Chapter Summaries

After learning that the Tang Sect used the same hidden weapons he had known in his previous life, Tang San grew determined to investigate it. He and Xiao Wu headed for the sect’s headquarters in Suotuo City, while Tang Hao secretly followed them.

• Tang San heard that Tang Lian’s Tang Sect ranked third among the top sects and made hidden weapons such as the Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Tang San learned that Tang Ze and Tang Kuan were Tang Lian’s fellow clan members and fellow disciples, leaving him unsure whether Tang Lian had shared his past-life origins.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San about the Tang Sect, and he decided to investigate it rather than explain his secret to her.
• Xiao Wu insisted on going with Tang San, and they asked passersby for directions before running toward the Tang Sect headquarters in Suotuo City.
• Tang Hao followed the pair in secret and vowed to make the Maoshan Sect pay for taking the Clear Sky Sect’s former place as the number one sect.

Tang Lian met two seven-year-old applicants, Tang San and Xiao Wu, after they passed the Tang Sect’s trials. Tang San revealed that he had dreamed of a place called Bashu and a sect called the Tang Sect since he was three, while Tang Lian remained composed and Wang Zhen reacted slightly.

• Tang Lian oversaw the Tang Sect’s growing ranks and learned that two seven-year-olds named Tang Yin and Tang Wu had passed its trials.
• Tang Lian recognized the names as likely belonging to Tang San and Xiao Wu and ordered the steward to bring them to the side hall.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu admired the hall before Tang Lian and Wang Zhen received them.
• Tang Lian told the children they could join the sect and asked why they had wanted to meet him.
• Tang San told Tang Lian that he had dreamed of Bashu and the Tang Sect since he was three, and Wang Zhen showed a slight change in expression.

Tang San visited the Tang Sect of Suotuo City, claiming that dreams of a Tang Sect from his past life had led him there, while Tang Lian questioned whether he had stolen the sect’s secret arts. The Lie Detector exposed Tang San’s oath as a lie, leaving him and Xiao Wu in danger.

• Tang San told Tang Lian that he had dreamed of a Tang Sect since childhood and asked about the sect’s origins and teachings.
• Tang Lian explained that his Tang Family had passed down its poison and Hidden Weapon skills for generations, then asked whether Tang San had dreamed of secret techniques.
• Wang Zhen attacked Tang San, and Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to protect Xiao Wu, revealing his knowledge of the Tang Sect’s cultivation method.
• Tang San denied stealing the secret arts and swore that everything he knew came from dreams, while Tang Lian insisted he omit the words “of Suotuo City.”
• Tang Lian’s Lie Detector vibrated and announced that Tang San was lying.

Tang Lian exposed Tang San’s theft of Tang Sect techniques and attacked him, but Tang Hao intervened and fought Tang Lian inside a reinforced side hall. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and learned that Tang San and Xiao Wu had gone into the city.

• Tang Lian used a lie detector to prove Tang San had secretly learned the Tang Sect Secret Techniques and condemned him for betraying the sect.
• Tang Lian struck Tang San and Xiao Wu, then prepared to kill Tang San with a short blade.
• Tang Hao appeared to protect his unconscious son, and Tang Lian identified him as the Clear Sky Douluo and mocked his past.
• Tang Hao charged at Tang Lian and Wang Zhen, while Tang Lian used a King of Hell’s Post to meet his attack inside the Hundred-Refined Steel side hall.
• Tang Ze and Tang Kuan led Tang Sect Disciples into the side hall as fighting erupted, while Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and heard that Tang San had taken Xiao Wu into the city.

Tang Hao fought Tang Lian and three other Tang Sect members while King of Hell’s Post poison weakened him, and he finally unleashed Great Sumeru Hammer and Exploding Ring. As Yu Xiaogang and the others reached Suotuo City to search for Tang San and Xiao Wu, a red beam erupted from the Tang Family Fortress.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Flender that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass martial soul and young appearance could reveal his identity, then hurried with the others into Suotuo City to find Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang Lian’s King of Hell’s Post struck Tang Hao, whose torso soul bone helped him resist the attack but could not prevent its poison from spreading.
• Tang Hao endured Tang Lian and the other three attackers, but the poison weakened him until he could no longer suppress it with Soul Power.
• Tang Hao tried to escape with Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Tang Lian sealed the Hundred-Refined Steel hall doors and blocked his way out.
• Tang Hao charged the four Tang Sect members and activated Great Sumeru Hammer, Exploding Ring, while they hurried to defend themselves.
• Yu Xiaogang and the others reached Suotuo City’s gates just as a huge explosion sent a red beam through the roof of the Tang Family Fortress.

