Chapter Summaries

Ron learned that the new Compound V had given him and others a temporary Kryptonian-like state, then joined Harry in orbit to begin a three-week transformation ritual. Meanwhile, Basil investigated a Cosmic Cluster tied to a damaged system component and found a universe trapped in fixed destiny.

• Tony examined Peter's transformed Biokinetic Field, and Ron explained that the new Compound V gave A-rank heroes a temporary Kryptonian-like ability to absorb solar energy.
• Harry brought Ron to an island in Earth orbit and outlined a three-week ritual to develop Ron's Nine-Tomoe Sharingan, Poison Release, and Myriad Poisons Heavenly Scripture.
• Basil woke from a moment in which he had created no Dream Realm, shifted his attention across his lives in multiple universes, and entered an unfamiliar Cosmic Cluster centered on sports.
• Basil created a tennis racket and ball from nothing and struck a shot that formed a Great Realm containing multiple multiverses.
• Basil told Madison and Zoe that he planned to retrieve the Plot Component through the Cosmic Cluster as a rare form of training, and complained that its game had favored Daniel Pejic over the player's protagonist.
• Basil explained that the universe contained by the Plot Component had a damaged shell and fixed destiny, with its branching multiverse reduced to a script.

Ron returned to find the others training with brainwave-linked cars, but his distractions left him unprepared for the next trial. He and the other Champions arrived at a Babel-like tower for a moon-circling race and met its announcer, Dash.

• Ron returned from the modification ritual to find toy cars racing along tracks throughout the dorms, and Peter directed him to Jordan and Emma.
• Ron learned that the cars trained brainwaves and that the trial would begin in six days, but he spent much of his remaining time with the Lavenders and Jordan.
• Ron failed to master thought-controlled car operation before the trial, though he had strengthened his Poison Force, [Biokinetic Field], and Sharingan.
• The four Champions arrived together at the next world and recognized the story of Babel as a towering structure appeared before them.
• Dash announced that the 138945739949th Spring Tournament required contestants to circle the moon along the tower's track and return to Earth.

Ron, Magneto, Susan, and Katy reached Sagami Model Shop, where Uncle explained that Mini 4WD cars could house their souls and let racers oppose fate. Magneto forged his car and regained his powers, while an ancient voice from his car revealed a connection to Carrow.

• Dash appeared, escaped his bonds, and directed the four toward Sagami Model Shop as their powers remained unusable.
• Katy led the others toward the shop, where Chizuko used Off-Road Homerun to carry them there.
• Uncle welcomed them and explained that racers forged cars from parts and their own hair or blood, while describing the ancient cycle of fate and the World Cup.
• Magneto chose parts, added his blood, and forged a silver-gray car that flew into his body and restored his powers.
• An ancient voice rang in Magneto's ears, and Uncle identified Carrow as a racer who had charged at the wall of fate and been destroyed.

Ron, Katy, and Susan awakened their Souls of the Car while the ancient man explained how destiny and inherited soul fragments shaped racers. The chapter ended as he began recounting Chizuko’s past and her connection to Susan’s Soul of the Car.

• Ron forged his Soul of the Car, which took the form of a venomous green spider-themed car, and the man warned that Ron’s powers were chaotic and his soul had not yet understood itself.
• The man explained that destiny force could keep racers alive through inherited soul fragments, and he identified Ron’s soul as rooted in Gō and associated with Okita Kai.
• The man described how the racing competition had changed, with the World Cup becoming a worldwide selection pool rather than a contest divided by national teams.
• Katy awakened a small, elegant Soul of the Car, and the man identified its technology as belonging to the ancient Thunder Star.
• Susan awakened a moon-white Soul of the Car, which the man said came from Chizuko, then recalled how Chizuko had grown up and become a woman pursued by Gō.

Uncle Zuo Shang tested Ron, Magneto, Susan, and Katy with overwhelming sorrow and qualified them to enter the Super Downhill Race. After learning about the world’s powerful racing technology and its two research institutes, the group traveled to the Pacific Center for the race, where Ron marveled at how easily they had kept pace with their cars.

