Chapter Summaries

Ai Limirui asked Tang Lan to help the struggling Dou Ling Empire, and Tang Lan warned that its rebels might be linked to the Holy Spirit Cult. After the empire accepted the Tang Sect’s terms, Tang Lan planned to let events unfold while the Tang Sect protected its own interests.

• Ai Limirui told Tang Lan that the Dou Ling Empire faced defeat in war and a growing rebellion, and sought the Tang Sect’s aid.
• Tang Lan warned Ai Limirui that Evil Soul Masters might be behind the rebels and demanded the empire consult the Tang Sect on matters within its sphere of influence.
• Ai Limirui agreed to take Tang Lan’s terms to her father and the king, then gave him a jade pendant before leaving.
• Seven days later, Tang Lan told Tang Ya and the others that the Dou Ling Empire had accepted the Tang Sect’s conditions and sought protection from the rebel forces.
• Huo Yuhao warned that helping would mean facing the Holy Spirit Cult, while Tang Lan said the Tang Sect would focus on its own territory and let the other sects face their troubles.

As rebel forces spread across the empires, Ai Limirui asked Tang Lan to become the Dou Ling Empire’s National Teacher and help restore order. Tang Lan agreed to back Xu Sanshi as the empire’s next ruler, and Xu Sanshi set out for the Imperial City with Ai Limirui and Tang Sect guards.

• Rebel forces expanded across the three empires, while Tang Lan eliminated the rebels in Tang Sect territory, killing six Titled Douluo and dozens of Soul Douluo.
• Ai Limirui asked Tang Lan to serve as the Dou Ling Empire’s National Teacher, but Tang Lan deferred the decision to Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi revealed that he was a royal descendant and explained that he did not want the Tang Sect dragged into the empire’s decline.
• Ai Limirui offered to have Xu Sanshi replace the ailing emperor and promised the Tang Sect leadership over the empire’s affairs.
• Tang Lan agreed to support Xu Sanshi, then sent him to the Imperial City with Ai Limirui and Team One of the Tang Sect’s elite guards.

Tang Lan accepted Shrek Academy’s request for help with a suspected Beast Tide and set out there with his companions, entrusting Tang Sect’s affairs to its affiliated sect leaders. On the journey, they diverted to a burning village, where Tang Lan found a little girl crying beside two corpses.

• Huo Yuhao gave Tang Lan Shrek Academy’s letter warning that Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest were stirring and a Beast Tide might be imminent.
• Tang Lan agreed to return to Shrek Academy and assigned Tang Sect’s affairs to Bell, Chen Yue, Qin Li, Ju Yue, and Yan Miao.
• Tang Lan and his companions rode the Azure Flood Dragon toward Shrek Academy, while Qiao Na and Ding De'er stayed behind to develop Soul Tools.
• Tang Lan redirected the Azure Flood Dragon toward a burning village, where it extinguished the fires with a torrential rain.
• Tang Lan heard a child crying and hurried to find a little girl beside two corpses near a house reduced to ashes.

Tang Lan found a girl whose parents had been killed by bandits and discovered that she possessed Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls. He took her to confront the bandits and gave her a black blade so she could begin her revenge.

• Tang Lan found the girl grieving beside her murdered parents and learned that she had survived by hiding in a haystack.
• Tang Lan asked whether she wanted revenge, then tested her and discovered her Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Lan encouraged the girl to live on and flew with her to catch up with the bandits.
• Tang Lan blocked the bandits’ path with the Dragon Soul Overlord Spear and trapped them with black vines and barriers.
• Tang Lan handed Black Knife Massacre to the girl, who walked toward the bandits as their leader realized they could not escape.

Lu Xin'er avenged her parents and villagers with Tang Lan's help, then joined his group and received her first soul ring. Two days later, they arrived at a desolate Shrek City, where Shi Xing recognized them as Shrek Academy students returning.

• Lu Xin'er killed the bandits responsible for her family's deaths, resolving her Heart Demon, and Tang Lan invited her to join him.
• Tang Lan and the girls helped Lu Xin'er bury the villagers, and Ma Xiaotao comforted her as they set off together.
• Tang Lan found Lu Xin'er a hundred-year-old Ice Wall Bamboo for her First Soul Ring, giving her the Cold Edge skill, and warned her to conceal her Ice Phoenix martial soul.
• Two days later, Tang Lan and his group reached Shrek City and found it desolate, with Soul Beast corpses outside its walls.
• Shi Xing spotted the group atop the Azure Flood Dragon and realized that Shrek Academy's students had returned.

Tang Lan and his companions returned to Shrek Academy, where they were welcomed by its leaders and discussed the growing threat from Star Dou Great Forest. At the Trial Tower, Tang Lan reunited with Mu En and discovered that the old Pavilion Master now needed a wheelchair.

