-face again after two years and released their magical power, beginning their fated battle.

• Magnus ordered Hotsuru to attack Luo Zhen without warning, but Luo Zhen blocked her scorching strike with his coat.
• Yaya kicked Hotsuru away, injuring her, while the surrounding students struggled to understand what had happened.
• Luo Zhen told Nichirin, Subaru, and Rokuren to step back, leaving Yaya beside him to face Magnus.
• Luo Zhen and Magnus exchanged taunts about their former names, their past fight, and how much stronger they had become.
• Luo Zhen and Magnus released their magical power, and their battle began.

Luo Zhen and Magnus unleashed their magical power and began fighting with their Automaton Dolls, with Magnus deploying Hotsuru, Scythe Slash, and Dragonfly. Yaya countered their surprise attack by striking the ground, leaving the battlefield buried in dust and debris.

• Luo Zhen observed Magnus channel magical power into Hotsuru, Scythe Slash, and Dragonfly, the three Automaton Dolls Magnus had sent against him at the Akaba Family estate.
• Scythe Slash opened a spatial crack, allowing Hotsuru and Dragonfly to emerge beside Yaya and attack her from both sides.
• Luo Zhen noticed the spatial distortion and directed Yaya to activate her Magic Circuits.
• Yaya hardened the molecules within her body's reach, vastly increased her physical abilities, and punched the ground instead of her attackers.
• Yaya's strike shattered the ground and sent Hotsuru, Dragonfly, Scythe Slash, and nearby students into a storm of dust and flying stones.

Magnus and Luo Zhen’s Automaton Dolls clashed after Magnus’s attack devastated the ground near his workshop. As Luo Zhen recognized Magnus’s mastery of Mind’s Eye, the battle between Yaya and Magnus’s three Dolls continued.

• Scythe Slash transferred Magnus and the sister units away from the blast, while Hotsuru and Tsubame survived by blocking and absorbing its force.
• Magnus ordered Tsubame to release the impact she had gathered, and the resulting attack nearly struck Yaya as she leaped into the air.
• Magnus sent Scythe Slash, Hotsuru, and Tsubame after Yaya, and the three Dolls launched a fierce assault that Yaya met head-on.
• Luo Zhen identified Hotsuru’s magic as Pressure, Scythe Slash’s as Spatial Transfer, and Tsubame’s as Impact Reflection.
• Luo Zhen concluded that Magnus had attained Mind’s Eye, then reflected that the same technique could differ in level.

Luo Zhen used his enhanced Mind's Eye to control Yaya's Adamantine Strength, making her impervious to Magnus's attacks. Yaya defeated all three of Magnus's dolls, leaving the onlookers stunned by the reversal of their defeat two years earlier.

• Luo Zhen sent magical power into Yaya as Hotsuru, Scythe Slash, and Tonbo surrounded her and attacked with Magnus's Magic Edge.
• Yaya deflected their empowered strikes with a casual sweep of her sleeve, while Luo Zhen explained how he used Adamantine Strength to block every attack.
• Luo Zhen ordered Yaya to defeat the trio, and she punched Hotsuru into the ground.
• Luo Zhen read Scythe Slash's movements and guided Yaya to kick her through the trees and into the woods.
• Yaya split Tonbo's reflected attack and struck her through the roof of Magnus's workshop.
• Yaya returned unharmed to Luo Zhen as the students watched Magnus's three dolls lie defeated.

Luo Zhen and Magnus faced off after their dolls were overwhelmed, and the spectators recognized that both men had mastered the Mind's Eye. Magnus acknowledged Luo Zhen's growth, then unleashed the Akaba Clan's Crimson Wing Formation, revealing the true Crimson Wing Blood.

• Luo Zhen and Magnus returned to opposite sides of the shattered arena as Yaya stood ready and Magnus's three dolls reeled from their defeat.
• Nichirin, Subaru, the Six Links, Charlotte, Sigmund, and Kimberly reacted to Luo Zhen and Magnus displaying abilities beyond ordinary students, including the Mind's Eye.
• Magnus recalled how Luo Zhen had surpassed him in the Magus's stages and said that Luo Zhen still could not defeat him.
• Magnus's eyes turned red, and his magic power surged tenfold as blood aura spread behind him like crimson wings.
• Luo Zhen recognized Magnus's power as the Akaba Clan's Crimson Wing Formation and saw the true Crimson Wing Blood.

Magnus revealed the Akaba Family’s Crimson Wing Formation and empowered Hotsuru to fight Yaya, creating a clash between overwhelming strength and Luo Zhen’s superior technique. Just as Magnus praised Luo Zhen’s ability to withstand the power, Luo Zhen prepared to show more, but a voice abruptly halted the battle.

