Chapter Summaries

Uesugi Yue revealed himself as the brothers’ father and used his Black Sun Word Spirit to stop Minamoto Chisei from injecting Dragon Blood and confront Kazama Ruri. He knocked Ruri unconscious with one slap, leaving Chisei, Inuyama Ga, and Sakura stunned.

• Minamoto Chisei declared that no one could interfere in his battle with Kazama Ruri and prepared to inject himself with Dragon Blood.
• Uesugi Yue stopped Chisei and revealed that he was the brothers’ father and the former Shadow Emperor.
• Uesugi Yue summoned his Black Sun Word Spirit and said he had come to sever fate’s curse by beating Ruri back to his senses.
• Uesugi Yue used the Black Sun’s gravitational force to pull Ruri toward him and struck him with a devastating slap.
• Kazama Ruri’s exoskeleton and dragon body shattered, and he fainted before Chisei, Inuyama Ga, and Sakura.

Uesugi Yue helped subdue Kazama Ruri, but the group realized Herzog had vanished and might have used his apparent exposure to hide his true objective. They discovered that Eriyi had disappeared with Herzog, leaving Minamoto Chisei to pursue the truth about her abduction.

• Uesugi Yue subdued Kazama Ruri and reunited with Minamoto Chisei, who postponed discussing their family relationship until later.
• Minamoto Chisei and Inuyama Ga realized Herzog had disappeared, and they suspected he had revealed himself to conceal his real objective.
• Uesugi Yue asked where Eriyi was, and he, Minamoto Chisei, and Sakura rushed toward the battlefield to find her.
• Uesugi Yue fought through the Deadpool horde and found only Eriyi's severed sleeve at the shore.
• Miyamoto Shio told Minamoto Chisei that Eriyi had left with Mr. Masamune, prompting Chisei to reveal that Tachibana Masamune was Herzog, the King General of the Fierce Ghost Association.

After the Yamata no Orochi learned that Herzog was King General and had abducted Eriyi, Minamoto Chimei revealed Herzog’s plan to use the White King’s Holy Remains and Imperial Blood to steal divine authority. Herzog prepared at the Red Well to awaken as the White King, with Eriyi and the Yamata no Orochi caught in his scheme.

• Minamoto Chisei and the others revealed that Tachibana Masamune was actually Herzog, King General, leaving the Yamata no Orochi shaken despite their victory over the Deadpools.
• Surveillance footage showed Herzog and Adam Ankewelt taking Eriyi, and Miyamoto Shio reported that Adam had been abducted after the Peninsula Hotel was attacked and Caesar Gattuso and Chu Zihang were seriously injured.
• Minamoto Chimei told Minamoto Chisei that Herzog intended to use the White King’s Holy Remains and Uesugi Yue’s Imperial Blood to steal a god’s authority, and said he wanted to destroy everything.
• At the Red Well, Herzog stood beside the entranced Eriyi and declared that the Yamata no Orochi’s bloodline would support his awakening as the White King.

Minamoto Chisei sought cooperation with Chu Zihang and Caesar after learning Herzog planned to claim the White King's Divine Authority. They confirmed the Red Well was the Well of Buried Bones, where Herzog was preparing to awaken a god, and the chapter ended with news that Anger would arrive in Japan that afternoon.

• Minamoto Chisei told Chu Zihang and Caesar that Herzog intended to use the Holy Remains and Imperial Blood to become the next White King, and agreed to cooperate with Cassell to stop him.
• Minamoto Chisei revealed that he had already sent Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's intelligence report to Norma and that he had dispatched Miyamoto Shio to investigate the magma disturbance near Mount Fuji.
• Miyamoto Shio reported that magma and groundwater met underground in the Chigao River, confirming the Red Well was the Well of Buried Bones and that Herzog intended to awaken the god within it.
• Minamoto Chisei declared that Yamata no Orochi would confront the White King's legacy, whatever the cost in blood.
• Miyamoto Shio announced that Anger would arrive in Japan that afternoon aboard Sleipnir.

Miyamoto Shio’s plan to poison the Well of Buried Bones failed to prevent the god’s awakening, as the eruption of Mount Fuji accompanied the emergence of a lethal white mycelium. The chapter ended with Yamata no Orochi rising from the Red Well as Minamoto Chisei and the arriving forces witnessed its awakening.

• Miyamoto Shio ordered the shield machine to breach the Chigao River and told his units to carry out the Godslayer plan.
• The breach unleashed a torrent filled with Dragon Subspecies, and Miyamoto Shio’s forces detonated five thousand tons of mercury to poison them.
• Mount Fuji erupted, and Miyamoto Shio discovered that deadly white mycelium, not snow, covered the Tama River Mountain Area.
• Herzog made Uesugi Eriyi offer her Imperial Blood to the Red Well, triggering violent tremors at Water Storage Well No. 13.
• Yamata no Orochi burst from the Red Well, and Minamoto Chisei watched the awakened god from a helicopter.

