Chapter Summaries

After Bibi Dong’s defeat, Ye Zhou’s group treated their wounded and headed for Holy Dragon City while Bibi Dong escaped to the Pope’s Palace. There, the Rakshasa God responded to Bibi Dong’s complaints by lifting the restrictions on her Soul Power.

• Ye Zhou gave Xiao Qing a Recovery Pill and arranged for Yue Buqun to carry the unconscious Wang Zhen as the group set out for Holy Dragon City.
• Tang Lian vowed to make Bibi Dong pay for the Tang Sect disciples who had died in the battle.
• Bibi Dong returned to the Pope’s Palace with lingering internal injuries and resolved to have Nana investigate the Maoshan Sect’s connection to her opponents.
• Bibi Dong blamed the Rakshasa God for restricting her Soul Power and for her defeats and deaths that day.
• The Rakshasa God transformed the Pope’s Palace into a dark poison lair and lifted the restrictions on Bibi Dong’s Soul Power.

After the Rakshasa God restored Bibi Dong’s Soul Power, her strength rose and her injuries returned as she emerged from the secret realm. Yan Chixia warned Ghostly and Yue Guan that Bibi Dong might threaten them, then insisted he could protect them even if she became a god.

• The Rakshasa God lifted Bibi Dong’s restrictions, restoring her level-ninety-nine Soul Power before she returned to the Pope’s Palace and felt her injuries flare up.
• Bibi Dong vowed revenge on the Soul Beasts, Yan Chixia, and the boy who had hurt her.
• Yan Chixia sensed Bibi Dong’s increased Evil Qi and warned Ghostly and Yue Guan to stay together because she might now be as strong as or stronger than Second Worship.
• Ghostly and Yue Guan asked Yan Chixia to take responsibility for their safety, since they had switched sides to follow him.
• Yan Chixia told them not to return to Bibi Dong and claimed he had ways to counter her even if she became a god, easing their fears somewhat.

Two years after recovering, Bibi Dong tried to remove Yan Chixia and later undermine him and Tang Sect, but Yan Chixia defeated her with the Diamond Sutra and blocked her plans. She then targeted Ye Zhou’s group by spreading a rumor about Xiao Qing, only for the resulting hunters to be killed and the continent to turn against the leak.

• Bibi Dong recovered to level ninety-nine Soul Power and led more than a dozen Soul Fighting Luo to Elder Hall to force Yan Chixia to resign.
• Yan Chixia used the Diamond Sutra to break Bibi Dong’s domains and suppress her Martial Soul, then defeated her with the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Bibi Dong tried to steal the Diamond Sutra and proposed suppressing Tang Sect, but Yan Chixia and the Elders blocked her plans.
• Bibi Dong secretly sent bishops to trouble Tang Sect, but the sect continued growing with support from the Balak Kingdom.
• Bibi Dong learned that Kid was Ye Zhou’s cousin and Lin Jiu was a Maoshan Sect elder, then spread the rumor that Xiao Qing was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Soul Masters hunted Xiao Qing and were repeatedly killed, prompting public anger at whoever had spread the rumor and leaving Bibi Dong furious.

Bibi Dong concluded that Ye Zhou and his companions were too powerful to challenge and worried they had inherited a god’s legacy. Meanwhile, Ye Zhou’s group encountered Zhu Zhuqing being pursued by masked Soul Masters outside Star Luo City.

• Bibi Dong reviewed Kid’s victories over Tuo Ba Xi and the Snow Lion Douluo and noted how quickly he and the others had grown stronger.
• Bibi Dong concluded that the group had inherited a god’s legacy and resolved to wait for an opportunity to become a god herself.
• Ye Zhou and his companions continued traveling and experiencing the customs and Soul Masters of different places.
• Outside Star Luo City, Ye Zhou recognized the wounded Zhu Zhuqing as she fled from masked Soul Masters.
• Xiao Qing speculated that Zhu Zhuqing had argued with Dai Mu Bai and attacked the pursuers, declaring that men were heartless.

Ye Zhou rescued Zhu Zhuqing from the masked Soul Masters pursuing her and offered to make her Old Yue’s disciple. Zhu Zhuqing recognized him as Kid, the famous Monster Soul Master, but did not know who Old Yue was.

• Xiao Qing accused men of being heartless, prompting Ye Zhou and Yue Buqun to protest.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled her family’s deadly rivalry, her sister’s betrayal, and her fiancé Dai Mu Bai’s infidelity as the masked Soul Masters cornered her.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Second Soul Skill, Nether Hundred Claws, and prepared to die beneath the assassins’ attacks.
• Ye Zhou used Gravity Swamp to crush the masked Soul Masters and stop their attacks.
• Ye Zhou mocked the assassins and offered to take Zhu Zhuqing as Old Yue’s disciple, leaving her confused about Old Yue’s identity.

