Recaps

Li Yu named the newly encountered Spirit Tohka, fed her, and sent her with Kato Megumi to Gourmet World while he stayed behind with Asuna. As Mio Takamiya noticed several Spirits had vanished from her reach, she told Kotori Itsuka that DEM Industries had captured them and that they needed to prepare.

• Li Yu gave Tohka food until she agreed to travel with him to a world full of food, then named her and introduced her to Asuna and Kato Megumi.
• When Tohka began to disappear, Li Yu blocked her return to the Adjacent World, and Kato Megumi volunteered to take her to Gourmet World.
• Li Yu instructed Kato Megumi to arrange an ID for Tohka and find Ais, then left with Asuna to meet Asagi Aiba and the others.
• Mio Takamiya sensed that she had lost contact with several Spirits and planned to investigate, distribute the remaining Spirit Crystal, and use herself as bait.
• Mio Takamiya told Kotori Itsuka that DEM Industries had likely captured Princess and other Spirits, leaving Kotori frustrated and asking what they should do.

Kotori Itsuka and Mio Takamiya planned to protect Kotori’s sister and prepare to confront DEM Industries, while Li Yu decided to wait before acting against them. Li Yu then helped Elysia persuade Miku Izayoi to leave with her that day, though Miku did not know what awaited her.

• Kotori Itsuka asked Reine Murasame to strengthen Shiori’s protection, and Mio Takamiya suggested helping Shiori learn to use her power.
• Asagi Aiba monitored the conversation, and Li Yu said he would follow Kotori and Mio’s plan before capturing the First Spirit once the world grew stronger.
• Li Yu and Asuna found Elysia on a date with Miku Izayoi at a shopping mall.
• Elysia told Miku that Li Yu and Asuna could help take her to a place she had long wanted to visit.
• Miku canceled her upcoming work and agreed to leave with Elysia that day, unaware that she would be leaving her world.

Elysia brought Miku to Abant, where Miku discovered she had been deceived and erupted in anger after seeing a recording of Elysia flirting with other girls. Miku attacked Elysia, and the resulting explosion alerted Abant’s Flugel and Ex-Machina.

• Miku agreed to leave with Elysia, and Li Yu led the group to a parking garage before secretly transferring Elysia and Miku to an uninhabited corner of Abant.
• Miku opened her eyes in the unfamiliar place and realized Elysia had tricked her when Elysia’s Herrscher power activated.
• A voice played footage of Elysia flirting with other girls, deepening Miku’s feelings of betrayal despite Elysia insisting that her affection was genuine.
• Miku summoned Gabriel and launched a sonic attack at Elysia, who blocked it with her staff.
• The blast alerted Abant’s Flugel and Ex-Machina, who rushed toward the disturbance, expecting an attack.

Li Yu arranged for Elysia to be exposed to Miku, leading to a fight that was interrupted when the Flugel attacked Miku. After Li Yu revealed he had brought Miku there, she rejected Elysia, then calmly asked Li Yu what he wanted, leaving Elysia jealous and suspicious.

• Miku attacked Elysia after Li Yu exposed Elysia's flirtations, while Asuna watched with Li Yu.
• The Flugel attacked Miku with Heaven's Strike after she told them to shut up, and Elysia shielded them both.
• Li Yu promised the Flugel that he would find worlds for them to suppress, and they left satisfied.
• Li Yu revealed that Elysia had brought Miku there at his request, and Miku told Elysia to stay away from her.
• Miku asked Li Yu what he needed, and Elysia grew jealous when she noticed Miku seemed interested in him.

Li Yu brought Miku to his world, where she refused to forgive Elysia and left with Utaha Kasumigaoka. Back in the Date A Live World, Takamiya Pu unexpectedly gave Origami a Spirit Crystal, and Li Yu sensed Origami in an Astral Dress.

• Li Yu showed Miku his power in space, then brought her to Abant and asked her to stay for a while.
• Miku rejected Elysia's attempts to explain herself and asked Li Yu to keep them apart.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka arrived and took Miku to register and explore the world while Li Yu recorded Elysia's pleading and shared it with the Flame-Chasers.
• Li Yu returned to the Date A Live World with Asuna and sensed that the world had grown stronger.
• Takamiya Pu found Origami on the outskirts that night, forcibly gave her a Spirit Crystal, and activated it; Li Yu sensed Origami wearing an Astral Dress.

Li Yu watched Rei Takamiya use Origami Tobiichi as bait to lure DEM Industries, then secretly rescued Origami and offered her a path to power. He sent her toward another world, promising to deal with Rei himself.

