Recaps

Luo Shu prepared to welcome Lacus Clyne, but Tokisaki Kurumi and several other women joined him, turning the arrival into an awkward group meeting. Lacus also realized Him and Tachibana Kirika had come along on what was meant to be a private date, and the convoy arrived at the Secret Management Department.

• Luo Shu questioned Yukinoshita Yukino about how Utaha Kasumigaoka, Eriri, Tokisaki Kurumi, and Kisara learned of Lacus Clyne's visit, and Yukino denied leaking the itinerary.
• Luo Shu accused Tokisaki Kurumi of gathering the women to meet Lacus, and Kurumi admitted she had asked about Luo Shu out of curiosity.
• Luo Shu recognized that Kurumi was using her real body rather than a clone, but told everyone to behave and treated their presence as an inspection visit.
• Tachibana Kirika teased Luo Shu after seeing him waiting with a group of women, while Him said Lacus would need to meet them eventually.
• Lacus Clyne asked Him and Tachibana Kirika why they had joined her planned date with Luo Shu, and they said they were there to help her.
• The convoy carrying Lacus Clyne, Him, and Tachibana Kirika arrived at the entrance of the Secret Management Department.

Lacus Clyne arrived at the Secret Management Department, calling her visit a surprise inspection and asking Luo Shu to show her around. Luo Shu turned it into a departmental assessment, but Tokisaki Kurumi’s role in the department drew everyone’s attention and left him in an awkward position.

• Eriri teased Utaha Kasumigaoka about Lacus Clyne’s arrival, and Luo Shu told Eriri to behave herself.
• Lacus Clyne stepped out of her motorcade and greeted the Secret Management Department, drawing surprised reactions from Eriri, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Kisara.
• Lacus Clyne called her visit a surprise inspection and asked Luo Shu to prepare an itinerary; after the others avoided his gaze, Luo Shu accepted her description.
• Luo Shu proposed conducting a departmental assessment, startling Eriri and prompting Utaha Kasumigaoka to regard Lacus Clyne as a formidable romantic rival.
• Tokisaki Kurumi asked Luo Shu what her job was, and Tachibana Kirika, Him, and Lacus Clyne stared at him after learning nothing about Kurumi’s position had been announced.

Luo Shu’s secret recruitment of Tokisaki Kurumi unsettled Tachibana Kirika and Him when Lacus Clyne learned of it during her inspection. Kurumi then asked Lacus and Luo Shu to speak privately before the inspection, and Lacus agreed.

• Tachibana Kirika questioned Luo Shu about Tokisaki Kurumi joining the Secret Management Department, while Him reproached him for keeping it secret.
• Lacus Clyne proposed a welcome party, and Tokisaki Kurumi accepted while speaking as though Lacus were the new recruit.
• Luo Shu explained that Kurumi’s situation was similar to Sharon’s and that he had planned to tell Lacus privately.
• Lacus Clyne welcomed Tokisaki Kurumi aboard and learned that Kurumi wanted a private conversation with her and Luo Shu.
• Lacus Clyne agreed to speak with Tokisaki Kurumi and Luo Shu before the surprise inspection.

Luo Shu led Lacus Clyne and Tokisaki Kurumi to the Secret Management Zone for a private conversation, after Lacus agreed to meet Kurumi despite her companions’ concerns. There, Kurumi revealed that she had brought them together because her time ability foretold trouble, then realized Luo Shu had controlled the Kurumi she fought in the Dream Simulation Room.

• Lacus Clyne agreed to speak privately with Luo Shu and Tokisaki Kurumi, while Tachibana Kirika worried about her safety and Him protested being left behind.
• Lacus asked Luo Shu to show her the Secret Management Zone, and he instructed Yukinoshita Yukino to take the others to the reception room.
• Luo Shu led Lacus and Kurumi through the guarded entrance into the underground Secret Management Zone.
• Luo Shu asked whether Kurumi was giving him a hard time because he had bullied her in the Dream Simulation Room.
• Kurumi explained that her time ability had foretold trouble if Luo Shu signed a contract with Lacus, then realized Luo Shu had controlled the Kurumi he had challenged.

