Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Lin Zhixia defeated the Clear Sky Sect's challengers and forced the Seventh Elder to honor his wager. Tang Xiao then set three conditions for Tang San to return to the sect, acknowledge his ancestors, and become its next Sect Master, and Tang San agreed with Lin Zhixia's support.

• The Seventh Elder challenged Tang San's right to return, so Tang Hu and Tang Yan attacked Tang San and Lin Zhixia as the first test.
• Lin Zhixia defeated Tang Yan, while Tang San defeated Tang Hu with his Blue Silver Emperor and Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Tang San fought the Seventh Elder, who broke his promise to use only forty percent of his Soul Power; Tang San seized the opening and claimed victory.
• Tang Xiao gave Tang San a pact requiring him to reach level 80 within ten years, bring back a Titled Douluo's head from Spirit Hall, and obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Eighth Spirit Ring.
• Tang San accepted the three conditions, and Lin Zhixia promised to help him fulfill them.

Tang San proposed founding the Tang Sect to oppose Spirit Hall and protect those he loved, and Lin Zhixia pledged to help him build it. They mapped out the sect’s structure and plans, leaving the formal founding for after they fulfilled the Clear Sky Sect’s three conditions.

• Tang San told Lin Zhixia he wanted to establish the Tang Sect because individual strength could not withstand Spirit Hall and he wanted to protect his loved ones.
• Lin Zhixia agreed to support him, offering her Star Burial Domain, Star Breath Perception, and Star Blade to defend the sect and aid its recruitment.
• Tang San showed Lin Zhixia his layout map, which divided the Tang Sect into hidden weapons, medicine, and martial arts halls.
• Lin Zhixia proposed a Star Array barrier at the sect gate and offered to invite medicine masters from Starfall Judgment Island.
• Tang San and Lin Zhixia discussed locating the sect in a hidden valley near the Clear Sky Sect, setting rules against collusion with Spirit Hall, and recruiting their Shrek companions.
• Tang San said they would formally establish the Tang Sect after completing the Clear Sky Sect’s three conditions, and Lin Zhixia promised to face the trials alongside him.

Tang San and Lin Zhixia visited Tai Tan in Heaven Dou City, where the Strength Clan pledged itself to Tang San’s new Tang Sect. With Ma Hongjun and Oscar joining them, they planned the clan estate’s conversion into the sect’s headquarters and discussed clues to the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King.

• Tang San presented Tang Hao’s token and Clear Sky Hammer, proving his identity to Tai Tan, while Lin Zhixia introduced herself as Tang Hao’s adopted daughter.
• Tai Tan welcomed Tang San and Lin Zhixia as the young masters and agreed to lead the Strength Clan into the Tang Sect, handing Tang San the clan’s token.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar arrived with clues from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect about the Ten-Thousand-Year Nine-Rank Ginseng King and news of Spirit Hall’s movements.
• Tang San proposed using the Strength Clan estate as the Tang Sect headquarters, with the clan managing forging, defenses, and Soul Tool production.
• Tang San, Lin Zhixia, Tai Tan, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar discussed the estate renovations, hidden weapon plans, and strengthening the grounds with a Star Power Barrier.

Tang San and Lin Zhixia traveled to Longxing City to recruit the Defense Clan, and Niu Gao tested Tang San before Spirit Hall arrived to challenge them. After Lin Zhixia defeated Xie Yue and Tang San conceded to Hu Liena, Niu Gao agreed to join the Tang Sect, leaving the group to prepare for the gathering with the other clans.

• Tang San, Lin Zhixia, and Tai Tan arrived at the Defense Clan estate in Longxing City, where Niu Gao angrily rejected Tang San's invitation because of the Clear Sky Sect's past actions.
• Niu Gao challenged Tang San to withstand ten moves, and Tang San used his Blue Silver Emperor, Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Clear Sky Hammer to pass the test.
• Hu Yan Zhen arrived with Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue, and Hu Liena proposed matches that would decide whether the Defense Clan joined the Tang Sect or the Elephant Armored Sect.
• Lin Zhixia defeated Xie Yue with her Star Burial Domain and Star Chain, while Tang San conceded to Hu Liena after being injured.
• Niu Gao saw Tang San and Lin Zhixia accept injuries for the Defense Clan's sake and agreed to join the Tang Sect as Hu Yan Zhen and the Spirit Hall group departed.
• Tai Tan urged Tang San and Lin Zhixia to prepare for the gathering and prove the Tang Sect's strength to the other clans.

Tang San used hidden weapons and speed contests to persuade Bai He to consider joining the Tang Sect. Bai He agreed to follow if Tang San could also win over the Breaking Clan, leaving that final clan as Tang San’s next challenge.

