Chapter Summaries

After the Top 100 award ceremony, Saitama, King, Genos, Chido, and Buggy played a team match in Chido’s gaming room. King led the team to victory with a decisive bottom-lane fight and a pentakill.

• The Top 100 award ceremony ended, and the tournament’s Top 16 elimination rounds were scheduled to begin on August 21.
• Chido gathered Saitama, King, Genos, and Buggy to play the Sea Star version of League of Legends in his gaming room.
• Saitama fought Hank’s Fenrir in top lane while Genos’s Joseph battled Jiraiya in mid lane.
• King told Buggy to attack bottom lane, then coordinated with Buggy and Chido to defeat the enemy duo and jungler.
• King dominated the rest of the match, scored a pentakill, and led his team to destroy the enemy base.
• Buggy celebrated the win while Saitama complained that King had ended the match before he could finish his build.

After a game at the Colored Cloud Box, Chido sensed Garp outside just as Genos went to answer the door. Meanwhile, Gintoki fumed over a loss to King’s team and tried to find someone for another match.

• Chido wondered why King had no discernible aura despite Saitama’s claims that he was extremely strong.
• Saitama, King, and Buggy discussed their preferences for video games and Main God Space while Genos served Saitama juice.
• The doorbell rang, and Chido sensed Garp outside as Genos went to answer it.
• In Kabukicho, Gintoki complained that King’s Benn Beckman had dodged all of Mine’s ultimate attacks.
• Katsura Kotaro and Okita Sougo left the voice channel, while Gintoki asked Kagura to watch television and tried to recruit Shinpachi for another game.

Garp recruited Saitama for a secret World Government operation that would count as his first hero mission on Sea Star. After leaving Duel City, Saitama and Garp contacted Brimir, who opened a Gate of Opening for them.

• Garp arrived at Saitama's home, where Buggy recognized him and Genos and the others learned he had come to see Saitama.
• Garp explained that the World Government had commissioned a confidential hero mission ranked above SSR, and Saitama agreed to go with him.
• Garp told Chido she could not join and told Genos he was too weak, prompting Genos to resolve to reach the hundredth floor of the Duel Star Tower.
• Saitama changed into his hero suit and followed Garp away from Duel City, using Geppo to travel through the air.
• Garp called Brimir, who opened a Gate of Opening and revealed familiar figures waiting on the other side.

Saitama joined the Star Temple and Martial God Palace meeting in Mary Geoise, where Brimir explained their mission to defeat the God of Void and its Void Apostles. Saitama agreed to help, and Brimir sent the group to God Valley to study Void Magic.

• Saitama arrived with Garp and greeted the gathered fighters, and Brimir introduced him to Hashirama Senju as a UR-Rank Professional Hero whose strength was second only to Lord Imu.
• Saitama asked who Lord Imu was, and Brimir explained that Imu led the World Government and had ordered them to prepare to eliminate the God of Void.
• Saitama wondered aloud whether he could fight Lord Imu, and Garp and Boros described how Imu had defeated them and suppressed Chido.
• Brimir briefed the group on the God of Void, its conflict with the Will of the Evil Abyss, and their mission to defeat the God of Void and its Void Apostles.
• Saitama agreed to take on the God of Void, and Brimir directed the assembled fighters to familiarize themselves with Void Magic in God Valley.

The Top 16 knockout stage of the third Top 100 Tournament began, with Asta facing Inuyasha in the opening match. Both fighters entered the arena determined to reach the Top 10 and wish for their mothers’ revival, and their battle was about to begin.

• Gatz and Stella announced the Top 16 knockout stage and explained that the winners who reached the Top 10 could make a wish to the World Government.
• Gatz introduced Asta, prompting supporters from the Black Clover World to gather and cheer for him; Nacht watched from the shadows.
• Stella explained that Hades had been renamed the Abyss, and Gatz introduced Inuyasha as Asta’s opponent.
• Asta entered the arena with Liebe and shouted that they would win and revive his mother.
• Inuyasha entered with Tessaiga and resolved to defeat Asta so he could wish for his own mother’s revival.

Asta and Inuyasha began their Top 16 tournament match, and their first exchange showed that neither could rely on their usual power-countering advantages. The chapter left them locked in a fierce duel as Inuyasha unleashed Adamant Barrage at Asta.

