Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu left the forest after condensing her Purple Soul Ring, and Tang Xuan intercepted her on the way out, claiming Tang San had paid him to rescue her. When they returned to the group, Tang Xuan rushed to stop Tang San from taking a Man Faced Demon Spider as his Third Soul Ring, setting off another argument between them.

• Xiao Wu dismissed Great Ming’s warning about a powerful human and left the forest after condensing her Purple Soul Ring.
• Tang Xuan spotted Xiao Wu and carried her away, telling her that Tang San had hired him to rescue her.
• Xiao Wu explained that the Sky Azure Bull Python had driven off the Titan Giant Ape and that she had obtained her Third Soul Ring during the chaos.
• Tang Xuan heard fighting nearby and used Teleportation to reach Tang San, where he shattered the Man Faced Demon Spider’s armor with his Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword.
• Tang San accused Tang Xuan of ruining his plan to use the over-two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider as his Third Soul Ring, while Tang Xuan warned that the ring was too dangerous.

Tang Xuan offered Tang San a Ghost Face Vine for his Third Soul Ring and used Tang San’s interest in surpassing Spirit Ring limits to feed him a supposed method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls. Tang San took the explanation seriously, leaving with the risks of balancing his Martial Souls on his mind.

• Tang San found Xiao Wu safe, embraced her, and checked that she was unharmed.
• Tang Xuan gave Tang San a seventeen-hundred-year Ghost Face Vine as compensation, but Tang San demanded another two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider instead.
• Tang San claimed Tang Xuan’s ability to absorb Spirit Rings beyond the limit came from cultivating Twin Martial Souls, revealing that he knew about Tang Xuan’s supposed secret.
• Tang Xuan offered to explain the method in exchange for Tang San keeping quiet, then described alternating cultivation and maintaining a gap between the Martial Souls’ Spirit Rings.
• Tang San questioned the explanation, and Tang Xuan argued that unequal Spirit Ring strengths were necessary to avoid the conflict caused by balancing two Martial Souls.

Tang Xuan misled Tang San about cultivating Twin Martial Souls, then helped his friends claim powerful Soul Beasts. Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma arrived to find that the Man Faced Demon Spider they had tracked was already dead, and too old for Meng Yiran to absorb.

• Tang Xuan told Tang San that he should use a Hundred-Year Soul Ring on a second Martial Soul to keep his Twin Martial Souls balanced, and Tang San decided to keep the advice secret.
• Tang San took the Ghost Face Vine, then Zhao Wuji found him, scolded him for going off alone, and made him absorb its Soul Ring.
• Tang Xuan gave Yu Tianheng an eighteen-thousand-year Sky Breaking Winged Dragon, which Yu Tianheng began absorbing.
• Dragon Duke, Snake Grandma, and Meng Yiran arrived looking for a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang Xuan admitted he had killed it.
• Tang Xuan explained that the spider was more than two thousand years old, so Meng Yiran could not have absorbed its Soul Ring, relieving Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma.

Tang Xuan offered Meng Yiran the Ghost Shadow Snake as a Spirit Ring and invited the Peerless Dragon Snake to join his Mysterious Heavy Sect. Dugu Bo revealed he had already joined and secured the position of Chief Great Elder, leaving Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to reconsider the sect’s prospects.

• Tang Xuan offered Meng Yiran the poisoned Ghost Shadow Snake as compensation for saving her from the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Meng Yiran surprised Tang Xuan and her grandparents by saying she wanted to join his sect because he was her idol.
• Meng Shu questioned Tang Xuan about the Mysterious Heavy Sect, and Tang Xuan explained that it was his own sect, currently with only him as a member, whose purpose was to change the world.
• Dugu Bo appeared and challenged Tang Xuan to give him an Elder position in the sect.
• Tang Xuan agreed to make Dugu Bo his Chief Great Elder, while Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang recognized the Poison Douluo and stayed silent at his warning.

Tang Xuan persuaded Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to join Mysterious Heavy Sect, then revealed plans to develop it in Star Luo with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s support. Meng Yiran joined the sect and began absorbing her Third Soul Ring.

• Dugu Bo refused to handle the sect’s trivial affairs, while Tang Xuan announced that Mysterious Heavy Sect had gained several members, including powerful young Spirit Masters.
• Meng Yiran eagerly joined Mysterious Heavy Sect, and Meng Shu agreed to join after asking about the sect’s plans for development.
• Tang Xuan said the sect would develop in Star Luo, and Dai Mubai introduced himself and Zhu Zhuqing as its future imperial allies.
• Meng Shu realized the scale of Tang Xuan’s ambitions and celebrated joining the promising sect with Chao Tianxiang.
• Meng Shu told Meng Yiran to absorb the Ghost Shadow Snake as her Third Soul Ring, and she began the process.

