Chapter Summaries

Fanxin discovered a colossal dragon and a nine-story black tower inside his mind, and Little Fox abandoned its attempt to take over his body because the dragon stood in its way. Little Fox attacked the sleeping dragon, which woke and confronted it, while Fanxin stayed back.

• Little Fox withdrew its soul power and stopped resisting as Fanxin took control of his body.
• Little Fox pointed out a nine-story black tower and a colossal scaled creature in Fanxin’s mind, and explained that it could not take over Fanxin’s body while the creature remained.
• Fanxin warned Little Fox not to attack the creature, but Little Fox refused to share Fanxin’s body and approached it in an enormous, nine-tailed form.
• Little Fox fired a ball of soul power at the sleeping creature, blasting scales from its body and waking it with a furious roar.
• The creature revealed itself as a giant dragon and threatened Little Fox, which demanded that it leave Fanxin’s body or face a fight.

The Dragon of Destruction and Little Fox fought over control of Fanxin’s mindscape, with the dragon unleashing its ultimate attack. As Little Fox neared destruction, Fanxin stepped in front of it and ordered the dragon to stop.

• Little Fox refused to share Fanxin’s mindscape with the Dragon of Destruction, and the two began fighting.
• The dragon’s Dragon Roar hurt Fanxin, so it offered Little Fox one last chance to coexist peacefully.
• Little Fox refused, and the dragon activated Guardian of Light to protect Fanxin’s mindscape before launching Ultimate Destruction.
• Little Fox used Invincible Wind Blades, but the destructive energy overwhelmed it and destroyed more than half its soul body.
• Fanxin rushed in front of Little Fox and shouted at the dragon to stop.

Fanxin tried to protect Little Fox from the giant dragon’s Destruction Storm, but the dragon attacked despite his pleas. Fanxin’s anger awakened dormant powers, and his shout spread an invisible force across his mind domain and the island, knocking nearly every creature unconscious.

• Fanxin shielded Little Fox and argued with the giant dragon, insisting that Little Fox deserved a chance to live.
• Little Fox told Fanxin to stop intervening and said it was ready to die, but Fanxin urged it to hold on to hope.
• The giant dragon blew Fanxin aside and drove its Destruction Storm into Little Fox, sweeping more than half of Little Fox’s body into the attack.
• Fanxin’s dormant powers surged through his mind domain as he ran to stop the dragon, and his shout released an invisible force across the domain and island.
• The force knocked out most creatures on the island, including Ren Fang and Little Black Cat.

Grandpa Nick recognized Fanxin’s ability to knock out the beasts as Conqueror’s Haki and decided to train him once he recovered. Inside Fanxin’s mind, the giant dragon revealed that Fanxin was the young master of the supposedly destroyed Soul Clan, while Little Fox returned to find Fanxin relieved that he was safe.

• Grandpa Nick identified Fanxin’s power as Conqueror’s Haki and resolved to protect and train him.
• The giant dragon and Little Fox recognized Fanxin’s rare Haki and discussed his potential to become a great powerhouse.
• The giant dragon told Little Fox that Fanxin was the young master of the Soul Clan, whose parents had sent him away before the clan was wiped out.
• The giant dragon blamed Little Fox’s invasion of Fanxin’s mind for breaking the seal and warned him not to cause further trouble.
• The giant dragon returned to the tower to sleep, and Little Fox ran to Fanxin, who was glad he was unharmed.

Fanxin reunited with Little Fox after saving it, and Little Fox agreed to stay in his mind until it found a suitable body. Fanxin then learned from Little Black Cat that Grandpa Nick had raised him as a child, and Grandpa Nick said Fanxin would learn about his parents in a few days.

• Little Fox asked why Fanxin had saved it, then agreed not to attack him and returned to his mind.
• Fanxin woke in his body, mistook Grandpa Nick’s severed head for a ghost, and doubted the old man’s claim that he was Fanxin’s grandfather.
• Little Black Cat and Ren Fang woke and checked on Fanxin, and Little Black Cat confirmed Grandpa Nick had raised Fanxin until he was six.
• Fanxin accepted Grandpa Nick as his grandfather and asked about his parents.
• Grandpa Nick said Fanxin would learn who his parents were in a few days, asked everyone to get on him, and prepared to return.

