Chapter Summaries

Andrew staged his near-death after Tsunade struck him, then kissed her before she fled, and used his injuries to motivate Ashley and Blair to grow stronger. Tsunade later told Green that Uchiha Madara must not learn the Eight Inner Gates, while Green asked her to negotiate the integration of his Ninja into the Reality World.

• Tsunade punched Andrew through several walls, and he appeared to die until his supposed corpse absorbed her next strike and revealed him alive.
• Andrew kissed Tsunade, who shoved him away and fled; badly injured, he asked Hughie to take him back to the hotel in Milan City.
• Blair healed Andrew while Ashley and Blair vowed to become stronger, believing an enemy had beaten him.
• Andrew admitted he had acted injured to motivate Ashley and Blair, then let them compete to care for him.
• Tsunade warned Green that Uchiha Madara must not learn the Eight Inner Gates, and Green asked her to negotiate with the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau about integrating his Ninja into the Reality World.

Tsunade arranged for Konoha’s ninjas to negotiate with the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, while authorities and villains prepared for the next Animal Disaster. Andrew then began teaching Ashley and Blair how to evolve their abilities, ending with Blair asking how Holy Light could change.

• Tsunade asked Green about her Soul Brand and arranged for him to bring back Minato Namikaze and the others so she could negotiate with the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
• Director Newman met Tsunade as the Bureau welcomed the ninja reinforcements, while President Nathan announced that one more concentrated Animal Disaster would occur.
• Chthon, Death, and Demon met with Lord of Chaos and Lord of Order to plan the third wave of Animal Disaster.
• Andrew directed Tony and Batman to develop police and military equipment while keeping Ability Users central to preparations.
• Andrew returned to Milan, where Ashley exposed his pretense of being ill, and he announced that her and Blair’s next training stage would focus on developing abilities and studying rules.
• Andrew demonstrated changing the nature of flame, and Blair asked whether Ashley’s Wrath Flame was an evolution and how her Holy Light could evolve.

Andrew explained that Ashley and Blair could accelerate their path to Skyfather by facing the rules directly, though failure could assimilate them. After leaving Milan and returning to the Chinese restaurant, the group reunited with Tsunade, whom Andrew accused of coming back to escape her gambling debts.

• Andrew explained that Ashley and Blair’s Abilities carried Rule Seeds and that becoming Skyfathers would normally take years, but direct exposure to rules could speed their progress at a dangerous cost.
• Andrew, Ashley, Blair, and Rat Catcher departed Milan after Monica failed to persuade them to stay, though Andrew promised they would help if Milan faced danger again.
• On the flight home, Blair worried about repaying Ray’s debt, and Andrew said reaching Skyfather would make her debts and living costs insignificant.
• The group returned to the Chinese restaurant and greeted Grand Champion, while Tsunade teased Andrew and later claimed she had come back to collect her salary.
• Andrew pointed out that Tsunade had lost more than forty million dollars gambling and accused her of returning to hide from her debts.

Tsunade reported that the Ninja had joined the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau, and Andrew arranged experiments to see whether they could awaken Abilities. Meanwhile, Ashley and Blair chose to attempt a dangerous accelerated path to Skyfather power, gained insight into their respective rules, and woke exhausted after their Illusion Realms collapsed.

• Tsunade told Andrew that the Ninja had joined the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau in small, separated teams, and asked whether they could awaken Abilities.
• Andrew arranged for a Ninja to receive Compound Five at the Manhattan Laboratory and asked Green to raise Minato Namikaze's strength.
• Tsunade postponed reviving Nawaki until the world became peaceful, while Andrew teased her about dating and went to find Ashley and Blair.
• Ashley and Blair chose the accelerated method to pursue Skyfather power, and Andrew activated the rules within them.
• Ashley resisted the Freedom Flame's urging to do whatever she wanted, while Blair rejected the Holy Light's call to blind self-sacrifice and both began comprehending their rules.
• The two Illusion Realms collapsed before Ashley and Blair could continue, and Andrew's voice woke them from their exhausted trance.

Andrew helped Ashley and Blair comprehend the Ability Rules, then concealed the true cost and nature of his power with jokes and affection. More than a month later, Ashley completed a transformation and demonstrated her new ability to control other people's anger.

