Chapter Summaries

Rota stopped the Curse of Annihilation from taking Xiao Jin over, then learned it was summoning the Annihilation Legion and that it had killed every previous transmigrator. After sending Xiao Jin to safety, Rota waited for the invasion but was swallowed by a devastating attack as the Annihilation Vanguard Commander arrived.

• Rota used Observation Haki, Flowing Cherry Haki, and Soul Power to suppress the Curse of Annihilation inside Xiao Jin and replenish her strength.
• Rota woke Xiao Jin and ordered her to flee, then learned from Jarvis that the Curse of Annihilation was marking coordinates for the Annihilation Legion.
• Jarvis estimated the Legion would arrive within half an hour, so Rota sent Xiao Jin to Tongbao Pavilion in Star Luo Imperial City with his identity token.
• Rota learned that every previous transmigrator had died to the Curse of Annihilation and that their worlds had been destroyed.
• Rota waited for the Legion, but a dark gray energy pillar struck and swallowed him before the Annihilation Vanguard Commander appeared amid the devastation.

Rota battled the Annihilation Vanguard Commander, whose Curse of Annihilation could corrupt anything it struck. After assessing its strength and dodging its attacks, Rota trapped and overwhelmed the Commander with lightning, leaving it pinned and facing death.

• Rota mocked the Annihilation Vanguard Commander after evading its opening attack, then blocked its Gunblade with the Rage Thunder Soul Devouring Spear.
• The Vanguard Commander attacked with a feint, rapid slashes, and three energy shots, but Rota dodged and countered.
• The Commander charged its Gunblade with Cursed Light, and Jarvis warned Rota that a hit would certainly corrupt him.
• The Vanguard Commander struck what it thought was Rota, but the body proved to be a decoy that burst into lightning and bound it.
• Rota summoned more than a dozen Lightning Spears to pin the Commander to the ground, and it trembled as it faced death.

After defeating the Curse of Annihilation’s vanguard, Rota learned that the invasion was part of an ongoing conflict between systems and the Curse, and accepted his duty to protect other planes. He received several rewards, chose an attack-power enhancement, and gained new quests concerning the Douluo Plane and soul beasts.

• Rota destroyed the vanguard commander with Thunder Suppressing World Spear, and Jarvis confirmed that no further Curse of Annihilation forces remained nearby.
• Jarvis explained that the Curse of Annihilation and systems had long opposed each other, and that the Curse had grown strong enough to disrupt their balance.
• Rota learned that upgrading his system had made him a target and prompted the permanent quest to protect other planes from the Curse of Annihilation.
• The system rewarded Rota with a plane travel card, five million Gold Soul Coins, five Intimacy Increase Cards, and a Selectable Enhancement Pack.
• Rota rejected Charm Enhancement and chose Damage Enhancement, which doubled the power of his techniques.
• The system issued a Douluo Plane follow-up quest and a side quest to raise the Tranquil Forest’s soul beast population above 50,000 for a Soul Beast Cultivation Guide.

Rota accepted a quest to build the Tranquil Forest’s soul beast population and planned to head to Tongbao Pavilion. Biji and Di Tian investigated the battlefield he had left behind, while Rota resolved the royal guards’ inquiry about Xiao Jin in the Star Luo capital.

• Rota learned that the system’s Selectable Role-Playing Character Pack let him choose one of five characters, then decided to pursue the Tranquil Forest quest first.
• Biji and Di Tian found the devastated battlefield and concluded that Rota had fought a powerful opponent and likely traveled to Tongbao Pavilion.
• Biji and Di Tian chose not to enter human society to look for Rota and agreed to wait for him to explain what had happened.
• Rota learned that Xiao Jin had frightened residents and damaged property before entering Tongbao Pavilion, where royal guards were investigating.
• Rota identified himself as an elder of Tongbao Pavilion, explained that Xiao Jin was his friend, and offered to reimburse the damage, sending the guards away before entering.

Rota reunited with Xiao Jin after resolving the danger caused by the Curse of Annihilation and invited her to move to the Tranquil Forest. Xiao Jin had not yet answered, leaving Rota’s plan to relocate the soul beasts unresolved.

