Chapter Summaries

Historia and Pixis reorganized Eldia’s government and military, with Historia establishing the New Eldia Kingdom and promoting Chen Si to a leading military role. The chapter ended with the soldiers discussing their new ranks, while Levi invited Kenny to visit the now-empty Underground District.

• Historia and Pixis overruled military objections, revealed the truth about the world beyond the Walls, abolished parliament, and established a Cabinet with Zachary as chief minister and Pixis as minister of military affairs.
• Historia promoted Erwin to supreme commander of the Southern Front, made the Survey Corps the only military corps, and appointed Chen Si Imperial Marshal alongside Erwin in command of frontline forces.
• Chen Si assigned military ranks to the soldiers, naming Armin chief of staff at the frontline Staff Headquarters and giving himself and Erwin the rank of Major General.
• Historia signed the final document formally establishing the New Eldia Kingdom.
• Eren, Mikasa, Jean, Connie, Sasha, Hange, Erwin, Levi, and Kenny reacted to the new ranks, and Levi invited Kenny to visit the empty Underground District.

Chen Si appointed Kenny to lead the Central Intelligence Agency and reassured Historia that he would protect the people while prioritizing her safety. After news of the world beyond the walls sparked public debate, the Survey Corps gathered for an honors ceremony, where Levi and Kenny appeared with injuries from a fight.

• Chen Si appointed Kenny director of the Central Intelligence Agency and authorized him to recruit from regiments other than the Survey Corps.
• Historia asked Chen Si not to use extreme measures against the residents, and he agreed while insisting her safety came first.
• Chen Si told Kenny not to interfere with public opinion unless it threatened the royal family.
• Newspapers revealed that humans existed beyond the walls, prompting widespread debate throughout the nation.
• Fifty thousand soldiers assembled in the Royal Capital for Historia's inspection and the Survey Corps honors ceremony.
• Levi and Kenny arrived at the ceremony with facial injuries, while Petra blushed over Levi and Chris pointed out Armin's interest in Mina.

Armin admitted that he liked Mina, while Eren remained troubled by what he had learned and saw a disturbing vision. At Historia’s investiture ceremony, Eren kissed her hand, triggering a flash of yellow electrical arcs as Chen Si watched for signs of Eren’s memory inheritance.

• Chen Si teased Armin about Mina, and Armin admitted his feelings after Mina asked him directly.
• Eren brooded over the Basement revelations, worried about sacrificing Historia, and saw a vision of a little girl’s corpse being torn apart by dogs.
• Hitch and Marlowe exchanged teasing remarks before Draven announced that Historia’s investiture ceremony was about to begin.
• Historia pinned decorations and appointments on the Survey Corps members, including Chen Si, Erwin, Levi, and Eren.
• Eren kissed the back of Historia’s hand while thinking that Chen Si might be able to change the future, and yellow electrical arcs flashed across her hand.

After touching Historia during the medal ceremony, Eren awakened memories of Grisha killing the Reiss family and fragments of an unknown future, leaving him shaken and withdrawn. He concealed most of what he had seen from his friends, and Chen Si used his power to try to view the memories himself.

• Eren saw memories of Grisha killing the Reiss family, along with broken glimpses of future events and Chen Si's apparent death.
• After the ceremony, Eren told Erwin that he had seen his father's memories but hid the other visions.
• Eren asked Mikasa whether her hair would grow long again, and his friends noticed how unlike himself he seemed.
• Chen Si took Eren aside and asked what he had seen, but Eren claimed he could not tell whether the visions were real.
• Chen Si flashed blue light in his eyes and offered to look at Eren's memories himself.

Chen Si failed to probe Eren’s memories after a powerful mental presence blocked him, then attended the ceremony where Historia founded the Eldia Kingdom and named him its Imperial Marshal. The chapter ended with the soldiers and citizens celebrating the new kingdom and Chen Si’s promotion.

• Chen Si tried to read Eren’s memories, but a future presence with overwhelming mental energy shattered his probe and left him coughing blood.
• Chen Si learned from the system that Eren’s mental energy came from an unknown source, then went with the others to the Founding Ceremony.
• Historia declared the Eldia Kingdom established and led the crowd in cheers for the kingdom and its people.
• Historia recounted Chen Si’s achievements and appointed him Imperial Marshal with the Cabinet’s approval.
• Soldiers and citizens cheered Chen Si’s promotion, while Yasuo rebuked a resident who wanted to join the Church of Thunder for personal benefits.

