Chapter Summaries

Bruno refused to betray Caesar and fought Damon despite being badly outmatched. After awakening the Word Spirit Oni Katsu and briefly turning the tables, Bruno was shot dead, leaving with no regrets about keeping his promise.

• Damon tortured Bruno and demanded to know where Caesar was, but Bruno broke free and punched him rather than betray his friend.
• Damon beat Bruno severely while Dean and Sakley watched, mocking both men.
• Bruno awakened the Word Spirit Oni Katsu and attacked Damon with enhanced strength, forcing him back.
• Damon drew a Desert Eagle and shot Bruno repeatedly, leaving him mortally wounded.
• Bruno apologized to Caesar for failing to keep their promise and died believing he had acted like a real man.

Caesar confronted the Gattuso family members who had tracked him to Naples Harbor and refused to return with them. When Damon revealed that he had killed Bruno, Caesar erupted in fury and vowed to break every one of his bones.

• Caesar sensed the group surrounding the harbor and refused Uncle Albert's demand that he return to face the family's punishment.
• Caesar traded insults with Damon, who demanded that he confess to killing Pompeii and mocked his loss of status.
• Damon revealed that Albert had tracked Caesar by following Bruno, whom Damon claimed to have killed and disposed of in a sewer.
• Caesar unleashed his Golden Eyes and terrifying pressure, then vowed to break every bone in Damon's body.

Caesar Gattuso overwhelmed Damon and the others at the dock, then tortured Damon to death with his enhanced Word Spirit, Blood Scythe. As Caesar let down his guard, a sniper shot him through the chest, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Caesar dodged a sniper round and broke through the attackers’ encirclement to seize Damon.
• Caesar used invisible wind blades to wound anyone who moved, and Albert identified his power as the enhanced Word Spirit Blood Scythe.
• Caesar broke Damon’s ribs and then carved him to death with precise wind blades while the Gattuso elites watched.
• After venting his anger, Caesar was struck in the chest by a large-caliber anti-materiel sniper round from hundreds of meters away.

Frost reported Caesar’s apparent assassination to the Hermetic Society, whose bishop ordered the gathering of sacrifices before Aldebaran appeared. The bishop was revealed to be Pompeii Gattuso, who had survived his son’s attack and drank the Ocean Singer Potion from Uchiha Sōgetsu.

• Frost told the masked Hermetic Society members that Caesar had been shot in Naples and had fallen into the sea, prompting the bishop to promise an investigation.
• The bishop ordered Frost, Lancelot, and Gawain to gather Lu Mingfei, Xia Mi, and Caesar as sacrifices before Aldebaran appeared.
• After the meeting, Zaratul confronted the bishop and identified him as Pompeii, who had faked his death and founded the Hermetic Society.
• Pompeii revealed his devotion to the King in Yellow and demanded the next Potion from Zaratul, who was actually Uchiha Sōgetsu.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu gave Pompeii the Sequence Five Ocean Singer Potion, and Pompeii drank it, sensing Sky and Ocean calling to him.

Lu Mingfei struggled with the 3E Exam because he could not resonate with Dragon script and refused Lu Mingze’s offer to help in exchange for part of his soul. After the exam, Anger summoned him, revealed he could see Lu Mingze, and assigned Lu Mingfei, Xia Mi, Chu Zihang, and Nono to help Caesar in Europe.

• Lu Mingfei asked Lu Mingze for help with the 3E Exam, but Lu Mingze said he could only assist if Lu Mingfei offered a quarter of his soul, and Lu Mingfei refused.
• Lu Mingfei took the exam by copying memorized questions, then fell asleep before Guderian collected his answer sheets and told him Anger wanted to see him.
• Lu Mingfei met Anger, who revealed he knew about Lu Mingze and could see him.
• Anger told Lu Mingfei that the Gattuso family was trying to capture Caesar in Europe and planned to send Lu Mingfei, Xia Mi, Chu Zihang, and Nono to help.
• Anger asked Lu Mingze to stay for a private conversation, and Lu Mingfei left the office.

After Mai Sakatoku rescued Caesar Gattuso, she revealed that Pompeii was alive and a leader of the Hermetic Society, and that he was waiting for Caesar at the Pantheon. Caesar continued toward Rome with the notebook, determined to foil his father's plan.

