Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan gave the Golden Lion several treasures to help it survive its approaching Heavenly Tribulation, and the Golden Lion chose to refine a strange snake’s inner core. It awoke transformed into a cub, but with the strength of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, leaving Li Yuan and the others unsure why its appearance had changed.

• Li Yuan offered the Golden Lion Heavenly Treasures, including Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow, to improve its chances of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Golden Lion noticed a strange snake’s inner core and swallowed it to refine its power.
• Li Yuan went to sleep while Juhua and the other spirit beasts watched over the Golden Lion.
• Juhua woke Li Yuan when the Golden Lion’s body had shrunk to the size of a cub.
• Li Yuan and the spirit beasts waited for the Golden Lion to awaken, and its aura rose to the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast level while it remained in juvenile form.

The Golden Lion awakened its Nine-Headed Lion bloodline, swallowed its Heavenly Tribulation, and became a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Its transformation made Li Yuan wonder whether his own unknown origins meant he was still a child, and he worried that he might remain unaware of them until Douluo II.

• The Golden Lion faced its Heavenly Tribulation while Li Yuan and Juhua watched, and its golden barrier blocked the first wave of lightning.
• When a stronger bolt shattered the barrier, the Golden Lion swallowed the lightning, then devoured the remaining tribulation clouds despite being injured.
• After passing the tribulation, the Golden Lion grew a second head and explained that the primordial aura in the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's inner core had awakened its Nine-Headed Lion bloodline.
• The Golden Lion revealed that it would need to grow nine heads to reach adulthood and become a Million Year Spirit Beast, and that it was already powerful enough to rival a level ninety-six or ninety-seven Titled Douluo.
• Li Yuan recalled Grandpa Duke saying he would explain Li Yuan's origins when he reached adulthood, and wondered whether he might have to wait thousands of years to learn the truth.

After leaving the Sunset Great Forest under the alias Li Xiuyuan, Li Yuan infiltrated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in bird form to visit Ning Rongrong. She recognized him, confronted him over his four years of silence, and an elder arrived as Li Yuan tried to explain.

• Li Yuan left Juhua and the other spirit beasts in the Sunset Great Forest, then disguised himself as Li Xiuyuan and traveled to Heaven Dou City.
• Li Yuan waited until night and used his bird form and scouting clones to sneak into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Li Yuan found Ning Rongrong writing in her room and laughed at her diary until she sensed him outside.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Li Yuan as Li Xiaoyuan, attacked him with her Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, and then complained that he had been silent for four years.
• Li Yuan began blaming Grandpa Duke for his absence, but an elderly voice ordered him to release Ning Rongrong as a powerful sword intent locked onto him.

Li Yuan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reunited with Ning Rongrong, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo. He arranged to stay in Heaven Dou City under the alias Li Xiuyuan, while his attempts to grow closer to Ning Rongrong were thwarted by her wary elders; he also learned about major events across the continent.

• Sword Douluo attacked Li Yuan after mistaking him for an intruder holding Ning Rongrong hostage, but Li Yuan used his Great Mouthful Technique to divert the slash before they recognized each other.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo arrived, and Ning Fengzhi reluctantly welcomed Li Yuan back despite worrying about the trouble his presence could bring to the sect.
• Li Yuan transformed himself into Li Xiuyuan and asked Ning Fengzhi to arrange identification for his new identity in Heaven Dou City.
• Li Yuan and Ning Rongrong spent their days together, but Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo kept watch and prevented Li Yuan from taking their relationship further.
• Li Yuan learned that Bibi Dong was being sidelined and that Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun had defected to Spirit Hall after the Star Luo Empire planned to pair Zhu Zhuyun with Dai Mubai.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun defected to Spirit Hall, while the Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall traded insults rather than risk war. In Heaven Dou City, Li Yuan learned Tang San had arrived under the name Tang Yin and later continued courting Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun defected to Spirit Hall after the Star Luo Imperial Family tried to give Zhu Zhuyun to Dai Mubai, and Spirit Hall promised to help Dai Weisi claim the throne as a figurehead.
• The Star Luo Empire and Spirit Hall exchanged furious accusations, but neither side wanted to start a war.
• Ning Rongrong planned a Shrek Seven Devils reunion, while the narrator described Shrek Academy's decline and Oscar's life as a breeding tool for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Li Yuan asked Qian Renxue to investigate Tang San and learned that he was studying at the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial Etiquette Academy under the alias Tang Yin.
• Half a year later, Li Yuan sat with Qian Renxue in the Crown Prince's residence after sleeping with Ning Rongrong, while his attempts to win Qian Renxue over had made little progress.

Li Yuan agreed to impersonate Qian Renxue as Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire while she returned to Spirit Hall to inherit the Angel God position. After gaining full autonomy and a token to command Spirit Hall members, he entered the palace intending to seize power, and met the weakened Emperor Xue Ye.

