Chapter Summaries

After nearly two months cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Zu Zong went to investigate a battle and found Sword Douluo Chen Xin confronting Dugu Bo. Chen Xin left after Zu Zong reassured him, and Zu Zong turned to Dugu Bo to collect on his second promise.

• The system notified Zu Zong that he had turned thirteen and granted him another stealing opportunity, prompting him to decide it was time to leave the well.
• Zu Zong sensed that Dugu Bo was losing a fight and rushed toward the battle.
• Chen Xin demanded that Dugu Bo hand over Zu Zong, then Dugu Bo brought Zu Zong to him.
• Zu Zong explained that Dugu Bo had been teaching him about poison and said he would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to thank Ning Rongrong.
• Chen Xin departed, and Zu Zong told Dugu Bo he had concealed the truth because they had no deep enmity and he wished to avoid sect affairs.
• Dugu Bo teased Zu Zong about his romantic prospects, and Zu Zong asked him to fulfill his second promise.

Zu Zong and Dugu Bo found a powerful Green-Eyed Flood Dragon in a narrow valley, and Zu Zong chose it for his fourth Soul Ring despite its ten-thousand-year cultivation. After revealing his Blue Silver Domain and concealed Soul Ring ages, Zu Zong began absorbing the flood dragon and discovered that its energy also fed his Eight Spider Lances.

• Zu Zong led Dugu Bo to a narrow valley where they discovered the Green-Eyed Flood Dragon Dugu Bo had sought for decades.
• Dugu Bo defeated the 10,500-year Green-Eyed Flood Dragon, and Zu Zong decided to make it his fourth Soul Ring.
• Zu Zong revealed his true Soul Ring colors and explained that his Blue Silver Domain could camouflage or hide them.
• Zu Zong killed the weakened flood dragon with a sword and used his Eight Spider Lances to absorb its energy.
• Zu Zong noticed the flood dragon’s energy flowing into his spine and Eight Spider Lances as the beast’s life force faded.

Zu Zong endured the Green-Eyed Flood Dragon’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, surviving its soul shock with the help of his Sharingan and Eight Spider Lances. After Dugu Bo learned of the red skeletal phantom and Zu Zong claimed it was his second martial soul, Zu Zong tested his new Fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Flood Dragon.

• Dugu Bo warned Zu Zong that absorbing the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring would cause a soul shock before Zu Zong began absorbing it.
• Zu Zong endured the Soul Ring’s pain, directed excess energy into his Eight Spider Lances, and used his Sharingan to resist the Green-Eyed Flood Dragon’s resentment.
• Dugu Bo saw a red skeletal phantom around Zu Zong and suspected he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Zu Zong reached Soul Power Level 46, then told Dugu Bo the phantom was his second martial soul, Susanoo.
• Zu Zong demonstrated his Fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Flood Dragon, summoning a large Blue Silver Emperor dragon from underground.

Zu Zong demonstrated his Fourth Soul Skill, the Blue Silver Flood Dragon, to Dugu Bo, who broke it with his martial soul and injured him in the process. After Zu Zong recovered and gave Dugu Bo four months of medicinal primers, he returned toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling were training.

• Zu Zong used the Blue Silver Flood Dragon to attack and bind Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo released his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and shattered it, injuring Zu Zong through the backlash.
• Dugu Bo praised the skill's strength and binding power, and Zu Zong confirmed it could also use Fire Poison.
• Zu Zong healed himself with a Dragon Lingzhi Leaf and gave Dugu Bo four months of medicinal primers to resolve his poison backlash.
• Dugu Bo teased Zu Zong about marrying Dugu Yan, then left after Zu Zong refused and reminded him of her feelings for Yu Tianheng.
• Zu Zong headed away using his Eight Spider Lances as Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling trained in the bamboo forest behind Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Ye Lingling suddenly spotted someone.