• Shi Xing greeted Tang Lan and his companions outside Shrek City after the Azure Flood Dragon landed and shrank into Tang Lan's pocket.
• Shrek Academy's Deans and Pavilion Elders welcomed the returning group, while students watched and recognized Tang Lan and Tang Ya.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er told the group that Soul Beast attacks around Shrek Academy had intensified and the One-Eyed Black Dragon King refused to negotiate.
• Ma Xiaotao assured her teacher that their group would seek a chance to meet the overlord Soul Beasts in Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xuan Zi led Tang Lan and the others to the Trial Tower, where Tang Lan greeted Mu En and noticed that he was in a wheelchair.

Mu En revealed that his old injuries and soul poison were steadily destroying his body, but he refused Tang Lan’s Falling Mortal Pill because he wanted to remain able to protect Shrek Academy. Tang Lan agreed to speak with the One-Eyed Black Dragon King on Mu En’s behalf and planned to visit the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.

• Mu En asked Tang Lan to succeed him as Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion, but Tang Lan said he preferred freedom and suggested Xuan Zi instead.
• Xuan Zi explained that his Level 98 strength was insufficient to lead Shrek Academy against its enemies, while Mu En said he would settle his grievances with Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
• Tang Lan examined Mu En and discovered that soul poison had accumulated in his lower body and that Mu En’s life force was draining away.
• Tang Lan offered Mu En a Falling Mortal Pill that could suppress his Soul Power and soul poison for a year, but Mu En refused to take it while Shrek Academy faced danger.
• Tang Lan agreed to speak with the One-Eyed Black Dragon King for Mu En and said he would go to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.

Tang Lan reunited with Wang Qiuer at Shrek Academy and learned that the former Three-Eyed Golden Lion had become human after leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. Their reunion ended with Wang Qiuer throwing herself into his arms.

• Tang Lan and the girls taught at Shrek Academy, while Lingling and Long Yao explored the Soul Tool Department and Azure Flood Dragon and Sha Li played in a pool.
• Tang Lan followed a familiar figure into a quiet grove and discovered that it was Wang Qiuer.
• Tang Lan remembered Wang Qiuer as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and learned that she had chosen human form after meeting Tang Wutong and absorbing some of Tang Lan's memories.
• Wang Qiuer said she had fled because the Soul Beasts treated her as a cultivation tool, and Tang Lan connected her departure to the unrest in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Qiuer showed her affection for Tang Lan, and she threw herself into his arms.

Tang Lan reunited with Wang Qiuer, who revealed why she had undergone Humanoid Transformation and how she was connected to him and Tang Wutong. After the girls welcomed her, Tang Lan brought Wang Qiuer to the Sea God Pavilion and disclosed her identity as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, shocking the Academy's leaders.

• Wang Qiuer told Tang Lan she had endured Humanoid Transformation to see him, and they embraced in the stone pavilion.
• Ma Xiaotao and the other girls found Tang Lan with Wang Qiuer, and Tang Lan revealed that she was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Humanoid Transformation.
• Wang Qiuer explained her connection to Tang Lan and Tang Wutong, while Tang Lan said the mystery involved powerful beings and promised neither girl would be harmed.
• The girls accepted Wang Qiuer, and Tang Lan said he would take her to the Star Dou Great Forest and explain the matter to the Deans.
• Tang Lan brought Wang Qiuer to the Sea God Pavilion and revealed her identity to Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, and the other leaders, who reacted in disbelief.

Tang Lan decided to confront the One-Eyed Black Dragon King in the Star Dou Great Forest while the elders guarded Shrek City. He brought Wang Qiuer into the forest, where they encountered the Three-Headed Crimson Devil Mastiff, and agreed to spare it at her request.

• Tang Lan told the Sea God Pavilion elders that he would go to the Star Dou Great Forest and warned them to prepare for a possible Beast Tide.
• Tang Lan left Shrek City with Wang Qiuer on the Azure Flood Dragon, leaving Ma Xiaotao, Tang Ya, Lingling, Long Yao, and the others behind.
• As they entered the Star Dou Great Forest, Wang Qiuer said she did not regret becoming human or choosing to stay with Tang Lan, and he took her hand.
• Guided by Wang Qiuer, Tang Lan and the Azure Flood Dragon reached the forest's core region, where the Three-Headed Crimson Devil Mastiff challenged them.
• Wang Qiuer asked Tang Lan to spare the Three-Headed Crimson Devil Mastiff because it had protected her, and Tang Lan agreed.

Tang Lan and the Azure Flood Dragon entered the Star Dou Great Forest and confronted its powerful Soul Beasts to request an audience with Di Tian. Di Tian met them at the lake, and the chapter ended with Tang Lan preparing to explain his purpose while Wang Qiuer failed to recognize the beasts.

