Chapter Summaries

Saitama defeated Platinum Sperm and learned that Dr. Genus’s House of Evolution was behind the mutant monsters’ attacks, but its secret base had been abandoned by the time he arrived. As the monsters retreated and the heroes remained in danger, Saitama and Black Sperm headed to Gu Qing’s dojo for answers.

• Garou reached Current Propulsion, chose Sea Tiger Blast Punch and Rapid Bullet Fist, and returned to training after speaking with Gu Qing.
• Seki confronted Superalloy Darkshine about his despair and urged him to ask his muscles what he should do as the crisis worsened.
• Saitama defeated Platinum Sperm, then found Black Sperm’s last surviving cell and heard his account of Dr. Genus’s plans.
• Unregistered Knight gained the upper hand against Gouketsu, but the Door Frame Monster teleported Gouketsu away as the mutant monsters began retreating.
• Saitama and Black Sperm found the House of Evolution’s secret base abandoned, so Saitama decided to visit Gu Qing’s dojo.

Genos accused Gu Qing of directing the House of Evolution’s attacks, but Gu Qing denied responsibility for Dr. Genus’s current actions. Saitama confronted Gu Qing over his role, and they began their monthly sparring match as Gu Qing prepared to test his growing power.

• Genos attacked Gu Qing, but Garou intercepted him and fought him to a standstill until Unregistered Knight struck them both to stop the fight.
• Genos fired a full-power Incineration Cannon at Gu Qing, who destroyed most of his body with a casual blow; Saitama caught Genos’s head.
• Saitama explained that Dr. Genus planned to turn people into monsters and spread the X-Factor, while Gu Qing admitted he had funded research into it but said his cooperation with Genus had ended.
• Unregistered Knight was distressed by Gu Qing’s refusal to intervene, while Saitama challenged Gu Qing to their monthly sparring match and they exchanged punches.
• The chapter revealed that Gu Qing’s recent draws included several absorption-based martial arts, Four Transformations of Rebirth, Four Corruptions of the Heavenly Demon, and the Ultimate Immeasurable Sect’s ultimate art.

Gu Qing used his latest gains to fight an angry Saitama, who struck him deep underground with a Serious Slap. There, Gu Qing found a black cube, encountered God, and stole a vast amount of Divine Power before retreating into seclusion to absorb it and prepare for another fight.

• Gu Qing integrated the Four Transformations of Rebirth into his Demon Devouring Path and Magnetic Field Sky Lock, and gained the Ultimate Immeasurable Sect's complete martial arts set.
• Gu Qing and Saitama fought while Garou watched and learned martial principles; Saitama's Serious Slap sent Gu Qing deep underground.
• Gu Qing found a black cube and passed through a strange boundary into a star-filled place, where God offered him power to defeat Saitama.
• Gu Qing used the Demon Devouring Path to absorb God's Divine Power and take more than three times the amount God had bestowed upon Psykos.
• God severed the connection, leaving Gu Qing underground with the stolen power, and Gu Qing chose to enter seclusion and digest it before returning to fight Saitama.

During the six months Gu Qing remained beneath the earth, Dr. Genus hid House of Evolution, the Hero Association struggled to restore order, and Garou began hunting heroes. Garou defeated and sealed Unregistered Knight, who was captured by Gouketsu and taken to be fed a Monster Cell, while Gu Qing sensed his disciple was in danger but could not locate him; the chapter ended with Bang and Bomb setting out to hunt Garou.

• Dr. Genus concealed House of Evolution and decided to use his clones as experimental subjects after Fukugao suggested the idea.
• Tatsumaki returned the Hero Association Headquarters from the Abyssal Underworld, but the Association faced public distrust, dwindling recruits, and worsening chaos.
• Garou, strengthened after witnessing Gu Qing's battle with Saitama, began hunting Professional Heroes and defeated Unregistered Knight, sealing his Magnetic Field Power with a modified Magnetic Field Sky Lock.
• Gouketsu ambushed the wounded Unregistered Knight, took him to a hidden cave, and had four Muscle Brother Monsters force a Monster Cell on him.
• Gu Qing sensed Unregistered Knight was in danger but could not find him or House of Evolution, and he vowed to make Genus pay if his disciple was harmed.
• After the Hero Association ordered Garou's capture, Bang enlisted his Older Brother, Bomb, and the two began pursuing him.

