Chapter Summaries

Bai Ye provoked Bang into fighting by collapsing the ground beneath the spectators, then endured Bang’s Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist and quickly copied its basics. Bang recognized the danger in Bai Ye’s rapid progress and prepared to finish him as their battle continued.

• Bai Ye collapsed the ground across a kilometer-wide area, trapping and injuring the spectators to force Bang to attack.
• Bang unleashed his power and struck Bai Ye with a rapid series of blows, but Bai Ye recovered instantly from each one.
• Bai Ye analyzed Bang’s technique and blocked a strike with a crude version of Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist.
• Bang realized Bai Ye had learned the technique’s basics in an instant and decided he had to kill him before he became a greater threat.
• Bai Ye charged at Bang with a punch carrying a strange aura as the second round began.

Bai Ye defeated Bang after rapidly mastering the Water Stream Rock Smashing Fist, then stormed the Hero Association headquarters over its warrant against him. He declared that he would change the Association’s rules as heroes gathered on the rooftop.

• Bai Ye learned Bang’s techniques during their fight and defeated him by stopping his punch with two fingers before flicking him into the distance.
• Hero Association executives discussed whether to put Bai Ye on the wanted list and decided to summon Tatsumaki.
• Bai Ye tore off the headquarters’ ceiling, confronted the executives, and killed one of them with a jet of saliva.
• Bai Ye condemned the Association’s leadership and announced that its old hero game was over and its rules would change.
• Heroes at the headquarters learned of the confrontation and rushed toward the rooftop.

Bai Ye took control of the Hero Association’s executives and forced them to restore his hero ranking while covering up his attack on headquarters. He ordered the executives to frame Silver Fang, Tatsumaki, and a B-Class hero, then began reshaping the Association, starting with a pay increase.

• Superalloy Darkshine rushed to the severed headquarters, but the executives ordered him to stand down and protect Bai Ye.
• After the heroes withdrew, Bai Ye revealed that he had controlled the executives with an illusion and ordered them to restore his ranking and conceal the incident.
• Bai Ye learned that the Reincarnators planned to hunt him and commanded the executives to fabricate accusations against Silver Fang, Tatsumaki, and a B-Class Rank 3 hero.
• Bai Ye decided to reform the Hero Association and raise the heroes’ pay.
• The next day, heroes saw Bai Ye announce major reforms on television, despite his having been wanted the day before.

Bai Ye used Hellish Blizzard’s feelings to persuade Tatsumaki to release him, then provoked her by asking about her underwear. After she attacked, he used Pym Particles to grow into a giant with vastly increased strength and reached for her.

• Saitama watched Bai Ye announce reforms to the Hero Association, including a tenfold increase in heroes’ monthly compensation, and accepted a call about a Scumbag Hero.
• Tatsumaki confronted Bai Ye over his killing of Sexy Prisoner and threatened to send him to prison.
• Bai Ye warned Tatsumaki that Hellish Blizzard could resent her if her qualifications were revoked because Tatsumaki assaulted an Association executive, and Tatsumaki released him.
• Bai Ye asked Tatsumaki what she wore under her skirt, making her furious enough to attack him.
• Bai Ye retreated into Intangibility Space, used a Scarlet Reagent and Pym Particles, and grew over ten meters tall as his strength increased a millionfold.
• Bai Ye emerged and reached for Tatsumaki’s legs, intent on seeing what she wore beneath her skirt.

Bai Ye’s Pym Particle-enhanced body and abilities overwhelmed Tatsumaki, and he carried her out of the city after she attacked him. He frightened and tormented her before deciding not to go further, then returned to normal as his enhanced stats fell.

• Kimishima Kana noticed that Bai Ye’s level had jumped to Level 8 in the Chat Group.
• Bai Ye grew to a hundred meters tall in the Hero Association training room while examining his enhanced stats.
• Tatsumaki attacked Bai Ye with psychic power, but it could not affect him or the surroundings.
• Bai Ye seized Tatsumaki and carried her out of the city, where he repeatedly interrupted her attacks and exposed her underwear.
• Bai Ye threatened to go further, then stopped and shrank back to normal as his Strength, Constitution, and Spirit declined.

