Chapter Summaries

The first semifinal of the Phoenix Star Martial Festival was about to begin as Azer and Toudou Kirin prepared to face Irene and Priscilla. Irene drew on Priscilla’s regenerative blood to strengthen her scythe, while Azer and Kirin committed to winning the match and the tournament; the chapter ended with both teams introduced in the Sirius Dome.

• The Sirius Dome filled with spectators as the Phoenix Star Martial Festival semifinals began.
• Irene reassured Priscilla before revealing that their combined power depended on Priscilla’s blood and regenerative ability.
• Irene drank Priscilla’s blood for over three minutes to fuel the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe, and Priscilla quickly healed her wound.
• Toudou Kirin embraced Azer and thanked him for bringing her this far, and they resolved to pass the final two trials and win the tournament.
• The commentator announced the semifinal between Azer and Toudou Kirin of Seidoukan Academy and the Ursais Sisters of Lefevre Black Academy.

Azer and Toudou Kirin faced Irene and Priscilla Ursais in the Phoenix Star Martial Festival semifinals, while Amagiri Ayato and Yulis watched from Seidoukan’s box. Azer revealed the Black Furnace Magic Sword’s stronger violet-black blade, and the match began with the three fighters charging into battle.

• The commentator introduced Seidoukan’s Azer and Toudou Kirin and Lefevre Black Academy’s Ursais Sisters as undefeated powerhouses, drawing Yulis’s irritation when he contrasted their easy progress with hers and Amagiri Ayato’s grueling matches.
• Claudia noted that Seidoukan had two teams in the Top Four, while Yulis and Amagiri Ayato watched before their own semifinal against the Arle Kant Research Institute.
• Claudia noticed that Irene’s Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe had been replenished, and Irene challenged Azer as the teams took their positions.
• Azer activated the Black Furnace Magic Sword and revealed its violet-black blade, signaling that he intended to fight seriously.
• Irene sent Priscilla to the rear as Toudou Kirin drew her sword, and the semifinal began with Azer, Toudou, and Irene charging into battle.

Azer and Toudou Kirin coordinated their attacks and pushed Irene into a difficult battle, but Irene expanded the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe’s gravity field across the entire stage. Toudou Kirin was crushed to the ground and Azer was forced onto one knee as the weapon’s power surged beyond anything it had shown before.

• Toudou Kirin used Rengeki to suppress Irene, while Azer’s Black Furnace Magic Sword damaged the blade of Irene’s scythe.
• Irene launched gravity spheres at Azer, but he cut through them as Toudou Kirin narrowly missed striking her school badge with Gale Blade Lightning.
• Irene admitted that fighting both Azer and Toudou Kirin at once was too much for her and raised the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe’s power to its limit.
• Azer and Toudou Kirin dodged the purple light, but Irene spread its gravity effect across the entire stage.
• The intensified gravity crushed Toudou Kirin to the ground and forced Azer down onto one knee.

Azer used the Black Furnace Magic Sword to break through Irene’s gravity attacks and reach her despite her attempt to wear him down. He heated the entire stage until the gravity around Irene vanished, leaving him within arm’s reach as he prepared to finish the fight.

• Claudia deduced that Priscilla was supplying Irene with fuel, allowing the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe to affect the entire stage.
• Irene used the expanded range to pin Azer and Toudou Kirin down and bombard Azer with gravity spheres.
• Azer activated Black Furnace, freed himself from the gravity, and swept away Irene’s attacks with the Hot Wind.
• Irene accelerated and retreated while disrupting Azer with gravity waves, trying to drain the Black Furnace Magic Sword’s Star Power.
• Azer drove his sword into the stage, unleashing heat that burned away Irene’s gravity and let him reach her at close range.

Azer and Toudou Kirin defeated the Ursais sisters in the semifinal, and the chapter ended with Amagiri Ayato and Yulis winning the other semifinal to become their opponents in the final.

• Toudou Kirin cut Priscilla Ursais’s school emblem while Azer burned away Irene Ursais’s gravitational barrier and knocked aside the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe.
• Azer seized the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe, subdued it, and threw it aside before damaging Irene’s school emblem with the Black Furnace Magic Sword.
• The automated system declared Azer and Toudou Kirin the semifinal winners, while Irene realized her mission had failed.
• A short, fat young man in Lefevre Black Academy’s Student Council Office decided to stop targeting Azer for now after witnessing his mastery of the Black Furnace Magic Sword.
• Azer and Toudou Kirin relaxed in the waiting room and then watched the other semifinal, which Amagiri Ayato and Yulis Alectia von Lisette won.

