Chapter Summaries

The Chat Group members discussed Go after watching Fujiwara no Sai's memories, and Aizen, Umaru, and others shared their reactions. Lala revealed she had built a highly advanced Go-playing robot in minutes, leaving the others stunned by her seemingly idealistic approach to inventing.

• Tony claimed that Sai's devotion to Go reminded him of his own devotion to scientific research, and the group mocked his claim.
• Umaru and Aizen said the Memory Copy had made Go seem interesting, while Su Yunqing explained that Aizen was exceptionally skilled in many arts.
• Lala announced that she had made a robotic dog that played Go, and said it could reach the Memory Copy's level after about an hour of learning.
• Lala explained that her robot used quantum computing, self-improving algorithms, emotional simulation, and a mechanism that simulated intuition.
• Tony questioned how Lala had built the robot so quickly, and Lala replied that she had simply wanted those functions and made them.
• Morgana joked that Lala's inventions worked through idealism and imagined how powerful she could make Morgana if she joined her side.

Heathcliff reflected on abandoning his old plan to turn SAO into a death game and considered using the Chat Group to accelerate scientific progress toward creating a real world. Fujiwara no Sai resolved to teach Hikaru to love Go and received Lala’s Go-playing robot, while a reporter announced that the Atlantis Civilization had claimed the ocean and invited humanity to join it.

• Su Yunqing teased Heathcliff about what he might create with Lala’s scientific talent, and Heathcliff explained that he had given up on making SAO a death game after encountering real Otherworlds.
• Heathcliff considered leading a scientific explosion in his world to shorten the path toward creating a real world.
• After reading the Hikaru no Go Memory Copy, Fujiwara no Sai decided to teach Shindo Hikaru to love Go rather than treat the Divine Move as his mission, and he resolved to study modern Go and eventually challenge AI.
• Lala sent Fujiwara no Sai her dog-shaped Go robot, Thor III, which appeared and invited him to play.
• A reporter announced that a tsunami had devastated the Gaulish Chicken region and claimed the Atlantis Civilization had caused it while declaring its arrival to humanity.
• The reporter presented photographs of underwater palaces and said Atlantis offered humanity protection and technology if people joined it as Familia Members.

A reporter urged humanity to welcome the Atlantis Civilization in exchange for protection, drawing condemnation from the God of Thunder and skepticism from Luoshui Sanxian and Huaxia. The chapter left Japan’s rebuilding burdened by a population crisis and Huaxia determined to treat the sea-beast civilization as an enemy after Haicheng.

• The God of Thunder denounced the reporter as a traitor exploiting people’s fear and hope, arguing that true security came from defending humanity with its own strength.
• In Japan, Luoshui Sanxian rejected the promise of Atlantis protection and reflected on the rebuilt base’s severe shortage of survivors and uncertain future.
• Huaxia netizens mocked the reporter’s appeals as foreign-worship rhetoric and questioned why a powerful civilization would need humans to join it.
• Huaxia residents recalled the Haicheng Battle and vowed to avenge those lost by destroying the Atlantis Civilization’s sea beasts.

Huaxia's people vowed revenge against Atlantis after the Haicheng massacre, while Lighthouse executives revealed that they had manipulated a reporter to promote cooperation with Atlantis. After learning that Atlantis's strongest warriors were only at the First Sequence, Lighthouse dismissed them as weak and considered how to use their alliance to gain power.

• The public reacted to Atlantis's attack on Haicheng with hatred and calls for a future war.
• Huaxia commentators argued that Atlantis was far weaker than its legendary reputation and that Huaxia had the strength to fight it.
• Lighthouse executives revealed that they had used an unwitting reporter to promote Atlantis and steer public opinion.
• Lighthouse executives said Atlantis had sought cooperation after a Huaxia First Sequence defeated its forces, and they learned about Atlantis from its arrogant envoy.
• Lighthouse executives judged their own strength comparable to Huaxia's, citing their First Sequences and Gene Warriors.

