Chapter Summaries

Iori fought Susanoo in the Netherworld and overwhelmed him with swordsmanship, forcing the god to abandon his concealed identity and restore his former strength at Mount Fuji. As Susanoo began tempering himself with the mountain’s essence, Iori answered his strike with a colossal divine phantom and an enormous slash.

• Susanoo attacked Iori with fire and a storm, but Iori emerged unharmed and wounded him with rapid lightning-fast sword strikes.
• Iori outmaneuvered Susanoo in close combat and hurled him away, prompting Susanoo to retreat from the Netherworld.
• Susanoo revealed himself as the Lord of the Imperial Household and began restoring his prime strength by drawing essence through Mount Fuji.
• Iori arrived at Mount Fuji and warned that Susanoo’s ritual could trigger an earthquake and volcanic eruption, but Susanoo continued tempering himself.
• Susanoo unleashed a devastating sword strike that cut through the mountainside and sea, and Iori summoned a colossal divine phantom to strike at the volcanic crater.

Iori defeated Susanoo in their battle on Mount Fuji and took control of Ama-no-Murakumo, which willingly submitted to him. Susanoo summoned another storm as Iori mocked his divided, impure divinity and advanced toward him.

• Susanoo intensified the storm and fought Iori with lightning, but Iori outmatched him in their repeated clashes.
• Susanoo used the Heavenly Cloud Sword’s power to plunder some of Iori’s divine power and launched a massive golden sword attack.
• Iori stopped Susanoo’s blade with his fingers, and Ama-no-Murakumo pierced Susanoo’s hand before settling into Iori’s grasp.
• Susanoo realized Ama-no-Murakumo had willingly defected to the stronger Iori and accused the sword of betrayal.
• Iori explained that the sword had chosen the conqueror and mocked Susanoo’s divided divinity as he walked toward him.
• Susanoo summoned another storm while Iori advanced, holding an Ama-no-Murakumo in each hand.

After killing Susanoo, Iori met Pandora in a dreamlike domain and learned that he had become a Campione!, gaining an Authority tailored to his divine nature. He woke with significantly increased power, while the chapter left the full extent of his transformed abilities to be explored.

• Iori awoke in a boundless white domain and realized he had survived his battle with Susanoo and slain a god.
• Pandora introduced herself as the goddess behind the Campione! transformation ritual and explained that she regarded Iori as her child.
• Pandora confirmed that Iori was human by the ritual’s standards and said the ritual had granted him an Authority shaped by Susanoo’s power.
• Iori received the Authority Third Power: Susanoo, which let him command storms and lightning, project divine majesty, and summon a colossal war god.
• Iori returned from the dream and discovered that the ritual had increased his spell power and physical abilities, making him roughly one-third stronger.

After defeating Susanoo, Iori became the ruler of Japan’s Mystic Side and revealed Rama’s spirit within his sword to the Glass-eyed Princess, who was the reincarnation of Sita. He then learned how Japan had imprisoned Son Goku and prepared to free and subjugate the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

• The Glass-eyed Princess asked Iori to spare Japan’s people and offered him authority over the country, and he agreed to rule without needless bloodshed.
• Iori revealed Rama in his sword, and Rama apologized to the Glass-eyed Princess for their past, easing his lingering regret.
• Iori used rain and frost to contain the damage to Mount Fuji, though the mountain could not be fully restored.
• Iori learned that Japan’s Mystic Side had imprisoned Son Goku with the Bimawen spell under orders from Lord of the Imperial Household.
• Iori reviewed the history of Luo Hao’s failed attempt to free Son Goku and identified her as a future target.
• Iori decided to deal with the imprisoned Son Goku next.

Iori sought a way to restore Son Goku’s strength before breaking his seal, while refusing to sacrifice hundreds of Miko to summon a dragon or serpent. Alice proposed targeting Guinevere, a Heretic God connected to the Holy Grail, as a more powerful offering, and hinted that she already had a way to lure her out.

• Iori asked Alice and Saya no Kashiwagi about finding a dragon or serpent to release Son Goku at full strength.
• Saya no Kashiwagi offered to have hundreds of Miko summon one, but Iori rejected the idea of sacrificing them.
• Alice revealed that the Black Prince was pursuing the Holy Grail, a divine artifact connected to steel and held by a Heretic God called Guinevere.
• Alice suggested that Guinevere could serve as a powerful sacrifice for Son Goku and that obtaining the Holy Grail would also benefit Iori.
• Alice admitted that Iori would have to be the main force against Guinevere and said she had a plan to lure her out.

