Chapter Summaries

Baifeng Uesugi spent a peaceful day with Maya Yotsuba in the courtyard he had given her, then presented her with a photo album of their shared memories. Maya was deeply moved and embraced him, grateful for the gift.

• Baifeng Uesugi and Maya Yotsuba reminisced about the courtyard and he promised to give her another gift.
• Baifeng Uesugi shared stories from First High School and the Nine Schools Competition as they spent the day together.
• At dinner, Baifeng Uesugi teased Maya Yotsuba about the surprise he had prepared for her.
• After dinner, Baifeng Uesugi gave Maya Yotsuba a photo album filled with pictures of their time together.
• Maya Yotsuba tearfully thanked Baifeng Uesugi and hugged him.

Maya Yotsuba and Baifeng Uesugi shared an intimate night after he revealed that he was the special gift she had long wanted. The next morning, Maya learned that Katsuto Jumonji and Koichi Saegusa had arrived to visit Baifeng, and she asked how they had learned he was back.

• Baifeng Uesugi told Maya Yotsuba that her special gift was him, and Maya welcomed him affectionately.
• Baifeng and Maya kissed and spent the night together.
• A servant woke Maya and told her that Katsuto Jumonji and Koichi Saegusa had come to visit the Yotsuba Family.
• Maya changed and met Katsuto and Koichi in the sitting room.
• Katsuto said he had heard Baifeng had returned and asked Koichi to accompany him, and Maya asked how he had found out.

Katsuto Jumonji and Koichi Saegusa visited the Yotsuba Clan to see Baifeng Uesugi, who was resting. After waking, Baifeng learned that Koichi had come to discuss his engagement to Mayumi Saegusa.

• Katsuto Jumonji told Maya Yotsuba that he had recognized Baifeng Uesugi’s identity at school and helped keep it secret.
• Maya Yotsuba met Katsuto Jumonji and Koichi Saegusa, then said she would ask Baifeng what he thought once he woke.
• Koichi Saegusa told Katsuto Jumonji that he had come to discuss Mayumi Saegusa’s engagement to Baifeng, and that Mayumi had asked him to confirm the arrangements.
• Maya returned to Baifeng’s room and lay beside him; Baifeng woke and asked why Katsuto and Koichi had visited.
• Maya explained that Koichi’s visit likely concerned Mayumi’s marriage and teased Baifeng about gaining another bride.

Baifeng Uesugi agreed to an engagement with Mayumi Saegusa while postponing the wedding until after he graduated from First High School. He also agreed to help Katsuto Jumonji optimize Phalanx after learning that using it while moving exhausted him quickly.

• Baifeng Uesugi left Maya Yotsuba to rest and went downstairs to meet Koichi Saegusa and Katsuto Jumonji.
• Koichi Saegusa pressed Baifeng Uesugi to marry Mayumi Saegusa, explaining that Mayumi had made him come.
• Baifeng Uesugi proposed getting engaged now and holding the wedding after graduation, and Koichi Saegusa accepted.
• Katsuto Jumonji asked Baifeng Uesugi to optimize Phalanx and revealed that moving while using it limited him to half an hour.
• Baifeng Uesugi agreed to improve Phalanx and promised Katsuto Jumonji he would keep its flaw confidential.

After settling arrangements with Katsuto Jumonji and Koichi Saegusa, Baifeng Uesugi began optimizing Phalanx in the Yotsuba Family workshop. Two days later, he completed the magic, making it lighter and more portable while greatly increasing its defensive power and impact force.

• Katsuto Jumonji apologized for suggesting a marriage arrangement, and Koichi Saegusa teased Baifeng Uesugi about Mayumi Saegusa moving in with him.
• Baifeng Uesugi went to the Yotsuba Family workshop to create and optimize magic for Katsuto Jumonji.
• Baifeng Uesugi received Phalanx's core formula and adjusted it to address the problems Katsuto Jumonji had described.
• Maya Yotsuba visited the workshop but left without disturbing Baifeng Uesugi as he worked.
• After two days of work, Baifeng Uesugi completed the optimization, improving Phalanx's portability, defense, and impact force.

Baifeng Uesugi reunited with Mayumi Saegusa and Maya Yotsuba before joining Katsuto Jumonji to test the optimized Phalanx. The defense test showed improved protection, and they prepared to test its impact force and portability.