Xuanjia questioned why Atlantis was cooperating with Lighthouse, condemning its decision to abandon ordinary people after the Reiki Revival. Elder Nereus’s agreement with Lighthouse remained a practical exchange, while Xuanjia admired Huaxia’s defense of its people and vowed to fight Obito Uchiha again when his strength returned.

• Lighthouse regarded its cooperation with Atlantis as a temporary exchange of benefits and planned to break the agreement if Atlantis ceased to be useful.
• Xuanjia asked Elder Nereus why Atlantis was cooperating with Lighthouse, criticizing its abandonment of ordinary people after the Reiki Revival.
• Xuanjia contrasted Lighthouse’s actions with Huaxia’s warriors, who had risked their lives to protect the people.
• Xuanjia respected Huaxia’s courage while accepting that warriors had to fight their enemies without hesitation.
• Xuanjia resolved to challenge Obito Uchiha again once he had regained his peak strength.

Elder Nereus explained why Atlantis had chosen to cooperate with Lighthouse and warned Xuanjia that humanity's God-Given Items made its strongest fighters far more dangerous than he realized. Xuanjia learned that Obito Uchiha was the sole known holder of the Uchiha Bloodline, but Elder Nereus could not say how his strength compared with other God-Given Item owners.

• Elder Nereus said Atlantis had allied with Lighthouse to learn about humanity and prepare for Huaxia, which he considered Atlantis's greatest future threat.
• Xuanjia argued that Atlantis could soon dominate humanity by replacing The King's body and gaining overwhelming strength, but Elder Nereus said human First Sequences with God-Given Items could still surpass The King.
• Elder Nereus described the human Deity and God-Given Items, including the Five Elements Armor, Devil Fruits, Teigu, and Clow Cards, and cited the Black Rhino Armor's victory over a First Sequence Mutated Flood Dragon.
• Xuanjia asked whether Obito Uchiha had possessed a God-Given Item, and Elder Nereus confirmed that Obito was the only known owner of the Uchiha Bloodline.
• Xuanjia asked where Obito ranked among God-Given Item owners, and Elder Nereus admitted he did not know.

Elder Nereus warned Xuanjia that Atlantis could not openly oppose humanity until it understood the human Deity’s true strength, then reminded him that his loyalty was why he held command. At Huaxia’s Academy of Sciences, Liu Suifeng inspected experimental future weapons developed under the Nantianmen Project, including electromagnetic and laser pistols.

• Elder Nereus told Xuanjia that Atlantis would avoid a war with humanity until it could assess the Deity and recover enough strength.
• Xuanjia complained that he might have to postpone taking revenge on Obito Uchiha, and Elder Nereus explained that Xuanjia’s loyalty rating of ninety-six had secured his command.
• Liu Suifeng visited the Academy of Sciences and saw two experimental pistols from the Nantianmen Project.
• Old Chen described the electromagnetic pistol’s rapid, powerful shots and the laser pistol’s precise, high-energy beam.
• Old Chen also mentioned tactical protective clothing based on weakened Chengying Tactical Mecha technology that remained under development.

Liu Suifeng learned that the Academy of Sciences had developed the Shadow Guard Tactical Protective Suit by miniaturizing and integrating technologies from the Chengying Tactical Mecha. Old Chen explained that the suit could improve soldiers’ survivability but could not reliably kill Sequence-level threats, while the broader Technological Heavenly Court remained a long-term vision.

• Liu Suifeng reacted with excitement to Chengying Tactical Mecha, and Old Chen clarified that the current project was only the weaker Shadow Guard Tactical Protective Suit.
• Old Chen described how the suit combined lightweight armor, a miniaturized Energy Shield, and an Intelligent Environmental Adaptation System.
• Liu Suifeng asked whether the suit and its weapons could let soldiers match Sequence-level Espers, but Old Chen admitted that their lethality depended on enemies failing to evade or defend themselves.
• Old Chen explained that Sequence-level Mutant Creatures were difficult to kill because of their danger sense, strong defenses, and vitality, and said technology still needed time and Esper abilities to improve.
• Old Chen outlined the Nantianmen Project and the imagined Technological Heavenly Court, including the 33-Layer Heaven Ascension Platform, the Orbital Planet-Destroying Cannon Zhu Xian Sword, and the aerospace carrier Lingxiao Palace.