After Gouketsu forced the Monster Cell on him, the Unregistered Knight transformed, killed Gouketsu, and struggled to accept his new nature. Gu Qing found him and vowed to destroy the House of Evolution, while Garou faced Bang and Bomb after defeating several heroes.

• Gouketsu forced the Monster Cell into the Unregistered Knight, whose transformation restored his strength and let him break free.
• The Unregistered Knight killed Gouketsu and the four Muscle Brother Monsters, then struggled against the violent instincts and identity crisis caused by becoming a monster.
• After integrating his Divine Power and strengthening his martial arts, Gu Qing found the Unregistered Knight hiding in a swamp and assured him he could remain his disciple.
• Gu Qing promised to destroy Genus and the House of Evolution, then monitored the planet from orbit while waiting for Genus to reveal his location.
• Garou defeated numerous A-class heroes and then Sexy Prisoner, The Deep, and Atomic Samurai.
• Bang and Bomb found Garou, setting the stage for a fight between him and his former masters.

Gu Qing destroyed Genus’s House of Evolution to avenge his disciple, then discovered that an unknown party had supplied the equipment used in Gouketsu’s scheme and gathered combat data on him. After eliminating the Machine God Organization and suspecting Metal Knight, he went to Hero Association headquarters, where Bang asked him about Garou.

• Gu Qing located Genus’s hidden base, killed the clones and mutant monsters there, and confirmed that Genus’s original body had died.
• Gu Qing returned to the ruins, crushed a robot transmitting the battle data, and concluded that another force had manipulated Genus and Gouketsu.
• Gu Qing investigated Dr. Kuseno and the Machine God Organization, ruled them out, and identified Metal Knight as the likely mastermind.
• Gu Qing arrived at Hero Association headquarters, where the officials accused him of causing the House of Evolution incident and demanded Garou.
• Bang, accompanied by Bomb, approached Gu Qing and asked him about Garou.

After discovering that Metal Knight had developed a Magnetic Field Robot, Gu Qing returned to his rebuilt dojo and reassured Garou that he would support his ambition to become the perfect monster. He formally accepted Garou as a Direct Disciple, while Garou left the dojo to avoid drawing trouble to it.

• Bang and Bomb fought Garou, who copied and combined their martial arts, healed from their attacks, and ultimately defeated them.
• Gu Qing arrived at Hero Association Headquarters, learned that Garou had resumed hunting heroes, and told Bang he would not interfere with Garou’s goal.
• Child Emperor revealed that he did not know Metal Knight’s true identity, and Metal Knight appeared in a robot that wielded Magnetic Field Power.
• Gu Qing destroyed the robot with a Magnetic Field Heavenly Saber, then returned to Z-City and rebuilt his dojo.
• Garou returned to the dojo, and Gu Qing promised to support his convictions as long as he did not betray the sect.
• Gu Qing formally accepted Garou as a Direct Disciple and taught him Ultimate Immeasurable Sect martial arts; Garou left after the ceremony to protect the dojo from trouble.

Garou’s assault on Sweet Mask revealed the idol’s monstrous appearance, driving Garou’s power to the Fifteenth Heaven before Tatsumaki confronted him. Meanwhile, Genos and King questioned Gu Qing about the House of Evolution, and Garou began to overpower Tatsumaki as their battle devastated the area.

• Garou struck Sweet Mask, exposing his ugly monster form; the revelation strengthened Garou’s resolve and raised his power to 150,000 horsepower.
• Tatsumaki arrived to stop Garou, and their fierce battle escalated until Garou adapted to her telekinesis and began overwhelming her.
• Genos agreed to accompany King to Gu Qing and learn the truth about the House of Evolution, while Fubuki let them enter the martial arts hall.
• Gu Qing explained that Genus had been used by Metal Knight, asked Genos to investigate Metal Knight through Dr. Kuseno, and sent King to find the traumatized Unregistered Knight.
• Garou and Tatsumaki’s continuing fight reduced the surroundings to ruins, with Garou recovering from injuries and turning the battle in his favor.

