Chapter Summaries

Bai Xing watched Vest Tiger and Earth Rock Superman subdue the Black Silk Monster, then gave the monster a Life Seed and looted the bank vault. He returned to Saitama with money as compensation for his hair and claimed to be his fan, prompting Saitama to eagerly reinterpret their earlier fight as an awkward show of admiration.

• Bai Xing arrived at a bank during the Black Silk Monster’s robbery and watched Vest Tiger and Earth Rock Superman arrive to fight him.
• Vest Tiger and Earth Rock Superman subdued the Black Silk Monster, and Bai Xing secretly empowered the monster with a Life Seed before leaving.
• The Black Silk Monster transformed into a Super God-Level Monster, drove off the heroes, and sent Vest Tiger fleeing as Vest Tiger blamed Bai Xing.
• Bai Xing stole the bank’s cash and gold with his Dimensional Pocket, then returned to Saitama’s home and offered him money for his lost hair.
• Bai Xing told Saitama he was his fan, and Saitama enthusiastically decided Bai Xing’s earlier challenge had been a tsundere display of admiration.

Bai Xing gave Saitama a Magnetic Field Seed and, after planting it in him, copied Saitama’s talent for breaking the Limiter and shattered a star. Two months later, a monster named Kanae attacked a gym after her repeated attempts to win over a man had left her consumed by resentment.

• Bai Xing offered Saitama a Magnetic Field Seed, and Saitama accepted it as a gift from his fan.
• Bai Xing planted the seed in Saitama’s spiritual world, then copied Saitama’s Limiter-breaking talent and experienced the shattering of a star.
• Bai Xing realized that reaching the Star-Breaking Realm might be only one of the benefits he had gained from Saitama’s talent.
• At a gym, Yuriko and the other women discussed how their cold, muscular crush had ignored their advances for two months.
• Kanae transformed into a six-eyed monster and sliced Sanlongzhai apart before declaring that the men at the gym would die.

Bai Xing’s attempt to reproduce Saitama’s training brought no progress, though he easily killed Kanae when she attacked him. After meeting Mumen Rider, Bai Xing found a possible way to test whether psychic control could generate Faith Power.

• Bai Xing spent two months following and greatly intensifying Saitama’s training routine, but saw no changes in his Limiter.
• Kanae attacked Bai Xing at the gym, and he killed her with one punch while completing his thousand-kilometer run.
• Bai Xing met Mumen Rider, told him the monster was dead, and accompanied him to inspect the gym, where they found a bloody massacre.
• Bai Xing noticed Faith Power coming from Mumen Rider and let him keep the reward for the incident.
• Mumen Rider prostrated himself before Bai Xing and called him his god, prompting Bai Xing to consider using psychic power to make people worship him and generate Faith Power.

Bai Xing failed to obtain Faith Power by manipulating Mumen Rider, so he offered him a Magnetic Field Seed instead. After Bai Xing manifested several people's fears as Monsters, Mumen Rider accepted the seed, gained power, and defeated them; Bai Xing asked him to uphold his justice without wavering.

• Bai Xing discovered that neither Magnetic Assimilation nor psychic control could produce Faith Power from Mumen Rider.
• Bai Xing released his control over Mumen Rider and offered to make him stronger, while Mumen Rider explained that he knew his limits but wished he could protect people better.
• Bai Xing used Mind Manifestation to bring Qianhe's feared Rattle-Drum Monster and other Monsters into the street.
• Mumen Rider accepted Bai Xing's Magnetic Field Seed and entered Current Drive, gaining enough power to destroy the Rattle-Drum Monster and kill the other Monsters.
• Bai Xing told Mumen Rider that he deserved the gift and asked him to uphold his justice without yielding or giving up.

Bai Xing entered the Hero Evaluation aiming to earn S-Class status and achieved perfect results in both physical and written tests. As Association insiders plotted to demote him, Vest Tiger recognized him and joined their scheme to exploit the newcomer.

• Bai Xing accepted Mumen Rider's invitation to the Hero Association's evaluation and chose to prove his strength through the official process.
• Kameda Ichiro tried to sell Bai Xing paid shortcuts, so Bai Xing slapped him aside and entered the stadium.
• Bai Xing registered under the hero name Homelander, shattered the punching-power machine, and used his mental power to earn perfect written-test results.
• The Selection Chief considered withholding S-Class status despite Bai Xing's perfect scores, while Kameda urged him to give Bai Xing the lowest C-Class rank.
• Vest Tiger recognized Bai Xing and struck a deal with Kameda and the Selection Chief to demote him and profit from newcomer training.

