Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiao, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong agreed to help Dai Mu Bai assassinate Emperor Dai Tianfeng, and Tang San joined after Dai Mu Bai promised to support his plans for a new Tang Sect. They infiltrated the emperor’s bedchamber, but a sudden voice interrupted Tang Xiao as he raised his hammer to strike.

• Tang Xiao accepted Dai Mu Bai’s invitation, and Yu Xiaogang proposed assassinating Dai Tianfeng that night before his injuries healed.
• Flender and Liu Erlong agreed to join the plan, and Dai Mu Bai promised Tang San support against the Pseudo-Tang Sect and Spirit Hall.
• Tang San declared that he supported Dai Mu Bai for the empire’s greater good, while insisting the promised benefits had not changed his stance.
• Tang Xiao, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong disguised themselves as guards and palace attendants and infiltrated Dai Tianfeng’s bedchamber.
• Tang Xiao raised his Clear Sky Hammer over the figure on the bed, but an unseen voice behind the group suddenly said, “Amitabha.”

Fa Hai stopped Tang Xiao and his companions from assassinating Emperor Tianfeng, then exposed Tang Xiao as an Evil Soul Master. The others were allowed to leave, but Fa Hai blocked Tang Xiao from following them.

• Fa Hai appeared in the bedchamber, disarmed Tang Xiao, and struck him with his staff.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Fa Hai and led Liu Erlong and Flender away after Fa Hai spared them.
• Tang Xiao recognized Fa Hai and started to leave with the others, but Fa Hai barred his way.
• Fa Hai sensed Evil Qi and resentful auras around Tang Xiao and accused him of being an Evil Soul Master.
• Tang Xiao denied the accusation, so Fa Hai raised the Golden Alms Bowl and bathed him in Buddhist light.

Fa Hai exposed Tang Xiao’s evil qi and resentment with the Golden Alms Bowl, then confronted him after Tang Xiao took the emperor’s robe hostage. Fa Hai allowed Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong to leave, but Liu Erlong’s attack and Flender’s outburst made him decide to keep them all; he enlarged the Leifeng Pagoda as the confrontation began.

• Fa Hai used the Golden Alms Bowl to draw black evil qi and red resentment from Tang Xiao, who then seized the emperor’s robe and threatened Fa Hai with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to bargain for Tang Xiao, but Fa Hai revealed that the supposed Emperor Tianfeng was only a robe.
• Fa Hai summoned the Leifeng Pagoda and ordered Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong to leave while declaring that Tang Xiao could not go.
• Liu Erlong insulted Fa Hai, and the Leifeng Pagoda’s shockwave sent her flying and made her spit blood.
• Fa Hai decided to keep all three after Flender protested, then enlarged the Leifeng Pagoda into a three-hundred-meter tower and challenged them to attack.

Fa Hai trapped Tang Xiao, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang in a Buddhist domain after they tried to protect the Evil Soul Master. As the battle began, Dai Tianfeng discovered Tang Xiao and the Golden Iron Triangle attacking his bedchamber and confronted Dai Mu Bai about his ties to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Fa Hai refused Yu Xiaogang’s plea to let him, Flender, and Liu Erlong leave, explaining that they had chosen to stay and protect the Evil Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong combined their Martial Souls into the Golden Saint Dragon while Tang Xiao activated his Clear Sky Avatar.
• Dai Mu Bai found Dai Tianfeng in the Empress’s bedchamber and realized his assassination plan had been exposed.
• An explosion destroyed Dai Tianfeng’s bedchamber, and Dai Tianfeng recognized Leifeng Pagoda and Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer at the scene.
• Dai Tianfeng accused Dai Mu Bai of remaining in contact with the Clear Sky Sect after seeing the Golden Saint Dragon and realizing the Golden Iron Triangle were involved.

Fa Hai overwhelmed Tang Xiao and the Golden Iron Triangle during their assassination attempt in the Star Luo Empire’s palace. He killed Tang Xiao and captured Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong inside the Leifeng Pagoda.

• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong summoned the Golden Saint Dragon while Tang Xiao used Exploding Ring to attack Fa Hai.
• Fa Hai used Pagoda Protection to block their attacks and summoned five mountains with Five-Form Mountain Collapse.
• The Golden Saint Dragon and Tang Xiao destroyed two mountains, but the remaining mountains threatened to crush them.
• Tang Xiao struck Fa Hai’s barrier, failed to break it, and was trapped in the Golden Alms Bowl’s Buddhist light until his body and remains were purified.
• Fa Hai stopped the remaining mountains and drew Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong into the Leifeng Pagoda.

