Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan accepted Akihiko Kayaba’s duel after Kayaba paralyzed the other players to keep them from interfering. Their battle began with Chen Fan struggling against Kayaba’s level advantage and powerful defense, but Chen Fan began using his speed and technique to find an opening.

• Akihiko Kayaba paralyzed the players who tried to attack him, leaving Chen Fan, Asuna, and Xing as exceptions.
• Chen Fan laid Asuna and Xing down, then agreed to face Akihiko Kayaba alone.
• Akihiko Kayaba revealed that he was level 100 and explained that the floor boss would otherwise endanger everyone.
• Chen Fan attacked, but Akihiko Kayaba blocked his strikes and countered with his shield.
• Chen Fan maneuvered to Akihiko Kayaba’s side and feinted toward his forehead, prompting Kayaba to raise his shield as he sensed a trap.

Chen Fan fought Akihiko Kayaba in a fierce duel, trading blows despite his dwindling HP. As Akihiko Kayaba charged to finish him in midair, Chen Fan revealed a confident smile and his sword began to glow blue-white.

• Chen Fan attacked Akihiko Kayaba from behind and gained an early advantage in their HP totals.
• Chen Fan and Akihiko Kayaba exchanged sword and shield attacks, with Chen Fan landing more hits but losing HP faster because of the level gap.
• Akihiko Kayaba pointed out that Chen Fan would fall first, but Chen Fan said he had already achieved his objective.
• Chen Fan jumped to evade Akihiko Kayaba's finishing attack, and Akihiko Kayaba charged after him in midair.
• Chen Fan smiled as blue-white light flared from his sword.

Chen Fan defeated Akihiko Kayaba by throwing his sword, clearing Sword Art Online. The system announced that all players could log out before Aincrad was destroyed, leaving the players to test whether they could finally escape.

• Chen Fan threw his sword at Akihiko Kayaba while landing, piercing him from behind.
• Akihiko Kayaba asked whether Chen Fan had planned the attack, and Chen Fan explained that he had chosen a strategy suited to their difference in strength.
• Akihiko Kayaba's HP ran out, and he shattered into fragments.
• The system announced that Sword Art Online had been cleared and Aincrad would be destroyed in 10 minutes.
• Players across Aincrad heard the announcement and began discussing whether they could log out.

After Akihiko Kayaba’s defeat, the players learned they could log out and began returning to the real world. Chen Fan stayed behind with his friends, who worried about his condition and speculated about his mysterious powers.

• Players saw that the logout option worked, said goodbye to one another, and logged out of the game.
• The players in the seventy-fourth-floor BOSS hall regained movement after Akihiko Kayaba disappeared, thanked Chen Fan, and logged out.
• Diabel joked with Chen Fan before leaving, and Agil invited him to visit his bar in the real world.
• Qi Tai, Xing, and the others promised to visit Chen Fan in the hospital, but Chen Fan told them his body had already recovered.
• Xing wondered whether Chen Fan was an alien, and Chen Fan explained that he was an Earthling with special superpowers.
• Qi Tai and the others imagined that Chen Fan was a guardian of the world who had fought evil forces.

After Aincrad collapsed, Chen Fan received a World Seed from Akihiko Kayaba and logged out of the game. He woke in a hospital, recovered his weakened body, and stood in the real world again.

• Chen Fan and Asuna logged out together after he promised to find her and tell her his story.
• Chen Fan met Akihiko Kayaba in a world of clouds and watched Aincrad disintegrate.
• Akihiko Kayaba gave Chen Fan the World Seed as a reward for clearing the game.
• Chen Fan logged out and woke in a hospital, where his body quickly regained its strength.

After waking from Sword Art Online, Chen Fan left the hospital and headed to Asuna’s home. Before leaving, he used his power to wake Shiina Keiko’s brother, then learned Asuna’s address and flew toward her neighborhood.

• Chen Fan met nurse Shiina Keiko, told her Sword Art Online had been cleared, and learned that her younger brother was trapped in the game.
• Chen Fan used bioelectric currents to wake Shiina Keiko’s brother, then quietly left the hospital.
• Chen Fan changed into clothes borrowed from the brother and went out to find Asuna.
• Chen Fan asked for directions to Asuna’s home and flew there using whirlwinds beneath his feet.
• Chen Fan reached Asuna’s neighborhood and hurried toward a nearby hospital after asking for directions.

Chen Fan found Asuna in the hospital, woke her, and told her about his experiences after leaving Sword Art Online. A month later, he reunited with Asuna and the other survivors at Agil’s bar, where they invited him to join their new game.

