Chapter Summaries

Gu Nian gave Ye Lingling the Soul of Flora and explained nature’s Dao as she absorbed it, earning her the God of Plants’ inheritance trial. The continent reacted with shock, while Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Tang San recognized the scale of Gu Nian’s power.

• Gu Nian explained that the Soul of Flora was the core of a Deity who governed plant-type martial souls, then told Ye Lingling to absorb it.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the Soul of Flora as Gu Nian expounded on nature, helping her stabilize the energy and understand the mysteries of plant life.
• A sacred God Ladder descended, and a Sky Screen announcement declared that the God of Plants had recognized Ye Lingling and granted her the qualifications for its inheritance.
• Qian Renxue questioned Xue Ke about Gu Nian, and Xue Ke said that calling her Master human seemed like a limitation.
• Bibi Dong watched Gu Nian’s feat and wondered whether she could defeat him, while Shrek Academy learned that Ye Lingling had received a Deity inheritance and Tang San stared at her in awe.

The Golden Ranking named Bibi Dong fifth for her twin martial souls, shocking powerful figures across the continent. It then revealed her iconic Battle of Two Gods, where the future Tang San appeared as a twin-martial-soul god facing her.

• Tang San suppressed his jealousy after Ye Lingling received the God of Plants inheritance and vowed to claim first place on the Golden Ranking.
• The Golden Ranking named Bibi Dong fifth, identifying her Death Spider Emperor and Soul Eater Spider Emperor martial souls.
• Bibi Dong reacted with anger and disbelief, while Yu Xiaogang, Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, and others wondered who ranked above her.
• The Golden Ranking announced Bibi Dong's iconic scene, the Battle of Two Gods, and showed her as the Rakshasa God facing a young man wielding a Golden Trident.
• Tang San recognized the young man as his future self, who fought Bibi Dong with the Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Emperor.

The Golden Ranking showed Bibi Dong losing a future battle against Tang San, then announced her fifth-place rewards: two God-Bestowed Soul Rings, a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and a Divine Artifact. Bibi Dong prepared to absorb the rewards and grow stronger, while Tang San became convinced he would rank first.

• The Sky Screen showed Tang San and Bibi Dong grievously wounding each other, with Tang San surviving and Bibi Dong losing the battle.
• Bibi Dong destroyed her throne in anger and vowed to crush Tang San.
• Tang San watched the battle in excitement and decided that he was destined to rank first on the Talent Ranking.
• The Golden Ranking awarded Bibi Dong two God-Bestowed Soul Rings, a Hundred Thousand Year Rakshasa Demonic Spider Left Arm Bone, and the Rakshasa Nether Thorn.
• Bibi Dong ordered immediate closed-door cultivation to absorb her rewards, while Yu Xiaogang explained to Shrek Academy that God-Bestowed Soul Rings could match a Spirit Master's endurance.

Bibi Dong received two hundred-thousand-year God-Bestowed Soul Rings, a soul bone, and the Rakshasa Nether Thorn, sharply increasing her power and prompting her to target the people ranked above her. As the Sky Screen revealed her new strength, Xue Qinghe visited Gu Nian at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xue Ke wondered what reward Gu Nian would receive.

• Yu Xiaogang warned that Bibi Dong's rewards would make her far more powerful, while Tang San's companions praised his future prospects.
• Xue Ye urged Xue Qinghe to strengthen ties with Sunset Kingdom because Bibi Dong had become a greater threat to Heaven Dou.
• Gu Nian dismissed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring as an inferior way to gain power while Xue Ke, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling admired it.
• Bibi Dong received two hundred-thousand-year soul rings, the Rakshasa Demonic Spider Left Arm Bone, and the Rakshasa Nether Thorn, then vowed to eliminate the other ranked talents.
• The Sky Screen showed Bibi Dong's altered soul-ring configuration and demonstrated the destructive power of her divine artifact.
• Xue Qinghe visited Gu Nian, and Xue Ke asked what reward Gu Nian might receive if he ranked higher than Bibi Dong.

Gu Nian revived Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began guiding her Blue Silver Emperor martial soul toward evolution. When the Talent Ranking announced Tang San in fourth place, Ah Yin felt a faint maternal stir, but Gu Nian warned her to focus on her new path.

• A surge of life energy rose from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Gu Nian led the others to the spring.
• Ah Yin awakened in a remade body, remembered her past with Tang Hao and Tang San, and knelt to thank Gu Nian for reviving her.
• Gu Nian told Ah Yin her martial soul could advance beyond the Blue Silver Emperor, and she asked him to instruct her.
• The Sky Screen Golden Ranking announced Tang San in fourth place, stirring a faint maternal feeling and confusion in Ah Yin.
• Gu Nian warned Ah Yin against distraction and sent Blue Gold light into her brow, causing her martial soul to begin transforming.

