Chapter Summaries

Ren delivered the captured Yasaka to Cao Cao’s group and learned that they planned to use Kyoto and Yasaka’s power to summon and capture Great Red. He reassured Jeanne that Yasaka would be safe, then planned to contact Suzaku Himejima while Jeanne nervously shared his bed.

• Ren received the completed mission reward and tested the Rule Breaker skill on sleeping Yasaka.
• Cao Cao and the others arrived, and Cao Cao praised Ren for capturing Yasaka.
• Cao Cao revealed that the Hero Faction had provoked the Five Great Houses and planned to summon Great Red using Kyoto and Yasaka’s power.
• Ren mocked Cao Cao’s plan, while Cao Cao urged the group to capture Great Red and prepare to fight the Five Great Houses.
• Jeanne questioned Ren about Yasaka, and Ren promised that nothing would happen to her before asking Jeanne to cover for his search for Suzaku Himejima.
• Jeanne lay beside Ren in their shared bed and privately wondered whether she would accept it if he made a move.

Ren met Suzaku Himejima, accepted a quest to rescue Yasaka, and later freed the captured Nine-Tails from her seal. The Hero Faction was preparing for its planned experiment, leaving Ren and Jeanne with Yasaka newly awake.

• Ren woke with Jeanne in his arms, then left the hotel while she blushed over their close encounter.
• Suzaku Himejima thanked Ren for delivering Akeno Himejima’s reply and warned him to stay away from Kyoto.
• Suzaku explained that the Hero Faction had abducted Yasaka and asked Ren to rescue her; Ren accepted the quest and agreed to wait for the experiment to begin.
• Ren returned to Jeanne and joined the Hero Faction’s preparations, where Cao Cao assigned his group to guard Yasaka until Georg finished adjusting the magic circle.
• Ren used a strange dagger to break Yasaka’s seal, waking her and surprising Jeanne.

Ren freed Yasaka from her seal and laid out a simple plan to protect her while the Five Great Houses attacked the Hero Faction. As the battle approached, he wandered the replicated Kyoto and met Leonardo, whose demonic-beast creations he questioned.

• Ren used Rule Breaker to remove Yasaka’s seal, then told her and Jeanne to stay safe while they pretended to slack off during the siege.
• Jeanne secretly worked out a backup plan with Yasaka in case they had to turn against Cao Cao, while Yasaka resealed herself before the Hero Faction noticed anything amiss.
• Georg transported the group into a magical replica of Kyoto, and Ren explored while the others took their positions.
• Ren found Leonardo creating demonic beasts near a subway station and stayed to watch him work.
• Leonardo explained how Annihilation Maker required imagination and careful design, then boasted about his creations and their strength.
• Ren argued that Leonardo had not yet proved his power and mocked his beasts, prompting Leonardo to insist he could create monsters capable of killing gods once he reached Balance Breaker.

Ren helped Leonardo create a powerful magical beast called Kyrieloid by describing its appearance and abilities, then gave him designs for several other monsters. The battle began as the Five Great Houses' allied forces arrived, and Ren discovered that one of the Four Fiends Sacred Gear wielders was missing.

• Ren described a two-form monster to Leonardo, who created Kyrieloid, a magical beast powerful enough to rival an Ultimate-class Devil.
• Ren named Kyrieloid and described several more monsters, which Leonardo sketched before a Hero Faction member summoned him to take his position.
• The Five Great Houses and Youkai Faction followed the converging air currents toward the Hero Faction's trap after failing to locate Yasaka.
• Cao Cao had Georg use Absolute Mist to divide the allied forces, teleporting elite onmyoji to Leonardo's front line and the main fighting force to Ren.
• Ren examined the ten young fighters who appeared before him, identified them by name, and realized one of the Four Fiends Sacred Gear wielders was missing.

At the Inner Shrine, Cao Cao tried to recruit the Four Fiends Sacred Gear wielders before the Hero Faction clashed with Kyoto’s defenders. As the battle began, Minagawa Natsume attacked Ren, but he caught her Sacred Gear with ease.

