Chapter Summaries

Zhuge Lan encountered Liu Shenlong in the Wood Emperor Forest secret realm after Liu Shenlong made insulting demands of Ning Rongrong. Zhuge Lan beat him back and began absorbing the lightning energy from his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, leaving Liu Shenlong's defeat underway.

• Zhuge Lan's team encountered Liu Shenlong, who tried to embrace Ning Rongrong and demanded that she obey him.
• Zhuge Lan challenged Liu Shenlong to a spar, and Ning Rongrong told him to teach Liu Shenlong a proper lesson.
• Liu Shenlong used his Fourth Soul Skill, Divine Dragon Cannon, but Zhuge Lan deflected the cannonballs with Qilin Fist and punched him beside the eye.
• Liu Shenlong summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon with his Martial Soul Avatar and ordered it to charge at Zhuge Lan.
• Zhuge Lan used Lightning Absorption to drain the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's lightning energy.

Zhuge Lan defeated Liu Shenlong’s Martial Soul Avatar, then rejected Xiao Ai’s confession while she pursued him. Before the group could resolve the awkward situation, a powerful soul beast approached, and Zhuge Lan prepared to defend the disciples.

• Zhuge Lan absorbed Liu Shenlong’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, leaving Liu Shenlong devastated and the watching disciples amazed.
• Xiao Ai grew increasingly attached to Zhuge Lan, while Ning Rongrong warned him not to encourage her.
• Xiao Ai confessed her feelings to Zhuge Lan, but he rejected her because he liked Ning Rongrong; Liu Shenlong teased him as Xiao Ai cried.
• Ning Rongrong comforted Xiao Ai just as the ground began to shake, and Liu Shenlong warned that a soul beast was pursuing the group.
• Zhuge Lan stopped the support-soul-master disciples from fleeing and searched the system shop for a God-level item to fight the approaching beast.

Zhuge Lan faced the hundred-thousand-year Tree God Priest while trying to keep his true identity and abilities hidden. Trapped alongside the disciples, he accepted Ning Rongrong’s support and revealed a Titled Douluo-level aura to break free.

• The Tree God Priest emerged and attacked Zhuge Lan, who discovered that his Martial Soul Avatar could not withstand its vines.
• Zhuge Lan urged Ning Rongrong and the others to retreat while he held off the Tree God Priest, but Xiao Ai refused to leave him behind.
• Ning Rongrong slapped Xiao Ai, ordered the disciples to withdraw, and stayed with Zhuge Lan to cover the rear.
• The Tree God Priest trapped everyone in a cage of vines and trees, leaving Liu Shenlong and the disciples in despair.
• Ning Rongrong used her Eight soul skills to amplify Zhuge Lan, who announced that he would force his way into the Titled Douluo realm and released a Titled Douluo aura.

Zhuge Lan protected the fleeing disciples from the Tree God Priest, then powered up his Qilin with a Thunder Fruit and wounded the beast. When the Tree God Priest began its ultimate attack, Zhuge Lan prepared to retreat with Ning Rongrong.

• Zhuge Lan used his Thunder Domain and Qilin's Trample to open a path through the vines, allowing Liu Shenlong, Xiao Ai, and the disciples to escape.
• Ning Rongrong stayed behind and asked Zhuge Lan whether he could defeat the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast now that he had stopped pretending to be Lei Yun.
• Zhuge Lan bought a Thunder Fruit from the system shop and fed it to his Qilin, which gained armored scales and tore through the vines.
• The Qilin attacked the Tree God Priest and ripped a large wound in its trunk, but the beast knocked the Qilin away and quickly healed.
• Zhuge Lan told Ning Rongrong to prepare to run, and the Tree God Priest unleashed Tree God's Judgment, dispersing the storm clouds and firing purple beams at the Qilin.

After Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong escaped the Tree God Priest, the Tree God learned from the Golden Turtle's divination that he would die within a month. He dismissed the warning but ordered the three Tree God Priests to hunt down the remaining intruders before the teleportation gate opened.

• Zhuge Lan withdrew his Martial Soul Avatar, took Ning Rongrong with him, and escaped using the Space-Time Brush.
• The Tree God summoned the Golden Turtle, which divined that the Tree God would die within a month and showed him images of Zhuge Lan and Qian Renxue.
• The Tree God used Spirit of All Things to search the secret realm but found no trace of the two figures, and the Golden Turtle suggested they had changed their appearances.
• The three Tree God Priests reported their encounters with powerful or elusive opponents, but none confirmed the identities shown in the divination.
• The Tree God dismissed the Golden Turtle's warning and gave the priests half a month to kill the intruders before the teleportation gate opened.
• The Tree God granted the three priests the new Spirit of All Things skill so the plants could reveal the intruders' locations.

