Chapter Summaries

Bai Cangshu dragged the Sage through a desert passage to an altar, where he confronted Eternal Destiny and uncovered the plan to pursue Divine Power. As Eternal Destiny revealed that Saitama had made his move, Bai Cangshu declared that he wanted to help create a new Black King.

• Bai Cangshu captured the Sage again and followed a powerful aura beneath the desert, despite the Sage warning him to turn back.
• When the Sage tried to use dragon breath, Bai Cangshu twisted his head around and continued questioning him.
• Bai Cangshu deduced that the Sage and his allies had restrained powerful heroes, corrupted Shigeo Kageyama, and lured reincarnators into the world to further their search for power.
• Bai Cangshu reached an altar and confronted Eternal Destiny, who revealed that he had anticipated Bai Cangshu's schemes and that Saitama had made his move.
• Bai Cangshu said he knew Eternal Destiny's goal because he had met a Black King, and declared that he wanted to help bring a new Black King into being.

Bai Cangshu rejected Eternal Destiny’s warning and killed Sage Yu Huaxin during his transformation into a dragon, spilling Dragon Blood onto the Ancient God Ritual altar. He then confronted the unconscious Eternal Destiny and challenged his choice of Black Kings.

• Bai Cangshu discovered that he could claim ownership of the Ancient God Ritual by occupying it for 72 consecutive hours.
• Eternal Destiny warned Bai Cangshu not to help the Outer God enter the space and offered to make him a follower in the next cycle.
• Sage Yu Huaxin tried to persuade Bai Cangshu to cooperate, but Bai Cangshu pierced his chest and used the Cognitive Devil to confuse him.
• Bai Cangshu prompted Sage Yu Huaxin to transform into a dragon, then tore out his heart before the transformation was complete.
• Dragon Blood activated the altar, and Bai Cangshu sat beside the unconscious Eternal Destiny and questioned why he had not chosen Saitama as a Black King.

Reigen Arataka was confronted by three reincarnators who sought to exploit him for information, but Satoru Gojo appeared to protect him. Gojo blocked their attacks and opened Unlimited Void as the fight began.

• momo located Reigen Arataka and called Mork and 37 to join her.
• Reigen Arataka recognized the group and demanded to know what they had done with Ritsu Kageyama and the children.
• Mork attacked Reigen Arataka while 37 ordered the others to interrogate him for information about other named people.
• momo tried to search Reigen Arataka's mind, but Satoru Gojo appeared and stood between them.
• momo's telekinesis and Mork's blade failed to reach Gojo, so 37 deployed poisonous smoke and Gojo activated Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void.

Satoru Gojo used Unlimited Void to incapacitate three Reincarnators and killed two of them, while Mork survived and fled. Above the scene, Millennium Worm learned that the yin spirits could pursue resurrection through Mercenary Tao’s growing power.

• momo’s Thought Acceleration let her recognize Satoru Gojo’s domain, but she could not move fast enough to save Reigen Arataka before Unlimited Void overwhelmed her and 37.
• Satoru Gojo killed 37, momo, and Mork’s apparent body, then left Reigen Arataka unharmed as the domain vanished.
• Mork reassembled from silver liquid, realized Tree Herder had used his group as expendable substitutes, and fled on his motorcycle.
• Millennium Worm watched from above as Satoru Gojo explained that the yin spirits could leave the Yellow Springs and might eventually be resurrected through Mercenary Tao.
• Millennium Worm became more willing to serve Mercenary Tao after realizing he could consciously pursue resurrection, and he grasped how many powerful beings Mercenary Tao contained.

Saitama saved Fubuki and the others, but Red Dust warned that the Reincarnators might exploit Saitama’s reluctance to kill humans. The survivors left J City, and Uchiha Madara pursued the two escaping Reincarnators.

• Lilith thanked Saitama for saving them before collapsing from her neck wound, and Genos arrived as Saitama called for help.
• Red Dust stopped the bleeding of Lilith, Fubuki, and Lily of the Three-Section Staff with his frigid Internal Qi.
• Red Dust noticed that two Reincarnators had survived Saitama’s punch and warned that they might exploit Saitama’s low desire and refusal to kill humans.
• Saitama disapproved of Red Dust’s killing intent, lowering his reputation with Saitama, while the two Reincarnators escaped.
• After the injured were prepared for treatment, Uchiha Madara pursued the escaping Reincarnators.

Bai Cangshu used the Ancient God Ritual to sacrifice Sage, stripping Sage of his mysterious qualities and costing Bai Cangshu his Cursed Seal. After an attacker repeatedly targeted them, Bai Cangshu carried Sage toward a battle between Bang and Bomb and a gigantic black creature, where Charanko radiated white light.