• Baifeng found Mayumi visiting Maya, and Maya explained that Mayumi had arrived the day before but had not wanted to interrupt his work.
• Maya teased Baifeng about his reaction to the two women getting along, then urged him to join Katsuto and promised a meal when he returned.
• Baifeng apologized to Katsuto for the delay and redirected their conversation to testing the optimized magic.
• Baifeng and Katsuto tested Phalanx's defense, and Katsuto emerged unscathed while noting that its defensive power had improved.
• Baifeng said he had also adjusted Phalanx's impact force and portability, then set up dummies and walls for their next test.

Katsuto Jumonji tested Baifeng Uesugi’s improved Phalanx and praised its increased power, stability, and lightness. After Katsuto left, Baifeng joined Maya Yotsuba and Mayumi Saegusa, then woke from a nap to find Mayumi beside him.

• Katsuto Jumonji charged into training dummies and a wall with the optimized Phalanx, finding it powerful and less tiring to use.
• Baifeng Uesugi gave Katsuto the improved Phalanx formula and deleted both copies of the earlier versions.
• Katsuto thanked Baifeng and left, while Baifeng pretended to be exhausted before returning to the villa.
• Baifeng sat between Maya Yotsuba and Mayumi Saegusa, and the three went to dinner together.
• Baifeng returned to his room to rest and later woke to find Mayumi beside him.

Baifeng Uesugi and Mayumi Saegusa became intimate after Maya Yotsuba arranged for them to be together. They joined Maya afterward, and Mayumi went upstairs to rest while Baifeng stayed behind.

• Baifeng Uesugi approached Mayumi Saegusa as she slept, and she woke and blushed when she realized what was happening.
• Baifeng Uesugi and Mayumi Saegusa spent three hours together before leaving the room.
• Baifeng Uesugi and Mayumi Saegusa found Maya Yotsuba waiting in the living room and admitted they were finished.
• Maya Yotsuba teased Baifeng Uesugi and told Mayumi Saegusa to rest.
• Mayumi Saegusa went upstairs, thinking of Maya Yotsuba as the first wife of Baifeng Uesugi's household.

After seven happy days together, Mayumi Saegusa returned to the academy to handle graduation matters while Baifeng Uesugi remained with Maya Yotsuba. Maya reported that members of the Yotsuba family had come seeking Baifeng, and he asked whether Tatsuya's father was among them.

• Maya Yotsuba scolded Baifeng Uesugi for treating Mayumi Saegusa harshly, then arranged congee for her; Baifeng kissed Maya before taking the food to Mayumi.
• Baifeng devoted himself to studying Innate Magic as Maya and Mayumi supported him, and the three spent seven days together.
• Mayumi told Baifeng she would return to school for graduation matters, and he comforted her by promising they would have time together after graduation.
• Mayumi left for the academy the next morning, while Maya returned home after attending to family affairs.
• Maya told Baifeng that Yotsuba family members had come hoping to get something from him and that she had sent them away; Baifeng asked whether Tatsuya's father was one of them.

Maya Yotsuba and Baifeng Uesugi discussed the Yotsuba Family’s leadership and whether Tatsuya Shiba could become its next head if his emotional issues were repaired. After mastering two Innate Magic techniques, Baifeng decided to give Eternal Night to Maya.

• Maya Yotsuba told Baifeng Uesugi that Miya Shiba had visited Tatsuya during the Nine Schools Competition, but Tatsuya had treated him coldly.
• Maya Yotsuba and Baifeng Uesugi discussed her eventual resignation as family head and considered Miya and Tatsuya as possible successors.
• Baifeng Uesugi proposed that he could address Tatsuya’s emotional issues by reducing the capacity his magic occupied, and Maya agreed Tatsuya would be an ideal successor if it worked.
• Baifeng Uesugi studied Innate Magic while Tatsuya helped Rei-chan with her graduation thesis, and Miyuki lost control after learning Mayumi had become Baifeng’s woman.
• After more than a month, Baifeng Uesugi mastered Absolute Defense and Eternal Night, then chose to give Eternal Night to Maya Yotsuba.

Baifeng Uesugi gave Maya Yotsuba the Innate Magic cards “Eternal Night” and “Absolute Defense,” reserving the latter for Mayumi Saegusa. During a test at a plaza, Maya found that Absolute Defense blocked both magical and physical attacks, then cast Eternal Night on a group of bodyguards.

