Chapter Summaries

Li Yu proposed using Yukino Yukinoshita’s monster-luring ability to farm experience and Magic Stones on the 23rd floor, and the class eagerly agreed. Yukino realized their plan might leave her responsible for luring monsters nonstop.

• Li Yu and the three girls fought through the 19th floor, where his magic wiped out groups of monsters and the team collected their Magic Stones.
• Li Yu proposed discussing a class-wide monster-farming expedition on the 23rd floor, and Yukino Yukinoshita agreed they should first ask everyone.
• Li Yu and the others returned to camp, where the students shared their Magic Stones and Ais passed low-grade stones to her teammates after Li Yu asked her to keep only a portion.
• Xia Yu and Yukino discussed Li Yu’s magic and the possibility of gaining personal magic through breakthroughs while the class ate dinner.
• Li Yu told the assembled class that he had found a way to lure the Dungeon into spawning monsters and suggested using the 23rd-floor plain for farming.
• The students enthusiastically proposed farming in shifts, leaving Yukino worried that she would have to keep luring monsters without rest.

Li Yu led the group to the twenty-third floor to farm experience by briefly exposing Divine Blood and drawing out monsters. The Dungeon summoned nearly a thousand monsters, and Li Yu’s group began fighting as other adventurers fled the floor.

• Li Yu explained that Yukino Yukinoshita could briefly condense Divine Blood to provoke the Dungeon into spawning monsters, but bringing Divine Blood from outside would cause a dangerous riot.
• Ais led the group through a steep hidden passage from the twentieth floor to a monster room near the twenty-third floor, where they cleared the monsters that spawned.
• Li Yu guided everyone to the plains and had Yukino Yukinoshita release Divine Blood until the Dungeon summoned nearly a thousand monsters, including creatures normally found on deeper floors.
• Ais and Lefiya attacked the unusual skeletal monsters while Li Yu flew above the battlefield, shielding allies and striking monsters with piercing magic.
• Adventurers elsewhere on the twenty-third floor fled as the monsters converged on Li Yu’s group, and Li Yu warned everyone that more monsters were still approaching.

Li Yu led the class through successive waves of Dungeon monsters, supporting his classmates until he stopped after Xia Yu and others had turned off their Perception Magic. The group survived the tougher wave, learned to stay alert, and gathered the spoils before preparing to continue fighting.

• Li Yu kept attacking monsters and refreshing his classmates’ buffs while Asuna, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Kato Megumi fought; Kato used her reduced presence to kill monsters, and Yukino tried Li Yu’s Draw-and-Slash before conserving her True Qi.
• After Ais joined the battle and the first monsters were cleared, Li Yu told Yukino Yukinoshita to summon another wave, and the class replenished themselves with potions.
• A wave containing fast monsters from the thirtieth floor appeared, and Li Yu used his Tang Dao, Lightness Technique, and Ariel to kill the mantises threatening his classmates, including one that had targeted Xia Yu.
• Li Yu scolded Xia Yu and the other classmates for turning off Perception Magic, then stopped supporting them so they would learn to stay vigilant; the tougher battle left several classmates injured and exhausted.
• The class cleared the monsters, treated the injured with Lefiya’s help, collected Magic Stones and materials, and found that their weapons remained undamaged.

Li Yu led his classmates through several days of intensive monster battles on Floor 23 while Hestia searched Orario for promising newcomers. Hestia recruited the newly arrived Bell by having Hiratsuka Shizuka knock him unconscious, then found Nangong Natsuki and Yor with a foxkin girl they had taken from the Ishtar Familia.

• Li Yu directed his classmates through relentless morning and afternoon battles, and after several days they became qualified warriors without suffering further injuries.
• Hestia and Shizuka Hiratsuka searched Orario for new Familia members, but Hestia rejected candidates who did not meet her high standards.
• Hestia spotted the newly arrived Bell and invited him to join the Hestia Familia.
• Shizuka Hiratsuka knocked Bell unconscious, caught him, and carried him and Hestia back to the Familia despite Hestia's misgivings.
• At the Familia, Shizuka found Nangong Natsuki and Yor with a foxkin girl whom Nangong said she had taken from the Ishtar Familia.

Natsuki Minamiya and Yor brought Haruhime from the Ishtar Familia, while Hestia and the others added Haruhime and an unconscious Bell Cranel to the Hestia Familia. After learning how powerful the Familia was and what training awaited him, Bell began to accept his new situation, and the two recruits were shown to their rooms.

