Chapter Summaries

Chu Qi, Song Xian, and Tianjie negotiated with Bai Cangshu, also known as Mercenary Tao, over Gantz equipment and the fate of his clone. They struck a deal for East Xia to keep Paradise outside its borders and direct high-risk Reincarnators toward it, while Chu Qi offered a rare Qi Sword as payment for weapons.

• Bai Cangshu welcomed Chu Qi, Song Xian, and Tianjie into his empty Private Space, and Chu Qi admitted he still feared his old friend.
• Bai Cangshu confirmed that his agreement to supply Gantz equipment remained in effect and offered to send his powerful clone into the Space.
• Song Xian proposed that Paradise stay within Myanmar while East Xia steered high-risk Reincarnators toward it, and Bai Cangshu accepted.
• Chu Qi requested Gantz Reinforcement Suits, X-Guns, and H-Guns, then offered a rare Three Talents Sword - Qi Sword in addition to B-rank Anomaly Points.
• Bai Cangshu accepted the Qi Sword, which could increase his Qi, while Chu Qi believed the stronger man would be needed to face future calamities.

Song Xian and Tianjie collected the equipment Mercenary Tao supplied, while Li Qingzi consolidated March Group’s control over Korea and purged The Agency of Reincarnators who had betrayed Mercenary Tao. Mercenary Tao then called Li Qingzi and asked her to promote Paradise as a real-world public trading space protected by him.

• Song Xian and Tianjie left Mercenary Tao’s Private Space with thirty sets of Black Ball equipment, and Tianjie vowed not to let East Xia descend into disorder.
• March Group promoted Han Baekho as Korea’s Ability User star while Li Qingzi transformed the company and Korea under her control.
• Han Baekho attended a meeting where Jin Yue'an announced that six members of The Agency had leaked information about Mercenary Tao.
• Li Qingzi killed Shin Hye-jin and then slaughtered the other accused Reincarnators when they resisted.
• Li Qingzi returned to her office, reflected on her past with Mercenary Tao, and answered his call.
• Mercenary Tao asked Li Qingzi to promote Paradise as a public real-world trading space where he would protect Reincarnators.

Li Dongjin rejected a mysterious woman's offer to become an Ability User, while Bai Cangshu rebuilt Paradise behind a towering wall. The wall fell to reveal a new city centered on the Black Tower, which Bai Cangshu welcomed his former subordinates into.

• A blonde woman approached Li Dongjin, identified him as one of The Chosen, and offered to make him an Ability User, but he refused.
• An advertisement announced that Li Qingzi had completed the reconstruction of Paradise City and that Mercenary Tao would protect visiting Ability Users.
• An old man watched Li Dongjin leave with his sister, then chose a new target and disappeared.
• Lin Qinfu watched a massive black tower rise inside the wall surrounding the ruins of Paradise and realized Ability Users had rebuilt the area.
• Bai Cangshu stood beside the collapsed wall and welcomed his former subordinates to the newly built Paradise.

Bai Cangshu established Paradise as a protected city for Reincarnators and released the Meme Curse: Desire, causing it to spread through the surrounding area. As Yang Yan sought refuge from Yun Wujiu, the curse began transforming people, and a monster attacked Yang Yan before he could reach the city.

• Bai Cangshu showed Lin Qinfu and Du Enqin the newly built Paradise and used the cursed meme on them, prompting Lin Qinfu to flee while Du Enqin stayed to help register newcomers.
• Bai Cangshu resisted the curse, surveyed the city with Mantra, and absorbed Qi from a Qi Sword to strengthen himself.
• Yun Wujiu pursued Yang Yan and threatened his family, but Yang Yan called on Mercenary Tao for protection and a lightning strike stopped Yun Wujiu from killing him within Paradise's territory.
• Yun Wujiu was affected by the Meme Curse: Desire, began bleeding from his nose, and unleashed spreading Freezing Qi.
• Yang Yan raced toward Paradise, but a beast-like monster attacked him with infrasound, rupturing his eardrums and forcing him to hide underground.

Yang Yan fled Yun Wujiu and reached Paradise, where Mercenary Tao’s lightning struck the infected Yun Wujiu. Mercenary Tao’s Conqueror’s Haki then subdued Yang Yan, Yun Wujiu, and the surrounding monsters, leaving Yun Wujiu to retreat into the city and contact others.

• Yang Yan encountered a Desire Curse Infected monster whose roar damaged his hearing, then discovered it could regenerate rapidly.
• Yang Yan’s Shadow Clones were swept away when Yun Wujiu pursued him with a powerful surge of Freezing Qi.
• Yang Yan escaped into Paradise as Mercenary Tao’s lightning cut through the icy river and badly injured Yun Wujiu.
• Yang Yan considered killing the weakened Yun Wujiu, but Mercenary Tao’s Conqueror’s Haki immobilized him and drove the monsters to retreat.
• Yun Wujiu warned Yang Yan they would settle their score in a future mission world, then entered an empty shop and contacted others.

