Recaps

Yunyi sparred with Tatsuya Shiba and Hagane Tomitsuka to test Tomitsuka’s close-combat skills and acceleration magic. Mayumi Saegusa and Mari Watanabe arrived to watch, and Mayumi stopped Yunyi from using Spatial Magic as the spar continued.

• Yunyi invited Tatsuya Shiba and Hagane Tomitsuka to spar with him using hand-to-hand combat.
• Yunyi and Tatsuya immediately clashed, while Hagane hesitated to join them.
• Yunyi charged Hagane, who used acceleration magic to dodge and counter as Tatsuya attacked Yunyi from behind.
• Mayumi Saegusa told Azusa Nakajo to file a report about the spar, then went to the practice field with Mari Watanabe and explained Hagane’s contact-type Cast Jamming.
• Yunyi opened a spatial gate to redirect Tatsuya’s punch into Hagane, who endured the blow with reinforcement magic and charged back into the fight.
• Mayumi called Spatial Magic cheating, so Yunyi agreed not to use it and prepared to continue sparring.

After a fierce sparring match, Yunyi healed himself and discussed the guard team with Mayumi Saegusa, Tatsuya Shiba, and Miyuki Shiba. The chapter ended with Tatsuya warning that the Ten Master Clans might move against Yunyi, while Lord Koichi Saegusa could support the operation to protect his family.

• Yunyi and Tatsuya Shiba finished their sparring match injured, while Hagane Tomitsuka exhausted his Psions and was taken to the infirmary.
• Yunyi refused Tatsuya Shiba's offer to heal him, then used his own magic to recover before leaving the training ground with Mayumi Saegusa, Tatsuya Shiba, and Miyuki Shiba.
• Yunyi told Mayumi Saegusa that he had submitted the guard team list to Jumonji and had joined the team himself.
• Yunyi learned that Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba had received no news about the Master Clans Conference, and suspected the Ten Master Clans were restricting information from people connected to him.
• Mayumi Saegusa asked Yunyi about the conference in their car, while Tatsuya Shiba told Miyuki Shiba that the Yotsuba Clan might oppose or avoid action against Yunyi.
• Tatsuya Shiba predicted that Lord Koichi Saegusa would support an operation against Yunyi and cut ties with Saegusa-senpai to keep the Saegusa Family out of the fallout.

Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba returned to the residence and discussed the Master Clans Conference’s decision about the dangerous foreign magician with Maya Yotsuba. Maya left the conference’s conclusion undisclosed, asking instead for their assessments.

• Tatsuya Shiba sensed unfamiliar people around the residence, then Hayama explained that Maya Yotsuba had entered early to handle the day’s events.
• Maya Yotsuba asked Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba for their views on the Master Clans Conference’s debate about recruiting or killing the magician.
• Miyuki Shiba said she did not want to make an enemy of him and suspected he had revealed his power because he believed Japanese magicians could not threaten him.
• Tatsuya Shiba said the magician was too dangerous to oppose unless they could kill him in one strike, warning that failure could destroy the Yotsuba Clan.

Yunyi explained why he had exposed his identity and admitted he wanted to provoke Japan’s Ten Master Clans and military into attacking him. Shen Yi agreed to handle the deterrence despite the limited number of warships, while Xiaoxue took charge of unrest in the United; Yunyi then received an unexpected call.

• Mayumi Saegusa and the twins worried over information about Yunyi while he discussed his plans with Xiaoxue, Chen Mei, and Shen Yi.
• Yunyi said exposing his identity would divert attention from unrest in the United and let him test preparations to restrain the magical world.
• Shen Yi rejected his explanations, and Yunyi admitted he wanted to provoke Japan’s Ten Master Clans and military so he could teach them a lesson.
• Shen Yi warned that only twelve destroyers were ready, then agreed to handle the deterrence and vowed that Gu Jie should not be allowed to live.
• Chen Mei went to check on Shen Yi, and Xiaoxue offered to manage the unrest in the United while Yunyi carried out his plan.
• Yunyi received another call after the others disconnected and wondered why the caller had contacted him.