• Magnus activated the Crimson Wing Formation, shocking the students and observers with its immense magical power.
• Bee healed Hotsuru, Scythe Slash, and Tonbo, after which Magnus summoned them and revealed Bee as his fourth Automaton Doll.
• Magnus concentrated the Crimson Wing Formation’s ten magical threads on Hotsuru and sent her to face Yaya alone.
• Luo Zhen and Magnus pushed their techniques to the limit as Yaya and Hotsuru fought in a destructive close-quarters battle.
• Luo Zhen concentrated his magical power to reveal what he could do next, but a deep voice ordered them to stop.

Edward Rutherford interrupted the battle between Luo Zhen and Magnus and proposed that they continue their confrontation at the Night Party. Luo Zhen accepted the chance to seek Night Party qualification, and both fighters left with their full strength still concealed.

• Edward Rutherford arrived at the battlefield and stopped Luo Zhen and Magnus from continuing their fight.
• Edward identified Magnus and Luo Zhen as valuable talents and proposed saving their confrontation for the Night Party.
• Luo Zhen said he lacked the qualifications, so Edward offered to recommend that the Night Party Executive Committee rank him again; Luo Zhen accepted.
• Luo Zhen reflected that he had tested Magnus and gained a chance to qualify, while both men had hidden much of their strength.
• Luo Zhen and Magnus withdrew from the battlefield, and Edward said the upcoming Night Party would be worth anticipating.

Luo Zhen’s victory over Magnus made him famous throughout the academy and intensified anticipation for the Night Party. As he waited for official qualification, Charlotte resolved to become the Demon King despite Sigmund’s warning that she would have to overcome both Magnus and Luo Zhen.

• Students and academy authorities discussed Magnus’s power and Luo Zhen’s performance, treating both as major threats in the coming Night Party.
• Luo Zhen remained unconcerned by his sudden fame and waited for the Night Party Executive Committee to grant him a glove and qualification.
• Nichirin told Luo Zhen that she intended to keep participating in the Night Party, prompting Yaya to bristle when Nichirin declared herself worthy of him.
• The next morning, Luo Zhen entered class with Yaya, and the students fell silent and watched him with awe.
• Sigmund warned Charlotte that she would have to overcome both Magnus and Luo Zhen to claim the Demon King’s throne, and Charlotte vowed she would not lose.

Luo Zhen discovered that his life force was flowing elsewhere, reducing the magical power available to him, and replenished it with the Crimson Wing Formation. Later, Yaya confronted him about refusing to sleep with her, but their argument was interrupted when a shadow sprang from the woods toward Luo Zhen.

• Luo Zhen realized that his life force was being diverted and used the Crimson Wing Formation to convert his blood into magical power.
• Luo Zhen continued cultivating while Nichirin visited and Yaya grew increasingly jealous and troubled by his avoidance.
• Yaya asked Luo Zhen whether he hated her, then demanded to know why he would not roll around in bed with her.
• Luo Zhen and Yaya argued on the street about her attempts to seduce him, including adding aphrodisiac to his bathwater.
• A shadow burst out of the undergrowth and shot toward Luo Zhen.

Luo Zhen and Yaya chased a mysterious beastlike shadow through the woods, but it escaped toward a nearby street. Charlotte Bilou was walking there and became the shadow’s next target.

• Luo Zhen sensed a sudden attacker and ordered Yaya to intercept it, but the shadow recovered and fled into the woods.
• Luo Zhen and Yaya pursued the shadow through the forest, with Luo Zhen using his magic to blast it from its path.
• Yaya’s powerful kick missed as the shadow escaped the woods and ran toward the street.
• Charlotte Bilou hurried back to her dormitory after extending her practice, while Sigmund discussed her worries about the Night Party.
• Luo Zhen warned someone to be careful, and Sigmund shouted to Charlotte, but the shadow lunged at her before she could react.

Luo Zhen rescued Charlotte from a shadowy attacker with a blast of curse power, then sent Yaya after the fleeing assailant. As academy authorities were expected to arrive, Charlotte tried to leave but revealed she had twisted her ankle.

• Luo Zhen struck the shadow attacking Charlotte with a burst of curse power, though the blast also knocked Charlotte to the ground.
• Yaya arrived, and Luo Zhen ordered her to pursue the attacker as it disappeared into the woods.
• Luo Zhen questioned Charlotte and Sigmund about why they were there, while Sigmund thanked him for intervening.
• Sigmund explained that the academy’s Disciplinary Committee Members or security team would respond to a malicious attack.
• Charlotte panicked at the prospect of the authorities arriving and tried to leave, but she cried out when her swollen, twisted ankle prevented her from standing.