Yun Wujiu learned that a Sweet Home curse had begun eroding him, while Mercenary Tao’s growing power drew the Snow Witch to Paradise. After Mercenary Tao learned about the Infinity Stone mission, the Snow Witch agreed to bring Solomon to discuss assassinating Vision and taking the Mind Stone.

• Yun Wujiu recognized the curse’s fifteen-day cycle and used meditation to guard against further erosion.
• The Snow Witch arrived at Paradise, and Mercenary Tao revealed his lightning power to her.
• Mercenary Tao told the Snow Witch that he had learned about the Infinity Stone mission from someone whose mind he had read.
• The Snow Witch said Solomon had to decide whether to involve Mercenary Tao and promised to arrange a meeting about assassinating Vision and seizing the Mind Stone.

Bai Cangshu accepted Snow Witch’s proposal to discuss a mission involving Vision and the Mind Stone, then entered his Consciousness Sea and confronted White Face. He revealed that he could resurrect one incorporeal being, leaving the others eager for a chance at a body while White Face offered to cooperate.

• Bai Cangshu agreed to meet Solomon and discuss the mission to kill Vision and obtain the Mind Stone.
• Bai Cangshu entered his Consciousness Sea, where Black Face had subdued White Face after a battle.
• Bai Cangshu questioned White Face about the cards and the stairway while Artoria, Satoru Gojo, and others watched.
• Bai Cangshu announced that he could resurrect one of the incorporeal beings, drawing an eager reaction from Millennium Worm, Satoru Gojo, and White Face.
• White Face offered to tell Bai Cangshu what she knew if he resurrected her, but he rejected her attempt to bargain and demanded everything she knew.

Bai Cangshu offered the dead Reincarnators a chance at resurrection, prompting Millennium Worm and White Face to plead their cases. White Face revealed rumors about Kings above Supreme Experts and the Black King Society, but Bai Cangshu continued to toy with her and made her increasingly susceptible to him.

• Bai Cangshu’s offer of resurrection stirred the spirits, and Millennium Worm eagerly promised Mercenary Tao a mercenary squad and valuable connections in exchange for being revived.
• White Face mocked Millennium Worm’s offer and told Bai Cangshu she could reveal secrets about cards, the hierarchy, and the Space.
• Bai Cangshu asked White Face about beings above Supreme Experts, and she identified them as the so-called Kings and explained the Black King Society’s destructive origins and power.
• White Face realized Mercenary Tao had encountered a Black King and survived, but Bai Cangshu read her thoughts and told her to focus on sharing information.
• Bai Cangshu shook and patted White Face, whose resistance weakened under a strange mental force, while Satoru Gojo whistled and Uchiha Madara looked away in disdain.

Bai Cangshu learned more about the Three Supreme Kings’ cards and concluded that they were designed to identify reincarnators with particular traits. After he provoked the spirits in the Yellow Springs into battle, Artoria faced the rising Sea of Evil with her sword, drawing Bai Cangshu’s attention.

• Bai Cangshu learned that White Face’s Fate Guan card let her take the place of Plot Characters with special destinies, while the Scarlet Great Sins and Pure Virtues had exceptionally difficult trials.
• White Face revealed that the Three Supreme Kings had each kept one mysterious card, which many gatherings sought in hopes of finding power beyond Supreme Experts.
• Bai Cangshu reasoned that the cards were meant to select reincarnators rather than strengthen them, and wondered what traits the Three Supreme Kings were searching for.
• Bai Cangshu threw White Face into the Yellow Springs and suggested holding a tournament whose winner would be resurrected through All the World's Evil.
• The spirits erupted into a black tide that swept up Satoru Gojo and Uchiha Madara, while Artoria faced the Sea of Evil with her sword and drew Bai Cangshu’s greedy gaze.

Artoria’s overwhelming resolve let her break Millennium Worm’s domain, but Black Face unleashed God’s Slash and sent her flying. Bai Cangshu then covered her in Black Mud, intending to resurrect and command her after glimpsing the power of her sword.

• Artoria’s sword strikes drew the attention of Uchiha Madara and Satoru Gojo as spectral spirits swarmed her.
• Millennium Worm trapped Artoria in Domain Expansion: Sound Kill Underworld and used Sleep, but she struck through the domain and sent him back to the Yellow Springs.
• Black Face absorbed spectral spirits into his katana and used God's Slash, cutting down the spirit bodies and injuring Artoria and Satoru Gojo.
• Bai Cangshu let Black Mud fall from the Throne of the Heart and engulf Artoria, deciding to resurrect her after witnessing her power.
• Bai Cangshu offered Artoria the chance to seize the things she desired but could not obtain.

