Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan faced Zephyr and two Ultimate-class Demon Knights after the Gremory peerage was eliminated. The Knights attacked Chen Fan, who easily dodged their first strike before they launched a coordinated assault.

• Grayfia announced that Zephyr’s Gremory peerage had been eliminated, leaving only the two Knights who had not joined the battle.
• Zephyr ordered the two Ultimate-class Demon Knights to attack Chen Fan, but they rebuked him and said they were not his servants.
• The Knights told Chen Fan they would punish him for insulting the Gremory family, and Chen Fan warned them to discipline Zephyr instead.
• One Knight fired a magical slash at Chen Fan, who stepped aside and avoided it easily.
• The two Knights attacked Chen Fan together, and another magical slash tore through the wall as the Knight pressed his assault.

Chen Fan overwhelmed the Gremory family's Ultimate-class Demon knights during a fight watched by the Underworld's higher-ups. After defeating one knight, he confronted the green-haired delinquent and shattered the second knight's greatsword, leaving the fight underway.

• Chen Fan caught a demon knight's katana between two fingers, shattered it, and knocked the knight through several walls.
• Grayfia announced that a Gremory family knight had been incapacitated and eliminated, shocking the Underworld's higher-ups.
• The green-haired delinquent protested that Chen Fan was only a recently reincarnated demon, and Chen Fan mocked him before charging.
• The remaining Ultimate-class Demon knight swung his greatsword at Chen Fan, who evaded the strike and stood atop the blade.
• Chen Fan stopped the knight's strongest sword strike between two fingers, shattered the greatsword, and kicked the knight in the abdomen.

Chen Fan helped Rias Gremory win her Rating Game after defeating the remaining Gremory family opponents, including King Zephyr Gremory. At the banquet afterward, Sazex thanked Chen Fan and introduced him to Rebel Phoenix, who said her brother Laize was recovering in seclusion.

• Chen Fan sent the Ultimate-class Demon through a wall, eliminating the Gremory family’s Knight.
• Chen Fan knocked out King Zephyr Gremory, and the Rating Game was declared a victory for Rias Gremory.
• Rias and her peerage returned with Chen Fan, and Rias stayed to watch the remaining matches.
• Rias’s cousin defeated Sona Sitri and her peerage in one of the three subsequent battles.
• Sazex thanked Chen Fan at the banquet and explained that the Rating Game’s rules would be revised.
• Sazex introduced Rebel Phoenix to Chen Fan, and she told him that Laize Phoenix had shut himself away but was doing better.

Chen Fan discussed his fight with Sona Sitri and learned that Rias’s next Rating Game opponent was Sona. He struggled with whether he would help Rias against someone he cared about, while Sona teased him about his feelings.

• Sazex told Chen Fan that Zephyr had suffered a mental breakdown and been removed from consideration as the Gremory family's next head.
• Sona Sitri asked Chen Fan about his fight with the Gremory Demons, and he explained that his service as Rias's servant Demon would last at most a week.
• Sona Sitri revealed that Rias's next opponent was her and asked whether Chen Fan would help Rias fight her.
• Chen Fan admitted that Sona was important to him, and Sona blushed and denied knowing anything about it.

Chen Fan reassured Sona Sitri about her dream of establishing a Rating Game school, and Sona and Rias agreed to make him the wager in their upcoming Rating Game. After leaving the banquet, Chen Fan found Koneko with her older sister, Kuroka, whose unexpected appearance alarmed her.

• Chen Fan told Sona Sitri he would support her dream and could conquer the Underworld for her.
• Rias joined Chen Fan and Sona, and Sona challenged her to settle their rivalry in a Rating Game.
• Sona and Rias agreed that the winner could have Chen Fan for a month, while the banquet guests reacted to the wager.
• Chen Fan left the banquet hall and followed Koneko into the forest.
• Kuroka appeared, hugged Koneko, and said she had come to handle some business at the banquet.
• Koneko reacted with anger and alarm as she questioned why Kuroka was there.

Chen Fan confronted Kuroka Toujou, Koneko’s older sister and a member of the Group of Calamity, after she tried to take Koneko away. He overpowered her attacks and stopped her from leaving with Koneko, then appeared in her path as she raised spatial barriers.

