Chapter Summaries

Luo Ge and Nanahoshi traveled the Holy Sword Highway through the Great Forest and reached the busy northern port city of Zant Port. After settling into an inn, they prepared to buy supplies and tickets for the journey to the Demon Continent, while a search-and-rescue team arrived in the city.

• Luo Ge and Nanahoshi crossed the Blue Dragon Mountain Range on the Holy Sword Highway, where Luo Ge sensed Saint Millis's lingering sword aura and examined a monument to the Seven Great Powers.
• Luo Ge teased Nanahoshi about her fitness and defended making her carry their luggage and cook by claiming the chores would train her.
• After more than two months of travel without danger, Luo Ge and Nanahoshi reached the port city of Zant Port near dusk.
• Luo Ge rented an inn room, where exhausted Nanahoshi collapsed onto the bed while he planned their supply shopping and ticket purchase for the voyage to the Demon Continent.
• Elinalise, Roxy, and Talhand arrived at Zant Port that night as a search-and-rescue team.

Nanahoshi endured a sleepless night at the inn while Luo Ge slept through the noise upstairs, then stayed behind to rest as he went out for supplies. At the Adventurers' Guild, Luo Ge escaped Elinalise's advances, and she turned her attention to the other men there.

• Nanahoshi was kept awake by the noise from upstairs, while Luo Ge slept soundly on the floor.
• Luo Ge told Nanahoshi to rest at the inn while he went to buy supplies, and she asked whether he had heard the noise the night before.
• Luo Ge bought fruit, exchanged his money for Demon Continent currency, and visited the Adventurers' Guild.
• Elinalise invited Luo Ge for drinks and offered to pay, but he refused and hurried away.
• Elinalise watched Luo Ge leave, then began surveying the other men in the guild.

After buying passage for the journey, Luo Ge ran into Elinalise at their inn and resisted her advances until she offered a mana crystal. He agreed to spend the night with her and gave the false name Nanahoshi.

• Luo Ge bought two cheap tickets for a ship leaving the next morning and wondered how Paul had afforded their family's comfortable life.
• Luo Ge met Elinalise in the inn stairwell and learned that she was staying on the second floor.
• Elinalise invited Luo Ge to her room, but he refused her advances and rejected her offer of ten silver coins and then ten gold coins.
• Elinalise offered Luo Ge a pure mana crystal and promised extra payment, persuading him to accept.
• Elinalise asked Luo Ge his name, and he told her he was Nanahoshi.

Luo Ge defeated Elinalise in a fight and forced her to practice swordsmanship through the night, while Nanahoshi feared he had abandoned her until he returned. Luo Ge and Nanahoshi boarded a ship from Zant Port to the Demon Continent, beginning their next journey.

• Nanahoshi heard someone call her name, then endured another noisy night at the inn while Luo Ge sparred with Elinalise upstairs.
• Luo Ge easily defeated Elinalise, criticized her fighting skills, and made her train with him through the night.
• When Luo Ge failed to return by morning, Nanahoshi feared he had abandoned her, but he came back and reassured her.
• Luo Ge and Nanahoshi headed to Zant Port, where Elinalise, Roxy, and Talhand had also boarded a ship for the Demon Continent.
• Luo Ge and Nanahoshi boarded their ship, and it set sail for the Demon Continent.

Luo Ge and Nanahoshi traveled by ship from Zant Port toward the Demon Continent, where Nanahoshi struggled with seasickness and noisy neighbors. After more than half a month at sea, she began to recover as the ship continued toward its destination.

• Luo Ge enjoyed the calm voyage while Nanahoshi suffered from seasickness and stayed in her cramped compartment.
• Nanahoshi was kept awake by strange noises from the deck above, so Luo Ge went to confront the source.
• Luo Ge found Elinalise entertaining several men in a cabin and asked her to keep the noise down for Nanahoshi.
• Elinalise recognized Luo Ge after he reminded her of their earlier meeting and abruptly shut the door.
• Luo Ge reported back to Nanahoshi, and the upstairs noises stopped that night; after more than half a month, Nanahoshi mostly overcame her seasickness.

Luo Ge slaughtered the sea monsters attacking the ship, astonishing the passengers and adventurers. Roxy recognized something familiar in his movements but believed her former pupil had died, and she reflected on the memories she cherished of him.