Iori and Alice planned to lure Guinevere to Japan by spreading news of Steel Gods, while Iori briefly strengthened Alice’s spiritual avatar and promised he could eventually make the change permanent. Seishouin Ena arrived as Japan’s offering to Iori, and the Historical Compilation Committee released the bait; the chapter then introduced Luo Hao, the powerful Wuxia King of China.

• Alice said Guinevere could be drawn to Japan by rumors that a third Steel God was sleeping there, and Iori agreed to prepare for her arrival.
• Iori infused Alice’s avatar with divine cursed power, making its sensations feel physical for a limited time, and promised he could eventually transform her permanently.
• Seishouin Ena came to Iori under orders from the Historical Compilation Committee and offered to serve as his guard.
• Iori accepted Ena, and the Historical Compilation Committee prepared Bimawen’s blade and ritual implements while spreading the Steel God rumor.
• The chapter introduced Luo Hao, the two-hundred-year-old Wuxia King who led the Five Prisons Holy Cult and dominated China’s martial arts world.

Guinevere visited Luo Hao on Mount Lu and lured her toward Japan by revealing that a Steel had fought there. As an unnatural storm approached Iori at Mount Fuji, Keina asked to confront the powerful presence, but Iori refused.

• Guinevere confronted Luo Hao in her hermitage and told her that a Steel had been defeated in Japan, prompting Luo Hao to decide to investigate.
• Luo Hao attacked Guinevere with a golden palm, but Guinevere escaped using a prepared summoning ritual.
• Guinevere told her uncle that she had sensed the return of the lord she sought and hoped the disturbance in Japan would draw him out.
• A strange cyclone formed over the Yellow Sea, crossed to Honshu, and reached Iori's estate at Mount Fuji.
• Keina asked Iori for permission to fight the approaching presence, and Saya offered to accompany her.
• Iori told Keina and Saya that the approaching power was beyond them.

Iori confronted Luo Hao, who demanded that he hand over the imprisoned Great Sage Equal to Heaven Son Goku, and the two agreed to settle their claim through combat. Their fight began with Iori seizing and striking at Luo Hao, but she escaped his final blow with an Onmyōdō technique, leaving behind a magical incarnation.

• A golden giant hand seized the flood dragon and slammed it into the forest, after which Iori calmed the storm and Luo Hao descended into the manor.
• Luo Hao identified herself as the Wuxia King and demanded that Iori hand over Son Goku, whom she said was imprisoned and exploited in Yamato.
• Alice warned Luo Hao that Guinevere had lured her into provoking a fight, but Luo Hao dismissed the warning and insisted on settling her grievance.
• Iori refused to surrender Son Goku, and he and Luo Hao agreed to fight over their respective claims.
• Iori grabbed Luo Hao by the neck and carried her through the sky as they exchanged attacks, then punched through what proved to be her magical incarnation after she used Shukuchi-do.

Iori and Luo Hao fought fiercely, with Iori revealing the power of Mirror Water and later using Hollowfication and Shunkō to overpower her. Just as Iori moved to pursue the wounded Luo Hao, a golden attacker struck him from the horizon, calling him Old Man Susanoo.

• Luo Hao widened the distance between herself and Iori, then struck him with Phoenix Wing Celestial Phenomena, but her palm force failed to damage him.
• Iori released Mirror Water and cut through Luo Hao’s golden guardian, leaving her with a badly wounded thigh.
• Luo Hao unleashed her Tiger Roar Dragon Cry Great Law and Flying Phoenix Divine Palms, repeatedly striking Iori while he appeared unable to fight back.
• Iori seized Luo Hao’s wrist, threw her away, and used an illusion to evade her next attack before striking her with Hollowfication and Shunkō.
• A golden figure flew in and blasted Iori away, declaring that he should take a blow from Old Sun’s staff.

Iori’s duel with Son Goku escalated when Luo Hao joined the fight with her Great Vajra Divine Power. Iori summoned Susanoo, and the chapter ended as all three giant gods faced off across the landscape.

• Iori learned that Son Goku had escaped his seal after the disruption of Susanoo’s death, the damaged dragon vein, and the flood dragon’s power.
• Iori challenged Son Goku and summoned an armored giant with Susanoo’s power, while Son Goku attacked with his Golden Staff.
• Iori caught Son Goku’s staff and turned his defense into an attack, but Son Goku used the Somersault Cloud to strike at godspeed.
• Luo Hao appeared and attacked Iori with a colossal Vajra Warrior, using it as cover for her Flying Phoenix strike.
• Son Goku unleashed Dharma Heaven Manifestation Earth, and Iori answered by summoning Susanoo as the three giant gods prepared to clash.