• Tang Lan called out to Scarlet King and said he had come to see Di Tian, while Scarlet King warned him to leave the forest.
• Bear Monarch arrived and challenged Tang Lan, but the Azure Flood Dragon's overwhelming aura made him back down.
• Bi Ji intervened and led Tang Lan and his companions to the lake at the forest's core, where Di Tian emerged.
• Di Tian asked about the Azure Flood Dragon's origins, and the dragon revealed that Void Enlightenment Island held many Soul Beasts exceeding nine hundred thousand years and that Tang Lan had brought three level ninety-nine beasts.
• Di Tian sensed that Tang Lan's power was beyond his understanding and asked why he had come; Tang Lan and Wang Qiuer exchanged a glance, and Tang Lan realized she could not recognize the forest's powerful Soul Beasts.

Tang Lan and Wang Qiuer confronted Di Tian over the Beast Tide, and Wang Qiuer revealed that she was the missing Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Di Tian refused to stop the attacks unless he was defeated, so Tang Lan challenged him with a divine sword as the battle began.

• Tang Lan asked Di Tian why the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest had begun attacking human settlements, and Di Tian blamed Wang Qiuer's disappearance as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Wang Qiuer revealed her identity and defended her choice to become human, while Di Tian described the harm her absence had caused the Soul Beasts.
• Wang Qiuer asked Di Tian to stop the Beast Tide and warned that Tang Lan would fight for humanity, but Di Tian refused and demanded a battle.
• Di Tian unleashed a storm and attacked with a water dragon, which the Azure Flood Dragon shattered before clashing with the Golden Eyed Black Dragon King.
• Tang Lan stopped the evenly matched Soul Beasts from fighting, gave Wang Qiuer back to the Azure Flood Dragon, and charged Di Tian with a seven-colored divine sword.
• The Golden Eyed Black Dragon King recognized the sword as a divine artifact and expanded his shield as Tang Lan suddenly appeared above him.

Tang Lan defeated Di Tian without killing him, and persuaded him to call off the Beast Tide and reveal the Holy Spirit Cult’s scheme. After Bi Ji went to recall the Soul Beasts, news arrived that the Night Ape chief was near death.

• Tang Lan severed one of Di Tian’s dragon horns with the Immortal Slayer Sword, weakening him, then explained that he wanted to stop the war rather than kill him.
• Di Tian revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had asked him to cause disorder among the Three Empires so it could attack them, and admitted he had hoped to use the cult to benefit the Soul Beasts.
• Wang Qiuer urged Di Tian to prevent a battle between the Beast Tide and Shrek City, and Di Tian ordered Bi Ji to recall the Soul Beasts to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian asked humans to leave room for the Soul Beasts to live, and Tang Lan said he had already promised Wang Qiuer to do so.
• A black giant ape reported that the one-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-year-old Night Ape chief was near death, and the ground began to tremble after Wang Qiuer explained the Soul Beasts’ death ritual.

Tang Lan offered the dying Night Ape a chance to survive as Wang Qiuer’s Soul Spirit, and their successful contract transformed her first Soul Ring into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. The Night Ape regained its intelligence in spirit form, leaving Di Tian questioning Tang Lan about the new path he had created.

• Tang Lan told Wang Qiuer and the gathered Soul Beasts that a dying Soul Beast could gain another chance at life through a Soul Spirit Contract.
• Tang Lan taught Wang Qiuer the contract method, and she formed a bond with the dying Night Ape, transforming her first Soul Ring into a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• After three hours of merging, Wang Qiuer awoke and said the Night Ape Soul Spirit had greatly increased her strength.
• The Night Ape appeared beside Wang Qiuer as a spirit, retained its intelligence, and promised to assist her.
• Di Tian asked Tang Lan how he had created this method, and Tang Lan explained that he had forged a new path.

Tang Lan persuaded Di Tian and the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts to establish the Spirit Derivation Tower, creating a supervised path for Soul Beasts to become Soul Spirits. Back in Shrek City, the academy’s leaders agreed to work with the Tang Sect on the plan after hearing what had happened.

• Tang Lan explained the Soul Spirit Contract to Di Tian and proposed a jointly supervised site where humans and Soul Beasts could form contracts.
• Di Tian agreed to establish the site in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang Lan named its tower the Spirit Derivation Tower.
• Bi Ji returned, thanked Tang Lan, and declared him and Wang Qiuer lifelong friends of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Lan and Wang Qiuer left the forest, promising to bring Shrek Academy and Tang Sect leaders to discuss the tower’s construction.
• After Tang Lan and Wang Qiuer returned to Shrek City, Wang Qiuer recounted their meeting with Di Tian, and Shrek’s leaders agreed to take part in the negotiations.

