Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han and Thor, Luvia, and Tohsaka Rin created a magical ring that let Sophie withstand sunlight and eat and drink like a normal human. After helping Sophie regain a normal life, Xiao Han agreed to help Luvia and Tohsaka Rin collect the Class Cards before their deadline.

• Xiao Han took the unconscious Yukiko Wood home, where Thor bathed her and settled her into a new room.
• Xiao Han, Thor, Luvia, and Tohsaka Rin worked together for three days to create an item that would change a vampire's habits.
• Xiao Han summoned Sophie and gave her a black ring that let her stand in sunlight without pain and eat food and drink cola.
• Sophie cried with relief, thanked Xiao Han, Tohsaka Rin, and Luvia, and returned home.
• Luvia and Tohsaka Rin realized they had forgotten to collect the Class Cards, so Xiao Han offered to help them and planned to set out that night.

Xiao Han accepted Illya and Miyu as his disciples after learning that both girls wanted Magecraft to gain power and protect their futures. Meanwhile, Sustine reported to the King of Deviluke, who dismissed him and was left alone with the sulking Lala.

• Xiao Han learned that Miyu wanted to attend school and suggested asking Luvia to arrange her enrollment.
• Illya asked Xiao Han to teach her Magecraft, and he agreed to take her as his disciple.
• Xiao Han brought Miyu to his room, and she chose to become his disciple as well.
• Illya completed the disciple ceremony as Xiao Han’s eldest disciple, with Miyu becoming his second disciple.
• Sustine reported his encounter with Xiao Han to the King of Deviluke, who praised him and sent him away.
• The King of Deviluke remained with the sulking Lala, who faced another scolding.

Xiao Han struggled to teach Illya and Miyu magic, then used Astral Projection to let them experience it firsthand. As their souls floated outside their bodies, Illya’s body moved on its own, and Miyu warned that something dirty was inside it.

• Xiao Han left Illya and Miyu to practice condensing a Magic Spark while he rested nearby.
• After they failed to make progress through the morning, Xiao Han realized his teaching method might not suit them and reassured them.
• Xiao Han used Astral Projection to separate the girls’ souls from their bodies and introduce them to the magical world.
• Miyu noticed Illya’s body move on its own, and Xiao Han restrained it with Soul Power.
• Miyu told Illya that something dirty was inside her body, leaving Illya horrified at the possibility of a ghost.

Xiao Han freed a second soul from Illya's body, revealing a girl who looked almost identical to her and claimed that Illya's parents had sealed her away for more than ten years. The two girls began arguing over their shared past, while Irisviel learned that Illya's seal had broken and rushed back to her.

• Xiao Han threatened the soul inside Illya, then forced her out of Illya's body when she said she could not leave on her own.
• Irisviel discovered that the ruby representing Illya on her ring had shattered and left her mission with Kiritsugu to return to her daughter.
• Xiao Han identified the freed girl as Chloe von Einzbern and gave her the nickname Xiao Hei.
• Xiao Hei accused Illya's parents of sealing her away and blamed Illya for taking everything from her.
• Illya challenged Xiao Hei's accusations, and Xiao Han was left caught between their argument.

Xiao Han decided to clone a body for Xiao Hei using Illya’s genes, then asked Sustine to send him Deviluke biotechnology equipment because his own human transmutation attempts had failed. Meanwhile, Illya and Miyu studied his magic textbooks, and Luvia and Tohsaka Rin realized they could ask Xiao Han to teach them.

• Xiao Han brought Illya, Miyu, and Xiao Hei home through a spatial portal after stopping Illya and Xiao Hei’s argument.
• In the Garden, Xiao Han plucked Illya’s hair and explained that he planned to use her genes to clone a body for Xiao Hei; Illya eventually agreed and gave him blood.
• Xiao Han gave Illya two magic textbooks, corrected a frightening training routine in one of them, and told her to study the introductory material with Miyu.
• Xiao Han called Sustine, who agreed to send him a Deviluke biotechnology laboratory instrument through the Cosmic Express Company.
• Sophie, Ruby, Sapphire, Illya, and Miyu gathered to study Xiao Han’s magic textbooks, while Luvia and Tohsaka Rin returned from shopping and realized they could ask Xiao Han to teach them.

