Recaps

After absorbing Apollo’s divine power, Roland’s Fire Demonic Qi revived and his strength increased, though the added power made controlling himself more difficult. The Guild appointed him leader of every surviving Familia’s Adventurers and ordered him to begin the Great Expedition the next day.

• Roland absorbed Apollo’s divine power, strengthened his Fire Demonic Qi, and left the devastated battlefield as Babel Tower’s people arrived to investigate.
• Hestia noticed Roland’s changed bearing, and Roland explained that Apollo’s death would prompt the Guild to accelerate the expedition rather than delay it.
• Roland examined the Dungeon’s sealed nature and concluded that the gods would treat Apollo’s death as a crisis and seek to eliminate its culprit.
• Loki arrived with Ais and told Roland that all surviving Adventurers would follow his orders as the expedition’s absolute leader.
• Loki relayed the Guild’s demand that Roland launch the Great Expedition into the Dungeon the following day.

Roland and the expedition reached the 59th Floor and found the white-robed man behind the Apocalypse Virus outbreak. Roland attacked him, but the man activated a crystal that sent a wave of despair through the Dungeon, leaving Finn with purple crystals on his neck.

• Roland led the expedition through the Dungeon, and Finn confirmed that the floor boss had not respawned.
• The expedition fought through the cannon dragons on the fifty-eighth floor while Roland protected the group from their fireballs.
• Roland uncovered a hidden Man-Eating Flower and confronted the white-robed man connected to it.
• The white-robed man summoned an army of Man-Eating Flowers and revealed a clear purple crystal pillar, offering Roland a place in his new world in exchange for his Xianjing.
• Roland struck the white-robed man and his Man-Eating Flower, but the man activated the crystal and sent an invisible wave toward the surface.
• Finn felt pain in his neck and saw purple crystals appearing there.

The Apocalypse Virus’s song spread through the Dungeon as Roland led the surviving Adventurers toward the 59th Floor, where they discovered a fallen Xianjing and confronted the white-robed man. When the man tried to wield a new power against them, it abandoned him and returned to Roland, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• A pillar of light unleashed the virus’s song, crystallizing victims and gathering the souls of the dead as Roland urged the injured Adventurers to keep moving.
• Ais sensed pain in the song, and Roland led the group toward the stairs while the white-robed man prepared to awaken the Virus Queen and seize power for himself.
• On the 59th Floor, the Adventurers found a huge purple crystal, a powerful plant monster, and the empty body of a Xianjing; Riveria’s spell triggered an attack by Man-Eating Flowers and worms.
• The white-robed man emerged and fired a futuristic Hand Cannon made from crystalline dust, claiming it was the power of a king.
• Roland declared the power belonged to him, and a silver double helix tore the white-robed man’s arm apart before binding itself to Roland’s hand.

Roland used his new authority and the Steel Sacred Sword to break through the River of Sighs, while Ais recognized her connection to the Fallen Xianjing and offered her power to him. With Ais’s wind protecting him and her legendary sword in hand, Roland prepared to strike the ancient monster alongside Aestus Estus.

• Roland suspected the second Contract Spirit had chosen him for a reason and cut through the River of Sighs’s purple barrier.
• The Fallen Xianjing attacked Roland with a sea of flames, but Roland commanded the fire to gather around him and destroyed her manifestation with the Sacred Sword.
• Ais felt her mother’s wind awaken within her and realized that Xianjing power could counter the Fallen Xianjing’s magic.
• Ais joined Roland and offered herself as a source of power, allowing him to draw a legendary sword from her body.
• Roland sent Ais back to the expedition, took up Aestus Estus, and charged the River of Sighs with both Sacred Swords.

Roland destroyed the Fallen Xianjing and entered the true River of Sighs, where he confronted the white-robed man beside the sleeping Virus Queen. As the girl awakened and revealed her overwhelming presence, Roland recognized her as Mana Ouma, the queen of the Apocalypse Virus.

• Roland and Ais merged their sword lights to destroy the Fallen Xianjing and the Barrier formed by the River of Sighs.
• Roland entered the true River of Sighs and crossed the crystalline interior to reach the Virus Queen's throne.
• Roland confronted the white-robed man and demanded that he explain the Apocalypse Virus and the mastermind behind it.
• The white-robed man revealed that the Virus Queen had already been resurrected and that the River of Sighs and the Dungeon strengthened her.
• The Virus Queen awakened, shattered her crystal throne, and emerged in a new form.
• Roland recognized the Virus Queen as Mana Ouma.

