Chapter Summaries

Wu Liang, Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, and Yingzi discovered wandering spirits guarding a mass of corpses in Yeren Gulch and found an ancient tomb passage beneath the bodies. Hu Bayi judged the tomb belonged to a general or prince, while Wu Liang explained that a general’s tomb was likely to hold fewer valuable goods.

• Wu Liang roasted the spiritual wild boar meat, explaining its energy and warning Fatty Wang not to eat too much.
• Wu Liang described Yeren Gulch’s history and suggested the supposed wild men were defeated Japanese soldiers, prompting the group to search for the fortress.
• Yingzi returned from gathering firewood after seeing seven or eight floating figures, and Wu Liang led the others toward them.
• Wu Liang identified the figures as low-level wandering souls and scared one away with the Bieyun Sword, then inferred that Japanese soldiers and tomb raiders had fought nearby.
• Fatty Wang found a concealed tunnel and fell into it, revealing an ancient tomb passage beneath the clearing.
• Hu Bayi concluded that the tomb belonged to a general or prince, and Wu Liang said a general’s tomb would likely contain fewer burial goods.

Wu Liang and his companions explored a general’s tomb, where Wu Liang killed a Red Hunch before it could fully transform, then uncovered a secret Kwantung Army fortress and helped the villagers recover its supplies. With Second Grand Uncle’s blessing, Wu Liang left with Hu Bayi and Fatty for Beijing, intending to pursue the Kunlun Sacred Tree on their next journey.

• Wu Liang triggered the tomb’s arrow trap, revealing the general’s coffin, and Hu Bayi lit a candle before opening it.
• Fatty took two jade pieces from the coffin, and Wu Liang killed the transforming Red Hunch with the Bieyun Sword before it could fully form.
• Wu Liang broke through a hollow wall and led the group into a secret Kwantung Army fortress, where Hu Bayi restored power and they collected supplies.
• After returning to the village, Hu Bayi and Fatty agreed to take Wu Liang to Beijing at Second Grand Uncle’s request.
• Wu Liang, Hu Bayi, and Fatty boarded a train to Beijing as the villagers saw them off.

Wu Liang reunited with Hu Bayi and Fatty in Beijing, where Big Gold Tooth bought the tomb artifacts and invited them on an archaeological expedition to Xinjiang. After preparing for the journey, Wu Liang learned he could bring food from this world back to Douluo Continent and planned to take old-fashioned snacks and drinks for Kanna and the others.

• Fatty arranged a room for Wu Liang, then introduced him to Big Gold Tooth, who was impressed to learn Wu Liang had Foundation Establishment cultivation.
• Big Gold Tooth appraised the Moth-Chilong Pattern Jade Discs and gold mask, paid 150,000 yuan for them, and offered Hu Bayi and Fatty work guiding an expedition to Xinjiang.
• Big Gold Tooth explained that the expedition was sponsored by a Chinese American woman searching for her father, who had disappeared while exploring the Jingjue Culture.
• The group split the money and prepared for the trip, while Wu Liang sent 40,000 yuan to Second Grand Uncle and spent 3,000 yuan stocking supplies for his Portable Space.
• Wu Liang asked Seria whether he could take goods from this world to Douluo Continent, and she confirmed food could travel even though technology would not.
• Wu Liang decided to bring old-fashioned drinks and snacks back for Kanna and the others.

Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan joined the archaeological expedition after Hu Bayi impressed its leaders with his desert experience and knowledge of Celestial Star Feng Shui. Wu Liang joined them on the train to Kunlun Glacier, where he revealed to Shirley Yang that he knew the location of the Moat Dust Bead.

• Hu Bayi and Wang Kaixuan met Professor Hao and Professor Chen, and Hu Bayi demonstrated his knowledge of Celestial Star Feng Shui to the expedition team.
• Professor Chen officially recruited Hu Bayi, and Shirley Yang agreed to include Wang Kaixuan and the absent Wu Liang in the expedition after hearing about their skills and seeing Wang Kaixuan’s jade pendant.
• The archaeological team gave Hu Bayi’s group three train tickets, and the next day Wu Liang, Hu Bayi, and Wang Kaixuan boarded the train bound for Kunlun Glacier.
• Shirley Yang visited Wu Liang in his private compartment, and he identified her as a cultivator before showing her his overwhelming cultivation aura.
• Wu Liang told Shirley Yang he knew where the Moat Dust Bead was and offered to reveal its location in exchange for her leading the group to Jingjue Ancient City.

