Chapter Summaries

After completing his soul and successfully leaving his body, Meikyō joined Konoha’s leaders to study the Scroll of Seals. He recorded his Breathing Technique and swordsmanship insights for future generations, then left a mark that conveyed his Sword Intent.

• Meikyō absorbed the essence left by his mirror body, completed his soul, and successfully left his body to test his spirit form near the Star Meteorite.
• The Star Meteorite’s radiation strengthened Meikyō’s soul and briefly let him foresee what people around him would do next.
• Meikyō returned to his body, and Dan Katō, Minato Namikaze, and Jiraiya congratulated him before the group headed to the Hokage Building.
• Dan Katō opened the heavily guarded passage to the Scroll of Seals and explained the Gate of the Great God protecting it.
• The group studied the Scroll of Seals, and Meikyō read Flying Thunder God, Impure World Reincarnation, and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tag.
• Meikyō wrote down his Breathing Technique and swordsmanship insights, then carved “Mirror” into the ground to leave his Sword Intent for future swordsmen.

Meikyō defeated Mosquito Girl, sealed her, and learned that the House of Evolution was sending monsters after him. Genos became Meikyō’s disciple and moved nearby, while Saitama was left fighting the other attackers.

• Meikyō returned to the One-Punch Man World, then joined Saitama as Mosquito Girl and her swarm attacked Genos.
• Meikyō defeated Mosquito Girl, sealed her, and kept her alive to learn about the House of Evolution.
• Genos asked Meikyō and Saitama to accept him as a disciple, and later moved into the apartment next to Meikyō’s.
• Meikyō questioned Mosquito Girl in his basement, but House of Evolution monsters soon broke in to capture them.
• Genos fought Mecha Gorilla while Meikyō battled Beast King, and Earth Dragon dragged Saitama underground.
• Saitama burst out of the ground and angered Frog Man by undoing his belt in front of the monsters.

Meikyō and his allies defeated the House of Evolution’s monsters and confronted Dr. Genos, while Meikyō fought Asura Kabuto to test his strength. Asura Kabuto transformed into Asura Mode, trapping everyone in the combat chamber as his week-long rampage began.

• Saitama defeated Frog Man and chased Earth Dragon and Katsuyu through their underground tunnel, while Meikyō killed Beast King and Genos captured Armored Gorilla.
• Armored Gorilla revealed that Dr. Genos had targeted Meikyō to investigate his strength, and Saitama agreed to help after Meikyō offered to pay for the Saturday super sale.
• Meikyō, Saitama, and Genos went to the House of Evolution, where Meikyō broke through the ground to reach its underground base.
• Asura Kabuto knocked Genos into a wall and challenged Meikyō, who accepted the fight while Saitama watched with Dr. Genos.
• Meikyō used his sword, Amaterasu, and flames against Asura Kabuto, who transformed into Asura Mode as alarms sounded and the combat chamber sealed shut.

Meikyō teamed up with Dr. Genos after Saitama effortlessly killed Asura Kabuto, and Dr. Genos studied Meikyō’s unusual genes. The chapter ended with Meikyō asking whether genetic recombination could add genes from his clan, while Dr. Genos wondered if he had kept his umbilical cord.

• Meikyō fought Asura Kabuto with Susanoo and Amaterasu while Saitama and Genos watched with Dr. Genos.
• Saitama learned the super sale was underway and punched Asura Kabuto to death so they could leave in time.
• Meikyō’s Shadow Clone agreed to work with Dr. Genos and exchanged a handshake, while Dr. Genos requested biological samples from Saitama.
• After the sale, Dr. Genos examined Meikyō’s samples and found his genes unlike any he had studied before.
• Meikyō asked if Dr. Genos could safely use genetic recombination to add genes from his clansmen, and Dr. Genos asked whether he had his umbilical cord.

Meikyō considered Dr. Genos's plan to genetically modify his body and decided to pursue it, while Genos suggested he join the Hero Association to gain money and status. Back home, Saitama lamented his lack of fans, and Genos proposed that Saitama also register as a professional hero.

