Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo watched the Blue Silver Emperor undergo a lightning tribulation, with Rongrong explaining its powers and the danger of fighting it in the Blue Silver Forest. After a devastating final strike, the clouds cleared, leaving the Blue Silver Emperor alive but unstable at the forest’s center.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo that the Blue Silver Emperor had a fairly high chance of surviving its tribulation.
• A purple lightning bolt struck the Blue Silver Forest, and the Blue Silver Emperor used Endless Growth to restore the forest and heal nearby soul beasts.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Blue Silver Emperor could use its domain to make it difficult for Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi to kill it in the forest.
• A huge eye appeared in the clouds and unleashed a torrent of dark-purple lightning powerful enough to erase Titled Douluo below rank 95.
• The thunderclouds dispersed, leaving the Blue Silver Emperor alive with an unstable aura amid the destroyed Blue Silver Grass.

The Blue Silver Emperor tried to flee after surviving the Lightning Tribulation, but the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ambushed and devoured him. Ning Rongrong recognized the threat as the tiger emerged from a spatial rift, leaving her group facing an enemy she feared they could not defeat.

• The injured Blue Silver Emperor transformed into an elderly man and tried to escape the Blue Silver Forest for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked the Blue Silver Emperor, offered to help him take revenge, and then devoured him.
• Ning Fengzhi realized the Blue Silver Emperor had disappeared, while Ning Rongrong and Bone Douluo searched for clues.
• Bone Douluo sensed a powerful dark aura with a domain and spatial fluctuations, and Ning Rongrong identified the likely enemy as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Ning Rongrong urged Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo to flee, but the tiger emerged from a spatial rift nearby.

Bone Douluo battled the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger while Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong tried to survive its attacks. After the Tiger tricked Bone Douluo and reached them, Ning Fengzhi restrained it long enough for his replicated Bone Douluo to charge, but the Tiger began to release a sinister aura.

• Bone Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar and Soul Skills to fight the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger while Ning Fengzhi protected Ning Rongrong.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger evaded Bone Douluo, struck him with a black light cannon, and bit his Bone Dragon before Bone Douluo restrained it with his Evil Spirit Tiger Whale Soul Bone and slammed it into the ground.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger escaped the crater and used space transfer to reach Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, tearing apart Bone Douluo's mirror image and injuring Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi used Mirror Extinction to shield himself and Ning Rongrong, then struck the Tiger with a red beam that temporarily immobilized it.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned a replicated Bone Douluo to attack with Ossified Divine Dragon, but the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger began releasing a cold, sinister aura.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger devoured the Ossified Divine Dragon's attack and confronted Ning Rongrong, blaming her for the three years of dangers it had endured after their encounter. Ning Rongrong denied responsibility, but the furious tiger threatened to strip her and sell her at a human auction house.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger swallowed the Ossified Divine Dragon's black-hole-like form and grew stronger.
• Ning Rongrong sensed Bone Douluo rushing toward them and realized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was focused on killing her.
• Ning Rongrong tried to redirect the tiger's anger toward Qian Renxue and Spirit Hall, but the tiger accused her of having toyed with it three years earlier.
• The Dark Demon Evil Tiger recounted escaping Di Tian, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and the Snow Empress while recovering from its injuries.
• Ning Rongrong insisted she and Dugu Bo had only rescued a Titled Douluo and had not seriously injured the tiger.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger rejected Ning Rongrong's defense and threatened to strip her and sell her at a human auction house.

Ning Rongrong recalled that three years earlier she had disrupted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s teleportation with her True Qi, causing it years of dangerous misfires before it devoured the weakened Blue Silver Emperor and became a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. As the tiger sought revenge, Bone Douluo arrived and attacked, but the battle continued with the tiger showing off its growing power.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger accused Ning Rongrong of putting strange power into its body three years earlier and making its teleports go awry.
• Ning Rongrong remembered sending True Qi into the tiger during its pursuit of her group, and the tiger described the dangerous places it had teleported to over the next three years.
• The tiger revealed that it had overheard plans for the Blue Silver King, ambushed it during its Lightning Tribulation, and devoured it to become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• The Dark Demon Evil Tiger vowed to punish Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Bone Douluo struck it with a massive bone spike.
• The tiger emerged behind a protective barrier and attacked Bone Douluo with black-red light blades, while Bone Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar to repel them.
• The Dark Demon Evil Tiger taunted Bone Douluo about being weaker than the white-haired Titled Douluo, and Bone Douluo bristled at the insult.