Garou defeated Tatsumaki, challenged the Hero Association, and overwhelmed the S-class heroes who tried to stop him. When King arrived on the day of Garou’s deadline, Unregistered Knight emerged and began fighting Garou again, reaching 250,000 horsepower as rage drove him to grow stronger.

• Garou exhausted Tatsumaki’s mental power after three days of battle, then went to Hero Association Headquarters seeking Blast and threatened to force the Association’s dissolution if Blast did not appear within seven days.
• Garou defeated Metal Bat, Flashy Flash, Superalloy Darkshine, and Zombie Man after discovering the Association executives’ plan to stall him.
• King asked Gu Qing and then Saitama to intervene, but neither agreed to face Garou, so he went to Unregistered Knight’s Seclusion Room and told him what had happened.
• When Garou’s deadline arrived, King went to confront him, but Unregistered Knight suddenly attacked Garou and sent him crashing through the headquarters’ walls.
• Garou and Unregistered Knight fought, and Unregistered Knight’s strength rose from 200,000 to 250,000 horsepower as rage and resentment fueled him.

Garou and Unregistered Knight fought for three days, destroying the Hero Association Headquarters, until Gu Qing stopped them and revealed that humans had orchestrated Unregistered Knight’s suffering. After Unregistered Knight fled, Gu Qing uncovered Metal Knight’s hidden lair beneath A City and attacked his army of Magnetic Field Robots.

• Unregistered Knight struck Garou with Justice Fist, but Garou healed, released his accumulated power, and fought back as both men’s strength and obsession grew.
• Garou exposed Unregistered Knight as a monster, provoking him to fully monsterize and unleash his Justice techniques while the battle devastated the headquarters and killed many people.
• Over three days of fighting, Garou reached 280,000 horsepower and Unregistered Knight reached 300,000, until Gu Qing arrived and stopped them.
• Gu Qing revealed that Metal Knight, Genus, and Gouketsu were behind Unregistered Knight’s suffering, and Unregistered Knight fled after learning the humans he had sworn to protect were responsible.
• Gu Qing located and dragged Metal Knight’s hidden lair from beneath the headquarters, then destroyed the Magnetic Field Robots that poured out as Garou watched in shock.

Metal Knight accepted power from God and fused with his unfinished Magnetic Field Robot 4.0, but Gu Qing defeated him and devoured that power. Meanwhile, Unregistered Knight’s monster hunting intensified his inner turmoil, and King glimpsed a vast silhouette watching Earth from the moon.

• Metal Knight’s base was exposed, and a black cube connected him to God, letting him fuse with Magnetic Field Robot 4.0 and rise to 700,000 horsepower.
• Gu Qing fought Metal Knight, overpowered him, severed God’s connection, and devoured his Divine Power before returning to the martial arts school to refine it.
• After Gu Qing sent King to watch Unregistered Knight, Unregistered Knight hunted monsters amid worldwide chaos and reached 350,000 horsepower.
• Unregistered Knight saved a little girl in Z-City, but she mistook him for a monster and fled, leaving him devastated and laughing in despair.
• King approached the crater where Unregistered Knight had curled up and glimpsed a gigantic black silhouette standing on the moon before it vanished.

Unregistered Knight nearly destroyed himself before recognizing and fighting the god, which had descended to destroy Gu Qing, Magnetic Field users, and Earth. King used Gu Qing’s Potara Earrings to fuse with him into Emperor Knight, who reached 600,000 horsepower and prepared to battle the god as Garou witnessed the fight and charged toward them.

• Unregistered Knight tried to beat himself to death, but King failed to stop him and was badly injured.
• The god appeared and attacked Unregistered Knight, who broke through to 400,000 horsepower but was crushed by its punch.
• King threw Unregistered Knight a Potara Earring, and the two fused into Emperor Knight.
• Emperor Knight’s power rose to 600,000 horsepower, and he challenged the god.
• Garou saw Emperor Knight fighting and recognized a connection to Unregistered Knight and King, then charged toward them.