Wu Liang led Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and the archaeological team into the Kunlun glacier rift, where they found Ghost Cave Script and encountered three Tyrant Salamanders. The chapter ended with Wu Liang killing the creatures with his sword qi, astonishing the expedition.

• Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Wu Liang discussed the glacier expedition, and Wu Liang assured Hu Bayi that he could handle the Fire Beetles.
• Hu Bayi returned from a night out at the Kunlun military garrison, and the expedition set off for the glacier the following day with soldiers including Big Guy and Gawa.
• Hu Bayi led the team down into the Great Rift, and Wu Liang descended effortlessly before warning everyone to regroup if they encountered strange creatures.
• The expedition found bodies from an earlier group and Ghost Cave Script by an underground river, which Professor Chen identified as writing from the Jingjue Kingdom.
• Wu Liang spotted three Tyrant Salamanders in the river and killed all three with a stone and the Bieyun Sword, leaving Shirley Yang and Professor Chen amazed by his sword qi.

Wu Liang encountered Wu Di, a transmigrator from a parallel world whose Tomb Raiding System had sent him to investigate the Nine-Story Demon Tower. After learning Wu Di’s next mission concerned Jingjue Ancient City, Wu Liang agreed to bring him along with the archaeological team.

• After confirming the underground river was safe, Wu Liang led the group onward, where Gawa and Big Guy confronted a young man with their rifles.
• Seria identified the young man as Wu Di, a transmigrator who had arrived fifteen years earlier and carried a Tomb Raiding System.
• Wu Di told Wu Liang that his system mission was to investigate the Nine-Story Demon Tower, but skeletons and Fire Beetles made it too dangerous to approach.
• Wu Liang explained that they were in the world of Candle in the Tomb, and Wu Di realized he had mistaken it for The Grave Robbers' Chronicles.
• Wu Di received a three-star mission to find Jingjue Ancient City, and Wu Liang invited him to join the archaeological team while warning him not to talk nonsense.

Wu Liang led the expedition team into the Nine-Story Demon Tower, where he retrieved Shirley Yang’s notebook without disturbing the skeletons and mummies. After the team escaped the glacier and reached the military camp, they planned to set out for Jingjue Ancient City as soon as the blizzard stopped.

• Wu Liang warned the team about the deadly chamber, then let them see the Nine-Story Demon Tower and its wandering skeletons.
• Wu Di spotted a leather bag on a mummy, and Wu Liang used the Flying God Claws to retrieve the notebook Shirley Yang needed.
• Shirley Yang confirmed that the notebook explained how to find Jingjue Ancient City, and the team carefully returned to the underground river.
• Wu Di told Wu Liang that he had arrived by a one-time teleportation stone, and Wu Liang flew him out of the glacier and lent him a down jacket.
• After returning to camp during a blizzard, Wu Liang agreed with Shirley Yang and Professor Chen’s desert route and said they should follow Hu Bayi’s experience.

Wu Liang's expedition entered the Black Desert, where he recognized an approaching Black Sandstorm and warned the group in time to reach shelter safely. The group rested in a half-buried house, shared fresh food from Wu Liang's Portable Space, and waited out the storm.

• Wu Liang, Hu Bayi, Fatty Wang, Wu Di, Shirley Yang, An Lì Mǎn, and the scholars set out toward Jingjue Ancient City, with Wu Di shamelessly fawning over Shirley Yang along the way.
• Hu Bayi warned Shirley Yang that the professors were wasting water, while An Lì Mǎn explained the dangers of the Black Desert and urged the group to turn back.
• After the group entered the Black Desert, Wu Liang spotted the approaching Black Sandstorm and warned An Lì Mǎn, who led everyone to shelter.
• Hu Bayi assigned Sa Dipeng and Chu Jian to help the professors and Fatty Wang and Wu Di to guard the supplies as the group ran to a half-buried house.
• Fatty Wang checked on the camels and gathered firewood, then reported finding gazelles and wolves sheltering nearby; An Lì Mǎn advised everyone not to disturb them.
• Wu Liang brought out fresh meat, vegetables, fruit, chilled soda, and beer, and the group ate and settled in as the storm continued outside.

