Chapter Summaries

Bai Cangshu accepted Orange’s request to kill Mad King and rescue Red Dust in exchange for two additional Blood Bodhis, then consumed a Blood Bodhi and pushed his Energy · Qi to its limit. He learned that he would need to take a limit-breaking mission at the Rank Management Office.

• Black Butler warned that Mad King was dangerous after learning he had captured Red Dust, but Li Qingzi told him not to interfere with Bai Cangshu’s judgment.
• Bai Cangshu agreed to kill Mad King and rescue Red Dust for Orange, demanding two additional Blood Bodhis or items of equivalent value.
• Orange accepted the terms and signed a contract with Bai Cangshu.
• Bai Cangshu consumed the Blood Bodhi, gained 9 points of Energy · Qi, and triggered a notice that his energy had reached its limit.
• Bai Cangshu rejected Black Butler’s claim that he was already near the top among Reincarnators and said they were all still weak.

Bai Cangshu received the Space’s one-time qi limit-breaking mission, while Artoria’s growing conviction pushed her toward a tyrannical view of kingship. Professor Ye Kai accepted Mercenary Tao’s invitation to a temporary squad, and the Space began deploying them.

• Bai Cangshu examined the Space’s special mission to break through the limits of qi and gain Authority of Qi and Power.
• Artoria watched Paradise from the Black Tower and became more convinced that a king should choose the fate of weak subjects.
• Bai Cangshu’s Benevolent King’s Heart darkened as Artoria’s killing intent grew purer.
• Yun Wujiu attacked Snow Witch Fu Qinghuan, who froze him with her magic.
• Professor Ye Kai accepted the temporary squad invitation from Mercenary Tao and joined him as the Space began deployment.

Bai Cangshu and his companions entered a world with 78% distortion, where Artoria discovered she had returned to her homeland in 1435. After seeing the Church of Healing’s blood medicine transform Duncan into a beast, Bai Cangshu ordered Artoria to attack the Church and spare Duncan.

• Bai Cangshu read the world briefing, which warned of a dangerous team survival mission and listed milestones involving dragons, Ancient Gods, and Outer Gods.
• Artoria revealed herself and killed a mutated human who was attacking routed soldiers, then questioned them about the time and place.
• The soldiers identified their location as Artoria’s homeland, while Bai Cangshu sensed widespread death and suspected a Dragon King was awakening.
• Knights from the Church of Healing arrived, distributed blood medicine, and gave the soldiers gray-white cloth to mark their withdrawal from the war.
• Duncan took the medicine, mutated into a beast, and killed a nearby person as the crowd accused him of being undevout.
• Bai Cangshu ordered Artoria to kill the Church members and leave Duncan alive.

Bai Cangshu learned that Blood Therapy came from the Ancient Gods and forced the beastified Duncan to drink a Blood Vial. When the Mixed-blood Etoris attacked to stop him, Bai Cangshu knocked him unconscious and prepared to use him as a test subject.

• Bai Cangshu killed the last armored knight and obtained a Blood Vial, while the Professor explained Blood Therapy's origins and the Outer Gods' role in ending the Dragon Kings' era.
• Bai Cangshu restrained the beastified Duncan and poured the Blood Vial into his mouth, worsening his transformation.
• Artoria's magical shockwave exposed Etoris, a golden-haired Mixed-blood who accused the group of tormenting Duncan and challenged her.
• Etoris charged Artoria, but Bai Cangshu struck him down with a powerful blow.
• Bai Cangshu ordered the others to find more Blood Vials so he could make the unconscious Etoris a test subject.

Bai Cangshu learned that Origin Substance could make the Dragon King bloodline useful for entering the Little Garden, and the professor suggested Bishop Lawrence as a possible source. After Bai Cangshu gave the mutating Etoris Ripple Power, Etoris asked him to rescue Saint Seraphina from the Hymn Choir, triggering a special mission.

• The professor explained that Origin Substance had entered the world through collisions between Observers and might empower the Dragon King bloodline.
• Bai Cangshu used blood medicine on Etoris, whose body began to mutate and grow bone spikes.
• Bai Cangshu bestowed Ripple Power on Etoris, halting his beastification while greatly increasing his strength.
• Etoris asked Bai Cangshu to save Saint Seraphina, who was being pursued by the Hymn Choir as Bishop Lawrence lost his way.
• Bai Cangshu received the special mission Crimson Hymn.

Bai Cangshu accepted the mission to keep Crimson Saintess Seraphina alive and learned that the Hymn Choir was already attacking her. As he and his companions flew toward her location, Duncan transformed into a vengeful creature, while Bai Cangshu revealed that his actions had drawn a powerful figure into his trap.

