Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuan annihilated the Qinshan Sect’s Soul Masters, leaving Qin Yun insane and the surviving elderly, women, and children among the ruins. A month later, Tang San returned to the newly established Tang Sect, where Yang Wudi challenged Zhao Xuan to a battle promised by the sect master.

• Zhao Xuan used Purple Heaven Divine Lightning to kill Qin Yun’s fleeing disciples, then found that Qin Yun had gone mad and spared the remaining noncombatants.
• News of the Qinshan Sect’s destruction spread across the continent, and Bibi Dong ordered preparations to continue for another year.
• A month later, Tang San returned with the Tang Sect’s core members and met Zhao Xuan at the renovated headquarters in Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Wudi, the Breaking Clan patriarch and a Tang Sect hall master, asked Zhao Xuan to fight him, citing Tang San’s promise.

Tang San introduced Zhao Xuan to the four single-attribute clan patriarchs and revealed that Yang Wudi wanted to spar with him before joining the Tang Sect. The two met outside Heaven Dou City, where Yang Wudi opened the match with a spear thrust.

• Tang San told Zhao Xuan that Yang Wudi had made sparring with him a condition for joining the Tang Sect.
• Tang San introduced Tai Tan, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Lou Gao, and Zhao Xuan welcomed them into the sect.
• Zhao Xuan agreed to Yang Wudi's challenge, and Tang San revealed that Zhao Xuan held the position of Great Elder.
• The group traveled outside Heaven Dou City, where Tang San recognized the battlefield as the place Zhao Xuan had fought Jade Lord Douluo.
• Yang Wudi summoned his Soul Breaking Spear and eight soul rings, then thrust his spear toward Zhao Xuan to begin the match.

Zhao Xuan sparred with Yang Wudi, whose all-out spear attacks impressed him despite Zhao Xuan's overwhelming strength and skill. As the battle intensified, Tang San revealed that Zhao Xuan had already killed several Titled Douluo, leaving the others astonished.

• Tai Tan and Niu Gao debated how many exchanges Yang Wudi could last against Zhao Xuan, Thunder Douluo.
• Zhao Xuan summoned a Thunder Long Spear, then deflected Yang Wudi's Soul Breaking Spear with a flick of his fingers and demonstrated his immense physical strength.
• Zhao Xuan praised Yang Wudi's unusual combat path, then reminded him that his spirit skills, Spiritual Power, and strength were all superior.
• Tang San told Bai He and the others that Zhao Xuan had killed Blade Douluo Kang Lang and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan before Qinshan Douluo.
• Yang Wudi fought with increasingly powerful spear techniques, while Zhao Xuan recognized the penetrating force of his attacks and noted the weaknesses of his offense-only style.

Yang Wudi asked Zhao Xuan to teach him the momentum of attack, and Zhao Xuan demonstrated his resilience by letting Yang Wudi pierce his chest before instantly healing. They then clashed in a fierce exchange of Zhao Xuan’s punch and Yang Wudi’s Eighth Spirit Skill, with the battle’s outcome obscured by a burst of sand.

• Yang Wudi admitted that Zhao Xuan’s perception and reactions exposed the weakness of his attack-focused fighting style, then asked him to teach the momentum of attack.
• Yang Wudi pierced Zhao Xuan’s chest with the Soul Breaking Spear, but Zhao Xuan expelled the weapon and regenerated his wound as Tang San held back the onlookers.
• Yang Wudi recovered from his shock and prepared to face Zhao Xuan’s attack.
• Zhao Xuan struck with a powerful punch while Yang Wudi countered with his Eighth Spirit Skill, Like a Dragon.
• Yang Wudi struggled against Zhao Xuan’s fist force, then roared for it to break, causing a blast of airflow and sand that obscured the battlefield.

After Yang Wudi lost a sparring match against Zhao Xuan, the Tang Sect’s four clans completed their merger and Tang San organized the sect’s leadership and preparations. The chapter ended with the Strength Hall ready to begin manufacturing Hidden Weapons and the sect planning to recruit and train more members.

• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Tang San discussed how far Zhao Xuan had held back during his fight with Yang Wudi.
• Zhao Xuan used his domain to heal Yang Wudi, who conceded the match and received Zhao Xuan’s praise.
• The four single-attribute clans merged into the Tang Sect as the Strength, Defense, Break, and Agility Halls, and Tang San appointed the Shrek companions as elders and Ma Hongjun as Battle Hall Master.
• Tai Tan reported that the four clans had about twelve hundred members, including fewer than nine hundred Battle Soul Masters.
• Tang San ordered the Strength Hall to begin forging Hidden Weapons the next day, while Ning Rongrong confirmed that the purchased metals had arrived.

