Chapter Summaries

Megumin’s Explosion Magic destroyed Yi Hai and opened a fissure between worlds, allowing Jiang Lianqiu’s Azure Nether Bird to reach Aqua as she welcomed the newly dead Satou Kazuma. The bird’s arrival linked Jiang Lianqiu and Aqua’s senses, leaving Aqua drenched and crying while their connection continued.

• Jiang Lianqiu’s Azure Nether Bird rescued Megumin, Alice, and Ukibo Yuzuha from the storm after Megumin’s Explosion Magic obliterated Yi Hai and tore open the Void’s sky.
• Jiang Lianqiu noticed a fissure leading to Megumin’s world and sent the Azure Nether Bird through it before it closed.
• Aqua told the newly dead Satou Kazuma that the girl he had saved survived, but revealed he had died of shock after mistaking a slow tractor for a truck.
• The Azure Nether Bird emerged in Aqua’s afterlife room, struck her head, and vanished as its connection to Jiang Lianqiu began linking their consciousnesses and five senses.
• Aqua resisted Jiang Lianqiu’s voice, cast Purification, and drenched herself and Satou Kazuma; Kazuma fainted and Aqua began crying.

Jiang Lianqiu used Five Senses Resonance to communicate with Aqua and learned that Yi Hai monsters had appeared in her world. Eris confirmed the monsters were troubling adventurers in remote areas, leaving Jiang Lianqiu concerned that their appearance was not an accident.

• Aqua realized she could sense Jiang Lianqiu's perspective, and the two introduced themselves while testing their shared control and pain.
• Aqua summoned Eris to ask about Yi Hai, and Jiang Lianqiu took control of Aqua's body to speak with her.
• Eris said she had found unfamiliar monsters in the other world and had investigated them while disguised as a mortal.
• Eris reported that the monsters were scattered in remote wilderness and had caused trouble for adventurers, but she had found no mastermind.
• Jiang Lianqiu noted that Yi Hai should need a Hollow to move, warned that their presence outside one was abnormal, and said he would teach Aqua meditation so he could reach her sooner.

Jiang Lianqiu persuaded Satou Kazuma to reincarnate in the fantasy world by explaining its dangers and helping him choose an ability. Kazuma selected an experience-gain talent to support his plan to become a versatile adventurer, and prepared to begin his new life.

• Jiang Lianqiu teased Aqua about slacking off and arranged to send the recovering Satou Kazuma to another world.
• Aqua described heaven as boring, while Eris explained the fantasy world and its Demon King threat; Kazuma grew suspicious when they could not account for most previous heroes.
• Jiang Lianqiu revealed that most previous heroes had died and warned Kazuma that one had chosen a cat-eared sailor-suit figurine, then lured him toward reincarnation by mentioning a Succubus Shop.
• Jiang Lianqiu advised Kazuma to choose a talent rather than an item and explained the adventurer class, which could learn skills from any class but leveled slowly.
• Kazuma chose the Gain Experience Points Increase talent, and Jiang Lianqiu suggested using a bow at low levels because archery hit rate depended heavily on luck.

Jiang Lianqiu sent Satou Kazuma and Aqua to the fantasy world to defeat the Demon King and investigate Yi Hai. Stranded with Kazuma, Aqua enlisted Darkness’s help, while Darkness became eager to meet the man who had sent her there.

• Jiang Lianqiu taught Satou Kazuma a meditation technique and asked him to investigate Yi Hai in exchange for his help.
• Jiang Lianqiu stepped onto Eris’s teleportation circle with Satou Kazuma, sending himself and Aqua to the fantasy world as well.
• Satou Kazuma arrived in the new world, left Aqua behind, and ran off to find the Adventurer’s Guild.
• Aqua learned she could not return to the Divine Realm until the Demon King was defeated or she died, and Jiang Lianqiu promised to support her afterward.
• Darkness offered Aqua a place to stay, became excited at the thought of meeting the man who had brought her there, and mistook Aqua’s claim to be a goddess for membership in the Cult of Axis.

Darkness took Aqua to register as an adventurer, where she learned about Aqua and Jiang Lianqiu’s Five Senses Resonance and eagerly sought to spend time with her. Meanwhile, Jiang Lianqiu prepared to meet Zhu Yuan’s parents after Qing Yi coached Zhu Yuan on their supposed dating history, and the chapter ended with Aqua and Darkness encountering a broke Satou Kazuma at the guild.

