Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing was ambushed by Zhu Zhuyun’s faction while absorbing her second Soul Ring, then fled through the Star Dou Great Forest as her pursuers chased her. Zu Zong, searching for a Cave Demon Spider, came across the wounded Zhu Zhuqing and her attackers.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a nearly seven-hundred-year-old Black Wind Leopard Soul Ring and reached level twenty-one, gaining Netherworld Hundred Claws.
• Zhu Zhuyun and five allies ambushed Zhu Zhuqing and Uncle Zhu, sending A Biao to fight Uncle Zhu while the others targeted Zhu Zhuqing.
• Uncle Zhu told Zhu Zhuqing to run, and she fled as Zhu Zhuyun and two Soul Elders pursued her.
• Zu Zong searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Cave Demon Spider Soul Ring, complained about his system, and headed toward a nearby battle.
• Zu Zong found three black-clad pursuers attacking the wounded Zhu Zhuqing and wondered whether to save her.

Zu Zong masked himself and intervened when Zhu Zhuyun and her subordinates cornered Zhu Zhuqing at a cliff. He killed one Soul Elder who attacked him, and Zhu Zhuyun ordered the survivors to retreat.

• Zu Zong hurried to Zhu Zhuqing’s aid after seeing that three black-clad Soul Elders were chasing her.
• Zhu Zhuyun ordered the three attackers to throw knives at Zhu Zhuqing, but Zu Zong deflected them with kunai and stepped forward.
• Zhu Zhuqing urged Zu Zong to flee, while Zhu Zhuyun mocked him and sent a hyena Soul Elder to kill him.
• Zu Zong used the Body Flicker Technique to evade the Soul Elder’s charge and slit her throat with a kunai.
• Shaken by Zu Zong’s speed and strength, Zhu Zhuyun ordered her remaining companion to retreat.

Zhu Zhuyun retreated, and Zu Zong rescued the injured Zhu Zhuqing and treated her in a mountain cave. After recovering enough to eat, Zhu Zhuqing hid her identity and introduced herself as Zhuqing, while Zu Zong planned to take her out of the Star Dou Forest before continuing his search for a third Soul Ring.

• Zhu Zhuyun withdrew after deciding to learn more about Zu Zong and his strength before acting against him.
• Zhu Zhuqing collapsed from blood loss, and Zu Zong carried her to his cave, treated her wounds, and changed her clothes.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke and cried because she believed Zu Zong had seen her naked, but he insisted he had only treated her injuries.
• Zu Zong offered Zhu Zhuqing roasted Black Bear meat, and she ate after seeing him remove his mask and deciding he might not harm her.
• Zu Zong asked why she had been hunted, and Zhu Zhuqing concealed her identity by claiming her name was Zhuqing and that she did not know who had attacked her.
• Zu Zong introduced himself and planned to escort Zhuqing out of the Star Dou Forest before heading to Sunset Forest for his third Soul Ring.

Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing spent three days together while he treated her injuries, and as he prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, she asked whether fate could be changed. Their parting ended with Zhu Zhuqing attempting to grill steak and both of them discovering how badly she had cooked it.

• Zu Zong treated Zhu Zhuqing's injuries, fed her, and told her stories until she grew comfortable with him.
• Zu Zong said he would take Zhu Zhuqing out of the Star Dou Great Forest before continuing his search for a third Soul Ring in the Sunset Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zu Zong whether fate could truly be changed, and he told her to keep seeking a way forward even when circumstances were beyond her control.
• Zu Zong demonstrated the power of his Blue Silver Emperor in its Extreme Flame State, and Zhu Zhuqing said she understood what path to take.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried grilling steak for Zu Zong, but it came out charred outside and raw inside, making them both spit it out.

Zu Zong reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, who had searched for him after they parted in the Star Dou Great Forest, and the two admitted their feelings and became a couple. When Zhu Zhuqing asked how he recognized her in the dark, Zu Zong's gaze gave him away, and she stomped on his foot.

• Zu Zong learned that Zhu Zhuqing had gone to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy looking for him, then enrolled at Shrek Academy after Yu Xiaogang told her he would be there.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had seen Dai Mubai at Shrek Academy, and Zu Zong hugged her to reassure her that he only wanted her.
• Zu Zong told Zhu Zhuqing that he still remembered promising to save her and declared that she was his, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted his feelings.
• Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to call each other Xiao Zong and Zhuqing, confirming their relationship.
• When Zhu Zhuqing asked how Zu Zong recognized her in the darkness, he stared at her chest, so she stomped on his foot.

