Recaps

Fang Cheng fought the Nine-Tailed Fox after she refused to reveal whether she was Tamamo-no-Mae, while Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka battled Bone Woman. The sisters defeated Bone Woman, and Fang Cheng continued his fight with the fox.

• Fang Cheng failed to negotiate with the Nine-Tailed Fox and flooded her cavern with blood before detonating it and collapsing the mountainside.
• Fang Cheng sent Qingxue and Tsukikage Hatsuka to fight Bone Woman while he attacked the Nine-Tailed Fox with cannons and Purifying Demon Fire.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox used Soul Control to send spirits after Fang Cheng, but he destroyed them with Dragon's Wrath and struck her in giant form.
• Bone Woman injured Qingxue and defeated Tsukikage Hatsuka until Qingxue unleashed a powerful freezing current and called her sister Chuxia to rise.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka grew stronger in Qingxue's freezing current and shattered Bone Woman's frozen skeleton until only one bone remained.

Fang Cheng defeated and captured the Nine-Tailed Fox with the Thunder-Strike Hammer, then questioned her about whether she was Tamamo-no-Mae. She confessed that she was one of Tamamo-no-Mae’s tails given form.

• Fang Cheng overwhelmed the Nine-Tailed Fox with his transformations and attacks, then sealed her with the Thunder-Strike Hammer until she shrank and passed out.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka and Qingxue returned after defeating Bone Woman, and Fang Cheng praised them before absorbing Bone Woman’s skull and fusing her abilities with his own.
• Fang Cheng healed Qingxue and doubted that the captured fox was Tamamo-no-Mae, while Tsukikage Hatsuka taunted the unconscious fox.
• More than ten hours later, the Nine-Tailed Fox woke bound to a tree, still weakened by the hammer’s sealing effect.
• Fang Cheng threatened the Nine-Tailed Fox until she admitted she was one of Tamamo-no-Mae’s tails given form.

Fang Cheng confirmed that the Nine-Tailed Fox was a clone of Tamamo-no-Mae, resisted her Charm by beating her unconscious-looking face, and questioned her about the imprisoned fox from eleven years earlier. The Nine-Tailed Fox revealed that her true body was badly injured, then recognized Fang Cheng’s ties to the Iron-Cast Palace and reacted with surprise when he said Ibaraki-doji was dead.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox explained that her nine tails could become separate clones and said she was one of them, while her true body and other clones remained alive.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox took human form and tried to Charm Fang Cheng, Qingxue, and Tsukikage Hatsuka; Fang Cheng gave in to her request to stay human, then punched her until her face was swollen.
• Fang Cheng asked whether the Nine-Tailed Fox had been captured by the Area 11 government eleven years earlier, and she said she had stayed in a cave for sixteen years while another clone might have been imprisoned.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox admitted that her true body had suffered serious injuries and had sent out clones to escape.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox asked about Fang Cheng’s connection to Ibaraki-doji, and Qingxue explained that Ibaraki-doji had been the Iron-Cast Palace’s previous Ghost Lord.
• Fang Cheng told the Nine-Tailed Fox that Ibaraki-doji was dead, and she briefly showed surprise.

Fang Cheng learned that the Nine-Tailed Fox had been injured by the War Horseman sixteen years earlier and captured her to help remove the Sessho-seki from Kanzaki Rin. He took her back to Machine City, where Area 11's spies were still searching for clues about him and his allies.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox said the War Horseman had branded Tamamo-no-Mae Satan's incarnation, defeated her, and forced her to escape as a clone sixteen years earlier.
• Fang Cheng told the Nine-Tailed Fox about Kanzaki Rin and demanded that she remove the Sessho-seki; she agreed to try after he threatened her.
• Fang Cheng left the Hidaka Mountains with the Nine-Tailed Fox and the two cats, using Blood Eagle to reach the outskirts of Machine City in less than half a day.
• Fang Cheng disguised himself, and the Nine-Tailed Fox wore Qingxue's clothes before they entered the city discreetly.
• Tsukikage Hatsuka complained about the Nine-Tailed Fox's figure, and the Nine-Tailed Fox teased her in response.