Claudia held a celebration for Azer, Toudou Kirin, Amagiri Ayato, and Yulis after they advanced to the Phoenix Star Martial Festival finals, where two Seidoukan Academy contestants would face each other. After the others left, Azer asked Claudia for dangerous information, then summoned an unfamiliar Activation Device and watched it with a cold smile.

• Claudia toasted Azer, Toudou Kirin, Amagiri Ayato, and Yulis for reaching the finals, while Yulis awkwardly questioned celebrating with tomorrow’s opponents.
• Yulis accepted the gathering, and Toudou Kirin apologized before Yulis stopped her.
• Azer asked Amagiri Ayato about his injuries, and Amagiri Ayato said he and Yulis had mostly recovered.
• Azer and Amagiri Ayato looked forward to their final match, while their magic swords stirred with excitement and fighting spirit.
• After the celebration ended, Azer asked Claudia to obtain dangerous information, and she agreed to send it when it arrived.
• Alone in the corridor, Azer summoned an unfamiliar Activation Device with a purple core and smiled coldly.

Azer tested the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe on a rooftop and discovered it submitted to his authority after tasting his blood. He identified Dirk Eberwein’s limousine as his target and leaped down toward it, crushing the vehicle.

• Azer stood on a high-rise rooftop in disguise and summoned the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe, which had gone missing from Lefevre Black Academy.
• Azer explained that the scythe usually dominated its wielders, but it submitted to him because he had authority over armaments.
• Azer fed the scythe a drop of his blood, causing its Omni-Response Crystal to shine with unprecedented power.
• Azer recognized a passing limousine as the target in information Claudia had sent and leaped from the rooftop with the scythe.
• Inside the limousine, Dirk Eberwein learned that the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe had disappeared before a force from above crushed the vehicle.

Azer attacked Diluke with the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe, but Diluke’s Gold Eye intervened with shadow-based attacks. Azer overwhelmed the agent with the scythe’s gravity powers and prepared a massive gravity sphere as their fight continued.

• Azer appeared above the road and unleashed Ten Thousandfold Destruction on Diluke, devastating the area around him.
• Diluke’s Gold Eye emerged from the shadows and demanded Azer identify himself and explain the attack.
• Azer taunted the Gold Eye and offered to kill him with the scythe or gravity before releasing overwhelming gravitational force.
• The Gold Eye escaped into the shadows and attacked with thornlike spikes, but Azer countered with Hundred Burials of Gravity.
• Azer formed a rapidly expanding gravity sphere with Singlefold Destruction.

Azer repelled an attack by Diluke’s shadow-controlling magician with the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe, then escaped before the Star Hunter Guard arrived. Diluke called the strike a warning and ordered his people to stop pursuing the scythe as news of the attack spread ahead of the Phoenix Star Martial Festival finals.

• Azer struck the shadow-controlling magician with a massive gravity sphere, destroying the road, but the magician escaped as others helped Diluke withdraw.
• Azer confirmed his attacker was gone, accepted that he could not easily reach Diluke, and left before the Star Hunter Guard arrived.
• Diluke learned that the attacker’s identity could not be traced and concluded that the attack was a warning.
• Diluke ordered the Shadow Magician to end the matter and leave the cleanup to his people, deciding not to pursue the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe.
• News of the attack spread online, but public attention soon shifted to the approaching Phoenix Star Martial Festival finals.

Azer and Toudou Kirin prepared for the Phoenix Star Martial Festival final against Amagiri Ayato and Yulis, weighing their opponents’ strengths and the risks of their teamwork. The finalists entered Sirius Dome, where Azer faced the original protagonist as the battle was about to begin.

• Azer reassured the nervous Toudou Kirin and gave her milk before the match.
• Toudou Kirin warned that Amagiri Ayato’s ancient sword style and Yulis’s versatile flame abilities could give their opponents a tactical advantage.
• Azer encouraged Toudou Kirin to fight with everything she had, and their school badges flashed to signal their departure.
• Azer and Toudou Kirin entered Sirius Dome as the crowd erupted and the final battle began.
• Azer and Amagiri Ayato met each other’s gaze across the stage, and their battle intent grew.

