Chapter Summaries

Lin Yu confronted Christina about her longing to escape the Federal Parliament’s control and promised he could help her gain freedom in the future. He left her stunned by unleashing his powerful Conqueror's Haki, which overwhelmed the level 95 domain expert.

• Lin Yu asked Christina for a favor and challenged her claim that she was content with her role protecting him.
• Lin Yu told Christina he understood her desire to escape the place where she had been raised and trained, provoking her into unleashing a violent aura.
• Lin Yu reassured Huangfu Long and Old Chen, then approached Christina and promised he could help her gain freedom.
• Christina admitted she wanted to leave but questioned how Lin Yu could free her from the Federal Parliament’s control.
• Lin Yu released his Conqueror's Haki, cracking the pillar beneath Christina and making her break into a cold sweat.

Lin Yu overwhelmed Christina with his SSS-rank Conqueror’s Haki and persuaded her to help him. He sent her to investigate Ghost Shadow in Changqi City, where the Eternal Night Secret Realm was likely hidden, while warning that the Eternal Night Church could destroy the souls of those who learned its secrets.

• Lin Yu used his Conqueror’s Haki to overpower Christina and convinced her that he could eventually grant her the freedom she wanted.
• Christina asked what Lin Yu wanted her to do, and Lin Yu told her to find Ghost Shadow, a pharmacist in Changqi City, and watch his movements.
• Lin Yu explained that Ghost Shadow was an Eternal Night Church black-robed deacon and that the church’s headquarters, the Eternal Night Secret Realm, was likely in the mountains near Changqi City.
• Lin Yu said he had learned this from the captured soul of the Eternal Night Church’s Right Guardian, Pound, but a mysterious power destroyed the soul when he searched for the secret realm.
• Lin Yu explained that the mysterious power was likely connected to the Eternal Night Goddess and asked Christina to use her ability to investigate the church.

Lin Yu arranged for Christina to locate the Eternal Night Secret Realm while warning her not to enter it, and he prepared to use his Wood Clone as his public-facing substitute. The next morning, the Wood Clone ate breakfast with Wang Yunfei as Sasaki Kojiro arrived to wait for them.

• Lin Yu asked Christina to find the Eternal Night Secret Realm without following the Eternal Night Church inside, and gave her two Flying Thunder God kunai to hide as coordinates.
• Lin Yu left the Kamui Dimension with Wang Yunfei and Chris, where the Wood Clone reported that the entity monitoring them had stopped watching after they passed through the Martial University barrier.
• Christina sank into a shadow after Lin Yu recognized that her weapon had spoken to him, and Lin Yu departed after telling Wang Yunfei to contact him through the Wood Clone.
• The Wood Clone released the Dark Realm and told Wang Yunfei he planned to play with the students the next day.
• The following morning, Sasaki Kojiro arrived while the Wood Clone was eating breakfast, and Wang Yunfei invited him to join them.

Lin Yu’s Wood Clone visited the first-years’ practical combat class with Sasaki Kojiro and Wang Yunfei, where Abe Shinji attacked him and confronted him over their past humiliation. Lin Yu mocked Abe Shinji in front of the gathered students, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Sasaki Kojiro led Lin Yu’s Wood Clone and Wang Yunfei to watch the first-years’ practical combat class.
• Abe Shinji launched a blade aura at Lin Yu, but Sasaki Kojiro intercepted and shattered it.
• Abe Shinji claimed his attack was an accident and glared at Lin Yu, while Sasaki Kojiro angrily challenged him.
• Abe Shinji recalled his humiliation at the Eight-District Martial Tournament and revealed that he had awaited Lin Yu’s arrival so he could take revenge.
• The students watched nervously as Abe Shinji confronted Lin Yu, who mocked him as “Abe Big Idiot” and told him not to disgust him.

Lin Yu’s Wood Clone answered Abe Shinji’s challenge by crushing him with controlled gravity, then appeared behind him and threatened to kill him. Abe Shinji was left terrified and unable to respond, while an owl carrying Abe Ikyo’s aura drew the clone’s interest.

• Abe Shinji challenged Lin Yu to fight at the same level, while Wang Yunfei persuaded Sasaki Kojiro to let them continue.
• The Wood Clone spotted a magical owl in the sky and sensed Abe Ikyo’s aura, then speculated about Sima Hao’s possession and abilities.
• The Wood Clone slammed Abe Shinji into the ground with gravity, repeatedly flung him up and down, and left him bloodied.
• Abe Shinji demanded that Lin Yu kill him, so the Wood Clone appeared behind him and asked if he was sure he wanted to die.
• Abe Shinji trembled in fear and could not answer.

