Chapter Summaries

Shota Aizawa explained the first-years’ Professional Hero offers and workplace experience before the class chose provisional hero names. Chiffon claimed the name Thunder God, and Midnight reluctantly accepted his choice after seeing his confidence.

• Shota Aizawa showed the offer rankings, with Chiffon first, Shoto Todoroki second, and Bakugo Katsuki third, then explained that the students would take part in workplace experience.
• Midnight arrived to oversee the students’ hero names and explained that their choices could follow them into their professional careers.
• Aoyama Yuga presented his name, and Midnight helped him revise it.
• Chiffon announced that his hero name was Thunder God, but Midnight warned that he might not be able to bear such a title.
• Chiffon insisted that Thunder God was worthy of him, and Midnight accepted after asking whether he had thought it through.

After his class chose hero names and learned about their one-week work-studies, Chiffon selected the Qiao Beiqiao Agency, suspecting its elusive president was the Underground Hero Third Emperor. As the students departed for their placements, Chiffon warned Tenya Iida and Midoriya Izuku to contact him if they ran into trouble.

• Midnight rejected Bakugo Katsuki's proposed hero name, Explosion King, and Shota Aizawa moved the class on to work-study placements.
• Chiffon reviewed the many agency applications he had received and called the Qiao Beiqiao Agency to confirm its president's identity.
• After learning Qiao Beiqiao led the agency, Chiffon chose to report there, hoping to verify his suspicions about the elusive hero.
• Two days later, Shota Aizawa reminded the students to bring their combat suits and behave politely as they left for their work-studies.
• Chiffon urged Tenya Iida and Midoriya Izuku to contact him if anything happened during their placements.

Chiffon met Qiao Beiqiao at his dilapidated agency and discovered that the Third Emperor was a powerful cultivator stuck at Qi Cultivation Completion. Chiffon offered to help him reach Foundation Establishment in exchange for being taken to a place rich in Spiritual Energy, and showed him a pill.

• Chiffon found Qiao Beiqiao Agency in an abandoned Taoist temple on the outskirts of Kanagawa.
• Qiao Beiqiao recognized Chiffon's Qi Cultivation Layer Four and revealed that he had reached Qi Cultivation Completion.
• Chiffon offered to help Qiao Beiqiao enter the Foundation Establishment Stage, but Qiao Beiqiao initially dismissed his claim and threatened him.
• Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao agreed that Qiao Beiqiao would take Chiffon to the best place to cultivate in exchange for help advancing.
• Chiffon took out a pitch-black pill, and Qiao Beiqiao recognized its dense Spiritual Energy.

Chiffon gave Qiao Beiqiao a Qi Cultivation Pill, calling it a Foundation Establishment Pill, and Qiao Beiqiao successfully broke through. Qiao Beiqiao then led Chiffon to his cultivation site behind a waterfall, where he promised a surprise deeper inside.

• Chiffon gave Qiao Beiqiao a Qi Cultivation Pill and promised to void his request if Qiao Beiqiao failed to achieve Foundation Establishment.
• Qiao Beiqiao swallowed the pill, cultivated until dusk, and broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
• Qiao Beiqiao took Chiffon toward his cultivation site, first making him travel on foot before they hired a car and continued through a mountain forest.
• Qiao Beiqiao led Chiffon through a waterfall into a cave with stronger Spiritual Energy and said a surprise awaited farther inside.

Chiffon cultivated in a hidden cave with Qiao Beiqiao and discovered a giant Python guarding secrets deep within. After Qiao Beiqiao killed it, Chiffon demonstrated a Fireball Technique and began explaining spells, leaving Qiao Beiqiao eager to learn.

• Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao found a chamber with suspended water, an array, and exceptionally dense Spiritual Energy, then cultivated there.
• Chiffon advanced to Qi Cultivation Layer Five in one night, though he worried that the journey and schedule would leave him little time to cultivate or see Sister Sakura.
• The next night, Chiffon sensed a giant red-eyed Python behind him and wounded it with a Lightning Arc.
• Qiao Beiqiao severed the Python's head with his Fly Whisk, and Chiffon prepared a fire to roast it using the Fireball Technique.
• Chiffon explained low-level spells to Qiao Beiqiao, who excitedly grabbed his shoulders and demanded to be taught.

