Chapter Summaries

Bai Xing killed Lin Ande with Little Black, rejected the Multiverse Substitute Fighter System, and discovered that Andrew Detmer’s crystal might be connected to Sakata Kenzo’s telekinesis. He found the cave crystal near Haven Hill and entered a strange space within it.

• Bai Xing used Little Black to kill Lin Ande, who had tried to flee and beg for mercy.
• The Multiverse Substitute Fighter System transferred to Bai Xing, but he expelled it, and it Blinked away.
• Bai Xing read Lin Ande’s memories and connected Andrew Detmer’s crystal to the crystal fragment that had given Sakata Kenzo telekinesis.
• Bai Xing used Magnetic Detection to locate the cave near Haven Hill and killed two American soldiers who tried to stop him.
• Bai Xing entered the cave and used Magnetic Force to probe the blue crystal, finding himself inside a special space.

Bai Xing discovered that crystal-powered telekinetics were agents of another force seeking the universe’s origin and decided to eliminate them. In Tokyo, the Imperial Special Mobile Squad captured Hiroshi Nishihara after he killed a pedestrian, and Steel Jaw ordered his execution.

• Bai Xing used Faith Power and Magnetic Force to expose crystal-radiation hosts across Earth and realized they were agents awaiting harvest by a hidden power.
• Bai Xing decided to clean up the forces behind the crystal hosts along with the other invaders.
• Hiroshi Nishihara ran over a woman while speeding through Tokyo, then tried to frame his drugged passenger and bribe the authorities.
• Steel Jaw and his squad arrested Hiroshi Nishihara, listed his crimes, and identified themselves as the Emperor-appointed Imperial Special Mobile Squad.
• Steel Jaw bit off Hiroshi Nishihara’s hand when he offered money and ordered his squad to give him a slow death under the Emperor’s new constitution.

Izumi Shion led a rebel ambush against the Imperial Special Mobile Squad, killing Hiroshi Nishihara and turning the firefight in the rebels’ favor with his Magnetic Force. Shishigami Hiro arrived and confronted Izumi, who chose to fight him rather than flee.

• Rebels ambushed Steel Jaw and the Imperial Special Mobile Squad, and Hiroshi Nishihara was killed by a stray bullet.
• Steel Jaw’s teammates fell before reinforcements arrived, but Izumi Shion joined the battle and overwhelmed the squad with electric arcs.
• Izumi’s followers cheered as he revealed he had become a resistance leader, seeking power and territory to challenge Inuyashiki.
• Shishigami Hiro crashed into the street and confronted Izumi over their past conflict.
• Izumi resisted his fear of Shishigami and vowed that this time Shishigami would be the one to run.

Shishigami and Izumi Shion fought across Tokyo until Inuyashiki arrived and overwhelmed them with his Magnetic Field Rotation power. Shishigami escaped, but Inuyashiki captured Izumi Shion and carried him back to the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

• Shishigami blasted Izumi Shion and the surrounding street with electromagnetic attacks, but Izumi Shion struck him with his extending, electrified nano combat blade.
• Shishigami countered with a full Electromagnetic Cannon, destroying Izumi Shion’s blade and forcing the two to exchange long-range attacks.
• As Izumi Shion tried to flee, Inuyashiki appeared and punched him away before turning to confront Shishigami.
• Shishigami and Izumi Shion joined forces against Inuyashiki, who badly damaged Shishigami and unleashed powerful attacks that devastated the surrounding area.
• Izumi Shion ambushed Inuyashiki by detonating the missiles stored in his back, giving Shishigami time to escape, but Inuyashiki repaired himself and blocked Izumi Shion’s escape.
• Inuyashiki sealed Izumi Shion with Magnetic Force, accepted his surrender, and took him to the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Bai Xing found Shin Seok-heon, revealed that his telekinesis came from a meteorite, and granted him a hundredfold increase for twenty-four hours before promising to kill him. When demolition crews attacked the shantytown, Shin Seok-heon unleashed his new power to save Shin Nu-bi, killing one of the attackers.

