Vol. 18New Futures and Authorities

The Chat Group confronted threats across several worlds, defeated Zhou Yangtian and Artosh, and used the Star Grail to restore Riku’s universe. Its members gained new powers and learned more about their futures as Hachiman began considering a life with Yukino and Yui.

  • Su Yunqing and Bai Xuan helped Huolin Fei’s group defeat Ghost Valley and sent them into the past to change their fate.
  • Su Yunqing welcomed the Moon-Worshipping Cult Leader and Riku Dola, and both learned about their futures.
  • Riku accepted the Chat Group’s help and resolved to strengthen humanity without exterminating other races.
  • Shendu, Tony, and the others fought Zhou Yangtian, who recovered from Shendu’s attack and demanded more killing.
  • Bai Xuan erased the Higher Existence behind Zhou Yangtian, and the system distributed rewards to the mission participants.
  • Bai Xuan took the Star Grail from Artosh, restored Riku’s universe, and established humanity as the Sixteenth Race under the Ten Pledges.
  • Marquis Voban killed Overseers and seized their Authorities while Chat Group members tested their Rule-level powers.
  • Erza learned about Jellal’s manipulation and Lisanna’s fate, while Hachiman began considering a future with Yukino and Yui.
Chapters 1710–1809 Read from Ch. 1710

Arc 69The Past and the Newcomers

Su Yunqing and Bai Xuan helped Huolin Fei’s group confront Ghost Valley and Pluto, then sent them a hundred thousand years into the past to change their fate. Back in the Chat Group, the Moon-Worshipping Cult Leader and Riku Dola joined, and both began learning about the futures awaiting them.

  • Su Yunqing discovered that Hachiman Hikigaya had missed the Transmigrator Mission, and Bai Xuan restored Hachiman’s devastated world in exchange for its Evil Spirits and Cursed Spirits.
  • Huolin Fei took his companions to the Underworld, where Tian Yu learned that Pluto was her father and followed him after Pluto broke through the Seal.
  • Bai Xuan joined Su Yunqing and Umaru in Huolin Fei’s world, where Feng Yao learned Ghost Valley had deceived him about his sister and attacked him.
  • Ghost Valley revealed his strength and fought Huolin Fei, but Snow Emperor purified his attack, defeated him, and killed him.
  • Bai Xuan brought the group to Pluto’s palace, where Feng Yao defeated Lion King and Ye Lingyun before Pluto and Snow Emperor clashed over their conflicting beliefs.
  • Bai Xuan opened a passage to the past for Huolin Fei’s group and resurrected Phoenix, who reunited with Pluto.
  • Su Yunqing welcomed the Moon-Worshipping Cult Leader and urged him to study his Memory Copy before pursuing his plan to remake the world.
  • Riku Dola joined the Chat Group, and Su Yunqing showed him a Memory Copy of his future with Schwi while the Moon-Worshipping Cult Leader acknowledged Love after seeing his own future.
Chapters 1710–173425 summaries Read

Arc 70The Outer Realm Threat

Riku accepted the Chat Group’s help while the group handled conflicts across several worlds, from Feng Yao’s confrontation with Ghost Valley to a new Transmigrator threat in Great Qin. The arc ended with Zhou Yangtian recovering from Shendu’s attack and demanding more victims.

  • Bai Xuan explained that Riku had once had a chance to become the Only God, and Riku resolved to strengthen himself and humanity without exterminating the other races.
  • The Chat Group unlocked new functions, chose the Task Function, and welcomed returning Lolo as she reported another attack on the City of Time.
  • Kurosaki Ichigo and Marquis Voban volunteered to visit Riku’s world, while Aizen considered how he might help the Ex-machina understand their questions about the heart.
  • Feng Yao confronted Ghost Valley, but a future version of Feng Yao and Huolin Fei revealed Ghost Valley’s deception and fought him alongside Feng Ying, Kazekage, and Miao Tiaojun.
  • Huolin Fei and the others subdued Ghost Valley and kept him alive so they could present evidence of his schemes to Snow Emperor.
  • Bai Xuan observed humanity gaining ground against Mutant Creatures as the world advanced toward another Reiki Tide, while Hachiman Hikigaya received Mind Reading and worried about its effects.
  • Su Yunqing and Tony joined Ying Zinian’s Rescue Mission after he warned that Zhou Yangtian was slaughtering life in Qin State, and the group gathered in Great Qin.
  • Tony moved the battle into the Mirror Dimension as Shendu and the others attacked Zhou Yangtian, but Zhou recovered from Shendu’s fireball and roared for more killing.
Chapters 1735–175925 summaries Read

Arc 71The Star Grail War

The group defeated Zhou Yangtian and collected their mission rewards before welcoming Erza Scarlet and Shana and confronting Artosh in Riku’s world. Bai Xuan took the Star Grail from Artosh, restored the devastated universe, and left it to shape a new era for humanity.

  • Shendu, Tony, and the others fought Zhou Yangtian as his Immortality and Infinite Evolution turned him into an ever-adapting mass of darkness, until Bai Xuan arrived and erased the Higher Existence behind it.
  • The system confirmed Zhou Yangtian’s death and distributed rewards, enhancing Su Yunqing, Shendu, Madara Uchiha, Tony, Ying Zinian, and Bai Xuan in different ways.
  • Su Yunqing welcomed Erza Scarlet and Shana to the Chat Group, then shared Shana’s future and urged her to decide what she wanted for herself.
  • Su Yunqing identified Lou Chengtian as a Transmigrator in Riku’s world, and the group traveled there to confront Artosh, who sent Azriel and the Flügel against Kurosaki Ichigo and Aizen.
  • Aizen used Illusion against Artosh, while Saitama fought him as his repeated resurrections made him stronger until he obtained temporary control of the Star Grail.
  • Bai Xuan broke Artosh’s system protection, took the Star Grail, erased Artosh, and reversed the destruction across the universe.
  • Bai Xuan tested the Star Grail with Riku, then made humanity the Sixteenth Race and established the Ten Pledges as laws of the world.
  • Riku received the Divine Essence of the God of Wisdom, while Kurosaki Ichigo gained Boundless Evolution and shared it with the group.
Chapters 1760–178425 summaries Read

Arc 72Authorities and New Futures

The Chat Group explored new powers as Aizen and Loki tested their Rule-level strength, while Marquis Voban plundered a world of Overseers to amass Points and Authorities. Erza learned more about her friends’ futures, Daigo received an offer for a wedding gift, and Hachiman began considering a future with both Yukino and Yui.

  • Aizen gained the Void Mirror Realm, Bai Xuan raised his world’s level, Riku became the God of Wisdom, and Saitama restored her hair and emotions with her reward.
  • Aizen defeated Loki in the Virtual Battle Arena, while Daigo revealed that he had comprehended the Rules of Light and Sun and Ichigo drew with Marquis Voban.
  • Luo Hao revealed that she had enhanced her Godslayer Status three times, and Erza returned to Fairy Tail before agreeing to learn what the Memory Copy revealed about her future.
  • Marquis Voban traveled to a world of Cursed Power, killed its Overseers, seized their Authorities, and expected to earn billions of Points for future enhancements.
  • Erza learned that Jellal had manipulated her and Lisanna had been sent to Edolas, while she resolved to tell Lisanna’s family and guild companions.
  • The Chat Group discussed Daigo’s coming wedding, and Marquis Voban offered him the Twin Life Pact Authority as a gift for him and Rena.
  • Su Yunqing urged Hachiman to consider a future with Yukino and Yui, and Hachiman realized he could not watch Yui marry someone else.
Chapters 1785–180925 summaries Read
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