Chapter Summaries

Bai Luo reviewed the treasure chest rewards and considered how Black Dragon’s motives could fit the Blood God Society. Meanwhile, Tang Hao brought Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion to seek help from his sister Tang Yuehua, but the guards refused to believe who he was.

• Bai Luo examined the rewards, including the Black Dragon template, and decided Black Dragon could serve as the Blood God Society’s mysterious president.
• Tang Hao took Tang San from the tent settlement to seek refuge with his relative Tang Yuehua in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Tang San was surprised by Moonlight Pavilion’s refined appearance and asked whether his aunt lived there.
• Tang Hao told the guards that he was the Pavilion Master’s second brother and asked them to summon her.
• The guards mocked Tang Hao’s appearance, dismissed his claim, and threatened to drive him away.

Tang Hao revealed his Titled Douluo power to Moonlight Pavilion’s guards and reunited with his sister, Tang Yuehua, bringing Tang San with him. After hearing about their recent past, Tang Yuehua offered to arrange Tang San’s schooling, but Tang Hao preferred the academy recommended by Yu Xiaogang and his friend.

• Tang Hao used his Titled Douluo pressure to subdue two guards who had mocked him, and Tang San realized his father was a powerful Soul Master.
• The guards sent word to Tang Yuehua, and Tang Hao told Tang San he would explain his hidden identity at a more suitable time.
• Tang Yuehua welcomed Tang Hao and Tang San into Moonlight Pavilion and asked Tang San his name.
• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua about living near the empire’s frontier, the Wolf Disaster Area, Qiao Feng, and the upheavals involving the Soul Beast clan.
• Tang Yuehua offered to send Tang San to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Tang Hao declined and said Yu Xiaogang’s recommendation was a better fit.

Tang Hao decided to keep Tang San out of Dugu Qiubai and Hegemon’s new sects for now because his identity remained dangerous, while their sects and the Demon Hunter Guild were established and began attracting interest. The chapter ended with prominent factions across the continent preparing to send people to Heaven Dou Imperial City for the sects’ trials.

• Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua that Tang San would first learn the Clear Sky Sect’s Self-Created Soul Skills rather than join Dugu Qiubai or Hegemon’s sects.
• Dugu Qiubai and Hegemon hired the Crocodile Demon King to help build the Heaven Piercing Sword Sect and the Under Heaven Society, and both sects were completed.
• Hegemon, Nameless, and Ke Zhen'e established the Demon Hunter Guild with support from the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall and the two empires promoted the guild and the new sects, drawing Soul Masters seeking to register or apply for positions.
• The sects announced that they would recruit disciples after trials one month later, and prominent factions began planning to send people, including Feng Bailong and members of the Star Luo Imperial Family.

Dai Weisi defeated and humiliated Dai Mubai in the Star Luo Imperial Palace’s Battle Arena, where their age difference and the imperial succession rules left Dai Mubai with few ways to resist. After hearing that Dugu Qiubai and Hegemon were recruiting disciples, Dai Mubai decided to travel to Heaven Dou Imperial City and try to join one of their sects.

• Dai Weisi beat Dai Mubai in their daily battle, and the referee declared Dai Weisi the winner.
• Dai Mubai left the Battle Arena to seek treatment after enduring the crowd’s applause and Dai Weisi’s repeated abuse.
• Passersby told Dai Mubai that Dugu Qiubai and Hegemon had founded sects and would hold disciple trials in a month.
• Dai Mubai resolved to go to Heaven Dou Imperial City and pass the trials so he could escape Dai Weisi’s oppression and gain a chance to defeat him.

Dai Mubai persuaded Dai Tianfeng to let him travel to Heaven Dou Imperial City ahead of the Star Luo delegation to seek a place in the sects founded by Dugu Qiubai and Hegemon. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing endured another defeat, continued training, and then witnessed a strange flying cat crash to pieces.

• Dai Mubai told Dai Tianfeng that the Star Luo Imperial Family needed to learn the powerful martial arts taught by Dugu Qiubai and Hegemon.
• Dai Tianfeng agreed to send Dai Mubai as the imperial family’s representative and allowed him to go ahead alone after warning him about dangerous Reincarnators.
• Zhu Zhuqing lost to Zhu Zhuyun, received treatment, and continued cultivating despite her injuries.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a blue-and-white cat flying overhead and wondered whether it was a Reincarnator.
• The cat panicked when it noticed Zhu Zhuqing, fell from the sky, and shattered into several pieces on the ground.

