Chapter Summaries

Iori prepared to challenge Arteshu, the God of War, while explaining that he would need to defeat him with power that did not exceed Arteshu’s. As news of the coming battle spread, the other gods withdrew their forces and Iori’s apostles began gathering human survivors to establish a nation.

• Iori told Ciel and Athena that he intended to face Arteshu, and Ciel agreed to support him.
• Iori and Athena concluded that Arteshu could be beaten by fighting him with power that did not exceed the God of War’s.
• Forest God Kainas learned that Iori had demanded the Forest Spirit Race’s surrender but chose to wait until Iori and Arteshu had fought.
• News spread that Arteshu was preparing for a battle with humanity’s new god, prompting Kainas, the Forge God, and other gods to restrain their followers.
• Iori’s first twenty-two apostles traveled across the continent, gathered human survivors, and began building a nation from a former Forest Spirit Race city.

An apostle of Iori warned a Dog Tribe Orc Race squad not to wage war, then burned an attacker to ashes when the orcs tried to stop him. The apostles’ campaign to restrain the races continued, while Iori received a new CG and divine abilities tied to humanity.

• A messenger of the gods confronted three Dog Tribe Orcs and warned them that war against neighboring tribes would bring disaster.
• The orcs doubted the messenger, but grew uneasy when he cited the Black Tail Cat Clan’s sudden retreat from its territory.
• When an orc with the Blood Eater ability attacked, the messenger used Iori’s sun blessing to burn him to ashes, and the others fled.
• The messenger reflected on Riku’s order to prevent wars and on the apostles’ effort to prepare for the duel between Iori and Arteshu.
• Iori’s system awarded the God of Humanity CG, Divine Vengeance, and Divine Protection.

Iori confronted Arteshu after the God of War unleashed a Divine Strike on humanity’s city, and Iori shattered it with the World-Saving Divine Blade. Their battle began in the sky, where Arteshu overwhelmed Iori until Iori’s power rose to nearly match his.

• Riku’s apostles used Iori’s help to persuade the Orc Race, Forest Spirit Race, and Goblin Race to leave the continent’s center, while the gods withdrew their followers and hid.
• Arteshu and the Exospecies arrived above the human city-state, and Arteshu ordered his forces to prepare a Divine Strike.
• Arteshu unleashed the world-destroying attack, but Iori’s Complete Liberation: World-Saving Divine Blade split its radiance and challenged him directly.
• Iori and Arteshu exchanged attacks in the void, with Arteshu’s blows forcing Iori back and breaking his lightning strike.
• Iori’s aura surged until it nearly matched Arteshu’s, and he told the God of War he was holding back so the fight would not end too easily.

Iori fought Arteshu as the God of War’s power rose beyond his limits, but he refused to accept defeat. After learning Arteshu had allowed the planet’s endless war to continue for his own amusement, Iori prepared to challenge him on grounds other than strength.

• Iori used the World-Saving Divine Blade and the Heavenly Cloud Sword to wound Arteshu, who grew stronger and praised their battle.
• Iori unleashed the Blade of the End, but Arteshu’s wings shielded him as he declared that even the void could not overcome his power.
• Arteshu and Iori fought at their peaks, trading divine weapons and escalating attacks until Arteshu’s strength approached the point where it could erase Iori.
• Iori admitted he had failed to surpass the strongest but insisted that victory did not require being stronger than an opponent.
• Iori asked why Arteshu had allowed the planet’s war to continue instead of ending it, and Arteshu said the slaughter eased his boredom.

Iori defeated Arteshu by turning the War God’s accumulated karma against him and destroying his Divine Core. After Arteshu died, Iori claimed the Star Grail and began remaking the world, leaving every race to witness the birth of a new age.

• Iori used the Sword of Judgment Karma to bind Arteshu with the sins he had accumulated, then clashed with him using the Divine Blade and Divine Spear.
• Iori let Arteshu’s broken spear pierce him and drove his own damaged blade into Arteshu, destroying the War God’s Divine Core and ending his domain of war.
• As Arteshu died, he recognized that Iori had won through the determination of the weak and vowed they would meet again.
• The Star Grail emerged from the planet’s core, and Iori reached out to claim it as every race witnessed the event.
• Iori used the Star Grail’s power to transform the world, restore life, and begin dividing its rules, races, concepts, and structure anew.