• Cao Cao offered the Four Fiends Sacred Gear wielders a place in the Hero Faction, arguing that the Five Great Houses mistreated them and that humanity should defeat the other factions.
• Suzaku Himejima rejected Cao Cao’s explanation and rallied Kyoto’s defenders to fight the Hero Faction.
• Cao Cao activated the Twilight Spear, frightening the defenders, while the Hero Faction members chose their opponents and the battle broke out.
• Minagawa Natsume used Griffin to approach Ren, intending to take him out before attacking Georg.
• Ren spotted Natsume’s ambush and caught Griffin by the neck as it lunged at him.

Ren defeated Minagawa Natsume but spared her, while the Hero Faction overwhelmed the Five Great Houses’ fighters. Cao Cao defeated Kushihashi Seiryuu and Kise Enyu, then faced Suzaku Himejima as she summoned the Vermilion Bird; Cao Cao began his Balance Breaker.

• Ren destroyed Minagawa Natsume’s Griffin and left her kneeling after its backlash incapacitated her.
• Ren spared Minagawa Natsume, flicked her forehead, and turned his attention to the battle as the Five Great Houses’ fighters fell behind.
• Cao Cao endured Kushihashi Seiryuu’s storm and lightning, then struck him unconscious with the Holy Spear.
• Kise Enyu activated his Familiar Beast and attacked Cao Cao, but Cao Cao pierced him and knocked him back into his original form.
• Suzaku Himejima summoned the Vermilion Bird, and Cao Cao activated his Balance Breaker as it descended toward him.

Cao Cao’s plan to summon Great Red collapsed when Yasaka broke free and Ren’s sabotage of the Nine-Tails seal was exposed. Ren defeated Siegfried and Jeanne revealed that she had turned against Cao Cao, leaving the Hero Faction shaken as Cao Cao faced Ren.

• Cao Cao used the Wheel Jewel and Woman Jewel to destroy Suzaku Himejima’s spirit beast and seal away her powers, while his allies defeated their assigned opponents and Leonardo’s team overwhelmed the Five Great Houses’ forces.
• Georg discovered that Yasaka had awakened and destroyed the magic circle, then Cao Cao realized Ren had sabotaged the Nine-Tails seal.
• Ren admitted he was a mercenary and invited the Hero Faction to join his New Hero Faction, but Siegfried attacked him instead.
• Ren put Siegfried to sleep with a series of blows, defeated him in under five seconds, and handed him to Heracles.
• Cao Cao stopped Heracles from attacking and confronted Ren, then accused Jeanne of betrayal.
• Jeanne joined Ren and told Cao Cao she had turned against him because his wars contradicted heroism, shaking the convictions of the Hero Faction members.

Cao Cao challenged Ren to a fight, hoping to test whether Ren had surpassed humanity's limits, but Ren overwhelmed him and fought off the Hero Faction's group attack. Georg urged Cao Cao to retreat after their plan failed, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Cao Cao attacked Ren with Horse Treasure, but Ren dodged his spear and injured him with a single sword strike.
• Cao Cao used several treasures against Ren, but Ren deflected his attacks and destroyed the light clones with Spatial Slash.
• Cao Cao trapped Ren in the air with Elephant Treasure and ordered the Hero Faction to attack him together.
• Ren broke free from Georg's mist, knocked Leonardo unconscious, and struck Heracles until he passed out.
• Georg teleported Leonardo and Heracles to his side, then urged Cao Cao to retreat before the Five Great Houses and Yokai Realm forces arrived.

Ren drove the Hero Faction from Kyoto with a devastating kick, then founded a new organization called the Brotherhood and invited Jeanne and others to join. Suzaku Himejima declined because of her duties to the Himejima Family, while the Five Great Houses began rebuilding Kyoto and thanked Ren.

• Georg teleported the Hero Faction away with Absolute Mist, but Ren's Ride Kick shattered the alternate space and returned Suzaku Himejima and the others to reality.
• Ren let Cao Cao's group escape, completed the quest to rescue Yasaka, and received three World Trumpets as a reward.
• Jeanne joined Ren's new organization as a founding member, and Ren named it the Brotherhood.
• Ren invited Suzaku Himejima to join, but she declined because she was heir to the Himejima Family; he then told Minagawa Natsume and the others they could register with Jeanne.
• Suzaku Himejima and the other great houses arranged repairs to Kyoto, and Suzaku thanked Ren for saving them from the Hero Faction.

Ren helped rescue Yasaka and reunited her with Kunou, then accepted an invitation to visit them in the Yokai World. At the Himejima Family estate, Suzaku reported the battle, and Himejima Suou declared Ren a major threat and confined Suzaku, leaving the family’s future in doubt.

