Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing explained Zu Zong’s Eight Spider Lances, and Zu Zong used them to absorb the poison in Tang San while taking some of his Soul Power. After the Imperial Fight Team’s victory, Zu Zong won a fortune betting and was volunteered to pay for dinner, where he began plotting to get Yu Xiaogang drunk and pregnant.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained the six Soul Bone categories and the rarity and abilities of External Soul Bones, revealing that Zu Zong’s Eight Spider Lances could absorb poison.
• Zu Zong used the Eight Spider Lances to draw the poison from Tang San and absorbed some of Tang San’s Soul Power; Tang San later woke and learned Shrek Academy had lost.
• Zu Zong and Zhao Wuji celebrated their betting winnings while Flender lamented losing his savings, and Zu Zong slipped Flender a ten-thousand-gold-coin card for Zhu Zhuqing’s meals.
• Qin Ming offered to treat everyone to dinner, but Dugu Yan revealed Zu Zong’s large bet and declared that he should pay.
• Zu Zong agreed to buy dinner and decided he could use the drinking occasion to get Yu Xiaogang pregnant as revenge for shouting at him.

Zu Zong hosted a banquet at the Soto Grand Hotel after profiting from the Royal Fight and Shrek Academy spirit battle, while Zhu Zhuqing agreed to stay in the hotel but not share his room. The gathering ended with Shrek Academy’s Tang San and Dai Mubai absent, and the others celebrating over fine wine.

• Zu Zong reserved a luxurious private room at the Soto Grand Hotel and spent time with Zhu Zhuqing before she agreed to stay overnight in a separate room.
• Zu Zong noticed Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Qin Ming discussing Shrek Academy borrowing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament entry slot.
• At the banquet, Zu Zong asked why Tang San and Dai Mubai were absent, and Yu Xiaogang and Flender said they had returned to the academy because they felt unwell.
• Flender explained that Dai Mubai had been mocked as effeminate and had returned to masculine clothing, while Tang San was still recovering from his defeat and poisoning.
• Zu Zong brought out bottles of Hundred-Year Soul Wine, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Yu Xiaogang drank with the group.

Zu Zong used his Sharingan to manipulate Oscar into preparing a scheme involving Yu Xiaogang, then left the hotel with Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and a drunken Xiao Wu. Ning Rongrong joined them, frustrating Zu Zong’s hopes of spending the night alone with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Oscar asked Zu Zong for help pursuing Ning Rongrong, and Zu Zong used his Sharingan on him after Oscar admitted his feelings.
• Zu Zong arranged hotel rooms for the drunken group, while Oscar helped the unconscious Yu Xiaogang into his room.
• Zu Zong revealed he had given Oscar some Zimu River water and planted an illusion so Oscar would make Yu Xiaogang drink it.
• Zu Zong carried the drunken Xiao Wu as his group left the hotel, and Ning Rongrong followed after giving her room card to Oscar.
• Zu Zong teased Ning Rongrong, while Zhu Zhuqing reassured her and Ye Lingling watched Zu Zong with a complicated gaze.

Zu Zong’s scheme caused Yu Xiaogang to unknowingly carry twins after Oscar gave him enchanted water, while Zu Zong spent the night with Zhu Zhuqing before preparing to leave Suotuo City. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang unaware of his pregnancy and Zu Zong planning his next move toward Heaven Dou and Dugu Bo’s Immortal Herbs.

• Oscar gave Yu Xiaogang enchanted water, which caused an embryo to form inside him while an illusion hid what had happened.
• Yu Xiaogang dreamed that Zu Zong and Tang San turned against him, then woke in a hotel room and drank the remaining water, forming a second embryo.
• Zhu Zhuqing secretly joined Zu Zong for the night, and he privately imagined Yu Xiaogang’s reaction to discovering he was pregnant with twins.
• The author’s note said Zu Zong planned to use Dugu Yan to draw out Dugu Bo, then detoxify them and choose Immortal Herbs for them.

Yu Xiaogang suffered strange symptoms while Tang San remained dispirited after the team’s defeat. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Zu Zong was granted three days off and found himself committed to spending a day in Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu.

• Ning Rongrong and the others discussed Yu Xiaogang’s unusual appetite, nausea, and exhaustion, while Tang San continued to brood over the defeat.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy bundled in a heavy coat, admitted he felt unwell, and agreed to return to his room after his students urged him to rest.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to visit his room after class, leaving Tang San gloomy because he expected another attempt to dissuade him from cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Zu Zong and the Imperial Fight Team returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after several days on the road, and Xiao Wu demanded that Zu Zong accompany her around Heaven Dou City.
• Qin Ming gave the team three days off, leaving Zu Zong unable to avoid his promise to spend the next day with Xiao Wu.