• Uncle Zuo Shang’s sorrow emotionally overwhelmed the group, but Magneto, Sophie, Katy, and Ron each found ways to resist it, and Ron awakened a giant Susanoo that fused his body into energy.
• Uncle Zuo Shang declared the four qualified for the Super Downhill Race, explaining that they would race into a tornado and that fate destined Gō to win unless they could change the result.
• At an inn, Magneto researched miniature racing technology and explained that drivers could either possess Souls of the Car or control technologically created cars containing soul fragments.
• Magneto described the Tsuchiya and Ogami research institutes, and the group decided to wait until after the race before choosing which one to visit.
• Three days later, the group arrived at the Pacific Center, where Ron spotted Dr. Tsuchiya and reflected on how they had traveled from Nihon while keeping pace with their racing cars.

Ron and his companions learned how racers could merge with their cars and heard why the Star Horse Clan had failed to break the world’s predetermined scripts. The older man revealed that this race offered a rare chance at two extra years of life, while the group still had to compete in the approaching event.

• Katy, Ron, Magneto, and Susan realized they could physically merge with their cars and channel more Soul of the Car Power into them.
• The older man explained that the Star Horse Clan descended from Gō’s child and that its members had repeatedly failed to change the world’s scripts, including the outcome of the super downhill race.
• Ron suggested that Eternity Characters could have children to create hope, but the older man explained that the scripts prevented new descendants and that only certain powerful souls could recognize the world’s stagnation.
• The older man told Ron and his companions that first-generation Souls of the Car could learn about predetermined scripts without mastering immortal power, and that Great Cataclysms were backlash from breaking fate.
• The older man explained that four places in the race could grant racers two extra years of life in each era, and said only Souls of the Car that mastered immortal power could truly be reborn forever.

Ron and the other champions entered a race through an artificial waterspout, where ancient racers Gō, Lie, and Ryū were constrained by the track and fate. As the race descended into chaos, Erik, Ron, Katy, and Susan merged with their cars, but Ron remained behind the leaders.

• Dash explained the waterspout course and introduced the 1,432 racers, while Ron and Magneto identified Gō, Lie, and Ryū among them.
• Scorpio's overwhelming presence appeared above the starting line, then vanished as Dash began the race and the racers entered the waterspout.
• The track slowed the racers, including Gō and Lie, while Ryū stayed behind and promised a hundred-second head start.
• Racers unleashed lethal powers against one another as Dash struggled to keep delivering his scripted commentary.
• Erik, Ron, Katy, and Susan used driver-and-car fusion, with Erik reaching the leading pack, Katy and Susan taking unusual routes, and Ron's Green Spider sweeping aside nearby cars.
• Ron stayed behind his teammates despite spending his saved Soul of the Car Power on acceleration.

Harry explained how Soul of the Car Power differed from Soul of the Car Techniques as the racers battled through the waterspout. Carrow’s overwhelming Killing Intent halted nearly everyone, but the race resumed afterward, with Rush God of War taking the lead and Ron scrambling to avoid last place.

• Harry explained that Ron’s weak speed came from failing to resonate with Green Spider, while Ryū’s immense Soul of the Car Power let Triangle Arrow pass racers and resist Ron’s Venom.
• Ryū and Ken advised Magneto and Susan to build their foundations with Dr. Tsuchiya, then Ken used Victory Rush Tornado to leave the track and surge toward the finish.
• The other Rush racers followed Ken off the track with their own Tornado techniques, while Katy accelerated with Fairy and Carrow attacked the leaders with Dance of Death.
• Carrow’s Killing Intent filled the waterspout, knocked most racers from the track, and left Magneto, Susan, Katy, and Ron unable to move; Victory Rush alone returned to the track.
• The race resumed, and Rush God of War crossed the finish line first, with Ryū second and Kō third; Ron recovered and accelerated past Fairy before Magneto vanished in a scarlet attack and reappeared near the finish.