Fang Cheng brought the Nine-Tailed Fox back to Machine City, where her beauty caused a commotion before he revealed she was a clone of Tamamo-no-Mae. He and Kanzaki Rin then prepared to have the fox try to remove the Sessho-seki from Rin’s body.

• Fang Cheng and his companions returned to a Machine City undergoing rapid construction under Kanzaki Rin’s new policy.
• Sato Mai mistook the hooded Nine-Tailed Fox for another woman Fang Cheng had brought home, and the other residents reacted with suspicion.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox tried to provoke jealousy and then bewitched the group with her face, but Fang Cheng masked her and took her to a room with Kanzaki Rin and Kamikawa Takumi.
• Fang Cheng explained that the Nine-Tailed Fox was a one-tailed clone of Tamamo-no-Mae, and Kamikawa Takumi urged her to remove the Sessho-seki from Kanzaki Rin.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox placed a hand on Kanzaki Rin’s chest and prepared to attempt the removal while Fang Cheng stood by with the Thunder-Strike Hammer.

The Nine-Tailed Fox failed to remove the Sessho-seki from Kanzaki Rin, but offered to help find Tamamo-no-Mae and suppress the stone’s poison in exchange for absorbing its power. Fang Cheng, Kanzaki Rin, and Kamikawa Takumi discussed the risks and agreed to try working with her.

• The Nine-Tailed Fox admitted that only her original body could remove the Sessho-seki and offered to help locate her within half of Tokyo.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox offered to suppress the Sessho-seki’s poison, but Kanzaki Rin realized she also wanted to absorb its power, and Kamikawa Takumi bound her with his fountain pen.
• Fang Cheng saw through the Nine-Tailed Fox’s plan to use them to find Tamamo-no-Mae and gain access to the Sessho-seki, so he locked her in the room while they discussed the deal.
• Kamikawa Takumi supported taking the Nine-Tailed Fox along to find Tamamo-no-Mae, and Fang Cheng teased him about being attracted to foxes.
• Kamikawa Takumi brought up Fang Cheng’s relationships with various spirits and women, prompting Kanzaki Rin to warn him not to betray Xiangling and to question Fang Cheng about the Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Fang Cheng, Kanzaki Rin, and Kamikawa Takumi agreed to try working with the Nine-Tailed Fox as long as they could get the Sessho-seki removed.

Isis arrived in Machine City looking for Fang Cheng and found him away, so she went to the Government Building to wait. There she met Kanzaki Rin and the Nine-Tailed Fox, then asked Rin where Fang Cheng was.

• Isis and Eve reached Fang Cheng’s apartment in Machine City, found him absent, and decided to wait while having tea.
• Kanzaki Rin worked at the Government Building while the Nine-Tailed Fox played games and teased her about secretly going out with Fang Cheng.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox asked Rin whether Fang Cheng would return that day, and Rin continued working as she considered their plans for the revived Sessho-seki.
• Isis entered Rin’s office with Eve, and the Nine-Tailed Fox reacted with fear when she recognized the Blood Queen.
• Eve identified the Nine-Tailed Fox as a split-off of Tamamo-no-Mae, and Isis told Rin she was looking for Fang Cheng and asked where he was.

Isis revealed that she had come to reap Fang Cheng, and Kanzaki Rin struggled to find a way to warn him while keeping Machine City safe. After Isis blasted Sato Hayato out of the Government Building, Tamamo-no-Mae stepped in to shield Kanzaki, leaving Isis to question whether she would oppose her.

• Kanzaki Rin realized Isis intended to devour Fang Cheng and learned that Isis could read her thoughts, including Fang Cheng's whereabouts.
• Isis questioned Tamamo-no-Mae about her battle with Ophi, but learned nothing useful about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
• Kanzaki Rin tried to warn Sato Hayato away, but Isis's invisible attack shattered his Psychokinesis and sent him falling from the Government Building.
• Kamikawa Takumi caught Sato Hayato in a black net and tried to keep him alive while sending Minamoto Kaori a message.
• Tamamo-no-Mae stopped Isis from attacking Kanzaki Rin and insisted that she did not intend to oppose Isis.

