Chapter Summaries

Xia Yuan faced the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse while the other battles continued around Evernight City. He effortlessly withstood their attacks, killed Plague with one punch, and prepared to reveal a new form.

• Xia Yuan watched the battles at the beach and venue while Mo Shiyu questioned his lack of nervousness.
• War, Plague, Death, and Famine appeared and attacked Xia Yuan, but he blocked every strike without being harmed.
• Xia Yuan punched Plague and destroyed its body, forcing the other Horsemen to recognize his strength.
• War warned Xia Yuan that he would die that day, but he walked over to Mo Shiyu and said he was about to show off a new form.
• Xia Yuan faced the camera and announced his new form: handsome and powerful.

Xia Yuan unveiled a handsome, long-haired new form that unnerved the Four Horsemen, then provoked them into attacking. After War's bombardment failed against his barrier, Xia Yuan drew his tachi and prepared to strike back.

• Xia Yuan transformed into a long-haired figure wearing a white outfit and brown haori, astonishing the livestream viewers and Mo Shiyu.
• Xia Yuan created a Saitama clone to protect Mo Shiyu while the Four Horsemen studied his new form warily.
• Xia Yuan mocked the Four Horsemen for hesitating, prompting War to attack with a barrage of cannon shells.
• Xia Yuan blocked every shell with Dankū, then drew his tachi and announced that it was his turn.

Chapter Summary: “First Meeting”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xia Yuan immediately attacks War with his katana, moving so quickly that she barely blocks the strike with a metal barrier. The blow shatters the barrier and wounds her arm.
• Death, Famine, and Plague launch coordinated attacks:
  • Death uses Death God’s Reaping, a freezing blade of light.
  • Famine unleashes Withering of All Things, which decays everything it touches.
  • Plague spreads corrosive poisonous mist.
• Xia Yuan counters with Hadō #90: Black Coffin, a massive black structure that completely neutralizes all three attacks.
• War and the other bosses intensify their assault. War fires a vast storm of weapons from her Divine Ring, while Death, Famine, and Plague use stronger techniques.
• Xia Yuan responds effortlessly:
  • Raikōhō destroys War’s missiles, cannons, and lasers.
  • Five Dragon Destruction shatters Death’s blade of light.
  • Illusion redirects Famine’s and Plague’s attacks into each other, causing both bosses to suffer heavy damage.
• The Four Horsemen realize that Xia Yuan’s defenses, offense, and illusion abilities make him exceptionally difficult to defeat. They prepare to use their full strength, prompting Xia Yuan to challenge them to reveal their true power.
• Their battle escalates into a fierce five-way clash across the beach. Xia Yuan maintains the advantage, but the Horsemen’s health declines only gradually.
• Other major battles continue simultaneously:
  • Rain God and Godzilla remain evenly matched over the sea.
  • Angel and Demon fight to a stalemate inside the venue.
  • Undying Hero’s immortality prevents Wrath from defeating him despite Wrath’s superior strength.
• New powerful presences suddenly appear, triggering Evernight City’s alarms. A silver-haired young man with twelve pairs of translucent wings descends onto the beach and declares that this is his first—and Xia Yuan’s last—meeting with him.

Character Developments

• Xia Yuan: Demonstrates the overwhelming versatility of his new form. He combines swordsmanship, powerful offensive spells, defensive barriers, and illusion manipulation while remaining calm and apparently unstrained. His confidence develops into open provocation as he treats the Four Horsemen almost like playthings.
• War: Initially confident, she is shocked by Xia Yuan’s speed and power. Her anger and determination increase after her weapon barrage is destroyed.
• Death, Famine, and Plague: Shift from arrogance to caution after their attacks are repeatedly neutralized. They recognize that Xia Yuan’s defenses and illusion technique require them to reconsider their strategy.
• The other combatants: Rain God, Godzilla, Angel, Demon, Wrath, and Undying Hero remain locked in balanced battles, emphasizing that Xia Yuan is uniquely dominant among the major fighters.
• Silver-haired winged newcomer: Introduced as a new World-Class Wanted Boss or powerful enemy. His elegant confidence and direct threat establish him as a likely major adversary for Xia Yuan.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming versatility: Xia Yuan’s strength comes not from a single ability but from his seamless combination of attack, defense, and manipulation.
• Arrogance versus recognition: The Horsemen begin by underestimating Xia Yuan, only recognizing the danger after he humiliates them in combat.
• Control and strategy: Xia Yuan wins exchanges by redirecting and manipulating enemy attacks rather than relying solely on brute force.
• Stalemate versus dominance: The parallel battles show most powerful fighters evenly matched, contrasting sharply with Xia Yuan’s control over four opponents at once.
• Escalation and suspense: The arrival of another mysterious powerhouse raises the stakes just as Xia Yuan’s battle reaches its climax.