• Li Yu warned Asagi Aiba and the others that Rei Takamiya was using Origami as bait, so they stayed away while AST mobilized.
• Rei Takamiya found no sign of DEM Industries, suppressed Origami's power, and returned her to her apartment as a possible lure for later.
• Origami remembered that Rei had caused the fire that killed her parents and despaired when she could not use her own power to attack her.
• After Rei left, Li Yu contacted Origami, eased her pain, and explained that DEM Industries was under his control and Rei had made her bait.
• Li Yu transported Origami away, severed Rei's connection to her power, and opened a spatial rift to send her to another world.
• Origami agreed to go, while Li Yu told her that he would handle defeating Rei himself.

Li Yu moved Origami Tobiichi to his world, then prepared to confront Mio Takamiya after the Date A Live world became strong enough to withstand his power. He sent Kurumi Tokisaki and Sawa Yamauchi to safety, leaving them together in his world so they could finally talk.

• Li Yu brought Origami Tobiichi to Abant and left her with Utaha Kasumigaoka for the night.
• Mio Takamiya discovered Origami had vanished and resolved to watch Kurumi Tokisaki and meet Shiori Itsuka.
• Li Yu sensed the world could withstand his tenth-tier power and told Asuna they would go find Shiori Itsuka.
• Li Yu found Kurumi Tokisaki fighting Sawa Yamauchi in the Adjacent World, restrained Sawa, and opened a passage for them to leave.
• Li Yu calmed Sawa's violent impulses, and Kurumi brought her into his world, where Sawa excitedly asked whether Li Yu was Kurumi's boyfriend.

Li Yu met Shiori Itsuka at school and restored her sealed memories, revealing that Mio Takamiya had turned Kotori into a Spirit and involved Shiori in the process. He explained that he was protecting the Spirits and had come to protect the sisters from Mio, leaving Shiori to consider whether she could trust him.

• Sawa Yamauchi recovered and embraced Kurumi, while Mio Takamiya noticed Kurumi had vanished from the Adjacent World.
• Li Yu and Asuna went to Shiori Itsuka's school, where Asagi Aiba ensured Kotori Itsuka would not learn of their meeting.
• Li Yu brought Shiori to the rooftop and told her that someone had turned her little sister into a Spirit and drawn her into the conflict.
• Li Yu unsealed Shiori's memories, and she recalled helping seal Kotori's powers after Kotori became a Spirit.
• Li Yu said Mio was behind the sisters' troubles and claimed that he and his allies had protected the other Spirits and cut them off from Mio.
• Shiori questioned whether Li Yu's group had imprisoned the Spirits, and Li Yu offered to show her how they were doing while pointing out that Kotori had not noticed the meeting.

Li Yu took Kotori and Shiori Itsuka away from Mio Takamiya, then confronted Mio after she tore into the real world to find them. The chapter ended with Li Yu sending Mio into space and catching up with her to continue their fight away from Earth.

• Li Yu told Shiori Itsuka that he planned to take her and Kotori away, and Shiori insisted that they must not kill Mio Takamiya.
• Li Yu revealed Shiori to Kotori, who teleported down in her Astral Dress and charged at him with her axe.
• Li Yu blocked Kotori’s attack and sent her through a Spatial Passage, while Asuna took Shiori through and Asagi Aiba and the others withdrew.
• Mio Takamiya sensed that her connections to Kotori and Shiori had vanished, tore into the real world, and triggered Spacequake alarms across the world.
• Mio found Li Yu on the school roof and attacked him, but he struck her into space and followed her away from Earth.

Li Yu defeated and captured Mio Takamiya, then revealed that he had taken the Spirits to arrange a conversation rather than experiment on them. He told Mio that Shiori was safe in another world and began discussing the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, leaving Mio startled by Pandora's presence and aura.

• Mio Takamiya attacked Li Yu with Sanctuary of All Things, then tried to control him with Reincarnation Paradise, but he resisted and seized control of her Territory.
• Li Yu captured Mio, severed her connection to her Angel and the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, while Pandora took control of the world.
• Mio believed Li Yu planned to experiment on the Spirits, but he said he had taken them away to speak with her and had no interest in studying her powers.
• Li Yu assured Mio that Shiori and the other Spirits were safe in another world, then raised the subject of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life.
• Mio sensed the Tree's aura from Pandora, saw her beside Li Yu, and instinctively called her "Mom?"

Mio joined forces with Pandora after Pandora offered to restore Shiori's past-life memories, while Li Yu arranged the takeover of the Date A Live World. As Sakayori Iroha's class reached a new world, a second, unknown passage appeared, and Li Yu was called to investigate.