Bai Ye overpowered Tatsumaki, then forced her to agree to take Fubuki’s place whenever he wanted to visit her. He returned to Association Headquarters with an exhausted Tatsumaki, and their coercive arrangement continued.

• Tatsumaki destroyed Bai Ye’s head with psychic power, but he regenerated and overpowered her.
• Bai Ye threatened to visit Hellish Blizzard unless Tatsumaki stopped resisting, and she apologized and pleaded for Fubuki’s safety.
• Bai Ye made Tatsumaki agree to endure his visits in Fubuki’s place, and he continued assaulting her.
• Bai Ye returned to Association Headquarters carrying the sleeping Tatsumaki and told a staff member he had defeated her.
• Bai Ye woke Tatsumaki in his room and told her to eat before their next encounter.

Saitama confronted Ivanov over his crimes and defeated the Reincarnators who attacked him, but Ivanov transformed and smashed him into the ground. At the Hero Association, Bai Ye roused Tatsumaki and prepared to take her along, leaving her to change out of her OK Bandage.

• Saitama traveled to A City and confronted Ivanov, who admitted killing competitors for money.
• Saitama punched Ivanov, then knocked out the attacking Reincarnators with Consecutive Normal Punches without killing them.
• Ivanov grew ten times larger, grabbed Saitama, and slammed him into the ground, destroying the building and shaking A City.
• The tremor woke Bai Ye at the Hero Association, where Tatsumaki feared he would resume their exhausting exertions.
• Bai Ye carried Tatsumaki, removed her OK Bandage, and told her to change into ordinary panties before they left.

Saitama defeated Ivanov and the other Reincarnators threatening A City, after which Bai Ye killed them and claimed their Reward Points. Bai Ye arranged to promote Saitama to S-Class and planned to deal with the Monster Association before returning, while considering a spar with Saitama.

• Ivanov enlarged himself with Pym Particles and threatened to destroy A City, but Saitama punched him unconscious before he could strike.
• Saitama photographed the defeated Reincarnators as evidence and left them for Bai Ye, who arrived with Tatsumaki.
• Tatsumaki restrained the Reincarnators, and Bai Ye killed all thirty-three, earning tens of thousands of Reward Points.
• Bai Ye called the Hero Association to arrange cleanup and Saitama's promotion to S-Class, then left for the Association with Tatsumaki.
• Bai Ye told Tatsumaki he planned to target the Monster Association, and he considered sparring with Saitama before they returned.

After the Hero Association exposed the Monster Association, it secretly revoked KING’s hero status after discovering he was an ordinary person. The S-Class heroes gathered to plan an attack on the Monster Association’s headquarters beneath Z City, but Child Emperor objected that they were rushing into battle unprepared.

• The Hero Association blamed the deaths of thirty-four senior heroes on Monster Association infiltrators and announced that KING had lost his fighting ability after obtaining intelligence about the threat.
• The Association revoked KING’s hero status after physical testing revealed that he had no powers, while agreeing not to reclaim his resources or reveal the truth publicly.
• Atomic Samurai checked on KING, and Bang explained that the heroes had gathered to prepare for the Monster Association’s threat.
• Genos introduced himself to Bai Ye, and Saitama accepted Bai Ye’s plan to fight him in one month.
• A senior Association official proposed attacking the Monster Association’s headquarters beneath Z City within a day, and Child Emperor objected that the heroes were not prepared.

The Hero Association accepted Saitama as the leader of its assault on the Monster Association after he effortlessly defeated several S-Class heroes. The heroes flew to Z City, where Saitama punched a vast opening underground, leaving the Monster Association and the assembled heroes facing the start of the battle.

• The Association higher-ups named Saitama leader of the operation, and Bai Ye challenged anyone who objected to fight him.
• Saitama stopped Atomic Samurai’s sword draw by pressing his katana back into its sheath, prompting Atomic Samurai to concede.
• Saitama knocked Superalloy Darkshine, Child Emperor, and Flashy Flash down with three punches, winning the heroes’ confidence.
• Gyoro Gyoro learned that the Association had been exposed and its supposed spies eliminated, then felt the ground shake.
• Saitama punched a huge hole into the underground Monster Association, and Tatsumaki revealed she had moved his house out of the way.
• The Association higher-ups urged the heroes to prepare to enter the opening and attack.