Tang San and Zhao Xuan discussed recruiting Soul Masters and the Tang Sect’s need for powerful allies, then considered how to expand the sect’s facilities. Tang San agreed to establish a branch at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest, despite concerns about Dugu Bo’s reaction.

• Tang San worried that the Tang Sect would recruit few Soul Masters, and Zhao Xuan urged him to focus on finding top-tier experts.
• Tang San asked Zhao Xuan about Sea God Island and said he would leave the Tang Sect in Zhao Xuan’s care when he departed.
• Tang San pointed out that the Tang Sect’s grounds lacked training areas and medicinal herb gardens.
• Zhao Xuan proposed building a branch at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained that Da Ming and Er Ming were there with Dugu Bo.
• Tang San weighed the benefits and concerns, then agreed to go to Sunset Forest.

Zhao Xuan and Tang San traveled to Sunset Forest to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they encountered Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo recognized Tang San and excitedly dragged him off to help with an experiment that had reached a bottleneck.

• Zhao Xuan and Tang San raced from the Tang Sect to Sunset Forest, with Zhao Xuan teasing Tang San about his slower speed.
• Tang San led Zhao Xuan through the forest toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and worried about whether its medicinal plants had grown back.
• Zhao Xuan sensed that Dugu Bo had noticed them, and Dugu Bo rushed through the fog, furious that someone had interrupted his experiment.
• Zhao Xuan struck at Dugu Bo after Dugu Bo insulted them, and the force of his punch scattered the fog.
• Dugu Bo recognized Tang San, briefly suspected his friendly greeting, then grabbed him and hurried him off to examine the experiment.

Dugu Bo showed Tang San and Zhao Xuan his medicinal rooms and research laboratory, then offered to join the Tang Sect and hand over the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The chapter ended with Tang San agreeing to Dugu Bo’s conditions, including protecting Dugu Yan’s family for five generations after Dugu Bo’s death.

• Dugu Bo explained how his medicinal rooms simulated harsh environments so he could cultivate herbs that could not grow in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo showed Tang San and Zhao Xuan his vast laboratory and introduced his Burning Potion, a corrosive poison that could affect Soul Masters below Soul King rank.
• Tang San explained that he had founded the Tang Sect to pass down Hidden Weapons and poison techniques, and Dugu Bo became interested in joining.
• Dugu Bo offered to join the Tang Sect, give it access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and help cultivate talent in exchange for the sect’s cooperation with his experiments.
• Dugu Bo asked the Tang Sect to protect Dugu Yan’s family for five generations after his death, and Tang San agreed.

Zhao Xuan brought Tang San to meet Xiao Wu’s younger brothers, Da Ming and Er Ming, at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The two forest kings confronted Tang San about making Xiao Wu wait for five years and insisted on speaking with him.

• After helping Dugu Bo stabilize the Burning Potion, Zhao Xuan and Tang San left the laboratory for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• On the way, Zhao Xuan reminded Tang San that Da Ming and Er Ming were Xiao Wu’s younger brothers, and Tang San thanked him for helping protect her.
• Tang San’s aura stirred the plants around the well, drawing curious looks from the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhao Xuan introduced Tang San as the man who had taken Xiao Wu away, and the two beasts teased and scrutinized him.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python said the beasts respected Xiao Wu’s choice but wanted a proper talk with Tang San, who nervously agreed.

Zhao Xuan detected a distant, steady heartbeat in the Sunset Forest, and Er Ming revealed that he had heard a huge bang in the same direction. The Sky Azure Bull Python connected their concern to Aunt Xue’s death and asked Zhao Xuan to let them fight if Spirit Hall attacked.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python told Tang San that it respected Xiao Wu’s choice but would punish him if he hurt her.
• Zhao Xuan heard a faint, regular sound like a drumbeat, and Tang San suggested it might be a heartbeat.
• Zhao Xuan concluded that the heartbeat came from something in the distant forest, not from himself or the earth.
• Er Ming said he had heard a huge bang in that direction a few days earlier, while the Sky Azure Bull Python had been in seclusion.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python scolded Er Ming for neglecting cultivation and reminded him that they wanted to avenge Aunt Xue, who had adopted and protected them.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python asked Zhao Xuan to promise that they could fight if Spirit Hall attacked.

