Chapter Summaries

After Kizaru left Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu and Tang San clashed with arrogant noble students in the cafeteria, where Grandmaster intervened and treated Dormitory Seven to a meal. Grandmaster then brought Tang San to his office and revealed that his real name was Yu Xiaogang, leaving his purpose for the private meeting unstated.

• Kizaru departed after observing Xiao Wu and Tang San, while Tang San and Xiao Wu led Dormitory Seven to the cafeteria.
• Xiao Wu nearly attacked a noble student who mocked the poor freshmen, but Tang San restrained her to avoid getting expelled.
• Grandmaster arrived, sent away the noble students, and praised Tang San for handling the conflict sensibly.
• Grandmaster invited Dormitory Seven to eat upstairs at his expense, then asked Tang San to walk with him.
• Grandmaster brought Tang San to his book-filled office and introduced himself as Yu Xiaogang.

Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his teacher after revealing his Clear Sky Hammer, and the two set out for the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain Tang San’s first Soul Ring. Before leaving, Tang San repaired Xiao Wu’s broken comb, and Yu Xiaogang gave him a storage belt that Tang San named Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night.

• Yu Xiaogang deduced that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls, and Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Yu Xiaogang to suspect he was the Clear Sky Douluo’s son.
• Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang as his master, and Yu Xiaogang explained Soul Rings and arranged to take him hunting in two days.
• Tang San commissioned a Sleeve Arrow, then repaired Xiao Wu’s broken comb and left her a note before resting.
• Yu Xiaogang met Tang San at Nuoding Academy, explained soul beast regions during their carriage ride, and gave Tang San a twenty-four-gemstone storage belt.
• Tang San named the storage belt Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night as they headed for the Soul Hunting Forest.

Di Tian gathered an elite force of soul beasts and began an invasion of human territory, rejecting Biji’s pleas to stop. Biji hurried to Spirit City to find Kizaru and, after evading the guards, discovered him at a coffee shop.

• Di Tian dismissed Biji and Xiao Jin’s warnings, stirred the soul beasts’ hatred, and led them toward weaker regions of human territory.
• Biji worried that the invasion would cause heavy losses and risk an all-out war, then decided to seek Kizaru in Spirit City.
• Biji refused to let Xiao Jin accompany her and flew alone toward Spirit City at full speed.
• After entering the city, Biji panicked when guards approached and hid beneath the cape of a man drinking coffee.
• Biji recognized the man as Kizaru and was relieved to have found him.

Biji asked Kizaru to stop Di Tian’s beast tide before it reached Nuoding City, and he agreed to help. Kizaru and Biji arrived at the city ahead of the approaching beasts, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang learned of the danger on their way back.

• Biji told Kizaru that Di Tian had sent a beast tide toward Nuoding City, and Kizaru agreed to intervene after finishing his coffee.
• Kizaru helped Biji leave Spirit City despite guards searching for her, then carried her at high speed toward Nuoding City.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang learned that a beast tide was approaching Nuoding City, and Tang San worried about Xiao Wu and the others at the academy.
• Xiao Wu received Kizaru’s warning to stay in the city, and he assured her that he would handle the beast tide.
• Kizaru and Biji reached Nuoding City’s walls before Di Tian’s beast tide arrived, and Kizaru gave Biji a Den Den Mushi.

Kizaru and Biji waited at Nuoding City as Di Tian’s beast tide approached, while the city guards prepared for an attack. Kizaru stopped the charging Soul Beasts with one Laser strike, but Di Tian appeared from the clouds, leaving a fierce battle ahead.

• Kizaru taught Biji how to use a Den Den Mushi, and she infused it with Soul Power.
• Kizaru told Nuoding City’s guard captain that he had come to deal with the beast tide, while the guards fortified the city and requested aid.
• As the Soul Beasts charged, Kizaru asked Biji if he could act without holding back, and she gave him permission.
• Kizaru fired a Laser that destroyed the leading Soul Beasts and stopped the tide’s charge.
• Di Tian emerged from the clouds and challenged the humans after Kizaru’s attack.

