Chapter Summaries

After defeating the Sanctuary Organization Army, Ren dealt with the political fallout and arranged the new Fourth Primogenitor Empire’s administration. As the world began calling him the “Godlike One,” he watched for the Island Nation government’s response.

• The Chaos Bride said the Sanctuary Treaty Organization had lost its credibility and deterrence, while Ren approved plans to recognize the Fourth Primogenitor’s Night Empire.
• Ren and his companions went to the Keystone Gate, where he appointed Aiba Asagi’s father as a director of the Artificial Island Management Corporation.
• Ren ordered the officials to prepare the Fourth Primogenitor’s registration documents and a televised speech, and to grant citizenship to everyone and every demon still on the island.
• Ren left the Original and Aiba Asagi at the Keystone Gate for the upcoming address, then returned to Nangong Nayue’s home.
• News broadcasts spread footage of Ren’s victory, and people around the world began calling him the “Godlike One.”

After the island nation moved to ease tensions with Itogami Island, Ren celebrated with the others and got the Chaos Bride drunk. He then visited Nangong Nayue and Aya Tokoyogi, sobered Nayue with magic, and began asking what she wanted to discuss.

• The island nation's leaders announced negotiations with Itogami Island and the Lion King Organization to resolve the dispute.
• Nangong Nayue and Aya Tokoyogi competed to drink by teleporting some of their alcohol away, while the Chaos Bride challenged Ren to a drinking contest.
• Ren drank the Chaos Bride under the table with strong demon wine and carried her back to her room.
• Ren found Nangong Nayue and Aya Tokoyogi drunk together, entered their room, and used magic to ease Nayue's hangover.
• Nangong Nayue asked why Ren had come, and he said he could visit simply to play with her.

Nangong Nayue asked Ren to help demons and humans coexist in the Night Empire, and he agreed while appointing her to lead its disciplinary committee. Ren then overcame her attempt to escape and, with Aya Tokoyogi’s help, kept her in the room overnight, leaving Nayue embarrassed and furious the next morning.

• Nangong Nayue asked Ren to help demons and humans coexist in the Night Empire, and he agreed to appoint her as disciplinary committee chairwoman.
• Ren pulled Nangong Nayue into his arms, and she tried to escape using spatial magic, but it failed because the demon she had contracted with obeyed Ren.
• Nangong Nayue pleaded for Ren to leave her alone and suggested he turn to Aya Tokoyogi, who revealed that she had been awake and refused to let Nayue go.
• Aya Tokoyogi helped Ren undress Nangong Nayue while leaving her stockings on, and the three remained together through the night as Astarte listened outside.
• The next morning, Aya Tokoyogi teased Nangong Nayue about what had happened, and Nayue blushed and called Ren unbearable.

The Original founded the Night Empire with a speech that rallied Itogami Island’s residents, while Ren received and tested the divine ability Heavenly Law, Earthly Form. The chapter left him transformed into a three-meter-tall figure with every attribute boosted at least threefold.

• The Original delivered Ren’s prepared founding speech, and Itogami Island’s residents erupted into cheers for the Fourth Progenitor.
• Himeragi Yukina, Kirasaka Sayaka, Liana, and Veldiana watched the ceremony, while Chaos Bride called Ren to ask how The Original had given such a powerful speech.
• The system declared Ren’s main mission complete and awarded him the divine ability Heavenly Law, Earthly Form.
• Ren left the office to test the ability, grew to around three meters tall, and felt all his attributes increase by at least threefold.

Ren tested Heavenly Law, Earthly Form, discovered that transforming left him naked, and decided not to use it again until he found a solution. After the founding ceremony, The Original returned with her hosts and sought advice from Ren on governing the Night Empire, while other countries began recognizing the new empire.

• Ren grew to three meters with Heavenly Law, Earthly Form, checked his appearance in a mirror, and found that his clothes had burst apart.
• Nangong Nayue opened the office door, and Nagisa Akatsuki, Himeragi Yukina, Yase Kanon, Kirasaka Sayaka, Liana, and Veldiana saw Ren naked before he shrank and covered himself with a trench coat.
• Ren joked that the girls could set a time to look, then left the office as Nagisa Akatsuki screamed and the others reacted to what they had seen.
• Ren considered using flames or evolving his abilities to cover himself while transformed, but decided to avoid the transformation until he found a solution.
• The Original returned to Keystone Gate with her eleven hosts, asked Ren how to govern, and rejected his suggestion that she learn from Jada.
• Countries around the world began recognizing the Fourth Night Empire and expressing their willingness to establish diplomatic relations.

