Chapter Summaries

Ren completed a Church mission to eliminate a Stray Devil squad and collected a Nichirin Sword from his system. After teleporting to Heaven, he visited Sister Griselda, who was investigating humans with Sacred Gears, and confirmed the mission was finished.

• Ren entered an abandoned apartment building and shot one Stray Devil before fighting the others.
• Ren used a rocket launcher and a holy-light bullet to kill the Stray Devils, completing his mission and earning Church Reputation and a Nichirin Sword.
• Ren used the system to teleport to First Heaven and appeared in Sister Griselda's office without knocking.
• Griselda explained that Heaven was investigating Sacred Gear holders and seeking to protect promising candidates.
• Ren told Griselda that he had dealt with all four Stray Devils.

Ren accepted Griselda’s mission to investigate abducted nuns and a demon in Vatican, then followed the system’s marker to a house where he discovered Diodora plotting to frame Asia Argento. The chapter left Ren watching Diodora and his accomplices from outside the house.

• Griselda paid Ren and assigned him a mission to locate the missing nuns and the demon suspected of abducting them.
• Ren left Heaven, traveled to Italy, and used the system to track the target inside Vatican.
• Ren reached Vatican by taxi and destroyed the driver’s meter after the driver demanded an inflated fare.
• Ren followed the system’s guidance to a secluded house and overheard Diodora describing his plan to discredit Asia Argento and capture her.
• Ren recognized Diodora as the familiar demon in the photograph.

Ren defeated Diodora and rescued the captured nuns, including learning that Asia Argento had healed the devil with her Sacred Gear. After killing Diodora, Ren received the holy sword Sword in the Lake and prepared to deal with the rescued women.

• Ren used ClockUp to sever Diodora’s hands and feet, then questioned him about the captured nuns and Asia Argento.
• Diodora revealed that Asia had healed his injuries with her Sacred Gear, Twilight Healing, and pleaded for Ren to spare him.
• Ren mocked Diodora with an impossible question, shot him, and killed him with his Nichirin Sword.
• The system completed Ren’s mission and rewarded him with Church Reputation and the holy sword Sword in the Lake, also known as EXcalibur.
• Ren checked the system map, stored the new sword, and heard one of the rescued nuns thank him.

Ren completed his mission by killing Diodora and rescuing the missing nuns, but Heaven decided to expel Asia from the church despite her being deceived. After returning to Rome, Ren spotted a woman identified by the system as a vampire, leaving him with a possible new lead.

• Ren watched the Vatican authorities secure Diodora's body and rescue the nuns, then returned to Heaven after failing to see Asia at St. Peter's Basilica.
• Ren reported the mission to Griselda, who confirmed Diodora was a High-class Devil and learned that Asia had been implicated in the incident.
• Griselda asked Gabriel about Asia, and Gabriel ordered Asia expelled from the church because her Sacred Gear could undermine the church's faith.
• Gabriel asked Griselda whether Ren might join Heaven, but Griselda said he disliked restrictions and could turn angels into Fallen Angels.
• Ren returned to Rome, spent the day exploring, and noticed a woman marked by the system as a vampire at a restaurant.

Ren followed a woman to a vampire bar, where Griselda assigned him a mission to eliminate the stray vampires. Jeanne revealed herself as the historical saint and fought the vampires when they attacked the bar’s human patrons, leaving her surrounded and unable to fight freely.

• Ren entered a hidden vampire bar and received Griselda’s mission to eliminate its stray vampires.
• Ren noticed Jeanne among the system-marked targets, and she intervened when a vampire woman approached him.
• Jeanne revealed that she was the real Jeanne, while Ren jokingly claimed to be King Arthur.
• A woman vampire attacked a man on the dance floor, prompting the vampires to assault the bar’s human patrons.
• Jeanne rushed into the fight, killed one vampire, and was soon surrounded while protecting the surviving humans.

Ren killed the vampires attacking the bar with holy-water bullets, curving shots, and his Nichirin Sword, then completed his mission and received the Dragon Hand. Jeanne questioned him about his speed and led him to a private room to discuss why she had sought him out.

