Recaps

Lu Qi attacked the Zoga in their dark domain, using his Shadow Ninjas to slaughter the juveniles and overwhelm the adults. As the Zoga fell in droves, Gatanothor awoke and faced hundreds of thousands of Shadow Ninjas.

• Lu Qi explored the sleeping Beasts, inspected Gatanothor, and decided to conquer the dimension while taking some Juvenile Zoga and eggs.
• Lu Qi ordered the Shadow Ninjas to attack, and they killed the Juvenile Zoga, waking the Adult Zoga.
• The Advanced Units crippled and killed the first Zoga to awaken, while Alien Soldiers and Giant Pincer Soldiers helped bring it down.
• More than a thousand Zoga charged the Shadow Army, which cut them apart and shot down those that tried to fly away.
• Gatanothor emerged from its shell after hearing the dying Zoga and found hundreds of thousands of Shadow Ninjas staring at it.

Lu Qi confronted Gatanothor, whose dark-energy attacks failed against the Shadow Ninjas, and questioned him about his history and power. After learning that Gatanothor wanted to return to sleep, Lu Qi declared that he would teach him how Dimension Lords dealt with one another.

• Gatanothor attacked the Shadow Ninjas with tentacles, dark mist, and a petrifying beam, but none of the assaults defeated them.
• The Night Bat Legion and other Shadow Ninjas swarmed Gatanothor until he retreated into his shell, and Lu Qi recalled them.
• Gatanothor recognized Lu Qi as human and asked about humanity's survival and the existence of other universes.
• Lu Qi learned that Gatanothor had been asleep and that his dark power came from darkness in living beings' hearts, which made him hate goodness and light.
• Gatanothor asked to return to sleep and suggested that they should ally against the light, but Lu Qi rejected the idea and prepared to fight him.

Lu Qi defeated Gatanothor in the Dark Dimension and traveled with Galacta to Tiga World for a vacation. They arrived at the R'lyeh Ruins and discovered they had come just as the Beast That Shatters the Sky flew overhead.

• Lu Qi overpowered Gatanothor, then agreed to fight at Gatanothor's size before killing him when Gatanothor surrendered.
• Lu Qi explored the sunken R'lyeh Ruins, sensed the light within the petrified giants, and recorded Tiga World's coordinates.
• Lu Qi returned to the Dark Dimension, met Galacta, and invited her to visit a warm world with him.
• Lu Qi brought Galacta to R'lyeh, where they sensed the giants' light and discussed seeing the Giants of Light.
• Lu Qi and Galacta flew out of the sea after hearing a piercing sound and saw the Beast That Shatters the Sky soar overhead.

Lu Qi rescued the two unknown Ultraman statues from Golza and Melba, then watched Daigo awaken Tiga and defeat Melba before Tiga vanished. In the Mirror Dimension, Lu Qi used Dark Energy and Ninja Soldiers to awaken the statues as armored Dark Giants, then ordered them to capture Golza for another purpose.

• Lu Qi brought Galacta into the Mirror World and pulled the two unknown Ultraman statues away from Golza and Melba, leaving Tiga's statue behind.
• Daigo Madoka tried to protect Tiga's statue, crashed his GUTS Wing 1, and became Tiga when the statue came to life.
• Tiga defeated Melba, but Golza escaped until Lu Qi's glasslike cracks pulled it into the Mirror Dimension; Tiga then flew away as his energy ran low.
• Lu Qi infused the two statues with Dark Energy, then placed Ninja Soldiers inside their timers to give the Dark Giants minds and control.
• Lu Qi ordered the armored Dark Giants not to kill Golza, and they advanced on it with their weapons.

The Victory Team analyzed Tiga, the monsters, and the mysterious rifts, then received authorization to arm their aircraft after Yazumi found satellite footage of two unknown figures near the rifts. Meanwhile, Lu Qi revived the Dark Giants at the R'lyeh Ruins, moved them into the Shadow World, and planned to build an army of Golzas before setting out to explore with Galacta.

