Chapter Summaries

Tang Xuan pressured Tang Hao to repay a favor, first asking for a powerful Hidden Weapon and a healing Hundred-Thousand-Year Right Leg Bone before demanding the Great Sumeru Hammer. Tang Hao offered to teach him only if he became his disciple and joined the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Xuan rejected the sect and insulted it, prompting Ning Rongrong to defend him.

• Tang Xuan asked Tang Hao for a powerful Hidden Weapon and its complete manufacturing method, but Tang Hao could not promise to provide one.
• Tang Xuan requested a healing Hundred-Thousand-Year Right Leg Bone, and Tang Hao refused because he could not give up Ah Yin's Soul Bone or obtain another that met the conditions.
• Tang Xuan threatened to reveal what he knew unless Tang Hao honored his favor, so Tang Hao promised to accept a different condition.
• Tang Xuan demanded that Tang Hao teach him the Great Sumeru Hammer, and Tang Hao offered to do so if Tang Xuan became his disciple and joined the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xuan refused to join the Clear Sky Sect and called its members cowardly turtles, so Ning Rongrong repeated the insult while defending him.

Ning Rongrong revealed that Tang Xuan was descended from the Clear Sky Sect and blamed Tang Hao for the suffering his family had endured. Tang Xuan denied any connection to the sect, while Tang Hao grew increasingly guilty and tried to persuade him to return.

• Tang Hao confronted Ning Rongrong for insulting the Clear Sky Sect, and she accused him of abandoning the sect and the Four Single Attribute Clans.
• Ning Rongrong said Tang Xuan was descended from the Clear Sky Sect and described how his parents had died and he had been abandoned as an infant.
• Tang Hao realized Tang Xuan resented him and apologized, then offered to take him back to the sect to acknowledge his ancestors.
• Dugu Bo intervened, and Tang Xuan denied belonging to the Clear Sky Sect or wanting Tang Hao's help to find his parents.
• Tang Hao interpreted Tang Xuan's refusal as deep resentment and resolved to give him warmth so he would return to the sect.

Tang Hao passed the Great Sumeru Hammer to Tang Xuan in exchange for a favor, and Tang Xuan studied its secrets while explaining that he wanted to use the technique to advance his Clumsy Intent Sword Art. Tang Hao left to stay near Tang San, while Tang Xuan began considering a way to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

• Tang Xuan insisted that Tang Hao hand over the Great Sumeru Hammer, and Tang Hao agreed despite asking him to return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao transmitted the Great Sumeru Hammer to Tang Xuan and warned him not to practice or pass it on.
• Tang Xuan learned that the technique included Ring Detonation, then promised to keep Tang Hao's son and Little Rabbit a secret.
• Tang Hao set a two-to-three-year limit for Tang Xuan to use his remaining favor and said Tang Xuan could contact him through Tang San.
• Tang Hao left after Tang Xuan reminded him to give Xiao Wu the Breath-Concealing Grass, and Tang Xuan considered searching for the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Tang Xuan told Ning Rongrong he only wanted to study the Great Sumeru Hammer to improve his Clumsy Intent Sword Art.

After Tang Xuan’s friends pledged to stand with him against Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, Zhu Zhuqing watched Dai Mubai and found hope in his apparent plans. She approached Tang Xuan and asked him to teach her how to cultivate, but he demanded to know why he should.

• Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Qin Ming told Tang Xuan they would face his enemies with him, and Qin Ming vowed to reach the Titled Douluo realm and join the fight.
• Ning Rongrong joined the pledge, and Tang Xuan agreed that they would face their troubles together.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Dai Mubai contemplate Tang Xuan and felt encouraged that her fiancé might still be determined to resist their fate.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked the Imperial Dou group who was strongest, and they all pointed to Tang Xuan.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Tang Xuan to teach her how to cultivate, and he replied by asking why he should.

Tang Xuan rejected Zhu Zhuqing’s request for cultivation guidance and stayed at Shrek Academy to meet Flender, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar. The next morning, while searching for Ma Hongjun with Ning Rongrong, he heard someone shout “Phoenix Transformation!”

• Tang Xuan challenged Zhu Zhuqing to consider why she had staked her future on Dai Mubai, then asked Zhao Wuji if he and Ning Rongrong could stay at Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing berated Dai Mubai for abandoning his cultivation and running from his responsibilities, then ran off sobbing.
• Zhao Wuji left Dai Mubai behind with Qin Ming after telling him it was time to grow up.
• Tang Xuan led Ning Rongrong away from the academy to search for Ma Hongjun, while she mistook their secluded walk for a romantic advance.
• Ning Rongrong tried to kiss Tang Xuan, but a shout of “Phoenix Transformation!” interrupted them.

Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong watched Tang San and Xiao Wu fight Ma Hongjun before Cuihua revealed that the dispute was only a breakup caused by Ma Hongjun’s intense desires. Dai Mubai summoned the students and apologized to Tang Xuan on Zhuqing’s behalf for what had happened the previous day.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu attacked Ma Hongjun after he spat Phoenix Fireline at Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun melted Tang San’s Hidden Weapons with his flames.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Tang Xuan for taking her out to watch the fight, interrupting the combatants long enough for Cuihua to explain that Ma Hongjun had not bullied her and they were breaking up.
• Dai Mubai arrived and explained that Cuihua could no longer bear Ma Hongjun’s intense desires, while Xiao Wu and Tang San still did not apologize for attacking him.
• Dai Mubai told the students that the dean and Qin Ming were gathering them, then apologized to Tang Xuan on Zhuqing’s behalf for the previous day.

Tang Xuan revealed that Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul Defect could be cured by purifying his Phoenix Evil Fire. When Qin Ming offered to use his own blood, Tang Xuan stopped him and said purification required the right method.

• Tang Xuan dismissed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s apology, and Dai Mubai led the group to Shrek Academy’s sports field.
• Flender asked Qin Ming to look after Ma Hongjun and find a way to address his Martial Soul Defect.
• Tang Xuan examined Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Evil Fire and explained that purifying its impurities would resolve the defect.
• Qin Ming offered to let his blood purify Ma Hongjun’s flames, and Tang Xuan hurriedly stopped him, warning that the process required the right method.

Tang Xuan offered to cure Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul Defect in exchange for his future service to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then forced Ma Hongjun to choose between a dangerous treatment and sacrificing Qin Ming. Ma Hongjun chose the dangerous method, and Tang Xuan revealed that the real test was still ahead.

• Flender promised that Ma Hongjun would join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after graduation and offered his own service if Tang Xuan cured Ma Hongjun.
• Tang Xuan warned Ma Hongjun that his Evil Fire would eventually kill him and presented two possible treatments, one dangerous and one requiring Qin Ming’s life force.
• Tang Xuan insisted that Ma Hongjun choose for himself, and Ma Hongjun chose the dangerous treatment rather than sacrifice Qin Ming.
• Flender believed Ma Hongjun had passed Tang Xuan’s test, but Tang Xuan said the real test had not begun and produced two large Jade Bottles glowing red and blue.

Tang Xuan explained how Ma Hongjun could suppress and eventually burn away his Evil Fire using the Extreme Cold Ice Spring and Scorching Sun Spring, then helped him begin the dangerous treatment. Ma Hongjun entered a stable cultivation rhythm, leaving Flender hopeful that his Martial Soul Defect could be resolved.

• Tang Xuan explained that Ma Hongjun must first absorb Ultimate Ice energy to suppress his Evil Fire, then use the Scorching Sun Spring separately to burn it away, warning that either stage could kill him.
• Ma Hongjun vowed loyalty to Tang Xuan and began cultivating beside the Extreme Cold Ice Spring.
• Ma Hongjun's Soul Power ran out of control as he absorbed the Ultimate Ice energy, and Tang Xuan stopped Flender from intervening.
• Tang Xuan guided Ma Hongjun's Soul Power while Ye Lingling used Rejuvenation to replenish Tang Xuan's strength.
• Ma Hongjun settled into a stable cultivation rhythm, and Flender thanked Tang Xuan as he noticed signs that Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul Defect might be cured.

Tang Xuan helped Ma Hongjun suppress his Evil Fire, then broke through another level while Yu Tianheng challenged him to a fight for cultivation pressure. The chapter left off as Yu Tianheng powered up and prepared to attack Tang Xuan.

• Tang Xuan warned that Ma Hongjun’s Burning Body with Intense Fire would bring greater suffering, then meditated while Ma Hongjun remained under Qin Ming’s care.
• Yu Tianheng agreed to fight Tang Xuan to push himself toward breaking through level 50, despite the Imperial Dou group warning that he would be overwhelmed.
• Tang Xuan finished consolidating his breakthrough and agreed to give Yu Tianheng pressure, provided Yu Tianheng broke through that day.
• Tang Xuan and Yu Tianheng faced off as the Imperial Dou group and Flender watched; Flender recognized Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
• Yu Tianheng activated Thunder Fury, Dragon’s Fury, and Thunder Dragon Claw, then warned Tang Xuan to watch out.

Tang Xuan detected Tang San and Xiao Wu watching as he sparred with Yu Tianheng, then absorbed Yu Tianheng’s compressed Thunder Dragon Claw with his third soul skill, Return to Ruins. He continued pressuring Yu Tianheng to help him break through, while Tang San recognized that Tang Xuan had the advantage.

