Chapter Summaries

As Shida Kiyoi lay beaten in a brothel storage room, Nü Yuan offered her the power to take revenge and secretly gave her Chakra and Steel Fist techniques. Shida awakened her new abilities and killed the Yakuza who had attacked her.

• A Yakuza gang member beat the injured Shida Kiyoi and mocked her refusal to submit.
• Nü Yuan pulled Shida Kiyoi into an illusion, introduced herself as the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox, and asked whether she wanted revenge.
• Nü Yuan infused Shida Kiyoi with Chakra and taught her how to circulate it and use Steel Fist before leaving to find another target.
• Shida Kiyoi woke with the new energy and techniques, broke free of her bindings, and struck the Yakuza's head with a punch that burst it apart.

Shida Kiyoi escaped her captors and killed the mama-san at the Tobita Shinchi restaurant, prompting a crowd to gather and the local gang to respond. As Nishijima Yu investigated, the terrified witness warned him that Kiyoi was coming downstairs.

• Shida Kiyoi broke free, washed herself, and tore off her bloodied school uniform.
• Shida Kiyoi killed the mama-san when she tried to give her work clothes and demand a deposit.
• A young married woman screamed, drawing tourists who saw the corpse and called the police.
• Nishijima Yu and his underlings arrived first to handle the murder scene.
• The young married woman warned Nishijima Yu that Shida Kiyoi was coming downstairs.

Nü Yuan transferred her remaining Chakra to Okinawan investigator Arakaki Chie, who escaped captivity and attacked the gang exploiting women in Tobita Shinchi. As Shida Kiyoi also unleashed destructive power, the island nation’s mutation began.

• Nü Yuan found Yakuza men preparing to kill investigator Arakaki Chie and learned they planned to dispose of her at sea because she was Okinawan.
• Lin Hao ordered Nü Yuan to give Arakaki Chie all her remaining Chakra, explaining their distant ancestral connection through the Lin clan of Min.
• Arakaki Chie broke free, interrogated Kimura Shinsuke about Arakaki Hishi, killed him, and then killed Kurosaki Taro when he returned.
• Arakaki Chie leaped onto the roof and destroyed the three-story brothel with a Chakra-powered kick.
• Shida Kiyoi struck the ground outside Three Hollyhock Brothel, blasting Nishijima Yu apart and scattering debris into the gathered tourists as the island nation’s mutation began.

After Shida Kiyoi slaughtered gang members in Nishinari Ward, U.S. troops arrived to recruit or capture her. She killed their captain with a single superhuman punch as the other soldiers searched for her.

• American authorities ordered U.S. forces in Japan to contact the superhumans in Osaka and recruit or capture them.
• Arakaki Chie spotted approaching U.S. helicopters, changed her clothes, and fled into the crowd.
• Nü Yuan and an old monster watched Shida Kiyoi and discussed stopping America from benefiting.
• U.S. soldiers confronted Shida Kiyoi and asked her to come with them.
• Shida Kiyoi used Chakra and Super Strength Fist to smash the captain's torso, then the stunned soldiers raised their guns and searched for her.

Shida Kiyoi’s awakening as a superhuman ended with her badly wounded by American soldiers, but Nü Yuan rescued her before they could capture her. In Tokyo, Prime Minister Higashiyama Eiichi learned that the Kansai Region had already taken Shida Kiyoi away.

• Shida Kiyoi killed several American soldiers, but a helicopter fired rockets that wounded her and left her unconscious.
• Nü Yuan used fox-clan illusions to incapacitate the crowd and soldiers, then carried Shida Kiyoi away as the helicopters crashed.
• Prime Minister Higashiyama Eiichi convened a cabinet meeting after the Osaka incident, but most key ministers failed to attend.
• Ōtomo Rintarō gave Higashiyama Eiichi information identifying Shida Kiyoi, prompting him to order protection for her parents.
• Rijō Gen received word that the Kansai Region had taken Shida Kiyoi before the Americans could capture her.

After learning that Kansai had seized the benefits tied to Shida Kiyoi, Higashiyama Eiichi planned to determine the source of her powers and decide whether to cooperate with America or build supernatural forces of his own. Shida Kiyoi reached the Iwasaki Family, whose head ordered the bodyguards who had seen her arrival killed.

• Higashiyama Eiichi told Rijō Gen to contact Shida Kiyoi before the Americans and investigate whether her supernatural powers could be replicated.
• Following Nü Yuan’s instructions, Shida Kiyoi went to the Iwasaki Family estate to meet its head.
• Iwasaki Kojirō recognized Shida Kiyoi and secretly escorted her to the family head’s study.
• Iwasaki Nagashi ordered nearly a hundred bodyguards who knew of Shida Kiyoi’s arrival to be killed.

