Chapter Summaries

Ian traveled to the Land of the Sun, discovered that Yami might have been a prince of the exterminated Sukehiro Clan, and investigated the Yamato Dynasty’s magic system. After sensing Zure, the third Origin Grimoire, and the Heavenly Dao Will at the Imperial Onmyo Academy, Ian abandoned a direct attack and decided to enter the academy instead.

• Ian departed for the eastern continent, defeated a giant deep-sea serpent, and continued building a spatial passage while collecting coordinates for a World Gate.
• Ian reached the Land of the Sun and learned that the Yamato Clan had unified the country after destroying the Sukehiro Clan, leading him to suspect Yami had been its runaway prince.
• Ian infiltrated a noble estate’s library, fought and captured Tetsu, then read his memories to learn that samurai sensed ki and that the Imperial Family monopolized advanced magical knowledge.
• Ian used Tetsu’s information to reach the capital, sealed his ki, and sent a Mirror Clone into the Imperial Onmyo Academy, where the Heavenly Dao Will detected it and blocked escape.
• Ian discovered that the academy, imperial palace, and Yin-Yang Guardian Hall shared a defensive formation, so he withdrew and decided to enroll at the academy.

Arata Seimei learned that the Divine Maiden foresaw a revolution in the Yamato Dynasty but could not identify its source. Meanwhile, Ian transformed himself into the orphan Kozuki Akimitsu and entered the National Awakening Ceremony, where a commoner boy summoned a Water Wolf.

• The Divine Maiden told Arata Seimei that the Star of Revolution had appeared and that an unknown force had obscured her divination.
• Ian used Cellular Recombination and false memories to create the identity of the orphan Kozuki Akimitsu, planning to enter the Imperial Onmyo Academy and foment revolution.
• Kozuki Akimitsu traveled to the Imperial Capital with children from his orphanage and saw the stark divide between noble and commoner participants at the awakening venue.
• The ceremony revealed that most commoner children awakened noncombat martial souls, while a few gained elemental katanas.
• A commoner boy summoned an offensive Water Wolf Shikigami, drawing the crowd's attention as Kozuki Akimitsu watched with interest.

Ian avoided being taken by the Imperial Family, while Arata Seimei faced a decree that weakened his power. In a dream, Ian forced Emperor Yakou to reveal that the Grimoire behind the academy gate was the core of the Mental World.

• Ian intimidated Princess Matsumoto's uncle and returned to the academy with his forces.
• The shrine maiden refused to help Arata Seimei and considered recruiting Ian to find her brother's soul.
• The Emperor created the Three Heavenly Guardians to oversee Arata Seimei, and Arata accepted the decree while concealing his anger.
• Ian summoned Princess Matsumoto into a dream and pressured Yakou by threatening her life.
• Yakou revealed that he had opened the gate beneath the academy with tokens gathered during his Unification War and found a Grimoire inside.
• Yakou told Ian that the Grimoire was the core and the fundamental cause of the Mental World.

Arata Seimei learned that Kozuki Akimitsu had awakened a Divine-Grade Shikigami and plotted to recruit him while seeking Miko Go. At the Imperial Onmyo Academy, Ian exposed the unfair treatment of commoners by demonstrating extraordinary Spirit Energy control, then offered to tutor them.

• Arata Seimei read that Kozuki Akimitsu had awakened a Divine-Grade Shikigami and decided to bring him into his faction.
• Arata Seimei resolved to find Miko Go before the First Prince's faction so he could use her prophetic ability.
• Ian began classes at the Imperial Onmyo Academy and questioned the unfamiliar, futuristic school uniform.
• Byakuya Kuchiki praised noble students for controlling Spirit Energy but singled out commoners and mocked their failures.
• Ian challenged Byakuya Kuchiki's teaching and recreated the teacher, then the entire classroom, in intricate Spirit Energy models.
• After Byakuya Kuchiki fled, Ian offered free tutoring to commoner students, who eagerly accepted.

