Chapter Summaries

Shrek’s survivors fled the ruins of the academy through the Shadow Mountain Range, but Spirit Hall and the Holy Spirit Cult ambushed them at Ghost Cry Ravine. As Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao held the defense together, Xiao Wu took a Titled Douluo’s Wind Blade meant for Xiao Xiaoxiao.

• Elder Xing Hen planned a route along the Shadow Mountain Range, and Tang Hao and Ah Yin led Shrek’s wounded survivors away from the destroyed academy.
• At Ghost Cry Ravine, the Holy Spirit Cult attacked with a soul-shrieking sound and poisoned projectiles, killing more than ten students and two teachers.
• Rift Wind Falcon, Shadow Demon, and Blood Butcher Douluo struck the group, while Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and Elder Xing Hen fought to hold them back.
• Tang San rallied the Shrek Eight Devils to defend both flanks, and he and Xiao Xiaoxiao coordinated their abilities to stabilize the formation.
• Tang Hao ordered the group to break through, but Rift Wind Falcon Douluo targeted Xiao Xiaoxiao, and Xiao Wu teleported in front of her and was struck by the Wind Blade.

Mu Chen and the Radiant Light Clan rescued the Shrek group from Spirit Hall’s ambush at Ghost Cry Ravine and joined their escape toward the Clear Sky Sect. As Mu Chen grew close to Xiao Wu, his affection for her began to change the group’s journey.

• Mu Chen arrived with Elder Mu Yun and Elder Mu Feng, shielding Xiao Wu from the Rift Wind Falcon Douluo’s attack and challenging Spirit Hall’s forces.
• Mu Chen revealed his Sacred Radiance Martial Soul and fought three Titled Douluo while the elders battled the other Spirit Hall Soul Masters.
• With the Radiant Light Clan’s support, Tang San and the others broke through the ambush and escaped Spirit Hall’s pursuers.
• Mu Chen gave Xiao Wu a healing fruit, teased her, and promised to escort the Shrek Eight Devils safely to the Clear Sky Sect.
• During the journey, Mu Chen’s playful stories and banter made Xiao Wu laugh, while Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao welcomed his growing affection for her.

The Shrek group and the Radiant Light Clan fought through the Holy Spirit Cult’s Nine Nether Yellow Springs Array in Soul Burial Valley and destroyed its Yellow Springs Bead. As they prepared to continue toward the Clear Sky Sect, they discovered a hidden Space Marker beneath the altar, leaving the group wary of another threat.

• The group entered Soul Burial Valley, where the Holy Spirit Cult’s miasma and Vengeful Spirits trapped them in the Nine Nether Yellow Springs Array.
• Mu Chen used Radiance of Nine Heavens to clear the miasma briefly, revealing the Yellow Springs Bead at the array’s core.
• Xiao Xiaoxiao guided Tang San to the bead’s weak point while the others protected him, and Tang San destroyed it with Never Return, ending the array.
• The exhausted group celebrated their victory, and Tang San approved of Mu Chen’s closeness with Xiao Wu.
• Elder Xing Hen detected a concealed Space Marker beneath the shattered altar, and Tang Hao, Mu Yun, and Elder Mu Feng sensed the Holy Spirit Cult’s lingering presence.

Elder Xing Hen, Elder Mu Yun, Elder Mu Feng, Tang San, and Xiao Xiaoxiao destroyed the Space Marker in Soul Burial Valley. Afterward, Ah Yin detected a hidden observer, revealing that the Holy Spirit Cult was still surveilling the group as they traveled toward the Clear Sky Sect.

