Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan fought Zhu Tian and Ma Tou, the Imperial Fist Temple’s Rakshasa Four Ghosts, and showed them his Navy Six Styles. After he knocked both attackers down with an agile counter, they recognized his skill and prepared to continue the fight.

• Zhu Tian questioned Chen Fan about his Taijutsu, and Chen Fan said he had learned the Navy Six Styles and explained Paper Arts.
• Ma Tou realized Chen Fan had more techniques, and Chen Fan agreed to show them several styles in their Taijutsu fight.
• Zhu Tian and Ma Tou attacked Chen Fan together, stretching their limbs to strike from both sides.
• Chen Fan evaded their attacks, then planted his hands on the ground and kicked both of them in the face.
• Zhu Tian acknowledged Chen Fan as a true master, and Chen Fan challenged them to continue and see all Six Powers.

Chen Fan used the Navy Six Styles to overwhelm Ma Tou and Zhu Tian, revealing his speed and Iron Body before counterattacking them. He ended the chapter airborne with both index fingers aimed at their brows, ready to strike with Finger Pistol.

• Ma Tou and Zhu Tian released their full strength and charged Chen Fan at nearly twice their previous speed.
• Chen Fan used Soru to evade Ma Tou’s kick, then explained that it was one of the Navy Six Styles.
• Chen Fan met Zhu Tian’s punch with Iron Body, injuring Zhu Tian’s fist and demonstrating his strength.
• Chen Fan punched Ma Tou and sent her flying, then evaded her extending nails and Zhu Tian’s attack by leaping into the air.
• Chen Fan aimed both index fingers at Ma Tou and Zhu Tian’s brows and declared his next move, Finger Pistol.

Chen Fan defeated Zhu Tian and Ma Tou, but Akame killed Ma Tou before she could escape. Akame checked that Chen Fan was unharmed, and they noted that only two of the Rakshasa Four Ghosts remained.

• Chen Fan struck Zhu Tian with Tempest Kick: Dragon Severing, breaking his arms and burying him in the ground.
• Chen Fan used Tempest Kick: Kai Bird to cut off Ma Tou's nails and slice through trees as she dodged the attack.
• Chen Fan killed the immobilized Zhu Tian with Finger Pistol.
• Ma Tou tried to flee into the forest, but Akame cut her with Murasame, and its curse killed her.
• Akame asked if Chen Fan was all right, and he told her he was unharmed; they noted that only the Rakshasa Two Ghosts remained.

Chen Fan warned Akame about the Rakshasa Four Ghosts while the Jaegers prepared to protect Belic until Night Raid attacked. When Esdeath finally left an opening at the Grand Cathedral, Bulat entered the courtyard in disguise, beginning the clash.

• Chen Fan told Akame that he had killed two Rakshasa Four Ghosts members and warned her that the Jaegers had taken over Belic's security.
• Night Raid killed Ibara in Nadjeshda's trap, while Suzuka joined Esdeath's forces and stopped gathering intelligence alone.
• Belic played chess with Ran and boasted that he would become the next High Priest, while Esdeath and Ran discussed keeping him alive until the battle.
• Esdeath decided to draw Night Raid into an attack, and Belic went to pray at the Grand Cathedral with Suzuka guarding him.
• Bulat used his invisibility ability to knock out two patrol soldiers and enter the Grand Cathedral courtyard.

Night Raid launched an assault on the temple as Esdeath prepared to face them, while Seryu ambushed Akame, Lubbock, Mine, and Sheele in the air. The Flying Bat crashed in the forest, and Seryu and Kurome headed toward the survivors as Brandt fought Will.

• Nadjeshda, Susanoo, and Leone fought the guards in the courtyard while Esdeath welcomed news that Night Raid had arrived.
• Belic panicked and begged Esdeath to protect him, and she stepped on his face and assured him her subordinates would hold the courtyard.
• Mine aimed at the grand cathedral from the Flying Bat, but Seryu fired rockets at the group before Mine could attack.
• Akame turned the Flying Bat to evade the missiles, but several struck it, and Lubbock used his Imperial Arms to catch the group in a net as they crashed into the forest.
• Seryu saw four survivors on Hecate’s radar and ran toward the crash site, while Kurome headed there hoping to reunite with her sister.
• Brandt clashed head-on with Will, and both fought using armor-type Imperial Arms.

