Recaps

Yunyi warned Liu Yunde that the Great Asian Alliance’s corruption and forced conscription could destroy the country, then left him to handle the attack on the fortress. Aboard the research ship, Mayumi Saegusa struggled with the destruction of Japan’s fleet and asked Yunyi to let her be alone.

• Yunyi told Liu Yunde that officials had secretly enabled the Stick Faction to return and that he was waiting for a chance to purge the administration.
• Liu Yunde realized that forced conscription had left many young magicians resentful of the Alliance’s leaders.
• Yunyi declined to join the attack on the fortress and wondered how Tatsuya would respond if Japan deployed its other Strategic-Class Magician.
• After Mayumi Saegusa watched Japan’s fleet sink, Chen Mei warned her to leave if she could not bear the pain or stay and hide it from Yunyi.
• Mayumi returned to her cabin in tears, answered Yunyi’s call, and asked him to give her some time alone.

Yunyi asked Lina to pass news of Japan’s naval losses to the American military, hoping to influence what happened next. Lina questioned his motives, but Yunyi refused to bargain over her captivity and left her choice unresolved.

• Yunyi considered how Japan’s destroyed fleet and Mio Itsuwa’s death might invite an American attack, then decided to ask Lina to relay the news to American leaders.
• Lina challenged Yunyi about calling through the research ship’s signal jammers, and he changed the subject to his request for help.
• Yunyi told Lina that Japan had lost naval combat strength and that Mio Itsuwa had died when he destroyed the fleet; Lina was shocked and asked if he had done it.
• Yunyi admitted destroying the fleet and said passing the intelligence would help his plans, while Lina questioned what he hoped to gain from a war.
• Lina asked what she would receive for helping, and Yunyi told her she could not negotiate her release and would remain aboard the ship whether she helped or not.

Yunyi persuaded Lina to pass his intelligence to the American military, retrieving the belongings of her fallen STARS teammates from Japan as her condition. Meanwhile, Japan’s military and the Ten Master Clans prepared for a response to the fleet’s destruction and Tsushima Fortress’s likely fall, while the Yotsuba Clan stayed out of the operation.

• Lina agreed to pass Yunyi’s intelligence along if he recovered her fallen STARS teammates’ belongings from her residence in Japan.
• Yunyi used the Gate of Transfer to retrieve the box and send it to Lina, who then went to find Chen Mei to transmit the message by special means.
• Colonel Sakai urged Japan’s military to form a temporary force and retake Tsushima Fortress, but Hiromi Saeki doubted ordinary magicians could succeed without Ryuya Oguro.
• The Yotsuba Clan asked Hiromi Saeki and Harunobu Kazama to sever ties with Tatsuya Shiba for the coming operation, while the other eight Ten Master Clans agreed to assist the military.
• Masaki Ichijo and Katsuto Jumonji led teams toward Fukuoka, and Tatsuya Shiba advised Katsuto to stay calm; Katsuto feared his force would fare poorly against Yunyi.

The Ten Master Clans debated Mayumi’s warning that an American fleet was mobilizing, and Maya Yotsuba confirmed the threat while challenging Retsu Kudou’s judgment. Maya proposed that the Yotsuba and Saegusa families coordinate Tokyo’s defenses, and the chapter ended with Koichi Saegusa asking her why she had intervened.

• Mai Futatsugi asked the Ten Master Clan heads whether they could trust the information Katsuto Jumonji had received from Mayumi and Yunyi, and Atsuko Mutsuzuka urged them to take it seriously.
• Isami Itsuwa questioned whether America would send a fleet without warning, but Gouki Ichijo cited the earlier Okinawa incident, and Maya Yotsuba confirmed that her agents had observed large-scale American military mobilization.
• Raizo Yatsushiro warned that Japan faced threats from both the Great Asian Alliance and America, and Maya Yotsuba told Retsu Kudou to step back from the discussion because his prior decisions had brought losses.
• Maya Yotsuba proposed that the Yotsuba and Saegusa families handle defenses against America while the other families monitored the Great Asian Alliance, and Koichi Saegusa agreed to put his forces under her command.
• Koichi Saegusa asked Maya Yotsuba why she had done this.

