Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao confronted Shangguan Wan'er and Si Kongzhen as the Great Tang army attacked Heaven Dou’s right-wing defenses. The Heavenly Screen ranked Shangguan Wan’er’s Spring Autumn Spirit Brush eighth and rewarded her with immense power, leaving Tang Hao stunned by her nine blood-red Spirit Rings.

• Tang San learned that Tang Hao had gone to face Shangguan Wan'er and Si Kongzhen, then rushed toward the right-wing battlefield with the Shrek group.
• Si Kongzhen and Shangguan Wan'er led the Great Tang army as it broke through Heaven Dou’s defenses.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao arrived with Clear Sky Sect experts to block the advance, and Shangguan Wan'er insulted Tang Hao by writing “Frog in the Well!” in the air.
• The Heavenly Screen ranked Shangguan Wan'er's Spring Autumn Spirit Brush eighth and awarded her eightfold Spirit Power Solidification, Word Spirit · Guard, and a two-hundred-thousand-year increase to all her Spirit Ring ages.
• Shangguan Wan'er revealed nine blood-red Spirit Rings, and Tang Hao was shocked by their immense ages.

Shangguan Wan'er effortlessly nullified Tang Hao's attacks while in her Soaring state, leaving him helpless before her overwhelming power. She then prepared to show him her true strength by sweeping her Spring Autumn Spirit Brush and filling half the sky with ink-black darkness.

• Tang Hao and the assembled Heaven Dou soldiers were stunned by Shangguan Wan'er's nine Spirit Rings, each over two hundred thousand years old.
• Tang Hao charged Shangguan Wan'er with his Clear Sky Hammer, but the blow passed through her while she hovered unharmed.
• Si Kongzhen explained that Shangguan Wan'er could not be targeted in her Soaring state, and Tang Hao responded by using Explode Ring and Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Tang Hao's second attack also passed through Shangguan Wan'er, leaving him confused and despairing as Tang Xiao, the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San's group watched.
• Shangguan Wan'er called Tang Hao a Frog in the Well and swept the Spring Autumn Spirit Brush, spreading ink-black darkness across half the sky.

Tang Hao was nearly killed by Shangguan Wan'er's ink-blade attack, while Bibi Dong recovered from her clash with Cai Wenji and learned that Shrek's forces had asked her to mediate with the Great Tang Empire. After the Heavenly Screen revealed Shangguan Wan'er as the eighth-ranked Spirit, Bibi Dong remained intent on going to Shrek with Yu Xiaogang, but grew wary of the Great Tang Empire's strength.

• Shangguan Wan'er attacked Tang Hao with a storm of ink blades, pierced his defenses, and left him gravely wounded in a crater.
• In Spirit City, Bibi Dong blamed Cai Wenji and Gongsun Li for serving Qian Yu and questioned their loyalty to him.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that the Great Tang Empire was driving back Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Empire's allied forces, and that Shrek had requested her mediation.
• Bibi Dong decided to go to Shrek because Yu Xiaogang had written to her asking for help, despite the Great Tang Empire's refusal to meet their envoys.
• The Heavenly Screen ranked Shangguan Wan'er eighth on the Spirit Ranking, and Bibi Dong recognized her as another powerful figure from the Great Tang Empire.

Bibi Dong planned to recruit powerful acquaintances to oppose the Great Tang Empire and vowed to make Qian Yu regret divorcing her. In the empire, Qian Renxue wondered what Qian Yu and Wu Zetian were discussing, while the chapter revealed Wu Zetian nestled in Qian Yu’s arms.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena she would seek support from Li Bai, Mozi, and Haiyue, claiming they were her friends.
• Hu Liena praised Bibi Dong and imagined Spirit Hall conquering the continent with its new allies.
• Bibi Dong privately vowed to lead an army against Qian Yu and force him to repent for divorcing her.
• Qian Renxue reacted with shock to Shangguan Wan'er’s eighth-place Spirit Ranking, while Gongsun Li boasted that she ranked just below her.
• Qian Renxue asked what Qian Yu and Wu Zetian were discussing, and Gongsun Li teased her about it.
• Inside the hall, Wu Zetian rested in Qian Yu’s arms instead of discussing politics.

The Heavenly Screen Ranking revealed Li Bai as seventh on the Spirit Ranking, displaying his twin martial souls and powerful rewards. At the eastern battlefield, Tang San found Tang Hao gravely injured by Shangguan Wan'er and prepared to fight her, but Li Bai's ranking announcement diverted everyone's attention and shook Tang San's pride in his own twin martial souls.