Tang Xuan founded the Mysterious Heavy Sect, strengthened its new members with precious fruits, and discussed how Ning Rongrong and Yu Tianheng could support the sect without abandoning their own. The chapter left Tang Xuan facing the danger of competing with Spirit Hall for independent Spirit Masters.

• Tang Xuan gave Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu three Snake Scale Heavenly Gang Fruits, and they accepted them as gifts for the Mysterious Heavy Sect.
• Tang San absorbed the Ghost Face Vine Spirit Ring, gained Blue Silver Bind, and lost his External Soul Bone, while Yu Tianheng gained the Sky Breaking Dragon Roar Soul Skill.
• Yu Tianheng learned that Tang Xuan had founded a sect and asked to join, while Ning Rongrong said she would join as well.
• Tang Xuan offered Ning Rongrong and Yu Tianheng honorary Elder positions so they would not have to leave their own sects.
• Tang Xuan said the Mysterious Heavy Sect would welcome Spirit Masters from across the land rather than become a clan, and Ning Rongrong warned that this would bring it into competition with Spirit Hall.

Tang Xuan discussed Spirit Hall’s corrupt leadership and delayed opposing it until he grew stronger, then arranged for Meng Yiran to join Shrek Academy and warned its students about Yu Xiaogang. The group left the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang Xuan prepared to pursue his plans for the Soul Master Tournament and Mysterious Heavy Sect.

• Tang Xuan said he would wait until he reached Soul Sage before acting against Spirit Hall, and Yu Tianheng argued that Spirit Hall would not break the rules under its current Pope.
• Meng Yiran absorbed her Spirit Ring and gained the Snake Shadow Soul Skill.
• Tang Xuan told Dragon Duke, Zhao Wuji, and the others that their group would part after the meal and return to prepare for the Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang Xuan proposed that Meng Yiran join Shrek Academy, and promised Zhao Wuji that Shrek would receive tournament qualifications.
• Tang Xuan secretly warned Shrek’s students, except Tang San and Xiao Wu, to distrust the new Teacher and secretly resist his instructions.

Tang Xuan returned to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Rongrong and discussed the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, the Mysterious Heavy Sect, and his conflicts with the Clear Sky Sect. Chen Xin revealed why he had given Tang Xuan his father’s surname, leaving Tang Xuan newly furious at the people who abandoned him.

• Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong reunited with Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo, and Tang Xuan gave Ning Fengzhi the Godly Zhuge Crossbow blueprints.
• Ning Rongrong identified Tang San as the crossbow’s source and revealed that he was Tang Hao’s son, prompting the trio to react to the name Tang Hao.
• Tang Xuan explained that the Mysterious Heavy Sect’s plans put it at odds with both Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Chen Xin asked whether Tang Xuan hated Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Xuan said he held no hatred toward them.
• Chen Xin explained that Tang Xuan’s parents had died fighting Spirit Hall to give him and the others a chance to survive, which made Tang Xuan reconsider the people who had abandoned him.

Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi revealed the truth about Tang Xuan’s parents and tested whether he could lead his own sect while holding to his principles. Tang Xuan accepted their support for the Mysterious Heavy Sect, then asked Ning Fengzhi to forge Godly Zhuge Crossbows and search for a rare Spirit Beast.

• Chen Xin explained that the Clear Sky Sect had disregarded Tang Xuan’s parents, and Tang Xuan declared that he would seek revenge against the culprits without harming the innocent.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Tang Xuan’s judgment, and Chen Xin revealed that they had tested whether he was fit to lead the Mysterious Heavy Sect.
• Chen Xin said they still hoped Tang Xuan would eventually inherit the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Xuan doubted whether its people could be trusted.
• Tang Xuan asked Ning Fengzhi to arrange production of Godly Zhuge Crossbows and search the continent for a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Tang Xuan described the Spirit Beast’s appearance and habits, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to search for it, especially near the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Xuan began using the Clear Sky Sect's Soul Sealing Method under Chen Xin's pressure to hasten his breakthrough to level 50 and prepare for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as his fifth Soul Ring. The search spread across several factions, but no trace of the tiger had been found yet.

• Tang Xuan explained the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's unusual abilities and insisted on pursuing it as his fifth Soul Ring despite Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi's concerns.
• Tang Xuan revealed he had traded for the Soul Sealing Method by protecting Tang Hao's son, and Chen Xin used it to seal Tang Xuan's Soul Power.
• Chen Xin began applying Soul Power pressure to help Tang Xuan train, while Tang Xuan planned to use the strain to speed his cultivation.
• Tang Xuan asked Peerless Dragon Granny and Yu Tianheng to search for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Yu Tianheng alerted Yu Yuanzhen about the danger to the Blue Lightning Clan's Spirit Beast grounds.
• Ning Fengzhi focused on the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, while Bone Douluo helped search with Dugu Bo and handled errands; their efforts found little.