Yunyi’s growing military power deterred opposition within the Great Asian Alliance, while reports of Indian mobilization prompted him to reinforce the border. As the assault on Tsushima Fortress stalled against its defenders’ magicians, Yunyi decided to enter the battle himself.

• After the Great Asian Alliance’s executive government saw Yunyi during a call, its officials backed Liu Yunde’s occupation of Tsushima Fortress rather than hold him accountable.
• A coup attempt by former Stick Faction troops was crushed by Yunyi’s previously unknown Special Operations Force Seventh Detachment, strengthening his hold over the Alliance’s military.
• The Qiao Family tried to restore ties with Xiaoxue, but she rejected their invitations and the family’s engagement plans.
• Chen Xiangshan reported that India was mobilizing, so Yunyi ordered two strategic-class magicians to the border while Chen Xiangshan and Lü Ganghu remained undercover.
• Liu Yunde estimated that the battle for Tsushima Fortress would take another hour because Japanese magicians were slowing the assault, and Yunyi ordered a retreat so he could enter the fight himself.

Yunyi appeared over Tsushima Fortress and used his domain and Strategic-Class Magic Snow to wipe out Japan’s defenders. He then repelled Masaki Ichijo’s attack and left Katsuto Jumonji to retreat with the helicopter and regroup with reinforcements.

• The Great Asian Alliance’s forces withdrew from Tsushima Fortress under warship fire, leaving Japan’s defenders amid the wreckage.
• Yunyi enveloped the battlefield in Fool’s World, seized control of the magicians’ Psions, and unleashed a blizzard that killed the defenders within fifteen minutes.
• Yunyi sensed a helicopter carrying Katsuto Jumonji and Masaki Ichijo, and Masaki Ichijo fired his CAD-shaped long gun at him with Rupture.
• Yunyi retaliated with Electric Light, but Katsuto Jumonji’s Phalanx barriers stopped the lightning.
• Katsuto Jumonji ordered the pilot to retreat and regroup with the reinforcements to prepare to defend the coastal areas.

The Ten Master Clans learned that Tsushima Fortress had been destroyed by a Strategic-Class Magician and struggled to find a response. Maya Yotsuba revealed that her family’s hidden Strategic-Class Magician was her son, while Mayumi Saegusa and her sisters watched the battle footage aboard the research vessel.

• Katsuto Jumonji told the Ten Master Clans that Tsushima Fortress had fallen, and satellite images showed it buried in snow and ruins.
• The family heads concluded that the attack differed from the magic used on the Ogasawara Islands, and Raizo Yatsushiro admitted they had misjudged their opponent.
• Koichi Saegusa said Mayumi had left the Saegusa Family and that the attacks on her residence and Tsushima made mediation unlikely.
• Atsuko Mutsuzuka asked Maya Yotsuba about the Yotsuba Family’s hidden Strategic-Class Magician, and Maya confirmed that he was her son.
• Maya explained that her son had been conceived using an egg frozen before her injury and warned that his opponent’s spatial magic made retaliation a serious risk.
• Mayumi Saegusa and her sisters watched the footage of the destruction on Tsushima Island aboard the research vessel.

Shen Yi learned that Black Gu had appeared and set out for Japan with Mayumi, while Yunyi returned to Tokyo and confronted the 101st Brigade. Yunyi subdued Shigeru Sanada and shattered Ren Yanagi’s Counter, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Shen Yi comforted the Saegusa sisters aboard the research ship and took them to the deck.
• After receiving intelligence about Black Gu, Shen Yi told Mayumi that Gu Jie had killed her husband and used Corpse Manipulation Technique on his corpse.
• Shen Yi ordered Chen Mei to prepare a plane to Japan, and Mayumi asked to accompany her; Shen Yi agreed.
• Yunyi arrived in Tokyo and confronted Shigeru Sanada at the garrison of the army's 101st Brigade.
• Yunyi held a sword to Shigeru Sanada’s neck, then shattered Ren Yanagi’s Counter and pressed the blade against Sanada again, drawing blood.

