Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan rescued a woman in black by defeating the Soul Masters who attacked her, while Ma Xiaotao and the others fought another group nearby. After the woman reunited with the gravely wounded Uncle Hong, he offered Tang Lan and his companions an item in exchange for carrying out a request.

• Tang Lan killed four Soul Emperors and subdued the two-headed demonic wolf, then watched the purple-robed deacon flee after secretly placing a golden speck of light inside him.
• Tang Lan helped the woman in black up and headed toward the other battle, with her following him.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated the attackers with her Evil Wind flames while her companions restrained a massive gray bear and its middle-aged master.
• The woman in black rushed to Uncle Hong and blamed herself for his severe injuries.
• Uncle Hong said his wounds were too serious to heal and took an object from his ring, asking Tang Lan and his companions to accept a task in exchange for it.

Tang Lan and the Shrek Academy students agreed to protect Vina, a princess of the former Heaven Dou Empire, after her dying guardian entrusted her to them. They buried Uncle Hong and set off on a detour toward Luling County, where the group prepared to rest under watch.

• Uncle Hong gave Tang Lan the Imperial Jade Seal and a ring in exchange for escorting Vina to Shrek Academy, then died from his wounds.
• Tang Lan buried Uncle Hong beneath a boulder marked “Tomb of the Loyal,” while Vina mourned and vowed revenge on her enemies.
• Tang Lan led the group eastward away from the battle site, explaining that the detour would confuse their pursuers before they returned to Shrek Academy.
• Vina introduced herself as a princess of the former Heaven Dou imperial family and said the new imperial family had captured or killed many of her relatives.
• Tang Lan accepted Vina into the group and, after checking the area with his spiritual sense, had everyone set up tents and take turns keeping watch.

Tang Lan and his companions learned that Yan Empress had seized control of the Heaven Dou Empire, while Vina feared for her royal family and the empire. As they traveled toward Luling County, Tang Ya told them about her late adoptive father and the Tang Sect’s decline.

• Vina explained how Yan Empress had used the king’s desire to become a god to gain power and purge her opponents, and Tang Lan suspected she held a divine inheritance trial.
• Vina said Yan Empress sought to destroy the royal family and the Heaven Dou Empire, while Ma Xiaotao comforted her and said Shrek Academy could not interfere in the empire’s internal conflict.
• Tang Lan and the others heard that Yan Empress had taken control of the court and that the royal family had been killed or imprisoned, so Tang Lan concealed Vina beneath a black robe as they traveled.
• Tang Ya said they would reach Luling County that evening and could stay at her uncle’s inn.
• Tang Lan learned that Tang Ya had been adopted by Tang Yansheng, whose death had left the declining Tang Sect in the care of his three sons, none of whom had cultivation talent.

Tang Lan's group was followed out of Flying Swallow City by eight bandits, so they lured them into a forest and prepared to fight. The bandits attacked, but Tang Lan seized the Leopard Soul Saint with a golden dragon claw as the battle began.

• Tang Ya and Vina said they wanted to pay respects at the Old Tang Sect Site, and Tang Lan led the group out of Flying Swallow City.
• Fang Zi warned Tang Lan that they were being followed, so Tang Lan brought the carriages into a forest to deal with their pursuers.
• The eight bandits followed them into a clearing, where Tang Lan and the others emerged and confronted them.
• The bandits summoned their Spirits and attacked, with Ma Xiaotao clashing against the Black Mist Soul Saint.
• A Leopard Soul Saint lunged at Tang Lan, but Tang Lan caught him with a golden dragon claw.

Tang Lan defeated the Soul Sages who had ambushed his group, while Ma Xiaotao watched as he took over her fight. He killed the Black Tiger Soul Sage and the auxiliary Soul Master, leaving the forest battle nearly settled.

• Tang Lan crushed the Leopard Soul Sage with a dragon claw after the man attacked him in his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tang Lan joined Ma Xiaotao's fight against the Black Tiger Soul Sage and shattered the leader's shield with the Overlord Spear.
• Tang Lan pierced the Black Tiger Soul Sage through the chest as he tried to flee, killing him.
• The auxiliary Soul Master begged Tang Lan for mercy, but Tang Lan killed him despite his claims that he had only healed others.
• The auxiliary Soul Master's Ancient Lamp Spirit failed to heal his fatal wounds and went out.

Tang Lan and his companions killed the pursuers who had attacked them, then reached the Old Tang Sect Site at Yunding Mountain. Tang Ya opened the Mountain Protection Array, revealing the magnificent sect grounds, where the group prepared to enter.