• Mio accepted Pandora as her superior when Pandora promised to restore Shiori's memories, and agreed to help her at any cost.
• Li Yu returned to find Kotori Itsuka defeated by Ye Zi, then revealed that Reine was the First Spirit and had sold the Date A Live World to him.
• Li Yu asked Natsuki Minamiya to send people to take charge of the Date A Live World, and assigned Sakayori Iroha's class to explore another world through a Spatial Passage.
• Sakayori Iroha opened the passage to the new world, but a second passage appeared nearby, leading to a place where space seemed more stable.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka called Li Yu to report the unknown passage, interrupting his time with Asuna.

Li Yu opened a passage to the world of One-Punch Man and learned that its monsters and organizations could be dealt with easily. After Asuna slaughtered the House of Evolution’s monsters, she held Dr. Genus at swordpoint.

• Li Yu opened the newly appeared passage, and Asuna quickly incapacitated the lion-headed Beast King without killing him.
• Li Yu read Beast King's memories, identified the world as One-Punch Man, and called Pandora to investigate its developing World Will.
• Li Yu ordered Abant and the others to prepare for a mission to eliminate the world's monsters and organizations.
• Li Yu and Asuna entered the passage and encountered Dr. Genus and the House of Evolution's monsters.
• Asuna cut down the monsters rushing at them and put her rapier to Dr. Genus's neck.

Li Yu forced Genus to accept a job in his world and brought his group to the House of Evolution, where they prepared to hunt monsters across the planet. Genus chose to leave with Li Yu at once, eager to see whether the other world truly held so many people stronger than him.

• Asuna held Genus at swordpoint, and Li Yu exposed that Genus was using a clone and threatened to erase his consciousness, so Genus surrendered.
• Li Yu introduced his group as travelers from other worlds and recruited Genus, telling him he would serve as an errand runner in their world.
• Genus accepted the offer despite his doubts, and Li Yu instructed him to lead the group to the House of Evolution so they could clean up the world's monsters.
• Asagi Aiba shared information she had gathered from the world's network, and Li Yu ordered the group to spread out and hunt monsters before taking control of the world.
• At the House of Evolution, the group divided up territories, while Li Yu asked Genus whether he wanted to stay or leave with him; Genus chose to leave immediately.

Li Yu sent Genus to the Academy of Sciences, divided the One-Punch Man World among his allies, and arranged Star Rail coverage for newly discovered worlds. After learning that Sakayori Iroha’s group had reached a world discussing Hunter Licenses, he told them to take the Hunter Exam as their assessment.

• Li Yu sent Genus through a spatial passage to the Academy of Sciences and had Carnage Kabuto dealt with.
• Li Yu and his allies claimed the House of Evolution base, divided the world into territories, and sent everyone to their assigned areas, leaving Asagi Aiba to coordinate.
• Li Yu returned to the Main World, agreed to Utaha Kasumigaoka’s request to connect the new world to the network, and ordered Abant to extend Star Rail there and to other worlds.
• Li Yu called Sakayori Iroha, learned that her group had found discussion of a Hunter License, and told them to join the Hunter Exam.
• Li Yu made passing the Hunter Exam and obtaining a Hunter License the group’s assessment, and Sakayori Iroha became serious.

Li Yu fought Saitama to reignite his fighting spirit, and their escalating battle destroyed Z District. With Saitama’s home gone and the Hero Association likely approaching, Li Yu ended the fight and invited him through a spatial passage.

• Sakayori Iroha and her classmates panicked after Li Yu declared the Hunter Exam their assessment and began searching for information.
• Li Yu found Saitama taking out the trash and attacked him without warning, sending him crashing through several houses.
• Saitama recognized Li Yu as a powerful opponent, and the two exchanged increasingly forceful blows that leveled the surrounding buildings.
• The battle pushed Saitama’s strength to grow again and brought back his excitement and emotions.
• Li Yu stopped the fight after noticing Z District had been reduced to rubble, and Saitama realized his home and belongings were gone.
• Li Yu told Saitama to make a peace sign toward the sky, opened a spatial passage, and invited him to follow.

Li Yu brought Saitama from his world to Abant, promising him strong opponents and a place to fight without restraint. On Mars, Li Yu sent Izayoi aside and prepared to finish his fight with Saitama first.