• Chen Fan found Asuna’s hospital room and woke her by taking her hand.
• Asuna asked how long he had been out of the game, and Chen Fan said he had arrived less than an hour after escaping.
• Chen Fan told Asuna what had happened and showed her his abilities, then took her flying over the city.
• A month later, Chen Fan had become famous for rescuing the Sword Art Online players and defeating Akihiko Kayaba, but he declined interviews.
• Chen Fan and Asuna met Silica, Xing, Lisbeth, Agil, and other familiar players at Agil’s bar.
• The players invited Chen Fan to join their new game and form a guild, but he said he was not a gaming enthusiast.

After recovering his strength and preparing for his departure, Chen Fan left his world and arrived in a modern park on Earth, interrupting a Fallen Angel who was about to kill Isshin. The Fallen Angel questioned him, but Chen Fan ignored her and remarked that he seemed to have come to Earth again.

• After a month of recuperation, Chen Fan regained his strength, sent his women into his world, and left through a spatial passageway.
• In a park at night, Yuma revealed herself as a Fallen Angel and threw a magical spear at Isshin.
• Chen Fan crashed into the park with a blast that knocked Isshin away and interrupted Yuma's attack.
• After the smoke cleared, the Fallen Angel questioned Chen Fan, who looked around and said he seemed to have come to Earth again.

Chen Fan blocked a Fallen Angel’s attack and drove her to flee after she tried to kill him and Isshin. He stopped pursuing her when Isshin asked him not to kill her, leaving him puzzled about why Isshin had intervened.

• Chen Fan asked whether the Fallen Angel and Isshin were having an affair, and Isshin warned him to run.
• The Fallen Angel thrust a crimson spear at Chen Fan, but an invisible barrier stopped it from piercing him.
• Chen Fan flicked the spear from her hand, sending it through the woods and shattering a fountain.
• The Fallen Angel fled into the sky, and Chen Fan prepared to attack her until Isshin told him not to kill her.
• Chen Fan let the Fallen Angel escape and asked Isshin why he had stopped him.

Chen Fan rescued Issei Hyoudou from a Fallen Angel, then agreed to take the injured boy home. A crimson-haired girl watched them leave and became interested in Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan questioned Issei Hyoudou about the Fallen Angel and warned that she might return to kill him.
• Issei Hyoudou begged Chen Fan not to leave, and Chen Fan agreed to take him home after noticing his injuries.
• Chen Fan carried Issei Hyoudou into the air and flew toward his house, telling him to stop struggling.
• A crimson-haired girl watched Chen Fan and Issei Hyoudou depart and remarked that Chen Fan seemed interesting.
• Issei Hyoudou brought Chen Fan into his house and called him his classmate before taking him upstairs.

Chen Fan stayed at Issei Hyoudou’s home, learned that Issei had been targeted by a Fallen Angel, and promised to help before going to sleep. Meanwhile, the red-haired girl returned to her school and told her companion that a strange man had disrupted the Fallen Angel’s attack.

• Chen Fan visited Issei Hyoudou’s home, read his H manga, and listened to how Issei had met Yuma-chan.
• Chen Fan told Issei that he had been targeted and offered to help deal with his attackers.
• Chen Fan went to sleep in Issei’s room, and Issei settled down on the floor.
• The red-haired girl returned to a high school room through a magic circle and told the black-haired girl that a strange man had saved Issei and driven off the Fallen Angel.

Chen Fan joked with Issei Hyoudou about his lack of a girlfriend before agreeing to accompany him to school because birdmen might target him. The two headed out after breakfast, with Chen Fan intending to protect Issei and take him home afterward.

• Chen Fan woke up and punched Issei Hyoudou when he found Issei looming over him.
• Chen Fan teased Issei about not having a girlfriend, then joked that becoming as handsome as Chen Fan was the only solution.
• Issei reminded Chen Fan that he feared the birdmen might attack him on his way to school.
• Chen Fan offered to pick Issei up after school and take him home, though he did not know where the school was.
• After Issei repeatedly pleaded with him, Chen Fan went with him toward school to protect him.

Chen Fan helped an injured blonde girl and discovered that she could heal herself with a power she said God had bestowed upon her. The girl admitted she was lost, leaving Chen Fan to wonder where she was going with her suitcase.

• Chen Fan covered the fallen girl’s exposed legs and helped her up while Issei Hyoudou regretted missing his chance to approach her.
• Chen Fan noticed the girl’s bleeding knee, carried her toward the hospital, and secretly squeezed her as she asked him to put her down.
• The girl used a green glow to heal her knee and told Chen Fan that God had given her the ability.
• Chen Fan questioned the girl about her suitcase, and she admitted that she had gotten lost.

Chen Fan helped Aisha Aljett find her church, then wandered to Kuoh Academy, where a crimson-haired girl confronted him. He told her she resembled someone he had been searching for, leaving her unsettled by his gaze.

