Chapter Summaries

Ren killed Satanael and defeated the great yokai Inugami Gyobu and Onra, turning the battle at the Inner Shrine in the exorcists’ favor. After leaving Suzaku Himejima behind, he faced the Inner Shrine survivors as Suzaku thanked him on behalf of the Himejima Family.

• Suzaku Himejima’s final attack and Satanael’s Spear of Light canceled each other out, leaving her exhausted and Satanael preparing another attack.
• Ren restored his strength with a Senzu Bean, used ClockUp to wound Satanael and destroy his wings, then killed him with a devastating sword technique.
• The system rewarded Ren with Church reputation and the Hundredfold Solar Fist skill, while Suzaku watched him leave the Inner Shrine’s inner area.
• Walpurgis and Inugami Gyobu decided to retreat, but Ren caught Inugami Gyobu and Onra and killed them, earning five Momotaro Rice Balls.
• Suzaku Himejima approached Ren and thanked him on behalf of the Himejima Family.

Ren left the Inner Shrine after defeating Satanael, then went to the battle between Jaucusta and Lavinia. Jaucusta revealed that Glinda had been her ally, leaving Lavinia shocked as their fight continued.

• Suzaku Himejima ordered the wounded rescued and the Inner Shrine secured after Ren departed, while the exorcists discovered that the Treasure of Uji and Satanael's sword were missing.
• Ren confirmed that he had taken the Treasure of Uji and acquired Satanael's demonic sword, Unfading Lake Light.
• Ren found Walpurgis and the injured Oz magicians, who said Jaucusta had the upper hand against Lavinia.
• Ren told Jaucusta and Lavinia that Satanael had been killed, and Walpurgis explained that the magicians had fled the Inner Shrine.
• Jaucusta told Lavinia that Glinda had been an ally of the Oz magicians, shocking Lavinia as she demanded to know what had happened to her mentor.

Ren rescued Lavinia after Glinda rejected her and Jaucusta tried to exploit her despair. He killed Jaucusta, took a purple cross from her corpse, and left the area with Lavinia.

• Jaucusta contacted Glinda, who coldly told Lavinia never to look for her again, leaving Lavinia emotionally shattered.
• As Jaucusta prepared dark magic to take Lavinia's body, Ren ambushed her with a demonic sword and carried Lavinia away.
• Jaucusta transformed into a purple flame giant and attacked Ren, but he dodged her strikes until her wounds and dwindling power caused her to die.
• Ren captured a special purple flame rising from Jaucusta's corpse and stored it before leaving with Lavinia.
• Ren later found that the flame had become a palm-sized purple cross containing powerful energy.

Ren acquired the Longinus Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord after Jaucusta's death and rescued Lavinia. With Jaucusta dead and no plans to return to the Inner Shrine, Lavinia agreed to stay at Ren's house after saying goodbye to her friends.

• Ren discovered that the Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord had become unowned and stored it, while Walpurgis and the other witches searched the battlefield for it.
• Lavinia woke beside Ren, learned that he had saved her and killed Jaucusta, and asked why he had helped her.
• Ren invited Lavinia to stay at his house after she said she would not return to the Inner Shrine.
• Lavinia accepted Ren's offer but asked to visit the Inner Shrine to say goodbye to her friends, and Ren told her to meet him at the hotel afterward.

After the battle at the Inner Shrine, Ren returned to the hotel, reassured Asia, and told Griselda about the failed plot against the Sacred Gears. He stayed in Kyoto to observe the Five Great Houses and wait for Lavinia, while Asia slept beside him and woke the next morning in the suite.

• Ren found the battlefield empty and returned to the hotel, where Asia greeted him in fear before relaxing once she saw him.
• Ren called Griselda and explained what had happened at the Inner Shrine; she warned him to leave Kyoto, but he chose to stay and asked for more missions.
• Asia admitted she was afraid to sleep alone, so Ren let her share the sofa with him, and nothing happened that night.
• Ren woke to find Asia cuddled against him, and she later woke in the suite while he ate and used his phone.

Ren took Asia sightseeing and shopping in Kyoto after contacting Jeanne about the missing witches. Their night-market visit ended with them meeting Kunou, a young Kyoto youkai who introduced herself to Asia.

