Recaps

Rota and Kizaru investigated a divine inheritance in the Star Dou Great Forest, trained Xiao Wu, and helped Tang Hao claim a powerful artifact in the Star Dome Secret Realm. Back in Spirit City, Rota gave Bibi Dong a Companion Soul Artifact and began training her against illusions before agreeing to check on Qian Renxue.

• Kizaru settled his conflict with Qian Xunjie, who named Bibi Dong the next Pope and promoted Kizaru to Third Worshipper, while Rota began training Bibi Dong in Body Techniques.
• Kizaru visited Xiao Wu and the soul beasts, and Rota deciphered the Stone Tablet to uncover Qingqiu Tanyue's divine inheritance and place it in his scroll.
• Kizaru trained Xiao Wu and the soul beasts in the Six Powers and Haki, then killed the Bloodthirsty Mad Bear that had been invading their territory.
• Rota joined Tang Hao and Ah Yin in the Lost Kingdom, seized control of the realm, and helped Fei Yu return to life with White Zetsu's assistance.
• Ah Yin named the realm the Star Dome Secret Realm, and Tang Hao claimed the Explosive God-Slaying Hammer before sparring with Rota and losing after Rota's Susanoo withstood his attacks.
• Rota assigned Fei Yu and White Zetsu to manage the realm, then returned to Spirit City and gave Bibi Dong the Crown of God's Dawn.
• Rota trapped Bibi Dong in a maze illusion and agreed to train her resistance to illusions alongside her Body Techniques.
• Bibi Dong asked Rota to check on Qian Renxue, and Rota agreed to go himself.

Rota brought Qian Renxue closer to Bibi Dong, fought Qian Daoliu, and helped Qian Renxue obtain her first two Soul Rings. After leaving her with Kizaru, Rota used the Akatsuki ring to become Ulquiorra and began confronting Soul Beasts and human hunters in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Rota found Qian Renxue with Qian Daoliu, took her to safety, and arranged a secret meeting that helped her understand Bibi Dong’s intentions.
• Rota fought Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile, returned Qian Renxue unharmed, and defeated Qian Daoliu before Kizaru carried him back to Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu thanked Kizaru for saving him, while Golden Crocodile asked Kizaru for a match before entering seclusion.
• Bibi Dong reunited with Qian Renxue after her awakening, and Qian Daoliu revealed that she had awakened the Six-Winged Angel with Innate Level 20 Soul Power.
• Rota took Qian Renxue into the Star Dou Great Forest, where he helped her absorb a twelve-hundred-year Holy Light Unicorn’s Soul Ring and a Light Winged Crane’s Soul Ring.
• Rota left Qian Renxue with Kizaru, then summoned Ulquiorra through the Akatsuki ring and went to Da Ming Lake to meet the Soul Beasts.
• Ulquiorra urged the Soul Beasts to unite against humanity, but Da Ming refused, so Ulquiorra gave him a seal and left.
• Ulquiorra rescued a wounded Pegasus Soul Beast from the Black Jackal Soul Hunting Group, defeated several of its members, and faced the group’s approaching Soul Emperor deputy.

Ulquiorra claimed a village and confronted the Moke family while Kizaru helped bring about Qian Xunjie’s death. Tang Hao and Ah Yin found a way to preserve her after she became his ninth Soul Ring, then settled with Tang San in Holy Soul Village as Kizaru advanced Bibi Dong’s rise to power.

• Ulquiorra killed the Black Jackal Soul Hunting Group’s leader, and its deputy disbanded the group before the Moke family hired two Soul Douluos to hunt Ulquiorra and the Storm Pegasus.
• Ulquiorra killed the Soul Douluos, destroyed the Moke family’s stronghold, and established Void Night Village, turning its residents into Hollows while sparing the pastry shop owner.
• Kizaru visited Void Night Village and reported to Qian Daoliu that he had fought a dangerous soul beast to a draw, while beginning to train Qian Renxue in swordsmanship.
• Four years later, Qian Xunjie pursued Tang Hao and Ah Yin to capture her, but Kizaru and Ulquiorra helped Tang Hao escape and killed Qian Xunjie.
• Fei Yu gave Tang Hao and Ah Yin a way to preserve her through the Companion Soul Artifact, and Sereya supplied the blood needed to make the Sublimation Fluid.
• Tang Hao used the Sublimation Fluid before Ah Yin became his ninth Soul Ring, then returned her to human form with the Companion Soul Artifact and gained the Blue Silver Heaven-Shaking Hammer.
• Tang Hao tested his new Soul Skill against a level 97 mechanical guard, then left the Star Dome Secret Realm with Ah Yin and Tang San to settle in Holy Soul Village.
• Tang Hao told Kizaru that he had settled in Holy Soul Village, and Kizaru presented Qian Xunjie’s corpse to Bibi Dong, who absorbed his Soul Power and reached level 94.

Bibi Dong became Pope and Spirit Hall attacked the Clear Sky Sect, while Rota helped its survivors escape and rebuild. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong killed Xiao Wu’s Mother, leading Ulquiorra to bring Xiao Wu to Void Night Village and confront Soul Masters who threatened it.

• Kizaru showed Qian Daoliu evidence of Qian Xunjie’s dealings with the Moke Group, and Qian Daoliu confirmed Bibi Dong as the new Pope before planning an attack on the Clear Sky Sect.
• Rota faced Qian Daoliu while Kizaru devastated the Clear Sky Sect, then helped Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua lead its survivors into seclusion.
• Bibi Dong entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and they pursued Xiao Wu and her mother.
• Bibi Dong defeated and killed Xiao Wu’s Mother, while Ulquiorra knocked Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo unconscious and arrived too late to save her.
• Madara saved Bibi Dong and Ghost Chrysanthemum from Ulquiorra’s attack, while Ulquiorra brought Xiao Wu’s mother’s body back to Void Night Village and Sereya comforted Xiao Wu.
• Ulquiorra preserved Xiao Wu’s Mother’s body, told the Sky Azure Bull Python that Spirit Hall had killed her, and promised to avenge her while inviting him and Er Ming to join Void Night Village.
• Ulquiorra confronted Soul Masters who approached Void Night Village and killed Boss Lu and another attacker, terrifying the rest.