Chapter Summaries

Cheng Tian examined the Qin Family Secret Scroll's second volume and realized technology could help him break its bloodline curse. Its return strengthened the hidden ancestor spirits within the Qin twins, while Geese's death set off a scramble for his empire.

• Cheng Tian explained that the Qin Family Secret Scroll enabled bloodline-based soul possession and decided to seek Qin Chongxiu's blood through Master Kim or his disciples.
• Cheng Tian showed Bazett the second volume, but she could not read its Great Qin Small Seal Script.
• The reappeared scroll stabilized the Qin twins' ancestor spirits, and both brothers felt compelled to travel to the tournament venue.
• Krauser ordered his men to prepare a private jet so he could claim Geese's assets in South Town.
• Billy Kane took Geese's body and hurried away to secure a share of the family spoils as the Art of Fighting Team and Meow Meow Team entered the arena.

The Meow Meow Team defeated Art of Fighting while barely taking the match seriously, leaving Ryo Sakazaki unable to accept the victory. Cheng Tian exposed Robert as the Kyokugenryu Karate Dojo’s real financial backer and teased him about marrying Yuri Sakazaki, before Nero Cat forfeited to carry out Cheng Tian’s request to collect blood.

• Neco-Arc blasted through Yuri Sakazaki’s Haoh Shokoken and burned away the chest of her dojo uniform, prompting Robert and Ryo Sakazaki to escort her from the ring.
• Cheng Tian mocked the Sakazaki family for failing to teach students or support their dojo, and revealed that Robert funded its operations.
• Cheng Tian teased Takuma Sakazaki about Robert being an ideal son-in-law, and Robert began imagining a future with Yuri Sakazaki.
• The Cat Princess summoned a giant Cat Spirit that knocked Robert out of the main arena.
• The Cat Princess switched out for Nero Cat when Ryo Sakazaki entered, and Nero Cat forfeited after receiving Cheng Tian’s request to collect blood.

Cheng Tian arranged for Nero Cat to help him collect the Qin Brothers’ blood, while Kaiba offered support after learning about the cloning plan. The seventh round-of-sixteen match began with Iori Yagami facing the 996 Team, whose unusual fusion strategy surprised Cheng Tian.

• Nero Cat agreed to help Cheng Tian collect the Qin Brothers’ blood, and Cheng Tian used Kaiba Corp’s intelligence network to locate them.
• Cheng Tian told Kaiba about the secret manual, Bloodline Curse, and using clones to lift the curse; Kaiba offered his full support while imagining how cloning might help him face Atem again.
• Nero Cat withdrew from the tournament, and the seventh match began between Iori Yagami and the 996 Team.
• The 996 Team entered the match hoping to wear down Iori Yagami while avoiding casualties, and its members feared Cheng Tian’s ability to expose secret information.
• Xiao Zi summoned Gastly, fused it into his body, and astonished Cheng Tian with a combination of ghost energy and Shaman King Possession Fusion.

Xiao Zi used Gastly’s Possession Fusion abilities to exploit Iori Yagami’s lack of teammates and try to wear him down with curses and Hypnosis. Iori resisted the sleep attack and struck himself, leaving the outcome of Xiao Zi’s strategy unresolved.

• Cheng Tian watched Xiao Zi’s Possession Fusion with Gastly and realized she was combining spirit-channeling and Pokémon abilities.
• Iori Yagami opened with Dark Sweep, but Xiao Zi used Levitate to float above the ground wave and avoid it.
• Xiao Zi drove a nail into her own forehead with Self-Harm Curse, causing Iori Yagami to feel pain and placing a curse on him.
• Cheng Tian identified Xiao Zi’s abilities and explained that Iori could dispel the curse only by leaving the arena.
• Xiao Zi used Hypnosis on Iori Yagami, but a magatama flashed on his chest and he slapped his own forehead, drawing blood.

Xiao Zi’s Curse weakened Iori Yagami before Bao entered the arena and endured Iori’s furious assault. Bao survived Iori’s Eight Maidens with Borrowed Time and counterattacked with his ring blade.

• Xiao Zi surrendered and switched fighters after Iori resisted Gastly’s Hypnosis, but the Curse took effect and removed a quarter of Iori’s HP.
• The 996 Team sent Bao, who jumped over Iori’s Dark Thrust before Iori concealed Eight Drinks Cup within the attack and immobilized him.
• Iori used Eight Maidens to maul Bao and finish with a head strike.
• Bao’s Borrowed Time activated at critical HP, dispelling negative effects and converting incoming damage into recovery.
• Bao seized his ring blade during Iori’s recovery lag and attempted to strike back with Circular Ring Kill.

