Chapter Summaries

Kakuzu and Hidan captured Matatabi and carried out their ritual, leaving her unconscious and pinned in the ruins of the White Tiger Duke Mansion. Kakuzu returned with Dai Hao and the White Tiger Duchess, assigning the Duchess to Hidan’s sacrifice and claiming Dai Hao to replenish his heart.

• Kakuzu used his detached lower body to bind Matatabi while Hidan wounded her with the Bloody Triple Scythe and drew her blood for his ritual.
• Kakuzu fired his five-attribute attack at Hidan, who accepted the blast as part of his sacrifice to the Evil God.
• Matatabi was overwhelmed by spreading agony, lost consciousness, and crashed into the ground as the Sky Screen changed scenes.
• In the ruins of the White Tiger Duke Mansion, Hidan lay healed with an iron rod in his chest while Matatabi was pinned to a collapsed wall in her cat-sized form.
• Kakuzu arrived carrying Dai Hao and the unconscious White Tiger Duchess, offering the Duchess to Hidan and deciding to use Dai Hao to replenish his heart.

Zetsu retrieved the defeated Matatabi and named Chomei, the Seven-Tails, as the next target. After the Sky Screen showed Dai Hao’s death and the destruction of the White Tiger Duke Mansion, the shaken Dai Hao resolved to seek Matatabi’s help against the coming war.

• Zetsu appeared at the ruins after Kakuzu killed Dai Hao on the Sky Screen and warned Kakuzu and Hidan not to damage Matatabi too badly.
• Zetsu bound Matatabi, dragged it underground, and told Kakuzu and Hidan that their next target was Chomei, the Seven-Tails.
• People across the Star Luo Empire panicked over the destruction of the White Tiger Duke Mansion and the Sun Moon Empire’s coming attack.
• Dai Hao watched his future death on the Sky Screen, steadied himself, and considered how to change what was coming.
• Dai Hao recalled how the Star Crown Sect had taken the throne after the Dai Family was weakened and suspected the Holy Spirit Cult was the Sun Moon Empire’s hidden sect.
• Dai Hao decided to ask Matatabi for help, believing it would not accept its future defeat without resistance.

Dai Hao rallied the Star Luo Empire’s soldiers after the Sky Screen revealed his future death, while Xu Tianran learned that Holy Spirit Cult experts had vanished and ordered Xue Chen to investigate them and the Dawn Organization. At Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao struggled with seeing Dai Hao’s brutal fate and wondered whether he was the man his mother had wanted to meet, before Wang Dong found him.

• Dai Hao urged his soldiers to protect the Star Luo Empire, and they roared that Star Luo would prevail.
• Xu Tianran questioned Xue Chen about the Holy Spirit Cult’s response to the Sky Screen, and Xue Chen reported that all its experts at Soul Douluo rank or above had disappeared.
• Xu Tianran ordered Xue Chen to monitor the Holy Spirit Cult and investigate the Dawn Organization and the group’s current plans.
• Huo Yuhao wondered whether Dai Hao was the man his mother had wanted to see, then dry-heaved after recalling Kakuzu’s brutal killing of Dai Hao.
• Wang Dong returned from the training grounds and asked Huo Yuhao what he was doing outside the dormitories.

After Wang Dong reacted to the disturbing Sky Screen images, Mu En tasked Xuan Zi with investigating the mysterious Holy Spirit Cult, which had been tied to the Sun Moon Empire’s future war. The meeting ended with the leaders shaken by Kakuzu and Hidan’s apparently immortal abilities.

• Wang Dong noticed Huo Yuhao’s pale face, then remembered Dai Hao’s death and hurried into the dormitory.
• The Star Luo Empire representative was shaken by the White Tiger Duke Mansion’s destruction, Dai Hao’s death, and the Sun Moon Empire’s future war.
• Mu En promised Shrek Academy would support the Star Luo Empire and concluded that the Holy Spirit Cult was a dangerous hidden sect.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult, and Xuan Zi accepted the task.
• Du Busi asked Mu En about Kakuzu and Hidan’s abilities, leaving the meeting attendees stunned by their apparent immortality.

Mu En and the assembled leaders discussed Kakuzu and Hidan’s immortality, suspecting Hidan inherited the Evil God’s godhood, then turned to the Dawn Organization’s hunt for Tailed Beasts. They agreed to watch the organization, while Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts remained puzzled by Matatabi.

• Mu En said Kakuzu had lived for more than a thousand years and proposed that Hidan’s immortal body came from the Evil God’s godhood.
• Jin Peng asked whether anyone knew Two-Tails Matatabi, and the Star Luo representative denied that the Xu Family had known it guarded the Dai and Zhu families.
• The Star Luo representative recalled Zetsu calling such creatures Tailed Beasts and inferred that there might be seven of them.
• Du Busi and Jin Peng warned that the Dawn Organization’s hunt for Tailed Beasts threatened the continent, and Mu En urged everyone to stay alert.
• Xiong Jun called Matatabi a traitor, while Di Tian and Bi Ji admitted they knew nothing about the Ferocious Beast.