After reshaping Disboard, Iori oversaw humanity’s recovery and changed the world’s rules so married couples of different races could have children. He attended Riku and Shuvi’s wedding, then returned to Bleach while wondering where Arteshu’s soul had gone.

• Iori reviewed Disboard’s new order as Ciel searched for human survivors and prepared candidates for the Third Magic, while Azril kept the Exospecies alive in accordance with Arteshu’s final command.
• Riku and Shuvi invited Iori to their wedding, and he granted married couples of different races the ability to have children.
• Iori witnessed Riku and Shuvi’s wedding in Holy Babylon, where Cronie welcomed representatives of other races and declared humanity’s intent to pursue peaceful relations.
• Iori, Athena, and Ciel gave the newlyweds gifts, including Iori’s manuscript, a Golden Apple sapling, and crowns blessed by the Star Grail.
• Iori returned to Bleach, confident he could fulfill his promise to the Soul King, and wondered where Arteshu’s soul had gone.

Iori visited the Soul King and began using his power to restructure the Three Worlds and Hell. He froze time across the realms, then entered Hell to break down its accumulated spiritual beings into Reishi while collecting their consciousnesses.

• Iori arrived at the Soul King Palace, where Hyōsube Ichibē and the other members of Zero Division welcomed him without resistance.
• Iori met the Soul King, who agreed to share his knowledge and power so they could carry out repeated simulations.
• The Soul King released his nerves across the Three Worlds, and Iori used Time Stop to freeze all living beings.
• Iori separated Soul Society, the World of the Living, and Hueco Mundo, revealing Hell and recognizing that the realm system was incomplete.
• Iori entered Hell and began decomposing its spiritual beings into Reishi, collecting their consciousnesses in the Mountain and River Scroll.

Iori rebuilt Hell into an orderly system for sorting and reincarnating souls, then returned to the Seireitei to observe how it worked. After overhearing his squad members criticize his long hiatus, he tried to resume writing but procrastinated until Nemu arrived with tea and dumplings.

• Iori used the Star Grail to dominate and reshape Hell into eight layers, with separate routes for sinners, the good, and ordinary souls.
• Iori sent the dismantled souls through the Abyss of Naraka to be recombined and returned to the Three Worlds, then told the Soul King that Hell's preliminary reconstruction was complete.
• Time began flowing again, and Iori returned to his duties as Captain of the Third Division while monitoring Hell and enjoying a peaceful stretch of daily life.
• Iori overheard his squad members mocking his hiatus, wrote their names in a memo, and decided to send them to guard the World of the Living for a hundred years.
• Iori resumed his manuscript but wrote only “New Volume:” before putting it away when a visitor arrived.
• Nemu brought Iori tea and dumplings, fed him, and explained that his grandmother had sent her to check on his health.

Iori tried to escape distractions in the Soul Society by writing in the World of the Living, but Saito interrupted him and they grew intimate. He finally told Saito that he was the Soul King, but she assumed it was roleplay.

• Nemu said she knew several women in the Soul Society and revealed that Yoruichi had taught her how to persuade pure-hearted young men.
• Iori put off writing for half a month amid visits from Nemu, the Male Shinigami Association, and Kurotsuchi Mayuri, then went to the World of the Living to work in private.
• Saito found Iori writing and teased him until they became intimate.
• After Saito woke, Iori tried to explain his true identity, but she misunderstood his serious confession as a request for roleplay.
• Iori told Saito he was the current Soul King, and she questioned what kind of play he had in mind.

Iori revealed his identity as the ruler of multiple worlds to Saito and showed her his kingdom, leaving her eager to visit more worlds and suspicious of his romances there. In a separate hotpot scene, Yosuke and Jingwen argued over the food and discussed whether Yosuke should use transformation magic to earn money as a virtual streamer.

• Saito questioned whether Iori's identity and feelings were genuine, and Iori assured her that he had always been sincere.
• Iori told Saito that he had met Hiyori, Akame, and the Uranus's crew in other worlds, then took her to his royal palace and the Imperial Capital.
• Iori explained that he ruled a country in another world and that countless other worlds existed; Saito eagerly asked to visit them while teasing him about other women.
• Fujimiya, Yosuke, and Jingwen shared hotpot, and Jingwen accused Yosuke of taking too much meat while revealing that their earlier A5 beef had been an affordable substitute.
• Jingwen suggested Yosuke use transformation magic to stream as a beautiful virtual girl, but Yosuke refused because he valued facing people as himself.
• Yosuke promised to earn more money and repay Fujimiya for the beef, then cautioned that favors had to be reciprocated carefully.

