Chapter Summaries

After Velseria arrived, Roa moved out of Eris’s house and settled in with Linslet. When Velseria took control of Eris’s Wind King Knights, Eris asked to join Roa’s team, and he accepted her.

• Roa rejected Claire’s invitation to live with her and moved into Linslet’s house with Est.
• Roa continued training Claire, Ren Ashbel, and Linslet, defeating them in sparring matches.
• Eris arrived at the training session and asked Roa to let her join his team after Velseria poached members of the Wind King Knights.
• Roa agreed to accept Eris, and Claire reluctantly welcomed her to the team.
• Eris explained that Velseria had returned to reclaim authority over the Wind King Knights, using her prestige as a former captain and powerful Spirit User.

Eris joined Roa's team, but her sister Velseria soon arrived to challenge Ren Ashbel to a team match and invite Roa to join her team. Velseria's insults provoked Claire into attacking, and Roa stopped the fight before Velseria left, leaving the teams set to face each other at the Sword Dance Festival.

• Roa accepted Eris into the team and sparred with her to assess her spear skills.
• Velseria arrived with three girls and challenged Ren Ashbel, who could not remember their past encounter because of her amnesia.
• Velseria proposed a team match and invited Roa to join her team, but he refused.
• Velseria insulted Roa's teammates, and Claire attacked her after bringing up Velseria's defeat by Ren Ashbel.
• Roa used Kamui to halt the escalating fight, and Velseria left with her companions.

Roa’s team faced Velseria in the Elf Element World, where she attacked them using a heavily armed Gundam. Roa defeated her with Est, but after he released her, Velseria suddenly clutched her heart in pain.

• Roa and Velseria’s teams began their battle without using the usual five-minute preparation period.
• Velseria transformed into a crimson Gundam and bombarded Roa’s group, forcing them to scatter.
• Roa summoned Est and used Absolute Sword Technique—Purple Lightning to pierce Velseria’s Gundam.
• Roa damaged the Gundam further with a slash and a kick, bringing it down and revealing Velseria inside.
• Roa grabbed Velseria by the throat, then released her; as she gasped for air, she suddenly clutched her heart in pain.

Roa's team won after Velseria collapsed from the uncontrolled power of her Elf Magic Armor, which the referee suspected came from a forbidden Cursed Armor Engraving. Eris reported the matter to Headmistress Grevias, who promised an investigation into Velseria and rumored intruders at the academy; Velseria recovered, but remained troubled.

• Velseria collapsed in agony after Roa's team defeated her Spirit Users, and Eris tried to help despite their strained relationship.
• The referee declared Roa's team the winner and suggested Velseria's power might come from a Cursed Armor Engraving.
• Eris hurried to tell Headmistress Grevias that Velseria might have used a forbidden engraving.
• Grevias promised to investigate Velseria's condition and rumors that intruders had entered the academy.
• Velseria recovered after a day in the infirmary, though a shadow remained on her face.

Roa's team secured first place and prepared to travel to the Spirit Sword Dance Festival after Velseria's Cursed Armor Engraving plot was exposed and she was sent back to her family. The academy's three teams passed through the Stone Circle into the Elemental Spirit Realm, where a huge vessel awaited them.

• Grevias uncovered Velseria's Cursed Armor Engraving and stopped her from receiving a second one, then sent her back to her family for discipline.
• Roa's team won its matches and claimed the academy's top spot, while Roa suppressed unrest as the festival approached.
• Roa's team gathered at the Stone Circle alongside the Wyvern Team and the third-ranked team, whose petite druid member greeted him.
• Freya Glandor activated the teleportation formation, and the teams arrived in the Elemental Spirit Realm beside a huge vessel prepared by the Divine Ritual Hall.

Roa and his team arrived at Laguna · Yishi, the Wind Spirit King's floating island and the venue for the Spirit Sword Dance Festival. After settling in at the castle, Roa recognized Grevias in a mural of past festival winners.

