Chapter Summaries

Shen Mo convinced Saitama to consider traveling through countless worlds, where he could find new food and powerful opponents. As Saitama eagerly offered to show Shen Mo around, a senior member of the Hero Association arrived to discuss Shen Mo’s power.

• Shen Mo explained that other worlds had no monsters but held countless new places and powerful fighters.
• Saitama became excited about the prospect of battling strong opponents and asked Shen Mo to take him to other worlds.
• Shen Mo agreed that Saitama could join him after he finished traveling through Saitama’s world.
• Saitama enthusiastically began describing local places he could show Shen Mo.
• A senior member of the Hero Association arrived and asked Shen Mo to speak with them.
• Shen Mo made a fresh tableful of food appear and invited the senior member to sit down and talk.

Shen Mo told the Hero Association that he was a merchant offering power and demonstrated his ability to change the world by turning day into night and back again. After the Association representative accepted his power, Shen Mo asked to meet Mumen Rider.

• Shen Mo told the Hero Association representative that he wanted to find talented people to cultivate and asked the Association to introduce them to him.
• The representative asked about Shen Mo's power, and Shen Mo claimed he could do anything God could do.
• Shen Mo made it day with a snap of his fingers, then restored night, causing chaos and panic around the world.
• Shen Mo reassured the representative that no one had been harmed, while Hikari affirmed that cats must not be hurt.
• The representative asked whom Shen Mo wanted to meet, and Shen Mo requested Mumen Rider.

Shen Mo invited Mumen Rider to meet him while Saitama decided to accompany Shen Mo on his journey. Mumen Rider arrived at Saitama's home, where Shen Mo prepared to speak with him.

• After the Association's representative left, Saitama asked Shen Mo about Mumen Rider, and Shen Mo said he was weak and unlike Saitama.
• Saitama decided to travel with Shen Mo, who planned to stay until he met more exceptional guests.
• Shen Mo spent time at Saitama's home and learned about his ordinary daily routine.
• When Mumen Rider approached, Shen Mo asked Saitama to open the door and welcome him.
• Mumen Rider entered nervously, and Shen Mo told him he had called him over to say a few things.

Shen Mo invited Saitama and Mumen Rider to dinner, then praised Mumen Rider’s character and offered to give him power in exchange for money. The chapter ended with Shen Mo producing Mumen Rider’s bank cards and asking how much money he planned to exchange.

• Shen Mo pointed out that Saitama and Mumen Rider had known each other as children, and they recognized each other as former classmates.
• Shen Mo served a meal that Saitama and Mumen Rider greatly enjoyed, while Hikari ate little of the hot pot.
• Shen Mo told Mumen Rider he had seen him fight a monster and praised his courage, responsibility, and determination despite his weakness.
• Mumen Rider admitted he could not help many people because of his lack of strength, and Shen Mo offered to give him power for a fee.
• Shen Mo made Mumen Rider’s bank cards appear and asked how much money he wanted to exchange for power.

Mumen Rider spent all his money on jars from Shen Mo, hoping to gain the power to help people, and began opening them. He gained physical strength and continued opening jars while Saitama watched, leaving Mumen Rider’s new power still unfolding.

• Mumen Rider gave Shen Mo all his money in exchange for jars that could grant power.
• Shen Mo explained that the jars worked like capsule toys and that Saitama did not need them because fate already favored him.
• Mumen Rider opened his first jar and received a direct increase in strength.
• Saitama asked to open a jar, but Shen Mo refused and explained the importance of rules and restraint.
• Mumen Rider opened more Power Series jars, gaining physical enhancements and finding moves, skills, and equipment among the contents.

Shen Mo gave Mumen Rider a Badge that let him buy Jars, and encouraged him to build strength as a C-Class hero. He also helped Saitama understand the importance of finding purpose across a long life, then waited for Mumen Rider’s influence to spread.

