Chapter Summaries

Gu Zhinian brought betrothal gifts to the Clear Sky Sect and asked to marry Lin Zhixia. After Tang Hao tested his strength, the sect approved the match and Ah Yin gave Lin Zhixia her Star Moon Bracelet.

• Gu Zhinian arrived at the Clear Sky Sect with betrothal gifts and asked Tang Hao and Ah Yin for permission to marry Lin Zhixia.
• Xiao Wu told Lin Zhixia that Gu Zhinian had come, and Lin Zhixia hurried to the main hall.
• Tang Hao challenged Gu Zhinian to withstand three moves, and Gu Zhinian used his Time-Knowing Green Bamboo Flute to defend and control the battlefield.
• Tang Hao approved of Gu Zhinian after the test, and Tang Xiao announced that the Clear Sky Sect accepted the marriage.
• Ah Yin gave Lin Zhixia her Star Moon Bracelet, and Gu Zhinian and Lin Zhixia joined hands as the elders discussed the engagement.

Clear Sky Sect celebrated Lin Zhixia and Gu Zhinian’s engagement with a feast attended by their allies and friends. As the celebration ended, the couple promised to fight the Spirit Hall Empire together and look forward to traveling after the war.

• Tang Xiao welcomed guests and toasted Lin Zhixia and Gu Zhinian at their engagement feast, linking their union to the fight against the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Ah Yin gave Lin Zhixia and Gu Zhinian matching jade pendants, and Gu Zhinian promised to keep his pendant and care for Lin Zhixia.
• Tang Hao poured Gu Zhinian wine and warned him not to mistreat Lin Zhixia; Gu Zhinian vowed he would never let her down.
• Xiao Wu placed Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor flower crown on Lin Zhixia, and Gu Zhinian played his flute as Lin Zhixia shaped starlight around the music.
• At the banquet, Lin Zhixia and Gu Zhinian shared a happy moment while Clear Sky Sect disciples and Tang Sect elders celebrated and discussed their plans.
• As the feast ended, Gu Zhinian and Lin Zhixia promised to fight the Spirit Hall Empire together and visit the Far North with their parents after the war.

Tang San learned that Lou Gao had died completing three peerless hidden weapons and returned to the Tang Sect to honor his sacrifice. The sect mourned Lou Gao, and Tang San entrusted the weapons to a trusted elder for safekeeping.

• Tang Xiao told Tang San that Lou Gao had sacrificed his life completing the Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needle and gave him Lou Gao’s belongings, weapons, and letter.
• Tang San read Lou Gao’s letter, assembled the Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needle, and bowed nine times in tribute.
• Tang Hao, Ah Yin, Lin Zhixia, Xiao Wu, and Gu Zhinian comforted Tang San as he resolved to return to the Tang Sect.
• Tang San presented the three hidden weapons to the Tang Sect disciples and led them in mourning Lou Gao.
• Tang San read Lou Gao’s letter aloud and placed the weapons in a trusted elder’s care, ordering that they be used only when absolutely necessary.

Tang San received an urgent request from Xue Beng for Tang Sect reinforcements as the Spirit Hall Empire pressed the Heaven Dou Empire’s defenses. He ordered the sect to assemble and prepare for battle at the Limali Plain, where the forces would gather in three days.

• An Agility Hall disciple delivered Xue Beng’s dispatch, reporting heavy losses, withdrawn Star Luo reinforcements, and Spirit Hall attacks aided by Titled Douluo and Soul Tools.
• Tang San ordered Bai He to summon all Tang Sect disciples to assemble within three days.
• Tang San ordered the hidden weapon workshop to pack its completed weapons, including the Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, Peacock Plume, and Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needle.
• Lin Zhixia, Gu Zhinian, Xiao Wu, Tang Hao, and Tang San’s mother volunteered to join the campaign, and Tang Hao began assembling the Clear Sky Sect disciples.
• Tang San set the Tang Sect’s departure for the Limali Plain in three days, and the disciple left to report the reinforcements to Xue Beng.

Tang San arrived at Limali Plain with Xiao Wu, Lin Zhixia, and Gu Zhinian, where Sword Douluo sensed their powerful Spiritual Power and challenged Tang San to test his Sea God inheritance. Their duel began as Ning Rongrong received the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect leadership from Ning Fengzhi.