• Xiao Jin rushed to bring Reid to help Rota, but they met Rota, who told her the trouble had already been resolved.
• Rota gave Xiao Jin milk, then asked what she remembered about becoming infected after a shooting star entered her body.
• Rota reassured Xiao Jin that he had resolved the problem with her body and invited her to live in the Tranquil Forest with the others.
• Rota explained that the Tranquil Forest was safer than the Star Dou Great Forest and said he would respect Xiao Jin’s choice.

Rota asked Xiao Jin to consider relocating her home and her companions to the Tranquil Forest, then reassured her after she pressed him about a hidden problem. He left Tongbao Pavilion and headed for the Star Dou Great Forest to recruit soul beast groups for his quest.

• Xiao Jin asked for time to consider Rota's proposal to relocate to the Tranquil Forest, and Rota placed a protective measure around her.
• Rota told Xiao Jin to stay at Tongbao Pavilion for a few days, but she challenged him for hiding something from her.
• Rota hugged and comforted Xiao Jin, explaining that the problem was beyond her and even Di Tian and Biji's ability to solve.
• Xiao Jin agreed to consider the relocation and joked about keeping Reid busy while she stayed at Tongbao Pavilion.
• Rota left Tongbao Pavilion and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to negotiate with soul beast groups about relocating.

Rota entered the High Temperature Blazing Wood Forest to find Huang Luoyu’s Spirit Fire Profound Phoenix clan and persuade them to migrate to the Tranquil Forest. After he evaded a group of Blazing Sun Lions without harming them, a powerful woman who looked like Huang Luoyu decided he was worth negotiating with.

• Rota asked Dugu Bo to check in on Yu Tianheng and the others while he was away.
• Rota traveled to the High Temperature Blazing Wood Forest, planning to win over the Spirit Fire Profound Phoenix clan and its Blazing Flame Bird allies.
• A woman resembling Huang Luoyu watched Rota and waited to judge his strength as several Blazing Sun Lions prepared to ambush him.
• Rota dodged the Blazing Sun Lions’ attacks without retaliating, and the lions eventually dispersed.
• The woman decided Rota was worth negotiating with, while Rota continued searching for Blazing Flame Birds.

Rota met Huang Ling, a member of the Spirit Fire Profound Phoenix Clan who resembled Huang Luoyu, and explained that he had come to invite her clan to move to the Tranquil Forest. Huang Ling welcomed the idea as a way to escape conflict with the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan, but her clan's elders opposed relocating, leaving Rota to consider how to persuade them.

• Rota met Huang Ling after facing the Blazing Sun Lions and explained that she reminded him of someone he knew.
• After Huang Ling introduced herself, Rota recognized her as a member of the Spirit Fire Profound Phoenix Clan and said he knew Luoyu.
• Rota told Huang Ling that he and Luoyu had built the Tranquil Forest and invited her clan to move there.
• Huang Ling said the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan kept harassing her clan, especially after Luoyu rejected and killed Feng Youming.
• Huang Ling explained that her clan's elders viewed retreat as weakness and refused to consider relocating, so Rota realized persuading them would take effort.

Rota sought the Profound Phoenix Clan’s agreement to move to the Tranquil Forest, but Huang Ling warned him that the elders opposed the idea and disapproved of Huang Luoyu. With Huang Ling’s help, he gained an audience with the elders and entered their gathering place to meet them.

• Huang Ling told Rota that she could not persuade the clan’s elders and that they might punish him because of his relationship with Huang Luoyu.
• Rota insisted on speaking with the elders, and Huang Ling agreed to introduce him despite her doubts.
• Huang Ling led Rota through the High Temperature Blazing Wood Forest, where he kept pace with her and impressed her.
• Huang Ling secured the elders’ agreement to meet Rota and quietly admitted that she hoped he could persuade them so she could live with Huang Luoyu.
• Rota entered the ancient tree and faced several elderly women from the Profound Phoenix Clan.

Rota asked the Profound Phoenix Clan elders to move to the Tranquil Forest, but they explained that an ancient bloodline feud with the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan made escape impossible. After learning the feud’s origins, Rota began considering a bold plan, while the elders urged him to leave their clan in peace.

