Chapter Summaries

The Tragic Girl awakened the Black Shadow Soldier’s power and killed the Shadow Leopard Soul Emperor after he failed to harm her. She then turned toward Xue Beng and his five remaining followers, as well as Tang San’s group.

• The Shadow Leopard Soul Emperor knocked the Black Shadow Soldier away and attacked it while Dugu Yan led the Heaven Dou Team out of the area.
• The Shrek group stayed to watch as the Black Shadow Soldier endured the Soul Emperor’s attacks without injury.
• The Tragic Girl regained her composure, seized the Soul Emperor’s wrist, and released an aura as powerful as a Titled Douluo’s.
• The Tragic Girl crushed the Soul Emperor’s wrist, then used her twin blades to kill him.
• The Tragic Girl looked toward Xue Beng and his five remaining followers, then turned her gaze to Tang San and the others.

The Black Shadow Soldier tortured Xue Beng until he confessed his crimes and then killed him and his five lackeys. She spared Shrek and the other witnesses, deciding that Xue Xing would pay for some of Xue Beng’s sins, before vanishing into the darkness.

• The Black Shadow Soldier bound Xue Beng and his five lackeys, ignoring their pleas and claims of noble status.
• She tortured Xue Beng, who confessed his evil deeds and schemes with Xue Xing but never acknowledged the commoner girl he had harmed.
• The Black Shadow Soldier killed Xue Beng and his five lackeys, leaving six skeletons behind.
• Tang San vomited at the sight, while Shrek and the other witnesses feared the Black Shadow Soldier might silence them.
• The Black Shadow Soldier spared the witnesses, resolved to target Xue Xing, and disappeared into the darkness.

After Xue Xing and Xue Beng were assassinated, Xue Ye ordered a secret investigation but privately signaled that the Heaven Dou Empire should avoid provoking the powerful woman responsible. Zhu Zhuqing’s Black Shadow Soldier completed her revenge, lost her sense of self, and received an order to recruit souls for Zhu Zhuqing’s forces.

• Xue Xing was found beheaded and mutilated in his mansion, and news soon arrived that Xue Beng had also been brutally murdered.
• Xue Ye and his ministers debated who had killed Xue Beng, then Xue Ye ordered a secret investigation while signaling the Prime Minister to avoid escalating the matter.
• A Black Shadow Soldier appeared before Zhu Zhuqing with Xue Xing’s head, then collected her father’s and her own corpses before vanishing into the darkness.
• The Black Shadow Soldier returned at sunrise with her sense of self erased, becoming a fully obedient servant of Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing ordered the Black Shadow Soldier to recruit 110 kind-hearted women with unfulfilled grudges and bring their souls to the Shadow Kingdom to become Black Shadow Soldiers.

Zhu Zhuqing sent the Black Shadow Soldiers to fulfill ordinary women’s final wishes, and they massacred at least half of Heaven Dou Imperial City’s corrupt noble families. The killings stopped, but Xue Qinghe learned that Heaven Dou’s Spirit Hall bishop Salas had also been among the victims, prompting him to order a thorough investigation.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s Black Shadow Soldiers gathered souls from wronged women and slaughtered the noble and merchant households those women wanted revenge on.
• Xue Ye sealed Heaven Dou City and called the court together after the killings left the city in fear.
• Ministers urged Xue Ye not to pursue the attacker, and Xue Qinghe advised him to end the matter and order officials to restrain their families.
• Xue Ye accepted Xue Qinghe’s advice and dismissed the court.
• Ci Xue reported that the soldiers had found no clues and that Salas had been killed for crimes against hundreds of girls.
• Xue Qinghe reacted with fury to Salas’s crimes and ordered a thorough investigation.

Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Moonlight Pavilion intending to punish Tang Hao’s family and confronted his sister, Tang Yuehua. She overcame Tang Yuehua’s Noble Ring Domain and left her at her mercy.

• Zhu Zhuqing approached Moonlight Pavilion, intending to make Tang Hao’s loved ones pay for his past offenses.
• Zhu Zhuqing blasted open the pavilion’s gates and shrouded the building in darkness as she approached Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua sensed the intruder and feared that Ghost Douluo had come for her, while her two maids trembled beside her.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged from the darkness, and her killing intent overwhelmed Tang Yuehua until the Noble Ring Domain protected her.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized the Noble Ring Domain’s abilities and considered whether it could improve her Holy Light White Tiger.
• Tang Yuehua asked why Zhu Zhuqing had come, but Zhu Zhuqing dismissed her innocence because she was Tang Hao’s sister.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Tang Yuehua to learn the Clear Sky Sect’s location, killed her, and turned her into a Black Shadow Soldier. She learned the sect was southwest of the city and prepared to face the forces gathering outside.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Tang Hao had offended her and told Tang Yuehua that he was dead, then demanded the Clear Sky Sect’s location.
• Tang Yuehua refused to betray the sect, so Zhu Zhuqing crushed her head while Tang Hao watched helplessly through the Fifth Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing drew a Black Shadow Soldier from Tang Yuehua’s corpse and compelled her to kneel and point southwest toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled Tang Yuehua into the Shadow Kingdom and sensed powerful auras outside before walking out.

