Chapter Summaries

Wangchuan met Ace at Shakky's bar, where Ace thanked him for saving the Whitebeard Pirates and remembered the treasure Whitebeard had sent. After learning that Luffy had gone to Amazon Lily with Jinbe, Wangchuan considered the consequences of the changed war and planned his next moves; he left for the docks to collect the treasure.

• Ace thanked Wangchuan for saving him and the Whitebeard Pirates during the Paramount War.
• Ace remembered that Whitebeard's treasure was aboard his ship docked at Grove 41, and Wangchuan agreed to collect it.
• Shakky took a photograph of Wangchuan and Ace, then Rayleigh joined them and asked Ace how Whitebeard was doing.
• Ace told Wangchuan that Luffy had gone with Jinbe to Amazon Lily before planning to return to Sabaody and find his crew.
• Wangchuan realized Rayleigh might not train Luffy for two years, then considered robbing the Celestial Dragons or confronting Kaido.
• After Ace drank himself unconscious, Wangchuan paid the bar and left for the docks to retrieve his spoils.

Wangchuan exchanged the treasure aboard Ace's ship for Demon Coins, then learned from the system that his Kan trigram remained incomplete despite his restored power. The chapter left him considering the goal of mastering the Kan trigram fully.

• Wangchuan boarded Ace's ship and scanned its cargo, finding treasure worth approximately 21.2 billion Beli.
• Wangchuan exchanged all the treasure for Demon Coins, raising his balance to 221.
• Wangchuan considered spending his coins to improve his incomplete demon templates, but the system recommended strengthening his individual power.
• The system explained that the Eight Demon Sorcerers corresponded to the eight trigrams and that Wangchuan represented the Kan trigram.
• The system told Wangchuan that his Kan power covered gravity but lacked lunar phases and deeper laws, and set full mastery of the Kan trigram as his objective.

Wangchuan spent his remaining Demon Coins to perfect the Kan Trigram, unlocking the Moon Demon's true form and transforming into a being of lunar gravity, tides, and abyssal power. The system revealed that perfecting all eight trigrams could make him the Master of the Trigrams, and Wangchuan ended by reciting an ancient prophecy.

• Wangchuan learned that perfecting the Kan Trigram would cost 200 Demon Coins and unlock the Moon Demon's true form.
• The system told Wangchuan that Eight Trigrams Unification could make him the Master of the Trigrams, embodying all eight authorities.
• Wangchuan confirmed the upgrade and spent 200 Demon Coins to perfect the Kan Trigram.
• Wangchuan transformed into a miniature moon that drew in the ship, seawater, and everything within a hundred-meter radius before returning to human form.
• Wangchuan emerged with lunar features and distorted gravity around him, then recited, "The Kan Trigram is the pit, the water, the moon."

Wangchuan arrived on Fish-Man Island and used his Gravitational Field to drain the blood from Hammond and Zeo. He planned to use their blood to draw a magic array welcoming a demon.

• Hammond and Zeo complained that the Whitebeard Pirates had survived the Paramount War and discussed waiting to claim their territory.
• Wangchuan emerged from distorted space in Mermaid Cove and admired the island, saying Basha would like her New Atlantis.
• Hammond and Zeo confronted Wangchuan and threatened him, but he recognized them as officers of the New Fish-Man Pirates.
• Wangchuan immobilized Hammond and Zeo with his Gravitational Field and said their blood would serve as paint for a magic array.
• Wangchuan drained all the blood from Hammond and Zeo, formed it into two spheres, and called them good materials for welcoming a demon.

Wangchuan used a magic circle and the Soul Passage to bring Basha back from Eternal Hell, and she awakened in a new body at Mermaid Cove. After she entered the surrounding ocean to recover, Wangchuan learned that his Kan Trigram Perfection would raise her rank and power ceiling as well.

• Wangchuan opened a Soul Passage linked to Basha and summoned her into an embryo formed by the magic circle.
• Basha awakened, escaped Eternal Hell, and recognized Wangchuan as Tso Lan despite his transformed appearance and overwhelming pressure.
• Wangchuan told Basha that she was at Fish-Man Island and that the surrounding sea was her domain.
• Basha plunged through the bubble membrane into the ocean to recover her power and wisdom.
• Wangchuan asked the System about Basha's transformation, and it confirmed that his completed trigram positions raised the linked Demons' ranks and power ceilings.