• Ren used his Desert Eagles to kill nearly twenty vampires, with bullets curving around cover to hit their targets.
• Ren drew his Nichirin Sword and killed the last vampire who had charged him while three others fled toward the kitchen.
• Ren used ClockUp to catch the fleeing vampires and killed them, completing the mission and earning the Dragon Hand.
• Jeanne asked Ren whether his super-speed came from his Divine Artifact, and he told her she could not learn it.
• Jeanne took Ren to a private room to talk, while the bar's survivors fled outside.

Jeanne invited Ren to join the newly formed Hero Faction, and he accepted after securing the freedom to refuse missions. After their meeting, Ren ate in Chinatown and went to sleep; when he woke at noon, he found a message on his phone.

• Jeanne explained that the Hero Faction sought to unite human heroes and invited Ren to join alongside members such as Cao Cao, Heracles, Siegfried, and Leonardo.
• Ren agreed to join on the condition that he could refuse missions, and the system rewarded him with ten bars of hand soap.
• Ren questioned Jeanne about the faction’s lack of a headquarters, pay, funds, and identification, then exchanged contact information with her.
• Jeanne and Ren parted ways after leaving the bar, and Ren ate beef noodles at a restaurant in Chinatown.
• Ren checked into a hotel and went to sleep; when he woke at noon, he found a message on his phone.

Ren met Griselda in Heaven, learned that Asia would be expelled from the Church, and accepted a private mission to protect her from fallen angels. He traveled to Vatican City to meet Asia as she prepared to leave the Church.

• Ren received a transfer of two hundred thousand dollars and a message from Griselda asking to meet in person.
• Griselda told Ren that the Church had decided to expel Asia after witnesses saw her heal a devil.
• Griselda asked Ren to take care of Asia, and Ren accepted a private mission to protect her from fallen angels.
• Griselda transferred fifty thousand dollars to Ren as the mission’s available cash.
• Ren teleported near St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, where Asia was due to leave the Church that night.

Ren waited for Asia Arquette to leave the Church after she was expelled, then approached her and offered to take her in. Asia believed he had been sent by God and followed him, leaving Ren to lead her away with her suitcase.

• Ren spent the day posing as a tourist in the Vatican and waited near the back entrance of St. Peter's Basilica.
• Asia Arquette left the Church alone, then knelt and prayed through tears after realizing no one had come to see her off.
• Ren approached Asia with her photograph, confirmed her identity, and told her to come with him because someone had asked him to look after her.
• Ren picked up Asia's suitcase and began walking away, while Asia interpreted his gesture as God's guidance and followed him.
• Ren introduced himself, and Asia thanked him and asked where they were going.

Ren took Asia through Milan’s night markets after deciding to bring her to Kuoh Town, and she delighted in her first tastes of ordinary fast food and soda. He planned to wait in Rome for the Far Eastern Stray Exorcists, who intended to lure Asia into a Sacred Gear extraction ritual, and the chapter ended with them sharing a hotel room without anything happening between them.

• Ren told Asia they were heading to Kuoh Town, and she excitedly explored Milan’s busy streets.
• Ren bought Asia roasted-meat wraps and soda, and she was moved to tears by the food and delighted by the fizzy drink.
• Ren took Asia around the night market until she was too full to travel, then promised to show her Rome while he waited for the Far Eastern Stray Exorcists.
• Ren rented a hotel room with two beds, and Asia worried in the shower that sharing it with him might mean something improper.
• Ren admired Asia through the frosted bathroom glass, but nothing happened that night.
• The next day, Ren took Asia around Milan as promised.

Ren took Asia to meet the Stray Exorcists in an abandoned factory, where he killed the group and pursued their white-haired leader after he fled. Afterward, Asia prayed for the dead and asked whether people could understand one another, while Ren reflected on the God of the DXD World.

