Arc 2Chapters 27–50
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Tang San paid the old woman to claim Dai Mubai had only watched Ma Hongjun, then joined them in a staged explanation for Zhu Zhuqing. Zhu Zhuqing questioned the story, and Tang San insisted it was true.
Zhu Zhuqing lost the last of her faith in Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven Monsters as Dai Mubai and Tang San dismissed her distress and urged her to return with them. She stayed behind with Ye Chen, while the others left without fearing she would abandon them because they believed she had nowhere else to go.
Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San showed their contempt for Zhu Zhuqing and treated her as expendable. As Zhu Zhuqing sat silently with Ye Chen, he planned to recruit her into the Akatsuki Organization.
After Shrek turned against her, Zhu Zhuqing despaired until Ye Chen urged her to seek revenge and gain power. He offered to take her to join the Six Paths of Pain, and she realized she might have encountered them already.
Ye Chen, disguised as Hinata Hyuga, tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to join the Six Paths of Pain by turning her against Dai Mubai and testing whether her friends would support her. Zhu Zhuqing left to think about it and promised to give Ye Chen an answer in three days.
Ye Chen and Konan planned Akatsuki’s first base and discussed recruiting Zhu Zhuqing and other powerful members. Convinced Zhu Zhuqing would join in three days, Ye Chen set out with Konan to find a cave near Jinshui City.
Ye Chen took Konan for a ride and found an abandoned Angel God statue in a cave, which he planned to turn into the first base of his Akatsuki Organization. He began preparing the base and considered recruiting people by appealing to their deepest desires, including Bibi Dong.
Zhu Zhuqing wrestled with whether to join the Six Paths of Pain, then faced Tang San’s shameless demand that she care for Dai Mubai. She went to buy medicine while planning to reveal the truth and see whether anyone would stand by her.
Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai after he ordered her to brew and cool another bowl of medicine in front of Tang San and the others. She splashed the hot medicine on him and attacked him, leaving Dai Mubai screaming in pain.
After Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing and her mother, Zhu Zhuqing slapped him and attacked him, and he retaliated with threats and a Soul Skill. Tang San stopped her strike, leaving the two former partners surrounded by their shocked companions as Dai Mubai accused her of assaulting him.
Dai Mubai raged after Zhu Zhuqing slapped him, while Tang San and the others stopped him from attacking her. Zhu Zhuqing accused Tang San of valuing Dai Mubai’s pride over her, but Tang San denied it and blamed her for the conflict, leaving her isolated.
Zhu Zhuqing was condemned by Tang San and the others after Dai Mubai accused her of attacking him, despite her pleas for the truth. Realizing they had all chosen to believe Tang San, she mocked their acceptance of the claim that Dai had gone out with broken legs and called them idiots.
Zhu Zhuqing concealed her anger at Tang San and pretended to apologize to Dai Mubai and the others. Tang San found Dai Mubai’s leg had been reinjured, delaying their departure by at least half a month.
Xiao Wu’s soul returned to Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing apologized while hiding her growing hatred. She decided to stay with the Shrek Team, secretly grow stronger, and take revenge on Tang San and the others.
Zhu Zhuqing endured Dai Mubai’s insults while secretly plotting to kill him and the others, planning to seek help from Hinata Hyuga in two days. After everyone else left, Tang San and Dai Mubai reaffirmed their alliance and discussed uniting Heaven Dou and Star Luo against the Spirit Empire.
Zhu Zhuqing met Ye Chen disguised as Hinata Hyuga and declared that she would kill Tang San, Dai Mubai, and everyone at Shrek. Ye Chen agreed to take her to meet Achen, where she would face a test to join the Akatsuki Organization.
Ye Chen reassured Zhu Zhuqing that joining Pain’s organization would give her the power to kill Tang San, and prepared to lead her to Pain. He left her with his Hinata clone and took on the role of Achen, an organization errand runner, as Zhu Zhuqing set out to seek approval.
Ye Chen brought Zhu Zhuqing to Akatsuki’s base, where she asked to join the organization and revealed her despair over her family’s role as tools of the Star Luo Imperial Family. She confessed that she wanted revenge, to save her family, and to escape her fate, leaving Pain to judge her request.
Deva Path of Pain persuaded Zhu Zhuqing that the world's inequality and suffering could only be ended through Akatsuki's Infinite Tsukuyomi. Zhu Zhuqing became drawn to the promise of reliving her childhood with the love and happiness she had been denied.
Zhu Zhuqing agreed to devote herself to the Eye of the Moon Plan and sought Akatsuki’s power to take revenge on Tang San, Dai Mubai, Shrek, and the Star Luo Imperial Family. Pain told her she had to kill one of her former companions within a month to pass Akatsuki’s test, and she hesitated as he urged her to accept the sacrifice.
Zhu Zhuqing accepted the Akatsuki Organization’s Eye of the Moon Plan, and Ye Chen gained Hashirama’s constitution after recruiting her. Ye Chen prepared to place the Witch Curse Mark on Zhu Zhuqing, whose later stages could lead to Jinchūriki Sage Mode and Six Paths Sage Mode.
Ye Chen accepted the hidden mission to claim the Sea God's Nine Trials and exchanged for a Witch Curse Mark. Zhu Zhuqing chose to join his organization and asked for the mark, leaving Ye Chen ready to place it on her.
Ye Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing the Witch Curse Mark so she could gain power to oppose Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the Star Luo Imperial Family. After Zhu Zhuqing endured the painful transformation and fainted, Konan asked Ye Chen about the curse mark and showed interest in its power.
Konan agreed to receive Ye Chen’s Curse Mark and told him she supported the Eye of the Moon Plan because she wanted to see Yahiko and their fallen comrades again. Ye Chen promised to create a Tsukuyomi World for her, but Konan asked how they could revive the Ten-Tails without the tailed beasts.