Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Lan watched Tang Hao secretly infiltrate the Dance King Competition and arranged to move Tang San’s appearance earlier so father and son could reunite. After Dugu Yan’s elegant dance won the audience’s acclaim, she felt grateful to Dugu Bo and became captivated by the stage and Zhuge Lan.

• Zhuge Lan realized Tang Hao had entered the venue to protect Tang San and secretly ordered staff to move Tang San’s appearance to the next slot.
• Dugu Yan and the Ice Silkworm performers finished their dance and bowed to the cheering audience.
• Dugu Yan savored the crowd’s sincere admiration and felt that performing onstage was more rewarding than competing with poison.
• Dugu Yan’s resentment toward Dugu Bo faded, and she grew curious about Zhuge Lan and his ideas.
• Dugu Yan felt an inexplicable flutter as she thought about Zhuge Lan.

Dugu Yan’s performance ended to enthusiastic praise, and Tang Yuehua took the stage to introduce Tang San as a student of Mysteries Pavilion. Watching from the audience, Tang Hao worried about his sister and was left confused by Tang San’s unexpected school affiliation.

• Dugu Yan curtsied to the audience and left the stage with the other performers, while Yu Tianheng hoped her closeness to Zhuge Lan might end Dugu Bo’s beatings.
• Tang Yuehua hurried onto the stage after staff changed the contestants’ order, and Tang Hao recognized his long-unseen sister and worried about her safety.
• Tang Yuehua praised Dugu Yan and the Ice Silkworm performers, then announced Tang San’s Seaweed Dance and identified him as a student of Mysteries Pavilion.
• Tang Hao wondered why Tang San was no longer associated with Shrek Academy and tried to make sense of the unfamiliar Mysteries Pavilion.

Tang Hao misread the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s investment in Mysteries Pavilion as support for Tang San, while Tang San arrived for the dance competition consumed by Zhuge Lan’s knowledge of his secret. The chapter left Tang San dreading that Zhuge Lan had either read his thoughts or watched him for years.

• Tang Hao learned from the spectators that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect backed Mysteries Pavilion and assumed Ning Fengzhi had invested for Tang San’s sake.
• Tang Hao imagined Tang San’s talent would eventually make the father and son famous and looked forward to his dance performance.
• Tang San arrived onstage preoccupied with the song “Breaking Out of the Cocoon” and its lyrics about the Hammer and Grass.
• Tang San wondered how Zhuge Lan had learned his private secret and feared either that his thoughts were exposed or that he had long been watched.

Tang San feared Zhuge Lan might know he had come from another world and struggled to contain his panic, while Tang Hao mistook his distress for a threat and vowed to protect him. Tang San finally gave up trying to understand Zhuge Lan and resolved to grow stronger rather than wait helplessly for what came next.

• Tang San concluded that Zhuge Lan’s elders might have known about his otherworldly arrival since before his birth, and he panicked as he imagined the audience seeing through him.
• Tang Hao noticed Tang San’s unsteady steps and trembling shoulders, assumed someone had threatened him, and vowed to investigate and punish whoever was responsible.
• Tang Hao silently encouraged Tang San and blamed Ning Fengzhi for failing to protect him, while Ning Fengzhi endured an itchy nose so he would not sneeze during the livestream.
• Tang San searched the audience for whoever might be watching him but failed to detect Tang Hao, whose presence he could not sense without the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Tang San stopped trying to figure out Zhuge Lan’s intentions and decided that he had to train and grow stronger instead of passively awaiting death.

Tang San performed an energetic seaweed dance at the Dance King Competition, using Blue Silver Grass to create swaying plant formations under colorful lights. The audience cheered, while Tang Hao watched in disbelief as his son danced.

• Tang San regained his composure and resolved to win the competition rewards and cultivation resources.
• Tang San began his performance to intense music, dancing to the song about seaweed swaying in the wind.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement to weave his Blue Silver Grass into huge plants that swayed along with his dance.
• The audience enthusiastically praised Tang San’s performance and joked about his waist twists.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San dance and questioned whether the performer could really be his son.

Tang Hao watched Tang San perform a seductive dance and became horrified by his son’s feminine demeanor, then suspected Mysteries Pavilion had changed him. He left the performance baffled and wary, still concealing his identity and unsure whom he could question.

