Chapter Summaries

Han Yu stole the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou Empire treasury and fled after fighting its guardian, Xue Feng. Meanwhile, Tang San and Fourth Elder escaped the palace, but Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong withdrew with them after the Heaven Dou forces accused them of shielding the regicide.

• Xue Qinghe framed Tang San for attempting to assassinate Xue Ye, using a Silent Sleeve Arrow and a recording device, and ordered the guards to seize him.
• Han Yu entered the Imperial Palace treasury, found the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and was confronted by its guardian, Xue Feng.
• Han Yu took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and fled, while Xue Feng pursued him before turning back toward the palace battle.
• Tang San and Fourth Elder broke through the palace encirclement, and Fourth Elder hurled Tang San outside to escape the arriving army.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong caught Tang San and heard his account of Xue Qinghe’s suspected betrayal and the trap in Xue Ye’s bedroom.
• Xue Feng joined the battle against Fourth Elder, but Gu Rong arrived and used his Bone Dragon to break the Heaven Dou forces’ attacks before withdrawing with Ning Fengzhi and Fourth Elder.

Han Yu used the Sea Heart Flame and Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame against Poseidon's Divine Sense, then claimed and refined the Void Engulfing Flame while it swallowed the Divine Sense. As the Sea God sent Bo Saixi's forces to recover the Sea God's Heart, Tang San's allies prepared to flee and the Heaven Dou Empire branded them regicides, leaving Ning Fengzhi to abandon the empire.

• Han Yu rejected Poseidon's demand to return the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and attacked his Divine Sense with Heavenly Flames.
• Han Yu claimed the Void Engulfing Flame, swallowed Poseidon's Divine Sense with it, and began refining the flame and its captive.
• The Sea God discovered that his Divine Sense had vanished and ordered Bo Saixi to recover the Sea God's Heart; Bo Saixi sent Ou Ya and Sea Spear to the continent.
• At Shrek Academy, Tai Tan urged Tang San and his allies to leave for the Star Luo Empire, while Ning Fengzhi chose to wait before deciding whether to depart.
• Han Yu refined the Void Engulfing Flame, received the Nine Nether Wind Flame as a reward, and began absorbing it.
• The Heaven Dou Empire issued wanted notices naming Tang San, Ning Fengzhi, Tang Yuehua, and their allies as regicide culprits, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to leave with Gu Rong.

Xue Qinghe sentenced Xue Xing and Xue Beng to public execution, while Tang San and Ning Fengzhi fled Heaven Dou City. Ma Hongjun reunited with the others, but Tang San and Dai Mubai secretly planned to exploit him before killing him.

• Xue Qinghe stripped Xue Xing and Xue Beng of their titles and ordered their public execution in three days.
• Tang San persuaded Ning Fengzhi to flee to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's refuge in the Star Luo Empire.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun found Ning Rongrong and the others outside Heaven Dou City, and Oscar reunited with Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai prepared to attack Ma Hongjun, but Yu Xiaogang urged them to use his talent and postpone revenge.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai welcomed Ma Hongjun back to Shrek, falsely blaming Han Yu for leading him to betray the academy.

Dugu Bo secretly watched Tang San’s group as they fled toward the Star Luo Empire, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang manipulated Ma Hongjun into distrusting Han Yu and Flender. After reaching the Balak Kingdom, they camped near Suotuo City, where Yu Xiaogang devised a plan to use Ma Hongjun to obtain money from Flender.

• Dugu Bo used a Soul Guidance Telescope to observe Tang San’s group and their conversation, then followed them from a distance.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Dai Mubai claimed Han Yu’s healing pill might have poisoned Ma Hongjun, though Ma Hongjun said he felt healthier and his Evil Fire had eased.
• Tang San’s group learned that Xue Xing and Xue Beng had been publicly executed, while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong worried about the Heaven Dou Empire’s succession.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the group to camp outside Suotuo City and cross into the Star Luo Empire the next morning.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed sending Ma Hongjun to Flender to obtain Gold Soul Coins, and Tang San and Yu Xiaogang persuaded Ma Hongjun that Flender had betrayed Shrek Academy.