• Darkness pitied Aqua for being abandoned by Lianqiu and led her toward Axel’s Adventurer’s Guild.
• Aqua explained Five Senses Resonance to Darkness, who became excited about sharing meals, baths, and a bed with her.
• Hongdou teased Jiang Lianqiu about the private group chat before he received Zhu Yuan’s message arranging a meeting to coordinate their story for her parents.
• Qing Yi dressed and coached Zhu Yuan for her meeting with Jiang Lianqiu, while Zhu Yuan resolved to prove she deserved her position through hard work.
• Trigger drove Jiang Lianqiu toward Zhu Yuan’s residence as he followed Aqua’s experiences through their connection.
• Darkness and Aqua saw Satou Kazuma leaving the guild, where he complained that there were no beginner quests and he had no money.

Jiang Lianqiu visited Zhu Yuan at her home, where she nervously shared a detailed personal profile and listened as he explained Silver Crown’s extraterrestrial origins. After they spent the day together, they headed to meet her parents, and Jiang Lianqiu sorted through a carload of suspicious gifts before arriving.

• Jiang Lianqiu arrived at Zhu Yuan’s residence and complimented her dressed-up appearance.
• Zhu Yuan gave Jiang Lianqiu a notebook detailing her personal information, hobbies, habits, and medical examination.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Zhu Yuan about Silver Crown and showed her photos, surprising her with the truth about people she knew.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Zhu Yuan ate lunch at Guangying Plaza and spent the rest of the day wandering around Janus District.
• Zhu Yuan drove Jiang Lianqiu to her parents’ home, where he discovered the car was packed with dubious gifts and removed the unsuitable ones.

Jiang Lianqiu visited Zhu Yuan’s parents, whose enthusiastic dinner and marriage plans left Zhu Yuan mortified and rushing him to the hospital after he pretended the aphrodisiac food had affected him. Meanwhile, Aqua’s shared sensations reached the bathhouse, where Darkness misunderstood the situation and became excited by Jiang Lianqiu’s reaction to her body.

• Jiang Lianqiu gave Zhu Yuan’s parents gifts and learned that one of his subordinates had sold them fake medicine.
• Zhu Yuan’s mother served Jiang Lianqiu a pile of aphrodisiac dishes and pressed the couple to marry and have a child.
• Jiang Lianqiu pretended the food was affecting him, so Zhu Yuan hurried him into her car and drove toward the hospital.
• Aqua complained that Jiang Lianqiu’s full stomach had left her feeling bloated through their shared senses.
• Darkness overheard Aqua’s explanation, imagined Jiang Lianqiu was pent-up, and became excited when Aqua said her body felt good to him.

Aqua exposed Darkness in the bath with her water-purifying power, and their ensuing fight ended with Darkness fainting. After ending the Five Senses Resonance, Jiang Lianqiu took Zhu Yuan home, and she woke the next morning realizing they had spent the night together and accusing him of having planned it.

• Aqua purified the bathwater, accidentally exposing Darkness, who then became overwhelmed with pleasure at Jiang Lianqiu calling her lewd.
• Darkness tried to stop Aqua from revealing what she had done in the bath, but Aqua defeated her and left her unconscious in the water.
• Jiang Lianqiu ended the Five Senses Resonance and took Zhu Yuan from the car to her home, where she offered to help him and he kissed her.
• Zhu Yuan woke sore the next morning, remembered what had happened, and let Jiang Lianqiu heal her.
• Zhu Yuan deduced that Jiang Lianqiu had been fine all along, called him a scoundrel, and demanded to know whether he had been plotting against her.

Jiang Lianqiu took control of Aqua after she was swallowed by a giant frog and discovered that her meditation had greatly increased her mental power. He then found that Aqua had unconsciously drawn Darkness into meditation too, leaving him to investigate the goddess’s unusual influence.

• Jiang Lianqiu openly admitted that he liked Zhu Yuan, who soon rushed to the bathroom with nausea.
• Through Five Senses Resonance, Jiang Lianqiu found Aqua trapped inside a giant frog and took control of her body, causing the frog to explode.
• Jiang Lianqiu examined Aqua’s adventurer card and learned that she had spent her skill points on party skills, including Flower, Bird, Wind, Moon.
• Darkness revealed that she preferred being unable to hit monsters and collapsing in defeat, and Jiang Lianqiu recognized her as Lalatina.
• Jiang Lianqiu discovered that Aqua had meditated while asleep and that her mental fluctuations had pulled Darkness into meditation as well.

Jiang Lianqiu discovered that Aqua’s meditation had distorted Darkness’s brainwaves, allowing him to link with and briefly control her through Aqua. After the connection left Darkness ill and Jiang Lianqiu’s attack missed its targets, a gigantic Fire Phoenix Xuan Bird destroyed Beldia’s newly restored castle.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained the brainwave distortion to Darkness and warned her to learn meditation instead of pressing against Aqua while she meditated.
• Darkness eagerly agreed to a spiritual link, but the first connection made her dizzy, nauseous, and repeatedly unconscious despite Aqua’s Healing Spell.
• When Giant Frogs approached, Jiang Lianqiu took over Darkness’s body and summoned a massive Fire Phoenix Xuan Bird, which crashed into Beldia’s castle and reduced it to ruins.
• Beldia’s head and body were flung apart, and he shouted furiously as he saw his restored castle destroyed.
• Jiang Lianqiu realized that Darkness’s inability to hit targets affected him too, even when he controlled her body.

