Chapter Summaries

Ren spent the day with Nagisa, Yukina, Sayaka, Kanon, and the other girls before Nangong Nayue returned with news of a Black Death Emperor Faction operation on Itogami Island. The system then assigned Ren a mission to investigate the Divine Weapons, including Nalakuvera.

• Nagisa teased Ren about sweets and led the girls, including Yukina and Sayaka, to shop for underwear while Ren stayed behind to examine his new Ebony & Ivory pistols.
• Nagisa invited Yukina and Sayaka to dinner at Nangong Nayue's home, where a large group gathered before the two shrine maidens returned to their rooms.
• Nangong Nayue reported that the Security Force had arrested survivors of the Black Death Emperor Faction, one of whom revealed plans for a special operation on Itogami Island.
• Ren received the system mission "Awakening of the Machine God," which tasked him with investigating the Divine Weapons and offered Nangong Nayue favorability and a random reward.

Ren discovered that Aiba Asagi had unknowingly deciphered the activation command for Nalakuvera, a weapon held by the Black Death Emperor Faction, and brought her along to help decode the remaining commands. After the terrorists attacked the security force on Artificial Island No. 12, Ren, Aiba Asagi, and Nangong Nayue arrived at the island as the battle was underway.

• Ren followed a green mission marker to Aiba Asagi’s apartment, where she accidentally sprayed pepper spray into her own eyes while trying to stop an intruder.
• Ren healed Aiba Asagi and learned that she had deciphered part of an encrypted text, which he identified as Nalakuvera’s activation command.
• Ren carried Aiba Asagi from her balcony and explained that he needed her help deciphering Nalakuvera’s remaining commands.
• Nangong Nayue joined them and reported that the Black Death Emperor Faction was hiding on an unfinished artificial island, where security forces had surrounded them.
• The terrorists fired a missile that destroyed a security-force drone, and Nangong Nayue teleported Ren, Aiba Asagi, and herself to Artificial Island No. 12.
• They arrived at the island’s bridge and saw security personnel and the Black Death Emperor Faction exchanging fire amid damaged vehicles and a smoking drone.

Ren crushed the beastmen attacking the bridge, but Christoph Gardos unleashed the ancient Nalakuvera weapons against the security force. Nangong Nayue ordered a retreat while Aiba Asagi tried to decode the machines’ controls, leaving Ren to face the threat.

• Nangong Nayue sent Ren to help the besieged assault team, and he crossed the bridge alone.
• Ren blocked the beastmen’s gunfire and killed them with his guns, rescuing the front line from the attack.
• A surviving beastman radioed Christoph Gardos that the front line had fallen, and Christoph activated the Nalakuvera weapons underground.
• The Nalakuvera emerged and attacked the security force, destroying vehicles and injuring assault team members.
• Nangong Nayue took command and ordered the forces to retreat, while Aiba Asagi analyzed the Nalakuvera’s controls on a military computer.

Ren defeated Jard Xiu’s Nalakuvera army on the Additional Artificial Island, and he and Nangong Nayue suspected Vattler had helped the Black Death Emperor Faction. As Ren considered confronting Vattler about the remaining vessels of the Fourth Primogenitor, the destroyed Nalakuvera revived and attacked again.

• Asagi ordered Mogwai to urgently analyze the Nalakuvera command data, explaining that Ren had saved her mother and that she would do anything for him.
• Ren dodged the Nalakuvera’s beams, pierced one machine with his holy sword, and then used Spatial Slash to destroy Jard Xiu’s forces and their pilots.
• Nangong Nayue arrived and questioned Ren about the attackers; he identified Vattler as their likely accomplice and said he planned to ask him for the remaining vessels of the Fourth Primogenitor.
• Crimson beams struck the Additional Artificial Island as the wrecked Nalakuvera revived, leaving Nangong Nayue shocked that the machines could move again.

Ren stopped the revived Nalakuvera by using Aiba Asagi’s commands to deactivate them. Meanwhile, the Third Progenitor confronted Vattler at the harbor, and she handed the fight over to Ren when he arrived.

• Nangong Nayue reflected Nalakuvera’s attacks while Ren explained that their self-repair depended on limited energy.
• Aiba Asagi deciphered the commands and gave Ren an audio recording that could stop the Nalakuvera.
• Ren entered the Queen Unit and played the recording, causing all the Nalakuvera to shut down.
• Vattler attacked an unknown girl on the Grave of the Deep Ocean, but she deflected his familiar’s torrent and destroyed his fused wyrm.
• The girl revealed she was the Third Progenitor, the Chaos Bride, and said she was acting on Ren’s behalf.
• After sensing Ren’s arrival, the Third Progenitor left the fight to him.

