Chapter Summaries

Saitama and Divine Tree Pain set the Monster Association’s war against the Hero Association in motion, with a decisive battle planned for three days later. After the monsters accepted Divine Tree Pain as their leader, Great Eyeball announced the war and the planned execution of hostage Mr. Saman, prompting Agni to summon the heroes.

• Saitama explained the Monster Association’s strategy, and Black Sperm questioned whether the monsters would be used as cannon fodder.
• Divine Tree Pain appeared in his Ten-Tails form, intimidated the Dragon-level monsters, and was accepted as the Monster Association’s Monster King.
• Saitama set the decisive battle with the Hero Association for three days later, and Divine Tree Pain agreed to follow her plan.
• Great Eyeball sent the Hero Association a recording announcing that Mr. Saman was alive, would be publicly executed in three days, and that the Monster Association had declared war.
• Agni ordered the Hero Association to summon every hero above B-Class and rescue Mr. Saman.

The Hero Association's S-Class heroes discussed the Monster Association's hostage deadline and planned to gather intelligence before attacking. Their meeting ended with news that Garou had escaped, though Feng Ye said he would capture him again if he appeared.

• Child Emperor reviewed the Monster Association's declaration of war and argued that the heroes needed intelligence before deciding how to respond.
• Feng Ye and several S-Class heroes supported attacking the Monster Association, while Child Emperor noted that the hostage had a three-day reprieve.
• Child Emperor contacted Metal Knight, who said he had begun gathering intelligence, and agreed to send out remote devices himself.
• Tatsumaki volunteered to lead the battle after three days, while Metal Bat objected that he had to pick up his little sister the next day.
• An emergency report announced that Garou had escaped during his transfer to prison, and Feng Ye said he would capture him again if he appeared.
• Sekiguchi noted that Garou had escaped in City Z near the Monster Association, and Tatsumaki said he could be eliminated if he joined them.

Metal Knight discovered that a monster had destroyed his scout robot, and the Hero Association learned that One-Eyed Emperor was at the Monster Association. The S-Class heroes then began their assault on the Association’s underground headquarters.

• Metal Knight identified a white tentacle moving at over 4.3 million meters per second, then sent the Hero Association the robot’s final data and confirmation that One-Eyed Emperor was at the Monster Association.
• Divine Tree Pain told Saitama to leave Garou alone and offered her some of his cells if she helped destroy the Hero Association; he also ordered Lilith to fight his true body in two days.
• Feng Ye destroyed Child Emperor’s later detection devices, leaving the Hero Association with only the information that One-Eyed Emperor was among the monsters.
• Child Emperor briefed the S-Class heroes on their plan to rescue the hostages before Tatsumaki pulled the Monster Association aboveground, while Feng Ye and Tatsumaki prepared to provide support.
• The heroes flew to City Z, landed at the edge of the uninhabited zone, and followed Child Emperor into it to begin the operation.

The Hero Association launched a full-scale assault on the Monster Association, while Feng Ye watched the battles unfold from aboveground. Deep underground, Saitama faced Divine Tree Pain, and their clash began breaking Divine Tree Pain’s limiter as Feng Ye observed his evolution.

• Fubuki led the Fubuki Group into battle, while Tatsumaki watched her fight at the forefront and praised her growth.
• Feng Ye saw that Garou was evolving as he fought Superalloy Darkshine, while S-Class heroes battled Dragon-level monsters throughout the underground base.
• Saitama reached the deepest part of the Monster Association, where Saman and Divine Tree Pain were waiting.
• Divine Tree Pain told Saitama that he would win, but Saitama vowed to protect the Earth and punched him.
• Saitama’s punch destroyed Divine Tree Pain’s arm and shoulder, but the damage began releasing his limiter and triggering his evolution.
• Feng Ye watched from aboveground and noted that Divine Tree Pain’s evolution had begun.

Saitama led the hostage Saman through the Monster Association tunnels, but King and Sexy-Fist intervened as Bald Emperor fought Divine Tree Pain nearby. The chapter ended with Tatsumaki unleashing her Psychic Power across the Monster Association.

• Saitama sensed that Bald Emperor was suppressing Divine Tree Pain and worried about the battle above and below.
• Saitama encountered King, mistook his pounding heart for the legendary Emperor Engine, and focused on him while King stalled for time.
• Sexy-Fist burst through a wall, rescued Saman, and asked King to protect the hostage as he faced Saitama.
• Bald Emperor's punch blasted a vast tunnel and separated Sexy-Fist and Saitama from King and Saman.
• Tatsumaki raised her hands and enveloped the Monster Association with her Psychic Power.