The Tree God Priests used Spirit of All Things to hunt humans, while Zhuge Lan’s group waited in the Wood Wraith Forest and he struggled with the romantic tension between Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai. The chapter left off as Ning Rongrong asked Zhuge Lan to tell Xiao Ai who he liked, just after he spotted a God-level Item in the system shop.

• The Tree God Priests used Spirit of All Things to search for humans, and one headed toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s disciples.
• At the group’s camp, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai argued over Lei Yun, prompting Zhuge Lan to leave with Ning Rongrong.
• Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong embraced and kissed beneath a tree, but Xiao Ai interrupted them and threatened to reveal what she had seen.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Xiao Ai while Zhuge Lan noticed that the system shop had turned gold, signaling a God-level Item.
• Ning Rongrong pulled Zhuge Lan beside her and asked him to tell Xiao Ai who he liked.

Zhuge Lan rejected Xiao Ai and inspected the Destiny Necklace, which could force powerful beings to submit. When the Tree God Priest tracked down the camp and trapped everyone in a cage, Zhuge Lan prepared to use the necklace against him.

• Zhuge Lan told Xiao Ai that he had fallen for Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Ai ran off in tears.
• Zhuge Lan examined the Destiny Necklace and learned that it could control a Titled Douluo or an Eighty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but could only control a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for half a month.
• At the campfire, Xiao Ai challenged the others to defeat Lei Yun before she would consider dating one of them, and Liu Shenlong volunteered but was rejected.
• The Tree God Priest tracked Zhuge Lan to the camp, announced his new tracking skill, and trapped the group with Tree God Skill [Tree World Prison].
• Zhuge Lan summoned the Destiny Necklace and declared that it would judge the Tree God Priest.

Zhuge Lan used the Destiny Necklace to subdue the Tree God Priest, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and gave Ning Rongrong control of him. Later, Luo Baiwei fled a ten-thousand-year Tree Xiao toward Zhuge Lan's camp, where the group prepared for her arrival.

• Zhuge Lan activated the Destiny Necklace and froze the Tree God Priest, causing the encircling cage to dissipate.
• The necklace shrank the Tree God Priest and absorbed him, and Zhuge Lan gave it to Ning Rongrong as a gift.
• Ning Rongrong bonded with the necklace, while Zhuge Lan gave Xiao Ai a lollipop after she demanded a gift.
• Several kilometers away, Luo Baiwei fled a thirty-thousand-year Tree Xiao and spotted smoke rising from the camp.
• Zhuge Lan sensed Luo Baiwei and the pursuing soul beast approaching, and Ning Rongrong told the disciples to prepare for battle.

Zhuge Lan rescued Luo Baiwei from the Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Tree Xiao, but Luo Baiwei later tried to seduce him and secretly entered his tent at night. Xiao Ai saw Luo Baiwei leave and attacked Zhuge Lan in tears, leaving him confused about what had happened.

• Luo Baiwei ran to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for help as Tree Xiao pursued her, and Zhuge Lan destroyed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Luo Baiwei learned that Lei Yun had subdued a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and decided she had found a new backer.
• Luo Baiwei tried to get close to Zhuge Lan, but Xiao Ai and Ning Rongrong rebuked her and ordered her away from the camp.
• Luo Baiwei sneaked into Zhuge Lan's tent at night, but he recognized her and forced her to leave.
• Xiao Ai saw Luo Baiwei emerge from Zhuge Lan's tent, rushed in, and attacked him with a knife before he disarmed her and asked what was wrong.

Xiao Ai and Ning Rongrong confronted Zhuge Lan after Luo Baiwei entered his tent, then plotted to lure Luo Baiwei into an ambush. The next morning, Luo Baiwei received a letter supposedly from Lei Yun and prepared to meet him, unaware the invitation was a trap.

• Xiao Ai accused Zhuge Lan of being with Luo Baiwei, but he explained that he had sent her away, and Xiao Ai confirmed nothing had happened.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Zhuge Lan and checked him before deciding that Luo Baiwei had crossed the line; she and Xiao Ai discussed killing her.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai planned to lure Luo Baiwei out with a letter and use a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to kill her.
• A disciple gave Luo Baiwei a letter claiming Lei Yun wanted to meet her three kilometers to the northeast and had a gift for her.
• Luo Baiwei believed Lei Yun had become interested in her and spent the morning getting ready for their meeting.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai lured Luo Baiwei into a trap, but Luo Baiwei subdued them before Ning Rongrong summoned the Tree God Priest with the Destiny Necklace. The Tree God Priest killed Luo Baiwei, leaving Ning Rongrong having spent a year of her lifespan to use the necklace.

