Douluo Dalu: Starting Evolution as the Man-Faced Demon Spider

After eliminating the more than three hundred Soul Engineers, Zhu Jing also joined the battle.

With her arrival, the Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire, who were already being suppressed by Fang Chang, collapsed in an instant. One figure after another fell from the sky like dumplings tossed into a pot.

For a moment, the combined top-tier forces of the entire Sun Moon Empire found themselves utterly unable to deal with just two spiders.

Down in the academy below, Zhu Zhu watched Fang Chang shining brilliantly in the sky, and all the worry in her eyes had long vanished, replaced by excitement and elation that surged from her very bloodline.

After being suppressed for thousands of years, their spider clan was finally rising once again!

In the sky, more than a dozen Titled Douluo were slain one after another by Fang Chang and Zhu Jing in less than the time it takes to burn an incense stick, leaving only one half-crippled worshipper of the Holy Spirit Cult still alive.

"Answer my question. What's your relationship with the Spider Hunters?" Fang Chang, still in his spider form, suddenly spoke, startling the man.

At this point, he had already lost an arm and a leg, barely clinging to life, but even upon hearing this question, he still stubbornly kept his mouth shut.

"Not talking?" Fang Chang placed one of his spider legs on the man's forehead, venom seeping down from the tip and dripping onto his face.

"I…" The Holy Spirit Cult worshipper struggled for a moment. "I'll talk, I'll talk!"

"We of the Holy Spirit Cult are one of the three forces supporting the Spider Hunters from behind. But we were just following orders from someone else."

"Who?" Fang Chang pressed on. "Who in this world still has the power to command you?"

"They're…" The man hesitated, troubled. "No one knows exactly. I've only seen them a few times. They communicate with the Grand Supreme Leader through a shadow."

A shadow… Fang Chang couldn't make sense of it. He had once suspected the Demon Empress might be behind it all, but if it were her, why communicate through a shadow?

Now that two of the three forces backing the Spider Hunters had been revealed—the Tang Sect and the Holy Spirit Cult—Fang Chang suspected the last might be the royal family of the Sun Moon Empire.

But according to this worshipper, they too were under someone's control. That meant someone even more powerful was manipulating everything from the shadows. Who were they?

Just as Fang Chang was about to question him further, the worshipper succumbed to his injuries and died.

As this great battle came to an end, key figures from the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire's royal family who had orchestrated the plot quickly fled Sun Moon City.

With everything over, the two massive spiders in the sky returned to human form and descended. The students on the ground backed away in fear, none daring to approach.

Except for Zhu Zhu, who came running toward them.

"You… Just how many secrets are you still hiding?" she asked Fang Chang with a hint of playful frustration.

She had once thought she understood Fang Chang well, but now she realized she knew nothing at all. His secrets were like an endless ocean.

"Just a few," Fang Chang replied vaguely, then turned to Zhu Jing. "You mentioned before—those sea spiders, where are they now?"

Earlier, Zhu Jing had told him that a branch of sea spider clansmen had survived, hiding in a secluded part of the ocean.

"I'll take you there," Zhu Jing replied. After witnessing Fang Chang's power, she no longer dared to guard against him.

"There are about ten thousand of them. Thanks to the complex terrain of the sea and its vast scope, they managed to survive."

"Good." Fang Chang said no more. Ten thousand small spiders—while not a huge number—were enough to form the foundation for rebuilding the spider clan in the Douluo Realm if trained properly.

The very next day, Fang Chang set out to sea with Zhu Zhu and Zhu Jing. They arrived at a hidden bay, where he finally met the hidden sea spider clan.

He first used the power of "Blessing" to evolve those among them with promising potential, then led them on hunts.

While training them in tactics, he also helped them devour soul beasts to grow stronger.

Due to the heavy losses suffered by the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire, the once-arrogant Spider Hunters had gone completely silent. With no one targeting them, the young spiders grew rapidly.

Fang Chang understood well: to restore the glory of the spider clan on the continent, the first step was to ensure they had the strength to protect themselves.

The training lasted for nearly half a year. By the end, the sea spider clan's strength had changed dramatically. Only then did Fang Chang lead them back to the mainland.

At a coastal city in the Sun Moon Empire, over ten thousand sea spiders came ashore under Fang Chang's leadership. The local Soul Masters initially tried to resist.

But once they saw the vast difference in power, they could only abandon the idea.

And this was just the beginning. In the following days, the ten thousand sea spiders marched inland toward Sun Moon City, the imperial capital.

In response to this overwhelming force, the Sun Moon Empire hastily rallied its remaining Soul Engineer Legions and allied with the remnants of the Holy Spirit Cult to try and block them outside the capital.

But before they even caught sight of the sea spider army, Fang Chang and Zhu Jing descended from the sky and obliterated the Soul Engineer troops with overwhelming power.

The young spiders followed close behind, wiping out the remaining forces. They captured Sun Moon City with almost no resistance.

News of this spread like wildfire, shocking the entire world.

The once-mighty Sun Moon Empire had fallen in mere days to a force of spiders. Even its national title was changed—to the Arachnid Dynasty.

The spider clan, which had once ruled the continent, now once again dominated the world!

The other three empires, alarmed by the news, could no longer sit still.

Under pressure from such a powerful foe, the three empires—despite past grievances—began secret talks, attempting to form an alliance against the Arachnid Dynasty.

Fortunately, Fang Chang had no intention of invading other human territories. After conquering the Sun Moon Empire, he focused on settling the spider clan.

While continuing to hunt down remnants of the Spider Hunters and the Holy Spirit Cult, he also kept investigating the Tang Sect and their mysterious benefactor.

Sure enough, soon they received shocking news. A high-ranking member of the Tang Sect, unable to bear the pressure, surrendered to Fang Chang's side.

He claimed to have seen someone resembling the "Tang San" Fang Chang had mentioned—decades ago.

According to him, many of the Tang Sect's hidden weapon techniques had been passed down by this man, and he had not died over the past thousands of years. Every so often, he would return to the sect under a different identity.

Among the Tang Sect leadership, this had already become an open secret. When he wasn't in the sect, it was said he would return to the Eastern Sea—to a place called Sea God Island.

Upon hearing this, Fang Chang could no longer stay idle. That very night, he set off toward Sea God Island—intent on confronting the mysterious, undead Tang San.