Chapter Summaries

Na'er learned that Zhou Yang had reached rank 30 and vowed to catch up with him, while Yali invited him to stay at her Eastsea City home. Zhou Yang accepted and arrived with Yali and Na'er at her carefully tended courtyard.

• Zhou Yang revealed his rank-30 Soul Power, surprising Na'er and prompting her to vow to catch up with him.
• Yali praised Zhou Yang's talent, offered to help him find a Spirit Soul, and invited him to stay at her courtyard until school started.
• Zhou Yang accepted Yali's invitation and walked with her and Na'er through the moonlit city.
• Yali led Zhou Yang and Na'er to her courtyard, where Zhou Yang noticed its well-kept garden and unusually sturdy, modern construction.

Zhou Yang settled into Yali’s home, where her warmth and care left him both comfortable and unnerved. As he considered how Na’er’s presence with Yali had changed events, he wondered what the altered future would bring.

• Yali showed Zhou Yang his comfortable room, and Na’er leapt onto him as he relaxed on the bed.
• Yali joked that Zhou Yang could stay with her for a lifetime, then directed him to the bathroom.
• While washing, Zhou Yang reflected on meeting Na’er and on how her being Yali’s student had altered the original course of events.
• Zhou Yang discovered that Yali had prepared clean clothes and taken his dirty ones to wash, and he felt intimidated by her sincere, overwhelming kindness.
• Zhou Yang recalled Yali’s past efforts to save people and reasoned that her care for him came from a desire to look after children after losing the chance to have her own.

After Zhou Yang changed into clothes Yali had chosen, his appearance strengthened her belief that he resembled someone she had lost. Yali told Na'er she might have found the answer to her long-held longing, and the chapter ended with Zhou Yang cooking breakfast in Yali's home.

• Yali admired Zhou Yang in his new clothes, while Na'er initially failed to recognize him until he struck her on the head.
• Zhou Yang checked that nothing was missing from his soul tool and realized Yali had treated his belongings honestly.
• Yali told Na'er that she had once had someone very important to her and now seemed to have found the answer she sought.
• Na'er tried to prank the sleeping Zhou Yang, but Yali stopped her and they left his room.
• Zhou Yang woke early and prepared a large breakfast, and Yali emerged from her room, reassured by seeing him in the kitchen.

Zhou Yang accepted Yali’s offer to use the Spirit Ascension Platform to strengthen his Spirit Soul. Then Hyper Kabuto summoned him for the final trial before his debut, and Zhou Yang transformed and rode the Extender through a grove to a lakeshore.

• Yali helped Zhou Yang prepare breakfast, and Na’er eagerly devoured the meal after learning he had cooked it.
• Yali recommended that Zhou Yang visit the Spirit Ascension Platform instead of acquiring a second Spirit Soul, and Zhou Yang agreed to trust her.
• Zhou Yang spotted Hyper Kabuto outside Yali’s home and left the courtyard to follow it.
• Zhou Yang met Kabuto’s Kabuto Zecter, called the upcoming fight his final trial before his debut, and transformed.
• Zhou Yang summoned the Extender and drove through a grove until he reached a lakeshore.

Zhou Yang faced Hyper Kabuto in a trial at the lakeside, testing the combat skills he had gained through three years of training. Zhou Yang seized the advantage with the power of Ohma, but the battle remained unresolved as Hyper Kabuto met his Rider Kick with a punch.

• Zhou Yang recognized the lakeside clearing as a prepared battle site and approached Hyper Kabuto, who waited without transforming.
• Hyper Kabuto drew his Kunai Gun and attacked, and Zhou Yang dodged before returning fire as they closed the distance.
• Zhou Yang and Hyper Kabuto cast off their armor and fought with their Kunai Swords, neither gaining a clear advantage at first.
• Zhou Yang drew on the power of Ohma, staggered Hyper Kabuto, and pressed his attack.
• Zhou Yang threw his Kunai Sword to destroy Hyper Kabuto's shot and knock away his gun, then charged with a Rider Kick as Hyper Kabuto swung a fist to meet it.

Zhou Yang defeated Hyper Kabuto in a brutal final trial and gained the confidence to begin his debut. Elsewhere, the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda tower master read a blue book announcing the Demon King's debut, while another tower master spoke with Sister Yali.

• Zhou Yang and Hyper Kabuto traded heavy blows before both unleashed Rider Kicks that collided in a destructive explosion.
• Hyper Kabuto fell, acknowledged Zhou Yang, and vanished; the Kabuto Zecter celebrated before flying away.
• Zhou Yang ended his transformation, recovered with the Power of Ohma, and decided he was ready to take his first step toward his debut as a king.
• At the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda, its tower master read newly appearing text in a blue book and excitedly asked whether Lord Demon King had decided to make his debut.
• At another Spirit Pagoda tower, a beautiful woman used an encrypted communication soul tool to speak with Sister Yali and asked whether she needed something.

Yali called Leng Yaozhu and asked her to arrange three tickets to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, while Leng Yaozhu noticed how much happier Yali had become. After the call, Leng Yaozhu was left alone with memories of the person who had once brought her to Eastsea and later left her.