• Elder Xing Hen sealed the Space Marker in a stellar cage while Elder Mu Yun and Elder Mu Feng attacked it with purifying light.
• The marker opened into a black vortex and summoned a Ghost Eye carrying a projection of the Holy Spirit Cult Master's will.
• Tang San disrupted the collision with Unfixed Waves, and Xiao Xiaoxiao struck the Ghost Eye's will core with Soul Shattering Finger.
• Elder Mu Yun and Elder Mu Feng destroyed the weakened Space Marker with their combined purifying attack.
• Ah Yin sensed someone watching, and Tang Hao, Elder Xing Hen, and Elder Mu Yun saw a blurry figure vanish into the shadows.
• Elder Xing Hen and Elder Mu Yun warned that the Holy Spirit Cult had hidden surveillance along the group's route to the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang San’s group discovered Shadow Dust tracking them and reached the trapped crossing into the Tianji Mountain Range, where they chose to climb the Soul Severing Abyss’s ice wall instead of using the guarded bridge. As they neared the far side, a gigantic head of ice and shadow burst from the wall and attacked Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao.

• Elder Xing Hen and Elder Mu Yun failed to locate the shadow figure, but Tang San found and purified Shadow Dust on Xiao Wu and two other students.
• The group reached the Soul Severing Abyss and found the Suspended Soul Iron Chain Bridge covered in imprisonment runes and guarded by a hostile presence.
• Tang San proposed climbing the ice wall, and Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and the three elders stayed behind to distract the ambushers and guard against pursuers.
• Tang San led the others across the ice wall with Xiao Xiaoxiao guiding the route and Mu Chen’s light protecting them from the cold and wind.
• A gigantic skull-like head made of ice and shadow erupted from the wall and lunged at Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao.

Mu Chen helped Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao destroy an ice-shadow demon skull as the group climbed the ice wall and reached a snow pine forest. They found the forest blocked by a Holy Spirit Cult formation and an army of Ice Snow Puppets, with three Titled Douluo appearing behind them.

• Mu Chen shielded Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao from the demon skull, and Tang San struck its ghostfire cores with Purple God Light.
• Mu Chen destroyed the weakened skull with Sacred Radiance Burst, and the group resumed climbing.
• Shi San reached the far cliff top, and Tang Hao warned the group that more than five Titled Douluo and numerous other enemies waited at the Iron Chain Bridge.
• Tang San led the group into a snow pine forest as Tang Hao and the others engaged the bridgehead enemies.
• Xiao Xiaoxiao and Mu Chen detected an illusion and trapping formation, from which hundreds of Ice Snow Puppets emerged alongside three Titled Douluo, surrounding the Shrek group.

Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect arrived just as Tang San’s group was about to be overwhelmed by the Ice Snow Puppets, destroying the puppet army and killing the three Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo. After reuniting with Tang Hao and Ah Yin, the group headed for the Clear Sky Sect, unaware that a remnant of the Holy Spirit Cult had escaped into the earth.

• Tang San and his companions struggled to hold off the Ice Snow Puppets and three Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo as their strength ran low.
• Tang Xiao led the Clear Sky Sect’s main force into the battle and destroyed the puppet source and gray fog formation with a massive Clear Sky Hammer strike.
• Tang Xiao’s elders and disciples killed the three fleeing Titled Douluo, securing the battlefield for Tang San and his group.
• Tang Xiao learned that Tang Hao and Ah Yin were fighting across Soul Severing Abyss and went with five elders to support them.
• Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, Ah Yin, and the others reunited, then escorted the group toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• A droplet of black slime seeped from the crater into the earth after the group departed.

Tang San returned to the Clear Sky Sect and began cultivating in its Dragon Vein Yuan Gathering Pool before entering the secret realm to seek the sect’s Inheritance Soul Bones. As he challenged the trial, the Holy Spirit Cult began a sinister plan against the sect.

• Tang San formally rejoined the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xiao pledged the sect’s support for his Sea God trials.
• Tang Xiao opened the Dragon Vein Yuan Gathering Pool to Tang San, the Shrek Eight Devils except Xiao Wu, and Mu Chen, helping them recover and strengthen their Soul Power.
• Tang Xiao explained the four Inheritance Soul Bone trials, and Tang San entered the Trial Secret Realm to challenge the ancestors’ will incarnations.
• The Holy Spirit Cult Master ordered Shadow Figures to awaken something and begin a plan against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San sensed danger through the Sea God’s Heart and resolved to grow stronger quickly.