Mana Ouma revived as the Virus Queen and chose Roland as her mate, killing the white-robed man at his request. Roland realized the 59th Floor itself was the second Contract Spirit, and it transformed into a White Giant that the dying white-robed man identified as a god.

• Roland recognized Mana Ouma's power and understood that Adam's authority had made her a potential ally rather than a threat.
• Mana Ouma invited Roland to join her dance, pointed to him as her chosen mate, and ignored the white-robed man's claims that he deserved Adam's power.
• When Roland said he disliked the white-robed man, Mana Ouma crystallized his body and left him to die in agony.
• Roland sensed that the second Contract Spirit was present everywhere and suspected that the 59th Floor had developed its own will.
• Roland attacked the cavern, causing the 59th Floor to transform into a White Giant protected by a fortress of red polyhedrons.
• As he disintegrated, the white-robed man corrected the adventurers: the White Giant was a god, not a beast.

Roland learned that Lilith had seized control of Mana Ouma and transformed with her into a World Cocoon, where they sought to unite with him and make him the true Adam. Faced with the choice to escape or undergo Instrumentality, Roland accepted the process as a trial of his will, and the Cocoon’s orange flood engulfed them.

• Roland recognized Lilith as the Second Angel and watched her use Mana Ouma’s authority to crystalize Mana Ouma and take control of the Book of Revelation Virus.
• Lilith absorbed the River of Sighs and transformed into a World Cocoon, leaving Roland as its sole guest.
• Mana Ouma revealed that she and Lilith had joined wills and intended to unite with Roland, whom they regarded as the one destined to become Adam.
• Roland realized his ring could let him escape to Type-Moon but chose to remain and face Instrumentality as a trial to overcome his past.
• Mana Ouma bowed to Roland, and a flood of pale orange liquid surged through the World Cocoon and engulfed them.

Roland underwent a transformation in the Water of Life, awakened by Lilith and Mana, and learned that the Fruit of Life had granted him the qualifications of a god. Faced with a final choice between the two, he chose both and endured the painful merging of their souls before claiming control over time.

• The Water of Life amplified Roland's mind and reshaped his dragon body as he evolved toward an Ultimate Lifeform, until he stopped thinking and withdrew behind a barrier.
• Lilith and Mana awakened Roland in a mental space and showed him the Fruit of Life, formed from his absorption of Adam's power and combined with Humanity's Evil.
• Lilith and Mana explained that Roland had to choose one of them to complete their AT Field complementation, warning that the process could erase his personality.
• Roland refused to choose between Lilith and Mana, declaring that they were both his wings and joining their souls with his.
• Roland endured the soul-merging pain, absorbed its force into his heart, and invoked The World to claim control over time.

Roland overcame the final stage of his trial, absorbed the River of Souls, and emerged as the victor before manifesting as a radiant giant above Orario. As gods attacked him, Roland raised a full-power A.T. Field that spread across the sky worldwide.

• Roland repeatedly stopped time to digest the minds flowing into him, then faced the River of Souls and absorbed its countless souls.
• Roland destroyed the final shadowy obstacles, reunited with Killer Queen, and declared himself the trial’s victor.
• Uranus warned Loki that an unknown force was altering the Dungeon, just as Roland appeared above Orario as a giant of light and removed the Apocalypse Virus from survivors.
• Uranus organized the gods to defend Orario while unaffiliated gods and hidden evil gods launched divine attacks at Roland.
• Roland welcomed the attacks and unleashed his full-power A.T. Field, covering the sky over the entire world in crimson barriers.

After the gods failed to pierce Roland’s defense, he left the Dungeon and the expedition returned to Orario without casualties. Roland settled his affairs, reflected on his gains and unfinished plans, and prepared to leave the world.

• The gods attacked Roland’s red matrix but could not damage it or reach Heaven, and he descended into the Dungeon after collecting the purple crystals.
• Hestia argued with Hephaestus about being restrained, then welcomed the returning expedition, whose members had all survived.
• Roland returned to Orario, where the expedition was celebrated and he handled the aftermath of the disaster and the deaths it had caused.
• Roland transferred Lili to the Hestia Familia, strengthened his ties with Ais, and reviewed the powers and knowledge he had gained.
• Roland decided that his Heaven’s Ritual and his next return to claim the crown still required preparation, then prepared to leave the world.

