Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen, disguised as Hinata Hyuga, stopped Zhu Zhuqing from confronting Dai Mubai and urged her to follow him instead. Zhu Zhuqing agreed to secretly track Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, hoping to catch them in the act before deciding how to take revenge.

• Ye Chen comforted Zhu Zhuqing and encouraged her to take revenge on Dai Mubai and his family.
• Ye Chen revealed a fabricated set of Soul Rings and claimed his Byakugan made him a support-type Soul Ancestor.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the engagement tied her family's fate to Dai Mubai and the Dai Royal Clan, leaving her feeling trapped and despairing.
• Ye Chen offered to use his perception to find Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to follow them and kill them.
• Ye Chen located Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun wandering around looking for a brothel, then stopped Zhu Zhuqing from rushing out so they could catch them red-handed.

After learning that Dai Mubai had never been sincere with her, Zhu Zhuqing decided she needed strength and considered asking Tang San to intervene. Ye Chen, disguised as Hinata Hyuga, planned to expose Tang San’s hypocrisy and recruit Zhu Zhuqing into Akatsuki.

• Zhu Zhuqing concluded that Dai Mubai only wanted her for their Martial Soul Fusion Technique and the Dai Clan bloodline, and she considered killing him once she was strong enough.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she also wanted to kill Ma Hongjun for joining Dai Mubai and insulting the Zhu Clan women.
• Ye Chen was pleased that Zhu Zhuqing hated Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and planned to turn her against Tang San and the rest of Shrek.
• Ye Chen suggested that Zhu Zhuqing ask someone influential to restrain Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing identified Tang San as the strongest member of their team.
• Zhu Zhuqing believed Tang San might reprimand Dai Mubai, while Ye Chen expected Tang San to protect him and hoped Zhu Zhuqing would turn to Akatsuki.

Ye Chen, disguised as Hinata Hyuga, persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to follow Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun so Tang San could witness Dai Mubai’s betrayal and intervene. The pair tracked the men toward a village, still hoping to expose them to Tang San.

• Ye Chen told Zhu Zhuqing to give Tang San a chance to see Dai Mubai’s behavior and stand up for her, and she agreed despite her heartbreak.
• Ye Chen used a stealth ninjutsu to conceal himself and Zhu Zhuqing, then located Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun nearby.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun asked a shabbily dressed old woman to take them to a brothel, clarifying that they wanted mature women.
• The old woman led Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun toward a village while Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing secretly followed.

Ye Chen watched Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun enter a brothel, then urged Zhu Zhuqing to fetch Tang San. Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San about Dai Mubai’s betrayal and led him toward the village, while Tang San had been planning to excuse Dai Mubai’s behavior.

• Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing followed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to a rundown brothel, where they heard the women inside.
• Ye Chen stayed behind while Zhu Zhuqing returned to the hotel to find Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San that Dai Mubai had been visiting a brothel despite her efforts to care for him.
• Tang San privately wondered how to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to forgive Dai Mubai rather than punish him.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Dai Mubai viewed her as a tool for continuing the Dai Clan’s bloodline, then led Tang San to see him.

Zhu Zhuqing sought Tang San’s help after discovering Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun at a brothel, but Tang San defended them and helped them devise a cover story. After hearing Dai Mubai’s contemptuous plans for her, Zhu Zhuqing’s remaining hope in him and her companions was shattered.

• Tang San caught up with Zhu Zhuqing and defended Ma Hongjun, leaving Zhu Zhuqing doubtful that he would support her.
• Ye Chen, disguised as Hinata Hyuga, warned Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San would take Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s side as Tang San entered the house.
• Tang San saw Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with the women and told them Zhu Zhuqing had found out and was waiting outside.
• Dai Mubai cursed Zhu Zhuqing and said he would use her for the Netherworld White Tiger and later discard her, while Tang San urged him to keep up appearances.
• Tang San instructed Ma Hongjun to claim Dai Mubai had only accompanied him, and Ma Hongjun agreed to take the blame.

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.