Tang San passed the Strength Trial by uniting his power with his conviction to protect and obtained the Clear Sky Sect’s Strength Left Arm Soul Bone. Before he could break through to level eighty, he sensed the Holy Spirit Cult attacking the Clear Sky Sect and rushed to respond.

• Tang San fought the Dark Gold Phantom, learned that true strength came from conviction, and passed the trial.
• The Dark Gold Phantom granted Tang San the Clear Sky Sect’s Inheritance Soul Bone, the Left Arm Soul Bone of Strength.
• As Tang San recovered and prepared to break through his Soul Power bottleneck, the Sea God’s Heart warned him of an attack on the sect.
• Tang San sensed the Holy Spirit Cult’s monsters and powerful figures approaching the Clear Sky Sect and raced for the secret realm’s exit.
• Dai Mubai, Xiao Xiaoxiao, and the others heard the sect’s nine emergency bells as disciples shouted that enemies had attacked.

The reclusive clans and Clear Sky Sect joined forces to defeat the Holy Spirit Cult’s monster army and destroy its Shadow Figures. The attack ended, but the battle marked only the beginning of the larger conflict.

• Elder Xing Hen led the Star Brilliance Clan in purifying the monster army and fungal carpet with starlight.
• Elder Mu Yun, Elder Mu Feng, and Mu Chen led the Radiant Light Clan in blasting the monsters with sacred light, while Yue Wuhen and the Moonlight Heaven Sect trapped them with spatial power.
• The Thick Earth Sect, Thunderclap Valley, Heavenly Sword Pavilion, and Beast Taming Villa joined the fight, containing the monster army and forcing the Shadow Figures to retreat.
• Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and five Clear Sky Sect elders attacked the fleeing Shadow Figures as the other clan leaders cut off their escape, killing them in a one-sided battle.
• The allied forces wiped out the remaining monsters, while Tang San resolved to complete the Sea God Trial as soon as possible.

With the allied families’ help, Tang San broke through to Soul Douluo at the Clear Sky Sect’s Dragon Transformation Platform and gained a new connection to the sea. But the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King secretly marked him and called him toward a deadly trap as he prepared to continue the Sea God Trial.

• The factions formed the Watchers Alliance with the Clear Sky Sect as one of its strongholds.
• Tang Xiao sent Tang San into the Dragon Vein Pool to break through while the elders stood guard.
• At the Dragon Transformation Platform, Tang San reached Level Eighty and became a Soul Douluo.
• The Female Demonic Whale King’s hidden spirituality fused with Tang San, strengthening his connection to the sea and his Blue Silver Demonic Whale Martial Soul.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King planted a malicious mark on Tang San and vowed to use him as a sacrifice against Poseidon.
• Tang San sensed an unsettling whisper, left the pool, and resolved to continue the Sea God’s Eighth Trial and obtain the remaining three Inheritance Soul Bones.

Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao strengthened their cultivation through Star Soul Resonance, but the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's malicious mark attacked Tang San and lured him toward its sea domain. After they suppressed it and vowed to face the danger together, Tang Hao called them to begin the Trial of Defense.

• Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao cultivated together, stabilizing his level eighty Soul Power and strengthening their Spiritual Power and Star Soul Resonance.
• The million-year Soul Ring trembled, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's malicious mark assaulted Tang San with a tempting vision and voice.
• Xiao Xiaoxiao supported Tang San through their soul link as he used Sea God's Light to suppress the mark, though they sensed it remained hidden.
• Tang San told Xiao Xiaoxiao that the mark was luring him to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's domain, and they promised to face the danger together.
• Tang Hao called Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao to enter the Trial of Defense, and they answered that they were ready.