• As sea monsters attacked the ship, Luo Ge left his cabin and jumped onto the nearest monster.
• Luo Ge swiftly killed the monsters one by one, slaughtering dozens in minutes and drawing cheers from the passengers and crew.
• Elinalise recognized Luo Ge and reacted with surprise, while Roxy watched him with a sense of familiarity.
• Roxy recalled her pupil Luo Ge from Buena Village but dismissed the thought that he could be alive, believing he had died at the Red Dragon's Upper Jaw.
• Roxy touched the figurine Rudeus had given her and remembered Luo Ge's dream of becoming the strongest swordsman in the world.

Luo Ge and Nanahoshi arrived at Wind Port on the Demon Continent after a long voyage, where Luo Ge unexpectedly encountered Elinalise and she fled to avoid him. As they searched for a comfortable inn and planned to seek information about Kishirika, Roxy, Elinalise, Talhand, and Rudeus’s group also arrived in the city.

• Luo Ge practiced swordsmanship on deck, hunted a seagull with earth magic, and brought Nanahoshi a roasted one while she continued to suffer from seasickness.
• After more than three months at sea, Luo Ge and Nanahoshi disembarked at Wind Port and saw Elinalise paying two demon porters.
• Luo Ge greeted Elinalise, but she angrily left when she recognized him; Nanahoshi wondered why Elinalise had called her name.
• Elinalise warned Roxy and Talhand to avoid a troublesome man, then waited until Luo Ge had left the docks before disembarking with them.
• Luo Ge and Nanahoshi entered Wind Port, agreed to find a better inn, and planned to ask about the Demon Emperor Kishirika.
• Roxy, Elinalise, and Talhand, along with Rudeus’s trio, arrived in Wind Port as the three groups drew closer.

Rudeus dreamed that Hitogami told him his brother Luo Ge was alive and had become a Sword King, then advised him to keep their conversations secret and wander the alleys before going to the shore. Meanwhile, Luo Ge learned about the Demon Emperor Kishirika and headed to Wind Port’s shore to look for her.

• Hitogami told Rudeus that Luo Ge had crossed the ocean to find him and urged him not to reveal Hitogami’s existence to his brother.
• Hitogami advised Rudeus to buy food and wander nearby alleys before going to the shore the next day.
• Luo Ge and Nanahoshi agreed to gather information about Kishirika, with Nanahoshi handling supplies and Luo Ge questioning people in the city.
• A barbecue shop owner told Luo Ge about Kishirika’s history, powers, deaths, and repeated resurrections.
• Luo Ge bought barbecue to thank the owner and headed toward the Kishirika statue by the shore at Wind Port.

Luo Ge encountered a starving little girl in an alley in Wind Port who claimed to be the Demon Emperor Kishirika. He offered her food, then cruelly ate it himself, leaving her stunned and hungry.

• Luo Ge found a filthy, starving girl in an alley while heading toward the shore to search for the Demon Emperor Kishirika.
• The girl claimed to be Kishirika and promised to grant Luo Ge a wish in exchange for food.
• Luo Ge pretended to be the Demon God Laplace, and Kishirika questioned his claim before he dismissed their conversation as make-believe.
• Kishirika refused Luo Ge’s money but said she would accept food, so Luo Ge offered her a grilled shrimp skewer.
• Luo Ge pulled the skewer away and ate it in front of Kishirika, leaving her frozen in disbelief.

Luo Ge encountered Eris by the harbor and revealed his identity, terrifying her with a ghostly prank. After Eris attacked him and he stopped her sword with two fingers, someone hurled a spear at Luo Ge.

• Luo Ge saw the statue of Demon Emperor Kishirika and decided the starving girl he had met earlier could not be her.
• Eris recognized Luo Ge as Rudeus and spoke to him, but she mistook his changed appearance for Rudeus having grown up.
• Luo Ge revealed that he was Luo Ge, prompting Eris to remember how he had defeated and humiliated her in Roa.
• Luo Ge pretended to be a vengeful ghost, and Eris panicked and begged Rudeus and Rujierd for help.
• Eris charged Luo Ge with her sword, but he caught its tip between two fingers.
• An unknown figure dropped from the sky and hurled a spear at Luo Ge's face.

