Chapter Summaries

Tang San began completing the waterfall training alone while Tang Hao left to pursue the Wisdom Spirit Bone. After Tian Xing Academy returned to Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye rewarded the team and recognized the academy’s territory, while the banquet brought a few awkward exchanges among the Shrek members.

• Tang Hao left Tang San at the waterfall to finish his training, and Tang San began making a wooden gavel before charging beneath the torrent.
• Xue Ye welcomed the returning teams to Heaven Dou City and announced that Lin Manshan would receive a count’s title.
• Dugu Bo declined a fief and requested the academy’s land instead, which Xue Ye agreed to grant, while Dugu Bo refused to add “Royal” to the academy’s name.
• Dugu Yan complained about Xue Ye’s political speech, and Dugu Bo said the academy could officially open and recruit students after the New Year.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong disappeared during the return journey, prompting speculation that Yu Xiaogang had fled to protect Shrek Academy’s reputation and avoid Spirit Hall.
• Flender kept Ma Hongjun’s prize money to support his weight-loss plans, and Ma Hongjun praised Jiang Zhu and criticized Dai Mubai’s womanizing.

Lin Manshan distributed Soul Bones and prepared to help Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuyu, and Ye Lingling obtain Soul Rings, while Dugu Bo promised Yang Wudi and Niu Gao powerful pills. At the Strength Clan Compound, Tai Tan defended Tang San’s decision not to save Yu Xiaogang, and Bai He worried that Tang San had withheld the truth about the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.

• Lin Manshan gave Zhu Zhuyun the Swift Wind Left Leg Bone and Shadow Cat Right Arm Bone to absorb, then began absorbing the Wisdom Skull while Zhu Zhuyu reminded him to use it.
• Dugu Bo told Yang Wudi and Niu Gao he would arrange pills with effects comparable to Immortal Herbs, prompting Yang Wudi and Niu Gao to pledge their clans’ loyalty to Tian Xing Academy.
• Dugu Bo planned a trip to Sunset Forest to help the women obtain Soul Rings and said Bai Xue and Shui Ziliu would accompany them.
• Tailong returned to the Strength Clan Compound and told Tai Tan about the Soul Master Competition and Yu Xiaogang’s injuries.
• Tai Tan argued that Tang San had been right not to give blood to Yu Xiaogang, then told Bai He that the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng he had given Tang San was an Immortal Herb.
• Bai He realized Tang San had recognized the herb but never told him its effects, yet he hoped Tang San would reward the Speed Clan in the future.

After recovering from absorbing their Soul Bones, Lin Manshan and Zhu Zhuyun prepared to travel to Sunset Forest for more Soul Rings. At Moonlight Pavilion, Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua that he intended to kill Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan.

• Lin Manshan woke after two days, found his Spiritual Power had reached the Vast Realm, and learned that Zhu Zhuyun had also recovered and broken through to level sixty.
• Lin Manshan and Zhu Zhuyun joined Dugu Bo and the others, then left for Sunset Forest to seek suitable Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao arrived at Moonlight Pavilion and discussed the damage to Tang San's reputation with Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Hao declared that he intended to surround and kill Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan, shocking Tang Yuehua.

Tang Hao told Tang Yuehua he planned to ambush Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo, hoping to obtain Spirit Bones and Life Energy that could help Tang San and restore Ah Yin. He laid out a plan with the Speed Clan and Strength Clan, and Tang Yuehua agreed to discuss it further that night.

• Tang Hao explained that Tang San could awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline at level 50 and planned to take him to the City of Slaughter afterward.
• Tang Hao revealed that Ah Yin had reverted into a seed and that he wanted Lin Manshan's Spirit Bones and stored Life Energy to speed her recovery.
• Tang Hao warned Tang Yuehua that Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo threatened the Clear Sky Sect and asked her to return to the sect if his plan failed.
• Tang Hao proposed using Bai He and the Speed Clan to capture Lin Manshan and pursue Dugu Bo while he drew Dugu Bo's attention, with Titan assisting.
• Tang Yuehua cautioned Tang Hao about Dugu Bo's control abilities and his injuries, then said she would take him to the Strength Clan that night to discuss the plan.