• Roa and the others traveled by airship to Laguna · Yishi, where Roa considered how he might confront the maddened Spirit Kings.
• The team continued from the harbor by carriage, and Eris explained the island's history and the castle's origins.
• Roa's teammates watched him closely during the journey, while he resolved to clarify his feelings after completing the mission.
• The team arrived at the castle and learned they would have to share a room despite Roa being male.
• Roa toured the castle with the others and recognized Grevias among the figures depicted in its murals.

Roa and his companions explored the island, discovered Ren Ashbel’s portrait, and settled into a dusty room before the Spirit Sword Dance Festival. At the pre-festival banquet, Roa ate calmly while other guests watched him.

• Roa found a portrait of Ren Ashbel, and the Princess Shrine Maiden mistook the real Ren Ashbel for a fan.
• Linslet stopped Claire from revealing Ren Ashbel’s identity, warning that it would draw unwanted attention.
• The group was shown a dusty room, and Eris accepted cleaning supplies to tidy it while Claire held back her complaints.
• Roa and his companions cleaned the room as they waited for the ball and the Spirit Sword Dance Festival to begin.
• At the awkward banquet, Roa ate and drank without concern while the girls in the hall kept glancing at him.

Roa’s team won the three-day Sword Dance Festival and was transported to meet Wind Spirit King Bevall Shifid. Roa arrived wary and intent on assessing the Spirit King, while his teammates stood beside him before her throne.

• Roa ignored the other guests’ curiosity at the banquet, and the night ended with him falling asleep while holding Est.
• The Princess Shrine Maiden explained the Sword Dance Festival’s battle royale rules, and Roa’s team survived three days of combat to win.
• Roa struggled against powerful opponents, including a fire-element Spirit User whose Elf Magic engulfed the battlefield, but he pulled his team out of danger.
• After the victory, Roa worried about how to approach the Spirit King, and Lestia reassured him that Bevall Shifid would not harm the girls.
• Roa led his teammates through a teleportation array to a floating island, where they met Wind Spirit King Bevall Shifid and saw her emerald spear.

Roa asked Bevall to help him kill the maddened Spirit Kings, and she sent him and his companions to the Infinite Corridor to face them. He remained worried that he could not protect his team, while Claire demanded to know why he wanted to attack the Spirit Kings.

• Eris declined to request a reward from Bevall and asked her to grant her companions' wishes instead.
• Claire asked why her sister had betrayed the Fire Spirit King, and Bevall said the Fire Spirit King's condition was poor.
• Roa asked to speak with Bevall alone, then declared that he wanted to kill the maddened Spirit Kings and free them.
• Bevall revealed that she was only an avatar of the Wind Spirit King and sent Roa and his entire team through a transfer formation.
• Roa and his companions arrived before the Infinite Corridor, and Claire demanded to know why he wanted to assassinate the Spirit Kings.

Roa entered the Infinite Corridor, reached the Spirit Kings’ audience chamber, and wished to kill them. He struck the corrupted Fire Spirit King Volcanica, but the battle shifted when the Holy Spirit King revealed a face Roa recognized as Aresia’s.

• The Wind Spirit King guided Roa and his companions through the Infinite Corridor and blessed Roa with increased agility and lightness.
• Roa opened the Audience Chamber Door, climbed the staircase, and asked for the miracle of killing the Spirit King.
• The throne erupted with Otherworld Darkness, and Roa charged toward it while Linslet and Fenrir attacked the oncoming darkness.
• Roa used Light Katana to slash Volcanica’s throat and kick her aside, then shattered a spear thrown by the Wind Spirit King.
• The Wind Spirit King briefly restored the other Spirit Kings’ awareness and urged Roa to attack the Holy Spirit King.
• Roa recognized the Holy Spirit King as Aresia, and Est called her Master before she unleashed Light of Ruin—Fallen Heavenly Star.

Roa fought through the Spirit Kings’ attacks, freed the Holy Spirit King, and defeated the Fire and Wind Spirit Kings while the Otherworld Darkness destabilized the space. As the remaining Spirit Kings faced him, Roa’s Word Spirit, Instant, awakened and granted him the ability to double his speed at the cost of straining his body.

