Recaps

Zesi’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack destroyed Uchiha Naisen’s Susanoo and appeared to kill him, but Naisen revived using Izanagi and attacked with his Mangekyō techniques. Zesi outpaced Naisen and cut him in half, leaving him facing another possible death.

• Uchiha Naisen used Susanoo to resist Zesi’s Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, but the strikes shattered the Susanoo and killed him.
• Zesi sensed Naisen’s death, then realized Naisen had revived with Izanagi at the cost of one eye.
• Uchiha Naisen attacked Zesi with Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi, Amaterasu, and Tsukuyomi, but Zesi dodged the black flames.
• Zesi used thirtyfold vibration frequency to move beyond Naisen’s sight and cut him in half at the waist.

After killing Uchiha Naisen, Zesi absorbed his Divine Essence Crystal and gained the Uchiha Bloodline and Three-Tomoe Sharingan, then decided to establish his own organization before Mercury’s protection expired. In Dafeng City, Zhao Wu and the other factions moved to seize control after Naisen’s death.

• Zesi absorbed Uchiha Naisen’s sixth-tier Divine Essence Crystal, gaining the Uchiha Bloodline and Three-Tomoe Sharingan while increasing his experience by 1.5%.
• Zesi concluded that leveling through ordinary Divine Essence Crystals was inefficient and considered seeking experience-pill technology in other advanced civilizations.
• Zesi decided to gather companions and establish his own organization before Mercury’s protection expired in about ten years.
• Zhao Wu learned that Uchiha Naisen was dead and announced his intention to take over Dafeng City.
• Zhao Wu’s Nightfall Hundred Birds and Dafeng City’s other factions began mobilizing, plunging the city into chaos.

After killing Uchiha Naisen, Zesi searched the Martial Soul Forum for information about Martial Souls and higher civilizations so he could assemble a capable team. He studied Mercury’s rankings and chose several potential recruits, though he suspected many powerful figures remained hidden.

• Zesi logged off after killing Uchiha Naisen and went online to seek information and find teammates for visiting higher civilizations.
• Zesi read a forum thread where witnesses and commenters praised Azure Emperor for killing a seventh-tier troll commander with one sword strike and defeating Uchiha Naisen.
• Zesi left the praise-filled thread and opened the forum’s rankings of powerful Martial Souls, users, teams, weapons, and treasures.
• Zesi reviewed the rankings for potential recruits and settled on several targets despite suspecting that many strong Martial Souls were undiscovered.

After Zesi entered the Divine Desolation World, the Martial Soul Forum ranked his Azure Emperor sixth on the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking, making him the first sixth-tier Martial Soul to enter the list. Hirota Koichi, whose Third Raikage A was pushed off the ranking, headed to Country Z’s Heavenly Water Region to challenge Zesi, while other displaced Martial Souls also took notice of him.

• The Martial Soul Forum reviewed footage of Zesi defeating the troll commander and Uchiha Naisen, then ranked the Azure Emperor sixth on the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking.
• The Azure Emperor’s placement sparked debate, with some people praising his strength and others questioning his limited battle record.
• Hirota Koichi learned that his Third Raikage A had fallen off the ranking and became furious because the list helped Martial Souls advance.
• Hirota Koichi learned Zesi was in Country Z’s Heavenly Water Region and set out to challenge him.
• Other Martial Souls displaced by Zesi also turned their attention toward him, though they did not act as impulsively as Hirota Koichi.

Zesi chose Hidden Dragon Ranking members as targets for recruitment and identified Zhou Qian, whose Martial Soul was Accelerator, as his first target. In Dafeng City, Zhao Yiyi and the remnants of the Phantom Flock of Crows were cornered by rival factions until Zesi arrived and asked them to hand over his friends.

• Zesi decided to recruit powerful but underdeveloped Hidden Dragon Ranking members, beginning with Zhou Qian, ranked second for his Accelerator Martial Soul.
• After Uchiha Naisen died, Nightfall Hundred Birds and Fang Blood Shadow attacked the Phantom Flock of Crows and fought for control of Dafeng City.
• Uchiha Shu escaped after being severely injured, while Zhao Yiyi, Sun Fei, and Qian Fan were hunted by the rival factions.
• Black Crow and Yingge led Nightfall Hundred Birds assassins in surrounding Zhao Yiyi and the others, who were nearly out of chakra.
• Zesi appeared, knocked the charging assassins unconscious, and asked Black Crow and Yingge to leave his friends to him.