Isis cornered Kanzaki Rin in the Government Building, but Kamikawa Takumi rescued her and tried to get her to safety while facing Isis himself. As Kanzaki Rin fled, Tamamo-no-Mae blocked Eve from pursuing her, choosing to protect the Sessho-seki despite the danger.

• Isis let Kanzaki Rin make the guards leave the Government Building, then black threads dragged Kanzaki Rin and her chair through a hole in the wall.
• Kamikawa Takumi met Kanzaki Rin on a rooftop, told her to evacuate and find Fang Cheng, and bound her with black threads when she refused to leave him.
• Isis appeared on the rooftop, so Kamikawa Takumi shoved Kanzaki Rin over the edge to help her escape while he stayed behind.
• Kanzaki Rin encountered Eve and called on Tamamo-no-Mae to help protect the Sessho-seki; Tamamo-no-Mae appeared and initially claimed she only wanted to watch.
• When Eve chased Kanzaki Rin, Tamamo-no-Mae blocked her with her tails and challenged her, giving Kanzaki Rin time to escape.

Kamikawa Takumi used his God's Pen to deceive Isis, survive her attack, and wound her from afar while trying to draw her away from the others. Isis recovered, tracked him down in Machine City, and confronted him as his escape route failed.

• Kamikawa Takumi provoked Isis to keep her occupied, but she burst the blood inside his apparent body and devoured it, discovering that he was a fake.
• The real Kamikawa Takumi revived through a self-portrait and drew Isis, using the image to slash her neck from a hidden room.
• Isis healed from the wound and pursued Kamikawa Takumi, while he escaped through doors he drew across Machine City.
• Kamikawa Takumi's next drawn door would not open, and Isis appeared nearby, telling him she had found him.

Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie tried to reach Fang Cheng to warn him about Isis, but Eve intercepted them and destroyed Kanzaki Rin’s combat suit. Just as Eve’s attack threatened Asaka Akie, Fang Cheng returned and struck back with six golden hands.

• Sato Hayato’s condition worsened despite the doctors’ efforts, until an unseen hand glowing faintly pressed against him.
• Kanzaki Rin ordered Takeda Masumi and Nangong Saya to take the others to a shelter, then set out to find Fang Cheng with Asaka Akie.
• Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie flew toward the outskirts in Individual Combat Systems, but Eve pursued them with swarms of bats.
• Kanzaki Rin used a powerful bomb to destroy the bats, only for two Eves to appear and corner them.
• Kanzaki Rin attacked the Eves while Asaka Akie tried to escape, but the Eves cut apart Kanzaki Rin’s suit and turned toward Asaka Akie.
• Fang Cheng returned and used six enormous golden hands to knock both Eves down.

Fang Cheng returned to Machine City and agreed to face Isis so she would spare Kamikawa Takumi and stop threatening his friends. After saying goodbye to Kanzaki Rin, Asaka Akie, and Ye Yuqing, he met Isis and proposed moving their fight away from the city.

• Fang Cheng reunited with Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie, then refused to leave while Isis held their friends hostage.
• Eve relayed Fang Cheng's demand to spare Kamikawa Takumi, and Isis agreed to keep him alive for now.
• Fang Cheng said goodbye to Kanzaki Rin, Asaka Akie, and Ye Yuqing before following Eve to Isis.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox saw Fang Cheng heading toward Isis and hoped he would die so she could reclaim the Sessho-seki from Kanzaki Rin.
• Fang Cheng arrived at Kamikawa Takumi's rooftop and taunted Isis about their past encounter, astonishing the injured Kamikawa Takumi.
• Fang Cheng proposed that he and Isis fight somewhere outside the city, and Isis agreed before flying away.

Fang Cheng fought Isis across the plain, discovering that her Idealism could control blood and alter the range of her powers. Isis killed and consumed him, but Fang Cheng resurrected unharmed, leaving their battle set to continue.

• Fang Cheng healed some of Kamikawa Takumi's wounds, and Kamikawa Takumi secretly told him something that led Fang Cheng to thank him as his brother-in-law.
• Isis attacked Fang Cheng by controlling his blood, and his self-detonation cost him a life without harming her.
• Fang Cheng learned that Isis's Idealism normally reached about one hundred meters and used Izanae's boosted Ultimate Bliss Heaven to daze her briefly.
• Isis expanded Idealism's range to one thousand meters, immobilized Fang Cheng, turned him to dust, and ate his heart.
• Fang Cheng resurrected unharmed, and he challenged Isis to continue the fight.