Anger, Uesugi Yue, Caesar, and Chu Zihang fought the enormous Deadpool tide at Haiying Artificial Island while Minamoto Chisei’s force headed to kill the God in the Tama River Mountain Area. As the battle intensified, Uesugi Yue questioned whether fate could be changed while holding a syringe of pale gold liquid.

• Minamoto Chisei split the forces, assigning Anger’s team to defend Haiying Artificial Island while Yamata no Orochi’s remaining main force went to slay the God.
• Anger and Uesugi Yue discussed their last stand as EVA warned that the Deadpools would reach the island within minutes.
• Caesar and Chu Zihang opened fire on the first Deadpool wave, then Chu Zihang used Lord’s Flame and Muramasa to cut down attackers.
• Caesar joined the fight, and Anger activated Time Zero to move through the Deadpool tide at extraordinary speed.
• Uesugi Yue examined a syringe of pale gold liquid and wondered whether fate could truly be changed.

Caesar, Anger, and Chu Zihang fought to hold back the Deadpool tide until Uesugi Yue unleashed his forbidden Word Spirit, Black Sun. Uesugi Yue then charged into the enemy ranks toward the Corpse Guardian King, leaving Anger to protect the world.

• Caesar fought the Deadpools until Anger rescued him, and Caesar returned to battle beside him.
• EVA warned that the Corpse Guardian King was approaching, and Anger called on Uesugi Yue to act.
• Uesugi Yue joined the fight and realized the artificial island was where he was destined to die.
• Uesugi Yue unleashed Word Spirit: Black Sun, drawing in and destroying hundreds of Deadpools.
• Uesugi Yue advanced toward the Corpse Guardian King and Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers, then entrusted the world’s protection to Anger.

Uesugi Yue fought through the Deadpool tide with the Black Sun Corona and destroyed the dragon-shaped Corpse Guardian King, though the surrounding horde began tearing into his back. He told Anger that he had believed his fate was to be drowned by a black tide and declared that Haiying Artificial Island was where he was destined to be buried.

• Uesugi Yue advanced through the Deadpool tide, using the Black Sun Corona and a succession of national treasure swords to cut down his enemies.
• Uesugi Yue shattered his swords against the dragon-shaped Corpse Guardian King's bone wing, then charged at the creature with a fresh pair.
• Uesugi Yue struck the Corpse Guardian King's face with a powerful iaijutsu cut, and the Black Sun Corona crushed the creature into ash.
• Uesugi Yue told Anger that he had been warned he would be drowned by a black tide, prompting Anger to recall a blond youth.
• Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers swarmed onto Uesugi Yue's back as he remained surrounded, and he declared that he was at the place he was destined to be buried.

Uesugi Yue stayed behind to draw the Deadpools and Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers together with Black Sun while Anger, Caesar, and Chu Zihang escaped. As the sulfur bomb detonated and Uesugi Yue’s body was consumed, he drank the pale gold blood potion from the black-haired youth, hoping the youth would keep his promise.

• Uesugi Yue rejected Anger’s pleas to retreat, explaining that he would use Black Sun to gather the monsters in one place.
• Uesugi Yue unleashed Black Sun and fought alone against the Deadpools and Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers, while Anger, Caesar, and Chu Zihang boarded the extraction helicopter.
• Uesugi Yue’s body began to break apart as the Refined Sulfur Bomb exploded across Haiying Artificial Island.
• Uesugi Yue remembered the black-haired youth and crushed the vial of pale gold blood potion into his mouth, saying he had paid the price.

Orochi climbed out of Red Well as the helicopters and ground forces attacked it with gunfire, missiles, and incendiary bombs. It survived the assault, destroyed four helicopters with the bone at the end of its tail, and Herzog identified that weapon as the mythical Ama-no-Murakumo.

• Minamoto Chisei ordered the forces to stop Orochi from escaping Red Well, while Miyamoto Shio and Kazama Kotaro directed helicopter gunfire against it.
• A missile struck Orochi and knocked it back into the well, but Herzog celebrated its survival as proof of its power.
• Miyamoto Shio ordered more attacks, and incendiary bombs set Red Well ablaze.
• Orochi emerged through the flames, badly injured but still alive, and prepared to leave the well.
• Orochi swept its tail through the sky and sliced four helicopters in half.
• Herzog declared that the bone on Orochi's tail was the mythical sword Ama-no-Murakumo.