• Ren received a letter inviting him to meet an organization of independent Exorcists and concluded that its members were Stray Exorcists targeting Asia’s Sacred Gear.
• Ren brought Asia to the organization’s abandoned factory and told her to stay on the roof while he confronted the Exorcists below.
• Ren shot the Stray Exorcists, leaving only a white-haired priest alive after he blocked a bullet with a Holy Light Sword.
• The priest attacked Ren, escaped through a smoke bomb, and was beheaded by Ren in the nearby woods.
• Asia prayed for the dead and asked Ren whether God would forgive them and whether people could understand one another.

Ren brought Asia from Italy to Tokyo, where they explored the crowded city until the system assigned him a mission to defeat Muzan Kibutsuji. Ren followed the mission’s map to Muzan, who faced an exorcist squad from the Five Great Houses.

• Ren told Griselda he had killed rogue exorcists and asked her to send him future main missions.
• Ren and Asia flew from Rome to Tokyo, and Ren took her to a hotel and around the city.
• The system assigned Ren the mission to defeat the Thousand-Year Demon King, Muzan Kibutsuji, with rewards based on the damage he dealt.
• Ren sent Asia back to the hotel and followed the map to Muzan.
• Muzan confronted an exorcist squad from the Five Great Houses, who attacked him with talismans.

Ren killed Muzan Kibutsuji after the demon attacked exorcists from the Himejima Family, earning two skills from the system. The surviving exorcists thanked Ren and revealed their affiliation, leaving him face-to-face with disciples of a major faction.

• Muzan Kibutsuji fought the demon exorcists, absorbing one man's blood and knocking the others aside with bone whips.
• Ren arrived, cut off Muzan's head, and destroyed every piece of flesh when Muzan tried to escape by splitting apart.
• The system awarded Ren Breath Concealment EX and Dimensional Slash after Muzan's death also killed the demons he had created.
• The injured exorcists approached Ren and thanked him for saving them.
• A young girl told Ren that she and her companions were disciples of the Himejima Family, foremost among the Five Great Houses.

Ren saved Himejima exorcists and secured permission from Suzaku Himejima to remain in Tokyo, despite the Five Great Houses’ hostility toward outsiders. After Griselda warned him of attacks involving fallen angels, witches, and possibly a Longinus wielder, Ren realized the situation in Tokyo might connect to a storyline he did not recognize.

• Suzaku Himejima warned Ren that staying in Tokyo could make him an enemy of the Five Great Houses, then allowed him to remain because he had saved her family members.
• Ren returned to the hotel, reassured Asia, and spent the night there.
• Griselda told Ren that fallen angels and devils were active in Japan and might be targeting Asia’s Sacred Gear.
• Ren told Griselda he was in Tokyo, and she warned him about the Five Great Houses, recent attacks, and a possible Longinus wielder.
• Ren learned that Heaven and the devils operated hotels in the Five Great Houses’ territory and wondered whether the events had disrupted the timeline.

Ren accepted Griselda’s Kyoto investigation mission and Jeanne’s offer to represent the Hero Faction in talks with the Fallen of the Abyss. At the witches’ abandoned factory, he claimed an impressive Chinese lineage, and Jaucusta told him to prove himself in an upcoming operation against the Five Great Clans.

• Ren accepted Griselda’s mission to investigate the Godchild Watchers, witches, and related information in Kyoto.
• Ren called Jeanne, who offered him a mission to meet underground forces in the Far East on behalf of the Hero Faction.
• Ren followed the system map to an abandoned factory and entered the Eastern Witches of Oz’s base as a Hero Faction representative.
• Ren introduced himself as a descendant of the Yan Emperor, Yellow Emperor, Dragon, and Fuxi Taihao, and the witches provisionally accepted his presence.
• Jaucusta said the witches would soon act against the Five Great Clans and told Ren to prove himself before they considered closer cooperation.

Ren learned that Jaucusta’s witches, a Grigori traitor, and the Void Cicada organization were preparing to act against the Five Great Houses, and he accepted Griselda’s mission to stop the Fallen Angels. After arranging for Asia to remain safe, he returned to the witches, saying he needed supplies before the battle.