Wu Liang protected the expedition from the Desert Army Ants during their escape from the Black Sandstorm, then fought and disabled the enormous Ant Queen. Seria stopped him from killing it, saying it still had uses.

• Wu Liang warned the group that Desert Army Ants were sheltering beneath the house, and Shirley Yang explained how deadly they were.
• After the storm passed, the expedition left on camels, but swarms of rat-sized ants erupted from the sand and pursued them.
• Wu Liang and Shirley Yang used tear gas, grenades, gunfire, and sword energy to hold back the ants while the group fled.
• An Lì Mǎn identified nearby city ruins with a well, but Wu Liang sensed the Ant Queen approaching and sent the expedition onward.
• Wu Liang fought the calf-sized flying Ant Queen, severing its wings, foreclaws, and legs before Seria stopped him from killing it.

Wu Liang rejoined the expedition, and the group traveled through Magnetic Mountain to the ruins of Jingjue Ancient City. An Lì Mǎn refused to enter the cursed land, so Hu Bayi led the others onward on foot.

• Wu Liang sealed the Ant Queen for Thor, then caught up with An Lì Mǎn and Chu Jian at camp and learned the others had gone to explore the Gumo Prince Tomb.
• After resting, Wu Liang joined the expedition as Professor Chen and Hu Bayi decided to follow the route toward Jingjue Ancient City.
• The group reached Magnetic Mountain, where Wu Liang cautiously retrieved guns from the bodies of four foreign mercenaries and suspected they had died from poisonous snake bites.
• After crossing the mountain, the party reached Jingjue Ancient City, and Wu Di completed his mission and received two cultivation levels.
• An Lì Mǎn refused to enter the ruins, so Hu Bayi left him to wait while the rest of the group gathered their gear and set off on foot.

Wu Liang led the group through Jingjue Ancient City’s mechanisms and illusions to Queen Jingjue’s tomb, where they discovered her body inside the Kunlun Sacred Tree. Shirley Yang found that the tomb held no sign of what she had been seeking.

• Wu Liang explained the Ghost Tribe’s worship of the Ghost Eye God and used his divine ability to protect the group from the Corpse Fragrance Konjac’s illusions.
• Fatty’s jade pendant activated the altar, and Wu Liang turned its mechanism to open the passage to Queen Jingjue’s tomb.
• The group crossed the underground river and reached the treasure vault, where Fatty tried to take gold before the professors and Hu Bayi stopped him.
• The group found an enormous cavern and identified the Kunlun Sacred Tree and the Corpse Fragrance Konjac above it as Queen Jingjue’s resting place.
• Wu Liang, Hu Bayi, and Shirley Yang approached Queen Jingjue’s body, and Shirley Yang realized the object she sought was not there.

Wu Liang revealed the Moat Dust Bead’s location and the Ghost Cave radiation curse before completing his mission and returning with Queen Jingjue and the Corpse Fragrance Konjac. He gained a permanent route back to the Ghost Blowing Lamp world, 50,000 points, and the Face Fruit, then planted the Konjac in his manor’s garden.

• Wu Liang told Shirley Yang that the Moat Dust Bead was in Xian Wang Tomb and explained that Ghost Cave radiation caused the inherited curse affecting her and the others.
• Shirley Yang confirmed to Professor Chen that the coffin contained Queen Jingjue, while Wu Liang used the system to collect the Kunlun Sacred Tree and returned with the tree, the Corpse Fragrance Konjac, and Queen Jingjue.
• Seria explained that the Corpse Fragrance Konjac was becoming a five-hundred-thousand-year soul beast and had recognized Wu Liang as its master, while Queen Jingjue had powerful abilities and potential.
• Wu Liang submitted the Kunlun Sacred Tree, completing the mission and earning permanent access to the Ghost Blowing Lamp world, 50,000 points, and a Face Fruit.
• Wu Liang ate the Face Fruit and gained the once-per-day ability Give Me Face, then planted the Corpse Fragrance Konjac in his manor’s garden.