Bao used Bao's Ring Kill to drain Iori Yagami's fighting spirit and temporarily grow into an adult, then prepared to strike before surrendering. The drained Iori became berserk as his Orochi bloodline instincts took over.

• Bao absorbed Iori Yagami's fighting spirit through her ring blade and grew into an adult form.
• Cheng Tian identified Bao's skill as Bao's Flowing Good Baby Healthy Gymnastics and explained how it worked.
• Bao decided to release the absorbed energy in an attack before surrendering, while her teammates Ren Xiaoyao and Jack argued over who would fight next.
• Iori Yagami's abnormal heartbeat alerted Chizuru Kagura and Kyo Kusanagi, and he transformed into a beastly berserk state.
• Every player received a Space Prompt announcing that Iori Yagami had gone berserk.

Iori Yagami lost control to Orochi Blood and charged at Bao, forcing her to defend herself with a ring-blade technique. Bao kept Iori at bay by absorbing his fighting spirit, but dizziness ended her defense and left her unable to hold on.

• Iori Yagami's weakened consciousness let Orochi Blood take control, and the organizers allowed the match to continue because he had not broken the rules or surrendered.
• Xiao Zi sneezed from the preparation area, triggering Iori Yagami's hunting instinct and sending him charging at Bao.
• Bao used Ring Blade Whirlwind to deflect Iori Yagami's attacks and absorb his fighting spirit, keeping him from using Eight Drinks Cup.
• Bao's prolonged spinning made her dizzy, and she collapsed into her little pudding form, saying she could not hold on.

Bao’s Unrivaled Dance drained Iori Yagami’s Orochi Power until he regained control, and Iori withdrew, giving the 996 Team the win. After the Dragon Dragon Dragon Team forfeited its match, the organizers held a chaotic contest to fill its Round of 16 spot, leaving the Top 8 set for the next day.

• Bao’s Unrivaled Dance drained Iori Yagami’s Orochi Power, and Iori regained self-awareness before leaving the arena in anger.
• Kyo Kusanagi followed Iori, and Moustache with Sunglasses announced that Iori had withdrawn and the 996 Team had won.
• Hong Fu, Raiden, and Cheng Fu chased after Ryo Yamazaki, causing the Dragon Dragon Dragon Team to forfeit its match.
• The organizers summoned the remaining preliminary teams for a free-for-all to decide who would take the vacant Round of 16 spot.
• A Player contestant outlasted the others, and his team later accepted defeat against the Ikari Warriors after using up its tournament supplies.
• The Top 8 was finalized, with Cheng Tian’s Oli-Oli Team scheduled to face the Crimson Demon Hall Team the next day.

Cheng Tian faced Sakuya Izayoi in the first quarterfinal match and unsettled her by pointing out that her time manipulation might let her outlive her vampire mistress, Remilia. The match began with both fighters launching opposing volleys of flying daggers.

• Cheng Tian and the Crimson Demon Hall Team entered the stage as the Top 8 matchups were announced.
• Sakuya Izayoi volunteered to fight Cheng Tian, warning that only another user of time stop could handle him.
• Cheng Tian asked whether Sakuya’s constant use of time manipulation meant her lifespan was practically infinite, and her reaction confirmed his suspicion.
• Cheng Tian explained that Sakuya might eventually outlive Remilia, devastating Sakuya’s morale.
• Sakuya attacked with silver flying daggers, and Cheng Tian countered by throwing orange-gold daggers that collided with hers midair.

Cheng Tian and Sakuya Izayoi exchanged massive barrages of throwing knives, countering each other with their skills and abilities. Cheng Tian used Guardian Barrier to endure Sakuya’s attack, then sent The World through her stopped time to land a punch that hurled her into the arena wall.

• Cheng Tian mirrored Sakuya Izayoi’s opening throwing-knife attack with his own Blade Barrage.
• Sakuya filled the arena with silver knives that ricocheted off invisible Energy Barriers and attacked from multiple angles.
• Cheng Tian summoned waves of orange-gold knives, while Sakuya used limited time acceleration and dual blades to knock many of them aside.
• Cheng Tian activated Guardian Barrier to block Sakuya’s knives and rapidly recover MP, remaining unable to move or use other spell skills.
• The World emerged from Cheng Tian’s knife formation and attacked Sakuya as she stopped time.
• The World’s punch continued through stopped time, struck Sakuya’s raised arm, and sent her crashing into the spectator-stand wall.