Chiffon taught Qiao Beiqiao the Fireball Technique in exchange for Qiao Beiqiao’s help in future fights, then agreed to join him on a dangerous tomb-raiding expedition. They set out after negotiating a sixty-forty split, with Qiao Beiqiao taking the larger share.

• Chiffon demanded sincerity from Qiao Beiqiao in exchange for teaching him spells, and Qiao Beiqiao agreed to help beat up four people per spell.
• Chiffon gave Qiao Beiqiao the Fireball Technique, which Qiao Beiqiao quickly learned and used to scorch the stone wall.
• Chiffon ate Spiritual Energy-rich snake meat and meditated, increasing his cultivation speed.
• Qiao Beiqiao told Chiffon he wanted to go tomb raiding, and Chiffon agreed only if they explored an ancient tomb rather than an ancestral grave.
• Chiffon refused Qiao Beiqiao’s offer of a seventy-thirty split, so Qiao Beiqiao raised his share to sixty percent and Chiffon accepted.

Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao uncovered a hidden entrance beneath a mass grave and began descending into an underground passage. They continued deeper despite the damp, thinning air, with Qiao Beiqiao leading the way.

• Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao traveled to a desolate mountain where Qiao Beiqiao said a mass grave concealed a tomb.
• Qiao Beiqiao burned the skeletons in a basin, revealing a dark wooden hatch, and Chiffon blew away the ashes.
• Chiffon demonstrated his Wind Blade spell, prompting Qiao Beiqiao to ask him to teach it.
• Qiao Beiqiao opened the hatch, and Chiffon illuminated the stairs below with a ball of lightning.
• Qiao Beiqiao led Chiffon down the damp passage as the air grew thin, and Chiffon said he was fine.

Qiao Beiqiao and Chiffon reached the treasure chamber in the Grave Blade Emperor's Tomb and fought its powerful Heroic Spirit. Qiao Beiqiao trapped the guardian with his Bagua Plate and attacked it with a fireball, while the Grave Blade Emperor's identity remained unknown.

• Qiao Beiqiao and Chiffon crossed the black pool, where Chiffon sensed hundreds of sabers beneath the water, and entered a treasure room guarded by a Heroic Spirit in golden armor.
• The Heroic Spirit tried to summon the sabers from the pool, but Chiffon used Air Manipulation to stop them from rising.
• Qiao Beiqiao attacked the Heroic Spirit, but its golden saber overwhelmed him and damaged his fly whisk during their fierce battle.
• Qiao Beiqiao used his Bagua Plate to trap the Heroic Spirit in a barrier and learned that it guarded the Grave Blade Emperor's Tomb, though the guardian refused to identify its master.
• Qiao Beiqiao threw a fireball at the trapped Heroic Spirit as the barrier began to crack.

After defeating the tomb’s Heroic Spirit, Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao divided the treasures and traveled to Kanagawa’s black market to sell some of their haul. They arrived at the lawless market, where a yellow-haired man demanded Chiffon’s helmet, leaving Chiffon to face his first confrontation there.

• Qiao Beiqiao used the Bagua Plate and Chiffon’s Fireball Technique to destroy the Heroic Spirit, then negotiated a seventy-thirty share of the treasure.
• Qiao Beiqiao took most of the valuables and some pieces of the Heroic Spirit’s armor, while Chiffon kept the helmet and packed the remaining items.
• Qiao Beiqiao told Chiffon about Kanagawa’s black market, and they hired a driver to take them there with their sacks of treasure.
• At dusk, Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao arrived at the crowded market on the outskirts and drew the attention of the people gathered there.
• A yellow-haired man approached Chiffon and offered five million for his helmet, and Chiffon rejected the offer.

At a lawless black market, Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao clashed with a gang and then defied Black Feather Steward, who tried to seize their belongings. The chapter ended as Black Feather Steward attacked them with a powerful gust, turning the confrontation into an open fight.

• When a blond-haired man threatened Chiffon with a blade, Chiffon struck him with Lightning Arcs and dropped him.
• Chiffon intimidated the gang that rushed to avenge the blond-haired man, but their captain ordered them to hold their ground.
• Black Feather Steward arrived, and the gold-chain captain accused Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao of attacking his brother.
• Chiffon mocked the captain’s witnesses and refused Black Feather Steward’s order to go with him.
• Black Feather Steward sent two men to take Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao’s sacks, so Chiffon knocked them down with Lightning.
• Black Feather Steward spread his wings and unleashed a gust at Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao.