• Natsuki Minamiya told Hestia that she and Yor had taken Haruhime from the Ishtar Familia, and Hestia agreed to give Haruhime a new Falna.
• At Shizuka Hiratsuka's suggestion, Hestia gave an unconscious Bell a Falna without his consent, and Bell protested when he woke to learn he had joined the Familia.
• Hestia apologized to Bell and explained that the Hestia Familia had forty-five members, including high-level fighters and teachers.
• Natsuki Minamiya assigned Yor to teach weapons, herself to teach magic, and Hiratsuka Shizuka to teach hand-to-hand combat; Hestia told Haruhime that her powerful magic made training essential.
• Natsuki Minamiya directed Bell and Haruhime to the men's and women's dormitories, and a maid arrived to help them settle in.

Bell settled into Hestia Familia and began intensive training while Li Yu’s group traveled to the twenty-seventh floor to search for the floor boss. They found that it had not respawned and established a camp above the lake as they prepared to wait and sort their gathered materials.

• Bell received supplies, met Hiratsuka Shizuka, and began a demanding training schedule in martial arts, weapon techniques, and meditation.
• Li Yu explained to Asuna that Falna restricted level breakthroughs in this world, but the restriction would not matter once they returned home or removed Falna.
• Li Yu decided the group would travel to the twenty-seventh floor and investigate whether its underwater boss had respawned.
• Bell continued training with Hiratsuka Shizuka, Yor, and Natsuki Minamiya, and looked forward to learning magic.
• Li Yu’s group fought its way to the twenty-seventh floor, found no boss, and set up camp on a high spot overlooking the lake.
• Li Yu and Asuna began sorting the group’s large stockpile of Magic Stones and monster materials.

Li Yu’s group waited on the twenty-seventh floor for Amphisbaena to respawn, then launched an attack when it emerged from the lake. As the fight continued, Li Yu rescued Asuna from a bite and severed Amphisbaena’s white head with a full-power strike.

• Li Yu’s group organized their accumulated materials, stayed in the Floor Boss’s room, and waited several days for the boss to respawn.
• Liu Hui spotted Amphisbaena forming in the lake and alerted the group, who prepared to fight.
• Li Yu and Lefiya froze the lake while the group attacked Amphisbaena’s two heads, using magic against the blue head and close combat against the white one.
• Li Yu and Lefiya froze the lake to prevent Amphisbaena from retreating underwater, while Ais and the others kept its heads occupied.
• Amphisbaena’s white head lunged at Asuna, but Li Yu pulled her clear and cut off the head with a powerful slash.

Li Yu and the Hestia Familia defeated the Floor Boss on the twenty-seventh floor, healed their injuries, and returned to Orario. Back at their home, they met new Familia members Bell Cranel and Haruhime, while Freya decided to use Apollo to test Li Yu before approaching him herself.

• Li Yu protected Asuna from the Floor Boss’s blue flames, and the group defeated its remaining head with a combined attack.
• Li Yu collected the boss’s drops, healed the injured with Group Healing, and led everyone back toward Orario the next morning.
• On the eighteenth floor, Ais offered to ask Riveria about selling the Loki Familia’s forging materials to Li Yu.
• Freya watched Li Yu leave and decided to let Apollo test the waters before she made a move.
• At the Hestia Familia home, Li Yu met the newly recruited Bell Cranel and then saw Haruhime, another new member.

Hestia welcomed Bell and Haruhime into the Familia, while Nangong Natsuki revealed that the students had passed their assessment for Dimensional Junction University. After sorting the Dungeon spoils and sharing dinner, everyone prepared to update their statuses and break through to Lv. 4.

• Hestia introduced Bell and Haruhime to the Familia, and Li Yu welcomed them while Asuna and the other girls helped Haruhime feel at ease.
• Nangong Natsuki told the students they had passed their assessment by reaching Tier Four and would attend Dimensional Junction University.
• Li Yu led everyone in sorting and packing the Magic Stones and materials, then promised to make weapons for Bell and Haruhime.
• The Familia shared a lavish dinner, and Li Yu asked Hestia to update everyone's statuses so they could break through to Lv. 4.
• The eager students left to bathe and prepare for their status updates, while Hestia hurried to finish eating.

Li Yu and his classmates updated their status panels after leveling up, and several gained unique magic that reflected their attributes. Li Yu helped Asuna develop her wind-and-healing magic, while Yukino asked him to examine her ice magic before he questioned her plan to combine it with her talent.

• Hestia updated Li Yu’s status panel and found that his experience had reached 89% toward his next breakthrough.
• Asuna broke through to lv4, gained Storm Thrust and Revival Wind, and asked Li Yu to help develop her new wind-and-healing magic.
• Li Yu learned Revival Wind, then demonstrated Wind Pressure Sword and Revival Domain for Asuna and began teaching her the techniques.
• Yukino gained Winter Descends, while Kato Megumi gained Shadow Sneak and learned to control her sense of presence.
• Yukino asked Li Yu to learn her magic and help combine it with her talent, and Li Yu questioned what she meant by combining them.