After receiving an invitation from Miyuki Shiba, Yunyi prepared to meet Maya Yotsuba while arranging for Mayumi Saegusa and her sisters to leave their home as the Ten Master Clans moved against them. He used the Gate of Transfer to reach the Shiba residence, where Maya and the others waited for him.

• Miyuki Shiba called Yunyi and invited him to meet an elder, whom he suspected was Maya Yotsuba.
• Yunyi read Koichi Saegusa's message and told Mayumi Saegusa to pack while instructing Kasumi Saegusa and her twin to contact Lord Saegusa for help leaving.
• Mayumi Saegusa worried that Maya Yotsuba might be luring Yunyi into an ambush, but Yunyi reassured her and departed using the Gate of Transfer.
• At the Shiba residence, Maya Yotsuba told Hayama to warn her people not to confront Yunyi rashly.
• Yunyi appeared in Tatsuya Shiba's room upstairs and explained that he had chosen the location to avoid the watchers.

Yunyi confronted Maya Yotsuba over her role in giving information to the Saegusa Family and challenged her intentions. After suppressing the Psions in the Shiba residence, he explained that he had come to Japan seeking a way to change the Alliance’s balance of power, but found America and Japan nearly as corrupt as the Alliance.

• Yunyi accused Maya Yotsuba of passing information to the Saegusa Family to drive a wedge between him and Mayumi Saegusa and replace her with someone from the Yotsuba Family.
• Maya Yotsuba acknowledged her involvement and questioned how Yunyi knew so much about the Yotsuba Clan.
• Maya used Night against Yunyi, but he dispelled it with Fool's World and took control of the Psions around the Shiba residence, leaving Maya and the guards unable to fight with magic.
• Maya said she had come to Tokyo out of curiosity about Yunyi and asked why he was operating undercover in Japan.
• Yunyi said he was looking for a way to change the Alliance’s balance of power and had found America and Japan almost as rotten as the Alliance.

Yunyi explained why he wanted Tatsuya Shiba as a companion, revealing that he had suffered a childhood much like Tatsuya’s before awakening Domain Magic. He described how his family and the powerful factions around him had tried to control his life, leaving the room silent as he asked Tatsuya whether that was not ridiculous.

• Yunyi criticized the Yotsuba Clan for keeping Tatsuya Shiba under control and treating him as a weapon, unsettling Miyuki Shiba.
• Yunyi told Tatsuya that their experiences were similar and described how the Yotsuba Clan had altered Tatsuya’s brain to restrain his unusual magic.
• Yunyi recounted his own poor magical talent, his father’s death, and his family’s plan to risk a second brain operation on him.
• Yunyi said he avoided the operation by awakening Domain Magic, which gave him complete control over Psions and made him a magician.
• Yunyi explained that powerful factions feared him, his mother left to avoid implicating him, and he killed for the first time after being kidnapped.

Yunyi explained why he had abandoned his plan to recruit Tatsuya and revealed that he once considered destroying the world before changing his outlook. Maya recognized that Yunyi intended to change the order governing magicians, but left the Yotsuba Clan’s response undecided.

• Yunyi said the Pledge made it unlikely that Tatsuya could be recruited, even if his emotions were restored.
• Maya asked whether Yunyi planned to change the status of magicians or create an organization to oppose the Magic Association and national governments.
• Yunyi admitted that Tatsuya’s power and potential had motivated his recruitment attempt, then demonstrated a spatial gate and joked about using Miyuki to control Tatsuya.
• Yunyi explained that his time in America had eased his former desire to destroy the world and asked Maya whether she would declare war or make friends.
• Maya refused to respond, saying that a change in the world order should not be decided by a holder of power from the old era.

