Chapter Summaries

Tokisaki Kurumi signed Luo Shu’s Familia contract and awakened the Third Power, becoming a Demigod with the unique Class Mother of the Highest. Luo Shu realized her new power governed spacetime, while the system began activating support functions for his first Demigod Familia member.

• Tokisaki Kurumi transferred her main body back and told Luo Shu they were even after their earlier deception.
• Tokisaki Kurumi asked how to sign the contract, and Luo Shu directed her to the Contract Document in his office.
• Tokisaki Kurumi signed the Contract Document and warned Luo Shu that betrayal would bring the nightmare of time after him.
• Tokisaki Kurumi awakened the Third Power, rose to Demigod rank, gained the title Time Angel, and obtained the unique Class Mother of the Highest.
• Luo Shu concluded that Mother of the Highest governed spacetime, then received a system notice that support functions were activating for his first Demigod Familia member.

Luo Shu discovered the Dream Simulation Room and took the newly ascended Tokisaki Kurumi there to test her demigod abilities. Kurumi’s simulated counterpart defeated him instantly, leaving Luo Shu to reckon with the gulf between demigods and weaker beings.

• Luo Shu learned that the Dream Simulation Room could help Familia members develop Classes and abilities and let them fight imaginary enemies.
• Tokisaki Kurumi finished transforming into a demigod and teased Luo Shu before agreeing to test her new abilities.
• Luo Shu summoned a full-strength simulated Tokisaki Kurumi, who struck him down with a technique called Concept Infusion.
• Tokisaki Kurumi explained that demigod techniques could inflict conceptual damage and shatter space-time, and Luo Shu realized how dangerous demigods were.
• Luo Shu left the simulation to rest, while Tokisaki Kurumi wondered how to soothe his wounded pride.

Tokisaki Kurumi endured a brutal Dream Spirit combat test against a copy of herself, while Luo Shu secretly controlled the copy and discovered how easily he could wield her Demigod abilities. The chapter leaves Luo Shu pondering his newfound advantage as someone offers him shelter from the rain.

• The Dream Spirit’s simulated Kurumi defeated Tokisaki Kurumi twenty-three times, leaving her stunned by her own strength and abilities.
• Luo Shu withdrew from controlling Kurumi’s copy and celebrated privately after venting his frustration on her.
• Luo Shu reflected on the gulf between Demigods and lower ranks and wondered why he had adapted so instinctively to Kurumi’s powers.
• Luo Shu considered using his ability to control Tokisaki Kurumi’s body and debated whether to tell her he had controlled her opponent.
• A woman approached Luo Shu in the rain and held an umbrella over him, warning that he would catch a chill.

Luo Shu met Mahiru Shiina in the rain, exchanged LINE IDs with her, and learned she knew him through Mira Tsubakihara. After Mahiru accidentally revealed Mira's private feelings about him, Sharon caught Luo Shu talking with her.

• Mahiru Shiina approached Luo Shu in the rain and warned him he might catch a cold.
• Luo Shu gave Mahiru his business card and tricked her into thinking she had endangered his undercover police stakeout, then advised her to be careful around strangers.
• Luo Shu and Mahiru exchanged LINE IDs, and Mahiru showed him a photo of him at home with Kisara and Mira Tsubakihara.
• Mahiru explained she lived next door to Mira's family and showed Luo Shu Mira's caption calling him her clingy little boyfriend.
• Mahiru realized she had exposed Mira's crush and hurried away, leaving her umbrella behind.
• Sharon appeared behind Luo Shu and teased him for supposedly seeking peace and quiet while chatting up a girl.

Luo Shu and Sharon went shopping for household necessities after discussing Mahiru Shiina and the new Dream Simulation Room at the Familia's base. At the supermarket, they unexpectedly ran into Mahiru, who had come to return an umbrella.

• Sharon told Luo Shu she had met Mahiru Shiina in the rain and suggested they might have a fateful encounter when Mahiru returned the borrowed umbrella.
• Luo Shu agreed to go shopping with Sharon, and they shared an umbrella on the way out of Shiba Park.
• Luo Shu explained that Tokisaki Kurumi's abilities were exceptionally powerful and that a Dream Simulation Room had been added to the Familia's base.
• At the supermarket, Luo Shu asked Sharon about her preferences for household goods and learned that a nun had taught her everyday knowledge.
• Luo Shu and Sharon spotted Mahiru choosing an umbrella, and Sharon teased him that her prediction had come true.