Shendu defeated Drago and sent him back to Hell, while a mysterious serpent’s cry awakened anomalies around the world. Jade heard the sound without understanding it, and Shendu recognized it as the cry of a snake Odin had imprisoned in the deep sea.

• Shendu crushed Drago, and Pops and Tohru used the squid tentacles to open a fissure to Hell and strip Demon Chi from the demons.
• Ice called for Fist and Viper to flee, while Drago was dragged toward Hell and Shendu refused to save him.
• A serpent cried from the depths of the Norwegian Sea, triggering brief anomalies around the world.
• Jade heard the cry at the stadium, but Parker and the others did not, and she could not remember where she had heard it before.
• Shendu recognized the sound as the cry of the snake Odin had imprisoned beneath the sea and mocked Asgard’s cages.

Shendu dragged Drago into Eternal Hell as Pops and Tohru sealed the rift. The group celebrated their victory, but Pops worried that the things awakening elsewhere might be even more dangerous.

• Drago tried to pull Shendu into the rift, but Shendu grabbed his tail and dragged him into Eternal Hell with him.
• Pops and Tohru sealed the rift as Drago's cries faded away.
• Lassoo, Chow, and Finn arrived at the ballpark after the battle, and Hak Foo accepted Lassoo's hot dog.
• Captain Black told Jackie Chan that Drago was in Hell, the Ice Crew had lost their Demon Chi, and the recovered Demon Chi had been sent to Hell.
• Viper and El Toro Fuerte praised Jackie, while El Toro Fuerte offered to host a celebration.
• Jade asked Pops why he looked worried, and Pops wondered whether Shendu and Drago were less trouble than the things that had just awakened.

After Drago and Shendu fell into Hell, Pops warned Jackie and the others that ancient demons were awakening in unusually large numbers. He identified Jormungandr as the first to awaken and left for his antique shop to seek answers before the world’s foundations shifted further.

• Tohru asked Pops what he meant by saying that ancient demons had awakened, and Pops reported that Good Chi had warned him of their return.
• Pops told the group that many demons were awakening and that their combined threat could exceed that of Shendu and the others.
• Jade described hearing a distant serpent-like cry that the others could not hear, and Pops said her Saint’s imprint let her perceive it.
• Pops identified the cry as Jormungandr’s warning and said his awakening was not the cause of the others waking.
• Pops said he would return to his antique shop to find answers, while Captain Black handled the stadium aftermath.
• Pops warned Jade that Jormungandr’s awakening meant the world’s foundations were loosening and that nothing could remain peaceful.

Pops explained that Tso Lan and Basha’s disappearance had weakened the balance that suppressed other ancient demons, while corresponding gods would also awaken. As Jackie Chan went to warn Black, a mysterious black-robed figure emerged from a rift in the Kunlun Mountains and announced that he had returned.

• Jackie Chan showed Pops Section 13’s reports of strange global anomalies, including an unexplained underwater signal.
• Pops revealed that Basha’s stellar position had vanished, like Tso Lan’s, leaving two demon positions empty and allowing ancient demons to awaken.
• Pops told Jackie Chan, Jade, and Tohru that gods and sacred beings would awaken to counter the demons, and urged them to protect humanity’s place in the coming upheaval.
• Jackie Chan left to explain the situation to Black, while Jade excitedly imagined a mythological age and wondered whether she should find a hammer.
• A black-robed figure fell through a rift in a remote Kunlun Mountains valley and declared that he had finally returned.

Basha forced Neptune and Fish-Man Island to submit, then vowed to end their oppression by humans and the Celestial Dragons. After Neptune pledged Fish-Man Island’s support, Basha asked Wangchuan when he would rescue their allies from Eternal Hell, and he said it would not be long.

• Basha demanded Neptune recognize her rule, and Neptune, his sons, and Shirahoshi bowed to her.
• Basha asked how humans had treated Fish-Man Island, and Neptune described trafficking, enslavement, and the World Government’s support for the Celestial Dragons.
• Basha declared Fish-Man Island no longer needed to hide and vowed to make humans and the Celestial Dragons fear the Fish-Men.
• Neptune pledged Fish-Man Island would fight at Basha’s side, while Shirahoshi worried aloud about killing humans.
• Basha asked Wangchuan when he would rescue Tchang Zu, Hsi Wu, Dai Gui, Po Kong, and Xiao Fung from Eternal Hell, and he said he expected to free them soon.