Li Yu helped his classmates develop their newly awakened magic, then agreed to a period of training before they returned to the Dungeon. The next day, he took Bell and Haruhime to Orario’s Guild, where Hestia explained that only their levels needed to be registered.

• Xia Yu awakened Thunder Descent, and Li Yu demonstrated lightning attacks and magnetic weapon control to help her develop it.
• At least half of the class awakened magic, including Yun Shu, whose Instant Casting paired with her Elemental Mastery; Li Yu learned the spell and found it had become a talent for him.
• Nangong Natsuki told Li Yu to pause Dungeon trips and train with the teachers, while Li Yu offered to repair and upgrade everyone’s damaged armor.
• The next day, Li Yu set out for the Guild with Hestia, Bell, Haruhime, and classmates carrying Space Backpacks, and Bell eagerly asked about the Dungeon as they explored Orario.
• Hestia told Li Yu that his group did not need to register their levels, but Bell and Haruhime did, including when they advanced.

Li Yu sold materials and Magic Stones at the Guild before arranging a discounted purchase from the Loki Familia. He agreed to establish a Magic Array and teach communication magic in exchange for materials, and Loki chose the highest-quality components for the array.

• Li Yu's group sold their materials and Magic Stones at the Guild for more than 200 million Valis, then set out for the Loki Familia without Hestia.
• Li Yu met Ais, Lefiya, and Riveria, learned that Ais had reached Lv. 6 and Lefiya Lv. 5, and explained that he wanted to buy materials.
• Loki offered Li Yu a discount on the materials, then proposed providing up to 500 million Valis' worth in exchange for a Magic Array and communication magic lessons for Lefiya.
• Li Yu agreed to build the Magic Array using materials supplied by the Loki Familia and to teach Lefiya communication magic.
• Loki ordered Riveria to use deep-floor Magic Stones and upgrade the other construction materials so the Loki Familia's array would surpass the Hestia Familia's.

Li Yu completed a long-lasting Magic Array for the Loki Familia and taught Lefiya and Riveria how to use its communication and control magic. Loki had the Familia’s marks added to Ais and Lefiya, then rushed to Li Yu for a way to power her own mark.

• Loki agreed to Li Yu’s improved Magic Array, and Riveria gathered the required materials while the Familia helped lay out the array.
• Li Yu installed the Crystal Cores and activated the Magic Array, which he said could last around twenty years and could be switched on when needed.
• Li Yu taught Lefiya and Riveria the communication magic and explained how to control the Magic Array before collecting his payment from Riveria.
• Loki asked Lefiya to add Loki Familia marks to her and Ais, but learned that their Hestia Familia marks could remain and be activated too.
• Lefiya warned that Loki’s mark required magic power, so Loki ran to Li Yu, who suggested a bracelet that held Magic Stones to supply energy.

Li Yu and Loki's group finished arranging the Magic Array, and Li Yu took Hestia's Familia to the Hostess of Fertility for lunch. He met Ryuu Lion there and considered recruiting her, but recognized that he would first need to address her painful past and the circumstances surrounding the monster on the twenty-seventh floor.

• Loki accepted Li Yu's explanation and left to have the equipment crafted, while Li Yu thanked Riveria for the materials and finished storing them.
• Ais accompanied Li Yu and the others to meet Hestia, who had been shopping with Bell; Li Yu proposed eating out, and Ais recommended the Hostess of Fertility.
• Li Yu promised Bell he could join the next expedition and took the bags Bell and Haruhime were carrying into his Space Ring.
• At the Hostess of Fertility, Mia welcomed the group, Li Yu noticed Ryuu Lion and other powerful staff, and the group enjoyed a large meal.
• After paying, Li Yu considered inviting Ryuu into the Familia and realized he would need to resolve her past and investigate how to summon the special monster on the twenty-seventh floor.

Li Yu agreed to Hestia forming alliances with the Hephaestus and Miach Familias, then forged weapons for Bell and Haruhime while Nangong Natsuki trained the students in magic and mana recovery. The chapter ended with Bell and Haruhime receiving their new weapons and Bell resolving to grow stronger so he could help Li Yu.

• Hestia asked Li Yu to approve alliances with the Hephaestus and Miach Familias, and he agreed, directing her to discuss the arrangements with Nangong Natsuki.
• Li Yu asked Haruhime and Bell what weapons they wanted, then began forging a kagura bell for Haruhime and a dagger for Bell.
• Nangong Natsuki taught the students Weapon Storage and Piercing Magic, then made them practice until their mana was depleted without using potions.
• Li Yu supported Nangong Natsuki's decision to make the students rely less on potions and told everyone to bring their weapons to the workshop for upgrades the next day.
• Li Yu gave Haruhime her kagura bell and Bell his short sword, and Bell resolved to become stronger so he could help Li Yu.