Zesi arrived in Dafeng City and rescued Zhao Yiyi and her companions from Nightfall Hundred Birds. After overwhelming the city with his Conqueror's Haki, he demanded that Dafeng City's bosses meet him within ten minutes.

• Zesi sensed fighting and familiar people in danger after arriving in the deserted Dafeng City.
• Black Crow and Yingge recognized Zesi's strength and let Zhao Yiyi and her two companions go when he intervened.
• Zesi learned that the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking had placed him sixth, but dismissed the ranking and its benefits.
• Zesi unleashed his Conqueror's Haki across Dafeng City, knocking countless people unconscious and frightening Zhao Wu, Bai Feng, and Agas.
• Zesi announced that Dafeng City's bosses had ten minutes to appear before him.

Zesi confronted Dafeng City's faction leaders for taking the spoils left by Uchiha Naisen and offered the city to whoever paid his terms. Zhao Wu's Nightfall Hundred Birds accepted, and Zesi placed Dafeng City under his protection.

• Zesi summoned the faction leaders of Dafeng City and recognized Ji Wuye among them.
• Zesi accused Zhao Wu and the others of stealing Uchiha Naisen's possessions, then said he would let them compete for Dafeng City in exchange for one billion credits a year and thirty percent of its crystal revenue.
• Zhao Wu agreed that Nightfall Hundred Birds would pay the dues and follow Zesi.
• Zesi carved the Azure Emperor Pirates' skull flag into the city lord's manor and declared Dafeng City part of his protected territory.
• Zesi told Zhao Wu he had a task for him to handle.

Zhao Wu tracked down Zhou Qian on Zesi’s behalf and tried to bring him in, but Zhou Qian refused and fought off the group. Zesi revealed himself after watching Zhou Qian’s abilities, dismissed Zhao Wu, and took over the encounter.

• Nightfall Hundred Birds found Zhou Qian’s whereabouts, and Zhao Wu led his men to confront him in a forest.
• Zhou Qian refused to meet the Azure Emperor and told Zhao Wu to leave, despite Zhao Wu’s warning about the Azure Emperor’s rank.
• Zhou Qian charged through the group using Vector Control, and Zhao Wu struggled to hold him back.
• Zesi emerged after observing the fight and told Zhao Wu that his assignment was over, reprimanding him for acting on his own.
• Zhao Wu and his men withdrew, leaving Zesi to deal with Zhou Qian.

Wenlai Zesi recruited Zhou Qian as the first member of a team of Hidden Dragon Ranking talents to explore beyond Mercury’s territory, promising to raise the team to at least the fifth tier. The story left Zesi considering Uchiha Obito, whose spatial ability could help protect the expedition.

• Wenlai Zesi introduced himself to Zhou Qian and invited him to join an expedition beyond Mercury’s territory.
• Zhou Qian questioned whether a fourth-tier fighter could survive the dangerous outer regions, though he wanted to explore them to advance.
• Zesi promised to help the team members reach at least the fifth tier and explained he wanted a squad made up of Hidden Dragon Ranking members.
• Zesi said he wanted someone with a spatial ability as a safeguard and suggested Uchiha Obito as the next recruit.

After three Seventh Tier troll commanders attacked Dafeng City and triggered war status, Zesi shattered their annihilating beams with his awakened vibrations. Unable to log out and fearing a larger assault, Zesi charged the commanders to fight.

• Zhao Wu warned Zesi that three troll commanders and their forces were heading toward Dafeng City.
• Three annihilating beams struck, and Zesi defended against them with his Overfrequency Defense-Control Hammer and Tremor-Tremor Devil Fruit Awakening.
• Zhao Wu realized the attack had triggered war status, preventing the Martial Souls from logging out.
• Zesi used Moa Moa, hundredfold vibration frequency, to shatter all three beams, revealing the three troll commanders outside the city.
• Zesi drew his longsword and charged the troll commanders.