Lin Yu's Wood Clone defeated Abe Shinji in a spar, and Abe Taro arrived to confront the students and teachers. After learning that Abe Shinji had started the fight, Abe Taro took him to the infirmary, while the Wood Clone anticipated further conflict with the Abe family.

• Abe Taro arrived and demanded to know what the Wood Clone had done to Abe Shinji.
• Sasaki Kojiro identified Lin Yu and explained that Abe Shinji had been beaten while Sasaki was blocked from intervening by Wang Yunfei.
• Wang Yunfei told Abe Taro that the spar had been initiated by his students and that they had to accept its consequences.
• Sasaki Kojiro confirmed the account, and Abe Taro realized Abe Shinji had provoked the fight.
• Abe Taro apologized to Wang Yunfei, carried Abe Shinji to the infirmary, and left the Wood Clone anticipating another chance to confront the Abe family.

Lin Yu’s Wood Clone was assigned to Fujiwara Kosei at the Heavenly Institute while Sima Hao plotted to capture Lin Yu with the Eternal Night Church. Abe Taro then planned to use the school’s indoor training ground to challenge Lin Yu under conditions that suppressed his strength.

• Fujiwara Kosei took responsibility for Lin Yu, who acted obediently after offending the Abe Family.
• Sima Hao watched the field through his owl shikigami, coveted Lin Yu’s soul ability, and decided to seek help from the Eternal Night Church.
• Lin Yu’s Wood Clone sensed Sima Hao disappear and decided to inform the original body.
• Abe Jiro arrived at the infirmary worried about Jin Si, and Abe Taro told him not to attack Lin Yu directly because Wang Yunfei could intervene.
• Abe Taro proposed that students challenge Lin Yu in the indoor training ground, where anyone below the seventh rank would be suppressed to the third rank.

Abe Taro and Abe Jiro planned to use students to wear Lin Yu down before having Jin Si challenge him, hoping Jin Si would become the Federation’s celebrated genius. Meanwhile, Sima Hao entered the Eternal Night Secret Realm and met with Aen Wilson and the Yin-Yang Emperor, where he invoked his past help for the Eternal Night Church.

• Abe Taro explained that defeating Lin Yu in an equal-level battle would shatter his reputation and make his victor famous.
• Abe Taro said the Abe Family would send students to exhaust Lin Yu before Jin Si challenged him, while Abe Jiro eagerly agreed.
• Sima Hao flew to the Eternal Night Secret Realm and entered by stepping into the darkness beneath his feet.
• Sima Hao met Aen Wilson and the Yin-Yang Emperor at the Eternal Night Temple, correcting Aen that he was now Abe Ikyo.
• Sima Hao reminded the leaders that he had helped the Eternal Night Church evade the Beautiful Special District’s investigation, and Aen promised the church would support him.

Sima Hao proposed cooperating with Ya'en to abduct the SSS-rank awakened one from Sakura Martial University and send him into the Eternal Night Secret Realm. Ya'en agreed, while privately planning to use Sima Hao’s mysterious abilities for the Divine Church.

• Sima Hao met with Ya'en and the Yin-Yang Emperor to discuss cooperating against the SSS-rank awakened one at Sakura Martial University.
• Sima Hao proposed that Ya'en launch a surprise attack while he moved the awakened one into the Eternal Night Secret Realm.
• Sima Hao said Abe Ikyo’s body was failing and that he intended to use it for this final operation, prompting Ya'en to note that the Sakura Special Zone might become easier to control afterward.
• Ya'en agreed to the plan and asked Sima Hao to wait until the university’s vigilance had eased before acting.
• Ya'en offered Sima Hao the vacant vice-leader position in the Divine Church, and Sima Hao said they could discuss it after the operation.
• After Sima Hao departed, Ya'en told the Yin-Yang Emperor that the goddess would ensure Sima Hao’s abilities served the Divine Church.

Lin Yu locked One-Punch Man into his reserve worlds and changed his mission rewards to accumulate ordinary Robbery Tokens for a potentially higher-ranked final reward. In the Kamui Dimension, Old Chen and Huangfu Long discussed their progress, with Huangfu Long showing how Armament Haki had helped him advance.

• Lin Yu locked in One-Punch Man after learning that its bald hero and God would be beyond his current ability to rob.
• 9527 explained that the bald hero's transferred talent would rank at most God Rank 6, leaving Lin Yu eager for a God-tier Robbery Token.
• 9527 offered to accumulate ordinary Robbery Token rewards across mission stages, and Lin Yu chose that option.
• Lin Yu checked the revised mission panel, which listed a final token ranging from Legendary to God Rank 6 based on his completion rate.
• Old Chen told Huangfu Long that he had made little progress comprehending the Kamui Dimension, while Huangfu Long credited Armament Haki with helping him approach Level 98 and demonstrated it covering his body.