• Tang Lan urged the group to kill the wounded pursuers, and Vina overcame her hesitation to stab one man; Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Ma Xiaotao killed the others.
• Huo Yuhao drove the abandoned horses out of the forest, and the group continued toward Yunding Mountain.
• Tang Lan and the others arrived at the foot of the mountain, where Tang Ya recognized the faded Tang Sect inscription and led them up the stone Steps.
• Tang Ya presented a jade pendant at the Mountain Protection Array, revealing the buildings, cranes, and spirit birds of the Old Tang Sect Site.
• Xiao Xiao, Vina, and the others admired the grandeur of the Tang Sect as they stood before its grounds.

Tang Ya brought Tang Lan and the others to the Tang Sect, where they paid respects to her grandfather and settled into the eastern courtyards. As the group restored the neglected halls over the next half month, Fang Zi began considering joining the sect.

• Tang Ya led everyone through the Tang Sect and brought them to the Hall of the Forefathers, where she offered incense to her grandfather, Tang Yansheng.
• Tang Ya showed Tang Lan and the others their living quarters, and the group cleaned the courtyards and fetched water while Tang Ya and Fang Zi prepared food.
• The next morning, Tang Lan praised Tang Ya and Fang Zi’s cooking, while Fang Zi reflected on his strength and the companionship the Tang Sect could offer.
• Over the following half month, Tang Lan and the others cleaned the Tang Sect’s halls until they were spotless.

Fang Zi joined the Tang Sect, and Vina decided to join as well despite fearing she would bring danger to it. Tang Lan led the group into heavily guarded Flying Swallow City, where they learned the Yan Empress had accused Vina of colluding with the enemy and ordered her capture.

• Fang Zi joined the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya welcomed her as a member.
• Vina told Tang Lan she wanted to join but feared endangering the Tang Sect, and he assured her the sect had him to rely on.
• Tang Lan and the others hired seven carriages and traveled to Flying Swallow City to buy supplies and Soul Tool materials.
• The group passed a strict inspection at the city gate after Tang Ya presented the Tang Sect's identification token, while Vina concealed her identity with a disguise.
• A soldier told Tang Lan that the Yan Empress had ordered the search for Vina, accusing her of colluding with the enemy and plotting harm.
• Vina entered the unusually quiet city with the group and worried that the Yan Empress had seized power and that something might have happened to her uncle.

Tang Lan and the others bought medicinal ingredients and ordered ores and custom Soul Tool components from Chen Tang, a blacksmith whose family had once served the Tang Sect. They left with several chosen items, while Chen Tang began studying Tang Lan’s blueprints.

• Tang Lan asked a pharmacy owner about the search for Princess Vina, but the man said ordinary people knew little of the royal palace’s affairs.
• Tang Ya ordered a large shipment of ores from the blacksmith Chen Tang and paid ten thousand Heaven Soul Coins.
• Chen Tang recognized the Tang Sect’s name, waived the delivery fee, and offered each of them an item from his shop.
• Xiao Xiao chose a dagger, Tang Wutong took a portable Sword Box, and Tang Ya admired a piece of Hair Crystal.
• Tang Lan gave Chen Tang five blueprints for ten sets of Soul Tool components and a generous deposit, and Chen Tang agreed to study and forge them.

Tang Lan and the Tang Sect members finalized plans to combine hidden weapons with Soul Tools, then checked into an extravagant suite at Cloud Top Abode in Flying Swallow City. The chapter left them preparing to feast as Tang Lan reassured Tang Ya that the cost was trivial compared with the wealth he had taken from Titled Douluo.

• Tang Lan and the Tang Sect members agreed on plans for combining hidden weapons with Soul Tools, and Tang Lan promised to deliver completed components in a month.
• Tang Lan and the others arrived at Cloud Top Abode, where He Caitou gaped at the welcoming women and the manager flirted with Tang Lan, making Ma Xiaotao jealous.
• The manager showed the group the Heavenly District suite, and Tang Lan chose the ten-thousand-Heaven-Soul-Coin accommodation and paid without hesitation.
• Tang Lan asked the manager to order the inn's signature dishes and told Tang Ya that he could afford the expense with wealth taken from Titled Douluo.

Tang Lan and his companions were attacked at Cloud Top Pavilion after the Red Lotus Fairy was captured by the Mad Lion Sect and its allies. Ma Xiaotao fought a Black Bear Soul Saint, whose defensive skills failed to stop her phoenix flames as the battle began.