After the Monster Association’s defeat, Bai Ye spent a quiet month with Tatsumaki before Gavin asked the Chat Group to revive his family, who had died in a fire. Bai Ye postponed helping, and Gavin set out for revenge while Batman debated stopping him; back in Z City, Tatsumaki attacked Bai Ye after he bragged about his many lovers.

• Saitama and the heroes defeated the Monster Association, and Bai Ye left the battlefield cleanup to them.
• Gavin asked Bai Ye to revive his family after a fire destroyed his home and killed them, but Bai Ye said he would consider it in a few days.
• Gavin gathered his family’s remains and walked off to seek revenge, while Batman wondered whether to stop him.
• Bai Ye decided to remain in the One-Punch Man world until his mission ended and planned to bring Sasuke into the Main God Space afterward.
• Tatsumaki questioned Bai Ye about leaving soon, then attacked him with her psychic power after he counted the women he had slept with.

Bai Ye defeated Fan Demon, then clashed with Hellish Blizzard over his relationship with Tatsumaki. After Tatsumaki warned Fubuki to stay away from him, Bai Ye encountered Garou, who challenged him as the future’s most vicious monster.

• Bai Ye destroyed Fan Demon and rescued the B-Class heroes trapped by its gale.
• Hellish Blizzard questioned Bai Ye about his relationship with Tatsumaki, and he called them partners who cooperated physically.
• Tatsumaki arrived and stopped Fubuki from pursuing Bai Ye, then warned her not to associate with him.
• Garou blocked Bai Ye’s path and announced his intention to defeat him, but Bai Ye told him to kill someone to prove he was a monster.

Bai Ye challenged Garou’s claim to being a monster by forcing him to kill a prisoner, then beat and humiliated him when he recoiled. After Saitama arrived, Bai Ye framed Garou as a dangerous criminal, leaving Garou trapped and shaken by the realization that Bai Ye was far more frightening than he was.

• Bai Ye mocked Garou for calling himself a monster despite never killing anyone and brought an unconscious prisoner for him to kill.
• When Garou refused, Bai Ye killed the prisoner in front of him, leaving Garou bloodied and vomiting.
• Garou attacked Bai Ye, but Bai Ye twisted his arm, threw him into a wall, and stomped on his face.
• Saitama arrived, and Bai Ye identified Garou as the Hero Hunter and falsely claimed he had attacked an innocent passerby.
• Saitama accepted Bai Ye’s account and left, while Bai Ye pinned Garou down and taunted him until Garou reflected on how childish his own evil seemed.

Fubuki secretly used her Five Senses Sharing ability to spy on Tatsumaki and Bai Ye, but the sensations she shared left her overwhelmed. After their night together, Bai Ye learned the Hero Association had contacted Blast, making a fight with Saitama possible.

• Bai Ye returned home and reminded Tatsumaki of her promise to let him deal with her as he pleased.
• Fubuki secretly activated Five Senses Sharing to observe Tatsumaki and discovered that she and Bai Ye planned to fight Saitama soon.
• Bai Ye and Tatsumaki began their private battle while Fubuki, unable to break their sensory connection, endured the experience from afar.
• After eight hours, Fubuki finally severed the connection and collapsed, exhausted and dehydrated.
• The Hero Association called Bai Ye to say they had successfully contacted Blast, whose teleportation would let Bai Ye spar with Saitama safely.

Bai Ye asked Blast to teleport him and One-Punch Man into space for a spar, and Blast agreed while promising Atomic Samurai he could bring spectators. As rumors spread and a huge crowd gathered, Blast realized Atomic Samurai’s “few people” had become an entire street packed with onlookers.

• Bai Ye asked Blast to take him and One-Punch Man into space in nine days so they could spar without endangering Earth.
• Blast agreed and told Atomic Samurai he could watch and bring as many people as he wanted.
• Bai Ye continued hunting monsters, then decided to leave disasters below Demon-level to other heroes after learning his efficiency had squeezed their mission earnings.
• Rumors spread that Kexing Ren and One-Punch Man would fight in space, drawing martial artists eager to watch.
• Nine days later, Blast pointed at the enormous crowd gathered with Atomic Samurai and questioned what he meant by “a few people.”

