Chapter Summaries

Fenrir attacked Odin’s group, overwhelming the gathered devils, angels, and fighters with his immense strength and fire. Vali and Bikou joined the assault but could barely affect Fenrir, while Ren remained calm as the battle continued.

• Fenrir appeared, and his oppressive aura terrified Rias, Sona Sitri, Kuroka, Vali, Bikou, and the others.
• Fenrir’s flames blasted the group and melted the ground, while Rossweisse urged Odin to flee and Ren suggested handing Odin over to Loki.
• Rossweisse revealed Loki had sealed the surrounding space, trapping them with Fenrir.
• Rias, Sona Sitri, Akeno Himejima, Irina Shidou, and Xenovia attacked Fenrir, but their strikes barely scratched him and he swallowed Rias’s Power of Destruction.
• Vali and Bikou attacked Fenrir; Vali’s magic struck him, and Bikou tripped him with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, but Fenrir countered with spreading flames.
• Rossweisse stayed behind to maintain the barrier, Odin held back to avoid provoking upheaval across the Nine Realms, and she looked to Ren for reassurance.

Ren and the others fought Fenrir, whose strength and defenses overwhelmed them, while Lavinia and Vali helped restrain it. Ren’s attempt to tame Fenrir with a Momotaro Rice Ball failed because it was still too powerful, so he planned to weaken it first and joined forces with Lavinia and Vali to hold it in place.

• Lavinia froze Fenrir, and Ren struck it with a Ride Kick, but Fenrir quickly recovered and targeted him on Loki’s command.
• Ren dodged Fenrir in Super Acceleration, summoned three yokai, and damaged the beast with their attacks and a Holy Sword.
• Ren fed Fenrir a Momotaro Rice Ball, but the system warned that its effect would not work on a powerful target unless Fenrir was weakened.
• Ren asked Lavinia for help, and she froze Fenrir again while Vali used the White Dragon Emperor’s power to shrink and restrain it.

Ren defeated Fenrir, tamed it with a Momotaro Rice Ball, and healed it, leaving the group stunned by the change. Loki appeared and ordered Fenrir to attack Odin, but it obeyed Ren instead, and Loki began attacking Ren and the others.

• Ren endured Fenrir’s energy torrent, cut its throat with Ultra Slash, struck its head with a Rider Kick, and stopped it with a Momotaro Rice Ball.
• The system announced Ren’s victory and awarded him a Random Time Travel Scroll and Tracking Ultra Slash.
• Ren fed Fenrir another Momotaro Rice Ball, tamed it as his guard dog, and healed its wounds with Bio-Brand Hand Sanitizer.
• Lavinia, Xenovia, Irina Shidou, Odin, and the others returned and saw Fenrir obey Ren, who claimed it had been won over by his character.
• Loki appeared and ordered Fenrir to attack Odin, but Fenrir followed Ren’s commands instead.
• Loki attacked Ren, blasted Xenovia unconscious when she shielded him, and drew the others into a charge against him.

Ren defeated Loki, subdued Skoll and Hati with Momotaro Rice Balls, and completed the Ragnarök mission. After receiving Poké Balls as a reward, he wondered whether he could use them on gods such as Odin.

• Loki sent Rias, Sona Sitri's group, and the others flying, while Vali attacked him and Loki summoned Skoll and Hati.
• Ren dodged Loki's magic and used tracking Ultra Slashes, then saw through Loki's clones and parried his surprise attack.
• Ren overwhelmed Loki with a prolonged beating, knocking him unconscious and weakening the monsters under Loki's control.
• Rias, Akeno, and the others defeated the mass-produced Midgardsormrs, while Ren fed Momotaro Rice Balls to Skoll and Hati, calming both wolves.
• The system declared Ren had completed the Ragnarök mission and awarded him Senzu Beans and Poké Balls.
• Ren considered whether Poké Balls could capture gods and eyed Odin, who suddenly felt a chill.

Ren defeated Loki and took Fenrir and its offspring, then met with the faction leaders to discuss Loki’s attack and new intelligence about the Hero Faction. He refused Odin’s request to serve as a bodyguard again and collected a set of rune grimoires as his reward.

• Ren let Odin take Loki back for judgment but claimed Fenrir and its offspring by pretending they had different names, and Odin ultimately left the wolves with Ren.
• The next day, Azazel, Baiqiu, Grayfia, Odin, and the others met at Ren’s house and were astonished that Fenrir obeyed him without any restraints.
• The faction leaders reviewed Loki’s attack and discussed cooperation, Khaos Brigade, and Loki’s imprisonment, which Ren suspected would not last forever.
• Azazel reported that Ophis’s new snakes could draw out a Sacred Gear’s potential to produce Balance Breaker effects but often damaged the Gear and killed its user.
• Ren declined Odin’s offer to accompany him as a bodyguard on his trip to negotiate with the Japanese gods, then accepted rune grimoires as his reward.