Yosuke told Jingwen and Fujimiya about the ring he had given Farrell, prompting them to watch how he first met her and later misunderstood her feelings. After Iori and Saito's plan made Yosuke confront Farrell, he removed her ring only to urge her to pawn it, leaving her furious.

• Yosuke explained that Farrell had reacted angrily when he gave her a valuable ring as thanks, and Jingwen and Fujimiya demanded to see what happened.
• Yosuke met Saito through Iori near the Imperial Capital, and Farrell joined them after noticing the group together.
• Farrell admitted she watched over Yosuke and listened as Saito advised her to make him fear losing her.
• Iori arranged for Yosuke to see Farrell with a handsome young man and suggested she might marry another suitor, prompting Yosuke to rush over and take her aside.
• Yosuke removed Farrell's ring and told her to pawn it for wedding funds, causing her to cry out in shock and anger.

Farrell tried to confess to Yosuke again, but he fell asleep drunk before she could finish, leaving Iori and Saito to watch their stalled romance. Farrell then made an unexpected move toward the sleeping Yosuke.

• Farrell drank alone at the tavern, discouraged by Yosuke's repeated failure to recognize her romantic advances.
• Iori told Saito that he wanted to help bring Yosuke and Farrell together, though he planned to wait for the right moment.
• Yosuke found Farrell and sincerely praised her, telling her she deserved happiness and that he wanted her to keep smiling.
• Farrell began to confess her feelings, but Yosuke passed out on the table before she could finish.
• Iori and Saito noticed Farrell making a move toward the sleeping Yosuke.

Farrell tried to take advantage of a drunken Yosuke but was caught and used memory-erasing magic on him. Elsewhere, Cui collected a grimoire from an ancient Elf Sage, then heard a tale of a Hero and an Elf Mage whose romance ended in separation and doubted its truth.

• Farrell rented a room with Yosuke and tried to seduce him while he was drunk.
• Yosuke woke and called Farrell by name, so she struck him with memory-erasing magic.
• Cui visited the secluded Elf Sage, accepted her wooden box of knowledge, and departed with it.
• Cui passed through a village and noticed two children with strong magic and martial arts training.
• In a prosperous town, Cui listened to a bard's tragic story of Hero Sinel and an Elf Mage, then dismissed the idea that the Hero had been human.

Cui brought Iori, Yosuke, Farrell, and Saito to a goddess’s ruin in search of a legendary holy sword. In the labyrinth’s central hall, they found two swords, and Iori revealed that both were holy swords as Yosuke wondered about the left one’s origins.

• Cui struggled with her feelings after learning that Saito was Iori’s wife, then decided to focus on the ruin and invite Iori’s group to explore it.
• A few days later, Cui led Iori, Yosuke, Farrell, and Saito through the mountain labyrinth, where they overcame its traps and reached the central hall.
• The group found two swords set on pedestals, and Cui explained that drawing a holy sword could grant someone the power to become a hero.
• Saito identified the right-hand sword as pristine and unused, while the left-hand sword showed signs of long use and repair.
• Yosuke guessed that the worn sword was the genuine holy sword, but Iori explained that both blades were real and pointed out that their pedestals described different origins.
• Yosuke read that the right-hand sword was the World-Saving Holy Sword, which could be drawn only during a crisis threatening the world, and asked what the left-hand sword was.

Yosuke drew the Holy Sword far enough to meet its spirit, who offered him the chance to become a Hero and return to his original world. She revealed that the sword had appeared because Iori could become a world-ending threat, leaving Yosuke to weigh his wish against the danger to his companion.

• Iori explained that the left sword was a mortal Hero's weapon, whose inscription urged anyone unable to draw the Holy Sword to use it to protect the world.
• Cui and Saito failed to draw the Holy Sword, but Yosuke pulled it slightly and was transported to an illusion of his old room.
• The Holy Sword Spirit appeared and asked Yosuke to contract with her and become a Hero, but he refused because he distrusted her offer.
• The spirit explained that the Holy Sword had appeared because Iori possessed the power to destroy the world, regardless of his intentions.
• Yosuke refused to attack Iori for the sword's power, but the spirit offered to grant his wish and return him to his original world if he fulfilled the Hero's mission.