Di Tian suspected the Evil God's Godhood was linked to the future human who would become a god, while Shi Luo created Matatabi, Kakuzu, and Hidan. Five days later, the continent's powers formed an alliance, and Dai Hao arrived at the White Tiger Duke Mansion, where he was shocked to see an unexpected visitor.

• Di Tian wondered whether the Evil God's Godhood was the inheritance sought by the human who fought him in the future, and Bi Ji considered the possibility.
• Shi Luo created Matatabi as the first Tailed Beast, restrained his urge to devour it, then created Kakuzu and Hidan and sent them with Matatabi to Douluo Continent.
• Shrek Academy, the three empires, and various sects and families established an alliance to address the effects of the Sky Screen's revelations.
• Dai Hao rushed to the White Tiger Duke Mansion to check whether Matatabi was real and whether it could become the Dai Family's powerful guardian.
• The White Tiger Duchess hurried to greet Dai Hao, who then saw the face of a person arriving with the mansion's stewards and stared in shock.

Emperor Xu Jiawei and Xuan Zi visited Dai Hao to arrange Star Luo Empire cooperation with the Alliance and ask about recruiting Matatabi. Matatabi suddenly appeared among them, demonstrating that none of the powerful figures present had detected its approach.

• Xu Jiawei and Xuan Zi told Dai Hao that the Alliance wanted Star Luo Empire cooperation in investigating the Holy Spirit Cult and preparing for a possible war in the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xu Jiawei asked Dai Hao to lead the Star Luo Empire's efforts, and Dai Hao agreed despite suspecting the assignment would take him away from the army.
• Xuan Zi said the Alliance also hoped to recruit Matatabi to help defend against Di Tian, but Dai Hao said he did not know where to find it.
• Xu Jiawei proposed discussing the Mingdou Mountain Range defenses, and Matatabi suddenly appeared where they were gathered.
• Xuan Zi, the Offering Hall Title Douluo, Xu Jiawei, and Dai Hao retreated into defensive positions after realizing Matatabi had approached without being detected.

Matatabi agreed to join the Alliance after Xuan Zi warned her about Di Tian and the Dawn Organization. She revealed that there were nine Tailed Beasts, born undying and indestructible, whose long absence had erased them from human memory.

• Matatabi met Dai Hao, Xuan Zi, and Xu Jiawei, then dismissed their fears and remarked that Dai Hao was weaker than he had appeared on the Sky Screen.
• Xuan Zi asked Matatabi to join the Alliance and explained that Di Tian threatened to seize the Dragon Vein and was too powerful for humanity to face alone.
• Matatabi questioned why she should help humans, and Xuan Zi promised the Alliance would support her against the Dawn Organization; she agreed to join.
• Xuan Zi asked Matatabi to help recruit Seven-Tails Chomei and explain the Tailed Beasts, offering a generous reward.
• Matatabi said there were nine Tailed Beasts, and that they were born undying and indestructible; after withdrawing from the world, they had been forgotten over time.

Matatabi confirmed that the Tailed Beasts were immortal and gave Dai Hao Tailed Beast Mode before vanishing. Elsewhere, Holy Spirit Cult scouts located the Body Sect’s forces guarding the Dragon Vein and Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and reported back to Zhongli Wu.

• Matatabi told Xuan Zi and the others that Chomei existed but she did not know where he had gone, and confirmed that Tailed Beasts could revive after death.
• Matatabi granted Dai Hao Tailed Beast Mode, demonstrating its power and explaining how he could use it to contact her, then disappeared.
• Shi Luo planned to use Dai Hao’s new power to observe him and gain access to information about the Alliance.
• Holy Spirit Cult scouts silently subdued Body Sect disciples guarding Sunset Forest and identified the Dragon Vein and Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well as their likely target.
• The scouts returned to Zhongli Wu and reported that the Body Sect had a sizable, well-defended presence in the area.

Zhongli Wu sent Holy Spirit Cult elders to raid the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while the Body Sect secretly sought a way through its poisonous miasma. The elders attacked the Body Sect camp, forcing Du Busi to rally his forces as the battle turned into a massacre.

• Zhongli Wu told the Holy Spirit Cult elders to seize what they wanted quickly and withdraw before Shrek City or the Body Sect could stop them.
• Du Busi revealed to Jin Peng that Long Aotian and Wei Na were secretly studying how to cross the poisonous miasma and enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• An enemy attack interrupted Du Busi and Jin Peng, and a messenger reported that dozens of powerful evil soul masters were assaulting the camp.
• Du Busi ordered weaker Body Sect disciples to retreat, sent others to fight, and called for Shrek and Tiandou City to help.
• Holy Spirit Cult elders overwhelmed the Body Sect defenders, and three evil soul masters closed in on a steward after he activated his Body Martial Soul’s Second Awakening.

