Chapter Summaries

Rota and Ai Qiu infiltrated the Masked Bishop’s inner circle to gather intelligence on the Sin God Cult, then left the Punishment Chamber and waited for their evening assignment. As the bell rang over Twilight City, Rota noticed the cult seemed to have no members stronger than Soul Douluo.

• The Masked Bishop promoted Rota and Ai Qiu, gave Rota a map, and arranged to meet them that night for their assignment.
• After the Masked Bishop left, Rota explained to Ai Qiu why they needed to maintain their disguise and gather intelligence instead of attacking him.
• Rota and Ai Qiu agreed to investigate the Sinful Messengers and look for a chance to weaken the Sin God Cult.
• Rota and Ai Qiu left the Punishment Chamber, disguised Rota as its overseer, and spent the afternoon at an open-air teahouse.
• When the bell rang at sunset, Ai Qiu removed her Hearing Aid Soul Tool, while Rota realized the Sin God Cult seemed to have no Titled Douluo among its members.

Rota and Ai Qiu met the Masked Bishop, who promoted Rota and revealed the Sin God Cult’s plans to conquer the world. Rota accepted a mission to lure Titled Douluo to Twilight City for a trap, and the Masked Bishop began introducing him to the Sinful Messengers.

• Rota and Ai Qiu followed the Masked Bishop’s directions to a hidden hall outside Twilight City.
• The Masked Bishop gave Rota a token and promoted him to Bishop Protector.
• The Masked Bishop revealed that Sinful God was an outsider god seeking to conquer the world through the Sin God Cult.
• The Masked Bishop ordered Rota to bring famous Titled Douluo to a grand banquet in Twilight City within one month.
• The Masked Bishop explained that the five Sinful Messengers could use a fusion soul skill to disable the Titled Douluo and began introducing them to Rota.

Rota and Ai Qiu learned about the Sin God Cult’s plan and went to confront its five Sinful Messengers. After the Messengers sealed Rota’s Soul Power with their fusion skill, he attacked one of them with overwhelming physical force.

• Rota and Ai Qiu left the Masked Bishop after learning that the Sinful Messengers were five Level 85 Soul Douluo.
• Rota told Ai Qiu he would avenge her and led her to the place where the five Messengers had gathered.
• Rota overheard the Messengers boast about the bishop’s plan to gather and wipe out Titled Douluo, then provoked them by mocking their strength and judgment.
• When one Messenger attacked, Rota revealed he was a Level 99 Limit Douluo and unleashed enough Soul Power to send the attacker flying.
• The five Messengers used their fusion soul skill to seal Rota’s Soul Power, but Rota grabbed a charging Messenger by the head and slammed him into the ground.

Rota defeated the five Sinful Messengers despite having his Soul Power sealed, then let Ai Qiu take revenge on them. Afterward, Ai Qiu thanked him, and Rota prepared to clean up the area and leave.

• Rota crushed one Sinful Messenger with a single blow, stunning the others and Ai Qiu.
• Rota overwhelmed the four remaining Sinful Messengers with spiritual pressure and used Armament Haki: Ryuo to inflict fatal internal injuries through their defensive shield.
• Rota left the wounded Sinful Messengers for Ai Qiu to deal with, and she killed all five in revenge for their past abuse.
• Ai Qiu thanked Rota after taking her revenge, and he began preparing to clean up the area before they left.

Rota and Ai Qiu left after dealing with the Sinful Messengers, and Rota arranged for his clones to impersonate them as informants within the Sin God Cult. He brought Ai Qiu to Tongbao Pavilion’s headquarters in Star Luo Imperial City, where she joined the organization and was astonished by its wealth.

• Rota destroyed the four Sinful Messengers and left five Shadow Clones disguised as them inside the Sin God Cult.
• Ai Qiu declined to return to Twilight City after avenging her younger brother, and Rota invited her to join Tongbao Pavilion.
• Ai Qiu accepted Rota’s offer, and they traveled toward Tongbao Pavilion’s headquarters in Star Luo Imperial City.
• Rota and Ai Qiu arrived at the palace-like headquarters, where the guards greeted Rota as an elder.
• Ai Qiu admired Tongbao Pavilion’s luxurious interior and professional attendants, then settled in as its newest member.