Three troll commanders attacked Dafeng City to avenge Gokusaha, but Zesi confronted them and demonstrated that his Hundredfold Quake Frequency could threaten even Seventh Tier opponents. He wounded the most arrogant commander by severing his arm, while the battle remained underway.

• Three troll commanders attacked Dafeng City and forced the city into a state of war.
• Zesi flew to confront the commanders, and one of them identified him as Gokusaha’s killer.
• Zesi unleashed Quake Sword Across the Sky and multiplied its power with Moa Moa Hundredfold Quake Frequency, alarming the commanders.
• Zesi vanished and used Treading-Shatter Flash to sever the arm of the commander who had dismissed Gokusaha’s defeat.

Zesi killed Aluobilong with a vibration-filled strike, then used the troll commander's Divine Essence Crystal to strengthen himself and slay another troll commander. One troll commander remained as Zesi's sudden boost in strength and speed left the witnesses stunned.

• Zesi's vibrations destroyed Aluobilong's arm and body, preventing his Transcendent vitality from healing him.
• Zesi cut Aluobilong in half, and the troll commander turned to ash, leaving behind a Divine Essence Crystal.
• Zhou Qian explained that ranking bonuses and higher-tier Divine Essence Crystals could help Zesi advance from Sixth Tier to Seventh Tier.
• Zesi absorbed Aluobilong's crystal, gaining experience and raising Observation Haki and the More-More Fruit to Sixth Tier.
• Zesi used his increased strength and speed to kill another troll commander with a single strike.

Zesi discovered that his Heavenly Supremacy Ranking boosted the experience he gained from Divine Essence Crystals, then killed the final troll commander and reached the seventh tier. His Sharingan advanced to Mangekyō before he broke through, leaving him with greater control over his abilities and renewed strength.

• Zesi realized his Heavenly Supremacy Ranking increased his experience gain from Divine Essence Crystals and decided to pursue a higher rank.
• Zesi killed a troll commander, while the last commander panicked at the loss of his companions and fled.
• Zesi pursued and killed the fleeing commander with a sword strike, then collected his Divine Essence Crystal.
• Zesi used a Divine Essence Crystal and reached sixth-tier perfection as his Sharingan advanced to Mangekyō.
• Zesi consumed the remaining seventh-tier Divine Essence Crystal, reached the seventh tier, and gained improved control over his abilities.

After reaching the seventh tier, Zesi became a transcendent lifeform, healed the damage caused by his powers, and gained major enhancements to his abilities. When the troll battalion advanced on Dafeng City, he used his new strength to attack its vanguard.

• Zesi’s Haki, Devil Fruits, and Sharingan advanced, raising his combat power close to eighty million and making him a seventh-tier transcendent lifeform.
• Zesi discovered that his evolved body had healed his latent injuries and could withstand the Tremor-Tremor Fruit’s destructive power.
• Zesi examined the More-More Fruit’s expanded amplification and permanent enhancement abilities, his greater control over the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, and his new Sharingan techniques, Calamity Substitute and Eight-Span Divine Reflection Realm.
• A battalion of trolls approached Dafeng City, and Zesi decided to test his improved strength against them.
• Zesi rushed at a troll chief using only physical strength, smashed its single eye with a punch, and then crushed a beam of annihilation with Armament Haki.

After advancing to the seventh tier, Zesi tested his improved Haki and destroyed the trolls with Dragon Battles in the Wild, collecting their Divine Essence Crystals. As he gathered the crystals, the eighth-tier Cyclopean Troll King attacked him with a psychic assault and appeared before him.

• Zesi discovered that his seventh-tier Armament Haki could counter annihilation power and that his Observation Haki had gained Future Sight.
• Zesi unleashed his eighth-tier Conqueror's Haki, forcing the trolls to their knees and weakening the troll chiefs.
• Zesi used Dragon Battles in the Wild to destroy the trolls and collected thirty sixth-tier and three hundred fifth-tier Divine Essence Crystals.
• The Cyclopean Troll King sent a powerful psychic assault at Zesi, who resisted it with his imposing aura and activated his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
• The hundred-meter-tall, golden eighth-tier Cyclopean Troll King appeared before Zesi.

