Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuan brought Xiao Wu back to Shrek Academy, where she hoped to see Tang San soon. After discovering Xue Qingqing had reached level thirty by taking Dugu Bo’s medicine, Zhao Xuan checked her condition, scolded her, and ordered her to leave with him for Sunset Forest the next morning.

• Zhao Xuan explained to Xiao Wu that Heaven Dou City was quieter because the empire was preparing for war and trade had stopped, and he assured her that Tang San was safe and would return soon.
• Zhao Xuan and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu reminisced about the familiar grounds and teased Zhao Xuan about Xue Qingqing.
• Xue Qingqing told Zhao Xuan that her Soul Power had reached level thirty, and Guli explained that Dugu Bo’s Soul-Boosting Powder had increased it by one and a half levels.
• Zhao Xuan examined Xue Qingqing’s meridians, confirmed they were unharmed, and scolded her for taking medicine from Dugu Bo.
• Zhao Xuan told Xue Qingqing to pack and leave with him for Sunset Forest the following morning.

Zhao Xuan took Xue Qingqing and Guli to Sunset Forest so Xue Qingqing could obtain a spirit ring. After traveling to a town near the forest and warning off a recruiter who approached them, the group entered the forest at dawn.

• Xue Qingqing and Guli worried Zhao Xuan would confront Dugu Bo, but he told them they were going to hunt for a spirit ring.
• Xue Qingqing and Guli traveled with Zhao Xuan by carriage from Heaven Dou City toward Sunset Forest, enjoying the journey before growing tired.
• The group reached a town outside Sunset Forest in the evening, where local recruiters eyed them as wealthy, inexperienced targets.
• Zhao Xuan frightened off Old Zhang with a cold warning, and the onlookers mistook him for an old monster.
• After resting overnight at an inn, Zhao Xuan led Xue Qingqing and Guli into Sunset Forest at dawn.

Zhao Xuan trained Xue Qingqing in Sunset Forest, making her fight Spirit Beasts instead of rushing to obtain a soul ring. After she overcame her fear of a ten-year Bambusa and learned to defeat weaker beasts, he ordered her to face the hundred-year Spirit Beasts herself.

• A bamboo arrow shot at Xue Qingqing, but Guli cut it in two with the Scythe of the Death God.
• Zhao Xuan exposed the ten-year Bambusa that had fired the arrow, then chose to spare it and teased Xue Qingqing for freezing up.
• Zhao Xuan led Xue Qingqing around the forest outskirts all day, repeatedly putting her into battles so she could turn her theoretical skills into practical fighting.
• Xue Qingqing progressed from panicking at a ten-year Spirit Beast to defeating one, and Zhao Xuan mocked her pride in the achievement.
• Zhao Xuan told Xue Qingqing to handle any hundred-year Spirit Beasts they encountered, while Guli watched in confusion and Xue Qingqing blushed at his crude remark.

Xue Qingqing defeated a six-hundred-year Flame Monkey, but Zhao Xuan continued leading her through Sunset Forest instead of searching for her soul ring. They reached Dugu Bo’s territory, where Zhao Xuan questioned him about the medicine he had given her and learned that two Spirit Beasts were cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xue Qingqing used her Falling Flowers attack to wound the Flame Monkey, and Zhao Xuan stopped her from pursuing it.
• Xue Qingqing asked when they would hunt for her soul ring, but Zhao Xuan led the group onward to find an avian Spirit Beast.
• In Dugu Bo’s poisonous territory, Xue Qingqing screamed at the sight of a snake, and Zhao Xuan tossed it away and told her it was harmless to her.
• Dugu Bo admitted he had given Xue Qingqing medicine and said its remaining dose was reserved for Yanzi; he explained that its ingredients were too scarce for mass production.
• Zhao Xuan asked after two Spirit Beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo complained that their presence made him nervous.
• Zhao Xuan said the two Spirit Beasts were Xiao San’s brothers-in-law and that the well counted as family property, leaving Dugu Bo stunned.

After finding a suitable soul ring for Xue Qingqing, Zhao Xuan used his divine sense to detect a large Spirit Hall camp hidden in Sunset Forest. The chapter left him observing the camp as his voice rang out, warning that the dead would not return.

• Zhao Xuan found a two-thousand-year Ethereal Goose for Xue Qingqing, whose new Third Soul Skill fired piercing light waves and increased her speed.
• Zhao Xuan connected Xue Qingqing and Guli to his divine sense network, letting them sense across sixteen thousand meters, then carried them toward a disturbance.
• Zhao Xuan discovered a concealed camp containing more than fifteen hundred Spirit Hall soul masters and watched its occupants from above.
• Bishop Mo argued with Bishops Sang and the feminine-looking bishop about delayed reinforcements and the coming plan.
• Bishop Sang explained that Heaven Dou Empire investigations threatened Spirit Hall's branches, while he and the other bishops had kept trusted people outside to protect their influence.
• Zhao Xuan's voice reached the camp, warning that the dead might not return.