• Yasaka reunited with Kunou, who recognized Ren and thanked him for saving her mother.
• Yasaka invited Ren to visit her home, and he agreed to stay in Kyoto for a few more days.
• Suzaku brought Ren and Jeanne to the Himejima estate, then reported the battle to Himejima Suou and the family elders.
• Himejima Suou classified Ren as a major threat and ordered Suzaku confined for helping him.
• Suzaku accepted her punishment and worried that the Himejima Family’s outdated leadership would keep repeating costly mistakes.

Suzaku Himejima decided to oppose her family’s elders and called Ren to rescue her from confinement, then told him they planned to drive him out of Kyoto. The chapter ended with Ren asking whether the Himejima Family intended to act against him.

• Suzaku Himejima, confined after reporting the battle, called Ren and asked him to come help her.
• Ren accepted a rescue mission, left Jeanne and the other girls at the hot spring, and knocked out the two guards watching Suzaku Himejima.
• Suzaku Himejima told Ren that the family head and elders rejected the victory and considered him a threat.
• Suzaku Himejima warned Ren that the Himejima Family planned to order him out of Kyoto and might use unconventional measures if he refused.
• Ren asked whether the Himejima Family head and elders planned to act against him.

Suzaku Himejima asked Ren how to reform the Himejima Family, and he persuaded her that its entrenched elders had to be removed. She agreed to his help, made a list of the people responsible, and left confinement with Ren to confront them.

• Suzaku Himejima told Ren that her clan intended to force him to leave Kyoto despite knowing he had defeated the Hero Faction.
• Suzaku Himejima asked Ren for advice on reforming the Himejima Family, and he argued that its obstructive elders had to be eliminated.
• Ren compared Suzaku Himejima's situation to a wronged heroine in a female-oriented novel, prompting her to accept that reform would require bloodshed.
• Suzaku Himejima agreed to let Ren stay by her side and made a list of the clan members they needed to deal with.
• Ren and Suzaku Himejima left her confinement and discovered that the people on the list were gathered together, apparently discussing them.

Suzaku Himejima brought Ren to confront Suou Himejima and the elders over the family’s rigid rules and their plans for Ren. Ren shot one elder and attacked another, leaving the confrontation underway as the second elder blocked his bullet with a talisman.

• Ren and Suzaku Himejima slipped through the estate, and Ren knocked out two guards when they tried to report Suzaku’s arrival.
• They overheard Suou Himejima and the elders discuss the Inner Shrine, the Hyakki Family, and their hostile stance toward Ren.
• Suzaku challenged the family’s teachings and called for greater tolerance and contact with outside allies, but Suou and the elders condemned her and threatened to report her remarks to the clan.
• Suzaku identified Ren as the mercenary they had named a major threat, and Ren asked whether all his enemies were present.
• Ren shot an elder dead and then fired at another elder, whose talisman blocked the bullet.

Ren killed Himejima Suou and the elders, then urged Suzaku Himejima to summon Vermilion Bird and attacked her in disguise. As the Himejima Family and Ren’s allies rushed to respond, Jeanne recognized the demonic sword Gram and began suspecting the mysterious attacker was Ren.

• Suzaku Himejima refused Himejima Suou’s order to seize Ren and said she would bear the Himejima Family’s darkness herself.
• Ren drew Gram and killed Himejima Suou and the elders in under ten seconds, ignoring the flames with the Fireproof Pearl.
• Suzaku offered to take the blame for the deaths and urged Ren to leave, but Ren told her to summon Vermilion Bird and attack him.
• Suzaku summoned Vermilion Bird, and Ren appeared in glasses as a mysterious man before the watching Himejima Family members.
• Ren cleaved Vermilion Bird in two, leaving Suzaku injured, while Minagawa Natsume, Jeanne, and others arrived and prepared to attack.
• Jeanne recognized Gram in the mysterious man’s hand and wondered whether the attacker was Ren.

Ren enjoyed a hot spring in the Himejima Family’s territory after helping Suzaku Himejima become clan head, and Suzaku thanked him by growing intimate with him. The chapter ended the next morning, with Ren reflecting on Suzaku’s contrast between her public composure and private boldness.