Tatsumaki pulled the Monster Association headquarters above ground and rescued the S-Class heroes, while Feng Ye split the building open with a lightning attack. As Saitama and the monsters emerged from the ruins, Monsterized Garou arrived, and the final battle began.

• Ugly President nearly defeated Tanktop Master, but Tatsumaki's light enveloped Tanktop Master and carried him upward.
• Tatsumaki's Psychic Power rescued Child Emperor and Atomic Samurai, then ripped the Monster Association headquarters out of the ground while leaving Saitama behind.
• Feng Ye split the exposed headquarters in two with a lightning strike, and Dragon-level monsters and S-Class heroes gathered amid the ruins.
• Saitama flew from the ruins after fighting Divine Tree Pain, which regenerated and emerged behind her.
• Monsterized Garou appeared and confronted Bang, declaring that he would no longer lose as the decisive battle began.

The heroes and Dragon-level monsters began fighting across the ruins as Bang battled Monsterized Garou and Tatsumaki faced Lilith. Saitama destroyed Divine Tree Pain with a Serious Punch, but Pain absorbed Garou’s evolving power and transformed into a being of an even higher level, leaving Feng Ye satisfied.

• Metal Bat attacked Ugly President as the S-Class heroes charged the Dragon-level monsters, while Bang fought Monsterized Garou.
• Garou combined multiple martial arts, forced Bang onto the defensive, and prompted Bang to reveal his full strength and attack.
• Tatsumaki targeted Ugly President, but Lilith intercepted her with Truth-Seeking Orbs, forcing Feng Ye to step in and clash with Lilith.
• Saitama unleashed a Serious Punch that destroyed most of Divine Tree Pain’s body, sending a remnant flying toward Garou.
• The remnant covered Garou and absorbed his evolving power, restoring Divine Tree Pain and elevating it beyond its former God-level state.

Divine Tree Pain devoured Garou and the Dragon-level monsters, completing a powerful new evolution. Feng Ye took control of its evolved body, which formed Evolution Truth-Seeking Orbs, and Divine Tree Pain calmly assessed its new power.

• Divine Tree Pain drained Garou of his monster power and most of his life force, then spat him out barely alive.
• Bang attacked the fleshy sphere, but it absorbed the blow and knocked him away, while Saitama’s punch failed to destroy it.
• Divine Tree Pain grew to nearly a thousand meters tall and used its tentacles to drain and kill Ugly President, Gums, Black Sperm, Gouketu, and the other pure-blooded monsters.
• Divine Tree Pain’s evolution reached a new level, and Feng Ye took control of its power before it could surpass his true body.
• Divine Tree Pain shrank into a humanoid form, created Evolution Truth-Seeking Orbs, and remarked that controlling its new power was easy.

Divine Tree Pain overwhelmed the S-Class heroes with his pressure, then traded a near-full-power punch with Saitama’s Serious Punch. Feng Ye rescued Tatsumaki from the shockwave and watched the enormous explosion, confident Saitama could withstand it.

• The S-Class heroes approached Divine Tree Pain, while Saitama told them to stay back and judged Divine Tree Pain to be a human playing a monster.
• Divine Tree Pain unleashed a pressure wave that flattened the surrounding ruins and sent every S-Class hero except Saitama flying.
• Saitama stood unharmed and challenged Divine Tree Pain, who answered with a powerful punch.
• Saitama met Divine Tree Pain’s strike with a Serious Punch, and their collision split the earth, scattered the clouds, and blasted the heroes away again.
• Feng Ye pulled Tatsumaki clear of the shockwave and said Saitama could withstand the explosion.

Divine Tree Pain and Saitama traded planet-shaking blows, with Saitama sent crashing into the Moon and Mars before returning to Earth. Divine Tree Pain launched himself into space to meet Saitama’s stronger Angry Punch, and their fists collided above Earth.

• Divine Tree Pain blocked Saitama’s Serious Punch head-on, then said his power came from training and that his effort surpassed Saitama’s.
• Divine Tree Pain struck Saitama so hard that he flew through the Moon and crashed into Mars.
• Saitama rose from the Martian ruins and flew back toward Earth while Divine Tree Pain waited for his clone’s cells to finish growing before merging with his original body.
• Divine Tree Pain leaped into space to confront the returning Saitama.
• Saitama declared that his training had made him go bald and struck Divine Tree Pain with an Angry Punch.
• Divine Tree Pain and Saitama’s fists collided above Earth, making the atmosphere tremble.