Tang Lian crippled Tang Hao as Tang Hao tried to escape Tang Family Fortress with Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Flender and Yu Xiaogang helped them flee. Tang Lian wounded Yu Xiaogang with an arrow and ordered the Tang Sect to pursue the fugitives and seal Suotuo City.

• Flender recognized Tang Hao’s aura, and Yu Xiaogang persuaded him to hurry to Tang Family Fortress.
• Tang Lian used his eighth soul skill against Tang Hao, exposing his true eight black soul rings and damaging Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao sacrificed his right arm and lost his left leg while escaping the black hole’s pull, but Flender and Yu Xiaogang carried him, Tang San, and Xiao Wu away.
• Tang Lian shot Yu Xiaogang with an arrow as the group fled, but Flender kept them airborne and continued their escape.
• Tang Lian learned that the Tang Sect had captured three attackers and ordered his disciples to pursue the fugitives and have Suotuo City sealed off.

Tang Lian ordered Tang Sect to strengthen its defenses against flying Soul Masters before recovering from his injuries. In Heaven Dou City, Ye Zhou agreed to become Xue Qinghe’s Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian, then spotted Tang Yuehua leaving the city in a guarded carriage.

• Tang Lian ordered Tang Sect to develop stronger armor-piercing Hidden Weapons and recruit Soul Masters with avian Beast Spirits, then began healing his injuries.
• Tang Hao’s left leg and a jade-white Clear Sky Sect right arm soul bone remained after Tang Lian’s black hole vanished.
• Ye Zhou told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong was ambitious and ruthless but had not secured the support of Spirit Hall’s Elders.
• Qian Renxue asked Ye Zhou to become the Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian, and he agreed to support her.
• After leaving the Crown Prince’s Mansion with Yue Buqun, Ye Zhou saw Tang Yuehua board a guarded carriage headed out of the city.

Ye Zhou sent Yue Buqun to investigate Tang Yuehua’s late-night movements while the injured Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu hid in a Suotuo City brothel. Yu Xiaogang begged Flender to save Tang San so his student could prove his theories, and Tang Hao suddenly awoke as his condition worsened.

• Ye Zhou recognized Tang Yuehua and ordered Yue Buqun to follow her group outside the city.
• Yue Buqun used his Shadow Martial Soul to slip into the darkness and trail Tang Yuehua’s group.
• Ye Zhou went to a ring-toss stall and began tossing rings at its prizes, including a Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Flender hid the poisoned and injured Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu in a brothel while city guards and Tang Sect disciples searched for them.
• Yu Xiaogang pleaded with Flender to find a Healing Soul Master and save Tang San, whom he hoped would grow powerful and validate his theories.
• Tang Hao opened his eyes, appearing more alert as Flender suspected he was experiencing a final burst of life.

Tang Hao died after entrusting Tang San to Flender, who used Tang Hao’s four Soul Bones to stabilize him. At the Tang Sect, Tang Lian ordered Zhao Wuji executed, and Zhao Wuji called for them to stop as he was dragged away.

• Tang Hao gave Flender a letter for Tang San and asked him to protect Tang San, then died from his injuries.
• Flender removed Tang Hao’s four Soul Bones and helped Tang San absorb them, restoring his chest while leaving the poison untreated.
• Tang Lian questioned the bound Zhao Wuji, Lu Qibin, and Li Yusong at the Tang Sect.
• Tang Lian ordered Zhao Wuji killed for helping Flender rescue Tang Hao and the Tang Sect traitor.
• As Tang Sect disciples dragged him away, Zhao Wuji grew frightened and begged them to wait.

Tang Lian tortured Zhao Wuji until he revealed where Flender and the others were hiding. Tang Lian ordered the street surrounded and planned to capture Flender with Tang Ze and Tang Kuan after they recovered.

• Zhao Wuji begged to join the Tang Sect, and Tang Lian spared him long enough to ask where Flender had taken Tang Hao and the others.
• Tang Lian questioned Zhao Wuji about Flender's hideout, but Zhao Wuji initially denied knowing anything.
• Tang Lian ordered Zhao Wuji placed on a tiger bench, and Zhao Wuji revealed that Flender's group planned to meet at the sixth shop on South Alley of Fallen Blossom Street.
• Tang Lian ordered his disciples to surround the street without entering and to attack if the group tried to escape.
• Tang Lian had Zhao Wuji, Lu Qibin, and Li Yusong imprisoned while he and Tang Ze and Tang Kuan recovered for their planned capture of Flender.