• Bai He arrived at the Defense Clan’s training ground with Bai Chenxiang, and Tai Tan introduced him to Tang San and Lin Zhixia.
• Tang San offered Bai He a Godly Zhuge Crossbow and challenged Bai Chenxiang to a speed contest, which he won using Instant Teleportation.
• Tang San challenged Bai He to another contest, wagering enough hidden weapons for the Speed Clan against the clan joining the Tang Sect.
• Tang San evaded Bai He’s attacks with Instant Teleportation and used Void to let Bai He’s final strike pass through him, winning the wager.
• Bai He agreed that the Speed Clan would join the Tang Sect if Tang San persuaded the Breaking Clan to join as well.

Bai He revealed his family connection to Tang San and Lin Zhixia and gave them a rare ginseng to help persuade the Breaking Clan. Xiao Wu accidentally ate it and recovered much of her strength, while Tang San realized he could offer Yang Wudi an Aromatic Silk Beauty instead; the group prepared for their journey the next day.

• Ma Hongjun told Bai Chenxiang that Lin Zhixia was fiercely protective and had once taken a serious blow meant for Jing Ling.
• Bai He visited Tang San and Lin Zhixia, revealed that he was their granduncle, and offered them the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to win over Yang Wudi.
• Xiao Wu awoke, ate the ginseng, and regained much of her body’s strength.
• Lin Zhixia reminded Tang San that he had an Aromatic Silk Beauty, and he decided to use the Immortal Herb to persuade Yang Wudi.

Tang San challenged Yang Wudi to a duel to recruit the Breaking Clan into the Tang Sect, and the fight ended in a draw after Xiao Wu's soul intervened. Tang San won Yang Wudi's allegiance by gifting him an Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Yang Wudi set out to bring his clan to Heaven Dou City.

• Yang Wudi confronted Tang San over his ties to Tang Hao and rejected the Tang Sect's recruitment, so Tang San proposed a wagered duel.
• Yang Wudi shattered Tang San's spirit-skill attacks and pierced his chest with the Soul Breaking Spear.
• Xiao Wu's soul awakened inside Tang San and used Explosive Eight Section Fall to slam Yang Wudi into the ground.
• Tang San called the duel a draw and offered Yang Wudi an Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal Herb in exchange for the Breaking Clan joining the Tang Sect.
• Yang Wudi accepted the herb, pledged the Breaking Clan to the Tang Sect, and announced it would become the Medicine Hall and move to Heaven Dou City.

Tang San defeated Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang in a one-against-three fight, then offered the Four Elements Academy a place at Shrek instead of surrendering its land. The academies agreed to share resources and stand together against Spirit Hall, while Lin Zhixia cared for Xiao Wu below the platform.

• Oscar told Tang San and Lin Zhixia that the Four Elements Academy wanted Shrek to give up part of its land and mimicry cultivation grounds.
• Tang San challenged Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang to fight him together, with the terms that the loser would accept the other side’s demands.
• Lin Zhixia took Xiao Wu’s body from Tang San’s Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch and stayed with her below the platform.
• Tang San revealed a pale-gold Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring and used his Blue Silver Emperor abilities to trap and defeat all three opponents.
• Tang San offered to let the Four Elements Academy’s students join Shrek and share its resources, and Feng Xiaotian accepted the agreement.
• Lin Zhixia reassured Xiao Wu that they would fight together once her soul returned, as Shrek welcomed the Four Elements Academy’s students.

Lin Zhixia brought Tang San and Xiao Wu to Shrek’s cave, where their companions welcomed Xiao Wu in her human form and hoped her soul could return. At Spirit Hall, Xie Yue recalled Lin Zhixia’s courage and realized he was drawn to her, though they were enemies.

• Lin Zhixia explained to Liu Erlong and the others that Xiao Wu had transformed into human form after consuming Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng but still had no soul.
• Xiao Wu recognized Ning Rongrong, reached toward Dai Mubai, and settled against Tang San while holding Lin Zhixia’s sleeve.
• Liu Erlong comforted Xiao Wu, and Flender promised to make her something delicious as Tang San searched for a way to restore her soul.
• Xie Yue remembered Lin Zhixia defending her companions in the Star Dou Great Forest and defeating him at the Defense Clan’s training grounds.
• Hu Liena interrupted Xie Yue’s thoughts and reminded him that the Pope was waiting for their mission report.
• Lin Zhixia watched over Xiao Wu at Shrek, unaware that Xie Yue had begun thinking of her with an unspoken attraction.

Mo Xuan ambushed Lin Zhixia outside Shrek Academy and trapped her in an illusion of her parents. As Tang San and the others rushed to help, Lin Zhixia broke free and found them approaching Mo Xuan.