Yunyi abducted Kyoko Fujibayashi from the Independent Magic-Equipped Battalion and brought her to Tatsuya Shiba’s home to use her electronic tracking skills and his equipment to search for Gu Jie. The chapter ended with Miyuki Shiba arriving and asking why Yunyi was there with Fujibayashi.

• Yunyi overpowered Harunobu Kazama, Shigeru Sanada, and Ren Yanagi, then abducted Kyoko Fujibayashi through the Imaginary Number Gate.
• Harunobu Kazama called Tatsuya Shiba to report that Yunyi had taken Kyoko Fujibayashi.
• Yunyi appeared at the Shiba residence with Kyoko Fujibayashi and told Harunobu Kazama through the call that she was safe.
• Yunyi explained that Gu Jie had arrived in Tokyo and that he needed Kyoko Fujibayashi’s tracking skills and Tatsuya Shiba’s equipment.
• Tatsuya Shiba agreed to lend Yunyi the facilities, and Miyuki Shiba hurried downstairs and questioned why Yunyi was with Fujibayashi.

Yunyi visited Tatsuya Shiba’s home with Kyoko Fujibayashi and asked her to track down Gu Jie, a terrorist leader linked to disappearances across Tokyo. As Maya Yotsuba considered whether the Yotsuba Clan should help, Yunyi teased Miyuki Shiba about her relationship with her brother, leaving her flustered.

• Yunyi arrived at the Shiba residence with Kyoko Fujibayashi, and Tatsuya Shiba stopped him from leaving after Miyuki Shiba complained about his unannounced visit.
• Yunyi gave Kyoko a photo of Gu Jie and asked her to locate him, mentioning a lead near the XX Hotel and possible missing-person cases.
• Yunyi told Tatsuya to inform Maya Yotsuba of his presence, confident that no one in Japan could prevent him from escaping.
• Maya Yotsuba learned Yunyi had returned to Japan and asked Hayama whether the Yotsuba Clan should secretly help him find Gu Jie.
• Kyoko continued searching as Yunyi teased Tatsuya and Miyuki about their relationship, making Miyuki blush and leaving Tatsuya at a loss.

Yunyi discovered that Gu Jie was near First High School with corpse puppets and went to capture him as the puppets attacked the school. The chapter ended with a corpse puppet detonating beside a teacher during an outdoor lesson.

• Kyoko Fujibayashi found Gu Jie on camera near First High School, and Yunyi identified unusual crowds around the school as corpse puppets.
• Yunyi concluded that Gu Jie was planning to attack the school, while Miyuki Shiba and Kyoko reported the danger to their contacts.
• Yunyi left for First High School using Flight Magic, intending to catch Gu Jie after he made his move.
• Gu Jie sent corpse puppets over the school walls, triggering alarms and sending students toward their classrooms as committee members headed to defend the campus.
• A corpse puppet charged at the teacher leading First-year Class A's outdoor lesson and detonated after she attacked it with magic.

Yunyi saved Shizuku Kitayama from the corpse puppets attacking First High School and confronted Black Gu, who ordered his forces to launch an all-out assault on the school. Yunyi left after telling the students to seek shelter, while Shizuku asked him to keep in touch.

• A corpse puppet exploded, and Public Morals Committee members failed to stop the puppets from threatening the students.
• Shizuku Kitayama pushed Honoka Mitsui out of danger, but Yunyi rescued Shizuku through a spatial gate before the puppets could attack her.
• Yunyi confronted Black Gu, who ordered hundreds of corpse puppets to attack First High School while pursuing the school's magical research materials and documents.
• Yunyi told the students to take shelter in the school building, and Shizuku asked whether they could stay in touch after he left.
• Shizuku let go of Yunyi's sleeve and wished him well, then Honoka asked if she was all right.

Yunyi confronted Gu Jie over his past crimes and banished him through a spatial rift as an American invasion of Japan began. With the Corpse Puppets attacking First High School and American forces landing near Tokyo, Japan's leaders mobilized, and Maya Yotsuba summoned Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba.