• Qian Renxue asked Li Yuan to take her place as Crown Prince while she returned to Spirit Hall to inherit the Angel God position.
• Li Yuan negotiated for complete freedom to act in the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Renxue granted it.
• Li Yuan gave Qian Renxue a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring; she refined it and gained a Hundred Thousand Years red Spirit Ring.
• Qian Renxue gave Li Yuan her identity token, which let him command Spirit Hall members in the empire, then departed.
• Li Yuan transformed into Xue Qinghe and went to the Imperial Palace, where he found the weak Emperor Xue Ye resting in bed.

Li Yuan killed and replaced Xue Ye, Xue Beng, and Xue Xing to seize control of the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, then used the GM Army to capture Lin Dong Province and weaken the empire. Six months into the war, the Heaven Dou forces were losing ground as their plans leaked and their soldiers' morale collapsed.

• Li Yuan killed Xue Ye with Dust Release and replaced him with a clone, then killed Xue Beng and overcame the secretly powerful Xue Xing to take control of the imperial family.
• Li Yuan assessed the empire's limited military power and spent the following months eliminating major noble families while preparing for a confrontation with the remaining nobles.
• The ten-thousand-strong GM Army captured Lin Dong Province and its capital, Lin Dong City, after sweeping through the region.
• Emperor Xue Ye appointed Prince Xue Xing to command the campaign against the GM Army, and the nobles joined the effort without knowing Xue Xing was allied with Li Yuan.
• Over the next half year, the GM Army repeatedly defeated the empire's forces because Li Yuan's allies leaked its plans, while propaganda and unequal conditions sapped the soldiers' morale.

Li Yuan returned to Heaven Dou City and attended the Imperial Etiquette Academy graduation ceremony disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, where Tang San performed under the name Tang Yin. After Tang San captivated the nobles, Li Yuan approached him with Xue Ke and considered proposing a marriage alliance.

• Li Yuan left the stalled front lines, where Prince Xue Xing’s purge of supposed spies had paralyzed the Heaven Dou Empire’s army, and returned to Heaven Dou City.
• Li Yuan attended the graduation ceremony at Moonlight Pavilion as Xue Qinghe, while Tang Yuehua welcomed the graduates and their noble guests.
• Tang San appeared as Tang Yin with a harp and performed, captivating the audience while Li Yuan watched warily.
• Tang Yuehua presented the graduates with their certificates, then praised Tang San for his performance.
• Li Yuan approached Tang Yuehua and Tang San with Xue Ke, intending to see how Tang San would respond to a possible marriage proposal from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

Li Yuan feigned anger when Tang San and Tang Yuehua rejected his marriage proposal, then used the dispute to launch a purge of the Clear Sky Sect’s forces in Heaven Dou City. After Tang San left to meet Tang Hao, Li Yuan attacked the Strength Clan and battled its patriarch, Tai Tan.

• Li Yuan proposed that Tang San marry Xue Ke, but Tang San and Tang Yuehua firmly refused.
• Li Yuan demanded that the Clear Sky Sect withdraw its forces from the Heaven Dou Empire within three days, then left with Xue Ke.
• Tang Yuehua sent Tang San to meet Tang Hao and began investigating Li Yuan’s strange behavior after he left Heaven Dou City.
• Li Yuan mobilized the Heaven Dou Empire’s troops and worshippers to attack the Clear Sky Sect’s forces, while he led an assault on the Strength Clan’s estate.
• Li Yuan overwhelmed Tai Tan in battle and said he was acting under orders because the Clear Sky Sect had broken with the Heaven Dou Empire.

Li Yuan led the Heaven Dou Empire's forces against the Strength Clan and Moonlight Pavilion, then ordered simultaneous operations against the Clear Sky Sect's other allies and its stronghold. Tang Yuehua escaped Heaven Dou City, and the chapter ended with the empire's officials divided over Li Yuan's plan to confront the Clear Sky Sect directly.

• Li Yuan defeated Tai Tan and forced the Strength Clan to surrender, then had its members arrested and its compound set on fire.
• Li Yuan ordered Xue He to gather forces and march on Moonlight Pavilion, but Tang Yuehua and her Clear Sky Sect followers had already fled.
• Li Yuan arrested the nobles at Moonlight Pavilion and used his Zu'an Horseman domain to silence their protests.
• After returning to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Li Yuan ordered operations against the remaining three Single Attribute Families and prepared to lead troops against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Heaven Dou Empire's officials objected to a direct confrontation, but Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe insisted that the Clear Sky Sect had to pay for insulting the empire.

Xue Ye agreed to lead a Heaven Dou Empire campaign against the Clear Sky Sect, while Li Yuan arranged for the empire and the nobles to field two hundred thousand troops. As the army prepared to march, Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders debated whether to fight or withdraw, leaving the sect leaning toward avoiding battle.