Ning Rongrong entered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Life and Death Arena to protect Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, where both contestants were reduced to their juvenile forms. She dodged its attacks and wounded it with a Soul Tool, but the tiger destroyed the weapon and a mysterious disk pulled them both inside.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger used its Darkness Domain and activated the Life and Death Arena, but Ning Rongrong transferred the challenge onto herself and vanished with it.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo watched a projection reveal Ning Rongrong facing the tiger in the arena, where it had been reduced to its juvenile stage.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Ning Rongrong, but she evaded its strikes and found she could use her full strength in the arena.
• Ning Rongrong wounded the tiger with an ice-and-fire-imbued Soul Tool, but it crushed the weapon and a circular disk sucked them both inside.

Ning Rongrong was pulled into the Life and Death Arena for a second time and faced a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that had reversed time until both had become younger. She learned how the tiger had reached the Blue Silver Emperor first, then prepared to fight it.

• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo watched Ning Rongrong battle the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and realized its arena was reversing time to weaken her.
• Ning Rongrong recognized that her cultivation had fallen to Acquired Realm Minor Completion and resolved to claim the Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl.
• Ning Rongrong drew a long-range ice-element Soul Tool while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger boasted that it could not be defeated in the arena.
• Ning Rongrong asked how the tiger had devoured the Blue Silver Emperor so quickly, and it admitted it had waited nearby for three months while blocking the Lightning Tribulation's detection.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger declared that the questioning was over and announced the final act.

Ning Rongrong turned on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger after questioning it about its origins, attacking it with a Level 5 Soul Tool. Though she wounded it repeatedly, the tiger prepared to use its time-reversal ability to send her back to infancy.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger explained that the Evil God's power had changed it from a Light Saint Tiger and said humans and soul beasts were hypocrites for condemning its predation.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she had only been pretending to ask questions and attacked the tiger with a wrist-mounted Soul Tool.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger rushed Ning Rongrong, but her body proved to be an illusion, and an explosion struck it from the side.
• Ning Rongrong used No trace to appear beside the injured tiger and aimed her Soul Tool at its head.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sprang up and formed a disk at its tail, threatening to turn back time to when Ning Rongrong had just been born.

Ning Rongrong killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger by disrupting its Life and Death Arena, then helped Bone Douluo capture its hidden remnant and absorb the Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl. The pearl had tried to control Bone Douluo, and Ning Rongrong planned to study it before deciding what to do next.

• Ning Rongrong interrupted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Life and Death Arena and killed it with an ice-attributed soul cannonball.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo questioned Ning Rongrong's reckless plan, and she explained that she needed something from the tiger.
• Ning Fengzhi used Illusionary Space to reveal the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's miniature hidden form, and Bone Douluo killed it and retrieved the black pearl it carried.
• Ning Rongrong stored the tiger's red Soul Ring in her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but they found no Soul Bone on its corpse.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl into the pagoda after it tried to control Bone Douluo through the tiger's hidden main soul consciousness.
• Ning Rongrong considered the pearl's influence on Bone Douluo and decided she would need to study it before making further plans.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect returned from the Blue Silver Forest, Ning Rongrong planned to study the Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl and consider using it to graft the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring imprint onto Gu Rong's Ninth Soul Ring. Dugu Bo's letter then revealed that Shrek Academy had intruded into his Medicine Garden, prompting Ning Fengzhi to seek clarification before the conflict escalated.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that she would study the Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl before deciding what to do with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong proposed using the pearl to copy the tiger's Soul Ring imprint onto Gu Rong's Ninth Soul Ring, but said she needed to learn more before attempting it.
• Ning Fengzhi received a letter from Dugu Bo reporting that Shrek Academy's group, including Tang San and the Golden Iron Triangle, had entered his Medicine Garden while searching for Soul Rings.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo discussed the danger posed by Tang San, Tang Hao, and Yu Yuanzhen, and Ning Fengzhi decided to write to Shrek Academy to learn its intentions.

Shrek’s leaders discussed Tang Hao’s injuries, Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden, and the External Soul Bone Tang San had lost. They concluded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had bought it for Dugu Yan, while Tang Hao planned to seek information from Sect Master Ning and wondered whether the seller had gone to Vast Sea City.

