Chapter Summaries

The group relaxed beneath the prehistoric night sky after sharing a lavish banquet, savoring the food and each other’s company. As the night turned to dawn, they settled into tents or rested by the fire, and the feast finally came to an end.

• Gabriel tried to keep eating despite being full, while Nobita Nobi and Doraemon rested on the grass and the others enjoyed the calm after the meal.
• Tony Stark praised Little Master’s burger, and he and Su Yunqing discussed its appeal compared with the other dishes.
• Little Master, Erina, and the rest of the group relaxed around the campfire, watching the stars and sharing a peaceful night.
• As the prehistoric cold deepened, Doraemon provided blankets and automatic tents, and Umaru helped the sleepy Gabriel to bed.
• Some members went to sleep while Su Yunqing, Kaito Kuroba, Shinichi Kudo, and Shiho Miyano stayed outside through the night.
• At dawn, the campfire dwindled to embers and the lingering food aromas faded, bringing the nearly all-night banquet to a close.

After the feast in the prehistoric camp ended, Doraemon and Nobita Nobi discussed how they could exchange Points for the dishes they had enjoyed. Back in the Chat Group, Su Yunqing and Umaru Doma praised Doraemon’s comfortable tent, but Umaru decided against buying its 100,000-Point version, while Kaito Kuroba learned that the others had explored the tent after the feast.

• Doraemon asked Nobita Nobi whether Little Master and Erina Nakiri’s dishes could be exchanged for Points, and Nobita confirmed they were available cheaply in the Mall.
• Su Yunqing told the Chat Group she had enjoyed Doraemon’s tent and wanted one of her own.
• Umaru Doma described the tent’s luxurious features and automatic cleaning, then found its price was 100,000 Points and decided to wait before buying it.
• Kaito Kuroba expressed surprise that Su Yunqing and Umaru had used the tent’s facilities and eaten snacks after the feast.
• Su Yunqing reminded Kaito Kuroba that he no longer needed to sleep, and he admitted he still preferred his usual habit of sleeping at night.

Nobita Nobi sent the group members Red Packets containing the Robots and tents they had ordered, and the discussion revealed that Umaru Doma had forgotten she could use her goddess powers to handle chores. Kobayashi explained that she and Thor had spent the previous day house-hunting and missed the banquet.

• Nobita Nobi sent the ordered Robots and tents to the group as Red Packets on Doraemon’s behalf.
• Su Yunqing claimed her tent first, encouraging the other members to accept their gifts.
• Umaru Doma celebrated that her tent would let her eat potato chips without cleaning, and Utaha Kasumigaoka reminded her she could use her powers or buy a robot vacuum.
• Umaru Doma realized she had forgotten she was no longer ordinary because her brother took care of her, while Kaito Kuroba and Kobayashi shared their reactions.
• Kobayashi told Su Yunqing that she and Thor had spent the previous day house-hunting and had missed the Cretaceous Period banquet.

Little Master and Erina Nakiri sent food Red Packets to group members who had missed the banquet, and Takashi Natsume accepted one. At the Fujiwara Residence, Nyanko-sensei confronted Natsume for hiding the Chat Group from him, then forgave him after Natsume promised to share everything and brought out the food.

• Little Master and Erina Nakiri sent additional food Red Packets for group members who had missed the banquet, and several members explained why they had not attended.
• Takashi Natsume apologized for accepting the gift late, but Little Master and Erina encouraged him to enjoy the food.
• At the Fujiwara Residence, Nyanko-sensei learned about the Chat Group and the banquet and angrily blamed Natsume for not telling him sooner.
• Nyanko-sensei realized Natsume had joined the Chat Group days earlier and said he would have believed Natsume because he trusted him.
• Natsume apologized and promised not to hide anything from Nyanko-sensei again, then took food from the Red Packets out of storage.

Takashi Natsume and Nyanko-sensei sampled a lobster dish made by Little Master and Erina Nakiri, and its extraordinary flavor left them both overwhelmed. Natsume saved room for Aunt Toko’s dinner while Nyanko-sensei finished the lobster and ate a plate of fried rice.

• Nyanko-sensei smelled the lobster dish and became desperate to eat it, while Natsume worried the fragrance would alert the Fujiwara Couple.
• Nyanko-sensei created a barrier that kept the dish’s aroma inside the room.
• Natsume and Nyanko-sensei tasted the lobster and were captivated by its rich flavor.
• Natsume stopped after three pieces so he could still eat Aunt Toko’s dinner, and Nyanko-sensei devoured the remaining food.
• Natsume gave Nyanko-sensei fried rice and told it not to eat anything else, but Nyanko-sensei protested and eagerly ate the dish.

Takashi reflected on Nyanko-sensei’s reaction to Little Master’s Fried Rice, then refused to spend Points on alcohol for it. Meanwhile, Hachiman Hikigaya received Nobita Nobi’s future home robot, Xiao Ye, who began planning dinner.