Maya Yotsuba left the next decision about the Yotsuba Family and Yunyi to Miyuki Shiba, while Yunyi learned that nearly thirty attackers had targeted his home and been defeated. After leaving the Shiba residence, Yunyi met Lina, who questioned his openly revealed identity as an undercover agent.

• Maya Yotsuba told Miyuki Shiba to decide how the Yotsuba Family would proceed and promised the clan's support.
• Yunyi received word that nearly thirty people had attacked his home, and then learned Lina had captured two attackers alive while the rest were wiped out.
• Maya Yotsuba named the Mitsuya and Itsuwa Families, and possibly the Kudou Family, as participants in the attack, and explained that the Saegusa Family was under surveillance.
• Yunyi left through the Gate of Transfer, and Maya Yotsuba instructed Miyuki Shiba to decide what came next while she prepared to return with Hayama and Fumiya.
• Miyuki Shiba leaned against Tatsuya Shiba after Maya Yotsuba left, and the siblings fell silent about the night's events.
• Yunyi teleported to Lina's house, where Lina challenged him for exposing his undercover identity, and he said he could deal with anyone who attacked him.

Yunyi prepared to leave Japan after enemies from the Ten Master Clans moved against his home, and Lina, Mayumi Saegusa, Kasumi Saegusa, and Izumi Saegusa joined him. The group departed through the Gate of Transfer, leaving Koichi Saegusa to suspect that the twins had gone with them and worry about the Saegusa Family’s future.

• Yunyi asked Lina to leave Japan with him, then used the Gate of Transfer to bring her and two captured prisoners to his home.
• Kasumi Saegusa asked Yunyi to take her and Izumi with him, and Mayumi Saegusa arrived with Izumi and their luggage.
• Mayumi explained that Kasumi and Izumi had chosen to leave the Saegusa Family, and Yunyi agreed to take them along.
• Yunyi warned that the Ten Master Clans had already targeted his home, so Mayumi sent Koichi Saegusa a message before the group departed through the Gate of Transfer.
• Koichi Saegusa received no reply and told his wife he believed Kasumi and Izumi had left with Yunyi, though she worried about the consequences for their family.

Yunyi brought Mayumi Saegusa, Kasumi Saegusa, Izumi Saegusa, and Lina to Shen Yi’s research ship in the Pacific, where a fleet of warships surrounded them. Shen Yi arranged for them to stay aboard and told Yunyi that Girl Snow might need help managing unrest in the United.

• Yunyi told the group they were aboard his mother’s research ship and that they could not return to Japan for now.
• Shen Yi arrived with Chen Mei, greeted Mayumi Saegusa and her sisters, and questioned Yunyi about bringing Lina, the young Sirius.
• Yunyi explained that Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa had chosen not to return to the Saegusa Family, and Shen Yi assured them they would be safe aboard the ship.
• Shen Yi told the group to pass their plans through Chen Mei and said the fleet would sail the next day.
• Shen Yi said Girl Snow faced greater-than-expected unrest in the United and suggested Yunyi go help her, while Lina would stay with him for now.

After Yunyi escaped Japan through spatial transfer magic, Retsu Kudou and the other clan heads debated the failed operation and their next steps. Retsu decided to ask Mio Itsuwa to hold the front line, despite Isami Itsuwa's fears for her health and safety.

• News that Yunyi and the others had left Japan reached the Ten Master Clans, and Maya Yotsuba felt relieved.
• Retsu Kudou learned that surveillance footage showed no trace of Yunyi and that Katsuto Jumonji had identified spatial transfer magic.
• Shingon Kudou questioned the Jumonji Family's refusal to support the operation, and Retsu suspected Katsuto had noticed something and acted to protect Yunyi.
• Retsu told the clan heads to contact the military and avoid major moves against the Union without certainty of success.
• When Isami Itsuwa warned that the military's leaders would not heed advice, Retsu decided they would have to send Mio Itsuwa to the front lines.