Jin Peng rescued Body Sect members and killed three female evil soul masters before Crow Douluo and Nether Douluo confronted him. The two Holy Spirit Cult Title Douluo trapped Jin Peng and prepared to fight him.

• Three female evil soul masters taunted a Body Sect deacon, while he secretly searched for a way to escape.
• A burly Body Sect member stepped in to hold off the women and urged the deacon to flee, and the two silently agreed to switch places.
• Jin Peng appeared behind the women and killed all three, then praised the two Body Sect men for their supposed bravery and loyalty.
• Crow Douluo and Nether Douluo ambushed Jin Peng as he went to rescue others, surrounding him among the treetops.
• Crow Douluo and Nether Douluo revealed their identities and said they wanted to devour Jin Peng, who prepared to fight them.

Jin Peng fought Crow Douluo Wu Yun and Nether Douluo, using his rank-ninety-six strength and Silver-Grade Secondary Awakening to withstand their attacks. As Nether Douluo launched a devastating strike at Jin Peng, Du Busi arrived and attacked the slash.

• Nether Douluo and Crow Douluo attacked Jin Peng together, but Jin Peng repelled them with his golden strength.
• Jin Peng endured Crow Douluo’s corrosive crows and Nether Douluo’s sword strikes, then unleashed Bone Crusher at Crow Douluo.
• Crow Douluo used Darkness Transformation to weaken Jin Peng’s attack, leaving only a bloody mark on his chest.
• Nether Douluo exploited Jin Peng’s exposed back with Nether Annihilation Slash while Crow Douluo blocked his escape.
• Jin Peng activated Silver-Grade Secondary Awakening, and Du Busi arrived to strike Nether Douluo’s attack with a massive jade-green palm.

Du Busi and Jin Peng turned the tide against Crow Douluo and Nether Douluo, but Zhongli Wu, the rank ninety-eight leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, arrived and demanded the method for breaching the poisonous miasma around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Du Busi realized Zhongli Wu had already reached the miasma undetected and weighed the threat of refusing him.

• Du Busi destroyed Nether Douluo’s condensed blade and pressured Crow Douluo and Nether Douluo alongside Jin Peng.
• A storm of black clouds and blood-colored evil energy gathered overhead, and Zhongli Wu appeared as a rank ninety-eight evil soul master.
• Zhongli Wu identified himself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader and revealed that he had come for the Immortal Herbs inside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Zhongli Wu offered to withdraw if Du Busi handed over the method for breaking through the poisonous miasma, while implying he would keep attacking if Du Busi refused.
• Du Busi considered the danger of Tang San’s divine consciousness and realized Zhongli Wu had secretly reached the poisonous miasma without being detected.

Du Busi and Zhongli Wu revealed their formidable Soul Ring configurations as they faced off, while news of a major evil Soul Master attack reached Long Aotian and Wei Na. Long Aotian tried to return to the battle, but Yu Tao and Lang Ya blocked him and urged him to retreat.

• Du Busi refused to help Zhongli Wu break the poisonous miasma and confronted him over the Holy Spirit Cult's slaughter of Body Sect disciples.
• Du Busi displayed two yellow, two purple, two black, and three red Soul Rings, but Zhongli Wu revealed an even more unusual configuration of six black and three red rings.
• Lang Ya reported that powerful evil Soul Masters were attacking the Body Sect encampment and that Du Busi had gone to hold them off.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao told Long Aotian and Wei Na that they had to escort them away from the battlefield.
• Long Aotian tried to rush back to aid the sect, but Yu Tao and Lang Ya stopped him and urged him to trust Du Busi.
• Wei Na took Long Aotian's hand as he prepared to argue further.

Long Aotian chose to escort Wei Na to safety, but Du Busi and Zhongli Wu’s battle crashed into their path. After Du Busi’s poison damaged Zhongli Wu’s treasured mask, Zhongli Wu unleashed his Death Needle and trapped Du Busi among its fragments.

• Long Aotian decided to take Wei Na somewhere safe, and Lang Ya prepared to lead the group away.
• Du Busi and Zhongli Wu crashed onto the hillside while fighting, bringing their battle close to Long Aotian and the others.
• Zhongli Wu claimed Du Busi was no match for him and demanded the method for breaking the Poison Miasma, but Du Busi attacked again to keep him occupied.
• Du Busi used his Death Feast, and its poison dissolved a finger of Zhongli Wu’s mask, which had been made by Ye Xishui.
• Zhongli Wu summoned a giant Death Needle that pursued Du Busi, then split it into smaller needles that sealed off his escape routes.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan of the Clear Sky Sect rescued Du Busi from Zhongli Wu’s attack and confronted the Holy Spirit Cult leader. Zhongli Wu weighed his chances and secretly prepared to escape as Niu Tian began explaining why the Clear Sky Sect had intervened.