Liu Suifeng and Old Chen discussed the long-term threat of reiki disappearing and humanity’s need to keep developing technology. In the Chat Group, Fujiwara no Sai described meeting Shindo Hikaru and defeating Toya Akira with moves learned from an AI, while members discussed the blow to Akira and the history of Japanese Go.

• Old Chen explained that humanity needed technology to advance alongside the Reiki System so people could cope if reiki eventually vanished.
• Liu Suifeng wondered whether the White Emperor’s presence meant the reiki era would truly end.
• Fujiwara no Sai told the Chat Group that Shindo Hikaru had fainted when he first appeared as a ghost, but accepted him after Sai explained himself.
• Fujiwara no Sai said he had played Toya Akira at a Go salon and used new moves learned from Princess Lala’s Shiba Inu Tuo San, defeating Akira normally.
• Su Yunqing remarked that AI moves had dealt Toya Akira a devastating blow, and Ying Zinian described Japanese Go’s former dominance and later decline.

The Chat Group discussed Go after Fujiwara no Sai wondered whether mastering the game could help it attract more players, and Gabriel invited him to guide her through SAO’s Go event. The conversation revealed that Chat Group members could play SAO together in the same world, while Tushan Honghong explained that her rapid growth had eased her urgency about the future.

• Fujiwara no Sai wondered whether defeating AI with perfect Go moves could help more people around the world love the game.
• Gabriel revealed that SAO had added a Go event and asked Fujiwara no Sai to guide her, while Heathcliff explained that he had arranged the event after watching Fujiwara no Sai’s Memory Copy.
• Gabriel invited several Chat Group members to play SAO, and Su Yunqing learned that members from different worlds could play together when they were in the same world.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka listed other members who had played SAO together and asked why Tushan Honghong had joined them.
• Tushan Honghong said she had nearly reached the Demon Emperor level and no longer felt pressured by the future after advancing far faster than her future self.

The group discussed Tushan Honghong’s rapid growth and how she began playing SAO with Tushan Yaya and Tushan Rongrong. Kobayashi admitted she enjoyed the game mainly because she played with Thor and Kanna, and reflected on how she and Thor had become one another’s support; she affirmed that she would always stay with Thor.

• Tony Stark noted that Tushan Honghong had reached her future peak strength in just one year and had little reason to feel urgent about threats.
• Tushan Honghong explained that she had bought SAO for Tushan Yaya and Tushan Rongrong, then began playing after Yaya invited her.
• Kobayashi said she had joined the game because Thor and Kanna enjoyed it, and Ying Zinian recognized that the people mattered more to her than the game.
• Umaru Doma reflected on Kobayashi and Thor’s meeting as the joining of two lonely people who supported and saved one another.
• Kobayashi called Thor her Light and vowed that they would never leave one another, no matter how much time passed.

The Chat Group discussed Kobayashi’s home and work habits before arranging a Go gathering. The conversation shifted when Utaha Kasumigaoka spotted a creature she identified as the Demon Bull Beast from Armor Hero, leaving the group to wonder why it had appeared in her world.

• Kobayashi recalled how Thor, Kanna, and the others had turned her apartment into a home, and she explained that she still worked because she could not stay idle.
• Gabriel invited the group to play Go and chose another member’s home because she had only instant noodles at her own.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka returned to the Chat Group and reported seeing something strange on the street.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka shared an image of a bull-like creature and identified it as the Demon Bull Beast from Armor Hero.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka explained that Su Yan had made three Armor Hero series in her world, prompting Su Yunqing to praise Duanmu Yan and his imagined use of the Asura Armor.

