Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue’s group abandoned their fight with the Tree God Priest after he left, then decided to pursue Zhuge Lan toward Tree God Lake and use him as cover if they encountered the Tree God. Meanwhile, Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong tried to slip away for a private conversation, but Xiao Ai insisted on following them.

• The Tree God Priest stopped attacking Qian Renxue after hearing the Tree God call for him, then vanished underground.
• Qian Renxue told Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo that the Tree God Priest had left on his own, then reaffirmed her plan to kill Zhuge Lan and capture Ning Rongrong.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples were heading toward Tree God Lake, and Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo warned Qian Renxue against facing the Tree God.
• Li Jiaqi suggested that Qian Renxue’s group follow Zhuge Lan and hide behind him, so Qian Renxue led them toward Tree God Lake to intercept the sect’s disciples.
• Zhuge Lan told the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members to rest before their journey to Tree God Lake, then invited Ning Rongrong away for a private conversation.
• Xiao Ai followed Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong and refused to leave, saying she would stop them from doing bad things together.

Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong tried to share an intimate moment, but Xiao Ai interrupted them and left Zhuge Lan annoyed. At camp, he heard that Leng Xiaoxue had arrived and went to see her, where he was surprised to find all six members of the Elephant Armor Sect alive.

• Xiao Ai agreed not to follow Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong after Ning Rongrong promised that Lei Yun would be hers once they left the secret realm.
• Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong embraced and began to kiss, but Xiao Ai blocked their lips and made Ning Rongrong storm away.
• Xiao Ai cried and clung to Zhuge Lan, but he removed her hands and left; Ning Rongrong later met him and said she would comfort Xiao Ai.
• Liu Shenlong told Zhuge Lan that Leng Xiaoxue of the Elephant Armor Sect had arrived, and Zhuge Lan went with him to see her.
• Zhuge Lan saw all six members of the Elephant Armor Sect and wondered how they had survived when the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had lost nearly everyone to Soul Beasts.

Qian Renxue confirmed that Lei Yun was Zhuge Lan and planned to use Ning Rongrong and the Tree God to trap him. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong learned that Leng Xiaoxue and her team had joined the camp and decided to confront Zhuge Lan.

• Qian Renxue recognized Lei Yun as Zhuge Lan and agreed to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect team.
• Qian Renxue, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Li Jiaqi planned to capture Ning Rongrong and lure Zhuge Lan into the Tree God's territory.
• Qian Renxue agreed to keep Zhuge Lan occupied while Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo captured Ning Rongrong.
• A disciple told Ning Rongrong that Leng Xiaoxue and her team had joined, and Ning Rongrong ordered them to leave despite Lei Yun's agreement.
• Ning Rongrong decided to confront Zhuge Lan about Leng Xiaoxue and told Xiao Ai to leave.

Ning Rongrong survived Ghost Douluo’s ambush by summoning the Tree God Priest, and Qian Renxue’s group abandoned its plan to capture her. Zhuge Lan failed to find the attacker, and the group eventually arrived at Tree God Lake.

• Ghost Douluo ambushed Ning Rongrong, but she summoned the Tree God Priest and drove him away before Zhuge Lan rushed to comfort her.
• Ghost Douluo told Qian Renxue that the ambush had failed, and she ordered him and Chrysanthemum Douluo to lie low while the rest of the team stayed.
• Zhuge Lan searched for Ghost Douluo the next day, questioned a disciple and Liu Shenlong, but found no clues.
• Ning Rongrong kept Zhuge Lan from inspecting the Elephant Armor Sect’s disciples, and several days passed without him finding the culprit.
• Zhuge Lan and the group reached Tree God Lake, where the girls played at the water’s edge.

Zhuge Lan enjoyed time with Ning Rongrong and the other disciples while searching unsuccessfully for the Tree God. The Tree God began casting an illusion designed to make Zhuge Lan and Qian Renxue become husband and wife, and the chapter ended as Liu Shenlong suggested a dance.

• Zhuge Lan and Ning Rongrong kissed on a raft, while Xiao Ai watched resentfully and Liu Shenlong and Luo Baiwei kissed on another raft.
• Zhuge Lan gained Emotional Value from the scene and spent two days searching for the Tree God without finding him.
• The Tree God and the golden turtle discussed Zhuge Lan's and Qian Renxue's identities, and the Tree God decided to use his illusion to make them husband and wife.
• Zhuge Lan shared grilled fish with Ning Rongrong and the disciples, while Xiao Ai said she wanted Lei Yun after they left the secret realm.
• Qian Renxue showed hostility toward Zhuge Lan, and Liu Shenlong suggested that everyone dance.