Iori and Luo Hao pursued the exhausted Great Sage Equal to Heaven Son Goku, who replenished his strength by drawing the earth’s essence from Mount Takachiho. The Monkey King regained his full battle spirit and fought the two Campione!, who continued to challenge each other as well as him.

• Iori and Luo Hao tracked Son Goku to Mount Takachiho, where he used a fake Ama-no-Nu-Hoko to draw vital essence from the earth and collect it as sweet dew.
• Luo Hao restrained Son Goku with her Authority and Iori’s binding arts, while Iori and Luo Hao drank most of the dew before Son Goku broke free and recovered what remained.
• Son Goku drank the remaining dew, regained his strength, and transformed into Three Heads Six Arms to battle Iori and Luo Hao with renewed power.
• Son Goku created six incarnations and attacked the two Campione!, but Luo Hao evaded him and Iori used an intangible defense to counter his staffs.
• Son Goku recognized that Iori’s apparent bodies were a technique of being present yet untouchable, and the three-way battle continued.

Son Goku used the Great Covenant to gain the gods’ Jiachi and launch a stronger assault on Iori and Luo Hao, but Iori matched him in a fierce close-range fight. After Son Goku explained the covenant, Iori hinted that he might possess the mandate of heaven and invoked the Forbidden Word Technique: Mountain and River Scroll.

• Son Goku recalled his incarnations and unleashed a surge of spell power, then struck Luo Hao and sent her flying.
• Son Goku attacked Iori, who countered with layered Kido and full-power Shunkō enhanced by the Storm Divinity’s Jiachi.
• Iori and Son Goku clashed with their weapons and fists, and both were thrown back by their powerful collision.
• Son Goku admitted that Iori had surpassed him in martial skill and explained that the Great Covenant granted him the gods’ support against Campione!s.
• Iori opened a rift toward his storage space, then released the rusted blade and suggested that he might have the mandate of heaven before invoking the Forbidden Word Technique: Mountain and River Scroll.

Iori fought Son Goku and Luo Hao, revealing a dangerous technique that fused martial arts and science and gave him overwhelming physical power. He trapped Son Goku in the Mountain and River Scroll and prepared to face Luo Hao before the Monkey King escaped.

• Son Goku used the Great Covenant’s power to send incarnations after Luo Hao and attack Iori with mountain-shattering blows.
• Iori discarded his weapons and activated Hadō Kinshiki, launching Son Goku through the air and injuring his supposedly indestructible body.
• Son Goku charged Iori with his Golden Staff, but Iori stopped the strike with one hand and knocked him away with a punch.
• Luo Hao returned after defeating Son Goku’s incarnations, and Iori sealed Son Goku inside the Mountain and River Scroll.
• Iori said he would deal with Luo Hao to negate the Great Covenant, and she accepted his challenge with focused resolve.

Iori and Luo Hao fought at full strength, with Iori’s punches shattering her divine defenses and forcing her to exhaust her cursed power to survive. As Luo Hao admitted defeat and warned that Iori was out of time, a golden-furred figure began emerging through a rift in the sky.

• Iori’s punch tore through Luo Hao’s golden protection and injured her right hand, so she intensified her resolve and used two Authorities at once.
• Luo Hao unleashed a vast demonic wind, but Iori crossed it and shattered her Vajra Dharma Form with Ikkotsu.
• Luo Hao met Iori’s attack with the Twelve Divine Palms of the Flying Phoenix, then used a Daoist art that traded cursed power for a temporary surge of strength.
• Iori pressed his attack until Luo Hao evaded a chest-level blow by a centimeter and escaped with Earth Shrinking Golden Light, though she suffered internal injuries.
• Luo Hao admitted she had lost but warned Iori that he was out of time as a golden-furred figure tore open the sky and began emerging.

Iori defeated Luo Hao by tearing open the boundary between worlds and exiling her into the void, then fought the Monkey King as the god regained his full strength. After a prolonged battle, Iori crushed the Monkey King’s heart and stood over his defeated body.