Ai Qiu settled into life at Tongbao Pavilion as Rota explained why the Star Luo royal family tolerated its power. When he examined Ai Qiu’s face wound, he found that his healing abilities could not keep it closed, so he planned to seek help from Biji and, if necessary, Bo Saixi.

• Ai Qiu asked why the Star Luo royal family accepted Tongbao Pavilion, and Rota explained its financial power and popularity among the people.
• Ai Qiu removed her mask, revealing a purplish-red wound that still emitted purple energy.
• Rota tried treating Ai Qiu’s wound with Super Regeneration and natural energy, but it briefly healed before splitting open again.
• Rota connected the wound’s aura to the Masked Bishop and said it needed urgent attention despite Ai Qiu’s belief that it was harmless.
• Rota planned to consult Biji when she returned and seek Bo Saixi’s help if Biji could not treat the wound.

Rota welcomed Ai Qiu into Tongbao Pavilion as its captain of the guard and introduced her to Pavilion Elder Reid. Ai Qiu and Reid began getting acquainted, while Rota prepared for a possible trip to Sea God Island if Biji could not treat her wound.

• Rota told Ai Qiu he would take her to see Biji when she returned and, if she could not help, they would go to Sea God Island.
• Ai Qiu chose to continue working as a guard, and Rota appointed her captain of Tongbao Pavilion's guard.
• Rota brought Ai Qiu to meet Reid, who was burdened with processing a large weapons and armor order from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Rota left Ai Qiu and Reid to get acquainted, and Ai Qiu began calling him Big Brother Reid.
• Ai Qiu said she was an eighty-first-rank Soul Douluo, and Reid revealed he was a ninety-first-rank assault-type Titled Douluo.

Ai Qiu joined Reid in his work at Tongbao Pavilion and told him about her past, prompting his anger over what had happened in Twilight City. Meanwhile, Rota drew the Aokiji template but decided to wait before using it.

• Ai Qiu learned that Reid was a Titled Douluo and agreed to help him check order data for Tongbao Pavilion.
• Ai Qiu told Reid about her experiences, and Reid erupted with Soul Power before apologizing and vowing to confront the perpetrators when the time came.
• Ai Qiu reminded Reid that Rota had already dealt with the people from Twilight City and that they needed to focus on the Sinful God.
• Reid and Ai Qiu finished the order data in two hours, then Reid took her to Tongbao Pavilion's cafeteria for a meal.
• Rota used his remaining draw and received the Aokiji template, but chose not to activate Illusion Transformation yet.

Rota took Ai Qiu to Void Night Village to visit Biji, a soul beast renowned for healing, after learning that she had returned. They reached the village and waited in its reception room while Ulquiorra went to bring Biji to them.

• Rota told Ai Qiu that Biji had returned, and Ai Qiu quickly packed to go visit her.
• On the journey, Rota explained that Biji was a skilled healer and told Ai Qiu about the past trafficking of soul masters for Soul Bones.
• Rota said he had arranged for them to go directly to Void Night Village, and Ai Qiu traveled there with him.
• Ulquiorra greeted Rota and Ai Qiu at the village gate and led them to a reception room prepared with tea.
• Ulquiorra went to fetch Biji while Ai Qiu sat uneasily and Rota relaxed in the reception room.

Rota brought Ai Qiu to Void Night Village so Biji could examine her curse-marked facial wound. Biji could only suppress the curse temporarily, so Rota planned to take Ai Qiu to Sea God Island and told Ulquiorra to await his arrangements about Twilight City.

• Rota and Ai Qiu met Biji and Ulquiorra in Void Night Village’s reception room.
• Biji examined Ai Qiu’s scar and used her healing power to fade it somewhat, but she could not remove the curse.
• Rota told Biji and Ulquiorra about the Sinful God and the events in Twilight City.
• Rota said he would take Ai Qiu to Sea God Island and later act against the Sin God Cult; Biji left Soul Power in Ai Qiu’s wound to suppress it temporarily.
• Rota and Ai Qiu departed, and Biji asked Ulquiorra about Rota; Ulquiorra called him his good friend.