• Megumi Iruma led the Victory Team's discussion of Tiga, the monsters, and the rifts, while the team debated whether the rift-maker was an ally or an enemy.
• Yazumi revealed satellite footage of two humanlike figures near the rifts, and Megumi Iruma ordered a worldwide search for information about them.
• The director told the Victory Team that their weapons and equipment restrictions had been lifted, allowing them to arm their aircraft against monsters.
• Lu Qi raised a barrier over the R'lyeh Ruins, used Dark Energy to awaken tens of thousands of Dark Giants, and moved them into the Shadow World.
• Lu Qi decided to create an army of Golzas and invited Galacta to explore the world with him.

Lu Qi and Galacta explored Japan, where Lu Qi learned that a pair of gentle Gakuma brothers lived in a quarry. Knowing humans would kill them, he discussed with Galacta whether Beasts and people could coexist, and the story left him troubled by the brothers’ fate.

• Lu Qi and Galacta returned to Japan after sightseeing across Tiga World.
• Lu Qi overheard people discussing a rock-eating Beast called Gakuma on a southern island.
• Lu Qi recalled that two gentle Gakuma brothers lived in the quarry and would be killed after humans depleted their food supply.
• Galacta argued that Beasts belonged to the planet’s ecosystem and that humans could coexist with gentler ones.
• Lu Qi said people were not yet prepared to accept Beasts and regretted that the Gakuma brothers had appeared too early.

Lu Qi and Galacta enjoyed a fireworks festival while Lu Qi sent a Ninja Soldier to torment the alien Mitsuo Itabashi, who was secretly a Kirielian. After the Ninja Soldier fell in battle, the Kirielian attacked police officers and drew TPC’s attention, leaving Daigo and the TPC crew alerted to an alien rampage in Reijing.

• Lu Qi and Galacta watched the fireworks, and Lu Qi sent a Ninja Soldier to create accidents for Mitsuo Itabashi.
• The Ninja Soldier pursued Mitsuo Itabashi into a forest, where he revealed his true Kirielian form and defeated it.
• After receiving an order from their Kyrieloid God to lure out Ultraman Tiga, the Kirielian attacked police officers and killed several of them.
• A surviving officer called for reinforcements, and the police chief reported the incident to TPC.
• At a TPC celebration, Daigo accepted his identity as Ultraman Tiga before Yazumi received news that an alien was rampaging across Reijing.

Lu Qi and Galacta’s honeymoon was interrupted when Kyrieloid attacked the city and forced Daigo to transform into Ultraman Tiga. Tiga was overwhelmed by Kyrieloid’s sacred flames, and the chapter ended with Lu Qi and Galacta appearing before the fallen hero.

• Lu Qi and Galacta relaxed together until nearby aircraft sounds and shaking water warned them that something was happening.
• Kyrieloid grew into a giant and advanced into the city, while the Victory Team struggled to stop him without endangering residents.
• Daigo left GUTS Wing 1 to help evacuate people, then entered an alley and transformed into Ultraman Tiga.
• Tiga switched from Red Power Form to Blue Speed Form and fought back, but Kyrieloid unleashed his sacred flames and defeated him.
• As Tiga’s timer flashed and Kyrieloid approached, he heard someone speak and saw Lu Qi and Galacta standing before him.

Lu Qi destroyed Kyrieloid after Tiga ran out of strength, then explained the Giants of Light and their need for humanity’s faith to the Victory Team. As Galacta went with the team to TPC, two Kyrielians resolved to continue their plan to open the Hell Gate, confident their god could defeat Lu Qi.

• Lu Qi transformed into a Dimensional Demon God, crushed Kyrieloid’s Hellfire Bullet, and pursued him into the air.
• Lu Qi blasted Kyrieloid into a mountain and killed him with a dark beam that melted the mountain into a deep crater.
• Munakata tried to stop Lu Qi from entering the city, but Galacta took control of the GUTS Wings and warned the Victory Team not to provoke him.
• Lu Qi returned to Tiga, who reverted to Daigo, then told the Victory Team that Tiga needed humanity’s Light of Faith to regain his strength.
• Galacta told Munakata that she and Lu Qi were travelers from another world, and she accepted Rena’s invitation to visit TPC.
• A witch and her companion discussed Lu Qi’s power but decided to continue their plan to open the Hell Gate and bring the Kyrieloid God’s warriors to Earth.