Ye Zhou learned that Fa Hai had defeated Tang Xiao and suppressed the Golden Iron Triangle after their attempt to assassinate Emperor Tianfeng. Dai Mu Bai realized the defeat had ruined his hopes of taking the throne, while Fa Hai confirmed that Tang Xiao was dead and the others were imprisoned in Leifeng Pagoda.

• Ye Zhou concluded that Fa Hai had defeated Tang Xiao and wondered how Tang San would fare without another powerful protector.
• Fa Hai left the battlefield after killing Tang Xiao and suppressing the Golden Iron Triangle beneath Leifeng Pagoda.
• Palace guards let Fa Hai pass through their encirclement, respecting his strength and his standing as a Buddhist leader.
• Dai Mu Bai recognized Fa Hai and realized Tang Xiao and his teachers had failed, leaving his bid for the throne in jeopardy.
• Fa Hai told Dai Tianfeng that he had killed Tang Xiao and imprisoned the other three under Leifeng Pagoda, sparing them as promised.

Fa Hai exposed Dai Mu Bai’s ties to the Golden Iron Triangle and urged Emperor Tianfeng to choose the Crown Prince carefully, leading the Emperor to favor Dai Weisi. The next morning, the court appointed Fa Hai Imperial Preceptor, installed Dai Weisi as Crown Prince, and punished the would-be assassins and Dai Mu Bai.

• Fa Hai questioned Dai Mu Bai about whether he knew of the Golden Iron Triangle’s plan to assassinate Emperor Tianfeng, then urged the Emperor to consider the Crown Prince choice carefully.
• Fa Hai released Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang from his Leifeng Pagoda and left them for Emperor Tianfeng to judge.
• Dai Tianfeng promised to heed Fa Hai’s advice, and Dai Mu Bai collapsed after realizing he would likely lose the Crown Prince position.
• Zhu Manrou ordered the guards to imprison Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang separately, while Yu Xiaogang fainted in despair.
• At morning court, Emperor Tianfeng named Fa Hai Imperial Preceptor, made Dai Weisi Crown Prince, sentenced Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang to have their Soul Power crippled and be exiled as slaves, and demoted Dai Mu Bai to a commoner.

After Dai Mu Bai lost his claim to the throne, Tang San blamed him for the Shrek group's losses and secretly vowed to destroy Fa Hai and his allies. Dai Weisi celebrated becoming Crown Prince and set out to visit Fa Hai, the Imperial Preceptor appointed as his Grand Tutor.

• Tang San traveled toward Skywater City with Dai Mu Bai, Flender, and the others while resenting Dai Mu Bai and blaming him for his uncle's death and his teacher's crippled Soul Power.
• Tang San privately added Fa Hai and Golden Mountain Temple to the enemies he intended to destroy, alongside Spirit Hall and the Pseudo-Tang Sect.
• Dai Weisi recalled how Tang Xiao had thwarted his attempt to kill Yu Xiaogang and how Fa Hai's intervention ultimately cost Dai Mu Bai the throne.
• Dai Weisi accepted congratulations from his household after being named Crown Prince and ordered his servants to address him by his new title.
• After learning Fa Hai had been appointed Crown Prince's Grand Tutor, Dai Weisi prepared a carriage and gifts so he could visit Fa Hai and show his gratitude.

Ye Zhou watched the Star Luo royal family exile the crippled Golden Iron Triangle, then spoke with Fa Hai about Golden Mountain Temple and Spirit Hall. Three days later, Bibi Dong learned what had happened and erupted in fury at Fa Hai.

• Ye Zhou saw Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the others being escorted into exile after the Star Luo royal family crippled their Soul Power and sealed Shrek Academy.
• Fa Hai visited Ye Zhou, who warned him that Spirit Hall might retaliate after Yu Xiaogang’s defeat; Fa Hai said he was prepared to face the Pope’s methods.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Zhou that the Crown Prince had arrived to visit Fa Hai, who clarified that he did not intend to take the prince as his disciple.
• Three days later, Bibi Dong learned that Tang Xiao had died and the Golden Iron Triangle had been crippled and sent to Skywater City as slaves.
• After hearing the events behind their punishment, Bibi Dong blamed Fa Hai and angrily called him an old bastard.

Bibi Dong prepared to rally Spirit Hall against Fa Hai while Yan Chixia was in seclusion. In Star Luo City, Ye Zhou learned that Ning Rongrong had run away after stealing martial arts and talismans from Kid, who was impersonating him.

• Bibi Dong decided to campaign against Fa Hai and summoned Magic Bear Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Spirit Kite Douluo for support.
• Ye Zhou grew bored after three days in Star Luo City, where he and Xiao Qing had defeated the city's Great Soul Arena fighters.
• Kid called Ye Zhou and reported that Ning Rongrong had left a letter and run away to pursue her studies and prove herself.
• Kid revealed that Ning Rongrong had stolen the second volume of the Nine Yin Manual and five Thunder Fire Talismans from his study.

