Chapter Summaries

After the Heaven Dou City Tang Sect Branch was poisoned with activated Seven Day Fragrance, Zang Xin left the Abyss Battlefield and returned to investigate the attack. The chapter ended with him restricting and interrogating Poison Hall personnel as the sect searched for the culprit.

• Hall Master Yang promised to investigate the mass poisoning and contacted Zang Xin on the Abyss Battlefield.
• Zang Xin learned the victims had been poisoned with activated Seven Day Fragrance and decided to return to Heaven Dou City.
• Cao Dezhi urged Zang Xin to punish the poisoner and deal with the threat to the Tang Sect.
• Zang Xin arrived at the branch and promised the poisoned members he would find the culprit.
• Zang Xin ordered a review of surveillance footage, restricted Poison Hall personnel, and personally interrogated its chief and deputy hall masters.

Zang Xin investigated whether the Seven Day Fragrance poisoning came from the Tang Sect branches but found no clear culprit. He learned that Chen An appeared unaffected, leaving him frustrated and suspicious.

• Zang Xin questioned the Poison Hall masters in Heaven Dou City and remained unsure whether they had hidden any Seven Day Fragrance.
• Zang Xin confronted Cui Shan at the Mingdu Tang Sect and demanded an explanation for the poison allocated to him.
• Cui Shan showed Zang Xin surveillance footage and stored security uniforms, and Zang Xin found no evidence that Cui Shan had kept or leaked any poison.
• Zang Xin considered whether an outside force could have made Seven Day Fragrance, but doubted anyone else knew its formula or could produce it.
• Zang Xin asked about Chen An, and Cui Shan reported that bribed Sun Moon Royal Academy students had seen Chen An doing well.
• Zang Xin reacted angrily to the news that Chen An showed no signs of suffering from the poison.

Zang Xin struggled to determine how the Seven Day Fragrance poison had affected Chen An while the Tang Sect investigated the poisoning of its Heaven Dou City members. After the promised three days passed without answers, the poisoned members confronted Zang Xin, who asked them to wait longer.

• Zang Xin suspected Cui Shan of misusing the poison and demanded evidence that Chen An had been poisoned as ordered.
• Cui Shan ordered an investigation into the security uniform’s owner, while Tang Sect members urgently searched for the truth.
• Yun Ming accompanied Ya Li to Heaven Dou City so she could try treating the poisoned members.
• For three days, the Tang Sect monitored Chen An and kept news of the poisoning concealed, but he continued to appear healthy.
• When the three-day deadline passed without an explanation, the poisoned branch members confronted Zang Xin at the underground headquarters.
• Zang Xin admitted the investigation needed more time and promised to explain the incident as soon as possible.

Zang Xin faced poisoned Tang Sect members demanding answers about the source of Seven Day Fragrance, but the investigation had found no leads. When they asked to leave and spend their final days with their families, Tang Sect leaders refused, and the branch master confronted Zang Xin about imprisoning them.

• The poisoned victims demanded that Zang Xin explain who had poisoned them, while he admitted the investigation had made no progress.
• The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect branch master asked to leave headquarters so the victims could spend their remaining days with their families.
• A Tang Sect higher-up said the victims should stay for treatment, and the poisoned members realized they were being kept there against their will.
• Zang Xin avoided the branch master's gaze as he considered the need to keep the scandal and the victims' condition from the public.
• The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect branch master asked Zang Xin whether he was trying to imprison them.

Zang Xin and the Tang Sect higher-ups refused to release poisoned members from the underground headquarters, insisting they remain quiet while the poisoning was investigated. The captives grew disillusioned with the Tang Sect, while Zang Xin ordered staff to care for them until they died.

• A hall master and Zang Xin explained that the poisoned Tang Sect members had to stay confined and promised compensation and care for their families.
• The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect Hall Master accused the higher-ups of failing to investigate and possibly orchestrating the poisoning, then pleaded to see his family.
• Zang Xin refused to let the captives leave, citing the risk of rumors and further harm, and they protested and attempted to break out.
• Zang Xin and the others subdued the escape attempt without seriously injuring anyone, then left the captives in the underground room.
• The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect Hall Master and other captives lamented their treatment, while an elderly man defended the Tang Sect’s restrictions and compensation.
• Zang Xin told the staff to care for the poisoned members and let them die peacefully.