Zu Zong practiced the Tang Sect techniques he had copied from Tang San and checked his system panel, discovering that two steal attempts remained. He put away the immortality pills he had taken from The Myth, intending to save them for people close to him.

• Zu Zong practiced Mystic Jade Hand and confirmed that it could protect his palms from a kunai, then tested Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon on a teacup.
• Zu Zong recalled saving Zhou Zhiruo's family years earlier and considered returning to see how she was doing.
• Zu Zong checked his system panel and learned from the system that he had two steal attempts remaining because he had only stolen seven times before being sent to The Myth.
• Zu Zong remembered how he had changed The Myth's ending, then took out the three immortality pills and put them back into the System Space for possible future use.

Zu Zong stole White Sword from Wei Yong and was teleported to the Wei capital, where he saved Wei Xianxian from falling and intervened in Xuan Jian’s fight with Dian Qing. He revealed that Xuan Jian had not killed Dian Qing’s master, and Dian Qing demanded to know who had.

• Zu Zong’s system stole a revolver and then White Sword, raising Wei Yong’s Hate Value and teleporting Zu Zong to the Wei capital.
• Wei Yong accused Wei Xianxian of trying to save Xuan Jian, and she fell from the city tower as Xuan Jian lost his focus and was knocked down by Dian Qing.
• Zu Zong caught Wei Xianxian with a Blue-Silver Plant and brought her safely to Xuan Jian, then criticized Wei Yong for his cruelty.
• Zu Zong told Dian Qing that Xuan Jian had not killed his master, and Wei Xianxian confirmed it as Wei Yong ordered Dian Qing to kill them.
• Dian Qing questioned who had killed his master.

Zu Zong revealed Wei Yong’s crimes to Dian Qing, protected Xuan Jian and Wei Xianxian from the soldiers, and rescued their child. After reuniting the family, he offered to take them somewhere safe from Net.

• Zu Zong used the Sharingan to show Dian Qing memories of Wei Yong’s schemes and his connection to Xuan Jian’s master’s death.
• Wei Yong ordered a volley of arrows, but Zu Zong shielded himself, Xuan Jian, and Wei Xianxian with the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Zu Zong subdued Wei Yong and used an illusion to learn where Wei Xianxian and Xuan Jian’s child was being held.
• Zu Zong took Xuan Jian and Wei Xianxian to their child, reunited the family, and retrieved the Black Sword and White Sword.
• When Xuan Jian and Wei Xianxian planned to hide, Zu Zong warned that Net would find them and offered to take them to a safe place.

Zu Zong took Xuan Jian, Wei Xianxian, and their child to Ghost Valley, where Guiguzi agreed to shelter them. Before returning to Douluo Continent, Zu Zong learned Xuan Jian’s sword technique and promised to visit again.

• Zu Zong teleported himself, Xuan Jian, Wei Xianxian, and their child to Guiguzi’s residence on Yunmeng Mountain.
• Zu Zong asked Guiguzi to shelter Xuan Jian’s family for three or four years, and offered Hundred-Year Soul Wine as compensation.
• Guiguzi accepted the arrangement and sent Ge Nie and Wei Zhuang to build a hut for the guests.
• Xuan Jian declined to reclaim his twin swords, but agreed to demonstrate his sword technique for Zu Zong, who copied the moves with his Sharingan.
• Zu Zong said goodbye to Xuan Jian’s family and Guiguzi, then vanished as the system returned him to Douluo Continent.

Zu Zong confessed to Xiao Wu that he had known she was a soul beast and once considered killing her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but had come to love her. Xiao Wu accepted his feelings and asked him to take care of her for the rest of their lives, while Zu Zong acknowledged his feelings for both her and Zhu Qing.

• Zu Zong practiced swordsmanship and then welcomed Xiao Wu into his room.
• Zu Zong told Xiao Wu he had known she was a soul beast and initially considered hunting her for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Zu Zong explained how his feelings changed and revealed that the Transformation Pill he had given Xiao Wu freed her from her soul beast aura.
• Zu Zong confessed that he liked Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu challenged him about his relationship with Zhu Qing.
• Zu Zong said Xiao Wu and Zhu Qing were both his wings, and Xiao Wu accepted him and asked him to care for her for the rest of their lives.

Zu Zong and Xiao Wu drew closer as she questioned him about his Sharingan, the Transformation Pill, and his kisses with Zhuqing. They reached Heaven Dou City and found an auction house, where Zu Zong recalled the cruelty hidden behind its luxurious appearance.