Cheng Tian and Sakuya Izayoi fought at blinding speed after her time-stop counter failed against his Stand World. As the battle reached a temporary stalemate, Cheng Tian fused with World using Demon's Concerto, revealing a transformed form.

• Sakuya used Perfect Maid against World's punch, but Cheng Tian resisted her time stop and struck her, sending her flying.
• Cheng Tian halted World's pursuit when his Tai Chi True Eye sensed danger, narrowly avoiding Sakuya's accelerated blade strike that wounded both him and World.
• Sakuya emerged with an injured arm and accelerated time around it to heal, while the rapid exchange drained her fixed Card Slots.
• Cheng Tian stopped using Word Spirit on Izayoi and summoned World before overlapping with it through Demon's Concerto.
• Cheng Tian transformed into a larger, muscular figure wearing diving equipment and a half-face mask.

Cheng Tian fused with The World to fight Sakuya Izayoi, who tried to outlast his resistance to her time stop. He used stored Innocent Souls and a Command Spell to restore his mana, then stopped time himself and defeated her.

• Cheng Tian fused with The World, gaining its hovering ability and greatly increasing his Strength and Agility.
• Sakuya Izayoi cast Sakuya's World and retreated, forcing Cheng Tian to spend mana resisting time stop while she attacked him with throwing knives.
• Cheng Tian secretly used his stored Innocent Souls to keep resisting after his mana ran out, while Sakuya extended her time stop past its usual limit.
• As his Innocent Souls ran low, Cheng Tian used a Command Spell to restore his mana through Bazett's Main Brain's Heart.
• Cheng Tian cast Za Warudo and struck Sakuya Izayoi, who conceded defeat.

Cheng Tian defeated Sakuya Izayoi in a hidden clash of time-control abilities, and Izayoi began considering how to secure Remilia’s future. Cheng Tian then faced Hong Meiling in the next match.

• Cheng Tian wore down Sakuya Izayoi in their time-stop battle, and the referee declared Player Orange the winner.
• Hong Meiling carried the exhausted Sakuya off the arena, while Cheng Tian sensed that his Stand had changed in some way.
• Sakuya apologized to Remilia and recounted how Cheng Tian had defeated her, then wondered where she could find someone with both Vampire Bloodline and Time Stop abilities.
• Hong Meiling returned to the arena wary of Cheng Tian, and their second match began.

Cheng Tian struggled against Hong Meiling’s overwhelming physical strength and techniques, then used Night Parade of a Hundred Demons on her. The spell failed and transformed Cheng Tian instead, leaving him with demonic power and the Evil Eye Master/Hiei template.

• Hong Meiling’s relentless martial attacks forced Cheng Tian to retreat and made it difficult for him to conserve mana.
• Cheng Tian recognized that Hong Meiling’s strength and techniques countered his usual tactics, so he endured the fight before choosing a new approach.
• Cheng Tian cast Night Parade of a Hundred Demons on Hong Meiling, but the judgment failed and its backlash transformed him into a yokai-like being.
• Cheng Tian’s transformation revealed his Tai Chi True Eye, Ghost Gauntlet, and Flame Dragon Sword, which burned with black flames.
• The system granted Cheng Tian the enhancement-grade Evil Eye Master/Hiei template.

Cheng Tian stacked the Evil Eye Master template with his Dio Brando template and used its black flames and Demon Power Accumulation against Hong Meiling. He unleashed Evil King Flame Killer Black Dragon Wave, but the black dragon abruptly turned around and swallowed Cheng Tian and The World.

• Cheng Tian gained the Evil Eye Master template’s skills and Demon Power Value while retaining The World.
• Cheng Tian’s Tactical Shell Black Flame Sword Array infected Hong Meiling’s rainbow ripples with Demon Realm fire, forcing her to disperse them.
• Cheng Tian charged his Demon Power while The World protected him and adjusted his health to 49%.
• Cheng Tian unleashed Evil King Flame Killer Black Dragon Wave toward Hong Meiling.
• The black dragon suddenly turned back and swallowed Cheng Tian and The World as Hong Meiling and the spectators watched in disbelief.