Zhu Zhuqing discovered that Tom could survive being shattered and took him in as a companion. Her parents then chose her to represent the Nether Duke Residence in traveling to Heaven Dou Imperial City and seeking entry into Dugu Qiubai's newly established sects, though their decision was driven by the clan's interests.

• Tom fell from the sky, reassembled his scattered body, and showed Zhu Zhuqing that he was undead.
• Tom begged Zhu Zhuqing for food, and she took him home, named him, and secretly cared for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Tom to the Martial Soul Mimicry Training Field to cultivate and play with him over the following days.
• The Nether Duke Residence decided Zhu Zhuqing would travel to Heaven Dou Imperial City to seek admission to the Heaven Piercing Sword Sect and the Under Heaven Society.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether her parents still loved her, unaware that they had chosen her mainly to benefit the Nether Duke Residence.

After the Heaven Piercing Sword Sect and the Under Heaven Society announced their recruitment, Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang set out with Meng Yiran and other clan members for Heaven Dou Imperial City. Along the route, a greedy traveling merchant took a mysterious golden coffin, and the party reached an inn as a storm began.

• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang left Barak Royal City with Meng Yiran and several young clan members to seek places in the new sects.
• A golden coffin wrapped in Ink Lines fell from the sky onto the road near Lonely Mountain City.
• A bearded traveling merchant claimed the coffin and loaded it onto his ox cart, while the other merchants chose not to object.
• The traveling merchants hurried through an approaching storm and found an inn where they could shelter for the night.
• The inn waiter struggled to fit all the merchants' carts beneath the sheds after promising to protect their goods.

A storm washed away the Ink Lines on a golden coffin, and lightning shattered it, releasing the Royal Zombie. After the monster attacked the inn’s livestock, the frightened merchants fled inside and barred the doors as it leaped toward them.

• The waiter moved the golden coffin outside with the goods that could withstand rain, then fed the merchants’ animals in a separate shed.
• The storm washed the Ink Lines from the coffin, and lightning struck and destroyed it.
• The Royal Zombie emerged from the shattered coffin and attacked an ox, frightening the livestock and waking the inn.
• The merchants went outside, saw the Royal Zombie sucking blood from the ox, and screamed in terror.
• The Royal Zombie leaped toward the inn’s entrance, and the merchants rushed inside and barred the doors.

A Thunder Spiritual Root Royal Zombie massacred the guests at an inn and pursued them through the night, turning some into Hair Zombies. After it hid its infected followers from the sun, investigators in Lonely Mountain City began tracing the strange deaths and reported a suspected nonhuman Reincarnator.

• The Royal Zombie broke into the inn, drained the bearded traveling merchant, and drove the guests and staff to flee.
• The guests with horses escaped toward Lonely Mountain City, while the others ran through the rain and the Royal Zombie hunted them down.
• The Royal Zombie killed or infected nearly everyone who fled, then led the Hair Zombies into caves and shadowy forests to hide from daylight.
• Passersby found dried corpses and reported them, prompting the Lonely Mountain City Martial Soul Branch Hall to investigate.
• The Soul Masters suspected a nonhuman Reincarnator was responsible and reported the discovery to the main hall and the Demon Hunter Guild in Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Peerless Dragon Snake took shelter with Meng Yiran and their clansmen in a damaged inn during a torrential downpour, where they met the reincarnator Lin Zhengying. The chapter left them learning his name after he admitted he had repaired the inn.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang brought Meng Yiran and several clansmen into a dark, strangely repaired inn to escape the rain.
• Meng Shu used a Soul Power Testing Crystal Ball and discovered signs that a battle had badly damaged the inn.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang decided to stay, kept watch, and prepared a meal over a fire in the main hall.
• Lin Zhengying entered the inn, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang raised their martial souls and Soul Rings in alarm.
• Meng Shu recognized Lin Zhengying as a reincarnator, and Lin Zhengying admitted that he had repaired the inn and gave his name.

Lin Zhengying told Dragon Duke Meng Shu and the Dragon Snake Family about zombies and the Royal Zombie that had killed his junior brother and followed him into their world. He joined their journey to Lonely Mountain City, where Meng Shu planned to report the threat and seek help finding it.