Ren synthesized a World Teleportation Anchor, returned to the High School DxD world, and then went back to the Strike the Blood world to settle Nefelapitus's fate by transferring it into the Fourth Night Empire. After the empire's leaders made Ren work less and his companions worked themselves to exhaustion, the chapter ended with the girls cleaning a palace swimming pool on an unusually hot day.

• Jada publicly recognized the Fourth Night Empire, and Ren synthesized a World Teleportation Anchor that let him travel between worlds.
• Ren returned briefly to Kuoh Town, confirmed that time in the instance world would advance by no more than twenty-four hours, and then went back to Itogami Island.
• Ren brought Liana and Veldiana to Nefelapitus, where he secured the Beastmen leadership's surrender and handed day-to-day rule to Liana.
• Liana announced that Nefelapitus would merge into the Fourth Night Empire, and Ren set conditions for outsiders seeking to join the empire.
• Nangong Nayue, Aya Tokoyogi, and the others handled the empire's affairs while Ren avoided daytime work and faced their retaliation at night.
• Nagisa Akatsuki, Yase Kanon, Himeragi Yukina, Kirasaka Sayaka, Aiba Asagi, Glenda, and Ren cleaned the palace swimming pool in the heat.

Himeragi Yukina and Kirasaka Sayaka received orders to return their weapons and end their surveillance assignments, leaving Yukina worried about Ren. Ren reassured her that she could stay, but teased her about being too young and small, prompting a water fight that lifted her mood.

• Nagisa Akatsuki and Aiba Asagi discussed Itogami Island’s heat while Ren worked on cleaning the old swimming pool.
• Ren noticed Yukina and Sayaka acting distracted, and Yukina explained that the Lion King Organization had ordered them to seal and return Sekkarou and Kōkarin.
• Asagi and Ren told Yukina that the assignment’s end made sense, but Yukina and Sayaka took Ren’s remarks as a sign he wanted them gone.
• Yukina admitted she worried Ren would get into trouble without her and said she remembered his daily routines.
• Ren offered to let Yukina stay as his maid, then told her she was too young and small; Yukina sprayed him with a hose, and he sprayed her back.
• After the pool was cleaned and filled, the group jumped in to cool off in the evening heat.

Ren spent time with the girls at the pool, sharing a meal and fireworks before telling them he would temporarily return to another world. Himeragi Yukina insisted on going with him, but Ren could not take her along.

• Nagisa Akatsuki, Aiba Asagi, Kirasaka Sayaka, and Himeragi Yukina joined Ren at the pool, where he admired the girls’ swimsuits.
• Aiba Asagi caused a pressure cooker to explode while trying to make dessert, and the group discovered her dangerous cooking methods.
• Ren and the girls set off fireworks after dinner, while Nangong Nayue thanked Ren and then grew upset when he teased her.
• Ren told Nangong Nayue he was leaving for another world, and she asked where he was going but refused his joking invitation to spend the night together.
• Ren told the others he would leave temporarily, and Himeragi Yukina declared that she would go with him because she was his watcher.

Ren tested the girls’ reactions to his planned departure from Itogami Island, then spent the night with Kirasaka Sayaka after she arrived to demonstrate the Lion King Organization’s new swimsuit equipment. The next morning, he prepared to leave as the household faced his departure with sadness.

• Ren decided not to reveal how he traveled between worlds and waited to see which girl would come to him first.
• Kirasaka Sayaka entered Ren’s room wearing a new swimsuit from the Lion King Organization and asked him to inspect its effects.
• Sayaka accidentally triggered the swimsuit’s hidden mechanism, exposing herself, and Ren claimed its mental attack had overwhelmed him.
• Ren pinned Sayaka down and spent the night with her.
• The next morning, the girls appeared exhausted, and Yase Kanon looked close to tears when Ren announced he was leaving.

Ren left the world of It’s I’ve Met Too Many Girls after telling the girls he expected to return in a day, then used his teleport anchor to return to the High School DxD world stronger than before. Back in Kuoh Town, he reunited with the household, where Akeno’s affectionate welcome provoked Rias.