Tang San awakened after absorbing Tang Hao’s four soul bones, then worked to treat his and Yu Xiaogang’s poison while Tang Sect Disciples and city guards searched for the group. He learned Yu Xiaogang could survive for fifteen days, but without two rare herbs the poison would leave him unable to perform in bed, and Flender concealed the truth about Tang Hao’s fate.

• Tang Lian, Tang Ze, and the Tang Sect Disciples recovered, surrounded the area, and prepared to catch Flender and the others.
• Tang San awoke, checked Xiao Wu’s injuries, and vowed revenge on Tang Lian before detoxifying himself with the poisons he carried.
• Tang San identified Yu Xiaogang’s Purple Spider Poison and said two rare medicinal herbs were needed to prevent lasting damage, but agreed to preserve his life for fifteen days.
• Flender asked about Tang Hao, then falsely told Tang San that the flesh and blood on the bed were the remains of a city guard Tang Hao had torn apart.

Tang San began treating Yu Xiaogang while Flender decided to hide Tang Hao’s death from him until he became a Soul Ancestor. Elsewhere, Yue Buqun followed Tang Yuehua to a village and discovered Clear Sky Sect disciples consuming captured Soul Masters to increase their power.

• Tang San began detoxifying Yu Xiaogang, while Flender worried about the poison, Tang Hao’s death, and the missing Zhao and the others.
• Flender resolved to conceal Tang Hao’s death and wait until Tang San became a Soul Ancestor before giving him his father’s letter.
• Yue Buqun secretly followed Tang Yuehua’s carriage to a remote village and watched her disciples bring out bound Soul Masters.
• Tang Yuehua used Noble’s Halo to calm the captives as the Clear Sky Sect disciples bit into them, ate their flesh, and refined their Soul Power.
• Several disciples announced that their Soul Power had risen, and Yue Buqun realized they were Evil Soul Masters.

Yue Buqun realized Clear Sky Sect's rapid cultivation came from evil methods, while Tang Yuehua sent Tang Long to contact Tang Sect about buying Hidden Weapons. In Suotuo City, Yu Xiaogang woke and agreed to flee with Flender, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, leaving them to escape while Tang Hao remained missing.

• Yue Buqun witnessed Clear Sky Sect disciples refine their Soul Power and concluded they were using Evil Soul Master cultivation, but chose to leave rather than intervene.
• Tang Yuehua ordered Tang Jue and Tang Ke to escort her back to Heaven Dou City and sent Tang Long and the other Disciples to Suotuo City to seek cooperation with Tang Sect and buy Hidden Weapons.
• Tang Yuehua ordered Tang Jue and Tang Ke to bury the corpses before returning with her to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San treated Yu Xiaogang's poison and wounds, and Yu Xiaogang woke up and learned that Zhao and the others had not returned.
• Flender persuaded Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to escape Suotuo City with Xiao Wu, and the four disguised themselves and left the brothel without Tang Hao's remaining corpse.

Flender broke Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang out of Suotuo City despite a Tang Sect ambush and a long pursuit. Tang Lian ordered a continent-wide bounty for the fugitives, while the group escaped into the mountains and collapsed after nightfall.

• Flender fought off Tang Sect Disciples who ambushed the group as they tried to leave Fallen Blossom Street, then flew them out of the blockade.
• Tang Lian learned that Flender and the others had escaped, confirmed Tang Hao was dead, and ordered a continent-wide hunt for Tang San, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu.
• Flender used the last of his Soul Power to evade pursuers and carry the group out of Suotuo City into the mountains.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender continued on foot through the forest until nightfall, then collapsed, relieved to be alive.

After Tang San and his companions escaped into the mountains, they decided to flee the Balak Kingdom for the Star Luo Empire while Tang San hid the truth about his clash with Tang Sect and noticed a strange change in his body. Meanwhile, Ye Zhou reconsidered how much he could trust the novel’s events and sent Yue Buqun on a secret mission to Martial Soul Holy Hall.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about his conflict with Tang Sect, but Tang San kept his past-life secret and gave no explanation.
• Flender decided the group could not remain in Balak Kingdom, so he and Yu Xiaogang agreed to head for the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang San called for his father, then continued tending to Xiao Wu as Yu Xiaogang suffered from his wound and Flender said he had no Soul Power left to help.
• Tang San sensed something new inside his body but kept quiet, while Flender explained that Ma Hongjun and Shao Xin would meet them in the Star Luo Empire.
• Ye Zhou worried that events involving Clear Sky Sect no longer matched the novel and ordered Yue Buqun to go to Martial Soul Holy Hall.