Chiffon injured Black Feather Steward, and Qiao Beiqiao effortlessly drove off Manager Taihe and two powerful men when they confronted them. Inside the Ancient God Black Market, Gu Hua appraised their artifacts at ten billion, more than the market could pay at once.

• Chiffon struck Black Feather Steward with lightning and left him badly injured.
• Manager Taihe confronted Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao, but Qiao Beiqiao sent him and two others flying with a casual flick of his Fly Whisk.
• Manager Taihe escorted Chiffon and Qiao Beiqiao into the Ancient God Black Market and brought them to a private room.
• Qiao Beiqiao presented a burlap sack of artifacts for appraisal, and Gu Hua valued the collection at ten billion.
• Gu Hua said the Ancient God Black Market could not produce enough money to pay for the artifacts at once.

Qiao Beiqiao forced the Ancient God Black Market to return the money it had taken from him and Chiffon, then prepared to fight Shagou when Shagou blocked their exit. The chapter ended with Qiao Beiqiao accepting Shagou’s challenge.

• Qiao Beiqiao made Hirano Isamu promise to return the money while Chiffon watched the black market’s men gather.
• Shagou arrived, heard Hirano Isamu’s account, and recognized Qiao Beiqiao as Shibuya’s Third Emperor.
• Shagou ordered Hirano Isamu to repay the six or seven hundred million owed to Qiao Beiqiao and Chiffon.
• After the money arrived, Shagou stopped Qiao Beiqiao from leaving and said the Ancient God Black Market’s matter remained unsettled.
• Qiao Beiqiao handed Chiffon the burlap sack and accepted Shagou’s challenge to fight.

Qiao Beiqiao defeated Shagou outside the Ancient God Black Market and left with Chiffon, who later returned to the tomb to search its black pool for a valuable blade. Chiffon found that one blade he remembered was missing and continued searching.

• Qiao Beiqiao broke through the Ancient God Black Market's wall and faced Shagou while Chiffon waited nearby.
• Qiao Beiqiao swiftly overpowered Shagou, who conceded and let him and Chiffon leave.
• Shagou threatened witnesses and decided to find Number One to restore the black market's standing.
• Qiao Beiqiao and Chiffon returned to the cultivation sanctuary, and Chiffon left when his workplace experience period was nearly over.
• Chiffon went back to the tomb and searched the black pool, but could not find a blade he remembered seeing.

Chiffon selected three unusual sabers from the Black Pool, discovering that the rusty one could cut through Old Man Gong’s saber but was too heavy for him to wield. He then went to Trouble Shop to confront Gintoki Sakata about a dangerous mission and the Bio-Toxic Field.

• Chiffon focused his strength on three sabers in the Black Pool and pulled them free.
• Chiffon tested the blades against Old Man Gong’s saber, finding that the Blue Light Short Blade cracked it and the Rusty Long Saber sliced it apart.
• Chiffon stored the too-heavy Rusty Long Saber and the green-glowing saber, then strapped the Blue Light Short Blade to his back and left the tomb.
• Chiffon changed into the Legend of the Night Suit and searched for Trouble Shop so he could confront Gintoki Sakata.
• Chiffon told Gintoki Sakata that his people had nearly died on a mission Gintoki gave them and accused him of having connections to the Bio-Toxic Field.

Chiffon learned that Gintoki Sakata had been forced to help the Poison King lure victims and recruited him to work for his agency. After receiving an address from Midoriya Izuku, Chiffon rushed to an alley where Stain had overwhelmed Midoriya, Shoto Todoroki, and Tenya Iida, and began fighting him.

• Gintoki Sakata confessed that the Poison King’s men had forced him to help lure people to the Bio-Toxic Field, and Chiffon warned him to stop harming people.
• Chiffon offered Gintoki Sakata a position at his agency, and Gintoki agreed to shut down the Trouble Shop and transfer its assets.
• Chiffon received an address from Midoriya Izuku and hurried to an alley, where he found Stain standing over the injured Tenya Iida, Midoriya Izuku, and Shoto Todoroki.
• Chiffon knocked the knife from Stain’s hand with a Lightning Arc, then drew the Blue Light Fine Blade and stood between Stain and his classmates.
• Chiffon attacked Stain with a lightning-charged slash, and Stain felt his strength weaken as he faced the glowing blade.

Chiffon, Shoto Todoroki, and Tenya Iida fought Stain until Midoriya Izuku helped bring him down. As the group emerged, Gran Torino found Midoriya Izuku and kicked him in the face.