Minamoto Chisei descended to Red Well to confront Orochi, while Kazama Ruri offered Miyamoto Shio a way to save him. After killing Herzog, Chisei attacked Orochi with his twin blades and unleashed a speed that surpassed Inuyama Ga’s Ninth Rank: Moment.

• Minamoto Chisei ordered Miyamoto Shio and the others to retreat, then leaped from the cabin to face Orochi alone.
• Kazama Ruri contacted Miyamoto Shio and said she would not let anyone take Minamoto Chisei’s life, offering to help save him.
• Minamoto Chisei killed Herzog, whom he had once regarded as a father, and turned to fight Orochi.
• Minamoto Chisei struck Orochi with Spider-Cutter and Dojigiri Yasutsuna, then barely blocked its tail and evaded a second attack.
• Minamoto Chisei charged Orochi with a barrage of slashes at a speed beyond Inuyama Ga’s Ninth Rank: Moment.

Minamoto Chisei fought Orochi at the bottom of the Red Well until Kazama Ruri arrived and killed the monster. The brothers resumed their unfinished duel, and Kazama Ruri wounded Minamoto Chisei badly enough to leave him unable to move in the blood-red lake.

• Minamoto Chisei drove Orochi into the Red Well and battled it, severing one of its heads before Orochi impaled him on a steel bar.
• As Orochi lunged to devour him, Minamoto Chisei prepared to inject himself with Ancient Dragon Fetus Blood, but Kazama Ruri appeared and cut off the attacking head.
• Kazama Ruri told Minamoto Chisei that Miyamoto Shio had released him to help, then fought Orochi and killed it at the cost of severe injuries.
• Minamoto Chisei and Kazama Ruri resumed their unresolved duel beside Orochi's corpse, fighting fiercely across the cavern.
• Kazama Ruri landed a blade in Minamoto Chisei's chest; Minamoto Chisei fell into the blood-red lake, grievously wounded and unable to move.

Herzog revealed that the figure they had fought at Red Well was a fake and that he had engineered the Imperial Blood lineage, including Eriyi. With Adam protecting him, Herzog prepared to open the Road to the Underworld and evolve into a dragon, while Minamoto Chisei and Kazama Ruri were unable to stop him.

• Minamoto Chisei refused to use the Ancient Dragon Fetus Blood, and Kazama Ruri approached him with his blade.
• Herzog appeared at Red Well, revealing that the earlier Herzog had been a fake and that he had let Minamoto Chisei and Kazama Ruri clear his final obstacle.
• Herzog explained that he had created three Imperial Blood embryos from Uesugi Yue’s genes: Minamoto Chisei, Minamoto Chimei, and Eriyi.
• Eriyi and Adam emerged from the shadows under Herzog’s control, and Minamoto Chisei tried to inject himself with the Ancient Dragon Fetus Blood.
• Herzog froze Minamoto Chisei’s hand, while Adam’s power stopped Kazama Ruri’s blade from reaching Herzog.
• Herzog declared that he would evolve from a human into a dragon as Minamoto Chisei and Kazama Ruri watched.

Herzog retrieved the Holy Remains from Orochi’s corpse and used it to transform Adam into a White King, intending to claim the Dragon King’s power through a blood exchange. Eriyi briefly resisted Herzog’s control but fell silent again, and the newborn White King emerged as Herzog’s transformation began.

• Herzog ordered Minamoto Chimei to cut open Orochi’s corpse and retrieve the Holy Remains, which Kazama Ruri pinned down and helped expose.
• Herzog explained that he intended to use Adam as the Holy Remains’ host and exchange blood with the White King developing inside him.
• Herzog controlled Eriyi with the Gourd Rattle after she began to resist, leaving Minamoto Chisei unable to stop him.
• Herzog allowed the Holy Remains to enter Adam, and white filaments wrapped Adam in a cocoon as the White King’s genes transformed him.
• Herzog connected Adam and himself to a blood exchange machine, drawing the newborn Dragon’s blood into his own body.
• The cocoon split open, and the newborn White King emerged while Herzog’s body began changing.

Herzog emerged as the New White King and unleashed his elemental power across Japan, convinced he had inherited the White King’s authority. As he turned that power against the world, everything suddenly froze and the authority began leaving his body.

• A little boy sensed the New White King’s birth and wondered who had become the ruler.
• Herzog rose from the Red Well at Mount Fuji, having inherited the White King’s power, bloodline, and memories while retaining his own consciousness.
• Herzog discovered that he could command the elements and manipulate the vast ocean of living beings’ subconscious minds.
• Herzog unleashed volcanic eruptions, storms, lightning, and tsunamis as he declared that the world would submit to him.
• The world abruptly stood still, and Herzog felt the White King’s power and authority being extracted from him.