Zesi confronted the Troll King after the troll expeditionary army was wiped out, and their eighth-tier mental wills collided. Zesi trapped the Troll King with his Eternal Mangekyō, leaving the eighth-tier Saint struggling to break free.

• The Troll King sensed that three troll commanders had died, rushed from the Troll Wasteland, and found the expeditionary army destroyed.
• The Troll King unleashed his eighth-tier mental assault at Zesi, but Zesi met it with his overwhelming will and changed the weather around them.
• Onlookers recognized the approaching hundred-meter golden troll as the Troll King, while Zhou Qian and the others discussed whether Zesi could protect Dafeng City.
• The Troll King praised Zesi for killing Aluobilong and the other commanders, then questioned how a seventh-tier Transcendent could withstand his will.
• Zesi challenged the Troll King and focused his Conqueror's Haki through his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, frightening and mentally restraining him.
• The Troll King tried repeatedly to break the Sharingan's hold but could only devote his mental strength to resisting it.

Zesi fought the eighth-tier Troll King with the Azure Emperor Sword and the Eight-Span Divine Reflection Mirror, then permanently enhanced his sword before unleashing an awakened attack. The chapter ended as a five-meter blade of destructive light formed around the Azure Emperor Sword.

• Zesi concentrated Tremor-Tremor Fruit vibrations into a slash, but the Troll King crushed its energy and fired an annihilation ray at him.
• Zesi blocked and absorbed the Troll King's ray with the Eight-Span Divine Reflection Mirror, then reflected its stored energy back at him.
• The Troll King emerged unharmed and attacked Zesi with a powerful physical blow, but Zesi dodged with Wave-Stepping Flash.
• Zesi permanently enhanced the Azure Emperor Sword's toughness, sharpness, and energy capacity by a hundredfold each.
• Zesi awakened the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and invoked Quake Sword Across the Sky, forming a five-meter blade of destructive light.

Zesi fought the Eighth-Tier Saint Troll King, then unleashed his awakened Tremor-Tremor Fruit with a hundredfold vibration frequency. He used Observation Haki to anticipate the Troll King's escape and cut his body in two.

• The Troll King sensed danger from Zesi's sword of light but attacked, and the two clashed as Zesi was repeatedly sent flying.
• Zesi activated Hundredfold Quake Frequency, making his power surpass the Troll King's despite the strain on his body.
• Zesi charged with a thirty-meter blade of light as the Troll King fired an annihilation beam, and Zesi's attack gradually overcame it.
• The Troll King deflected Zesi's sword and escaped ten thousand meters away with his Earth-Stepping Divine Ability.
• Zesi foresaw the Troll King's movement, appeared at his destination, and cleaved the Troll King's body in two.

Zesi used his Hundredfold Quake Frequency to cut through the Troll King’s Sacred Body, though the Troll King regenerated by consuming his Sacred Origin. After they traded attacks and both began to weaken, the Troll King fled, leaving Zesi stunned.

• Zesi struck the Troll King with Quake Sword Across the Sky, cutting him in two, but the Troll King regenerated through his Sacred Body.
• Zesi explained that his destructive quake power had consumed much of the Troll King’s Sacred Origin and vowed to kill him repeatedly.
• The Troll King resisted Zesi’s domineering presence while they clashed, and Zesi’s Hundredfold Quake Frequency cut through him again.
• Zesi realized he had enough strength for only two more Hundredfold Quake Frequency attacks, while the Troll King feared losing too much Sacred Origin.
• After fighting longer and sending Zesi flying, the Troll King used his Earth-Stepping Divine Ability to escape, and Zesi stared in disbelief.

Zesi drove the eighth-tier Troll King away from Dafeng City after killing many of his followers, then resolved to master his newly advanced abilities and eventually challenge the Divine Radiance Angel. The city celebrated the victory as news spread across the internet, though some online commenters doubted the reports.