• Wu Zetian sought Qian Yu's company, but the Heavenly Screen Ranking interrupted them with Li Bai's seventh-place Spirit Ranking entry.
• The Heavenly Screen showed Li Bai wielding the Azure Spring Wine Pot and Azure Lotus Sword and awarded him increased spirit power, a three-hundred-thousand-year soul bone set, and the skill Poetry, Wine, and Sword.
• Tang San arrived at the eastern battlefield and found Tang Hao lying unconscious and gravely wounded in a crater.
• Tang San accused Shangguan Wan'er of disrespecting his father, and Shangguan Wan'er rebuked him for his double standards and reminded him of Tang Hao's past actions.
• Tang San invoked Divine Slaughter's Domain and threatened Shangguan Wan'er, but Li Bai's ranking announcement drew the Shrek group's attention.
• Tang San and the others reacted with shock to Li Bai's twin martial souls, and Tang San's pride in his own Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer was shaken.

The Heavenly Screen revealed Li Bai as seventh on the Spirit Ranking, stunning Yu Xiaogang, Shrek, and Chen Xin with his Twin Martial Souls and rewards. Bibi Dong sought Li Bai’s help, but when she called to him at Green Lotus Wine House, he ignored her and recited a poem as the sky suddenly changed.

• Yu Xiaogang questioned his theory about Twin Martial Souls after learning of Li Bai’s Azure Spring Wine Pot and Azure Lotus Sword.
• Chen Xin saw Li Bai ranked seventh on the Spirit Ranking and asked whether the ranking referred to the man drinking with him.
• Li Bai dismissed the ranking as an empty reputation and invited Chen Xin to drink.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena hurried to Green Lotus Wine House after seeing Li Bai’s ranking, and Bibi Dong decided to seek his aid.
• Bibi Dong called out to Li Bai, but he ignored her, recited a line about the Yellow River, and caused the clear sky to change color.

Li Bai used the power of heaven and earth to drive Bibi Dong and Hu Liena out of the Green Lotus Wine House, explaining that Bibi Dong had offended his Dean. The chapter then shifted to Qian Yu waking beside the undressed Wu Zetian in the Great Tang imperial palace.

• Li Bai summoned a flood with his poetry and forced Bibi Dong and Hu Liena out of the wine house.
• Bibi Dong confronted Li Bai in the street, and he told her she was barred because she had offended his Dean.
• Li Bai closed the curtains and told Bibi Dong to leave, leaving her wary of the mysterious Dean.
• Qian Yu woke in Wu Zetian's bed with her arm across his chest and her legs draped over him.

Qian Yu woke beside Wu Zetian after she had gotten him drunk, and they resumed their intimate encounter before he left the bedchamber. He later invited Qian Renxue and Gongsun Li to visit Mo Family City, promising Qian Renxue a surprising birthday gift.

• Qian Yu remembered Wu Zetian getting him drunk, then pinned her down when she teased him about his poor alcohol tolerance.
• After their hour-long encounter, Qian Yu left the bedchamber, and Wu Zetian canceled the morning court.
• In the Imperial Garden, Gongsun Li and Qian Renxue discussed Li Bai's twin Martial Souls and his high ranking.
• Qian Renxue questioned Qian Yu about his night with Wu Zetian, but he claimed they had discussed state affairs and celebrated Shangguan Wan'er's success.
• Qian Yu invited Qian Renxue to Mo Family City with Gongsun Li and promised her a birthday gift that could help her challenge stronger opponents.

The Heavenly Screen ranked Mozi Mecha sixth and revealed its unmatched control and creation abilities, along with divine rewards for Mozi. Tang San considered seeking Mo Family City's aid, but Zhu Zhuqing noticed that Mozi was actually a successor of Jixia Academy.

• The Heavenly Screen revealed Mozi Mecha as the sixth-ranked Spirit and awarded Mozi a divine inheritance, an Imprisonment Domain, and a mechanics blueprint.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San reacted to the Mecha's ultimate control abilities, and Tang San doubted whether his Blue Silver Grass could compare.
• Tang Hao heard that Mozi Mecha could create weapons and armor, and judged it more extraordinary than the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ning Rongrong said Mo Family City supplied powerful Soul Tools and that its highest-grade Battle Armor was rumored to let a Titled Douluo slay gods.
• Tang San proposed winning Mo Family City's support for his forces, but Zhu Zhuqing pointed out that Mozi was actually from Jixia Academy.

The Shrek group learned that Mozi belonged to the mysterious Jixia Academy, whose power unsettled them. When Tang San attacked Shangguan Wan'er to avenge Tang Hao, she defeated him, while Si Kongzhen struck down the other Shrek members with lightning.