Important Character Interactions

• Xia Yuan repeatedly taunts the Four Horsemen, asking whether their attacks are all they can manage and encouraging them to fight seriously.
• War acknowledges Xia Yuan’s strength but vows that he will still die.
• Death, Famine, and Plague discuss Xia Yuan’s abilities and identify his illusion technique and defenses as the main obstacles to victory.
• Xia Yuan redirects Famine’s and Plague’s attacks against one another, directly turning their cooperation into mutual harm.
• The livestream audience reacts enthusiastically, praising Xia Yuan’s new form and comparing his performance favorably with the other battlefields.
• The newly arrived winged man addresses Xia Yuan personally, making a direct threat that sets up their impending confrontation.

Pride and three other World-Class Wanted Bosses joined the battle against Xia Yuan at Evernight City, where he blocked their combined attacks and fought them to a standstill. As global invasions overwhelmed the Spirit Tamer Alliance, Pride still held back, claiming that his attack would end the battle.

• Pride introduced himself to Xia Yuan as the bishop of the Seven Deadly Sins and declared that their meeting would be their last.
• Greed, Sloth, and Lover arrived, bringing the number of assembled World-Class Wanted Bosses to eight alongside Xia Yuan and the others.
• War, Death, Famine, Plague, Greed, Sloth, and Lover attacked Xia Yuan, but he blocked their first combined strike with Dankū.
• Xia Yuan traded techniques with the seven attackers and held them to a standstill while Mo Shiyu worried that her spiritual energy would run out.
• Lover questioned Pride about holding back, and Pride said that once he acted, the battle would end.
• The Spirit Tamer Alliance received urgent reports of invasions around the world, while Xia Yuan taunted the Bosses for being weak.

As the global invasion continued, Haotian, Feng Luan, M Superman, and Kuang Lan fought to defend cities and civilians from the monsters and bosses. Kuang Lan overwhelmed two World-Class Wanted Bosses with a barrage of meteors, lightning, and hurricanes, but a dark figure suddenly appeared behind her.

• Haotian blasted back the monster horde at the Spirit Tamer Great Wall and ordered the defense squads to conserve their spiritual power.
• Feng Luan wiped out monsters threatening Beijing's western district, then sensed a powerful presence approaching.
• M Superman transformed into Holy Light Form and charged a giant lizard-like Raid Boss in Old Mountain City.
• Kuang Lan faced Giant and Rapier at the European United Defense Line while civilians cheered her on.
• Kuang Lan unleashed nine meteors, lightning, and hurricanes, forcing both bosses onto the defensive.
• A dark figure suddenly appeared behind Kuang Lan as she prepared another attack.

A worldwide monster invasion forced Kuang Lan, War God, and Xia Yuan’s clones to fight powerful enemies, while Xia Yuan remained engaged against eight World-Class Wanted Bosses in Evernight City. The chapter ended when a masked man entered the Doctor’s secured laboratory and addressed him as his senior brother.

• Rapier attacked Kuang Lan from the void, but her psychic shield protected her, and she prepared to continue fighting.
• War God defeated a giant octopus-like monster with his Golden Dharmic Form, then rode toward a new horde reported on the east coast.
• Xia Yuan’s Satoru Gojo clone wiped out a monster horde and destroyed a black-armored giant at Kunlun Academy, then sensed stronger monsters approaching.
• Xia Yuan’s War Princess clone cleared monsters from Huijing, restored the damaged city with Causality Reversal, and defeated a tentacled creature before sensing a greater threat at sea.
• A formally dressed man in a bird-beaked mask entered the Doctor’s heavily secured laboratory and asked why the Doctor refused to call him his junior brother.

Xia Yuan fought the Seven World-Class Wanted Bosses on the beach while Pride watched and Mo Shiyu wondered why he was holding back. Sloth became increasingly ferocious as the battle continued, and the chapter ended with him smashing into Xia Yuan’s golden barrier and awakening to a blood-red power.

• Xia Yuan used his techniques to repel the bosses’ attacks, wound Plague, and force War and Famine back while Pride remained outside the fight.
• Xia Yuan injured Sloth, prompting Sloth to reveal his strength and battle him at close range.
• Xia Yuan unleashed Ultimate Radiation Blast against Sloth, then defended against the bosses’ combined assault with Million Escudo.
• War summoned over a thousand metal puppets, but Xia Yuan destroyed them all with Ultimate Radiation Blast.
• The Saitama clone told Mo Shiyu he was holding back to avoid scaring away a stronger enemy and because an instant victory would be boring.
• Xia Yuan fought the bosses as Sloth accumulated wounds, then Sloth charged into the golden barrier at supersonic speed and cracked it while declaring his lifelong pursuit of diligence.