Yasuo drove off Blu and his companion after calling out their bullying, while Historia established the Church of Thunder as Eldia’s only legally recognized religion and invested Chen Si as Marshal. Chen Si’s speech ignited the crowd’s national fervor, and he gained faith power for the first time.

• Yasuo confronted Blu and his companion, who fled after recognizing the Wings of Freedom and hearing that they would be barred from joining the Church of Thunder.
• Hange and Kenny explained that Nile and former Military Police Brigade members had rehearsed with the crowd, while Levi mocked Kenny’s abilities.
• Historia declared the Church of Thunder Eldia’s state religion and named it the only legally recognized religion Within the Walls.
• Blake welcomed Chen Si as the Thunder God, and Historia helped him put on his Marshal’s uniform as soldiers and congregants cheered.
• Chen Si denounced Eldia’s humiliation and called for unity, national strength, and the reclamation of Eldia’s former glory.
• The crowd and leaders shouted their devotion to Eldia, and Chen Si received two units of faith power as the people’s faith in him awakened.

After Chen Si’s ceremony, he arranged Zeke and Pieck’s staged escape so Paradis could avoid provoking Marley while preparing for war. As he set out for Wall Rose, he comforted Mikasa, whose unspoken fears about their relationship he had heard.

• Eren renewed his resolve to protect Chen Si, Mikasa, Armin, and the Eldia people as the kingdom embraced militarism.
• At the Martyrs' Cemetery, Jean mourned Marco, Chen Si honored Trout, and Sasha and Mina remembered fallen comrades.
• Erwin proposed releasing Zeke and Pieck, and Chen Si planned a staged prison escape in which Eren and Erwin would be injured.
• Zeke and Pieck escaped Fritz Prison, rescued Reiner, and fled beyond the walls after Eren and Erwin were reported severely injured.
• Before departing for Wall Rose, Chen Si heard Mikasa’s private thoughts, embraced her, and told her to wait for his return.

Chen Si freed Annie from her crystal and secured her agreement to join the Survey Corps, while rejecting her hopes of rekindling their relationship. He then left for Wall Maria, leaving Annie to train with Eren, who quickly overpowered her.

• Chen Si shattered Annie's crystal, and Annie agreed to join the Survey Corps if he guaranteed her father's safety and let her see him.
• Chen Si reminded Annie of the soldiers who had died and told her he would keep his promises but owed her nothing; Annie sobbed as Mina embraced her.
• Chen Si left the prison and accidentally shattered a latrine wall, exposing Petra and prompting her scream.
• At the training grounds, Chen Si assigned Annie to spar with Eren before he rode toward Wall Maria.
• Eren used his improved fighting skills to throw Annie and pin her to the ground, telling her to transform into a Titan.

Chen Si restored Connie’s mother to human form and promised to arrange a home for her inside Wall Sina. He ended the chapter weighing whether to spend his remaining faith power on Ymir or Dina Fritz.

• Annie and Eren repeatedly fought in Titan form until Eren’s improving skill and relentless attacks left Annie unable to beat him reliably.
• Hange established the Research Department, and trials of the Thunder Spear succeeded as the Corps prepared for war against Marley.
• Chen Si reached eight hundred Titan kills and joined Connie, Mikasa, Eren, and Sasha at Connie’s home in Ragako Village.
• Chen Si used one unit of faith power to restore Connie’s mother from a Pure Titan to human form.
• Connie reunited with his mother, who learned that the rest of her family had died and that Connie had become a major.
• Chen Si considered whether to use his remaining faith power to save Ymir or Dina Fritz.

Kenny arrested nobles conspiring against the Cabinet and killed two men attacking Yasuo. After Yasuo asked to become his apprentice, Kenny agreed when he learned the boy was an Ackerman.

• Kenny raided a villa in Andorian District and arrested nobles accused of plotting rebellion, while Rodok was shot after charging him with a dagger.
• Yasuo confronted Blu and Tim in an alley, but they knocked him down and tried to assault him.
• Kenny killed Tim with a throwing knife and slashed Blu's throat, saving Yasuo.
• Yasuo asked Kenny to take him as an apprentice, and Kenny agreed after Yasuo revealed his surname was Ackerman.