Ren defeated Vattler, rescued the three remaining vessels, and brought them home, where The Original tried to absorb all twelve vessels. Ren stopped her and left the vessels’ fate undecided.

• Ren defeated Vattler and took the three vessels from Vattler’s sea palace.
• Vattler recovered and declined to fight Ren again, while Kankō Eiyō reported that the Lion King Organization had purged the Management Corporation and questioned whether it would keep waiting now that Ren had all the vessels.
• Ren returned home with the three vessels and Aiba Asagi, reassured Nagisa Akatsuki and Yase Kanon, and sent them to bed.
• The Original regained control of Aurora’s body and tried to absorb the eleven vessels gathered there.
• Ren struck The Original to stop her, refused to let her absorb the living vessels without his permission, and checked his quest system to recall his plans.

Ren announced that he would establish a Night Empire with Aurora as its emperor, and he ordered Aiba Asagi to publicize the plan. Later, Aya Tokoyogi visited Ren to ask how to break free of her demon contract, but their conversation turned intimate.

• Ren revealed his plan to found a Night Empire, and the others accepted the decision without surprise.
• Ren named Aurora as the empire’s emperor and asked Aiba Asagi to announce the plan through Itogami Island’s public network.
• Ren considered using Itogami Island’s Legacy to address the territory requirement, which depended on Aiba Asagi and the dragon girl Glenda.
• Aya Tokoyogi found Ren alone and asked him how to completely break free of a demon contract.
• Aya Tokoyogi recounted her painful history with Nangong Nayue, and Ren comforted her before slipping his hands into her kimono.

Ren spent the night with Aya Tokoyogi, then left her recovering while he told Aiba Asagi to begin preparing to establish the Night Empire. He went to check on Himeragi Yukina and found her just waking up, where she instinctively tried to throw him before recognizing him.

• Aya Tokoyogi accepted Ren’s advances because she hoped he would remove the demon contract, and Ren continued their encounter until she was exhausted and unconscious.
• Astarte found Aya Tokoyogi in a miserable state, while Ren left the room and went to the living room.
• Ren told Aiba Asagi to begin preparations for founding the Night Empire and then left the house.
• Ren entered the residence of Himeragi Yukina and her companion after noticing they were missing from their usual post.
• Himeragi Yukina woke up, failed to notice Ren, and attempted to throw him when she saw his reflection in the mirror.
• Yukina recognized Ren and asked why he had come, and Ren asked where she and her companion had gone the previous night.

Ren learned that Motoki Yaze had been executed for concealing the Black Death Emperor Faction and trying to use them against him. He took Himeragi Yukina and Kirasaka Sayaka to Kaminawa Lake, where he appeared to be seeking someone connected to the Sin God's Legacy.

• Himeragi Yukina explained that Motoki Yaze had hidden the Black Death Emperor Faction to protect his income and career, and that the Lion King Organization had arrested him after a fierce resistance.
• Kirasaka Sayaka accidentally hugged Ren while half-asleep, fled when she realized who he was, and later explained that her underwear was practical for carrying talismans and arrows.
• Ren asked Yukina and Sayaka to take him to Kaminawa Lake, and they resumed their mission to monitor him.
• Kankō Eiyō saw Ren fly toward the mainland at extreme speed and alerted the Lion King Organization's headquarters about his likely connection to the Sin God's Legacy beneath Kaminawa Lake.
• Ren arrived near Kaminawa Lake with Yukina and Sayaka, then teased Sayaka about her figure as they walked along the mountain road.

Ren brought Kirasaka Sayaka and Himeragi Yukina to Kaminawa Lake, where he exposed the authorities’ use of living sacrifices to maintain the Black Shell seal. He broke the barrier, awakened Glenda, and coaxed the dragon girl to follow him.

• Ren and Kirasaka Sayaka discussed girls’ height and figures while Himeragi Yukina listened in silence.
• At Kaminawa Lake, commander Azama Tatsuki tried to turn Ren and the shrine maidens away from the restricted area.
• Ren attacked Azama Tatsuki’s group, then told Kirasaka Sayaka and Himeragi Yukina about the living sacrifices used to reinforce the Black Shell.
• Ren descended beneath the lake and broke the unstable barrier, releasing the dragon-like creatures and awakening Glenda.
• Glenda changed into a petite girl, accepted Ren’s robe and lollipop, and followed him when he called her by name.