• Zhu Zhuqing and the Shrek group wondered what Jixia Academy was, and Yu Xiaogang realized Mozi was only one of its members.
• Shangguan Wan'er and Si Kongzhen calmly discussed Mozi's abilities as they watched the rankings on the Heavenly Screen.
• Tang San attacked Shangguan Wan'er with his Blue Silver Emperor skills to avenge Tang Hao.
• Shangguan Wan'er broke Tang San's Blue Silver Prison, overwhelmed him with her brush techniques, and left him bloodied in a crater.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar charged at Si Kongzhen, who summoned five bolts of lightning to strike the Shrek group.

Shrek was wiped out by Mozi’s overwhelming power, while Gu Yuena and the Extreme North’s rulers learned of Jixia Academy and its technology. Da Qiao arrived in the Extreme North on the dean’s orders, then revealed her alternate Xiao Qiao form, leaving the Snow Empress and Ice Empress astonished.

• Mozi’s lightning shattered Dai Mubai’s barrier, scattered Ma Hongjun’s fire, and incapacitated Oscar, wiping out Shrek in one exchange.
• Gu Yuena and the fierce beasts watched the Heavenly Screen and wondered about Mozi’s mechanical power and Jixia Academy.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pointed out Mozi’s connection to Jixia Academy, and Gu Yuena considered contacting the academy in hopes of changing the soul beasts’ fate.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed Mozi’s strength before a teleportation array appeared in the Extreme North.
• Da Qiao emerged from the array and said the dean had sent her to speak with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Da Qiao transformed into Xiao Qiao, explaining that she preferred the younger form, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress marveled at her two forms.

Xiao Xiao concluded that Qian Yu preferred mature women and decided to use her Da Qiao form whenever she saw him. In Mo Family City, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena were stunned by the city’s advanced soul-tool technology and learned that an ordinary person could wield a powerful flame cannon.

• Ice Empress told Xiao Xiao that men preferred mature women, and Xiao Xiao decided to stay in her Da Qiao form whenever she saw Qian Yu.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena entered Mo Family City in disguise and marveled at its advanced buildings, airships, and technology.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena saw ordinary people using mechanical devices and realized Mo Family City surpassed their expectations.
• Bibi Dong asked a stall owner about a metal tube, and he identified it as a discontinued tier-3 flame cannon.
• The stall owner explained that the flame cannon could let someone without soul power attack with the strength of a Soul Elder, shocking Hu Liena.

Bibi Dong and Hu Liena learned that Mozi City’s advanced Soul Tools could threaten even the strongest spirit masters, then saw Mozi Mecha ranked sixth on the Spirit Ranking. They wondered who could hold first place, and Hu Liena imagined a perfect man worthy of the title.

• Bibi Dong examined a third-tier Flame Cannon and learned from a vendor that higher-tier Soul Tools could kill Soul Emperors, Spirit Saints, and even Titled Douluo.
• The Golden Ranking Heavenly Screen revealed Mozi Mecha in sixth place, identifying Mozi as its owner and Mo Family City as its affiliated force.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena were shocked that a martial soul with immense control and creation powers ranked only sixth, and wondered what the top five possessed.
• Bibi Dong imagined that the first-ranked holder might surpass Yu Xiaogang, while Hu Liena declared that the person must be a handsome, powerful, and mysterious man.

Bibi Dong learned that Mozi belonged to the mysterious Jixia Academy, while Qian Yu visited Mozi in Mo Family City to collect Qian Renxue’s birthday gift. The chapter ended as Qian Renxue opened a repaired and modified Angel Holy Armor that resonated with her Six-winged Angel Spirit.

• Hu Liena pointed out that the Heavenly Screen identified Mozi as a member of Jixia Academy, and Bibi Dong searched her memories for the unknown faction and felt fear.
• Qian Yu walked through Mo Family City’s heavily guarded City Lord Mansion with Qian Renxue and Gongsun Li.
• Mozi greeted Qian Yu as the dean and presented the birthday gift he had prepared for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Yu gave Qian Renxue a silver box, and she thanked him with a kiss on the cheek.
• Qian Renxue opened the box and found the Angel Holy Armor, which Qian Yu said Mozi had repaired and modified.

Qian Renxue learned that Qian Yu was the dean of Jixia Academy after the Heavenly Screen revealed Mozi Mecha’s ranking and its connection to the academy. Mozi received a Level One Godhood and became a god, leaving Qian Renxue stunned by her father’s influence.

• Qian Yu gave Qian Renxue upgraded armor as a birthday gift, and she embraced and thanked him.
• Qian Renxue asked why Mozi had called Qian Yu dean as the Heavenly Screen ranked Mozi Mecha sixth on the Spirit Ranking and listed it as subordinate to Jixia Academy.
• Qian Yu confirmed that he was the dean of Jixia Academy and that Mozi and Mo Family City were under his command.
• The Heavenly Screen awarded Mozi the Control Machine God godhood and an Imprisonment Domain, transforming his mecha and granting him divine power.
• Mozi bowed to Qian Yu in gratitude, while Qian Renxue watched in shock as the newly ascended Level One God honored her father.

