Chapter Summaries

Zu Zong reunited with Bibi Dong in the Star Dou Great Forest and joined her group as she searched for a fifth Soul Ring. After Zu Zong located a rare Blood-Sucking Demon Spider, the group reached the hidden wetland where it lived.

• Bibi Dong was shocked to learn that Zu Zong had reached rank sixty, and she introduced him to Guimei and Chrysanthemum Guan as her friend, Lan Zong.
• Guimei examined the dead Man-Faced Demon Spider King, while Zu Zong hid that his Eight Spider Lances had devoured it.
• Bibi Dong invited Zu Zong to join her group as she searched for a ten-thousand-year spider-type soul beast.
• Zu Zong sensed a fifteen-thousand-year Blood-Sucking Demon Spider, and Guimei explained why the rare soul beast had been hunted by soul masters and soul beasts alike.
• Bibi Dong chose the Blood-Sucking Demon Spider for her Soul Ring, and Zu Zong led the group to the concealed wetland where it lived.

Zu Zong lured the Blood-Sucking Demon Spider out of the fog and helped Guimei and Yue Guan subdue it. The ten-thousand-year beast was defeated, leaving the group ready to claim its soul ring.

• The group entered the blood-soaked wetland, and Zu Zong volunteered to lure out the Blood-Sucking Demon Spider while Bibi Dong stayed protected.
• Zu Zong detected the spider with Observation Haki, dodged its poisonous thorns, and shot its eyes with his Revolver before fleeing toward the others.
• Bibi Dong, Guimei, and Yue Guan heard the spider's howl, then saw Zu Zong return with the wounded beast pursuing him.
• Zu Zong warned Guimei and Yue Guan not to touch the poisonous thorns, and the two Spirit Douluo subdued the Blood-Sucking Demon Spider.

Bibi Dong absorbed the Blood-Sucking Spider’s ten-thousand-year soul ring and became a Soul King, but the disturbance awakened its Hundred-Thousand-Year parent, the Vampire Spider Emperor. Zu Zong escaped into the air with Bibi Dong, only to discover that the giant spider could fly.

• Bibi Dong killed the Blood-Sucking Spider and absorbed its black soul ring, gaining the fifth soul skill Blood-Sucking Spider.
• A violent earthquake opened fissures in the ground, and Zu Zong carried Bibi Dong into the air while Chrysanthemum Guan and Guimei fell underground.
• Zu Zong’s system identified the enormous creature beneath them as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Vampire Spider Emperor, which emerged and demanded revenge for its child.
• The Vampire Spider Emperor sensed the Blood-Sucking Spider’s aura on Bibi Dong and fired poisonous red spikes at her and Zu Zong.
• Zu Zong dodged the attack by flying higher, but the Vampire Spider Emperor opened six wings and began to fly after them.

Zu Zong defended Bibi Dong from the Vampire Spider Emperor, using Susanoo to survive its Vampire Demon Spikes and Amaterasu to bring it down. He then trapped the burning spider with his Blue Silver Flood Dragon and began draining its Soul Power.

• Zu Zong carried Bibi Dong as they dodged the Vampire Spider Emperor's attacks, then used his Blue Silver Domain to counter its Bloodthirsty Domain.
• Zu Zong raised the Yata Mirror in Susanoo's Third Form to withstand the Vampire Demon Spikes, but the impact sent them crashing into a giant pit.
• As the Vampire Spider Emperor dove toward them, Zu Zong used Amaterasu to burn its wings and make it crash into the pit.
• Zu Zong escaped the pit with Bibi Dong as the Black Flames spread across the Vampire Spider Emperor's body.
• Zu Zong summoned his Blue Silver Emperor in the Extreme Flame State and used his fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Flood Dragon, to absorb the spider's Soul Power.

Zu Zong killed the Vampire Spider Emperor and began absorbing its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Bibi Dong stayed to watch over him. Elsewhere in the Star Dou Great Forest, Chrysanthemum Guan and Guimei survived the collapse and wondered what had happened to Bibi Dong and Zu Zong.

• Zu Zong ignited the fire poison inside the Vampire Spider Emperor, causing it to explode and die, and its corpse formed a red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Zu Zong told Bibi Dong that his fifth Soul Ring had grown to eighty thousand years, then began absorbing the Vampire Spider Emperor's Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong recovered the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone but chose to stay beside Zu Zong as he endured the dangerous absorption.
• Chrysanthemum Guan and Guimei emerged from the ruins, suspected a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had caused the destruction, and discussed the Saintess and Zu Zong's escape.