• Tang Xuan called out Tang San and Xiao Wu for spying, and Tang San claimed they had been cultivating nearby.
• Yu Tianheng released a compressed Thunder Dragon Claw at Tang Xuan, who absorbed it with Return to Ruins.
• Tang Xuan explained that Return to Ruins absorbed energy and matter for three seconds but could damage his sword if its durability limit was exceeded.
• Tang Xuan discharged the absorbed energy, then advanced on Yu Tianheng to pressure him into a breakthrough.
• Xiao Wu mistook Yu Tianheng’s counterattacks for proof that Tang Xuan was losing, but Tang San explained Tang Xuan was holding back.

Yu Tianheng broke through to level 50 with help from Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong, while Tang Xuan prepared for the next day’s soul hunt. He then met Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and their negotiations over Tang Xuan’s support for Dai Mubai’s claim to the Star Luo throne ended with Tang Xuan demanding that the Mysterious Heavy Sect be named Guardian Divine Sect.

• Yu Tianheng broke through his level 50 bottleneck after Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong helped him, then Tang Xuan told the group to prepare for a soul hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Xuan set out to retrieve Dugu Bo and ran into Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, who asked him to teach Zhu Zhuqing how to cultivate.
• Dai Mubai offered Tang Xuan a role in helping him claim the Star Luo throne, but Tang Xuan proposed that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing swear to serve him; they refused.
• Dai Mubai offered to honor the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Guardian Divine Sect and appoint Tang Xuan Star Luo National Teacher if he won the throne, and Tang Xuan asked how he could trust the promise.
• Dai Mubai offered to swear upon his martial soul, but Tang Xuan stopped him and demanded that the Mysterious Heavy Sect replace the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Guardian Divine Sect.

Tang Xuan founded the Mysterious Heavy Sect and made Dai Mubai swear that, if he inherited the Imperial Throne, he would recognize it as the Star Luo Guardian Divine Sect. He gave Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing precious medicines to help them challenge Dai Weisi, then flew toward Suotuo City while they interpreted his departure as awkwardness about gratitude.

• Tang Xuan told Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing that he had founded the Mysterious Heavy Sect to pursue his vision, not to betray the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Xuan made Dai Mubai swear to honor the Mysterious Heavy Sect as the Star Luo Guardian Divine Sect if he inherited the throne, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing read and swore to the detailed oath.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang Xuan how he could defeat Dai Weisi, and Tang Xuan gave him a Tiger Soul Golden Emperor Ginseng and a Ghost Soul Orchid for him and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Tang Xuan, but he declined their gratitude and flew toward Suotuo City using his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone.
• Dai Mubai told Zhu Zhuqing that Tang Xuan avoided emotional moments and had revealed his wings because he considered them his own people, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted his explanation.

Tang Xuan chased Dugu Bo back toward Shrek Academy after catching him at a pleasure house, then met Tang Hao, who asked him to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu and taught him the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Sealing Cultivation Method. Tang Xuan returned to Shrek as Oscar celebrated reaching rank 30, while Dugu Bo remained wary of Tang Xuan telling Dugu Yan about his visit.

• Tang Xuan chased Dugu Bo and threatened to tell Dugu Yan that he had visited a pleasure house.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Xuan to protect Tang San and Xiao Wu while he left for a few days, and passed on the Clear Sky Sect’s Soul Sealing Cultivation Method.
• Tang Xuan agreed to watch over Tang Hao’s son but said he would prioritize his own people if danger arose.
• Tang Xuan teased Dugu Bo by offering not to tell Dugu Yan about the brothel, then escaped using Teleportation.
• At Shrek Academy, Oscar showed off reaching rank 30, and Ma Hongjun explained that Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tang Xuan returned to the group with Ning Rongrong greeting him, while Dugu Bo caught up and kept quiet in front of Dugu Yan.

Tang Xuan and the others set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Rings, while he and Dugu Bo discovered that Tang Hao’s use of Breath-Concealing Grass had made Xiao Wu and Tang San’s auras flicker conspicuously. The groups reached the forest and prepared for an approaching Spirit Beast, leaving the hunt about to begin.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that the cultivation method Tang Xuan gave her helped her reach level 30, while Dai Mubai reported reaching level 38 and improving his Martial Soul fusion with her to ninety-nine percent.
• Tang Xuan invited Oscar to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Oscar declined because he wanted to see the world after graduation.
• Tang Xuan and Dugu Bo noticed that Xiao Wu’s and Tang San’s auras kept flickering, and Tang Xuan realized Tang Hao had split the Breath-Concealing Grass between them.
• The group traveled to an inn outside the Star Dou Great Forest, where Blue Sunshine Academy arrived and the night passed without conflict.
• The next day, the groups entered the forest’s outer region, and Zhao Wuji warned them that a Spirit Beast was approaching.