Wu Liang spent six months between Douluo Continent and the Ghost Blowing Lamp World, advancing his cultivation and restocking food and drinks. After Hu Bayi and his companions confronted him about his past actions, he explained his mission, his two worlds, and his power before they left for Yunnan.

• Wu Liang spent three months relaxing while the others trained and farmed Soul Bones, and Fei Ling absorbed the sealed Ant Queen to gain a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tang San encountered Tailong's father and grandfather at Shrek, defeated them, and revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, prompting the Strength Clan to recognize him and informing him of his background.
• Wu Liang made several trips back to the Ghost Blowing Lamp World, where Hu Bayi's group found Fish Bone Temple and identified the locations of Yunnan Worm Valley and the Xian Wang Tomb.
• Wu Di, Hu Bayi, Fatty, and Shirley Yang confronted Wu Liang in Beijing about taking Queen Jingjue's corpse and the Kunlun Sacred Tree, and he explained that the Sacred Tree had been his mission objective.
• Wu Liang explained that he traveled between worlds to restock snacks and soda, described the different cultivation systems, and showed them his six Soul Rings.
• Hu Bayi's group left for Yunnan, while Wu Liang bought more supplies and returned to Sky City.

Shrek’s tournament roster was set, with Tang San’s team handling ordinary matches and Wu Liang’s team reserved for powerful opponents. At the academy, Wu Liang revealed he could use both Martial Souls at once and explained that Twin Martial Soul users could inherit two God Positions, leaving Tang San curious about divine inheritances.

• The master proposed that Tang San’s team compete as the first team while Wu Liang’s group served as the main force, and Wu Liang suggested his group enter only against strong opponents.
• Wu Liang’s group reported Soul Power levels from forty-five to sixty-one, while Tang San’s group reported levels forty-three and forty-four; the master confirmed Shrek’s tournament participants.
• Flender and Liu Erlong handled the tournament procedures, and Tang San’s team returned to rest while the other groups stayed in Sky City to train and gather Soul Bones.
• After Sky City’s preparation period ended, Wu Liang and the others returned to Shrek Academy, where Tang San asked the master why he had been told to cultivate Blue Silver Grass before the Clear Sky Hammer.
• The master explained that Tang San could eventually give the Clear Sky Hammer nine ten-thousand-year-or-higher Soul Rings by cultivating his weaker Martial Soul first, but Wu Liang demonstrated that he could use both of his Martial Souls simultaneously.
• Wu Liang told Tang San that Twin Martial Soul users could inherit two God Positions and named the Angel, Sea, and Asura inheritances, while warning that creating a new God Position was extremely difficult.

Wu Liang reassured Grandmaster that Tang San could safely add Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer, within limits set by his physique and Soul Bones. Flender then explained the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament rules and format, and Wu Liang predicted Shrek's teams would dominate the preliminary and ranking rounds.

• Grandmaster asked Wu Liang whether Twin Martial Souls could conflict, and Wu Liang explained the role of physical strength, Tang San's foundation, Soul Bones, and soul beast sacrifices in managing the risk.
• Grandmaster asked how much energy Tang San's basic five-piece Soul Bone set could withstand, and Wu Liang said each piece could handle a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Flender gathered Shrek's teams and explained the tournament's age, team size, safety, equipment, and support rules, including the ban on Tang San's Hidden Weapons.
• Flender outlined the preliminary divisions, qualifying slots, ranking rounds, and thirty-three-team grand finals, including Spirit Hall's seeded team.
• Wu Liang said Shrek's first and second teams would make the preliminary and ranking rounds a stomp, while Flender warned them not to dismiss possible upsets.

Wu Liang and the Shrek Academy team attended the Heaven Dou division opening ceremony in extravagant DNF fashion sets, where they met Dugu Bo and faced a brief confrontation with Canghui Academy. The tournament officially began after Emperor Xue Ye declared it open.