After winning the youth division forging competition, Chen An celebrated with Zhen Hua, Sun Qian, Mu Ye, and Gu Yue Na. At dinner, he asked Zhen Hua to forge Four-Word Battle Armor for Di Tian.

• Chen An won the youth division forging competition and received praise and an award from Zhen Hua.
• Chen An left with Zhen Hua and Sun Qian, and they picked up Gu Yue Na before going to the Mingdu Forging Masters Association for dinner with Mu Ye.
• The group toasted Chen An's victory, while Zhen Hua and Sun Qian praised his forging and Chen An remained humble.
• Chen An asked Zhen Hua to forge a set of Four-Word Battle Armor for Di Tian to increase Di Tian's strength.

Chen An asked Zhen Hua to forge the metal for Four-Word Battle Armor for Di Tian, and Zhen Hua agreed in exchange for Chen An reaching level-six blacksmith within half a year. The metal still had to be supplied, and Chen An promised to meet the deadline.

• Chen An explained that Di Tian was the best candidate among the Star Dou Great Forest’s ferocious beasts for battle armor and asked Zhen Hua to forge a set for him.
• Zhen Hua described the difficulty of Heaven Forging and recalled refusing Shrek Academy’s request because of its grudge with Chen An and his commitment to teaching his disciple.
• Chen An offered to settle for Three-Word Battle Armor, but Zhen Hua said he would forge Four-Word Battle Armor metal for Di Tian if Chen An became a level-six blacksmith within half a year.
• Chen An accepted the condition, and Zhen Hua agreed to forge the metal without a fee, provided Chen An and his companions supplied it.

Chen An and Zhen Hua discussed making Four-Word Battle Armor for Gu Yue Na’s elder, Di Tian, who had never worn battle armor. Zhen Hua proposed a two-stage approach, and Chen An also asked Mu Ye to advise them because Di Tian’s dragon Martial Soul was like a Body Spirit.

• Zhen Hua explained that Heaven-Forged metals and a Divine Craftsman were essential for genuine Four-Word Battle Armor, and that he had rejected other forging requests this year.
• Chen An told Zhen Hua that Di Tian had no battle armor and that they needed a Ninth-Level Battle Armor Designer to create his blueprint.
• Zhen Hua recommended first having Di Tian fuse with a rough Four-Word Battle Armor framework, then adding Heaven-Forged metals after he had adapted to it.
• Chen An agreed to follow Zhen Hua’s advice and asked him to help advise the academy’s battle armor designers.
• Chen An asked Mu Ye to offer Di Tian advice because Di Tian’s dragon Martial Soul was like a Body Spirit, and Mu Ye expressed interest in the similarity.

Chen An learned how the Body Sect’s battle armor differed from ordinary designs and arranged help to create custom armor for Di Tian. Yang Shan agreed to design it after meeting Di Tian to learn about his abilities.

• Mu Ye explained that Body Spirit soul masters needed a specialized battle armor route because their armor could not fuse with a Martial Soul.
• After dinner, Zhen Hua and the others escorted Chen An and Gu Yue Na back to the academy, where Chen An helped the tipsy Gu Yue Na to bed.
• Chen An asked Xu Lin to inscribe the Soul Guidance Arrays for his Four-Word Battle Armor, and Xu Lin agreed.
• Xu Lin brought Chen An and Gu Yue Na to Yang Shan, who agreed to design battle armor for Di Tian and asked to meet him first.

Yang Shan, Mu Ye, and Chen An discussed designing battle armor for Di Tian, whose Martial Soul he described as a mutated Dark Sacred Dragon. The design could begin with darkness alone or include space at great cost, and Yang Shan explained that adding the space attribute later was possible but more difficult.

• Di Tian told Yang Shan that his Martial Soul was a mutated Dark Sacred Dragon and demonstrated its dragon-scale possession form and powerful darkness attribute.
• Yang Shan noted that Di Tian's Martial Soul manifested somewhat like a Body Spirit, so Chen An asked to invite Mu Ye to help with the design.
• Mu Ye joined the discussion, and he and Yang Shan settled on the battle armor's general direction.
• Di Tian expressed interest in adding a space attribute, but Yang Shan explained that it would require scarce materials, substantially raise the cost and forging time, and could take at least a year to gather.
• Chen An asked whether the armor could begin with only darkness and gain the space attribute later, and Yang Shan said it could but would be more troublesome.

Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and Di Tian decided to focus on a darkness-attribute Four-Word Battle Armor and postpone adding the spatial attribute. Meanwhile, poison victims in the Heaven Dou City Tang Sect began dying and rioted, accusing the Poison Hall masters and Zang Xin of abandoning them.

• Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and Di Tian agreed to pursue darkness-attribute battle armor first, with spatial fusion left for later.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na wondered whether the poison had worked because no reports had appeared from the Heaven Dou City Tang Sect.
• Poisoned members of the Heaven Dou City Tang Sect began dying, while the survivors grew violent and attacked the walls of their confinement rooms.
• The poisoned members blamed the Poison Hall masters for using Seven Day Fragrance and demanded that Zang Xin hand them over.
• Zang Xin denied protecting the suspects and promised to investigate, but the rioters continued demanding justice.

The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect Hall Master accused Zang Xin of concealing an internal betrayal, then rejected the claim that Chen An and his group were responsible for the poisoning. Zang Xin ordered the Enforcement Hall to suppress the victims, and the resulting massacre left the Hall Master wounded and kneeling in blood.

• The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect Hall Master confronted Zang Xin, accusing him of delaying the investigation to hide a Tang Sect scandal.
• Zang Xin denied concealing anything and named Chen An and his group as suspects because they had a motive to retaliate against the Tang Sect.
• The Heaven Dou City Tang Sect Hall Master challenged the accusation, pointing out that Chen An and his group could not plausibly have obtained the secret poison Seven Day Fragrance.
• Zang Xin ordered the Enforcement Hall to use lethal force against the poisoned victims when they began to riot.
• Half an hour later, the Enforcement Hall had killed the rioters in a one-sided massacre, leaving the Heaven Dou City Tang Sect Hall Master kneeling in blood before the Enforcement Hall Master.

Zang Xin dealt with the deaths of Tang Sect members and learned that Chen An had survived the poison, then agreed to help Tang Zhan pressure Sun Moon Royal Academy. He was confronted by a public military challenge over abandoning his post at the Abyss Battlefield.

• The Enforcement Hall Master killed the Heaven Dou City Tang Sect Branch Master, and Zang Xin ordered reduced compensation for the families and warned everyone to keep the incident secret.
• Tang Zhan asked whether Chen An had died, and Zang Xin later confirmed that Chen An was alive and well.
• Tang Zhan asked Zang Xin to help pressure Sun Moon Royal Academy, and Zang Xin invited him to Heaven Dou City to plan in person.
• A news report showed Xu Lang publicly condemning Zang Xin for leaving the Abyss Battlefield without authorization and calling on him to return.

Xu Lang publicly demanded that Zang Xin return to the Abyss Battlefield and accept punishment or pay for breaking his wager with Chen An, provoking Zang Xin and the Tang Sect. Zang Xin refused to return and discussed with Yun Ming and Ya Li how to deal with Chen An and the powerful man protecting him.

• Xu Lang announced that Zang Xin must return to the Abyss Battlefield to stand guard and accept punishment, or honor his wager with Chen An by handing over his life.
• Tang Sect members erupted in anger, and Zang Xin smashed his television and ordered a press conference to answer Xu Lang, declaring that he would not return.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li visited Zang Xin, who told them that Tang Zhan had asked the Tang Sect for help avenging his grandson against Chen An.
• Yun Ming suggested calling Cao Dezhi back so he and Zang Xin could restrain Chen An's powerful protector while Yun Ming killed him, but Zang Xin warned against using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yun Ming advised waiting until they could ensure the protector could not escape, while continuing to seek a chance to assassinate Chen An.

Zang Xin wanted to retaliate against Xu Lang and refuse to return to the Abyss Battlefield, but Yun Ming and Ya Li warned him that breaking his wager would damage the Tang Sect’s and Shrek Academy’s reputations. He agreed to return and asked them to investigate the poisoning incident while he was away.

• Yun Ming agreed that assassinating Chen An was preferable to attacking him openly, and said they would discuss it with Tang Zhan when he arrived.
• Zang Xin said Xu Lang’s press conference enraged him and that he would stay at Tang Sect Headquarters rather than return to the Abyss Battlefield.
• Ya Li urged Zang Xin to honor his wager, warning that breaking his word would harm the Tang Sect’s reputation.
• Yun Ming also urged Zang Xin to return, explaining that his refusal could damage his own reputation and Shrek Academy’s standing.
• Zang Xin agreed to return and told Yun Ming to investigate the poisoning incident and kill anyone within the Tang Sect who was responsible.