Shida Kiyoi delivered Lady Nine-Tailed Fox’s offer to Iwasaki Nagashi: the Iwasaki Family could gain power capable of destroying nations and armies, and immortality, if it provided a vast controlled location and one hundred thousand living sacrifices. After investigating the supernatural events in Osaka, Iwasaki Nagashi began considering how to meet the conditions.

• Shida Kiyoi told Iwasaki Nagashi that Lady Nine-Tailed Fox would grant power in exchange for a location under absolute control for half an hour and at least one hundred thousand living sacrifices.
• Shida Kiyoi left by floating into the sky, and Iwasaki Nagashi ordered Iwasaki Kojirō to report everything that had happened in Osaka.
• Iwasaki Nagashi reviewed reports of American troop movements and Nü Yuan’s illusion over Tobita Shinchi, then ordered witnesses questioned about what they had experienced.
• Iwasaki Nagashi received reports that witnesses had seen a beautiful woman and concluded that the Nine-Tailed Fox might be Tamamo-no-Mae.
• Iwasaki Nagashi decided the sacrifices were obtainable but recognized that securing the enormous location and thirty minutes of control would be difficult without attracting American attention.

Iwasaki Nagashi, Sumitomo Masaka, and Mitsui Juichi agreed to stage a ritual in Okinawa, believing it would grant them supernatural power and immortality. As the three conglomerates began rounding up people for sacrifices, Lin Hao sent evidence of their plot to Arakaki Chie.

• Iwasaki Nagashi told Sumitomo Masaka and Mitsui Juichi that the supernatural being behind the Tobita Shinchi incident was Tamamo-no-Mae and described her legendary power.
• Iwasaki Nagashi argued that they should sacrifice Okinawans rather than relocate them, and Sumitomo Masaka proposed Okinawa as the ritual site.
• Mitsui Juichi agreed to hold the ritual on a remote island in Okinawa, despite the nearby American bases.
• The three conglomerates used their resources to begin gathering large numbers of vagrants for the sacrifices.
• Lin Hao had Nü Yuan send footage of the conspiracy and roundup to Arakaki Chie.

Arakaki Chie returned to Okinawa after investigating the Osaka incident and visited Kume Village, where she failed to rescue her niece, Arakaki Hishi. Grieving for the village’s missing girls and reflecting on her new supernatural abilities, she considered whether she could help change their fate.

• Arakaki Chie returned to Okinawa, passed through the Osaka police cordon, and secretly monitored the National Police Agency’s response to the incident.
• Arakaki Chie went to Arakaki Hishi’s home and apologized to Hishi’s parents because she had failed to bring Hishi back.
• Hishi’s mother collapsed in tears and argued with her husband, who cursed at her and raised his hand before stopping himself.
• Arakaki Chie left the home and wondered whether her supernatural abilities could help protect girls from Kume Village and Naha.
• Arakaki Chie headed for the hills behind Kume Village and reflected on her past, her career, and the village’s connection to the Ryukyu independence movement.

Nü Yuan recruited Arakaki Chie to plant a Divine Tree branch near the Imperial Palace to disrupt the zaibatsu’s planned sacrifice of Ryukyu people. As Chie reached Tokyo and planted it, Lin Hao sent Yokai to attack the wealthy districts, beginning the spectacle he hoped would make the world see his forces as saviors.

• Nü Yuan showed Arakaki Chie the Sumitomo, Mitsui, and Mitsubishi heads’ plan to sacrifice more than a hundred thousand Ryukyu people, then asked her to plant a Divine Tree branch near the Imperial Palace.
• Arakaki Chie agreed after Nü Yuan promised the ritual would fail and offered her greater power, then hurried from Kume Village to Tokyo.
• Lin Hao explained to Nü Yuan and the Yokai that he wanted a dramatic attack to make his forces appear to be the world’s saviors.
• Lin Hao ordered the Yokai to destroy Tokyo’s wealthy districts while sparing poor neighborhoods, in contrast to LeMay’s earlier raids.
• Arakaki Chie reached the Imperial Palace’s vicinity and planted the Divine Tree branch in the nearest strip of greenery as the Yokai appeared over Tokyo.

Lin Hao sent more than a hundred yokai souls to wreak havoc across Tokyo, turning the city’s night sky blood-red and targeting both busy districts and wealthy neighborhoods. As Japan’s leaders faced the destruction, the Self-Defense Force struggled to mobilize, though promised rewards and idol performances drew some troops into action.