Kanzaki Rin devised a plan to use Machine City's N5 Bomb against Isis to help Fang Cheng, and Sato Hayato carried the bomb toward the battlefield. Meanwhile, Fang Cheng revived after Isis killed him, and Isis became fascinated by his true resurrection as he prepared to counterattack.

• After Fang Cheng left, Kanzaki Rin found hope in defeating Isis and proposed using the N5 Bomb, despite the risk to Fang Cheng.
• Kanzaki Rin recruited the Nine-Tailed Fox and Sato Hayato, who used his psychokinesis to lift the N5 Bomb and agreed to deliver it.
• Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie watched the distant battle from a high-rise while the Nine-Tailed Fox began an inaudible ritual and Sato Hayato flew toward the designated spot with the bomb.
• Isis realized Fang Cheng had truly resurrected after she had completely destroyed him and marveled at his power.
• Fang Cheng made himself clothes and considered how to use the opening provided by Izanae's three seconds to counterattack Isis.

Fang Cheng fought Isis by upgrading his abilities and using Mother's Middle Finger, but he could only wound her and struggled to keep her occupied. After Kanzaki Rin arranged for an N5 Bomb to be dropped on them, Fang Cheng stalled Isis until the bomb detonated, vaporizing them both.

• Fang Cheng upgraded Tide of Blood, Vector Control, and later War God Lineage to resist Isis's control and attacks.
• Fang Cheng struck Isis with Mother's Middle Finger, leaving a wound that she could not heal, but the attack drained many of his lives.
• The Nine-Tailed Fox warned Fang Cheng that an N5 Bomb would be dropped after the explosion signal, and Isis continued killing him with targeted attacks.
• Fang Cheng grabbed Isis and self-detonated to stall her while Kanzaki Rin ordered the bomb drop and Sato Hayato released it from the sky.
• Fang Cheng tried to distract Isis by asking about Mother, then used Ultimate Bliss Heaven to hold her as the N5 Bomb exploded and vaporized them both.

Fang Cheng survived the N5 Bomb after losing six lives, but Isis emerged in a powerful new form. As she attacked him from over a thousand meters away, Fang Cheng’s body was crushed, costing him another life.

• The N5 Bomb devastated the suburbs, and the Nine-Tailed Fox watched the blast from a rooftop.
• Fang Cheng resurrected through the bomb’s heat six times, then searched the scorched crater for Isis.
• Isis gathered herself from red specks and revealed her Queen-like true form, still bearing the wound from Fang Cheng’s mother’s middle finger.
• Fang Cheng chose to upgrade Ghost Shadow Tracking rather than spend lives on a direct fight or wait for Isis’s transformation to end.
• Isis cleared away the smoke with a shock wave, spotted Fang Cheng over a thousand meters away, and crushed his body into a bloody ball, reducing his remaining lives to 248.

Fang Cheng used his soul and Izanae’s protection to attack Isis, but Isis countered his weapons with the Cronus Sickle and killed him again. As Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie waited at the construction site, Ye Yuqing encountered a mysterious woman who offered to help drive Isis back at the price of losing everything.

• Fang Cheng projected his soul, used Izanae’s protection to approach Isis, and wounded her with Dojigiri Yasutsuna and the Thunder-Strike Hammer.
• Isis recovered from the attacks, created the Cronus Sickle, and used it to cut through Izanae’s protection and kill Fang Cheng’s soul, costing him one life.
• Kanzaki Rin and Asaka Akie returned to the construction site and realized Isis was still alive; Asaka said Ye Yuqing was unresponsive.
• Ye Yuqing dreamed of a hooded woman who showed her Fang Cheng’s repeated deaths and offered to help defeat Isis in exchange for losing everything.
• The woman revealed that she was Tsukimi Mei and showed Ye Yuqing a face identical to her own.