• Nyanko-sensei said the ordinary-looking Fried Rice grew more delicious with every bite, and Takashi explained that it came from Little Master’s Red Packet.
• Takashi opened the window and asked Nyanko-sensei to send the lingering fragrance away from the house using Demon Power.
• Nyanko-sensei asked Takashi to exchange Points for fine liquor, but Takashi refused because he knew Nyanko-sensei would get drunk.
• Hachiman Hikigaya claimed Nobita Nobi’s Red Packet and met Xiao Ye, a customized companion home robot from the twenty-second century.
• Xiao Ye accepted Hachiman’s request not to call him master, checked the refrigerator, and began considering what to cook for dinner.

Komachi, Yui, and Yukino welcomed Xiao Ye, the household robot sent by Nobita, into Hachiman's home. In the Imperial Capital, Qin Tian broke through his bottleneck and awakened an immense new level of power, his perception reaching far beyond the city.

• Komachi met Xiao Ye and excitedly welcomed the robot into the household.
• Yui and Yukino returned home, greeted Xiao Ye, and Yukino accepted it as a new family member.
• Yukino teased Hachiman about Saika Totsuka and the women in his possible futures before introducing herself to Xiao Ye.
• Qin Tian drew in the Spirit Energy in his cultivation chamber as his Flame Dragon power surged toward a breakthrough.
• Qin Tian shattered his bottleneck, transforming his body and summoning a vast Flame Dragon phantom over the Imperial Capital.
• Qin Tian's spiritual perception spread beyond the Imperial Capital and across the surrounding lands.

Qin Tian broke through to a new life realm and emerged as Huaxia’s strongest Esper beneath Bai Xuan. At Dragon Tiger Mountain, Xuan Zhen followed by awakening his Golden Core and reaching the Realm of Refining Qi into Spirit.

• Qin Tian sensed his strength and spiritual perception surge after his breakthrough, and resolved to keep pursuing power despite knowing he could not catch up to Bai Xuan.
• Qin Tian emerged from the cultivation room and confirmed his breakthrough to Liu Suifeng and the Spirit Energy Bureau officials, who celebrated his new strength.
• Xuan Zhen sensed Qin Tian’s breakthrough from Dragon Tiger Mountain and acknowledged that Qin Tian had moved ahead of him.
• Xuan Zhen called upon the Dao, awakening his Golden Core as dragon and tiger phantoms, Immortal Cranes, and golden lotuses appeared around him.
• Xuan Zhen reached the Realm of Refining Qi into Spirit and vowed to follow close behind Qin Tian in their contest upon the Great Dao.

Xuan Zhen explained the Five Realms of Alchemy and how Reiki Revival had transformed cultivation, then Qin Tian and Xuan Zhen’s breakthroughs became headline news across Huaxia. Three days later, Chen Bing broke through in Tianhai City amid a vast ice-and-snow phenomenon, confirming that she stood at the same level as the two.

• Xuan Zhen described his attainment of the third realm, Refining Qi into Spirit, and reflected that modern Spirit Energy let cultivators surpass the limits of ancient methods.
• Huaxia’s internet erupted with reports of a Flame Dragon phantom over the Imperial Capital and Daoist phenomena over Dragon Tiger Mountain, and the Spirit Energy Bureau confirmed that Qin Tian and Xuan Zhen had broken through.
• People speculated that other First Sequence experts, including Huo Yu, Chen Bing, and Li Shan, would soon reach the same level.
• Three days later, Chen Bing triggered a sweeping ice-and-snow phenomenon over Tianhai City, where an Extreme Ice Phoenix appeared above the frozen sea and city.
• Chen Bing absorbed the Phoenix phantom and declared that Qin Tian and Xuan Zhen would not be the only ones on the path, as she recognized her breakthrough had brought her to their level.

Zhang Daolong triggered a Taiji thunder-and-fire phenomenon on Wudang Mountain and broke through by forging a path to immortality through Martial Dao. After four First Sequences advanced in succession, Huo Yu realized she was still at least a month from reaching the same threshold.

• Spirit Energy gathered above Wudang Mountain as Zhang Daolong formed a Taiji diagram of Jade Pivot Divine Thunder and Samadhi True Fire.
• The thunder and fire fused around Zhang Daolong, refining his martial body and forming the embryonic domain of his Martial Dao.
• Zhang Daolong declared that Martial Dao could also forge immortals, then joined Qin Tian, Xuan Zhen, and Chen Bing among the four First Sequences to break through.
• The Spirit Energy Bureau confirmed Chen Bing's and Zhang Daolong's breakthroughs, but no fifth First Sequence advanced over the following three days.
• Huo Yu assessed her stalled progress and estimated that she needed at least another month to reach the bottleneck, wondering whether the other four had outworked her.