Bai Xing discovered that corruption had reduced his hero ranking to C-Class, then exposed and mind-controlled the officials responsible. After the Association called him in for a reassessment, Dr. Genus arrived at the hotel and abducted Meilin after finding her highly compatible with a new mosquito gene.

• Bai Xing learned his score report ranked him C-Class, Rank 327, and went to rookie orientation, where he read Vest Tiger’s mind and uncovered the corrupt selection scheme.
• Bai Xing found Kameda Ichiro and Selection Chief Jialin plotting at an izakaya, then controlled them into exposing their dealings and engaging in a public scandal.
• Vest Tiger came out of Bai Xing’s influence after nightfall and vowed to make him answer to the Vest Gang.
• Bai Xing spent the night with Meilin, then received Mumen Rider’s call informing him that the Association would reassess his ranking and left through a portal.
• Dr. Genus injected Meilin with a testing device, confirmed her 99-percent compatibility with his Super Mosquito Gene, and left her unconscious.

Bai Xing killed Tanktop Black Hole and Vest Tiger after they confronted him, then completed his reassessment at Hero Association headquarters. The directors agreed he should become an S-Class hero only if he first cleared monsters from a contaminated test field, and Sekingar went to tell him about the condition.

• Bai Xing killed Tanktop Black Hole and Vest Tiger in an alley after Vest Tiger lured him there.
• Mumen Rider told Bai Xing he had accepted a promotion to B-Class and gained the power to control metal.
• Sekingar supervised Bai Xing's reassessment, and the Association's tests could not measure his full strength.
• The directors debated Bai Xing's S-Class promotion and required him to clear monsters from a test field to prove his combat ability.
• Sekingar apologized to Bai Xing and explained that the directors had imposed the new condition.

After learning that the Hero Association’s directors were using heroes to cover up their criminal schemes, Bai Xing rejected his A-Class placement and destroyed the Association’s headquarters. He spared potential allies and defeated three A-Class heroes, then decided to remake the organization under his own leadership.

• Sekingar gave Bai Xing his A-Class Rank 39 notice and a mission involving multiple Demon Level monsters, while Bai Xing used his psychic power to uncover the directors’ crimes.
• Bai Xing tore up the notice, rejected Mumen Rider’s appeal to pursue S-Class through the mission, and announced his intention to destroy the corrupt Hero Association.
• Bai Xing collapsed the Association’s headquarters, deliberately sparing people he considered just and capable, including Sitch and Sekingar.
• Heavy Tank Loincloth, Blue Flame, and Magic Trick Man confronted Bai Xing, but he defeated all three without killing them.
• Bai Xing told the terrified directors they would play a character-creation game as he planned to build a new hero organization from the remains of the old one.

Bai Xing destroyed the Hero Association headquarters, transformed the directors into Snow Kirby, and overwhelmed Mumen Rider and Superalloy Darkshine. The fight left Superalloy Darkshine confronting his fear and realizing he had wanted easy victories rather than a true challenge.

• Bai Xing blasted apart the directors and used Magnetic Field Rotation and Cell Reorganization to turn them into Snow Kirby.
• Mumen Rider confronted Bai Xing, but Bai Xing defeated him twice despite Mumen Rider reaching 100,000 Volts.
• Superalloy Darkshine attacked Bai Xing with Superalloy Bazooka, and Mumen Rider rescued Sitch and the others from the shockwaves.
• Bai Xing and Superalloy Darkshine exchanged more than a hundred punches before Bai Xing overwhelmed him with a series of attacks.
• Bai Xing struck Superalloy Darkshine with Psychic Burst Fist, shattering his mental defenses and making him face his fear of losing.

Bai Xing defeated Superalloy Darkshine and exposed the Vest Gang’s abuses to Vest Saint, leaving the Hero Association scrambling to respond to the destruction of its headquarters. Vest Saint abandoned his tank top and walked away, while Child Emperor arrived and asked Sitch for a full account.

• Bai Xing beat Superalloy Darkshine into submission, and the hero broke down in tears.
• Sitch and the surviving executives debated calling in reinforcements as Vest Saint arrived and charged at Bai Xing.
• Bai Xing sent Vest Saint information about Vest Tiger, Tanktop Black Hole, and other Vest Gang members’ wrongdoing, shocking him into questioning his leadership.
• Vest Saint removed his tank top, said he no longer had the right to wear it, and left to seek a better understanding of true vest power.
• Child Emperor arrived at the ruins, noticed Vest Saint leaving and Bai Xing standing nearby, then asked Sitch for a detailed explanation.