• Ren called Jeanne and reported that Jaucusta had been killed and the remaining witches had disappeared; Jeanne dismissed the loss and asked him to treat her to a meal next time.
• Ren took Asia out, bought her clothes, and showed her several Kyoto attractions, including the Silver Pavilion and Golden Pavilion.
• Ren and Asia explored a night market, where Ren noticed several neutral markers approaching on the system map.
• Kunou approached Ren and Asia, and Ren used the system panel to identify her as a descendant of the Nine-Tailed Fox.
• Kunou introduced herself to Asia as a Kyoto youkai, prompting her guards to call out in alarm.

Suzaku Himejima asked Ren to help reform the Himejima Family and the rules imposed by the Five Great Houses. Ren agreed to provide the effort while Suzaku planned to change the younger generation’s views and seek his help against resistance.

• Kunou and Asia enjoyed their outing together, while Ren considered the upheaval among Kyoto’s yokai and how to use the Sacred Gear he had obtained.
• Suzaku Himejima and Lavinia visited Ren, and Suzaku thanked him for saving Lavinia while deciding he was not the mysterious man with glasses.
• At a farewell meal, Suzaku told Ren she regretted failing to protect Akeno and her aunt under the Five Great Houses’ rules.
• The system gave Ren a long-term quest to help Suzaku reform the Himejima Family and correct the Five Great Houses’ rules.
• Ren agreed to provide help in exchange for Suzaku providing the money, and she proposed changing the younger generation’s views before they inherited leadership.

Ren declined to help Suzaku Himejima seize power through assassinations, then accepted her mission to deliver a letter to Akeno Himejima in Kuoh Town. After taking the unconscious Lavinia and Asia back to the hotel, Ren told Lavinia they would travel to Kuoh Town and examined the Sacred Gear he had taken from Jaucusta.

• Ren suggested killing the Five Great Houses' leaders to help Suzaku Himejima take power, but she rejected the plan as too extreme.
• Suzaku Himejima asked Ren to deliver her handwritten letter to Akeno Himejima in Kuoh Town, and Ren accepted the mission.
• Ren returned to the hotel with the unconscious Lavinia and Asia, then spent several hours gaming while they recovered.
• Lavinia woke with a hangover, agreed to travel with Ren to Kuoh Town, and learned that Ren considered the whole world his home.
• Ren took out Jaucusta's Sacred Gear, the Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord, and Lavinia recognized it as the Sacred Gear Jaucusta had used.

Ren fused with the Longinus Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord, enduring intense heat until Lavinia and Asia helped him through the process. After learning the Sacred Gear’s abilities, he heard from Lavinia that powerful will could unlock its Balance Breaker.

• Lavinia explained that the Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord was an independently manifested Sacred Gear and described how Ren could fuse with it.
• Ren began the fusion, and a surge of purple flames caused him severe pain as Lavinia cooled the room and Asia used her healing Sacred Gear to help him.
• Ren completed the deep fusion, and Asia embraced him in relief before he realized the flames had burned away his clothes.
• Ren examined the Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord’s status panel and learned it could release holy purple flames and capture souls to evolve.
• Lavinia congratulated Ren and explained that strengthening his will could unlock the Longinus’s Balance Breaker.

Ren learned that using his Longinus in battle would unlock Balance Breaker and prepared to leave Kyoto with Lavinia and Asia. After a morning misunderstanding, the group drove out of Kyoto, while Suzaku Himejima chose not to inspect them again.

• Lavinia explained the strengths and weaknesses of independently manifested Sacred Gears, and Ren received a progress bar for unlocking Longinus Balance Breaker Mode.
• Ren decided to delay sacrificing the souls housed in the three great yokai remains until he had left Kyoto, to avoid drawing the Five Great Houses' attention.
• Ren woke to find Lavinia beside him on the sofa and holding his hand, and she calmly explained how she had ended up there.
• Asia saw Ren and Lavinia together and felt envious of Lavinia's figure.
• Ren drove out of Kyoto with Lavinia and Asia, while Suzaku Himejima decided not to stop them for another inspection.
• After driving for about two hours, Ren stopped so the group could eat and admire the scenery.