Kizaru fought Di Tian after the Black Dragon King led Soul Beasts against Nuoding City, using Yasakani no Magatama to devastate the horde. He blocked Di Tian’s Black Dragon Sword away from the city, and both fighters prepared to battle in earnest.

• Kizaru endured Di Tian’s roar without injury and warned him to stop, but Di Tian refused to retreat.
• Kizaru flew above the Soul Beasts and unleashed Yasakani no Magatama, while Di Tian tried to shield the horde with dragon fire.
• The Laser barrage devastated the Soul Beast horde and badly wounded Di Tian, who charged toward Kizaru and Nuoding City.
• Di Tian transformed into a horned man and attacked with the Black Dragon Sword, while Kizaru formed Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi and met him away from the city.
• Kizaru and Di Tian clashed in a stalemate, acknowledged each other’s strength, and agreed they would have to fight properly.

Di Tian fought Kizaru at full strength but was decisively defeated by Kizaru’s speed and power. Kizaru spared him because Biji had pleaded for restraint, leaving Di Tian chastened but alive.

• Di Tian entered his half-Dragon Transformation state and blocked Kizaru’s opening slash, but Kizaru’s strength sent him flying and shattered his scales.
• Di Tian’s punch passed through Kizaru, who countered by kicking him into the ground.
• Di Tian became enraged and charged Kizaru, but Kizaru feinted with a Laser and struck him with a powerful kick.
• Di Tian used Black Dragon Charge, but Kizaru stopped him with the Ama-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi and followed with several serious attacks that left him pinned to the ground.
• Kizaru aimed a Laser at a distant hill instead of killing Di Tian, explaining that Biji’s plea had convinced him to spare him.

Kizaru helped repel Di Tian and the soul beast horde from Nuoding City, then shared dinner with Biji and learned about the Tranquil Forest. He revealed that he knew of the refuge through his friendship with Hashirama and promised to keep an eye on it.

• Di Tian admitted defeat, thanked Kizaru for sparing his life, and led the injured soul beasts back to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Kizaru accepted the guards’ thanks and explained that Biji had alerted him to the beast tide; he and Biji declined a banquet and went to dinner together.
• Over dinner, Biji told Kizaru that the soul beasts had found a hidden refuge called the Tranquil Forest, and Kizaru revealed that Hashirama had told him about it.
• Kizaru reassured Biji that he alone knew of the Tranquil Forest and said he would keep watch as the soul beasts gathered there.
• Biji declined Kizaru’s offer to escort her, and Kizaru headed back to rest after she left.

Di Tian apologized to Biji after Kizaru’s defeat shattered his confidence, and Biji urged him to reconsider his view of humans and consider the Tranquil Forest habitat. Biji then returned to the Jade Swan clan and announced that they would move, leaving her to explain the decision privately to Biqing and Bifei.

• Biji treated Di Tian’s wounds, and he thanked her and apologized for his past behavior.
• Di Tian asked whether Biji had revealed his location to Kizaru, and she admitted it to prevent him from endangering countless soul beasts.
• Biji told Di Tian she had joined Void Night Village and invited him to discuss the Tranquil Forest habitat with Ulquiorra.
• Biji returned to the Jade Swan clan and announced that the clan would move to a new soul beast habitat.
• Biji asked Biqing and Bifei to stay behind so she could explain the move to them privately.

Biji persuaded Bifei and Biqing to visit the Tranquil Forest, then led the Jade Swan clan to Void Night Village to arrange their migration. They spent the night there under Ulquiorra’s protection, and Bifei and Biqing grew comfortable talking with him.

• Biji persuaded Bifei and Biqing to visit the Tranquil Forest, and the Jade Swan clan agreed to go with her.
• Biji led nearly a hundred Jade Swans to Void Night Village to register for the journey.
• Ulquiorra arranged for ten Hollows to protect the clan and recommended they rest overnight before departing.
• The Jade Swans settled into Void Night Village’s protected habitat, where many of them began playing.
• Ulquiorra invited Biji, Bifei, and Biqing to a meal, and Bifei and Biqing soon became comfortable chatting with him.

