Chapter Summaries

Yan Fei gave birth to Zu Zong’s daughter, whom they named Ji Ru, with the nickname Yue’er and courtesy name Qianlong. After spending time with Yan Fei and their newborn, Zu Zong returned to his palace and spent the night with eighteen of his partners.

• Zu Zong comforted his children as the family waited for Yan Fei to give birth.
• Ning Rongrong announced that Yan Fei had delivered a daughter, and Ye Lingling used her healing divine power to care for the mother and child.
• Zu Zong held his newborn daughter and named her Ji Ru, Yue’er, with the courtesy name Qianlong.
• Ye Lingling left Yan Fei’s room after telling Zu Zong she would see him that night.
• After Yan Fei and Yue’er fell asleep, Zu Zong returned to his palace, where he spent the night with eighteen of his partners.

Zu Zong arrived in Jia Ma Holy City with Nalan Yanran to remove the Branding Poison from her grandfather, search for a jade fragment, and visit Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House. After slipping into the auction house, he drew the attention of a spoiled young man who had designs on Ya Fei, and Zu Zong decided to castrate him.

• Zu Zong and Nalan Yanran arrived in Jia Ma Holy City, where he told her to return home while he handled private matters.
• Zu Zong set out to remove the Branding Poison from Nalan Yanran's grandfather, find the jade fragment containing the Secret Method of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, and visit Ya Fei.
• Zu Zong followed Ya Fei's aura to the Mittel Auction House and used Soul Power to punish pickpockets who reached for his Storage Ring.
• Zu Zong entered the auction house and encountered a spoiled young man who wanted to keep him away from Ya Fei.
• Zu Zong recognized the young man as a minor elder's grandson from the Mittel Clan and decided to castrate him.

Zu Zong used his Soul Power to control Lei Le and Elder Lei Ou, causing them to mutilate themselves in the Mittel Auction House. Ya Fei recognized Zu Zong and took him upstairs to talk privately.

• Lei Le confronted Zu Zong, who confirmed he was Elder Lei Ou's grandson and secretly controlled him with Soul Power.
• Lei Le mutilated himself with his sword while the crowd watched, and Lei Ou arrived too late to stop him.
• After learning Zu Zong was involved, Lei Ou threatened him, but Zu Zong controlled him as well.
• Lei Ou cut the lackey and then himself with the sword while demanding that Zu Zong explain what happened.
• Ya Fei arrived, ordered the injured men taken away, recognized Zu Zong, and led him upstairs by the hand.

At the Mittel Auction House, Ya Fei reunited with Zu Zong and revealed her growing confidence and affection for him. After she embraced him, Zu Zong questioned whether she wanted him out of gratitude or clan pressure, and she held him without answering.

• Ya Fei served Zu Zong Phoenix Tail Fruit tea and said she was glad he had dealt with Lei Ou and his grandson.
• Ya Fei explained that Zu Zong’s gifts had helped her advance to Dou Shi and that the Ice Emperor had appointed her a Supervisory Elder to manage the auction house.
• Ya Fei teased Zu Zong and offered herself to him, prompting him to pull her into his arms.
• Ya Fei guessed that Zu Zong was Yun Yun’s mysterious boyfriend and elicited his account of meeting Yun Yun in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Zu Zong asked whether Ya Fei’s offer came from gratitude or pressure from her clan, and Ya Fei wrapped her arms around his waist.

Zu Zong left the Mittal Auction House after giving Hai Bodong two pills and learned that the clan would place Ya Fei in charge. He arrived at the Nalan residence with Nalan Yanran, where Nalan Jie was still wasting away from the Branding Poison.

• Ya Fei woke in Zu Zong's arms and realized he had coaxed her into bed in the Mittal Auction House meeting hall.
• Zu Zong left the hall with Ya Fei and gave Hai Bodong a Rejuvenating Purple Spirit Pill and a Huang Ji Pill.
• Hai Bodong told Mittel Tengshan to let Ya Fei take over as clan head and ordered the others to keep the day's events secret.
• Zu Zong arrived at the Nalan residence and found Nalan Yanran waiting for him at the gate.
• Nalan Su paced anxiously as Nalan Jie continued to weaken from the Branding Poison.

Zu Zong removed Nalan Jie's branding poison, then left the Nalan Family and visited Ya Fei before using the system's theft attempts. He discovered that his thefts had taken items from Xiao Yu, Zi Yan, and Tang San.