Lu Qi and Galacta met TPC Director Sawai, and Lu Qi established his authority before agreeing to a formal meeting. As he answered the Victory Team’s questions about his world, Daigo confronted him about taking the giant statues and Golza, leaving Lu Qi’s reasons unanswered.

• Lu Qi and Galacta used Dark Energy to appear in formal clothes and spoke with Sawai, where Lu Qi’s titles and presence led Sawai to concede and invite them to a formal meeting.
• After the call, Lu Qi told the Victory Team about his world, including the Lords of the Nine Realms, Asgard, the Celestials, and the Trading Station.
• Daigo asked whether Lu Qi had taken the two giant statues and Golza, and Lu Qi admitted that he had.
• Daigo asked why Lu Qi had taken the statues and Golza, but the chapter ended before Lu Qi answered.

Lu Qi explained why he had taken the two giant statues and used a joke about bone broth to conceal what he knew about awakening Giants of Light. After warning the Victory Team about Dark Giants and reassuring them about Tiga and human technology, he asked Galacta to search TPC's database for the man who had examined Daigo's plane-crash footage.

• Lu Qi said he had taken the two statues to keep Golza and Melba from destroying them, and explained that Tiga awakened because what he needed was nearby.
• Lu Qi joked that simmering a big bone into broth was the only way to awaken a giant, then claimed his two statues could become Dark Giants and refused to return them.
• Lu Qi warned the Victory Team that Dark Giants had nearly destroyed the Ultra-Ancient Civilization, and reassured them that Tiga could regain strength through people's faith.
• Rena worried that Tiga might face too many enemies, while Lu Qi encouraged the Victory Team to trust Tiga and develop stronger weapons.
• Horii and Megumi Iruma described plans for a new fighter and the Max Power System as the Victory Team discussed future equipment.
• Lu Qi asked Galacta to find the man who had reviewed footage of Daigo's plane crash, and Galacta broke into TPC's database and found a result.

Lu Qi and Galacta uncovered Dr. Dango and Keigo Masaki’s theft of TPC information, and Lu Qi considered recruiting their scientific talents through official channels. The next morning, Daigo asked Lu Qi to train him so he could fight more effectively as Ultraman Tiga.

• Galacta hacked TPC’s database and found that Dr. Dango had deleted Daigo’s crash footage and sent TPC technology to Keigo Masaki.
• Lu Qi recalled Keigo Masaki’s future plans to become a Giant and destroy things, then considered approaching him and Dr. Dango through official channels.
• Rena admired Lu Qi and Galacta’s closeness while Daigo privately wrestled with a decision.
• After Lu Qi and Galacta spent the night at their hotel, Daigo visited Lu Qi on the rooftop the next morning.
• Daigo explained that Tiga’s combat experience had guided his first battle, but he had struggled against Gakuma when fighting under his own control, and asked Lu Qi to teach him combat techniques.

Lu Qi brought Daigo to an underwater ruin and arranged for Shadow Ninjas to train him in combat. After Daigo struggled to learn from watching their sparring, Lu Qi had him transform into miniature Tiga and practice directly, while testing whether Tiga could convert Dark Energy into Light Energy.

• Lu Qi summoned several Shadow Ninjas and offered them as teachers for Daigo, who eagerly accepted.
• Lu Qi took Daigo through a portal to an underwater ultra-ancient ruin and set up training in its arena.
• Daigo watched two Ninja Soldiers fight but could not follow their techniques, so Lu Qi told him about Tiga’s past as a Dark Giant and urged him to take control of Tiga’s strength.
• Daigo transformed into miniature Tiga and sparred with the Shadow Ninjas, whose attacks exposed his many openings and helped him improve.
• When Tiga’s energy ran low, Lu Qi gave him a Dark Crystal, and Tiga converted its Dark Energy into Light Energy before resuming training.