Ren found the injured stray devil Kuroka in the woods and chose to help her rather than turn her in. After promising to help her reunite with Shirone, he brought her to Asia for treatment and gained the Sky Dance Technique.

• Ren sensed an unusual energy fluctuation in the woods and went to investigate.
• Ren identified the injured black cat as the wanted stray devil Kuroka and chose the mission to treat her.
• Ren grabbed Kuroka and convinced her to follow his instructions by promising he could help her see Shirone again.
• Ren brought Kuroka back to the car, where Asia healed her injured leg.
• Ren completed the rescue mission and received the Sky Dance Technique, which let him fly using his own energy.

Ren tested his new ability to fly, then used Lavinia’s barrier to absorb the souls of Japan’s Three Great Yokai into his Sacred Gear. He left with their power bound to him as Kuroka questioned whether he had killed them.

• Ren tested the Sky Dance Technique by flying around, then returned to Lavinia, Asia, and Kuroka.
• Ren asked Lavinia to create a barrier so he could safely use his Sacred Gear on the Three Great Yokai’s souls.
• Lavinia revealed that the Five Great Houses had noticed the Inner Shrine’s treasures were missing, and Ren admitted he had taken them.
• Ren released the Three Great Yokai’s remains, and Shuten-doji and Ootakemaru’s awakened souls became enraged after he slapped their heads.
• Ren’s Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord absorbed and bound all three yokai souls, increasing the Sacred Gear’s aura.
• Kuroka asked Ren if he had killed the legendary Three Great Yokai.

Ren arrived in Kuoh Town with Asia, Lavinia, and Kuroka, intending to protect Asia from the Fallen Angels. Meanwhile, Raynare and her companions grew impatient while waiting for the rogue exorcists to deliver Asia and worried that their unauthorized mission could bring them punishment.

• Kuroka transformed from a black cat into a girl, and Ren explained that he had restrained the Three Great Yokai rather than killed them.
• Ren drove into Kuoh Town, where Lavinia noticed no magical barriers and urged the group to be cautious.
• Ren checked the active mission to protect Asia from Fallen Angels and followed its guidance toward them.
• Raynare, Mittelt, and Kalawarner complained that the rogue exorcists had not brought Asia to Kuoh Town.
• Raynare promised her companions that taking Asia’s Sacred Gear would earn them influence and protect them from punishment.

Raynare and her companions prepared to steal Asia’s Sacred Gear in Kuoh Town, but Ren killed the exorcists and Dohnaseek guarding the church. He quickly overpowered Raynare, while Mittelt and Kalawarner surrendered, leaving Raynare to decide whether to yield.

• Raynare encouraged Mittelt and Kalawarner with promises of rising through Grigori’s ranks and told them they would leave after taking the Sacred Gear.
• Raynare, Mittelt, and Kalawarner emerged from the church’s underground altar and found the exorcists and Dohnaseek dead outside.
• Ren confronted the fallen angels, revealed that he knew about their low status in Grigori, and demanded their surrender.
• Raynare attacked Ren with a spear of light, but he appeared beside her and held a holy sword to her neck.
• Mittelt and Kalawarner knelt and surrendered, while Raynare’s defiant expression gave way to a flattering one.

Ren captured three Fallen Angels, bound them with Kuroka’s curse, and brought them to a house he owned in Kuoh Town. He left them to clean while he waited for Rias and her group to discover the church incident and find him.

• Ren received the Impenetrable skill after completing the Asia Argento settlement quest and refused to release Mittelt.
• Ren asked Kuroka to place a curse on the three Fallen Angels, then brought them out of the abandoned church with Lavinia and Asia.
• Raynare, Mittelt, and Kalawarner learned that the curse required regular antidotes and could not be escaped.
• Ren ordered the Fallen Angels to clean his dusty Kuoh Town house before taking Lavinia and Asia into town.
• The Fallen Angels began cleaning, while Ren waited downtown for Rias and her group to investigate the church and track him down.