Wangchuan asked Neptune for access to Ryugu Palace’s treasury, then exchanged its contents for Demon Coins. After discussing the Whitebeard Pirates with Fukaboshi, he left the empty treasury with enough coins to max out one hexagram.

• Neptune ordered Fukaboshi to take Wangchuan to the treasury and let him take whatever he wanted.
• Fukaboshi told Wangchuan that Whitebeard’s crew had protected Fish-Man Island and asked him to go easy on them if they met at sea.
• Wangchuan revealed that he had been at the Paramount War, and Fukaboshi recognized him as the man who killed Akainu.
• Fukaboshi opened Ryugu Palace’s treasury and left Wangchuan alone inside.
• Wangchuan scanned the treasure, valued it at approximately 20.1 billion Beli, and exchanged it all for Demon Coins.
• Wangchuan saw that his Demon Coins had increased from 9 to 210, enough to max out one hexagram.

Wangchuan completed Basha’s Dui Trigram and learned that fusing it with his perfected Kan Trigram in his current world could destroy his soul. He returned to the moon and prepared to travel to the Jackie Chan Adventures world, where he intended to calibrate the laws and confront whatever awaited him.

• Wangchuan spent 200 Demon Coins to complete Basha’s Dui Trigram through their authority link.
• Basha sensed her perfected power in Ryugu Palace, recognized Wangchuan’s involvement, and transformed into an unknown liquid.
• The system warned Wangchuan that attempting Kan-Dui Resonance in his current world had only a 2.5% chance of success and could leave his soul devoured by the laws.
• Wangchuan decided to return to the Jackie Chan Adventures world and appeared on the moon while the system prepared a cross-world passage to the Kunlun Mountains.
• The system warned that ancient Demon gods were awakening and that Wangchuan might encounter He Xiangu, prompting him to eagerly welcome the prospect.

Shendu and Drago fought in Eternal Hell while the Seven Demons watched and argued over who would win. Wangchuan appeared before them, and the chapter ended with him addressing Shendu and meeting Drago for the first time.

• Shendu and Drago grappled in Eternal Hell, and Shendu insisted that Drago had to pay for betraying him.
• The Seven Demons watched the fight and predicted Shendu would win because Drago's absorbed Demon Chi was borrowed and weakening in Hell.
• A tremor shook Hell's barrier, and Wangchuan's translucent face appeared before the demons.
• The Seven Demons recognized Wangchuan and excitedly asked whether he had come to rescue them.
• Drago recognized Wangchuan as the demon whose Demon Chi he had sensed in a doorway during his earlier fight with Jade.
• Wangchuan greeted Shendu, then turned to Drago and introduced himself.

Wangchuan traveled to the Kunlun Mountains to test his trigrams and discovered a faint trace of Black Chi in the northeast. He set out to investigate its source.

• Drago respectfully praised Tso Lan, hoping to win his favor and escape the prison.
• Wangchuan ended the conversation with the demons and arrived atop a snowy peak in the Kunlun Mountains.
• Wangchuan reflected on the gap between Tso Lan’s memories of Kunlun and his own memories of its ancient gods and landmarks.
• Wangchuan tested the Kan and Dui Trigrams and sensed faint Black Chi in the mountains.
• Wangchuan used the system to locate the Black Chi seventeen kilometers to the northeast, then warped space to investigate.

Jackie Chan investigated a mysterious ancient complex in northern China while searching for signs of an awakening deity. Jade, who had secretly followed him, unearthed a golden scepter and read an inscription that named it the Eternal Flame Staff.

• Jackie Chan examined the vast, undated ruins with an archaeologist and noted that they lacked expected artifacts and inscriptions.
• Pops told Jackie Chan that his tracker had detected anomalous fluctuations in northern China and warned him to stay alert.
• Jackie Chan discovered Jade had hidden in his backpack, and he let her stay nearby under strict instructions not to touch anything.
• Jade spotted a golden object protruding from the soil and secretly dug up a scepter topped with a phoenix.
• Jade touched the scepter, felt it warm in her hands, and read aloud an inscription describing the Eternal Flame Staff and the phoenix's soul.