Daigo trained with the Shadow Ninjas all day, explaining to Lu Qi that he fought to protect humanity because he was human. After learning that Dark Power-derived Light Energy lacked Tiga’s reassuring quality and could leave Daigo more vulnerable to temptation, Lu Qi advised him to use it only occasionally in training.

• Daigo trained with the Shadow Ninjas until ten at night and returned to Lu Qi exhausted.
• Daigo told Lu Qi he fought for humanity because he was human, not for recognition or reward.
• Daigo explained that Light Energy converted from Dark Power felt different from Tiga’s original energy and that he had felt irritated and had strange thoughts while transformed.
• Lu Qi reasoned that the converted energy lacked a soothing quality and could expose Daigo to the temptations of power, so he advised Daigo to use it only occasionally during training.
• Daigo agreed to rely mainly on his own energy and hurried back to the base before eleven to sign in after leave.

Lu Qi and Galacta prepared for a meeting with TPC and the world’s leaders, but Lu Qi failed to appear at the hotel before it began. He arrived through a portal just before the start, leaving the officials surprised and ready to hear his proposal.

• Lu Qi and Galacta reviewed information about the world and prepared their points for the upcoming meeting.
• TPC senior officials gathered before the meeting, while Tetsuji Yoshioka worried that Lu Qi had not arrived and learned he had not left his hotel.
• Yoshioka argued that Lu Qi might be pushing humanity toward war and urged TPC to prepare military materials and technology.
• Lu Qi appeared through a portal moments before the meeting and asked whether he was late.
• Megumi Iruma welcomed Lu Qi, and he led Galacta into the conference room while planning to guide the officials’ curiosity toward the meeting they had prepared.

Lu Qi introduced Marvel’s technology and the Nine Realms Trading Station to TPC officials, then proposed cooperation between the two worlds through technology exchange. Sawai approved the proposal, and the meeting moved on to arranging exchanges, with both sides agreeing to send people to study in the other world.

• Lu Qi replaced the room’s small video screens with a holographic conference space and introduced the technological differences between the two Earths.
• Lu Qi showed Tony Stark’s armor, the Ultron Legion, and Marvel China’s fleet fighting the Black Dragon, leaving the TPC officials astonished by Marvel’s civilian and military capabilities.
• Tetsuji Yoshioka asked whether Lu Qi could secure agreement from the governments in his world, and Lu Qi assured him that he had the authority to make any agreement binding.
• Lu Qi proposed exchanging technology and showed the officials the Nine Realms Trading Station, where different civilizations traded goods and knowledge.
• After Lu Qi described what the Trading Station offered, Sawai reported that support for joining had become overwhelming, and Lu Qi proposed that both sides send people to study in the other world.

Lu Qi and Galacta watched the Victory Team battle a monster that had transformed from a missing spacecraft and could assimilate machines and people. Tiga defeated it after a fierce fight, while the Kyrieloids decided to open the Hell Gate and invade Earth.

• After an alarm revealed a monster approaching a Space Development Bureau energy base, Lu Qi and Galacta joined Megumi Iruma and the Victory Team to observe the response.
• Horii and Yazumi identified the monster’s spacecraft alloy armor and found gaps in its defenses, allowing Shinjoh to destroy its first body with a missile.
• The monster emerged as a glowing life-form, assimilated GUTS Wing 1, and pursued the unconscious Shinjoh until Tiga rescued him.
• The monster absorbed the energy storage tank and fused with its damaged body, but Tiga changed to Red Power Form, beat it down, removed the tank, and destroyed it.
• After watching Tiga’s growing strength, the Kyrieloid leader ordered followers to open the Hell Gate and summon the Kyrieloid army to invade Earth.