At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about her feelings for Zu Zong, while Zu Zong, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling returned to Suotuo City after training. The chapter ended when an unseen girl asked Zu Zong to take her along, leaving him worried about an awkward encounter.

• Ning Rongrong woke Zhu Zhuqing and teased her about blushing after a romantic dream involving Zu Zong.
• Ning Rongrong tickled Zhu Zhuqing to coax her into revealing whether she had a boyfriend, but Zhu Zhuqing used her Hell Spirit Cat possession to escape.
• Zu Zong, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling returned to Suotuo City after a morning of training together.
• Zu Zong promised Xiao Wu a deluxe carrot set meal, and she eagerly clung to him.
• A girl beside Zu Zong asked if she could come along, making him fear a disastrous encounter.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zu Zong after finding him close to Xiao Wu, and asked him to take her along. In the teahouse, Zu Zong reflected on how his feelings for Xiao Wu had changed, leaving his relationship with both girls unresolved.

• Zhu Zhuqing found Zu Zong with Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling and asked him to take her with him.
• Xiao Wu introduced herself as Zu Zong's childhood sweetheart, and Zhu Zhuqing took Zu Zong into a teahouse to speak privately.
• Xiao Wu worried that Zhu Zhuqing had lured Zu Zong away, then followed them with Ye Lingling.
• Zu Zong served Zhu Zhuqing tea and fanned her as she asked about his relationship with Xiao Wu.
• Zu Zong reflected that he had once viewed Xiao Wu as a source of power but had gradually come to care for her as family and as a girl.

Zu Zong admitted to Zhu Zhuqing that he had romantic feelings for Xiao Wu, prompting a tense but honest conversation about their relationship. The Royal Fight team later gathered at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City, where Xiao Wu avoided Zu Zong and asked Dugu Yan to partner with her for a two-person soul battle.

• Zu Zong dodged Zhu Zhuqing's question when he spotted Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling eavesdropping, but Zhu Zhuqing pressed him to answer.
• Zu Zong admitted that he had romantic feelings for Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing said she was angry but valued his honesty.
• Zu Zong hugged Zhu Zhuqing, and she held on when Xiao Wu objected, while Xiao Wu grew upset at seeing them together.
• At the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City, Xiao Wu avoided Zu Zong and asked Dugu Yan to team up with her for a two-person soul battle.
• Zu Zong reflected on the recent turmoil in his relationships and the difficult road ahead for his harem.

Zu Zong resumed using his Stealing System and acquired weapons, goods, and Xiao Wu’s underwear, while the thefts caused trouble and confusion. The chapter ended with the system stealing Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances for him.

• Zu Zong checked his system panel, learned its voice had changed after an update, and used one of his remaining stealing attempts to obtain a weapons case from the world of Hero.
• Zu Zong stole Hundred-Year Soul Wine and couple outfits, triggering the store owners’ resentment and an absurd marriage fixation involving their 400-jin daughter.
• Zu Zong stole Xiao Wu’s pink rabbit-patterned underwear, and Xiao Wu suspected he had hidden it because he wanted it.
• Zu Zong continued stealing and received Tang San’s External Soul Bone, the Eight Spider Lances.

Tang San survived absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s unexpectedly powerful soul ring and grew closer to Meng Yiran, but Zu Zong’s system revealed that it had stolen Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances. Tang San blamed Zu Zong and vowed to fight him, while Zu Zong began fusing the stolen soul bone.

• Tang San struggled through the soul-ring absorption as Meng Yiran and the others feared the ring was beyond his limit.
• Tang San successfully absorbed the ring, awakened, and embraced Meng Yiran, who wept with relief.
• Eight bulges appeared on Tang San’s back before vanishing, and he sensed that Zu Zong had taken something from him.
• Zu Zong received the Eight Spider Lances and 2,000 Hatred Points from his system, then began fusing the soul bone.

Zu Zong fused with the Eight Spider Lances, then stole three immortality pills from Zhao Gao (Gao Yao) and was transported to Xianyang Palace. He temporarily revived Ying Zheng, who begged for immortality, while Zu Zong remained reluctant to save him completely.