Azer and Toudou Kirin faced Amagiri Ayato and Yulis in the all-Seidoukan final of the Phoenix Star Martial Festival. After Azer and Ayato activated their legendary magic swords and the match began, the four fighters charged into battle.

• Azer and Amagiri Ayato met as the final match’s rivals and agreed to give the fight everything they had.
• Azer and Amagiri Ayato activated their magic swords, the Black Furnace and Azure Cry, drawing the crowd’s attention.
• Toudou Kirin and Yulis activated their weapons and prepared to fight without holding back.
• The final match began, and Yulis attacked with Crimson Circle Scorching Slash Flower, sending fiery wheels at her opponents.
• Azer and Toudou Kirin cut through the fire wheels and charged toward Yulis, while Amagiri Ayato moved to intercept them.

Azer and Amagiri Ayato clashed with the Black Furnace Magic Sword and Azure Cry Magic Sword, then discussed Ayato’s newfound Perception and improved control of his seal. As Ayato rushed to help Yulis, Azer pursued him and triggered Yulis’s hidden trap.

• Azer switched places with Toudou Kirin and met Amagiri Ayato’s attack, and their magic swords clashed without either weapon gaining an advantage.
• Azer recognized that Amagiri Ayato had reached the Perception realm and asked about his progress in managing the seal on his body.
• Amagiri Ayato explained that he could now release the seal instantly and fight at full strength for over an hour.
• Yulis called for help as Toudou Kirin cut through her blazing wheels and advanced, so Amagiri Ayato rushed to her aid.
• Azer pursued Amagiri Ayato, stepped into Yulis’s red magic circle, and was struck by five pillars of flame from Glorious Rending Flame Claw Bloom.

Azer and Toudou Kirin fell into Amagiri Ayato and Yulis’s coordinated trap, leaving both under pressure in the two-on-two match. As Azer challenged their confidence in defeating Kirin, she adapted to Ayato’s sword and landed a counterattack, forcing him to retreat.

• Yulis’s setup-type fire traps surrounded Azer, and he dodged her explosive attacks while Toudou Kirin struggled to keep Amagiri Ayato at bay.
• The commentators explained that Ayato and Yulis had separated Azer and Kirin so Yulis could attack from range while Ayato held Kirin back.
• Azer questioned whether Ayato and Yulis were underestimating Kirin as Yulis’s fire blast engulfed the stage around him.
• Ayato struck at Kirin with the first form of Amagiri Tatsume Style Swordsmanship, Siqi Bee, but Kirin knocked aside the flat of the Azure Cry Magic Sword with Thousand Feather Cut.
• Kirin counterattacked toward Ayato’s school emblem, forcing him to dodge and retreat as he recognized her skill.

Azer burned away Yulis’s setup abilities and the surrounding Omni-Response Element with the Black Furnace Magic Sword, leaving her unable to use her abilities. Ayato unleashed the Azure Cry Magic Sword’s power to split space and block Azer’s attack, then challenged him directly, and their swords clashed.

• Azer warned Yulis that Kirin’s swordsmanship surpassed Ayato’s and said she could not be defeated without his full effort.
• Azer drove the Black Furnace Magic Sword into the stage, burning away its Omni-Response Element and all of Yulis’s setup abilities.
• Azer charged at Yulis, but Ayato released a powerful strike that tore open space and trapped Yulis, Kirin, and Azer on different sides of the fissure.
• Azer recognized the Azure Cry Magic Sword’s hidden power, and Ayato declared that Azer was his opponent.
• Ayato attacked with Night Pattern Dust, and Azer met his strike with the Black Furnace Magic Sword.

Azer and Amagiri Ayato fought an increasingly fierce sword duel, matching each other in strength and skill. Their deadlock began to shift when Azer’s mastery of the Black Furnace Magic Sword sent Ayato skidding back and a crack sounded from the Azure Cry Magic Sword.