• Nalan Su worried that Zu Zong had not arrived, and Nalan Jie warned him not to speculate about the powerful alchemist.
• Zu Zong teased Nalan Yanran, kissed her, and later removed Nalan Jie's branding poison, forging it into a pill for Little Doctor Fairy.
• Zu Zong declined to stay with the Nalan Family, accepted the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, and left after taking advantage of Nalan Yanran again.
• Zu Zong went to Ya Fei's room and spent the night with her.
• Zu Zong checked his personal panel, saw that his cultivation and theft attempts had increased, and used three thefts on Xiao Yu, Zi Yan, and Tang San.

Zu Zong showed Tang San the peaceful Spirit Hall and visions of the life he might have lived, along with the disasters caused by his actions in another future. He healed Tang San with an Elixir of Immortality but cast an Illusion Technique on him, leaving him at the mercy of two pirates.

• Zu Zong argued with Tang San about Spirit Hall's rule, then revealed he knew Tang San's secret arts came from another world.
• Zu Zong showed Tang San an alternate life in which he became a god, followed by visions of the suffering and destruction his actions caused.
• Tang San ignored the victims in the visions and resented Zu Zong for taking away his chance to become a god.
• Zu Zong told Tang San that his three children had been adopted in Holy Soul Village, then gave him an Elixir of Immortality that healed most of his injuries.
• Zu Zong cast an Illusion Technique on Tang San and left him as two naked pirates stopped fighting and attacked him.

Zu Zong arrived at Impel Down during Blackbeard’s recruitment of prisoners and demonstrated his overwhelming power. He killed Douglas Bullet and Blackbeard, harvested their souls and Devil Fruits, and left the remaining criminals trapped.

• Zu Zong read a newspaper announcing the Summit War and left Tang San behind as the pirates continued attacking him.
• Zu Zong appeared on Impel Down’s sixth floor while Blackbeard was recruiting prisoners, and Douglas Bullet challenged him to a fight.
• Zu Zong caught Bullet’s strongest punch, tore off his arm, killed him with a Spatial Chain, and extracted his soul and the Gasha Gasha no Mi.
• Zu Zong fused Bullet’s Devil Fruit power into a fruit, stored Bullet’s soul, and blocked the sixth-floor exit with a Spatial Barrier.
• Zu Zong killed Blackbeard and harvested his soul and Dark-Dark Fruit, explaining that the fruit suited his wife.

Zu Zong visited Tang San on Kamabakka Island, where pirates were tormenting him, and showed him how the world had changed. Tang San saw a peaceful Holy Soul Village and a slave-free Tiandou Auction House, but still did not learn why Zu Zong had targeted him.

• Zu Zong teleported to Kamabakka Island and found Tang San being whipped by two pirates.
• Zu Zong controlled the pirates and healed some of Tang San’s injuries while Tang San demanded to know why he was being targeted.
• Zu Zong transported Tang San to Holy Soul Village, where Tang San saw its extensive changes.
• Zu Zong showed Tang San Tiandou Auction House, now free of slaves and marked with signs prohibiting human trafficking.
• Zu Zong showed Tang San images of people living peacefully, leaving him stunned by the changed world.

After killing the escaped prisoners and Blackbeard Pirates at Impel Down, Zu Zong captured Imu in Mary Geoise, while the Marines learned of the massacre and prepared for the war against Whitebeard. Imu offered Zu Zong a proposal, leaving him curious to hear what she wanted.

• Blackbeard’s attack on Impel Down and the mysterious young man’s massacre reached Fleet Admiral Sengoku, Tsuru, and Garp as they prepared for war.
• Sengoku learned that the mysterious man had killed the escaped criminals, including Shiryu of the Rain, Douglas Bullet, the Red Count, and the Blackbeard Pirates, while Magellan lost his Venom-Venom Fruit ability.
• Garp warned that the mysterious man could disrupt the war by stripping Devil Fruit powers, but Sengoku said the Five Elders had ordered the war to proceed as planned.
• Zu Zong captured Imu at Pangea Castle and controlled her with the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan while the Five Elders begged him not to harm her.
• Imu calmly offered Zu Zong a proposal, and he agreed to hear it.

Zu Zong rejected Imu’s offer and publicly executed the Celestial Dragons during the Summit War, broadcasting the event around the world. The execution shocked figures across the seas, while Luffy and Ace remained caught up in the Marineford battle.