Bai Xing explained his plan to replace the corrupt Hero Association and warned Child Emperor of an approaching world-ending crisis, then challenged the arriving Atomic Samurai to a swordsmanship duel. Their fight began with both fighters displaying formidable skill, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Bai Xing told Child Emperor that he planned to destroy the Hero Association and build a new organization, then sent him evidence of the directors' corruption and warned him of a world-ending crisis.
• Child Emperor questioned Bai Xing's claims and said the Hero Association should be reformed rather than eliminated, while Bai Xing insisted he would first subdue the S-Class heroes.
• Atomic Samurai arrived with Iaian, Okamaitachi, and Bushidrill, recognized Bai Xing as a powerful opponent, and accepted his invitation to fight using their swords.
• Bai Xing and Atomic Samurai exchanged rapid blows that the onlookers could barely follow, as Child Emperor investigated Bai Xing's claims and the two swordsmen tested each other's abilities.

Child Emperor tried to stop Tatsumaki from attacking Bai Xing, warning that the crisis was more complicated than it appeared. Tatsumaki and Bai Xing fought across the ruins and into the mountains, where she compressed a thousand-meter peak into a massive stone sphere to unleash her true strength.

• Child Emperor recognized Tatsumaki's approaching energy signature and worried she would kill Bai Xing before learning about the world-ending crisis.
• Tatsumaki arrived, dismissed Child Emperor's warning, and separated Bai Xing and Atomic Samurai with a psychic blast.
• Bai Xing punched Tatsumaki through a skyscraper, then smashed through her rubble attacks and struck her into the ground.
• Tatsumaki raised her power, but Bai Xing broke through her psychic restraints and punched her dozens of kilometers into a mountain.
• Tatsumaki dodged Bai Xing's next attack, controlled the mountain to swallow him, and compressed the thousand-meter peak into a stone sphere.

Bai Xing overwhelmed Tatsumaki in their fight, while Metal Bat diverted to J City to stop a Dragon-level monster. The monster died as collateral damage, and Tatsumaki launched another counterattack against Bai Xing.

• Bai Xing broke free of Tatsumaki's compressed stone sphere and cut through her stone spear barrage with several blade attacks.
• Tatsumaki overtaxed her psychic power, suffered a nosebleed, and redirected Bai Xing's blades before his Nuclear Explosion Fist blasted her away.
• A Dragon-level monster rampaged through J City, so Metal Bat jumped from a high-speed train and raced there after the branch called for help.
• Metal Bat arrived as Tatsumaki crashed into a crater, and Bai Xing greeted him before Tatsumaki got back up and attacked Bai Xing again.
• The monster died from collateral damage during Bai Xing and Tatsumaki's battle, leaving Metal Bat bewildered as the two fighters vanished from sight.
• Tatsumaki repeatedly increased her psychic power as she neared collapse, forcing Bai Xing to continue fighting her.

At the Hero Association ruins, the heroes discussed Bai Xing’s strength and the crisis he had warned about, while Sitch considered calling King for help. In City M, King unknowingly frightened a team of assassins into abandoning their attempt on his life, then received another call from Sitch.

• Child Emperor reported evidence of secret biological experiments, and the heroes discussed Bai Xing’s identity, his warning, and the damage he had caused to Superalloy Darkshine, Vest Saint, and Atomic Samurai.
• Sitch said Tatsumaki had gone after Bai Xing, while Child Emperor and Atomic Samurai urged him to call King for help.
• At a Kenducky Fast Food Restaurant, King worked on his game script as assassins secretly prepared to kill him.
• King’s improvised dialogue and presence convinced the assassins that he had detected them and could defeat them effortlessly.
• King asked the long-haired assassin to leave him alone, and the frightened assassins fled without attacking.
• King wondered at their reaction as Sitch called him again.

Bai Xing battered Tatsumaki across City A, but she repeatedly recovered and launched increasingly powerful psychic attacks while King arrived to watch. As their tornadoes collided, Atomic Samurai asked King to help Tatsumaki bring Bai Xing down in one strike.

• Bai Xing overwhelmed Tatsumaki with his attacks, but she feigned unconsciousness, seized an opening, and counterattacked with psychic power.
• Tatsumaki’s fury grew after Bai Xing saw her panties, and she repeatedly struck him before hurling a massive meteor at him in City A.
• King arrived to find Tatsumaki apparently victorious, but Bai Xing emerged from the rubble unharmed, prompting Tatsumaki to unleash a giant tornado.
• Bai Xing answered Tatsumaki’s tornado with an even more powerful one, and Atomic Samurai told King he would create an opening for King and Tatsumaki to attack together.