After recovering from absorbing the Vampire Spider Emperor’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Zu Zong met Ah Rou, Xiao Wu’s mother, and revealed that he knew Xiao Wu from the future. Ah Rou learned from his memories that she would die and that Xiao Wu would eventually fall in love with Zu Zong.

• Guimei and Chrysanthemum Guan discussed Zu Zong’s External Soul Bone and went to find the Saintess before reporting the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to the Pope.
• Zu Zong woke after three days in a hut in the Star Dou Great Forest, having survived the Soul Ring’s strain and reached Soul Power Level sixty-five.
• Bibi Dong told Zu Zong that a powerful soul beast had threatened them and an older woman had rescued them.
• Zu Zong and Bibi Dong met the woman, Ah Rou, and Zu Zong recognized her as Xiao Wu’s mother.
• When Ah Rou questioned how Zu Zong knew Xiao Wu, he showed her memories of their future together through his Sharingan.

Zu Zong warned Ah Rou not to seek Xiao Wu’s father in the Core Circle, then met the young Xiao Wu and stayed with her while Ah Rou prepared dinner. Ah Rou sent Zu Zong to eat separately and kept Xiao Wu behind, saying she had something to discuss with her.

• Ah Rou asked Zu Zong why he had revealed the future, and he urged her not to go to the Core Circle because she would die there.
• Ah Rou insisted she would search for Xiao Wu’s father and said she would sacrifice herself to Bibi Dong when the time came.
• Ah Rou led Zu Zong to a hidden cave, where he met Xiao Wu, a young rabbit who transformed into a little rabbit and leaped into his arms.
• Xiao Wu trusted Zu Zong, and he told her a story while she listened in his arms.
• Ah Rou returned with food, refused to let Xiao Wu go outside, and told Zu Zong to eat while she spoke privately with Xiao Wu.

Zu Zong discovered that Xiao Wu had been waiting to grow up so she could be with him, then returned to Bibi Dong and confessed his love. After he shared memories of their future, Bibi Dong offered no answer and tested Lovesick Heartbreak Red with her blood.

• Zu Zong overheard Ah Rou telling Xiao Wu to cultivate until she could transform and reunite with him, and realized Xiao Wu had been the one raising him.
• Zu Zong returned to the thatched hut, where Bibi Dong served him a meal and gave him a box containing a hundred-thousand-year Vampire Spider Emperor head soul bone.
• Bibi Dong thanked Zu Zong for saving her and asked why he treated her so well, and Zu Zong confessed that he liked her and presented Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Bibi Dong asked why Zu Zong knew her so well, so he used his Sharingan to show her memories of their future together.
• Bibi Dong learned that Zu Zong was more than thirty years younger than her, then spat blood onto Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Bibi Dong claimed Lovesick Heartbreak Red and grew closer to Zu Zong as he taught her cultivation techniques and warned her to be wary of Qian Xunji. When Spirit Hall’s search threatened to expose Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, Zu Zong and Bibi Dong agreed to leave, though she persuaded him to stay for two more months.

• Lovesick Heartbreak Red fell into Bibi Dong’s hand, confirming her as its owner, and she teased Zu Zong by making him her probationary boyfriend.
• Zu Zong warned Bibi Dong to be careful of her teacher, Qian Xunji, and she promised to remember his warning.
• Over the following month, Zu Zong and Bibi Dong’s relationship warmed, and he taught her many cultivation and combat techniques that helped her reach rank fifty-two.
• White Zetsu reported that Guimei and Chrysanthemum Guan had returned to Spirit Hall after searching for Bibi Dong, so Zu Zong and Bibi Dong decided to leave before the forest’s residents were exposed.
• Bibi Dong asked Zu Zong to stay with her longer, and he agreed to remain for two more months before continuing his plans.

Zu Zong left Xiao Wu with Ah Rou and traveled with Bibi Dong until they encountered Spirit Hall’s approaching forces. Before they parted, he gave Bibi Dong four brocade pouches and White Zetsu, then she kissed him for the first time.

• Zu Zong said goodbye to Xiao Wu, promised to return, and left her with Ah Rou.
• Zu Zong sensed hundreds of powerful Soul Masters ahead, including Chrysanthemum Guan and Guimei, and told Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall had come for her.
• Zu Zong promised to find Bibi Dong after absorbing the head Soul Bone and gave her four brocade pouches with instructions for when to open them.
• Zu Zong introduced White Zetsu and explained how it could help Bibi Dong gather information.
• Bibi Dong confronted Zu Zong about stealing women’s underwear, then kissed him as he prepared to leave.