• Andrew told Ashley and Blair to rest after they had comprehended part of the rules, and said they needed at least ten days before another session.
• Blair questioned Andrew about his ability, and he claimed it cost him ten seconds of lifespan each time he used it, then joked with Ashley and Blair until they stopped asking.
• Ashley and Blair discussed how their relationship might change if Andrew chose one of them, then focused on training and digesting what they had learned.
• More than a month later, Andrew kissed Blair and Ashley at breakfast, and Samantha grew angry at her daughter sharing a boyfriend.
• Ashley repeatedly took away Samantha's anger, and Andrew explained that Ashley had completed a transformation and could now control other people's rage.

Ashley’s family argued with Andrew over his relationships, while Andrew warned that the third Animal Disaster was approaching and urged the police to prepare. He later checked with Tony on the Ninja Ability Experiment and learned that ninjas could awaken Abilities.

• Samantha confronted Andrew about his age and his involvement with Ashley and Blair, but Andrew said they would become Skyfathers and live beyond ordinary rules.
• Andrew told Samantha to ensure police officers wore their new Police Armor and warned that the third Animal Disaster would be unprecedentedly fierce.
• Andrew, Ashley, and Blair agreed to split up and clear Monsters around other cities, while Tsunade chose to go gamble instead of taking missions.
• Andrew visited Tony’s underground laboratory, where Tony reported that ninjas could awaken Abilities because they possessed Ability Genes.

Andrew and Tony discovered that awakening Ninja abilities could revive Kaguya Otsutsuki, so they suspended the research and halted the creation of new Ninjas. As Hell prepared a coordinated third wave of disasters, Andrew told Lucifer that the Skyfathers needed to return to Earth and ordered him to disguise himself as a holy Angel.

• Tony warned Andrew that Ninja abilities awakened as ninjutsu and that their Chakra carried Kaguya Otsutsuki's Will Brand, which could lead to her resurrection.
• Andrew suspended Ninja ability research and told Tony to stop Green from creating new Ninjas until he found a way to address the threat.
• Demon and Chthon coordinated Hell's preparations for the third Animal Disaster, including mass killings, Monster attacks, recruitment of Skyfather seeds, and a plan to keep the Skyfathers occupied.
• Chthon assigned Hera to recruit Witch and Angel after his agent was killed when she approached the retired superhero.
• Andrew explained that Lord of Order was delaying the Skyfathers while preparing to turn humanity into fanatics and seize billions of souls.
• Andrew told Lucifer that Earth's third disaster was about to begin and ordered him to return to Earth disguised as a holy Angel.

Andrew sent Lucifer back to Earth despite the Lord of Order’s sealed space channel and prepared to undermine the Lord of Order’s control over Heaven. Meanwhile, Ashley began her first solo mission in Detroit, where she discovered she could make a flock of powerful mutant sheep destroy one another.

• Andrew used a Spacetime Magic Array prepared in advance to return Lucifer’s stone sphere to Earth, enraging the Lord of Order.
• Andrew told the Kung Fu Master to channel God’s power into God’s body without activating it, while Andrew studied the space channel for a way to sever Heaven’s connection to God.
• Ashley rode to the outskirts of Detroit for a bounty mission and met Lisa’s team after their car broke down; a Mechanical Spider declared the car and its owner should be destroyed.
• Ashley parted from Lisa’s team, sensed possible ill intent from Lisa, and reached a ranch where mutant sheep had grown as large as elephants.
• Ashley stoked the sheep monsters’ anger, causing them to attack each other in a violent melee.

Ashley became famous after clearing every monster outside Detroit in one day, while Andrew and the others investigated attempts to provoke jealousy among their allies. Andrew also began helping Samantha investigate a serial killer in New York, and Ashley worried that her mother might become romantically involved with him.

• Ashley used her abilities to kill the Sheep Monsters and cleared the monsters outside Detroit in a single day.
• The Disaster Countermeasures Bureau announced Ashley's feat, making her famous and attracting offers from superhero companies and cities.
• Lisa's remarks stirred jealousy in Ashley, who realized Lisa was likely influenced by the Demon side and told Andrew about it.
• Andrew said Blair had also reported someone trying to make her jealous, and he asked Ashley to pretend to be influenced while they waited for the mastermind to act.
• Andrew told Ashley that Samantha had asked him to investigate an Ability User who had killed ten young women in New York City.
• Ashley worried that Samantha might fall for Andrew and decided she needed to establish her relationship with him soon.

Andrew investigated the murders of ten girls with Samantha, using his Abilities to view the victims' memories and discovering that the killer had taken their souls. He identified the killer's cloak as a religious symbol and said Samantha must lure him at a factory district that night, leaving her asking how Andrew knew the plan.