• The Red Lotus Fairy was brought into the inn in the jaws of a Blazing Flame Mad Lion, and a gaunt man announced that the Mad Lion Sect, Purple Bamboo Pavilion, and Wind Moon Tower had besieged Cloud Top Abode branches in seven cities.
• Tang Lan faced the attackers calmly, while the gaunt man threatened him and demanded that he surrender the women with him.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged the gaunt man after he ordered Black Bear to capture her.
• Black Bear used his gravity skill to restrict Ma Xiaotao's movement, but her Phoenix Fire Line set him ablaze.
• Black Bear unleashed his fourth soul skill, Wrathful Bear Vajra Body, and formed a golden light shield.

Ma Xiaotao used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and her Evil Fire Phoenix to defeat the Black Bear Soul Saint’s attacks and break his golden shield. Meanwhile, Tang Ya, Tang Wutong, Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and the others ambushed the Soul Masters attacking their VIP area, ending with Huo Yuhao firing a powerful Soul Guidance Cannon.

• Ma Xiaotao dodged the Black Bear Soul Saint’s attacks with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and struck him until he transformed into a giant black bear.
• The Black Bear Soul Saint used enhanced gravity and Earth Pulse, but Ma Xiaotao flew above him as her Evil Fire Phoenix burned through his shield and wounded him.
• Several dozen Soul Masters charged toward Tang Lan and the others, who fired modified Godly Zhuge Crossbows loaded with Soul Breaking Thunder and Bewildering shells.
• Tang Wutong and the other girls used hidden weapons to attack the blinded Soul Masters, while Huo Yuhao and He Caitou prepared a Soul Guidance Cannon.
• Huo Yuhao took aim and fired the cannon, flooding the area with blue light.

Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect members fought off Soul Masters attacking Cloud Top Abode, while Tang Ya’s mutated Blue Silver Grass awakened and began devouring their vitality. Tang Lan suppressed the demon seed and caught the unconscious Tang Ya, but a Soul Douluo charged at them with a bone sword as time seemed to freeze.

• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou blasted the enemy group with a powerful blue beam while Fang Zi trapped Soul Masters inside illusory mirrors.
• Xiao Xiao, Tang Wutong, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya fought the reinforcements, with Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass poisoning and draining the enemies.
• Tang Lan warned Tang Ya to stop, then used golden draconic power to suppress the demon seed and catch her as she collapsed unconscious.
• The gaunt Soul Douluo accused the group of being Evil Soul Masters and lunged at Tang Lan and Tang Ya with his bone sword.
• Tang Lan’s expression darkened as the attack approached, and time seemed to freeze.

Tang Lan fought the White Bone Douluo at Cloud Top Abode, overpowering his attacks and destroying his bone constructs. The White Bone Douluo tried to seize the unconscious Tang Ya from Xiao Xiao, but a golden dragon spear pierced him before he could reach her.

• Tang Lan shattered the White Bone Douluo’s bone sword and stopped his spike-covered charge with an Ancient Dragon Phantom.
• The White Bone Douluo activated his Soul Skills and created avatars, but Tang Lan destroyed one and defended against his bone blade with Ancient Dragon Guardian.
• The White Bone Douluo unleashed White Bone Domain, impaling and draining Soul Masters, while Tang Lan swept away the bones with his Overlord Spear.
• The White Bone Douluo’s avatar burst apart, and the real White Bone Douluo rushed toward Xiao Xiao to take the unconscious Tang Ya.
• Xiao Xiao shielded Tang Ya with her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron, but the White Bone Douluo broke her barrier and closed in.
• A golden dragon spear pierced through the White Bone Douluo’s chest as he reached for Tang Ya.

Tang Lan and his allies turned the battle for Cloud Top Abode by killing White Bone Douluo and helping its defenders drive back the invaders. After the fighting ended, Red Lotus and Yuan Yan thanked them and asked where the Tang Sect was located.

• Tang Lan’s Dragon God Overlord Spear fatally pierced White Bone Douluo, who exploded into fragments of bone.
• Red Lotus, rescued by Fang Zi, rallied Cloud Top Abode’s disciples, while Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection helped them gain the upper hand.
• Li Yunhai ordered the Wind Moon Tower disciples to retreat, and the Purple Bamboo Pavilion soon withdrew as well.
• Yuan Yan arrived and fought alongside Cloud Top Abode; most of the remaining Mad Lion Sect forces were killed, though a few escaped.
• Red Lotus and Yuan Yan thanked Tang Lan and the others, and Tang Ya explained that they belonged to the Tang Sect.
• Red Lotus asked where the Tang Sect was located.

Tang Ya and Tang Lan accepted Red Lotus and Yuan Yan’s offer to bring Cloud Top Abode into the Tang Sect, with strict rules for membership. After Red Lotus publicly declared Cloud Top Abode’s allegiance, the Tang Sect stayed to plan how they would handle the threats from three rival factions.