• Mo Xuan attacked Lin Zhixia with his Purgatory Nightmare Flame Left Leg Bone and sent a signal beam toward Shrek Academy before falling into the illusion.
• Lin Zhixia relived her fifth birthday with Lin Jingyuan and Jun Yunshu, struggling to resist the dream because she longed to see her parents again.
• Tang San caught Lin Zhixia's signal, and Dai Mubai led the group toward the academy gates while Liu Erlong stayed with Xiao Wu.
• Lin Zhixia remembered Tang San's words, resisted the Nightmare Flame Mist, and watched the images of her parents fade.
• Lin Zhixia woke at the gates as Tang San and the others arrived nearby, with Mo Xuan still facing her.

Tang San and the others confronted Mo Xuan while Lin Zhixia was trapped in his illusion. Lin Zhixia shattered the illusion and rejoined the fight, preparing to suppress Mo Xuan and settle the score for his sneak attack.

• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar rushed to confront Mo Xuan, who held Lin Zhixia inside a nightmare illusion.
• Mo Xuan said he had sought Lin Zhixia since their battle at Canglan Academy and wanted to fight an opponent who matched his strength.
• Inside the illusion, Lin Zhixia reassured the fading figures of her parents and declared that she was no longer a child who had to hide behind them.
• Lin Zhixia used her sixth spirit skill, Starfall Annihilation Arrow, to shatter the illusion and break free of the Nightmare Flame Mist.
• Lin Zhixia declared that she wanted absolute suppression, as Tang San's vines caught Mo Xuan's ankle and the others prepared their attacks.
• Lin Zhixia aimed another Starfall Annihilation Arrow at the spirit bone in Mo Xuan's left leg and vowed to settle the score for his sneak attack.

Lin Zhixia explained that memories of Spirit Hall killing her parents had broken Mo Xuan’s illusion, and she confronted him with the hatred she had carried for fifteen years. She declared that she wanted absolute suppression and unleashed her Starfall Annihilation Arrow against him.

• Mo Xuan asked how Lin Zhixia had escaped his Fallen Illusion · Flame Hell Bewildering Dream.
• Lin Zhixia recalled Ye Cang and Spirit Hall killing Lin Jingyuan and Jun Yunshu when she was five, while her mother hid her in a woodshed compartment.
• Lin Zhixia told Mo Xuan that the memory of her parents’ deaths had kept her from losing herself in his illusion.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar realized the pain behind Lin Zhixia’s hatred and watched in silence.
• Lin Zhixia rejected Mo Xuan’s claim that they were evenly matched and attacked him with a storm of Star Blades.

Tang San and Lin Zhixia returned to find Shrek Academy renovated and bustling after being named Tiandou's Number One Academy. Flender organized a ticketed peak showdown to raise funds, and Tang San agreed on how the earnings would be used as preparations began.

• Tang San accompanied Lin Zhixia back to Shrek Academy, where they discovered its major renovations and imperial guards.
• A student told Tang San and Lin Zhixia that the academy had received imperial funding and the title of Tiandou's Number One Academy.
• Flender proposed a ticketed peak showdown, and Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong explained how the others were helping prepare it.
• As spectators crowded the training ground, Flender assigned the teams, and Tang San agreed on the condition that the earnings be split between academy resources and finding Xiao Wu a spirit bone.
• Dai Mubai summoned his White Tiger Spirit, Ning Rongrong prepared her amplification, and Oscar promoted his sausages as the showdown took shape.

Bibi Dong visited Shrek Academy and tried to recruit Tang San and Lin Zhixia, but both firmly refused. After she left, Tang San discovered that she had secretly placed a Spirit Hall Dark Net across the academy, signaling a coming conflict.

• Bibi Dong arrived at Shrek Academy and overwhelmed the gathered students with her Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong offered Tang San Spirit Hall’s support and promised help with Xiao Wu, but Tang San refused.
• Lin Zhixia refused Bibi Dong and accused Ye Cang of murdering her parents.
• Bibi Dong withdrew and vanished, warning Shrek to guard the academy.
• Tang San found Dark Net markings on the stone railing, and Yu Xiaogang recognized them as Spirit Hall surveillance marks.

Tang San and Lin Zhixia traveled to Gengxin City to obtain rare metals and recruit the Divine Craftsman Lou Gao for the Tang Sect. After arriving, they encountered Lou Gao criticizing a seller’s Black Patterned Iron and began planning how to approach him.

• Tang San explained that he planned to buy rare metals for powerful hidden weapons and recruit smiths, especially Lou Gao, to strengthen the Tang Sect.
• Lin Zhixia agreed to accompany Tang San, and Ning Rongrong promised to gather information about Lou Gao, the Blacksmith Association, and metal prices.
• Tang San and Lin Zhixia left Shrek Academy before dawn and reached Gengxin City at noon.
• Lin Zhixia sensed numerous metallic auras and Spirit Power Fluctuations as they explored the city’s smithies.
• Tang San recognized Lou Gao arguing with a shop owner over impure Black Patterned Iron, but Lin Zhixia urged him to wait before approaching.
• Tang San and Lin Zhixia headed to the Myriad Treasures Metal Shop to buy basic materials and ask about Deep Sea Silver while awaiting Ning Rongrong’s information.

