Recaps

Ren freed Nangong Nayue from the Prison Barrier, defeated the Golden King, and brought Aya Tokoyogi out of confinement. As Ren and Aiba Asagi stopped the Nalakuvera on Artificial Island No. 12, the Third Progenitor confronted Vattler on Ren’s behalf.

• Aurora reclaimed her identity as the Fourth Progenitor, but Ren stopped her from absorbing the six Flame Mist Night Vessels and brought the girls home.
• Ren cured Fuka Aiba’s cancer with medicine from the Universal Pharmaceutical Machine, and Aiba Asagi agreed to help him in return.
• Ren defeated Di Shanpo and her companions, then captured Chiga Taketo and learned that the remaining Blood Brides were with Vattler.
• Ren entered the Prison Barrier with Himeragi Yukina and Kirasaka Sayaka, woke Nangong Nayue, and protected her from the escaped criminals and the Golden King.
• Ren captured the Golden King, allowed Aya Tokoyogi to leave the Prison Barrier, and had the Golden King restore Nangong Nayue’s power and revise her contract.
• After Nangong Nayue reported a terrorist operation, Ren brought Aiba Asagi to Artificial Island No. 12, where the Black Death Emperor Faction unleashed the Nalakuvera.
• Ren destroyed the attackers’ machines, and Aiba Asagi deciphered a command that let him shut down every Nalakuvera from the Queen Unit.
• The Third Progenitor revealed herself on the Grave of the Deep Ocean, defeated Vattler’s fused wyrm, and left him for Ren after sensing his arrival.

Ren defeated the Sanctuary Treaty Organization’s forces and established the Fourth Night Empire on Itogami Island, then expanded its reach to Nefelapitus. After telling the girls he would leave briefly, he returned to Kuoh Town and reunited with his companions there.

• Ren stopped The Original from absorbing the eleven vessels, announced his plan to found a Night Empire, and named Aurora its emperor.
• Ren awakened Glenda and Sin God’s Ark, then Aurora announced the empire’s founding as the Island Nation and the Sanctuary Treaty Organization prepared to oppose it.
• Ren livestreamed his battle with the multinational fleet, survived the Heavenly Strike Weapon, and destroyed most of the fleet before defeating Kii Juranbarada and Aswardgoul Azis.
• Ren and his companions secured the empire’s recognition, and he appointed officials while The Original delivered the founding speech.
• Ren gained Heavenly Law, Earthly Form, expanded the empire by bringing Nefelapitus under its rule, and spent time with the girls on Itogami Island.
• Ren told the girls he would leave for another world, and Himeragi Yukina insisted on going with him while Kirasaka Sayaka spent the night with him.
• Ren returned to Kuoh Town, where Ophis noticed his increased strength and he reunited with Kuroka, Asia, Lavinia, Koneko, and Valerie.
• Akeno Himejima embraced and flirted with Ren, prompting Rias to take a combat stance before Ren intervened.

Ren founded the Brotherhood and fought the Hero Faction’s attempt to capture Ophis, then uncovered Hades’s role in the Underworld invasion. He defeated Shalba and left the alliance’s conflict with Hades unresolved.

• Ren returned home, learned Jeanne was recruiting for the Brotherhood, and agreed to lead it while the peerage prepared for promotion exams.
• After Jeanne and Le Fay were trapped by the Hero Faction, Ren defeated Cao Cao, stopped Samael from reaching Ophis, and captured both Samael and Cao Cao.
• Ren welcomed Le Fay into the Brotherhood and announced that its mission was to save the world and preserve peace, then set up daily missions and an online exchange shop.
• When giant beasts attacked the Underworld, Pluto led Grim Reapers against Ren’s allies in Kuoh Town, and Ren defeated and captured him.
• Pluto confessed that Hades had arranged the kidnapping of Ophis and was using Shalba and Leonardo’s Annihilation Maker to destabilize the alliance.
• Ren reached the battle near Lilith, rescued Minagawa Natsume and Nanataki Shiguko, and accepted Grayfia’s mission to find the invasion’s mastermind.
• Ren rescued Katerea from Shalba, learned that Shalba had deceived her and taken control of Annihilation Maker, then killed him and ended the invasion’s remaining attacks.

Ren defeated the Underworld’s demonic beasts, then traveled into the past and reunited with Grayfia, whose long wait for him ended in a reckoning. In a new world, he killed Perseus and challenged Verethragna and Melqart, leaving the three locked in battle.

• Ren destroyed Gatanothor and Demonzoa, rescued Leonardo, and received the system reward for resolving the demonic beast crisis.
• Ren learned Grayfia remembered their meeting in the past, and he used the time-travel scroll to meet her during the demon civil war.
• Ren warned young Grayfia about the Satan Government’s defeat before returning to the present, where adult Grayfia confronted him over leaving her waiting for centuries.
• Ren promised to take responsibility for Grayfia, returned to the Gremory castle, and announced his new title and territory before setting out to take revenge on Hades.
• Ren entered a new world, captured Aphrodite, and killed Perseus near Mount Vesuvius, leading local sorcerers to identify him as a seventh Campione!.
• Ren traveled to Sardinia with Diana and Liliyana, where he waited for Verethragna to summon Melqart.
• Ren challenged Verethragna and Melqart together, rescued Erica from Melqart’s storm, and pressed his attack as both gods joined the fight.