• Rota met the four elders of the Profound Phoenix Clan and asked them to settle in the Tranquil Forest.
• The elders questioned whether the Tranquil Forest could rival the Star Dou Great Forest, but Rota insisted it was a suitable habitat.
• Rota said he knew about the clan’s conflict with the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan through Huang Ling and suggested moving away from their enemy.
• The elders explained that the Spirit Fire Profound Phoenix Clan had only females and the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan only males, and that both clans descended from birds that obtained different portions of the Phoenix God’s essence blood.
• The elders said the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan sought the other half of the essence blood, making their feud unavoidable, and asked Rota not to disturb the clan again.
• Rota realized that complete essence blood could give the Profound Phoenix Clan a fuller inheritance and formed a bold idea.

Rota persuaded the Profound Phoenix Clan elders to let him challenge the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan in exchange for their relocation to the Tranquil Forest. When a Nether Ghost Phoenix appeared to harass the clan, Rota confronted it, and it challenged him to a one-on-one fight.

• Rota offered to deal with the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan and give the Profound Phoenix Clan the other half of the essence blood if they agreed to relocate to the Tranquil Forest.
• The Profound Phoenix Clan elders accepted Rota’s wager after he provoked them, though they warned him to take care.
• A clan member reported that Nether Ghost Phoenixes had arrived, and Huang Ling went out to negotiate with them.
• A Nether Ghost Phoenix threatened Huang Ling, whose pressure revealed that it was stronger than she was.
• Rota confronted the Nether Ghost Phoenix as it tried to leave, and it challenged him to a one-on-one fight.

Rota accepted the Nether Ghost Phoenix’s challenge and killed him in under twenty seconds, impressing Huang Ling and the Profound Phoenix Clan elders. He reminded the elders of their agreement, then asked for a guide to the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan and help obtaining essence blood.

• Rota accepted the Nether Ghost Phoenix’s challenge to a battle to the death despite Huang Ling warning him that his opponent was stronger than she was.
• Rota scattered the Nether Ghost Phoenix’s purple-black flames with a casual punch and then pinned him to the ground with a lightning-charged spear, killing him almost instantly.
• Huang Ling and the Profound Phoenix Clan elders stared in shock at Rota’s display of strength.
• Rota reminded the elders not to break their agreement and asked them to guide him to the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan and help him obtain essence blood.

Rota agreed to wipe out the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan in exchange for its essence blood and the Profound Phoenix Clan’s move to the Tranquil Forest. He entered the Nether Ghost Phoenix gathering place and began killing its defenders, leaving the clan assembled to resist him.

• Huang Ling led Rota toward the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan’s territory, and he told her he had agreed with the Profound Phoenix elders to destroy the clan in exchange for its essence blood and their relocation.
• Huang Ling showed Rota the clan’s gathering place beneath an ancient tree wreathed in purple flames, and he told her to keep her distance if she could not bear the coming bloodshed.
• Rota entered the Nether Ghost Phoenix territory openly and killed several Nether Ghost Phoenixes who tried to drive him away.
• The Nether Ghost Phoenixes gathered to confront Rota, and he killed three attackers within seconds as their losses rose to nearly eight.

Rota fought the Nether Ghost Phoenix clan elders after they confronted him for invading their territory, killing two of the five elders. He unleashed his killing intent and Conqueror's Haki against the survivors, leaving the remaining elders and clan members trembling or unconscious.

• Five Nether Ghost Phoenix clan elders appeared and challenged Rota after he killed or injured members of their clan.
• Rota blocked an elder's Netherfire Breath with his Rage Thunder Soul Devouring Spear and mocked the clan's attacks.
• An elder attacked Rota with Netherfire Storm, but Rota's lightning storm overwhelmed the flames and killed him with a spear thrust to the skull.
• One of the four surviving elders tried to negotiate, but Rota explained that the clan interfered with his mission and killed him with another spear thrust.
• Rota released his killing intent and Conqueror's Haki, causing the remaining three elders and other Nether Ghost Phoenixes to tremble, while some fainted.

Rota forced the Nether Ghost Phoenix clan to surrender the Phoenix God’s essence blood, then revealed that he had never intended to spare them. He and Huang Ling left as golden lightning engulfed the clan’s gathering place.

• Rota subdued the Nether Ghost Phoenix clan and demanded the Phoenix God’s essence blood in exchange for their lives.
• After the elders chose to hand over the essence blood, Rota accepted it and promised not to attack the clan again.
• Rota gave the essence blood to Huang Ling, who confirmed it was genuine.
• Rota told Huang Ling that the Nether Ghost Phoenix clan could not be left alive and hurled the Rage Thunder Soul Devouring Spear into the sky.
• As Rota and Huang Ling departed, golden lightning erupted behind them at the Nether Ghost Phoenix clan’s gathering place.