Ma Hongjun visited Flender at the former Shrek Academy, now a Canaan Commerce Association warehouse, and accepted money after claiming he needed a treasure to cure his Evil Fire. Flender warned him to hide and trust no one, while Ma Hongjun left without understanding the warning.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Ma Hongjun to seek money from Flender, while he and Tang San discussed raising funds and restoring Dai Mubai’s manhood.
• Ma Hongjun saw the Canaan Commerce Association sign at the rebuilt academy and believed Tang San’s account of Flender’s betrayal.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji decided not to pursue the wanted reward for Tang San’s group because Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo might retaliate.
• Flender explained to Ma Hongjun why he had turned the academy into a warehouse and offered him a job and a settled life in Suotuo City.
• Ma Hongjun asked for money to buy a treasure that could resolve his Evil Fire, and Flender gave him a check for five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender warned Ma Hongjun to hide until he was strong enough, but Ma Hongjun left without looking back.

Flender suspected that Ma Hongjun had been pressured by Yu Xiaogang’s group to obtain money, but gave him a personal check and kept their whereabouts from the authorities. Tang San’s group reached the Star Luo border and was allowed through after Dugu Bo intervened, while Dugu Bo continued to monitor them for Han Yu.

• Flender told Zhao Wuji that he suspected Yu Xiaogang and the others were nearby, and asked him to keep the matter secret to protect Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun handed Flender’s check to Yu Xiaogang, who warned that redeeming it in Suotuo City could expose them; Tang San suggested using it through black-market channels instead.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong learned that tensions between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires had tightened border restrictions, then led the disguised group toward the crossing.
• The border guards refused Ning Fengzhi’s request to leave early, but Dugu Bo ordered them to let the convoy pass under the pretense of an intelligence mission.
• Ning Fengzhi assumed Flender had secretly helped them, while Dugu Bo watched the convoy depart and continued following Han Yu’s orders.

As the Star Luo Empire prepared to invade, Xue Qinghe’s court debated whether to fight while Spirit Hall’s leaders considered how to respond. Han Yu proposed preventing the war for now, consolidating Heaven Dou, and eventually using it to unify the continent; Bibi Dong approved plans to mediate through refugee relief and border development.

• Xue Qinghe heard ministers argue over war with the Star Luo Empire and said she would wait for Marshal Ge Long before deciding.
• Bibi Dong convened Spirit Hall’s elders and proposed supporting Heaven Dou and sending Soul Master legions to the battlefield.
• Han Yu argued that Spirit Hall should gain more from its long effort to control Heaven Dou and warned that Kundera might rebel if Xue Qinghe fell from power.
• Han Yu proposed consolidating Xue Qinghe’s rule and eventually using Heaven Dou’s strength to annex the Star Luo Empire.
• Spirit Crane Douluo suggested that Heaven Dou transfer disputed borderlands to Spirit Hall, giving Spirit Hall grounds to defend them if Star Luo attacked.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Leopard Douluo and Spirit Crane Douluo to secure refugee cities, while Han Yu said Ning Fengzhi’s support for Dai Mubai could destabilize Star Luo.

Han Yu informed Bibi Dong that Da Ming and Er Ming had been located, while Spirit Hall’s refugee plan reshaped the political standoff between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires. Dai Weisi’s group moved toward the Star Luo Empire, where Tang San asked Ning Fengzhi for a map to plan their eventual return and revenge.

• Han Yu told Bibi Dong that Da Ming and Er Ming were at the Lake of Life, and she sent Yue Guan and Guimei ahead to prepare the soul hunt.
• Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire announced that reclaimed territory would be used for refugee camps, gaining public support and halting the Star Luo Empire’s planned war.
• Dai Weisi persuaded Dai Tianfeng to send Star Luo refugees to Spirit Hall, and the court approved the proposal as a way to burden the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang San’s group traveled openly toward the Star Luo Empire and wondered why soldiers were escorting ragged people along the road.
• Tang San asked Ning Fengzhi for a map of the continent so he could study the terrain for a future battle against Spirit Hall.

