Chapter Summaries

After Spinach’s death, Hua Feihua decided to leave Uchiha Hiko, believing he was a burden and wanting to rely on the power within himself. Uchiha Hiko accepted the separation and planned to continue searching for the Dragon Balls while finding new companions.

• Hua Feihua grieved Spinach’s death and concluded that staying with Uchiha Hiko would make him only a tool or burden.
• Hua Feihua told Uchiha Hiko he wanted to leave and said his strength could protect him.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that he had been unable to save Spinach and felt guilty for returning too late.
• Uchiha Hiko accepted Hua Feihua’s decision and wished him well as their paths separated.
• Uchiha Hiko resolved to keep searching for the Dragon Balls and seek new companions for another alliance.

Hua Feihua transferred part of his power to Uchiha Hiko before disappearing, leaving Hiko grieving but determined to continue the search for the Dragon Balls. After reflecting on his past mistakes, Hiko set out on a new journey with a more deliberate approach to choosing companions.

• Hua Feihua told Uchiha Hiko that he would transfer part of his power so Hiko could use it to search for the next Dragon Ball.
• Hua Feihua transferred his power to Uchiha Hiko and then vanished without a trace.
• Uchiha Hiko promised the absent Hua Feihua that he would use the power well and fulfill his wish.
• Uchiha Hiko reflected on his guilt, his growing strength, and the need to plan carefully when recruiting companions.
• Uchiha Hiko continued traveling, determined to endure the hardships and overcome the challenges ahead.

Uchiha Hiko organized a deadly martial competition to recruit strong companions, promising the champion wealth and authority. After a burly man suggested rewards for other high-ranking competitors, Hiko added substantial prizes for the next five ranks while keeping the death stakes and forbidding withdrawals.

• Uchiha Hiko decided to recruit companions through a martial competition and set rules that made every losing competitor die.
• Uchiha Hiko announced that the champion would receive generous rewards and supreme authority, and many people signed up.
• A dark-skinned burly man asked Uchiha Hiko to reward competitors who ranked below the champion.
• Uchiha Hiko added substantial monetary rewards for the next five ranks and declared that registered competitors could not withdraw.
• The burly man accepted the rules, and Uchiha Hiko judged him to be powerful.

Uchiha Hiko sought a venue for his competition and negotiated with a factory owner, confident that he could afford the rental. The owner had only one venue left, a lavish place that Uchiha Hiko agreed to consider despite worries about potential damage.

• Uchiha Hiko decided to plan the competition carefully and searched for a suitable venue.
• Uchiha Hiko asked a nearby factory owner to rent him a venue and offered to pay silver.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that registration fees from the many contestants would help cover the competition’s prize fund.
• The owner warned Uchiha Hiko that his venues were expensive and that the better locations had already been promised to others.
• The owner told Uchiha Hiko that only a lavish venue remained, and Uchiha Hiko said he was willing to discuss renting it.

Uchiha Hiko arranged to rent a luxurious building for half a month as the venue for a samurai recruitment competition and planned to hire a literate assistant. The owner agreed to the rental and took Hiko to inspect the venue, where its beauty astonished him.

• Uchiha Hiko decided to hold his recruitment competition at the building known as "Nine Nine Three" and planned to reserve it for half a month.
• Uchiha Hiko asked the owner to rent him the building, and the owner agreed while explaining the advance payment and cleaning arrangements.
• Uchiha Hiko said he had enough silver and asked to inspect the venue so he could plan its layout.
• The owner took Uchiha Hiko to see the building on a sunny afternoon, and Hiko was astonished by its beautiful interior.

Uchiha Hiko discovered a chest of gold in the boss’s room and suspected it had come from an improper source, but he concealed that he had seen it. The boss insisted the gold was legitimate, while Xiao Ming decided the matter would need investigating later.

• Uchiha Hiko explored the room and found a chest that the boss urgently tried to keep him from opening.
• Uchiha Hiko used an illusion to immobilize the boss, opened the chest, and discovered it was full of gold.
• Uchiha Hiko suspected the gold had been embezzled but pretended he had seen nothing to avoid putting himself in danger.
• The boss warned Uchiha Hiko to leave and claimed the gold came from renting rooms and receiving gifts.
• Xiao Ming remained suspicious but held back from investigating immediately, and the boss defended his money as legitimate.

Uchiha Hiko reassured the venue owner while keeping a wary eye on the silver hidden in the room, then gathered the participants to explain the competition rules before its start the next day. Snow continued to fall as the competition approached, and Uchiha Hiko considered the harsh conditions part of the challenge.

• Uchiha Hiko pretended he had not seen the silver and persuaded the owner to trust him and prepare the venue for the competition.
• Uchiha Hiko asked the owner to recruit more participants, admitting he hoped to earn more silver to cover his expenses.
• Uchiha Hiko reviewed the recent weather and considered whether the snowfall would affect the competition.
• Uchiha Hiko told the participants the competition would begin the next day and explained that anyone who returned after the city gates closed would be barred from entering.
• Snow fell over the land as Uchiha Hiko reflected on the demanding conditions the participants would face.