Chapter Summary: “Two-Level Reversal”

Key Plot Points and Events

• On the coast of Evernight City, Undying Hero battles Wrath, a massive cardinal of the Holy Maiden Church. Wrath initially dominates through overwhelming strength and relentless twin-axe attacks.
• Undying Hero is repeatedly wounded and killed, but his undying body allows him to revive and heal completely.
• After reviving, Undying Hero’s strength increases dramatically. The battle undergoes a “two-level reversal”: he shifts from being suppressed to overpowering Wrath, even injuring him. Wrath recognizes that Undying Hero possesses an ability similar to his own growth-based power.
• Their fight continues to escalate, with both combatants becoming faster and stronger while the surrounding beach is devastated.
• At sea, Rain God fights Godzilla using a Water Giant formed from seawater. Their initial battle is evenly matched because both can recover from damage.
• Godzilla eventually uses powerful blue energy beams to pierce and destroy the Water Giant faster than Rain God can repair it.
• In response, Rain God summons a vastly larger five-hundred-meter Water Giant, drawing on the ocean across dozens of kilometers. She briefly gains the upper hand and forces Godzilla back.
• Godzilla unleashes an even stronger barrage of energy beams, once again overwhelming the Water Giant’s regenerative ability.
• As the Water Giant nears destruction, Rain God activates the mark on her brow and declares, “Tides, I have returned!” The chapter ends on this cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Undying Hero reveals that his immortality is not merely defensive. Each death and revival strengthens him, allowing him to adapt and eventually reverse a losing battle.
• Wrath is shown to be more than a powerful brute. He can recognize and analyze Undying Hero’s ability, remains composed after being injured, and willingly escalates the fight.
• Rain God demonstrates immense control over the ocean and tremendous combat skill. She is forced to use increasingly powerful techniques, but her awareness of spiritual-power consumption shows tactical discipline.
• Godzilla is characterized as proud, aggressive, and highly persistent. Its patience wears thin because Rain God prevents it from reaching Xia Yuan, prompting it to unleash increasingly destructive attacks.

Significant Themes

• Reversal and hidden strength: Apparent defeat can conceal a stronger ability, as Undying Hero becomes more dangerous after every revival.
• Adaptation through battle: Both Undying Hero and Wrath grow stronger as combat continues, turning the fight into a contest of escalating power.
• Terrain advantage: Rain God’s strength and recovery are greatly amplified by fighting in the ocean.
• Endurance versus destruction: The battles contrast regenerative abilities with overwhelming offensive force—Undying Hero and the Water Giant recover from damage, while Wrath and Godzilla attempt to destroy them faster than they can heal.
• Escalation and limits: Even powerful abilities have costs. Rain God’s giant form rapidly consumes spiritual energy, while Godzilla’s increasingly potent beams threaten to overwhelm her.

Character Interactions

• Undying Hero and Wrath exchange taunts and mutual recognition, gradually developing respect as they realize the other possesses unusual growth potential.
• Rain God directly challenges Godzilla and repeatedly counters its attacks, turning their fight into a contest between an oceanic force and an ancient monster.
• Godzilla’s frustration over being delayed by Rain God drives it to escalate its attacks rather than retreat.
• The livestream audience reacts enthusiastically, initially doubting Undying Hero and Rain God before celebrating their reversals and apparent advantages.

Evernight City faced an assault by World-Class Wanted Bosses while Xia Yuan, the UR Contract Spirits, and Doctor fought to hold them back. Doctor battled his former junior Scientist over Prophet's location, and the Four Horsemen abandoned their fight with Xia Yuan to target the city's population.

• Officials in Evernight City's command center failed to reach Doctor and placed their hopes in the UR Contract Spirits as battles raged across the city.
• Scientist confronted Doctor in the sealed laboratory and demanded Prophet's location, prompting Doctor to attack him with a weapon and containment system.
• Angel and Demon continued their destructive battle among the summit venue's ruins, neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Sloth's frenzy intensified as Xia Yuan fought him and the other bosses, and Xia Yuan's Hadō #99: Goryū Tenmetsu damaged their health without defeating them.
• Plague persuaded War, Death, and Famine to stop attacking Xia Yuan and focus on the humans in Evernight City.
• War turned toward Evernight City with a cruel smile as the Four Horsemen prepared to attack its population.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse tried to reach Evernight City, but Xia Yuan’s new Caster form, Saber, blocked them with Gather, O Round Table, the Star of Oaths. The bosses then targeted Mo Shiyu and attacked Xia Yuan, but Saitama’s clone knocked Greed and Sloth away with one punch; Pride finally stepped forward to join the fight.

• War, Death, Famine, and Plague headed for Evernight City, but Xia Yuan summoned Saber in her Caster form to stop them.
• Saber invoked Gather, O Round Table, the Star of Oaths, and its golden wall repelled the Four Horsemen and blocked every attempt to go around it.
• The Four Horsemen returned to the battle against Xia Yuan, and the seven bosses later realized they could target Mo Shiyu to drain his spiritual power.
• Greed and Sloth attacked Mo Shiyu, but Saitama’s clone struck them with one casual punch and emptied their health bars.
• The bosses resumed attacking Xia Yuan, while Lover urged Pride to help; Pride unfurled his twelve pairs of wings and stepped into the fight.