• Dr. Genos explained his plan to modify Meikyō's genes using stem cells and nanobots, with a clone or spare brain as a fallback for consciousness transfer.
• Meikyō offered to use the Spirit Transformation Technique to leave his body during the procedure, and Dr. Genos suggested Meikyō become a famous hero like Sweet Mask to fund the work.
• Meikyō agreed to gather genetic samples from his clan, but Dr. Genos warned that the destroyed base, equipment, and lack of funds prevented them from starting immediately.
• Meikyō returned home and found Saitama upset that he had no fans and was mistaken for a member of the Touyuan Group.
• Genos explained Saitama's encounter with Sonic, and Meikyō said he had heard of the A-rank wanted criminal but had never met him.
• Genos noticed Meikyō's Hero Association examination registration form and suggested that professional hero registration could help Saitama with his troubles.

Meikyō and Genos took the Hero Association examination, where their extraordinary abilities drew attention from the Association’s executives. After both passed, the executives considered promoting them directly to S-Class and began discussing their rankings.

• Genos and Meikyō registered for the Hero Association examination and joined the testing group in Z-City.
• Genos scored 1,083 side-to-side jumps, while Meikyō exceeded the machine’s 4,000-jump limit and disrupted it with his lightning.
• Meikyō completed the other physical tests at remarkable levels, including a 0.256-second hundred-meter run and a maximum-strength punch that brought the machine to its limit.
• Meikyō and Genos completed the written examination and passed their interview after confirming their involvement in past battles and destruction of the House of Evolution.
• Association executives discussed promoting Genos and Meikyō directly to S-Class and considered how to rank them.

Meikyō and Genos earned perfect scores and were rated S-Class heroes, while Saitama barely passed after mistaking his C rank for an S. Meikyō planned to raise his profile as an idol and began training Genos, who still hoped to catch up to Saitama.

• The Hero Association staff decided to rank Meikyō seventeenth and Genos eighteenth among the S-Class heroes.
• Meikyō and Genos received perfect scores and S-Class ratings, while Saitama scored 71 and broke down after realizing he had received a C.
• Dr. Genos proposed turning Meikyō into a popular idol, but Meikyō rejected the plan and decided to pursue publicity and endorsements instead.
• Saitama called Meikyō for help teaching Genos, and Meikyō agreed to come to their sparring session.
• Genos watched Saitama casually blast a canyon and asked Meikyō to train him; Meikyō dodged Genos's attack and threw him away.

Meikyō trained Genos in combat by exposing his weaknesses and teaching him how to adapt under pressure. After the sparring ended, Saitama, Meikyō, and Genos went to a noodle shop, where a bystander recognized Meikyō and Genos as newly promoted S-Class heroes.

• Meikyō defeated Genos repeatedly while teaching him about combat awareness, defense, and breaking a deadlock.
• Genos sacrificed a leg to evade Meikyō and unleashed a stronger Incineration attack, but Meikyō avoided it by teleporting behind him.
• Meikyō praised Genos's quick learning, helped him reattach his leg, and joined Saitama and Genos for udon.
• Genos concluded that eating a lot might explain Meikyō and Saitama's strength and began planning to upgrade his energy core.
• A girl at the noodle shop recognized Meikyō as the seventeenth-ranked S-Class hero and Genos as the eighteenth-ranked S-Class hero.

Meikyō met Sweet Mask, who advised him to protect the public image of S-rank heroes, then spent a month building his reputation and preparing to modify his genes. He met Dr. Kusuno to arrange access to a supercomputer, where Dr. Genos revealed that he had known Kusuno fifty years earlier, leaving Kusuno questioning how Genos had preserved his youth.