• Tang San paid the old woman one hundred Gold Soul Coins to say Dai Mubai had only watched Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun acted as though Dai Mubai had accompanied his friend out of loyalty, while Tang San backed up their story.
• The old woman called out that Dai Mubai had watched Ma Hongjun, exposing the lie in front of Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Chen.
• Tang San told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had done nothing, but Zhu Zhuqing repeated the claim with a vacant expression and challenged him to believe it.
• Tang San continued to insist that Dai Mubai had only watched Ma Hongjun.

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.

• Zhu Zhuqing agreed with Dai Mubai’s denial but fixed him with a chilling smile, and Dai Mubai acted as if she believed him.
• Ma Hongjun joked that Dai Mubai had watched him and paid for him, while Dai Mubai scolded him and then invited Zhu Zhuqing to return with him.
• Tang San urged Zhu Zhuqing to forgive the disagreement, citing Dai Mubai’s payment for Ma Hongjun as proof of his loyalty.
• Zhu Zhuqing, feeling that her love and faith had collapsed, asked to stay behind and talk with Ye Chen.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun left, convinced Zhu Zhuqing had nowhere else to go, while she watched them with cold disappointment.

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.

• Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing behind her back, and Ma Hongjun joined in while Tang San stayed silent.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai to keep Zhu Zhuqing under control before their next trip to Sea God Island, and Dai Mubai called her a breeding tool.
• Ye Chen, transformed into Hinata Hyuga, sat with Zhu Zhuqing beneath the night sky as she remained silent and emotionally shattered.
• Ye Chen put an arm around Zhu Zhuqing and planned to recruit her into the Akatsuki Organization while disguising himself as Tobi.

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.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Chen that she no longer trusted Tang San or the Shrek Team and felt she had nowhere left to go.
• Ye Chen urged Zhu Zhuqing to stop enduring Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San’s treatment and seek revenge.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared that she wanted power and wanted to kill Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and everyone in Shrek.
• Ye Chen told Zhu Zhuqing that joining the Six Paths of Pain could give her the power she wanted.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled meeting people with ripple-patterned eyes, and Ye Chen offered to take her to join the organization.

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.

• Zhu Zhuqing hesitated to join the Six Paths of Pain because she did not want to hurt Ning Rongrong, Xiangxiang, and Xiao Wu.
• Ye Chen urged Zhu Zhuqing to test her friends’ loyalty and revealed a fabricated story about his brother A-Chen serving Pain.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to consider joining and said she would return with an answer in three days.
• Ye Chen reminded Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai and his father had humiliated the women of her clan, fueling her desire to kill them both.
• After Zhu Zhuqing left, Ye Chen dropped his disguise, summoned his Ducati motorcycle, and rode away as his Eye of the Deep Sea became the Rinnegan.

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 reasoned that Zhu Zhuqing would leave Dai Mubai and join Akatsuki because she had little support among the Seven Monsters.
• Ye Chen told Konan that Zhu Zhuqing’s recruitment was nearly certain, and Konan agreed to prepare to welcome her.
• Ye Chen proposed recruiting Xiao Bai and the Sea Demoness later, with Zhu Zhuqing and other Akatsuki members helping.
• Ye Chen described plans to establish multiple bases and recruit powerful figures, including Guang Ling Douluo and Lingyuan Douluo.
• Ye Chen took Konan’s hand, and they set out to find a cave base outside Jinshui City before Zhu Zhuqing arrived in three days.

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.

• Ye Chen took Konan out of the hotel on a Ducati Motorcycle, and she chose to enjoy the ride rather than use ninjutsu.
• Ye Chen stopped at a cave near Sea God Island after spotting a ruined statue inside.
• Ye Chen identified the statue as one of the Angel God and decided to remake it as a statue of the Evil Goddess and use the cave as the Akatsuki Organization's first base.
• Ye Chen summoned the Six Paths of Pain and planned to alter the statue's fingers so Akatsuki members could stand on them.
• Ye Chen considered potential recruits and concluded that they needed to believe in the Eye of the Moon Plan by trusting it could fulfill their deepest desires.
• Ye Chen planned to win Bibi Dong over by promising that Infinite Tsukuyomi could restore her purity, reunite her with her parents, and let her kill Yu Xiaogang.