Ian attended Teacher Kuruna’s Talisman Studies lesson, concealed his rejection of the academy’s Soul Contract, and shocked the class by mastering Void Talisman Drawing in three attempts. He left intending to use his conspicuous talent to attract allies and enemies alike, gain access to forbidden knowledge, and reach the Royal Library.

• Teacher Kuruna demonstrated talismans, explained how innate attributes enhanced them, and taught the students to draw a Spiritglow Shield Talisman.
• Ian signed the academy’s Soul Contract but secretly isolated the Heavenly Dao Will that entered his soul.
• After Ian asked whether talismans could be drawn in the air, Kuruna demonstrated Void Talisman Drawing and explained that it required mastery of natural spiritual energy.
• Ian deduced the technique’s principles and successfully created a powerful Void Talisman on his third attempt, stunning Kuruna and the students.
• Ian revealed to himself that he had staged his failures to draw attention and lure people who could help him access sealed knowledge and the Royal Library.

Ian learned about shikigami and the Spirit World, then successfully fused with Beidou and displayed his extraordinary power at the academy. The day ended as Ian recognized a blood-soaked swordsman teaching the final class.

• Teacher Mozi taught the students about shikigami types and urged them to bond with their spirits rather than command them.
• Princess Matsumoto argued with Kon, while Ian calmly asked Beidou to shrink and watched the dragon comply.
• At Teacher Mozi’s suggestion, Ian fused with Beidou, gaining dragon horns, eyes, scales, and greatly enhanced strength and magic.
• Ian attended classes on cursed words, ritual magic, and strengthening, and compared Eastern and Western magic systems.
• Ian joined the commoner students for lunch and answered their questions about spiritual energy control.
• Ian recognized the blood-soaked swordsman leading the strengthening class and anticipated an interesting lesson.

Ian recognized Zure as a rival seeking the Origin Grimoire, then secured access to nearly every book in The Library and strengthened his ties with the commoner students. He warned Mido that her prophetic gift would attract powerful factions, then headed to The Library to search for knowledge and clues to the Origin Grimoire.

• Ian identified the new instructor, Zure, as the dangerous rival also pursuing the Origin Grimoire and concealed his suspicions during the lesson.
• Principal Hirano challenged Ian about his conspicuous displays of talent, and Ian persuaded her to grant him the highest-level reading permit for The Library, excluding the Imperial Family's secret archives.
• Ian taught the commoner freshmen to gather spiritual power through familiar everyday metaphors, and they mastered its basic transformation.
• Ian warned Mido not to fall for him and to beware nobles and the Imperial Family seeking to control her prophetic talent, offering to help if she encountered trouble.
• Ian set off for The Library to study its books and seek clues to the Origin Grimoire.

Ian finished studying the academy’s Onmyodo and discovered the diary of Onizuka, a transmigrator whose ideas had shaped the Yamato Dynasty. After Princess Matsumoto warned him about a dangerous academy exercise, Ian secretly investigated below the academy and found a heavily sealed bronze door tied to the capital’s defenses and the Heavenly Dao Will.

• Ian reviewed the region’s magical systems and concluded that the Land of the Sun’s Onmyodo was an unfinished combination of disciplines.
• Ian read Onizuka’s diary, recognized him as a transmigrator without a cheat ability, and learned that his educational reforms had helped shape the Yamato Dynasty.
• Princess Matsumoto warned Ian about the dangerous Spirit Calamity Purification Exercise and urged him to beware nobles and Imperial Family members.
• Ian planted a mental mark on Princess Matsumoto as he left, then summoned an invisible ninja puppet in his dormitory.
• Ian sent the puppet beneath the academy and discovered a massive bronze door protected by a complex sealing formation and connected to the capital’s defenses.
• Ian sensed the Heavenly Dao Will beyond the door and suspected that something more than the Origin Grimoire was sealed there.