After Biji treated Ai Qiu’s wound, Rota prepared to take her to Sea God Island by disguising himself as Kuzan, also known as Aokiji. He left Tongbao Pavilion with Ai Qiu and food from Reid, beginning their journey for her treatment.

• Ai Qiu thanked Biji for easing her wound, and Rota told her someone more suitable would accompany her to Sea God Island.
• Rota transformed into Aokiji, reached a 40% imitation rate, and unlocked Aokiji’s exclusive bicycle.
• Rota entered Tongbao Pavilion as Kuzan and introduced himself to Reid, explaining that he would take Ai Qiu to Sea God Island.
• Rota went to Ai Qiu’s room, introduced himself as Kuzan, and told her that Rota had sent him to escort her.
• Reid gave Ai Qiu and Rota meals for the journey and wished them a safe trip as they left Tongbao Pavilion.

Rota, posing as Kuzan, and Ai Qiu searched the port for a ship to Sea God Island, but the captain refused because Sea Monsters had made the journey too dangerous. Rota set off without a ship, and the sea suddenly surged as they reached the shore.

• Rota and Ai Qiu reached a port and looked for a large ship capable of sailing to Sea God Island.
• The captain warned them that ships bound for Sea God Island had recently been attacked by Sea Monsters and refused to take them.
• Rota asked for a map, and the captain gave it to him while explaining that a delayed crate of cargo was waiting to be delivered to the island.
• Rota offered to deliver the crate, but the captain declined and chose to keep it aboard his ship.
• Rota led Ai Qiu toward the shore and assured her they could reach Sea God Island without a ship.
• The seawater surged into waves over ten meters high, and the captain recognized the danger from a survivor's account.

Rota froze a giant whale soul beast that had threatened the shore, then agreed to help the captain deliver goods to Sea God Island. He and Ai Qiu set off on a bicycle after the captain’s request.

• Rota stayed at the shore with Ai Qiu as a giant whale soul beast emerged from the sea and attacked them.
• Rota used Freezing Time to freeze the whale soul beast and the nearby sea surface, astonishing the onlookers.
• Rota told Ai Qiu about the enormous Sea Kings he had seen, then prepared to leave with her on a bicycle.
• The captain asked Rota to deliver a crate of goods to Sea God Island, and Rota agreed.

Rota and Ai Qiu traveled toward Sea God Island by bicycle over a road of ice, then encountered a Demon Soul Great White Shark fleeing a pod of Evil Spirit Orcas. Rota and Ai Qiu intervened, and Rota began using Ice Age against the pursuers.

• Rota accepted his commission payment and set off with Ai Qiu on his bicycle.
• Rota froze the sea beneath the bicycle’s wheels, creating an icy road as they traveled toward Sea God Island.
• Ai Qiu asked Rota about Sea Monsters, and he warned her that dangerous creatures could lurk in the deep sea.
• Rota and Ai Qiu encountered Evil Spirit Orcas attacking a Demon Soul Great White Shark, and Rota decided to help the injured shark.
• Ai Qiu struck the pursuing orcas with lightning while Rota reached into the water and began Ice Age.

Kuzan froze a vast stretch of ocean to save Little White from the Evil Spirit Orcas, then accepted her offer to take him and Ai Qiu to Sea God Island. As they traveled, Little White warned them about dangerous waters ahead.

• Kuzan froze the Evil Spirit Orcas and the surrounding sea, leaving an ice field that would take about a month to melt.
• Little White thanked Kuzan and explained that she had been ambushed while patrolling near Sea God Island.
• Little White offered to carry Kuzan and Ai Qiu to Sea God Island, and they climbed onto her back.
• Little White suggested they try the Sea God Trial, but Kuzan and Ai Qiu both declined.
• Little White grew serious as they approached dangerous waters, and Kuzan became alert.