Yue Buqun anonymously tipped Salas off to a Clear Sky Sect killing site, where investigators uncovered evidence tying the sect to Tang Yuehua and the deaths of numerous victims. Salas took the bodies back to Heaven Dou City and ordered Tang Yuehua’s arrest.

• Yue Buqun left an anonymous letter at the Martial Soul Holy Hall, and Salas read it and went to investigate the reported village.
• Salas and the Temple Soul Masters dug up more than eighty bodies and found signs that the victims had been imprisoned and drained of their blood essence.
• The investigators found a corpse bearing a Clear Sky Hammer mark and the body of a young Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect descendant who had disappeared months earlier.
• Salas concluded Tang Yuehua’s innate domain had calmed the victims and that witnesses familiar with her domain could verify the evidence.
• Salas ordered his followers to take the bodies to Heaven Dou City and arrest Tang Yuehua.

Ye Zhou let Salas confront Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion while Qian Renxue was ordered to intervene on behalf of the Heaven Dou royal family. Tang Yuehua recognized the corpses Salas had brought and prepared to deny any connection to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ye Zhou told Yue Buqun not to interfere with Salas’s attack on Moonlight Pavilion and continued cultivating the Three Points Return to One Formula.
• Qian Renxue learned that Salas was heading to Moonlight Pavilion with corpses, then received Xue Ye’s order to lead two thousand Imperial Guards there.
• Salas surrounded Moonlight Pavilion with Martial Soul Holy Hall Soul Masters and laid more than eighty corpses outside before demanding that Tang Yuehua come out.
• Tang Yuehua saw the corpses and feared that Spirit Hall had uncovered the Clear Sky Sect’s secret cultivation method.
• Tang Yuehua resolved to deny being from the Clear Sky Sect and walked downstairs to face Salas.

Salas confronted Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion with corpses recovered from Southpond Village and accused her of aiding the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Yuehua denied any connection to the sect and challenged Salas to prove that her surname made her a Clear Sky disciple.

• Salas brought Temple Knights and recently uncovered corpses to Moonlight Pavilion, but called for Tang Yuehua to come out rather than storming the school.
• Tang Yuehua denied knowing the dead and pointed out that her Rank 9 Soul Power made her incapable of killing them.
• Salas presented a corpse bearing a Clear Sky Hammer mark and claimed the victims had been killed by the same group.
• Salas revealed that Tang Yuehua was Tang Xiao's biological younger sister, shocking the students and nobles gathered there.
• Tang Yuehua denied being a Clear Sky Sect disciple or knowing Tang Xiao, then asked why Salas did not accuse her of belonging to the Tang Sect instead.

Qian Renxue arrived as Salas tried to arrest Tang Yuehua over an accusation that she had helped Clear Sky Sect disciples become Evil Soul Masters. To resolve the dispute, Qian Renxue proposed taking Salas and Tang Yuehua to the Maoshan Sect to use its lie detector, leaving Tang Yuehua panicked.

• Salas accused Tang Yuehua of helping Clear Sky Sect disciples drain villagers' blood and ordered her arrest.
• Qian Renxue arrived with Imperial Guards and heard the Martial Soul Holy Hall's case against Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua denied involvement, argued the evidence did not prove her guilt, and revealed her Wishful Ring martial soul.
• Qian Renxue proposed using the Maoshan Sect's Lie Detector to determine who was telling the truth.
• Salas agreed to go to the Maoshan Sect, while Tang Yuehua grew frightened at the prospect.

Qian Renxue brought Tang Yuehua to the Maoshan Sect to test Salas’s accusations with its Lie Detector, which exposed Tang Yuehua as a member of the Clear Sky Sect. After the device also branded her denials as lies, Qian Renxue dismissed her from her royal position and disavowed her.

• Clear Sky Sect disciples spotted Tang Yuehua traveling with Qian Renxue and Salas, then hurried back to warn their sect.
• Yue Buqun told Shi Jian that Tang Yuehua had been involved in a plot to kill people and take their blood essence, and Shi Jian ordered the Maoshan Sect to stay alert.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the Maoshan Sect with Salas and a large procession, and Shi Jian lent her the Lie Detector.
• Tang Yuehua denied belonging to the Clear Sky Sect or being siblings with Tang Xiao, but the Lie Detector declared that she was lying.
• Salas accused Tang Yuehua of helping the Clear Sky Sect kill people, and her denial was again exposed as a lie.
• Qian Renxue dismissed Tang Yuehua as headmistress of the Imperial Court Etiquette School and declared that the royal family had no connection to her, leaving Tang Yuehua collapsed on the ground.