• Tang Hao asked whether Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden could heal him, and Tang San said it likely contained Immortal Herbs that could restore his injuries.
• Flender explained that he had been imprisoned in the Balak Kingdom after swindling the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the group discussed Dugu Bo’s connection to the sect.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang identified the Eight Spider Lances on Dugu Yan as the External Soul Bone Tang San had lost.
• Qin Ming revealed that Ning Fengzhi had bought an External Soul Bone at the Heaven Dou Auction House for ten million Gold Soul Coins, confirming Tang Hao’s suspicion that it was Tang San’s.
• Tang Hao rejected Yu Xiaogang’s idea of demanding the Soul Bone back, noting his weakened state and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s costly purchase.
• Tang Hao learned that the black-robed seller had headed toward Vast Sea City and wondered whether the seller was connected to Sea God Island.

Tang Hao and Tang San decided not to interfere with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's transaction over the External Soul Bone, and Tang Hao explained why Spirit Hall was unlikely to attack them in the Heaven Dou Empire. As Tang Hao planned a visit to the sect to seek treatment for his injuries, a letter from Ning Fengzhi arrived.

• Tang San agreed with Tang Hao that they should not offend the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect over the External Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall was their enemy because it had harmed his mother, but said their enemies were not yet in a position to attack them safely in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xiao Wu recalled that three people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had threatened her at Notting Academy years earlier, and Tang Hao explained that they had later kept her identity secret.
• Tang Hao invited Tang San to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with him, hoping they might help treat his injuries.
• A student brought Liu Erlong a letter that she identified as having been written by Ning Fengzhi.

Tang Hao received a letter from the Clear Sky Sect and announced that the sect was preparing to emerge, giving him confidence to confront the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Qian Renxue learned that Tang Hao and Tang San were heading there and decided to go observe them.

• Liu Erlong read a letter from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect demanding an apology from Tang Hao and Tang San over the Medicine Garden, and Tang Hao angrily rejected the demand.
• Tang San argued that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was a gift of nature, while Yu Xiaogang suggested revealing Dugu Bo's Medicine Garden to the public; Tang Hao refused.
• A messenger delivered Tang Hao a letter bearing the Clear Sky Sect's emblem, and Tang Hao announced that the sect was about to emerge and would back them against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Hao told Tang San's group they would go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next day.
• Qian Renxue learned from Ci Xue that Tang Hao and Tang San were going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then decided to go there with She Long and Ci Xue.

Tang Hao, Tang San, and the Golden Iron Triangle visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to seek access to Dugu Bo’s Medicine Garden, but Ning Fengzhi explained that Dugu Bo controlled it and was too dangerous to pressure. The meeting was interrupted by news of Qing He’s arrival, and Ning Fengzhi sent Bone Douluo to receive him and bring Rongrong.

• Ning Fengzhi greeted Flender and Tang San, exchanging polite words with the Shrek group.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Dugu Bo owned the Medicine Garden and that the sect could not force him to sell or allow access.
• Ning Fengzhi described Dugu Bo as a Rank 93 Titled Douluo whose poison could kill everyone below Titled Douluo rank in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect within an hour.
• Tang Hao grew wary of Dugu Bo’s strength, while Tang San considered exploiting tension between Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi to obtain the Immortal Herbs.
• A sect disciple reported that Qing He had arrived, and Ning Fengzhi asked Bone Douluo to receive him and bring Rongrong.

Ning Rongrong fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger inside the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after it refused to acknowledge her as its master. She destroyed its soul body and purified the Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl, then sensed someone had arrived outside and returned to her body.

• Ning Rongrong told the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that soul beasts could not become gods and demanded that it submit to her.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Ning Rongrong with its spatial ability, corrosive beam, and lightning, but she countered each assault.
• Ning Rongrong pierced the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's forehead, froze its soul body, and burned it away.
• The Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl fell with its evil aura gone, and Ning Rongrong drew it into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong sensed someone had arrived outside the pagoda and returned her consciousness to her body.

Ning Rongrong ended her cultivation and learned that Tang Hao, Tang San, the Golden Iron Triangle, and Xue Qinghe had gathered at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The visitors met in the Council Hall, where Ning Fengzhi revealed that the Clear Sky Sect was preparing to reemerge.