Bai Ye and Saitama prepared to fight before Shibabawa’s prophecy of Earth’s destruction interrupted them. When a giant alien ship approached, Bai Ye enlarged himself and charged into space, where he smashed the ship and attacked Boros.

• Atomic Samurai explained how word of the duel had spread until thousands of people gathered to watch, and Blast agreed to teleport and protect them.
• Tatsumaki brought Hellish Blizzard to the gathering, and Bai Ye agreed to ask Blast to let them watch the fight.
• Saitama arrived ready to fight Bai Ye, but an Association administrator announced that Shibabawa had died after predicting a crisis that would destroy Earth.
• Bai Ye spotted an enormous purple vessel approaching Earth, used Pym Particles to grow more than ten meters tall, and leapt into space.
• Bai Ye broke the Space Pirate Ship in half with a knee strike, stormed its main hall, and struck Boros in the face with his elbow.

Bai Ye effortlessly overpowered Boros aboard the alien ship, while Boros abandoned his all-out attack after learning Bai Ye had another opponent waiting. Boros begged to witness Bai Ye’s coming duel with someone even stronger.

• Child Emperor spotted the broken purple spaceship in outer space, and the heroes worried that Kexing Ren would have to face the alien invasion alone.
• Bai Ye repelled Boros’s rapid punches with Needle Jizo and sent him flying with a flick of his finger.
• Boros gathered energy for his Star Collapsing Roaring Cannon but detonated it instead after hearing Bai Ye planned to fight another opponent.
• Bai Ye told Boros that his next opponent was even stronger, and Boros begged to watch their battle.

Bai Ye brought Boros along to watch his promised battle with Saitama, and Blast teleported them and the gathered heroes to Jupiter so the fight would not endanger Earth. Bai Ye and Saitama prepared to begin a timed battle, which Bai Ye limited to 0.01 seconds before he was sent away from the universe.

• Bai Ye spared Boros and let him accompany them to watch the fight with Saitama.
• Bai Ye returned to A City with Boros, and Blast teleported the assembled heroes to Jupiter.
• Child Emperor prepared his high-speed camera and gave Bai Ye a precise stopwatch for the battle.
• Tatsumaki told Bai Ye not to lose to Saitama, and Bai Ye promised he would win.
• Bai Ye and Saitama landed on Jupiter, and Bai Ye set their battle to begin when the timer reached zero and last only 0.01 seconds.

Bai Ye and Saitama began their timed battle on Jupiter, with Bai Ye unleashing a rapid barrage before Saitama countered with a Serious Punch. Bai Ye survived the blow and increased his strength, leaving 0.008 seconds before he had to return and a second round about to begin.

• Child Emperor explained that Bai Ye had requested a battle with Saitama lasting just 0.01 seconds before leaving the star system, and that he had built a camera and stopwatch to capture it.
• Bai Ye and Saitama reviewed the rules, and Bai Ye expanded his Force Field before they waited for the countdown to end.
• At zero, Bai Ye attacked Saitama at tremendous speed, landing over a hundred blows within a fraction of a second.
• Saitama countered with a Serious Punch that inflicted immense damage on Bai Ye, but the blow pushed Bai Ye into a new realm and raised his strength limit.
• Bai Ye told Saitama that his strength was now thirty-three times greater and announced a second round, with 0.008 seconds remaining before his return.

Bai Ye fought Saitama on Jupiter, and the relentless exchange pushed Bai Ye’s attributes and strength to new heights. As the battle accelerated beyond what most observers could follow, Blast feared it might destroy the universe or reach the limits of time itself.

• Bai Ye and Saitama began trading devastating punches, and the damage and exertion raised Bai Ye’s constitution and strength attributes.
• Bai Ye used Serious Thinking during the fight, increasing his spirit attribute as he processed countless mathematical problems.
• After all three attributes increased, Bai Ye began seeing and catching Saitama’s punches, but Saitama answered with an even heavier barrage.
• The spectators struggled to follow the battle, while Boros watched in awe and Blast grew alarmed at how quickly the fighters were becoming stronger and faster.
• Blast wondered whether the battle would destroy the universe or continue until its duration was reduced to Planck time.