Divine Tree Pain fought Saitama in space and on Earth, but Saitama’s limitless growth let him win. Feng Ye then absorbed Divine Tree Pain, revealing that he had chosen a future in which he would claim the power of evolution, and unleashed a light that engulfed the world.

• Divine Tree Pain clashed with Saitama in space, and both grew stronger as they traded sword strikes and punches.
• Saitama’s growth surpassed Divine Tree Pain’s, and he knocked him into an uninhabited district of City Z.
• Tatsumaki asked Feng Ye how his strength compared with theirs, and Feng Ye hinted that one of the fighters did not truly exist.
• Feng Ye vanished and appeared beside the fallen Divine Tree Pain as Lilith told Tatsumaki that her father would obtain the power of evolution.
• Feng Ye absorbed Divine Tree Pain and declared it the true final ending, then released white light that engulfed the world.

Feng Ye merged with Divine Tree Pain and underwent an uncontrolled evolution that turned him into a small star, forcing him to leave Earth for the sun. Lilith protected Earth as humanity adapted to two suns, while Feng Ye remained away for three years.

• King reasoned that Feng Ye would not destroy Earth, while the injured S-Class heroes watched Divine Tree Pain merge into him and realized Thunder God was One-Eyed Emperor.
• Feng Ye's transformation released enough heat to endanger Tatsumaki, and Lilith protected her with a Truth-Seeking Orb while explaining Feng Ye's actions and the Monster Association's origins.
• Feng Ye discovered that his power was growing beyond ordinary physical limits, failed to open a Space-Time Corridor, and flew away from Earth toward the sun.
• Feng Ye became a small star near the sun, and Lilith used Ice Release and Six Paths: Chibaku Tensei to protect Earth's environment.
• Humanity adapted to the two suns, the Hero Association removed Feng Ye from its roster, and Lilith told Tatsumaki that Feng Ye was still adjusting to his power.
• Three years passed after Feng Ye left Earth, and the story announced that the next chapter would conclude One-Punch Man before beginning the Bleach World.

Tatsumaki battled a God-level octopus monster that had evolved to resist her Psychic Power, but Feng Ye appeared and destroyed it with one punch. After testing his strength against Saitama and promising Tatsumaki he would return, Feng Ye left with Lilith to travel through time.

• Tatsumaki struck the giant octopus with a meteor, but it survived, evolved, and developed Psychic Power that resisted her attacks.
• The octopus transformed into a God-level monster, overwhelmed Tatsumaki and terrorized City S with its shriek, then declared it would make her its emissary.
• Feng Ye appeared beside Tatsumaki, calmed the people in the city, and destroyed the monster and its abyssal darkness with one punch.
• Feng Ye fought Saitama in City A and sent him flying beyond the horizon with a single punch.
• Feng Ye told Tatsumaki he would leave in a month and promised he would return.
• Feng Ye joined Lilith on the rooftop, absorbed her into himself, and vanished as time stopped around them.

Feng Ye met Zero on an ancient Earth and helped him create Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, learning that Zero would become the Soul King. After Zero established the afterlife and the Spirit King Palace, Feng Ye traveled forward through time until one million years after Soul Society’s birth.

• Feng Ye arrived on a Stone Age Earth and met the immensely powerful, amnesiac Zero.
• Zero asked Feng Ye to help create two worlds where the dead could live again, and Feng Ye agreed.
• Feng Ye and Zero created Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, with Zero supplying most of their foundations.
• Zero connected both worlds to the World of the Living, guided souls into them, and established the Spirit King Palace.
• Feng Ye leapt forward through time in stages and finally reached one million years after Soul Society’s birth.

Feng Ye arrived in Soul Society and triggered a disturbance that shook the entire realm, alerting the captains of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads. In South Rukon District 78, he met Hisana and infant Rukia and began learning about life in the remote districts.

• An unprecedented Reiatsu fluctuation spread across all of Soul Society, and Shunsui Kyoraku told the assembled captains that the whole realm was affected.
• Feng Ye appeared in South Rukon District 78, and his aura caused a disturbance throughout Soul Society before he restrained it.
• Feng Ye found Hisana holding infant Rukia and gave the starving girl a steamed bun.
• Hisana introduced herself and Rukia, and Feng Ye introduced himself and Lilith as his younger sister.
• Hisana guided Feng Ye and Lilith to her home and explained the districts of Rukon and their harsh living conditions.