Chen Fan learned that Esdeath knew of his ties to Night Raid and was trying to make him abandon them. As he hurried toward the church to confront her, Ran tried to stop him, but Chen Fan revealed he could accelerate through the air.

• Ran told Chen Fan that Esdeath had ordered him to guard Chen Fan and intended to destroy Night Raid to make him give up the group.
• Ran explained that he wanted to change the country by rising to high office, while Chen Fan said he had joined Night Raid because he could not tolerate evil and lacked time for Ran’s approach.
• Chen Fan headed toward the church, warning Ran that Esdeath was stronger than Nadjeshda expected, and Ran activated his winged Imperial Arms to block him.
• Ran attacked with feathers, but Chen Fan dodged, cut through them with a Vacuum Slash, and charged at him.
• Ran flew higher and fired more feathers, but Chen Fan cut them down and used the air beneath his feet to rush upward after him.

Chen Fan defeated Ran without killing him and headed for the cathedral, where Night Raid was struggling against Kurome and Seryu. Esdeath emerged with Belic and the last surviving Rakshasa Four Ghost, setting the stage for a confrontation with Nadjeshda.

• Ran unleashed Fallen Angel: Secret Technique: God's Feather, but Chen Fan countered with Katana Style and brought him down.
• Chen Fan knocked Ran unconscious instead of killing him, then went toward the cathedral.
• Brandt destroyed three of Kurome's controlled corpses before deactivating Incursio, while Mine and Sheele fought Seryu and Hecate.
• Akame, Susanoo, and the other Night Raid members remained locked in a difficult battle against Kurome's corpses, and Nadjeshda considered using Susanoo's ultimate move.
• Esdeath emerged from the church with Belic and the surviving Rakshasa Four Ghost, while Kurome joined her and promised to defeat Night Raid.

Nadjeshda and Susanoo faced Esdeath while Belic remained protected by three guards, leaving the assassination mission in jeopardy. Esdeath attacked them with ice, and Susanoo’s wounds healed as she recognized him as a biological Imperial Arms.

• Belic taunted the rebels, and Esdeath kicked him to silence him.
• Nadjeshda weighed the odds of killing Belic and worried that Chen Fan had not arrived.
• Esdeath revealed that she knew Chen Fan was connected to Night Raid and had sent subordinates to delay him.
• Esdeath said the rebels had already lost and launched a massive block of ice at Nadjeshda and Susanoo.
• Susanoo shattered the ice and blocked Esdeath’s next attack, regenerating after two ice shards pierced him.
• Esdeath identified Susanoo as a biological Imperial Arms and sent another barrage of ice shards at him and Nadjeshda.

Chen Fan fought his way to the cathedral and saved Nadjeshda from Esdeath, forcing a confrontation over his choice to help Night Raid. The chapter ended as Esdeath asked why he had joined Night Raid.

• Nadjeshda and Susanoo attacked Esdeath, but she impaled Susanoo with ice and knocked Nadjeshda back.
• Chen Fan defeated Belic's guards on his way to the cathedral.
• Esdeath knocked Nadjeshda unconscious and froze Susanoo in a block of ice.
• Chen Fan appeared and rescued Nadjeshda before Esdeath could capture her.
• Esdeath asked Chen Fan where Ran was, and he said Ran was unconscious but alive.
• Chen Fan told Esdeath he could not abandon Night Raid, and she asked why he had joined them.

Chen Fan refused to let Esdeath kill Nadjeshda or protect Belic, and he cut apart Esdeath’s enormous iceberg attack. Nadjeshda proposed using Susanoo’s secret technique to kill Belic while Chen Fan held Esdeath off, and Chen Fan asked what the technique would cost her.

• Chen Fan told Esdeath he would not be her enemy but would kill Belic for his crimes, while Esdeath threatened to destroy Night Raid and force Chen Fan to obey her.
• Nadjeshda regained consciousness, and Chen Fan promised he would not let Esdeath kill her.
• Esdeath summoned a gigantic iceberg and sent it crashing toward Chen Fan and Nadjeshda.
• Chen Fan drew his sword and split the iceberg, leaving himself and Nadjeshda unharmed.
• Nadjeshda suggested using Susanoo’s secret technique to kill Belic while Chen Fan held Esdeath back, and Chen Fan asked what would happen to her afterward.