Ian failed to break the academy door’s seal after its defense exiled his puppet to a parallel dimension, then arranged for Zure to supervise the Spirit Calamity exercise. At the exercise, Ian led the students in containing contaminated villagers without killing them and located the demon’s source, where a Red Oni emerged as Ian waited for a chance to draw out Zure.

• The sealed bronze door exiled Ian’s puppet to a parallel dimension, and Ian identified the spatial defense and considered the dimension as a future resource source.
• Ian used a psychological suggestion on Principal Hirano to have Zure assigned as a supervising teacher for the Spirit Calamity exercise.
• Ian led the first-year students into the ruined village and ordered them to restrain the contaminated villagers rather than kill them.
• The students raised a barrier around the village and bound the villagers while Mido’s Three-Eyed Crow located the source of the demonic energy in a thatched hut.
• The hut exploded, revealing a Red Oni, and Ian watched from above as he waited for an opportunity to draw out Zure.

Princess Matsumoto's Five-Element attacks appeared to defeat the Red Oni, but the demon transformed into a far more dangerous Mask Demon. Meanwhile, Ian defeated the forces sent to capture him and revealed to Zure that Richita was alive, leaving Zure demanding answers.

• Kinji and Princess Matsumoto attacked the Red Oni, and her Five-Element chain of spells pierced the demon and made it erupt into a forest of thorns.
• The Red Oni survived, transformed into a Mask Demon, and Ian secretly amplified its demonic energy to mid-tier demon strength.
• Teacher Kuruna and the other escorts were blocked from entering the village, while a hidden chief ordered the operation to continue despite the princess's danger.
• Ian annihilated the samurai, Onmyoji, and ninjas trapped with him, then confronted Zure and revealed that he knew about Zure's family.
• Zure transformed into an angel after Ian mentioned Richita, and Ian told him that Richita was alive before demanding answers in return.

Ian and Beidou defeated the angel Zure after a fierce battle, then Ian tried to extract Zure’s memories about Elysium. A hidden Heavenly Dao Will destroyed Zure’s soul, but Ian recovered fragments that confirmed three separate Heavenly Dao Wills existed in the universe.

• Beidou attacked Zure with lightning, but Zure’s Solar Magic pierced the thunder dragon until Ian healed it and ordered it to use Lightning Release Tactics.
• Ian countered Zure’s Solar Flare with ice, water, and metal magic, then unleashed a storm of ice swords that forced Zure to reveal his Solar Avatar.
• Ian summoned the True Thousand Hands Buddha while Beidou protected him, and their attacks drained Zure’s magic until Ian bound him with sealing chains.
• Ian used Soul Extraction to search Zure’s memories for information about Elysium, but a Heavenly Dao Will wrapped Zure’s soul in black chains and destroyed it.
• Ian retained a few fragments of Zure’s memories and concluded that three distinct Heavenly Dao Wills existed in the universe.

Ian uncovered Elysium’s hierarchy and learned that its God sought Transcendence, then discovered that Late Emperor Yeguang shared Princess Matsumoto’s body. After ending the battle, Ian healed the wounded students and restored the demonized villagers, leaving the witnesses astonished.

• Ian read Zure’s memories and learned about Elysium’s four levels, God’s Transcendence plan, and the Origin Grimoire’s possible role in it.
• Ian returned to the village ruins and recognized the fallen attackers as expendable agents of the Onmyo General, whose actions could stir political conflict.
• Ian entered Princess Matsumoto’s Soul Dimension and discovered that Late Emperor Yeguang’s soul coexisted with hers after a failed Reincarnation Magic ritual.
• Ian weakened Red Oni, allowing Princess Matsumoto to defeat it, and healed the injured Imperial students with Spring-Rejuvenation Talismans.
• Ian cast a vast spell that reversed the Spirit Calamity’s corruption and restored several hundred villagers, astonishing the students and Yeguang.