• Baifeng Uesugi presented Maya Yotsuba with Eternal Night and Absolute Defense, explaining that Eternal Night was meant for her and Absolute Defense was a gift for Mayumi Saegusa.
• Maya Yotsuba agreed to test the magic with help from her bodyguards and servants.
• Maya activated Absolute Defense and confirmed that it stopped attacks from firearms, magic, and hand-to-hand combat.
• Maya cast Eternal Night, and darkness rapidly engulfed the testing area and the assembled bodyguards.

Maya Yotsuba tested Eternal Night on a team of bodyguards, discovering that it could manipulate their actions while exploiting their fears. Baifeng Uesugi left Eternal Night with Maya and asked her to deliver Absolute Defense to Mayumi while he stayed to research Shizuku Kitayama’s Innate Magic.

• Maya Yotsuba trapped the bodyguards in Eternal Night, where terror and illusions left them unable to move freely.
• Baifeng Uesugi asked Maya to end the spell, and she released the exhausted bodyguards and ordered their bonuses doubled.
• Maya explained that Eternal Night could briefly control people’s actions and minds, though strong mental defenses could weaken it.
• Baifeng Uesugi warned Maya about Eternal Night’s limits, and she suggested exhausting a target’s mind before casting it.
• Baifeng Uesugi gave Eternal Night to Maya and asked her to deliver Absolute Defense to Mayumi while he stayed to research Shizuku Kitayama’s Innate Magic.

Rei-chan presented her thesis on a gravity healing nuclear fusion reactor at the competition, while Tatsuya Shiba and George discussed Third High School’s research backstage. A runaway truck then crashed into the venue, throwing the competition into chaos.

• Baifeng Uesugi spent time with Maya Yotsuba and helped Rei-chan prepare her graduation thesis topic.
• Rei-chan presented First High School’s research on a gravity healing nuclear fusion reactor and received thunderous applause.
• During the break, George praised Tatsuya Shiba’s idea to use Loop Cast for intermittent nuclear fusion, and Tatsuya acknowledged George’s observations.
• The venue suddenly shook, and George shouted in alarm as those backstage struggled to understand what had happened.
• A runaway truck struck the venue building, breaking windows and sending people into panic.

After an explosion at the conference hall, armed invaders stormed inside and demanded that everyone surrender their CADs. Tatsuya Shiba and the other magicians defeated the attackers, while Miyuki Shiba sealed the entrance in ice; elsewhere, Mayumi Saegusa struggled to get Azusa Nakajo’s attention.

• Tatsuya Shiba found Miyuki Shiba after the explosion and reassured her that the security personnel could handle the danger.
• Armed invaders entered the conference hall, ordered everyone to put down their CADs, and shot at George when he prepared to use magic.
• Tatsuya Shiba shattered the invaders’ weapons with Decomposition magic, and the magicians in the hall defeated the attackers.
• Shizuku Kitayama checked that Miyuki Shiba was safe, and Tatsuya Shiba warned that more invaders remained at the entrance.
• Miyuki Shiba used her Innate Magic to freeze the entrance and trap the invaders in ice, while guards defeated attackers held back by Bai Feng Ueyama’s Absolute Defense.
• Mayumi Saegusa repeatedly called to Azusa Nakajo, but Azusa remained unresponsive as panic continued to spread.

Mayumi Saegusa helped calm the students and entrusted Azusa Nakajo with leading First High School’s students to safety. After Tatsuya Shiba and his companions destroyed the thesis data, they learned the students had taken the underground passage and might face an enemy encounter there.

• Mayumi Saegusa urged Azusa Nakajo to use her magic to settle the panicked students, then explained the attack and the dangers of seeking shelter or escaping to the harbor.
• Mayumi Saegusa named Azusa Nakajo the new First High School Student Council president and encouraged her to lead the students.
• Tatsuya Shiba and his companions reached the central control room, where Katsuto Jumonji, Mayumi Saegusa, and others were waiting, and the thesis data was destroyed.
• Shizuku Kitayama checked a city map and found that many locations had been marked as attacked.
• Kei told Tatsuya Shiba that the other students had followed Nakajo into the underground passage, and Tatsuya warned they might encounter the enemy and be forced into a direct fight.

Tatsuya Shiba stopped an attack on the building and rejoined the group as Major Kazama arrived with urgent orders and details about Tatsuya’s identity. The group learned they had to join the operation and keep Tatsuya’s identity secret, while his Mobile Armor was prepared for deployment.