• Roa endured Aresia’s divine beam and used Light Katana to pierce the Holy Spirit King with the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword, which disrupted her power and freed her from the curse.
• The Holy Spirit King asked Roa to look after Est before dissolving into motes of light, and Roa used Death Announcing Dark Thunder to destroy the Fire Spirit King.
• Roa approached the remaining Spirit Kings, learned from the Wind Spirit King that a teleportation magic circle led outside, and purified her with the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword.
• As Otherworld Darkness destabilized the space, Roa told his companions to leave and released divine might that suppressed the darkness.
• Roa’s bloodline awakened as a notification announced that his Word Spirit, Instant, had activated, allowing him to double his speed while placing equal strain on his body.

Roa defeated the Water and Earth Spirit Kings, completed his mission, and returned to his home world after helping the others and saying farewell. There, the system issued his rewards but demanded an S-rank authority to bring Est and Lestia across worlds.

• Roa used the momentary state to pierce both the Water Spirit King and the Earth Spirit King with the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword, then purified them.
• Roa devoured the remaining Otherworld Darkness, returned to the others, and explained what had happened and that he would eventually leave.
• Roa learned that the Spirit Kings had reincarnated and spent three days with the group before bidding them farewell.
• Roa selected return and arrived in a forest in his home world, where the system awarded him 6,000 points of Power of Time and Space and one S-rank authority.
• Roa asked why he had to spend an S-rank authority to bring Est and Lestia with him, and the system explained that spirits needed a bridge between worlds.

Roa returned to the Xilong Kingdom and reunited with Roxy, telling her he was heading back to the Asura Kingdom but could spend the day with her. They spent the day together, and as they watched the sunset from a mountaintop, Roxy began sharing a childhood fantasy.

• Roa paid the S-rank story permission, found Est and Lestia unable to sense him and needing to rest, then returned to the Xilong Kingdom to see Roxy.
• Roa reached the palace, found Roxy’s room empty, and located her training soldiers with mid-level magic in the plaza.
• Roa surprised Roxy from behind, and she happily greeted him after recognizing him.
• Roa told Roxy he was returning to the Asura Kingdom, then promised to spend the day with her, and her fellow knights let her take time off.
• Roa and Roxy explored the Xilong Kingdom and watched the sunset from a mountaintop, where Roxy began describing her imagined rescue by a prince on a white horse.

Roa spent a tender day and night with Roxy before leaving her a protective Magic Stone and telling her he was going to the Holy Land of Swords. He reached the Asura Kingdom border and decided to visit Rudeus and bring him home to see his family.

• Roxy shared her childhood dream of finding lasting love with Roa, and he promised to make her happy before they spent the day together in the city.
• Roa and Roxy spent the night together, and the next morning he gave her a protective Magic Stone necklace and told her he was heading to the Holy Land of Swords.
• Roa considered how the Human God might target him after the Displacement Incident and set out toward the Asura Kingdom after leaving the palace.
• Rudeus struggled to teach Eris arithmetic, but she grew excited when he said Roa should return soon and challenged her to spar.
• Roa reached the Asura Kingdom border and decided to bring Rudeus home to visit his sisters and Sylphiette.

Roa returned to the Greyrat estate, where Philip tried to recruit him into his ambitions by appealing to his family’s lost status. Roa rejected the importance of the Clan Leader position and claimed his goals reached beyond the Asura Kingdom, leaving Philip eager to secure his protection for Eris.

• Roa entered the city after the guards recognized him as the Magic Swordsman, then made his way to the Greyrat estate.
• Philip welcomed Roa and asked about his recent exploits, then brought up his daughter Eris.
• Philip argued that Paul should have inherited the Greyrat Family leadership and suggested Roa could reclaim that power.
• Roa said Paul had chosen to leave and that the Greyrat position was small beside his own ambitions, including reaching the level of the Seven Great Powers.
• Philip bowed to Roa and asked him to protect Eris if anything happened to the family.