Pride challenged Xia Yuan to a duel and unleashed his powerful light-based abilities, but Xia Yuan repeatedly countered his attacks and wounded him. As Pride struggled to accept being matched by a Contract Spirit, a mysterious woman in a pointed hat and Mage Robe appeared beside Xia Yuan.

• Pride ordered the seven bosses to stand back and declared that he would defeat Xia Yuan himself.
• Pride attacked Xia Yuan with light spears and his Self-Crowned King techniques, while Xia Yuan blocked them with his abilities.
• Pride intensified his attacks with Judgment: Extreme, but Xia Yuan met the golden pillar with Raikōhō and neither gained the advantage.
• Pride grew enraged that Xia Yuan remained composed and fought him to a draw, then launched a furious assault.
• Xia Yuan cut Pride's arm, leaving Pride shocked that a Contract Spirit had wounded him.
• A woman wearing a pointed hat and Mage Robe appeared beside Xia Yuan and teased him about having a tough fight.

Plot points and events

• The Witch, Niko, suddenly appears during Xia Yuan’s confrontation with eight World-Class Wanted Bosses. Though a Boss herself, she is friendly toward Xia Yuan and offers to take on some of his opponents. Xia Yuan declines, insisting he can handle them alone.
• Niko says her mission was simply to eat two tacos, then settles in to watch and record the fight. Her presence unsettles the other Bosses, but they relax once she makes clear she will not intervene.
• Pride, humiliated by Xia Yuan’s earlier attack, accepts Greed’s proposal to attack together. All eight Bosses launch a coordinated assault.
• Xia Yuan reveals much greater power than before. He blocks their combined attack with a stronger Dankū, then counters with rapid sword strikes and powerful spells, forcing the Bosses onto the defensive. Their surprise turns to alarm as they realize his strength seems nearly limitless.
• In a parallel battle, Wrath and the Undying Hero keep fighting—and openly explain their abilities to each other. Wrath grows stronger and heals as long as battle continues; the Hero revives and adapts to repeated attacks, making them increasingly resistant. Their candid, honorable exchange becomes comic relief amid the larger crisis.
• At sea, Rain God uses a colossal Water Giant to overpower Godzilla, but the technique drains her spiritual power rapidly. Just as she presses her advantage, a mysterious girl in ancient clothing appears, replacing the ocean with a vast Crimson Continent. She comments mockingly on the fight, and Rain God senses an extraordinary threat.

Character developments and interactions

• Xia Yuan remains composed and self-reliant, refusing Niko’s assistance. When the Bosses unite, he finally shows a far greater level of power, shifting from defense to overwhelming offense.
• Niko the Witch is established as an eccentric, powerful, and unpredictable figure who appears to like Xia Yuan. She treats the battle as an interesting spectacle, while her fascination with him makes Mo Shiyu wary.
• Pride moves from confidence to humiliation and anger, then pragmatically agrees to fight alongside the other Bosses.
• Wrath and the Undying Hero reveal mutual respect and straightforward personalities. Their willingness to disclose their powers contrasts with the usual secrecy and scheming expected from enemies.
• Rain God demonstrates formidable strength but faces a serious stamina limit. The ancient-costume girl’s arrival abruptly places her and Godzilla in new danger.

Significant themes

• Hidden limits and escalating power: Xia Yuan’s latest display suggests that his true strength remains unknown.
• Trust and uncertainty: Niko’s friendliness does not erase her unpredictability, while Mo Shiyu’s unease highlights the difficulty of judging powerful outsiders.
• Honor versus strategy: Pride reluctantly chooses teamwork, whereas Wrath and the Hero fight openly and honestly despite their opposing sides.
• Power with a cost: Rain God’s overwhelming attack is effective but consumes energy at a dangerous rate.
• Spectacle and humor amid danger: The live audience’s reactions and the two combatants’ earnest banter temper the chapter’s otherwise escalating battles.

Key plot points and events

• Gotham City loses all communications and is sealed off by Pierrot’s supernatural domain, which transforms the city into a grotesque amusement park. Its inhabitants are turned into clowns when they are killed, rapidly spreading the threat.
• Owlman returns to Gotham and finds Kid Flash and Wonder Woman defending civilians in the old district square. He clears the immediate danger and leaves them to protect the survivors while he goes after Pierrot.
• On the way to Gotham Grand Theater, Pierrot’s lair, Owlman fights through the warped streets, defeats clowns, and rescues civilians and stranded Contract Spirit teams.
• At the theater, Pierrot threatens the hostages and orders his clowns to attack. Owlman summons six duplicates to defend the crowd, but Pierrot’s domain strengthens his attacks and weakens Owlman’s defenses.
• Kid Flash arrives despite Owlman’s order to stay behind and begins evacuating civilians. Owlman keeps Pierrot occupied as the villain unleashes Halloween Carnival, summoning powerful clowns.
• Pierrot overpowers Owlman and blasts him through the theater wall. Owlman reveals a black spear he borrowed from Xia Yuan, but Pierrot tears open his runes and announces the “real carnival.” The chapter ends as the sky above Gotham splits open.