• Sweet Mask introduced himself to Meikyō and Genos and urged them to act as proper representatives of justice; Meikyō asked him for advice on growing his influence.
• Meikyō spent the next month taking hero assignments, promoting himself through interviews and select entertainment work, and modifying some of his cells with Dr. Genos's help.
• Genos contacted Dr. Kusuno, and Meikyō met the scientist to arrange an inexpensive lease of a supercomputer.
• Dr. Kusuno asked about Dr. Genos, who explained that they had met at a scientific seminar fifty years earlier.
• Dr. Kusuno recalled that Genos had been expelled from the scientific community and asked whether he had extended his lifespan or replaced his appearance.

Meikyō persuaded Dr. Kusuno to help Dr. Genos treat his supposed hereditary Sharingan disease by rebuilding his genes, and the scientists prepared a nanorobot treatment. At the treatment site, Meikyō began transferring his spirit into a cloned brain housed in a mech as the procedure was about to start.

• Meikyō explained the Sharingan’s risks and presented Uchiha genetic data to Dr. Kusuno, who agreed to help after hearing Dr. Genos’s treatment plan.
• Dr. Kusuno reviewed Genos’s designs, improved the nanorobot production line, and arranged for the treatment to begin three days later.
• Genos brought Saitama to Dr. Kusuno’s Z-City research base, where Dr. Kusuno and Dr. Kronos prepared the supercomputer for Meikyō’s treatment.
• Meikyō sat on the operating table, guided his spirit body out of his physical body, and prepared to enter the cloned brain inside the mech.

Meikyō underwent a genetic modification intended to give him the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan while a meteor threatened Z-City. Saitama shattered the meteor, and the chapter ended with Meikyō appearing in a colossal golden Susanoo to deal with the falling fragments.

• Meikyō began the Spirit Transformation Technique and left Dr. Kusuno and Dr. Genos to perform his genetic modification.
• Genos answered a Hero Association summons and learned that a meteor would strike Z-City within an hour; he joined Bang while the city's residents tried to flee.
• Dr. Genos explained that Meikyō's modification combined samples from numerous Uchiha, including his parents, to recreate genes close to Indra's.
• Metal Knight's missiles failed to stop the meteor, and Genos used an experimental upgrade to fire a full-power Incineration Cannon at it.
• Saitama arrived and shattered the meteor, while Meikyō rose into the sky as a colossal golden Susanoo to confront the falling fragments.

Meikyō awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and used his Perfect Susanoo to protect Z-City from meteor fragments, then returned to Konoha for the anniversary of his relatives’ deaths. There, Dan Katō asked him to counsel Uchiha Itachi, who planned to infiltrate Madara’s side as a spy, and Dan wondered whether he had changed.

• Meikyō awakened his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, summoned his Perfect Susanoo, and destroyed meteor fragments after Saitama shattered the meteor.
• Meikyō shielded civilians at a highway evacuation point, and photographs of his golden Susanoo appeared in newspapers the next day.
• Genos told Saitama that the Hero Association had raised their rankings after the disaster, while Meikyō had returned to his hometown for a relative’s death anniversary.
• Meikyō placed flowers at Uchiha Senji and Uchiha Rinna’s graves before meeting Dan Katō and Uchiha Itachi in Konoha.
• Itachi said he intended to infiltrate Madara’s side as a spy, and Dan asked Meikyō to persuade him not to take the dangerous mission.
• Meikyō suggested Dan secretly favored Itachi’s choice, and Dan sat down bitterly and asked whether Meikyō thought he had changed.

Dan Katō confessed that the Hokage’s burdens had made him resemble the leader he once despised, while Meikyō revealed his evolved Sharingan and said he could fight Madara. Elsewhere, Madara overwhelmed Nagato and Konan, then began using Nagato to revive himself with the Reanimation Rebirth Technique.

• Dan Katō admitted that fear of Madara and the pressure of being Hokage had made him question whether he had become like the Third Hokage.
• Meikyō showed Dan Katō, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Shisui his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and explained that its power had increased.
• Madara and Bhiruho intercepted Nagato and Konan, and Bhiruho summoned the Third Kazekage, the Third Mizukage, and another ninja with the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Nagato unleashed Super Almighty Push, gravely injuring himself and sending Konan flying to safety, but Madara captured him.
• Black Zetsu possessed Nagato and synchronized his hand seals with Madara’s as Madara struck his own heart to begin the Reanimation Rebirth Technique.