• Red Lotus explained that Cloud Top Abode had more than four hundred Soul Masters above Soul Elder rank but lacked a Titled Douluo and faced attacks from stronger factions.
• Tang Ya revealed that she led the small Tang Sect and confirmed that it was accepting disciples.
• Red Lotus asked to bring Cloud Top Abode into the Tang Sect, and Tang Lan set terms requiring its members to begin as outer sect disciples and follow the Tang Sect’s rules.
• Red Lotus and Yuan Yan swore loyalty to the Tang Sect, and Tang Lan formally accepted Cloud Top Abode’s membership.
• Red Lotus announced Cloud Top Abode’s allegiance to the Tang Sect, and Tang Lan’s group stayed to discuss plans with her and Yuan Yan.

Tang Lan rejected Red Lotus’s plan to abandon four branches and proposed gathering the Tang Sect’s forces to seize the three factions’ branches in Luyuan City. The three factions took Cloud Top Abode’s four outlying cities, but found them emptied and burned.

• Red Lotus reported that the three factions greatly outnumbered the Tang Sect and advised retreating to Flying Swallow City, Sky Horn City, and Ancient Rock City.
• Yuan Yan objected to giving up the branches, but Red Lotus insisted that preserving their strength mattered more than immediate losses.
• Tang Lan proposed taking Luyuan City and explained that the Tang Sect could use its tokens to prevent the City Lord’s Mansion from interfering.
• Red Lotus and Yuan Yan accepted Tang Lan’s plan and left to gather forces from the remaining cities.
• The three factions captured Cloud Top Abode’s four outermost cities, but its Soul Masters had already removed what they could and burned what remained.

Tang Lan, Tang Ya, and Ma Xiaotao secured City Lord Qu Heng's promise that Luyuan City's forces would stay out of the Tang Sect's retaliation against the Mad Lion Sect, Purple Bamboo Pavilion, and Wind Moon Tower. By the time they left the mansion, hundreds of Tang Sect and Cloud Top Abode Soul Masters had surrounded the three factions' branches.

• Tang Lan, Tang Ya, and Ma Xiaotao went to the City Lord's Mansion, where Ma Xiaotao fought off the guards who tried to stop them.
• Tang Lan broke through the inner courtyard gate, and Qu Heng arrived to confront the intruders.
• Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya showed Qu Heng their Shrek Academy and Tang Sect tokens, prompting him to kneel and apologize.
• Tang Ya told Qu Heng that the three factions had attacked Cloud Top Abode and demanded that the city guard and City Defense Army not interfere with their planned retaliation.
• Qu Heng agreed to keep his forces away from the three factions' locations and asked them to protect nearby civilians.
• Tang Lan and the others left the mansion as hundreds of Tang Sect and Cloud Top Abode Soul Masters encircled the factions' branches.

Tang Lan led Cloud Top Abode’s assault on the Mad Lion Sect, overwhelming its defenders and forcing the survivors to surrender. At Purple Bamboo Pavilion, Yuan Yan fought three Soul Douluos while Red Lotus supported him, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Tang Lan led Cloud Top Abode’s Soul Masters in a night raid on the Mad Lion Sect, setting its buildings ablaze.
• Tang Lan defeated a Soul Saint, killed two Soul Douluos, and split the stronghold with his spear.
• Luo Qiao surrendered the Mad Lion Sect’s remaining Soul Masters after recognizing Tang Lan’s strength, and the attackers moved to confine them.
• Yuan Yan froze several Purple Bamboo Pavilion buildings and fought three Soul Douluos while Red Lotus strengthened him.
• The Purple Bamboo Pavilion defenders hoped the Mad Lion Sect and Wind Moon Tower would arrive to help them.

Yuan Yan unleashed his eighth soul skill, freezing Purple Bamboo Pavilion’s forces and badly injuring two of its Soul Douluos, while Red Lotus boosted his recovery. As Fire Crow Soul Douluo tried to attack Red Lotus and Black Fist held Yuan Yan back, Red Lotus summoned her Red Lotus Domain and began blooming a giant lotus.

• Yuan Yan’s Icebound Thousand Li froze more than fifty Soul Masters and struck down the three Soul Douluos, shattering one man’s Soul Bone and cracking another’s martial soul.
• Red Lotus used her Restore Soul Skill and other enhancements to help Yuan Yan recover and strengthen him.
• Fire Crow Soul Douluo flew toward Red Lotus while Black Fist desperately entangled Yuan Yan to keep him from intervening.
• Red Lotus activated her Red Lotus Domain and Seventh Soul Skill, filling the bloody mist with a giant blooming lotus and blood-colored water lilies.