Chen Si and Kenny dealt with prisoners arrested by the Central Intelligence Agency, then discovered that Kenny’s ten-year-old apprentice Yasuo had the Ackerman bloodline. The chapter ended with Kenny realizing Yasuo’s exceptional strength might be tied to his Ackerman parents being related.

• Chen Si ordered Kenny to send the arrested prisoners to the front lines, where Erwin could use them in training.
• Kenny introduced Yasuo, his apprentice, to Chen Si, who recognized the boy from their meeting in Trost District.
• Chen Si checked Yasuo’s bloodline and learned that his Ackerman Bloodline concentration was 100%.
• Yasuo told Chen Si that he planned to join the Survey Corps and fight alongside him.
• Kenny tested Yasuo’s swordsmanship and saw him cut through wooden targets and halfway through a tree.
• Kenny learned that Yasuo’s parents were both named Ackerman and concluded that Yasuo was the product of inbreeding.

Roald encountered the Hallucigenia in Paths and accepted a curse that limited his life to seven years in exchange for power beyond that of any Titan. He spent thousands of days enduring simulated deaths and growing stronger, but still had only ten days left in Paths when the Hallucigenia revealed its name.

• Roald spotted a strange light in the Titan Mindscape, approached it, and transformed into the Jaw Titan when it enveloped him.
• The Hallucigenia offered Roald immense power at the cost of reducing his lifespan to seven years, and Roald accepted to protect his family and avenge Marcel.
• Roald learned he could enter Paths with his physical body and create enemies to fight, but Chen Si killed him instantly in their first encounters.
• Roald trained against simulated Eren until he could defeat him, then repeatedly fought Chen Si and grew stronger through thousands of painful deaths.
• Roald eventually defeated Chen Si and his tenfold-stronger version, after nearly three thousand days of training in Paths.
• The Hallucigenia told Roald he could remain in Paths for ten more days and revealed its name.

Chen Si panicked when the system announced there were two users online and feared Chris had died, so he rushed to the Training Corps. He found her unharmed, stood down the Military Police, and left after warning her to prioritize her safety.

• Chen Si learned Chris was inspecting Training Corps recruits and ordered the area sealed before flying there himself.
• Chen Si arrived as Keith Shadis berated the recruits, then discovered Chris was alive and approaching with a group of girls.
• The Military Police surrounded the parade ground, but Chen Si explained that he had mistakenly believed Chris was under attack and praised the officers’ response.
• Nile rebuked Chen Si for abusing his authority, and Chen Si thanked him and promised to be more careful.
• Chen Si told Chris to protect herself, then departed with Floch as Chris watched him leave with a warm smile.

Chen Si and the Survey Corps prepared to eradicate the Titans on Paradis Island, while Chen Si, Eren, and Mikasa revisited Shiganshina before the expedition beyond the walls. Floch found Chen Si to report that the expedition would begin the next day, and the group wondered why Armin had taken leave without joining them.

• Chen Si rejected Floch's suggestion to remove Nile and invited Floch for a drink before they went to the front lines.
• Erwin reviewed the Survey Corps' equipment and progress, set the goal of clearing Paradis Island of Titans, and ordered the troops to abandon the Long-Distance Enemy-Scouting Formation.
• Chen Si, Eren, and Mikasa spent three days walking through Shiganshina, revisiting places from their past and briefly easing Mikasa's worry about them.
• Floch found Chen Si and reported that Erwin planned to begin the expedition beyond the walls the next day, then joined the group for a stroll.
• Mikasa learned that Armin had taken a day's leave, and Eren wondered why Armin had not come to find them.

Chen Si encountered Armin and Mina together, then confronted Abner Motley, the deserter who had abandoned his adoptive mother during the fall of the wall. He spared Abner after testing his remorse and ordered him to prove himself on the battlefield, while his reputation rose across Wall Rose.

• Eren, Chen Si, and Mikasa found Armin walking hand in hand with Mina, and Chen Si stopped Eren from disrupting the pair.
• Petra invited Chen Si and his companions to join the Survey Corps members for a meal, but Chen Si declined and headed toward Jean's home.
• Chen Si recognized Abner Motley kneeling outside a Church of Thunder and recalled that Abner had fled instead of protecting his adoptive mother five years earlier.
• Abner tried to stab himself to atone, but Chen Si knocked away the dagger with lightning and ordered him to serve bravely on the battlefield.
• Abner believed his gamble for Chen Si's forgiveness had paid off, and reports of Chen Si's mercy spread through Wall Rose.