Grandpa Nick explained his land-controlling ability and the dangers of Devil Fruits as he led Fanxin and the others between the islands. He revealed that Fanxin’s parents had left him with Grandpa Nick as a newborn and that a fox’s soul had begun unlocking memories, prompting him to train Fanxin for the dangerous path ahead.

• Grandpa Nick raised a road from the seabed and land to connect the islands, then told Fanxin that his power came from himself, not a Devil Fruit.
• Grandpa Nick explained Devil Fruit users could not swim and warned Fanxin not to eat one while Little Black Cat, who had eaten one, was his only protector.
• Grandpa Nick told Fanxin he would begin training him harshly because Fanxin’s parents had asked him to raise their son safely.
• Fanxin learned his parents had arrived bleeding and near death shortly after his birth, had not returned in over ten years, and might have died.
• Grandpa Nick explained that a fox’s soul had entered Fanxin’s brain and was causing sealed memories to surface, which could lead Fanxin to seek his parents and face danger.

Fanxin accepted Grandpa Nick’s cruel training so he could become strong enough to find and rescue his parents. Ren Fang also chose to face the deadly test for a chance to become stronger, and she jumped from the bridge toward the crocodiles.

• Fanxin told Grandpa Nick he would accept the training, and Grandpa Nick agreed to begin the next day.
• Fanxin asked what his parents looked like, but Grandpa Nick said he knew only their distinctive scent and told Fanxin he might see them in a dream.
• Ren Fang asked to join the training, and Grandpa Nick warned her that it could leave her disfigured or dead.
• Ren Fang insisted she was willing, explaining that she wanted strength to protect herself from further suffering.
• Grandpa Nick challenged Ren Fang to jump into the sea among the crocodiles, and despite Fanxin and Little Black Cat urging caution, she jumped.

Ren Fang passed Grandpa Nick’s test and was promised training, while Fanxin brought her home to recover. After finding that Grandpa Nick had turned his cave into a house, Fanxin cooked a meal for Ren Fang and Little Black Cat, and Grandpa Nick arrived as they ate.

• Fanxin and Little Black Cat drove back the crocodiles so Fanxin could rescue Ren Fang from the water.
• Grandpa Nick pulled Fanxin and Ren Fang to safety and agreed to train Ren Fang after she passed his test.
• Ren Fang fainted from fear and malnutrition, so Fanxin carried her to the island and Grandpa Nick said food would help her recover.
• Fanxin found that Grandpa Nick had transformed his cave into a furnished house, then put Ren Fang in bed to rest.
• Little Black Cat brought back pheasants and mushrooms, and Fanxin cooked stew for Ren Fang and Little Black Cat.
• Grandpa Nick arrived while they were eating and complained that Fanxin had not invited him.

Fanxin reassured Ren Fang after Grandpa Nick’s sudden appearance reminded her of her beheaded family, and she vowed to avenge them. The next morning, the group went to begin her training and found Grandpa Nick waiting in a human-shaped body.

• Grandpa Nick startled Ren Fang by popping out of the ground as a head, and Little Black Cat suggested he make himself a body so she would feel less afraid.
• Ren Fang told Fanxin that seeing Grandpa Nick reminded her of her family, whom bad people had beheaded, and she vowed to kill their murderer once she was strong enough.
• Fanxin comforted Ren Fang, urged her to eat and train, and asked Little Black Cat to keep her company overnight.
• Fanxin prepared breakfast the next morning, then took Ren Fang and Little Black Cat to the training site.
• Grandpa Nick arrived at the training site in the form of a complete person.

Grandpa Nick assessed the group’s strengths, gave Ren Fang the ability to control soil, and paired her with Little Black Cat. He began their training by hunting them through the forest so they could learn to escape powerful enemies.

• Grandpa Nick told Fanxin to develop his close-combat strength, advised Ren Fang to train as a sniper, and paired her with Little Black Cat for weapons and reconnaissance.
• Grandpa Nick transferred his soil-control ability to Ren Fang, who used it to raise a hard earthen wall and learned that she needed soil nearby to use the power.
• Grandpa Nick announced that the first part of training would be escaping from him, and the group agreed to learn how to flee from stronger enemies.
• Grandpa Nick told the group to run while he hunted them, and they entered the forest to prepare.

Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black faced Grandpa Nick’s overwhelming test as hundreds of earth wolves chased and surrounded them. Their weapons could not pierce the wolves, leaving the three backed together and searching for another way to survive.

• Grandpa Nick explained that he had made the attacking beasts from dirt and warned Fanxin and Ren Fang that their bites could kill.
• Fanxin led Ren Fang into dense woods while Little Black distracted the pursuing wolves, but more wolves blocked their route out.
• Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black split up to fight the wolves, with Ren Fang using a barrier and Little Black firing bullets.
• Ren Fang and Little Black discovered their bullets did little harm, while Fanxin found that his spear could not pierce the wolves’ iron-hard bodies.
• Fanxin abandoned his futile attacks and joined Ren Fang and Little Black, and the three stood back to back as the wolves surrounded them.

Fanxin and Ren Fang used the towering trees to stall Grandpa Nick’s giant wolves while Little Black Cat finished their flying armor. The armor was ready, but Grandpa Nick planned to give the wolves wings and pursue them into the sky.

• Fanxin realized he and Ren Fang could not outrun the giant wolves on the ground, so he planned to escape by flying once Little Black Cat finished the armor.
• Little Black Cat entered the Mechanical Space to assemble the armor while Fanxin and Ren Fang lured the wolves into crashing into towering trees.
• Grandpa Nick watched Fanxin’s strategy and decided to add wings to the giant wolves so they could chase the pair into the air.
• After half an hour, Little Black Cat gave Fanxin and Ren Fang palm-sized devices that unfolded into flying armor when they pressed the red button.
• Fanxin activated his device, and the armor covered his body in gleaming steel plates.

Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black Cat fled from the giant wolves using their new flying armor, but discovered Grandpa Nick had enclosed the area with an impenetrable barrier. Trapped with the wolves closing in, Fanxin remained confident they could survive as long as Grandpa Nick did not intervene himself.

• Ren Fang activated the circular device and received a suit of armor, then she and Fanxin used their gear to fly away with Little Black Cat.
• Little Black Cat warned them that hundreds of winged giant wolves were pursuing them, and Fanxin urged the group to fly higher and farther to escape Grandpa Nick's reach.
• Little Black Cat spotted a transparent, indestructible curtain of light ahead, and Fanxin asked the cat to check whether barriers blocked other areas.
• Little Black Cat returned and confirmed that barriers surrounded them, revealing that Grandpa Nick had trapped them and that the wolves were following without haste.
• Ren Fang worried that they could not escape, but Fanxin said they still had a chance if Grandpa Nick did not act personally.

Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black Cat used flying armor to keep Grandpa Nick’s giant wolves occupied until he ended the chase. Grandpa Nick announced that Flying Demon Scorpions would be their next training challenge, leaving Fanxin and Little Black Cat uneasy but determined to face them.

• Fanxin proposed alternating between flying and running to evade the giant wolves, and Ren Fang agreed.
• Fanxin and Ren Fang ran and flew through the forest for four or five hours without being caught, until Grandpa Nick withdrew the wolves.
• Grandpa Nick praised their solution but announced that their next sparring partners would be Flying Demon Scorpions.
• Fanxin and Little Black Cat recalled how the scorpions had bitten and tormented them before, while Grandpa Nick insisted they attend training the next day.
• Fanxin reassured Little Black Cat that they were stronger now and asked her and Ren Fang to find food while he prepared to return.

Fanxin examined strange images in his brain domain and discovered that they showed his parents fleeing with him as a newborn from masked pursuers. The images ended with Grandpa Nick taking him in, while Fanxin was left wondering what the Soul Clan was.

• Fanxin left Ren Fang and the Little Black Cat, went deep into the forest, and focused on the images in his brain domain.
• Fanxin saw masked attackers destroy a settlement where people in black training clothes lived, until his infant cry felled more than half the pursuers.
• The surviving people in black fought to protect Fanxin’s parents and help them escape with him, but they died in the battle.
• Fanxin saw his parents flee with him and receive help from an old man, who later sacrificed the lower half of his body to help them escape underground.
• The old man brought Fanxin’s parents to a deserted island, where they eventually entrusted their child to him before leaving.
• Fanxin realized the old man was Grandpa Nick and the couple were his parents, then wondered what the Soul Clan was.