After Zhu Zhuqing emerged from Moonlight Pavilion, she admitted to killing the corrupt men in Heaven Dou City and dismissed the gathered forces’ concerns. She then announced her intention to wipe out the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi stunned as they wondered whether Yue Xuan’s Tang was connected to the sect.

• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi led forces to surround Moonlight Pavilion as the black mist began to fade.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged, and Chen Xin withdrew his Soul Power when he recognized her.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted killing the men and warned that her strength could reach Level 99, prompting Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe to praise her actions and invite her to meet them.
• Zhu Zhuqing declined their invitations and said she was going to wipe out the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi recalled that the Master of Yue Xuan was surnamed Tang and wondered if she was connected to the Clear Sky Sect.

Zhu Zhuqing left to attack the Clear Sky Sect after Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi hesitated to support her, while Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed her power and the sect. After hearing their report, Yu Xiaogang feared Tang Hao was dead and warned Tang San to keep his second martial soul secret.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her overwhelming power and flew toward the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi to return to the palace.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu watched from a tavern, discussed Zhu Zhuqing's massacre, and wondered about the Clear Sky Sect as Heaven Dou City remained locked down.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy after the city reopened, and Tang San reported what had happened to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang connected Zhu Zhuqing's strength and the blood at the battlefield to Tang Hao's likely death and feared the Clear Sky Sect would be destroyed.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San never to reveal his second martial soul unless his life was in danger.

Yu Xiaogang revealed that Tang San’s second Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer and that his father was Tang Hao, the Clear Sky Douluo, who was likely killed by the Level 99 female Douluo. Tang San vowed to seek revenge and agreed to hide his second Martial Soul while training, as Zhu Zhuqing prepared to attack the Clear Sky Sect with one hundred Black Shadow Soldiers.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that his father, Tang Hao, was a famed Clear Sky Sect genius and that Tang San’s second Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Tang Hao had secretly protected Tang San, then said the traces of blood at the recent battle suggested Tang Hao had been killed or captured by the Level 99 female Douluo.
• Tang San flew into a rage and vowed to avenge his father, but Xiao Wu and Yu Xiaogang helped him regain control.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to train Tang San and ordered him to conceal the Clear Sky Hammer until his life was in danger; Tang San agreed but worried about the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to reassure Tang San that the Clear Sky Sect could withstand the attack, while Zhu Zhuqing stood before a village with one hundred Black Shadow Soldiers.

Tang San accepted Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu’s warning to hide his Twin Martial Souls and grow stronger before seeking revenge. While he slept, Dugu Bo stole his Eight Spider Lances for Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to destroy a village tied to Clear Sky Sect.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San that Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall would become dangerous enemies if they learned about his Twin Martial Souls, and Xiao Wu urged him to stay alive and keep them secret.
• Tang San resolved to cultivate and postpone revenge, while Yu Xiaogang privately considered Tang San’s dependence on him advantageous.
• Dugu Bo broke into Tang San’s dormitory and removed his Eight Spider Lances, giving the Soul Bone to Dugu Yan to absorb.
• Zhu Zhuqing surveyed a village of Clear Sky Sect relatives and decided to eliminate its inhabitants to prevent the Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul from appearing again.
• Zhu Zhuqing surrounded the village with 111 Black Shadow Soldiers and showed Tang Hao the place before attacking.

Zhu Zhuqing sent her Black Shadow Soldiers to slaughter a village tied to Clear Sky Sect while forcing Tang Hao to witness the massacre. After Dugu Bo arrived, she set out to fight her way into Clear Sky Sect.

• Zhu Zhuqing showed Tang Hao the village below Clear Sky Peak and ordered her 111 Black Shadow Soldiers to attack it.
• The soldiers slaughtered all 945 villagers and sent their souls to the Shadow Kingdom to be transformed into Black Shadow Soldiers, while Zhu Zhuqing’s Spiritual Power surged.
• Tang Hao realized Zhu Zhuqing wanted him to suffer and tried to hide his grief, but she mocked his attempt to deny his attachment to Clear Sky Sect.
• Dugu Bo arrived after leaving Dugu Yan at Heaven Dou City and apologized for arriving late.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dugu Bo they would fight their way into Clear Sky Sect, and he released his Martial Soul Avatar to carry her up the mountain.

Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Bo reached the Clear Sky Sect’s floating headquarters, where Zhu Zhuqing cut down Tang Xiao’s lightning attack and prepared to fight the sect’s elders. The confrontation began in earnest when Dugu Bo repelled Sixth Elder’s hammer strike.

• Dugu Bo carried Zhu Zhuqing up Clear Sky Peak on his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and killed two disciples who sounded the alarm.
• Zhu Zhuqing admired the Clear Sky Sect’s Floating Island as Tang Xiao confronted them with a lightning attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing cut through Tang Xiao’s Breaking Character Absolute, forcing the lightning giant to dissipate and leaving Tang Xiao wounded.
• Zhu Zhuqing assigned Dugu Bo to handle three of the six Titled Douluo elders while she planned to fight the rest.
• Sixth Elder charged at Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo struck him with his tail and sent him flying.

Zhu Zhuqing summoned the Shadow Soldier Legion and ordered it to destroy the Clear Sky Sect after Tang Xiao failed to persuade her to stop. The battle overwhelmed the sect’s defenses, and the slaughter spread across the Floating Island.

• Tang Sixth Elder’s hands broke when Dugu Bo struck him, and Tang Xiao tried to negotiate rather than fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned more than a thousand Shadow Soldiers, including powerful generals and a commander stronger than Dugu Bo.
• Zhu Zhuqing ordered the legion to attack, and Dugu Bo and the Shadow Soldier Commander charged Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders.
• The Shadow Soldier Legion broke through the sect’s defenses and began killing its members while Tang Hao watched in anguish.
• Tang Sixth Elder fell under nine blades, and the Clear Sky Sect’s defensive line collapsed into a bloody slaughter.

Zhu Zhuqing and the Shadow Soldier Legion annihilated the Clear Sky Sect, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that she was avenging Tang Hao’s repeated attempts to kill her. Afterward, she began moving the Floating Island toward the Defense Clan to have them build her a palace, but sensed a powerful aura as she considered who could pull it.

• The Shadow Soldier Legion and Dugu Bo overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect, killing its elders and Tang Xiao as Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Tang Hao had killed her more than five hundred times for her cultivation method.
• Tang Hao watched Tang Xiao die and suffered another collapse as his soul shattered further, while Zhu Zhuqing’s Spiritual Power crystallized into a Spirit Soul Core.
• Zhu Zhuqing surveyed the spoils, including seven Soul Bones and more than six hundred newly formed fifth-rank Black Shadow Soldiers, then told Dugu Bo she planned to visit the Defense Clan.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she wanted the Defense Clan to build a palace on the Floating Island, then used her strength to drag the island toward them while Dugu Bo pushed from behind.
• As Zhu Zhuqing considered which Soul Beast might pull the island for her, a powerful aura entered her senses.

Qian Daoliu and Jin E sought out Zhu Zhuqing after learning she could rival a Level 99 expert, then found her carrying the Clear Sky Sect’s floating island. Qian Daoliu invited her to join Spirit Hall and inherit the Angel God’s divine position, but Zhu Zhuqing had already rejected the invitation.

• Qian Daoliu explained that Ring Detonation could let Zhu Zhuqing rival him, and told Jin E he wanted to recruit her rather than make her an enemy.
• Qian Daoliu and Jin E sensed Zhu Zhuqing’s aura and flew to meet her.
• The two were stunned to see the Clear Sky Sect’s headquarters floating behind Zhu Zhuqing, who introduced herself and Dugu Bo.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted she had wiped out the Clear Sky Sect after Tang Hao offended her, and Qian Daoliu said Spirit Hall had no reason to interfere.
• Qian Daoliu invited Zhu Zhuqing to join Spirit Hall, but she refused, and he explained that he wanted her to inherit the Angel God’s divine position.

Qian Daoliu tried to recruit Zhu Zhuqing into the Angel God inheritance, but she saw through his scheme and attacked him. As Dugu Bo fought Jin E, Zhu Zhuqing unleashed her power against Qian Daoliu and sent a tiger-shaped strike after him.