Luo Ge and Rujierd fought fiercely on the beach, with Luo Ge gaining the advantage and preparing a Sword of Light. Rudeus arrived and stepped between them to stop the final clash.

• Luo Ge recognized Rujierd as a Superd warrior after blocking his spear, then drew the Phoenix Elegant Dragon Sword and began fighting him.
• Rujierd struggled to read Luo Ge's blend of Sword God, Water God, and North God techniques, while Roxy watched from behind a reef and fled in fear.
• Rudeus received the Demon Eye of Foresight from Kishirika, then headed for the seaside after recalling Hitogami's advice.
• Luo Ge forced Rujierd onto the defensive and raised his sword for a final Sword of Light strike.
• Rudeus arrived, realized the fight was real, and rushed between Luo Ge and Rujierd, shouting for them to stop.

Luo Ge reunited with Rudeus, explained how he survived an encounter with the Dragon God, and heard about Rudeus’s journey across the Demon Continent. The reunion ended with Luo Ge telling Eris that her whole family was dead.

• Luo Ge slapped Rudeus to prove he was not dreaming, then beat him in a fight while Eris and Rujierd watched.
• Luo Ge explained that he had met the Dragon God, Orsted, at age five, survived being hunted, and later went to the Sword Sanctum.
• Rujierd explained the Seven Great Powers and said that all seven were stronger than him, astonishing Rudeus and Eris.
• Rudeus recounted how Paul sent him to Roa to tutor Eris and how the Teleportation Incident stranded them on the Demon Continent with Rujierd.
• Luo Ge recognized Eris as a member of House Boreas and told her that her whole family was dead.

Luo Ge told Eris that her family had died in the Teleportation Incident, and she withdrew to grieve alone. He then explained the disaster’s scale to Rudeus, who mistakenly assumed his loved ones were dead before learning they were safe and realizing Luo Ge had deliberately scared him.

• Luo Ge told Eris that her grandfather, parents, and the rest of her family had died, and Eris returned to her room to cry alone.
• Luo Ge stopped Rudeus from following Eris and warned him that the Teleportation Incident had devastated the entire Fittoa Territory.
• Rudeus panicked and assumed Sylphie, Paul, and Zenith were dead, but Luo Ge clarified that Paul, Zenith, Aisha, Norn, and Sylphie were alive.
• Luo Ge said Zenith was in trouble and that he had come to the Demon Continent to find her.
• Rudeus realized Luo Ge had intentionally misled him and recalled how his brother had bullied him and framed him for past pranks.

Luo Ge told Rudeus that Zenith was missing and planned to find Demon Emperor Kishirika to help locate her. Rudeus and Rujierd revealed that they had encountered Kishirika, and Luo Ge realized he had met her too but had mistaken her for a beggar; the story ended by replaying how Kishirika gave Rudeus the Demon Eye of Foresight after Luo Ge left her without accepting a reward.

• Luo Ge told Rudeus that Zenith was missing and that he hoped Kishirika could help find her.
• Rudeus said he had met a hungry little girl in an alley who claimed to be the Demon Emperor and gave him the Demon Eye of Foresight.
• Rujierd confirmed that the girl was Kishirika, recently reborn and still appearing as a child.
• Luo Ge realized he had encountered Kishirika that morning, then punched Rudeus for not telling him sooner.
• The story shifted back to the alley, where Luo Ge fed Kishirika but dodged her attempts to bestow a Demon Eye before leaving.
• Kishirika resumed pretending to be a starving beggar, and Rudeus approached her next.

Luo Ge introduced Nanahoshi Shizuka to Rudeus, hoping she might find a fellow reincarnator willing to help her return to her original world. Rudeus refused, and although Luo Ge promised to help Nanahoshi, he ruined the moment with an insulting joke.

• Luo Ge and Rujierd put aside their earlier conflict, apologized, and praised each other's strength while Rudeus corrected Rujierd about who was the older brother.
• Luo Ge brought Nanahoshi Shizuka to meet Rudeus and explained that they were both reincarnators from Japan.
• Nanahoshi and Rudeus spoke in Japanese, while Luo Ge and Rujierd went outside to spar.
• Nanahoshi told Luo Ge that Rudeus also had no desire to return to their original world, leaving her without another willing ally.
• Luo Ge promised to help Nanahoshi return home, but then joked that she did not meet his standards for a future partner, and she angrily called him a hopeless bachelor.