Zu Zong arranged safeguards for Bibi Dong before returning to a cave to absorb the Hundred-Thousand-Year Vampire Spider Emperor’s head Soul Bone. As the Soul Bone’s remnant soul tried to possess him, Zu Zong activated his Sharingan to resist it.

• Zu Zong kissed Bibi Dong, who warned him not to seek other women, and he reassured her.
• Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall Soul Masters left Star Dou Great Forest after Zu Zong prepared four brocade pouches and assigned White Zetsu to aid her.
• Zu Zong returned to the mountain cave, concealed himself, and prepared to fuse with the Vampire Spider Emperor’s Hundred-Thousand-Year head Soul Bone.
• Zu Zong began absorbing the Soul Bone, but the Vampire Spider Emperor’s remnant soul revealed its plan to enslave him through slaughter.
• Zu Zong activated his Sharingan to fight the remnant soul’s invasion.

Zu Zong sealed the Vampire Spider Emperor’s remnant soul and absorbed the 100,000-Year Vampire Spider Emperor Head Soul Bone, awakening the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and reaching Rank 67. After checking his status, he planned to spend two months with Dong'er before visiting Slaughter City.

• Zu Zong used Susanoo and the Ten-Tails Sword to permanently seal the Vampire Spider Emperor in the Dream World.
• The Head Soul Bone raised Zu Zong’s Soul Power to Rank 67 and granted him immunity to spiritual attacks.
• Zu Zong discovered that the Head Soul Bone had fused with his Sharingan, awakening the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and restoring its Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo abilities.
• Zu Zong checked his system panel, noted he had eight stealing attempts, and decided to save them.
• Zu Zong planned to spend two months with Dong'er before traveling to Slaughter City, then left the mountain cave.

Yu Xiaogang recounted his failed efforts to establish himself as a soul master theorist, his expulsion from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and his plan to teach Spirit Hall's Saintess. After reaching Spirit City to register as an instructor, he heard that the Pope had become a Title Douluo known as Angel Douluo.

• Yu Xiaogang described how his mutated martial soul and low Innate Soul Power pushed him toward studying soul master theory under the name Grandmaster.
• Yu Xiaogang said his father, Yu Yuanzhen, rejected his theories, confined him after a disciple exposed his plan, and expelled him from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly passed Spirit Hall's instructor assessment and traveled to Spirit City, hoping to teach Bibi Dong and advance his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang was turned away from Pope Hall, learned many candidates had passed the assessment, and queued at the registration site.
• Yu Xiaogang heard people at a tea stall say the Pope had recently reached Title Douluo and gained the title Angel Douluo.

Zu Zong waited at a tea stall in Spirit City to meet Bibi Dong, where he encountered Yu Xiaogang and listened as he proudly presented his theories. The chapter left off as Bibi Dong arrived and addressed Zu Zong.

• Zu Zong reached Spirit City after adapting to the 100,000-Year Vampire Spider Emperor Head Soul Bone and sat at the tea stall where he had arranged to meet Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Zu Zong, introduced himself as Spirit Hall's incoming theory instructor, and gave the alias Lan Zong a chance to make his acquaintance.
• Yu Xiaogang brought out his papers, and Zu Zong skimmed his Invincible Theory, finding some sound ideas mixed with questionable claims.
• Yu Xiaogang asked what Zu Zong thought, and Zu Zong offered a polite, noncommittal compliment that delighted him.
• Bibi Dong arrived beside Zu Zong and asked what he was looking at.

Bibi Dong met Zu Zong and dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s Invincible Theory as partly misleading, then decided to keep him from teaching Spirit Hall’s elite. Later, Zu Zong told Bibi Dong about his past, and two months afterward Qian Xunji questioned two men about an investigation.

• Bibi Dong arrived at the teahouse and reviewed Yu Xiaogang’s Invincible Theory, criticizing its misleading claims.
• Zu Zong left with Bibi Dong, who decided to make Yu Xiaogang her theoretical instructor so he would not mislead Spirit Hall’s promising soul masters.
• Bibi Dong asked Zu Zong to tell her about his own life, and he recounted his experiences while she listened through the night.
• Bibi Dong said she would judge the girls who liked Zu Zong and make them pay if their feelings were not genuine.
• Two months later, Qian Xunji questioned a black-clothed man and a handsome young man about their investigation in an underground chamber beneath Pope Hall.