After the race, Ron, Magneto, Katy, and Susan went to Da Shen Research Institute to learn how to better use their Souls of the Car. Da Shen began training Ron and Magneto, then told Katy and Susan to replace their manifested powers with Soul of the Car Power.

• Katy merged with her car at the last moment and finished fifth, ahead of Victory Rush and Moon God, while Ron finished last.
• The older man advised the group to visit Da Shen Research Institute before Tsuchiya's, and they traveled to Da Shen's facility inside an active volcano.
• Da Shen sent Ron to drive while merged with The Spider until he forgot who he was, and Ron successfully united with his car after shouting the customary phrases.
• Da Shen told Magneto to repeatedly die in lava and be reborn through his Soul of the Car; Magneto immediately jumped in and suppressed his body's protection.
• Da Shen explained that Katy and Susan relied too much on their manifested powers and asked them to use Soul of the Car Power directly.

At Da Shen Research Institute, Da Shen forced Susan and Katy to rebuild their powers through the Soul of the Car while Ron underwent a painful transformation into the Green Spider. Ron awoke to meet Okita Kai, but Magneto’s arrival sparked a clash with Spider King before Dr. Ogami stopped the fight, and Da Shen realized Susan and Katy were also [Void].

• Da Shen had Okita Kai suppress Susan and Katy’s external powers and explained that they had to use the Soul of the Car to revive and reconstruct them.
• As Ron weakened on the track, the Green Spider absorbed Soul Fragments and transformed into a new car with a powerful cannon.
• Ron woke beside the track, met Okita Kai, and learned about his history, his wife Julian, and the Great Cataclysm.
• Magneto arrived, and Okita Kai challenged him; their cars clashed until Dr. Ogami intervened to protect the institute.
• Susan and Katy finished restoring their bodies, and Da Shen realized they were [Void] because only vehicle shadows appeared during their power reconstruction.

Susan and Katy were remade as racers with Souls of the Car, and Katy went with Okita Kai to receive an additional Soul Fragment. Da Shen prepared technology modifications for Susan, Ron, and Magneto, leaving their cars modified with new engines and devices.

• Susan and Katy emptied their minds and had their powers and bodies reconstructed, emerging as miniature cars before transforming back into people.
• Da Shen offered Susan and Katy Soul Fragments, recommending Cosmic Sonic, and explained how racers inherited power by absorbing fragments.
• Katy chose to receive a Soul Fragment and followed Okita Kai to the Reincarnation Pod.
• Da Shen proposed Black Hole Engines for Ron and Magneto, while Susan chose a Time Acceleration Device to complement her healing and vitality.
• Da Shen’s soul pressure turned Susan, Ron, and Magneto into cars, and he completed their modifications by replacing their motors and reinstalling their shells.

Dr. Ogami implanted Black Hole Engines in Susan, Magneto, and Ron, then helped Katy receive an Ancient Driver’s Soul Fragment and awaken a new car. The group reached the Tsuchiya Research Institute, where Dr. Tsuchiya claimed his Artificial Reincarnation System surpassed Dr. Ogami’s by thousands of times.

• Dr. Ogami explained that the three had been forcibly transformed and told Magneto and Ron to activate the organs implanted in their hearts.
• Susan used Chakra to accelerate so dramatically that the world seemed to stop, while Magneto’s Black Hole Engine amplified a tiny input of Internal Energy into the force of a tactical nuclear bomb.
• Dr. Ogami showed Susan, Magneto, and Ron Katy’s Soul Fragment racing through a pod until it merged with her, changing her hair red and awakening a sleek crimson car that he named Beautiful Assassin.
• Susan, Magneto, Ron, and Katy arrived at the Tsuchiya Research Institute, where Dr. Tsuchiya discussed Da Shen’s taste in cars and admitted his Artificial Reincarnation System was his remaining freedom.
• Dr. Tsuchiya led the group onward and boasted that his Artificial Reincarnation System was thousands of times more advanced than Dr. Ogami’s.