Jean welcomed Chen Si and the others into his home for a meal before they reported back to the Survey Corps. Chen Si led the 58th expedition beyond the walls, and the soldiers encountered several groups of Titans after leaving Wall Maria.

• Connie wrestled Sasha to stop her from eating raw meat at Jean's house, while Jean's Mother invited everyone inside.
• Jean's Mother served the group a meal, and Chen Si remembered how he had slept through many Training Corps activities.
• Chen Si noticed Jean quietly putting away a drawing of Mikasa before the group left for the expedition.
• The Survey Corps set out from Wall Rose, and Chen Si killed twenty-seven Titans with his Thunder, Twenty-Sevenfold Strike as the corps cleared Wall Maria.
• After the column rode five kilometers beyond Wall Maria, Smoke Bombs signaled nearby Titans, and Erwin ordered the soldiers to form up and attack.

The Survey Corps destroyed the Titans surrounding them, then split up to face new hordes approaching from both sides. Chen Si rode Grass Mud Horse toward the Titans ahead with Eren, while Erwin led the response to the rear and the recruits continued fighting.

• Levi, Chris, Eren, Annie, Mikasa, and Chen Si displayed their powers as the Survey Corps wiped out more than a hundred Titans.
• Mike and Hange spotted large groups of Titans approaching from opposite directions, and Erwin rode toward the rear while Chen Si took Eren toward the front.
• Marlowe risked his life helping Abner free a blade stuck in a Titan, but Samuel, Sasha, and Connie rescued them.
• Jean questioned Floch for calling Chen Si 'His Excellency,' and Floch declared himself the Marshal's most devout believer.

Chen Si annihilated more than two hundred Titans with Thunderclap, unlocked the Thunder God and Rainbows template, and transformed into a thirty-meter Thunderbolt Titan. Eren recognized the transformation from his fragmented memories and despaired over the deaths he had foreseen.

• Chen Si and Eren charged into the Titans, and Eren used the Coordinate to gather them together after Chen Si reached him.
• The Titans devoured Dina Fritz before Chen Si could stop them, while Eren watched calmly.
• Chen Si unleashed Thunderclap and erased the gathered Titans, completing Thousand Titan Slashes and unlocking Deification.
• Chen Si's body transformed into the Thunder God Titan, a thirty-meter form surrounded by lightning.
• Eren connected Chen Si's transformation to his memories of the future and wondered how he could stop the deaths he had seen.

The system explained its origins and its conflict with Hallucigenia to Chen Si, who deduced that it needed his help to destroy its rival. It named itself Order, while the Survey Corps celebrated Chen Si’s strength and Erwin rode alone toward the Titans.

• Floch rallied the Survey Corps to conquer the world, alarming Armin, Jean, and Mikasa with the Corps’ warlike mood.
• Levi and Hange worried about the Corps’ direction as Erwin rode alone toward the Titans.
• The system told Chen Si that his lightning body made him nearly indestructible, but his Ackerman blood meant he would still age.
• Chen Si questioned the system and inferred that it sought Hallucigenia’s destruction by using him to kill Titans and gather Hallucigenia’s energy.
• The system revealed that it had chosen Chen Si as its host after losing contact with a native candidate and explained why it had called its candidates players.
• Chen Si asked what to call the system, and it named itself Order.

Chen Si and Erwin destroyed the Titan hordes threatening the Survey Corps, and Chen Si flew to the edge of the atmosphere before learning he could not return to his original world. Order then warned him that his parents might already be dead because time passed differently between worlds, and Chen Si plunged back toward Paradis Island in fury.

• Erwin transformed into the Colossal Titan and wiped out the rear Titan horde with a devastating burst of steam.
• The Survey Corps cheered as Chen Si took flight in Titan form and soared toward the edge of the atmosphere.
• Chen Si asked Order about his speed and learned he could fly at ten times the speed of sound for only five minutes.
• Order explained that Chen Si could not return to his original world without immense power and knowledge of its coordinates.
• Order admitted that it had brought Chen Si to this world to help defeat Grotesque, then told him his parents might already have died because time flowed differently between worlds.
• Chen Si cursed Order and plunged toward Paradis Island.