Tang Hao planned an ambush against Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo after learning that a group from Tian Xing Academy had traveled toward Sunset Forest. Lin Manshan discovered the plot and prepared to counter-encircle Tang Hao’s forces, leaving the group to decide whether to summon reinforcements.

• Min Clan disciples reported that seven people from Tian Xing Academy had left for Sunset Forest, and Tang Hao ordered the Strength and Min Clans to identify and ambush them on their return.
• A spider and a Magpie Bird carried word of Tang Hao’s meeting back to Lin Manshan the next day.
• Lin Manshan stopped the carriage and learned that Tang Hao had discussed killing him and Dugu Bo to seize his Skull and eliminate threats to Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Dugu Bo declared that he would kill the attackers and destroy the Strength and Min Clans after the battle.
• Shui Ziliu asked whether he should return to gather reinforcements so the group could stop Tang Hao from escaping.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo planned how to turn Tang Hao’s ambush into an opportunity to eliminate the Strength Clan and Speed Clan while avoiding Tang Hao’s desperate counterattack. They sent allies to arrange the operation and prepare evidence that would implicate Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect.

• Lin Manshan warned Dugu Bo that Tang Hao might use his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring to unleash Explode Ring, making a direct fight too dangerous.
• Lin Manshan proposed using the Recording Stone from Bibi Dong to document the encirclement and argued that Tang Hao would likely flee rather than risk dying before Tang San grew up.
• Dugu Bo reasoned that Tang Yuehua’s involvement would implicate the Clear Sky Sect and give Spirit Hall grounds to respond to the sect’s alleged violation of its agreement.
• Lin Manshan told Bai Xue to go to Skywater City, alert his father-in-law, and arrange for him to be seen by the Speed Clan’s scouts before secretly returning to the academy.
• Lin Manshan sent Shui Ziliu back to the academy to inform Yang Wudi and coordinate the forces that would confront Tai Tan, Bai He, and the other attackers.
• Bai Xue and Shui Ziliu left by air, and Lin Manshan took over as driver while the carriage continued toward their destination.

Yang Wudi and Niu Gao committed to defending Tian Xing Academy after learning Tang Hao planned to ambush Lin Manshan’s group, while Tang Hao’s forces prepared their attack. In the Extreme North, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu encountered several powerful Spirit Beasts and retreated; meanwhile, Lin Manshan’s group completed their Soul Ring hunts and set out for home with Yang Wudi and the others.

• Shui Ziliu told Yang Wudi and Niu Gao about Tang Hao’s plan, and the two decided to stand against him and stage a spar to make the Speed Clan scouts believe they remained at the academy.
• Tai Tan reported that Lin Manshan had left with six girls and Dugu Bo, and Tang Hao ordered his followers to proceed with their ambush plan.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu confronted the Ice Empress in the Extreme North, where several other powerful Spirit Beasts, including the Snow Empress, gathered and forced the two humans to retreat.
• Lin Manshan’s group obtained Soul Rings for Zhu Yu, Zhu Zhuyun, and Shui Yue'er, and Zhu Yu also received a Soul Bone.
• Lin Manshan’s group returned from the Extreme North, met Yang Wudi and the others outside Sunset Forest, and began their journey home.

Tang Hao ambushed Lin Manshan’s carriage in the valley, but Dugu Bo intercepted him and revealed a new Dragonified Form. As they clashed and Tang Hao tried to keep Dugu Bo occupied, a burst of Soul Power from elsewhere in the valley signaled that the other ambush was underway.

• Titan chose the narrow valley as an ambush site, and Tang Hao led his group there while a Magpie Bird carried a report to Lin Manshan.
• Lin Manshan drove into the valley, where Tang Hao attacked from above with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Dugu Bo emerged from the carriage and knocked him back.
• Dugu Bo pursued Tang Hao while the frightened horse carried Lin Manshan’s carriage farther into the valley.
• Tang Hao used Explode Ring to increase his strength, and Dugu Bo answered by transforming into his Dragonified Form and dodging his attacks.
• A violent Soul Power fluctuation erupted from the other end of the valley, and Tang Hao intercepted Dugu Bo as the two began a drawn-out chase.