Ren received a replica of Mjolnir and five million euros for defeating Loki and Fenrir, then visited Ophis at Khaos Brigade headquarters. Jeanne warned him that the Hero Faction had begun suspecting him and revealed that Cao Cao’s reckless use of Ophis’s snakes was killing Sacred Gear wielders.

• Odin gave Ren a powerful replica of Mjolnir and transferred five million euros as payment for the mission.
• Odin and Azazel departed, while Grayfia asked Ren whether they had met before and then returned to the Underworld.
• Ren went to Khaos Brigade headquarters, where Ophis said Cao Cao and members of the Hero Faction had recently asked her for snakes.
• Jeanne arrived and told Ren that the Hero Faction had begun suspecting him.
• Jeanne explained that Cao Cao was using Ophis’s snakes to force Sacred Gear evolution, causing many wielders to die from overloading their powers.
• Jeanne said she agreed with Ren’s ideals and believed Cao Cao and much of the Hero Faction had gone mad.

Jeanne told Ren that Cao Cao wanted him to join an operation to kidnap Yasaka in Kyoto, and Ren agreed despite her warning that it could be a trap. Before meeting the Hero Faction, Ren took Jeanne to investigate a vampire criminal organization in Romania, where he led her toward its skyscraper base with a plan he had not explained.

• Jeanne explained that the Hero Faction had targeted forces across major mythologies and that Cao Cao wanted Ren to join the Kyoto operation or risk an attack on Kuoh Town.
• Ren accepted the mission to kidnap Yasaka, and Jeanne agreed to cooperate with him despite warning that Cao Cao might be testing him.
• Ren received a system mission to investigate vampires in Romania and brought Jeanne along to pursue it before the Kyoto meeting.
• Ren and Jeanne drove to the vampire base in a city skyscraper, with Jeanne at the wheel despite not having a license.
• Ren told Jeanne he had a perfect plan, put on sunglasses, and approached the skyscraper entrance as a guard challenged them.

Ren attacked a rooftop party held by vampires, killed nearly all of them, and forced the surviving vampire to reveal a Blood Factory beneath the city. Jeanne began to suspect Ren was connected to the gods’ return as they headed underground to investigate the factory.

• Ren used flashbangs, holy-water bullets, and his Chrysanthemum Shield to overwhelm the vampires and their armed guards on the rooftop.
• Ren killed three high-ranking vampires with violet flames and captured the last one for questioning.
• Jeanne arrived, heard Ren speak of Heaven's Gate and the gods’ will, and resolved to follow him.
• The surviving vampire revealed that vampires had enslaved the city's human rulers and built a Blood Factory beneath the city.
• The vampire led Ren and Jeanne thirty meters underground to the factory.

Ren and Jeanne uncovered a vampire blood factory where kidnapped humans were kept and their blood harvested, then rescued the captives and learned that vampire faction warfare had fueled the operation. Jeanne began questioning her place in the Hero Faction, while Ren received a mission directing him to other blood factories.

• Ren questioned a vampire at the factory and learned that the machines sorted blood by purity and that vampires had expanded their operations amid a war between the Tepes and Carmilla factions.
• The vampire revealed that the Tepes coup and conflict had driven vampires into human cities, where they used corrupt officials to establish blood factories.
• Ren told the female vampire he would not kill her, and Jeanne understood that she could kill the vampire herself before pursuing and slaying her.
• Ren received the Rescue the Hostages mission, which marked more than a dozen other blood factories on his system map and offered Jeanne affection as a reward.
• After the captives were rescued, Jeanne felt guilty about joining Cao Cao's Hero Faction, and Ren reassured her that she had not done anything irreversible and that the rescued people were grateful to her.

Ren and Jeanne destroyed Romania’s Blood Factories and used Ren’s Universal Pharmaceutical Machine to cure Jeanne’s menstrual pain. Jeanne recruited young Hero Faction members to help, and the chapter ended with every Blood Factory in Romania eradicated.