• Ren relaxed in the Himejima Family’s hot spring and wondered whether Jeanne would come join him.
• Suzaku Himejima arrived, explained that the clan’s urgent affairs were handled, and entered the hot spring with Ren.
• Suzaku told Ren she would change the family’s harmful system and thanked him for helping her become clan head.
• Suzaku offered to wash Ren’s back, embraced him, and became intimate with him after he said he would teach her.
• The next morning, Ren recalled their night and considered how Suzaku differed from the other women he had met.

Ren completed the Himejima Family reformation mission, and Suzaku Himejima rested while her friends came to visit. The system activated a new dungeon feature, and Ren updated Lavinia on the family’s situation before the chapter ended.

• Ren left Suzaku Himejima sleeping in the bedroom and met Jeanne, Minagawa Natsume, and Nanataki Shiguko in the courtyard.
• Minagawa Natsume and Nanataki Shiguko went to check on Suzaku Himejima, while Jeanne deduced that Ren had been the mysterious attacker who killed Himejima Suou and several elders.
• Jeanne hurried to Suzaku Himejima’s room after hearing a scream and found Minagawa Natsume and Nanataki Shiguko stunned by what they had seen.
• Ren received the Dungeon System as the reward for completing the Himejima Family reformation mission and learned that dungeon trips were optional and would not cause a major time gap back home.
• Ren called Lavinia and told her to share the good news about the Himejima Family with Akeno and the others after school.

Ren entered the yokai realm, where Yasaka welcomed him with a banquet to thank him for saving her. As Yasaka attended to him and flirted with him, Kunou began to suspect a secret was developing between them.

• Two fox yokai led Ren through a torii gate into Inner Kyoto, where its residents gathered to stare at the first human visitor in centuries.
• Yasaka greeted Ren and thanked him for saving her, while Kunou apologized for approaching him before and thanked him for saving her mother.
• Yasaka led Ren through Inner Kyoto to her residence, where he found a banquet hall decorated like a wedding venue.
• Ren teased Yasaka about the decorations and praised her beauty, making her blush as Kunou watched in surprise.
• Yasaka seated Ren beside her, served him food, and fed him chicken soup while promising to satisfy his requests.

Ren discussed the Yokai World’s recovery and a possible alliance with Yasaka, then took her and Kunou to meet his friends and Suzaku Himejima in Kyoto. The chapter ended with Akeno greeting her cousin Suzaku at the Himejima Family.

• Yasaka told Ren that Kunou and the yokai had restored order in the Yokai World, and Ren offered to help arrange an alliance with the Five Great Houses.
• Kunou spoke about her loneliness and desire for siblings, and Ren learned that Yasaka had told her she had no father.
• Ren, Yasaka, and Kunou toured Inner Kyoto, then went to meet the group of girls who had arrived in Kyoto.
• Ren brought the group to the Himejima Family, where Suzaku welcomed them and Akeno called out to her cousin.

Ren received a Church mission to investigate the vampires in Romania, where internal conflict had made them active again. After Jeanne reported that strangers had approached Ophis for power, Ren arrived at the Khaos Brigade headquarters and learned that the visitors had been unusually powerful.

• Suzaku Himejima welcomed Akeno back to the Himejima Family and proposed a peace treaty with Yasaka on the family's behalf.
• Ren received a mission from Griselda to investigate the active vampire organization in Romania and prevent a possible threat.
• Jeanne told Ren that their agents had discovered vampires sneaking out amid internal chaos, and Ren chose to investigate alone.
• Ren teleported to the Khaos Brigade headquarters and learned that several unknown, powerful strangers had come seeking power from Ophis.

Ren persuaded Ophis to leave Khaos Brigade and go with him, then traveled to vampire territory. There, he fought Tepes vampires who attacked him for his blood and discovered they could regenerate from gunshot wounds until purple flames destroyed them.

• Ren learned from Ophis that the Grim Reapers had come seeking snakes for Hades, who wanted to exploit her power of Infinity.
• Ren warned Ophis that Hades could use Samael against her and convinced her to leave Khaos Brigade for his home, though she chose not to take her games with her yet.
• Ren flew to the hidden vampire territory and entered its modern city by following the system map past its barriers.
• A group of vampires identified themselves as followers of Marius Tepes and tried to seize Ren for their blood supply.
• Ren shot the vampires, watched them regenerate from head wounds, then used purple flames to burn the charging vampires to ash.