Chapter Summaries

After Xia Mi was shot while protecting Sakura, Amon used the attack to assert control over the Eight Clans of the Serpent and vowed to handle the Japan Branch’s threats before pursuing the Dragon Kind Embryo. He left to bring in troops, while the others stayed behind to guard Xia Mi.

• Amon learned that Xia Mi had been shot during an attack by unidentified assailants and demanded to know how the Eight Clans of the Serpent would punish them.
• Minamoto Chisaki proposed executions and hand-severing, but Amon ordered everyone involved in the attack to be sealed in concrete and dumped into the sea.
• Minamoto Chisaki agreed to carry out Amon’s order and left with Sakura to handle the punishment and contain the police fallout.
• Amon told Chu Zihang, Caesar, and Lu Mingfei that he would deal with the Japan Branch before pursuing the Dragon Kind Embryo, then vanished using a Spirit Word.
• Chu Zihang noticed Japan Branch agents watching the hotel and arranged shifts for Caesar, Finn, Lu Mingfei, and himself to guard Xia Mi.

Dr. Herzog learned that someone had impersonated Wang Jiang while American forces crippled his control over the Eight Clans of the Serpent. As General Mike Amon surrounded Genji Heavy Industries and demanded entry, Minamoto Chisaki prepared to refuse.

• Minamoto Chisaki told Tachibana Masamune that American forces had surrounded the Peninsula Hotel and seized family assets, and that He Xiaomeng was leading a convoy toward Genji Heavy Industries.
• Tachibana Masamune ordered Minamoto Chisaki to protect Erii and stall the Americans, then secretly called his Nippon Stronghold subordinates.
• Tachibana Masamune discovered that his subordinates believed an impostor Wang Jiang had appeared, and realized the Eight Clans of the Serpent could not help him while American forces restrained them.
• General Mike Amon surrounded Genji Heavy Industries with US Military troops and demanded entry to investigate alleged biological weapons and an attack on a former vice president.
• Minamoto Chisaki, Yasha, Crow, and Sakura blocked Amon at the entrance, and Minamoto Chisaki asked what Amon would do if he refused entry.

Herzog sought leverage against Amon by ordering the Red Guard to kidnap He Xiaoyu, while Tachibana Masamune rallied the Eight Clans of the Serpent to resist and hinted at a powerful asset called Team K. The chapter ended with the clan heads awaiting Tachibana Masamune’s explanation.

• Herzog contacted the Red Guard leader and promised rewards in exchange for abducting He Xiaoyu at the Peninsula Hotel.
• Tachibana Masamune summoned Fuma Kotaro, Sakurai Nanami, Ryoma Genichiro, Miyamoto Shio, and Inuyama He to discuss the crisis facing the Eight Clans of the Serpent.
• Tachibana Masamune warned that the clans risked being purged if the Secret Party learned they were descendants of gods, and called on them to resist.
• Fuma Kotaro, Sakurai Nanami, Ryoma Genichiro, and Miyamoto Shio pledged to fight, while Inuyama He urged them to leave room for negotiations.
• Tachibana Masamune agreed that resistance should be strategic and suggested the clans had leverage that could force the US Military to yield.
• Tachibana Masamune asked the clan heads whether they had heard of Team K.

Tachibana Masamune’s allies revealed that the Miyamoto Family possessed a single alchemical nuclear device and decided to use its technical evidence to deter the Secret Party and the US Military. As General Mike Amon’s assault approached, Masamune sent key clan leaders to defend the Gate and ordered Fuma Kotaro to kidnap He Xiaoyu alive as leverage for negotiations.