• Bai Xing located Shin Seok-heon on Nanping Commercial Street while Shin Seok-heon argued with Shin Nu-bi about leaving the fried chicken shop and returning to school.
• Bai Xing told Shin Seok-heon that a meteorite had caused his telekinesis and announced that he would kill him, but first gave him a hundredfold power boost lasting twenty-four hours.
• Shin Seok-heon returned to the commercial street as demolition crews attacked the shopkeepers in the shantytown.
• A demolition worker grabbed Shin Nu-bi by the hair, and Shin Seok-heon rushed in to protect her.
• Shin Seok-heon's telekinesis twisted the worker's arm apart and hurled him onto a pole, killing him in front of the stunned crowd.

After a demolition worker died during a confrontation, Shin Seok-heon realized Bai Xing had amplified his telekinesis and that he had only about a day to live. He rescued Shin Nu-bi from a kidnapping and returned home with her, but hid the truth about Bai Xing and his impending death by claiming radiation had given him cancer.

• Police took Shin Seok-heon and the others in for questioning, but the officers released him after hearing witnesses and finding he had been far from the dead demolition worker.
• Shin Seok-heon told Shin Nu-bi to leave, but she accused him of trying to abandon her and walked away; he then sensed the demolition crew returning to Nanping Commercial Street.
• Shin Seok-heon discovered he could fly and rushed back, where a shop owner told him that President Min's men had kidnapped Shin Nu-bi.
• Shin Seok-heon stopped the red van, rescued the unconscious Shin Nu-bi, incapacitated the pursuing thugs, and warned President Min to stay away from her and the street.
• Executive Hong learned that Shin Seok-heon had defeated her men and ordered Manager Min to take Nanping Commercial Street by the next day, suggesting they use the law against him.
• At home, Shin Nu-bi urged Shin Seok-heon to get examined for radiation exposure, and he falsely claimed he had cancer and might die within about twenty hours.

Shin Seok-heon was lured to a police station by Taishan Construction while riot police attacked Nanping Commercial Street and Shin Nu-bi. After learning that his daughter was in danger, he unleashed his powers, killed the officers who tried to stop him, and chose to crush Executive Hong with her business card.

• Shin Seok-heon went with two men posing as police officers and was locked in a holding cell on a false theft accusation.
• Executive Hong revealed that Taishan Construction had arranged his arrest and offered him a choice between working for the company or facing ruin.
• Riot police and an excavator broke through the shop owners’ barricade at Nanping Commercial Street, forcing Shin Nu-bi and the others to flee inside.
• Shin Seok-heon saw news footage of the attack and realized Shin Nu-bi had nearly been crushed by the excavator.
• Shin Seok-heon used his powers to turn the officers’ guns on them, then blasted his way out of the police station.
• Shin Seok-heon told Executive Hong, “I choose three,” and crushed her body by squeezing her business card.

Shin Seok-heon rescued Shin Nu-bi and the shop owners from the forced demolition, then unleashed a massacre on the riot police and demolition workers before flying toward the Blue House. After surviving missiles and defeating the Black Berets, he blocked another barrage, but the explosions damaged a nearby high-rise and endangered everyone inside.

• Shin Seok-heon chose to tear down the oppression surrounding Shin Nu-bi and flew to Nanping Commercial Street, where he killed Min President after demanding to know where his daughter was.
• Shin Seok-heon used telekinesis to rescue Shin Nu-bi and the shop owners, then lifted the riot police and demolition workers into the air and dropped them to their deaths.
• Shin Seok-heon sent Shin Nu-bi back to safety and flew toward the Blue House, prompting the president to enter a Safe House and the military to launch missiles at him.
• Shin Seok-heon survived the missile strike and fought off the Black Berets, gradually improving his control of telekinesis before killing the soldiers.
• Shin Seok-heon blocked another missile barrage, but the explosions damaged a nearby high-rise and put its occupants in danger.

Shin Seok-heon destroyed the Blue House and forced his way into its underground Safe House to reach President Byeon Tae-eon, determined to frighten the government into protecting Shin Nu-bi after his death. Meanwhile, Shishigami returned to Japan seeking his mother and found two livestreamers exploring his abandoned childhood home.