Zhao Xuan refused to let the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape join the coming war directly, but proposed using them to lead Spirit Beasts from the Star Dou Great Forest in an attack on Spirit Hall. After the group headed into the Sunset Forest to investigate, Dugu Bo continued his experiment and privately celebrated his motives for joining the Tang Sect.

• Zhao Xuan rejected the Sky Azure Bull Python's request to fight alongside the humans, then suggested the two beasts take revenge another way.
• Zhao Xuan proposed that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape use their auras to drive Spirit Beasts into attacking Spirit Hall when war broke out.
• Tang San understood the plan, and the Sky Azure Bull Python agreed it was worth trying.
• Zhao Xuan told the two beasts to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well until he sent them back to the Star Dou Great Forest, then headed toward the depths of the Sunset Forest with them and Tang San.
• Dugu Bo felt the Titan Giant Ape's heavy steps from afar, returned to his experiment, and smugly reflected on his reasons for joining the Tang Sect.

Zhao Xuan, Tang San, Da Ming, and Er Ming followed a strange heartbeat through Sunset Forest and found a vast, scorched basin with a deep fissure at its center. Zhao Xuan sensed something dangerous below, but the group left the question of investigating unresolved.

• Zhao Xuan, Tang San, Da Ming, and Er Ming traveled deeper into Sunset Forest as the strange heartbeat grew louder.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python noticed the rising temperature, and the group discovered a vast area of burned and barren land.
• Zhao Xuan led the group to a sunken basin where a huge fissure periodically released scorching smoke.
• Zhao Xuan probed the fissure with his divine sense but withdrew it after something inside began burning his Spiritual Power.
• Zhao Xuan suggested investigating, but Tang San and the Sky Azure Bull Python questioned the risk and advised caution.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python reasoned that if the unknown presence was dangerous, they could deal with it if possible, and otherwise could do nothing.

Zhao Xuan and Tang San sent a hundred Tang Sect disciples to Sunset Forest to study herbs and poison under Dugu Bo, while Yang Wudi returned with 562 recruited Soul Masters. Zhao Xuan disciplined the newcomers for speaking disrespectfully about Tang San, and Tang San let them off after they had learned to fear the sect’s rules.

• Zhao Xuan told Da Ming and Er Ming to watch for changes in Sunset Forest, while a mysterious golden, beating object lay deep beneath the abyss in a sea of magma.
• Tang San selected a hundred disciples, mostly from the Medicine Hall, to study herb cultivation and poison arts under Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest.
• Zhao Xuan and Tang San watched the disciples depart, and Tang San admitted through his demeanor how heavily the duties of sect master weighed on him.
• Yang Wudi returned with 562 Soul Masters, whose doubts about Tang San and the Tang Sect sparked murmuring among the newcomers.
• Zhao Xuan used Divine Slaughter's Domain to silence and reprimand the newcomers, then withdrew it after Tang San urged him to forgive them.

Tang San, Zhao Xuan, Hermione, and Yang Wudi reviewed the Tang Sect’s finances and found that its expenses were outpacing its resources. They agreed to pursue income from Medicine Hall potions and by organizing small merchants into a trading network.

• Yang Wudi reported that the newly recruited disciples were unruly and unlikely to produce many high-level soul masters, then learned that Dugu Bo had become a guest elder of the Medicine Hall.
• Hermione brought Tang San and Zhao Xuan documents about sect affairs and new disciples, and Zhao Xuan and Tang San discovered a large financial deficit.
• Yang Wudi identified the Tang Sect’s lack of income as the central financial problem.
• Yang Wudi proposed selling effective potions, while Zhao Xuan suggested organizing small merchants and taking a share of their trade profits.
• Tang San agreed to pursue both plans, including using the trading network to sell the Medicine Hall’s potions.

Zhao Xuan, Tang San, and Hermione reviewed the Tang Sect’s new disciples and arranged for Wang Sheng to identify Spirit Hall spies among them. The chapter ended with Zhao Xuan ordering more Tang Sect disciples to assist with the screening.