Lin Manshan and his allies ambushed Bai He and Titan as they tried to seize him, defeating their clans and capturing both leaders. Lin Manshan secured recordings of the attackers’ actions and prepared to take the prisoners away.

• Titan and Bai He’s forces surrounded Lin Manshan’s carriage, but Yang Wudi and Shui Chaozong emerged and attacked them.
• Shui Chaozong drove Bai He and the Min Clan disciples back with his ice abilities while Lin Manshan retrieved recordings documenting the ambush and Titan’s threat.
• Bai He dived toward Lin Manshan, who used his Void Evasion Technique to slash him before Bai Xue froze him.
• Shui Chaozong and Yang Wudi overwhelmed Titan, and Lin Manshan wounded him and gave him a pill that crippled his Martial Soul and cultivation.
• Lin Manshan’s allies bound Bai He and Titan, and Lin Manshan announced that they would take both prisoners along.

Lin Manshan exposed Tai Tan and Bai He's role in the ambush and joined Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, and their allies in confronting Tang Hao. As the battle began, Tang Hao broke through Dugu Bo's time-stopping technique and focused on Lin Manshan’s apparent teleportation.

• Lin Manshan revealed that his Recording Stone had captured the ambush, while Yang Wudi accused Tai Tan and Bai He of betraying their clans and their former friendship.
• Yang Wudi had Tai Tan and Bai He gagged, and Shui Ziliu and Shui Chaozong carried them to Dugu Bo as he fled Tang Hao through the valley.
• Tang Hao stopped pursuing Dugu Bo and attacked Lin Manshan, but Dugu Bo used Ring Fusion and Time Stasis to slow him.
• Yang Wudi prepared his strongest spear strike as Shui Chaozong and Bai Xue attacked Tang Hao with their Spirit Abilities.
• Lin Manshan activated Breaking Extremes and teleported toward Tang Hao, who guessed the ability came from a Soul Bone and exploded his sixth spirit ring to resist Dugu Bo’s restraint.

Lin Manshan and his allies defeated Tang Hao’s ambush and recorded him killing Bai He, Tai Tan, and their clansmen as he fled. The group planned to use the evidence to turn the Strength and Speed clans against the Clear Sky Sect and bring them into the academy’s alliance, while Tang Hao hid to recover and plotted to prepare Tang San for the City of Slaughter.

• Lin Manshan, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo attacked Tang Hao, whose Great Sumeru Hammer let him break free and flee toward Bai He and Tai Tan.
• Tang Hao killed Bai He and Tai Tan, then slaughtered the remaining clan disciples who had survived the battle; Lin Manshan recorded his actions.
• Lin Manshan and the others decided the recording would expose Tang Hao and help them bring the leaderless Strength and Speed clans into their alliance rather than destroy them.
• Dugu Bo took the recording stone, and the group gathered the bodies and resumed their journey.
• Tang Hao reached a cave, realized his injuries had worsened, and decided to accelerate Tang San’s training so he could enter the City of Slaughter within three years.

Dugu Bo exposed Tang Hao’s ambush and the Clear Sky Sect’s involvement, then declared war on them and sought the Strength and Speed Clans’ allegiance. After Ning Fengzhi refused to commit, Dugu Bo left with Ghost Douluo to discuss Spirit Hall’s proposal.

• Dugu Bo displayed Recording Stone evidence over Moonlight Pavilion and announced that Tian Xing Academy was at war with Tang Hao, his son, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ghost Douluo sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to report the incident to Bibi Dong, while Ning Fengzhi worried about the consequences for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dugu Bo showed Tailong, Bai Chenxiang, and the clans’ disciples how Tang Hao had killed their leaders, then offered the weakened Strength and Speed Clans protection and a place in Tian Xing Academy.
• The clans’ disciples demanded revenge, and Dugu Bo left Yang Wudi and Niu Gao to arrange the leaders’ remains.
• Dugu Bo canceled his prior cooperation with Ning Fengzhi, who promised not to aid the Clear Sky Sect, and then agreed to discuss Spirit Hall’s business with Ghost Douluo.