• Andrew and Ashley confirmed their relationship, and he told Samantha that Ray's transfer to New York had been rejected.
• Andrew examined a victim's memories and saw a cloaked man pursue and kill her, then discovered that the murderer had taken her soul.
• Andrew failed to summon the victim's soul and asked Samantha to disguise herself as a young girl to lure the powerful killer.
• Andrew used the victim's memories to identify the Stars cloak as a religious symbol and predicted the killer would strike at the factory district that night.
• Samantha agreed to help but asked Andrew to explain the religion and how he knew the killer's target and timing.

Andrew and Samantha used Samantha as bait to lure the Star-worshipping killer into a trap in Flushing’s factory district. Samantha wounded him with her weapons, but he healed with supernatural power and discovered she was not the young girl she had appeared to be.

• Andrew explained the cult’s sacrificial killings to Samantha and convinced her to pose as a young girl to draw out the killer.
• Andrew secretly sent Ashley a photo of Samantha in disguise, and Ashley asked him to record a video for Samantha’s birthday party.
• Andrew sensed the killer approaching and directed Samantha toward a square where he had prepared an Ability zone.
• The cloaked killer pursued Samantha into the square, where she revealed herself as a police officer and attacked him with a Sonic Cannon and a Laser Gun.
• The wounded killer unleashed a burst of energy that threw Samantha into a stone bench, then healed and realized her disguise had vanished.

Andrew and Samantha fought a Star God fanatic who tried to escape and complete his sacrifice ritual. Andrew used Samantha as a space-powered weapon to sever the transformed giant, but the man survived as a disembodied head and released the souls of ten girls.

• Andrew blocked the man's escape and teamed up with Samantha to fight his starlight attacks.
• Samantha used Andrew's Force Field Shield to withstand the man's rain of starlight while Andrew's electric bolts repeatedly reformed and pursued him.
• The man absorbed the starlight stored in his cloak, transformed into a giant through the Power of Rules, and claimed to be the Star God's apostle.
• Andrew transformed Samantha into a great gun and used its Space Gates to sever the giant's arm, body, and neck.
• The man's head survived, and he released the souls of ten girls from his body.

Andrew freed the ten girls' souls and sent them to Heaven before provoking the Star God that descended to kill him. He discovered that the Star God's true body was one of the nine Compound V Big Trees, secretly locked onto it, and left Samantha facing the still-dangerous god beside him.

• Andrew used his Soul Ability and an Angel Feather to send the ten girls' souls to Heaven.
• The man summoned the Star God's will, and Andrew provoked it while his avatar tried to locate its true body.
• Andrew dodged the Star God's attacks, switched places with the man, and used the Gun of Banishment to establish a connection with the god's true body.
• Andrew discovered that the Star God's true body was a Compound V Big Tree with the Star Rule and secretly locked onto it using Fate Magic.
• Samantha saw Andrew laughing during the confrontation and worried that his apparent madness would leave her to face the Star God alone.

Andrew defeated the Star God’s fragment of consciousness and secretly kept it in his Minor Hell while arranging to extract a rule seed from the enemy’s remains. After Samantha left, Andrew recovered the Starlight Ability and considered whom to give it to as part of a trap for the Star God.

• Andrew used a black hole to devour the Star God’s thirteen stars and consciousness, while the Star God’s true body chose not to descend in person.
• Andrew secretly retained the devoured fragment in his Minor Hell, and the man’s soul burned away completely.
• Andrew restored Samantha, arranged for the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau to handle the cleanup, and urged her to study high-tech weapons.
• Andrew took the man’s head to the Manhattan Underground Laboratory and extracted the Starlight Ability while Tony watched.
• Tony declined the Starlight Ability, and Andrew began considering who should receive it for his trap against the Star God.

Andrew recruited Little Pepper to go undercover and deceive the newly born Star God by using a modified Starlight Rule Seed, while preparing her with a genuine identity and special training. Meanwhile, Ashley gained fame clearing Monsters as Blair struggled with whether to join her and Andrew or leave.

• Andrew asked Tony to take the undercover mission, but Tony refused because Starlight Ability did not suit him and he worried about Pepper’s safety.
• Little Pepper volunteered for the mission, and Tony agreed on the condition that it stop if she died; Andrew promised to create her a genuine Star God Cult-linked identity and train her against corruption.
• Andrew trained Pepper and Tony while spending less time contacting Ashley, who accepted Monster-clearing jobs across America and overseas and rose in fame.
• Andrew secretly told Blair that Ashley had become his girlfriend, leaving Blair jealous and conflicted about whether to join them or leave the Chinese restaurant.