• Ren and Jeanne left the city after exposing the vampires’ crimes and learned the local government officials connected to them were already dead.
• Ren used the Universal Pharmaceutical Machine to make medicine from a massage hammer, instantly curing Jeanne’s menstrual pain.
• Jeanne asked the young Hero Faction members to abandon Cao Cao’s mission against Greek Mythology and join the fight against the Blood Factories.
• Ren and Jeanne gave the Hero Faction members the factories’ locations, and the group began destroying them across Romania.
• The vampires sent forces to defend the remaining factories, but Ren, Jeanne, and the Hero Faction members defeated them and eradicated every Blood Factory in Romania.

Ren considered taking over the Hero Faction and sent its members to monitor the vampire cities while he returned to Kuoh Town. After Odin left Rossweisse behind, Ren offered her a place to stay and a job with room, board, and twice her former salary, leaving her stunned.

• Ren assigned the Hero Faction members to watch the vampire cities after they chose to stop attacking mythological strongholds.
• Jeanne told Ren he was more qualified than Cao Cao to lead the Hero Faction, and Ren agreed to try.
• Ren returned to Kuoh Town while Jeanne continued working in Europe and the Hero Faction reported that the vampire situation remained calm.
• Odin returned to Norse Mythology without Rossweisse, who broke down after learning she had been left behind.
• Ren offered Rossweisse room and board, a job, and twice her former Valkyrie salary, and she asked if he was serious.

Ren welcomed Rossweisse into his household as a bodyguard, and a celebratory dinner led to him asking her to be one of his girlfriends. As the group prepared for a hot spring visit, Xenovia and Irina Shidou warned that Ren might take advantage of them, but the conversation ended with his pointed question.

• Ren hired Rossweisse as his bodyguard, and she eagerly accepted after hearing about possible benefits and raises.
• Kuroka demanded the same benefits, but Ren offered them only if she gave up her lazy habits, so Koneko held her down when she refused.
• At the welcome dinner, Akeno Himejima teased Rias about pursuing Ren and revealed that he planned to use the mixed hot spring.
• Rossweisse got drunk, complained about Odin and her lonely love life, and accepted Ren's offer to be one of his girlfriends before collapsing.
• After dinner, Xenovia and Irina Shidou planned to buy swimsuits for the hot spring and warned Asia that Ren might take advantage of them.
• Ren asked Xenovia and Irina whether they thought they would not be taken advantage of.

At the hot spring, Akeno Himejima flirted with Ren while Xenovia and Irina Shidou nearly became Fallen Angels after their faith wavered. Later that night, Ren visited Akeno Himejima’s room, where she invited him to stay and the two became intimate.

• Rias found Akeno Himejima massaging Ren in the underground hot spring and joined in to help.
• Akeno Himejima changed into revealing swimwear and accidentally fell onto Ren, creating an intimate scene in front of the others.
• Kuroka noticed Xenovia and Irina Shidou’s wings flickering, and the two angels prayed until their wings stopped.
• Xenovia and Irina Shidou asked Ren to train their faith again, but later admitted they feared they might fall if it happened too often.
• After the others went to sleep, Ren visited Akeno Himejima’s room, and she told him not to leave before the two became intimate.

Ren learned Akeno Himejima’s wish to return to Kyoto and take revenge on the Himejima Family, then secretly triggered a quest by agreeing to help her. The next morning, Akeno was exhausted, the girls concealed their suspicions from Rias, and Rossweisse apologized to Ren for her drunken behavior.

• Ren asked Akeno Himejima if she had an unfulfilled wish before his planned trip to Kyoto, and she explained her painful history with the Himejima Family.
• Ren agreed to help Akeno, secretly triggering a quest, then continued their intimate encounter.
• Ren joined the others for breakfast while Akeno remained in bed, and the girls chose not to tell Rias what they suspected.
• Rossweisse apologized to Ren for losing control while drunk and worried that she might lose her job.

Ren tested Rossweisse's alcohol tolerance and offered Mjolnir to the others, but only Asia gained the hammer's recognition. The group celebrated her becoming the new female Thor, while Ren planned for her to learn basic combat skills.

• Rossweisse claimed she could drink, but half a glass of wine knocked her out, so Mittelt carried her back to her room.
• Ren offered his replica of Mjolnir to anyone who could lift and use it, but Kuroka, Xenovia, and the other girls failed to wield its power.
• Asia touched Mjolnir and unexpectedly lifted it, earning the hammer's recognition and becoming the new female Thor.
• Ren gave Mjolnir to Asia for self-defense and decided she needed beginner combat training before joining a fight.
• Everyone held a banquet to celebrate Asia, then shared another mixed-gender hot spring bath while Ren waited for Lavinia to visit him later.