• Xiao Ai told Ning Rongrong that Luo Baiwei had accepted a letter written to sound like Lei Yun and was coming to their meeting place.
• Luo Baiwei arrived expecting Lei Yun, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai revealed their trap and threatened to kill her.
• Luo Baiwei used her Fourth Soul Skill, Fox Shadow Clone, to bind Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai, then declared she would kill them.
• Ning Rongrong activated the Destiny Necklace at the cost of one year of her lifespan, summoning the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Tree God Priest.
• Ning Rongrong ordered the Tree God Priest to kill Luo Baiwei, and its vine pierced her body, making her explode.

Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai left after recalling the Tree God Priest, while Luo Baiwei survived by sacrificing another life and returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s camp. Outside the secret realm, Lei Yun’s 15,700 points shocked the elders, who believed the strongest beast had been killed, unaware that an even greater threat remained.

• Ning Rongrong recalled the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Tree God Priest, and she and Xiao Ai agreed to keep what happened secret.
• Luo Baiwei rose after using a fox tail to block a fatal blow, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s camp rather than face the forest alone.
• The scoreboard showed Lei Yun in first place with 15,700 points, followed by Leng Xiaoxue and Tang Fei, as fewer than a hundred disciples remained.
• The observing elders discussed Lei Yun’s points and concluded that he must have killed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast; Sovereign Ning hid Lei Yun’s identity as Zhuge Lan.
• Liu Erlong and Mighty Lion Douluo argued over Spirit Hall’s losses until Sovereign Ning and Tang Li calmed them down.
• The elders believed the secret realm was safer, but the Tree God was actually a Three-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts remained.

The Tree God learned that Lei Yun had killed the Tree God Priest and decided to avoid confronting him directly, planning instead to trap him with the Tree God Illusion. Tang San escaped the Priest’s attack when the Tree God recalled him, then found Zhuge Lan’s camp and resolved to kill him, while Zhuge Lan left Luo Baiwei and Liu Shenlong together after agreeing to relay her apology to Ning Rongrong.

• The Golden Turtle identified Lei Yun as the Tree God’s greatest threat, and the Tree God chose to use the Tree God Illusion if Lei Yun came to the secret realm.
• The Tree God recalled the Tree God Priest just as he was about to kill Tang San with the Light of Time.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to locate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s camp and found Lei Yun, whom he intended to kill.
• Zhuge Lan saw Luo Baiwei and Liu Shenlong together, congratulated them, and agreed to tell Ning Rongrong that Luo Baiwei was sorry.
• Liu Shenlong praised Lei Yun by comparing him favorably to Zhuge Lan, and Zhuge Lan left the pair.

Zhuge Lan discussed whether the team should travel to Tree God Lake and relayed Luo Baiwei’s message to Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai. Ning Rongrong agreed to discuss the team’s plans and said she would kill Luo Baiwei again if she tried to seduce Zhuge Lan.

• Zhuge Lan found Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai talking behind a tree, then asked whether the team should stay or head to Tree God Lake.
• Xiao Ai warned Zhuge Lan that the Tree God and its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast priests were too dangerous, and Ning Rongrong suggested discussing the choice with the whole team.
• Zhuge Lan told Ning Rongrong that Luo Baiwei was alive and was now with Liu Shenlong, shocking Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai, who had believed they had killed her.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai suspected Luo Baiwei had survived through her Six-Tailed Fox martial soul, and Ning Rongrong said she would kill her again if she tried to seduce Zhuge Lan.
• Zhuge Lan relayed Luo Baiwei’s apology and request that Ning Rongrong stop making things difficult for her, then returned to camp with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Ai as Ning Rongrong called a team meeting.

Zhuge Lan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect chose to visit Tree God Lake, then accepted Tang San, disguised as Tang Fei, into their group despite Luo Baiwei's warning. The chapter ended with Liu Shenlong confronting Tang San and warning him to stay away from Luo Baiwei.

• Ning Rongrong proposed either waiting for the secret realm to open or visiting Tree God Lake, and the sect disciples chose to visit the lake.
• Zhuge Lan suggested setting out the next morning, and Liu Shenlong and Luo Baiwei reluctantly agreed.
• Tang San approached disguised as Tang Fei and asked to join the group, and Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong welcomed him.
• Luo Baiwei objected to Tang Fei joining, and Tang San claimed they had once been lovers before their relationship ended.
• Zhuge Lan allowed Tang Fei to stay as long as he avoided conflicts, and Liu Shenlong warned him not to pursue Luo Baiwei.