• Shen Mo estimated that Mumen Rider’s new strength barely qualified him for B-Class, advised him to train in C-Class, and gave him a Badge for purchasing Jars.
• Mumen Rider thanked Shen Mo and left with renewed hope, inspiring Saitama to ask why Shen Mo helped people.
• Shen Mo explained that he enjoyed giving qualified people chances to change their fates and warned Saitama that endless aimlessness could turn him into a being like a rule.
• Saitama resolved to explore other worlds and pursue heroism as something he enjoyed, and Shen Mo agreed to guide him.
• The day after leaving Shen Mo, Mumen Rider went to the association to test his strength, and the higher-ups summoned him to ask what had happened after God called him.

Mumen Rider revealed his chests and Badge to the Hero Association, then accepted a loan that let him open more chests and gain the Kamen Rider class. After stopping a Dragon-level monster without the destruction that followed Saitama’s usual battles, he began to establish his reputation as a hero.

• Mumen Rider showed the Hero Association his Badge and chests, which no one else could touch, and testing revealed that his physical abilities had radically improved without any detectable alteration or side effects.
• The Hero Association offered Mumen Rider a loan to fund more chest openings in exchange for detailed reports and its ability to command him as a hero.
• Mumen Rider opened a Level 3 chest and obtained the Kamen Rider class, a transformation-based class with many branches and a strong requirement for a knight’s will.
• With Association funding, Mumen Rider opened chests to the Junior Member limit and acquired several powerful Kamen Rider skills, including incomplete versions of abilities tied to rules.
• When a city faced a thousand-meter-tall Dragon-level Devil Muscle Monster, Mumen Rider arrived in armor and fought it before Saitama, making the battle a turning point in his reputation.

After Mumen Rider defeated the Devil Muscle Monster, Metal Knight tried to investigate the power behind his strength and confronted Shen Mo at Saitama’s home. Shen Mo rejected Metal Knight’s request, exposed his fear, and sent him back to the street without his armor.

• Metal Knight concluded that Mumen Rider's strength came from his armor and belt and urged the Hero Association to let him study the power.
• Metal Knight remotely flew a mechanical Puppet to Shen Mo's home and demanded to examine the belt's power.
• Shen Mo told Metal Knight that Mumen Rider had earned his power himself and that Metal Knight had no right to pry into it.
• Shen Mo teleported Metal Knight from his laboratory to a chair before him, and Metal Knight reacted with fear.
• Shen Mo melted Metal Knight's armor and transported him to the street, ordering him to walk back.

After Metal Knight offended Shen Mo, he was forced to walk back, and every attempt to travel or get help failed under Shen Mo’s absolute rule. Silver Fang arrived after Metal Bat collapsed from trying to carry him, but the chapter ended before Silver Fang acted.

• Metal Knight tried to summon a robot to escape, but it melted as soon as he climbed aboard.
• The Hero Association sent a car for Metal Knight, but the car vanished when he entered it, and experiments showed that anyone carrying him lost their strength.
• Fubuki and the association’s leaders decided not to involve Tatsumaki, fearing she would provoke Shen Mo.
• Metal Bat tried to carry Metal Knight, but his strength disappeared and he collapsed after struggling for an entire day.
• Silver Fang arrived and learned that Metal Bat had exhausted himself without suffering physical injuries.

Bang and the S-Class heroes tried to overcome the power weakening Metal Bat, but even Bang’s martial realm was stripped away on contact. After every attempt failed, Metal Knight abandoned his pursuit of science and turned toward God, leaving Child Emperor questioning his own path.

• Bang examined Metal Bat and concluded that the weakening power affected the mind, then tried to resist it with his mastery of body and mind.
• Bang collapsed as the power stripped away his martial realm, but recovered when he moved away and repeatedly tested the effect.
• Metal Bat woke and attacked Metal Knight, while Atomic Samurai, Child Emperor, Flames of Flash, and other S-Class heroes also tried to resist the power.
• After Atomic Samurai’s attempt failed, Metal Knight broke down, declared the power to be God's punishment, and crawled away seeking forgiveness.
• Child Emperor realized Metal Knight had transferred his faith from science to God and wondered whether to continue his own research.