• Xue Ye agreed to the nobles’ demand that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family lead the campaign, and Li Yuan organized two hundred thousand troops for the attack on the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Yuehua returned to the Clear Sky Sect with news of Heaven Dou City’s changes, and Tang Xiao called a meeting with the elders and Tang San.
• The five elders demanded a forceful response, while Tang San and Tang Yuehua argued that Spirit Hall might be behind the Heaven Dou Empire’s sudden hostility.
• Tang San proposed that the Clear Sky Sect disperse and withdraw before the army surrounded it, then offered to investigate the situation in Heaven Dou City.
• The Second Elder rebuked the Seventh Elder and favored protecting the sect’s disciples rather than risking them in a direct battle.

The Clear Sky Sect scattered its core members across the continent and sent Tang San to investigate the Heaven Dou Empire, while Spirit Hall set plans in motion to reshape the continent’s power structure. Spirit Hall named Qian Renxue its next Pope and targeted the Clear Sky Sect for suppression, leaving both factions preparing for conflict.

• The Clear Sky Sect elders ordered their direct descendants to disperse among the sect’s strongholds and entrusted Tang San with investigating the Heaven Dou Empire using the sect’s peripheral forces.
• Qian Daoliu announced that Qian Renxue would become Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and first successor to the Pope, taking the position once she reached Titled Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Qian Jun, Dragon Subduing, four Titled Douluo, and forty red-robed bishops to capture Da Ming, Er Ming, and Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Daoliu announced Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation, which would win over potential allies and suppress forces opposing its plans to reshape the continent.
• Spirit Hall decided to seek the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s support, appease or eliminate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and prioritize the Clear Sky Sect for suppression.

Li Yuan watched Spirit Hall’s growing influence while Tang San bypassed Heaven Dou City and headed to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Xiao Wu. There, he discovered a powerful Spirit Hall party and approached its camp, believing Hu Liena would protect him, unaware that she had never developed feelings for him.

• Spirit Hall targeted scattered sects, academies, nobles, and the GM Army while Qian Daoliu planned to weaken the Heaven Dou Empire and claim it through mediation.
• The Heaven Dou army captured few Clear Sky Sect disciples, so Li Yuan withdrew to Heaven Dou City and monitored Spirit Hall and Tang San.
• Tang San traveled directly to the Star Dou Great Forest to reunite with Xiao Wu after their five-year separation.
• Tang San spotted Spirit Hall members, including four Titled Douluo and the Golden Generation, and feared they had come to capture Xiao Wu.
• Tang San approached the camp to question Hu Liena, assuming she cared for him, but Spirit Hall guards surrounded him before he could reach her.

Tang San entered the Star Dou Great Forest and was attacked by Spirit Hall after Hu Liena failed to recognize him and Yan identified him as a wanted criminal. As Tang San fled under a barrage of attacks, Asura God and Sea God Poseidon watched from the God Realm, and a wind blade narrowly missed killing him.

• Tang San broke free of four Spirit Hall Spirit Saints, but they and reinforcements attacked him despite his attempts to explain himself.
• Hu Liena mistook Tang San for a Clear Sky Sect terrorist, while Yan joined her assault and helped drive Tang San into danger.
• Yan recognized Tang San as Tang Hao's son and an A-rank Spirit Hall wanted criminal, prompting the Spirit Hall fighters to intensify their attacks for the bounty.
• Tang San exposed his identity while defending himself with his domains, Eight Spider Lances, and Hidden Weapons, then fled the encircling Spirit Hall forces.
• Asura God refused Poseidon's suggestion to intervene, claiming Tang San's fortune would protect him, but a wind blade nearly sliced Tang San's head off.

Tang San and Xiao Wu reunited as Spirit Hall’s forces attacked the Star Dou Great Forest’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. With the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python restrained, Tang San fled with Xiao Wu while Spirit Hall’s soul masters pursued them.

• Xiao Wu’s voice drew the attention of Spirit Hall’s six Titled Douluo, and Yan revealed that Tang San was her partner.
• The Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo moved to capture Tang San, but Xiao Wu called out and the Titan Giant Ape charged from the forest.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Ghost Douluo, while the Sky Azure Bull Python emerged from the lake and struck at Qian Jun Douluo.
• The Chrysanthemum and Dragon Subduing Douluo injured the Titan Giant Ape, and Ghost Douluo was struck by its counterattack.
• The Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo used their Two-Level Stillness Domain to freeze the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python while the other Titled Douluo attacked.
• Spirit Hall’s remaining soul masters pursued Tang San and Xiao Wu, forcing Tang San to flee with Xiao Wu in his arms.