Feng Ye settled into the 78th District with Hizana and Rukia, quickly building a house and finding water and tea for them. As he began exploring the Soul Society, the Gotei 13 gathered to investigate the previous day's abnormal fluctuations.

• Hizana explained the scarcity of water and the dangers of life in the 78th District, then invited Feng Ye and Lilith to stay at her home.
• Feng Ye put Hizana and Rukia to sleep and told Lilith that the Soul King's consciousness was likely gone; he reflected on returning to the Soul Society after a million years.
• Hizana woke to find Feng Ye had built a proper house overnight, found a Spirit Spring, and prepared morning tea.
• Hizana asked to live with Feng Ye so she and Rukia could rely on his Spirit Water, and Feng Ye told her to treat his place as home.
• At the First Division headquarters, Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto asked the thirteen captains what they had discovered about the abnormal Soul Society fluctuations.

The captains investigated a world-spanning Reishi fluctuation while Feng Ye learned about Soul Society and its Abnormalities. When thugs tried to seize Hizana’s Spirit Well, Feng Ye returned and drove them away with a terrifying vision.

• Shunsui Kyoraku reported that the Reishi fluctuation had covered Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto ordered the divisions to investigate.
• Retsu Unohana volunteered to search the border regions and clear the outskirts of Rukon, while the captains accepted their assignments.
• Feng Ye explained to Lilith that Abnormalities had arisen indirectly from his power and that she was different from them.
• Ganryu Ichiro and two companions entered Feng Ye’s courtyard, drank from the Spirit Well, and threatened Hizana when she ordered them to leave.
• Hizana armed herself with a fruit knife, but Feng Ye stopped her and faced the thugs.
• Feng Ye’s terrifying illusion made Ganryu Ichiro and the others flee in panic, leaving Hizana bewildered.

Feng Ye left Ganryu Ichiro and his companions alive in an enduring state of fear, while Hizana worried about the danger posed by the Spirit Well. Far away in Rukon, Retsu Unohana encountered people mentally shattered by terror and went to investigate what had frightened them.

• Feng Ye told Lilith to spare Ganryu Ichiro and the others, leaving them trapped in fear through his God's Eye.
• Makoto Ito came to draw water, and Feng Ye allowed him to use the Spirit Well despite Hizana's concerns about its security.
• Retsu Unohana traveled through District 79 while searching Rukon for a powerful commander who could satisfy her.
• Unohana and Yuji found three people trembling in terror, and Unohana discovered that even Yuji's Reiatsu could not calm them.
• Unohana headed toward the wilderness the frightened people had come from, and Yuji followed her.

Nobuyuki Sugo’s bandits discovered Feng Ye’s Spirit Well and attacked his home, but Feng Ye destroyed them with a single sweep of a fruit knife. Retsu Unohana approached after witnessing his power and asked him to spar, and Feng Ye agreed to use the fruit knife.

• Nobuyuki Sugo forced Makoto Ito to reveal the location of Feng Ye’s Spirit Well, then had him killed after he left.
• Nobuyuki Sugo and dozens of bandits broke into Feng Ye’s courtyard and demanded the Spirit Well and house.
• Feng Ye refused Nobuyuki Sugo’s offer and destroyed the bandits with one swing of a fruit knife, while Hizana watched.
• Retsu Unohana crossed the distance to Feng Ye’s home and asked whether he was an Abnormality.
• Retsu Unohana asked Feng Ye to teach her a few moves, and Feng Ye agreed to spar using the fruit knife.

Feng Ye calmly blocked Retsu Unohana’s attacks with a fruit knife and defeated her swordsmanship, drawing blood and forcing her to retrieve her Zanpakuto. Thrilled by the battle, Unohana released her Bankai in South Rukon, attracting the attention of nearly every captain in Soul Society.

• Retsu Unohana stopped Yuji from confronting Feng Ye and began their duel with a powerful unreleased slash.
• Feng Ye blocked Unohana’s strike with his fruit knife, then countered every style of swordsmanship she used.
• Feng Ye disarmed Unohana and cut her shoulder, while she admitted that his swordsmanship surpassed hers.
• Unohana healed her wound, released Bankai, and unleashed a Reiatsu that shook South Rukon.
• Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto, Sosuke Aizen, and other Soul Society captains sensed Unohana’s Bankai and turned their attention toward South Rukon.