Character development

• Owlman is presented as fiercely protective and determined: he prioritizes civilians, takes on Pierrot alone, and refuses to surrender even when badly injured. His borrowed spear hints at an undisclosed power or plan.
• Kid Flash shows courage and initiative. Though he disobeys Owlman’s instruction, he does so to help evacuate civilians, demonstrating loyalty and practical judgment.
• Wonder Woman remains a steady defender, candidly recognizing the limits of her and Kid Flash’s strength against the overwhelming threat.
• Pierrot is revealed as a cruel, theatrical villain who uses hostages and mass transformation to turn violence into spectacle. His confidence escalates into a more dangerous display of power.

Significant themes

• Protection under impossible odds: Owlman’s role as Gotham’s protector is tested by a disaster too large for one hero to control alone.
• The cost of spectacle and chaos: Pierrot disguises slaughter as entertainment, while the city itself becomes a grotesque stage.
• Teamwork and responsibility: Owlman’s strength matters, but Kid Flash’s evacuation efforts and the defenders’ work are also essential to saving people.
• False promises and coercion: Pierrot frames surrender as a way to save civilians, but his threats make clear that his “choices” are manipulative.

Character interactions

• Owlman coordinates with Kid Flash and Wonder Woman at the square, assigning them to protect civilians while he confronts Pierrot.
• Rescued civilians identify the theater as Pierrot’s base, guiding Owlman toward his target.
• Pierrot taunts Owlman and tries to force him to disarm by threatening hostages, including a little girl.
• Kid Flash returns to the theater and takes responsibility for evacuating the crowd, allowing Owlman to focus on Pierrot.
• Owlman and Pierrot’s battle becomes a contest of strength and resolve, ending with Pierrot escalating the crisis as the sky tears open.

Key plot points and events

• Rain God pushes herself to the limit, pouring her remaining spiritual energy into the Water Giant and nearly bringing Godzilla’s health to critical. Her assault is interrupted when Princess expands the Crimson Continent, imposing her domain over the sea and breaking apart the Water Giant.
• Rain God is immobilized and killed by Princess’s blood-red ring. Her defeat shocks the livestream audience and leaves Godzilla free to head toward Evernight City.
• At the Beach, Mo Shiyu warns Xia Yuan that Godzilla and Princess are approaching. Xia Yuan remains calm despite already facing eight World-Class Wanted Bosses.
• Witch Niko offers to intercept Princess. She lures Princess into Imaginary Space, a separate battlefield intended to protect the city, and the two begin a destructive duel there.
• With Witch occupied, Godzilla continues toward shore, disrupting the army with enormous waves. Xia Yuan sends out Madara’s clone to stop it.
• Madara transforms into a spectacular armored warrior riding a divine steed and wielding a Fangtian Halberd. He charges toward Godzilla, declaring himself a “complete shinobi.”

Character developments and interactions

• Rain God displays fierce resolve and refuses to surrender, but her final effort fails against Princess’s overwhelming power. Her apparent death marks a major setback for the defenders.
• Princess reveals that she is more formidable than a typical World-Class Wanted Boss. She dismisses Rain God’s resistance, kills her effortlessly, and then proceeds toward the main battle.
• Xia Yuan stays composed and lets Witch choose whether to help, treating the moment as a test of her sincerity. He then assigns Madara’s clone to confront Godzilla.
• Witch Niko backs up her offer to help, directly challenging Princess. Her use of Imaginary Space shows both her power and her concern for avoiding collateral damage.
• Madara’s clone eagerly takes on Godzilla and unveils a dramatic new combat form, matching the chapter’s escalating spectacle.

Significant themes

• Resolve against overwhelming odds: Rain God fights on even when victory is nearly impossible, while Witch and Madara step into danger to support the wider defense.
• Escalating danger and teamwork: Rain God’s defeat creates a new crisis, requiring others to divide the threats and protect the city.
• Protecting civilians: Witch moves the fight away from Evernight City, showing that where a battle takes place matters as much as who wins it.
• Power and spectacle: The chapter contrasts Princess’s frightening, rule-bending strength with the dramatic transformations and confidence of Xia Yuan’s allies.

Plot points and events

• Godzilla approaches Evernight City, intent on reaching the Beach. Madara’s clone intercepts it, first landing a blow that makes it recoil. Godzilla ignores him until the clone claims to have killed King Kong, which enrages Godzilla and draws it into combat.
• Madara’s clone blocks Godzilla’s claw, then summons a 500-meter-tall Perfect Susanoo to match its size. Godzilla’s Atomic Breath destroys half of Susanoo, but the construct regenerates, and the two giants continue their battle at sea.
• On the Beach, Xia Yuan faces eight World-Class Wanted Bosses at once. He counters their combined attacks with increasingly powerful techniques, apparently taking no damage while their health bars steadily fall.
• Xia Yuan taunts the bosses, provoking them into attacking together. Their assault fails to move him, while his counterattacks leave them increasingly depleted and rattled.
• Mo Shiyu worries that Xia Yuan’s power is draining rapidly. Saitama’s clone reassures her that the fight will end soon: Xia Yuan is waiting for the bosses to cluster together before striking.
• As the bosses weaken and begin arguing about whether to retreat, Xia Yuan spots Famine at his most vulnerable. He suddenly appears beside him and kills him with a single sword strike.
• A worldwide announcement confirms that Gluttony—identified in the notification as the defeated boss—is dead, crediting Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan with all the damage contribution and awarding them loot. The seven remaining bosses are shaken. Xia Yuan asks, “Who’s next?”