• Imu offered Zu Zong her body, the throne, and Laugh Tale’s treasure in exchange for his support, but he refused and announced he would execute the Celestial Dragons.
• Zu Zong ordered the Five Elders to prepare a Den Den Mushi broadcast, and Morgans watched a recording of Zu Zong wiping out the Impel Down pirates.
• At Marineford, Luffy rescued Ace, but Akainu provoked Ace and left the brothers in danger.
• Zu Zong broadcast himself above hundreds of immobilized Celestial Dragons and unleashed giant Copulation Apes to kill them publicly.
• Doflamingo, Sengoku, Whitebeard, Boa Hancock, Rayleigh, Shanks, and Big Mom reacted to the broadcast, while Kaido learned of the execution in Wano.

Zu Zong arrived at Impel Down during the Summit War and killed Douglas Bullet and Blackbeard, harvesting Bullet’s Gasha Gasha no Mi and Blackbeard’s Dark-Dark Fruit. He trapped and attacked the remaining prisoners, leaving their fate unresolved.

• Zu Zong left Tang San suffering under the eternal illusion after reading a newspaper announcing the Summit War.
• Zu Zong appeared on Impel Down’s sixth level as Blackbeard’s crew released and tested the imprisoned criminals.
• Douglas Bullet challenged Zu Zong, who caught his punch, tore off his arm, and killed him with a Spatial Chain.
• Zu Zong extracted Bullet’s Gasha Gasha no Mi into a fruit and collected Bullet’s soul in a Jade Bottle.
• Zu Zong blocked the exit with a Spatial Barrier as the prisoners tried to flee.
• Zu Zong killed Blackbeard and harvested his soul and Dark-Dark Fruit for his wife.

Zu Zong seized Devil Fruit powers from the fighters at Marineford, then encountered Boa Hancock, who recognized him as her lover from a future he could not remember. He explained his reality-altering Rinnegan ability and left Hancock hoping she could still be with him.

• At Mary Geoise, Zu Zong saw his Worship Points rise after the broadcast of the Celestial Dragons' execution and sent the Copulation Ape back to the Dou Qi Continent.
• At Marineford, Zu Zong froze the battle, extracted the souls of powerful fighters, and fused their stolen Devil Fruits into ordinary fruits before returning their souls to their bodies.
• Akainu, Kizaru, Sengoku, and the others discovered their Devil Fruit abilities were gone, while Zu Zong said he had taken the fruits to give to his wives.
• Boa Hancock recognized Zu Zong, and he teleported away with her after she called him by name.
• At Daughter Island, Zu Zong told Hancock that his Rinnegan could turn illusions into reality and suggested his future self had traveled into the past; Hancock asked if she could still be with him.

Zu Zong gave Boa Hancock an enhanced Mero Mero no Mi, married her, and secured Amazon Lily before leaving. He then targeted Enel and attacked Big Mom, whose personality changed after Zu Zong removed Mother Carmel’s soul.

• Boa Hancock told Zu Zong that he had saved her and her sisters from slavery, and Zu Zong gave her an enhanced Mero Mero no Mi.
• Zu Zong added Boa Hancock to a Chat Group, and he and Boa Hancock married before he left Amazon Lily the next morning.
• Zu Zong used Sea God's Light and a Rinnegan Illusion Technique to guard Amazon Lily, then warned Imu not to threaten the island.
• On the moon, Zu Zong confronted Enel and demanded his Goro Goro no Mi.
• Zu Zong defeated Big Mom, removed Mother Carmel’s soul with the Soul-Soul Fruit, and returned Big Mom’s soul to her.
• Big Mom reverted to an innocent personality, and Zu Zong fled after finding her behavior unbearable.

Zu Zong took Devil Fruits from Doflamingo and ordered him to locate Dragon, Law, and Tao Zhinzhu, while secretly planning to use Doflamingo as a puppet. After stripping Kaido and Big Mom of their Devil Fruit abilities, Zu Zong left Hancock on Daughter Island and departed.

• Zu Zong arrived in Dressrosa, took Doflamingo's gathered Devil Fruits, and revealed that he had killed Doflamingo once to remove his String-String Fruit.
• Doflamingo swore loyalty to Zu Zong, who took the Weapon-Weapon Fruit and Pop-Pop Fruit and ordered him to find Dragon, Law, and Tao Zhinzhu within three days.
• Zu Zong revealed that he intended to control Doflamingo through an Illusion Technique and declared that Tao Zhinzhu must die.
• Zu Zong went to Onigashima, and three days later news spread that Kaido and Big Mom had lost their Devil Fruit abilities.
• Zu Zong spent the three-day wait with Hancock on Daughter Island, then left as she vowed to wait for his return.