• Zu Zong explained that his Second Spirit, Sharingan, let him observe and copy abilities, and claimed the Transformation Pill came from rare Transformation Grass.
• Xiao Wu grew jealous after Zu Zong admitted he had kissed Zhuqing about one hundred and twenty times, then bit his hand.
• Xiao Wu made Zu Zong carry her to Heaven Dou City and demanded that he kiss her daily until he surpassed his number of kisses with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zu Zong and Xiao Wu went shopping in Heaven Dou City, where Xiao Wu spotted a domed building marked with a hammer.
• Zu Zong identified the building as an auction house and remembered that it sold enslaved women to the empire's corrupt elites.

Zu Zong and Xiao Wu entered Heaven Dou Auction House by offering the Revolver for auction, then encountered a refined middle-aged man who explained that the attendants were enslaved and had lost control of their lives. Zu Zong suspected the man was Ning Fengzhi.

• Xiao Wu persuaded Zu Zong to enter Heaven Dou Auction House with her.
• Zu Zong offered the Revolver for auction, and an appraiser set its starting bid at two thousand gold coins.
• The auction house staff gave Zu Zong and Xiao Wu masks and escorted them to the auction center.
• Zu Zong and Xiao Wu noticed that the attendants seemed strangely subdued, and a middle-aged man explained that they were slaves with no control over their fates.
• Zu Zong recognized the man's familiar smile and wondered whether he was Ning Fengzhi.

Zu Zong and Xiao Wu met Ning Fengzhi at the Heaven Dou Auction House, where he learned they were friends of Ning Rongrong and became interested in Zu Zong’s talent. After they left, Xiao Wu was troubled by the auction of a rabbit girl, and Zu Zong tried to reassure her about her future.

• Ning Fengzhi noticed Zu Zong and Xiao Wu’s exceptional Soul Power and introduced himself after Xiao Wu revealed she knew Ning Rongrong.
• Zu Zong pulled Xiao Wu away before she could disclose more about them, while Ning Fengzhi resolved to encourage a closer relationship between Zu Zong and Rongrong.
• Zu Zong warned Xiao Wu not to trust powerful figures easily, and Xiao Wu kissed his cheek to lift his spirits.
• Zu Zong and Xiao Wu left the auction house after Ning Fengzhi bought both the rabbit girl and Zu Zong’s revolver.
• Xiao Wu worried about the rabbit girl’s fate, and Zu Zong said she would likely be cared for within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect despite losing her freedom.

Zu Zong learned swordsmanship from Xuan Jian, helped Xiao Wu prepare for a trip to Sunset Forest, and learned that Dugu Yan had gone to visit her grandfather, Poison Douluo. After Yu Tianheng reached level forty, the team prepared to obtain his fourth Soul Ring, while Zu Zong warned Xiao Wu he might stay with Dugu Bo for several months.

• Zu Zong trained with Xuan Jian and defeated Wei Zhuang in swordsmanship sparring, learning many of his techniques.
• Qin Ming announced that Yu Tianheng had reached level forty, and Yu Tianheng explained that Dugu Yan had taken a month of leave to visit her grandfather.
• Yu Tianheng told the team that Dugu Yan's grandfather was Poison Douluo, making Xiao Wu remember her mother's death and prompting Zu Zong to comfort her.
• Qin Ming directed the team to meet at the school gate in two hours and travel to Sunset Forest to obtain Yu Tianheng's fourth Soul Ring.
• Zu Zong told Xiao Wu he might stay with Dugu Bo for months, and Xiao Wu reluctantly agreed after he promised he would return safely.

Zu Zong accompanied the Imperial Fight Team into Sunset Forest to help Yu Tianheng find a Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring, where Dugu Yan revealed that Dugu Bo wanted to confront him over his claim that she was poisoned. Zu Zong met Dugu Bo alone, and the Poison Douluo prepared to teach him a lesson.

• Zu Zong and the Imperial Fight Team entered Sunset Forest, and Zu Zong asked Yu Tianheng what kind of Soul Beast he sought for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Zu Zong sensed someone approaching with his Blue Silver Domain, and Dugu Yan arrived to tell him that Dugu Bo wanted to see him.
• Dugu Yan explained that Dugu Bo was angry about Zu Zong saying she was poisoned, and Zu Zong left to meet him despite Xiao Wu's concern.
• Dugu Bo appeared before Zu Zong, tested his speed, and demanded to know why he had made the claim about Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo announced that he would teach Zu Zong a lesson, and Zu Zong prepared to test his strength without revealing his Sharingan or Blue Silver Domain.