Uchiha Madara recovered his Rinnegan and ordered the Akatsuki Organization to begin capturing the Tailed Beasts, starting with the Nine-Tails. In Konoha, Konan revealed Madara’s power and the enemy’s use of Impure World Reincarnation, while the village considered reviving Hashirama and wondered whether Danzo had leaked the forbidden jutsu.

• Uchiha Madara replaced his Sharingan with his Rinnegan, gave Bhiruho his enhanced Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and ordered Black Zetsu to begin the Tailed Beast capture plan with the Nine-Tails.
• Dan Katō assigned Uchiha Itachi to the Shadow Guard, then rushed to Konoha Hospital after Konan arrived gravely injured with information about Madara.
• Jiraiya recognized Konan as his former student, and she confirmed that Madara had reclaimed his Rinnegan and that Bhiruho had used the Third Kazekage and Third Mizukage against her.
• Meikyō and Tsunade treated Konan, while Konoha’s leaders discussed Madara’s strength and whether to improve the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive Hashirama.
• Konan reported that the Third Kazekage and Third Mizukage had fought at near-Kage strength, prompting the leaders to suspect the enemy had obtained Impure World Reincarnation and to question whether Danzo had leaked it.

Konoha revived Tobirama Senju, Kagami Uchiha, and Hatake Sakumo with Impure World Reincarnation as the village prepared to face Uchiha Madara and his forces. At a high-level meeting, Meikyō said he should still be able to fight Madara, while Konoha began discussing how to confront the coming threat.

• Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered Orochimaru to use Impure World Reincarnation, and the jutsu revived Tobirama Senju, Kagami Uchiha, and Hatake Sakumo.
• Hatake Sakumo reunited with Kakashi, while Tobirama Senju learned that Nawaki had died in the Second Shinobi World War and that Madara’s forces had improved the reincarnation technique.
• Meikyō rebuked Tobirama Senju for his prejudice against the Uchiha, and Tsunade told Tobirama about her twin sons and Yamato Senju.
• Dan Katō convened Konoha’s leaders and strategists with Konan present, and explained that Madara had the Rinnegan and had revived the Third Kazekage and Third Mizukage.
• Tobirama Senju explained the limits of Impure World Reincarnation, and Meikyō told Nara Shikaku that he should still be able to fight Madara.

Konoha prepared to face Uchiha Madara and the Akatsuki, but Madara attacked before the meeting could conclude. Meikyō fought Madara while Konoha's forces battled his allies, revived Kage, Hashirama, and Limbo Clones, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Nara Shikaku and Nara Shikahira explained that other villages would likely avoid joining forces with Konoha against Madara, expecting the conflict to weaken Konoha.
• Hizashi Hyuga warned the meeting that Uchiha Madara had arrived after Madara's group killed Konoha patrol ninja outside the village.
• Meikyō and Uchiha Madara clashed with their Perfect Susanoo, and Meikyō split Madara's falling meteor apart.
• Tobirama Senju and Konoha's ninja engaged the Akatsuki members, while Bhiruho escaped to prepare the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu.
• Hashirama Senju appeared with revived Kage and White Zetsu, forcing Konoha's fighters to battle on multiple fronts.
• Madara sent his Limbo Clones against Konoha, but Meikyō warned the others, and Minato Namikaze, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Uchiha Obito helped restrain them.

Meikyō and Madara fought to a stalemate while Konoha’s forces searched for Bhiruho, who used the First Hokage’s power to escape and inflicted heavy losses. Madara withdrew after failing to defeat Meikyō, and Konoha’s survivors assessed the battle as they faced the threat of his Rinnegan.