• Li Yu explained to Saitama that he came from another world and invited him to visit, promising plenty of strong opponents.
• Li Yu left Asagi Aiba in charge of clearing the monsters and coordinating with Natsuki-chan while he took Saitama to the Main World.
• At Abant, Saitama sensed powerful robots, received an ID card, and met Izayoi, who agreed to fight him.
• Li Yu brought Saitama and Izayoi to Mars, where he sent Izayoi away and told him to watch while he fought Saitama.

Li Yu taught Saitama to cultivate True Qi and fought him on Mars, where the pressure helped Saitama break through his limits. Pandora explained that Saitama’s growth came from his innate evolution rather than a Law of Strength, then warned Li Yu not to kill him.

• Li Yu and Saitama fought across Mars, and Li Yu taught Saitama how to cultivate True Qi.
• Saitama rapidly advanced to the Ninth Tier and resumed fighting Li Yu as researchers, satellites, Shiroyasha, and Flugel gathered to watch.
• Li Yu attacked Saitama with physical techniques, and Saitama’s control of True Qi improved as he dodged and countered.
• Under Li Yu’s pressure, Saitama began evolving beyond his limits, and Pandora corrected Li Yu’s guess that he was comprehending a Law of Strength.
• Li Yu asked Pandora about the other world, and she explained that its reaction to Saitama had been instinctive and that she had grown stronger by feeding there.
• Pandora warned Li Yu not to kill Saitama just as Saitama finally broke through.

Saitama broke through his limits but still lost to Li Yu, then fought Izayoi as the spectators battled across Mars. Back on Earth, Li Yu learned that Natsuki Minamiya had made the Hunter Exam a requirement for staying in Special Class, and Sakayori Iroha’s group began preparing under pressure.

• Saitama evolved after reaching his limits, but Li Yu defeated him after both unleashed True Qi.
• Li Yu healed Saitama, who accepted Izayoi’s challenge as other spectators began fighting on Mars.
• Li Yu returned to Earth, where Natsuki Minamiya made passing the Hunter Exam a condition for remaining in Special Class.
• Sakayori Iroha’s group received Natsuki Minamiya’s message, and Yuki Suou urged Sakayori Iroha to lead them through the test.
• Sakayori Iroha told the group to follow their plan and research each stage of the Hunter Exam.

Natsuki Minamiya asked Li Yu for help with a manpower shortage caused by a war in the A Certain Magical Index world, and he lent her the Ex-Machina. Li Yu then visited the Xianzhou Luofu, where the leaders were discussing the Hunt and Lan’s growing power.

• Natsuki Minamiya told Li Yu that the passage to the A Certain Magical Index world had been sealed again and that the magic side had started a world war.
• Li Yu learned that Aiwass and Aleister had disappeared, while the Heroic Spirits were spread across many worlds and the Xianzhou had already agreed to provide support.
• Natsuki Minamiya asked Li Yu to lend her the Ex-Machina, and he ordered Einzig to send most of them to her while keeping some behind.
• Li Yu urged Natsuki Minamiya to recruit trusted races and suggested using Pandora to control anyone who could not be trusted.
• Li Yu arrived on the Xianzhou Luofu as Jing Yuan, Marshal Hua, and the generals discussed the expanding Path of the Hunt and Lan’s approaching ascension.

Li Yu and Marshal Hua finalized plans for Xianzhou cooperation, including returning three ships and welcoming settlers to their ancestral home. The generals learned that they might be able to claim Paths and create an Aeon in this universe, while Li Yu asked the Xianzhou to send more personnel.

• Marshal Hua explained that the Xianzhou would use the world as its Main Base and share technology while helping develop its territories.
• Li Yu advised leaving three ships behind and sending the others back, explaining that the Star Rail connected many worlds and enabled communication.
• Marshal Hua agreed to welcome Xianzhou people who wanted to settle in the world, and Li Yu said they could learn True Magic.
• Li Yu told the generals that Lan was growing stronger and that people here might claim blank-slate Paths and become Aeons.
• Li Yu asked the Xianzhou to send more people because the world was short-staffed, and Marshal Hua promised to arrange it.

After returning to Abant, Li Yu learned that Ex-Machina was suppressing the rebels in the world of A Certain Magical Index and met Patchouli in the library. Patchouli agreed to share her magic books, and Li Yu gave her a mark that let her teleport to Abant.

• Li Yu returned from the Xianzhou, told Natsuki Minamiya about their decision, and ordered Ex-Machina to eliminate the rebels in the world of A Certain Magical Index.
• Li Yu read online reactions to the events and recognized several extreme commenters as Boundary University graduates.
• Li Yu found Patchouli in Abant's library and learned that Index had recommended the place to her.
• Patchouli agreed to let an Ex-Machina copy the magic books at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and Li Yu sent one with her letter.
• Li Yu inscribed a communication and teleportation mark on Patchouli's hand so she could visit Abant whenever she liked.