Zu Zong killed Tao Zhinzhu, took control of the Donquixote Family, and obtained the Wind-Wind Fruit and Op-Op Fruit before returning to the Dou Qi Continent. The next morning, he woke beside Ya Fei, who teased him for returning at dawn.

• Doflamingo reported that the Donquixote Family had captured Tao Zhinzhu and located Dragon and Trafalgar Law.
• Zu Zong killed Tao Zhinzhu and used the Nine-Tomoe Rinnegan Illusion Technique to control Doflamingo and the Donquixote Family.
• Zu Zong ordered the family to gather information about Devil Fruits, obey Boa Hancock, and deliver supplies to her.
• Zu Zong found Dragon and Law, obtained the Wind-Wind Fruit and Op-Op Fruit, and returned to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Zu Zong returned to Ya Fei's room and woke the next morning with her in his arms.

Zu Zong gave Ya Fei the Mero Mero no Mi, then visited Nalan Yanran after Nalan Jie’s recovery banquet and gave her a wind-element Logia fruit. Nalan Yanran began mastering her new power, which made wind techniques clearer and brought her cultivation close to a breakthrough.

• Zu Zong gave Ya Fei the Mero Mero no Mi, and she ate it despite its awful taste before learning that only the first bite mattered.
• Ya Fei attacked Zu Zong for letting her eat the whole fruit, and their fight kept her in bed until evening.
• Zu Zong appeared while Nalan Yanran was bathing and joined her in the tub; by morning, she accused him of breaking his promise to only bathe.
• Zu Zong gave Nalan Yanran a wind-element Logia fruit, and she swallowed a bite despite its unpleasant taste.
• Nalan Yanran sensed wind swirling in her palm, then began cultivating as her wind techniques became clearer and her cultivation neared a breakthrough.

Zu Zong trained Nalan Yanran under Yun Yun’s direction before traveling to the Tagor Desert to seek Queen Medusa. After stopping Yue Mei’s attack with Space Lock, he revealed that he had come to speak with the queen.

• Zu Zong brought Nalan Yanran back to the Misty Cloud Sect and personally put her through brutal cultivation training.
• Yun Yun emerged after breaking through to Dou Zong, took over Nalan Yanran’s training, and helped drive her rapid growth from a two-star to a four-star Dou Shi.
• Zu Zong traveled to the Tagor Desert and destroyed the Mohist School in Salt City with a single Dou Qi palm.
• Zu Zong watched Yue Mei bathing in the snake-people’s oasis until she noticed him and attacked with four water snakes.
• Zu Zong froze Yue Mei and the surrounding area with Space Lock, then released her and said he had come to meet Queen Medusa.

Zu Zong brought Yue Mei to Queen Medusa and proposed a deal: he would provide a Heavenly Flame and pills to help her transform and break through to Dou Zong in exchange for her managing a faction he planned to create. Medusa was interested but remained wary of what the arrangement would mean for her and the Snake-People Clan.

• Zu Zong saw through Yue Mei’s attempt to alert Medusa and took her through a spatial rift straight to the Snake-People Palace.
• Medusa realized Zu Zong was likely a Dou Zun, dismissed Yue Mei, and demanded to know his business.
• Zu Zong explained that he wanted to make a deal with Medusa, prompting her to erupt in anger when he said he wanted her.
• Zu Zong clarified that he would not force her and offered a Heavenly Flame and pills to ensure her transformation into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Medusa asked what Zu Zong wanted in return, and he said he planned to create a faction and wanted her to manage it.

Medusa weighed Zu Zong’s offer to join his faction against the risks to the Snake-Person Race and consulted her leaders. She decided to accept, while Zu Zong began refining pills in a nearby hall.

• Medusa initially refused to submit to Zu Zong, but he offered cooperation, ten Transformation Pills, and land in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Medusa accepted the pills and asked for time to consult her people, then sent Hua She Er to host Zu Zong and summon Yue Mei.
• Zu Zong began refining pills in the side hall, planning to reveal that he was a Tier 8 Alchemist.
• Medusa gathered the Snake-Person Race’s eight great leaders, and Yue Mei recounted Zu Zong’s display of spatial abilities.
• Yin Shi judged that the Snake-Person Race could not refuse a Dou Zun, and Medusa decided to accept Zu Zong’s proposal.
• A thunderous explosion from the neighboring side hall shook the palace.