Chapter Summaries

Tang Yuehua learned the truth about Tang Hao’s death and asked Gu Han to honor him in Douluo Hall. After Tang Xiao received word of his brother’s death, he set out for Spirit City to see him off.

• Dongfang Lingyun recounted her battle with Tang Hao, and Tang Yuehua accepted that his death was not her fault.
• Gu Han revealed that Tang San was possessed by the Asura God’s inheritor and that Tang Chen had fled overseas with the evil soul masters.
• Tang Yuehua asked Gu Han to enshrine Tang Hao in Douluo Hall, and Gu Han agreed to preserve his body in an Ice Coffin until Tang Xiao could arrive.
• Tang Yuehua sent Tang Xiao a letter announcing Tang Hao’s death, and the Clear Sky Sect elders reacted with shock and mixed feelings.
• Tang Xiao told the elders he would go to Spirit City to see Tang Hao off, then set out alone.

After Tang Hao's death, the Asura God secretly empowered Yang Feng in Slaughter City while Tang Xiao traveled to Spirit Hall to see his brother's body. Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua agreed to ally with the Spirit Hall Empire and wait for a chance to take revenge, then buried Tang Hao at Douluo Hall.

• The Asura God sent divine power into Yang Feng, strengthening him so he could advance through Slaughter City and eventually obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang Xiao met Tang Yuehua and learned that Tang Hao's body was sealed in an Ice Coffin with Gu Han.
• Tang Xiao considered killing Tang San, but Tang Yuehua argued that the gods could let him possess another body and that they should wait until he was vulnerable.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Xiao to ally the Clear Sky Sect with the Spirit Hall Empire, whose Pope Bibi Dong had two divine inheritances.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua met Gu Han and Dongfang Lingyun, viewed Tang Hao's body, and buried him atop the mountain where Douluo Hall stood.

Dongfang Lingyun focused on cultivating and helping govern the empire, while Zhu Zhuqing reported successful trials of agricultural machines and cooling devices to Gu Han. Gu Han explained why he was waiting to introduce imperial examinations, then confirmed the machines’ performance and learned of his senior sister’s growing reputation as a healer; Ning Fengzhi later arrived in Spirit City seeking distribution rights for fans and air conditioners.

• Dongfang Lingyun avoided Tang Yuehua after Tang Hao’s death, then told her she wanted to cultivate and help Gu Han govern the empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing reported that agricultural machines had passed trials and that fans and air conditioners were ready, with fans on track to reach every household by the next year.
• Gu Han explained to Zhu Zhuqing that he was delaying nationwide imperial examinations until educational opportunities became more balanced, and told her the new industries must remain under the empire’s control.
• Gu Han tested the agricultural machines in experimental fields and read a report about his senior sister treating the sick as the World-Saving Goddess.
• Ning Fengzhi came to Spirit City with Chen Xin and sought primary distribution rights for fans and air conditioners.

Gu Han and Ning Fengzhi finalized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s role in the Empire’s business and tournament preparations. Meanwhile, the Rakshasa God used Tang San’s trial to trap him in a dream of his past, where he was cornered by the Tang Sect before reaching Ghostly Sorrow Cliff.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would act as an agent while eighty percent of the revenue went to the Empire.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Han that preparations for the Heaven Dou Division tournament were proceeding smoothly and offered a Five Thousand Year Flame Tyrant Right Arm Bone as a regional prize.
• Tang San obtained a Two Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider spirit ring in Sunset Forest, and the Rakshasa God secretly intervened through his trial.
• Tang San dreamed that the Tang Sect had discovered his use of its secret techniques and pursued him with Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San fled toward Ghostly Sorrow Cliff, but the four great elders and other Tang Sect experts blocked his path before he could reach it.

Tang San was killed by the Tang Sect elders before he could activate Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, then woke to find himself bound in a Punishment Hall torture chamber. Tang Jie began torturing him to force a confession, and Tang San still denied secretly learning the sect's arts.

• The elders surrounded Tang San with hidden weapons, and he drew Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus in a desperate attempt to escape.
• The elders' weapons pierced Tang San before he could activate the lotus, killing him, and Tang Da ordered his corpse thrown off Ghostly Sorrow Cliff.
• Tang San woke unharmed but tied to a cross in a secret chamber, where Tang Jie accused him of secretly learning the inner sect's ultimate arts.
• Tang Jie sealed Tang San's internal energy with a Seclusion Yuan Needle, branded the word "thief" onto his face, and demanded a confession.
• Tang San denied the accusation, so Tang Jie bound him to a Tiger Bench and began adding bricks beneath his feet.