Bai Cangshu witnessed Artoria’s corruption by Black Mud and met Solomon and members of the Far East Magic Society, who exchanged an emergency communicator for a warning about an upcoming mission. The chapter ended with Solomon proposing a temporary team to face Vision and an enraged Witch.

• Bai Cangshu watched Black Mud corrupt Artoria into Black Saber, whose will and ideals remained but whose approach turned toward tyranny and force.
• Black Saber sensed Solomon’s magic power, and Solomon arrived at the tower, revealing that an Artoria belonged to the Black King Society.
• Jin, Tree Herder, Snow Witch, and other members of the Far East Magic Society arrived, while Bai Cangshu’s laughter demonstrated his formidable physical power.
• Solomon summoned Yang Yan and demanded an unusual communicator; Yang Yan handed it to Bai Cangshu, who obtained the S.H.I.E.L.D. Emergency Communicator.
• Solomon told Bai Cangshu that the Far East Magic Society would seek a temporary alliance before a mission involving Vision and an enraged Witch.

Bai Cangshu considered the Far East Magic Society’s divisions and planned for Paradise to welcome more Reincarnators. Meanwhile, Yun Wujiu urged Fu Qinghuan to defect to Mercenary Tao, and Tree Herder concluded Solomon was pursuing the Sorcerer Supreme’s Tier for himself.

• Bai Cangshu examined the S.H.I.E.L.D. communicator and suspected the mission was more dangerous than Solomon had implied, then began forming his own plan.
• Bai Cangshu and Artoria recognized that the Far East Magic Society was divided and that its leaderless, flat structure was nearing collapse.
• Yun Wujiu told Fu Qinghuan that Mercenary Tao might be stronger than Solomon and urged her to join Tao’s side for a chance at a Magic Tier.
• Fu Qinghuan froze Yun Wujiu before he could finish, then looked toward Bai Cangshu’s tower with a troubled expression.
• Tree Herder told the twins that Solomon intended to abandon the group’s interests and pursue a Tier for himself.

Ye Kai, Elizabeth, and Liu Qi crossed into Paradise as many reincarnators headed there despite the dangerous rumors. Meanwhile, Bai Cangshu considered buying God's Hair and accepted a request to kill three Title-level members of Mottled Light Color.

• Mishian urged a group of reincarnators to enter Paradise, while Ye Kai, Elizabeth, and Liu Qi chose to leave East Xia without registering.
• Ye Kai, Elizabeth, and Liu Qi crossed the border and discovered dozens of reincarnators gathering in the forest near Paradise.
• Jin Yue'an showed Bai Cangshu God's Hair, a rare treasure believed to be the Gigai left after Saitama killed a god.
• Jin Yue'an told Bai Cangshu that the seller, One Sword Red, wanted him to kill the three Title-level members of Mottled Light Color.
• Bai Cangshu asked Jin Yue'an for the team's coordinates.

Bai Cangshu and Artoria arrived at Beisen Island and attacked the Mottled Light Color team. Artoria overwhelmed the defenders, and Bai Cangshu joined the fight, leaving A Dao gravely wounded as the battle continued.

• Bai Cangshu carried Artoria to Beisen Island, where he sensed the island and its inhabitants with Mantra Lv9.
• Miu warned Fate and A Dao that someone was approaching, but Artoria crashed down and unleashed a black-red sword slash.
• Artoria shattered Miu’s storm and cut through the tribal settlement as Fate and A Dao tried to stop her.
• Miu struck Artoria with Mental Power while Fate seized her throat with the Force, and A Dao attacked her with Snowfall in the Human World.
• Bai Cangshu crashed onto the island and pierced A Dao’s throat with a pebble, then gathered golden qi to attack again.

Bai Cangshu killed A Dao, Miu, and Fate, then collected God's Hair from One Sword Red after fulfilling his commission. One Sword Red warned him about the Mad King and offered to serve him as repayment, leaving Bai Cangshu amused by the unexpected gesture.

• Bai Cangshu killed A Dao with a Dodon Ray and received a Scarlet Drop Card through Cocoon of Greed.
• Miu unleashed her storm powers, but Bai Cangshu and Artoria defeated her and killed Fate as he tried to negotiate.
• Bai Cangshu took Artoria and flew away with two Scarlet Drop Cards.
• Bai Cangshu met One Sword Red, completed his commission, and received God's Hair.
• One Sword Red warned Bai Cangshu that the Mad King might plunge the world into chaos, then offered his sword and service to repay him.