• Meng Shu asked Lin Zhengying why the inn had been abandoned, and Lin Zhengying explained that he had come there while tracking a Royal Zombie.
• Lin Zhengying described how zombies formed, evolved, infected humans, and became more dangerous at higher stages.
• Lin Zhengying said the Royal Zombie had killed his junior brother and companions before he subdued it, but both of them were then chosen by the All Heavens Reincarnation Palace and transported to this world.
• Lin Zhengying explained that the Royal Zombie had made other zombies to confuse his tracking, and that he had searched for it around the inn for several days without success.
• Meng Shu promised that the Dragon Snake Family would report the threat in Lonely Mountain City and help find the Royal Zombie.
• The next day, Lin Zhengying accepted Meng Shu's invitation and traveled with the Dragon Snake Family toward Lonely Mountain City.

Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Lin Zhengying informed Lonely Mountain City's Martial Soul Branch Hall about the Zombies and agreed to stay until the Demon Hunter Guild arrived. Two days later, Qiao Feng reached the city with Ke Zhen'e and Wang Sheng and asked Hall Master Norsas what they knew about the Zombie threat.

• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Lin Zhengying told Hall Master Norsas that Zombies had appeared near Lonely Mountain City, and Norsas said the incident had already been reported to the authorities and the Demon Hunter Guild.
• Norsas explained that the Demon Hunter Guild planned to make the incident its first demon-hunting mission and would offer generous rewards, so Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Lin Zhengying agreed to remain in the city.
• Two days later, Qiao Feng arrived above Lonely Mountain City in dragon form, carrying Ke Zhen'e and Wang Sheng, then descended at the Martial Soul Branch Hall.
• Qiao Feng asked Norsas what had happened, and Norsas said Dragon Duke Meng Shu had met Lin Zhengying, who knew the Zombies' habits and weaknesses.
• Qiao Feng asked whether Lin Zhengying knew more about the Zombies that had appeared in the area.

Qiao Feng met Lin Zhengying and learned that a Royal Zombie, created after being struck by lightning, could evolve into a nearly unstoppable Flying Zombie. The group split up to track it and destroy the zombies it had created before it could grow stronger.

• Norsas took Qiao Feng, Ke Zhen'e, and Wang Sheng to meet Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Lin Zhengying at the inn.
• Qiao Feng discussed the Spirit World's Dharma-Ending Age with Lin Zhengying and learned that Lin Zhengying's world had become accessible through the All Heavens Reincarnation Palace.
• Lin Zhengying explained that the Royal Zombie had become a Hopping Zombie immediately after being struck by lightning and might evolve into a Flying Zombie.
• Ke Zhen'e warned that a Flying Zombie could fly, burrow underground, and resist nearly everything except heavenly lightning, while Wang Sheng urged the group to stop it quickly.
• Lin Zhengying used his Evil Tracking Compass, but its needle pointed in several directions because the Royal Zombie had created other zombies and scattered them.
• Qiao Feng, Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, and Lin Zhengying with Ke Zhen'e and Wang Sheng split up to pursue different directions.

Bu Le, Lao E, and Wu Ya fled after assaulting a nobleman's bride, then followed a mysterious light through a foggy forest to Lan Ruo Temple. The temple turned out to be a ruin beneath a giant locust tree, whose strange face offered them beauty and eternal life in exchange for an unstated price.

• Bu Le, Lao E, and Wu Ya celebrated their assault on a nobleman's bride and set off to find shelter for the night.
• Lao E spotted a light in the fog, and the trio followed it through the forest to Lan Ruo Temple.
• The three men saw beautiful women enter the temple and hurried inside after them.
• Lan Ruo Temple vanished, leaving the trio in a ruin surrounded by forest and a massive locust tree.
• The tree revealed a human face and offered the trio perfect faces and eternal life if they submitted to Grandma and worked for her.

Tree Demon Grandma captured the Bu Le Trio and used hair-thin roots to take control of their brains. The trio ended the chapter as motionless puppets under her command.

• The Bu Le Trio realized Tree Demon Grandma was a powerful Reincarnator and tried to flee through Tian Ya’s black mist.
• Tree Demon Grandma’s roots broke through the mist and caught Tian Ya after his blade failed to stop them.
• Tian Ya and Lao E urged Bu Le to keep running, but Tree Demon Grandma’s roots caught all three men.
• Tree Demon Grandma pierced Tian Ya and Lao E’s brains with fine roots and took control of their bodies.
• Tree Demon Grandma controlled Bu Le the same way, then lowered all three as blank, motionless puppets.

Tree Demon Grandma freed Bu Le, Lao E, and Tian Ya from her control and demanded that they help her collect men's vital essence. She used her Painted Skin Secret Technique to transform the three men into stunning beauties, leaving them in their ragged men's clothes.