• Shin Seok-heon unleashed a growing telekinetic hurricane that destroyed the Blue House, then broke it apart and tore open the Safe House entrance.
• Shin Seok-heon flew into the Safe House, killed the guards who attacked him, and continued deeper inside to find President Byeon Tae-eon.
• Shishigami learned that Inuyashiki had seized power as Emperor of Japan and decided to return home to check on his mother, Yuko.
• Muroi and Toshima entered Shishigami's abandoned home to livestream an exploration, then tried to climb inside through a window after finding the front door locked.

Shishigami Hiro returned to his ruined home, killed Muroi, Toshima, and thousands of people through a livestream, then launched a mass attack across Japan. Inuyashiki stopped his network killings and confronted him, but Shishigami continued his assault before Inuyashiki struck him with the Emperor Sacred Might Palm.

• Shishigami Hiro found his home destroyed and, after reaching Magnetic Field Rotation, killed Muroi and Toshima when they disturbed him.
• Shishigami used the livestream to kill viewers who mocked or threatened him, then killed more than ten thousand people and declared that Japan had no reason to exist.
• Shishigami invaded electronic devices across Japan and killed tens of millions before Inuyashiki blocked his network connection and flew to confront him.
• Shishigami fired missiles across an area of more than eighty square kilometers, devastating the surroundings as Inuyashiki's Magnetic Force reached 70,000 horsepower.
• Inuyashiki attacked Shishigami with his 70,000-horsepower Emperor Sacred Might Palm, sending him crashing through a building before continuing his assault.

Inuyashiki and Shishigami reached a stalemate when Shishigami used the people of the island nation to keep Inuyashiki from attacking. Inuyashiki then spotted Shin Seok-heon’s revolt in Korea and approached him, hoping he could help break the deadlock.

• Shishigami analyzed Inuyashiki’s fighting style, created the Annihilation Fist, and briefly forced him back before unleashing a Magnetic Energy Beam Cannon.
• Inuyashiki shattered Shishigami’s beam with the Sovereign Heaven-Shaking Fist and drove him into a crater, but Shishigami repaired himself and fled while threatening the city.
• Shishigami used the city’s residents as hostages to keep Inuyashiki at bay, so Inuyashiki ordered the island nation’s internet base stations shut down and searched for a way to end the stalemate.
• Inuyashiki noticed reports of Shin Seok-heon’s uprising in Korea and considered recruiting him as a third party against Shishigami.
• Shin Seok-heon secretly sent government money to his daughter, Shin Nu-bi, but left without revealing himself as she called for him.
• Ichiro Inuyashiki approached Shin Seok-heon and introduced himself.

Inuyashiki recruited Shin Seok-heon to help stop Shishigami, promising to protect Shin Nu-bi in Japan in return. The pair launched Shishigami into the stratosphere so they could fight without endangering Tokyo’s civilians.

• Inuyashiki explained his history with Bai Xing to Shin Seok-heon and asked him to help subdue Shishigami Hiro.
• Shin Seok-heon agreed to help if Inuyashiki took Shin Nu-bi to Japan and guaranteed her safety, and Inuyashiki promised to make her his goddaughter.
• Bai Xing watched the two men leave for Japan and found their alliance interesting.
• Shishigami trained in Tokyo, briefly neared 70,000 horsepower, then failed to sustain the emotional state needed to reach it.
• Inuyashiki confronted Shishigami and offered to hand over the people who had harmed his mother, but Shishigami demanded the throne of Japan.
• While Inuyashiki distracted Shishigami, Shin Seok-heon used a gravity slingshot to launch him about fifty kilometers into the sky for their battle.

Inuyashiki and Shin Seok-heon kept Shishigami from returning to the ground, while Zheng Longxie’s wife Ju Meizhu killed Shin Nu-bi to make Shin Seok-heon suffer the loss of a child. As Shishigami unleashed a suicidal attack high above Tokyo, the chapter left the fate of Inuyashiki and Shin Seok-heon uncertain.