Xiao Han accepted Tohsaka Rin and Luvia as disciples, then entered the Mirror World to challenge the corrupted Saber projection, Hei Dai. Their evenly matched sword fight escalated into a clash of ultimate attacks, whose outcome remained unresolved.

• Xiao Han accepted Tohsaka Rin and Luvia as disciples and ordered them to study magic from spellbooks alongside Illya and Miyu.
• Xiao Han burned Luvia's inaccurate intelligence report and entered the Mirror World to fight the Heroic Spirit projections.
• Xiao Han confronted Hei Dai and sealed his power to fight her on equal terms.
• Xiao Han and Hei Dai exchanged fierce sword strikes that devastated the surrounding neighborhood.
• Hei Dai unleashed Excalibur, and Xiao Han countered with Raging Wind Flame Slash.
• The two attacks collided and exploded, leaving the result of the battle unknown.

Xiao Han collected the eight Heroic Spirit Class Cards and left the Mirror World, then encountered the stranded dragon girl Kanna in a park. Kanna remained wary of humans despite her hunger, while Xiao Han offered her food.

• Xiao Han defeated Hei Dai, took the Swordsman Class Card, and searched Tiangong City for the remaining cards.
• Xiao Han merged the Mirror Worlds and effortlessly defeated four Heroic Spirit warriors, collecting all eight Class Cards, including Gilgamesh's.
• Xiao Han left the Mirror World and avoided the white-haired, horned Kanna when she approached him.
• Kanna, exhausted and hungry after failing to find Thor, collapsed in a park and lamented being alone in the Different World.
• Xiao Han returned and offered Kanna a plate of spaghetti, but she refused to eat food from a human.

Xiao Han brought Kanna home and agreed to let her stay, then asked Thor to teach him dragon magic. In the garden, he met Irisviel and brought her together with Chloe and Illya to confront their painful family history while he began experimenting with the Class Cards.

• Kanna followed Xiao Han home, where he sealed her powers and reunited her with Thor; Thor explained that Kanna had been banished after a prank and asked Xiao Han to shelter her.
• Xiao Han agreed to take Kanna in and told Thor to start teaching him dragon magic the next day.
• Xiao Han found Irisviel von Einzbern asleep in the garden and greeted her as Illya's mother.
• Xiao Han summoned Chloe, who rejected Irisviel as her mother and said she wanted to be called Chloe von Einzbern, the name her brother had given her.
• Xiao Han brought Illya into a barrier space with Irisviel and Chloe so they could address their family history, then began researching new transformation forms using the eight Class Cards.

Xiao Han mastered the Heroic Spirit Class Cards and returned them to Tohsaka Rin, then used Deviluke technology and magic to give Xiao Hei a new body. Xiao Hei awakened in her reborn body, overwhelmed by the sensations and moved to tears.

• Xiao Han tested Gilgamesh's Class Card, found Ea far weaker than its reputation, and returned the Class Cards to Tohsaka Rin.
• Irisviel reconciled with Illya and Xiao Hei, while Xiao Hei chose to stay with Xiao Han and asked to become his disciple.
• Xiao Han received a biochemical experiment instrument from Deviluke Star and used Illya's hair and blood to grow a new body for Xiao Hei.
• Xiao Han transferred Xiao Hei's spirit into the body and refined it with magic until she awakened.
• Xiao Hei experienced physical sensations for the first time and began to cry.

Xiao Han helped Yuu control her dangerous magic with a hair ribbon, then decided to join the Sword Art Online public test with Xiao Jiana. As ten thousand players prepared to enter the game, they remained unaware of the deadly fate awaiting them.

• After Illya and Miyu managed to create Magic Sparks but Tohsaka Rin and Luvia could not, Xiao Han took the five novices on a cosmic journey and taught them the Meditation Technique to strengthen their Mental Power.
• Yuu thanked Xiao Han for saving her, and he gave her a hair ribbon that absorbed and channeled her excess magic so she would not need her suppressive armor.
• Xiao Han revealed that the ribbon's magic was being sent to a distant barren planet, where it formed a massive Magic Vortex and turned the area into a Cosmic Dead Land.
• A week later, Xiao Han noticed that Sword Art Online had released ten thousand public-test copies, and Xiao Jiana eagerly asked to play despite having failed to buy a headset.
• Xiao Han had Sustine send a Cube Instrument, generated two Virtual Stealth Glasses, and prepared to enter the game with Xiao Jiana as ten thousand other players awaited the test.

Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana entered SAO, discovered that their customized appearances had turned them into a tiny boy and a beautiful older woman, and spent the day leveling up. As Kayaba Akihiko began the death game, they remained unaffected by his announcement and decided to wait for Kirito so they could follow him to the next town.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana logged into SAO and failed to recognize each other until they met by the moat, having both customized their appearances.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana hunted wild boars, with Xiao Han reaching level 2 before Xiao Jiana.
• Kayaba Akihiko began his declaration as players were transported to the starting town, but Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana continued leveling in the field.
• Xiao Han restored his height and build, then decided to wait for Kirito and follow him to the next town.

Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana failed to find Kirito in the game, then logged out and joined the household for dinner. After hearing about Kayaba Akihiko’s death game, Xiao Han put his apprentices through punishing gravity training to improve their fitness and magic control.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana waited for Kirito but saw a black-haired girl and a crowd of Closed Beta players instead, then logged out.
• Xiao Jiana returned to her little-girl form, and Xiao Han teased her with a kiss and tossed her into the air.
• Xiao Han read that Kayaba Akihiko had announced the death game and that several hundred players had died after their parents removed their devices.
• Xiao Han’s apprentices discussed how meditation had improved their mental power and helped with their studies.
• Xiao Han crushed Illya, Xiao Hei, and Miyu with increased gravity and declared that they would train until they could counter it with magic.

Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana rescued Asuna, then accompanied her back to town, where she defeated a group of Laughing Coffin thugs who harassed them. Asuna led them to an item shop so Xiao Han could sell materials and buy better equipment.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana saved level 7 Asuna from a monster, and she introduced herself as a solo player.
• Xiao Han invited Asuna to travel with them, and a mysterious little girl watched them leave through the portal.
• Xiao Han recognized the black coffin marks on a group of thugs as the emblem of Laughing Coffin, but held back from acting in town.
• Asuna challenged the thugs to a duel and defeated them, leaving each at 1 HP before they fled.
• Asuna led Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana to an item shop, where Xiao Jiana took off her Minotaur Helmet to sell.

Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana invited Asuna to join their party, and she agreed after learning Xiao Han planned to clear all of Aincrad. The three traveled to meet Asuna’s skilled Closed Beta friend, whose identity left Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana stunned.

• Xiao Jiana gave Asuna a defensive bracer, and Xiao Han invited her to level up with them and join his party.
• Asuna agreed to work with Xiao Han after he declared that he would form a guild and fight through all one hundred floors.
• Xiao Han proposed recruiting a high-level Closed Beta player, and Asuna said she knew a skilled girl and arranged for the group to meet her.
• Xiao Han, Xiao Jiana, and Asuna traveled to the Wolf King Domain, where Xiao Han and Asuna defeated the Wolf King and Asuna reached Level 8.
• The trio arrived at the meeting place, where Asuna introduced the sleeping Closed Beta player; Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana were stunned when Asuna called her name.

Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana leveled with Kiriko and Asuna in SAO, defeating the Berserk Boar King before returning to the real world. Xiao Han then received a visit through a space portal cast by his apprentice Illya.

• Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana teamed up with Kiriko and Asuna, and after three days of grinding reached level 15 while the swordswomen reached level 11.
• Xiao Han’s party used coordinated attacks and Xiao Jiana’s baiting to defeat the Berserk Boar King, causing all four players to level up.
• The group gave the Boar Hide Pauldrons to Kiriko and returned to town to restock.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana left Aincrad, and Xiao Han contacted his apprentices to check on their magic practice.
• Illya appeared through a space portal surrounded by golden Magic Spark, astonishing Xiao Han.

Illya mastered teleportation, earned a powerful space ring, and offered to teach Miyu and Xiao Hei the magic needed to get their own. Back in SAO, Xiao Han agreed to build a guild around a first-floor boss raid, and Kirito brought a trusted friend to meet the group.

