Chapter Summaries

Li Xiang worried that Tsukasa's unexplained absence meant trouble, then shared a contingency plan with Senku as they prepared to make gunpowder. The four set out to collect sulfur from a volcano, leaving their camp behind to conceal their tracks.

• Li Xiang overheard Senku say they would gather materials to make gunpowder and choked in surprise.
• Li Xiang warned Senku that Tsukasa's long silence was suspicious and privately explained a plan to prepare for danger.
• Senku told the group that sulfur was essential for gunpowder and that they would collect it from a volcano.
• Li Xiang, Senku, Taiju, and Yuzuriha packed supplies and prepared for a long trek into the mountains.
• Senku turned away from the camp, which the group planned to destroy to cover their tracks before setting out.

Senku, Taiju, Yuzuriha, and Li Xiang gathered sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal, then spent two days processing them into their first batch of black powder. With the gunpowder ready, they prepared to use it against Tsukasa.

• Senku explained the ingredients and production process as the group traveled toward volcanic terrain.
• The four found a hot spring, collected sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal, then headed to the coast for additional minerals.
• At camp, Taiju ground the ingredients separately while Li Xiang cleaned the tools and Senku measured the powders.
• The group mixed the ingredients with water, shaped the mixture into granules, and left them to dry in the shade.
• After two days of drying and finishing, Senku and the others completed their first batch of handmade black powder.

Li Xiang prepared sea salt while the group rested, then recognized Tsukasa hiding near their camp and offered him grilled fish. Tsukasa announced that he had returned to kill Senku, and Senku stepped forward to face him while his friends protested.

• Li Xiang purified seawater into salt as Taiju watched, and Senku suspected she had a hidden plan.
• Li Xiang grilled fish for the group and called out to Tsukasa, who had been hiding in the forest.
• Tsukasa accepted Li Xiang's fish, ate it, and declared that Senku was his only target.
• Li Xiang told Tsukasa to kill Senku, upsetting Taiju and Yuzuriha.
• Senku accepted Tsukasa's challenge and walked alone to face him.

Tsukasa struck Senku’s nerve center, leaving him unconscious as Li Xiang caught him, but Tsukasa then demanded that Li Xiang come with him for her medical expertise. Li Xiang refused to yield, and the chapter ended with her challenging Tsukasa to try to take her by force.

• Tsukasa told Senku he intended to kill him and demanded the complete Revival Fluid formula, but Yuzuriha and Taiju pleaded with Senku not to comply.
• Senku told Taiju and Yuzuriha to live peacefully after his death, then agreed to let Tsukasa strike him.
• Tsukasa struck Senku at the nerve center, and Li Xiang caught his limp body.
• Tsukasa questioned Li Xiang about the Revival Fluid ingredients and admitted he needed her as the Petrification World’s only professional doctor.
• Li Xiang refused to go with Tsukasa, who threatened to take her by force, and she challenged him to prove he could.

Li Xiang stopped Tsukasa Shishio from pursuing them by secretly giving him a powerful laxative, then escaped with Taiju, Yuzuriha, and the unconscious Senku. She used revival fluid on the remaining petrified tissue in Senku’s neck to revive him, and the group prepared to move on.

• Li Xiang taunted Tsukasa Shishio and revealed that she had added laxatives to his grilled fish, leaving him too ill to pursue them.
• Li Xiang, Taiju, and Yuzuriha escaped deeper into the forest with the unconscious Senku.
• Li Xiang showed Taiju and Yuzuriha the petrified tissue remaining on Senku’s neck and explained that it could restore him.
• Li Xiang poured revival fluid onto Senku’s wound, and the fluid repaired the damage and revived him.
• Senku woke up, and Yuzuriha made a contraption to support his neck before the group set off.

Senku and Li Xiang sent Taiju and Yuzuriha to infiltrate Tsukasa's camp while they went in the opposite direction. In the woods, they heard a cry for help, found Kohaku trapped beneath broken logs, and decided to rescue her after Li Xiang confirmed she had no serious injuries.