Huo Yu resolved to train harder after realizing Qin Tian and the others were pulling ahead, while Li Shan’s breakthrough transformed the Divine Mountain near Ye City into a spiritually awakened mountain range. The mountain’s evolution strengthened Li Shan’s bond with it as its Mountain God, and his Authority continued to protect Ye City.

• Huo Yu concluded that Qin Tian and the others advanced faster because they cultivated with extraordinary focus, so she abandoned distractions and resumed training.
• Over seven days, the Divine Mountain near Ye City pulsed with energy, its vegetation flourished, and signs of a major transformation spread through the region.
• As the transformation peaked, the mountain range rose and changed shape while dense earth Spirit Energy formed a vast phantom above it.
• Li Shan opened his eyes within the mountain and recognized that the range had transformed in response to his breakthrough.
• Li Shan thanked the mountain for supporting him and pledged to keep protecting it and Ye City alongside it.

Wang Ming completed a self-directed upgrade of his Life Form in a spectacular surge of silver-white energy, becoming the sixth Esper to do so. In the Imperial Capital, Chen Changsheng broke through his own bottleneck, greatly extending his lifespan and deepening his control over life force.

• Wang Ming used his Mechanical Control Superpower and scientific knowledge to begin upgrading his body at the microscopic level.
• A silver-white nebula spread over Beijiang City, disrupting instruments and communications before collapsing into a pillar of light that merged with Wang Ming.
• Wang Ming completed his Life Form upgrade and perceived the world through newly transformed senses.
• Chen Changsheng reflected on his Longevity ability to Deprive and Bestow life force, his restricted use of it, and his limited combat abilities.
• Chen Changsheng released his restraint on the bottleneck, drawing a vast Life Tide into himself and beginning an essential leap in his Life Form.

Chen Changsheng’s breakthrough spread life energy across the Imperial Capital, extending the lifespan of its living inhabitants, and he reflected on how cultivation could spare him the loneliness of outliving his loved ones. Three days later, Huo Yu broke through in Hang City and discovered the scale of her new power, though she remained below the Realm called “God,” where Bai Xuan stood.

• Chen Changsheng’s breakthrough caused plants across the Imperial Capital to flourish and slightly extended the lifespan of people and other living beings there.
• Chen Changsheng reflected that his friends’ cultivation could let them share long lives with him, and he realized he could grant others eternal life within the limits of the Rule.
• Three days later, Huo Yu absorbed Spirit Energy in Hang City and broke through after comparing her progress with the other First Sequences.
• Huo Yu’s breakthrough summoned a blazing pillar and fire clouds over Hang City, but she pulled the phenomenon back before it could overheat the city.
• Huo Yu sensed her vastly increased power and concluded that she had not yet reached the Realm called “God,” which Bai Xuan had already entered.

Huaxia’s original ten First Sequences all broke through to a new Realm, while Ye Feng resolved to raise concerns about ordinary people’s health. Lin Kai and Kun Hu discussed the breakthroughs, noting that they had never been part of the same awakening generation as the ten.

• Huo Yu reflected on how far Bai Xuan’s power surpassed her own and planned to test her breakthrough against a First Sequence-level Mutant Creature.
• Seven days later, Ning Guang’s silver-gray Mist covered the outskirts of Ning City as Ye Feng broke through in the Imperial Capital, releasing a healing Light of Life.
• Ye Feng noticed that many ordinary people still suffered health problems and decided to discuss the issue with Director Liu.
• Qin Tian, Xuan Qing, Chen Bing, Zhang Daolong, Li Shan, Wang Ming, Chen Changsheng, Huo Yu, Ye Feng, and Ning Guang completed their breakthroughs.
• Lin Kai told Kun Hu that the ten First Sequences had all broken through, and Kun Hu replied that they had never belonged to the same awakening batch.

Lin Kai and Kun Hu discussed how different paths and opportunities had let several First Sequences break through before them, then considered whether Uchiha Ten might awaken the Rinnegan and make resurrection possible. The chapter ended with Uchiha Ten sensing that his eyes were close to evolving as he stood above the sea.

• Kun Hu explained why Xuan Zhen, Zhang Daolong, and Li Shan had reached their breakthroughs before Lin Kai and him.
• Lin Kai asked when Uchiha Ten might break through, and Kun Hu said he might awaken the Rinnegan.
• Lin Kai and Kun Hu reflected on the hope of using the Rinnegan's Outer Path: Samsara Heavenly Life Technique to resurrect those lost since the Reiki Revival.
• Kun Hu urged them to focus on becoming stronger, and Lin Kai resumed training with renewed fighting spirit.
• At a seaside cliff in Haicheng, Uchiha Ten felt a profound stirring in his pupils as the Rinnegan seemed close to awakening.