Tang Xuan completed seven months of soul-sealing cultivation, reached level 50, and developed the sword skill Return to Dust. His Mental Power had also reached the Soul Douluo level, and Chen Xin told him that Ning had found traces of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

• Chen Xin praised Tang Xuan for adapting the Great Sumeru Hammer into Return to Dust, a powerful sword skill combining its force with the Clumsy Intent Sword Art and the Seven Kill Domain’s killing intent.
• Tang Xuan continued meditating despite his sealed soul power, while Chen Xin advised him not to worry about breaking through in Sword Intent.
• After four more months, Chen Xin released Tang Xuan’s soul power seal, and Tang Xuan endured the violent surge as he cultivated under Chen Xin’s guidance.
• Over seven days, Tang Xuan’s body shed blackish-gray substances as he absorbed the surge and reached level 50, while his physical fitness and Mental Power improved greatly.
• Chen Xin realized that Tang Xuan could release Mental Power at the level of a Soul Douluo and waited for him to wash up.
• Chen Xin told Tang Xuan that Ning had found traces of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Tang Xuan set out with Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, and Bone Douluo to find the black tiger believed to be the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. After warning them about its abilities and the dangers of the hunt, the group reached the Death Forest.

• Tang Xuan urged Chen Xin to take him to investigate a reported winged black tiger, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed it had been sighted but not identified.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo joined Tang Xuan and Chen Xin, with Bone Douluo explaining that his abilities could help in the Death Forest and against the tiger.
• Tang Xuan stopped at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to ask Dugu Bo to protect Ning Rongrong and watch over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then spent time with Ning Rongrong before departing.
• During the journey, Tang Xuan explained how the tiger might pull him into the Life and Death Arena, warned them to break its Gray Airflow shield, and told Bone Douluo to catch the Evil God Bead if it emerged.
• Tang Xuan reviewed the tiger's abilities with the others, and after several days of flying, the group reached the Death Forest.

Tang Xuan and the others encountered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Death Forest, where Chen Xin wounded it and stopped its attempted escape. The tiger became trapped under Tang Xuan’s domain as Chen Xin and Bone Douluo launched their strongest attacks.

• Tang Xuan, Chen Xin, Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi entered the Death Forest, where Chen Xin warned Tang Xuan and Fengzhi to stay close.
• Bone Douluo noticed the forest had no living creatures, and Tang Xuan realized the sky was darkening unnaturally despite their entering at night.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Tang Xuan, but Chen Xin blocked it and launched a barrage of sword attacks that left it badly wounded.
• The tiger tried to escape through a black hole, but a skeletal hand from another portal seized its tail until its Evil God Wings injured Bone Douluo and let it break free.
• Chen Xin’s next attack struck the tiger’s Evil God’s Protection, while Tang Xuan’s domain restrained its movement and slowed its energy.
• Bone Douluo used Bone-transformed Divine Dragon, and Chen Xin unleashed God Demon Twin Slashes.

Chen Xin’s returning slash struck the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as it dragged Tang Xuan into the Life and Death Arena. There, both were weakened to near their childhood and ten-year-spirit-beast levels, and they began circling each other for an opening.

• Chen Xin’s second sword strike shattered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Black Light and injured it, but the tiger pulled Tang Xuan into a black hole before the slash landed.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Chen Xin that the Black Light might be more dangerous than Evil God’s Protection, then reassured him that Chen Xin’s strike had broken it.
• Tang Xuan and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared in separate glass domes inside the Life and Death Arena, where their powers and physical abilities were reduced.
• The arena’s voice announced that only one of them could leave alive, and the countdown released them to fight.
• Tang Xuan and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger circled each other, each searching for an opening despite their greatly reduced strength.

Tang Xuan killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Life and Death Arena and claimed its Evil God Bead. After Ning Fengzhi healed his wounds, Tang Xuan began absorbing the tiger's fifty-thousand-year Spirit Ring.

• Tang Xuan dodged the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Dark Demonic Evil Thunder and used the blast's shockwave to get close enough to fire the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, killing the tiger.
• Tang Xuan returned to the Death Forest with the tiger's corpse and urged Bone Douluo to seize the Evil God Bead before the tiger's remnant soul could escape.
• Bone Douluo overcame the bead's resistance, extinguished the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remnant soul, and gave the bead to Tang Xuan.
• Ning Fengzhi healed Tang Xuan's severe back wound and boosted his attributes, while Chen Xin scolded him for hiding his injuries.
• Tang Xuan sat beside the tiger and began absorbing its fifty-thousand-year Spirit Ring.