• Niu Tian and Tai Tan arrived in time to destroy the blood-colored needles threatening Du Busi.
• Du Busi recognized Niu Tian as a likely Limit Douluo and realized Tai Tan was a rank-98 expert.
• Zhongli Wu assessed the newcomers’ strength and began calculating how to escape.
• Niu Tian criticized Zhongli Wu for becoming an Evil Soul Master, while Tai Tan restrained himself after Zhongli Wu insulted them.
• Niu Tian introduced himself as Clear Sky Sect Master, and Tai Tan identified himself as its Deputy Sect Master.
• Zhongli Wu secretly prepared his escape Soul Tool as Niu Tian began explaining why the Clear Sky Sect had intervened.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan revealed that they had come to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to contact Tang San’s divine consciousness avatar and investigate why they could no longer reach the God Realm. Zhongli Wu’s attempt to escape failed, and Niu Tian and Tai Tan cornered him while Du Busi stood aside, drained of any will to act.

• Niu Tian claimed the Clear Sky Sect had a duty to protect the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, prompting Du Busi to recall Shrek Academy’s similar claim.
• Niu Tian privately considered the sect’s plentiful heavenly treasures and revealed that he and Tai Tan had come to use Tang San’s avatar to investigate their lost contact with the God Realm.
• Zhongli Wu mistook their apparent distraction for an opening, flew skyward, and tried to escape using Soul Tools.
• Niu Tian disabled Zhongli Wu’s Soul Tools with blue Soul Power, and Tai Tan brought him crashing down with his Gravity Control Domain.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan released their powerful Soul Ring configurations and prepared to execute Zhongli Wu, while Du Busi watched without intervening.

Kakuzu and Hidan emerged from the Poison Miasma and encountered Niu Tian, Titan, Du Busi, and Zhongli Wu. Kakuzu recognized Zhongli Wu, revealed that he had captured the three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and saw an opportunity to profit as Zhongli Wu faced danger.

• Kakuzu and Hidan walked out of the Poison Miasma, and Hidan complained that Kakuzu’s route had led them straight into the confrontation.
• Kakuzu warned Hidan that Niu Tian was a Limit Douluo, while Hidan eagerly eyed Niu Tian and the three level 98 fighters.
• Kakuzu identified Zhongli Wu as a member of the Holy Spirit Cult, making Zhongli Wu suspect that Kakuzu had a powerful intelligence network.
• Kakuzu revealed that he had captured the three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts from the Immortal Herbs and released their weakened auras from a Soul Tool.
• Titan angrily accused Kakuzu of laying hands on the Clear Sky Sect’s property, while Kakuzu explained that the Sky Screen had revealed the beasts’ locations and turned them into a profitable opportunity.

Kakuzu negotiated with Zhongli Wu to rescue him in exchange for three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, then faced Niu Tian’s offer to buy the Dawn Organization’s true purpose. Before Kakuzu could accept, a figure emerged from underground and warned him that it was not the time.

• Kakuzu offered to rescue Zhongli Wu in exchange for three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and one and a half billion Gold Soul Coins, and Zhongli Wu accepted.
• Titan strengthened his Gravity Control Domain as Niu Tian challenged Kakuzu and Hidan to prove they could take Zhongli Wu away.
• Niu Tian offered Kakuzu five hundred million Gold Soul Coins to reveal the Dawn Organization’s true purpose, then raised his offer to one billion.
• Niu Tian produced three hundred million Gold Soul Coins as a deposit, tempting Kakuzu while Zhongli Wu grew increasingly displeased.
• A figure rose from underground through a burst of earth and told Kakuzu that it was not the time.

Zetsu interrupted Niu Tian’s attempt to buy Kakuzu’s information about the Dawn Organization, and Kakuzu refused Niu Tian’s offer of two billion Gold Soul Coins and Clear Sky Sect protection. Niu Tian abandoned negotiations and launched an attack on Kakuzu and the others.

• Zetsu emerged from underground and stopped Kakuzu’s negotiation with Niu Tian, drawing suspicion from Niu Tian and anger from Titan.
• Black Zetsu said he would not interfere with an ordinary deal but would protect the Dawn Organization’s core interests.
• Niu Tian offered Kakuzu two billion Gold Soul Coins and protection if he revealed the Dawn Organization’s secrets, but Kakuzu refused and questioned the Clear Sky Sect’s strength.
• Niu Tian decided the negotiations were over, raised his fist, and summoned a dragon-shaped soul-power phantom that roared at Kakuzu, Hidan, and Zetsu.