Chapter Summaries

Rota and Kizaru staged a fierce battle while Qian Xunjie watched, then Kizaru rescued him from Rota’s attack and convinced him to abandon the confrontation. The performance earned Rota a higher imitation rate, and he hinted that he had an even more exciting ending planned for Qian Xunjie.

• Rota and Kizaru traded sword strikes and powerful attacks, with Rota using Great Fire Annihilation and Kizaru countering with a golden slash.
• Rota used Uchiha Reflection to repel Kizaru’s Light Speed Kick, while Kizaru evaded the rebounding shockwave by dispersing into light.
• Rota and Kizaru continued their staged fight, and the system raised Rota’s critical imitation rate to 50%.
• Qian Xunjie fled toward Spirit City, so Rota sent a massive fireball after him and Kizaru carried him to safety.
• Kizaru urged Qian Xunjie to avoid making an enemy of Rota, and Qian Xunjie agreed to let the matter go.

Kizaru and Rota’s plan succeeded, and Qian Xunjie returned to Spirit Hall convinced that the Holy Son had died. Qian Xunjie named Bibi Dong his successor and promoted Kizaru to Third Worshipper, while Bibi Dong later asked Kizaru what had happened with Madara.

• Qian Xunjie promised to promote Kizaru to Worshipper and flew with him back to Spirit City.
• At an emergency meeting, Qian Xunjie announced that the Holy Son had died and designated Bibi Dong as Spirit Hall’s next Pope.
• Qian Xunjie promoted Kizaru to Third Worshipper, intending to keep him from spending too much time with Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong met Kizaru at their usual café and asked whether he and Madara had caused Qian Xunjie’s changed attitude.

Kizaru explained to Bibi Dong that he and Madara had deceived Qian Xunjie as part of a plan to deal with him later, and encouraged her to take Madara’s Body Techniques seriously. After Bibi Dong asked about Madara and learned his younger brother had died, Kizaru returned home, where Rota reminded him to keep up their act ahead of Kizaru’s visit to the Elder Hall.

• Kizaru told Bibi Dong that he and Madara had staged an act to deceive Qian Xunjie and planned to deal with him once Bibi Dong was strong enough to protect herself.
• Kizaru explained that Body Techniques could make up for differences in Soul Power and save Bibi Dong when her Soul Power ran out, so she resolved to train seriously under Madara.
• Bibi Dong asked Kizaru about Madara’s interests and learned that Madara cared deeply for his younger brother, who had died long ago.
• Kizaru and Bibi Dong parted ways after she congratulated him on becoming a Spirit Hall offering and warned him to be careful around Qian Daoliu.
• Rota appeared on Kizaru’s roof, told him to keep playing his role, and said he was preparing to train Bibi Dong in Body Techniques.

Qian Xunjie brought Kizaru to the Elder Hall, where Qian Daoliu tested Kizaru’s strength and then appointed him Spirit Hall’s third Enshrined. Kizaru left the encounter without fighting, having brushed aside Qian Daoliu’s Soul Power assault.

• Qian Xunjie warned Kizaru not to provoke Qian Daoliu as they headed to the Elder Hall.
• Qian Daoliu rebuked Qian Xunjie and challenged Kizaru over his disrespectful manner.
• Qian Daoliu unleashed a Soul Power assault to force Kizaru to submit, but Kizaru scattered it with a wave of his hand.
• Qian Daoliu acknowledged Kizaru’s strength and named him Spirit Hall’s third Enshrined.

Rota began training Bibi Dong in Body Techniques away from Spirit City, showing her how much she still needed to learn without relying on Soul Power. After an afternoon of practice, Bibi Dong had begun to turn a fighting technique into muscle memory and recognized the importance of improving her physique.

• Rota found Bibi Dong reading in her garden, criticized the book she was reading, and told her he would train her in Body Techniques.
• Rota led Bibi Dong out of Spirit City to an open area and instructed her to seal her Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong challenged Rota, but he quickly defeated her with simple fighting techniques, prompting her to accept his instruction.
• Rota demonstrated a combination slowly, and Bibi Dong learned its basic form before drilling it with him throughout the afternoon.
• Rota ended the training and gave Bibi Dong water and a towel, while she reflected on her poor stamina and the value of Body Techniques.

Bibi Dong doubted her talent after struggling with Body Techniques, but Rota encouraged her and later stopped her from overtraining. He carried her back to rest, where she worried that his teasing comment meant she was heavy.