Lu Qi and Galacta prepared a stable portal and a new Trading Station for the partnership between the Tiga World and the Marvel World. When a crowd gathered to await an angel, Lu Qi recognized the apparent miracle as a Kyrieloid plot and explained that the beings sought humanity’s faith.

• Lu Qi worked on modifying The Ancient One’s spell into a stable passage between worlds while Galacta finished designing the Trading Station’s expansion.
• Lu Qi and Galacta spotted a large crowd below their hotel, including people who appeared bewitched, and went to investigate.
• Lu Qi met Daigo, Megumi Iruma, and Rena beside the Victory Team’s Sherlock Car and asked what they knew about the gathering.
• After seeing a picture of the supposed angel, Lu Qi identified the incident as a Kyrieloid plot and explained that the other-dimensional beings wanted human followers.

Lu Qi and the Victory Team discovered that the Kyrieloidians were using a fake angel to collect humanity’s faith and open a gate to Earth. Lu Qi enlisted Daigo as Ultraman Tiga and promised to stop the invaders, while the Kyrieloidians began their next move.

• Lu Qi explained that the Kyrieloidians intended to use humanity’s faith to open a gate, and he chose to draw them out rather than merely dispel the angel.
• Megumi Iruma and Rena questioned whether Lu Qi could stop the Kyrieloidians, so he showed them a photograph of himself with a miniature Tiga to convince them he knew the hero.
• Lu Qi asked Daigo to join him in fighting the Kyrieloidians, and Daigo agreed; Megumi Iruma and Rena then trusted Lu Qi’s promise to handle the threat.
• The Kyrieloidian witch announced that they had gathered enough Faith Power to open the Hell Gate, and her followers hacked nearby electronic devices to begin their plan.
• Megumi Iruma ordered Rena and Daigo to help evacuate the crowd, while Lu Qi sent out his shadow ninjas to assist and took Galacta aside to prepare.

Lu Qi confronted the Kyrieloidians after they branded him and Ultraman Tiga as demons, then pulled the crowd and their enemies into the Mirror Dimension to fight without harming the real world. The battle began with Lu Qi tearing through the Kyrieloidians while Tiga faced several opponents of his own.

• A Kyrieloidian claimed an angel would judge humanity and named Ultraman Tiga and Lu Qi as demons who had to be destroyed.
• Lu Qi appeared before the crowd as the Hell Gate opened, and he used Dark Energy to drag the surrounding area into the Mirror Dimension.
• Lu Qi reshaped the Mirror Dimension into an arena and trapped the crowd in cages, while GUTS Team members spared by him boarded their aircraft and noticed Daigo was missing.
• The Kyrieloidians transformed and attacked, and Ultraman Tiga joined Lu Qi in the arena.
• Lu Qi transformed into his Dimensional Demon God Form and brutally defeated several Kyrieloidians while leaving some opponents for Tiga to fight.

Lu Qi summoned the Dark Giant Legion to fight the Kyrieloid Army after Tiga withdrew, and the Dark Legion overwhelmed its larger enemy. As the Kyrieloids’ army faced defeat, Lu Qi waited for their God to appear.

• Munakata ordered GUTS Wing 1 and GUTS Wing 2 to support Tiga while Lu Qi continued fighting the Kyrieloidians.
• Two Second-Generation Kyrieloids opened the Hell Gate, allowing an army of nearly a hundred thousand Kyrieloidians to enter.
• After Tiga defeated his opponents with the Victory Team’s help, he ran out of energy and flew away, leaving Lu Qi alone.
• Lu Qi summoned tens of thousands of Dark Giants and ordered them to fight the Kyrieloid Army.
• The Dark Legion’s coordinated assault devastated the Kyrieloid Army, while Lu Qi sent two Giant Shadow Devourer Soldiers to feed on the battlefield’s shadows.
• Lu Qi watched the Kyrieloids lose and looked toward the Hell Gate, waiting for their God to appear.