• Miyamoto Shio explained that Team K controlled Japan’s nuclear materials program and that the Miyamoto Family had created one difficult-to-produce special nuclear device.
• Miyamoto Shio proposed sending technical documents about the device to Kassel College’s Equipment Department, and Tachibana Masamune approved the plan to use them as a deterrent.
• Tachibana Masamune ordered Ryoma Genichiro, Inuyama He, and Miyamoto Shio to support Zhisheng and stop General Mike Amon’s first assault.
• Tachibana Masamune asked Fuma Kotaro how many ninja he could secretly mobilize, and Fuma said he could deploy no more than twenty.
• Tachibana Masamune ordered Fuma Kotaro to lead the ninja to the Peninsula Hotel and bring He Xiaoyu back alive to use as leverage against Mike Amon.

Minamoto Chisaki tried to stop Amon’s surprise inspection of Genji Heavy Industries, but Amon evaded his attack and the Eight Clans of the Serpent opened fire on the American soldiers. After the soldiers fell, Amon revealed that he relied on his own strength, and Minamoto Chisaki faced him with confidence in his clan’s power.

• Minamoto Chisaki let Amon enter Genji Heavy Industries, then slashed at him with Spider Cutter once the group was inside.
• Amon dodged Minamoto Chisaki’s strike, and Minamoto Chisaki ordered Sakura, Crow, and Yasha to attack.
• Sakura, Crow, and Yasha used Frigg Bullets to bring down the American soldiers without killing them.
• Minamoto Chisaki challenged Amon to discuss his unauthorized intrusion, while Amon said the soldiers had only been brought along to make an impression.
• Minamoto Chisaki warned his allies that Amon was dangerous, then declared that Amon could not win.

Amon overwhelmed Minamoto Chisaki and his retainers in a one-sided fight, leaving Minamoto Chisaki beaten on the hall floor. The chapter ended with the gap between them laid bare and the hall silent.

• Minamoto Chisaki invoked his White King bloodline and Dragon Bone State as he challenged Amon.
• Amon evaded Minamoto Chisaki’s opening strike and punched Crow and Yasha in the abdomen.
• Amon dodged Sakura’s blade, kicked her into a wall, and struck Minamoto Chisaki with a knee.
• Amon sent Crow and Yasha flying when they charged him again, then dodged Minamoto Chisaki’s sword slash.
• Amon punched Minamoto Chisaki in the cheek, knocking him to the floor as the hall fell silent.

Amon used Time Zero to outmaneuver Minamoto Chisaki, evade his King's Authority, and beat him nearly unconscious. The clan heads arrived to find the Emperor defeated, and Inuyama He recognized Amon as a figure reminiscent of Ange and stepped forward to face him.

• Minamoto Chisaki activated Dragon Bone State and used King's Authority to create a crushing gravity domain, but Amon retreated beyond its range.
• Minamoto Chisaki canceled the domain when he realized Amon had anticipated his tactic, and Amon attacked before he could cast it again.
• Amon battered Minamoto Chisaki with a flurry of punches and kicks, then knocked him down beside Crow and Yasha.
• Inuyama He, Sakurai Nanami, Ryoma Genichiro, and Miyamoto Shio arrived and were shocked to find Minamoto Chisaki badly injured.
• Minamoto Chisaki warned the clan heads that Amon's Spirit Word was Time Zero, and Inuyama He stepped forward, recalling Ange's past victory over the Eight Clans.

Inuyama He challenged Amon to a duel, believing him to be Angers’s prized disciple, and unleashed increasingly powerful Setsuna slashes. Amon evaded his attacks and clarified that Inuyama He, not Amon, might be Angers’s true heir, leaving Inuyama He to reflect on his long-held obsession.

• Inuyama He asked Amon to duel with swords, but Amon declined and raised his gloved fist instead.
• Inuyama He used eighth-rank Setsuna and Iaijutsu to attack Amon, who calmly evaded the slash.
• Remembering Angers’s past humiliation, Inuyama He burned through his strength to unleash his ninth-rank ultimate technique, Lion Manifestation.
• Amon returned to his original position unharmed, while his eyes shone crimson gold.
• Inuyama He asked whether Amon could match Angers’s speed, and Amon clarified that he was not Angers’s disciple and praised Inuyama He’s slash.