At Dr. Tsuchiya's institute, Susan began a soul-fragment trial while Ron, Katy, and Magneto learned how Tsuchiya's approach differed from Dr. Ogami's. The chapter left Ron testing the Green Spider's power on a treadmill-like track as Susan approached a mysterious racer in her dream.

• Dr. Tsuchiya explained that his virtual kingdom and Soul Fragments centered on people, then corrected himself that successful mini racing required both a love of cars and a strong human heart.
• Ron recounted their brutal experiences with Dr. Ogami, and Dr. Tsuchiya said the group had neglected the source of their power and lacked the bearing of racers.
• Dr. Tsuchiya warned Susan that his Soul Fragments were people whose lives came with them, then placed her in the machine to let a suitable fragment choose her.
• Susan entered a misty dream and saw a blond figure; Dr. Tsuchiya identified the racer as R, America's champion and designer of the Fierce Dragon.
• Dr. Tsuchiya invited Ron, Katy, and Magneto to test their Soul of the Car Power utilization rates, and Ron put the Green Spider into the cylindrical track.
• Ron watched the Green Spider race in place and fire its energy cannon, while Dr. Tsuchiya explained that the track moved at the car's speed like a treadmill.

Dr. Tsuchiya explained how racers could raise their Soul of the Car utilization, and Ron and his friends trained for the spring race. The race began on a dangerous track stretching from Earth to the moon, where they faced deadly attacks and natural disasters.

• Dr. Tsuchiya told Ron and the others to reconstruct their modified parts with Soul of the Car Power, then improve through racing or further modifications.
• Dr. Tsuchiya said the spring race was ten days away and instructed the racers to practice moving through space using manifested power.
• Ron and his friends trained on the moon and learned to race through space before arriving at the spring race.
• Dash announced the 912,000-mile course from Ascension Tower to the moon and back, then started the race.
• Racers unleashed lethal attacks on the track, and Ron used the Spider's Muwang Mode while Magneto, Katy, and Susan evaded dangers in their own ways.

Magneto recognized that the Blood Collector and Dawn raced for joy rather than victory, then awakened Divine Sword’s drive to win and surged into the lead. As Ron accelerated Green Spider and the other racers climbed toward the ionosphere, Magneto encountered the driver of the original Mini 4WD car, who remained silent but raced with fierce passion.

• Harry considered the race’s destructive weapons and forces absurd, while Ron lamented how much the explosion and Dash’s suppression had slowed him.
• Magneto questioned the bald Blood Collector about Dawn’s leisurely pace and learned that Mini 4WD cars were meant to be companions, not merely tools for competition.
• Magneto recalled Carlo’s desperate pursuit of victory, called out to Divine Sword, and united with Nick to surge past the other racers.
• Katy climbed through the tower, Susan moved invisibly ahead, and Ron accelerated Green Spider with blasts of toxic mist to contend for third place.
• Magneto reached the ionosphere at 16.7 kilometers per second and asked the silent, passionate driver of the Super Vanguard what he should call him.

Magneto, Ron, Susan, and Katy raced through space toward the moon as Kurosawa’s Black War God disrupted the field and then withdrew. The racers gained new speed and insights into their Soul of the Car powers, while Katy’s unexpected appeal to Ron left their relationship—and their pace—changed.

• Magneto sensed that Super Vanguard’s racer was really the car’s Soul of the Car inhabiting a body as the racers reached the exosphere.
• Kurosawa’s Black War God suppressed War God 600’s power and damaged Magneto’s Black Hole Engine before Kurosawa promised not to attack and moved away to meet Gō.
• Ron used magic and his car’s senses to create the Weasley Shockwave, letting Green Spider accelerate past Susan.
• Susan accelerated Moon God with her barrier and Time Acceleration Device, briefly surging ahead before slowing again.
• Katy slowed down, told Ron their Soul Fragments were siblings, and asked him to call her big sister; both racers sped up after they began talking.

Susan and the other racers unleashed extraordinary powers during the lunar race, but Gō took first place with Great Rush’s tornado. Ryū warned Susan that the Great Cataclysm was approaching and that she had to master the Undying Power, while the racers began their final sprint toward Earth.