• Bibi Dong asked Rota whether she lacked talent for Body Techniques, and he told her that progress required practice and patience.
• Bibi Dong continued repeating the movements after Rota appeared to leave, while Rota secretly watched her and worried she would overtrain.
• Bibi Dong grew weak and nearly fell, so Rota caught her and gave her ointment for her injuries.
• Rota applied ointment to the abrasion on Bibi Dong's back, then carried her when her sore muscles kept her from standing.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Rota had meant she was truly heavy, and Rota reassured her that he had only been joking.

Kizaru used his half-month vacation to visit Xiao Wu and her family in the Star Dou Great Forest, bringing pastries and settling in to relax. After describing a hostile Purple Lightning Leopard he had encountered, he learned from Da Ming and Er Ming that it was connected to a strange phenomenon in the forest.

• Kizaru packed his rocking chair, bought pastries, and traveled from Spirit City to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• A Purple Lightning Leopard attacked Kizaru, and he subdued it without killing it.
• Kizaru reunited with Xiao Wu and Xiao Wu's Mother by Da Ming Lake and explained that his Honorary Elder duties had delayed his visit.
• Er Ming and Da Ming joined Kizaru, and he gave them pastries.
• Kizaru told Da Ming and Er Ming about the Purple Lightning Leopard, and they revealed that a strange phenomenon had recently occurred in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Kizaru investigated the Stone Tablet behind the Star Dou Great Forest’s strange soul beast attacks and discovered it affected him with unusual energy. After defeating another group of attackers, he suspected the Tablet might target male creatures and asked whether Xiao Wu and the others had approached it.

• Sky Azure Bull Python told Kizaru that strange attacks began after a Stone Tablet fell into the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu said the attacking beasts ignored Da Ming’s intimidation.
• Kizaru went with Sky Azure Bull Python to inspect the Stone Tablet, then approached it alone after sensing the energy was especially harmful to soul beasts.
• Kizaru touched the Tablet, causing its disordered words and patterns to glow and float into the air, but he could not decipher them.
• Several blood-eyed soul beasts attacked Kizaru, and he defeated them with a Laser.
• Kizaru noticed all the attacking soul beasts were male and wondered whether the Stone Tablet affected male creatures; Sky Azure Bull Python said Xiao Wu and the others had not come near it.

Kizaru suspected the Stone Tablet concealed an inheritance and summoned his friend Uchiha Madara to examine it. Madara arrived at Da Ming Lake, effortlessly dispelled the tablet’s illusion, and deciphered its contents.

• Kizaru guessed that the Stone Tablet was a trial hiding an inheritance and told the Sky Azure Bull Python he would ask a specialist for help.
• Kizaru called Rota, who agreed to come to the Star Dou Great Forest and inspect the Stone Tablet.
• While they waited, Kizaru entertained Xiao Wu, the Sky Azure Bull Python, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu's Mother with a story about the Supernovas at Shabondy Archipelago.
• Kizaru brought Rota, who introduced himself as Uchiha Madara, to Da Ming Lake and then led him to the Stone Tablet.
• Rota used his Sharingan to dispel the Stone Tablet's illusion and decipher its contents in under thirty seconds, leaving the Sky Azure Bull Python stunned by his power.

Rota discovered that the Stone Tablet held the Charm God’s inheritance and met the injured goddess inside its mental space. He refused to become her successor but agreed to find a suitable candidate, and the Charm God transferred her inheritance into a scroll.

• Rota confirmed that the Stone Tablet contained a divine inheritance, moved it to Da Ming Lake, and explained its significance to Xiao Wu and the others.
• Rota entered the Stone Tablet’s mental space and learned that the woman inside was the Charm God, who was seeking a successor.
• The Charm God tried to tempt Rota into becoming her successor, but he refused and offered to find someone suitable instead.
• The Charm God revealed that another god had injured her and that she wanted a fox as her successor, then agreed to move her inheritance into Rota’s scroll.

Rota secured Qingqiu Tanyue’s God of Charm inheritance in a scroll and decided to reserve it for a future candidate. After Xiao Wu declined the inheritance, Kizaru offered to train her in Body Techniques, while Madara departed.