Andrew sent Pepper Potts to infiltrate the Star Church and use its Star God to grow stronger while working her way into its leadership. As Pepper began playing the role of a believer, Andrew turned his attention to another effort: guiding talented Ability Users into Falling.

• Andrew explained Pepper’s modified summoning Ability, warned her about the Star God’s corruption, and arranged to teleport her back if she began losing herself.
• Andrew sent Pepper to the Star Church, where she posed as Catherine, a casual believer whose delivery business was threatened by Ability-powered couriers.
• The Star God recognized Pepper as a star-related Skyfather seed and ordered the Church to investigate her, then arranged an ambush to force her to use her Ability.
• Pepper pretended to be swayed by the Priest’s preaching while planning to infiltrate the Church, strengthen herself, and eventually take control of it.
• Andrew left the operation in Pepper’s hands as his separate effort to lead genius Ability Users into Falling neared results.

Andrew and Ashley planned to capture the Mastermind in three days, while Andrew secretly manipulated Hera and Chthon into competing over Ashley. Chthon decided to take over the recruitment plot himself, hoping to keep two future Skyfathers from falling under Demon's control.

• Ashley questioned Andrew about the cost of helping her and Blair comprehend the Power of Rules, and Andrew assured her that his situation was special.
• Ashley told Andrew that Lisa planned to show her the Mastermind's true power in three days, and they agreed to act then.
• Andrew contacted Hera and instructed her to leak that she planned to recruit Ashley so Chthon would try to poach her.
• Hera spread the information among her demons, who secretly sold it to Chthon for profit.
• Chthon decided Ashley and Blair could become future Skyfathers and told Demon he would personally take over the plan to tempt Ability Users into Falling.

Chthon took over the plan involving Ashley, while Demon and Hera plotted over whether to use the danger to undermine him. Lisa lured Ashley to an abandoned church, where Ashley entered a mirror world and faced her sinister double.

• Chthon persuaded Demon to let him handle Ashley, and Hera told Demon that Chthon had stolen their chance to recruit her.
• Hera urged Demon to destroy Ashley and drive a wedge between him and Chthon, but Demon refused to harm a future Skyfather and later gave Hera a Blood Puppet meant to surprise Chthon if no attack occurred.
• Lisa led Ashley out of the city to an abandoned church, where a strange altar activated and revealed a mirror.
• Lisa tempted Ashley with the promise of improving her Power of Rules and provoked her rivalry with Blair, prompting Ashley to look into the mirror.
• Ashley entered the Mirror World and encountered a sinister version of herself.

Ashley pretended to fall for Chthon’s Demon Fire so the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau could expose his plot and arrest his accomplices. Van Helsing’s feather trapped Chthon’s consciousness, while Hughie rescued Ashley and arrested Lisa.

• Mirror Ashley offered Ashley Demon Fire, but Ashley resisted its temptation and tried to leave the Mirror Dimension.
• Chthon showed Ashley a vision of a disastrous future and persuaded her to absorb Demon Fire, though Blair’s feather resisted the corruption.
• Van Helsing’s feather transformed into a holy sun, swept away the Demon Fire, and sealed Chthon’s control of the Mirror Dimension.
• Hughie teleported Ashley out and brought Lisa back, then arrested her for aiding a Demon.
• Ashley revealed that she had reported Lisa and played along to lure out the mastermind, while Hughie said the Bureau had arrested the other accomplices and trapped Chthon’s wisp of consciousness.

Ashley confronted Lisa after Lisa’s betrayal, and Lisa revealed that a Blood Puppet could harm Chthon. When Chthon distracted Hughie with visions of Billy and broke his concentration, Lisa activated the puppet, which began consuming her life and soul.

• Chthon struggled against Hughie’s seal while Ashley stopped Lisa from fleeing and offered her a chance to redeem herself through service.
• Lisa revealed that the Envy Demon King had given her a Blood Puppet intended to hurt Chthon, and Ashley agreed it might earn Lisa leniency if Hughie failed to contain him.
• Andrew prepared a special sealing sphere for Chthon while Chthon distracted Hughie by showing him visions of Billy being tortured.
• The visions caused Hughie to falter, allowing Chthon’s black magic to attack his soul and crack the Water Mirror seal.
• At Ashley’s urging, Lisa activated the Blood Puppet, which came alive and began draining her life and soul.