• Azer and Amagiri Ayato exchanged rapid sword strikes, drawing cheers from the spectators as their clashes tore up the stage.
• Ayato used Ten Biji and then unleashed Nine Fangs Greatsword, but Azer expanded the Black Furnace Magic Sword and swept away all nine attacks with one blow.
• Azer and Ayato resumed their fierce duel, while Toudou Kirin recognized that they were evenly matched in most respects but that Azer had fully mastered his sword’s power.
• Azer struck Ayato’s blocking Azure Cry Magic Sword and sent him sliding backward, then a strange crack sounded from its blade.

Azer and Amagiri Ayato fought until their school badges were damaged at nearly the same instant, eliminating both contestants. Azer revealed that his shrunken Black Furnace Magic Sword had struck Ayato while Ayato was focused on his finishing attack, and declared that they had won.

• Azer's Black Furnace Magic Sword damaged Ayato's Azure Cry Magic Sword, then flew on its own and forced Ayato to dodge.
• Azer restrained Ayato as the Black Furnace Magic Sword prepared to strike his school badge, but Yulis's fire dragon blasted them apart.
• Ayato hit Azer's school badge with Asura Moon while the shrunken Black Furnace Magic Sword simultaneously cut Ayato's badge.
• The system declared both contestants' badges damaged and eliminated Azer and Ayato at the same time.
• Azer explained how the Black Furnace Magic Sword had struck Ayato unnoticed and said, "We won."

Azer and Toudou Kirin defeated Amagiri Ayato and Yulis to win the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, then received their champions’ trophies at the closing ceremony. As the ceremony ended, Azer recognized Queenveil Girls’ Academy’s Student Council President as the chestnut-haired girl he had once met.

• Toudou Kirin defeated Yulis after Azer and Amagiri Ayato were eliminated, securing the championship for Azer and Toudou Kirin.
• Azer received a message that he could return from the fantasy world and settle his completed life experience in the library.
• The finalists accepted the result, and the Phoenix Star Martial Festival officially ended.
• At the closing ceremony, Azer observed the academy Student Council Presidents and recognized Queenveil Girls’ Academy’s Student Council President as the girl he had encountered at a restaurant.
• Matthias Mesa presented runner-up trophies to Amagiri Ayato and Yulis and champion trophies to Azer and Toudou Kirin.

Azer and Toudou Kirin met with Matthias Mesa to discuss the wishes they had earned by winning the Phoenix Star Martial Festival. Kirin’s father was being released, while Matthias gave Azer a case containing the resources he had requested, leaving Azer eager to open it.

• Azer and Toudou Kirin visited Matthias Mesa at the Operating Committee headquarters to discuss their championship wishes.
• Matthias assured Toudou Kirin that the Integrated Enterprise Foundation could secure her father’s release and arrange a retrial to protect his reputation.
• Azer congratulated Toudou Kirin, who thanked him and tightly held his hand.
• Matthias told Azer that his wish had been approved and handed him a case authenticated to his school badge.

Azer parted from Toudou Kirin as she left Asterisk to visit her father and grandmother, then returned to Seidoukan Academy and collected the Omni-Response Crystals granted as his champion’s wish. He prepared to absorb one, while planning to leave the fantasy world without its inhabitants knowing.

• Toudou Kirin told Azer she was returning to her hometown to pursue news about her father, and Azer promised to wait for her return.
• Toudou Kirin hugged Azer, thanked him, and left for home; Azer watched her go and wished her a safe journey.
• Azer returned to Seidoukan Academy, where students crowded around him for autographs and attention because he had won the Phoenix Star Martial Festival.
• Azer declined business offers and returned to his dormitory with a box from the Integrated Enterprise Foundation.
• Azer opened the box with his school badge and found it filled with Omni-Response Crystals, then picked one up to absorb it.

Azer absorbed the power of his Omni-Response Crystals, then returned to the Library of Fantasies after adapting to his increased strength. The library settled his experience and awarded him the Twilight Holy Lance, a powerful God Slaying Gear.

• Azer used the Black Furnace Magic Sword to drain three Omni-Response Crystals while leaving each one enough power to survive.
• Azer trained for a week in a high-gravity environment created by the Tyrant Collapse Blood Scythe and absorbed all the crystals he had on hand.
• Azer gave the weakened crystals to Claudia and returned to the Library of Fantasies.
• The library settled Azer’s experience and distributed a reward.
• Azer received the Twilight Holy Lance, a divine artifact said to have slain the Son of God.