• Hermione presented detailed records of the Tang Sect’s first recruits and explained that she planned to screen them for Spirit Hall spies.
• Hermione introduced Wang Sheng, surprising Zhao Xuan and Tang San, who reunited with their former roommate.
• Zhao Xuan tested Wang Sheng’s loyalty and told him to find Spirit Hall spies among the new disciples.
• Wang Sheng agreed to lead the search and asked for help observing the large group.
• Zhao Xuan asked Hermione to assign sharper disciples from the Four Halls to blend in, and Tang San said hidden threats within the sect were especially unsettling.

Tang San and the other Shrek monsters left Heaven Dou City, entrusting the Tang Sect to Zhao Xuan before departing. Zhao Xuan later accompanied Xue Qingqing and Guli to the Royal Hunting Ground, where royal guards escorted them toward a drill.

• Tang San told Zhao Xuan to look after the Tang Sect, and Zhao Xuan promised to protect Hermione while she traveled with the others.
• Zhao Xuan embraced Hermione and wished the departing companions well as Tang San and the others left Heaven Dou City.
• Zhao Xuan asked the hall masters how he had performed his farewell, and Tai Tan mocked his speech before Zhao Xuan offered to test a new move on him.
• Zhao Xuan, Xue Qingqing, and Guli reached the Royal Hunting Ground, where Xue Qingqing presented her token and identified herself as Princess.
• A royal guard recognized Xue Qingqing and led her, Zhao Xuan, and Guli toward the drill ground.

Zhao Xuan arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground to observe the Heaven Dou coalition army’s drill and took his place beside Emperor Xue Ye. With Xue Beng presiding, the drill began.

• Royal Guards escorted Zhao Xuan and his companions through security checkpoints to the parade ground, where thousands of soldiers and soul masters stood in formation.
• A captain welcomed Zhao Xuan and led him to the platform, where Emperor Xue Ye invited him to sit.
• Xue Beng apologized to Zhao Xuan for his past behavior and escorted him to the seat beside Flender.
• Xue Ye told Xue Beng to begin the drill, and Xue Beng announced that it had started.

Zhao Xuan watched the Heaven Dou Empire’s military demonstrate its heavy cavalry and soul master legions. The Tang Sect’s Godly Zhuge Crossbows impressed the assembled generals, though Zhao Xuan said they could not be mass-produced.

• Zhao Xuan noticed the Clear Sky Sect’s representative watching him, and Flender explained that the sect had sent someone despite remaining estranged from the outside world.
• Grand Marshal Ge Long introduced the ten-thousand-man heavy cavalry legion and led it through its charge and other battlefield drills.
• The Master presented the soul master legion’s group formation and demonstrated how the Tang Sect’s Godly Zhuge Crossbows pierced thick wooden stakes.
• Ge Long asked Zhao Xuan whether the crossbows could be mass-produced, and Zhao Xuan said their fine craftsmanship limited production.
• The Master demonstrated the soul master legion’s squad formation, dividing its members into flexible units for close combat.

At Swan Castle, Xue Ye proposed that the Heaven Dou Empire counterattack Spirit Hall, and Princess Xue Yue outlined their forces to reassure the assembled leaders. Zhao Xuan redirected the plan toward the Seals Duchy, and Xue Ye agreed to make it their target.

• Xue Ye revealed that the empire had six hundred thousand standing troops, five hundred thousand reservists, and ten soul master corps, while Spirit Hall had gathered more than fifty thousand soul masters.
• Princess Xue Yue reported that Spirit Hall had at least twenty Title Douluo, then listed the Heaven Dou side’s own high-level combatants and secured the leaders’ support for war.
• Zhao Xuan questioned the value of marching far from the empire’s core to reclaim Spirit Hall-occupied cities.
• Zhao Xuan proposed targeting the Seals Duchy instead, and Xue Ye declared it the empire’s chosen target.

The Grand Duke of Seals learned that the Heaven Dou Empire had attacked his duchy, while the Star Luo Empire mobilized along Spirit Hall’s border in support of Heaven Dou. As war spread across the continent, Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s army to move.

• The Grand Duke of Seals reassured Princess Sophia that Spirit Hall would protect the Seals Duchy, though Sophia feared the Heaven Dou Empire would retaliate.
• The Grand Duke of Seals received an urgent letter confirming that the Heaven Dou Empire had attacked the Seals Duchy.
• The Heaven Dou Empire sent one hundred thousand soldiers into the Seals Duchy and captured three cities in a single day.
• The Star Luo Empire deployed troops along Spirit Hall’s border, and people across the continent feared a wider war.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s army to move starting the next day.