• Kuroka Toujou revealed that she served in Vali’s peerage and said she had come to reunite with Koneko.
• Chen Fan told Kuroka Toujou that Koneko had to decide for herself whether to leave, then asked Koneko what she wanted.
• Kuroka Toujou attacked Chen Fan with black spiritual energy, Illusion Magic, and a combined Demonic Arts and senjutsu sphere, but he saw through and dispersed her attacks.
• Kuroka Toujou declared that she would take Koneko by force, grabbed her arm, and tried to leave.
• Chen Fan used Silent Step to appear in front of Kuroka Toujou, who raised several spatial barriers to protect herself.

Chen Fan stopped Kuroka Toujou from taking Koneko and learned that the Group of Calamity was near the banquet for unknown reasons. The story then shifted to Chen Fan watching Rias and Sona prepare for their Rating Game.

• Chen Fan shattered Kuroka Toujou's barrier, and Koneko broke free and returned to his side.
• Monkey King met Kuroka Toujou, admitted he had avoided confronting Chen Fan, and left the forest with her.
• Chen Fan told Rias and the others what had happened, and Rias explained Kuroka Toujou's history and her attempt to take Koneko.
• Yuuto Kiba warned that the Group of Calamity might be plotting something, and Rias decided to alert her brother and stay vigilant.
• Chen Fan sat among the spectators as Rias and Sona took part in their Rating Game.

Rias's peerage struggled against Sona Sitri's carefully planned tactics in the Rating Game, losing Gaspar and Akeno Himejima before Genoa and Yuuto Kiba fought back against Tsubaki Shinra's group. The battle's outcome remained uncertain as Rias, Koneko, Aisha, Yuuto, and Tsubaki converged at the battlefield's center.

• Sona Sitri used garlic to eliminate Gaspar and deployed scouting counters and the Mirror of Recollection to control the battle's pace.
• Akeno Himejima defeated one Rook and one Pawn but was eliminated by reflected damage from Tsubaki Shinra's Sacred Gear.
• Sona targeted Genoa, and Tsubaki led three other members of her peerage against Genoa and Yuuto Kiba.
• Rias sent Koneko Toujou and Aisha to support Genoa and Yuuto, but interceptors kept Koneko from reaching them while Aisha was attacked.
• Genoa and Yuuto defeated three of Tsubaki's companions before Genoa was eliminated, leaving Yuuto and Tsubaki to face each other.
• Rias arrived as Koneko and Aisha joined the confrontation, and Aisha healed the injured Yuuto while the two interceptors appeared beside Tsubaki.

Rias defeated Sona in their Rating Game after both peerages fought to exhaustion, and the Underworld's leaders praised their tactics and loyalty. The injured contestants recovered in the healing area, where Rias reminded Sona that she had lost their bet, though she postponed revealing what she wanted.

• Rias and Sona fought as their peerages battled, with Koneko and Aisha facing Tsubaki Shinra and Reiya Kusanagi, and Yuuto Kiba facing Kyoji Shitori.
• Yuuto Kiba and Kyoji Shitori withdrew after exhausting themselves, while Tsubaki Shinra defeated Koneko and Aisha before her own Bishop fell.
• Rias overcame Sona with the Power of Destruction, and Sona surrendered, giving Rias the victory.
• Chen Fan visited the injured contestants in the healing area and embraced Rias and Sona, reassuring them that both had performed well.
• Rias and Sona discussed their evaluations, and Rias said her peerage's trust and strength had earned her praise while Sona's tactics had impressed the Underworld's leaders.
• Sona accepted the consequences of losing their bet, but Rias said she would reveal what she wanted later.

Rias explained that Theodora Astaroth had repeatedly asked to exchange pieces for Aisha, and Chen Fan offered to deal with him. Theodora’s unexpected victory over Sigrún Agareus raised questions about his strength, and Rias’s Rating Game against him was scheduled for five days later.

• Theodora Astaroth visited Aisha with flowers, but Rias turned him away and rejected his proposal again.
• Rias told Chen Fan and Sona Sitri that Theodora had asked to exchange pieces for Aisha, whom she regarded as a little sister.
• Chen Fan said he would teach Theodora a lesson, and Rias agreed he could handle him next time.
• Rias and Sona Sitri recalled that Theodora had unexpectedly defeated Sigrún Agareus after being pinned down for most of their Rating Game.
• Rias gave Chen Fan a territory, and her Rating Game against Theodora was scheduled for five days later.