Gu Nian’s words awakened Qian Renxue to new possibilities for her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, while the Golden Ranking exposed Tang San as a soul from another world who had taken over an infant’s body. Tang San’s companions were left shocked and fearful as the revelation spread across the continent.

• Gu Nian caused the Blue Silver Grass in the image to begin evolving toward divinity, astonishing Qian Renxue.
• Gu Nian’s remarks about tracing Martial Souls to their origins prompted Qian Renxue to question whether the Angel God was the pinnacle of her Martial Soul.
• Tang San saw that he had ranked fourth on the Talent Ranking and reacted with humiliation and determination.
• The Sky Screen identified Tang San as a visitor from beyond whose soul had reincarnated in another body.
• The Sky Screen showed Tang San’s past-life soul entering an infant and consuming the infant’s soul.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others stared at Tang San in shock and fear after learning the truth.

After the Sky Screen exposed Tang San as an otherworldly soul who had seized his newborn body, Ah Yin severed her attachment to him and swore revenge. Yu Xiaogang stood by Tang San, while Tang Hao chose to exploit his potential, and Bibi Dong ordered his death; Qian Renxue vowed to reach the top three in a future ranking.

• Ah Yin saw Tang San devour her infant son’s soul, abandoned her lingering attachment, and focused on absorbing Gu Nian’s inheritance as she swore an icy oath of vengeance.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang reassured Tang San that he remained his disciple, while Dai Mubai and the others recoiled from him.
• Tang Hao realized his biological son had died at birth, but decided to suppress his hatred and strengthen his bond with Tang San so he could use his power to reclaim Ah Yin.
• Gu Nian judged Tang San’s fourth-place ranking fair, and Qian Renxue vowed to claim a top-three place when the ranking appeared again.
• Bibi Dong recognized Tang San as an otherworldly visitor, then ordered Spirit Hall to find and kill him before he grew stronger.

The Golden Ranking punished Tang San for rejecting his placement, then began exposing his past life to prove its fairness. Its first revelations showed Tang San stealing the Tang Sect’s secret manuals and defending his actions, leaving the continent and even his allies appalled.

• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect elders argued over whether to welcome Tang San back despite his possession of another body and murder of Tang Hao’s son.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San rejected his fourth-place ranking and raged at the Golden Ranking, which struck him with divine lightning.
• The Golden Ranking announced that it would examine Tang San’s life, then showed his childhood break-ins to steal forbidden Tang Sect manuals.
• After the elders caught him learning the Tang Sect’s greatest technique, young Tang San insisted that he had done nothing wrong and accused them of holding the sect back.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang tried to excuse Tang San’s past, while Ning Fengzhi condemned his betrayal and stressed that loyalty was the foundation of a sect.

The Sky Screen exposed Tang San’s past-life theft of Tang Sect techniques and revealed that he had considered killing Yu Xiaogang at their first meeting before choosing to make him a teacher. It then showed Yu Xiaogang risking his life to help Tang San obtain a spirit ring, while hinting that Tang San later learned Yu Xiaogang’s spirit-ring limit theory was flawed.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that secret manuals were withheld to protect disciples and test them, while the Clear Sky Sect elders rejected Tang San as a likely future traitor.
• Tang San privately insisted that stealing Tang Sect techniques had been justified because he had carried them forward.
• The Sky Screen showed Tang San meeting Yu Xiaogang as a child and revealed that he considered killing him after Yu Xiaogang inferred his Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San suppressed his killing intent, asked Yu Xiaogang to take him as a disciple, and used his theories as a reason to keep him alive.
• Yu Xiaogang risked himself to help Tang San kill a Mandala Snake and obtain his first spirit ring.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Tang San later learned Yu Xiaogang’s claimed spirit-ring absorption limits were flawed, then showed the grown Tang San standing beneath a waterfall.

The Sky Screen revealed Tang San’s murderous thoughts toward Yu Xiaogang and showed that, after becoming a god, he had offered his dying teacher only a limited favor. When Yu Xiaogang confronted him, Tang San admitted his contempt, leaving Shrek Academy horrified and the wider continent reacting with outrage.

• The Sky Screen showed Tang San resenting Yu Xiaogang’s imperfect theories and later refusing to grant him longevity or take him to the God Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang San over his betrayal, and Flender and Zhao Wuji stood by him.
• Tang San admitted he had wanted to kill Yu Xiaogang and called him useless, defending his actions as repayment enough for their past relationship.
• Yu Xiaogang vomited blood and collapsed after Tang San attacked his life’s work and rejected their bond.
• Bibi Dong condemned Tang San in the Papal Palace, while elders of the Clear Sky Sect called him a disgrace.