Zhao Xuan appeared before a Spirit Hall camp and unleashed his Thunder Domain, wiping out most of its soul masters. After the lightning dissipated, he turned his attention to the three bishops whose movements he had disrupted.

• Zhao Xuan revealed himself with Guli and Xue Qingqing, and Bishop Mo recognized him as Thunder Douluo.
• Bishop Mo ordered the camp to scatter and flee, while he and the other two bishops ran in different directions.
• Zhao Xuan spread his domain and used Ten Thousand Thunders... Sound as One, filling the camp with lightning that killed hundreds or thousands of soul masters.
• Guli closed her eyes as Zhao Xuan urged her not to watch, while Xue Qingqing kept her eyes open despite her distress.
• Zhao Xuan stopped the lightning after it devastated the camp, then looked toward the three bishops whose actions he had made strange.

Zhao Xuan ended the illusion realm and gave the surviving Spirit Hall soul masters a choice between surrendering and dying. After Bishop Mo attacked and was defeated by a single punch, Bishop Sang chose to join the survivors on Zhao Xuan’s left.

• Zhao Xuan snapped his fingers, ending the illusion realm and revealing the battlefield strewn with corpses to Bishop Mo, Bishop Sang, and the other survivors.
• Bishop Mo asked Zhao Xuan about his martial soul, but Zhao Xuan refused to reveal his abilities and offered the Spirit Hall survivors a choice to live or die.
• Bishop Mo warned Bishop Sang and the other bishop against betraying Spirit Hall, causing them to hesitate until Zhao Xuan threatened them.
• Bishop Mo attacked Zhao Xuan with his halberd, but Zhao Xuan shattered the space before him with a punch and sent Bishop Mo crashing into a pit.
• Bishop Sang hurried to join the survivors who had chosen to live.

Zhao Xuan killed the Spirit Hall soul masters who refused to surrender and forced the survivors to help dispose of the bodies. He learned that the group had taken part in the siege of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then escorted the survivors and the captured Bishop Mo toward Heaven Dou City.

• Zhao Xuan used Purple Heaven Divine Lightning to kill the Spirit Hall soul masters who refused to surrender and ordered the survivors to bury them.
• Bishop Sang and Bishop Mo fed the unconscious Bishop Mo Soul Sealing Powder, while Zhao Xuan kept him alive for questioning.
• Bishop Sang identified himself as Sang Yang, red-clad bishop of Santana City, and Bishop Mo identified himself as Mo Yan, red-clad bishop of Longyun City.
• Sang Yang revealed that their team had participated in the siege of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and had been ordered to hide in Sunset Forest; he said he did not know where the other teams were.
• The survivors cleared the battlefield and buried the dead, then Zhao Xuan escorted them back toward Heaven Dou City.

Zhao Xuan and Grandmaster discussed the royal family’s plan to control the captured Spirit Hall forces, while Spirit Hall reacted angrily to its losses. After more than a month, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with their friends, where Zhao Xuan pointed out that one woman had been left behind as the girls walked away.

• Flender praised Zhao Xuan for helping the royal family defeat and capture Spirit Hall forces, and Grandmaster thanked him for avenging the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Grandmaster told Zhao Xuan that the royal family planned to control the captives with Dugu Bo’s poison, which caused unbearable pain every seven days without an antidote.
• Bibi Dong learned that Spirit Hall had lost over a thousand Soul Masters and issued orders that increased pressure across the continent, especially around the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qin Ming returned to Shrek Academy with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing after spending more than a month in the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Mubai stopped Ma Hongjun from rushing to hug Zhu Zhuqing, then reunited with Zhao Xuan, Oscar, and the others.
• The girls left together, and Zhao Xuan asked whether they were going to ignore the remaining woman.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after a year of cultivation, reunited with Xiao Wu and the Shrek group, and revealed that the Clear Sky Sect would send disciples to gather information. Grandmaster proposed a spar to help everyone get reacquainted, and the group turned their attention to Zhao Xuan.