• Bai Cangshu sacrificed Sage at the altar, but Sage revived while a woman’s corpse appeared in his place.
• Bai Cangshu discovered that the ritual had stripped Sage of his mysterious qualities and removed Bai Cangshu’s Cursed Seal, triggering new milestones and a Divine Power mission.
• Bai Cangshu left the altar with Sage, but a powerful beam struck them and blew off Sage’s head; Sage revived and tried to escape into the quicksand.
• Bai Cangshu battered Sage, grabbed him after another revival, and raced toward the source of the attacks.
• Bai Cangshu found Bang and Bomb fighting a gigantic black creature while Charanko glowed with pure white light.

Bai Cangshu fought Charanko, whose Divine Power had transformed him into a formidable martial artist, and ultimately severed Charanko’s arm. Skylark teleported in to save Charanko, but a surprise energy blast tore through Skylark’s chest and exploded between him and Bai Cangshu.

• Charanko attacked Bai Cangshu with energy blasts, which Bai Cangshu blocked with the Left Arm of the King while carrying the Sage’s crushed body.
• Charanko struck Bai Cangshu with a rapid three-punch technique, and Bai Cangshu killed the Sage by crushing his head.
• Bai Cangshu clashed with Charanko’s Water Stream Array, caught Charanko’s counterattack, and severed his arm with a Haki-infused punch.
• Skylark teleported in and saved Charanko, but Bai Cangshu recognized the move as true Teleportation and considered its combination with Charanko’s power dangerous.
• An energy blast appeared behind Skylark, tore through his chest, and exploded in front of Bai Cangshu.

Charanko used his newfound Divine Power to torment Sage Yu Huaxin, while Skylark confronted Bai Cangshu over the deaths caused by Yu Huaxin’s repeated revivals. As Skylark summoned a constellation with his Cosmo, Bai Cangshu answered by unleashing the Satsui no Hado and accelerating Moment to its seventh stage.

• Charanko mocked Skylark for underestimating him and attacked Bai Cangshu while targeting Sage Yu Huaxin.
• Charanko repeatedly killed Yu Huaxin, whose Substitute Death ability transferred each death to a different person.
• Skylark rose despite his injuries and challenged Bai Cangshu for allowing Charanko to kill hundreds of people.
• Skylark formed a constellation from concentrated Cosmo as Bai Cangshu recognized his Saint Seiya potential.
• Bai Cangshu activated Moment's seventh stage and released the Satsui no Hado, turning the surroundings black.

Skylark, Bai Cangshu, and Mercenary Tao launched powerful attacks as the Sage tried to escape Charanko, but Tang Sanzang and Bang intervened. The Spirit World Evil Lord then emerged, resisted their attacks, and blasted Bai Cangshu away while he clung to the Sage’s main body.

• Skylark and Bai Cangshu unleashed their killing techniques against Mercenary Tao as the Sage plunged toward him.
• Tang Sanzang appeared from beside a purple gourd, nullified Charanko’s energy attacks, and seized him.
• Bang struck Tang Sanzang with Burst Heart Release Fist and rescued Charanko as Tang formed a black sun.
• Skylark, Bai Cangshu, and Mercenary Tao prepared a combined assault, but the Spirit World Evil Lord tore open space and appeared.
• The Spirit World Evil Lord resisted their attacks and unleashed a soul shriek that turned Bai Cangshu’s hair white and knocked him out of Limit Break Spiral.
• Bai Cangshu was blown away but held onto the Sage’s main body as the Spirit World Evil Lord reached toward him.

Tang Sanzang fled the desert as Tatsumaki forced her way into the spirit world, while Eternal Destiny revealed to Tree Herder that the Black King Project’s target was not Shigeo Kageyama. Eternal Destiny explained that he had intended the Sage to serve as a medicinal catalyst for Saitama, but Mercenary Tao had taken the Sage and was now creating a new catalyst.

• Tang Sanzang escaped toward Z-City after deciding that the Divine Relic had already been claimed and that the world held deeper secrets.
• Tatsumaki arrived in the desert and used her telekinesis to force open the spirit-world passage in search of the aura she had sensed.
• Tree Herder met with Eternal Destiny, who said he had abandoned the Divine Relic operation to protect the Black King Project.
• Eternal Destiny told Tree Herder that Shigeo Kageyama was not the project’s target and that Mercenary Tao had ruled him out from the beginning.
• A woman reported that the two divine envoys sent to kill Reigen Arataka had caused a widely reported massacre in B City and A-City.
• Eternal Destiny revealed that he had intended the Sage’s Immortal Body to be a medicinal catalyst for Saitama, but Mercenary Tao had taken the Sage and was making a new catalyst.