• Tang Hao watched the cheering crowd celebrate Tang San’s dance and struggled to believe his son was performing onstage.
• Tang Hao felt humiliated by Tang San’s feminine demeanor and even found himself nearly humming and dancing along.
• Tang Hao wondered whether his past neglect had affected Tang San, but recalled that Tang San had seemed normal before attending Shrek.
• Tang Hao blamed Shrek at first, then realized it had become Mysteries Pavilion and suspected the academy’s influence.
• Tang Hao considered asking Ning Fengzhi about Mysteries Pavilion but decided against it because he was hiding his identity and did not know where Ning Fengzhi stood.

Tang San completed his Seaweed Dance performance while Tang Hao watched from the audience and vowed to punish anyone who threatened his son. Tang Yuehua resumed hosting the Dance King Competition and promoted Mysteries Pavilion Academy, where top students could receive Poison Douluo’s personal guidance.

• Tang Hao suspected Ning Fengzhi might have plotted against Tang San and vowed to make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect pay if he had.
• Tang Hao blamed himself for Tang San’s suffering in Heaven Dou City, while Tang San privately recalled his misfortunes and feared his father would discover his secret.
• Tang San sensed a familiar gaze, briefly stumbled, then steadied himself and focused on finishing his dance.
• Tang San completed the Seaweed Dance without Zhuge Lan interfering and briefly wondered if Zhuge Lan was reasonable before reminding himself that he was a dangerous prankster.
• Tang Yuehua thanked Tang San, continued the Dance King Competition, and advertised Mysteries Pavilion Academy and Poison Douluo’s guidance for outstanding students.

Dugu Bo’s offer to personally guide Mysteries Pavilion’s students sent the audience rushing to join, while his fan club’s wild praise sparked arguments. Many spectators left the competition to seek enrollment, unaware that Mysteries Pavilion was far more powerful than they imagined.

• Tang Yuehua announced that Dugu Bo would personally guide students, and the audience became eager to join Mysteries Pavilion.
• Dugu Bo’s beauty fans praised him loudly, prompting other spectators to defend Mysteries Pavilion and criticize the fans’ behavior.
• Dugu Bo agreed that Mysteries Pavilion was better than Heaven Dou Royal Academy and praised Zhuge Lan, though his fans misunderstood him.
• Spectators began leaving the competition to find out how to enroll in Mysteries Pavilion and gain a chance at Dugu Bo’s guidance.
• The would-be applicants assumed Mysteries Pavilion was obscure and easy to enter, not realizing how strong its foundation was.

Mysteries Pavilion’s elite lineup and Dugu Bo’s new teaching role stirred excitement among Soul Masters, but Yu Tianheng remembered the misery of Dugu Bo’s instruction. Chrysanthemum Douluo mocked Dugu Bo before beginning to consider becoming a teacher himself.

• Mysteries Pavilion’s roster was described as a formidable collection of top students, strong enough to challenge nearly any academy.
• Soul Masters celebrated the prospect of receiving Dugu Bo’s guidance, believing talent and hard work could help them surpass Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng recalled Dugu Bo’s painful, humiliating instruction and wept as he imagined the newcomers’ future suffering.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo mocked Dugu Bo for becoming a teacher, then wondered whether he could attract even greater acclaim by teaching himself.

Chrysanthemum Douluo struggled to resist the appeal of Dugu Bo’s adoring crowd while Ghost Douluo urged him to stay focused on the Pope’s plan. After Tang San left the stage, he realized Zhuge Lan had overheard his threat and feared he had no way to protect himself.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo envied Dugu Bo’s acclaim but suppressed his temptation to seek the same adoration.
• Ghost Douluo told Chrysanthemum Douluo to keep watching and wait for the planned conflict that night.
• Tang Yuehua dismissed Tang San from the stage, and Tang San left in shame after realizing he had wet himself.
• Tang San cursed Zhuge Lan quietly, then discovered Zhuge Lan was nearby and had heard him.
• Tang San panicked and searched for something Zhuge Lan might want, but concluded his hidden weapons and techniques held no value to him.