Tang San received a simplified map from Ning Fengzhi but waited to compare it with the stone slab until he was alone. Meanwhile, Hu Liena’s team entered the Star Dou Great Forest on a Soul Hunting mission, and Iron Bull’s decision to leave the planned route brought them into a powerful Soul Beast’s territory.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Tang San a simplified map, and Tang San refrained from examining the stone slab while others were present.
• Han Yu agreed to attend the Canaan Commerce Association’s dividend conference in Suotuo City to reassure its branch presidents.
• Hu Liena led Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting team through the Star Dou Great Forest using a route she had memorized from Bibi Dong’s map.
• Iron Bull rejected Hu Liena’s proposal to rappel down a cliff and led the team on a detour despite Golden Eagle’s objections.
• Hu Liena sensed the ground shaking as the team entered an Iron Horn Tyrannosaurus’s territory, and Iron Bull used his Martial Soul Avatar to hold it off.

Hu Liena’s team was overwhelmed by soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, so she contacted Han Yu for help. Han Yu used his ninth soul skill, Qian Kun Ding, to drive the beasts away, and the survivors prepared to retreat while Hu Liena reflected on his strength.

• Iron Bull held off the Iron Horn Tyrannosaurus while Golden Eagle and the others tried to protect Hu Liena’s retreat, but soul beasts soon surrounded the team.
• Hu Liena contacted Han Yu and directed him to their location using Spirit Hall’s route map.
• Han Yu sent Void Engulfing Flame ahead, then used his ninth soul skill, Qian Kun Ding, to hurl the Fire Cloud Staff toward Hu Liena’s group.
• The Fire Cloud Staff’s power frightened the soul beasts into retreating, while Di Tian sensed its familiar aura in the forest’s core region.
• Golden Eagle counted no deaths but found twenty injured team members, then ordered everyone to retreat three hundred li and wait for the other elders.

Han Yu fused with Poseidon's Divine Sense, attended the Canaan Commerce Association's dividend conference, and confronted Flender over secretly giving Ma Hongjun money. Flender chose to try to persuade Ma Hongjun to break with Yu Xiaogang and the others, while Han Yu discussed the coming Seven Great Sects re-election with Bibi Dong.

• With the Void Engulfing Flame's help, Han Yu completed the fusion with Poseidon's Divine Sense and sensed everything across Suotuo City.
• Han Yu attended the dividend conference, heard the branch presidents' reports, praised Flender's performance, and instructed Qian Duoduo to announce the dividends.
• Han Yu confronted Flender for giving Ma Hongjun five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and urged him to cut ties with Ma Hongjun and the group around Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender weighed his loyalty to Ma Hongjun against his position and his old companions, then decided to try to persuade Ma Hongjun to see Yu Xiaogang and the others clearly.
• Bibi Dong thanked Han Yu for helping Hu Liena and raised her plans for the Seven Great Sects re-election, while Han Yu withheld his opinion.

Ning Fengzhi’s group encountered Sea Spear Douluo and Ou Ya while traveling through the Yun Luo Duchy, and the two sides established that they were not enemies. After learning that the Sea Soul Masters were searching for the Sea God’s Heart, Ning Fengzhi persuaded them to travel with his group toward Ka Luo City before entering the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San discussed helping Dai Mubai compete for the Star Luo throne while keeping Ning Fengzhi’s plan to overthrow Xue Qinghe as a backup.
• Gu Rong sensed two powerful strangers approaching, and Sea Spear Douluo and Ou Ya prepared to defend themselves against the group.
• Ning Fengzhi and Ou Ya confirmed that neither side belonged to Spirit Hall, then agreed to meet and talk.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the strangers as Sea Soul Masters, and Ning Fengzhi explained that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ou Ya revealed that he and Sea Spear Douluo were seeking the Sea God’s Heart, and Ning Fengzhi persuaded them to accompany his group toward Ka Luo City.

Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Sea God Island was dangerous, while Tang San considered seeking its help against Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi discovered that the Sea God's Heart was the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and suspected it had vanished during the Heaven Dou Palace Coup, leaving its whereabouts uncertain.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Sea God Island's Grand Elder had defeated Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu together, but discouraged him from going there because its Sea Soul Masters hated outsiders.
• Tang San decided to keep Sea God Island's potential support in mind and considered using Tai Tan's informants to search for the Sea God's Heart, while Yu Xiaogang urged him to prioritize Mubai's ascension.
• Ou Ya asked Ning Fengzhi about land Soul Masters in Vast Sea City, and Ning Fengzhi blamed the Canaan Commerce Association, accusing Han Yu of harming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ou Ya described the Sea God's Heart as a blue Soul Tool once held by the Heaven Dou imperial family, and Gu Rong identified it as the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Ning Fengzhi showed Ou Ya a portrait, and Ou Ya confirmed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God's Heart.
• Ou Ya said the relic had disappeared before Spirit Hall's takeover, prompting Ning Fengzhi to suspect someone had taken it from the imperial treasury during the Heaven Dou Palace Coup; he promised to help find it.

Bibi Dong’s Soul Hunting team prepared to attack the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest, while she advised Hu Liena to take responsibility and make friends rather than antagonize Tie Niu. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong planning a direct assault and arranging for Thousand Jun and Jiang Mo to guard the team’s rear.

• Ou Ya and Sea Spear agreed to wait and see whether the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was in Spirit Hall’s hands.
• Bibi Dong arrived at the Soul Hunting team’s camp, heard Ghost Douluo’s report, and learned of a powerful concealed aura near a vast patch of Blue Silver Grass.
• Bibi Dong reassured Hu Liena that Tie Niu would be punished for causing the trouble, then advised Hu Liena to recognize his good qualities and make friends with him.
• Hu Liena accepted Bibi Dong’s advice, agreed to support Xue Er, and went to speak with Tie Niu, who soon smiled.
• Bibi Dong planned a direct assault on the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, using her domains and the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Thousand Jun and Jiang Mo guarded the rear.

Ning Fengzhi and his group reached Ka Luo City, where Tai Tan’s Strength Clan began repairing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ruined property while Dugu Bo watched their dealings. Ning Fengzhi sought help finding the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for the Sea Soul Masters, and Han Yu learned of their search and considered the consequences of destroying the artifact.

• Ning Fengzhi found the sect’s property in ruins, and Tai Tan offered to have the Strength Clan repair it at their own expense.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Tang San and the others to an inn while Tai Tan ordered his clansmen to work, and Dugu Bo observed the scene and judged that Tai Tan was sacrificing his clan’s dignity for Tang San.
• At the inn, Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Yu Xiaogang suggested Spirit Hall might have taken it and denied having useful connections there.
• Dugu Bo reported the Sea Soul Masters’ presence and the group’s destination to Han Yu, who concluded that Poseidon did not know he had destroyed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Han Yu considered whether destroying the artifact had deprived Poseidon of a chance to pass down his Divine Throne and wondered if Sea God Island’s abundant Spiritual Energy could help him exceed Level 100 Soul Power.

Han Yu prepared to begin his own path to godhood while Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation, killing the Titan Giant Ape and capturing the Sky Azure Bull Python. With the operation successful, Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu discussed how Spirit Hall could use the upcoming Seven Great Sects Re-election Conference to manage the Clear Sky Sect’s return.

• Han Yu sent Dugu Bo back to report and promised to begin special training for Dugu Yan and the others.
• Bibi Dong fought the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, then killed the Titan Giant Ape with the Darkness Scythe.
• Di Tian considered attacking Bibi Dong to seize the God of Darkness’s power, but the Silver Dragon King ordered him not to intervene.
• Bibi Dong’s forces defeated the Sky Azure Bull Python, leaving two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for her to absorb.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that the conference could give the Clear Sky Sect a public debut, and Qian Daoliu proposed using it to make Spirit Hall appear conciliatory.