Roland arrived in Mifune City to pursue a ritual that depended on fated encounters, and his pull toward the arcane led him to a girl facing two delinquents. After killing the delinquents, Roland tested the girl and told her she had passed, then asked whether she believed in gravity.

• Roland came to Mifune City after returning from the world of Danmachi and wandered without searching deliberately for his ritual’s target.
• Roland felt an inexplicable force drawing him into a dark alley, where a quiet middle-school girl stood between two delinquents.
• The girl’s eerie, indifferent gaze unsettled the lead delinquent, and both men abandoned their attempt to prey on her.
• Roland entered the alley and killed the two delinquents, leaving the girl unharmed and his clothes spotless.
• Roland tugged the girl’s cheek, told her she had passed his test, and asked, “Do you believe in gravity?”

Roland took Fujino Asagami from the blood-soaked alley and learned that she could not feel pain. When she injured her palm, his question awakened the sensation of pain in her, and he introduced himself as Roland and asked her to be his friend.

• Roland questioned Fujino Asagami and led her out of the alley, where shadows erased the bloody scene.
• Fujino feared that returning home would bring punishment and leave her with nowhere to belong.
• Fujino pinched and then wounded herself, but felt nothing until Roland asked whether it hurt.
• Fujino felt pain for the first time, gripped Roland's hand, and told him, "It hurts."
• Roland said that what was lost could return if she prayed to him, introduced himself, and asked to be her friend.

Roland returned to Kirei Kotomine and learned that completing the Heaven Ascension Ritual required forging unusual bonds that would embed his fate in the world. He traveled to Mifune City and approached Fujino Asagami, offering to cure her illnesses in exchange for everything she had.

• Kirei Kotomine welcomed Roland in the church and gave him his completed notes on the Heaven Ascension Ritual.
• Roland learned that the ritual required thirty-six powerful evil souls, secret phrases, and enough bonds to make the world's fate support his ascent.
• Kirei Kotomine explained that demonic beings could form the necessary bonds, and that Sakura Matou, Illya, and Caren already showed promise.
• Roland left for Mifune City to seek suitable encounters and bonds.
• Roland told Fujino Asagami that she could not refuse his request, then offered to cure every illness in her body as compensation.

Roland revealed that Fujino Asagami’s family had suppressed her senses to seal her Mystic Eyes of Distortion, then restored her ability to feel pain by healing her. Fujino accepted her intense attachment to Roland, who planned to find her Mystic Eye Killers and deal with the Asagami family.

• Roland explained that Fujino’s diminished senses came from neuromyelitis optica and that her family had used drugs to suppress her Mystic Eyes of Distortion.
• Roland identified Fujino’s eyes as jewel-class Mystic Eyes that could distort physical objects and potentially intangible things.
• Roland stabbed Fujino through the abdomen to treat her appendicitis and remove the drugs’ effects, and her body rapidly regenerated as her sense of pain returned.
• Fujino embraced her feelings for Roland and offered to be his possession, slave, or faithful dog.
• Roland promised to handle the Asagami family and take Fujino to find custom Mystic Eye Killers from a specialist in the city.

Roland restored Fujino Asagami’s Mystic Eyes of Distortion, took her into his care, and brought her to his villa, where she met Mana Ouma and Aestus Estus. After searching for Touko Aozaki, Roland found her workshop, Garan no Dou, and arrived to commission her work.

• Fujino Asagami’s Mystic Eyes erupted after Roland healed her nerves, and Roland calmed her and explained how the power worked.
• Fujino pledged herself to Roland, who planned to transfer her guardianship and take over the Asagami family’s assets.
• Roland introduced Fujino to Mana Ouma and Aestus Estus at his villa, then discussed taking Mana along on his plans for the next day.
• Roland transferred Fujino’s ownership and spent the day searching Mifune City for Touko Aozaki while shopping with Mana.
• Roland found Touko Aozaki in the abandoned building complex housing Garan no Dou, and she welcomed him and asked what he wanted to commission.

Roland commissioned Touko Aozaki to make the highest-grade Mystic Eye Killers and then asked her to introduce him to unusual young female mages. Touko rejected the second request, but Roland offered her a jar of precious gemstones as a deposit, leaving her to reconsider.