• Mai Sakatoku told Caesar that she had shot him with a Frigga bullet to help him escape his pursuers and had kept him safe until the protagonist party arrived.
• Mai said the Hermetic Society was powerful and revealed that Pompeii Gattuso was alive and held the rank of bishop in the organization.
• Caesar recalled learning that Pompeii planned to summon The Nameless with an Alchemy Matrix, and that the notebook contained the ritual's details and the means to stop it.
• Mai told Caesar that Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, Xia Mi, and Chen Motong had arrived in Rome and that Pompeii was waiting for him at the Pantheon.
• Caesar concluded that Pompeii had let him escape to lure him into a trap and declared that he would turn the situation around.

Lu Mingfei and his team arrived in Rome, where Frost said Caesar was presumed to be heading to the Pantheon before midnight the next day. Frost tried to seize Seven Deadly Sins from Chu Zihang, but Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi forced him to back down.

• Frost welcomed Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, Chen Motong, and Xia Mi after their dangerous landing and learned they were wearing masks to conceal themselves.
• Frost told the team that Caesar had been attacked at Santa Lucia Harbor and was likely to go to the Pantheon before midnight the next day.
• Lu Mingfei questioned Frost about the stolen Gattuso family item, then refused to let Frost's men carry the Black Box.
• Frost demanded that Chu Zihang surrender Seven Deadly Sins under Secret Party regulations, but Chu Zihang refused.
• Lu Mingfei opened the Black Box and warned Frost not to force the issue, while Xia Mi reminded the gathered Gattuso family members of Lu Mingfei's strength.
• Frost suppressed his anger and backed down, planning to report that Chu Zihang had Seven Deadly Sins.

Zaratul returned to Uchiha Sōgetsu’s temple and reported that Pompeii’s arrangements were nearly complete, while the group debated how far to advance him. Sōgetsu revealed that the awakened Star Scepter meant they could finally return.

• Zaratul crossed the Gray Fog, observed the projected Collective Unconscious Sea, and reached the bronze Pitch Black Mountain Range.
• Adam met Zaratul and used the power of dreams to bring him to Uchiha Sōgetsu at the mountain’s temple.
• Zaratul reported that Pompeii’s side had mostly been arranged, and he and Adam disagreed over whether Pompeii should advance beyond Sequence 4.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu decided to proceed with the plan for Pompeii’s Sequence Four characteristic, noting it could help create a Demigod safely in the future.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu told Adam and Zaratul that the Star Scepter had awakened, meaning they could finally return.

Uchiha Sōgetsu, Adam, and Zaratul planned to use 0-08 to help Pompeii devour the King of Sea and Water and advance rapidly, while Sōgetsu prepared to return to the Hokage World. Sōgetsu revealed that he had already completed the Sequence Two ritual and was close to advancing.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu explained that the Star Scepter had awakened, allowing him to return to the Hokage World after finishing his arrangements in the Dragon World.
• Adam proposed using 0-08 to make Pompeii devour the King of Sea and Water, and Uchiha Sōgetsu agreed to the plan despite the danger.
• Adam and Zaratul worried that Pompeii might escape their control after advancing, but Uchiha Sōgetsu assured them Pompeii would lose control if pushed too far.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu warned Adam to connect the story logically when using 0-08 and accepted the risk that Adam might be sacrificed if the plan went wrong.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu said he was close to Sequence Two, crediting Lu Mingfei's role in his Potion digestion, and revealed he had already fulfilled The Observer's ritual.

Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang were attacked by Death Servants at their hotel, while Lu Mingfei lost his connection to Lu Mingze and suspected Nono and Xia Mi were in danger. The chapter ended with Lu Mingfei advancing on the horde, declaring the Death Servants guilty of death.

• Lu Mingfei warned Chu Zihang that a storm was coming and questioned the motives of Frost and the principal regarding Caesar.
• The room’s lights failed, and Lu Mingfei found he could no longer sense Lu Mingze before deciding to meet up with Nono and Xia Mi.
• A Death Servant broke into the suite, and Lu Mingfei killed it with a punch and his Chainsaw Sword.
• Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang discovered a horde of Death Servants filling the corridor and realized Nono and Xia Mi might be in danger.
• Lu Mingfei approached the horde and declared the Xenomorphs guilty of death, causing them to recoil in fear.

Lu Mingfei slaughtered the Death Servants guarding the hotel and joined Chu Zihang in searching for Xia Mi and Nono, but they found no trace of either woman. Chu Zihang reacted with unusual desperation to Xia Mi's disappearance, while Lu Mingfei kept his suspicions about her identity to himself.