Shen Yi told Mayumi Saegusa that Yunyi had been born with a Kotodama Curse that could unconsciously influence people’s thoughts. She suggested that the curse might have shaped Mayumi’s love for him, leaving Mayumi shaken and uncertain about whether her feelings were truly her own.

• Shen Yi asked Mayumi whether Kasumi and Izumi planned to stay with her and whether they had feelings for Yunyi beyond those of siblings.
• Shen Yi explained that she had left Yunyi when he was young because his innate Kotodama Curse could influence the people around him.
• Shen Yi said Yunyi’s curse grew stronger after his artificial magician modification and became more apparent after his Domain Magic awakened.
• Shen Yi proposed that Yunyi’s curse may have influenced Mayumi’s feelings for him, and Mayumi struggled to accept the possibility.

Shen Yi told Mayumi Saegusa that the Kotodama Curse could subtly interfere with people’s feelings, leaving Mayumi to consider what it meant for her and her younger sisters. Mayumi went to speak with Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa, but the chapter ended before she began.

• Shen Yi explained that the Kotodama Curse could influence feelings without causing physical harm, and that Yunyi’s Domain Magic protected his body.
• Mayumi Saegusa worried about the effects on her younger sisters and asked Shen Yi whether the interference could harm Yunyi.
• Shen Yi advised Mayumi to talk with Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa, then gave her two Engraving Types that Yunyi had prepared for them.
• Mayumi left the archives room and went to the cabin where Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa were unpacking.
• Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa noticed Mayumi’s serious expression as she entered their cabin.

Mayumi Saegusa asked Kasumi and Izumi whether they had fallen for Yunyi, and both admitted they had feelings for him. She explained that unconscious Kotodama Interference might be affecting their judgment and asked them to consider whether they should remain close to him, leaving the twins to weigh their choices.

• Mayumi Saegusa asked Kasumi and Izumi Saegusa whether they had started falling for Yunyi.
• Izumi admitted her feelings with a nod, and Kasumi reluctantly acknowledged that she felt the same.
• Izumi told Mayumi they would not compete with her for Yunyi, but admitted she could not be sure they would find someone else like him.
• Mayumi told the twins what Shen Yi had explained about Kotodama Interference and warned that staying near Yunyi could affect their judgment.
• Mayumi asked Kasumi and Izumi to think carefully about their future, and the twins were left considering whether to stay close to Yunyi.

Mayumi Saegusa gave Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa their Engraving Type CADs and urged them to consider their answer while Yunyi was busy. After Mayumi and Yunyi spent the afternoon together, the twins acted nervously around him, leaving him confused about the reason.

• Mayumi Saegusa gave Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa their Engraving Type CADs and told them to think seriously about their answer.
• Mayumi Saegusa returned to Yunyi, tugged his ear in frustration, and then kissed him when he said his work was finished.
• Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa woke in the evening, and Mayumi muttered that she would show him once she had help.
• Yunyi saw Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa in the dining hall, but they nervously collected their meals and hurried away.
• Yunyi asked Mayumi Saegusa why the twins seemed nervous, and Mayumi said it was not because they were in a new place.

Katsuto Jumonji argued that the Jumonji Family should avoid making Yunyi an enemy and instead seek conditions to restrict or expel him, while Kazuki weighed the family’s response. The Yotsuba and Saegusa families had both chosen neutrality, leaving Kazuki to seek answers from the Yotsuba head as Katsuto went to school.

• Kazuki Jumonji asked Katsuto what stance the Jumonji Family should take after staying out of the hunt, and how the matter should end.
• Katsuto showed Kazuki a video of Yunyi using unfamiliar magic and explained that Yunyi appeared proficient in kotodama, ancient, spatial, and modern magic.
• Katsuto advised against fighting Yunyi and proposed seeking favorable terms to restrict or expel him, while keeping conventional weapons as a possible option in future clashes.
• Kazuki agreed that the other families had acted rashly and learned that Hayama had sent the video on behalf of the Yotsuba Family.
• Katsuto told Kazuki that the Yotsuba Family would remain neutral alongside the Saegusa Family, puzzling Kazuki and prompting him to contact the Yotsuba head.
• Katsuto left for school, thinking about whether Mayumi Saegusa had considered the turmoil her choice might cause.