Bai Xing defeated Tatsumaki by sealing her psychic power and humiliated her until she broke down crying. He then calmed her by making her hear Blast’s voice, leaving her with a vision of Blast urging her to become stronger.

• King mistook his frightened heartbeat for the King Engine as Atomic Samurai prepared to intervene.
• Bai Xing sealed Tatsumaki’s telekinesis, spanked her, and continued until she collapsed in tears.
• Atomic Samurai, Child Emperor, Bang, and Mumen Rider defended Tatsumaki, but Bai Xing used his power to make the heroes clear a path.
• King was left facing Bai Xing, but Child Emperor persuaded Bai Xing to approach Tatsumaki instead.
• Bai Xing used psychic power to make Tatsumaki hear Blast telling her to grow stronger, and the vision faded into Bai Xing.

Bai Xing established Martial God Palace in the ruins of the Hero Association’s City A headquarters and called a meeting to absorb the Association and expose its corruption. After evidence and powerful sponsors backed his new organization, the Hero Association’s hold over its heroes and supporters began to collapse.

• Bai Xing formed a grand palace from quicksand and restored the surrounding ruins, naming it Martial God Palace.
• Sitch brought the Hero Association’s branch heads, heroes, staff, and reporters to Martial God Palace for its first meeting.
• Bai Xing calmed the assembled crowd and had Agni denounce the Hero Association’s corruption and criminal activities.
• Child Emperor presented evidence he had gathered to verify the Association’s scandals.
• More than eighty percent of the Hero Association’s former sponsors pledged to support Martial God Palace instead.

Bai Xing took over the Hero Association’s operations under the Martial God Palace, but Sweet Mask rejected his claim to justice and challenged him. Bai Xing trapped Sweet Mask in the Mind Cage, where Sweet Mask faced a grotesque figure from the darkness.

• After Agni and other capitalists backed the Martial God Palace, Bai Xing offered former Association staff and heroes the choice to join or leave.
• Heroes questioned whether the Martial God Palace would become corrupt, and Bai Xing declared that it belonged to him alone and that he embodied justice and truth.
• Sweet Mask accused Bai Xing of seeking power and profit, mocked the former S-Class heroes, and demanded that the Martial God Palace disband.
• Bai Xing challenged Sweet Mask’s ideas of magnificence and justice, then sent him into the Mind Cage with a gesture.
• Sweet Mask searched the darkness for an unseen presence and attacked when a voice spoke behind him, but his punch faltered when he saw a huge, grotesque figure.

Bai Xing established the Martial God Palace, restructured its hero ranks, and empowered its members with Life Seeds while Sweet Mask fled after his monster identity was exposed. He then met with the former S-Class heroes and began explaining the world-ending crisis, ending by claiming he could kill them all and calling them trash.

• Bai Xing manifested Fuhrer Ugly in Sweet Mask’s mental world, forcing Sweet Mask to transform into his monster form to fight back.
• Sweet Mask returned to the Martial God Palace plaza in his ugly monster form, was rejected by the crowd, and fled after Bai Xing told him to reconsider his question.
• Bai Xing announced the Martial God Palace’s new hero rankings, planted Life Seeds in the gathered heroes, and promised protection, benefits, and opportunities to grow stronger.
• Bai Xing promoted Sitch and Sekingar to department heads as the crowd dispersed, then held a private meeting with the former S-Class heroes.
• The heroes assessed Bai Xing’s strength, and Bai Xing claimed he had shown only a small portion of his power and could kill everyone present.

Bai Xing told the S-Class heroes that he came from another world and was the benevolent half of a tyrant split into two, warning them that Black Star could arrive at any time. He set out to prepare them for the coming threat and hinted that he had a stronger enhancement in store for them.

• Metal Bat challenged Bai Xing over his demotion, while Child Emperor urged Bai Xing to explain the crisis.
• Bai Xing claimed that he was not from their world and described ruling his own world before being split from his malicious half, Black Star.
• Bai Xing showed the heroes visions of Black Star’s destruction and said he had replaced the Hero Association to prepare them for the enemy’s uncertain arrival.
• Metal Bat urged the heroes not to lose heart, and Bai Xing proved his speed by taking Flashy Flash’s hair ornament without being noticed.
• Child Emperor asked whether Bai Xing would give the heroes the same kind of enhancements as before, and Bai Xing promised something better involving Current Drive and Magnetic Field Rotation.