• Roland asked Touko Aozaki to craft the highest-grade Mystic Eye Killers and offered double her fee for faster completion without compromising quality.
• Touko Aozaki accepted the commission and agreed to settle the payment later with Roland’s second request.
• Roland asked Touko Aozaki to introduce him to suitable young female mages with demonic and twisted aptitudes and personalities.
• Touko Aozaki took offense at the request and prepared to send Roland away.
• A Shadow Ninja brought out a jar of precious gemstones, which Roland offered Touko Aozaki as a deposit for the second commission.

Touko Aozaki negotiated with Roland over a second commission, then tested his power and witnessed Mana Ouma overwhelm her puppets. Roland brought one of Touko’s blank puppets to life before leaving, while Touko agreed to complete the first commission and kept considering the second.

• Roland offered Touko Aozaki a deposit, a lost treasure, and a promise in exchange for completing a second commission, but she asked for time to decide.
• Touko Aozaki offered to waive the first commission’s deposit and deliver her decision when she completed it, and Roland withdrew the gems.
• Touko Aozaki animated her puppets to test Roland, but Mana Ouma appeared and unleashed a Holy Grail’s locusts to immobilize them.
• Touko Aozaki agreed to complete the first commission as punishment for her rudeness and promised to provide the Mystic Eye Killers within a week.
• Roland gave life to one of Touko Aozaki’s blank puppets for about a day, then left with Mana Ouma.
• Touko Aozaki watched the living puppet explore her workshop and wondered whether Roland’s second commission involved a practitioner of True Magic and a Miss Witch.

Roland encountered Araya Souren and realized Shiki Ryougi was the figure whose presence had altered the expected timeline. He continued toward her while Mana Ouma stayed behind to stop Araya, leaving the two poised to fight.

• Roland recognized Araya Souren watching him and wondered why the monk had appeared before the expected events in Mifune City.
• Roland inferred that Araya was reacting to Shiki Ryougi’s changed condition and that she was nearby, then told Mana Ouma to prevent him from interfering.
• Araya warned Roland that they were temporarily aligned in preventing interference with Shiki, but Roland declared himself outside that order and continued onward.
• Mana Ouma promised to clear the way for Roland and attacked Araya with her Void Chainsaw.
• Araya blocked the blow with a Barrier, but the impact broke his ribs, injured his organs, and mangled his right hand as Mana Ouma prepared to strike again.

Roland met {Shiki Ryougi}, the Root-connected future personality who explained how he could reshape his Heaven Ascension Ritual through time and begin it before gathering all thirty-six souls. After she fell asleep, the ordinary Shiki Ryougi woke in his arms, blushing.

• Roland encountered {Shiki Ryougi} in the snowy streets of Mifune City and recognized her as an existence connected to the Root.
• {Shiki Ryougi} explained that she was Roland's future bond manifested in the present and that he needed to carry his present and future into the past.
• {Shiki Ryougi} told Roland that his ritual could use the paradoxical nature of his Fourth Bomb and proceed in stages rather than following the traditional sequence.
• {Shiki Ryougi} explained that finding the first soul to sacrifice would let Roland begin the ritual's second stage and advance his past bonds.
• {Shiki Ryougi} revealed that Roland had traded the chance to complete Shiki for her continued existence, then fell asleep in his arms.
• Shiki Ryougi woke up close to Roland and blushed.

Shiki Ryougi dreamed of SHIKI's death and Roland claiming the other personality as part of himself, then woke in Roland's arms. She used her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to confirm she could not see Roland's death and introduced herself to him as Shiki.

• Shiki Ryougi recalled how SHIKI had died to ensure her survival and how Roland had taken SHIKI into himself.
• In the dream, Roland told Shiki to kill freely and promised to bear the sins for her.
• Shiki woke in Roland's embrace, touched his face to test whether the dream was real, and became embarrassed when he pointed out she was pinching him.
• Shiki opened her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and saw death lines on the people and things around her.
• Shiki looked at Roland and could not see his death because the concept of death did not exist within him.
• Shiki stepped toward Roland, accepted his embrace, and asked him to call her Shiki.

Roland brought Shiki Ryougi home after she recovered from overloading her Mystic Eyes, while Mana Ouma battled Araya Souren and left him badly injured. Mana returned to find Shiki with Roland, recognized their profound connection, and acted to challenge her.