• Zhao Xuan teased the newcomers about being forgotten, and Tang San revealed himself to Xiao Wu and the gathered Shrek group.
• Xiao Wu embraced Tang San, while Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Hermione, and Dai Mubai welcomed him back and reacted to his changed appearance.
• Tang San reunited with Grandmaster, Flender, and the others, explaining that he had spent the past year cultivating and had not known how complicated events outside had become.
• Dai Mubai remembered the state letter for Xue Ye, and Grandmaster offered to deliver it the next morning.
• Tang San reported that the Clear Sky Sect's Howling Sky Douluo planned to send disciples down the mountain to gather information.
• Grandmaster suggested a spar to help the reunited Shrek group get reacquainted, and everyone looked toward Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Xuan faced Tang San and the other Shrek members in a team battle on the back mountain, while Grandmaster wanted to see how much they had grown. The fight began with Ning Rongrong boosting her teammates, and Zhao Xuan waited for their first attacks.

• Ma Hongjun revealed that Zhao Xuan had single-handedly wiped out more than fifteen hundred Spirit Hall Soul Masters, stunning Dai Mubai and Tang San.
• Grandmaster ordered Zhao Xuan to watch his strength while drawing out the Shrek members' abilities.
• Tang San arranged the eight Shrek members into their familiar formation, and Zhao Wuji started the match.
• Ning Rongrong strengthened the team with her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda while Oscar offered her a sausage.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun launched the White Tiger Blazing Light Wave and Phoenix Howl Heaven Strike at Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Xuan tested Tang San and the others by letting them attack an Illusionary Body he had created. The group realized the clone’s power was overwhelming, leaving Tang San to take some comfort in facing it instead of Zhao Xuan himself.

• Dai Mubai, Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu combined their Soul Skills to attack Zhao Xuan, while Flender watched the arena suffer damage.
• Zhao Xuan avoided the attacks by leaving an Illusionary Body in his place and forming a protective structure from spiritual-sense bricks.
• Zhao Xuan revealed from outside the arena that the figure fighting them was his new skill, and Tang San explained that it was an Illusionary Body.
• Tang San and the others recognized that the clone’s strength far exceeded theirs, while Zhao Xuan watched them test themselves against it.
• Tang San accepted that fighting the spiritual Illusionary Body was better than facing Zhao Xuan himself.

Shrek's team shattered the mental house around Illusionary Body Zhao Xuan and launched a coordinated assault, but his consciousness-derived defense and evasive ability frustrated them. Tang San adjusted the team's approach and joined the fight, while Zhao Xuan assessed the limits of his defensive technique.

• Ma Hongjun's Flame Lord and Hermione's Extreme Cold Storm combined to destroy the mental house surrounding Illusionary Body Zhao Xuan.
• Ning Rongrong supported the vanguard as Dai Mubai struck Illusionary Body Zhao Xuan with his White Tiger Annihilation Kill, but a turtle-shell-like defense absorbed the attack.
• Zhao Xuan determined that his consciousness-derived defense could currently block attacks around the level of a newly advanced Soul Sage.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu attacked Illusionary Body Zhao Xuan, but he repeatedly evaded their movements.
• Tang San told Hermione to withdraw her rock spikes and Blue Silver Grass, then instructed Ning Rongrong and Oscar to support from the rear.
• Tang San charged into the fight, and Master relaxed as he saw Tang San regain his composure.

Tang San used his Blue Silver Domain to interfere with Zhao Xuan’s divine sense during a fight on Shrek Academy’s back mountain. Zhao Xuan’s illusory swords overwhelmed the group until Grandmaster called a halt, leaving the others aware of the widening gap between them and Zhao Xuan.

• Tang San spread his Blue Silver Domain across the back mountain, surprising Grandmaster, Flender, and Sword Douluo Li Qing.
• Tang San used the domain to interfere with Zhao Xuan’s perception, prompting Zhao Xuan to stop dodging and let the group attack.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San attacked Zhao Xuan from four directions while Hermione joined them from the air.
• Zhao Xuan summoned countless divine sense swords that pierced through the group’s Soul Skills, and Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade them.
• Grandmaster stopped the fight, Zhao Xuan’s Illusionary Body dissipated, and Dai Mubai and the others recognized how much the gap had widened.

After Tang San's group was decisively defeated by Zhao Xuan's Illusionary Body, Shrek Academy celebrated their tournament victory. Tang San then told Zhao Xuan he wanted to establish a sect founded on Hidden Weapons and poison arts, claiming its strongest weapons could kill a Titled Douluo.

• Zhao Xuan's Illusionary Body defeated Tang San's group of eight, and they recovered from the spiritual-sense swords that had shaken their Seas of Consciousness.
• Shrek Academy held a celebration for the tournament-winning little monsters, while Zhao Xuan advised Xue Qingqing to slow her Soul Power cultivation and stabilize her strength.
• Tang San told Zhao Xuan that he wanted to establish a sect and build it around Hidden Weapons, supported by poison arts.
• Tang San explained that the empire might support his sect because Hidden Weapons could help counter Spirit Hall's many soul masters.
• Tang San claimed he possessed methods to craft Hidden Weapons powerful enough to kill a Titled Douluo, leaving Zhao Xuan astonished.