Qian Yu instructed Mozi after he received a godhood, then sent him to meet Bibi Dong as the Heavenly Screen revealed fifth place on the Spirit Ranking: Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao’s paired-lotus Two-in-One Martial Soul. The reveal shocked the continent, and at Jialing Pass Yu Xiaogang explained its nature to the injured Shrek group.

• Qian Yu told Mozi to work harder after Mozi obtained a godhood, and Mozi agreed.
• Bibi Dong announced her arrival at the City Lord Mansion and requested an audience with Mozi; Qian Yu sent Mozi to receive her.
• The Heavenly Screen revealed Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao as the holders of the fifth-ranked paired-lotus Two-in-One Martial Soul, along with its space and storm powers and a Level One Flower Godhood reward.
• At Jialing Pass, Yu Xiaogang excitedly told Tang San that a Two-in-One Martial Soul contained two forms a single holder could switch between and use for techniques comparable to a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu reacted with astonishment to the paired-lotus spirit’s battlefield abilities.

Shrek and the soul beasts were shaken by Jixia Academy’s powerful figures and advanced technology. Gu Yuena sensed that the academy might change not only the continent but the entire Douluo World, and wondered whether it could help soul beasts challenge the God Realm.

• Yu Xiaogang explained the Two-in-One Martial Soul’s abilities, and Ning Rongrong realized that four rankings stood above its fifth place.
• Oscar noticed that Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, the Teleportation Tower managers, were from Jixia Academy, deepening Shrek’s fear of the academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered whether Jixia Academy’s absent Dean held one of the top four Spirit Ranking positions, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Tang San feeling powerless.
• Gu Yuena emerged from the Lake of Life and learned that Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao’s Teleportation Tower could let humans transport armies across the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Yuena sensed that Jixia Academy might overturn fate and give soul beasts hope against the God Realm, while Di Tian doubted that it could truly threaten the gods.

Da Qiao received the fifth-place Spirit Ranking reward and became the Level One Flower God, then set out to return to Jixia Academy and tell Dean Brother. Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Bo Saixi were left astonished by the powers connected to the academy.

• Gu Yuena told Di Tian that she suspected the dean of Jixia Academy was extraordinary and continued watching the Heavenly Screen.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress met Da Qiao in the Extreme North and learned that her Paired Lotuses Martial Soul had ranked fifth.
• The Heavenly Screen's reward transformed Da Qiao into the Level One Flower God, filling the Extreme North with divine might.
• Da Qiao praised Jixia Academy and Dean Brother, then opened a teleportation vortex and returned to the academy.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress discussed the mystery of Jixia Academy, while Bo Saixi reacted with astonishment to the unusual Martial Souls.

The Spirit Ranking’s fifth-place reveal heightened Bo Saixi’s concern about Jixia Academy, while Wu Zetian reflected on Qian Yu and anticipated her own ranking. At Mo Family City, Bibi Dong arrived seeking an audience with Mozi, and Qian Renxue wondered whether Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao also came from Jixia Academy.

• Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillars’ Douluo discussed Jixia Academy’s growing power and feared what it could mean for Sea God Island.
• Wu Zetian admired Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao’s fifth-place ranking and declared that she expected to rank third or fourth.
• Bibi Dong arrived at Mo Family City and requested an audience with City Lord Mozi.
• Qian Renxue grew furious at Bibi Dong’s arrival, but Qian Yu soothed her and she promised not to get angry.
• After the Heavenly Screen revealed Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao’s two-in-one martial soul, Qian Renxue asked whether they were from Jixia Academy.

Qian Yu confirmed that Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao served him and ordered Mozi to turn Bibi Dong away from the City Lord Mansion. Waiting outside, Bibi Dong learned that the sisters ranked fifth on the Spirit Ranking and belonged to Mo Family City, which was tied to Jixia Academy.

• Qian Yu told Qian Renxue that Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao were his subordinates and explained how to distinguish their forms.
• Qian Yu refused to meet Bibi Dong and instructed Mozi to drive her away; Qian Renxue and Gongsun Li supported the decision.
• Mozi left to carry out Qian Yu's order while Bibi Dong and Hu Liena waited outside the City Lord Mansion.
• Bibi Dong saw Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao ranked fifth and explained to Hu Liena that their space and storm abilities surpassed her own twin martial souls.
• Hu Liena recognized Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao as the Teleportation Tower's guardians and realized they belonged to Mo Family City and Jixia Academy.