Zu Zong returned to Heaven Dou Academy and reunited with Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling after more than two months away. He explained that he had been helping Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo detoxify, then learned that Shrek Academy had left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and that Zhuqing might have come to Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Wu rushed into Zu Zong's arms, cried over his long absence, and made him promise not to leave her behind again.
• Zu Zong asked Xiao Wu and Ye Lingling how they had spent the past two months, and Xiao Wu recounted how they had searched for him after an explosion before Teacher Qin brought them back to the academy.
• Zu Zong explained that he had stayed with Dugu Bo to help detoxify him and Dugu Yan, and that Dugu Yan was likely still in seclusion while seeking a Soul Bone for the cure.
• Zu Zong asked whether Zhuqing had come to Heaven Dou City, and Xiao Wu said Shrek Academy had been driven away by Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing, after which Teacher Qin left with them.
• Xiao Wu suspected Zhuqing had learned about Zu Zong's disappearance, while Zu Zong felt relieved that Shrek's teachers had likely kept her from searching for him.

Zu Zong reached Shrek Academy to find Zhu Zhuqing and report that he was safe, but his arrival at the girls’ dormitory drew a crowd and caught the attention of Tai Long. The chapter ended as Tai Long confronted Zu Zong and Zu Zong wondered why he looked like a big gorilla.

• Xiao Wu sent Zu Zong to Shrek Academy to see Zhu Zhuqing after learning that Zhu had traveled to find him and that Shrek had moved to Heaven Dou City.
• Zu Zong found Shrek Academy, registered at the gate, and was escorted to the girls’ dormitory by a female student.
• The academy’s girls gathered around Zu Zong, whose looks attracted attention as he waited for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tai Long arrived with his underlings, saw Zu Zong as a threat to his status as the school hunk, and accused him of coming to cause trouble.
• Zu Zong asked Tai Long what advice he had and thought that the young man looked like a big gorilla.

Zu Zong defeated Tai Long at Shrek Academy and reunited with Zhu Zhuqing after his disappearance. He left with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, then invited them to skip class the next day to receive a gift.

• Tai Long challenged Zu Zong to leave Shrek Academy, but Zu Zong chose to fight him and knocked him out with a strike to his weak point.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived with Ning Rongrong and embraced Zu Zong, relieved to see him alive.
• Ning Rongrong interrupted their reunion, and Zhu Zhuqing led Zu Zong away while Ning Rongrong followed.
• Zu Zong told Zhu Zhuqing about his past two months, then thanked Ning Rongrong for Sword Douluo's help.
• Zu Zong asked Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to skip classes the next day so he could give them gifts.

Zu Zong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong followed Liu Erlong’s sorrowful singing to her cottage, where she mistook Zu Zong for the man she had loved for decades. Zu Zong tried to explain that he was only thirteen, but Liu Erlong remained convinced he was her Xiao Zong.

• Zu Zong recognized Liu Erlong’s song, while Ning Rongrong told him and Zhu Zhuqing about Liu Erlong’s lost love and failed wedding to Yu Xiaogang.
• The three heard Liu Erlong call out for Xiao Zong and went to find her beside a lake.
• Liu Erlong saw Zu Zong, dropped her watering can, and rushed to him in tears, insisting he was the man she had been waiting for.
• Zu Zong said they had never met and explained that he had only turned thirteen that day.
• Liu Erlong did not believe his explanation and reached to check his bone age, while Zu Zong suggested she feel his lower leg.

Liu Erlong mistook Zu Zong for her lost first love, Xiao Zong, then believed he was Xiao Zong’s son after seeing his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul. Zu Zong accepted the misunderstanding and stayed at the academy with Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.

• Liu Erlong realized Zu Zong was not the Xiao Zong she remembered, but asked about his parents and Martial Soul in hopes of finding a connection.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Zu Zong had a powerful Mutated Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and Liu Erlong recognized it as Xiao Zong’s Blue Silver Emperor.
• Liu Erlong embraced Zu Zong and welcomed him as Xiao Zong’s child, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong congratulated him.
• At Liu Erlong’s cottage, Zu Zong told the group about his recent experiences, and Liu Erlong grew furious when she heard Dugu Bo had captured him.
• Liu Erlong teased Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing about their relationship, then arranged for Zu Zong to stay at the academy for the night.

Zu Zong gathered Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong to reveal that he had reached Soul Power Level forty-six after absorbing Immortal Herbs. He gave Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling Immortal Herbs suited to their Martial Souls, leaving them grateful and eager to cultivate.