• Katy, Ron, Susan, and Magneto transformed into familiar racers, and Susan’s Moon God became Cosmic Sonic after Gō acknowledged her as Lie, briefly taking first place.
• Gō used Great Rush’s tornado to pass the field and win the race, while a meteorite summoned by Akira knocked Lie and Tōkichi out.
• Ryū told Susan that the script of fate could be broken through speed and clever limits, explained that the Great Cataclysm purged threats to the script, and urged her to master the Undying Power.
• Gō’s Rush God of War narrowly beat Ryū’s Triangle Arrow at the finish, and the remaining racers unleashed their signature techniques on the downhill track toward Earth.

After their race, Magneto and his companions asked about the Great Cataclysm and began Dr. Tsuchiya’s deductive method for mastering the Undying Power. Dr. Tsuchiya explained the characters’ histories they must embody, while Ron challenged his condemnation of Aji’s destructive racing.

• Magneto, Katy, and Ron crossed the finish line in sixth, first, and second place respectively, while Susan finished behind the Jumpers.
• Hoshikage Ken explained that the Star Horse Clan was protected by fate and that the others could not impersonate ancestors whose souls they had not inherited.
• Dr. Tsuchiya said a racer who inherited Gō’s power might imitate the clan, then explained that his Fire Thief created Soul Fragments by drawing soul energy from stories that let racers grow beyond the script.
• Dr. Tsuchiya introduced the deductive method, telling the four to maintain their disguises, forget their own names, and learn the pasts of the characters they played.
• Dr. Tsuchiya recounted R’s, J’s, and Aji’s childhoods and described how Aji became a racer who destroyed opponents’ cars.
• Ron defended Aji’s retaliation against the racers who bullied him, and Dr. Tsuchiya explained that destroying cars harmed their Souls of the Car and threatened the mini racing car market.

Dr. Tsuchiya advised Ron, Magneto, Susan, and Katy on adapting to their inherited racing powers and roles. After Ron chose to visit Dr. Ogami’s place before the upcoming races, Dr. Tsuchiya revealed that he possessed the Super Vanguard and suspected Dr. Ogami had taken its soul.

• Dr. Tsuchiya helped Ron suppress Green Spider’s wild nature with chains, then explained how drivers could approach mastery of the power of immortality.
• Dr. Tsuchiya guided Magneto to merge Divine Sword’s blade into his car and told Susan to build on her astronaut and space-agency experience.
• Basil explained that he had swapped Susan and Katy’s Soul Fragments because Katy was better suited to withstand pressure, while Susan matched Cosmic Sonic’s power more closely.
• Dr. Tsuchiya told Katy to follow R’s role by mocking Aji during races, while reminding her that R still cared about her younger brother.
• Ron chose to visit Dr. Ogami’s place before the race at the Tsuchiya Research Institute, and Dr. Tsuchiya revealed that he had the Super Vanguard and believed Dr. Ogami might have taken its soul.

Dr. Tsuchiya explained that the four had begun sensing the Destiny Force after watching the Ancient Drivers race, and urged them to keep practicing their assigned characters. Seven days later, Katy and Ron returned to the Ogami Research Institute, where their growing strength came with a new awareness of oppressive forces and limits on their freedom.

• Dr. Ogami warned the four not to modify their cars further and told them the upcoming Tōkichi Cup would reveal the Ancient Drivers’ greater forms.
• At the Tsuchiya Research Institute, the four watched five Ancient Drivers race and, by acting in character, began sensing the Destiny Force binding the racers and their cars.
• Dr. Tsuchiya explained that the race’s dense Destiny Force had helped the four connect their Soul of the Car Power with the immortality in their Soul Fragments, then sent them to study videos of their assigned characters.
• Over the following seven days, Katy’s strength and sensitivity to the Destiny Force increased as she stayed in character as R.
• Katy and Ron returned to the Ogami Research Institute, where both felt their movements and choices constrained, while Magneto appeared as Carrow and greeted them.