• Zesi concluded that the Troll King’s rapid regeneration had drained him badly, and chose not to pursue him because Zesi was also exhausted.
• Zesi considered the Divine Radiance Angel’s overwhelming strength and planned to refine combinations of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit and More-More Fruit abilities.
• The Martial Souls in Dafeng City saw the Troll King disappear and celebrated, while Zhao Wu and Zhou Qian concluded that the Azure Emperor had forced him to retreat after inflicting heavy losses.
• Zhao Wu and Zhou Qian discussed the Azure Emperor’s possible rise in the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking and speculated that the battle would make others restless.
• Reports of the battle spread across the Martial Soul Forum and the internet, where some users doubted that the Azure Emperor could defeat an eighth-tier Troll King and others said they had witnessed it.

Lucifer learned that Zesi, the Azure Emperor from Zone Z, had defeated the eighth-tier Troll King using the More-More Fruit and reached sixth place on the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking. Saint John and the Blood Earl moved to identify Zesi’s real-world body and eliminate him to prevent Zone Z’s influence from growing.

• A knight told Lucifer that the Azure Emperor had defeated the eighth-tier Troll King and risen to sixth place on the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking.
• The knight explained that Zesi had obtained Whitebeard’s Tremor-Tremor Fruit and the More-More Fruit, which could increase his attack power and speed a hundredfold.
• Lucifer judged Zesi’s power remarkable but believed it could not threaten him, while noting that others would become anxious.
• Saint John ordered his followers to find and kill the Azure Emperor’s real-world body to keep Zone Z from growing stronger.
• The Blood Earl also moved against Zesi, as the Western leaders united to suppress a rising threat from the East.

After falling off the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking, A rushed to Dafeng City to confront the Azure Emperor, unaware of the Emperor’s recent victory over the Troll King. A reached the city lord’s residence and clashed with the Nightfall Hundred Birds guards when they tried to make him wait.

• After learning Zesi had pushed him off the ranking, A traveled day and night to Dafeng City.
• A entered Dafeng City with a powerful aura, and residents guessed he had come to challenge the Azure Emperor without hearing about the Emperor’s latest battle.
• The residents told A that the Azure Emperor was at the city lord’s residence, and A headed there.
• The Nightfall Hundred Birds guards recognized A and offered to report his arrival, but A refused to wait and tried to go inside.
• The guards drew their weapons, and A covered himself in a fierce aura of lightning.

Third Raikage A stormed the city lord's mansion in Dafeng City to challenge Zesi after losing his place on the Heavenly Supremacy Ranking. Zesi stopped A from killing Black Crow and confronted him with a domineering aura.

• Third Raikage A forced his way into the city lord's mansion and demanded to see Zesi.
• Zhao Wu learned that A had come for Zesi, and Black Crow went to notify him.
• Zesi agreed to meet A and ordered Black Crow to bring him over.
• Black Crow led A to Zesi, where A revealed his intent to challenge him.
• A attacked Black Crow, but Zesi seized his arm before the strike landed and unleashed his aura.

Zesi confronted Third Raikage A after stopping him from attacking Black Crow, and revealed that he had reached the seventh tier. Zesi overwhelmed A with his presence and sent him flying with a flick to the forehead.

• Zesi's Conqueror's Haki terrified A and nullified the lightning armor A used to attack him.
• Zesi sent Black Crow away and told A that they would talk alone, questioning why A had challenged him.
• A recognized Zesi's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and deduced that Zesi had advanced to the seventh tier.
• A realized his plan to exploit Zesi's sixth-tier status had failed, and Zesi warned him that he faced deadly trouble.
• Zesi overwhelmed A with fear, touched his forehead, and flicked him backward.

Zesi pursued Third Raikage A outside Dafeng City and overwhelmed him with attacks combining his Tremor-Tremor Fruit power and Conqueror's Haki. A broke through the Eighteen Divine Space Strikes, but Zesi's Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack left him facing an attack on the level of an eighth-tier powerhouse.

• Zesi struck Third Raikage A and sent him flying out of Dafeng City, alarming spectators who recognized him.
• A landed in a forest outside the city, stood unharmed, and grew furious that Zesi's presence had made him fear and fail to resist.
• Zesi caught up with A and unleashed the Eighteen Divine Space Strikes.
• A charged through the barrage with One-Finger Nukite and continued toward Zesi.
• Zesi answered with an all-out Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack, leaving A despairing and asking how Zesi could possess such power.