Chapter Summaries

After spending the night with Kirin, William left at dawn to join her father for morning practice. Kirin woke alone, embarrassed by what had happened and by the revealing nightgown her mother had left her in, while someone knocked and called to her.

• William woke beside Kirin and left for morning practice with her father.
• Kirin remembered the night before and hid under the covers in embarrassment.
• After William left, Kirin found herself wearing a revealing lace nightgown and blamed her mother, Kotoha Todo.
• Someone knocked and asked whether Kirin was awake, mentioning that William was talking with her father at the dojo.
• The Todo Family sat together at the breakfast table in kimono.

At a formal dinner, William promised to care for Kirin, earning the Todo Family’s approval. Later, Kirin demonstrated a new variation of the Todo Style against Seijiro Todo, who evaded her changing strike.

• Yoshino Wagatsuma and Kotoha Todo teased Kirin and William during a celebratory dinner, while Kirin shyly ate red bean rice.
• Seijiro Todo entrusted Kirin to William, and William solemnly promised not to let her suffer grievances.
• At the Todo Family dojo, Kirin agreed to demonstrate the new technique she had developed with William’s input.
• Kirin shifted her overhead wooden-sword slash into a horizontal strike, but Seijiro Todo anticipated the change and dodged backward.

Kirin defeated Seijiro Todo in a duel that revealed her mastery of an evolved form of Renkaku, and the Moon Landing arc began as William prepared to leave with Silvia. The chapter left Silvia asking William whether he was leaving already.

• Kirin pressed Seijiro Todo with a sequence of linked attacks, and Yoshino Wagatsuma recognized their duel as New Renkaku against Renkaku.
• William explained that Life Pulse Flow and Clairvoyance let Kirin incorporate her opponent’s movements into her attacks.
• Kirin swept her wooden sword upward, and Seijiro Todo praised her growth as their match ended.
• William told someone that everything was ready, waking Silvia, who got out of bed and asked whether he was leaving already.

William left Silvia and went to the launch base to join Mesa and Valda for the moon mission. As the launch approached, Mesa secretly told Valda to watch William closely aboard the rocket.

• Silvia saw William off and reminded him to pick her up after the launch.
• William arrived at the B2 District Satellite Launch Base, where Mesa was waiting for him.
• Mesa told Valda to stay alert and keep an eye on William once they were aboard the rocket.
• Valda agreed, while remaining tense about William’s rapid growth.
• The launch director escorted William to change into his spacesuit, and the crewed spacecraft was identified as the Centaur.

William and Valda launched aboard William’s rocket and reached space, where the spacecraft began following its programmed route toward the moon. William called Silvia to let her know he was safe and discovered Kirin was with her.

• William and Valda boarded the rocket as launch personnel prepared for liftoff behind camouflage barriers.
• Mesa watched from the launch control room as the director counted down and launched the rocket.
• William played a game during the journey, and the rocket reached space after breaking through the atmosphere in seven or eight hours.
• The rocket’s AI announced that it had entered space and was switching to level flight, and William unfastened his seat belt.
• William called Silvia and was startled to see Kirin sitting beside her, while Kirin asked if he was safe.

Valda and Mesa reviewed their plan to deal with William, including the Qingming Demon Sword’s limitations and a contingency to strand him on the moon. William had secretly planted talismans throughout the spaceship and overheard their plan.

• Valda contacted Mesa and confirmed that William seemed calm while speaking with his two girlfriends.
• Mesa warned Valda to stay alert as the spaceship approached its landing and asked whether she could use the Qingming Demon Sword.
• Valda explained that the sword still refused her, and that her mind-control ability let her use it for only three strikes.
• Mesa outlined the backup plan: Valda would transform into an Orga Lux while he detonated the engine compartment, with the sword meant to block William’s spatial escape.
• William revealed that he had overheard the plan and spread talismans throughout the spaceship after boarding.

William and Valda landed on the moon and sent robots to collect research data before riding a Mechanical Beast east to search for Manaite ore. They reached their destination, where Valda became sick and William jumped off in disgust.

• William considered how Mesa's plan would leave him stranded on the moon unless he triggered Invertia, then fell asleep.
• The Centaur began its lunar landing with William and Valda suited up, while William anticipated an attack on the launch base.
• William and Valda stepped onto the lunar surface, and Valda said she could go straight to the Manaite ore.
• Valda released intelligent robots to gather data, then opened the spacecraft's rear hatch to reveal a Mechanical Beast.
• William drove the Mechanical Beast east at Valda's direction for about two hours before it stopped and Valda became sick.