Tang San sacrificed himself to send Xiao Wu out of Spirit Hall’s encirclement, prompting her to begin a soul sacrifice as the injured Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape broke free. The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King emerged from the Lake of Life and drove Spirit Hall’s forces away, leaving Tang San and Xiao Wu’s fate uncertain.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu fought off a concealed Man Faced Demon Spider, but Spirit Hall’s Soul Sages caught up and surrounded them.
• When Hu Liena ordered an attack, Tang San used the Clear Sky Hammer to break the enemy’s lock, hurled Xiao Wu out of range, and took the combined assault himself.
• Tang San, gravely wounded and holding a blue leg bone, urged Xiao Wu to flee using its Flight skill, but Xiao Wu began sacrificing herself to save him.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape broke free of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s restraint and attacked Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King rose from the Lake of Life, commanded Spirit Hall’s forces to leave, and sent them fleeing without the two wounded soul beasts.

Di Tian awakened in the Star Dou Great Forest, drove Tang San away after Xiao Wu’s sacrifice, and searched for the unfamiliar aura he had sensed. Li Yuan fled the forest after sensing Di Tian’s power, while the Asura God and Poseidon wondered why Di Tian had appeared so early.

• Er Ming objected to the Spirit Hall group leaving, but the Sky Azure Bull Python appeased Di Tian, and the Spirit Hall Soul Masters fled.
• Li Yuan sensed Di Tian’s aura, escaped the Star Dou Great Forest on his Black Dragon Horse, and guessed the source was Di Tian.
• Xiao Wu completed her sacrifice, and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red preserved a trace of her vital essence.
• Di Tian appeared before Tang San and sent him flying out of the Star Dou Great Forest with dragon fire.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Er Ming protested, but Di Tian assured them Tang San and Xiao Wu would be fine and asked about Li Yuan’s aura.
• The Asura God and Poseidon discussed Di Tian’s unexpected awakening and the limits on divine power in the Douluo Continent.

After Di Tian drove Tang San from the Star Dou Great Forest, Asura God sent him a blood-red power that helped him and Xiao Wu land safely. Tang San went to Heaven Dou City to build strength against Spirit Hall, and the chapter ended as Li Yuan, disguised as Xue Beng, began meeting with him.

• Asura God decided to guide Tang San through an Illusionary Realm and sent a red light down to the Douluo Plane, where it carried Tang San and Xiao Wu safely to the ground.
• Tang San recovered, resolved to revive Xiao Wu and strike back at Spirit Hall, and traveled to Heaven Dou City to investigate the imperial family and gather allies.
• Tang San found Shrek Academy nearly bankrupt, the Clear Sky Sect's peripheral forces weakened or hostile, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect unwilling to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo urged Tang San to support Xue Beng as emperor, and Tang San agreed to seek the fourth prince's help through him.
• Li Yuan, disguised as Xue Beng, agreed to meet Tang San while maintaining his wastrel-prince persona.
• Three days later, Tang San entered Xue Beng's residence disguised as a guard, carrying the rabbit Xiao Wu, and Li Yuan asked him what he wanted to discuss.

Tang San mistook Li Yuan, who was disguised as Xue Beng, for the Fourth Prince and negotiated an alliance with him, while both men secretly planned to outmaneuver each other. Tang San established the cash-strapped Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City, and Li Yuan continued investigating the Clear Sky Sect and preparing a trap for Tang San.

• Tang San offered Xue Beng the Clear Sky Sect’s support in exchange for an alliance against outside threats, and Li Yuan mistook the offer as a plot to make Heaven Dou fight Spirit Hall.
• Tang San revealed that Xue Ye had been poisoned, and Li Yuan pretended to be shocked while agreeing to cooperate in identifying the culprit.
• Tang San and Li Yuan reached an initial agreement, each concealing plans to undermine the other.
• Tang San gathered surviving forces, Shrek Academy, and Clear Sky Sect affiliates to establish the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San struggled to fund the Tang Sect and sold some Hidden Weapons to Li Yuan, who bought them out of curiosity and continued making plans against him.

Dugu Bo warned Tang San that Xue Ye’s poison had worsened, and the two brought Yang Wudi to the palace to identify it. They entered the guarded bedchamber area using Tang San’s Crown Prince token, where a mysterious voice ordered them seized as remnants of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Dugu Bo rushed to Tang San and explained that Xue Ye’s rapidly changing poison could no longer be suppressed safely.
• Tang San deduced that Xue Ye had been afflicted with a multiple mixed poison and brought Yang Wudi along to help identify its source.
• Dugu Bo led Tang San and Yang Wudi to the palace, but unfamiliar soldiers initially barred them from Xue Ye’s bedchamber.
• Tang San used the golden token given to him by Qian Renxue to persuade the captain to let them pass.
• As Tang San and Dugu Bo approached the bedchamber, a man recognized Tang San as Tang Yin and ordered the soldiers to seize him as a Clear Sky Sect remnant.