Chapter Summaries

Lissandra confronted Lan Hong and his group at the Howling Abyss, where she defended her long study of the Void and described the Icathian rebellion that unleashed it. She left the details of the ancient war against the Void at Mount of Giants unknown, but recounted how Icathia’s attempt to use the Void against Shurima ended in disaster.

• He Xi and Kaisha discussed how Void corruption had transformed True Ice, while He Xi avoided disturbing the sealed Void Watchers.
• Lissandra arrived at the Howling Abyss, and Lan Hong accused her of hiding her past and provoking conflict between her sisters’ successors.
• After Kaisha challenged her motives, Lissandra attacked Kaisha with True Ice, but Kaisha shattered the attack; Lissandra then asked them to hear her out.
• Lissandra said she had studied the Void for years to find a way to destroy or permanently freeze the Void Watchers sealed beneath the True Ice.
• Lissandra revealed that she knew of a war against the Void at Mount of Giants but had not participated and did not know its details.
• Lissandra recounted how Icathia rebelled against Shurima, opened a Void rift to fight the Ascended, and was overwhelmed by the Void creatures it released.

Lissandra told Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi about the Void War and the continuing danger posed by Void creatures. He Xi and Kaisha released a Void Watcher from the True Ice and began destroying it with light and fire.

• Lissandra explained how Icathia fell to the Void, how Empress Setaka and Shurima's Ascended fought the creatures, and how Horok sealed the Void rift with a Void Blade.
• Lissandra warned that Void creatures still entered Rune Land and described how Kog'Maw could grow by devouring matter.
• He Xi decided to release a Void Watcher from the True Ice, despite Lissandra's objections, and Lan Hong assured her they could deal with it.
• He Xi shattered the True Ice and freed the Void Watcher, which accused Lissandra of being a traitor.
• He Xi and Kaisha cut the Void Watcher into pieces and burned them with flames of light, but it remained alive.

Kaisha and He Xi destroyed the Void Watchers beneath the Howling Abyss and learned why they sought to erase Rune Land. They then sealed Lissandra in pure white crystal for her crimes, leaving her imprisoned with her sisters.

• Kaisha and He Xi freed the Void Watchers one by one and burned them to ashes, while Lissandra watched.
• He Xi and Kaisha learned from the Void Watchers that they wanted to destroy Rune Land because it disturbed the Void’s tranquility.
• He Xi warned Lissandra that she could not deceive the Void Watchers still remaining in the Void, and Lissandra admitted she had no intention of trying.
• He Xi and Kaisha decided Lissandra should be punished for her crimes, and Lan Hong suggested sealing her beside her sisters.
• Lissandra tried to flee, but a chain of light restrained her, and Kaisha and He Xi sealed her inside a piece of pure white crystal.

After sealing Lissandra in a Faith Crystal and defeating the Void Watchers, Lan Hong and his group traveled to Icathia to investigate the Void. There they met Kaisa, who recounted how the Void destroyed her village and transformed her into a survivor rejected by the people of Shurima.

• He Xi and Kaisha sealed Lissandra in a Faith Crystal and reunited her with her sisters.
• Lan Hong's group encountered Ornn, who went into the Howling Abyss to verify that the Void Watchers had been dealt with.
• Lan Hong decided to investigate the Void, and the group traveled to the wasteland of Icathia.
• Lan Hong sensed an open Void channel beneath Icathia, and Kaisa emerged from it after killing nearby Void bugs.
• Kaisha introduced herself and He Xi to Kaisa, who explained that her living Void shell had fused with her after she survived the destruction of her village.
• Kaisa said she had escaped the Void after nearly ten years underground, but the villagers drove her away as a monster.

Kaisa recounted how she survived the Void and met Bel'Veth, the Void Empress, who released her to use her against the Void Watchers. Kaisha and He Xi decided to enter the Void, and Kaisa agreed to guide them as Lan Hong brought them to an underground rift.

• Kaisha hugged Kaisa, and He Xi reassured her that she deserved a better life.
• Kaisa explained that she had returned to the Void after an accident with Talia and escaped when Bel'Veth let her go.
• Kaisa told Kaisha and He Xi that Bel'Veth wanted her to help find the Void Watchers and aimed to devour Rune Land.
• Kaisha asked Kaisa to guide them into the Void to meet Bel'Veth, and Kaisa agreed.
• Kaisha promised they could help remove Kaisa's Void Armor, and Lan Hong brought them to the underground Void rift.

Lan Hong, Kaisha, He Xi, and Kaisa entered the Violet Sea to confront the Void Empress Bel'Veth. After Kaisha and He Xi cut Bel'Veth apart, she reassembled and proposed that they talk.