Amon faced the Eight Clans of the Serpent while Angers called to question his use of US military forces in Japan. Their conversation exposed a dubious military procurement scheme involving Smith Winchester, the Equipment Department, and the Watchman, and ended with the Watchman claiming they could keep the Anti-Corruption Bureau from uncovering it.

• The clan heads considered calling on Uesugi Erii, whose destructive Spirit Word could defeat Amon but might also consume her.
• Angers called Amon, who defended deploying US forces by claiming he was responding to a terrorist attack and suspicions that Japan was researching banned weapons.
• Amon explained that Ronald and Smith Winchester had helped him join the military and become a Five-Star General.
• Angers warned Amon not to involve Kassel College in ordinary politics, but Amon said Smith Winchester had told him the college received a share of the military funds.
• The Watchman revealed that Smith Winchester paid inflated prices for Equipment Department goods, while the Watchman took a cut and some money went to the college.
• The Watchman reassured Angers that their contacts in the Anti-Corruption Bureau would keep the scheme from being exposed.

Amon explained to Angers that he suspected the Eight Clans of the Serpent of researching Dead Servants and defended his US-led investigation of their headquarters. Their call exposed the Secret Party’s long-running intelligence gathering and the Japan Branch’s White King bloodline secrets, while the revelation that the Feathered Serpent God was heading to Japan left Inuyama He terrified.

• Amon told Angers he suspected the Eight Clans of the Serpent of trying to create controlled Dead Servants and said he would keep any findings classified as a biological weapon.
• Amon said he had persuaded Genji Heavy Industries to cooperate with the investigation, and Angers approved the plan while warning him to limit its impact.
• Amon and Watchman joked about a social gathering for White King Bloodline Descendants, alarming Ryoma Genichiro and Sakurai Nanami; Inuyama He confronted Angers about knowing their secret.
• Angers admitted he had used the Japan Branch’s autonomy to investigate the White King bloodline, and Inuyama He accused him of seeking to force the clans into submission.
• Angers warned that the Feathered Serpent God was headed for Japan, and Amon identified it as a terrifying Second Generation Dragon likely belonging to the White King’s line.
• Inuyama He realized the Dragon’s arrival could endanger Japan and the entire world.

Angers questioned Inuyama He about Takamagahara and the White King's bloodline, but a strange cry from below interrupted them as monsters began surging through Genji Heavy Industries. Genji Wakana released the Dead Servants, convinced Tachibana Masamune was the fake Wang Jiang and that exposing the facility would undermine the Eight Clans of the Serpent.

• Angers said he had withheld information because he did not trust Japan's branch, and Inuyama He warned that a Second Generation Dragon of the White King's bloodline entering Takamagahara would have dire consequences.
• Inuyama He whispered that a god was in Takamagahara, but Ryoma Genichiro tried to stop him from revealing more, and Amon kicked Ryoma into a wall.
• A shrill, infant-like cry came from the Sky Ladder Well, unsettling everyone in the hall as Angers asked what had happened over the phone.
• Thousands of human-faced, serpent-bodied monsters climbed through the underground facility beneath Genji Heavy Industries while Genji Wakana watched from behind reinforced glass.
• Genji Wakana concluded that Tachibana Masamune was the fake Wang Jiang, and he released the Dead Servants during the US Military's inspection to expose the Eight Clans of the Serpent.

A Dead Servant burst from a VIP elevator inside Genji Heavy Industries, and Minamoto Chisaki killed it before discovering dozens or hundreds more climbing up the shaft. Amon identified the creatures to Angers as snake-form Dead Servants and promised to contain the invasion.