Chen Fan destroyed Destro and freed Susanoo, then fought Esdeath while Nadjeshda and Susanoo moved to assassinate Belic. Esdeath sent Kurome and Suzuka to stop them, leaving Belic cowering as the battle continued.

• Chen Fan rejected Nadjeshda's life-consuming technique and destroyed Destro with a single strike.
• Chen Fan freed Susanoo from Esdeath's ice using Vector Manipulation.
• Chen Fan told Nadjeshda and Susanoo to kill Belic while he held Esdeath back.
• Esdeath tried to stop Nadjeshda, but Chen Fan blocked her sword and insisted that Belic must die.
• Esdeath ordered Kurome to protect Belic and sent Kurome's puppet against Susanoo and Suzuka against Nadjeshda.
• Belic collapsed in fear as Kurome stayed beside him and the fighters clashed.

Chen Fan fought Esdeath to keep Night Raid’s mission against Belic from failing, while Esdeath tried to persuade him to join her. Their battle escalated as Esdeath unleashed her Ice Teigu, but Chen Fan’s swordsmanship and ability to move through the air continued to surprise her.

• Nadjeshda saw Chen Fan’s clash with Esdeath as Night Raid’s best chance, while Kurome watched and realized Chen Fan was matching Esdeath without attacking.
• Esdeath became absorbed in fighting Chen Fan and asked why he supported Night Raid; Chen Fan rejected her offer and said he opposed her belief that the strong could bully the weak.
• Esdeath activated her Ice Teigu and fired ice shards at Chen Fan, who used Sword Domain to break every attack before it could reach him.
• Esdeath attacked beneath Chen Fan’s feet with rising ice pillars, but Chen Fan leapt into the air and evaded her follow-up barrage by stepping through the air.

Chen Fan fought Esdeath and revealed a power that stopped her ice attacks, but Esdeath froze him in a block of ice. With Chen Fan captured, Esdeath turned her attention to Nadjeshda and Susanoo, leaving Nadjeshda preparing to strike Belic before Esdeath reached them.

• Esdeath attacked Chen Fan with a giant iceberg and a barrage of ice shards, but his hidden power stopped every shard before it could hit him.
• Chen Fan told Esdeath his ability was a superpower similar to her ice control, then met her charge at close range.
• Esdeath froze Chen Fan in ice and said she would release him after dealing with Night Raid.
• Susanoo fought Kurome and Suzuka while Nadjeshda struggled against the enemy forces, and Esdeath realized she had delayed the fight elsewhere.
• Seeing Chen Fan frozen and Esdeath approaching, Nadjeshda prepared to use Susanoo's secret technique against Belic.

Chen Fan broke free of Esdeath’s Mahapralaya by awakening the power of the crystal in his brain, manifesting white energy wings and restoring frozen time and space. As Esdeath and the others tried to protect Belic, Chen Fan charged toward him.

• Chen Fan shattered the ice Esdeath had sealed him in and prepared to stall her while Nadjeshda fought Belic.
• Esdeath used Mahapralaya to freeze time and space, then moved to kill Nadjeshda and Susanoo while Chen Fan struggled to move.
• Chen Fan activated the crystal in his brain, broke through Esdeath’s frozen domain, and appeared with two pairs of white energy wings.
• Esdeath’s domain thawed, and everyone was shocked by Chen Fan’s transformation.
• Chen Fan charged at Belic as Esdeath raised ice walls and Kurome and Suzuka rushed to protect him.

Chen Fan killed Belic and held off Esdeath so Night Raid could retreat. As the Jaegers arrived, Seryu ordered Hecate to attack him.

• Chen Fan broke through Esdeath's ice walls, repelled Kurome and Suzuka, and beheaded Belic.
• Nadjeshda ordered Susanoo to evacuate the others, while Esdeath attacked them with ice shards.
• Chen Fan blocked Esdeath's attack and forced her, Kurome, and Suzuka back as Nadjeshda and Susanoo led the retreat.
• Chen Fan told Esdeath he would not attack her but would protect Night Raid, then kissed her and declared that she belonged to him.
• Seryu arrived with the Jaegers, recognized Chen Fan as her enemy, and ordered Hecate to attack him.