Kizaru told Qian Daoliu that he had repelled a beast tide led by Di Tian, then reviewed a report about a mysterious church whose members worshiped a god. He agreed to investigate the group while Spirit Hall continued observing them cautiously.

• Ten Hollows escorted the Jade Swan clan toward the Tranquil Forest, giving Biji confidence in their safety.
• Kizaru returned to the Elder Hall, where Qian Daoliu questioned why he had acted so quickly to stop the beast tide.
• Kizaru revealed that Di Tian had led the beast tide and described Di Tian's offense and defense as top-notch.
• Qian Daoliu showed Kizaru a report about a powerful, recently emerged church whose members appeared to worship a god.
• Kizaru suspected the church used mind control and agreed to keep an eye on its members, while Qian Daoliu warned him to be careful.

After Kizaru reported Twilight City’s mysterious organization to Rota, Rota decided to investigate it himself under the guise of seeking business partners. He set out for Twilight City, planning to gather information along the way without drawing attention.

• Kizaru reported that a mysterious organization had rapidly expanded across Twilight City, and Rota decided to send Tongbao Pavilion members to investigate.
• Rota told Reid that the organization had recruited about eighty percent of Twilight City’s residents in just two months, prompting them to agree to proceed cautiously.
• Rota chose to investigate Twilight City personally while Reid stayed behind to oversee Tongbao Pavilion.
• Rota prepared business agreements, dressed as a wealthy merchant, and set off toward Twilight City.
• Rota chose to travel at a leisurely pace and gather information along the way rather than ask about the organization openly upon arrival.

Rota entered Twilight City with the merchant Zhou Mo and discovered that a bell was being used to control citizens and draw them to a plaza. After feigning obedience to evade suspicion, he watched a masked man collect purple mist from the gathered crowd.

• Rota traveled to Twilight City with Zhou Mo, a merchant who offered to introduce him to business contacts.
• Rota noticed numerous hidden watchers inside the city and chose to investigate on his own while Zhou Mo handled his business.
• A bell rang out, drawing pedestrians toward a plaza and sending an energy that controlled their minds.
• Rota resisted the bell’s influence, pretended to be controlled, and followed the crowd to a plaza dominated by a massive statue.
• A masked man in purple robes called the crowd to worship, and purple mist streamed from the people toward him.

Rota investigated Twilight City’s bell-controlled residents and followed a hidden female watcher, who said she needed his help. When the city’s masked watchers tried to arrest him, Rota killed all eight, leaving the female watcher stunned.

• Rota saw the purple-robed masked man absorb purple qi as the bell ended, then escaped the praying crowd and concluded that most residents were controlled.
• A concealed female watcher confronted Rota, admitted she needed something from him, and led him through the city toward her house.
• Rota encountered Zhou Mo, whose mental state had been damaged by resisting the bell’s influence, but continued with the female watcher.
• Eight masked watchers demanded that Rota come with them, and he refused their order.
• The female watcher attacked the watchers as they charged, while Rota used golden lightning to kill all eight in an instant.
• The female watcher admitted she had underestimated Rota, then told him to keep up as they continued toward her residence.

Rota met Ai Qiu, a Soul Douluo and Twilight City's guard captain who had resisted the Sin God Cult's control and explained how it had secretly taken over the city. She agreed to show Rota the cult's activities that night, warning him that its crimes were worse than he imagined.

• Rota learned from Ai Qiu that the organization controlling Twilight City was called the Sin God Cult.
• Ai Qiu explained that the cult had seized control of the city by using bell-like mental techniques to brainwash its people and replace its lord.
• Ai Qiu revealed that she had avoided the technique with a Hearing Aid Soul Tool and identified herself as the city's guard captain, a level 81 Soul Douluo.
• Rota told Ai Qiu he had come to investigate the Sin God Cult after hearing rumors from a Spirit Hall friend.
• Ai Qiu promised to take Rota to witness the cult's activities that night and warned him to restrain himself.