• A snake-form Dead Servant tore open the VIP elevator doors, and Sakurai Nanami and Ryoma Genichiro recognized it as a Dead Servant.
• Minamoto Chisaki drew Spider Cutter, decapitated the creature, and kicked its body into the elevator shaft.
• Dead Servants devoured the corpse, and Minamoto Chisaki spotted dozens of Golden Eyes below as more creatures climbed the shaft.
• Minamoto Chisaki ordered reinforcements and heavy weapons, but the others looked to Amon because the US Military had blockaded the building.
• Amon illuminated the shaft, showed Angers the mass of climbing Dead Servants, and promised to contain the invasion.

Minamoto Chisaki decided to cooperate with Amon and the US Military against the Dead Servants emerging from the elevator shaft. Heavy weapons temporarily contained the horde, leaving Chisaki to recognize that He Xiaomeng’s intervention had prevented a far greater disaster.

• Minamoto Chisaki suppressed his urge to attack He Xiaomeng, deciding that losing their powerful ally could doom the Eight Clans and risk a US military assault.
• Amon called for an assault platoon with heavy weapons, and a US major led soldiers into the lobby to evacuate unconscious troops and establish a defensive line.
• A pale Dead Servant sprang from the elevator shaft, and Minamoto Chisaki blocked its attack before kicking it away from the soldiers.
• The soldiers opened fire, but rifle rounds failed to stop the Dead Servants until heavy machine guns and the Stryker’s weapon station tore apart the creatures at the shaft entrance.
• Amon told the shaken major that the Dead Servants were instinct-driven test subjects, and Minamoto Chisaki concluded that He Xiaomeng’s arrival had helped prevent the horde from spreading beyond the building.

Amon’s soldiers fought the Dead Servants and discovered evidence that someone had deliberately engineered their serpentine mutations. After Amon ordered the elevator shaft attacked with explosives, he sent Minamoto Chisaki to inspect it, where a shadow suddenly struck from above.

• The colonel rallied the US soldiers by condemning the Dead Servants as man-made demons, and Amon approved deploying reinforcements while keeping the area sealed off.
• Amon accused the Eight Clans of the Serpent of directing the Dead Servants’ mutations, but Minamoto Chisaki blamed the Nippon Stronghold and agreed not to obstruct a search.
• When the gunfire stopped, Amon ordered incendiaries thrown into the elevator shaft, revealing Dead Servants lurking below and drawing out their cries.
• Amon ordered Minamoto Chisaki to inspect the shaft, and Minamoto Chisaki prevented the injured Crow and Yasha from going in his place.
• As Minamoto Chisaki approached the shaft with Spider Cutter ready, a black shadow attacked him from directly overhead.

Minamoto Chisaki warned Amon that Dead Servants had spread through the building and might reach Tokyo’s underground water system, while Xia Mi recovered in the hotel as Chu Zihang cared for her. A sudden gunfight between drugged-up biker gang members and US Military troops erupted outside, leaving Xia Mi eager to watch.

• Minamoto Chisaki discovered Dead Servants emerging through the Fire Escape and warned Amon that they had reached other floors and might spread underground.
• Amon ordered Minamoto Chisaki to help defend the entrance and call for troops, and Minamoto Chisaki suggested finding the Uesugi Clan Head for help.
• Xia Mi recovered from her gunshot wound and asked Chu Zihang to feed her fruit and cake while Lu Mingfei, Finn, and Caesar watched and speculated about their relationship.
• A drugged-up biker gang attacked the US Military cordon outside the Peninsula Hotel, starting a chaotic firefight.
• Chu Zihang shut the bedroom door further to shield Xia Mi from stray bullets, but Xia Mi excitedly asked whether another underworld shootout was happening.

The US Military turned back the street racers, but Caesar discovered that the Fuma Clan had infiltrated the hotel and was hunting the group. As Chu Zihang fought Fuma Kotaro and his ninjas in the stairwell, one attacker targeted Xia Mi.