After Tang Hao’s failed ambush was exposed, Spirit Hall moved against the Clear Sky Sect while Lin Manshan warned Bibi Dong that Tang Hao planned to take Tang San to the City of Slaughter. The chapter ended with Hu Liena asking to train there and Bibi Dong refusing.

• Flender told Liu Erlong that Tang Hao’s ambush on Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan had failed, and that Dugu Bo had exposed the attack with a Recording Stone and declared war on Tang Hao, his son, and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Jiang Zhu returned to Shrek Academy, rejected Ma Hongjun’s invitation to travel, and went to bid farewell to the Dean.
• Lin Manshan identified the Heavenly Snow Woman and Titan Snow Demon King for Ghost Douluo, then warned Spirit Hall that Tang Hao planned to take Tang San to the City of Slaughter to seek the Wisdom Skull.
• Dugu Bo said he would rely on Spirit Hall to pursue Tang Hao and arranged for the Strength and Speed Clans to join Tian Xing Academy; Yang Wudi and Niu Gao each consumed a Pill and gained three Soul Power ranks.
• Qian Daoliu voided the agreement with the Clear Sky Sect and sent Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to demand that it either begin war or seal itself off completely.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to watch the entrances to the City of Slaughter, then refused Hu Liena’s request to train there instead of in Death Canyon.

Spirit Hall voided its agreement with Clear Sky Sect and forced Tang Xiao to seal the sect after exposing Tang Hao’s failed ambush. Lin Manshan prepared to track Tang San, while Tang Hao learned of the crisis and set out to train his son.

• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo told Tang Xiao that Spirit Hall had voided the agreement and gave Clear Sky Sect the choice of war or sealing itself off; Tang Xiao chose the lockdown.
• Clear Sky Sect’s elders argued over Tang Hao’s actions and the sect’s options, and Tang Xiao ordered preparations for seclusion, an escape passage, and a future in which Tang San might break the deadlock.
• Lin Manshan released a bird to help track Tang San to the Blue Silver King and planned to place a True Eye near Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao learned that Dugu Bo’s Recording Stone had exposed the ambush and that Clear Sky Sect had sealed itself off, then set out to train Tang San.

Tang San absorbed Shi Nian’s Illusionary Wisdom Skull, followed a voice to the Blue Silver King, and awakened his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul. After Tang Hao collapsed from severe injuries, Tang San proposed using the Blue Silver King’s life energy to heal him, and Tang Hao led him onward to begin his next training task.

• Tang Hao took Tang San to a forest, where Tang San absorbed Shi Nian’s Skull and gained Illusionary Space, a spiritual network that connected him to nearby Blue Silver Grass.
• A voice called Tang San “King,” and he ran deeper into the forest while Tang Hao waited behind.
• Seven days later, Tang San emerged from the vine cocoon with the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, thanked the Blue Silver King, and returned to Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao recognized Tang San’s changed appearance as Ah Yin’s and collapsed after embracing him; Tang San discovered his father’s injuries were grave.
• Tang San proposed healing Tang Hao with the Blue Silver King’s life energy, and Tang Hao told him to follow as his Soul Power had reached Rank 53.

Tang San entered the City of Slaughter to train, where he discovered his Eight Spider Lances could devour the Soul Power and Life Energy of its inhabitants to speed his recovery and cultivation. He began secretly hunting Spirit Masters, while Tang Hao watched over him and accepted the killings as a means for Tang San to grow stronger.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to detect Spirit Hall sentries on the road, so Tang Hao changed their route to reach a hidden entrance to the City of Slaughter.
• Tang Hao warned Tang San that he would have to rely on himself inside the City of Slaughter, and Tang San entered before going to the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• After killing a resident, Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to absorb Soul Power and Life Energy, discovering that they replenished his strength but could not store the excess energy.
• Tang San continued hunting Spirit Masters and secretly brought their corpses back to test the Eight Spider Lances, while avoiding the attention of the King of Slaughter.
• Tang Hao realized Tang San was using the devouring ability to cultivate and, concerned about the sect's dire situation, accepted the practice as a way for his son to grow stronger quickly.