Qian Daoliu advised Qian Renxue on Spirit Hall’s political challenges and urged her to study under Tian Chen. In Ka Luo City, Tang San arranged work for the cramped Strength Clan while continuing to search for the coordinates on the stone tablet, but he and Yu Xiaogang could not locate them on the map.

• Qian Daoliu explained why decisions in Spirit Hall carried greater consequences than Qian Renxue’s earlier plans in the Heaven Dou Empire, then told her to study history with Tian Chen.
• Ning Fengzhi assigned the Strength Clan two cramped outer courtyards in Ka Luo City, leaving its members unhappy and without their usual forging work.
• Tang San promised the Strength Clan Disciple at the gate that he and Tai Tan would find a way for the clan to earn money.
• Tang San proposed that the Strength Clan advertise construction services in the Spirit Hall Daily and guard a medicinal herb business with Ning Fengzhi.
• Tai Tan accepted Tang San’s plans and reassured the clan members that they would eventually buy land and rebuild their residence.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that he could not find the stone tablet’s coordinates on the map, and he resolved to stop delaying his search for a Divine Being’s inheritance.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang discovered how to read the stone tablet and located the distant God Inheritance Land, while deciding to delay the dangerous journey until Tang San was stronger. Later, Tang San learned that City Lord Ma Er was demanding protection money from Ning Fengzhi, and Ning Fengzhi began considering trade with Sea God Island.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San compared the tablet with the map, then Tang San transferred its ink imprint onto paper and revealed the route to an island off Falkers Province.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to wait until he was a level seventy Soul Saint, gather wealth, and keep the inheritance secret from Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong told Tang San that City Lord Ma Er wanted twenty percent of their business profits as protection money, and Tang San advised them to agree for now.
• Tang San told Ning Fengzhi he would gather medicinal herbs near Ka Luo City and asked him to establish sales channels.
• After Tang San left, Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed their suspicions about him and chose to keep trusting the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong to invite Ou Ya and Sea Spear so he could discuss trading with Sea God Island.

Han Yu arranged special training journeys for his students and friends, then revealed three God Seeds to Zhu Zhuqing, Tian Yue, and Dugu Yan. Zhu Zhuqing and Tian Yue accepted their seeds, and Dugu Yan chose to attempt a God Trial despite its deadly risks.

• Han Yu and Dugu Bo discussed the upcoming Seven Great Sects Re-election Conference and the threat posed by the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhang Zhenyu and Huang Doudou returned to Canaan Academy and reunited with their classmates and the Three Elements Academy members.
• Han Yu assigned the Soul Masters to separate training destinations, including the Calamity Mountain Range, Northern Icefield, and Hurricane Canyon.
• Han Yu gathered Zhu Zhuqing, Tian Yue, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo to explain God Seeds and the dangers of God Trials.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Tian Yue accepted God Seeds, and Dugu Yan decided to attempt a God Trial after Dugu Bo asked whether she could succeed.

Han Yu helped Tian Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan begin their God Trials and agreed to support Spirit Hall at the upcoming Seven Great Sects Re-election Conference. After Spirit Hall announced the conference, Ning Fengzhi and his allies debated how to respond, with Yu Xiaogang warning Ou Ya and Sea Spear against attending.

• Tian Yue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan received God Trials in Misty Grand Canyon, and Dugu Bo and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to accompany them.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Han Yu to help Spirit Hall if Clear Sky Sect disrupted the conference, and Han Yu agreed.
• Spirit Hall announced the Seven Great Sects Re-election Conference, canceled its battles, and promised protection for participating sects.
• Ning Fengzhi angrily rejected the conference plan, while Tang San predicted that Clear Sky Sect could challenge Spirit Hall there.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Ou Ya and Sea Spear that attending could expose them to Spirit Hall's propaganda, and Ning Fengzhi urged them to wait for news about Sea God's Heart.