Ai Qiu brought Rota beneath a church and showed him the Sin God Cult’s Punishment Chamber, where people and Soul Beasts were tortured for their Soul Power. As they tried to leave, the Punishment Chamber Overseer attacked Ai Qiu, and Rota stopped him, leaving the Overseer wary of Rota’s strength.

• Ai Qiu led Rota through the city to a hidden staircase beneath a gloomy church.
• Ai Qiu showed Rota the Punishment Chamber, where Observers tortured people and Soul Beasts to extract Soul Power for the Sin God Cult’s plans.
• Ai Qiu admitted she had visited the chamber before and tried to save some victims, but the cult had grown suspicious of her.
• The Punishment Chamber Overseer confronted Ai Qiu and attacked her while she claimed Rota wanted to join the cult.
• Rota stopped the Overseer’s punch and warned him, prompting the Overseer to realize he was outmatched and consider reporting Rota.

Rota killed the Punishment Chamber Overseer and the watchers who came to stop him, then learned from a dying victim that a purple-robed Masked Bishop would soon visit the chamber. Rota and Ai Qiu hid the evidence and waited for the bishop, hoping to uncover more about the Sin God Cult.

• The Punishment Chamber Overseer tried to reach the alarm bell, but Rota stopped him, destroyed the bell, and killed him.
• More than twenty watchers attacked Rota and Ai Qiu, and Rota killed them in seconds.
• A dying victim told Rota and Ai Qiu that a purple-robed Masked Bishop collected the stolen Soul Power and would return within a few days.
• Rota promised the victim he would destroy the Sin God Cult, and the victim died peacefully.
• Rota sensed that the other victims were near death, then he and Ai Qiu burned the watchers' bodies to ash.
• Rota and Ai Qiu decided to wait for the Masked Bishop and look for a way to expose the cult's secrets.

Rota and Ai Qiu found a sealed chamber beneath the Punishment Chamber and carefully navigated its dangerous corridors. They reached a spacious room and discovered a brilliant crystal that gave off no trace of Soul Power.

• Rota and Ai Qiu found a heavily protected door, and Ai Qiu used a method she had seen before to undo its Soul Power seal.
• Rota stopped Ai Qiu from entering the dark corridor and triggered a hidden spear trap with a stone instead.
• Rota searched the corridor wall and found a mechanism that opened a safer passage.
• Rota tested the passage with a stone, then led Ai Qiu through it to a spacious room.
• Rota and Ai Qiu saw a dazzling crystal that emitted no Soul Power.

Rota and Ai Qiu discovered that the Sin God Cult stored vast Soul Power in a crystal and used the Sinful God Pill to strengthen members at the cost of their lifespans. As they prepared for the Masked Bishop’s arrival, Ai Qiu revealed that the cult had killed her younger brother and scarred her face, and Rota offered to help her confront those responsible.

• Rota opened the crystal’s outer covering, and he and Ai Qiu sensed the immense Soul Power stored inside.
• Rota and Ai Qiu read a laboratory notebook explaining that the Sin God Cult used the Sinful God Pill to accelerate cultivation by draining its users’ lifespans.
• Rota transformed into the Punishment Chamber Overseer to conceal the missing cult members while he and Ai Qiu waited for the Masked Bishop.
• Ai Qiu told Rota that five Sinful Messengers had killed her younger brother and scarred her face when she tried to save him.
• Rota told Ai Qiu they would deal with the Masked Bishop first and then go after the five Sinful Messengers together.

Rota and Ai Qiu posed as members of the Sin God Cult to meet the Masked Bishop and learn more about the cult’s plans. After absorbing the Soul Power crystals, the Masked Bishop promoted Rota to Bishop Protector and ordered him to remain by his side.

• Rota sensed the Masked Bishop approaching the Punishment Chamber and prepared to welcome him with Ai Qiu.
• Rota performed the cult’s greeting and led the Masked Bishop to the Soul Power crystals while Ai Qiu locked the doors.
• The Masked Bishop absorbed all the Soul Power from the crystals and offered Rota a reward.
• Rota asked to be excused for the coming decrease in Soul Power and requested a role in the cult’s operations.
• The Masked Bishop promoted Rota to Bishop Protector and told him to remain by his side.