After the Imperial Family exploited the failed assassination to curb Arata Seimei’s power, Ian entered Princess Matsumoto’s dream and forced the Late Emperor Yeguang to reveal the truth about the bronze door beneath the academy. The chapter ended with Ian learning that the Grimoire sustained the Mental World and its Onmyodo system, and deciding that Matsumoto and Yeguang still had a role to play.

• Prince Nobunaga arrived at the battlefield, but Ian intimidated him into leaving with Princess Matsumoto without answering his questions.
• Arata Seimei confronted the shrine maiden, who refused to help him and considered Ian and Miko as new pawns in her effort to rescue her brother.
• The Imperial Family ordered Arata Seimei to accept the creation of the Three Heavenly Guardians, and he submitted rather than risk an immediate conflict.
• Ian summoned Princess Matsumoto into a dream, threatened her until the Late Emperor Yeguang emerged from her soul, and questioned him about the bronze door.
• Yeguang revealed that the door contained a Grimoire that formed the core of the Mental World and powered the continent’s Onmyodo system, Shikigami, and alternate dimension.
• Ian released the dream cage and told Matsumoto and Yeguang to stay alive because they would be useful before the final upheaval.

Ian learned that Yamato Tasuke used the Origin Grimoire to create the Spirit Realm from humanity’s imagination, and that Yakou had destroyed the gate-opening tokens while seeking control of the Grimoire. Ian began preparing to unseal it, while his No. 9 clone gathered the Clover Kingdom’s leaders to revise their plan for invading Elysium.

• Yakou explained that Yamato Tasuke created the Spirit Realm with the Origin Grimoire, turning human myths and belief into spirits, and that a Shikigami’s attempt to seize it caused the Spirit Calamity.
• Ian concluded that Allen had given Tasuke the Grimoire to help reinforce the seals on God and Satan, and learned from Yakou that all gate-opening tokens had been destroyed.
• Ian used Dream Oblivion to erase Yakou’s and Princess Matsumoto’s memories, then sent paper puppets to spread a Reverse Unsealing Array across the Imperial Capital.
• At the Wizard King’s Castle, Yami told Ian’s No. 9 clone that the leaders’ Mad Emperor simulation had ended in total defeat, even after they used their strongest plans.
• Ian’s clone revealed that the simulated Ian had used only 80% of his power, then opened a map of Elysium’s four layers as the leaders prepared to revise their invasion plan.

Ian planned the invasion of Elysium, assigned the battle teams, and prepared defenses in the Spade Kingdom and Underworld. The Floating City reached the Origin Wall, where Hermione and Pheobe prepared to enter a new dimensional universe.

• Ian divided the Elysium invasion into three echelons, equipped the elite squad with Demon Hearts, and assigned Nero to seal the fourth layer while he confronted the god.
• Ian warned the Magic Knights that their Grimoires might fail in Elysium and ordered them to study Arcane Runes; he assigned Dorothy communications duties and sent Nacht to scout Elysium in advance.
• Ian refused Richita's request to join the battle, revealing through Telepathy that her survival made her a hidden variable and a trump card against the god.
• Ian placed an Earth Matrix beneath the Spade Kingdom, then left spatial beacons and explosive arrays across the first six layers of the Underworld.
• The Floating City arrived at the Origin Wall, and Hermione told Pheobe that passing through it would take them into a new dimensional universe.

Hermione and her companions infiltrated the KonoSuba world by posing as reincarnated travelers, then broke their seals after arriving in Axel. They discovered the world’s class system restricted their magic and headed for the Adventurer’s Guild to register and unlock their abilities.

• Hermione led the expedition team to Earth in 2017, where they spent three months exploring and adapting to the world’s rules.
• The team drank Total Sealing Potion, staged their deaths in a Japanese bus accident, and met the goddess Eris in the afterlife.
• Lily interrogated Eris about the new world, and the group’s extravagant wishes were rejected; they chose the Quick Growth skill instead.
• The five arrived in Axel and used their stored Unsealing Potions to restore their power.
• Snape found that class restrictions prevented him from casting magic, while Battle Aura still worked, so Hermione led the team toward the Adventurer’s Guild to register for classes.