Ren brought Glenda back to Itogami Island as news spread that the Fourth Night Empire would be founded, prompting the island nation to threaten a blockade and military action. Aiba Asagi awakened Sin God's Ark, a vast fortress surrounding Itogami Island, and the group prepared to confront the Self-Defense Force.

• Ren embraced Glenda, then brought her, Himeragi Yukina, and Kirasaka Sayaka back to Itogami Island.
• Aiba Asagi used Itogami Island's supercomputers to broadcast the island's planned independence around the world.
• The Cart Titan declared that the island nation would blockade Itogami Island and reclaim it if the Fourth Progenitor tried to establish a Night Empire there.
• Liana explained that the Sanctuary Treaty would keep the Sanctuary Organization Army from intervening in the dispute with the island nation's Self-Defense Force.
• At Ren's request, Aiba Asagi used Moka's instructions and Glenda's presence to awaken Sin God's Ark, which emerged from another realm and surrounded Itogami Island.
• Aiba Asagi activated Nalakuvera to guard the Ark's entrances, while the group learned it was Cain's arsenal and prepared to repel the Self-Defense Force.

Ren arranged for Aurora to announce the founding of the Night Empire on Itogami Island as the Sanctuary Treaty Organization debated how to respond to the island’s expansion and Ren’s possession of Holy Annihilation. The Organization decided to assemble forces at South Sulfur Island, while Aurora’s broadcast revealed that the Island Nation planned to deploy its Self-Defense Forces against Itogami Island.

• Ren told Aiba Asagi to have Aurora announce the founding of the Night Empire on television.
• The Sanctuary Treaty Organization’s leaders discussed the threat posed by Ren, the Fourth Primogenitor, and Itogami Island’s sudden expansion.
• The two vampire primogenitors and Jada agreed to dispatch the Organization’s forces, which would assemble at South Sulfur Island within forty-eight hours.
• Aurora, speaking as the Original Fourth Primogenitor, declared herself king of the Fourth Night Empire during a live broadcast.
• Aurora told viewers that the Island Nation had rejected the Night Empire and was assembling its Self-Defense Forces fleet.

As the Sanctuary Treaty Organization prepared to attack Itogami Island over the Holy Annihilation relic, Ren welcomed the coming confrontation while the island’s residents panicked and blamed the Fourth Primogenitor. The chapter ended with Himeragi Yukina asking whether there was any way to change the situation.

• Aurora saw online demands for her to fight the Self-Defense Forces and declared that she would destroy any country that challenged her.
• Jada told Ren that the Sanctuary Treaty Organization would attack Itogami Island unless he surrendered the relic, and warned that multiple Primogenitors might join the operation; Ren urged them to come sooner.
• The Sanctuary Treaty Organization issued a prewar notice and gave Itogami Island’s residents six hours to evacuate, causing widespread fear and anger.
• Aiba Asagi traced inflammatory social-media posts to overseas accounts and exposed the posters’ personal information, causing many of the comments to disappear.
• Nangong Nayue warned that the assembled forces, including other Primogenitors and a multinational fleet, posed a serious threat, and Himeragi Yukina asked if the situation could still be turned around.

As war approached Itogami Island, Ren assigned the gathered girls to defend the island and flew alone toward the multinational fleet. A destroyer’s crew discovered that their surveillance feeds had been hijacked, while its captain considered opening fire before the announced attack time.

• Himeragi Yukina defended Ren, then realized her remark about his lecherousness had come out wrong.
• The Sanctuary Organization publicized its planned operation, transportation to Itogami Island shut down, and the girls gathered at Nangong Nayue’s home as war neared.
• Ren assigned the girls to protect the island and ordered the First not to fight, explaining that she was weaker than the other Primogenitors.
• Ren asked Aiba Asagi to livestream the battlefield worldwide, then flew alone toward the multinational fleet.
• A destroyer’s crew found its surveillance feeds replaced by cartoons after the enemy seized its tactical data link.
• The destroyer’s captain asked whether its main guns could fire at Itogami Island before the announced attack time.

Ren livestreamed himself surviving the Sanctuary organization’s attacks, then destroyed two vanguard destroyers as the broadcast drew hundreds of millions of viewers. After waiting for the audience to grow, he faced the organization’s main fleet, which launched a massive second assault.

• A destroyer’s naval shell and subsequent missiles and close-in guns failed to harm Ren as he flew toward the fleet.
• Aiba Asagi and Mogwai kept Ren’s livestream running and promoted it across major websites, rapidly increasing its audience.
• Ren used his holy sword to sink two vanguard destroyers and continued toward the Sanctuary organization’s main fleet.
• Viewers and military commentators began recognizing the broadcast as real, and the audience grew to nearly four hundred million.
• The fleet commander ordered the forces into Condition One and launched a second wave of missiles as aircraft took off and flying warships deployed unmanned aircraft.

