Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang killed the Barbarian Tribe’s old woman with an explosive attack, then darkened Saber appeared and unleashed a devastating Excalibur against Bibi Dong. The injured Xiao Tianyang tried to protect Saber from a returning Super Douluo and took the full force of his punch.

• Xiao Tianyang blasted the old woman, killing her and apparently sending the attacking Titled Douluo flying, while Qian Renxue collapsed unconscious.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo to attack Xiao Tianyang, but they withdrew when a sinister power gathered around him.
• Xiao Tianyang fired a blackish-purple Excalibur at Bibi Dong, who resisted it with her Golden Staff as the clash devastated the mountain.
• Xiao Tianyang escaped the blast zone with a teleportation talisman and saw Saber transformed into a dark, pale-eyed version of herself.
• A badly burned Super Douluo appeared behind Saber, and Xiao Tianyang threw himself over her before the man’s punch sent them flying.

Xiao Tianyang sent Saber away before confronting Bibi Dong, who killed him despite his warning that Xiao Xue would be unhappy. Qian Renxue awakened in time to witness his death, leaving Spirit Hall facing a dangerous internal crisis.

• Xiao Tianyang, badly wounded while protecting Saber, gave her an item that transported her away to the Extreme North.
• Xiao Tianyang told Bibi Dong he did not want to be Spirit Hall's enemy, then warned that her ambition would cost her everything.
• Bibi Dong struck Xiao Tianyang down and pinned him with her Golden Staff, but hesitated when he said Xiao Xue would be unhappy if she killed him.
• Bibi Dong pierced Xiao Tianyang's chest and shattered his heart.
• Qian Renxue awakened and witnessed Bibi Dong kill Xiao Tianyang, while Chrysanthemum Douluo feared the resulting conflict inside Spirit Hall.

After Xiao Tianyang’s death, Qian Renxue’s grief transformed her appearance and aura, and she silently carried his body away. Qian Daoliu arrived to suppress the Barbarian King and take Qian Renxue with him, leaving Bibi Dong to face the aftermath and her regret.

• Qian Renxue wept over Xiao Tianyang’s body as Bibi Dong recognized that her own actions had caused his death.
• Qian Renxue’s hair turned white and a dark aura rose around her, but she withdrew it, picked up Xiao Tianyang’s corpse, and left without speaking to Bibi Dong.
• The Barbarian King demanded that Qian Renxue surrender Xiao Tianyang’s body, but Qian Daoliu arrived and forced him to kneel with his overwhelming Soul Power.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Bibi Dong to clean up the mess, then took Qian Renxue away to address her condition.
• Bibi Dong regretted not following Xiao Tianyang’s advice, and Chrysanthemum Douluo urged her to deal with the aftermath.

Xiao Tianyang used a Death Substitute Doll to escape death and appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Da Ming and Er Ming found him. After recovering and sharing a meal with them, he said he would leave for the Extreme North the next day and might not return for a long time.

• Da Ming accidentally flung Xiao Tianyang from his head, and Er Ming and Da Ming discovered he was alive but unconscious.
• Xiao Tianyang woke up and explained that he had appeared there mysteriously, while keeping the full explanation for later.
• Xiao Tianyang learned he had been unconscious for a day and a half and realized his new body was weak, while Er Ming hunted food for him.
• Xiao Tianyang and the two soul beasts shared a meal, and he recounted his recent experiences, including Bibi Dong's actions.
• Xiao Tianyang declined Er Ming's invitation to stay and announced he would leave for the Extreme North the next day.

After the mission rewards arrived, Xiao Tianyang absorbed three new Exotic Fire Martial Souls and used his Character Bond Card and Level 5 Lucky Draws. He gained Yuwen Chengdu, a Great Buddha Martial Soul Experience Card, and Red Hare, then went to sleep while planning how to conceal his identity.

• Xiao Tianyang decided to keep his survival secret for now and settled the rewards for his completed missions.
• Xiao Tianyang received the Mysterious Yellow Flame, Myriad Beast Spirit Fire, and Bone Spirit Cold Fire Martial Souls, then spent several hours absorbing them.
• Xiao Tianyang used his Character Bond Card and summoned the loyal attendant Yuwen Chengdu, whose Martial Soul was the Phoenix-Winged Golden Halberd.
• Xiao Tianyang used two Level 5 Lucky Draws and obtained a Great Buddha Martial Soul Experience Card and the mount Red Hare.
• Xiao Tianyang decided the Great Buddha Martial Soul could help conceal his identity and went to sleep.