The Tree God Illusion trapped Zhuge Lan in a life where he married Qian Renxue, promised to spare her kingdom, and later discovered it had been destroyed. When Zhuge Lan demanded that his ministers restore the Purple Star Kingdom, they accused him of neglecting his country and indulging in pleasure, leaving him confused about which memories were real.

• The Tree God Illusion opened, showing Zhuge Lan as king of the Blue Cloud Kingdom and Qian Renxue as a princess promised to him after his forces captured her capital.
• Zhuge Lan and Qian Renxue married, and he agreed not to attack the Purple Star Kingdom again.
• Years passed, and after Zhuge Lan's general destroyed the Purple Star Kingdom, Qian Renxue confronted him with their children and demanded an explanation.
• Zhuge Lan promised to restore the Purple Star Kingdom and suggested that Qian Renxue or their son Xiong Er could rule it.
• Zhuge Lan questioned his ministers, but they insisted the old king had ordered the conquest and accused Zhuge Lan of neglecting the country to live in pleasure with Qian Renxue.

Zhuge Lan was caught in a dream where Zhuge Fei seized the throne and Qian Renxue was forced to execute him, but the Space-Time Brush rescued him and the secret realm revealed the dream’s true setting. Outside the realm, Lei Yun’s record-breaking score drew attention as everyone wondered why he had not returned.

• Zhuge Fei imprisoned Zhuge Lan and seized power, then demanded that Qian Renxue kill Zhuge Lan in exchange for sparing her other children.
• Qian Renxue agreed, and as she swung her blade at Zhuge Lan, the Space-Time Brush activated and whisked him away.
• Qian Renxue regained her memories as the secret realm opened, revealing that the palace and its people were a dream beneath Tree God Lake.
• The Tree God and the Golden Turtle discussed Zhuge Lan and Qian Renxue’s dream relationship after Zhuge Lan escaped.
• The secret realm’s returning disciples discussed Lei Yun’s enormous score, while Sovereign Ning and the other leaders questioned why Lei Yun had not emerged.

Zhuge Lan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after the secret realm ended and learned that the sect had taken first place, with his Lei Yun identity topping the scoreboard. He headed to the awards platform to meet Ning Rongrong and planned to discuss joining forces against Spirit Hall.

• Zhuge Lan emerged from the Space-Time Brush in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and struggled to separate his memories of the Tree God Illusion from reality.
• Zhuge Lan confirmed that the secret realm had ended and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had won, then asked after Ning Rongrong and learned she was safe.
• Zhuge Lan heard that Lei Yun had scored more than twenty thousand points and placed first, while Leng Xiaoxue had placed second before leaving with the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Poison Douluo greeted Zhuge Lan and congratulated him, but Zhuge Lan warned him not to reveal that he was Lei Yun.
• Zhuge Lan decided to go to the main platform to meet Ning Rongrong, reassure her, and discuss an alliance against Spirit Hall.

Zhuge Lan reunited with Ning Rongrong and insisted on sitting at the awards platform despite Mighty Lion Douluo’s objection. The ceremony ended with questions about the missing winners and Tang Fei’s betrayal, while the Clear Sky Sect left in anger.

• Ning Rongrong ran to Zhuge Lan, embraced him, and brought him to the awards platform.
• Mighty Lion Douluo tried to stop Zhuge Lan from sitting, but backed down after Zhuge Lan threatened him, and Zhuge Lan took a seat.
• Tang Ao told Tang Li that Tang Fei had betrayed the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Li asked where Lei Yun, Leng Xiaoxue, and Tang Fei had gone.
• Sovereign Ning said the missing winners had left and began handing out awards, keeping Zhuge Lan’s return secret.
• After the ceremony, Mighty Lion Douluo refused Sovereign Ning’s invitation to drink, and Tang Li ordered Tang Ao and his people to return with him.

Sovereign Ning left the award ceremony after learning that Spirit Hall was attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s forces near the Star Dou Great Forest. At a secret council meeting, he proposed going there to retrieve the sect’s disciples and discuss the situation with Spirit Hall.

• A Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple delivered urgent news to Sovereign Ning, who left the ceremony and asked Ning Rongrong to host the guests.
• After the ceremony, Xiao Ai asked Ning Rongrong and Zhuge Lan to help her find Lei Yun, but neither helped, and Ning Rongrong sent Zhuge Lan away.
• Poison Douluo told Zhuge Lan to ask Ning Rongrong about Sovereign Ning’s sudden departure.
• Sovereign Ning told the sect elders that Spirit Hall was attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s forces near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After the elders debated whether to resist or let Spirit Hall vent its anger, Sovereign Ning proposed retrieving the sect’s disciples and discussing matters with Spirit Hall.

Sovereign Ning was ambushed in a canyon and left gravely injured, prompting Ning Rongrong to beg Zhuge Lan to save him. Zhuge Lan bought and administered a divine Life and Flesh Pill, then assured the others that Sovereign Ning would recover.