Ye Zhou arranged for Zhu Zhuqing to become Yue Buqun’s disciple after rescuing her, then killed the Zhu Family Soul Masters who had been pursuing her. Zhu Zhuqing joined the group as they headed back to Star Luo City, while Dai Mu Bai’s hidden guards reported to the Third Prince’s Mansion.

• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Ye Zhou’s Monster Combo and agreed to become Yue Buqun’s disciple.
• Yue Buqun introduced himself as a level seventy-five agility-attack battle Soul Saint, and Zhu Zhuqing paid respects to him as her teacher.
• Ye Zhou used Gravity Swamp to crush more than a dozen Zhu Family Soul Masters, frightening Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yue Buqun made Zhu Zhuqing face the corpses and carry the group’s packs as part of her training.
• Ye Zhou and his companions set out for Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mu Bai’s guards hurried to the Third Prince’s Mansion.

Dai Mu Bai learned that Zhu Zhuqing had joined Ye Zhou’s group and rushed to protect his plans and warn his family. Ye Zhou’s group entered Star Luo City and headed for the Royal Hotel as Shrek Academy’s Golden Iron Triangle prepared to meet them.

• Dai Mu Bai learned that Zhu Zhuqing had encountered Ye Zhou’s group and become a disciple, and realized she might no longer need his protection or accept their betrothal.
• Dai Mu Bai heard the group was heading to Star Luo City, feared they would challenge his teacher and father, and went to Shrek Academy while sending a warning to the imperial palace.
• Ye Zhou’s group entered Star Luo City, and Zhu Zhuqing directed them toward the Royal Hotel.
• Xiao Qing boasted that a Soul Saint was fit only to wash her feet, prompting Soul Masters who recognized her to flee.
• Ye Zhou led the group toward the Royal Hotel, while the Golden Iron Triangle gathered at Shrek Academy’s gates to await them.

The Golden Iron Triangle waited in Star Luo City to welcome the Monster Combo, expecting to meet their old lifesaver, Lin Jiu. Meanwhile, Ye Zhou learned about the city’s strongest Soul Masters and teams, and resolved not to let his guard down before their upcoming challenges.

• Yu Xiaogang assured Flender and Liu Erlong that the Monster Combo would visit them because of their reputation and their connection to Soul Suppressing Douluo.
• The Golden Iron Triangle waited from daytime until late at night for the Monster Combo to arrive.
• At the Star Luo Royal Hotel, Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Zhou that Emperor Tianfeng and Platinum Bishop Isabel were the city’s strongest individual Soul Masters.
• Ye Zhou teased Xiao Qing for boasting about fighting Level 98 opponents, while Zhu Zhuqing described the Golden Iron Triangle and the emperor and empress’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ye Zhou reminded himself that even at Level 92 he had to stay cautious and give his all in Soul Arena matches, leaving Zhu Zhuqing stunned.

Ye Zhou planned the group’s challenges in Star Luo City, while Zhu Zhuqing got drunk trying to prove her resolve and was left in Xiao Qing’s care. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang and the others learned the challengers had spent the evening at the Royal Hotel, and Tang San returned as they decided to wait one more day.

• Ye Zhou planned to challenge the emperor and empress, then the Golden Iron Triangle and the Great Soul Arena, while Xiao Qing claimed the Golden Iron Triangle as her opponents.
• Zhu Zhuqing forced herself to drink, became unconscious, and Ye Zhou told Yue Buqun to teach her martial arts; Xiao Qing carried her to their room.
• Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender waited outside Shrek Academy, but Dai Mu Bai reported that the Monster Combo had returned to the Royal Hotel after dinner.
• Dai Mu Bai told Yu Xiaogang that three members of the group appeared to be Titled Douluos, prompting Yu Xiaogang to set one more day of waiting.
• Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang greeted him with a smile.

Tang San returned from the Star Dou Great Forest without finding medicine to restore Xiao Wu, but revealed that a Dark Fart Pig had sacrificed itself to him. He left the others stunned after attaching its soul ring to his Clear Sky Hammer despite being only level forty-six at the time.

• Tang San greeted Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Dai Mu Bai, then said he and Tang Xiao had found no medicine to restore Xiao Wu.
• Flender and Liu Erlong sensed that Tang San had reached level fifty, and Yu Xiaogang demanded to know how his Soul Power had risen so quickly.
• Tang San explained that he and Tang Xiao had encountered a four-hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, which preached Buddhist sutras and claimed Buddha could save Xiao Wu.
• Tang San said he had intervened when a Flame Golden Eagle attacked a badly wounded Dark Fart Pig, but the pig died and sacrificed itself to him.
• Tang San admitted that he had accepted the Dark Fart Pig's soul ring and attached it to his Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Yu Xiaogang and the others shocked.