Ye Yuqing and Asaka Akie accepted Tsukimi Mei’s power, allowing the Goddess of Wrath to descend and join the battle against Isis. With Tsukimi Mei keeping Isis occupied, Fang Cheng saw a chance to fight back despite having only 134 revivals left.

• Tsukimi Mei told Ye Yuqing that becoming her Proxy could grant the power to save Fang Cheng, and Ye Yuqing asked to consult Akie first.
• Akie heard Ye Yuqing’s news, gave Kanzaki Rin the Soul Stabilizer, and transformed into a Black Flame Cloak as Tsukimi Mei descended through her vessel.
• Tsukimi Mei killed Eve with black flames, then flew toward Fang Cheng and Isis while the Nine-Tailed Fox warned Rin that the goddess had descended through a vessel.
• Fang Cheng revived after Isis killed him again, leaving him with 134 lives as Isis prepared to test whether his revivals were limited.
• Tsukimi Mei shattered Isis’s Hogni Sword and tore open her Idealism with a Greatsword, forcing Isis to retreat.
• Tsukimi Mei told Fang Cheng she would pin Isis down, and Fang Cheng activated his War God Lineage and joined the chase.

Fang Cheng and Tsukimi Mei trapped Isis in a sphere of black flame and used a coordinated attack to defeat her. Isis’s Idealism vanished, leaving her motionless on the ground as Fang Cheng’s middle finger stole the spoils of victory.

• Fang Cheng and Tsukimi Mei pursued Isis, forcing her to flee before Tsukimi Mei’s black flames trapped her inside a sphere.
• Tsukimi Mei and Fang Cheng attacked Isis inside the prison, but she dodged their strikes and escaped Fang Cheng’s chains.
• Fang Cheng sent blood through the fire sphere and coordinated with Tsukimi Mei while Kamikawa Takumi severed Isis’s head from afar with a stroke on her portrait.
• Tsukimi Mei bound Isis with chains, and Fang Cheng drove Mother’s Middle Finger into her chest until her Idealism disappeared.
• Fang Cheng fell to the ground with Isis and cut off his left arm to reclaim the spoils stolen by Mother’s Middle Finger.

After defeating Isis, Fang Cheng looted her remaining power and learned that she had invited him to compete for the Undead Throne. Tsukimi Mei brought him back to Machine City, where Kanzaki Rin and the Nine-Tailed Fox were still waiting.

• Fang Cheng feared Isis was still alive, but she spoke with Tsukimi Mei before telling him about the coming Kingdom of the Undead competition.
• As Isis disappeared, Fang Cheng looted her and gained 291 lives, the Blood Source ability, and a key to the Kingdom of the Undead.
• Tsukimi Mei explained that Fang Cheng could refuse the competition but would be killed by its winner, and she said Ye Yuqing and Minghui were fine for now.
• Izanae claimed she had invited Tsukimi Mei to help Fang Cheng and warned that using her help would still carry a price.
• Tsukimi Mei transported Fang Cheng away, while Kanzaki Rin and the Nine-Tailed Fox waited at the construction site outside Machine City.

After Fang Cheng returned from his battle with Isis, he learned that Asaka Akie and Ye Yuqing’s shared soul was splitting and that the Heaven's Gate Sect in North America might be able to help. He agreed to go with Tsukimi Mei, while Asaka Akie clung to him, trusting him to protect her.

• Kanzaki Rin welcomed Fang Cheng back, and he said Isis might have died or escaped but that he had won.
• Kanzaki Rin went to retrieve the shelter residents as Fang Cheng and Tsukimi Mei returned to the apartment to discuss Asaka Akie and Ye Yuqing.
• Tsukimi Mei explained that their souls were splitting and that her power could protect them for about six months; she identified the Heaven's Gate Sect as a possible solution.
• Izanae revealed that the Heaven's Gate Sect was in North America and that Mother's Body was there too, while Tsukimi Mei said Ye Yuqing would become her Proxy and eventually surrender her soul to her.
• Fang Cheng agreed to travel with Tsukimi Mei, then comforted Asaka Akie and promised to handle the danger and the price of Tsukimi Mei's help.