Zu Zong fought Dugu Bo to prove that Yan Zi and Dugu Bo were poisoned, but Dugu Bo overwhelmed him and threatened to kill him. Zu Zong listed Dugu Bo’s symptoms and left him confronting the possibility that his poison had reached his bone marrow.

• Zu Zong revealed his Eight Spider Lances and attacked Dugu Bo with his Extreme Flame Blue Silver Emperor, whose Fire Poison consumed Dugu Bo’s jade-green flame.
• Dugu Bo rushed Zu Zong and struck at him, but Zu Zong used his Eight Spider Lances and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track footwork to dodge, though the blow’s force injured him.
• Dugu Bo acknowledged Zu Zong’s strength and offered to spare him if he withdrew his claim that Yan Zi was poisoned.
• Zu Zong insisted that both Yan Zi and Dugu Bo were poisoned, and Dugu Bo threatened to extract the poison from Zu Zong’s Soul Bone before killing him.
• Zu Zong described Dugu Bo’s recurring pain and spasms, arguing that the symptoms proved the poison had entered his bone marrow.

Zu Zong fought to survive Dugu Bo’s attack while trying to convince him that he could cure his poison. As others rushed toward the explosion, Bibi Dong learned Dugu Bo had taken Zu Zong and warned him privately while holding a mysterious flower.

• Dugu Bo erupted in anger, summoned his martial spirit and nine Soul Rings, and attacked Zu Zong with Purple Flame.
• Zu Zong endured Dugu Bo’s pressure and used his Blue Silver Blade to clash with the Purple Flame, but his blades began breaking apart.
• Zu Zong shouted that he had a way to cure Dugu Bo’s poison as their clash created a huge explosion.
• Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling rushed toward the explosion, Dugu Yan followed, and Qin Ming sent Yu Tianheng and the others to notify the Education Committee.
• A man in black reported to Bibi Dong that Dugu Bo had taken Zu Zong; Bibi Dong let him leave, then warned Dugu Bo and murmured that there were two years left.

Zu Zong recovered from his fight with Dugu Bo and discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he used two Immortal Herbs to prepare for a powerful fourth Soul Ring. After swallowing them and entering the spring, he lost consciousness from excruciating pain.

• Xiao Wu, Ye Lingling, and Qin Ming returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Dugu Yan went to find Dugu Bo, and Zu Zong woke on a cliff after the battle.
• Zu Zong recovered his strength, broke through to level forty, advanced the Nine Yang Manual to its fifth layer, and walked down the cliff.
• Zu Zong found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs, then met Dugu Bo and promised he could cure Dugu Bo's poison as well as Dugu Yan's.
• Dugu Bo gave Zu Zong two days to prove he could cure the poison and warned him not to damage the medicinal garden or approach the spring.
• Zu Zong harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, swallowed them, and jumped into the spring to temper his body.
• Zu Zong screamed from the intense pain and lost consciousness.

Zu Zong tested the powers of his transformed Blue Silver Emperor at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then faced Dugu Bo’s lethal poison challenge. He survived the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor toxin and left Dugu Bo stunned.

• Zu Zong found that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had strengthened his physique and cultivation, and his Blue Silver Emperor vines withstood the spring waters.
• Zu Zong transformed his martial soul into the Extreme Flame Blue Silver Emperor and saw it heat the icy spring enough to begin merging it with the vermilion spring.
• Dugu Bo challenged Zu Zong to withstand the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor toxin, and Zu Zong accepted despite the danger.
• Zu Zong secretly touched the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then let Dugu Bo’s claws pierce his hand and inject the toxin.
• Zu Zong used the Nine Yang Manual beside the Aromatic Silk Beauty to neutralize the poison, heal his wound, and shock Dugu Bo.

Zu Zong explained how to treat Yan Zi’s poison and negotiated with Dugu Bo for help curing his own poison, finding a Soul Ring, and leaving a third condition open. Dugu Bo agreed to help but still gave Zu Zong a jade-green bead as a precaution.

• Zu Zong reassured Dugu Bo after surviving his test, and explained that Yan Zi could force her toxins into a suitable Soul Bone.
• Zu Zong proposed using medicinal herbs to make a catalyst that would guide Dugu Bo’s toxins into a Soul Bone and ease his poison backlash.
• Zu Zong asked Dugu Bo to help him hunt a powerful ten-thousand-year flood dragon for his fourth Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Zu Zong said he had not decided on a third condition, and Dugu Bo asked whether he feared being killed after the cure.
• Zu Zong said he trusted Yan Zi and Dugu Bo’s reputation, but Dugu Bo still sent him a jade-green bead as a precaution.