• Charm God transferred her inheritance to Rota’s scroll, gave her name as Qingqiu Tanyue, and agreed to stay in its spiritual space.
• Rota returned to the group and offered the God of Charm inheritance, but ruled out the Titan Giant Ape and the big python as candidates.
• Xiao Wu declined the inheritance, and Qingqiu Tanyue privately explained that Xiao Wu’s soul-beast nature made her unsuitable for the charm-based trials.
• Kizaru offered to teach Xiao Wu Body Techniques instead, and she eagerly agreed to begin training the next day.
• Madara said goodbye and left, while Xiao Wu praised his looks and then asked Kizaru to tell her Madara’s story.

Kizaru introduced Xiao Wu and the soul beasts to the Six Powers and Haki, demonstrating several techniques and explaining which forms of Haki they could learn. After Xiao Wu revealed that a troublesome soul beast had injured Er Ming, Kizaru decided to confront him and asked Er Ming to lure him over.

• Kizaru told Xiao Wu and the soul beasts that their training in the Six Powers and Haki would take time and could cause injuries, and Xiao Wu agreed to endure the training.
• Kizaru explained and demonstrated all six of the Six Powers, including Finger Gun and Soru, while Xiao Wu eagerly asked to begin learning.
• Kizaru explained the three types of Haki and said he would teach Observation Haki and Armament Haki, but not the innate Conqueror's Haki.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python described a powerful soul beast that invaded others' habitats, and Kizaru asked Er Ming to bring him over for a demonstration.
• Xiao Wu said the soul beast had injured Er Ming, and Kizaru declared that the troublemaker could not be allowed to remain.

Kizaru and the Star Dou Great Forest Soul Beasts arranged a one-on-one fight against the invading Bloodthirsty Mad Bear. The bear accepted Kizaru’s challenge at Da Ming Lake, where the battle was about to begin.

• Xiao Wu revealed that the Titan Giant Ape had been injured by a Bloodthirsty Mad Bear, and Kizaru asked Er Ming to lure the bear to Da Ming Lake.
• Kizaru gave Er Ming an insult to provoke the Bloodthirsty Mad Bear, who had been invading and destroying Soul Beast habitats.
• Er Ming found the Bloodthirsty Mad Bear and challenged him to a fight, then led him to Da Ming Lake.
• The Bloodthirsty Mad Bear mocked Kizaru and accepted his one-on-one challenge, agreeing that Kizaru’s victory would cost him his life.
• The Bloodthirsty Mad Bear unleashed his Soul Power as the Sky Azure Bull Python, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu watched confidently and waited to see Kizaru’s strength.

Kizaru taught Xiao Wu and the others about Observation Haki and Armament Haki while defeating the Bloodthirsty Mad Bear with Ryuo. Afterward, he encouraged Xiao Wu to learn from him, while Rota sensed the battle from the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Kizaru demonstrated Observation Haki by anticipating and blocking the Bloodthirsty Mad Bear's attack, then explained how it worked to Xiao Wu and the others.
• Kizaru introduced Armament Haki as the Bloodthirsty Mad Bear entered its berserk state and prepared a powerful attack.
• Kizaru struck the Bloodthirsty Mad Bear with Ryuo, piercing its body and killing it as Xiao Wu's Mother and the two great Soul Beasts watched.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape urged Xiao Wu to learn Kizaru's techniques, and Kizaru told her he had received something important from them too.
• Rota sensed the Bloodthirsty Mad Bear's Soul Power fade near Da Ming Lake and remarked that Kizaru was putting on a show.

Kizaru spent his fifteen-day vacation training Xiao Wu to use Haki, and she made enough progress to hold out against the Water Ape for fifteen minutes. Kizaru left for Spirit Hall, while Xiao Wu resolved to keep training with Da Ming and her mother's support.

• Kizaru trained Xiao Wu intensely each day, teaching her to rely on instinct until she could dodge several attacks and begin to grasp Observation Haki.
• By the end of Kizaru's vacation, Xiao Wu had improved from barely enduring one move from the Water Ape to holding out for fifteen minutes with her newly acquired Haki.
• Kizaru said goodbye to Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and the Titan Giant Ape, then flew toward the horizon to return to Spirit Hall.
• Da Ming reminded Xiao Wu to balance training with rest, and Xiao Wu's Mother treated her injuries with medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Wu resolved not to let Kizaru down and reflected that his practical techniques did not consume Soul Power.