Gu Qing, Saitama, Garou, and Emperor Knight fought God after his arrival on Earth, while Gu Qing used the battle to absorb power and grow stronger. God’s Dimensional Reduction Strike erased life across the planet but failed against Gu Qing and Saitama, whose Serious Punch sent God crashing into Europa and left cracks across his body.

• Gu Qing sensed God’s arrival and went to Saitama’s home, where he told Saitama and Genos about God and brought them to the battle.
• Garou and Emperor Knight failed to stop God, and Genos was badly damaged before Gu Qing joined the fight at 700,000 Horsepower.
• Gu Qing’s power rose to 750,000 Horsepower, and he and Boros War God injured God, but God repeatedly reassembled his body.
• Saitama struck God with a Serious Punch after hearing his explanation for creating monsters, but God recovered without spending power.
• Gu Qing used the Demon Devouring Path on Saitama while they fought God together, and God’s Dimensional Reduction Strike erased humans, animals, and surviving monsters across Earth.
• Saitama’s fury over the vanished life on Earth drove a Serious Punch that sent God to Europa, where the impact cracked God’s body.

Gu Qing and Saitama fought God across the Solar System until God trapped them in a time-reversing array, but Saitama ran them back to Earth’s past and they defeated God with matching Serious Punches. Gu Qing completed Saitama the War God, then confronted Unregistered Knight over his despair and watched him reaffirm his resolve as Garou challenged him.

• God opened a spatial tunnel to Earth, and Gu Qing and Saitama followed him to Jupiter before the battle spread across Europa and space.
• Over a month of fighting, Gu Qing grew stronger and absorbed God’s Divine Power, while Saitama’s performance rose and Gu Qing’s Saitama the War God construction reached 99.99%.
• God trapped Gu Qing and Saitama in his Four-Dimensional Spacetime Killing Array, which reversed their bodies and power, but Saitama carried Gu Qing through time by running faster than light.
• Saitama ran them back to Earth before God’s arrival, where Gu Qing and Saitama stopped Unregistered Knight from self-destructing and then flew to the Moon to fight God.
• Gu Qing completed Saitama the War God, and he and Saitama destroyed God with simultaneous Serious Punches, restoring Earth and completing Gu Qing’s construction.
• Gu Qing rebuked Unregistered Knight for losing control and trying to die, and Unregistered Knight regained his resolve before Garou challenged him.

After restoring his strength and appearance, Gu Qing reached nine hundred thousand horsepower and prepared to leave the One-Punch Man World with powerful new prizes. Instead, he became trapped in a chaotic space with no contact from his system and suspected Reincarnation Hall had ambushed him.

• After three months of seclusion, Gu Qing recovered his lost power and transformed back into his original appearance, causing his Magnetic Field Power to surge to nine hundred thousand horsepower.
• Gu Qing used the Spacetime Value he had gained from killing God to make thirty draws, obtaining martial arts, a complete Dragon Yuan, three Infinity Stones, and Yu Yuan's Ruyi Qiankun Bag.
• Gu Qing decided to leave the One-Punch Man World after briefly bidding farewell to his disciples and Saitama, intending to travel to the DC World.
• Gu Qing awoke in a small, chaotic space bounded by an invisible wall and felt extreme danger beyond it.
• When Gu Qing could not reach his system, he recalled its earlier silence around Reincarnation Space and suspected Reincarnation Hall had trapped him.

Gu Qing escaped a spacetime prison after mastering the Reality Stone and gaining a grasp of time and space, only to discover that more than thirty years had passed in the X-Men World. He learned that the world had fractured into three factions amid the rise of Apocalypse and ended by reuniting with Charles and the X-Men.