Yunyi, Xiaoxue, and Chen Mei planned how to exploit a possible American-Japanese conflict while preparing to eliminate the Stick Faction’s remaining influence at home. Meanwhile, Mayumi Saegusa struggled with her sisters’ feelings for Yunyi, and Izumi asked her to send them back.

• Yunyi agreed to stay aboard the research ship so his return would not warn the people behind the unrest, and he discussed plans with Xiaoxue and Chen Mei.
• Yunyi explained that Gu Jie’s intelligence network and Parasites could persuade the American military to cooperate with him and possibly wage an all-out war against Japan.
• Yunyi said they would wait for an opportunity to secure their home, and would try to provoke a larger conflict if America and Japan only engaged in minor skirmishes.
• Mayumi Saegusa admitted she did not know how to explain her sisters’ feelings for Yunyi, and Izumi Saegusa asked her to send Kasumi and her back.

Mayumi Saegusa discussed Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa’s feelings for Yunyi and let them decide whether to stay with him. After realizing Izumi had pretended to consider returning to Japan, Mayumi wondered how Yunyi would react and began telling him what had happened.

• Kasumi Saegusa and Izumi Saegusa said they should return to Japan because they were not allowed to love Yunyi.
• Mayumi Saegusa told her sisters she would not send them back and would let them choose whether to stay and continue loving Yunyi.
• After Mayumi left, Izumi Saegusa admitted to Kasumi that she had deliberately pretended to want to return and had already decided to stay.
• Mayumi realized Izumi had tricked her and worried about how Yunyi would respond to the sisters’ feelings.
• Yunyi returned to the cabin, and Mayumi said Kasumi and Izumi had upset her before beginning to explain why.

Mayumi Saegusa told Yunyi that Kasumi and Izumi had fallen in love with him, but an urgent alert cut short their conversation. Japan launched an attack against Jinhae Naval Port, and Yunyi prepared to enter the battle himself as the Great Asian Alliance planned to strike Tsushima Fortress.

• Mayumi Saegusa told Yunyi that Kasumi and Izumi loved him, and he struggled to believe her.
• Liu Yunde called Yunyi to report that Japan's fleet had gathered at Tsushima and that Mio Itsuwa's Abyss threatened his forces.
• Yunyi learned that Japan had ordered a direct strike on Jinhae Naval Port, with Mio Itsuwa as its strategic core.
• Yunyi told Liu Yunde to mobilize the garrison without waiting for government approval and to advance on Tsushima Fortress after the incoming fleet was dealt with.
• Mayumi Saegusa warned Yunyi to be careful and embraced him before he headed into battle.

Katsuto Jumonji and the others discussed the Ten Master Clans’ support for the military’s operation and tried to determine where Yunyi and Mayumi Saegusa had gone. Tatsuya rejected the theory that Yunyi had fled to America, leaving their destination uncertain.

• Katsuto Jumonji gathered Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, and the others to discuss the impact of Mayumi Saegusa leaving Japan with Yunyi.
• Tatsuya said the military likely moved against Yunyi because his power could strengthen the Great Asian Alliance, and suspected someone had revealed Yunyi’s identity.
• Miyuki questioned whether Yunyi would return to the Great Asian Alliance, given his dissatisfaction with its treatment of magicians.
• Katsuto considered whether Yunyi and Mayumi might have gone to America, and Miyuki noted that Lina had not come to school or answered anyone’s attempts to contact her.
• Tatsuya argued that Yunyi would avoid America because his magic and foreign origins would draw attention from the American government and the Association.

Tatsuya Shiba and the others discussed the escalating crisis between Japan and the Great Asian Alliance, which had begun through mutual misunderstandings, and divided up efforts to prevent war. At school, Shizuku Kitayama learned that Yunyi had left and tried to hide her disappointment.