• Inuyashiki struck Shishigami into the upper atmosphere, and Shin Seok-heon joined the fight, helping prevent him from returning to the ground.
• Shishigami fired missiles at Shin Seok-heon, then used a cannon’s recoil to accelerate toward Earth, but Shin Seok-heon seized him with telekinetic force.
• Zheng Longxie prepared to snipe Shin Seok-heon, but Ju Meizhu killed Shin Nu-bi; Zheng Longxie arrived too late and led Ju Meizhu away as the shop owners tried to stop them.
• Shin Seok-heon’s telekinetic power surged during the battle, allowing him and Inuyashiki to damage Shishigami and keep him on the defensive for more than two hours.
• Shishigami broke through to 70,000 units of power and unleashed Heavenly Magnetic Disassembly, causing a massive explosion that split the clouds above Tokyo and injured people who looked up.

After learning that Shin Nu-bi had been murdered while he fought Shishigami, Shin Seok-heon killed Korea’s president and gave the officials half an hour to catch her killers. As he waited by Shin Nu-bi’s grave, Inuyashiki arrived with Zheng Longxie, one of the murderers.

• Shin Seok-heon and Inuyashiki survived Shishigami’s Heavenly Magnetic Disassembly and flew back to Seoul, where Shin Seok-heon learned that Shin Nu-bi had been stabbed to death by Zheng Longxie and Ju Meizhu.
• Shin Seok-heon confirmed Shin Nu-bi’s death at the morgue, vowed to avenge her, and killed President Byeon Tae-eon when he could not provide the killer’s location.
• Shin Seok-heon gave Korea’s officials half an hour to catch the killers, then buried Shin Nu-bi and waited at her grave for death and Bai Xing.
• Inuyashiki tracked down Zheng Longxie using electromagnetic signals and brought him to Shin Seok-heon, while Ju Meizhu had died during the manhunt.

Shin Seok-heon spared Zheng Longxie, then transformed into the Mind Emperor as the remaining telekinetic hosts died. Bai Xing challenged him and drove the battle across Korea and the Tsushima Strait, where the Mind Emperor began destroying Tsushima Island to crush him; Bai Xing burst free and charged back into the fight.

• Shin Seok-heon learned that Zheng Longxie had lost his wife and son, chose not to kill him, and then unleashed a catastrophic telekinetic force that killed Zheng Longxie.
• Bai Xing explained that the telekinetic crystals came from an outside existence, observed the other hosts die, and watched Shin Seok-heon become the Mind Emperor.
• The Mind Emperor attacked Bai Xing, but Bai Xing struck first and relentlessly battered him across Korea before the fight reached the Tsushima Strait.
• The Mind Emperor raised enormous waves and fired particle cannons, while Bai Xing countered with powerful punches and the Nuclear Explosion Fist.
• The Mind Emperor warped space and gathered Tsushima Island into a massive stone sphere around Bai Xing, destroying Tsushima City in the process.
• Bai Xing exploded out of the stone sphere, welcomed the challenge, and charged at the Mind Emperor with a multiplied Nuclear Explosion Fist.

Bai Xing fought Mind Emperor across Japan and the Pacific, enduring devastating injuries as he broke through to 500,000 Horsepower and entered the Anti-Gravity Realm. Mind Emperor crushed him into dust, but Bai Xing regenerated from Black Particles and reappeared before him.

• Bai Xing and Mind Emperor’s battle devastated Hiroshima and continued over the Pacific Ocean, where Bai Xing turned Mind Emperor’s water attacks into ice and trapped him in an Extreme Cold Storm.
• Mind Emperor unleashed greatly increased telekinetic power, severed Bai Xing’s arms, and then crushed his body, but Bai Xing regenerated and struck back with 470,000 Horsepower.
• Mind Emperor overwhelmed Bai Xing again, while the pain drove Bai Xing’s Magnetic Field Rotation past 500,000 Horsepower and into the Anti-Gravity Realm.
• Bai Xing used gravity manipulation to resist Mind Emperor’s telekinesis, but Mind Emperor ultimately crushed him into dust and began searching the world for traces of the System and Space.
• Bai Xing reformed from Black Particles and appeared before Mind Emperor, greeting him again.