• Caesar used Kamaitachi to discover that the Fuma Clan had taken out the hotel guards and was closing in on their group.
• Caesar, Finn, Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, and Xia Mi fled through the hotel as the enemy tracked their movements.
• Caesar, Finn, and Lu Mingfei fought through the pursuers with limited ammunition and sent Chu Zihang and Xia Mi toward the emergency stairs.
• Fuma Kotaro and four ninjas blocked Chu Zihang and Xia Mi on a stairwell landing, and Chu Zihang drew Murasame to face them.
• As Chu Zihang battled the ninjas, a third attacker threw a Shuriken at Xia Mi.

Chu Zihang erupted into Blood Rage after Xia Mi appeared to be shot, but a hidden gunman brought him down. Xia Mi revealed overwhelming power, killed Fuma Kotaro and the remaining attacker, then carried Chu Zihang as the group escaped; behind them, the Fuma Clan discovered their dead leader and received a terrifying call from the monocled American General.

• Chu Zihang saw Xia Mi fall with a gunshot wound and unleashed Flame of the Monarch, shielding her from the flames with his body.
• Chu Zihang gained the upper hand against Fuma Kotaro, but a ninja who had pretended to be unconscious shot him in the back with Frigg Bullets.
• Xia Mi revealed her Golden Eyes, killed Fuma Kotaro with a single palm strike, and killed the fleeing gunman with a stone.
• Caesar, Lu Mingfei, and Finn reached Xia Mi, and the group fled down the corridor with her carrying the unconscious Chu Zihang.
• The pursuing Fuma Clan ninjas found Fuma Kotaro dead, then saw a phone display the image of the monocled American General, who seemed to approach through the screen.

Minamoto Chisaki and Amon found Uesugi Erii safe in her sealed room after she killed a massive Dead Servant. With the building still threatened, Minamoto Chisaki planned a sweep while Amon agreed to keep the US Military calm.

• Minamoto Chisaki and Amon found medical staff dead and a huge Dead Servant slain outside Erii's fortified room.
• Minamoto Chisaki opened the vault-like door and found Erii calmly playing a video game.
• Erii asked Minamoto Chisaki to play with her, and he promised to return after handling the emergency and said he might need her help.
• Amon called himself Minamoto Chisaki's best friend and offered to bring Erii a gaming companion, but Minamoto Chisaki objected.
• Minamoto Chisaki planned to evacuate employees and lead the clan's fighters with Erii in a floor-by-floor sweep, and Amon agreed to restrain the US Military.

Minamoto Chisaki and the Eight Clans of the Serpent cleared Dead Servants from Genji Heavy Industries while Dr. Herzog fled through a secret passage. Herzog tried to preserve his international connections, but Amon called him before he could escape.

• Minamoto Chisaki led the Eight Clans of the Serpent in clearing Dead Servants floor by floor, while Erii stayed at the center of the formation and avoided combat.
• Minamoto Chisaki noticed He Xiaomeng was missing, but Sakura, Ryoma Genichiro, and Miyamoto Shio did not know when he had left.
• Dr. Herzog realized the Dead Servant outbreak had ruined his plans and began escaping through a prearranged secret passage.
• Dr. Herzog used a call from a Chinese buyer to suggest that he still had influence and to explore closer cooperation.
• Amon called Dr. Herzog, identified himself as Mike Amon, and then left him with only crackling static.

Herzog was confronted by Amon, who emerged from a smartphone and revealed himself as a Network Dragon capable of traveling through electronic networks. After explaining that he planned to consume Herzog and his identities, Amon survived Herzog’s ambush and stabbed him in the neck.

• Herzog watched in horror as Amon crawled out of the smartphone screen and introduced Spirit Word: Bug as his means of traveling through networks.
• Amon revealed that he had been monitoring Herzog online and had also been posing as Wang Jiang.
• Herzog offered his knowledge and loyalty in exchange for his life, but secretly waited for Amon to lower his guard.
• Herzog fired his pistol and attacked Amon with his Katana, but Amon dodged the assault and stabbed him in the neck.