• Katsuto Jumonji warned that Yunyi might be connected to a powerful organization and said the crisis could threaten the global balance of power.
• Katsuto Jumonji assigned Miyuki Shiba and Tatsuya Shiba to contact Mayumi Saegusa, while he planned to consult the Ten Master Clans and Mari Watanabe and Gyoubu Hattori took responsibility for school matters.
• Tatsuya Shiba and the others left the Student Council room to handle their separate tasks.
• Shizuku Kitayama asked Miyuki Shiba whether Yunyi had left, and Miyuki told her that he had probably gone with Mayumi Saegusa.
• Shizuku Kitayama briefly showed disappointment, while Miyuki Shiba remained unaware that Yunyi had also taken three Saegusa family daughters with him.

The Great Asian Alliance and Japan’s fleets advanced toward a naval battle near Jinhae, while Yunyi prepared to face the Japanese fleet himself. As the Itsuwa Family’s Abyss activated, Yunyi appeared between the opposing forces and used Domain Expansion-Fool’s World, prompting Katsuto Jumonji to warn the Ten Master Clans of the fleet’s impending annihilation.

• The Japanese fleet left Tsushima Fortress for Jinhae Naval Port, and Yunyi told Liu Yunde to handle Tsushima Fortress while he faced the fleet.
• Liu Yunde ordered the Great Asian Alliance fleet to sail out and meet the Japanese forces.
• Tatsuya Shiba and Katsuto Jumonji concluded that Mayumi Saegusa was unreachable and that the naval battle could no longer be avoided.
• Katsuto Jumonji obtained a satellite feed, and the Great Asian Alliance and Japanese fleets faced each other across the sea.
• The Itsuwa Family’s Abyss began forming near the Great Asian Alliance flagship, and Yunyi appeared between the fleets and activated Domain Expansion-Fool’s World.
• Katsuto Jumonji was urged to notify the Ten Master Clans to prepare for the complete annihilation of the fleet on the front line.

Yunyi stopped Mio Itsuwa’s Abyss with Gravity Magic, then sank the Japanese fleet with his forbidden spell, Serpent That Devours the World. As Liu Yunde advanced toward Tsushima Fortress, Yunyi sent Tatsuya Shiba a silent message and attacked a military satellite.

• Yunyi used Fool’s World and Gravity Magic to interrupt Mio Itsuwa’s Abyss and calm the sea.
• Mio Itsuwa collapsed from exhaustion, and the Japanese commander ordered his fleet to rely on its firepower.
• Yunyi cast the thirteenth-tier forbidden spell Serpent That Devours the World, and its water serpents dragged the Japanese fleet underwater in under five minutes.
• Liu Yunde ordered the Great Asian Alliance fleet to advance on Tsushima Fortress.
• Yunyi mouthed a message to Tatsuya Shiba, then fired Light Phosphorus at a military satellite in low Earth orbit.

After Yunyi destroyed the satellite feed and declared his intention to dye Japan in his color, Tatsuya and the Ten Master Clans confronted the consequences of the advancing Great Asian Alliance fleet. Yunyi planned to hold Tsushima Fortress and wait for someone else to create an opportunity to advance.

• Tatsuya Shiba realized Yunyi’s words meant the conflict could force him to fight as Special Lieutenant Ryuya Oguro, unless Miyuki Shiba took control of the Yotsuba Clan first.
• As the Great Asian Alliance fleet advanced toward Tsushima Fortress, the Ten Master Clans convened an online meeting, and Miyuki joined as Maya Yotsuba’s chosen successor.
• Isami Itsuwa questioned whether the clan heads would change their positions, while Koichi Saegusa said the Saegusa Family would remain neutral.
• Yunyi told Liu Yunde that the fleet would stay near Tsushima Fortress after its capture and wait for an opportunity created by someone else.
• When Liu Yunde asked about his ultimate goal, Yunyi said his current objective was to dye all of Japan in his color.