• Chen Fan met the directionally challenged Aisha Aljett and offered to help her find her church.
• Chen Fan and Aisha chatted as he led her to the church, and she invited him to visit again.
• Chen Fan wandered around town, spending Issei Hyoudou’s monthly allowance and exploring Kuoh Academy.
• A crimson-haired girl caught Chen Fan wandering through the school and asked why he was there.
• Chen Fan told the girl she resembled someone he had been searching for.

Chen Fan met Rias Gremory, who invited him to the Supernatural Research Club and introduced him to its vice president, Akeno Himejima. After settling in for tea, Chen Fan asked Rias why she had brought him there.

• Chen Fan flirted with the red-haired girl, and she introduced herself as Rias Gremory, president of the Supernatural Research Club.
• Rias invited Chen Fan to visit her clubroom, and he followed her to the school's old building.
• Chen Fan met Akeno Himejima, the club's vice president, and exchanged greetings with her.
• Rias had Akeno serve tea while she watched Chen Fan, and the two teased each other about their earlier glances.
• Chen Fan asked Rias whether she had invited him because she wanted to discuss something.

Rias told Chen Fan that she and Akeno Himejima were Demons and explained the conflict between Demons, Angels, and Fallen Angels. She mistook Chen Fan’s superpower for a Sacred Gear and warned that the Fallen Angels might target him.

• Rias revealed her and Akeno Himejima’s demonic wings to Chen Fan, who showed little surprise.
• Chen Fan explained that his power was a superpower, while Rias and Akeno assumed he had a Sacred Gear.
• Rias told Chen Fan that the Fallen Angel he encountered had targeted a boy with a Sacred Gear and might send stronger Fallen Angels after him.
• Rias explained that Angels, Demons, and Fallen Angels had nearly destroyed one another in an ancient war before signing a peace treaty.
• Rias said Kuoh Academy was under her jurisdiction and that she had been watching the area because troublesome individuals had arrived.

Rias tried to recruit Chen Fan as her Demon servant, but he said her reincarnation magic could not affect him. She marked him as a member of the Gremory family and invited him to join the Demon reserve team, just as two students arrived at the clubroom.

• Rias explained that she wanted to reincarnate Chen Fan as her servant, but Chen Fan said no combination of her chess pieces could transform him.
• Chen Fan asked Rias to reincarnate Issei Hyoudou if he ever died, and Rias said she had already planned to do so.
• Rias marked Chen Fan with the Gremory family emblem, saying it would protect him from the Fallen Angels and make him one of her own.
• Rias invited Chen Fan to join the Demon reserve team the next day and said she believed he could become a Demon King.
• A blond-haired boy and a silver-haired girl entered the clubroom and asked Rias whether Chen Fan was a guest.

Chen Fan was introduced to Rias’s peerage as a prospective Demon and met Yuuto Kiba and Koneko Toujou. After trading teasing remarks with Rias and Akeno Himejima, he traveled with them to a forest villa for a test.

• Rias introduced Yuuto Kiba as her Knight and Koneko Toujou as her Rook, then named Chen Fan a prospective Demon because of his powerful Sacred Gear.
• Chen Fan questioned how he had become a prospective member, but gave up arguing and accepted the situation.
• Rias teased Chen Fan about joining her peerage, while Akeno Himejima, Yuuto Kiba, and Koneko Toujou reacted to his flirtatious remarks.
• Rias asked Akeno Himejima to prepare for a trip, and Akeno used a magic circle to teleport the group to a forest.
• The group arrived at a forest villa that looked like a small castle.

Chen Fan joined Rias Gremory and her group to confront a Stray Demon, and Rias sent him to fight it in exchange for a promised reward. The Stray Demon attacked the group, but Chen Fan dodged its corrosive spells with ease.

• Akeno Himejima explained that the Stray Demon had lured humans into a house and devoured them, and Rias brought Chen Fan and her peerage to eliminate it.
• Chen Fan casually broke the barrier around the villa when he opened its door, surprising Koneko Toujou and Yuuto Kiba.
• The group found the Stray Demon inside, and Rias ordered Chen Fan to kill it while promising to let him touch her breasts as payment.
• The Stray Demon taunted Chen Fan and fired corrosive yellow spells at the group, but Chen Fan avoided them with a small step.

Chen Fan defeated and killed the stray Demon who had attacked the villa, then asked Rias for his promised reward. Rias disposed of the corpse and said she would reward him after they returned.

• Chen Fan shattered the villa’s floor and windows with a vector shockwave, then reflected the stray Demon’s corrosive attack back at her.
• The stray Demon stomped at Chen Fan, but he stopped her foot with one finger and sent her crashing through the villa wall.
• Chen Fan killed the gravely wounded stray Demon with a wind blade that severed her head.
• Chen Fan asked Rias for his reward, while Rias and the others reacted to how easily he had won.
• Rias burned the stray Demon’s corpse to ash and told Chen Fan he would get his reward after they returned.