Tang San passed the Trial of Defense with Xiao Xiaoxiao’s remote guidance and obtained the Defense Chest Bone. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s mark then attacked his soul, but the new soul bone helped him and Xiao Xiaoxiao suppress it; they prepared to continue to the next trial.

• Tang San used Sea God's Light and his Blue Silver Demon Whale Domain to deflect and dissipate the starry attacks, while Xiao Xiaoxiao identified spiritual attacks through Star Soul Resonance.
• Tang San redirected the final wave of beams until they collided and vanished, passing the Trial of Defense and receiving the Defense Chest Bone.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s mark erupted in Tang San’s Sea of Consciousness and began corrupting his soul.
• Xiao Xiaoxiao used Purifying Star Flame as Tang San fought the mark with Sea God's Light, but both began to weaken.
• The Defense Chest Bone shielded Tang San’s soul, allowing him and Xiao Xiaoxiao to suppress the mark again.
• Tang San put away the soul bone, helped Xiao Xiaoxiao up, and resolved to continue the trials and eventually eliminate the mark.

Tang San passed the Break Trial and obtained the Break Skull Bone, then recovered through deep Star Soul Resonance with Xiaoxiao. Their plans to attempt the Agility Trial were interrupted when Tang Xiao warned that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's mark was resonating with a powerful energy source in the Demon Whale Sea Domain and threatening Tang San's soul.

• Tang San struggled against the Break Trial's Sword Qi until Xiaoxiao detected its brief predictive fluctuation and helped him learn to defend against its targeted strikes.
• Tang San passed the trial and received the Break Skull Bone, his third Inheritance Soul Bone.
• Xiaoxiao supported Tang San as they used Star Soul Resonance to restore their strength and deepen their bond, while Tang San deliberately sent her overwhelming energy.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San to postpone the Agility Trial because the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's mark was resonating with a massive energy source and could erode his soul.

Tang San fused the Clear Sky Sect’s four Inheritance Soul Bones and passed the Agility Trial despite interference from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s mark. With the first two conditions of Sea God’s Eighth Trial complete, he and his companions set out east to confront the remaining danger in the Demon Whale Sea Domain.

• Tang Xiao and the elders advised Tang San to fuse his three acquired soul bones before heading to the Demon Whale Sea Domain, and Tang San agreed.
• Tang San fused the Strength Left Arm Bone, Defense Chest Bone, and Break Skull Bone, reaching Level 87, while Xiao Xiaoxiao advanced to Level 74.
• Tang San attempted the Agility Trial, and Xiao Xiaoxiao used their Soul Link and Moonlight Star Pupil to help him evade attacks and resist the whale king’s mark.
• Tang San passed the Agility Trial, gained the Agility Right Leg Bone, and rose to the peak of Level 88 with all four Inheritance Soul Bones assembled.
• Tang Xiao arranged support for Tang San’s journey, and Tang San, Xiao Xiaoxiao, Mu Chen, three Radiant Light Clan disciples, and Elder Xing Hen departed east for the Demon Whale Sea Domain.

Tang San and his companions reached the Demon Whale Sea Domain, where Xiao Xiaoxiao sensed a possible route to the Eye of Returning Ruins before resentment tentacles and corrupted Sea Soul Beasts ambushed them. They fought their way toward the energy vortex as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King watched from beneath the sea.

• Elder Xing Hen brought the group to the Demon Whale Sea Domain’s boundary and warned them about its corrosive, resentment-tainted waters and corrupted Sea Soul Beasts.
• Tang San’s attempt to probe the sea with Spiritual Power backfired, while Xiao Xiaoxiao sensed a massive energy vortex to the southeast that might be the Eye of Returning Ruins.
• A resentment tentacle attacked Tang San and Xiao Xiaoxiao, but Tang San destroyed its energy-transfer node after Xiao Xiaoxiao identified it.
• Dozens of tentacles and corrupted Sea Soul Beasts surrounded the group, who joined their powers to defend themselves.
• Tang San called for a breakthrough, and Elder Xing Hen opened a path southeast as the seven fled toward the energy vortex.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King watched the group’s escape from beneath the sea.