Mahiru Shiina ran into Luo Shu and Sharon at a supermarket, where Sharon teased her about Mira and then enlisted her help shopping for their new home. Mahiru agreed despite realizing the favor would take effort, and began helping the pair choose household and personal-care supplies.

• Mahiru Shiina encountered Luo Shu and Sharon, and Luo Shu told her he had returned her umbrella to the supermarket entrance.
• Sharon teased Mahiru by calling Mira a homewrecker, then admitted she had been joking after Luo Shu objected.
• Sharon told Mahiru that she and Luo Shu had recently moved and did not know what household goods to buy.
• Mahiru offered to help them shop, and Luo Shu listed the many supplies they needed.
• Mahiru lent Sharon a notebook and pen, but Sharon admitted she had never bought most of the listed necessities or cosmetics.
• Mahiru agreed to help Sharon choose the items, while worrying that the shopping trip would be troublesome.

Luo Shu, Sharon, and Mahiru Shiina bought supplies for Sharon’s hidden Safe House, and Sharon suggested Mahiru consider renting a unit in Sakura Apartment. Mahiru warmed to the idea, seeing it as a way to make moving out easier to discuss with her parents.

• Luo Shu carried shopping bags while the supermarket arranged delivery of quilts and other supplies to the Secret Management Department's Base for transfer to Sakura Apartment.
• Sharon explained that she had established three Safe Houses and secretly connected one room in Sakura Apartment to her room in the Astronomy Club.
• Mahiru Shiina discussed skincare and cosmetics with Sharon, who became worried that the products might cause facial hair to grow.
• Luo Shu pointed out that Mahiru had bought little because she planned to shop for household goods after finding a place to live.
• Sharon suggested that Mahiru look for a place in Nerima Ward and mentioned that Mira Tsubakihara owned most of the units in Sakura Apartment.
• Mahiru realized Sharon was suggesting that she rent from Mira and considered that her parents might be more accepting of her moving out.

After driving Mahiru Shiina home, Luo Shu learned that Sharon saw her as a naturally gifted candidate for the Holy Practitioner path and asked permission to guide her. The system confirmed Mahiru’s strong potential, and Luo Shu approved Sharon’s plan as he considered drawing Mahiru closer to his Familia.

• Luo Shu drove Mahiru Shiina to her luxury residence after they finished shopping, and Sharon observed that Mahiru seemed to have an unhappy home life.
• Sharon explained that Mahiru’s parents had married under family pressure and that Mahiru believed no one in her family cared about her.
• Sharon told Luo Shu that Mahiru’s pure soul made her a potential candidate to become a saint, and asked to bestow power upon her.
• Luo Shu paid 500 points for the system to assess Mahiru, which found a 73% chance she could become a Saint (Demigod) with basic cultivation.
• Luo Shu approved Sharon’s plan to guide Mahiru in the Holy Practitioner system and considered using Mira to bring Mahiru closer to his Familia.

Luo Shu considered turning Yoshimura’s Ghouls into blood clan members to save the cost of Coordinator modifications. At the Secret Management Department, he received a personal invitation from Minister Fujiwara to attend a family dinner.

• Luo Shu learned that Shizuka Hiou had joined his Familia and awakened the blood clan Class, which he decided not to let her develop within the Familia.
• Luo Shu planned to delay the Coordinator modifications and indirectly suggest to Yoshimura that blood clan conversion could be a cheaper alternative for the Ghouls.
• Luo Shu arrived at the Secret Management Department and met Shinbo Hideyuki, Minister Fujiwara’s secretary.
• Shinbo Hideyuki delivered Minister Fujiwara’s invitation for Luo Shu to attend a family dinner at his home on Sunday, and Luo Shu accepted the prospect with a smile.

Luo Shu weighed whether to reveal his Familia to Lacus Clyne and recruit her, while balancing his growing weekend commitments. After Yukinoshita Yukino asked him to submit his schedule, Luo Shu decided to take the gamble with Lacus while their relationship was still in its honeymoon period.

• Luo Shu reviewed his plans, including a date with Lacus Clyne, dinner with the Fujiwara family, and a possible visit to the Sawamura family.
• Luo Shu considered deepening SDS's cooperation with his Familia and wondered whether Lacus would accept a Familia contract.
• Yukinoshita Yukino brought Luo Shu a schedule request from the Action and Intelligence Departments and noticed his date with Lacus Clyne.
• Luo Shu explained that Lacus was SDS's Supreme Chairman, so security arrangements were needed for their date.
• After Yukinoshita Yukino left, Luo Shu decided to take the gamble and come clean to Lacus while they were still in their honeymoon period.

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.