Tang Xuan helped Shrek subdue a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, then challenged Snake Grandma’s claim to the beast. Meng Yiran recognized him as Sword Demon Tang Xuan, leaving him surprised by the nickname.

• Tang Xuan waited as Shrek struggled against the Thousand Year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then used his Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword and Mountain River Suppression to pin it down for Oscar.
• Oscar prepared to kill the serpent and absorb its Spirit Ring, but Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran emerged and demanded that Shrek give it up.
• Chao Tianxiang showed that her Serpent Cane had wounded the serpent, and Zhao Wuji hesitated because of the Peerless Dragon Snake’s reputation.
• Tang Xuan stepped forward, released his martial soul, and revealed that he was a Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year Fourth Ring.
• Meng Yiran recognized Tang Xuan as Sword Demon Tang Xuan, and Tang Xuan wondered where the nickname had come from.

Tang Xuan explained how he became known as the Sword Demon and proposed a battle to decide who would claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. Tang San took Oscar’s place against Meng Yiran, and their fight began with neither gaining a clear advantage.

• Meng Yiran asked Tang Xuan about slaughtering the Fierce God Team, and Chao Tianxiang explained how the incident earned him the name Sword Demon.
• Tang Xuan refused to yield the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent but proposed a spirit battle to settle its ownership.
• Tang Xuan asked Tang San to fight Meng Yiran in Oscar’s place, and Tang San accepted in hopes that the battle would help him break through.
• Tang San and Meng Yiran introduced themselves and began fighting; Tang San dodged her attacks while Meng Yiran struck his jade-colored hands and closed in to compete in Soul Power.

Tang Xuan stopped Tang San and Meng Yiran's Soul Power contest before it could injure them, while Oscar's kindness toward Meng Yiran sparked interest from Chao Tianxiang. After Meng Yiran and Oscar absorbed their Spirit Rings and Tang San broke through to level 30, Tang Xuan let Chao Tianxiang and her granddaughter leave, intending to recruit their family later.

• Tang Xuan used Return to Ruins to absorb the Soul Power Tang San and Meng Yiran were struggling over, ending their contest safely.
• Oscar gave Tang San and Meng Yiran Recovery Great Sausages, and Meng Yiran thanked him for his help.
• Chao Tianxiang recognized Oscar's interest in Meng Yiran and invited him to join the Dragon Snake Family, offering to support his cultivation and suggesting he pair with her granddaughter.
• Oscar said the decision depended on his dean, while secretly welcoming the prospect, and Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran to seek her a Spirit Ring.
• Oscar woke after absorbing his Spirit Ring and was delighted by the Flying Mushroom Sausage's ability to let him fly for a minute.
• Tang San broke through to level 30 under pressure from Meng Yiran, then secretly branded Tang Xuan as an enemy.

The Titan Giant Ape abducted Xiao Wu, and Tang San begged Tang Xuan to rescue her. Tang Xuan refused until Tang San offered his Godly Zhuge Crossbow, whose power he then demonstrated.

• Dugu Bo sensed danger but agreed to protect the group as they ventured deeper into the forest.
• Tang Xuan stopped everyone when the Titan Giant Ape appeared, and the beast seized Xiao Wu.
• Tang San attacked the Titan Giant Ape with Blue Silver Grass and Hidden Weapons, but it escaped with Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji restrained Tang San from chasing the beast, and Tang San asked Tang Xuan to make Dugu Bo rescue Xiao Wu.
• Tang Xuan demanded a benefit before helping, so Tang San demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow by firing it through two trees.

Tang Xuan pressured Tang San into handing over the Godly Zhuge Crossbow Blueprint, then flew with Dugu Bo into the forest under the pretense of rescuing Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu reunited with Great Ming, who confirmed that her aura had been appearing and disappearing, leaving the cause unexplained.

• Tang Xuan rejected Tang San's offer of a Godly Zhuge Crossbow and demanded its complete blueprint, while Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan pressured Tang San by invoking Xiao Wu's danger.
• Tang San handed Tang Xuan the blueprint but refused to reveal Mysterious Jade Hand and Purple Demon Eyes.
• Tang Xuan accepted the blueprint, then set off with Dugu Bo while Ning Rongrong worried about the danger and Tang San watched them leave.
• Tang Xuan told Dugu Bo they would search for a Spirit Beast for Tian Heng and return later rather than lead a group into the forest's depths.
• Xiao Wu asked the Titan Giant Ape to stop and learned it had brought her away because it sensed her aura appearing and disappearing.
• Great Ming emerged from the lake and confirmed that the Titan Giant Ape's senses were right, asking Xiao Wu what had happened.