Tang San and the others reached the ancient ruin above the Eye of Returning Ruins, where a Sea God's Mark offered a way to reveal the Thread of Causality but warned that it would awaken the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. The whale king awoke before Tang San could decide, and gathered destructive energy to attack the group.

• The seven traveled through the resentment-filled depths and found the vast Eye of Returning Ruins and a floating ancient ruin that resonated with Tang San's Sea God's Light.
• Elder Xing Hen created a path of starlight across the vortex, and the group fought off mutated Sea Soul Beasts as they crossed to the ruin.
• Tang San found a phantom trident at the ruin's altar and received the Sea God's message that activating its mark could reveal the Thread of Causality while fully awakening the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King awoke beneath the ruin, fixed its gaze on the seven, and began gathering destructive energy to strike.

Tang San and his allies attacked the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Threads of Causality, using memories of its past to weaken its hatred and slow its destructive power. As their strength ran out, a change stirred in Tang San's Sea of Consciousness, where his suppressed malicious mark and the Female Demonic Whale King's spirituality reacted to the Same Origin Aura.

• Tang San poured his power into the Sea God's Mark, disrupting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's connection to the Eye of Returning Ruins and revealing the Threads of Causality.
• Tang San directed Elder Xing Hen, Mu Chen, Xiao Xiaoxiao, and the Muguang Clan disciples to attack the whale king's thickest threads, and their strikes wounded its Soul Origin.
• The attacks exposed memories of the whale king's mate being killed by Poseidon's emissaries and human experts, and Tang San urged it to let go of its hatred without denying its pain.
• Tang San and his allies continued severing Threads of Causality while fending off mutated Sea Soul Beasts, but their Soul Power and Spiritual Power dwindled toward exhaustion.
• As Tang San's resolve wavered, his suppressed malicious mark and the Female Demonic Whale King's spirituality transformed in response to the external Same Origin Aura.

Tang San resolved the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's resentment when the Female Demonic Whale King's spirituality sacrificed itself to purify it, completing his Sea God's Eighth Trial and raising his Soul Power to Rank Ninety-Two. A passage to Asura Purgatory then opened, offering answers about the City of Slaughter, the Rakshasa God's fall, and Tang Chen while challenging Tang San to enter.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's resentment attacked Tang San's Soul Origin, and the Female Demonic Whale King's spirituality sacrificed itself to purify the attack.
• Tang San sensed the whale kings' love and grief as the resentment dissolved, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King stopped fighting and mourned.
• The Female Demonic Whale King's remaining spirituality merged with Tang San's spiritual origin and million-year soul ring, raising his Soul Power to Rank Ninety-Two and transforming his Blue Silver Demonic Whale Martial Soul.
• Tang San completed the Sea God's Eighth Trial, and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King disappeared into the sea as the Eye of Returning Ruins returned to calm.
• A space passage opened into Asura Purgatory, where a voice invited Tang San to enter and promised answers about the City of Slaughter, the Rakshasa God's fall, and Tang Chen.

After the Eye of Returning Ruins settled, Tang San was summoned by both the Sea God and the Asura God to inherit their positions. The chapter ended with Tang San making his choice, though he had not yet revealed it.

• The survivors celebrated their escape from the Demon Whale Sea Domain as Tang San’s power surged.
• The Sea God summoned Tang San to Sea God Island to receive the final inheritance.
• The Asura God summoned Tang San to enter Asura Purgatory and complete nine trials, where his great-grandfather Tang Chen was imprisoned.
• A trace of the Rakshasa God’s resentment warned Tang San about hidden darkness on Sea God Island and Bo Saixi’s fate.
• Tang San considered the danger and consequences of both paths, then opened his eyes with a clear resolve.