Adam Ankewelt stripped Herzog of his White King powers inside a dream, leaving him to die as the Holy Remains drained his bloodline. Uchiha Sōgetsu then drank the Dream Weaver Potion and declared his Mythical Creature Form.

• Herzog lost control of the elements and his wings, crashed into a city, and begged the unseen force to spare him.
• Herzog's scales, flesh, tendons, and bones were stripped away as his stolen Dragon King authority vanished.
• Adam Ankewelt revealed that he had woven Herzog's White King transformation as a dream, and Herzog awoke to the Holy Remains draining his bloodline.
• The Holy Remains swallowed Herzog, leaving only his skeleton, and Adam let its blood flow into his body.
• Uchiha Sōgetsu drank the Dream Weaver Potion and proclaimed himself Mind Dragon, Dream Weaver, White King—Ankewelt.

After Minamoto Chisei emerged from the Red Well with the curse severed, he reported that Herzog had been devoured by the White King's Holy Remains. Principal Anger confronted Adam, accusing him of ascending to the White King's throne, and attacked him.

• Miyamoto Shio saw Minamoto Chisei emerge from the Red Well carrying the unconscious Minamoto Chimei, with Uesugi Eriyi and Adam behind him.
• Minamoto Chisei told Miyamoto Shio that the Yamata no Orochi's curse was severed and explained that Herzog had been devoured by the White King's Holy Remains.
• Anger arrived with Chu Zihang and Caesar, while Uesugi Yue was absent, and Minamoto Chisei welcomed Anger on behalf of the Yamata no Orochi.
• Anger ignored Minamoto Chisei and confronted Adam, asking whether he had caused what happened.
• Anger used Time Zero and unleashed a flurry of knife strikes at Adam, declaring that he was celebrating Adam's ascension to the throne of the White King.

Anger exposed Adam Ankewelt as the newly ascended White King, prompting the others to confront the truth while Eriyi refused to leave Adam. Anger declared their agreement void and prepared to fight, and Chu Zihang judged that they were certain to die.

• Anger’s attack was stopped by Eriyi, who shielded Adam and warned Anger not to hurt him.
• Anger identified Adam as the new White King, and Minamoto Chisei revealed that he had believed Herzog was dead after destroying the Holy Remains.
• Adam said Hunter Website administrator Nido had exposed him and denied controlling Eriyi or implanting false memories in anyone.
• Minamoto Chisei pleaded with Eriyi to return and promised to give her freedom, but she chose to stay with Adam.
• Anger declared his agreement with Adam void and advanced to fight him, while Caesar asked Chu Zihang whether they could defeat a Dragon King.
• Chu Zihang told Caesar that they were guaranteed to die.

Chu Zihang, Caesar, Anger, and Minamoto Chisei attacked Adam, but the White King effortlessly countered them. Adam revealed that he could wield the Dragon Kings’ Word Spirits, leaving the group facing the Black Sun.

• Chu Zihang worried about sending cosmetics to his mother while Caesar asked Anger whether he had a plan for fighting the White King.
• Caesar fired at Adam and Chu Zihang unleashed Lord's Flame, but Adam blocked both attacks without harm.
• Adam persuaded Eriyi to leave the battlefield before Anger attacked him with Time Zero.
• Adam blocked Anger's strike, then caught Chu Zihang's Muramasa and sent Chu Zihang crashing into Minamoto Chisei before punching Caesar away.
• Minamoto Chisei warned that the White King could imitate other Dragon Kings' Word Spirits as scorching heat and crushing gravity gathered around Adam.
• A pitch-black corona appeared behind Adam as he manifested Word of Power: Black Sun.

Anger, Minamoto Chisei, Chu Zihang, and Caesar destroyed Adam’s Black Sun through a coordinated attack. Adam then unleashed the Ultimate Word of Power, Candle Dragon, whose flames devastated the surrounding mountains and swept across several kilometers of Japan.

• Anger urged the others to attack Adam from behind the Black Sun, then used Time Zero and Blood Rage to slash through its domain and throw his folding knife at Adam.
• Minamoto Chisei used King’s Authority to suppress the Black Sun while Chu Zihang and Caesar struck Adam with Lord’s Flame and Blood Scythe, collapsing the Black Sun.
• Adam remained unharmed and began chanting as fire rings gathered above him and a vast domain formed across the mountain area.
• Minamoto Chisei recognized Adam’s Word of Power as Candle Dragon, and Adam confirmed it before unleashing the attack.
• Candle Dragon’s explosion raised a vast mushroom cloud, melted mountains, and swept flames and gale waves across several kilometers.