Tang City and Shrek City recruited craftsmen and built the Spirit Derivation Tower in the Star Dou Great Forest under the protection of Di Tian and the Soul Beasts. The tower opened its first spirit-transfer trial, while war and rebellion devastated the Heaven Dou and Dou Ling Empires and weakened the Tian Gan Sect.

• Tang Ya sent a message to Tang City, and Tang City and Shrek City recruited eleven hundred craftsmen and several thousand laborers to build the tower.
• Tang Lan led the women and construction teams into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Di Tian arranged safe passage and Soul Beasts guarded and assisted them.
• Bi Ji and the Emerald Swan clan helped manage construction and treat the injured, while Wang Qiuer guided Tang Ya and the others around the forest.
• After three months, the Spirit Derivation Tower was completed, and twelve Soul Masters received Soul Spirits during its first day of trials.
• The Heaven Dou Empire and Dou Ling Empire went to war, and rebel forces seized cities and northern territory as the Tian Gan Sect suffered heavy losses.

Tang Lan guided the Titled Douluo Ling Lan through a Spirit Transfer Ritual to fuse with a ninety-thousand-year-old Thorn Flower King. Ling Lan successfully gained its Soul Spirit and Soul Ring, leaving the experts outside astonished by the powerful fluctuation.

• The Tang Sect agreed to sell the Dou Ling Empire Dark Soul Devices for Gold Soul Coins while staying out of its internal conflicts.
• Tang Lan prepared Ling Lan and the Thorn Flower King for a Spirit Transfer Ritual in the Spirit Derivation Tower’s ninth-floor chamber.
• Ling Lan connected with the Thorn Flower King’s soul and followed Tang Lan’s instructions to begin the fusion.
• The Thorn Flower King’s spectral form and black Soul Ring entered Ling Lan, and she completed their fusion in just over two hours.
• Xian Lin'er and Qin Li sensed Ling Lan’s powerful aura outside the chamber, and Qin Li wondered if she had broken through to Soul Power level 92.

Ling Lan completed the spirit transfer and gained the Thorn Flower King as her Wisdom Soul Ring, then asked to join the Tang Sect. Tang Lan explained that she would need to pass its assessment before the group prepared to return to the sect.

• Ling Lan emerged from the secret chamber with the Thorn Flower King as her Soul Spirit and thanked Tang Lan for helping her obtain a Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Ling Lan asked to join the Tang Sect, and Tang Lan told her she would need to pass its assessment, which examined her heart.
• Tang Lan deactivated the tower’s formation, and Ling Lan told Xian Lin'er and Qin Li about her spirit transfer and briefly summoned the Thorn Flower King.
• Qin Li congratulated Ling Lan on her decision to join, and Tang Lan invited her to return to the Tang Sect with them.
• Qin Li noticed Ling Lan’s changed, affectionate gaze toward Tang Lan and felt jealous.

Tang Lan prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest for the Tang Sect, warning Di Tian to protect the Spirit Derivation Tower and to tell the Holy Spirit Cult that those who offended the Tang Sect would be slain. He gathered Lingling and Tang Ya, then found Tang Wutong and Wang Qiuer together in a meadow.

• Tang Lan told Di Tian that the Eastern Continent was in chaos and urged him to protect the Spirit Derivation Tower, warning him to pass a message to the Holy Spirit Cult if they came looking for him.
• Tang Lan found Lingling with the Three-Headed Crimson Devil Mastiff clan, and she reluctantly said goodbye to Scarlet King to return with him.
• Tang Lan and Lingling met Tang Ya after her cultivation; she reunited with Tang Lan and confessed that she had thought of him while striving to grow stronger.
• Tang Lan, Lingling, and Tang Ya went to find Tang Wutong and Wang Qiuer, whom they found sitting together in a meadow protected by Spirit Orchid Flowers and Blue Silver Grass.

Tang Lan returned to Tang City with the women and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult-backed rebel army had seized most of the Dou Ling Empire. After recognizing that the enemy might be waiting to ambush Tang Sect reinforcements, he left the council without giving a response to Yan Miao's question about what to do.

• Tang Wutong and Wang Qiuer kept their conversation with Tang Lan secret, and Tang Lan gathered the women to travel back to Tang City on the Azure Flood Dragon.
• Bell welcomed Tang Lan and the women to the City Lord's Mansion, where Tang Lan found three letters about the Dou Ling Empire's crisis.
• Tang Lan learned from Xu Sanshi's letters that the Holy Spirit Cult had counterattacked and that the empire could fall without reinforcements within two months.
• Bell showed Tang Lan a map indicating that the rebel army controlled nearly seventy percent of the Dou Ling Empire and was threatening the Tian Gan Sect.
• Tang Lan warned that the Holy Spirit Cult might be baiting the Tang Sect into an ambush, and Yan Miao asked what they should do.