• Imu and the others discussed Asta and Inuyasha’s abilities and placed bets on the match.
• Stussy told Imu that Lala wanted to bring Momo and Nana to meet him, and he agreed.
• Gatz announced the opening Top 16 match, and Asta and Inuyasha charged at each other with their swords drawn.
• Asta overpowered Inuyasha in a direct clash and cut through his Wind Scar with the Demon-Slayer Sword.
• Inuyasha changed Tessaiga into its diamond form and fired Adamant Barrage at Asta.

Asta and Inuyasha fought fiercely in the Top 16, each seeking victory to bring his mother back to life. Both awakened powerful forms, and the battle continued with neither yielding as Kagome prayed for Inuyasha to win.

• Asta blocked Hosenki's diamond spikes, then used Black Divider and the Demon-Dweller Sword to counter Inuyasha's attacks.
• Asta and Inuyasha traded blows, with Inuyasha combining Haki and sword techniques while Asta relied on his strength and combat instincts.
• Asta called on Liebe and transformed into Black Mode, gaining the advantage and driving Inuyasha back behind Tessaiga's Scabbard Barrier.
• Asta shattered the barrier and cut Inuyasha's arm, prompting Inuyasha to awaken his demon blood and unleash a vast surge of power.
• Inuyasha retained some control of his awakened form through Haki and clashed with Asta at a new level of intensity as Kagome prayed for him.

While Lala introduced Nana and Momo to Imu and his companions, Inuyasha’s battle with Asta took a sudden turn when Inuyasha unleashed a dramatically stronger Wind Scar. Asta recovered and charged back into the fight, refusing to give up.

• Lala introduced her younger twin sisters, Nana and Momo, to Imu, Stussy, Historia, Esdeath, and Teresa.
• Historia invited Nana to talk about animals, while Esdeath welcomed Momo to discuss plants and the World Ecological Association.
• Lala sat beside Imu and cheerfully recounted her recent experiences as he listened and considered encouraging her scientific research.
• During their fierce battle, Inuyasha sensed gaps in Asta’s attacks and used Wind Scar to tear through Asta’s Black Slashes and knock him away.
• Asta rose, declared that never giving up was his magic, and charged at Inuyasha again.

Inuyasha used Wind Scar and Backlash Wave to overwhelm Asta, who then merged with Liebe into Complete Demon Union. Inuyasha answered Asta’s transformation by changing Tessaiga into its Dragon-Scaled form, which revealed openings in the anti-magic surrounding him.

• Inuyasha used Wind Scar to exploit gaps in Asta’s attacks and then struck him with Backlash Wave, hurling him into the arena barrier.
• Karina ordered the barrier crew to replace the drained Wind Stones and erect additional defenses as Asta’s impact cracked the barrier.
• Sesshomaru explained that the Sea Star Swordsman’s Breath of All Things and Observation Haki had improved Inuyasha’s ability to sense gaps in energy flows.
• Asta asked Liebe to fuse with him, and they transformed into Complete Demon Union, sending a pillar of anti-magic through the arena’s barriers.
• Inuyasha transformed Tessaiga into Dragon-Scaled Tessaiga and used it to discern weak points in the anti-magic around Asta.

Asta and Inuyasha fought an increasingly brutal battle, with Inuyasha unleashing Meido Zangetsuha and Asta countering it with his swords. By around five in the afternoon, the battle was still raging.

• Asta's increased speed and strength forced Inuyasha onto the defensive, though Inuyasha used his perception and Backlash Wave to counter him.
• Inuyasha transformed Tessaiga and unleashed Meido Zangetsuha, opening a passage to the Underworld that Asta narrowly evaded.
• Asta swung his giant Demon-Slayer Sword into the Meido sphere, and it emerged unharmed from the Underworld.
• Inuyasha launched Blade-Cutting Meido, but Asta used the Demon-Destroyer Sword to split the crescent slashes apart.
• Asta and Inuyasha continued fighting and accumulating wounds as the audience watched; their battle lasted from late morning until around five in the afternoon.

Asta and Inuyasha exhausted themselves in a final clash, but a mysterious spirit arrow strengthened Inuyasha’s attack and left Asta unconscious. As Inuyasha believed he had won, Liebe and the voices of Asta’s friends stirred Asta to rise again and declare that he was not finished.