Ren prepared to travel to Kyoto to meet Jeanne about Cao Cao’s kidnapping operation, while also arranging to pass Akeno Himejima’s message to Suzaku. After teleporting to Kyoto, Ren was accosted by three delinquent schoolgirls, and a golden-haired girl stepped in.

• Ren told Jeanne he would not evade Cao Cao’s test, and Jeanne planned to meet him in Kyoto before their meeting with Cao Cao.
• Ren told Lavinia he was going to Kyoto and promised to pass along her regards to Suzaku Himejima.
• Ren asked Akeno Himejima what she wanted him to tell Suzaku, then recorded a video message for her.
• Ren warned Akeno not to push herself and stopped her from saying a farewell that he believed would jinx him.
• Ren teleported to Kyoto and walked toward Jeanne’s meeting place, where three delinquent schoolgirls propositioned and touched him.
• A long-haired golden-haired girl approached the schoolgirls and asked them to move aside.

Ren met Cao Cao and the Hero Faction, disclosed that he wielded the Longinus Cross of the Purple Flame Sacrificial Lord, and was asked to demonstrate his strength. Siegfried volunteered to test him, and they moved to the izakaya courtyard to fight.

• Jeanne escorted Ren to the Hero Faction's gathering place, where Cao Cao welcomed him and introduced the members.
• Cao Cao questioned Ren about his abilities, and Ren said he was fast, used firearms, and had borrowed Jaucusta's Longinus.
• Cao Cao asked Ren to demonstrate his strength so he could assign him a role in the upcoming plan.
• Jeanne offered to fight Ren, but Siegfried volunteered instead, and Cao Cao approved.
• Ren and Siegfried went to the courtyard behind the izakaya to begin their close-combat test.

Ren defeated Siegfried in a spar, then accepted Cao Cao’s mission to kidnap Yasaka, the commander-in-chief of the Kyoto Youkai World. Though the Hero Faction believed they were helping humanity, Ren suspected the mission served Hades’s plan to summon the Great Red.

• Ren used a rocket launcher against Siegfried, then activated Super Acceleration to seize him and knock him unconscious.
• Siegfried woke and claimed he had not used his full power, while Ren countered that he had used only one percent of his own.
• Cao Cao assigned Ren and Jeanne to capture Yasaka during her nightly journey and bring her to the Hero Faction.
• Ren recognized Yasaka from the mission briefing and received a system mission to kidnap her.
• Ren asked who had commissioned the operation, and Cao Cao refused to disclose the sponsor, saying they had promised the Hero Faction funding.

Ren and Jeanne ambushed Yasaka and her yokai entourage using Georg’s Absolute Mist, trapping them in a recreated world. After Hero Faction announced its plan to capture Kyoto’s Great Yokai, Ren swiftly incapacitated Yasaka’s guards, and Yasaka began gathering her power to fight back.

• Ren accepted Cao Cao’s mission to kidnap Yasaka and joined Jeanne and Hero Faction members in an ambush.
• Jeanne activated Georg’s Absolute Mist, transporting Yasaka and her entourage into a fog-covered replica of Kyoto.
• Yasaka realized that the strange fog had isolated her group and that an unknown force had attacked them.
• A Hero Faction member announced that they had come to capture Kyoto’s Great Yokai, surprising Yasaka, who had mistaken Ren’s group for the Five Great Houses.
• Ren used Clock Up to overwhelm Yasaka’s guards, prompting Yasaka to unleash an aura comparable to a Dragon King.

Ren captured Yasaka by threatening her daughter, Kunou, while Cao Cao announced the Hero Faction’s plan to use Kyoto and the Nine-Tailed Fox for an experiment. Suzaku Himejima was ordered to lead the Himejima Family’s response as tensions spread across Kyoto and the remnants of Void Cicada emerged.

• Ren persuaded Yasaka to surrender by claiming Kunou’s safety depended on her obedience, then sealed Yasaka’s yokai power and put her to sleep.
• An invisible Hero Faction scout reported Yasaka’s capture, and Georg relayed the news to Cao Cao as he fought the Inner Shrine guards.
• Cao Cao told Suzaku Himejima and the other guards that the Hero Faction would conduct an experiment in Kyoto the following night, then Georg’s fog returned them to the Inner Shrine.
• Suzaku ordered the Five Great Houses to search Kyoto, but Himejima Suou rejected her proposal to cooperate with the yokai and ordered her to lead the Himejima Family’s vanguard.
• The Five Great Houses and Kyoto’s yokai began separate searches, clashes broke out across the city, and the remnants of Void Cicada emerged again.