• The First Elder approved Sovereign Ning's plan to balance the sect's interests, and Sovereign Ning led Soul Masters toward the Star Dou Great Forest to retrieve disciples and speak with Spirit Hall.
• Zhuge Lan received a letter from Bai Chenxiang, and Poison Douluo teased him about her coming to confront him with her sisters.
• Enormous pillars of light attacked Sovereign Ning's group, killing many Soul Masters and shattering Sovereign Ning's defensive shield; Sword Douluo carried the unconscious sovereign to safety.
• Mournful bells brought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect together, and Ning Rongrong rushed to Zhuge Lan, pleading with him to save her gravely injured father.
• Zhuge Lan bought a divine-grade Life and Flesh Pill, checked that Sovereign Ning still had a faint breath, and placed the pill in his mouth.

Zhuge Lan helped save Sovereign Ning after an unknown attacker ambushed him and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in the Star Dou Great Forest. Sovereign Ning offered to ally the sect with Zhuge Lan if he could investigate and resolve the attack, and Zhuge Lan accepted.

• Zhuge Lan restored Sovereign Ning's vitality, and Ning Rongrong and the elders realized that he could recover.
• Sword Douluo arrived, thanked Zhuge Lan for saving Sovereign Ning, and described how golden pillars of light from the cliffs had attacked them in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhuge Lan, Sword Douluo, and Ning Rongrong considered whether Spirit Hall was responsible, but no one knew who had launched the attack.
• Sovereign Ning awoke and forbade Ning Rongrong from joining the investigation, while agreeing to send Sword Douluo and sect disciples to investigate.
• Sovereign Ning explained that the sect had avoided Zhuge Lan because its elders feared losing business with Spirit Hall, then offered an alliance if Zhuge Lan resolved the attack.
• Zhuge Lan accepted Sovereign Ning's deal.

Zhuge Lan and the others returned to the valley where Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples had been killed, and an ambush forced him to protect the group with a Dream Butterfly barrier. Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo fought the attackers while Zhuge Lan stayed behind, and the battle began to quiet down.

• Zhuge Lan said farewell to Ning Rongrong, then joined Poison Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples on their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhuge Lan bought a Dream Butterfly barrier that could withstand attacks from Titled Douluo below level 95 after Poison Douluo warned that powerful enemies might attack.
• The group reached the valley, where Sword Douluo collected the fallen disciples’ bodies and Zhuge Lan examined the craters left by golden pillars of light.
• Attackers fired golden pillars of light from the cliffs, and Zhuge Lan used the Dream Butterfly barrier to shield everyone.
• Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo charged the cliffs while Zhuge Lan stayed to maintain the barrier and protect the disciples; as the disciples suggested moving out of the valley, the attacks began to weaken.

Zhuge Lan learned that the attackers were two Golden Light Beasts rather than Spirit Hall Soul Masters, and the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest while Poison Douluo tracked one of the beasts. At Alan Village, a Spirit Hall force refused Yan Ming’s request to spare the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples, leaving the village on the brink of a fight.

• Poison Douluo and Sword Douluo reported that two Golden Light Beasts had attacked and escaped, and Zhuge Lan concluded they needed to investigate before blaming Spirit Hall.
• Poison Douluo revealed that he had marked one Golden Light Beast and left to track it while Zhuge Lan and Sword Douluo headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhuge Lan led the group through several Soul Beast attacks and reached the forest after more than a dozen days.
• At Alan Village, Yan Ming faced a stronger Spirit Hall force after many of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s hired Soul Masters abandoned their posts.
• Yan Ming offered to surrender if the Spirit Hall Soul Masters would spare his disciples, but their leader’s subordinate said they would kill every disciple.

Zhuge Lan arrived at Alan Village in time to save Yan Ming and the remaining Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples from a Spirit Hall attack. The Soul Douluo was killed before he could reveal his orders, and Zhuge Lan waited with the survivors for Sword Douluo to arrive.

• Yan Ming and his disciples prepared to fight to the death as the Spirit Hall Soul Douluo attacked with his Black Bear Martial Soul Avatar.
• Zhuge Lan arrived and destroyed the Martial Soul Avatar with a beam of golden light, prompting the Spirit Hall soul masters to flee.
• Zhuge Lan killed the fleeing Spirit Hall soul masters with Golden Thorns, sparing the Soul Douluo to question him.
• The Soul Douluo denied knowing who ordered the attack, then a distant Titled Douluo—apparently a woman—killed him with a streak of red light.
• Yan Ming introduced himself as Alan Village’s steward and village chief, and explained that their resident Soul Douluo had fled.
• Zhuge Lan told Yan Ming that Sword Douluo had gone to rescue the other village, then arranged for them to wait for him.