• Chiffon held off Stain with his blade while Tenya Iida struggled with his failure to avenge his brother.
• After Chiffon urged him to stand up, Tenya Iida attacked Stain with Recipro Burst, Golden Calf Rush, and knocked his weapon away.
• Chiffon blocked Stain from reaching Tenya Iida and blasted him with lightning, giving Midoriya Izuku a chance to knock Stain unconscious.
• Shoto Todoroki tied up Stain, and Native carried the exhausted Midoriya Izuku away.
• Chiffon hid his blade and went ahead as the group left, but Gran Torino spotted Midoriya Izuku and kicked him in the face.

Chiffon, Midoriya Izuku, and the heroes faced a Nomu, while Stain broke free and defeated it before confronting Endeavor. After Stain collapsed and Shigaraki Tomura withdrew, Chiffon realized Stain’s actions would inspire new villains as the Dark Age began.

• Gran Torino and the regular heroes arrived, finding Midoriya Izuku and the others with the captured Stain.
• A Nomu attacked, but Stain used the Nomu’s blood to paralyze it, escaped his ropes, and struck it down while saving Midoriya Izuku.
• Stain confronted Endeavor and declared that only true heroes could kill him before collapsing from his injuries.
• Shigaraki Tomura watched the confrontation with Kurogiri, then ordered their retreat.
• The next day, Chiffon visited Midoriya Izuku and the others, then left to avoid further trouble.
• Chiffon concluded that Stain’s will would draw new followers into the League of Villains as darkness spread.

Chiffon asked Shota Aizawa to let him take leave from U.A. High School, explaining that his strength had outgrown the first-year classes and revealing his membership in the Emperor Alliance. After Shota Aizawa approved the leave, Chiffon said goodbye to his classmates and left the school.

• Chiffon asked Shota Aizawa for leave from school, but Aizawa initially refused because Chiffon was a top student and a key training prospect.
• Chiffon showed Shota Aizawa his Emperor Alliance badge and shared information about the alliance, prompting Aizawa to reconsider his request.
• Shota Aizawa approved Chiffon's leave and told him to say goodbye to his classmates.
• Ooki Shizuka called Chiffon with an Emperor Alliance mission and asked him to return when he had time.
• Chiffon said goodbye to Tenya Iida, Bakugo Katsuki, Midoriya Izuku, Momo Yaoyorozu, Shoto Todoroki, Eijiro Kirishima, and the other students, then left the school.

Chiffon and Kurosawa Ichiro received an Emperor Alliance mission to travel to Russia and kill a traitor. After arriving in the snowy country, Chiffon reflected on White Snow and remembered that Lan Xiaomeng still owed him a promised Q-Type Reagent.

• All Might and Shota Aizawa discussed Chiffon leaving school, and Aizawa vowed to kill him if he turned to darkness.
• Chiffon returned to the Emperor Alliance headquarters, where Ooki Shizuka assigned him and Kurosawa Ichiro to kill the traitor Fukudaisuke in Russia.
• Ooki Shizuka warned them about powerful Underground Heroes in Russia and told Chiffon to hide his conspicuous cloak, then the pair prepared to depart the following night.
• Chiffon and Kurosawa Ichiro boarded a chartered flight to Russia and arrived around midnight as snow fell.
• Chiffon chose to walk with Kurosawa Ichiro to their hotel, thought about White Snow's choice to stay independent, and remembered Lan Xiaomeng's unfulfilled promise of Q-Type Reagent.

Chiffon and Kurosawa Ichiro arrived in Russia while Fukudaisuke learned that the Island Nation Imperial Alliance had sent powerful assassins after him. Fukudaisuke agreed to trade his Type-W Serum for protection, leaving Chiffon and Kurosawa unaware of the danger awaiting them.

• Chiffon met Silisa on the street and exchanged contact information with her before checking into a hotel with Kurosawa Ichiro.
• Maxini warned Fukudaisuke that two high-ranking Seven Saints had arrived to kill him on the Island Nation Imperial Alliance's orders.
• Maxini offered to assign a Second Saint to protect Fukudaisuke in exchange for his Type-W Serum.
• Fukudaisuke accepted the deal but said he would hand over the serum only after the assassins were dead and he was safe.
• Chiffon and Kurosawa Ichiro ate steak at a French restaurant, where Kurosawa remarked on the pleasures of wealth and good food.