Jade unearthed a golden staff called the Eternal Flame Staff, and Jackie recognized its power just as Daolon Wong returned with Dark Chi and Earth Spirits. Jackie sent Jade to take the staff back to Pops while he faced Daolon Wong.

• Jade dug up a golden staff covered in ancient writing, and Jackie examined it and identified it as the Eternal Flame Staff.
• Dark Chi gathered at the excavation site, and Daolon Wong appeared and demanded the staff from Jackie.
• Daolon Wong summoned a group of Earth Spirits, frightening the archaeologists into fleeing the trench.
• Jackie handed the staff to Jade, told her to run back to Pops, and turned to confront Daolon Wong.

Jade activated the scepter and summoned the Phoenix, which destroyed Daolon Wong’s Earth Spirits and rescued Jackie Chan. Daolon Wong escaped, while the Phoenix perched nearby as Jackie and Jade watched it.

• Jade escaped the Earth Spirits but returned to Jackie Chan with the scepter as Daolon Wong sent more spirits after him.
• Jackie Chan discovered that Good Chi let him destroy Earth Spirits with his kicks, but they trapped him far from Jade.
• Jackie Chan told Jade to read the scepter’s inscription, and she summoned the Phoenix.
• Jade asked the Phoenix to save Jackie Chan, and it destroyed the Earth Spirits with its flames.
• Daolon Wong fled in black mist, and the Phoenix settled on a stone pillar as Jackie Chan joined Jade.

Jade and Jackie watched the Phoenix break free from the scepter that had imprisoned it, and the Phoenix thanked Jade before flying away. From a distant ridge, Wangchuan recognized that Jade had freed it through the favor of Heaven’s Will and wondered whether her pure nature explained why she had let such power go.

• Jade questioned why the Phoenix had been imprisoned in the scepter, and Jackie agreed it was unfair and suggested Pops might know how to free it.
• The scepter grew hot, shattered into golden motes, and restored the Phoenix as its shackles broke.
• The Phoenix thanked Jade, explained that it had been bound for tens of thousands of years, and flew into the sky after she urged it to go free.
• Jade and Jackie set off to find Pops, while Jackie reassured her that the Phoenix would return.
• Wangchuan watched from a distant ridge and concluded that Jade’s will had overridden a deity’s seal, then questioned why she had given up control of the Phoenix.
• Wangchuan turned and saw He Xiangu behind him.

Wangchuan confronted He Xiangu, who warned that his return was worsening the world’s imbalance, but he said he had come back because his power and soul were bound to it. He Xiangu then discovered that Tso Lan had neither evil chi nor Good Chi, leaving his nature an unsettling blank.

• He Xiangu greeted Wangchuan as Tso Lan and remarked on his human-like body, while he mocked her for waiting alone.
• He Xiangu said Jade had freed the phoenix and questioned what Wangchuan thought as he watched her grieve and let it go.
• He Xiangu warned that the world was collapsing because Wangchuan and Basha had left, leaving the Eight Demon Sorcerers’ places vacant and dark chi seeking new hosts.
• Wangchuan said he did not care about the world’s collapse, but explained that his laws, trigram position, and soul’s anchor bound him to it, and blamed He Xiangu for making him a pillar.
• He Xiangu showed Wangchuan the lotus that had once sealed him, provoking his displeasure before she put it away.
• He Xiangu examined Tso Lan and found no trace of either evil chi or Good Chi.

Wangchuan revealed that he had mastered the Kan Trigram and challenged He Xiangu, whose powers collided with his before they both vanished. Three days later, Jackie Chan and Jade returned to Uncle’s Antique Shop, where Pops warned that the Phoenix’s release would prompt Evil Chi to move.

• He Xiangu recognized that Wangchuan had mastered the Kan Trigram and that his nature and origin had changed.
• Wangchuan and He Xiangu unleashed their powers against each other, and their moon and lotus merged into a sphere that vanished with them.
• Jackie Chan and Jade returned to Uncle’s Antique Shop, where Jade told Pops about Mozi’s time machine and Pops warned her not to touch it.
• Jackie Chan and Jade recounted the Phoenix’s release, and Pops explained that the Phoenix was an ancient spirit beast of the Good Chi Faction.
• Pops told Jade that Good Chi’s response to the Phoenix’s emergence meant Evil Chi would move as well.