Hermione and the others registered as adventurers in Axel, tested their extraordinary attributes, and chose classes suited to their plans. After studying the world's skill system, they left to hunt monsters and gain skill points.

• Hermione's group entered the Adventurer's Guild, and Snape's murderous aura stopped the adventurers from staring at Pheobe.
• Pheobe used her charm to collect enough money for the group's registration fees.
• Hermione's card showed maxed attributes and immeasurable magic power, and she identified their unknown ability as Battle Aura.
• The group chose their classes: Flitwick became an elemental archer, Snape an archmage, Lily a crusader, Pheobe a high priest, and Hermione an Adventurer.
• Hermione explained that Quick Growth would let them gain enough skill points to learn skills across class boundaries.
• After analyzing their new skills, the five left the guild to hunt monsters and investigate ways to increase their skill points.

Hermione led Lily Potter, Snape, Professor Flitwick, and Pheobe through monster zones outside Axel City to master their new class skills. After they cleared the Giant Frog Plains and began sweeping other areas, an unexpected incident stopped their hunt.

• Professor Flitwick tested Snipe and discovered that his arrows hit through seemingly impossible turns of luck.
• Lily Potter and Hermione fought the giant toads with swordsmanship, while Pheobe used Reflection and Manipulation to kill monsters and gain experience.
• Snape adapted his beginner spells into lethal attacks, then learned Fireball and secretly froze Lily’s path, causing a toad to swallow her.
• Lily cut her way out of the toad, and Snape photographed her slime-covered armor until Pheobe teased them and Lily and Pheobe bickered.
• At sunset, Hermione’s group left the cleared plains and swept through other monster zones around Axel City to max out their skills.
• An unexpected incident forced the group to stop their hunt.

Severus Snape, Lily, Hermione, and Pheobe studied the laws and magic of the world while hunting monsters and researching ways to use its system. At Wiz’s Magic Item Shop, Pheobe and Hermione tried to recruit the lich Wiz as Ian’s new wife, just as Kazuma Satou’s party arrived.

• Snape cast Explosion Magic for Lily’s camera, while Pheobe tested Resurrection and Holy Purification on a dead Unicorn Rabbit.
• Hermione theorized that the world operated under System Laws and proposed bringing their source code back to the Empire.
• Luna asked the group to stop killing beginner-area monsters, and Snape teleported them away without giving her a ride.
• The group turned their castle into a magic laboratory, while Hermione learned skills and Snape studied potion recipes.
• Pheobe and Hermione offered Wiz a place in Ian’s imperial harem and promised to clear her debts and support her shop.
• Kazuma Satou’s party entered Wiz’s shop, and Hermione said she had something to discuss with them.

Hermione and the Arcane Squad paid Kazuma’s party to study Aqua’s divine abilities and Megumin’s Crimson Demon Clan genes. They left with samples and data that could lead to powerful magic and genetic breakthroughs, and planned to continue testing them.

• Hermione revealed that the Arcane Squad came from London and offered Kazuma one million Eris to let Aqua and Megumin take part in experiments; Kazuma accepted after persuading them with promises of money.
• Hermione and Snape examined Aqua’s Godhead, discovering how it converted faith into magic, purified harmful influences, and enabled Holy Magic.
• Pheobe determined that the Crimson Demon Clan’s genes had been artificially modified with magic circuits that gave its members exceptional magical talent.
• The Arcane Squad completed the experiments, paid Kazuma, and arranged further tests, while Snape planned to develop a Divine Magic Potion from Aqua’s blood.
• Pheobe sent the Crimson Demon genetic data to the Floating City’s mainframe, and Hermione called the world a treasure house.