William and Valda reached a vast lunar Manaite deposit, where Valda prepared to turn it into a Meteor Shower and attack Earth. William revealed that he wanted the deposit for himself, leaving Valda and Mesa facing an uncertain confrontation.

• Valda and William jumped into the deep crater and landed safely at its bottom.
• Valda found the enormous Manaite deposit and prepared to activate the Qingming Demon Sword.
• William saw that the deposit extended deep underground and asked how Valda planned to use it as a Meteor Shower.
• Valda warned William that she and her allies had prepared for his interference.
• William said he wanted the Manaite for himself, and his sneer made Valda and Mesa tremble.

William confronted Mesa and Valda after revealing that he had seen through their plan to detonate the spaceship, but he had boarded the rocket because he believed he could escape. Valda blocked William's spatial magic with the Qingming Demon Sword, and William formed a lightning arrow as the standoff continued.

• William asked whether Mesa and Valda planned to detonate the spaceship, then revealed that his connection to Ten Thousand Radiant Heavens had exposed their scheme.
• Mesa asked why William had boarded the rocket despite knowing about the trap, and William said he was confident he could escape.
• Mesa ordered Valda to retreat, and smoke rising in the west showed that the spaceship had been destroyed.
• William tried to reach Valda, but she used the Qingming Demon Sword to create a spatial barrier that stopped his attack.
• William summoned a silver-white bow and formed a crackling lightning arrow.

William defeated Valda by using his weapon’s sure-hit ability, then collected her and the Qingming Demon Sword. Mesa called to offer a rescue in exchange for Valda, but William was focused on the nearby primordial stone.

• Valda tried to block William’s lightning arrow with a spatial barrier, but the attack bypassed it and pierced her host body’s chest.
• Valda attempted to transfer her main body into an escape pod, but her necklace lost its glow and the nameless girl’s head fell to the ground.
• William closed the girl’s eyes, explained that his weapon always hit its locked target, and collected Valda and the Qingming Demon Sword.
• Mesa called William and offered to send a rocket to retrieve him if he brought Valda back intact.
• William ignored Mesa’s offer as he felt increasingly drawn toward the primordial stone.

After Mesa learned that Valda had been captured and William refused to negotiate, he ordered Dirk to find and seize William’s girlfriend. On the moon, William used his immense Star Power near the Manaite deposit, and the Book of Worlds began to emerge from his body.

• Mesa smashed the screen after William refused to negotiate and concluded that William could return to Earth on his own.
• Mesa told Dirk that Valda had been captured and ordered him to locate and capture William’s girlfriend before William returned.
• Dirk agreed to make arrangements and asked Mesa where he was.
• William considered how to make the Book of Worlds appear while standing by the Manaite ore deposit.
• William unleashed his Star Power over the ore, causing the Book of Worlds to emerge as golden light and form golden threads above him.

The Book of Worlds triggered a silent eruption of white light that erased the Manaite ore and left a bottomless pit. William contacted Silvia and Kirin on Earth, warned them to stay together because Valda was captured, and vowed to make Valda his next experimental subject.

• The Book of Worlds opened to its blank pages, and white light swallowed William as the ground split apart around the Manaite ore.
• The light vanished, leaving the Manaite ore gone and a bottomless pit in its place while the Book of Worlds hovered calmly above William.
• William called Earth, and Silvia and Kirin told him the moon had disappeared and that Alkaid had mobilized.
• William told Silvia and Kirin to stay together and said Fan Xinglu would shield them from pressure from the Integrated Enterprise Foundation.
• William revealed that he had captured Valda and promised Silvia he would destroy Valda as his next experimental subject.

William returned to the Gap of Worlds, where the Book of Worlds proposed transforming him into a Star Spirit by merging his will with the moon’s manifested will. The revelation left him identifying the race as the Star Spirits of the Little Garden world.

• William said goodbye to Silvia and Kirin and stepped through the gate into the Gap of Worlds.
• The Book of Worlds opened to its final page and explained that it could fuse sources of energy and change William’s race.
• William questioned the need for another transformation since his body was already progressing toward becoming an elf-like, divine being.
• The Book of Worlds warned that his current path would impose a ceiling on his strength after the transformation.
• The Book of Worlds told William to abandon his body, merge his will with the moon’s manifested will, and reshape himself as a Star Spirit.
• William recognized the proposed race as the Star Spirits of the Little Garden world.

The chapter introduced Aldikia, a snowbound Northern European kingdom celebrating Christmas, and explained how the Lihavain Family rose to power by defending the country from the Domain of the War King. It ended as the account turned to vampires’ preferences for drinking the blood of exceptional people.