Fanxin learned that the Soul Clan had powerful souls and could survive the destruction of their bodies, but becoming a true member required awakening his soul by devouring another soul. Little Fox gave him half of his own soul, awakening Fanxin’s soul, then fell into a deep sleep while Fanxin found he could not yet use any abilities.

• Little Fox explained the Soul Clan’s powerful souls, soul attacks, and ability to survive without their bodies, while warning Fanxin that the latter had serious aftereffects.
• Little Fox told Fanxin that he needed to devour a soul to activate his own and offered half of his soul, assuring Fanxin that he would survive.
• Fanxin accepted Little Fox’s half-soul and absorbed it, causing his mindscape to glow and his soul to grow powerful enough to leave his body.
• Little Fox returned to the mindscape to rest, leaving Fanxin to figure out the new abilities on his own.
• Fanxin tried a soul attack but discovered that his soul was too weak to use any abilities.

Fanxin learned that his Soul Clan soul body needed to devour souls to grow, while Grandpa Nick warned him to hide his clan identity and become as strong as a Marine Admiral before seeking revenge. The chapter ended with Fanxin suspecting Grandpa Nick knew something about the attacker and heading home to make dinner.

• Grandpa Nick told Fanxin that his soul body was too weak to use its new ability and needed to devour souls to grow stronger.
• Fanxin thanked Grandpa Nick for saving him and his parents, and Grandpa Nick explained that the Soul Clan had once rescued him from a storm.
• Fanxin described a masked attacker who could turn his body into magma, and Grandpa Nick reacted with alarm but denied knowing anything.
• Grandpa Nick told Fanxin to conceal his Soul Clan identity and wait until he had Marine Admiral strength before seeking revenge.
• Fanxin suspected Grandpa Nick was hiding information about the attacker, but Grandpa Nick urged him to focus on training, and Fanxin went home to make dinner.

Fanxin learned that a Marine Admiral may have taken part in the Soul Clan’s destruction and resolved to grow strong enough to uncover the truth and take revenge. Grandpa Nick trained Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black Cat relentlessly, and after two years all three had grown much stronger.

• Grandpa Nick worried that Fanxin would seek out a Marine Admiral before he was strong enough, then decided to focus on training him.
• Fanxin concluded that a Marine Admiral had attacked the Soul Clan and vowed to find those responsible once he had enough strength.
• Fanxin returned home, where Little Black Cat and Ren Fang had cooked dinner, and the four of them ate together.
• The next day, Grandpa Nick began training Fanxin, Little Black Cat, and Ren Fang without mercy, healing them after he injured them.
• After two years of training, Fanxin was eighteen and could control his soul body in battle, Ren Fang was nineteen and had become a formidable fighter, and Little Black Cat had developed sixty percent of her Devil Fruit ability.

Grandpa Nick warned Fanxin about the dangers beyond their refuge and returned the Wind and Sand Tower his parents had left for him. Fanxin prepared to leave with Ren Fang and the Little Black Cat by building a steel boat.

• Grandpa Nick cautioned Fanxin to avoid reckless fights but never abandon a captured friend, and Fanxin said he understood.
• Grandpa Nick gave Fanxin the 108-level Wind and Sand Tower, explaining how to bind and use it to create sandstorms.
• Fanxin bound the tower, tested its weakest level, and learned that its sandstorm could last for hours after activation.
• Grandpa Nick told Fanxin to use the tower to drive enemies away rather than kill them, then vanished underground instead of seeing him off.
• Fanxin returned to his residence and began building a steel boat with Ren Fang and the Little Black Cat.

Fanxin and his companions finished building a boat and set out to sea so he could search for his parents and investigate the attack on the Soul Clan. After saying goodbye to Grandpa Nick, Fanxin left the island with Ren Fang and Little Black Cat.

• Little Black Cat estimated that building the boat would take a week, but agreed to finish it in four days for Fanxin.
• Fanxin, Ren Fang, and Little Black Cat completed the black boat and planned to depart the next day after gathering supplies.
• Fanxin packed their belongings into the Wind and Sand Tower, which held clothes he suspected his mother had prepared for him.
• The three gathered food, loaded the boat, and headed out to sea.
• Fanxin stopped the boat near the island, thanked Grandpa Nick, and waited for him to appear.
• When Grandpa Nick did not come out, Fanxin ordered Little Black Cat to sail away so he could search for his parents and pursue answers about the Soul Clan's attackers.