Uchiha Ten awakened the Rinnegan through bloodline atavism, transforming his body and gaining a new perception of the world. He glimpsed an ocean of lights that might reveal how death and reincarnation worked in this world, leaving him uncertain whether the Rinnegan could resurrect the dead.

• Uchiha Ten drew in immense Spirit Energy as his bloodline atavism triggered, turning his hair silver-white and transforming his body.
• Uchiha Ten opened his Rinnegan, completing his evolution into an Otsutsuki Body and gaining an elevated perspective on the world's deeper forces.
• Uchiha Ten perceived gravity and repulsion as forces he could naturally control through his new eyes.
• Uchiha Ten briefly saw an ocean filled with drifting light spheres before the vision vanished and left him shaken.
• Uchiha Ten speculated that the ocean held the souls of the dead and wondered whether Outer Path: Samsara Heavenly Life Technique could retrieve one.

Uchiha Ten repeatedly failed to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, believing resurrection might be impossible in this world. On his final attempt, Bai Xuan’s unseen influence allowed the statue to appear, giving Ten reason to believe the Samsara Heavenly Life Technique could work and leaving him accepting his responsibility to protect the people he now regarded as kin.

• Uchiha Ten considered the immense hope people placed in his Rinnegan and decided to test whether he could summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Uchiha Ten’s first summoning failed, and he repeatedly tried again with different amounts and kinds of energy, but each attempt produced only smoke.
• Uchiha Ten made one last attempt and heard a distant sigh just before the smoke gathered into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
• Uchiha Ten suspected Bai Xuan had intervened, and he concluded that the statue’s appearance meant the Samsara Heavenly Life Technique could potentially resurrect the dead.
• Uchiha Ten accepted that he had come to regard this land as his second homeland and its people as kin he needed to protect.

Uchiha Ten accepted the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as proof that resurrection was possible, while recognizing the risks and painful choices the technique would bring. Bai Xuan explained the limits of restoring the dead, then turned to the Chat Group, where Su Yunqing prepared for another Holy Grail War after losing the previous one to Liu Hongxuan and Xiang Yu.

• Uchiha Ten considered the practical and moral problems of resurrection, including missing remains, eligibility, costs, and the grief of families whose loved ones could not return.
• Bai Xuan explained that the world's dead became information in a Sea of Information, and that recreating memories would make copies rather than restore the original people.
• Bai Xuan said he had given Uchiha Ten a chance to pursue resurrection because he disliked regrets, leaving people to bear the consequences of their choices.
• Su Yunqing announced that another Holy Grail War was beginning and vowed to defeat Liu Hongxuan after he had won the previous war with Xiang Yu and gained Xiang Yu's armor.
• Daigo asked why the Holy Grail War had returned so quickly, and Su Yunqing explained that the seniors in her world had already held three increasingly large wars by supplying the Holy Grail with resources.

Su Yunqing livestreamed the start of the new Holy Grail War and summoned Liu Bang as a Saber-class Heroic Spirit. At the Qin Family, Qin Hongtian summoned Huo Qubing as a Lancer, setting the stage for another contest among heroes.

• Tony explained why the Old Ancestors invested resources in frequent Holy Grail Wars, and Su Yunqing described the Xiang Yu Armor's power and growth potential.
• Daigo asked when the next Holy Grail War would begin and whether it could be livestreamed, and Su Yunqing announced that it was starting immediately.
• Su Yunqing livestreamed her summoning ritual and called forth Liu Bang, who manifested as a Saber and agreed to take part in the contest.
• Qin Hongtian began his summoning at the Qin Family, determined not to repeat his previous mistakes as a Master.
• Qin Hongtian summoned Huo Qubing, who appeared as a Lancer and challenged the heroes of the age to face him.

Qin Hongtian summoned Huo Qubing as his Servant and explained the Holy Grail War and the defeat to Xiang Yu. Huo Qubing revealed that his Noble Phantasm could summon an army of Iron Cavalry Phantoms, leaving Qin Hongtian to confront the scale of his power.

• The Qin Family members recognized Huo Qubing and celebrated his arrival as Qin Hongtian welcomed him with respect.
• Huo Qubing encouraged Qin Hongtian to learn from his previous defeat and asked for intelligence about the Holy Grail War’s rules and opponents.
• Qin Hongtian described how Xiang Yu had defeated the Heroic Spirits in the previous war, and Huo Qubing lamented that he had never faced Xiang Yu in his own era.
• Huo Qubing argued that victory depended on strategy and command, not merely individual strength, and promised to show Qin Hongtian his army.
• Qin Hongtian examined Huo Qubing’s Noble Phantasm, Champion Banner: Lone Blade of the Vast Sea, which manifested a battlefield and summoned Iron Cavalry Phantoms for coordinated attacks.