Yosuke refused to investigate the Holy Sword or accept Iori’s offer to help him return home, despite his longing for his old life, because Farrell’s sadness unsettled him. Farrell realized he might have stayed for her and came to speak with him, ending the chapter as she prepared to reveal her decision.

• Yosuke declined to pull out the Holy Sword, saying he would wait until someone truly needed it, and later told Iori he could keep looking for another way home.
• Iori offered to arrange Yosuke’s return, but Yosuke changed his mind after seeing Farrell’s sorrow and said he wanted to stay longer.
• Alone in his room, Yosuke wondered why he could not leave and told Iori he felt he had forgotten something important.
• Iori recognized the special karmic connection between Yosuke and Farrell and advised Yosuke to take time to understand his feelings.
• Farrell overheard Yosuke’s conversation, realized he might have refused to go home for her, and entered his room to say she had made up her mind.

Yosuke recovered his memories of Farrell and regretted leaving her, then she appeared in his world through a reverse summoning formation. The next section shifted to Chaldea, where Heroic Spirits gathered for breakfast and Cú Chulainn sparred with a young man.

• Farrell helped Yosuke travel with her, and over the years she became a Great Sage while they searched ruins together.
• Farrell showed Yosuke a restored return-summoning formation and confessed her love before using Memory Manipulation Magic to send him home.
• Yosuke remembered Farrell, admitted he wanted to see her again, and tried to return to the other world by jumping from his balcony.
• Farrell arrived through a reverse summoning formation and landed on Yosuke, revealing a Star Stone ring.
• At Chaldea, Artoria, Emiya, Karna, and other Heroic Spirits gathered for breakfast while Drake challenged Columbus to a duel.
• Cú Chulainn sparred with a young man at the training ground.

Ritsuka Fujimaru woke alone in an underground prison and fled Dragon Fang Soldiers, using her Magic Crest to fight them off. Cornered at a sealed prison door, she faced an unknown presence within as her pursuers closed in.

• Ritsuka woke in an unlocked cell and found she could not sense Mash, Fou, or any Servants.
• She spotted Dragon Fang Soldiers patrolling the corridor and tried to retreat without alerting them.
• Ritsuka accidentally knocked over a brazier, drawing the soldiers toward her and forcing her to flee.
• She used her Magic Crest and combat suit to defeat one Dragon Fang Soldier while retreating from the others.
• Ritsuka ran into a narrow passage and found a rune-covered prison door at its end as the Dragon Fang Soldiers caught up.

Ritsuka, Iori, and Merlin Lily fought through the occupied middle level of Chaldea and faced a powerful dragonkin. Meanwhile, Iori discovered that the Ritsuka he had rescued was a homunculus, and the chapter ended with him attacking the Salamander.

• Iori rescued Ritsuka and Merlin Lily from the prison and learned that Chaldea had been seized and its Singularities threatened.
• Iori found the injured Merlin, who confirmed that Ritsuka was missing, and concluded that the Ritsuka he had encountered was a homunculus.
• Ritsuka, Iori, and Merlin Lily fought their way through the middle level, while other rescued Servants were prevented from helping them.
• The trio entered a grand hall filled with enemies and defeated them together, with Ritsuka reinforcing Iori.
• A Salamander emerged from a crack in the floor, and Iori charged at it, cutting through its scales and drawing blood.

After Merlin explained that Ritsuka planned to become the Beast of Termination to preserve other Worldlines, Iori considered whether to stop her and decided to speak with her directly. He found Ritsuka lying motionless in a sea of flowers, while the Count visited her and angrily mourned her fate.

• Iori and Merlin Lily defeated Salamander, while Iori privately listened as Merlin explained Ritsuka's plan to become the Beast of Termination.
• Merlin admitted that he had created an artificial Ritsuka to stop the transformation, but Chaldea's loyalist Servants had imprisoned him for opposing Ritsuka's wishes.
• Iori left Merlin and reflected on Ritsuka's plan, then decided to find her and ask her about it in person.
• Iori bypassed Chaldea's barriers and found Ritsuka lying motionless in a wedding gown on a stone bed amid a sea of flowers.
• The Count approached Ritsuka and reproached her for taking on what he called a foolish mission.