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 spent the night considering whether to gain power from the Six Paths of Pain and take revenge on Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and the others.
• Tang San asked Zhu Zhuqing to buy and prepare medicine for Dai Mubai, insisting that Dai Mubai had done nothing wrong and that Zhu Zhuqing had misunderstood him.
• Zhu Zhuqing called Tang San a hypocrite, but Xiao Wu defended him by citing the gifts he had given Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to buy the medicine and left the hotel, suppressing her tears.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided to expose Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and judge whether Ning Rongrong, Bai Chenxiang, or anyone else would support her before she chose whether to seek refuge with the Six Paths of Pain.

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.

• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Dai Mubai's room and prepared medicine for him.
• Dai Mubai smugly ordered Zhu Zhuqing to make another bowl and blow on it, hoping to flaunt his control over her to Tang San and the others.
• Zhu Zhuqing splashed the hot medicine across Dai Mubai's face when he insisted she obey.
• Zhu Zhuqing slapped Dai Mubai and grabbed his hair, accusing him of pretending alongside Tang San and Ma Hongjun the previous night.
• Dai Mubai screamed as Zhu Zhuqing yanked his hair, shocked that she had dared to attack him.

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.

• Zhu Zhuqing slapped Dai Mubai twice and said one slap was for herself and the other for his mother.
• Dai Mubai unleashed his soul power, broke the bed, and threatened to rape and kill Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai both summoned six Soul Rings and launched their Soul Skills at each other.
• Tang San intervened and blocked Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Slash with his Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing what had happened, while Dai Mubai claimed Zhu Zhuqing had slapped him after he asked her to change his medicine.

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.

• Dai Mubai cursed Zhu Zhuqing and tried to attack her, but Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Tang San held him back.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Dai Mubai’s insults and tried to comfort Zhu Zhuqing, while Xiao Wu looked pleased at Zhu Zhuqing’s distress.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tang San whether he had helped her as a friend or only because she was Dai Mubai’s fiancée, then accused him of letting her be slandered to protect Dai Mubai.
• Tang San denied favoring Dai Mubai and claimed Zhu Zhuqing had overreacted to Dai Mubai accompanying Ma Hongjun to a brothel, saying she had delayed their return to Sea God Island.

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.

• Xiao Wu, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong urged Zhu Zhuqing to apologize to Dai Mubai and put the team first.
• Tang San blamed Zhu Zhuqing while hiding the truth, convincing himself that protecting the team and his standing justified it.
• Zhu Zhuqing stared at Tang San in disbelief as the others sided against her, while Ma Hongjun remained guilty and silent.
• Zhu Zhuqing recovered from her shock, laughed coldly, and ridiculed everyone for believing Dai Mubai had gone out at night despite his broken legs.

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.

• Zhu Zhuqing realized she saw Tang San as more dangerous than Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and wondered how she could kill him.
• Tang San noticed a fleeting, vengeful look in Zhu Zhuqing’s eyes before she composed herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing apologized to everyone and called herself wrong for doubting Dai Mubai and attacking her fiancé.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong tried to smooth over the conflict, and Zhu Zhuqing played along.
• Tang San examined Dai Mubai’s leg and said his use of White Tiger Vajra Transformation had reopened the fracture, leaving him unable to recover for 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.

• Xiao Wu’s soul could no longer remain merged with her body, so she returned to Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing apologized, and Tang San urged everyone to put the team first and stop fighting among themselves.
• Bai Chenxiang confronted Ma Hongjun over his behavior the previous night, and he tried to stop her from leaving.
• Zhu Zhuqing concealed her killing intent and decided that Tang San, Xiao Wu, Bai Chenxiang, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai all had to die.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to remain with the Shrek Team, gain strength in secret, and seek out Hinata in two days.

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 forced herself to brew and bring Dai Mubai medicine, but he took the bowl from her and insulted her before drinking it himself.
• Zhu Zhuqing silently left without anyone comforting her, resolved to wait two days and find Hinata Hyuga.
• Once the others had gone, Dai Mubai struggled upright and thanked Tang San for supporting him.
• Tang San praised Dai Mubai’s influence in the Star Luo Empire and said they would need him to help unite the two empires against the Spirit Empire.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San pledged to stand together, and Dai Mubai again cursed Zhu Zhuqing.