• Blood Demon covered central Tokyo in blood rain as the yokai appeared overhead and terrified residents.
• Tree Demon struck Shibuya Crossing, and Fire Demon accidentally attacked it before Blood Demon reminded him to follow Lin Hao’s assignments.
• Lin Hao’s yokai spread through Tokyo, with destructive ones targeting wealthy districts while Tree Demon and Mud Giant caused a spectacle in busy areas.
• The Emperor watched the blood-red sky and asked whether Tokyo would become another Washington D.C., while a court attendant sought Prime Minister Higashiyama Eiichi’s response.
• Higashiyama Eiichi demanded the Self-Defense Force deploy, but its troops hesitated until officers offered money and performances by Tokyo’s top idol groups.

Lin Hao’s Yokai ravaged Tokyo’s wealthy districts while the Self-Defense Forces and American aircraft proved unable to stop them. As the destruction spread, Japan’s leaders and Emperor prepared to flee, and Tokyo was left in chaos.

• The Self-Defense Forces redirected their convoy to protect wealthy districts, but the Fire Demon destroyed a troop carrier and their weapons failed against the incorporeal Yokai.
• The Fire Demon attacked relentlessly while the Red Ogre King and Jiangdu King conserved their power, and the Yokai carried out Lin Hao’s plan across Tokyo.
• The Mud Giant demolished the Prime Minister’s Residence, then swept over Yasukuni Shrine, while the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal rushed toward the Imperial Palace.
• American aircraft entered Tokyo but were destroyed when ghosts passed through their hulls and attacked the pilots.
• The elderly Emperor descended into the express train beneath the Imperial Palace to prepare for a strategic retreat.

Lin Hao accelerated the Divine Tree’s growth in Tokyo, where it broke through the golden barrier protecting the Celestial beneath Earth and pierced its heart. The Celestial’s awakening shook the world, returning Thena’s erased memories and alerting the Eternals and Celestials.

• The Divine Tree engulfed the Imperial Palace, destroyed Tokyo’s Six Central Wards, and trapped residents in human cocoons.
• Arakaki Chie learned from the Nine-Tailed Fox that the Yokai attack was meant to buy time for the Divine Tree, while Lin Hao’s Time Manipulation accelerated its growth.
• Lin Hao discovered that the Divine Tree’s roots were battling a golden barrier deep in Earth’s mantle to reach the developing Celestial.
• Lin Hao ordered the Ring Fortress moved above the island nation and asked Zheng Xian to convene an emergency World Security Council meeting.
• Lin Hao broke the golden barrier, and the Divine Tree’s roots pierced the Celestial’s heart, triggering earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis around the world.
• Thena recovered her erased memories, attacked Gilgamesh with a Light Sword, and the Eternals and Celestials became alarmed.

As the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons devastated Tokyo and the Island Nation’s government disappeared, the World Security Council approved international intervention. Zheng Xian’s S.P.E.A.R. arrived over Tokyo aboard the Ring Fortress as Makkari raced toward the city, while the chapter also explained how the Celestials created the Eternals and Deviants.

• News of the yokai attack in Tokyo spread worldwide, stirring public fear and condemnation of the authorities.
• Britain, the Great Bear, and France backed deploying T.E.N.J.I. to Tokyo, overruling America’s attempt to keep other nations out.
• Huaxia’s representative announced that S.P.E.A.R.’s Ring Fortress was also heading to Tokyo.
• With the Island Nation’s cabinet and Emperor missing, Zheng Xian led S.P.E.A.R.’s elite over Tokyo aboard the Ring Fortress while T.E.N.J.I.’s Sky Carriers approached.
• Makkari raced across the sea toward Tokyo as the chapter explained that the Celestials created the Eternals to protect their offspring and the Deviants as their supposed enemies.

S.P.E.A.R. deployed its “Pacifist” robots to Tokyo, where they drove off the Yokai and impressed Makkari with their strength. Makkari overcame the Celestials’ influence and headed to South America to warn her fellow Eternals, while the Divine Tree continued draining the buried Celestial.

• Zheng Xian ordered the Ring Fortress to ignore Makkari, land in Tokyo, eliminate the Yokai, and rescue residents.
• S.P.E.A.R. deployed its “Pacifist” robots, and the Yokai performed scripted retreats after being hit by their lasers.
• The World Security Council watched the robots suppress the unrest, while its representatives reacted with alarm to S.P.E.A.R.’s technology.
• Makkari was shocked by the robots’ combat strength and realized humans might no longer need the Eternals’ protection.
• Makkari resisted her programming and headed to South America to warn her teammates.
• The Divine Tree’s roots drained the Celestial underground as a purple fruit formed at the top of the tree.