• Ning Fengzhi gave Ning Rongrong the Sect Master token and explained that she would lead the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while he focused on the war.
• Sword Douluo sensed powerful experts approaching and went to intercept them, fearing a threat to the Heaven Dou Army.
• Lin Zhixia shielded Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Gu Zhinian from Sword Douluo's attack before Tang San revealed himself.
• Tang San confirmed that he could merge with the Sea God's Divine Sense, prompting Sword Douluo to challenge him.
• Tang San accepted the challenge, and he and Sword Douluo began fighting on Limali Plain.

Tang San returned to Limali Plain and sparred with Sword Douluo, demonstrating how much stronger he had become. Xiao Wu reunited with Shrek's Eight Monsters, and the group prepared to face the Spirit Hall Empire together.

• Ma Hongjun and the others hurried toward the Soul Power clash and found Tang San sparring with Sword Douluo.
• Tang San used the Thirteen Halberds of the Sea God to force Sword Douluo back, and Yu Xiaogang called an end to the spar.
• Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun welcomed Tang San back and asked about Xiao Wu.
• Lin Zhixia brought Xiao Wu to the group, and Xiao Wu reunited with her friends as Shrek's Eight Monsters became whole again.
• Flender said the reunited group was ready to join the battle against the Spirit Hall Empire.

Tang San and the Tang Family Army joined Xue Beng’s Heaven Dou forces on Limali Plain to prepare for war against the Spirit Hall Empire. Xue Beng gave Tang San command of the entire army, and the united forces prepared to march the next day.

• Xue Beng arrived and greeted Tang San as his teacher, while Tang San reminded him to preserve the distinction between ruler and subject during wartime.
• Bai He, Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Yang Wudi led the Tang Family Army onto the plain and formed ranks with the Shrek group.
• Tang San and the assembled forces pledged to join Heaven Dou under Xue Beng’s command and resist the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Xue Beng declared that Tang San’s orders would carry the authority of imperial decrees and that the entire army must obey him.
• Tang San urged the soldiers to defend their homeland, and the forces spent the night sharing supplies, inspecting equipment, and planning the march.

Tang San and Xue Beng organized Heaven Dou’s forces for a decisive battle against the Spirit Hall Empire, assigning commanders and planning how to counter its stronger Spirit Master Legion. The army prepared to advance at dawn, with the Clear Sky Sect guarding the capital.

• Tang San told Xue Beng that he had asked Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect to defend the Heaven Dou Imperial Capital.
• Tang San declined to serve as deputy commander and offered to lead the Spirit Master Legion against the Spirit Hall Empire’s spirit masters.
• Yu Xiaogang assessed the opposing forces and warned that Heaven Dou’s Spirit Master Legion was much smaller and less experienced.
• Tang San explained that the Tang Sect disciples, Tang Family Army, Tool Hall reserves, and Shrek Group would reinforce the fight against enemy spirit masters and Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, and Xue Beng assigned Tang San to command the Spirit Master Legion and Tang Family Army while he led the infantry and cavalry.
• The commanders finalized their preparations, and Xue Beng ordered the army to break camp and advance at dawn.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan led Spirit Hall elites toward Heaven Dou's provisions camp to sabotage the army's supplies, while Xue Beng and Tang San heard Marshal Ge Long's plan to break Jialing Pass. The Heaven Dou army prepared to march to the Limali Plain, as Yue Guan's attack on the provisions camp was about to begin.

• Yue Guan rallied Spirit Hall elites to burn Heaven Dou's provisions camp and advanced with them through the forest.
• Dugu Bo joined Tang San and Xue Beng at the Heaven Dou command tent as the army's generals gathered to discuss battle plans.
• Ge Long warned that Heaven Dou had to capture Jialing Pass and rejected bypassing the mountain range because it would leave the army's supplies and retreat vulnerable.
• Yu Xiaogang raised the risk of a Spirit Hall attack on the Limali Plain, and Ge Long argued that Heaven Dou's infantry, cavalry, and Tang Sect hidden weapons could counter it.
• Tang San supported Ge Long's strategy, and Xue Beng ordered the army to reach the edge of the Limali Plain within three days.
• Yue Guan reached the provisions camp with his elites and prepared to launch a night attack.

Xiao Wu gave Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing soul bones to strengthen them for the coming battle, while the Shrek Group reminisced about Sea God Island and shared a warm reunion. The friends ended the night resolved to fight the Spirit Hall Empire together and return to their old lives after victory.