Tang San and Lin Zhixia clashed with Bishop Miles in Gengxin City, first at a tavern and later at an auction where Miles deliberately drove up the prices of materials they needed. When Miles planned to attack the Blacksmith Association, Tang San killed him and his followers, leaving the conflict with Spirit Hall poised to escalate.

• Bishop Miles tried to grab Lin Zhixia at the Iron Furnace Tavern, so Tang San broke his wrist and knocked him unconscious.
• At Glazed Pavilion, Miles repeatedly outbid Tang San to disrupt his purchases of materials, and Tang San chose to wait rather than kill him.
• Lin Zhixia sensed Miles leading more than twenty Soul Masters toward the Blacksmith Association, where he planned to seize a treasure and slaughter its members.
• Tang San sent Lin Zhixia to warn Lou Gao, then trapped Miles and his followers in an alley and killed them.
• Lou Gao thanked Tang San for protecting the Blacksmith Association, and Tang San warned that Spirit Hall would continue threatening Gengxin City.

Tang San and Lin Zhixia ambushed Miles and his Spirit Hall soul masters before they could attack the Blacksmith Association, then raided the Spirit Hall Main Hall in Gengxin City. They returned with Lou Gao as dawn broke, knowing Spirit Hall would soon retaliate.

• Tang San and Lin Zhixia learned that Miles was leading over twenty Spirit Hall soul masters toward the Blacksmith Association to seize Lou Gao's Dragon Pattern Cauldron.
• Tang San and Lin Zhixia set an ambush in an alley, where Lin Zhixia's Star Chains and Tang San's attacks trapped and killed Miles and all twenty-three soul masters.
• Tang San and Lin Zhixia went to the Spirit Hall Main Hall and eliminated every soul master stationed there.
• Lou Gao met Tang San and Lin Zhixia outside the main hall, thanked them for protecting the blacksmiths, and joined them on their return to the association.
• Tang San said they needed to discuss their next steps because Spirit Hall would soon notice the attack and retaliate.

Tang San proved that he had made the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and showed Lou Gao blueprints for more powerful Tang Sect hidden weapons. Fascinated, Lou Gao resigned as president of the Blacksmith Association and joined Tang Sect to lead its hidden weapon forging division.

• Lou Gao examined the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and asked Tang San who had made it.
• Tang San claimed the crossbow as his creation and assembled an identical one to prove it.
• Tang San refused to reveal the crossbow's methods, then showed Lou Gao blueprints for the Torrential Rain Pear Blossom Needle and Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus.
• Lou Gao decided to join Tang Sect and resign as president of the Blacksmith Association.
• Tang San appointed Lou Gao to lead the hidden weapon forging division and promised to teach him the blueprints.

Tang San and Lin Zhixia prepared to leave Gengxin City with Lou Gao, the blacksmiths, and supplies for the Tang Sect. After learning that a Titled Douluo had left Spirit Hall, they split the return journey, with Tang San and Lin Zhixia taking a side route toward the East Sea to investigate a lead on Deep Sea Silver.

• Lou Gao resigned as president of the Blacksmith Association and gathered his chosen disciples and forging materials to join the Tang Sect.
• Lin Zhixia delivered Ning Rongrong’s warning that a Titled Douluo had left Spirit Hall, and Tang San suspected he might be heading for Gengxin City.
• Tang San arranged for Lou Gao and Tai Tan to escort the supplies along the main road while he and Lin Zhixia took side paths toward the East Sea.
• Tang San and Tai Tan inventoried the supplies, while Lin Zhixia accompanied Lou Gao as he handed over the association’s presidency and warned the remaining blacksmiths about Spirit Hall.
• At sunset, Tang San and Lin Zhixia set out east along the side path as Tai Tan led the supply carts onto the main road.

Tang San and Lin Zhixia ambushed and killed eight Spirit Hall pursuers who found their hiding place. After concealing the bodies, they resumed their journey, knowing stronger enemies might still be ahead.

• Lin Zhixia sensed eight Spirit Hall pursuers approaching their cave, and Tang San prepared an ambush.
• Lin Zhixia killed the two Agility Attack System Soul Masters with Star Chains as they reached the entrance.
• Tang San trapped the five spear-wielding Soul Masters with Blue Silver Prison and killed them with poisoned bolts from the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Lin Zhixia and Tang San combined their attacks to wound and kill the bearded Soul King leading the pursuers.
• Tang San and Lin Zhixia hid the bodies, ate quickly, and left the cave to continue their journey home.