The Chat Group discovered that a Transmigrator named Li Ming had arrived in Saekano World with a Heavens-wide Behind-the-Scenes BOSS System and opened a mission to stop him. Bai Xuan, Xiao Yan, and Detective Conan were selected to join Utaha Kasumigaoka, leaving the group to wonder how dangerous the mission—and Conan’s Death God Aura—might be.

• The group discussed the Demon Bull Beast and realized its appearance could have been engineered by a Transmigrator carrying a Rule-Level Item.
• Su Yunqing checked the Task Board and found a mission to deal with Li Ming, whose system harvested energy by making people doubt their world’s reality.
• Gabriel and Fujiwara no Sai declined to participate, while Umaru Doma and Tushan Honghong entered the draw for the three available slots.
• The Roulette selected Bai Xuan, Xiao Yan, and Detective Conan to join Utaha Kasumigaoka in the mission.
• Utaha and the other members worried that Detective Conan’s Death God Aura might cause deaths, while Xiao Yan questioned whether rushing in would alert Li Ming.

Detective Conan organized with Utaha Kasumigaoka and Xiao Yan to defeat the Demon Bull Beast and earn mission contribution, while Su Yan discovered that another Transmigrator had appeared in his world. The chapter left Aki Tomoya standing beside the enraged Beast as Su Yan confronted Utaha about its arrival.

• Su Yunqing judged that the Transmigrator was probably not very powerful, while the Oldest Godslayer warned that the medium-difficulty mission could still involve a formidable opponent.
• Detective Conan proposed that he and Utaha Kasumigaoka restrain the Demon Bull Beast while Xiao Yan attacked it, and both agreed to cooperate.
• At Saginomiya Private High School, students mistook the Demon Bull Beast for cosplay, and Aki Tomoya eagerly approached it and talked about God Su's works.
• Su Yan recognized that the Demon Bull Beast was real and asked Utaha Kasumigaoka whether she had created it.
• Utaha told Su Yan that someone else had created the Beast, leading him to conclude that another Transmigrator with a Cheat was in his world.

Su Yan realized that a second Transmigrator had summoned the Demon Bull Beast and ordered it to kill Aki Tomoya. Su Yan saved Aki, then fought the beast with his extraordinary physical abilities, leaving the crowd stunned by his strength.

• Su Yan reflected on his photographic memory, years of study, and jealousy of the Transmigrator who could summon an Energy Beast.
• A cold voice ordered the Demon Bull Beast to make Aki Tomoya the first sacrificial pawn in its plan, and the beast swung its axe at him.
• Su Yan kicked Aki Tomoya out of danger, then explained why he had chosen to save someone he disliked.
• Su Yan told Kato Megumi that he was confident, then faced the Demon Bull Beast and attacked it with a flurry of martial arts strikes.
• The Demon Bull Beast endured Su Yan's blows as the crowd marveled at their fight and Kasumigaoka Utaha stared in disbelief.

Li Ming used his system to livestream Su Yan fighting the Demon Bull Beast and unleashed thirty-three Energy Beasts on cities worldwide to harvest energy. Xiao Yan killed the Demon Bull Beast, and Li Ming recognized him and Detective Conan, then began planning to leave the world once he gathered enough energy points.

• Kasumigaoka Utaha, Detective Conan, and Xiao Yan discussed Su Yan's skill, his decision to save Aki Tomoya, and the risks of revealing himself to Li Ming.
• Li Ming confirmed that Su Yan carried no [Rule-Level Item] and revealed that he was livestreaming the fight worldwide to gather energy.
• Li Ming summoned thirty-three Energy Beasts, ordered them to attack humans across the world, and spent three hundred thousand energy points to teleport them into cities.
• Xiao Yan appeared, struck the Demon Bull Beast away, trapped it with stone pillars and vines, and destroyed it with the Green Lotus Core Flame before capturing its Seal Demon Card.
• Li Ming recognized Xiao Yan and Detective Conan in the video, questioned his system about their presence, and learned that leaving the world would require more energy points than he had.
• Li Ming calculated that he needed another 1.7 million energy points, plus a 300,000-point reserve, before he could safely leave the world.