• Ning Rongrong assured Bone Douluo that she would not risk her safety while studying the Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl and hoped to make him stronger.
• Bone Douluo told Ning Rongrong that Tang Hao, Tang San, the Golden Iron Triangle, and Xue Qinghe had arrived at the sect.
• Ning Rongrong and Bone Douluo greeted Xue Qinghe, who said he wanted to discuss the succession crisis and Spirit Hall, and to meet Tang Hao.
• Ning Rongrong, Bone Douluo, and Xue Qinghe went to the Council Hall, where Ning Fengzhi argued with Tang Hao and suspected the Clear Sky Sect intended to renege on its debt.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that the Clear Sky Sect was preparing to reemerge.

Tang Hao sought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help healing his injuries, but Ning Fengzhi demanded the Clear Sky Sect’s Ring Detonation technique in exchange. Ning Fengzhi revealed that the sect knew Tang Chen had returned from Slaughter City and questioned whether he was still at his peak, leaving Qian Renxue intent on reporting the news to her grandfather.

• Qian Renxue sat with Ning Rongrong to observe as Tang Hao asked Ning Fengzhi for an immortal herb to treat his injuries.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to provide an Immortal Herb without Elder Dugu’s permission and offered to sell medicinal ingredients instead.
• Tang San asked if Ning Fengzhi could heal Tang Hao, and Ning Fengzhi named Ring Detonation as the price for his treatment plan.
• Tang Hao objected and invoked Tang Chen’s return, while Ning Fengzhi said the sect knew of other Level 99 powers, including Bo Saixi and Di Tian.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect knew Tang Chen had returned from Slaughter City and questioned whether he remained at his peak.
• Qian Renxue inferred that Tang Chen was weakened and resolved to tell her grandfather.

Ning Fengzhi offered Tang Hao medicine to heal his old injuries in exchange for information about Ring Detonation and the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. When Yu Xiaogang warned Ning Fengzhi against growing close to Spirit Hall and invoked Tang Hao’s strength, Ning Rongrong challenged his assumptions and declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could choose its own allies.

• Ning Fengzhi offered Tang Hao a Seven-Grade Purple Ganoderma and Wound Recovery Pills in exchange for the principles and steps behind Ring Detonation and the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tang Hao accused Ning Fengzhi of causing the confrontation at Shrek Academy, but Ning Fengzhi denied involvement and Xue Qinghe gave an ambiguous account of what she had heard.
• Tang Hao asked how much detail Ning Fengzhi wanted about Ring Detonation, and Ning Fengzhi requested Tang Hao’s experiences, insights, and steps without secrets specific to his Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Ning Fengzhi that his closeness to Spirit Hall threatened the Upper Three Sects’ interests and cited Tang Hao’s defeat of Golden Crocodile.
• Ning Rongrong rebuked Yu Xiaogang, argued that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should pursue its own interests, and said it could side with Spirit Hall, the Clear Sky Sect, or Sea God Island.

Ning Fengzhi negotiated a trade with Tang Hao's group, exchanging treatment for their Ring Detonation and Martial Soul Fusion Skill methods and training demonstrations. After the visitors left, Ning Rongrong revealed she might help Bone Douluo reach level 97.

• Ning Rongrong reassured Xue Qinghe that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect intended to remain independent, while Ning Fengzhi apologized to Tang Hao and stated the sect's position.
• Yu Xiaogang offered the Martial Soul Fusion Skill method in exchange for access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to select one Immortal Herb, and Ning Rongrong set conditions for the trade.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to treat Tang Hao in return for the Ring Detonation and Martial Soul Fusion Skill methods, plus training sessions at the sect; Tang Hao recovered to level 89 but could no longer attach a Ninth Soul Ring.
• Tang San left after Ning Fengzhi refused his offer to trade the Godly Zhuge Crossbow for an Immortal Herb, while Xue Qinghe showed interest in the crossbow and later requested access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After the visitors departed, Ning Rongrong warned that the sect might need Dugu Bo to remove the herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and said she might have a way to help Bone Douluo reach level 97.

Ning Rongrong planned to strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by tempering Bone Douluo’s Soul Ring and pursuing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. At Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu chose to wait for Tang Chen’s intentions, but Tang Chen arrived and called him out.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could help temper Bone Douluo’s Soul Ring, and urged them to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to take Ning Rongrong and Bone Douluo to find Dugu Bo the next day, while Sword Douluo stayed behind to guard the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo read Qian Renxue’s letter reporting that Tang Hao had been crippled and that Tang Chen had returned from Slaughter City.
• Qian Daoliu decided to wait and see what Tang Chen intended and said Spirit Hall would leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect matter to Qian Renxue.
• Tang Chen called out to Qian Daoliu from outside Spirit Hall’s Worship Hall, startling Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.