After Ye Yuqing returned, Fang Cheng reassured her that he was grateful she had saved his life, and the two bickered over what reward she deserved. Once Kanzaki Rin and the others returned safely, Fang Cheng remembered Kamikawa Takumi and found him recovering on a rooftop with Minamoto Kaori.

• Fang Cheng comforted Ye Yuqing and explained that her bargain with Tsukimi Mei had saved his life.
• Ye Yuqing asked for the vice-captain position and then demanded that Fang Cheng only like her and Asaka Akie; he refused to break the five-year rotation rule.
• Ye Yuqing wrestled with Fang Cheng, revealed her newfound strength, and asked him to comfort her before Kanzaki Rin interrupted them.
• Kanzaki Rin thanked Ye Yuqing for saving Fang Cheng, but Ye Yuqing challenged her for the vice-captain position until Fang Cheng intervened.
• The group returned safely from the shelter, and Fang Cheng went to find Kamikawa Takumi, whom Minamoto Kaori had bandaged on a rooftop.

After defeating Isis, Fang Cheng returned to Machine City, where Kamikawa Takumi claimed credit for his role and Kanzaki Rin explained that the news would shift Area 11’s threat calculations. In Tokyo, Kitajima Maki rejected the Minister of Defense’s proposal to strike Machine City with a tactical nuclear weapon, and he confronted her in person.

• Fang Cheng healed Kamikawa Takumi and explained that Tsukimi Mei and his mother’s middle finger had helped him defeat Isis.
• Kamikawa Takumi kept his bandages on to emphasize his injuries, then boasted to the group about how he had helped turn the battle around.
• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that his presence in Machine City was no longer secret, but news that he had defeated Isis would deter Area 11 from attacking.
• Fang Cheng teased Kanzaki Rin about meeting him in the woods, while Ye Yuqing argued with Kamikawa Takumi about who had contributed more.
• At the Prime Minister’s Official Residence, Kitajima Maki reviewed candidates for the Ace Training Program and dismissed Takagi Saburo after he interrupted her.
• The Minister of Defense barged into Kitajima Maki’s office and demanded to know why she had repeatedly vetoed his plan to use a tactical nuclear weapon against Machine City.

Kitajima Maki learned that Fang Cheng had defeated the Blood Queen Isis, a revelation that could make him Area 11’s only Strategic-Class superpowered individual and force its government to abandon plans for retaliation. At Human Revolutionary Alliance headquarters, the reclusive Li Yu received the news, dismissed it, and went back to sabotaging teammates in her game.

• Kitajima Maki refused to authorize an attack on Machine City, while the Minister of Defense threatened to force the resolution through the cabinet.
• An intelligence report confirmed Fang Cheng was in Machine City and said he had defeated Isis, prompting the Minister of Defense to panic and flee.
• Kitajima Maki reasoned that Area 11’s officials would need to reconcile with Fang Cheng, whose victory could make him the region’s strongest defender.
• Li Yu woke late at Human Revolutionary Alliance headquarters, played a game while avoiding work, and dismissed a news brief about Fang Cheng defeating Isis.
• Li Yu ignored a coworker’s complaint that she skipped work and returned to her game.

After Ye Yuqing defeated the others at the Training Ground, Fang Cheng received several invitations to meet in the woods that night. He and Kanzaki Rin discussed Area 11’s peace offer and terms for reconciliation, and the chapter ended with Fang Cheng discovering Qingxue wanted to talk immediately instead.

• Ye Yuqing beat Qingxue in the ring, taunted Kanzaki Rin, and lost their verbal sparring match.
• Nangong Saya, Takeda Masumi, and Ye Yuqing each invited Fang Cheng to meet in the woods outside the city that night.
• Kanzaki Rin showed Fang Cheng a personal peace offer from Area 11’s new prime minister, and Fang Cheng demanded that Area 11 lift its technology and network restrictions and allow Iron-Cast Palace’s people to return to Tokyo.
• Kanzaki Rin told Fang Cheng that Iron-Cast Palace would send a delegation in three days and that outsiders had begun investigating Machine City.
• Kanzaki Rin invited Fang Cheng to the woods that night, then kissed him; afterward, Qingxue asked to talk, and Fang Cheng learned she wanted to do it right away.