Lu Qi watched the Dark Giant Legion and the Shadow Devourer Soldiers overwhelm the Kyrieloidians, then confronted the God of the Kyrieloids at the Hell Gate. After identifying the Great Darkness as Gatanothor and showing the god one of its claws, Lu Qi challenged him while the god prepared to flee.

• The Shadow Devourer Soldiers grew to nearly five hundred meters, emerged from the shadows, and devoured Kyrieloidians as the Dark Giant Legion broke their army into scattered groups.
• Lu Qi watched the battle become a feeding ground and considered whether the Kyrieloidians could help the Shadow Devourer Soldiers grow to three thousand meters.
• Lu Qi sensed the God of the Kyrieloids watching from the Hell Gate and demanded that he come out.
• The God of the Kyrieloids warned Lu Qi that he had stolen the Great Darkness's power and urged him to return the Hell Gate and surrender Earth.
• Lu Qi recognized the Great Darkness as Gatanothor, summoned its model, and said he had already defeated it.
• Lu Qi showed the God of the Kyrieloids one of Gatanothor's claws and challenged him to spar, while the god moved to close the Hell Gate and escape.

Lu Qi captured Ji God and learned that he could transform worshippers into Kyrieloidians, then made him a subordinate who would provide Kyrieloidians for the Shadow Devourer Soldiers. After Ji God accepted a contract and access to the Shadow World's Dark Energy, Lu Qi named him Little Ji.

• Lu Qi used Ji God's teleportation array to stop the passage from closing, pulled him through, and had a Shadow Devourer Soldier guard him.
• Lu Qi questioned Ji God and learned that he could transform worshippers into Kyrieloidians using energy, while the transformed Kyrieloidians could not transform others.
• Lu Qi ordered Ji God to command his Kyrieloid Army to stop resisting so the Shadow Devourer Soldier could devour them.
• Ji God signed a contract with Lu Qi and gained access to the Shadow World's vast supply of Dark Energy in exchange for creating more Kyrieloidians.
• Ji God pledged himself to Lu Qi, who gave him the name Little Ji.

Galacta used the black rose’s Dark Energy to eliminate the remaining Kyrieloids hiding in the city, while Tetsuji Yoshioka prepared Earth’s forces for the Beast army inside the Mirror Dimension. The central district was evacuated and armed, and the Artdessei arrived overhead as a last resort.

• The Mirror Dimension swallowed Hell Gate and the people around it, leaving a black-robed observer astonished by their disappearance.
• Galacta scanned for the remaining Kyrieloids and used the black rose’s Dark Energy to destroy them all in just over ten seconds.
• Yazumi reported the disappearances to Tetsuji Yoshioka, who recognized the cracks as Lu Qi’s ability and learned about Hell Gate and the Kyrieloid army.
• Tetsuji Yoshioka mobilized the Earth Defense Force and asked Sawai to deploy the unfinished Artdessei in case Lu Qi could not defeat the Beast army.
• Residents evacuated the central district as military forces assembled, and the Artdessei emerged from the clouds above the city.

After defeating the Kyrieloidian army, Lu Qi took control of Little Ji and the Kyrieloidians’ hidden realm, then began using Dark Energy to create Second-Generation Kyrieloidians as food for the Shadow Devourer Soldiers. He left Little Ji to raise the creatures and returned with Galacta to continue developing his cross-world portal magic.

• Lu Qi inspected Little Ji’s hidden realm, took it for his Kyrieloidian farm, and brought the masked Little Ji back to his universe.
• Lu Qi freed the humans trapped in the Mirror Dimension, reunited with Daigo and Megumi Iruma’s group, and returned to Earth with Galacta.
• Lu Qi told Tetsuji Yoshioka that the Kyrieloidians would not threaten Earth again, then took Galacta back to their hotel.
• Lu Qi had Little Ji use Dark Energy to transform his human followers into Second-Generation Kyrieloidians, and a Shadow Devourer Soldier swallowed them.
• Lu Qi assigned Little Ji to raise the two Shadow Devourer Soldiers and find suitable subjects, then left with Galacta to work on his cross-world portal magic.