Uchiha Hiko addressed the ten remaining contestants, insisting that the deadly elimination rules would stand despite their objections. He kept the secret that he planned to restore the lives of those eliminated after the competition and left the contestants facing the next stage under his harsh terms.

• Uchiha Hiko warned the ten remaining contestants to prepare carefully and take responsibility for their lives as the competition advanced toward choosing its top three.
• A thin, formidable contestant challenged Uchiha Hiko to change the rules, arguing that the contestants' friendships made each elimination painful.
• Uchiha Hiko refused to revise the established system, believing that changing the rules would undermine the competition and wrong those eliminated earlier.
• Uchiha Hiko rebuked the contestant and argued that the children needed to learn to prioritize their own survival and mature through the competition.
• Uchiha Hiko continued concealing his plan to restore the eliminated contestants' lives after the competition ended.

Uchiha Hiko asked Xiao Hong to become his assistant, praising her talent and urging her to make her own choices despite her father’s objections. Xiao Hong remained hesitant, leaving Hiko waiting to see whether she would agree.

• Uchiha Hiko decided to seek a refined and cultured woman as his assistant and asked Xiao Hong to help him.
• Uchiha Hiko admitted he had looked into Xiao Hong’s background and encouraged her to use her talents, despite her father’s disapproval of women studying or working.
• Xiao Hong said she admired Uchiha Hiko and was willing to help, but feared her father would forbid it.
• Uchiha Hiko urged Xiao Hong to think independently and choose her own path, while making clear that the decision was hers.
• Xiao Hong remained uncertain because she was afraid to defy her father.

Murong Si agreed to help Uchiha Hiko with his work, though she planned to speak with her father and pursue it even if he objected. Uchiha Hiko explained her duties and, reassured by her experience and confidence, entrusted the work to her.

• Murong Si agreed to take on the work and said she would try to persuade her father, while warning that he might punish them if they acted secretly.
• Uchiha Hiko offered to speak with Murong Si's father, but she chose to handle the matter herself and said she would continue even if he refused.
• Uchiha Hiko explained that Murong Si would summarize each match and carefully record the participants' conditions.
• Murong Si said her education and past clerical experience prepared her for the work, and Uchiha Hiko entrusted the task to her.

Uchiha Hiko welcomed Murong Si onto his team and explained how the competition could help her learn and grow. He planned to train her and hand over his work before leaving to search for the Dragon Balls.

• Uchiha Hiko told Murong Si he would make sure she learned from the competition and encouraged her to overcome the ideas that held her back.
• Murong Si said she wanted to learn, become stronger, and pursue her ambitions despite her Father's doubts.
• Uchiha Hiko judged Murong Si to be talented and considered how to make their temporary partnership productive before he left.
• Uchiha Hiko advised Murong Si to avoid both arrogance and self-doubt, and reminded her that success required hard work.

Uchiha Hiko confronted Murong Si about slowing the competition’s progress, then learned she was being teased by men in the village and promised to intervene. Murong Si asked to call him Big Brother, while secretly believing his concern showed that he cared for her.

• Uchiha Hiko asked Murong Si about her competition notes and said her distractions were contributing to the slow progress.
• Uchiha Hiko worried that the competition was dragging on, the venue rent was due, and he still needed money to pay the champions.
• Murong Si told Uchiha Hiko that village men had been teasing her and that she had been afraid to ask him for help.
• Uchiha Hiko promised Murong Si he would stop the men from bothering her and told her she should not stay silent about being bullied.
• Murong Si asked Uchiha Hiko if she could call him Big Brother and privately rejoiced at what she thought was his concern for her.

Murong Si told Uchiha Hiko that someone had harassed her again despite her attempts to stand up for herself. Uchiha Hiko sent her home to rest and confronted the man, determined to handle the matter privately.

• Uchiha Hiko urged Murong Si to tell him promptly if she faced trouble again, and she thanked him and considered learning martial arts.
• Murong Si explained that her attempts to stop the harassment had failed and apologized for bringing Uchiha Hiko another problem.
• Uchiha Hiko recognized how badly the repeated incidents were affecting Murong Si and told her to go home and rest.
• Uchiha Hiko confronted the man, challenged his conduct toward Murong Si, and told him to leave if he would not stop.

Uchiha Hiko tried to make the Old Man withdraw from the competition, but the Old Man refused and challenged his authority. Hiko killed him after his first attack missed, then turned to the remaining competition matters.