• Ren told Himeragi Yukina and the other girls that he would probably be gone for only a day, prompting their annoyance at how worried they had been.
• Kirasaka Sayaka privately decided that Ren should take responsibility for what had happened between them.
• Ren teleported back to Kuoh Town and realized that less than two days had passed since he left.
• Ophis sensed that Ren had grown stronger, and he reunited with Kuroka, Asia, Lavinia, Koneko, and Valerie as Kuroka played games.
• Akeno Himejima embraced Ren and flirted with him, provoking Rias, who entered a combat stance before Ren intervened and Rias returned to the kitchen.

Ren returned home after a delayed trip, reunited with the girls, and joined their preparations for Rias’s peerage promotion exams. The chapter ended with Rias realizing that Ren might have only a few decades left to live because he was human.

• Rias and the other girls welcomed Ren home, while Lavinia questioned him about meeting cute girls during his trip.
• Ren caught up with the group, learned the Hero Faction remained quiet, and heard that Jeanne had gone to gather allies against Cao Cao.
• Rias and the Fallen Angels served lunch, and Ren praised Rias’s household skills before learning that the peerage was preparing for promotion exams.
• Ren led the group’s training in the back mountain, assigning exercises to Kiba, Koneko, Akeno, and Rias.
• Valerie asked whether Ren was human, prompting Rias and the others to worry that his human lifespan meant he might not have much time left to live.

Ren worried about his lifespan, received lifespan-extending snakes from Ophis, and drove the group through special training. That night, Koneko entered his room in a feverish state and began clinging to him, saying she felt awful.

• Ren asked the System about his lifespan, then decided he would likely live for thousands of years and could solve the problem later without giving up being human.
• Ren doubled the training for most of the group, while Asia's frequent healing strengthened her healing ability and range.
• Ophis gave Ren bottles containing snakes separated from her power, saying they could increase his lifespan, and Ren accepted them.
• Kuroka noticed Koneko had been distracted during training, but Koneko dismissed her concern as tiredness.
• Koneko entered Ren's room wearing a white kimono, removed it, embraced him, and said she felt awful.

Ren and Koneko spent the night together after Koneko’s cat-spirit mating instincts overwhelmed her, and Kuroka discovered them the next morning. Kuroka explained the cause and worried about Koneko’s safety, but Ren dismissed her fears, leaving Kuroka to insist that she should be first to have children with him.

• Koneko woke beside Ren, embarrassed by her memories of the previous night, and explained that she had felt hot and followed his scent after training.
• Ren comforted Koneko and suggested repeating the previous night’s lesson, but Kuroka entered after eavesdropping and objected to him pursuing her sister.
• Kuroka apologized for failing to notice Koneko’s condition and explained that Koneko’s mating season had driven her instincts, while Ren had prevented a pregnancy.
• Kuroka said she had feared childbirth would endanger Koneko and her child, but Ren argued that medical care and supernatural abilities made that unlikely.
• Kuroka declared that she had been with Ren first and should be the first sister to have children with him, leaving Koneko embarrassed.

Ren and the girls settled Koneko’s situation after Kuroka explained her heat cycle, while Rias and the others focused on their upcoming promotion exam. Jeanne called Ren after returning from recruiting people for what she believed was his new faction, only to discover that he did not remember proposing one.

• Kuroka explained Koneko’s nekomata heat cycle, and Rias reassured everyone that the Underworld had advanced childbirth medicine.
• Rias and the others resumed their routines and prepared for the promotion exam, while Ren stayed in touch with Suzaku Himejima and Yasaka.
• Jeanne called Ren to complain that he had returned without contacting her, and Ren asked why she had left Tokyo.
• Jeanne said she had recruited young people who had helped destroy the vampire Blood Factory, along with others who wanted to join Ren’s new faction.
• Ren questioned when he had ever planned to form a faction, and Jeanne reminded him that he had talked about creating a New Hero Faction called the Brotherhood.

Jeanne continued recruiting for Ren’s Brotherhood and took Le Fay Pendragon to meet two prospective members in a restaurant. The Hero Faction ambushed them with the Longinus Absolute Mist, and Jeanne fled with Le Fay while suspecting the newcomers were spies.

• Ren confirmed that he had agreed to lead the Brotherhood and told Jeanne to recruit selectively.
• Jeanne told Le Fay Pendragon that they would meet the people who had contacted them before returning to headquarters to meet Ren.
• Jeanne and Le Fay met a man and a woman at a Western restaurant, where Le Fay raised a soundproof barrier for their discussion.
• A dense mist spread through the area, and Jeanne recognized it as the Hero Faction’s attack and pulled Le Fay out of the restaurant.
• Jeanne suspected the two prospective members were Hero Faction spies and explained that the mist came from the Longinus Absolute Mist.