Chen Fan and Rias discovered that Theodora Astaroth had turned the Rating Game into an ambush with the Group of Calamity. Theodora ordered the surrounding demons to attack, while Chen Fan and his allies remained cornered.

• Chen Fan and Rias's group arrived at the Rating Game arena but received no explanation of the match.
• Magic circles appeared around the group, revealing hundreds or thousands of Old Demon King Faction demons who had joined the Group of Calamity.
• Chen Fan identified a participating young demon as the likely insider, and Rias named Theodora Astaroth.
• Theodora admitted he had arranged the ambush to take Rias's pieces and claimed the Underworld's leaders were occupied elsewhere.
• Theodora threatened Aisha, who hid behind Chen Fan, then ordered his forces to kill the group.
• Aisha and Gaspar were frightened, while the others remained calm despite being surrounded.

Chen Fan protected Rias's group from Theodora Astaroth's forces with his domain, reflecting their attacks. Theodora revealed that he had engineered Aisha's expulsion from the church and threatened to claim her, leaving Chen Fan furious.

• Chen Fan raised his domain to reflect the Demons' attacks, injuring the attackers and astonishing Theodora Astaroth.
• Theodora ordered his peerage to attack, but Chen Fan's domain continued to shield his group and turn their magic back on them.
• Chen Fan asked why Theodora wanted Aisha, and Theodora admitted he had tricked the church into casting her out by posing as an injured Demon she healed.
• Aisha nearly collapsed when she learned the truth, while Genoa supported her and Rias's group glared angrily at Theodora.
• Theodora taunted the group, assaulted one of his former Saintess peerage members, and threatened to take Aisha; Chen Fan declared that Theodora had made him angry.

Chen Fan attacked the Old Demon King Faction after learning how Theodora Astaroth had harmed Aisha. He killed thousands of Demons with his Rinnegan and vector manipulation, leaving Theodora and the surviving high-ranking Demons terrified.

• Chen Fan shattered pillars to disrupt the Old Demon King Faction and used his domain to draw Demons into the fight.
• Theodora Astaroth urged the Demons to attack Chen Fan after the defensive barrier disappeared.
• Chen Fan immobilized the Demons gathering magic power and made thousands explode by changing the direction of their blood flow.
• Rias, Akeno, and the others stared in horror as a rain of blood fell and only a few powerful Demons survived.
• Theodora Astaroth called Chen Fan a monster, while Chen Fan turned his attention to the survivors and asked what happened after provoking one.

Chen Fan slaughtered Theodora Astaroth’s Demons and captured him as he fled. At the Underworld viewing site, Azazel faced Ophis and learned that she wanted to return to the dimensional gap in search of silence, while Theodora Astaroth’s Snake power failed to stop Chen Fan.

• Chen Fan killed the Demons and knocked Theodora Astaroth’s servants unconscious, leaving Theodora Astaroth alone.
• The Group of Calamity attacked the Underworld viewing site behind a sealing barrier, and Azazel defeated an Ultimate-class opponent.
• Ophis appeared before Azazel and said she wanted to return to the dimensional gap and find silence.
• Theodora Astaroth fled toward the temple, but Chen Fan used Universal Pull to seize him and throw him to the ground.
• Theodora Astaroth unleashed the Snake power Ophis had given him, but Chen Fan sent the energy Snakes back and blasted him into the air.

Chen Fan killed Theodora Astaroth after Rias Gremory sentenced him to death, then confronted Sharuba Beelzebub, an exiled heir of the Old Demon King who sought to kill Rias. Chen Fan attacked Sharuba and shattered his defensive magic circles, leaving his kick against Sharuba’s raised arms.

• Rias Gremory sentenced Theodora Astaroth to death for colluding with the Group of Calamity and targeting her and Aisha, and Chen Fan killed him when he tried to make a final attack.
• Rias burned the Demon corpses with her Destructive Flame.
• Sharuba Beelzebub appeared, identified himself as the legitimate heir of the Old Demon King Beelzebub, and declared his intent to eradicate the current Demon Kings’ bloodlines by killing Rias.
• Chen Fan told Rias and her servants to protect themselves and confronted Sharuba, who recognized him as the human who had killed Kadireya Leviathan and defeated Vali Lucifer.
• Chen Fan used Soru to attack Sharuba, breaking through his defensive magic circles before his kick struck Sharuba’s crossed arms.