Roa returned to Philip’s home, collected his belongings, and visited Ghislaine, Rudeus, and Eris at the training ground. He told them he would stay for about a month before setting off adventuring again, leaving Rudeus worried that he would have to teach Eris himself.

• Roa accepted Philip’s respectful greeting and left to retrieve his belongings from his old room.
• Roa found his room clean, unpacked his academy uniform and other possessions, and decided to visit Rudeus and Eris.
• Roa reunited with Ghislaine at the training ground and agreed to spar with her later.
• Eris defeated Rudeus in their practice fight before he noticed Roa and rushed over to greet him.
• Roa said he would stay about a month before adventuring again, and Rudeus worried that he would be responsible for teaching Eris.

Roa sparred with Ghislaine and revealed that he had mastered the Sword God Style’s Light Return technique. He defeated her with a single counter, leaving Rudeus and Eris stunned.

• Eris boasted about beating Rudeus, and Roa encouraged her to aim to become as strong as Ghislaine.
• Roa challenged Ghislaine to a sparring match, and they faced each other with wooden swords.
• Roa and Ghislaine exchanged rapid attacks, and Ghislaine recognized that Roa was faster and felt the danger of facing him.
• Ghislaine launched her Light Katana, but Roa countered with Light Return, disarming her and sending her flying.
• Rudeus and Eris struggled to believe the match was already over.

After Roa defeated Ghislaine with a technique she recognized as Light Return, he decided to travel to the Holy Land of Swords and challenge her master, Galfalion. He later taught Rudeus and Eris swordsmanship and tried to give them academic lessons, but Eris fell asleep and Rudeus daydreamed.

• Roa used Light Return to interrupt Ghislaine's Light Katana, startling her with how much his swordsmanship had improved.
• Ghislaine explained Light Katana and Light Return to Rudeus and Eris, and said Eris could learn them but Rudeus probably could not.
• Roa told Ghislaine he planned to visit the Holy Land of Swords and defeat her master, Galfalion, whom she described as a powerful Sword God in his prime.
• Roa taught Eris and Rudeus swordsmanship, then introduced Sun Breathing to them; Eris disliked it, while Rudeus quickly memorized the forms.
• Roa tried to teach Eris academic lessons, but she fell asleep while Rudeus daydreamed and Ghislaine studied.

Roa claimed the Power of Chaos and underwent a profound transformation as its five elements fused with his existing powers. His spiritual world took shape, and the system announced that his Pure Body and soul had been purified, while Est and Lestia witnessed his immense new energy.

• Roa scolded Eris for falling asleep during his arithmetic lesson, and she blamed the boring material.
• Roa attended a small banquet at the estate, ate quickly, and left for the forest after reaching a third of his appetite.
• Roa claimed the Power of Chaos, drawing wind, fire, water, and earth into himself as his crimson Kamui fused with True Fire.
• The elemental energy awakened Est and Lestia, who appeared beside Roa and sensed five powerful forces within him.
• Roa's spiritual sea transformed into a world shaped by the five elements, and the system reported that his Pure Body had changed and his body and soul had been purified.
• Roa realized the reward's power exceeded his expectations and reflected that Otherworld Darkness had made the Spirit Temple mission extraordinarily difficult.

Roa completed his fusion with the Power of Chaos, advancing Pure Body to its second stage and greatly increasing his spiritual power, mana recovery, and elemental affinity. He demonstrated his new ability to gather elemental energy freely, then realized his rapid absorption had drained the surrounding forest of its elements while Lestia and Est watched.

• Roa's spiritual power and physical resilience allowed him to endure the Otherworld Darkness and liberate the five Spirit Kings.
• The Power of Chaos completed its fusion with Roa and unlocked Pure Body's second stage, including maximum elemental affinity.
• Roa formed a powerful fireball by drawing on nearby fire elements instead of spending his own mana, and Est touched its flames before calling it amazing.
• Roa absorbed the surrounding elements so quickly that he created an elemental vacuum in the forest.
• Roa worried that the newly awakened Lestia and Est would cause trouble, but he could not think of a way to stop them from drawing on his abundant power.