Ye Kai, Liu Qi, and Elizabeth entered a city where Mercenary Tao enforced order over more than a hundred Reincarnators. Ye Kai met Mercenary Tao to discuss Azure Sky’s plan to reach the Little Garden World, but Mercenary Tao challenged him to reveal his secrets.

• Elizabeth sensed that the Reincarnators were being watched as she, Ye Kai, and Liu Qi registered and chose a building in the central district.
• A Reincarnator was killed, and Mercenary Tao’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked Elizabeth unconscious and left her companions struggling to stand.
• Mercenary Tao declared that private fighting was forbidden in Paradise and that violators would die.
• Ye Kai went to the Black Tower and asked Mercenary Tao about a Dragon King-level Bloodline Item.
• Ye Kai revealed that Azure Sky planned to combine the bloodlines of gods, Star Spirits, and dragons with human miracles to open a passage to the Little Garden World.
• Mercenary Tao read Ye Kai’s mind, questioned whether a Dragon King bloodline counted as dragonkind, and sent an electric current past him as he demanded to see Ye Kai’s hidden secrets.

Professor Ye Kai told Bai Cangshu that the Hearthstone led to a dangerous world observed by multiple high-dimensional beings, and Bai Cangshu used his ability to uncover more about it. He agreed to take Ye Kai there the next day in exchange for enough gems.

• Ye Kai deliberately let Mercenary Tao read his mind, revealing that Xu Zhiyu had obtained Dragon King's Blood Marrow and that the Hearthstone recorded a special world.
• Bai Cangshu realized Ye Kai had approached him because the Hearthstone was nearly recharged and questioned the professor about its destination.
• When Ye Kai began explaining the world's observers, Bai Cangshu stopped him and electrically stimulated his brain to read his memories directly.
• Bai Cangshu saw visions of a war-torn world where Dragon Kings, humans, and evil gods confronted a terrifying presence.
• Bai Cangshu told Ye Kai to bring enough gems the next day, then had Artoria carry the unconscious professor away.

Bai Cangshu appraised the God's Hair and chose to forge the Divine Authority of Bestowal and Seizure, gaining a rare power with high compatibility. The forging showed him a planet's primordial Great Will, and he considered what his newfound authority could let him accomplish.

• Knight Sister appraised the God's Hair and revealed four possible forging traits, including two World's Rare Treasure options.
• Bai Cangshu weighed the Authority of Bestowal and Seizure against the Star Child bloodline trait and chose the Authority to strengthen his long-term foundation.
• Knight Sister forged the God's Hair into glowing liquid and infused it into Bai Cangshu.
• Bai Cangshu witnessed the emergence of a planet's Great Will, known as Gaia, the Mother of Life, or Origin.
• Bai Cangshu gained Divine Authority of Bestowal and Seizure with 87% compatibility, and Knight Sister remarked that he possessed great divinity.

After learning that the material from One Sword Red worked exceptionally well, Bai Cangshu offered to kill anyone in exchange for useful resources, provoking fear and admiration across the Reincarnation Space. Meanwhile, Mad King blamed Mercenary Tao for killing his associates and vowed to destroy him and everyone in Paradise, while Red Dust watched and hoped Mad King would lose.

• Bai Cangshu told Jin Yue'an and Black Butler to find anything that could enhance his energy attributes, and Jin Yue'an said One Sword Red's material had worked very well.
• Bai Cangshu instructed Black Butler to spread word that anyone who supplied what he wanted could name a target for him to kill.
• Reincarnators feared that Mercenary Tao's offer would unite them against him, while others began worshipping him and gathering in Paradise.
• Mad King learned that One Sword Red had joined Paradise and suspected he had paid Mercenary Tao to kill Fate, Miu, and the swordsman.
• Mad King rejected a plan to execute One Sword Red and declared that he would kill Mercenary Tao and everyone in Paradise.
• Red Dust watched Mad King and hoped he would fall, while complaining that an ability was preventing him from fighting head-on.

Bai Cangshu tried to raise his Gourmet Cell by rapidly eating beast meat, but the growth slowed before he could make much progress. Back in the public space, he learned that Red Dust had been captured by Mad King, and Black Butler warned him against accepting a Blood Bodhi in exchange for a rescue.

• Bai Cangshu cooked and consumed beast meat in the Cultivation Institute, raising his Gourmet Cell to Lv3 before its growth slowed.
• Bai Cangshu returned to the public space, where Black Butler introduced Orange and her offer to trade Blood Bodhi.
• Bai Cangshu recognized that Orange's Blood Bodhi likely came from Red Dust and asked about their connection.
• Orange explained that Mad King had defeated and controlled Red Dust, and asked Bai Cangshu to rescue him in exchange for the fruit.
• Black Butler warned Bai Cangshu that Mad King was dangerous and said the deal could not be made.