• Yunyi confronted Gu Jie in an alley and accused him of killing his father and causing Great Han's decline through his past actions.
• As air-raid sirens sounded, Yunyi revealed he knew about Gu Jie's coordination with the Americans, then cast Banishment and Breeze to send him through a spatial rift.
• After Gu Jie disappeared, the Corpse Puppets went berserk around First High School, while American warships and aircraft attacked Japan and Parasite Soldiers landed near Tokyo Bay.
• Gouki Ichijo called for the Ten Master Ancestors to gather and repel the invasion, and the clan heads entrusted command to Koichi Saegusa and Kazuki Jumonji while keeping Maya Yotsuba in reserve.
• Maya Yotsuba summoned Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba to meet her, as Tatsuya was Japan's only person capable of threatening the American fleet.

Yunyi refused Tatsuya Shiba’s request to help Japan and instead ordered his fleet to attack both the American and Japanese forces, escalating the fighting in Tokyo. As Tatsuya Shiba met Maya Yotsuba, she told him to prepare to use Material Burst, while Miyuki Shiba asked whether a ceasefire was still possible.

• After capturing Gu Jie, Yunyi failed to reach his mother, sent Chen Mei news of the capture, and entered the Gate of Space magic circle.
• Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba set out to meet Maya Yotsuba, while Kyoko Fujibayashi headed toward a military base near Tokyo.
• Tatsuya Shiba predicted that Japan’s Ten Master Clans would resist the American landing force, and asked Miyuki Shiba to contact Yunyi for help.
• Yunyi declined to help Japan and watched as Japanese forces clashed with more than a hundred American Parasite Soldiers and other troops.
• Yunyi ordered his fleet to attack both sides, destroying more than ten American warships and striking buildings in Tokyo, including the one where he was staying.
• Maya Yotsuba told Tatsuya Shiba to prepare to use Material Burst, and Miyuki Shiba asked whether the two sides could still reach a ceasefire.

Tatsuya Shiba used Material Burst to annihilate most of the American fleet, triggering a desperate assault on Tokyo by the stranded landing force. Yunyi learned that the plane carrying his mother and Mayumi had lost its signal and returned to Japan to search for them, threatening to sink the country if his mother had died.

• Maya Yotsuba told Miyuki Shiba that the American attack made peace talks impossible, and Shigeru Sanada delivered the Third Eye to Tatsuya Shiba.
• Kyoko Fujibayashi connected the Third Eye to satellite targeting and calculated a safe power level for Material Burst near Tokyo Bay.
• Shen Yi forced her plane into Japanese airspace after learning Chen Mei had said Yunyi caught Gu Jie, and Tatsuya Shiba fired Material Burst at the American fleet.
• The blast destroyed most of the American fleet, and the stranded American troops launched a fierce attack on Tokyo with Parasite Soldiers at the front.
• Chen Mei told Yunyi that the plane carrying his mother and Mayumi had lost its signal and that she could not find his mother’s life signal.
• Yunyi returned to Japan to search for his mother and Mayumi, told Chen Mei to keep the news quiet, and threatened to sink Japan if his mother had died.

Yunyi searched the sea for Shen Yi and Mayumi Saegusa after their plane crashed during the aftermath of Tatsuya Shiba’s Material Burst. After finding them safe, he brought out Gu Jie, and Shen Yi prepared to kill him.

• Yunyi returned to Japan and expanded Sanctuary of Joy, cutting off magic across much of Tokyo as he searched the nearby sea with Heavenly Eye.
• Tatsuya Shiba, Miyuki Shiba, and Maya Yotsuba recognized Yunyi’s Domain Magic, while Shen Yi and Mayumi Saegusa waited aboard their damaged plane, unable to contact him.
• Yunyi found the plane and teleported into the cabin, where he saw Shen Yi and Mayumi Saegusa safe.
• Shen Yi asked about Gu Jie, and Yunyi pulled him out of Imaginary Number Space, where his mind had begun to break down.
• Yunyi gave Shen Yi a longsword and restrained Gu Jie with Gravity Magic as Shen Yi swung at his neck.

After returning Shen Yi and Mayumi Saegusa to Tokyo, Yunyi warned them that the Americans might launch a devastating counterattack that night. He sent them to the research ship, then went to meet Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba on a rooftop in Tokyo.