Zhao Xuan agreed to join Tang San in founding the Tang Sect, and Tang San planned to recruit the four single-attribute clans. After Zhao Xuan secured the sect a royal estate and funding, he reached level seventy and began constructing his next spirit skill.

• Zhao Xuan accepted Tang San's proposal to fulfill their old promise and establish the Tang Sect, and Tang San named the four single-attribute clans as potential recruits.
• Zhao Xuan encouraged Tang San to approach the clans, and Tang San resolved to try despite their past grievances with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhao Xuan met Emperor Xue Ye, who granted the Tang Sect a large estate in Heaven Dou City and two million Gold Soul Coins.
• A month later, Zhao Xuan reached level seventy and began using his Computer Spirit to construct his seventh spirit skill.
• After more than a day of work, Zhao Xuan's surging sea of consciousness finally calmed.

Zhao Xuan emerged from seclusion with a seventh spirit skill that made him immune to most attacks below the rule level and let him keep fighting despite injuries. Hermione then told him that the Balak Kingdom and the Seals Duchy had joined Spirit Hall, and Zhao Xuan began considering how to keep the other states from following them.

• Zhao Xuan learned that his seventh spirit skill, Data Body, datafied his body and protected him from most physical, elemental, and spiritual damage.
• Zhao Xuan considered how the skill would help him face Titled Douluos and Spirit Hall’s veteran experts.
• Hermione visited Zhao Xuan and told him that the Balak Kingdom and the Seals Duchy had publicly joined Spirit Hall’s camp.
• Hermione explained that other kingdoms and duchies were wavering, and that the imperial family wanted to know when Zhao Xuan would emerge from seclusion.
• Zhao Xuan decided that the empire needed to stabilize the remaining duchies and kingdoms, even if only through superficial obedience.

Zhao Xuan learned that Qinshan Sect was closely tied to the Barak Royal Family and chose it as a target to deter other kingdoms and duchies from aligning with Spirit Hall. He arrived near the sect alone, while a Heaven Dou Empire spy secretly doubled back to witness his attack.

• Grandmaster explained Qinshan Sect’s history and its ties to the Barak Royal Family, including its former sect master’s possible breakthrough to Titled Douluo.
• Zhao Xuan decided to destroy Qinshan Sect as retaliation against the Barak Kingdom and a warning to other powers.
• Several days later, Zhao Xuan reached Qinshan Sect’s territory with a Heaven Dou Empire spy, who reported that about two thousand people lived there.
• Zhao Xuan frightened the spy with his aura and sent him away, but noticed when the curious man returned by another route.
• Zhao Xuan assessed Qinshan Sect and counted 1,672 people.

Zhao Xuan arrived at the Qinshan Sect after Qin Ze warned Qin Ming that the Heaven Dou Empire might retaliate for their alliance with Spirit Hall. Qin Ze recognized Zhao Xuan as Thunder Douluo and transformed to fight him, but Zhao Xuan began unleashing his attack as the sect’s disciples watched below.

• Qin Ze warned Qin Ming that Xue Song might target the Qinshan Sect for supporting Spirit Hall, while a strange thunderclap sounded overhead.
• Qin Ze spotted Zhao Xuan in the sky and ordered the sect to evacuate; Qin Ming rang the alarm bells.
• Qin Ze confronted Zhao Xuan and tried to persuade him to spare the sect, but Zhao Xuan revealed he had overheard their conversation.
• Qin Ze recognized Zhao Xuan as Thunder Douluo and transformed into his Mountain Moving Ape form to attack.
• Zhao Xuan dodged Qin Ze’s strike, raised his hand, and cast Myriad Thunders Roar as the sky darkened.

Zhao Xuan overwhelmed Qin Ze and the Qinshan Sect with his strength and a devastating storm of lightning. Qin Ze sacrificed his life to reach Rank 93 and faced Zhao Xuan in a final battle that ended with a cloud of Blood Mist filling the sky.

• Purple-gold lightning rained down on the Qinshan Sect, destroying its buildings and killing many of its people.
• Qin Ze attacked Zhao Xuan with Shattering Star, but Zhao Xuan casually punched him down the mountain.
• Qin Yun reported that nearly everyone had died, and Qin Ze struck him for standing by while the sect was destroyed.
• Qin Ze used a life-sacrificing secret technique to raise his power to Rank 93 and explained that Qin Yun's greed had helped bring disaster on the sect.
• Zhao Xuan summoned his Demon God True Body, and he and Qin Ze charged at each other before a cloud of golden-red Blood Mist spread across the sky.