Recaps

The Holy Spirit Cult allied with the Dawn Organization to pursue Moryo, while the Sun Moon Empire and the allied forces prepared for war and sought Qingming’s legacy. At the undersea seal, Sasori confronted Qingming over the Soul Power Cannon as Zhongli Wu’s group fought Shukaku and the allied assassins continued toward Ming Capital.

• Kakuzu persuaded Zhongli Wu to cooperate with the Dawn Organization, promising the Holy Spirit Cult access to Moryo’s power after Shukaku’s seal was weakened.
• The empires and major factions reacted to the revelations, while Dai Hao organized defenses and Di Tian set out for Shrek City despite suspecting an unknown influence on his choices.
• The allied forces gathered at the Sun Moon Empire border, and Niu Tian revealed he was a Level 99 Limit Douluo willing to fight the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Dai Hao proposed sending Xuan Zi, Du Busi, and other powerhouses by sea to assassinate Xu Tianran, and the Sky Screen revealed their route crossed the waters where Shukaku and Moryo were sealed.
• Deidara used the Dawn Organization leader’s sealed Shinra Tensei to expel the sea, exposing the pyramid that held the seal, while Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult arrived.
• Shukaku attacked Zhongli Wu’s group, but Qingming emerged from the pyramid and agreed to hear Sasori’s question about the Soul Power Cannon before their fight began.
• Sasori attacked Qingming, who used his Soul Tools to counter him and revealed that Shrike had been given to someone surnamed Xu.
• Zhongli Wu’s forces joined Deidara against Shukaku as Xuan Zi and Du Busi avoided the battle and continued their mission toward Ming Capital.

Qingming and Shukaku fought Sasori and Deidara as the Holy Spirit Cult clashed with Xuan Zi and Du Busi. The Alliance learned more about the Dawn Organization’s plan for the Ten-Tails, while the arc ended with Sasori joining the battle beside Zhongli Wu and Xuan Zi demanding to know why.

• Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Empire’s commanders watched the Sky Screen reveal Qingming’s and Sasori’s technology, while Dai Hao ordered the Star Luo Empire to guard its southern waters against the Soul Power Cannon’s threat.
• Qingming trapped Sasori inside Hiruko, but Sasori escaped, revealed his true body, and attacked with the Third Kazekage human puppet and its Magnet Release.
• Sasori defeated Qingming’s remnant soul with the Iron Sand World Method, then faced Shukaku as Deidara’s explosives repeatedly battered the Tailed Beast.
• Shukaku recognized the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and accused Sasori and Deidara of planning to revive the Ten-Tails, while Sasori and Deidara tried to capture him.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi ambushed Zhongli Wu and the Holy Spirit Cult, then fought them while Deidara and Sasori continued battling Shukaku.
• Dai Hao contacted Matatabi, who confirmed that the Demonic Statue was the Ten-Tails’ husk and warned him that outsiders could turn the world into a wasteland if they obtained Qingming’s Soul Power Cannon.
• Deidara’s C3 explosion badly burned Shukaku, but Shukaku regenerated, while Zhongli Wu revealed his Level 9 Soul Guidance Cannons and fought Xuan Zi and Du Busi.
• Sasori drove Xuan Zi and Du Busi back with an Iron Sand Shower and appeared beside Zhongli Wu, leaving Xuan Zi questioning why Sasori was aiding the Evil Soul Masters.

Deidara destroyed Shukaku with C0, while Moryo escaped his seal, corrupted Xuan Zi, and revealed his intent to target the Star Luo imperial family. In Ming Capital, Orochimaru attacked Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, then survived Jing Hongchen cutting him in half.

• Deidara outmaneuvered Shukaku with a clay decoy and underground escape, then planted microscopic bombs inside him and destroyed him with C0.
• Deidara’s expanding blast erased Huang Jinxu and the other Titled Douluos, alarming the Sky Screen’s viewers as Di Tian watched Beibei’s group head toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhongli Wu released Moryo from the Sandy Pyramid, and Moryo seized control of Zhongli Wu before choosing Xuan Zi as a vessel.
• Moryo corrupted Xuan Zi by exploiting his hunger for power, and Xuan Zi killed Du Busi by devouring his Soul Power, spiritual power, and life force.
• Moryo possessed Xuan Zi and told Zhongli Wu that the Star Crown Martial Soul could help him create a new body, then summoned an Undead Legion and marched toward the Star Luo Empire.
• The Sky Screen’s revelation threw Star Luo City into panic, and Xu Jiawei ordered the city guarded while Dai Hao worked to contain Moryo.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen met Orochimaru at a Soul Tool market stall, where he cursed Xiao and prepared to take both siblings before Jing Hongchen arrived.
• Jing Hongchen cut Orochimaru in half with the Judgment Sword and carried Xiao and Meng away, but Orochimaru healed himself by emerging from his severed body.

Moryo annihilated Star Luo’s leadership while Orochimaru fought it and escaped, leaving the city devastated and the Xu family exposed. As the alliance prepared to work with the Tailed Beasts, its leaders began searching for the Three Sacred Grounds and suspected the Hongchen Family had a connection to Mount Myoboku.

• Orochimaru marked Meng Hongchen as insurance and escaped Jing Hongchen’s attack, while Shi Luo said he had patched a loophole in the Sky Screen.
• Dai Hao and Xuan Zi met Shukaku at sea, and Matatabi persuaded Shukaku to cooperate with the alliance and lend Xuan Zi its Soul Power.
• The reopened Sky Screen showed Moryo disguised as Xuan Zi entering Xu Jiawei’s court, then revealing itself and unleashing Stone Golems across Star Luo City.
• Moryo slaughtered Star Luo’s defenders, drained Xu Jiawei and Wang Xian'er, and declared its intent to consume the Xu family and Xu Jiujiu.
• Orochimaru confronted Moryo at the Xu family compound, but their bargain collapsed into a battle that wrecked Star Luo City before Orochimaru and Manda escaped by reverse summoning.
• Xu Jiawei opened Star Luo City’s gates as survivors fled, while Jing Hongchen vowed to avenge his grandchildren and protected the Banana Leaf Fan from Xu Tianran’s interest.
• Xuan Zi demonstrated Shukaku’s power to the assembled Titled Douluo, and Niu Tian urged the alliance to approach the Three Sacred Grounds rather than treat them as enemies.
• The leaders proposed investigating families with snake, toad, and slug martial souls, and they suspected Orochimaru had targeted Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen because of the Hongchen Family’s toad martial soul.