• Yunyi reunited with Shen Yi and Mayumi Saegusa at their Tokyo home and scolded Shen Yi for risking the flight to Japan.
• Yunyi explained that Tatsuya Shiba's Material Burst had destroyed the American vanguard fleet and warned that the Americans likely had reserve forces and a Strategic-Class Magician ready to strike back.
• Yunyi predicted that an American counterattack after dark could force Japan to redeploy its reinforcements and leave Tokyo vulnerable.
• Yunyi sent Shen Yi and Mayumi Saegusa through the Gate of Transfer to the research ship before leaving their home.
• Yunyi teleported to a Tokyo rooftop, where Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba were waiting, and Tatsuya suspected the Material Burst had drawn trouble.

Yunyi explained that he had come to Japan to recruit powerful allies and revealed his past plans for Tatsuya Shiba and Miyuki Shiba. After declaring himself Tatsuya’s enemy over the plane lost in Material Burst’s aftermath, he attacked the siblings and sent Miyuki falling from the rooftop.

• Yunyi told Tatsuya Shiba that he wanted to build a force to counterbalance the world’s powers and had once planned to take Miyuki Shiba to control Tatsuya.
• Yunyi revealed that he had been in Okinawa and had intended to take Miyuki, but said that opportunity was now gone.
• Tatsuya asked about the trouble caused by Material Burst, and Yunyi said the magic’s aftermath had caused a plane carrying people important to him to crash into the sea.
• Yunyi declared that he and Tatsuya were enemies, then used his area to block Tatsuya’s magic and restrain him.
• Yunyi struck Miyuki Shiba and pushed her off the rooftop, where her attempt to use Flight Magic failed within Fool’s World.

Yunyi abducted Miyuki Shiba and used her as leverage to force Tatsuya Shiba to destroy the Itsuwa Family. He left Miyuki on a remote island and argued that she and Tatsuya could never escape being drawn into conflicts.

• Yunyi freed Tatsuya Shiba, who jumped from the rooftop and demanded to know where Miyuki Shiba was.
• Yunyi offered to release Miyuki if Tatsuya wiped out everyone connected to the Itsuwa Family that night.
• Yunyi escaped through a Gate of Space with Miyuki as Tatsuya lunged after them and crashed onto the rooftop.
• Yunyi brought Miyuki to his isolated Pacific island and told her he intended to use her to command Tatsuya.
• Miyuki asked Yunyi to leave her and Tatsuya alone, but he insisted Tatsuya's power made a peaceful life impossible.

Lina asked Yunyi to help rescue the STARS members in America before the military could experiment on them with Parasites. Yunyi agreed in exchange for Lina retiring from the American military and serving as his mother's bodyguard, and Lina prepared to contact Virginia to check on her team.

• Mayumi Saegusa and Lina used the Gate of Transfer to meet Yunyi, where they found Miyuki Shiba held prisoner.
• Lina asked whether Yunyi had known the American military would use Parasites on soldiers, and he said he had only known the experiments were connected to Gu Jie.
• Lina explained that Virginia had warned her the military planned to experiment on STARS members and asked Yunyi to rescue them.
• Lina offered to retire from the military and serve as Yunyi's mother's bodyguard if he helped her team.
• Yunyi agreed to rescue STARS members who had not been possessed, but said possessed soldiers would have to be eliminated.
• Lina agreed to Yunyi's condition and said she would contact Virginia to check on her team before they set out.

Tatsuya returned home without alerting the Yotsuba Clan that Miyuki had been abducted, while Yunyi brought Lina to meet Xiaoxue at a Great Asian Alliance base. After a Qiao Family representative insulted Yunyi and Xiaoxue, Yunyi decided to confront the Qiao Family with her.

• Tatsuya returned home in a foul mood but kept Miyuki’s abduction from the Yotsuba Clan because he feared their response and did not want to provoke Yunyi.
• Mayumi stayed aboard the research vessel while Kasumi and Izumi explored it with Chen Mei.
• Yunyi and Lina visited Xiaoxue at a military base, where they found a middle-aged Qiao Family man berating Xiaoxue.
• Yunyi intimidated the man, and Xiaoxue had soldiers remove him from her office.
• After the man insulted them as he was dragged away, Yunyi stopped the soldiers and said he would visit the Qiao Family with Xiaoxue to demand an explanation.