• Gu Qing fully mastered the Reality Stone, strengthened his Magnetic Field Power to 930,000 horsepower, and broke through the barrier into turbulent spacetime.
• Gu Qing arrived in a changed Los Angeles, where Sabretooth used Current Propulsion to terrorize civilians and attack police before fleeing from the X-Men.
• Gu Qing read the X-Men's memories and learned that it was September 1993, the Martial God Group had split between Vanessa and Randall, and Apocalypse had risen as a powerful Magnetic Field Master.
• Gu Qing learned that Apocalypse had occupied Africa, recruited Randall as his Horseman of War, and helped divide the world among three factions alongside the X-Men and Vanessa's forces.
• Charles recognized Gu Qing, who greeted him, while the X-Men watched in astonishment.

Apocalypse arrived with his Four Horsemen and tried to recruit Gu Qing, who rejected him and declared that there would be no Mutants in the world. Gu Qing demonstrated his power by removing Scott’s eyes and causing his own laser ability to kill him, then snapped his fingers.

• Apocalypse arrived with Storm, Iliya Randall, Havok, and Mr. Sinister, and Gu Qing focused his hostility on Randall.
• Apocalypse tried to recruit Gu Qing, but Gu Qing called Randall a traitor and declared that there would be no Mutants in the world.
• Gu Qing revealed that he had abandoned his X-Factor and could wield three Infinity Stones, while Apocalypse and Charles grew wary of him.
• Gu Qing removed Scott’s eyes, causing Scott’s laser energy to explode inside his head and kill him.
• Gu Qing snapped his fingers after repeating that there should be no Mutants in the world.

Gu Qing used the Reality Stone to erase humanity, killing nearly everyone on Earth except those with Magnetic Field Power, and drew the anger of the X-Men and Apocalypse. Vanessa arrived with her forces, while Gu Qing intercepted the fleeing Apocalypse and faced his immense power.

• Gu Qing rewrote reality so that everyone with an X-Factor died, leaving only a small number of Magnetic Field Masters alive.
• The surviving X-Men and Apocalypse's allies attacked Gu Qing as he sensed an unseen being's anger.
• Vanessa arrived atop an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with her subordinates, and her Magnetic Field Power surged to seven hundred fifty thousand horsepower.
• Vanessa and her forces fought the surviving X-Men and Three Horsemen while she faced Randall.
• Gu Qing discovered Apocalypse had fled, used the Space Stone to appear before him, and confronted him as Apocalypse unleashed nine hundred forty thousand horsepower.

Gu Qing killed Apocalypse, absorbed Jean Grey’s portion of the Phoenix Force, and spent two years refining his powers before devouring another Phoenix Force in space. He then prepared to enter the DC World, with Vanessa choosing to accompany him.

• Gu Qing defeated and killed Apocalypse, while Vanessa killed Randall and the other two Horsemen, leaving only a few X-Men alive and in hiding.
• Gu Qing captured Jean Grey after she unleashed the Phoenix Force, absorbed its small portion, and entered seclusion at the Martial God Group headquarters.
• After two years, Gu Qing finished refining Jean Grey’s Phoenix Force and set out to devour the larger Phoenix Force near the sun.
• Gu Qing used the Demon Devouring Path to consume the Phoenix Force over three months, then decided to travel to the DC World to find Diana and Clark.
• Gu Qing told Vanessa about Diana and offered her a choice, and Vanessa chose to leave with him; he placed her in the Ruyi Qiankun Bag and entered the DC World.

Gu Qing returned to an apocalyptic Earth overrun by Darkseid’s Parademons and searched for answers about Diana and Clark. He found Clark under a powerful mental lock, and their clash began destroying the alien city around them.

• Gu Qing released Vanessa and sent her to investigate while he searched for Diana and Clark, but he could sense only Clark’s electromagnetic waves.
• Gu Qing discovered that Apokolips had transformed captured Earthlings and aliens into Parademons, then wiped out the forces pursuing him.
• Gu Qing reached an alien-modified city and confronted Clark, who wore a black uniform and showed no recognition or emotion.
• Gu Qing failed to read Clark’s mind or undo the powerful Sky Lock controlling it, and Clark attacked him.
• Gu Qing fought back, surprised that Clark withstood his 930,000-Horsepower punch, and their battle devastated the city as Parademons fled.