Tokisaki Kurumi warned Luo Shu that recruiting Lacus Clyne into his Familia had led to her sudden death and an SDS attack in a future timeline. With Lacus brought to safety, Luo Shu suspected the danger lay with her and explained his recruitment contract, which she interpreted as a proposal.

• Luo Shu redirected Tokisaki Kurumi's teasing toward her warning about the future, while Lacus Clyne gave them room to exchange information.
• Tokisaki Kurumi revealed that future memories showed Lacus Clyne dying immediately after successfully joining Luo Shu's Familia.
• Tokisaki Kurumi explained that SDS had blamed Luo Shu for Lacus Clyne's death and attacked him, prompting him to order his Familia to prepare for an assault.
• Luo Shu understood why Tokisaki Kurumi had brought them to the Secret Management Zone and suspected that the unexplained danger originated with Lacus Clyne.
• Luo Shu explained the Familia's binding recruitment contract to Lacus Clyne, who asked whether he had intended to propose to her.

Lacus Clyne explained that she had become the Kusanagi Sword’s master five years earlier and suspected it had caused her accidental death when she entered a soul contract with Luo Shu. She pressed Luo Shu to explain the Familia contract and his relationship with Tokisaki Kurumi.

• Lacus Clyne teased Luo Shu about proposing, while Tokisaki Kurumi agreed that he had missed her meaning.
• Lacus Clyne identified the Kusanagi Sword beneath Lycoris as a possible cause of her accidental death during the soul contract.
• Lacus Clyne revealed that she had used a special Abyssal Artifact to gain the Kusanagi Sword’s recognition and become its master five years earlier.
• Lacus Clyne explained that the Sword Spirit considered her body a burden and might have tried to escape danger with only her soul.
• Lacus Clyne asked Luo Shu to explain what a Familia and its contract were, as well as his relationship with Tokisaki Kurumi.

Luo Shu revealed his origins to Lacus Clyne and secured her agreement to join his Familia, but the Kusanagi Sword reacted during the signing. A vision showed the sword being shattered and drawn through a hole into Luo Shu’s Divine Kingdom, and the system confirmed Lacus as a new Familia member.

• Luo Shu told Lacus Clyne that he had transmigrated and become a God King, then demanded that she sign a Familia agreement to protect his secret.
• Lacus Clyne agreed to sign after Tokisaki Kurumi promised to suppress the Kusanagi Sword if it reacted.
• Lacus read the Contract Document and signed her name as a Familia member.
• The Kusanagi Sword’s phantom appeared above Lacus and spread a blinding light through the Divine Kingdom.
• Luo Shu’s throne subdued the phantom, and he saw a vision of the Kusanagi Sword shattering at a shrine and being pulled through an invisible hole.
• The system announced Lacus Clyne as a new Familia member.

Luo Shu saw Lacus Clyne join his Familia, gaining 10,000 points and raising its monthly point income by 80,000, while Lacus awakened an ability that created a spiritual double. After the Kusanagi Sword’s frightened spirit briefly took over the double, Lacus asked whether her Familia Bracelet could become a ring.

• Luo Shu received the notification that Lacus Clyne had joined his Familia and greatly increased its monthly point income.
• Lacus awakened Swordlight Spirit Manifestation and created a double, which she named Mia.
• The Kusanagi Sword’s spirit possessed Mia, then hid behind Lacus when Luo Shu approached and called him an Evil God.
• Lacus explained that the Sword Spirit feared Luo Shu might sacrifice it, and the spirit returned to her as the double vanished.
• Tokisaki Kurumi reminded Luo Shu and Lacus to explain themselves to the people outside, including Tachibana Kirika.
• Lacus asked Luo Shu whether the standard Familia Bracelet could take the form of a ring.

Tachibana Kirika admitted she had only pretended to oppose Luo Shu recruiting Lacus Clyne, while the women in the waiting room discussed Him’s fertility and Eriri’s peculiar remarks. Luo Shu returned with Lacus and Tokisaki Kurumi, and Kirika noticed a new ring on Lacus’s hand, leaving her wondering what had happened underground.