Tang San awakened in the Star Dou Great Forest and challenged Qian Renxue to a bet, while Gu Han secretly strengthened her divine equipment and abilities. Tang San’s Guanyin’s Tear failed to penetrate her armor, leaving him stunned.

• Tang San awoke in the Star Dou Great Forest at Level 96 as Qian Renxue descended and declared she would settle the grudge between the Clear Sky Sect and the Angel Lineage.
• Tang San proposed betting that he could hurt Qian Renxue, and she accepted, confident that a mortal could not wound a god.
• Gu Han entered the dream, removed the Sea God’s Divine Sense from Tang San’s trident, and strengthened Qian Renxue’s defenses, sword, divine power, and combat techniques.
• Qian Renxue released her divine power and soul rings as Tang San prepared to prove that a mortal could wound a god.
• Tang San struck Qian Renxue with Guanyin’s Tear, but her enhanced God Equipment blocked and shattered the hidden weapon.

Tang San fought Qian Renxue but was defeated and killed in the dream, while Gu Han concluded that the Dream Realm was a real world. Tang San emerged from the cocoon with a sinister new External Soul Bone, learned the Rakshasa God had caused his torment, and vowed revenge.

• Qian Renxue rejected Tang San's final refusal to serve Spirit Hall and defeated his Unfixed Storm, Sea God Trident attack, and Clear Sky Hammer assault.
• Qian Renxue killed Tang San with holy flames after the Sea God Trident failed to summon the Sea God's Divine Sense.
• Gu Han observed that Tang San's death did not end the world and considered studying the Dream Realm before withdrawing.
• Tang San emerged from the cocoon with eight purplish-black spider legs, an External Soul Bone infused with the despair he had endured in the dream.
• The Rakshasa God revealed that the External Soul Bone was his reward for completing the trial, and Tang San vowed to make him pay.

After Tang San obtained an External Soul Bone, he helped establish Shrek Academy’s student structure as the Continental Elite Spirit Master Tournament approached. The chapter ended with Flender reading about the tournament’s unprecedented soul bone prizes.

• Tang San reassured Flender that the Eight Spider Lances were an External Soul Bone, then left Sunset Forest while vowing to claim what he believed belonged to him at the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Liu Erlong handed Flender the newly certified Shrek Academy and named him its dean.
• Tang San proposed dividing Shrek Academy into an Outer Academy, an Inner Academy, and a core team called the Shrek Seven Devils, and Flender adopted the plan.
• Liu Erlong handled admissions as Shrek Academy began recruiting students and its affairs progressed smoothly.
• Flender read that the Continental Elite Spirit Master Tournament’s championship reward would include three soul bones, including a fifty-thousand-year Evil Eye White Tiger Right Arm Bone.

Tang San traveled to Spirit City to find his aunt, Tang Yuehua, hoping to use her connections to locate Dugu Bo and obtain immortal herbs. He reached Moonlight Pavilion and claimed he was Tang Yuehua’s nephew.

• Dai Mubai learned that the championship prize was a fifty-thousand-year Evil Eye White Tiger Right Arm Bone and declared his determination to win.
• Xiao Wu told Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar that Tang San had gone to Spirit City on important business.
• Dai Mubai worried that Shrek lacked Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar believed Tang San would use the Clear Sky Sect to obtain immortal herbs.
• Tang San entered Spirit City, observed how much it had changed, and cautiously made his way to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang San told a receptionist that he had come to see Tang Yuehua and revealed that she was his aunt.

Tang San visited Tang Yuehua and claimed that Tang Hao had been killed by the Spirit Hall Empire, hoping to gain her support against Dongfang Lingyun. Tang Yuehua pretended to be enraged and tried to take him to seek justice from Gu Han, but Tang San stopped her and proposed waiting until he became a Title Douluo to take revenge.

• Tang Yuehua learned that Tang San was waiting to see her and had Xiaozhu bring him to the parlor.
• Tang San identified himself as Tang Hao’s son, while Tang Yuehua concealed her true feelings and questioned him about his purpose.
• Tang San claimed a Title Douluo from the Spirit Hall Empire had killed Tang Hao and portrayed Dongfang Lingyun as the culprit.
• Tang Yuehua feigned fury and dragged Tang San toward Gu Han, but Tang San warned that Gu Han would protect his apprentice.
• Tang Yuehua let go of Tang San, and he suggested waiting until he reached the Title Douluo realm before seeking revenge.