Zang Xin publicly denied Xu Lang’s accusation of desertion, but Xu Lang’s counterattack damaged the Tang Sect’s reputation and pleased Chen An. Chen An and Gu Yue Na then led Sun Moon Royal Academy to victory in the youth division team competition final, leaving Gu Yue Na to face Chen An in the individual final the next day.

• Zang Xin claimed he had left the Abyss Battlefield for a secret mission and threatened to seek Xu Lang’s impeachment, while Xu Lang called his explanation an excuse and accused him of disgracing the demigods.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na suspected that the poison used in Heaven Dou City had caused a serious internal crisis in the Tang Sect and discussed waiting for news about its effects.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na attacked Yu Tian at the start of the youth team final, overcoming the Central Legion team’s trap and pressure.
• Chen An created an opening for Gu Yue Na, who eliminated Yu Tian, and they defeated the Central Legion team after its remaining members lost.
• The referee declared Sun Moon Royal Academy the youth division team competition champion, and Gu Yue Na prepared to face Chen An in the individual final the next day.

After the championship, Chen An and Gu Yue Na accepted their rewards and drew public attention. Chen An declined Leng Yaozhu’s renewed invitation to join the Spirit Pagoda, while the War God Hall began debating whether to recruit him.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na received the youth division team championship rewards, including seven hundred million Federal Currency and a voucher for a ten-thousand-year spirit soul.
• Leng Yaozhu invited Chen An to join the Spirit Pagoda and offered him a future chance to become a Spirit Transfer Envoy.
• Chen An declined, explaining that he intended to enter the military, and Leng Yaozhu offered to help him if he ever needed it.
• War Gods met at the War God Hall to discuss inviting Chen An to join their organization.
• The War God seated at the head of the meeting opposed inviting Chen An, warning that it could make the War God Hall enemies of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.

Guan Yue and the War Gods debated whether Chen An should be invited to join the War God Hall, weighing its admission rules against the trouble his conflicts with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect could bring. Meanwhile, Halosa took an interest in Chen An after discovering he was the older brother of a girl from his past.

• Ao Rui argued that Chen An’s grudges should not prevent the War God Hall from letting him take its assessment.
• Guan Yue warned that inviting Chen An would look like open support against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, and decided the War God Hall would neither invite nor block him.
• Guan Yue revealed his resentment toward Chen An and considered preventing him from joining, while acknowledging he could not violate the Hall’s rules if Chen An came to take the assessment.
• Halosa watched footage of Chen An, recognized him as the older brother of a girl from his past, and reconsidered his earlier belief that Chen An was ordinary.

Nether King Douluo Halosa coveted Chen An’s Death Attribute Martial Soul and decided to wait until he had recovered before trying to take it. Meanwhile, Yun Ming and Tang Zhan discussed assassinating Chen An, leaving Tang Zhan ready to act on their plan.

• Nether King Douluo Halosa watched Chen An’s tournament replay and resolved to harvest his powerful Martial Soul Source after recovering from his injuries.
• At the Tang Sect Headquarters, Tang Zhan said he wanted to kill Chen An to avenge his grandson.
• Yun Ming warned Tang Zhan against attacking openly and suggested striking when Chen An left Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Yun Ming explained that he and Zang Xin were poor choices for an assassination because Chen An had powerful protectors and possible defensive Soul Tools.
• Tang Zhan recognized that his unfamiliar aura made him useful for the attack, and Yun Ming silently agreed.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na faced each other in the youth division individual final, which followed War God Hall's victories in the youth and adult division championships. They began their long-awaited match with Chen An using the Golden Armor War God Ape, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• A fifteen-year-old contestant from War God Hall won the youth division individual championship against a contestant from Central Legion.
• War God Hall contestants won the adult division final and swept the youth and adult individual championships.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na entered the stage for the highly anticipated youth division final, with Xu Lin favoring Chen An and Leng Yaozhu favoring Gu Yue Na.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na recalled their usual sparring sessions and discussed his Golden Armor War God Ape before the referee started the match.
• Gu Yue Na released the Silver Dragon Queen Martial Soul, and Chen An's Golden Armor War God Ape armor covered his body.