• Wu Liang outfitted the Shrek team in elaborate Sky Sets after refusing to wear Flender's advertisement-covered uniforms.
• Dugu Bo introduced Wu Liang to Dugu Yan, who thanked him for curing her poison, and offered intelligence about Spirit Hall's seed team; Wu Liang already knew it had four Soul Ancestors and three Soul Kings.
• A Canghui Academy competitor mocked Shrek and showed hostility toward Tang San, but his teammate stopped him from escalating the quarrel.
• Shrek Academy entered the arena as the final team, drawing cheers and jeers for its striking uniforms while Wu Liang noticed a crimson-robed Spirit Hall elder staring at him.
• Emperor Xue Ye declared the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament open.

At the Spirit Master tournament opening, Shrek drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team for its first match, and Wu Liang left the fight to Tang San’s group. While waiting in the stands, Wu Liang reunited with Meng Yiran, and Tang San prepared to clear the field in one coordinated attack.

• Ning Fengzhi addressed the tournament, and Salas announced that finalists could join Martial Soul Palace directly, upsetting Emperor Xue Ye.
• The draw paired Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Shrek Academy in the first preliminary match.
• Wu Liang told Tang San to handle the match, then went to the stands with Kanna and the others.
• Meng Yiran surprised Wu Liang and explained that she had changed her appearance and had searched for him in Suotuo City.
• Tang San assigned roles to his teammates and planned to use Blue Silver Cage to help them clear the field in one burst.

Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team without a fight after Tang San’s ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring stunned the arena. After the match, Wu Liang gave Meng Yiran an immortal herb suited to her Serpent Cane Martial Soul, and she began cultivating as its power surged through her.

• Tang San and the Shrek team exchanged taunts with Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team before the preliminary match began.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi watched the teams, while Meng Shenji recognized Shrek’s strength and worried about Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dai Mubai and the others released their Martial Souls, revealing Shrek’s Soul Ancestor lineup and Tang San’s rare black fourth Soul Ring.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team surrendered after seeing Shrek’s strength, and Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to send them off the platform.
• Wu Liang gave Meng Yiran the Heavenly Serpent Attraction immortal herb, and she swallowed it before sitting down to cultivate.

Wu Liang’s Heaven Serpent Vine triggered Meng Yiran’s Martial Soul evolution, and dragon auras from the master and Liu Erlong helped her transform into a Golden Sacred Dragon. Meng Yiran awakened at level forty-six with an automatically formed ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and evolved wings, leaving Shrek’s group amazed by her new strength.

• Tang San explained that the Heaven Serpent Vine could evolve snake-type Martial Souls and might let Meng Yiran’s descendants transform into dragons.
• As Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane began evolving, Wu Liang noticed it lacked dragon aura and told the master and Liu Erlong to channel their Martial Soul auras into it.
• Meng Yiran’s Serpent Cane formed a golden egg, then emerged as a horned, winged golden dragon after completing its transformation.
• Meng Yiran woke as her fourth Soul Ring formed automatically and advanced to ten thousand years, then reported reaching level forty-six and gaining four new soul skills.
• Meng Yiran said her Eight Spider Lances had evolved into golden wings and gained the Soul Bone skill Sacred Dragon Wing Slash.

Ning Fengzhi brought Tang San to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who shared what he knew about Tang Hao’s disappearance and his conflict with Spirit Hall. Tang San hurried off to ask Wu Liang for more answers, while Ning Fengzhi grew uneasy about Xue Qinghe’s interest in him.

• Ning Fengzhi met the Shrek group after their matches and introduced himself to the students gathered with Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi took Tang San to a teahouse to meet Xue Qinghe, who had information about Tang Hao.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Spirit Hall had searched for an important item fifteen years earlier, that it may have been in Tang Hao’s possession, and that Tang Hao later fought Spirit Hall and left wounded.
• Tang San left at once to ask Wu Liang about his father, and Ning Fengzhi refused to tell Xue Qinghe who Wu Liang was.
• Ning Fengzhi left the teahouse feeling that he might eventually fall out with Xue Qinghe.