• Qian Daoliu offered Zhu Zhuqing a chance to take the Angel God's trial, while concealing that only someone with an Angel Martial Soul could inherit the position.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected the offer, threatened Spirit Hall, and prepared to fight with Dugu Bo at her side.
• Qian Daoliu apologized and tried to leave, but Zhu Zhuqing blocked him and struck him, then sent Jin E flying when he intervened.
• Dugu Bo charged Jin E as Zhu Zhuqing continued attacking Qian Daoliu, who summoned his Angel Sacred Sword and offered to take three moves.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck Qian Daoliu with a punch that carried Spiritual Power, then used Tiger Soul to send a roaring golden tiger after him.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Qian Daoliu in three punches and forced him and Jin E to pull her Floating Island toward the Defense Clan's settlement. She revealed Qian Daoliu's plan to make her sacrifice herself for his granddaughter, reached level 65, and asked about Dugu Yan, whose progress Dugu Bo began to describe.

• Zhu Zhuqing struck Qian Daoliu with three increasingly powerful attacks, destroying his Angel Avatar and leaving him badly injured.
• Jin E agreed to pull Zhu Zhuqing's Floating Island with its chain, while Qian Daoliu apologized and promised to help Jin E pursue Level 99.
• Zhu Zhuqing sent more than seventeen hundred Black Shadow Soldiers to collect evil souls as Jin E pulled the island toward the Defense Clan's settlement.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dugu Bo that Qian Daoliu had wanted her to inherit the Great Enshriner position and sacrifice herself for his granddaughter.
• Zhu Zhuqing advanced to level 65, and Dugu Bo reported that Dugu Yan's Martial Soul had transformed into the Jade Phosphor Dragon after receiving an Earth Dragon Golden Gourd.

After Dugu Bo gave Tang San’s stolen Eight Spider Lances to Dugu Yan, Tang San woke at Shrek with severe injuries and learned his External Soul Bone was gone. Unable to challenge Dugu Bo directly, the Shrek group decided to seek Spirit Hall’s intervention, while Tang San’s resentment began to grow.

• Dugu Bo told Zhu Zhuqing that Dugu Yan had received Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted that Dugu Yan should keep them.
• Huang Yuan smelled blood outside Tang San’s room, and the Shrek group found Tang San badly wounded and unconscious.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that his Eight Spider Lances had been taken, and Tang San discovered faint traces of poison in his body.
• Liu Erlong blamed Dugu Bo and wanted to confront him, but Flender and Yu Tianheng warned that they could not defeat the Level 93 Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Wu accused Yu Tianheng of protecting Dugu Yan, while Tang San asked him to recover the bone and learned that Dugu Yan had broken up with him.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to report the theft to Spirit Hall, and Tang San concealed his growing hatred as Xiao Wu promised to avenge him.

Tang San vowed revenge after losing his Soul Bone, while Gu Rong reported Zhu Zhuqing’s overwhelming destruction of the Clear Sky Sect to Ning Fengzhi. Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to abandon her Heaven Dou mission and return to Spirit Hall, but she persuaded him to let her stay until the tournament ended.

• Tang San comforted Xiao Wu, then privately cursed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan for taking his Soul Bone and resolved to become stronger and avenge his father.
• Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin that Zhu Zhuqing’s forces had wiped out the Clear Sky Sect and removed its ancestral grounds, and Ning Fengzhi ordered them to keep the news secret.
• Qian Daoliu met Qian Renxue and told her to cancel her mission because Spirit Hall could not dominate the continent while Zhu Zhuqing remained so powerful.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had defeated him in their clash and that Jin E was still being held by her.
• Qian Renxue agreed to return to Spirit Hall after the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament, and Qian Daoliu gave her one year.

Zhu Zhuqing hired Niu Gao and the Defense Clan to build a palace on the Floating Island using the ruins of the Clear Sky Sect. She left Niu Gao to complete the Floating Fortress within a year, while her Shadow Soldiers learned construction and other trades.

• Jin E dragged the Floating Island to Longxing City, then rushed back to Spirit Hall after Zhu Zhuqing dismissed him.
• Zhu Zhuqing landed in the Defense Clan's training ground and asked Niu Gao to build her a palace.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Niu Gao to Haoyue Mountain and ordered him to clear the Clear Sky Sect's remains and build a Floating Fortress there.
• Zhu Zhuqing paid Niu Gao one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and a Ten Thousand Year strength-type right arm bone, and set a one-year deadline.
• After Zhu Zhuqing left, Niu Gao cursed the Clear Sky Sect and smashed its plaque, while hidden Black Shadow Soldiers observed him.
• Zhu Zhuqing had her Shadow Soldiers study trades across the continent, and their ranks grew to around five thousand fifth-tier soldiers.