Zhuge Lan’s team traveled toward Tree God Lake while Tang San and Liu Shenlong’s rivalry escalated into a duel. The chapter ended as both men unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and the team watched to see who would win.

• Tang San insulted Luo Baiwei, and Zhuge Lan stopped Liu Shenlong and Luo Baiwei from starting a fight within the team.
• As the team traveled toward Tree God Lake, Zhuge Lan noticed that Soul Beasts had stopped attacking them and prepared for a possible encounter with the Tree God.
• Luo Baiwei urged Liu Shenlong to confront Tang San after a team member reacted to their flirting, and Liu Shenlong challenged him to a duel.
• Zhuge Lan allowed the duel, and the team cleared space for Tang San and Liu Shenlong to fight.
• Tang San summoned a Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar while Liu Shenlong summoned a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul Avatar.

Tang San, disguised as Tang Fei, defeated Liu Shenlong and drew Zhuge Lan’s suspicion with his Clear Sky Hammer techniques. Luo Baiwei then revealed that Tang Fei was an impostor, leading Zhuge Lan to identify him as Tang San.

• Zhuge Lan judged that Tang Fei would defeat Liu Shenlong after sensing Tang Fei’s greater Soul Power.
• Tang San blocked Liu Shenlong’s Thunder Dragon’s Stomp and sent his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon flying with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San used Shattering Sky Strike to defeat Liu Shenlong, and Zhuge Lan recognized the technique as one his enemy Tang San had used.
• Luo Baiwei helped Liu Shenlong up and secretly decided to use another plan involving Zhuge Lan.
• Luo Baiwei told Zhuge Lan that Tang Fei was an impostor and described the blue-gold vine that had killed her.
• Zhuge Lan concluded that the disguised Tang Fei was Tang San because the vine was the Blue Silver Emperor.

Zhuge Lan learned from Luo Baiwei that Tang Fei was likely Tang San in disguise and promised to protect her. He arranged for Liu Shenlong to provoke Tang San the next day, setting up a confrontation that drew the team’s attention.

• Zhuge Lan questioned Luo Baiwei about Tang Fei’s transformation and concluded that Tang Fei was Tang San, who had joined the team to target him.
• Luo Baiwei asked Zhuge Lan to protect her, and he agreed before Liu Shenlong confronted them and accused her of leaving him.
• Liu Shenlong threatened to tell Ning Rongrong about Zhuge Lan and Luo Baiwei, then asked Zhuge Lan to help him beat Tang Fei; Zhuge Lan agreed to back him if he provoked Tang Fei.
• The next morning, Liu Shenlong dumped filthy water on Tang San, who punched him to the ground, prompting Liu Shenlong to call for his big brother.
• Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong came out of their tent as the team gathered, and Zhuge Lan prepared to join Liu Shenlong in confronting Tang San.

Zhuge Lan sided with Liu Shenlong and confronted Tang San, who was disguised as Tang Fei, at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Zhuge Lan overwhelmed Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, but Tang San revealed Titled Douluo-level power and unleashed his ninth soul skill as the fight continued.

• Ning Rongrong questioned Zhuge Lan for supporting Liu Shenlong, while Zhuge Lan explained that Liu Shenlong and Tang Fei had a dispute.
• Liu Shenlong called Zhuge Lan for help, and Zhuge Lan stood between him and Tang San, recognizing Tang Fei as his enemy.
• Tang San pretended not to know Zhuge Lan, then unleashed his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul Avatar when Zhuge Lan challenged him to make one move.
• Zhuge Lan summoned his Qilin Martial Soul Avatar and smashed through Tang San’s hammer, hurling him into the ground and leaving the watching sect members impressed.
• Tang San raised his Soul Power to Titled Douluo level and used his ninth soul skill, Hammer Burst Domain, sending crushing pressure across the surrounding area.

Zhuge Lan defeated Tang San’s sneak attack by reflecting it back at him, forcing Tang San to flee. Elsewhere, Qian Renxue stayed behind to confront the Hundred-Thousand-Year Tree God Priest while her companions left.

• Zhuge Lan used his Lightning Domain to overpower Tang San, then prepared for a suspected sneak attack with a Rebound Ball.
• Tang San pretended to surrender and attacked Zhuge Lan with Blue Silver Emperor: Divine Thorn, but the Rebound Ball reflected the fatal strike and pierced Tang San instead.
• Tang San vanished in a cloud of mist, and Zhuge Lan continued traveling with the group toward Tree God Lake.
• The Tree God Priest pursued Qian Renxue and her companions, and Qian Renxue stayed behind to hold it off while Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Li Jiaqi departed.
• Qian Renxue activated her Martial Soul Avatar and blocked the Tree God Priest’s attack with Holy Light Shield as it prepared to strike again.