• Uchiha Hiko told the Old Man he had to leave the competition to avoid harming the other members.
• The Old Man denied wrongdoing and refused to withdraw, insisting Hiko had no right to force him out.
• Uchiha Hiko threatened the Old Man and said the document he had submitted gave Hiko control over his life and soul.
• Uchiha Hiko decided to announce that the Old Man had been eliminated for his character and struck at him.
• The Old Man dodged Hiko's first blow, but Hiko attacked again and killed him.

Uchiha Hiko addressed the contestants after Old Man’s death, warning them that harassment and disruptions to the competition would be punished severely. When some contestants defended Old Man and protested, Hiko reminded them that their signed agreement put their lives under his control, leaving them too frightened to object further.

• Uchiha Hiko told the contestants that Old Man had been executed for harassing a woman and warned that anyone who disrupted the competition would face the same fate.
• Several contestants defended Old Man, called his punishment unjust, and threatened to withdraw from the competition.
• Uchiha Hiko ordered the objectors to leave if they wished and reminded them that their signed agreement placed their lives and souls in his hands.
• The contestants fell silent after recalling Hiko’s strength, and he stopped speaking once they became obedient.

After the competition in Gao Family Village, Uchiha Hiko asked Murong Si to travel with him in search of the Dragon Ball. Murong Si wanted to go but worried about leaving her elderly father alone, and Uchiha Hiko urged her to decide soon.

• Uchiha Hiko decided the competition champion was too difficult to work with and unsuitable as a traveling companion.
• Uchiha Hiko asked Murong Si to leave Gao Family Village and roam the world with him.
• Murong Si said she wanted to go but feared holding Uchiha Hiko back and worried about leaving her frail father alone.
• Uchiha Hiko proposed finding someone to care for Murong Si's father and reminded her that he admired her abilities and would share the benefits of finding the Dragon Ball.

Uchiha Hiko planned his journey and learned that Murong Si’s father had agreed to let her travel with him. As Murong Si worried she might become a burden, Hiko encouraged her and reflected on the mysterious glow he had seen around her, which he suspected was connected to his search for the Dragon Balls.

• Uchiha Hiko considered his future route and weighed how traveling with Murong Si would affect his plans.
• Murong Si told Uchiha Hiko that her father had stopped opposing her decision to travel with him, though she feared gossip and becoming a burden.
• Uchiha Hiko encouraged Murong Si to stop underestimating herself and assured her that they could handle the difficulties ahead.
• Uchiha Hiko recalled that he had secretly observed a dazzling glow around Murong Si that other people could not see.
• Uchiha Hiko suspected Murong Si’s glow was connected to his search for the Dragon Balls, as the energy he had sensed in Hua Feihua had been.

Uchiha Hiko questioned Murong Si about a mysterious energy and radiance he sensed in her, but she knew nothing about it. She later asked her Father and learned that he had seen a special radiance around her for decades, leaving her to face the truth about her unusual nature.

• Uchiha Hiko wondered whether Murong Si's unusual radiance came from a special identity and asked if she had felt strange energy within herself.
• Murong Si denied knowing about any special power and worried that Uchiha Hiko was dissatisfied with her abilities.
• Uchiha Hiko reassured Murong Si that he valued her and wanted her to stay by his side.
• Murong Si grew curious about the power Uchiha Hiko had mentioned and went to ask her Father about it.
• Murong Si's Father told her that she possessed an unusual power and that he had seen a radiance around her that other people could not see.

After learning Uchiha Hiko had intended to use his identity, Murong Si angrily ended their partnership and ordered him to leave. Uchiha Hiko apologized and defended his motives, but Murong Si refused to reconsider, while Uchiha Hiko still needed Murong Si to willingly transfer the light within his body.

• Murong Si confronted Uchiha Hiko about hiding his identity and said he felt used and disappointed.
• Murong Si rejected Uchiha Hiko's explanations and told him to leave Gao Family Village.
• Uchiha Hiko admitted that Murong Si's identity had influenced his plan, but said he also admired Murong Si's talent and apologized.
• Murong Si refused to listen and insisted that he would not travel with Uchiha Hiko.
• Uchiha Hiko resolved to continue pursuing the transfer of the light within Murong Si, which he believed required Murong Si's willing consent.

Uchiha Hiko demanded Murong Si willingly give him her energy, but she refused and exposed that his mission depended on her consent. He kidnapped her Father and began taking his power, leaving Murong Si stunned by her Father's disappearance.

• Uchiha Hiko told Murong Si that obtaining her energy was necessary for him to leave Gao Family Village, but she refused and accused him of using her.
• Murong Si said her Father had warned her about Uchiha Hiko and revealed that taking her energy without her consent would be useless.
• Uchiha Hiko decided to use Murong Si's Father to pressure her into cooperating.
• Uchiha Hiko sneaked in at night, bound Murong Si's Father, and kidnapped him.
• Uchiha Hiko began transferring some of Murong Si's Father's power into his own body and notified Murong Si, who was stunned by her Father's disappearance.