Chapter Summaries

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.

Qingxue asked Fang Cheng to let her train Chuxia, while Fang Cheng secretly arranged separate meetings with Takeda Masumi, Ye Yuqing, and Kanzaki Rin in the grove. His efforts to keep the women apart were repeatedly interrupted by urgent calls, and the chapter left him heading to meet Kanzaki Rin after learning Ye Yuqing had agreed to investigate what happened to Tsukimi Mei’s mother’s soul.

• Qingxue asked Fang Cheng whether she could take Chuxia out to train, and he agreed if she could convince the Fat Cat.
• Fang Cheng used blood clones shaped like Kamikawa Takumi and sparrows to guide the four women to separate places in the grove.
• Takeda Masumi told Fang Cheng she wanted to get stronger because she had been unable to help during past crises, then kissed him before a fake call from Kamikawa Takumi interrupted them.
• Ye Yuqing told Fang Cheng that Tsukimi Mei had asked her to find out what happened to her mother’s soul, and Fang Cheng promised to help.
• Kanzaki Rin called Fang Cheng to discuss urgent business, so he left Ye Yuqing and hurried to meet her.

Fang Cheng’s attempt to secretly date several women at once was exposed when Kanzaki Rin and Ye Yuqing found him with Nangong Saya, and they beat him up. Meanwhile, Sato Mai sneaked into Fang Cheng’s room and encountered Ugou Mirai holding a fruit knife, ending the chapter with Sato Mai’s scream.

• Fang Cheng met Nangong Saya in the grove, where she told him she wanted to get stronger.
• Kanzaki Rin chased a mysterious figure and encountered Ye Yuqing, who mistakenly believed Kanzaki Rin had been on a video call with her.
• Kanzaki Rin and Ye Yuqing fought until they crashed into the clearing where Fang Cheng and Nangong Saya were together.
• Fang Cheng confessed that he had lied to arrange dates with several women, so Ye Yuqing, Kanzaki Rin, and Nangong Saya joined in beating him.
• Sato Mai sneaked into Fang Cheng’s room and found Ugou Mirai standing by the bed with a fruit knife, then screamed.

Ugou Mirai’s violent alter ego resurfaced, but she fell into a deep sleep and remembered nothing afterward. While Fang Cheng and his companions investigated her condition, he also settled Machine City’s alliance with Iron-Cast Palace, and Yuguang Kaori went to meet him privately.

• Ugou Mirai attacked Qingxue and Sato Mai with a knife, but Qingxue restrained her and she fell asleep.
• Sato Mai discovered that Kanzaki Rin, Ye Yuqing, and Fang Cheng were away, and Fang Cheng returned with the others after learning Mirai was in trouble.
• Fang Cheng learned from Izanae that her influence had exposed a preexisting problem in Mirai, who woke with no memory of the incident.
• Three days later, Yuguang Kaori led Iron-Cast Palace’s delegation to Machine City, where Kanzaki Rin signed a cooperation and mutual assistance agreement with her.
• Yuguang Kaori left her delegation and followed Kanzaki Rin back to the apartment for a private meeting with Fang Cheng.

Yuguang Kaori delivered Oni Yunjie's contract granting Machine City and a vast stretch of Hokkaido to Fang Cheng, while grappling with Iron-Cast Palace's plan to win him over. An Evil God trick led Kaori into Fang Cheng's bed, but he realized the deception and stopped; someone familiar then entered the room.

• Yuguang Kaori reunited with Yuguang Mirai and presented Fang Cheng with a contract transferring Machine City and land in Hokkaido to him.
• Kaori stayed with Mirai and recalled Oni Yunjie's pillow-talk strategy, which called for Iron-Cast Palace women to strengthen their relationship with Fang Cheng.
• Izanae used Kaori's appearance to roleplay with Fang Cheng and planted the idea that Kaori had come to seduce him on Oni Yunjie's orders.
• Kaori accidentally entered Fang Cheng's room, and the Evil God's influence made both of them believe she had been sent to offer herself to him.
• Fang Cheng noticed Kaori's tear, recognized the trap, and let her go; they discussed the Evil God and Oni Yunjie's plan before someone familiar opened the door.

Ugou Mirai arrived at Fang Cheng’s room in a darkened state, where Yuguang Kaori was hiding under the covers with him. When Mirai exposed their hiding place and summoned the others, Fang Cheng escaped with both of them and hid in an empty house while Ye Yuqing chased a blood decoy.

• Ugou Mirai entered Fang Cheng’s room with a fruit knife and asked to sleep beside him while Yuguang Kaori hid under the blanket.
• Mirai questioned Fang Cheng about the bed smelling like her mother, then yanked at the blanket and shouted for Yuguang Kaori to come out.
• Fang Cheng wrapped Mirai in blood and used Vector Control to escape through the window with her and Yuguang Kaori as Qingxue and the others arrived.
• Fang Cheng fled through the streets with Yuguang Kaori and Ugou Mirai while Ye Yuqing pursued them.
• Fang Cheng sent a blood decoy down an alley and hid with the mother and daughter in an empty house as Ye Yuqing chased the decoy.