Tang San persuaded Tang Yuehua to help him find Dugu Bo so he could seek the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, while concealing his intentions and avoiding ties to the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Yuehua left him at Moonlight Pavilion and visited Gu Han, who was refining a Dream Realm designed for others to enter safely.

• Tang San asked Tang Yuehua to take him to Dugu Bo by locating his granddaughter Dugu Yan, and Tang Yuehua agreed to help.
• Tang Yuehua arranged a room for Tang San at Moonlight Pavilion and said she would return to the Clear Sky Sect and have someone show him Spirit City.
• Tang San decided he would avoid any connection with the Clear Sky Sect for now and explore Spirit City to investigate its changes.
• Tang Yuehua went to the Back Mountain to see Gu Han instead of searching for Dugu Bo.
• Gu Han withdrew from his Dream Realm deductions and continued refining it into an illusion world that visitors could enter and leave without losing their grasp on reality.

Gu Han learned that Tang San had come to Spirit City seeking Tang Yuehua’s help in finding Dugu Bo, hoping to gain support for revenge and access to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well. Gu Han remained confident that Tang San posed no threat and left Tang Yuehua gradually realizing she had been outmaneuvered in their chess game.

• Gu Han stopped meditating to welcome Tang Yuehua, and they began a game of chess as she told him she had seen someone unexpected.
• Gu Han guessed that Tang San had visited Spirit City, and Tang Yuehua confirmed that he had asked her to introduce him to Dugu Bo.
• Tang Yuehua explained that Tang San wanted to avenge himself when he grew stronger and hoped to meet Dugu Bo as a poison expert.
• Gu Han reasoned that Tang San wanted to find Dugu Bo and the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, but Dugu Bo had already joined Gu Han and the well was under his control.
• Gu Han said he welcomed Tang San growing stronger so that Shuang Yue and Nan Feng would have a worthy opponent.
• Tang Yuehua noticed that Gu Han had quietly gained a commanding advantage on the chessboard.

Tang San spotted Xue Qinghe in Spirit City and followed him, only to learn that he now called himself Su Qinghe and rejected efforts to restore the Heaven Dou Empire. Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer to prove he was not one of the former nobles’ agents, and Su Qinghe apologized for mistaking him.

• Tang San disguised himself and followed Xue Qinghe through Spirit City, but Xue Qinghe evaded him and confronted him.
• Su Qinghe explained that Xue Qinghe had died when Xue Xing seized power and warned Tang San to stop pursuing him.
• Tang San denied being sent by the former Heaven Dou nobles and offered to prove it in a nearby alley.
• Tang San summoned his Clear Sky Hammer, and Su Qinghe recognized him as a Clear Sky Sect disciple and apologized.

Tang San tried to persuade Su Qinghe to restore the Heaven Dou Empire by claiming that he had dreamed of its fall and that the people still supported it. Su Qinghe rejected him, believing that ordinary people preferred the Spirit Hall Empire, and left Tang San behind.

• Tang San explained that he had followed Su Qinghe because he had dreamed of meeting him, then invited him somewhere private to talk.
• Tang San recounted a dream in which Qian Renxue assassinated Xue Qinghe and seized the Heaven Dou throne, and urged Su Qinghe to restore the kingdom.
• Su Qinghe laughed at Tang San’s ignorance, rejected his appeal, and left.
• Su Qinghe recalled helping farmers and hearing that they preferred the Spirit Hall Empire, which had fed them, given them land, and helped them rebuild.
• Su Qinghe concluded that Tang San’s supposed popular support came only from disgruntled former local tyrants and other people who had lost status under the new empire.

Gu Han persuaded Qian Xunji to let Qian Renxue delay the Angel God Trial, and the family welcomed Qian Renfeng. In Spirit City, Tang San questioned Old Gu about the Angel statue and learned that the empire had built it, unlike the statues of Gu Han raised by local people.

• Qian Xunji urged Gu Han to persuade Qian Renxue to begin the Angel God Trial, but Gu Han argued that she should wait until after her mother gave birth and had more time to grow.
• Qian Renfeng was born, and Qian Xunji named him; Qian Daoliu later visited his grandson before returning to Sea God Island to pursue his future with Bo Saixi.
• Tang San arrived at Spirit City's plaza and wondered why a Six-Winged Angel statue stood there when cities elsewhere had statues of Gu Han.
• Old Gu approached Tang San and explained that local people had built Gu Han's statues voluntarily, while the Spirit Hall Empire had funded Spirit City's Angel statue.