• Taiju and Yuzuriha set off to work undercover in Tsukasa's camp.
• Senku and Li Xiang headed into the woods, where they heard someone calling for help.
• Senku and Li Xiang found Kohaku pinned beneath heavy broken logs.
• Li Xiang examined Kohaku and found only superficial wounds, with no serious damage to her bones, muscles, or organs.
• Li Xiang asked Senku to save Kohaku, and Senku agreed.

Li Xiang and Senku rescued Kohaku from fallen logs with a pulley system, and she led them to a village where outsiders were barred from entering. After learning Kohaku carried hot spring water to help her sick older sister, Li Xiang offered to examine and cure her, leaving them needing permission to enter the village.

• Senku and Li Xiang built a pulley system and lifted the logs off Kohaku, freeing her safely.
• Kohaku thanked them, explained that a tree had suddenly fallen on her, and carried a huge jar of hot spring water toward her village.
• Li Xiang and Senku discovered a human village, but two guards stopped them from crossing the suspension bridge.
• Kohaku explained that she fetched hot spring water every day for her frail older sister, whose lungs were weak and who coughed constantly.
• Li Xiang said she was a doctor and offered to cure Kohaku's sister, then noted they first needed to get inside the village.

Li Xiang and Senku gained entry to the village so Li Xiang could examine Ruri, the village Priestess. After diagnosing Ruri with chronic pneumonia, Li Xiang promised the village chief she could cure her once they made the right medicine.

• Kohaku pleaded with Kinro and Ginro to let Li Xiang and Senku enter the village, but Kinro refused to break the rules.
• Senku prompted Li Xiang to persuade Kinro, and she warned him of the consequences if Ruri died; Kinro then allowed them inside.
• Kohaku led Li Xiang and Senku to Ruri, where Li Xiang examined her and diagnosed chronic pneumonia.
• Li Xiang told the village chief that Ruri could be cured if she held on until they made the right medicine, giving him hope.

Li Xiang diagnosed Ruri with bacterial pneumonia and planned to make antibiotics from scratch with Senku. As they set out to find materials, Chrome challenged Senku to a sorcery contest, then joined the group to help save Ruri.

• Li Xiang told Senku that Ruri likely had bacterial pneumonia and outlined antibiotic treatments and a fungal-infection backup plan.
• Senku agreed to help make the necessary medicine, and Kohaku volunteered to guide them through the mountains to gather materials.
• Chrome confronted Li Xiang and Senku, challenged Senku to a sorcery contest, and demonstrated colorful flames by heating different rocks.
• Senku recognized the rocks as useful materials and pressed Chrome for their location, while Li Xiang warned Chrome to leave before Senku roped him into work.
• After Kohaku explained that Li Xiang could cure Ruri, Chrome abandoned the contest and joined the group to help make antibiotics.

Chrome led Senku, Li Xiang, and Kohaku to his secret hut, where his collection of ores helped Senku begin gathering materials for antibiotics. Li Xiang took Watermelon into the hills to find medicinal herbs, learned he was nearsighted, and promised to ask Senku to make him glasses.

• Chrome brought Li Xiang, Senku, and Kohaku to his hut, where Senku praised his collection of ores and began sorting materials.
• Li Xiang met Watermelon and asked him to guide her through the hills to find herbs to help stabilize Ruri's condition.
• Li Xiang asked Watermelon why he always wore a helmet, and he revealed his face and explained that everything looked blurry.
• Li Xiang let Watermelon try her old glasses, found they did not match his strong prescription, and promised to ask Senku to make him a suitable pair.

Li Xiang found the herbs needed to treat Ruri’s pneumonia and asked Senku to make glasses for little Watermelon. That night, she watched footage of the group’s earlier lion attack, where she and Taiju fought to protect their friends.