Yu Xiaogang secretly reported Zu Zong to Qian Xunji, who ordered Guimei and Chrysanthemum Guan to kill him as he left Spirit City. After bidding farewell to Bibi Dong, Zu Zong drew the two pursuers out and confronted them on the road to Slaughter City.

• Yu Xiaogang told Qian Xunji that Bibi Dong had been meeting a masked Soul Emperor and that the man planned to leave Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji ordered Guimei and Yue Guan to kill Zu Zong without Bibi Dong discovering the plot, then rewarded Yu Xiaogang for spying.
• Yu Xiaogang left believing Zu Zong's death would give him a chance with Bibi Dong, while Qian Xunji revealed his possessive plans for her.
• A hidden White Zetsu overheard the conversation in Qian Xunji's secret chamber.
• Zu Zong said goodbye to Bibi Dong, warned her to keep the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and left Spirit City for Slaughter City.
• Zu Zong stopped after sensing Guimei and Chrysanthemum Guan following him, and the two appeared to confront him.

Zu Zong confronted Guimei and Chrysanthemum Guan, who had been ordered by the Pope to kill him, and revealed his overwhelming power. Guimei chose to let him go in exchange for his mask and promise to stay out of Spirit Hall’s sight until Bibi Dong became Pope.

• Zu Zong greeted Guimei and Chrysanthemum Guan, then calmly faced Chrysanthemum Guan’s challenge while Guimei watched.
• Zu Zong blocked Chrysanthemum Guan’s Soul Power pressure and knocked him more than a hundred meters away with a close-combat strike.
• Chrysanthemum Guan released his martial soul, and Zu Zong answered with the Blue Silver Emperor and a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring that stunned both men.
• Guimei stepped between Zu Zong and Chrysanthemum Guan and offered to let Zu Zong leave if he surrendered his mask and stayed away from Spirit Hall.
• Zu Zong handed Guimei his mask and vanished, and Guimei questioned whether they could truly have stopped him.

Guimei persuaded Chrysanthemum Guan not to pursue Zu Zong, warning that Bibi Dong might punish them if they harmed him. Zu Zong returned to the future and arrived near Slaughter City, where he prepared to fight the criminals surrounding him.

• Guimei reminded Chrysanthemum Guan that Zu Zong might have killed a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and warned that Bibi Dong could take revenge if they killed him.
• Zu Zong met White Zetsu, learned Yu Xiaogang had exposed his relationship with Bibi Dong, and ordered that Yu Xiaogang be kept alive but fed corrupted theories.
• Zu Zong used the Dream-Wandering Immortal Pillow to travel to the future, while Ah Yin sensed something unusual at the place he had left.
• Thirty-four years later, Zu Zong appeared near Slaughter City, where a black-robed woman recognized him and fled before the local criminals surrounded him.
• Zu Zong learned from the System that he was near Slaughter City and summoned his Blue Silver Emperor Vines and six soul rings to face the crowd.

Zu Zong unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill to slaughter 178 attackers in Desolate Town, then entered a tavern and asked to enter the Slaughter City. The server brought him a Bloody Mary, leaving Zu Zong poised to enter.

• A crowd of 178 people, including two Soul Emperors, attacked Zu Zong, and he used Bloodthirsty Barrier to suppress them.
• Zu Zong fired Blue Silver Blood Spikes that killed all 178 attackers and drained their blood.
• Zu Zong explained the effects and limits of his Sixth Soul Skill, then burned the corpses to ash with his Extreme Flame Blue Silver Emperor.
• Zu Zong changed into a black robe from System Storage Space and walked to the tavern.
• Zu Zong told the frightened server he wanted to enter the Slaughter City, and the server brought him a Bloody Mary.

Bibi Dong warned the Slaughter King not to harm a blue-haired youth, while Zu Zong fought his way into the underground passage beneath a tavern. After defeating Terror Knight Scott before he could start the fight, Zu Zong asked if he could pass.

• Bibi Dong entered the Slaughter King's chamber and ordered him to leave the blue-haired youth unharmed.
• Bibi Dong dispelled the Slaughter King's killing-intent pressure and warned that she could destroy Slaughter City.
• Zu Zong rejected a Bloody Mary and used Susanoo to kill the tavern waiter and four customers.
• Zu Zong smashed open a hole beneath the bar and jumped into the passage leading underground.
• Zu Zong struck Terror Knight Scott and his horse with Susanoo before Scott could finish announcing the rules.
• Zu Zong asked Scott whether he could pass, and Scott complained that Zu Zong had attacked before the fight started.