Lin Yu revealed to Huangfu Long and Old Chen that he could extract one person's talent, killing them, and give it to someone else, then offered to give Huangfu Long another talent. The chapter left Huangfu Long and Old Chen concerned about the ability's secrecy while Lin Yu considered strengthening his senior brother to prepare for the fight against the Eternal Night Church.

• Lin Yu praised Huangfu Long's Armament Haki and saw him demonstrate his mastery of Ryuo.
• Lin Yu asked Huangfu Long whether he wanted another weapon like Blood Drinker and said he could give him another talent.
• Lin Yu explained to Huangfu Long and Old Chen that his upgraded eyes let him extract and transfer talents, though the person whose talent he took might die.
• Old Chen urged Lin Yu to keep the ability secret until he was powerful enough to protect himself, and Lin Yu assured him he had no interest in other people's talents.
• Lin Yu planned to boost Huangfu Long's strength to improve his chances of completing the mission to wipe out the Eternal Night Church.

Lin Yu persuaded Huangfu Long to take Abe Shinji’s talent before Sima Hao could possess him, and arranged for his clone to bring Abe in. At Sakura Martial University, the Wood Clone finally faced a crowd of hostile students led by Miyamoto Masao and challenged them to fight.

• Lin Yu told Huangfu Long that Sima Hao had tampered with Abe Shinji’s soul and might soon possess him, then urged Huangfu Long to take Abe’s talent first.
• Old Chen supported Lin Yu’s proposal, and Huangfu Long agreed to accept Abe’s talent; Lin Yu said his clone would find a chance to bring Abe in.
• At Sakura Martial University, the Wood Clone grew impatient waiting for the Abe family to act and sensed a large hostile group approaching the classroom.
• Miyamoto Masao led a crowd of Sakura Martial University’s strongest students into the classroom to confront Lin Yu.
• The Wood Clone appeared before Miyamoto Masao and offered to fight them one-on-one or beat them all at once.

Lin Yu’s Wood Clone learned that Sakura Martial University planned to challenge him at Training Ground No. 11, where everyone’s strength would be suppressed to Tier Three. He accepted the match and headed to the arena the next morning as students gathered to watch.

• Miyamoto Masao challenged Lin Yu to an exchange at Training Ground No. 11 the next morning, and Lin Yu’s Wood Clone agreed.
• A student explained that Training Ground No. 11 suppressed everyone’s strength to Tier Three and warned Lin Yu that the challengers might use consecutive battles to wear him down.
• The Wood Clone learned that the student was Sasaki Nozomi, Sasaki Kojiro’s daughter, and reassured her that the suppression would not stop him.
• That night, the Wood Clone received information from Lin Yu and considered making a move against Abe Shinji.
• The next morning, the Wood Clone headed for Training Ground No. 11 as news of the challenge drew crowds of students.

Lin Yu's Wood Clone arrived at Sakura Martial University's training hall to face the students who had challenged him. After the strength-suppressing barrier activated, he taunted the challengers and invited them to attack, leaving the fight about to begin.

• The Wood Clone used a repulsive force field to push through the crowd and make a path to Training Ground No. 11.
• Sima Hao watched Lin Yu arrive and worried that accepting the challenge could damage his reputation.
• The Wood Clone taunted Abe Shinji, then followed Miyamoto Masao into the training ground where the challengers had gathered.
• Miyamoto Masao signaled the control room to activate a barrier that suppressed the Wood Clone's spiritual power to roughly that of a third-rank Awakened.
• The Wood Clone beckoned the challengers to attack as their fighting intent rose.

The Wood Clone effortlessly defeated challenger after challenger in the Abe Family’s gauntlet, crushing the crowd’s confidence. Miyamoto Masao stepped in with his S-rank Wind-Thunder Twin Blades and began activating his Blade Release: Armor Form.

• Miyamoto Masao called Nobi forward, and the Wood Clone knocked him out with a single Rankyaku.
• Miyamoto Masao sent Sato next, and the Wood Clone used a vine to break his shield, drain his spiritual power, and slam him unconscious.
• The Wood Clone defeated Hideyoshi and many other challengers with single attacks, leaving the remaining crowd hesitant and afraid.
• Miyamoto Masao abandoned the plan to wear the Wood Clone down and stepped forward with his Wind-Thunder Twin Blades.
• Miyamoto Masao released the weapons’ wind and lightning powers, thrust them into his sides, and activated Blade Release: Armor Form.

