Chapter Summaries

After completing their seven trials on Sea God Island, Ning Rongrong and the other two women learned that the Sea God had ordered them to leave freely. Now Level 99 Limit Douluo after twenty years of cultivation, they prepared to return to the continent and reunite with their families and companions.

• Yun Chuan appeared as the High Priest and announced that the three women had completed their trials and were permitted to leave Sea God Island.
• The women were astonished that the Sea God let them go despite the island’s usual rules, and they wondered why he had treated them so generously.
• Ning Rongrong realized they could finally go home after twenty years on Sea God Island.
• The women recalled how their trials and rewards had raised them to Level 99 Limit Douluo and evolved their Martial Souls.
• The three women eagerly anticipated seeing their families and discovering how Tang San and the others would react to their strength.

After being allowed to leave Sea God Island, Ning Rongrong, Bai Chenxiang, and Zhu Zhuqing headed to the shore and summoned Little White to help them return to the continent. Little White appeared before them, and the three women waited to arrange their passage home.

• Ning Rongrong, Bai Chenxiang, and Zhu Zhuqing packed their belongings and went to the shore, reflecting on the twenty years they had spent on Sea God Island.
• Ning Rongrong asked Bai Chenxiang to summon Little White because they could not wait for the next supply ship.
• Bai Chenxiang transformed into a Flame Phoenix and used her aura to draw the Great White Demon Sharks to the shore.
• Bai Chenxiang sent the sharks a message asking them to inform their king, and they dived back into the sea.
• Ning Rongrong wondered how her family and friends on the continent were doing, while Zhu Zhuqing gave her a knowing look.
• The Great White Demon Shark King emerged from the water before the three women.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bai Chenxiang left Sea God Island after more than twenty years and returned to the mainland with Little White and his Great White Demon Sharks. After landing, they chose separate routes to visit their families and settle matters at home.

• Little White arrived with a group of Great White Demon Sharks and offered to escort the three women toward the mainland.
• The Great White Demon Sharks carried Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bai Chenxiang across the sea for three days while other Sea Soul Beasts yielded to Little White.
• The three women reached the mainland, checked their location on a sea chart, and said farewell to Little White and his kin.
• Ning Rongrong planned to return to Heaven Dou City, Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Luo Empire, and Bai Chenxiang to her home.
• After sharing their routes and expressing reluctance to part, the three women said goodbye and flew off in different directions.

After twenty years away, Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reunited with her father and the two elders who had guarded her family. Her homecoming ended with a family banquet where they eagerly cared for her.

• Ning Rongrong approached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect castle, overcome by emotion at seeing her home again.
• Xiao Guizi recognized Ning Rongrong and announced her return to the sect.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong rushed out to welcome Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi hurried to his daughter, and Ning Rongrong greeted him and the two elders before they welcomed her inside.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo filled Ning Rongrong's bowl with her favorite foods at a family banquet.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Star Luo Empire determined to defy its brutal family traditions and her arranged marriage, arriving at the capital ready to face whatever bloodshed followed. Dai Mubai learned she was alive and realized he could only marry her as a concubine, since he had already wed another woman.

• Zhu Zhuqing recalled how her family’s survival rules had made her and Zhu Zhuyun enemies and how Dai Mubai had fled, then resolved to seize control of her fate.
• At the Star Luo Empire border, hidden watchers recognized Zhu Zhuqing and reported her arrival, while she calmly continued into the empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing traveled leisurely for half a month, sampling local food before reaching the capital and accepting that her return might bring bloodshed.
• Dai Mubai received word that Zhu Zhuqing had returned and learned that, after marrying another fiancée, he could offer her only the position of concubine.

Dai Mubai dismissed Zhu Zhuqing’s return, deciding she could only become his concubine, while Zhu Zhuqing returned to her family estate and faced her parents and elder sister. Her father ordered her to move into the Crown Prince Residence with Zhu Zhuyun the next day.