• Tobirama Senju led a team that used Yakushi Kabuto’s Sage Mode to locate Bhiruho, but Bhiruho survived Tobirama’s explosive attack and countered with Dark Release.
• Kushina maintained Konoha’s barrier while Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu led more than forty Jonin to reinforce Tobirama’s battlefield.
• Bhiruho summoned the First Hokage and other Impure World Reincarnation shinobi to break through the encirclement, while the Third Mizukage was sealed.
• Madara withdrew from his stalemated fight with Meikyō, and Meikyō let him leave; Kisame Hoshigaki and Momochi Zabuza were killed, while Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura died fighting the First Hokage.
• Tobirama Senju asked Meikyō whether the Nine-Tails’ power could help him defeat Madara, and Minato Namikaze said Madara’s Rinnegan made the outcome uncertain.

Orochimaru revealed a new cultivation technique that refined Natural Energy into stored Sage Chakra, and Meikyō began training before abruptly disappearing from his room. In the Pirate World, Koala read that Marshall D. Teach had defeated Portgas D. Ace as the Revolutionary Army’s allies continued consolidating their power.

• Orochimaru explained that his cultivation technique used Breathing Techniques and chakra circulation to refine Natural Energy into Sage Chakra, while warning that failed cultivation could cause injury or mutations.
• Orochimaru said the technique could strengthen users and potentially extend their lifespans, and he and Tobirama Senju began discussing whether an Impure World Reincarnation body could cultivate it.
• Meikyō studied the copied materials and cultivated at home for three days before vanishing from his bedroom, leaving a Shadow Clone behind.
• Koala read a newspaper report that Marshall D. Teach had defeated Portgas D. Ace at Banaro Island.
• The chapter described how Meikyō’s group and the Revolutionary Army had grown stronger, including their battle against Kaido and the Beasts Pirates that established Meikyō as a new Sea Emperor.

After Ace was captured, Meikyō planned to join the Whitebeard Pirates in rescuing him and treated Whitebeard’s injuries to prepare him for the coming war. Whitebeard agreed to continue treatment before the crew set out, while Shanks departed after warning Meikyō to meet Mihawk.

• Sabo learned from the newspaper that Ace had been captured and waited outside while Meikyō discussed the rescue plan with Dragon.
• Meikyō took Sabo, Enel, and Caesar to meet Whitebeard, where they also encountered Shanks.
• Shanks confirmed that he would keep their plans secret, then left and advised Meikyō to meet Mihawk before intervening.
• Meikyō began operating on Whitebeard aboard the Moby Dick and treated some of his injuries with Marco’s help.
• Whitebeard emerged feeling stronger and called for a feast before the rescue, but Meikyō and the crew persuaded him to wait and continue treatment.

Meikyō joined the battle at Marineford, helped Ace escape execution, and revealed his true identity while Whitebeard fought the Marines. As the battle escalated and the Fan Pirates and Revolutionary Army joined in, the Five Elders ordered the Holy Knights deployed, with Shanks and Kaido also near Marineford.

• Whitebeard and Meikyō learned that Ace would be publicly executed, and Meikyō agreed to report to Marineford while continuing Whitebeard’s treatment on the way.
• Meikyō arrived at Marineford, met the Seven Warlords, and learned Jinbe had been imprisoned for opposing Ace’s execution.
• Whitebeard’s forces attacked Marineford, and Meikyō stopped Doflamingo from cutting down Oars Jr. before reaching the execution platform and giving Ace a copied key.
• Meikyō and Ace fought off Marine attacks as Whitebeard battled Akainu, and Luffy arrived with Jinbe, Crocodile, and Ivankov to help protect Whitebeard.
• Meikyō revealed his name as Uchiha Meikyō and unleashed a giant armored Susanoo while Whitebeard broke through Marineford’s walls and drove back the Admirals.
• Caesar’s flying warship, the Fan Pirates, the Revolutionary Army, Rayleigh, and Crocus joined the battle, while the Five Elders ordered the broadcast cut and the Holy Knights deployed.