Luo Ge accepted Eris’s challenge and overwhelmed her in a seaside duel, leaving her exhausted and unable to stand. He explained that his own relentless training had created the gap between them.

• Luo Ge threatened Nanahoshi with his sword until she fell silent.
• Eris challenged Luo Ge, and he agreed to fight her at the seaside despite Rudeus’s concern.
• Eris attacked Luo Ge with her unnamed blade, combining techniques she had learned from Ghislaine and Rujierd, while he dodged and praised her progress.
• After Eris demanded that Luo Ge fight seriously, he struck her blade and sent her flying, then knocked her down repeatedly as she kept getting back up.
• Eris finally collapsed, and Luo Ge told her that he had also worked relentlessly to improve.

After Eris lost to Luo Ge, he encouraged her resolve and the group celebrated their reunion with a beach barbecue. Meanwhile, Roxy returned to the inn and reacted to the men in Elinalise’s room by blasting them with Frost Strike.

• Eris recalled her hard training and despaired after Luo Ge defeated her, while Rudeus’s Water Saint-tier magic made it rain until Luo Ge told him to stop.
• Rudeus healed Eris, who vowed to defeat Luo Ge someday, and Luo Ge told her to call her blade the Nanahoshi Treasured Blade.
• Luo Ge proposed a barbecue, and the group went to Wind Port’s market to buy food before Nanahoshi ordered him around as head chef.
• The five friends shared skewers and drinks by the sea as night fell.
• Roxy returned to the inn and found Elinalise with five burly demon men, then unleashed Frost Strike several times and blasted Elinalise out of the room.

Luo Ge confronted Rudeus about choosing to escort Eris instead of searching for Zenith, then accepted his decision and gave him money. The brothers parted ways in Wind Port, with Rudeus and Rujierd preparing to escort Eris home while Luo Ge and Nanahoshi headed north to search for the Demon Emperor.

• Luo Ge woke beside the drunken Nanahoshi after she had crawled into his bed and stolen his blanket through the night.
• Luo Ge asked Rudeus about his plans, challenged his choice to escort Eris rather than search for Zenith, and ultimately said he respected his decision.
• Luo Ge gave Rudeus two hundred green ore coins for medical expenses, then punched him during their parting fist bump.
• Rudeus told Eris that he and Rujierd would escort her home before he went to search for his missing family.
• Luo Ge and Nanahoshi left Wind Port to travel north across the Demon Continent and search for the Demon Emperor.

Luo Ge and Nanahoshi defeated an A-rank monster and reached a village of the Migurd Tribe. After the village chief recognized Roxy’s name, he agreed to let them stay, mentioning that another of Roxy’s students had recently visited.

• Luo Ge and Nanahoshi killed a Red-Devouring Giant Snake, with Nanahoshi helping by throwing stones.
• After days of travel, Luo Ge and Nanahoshi found a village whose blue-haired children would not speak to them.
• Luo Ge recognized the children as Migurd and connected them to his teacher, Roxy Migurdia.
• The village chief refused Nanahoshi’s request to stay until Luo Ge explained that he was Roxy’s student.
• The village chief welcomed Luo Ge and Nanahoshi, noting that Rowin and Rokari would be glad to see them and that another of Roxy’s students had recently visited.

Luo Ge and Nanahoshi visited Roxy’s parents in the Migurd village, where they learned Roxy was in her forties and heard her parents’ worries about her. Luo Ge gave them money out of gratitude before leaving, while Rowin and Rokari mistook his gift for a betrothal offering.

• Village chief Rokkus brought Rowin and Rokari to meet Luo Ge and Nanahoshi, and Luo Ge explained that Rudeus was his twin brother.
• Rowin and Rokari revealed that they were Roxy’s parents and invited the visitors to stay at their home.
• Luo Ge learned that Roxy was in her forties, while Rokari explained that Migurd stopped aging physically around fourteen.
• Luo Ge told Roxy’s parents that she had become a Water King Rank magician and had left the Shirone Kingdom, reassuring them that she was strong.
• Rokari served Great King Land Turtle soup, which Luo Ge and Nanahoshi struggled to finish.
• Before leaving the next morning, Luo Ge gave Rowin and Rokari two thousand green ore coins, and they accepted it as a betrothal gift despite Rowin’s reservations.