• Dai Mubai decided Zhu Zhuqing would be made his concubine and assumed she had no way to resist the Star Luo Empire’s rules.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Zhu family estate, where a guard told her the family head had been waiting.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the great hall and found her parents and elder sister Zhu Zhuyun waiting for her.
• Zhu Zhuyun taunted Zhu Zhuqing that she had returned too late and would have to accept being a concubine.
• Zhu Zhuqing greeted her parents, and her father ordered her to move into the Crown Prince Residence with Zhu Zhuyun the following day.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted her family and revealed that she had become a Titled Douluo. Her father immediately tried to restore her place in the royal succession, leaving Zhu Zhuyun horrified at the prospect of becoming a concubine.

• Zhu Zhuqing suppressed her rage at her father's cold words and decided she would spare her family, though she might cripple their Soul Power if they fought.
• Zhu Zhuyun sensed Zhu Zhuqing's aura and nervously asked whether she had reached Soul Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuqing denied being a Soul Douluo, prompting her parents and sister to assume she was no stronger than a Soul Saint.
• Zhu Zhuqing calmly revealed that she was a Titled Douluo, stunning her family.
• Zhu Zhuqing's father celebrated her achievement and declared that she should become the Crown Prince's principal wife while Zhu Zhuyun became a concubine.

Zhu Zhuqing refused to marry into the imperial family, defying her father’s demand that she obey the Zhu Family’s long-standing arrangement. Her father dismissed her strength and insisted that neither she nor any ordinary Titled Douluo could challenge the Star Luo Empire.

• Zhu Zhuqing grew disgusted with her father, sister Zhu Zhuyun, and mother, then calmly announced that she would not marry.
• The Netherworld Grand Duke angrily demanded that Zhu Zhuqing retract her refusal and apologize, while Zhu Zhuyun pretended to urge her to make peace.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected her father’s threats and said she was confident she could handle any difficulty.
• The Netherworld Grand Duke warned that a Titled Douluo could not oppose an entire empire and assumed Zhu Zhuqing had become arrogant after advancing in rank.
• Zhu Zhuqing said people could change the rules they had made, while her father sneered that she could not become an exception.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected her father’s pressure to marry Dai Mubai and told Zhu Zhuyun she had no interest in becoming empress or competing for the throne. After learning that Zhu Zhuqing had become a Titled Douluo, Dai Mubai assumed she had gained her power by chance and planned to force her to accept the marriage.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused the Netherworld Grand Duke’s attempts to persuade her to marry Dai Mubai, and he left with her mother.
• Zhu Zhuyun pretended to care about Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing rebuked her and declared she would not compete for Dai Mubai or become his appendage.
• The Netherworld Grand Duke went to the palace and told Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing had returned as a Titled Douluo and rejected their marriage contract.
• Dai Mubai suspected Zhu Zhuqing had gained her strength through an opportunity after fleeing Sea God Island and scorned her for challenging the empire’s traditions.
• Dai Mubai agreed to speak with Zhu Zhuqing, confident that his Soul Power and White Tiger Martial Soul would let him overpower her and make her accept the marriage.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Mubai to annul their engagement and defeated him with a single strike. After she sent him crashing into a mountain, the Netherworld Grand Duke and Zhu Zhuyun rushed to rescue him.

• Dai Mubai set a condition that Zhu Zhuqing had to defeat him for their engagement to be annulled, and she accepted his challenge.
• At the wilderness clearing, Dai Mubai released his Martial Soul and soul skills, then attacked Zhu Zhuqing with his White Tiger Light Wave.
• Zhu Zhuqing avoided Dai Mubai's attack and struck him with a palm print formed from the energy of heaven and earth.
• Her blow sent Dai Mubai flying into a mountain, where he was buried beneath rubble.
• The Netherworld Grand Duke blamed Zhu Zhuqing for striking too hard, then hurried with Zhu Zhuyun to dig Dai Mubai out.

After defeating Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing went to the Star Luo Imperial Palace to face the emperor and five other Titled Douluo over the dissolution of her engagement. When they tried to intimidate her, she revealed her astonishing strength and left the entire hall stunned.

• Zhu Zhuqing helped clear the rubble, and she and the Netherworld Grand Duke found Dai Mubai severely injured and unconscious.
• Zhu Zhuyun and the Netherworld Grand Duke took Dai Mubai to a Healing Soul Master, while Zhu Zhuqing returned home to prepare to leave.
• The Netherworld Grand Duke told Zhu Zhuqing that she had to speak with the Star Luo Emperor to settle the engagement.
• In the imperial hall, the Star Luo Emperor and five Titled Douluo demanded that Zhu Zhuqing kneel and pressed her with their combined auras.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed seven black Soul Rings and two red Soul Rings, overwhelming the six Titled Douluo and shocking Dai Mubai and the Netherworld Grand Duke.

Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had reached the realm of a Limit Douluo, leaving Dai Mubai stunned and explaining why she and the others had grown so powerful. She told him the Fifth Trial had tested perseverance, while the chapter ended with her claiming the Sea God had known the men fled but let them go without taking back their rewards.

• Zhu Zhuqing released her Soul Power pressure and displayed seven black and two red Soul Rings, then said she was close to becoming a god.
• The Star Luo Emperor asked whether Zhu Zhuqing had become a god, and she answered that she had not but was not far from it.
• Dai Mubai insisted the Fifth Trial was impossible to pass, and Zhu Zhuqing told him its true purpose was to test perseverance.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the Sea God had known when Dai Mubai and the others fled, but let them leave and removed their qualification for God's Favor.
• Dai Mubai learned that the Sea God could have reclaimed the rewards he had given them but had chosen not to.

After Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had become a Limit Douluo, the Star Luo Emperor accepted all her demands and Dai Mubai regretted abandoning the chance to grow stronger on Sea God Island. The emperor struck Dai Mubai, who blamed Tang San for his lost opportunity, while the story recounted how Yun Chuan’s arrival had changed the Shrek Seven Devils’ fates.

• Dai Mubai regretted leaving Sea God Island after learning that he might have had a chance to become a Limit Douluo.
• The Star Luo Emperor agreed to Zhu Zhuqing’s demands because he feared her power.
• After Zhu Zhuqing left the grand hall, the Star Luo Emperor slapped Dai Mubai and called him worthless.
• Dai Mubai blamed Tang San for persuading him to leave Sea God Island, ignoring how Tang San had helped him rise to power.
• The story noted that Yun Chuan’s arrival had fractured the Shrek Seven Devils, and Dai Mubai had spent years focused on power after becoming crown prince.

After the Star Luo Royal Family dissolved Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement, she felt free and wanted to see the person she had kept in her heart. Meanwhile, Bai Chenxiang returned to Dragon Rise City after twenty years away and hesitated outside the Speed Clan’s home, afraid her grandfather might have died.

• Zhu Zhuqing felt relieved after her engagement was dissolved and wondered whether the person she longed to see was doing well.
• Bai Chenxiang returned to Dragon Rise City, where her grandfather had moved the Speed Clan beside the Breaking Clan.
• Bai Chenxiang recalled the Four Great Clans’ history and their tradition of gathering in Dragon Rise City.
• Bai Chenxiang concealed her presence as she walked through the city toward the Speed Clan residence.
• Bai Chenxiang recognized the two young guards as members of her clan but feared entering because she did not know whether her grandfather was still alive.

Bai Chenxiang returned to the Speed Clan after twenty years away and reunited with her grandfather, Bai He. Bai He welcomed her home, while recalling that he had blamed Tang Hao's family for her long absence and cut ties with them.

• Bai Chenxiang revealed her presence at the Speed Clan gate, and her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul suppressed the two young guards.
• Bai Chenxiang learned the guards were Bai Ningdong and Bai Ningyuan, members of the Ning generation, and told them to call her Aunt.
• Bai Ningdong and Bai Ningyuan recognized Bai Chenxiang as their long-missing Little Princess and hurried to announce her return.
• Bai He rushed to the gate, recognized Bai Chenxiang, and embraced the granddaughter he had feared was dead.
• Bai He recalled that Tang San had returned alone and that he had since blamed Tang Hao's family for Bai Chenxiang's disappearance, cutting ties with them.

Bai Chenxiang reunited with Bai He and recounted her years on Sea God Island, revealing that she had become a Limit Douluo and evolved her Martial Soul into a Fire Phoenix. She asked about her childhood fiancé, Chuan Gege, and learned that he was the Blue Silver King and a member of Spirit Hall, leaving her shocked by the revelation.