Li Yu consolidated his spells, helped repair and upgrade the Familia’s equipment with Tsubaki and Hephaestus Familia members, and learned Haruhime’s level-raising magic, modifying it for his own use. Hestia then invited him to a gods’ banquet hosted by Apollo, and Li Yu suspected Freya had arranged the invitation to draw him into a scheme.

• Li Yu forged kagura bells for Haruhime, then combined many of his spells into a smaller set of named abilities.
• Hestia returned with Tsubaki Collbrande and Hephaestus Familia craftsmen, who repaired the group’s armor and helped Li Yu upgrade their weapons.
• Li Yu learned Haruhime’s Uchide no Kozuchi and modified it so he could raise his own level temporarily.
• Hestia invited Li Yu to Apollo’s banquet, explaining that Freya had invited her and that the gods wanted to meet someone from another world.
• Li Yu suspected the invitation was meant for him and wondered whether Freya and Apollo planned to target him.

Li Yu learned that a god had taken an interest in him and prepared to kill whoever threatened him at the gods’ banquet, with Nangong Natsuki arranging an escape and cover-up. Yor gave him a Godslayer Blade and taught him a lethal martial arts technique, which Li Yu learned and prepared to demonstrate.

• Hestia invited Li Yu to a gods’ banquet three days later, where someone had specifically asked to see him.
• Li Yu told Nangong Natsuki he suspected a god was targeting him and might attack him at the banquet, and she explained how he could teleport away with the body if he killed the god.
• Nangong Natsuki arranged for the group to prepare to leave, while Yor agreed to follow Li Yu in secret and support him.
• Yor gave Li Yu the Godslayer Blade, which prevented gods it struck from using Divine Power, and demonstrated a martial arts technique with the same name.
• Li Yu learned Yor’s technique and talent, then gripped the Godslayer Blade and prepared to demonstrate what he had learned.

Li Yu prepared for a possible attack at the ball, while the students packed for a surprise evacuation drill. At the feast, a pink-haired god spotted Li Yu and became fascinated by his radiant soul.

• Yor discovered that Li Yu had fused his magic power with True Qi, and she promised to keep it secret while teaching him offensive techniques.
• Asuna, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Kato Megumi visited Li Yu for help with magic, and Asuna suspected he was preparing for something.
• Hestia invited Li Yu to the ball, and he rejected her formal outfit because it would hinder him if trouble broke out.
• Nangong Natsuki announced an evacuation drill, and Asuna directed the students to pack all their belongings after Li Yu had left with Hestia.
• Li Yu and Hestia arrived at the ball, where Li Yu spoke with Ais and Riveria before a pink-haired god entered and fixed his attention on Li Yu.

Li Yu provoked Apollo at Freya’s banquet, and Freya intervened to end their confrontation before Apollo left to pursue Li Yu and Hestia. Li Yu and Hestia walked out of Orario unaware that Apollo’s Familia and Freya were secretly following them.

• Apollo approached Li Yu and offered Hestia everything belonging to his Familia in exchange for him, but Li Yu drew his blade and threatened to kill Apollo.
• Hestia refused to hand Li Yu over, and Freya ended the standoff; Li Yu insulted Apollo as he left the banquet.
• Ais asked whether Divine Blood could improve weapons, and Riveria worried that Li Yu’s words might inspire people to target gods.
• Hestia and Li Yu left the banquet, found that Apollo’s people had cleared away the carriages, and set off on foot.
• Apollo followed them with his Familia, planning to attack them somewhere isolated, while Freya and members of her Familia secretly followed Apollo.

Li Yu killed Apollo after Apollo ambushed him and Hestia, then escaped through a spatial mark as Nangong Natsuki began transporting the Hestia Familia out of Orario. Nangong Natsuki confronted Freya over the plot, and the gathered gods and arriving Loki Familia members demanded an explanation.

• Apollo surrounded Li Yu and Hestia with cloaked adventurers, but Li Yu killed the attackers and beheaded Hyacinthus in a single slash.
• Apollo unsealed his Divine Power, but Li Yu disrupted it with a dagger and stabbed Apollo through the heart, absorbing his Divine Blood into the Tang Dao.
• Yor stopped Freya and Ottar from intervening as Li Yu killed Apollo, stored his body, and teleported away; Hestia collapsed in shock.
• Nangong Natsuki teleported the Hestia Familia out of the world, then covered Orario with a Magic Array and confronted Freya while powerful allies arrived.
• Hestia accused Freya of arranging the attack, Loki demanded an explanation, and Riveria summoned the Loki Familia as Ais prepared to fight.