Rota destroyed the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan with a lightning attack, then secured the Profound Phoenix Clan’s loyalty by returning the Phoenix God’s yang essence blood. He arranged for the clan to relocate to Void Night Village before eventually joining him and Luo Yu in the Tranquil Forest.

• Rota’s golden lightning struck the Nether Ghost Phoenix Clan, while Huang Ling and the Profound Phoenix Clan’s elders witnessed its overwhelming power.
• Rota returned the yang essence blood to the Profound Phoenix Clan, and its elders and clansmen knelt and swore loyalty to him.
• Rota declared Luo Yu the Profound Phoenix Clan’s queen, then learned that its yin essence blood would lose its power within ten years.
• The elders explained that the returned yang essence blood could help produce male Spirit Fire Profound Phoenixes, and said they had already begun evolving male Blazing Flame Birds.
• Rota learned that the Profound Phoenix Clan had over two hundred members and nearly ten thousand including the Blazing Flame Bird Clan, then directed them to settle temporarily in Void Night Village before relocating to the Tranquil Forest.

Rota secured Xiao Jin’s agreement to move to the Tranquil Forest and prepared to ask Biji and Di Tian to join her. As Rota and Xiao Jin departed, Reid reflected on his growing affection for Xiao Jin and began to understand Rota’s efforts toward peaceful coexistence between humans and soul beasts.

• Rota returned to the Tongbao Pavilion after persuading the Profound Phoenix Clan and other soul beasts to settle in the Tranquil Forest.
• Xiao Jin agreed to relocate and asked to invite Biji and Di Tian to come with her.
• Rota told Xiao Jin not to reveal what had happened before and took her to meet Biji and Di Tian.
• Xiao Jin and Reid exchanged a fond farewell, and Reid admitted to himself that he would miss her.
• Reid reflected on caring for Xiao Jin and began to understand how humans and soul beasts could live peacefully together.

Rota returned to Di Tian’s dwelling with a fully recovered Xiao Jin, reassuring Biji and Di Tian after they had worried about them. He told them he had dealt with hostile attackers in one move, concealing the real danger involving the Curse of Annihilation.

• Di Tian sensed Rota and Xiao Jin approaching and told Biji that they had returned.
• Biji realized Rota and Xiao Jin were back, then ran over and hugged Xiao Jin in relief.
• Xiao Jin assured Biji she had fully recovered and credited Rota for helping her.
• Di Tian asked what had happened to Xiao Jin and about the destroyed plains near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Rota claimed he had cleared out a group of ill-intentioned attackers with one move, and Di Tian and Biji accepted his explanation.
• Xiao Jin stayed silent because she had promised Rota not to reveal the truth.

Rota invited Biji and Di Tian to move their clans and followers to Tranquil Forest, where soul beasts could live more peacefully. Biji agreed to gather willing members of the Jade Swan clan, while Di Tian stayed in Star Dou Great Forest until his Dragon Clan’s King awakened and promised to introduce her to Rota.

• Rota told Biji and Di Tian that Xiao Jin had recovered and invited them to join Tranquil Forest.
• Biji agreed that moving would be a good outcome and left to ask which Jade Swan clan members wanted to go.
• Di Tian invited Rota and Xiao Jin to sit by the lake, where he explained that he could not leave before the Dragon Clan’s King awakened.
• Di Tian promised to tell Rota when the King awakened and introduce them.
• Rota asked Di Tian to gather the soul beasts and find out how many wanted to move to Tranquil Forest with Xiao Jin.

Rota and Di Tian summoned the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest to learn who would follow Xiao Jin to the Tranquil Forest. About five thousand agreed to migrate, and they waited for the Jade Swan clan's reply before setting out.

• Di Tian transformed into a black dragon and summoned soul beasts with a roar, drawing thousands to gather before him.
• Di Tian introduced Rota as his friend and warned the soul beasts not to cause trouble.
• Di Tian announced that Xiao Jin would move to the Tranquil Forest with Rota and invited the soul beasts to follow voluntarily.
• Many soul beasts chose to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest, while about five thousand remained to migrate with Xiao Jin.
• Di Tian told the remaining soul beasts to rest until the Jade Swan clan replied and said they would follow Rota's arrangements after leaving the forest.