Xiao Tianyang learned more about Red Hare, prepared for his journey to the Extreme North, and said goodbye to Da Ming and Er Ming. After he left, Da Ming urged Er Ming to heed Xiao Tianyang’s warning and stay cautious.

• Da Ming explained that Red Hare was a mutated Soul Beast that had repeatedly outmaneuvered him and Er Ming until they let it drink in their territory.
• Xiao Tianyang fed Red Hare, found riding equipment that Da Ming had salvaged, and prepared supplies for his journey despite having no money.
• Xiao Tianyang mounted Red Hare, said goodbye to Da Ming and Er Ming, and warned them to be careful in the Star Dou Great Forest, especially during the coming period.
• After Xiao Tianyang left, Da Ming told Er Ming to heed the warning and repeated Xiao Tianyang’s advice: “Better to believe it exists than to believe it does not.”

Disguised as a wounded young man, Xiao Tianyang learned that Spirit Hall and the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Competition were drawing attention before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest. After five Soul Kings tried to rob Red Hare, Yuwen Chengdu appeared and struck them down, leaving Xiao Tianyang curious about how they would meet.

• Xiao Tianyang disguised himself with concealing robes and a mask, rode Red Hare to the forest entrance, and asked a female Soul Master about recent events.
• The female Soul Master told Xiao Tianyang about Spirit Hall, the upcoming competition, and Xiao Tianyang himself.
• Xiao Tianyang left the forest and confronted five Soul Kings who had followed him and demanded Red Hare.
• As the Soul Kings attacked, Yuwen Chengdu appeared and used his Phoenix-Winged Golden Mace to knock them all down.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized Yuwen Chengdu and wondered how the newcomer would approach him.

Xiao Tianyang accepted Yuwen Chengdu as a traveling companion and learned why Yuwen had searched for him. As they rode away together, Xiao Tianyang told Yuwen to call him Tianyang and explained that he needed time to recover in seclusion.

• Yuwen Chengdu knelt before Xiao Tianyang to express his gratitude, then asked to follow him on the road.
• Xiao Tianyang refused to kill the five unconscious Soul Kings, and he and Yuwen rode away together.
• Yuwen told Xiao Tianyang that he had trained to avenge his parents, who were killed by a Titled Douluo of the Barbarian Tribe.
• Yuwen explained that Chasing Lightning had followed scraps of Xiao Tianyang's clothes from near Spirit City and led him to Xiao Tianyang.
• Xiao Tianyang told Yuwen to stop calling him my lord, to use the name Tianyang, and to understand that Xiao Tianyang needed time to recuperate.

Xiao Tianyang persuaded Yuwen Chengdu to serve him as an employee so Yuwen Chengdu could honor his oath without being bound as a servant. At Shrek Academy, students and staff mourned Xiao Tianyang, while Tang San and Xiao Wu remained safe after Tang Hao took them away.

• Yuwen Chengdu refused Xiao Tianyang’s request to stop calling him master because he had sworn to serve whoever avenged him.
• Xiao Tianyang offered to treat Yuwen Chengdu’s debt of gratitude as wages, and Yuwen Chengdu agreed to call him sir while secretly deciding never to leave.
• Xiao Tianyang said they would hurry to reach the Extreme North within three days.
• Shrek Academy’s students and staff grieved over Xiao Tianyang’s apparent death and the rumors of Spirit Hall’s attack.
• Tang Hao took Tang San and Xiao Wu away from Shrek Academy, preventing Spirit Hall from openly targeting them there.

After Xiao Tianyang’s death, Flender announced Shrek’s Seven Devils’ graduation and gave them the ten Soul Bones and other items Xiao Tianyang had left behind. Dugu Bo’s rebuke pushed the grieving group to choose dangerous paths of training and revenge, despite their teachers’ warnings.

• Flender announced that Shrek’s Seven Devils had graduated and presented the gifts Xiao Tianyang had left them, including ten Soul Bones.
• Dugu Bo accused Shrek’s Seven Devils of answering Xiao Tianyang’s sacrifices with only anger and tears.
• Dai Mubai said he would return to his country to enter the White Tiger Trial, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar planned to go to Savage Forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong declared that they would travel to the Extreme North to train.
• Flender, Master, and Liu Erlong warned them that their chosen destinations were deadly, but the group remained set on going.