• Asta and Liebe combined the Demon-Slayer Sword and Asta’s Black Comet attack against Inuyasha’s Meido Zangetsuha and Backlash Wave.
• A white spirit arrow emerged from the Meido Zangetsuha and merged with Inuyasha’s Backlash Wave, helping the two attacks collide in a catastrophic explosion.
• An invisible barrier contained the blast, and Inuyasha and Asta both fell, badly wounded and seemingly unable to continue.
• Inuyasha thought he had won and murmured Kikyo’s name, while Liebe urged the unconscious Asta to wake up and remember his loved ones and friends.
• Asta heard the familiar voices in his spiritual world, stood up again before Inuyasha, and roared that he would surpass his limits and was not finished.

After Asta defeated Inuyasha, Kagome's group mourned the loss while Kikyo's secret intervention drew Abe no Seimei's attention. The next day, the tournament announced Bang's match against Boa Hancock, revealing their sixty-five-year age gap.

• Shippo, Kohaku, and Kagome's group reacted to Inuyasha's defeat, while Miroku reminded them that he could still compete for ninth or tenth place.
• Kikyo watched Inuyasha's loss from the Sea Star Underworld and vanished when Ito Kashitaro and two Underworld Police officers questioned her; Abe no Seimei later noted that she had absorbed Tsukuyomi's divine soul well.
• Imu told Teresa that Kikyo's intervention had not violated the tournament rules, and Stussy explained the winners-and-losers gift bet to Lala, Nana, and Momo.
• After the match, audiences across the worlds celebrated Asta or lamented Inuyasha's loss, and the next morning Gatz announced Bang and Boa Hancock as the second Top 16 matchup.
• Gatz introduced Hancock as a seventeen-year-old War Military Academy student and sixth-place Magical Creature Battle Tournament winner, then revealed that Bang was eighty-one.

Bang faced Hancock in the second Top 16 elimination match of the third Top 100 Tournament, resisting her petrifying attacks and redirecting her arrows with an evolved Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist. The fight remained underway as Bang revealed he had fused his style with Audrey’s Sword of Softness.

• Gatz introduced Bang and Hancock as they entered the arena, while Sandersonia, Marigold, Hina, Sentomaru, and Drake discussed Hancock’s chances and her secret wish.
• Bang asked Hancock what wish she hoped to fulfill, and she bashfully refused to reveal it before they took their fighting stances.
• After Gatz started the match, Hancock attacked first with Mero Mero Mellow, but Bang’s martial arts aura kept the petrifying power at bay.
• Hancock fired a barrage of Slave Arrows, and Bang used Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist to deflect and send many arrows back toward her.
• Garou recognized that Bang had advanced the technique, while Bang reflected that he had fused Audrey’s Sword of Softness into his fist style and achieved greater mastery.

Hyuga Masato and Hiashi Hyuga discussed asking Bang to adapt Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist for the Hyuga Clan, then watched him battle Hancock in the tournament. Hancock struggled to break through Bang’s defense but spotted a possible way to turn the fight around by using her Devil Fruit power.

• Hyuga Masato proposed hiring Bang to teach the Hyuga Clan a Gentle Fist-compatible version of Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, and Hiashi agreed to approach him after the tournament.
• Hyuga Masato and Hiashi praised Yuhara Hyuga and Neji Hyuga, then decided Neji should study and train alongside Toneri.
• Bang blocked Hancock’s Slave Arrow and closed in to test her physical skills.
• Hancock countered Bang with Perfume Femur, and their fierce exchange shook the arena as Bang’s Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist kept her attacks at bay.
• Hancock realized Bang seemed unable to use Armament Haki and planned to break through his qi defense so her Mero Mero no Mi power could petrify him.

Bang and Hancock’s duel escalated when Hancock summoned Basilisk, a Water Snake Dragon, and a Rune Snake to support her attacks. Bang faced the combined assault with calm control of Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Bang admired Hancock’s strength as they fought for over an hour, then teased her about her plan to exhaust his qi and strike with her Mero Mero no Mi ability.
• Hancock summoned Basilisk, whose gaze eroded Bang’s protective qi, and used her attacks to keep him from reaching the creature.
• Hancock summoned a Water Snake Dragon and a Rune Snake, adding ricocheting water shots and streams of venom to the assault.
• Bang deflected the creatures’ attacks and Hancock’s arrows with Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist while remaining composed in the center of the arena.