• Iori shattered the boundary between the Netherworld and reality, dragged Luo Hao into the void, and hurled her beyond the world.
• Iori turned to Son Goku and fought him, steadily overwhelming the weakened Monkey King with the Forbidden Style.
• The Monkey King split into three incarnations, merged them into a powerful Steel Hero, and challenged Iori at the height of his strength.
• Iori seized the Ruyi Jingu Bang, beat the Monkey King through repeated clashes, and endured his transformations and attacks.
• Iori landed a decisive blow that crushed the Monkey King’s heart, then asked whether he was unwilling to accept defeat.

Iori defeated Son Goku and gained new powers, including the ability to create powerful clones. He later tested the technique by having clones fight Susanoo, then returned to his retainers as they praised his strength.

• Iori defeated Son Goku, who acknowledged his loss before vanishing and promising to fight him again.
• The Ruyi Jingu Bang entered the World-Saving Divine Blade, and Iori gained the Authority Saving Hairs with four divine powers.
• Iori created clones of himself that fought Susanoo in close combat on Hokkaido’s snowfields.
• Iori dismissed the clones, and Alice, Saya no Kashiwagi, and Seishouin Ena arrived to congratulate him.
• Seishouin Ena judged Iori’s clone nearly equal to Susanoo in combat, and Alice called Iori the strongest Demon King in history.

Iori reflected on Rama’s history with Guinevere and learned why Rama had avoided meeting her: he feared disappointing her idealized image of the Last King. The chapter left Iori reassuring Rama that he did not have to live up to others’ expectations.

• Alice left Iori alone in his room, and he called out to Rama in his thoughts.
• Iori asked Rama why he had not appeared to meet Guinevere, who had searched for him for centuries.
• Rama explained that Guinevere had been his follower and had sacrificed her previous life to forge the Holy Grail.
• Rama admitted that Guinevere’s devotion frightened him because she expected him to embody a perfect hero and descend as the Last King.
• Iori told Rama that he had no obligation to fulfill other people’s expectations of him.

Iori discussed Rama’s heroic nature and his plans to draw Campione! and Unwilling Gods into battle, then traveled with Alice to Sardinia to investigate a gathering storm. Alice identified Mekal as one of the descending gods, but Iori sensed that Mekal was already fighting another opponent.

• Iori told Rama that his sense of justice kept him from abandoning his duty, even though he feared the harm his presence could cause the world.
• Iori considered using Guinevere’s schemes to draw powerful Campione! and Unwilling Gods into conflicts, hoping to weaken fate’s influence and gather strength around himself.
• After the Council of Sages reported a Mediterranean superstorm, Iori teleported to Sardinia with Alice to investigate.
• Alice presented Prometheus’s Grimoire and reasoned that the storm god was Mekal, though Iori explained that the tablet was connected to a different god.
• Thunderclouds gathered over the sea, and Iori sensed that Mekal was already fighting another opponent.

Iori interrupted the battle between Mekal and Verethragna, stole Verethragna’s White Horse, and faced both gods. After Iori provoked Mekal, the God King attacked him, and Verethragna joined the fight against Mekal’s objections.

• Iori left Alice behind and flew to the battlefield, where he absorbed Mekal’s lightning and hurled it back at him.
• Iori used the Prometheus Stone Tablet to abduct Verethragna’s White Horse, prompting Verethragna and Mekal to appear before him.
• Mekal and Verethragna both claimed the right to fight Iori, who recognized Verethragna but mistook Mekal for Zeus or Jupiter.
• Mekal unleashed a storm and trapped Iori in viscous air, but Iori summoned Susanoo to block the God King’s club.
• Iori taunted Mekal about his obscurity, and Verethragna joined in, enraging the God King against them both.

Iori fought Mekal and Verethragna at the same time, using an incarnation to hold off Mekal while his true body attacked Verethragna. He injured the War God with Five Dragon Annihilation and a punch, but Verethragna remained ready to continue the battle and recognized the World-Saving Divine Blade.

• Mekal unleashed a storm against Iori and Verethragna, but Iori and Verethragna each resisted it with their divinities.
• Iori created a powerful incarnation with three life-saving hairs, which challenged Mekal while Iori faced Verethragna.
• Iori struck Verethragna with Five Dragon Annihilation, sending him into the sea, while the incarnation exchanged attacks with Mekal.
• Verethragna transformed into a giant boar and charged Iori, but Iori's Susanoo giant caught its tusks and threw it back.
• Iori struck Verethragna with a punch that injured his internal organs, but the War God survived and challenged Iori to defeat him.
• Verethragna identified the World-Saving Divine Blade as a vessel capable of unifying Steel Gods, and Iori said it was currently only rusted iron.