Tang San revealed that he had attached two soul rings from Dark Fart Pigs to his Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Yu Xiaogang horrified by the soul skills they granted. Meanwhile, Ye Zhou led his team toward the palace to challenge the Emperor and Empress, who wondered how long they could withstand the fight.

• Tang San explained that two Dark Fart Pigs had sacrificed themselves to him, and Yu Xiaogang attacked him for wasting Clear Sky Hammer soul ring slots on them.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer skills, Stench Overwhelming and Fart-Thunder Hammer, causing Yu Xiaogang to faint and Dai Mu Bai to secretly celebrate.
• The next morning, Ye Zhou gathered his team and announced that they would challenge the Emperor and Empress that day, then the Golden Iron Triangle at Shrek Academy the following day.
• Dai Tianfeng asked Zhu Manrou how long they could last against Ye Zhou or Xiao Qing, and she estimated over ten exchanges against Ye Zhou but no more than three against Xiao Qing.

Dai Tianfeng and Empress Zhu Manrou welcomed Ye Zhou’s group to the palace and accepted Ye Zhou’s challenge to test their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Dai Tianfeng hoped to recruit the Monster Combo to the Star Luo Empire, and the chapter ended as he and Zhu Manrou prepared to fight.

• Dai Tianfeng ordered his steward to receive Ye Zhou’s group with proper honors and bring them to the palace’s Mimicry Training Ground.
• Ye Zhou and his companions met Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou, and Ye Zhou challenged the imperial couple to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dai Tianfeng accepted the challenge and invited the group to a palace banquet, hoping to build ties with them and recruit their support.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s connection to the Monster Combo, and Zhu Manrou warmly approached her niece.
• Ye Zhou urged the battle to begin, and Zhu Manrou returned to Dai Tianfeng’s side as their battle intent rose.

Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou challenged Ye Zhou in the Mimicry Training Ground, hoping to force him to use his martial soul. Ye Zhou overwhelmed their opening attacks without activating it, leaving Dai Tianfeng stunned after his strongest strike was shattered.

• Dai Tianfeng changed the Mimicry Training Ground into a volcanic hellscape before he and Zhu Manrou headed deeper inside to fight Ye Zhou.
• Zhu Zhuqing wished Ye Zhou luck, and Xiao Qing used the Mysterious Light Mirror to let her and Yue Buqun watch the battle from afar.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou activated their martial souls, but Ye Zhou relied on his Soul Power and did not summon his own martial soul.
• Dai Tianfeng launched his Sixth Soul Skill, White Tiger Annihilation Strike, while Zhu Manrou charged at Ye Zhou; Ye Zhou dodged her claws with his Wind God Leg and struck her from behind.
• Ye Zhou used his Titan Skybreak Soul Bone Skill to shatter Dai Tianfeng's attack, sending a white beam through the training ground and scattering clouds beyond it.

Ye Zhou faced Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou as they unleashed the Hell White Tiger, then attacked it with his Azure Annihilation Thunder. Outside the palace, Dai Mu Bai hoped the Monster Combo would defeat his imperial father so he could claim the throne.

• Dai Tianfeng judged Ye Zhou’s power to be beyond that of formidable Titled Douluo and called on Zhu Manrou to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhu Manrou endured the pain from Ye Zhou’s palm strike and joined Dai Tianfeng to summon the Hell White Tiger.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou sent the Hell White Tiger to attack Ye Zhou, who met it in the air with his Azure Annihilation Thunder.
• The thunder dragon collided with the Hell White Tiger, and the resulting explosion shook the imperial palace.
• Dai Mu Bai arrived outside the palace, hoped his father would be defeated, and imagined taking the throne from Dai Weisi.

Ye Zhou defeated Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skill, Azure Annihilation Thunder. Dai Mu Bai entered the training ground hoping his father was dead, and his question left Dai Tianfeng speechless.

• Dai Mu Bai imagined taking the throne and led his Soul Masters into the palace to check on his father.
• Ye Zhou shattered the Hell White Tiger with Azure Annihilation Thunder, defeating Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou.
• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou praised Ye Zhou’s strength while privately resenting his cheerful response.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Ye Zhou’s victory and realized his power might come from multiple Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Dai Mu Bai entered the training ground and asked whether his father was still alive, leaving Dai Tianfeng speechless.

Ye Zhou gave Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou healing pills after their duel, secretly hiding a move in the medicine. Dai Mu Bai learned that his father had survived and was forced to greet Ye Zhou.