As the Divine Tree drained the Celestial at Earth's core, the Eternals gathered in Tokyo and human governments competed to seize the approaching Chakra Fruit. After the fruit ripened and Nü Yuan took it, the Divine Tree awakened and hurled Ikaris away.

• Lin Hao guarded the dying Celestial while the Divine Tree absorbed its energy, and Ancient One and Wu Fengji waited on Mars for the adult Celestials.
• Makkari found Druig in the rainforest, told him about Tokyo, and helped Ajak summon the Eternals there.
• The Americans sent a plane to harvest the fruit, but a Nine-Tailed Fox struck it down as diplomats argued over who should claim the prize.
• Ikaris and Makkari arrived in Tokyo as the Celestial died and the Chakra Fruit ripened; Nü Yuan plucked the fruit and vanished.
• Ikaris tried to destroy the Divine Tree, but it awakened, formed ten tails and a giant eye, and blasted him away with repulsive force.

The Ten-Tails battled the Eternals across Tokyo and Honshu, while Lin Hao swallowed the Chakra Fruit and gained the Rinne Sharingan's powers. The Ten-Tails continued its rampage as the Eternals fought to stop it and world leaders reacted to the destruction.

• Thena attacked the Ten-Tails, but its durability blunted her Light Sword, and Gilgamesh was knocked unconscious by a Tailed Beast Bomb.
• Lin Hao watched the battle, then swallowed the Chakra Fruit and gained a Rinne Sharingan, nine black spheres, and new abilities.
• Nü Yuan criticized Lin Hao's new outfit, and Lin Hao began testing his powers beyond the atmosphere.
• Ajak rallied the Eternals to fight the Ten-Tails, while Ikaris's energy beams barely damaged it.
• The Ten-Tails fired another Tailed Beast Bomb that destroyed Yokota Air Force Base, and the British representative agreed to distance Britain from the fighters.

Lin Hao’s summoned Ten-Tails deliberately devastated Japanese cities and American bases while the Eternals struggled to stop it. When a gigantic Celestial appeared near Earth, Lin Hao moved it into an icy dimension and invited Wu Fengji to test her spear against it.

• The Ten-Tails destroyed another American base, prompting the American representative to demand that T.E.N.J.I. intervene while refusing to ask S.P.E.A.R. for help.
• Thena recognized that the Ten-Tails was deliberately leading the Eternals through Japanese cities, and Sprite’s illusion technique failed when she acted out a seductive dance.
• Ajak ordered the Eternals to restrain the Ten-Tails and combine their power so Sersi could try to turn it to stone.
• A gigantic red Celestial appeared near Earth, and Wu Fengji asked Ancient One to send her to fight it with the Spear of Imhotep.
• Lin Hao used Amenominaka to take the Celestial to a world of ice and snow, then brought Wu Fengji and Whitebeard Ancient One there to face it.

Lin Hao trapped Celestial Arishem in an isolated icy dimension and let Wu Fengji fight him, but intervened when Arishem tried to escape and damaged the planet. Arishem was left dying from Lin Hao’s All-Killing Ash Bones, while Wu Fengji accused Lin Hao of breaking his promise not to intervene.

• Lin Hao brought Ancient One and Wu Fengji to the icy dimension, where Arishem discovered he could not escape or contact the outside universe.
• Arishem attacked the three Earthlings, and Lin Hao told Wu Fengji he would not intervene.
• Wu Fengji used the Phoenix Force and her divine spear to wound Arishem as his size and the cramped battlefield left him at a disadvantage.
• Arishem cracked the icy planet with a stomp and tried to flee, so Lin Hao fired All-Killing Ash Bones through spatial rifts and dragged him into the abyss.
• Arishem was struck by many bones and began to disintegrate, prompting Wu Fengji to accuse Lin Hao of intervening; Ancient One urged her to finish him.

The Ten-Tails destroyed Mount Fuji and devastated the island nation, prompting the great powers and S.P.E.A.R. to take control of relief and reconstruction. Lin Hao acquired the Eternals' spacecraft and ordered S.P.E.A.R. to study its technology as the organization prepared for interstellar expansion.

• Arishem briefly appeared and vanished, leaving the Eternals unable to sense him as the Ten-Tails resumed its attack.
• The Ten-Tails struck Mount Fuji with an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb, triggering a catastrophic eruption before disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
• Representatives of the great powers pledged rescue and reconstruction teams, while S.P.E.A.R. agents arrived in Tokyo, distributed supplies, and organized survivors.
• America rushed personnel from its other bases to Tokyo, but the ten Eternals had already left and S.P.E.A.R. had taken over the response.
• Lin Hao showed Yu Zhen the Eternals' spacecraft and ordered him to study its technology for S.P.E.A.R.'s push into space and the multiverse.