• Leng Yaozhu noticed that Yali’s sorrow had lifted and felt envious that Yali had emerged from the past.
• Yali asked Leng Yaozhu to get three tickets to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform without explaining who would use them.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to help and planned to discover the identity of Yali’s companions when they entered the platform.
• After Yali ended the call, Leng Yaozhu watched the sunset over Eastsea and remembered the person who had brought her there.
• Leng Yaozhu recalled how that person had held her and told her he would leave nothing behind to bind her before he departed.

Leng Yaozhu remembered the man she had lost a century earlier and the weakness that had kept her from stopping him. Woz visited her office to say that the great advent would return, leaving her confused by his cryptic warning.

• Leng Yaozhu recalled the man’s farewell and how he vanished into the sunset, then reflected that a century of cultivation had left her powerful but without him.
• Leng Yaozhu wiped away her tears and returned to work when someone entered her office.
• Leng Yaozhu recognized Woz, the mysterious Eastsea Heavenly Pillar Tower Master who had once defeated Qiangu Dongfeng and helped her secure authority over the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda.
• Woz told Leng Yaozhu that her long wait would not be in vain because the great advent would return, then left her bewildered.

Yali brought Na'er and Zhou Yang to the Spirit Pagoda, where Na'er showed Zhou Yang around before guiding him into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. Yali found Leng Yaozhu secretly skipping her meeting, while Zhou Yang entered the virtual platform.

• Yali and Na'er rejected Zhou Yang's clothes and dressed him in a gentleman's suit, which drew attention as he rode with them to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Na'er enthusiastically guided Zhou Yang around the Spirit Pagoda while Yali spoke with Leng Yaozhu's assistant.
• Yali asked whether Leng Yaozhu was free, then went to a room and found her there despite her claim that she was attending a meeting.
• Na'er led Zhou Yang to the Spirit Ascension Platform's preparation chamber and helped him get ready to enter it.
• Zhou Yang lay in the instrument-filled chamber and logged into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.

Zhou Yang and Na'er entered the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Zhou Yang transformed into Kamen Rider Zi-O and met Woz. Woz declared himself Zhou Yang's retainer before disappearing, leaving Na'er stunned that the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda's master had called Zhou Yang his king.

• Zhou Yang comforted Na'er as she mourned the loss of the soul beasts' homeland and promised to change things someday.
• Na'er summoned the Silver Dragon Spear, and Zhou Yang used the Ziku-Driver to transform into Kamen Rider Zi-O.
• Na'er mistook Zhou Yang's Rider form for Battle Armor, and he explained that it was his true power.
• Woz emerged from a thicket, proclaimed Zhou Yang the king of time, and called him his Demon King and master.
• Zhou Yang asked Woz why he was there, but Woz only said he wanted to record Zhou Yang's place in history before withdrawing.
• Na'er recognized Woz as the master of the Eastsea Spirit Pagoda and wondered why he served Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang killed a four-thousand-year Icefire Demon Tiger with the Zikan Girade and a Time Break Rider Kick while Na'er watched. Afterward, he discovered that Dragreder could absorb the beast's spiritual power, which he let it consume.

• Na'er asked Zhou Yang who he was, and he called himself an ordinary man destined to become king.
• An Icefire Demon Tiger ambushed Zhou Yang and Na'er, but Zhou Yang told Na'er to stand back and faced it alone.
• Zhou Yang wounded the Icefire Demon Tiger with the Zikan Girade, cut off its paw, and split its ice-and-fire attack.
• Zhou Yang used the Ziku-Driver's Time Break Rider Kick to kill the Icefire Demon Tiger, astonishing Na'er.
• Zhou Yang sensed Dragreder happily devouring the spiritual power and let it consume the share he did not need.

Zhou Yang and Na'er hunted Soul Beasts across the Spirit Ascension Platform, then stopped for the night so Zhou Yang could cook. Na'er sensed that Dragreder possessed a dragon bloodline as powerful as her own and wondered what kind of being it was.

• Na'er praised Zhou Yang after he destroyed the Icefire Demon Tiger, then regretted that he had left no meat behind.
• Zhou Yang used his Zi-O transformation to find and defeat many Soul Beasts while Na'er struggled to understand how easily he hunted them.
• As night fell, Zhou Yang led Na'er to a cave and brought out Soft Bone Rabbits he had stored for a barbecue.
• Na'er gathered freshly cut wood, so Zhou Yang summoned Dragreder to dry it and light the fire.
• Na'er sensed Dragreder's powerful bloodline and questioned what kind of crimson dragon it was.

Zhou Yang and Na'er spent a peaceful night in a cave before Zhou Yang dreamed of fighting a sinister mirror version of himself. In the morning, they set off deeper into the wilderness to search for powerful Soul Beasts.