• Tachibana Kirika revealed that her anger at Luo Shu had been an act to make Lacus Clyne appreciate the pressure he faced recruiting her.
• Him explained that the first-generation Coordinator Drug had caused fertility problems, while the latest version did not have that side effect.
• Kisara and Utaha Kasumigaoka felt relieved that Lacus might have difficulty having children, and Eriri made an awkward remark about condoms.
• Utaha Kasumigaoka suggested that Eriri needed a teacher visit at home.
• Luo Shu returned with Lacus Clyne and Tokisaki Kurumi, and Tachibana Kirika noticed a new ring on Lacus’s left hand.

Lacus returned from her secret discussion with Luo Shu wearing an engagement ring, and the others realized she had joined his Familia. Luo Shu offered Contract Documents to bring Him and Tachibana Kirika into his plans, leaving Kirika regretting that she had recruited him into SDS.

• Him noticed Lacus's skin had changed, and Eriri, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Yukinoshita Yukino realized Lacus had joined Luo Shu's Familia.
• Luo Shu told the group to treat him and Lacus as superiors and subordinates in public, while Tachibana Kirika complained that she alone had been left out of the secret.
• Lacus told Him she could explain what had happened if Luo Shu agreed, and Luo Shu said he had already intended to bring Him aboard.
• Luo Shu produced Contract Documents and prompted Tachibana Kirika to sign one if she wanted to learn what was going on.
• Tachibana Kirika signed with regret, thinking she had recruited a shark who had swallowed SDS whole.

After Lacus Clyne joined Luo Shu’s Familia, the group celebrated their new alliance by planning a shared meal, while Luo Shu thanked Tokisaki Kurumi for helping prevent a crisis. The chapter left the group preparing to shop as black mist silently enveloped Higurashi Shrine in Ito City.

• Tachibana Kirika regretted recruiting Luo Shu after learning he was a deity who had taken over SDS’s nest, while Him explained why he kept his identity and worries secret.
• Lacus Clyne suggested a party, and Luo Shu chose sukiyaki with extra beef, vegetables, and soft drinks.
• Kisara organized the shopping, Yukinoshita Yukino, Eriri, and Utaha Kasumigaoka volunteered to help, and Luo Shu proposed charging the groceries to the department account.
• Him joked that the women were Luo Shu’s “other women,” prompting him to send the shoppers out and tell Him not to involve everyone in the teasing.
• Luo Shu thanked Tokisaki Kurumi for guiding him and Lacus Clyne to the Familia contract before the Kusanagi Sword could flee with Lacus’s soul.
• Black mist spread around the Sacred Tree at Higurashi Shrine in Ito City, gradually surrounding the shrine unnoticed.

Hoshikagi Shirayuki investigated the prolonged Abyss Descent at Higurashi Shrine, where the Sacred Tree was suspected of being an Abyss Node, and disappeared after leading a second exploration. In Tokyo, Luo Shu and his companions debated how to strengthen SDS, ending with attention turning to Lacus Clyne and the ritual needed for Luo Shu to advance to Hero tier.

• A staff member briefed Hoshikagi Shirayuki that shrine clergy and three Onmyoji had disappeared during an unusually prolonged Abyss Descent at Higurashi Shrine.
• The staff member explained that divination suggested an Abyss Node was inside the shrine, and the Onmyoryo director had collapsed after repeating the words “Sacred Tree.”
• Hoshikagi Shirayuki saw blue fire and black currents around the Sacred Tree, then ordered Onmyoji to join her in exploring the Abyss and rescuing the missing team.
• Three hours later, intelligence agencies in Tokyo began receiving reports that Divine General Vermilion Bird had disappeared.
• Luo Shu, Him, Lacus Clyne, and Tachibana Kirika discussed whether SDS should develop its rank and file or invest in cultivating another Demigod.
• Tachibana Kirika proposed completing the ritual for Luo Shu to advance to Hero tier, and Luo Shu and Him looked to Lacus Clyne.

Luo Shu discussed the requirements for his Calamity Priest ascension with Lacus Clyne and Tachibana Kirika, who supported the plan despite its potential disaster. Lacus proposed using the monster faction in Kyoto as the ritual’s target and offered to arrange a meeting with Iwanaga Kotoko, then asked Luo Shu to change the Familia points split to favor its members.