Character developments and interactions

• Madara’s clone remains confident and taunts Godzilla into fighting by invoking King Kong. Its Perfect Susanoo demonstrates formidable power and regenerative ability.
• Godzilla shifts from indifference to fury after hearing King Kong was killed, then battles Susanoo with full force.
• Xia Yuan grows more assertive as the battle turns in his favor. His composure and taunts unsettle the bosses, and he demonstrates that he can exploit their weakness even while outnumbered.
• Mo Shiyu recognizes the strain on Xia Yuan and worries about his limits. Saitama’s clone understands Xia Yuan’s plan and calms her.
• The bosses, especially the Four Horsemen, move from confidence and anger to fear and disunity. Famine/Gluttony becomes Xia Yuan’s first kill; the others recognize how outmatched they are.
• The livestream audience reacts with astonishment to both the giant battle and Xia Yuan’s dominance, framing the clashes as spectacular contests of power.

Significant themes

• Overwhelming power and spectacle: Madara’s Susanoo matches Godzilla, while Xia Yuan withstands a coordinated assault from eight elite foes.
• Provocation and strategy: Madara draws Godzilla into combat by mentioning King Kong; Xia Yuan waits for his opponents to weaken and gather before targeting the most vulnerable.
• Confidence versus fear: The bosses’ insults and aggression give way to panic as Xia Yuan remains standing and defeats one of them.
• Limits beneath apparent invincibility: Xia Yuan appears tireless, but Mo Shiyu notices the severe spiritual-power drain, hinting that his strength has a cost.

Key plot points and events

• Xia Yuan’s victory over Famine is announced worldwide, prompting celebration among the public and relief at Great Xia’s command center. The other battlefronts remain active, but Zhao Wenguo sees that humanity’s defenses are holding.
• The seven surviving bosses launch an all-out assault on Xia Yuan. He withstands their combined attacks, while Saber’s clone protects Evernight City from the battle’s destructive shockwaves.
• Sloth pauses the fight to prepare his ultimate skill, Domain Expansion: Eternal Slumber Garden. The other bosses keep Xia Yuan occupied while Sloth activates the domain, which is meant to erase its targets’ desire to act and even their will to live.
• The domain has no effect on Xia Yuan: a golden [Immune] appears above him. While the bosses are stunned, he swiftly kills Death and Plague.
• Their defeats raise Xia Yuan’s System Reward Bar to 27%. The four remaining bosses—War, Greed, Lover, and Pride—are left terrified as Xia Yuan asks, “Who’s next?”

Character developments

• Xia Yuan remains composed and confident throughout the battle. His immunity to Sloth’s ultimate skill reinforces how far his strength exceeds the bosses’ expectations.
• Sloth shifts from smug confidence to disbelief and despair when his supposedly unbeatable domain fails.
• The surviving bosses lose much of their bravado. War is shaken, Greed’s composure falters, and Lover retreats as they recognize Xia Yuan’s overwhelming advantage.
• Zhao Wenguo relaxes somewhat after hearing of Famine’s defeat, though he quickly returns to directing the defense.
• Lin Wan makes an enigmatic remark about admiring Godzilla and lamenting that Ultraman must kill it, hinting at hidden knowledge or motives.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Even legendary, world-ending beings can be defeated; Xia Yuan treats them as mortal opponents.
• Composure under pressure: Xia Yuan’s calm contrasts with the bosses’ growing panic and Sloth’s collapse.
• Hope through collective defense: Public celebration and the coordinated efforts of Xia Yuan, his clones, and other defenders sustain humanity’s confidence.
• Overconfidence and reversal: The bosses assume Sloth’s domain guarantees victory, but Xia Yuan’s immunity turns their trap into an opening for a sudden counterattack.

Character interactions

• Xia Yuan dismisses the bosses’ outrage over Famine’s death, bluntly asserting that they can be killed like anyone else.
• The bosses coordinate their attacks and give Sloth time to prepare his domain, but their plan fails when Xia Yuan is unaffected.
• Mo Shiyu worries about the domain, then takes reassurance from Xia Yuan’s calm expression.
• Zhao Wenguo briefly speaks with Lin Wan, whose unusual comments unsettle him before an urgent report pulls him back to command.
• Xia Yuan’s final taunt challenges the four survivors, making clear that he intends to finish the fight.