• Aldikia’s streets filled with celebrants despite the heavy snow and bitter cold because it was Christmas.
• The chapter described Aldikia as a constitutional monarchy where the women of the Lihavain Family held the country’s power.
• The Lihavain Family’s daughters were known as exceptional mediums who could summon spirits directly into their bodies.
• The Lihavain Family united Aldikia’s nobles and military forces and became royalty after resisting the Domain of the War King.
• The chapter explained that vampires drank blood to strengthen their abilities and preferred blood from people they considered exceptional.

Aldikia’s magecraft industry had helped the Lihavain family turn the war against the Domain of the War King into a stalemate, and the country celebrated Princess La Folia’s tenth birthday. La Folia joined her family in the palace hall, where the chapter ended as a man brushed off a reprimand about her being late.

• The Lihavain family developed the Craftsman Hero System by using spirits as energy sources and empowering weapon Spirit Ranks.
• Aldikia’s improved magecraft technology shifted the war into a stalemate, and the country grew confident it could defeat the Domain of the War King.
• On La Folia’s birthday, Torine advised her to wear her usual uniform because she had to perform the Valkyrie summoning ceremony.
• La Folia dressed in a military-style uniform and followed Torine to the palace’s main hall.
• A noblewoman mildly scolded La Folia for arriving late, but a muscular man beside her said that being two minutes late was nothing.

Ten-year-old La Folia demonstrated the Aldikian royal family's secret incantation before her family as a test for recognition as the first heir. Her summoning produced a strange anomaly that left the Queen Mother, Polifonia, and Lucas baffled.

• La Folia visited the Queen Mother, who said her husband was reflecting at the annex after she caught him cheating again.
• The Queen Mother asked La Folia to demonstrate the secret incantation she had mastered.
• La Folia invoked the Golden Goddess and completed the prayer to summon a spirit into her body.
• Golden light appeared, but the Queen Mother, Polifonia, and Lucas noticed something was wrong and gathered around La Folia.

La Folia's secret summoning spell brought her into contact with a living boy inside a mysterious ball of light. After using spiritual sight to meet him, she warned her grandmother that he was about to descend and urged her to withdraw the forces deployed nearby.

• La Folia reached into the ball of light and entered a state of spiritual sight, prompting Polifonia and Lucas to worry before the queen mother stopped them.
• La Folia discovered a handsome, living boy inside the light and sensed his warmth, powerful spiritual energy, and noble presence.
• The boy waved his hand and sent La Folia's spirit back into her body.
• The queen mother asked La Folia what she had seen, while the Holy Ring Knights and the warship Ranwadeya remained poised to attack.
• La Folia urged her grandmother to withdraw all the forces because the noble being was about to descend.

William answered La Folia’s summons and appeared before her family, whose members recognized his overwhelming spiritual power and treated him with respect. After they left to discuss matters privately, William reflected on his new Star Spirit body and its future growth.

• William emerged through a portal after La Folia summoned him, and La Folia, Polifonia, and the Queen Mother bowed to him.
• Polifonia sensed spiritual power comparable to that of the True Ancestors and twisted Lucas’s waist until he lowered his head in respect.
• William explained that he had followed the force of La Folia’s summons and agreed to wait while she spoke with her family.
• After the royal family left, William summoned the Book of Worlds and considered how his Star Spirit body could grow stronger over time.

William wondered whether another wealthy woman would come to his rescue, while La Folia told her family about the powerful being she had encountered through her spirit vision. She identified him as the Spirit King, then hinted that she had discovered something else about him.

• William smiled as the Book of Worlds flipped through its pages, then wondered whether another rich woman would bail him out.
• La Folia calmly faced King Lucas, Queen Polifonia, and Queen Dowager Muse as they asked what she had seen in her spirit vision.
• La Folia said she could not discern the being’s true nature unless he chose to reveal it.
• La Folia told her family that the being was the Spirit King, a title she had given him because of his lofty status.
• La Folia asked whether her family knew what else she had seen, and Polifonia disapprovingly said her name.

La Folia told her family what she knew about the powerful being and revealed that he was waiting outside. Her family planned to welcome him and find a way to lead him away, but La Folia appeared more curious than afraid.

• La Folia recalled that the elf with the Lion King Agency was a forest elf and opened the window, directing her family's attention to the sky.
• La Folia finished explaining what she knew and urged her family not to keep the waiting person waiting.
• The Empress Dowager questioned La Folia's intentions, and Lucas grabbed her arm to keep her from getting involved.
• La Folia guessed that her family planned to welcome the being and find something interesting to distract him with.
• Lucas said the being was a ticking time bomb and that they needed to send him away as soon as possible.