Tatsumaki confronted Shen Mo and asked him to find Blast and make Fubuki return to her side. Shen Mo refused, explaining that he would not grant wishes that ignored the other people’s will.

• Tatsumaki arrived at the Hero Association meeting, angry that the others had hidden Shen Mo’s arrival from her, and said she had already failed to affect him with her powers.
• Tatsumaki rushed to Shen Mo’s balcony, where she found him playing an online game, and cautiously admitted she had come to ask for help.
• Shen Mo recognized that Tatsumaki wanted him to locate Blast and bring Fubuki back under his protection, and Tatsumaki confirmed his guess.
• Tatsumaki offered to pay Shen Mo, but he told her that relationships mattered and that he would not fulfill a wish that disregarded Blast’s and Fubuki’s wishes.

Shen Mo restrained Tatsumaki after she tried to leave, explaining that he wanted to assess whether she or Fubuki was qualified to become his guest. When Fubuki arrived with Bang, Atomic Samurai, and Metal Bat, Shen Mo challenged Metal Bat to reconsider the limits of his fighting spirit.

• Tatsumaki tried to leave, but her Esper abilities failed, and Shen Mo told her that Fubuki was coming.
• Tatsumaki tried to jump from the windowsill to reach Fubuki, but Shen Mo held her in midair and said he wanted to assess the sisters.
• Fubuki arrived with Bang, Atomic Samurai, and Metal Bat, then nervously asked Shen Mo whether Tatsumaki had already come.
• Metal Bat asked Shen Mo how his power had overcome fighting spirit, and Shen Mo reminded him of their conversation three years earlier.
• Metal Bat said that although he might never defeat Shen Mo, he would not admit defeat to anyone except his little sister.

Shen Mo offered Metal Bat and Fubuki the chance to obtain power from the Jars, while keeping Tatsumaki restrained. After Fubuki learned her sister was safe and accepted his offer, Shen Mo turned to Bang and asked whether he wanted to go next.

• Metal Bat accepted Shen Mo's offer and appeared beside a pile of Jars to claim power.
• Fubuki pleaded with Shen Mo to spare her sister, while Tatsumaki struggled and Shen Mo revealed he could hear her thoughts.
• Shen Mo challenged Fubuki to surpass Tatsumaki, and Fubuki accepted after learning her sister was safe.
• Shen Mo moved Fubuki beside the Jars, then asked Bang whether he was next.
• Bang asked Shen Mo if he was testing them.

Shen Mo explained that the Merchant Guild’s recruitment depended on candidates understanding their own determination and the price they would pay for power. After exposing one hero’s weakness through an illusion, he urged Bang to decide whether to pursue strength and revealed that Bang’s traitorous disciple might qualify for the Guild.

• Shen Mo told Bang that recruitment was a review of candidates’ hearts, wills, and aptitudes, and that they had to decide what price they would pay for power.
• An eager A-Class hero claimed he would pay any price, so Shen Mo made him experience an illusion of losing everything in exchange for strength; the hero broke down and fled.
• Shen Mo explained that the hero lacked the resolve to qualify, while Bang needed to decide whether to keep advancing or retire and enjoy his life.
• Shen Mo praised Metal Bat, Fubuki, and Mumen Rider as promising candidates and told Bang he could take time to decide.
• Shen Mo mentioned Bang’s disciple, and Bang recognized the traitor he meant; Shen Mo said the disciple’s heart was as valuable as Mumen Rider’s, despite not being righteous.

Shen Mo selected Bang, Fubuki, Metal Bat, and Atomic Samurai as potential members, then confronted Tatsumaki about how her controlling behavior affected Fubuki. He warned Tatsumaki that Fubuki might soon become stronger than her, leaving Tatsumaki shaken.

• Bang worried that Garou might gain power, but Shen Mo said he judged people by their resolve rather than their morality.
• Shen Mo brought Bang to Fubuki and Metal Bat so they could open jars, and he invited Atomic Samurai to join them.
• Shen Mo returned to his apartment, leaving the unqualified visitors with no choice but to leave.
• Shen Mo restrained Tatsumaki and asked her to consider how Fubuki felt when Tatsumaki used her power to control her.
• Shen Mo warned Tatsumaki that Fubuki's strength might surpass hers, and Tatsumaki began to fear losing her place in their relationship.