• Tree Demon Grandma controlled Bu Le, Lao E, and Tian Ya and forced them to dance before offering to restore their control if they agreed to help her.
• The trio regained control of their bodies and agreed to help Tree Demon Grandma, assuming she wanted them to lure people to her.
• Tree Demon Grandma told them she wanted them to collect men's vital essence, and the trio reluctantly agreed after she threatened them.
• Tree Demon Grandma revealed her Painted Skin Secret Technique and covered the trio with pieces of soft white bark.
• Tree Demon Grandma used her Demon Power to transform Bu Le, Lao E, and Tian Ya into beautiful women while their tattered men's clothes remained unchanged.

Tree Demon Grandma transformed the Bu Le Trio into three beautiful courtesan queens and ordered them to collect male essence at Snow Moon Tower. Their invented story drew crowds, and the trio was about to make their debut before the gathered guests.

• Tree Demon Grandma used the Painted Skin Secret Technique to give the Bu Le Trio beautiful faces and emerald gowns.
• Tree Demon Grandma told the trio to work as high-end courtesan queens and recruit other women, and they reluctantly agreed to obey.
• The trio became famous at Snow Moon Tower in Violet Luo City, attracting guests from the surrounding cities.
• A rumor spread that Xiao Le, Xiao E, and Xiao Tian were sisters who had joined Snow Moon Tower to save their injured father.
• Snow Moon Tower announced that Xiao Le, Xiao E, and Xiao Tian were ready to appear.

Xiao Tian, Bu Le, and Lao E made a dazzling entrance at Snow Moon Tower and presented themselves as courtesans selling their first nights to pay for their father’s treatment. Though Tree Demon Grandma had originally forced them into their painted-skin identities, they had come to enjoy the adoration and their lives as courtesans, and rumors of their beauty spread to nearby cities.

• Xiao Tian, Bu Le, and Lao E performed music and song before descending from the fifth floor with the help of their Martial Souls and Red Silk.
• Xiao Tian told the crowd that their father was gravely ill and that the three sisters had decided to sell themselves to save him.
• The spectators eagerly bid for the courtesans, driving the price for their first nights from thirty thousand to one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Bu Le, Lao E, and Tian Ya secretly took pleasure in the crowd’s adoration and had grown accustomed to their painted-skin identities and lives at Snow Moon Tower.
• Rumors about the three courtesans’ beauty and talents spread rapidly to surrounding cities.

On his journey to Heaven Dou Imperial City, Dai Mubai met two unusual drinkers and learned that one of them, Li Xunhuan, was a Reincarnator from a martial arts world. Li Xunhuan recounted how he gave up Lin Shiyin for his sworn brother Long Xiaoyun and later regretted it, but believed he could no longer undo the damage.

• Dai Mubai stopped at an inn near the Star Luo Empire’s border and noticed two unusual men drinking together.
• With no other seats available, Dai Mubai joined them, ordered food, and tried to persuade the melancholy man in white to stop drinking.
• The man introduced himself as Li Xunhuan, a Reincarnator, and told Dai Mubai about his distinguished family, martial arts talent, and friendship with Long Xiaoyun.
• Li Xunhuan explained that he had given up his fiancée and cousin Lin Shiyin so Long Xiaoyun, who had saved his life, could marry her.
• After surrendering his property and leaving, Li Xunhuan learned that Long Xiaoyun still sought to kill him; he later recognized his past choices as foolish but believed he could not disrupt the family Lin Shiyin had formed.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni recounted how demons killed his wife and child, how he nearly killed their king Muzan Kibutsuji, and how he joined the All Heavens Reincarnation Palace to hunt him. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai realizing Muzan might have arrived in their world and asking Yoriichi if that was true.

• Dai Mubai asked Yoriichi Tsugikuni about his past, and Yoriichi agreed to tell his story.
• Yoriichi described his childhood as an unwanted second son, his departure from home, and his marriage to a gentle girl he had met on the road.
• Yoriichi said a demon killed his wife and child while he was away, prompting him to join the Demon Slayer Corps and develop Sun Breathing.
• Yoriichi recounted wounding Muzan Kibutsuji in a bamboo forest, but Muzan escaped after splitting into countless pieces.
• Yoriichi explained that he joined the All Heavens Reincarnation Palace to find Muzan, and that the Palace bound them to arrive in the same worlds.
• Dai Mubai asked whether Muzan Kibutsuji had also come to their world.