• Lan Hong concealed the group's presence as they entered the Void, and a distorted region appeared that Kaisa identified as the Violet Sea.
• Lan Hong and the others entered the Violet Sea, where Bel'Veth questioned Kaisa and declared her intention to absorb both Rune Land and the Void.
• He Xi learned that Bel'Veth had not defeated any Void Watchers, while the group claimed to have dealt with more than a dozen.
• Bel'Veth attacked from throughout the Violet Sea, but Kaisha and He Xi repelled her insects and forced her into her true form with their light energy.
• Kaisha and He Xi cut Bel'Veth into four pieces, but she reassembled from the Violet Sea's matter and suggested they talk.

Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi forced Bel'Veth to agree not to attack Rune Land and gave her three chances to call for their help against the Void Watchers. After returning to Rune Land, they parted ways with Kaisa and decided to seek out its demons.

• He Xi and Kaisha rejected Bel'Veth's attempt to negotiate, but Lan Hong offered to help her devour the Void if she left Rune Land alone.
• Lan Hong threatened to erase Bel'Veth and the Violet Sea if she refused, so Bel'Veth accepted the terms and Kaisha gave her three feathers representing three offers of help.
• Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi left the Void with Kaisa and returned to Rune Land.
• Kaisa chose to keep her Void Armor and continue hunting Void creatures, and Kaisha gave her a feather to contact her for help.
• Lan Hong sealed the Void rift beneath Icathia, then suggested that he and his companions look for Rune Land's demons, which he said were born from negative emotions.

Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi tracked the Fear Demon Fiddlesticks to an abandoned village in Demacia and then to a nearby forest. They confronted him, and Kaisha and He Xi attacked with light after Fiddlesticks failed to frighten them.

• Lan Hong explained that Fiddlesticks, a primordial Fear Demon, had once slaughtered a village in Demacia, and the group decided to investigate.
• Lan Hong led Kaisha and He Xi to the abandoned village, where he sensed Fiddlesticks's lingering aura of fear and traced him to a forest.
• Fiddlesticks appeared as a scarecrow, transformed into a scythe-wielding monster, and spoke the final words of his victims.
• Fiddlesticks tried and failed to seize the fears of Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi, then unleashed a flock of crows at them.
• Kaisha and He Xi answered with radiant power, which turned Fiddlesticks's crows into Black Mist and made them vanish.

He Xi and Kaisha defeated Fiddlesticks, and Lan Hong’s group left Rune Land after meeting Bard in space. They entered another universe near Earth, where a giant monster was heading toward the planet, and wondered whether they had arrived in an Ultraman world.

• He Xi and Kaisha destroyed Fiddlesticks’s possessed tree and scattered crows, while Lan Hong explained that Fiddlesticks would need time to gather fear before reviving.
• He Xi and Kaisha agreed with Lan Hong to leave Rune Land and return later to deal with Bel’Veth.
• Bard appeared as Lan Hong’s group departed Rune Land, thanked them for harmonizing the discordant notes, and then continued on his way.
• Lan Hong described Bard and other true gods, including Aurelion Sol and Soraka, before the group left the universe containing Rune Land.
• He Xi and Kaisha chose another universe and arrived in outer space near Earth, where they saw a gigantic monster enter the planet’s atmosphere.
• Lan Hong suspected they had reached an Ultraman world, and the group decided to go down and identify which one.

Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi investigated Ligard Dragon and discovered the sleeping threat of Gatanothor beneath the Luluye Ruins. After the pilots’ wills emerged from the monster, Tiga Ultraman defeated it, and the three observers saw him transform back into Daigo.

• Ligard Dragon absorbed high-purity energy, resisted the Victory Team’s attack, and flew away while Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi detected human life signs inside it.
• Lan Hong led Kaisha and He Xi to scan the seabed, where they found the Luluye Ruins and the immense Dark Power of the sleeping Gatanothor.
• Lan Hong explained how Gijera and Gatanothor destroyed the Super Ancient Civilization, and how Tiga Ultraman had once been a Dark Giant before taking the other giants’ powers and sealing them.
• Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi watched Ligard Dragon fight Tiga Ultraman, then saw the three pilots’ wills leave the monster as orbs of light.
• Tiga Ultraman destroyed Ligard Dragon with a Zepelion Ray, flew away, and transformed back into Daigo in view of Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi.

Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi met Daigo and learned about Earth’s history before confronting the Muzhen Star Person, who hunted an alien named Lucia. The Muzhen Star Person transformed into a giant, and Kaisha and He Xi faced it as the Victory Team rushed to the scene.

• Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi met Daigo, discussed his resolve to protect humanity, and warned him about a powerful dark enemy.
• Lan Hong and the angels studied Earth’s history, while Kaisha and He Xi analyzed Tiga’s battles against monsters.
• Kaisha and He Xi discovered the Muzhen Star Person hunting Lucia and intervened with Daigo and Lina, forcing it to flee.
• Kaisha and He Xi tracked down the Muzhen Star Person, which transformed into a giant after threatening to make them its prey.
• The Victory Team detected the giant Muzhen Star Person, and Kaisha and He Xi confronted it while Captain Jian Jianhui watched the satellite footage.

Kaisha and He Xi defeated the Muzhen Star Person, then uncovered the Kirielodians’ scheme to impersonate Angels and summon their god. After they joined Daigo against the Kirielodians, their light energy awakened his initial Shining Form, allowing him to win the battle.

• Kaisha and He Xi destroyed the Muzhen Star Person with a combined X-shaped blade of light and disappeared before Victory Team could find them.
• Victory Team investigated reports of Angels and learned that people had seen angel-shaped clouds rather than the real Angels.
• Captain Jian Jianhui noticed that her mother-in-law was acting abnormally, and she confirmed that an unknown entity had controlled her.
• Lan Hong recognized that the Kirielodians were using the name of Angels to target Tiga and summon their god through a Hell Gate.
• Kaisha and He Xi destroyed the Hell Gate and blocked the transformed Kirielodians’ flames as Daigo joined the fight as Tiga.
• Kaisha and He Xi infused Daigo with light energy, enabling him to reach the initial stage of Shining Form and defeat the Kirielodians with the Zepelion Ray.

Kaisha and He Xi studied Tiga Ultraman and discovered that his power depended on both light energy and humanity’s hope. Later, Obic confronted the loss of his village and chose to die with it, leaving Lan Hong to reflect on what had vanished with the past.

• Kaisha and He Xi asked Daigo to cooperate with their research into Tiga Ultraman’s power, and he agreed after arranging leave from the Victory Team.
• Kaisha and He Xi found that Tiga Ultraman drew strength from people’s hope as well as light energy, while Lan Hong warned that humanity still had to overcome the Gijera trial.
• The Victory Team investigated reports of Obic, who frightened people because human development had erased the village he remembered.
• Daigo told Obic that his village was gone and offered to find him a place to live, but Obic rejected him and grew enormous.
• Tiga Ultraman defended himself without attacking until Obic stopped fighting and allowed Tiga Ultraman’s counterattack to kill him.
• Tiga Ultraman carried Obic as they vanished into particles of light, while Lan Hong chose not to intervene and mourned the lost village and childhood Obic represented.

Daigo struggled with humanity’s decision to eliminate the Lightning People, but they left Earth before the campaign could destroy them, while Tiga defeated Qiao Beili Ai. After the Victory Team’s holiday began, Lina questioned why monsters could not coexist with humans, just as another underground creature appeared and went to sleep.

• Daigo sought advice from Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi about humanity’s plan to eliminate the Lightning People, and Kaisha offered to help him become civilization’s chief god, but he declined.
• Qiao Beili Ai emerged from underground, resisted the Victory Team’s attacks, and retreated into the mountains.
• The Victory Team launched its campaign against the Lightning People, but the Lightning People left Earth to escape humanity; He Xi captured one or two for research.
• Daigo transformed into Tiga and defeated Qiao Beili Ai, choosing to fight to protect the people around him.
• The Victory Team went to the zoo, where Lina asked Daigo why monsters could not coexist with humans, and an enlarged mole-like monster surfaced and fell asleep.

After Gomora’s rampage, Daigo sought advice from Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi about humanity and his role as Tiga. When the Golden Dragon Golgolas began pulling people and objects from the past into the present, Daigo fought it while He Xi wondered what would happen to those displaced if it were defeated.

• Lina persuaded the Victory Team to spare Gomora, and Daigo later shrank it with Tiga’s beams instead of killing it.
• He Xi took tissue samples from Gomora, while Daigo later visited Lan Hong, Kaisha, and He Xi after several alien attacks left him shaken.
• Kaisha reassured Daigo about humanity, and Lan Hong reminded him that he was both a human and a Light Lifeform.
• The Golden Dragon Golgolas caused magnetic fields that brought people and objects from the past into the present, including Yuri Tezuka.
• Daigo transformed into Tiga and fought Golgolas as He Xi questioned what would happen to the time-displaced people and objects if the monster were destroyed.

Nodoka learned that Yuri Tezuka had returned to her own time after Golden Dragon Golgolas was destroyed. Later, Makio Kirino tested Daigo's resolve, helped Tiga defeat a monster, and received a blessing from the Angels.