• Xiao Wu gave Dai Mubai a seventy-thousand-year White-Eyed Demon Tiger King right arm bone and Zhu Zhuqing Ghost Douluo's Right Leg Bone, and both began absorbing them.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Wu about her revival, and Xiao Wu thanked her friends for supporting her and Tang San on Sea God Island.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Lin Zhixia, and Dai Mubai recalled Ma Hongjun's awkward confession to Bai Chenxiang on Sea God Island, and Lin Zhixia's pig-like laugh set everyone laughing.
• Xiao Wu promised Ning Rongrong that they would return to Shrek Academy together after defeating the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Dai Mubai felt the strength of his new soul bone, and Zhu Zhuqing tested the speed granted by hers as the group prepared to fight side by side the next day.

Xiao Wu revealed that Gu Zhinian had proposed to Lin Zhixia at the Clear Sky Sect, and their companions celebrated their engagement. Lin Zhixia and Gu Zhinian planned to hold their wedding after the war ended and peace returned.

• Xiao Wu announced that Gu Zhinian had brought betrothal gifts to the Clear Sky Sect and asked for Lin Zhixia’s hand.
• Gu Zhinian explained that he had prepared rare herbs, warm jade, and silver lover’s knots before proposing with the approval of Sect Master Tang and Senior Ah Yin.
• Lin Zhixia recalled that her parents had accepted Gu Zhinian’s proposal and that he had promised to protect her.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu congratulated the couple and offered to help with their wedding.
• Lin Zhixia and Gu Zhinian said they would marry after the war, and their companions began discussing the celebration.

Tang San warned Marshal Ge Long that cavalry alone might not stop the Spirit Hall Empire’s top Soul Masters from attacking the army’s grain supply line. He assigned Shrek’s Eight Monsters to defend the grain camp, and they set out together as a secret confrontation loomed.

• Tang San cautioned Marshal Ge Long that Bibi Dong might send powerful Soul Masters to strike the grain route despite the cavalry defenses.
• Tang San left the command tent and told Shrek’s Eight Monsters that protecting the grain supply line was their shared mission.
• Lin Zhixia, Gu Zhinian, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bai Chenxiang each pledged their support and described how they would help defend the supplies.
• Tang San instructed the group to hold the grain camp rather than attack, and Shrek’s Eight Monsters set out under cover of night.

Tang San and Shrek's Eight Monsters reached the Heaven Dou supply camp and organized its defenses against an expected Spirit Hall raid. Sixty li away, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan led an ambush force toward the camp, intent on burning its supplies and avenging his grudge against Tang San.

• Dai Mubai advised Bai Chenxiang to scout alongside Agility Hall disciples, and Tang San warned the group that the Spirit Hall Empire would likely attack the supplies.
• Tang San assigned Shrek's Eight Monsters and the Agility Hall disciples defensive positions around the supply camp.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan led an elite squad through the forest and planned to split their forces to draw away the cavalry and attack from the west.
• Yue Guan ordered his squad to burn the provisions and withdraw quickly, while vowing to make Tang San pay for Ghost Douluo's death and his own lost standing.

Bai Chenxiang spotted two elite Spirit Hall Empire squads moving to ambush the provisions camp, and Tang San divided the defenders to intercept them and protect the supplies. The groups raced toward the forests as Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Zhixia strengthened the camp’s defenses, leaving the battle underway.

• Bai Chenxiang reported that two groups of about fifty enemy Soul Masters were circling toward the supply camp from the west.
• Tang San ordered Xiao Wu to accompany him against one group, sent Ma Hongjun with Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Zhinian against the other, and assigned Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Zhixia to guard the camp.
• Oscar distributed restorative sausages while Ning Rongrong prepared to boost the fighters with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Bai Chenxiang led Tang San and Xiao Wu toward the forest, while Ma Hongjun carried Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Zhinian west as a Fire Phoenix.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Zhixia took defensive positions around the camp and its supplies.

Tang San and Xiao Wu used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to hide near a Stone Fort and prepare an ambush against Chrysanthemum Douluo’s squad. Chrysanthemum Douluo led fifty elite Soul Masters into an assault on the fort, and Tang San and Xiao Wu waited for the attack to begin.

• Tang San explained to Xiao Wu how the Stone Forts and their City Defense Great Crossbows protected the grain supply route.
• An Agility Hall scout reported that Chrysanthemum Douluo’s fast, concealed squad was twenty li away, and Tang San ordered him to continue scouting.
• Tang San sent Bai Chenxiang to monitor the enemy from the flank and signal any changes in their movement.
• Tang San used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to conceal himself and Xiao Wu in the grass beside the Stone Fort.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo led fifty elite Soul Masters toward the fort and ordered them to kill its defenders and destroy its grain stores.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance from hiding as the enemy charged the Stone Fort.