Zhuge Lan learned that Spirit Hall had attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s strongholds and that about fifty disciples, including a chief steward carrying three hundred million Gold Soul Coins, had vanished. After discovering that Spirit Hall’s pursuers had disappeared too, Zhuge Lan agreed to investigate the Dark Demon Spider Forest while Sword Douluo reorganized the sect’s forces.

• Yan Ming told Zhuge Lan that Spirit Hall had destroyed nearby strongholds and killed their Soul Masters, and he identified the male Star Tiger Douluo as the enemy’s known Titled Douluo.
• Sword Douluo returned from a stronghold and reported that around fifty direct-line and branch-line disciples had gone missing.
• Sword Douluo told Zhuge Lan that the missing group included a chief steward carrying three Black Cards worth three hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Sword Douluo revealed that the disciples had fled into the Dark Demon Spider Forest while pursued by Spirit Hall, and that both groups had since disappeared.
• Zhuge Lan agreed to investigate the forest while Sword Douluo reorganized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s disciples.

Poison Douluo followed the Golden Light Beasts to a lake deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, where a colossal creature nearly killed him with a cyan attack. After rejoining Zhuge Lan near a cave linked to the missing Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples, he warned him of the danger and left for the base while Zhuge Lan continued the search with a small group.

• Poison Douluo followed the Golden Light Beasts deep into the Star Dou Great Forest and was nearly killed by a colossal creature's cyan attack, escaping with a soul skill that reduced his strength to Soul Douluo.
• Zhuge Lan's group found a strip of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect clothing outside a foul-smelling cave in the area where the sect's disciples had vanished.
• Poison Douluo reached Zhuge Lan and warned him about the terrifying creature near the lake, explaining that his Soul Power would take a month to recover.
• Zhuge Lan sent Poison Douluo and most of the disciples back to the base, while four or five Soul Masters stayed behind to help him continue the search.

Zhuge Lan fought through the Dark Demon Spider cave, killed a Ten Thousand Year Dark Demon Spider, and rescued the people trapped in its cocoons. After the survivors thanked him, he asked who was carrying a Black Card.

• Zhuge Lan led several soul masters into the cave and cleared the first group of Dark Demon Spiders, allowing the disciples to collect Soul Rings and a Soul Bone.
• Zhuge Lan reached the deepest cave and killed the Ten Thousand Year Dark Demon Spider as it tried to flee while devouring its cocoons.
• Zhuge Lan ordered the disciples to open the cocoons, and they rescued the captives, including five disciples from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The rescued survivors woke, thanked Zhuge Lan, and gave him Emotional Value.
• Zhuge Lan asked the survivors who was carrying a Black Card.

Zhuge Lan returned the rescued disciples to Alan Village, then sent a Magic Dragon Eye into the Star Dou Great Forest to track the Golden Light Beast while he remained behind to defend the stronghold. At Little Leaf Village, Sword Douluo faced Spirit Hall’s Star Tiger Douluo, and their battle escalated as Star Tiger Douluo unleashed his sixth Soul Skill.

• A rescued Soul Master gave Zhuge Lan two Black Cards, and Zhuge Lan returned him and the other missing disciples to Alan Village.
• Yan Ming told Zhuge Lan that Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo were defending other strongholds, while Zhuge Lan learned that Spirit Hall’s Soul Douluos were attacking his own position as well.
• Sword Douluo asked Zhuge Lan to investigate the Golden Light Beast, so Zhuge Lan bought and refined a Magic Dragon Eye and sent it toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At Little Leaf Village, Sword Douluo confronted Spirit Hall’s Star Tiger Douluo and had both sides’ lower-ranked disciples withdraw before they fought.
• Sword Douluo suppressed Star Tiger Douluo at first, but Star Tiger Douluo used his sixth Soul Skill, Ten Tigers Strength, to split his tiger Martial Soul Avatar into ten tigers.

Zhuge Lan discovered that the Sky Azure Bull Python might be behind the attack on Sovereign Ning and summoned Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo to discuss his findings. The chapter ended as he began to reveal the mastermind’s identity.

• Sword Douluo defeated Star Tiger Douluo’s tiger attacks, but Star Tiger Douluo withdrew with Spirit Hall’s soul masters, and Sword Douluo stayed to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples.
• Sword Douluo promised not to abandon the disciples and agreed to request reinforcements from the sect.
• A miniature demon dragon entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Sky Azure Bull Python identified Zhuge Lan as its enemy and vowed to kill him.
• Zhuge Lan read Bai Chenxiang’s letter saying she planned to visit him, then learned through the Demon Dragon Eye that the Sky Azure Bull Python was nearby.
• Zhuge Lan urgently summoned Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo and told them he had found the mastermind behind the attack on Sovereign Ning.