• Zu Zong gained control of the Eight Spider Lances after they destroyed the Rose Hotel room, then planned to compensate for the damage.
• Zu Zong stole three immortality pills from Zhao Gao (Gao Yao), triggering his transport to Xianyang Palace.
• Gao Yao watched the pills vanish and knelt before Zu Zong, mistaking him for an Immortal Lord.
• Zu Zong used his powers to move Ying Zheng onto a bed and treated him with the Blue Silver Emperor, temporarily easing his illness.
• Ying Zheng thanked Zu Zong and begged for divine medicine and immortality after Zu Zong warned he might live only another half year.

Zu Zong changed the fates of Ying Zheng, Gao Yao, Yu Shu, and Yi Xiaochuan before returning from The Myth to Douluo Continent. He reunited with a distraught Xiao Wu and promised never to leave her behind again.

• Zu Zong challenged Ying Zheng to consider what he would do with immortality and urged him to entrust unfinished work to future generations.
• Zu Zong used illusion to command Gao Yao to bring Yu Shu and the unconscious Yi Xiaochuan, then teleported them all to Cui Wenzi’s secluded residence.
• Zu Zong asked Cui Wenzi to care for Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao, and said Yu Shu could choose whether to stay after the illusion wore off.
• The Myth world later worshiped the Blue Silver Emperor as a guardian deity, and Zu Zong returned to Rose Hotel in Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu embraced Zu Zong and begged him not to disappear again, and he promised to take her with him or tell her whenever he left.

Zu Zong explained that he had obtained and fully fused with the External Soul Bone called the Eight Spider Lances, then bluffed about how it had damaged his room. Qin Ming told the team to keep the discovery secret and assigned Zu Zong and Xiao Wu to observe the evening tournament; Zu Zong stayed in Suotuo City while Xiao Wu went shopping with Ye Lingling.

• Zu Zong told Qin Ming and the Imperial Fight Team that his third soul ring had given him the Eight Spider Lances, an External Soul Bone.
• Qin Ming explained the rarity and value of soul bones, and praised Zu Zong for studying them and keeping the unfused bone secret.
• Xiao Wu hugged Zu Zong and asked why he had not told her about the bone, and he said it had not fully fused until now.
• Ye Lingling asked about the wrecked room and Zu Zong's disappearance, so Zu Zong claimed the Eight Spider Lances had gone berserk before he tested them outside Suotuo City.
• Qin Ming ordered the team to keep Zu Zong's External Soul Bone secret and told Zu Zong and Xiao Wu to observe the evening team Soul Fighting Tournament and participate in a two-person match.
• Zu Zong gave Xiao Wu Gold Soul Coins to go shopping with Ye Lingling while he planned to practice with the Eight Spider Lances.

Zu Zong brought the injured Zhu Zhuqing to the Imperial Fight Team's box for treatment, while Dai Mubai misunderstood her wave as a greeting to him and grew angry after seeing her with Zu Zong. When Zu Zong was called to fight Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu urged him to be careful and prepared to accompany him.

• Zu Zong spotted Zhu Zhuqing win a difficult match despite minor injuries, then left the box to bring her to Ye Lingling for treatment.
• Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing grow more distant toward him and rushed to help her, but saw her talking happily with Zu Zong before the two disappeared.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar teased Dai Mubai when he returned without Zhu Zhuqing, and he angrily knocked away Oscar's recovery sausages.
• Meng Yiran and Ning Rongrong criticized Dai Mubai, but Tang San and Oscar stopped them from arguing further.
• The arena announced Zu Zong's match against the Evil Eye White Tiger, and Ye Lingling healed Zhu Zhuqing's injuries in the Imperial Fight Team's box.
• Zu Zong accepted the match, and Zhu Zhuqing warned him about Dai Mubai's White Tiger martial soul while Xiao Wu voiced confidence in him; Zhu Zhuqing offered to accompany him.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing clashed over their relationship, while Zhu Zhuqing privately blushed at Ning Rongrong’s teasing about Zu Zong. The chapter ended as Dai Mubai and Zu Zong faced each other in Soul Fighting Arena No. 7, setting up their match.

• Dai Mubai apologized to Ma Hongjun and Oscar for taking out his anger on them, then headed to his match.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned and told Ning Rongrong that a friend had arranged treatment for her injury; Ning Rongrong teased her about having a boyfriend.
• Ma Hongjun asked Zhu Zhuqing about Dai Mubai, and she angrily insisted she had no relationship with him and warned Ma Hongjun not to joke about it.
• Tang San watched Zu Zong in the arena as Dai Mubai arrived and recognized his opponent despite Zu Zong’s disguise.
• The arena announcer introduced the two Soul Elders and their records as the crowd cheered for the upcoming fight.