Jiang Lianqiu learned that the experience from the Giant Frogs went to him rather than Darkness, then gave Zhu Yuan a wristband before she left for work. He returned to Sui Bian Temple, where Ling greeted him and teased him about Zhu Yuan and Megumin.

• Jiang Lianqiu used the Fire Phoenix Xuan Bird to bombard the Giant Frogs, but Darkness received no experience or quest credit because the energy went to him.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained the Five Senses Resonance to Zhu Yuan and gave her a wristband that could connect to Starport and the Cosmic Web.
• Zhu Yuan left for her shift after sharing a tender goodbye with Jiang Lianqiu, who planned to experiment with opening a passage to another world.
• Jiang Lianqiu returned to Sui Bian Temple, where Ling sniffed him, guessed he had been with Zhu Yuan, and asked whether he had come to see Megumin.

Jiang Lianqiu told Megumin that her Explosion Magic had opened a Space-time Rift and that he had contacted people from her hometown. He planned to help her return to Axel that day and promised to set up a Trailblaze Anchor Point so she could travel back and forth.

• Jiang Lianqiu kissed Ling, who blushed and ran to the side hall.
• Ukibo Yuzuha teased Alice about clinging to her and Megumin in her sleep, and Megumin complained about Alice's figure.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Megumin that her Explosion Magic had created a Space-time Rift and that he had contacted her people back home.
• Ling realized Jiang Lianqiu wanted Megumin to keep using Explosion Magic to open a passage to another world.
• Jiang Lianqiu said he would accompany Megumin to Axel and establish a Trailblaze Anchor Point so they could travel between worlds.

After Megumin’s drunken encounter with a ghost, Jiang Lianqiu discovered that one confused girl’s soul still lingered in the mansion despite Aqua having sent the other spirits onward. He restored the girl’s consciousness and condensed her soul, leaving her identity and fate unresolved.

• Megumin wandered into Jiang Lianqiu’s room while drunk, mistook a jar for a bathroom, and accidentally released a ghost that startled her awake.
• Jiang Lianqiu realized Aqua had purified the spirits but believed she had sent them all onward, then escorted the frightened Megumin to the bathroom.
• Jiang Lianqiu sensed the lone girl’s soul clinging outside the bathroom window, and Megumin dragged him inside after spotting it.
• Megumin accidentally wet herself when the soul entered the bathroom, then demanded Jiang Lianqiu send it away.
• Jiang Lianqiu examined the disoriented soul and used a spiritual body control technique to restore the girl’s consciousness and form.

Jiang Lianqiu granted Shimada Minami Authorization after discovering that her soul was stranded between worlds and could not enter the afterlife. He began using Cyrene’s time authority to rebuild her body from her ashes, leaving her resurrection in progress.

• Jiang Lianqiu learned that Shimada Minami had died after encountering Yi Hai in Japan and had become stuck in the mortal world because her soul was not registered in either afterlife.
• Aqua and Eris explained that Shimada Minami could not ascend to Heaven, and Eris said she would need proof of her identity to satisfy the Divine Realm’s laws.
• Jiang Lianqiu granted Shimada Minami Authorization, which gave her a legal identity across worlds, and warned that her ordinary life was over.
• Jiang Lianqiu decided to revive Shimada Minami after Aqua explained that her vanished corpse could not be resurrected through normal means.
• Jiang Lianqiu had Shimada Minami’s ashes brought from Japan, poured them onto the floor, and used Cyrene’s time authority to make them form a broken skeleton.

Jiang Lianqiu restored Shimada Minami to life and learned that a monster had attacked her during what Karos identified as signs of a Hollow Outbreak. He arranged for Minami to return to her family, while Kirishima Shoko soon contacted her about meeting a Lord God; meanwhile, rumors spread in Axel about the powerful new owner of a suburban estate.

• Jiang Lianqiu reversed time to restore Shimada Minami's bones, and Aqua and Eris brought her back to life and returned her soul to her body.
• Shimada Minami told Jiang Lianqiu that a monster had attacked her on a busy street where no one could hear or see her, and Karos identified the incident as a sign of a Hollow Outbreak.
• Jiang Lianqiu ordered increased surveillance and reinforcements across the Solar System, then arranged for Shimada Minami to return home and had her death erased from records and memories.
• Shimada Minami reunited tearfully with her younger sister Yue, then Kirishima Shoko arrived and whispered that she knew Minami had met a Lord God.
• Rumors spread in Axel that the wealthy new owner of a suburban estate had great influence and power.