Shen Mo made Tatsumaki confront her fear that Fubuki would no longer need her if she grew stronger, then reassured her that their bond was based on love rather than protection. He told Tatsumaki she had earned the qualification to become stronger through her desire to protect Fubuki and gave her information about the merchants, Jars, and the Merchant Guild.

• Tatsumaki panicked at the thought that Fubuki might surpass her and no longer need her protection.
• Shen Mo pointed out that Tatsumaki had treated her bond with Fubuki as a matter of usefulness, intensifying her fear of being abandoned.
• Shen Mo reassured Tatsumaki that Fubuki would not abandon her and that their relationship was one of family and love.
• Tatsumaki recovered from her fear, then realized Shen Mo was saying she, too, could become stronger.
• Shen Mo recognized Tatsumaki's wish to protect Fubuki as a qualification and transmitted information about merchants, Jars, and the Merchant Guild into her mind.

Tatsumaki asked Shen Mo to help her grow up, but he gave her a Class Change Jar instead. After becoming a Mental Power User and gaining a major boost in strength, she learned that someone else on her planet had reached Senior Member level.

• Tatsumaki asked Shen Mo to help her stop looking like a child, but he refused and urged her to get along better with others, especially Fubuki.
• Shen Mo gave Tatsumaki her Member Badge and a Class Change Jar because her strength limited what she could buy.
• Tatsumaki used the jar and became a Mental Power User, gaining greater control over her mental power and a substantial increase in strength.
• Tatsumaki wondered whether she could still defeat Fubuki, and Shen Mo revealed that someone on their planet had reached Senior Member level.

After noticing that immense power was making Saitama feel distant from ordinary people, Shen Mo advised him to make friends outside of battle. Saitama brought Genos home as a friend, and Shen Mo recognized Genos’s potential before asking about his quest for revenge.

• Tatsumaki left to meet Fubuki after opening chests and growing stronger.
• Shen Mo told Saitama that his immense power was numbing him and urged him to make friends outside of battle.
• Saitama took Shen Mo’s advice and, three days later, brought Genos home, calling him a friend.
• Genos clarified that he was Saitama’s disciple, then relaxed when Shen Mo welcomed him and praised his potential.
• Shen Mo asked Genos whether his pursuit of power was driven by a desire to find the Modified Human who had destroyed his family.

Genos asked Shen Mo to reveal the Modified Human who destroyed his home, but Shen Mo told him to cultivate under Saitama until he understood what it meant to seek strength for more than revenge. After Shen Mo altered fate and Genos tracked Garou, the two met when Genos confronted Garou as a newly registered hero.

• Genos asked Shen Mo to identify the Modified Human who destroyed his home, but Shen Mo refused and said Genos needed to be sculpted before receiving his power.
• Shen Mo assigned Genos to cultivate under Saitama, who agreed to guide him while Genos investigated the secrets of strength.
• Genos used the Hero Association to search for Garou, and Shen Mo altered fate so their destinies would intersect.
• A week later, Garou saw Fubuki and Mumen Rider promoted as powerful S-Class heroes and added them to his targets.
• Genos found Garou and introduced himself as a newly registered hero and Modified Human.

Genos tracked down Garou to test why a powerful individual valued him, and the two began fighting. Garou’s martial arts caught Genos off guard, but Genos trapped him and prepared to unleash flames at full power.

• Genos revealed that he was an S-Class hero and confronted Garou over his recent hero hunts.
• Genos explained that a powerful individual he respected had taken an interest in Garou, then challenged him to a fight.
• Garou dodged Genos’s full-powered punch and used his momentum to slam him into a wall, denting his chest.
• Genos freed himself and recognized Garou’s skill as martial arts he had learned from Bang.
• Garou attacked Genos from behind and twisted his head, but Genos countered by restraining Garou with his modified limbs.
• Genos activated one hundred percent output and began channeling energy into his flame vents.