Key plot points and events

• Xia Yuan’s apparent immunity to Sloth’s Eternal Slumber Garden leaves the remaining bosses shaken. Sloth realizes he may be facing a being beyond their understanding and stops resisting.
• Xia Yuan kills Sloth. In his final moments, Sloth recalls being tortured as a nameless laboratory test subject until a voice offered him eternal sleep in exchange for damnation. He accepts his death peacefully, believing he has finally attained rest and that the Saintess may still fulfill her wish.
• The global announcement confirms Sloth’s defeat and awards rewards to Contract Spirit Master Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan. Xia Yuan’s System Reward Bar reaches 33%. Four bosses remain: War, Greed, Lover, and Pride.
• Terrified by Xia Yuan’s strength, Lover activates his domain, Role Reversal, which he claims can swap anything—including power, skills, stats, and gender. He steals Xia Yuan’s bald double’s strength and tries to use his newfound power to reach Mo Shiyu.
• Xia Yuan intercepts him. Though Lover’s strength increases, it falls far short of the power he tried to take. Xia Yuan explains that the power is his and cannot be acquired merely through a swap. He steadily wears Lover down.
• Near defeat, Lover reveals a second domain effect: he has bound himself to Mo Shiyu, making them live and die together. He assumes this will prevent Xia Yuan from killing him. Xia Yuan calmly answers that the solution is simple: “I just kill you.” The chapter ends before the outcome is shown.

Character developments and interactions

• Xia Yuan remains composed and dominant, treating the bosses’ threats as manageable. His confidence contrasts with their growing fear.
• Sloth shifts from disbelief to acceptance. His flashback reveals that his identity and power grew out of extreme abuse and his desperate wish for rest.
• Lover moves from panic to exhilaration when his domain appears to grant him power, then to confusion and desperation when he cannot truly wield Xia Yuan’s strength. He resorts to using Mo Shiyu as a hostage.
• Mo Shiyu becomes the target of Lover’s scheme; she senses the binding connection and is visibly distressed.
• War, Greed, and Pride had begun to hope when Lover’s domain seemed to change the odds, but their confidence is uncertain as Xia Yuan remains unfazed.

Significant themes

• Power and ownership: A power cannot necessarily be taken or mastered through a trick; Xia Yuan insists that his strength remains his.
• Predation and reversal: The bosses, once convinced they were hunters, now see themselves as prey. Lover’s domain literalizes role reversal, but fails to overturn Xia Yuan’s advantage.
• Desperation and cruelty: When direct combat fails, Lover weaponizes Mo Shiyu’s bond to Xia Yuan.
• Rest, suffering, and salvation: Sloth’s tragic past frames his power as both escape from torture and a permanent surrender to sleep.
• Public hope and fear: The livestream audience and Evernight City’s shelters celebrate Xia Yuan’s victories, then fall silent when Mo Shiyu is threatened.

Key plot points and events

• Lover threatens to kill Mo Shiyu through his domain’s “live and die together” bond, believing Xia Yuan cannot attack him without killing her too.
• Xia Yuan appears willing to do so. Mo Shiyu accepts the apparent sacrifice and tells him to “open fire,” while Saitama’s clone assures her she will not die.
• Xia Yuan uses Hadō #99: Goryū Tenmetsu to sever the domain’s bond, then pierces Lover’s heart. Mo Shiyu survives, and Lover dies.
• The worldwide announcement credits Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan with the victory and lists their rewards; Xia Yuan’s System Reward Bar rises to 40%.
• Of the eight bosses who confronted Xia Yuan, only Pride, War, and Greed remain. Greed, unable to escape, reveals Pandora’s Box, which contains a remnant of the Holy Maiden. He opens it and commands the unleashed figure to kill Xia Yuan.

Character developments and interactions

• Mo Shiyu confronts her fear that she is merely a weakness and burden to Xia Yuan. She accepts what she believes is her death, but is confused and relieved when Xia Yuan saves her.
• Xia Yuan demonstrates that his apparent willingness to sacrifice Mo Shiyu was a calculated bluff: he waited for Lover to activate his domain, then broke the bond before striking. His calm confidence unsettles the surviving bosses.
• Lover goes from smug certainty to panic and disbelief when Xia Yuan defeats his domain’s supposedly absolute rule.
• Greed shifts from bargaining to desperation, using his last-resort weapon despite its indiscriminate danger. Pride and War watch anxiously, recognizing the threat it poses.

Significant themes

• Trust beneath apparent ruthlessness: Xia Yuan’s willingness to attack seems to confirm Mo Shiyu’s worst fears, but his timing shows he was protecting her all along.
• Power and vulnerability: Mo Shiyu worries that her bond makes her a liability, while Xia Yuan’s victory proves he can overcome the danger without abandoning her.
• Desperation and escalating stakes: With the bosses cornered, Greed resorts to a catastrophic weapon that threatens everyone nearby.