Ren received a devil-summoning flyer and activated it, bringing Rias Gremory and her peerage to his living room. Rias and Ren recognized the encounter as suspicious as they faced each other with their companions nearby.

• A familiar handed Ren a flyer that could summon a devil, and he kept it until he could use it that evening.
• Lavinia confirmed the flyer contained a genuine magic circle, while Ren and the three fallen angels returned home and ate together after they finished cleaning.
• Ren prepared to summon a devil as Rias, Akeno Himejima, Kiba Yuuto, and Koneko investigated the abandoned church and found evidence of a ritual and the dead exorcists and fallen angels.
• Rias learned that a new client had specifically requested Akeno, suspected a trap, and decided to go with her peerage.
• Rias and her group teleported into Ren's living room, where they found six strangers waiting, and Ren recognized them as characters from the anime.

Ren cleared up Rias and Akeno's suspicions by explaining why he had taken in the fallen angels and giving Akeno a letter from her cousin Suzaku. As Rias prepared to leave, Ren proposed exchanging contact information and offering his services as a paid free agent.

• Raynare explained to Rias that she and the other fallen angels had left Grigori and become Ren's slaves after he defeated them.
• Akeno demanded that Ren remove or surrender the fallen angels, and she nearly fought Raynare before Rias stopped her.
• Ren revealed that he knew Akeno's past and claimed to be a close friend of Suzaku Himejima.
• Ren gave Akeno Suzaku's letter, and Akeno apologized after reading it and confirming their connection.
• Rias accepted that the misunderstanding was cleared up and prepared to leave, but Ren asked to exchange contact information and offered his services for a fee.

Ren revealed to Koneko that he had met her sister Kuroka, then advised Kuroka to wait and rebuild her relationship with Koneko rather than pursue her immediately. The next morning, Ren woke beside Lavinia, who realized she had ended up in his bed again and suspected he had tampered with her underwear.

• Ren asked Koneko what she thought of her sister Kuroka, and Koneko said she did not like her.
• Ren told Koneko that he had met an injured black cat who said she had a younger sister named Shirone, and Rias teleported the group away.
• After Rias and the others left, Kuroka transformed and complained that Ren had kept her from reuniting with Shirone; Ren persuaded her to wait and mend their relationship gradually.
• Ren punished Kuroka for hissing at him by spanking her and banning her from eating fish for a week.
• The next morning, Ren woke beside Lavinia, who realized she had fallen asleep in his bed and suspected he had altered her underwear.

Ren settled into life in Kuoh Town with Lavinia and the Fallen Angels, while Lavinia explained the dangers of independently manifested Longinus and warned him about being consumed by his Sacred Gear. The chapter left Ren reassured by his system’s safeguards, though Lavinia remained concerned about the power within him.

• Raynare cooked breakfast for the household, and Ren appointed her head maid.
• Ren checked his Longinus’s Balance Breaker progress and found it had reached only about five percent.
• Lavinia demonstrated her Eternal Ice Princess Longinus by freezing Ren’s soda and explained that controlling a Longinus required merging with its power.
• Lavinia revealed her fear that the Doll Princess might consume or replace her and warned Ren that independently manifested Sacred Gears carried the same danger.
• Ren thought the system had already made the will inside his Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord harmless, and Lavinia teased him about his iron will.

Ren asked Lavinia to spar so he could improve his control over the Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord, and the two fought with powerful opposing magic. Their training ended without injuries, while Ren’s Balance Breaker progress advanced noticeably.

• Lavinia showed Ren her new outfits, while Asia watched their flirting with tears in her eyes.
• Ren invited Lavinia to train, and she set up a concealed barrier and protective wards at the outskirts of Kuoh Town.
• Lavinia attacked Ren with spells of ice, lightning, wind, light, and water, while Ren defended himself with the cross’s purple flames.
• Lavinia unleashed her Longinus and an Ice Princess, freezing the area and briefly trapping Ren in the surrounding ice.
• Ren summoned three yokai-shaped monsters from souls bound to the cross, and they fought Lavinia’s Ice Princess to a stalemate as his progress increased.
• After about fifteen minutes, Ren and Lavinia ended the sparring session exhausted but uninjured.