• Luo Shu and Tachibana Kirika worried that Lacus Clyne would oppose an ascension ritual that required a disaster affecting at least five hundred thousand people.
• Lacus Clyne said Luo Shu’s advancement would strengthen SDS’s ability to preserve peace and suggested targeting serious criminals or intervening in a secret organization’s planned disaster.
• Luo Shu identified Astronomy of Truth as a possible target, but Tachibana Kirika warned that Golden Dawn and Twin-Wings Edelweiss were watching the group.
• Lacus Clyne asked Him about the monster faction planning to revive Nue in Kyoto, then told Tachibana Kirika to invite Iwanaga Kotoko to afternoon tea.
• Lacus Clyne proposed Kyoto as the ritual site and said Miss Sharon or Tokisaki might need to help; Luo Shu left the arrangements to her.
• Lacus Clyne asked Luo Shu to change the points split from fifty-fifty to seventy percent for him and thirty percent for the Familia, telling him to blame the suggestion on her.

Lacus Clyne advised Luo Shu to prioritize growing the Divine Group System rather than distributing points generously to Familia members. She proposed reshaping the reward system and revealed SDS’s alternative methods for strengthening its members, including the Tactical Demon God project.

• Lacus Clyne urged Luo Shu to focus on accumulating power and unlocking the Divine Group System’s functions, while Him and Tachibana Kirika recognized her old, ruthless startup mindset.
• Lacus Clyne recommended reducing the general point distribution and keeping mission rewards mainly for recruiting newcomers, without forcing quotas on Familia members.
• Luo Shu raised concerns about recruiting members without regard for quality, and Lacus Clyne pointed out that Gene Potions and other methods could strengthen Familia members without relying on points.
• Him mentioned Dying Will Flames and the Demon God Project as additional approaches, and Tachibana Kirika explained that Dr. Anya and Dr. Verde were developing mystical, miniaturized Gundams called Tactical Demon Gods.
• Tachibana Kirika described the completed Jade Demon God and White Jade Demon God prototypes and the stalled plans for Silver and Black Iron models, leaving Luo Shu baffled by SDS’s technological and mystical projects.

Luo Shu learned about SDS’s Space City Copernicus and its Demon God Project, including the use of Dying Will Flames to secure human control of the machines. Lacus Clyne proposed selling Demon Gods to Familia members on installment plans, leaving Luo Shu wary of her sales pitch.

• Him explained that SDS built the mobile Space City Copernicus with the Star Gate and Verde’s Stealth Armor technology, and that it housed Dr. Anya’s laboratory and a fleet of experimental ships.
• Lacus Clyne and Tachibana Kirika explained that SDS developed Demon Gods as individual combat units because Gundams were costly and impractical against Abyss Life and Sorcerers.
• Tachibana Kirika described the Demon God Project’s control problem, and Luo Shu recognized that Verde’s Dying Will Flames control device could bind each machine to its operator.
• Lacus Clyne credited Luo Shu’s help in awakening Chisato Nishishigi and Takina Inoue with advancing the project, while Him suggested trading Demon Gods to Familia members for points.
• Luo Shu questioned whether Familia members could afford a Hero Rank Demon God, and Lacus Clyne proposed promotional discounts and interest-free installment payments.

Luo Shu and Lacus Clyne agreed to use Abyssal Artifacts as a source of Points while directing the resulting income to SDS and its research efforts. The chapter ended with them resolving to strengthen both Luo Shu and SDS in tandem.

• Luo Shu agreed that installment payments could be considered but should not be mandatory, and he recognized that acquiring powerful Abyssal Artifacts could increase his influence and earn Points.
• Lacus Clyne ordered Him to transfer Abyssal Artifacts to the Secret Management Department and announce a new sealing method developed by Verde.
• Him proposed extending the Secret Management Zone to SDS branches so the department could manage their Abyssal Artifacts and generate Points.
• Luo Shu said he would give Lacus Clyne the Points income from SDS's existing and future Abyssal Artifacts for her to allocate.
• Luo Shu and Lacus Clyne agreed that they should advance both Luo Shu's growth and SDS's development.