Cheng Tian swallowed the Evil King Flame Killer Black Dragon Wave and gained a powerful temporary boost before using the Roadroller skill to summon the Radar over Meiling Hong. Meiling Hong met the falling war machine with her Strike Talisman Great Peng Fist, and the Radar exploded on impact.

• The black dragon vanished after Cheng Tian and The World reappeared unharmed, while Cheng Tian's attributes and MP doubled under the Black Dragon Wave effect.
• Cheng Tian's Black Dragon Entanglement also enhanced The World, restoring its Destructive Power and Speed to A-rank.
• Cheng Tian launched himself into the air and used the Roadroller skill to summon the Radar above the arena.
• Meiling Hong planted her feet and struck the descending Radar with her Strike Talisman Great Peng Fist.
• The Radar projection exploded in a blinding burst after colliding with Meiling Hong's punch.

Cheng Tian defeated Meiling Hong in a fierce, largely physical fight after she recognized that he had held back and conceded. He then ran out of mana and collapsed into her chest, leaving Meiling to carry him from the arena.

• Cheng Tian and Meiling Hong exchanged powerful blows after his Radar exploded, and Meiling realized he had not used Time Stop or The World.
• Meiling Hong admitted defeat, and Cheng Tian returned her martial arts salute.
• Moustache with Sunglasses declared Orange the winner, while Remilia and Sakuya Izayoi accepted Meiling’s surrender.
• Cheng Tian’s mana reached zero as he and Meiling prepared to exchange a friendly fist bump, and he collapsed against her chest.
• Meiling Hong caught the unconscious Cheng Tian, checked that he was breathing, and carried him over her shoulder.

Cheng Tian woke in time for the postponed quarterfinal between the Oli-Oli Team and the Crimson Demon Hall Team, after the other quarterfinals had produced three semifinalists. Remilia challenged him to block a single strike, then summoned Gungnir as Cheng Tian answered with Crystal Heartscape.

• Fina tended to Cheng Tian as he woke, and Eileen explained that the organizers had postponed his match at the Crimson Demon Hall Team’s request.
• The Kaiba Team defeated Fatal Fury after the Blue-Eyes Maiden transformed into Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
• Kyo Kusanagi defeated Ryo Sakazaki to earn the Japan Team a semifinal spot.
• The 996 Team surrendered against Ralf’s Cosmic Phantom, leaving the Oli-Oli Team versus Crimson Demon Hall Team match as the final quarterfinal.
• Remilia challenged Cheng Tian to block one spear, summoned Gungnir beneath a blood-red fog, and Cheng Tian unleashed Crystal Heartscape.

Cheng Tian countered Remilia’s fate-guided Gungnir with enchanted Crystal Heartscape swords, and both fighters struck each other. Remilia healed from her wound, but Cheng Tian’s destroyed heart appeared intact as a phantom, matching Bazett’s Main Brain Heart necklace.

• Cheng Tian used the Tai Chi True Eye to make Remilia wary, while the blood mist strengthened her healing.
• Remilia closed her eyes and threw Gungnir, whose predetermined fate ensured it struck Cheng Tian.
• Cheng Tian sent two Crystal Heartscape swords, enchanted by Bazett as reusable Counter-Light Swords, toward Remilia.
• Gungnir pierced Cheng Tian’s heart as the swords pierced Remilia’s chest, but the blood mist and her vampiric recovery healed her wound.
• Remilia complained about Cheng Tian’s Type A blood, then saw an intact heart phantom in his chest that matched Bazett’s Main Brain Heart necklace.

After surviving Gungnir’s fatal wound with help from Bazett’s recovery effects and his Main Brain Heart necklace, Cheng Tian learned that only the Gene Repair Slot could restore his missing heart. Remilia offered to transform him into a vampire, and Cheng Tian accepted, leaving the arena crowd to find him sucking on her finger.

• Cheng Tian survived Gungnir’s heart-piercing attack with recovery effects shared by Bazett and temporary support from his Main Brain Heart necklace.
• Cheng Tian sealed the holes in his chest and back with materialized Psychic Power and said the Gene Repair Slot could restore his missing heart.
• Remilia recovered from her wounds and offered Cheng Tian her First Embrace, which would turn him into a vampire.
• Cheng Tian accepted Remilia’s offer, and the spectators saw him holding her right index finger in his mouth as the blood mist cleared.