• The Professor explained that the mission required Seraphina to survive for seven days, and Bai Cangshu reassured Etoris that she would not die during that time.
• Etoris said Seraphina was in Gray Valley Town, but the Professor used a gemstone to locate her seven hundred kilometers away, surrounded by the Hymn Choir after the townspeople had been killed.
• Bai Cangshu praised the Professor, then flew toward Seraphina with Artoria; the Professor and Etoris followed on a silver surfboard.
• Wildfire consumed the corpses and engulfed the limbless Duncan, whose resentment turned the flames black and drove him to vow that everyone would die.
• Artoria asked Bai Cangshu why he was smiling, and he said his bait had drawn in a big fish connected to Lawrence, the King of Bronze and Fire, and the force distorting the world.

The Crimson Pope Lawrence ordered Gilbert to kill two strangers and bring Seraphina back as the Church of Healing’s forces battled the Ash Hunters. Just as Alice threatened Seraphina and Etoris, Aisli arrived after apparently defeating Gilbert, and another powerful long-haired man descended to challenge the Church’s upper ranks.

• Lawrence learned that the Hymn Choir had found Seraphina and sent Gilbert to kill two strangers and retrieve her.
• Seraphina urged Alice and the Ash Hunters to retreat, but the Hymn Choir transformed into beasts and attacked them.
• Seraphina used her blood to reverse some of the knights’ beastification, while Alice killed an Ash Hunter and moved to seize her.
• Etoris intervened with a Claymore, but Alice struck him down; Etoris survived and resisted his growing beastification.
• Aisli arrived beside a crater containing the battered Gilbert, and a long-haired man descended, mocking the Church of Healing’s strength.

Bai Cangshu and Artoria crushed the Hymn Choir, but a silver-haired Dragon Clan woman attacked and demanded Seraphina. Bai Cangshu confronted her, and their clash ended in a devastating explosion.

• Etoris protected Seraphina and attacked the Hymn Choir as Artoria cut down most of its knights.
• Bai Cangshu defeated the beastified dragonman Alice and obtained Ludwig's Holy Sword.
• A silver-haired Dragon Clan woman pierced Etoris's chest and demanded that Bai Cangshu hand over Seraphina.
• Seraphina tried to save Etoris with her blood while the Dragon Clan woman reached for her.
• Bai Cangshu seized the woman's wrist, then he unleashed lightning as she breathed fire, and their attacks erupted in an explosion.

Bai Cangshu fought Orphis Niflheim after she revealed her giant dragon form, while Artoria withdrew with Seraphina and Etoris. He sealed Orphis’s bloodline power and began a close-quarters brawl with her.

• Artoria shielded Seraphina and Etoris from the blast, then revealed Orphis’s dragon claw pinned beneath Mercenary Tao’s foot.
• Bai Cangshu strengthened himself with Kirin Armor and Conqueror’s Haki, overpowering Orphis’s claw until she transformed into a giant dragon.
• Bai Cangshu ordered Saber to retreat with Seraphina and Etoris, whose life force and contamination had been restored and cleansed by Seraphina’s blood.
• Orphis attacked Bai Cangshu with Words of Power, crushing winds, and infrasound, but he emerged from the storm and struck her.
• Bai Cangshu used Soul Power to seal Orphis’s bloodline abilities, grabbed her head, and challenged her to a brawl.

Bai Cangshu killed Orphis Niflheim, and the Dragon Slayer sword advanced toward its second seal as he sensed an outside force manipulating him. He spared Seraphina so she could purify Holy City Latina, then turned his attention toward a distant enemy while Lawrence watched from the cathedral.

• Bai Cangshu battered Orphis until she stopped fighting, then cut off her head with the Black Sword: Dragon Slayer after hearing her warning about the Dragon King’s return.
• Dragon Blood updated the Black Sword’s unsealing progress, and Bai Cangshu wondered whether fate or another force had influenced his choice of weapon.
• The professor warned Bai Cangshu that the bronze vortex in the sky suggested the King of Bronze and Fire was awakening, then showed him purple gemstone fragments and described his vision.
• Bai Cangshu grabbed Seraphina and demanded the Origin Substance, but she asked to purify Holy City Latina; Etoris reopened his wound to remind Bai Cangshu of his promise to protect her.
• Bai Cangshu let Seraphina proceed with the purification, then threatened a figure across the sea as Lawrence watched from the cathedral.