Rota, Little White, and Ai Qiu crossed into the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's territory, where the powerful soul beast attacked them. Rota froze the whale and the surrounding ocean, but the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King began breaking free.

• Little White warned Rota and Ai Qiu that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King was nearly God-tier and hurried to cross his territory.
• Rota sensed the approaching whale with Observation Haki, and whirlpools churned the sea as it closed in.
• Rota reassured Little White and Ai Qiu, telling them to escape toward Sea God Island if the fight turned dangerous.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King emerged and threatened to devour the Demon Soul Great White Shark and the two humans.
• Rota mocked the whale and used Ice Age to freeze it and thousands of meters of ocean.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King shattered the ice covering his body and began struggling free.

Rota battled the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, using ice and Haki to withstand its powerful attacks. After the whale king apparently smashed him apart, Rota reappeared to protect Ai Qiu and Little White, gained a major Ice-Ice Fruit enhancement, and prepared to fight in earnest.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King broke free of the ice and attacked Rota with Soul-Power-infused tendrils, but Rota blocked it and pierced the whale king with ice spikes.
• The whale king blasted Rota with a Soul Power sea-current attack, which Rota froze, then clashed with him using its tail against Rota's Haki-coated Ice Saber.
• Rota eased his strength in the stalemate, and the whale king broke his Ice Saber and struck him, seemingly scattering his body into ice fragments.
• The whale king threatened Ai Qiu and Little White, and the two stood together to fight it in Kuzan's memory.
• Rota appeared beside the whale king and froze it before it could attack Ai Qiu and Little White, then told them to leave while he fought.
• Rota's roleplay progress reached 60% and his Ice-Ice Fruit was greatly enhanced; as the whale king broke free, Rota said he would get serious.

Rota defeated the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and reunited with Ai Qiu and Little White. They crossed the Demon Whale Sea and reached Sea God Island, where Rota planned to visit Bo Saixi the next morning.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King attacked Rota, but Rota wounded him with ice spears, froze him in place, and pierced his eyes.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King broke free and unleashed a breath attack, but Rota blocked it with Ice Block Pheasant Beak and froze the sea with Ice Age, forcing him to flee into the depths.
• Rota found Ai Qiu and Little White, reassured them that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had retreated, and asked Little White to continue guiding them.
• Little White carried Rota and Ai Qiu across the Demon Whale Sea to Sea God Island, then returned to the deep sea.
• Rota and Ai Qiu arrived on Sea God Island, and Rota decided they would visit the High Priest Bo Saixi the next morning.

Rota and Ai Qiu visited Bo Saixi at the Sea God Church, where Rota delivered a shipment and explained the Sin God Cult. Bo Saixi examined Ai Qiu’s wound and said she could treat it, though the divine power of the Sinful God would make the process take time.

• Rota and Ai Qiu went to the Grand Cathedral to meet Bo Saixi, and she welcomed them after hearing about Rota’s battle with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Bo Saixi asked whether Rota would undergo the Sea God trials, but he declined because he preferred a free and relaxed life.
• Rota delivered the cargo entrusted to him by a captain and told Bo Saixi that he and Ai Qiu needed help with a problem involving the Sin God Cult.
• Bo Saixi examined Ai Qiu’s wound and recognized the evil aura and divine power of the Sinful God.
• Bo Saixi said she could treat Ai Qiu’s injury, but the process would take time because ordinary methods would not work well.

Rota left Ai Qiu on Sea God Island to finish recovering under Bo Saixi’s care while he returned to prepare for the fight against the Sin God Cult. Little White swam alongside him as he departed the island.

• Bo Saixi agreed to treat Ai Qiu’s injuries, and Rota explained Tongbao Pavilion’s plan to use the Sin God Cult’s trap against it.
• Bo Saixi warned Rota that the Sin God Cult’s godly leader might have many methods, while Ai Qiu continued receiving treatment and recovering.
• Half a month later, Rota told Bo Saixi and Ai Qiu he was leaving to prepare for the Sin God Cult, and he entrusted Ai Qiu to Bo Saixi’s care.
• Rota rode his bicycle from Sea God Island, and Little White surfaced and offered to see him off.