Yunyi brought Xiaoxue to the Qiao Family residence to confront them over their members threatening her and trying to seize command of his troops. After Xiaoxue confirmed the threats and revealed that the offender had insulted Shen Yi, Yunyi demanded an explanation from the silent family.

• Yunyi arrived at the Qiao Family residence with Xiaoxue while the family discussed taking control of her authority and resources.
• Yunyi opened a spatial gate and threw out a badly injured middle-aged Qiao Family member, then accused the family of threatening Xiaoxue and attempting to seize command of his troops.
• The Qiao patriarch challenged Yunyi, but the family members fell silent as they feared his power.
• Xiaoxue's father asked whether there had been a misunderstanding, and Yunyi asked Xiaoxue to explain what happened.
• Xiaoxue confirmed that the man had insulted Yunyi and Shen Yi, prompting Yunyi to demand an explanation from the Qiao Family.

Yunyi confronted the Qiao Family over Xiaoxue, then left after Shen Yi called and told him to handle matters as he saw fit. Back in Japan, Yunyi waited for Tatsuya Shiba to attack the Itsuwa Family, while Maya Yotsuba grew concerned about Tatsuya’s intentions.

• Old Master Qiao promised Yunyi that the Qiao Family would not harass Xiaoxue while he remained in charge, and Yunyi warned him against relying on the Yun Family for support.
• Xiaoxue tried to speak up for the Qiao Family, but Shen Yi called and asked Yunyi to bring Xiaoxue to see her.
• Yunyi left the Qiao Family, picked up Lina, and took her to Xiaoxue’s home before returning to Japan.
• Yunyi waited for Tatsuya Shiba to attack the Itsuwa Family, intending to throw Japan’s Ten Master Clans into turmoil.
• Maya Yotsuba learned that Hayama could not reach Tatsuya Shiba and ordered him to find Tatsuya’s destination and Miyuki’s location.

Yunyi destroyed the Kudou residence and made the attack resemble Tatsuya Shiba’s Material Burst while Tatsuya remained missing and Miyuki’s whereabouts were unknown. After the Itsuwa and Kudou attacks threw Japan’s upper echelons into panic, Maya Yotsuba ordered the Kuroba and other families to eliminate survivors closely tied to the Itsuwa Family.

• Yunyi suspected Tatsuya Shiba might be conspiring with the Itsuwa Family, chose the Kudou Family as his target, and traveled to their residence.
• Yunyi used his domain, flash magic, and a transferred energy sphere to destroy the Kudou residence and make the attack appear like Material Burst.
• Retsu Kudou watched Minoru Kudou disappear in the blast, then learned that the Itsuwa Family’s main residence had also been attacked.
• Maya Yotsuba learned that Hayama could not contact Tatsuya Shiba and that Miyuki Shiba was missing; she concluded Miyuki might have been captured and the Kudou attack was likely the captor’s work.
• Maya Yotsuba ordered Hayama to contact the Kuroba and other families and send people to eliminate survivors with close ties to the Itsuwa Family.

After returning Miyuki to Tatsuya, Yunyi declared that he would continue the war against Japan and warned Tatsuya that they would become enemies if he stood in his way. Yunyi then returned to the Great Asian Alliance fleet and launched an attack on Kyushu, leaving Masaki Ichijo and Katsuto Jumonji scrambling to respond.

• Koichi Saegusa questioned Maya Yotsuba about the attacks on the Itsuwa Family, and Maya told him to ask Mayumi.
• Tatsuya returned to Tokyo, where he found Miyuki waiting at home and learned that Yunyi had brought her back after Tatsuya fulfilled his condition.
• Yunyi urged Tatsuya and Miyuki to leave Japan, then threatened to kill them if they opposed his war.
• Yunyi returned to the Great Asian Alliance flagship at Tsushima Fortress and ordered Liu Yunde to move the fleet toward Kyushu.
• Masaki Ichijo and Katsuto Jumonji received word of the fleet's advance, but missiles began raining down before they could complete their defenses.