Dai Mubai and the others won permission to venture into the Savage Forest, while the adults privately suspected Xiao Tianyang was still alive. They agreed to keep that possibility secret, wary that Spirit Hall would target Shrek and the people close to him.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong insisted on going to the Savage Forest to grow stronger, and Dugu Bo urged Flender to let them go.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo agreed to Ning Rongrong's choice, and Flender handed the group the items Xiao Tianyang had left for them.
• After the students left, Dugu Bo questioned whether Xiao Tianyang was truly dead and argued that his preparations and methods suggested he had survived.
• Ning Fengzhi warned that Spirit Hall would target Shrek Academy and Xiao Tianyang's companions if it learned he was alive, so the elders decided to keep their suspicions secret and wait for his return.
• Liu Erlong reminded the elders of the white-haired girl from the Qian Family, whose defense of Xiao Tianyang had helped preserve his reputation.

Xiao Tianyang returned to the trading city and reunited with Saber, who had feared he was dead. After learning that she could not contact Zhou Cheng or Fei Xue, he planned to seek out Miao Zhenshan before the situation with Spirit Hall escalated.

• Xiao Tianyang and Yuwen Chengdu raced into the city, and Xiao Tianyang teased his friend about his improved horsemanship.
• Saber opened the door and tearfully embraced Xiao Tianyang, who comforted her and promised not to put her through such danger again.
• Xiao Tianyang introduced Yuwen Chengdu to Saber, and Yuwen Chengdu respectfully greeted her as his madam.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that Saber had failed to contact Zhou Cheng and Fei Xue, then worried that Miao Zhenshan might act against Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to wait two days before traveling to Miao Zhenshan's prepared contact, giving himself time to recover and prepare.

Xiao Tianyang received new system quests but decided to postpone claiming rewards from his long-running missions. After Saber took the initiative in their relationship, he prepared to travel south with her and Yuwen Chengdu, choosing the dangerous Savage Forest as their destination for revenge and training.

• Xiao Tianyang reviewed quests to obtain the Slaughter Domain, conquer or submit to the City of Slaughter, and cultivate for five years, then resisted ending his ongoing quests for rewards.
• Saber fell asleep beside Xiao Tianyang, and after he pinned her down, she took the initiative and their relationship advanced.
• Xiao Tianyang spent three days recovering and sparring with Saber, then prepared to head south with her and Yuwen Chengdu.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned himself the codename Light, Saber the codename Cloud, and Yuwen Chengdu the codename Thunder, and told Saber to conceal her usual techniques.
• Xiao Tianyang named the Savage Forest as their destination, saying they would go there for revenge and to grow stronger.

Xiao Tianyang set out with Saber and Yuwen Chengdu for the Savage Forest, hoping to draw allies and enemies out by making a commotion. They reached Gurong Town, where they learned that barbarian pressure and the Heaven Dou Empire’s retreat had left the town impoverished and its people abandoned.

• Xiao Tianyang learned that the Barbarian King’s Fang Beast Tribe and Old Woman Hei’s Evil Curse Tribe were his likely targets, and Saber agreed to follow him.
• After finding that Miao Zhenshan’s contacts had all withdrawn, Xiao Tianyang decided to head to the Savage Forest and attract attention there.
• Xiao Tianyang, Saber, and Yuwen Chengdu traveled west toward the Savage Forest, expecting Bubu to rejoin them soon.
• The group arrived at Gurong Town and saw that its residents were destitute despite the town’s signs of former prosperity.
• Yuwen Chengdu explained that merchants had stopped coming because of the barbarians and that the Heaven Dou Empire had withdrawn its army, abandoning the local people.

Xiao Tianyang, Yuwen Chengdu, and Saber entered the Savage Forest and learned that the Barbarian Tribes held an annual hunt in which outsiders were hunted for sport and captured as slaves. After hearing that Yuwen Chengdu’s village had been destroyed during such a hunt, Xiao Tianyang and Yuwen Chengdu set out to join the fight, while a group of fleeing villagers faced the barbarians’ charge.

• Xiao Tianyang and his companions rode into the humid Savage Forest, where Yuwen Chengdu explained that the nearest village lay about a hundred kilometers north.
• Saber sensed people nearby, and Yuwen Chengdu revealed that it was Hunting Day, when barbarians hunted outsiders and enslaved survivors.
• Yuwen Chengdu told Xiao Tianyang that his own village had been destroyed during a hunt, and Xiao Tianyang drew the Azure Dragon Halberd and agreed to fight alongside him.
• A group of villagers fled from barbarians on savage bulls, who hunted them for points and slaves.
• A barbarian struck a middle-aged villager with a meteor hammer, and the injured man covered his young son as the charging bulls trampled them.
• The fleeing villagers turned back in shock at something they saw.