Jeanne and Le Fay were captured by Cao Cao’s Hero Faction inside Georg’s Absolute Mist, while Ren’s celebration was interrupted by the faction’s return. Ren went out to confront the intruders, and Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Xenovia, and Irina prepared to follow.

• Cao Cao questioned Jeanne about leaving the Hero Faction, confirmed that Ophis had been taken, and ordered Georg to keep Jeanne and Le Fay captive while they proceeded with their plan.
• Rias hosted a banquet celebrating her peerage’s successful Intermediate Devil exams, and the girls celebrated over dinner.
• Ren received a mission to defeat the invading Hero Faction and rescue Jeanne and Le Fay, then told the others that old friends were coming.
• Absolute Mist transported the restaurant into a separate dimension, and Ren jumped through a window to confront the intruders.
• Xenovia and Irina followed Ren with their holy swords, while Rias told Koneko and Gasper to stay behind and took Akeno and Kiba with her.

Cao Cao confronted Ren and Rias in a mist-covered alternate space, where Xenovia’s attack failed to defeat the Hero Faction. Cao Cao summoned a horde of monsters and sent Leonardo after the girls while directing his group to find Ophis, leaving Ren ready to face Cao Cao.

• Cao Cao met Ren and Rias in an empty alternate version of Kuoh Town and confirmed that Jeanne and Le Fay were being held safely in another space.
• Xenovia unleashed Durandal on the Hero Faction, destroying the hotel and surrounding area, but Georg shielded the group.
• Ren drew Excalibur as Cao Cao prepared to fight, and Rias challenged Cao Cao for causing trouble in her territory.
• Cao Cao summoned more than a hundred monsters, including creatures Ren recognized as designs he had taught Leonardo.
• Cao Cao assigned Leonardo to fight the girls and ordered him to find Ophis, while Ren understood that the Hero Faction had come seeking the Infinite Dragon God.

Ren defeated Cao Cao after the Hero leader unleashed the Twilight Spear’s full power, leaving him severely wounded but alive. With the Hero Faction shaken, Rias, Akeno Himejima, and the others destroyed dozens of magical beasts, though two powerful beasts remained.

• Cao Cao attacked Ren with the Twilight Spear, but Ren blocked his strikes and overpowered him despite Cao Cao’s skill and speed.
• Cao Cao invoked the Twilight Spear’s full power, and Ren answered with the silver light of the Rending Silver Hand.
• Cao Cao recalled his childhood, the loss of his parents, and his decision to test how far he could go with the spear before realizing the memories had surfaced because he was being beaten.
• Ren struck Cao Cao down and severed one of his arms, but held back enough to leave him alive.
• The Hero Faction members were shocked by Cao Cao’s defeat, allowing Rias, Akeno Himejima, and the others to destroy dozens of magical beasts, though two powerful beasts remained.

Georg summoned Dragon Eater Samael to capture Ophis, but Ren intercepted Samael's attack and was swallowed while protecting her. Rias ordered Kiba Yuuto to cut open the black substance, leaving Ren's condition unknown.

• Georg summoned the sealed Dragon Eater Samael and revealed that the Hero Faction intended to capture Ophis.
• Irina Shidou identified Samael as God's Malice, a cursed dragon whose power could harm even Ophis.
• Georg released one of Samael's restraints and ordered it to devour Ophis.
• Ren used Super Acceleration to grab Samael's tongue before it reached Ophis, and Samael swallowed him.
• Rias called for Kiba Yuuto to cut open the black substance after Ren failed to respond.

Ren defeated Georg’s group, cut through Samael’s defenses, and captured the Dragon Eater in a Master Ball. Cao Cao’s holy spear no longer answered him, and after Ren knocked him out, the survivors escaped the sealed space and reunited with Jeanne and Le Fay.

• Ren used Steel Protection and the Rending Silver Hand to break free of Samael’s poison and destroy the summoning circle before Georg could teleport Samael away.
• Ren wounded Samael, captured it in a Master Ball, and stored the ball while Georg and Cao Cao watched in shock.
• Cao Cao charged Ren with his powerless holy spear, but Ren punched him unconscious as Georg teleported most of the Hero Faction away.
• Ren did not pursue the escaping Longinus wielders, and the others defeated the remaining magical beasts.
• Lavinia teleported the group outside, where they met Jeanne and Le Fay.