Jiang Lianqiu met Darkness’s father, Dustiness Ford Ignis, and revealed that he came from another world to investigate Yi Hai, the crystal-covered monsters. After using Psionic Energy to make Ignis believe him, Jiang Lianqiu began showing him what he knew.

• Darkness asked Jiang Lianqiu to meet her father, explaining that she had asked the Dustiness Family to guarantee him and had described him as someone she trusted completely.
• Jiang Lianqiu visited the Dustiness manor with Darkness, Aqua, Megumin, and Sirius, where the butler and Ignis mistakenly treated him as Darkness’s future husband.
• Ignis welcomed Jiang Lianqiu as his son-in-law and explained that he had raised Darkness after her mother died.
• Jiang Lianqiu told Ignis that he came from another world to investigate Yi Hai, not to defeat the Demon King, and said the Demon King’s Castle had disappeared.
• Jiang Lianqiu looked into Ignis’s eyes and used Psionic Energy to share information with him, leaving Ignis rubbing his temples as Darkness called out to him.

Jiang Lianqiu revealed Aqua’s role in Aldap’s crimes and explained that the demon Maxwell had concealed them, while Trigger forced Aldap to surrender his monster-summoning Divine Artifact. After Jiang Lianqiu obtained the artifact, Eris visited him disguised as Chris to ask about it.

• Jiang Lianqiu told Ignis that Maxwell had used reality distortion to hide Aldap’s crimes, and identified Aqua as the Goddess of Water.
• Trigger confronted Aldap in his royal capital estate, injured him, and demanded the Divine Artifact that summoned monsters.
• Aldap led Trigger to the artifact, and she took it after explaining that Maxwell had been sent back to hell.
• Jiang Lianqiu obtained the artifact and, after studying it, lost interest in its ability to summon monsters.
• Three mornings after returning from the Dustiness Family estate, Jiang Lianqiu met Eris, who visited disguised as Chris and asked whether he had the artifact.

Eris recovered Aqua’s soul-swapping Divine Artifact from Jiang Lianqiu, while Megumin, Aqua, and Darkness faced Headless Knight Beldia after Megumin destroyed his castle with Explosion Magic. The battle was interrupted by Yuyu’s arrival, and Beldia was left furious as the group introduced themselves instead of taking him seriously.

• Eris collected the soul-swapping Divine Artifact from Jiang Lianqiu, who explained that Maxwell’s reality distortion had hidden its owner.
• Megumin blasted Beldia’s castle with Explosion Magic, and Beldia emerged to complain about her daily attacks.
• Aqua repeatedly used Holy Purification on Beldia, who endured the Divine Arts and revealed that he was a Demon King’s Army Executive.
• Yuyu arrived to help, recognized Megumin, and became alarmed to find herself facing a goddess and a Demon King’s Army Executive.
• Yuyu introduced herself to Megumin and the others while Beldia angrily demanded that they treat the encounter as a battle.

Beldia unleashed Aether and overwhelmed Aqua, Darkness, and Megumin until Jiang Lianqiu arrived and defeated him. Afterward, Aqua clung to Jiang Lianqiu for comfort, while Megumin reported Beldia’s Aether to him and Yuyu watched their closeness in disbelief.

• Beldia revealed his power from Outside the World, used it to pressure Aqua and the others, and Megumin recognized the energy as Aether.
• Megumin began absorbing Beldia’s Aether, prompting him to attack and send Darkness flying before striking at Megumin.
• Aqua tried to stop Beldia with Holy Purification, but Jiang Lianqiu arrived and knocked Beldia down with his sheathed sword.
• Jiang Lianqiu subdued Beldia and pulled his head from the sky, while Aqua burst into tears and hugged him for comfort.
• Megumin told Jiang Lianqiu that Beldia possessed Aether, and Yuyu watched Aqua and Megumin act affectionately toward him with astonishment.

Jiang Lianqiu healed Darkness after her reckless fight with Beldia, then found Megumin and Yuyu undressed after their rivalry turned into a brawl. He accepted Yuyu as a friend and brought her along to Axel with the others, while a Mech Servant retrieved Beldia for an investigation.

• Jiang Lianqiu found Darkness injured in the forest, set her broken arm, and healed her while scolding her for charging into danger.
• Jiang Lianqiu returned to find Aqua playing with Beldia's head and Megumin and Yuyu lying undressed after fighting; he had a Mech Servant collect Beldia for investigation.
• Megumin explained that she was comfortable around Jiang Lianqiu, leaving Yuyu embarrassed, and Jiang Lianqiu gave her time to dress.
• Jiang Lianqiu welcomed Yuyu as a friend, and Darkness and Megumin reassured her until she tearfully accepted their friendship.
• Megumin and Yuyu followed the group toward Axel, teasing and chasing each other until they tumbled down the mountain path.