Bang turned the Basilisk and Rune Snake’s attacks against them with the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, then shifted to his offensive Exploding Heart Release Fist to overwhelm Hancock’s beasts. The chapter ended with Bang striking down the Basilisk and charging the Water Snake Dragon.

• Bang redirected the Basilisk’s water sphere into it, then sent the Rune Snake’s venom toward Hancock and turned her Slave Arrows against the Rune Snake, petrifying it.
• The crowd marveled at Bang’s martial arts mastery while Hancock struggled to find a way past his defenses.
• Bang changed his aura and stance, preparing to use the Exploding Heart Release Fist, and Garou recognized the technique from the audience.
• Bang crossed the arena and struck the Basilisk with a punch that blasted it into the barrier and knocked it unconscious.
• Bang redirected himself toward the Water Snake Dragon as it tried to burrow underground, and his fist arrived before it could escape.

Bang defeated Hancock in the Multiverse Duel Arena by overpowering her attacks and neutralizing her strongest move with the Flowing Water Formation. The audience celebrated his victory as Silver Fang, while Hancock accepted the gap in their strength.

• Bang knocked out Water Snake Dragon and another magical beast, then fought Hancock without killing her.
• Bang overwhelmed Hancock’s attacks and urged her to use her strongest move.
• Hancock unleashed Great Perfume Femur, but Bang redirected its force with the Flowing Water Formation and stopped her strike.
• Bang praised Hancock’s strength and talent, while Garou noted that Bang had gone easy on her.
• Host Gatz announced Bang as the winner, and the arena erupted in cheers as his name spread across countless planets.

After the arena was badly damaged in Bang and Hancock’s match, Stella announced a brief delay while staff repaired it. Imu reflected that Hancock offered little value to him and then asked Lala to help him with something, leaving the others in the box curious about his request.

• Stella announced that the third Top 16 match would be delayed until workers restored the damaged arena.
• Sandersonia and Marigold wanted to comfort Hancock, but Drake and Sentomaru advised them to give her time alone to recover.
• Hina teased Drake about secretly paying attention to Hancock, and Sentomaru asked whether Drake liked her.
• Imu decided he no longer wanted Hancock as an Empress because she lacked the beauty-and-strategic-value combination he sought.
• Imu asked Lala for help, and Lala eagerly agreed before he explained what he needed.

Im asked Lala to create an independent Digital World for AI lifeforms, and she eagerly accepted the challenge. The third Top 16 match was set as Patry versus Superalloy Darkshine, and Patry headed to the arena determined to revive the Elf Race.

• Im explained that he wanted Lala to build an independent digital plane connected to Sea Star and the World Government's internet, where digital lifeforms could live and develop.
• Lala agreed to begin building the Digital World after the Top 100 Tournament, and Im promised that she would govern it if the project succeeded.
• Stella announced that the arena repairs were complete, and Gatz revealed that Patry would face Superalloy Darkshine in the third Top 16 match.
• Superalloy Darkshine celebrated his chance to compete and thanked Jozu for his special training.
• Fana, Vetto, and Rhya encouraged Patry in the corridor, and he vowed that no one could stop them from reviving their people before entering the arena.

Patry and Superalloy Darkshine entered the arena for their tournament match as the host introduced their backgrounds and abilities. The Martial Artist Association worried about Darkshine facing an admiral-level opponent, while Suiryu believed Darkshine would give his all.

• Gatz introduced Patry as a powerful elf mage with light magic whose strength rivaled a military admiral.
• Patry entered the arena as Julius watched and silently hoped he would reach the Top 10 and revive his fellow elves.
• Saito Hiraga asked Sasha about Brimir, and Sasha said he had left to handle something important.
• Gatz introduced Superalloy Darkshine as an SS-rank professional hero and master-level martial artist who had built his powerful physique through years of training.
• Chinjao warned that Darkshine would be in trouble against Patry, but Suiryu remained confident Darkshine would give everything he had.