Bai Cangshu repeatedly killed Sage in the Spirit Realm, drawing out the spirits of Seasoning City’s dead and following their calls into New Seasoning City. There, Sage began to die as a flyer from the Supernatural Bowl-Cut Cult landed on his face.

• Bai Cangshu kept killing Sage to force him to surrender his Scarlet Drop Cards, while Sage accused him of madness.
• As Sage died repeatedly, the Spirit Realm filled with ripples and spirits, and Bai Cangshu realized he could use its spirits as power.
• The spirits began asking Sage why he had killed them, and Bai Cangshu recognized their number as far greater than the corpses around him.
• Bai Cangshu carried Sage toward the voices, passed through a barrier, and emerged in New Seasoning City.
• A flyer for the Supernatural Bowl-Cut Cult landed on Sage’s face, and his breathing began to fade.

Bai Cangshu killed the Sage and collected his Scarlet Drop Card, then followed clues about a spirit cult and a divine kingdom. He began summoning the tens of thousands of yin spirits that had escaped his Consciousness Sea.

• Bai Cangshu killed the Sage, and the Space offered his head as material for an advanced quest.
• Bai Cangshu rejected the Sage as defective material, crushed his head, and collected the Scarlet Drop Card containing the Sage’s cognition-twisting power.
• Bai Cangshu reflected on how rule-based abilities could challenge his strength and wondered what a Limiter was.
• Bai Cangshu heard spirits beneath the giant plant and suspected Shigeo Kageyama was building a divine kingdom, while Eternal Destiny had a different target.
• Bai Cangshu activated Yin Spirit Possession in the Spirit World and began calling back the tens of thousands of yin spirits that had escaped his Consciousness Sea.

Bai Cangshu confronted Ritsu Kageyama in the Spirit World while Tatsumaki’s battle left J City devastated. As Fubuki and the others tried to respond, Genos learned that two people Saitama had released were attacking the city, and Red Dust warned it might be a trap meant to force Saitama into a moral dilemma.

• Bai Cangshu absorbed a weakened spirit despite Ritsu Kageyama’s plea to let it enter a divine kingdom, and Ritsu backed down when he sensed Bai’s malice.
• Bang reflected on Tatsumaki’s overwhelming power while tending to Charanko and admitted to Bomb that they could no longer keep up with the era.
• Fubuki arrived and asked whether Tatsumaki had come; Bang told her that Tatsumaki had chased a black figure into the Spirit World, so Fubuki flew toward the entrance.
• Genos received a report that the two people Saitama had released were attacking the city, but Red Dust warned that their actions might be a trap targeting Saitama.
• Saitama asked what a moral dilemma was as the heroes weighed whether to intervene or risk walking into an ambush.

Tatsumaki fought Shigeo Kageyama in the Spirit World while trying to reach Fubuki, but Saitama appeared and triggered Shigeo’s suppressed power. Eternal Destiny explained to Tree Herder that the Black King could destroy his own world.

• Tatsumaki unleashed her telekinesis against Shigeo Kageyama after learning he could still sense Fubuki, while Shigeo urged her not to give in to anger.
• Tatsumaki overwhelmed Shigeo, and he withdrew to let her protect Fubuki.
• Tatsumaki tore through the Spirit World and found Saitama standing with Fubuki in the desert.
• Shigeo recognized Saitama as the man destined to destroy the world, lost control of his suppressed power, and attacked him with a gigantic black hand.
• Eternal Destiny told Tree Herder that the Black King was the king of a world who had lost everything, and that some people would destroy their own worlds.

Bai Cangshu learned that Eternal Destiny had guided Shigeo Kageyama toward darkness in hopes that he would overcome it and save the world as the Spirit World Evil Lord. When the Spirit World came under attack, Bai manipulated Ritsu Kageyama into thinking the divine kingdom was the only way to help his brother.

• Ritsu Kageyama told Bai Cangshu that Shigeo had foreseen the world’s destruction and built a divine kingdom to shelter its souls.
• Bai Cangshu realized Eternal Destiny had expected Shigeo to overcome evil and was now saving the world while appearing to destroy it.
• A violent tremor shook the Spirit World and sent spirits flying out, prompting Ritsu to fear that Shigeo was in danger.
• Bai stopped Ritsu from rushing to his brother and dismissed his ideas of seeking help from Tatsumaki or Shō’s father.
• Bai directed Ritsu toward the divine kingdom, while Satoru Gojo returned to the Consciousness Sea and reflected on Bai’s promise to free the Yin spirits.

Bai Cangshu reached Shigeo Kageyama’s divine kingdom with Ritsu Kageyama and pressured him to open it, but Skylark intervened. Bai Cangshu attacked Skylark and sent him flying out of New Seasoning City.