• Na'er enjoyed Zhou Yang's grilled rabbit, and they prepared a sleeping mat and divided the night watch.
• Zhou Yang summoned Darkwing Bat to patrol and guard the cave while Na'er slept through her watch.
• In a dream, Mirror Zhou Yang transformed into Kamen Rider Zi-O and attacked Zhou Yang, who quickly defeated him.
• Mirror Zhou Yang fled, and Zhou Yang chased him until the dream ended as the mirror double began to dissipate.
• Zhou Yang woke and complained about the chase; Na'er apologized for missing her watch, and they headed deeper to look for powerful Soul Beasts.

Leng Yaozhu discovered Zhou Yang in the Spirit Ascension Platform and recognized him as someone from her past, but Yali explained that he no longer remembered their shared history. As Zhou Yang and Na'er continued deeper into the platform, Leng Yaozhu resolved to find a way to build new memories with him.

• Yali caught Leng Yaozhu trying to watch Zhou Yang and Na'er, then entered the Spirit Ascension Platform with her using a pink-and-green cartridge.
• Leng Yaozhu and Yali watched Zhou Yang transform, and Leng Yaozhu recognized the significance of his armor and Woz's celebration.
• After Zhou Yang defeated the Icefire Demon Tiger and revealed his face, Leng Yaozhu recognized him and asked Yali whether she could take him as her disciple.
• Yali told Leng Yaozhu that Zhou Yang did not remember them, then urged her to create new memories with him; Leng Yaozhu accepted the reality and formed an idea.
• Zhou Yang and Na'er traveled deeper into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where Zhou Yang wondered whether the Spirit Pagoda had manipulated the drop rate after his victory.

Zhou Yang transformed into Kamen Rider Ryuki and, with Na'er, drew the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff toward them in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. Despite Na'er's warnings about the beast's strength, Zhou Yang advanced to fight it, leaving Na'er watching for a chance to help him escape.

• Zhou Yang borrowed Na'er's Silver Dragon Spear as a mirror and transformed into Kamen Rider Ryuki.
• Woz appeared and celebrated Zhou Yang's inheritance of the Mirror World's Rider power, while Na'er sensed the force of Dragreder within him.
• A Golden-haired Lion Mastiff charged toward Zhou Yang and Na'er, and Na'er explained its fearsome nature and Tyrannical Domain.
• Zhou Yang dismissed Na'er's warnings, told her to watch from the sidelines, and went to face the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff.
• Na'er moved away but stayed focused on Zhou Yang, ready to help him reach the emergency exit if the fight went badly.

Zhou Yang fought the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff, overwhelming it with his Rider weapons and finishing it with Final Vent. The beast died, and Dragreder swallowed the light left behind as Zhou Yang’s group remained safe.

• The Golden-haired Lion Mastiff attacked Zhou Yang with a shock-wave roar, but he dodged and struck it with a powerful punch that sent it flying.
• The enraged Lion Mastiff activated its Tyrannical Domain and grew larger, while Zhou Yang summoned the Drag Saber and slashed through its hide as he evaded its attacks.
• Zhou Yang switched to Strike Vent and blasted the Lion Mastiff with a fireball that overcame its golden breath and left it gravely wounded.
• Zhou Yang activated Final Vent and, joined by Dragreder’s flames, struck the Lion Mastiff with a finishing kick that sent it several li away and caused a massive explosion.
• Na'er and the others escaped the blast, and the dying Lion Mastiff turned into a wisp of light that Dragreder swallowed.

After destroying the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Zhou Yang was summoned by Spirit Pagoda vice pagoda master Leng Yaozhu, who offered to take him as her disciple. He accepted, then discovered that Dragreder had swallowed the mastiff and that it had been beaten into submission in the Mirror World.

• Zhou Yang waited in a Spirit Pagoda reception room after his session was paused for destroying the Unyielding Spirit Soul.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that she would keep the incident quiet and offered to take Zhou Yang as her disciple.
• Yali and Na'er arrived, and Yali told Zhou Yang that Leng Yaozhu would be a good choice as a mentor.
• Zhou Yang accepted Leng Yaozhu as his master, and she gave him the rank-nine defensive Soul Tool Phoenix Seeks Phoenix.
• After returning home, Zhou Yang ordered Dragreder to spit out the Golden-haired Lion Mastiff, which had been bullied by Dragreder and a bat in the Mirror World until it submitted.

Yali’s Ridewatch was absorbed into Zhou Yang while he slept, and Leng Yaozhu later gave him a black Zi-O II Ridewatch she had kept for years. Zhou Yang accepted it from his teacher and vowed not to let the kindness he had received in this world go unrepaid.

• Yali held her silver-white Ridewatch beside Zhou Yang as he slept, and it was drawn into his body.
• Zhou Yang made breakfast for Na'er and Yali, then rode his summoned motorcycle to the Spirit Pagoda to meet Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yaozhu showed Zhou Yang a black Ridewatch bearing his Zi-O portrait and explained that she had found it years earlier.
• Leng Yaozhu offered the Ridewatch to Zhou Yang, trusting him to keep his secrets.
• Zhou Yang thanked Leng Yaozhu and promised to repay the kindness he had received.