Ren advanced through the Sanctuary Treaty Organization’s attacks, surviving missiles and laser fire until the forces used their orbital Heavenly Strike Weapon against him. The strike left the fleet and the livestream unable to see the target, and the chapter ended as the restored broadcast showed only white vapor.

• Ren endured repeated missile barrages and laser strikes while continuing toward the Sanctuary Treaty Organization fleet.
• The commander ordered the Heavenly Strike Weapon fired from orbit at Ren.
• The orbital beam vaporized seawater and caused a tsunami, while its electromagnetic effects disrupted the fleet’s systems and the livestream.
• Vampire Progenitors raised barriers to protect the fleet from the approaching tsunami, and the commander demanded confirmation of Ren’s fate.
• Aiba Asagi and the others feared Ren had been killed, but Mogwai restored the livestream, which still showed only dense white vapor.

Ren survived the Sanctuary Organization Army’s orbital weapon and destroyed most of its attacking fleet with his holy sword and Super Acceleration. He left the medical rescue ships, a carrier, and the airborne combat vessel intact, while the world watched the battle unfold.

• Ren emerged unharmed after the orbital weapon struck him, shocking the Sanctuary Organization Army and viewers around the world.
• Jada witnessed Ren’s survival, while the women at Nangong Nayue’s home rejoiced; Kirasaka Sayaka broke down in tears.
• After confirming Aiba Asagi’s livestream had resumed, Ren used Super Acceleration and his holy sword to destroy the incoming missiles and split the fleet’s warships apart.
• Ren wiped out four-fifths of the multinational fleet in less than a second, leaving the medical rescue ships untouched.
• Ren also spared a surface carrier and an airborne combat vessel because both were protected by barriers.

Ren faced the First and Second Primogenitors after destroying the Sanctuary Organization Army, while their forces watched the confrontation. As the Primogenitors unleashed their familiars and attacked, Ren invoked his holy sword, and the First and Second Primogenitors were the first to notice something was wrong.

• The Forgotten War King Kii Juranbarada and the Eye of Extinction Aswardgoul Azis arrived to confront Ren and assessed the destruction of their fleet.
• Ren asked whether the Eye of Extinction was a man or a woman, then said he would not need to hold back against him.
• Kii and Aswardgoul summoned their familiars, displaying their power to the watching soldiers and rallying their morale.
• More than a dozen familiars charged Ren, attacking him with spatial and mental restrictions.
• Ren gripped his holy sword and recited an incantation, and Kii and Aswardgoul were the first to sense its effect.

Ren fought the Forgotten War King and the Eye of Extinction, shrugging off their familiars and barriers before wounding them with rapid Excalibur strikes. The Eye of Extinction briefly transformed into a werewolf-like beast, exposing Type G vampires’ hidden ability to the world.

• Ren infused Excalibur with cursed power and blasted the Forgotten War King and the Eye of Extinction hundreds of meters away.
• The two Progenitors attacked Ren with familiars, but his Steel Protection Authority left him unharmed.
• Ren entered Super Acceleration and repeatedly wounded both Progenitors with Excalibur.
• The Eye of Extinction briefly transformed into a muscular, werewolf-like form before regaining control and changing back.
• Viewers worldwide learned that Type G vampires were connected to werewolves after Ren forced the Eye of Extinction to reveal his transformation.

Ren defeated the Forgotten War King and the Eye of Extinction, ending the battle that had threatened the Night Empire’s founding. After returning to Itogami Island, he learned that Aiba Asagi’s livestream had made his victory known worldwide, while The Original regretted missing her chance to fight the other Progenitors.

• The Forgotten War King used lightning to restrain Ren while the Eye of Extinction sent dinosaur familiars to attack, but Ren turned the lightning silver and cut through their familiars with a shockwave.
• Ren confronted the two Progenitors, who gave up fighting rather than risk their nations by dying, and then vanished from the battlefield.
• Viewers worldwide debated Ren’s identity as the livestream showed that he had defeated the Progenitors and the Sanctuary Organization Army.
• Ren returned to Nangong Nayue’s home, where Nagisa Akatsuki hugged him and Aiba Asagi said the livestream had made the plan to establish the Night Empire succeed.
• The Original lamented that Ren had not let her fight the other Progenitors, but Ren told her she likely could not have gotten past the orbital weapons.