Miyamoto Masao used his ultimate weapon-class techniques against the Wood Clone, but was defeated after the Wood Clone shattered his tornado with a single punch. With the arena silent and the remaining fighters looking to Abe Hideo, Abe Hideo stepped forward to face the Wood Clone.

• Miyamoto Masao activated Resurrección and charged the Wood Clone with lightning and wind attacks, but the Wood Clone blocked them with Armament Haki.
• The Wood Clone struck Miyamoto Masao and sent him flying, while Abe Shinji admitted he had no confidence in defeating him.
• Miyamoto Masao unleashed Tornado Thunderstorm, but the Wood Clone destroyed it with Tremor Fist and knocked him unconscious.
• The Wood Clone asked who would fight next, and the remaining fighters looked to Abe Hideo.
• Abe Hideo stepped forward, and the Wood Clone mocked him by asking what he was to the Abe family.

Lin Yu’s Wood Clone invited Abe Hideo and the other fighters to attack together, then overwhelmed them with Shinra Tensei and Wood Release: Wood World Advent. After the venue fell silent, the clone called out to the hidden Abe Shinji, unsettling him by seemingly detecting his Ghost Shadow state.

• Abe Hideo challenged Lin Yu’s Wood Clone to fight the group together, and the clone accepted.
• Abe Hideo and nearly a hundred third-tier fighters unleashed a barrage of attacks, but the clone repelled them all with Shinra Tensei.
• When Abe Hideo ordered another attack, the clone used Wood Release: Wood World Advent to fill the venue with trees that bound the fighters.
• The clone noticed that Abe Shinji was hiding in Ghost Shadow state and called out to him, leaving Abe Shinji shaken.

Lin Yu’s Wood Clone defeated Abe Shinji and the other challengers in Arena No. 11, then emerged to the astonishment of the waiting students. The crowd realized that the more than one hundred Sakura Martial University geniuses had all lost.

• The Wood Clone detected Abe Shinji’s Ghost Shadow form and struck him with a Human Path-enhanced punch that could hit his soul-like body.
• Abe Shinji demanded to know how the Wood Clone had touched him, but the Wood Clone knocked him unconscious and secretly placed a Flying Thunder God Formula on him.
• The Wood Clone waited because he sensed Sima Hao watching, then released the forest and called for the arena barrier to be opened.
• The Wood Clone left Arena No. 11 after warning its controllers to clean up the unconscious challengers.
• The students gathered outside watched the Wood Clone emerge and reacted in disbelief that he had defeated more than a hundred third-tier geniuses.

Lin Yu’s Wood Clone defeated every challenger in Training Hall 11, prompting Abe Taro and Abe Jiro to rush in with medical staff. As the crowd watched the injured students being carried out, Wang Yunfei and Sima Hao considered the clone’s formidable strength and unusual abilities.

• Abe Taro and Abe Jiro arrived at Training Hall 11 with instructors and stretchers while the crowd made way to the hall.
• The Wood Clone taunted Abe Jiro, then claimed he might have struck Abe Jin Si too hard and urged the medical staff to check him.
• Wang Yunfei examined the damage and asked whether Lin Yu could figure out how the spiritual-power-suppressing barrier worked.
• Sima Hao watched the fight on a screen, marveled at Lin Yu’s strength, and suppressed his desire to seize Lin Yu’s body while fearing a domain-level powerhouse.
• The crowd watched the defeated challengers leave on stretchers and regarded Lin Yu’s Wood Clone with awe.

Wang Yunfei rebuked Abe Taro and Abe Jiro after they threatened Lin Yu, forcing them to apologize and leave. In Changqi City, Christina secretly watched Ghost Shadow and realized he was an Eternal Night Church black-robed deacon whose careful disguise had concealed him from even a Domain-level expert.

• Abe Jiro threatened the Wood Clone over Abe Shinji, and Wang Yunfei confronted him and warned Abe Taro that he would report Sakura Martial University to the Council.
• Abe Taro made Abe Jiro apologize, and Wang Yunfei declared that Lin Yu was not at fault for the injuries during the challenge.
• The Wood Clone and Wang Yunfei left the crowd after Abe Taro and Abe Jiro retreated.
• A burly man bought several Spirit Recovery Pills from Old Ghost for his son, who was preparing to enter a secret realm.
• Christina watched Old Ghost in secret and identified him as the Eternal Night Church's black-robed deacon in charge of external affairs.
• Christina raised her vigilance toward the Eternal Night Church after seeing how completely Ghost Shadow had concealed his identity.