Chen Fan escaped Esdeath after promising to return, while the Empire descended into rebellion and invasion. Night Raid regrouped in a remote mountain house, with its members injured after the battle.

• Chen Fan sliced through Hecate's head, and Seryu recalled the wounded Imperial Arms.
• Chen Fan told Esdeath he would return to see her, then flew away as she vowed to keep him by her side someday.
• After Belic's assassination, the Path of Peace launched a rebellion that spread across the Empire.
• The Western Foreign Tribes invaded, and the minister assured the Little Emperor that Esdeath would defeat them.
• Night Raid gathered in a secluded mountain house, where its members recovered from injuries after fighting the Jaegers to a draw.

Chen Fan recovered from the aftermath of his battle with Esdeath while Night Raid cared for him and learned about the Empire’s worsening crises. He remained bedridden for now, as Esdeath and her northern army had been sent west to fight the invading tribes.

• Chen Fan told Nadjeshda that he had overextended himself fighting Esdeath and estimated that he would need a month to fully recover.
• Leone, Chelsea, Mine, Sheele, and Nadjeshda expressed concern for Chen Fan, while Sheele stayed by his side to care for him.
• Chen Fan asked about the condition of Akame and Leone, and Akame said her muscle and bone injuries would take time to heal.
• Nadjeshda reported that Belic was dead, the Path of Peace had rebelled, and western tribes had invaded and seized large areas of the Empire.
• Nadjeshda said Esdeath and her northern army had gone west to stop the tribes, giving the Rebel Army a chance to expand.

Nadjeshda outlined the Revolutionary Army’s plan to pressure the Empire and eventually attack the Imperial Capital, while Chen Fan considered how quickly the country was collapsing. In the capital, Minister met his son Shira, who claimed to have found useful recruits, and the story left them heading to an empty training arena.

• Nadjeshda said the Revolutionary Army was consolidating its forces and would besiege the palace once the Empire recalled Esdeath.
• Akame and Mine reflected on their reasons for fighting the Empire, while Susanoo called everyone to eat and promised to help them recover.
• Minister complained about the rebellions as he ate with Shira, who explained that the Empire was advanced compared with the places he had visited.
• Shira told Minister that he had found talented people during his travels, and Minister asked to meet them.
• The scene shifted to the Imperial Capital training grounds, where the stands were empty because the Empire’s troubles had discouraged visitors.

Shira used death-row prisoners to test five armed criminals, while he and the Minister discussed using the Empire’s turmoil to eliminate political opponents. As Night Raid recovered, Chen Fan sensed that the crystal in his mind was growing more compatible with him, and the group returned to their base in the Imperial Capital.

• Shira offered the death-row prisoners pardons and bounties if they defeated five opponents, and Izo killed several prisoners with his sword.
• Cosmia killed the fleeing prisoners with sound vibrations, and Dottya drained the sole survivor before Shira identified Enshin and Champ.
• The Minister told Shira he planned to exploit the Empire’s upheaval to destroy loyal ministers by framing them through guilt by association.
• At Night Raid’s base, Chen Fan discovered that his connection to the crystal in his mind had strengthened as he recovered.
• Night Raid’s members recovered enough to return to their base in the Imperial Capital.

After Night Raid’s clash with the Jaegers exposed its members, Chen Fan and Nadjeshda discussed gathering intelligence and preparing the Revolutionary Army for war with the Empire. Chen Fan headed to the Imperial Capital to meet Ran and gather information, despite Nadjeshda’s warning that he could be targeted.

• Leone teased Chen Fan about his recovery until Nadjeshda stopped their embarrassing banter and called for the group to rest and plan.
• Nadjeshda explained that the Empire’s troop movements and leaders’ activities mattered as the Revolutionary Army prepared for an eventual head-on battle, and that Chelsea had gone to gather intelligence.
• Chen Fan offered to travel to the Imperial Capital himself, while Nadjeshda warned that his exposed identity could make him the target of a trap.
• Nadjeshda described Esdeath and Great General Budo as the Empire’s greatest military threats and said Chen Fan’s strength could turn the balance of the coming war.
• Chen Fan said he could obtain accurate intelligence from someone in the Jaegers and left for the Imperial Capital to meet Ran.