Zu Zong fought Dai Mubai in the Soul Fighting Arena without summoning his martial soul and quickly overwhelmed him. The chapter left Dai Mubai screaming in pain after Zu Zong struck him with Thousand Years of Death.

• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger martial soul and challenged Zu Zong, who refused to summon his own.
• Zu Zong dodged Dai Mubai’s punch and countered with a blow that sent him sliding nearly off the stage.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong reacted to Zu Zong’s strength, while Tang San recognized him and grew resentful.
• Tang San’s hatred toward Zu Zong rose to 55%, earning Zu Zong 500 Hatred Points.
• Dai Mubai charged again, but Zu Zong dodged his claws and used Konoha Secret Taijutsu Art: Thousand Years of Death on him.

Zu Zong defeated Dai Mubai in the Soul Fighting Arena, first humiliating him with a dirty trick and then overpowering him with his Blue Silver Emperor. The chapter left Dai Mubai badly wounded but alive, with Oscar and Ma Hongjun urging him to surrender.

• Zu Zong's trick left Dai Mubai on the ground, and the crowd and Shrek Academy group laughed at his humiliation.
• Dai Mubai stood up and challenged Zu Zong to fight fairly, then activated his White Tiger Barrier and White Tiger Light Wave.
• Zu Zong summoned his Blue Silver Emperor and used its bladed vines to break through Dai Mubai's attack and barrier, piercing him with nonfatal wounds.
• Tang San reassured Meng Yiran that Dai Mubai was not in danger, while Oscar and Ma Hongjun shouted for him to admit defeat.

Zu Zong defeated Dai Mubai in the Great Soul Arena and secured his fifth consecutive one-on-one victory. After returning to his team, he was praised and reprimanded for his humiliating techniques, while Dai Mubai was carried away with a hidden Fire Poison in his body.

• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation, but Zu Zong’s Blue Silver Blade overwhelmed his defenses and left him badly injured.
• Zu Zong bound Dai Mubai, and the referee declared Uchiha Zong the winner of the one hundred and thirty-eighth one-on-one Soul Fighting Tournament and credited him with five consecutive victories.
• Dai Mubai heard the crowd ridicule him, fainted from anger, and was carried away by Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others; Zu Zong secretly left Fire Poison in his lower body.
• Xiao Wu greeted Zu Zong in the Imperial Fight Team’s box, while Osler and Ye Lingling praised his battle and criticized his crude moves.
• Qin Ming told Zu Zong not to use Thousand Years of Death or the strange binding method at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Zu Zong agreed.

Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing shared their first kiss before Xiao Wu interrupted them, and Zu Zong followed Zhu Zhuqing to the Shrek group. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong recognizing Zu Zong as the masked fighter who had defeated Dai Mubai.

• Zhu Zhuqing visited Zu Zong, and they left the private room together after she found him embracing Xiao Wu.
• Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing kissed, but Xiao Wu interrupted them and demanded a month of deluxe carrot meals in exchange for letting Zu Zong go after Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing ran out of the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena and rejoined the Shrek group, where Ning Rongrong teased her about her flushed face.
• Zu Zong arrived in different clothes to avoid provoking the Shrek students, while Dai Mubai glared at him and Oscar suspected he was Uchiha Zong.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Zu Zong as the Uchiha Zong she had met at the mask stall and seen fight Dai Mubai.

Zu Zong stopped Dai Mubai from attacking Zhu Zhuqing and left with her after warning him. Dai Mubai realized Zu Zong might be the same person as Uchiha Zong, then agreed to go to a brothel with Ma Hongjun.

• Ning Rongrong recognized that Zhu Zhuqing knew Zu Zong, and Zhu Zhuqing openly took Zu Zong's hand.
• Dai Mubai tried to stop Zhu Zhuqing and attack her, but Zu Zong broke his wrist and kicked him away.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing urged Zu Zong to avoid trouble with Dean Flender, so Zu Zong released Dai Mubai after warning him.
• Zu Zong teased Tang San about his relationship with Meng Yiran and left with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai wondered whether Uchiha Zong and Zu Zong were the same person, then accepted Ma Hongjun's invitation to visit a brothel.