• Katsuto Jumonji sent Hattori and Zemu to support Nakajo, then took Kirihara to patrol while Tatsuya Shiba checked the equipment in the other rooms.
• Tatsuya Shiba sensed a truck racing toward the building and used Decomposition magic to destroy it before it could crash.
• Katsuto Jumonji protected himself and Kirihara from a barrage of missiles with Phalanx.
• Kyoko arrived in the preparation room, followed by Major Kazama, who introduced himself and had Kyoko explain the situation.
• Harunobu Kazama ordered the assembled personnel to join the operation and keep Tatsuya Shiba’s true identity secret; Miyuki Shiba asked whether Bai Feng was coming.
• Shigeru Sanada announced that Tatsuya Shiba’s Mobile Armor was ready in the transport vehicle, and Tatsuya got moving.

Tatsuya Shiba sent the group to a shelter while Miyuki Shiba lifted the restrictions on his magic, raising him from S-rank to SS-rank. During the battle, a mysterious armored warrior joined Tatsuya’s team and helped turn the fight in their favor as Tatsuya revived fallen teammates.

• Kyoko Fujibayashi called the group together, and Tatsuya Shiba instructed them to follow her to the shelter while he left to fight.
• Miyuki Shiba cast a spell over Tatsuya Shiba and removed the restrictions on his power, raising his rank from S to SS.
• Tatsuya Shiba entered the battle in armor as his team fought the enemy.
• A mysterious warrior in black-and-purple armor arrived and attacked the enemy ranks, boosting Tatsuya Shiba’s team’s morale.
• Tatsuya Shiba revived fallen teammates, allowing them to return to the fight.

Baifeng Uesugi helped Tatsuya Shiba win the battle, but the Demon Hunters appeared and targeted him. He drew them away from the city to the sea, where he faced their powerful magic behind a blue shield.

• Baifeng Uesugi arrived to support Tatsuya Shiba, easing the pain of his revivals, and they soon ended the battle.
• A mysterious figure appeared and the Demon Hunters surrounded Baifeng Uesugi, threatening to kill him.
• Baifeng Uesugi told Tatsuya Shiba to protect Miyuki and Mayumi, and Tatsuya Shiba hurried to leave.
• Baifeng Uesugi teleported away from the city and flew out over the sea, drawing the Demon Hunters after him.
• The Demon Hunters attacked Baifeng Uesugi with powerful magic, and he blocked their first assault with a blue shield.

Baifeng Uesugi fought off the Demon Hunters and their mages but was gravely wounded and brought before the old man who had reincarnated him. He accepted the offer to become Main God and received the old man's inheritance, rising from SSS-rank to the Main God throne.

• Baifeng Uesugi froze a Demon Hunter, broke through the enemies' magic matrix, and knocked the Demon Hunters down with a powerful magical shockwave.
• An SSS mage ambushed Baifeng Uesugi, and SS-rank mages seized the opening to wound him and overwhelm his defenses.
• Baifeng Uesugi woke in a bright, mysterious place and recognized the old man who had reincarnated him.
• The old man offered Baifeng Uesugi the divine position of Main God and explained that he could choose six Sub-Gods as subordinates.
• Baifeng Uesugi accepted the offer, and the old man passed on his inheritance, raising him through the Sub-God realm to Main God.

Baifeng Uesugi ascended to the Divine Realm, where he appointed several women as Sub-Gods and remained in contact with his friends below. Five years later, he enjoyed a peaceful life with them as Maya Yotsuba awaited the birth of her child.

• Baifeng Uesugi ascended to the Divine Realm after defeating the Demon Hunters, and the old man who had guarded the world departed for the stars.
• Baifeng Uesugi discovered he could contact people in the lower realm and appoint Sub-Gods, then offered the positions to his friends.
• Miyuki Shiba, Mayumi Saegusa, Honoka, and Shizuku Kitayama agreed to join Baifeng Uesugi, while Maya Yotsuba prepared to hand over her family's affairs to Tatsuya Shiba.
• Tatsuya Shiba declined to go to the Divine Realm, so Baifeng Uesugi resolved his emotional troubles and raised him to the Demigod realm.
• Five years later, Baifeng Uesugi and the others gathered peacefully in the Divine Realm while pregnant Maya Yotsuba looked forward to her child's arrival.