Xiao Yan, Conan, and Kasumigaoka Utaha dealt with the first Energy Beast and discussed the Chat Group’s approach to the Transmigrator mission. Four Ancient Energy Beasts then appeared, and Xiao Yan’s strongest attacks barely harmed them, leaving the group facing enemies beyond most of their abilities.

• Xiao Yan explained that the Sealing Demon Card could seal Energy Beasts and said he would share its 120,000-point Recycle price with the others.
• Kasumigaoka Utaha said Bai Xuan would let the participants fight for mission share unless they faced danger or an opponent they could not handle.
• Su Yan reassured Kato Megumi that he was content without a system, while Kasumigaoka Utaha, Xiao Yan, and Conan looked away from their affectionate moment.
• Four Ancient Energy Beasts modeled on Qiongqi, Taowu, Chaos, and Taotie appeared, and Su Yan, Kasumigaoka Utaha, and Conan withdrew from the fight.
• Xiao Yan attacked Taotie with the Heavy Profound Ruler, Dou Techniques, and a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, but the four beasts remained nearly unharmed.
• Kasumigaoka Utaha explained that the Ancient Energy Beasts were powerful enough to resist even Xiao Yan’s attack because he was only a Seven-Star Da Dou Shi.

Bai Xuan effortlessly destroyed the Four Ancient Energy Beasts and all thirty-three Energy Beasts worldwide, while Li Ming struggled to find a way to escape without enough energy points. He decided to manifest the Black Demon Beast in Huaxia to provoke widespread doubt and generate energy points.

• Bai Xuan appeared beside Su Yan and shattered the Four Ancient Energy Beasts with a tap on the Void.
• Bai Xuan used an invisible force to destroy all thirty-three Energy Beasts across the world, while viewers argued over whether the broadcasts were real.
• Li Ming realized the Energy Beasts had been destroyed from The Root and confronted his system, which warned that an unknown existence had targeted him and said it could not break the World Barrier without more energy points.
• Li Ming considered manifesting a powerful, familiar character in Huaxia and chose the Black Demon Beast as his best option.
• Li Ming ordered the system to manifest the Black Demon Beast and deploy it in Huaxia.

A Black Demon Beast descended on Bincheng and devastated the city, while a fleeing man tried and failed to transform using his Emperor Belt. Just as he gave up, a mysterious person told him that realizing the belt was only a toy had cost him the ability to transform, and the belt began to glow again.

• A Black Demon Beast emerged from a rift above Bincheng and unleashed dark beams that destroyed buildings and killed people.
• A man carrying his collection of hero toys attempted to transform with his Emperor Belt, but nothing happened and the crowd mocked him.
• The Black Demon Beast dismissed the belt as fake and resumed its attack on the city.
• The man accepted that his belt was only a toy, removed it, and prepared to flee.
• A mysterious person picked up the belt and told the man that believing it was only a toy had made him lose the ability to transform.
• The Emperor Belt began glowing brighter as the man stared at it with renewed excitement and anticipation.

Bai Xuan transformed into Emperor Knight, defeated the Black Demon Beast, and restored the city and its dead. In the Chat Group, Su Yunqing watched the transformation and reflected on how it fulfilled a childhood fantasy she had thought impossible.

• Bai Xuan shouted “Emperor Armor, combine!” and began transforming as the Black Demon Beast attacked the golden pillar of light.
• The Black Demon Beast’s dark beam vanished into the pillar, and Bai Xuan emerged in Emperor Armor as the Survivors watched in awe.
• Bai Xuan used the Five Saints Finishing Move to destroy the Black Demon Beast, whose members remained loyal to Li Ming and fought despite their fear.
• Bai Xuan spread a Taiji Diagram across the city, repairing the destruction and reviving the dead.
• Su Yunqing praised Bai Xuan in the Chat Group and recalled how his transformation brought back her childhood longing to become an Armor Hero.