• Jaucusta asked Ren to prepare quickly, and Walpurgis introduced him to the people gathered for the coming conflict.
• Walpurgis explained that Jaucusta sought to recreate Oz Country’s three magical beasts and research Sacred Gears with the help of the traitorous Grigori member Satanael.
• Ren received Rho Aias as a mission reward and declined Walpurgis’s invitation to join Witch’s Night.
• Ren reported the alliance’s plans to Griselda, who assigned him a mission to stop the Fallen of the Abyss from succeeding.
• Ren left Asia at the hotel, accepted the mission, and returned to the witches, telling Walpurgis he needed supplies before the battle.

Ren joined the attack on the Inner Shrine, where yokai, witches, and the mages of Oz clashed with the Five Great Houses. As the battle spread and powerful fighters engaged, Ren waited for a chance to pursue his own objectives and the system’s missions.

• Ren agreed to join Walpurgis’s midnight assault and planned to stay out of the fighting until the chaos gave him an opening.
• The Eight Hundred and Eight Tanuki and Onra’s yokai forces attacked the Inner Shrine, breaking its first two barriers and killing several exorcists.
• Ren received missions to damage Inugami Gyobu and Onra and help the yokai break through all five barriers.
• The Four Gods, the Four Fiends, and the Inner Shrine’s exorcists fought back, while the mages of Oz and Void Cicada joined the melee.
• Suzaku Himejima questioned Inugami Gyobu, who explained that the yokai sought revenge for the Five Great Houses’ past attacks on them.
• Jaucusta lured Lavinia Reni away by promising information about her missing mentor, while Walpurgis led Witch’s Night into battle.

Ren secretly destroyed the Inner Shrine’s remaining barriers, then looted its sealed altar and discovered Shuten-doji’s head among the treasures. He remained hidden when a fallen angel and Suzaku Himejima arrived at the altar, leaving them facing each other as a confrontation began.

• Ren followed the system’s guidance to destroy the fourth and fifth barriers, completing his mission and earning Senzu Beans.
• Suzaku Himejima realized the attackers were targeting the Treasure of Uji and rushed back to the Inner Shrine.
• Ren found the underground altar, identified Shuten-doji’s sealed head, and used automatic pickup to store everything inside.
• A fallen angel executive entered the altar, and Ren hid as another presence approached.
• Suzaku Himejima arrived and confronted the fallen angel, who questioned why she had left the battlefront.

Suzaku Himejima fought Satanael at the Inner Shrine after blocking his attempt to escape, but the fallen angel overwhelmed her despite her powerful Vermilion Bird fire. Ren watched as Satanael survived her strongest attack and drew a sinister sword, while Suzaku had almost no strength left to continue.

• Suzaku Himejima destroyed Satanael’s teleportation circle and attacked him with flames, but his light energy stopped her first strikes.
• Satanael shattered Suzaku’s Vermilion Bird attack, blasted apart the ground where she had stood, and struck her with a powerful punch.
• Suzaku used a Five Elements magic circle and a large Vermilion Bird fire attack to burn Satanael and blast through the altar’s ceiling into the Inner Shrine’s main hall.
• Ren watched Satanael survive Suzaku’s attack, while the battle’s eruption alarmed the fighters across the Inner Shrine.
• Satanael, enraged by Suzaku’s trick, drew a black sword covered in red patterns as Suzaku, nearly out of spiritual power, prepared to face him.

Ren used super acceleration to ambush and severely injure Satanael, saving Suzaku Himejima from the Fallen Angel executive. Suzaku summoned the Vermilion Bird to attack Satanael, who rose in rage and formed an enormous Spear of Light.

• Ren used super acceleration to strike Satanael repeatedly while remaining difficult to see.
• Satanael blasted the Inner Shrine estate with a sword shockwave, but Ren hit him from the side and sent him crashing into the ruins.
• Ren continued his assault, tearing off several of Satanael's wings before ending super acceleration as his body neared its limit.
• Suzaku Himejima saw Ren and guessed he was a Church exorcist, then summoned the Vermilion Bird to attack Satanael.
• Satanael stood against the flames and formed a Spear of Light as large as a utility pole.