Tang San panicked over the possibility that Zhuge Lan would kill him and begged for his life, offering to give up Xiao Wu and obey him. He eventually realized Zhuge Lan was nowhere backstage and wondered if the threat had been an auditory hallucination, leaving him crushed by embarrassment.

• Tang San feared Zhuge Lan would kill him because he knew the secret of Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer and pleaded for mercy.
• Tang San promised to obey Zhuge Lan and stop competing with him, then offered to give up Xiao Wu if Zhuge Lan spared him.
• After Zhuge Lan stayed silent, Tang San noticed no one else was backstage and searched the area.
• Tang San saw that the next contestants were already halfway through their performance and realized a long time had passed.
• Tang San wondered whether Zhuge Lan had ever been there or whether he had hallucinated the threat, then felt overwhelmed by shame over his begging.

Tang San broke down after believing he had fought Zhuge Lan when no one was there, and the humiliation left him too afraid to face Zhuge Lan. Seeing that he had nearly destroyed Tang San’s confidence, Zhuge Lan decided to find a way to restore him so he could keep him as a source of amusement.

• Tang San realized he had been battling thin air and suffered a complete emotional collapse.
• Tang San tried to roar, but fear of Zhuge Lan left him unable to make a sound.
• Zhuge Lan revealed that he had watched from backstage and tossed aside a Recording Soul Guidance Device.
• Zhuge Lan recognized that Tang San’s despair might make him stop producing the emotional reactions Zhuge Lan wanted.
• Zhuge Lan felt remorse and resolved to rebuild Tang San’s confidence.

Zhuge Lan considered how to use Tang San’s longing for his father to advance his own plans, deciding to work through the Strength Clan and Tai Long rather than reunite Tang San with Tang Hao yet. As Zhuge Lan pondered his schemes, Xue Qinghe watched him and felt an inexplicable chill.

• Zhuge Lan decided that Tang San’s heightened guard made it unwise to offer him opportunities directly, and considered using Tang Hao to restore his confidence.
• Zhuge Lan postponed bringing Tang Hao and Tang San together because he still had other plans for Tang Hao.
• Zhuge Lan chose to use Tai Long and the Strength Clan to stir Tang San’s longing for his father and potentially bring the clan under his control.
• Zhuge Lan considered nudging Dai Mubai to recruit Tang San into the Star Luo Empire, while leaving Tang Yuehua’s arrangements untouched for now.
• Xue Qinghe watched Zhuge Lan’s shifting expression, felt a chill, and found himself unable to look away.

Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, became fascinated by Zhuge Lan after seeing him and worried that he had seen her flustered reaction. Meanwhile, Zhuge Lan’s Dance King Competition continued to attract soul masters with its extraordinary rewards.

• Qian Renxue wondered what Zhuge Lan was truly like and admitted to herself that she liked him, though she would never say so aloud.
• Zhuge Lan sensed Qian Renxue watching him, exchanged a look with her, and disappeared into the shadows after laughing at her defiant glare.
• Qian Renxue realized how embarrassed she had acted and remembered that she had promised to dance for Zhuge Lan.
• The Dance King Competition continued as soul masters competed for lavish rewards, and more performers considered joining as the performances went on.

The Dance King Competition sparked a song-and-dance craze that spread from Heaven Dou City across the Douluo Continent, while Mysteries Pavilion students and the Ice Silkworm helped enliven the performances. Zhuge Lan secretly recorded the Ice Empress badmouthing him, and the Snow Empress suspected he was planning another lesson for her.

• The expanded competition slots filled immediately, and spectators who could not register started dancing spontaneously, igniting a craze across Heaven Dou City and beyond.
• The chief conductor of the Heaven Dou Empire's Royal Court Orchestra failed to stop the craze and joined in.
• Mysteries Pavilion students performed dances they had learned from Zhuge Lan's videos, while the Ice Silkworm used its simulation soul skill to change the stage effects.
• The Ice Empress complained about Zhuge Lan and the humans, imagining them all eventually submitting to her.
• Zhuge Lan recorded the Ice Empress's remarks with a Soul Tool and planned to use the footage against her later.
• The Snow Empress watched Zhuge Lan disappear into the shadows and wondered why he paid such special attention to the Ice Empress.