Key plot points and events

• In the deep sea, Madara’s clone uses Perfect Susanoo to battle Godzilla. After Godzilla enters a second, berserk form and restores its health, the clone combines Armament Haki, Conqueror’s Haki, and Flame Breathing to kill it with one decisive strike.
• Xia Yuan receives the larger share of the victory rewards, while the livestream audience celebrates his strength and apparent ability to fight on multiple fronts.
• On the Beach, Greed opens Pandora’s Box and summons the Holy Maiden’s spectral afterimage as his ultimate weapon. Its presence terrifies people across Evernight City, including the livestream viewers and command staff.
• Xia Yuan remains calm and challenges the apparition. After clashing with it, he recognizes that it has immense power but limited intelligence, relies on a simple sword style, and is steadily losing energy.
• Xia Yuan exploits those weaknesses, wears the phantom down, and destroys it. Pandora’s Box shatters with it.
• Xia Yuan then kills Greed, earning the full damage contribution and more rewards. Pride, Lucius, and War remain on the Beach; Xia Yuan turns toward them and asks which will die first.

Character developments

• Xia Yuan demonstrates overwhelming power and composure, defeating both Godzilla and the Holy Maiden’s phantom. His calm is shown to reflect genuine confidence, not a performance.
• Greed moves from fanatical certainty in the Holy Maiden to disbelief and despair when his supposedly invincible trump card is destroyed, then dies at Xia Yuan’s hands.
• Pride recognizes that Xia Yuan’s strength is beyond what numbers or determination can overcome. War regrets having underestimated him.
• The livestream audience and Evernight City’s residents swing from celebration to fear at the phantom’s arrival, then back to amazement after Xia Yuan defeats it.

Significant themes

• Power and scale: Xia Yuan’s victories establish a vast gap between him and the remaining enemies.
• Faith versus reality: Greed’s absolute belief in the Holy Maiden’s invincibility collapses when the phantom proves vulnerable.
• Observation and adaptability: Xia Yuan wins not merely through strength, but by studying the apparition’s limitations and changing his tactics.
• Appearance versus truth: The phantom’s terrifying aura inspires worship and fear, but does not make it unbeatable.

Character interactions

• Madara’s clone withstands Godzilla’s attacks, then overwhelms it with a combined technique.
• Greed calls upon the Holy Maiden’s phantom to kill Xia Yuan; Xia Yuan answers her swordsmanship directly and later taunts Greed’s misplaced faith.
• The phantom’s presence affects allies, enemies, civilians, and viewers alike, emphasizing its supernatural impact.
• After killing Greed, Xia Yuan calmly confronts Pride, Lucius, and War, while they recognize the danger he poses.

Plot points and events

• War and Pride reject Xia Yuan’s taunt despite recognizing the gulf in strength. With Evernight City sealed off, they decide they have no choice but to fight to the death.
• War sacrifices her second health bar to transform into a gigantic, multi-armed arsenal, while Pride activates his Self-Crowned King domain. Both unleash everything they have.
• Their attacks initially test Xia Yuan’s defenses but fail to overcome them. He blocks, dodges, and counters with ease, destroying War’s puppet army and weathering Pride’s Light Spears. Pride realizes his domain’s effects are only half as powerful against Xia Yuan.
• Pushing themselves beyond their limits rapidly drains their health. The two bosses coordinate one final all-out assault as Xia Yuan charges a devastating attack of his own.
• When the dust clears, Xia Yuan stands unharmed; War and Pride are shattered and defeated. Before fading, War warns of a greater threat, and Pride predicts the Holy Maiden’s return.
• Worldwide announcements confirm both defeats and award Mo Shiyu and Xia Yuan the victories. Xia Yuan’s reward progress reaches 61%. With all eight World-Class Wanted Bosses defeated, Evernight City and humanity celebrate.
• The celebration is abruptly interrupted by a new, teasing voice from the sky. Xia Yuan recognizes that someone has finally arrived.

Character developments and interactions

• Xia Yuan remains calm and confident throughout, allowing the bosses to exhaust themselves before decisively defeating them. His victory establishes him as a historic protector of humanity.
• War turns to a desperate, self-destructive transformation and fights with mounting fury, but her final warning suggests she believes a more dangerous enemy is coming.
• Pride begins enraged at being humiliated, then fights with desperate resolve. In defeat, his anger gives way to solemn, devout certainty about the Holy Maiden’s return.
• Mo Shiyu watches anxiously from a safe distance with the Saitama clone, then shares in the relief of victory—though the new arrival immediately renews the tension.
• Viewers, shelter residents, and command staff follow the fight together, moving from fear and suspense to overwhelming celebration. Xia Yuan’s triumph becomes a shared symbol of hope.

Significant themes

• Power and control: War and Pride unleash immense force, but Xia Yuan’s composure and superior abilities make their strength ineffective.
• Desperation and sacrifice: The bosses risk their lives when escape is impossible, yet their willingness to die cannot bridge the gap in power.
• Hope and collective resilience: Xia Yuan’s victory saves Evernight City and inspires people across the world to believe humanity can stand against monsters.
• Victory with an unresolved threat: The bosses’ final warnings and the mysterious voice suggest that the battle is over, but a larger conflict is about to begin.