The major powers severed ties with Tang San, who renounced Yu Xiaogang and exposed Flender’s hesitation to expel him. The Sky Screen then revealed that Tang San had long known Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and planned to make her sacrifice herself for her soul ring and spirit bone.

• Tang Xiao cast Tang San out of the Clear Sky Sect, while Ning Fengzhi ended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s dealings and relationship with him.
• Xue Ye barred Tang San from cooperation with Heaven Dou Empire institutions and noble families.
• Tang San renounced Yu Xiaogang as his teacher and mocked him, while Flender ordered him to leave Shrek Academy but hesitated over losing his talent.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Tang San had deduced Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and felt greed rather than pity or a desire to protect her.
• The Sky Screen exposed Tang San’s plan to use Spirit Hall to drive Xiao Wu into sacrificing herself so he could take her soul ring and spirit bone.

The Sky Screen exposed Tang San’s plan to make Xiao Wu sacrifice herself, comparing it to Tang Hao’s past use of Ah Yin. Xiao Wu broke down after Tang San could not deny the accusations, while Ah Yin watched the revelation in silence.

• The Sky Screen showed Xiao Wu’s sacrifice alongside Ah Yin’s, framing both as part of a hunt planned across two generations.
• Xiao Wu realized Tang San may have known her identity and cared for her as a means to obtain her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang San called the revelation slander and appealed to Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong for support, but none defended him.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was severing ties with him.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San whether the Sky Screen was telling the truth, and his silence made her collapse into sobs.
• Ah Yin watched the Sky Screen beside the Lake of Life and furrowed her brows at the comparison between her sacrifice and Xiao Wu’s.

Ah Yin vowed to settle her grievances with Tang Hao and Tang San, while Bibi Dong ordered the Spirit Hall elders to hunt them down after learning how they had exploited women and Spirit Hall. The Sky Screen then revealed Tang San’s plan to use Xiao Wu’s sacrifice to provoke Great Ming and Second Ming, weaken them and Spirit Hall, and obtain their hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and Spirit Bones.

• Ah Yin told Gu Nian she wanted to end her karma with Tang Hao and Tang San, and Gu Nian promised to bring them before her if he had the chance.
• Bibi Dong smashed a table in fury over Tang Hao and Tang San’s schemes and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to kill them if found.
• People across the continent reconsidered Tang Hao and Tang San as the Sky Screen’s revelations turned admiration into contempt.
• The Sky Screen showed Tang San planning to gain a Sixth Spirit Ring through Xiao Wu’s sacrifice and redirect Great Ming and Second Ming’s anger toward Spirit Hall.
• The Sky Screen revealed Tang San intended to let Spirit Hall and the two beasts exhaust each other, then pose as a savior and claim Great Ming and Second Ming’s Soul Rings and Spirit Bones.

The Sky Screen exposed Tang San’s plan to use Xiao Wu, Great Ming, and Second Ming to gain three hundred-thousand-year soul rings and bones. Xiao Wu rejected him, while Bibi Dong and the Soul Beast leaders vowed to oppose him; Tang San remained convinced he would still reach godhood.

• Xiao Wu learned Tang San had schemed against Great Ming and Second Ming, broke down, and ordered him to leave.
• Bibi Dong realized Tang San had intended to use her and Spirit Hall to claim the three soul beasts’ rewards, and swore at him in rage.
• Gu Yue Na stopped Xiong Jun from attacking Tang San until the Golden Ranking finished and declared the Soul Beast Clan would claim its rewards.
• Di Tian condemned Tang San’s plan, and Gu Yue Na ordered Zi Ji to bring Xiao Wu back to the Star Dou Forest.
• Tang San accepted the contempt around him without explaining himself and privately believed his future godhood would prove his critics wrong.

The Sky Screen exposed how Tang San gained Dugu Bo’s trust and stripped the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well of its immortal herbs, turning potential investors against him. Dugu Bo thanked Gu Nian for saving him and Dugu Yan, while Flender began considering whether Tang San was a danger to Shrek Academy.

• The Sky Screen showed Tang San detoxifying Dugu Bo, earning his trust, then harvesting every immortal herb from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for himself and Shrek’s allies.
• Spirit Masters and sect leaders watching the Sky Screen condemned Tang San’s actions as robbery and abandoned the idea of investing in him.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan watched the exposure, and Dugu Bo thanked Gu Nian for saving them and transforming Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul into Blue Silver Medusa.
• Gu Nian explained that the herbs were being nurtured in his Divine Kingdom and had also helped Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolve, prompting Dugu Bo to reaffirm his loyalty.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender suspected the herb Tang San had given him was stolen and considered expelling him, while Tang San realized his last hope had been shattered.