• Roland checked Shiki Ryougi's condition, and she said she had limited her experience of the future and would recover after resting.
• Shiki agreed to go home with Roland, who messaged Mana Ouma through their merged AT Fields before taking her with him.
• Mana Ouma overwhelmed Araya Souren with her attacks, shattered his Barriers, and severed his left arm while crystal spread through his wounds.
• Mana left Araya alive when she sensed Roland calling her home, and Araya decided to repair his body and advance his plan involving Shiki.
• Mana returned to Roland's house, found Shiki beside him, and recognized their connection as rivaling Eve and Adam's bond.
• Mana embraced Roland and challenged Shiki with her gaze before expressing her stance through action.

Roland reconciled with Mana Ouma and discussed Araya Souren’s strange, Origin-consumed nature, then realized the first soul sacrificed in the Heaven ritual would need to be a significant choice. Araya Souren revealed to Cornelius Alba that an Executor had volunteered as a replacement pawn and come to him on his own.

• Mana Ouma confronted Roland over Shiki Ryougi, but Roland reassured her by expressing his love, then also confessed to Shiki Ryougi and Fujino Asagami.
• Mana Ouma described how Araya Souren endured severe injuries and wielded a seemingly endless Barrier, while Roland promised Shiki Ryougi she could kill him herself.
• Roland realized that sacrificing the first soul was necessary to begin the Heaven ritual’s second stage and wondered whether the chosen person would appear on his own.
• Cornelius Alba confronted Araya Souren about losing pawns and failing to complete his Barrier plan.
• Araya Souren told Cornelius Alba that an Executor from the Holy Church would replace a pawn, and that the man had come to him of his own accord.

Araya Souren told Cornelius Alba that Kirei Kotomine had awakened his origin of taboo and allowed Alba to approach him. Alba demanded details about a dangerous visitor to Touko Aozaki’s workshop, while Araya concealed what he knew and continued building the Barrier to delay the being pursuing him.

• Araya Souren explained to Alba that Kirei Kotomine had volunteered, awakened his origin, and would eventually be consumed by his nature.
• Alba asked what ability Kirei’s origin granted him, and Araya admitted he did not know because he had avoided approaching Kirei.
• Alba learned that Kirei was in the Ujou Building and then asked whether anything unusual had happened at Touko Aozaki’s workshop.
• Araya told Alba that an unknown, dangerous visitor had briefly met Touko, but advised against making contact because the visitor’s background was unclear.
• Alba angrily demanded a description of the visitor, while Araya withheld part of the truth and let Alba leave as a pawn in his plan.
• Araya returned his attention to constructing the Barrier, hoping it would delay the being pursuing him.

Roland took Fujino Asagami out to practice her Mystic Eyes of Distortion, but their training was interrupted by Cornelius Alba, who attacked them with ether slimes. Fujino destroyed the monsters with her eyes, while Roland mocked Alba before the confrontation could continue.

• Roland woke beside Mana Ouma, then learned that Shiki Ryougi had left the house until evening.
• Roland took Fujino Asagami to an abandoned area in Mifune City to practice her Mystic Eyes on a building.
• Cornelius Alba blasted through a wall and summoned ether slimes to attack Roland and Fujino.
• Roland encouraged Fujino to use her Mystic Eyes against the monsters, and she twisted them apart.
• Alba boasted about the slimes, but Roland questioned their usefulness and called him a clown with no taste.

Roland defeated Araya Souren and discovered that a hidden command had been implanted in him, then left him to turn into stone. Kirei Kotomine arrived, retrieved Araya’s knowledge and memories, and used him in a ritual connected to Roland and a new world.

• Roland mocked Araya Souren’s resentment of Touko Aozaki and challenged him to attack while Roland walked toward him.
• Araya Souren unleashed repeated bursts of magical fire, but Roland remained unharmed and moved in to extract his soul.
• A disc emerged from Araya Souren’s head, and Roland realized he had been made into a letter carrying a command; Roland left with Fujino Asagami as Araya began turning to stone.
• Kirei Kotomine appeared, retrieved two discs containing Araya Souren’s knowledge and memories, and declared that Araya would become a cornerstone of his plan.
• Kirei Kotomine implanted another disc in Araya Souren, who sang Hallelujah as Kirei praised Roland and vowed to awaken him.