• Illya successfully used teleportation magic, and Xiao Han rewarded her with a ring that held a vast storage space and defensive spells.
• Xiao Hei and Miyu asked for matching rings, and Illya offered to teach them how to use space magic.
• In SAO, Xiao Han and his companions discussed defeating the first-floor boss and using its First Kill to attract players to a guild.
• Kirito said he knew a player he trusted, and Xiao Han asked him to invite that friend to join them.
• Klein arrived at the meeting place and called out to Kirito.

Xiao Han gathered Kirito, Asuna, Klein, and their companions into a party, trained them, and led them to challenge SAO’s first-floor boss. After a dangerous fight that nearly depleted Kirito and Asuna’s HP, Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana landed the finishing attacks and defeated the Dog Head Man Boss.

• Kirito reunited with Klein, and Xiao Han formed a guild and Raid Group that Klein and his companions agreed to join.
• Xiao Han led the party to a level-fifteen training area, where they spent three days leveling up and learning to fight together.
• The party returned to town to restock and upgrade their equipment before heading secretly to the first-floor boss room the next day.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana fought the Dog Head Man Boss while Kirito, Asuna, Klein, and the others cleared the Kobold Soldiers.
• The boss entered its berserk state and struck Kirito with a powerful attack, but Asuna helped block it; Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana then defeated the boss with charged sword skills.

After Xiao Han’s group cleared SAO’s first floor and established the Wings of Freedom guild, Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana took a break from the game and returned to their relaxed routine. Their quiet days ended when a powerful cross-world Magecraft vortex appeared, drawing Xiao Cai and Zi Yan into battle against dragons and gods in another world.

• Xiao Han and his party defeated the Dog Head Man Boss, reached higher levels, and announced the first-floor First Kill, giving trapped SAO players hope.
• Xiao Han’s group founded the Wings of Freedom guild, while Xiao Han blacklisted players who tried to provoke conflict between ordinary and Closed Beta players.
• Xiao Han and Xiao Jiana grew tired of SAO’s repetitive gameplay, logged out, and spent the following days relaxing as Asuna and Kirito managed the guild.
• Xiao Han’s three apprentices mastered spatial magic, while Luvia and Tohsaka Rin struggled through their Magecraft assignments.
• A massive vortex opened in the sky, and Xiao Han recognized powerful cross-border Magecraft with an aura like Thor’s and sent his apprentices indoors.
• Xiao Cai and Zi Yan charged into the vortex to fight, while Xiao Jiana sealed the world against the battle’s destructive force and Thor recognized the two beasts in Xiao Han’s projection.

Xiao Cai and Zi Yan returned to Earth and told Xiao Han they wanted to go home, while Xiao Jiana and Aisite agreed to leave with him. Xiao Han crossed into the Different World to find Thor and encountered Lucoa, who reacted with shock when she learned he was the master of Zi Yan and Xiao Cai.

• Xiao Cai and Zi Yan returned to Earth, hugged Xiao Han, and asked to go home; Xiao Jiana and Aisite also agreed to leave with him.
• Xiao Han gave the four girls one day to pack and explained that time would stop in their world after they left.
• Xiao Han opened a spatial passage to the Different World but emerged unsure where Thor was.
• A giant serpent-shaped dragon confronted Xiao Han, transformed into a woman, and introduced herself as Lucoa.
• Xiao Han told Lucoa he was Thor’s master, and she realized he was also the master of Zi Yan and Xiao Cai.

Xiao Han confronted Thor’s father, the Emperor of the End, and revealed his power as a Demon God to reassure him that Thor was safe with her master. After Thor said goodbye to her father, Xiao Han returned to Earth with his companions and ended their side trip by taking them home.

• Xiao Han arrived at the Dragon Clan’s base and met Thor’s father, the Emperor of the End, who demanded that he break Thor’s contract.
• Xiao Han explained that he had never forced Thor to do anything, but the Emperor of the End warned that Thor would outlive him and suffer the loss.
• Xiao Han unleashed his Demonic Qi and Demonic Flame, revealing himself as a Demon God and forcing the dragons to the ground.
• The Emperor of the End accepted Xiao Han’s care of Thor, and Thor said goodbye to her father before leaving with Xiao Han.
• Xiao Han asked Thor what she had told her father, but she refused to say and happily ran off after they returned to Earth.
• The next day, Xiao Jiana and the others showed Xiao Han the entertainment and supplies they had bought, and he used the return button to take them home.