Rota went to Fengyan City after hearing that Tang Hao’s hammer contained a map to ancient secret realms, then learned that many soul masters were hunting Tang Hao for its secret. Tang Hao fled with Ah Yin and fought his pursuers, charging toward Rota as Rota prepared to intervene.

• Rota arrived in Fengyan City, evaded the new entrance fee with an Illusion Technique, and noticed soul masters searching for Tang Hao.
• Rota overheard two soul masters say Tang Hao’s hammer concealed treasure, then took them out with a single strike.
• Tang Hao resolved to hand over the hammer to protect Ah Yin, but her reassurance led him to choose a fight instead.
• Tang Hao carried Ah Yin out of hiding and killed several pursuing Soul Kings with one swing of the Clear Sky Hammer.
• The commander ordered Soul Emperors and stronger soul masters to pursue Tang Hao, who charged toward Rota as Rota stood ready to fight.

Rota, posing as Uchiha Madara, saved Tang Hao and Ah Yin from the soul masters pursuing them and agreed to explore the secret realm hidden within Tang Hao's hammer. The three activated its entrance, and Tang Hao warned that the guardians were about to appear.

• Rota attacked the pursuing soul masters with Great Fire Annihilation, killing several and forcing their Soul Douluo leader to retreat.
• Tang Hao thanked Rota, introduced himself and Ah Yin, and invited him to investigate the secret inside his hammer.
• Ah Yin explained that she and Tang Hao had found an ancient secret realm but failed to defeat its powerful guardians.
• Tang Hao led Rota and Ah Yin west of Fengyan City to the canyon entrance and activated it by striking the air with his hammer.
• Tang Hao warned that the guardians had arrived as the three prepared to face them.

Rota subdued the powerful Guardian and entered the secret realm with Tang Hao and Ah Yin, where they faced a trial of crushing pressure. As the pressure doubled farther along the path, Rota realized someone was manipulating the trial and decided to confront it.

• A crystal-armored Guardian burst from underground and attacked Rota, who severed its arm before it regenerated.
• Rota used his scarlet eyes to immobilize the Guardian, allowing Tang Hao and Ah Yin to enter the secret realm with him.
• Tang Hao identified the ruins as an ancient battlefield, and the group began advancing toward an intact building against immense pressure.
• Ah Yin insisted on resisting the pressure with her own Soul Power, while Tang Hao watched over her.
• Rota moved ahead and discovered that the pressure doubled after only a few steps, so he stopped Tang Hao and Ah Yin and challenged whoever was controlling the trial.

Rota forced the Trial Officer to explain the Lost Kingdom and hand over its Nation-Suppressing Token. After overcoming the token’s resistance with his Mangekyō Sharingan, Rota transformed the realm, leaving the phantom terrified of the Forge God’s reaction.

• Rota unleashed his Chakra until the Trial Officer appeared and explained that the Lost Kingdom was a realm forged by the Forge God to test potential heirs and house Companion Soul Artifacts.
• The Trial Officer admitted it knew nothing about the Forge God’s godly inheritance, so Rota demanded authority over the Lost Kingdom.
• Rota repeatedly tortured the Trial Officer with Sharingan Illusion Techniques until it gave him the Nation-Suppressing Token and promised he could enter the realm whenever he wished.
• Rota used his Mangekyō Sharingan to alter the consciousness inside the token and make it acknowledge him.
• Rota transformed the lifeless Lost Kingdom into a magnificent realm, convincing the Trial Officer of his power and making it fear the Forge God’s punishment.

Rota gave Tang Hao and Ah Yin partial control over the Lost Kingdom, named Fei Yu, and restored him to life with a White Zetsu body. He put Fei Yu and White Zetsu in charge of the kingdom and its forging knowledge, while Ah Yin began choosing a new name for the place.

• Rota persuaded Tang Hao and Ah Yin to pour their Soul Power into the token, giving them partial control of the Lost Kingdom and unlocking White Zetsu at 50% Madara portrayal progress.
• Rota named the phantom Fei Yu, restoring his ability to cultivate and making him responsible for managing the Lost Kingdom.
• Rota summoned White Zetsu, who gave Fei Yu a body that restored him to life.
• Fei Yu explained Companion Soul Artifacts and said he had successfully made one before, so Rota ordered him to teach White Zetsu and manage the Lost Kingdom together.
• Ah Yin suggested renaming the Lost Kingdom, and Rota left the choice to her; she began to announce her idea.