As the Dragon King’s awakening raised the world’s temperature, Seraphina continued offering her blood to the afflicted, despite the danger to herself. When Mixed-bloods clashed with Beastification Disease patients over whether she should save them, Bai Cangshu helped Seraphina replenish her blood, and she set out to aid the people.

• Etoris worried that the rising heat would weaken Seraphina, but she refused to fly ahead and abandon those awaiting her help.
• Seraphina offered her blood to an Ash Hunter, whose group refused it because they believed her holy blood should not be spent on them.
• Outside the town, Mixed-bloods tried to stop Beastification Disease patients from seeking Seraphina’s purification, and their dispute erupted into violence.
• Etoris and the Hunters blocked Seraphina from rushing to the fighting, so she appealed to Bai Cangshu and vowed to give him anything he wanted if he let her save the people.
• Bai Cangshu used Logic to accelerate Seraphina’s blood production, and Artoria drew her sword to escort Seraphina toward the town entrance.

Seraphina purified the beastified people around Red Stone Town, while Etoris overcame his fear and volunteered to infiltrate Holy City Latina ahead of the others. At sea, Etoris and his companions discovered that Crimson Pope Lawrence had become a monstrous mass of flesh and had devoured Latina.

• Seraphina used her blood to reverse beastification and heal people near Red Stone Town, earning the awe of Artoria, the Ash Hunters, and the Mixed-bloods.
• Etoris resisted the Sorrow of Blood, regained his resolve, and offered to find former holy knights in Holy City Latina who opposed Lawrence.
• Etoris and a group of Ash Hunters and Mixed-bloods departed to infiltrate the holy city while Seraphina and Mercenary Tao prepared to follow.
• Half a day later, Etoris's group encountered a colossal mass of flesh rising from the sea, and Lawrence's voice called to Etoris to evolve toward the stars.
• A companion pulled Etoris down from the strange force, and Etoris realized that Lawrence had devoured Latina.

Bai Cangshu and the others sensed Lawrence’s overwhelming presence as they flew over the sea, while the Professor considered killing Seraphina to obtain the Origin Substance. Before anyone could act, Lawrence’s voice reached them and destroyed the Professor’s senses.

• The Professor aimed his hand cannon at Seraphina, believing her Origin Substance could spare the group from confronting Lawrence, but Artoria seized the weapon.
• The Professor accused Seraphina of being prepared to die, and Seraphina admitted her plan while asking Bai Cangshu to save Etoris and the others in the holy city.
• Bai Cangshu detected Lawrence’s immense life force and told the others to listen to the voice coming from the sea.
• The Professor crushed a gemstone to hear Lawrence invite Ye Kai to merge with him, failed a mental check, and fell unconscious from the skateboard.

Artoria tried to escape with Seraphina and the wounded professor as Mercenary Tao fought Lawrence’s Life Furnace, but Bai Cangshu charged into the monstrous mass and struck it with Myriad Death Intent. Lawrence broke free from the city and flesh, preparing to ascend, as a dragon’s roar and flames filled the sky.

• Artoria resisted Lawrence’s mental influence, caught Seraphina, and fled toward shore with the wounded professor while Bai Cangshu flew toward Lawrence.
• Mercenary Tao punched Lawrence’s enormous tumor, clearing the seawater and exposing the ruins beneath Holy City Latina.
• Bai Cangshu strengthened himself with Kirin Armor and Satsui no Hado, then pierced the tumor with the Great Demon Spear and struck it with Myriad Death Intent.
• The Life Furnace exploded, and its immense vitality caused new muscles to grow across Bai Cangshu’s body.
• Lawrence broke free of the city and flesh to pursue ascension, while a dragon’s roar and flames spread across the sky.

Lawrence unleashed his power to gather humanity’s transformed bodies into a furnace, seeking to evolve mankind beyond death and challenge the beings who shaped the world. As Artoria and Seraphina faced his enormous gaze, Bai Cangshu emerged within the giant of flesh and praised Lawrence’s work.

• Lawrence revealed that he had absorbed the Ancient God’s knowledge and believed he could lead humanity beyond birth, aging, sickness, and death.
• Lawrence spread golden ripples across the continent and called on humanity to join him in challenging the creators of the world.
• Twisted humans from across the land answered Lawrence’s will and melted into his furnace, while the growing life force engulfed Bai Cangshu inside a giant body of flesh.
• The giant of flesh roared at the sky and struck the Dragon King’s bronze vortex, but Lawrence judged that he still needed a crucial element to reach the stars.
• Artoria threw the wounded professor into the sea, while Seraphina remained unmoved by Lawrence’s gaze and watched him with admiration.
• Seraphina’s blood triggered a heartbeat and a transformation in the giant, and Bai Cangshu laughed and praised Lawrence as a powerful aura erupted skyward.