Bai Xing defeated Mind Emperor, revived Shin Seok-heon, and left to train, while Inuyashiki found Shin and brought him toward Tokyo. In Tokyo, Watanabe Shion fought off her predatory employer and discovered a strange metal sphere that drained life from him and the surrounding plants.

• Bai Xing absorbed Mind Emperor's psychic attack, struck back with an amplified Nuclear Explosion Fist, and defeated him despite Mind Emperor's Three Thousand Worlds defense.
• Bai Xing used Faith Power to reconstruct Shin Seok-heon, planted a Magnetic Field Seed in him, and returned home to study his new abilities.
• Governments sent fleets to investigate the battle site, where Inuyashiki arrived, fought off the American fleet, and found the unconscious Shin Seok-heon underwater.
• Watanabe Shion returned to her shelter beneath a Tokyo bridge after finding a job, but Kanaya Kazuhiro attacked her there.
• Watanabe Shion struck Kanaya with a metal sphere, which absorbed his blood and drained life from his body and nearby plants.

Watanabe Shion reunited with Shishigami Hiro, whose surviving core awakened a metal combat suit around her and explained what had happened to him. Shin Seok-heon learned that he had survived with new powers, while Shishigami and Watanabe Shion decided to flee Japan and seek money for their journey to America.

• Watanabe Shion recognized Shishigami Hiro's voice coming from the metal sphere, but his signal faded before he could explain what had happened.
• Shin Seok-heon awoke in Kyoto Imperial Palace with enhanced abilities, learned from Inuyashiki that Bai Xing had invested him with Magnetic Force, and saw the destruction caused by his battle with Bai Xing.
• Inuyashiki urged Shin Seok-heon to use his strength and beliefs to change society and the world.
• Shishigami's core awakened beneath the bridge, gathered nearby metal into a combat suit around Watanabe Shion, and transmitted his memories to her.
• Shishigami told Watanabe Shion that he needed to leave Japan before Inuyashiki found him, and they chose America as their destination.
• Shishigami explained that his visible form was only a virtual projection and told Watanabe Shion they first needed to get money.

Shishigami and Watanabe Shion stole money from Kanaya’s shop, escaped to America, and reached Smallville after evading pursuit. In Tokyo, Bai Xing accidentally created an unstable black hole, used Faith Power to stop it, and returned to training; Watanabe Shion ended the chapter looking for food in Kansas.

• Watanabe Shion found Kanaya’s keys, and she and Shishigami took money from his shop before Leopard Bro interrupted them.
• Leopard Bro threatened Watanabe Shion, so she used Shishigami’s metal battle suit to kill him and hide his body.
• Bai Xing tested his new Black Hole Fist, lost control of the growing black hole, and used Faith Power to make it disappear.
• Bai Xing rebuilt his ruined villa and entered the Enlightenment Dojo to continue training his Military Dao Killing Fist.
• Watanabe Shion and Shishigami evaded pursuit while entering America, acquired money and an identity, and traveled to Smallville.
• Watanabe Shion felt hungry and headed into a restaurant in Smallville.

Shishigami became convinced that Brandon was an alien or had access to alien technology, and he decided to stay in town to investigate and use it to grow stronger. After Brandon began moving late at night, Shishigami brought Watanabe Shion to watch his house from hiding.

• At Dabo Restaurant, Brandon demanded the hunting rifle his uncle Noah had given him, and the restaurant’s electronics briefly malfunctioned as Kyle failed to move him from his chair.
• Shishigami recognized Brandon’s unusual magnetic field and told Watanabe Shion they would settle in town rather than continue traveling.
• Three days later, Shishigami told Watanabe Shion that strange electromagnetic waves near the Breyer farm might come from alien equipment or a spaceship.
• Shishigami explained that he hoped to use Brandon’s alien technology to recover and become stronger, despite Watanabe Shion’s fears.
• When Brandon started moving late at night, Shishigami and Watanabe Shion traveled to his neighborhood and hid in a tree to observe his house.