Xiao Tianyang and Yuwen Chengdu defeated the barbarians after rescuing a father and son, while Saber healed and guarded them. Xiao Tianyang learned how the system calculated battle rewards, then returned to find the father and son awake.

• Xiao Tianyang rescued the father and son, and he healed the injured man after Saber found that he was a Soul King.
• Xiao Tianyang charged into the battle on Red Hare and fought the barbarians with his Azure Dragon Halberd, while Yuwen Chengdu joined the fight.
• Xiao Tianyang killed the barbarian leader despite his control skill, and Yuwen Chengdu dealt with the remaining six.
• The system awarded Xiao Tianyang 7692 Lottery Points and explained that rewards depended on his contribution to battles meeting specific size requirements.
• Xiao Tianyang returned to Saber as the father and son woke up, then prepared to speak with them.

Xiao Tianyang rescued Mo Zaiwen and the villagers from the barbarians, then learned that three of the fallen were elite warriors whose deaths could provoke retaliation. He agreed to speak with the villagers about their predicament and introduced himself and his companions under aliases.

• Xiao Tianyang helped the injured Mo Zaiwen recover and learned his name and his son Zai'ti's name.
• The returning villagers apologized to Mo Zaiwen for fleeing and urged him to take the children to safety.
• Saber reminded Xiao Tianyang that the villagers could face revenge from the barbarians, and he agreed to talk with them.
• Yuwen Chengdu reported that thirty-eight barbarians had been killed and found a bone token marking three of them as Fang Beast Tribe warriors.
• Xiao Tianyang reasoned that the warriors were likely descendants of former tribal warriors and acknowledged that the killings might bring further trouble.
• Xiao Tianyang introduced himself as Guang, Yuwen Chengdu as Lei, and Saber as Yun to Mo Zaiwen.

Xiao Tianyang learned how the Barbarian Tribe exploited Mo Family Village and agreed to escort Mo Zaiwen and the villagers back while investigating the tribe. As the group traveled, Aken led pursuing barbarians after false hoofprints, unaware that Xiao Tianyang had concealed their real trail.

• Xiao Tianyang learned that Mo Family Village's residents had been trapped and used as livestock or slaves by the Barbarian Tribe.
• Mo Zaiwen planned to return to the village, and Xiao Tianyang offered to escort the villagers so he could learn more about the Barbarian Tribe.
• Xiao Tianyang described himself as a cleaner who had come to take out the trash, then set off with Mo Zaiwen, Saber, Yuwen Chengdu, and the villagers.
• Aken and his fellow barbarians found signs of blood and hoofprints, then pursued the outsiders despite a warning that their powerful associates were dangerous.
• Xiao Tianyang's group had walked onward while Red Hare and Chasing Lightning laid false hoofprints in the opposite direction, and the barbarians followed the decoy trail.

Xiao Tianyang returned to Mo Family Village and found it massacred by Evil Soul Masters, then charged inside with Yuwen Chengdu to avenge the dead. His Great Buddha Martial Soul purified the attackers and eased the villagers’ despair, while Yuwen Chengdu was left astonished by Xiao Tianyang’s power.

• Xiao Tianyang stopped the grief-stricken Mo Zaiwen from rushing into the village and warned him to protect the surviving villagers.
• Xiao Tianyang and Yuwen Chengdu charged into the village while Saber stayed behind to guard the villagers.
• Xiao Tianyang killed a black-robed Evil Soul Master who taunted him from a rooftop.
• Dozens of Evil Soul Masters confronted Xiao Tianyang, and he summoned his Great Buddha Martial Soul to crush and purify them.
• Xiao Tianyang’s golden radiance dispersed the village’s vengeful spirits and eased the survivors’ despair, astonishing Yuwen Chengdu.

Xiao Tianyang worried that the Evil Soul Masters attacking the village might be connected to Spirit Hall, but Saber argued that Spirit Hall had no reason or willingness to cooperate with them. She reassured him and left him awkwardly considering her reminder that he had a powerful friend within Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Tianyang ordered Yuwen Chengdu to capture the surviving Evil Soul Masters alive and went to notify the villagers.
• Yuwen Chengdu crippled the prisoners and left them for the villagers to identify and punish.
• Xiao Tianyang wondered whether Spirit Hall had fallen into such a state that it might collude with Evil Soul Masters.
• Saber explained that Spirit Hall was strong enough to handle its rivals without Evil Soul Masters and was founded to oppose them.
• Saber reminded Xiao Tianyang that his friend in Spirit Hall could help prevent Evil Soul Masters from gaining a foothold, leaving him unable to answer.