• Bai Cangshu and Ritsu Kageyama reached the outskirts of the divine kingdom, where Bai Cangshu sensed its purifying power and reflected on the strength of Supreme Experts.
• Bai Cangshu urged Ritsu Kageyama to open the divine kingdom, and Ritsu began to make the broccoli-like structure tremble.
• Skylark arrived and warned Ritsu Kageyama that Bai Cangshu did not intend to help his brother.
• Bai Cangshu attacked Skylark, whose Cosmo and Heracles's phantom helped him repel the first assault.
• Bai Cangshu struck Skylark with the black Dragon Slayer and followed with repeated shockwave blows, shattering a spirit body during their collision.
• Bai Cangshu sent Skylark crashing out of New Seasoning City.

Bai Cangshu battered Skylark while racing toward the devastating battle between Saitama and Shigeo Kageyama, whose outcome Eternal Destiny intended to use to corrupt Saitama’s heroism. He reached the collapsing black-and-white world and saw a pitch-black giant gripping Saitama as space, time, and color compressed around him.

• Ritsu Kageyama heard the spirits’ voices asking why the destruction was happening as the battle’s shockwaves devastated New Seasoning City.
• Bai Cangshu repeatedly smashed Skylark into buildings and spirits, taunting him for claiming to be an Ally of Justice while covered in innocent spirits’ blood.
• A shockwave swept through the spirit world, severely injuring Bai Cangshu and letting Skylark break free, but Bai Cangshu quickly seized him again.
• Bai Cangshu activated his abilities, drained Skylark’s life force and Cosmo, and raced toward the battle between Saitama and Shigeo Kageyama.
• Bai Cangshu realized that Eternal Destiny intended for Saitama to kill Shigeo Kageyama and thereby shatter his belief in heroism.
• Bai Cangshu reached the collapsing black-and-white world and saw a pitch-black giant gripping Saitama as space, time, and color compressed around him.

Shigeo Kageyama attacked Saitama in the Spirit World, but Saitama punched through its folded layers and emerged. As Saitama struck back, Bai Cangshu tried to witness his power and Shigeo recognized him; elsewhere, Eternal Destiny celebrated a success.

• Shigeo Kageyama warped the Spirit World and tried to bury Saitama beneath its collapsing layers.
• Saitama punched through the folded Spirit World and broke back into the real world.
• Bai Cangshu endured the energy storm and activated Limit Break Spiral to observe Saitama's power.
• Shigeo Kageyama recognized Bai Cangshu and attacked him with a psychic roar, injuring his ears and brain.
• Saitama drew back his fist and punched at Shigeo Kageyama's enormous black silhouette.
• Eternal Destiny tossed aside his game console and shouted that he had succeeded.

Bai Cangshu encountered the Outer God Inari Ōkami in his Consciousness Sea and browsed the Outer God Abode’s reputation exchange, asking for the Patriarch’s seat. Meanwhile, Eternal Destiny destroyed a building and sensed something surging toward him from beneath space as blazing white lights appeared in the ruins.

• Skylark was released when Shigeo Kageyama blew apart Mercenary Tao’s head, then was hurled out of the Spirit World.
• Bai Cangshu’s consciousness returned to his Consciousness Sea, where Satoru Gojo teased him about facing another powerful enemy.
• Inari Ōkami appeared as a gigantic scarlet eye, offered Bai Cangshu power, and unlocked the Outer God Abode faction’s reputation exchange.
• Bai Cangshu browsed the faction’s exchange catalog and told the Fox Outer God he wanted to sit in the Patriarch’s seat.
• Eternal Destiny collapsed a building while Tree Herder worried aloud about Saitama, then Eternal Destiny sensed something approaching from beneath space as white lights flared in the ruins.

Bai Cangshu equipped the Crown of the Outer God and used its divine authority to empower people in Z-City, while Tatsumaki confronted Eternal Destiny. The chapter ended as Eternal Destiny summoned an enormous finger from the sky and Tatsumaki met it with her telekinesis.

• Bai Cangshu equipped the Crown of the Outer God and gained a godlike perspective over the wills of people around him.
• Bai Cangshu offered power to people whose families had been buried in Z-City.
• Tree Herder fought the divinely empowered attackers, then fled after Silver Fang Bang struck him with a powerful technique.
• Tatsumaki stayed behind as Bang and Bomb carried away the injured Charanko and Skylark.
• Eternal Destiny confronted Tatsumaki and recognized that she and Mercenary Tao had accepted Bai Cangshu's power.
• Eternal Destiny summoned a colossal finger from above the clouds, and Tatsumaki raised her telekinetic force against it.