Yan took responsibility for tying down Star Luo’s southeastern army while Hu Liena and Xie Yue led Spirit Masters toward Jialing Pass to help Bibi Dong prepare for the Heaven Dou front. Hu Liena worried about the coming war with Tang San and Shrek’s Eight Monsters as her force set out.

• Yan volunteered to contain Star Luo’s forces so they could not reinforce Heaven Dou.
• Hu Liena assigned Yan three thousand elite Spirit Masters and directed him to ambush the enemy at Qingchuan Gorge while avoiding a direct battle.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue left for the Heaven Dou front after reassuring Yan that they would be careful.
• Hu Liena ordered her Spirit Masters to avoid Heaven Dou scouts and reach Jialing Pass quickly.
• Hu Liena’s force advanced across the wasteland while Xie Yue reminded her that Yan’s mission would leave Heaven Dou isolated.

Tang San ambushed Stone Fort, killed its elite soul masters, and fought Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan. He defeated and killed Yue Guan, then returned toward the grain camp.

• Tang San revealed himself inside Stone Fort after Yue Guan discovered the dead soul masters.
• Tang San trapped Yue Guan and struck him with Blue Silver Orca Demon Capture, revealing his identity.
• Yue Guan used a secret technique and his Golden Rose Domain to attack Tang San.
• Tang San used the Sea God's Light and Unfixed Wind Waves to restrain Yue Guan, then killed him with the phantom Sea God Trident.
• Tang San cleared the bodies from Stone Fort and headed back to the grain camp.

Tang San and his companions returned to the Stone Fort after defeating Spirit Hall teams attacking the supply camp, while Bibi Dong learned the assault had failed and ordered increased reconnaissance. The chapter left Spirit Hall on alert, worried that Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou’s forces were stronger than expected.

• Ma Hongjun, Gu Zhinian, Dai Mubai, and Zhuqing returned to the Stone Fort after defeating enemy teams, and Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived soon after.
• Tang San warned his companions that Spirit Hall could launch a larger assault and urged them to protect the supplies and the army’s rear.
• A scout told Bibi Dong that six attacking teams had disappeared, the remaining teams had suffered heavy losses, and Yue Guan was missing.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo suspected Shrek Academy had helped defeat the attackers and feared Yue Guan had fallen.
• Bibi Dong furiously ordered all scout units recalled and directed them to monitor Heaven Dou’s camp, especially Shrek Academy’s movements.

At Stone Fort, Tang San and the others strengthened security along the supply route after defeating ten Spirit Hall Empire squads. Marshal Ge Long delivered the order for the army to march at dawn toward Limali Plain, where a decisive battle was imminent.

• Tang San ordered concealed sentry posts and signal flares along the supply route, while Dai Mubai and Lin Zhixia discussed scouting and concealment measures.
• Bai Chenxiang reported that her patrols found no further suspicious forces, and Tang San told the Agility Hall disciples to keep watch, especially at night.
• Tang San warned that the army needed to seize Limali Plain quickly, and Marshal Ge Long announced the emperor's order to march at dawn.
• Tang San cautioned Ge Long about possible ambushes, and the marshal said cavalry scouts would secure the route ahead.
• The group left the tent to rest before the march, while Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang exchanged battlefield concerns and Tang San contemplated the stakes of the coming battle.

Tang San and his companions rode toward the Limali Plain, discussing court credit and imagining peaceful lives after the war. The Spirit Hall Empire’s banners appeared on the horizon as the decisive battle drew near.

• Ma Hongjun complained that Marshal Ge Long had taken most of the credit for defending the supply line, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing urged him not to dwell on court recognition.
• Tang San teased Ma Hongjun about taking a government post and the Tang Sect Nine Trials, but Ma Hongjun said he wanted to settle down with Bai Chenxiang after the war.
• Ning Rongrong and Oscar discussed building a peaceful life together, while Lin Zhixia and Gu Zhinian planned to travel after the fighting ended.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu hoped to return to Sacred Soul Village and live there in peace once Bibi Dong was defeated.
• The party continued toward the Limali Plain, where Spirit Hall Empire banners appeared ahead as the decisive battle approached.