Patchouli joined Li Yu in studying and improving magic, while an Ex-Machina copied the Scarlet Devil Mansion’s spellbooks. After Saitama and Izayoi returned from a fight, Li Yu found Mio Takamiya badly injured in the dining hall and suspected Kurumi and Origami had persuaded Little Kurma to attack her.

• Li Yu gave Patchouli access to the library’s spell collection and invited her to help develop a more complete magic curriculum, and she eagerly went to study.
• An Ex-Machina visited the Scarlet Devil Mansion with Patchouli’s authorization and began copying its spellbooks with help from Sakuya Izayoi and Koakuma.
• Li Yu studied the copied spells while the Ex-Machina reproduced them for distribution.
• Saitama and Izayoi returned to Abant bruised after their fight, and Li Yu healed Saitama and heard they planned to hunt ingredients for new clothes and gear.
• Shiroyasha asked Li Yu to return with her to Little Garden to watch a fight, and he agreed to go when things quieted down.
• Li Yu entered the dining hall and saw Mio Takamiya bruised, while Kurumi and Origami stood with Little Kurma; he suspected they had talked her into beating Mio up.

Mio learned that leaving would sever her remaining connection to the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, so she gave up on returning and apologized to Kurumi and Origami. Origami refused to forgive her unless Mio found a way to resurrect her parents, leaving Mio with a new burden to pursue.

• Li Yu told Mio that the Kabbalistic Tree of Life had been moved to this world, and Mio realized she would grow weaker if she returned without her Spirit Crystals or connection to the Spirits.
• At Little Kurma's urging, Mio apologized to Kurumi and Origami, but Origami rejected the apology because Mio had caused her parents' deaths, and Kurumi remained silent.
• Shiroyasha offered to take Mio and her two little sisters to Little Garden, but Little Kurma challenged her over Mio, and Shiroyasha withdrew the offer.
• Li Yu told Little Kurma not to break Mio and suggested that Mio could seek a way to bring the dead back to life.
• Origami said she would accept Mio's apology if Mio resurrected her parents, leaving Mio to search this world for a solution.

Li Yu learned about Yukino’s plans and left to confront Cid Lu Deviluke’s fleet after it entered the Solar System. Cid Lu accepted Li Yu as his son-in-law, leaving Li Yu stunned.

• Mio Takamiya gave up trying to escape while Li Yu and Saitama ate on Abant.
• Yukino returned to Li Yu, explained that Natsumi was enjoying school with Midori Fuse, and asked about the Hunter world and its Ant King.
• Li Yu checked Sakayori Iroha and the others’ information and told Yukino the Ant King should be born soon, then planned to visit Little Garden with her.
• The Scepter of the Emperor detected Cid Lu Deviluke’s fleet, and Li Yu went alone to meet it as the Solar System’s orbital cannons locked on.
• Zastin identified Li Yu as the man who had taken the princesses, and Li Yu called Cid Lu his father-in-law.
• Cid Lu accepted Li Yu as his son-in-law, catching Li Yu by surprise.

Cid Lu Deviluke accepted Li Yu's joking claim to be his father-in-law and agreed to visit Earth after Li Yu barred his fleet from the Milky Way. Yukino learned about Lala Satalin Deviluke's eagerness to marry Li Yu and rallied the other women, while Kato Megumi resolved to claim her turn first.

• Cid Lu Deviluke accepted Li Yu as a potential son-in-law, and Lala Satalin Deviluke eagerly agreed to marry Li Yu when he asked her about it.
• Li Yu allowed Cid Lu Deviluke to enter the Milky Way only without his fleet, showed him the Orbital Cannons, and opened a Spatial Passage for him to travel alone.
• Cid Lu Deviluke ordered his fleet to withdraw and took Momo Belia Deviluke and Nana's spacecraft through the passage to meet Lala Satalin Deviluke.
• Lala Satalin Deviluke landed her father's spacecraft, left it with Bronya, and took Cid Lu Deviluke to the Gourmet World to see Momo Belia Deviluke and Nana.
• Yukino confronted Li Yu about calling Cid Lu Deviluke his father-in-law, then messaged Asuna and the others that Lala Satalin Deviluke was going to steal their man.
• Mahiru wondered if Li Yu had cheated, and Kato Megumi decided that she would go first when the women took their turns with him.