Chen Fan overwhelmed Sharuba Beelzebub, but Sharuba lured him into a Dimensional Destruction Magic Array that exiled him into the dimensional gap. With Chen Fan gone, Sharuba turned his attention to Rias and the others.

• Chen Fan kicked Sharuba Beelzebub through stone pillars and into a temple, shattering his artificial defensive Sacred Gear.
• Chen Fan increased his calculation capacity and rushed Sharuba, but Sharuba crushed an item that activated a magic array beneath him.
• Rias warned Chen Fan to escape, but the array made the temple and Chen Fan vanish.
• Sharuba explained that the array had exiled Chen Fan into the dimensional gap, where the force of nothingness could destroy him.
• Sharuba gathered magic power into a huge magic bullet and prepared to attack Rias and the others.

Sharuba Beelzebub overwhelmed Rias and her allies, but Chen Fan escaped the dimensional gap and located them. He punched through space to reach them after discovering that most of them were near death.

• Sharuba Beelzebub shattered Rias and Akeno Himejima's defenses, badly injuring them and blasting the group away.
• Aisha treated Rias and Akeno Himejima while Sharuba Beelzebub defeated Yuuto Kiba and Genoa, leaving Koneko Toujou as the only one still able to fight.
• Chen Fan activated his godhead and angel form in the dimensional gap, then used his Rinnegan and connection to Rias to find the others.
• Chen Fan saw that his allies were close to death, became enraged, and punched through space to reach them.

Chen Fan returned from the Dimensional Gap and rescued Rias and the others by killing Sharuba Beelzebub. After healing the wounded, he apologized for arriving late and reassured them that he could find his way back from the Dimensional Gap.

• Chen Fan appeared through a rift and healed Rias, Akeno Himejima, and the others with the light from his wings.
• Chen Fan attacked Sharuba Beelzebub, removed both his arms and legs, and turned him to dust with his wings.
• Chen Fan released his angel form, picked up Genoa, and brought her back to Rias and the others.
• Chen Fan apologized for arriving late, and Rias reassured him that they had thought he could not return.
• Rias told Aisha to rest, but Aisha apologized and blamed herself while continuing to heal Rias.

After the Group of Calamity attacked the Rating Game, Rias and her exhausted companions waited for Sazex to regain control of the system. Once reunited, they explained the attack, and Sazex decided how to conceal Rias’s killing of Theodora Astaroth.

• Rias said she had drawn her servants into danger, and Chen Fan suggested waiting for Sazex’s forces before leaving.
• In the Underworld, Odin, Azazel, Shemhazai, and the powerful guests helped Sazex’s forces defeat the Group of Calamity attackers.
• Sazex retook control of the Rating Game system, and Rias and her companions teleported to his location after recovering.
• Rias told Sazex that Theodora Astaroth had colluded with the Group of Calamity and that she had killed him.
• Sazex decided to publicly claim that Sharuba Beelzebub had slain Theodora Astaroth during the attack.

After returning from the Underworld, Chen Fan and Rias resumed hunting stray Demons in Kuoh City and tracked a dangerous group to an abandoned factory. They discovered that their targets were human members of the Hero Faction, who declared their intent to purify Demons.

• Sazex thanked Chen Fan and the others for protecting Rias, then arrested the surviving members of the Old Demon King faction after the sealing barrier failed.
• Chen Fan and the others returned to the Gremory family territory, where they rested while Rias's peerage trained and the Underworld settled after the Group of Calamity's attack.
• Half a month later, Chen Fan and the others returned to Kuoh Academy, and Sazex felt relieved that Chen Fan had left the Underworld.
• Chen Fan and Rias cleared the accumulated commissions by capturing stray Demons and eliminating enemies in Kuoh City.
• Rias teleported Vokos Ryan to an Underworld prison and told Chen Fan that their last target was a special enemy of Demons.
• Chen Fan and Rias confronted more than ten hostile humans at an abandoned factory, where a man identified them as demons and claimed the Hero Faction would purify them.