Ye Zhou learned that Ning Rongrong had stolen the second half of the Nine Yin Manual and Thunder Fire Talismans from Kid’s study. He directed Kid to guide her toward Shrek Academy as a pawn, then prepared a designated summon to fill the group’s vacant place.

• Kid told Ye Zhou that Ning Rongrong had stolen the second half of the Nine Yin Manual and several Thunder Fire Talismans, while the first half remained safe.
• Ye Zhou ordered Kid to steer Ning Rongrong toward Shrek Academy rather than bar her from the Maoshan Sect, and told him to treat her as a pawn.
• Ning Rongrong practiced the Nine Yin Divine Claw by copying the manual’s movements and circulating her Soul Power, risking a qi deviation.
• Ye Zhou considered arranging another person for Shrek’s main cast because Xiao Wu had been beaten back to her original form.
• Ye Zhou offered a Right Leg Soul Bone over thirty thousand years old as the sacrifice for a designated summon.

Ye Zhou summoned a clever girl and gave her the Nine Yin Manual and a copy of the Douluo Continent novel. Two months later, Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall forces against Fa Hai, but he overwhelmed her and left her bound outside Star Luo City.

• Ye Zhou summoned a girl, gave her both volumes of the Nine Yin Manual, and then handed her a copy of the Douluo Continent novel.
• Bibi Dong declared Golden Mountain Temple and Fa Hai an evil organization, while Dai Tianfeng defended them and accused Spirit Hall of smearing Fa Hai.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall branches to sabotage Golden Mountain Temple's expansion and led a force toward Star Luo City to kill Fa Hai.
• Fa Hai appeared atop Star Luo City's walls and sent Magic Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo flying before trapping the Soul Fighting Luos and Soul Saints in his Leifeng Pagoda.
• Fa Hai used a Golden Alms Bowl to seal Bibi Dong's Soul Power and bind her upside down outside Star Luo City's gates.

Fa Hai displayed the defeated Bibi Dong upside down before Star Luo City and defended his punishment by citing her crimes against him and the state. Yan Chixia arrived with Magic Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo, apologized to Fa Hai, and vowed to petition the Great Enshrined to remove Bibi Dong as Pope.

• Fa Hai confirmed Bibi Dong was the captured Pope and accepted a wealthy Soul Master into Golden Mountain Temple as crowds gathered to watch her.
• Bibi Dong awoke with her Soul Power sealed and cursed Fa Hai for humiliating her in public.
• Fa Hai reminded Bibi Dong that she had slandered him and explained that he had sentenced her under Star Luo Empire law after she attacked him.
• Bibi Dong was shocked when Fa Hai revealed that he knew she had been chosen by the Evil God.
• Yan Chixia arrived with Magic Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo, apologized to Fa Hai, and promised to petition the Great Enshrined to strip Bibi Dong of her position as Pope.

Yan Chixia sought to remove Bibi Dong from the Pope's position after her defeat, but Fa Hai initially refused to release her before her sentence ended. With Dai Weisi's approval, Fa Hai accepted Yan Chixia's wager, and they began a contest of auras to determine whether Bibi Dong would be handed over early.

• Yan Chixia asked Fa Hai to hand Bibi Dong over so he could help strip her of the Pope's position, but Fa Hai said he would wait until her three-day sentence was complete.
• Magic Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo objected to Bibi Dong's continued public humiliation, and Yan Chixia proposed an aura contest against Fa Hai with the two Elders joining him.
• Dai Weisi arrived and authorized Fa Hai to show mercy beyond the court's sentence, then urged him to accept the wager.
• Fa Hai agreed to compete against Yan Chixia, Magic Bear Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo, and the four summoned their Martial Soul Avatars before Star Luo City's gates.

Yan Chixia faced Fa Hai to reclaim Bibi Dong, and won her release by enduring the pressure contest while Fa Hai deliberately yielded. He promised to clear Fa Hai and Golden Mountain Temple’s names, then took Bibi Dong back to Spirit Hall to answer for her actions.

• Fa Hai’s pressure blasted Magic Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo aside, while Yan Chixia endured it despite his injuries and insisted on protecting Spirit Hall’s honor.
• Magic Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo returned to support Yan Chixia, and Fa Hai ended the contest and let them take Bibi Dong back.
• Yan Chixia thanked Fa Hai and promised Spirit Hall would clear his and Golden Mountain Temple’s names, blaming Bibi Dong for framing them.
• Bibi Dong cursed Yan Chixia, who slapped her and said he would ask the Great Enshrined to strip her of the Pope’s position.
• Magic Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo took Bibi Dong and flew away with Yan Chixia.