Luo Shu finalized plans to move SDS’s Abyssal Artifacts into regional Secret Management Zones before the monthly dividend deadline and arranged training resources for the Familia members who needed to grow stronger. The chapter ended when he received a call reporting an Abyss Descent.

• Luo Shu planned for Lacus, Tachibana Kirika, and Him to establish Secret Management Zones across their assigned regions before March 30.
• Luo Shu realized that the other department-head-level executives would soon leave Japan, leaving him as the only one of that rank there.
• Tokisaki Kurumi revealed she had been secretly observing SDS and warned that Utaha Kasumigaoka might despair over the gap between Familia members’ abilities and influence.
• Luo Shu set aside points so the Familia members could learn to use the dream simulation room to develop suitable classes.
• Tokisaki Kurumi went to share the news with the others and teased Luo Shu about leaving his door open that night.
• Luo Shu received a call at his office reporting an Abyss Descent.

Luo Shu agreed to join the Metropolitan Police Department’s intervention in an anomalous abyss descent in Ito City, intending to assess the Demon Gods brought by Chisato and Takina. As SDS arrived at the heliport, Biao Wenqi revealed that Shin Natsume’s sister Maya might be hidden in their vehicle’s trunk.

• Mizuki Nakahara told Luo Shu that a Divine General had gone missing during an anomalously long abyss descent in Ito City and that SDS would join the Metropolitan Police Department’s intervention.
• Luo Shu learned that Chisato and Takina had received silver cases from the Research Department and agreed to attend the operation with Kurumi’s clones.
• Luo Shu informed the Divine Group that he would miss dinner, while Kisara, Utaha Kasumigaoka, and Yukinoshita Yukino continued playing Old Maid with Eriri.
• At the Metropolitan Police Department heliport, Biao Wenqi teased Shin Natsume about his sister Maya and suggested she was curled up in their vehicle’s trunk.
• Biao Wenqi and Shin Natsume saw Luo Shu’s vehicle arrive before Shin could check the trunk.

Shin Natsume and Biao Wenqi arrived at the airfield for a reconnaissance mission in Ito City, where Shin reluctantly allowed his sister Maya to join them. When they met the SDS delegation, they recognized its leader, Luo Shu, as a man whose recorded actions were all genocides.

• Maya Natsume revealed herself hiding in the trunk, and Shin ordered her out.
• Shin overruled Biao Wenqi and agreed to let Maya join the mission after using Dragon Eye.
• Shin warned Maya to stay alert around the SDS team, and Biao Wenqi described Takina Inoue and Chisato Nishikigi.
• Takina Inoue and Chisato Nishikigi arrived with Luo Shu, head of SDS's Secret Management Department.
• Shin told Maya that Luo Shu's only recorded actions were genocides, and she hid behind him as Luo noticed them.

Luo Shu met the Warriors Corps delegation and learned that Maya Natsume had joined the mission unofficially. He agreed to add her to SDS as permanent personnel, then led the group toward Ito City by helicopter.

• Luo Shu instructed Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue to protect the silver cases, then identified Shin Natsume, Maya Natsume, and Biao Wenqi as the Warriors Corps delegation.
• Biao Wenqi told Luo Shu privately that the Warriors Corps had officially sent only two people, and that Maya Natsume had joined because Shin Natsume allowed it.
• Luo Shu offered to add Maya Natsume to SDS, and Biao Wenqi agreed on her behalf if the higher-ups approved.
• Luo Shu ordered everyone to board and reach Ito City within fifty minutes, while Biao Wenqi reassured Shin Natsume and Maya Natsume that the matter was settled.
• The helicopter took off and headed toward Ito City.

Luo Shu and his team arrived at Higurashi Shrine, where he recognized the Sacred Tree and Bone-Eater's Well from Inuyasha and wondered where Kagome Higurashi's family had gone. As he examined the shrine, Ogiwara Senkichi learned that people from the Ministry of the Environment were also coming to the site.