• After searching Back Mountain all afternoon, Li Xiang found the medicinal herbs in the weeds beside her and gathered a full bag with little Watermelon.
• Li Xiang returned to the village, where Senku had asked a pottery elder to make a medicine pot for brewing the herbs.
• Li Xiang told Senku that little Watermelon had severe congenital nearsightedness, and Senku agreed to make him glasses.
• That night, Li Xiang watched footage of the group’s fight with a pride of lions and saw Taiju knock one lion down with a punch.
• Li Xiang pulled Yuzuriha out of danger, struck down another lion, and urged her and Senku to escape while Taiju stayed beside her.

Li Xiang and her friends survived a lion attack after Senku revived Tsukasa Shishio, and they settled into camp while Li Xiang recovered. After learning about Tsukasa’s painful past and his plan to revive only the “pure,” Li Xiang challenged his ideal, and he left the camp alone.

• Li Xiang injured her arm taking down a lion, and Taiju stayed with her as Senku and Yuzuriha retreated.
• Senku revived Tsukasa Shishio, who returned and quickly defeated the remaining lions.
• Yuzuriha splinted and bandaged Li Xiang’s fractured arm, and the group built a cabin camp while she recovered.
• The episode showed how Tsukasa’s poverty, his sister’s illness, and abuse by a fisherman shaped his hatred of the old world and his plan to revive only the pure.
• Li Xiang questioned Tsukasa’s belief that a new world could exclude evil people, and Tsukasa left alone into the forest after listening.

After Senku developed gunpowder, Li Xiang used a laxative to foil Tsukasa when he attacked, then revived Senku and escaped with Taiju and Yuzuriha. The group planned to win the village’s support by offering ramen and clothes.

• Tsukasa left the camp, and Senku announced that the group would make gunpowder; Li Xiang whispered a secret plan to him.
• Senku, Li Xiang, Taiju, and Yuzuriha gathered ingredients and successfully made black powder while Li Xiang prepared a separate project.
• Tsukasa arrived and struck Senku unconscious, but Li Xiang’s laxative incapacitated him before he could take her away.
• Li Xiang carried Senku to safety with Taiju and Yuzuriha, then used Revival Fluid to wake him and explained what had happened.
• After Watermelon investigated the villagers’ opinions, Senku proposed making ramen to win their support, and Li Xiang decided to make clothes.

Li Xiang discovered Gen Asagiri spying on Senku’s group and forced him to defect from Tsukasa’s camp. She brought him back to camp as a new teammate, then returned to the mountains to gather materials.

• While gathering materials with Little Watermelon, Li Xiang noticed Gen Asagiri spying on Senku and confronted him.
• Li Xiang offered Gen the choice to join Senku’s group or face her threats, and Gen chose to defect.
• Li Xiang escorted Gen back to camp and introduced him to Senku, Kohaku, and Chrome as a new teammate and free labor.
• After Senku accepted Gen, Li Xiang headed back into the mountains, while Gen finally relaxed from fear.

Li Xiang and little Watermelon made soft, naturally dyed fabric, and Li Xiang recruited Gen Asagiri to design clothes from it. Senku finished a primitive ramen recipe, then invited the Thousand-Year-Old Village to a gathering where villagers could try the noodles and see the new garments.

• Li Xiang and little Watermelon gathered vines and made soft fabric, then dyed it with natural colors.
• Li Xiang sewed a simple garment but, unable to come up with more designs, forced Gen Asagiri to help with fashion design.
• Senku completed his first bowl of primitive ramen, which Kohaku, Chrome, little Watermelon, and Li Xiang enjoyed while Gen and Senku criticized it.
• Senku sent Kohaku and little Watermelon to invite the village to try the new dish for free.
• Villagers flocked to the entrance, where they found the ramen and the new-style garments.

Senku and Li Xiang recruited most of the village to help build a generator by offering ramen and free clothes. Li Xiang continued treating Ruri, whose chronic pneumonia was improving, while they worked toward making an antibiotic.