Bibi Dong learned that Tang Hao and Tang San had entered the City of Slaughter and planned to prepare for their return while pursuing her own cultivation. Months later, Yu Xiaogang’s jealousy and distrust drove Liu Erlong to leave their home, leaving him dependent on Flender for care.

• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to withdraw the scouts and prepare to seal off the City of Slaughter in a year.
• Lin Manshan considered Ah Yin’s recovery, Tang Hao’s possible motives, and the rewards he expected from Tang Hao and Tang San, then returned to cultivating.
• At New Year, Flender brought supplies to Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong at Shrek Academy’s Back Mountain.
• Yu Xiaogang mistook Flender’s attempt to shield Liu Erlong from falling debris for an intimate gesture and accused them through his jealous reaction.
• Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang about her years of devotion and his preference for Tang San, then stormed out.
• Liu Erlong returned alone and told Yu Xiaogang she would move out once Flender arranged someone to care for him.

Tian Xing Academy opened with the Speed Clan and Strength Clan joining, while Lin Manshan and Dugu Yan later reached level 60 and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest for Spirit Rings. There, the group found and attacked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, injuring its Evil God Hook and leaving the battle underway.

• The Speed Clan and Strength Clan joined Tian Xing Academy after hardship and joined the academy’s growing ranks.
• Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Ghost Douluo attended Tian Xing Academy’s opening ceremony, where Dugu Bo gave a speech and the guests cut the ribbons.
• Five months later, Lin Manshan and Dugu Yan reached level 60, and they traveled with Dugu Bo, Shui Chaozong, and Yang Wudi to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The group hunted a forty-thousand-year Spirit Beast for Dugu Yan, raising her Soul Power to level 64.
• Near the forest’s core region, Lin Manshan sensed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and the group ambushed it after its domain skill darkened the forest.
• Shui Chaozong and Yang Wudi attacked while Dugu Bo restrained the tiger, and Lin Manshan struck its tail hook, cracking the bone and weakening its skills.

Lin Manshan defeated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger inside its Life and Death Arena and returned to the Star Dou Great Forest. After resisting the evil remnant within the tiger’s strange bead, he decided to use it as the core for condensing a Soul Core.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger repeatedly attacked Lin Manshan, but Lin Manshan evaded its assaults while Dugu Bo, Shui Chaozong, and Yang Wudi weakened it with their attacks.
• The tiger trapped Lin Manshan with its spatial ability and pulled him into the Life and Death Arena, where both appeared in shrunken forms.
• Lin Manshan shot the charging tiger with his Handgun and killed it, then returned to the forest as the tiger’s corpse, Soul Ring, and strange bead appeared.
• Lin Manshan grabbed the bead, and its suction dragged him toward a black hole until Dugu Bo and Shui Chaozong’s attacks made the hole vanish.
• The bead tried to merge with Lin Manshan and send the tiger’s evil remnant into him, but he resisted with Breaking Extremes and purified the invading aura.
• Lin Manshan identified the bead as a crystallization of the tiger’s abilities and told Dugu Bo he planned to use it as the core for condensing a Soul Core.

Lin Manshan absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring and gained five levels, while the tiger’s pearl remained a mystery. He and the others prepared to return, unaware that a strand of gray aura had entered Dugu Bo.

• Lin Manshan explained that the purified pearl might store source energy or function like a special External Soul Bone, then put it away and began absorbing the Soul Ring.
• A strand of gray aura reappeared and silently entered the back of Dugu Bo’s head, though he dismissed the odd sensation.
• Lin Manshan absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring as its corpse vanished, and Dugu Bo assured Dugu Yan that his aura seemed steady.
• After waking, Lin Manshan considered whether the tiger’s strange Life and Death Arena was a trial space connected to the Evil God.
• Lin Manshan revealed that the Soul Ring had raised him to Level 65, and Dugu Bo and Shui Ziliu speculated that the pearl explained why no Soul Bone appeared.
• Dugu Bo led the group to prepare to return.