• Lu Mingfei charged into the Death Servants and killed the entire horde with his Chainsaw Sword while Chu Zihang watched.
• Lu Mingfei smashed open the room door, and he and Chu Zihang searched it but found no sign of Xia Mi or Nono.
• Lu Mingfei said Xia Mi and he had been targeted before and suspected Nono had been caught up in the attack because of them.
• Chu Zihang grabbed Lu Mingfei's collar and demanded to know why Xia Mi had been targeted, then apologized after realizing he had lost control.
• Lu Mingfei comforted Chu Zihang but chose not to reveal that Xia Mi was a Dragon King or that she had once been connected to him.

Caesar fled a masked attacker from the Hermetic Society after Mai Sakatoku was gravely wounded protecting him. Carrying Mai, he narrowly evaded the attacker’s lethal wind attacks and kept running for his life.

• An hour and a half earlier, Mai Sakatoku brought Caesar ashore and said Cassell’s people had arrived, then prepared to leave him in Rome.
• A yellow-robed figure attacked them at the harbor with Word of Power: Judgment, piercing Mai through the abdomen as she shoved Caesar out of the way.
• Caesar grabbed the unconscious Mai and escaped using Blood Burst while the attacker split their yacht in two.
• The attacker pursued Caesar with a wind dragon that swept up rubble and wreckage, and Caesar barely dodged its first strike.

Frost learned that the bishop doubted his loyalty and was ordered to capture Lu Mingfei, while a yellow-robed cleric attacked Caesar. Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang arrived just before Caesar was killed, leaving the fight against the cleric poised to continue.

• Frost confronted a yellow-robed cleric over the abduction of Xia Mi and Chen Motong, but the cleric said the bishop had ordered it and questioned Frost’s loyalty.
• Frost explained that he had planned to capture Lu Mingfei, Xia Mi, and Caesar together, and the cleric ordered him to focus on Lu Mingfei while someone else dealt with Caesar.
• After a tornado devastated the road, Caesar survived in an underground garage with a steel bar through his thigh, and the yellow-robed man moved to finish him.
• Chu Zihang’s Muramasa flew at the yellow-robed man, who caught it and hurled it back with tremendous force.
• Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang appeared through the smoke, and Caesar greeted them as Lu Mingfei joked that the protagonist always arrived at the last moment.

Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, and Caesar faced a yellow-robed figure wielding the ultra-dangerous Word Spirit Judgment, whose attacks overwhelmed them and destroyed Lu Mingfei’s Chainsaw Sword. As the figure continued to target Lu Mingfei, he and Chu Zihang wondered why she seemed to hate him.

• Caesar warned Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang that the yellow-robed figure wielded Judgment, and both men suspected she might be Kurenai.
• The figure struck Lu Mingfei with overwhelming force, then sent sword-like slashes across the street that he narrowly dodged.
• Chu Zihang attacked with Sloth but was repelled by the figure’s finger, while Caesar’s Blood Scythe vanished when she commanded it to cancel.
• Lu Mingfei charged with his Chainsaw Sword, but the figure’s invisible blade cut it in half and struck the ground with a devastating blow.
• The figure continued pursuing Lu Mingfei, prompting him and Chu Zihang to argue over whether he had provoked her.

Lu Mingze was trapped in a dream and attacked by Uchiha Sōgetsu, who used the King in Yellow’s power to drive him into madness. Sōgetsu seized the Black King's Authority and offered Lu Mingze the status of a follower.

• When the hotel lost power, Lu Mingze realized he was isolated inside a reversed dream and could not reach Lu Mingfei.
• Lu Mingze summoned a ghostly figure in a yellow robe, but its tentacles and maddening whispers overwhelmed him until Adam’s pendant helped him escape the illusion.
• The yellow-robed figure linked Lu Mingze to a flood of cries invoking Hastur, leaving him convulsing and repeating the King in Yellow’s name.
• The King in Yellow removed his mask and revealed himself as Uchiha Sōgetsu, who had come to claim the Black King's Authority.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu gripped Lu Mingze’s head and offered him the status of a follower in exchange for the Authority.

Lu Mingfei and his companions fought the yellow-robed figure, whom they identified as Uesugi Eriyi wielding Ama-no-Murakumo. As she prepared a devastating strike, she suddenly stopped and let them live, leaving the reason for her hesitation unknown.