Tang San explored Spirit City, asked Tang Yuehua to help him find Dugu Bo, and learned where the auction house was. Believing Tang Yuehua's hidden strength would help him in a future war against the Spirit Hall Empire, he left with renewed confidence, while she secretly planned to make him despair.

• Tang San stared at the Six-Winged Angel statue until Old Gu left, then Tang Yuehua appeared and asked why he had come to Spirit City.
• Tang Yuehua explained that she was arranging to find Dugu Bo and asked Tang San what he thought of Spirit City.
• Tang San asked where the auction house was, hoping to sell Hidden Weapons and attract Ning Fengzhi's attention, and Tang Yuehua gave him directions.
• After Tang Yuehua vanished with startling speed, Tang San concluded that she was a powerful Soul Master and imagined she would support him against the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Tang Yuehua secretly watched Tang San and told an unseen companion that she intended to raise his hopes before making him despair.

Tang San brought his Godly Zhuge Crossbow to the Martial Soul City Auction House, convinced it deserved a million-Gold-Soul-Coin starting bid. After his demonstration failed to mark the auction house’s steel plate, Lu Rentao refused to auction it, leaving Tang San humiliated.

• Tang San arrived at the auction house and showed Lu Rentao his Godly Zhuge Crossbow, asking to have it auctioned.
• Lu Rentao judged the crossbow unsuitable for the auction and suggested selling it to Spirit Hunting Squads near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San objected to Lu Rentao’s assessment and challenged him to test the crossbow, demanding a million Gold Soul Coins as its starting bid if it proved powerful.
• Lu Rentao arranged a test against a steel plate that he said even a Soul King-level Soul Master could not pierce.
• Tang San infused the crossbow’s bolts with Soul Power and fired, but they bounced off without leaving a mark.
• Lu Rentao declared that Tang San had lost the bet and declined to auction the crossbow, while Tang San lowered his head in distress.

Tang San attended the Empire Auction House, where he saw the first item, a rare spirit bone, sell for thirty million Gold Soul Coins. Dugu Bo judged Tang San to be deep-minded and decided to meet him alone later, while Dugu Yan planned to follow secretly.

• Tang San accepted the crossbow bolts from Lu Rentao and took a seat in the auction hall's observation area.
• Tang Yuehua ordered Lu Rentao to begin the auction and pointed out Tang San to Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo decided Tang San did not seem like a good person and told Dugu Yan he would go meet him alone.
• Dugu Yan considered secretly following Dugu Bo, but he asked Tang Yuehua to keep an eye on her.
• The auctioneer presented an eight-hundred-year Diamond Rhinoceros Head Spirit Bone, and Hu Yan Zhen won it with a bid of thirty million Gold Soul Coins.

An auctioned elixir refined by Gu Han astonished Tang San and stirred intense competition among the powerful sects. As the bidders recognized its potential to repair foundations and accelerate cultivation, they resolved to acquire it at any cost.

• The auctioneer presented a rare elixir refined by Gu Han and described its many benefits, including strengthening foundations and aiding cultivation.
• Tang San was shocked by the elixir’s quality and grew wary of Gu Han, suspecting he might be pursuing his own God Position.
• Bone Douluo urged Ning Fengzhi to buy the elixir so he could repair his foundation and break through his Level 95 bottleneck.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to purchase the elixir to strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Hu Yan Zhen, Tuoba Xi, and other sect leaders and powerful Soul Masters became convinced the elixir could transform their strength and resolved to bid for it at any cost.

The Seven Great Sects battled over an elixir that could help its user reach Super Douluo, while Hu Yan Zhen tried and failed to pressure the other bidders into yielding. Ning Fengzhi recognized that the auction had created a rift between the sects and resolved to secure the elixir for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• The bids for the elixir climbed to 80 billion Gold Soul Coins as the major sects competed.
• Hu Yan Zhen revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and asked the other bidders to let him have the elixir in exchange for a favor.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Gu Rong from reacting and declared that the elixir would belong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tuoba Xi and Feng Bailong rejected Hu Yan Zhen’s demand, and the other sect leaders confronted him until he agreed to let the auction decide the winner.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected that the elixir was driving a wedge between the six great sects and decided that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed to obtain it for Gu Rong.