• Dai Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou cautiously swallowed Ye Zhou's Tier 2 healing pills, then followed his advice to circulate their Soul Power and began recovering.
• Dai Tianfeng praised the pills' healing effects, and Ye Zhou said they were too difficult to mass-produce.
• Dai Mu Bai waited outside the training ground while Zhu Zhuqing refused to let him enter, saying Dai Tianfeng and Ye Zhou still had matters to discuss.
• Ye Zhou, Dai Tianfeng, and Zhu Manrou emerged from the training ground, and Dai Mu Bai was disappointed that his father was alive.
• Dai Tianfeng rebuked Dai Mu Bai for seeming disappointed, then ordered him to greet Ye Zhou.
• Dai Mu Bai performed a junior's salute and introduced himself to Ye Zhou.

After the Monster Combo left the palace, Dai Mu Bai planned to use his parents’ injuries to seize the throne, while Dai Tianfeng recognized his intentions and let him go to test the Golden Iron Triangle’s loyalty. Dai Tianfeng revealed that Master Fa Hai had accepted his invitation and entered Star Luo City.

• Dai Tianfeng hosted a state banquet for Ye Zhou, Xiao Qing, Uncle Jiu, and their companions, then failed to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to stay with Dai Mu Bai.
• Dai Tianfeng urged Dai Mu Bai to win Zhu Zhuqing’s favor and use her connection to the Monster Combo to gain their support.
• Dai Mu Bai left for Shrek Academy, intending to enlist the Golden Iron Triangle and overthrow his injured parents.
• Dai Tianfeng told Zhu Manrou that he had recognized Dai Mu Bai’s plan and had allowed him to leave to test how far the Golden Iron Triangle would go for him.
• Dai Tianfeng showed Zhu Manrou a secret letter stating that Master Fa Hai of Golden Mountain Temple had entered Star Luo City after accepting his invitation.

Dai Tianfeng planned to ally with Fa Hai and the Monster Combo to resist Spirit Hall, while testing whether the Golden Iron Triangle truly supported the Third Prince. In Star Luo City, Ye Zhou and his companions reunited with Fa Hai.

• Dai Tianfeng told Zhu Manrou that he had invited Fa Hai by promising to make Buddhism the Star Luo Empire’s state religion and fund temples across major cities.
• Dai Tianfeng argued that Fa Hai and the Monster Combo could help the empire challenge Spirit Hall, and he planned to use his own safety to test the Golden Iron Triangle’s loyalty to the Third Prince.
• Dai Tianfeng said he would reconsider the Crown Prince’s position based on whether the Third Prince could secure the Golden Iron Triangle’s support.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered to show Ye Zhou and the others around Star Luo City, but Ye Zhou led them toward Fa Hai instead.
• Ye Zhou and Fa Hai met on the street and greeted each other after two years apart.

Ye Zhou reunited with Fa Hai in Star Luo City, while Dai Mu Bai urged Shrek Academy’s teachers to help him seize the throne by assassinating Emperor Tianfeng. The group considered asking Tang San’s uncle, Sky Soaring Douluo, to join them, and Yu Xiaogang agreed they could try in the name of justice.

• Ye Zhou, Uncle Jiu, Yue Buqun, and Xiao Qing met Fa Hai, who warned Xiao Qing to cultivate and avoid harming the world.
• Ye Zhou and Fa Hai parted ways, with Fa Hai heading to the palace to meet Emperor Tianfeng and Zhu Manrou.
• Dai Mu Bai returned to Shrek Academy and told Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Tang San that Emperor Tianfeng was seriously injured.
• Dai Mu Bai asked Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong to assassinate his father so he could ascend the throne.
• Dai Mu Bai proposed that Tang San’s uncle, Sky Soaring Douluo, join the assassination, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to help Dai Mu Bai for the people and justice.

Dai Mu Bai sought Tang San’s help to assassinate Emperor Tianfeng and take the throne, offering to restore the Clear Sky Sect in the Star Luo Empire. Tang Xiao accepted the plan and Dai Mu Bai swore to honor the deal, leaving them poised to strike at the palace.

• Dai Mu Bai justified overthrowing his father as a way to free the Star Luo Empire from Spirit Hall’s influence and offered Tang Xiao the chance to rebuild the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to support Dai Mu Bai, arguing that he would become a better emperor than Emperor Tianfeng.
• Tang San hesitated over the plan to kill a father for the throne and questioned what the Clear Sky Sect’s restoration had to do with him.
• Tang Xiao emerged from hiding and accepted Dai Mu Bai’s proposal, asking him to confirm the promised rewards for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Dai Mu Bai swore upon his Martial Soul to restore the Clear Sky Sect, name Tang Xiao Grand Guardian, and clear its reputation if Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang helped him kill Emperor Tianfeng.