• Nodoka helped Tiga Ultraman destroy Golden Dragon Golgolas, and Yuri Tezuka disappeared when the temporal anomalies ended.
• Nodoka found the necklace he had given Yuri Tezuka and realized she had returned to her own time.
• An ultra-ancient monster escaped underground, while Kaisha and He Xi identified Makio Kirino as a psychic who could read thoughts and foresee the future.
• Makio Kirino wagered that Daigo would not transform into Tiga Ultraman when the next monster appeared, but Daigo transformed to protect civilians and Lina.
• Makio Kirino revealed the monster's throat as its weakness, allowing Tiga Ultraman to defeat it, then admitted his wager was lost and praised Daigo's courage.
• An Angel's glowing feather landed in Makio Kirino's hand, and he accepted it as a blessing.

Daigo and the Victory Team stopped the Iludians from transforming Earth’s population and destroyed their shared-brain tower, while Agan and Jo Saki were saved. Later, He Xi discovered that the Shark Monster troubling the Victory Team was a machine created by Keigo Masaki, raising questions about his technological skill.

• Shinjo, Daigo, and Horii found an Iludian at the spacecraft wreck, and Angel Kaisha stopped Shinjo from shooting Jo Saki, who had been transformed.
• Agan revealed that the Iludians had attacked the spacecraft to test transforming humans and admitted that he had been transformed too.
• Daigo transformed into Tiga and raised a barrier around the tower to keep people from approaching it.
• Tiga destroyed the giant Iludian and its fleeing tower, while the Victory Team used a reversal agent to save Agan and Jo Saki.
• He Xi identified the Shark Monster as a machine built with human technology and traced its creator to Keigo Masaki.
• Lan Hong questioned how Keigo Masaki’s technology could surpass the Victory Team’s capabilities.

Keigo Masaki used Daigo’s Spark Lens to merge with a statue and become Evil Tiga, then attacked the city while claiming humans must follow his guidance. Daigo escaped and transformed into Tiga to fight him, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Daigo found Keigo Masaki’s underground hideout and challenged him over his plan to become a Giant of Light and guide humanity.
• Keigo Masaki used Daigo’s Spark Lens to transform into light and merge with the giant statue, becoming Evil Tiga.
• Evil Tiga flew to the city, declared himself humanity’s guide, and attacked the Victory Team as darkness spread across his body.
• Daigo’s struggle against the electromagnetic net caused Keigo Masaki’s dog to merge with the monster statue, which then tried to stop Evil Tiga and awaken its master.
• A curtain of light protected the monster from Evil Tiga, while Jian Jianhui found Daigo and urged him to return safely.
• Daigo broke free, retrieved the Spark Lens, transformed into Tiga, and began fighting Evil Tiga.

After the Victory Team learned that Xila was trying to remove the Zilda Gas to prevent Mami’s tragedy from happening again, they helped it carry the gas away from the Zilda Center. Daigo followed Xila into space as Tiga and infused it with light, leaving its fate unresolved.

• Tiga defeated Evil Tiga, and Daigo returned safely to the Victory Team with the little dog.
• The Victory Team intercepted a giant bird, and Daigo and the commander were seriously injured while changing its course away from the Zilda Center.
• Lan Hong and He Xi discovered that the bird, Xila, carried the sleeping soul of its owner, Mami, and wanted to remove the Zilda Gas.
• After He Xi explained Xila’s purpose, the TPC director ordered the Victory Team to help it take the Zilda Gas from the center.
• Xila absorbed the Zilda Gas and flew into space, where Daigo transformed into Tiga and sent light into its body.

Gijera flowers spread across Earth, sending people into blissful dreams as Daigo and the Victory Team investigated the threat. The Victory Team fell under Gijera’s influence, leaving Daigo alone until Dina’s father Luke arrived.

• Xila transformed into a golden phoenix after Dr. Nezu’s light merged with her, and Daigo returned to the Victory Team as He Xi showed them her rebirth.
• A spaceship landed on Earth as Gijera flowers began blooming, and He Xi explained to Lan Hong that the visitors sought Gijera essence.
• Daigo encountered Dina, who warned that Gijera bloomed before destruction, then found Lina and Shinjo trapped in the dream world.
• Horii and Nodoka investigated Gijera while Dina explained that its pollen made people happy before they perished; the Victory Team discovered the flowers had spread widely.
• Gijera overwhelmed the Victory Team headquarters, leaving Daigo unable to wake anyone, and Dina fainted before Luke arrived and identified himself as her father.