Yan Chixia accepted Fa Hai’s invitation to recover at Golden Mountain Temple and received its inherited cultivation method. Fa Hai warned him that Bibi Dong had regained rank-ninety-nine power, while Yan Chixia learned that Ye Zhou had already received the same scripture and was in Skywater City.

• Fa Hai invited the injured Yan Chixia to rest at Golden Mountain Temple, and Yan Chixia accepted.
• Fa Hai treated Yan Chixia’s injuries, then met with him privately at the temple.
• Yan Chixia offered Fa Hai his Diamond Sutra, but Fa Hai returned it and warned that Bibi Dong had regained her power and could threaten him.
• Fa Hai gave Yan Chixia Golden Mountain Temple’s inherited cultivation method, which Yan Chixia accepted with gratitude.
• Yan Chixia asked whether Ye Zhou should receive the method too, and Fa Hai explained that Ye Zhou had received it two months earlier and was now in Skywater City.

At Golden Mountain Temple, Ye Zhou wondered how the prisoners at the Labor Reform Farm were doing. There, Guo Xiang defeated Dai Mu Bai and agreed to teach the Shrek group the Nine Yin Divine Claw, while Tang San refused to trade his Mysterious Jade Hand techniques.

• Ye Zhou ate breakfast at Golden Mountain Temple and thought about the Labor Reform Farm.
• Guo Xiang defeated Dai Mu Bai with her Nine Yin Divine Claw, earning praise from Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Dai Mu Bai and Ma Hongjun tried to persuade Guo Xiang to teach them her Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Guo Xiang offered to teach the Nine Yin Divine Claw but asked Tang San to trade it for his Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Tang San refused, insisting that Tang Sect techniques could not be taught to outsiders, while Dai Mu Bai and Ma Hongjun criticized his refusal.

Guo Xiang offered to teach the Shrek students Nine Yin Divine Claw, while Tang San refused to exchange Mysterious Jade Hand for it. After deciding to recruit Guo Xiang into the Tang Sect so he could teach her without breaking its rules, Tang San noticed something happening in the distance.

• Guo Xiang offered to teach Dai Mu Bai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar Nine Yin Divine Claw, and they headed to the riverbank without Tang San.
• Dai Mu Bai and the others criticized Tang San for refusing to teach Guo Xiang Mysterious Jade Hand, while Tang San walked away rather than agree to an exchange.
• As Tang San walked through the Farm with his rabbit, he reflected on how well Nine Yin Divine Claw would complement Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Tang San decided to ask Guo Xiang to join the Tang Sect so he could teach her Mysterious Jade Hand and learn from her in return.
• Tang San turned back toward the others, but stopped when he noticed something happening in the distance.

Ning Rongrong arrived at Skywater Labor Reform Farm seeking the Golden Iron Triangle and defeated an overseer with the Nine Yin White Bone Claw. Tang San learned she was seeking to study under his teachers and challenged her to test her combat ability, leaving her surprised when her claw could not break through his Mysterious Jade Hand.

• Ning Rongrong defeated Xiao Xu, an overseer with a Mad Boar Martial Soul, using the Nine Yin White Bone Claw.
• Old Wang recognized Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and allowed her to explain that she had come to find the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Ning Rongrong said she wanted to study under the Golden Iron Triangle after Shrek Academy was disbanded.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong that Guo Xiang had visited earlier, then introduced himself as Tang Yin, a Shrek Academy student and disciple of the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Tang San questioned whether Ning Rongrong's combat ability met Shrek Academy's standards and invited her to test herself against him.
• Ning Rongrong attacked Tang San with the Nine Yin White Bone Claw, but her fingers hurt when her claw struck his Mysterious Jade Hand.

Tang San defeated Ning Rongrong in a fight and escorted her to meet Shrek Academy’s teachers. She claimed Ye Zhou had taught her the self-created soul skills, then stunned the teachers by introducing herself as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s current sect master.

• Ning Rongrong’s Nine Yin White Bone Claw failed to break Tang San’s Mysterious Jade Hand, and he dodged her White Python Whip Technique before knocking her down with a palm strike.
• Tang San offered to help Ning Rongrong up, but she rejected his hand and asked him to take her to meet the Golden Iron Triangle so she could join Shrek Academy.
• Tang San asked the Farm Overseers for permission to leave with Ning Rongrong, and the old overseer allowed them to go as long as they obeyed the Farm’s rules.
• Ning Rongrong told Tang San that Ye Zhou had taught her the Nine Yin Divine Claw and White Python Whip Technique, and claimed he would teach her Three Points Return to One Qi.
• Tang San brought Ning Rongrong to Yu Xiaogang, Dean, and Dean Erlong, where she introduced herself as the current sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.