Bai Cangshu used Four Times Kaio-ken while in the Life Furnace's Furnace State, reaching overwhelming power as his body regenerated and his attributes exceeded 2,000. He struck the 9.9% Limiter and the limits of his vessel, then tried to break through them.

• Seraphina pointed out the transformed sky as a vast eye and a dragon head appeared above the continent.
• Bai Cangshu activated Four Times Kaio-ken, and the strain shattered much of his giant body.
• The Life Furnace's vitality and biological level let Bai Cangshu regenerate and endure the transformation.
• Bai Cangshu's total attributes exceeded 2,000, and the Limiter activation progress stalled at 9.9%.
• Bai Cangshu recognized the limits of his vessel and shouted for them to break; an invisible shackle cracked.

Bai Cangshu broke through the Limiter’s First Threshold after his vessel shattered and his existence briefly began to disappear. Restored and vastly more powerful, he attacked Norton and faced the descending Lawrence as the world burned around them.

• Bai Cangshu’s vessel shattered under the power within him, sending his consciousness into a boundless void before an observing gaze restored his senses.
• Bai Cangshu returned to the Life Furnace and learned that the Limiter had broken through its First Threshold, increasing his base four-dimensional attributes by 100%.
• Bai Cangshu realized the flesh giant was Lawrence’s true body and saw the black-red dragon, Norton, spread its authority over the ruined mortal world.
• Bai Cangshu rose from the sea and unleashed a golden blast at Norton and Constantine, striking Norton from the sky.
• Bai Cangshu roared at the descending Lawrence as lightning and blinding light engulfed everything.

Bai Cangshu shattered Lawrence’s power with a devastating punch and flew toward the Dragon Kings. Constantine and Norton faced him as he approached, with Norton’s desperate flames unable to harm him.

• Artoria shielded Seraphina from the shockwave, but the force shattered her armor and swept them away as the tsunami battered the coast.
• Bai Cangshu revealed that his strength had exceeded one thousand and punched a vacuum wave through the sky, shattering the golden ripples formed by Lawrence’s power.
• Bai Cangshu flew across the sea toward Constantine and Norton as the wounded Norton prepared his world-ending Spirit of Words, Candle Dragon.
• Constantine turned to face Bai Cangshu with Greed and Pride while Norton unleashed flames that failed to approach the flesh giant.
• Bai Cangshu descended through the flames and walked toward Constantine, revealing that he had deliberately provoked the Dragon Kings into releasing their power.

Constantine and Norton fused in despair to become Surtur, whose flames devastated the surrounding land as he attacked Bai Cangshu. Lawrence emerged from the flesh giant and fought Bai Cangshu, who pierced Lawrence with golden qi and blasted the giant through the brow.

• Constantine sensed that Norton’s Torch Dragon would fail, while Bai Cangshu gravely wounded Norton and urged the Twins to unite into a Dragon Monarch.
• Norton unleashed Torch Dragon, but Constantine stabbed his brother’s heart with the Seven Deadly Sins and fused with him.
• The Twins became Surtur, a towering Flame King whose fires scorched England, ignited forests, and erupted from the earth as he attacked Bai Cangshu.
• Lawrence revealed himself within Bai Cangshu’s flesh giant, made its body separate and explode, then formed a new body with golden Ripples behind him.
• Bai Cangshu declared that he was the true source of strength, pierced Lawrence’s Bio-Force Field with golden qi, and struck the giant’s brow with a Ki Blast.

Bai Cangshu battled Surtur as the Fire Dragon King's flames devastated the British Peninsula, while Artoria fled with the red-haired girl. The girl began to glow, and Artoria was trapped in black mist where a vision of Artoria Pendragon and the Knights of the Round Table appeared, throwing Black Saber into confusion.

• Surtur unleashed Torch Dragon, igniting the land and sea and killing the Church of Healing knights and Hunters caught in the spreading flames.
• Bai Cangshu used Magnetic Field Rotation to strike Surtur with a massive force-field punch, blasting the giant out of the sea as Surtur's falling palm devastated the surrounding waters.
• Artoria carried the red-haired girl away from the firestorm, convinced that Bai Cangshu would survive the battle.
• The red-haired girl began glowing, and Artoria found herself surrounded by darkness and mist after stopping to investigate.
• A figure resembling Artoria Pendragon appeared, revealed the Knights of the Round Table and their soldiers, and summoned golden radiance that left Black Saber confused.