Tang San rejected his former companions’ criticism and declared that he would become a god, but the Sky Screen struck him with Purple-Gold Thunder. The Golden Ranking then awarded him two God-Bestowed Soul Rings and began evolving his Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang San dismissed his former companions as weak and accused the Golden Ranking of failing to show the greatness he would achieve.
• Tang San boasted that he would become a god and make everyone who insulted him regret it, and the Sky Screen struck him with Purple-Gold Thunder.
• Ma Hongjun laughed at Tang San, who berated him for relying on the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and other Immortal Herbs Tang San had given him.
• Flender stopped Zhao Wuji from intervening and wondered what extraordinary figures ranked above Tang San and Bibi Dong.
• The Sky Screen announced Tang San’s fourth-place reward, sending one God-Bestowed Soul Ring to each of his Martial Souls and evolving his Eight Spider Lances.

Tang San received powerful rewards after being struck by Purple-Gold Divine Lightning, while Gu Nian guarded Ah Yin as her Martial Soul Evolution reached a critical stage. Qian Renxue began radiating sacred golden light during meditation, and Bibi Dong realized her daughter might rank in the Golden Ranking’s top three.

• Tang San gained two God-Bestowed Soul Rings, an evolved Eight Spider Lances, and Thunder Force for his Clear Sky Hammer, then laughed wildly on the Sky Screen.
• Dugu Bo laughed at Tang San’s punishment, while Gu Nian noted the strength of his rewards and wondered what the top-three prizes would be.
• Gu Nian focused on guarding Ah Yin as her Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul Evolution reached its most critical moment.
• Qian Renxue meditated nearby and began radiating pure golden light, leading Gu Nian to suspect her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was evolving.
• Bibi Dong realized Qian Renxue had not appeared among the rankings from tenth place onward and suspected she was in the top three.

Qian Renxue appeared in third place on the Golden Ranking, surpassing Bibi Dong and shocking the continent with her Twelve-Winged Radiant Angel Martial Soul. The ranking exposed her disguise as Xue Qinghe, and she transformed before Dugu Bo, Xue Ke, and Gu Nian.

• Bibi Dong resented that Qian Renxue had ranked above her, while Qian Daoliu eagerly awaited his granddaughter's result.
• The Golden Ranking revealed Qian Renxue in third place, prompting Qian Daoliu to celebrate and Bibi Dong to burn with jealousy.
• The Sky Screen identified Qian Renxue's Martial Soul as a Twelve-Winged Radiant Angel, stunning Qian Daoliu.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Qian Renxue's hidden power erupted as Dugu Bo and Xue Ke recoiled and Gu Nian watched calmly.
• Qian Renxue's disguise as Xue Qinghe vanished, revealing her true appearance and twelve flaming golden wings over Sunset Forest.

Qian Renxue’s Six-winged Angel Martial Soul evolved into a Twelve-Winged Radiant Angel after she overheard Gu Nian expound on life and nature. As the Sky Screen revealed her third-place ranking, Tang San decided to seek Gu Nian’s help, while Qian Renxue awakened to her new power and looked upon Gu Nian with respect.

• The Sky Screen revealed that Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul had evolved after she listened to Gu Nian lecture beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Bibi Dong crushed the Pope’s Throne armrest and reacted with jealousy and hatred toward Qian Renxue and Gu Nian.
• Tang San learned that Gu Nian’s lecture had caused Qian Renxue’s evolution and decided to find him to help evolve his own Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue descended in Sunset Forest, felt her bloodline’s transformation, and regarded Gu Nian with shock and respect.
• The Sky Screen announced Qian Renxue as third place on the Golden Ranking with the Twelve-Winged Radiant Angel Martial Soul.

The Sky Screen revealed Qian Renxue’s identity and her ten-year infiltration of the Heaven Dou Empire, which ended when Tang San thwarted her coup. It then exposed Tang San’s later control of the empire through the Tang Sect, leaving Emperor Xue Ye reeling from the revelations.

• Qian Renxue discovered that her disguise had vanished and her identity was exposed across the continent.
• The Sky Screen showed young Qian Renxue choosing to infiltrate Heaven Dou and kill the real Xue Qinghe before impersonating him for ten years.
• The Sky Screen revealed that Qian Renxue’s palace coup nearly brought Heaven Dou under Spirit Hall’s control, but Tang San’s arrival ruined her plan.
• The Sky Screen accused Tang San of using the Tang Sect to drain Heaven Dou’s resources and reduce its royal family to figureheads.
• Emperor Xue Ye learned that Qian Renxue had impersonated his Crown Prince and murdered Xue Qinghe, then collapsed in shock before his anger faded at the revelation about Tang San.