• Zu Zong surprised the girls by revealing his four Soul Rings and explaining that Immortal Herbs had raised his Soul Power to level forty-six.
• Zu Zong gave Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained how she should absorb it to complement her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong thanked Zu Zong and heard that refining the herb might bring a surprise when she summoned her Martial Soul again.
• Zu Zong gave Ye Lingling the Nine Grade Purple Ganoderma to strengthen her foundation and speed her cultivation.
• Ye Lingling thanked Zu Zong and accepted his explanation that he helped her because they were companions and she had risked herself for him in Sunset Forest.

Zu Zong explained the Narcissus Jade Bone and Lovesick Heartbreak Red to Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, then struggled to decide who should receive the rarest herb. Zhu Zhuqing accepted his relationship with Xiao Wu and let her take the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but the two women ended up arguing over who should be considered his first wife.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing teased Zu Zong about what Immortal Herbs he had for them.
• Zu Zong gave them the Narcissus Jade Bone and explained how to absorb it, then recounted the legend and powers of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Zhu Zhuqing took the Narcissus Jade Bone and told Zu Zong she knew he loved Xiao Wu as well as her.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled how she had realized Zu Zong and Xiao Wu were in love, and Zu Zong embraced her as she cried.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Xiao Wu as Zu Zong's wife but claimed seniority; Xiao Wu objected and insisted she should be the elder wife.

Zu Zong tested whether Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, or Ning Rongrong could claim Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but the flower returned to the Wu Jue Stone each time. He gave Xiao Wu another Immortal Grade Herb and began refining one himself, while Liu Erlong watched him and wondered whether he was really her Xiao Zong.

• Xiao Wu drew Lovesick Heartbreak Red into her hand, but it broke free and returned to the Wu Jue Stone.
• Zhu Zhuqing and then Ning Rongrong each made the flower fall into their hands, but it returned to the stone both times.
• Zu Zong stored Lovesick Heartbreak Red and gave Xiao Wu a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to help her cultivation.
• Zu Zong swallowed the dew from Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and began cultivating.
• Liu Erlong stood guard outside and wondered whether Zu Zong was really her Xiao Zong.

After the Immortal Grade Herbs transformed the girls, Zu Zong temporarily awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan through Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and revealed his Second Spirit to Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling. The group began checking what each of them had gained, starting with Xiao Wu’s five-level increase in Soul Power.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling underwent distinct changes as their Immortal Grade Herbs took effect.
• Zu Zong’s crimson aura formed a ribcage around him, and his Three-Tomoe Sharingan transformed into a Mangekyou Sharingan.
• The System explained that Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew had temporarily restored Zu Zong’s Mangekyou, which would regress once its Pupil Power ran out.
• Zu Zong returned his eyes to the Three-Tomoe form and asked Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling to keep his Sharingan and Twin Martial Souls secret.
• Xiao Wu reported that her Soul Power had risen from level thirty-five to level forty.

After the Immortal Grade Herbs transformed the group’s Soul Powers and Martial Souls, Liu Erlong prepared to take them to Sunset Forest for Soul Rings. Zu Zong learned that Yu Xiaogang had been unwell for months, while Flender pressed him to reveal the truth.

• Zu Zong praised Xiao Wu’s changed appearance, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong reported their Soul Power breakthroughs.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her transformed Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and thanked Zu Zong for helping her surpass her family’s inherited limitation.
• Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia gained a tenth petal, confirming that she had escaped its curse, and she wept with joy.
• Zu Zong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling’s updated Soul Power levels were listed, and Liu Erlong announced she would take them to Sunset Forest the next day.
• Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing discussed Yu Xiaogang’s nausea and poor health, while Flender demanded that Yu Xiaogang tell him the truth.

Yu Xiaogang told Flender that he had been mysteriously impregnated after a drunken night, and the two considered who might have been responsible. Yu Xiaogang accepted that he might never learn the truth and prepared to care for the children he carried.

• Flender explained that Yu Xiaogang had been acting strangely for three months, and a healer confirmed that he was pregnant.
• Yu Xiaogang recounted the night he drank with the Imperial Fight Team and Shrek, while Flender ruled out several attendees and named Oscar and Yu Tianheng as possible suspects.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected the idea that Oscar or Yu Tianheng was responsible and decided the truth might be impossible to uncover.
• Flender advised Yu Xiaogang to care for his health and said he would ask Zu Zong to bring a Nine Heart Begonia healer.
• After Flender left, Yu Xiaogang cried and reflected on his failed romances, his years hiding in Nuoding City, and his hopes of gaining recognition through Tang San.

Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Flender, who warned that the Strength Clan might retaliate for Zu Zong beating Tai Long. Flender then revealed that Yu Xiaogang was pregnant with twins and asked Zu Zong to help arrange a healer for the birth, just as Tang San and Meng Yiran arrived at the residence.

• Flender warned Zu Zong that Tai Long's grandfather, Old Titan, might come after him, but Zu Zong said he would handle the trouble himself.
• Zu Zong asked whether Grandmaster lived nearby, and Flender revealed that Yu Xiaogang was pregnant and requested Zu Zong's help with the delivery.
• Zu Zong agreed to ask the Nine Heart Begonia girl to assist, then learned Yu Xiaogang was carrying twins.
• Tang San arrived with Meng Yiran, who had been bringing nourishing soup to Yu Xiaogang, and Tang San spotted Zu Zong before approaching the residence.

Tang San reunited with Zu Zong and realized how much more dangerous he had become, while Zu Zong later faced Tai Nuo, who came to avenge Tai Long. The chapter ended with Zu Zong striking Tai Nuo in the mouth after Tai Nuo insulted Zhu Zhuqing.

• Tang San met Zu Zong and sensed that Zu Zong had grown far stronger since their last encounter.
• Zu Zong greeted Meng Yiran as Tang San's sister-in-law, and Tang San hurriedly pulled her away toward Yu Xiaogang's residence.
• Tai Nuo confronted Zu Zong over Tai Long's injuries and tried to grab him, but Zu Zong dodged.
• Tai Nuo blamed Zhu Zhuqing for Tai Long's beating and insulted her, so Zu Zong hit him in the mouth with a stone and knocked out his front teeth.

Zu Zong fought Tai Nuo in the forest, using poisoned Blue Silver Emperor vines and a defensive cage to withstand the stronger Soul King. The fight continued as Zu Zong unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Flood Dragon.

• Tai Nuo chased Zu Zong into the forest, where Zu Zong revealed his four Soul Rings and Tai Nuo summoned his Great Strength Gorilla martial soul and five rings.
• Zu Zong avoided close combat and bound Tai Nuo with Poison Dragon Entanglement, then used corrosive venom to injure him.
• Tai Nuo broke free with Source of Power, but the venom left him badly corroded and humiliated.
• Tai Nuo struck the ground with Power Tremor, and Zu Zong protected himself inside Blue Silver Cage.
• Zu Zong activated his fourth Soul Skill, Blue Silver Flood Dragon, as Tai Nuo prepared to attack again.

Zu Zong defeated Tai Nuo and Tai Long, then used his Sharingan to erase their memories and frame Tang San. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, astonishing Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.

• Zu Zong restrained Tai Nuo and Tai Long with his Blue Silver Flood Dragon, then assured them he would not kill them.
• Zu Zong used his Sharingan to erase the father and son's memories of him and Zhu Zhuqing, while suggesting they had been attacked by Tang San.
• Zu Zong and Zhu Zhuqing left the forest after he released the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ning Rongrong activated her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda before Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Zu Zong had given her an Immortal Grade Herb, and Ning Fengzhi and the two elders recognized the gift's significance.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Zu Zong had auctioned firearms and considered recruiting him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ning Rongrong recalled her childhood connection with Zu Zong and admitted her feelings through the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. A week after receiving their Immortal Herbs, Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing gained new Soul Rings and substantial increases in Soul Power.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Zu Zong had auctioned the Revolver and wanted to meet him, recruit him, and discuss buying firearms or their production method.
• Ning Rongrong remembered that Zu Zong had saved her as a child and taken her to see goldfish, then recalled that she had successfully picked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red for him.
• Ning Fengzhi teased Ning Rongrong about her feelings and said he wanted to ask Zu Zong about selling weapons to the sect.
• Xiao Wu obtained her Fourth Soul Skill, Invincible Golden Body, and rose to rank forty-two after condensing a Soul Ring in Sunset Forest with Zu Zong's help.
• Zhu Zhuqing gained the Third Soul Skill Nether Twin Blades from a mutated two-headed wolf and rose to rank thirty-eight.