• Lu Mingfei drew the Zanbatō Wrath from Chu Zihang’s case and forced the yellow-robed figure back, cracking her mask.
• The figure drew Ama-no-Murakumo from the void, and Lu Mingfei identified her as Uesugi Eriyi.
• Caesar and Chu Zihang guessed that the White King had fallen to the Hermetic Society and that Eriyi had become its puppet.
• Uesugi Eriyi expanded a domain that seemed to pause the world and raised Ama-no-Murakumo for a fatal slash.
• Uesugi Eriyi suddenly halted as if hearing a whisper, and her domain collapsed, allowing Lu Mingfei and the others to survive.

After escaping Uesugi Eriyi, Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, Caesar, and Mai Sakatoku hid in an empty building and learned that The Hermetic Society planned to use Xia Mi and Nono as sacrifices. During his watch, Lu Mingfei saw a vision of Lu Mingze dying, then awakened his power in grief and fury.

• Lu Mingfei carried Caesar to a hiding place while Chu Zihang carried Mai Sakatoku and Seven Deadly Sins.
• Caesar revealed that The Hermetic Society sought to perform a ritual from a black leather book and that Xia Mi and Nono were likely chosen as sacrifices.
• Chu Zihang failed to contact the academy because the city’s signal had been cut off, and the group settled in to rest and keep watch.
• On the rooftop, Lu Mingfei saw Lu Mingze nailed to a cross, heard him warn about The Hermetic Society and Hastur, and begged him not to leave.
• After Lu Mingze’s Golden Eyes went dark, Lu Mingfei reclaimed his power and unleashed a destructive burst of Dragon Blood energy.

Uchiha Sōgetsu fought the Black King Nidhogg inside Lu Mingze’s Consciousness Island to seize the Black King’s authority. After Sōgetsu’s Indra’s Arrow pierced Nidhogg, Nidhogg unleashed the Ultimate Word of Power Rhein, and Sōgetsu watched its cataclysmic explosion unfold.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu entered Lu Mingze’s Subconscious Domain and confronted the Black King Nidhogg, the projection guarding the Black King’s authority.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu fought Nidhogg with Susanoo and his Mythical Creature form, but Nidhogg’s strength shattered Susanoo and forced them into close combat.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu used Indra’s Arrow to break through Nidhogg’s invisible barrier and pierce his chest.
• The wounded Nidhogg chanted the Ultimate Word of Power Rhein, drawing in surrounding elements and building a vast explosive sphere.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu observed Rhein’s workings as the sphere detonated with stellar heat, scattering the clouds and shaking the Consciousness Island.

Uchiha Sōgetsu defeated the incomplete Black King, absorbed Lu Mingze and his share of the Black King's power, and received a new system reward. He still needed Lu Mingfei's authority to complete the Black King, while the reward—a Hidden Angel—raised concerns about its dangers and the Goddess of Night.

• Rhein's explosion destroyed the Black King's Diamond Realm, but the Black King emerged unharmed behind his barrier.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu summoned the Ancient Authority Indra's Arrow and killed the Black King after its Word Spirits failed to protect it.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu entered the church, removed the Golden Holy Spear from Lu Mingze, and absorbed the boy's power, memories, and knowledge.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu realized he still needed Lu Mingfei's authority to complete the Black King and become a complete Dragon King.
• The system offered Uchiha Sōgetsu the Hidden Angel as a reward for advancing to Sequence 2, and he worried about its concealment effects and potential link to Amanisys.

Uchiha Sōgetsu reunited with Uesugi Eriyi and learned she would follow him wherever he went. Meanwhile, Lu Mingfei remained unresponsive, and Chu Zihang and Caesar prepared to confront The Hermetic Society, weighing whether to use Sky Watcher and risk destroying Rome.

• Uchiha Sōgetsu returned to Eden, where Uesugi Eriyi greeted him and admitted she had nearly killed Lu Mingfei.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu asked whether Eriyi would leave the Dragon World with him, and she firmly promised to go wherever he went.
• Caesar tried to wake Lu Mingfei by punching him, but Chu Zihang stopped him and said they had to act without Lu Mingfei and Mai Sakatoku.
• Chu Zihang proposed using Sky Watcher if they could not stop The Hermetic Society's ritual, despite the risk of destroying Rome.
• Chu Zihang decided to confront The Hermetic Society alone with the Seven Deadly Sins, leaving Caesar to stop the ritual if he failed.