• Kohaku and little Watermelon spread the word, drawing villagers to the clearing for Senku’s ramen and Li Xiang’s new clothes.
• Li Xiang offered the clothes in exchange for a favor, and Senku persuaded the villagers to work on building the generator.
• Li Xiang joined Senku and the villagers at the construction site, while the generator’s foundations began to take shape.
• Li Xiang left the site to brew and give Ruri her final bowl of medicine for the day.
• Ruri said her chest felt lighter and she was coughing less, and Li Xiang told her to keep resting while they worked to make an antibiotic.

Li Xiang helped Senku give Little Watermelon glasses, then encountered Tsukasa’s scouts and helped Senku prepare a trap using Gen as bait. Senku agreed to enter the village tournament after Li Xiang pointed out that becoming Village Chief would give him control of its resources.

• Senku gave Little Watermelon custom glasses, and the boy tearfully thanked him and Li Xiang after seeing clearly for the first time.
• Li Xiang and Kohaku encountered two unfamiliar figures in the woods, who fled before they could be questioned.
• Li Xiang told Senku she believed Tsukasa had sent scouts, and Senku enlisted Gen Asagiri to help deceive them.
• Senku and Li Xiang tied up Gen and had Kohaku secure him to a post at the village entrance as bait for Tsukasa’s scouts.
• Li Xiang told Senku that winning the village tournament would make him Village Chief and give him control of its resources, and he agreed to compete.

Li Xiang discovered that fans had flooded the system forum with suggestive fanworks and pairings, leaving her mortified and newly famous. After fleeing Senku’s concerned attempt to check her temperature, she was reassured by Kohaku but remained embarrassed about facing her friends.

• Li Xiang checked the forum and found an explosion of fan pairings and suggestive edits, including an embarrassing video depicting her.
• The system told Li Xiang her online popularity and rewards had increased, but she angrily demanded it stop discussing the fanworks.
• Senku noticed Li Xiang’s flushed face and tried to check her forehead, but she dodged him and hurried away.
• Li Xiang went to a riverside spot to cool down and fret about remembering the fanworks whenever she saw her friends.
• Kohaku followed Senku’s concern to Li Xiang, checked her temperature, and offered to handle her camp work while she rested.
• After Kohaku returned to camp, Li Xiang remained alone by the river, dreading how she would act around Senku and the others.

Li Xiang lured Homura away from the camp and knocked her unconscious, capturing Tsukasa's scout. After Gen Asagiri was untied, Li Xiang sent him to fetch Senku so their real plan could begin.

• Hyoga left Homura to watch the camp and returned to report to Tsukasa.
• Li Xiang led Chrome and Watermelon toward the woods to draw out the scout following them.
• Homura pursued Li Xiang, who ambushed her from behind and knocked her unconscious.
• Li Xiang, Chrome, and Watermelon carried Homura back to camp, where the others tied her up beside Gen Asagiri.
• Senku signaled for Gen to be untied, and Li Xiang sent Gen to fetch him for the next stage of their plan.

After capturing and interrogating Homura, Li Xiang and Senku accepted that war with Tsukasa was unavoidable and planned to cure Ruri while undermining Tsukasa's camp from within. They left the details of their next moves to be carried out as the conflict began.

• Hyoga reported Senku's survival to Tsukasa, who vowed that he could not let Li Xiang go.
• Senku questioned the captured Homura, and Li Xiang tickled her until she revealed that Tsukasa had sent her to gather information and watch the village's movements.
• Li Xiang ordered Ginro and Kinro to guard Homura, then told Senku that their conflict with Tsukasa had become an official war.
• Li Xiang said they should strike first because the village could not withstand Tsukasa's forces in a direct assault.
• Li Xiang and Senku agreed to prioritize curing Ruri and recruiting allies inside Tsukasa's camp, with Taiju and Yuzuriha as potential operatives.