• Bai He welcomed Bai Chenxiang’s return, and the Speed Clan held a banquet attended by members of the other three clans.
• Bai Chenxiang told Bai He about her experiences on Sea God Island and revealed that she had become a Limit Douluo with a Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Bai Chenxiang asked Bai He about her fiancé, Chuan Gege, whose spirit bone had helped her gain the Phoenix bloodline.
• Bai He revealed that Tang Chuan was known publicly as the Blue Silver King and served as a Guardian Offering of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bai He explained that Tang Chuan was actually from Spirit Hall, and Bai Chenxiang realized that her fiancé belonged to the Four Great Clans’ enemy.

Bai Chenxiang withdrew after learning her fiancé's identity, while Tang San regretted missing the Sea God Island inheritance and continued searching for divine trials and powerful Soul Beasts. The chapter revealed that he had killed Xiao Wu's brother, the Sky Azure Bull Python, for his Clear Sky Hammer's first 100,000-Year Soul Ring.

• Bai Chenxiang became withdrawn and sought peace after learning her fiancé's true identity.
• Tang San read Dai Mubai's letter about the truth behind Sea God Island's Fifth Trial and regretted passing up the opportunity.
• The Asura God continued to leave Tang San to face setbacks, intending for him to inherit the Asura Divine Throne through a future encounter with Tang Chen.
• Tang San struggled to advance his cultivation and find enough 100,000 Year Soul Beasts to strengthen his Clear Sky Hammer while maintaining balance between his Twin Spirits.
• Tang San had killed the Sky Azure Bull Python in the Star Dou Great Forest, gaining a 100,000-Year Soul Ring and two levels of Soul Power without knowing it was Xiao Wu's brother.

Tang San learned from Prince Xue Xing that Xue Qinghe was moving against Xue Ye and hurried to the imperial palace to save him. At Xue Ye’s bedroom palace, Tang San was blocked by powerful soul masters before Xue Qinghe arrived with two Titled Douluo.

• Tang San received Prince Xue Xing’s secret letter warning that Xue Ye was in danger and rushed toward the palace.
• Tang San spotted a murderous cavalry unit racing through Heaven Dou City and hurried on, suspecting it was part of Xue Qinghe’s coup.
• Using Prince Xue Xing’s Gold Medal, Tang San entered the palace but was stopped by soldiers obeying Xue Qinghe’s order to keep everyone away from Xue Ye.
• Tang San sensed that the fifty guards were all soul masters above level fifty and prepared to force his way past them.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with two Titled Douluo, and Tang San recognized both as powerful opponents.

Tang San confronted Xue Qinghe over Emperor Xue Ye’s poisoning and deduced that the crown prince had worked with Spirit Hall to seize the throne. After Tang San summoned Prince Xue Xing for support, Qian Renxue ordered a Titled Douluo to attack him.

• Tang San asked Xue Qinghe to let him examine Emperor Xue Ye, but Xue Qinghe denied that the emperor had been poisoned and tried to keep him away.
• Tang San reasoned that Xue Qinghe had replaced the guards with Spirit Hall Soul Masters and was preventing anyone from reaching the emperor.
• Xue Qinghe admitted that he had borrowed Spirit Hall’s strength and defended his actions as necessary to prevent conflict over the succession.
• Tang San rejected Xue Qinghe’s excuses and said he had prepared a way to leave safely.
• Tang San fired a signal flare to alert Prince Xue Xing, and Qian Renxue ordered one of the Titled Douluo to attack him.

Tang San faced two powerful Titled Douluo sent by Qian Renxue, using his domains and mental power to assess their abilities before counterattacking Snake Spear Douluo. The chapter ended as Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear forced Snake Spear Douluo to meet his strike head-on.

• Qian Renxue ordered the two Titled Douluo to attack Tang San while the Imperial Guards surrounded him to prevent his escape.
• Tang San used Slaughter God Domain and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to break free of their pressure and retreat while tracking the encirclement with Mental Power.
• Tang San identified the attackers as Snake Spear Douluo and a Titled Douluo with a Pufferfish Martial Soul.
• Tang San released his Blue Silver Emperor, Blue Silver Domain, and Blue Silver Overlord Spear, prompting Snake Spear Douluo to recognize his innate domain and Martial Soul mutation.
• Tang San charged Snake Spear Douluo with a concentrated spear thrust, forcing him to block with his Snake Lance.