While Zhuge Lan recorded the Snow Empress and Ice Empress enjoying the dance, an ambush group split over when to attack. The Conservatives decided to strike early, and Zhuge Lan noticed their move with a darkened expression.

• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress remained oblivious to Zhuge Lan's interest in them as the Ice Empress quietly sang along with the music.
• An ambush group's captain warned that acting amid the crowded competition could cause trouble, but urged his men to contact the others and prepare to attack before the Titled Douluo returned.
• The ambushers divided into Radical and Conservative factions, with the Radicals favoring a later attack and the Conservatives fearing Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• The Conservatives chose to act early, removed their disguises, and blended into the crowd to wait for an opening.
• The Radical Party realized the Conservatives were pressuring them to join the attack, while Zhuge Lan noticed the unfolding move and grew displeased.

Zhuge Lan ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to kill the people plotting to sabotage his Dance King Competition, while the audience remained unaware. Ning Fengzhi saw that Zhuge Lan had a serious bottom line beneath his playful nature, and the competition continued as Heaven Dou City gained a bloody new legend.

• Zhuge Lan decided that the troublemakers threatening the Dance King Competition had crossed his bottom line and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to leave none alive.
• Sect members silently killed the marked conspirators before they could act, while the contestants and audience continued enjoying the competition.
• Ning Fengzhi watched the operation and reconsidered his belief that Zhuge Lan was merely an immature prankster.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Zhuge Lan was kind to those around him but would unleash a massacre against anyone who crossed his bottom line.

Ning Fengzhi reflected on Zhuge Lan’s ruthless preparations against his enemies and realized Tang San had likely been manipulated by him all along. He considered using Tang San’s suspected connection to Tang Hao to draw out the Clear Sky Douluo, unaware that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Renxue in disguise.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Zhuge Lan for showing mercy while preparing thoroughly to deal with people who sought his life.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Zhuge Lan had kept Tang San under control and pitied Tang San for living at another’s mercy.
• Ning Fengzhi inferred that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son from his martial soul, surname, and familiar appearance.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled how the Clear Sky Sect had surrendered to Spirit Hall and expelled Tang Hao, leaving him disillusioned with the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi considered using Tang San to draw out Tang Hao and divert Spirit Hall’s attention from Zhuge Lan.
• Ning Fengzhi wondered why Spirit Hall had remained quiet, unaware that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise.

After a sudden massacre in Heaven Dou City was swiftly quelled, Qian Renxue worried about Zhuge Lan’s growing strength while Tang Hao struggled to understand the unfamiliar weapons and forces involved. Zhuge Lan remained hidden backstage, watching the killings unfold in the spectator stands.

• Ning Fengzhi realized Qian Renxue had helped keep Spirit Hall out of the upheaval, while worrying that Zhuge Lan and Qian Renxue had grown close.
• Qian Renxue suspected Zhuge Lan commanded forces beyond the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and feared Spirit Hall would suffer if it intervened.
• Tang Hao failed to understand the battle or the weapons used, then decided to contact Little Sister for information to protect himself and Xiao San.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Soul Masters used Zhuge Lan’s Soul Tools to overwhelm their opponents, revealing how much the sect’s strength had changed.
• Qian Renxue grew more anxious about Zhuge Lan’s influence and Xue Ke’s growing closeness to him.
• Zhuge Lan watched from the darkness behind the stage as killings continued throughout the spectator stands.

Zhuge Lan watched from the sidelines as hidden assassins lost their nerve after sensing a sudden, overwhelming threat, while some still tried to rally others to act. Tang Yuehua sensed the concealed killing intent and realized Zhuge Lan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had ample power to deal with it.

• Zhuge Lan remained behind the crowd and watched as the assassins waited for their allies to act.
• A sudden sense of imminent death struck the hidden assassins, leaving many frightened and considering retreat.
• Some assassins tried to stir the crowd with promises of rewards, while others gathered silently and watched them with suspicion.
• Tang Yuehua sensed concealed bloodlust and killing intent around the venue despite the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's careful concealment.
• Tang Yuehua recognized that Zhuge Lan commanded enough power through his faction and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to overcome his personal weakness.