• Ogiwara Senkichi greeted Luo Shu and led the group from the landing site toward Higurashi Shrine, while Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue complained about riding in the minibus with Biao Wenqi.
• Maya Natsume teased Biao Wenqi about his body odor, and he rode on the minibus roof while the others traveled inside.
• Luo Shu arrived at Higurashi Shrine and asked Ogiwara Senkichi whether the shrine was managed by the Higurashi family.
• Luo Shu used Spirit Vision and Calamity's perspective to see black energy around the Sacred Tree and a pale Bone-Eater's Well, then wondered whether Kagome Higurashi's family was in the Abyss.
• Ogiwara Senkichi answered a call and learned that people from the Ministry of the Environment also needed to be welcomed at the shrine.

At Higurashi Shrine, Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue talked with Maya Natsume, who tried to trade her family's medicinal bath recipe for information about Luo Shu. Luo Shu learned that the Onmyoryo had invited multiple supernatural factions to the search, and a bus carrying more arrivals appeared.

• Takina Inoue told Chisato Nishikigi and Maya Natsume that the Onmyoryo had invited the Ministry of the Environment to join the search.
• Maya Natsume asked about Luo Shu, and Chisato Nishikigi explained his role as head of the Secret Management Department and revealed that he was eight years old.
• Maya Natsume offered to trade the Natsume family's medicinal bath recipe for information about Luo Shu, and Takina Inoue told Chisato Nishikigi the deal was acceptable if it involved no core secrets.
• Luo Shu read Takina Inoue's message about the medicinal bath recipe, then asked Bunshichi Tawara which groups the Onmyoryo had invited.
• Bunshichi Tawara named several supernatural factions and Onmyoji families, and a bus arrived as he said the guests would soon be there.

A bus carrying representatives from numerous factions headed to investigate the anomalous Abyss in Ito City, where the Onmyoryo had invited them amid tensions with the Warriors Corps and SDS. The passengers spotted Luo Shu waiting at the shrine, and the Ministry of the Environment operatives feared the mission had grown even more dangerous.

• The Onmyoryo invited factions from across Japan to investigate the Abyss after the Warriors Corps brought in American support, prompting factions including the Nura Clan, the Seto Group, and the Ministry of the Environment to send representatives.
• Yuki Onikawa and Aotabo rode with San Seto, Masa, Yomi Isayama, Noriyuki Iijima, and Kuesu Jinguuji as the group traveled toward the shrine.
• Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iijima worried that their Ministry of the Environment team was outmatched and had little chance of gaining anything from the mission.
• Noriyuki Iijima spotted Luo Shu standing by the shrine steps and wondered why SDS had sent him instead of keeping him in his Club President role.

Luo Shu and the arriving factions prepared to enter the Abyss at Higurashi Shrine, while he assessed the unusual gathering and its members. The Abyss descended as the group finished receiving their briefing, and they stood ready to enter.

• Shin Natsume told Luo Shu that the Nura Clan, Seto Group, Vampire Council of Elders, Ministry of the Environment, and Onmyoryo reinforcements had arrived, including Kuesu Jinguuji.
• Luo Shu learned that the next Abyss descent would begin in six minutes and instructed the factions to prepare to enter together.
• Yuki Onikawa and Aotabo greeted Luo Shu on behalf of Nura Rikuo, and Luo Shu warned them that nobody had returned from the Abyss so far.
• Luo Shu noticed Kuesu Jinguuji watching him warily and observed that Yomi Isayama's aura of calamity had diminished.
• The Abyss descended, spreading black mist over the Sacred Tree as the gathered group watched.

Luo Shu entered a vast, Heian-era Abyss where villagers and monsters lived, then encountered a wolf demon and a shrine maiden who looked like Kikyo. He was left facing her after she killed the wolf with an arrow.

• Luo Shu gave Chisato Nishikigi and Takina Inoue transmitter bracelets and sent them into the Abyss with emergency escape devices.
• Luo Shu entered through the Sacred Tree and arrived on a hillside overlooking a village of emaciated people in an alternate-space Abyss.
• Luo Shu used the bracelets to locate Chisato and Takina, then spotted a shrine gate in the nearby forest.
• A giant gray wolf attacked Luo Shu, but his Calamity Bestowal made it collapse from a foul stench.
• A shrine maiden shot the wolf, leaving only its pelt, and Luo Shu recognized her as Kikyo.