Tang Xuan absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Soul Ring, gained a powerful Domain Skill, and learned how close he had come to dying in the Life and Death Arena. The Evil God Bead then entered his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone, which began growing stronger and revealed a possible second Soul Skill.

• Tang Xuan completed absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring and reached rank 55.
• Tang Xuan revealed that his new Domain Skill, Prison Suppression, unleashed gale winds and evil lightning while erasing Soul Power and corroding wounds.
• Tang Xuan told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo about the Life and Death Arena, and Ning Fengzhi explained that black light had protected the tiger from the arena’s Time Power.
• Tang Xuan realized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had nearly killed him by retaining its cultivation, and Chen Xin advised him to learn from the setback.
• The Evil God Bead flew from Tang Xuan’s Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch into his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone.
• Tang Xuan sensed that his soul bone was rapidly growing stronger and might have gained a second Soul Skill, leaving Sword Bone Tower astonished.

Tang Xuan returned from the Death Forest after spending a month absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, and reunited with the Shrek Academy group outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He was astonished by Ma Hongjun's complete transformation and left him to remain with Shrek until graduation, with Ma Hongjun promising to remember his choice and Tang Xuan's teachings.

• Chen Xin carried Tang Xuan and Ning Fengzhi out of the Death Forest, where they learned a month had passed during Tang Xuan's Soul Ring absorption.
• Outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang Xuan met the Shrek group and barely recognized the transformed, red-haired Ma Hongjun.
• Ma Hongjun revealed that his Evil Fire had been eliminated, his Martial Soul had become a true phoenix with reddish-golden flames, and his Soul Power had reached level 35.
• Tang Xuan invited Ma Hongjun to join the Imperial Dou Fighting Team, but Flender argued that he should stay with Shrek until graduation.
• Ma Hongjun chose to remain at Shrek until he graduated, and Tang Xuan told him to remember the person he was when he made that choice.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Tang Xuan's words as a test and promised to remember both his decision and Tang Xuan's teachings.

Tang Xuan warned Flender that joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy could put Shrek Academy at risk and suggested Blue Tyrant Academy as a safer route to the Soul Master Tournament. He invited several Shrek students to train with him, while Tang San and Xiao Wu were left out.

• Tang Xuan heard the New Shrek Seven Devils describe their progress, including Meng Yiran reaching level 35 and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing raising their Hell White Tiger fusion rate to ninety-nine percent.
• Flender explained that Shrek Academy hoped to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Yu Xiaogang insisted they were only borrowing its resources; Tang Xuan warned Flender that the arrangement could make the academy’s leaders treat Shrek as a threat.
• Tang Xuan told Flender about Blue Tyrant Academy and advised him to take the initiative, then Flender said he would visit Qin Ming with Old Zhao.
• Ma Hongjun asked to train with Tang Xuan, who invited him, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, and Oscar to visit him at Imperial Dou; Tang San and Xiao Wu realized they had not been included.

Tang Xuan told Qin Ming that Flender had taken Shrek elsewhere instead of joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then headed to test his new Fifth Soul Skill against the Imperial Dou Fighting Team. Disguised in a black robe, he ambushed Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Yan's snake tail caught him as he redirected Yu Tianheng's attack.

• Tang Xuan told Qin Ming why Flender and Shrek would not join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Qin Ming criticized Yu Xiaogang's plan.
• Tang Xuan said he had obtained his Fifth Soul Ring and decided to test it against the Imperial Dou Fighting Team.
• Tang Xuan disguised himself with a broad robe and rushed to Imperial Dou's training grounds, with Qin Ming following.
• A black-robed Tang Xuan attacked Yu Tianheng as he awoke, prompting Dugu Yan and the others to prepare for battle.
• Ning Rongrong secretly recognized Tang Xuan and supported the team while he struck at Yu Tianheng with his Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword.
• Yu Tianheng countered with his lightning-powered Giant Dragon, and Dugu Yan's jade-green snake tail wrapped around Tang Xuan's waist.

Tang Xuan fought Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan while Imperial Dou coordinated its attacks, then used his Dark Demonic Evil Thunder Domain to destroy Yu Tianheng’s Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation. The battle continued with Tang Xuan unharmed and his opponents’ ultimate attack spent.

• Tang Xuan escaped Dugu Yan’s snake tail and struck her, but Yu Tianheng blocked the Mysterious Iron Heavy Sword with Blue Lightning Tyrant Armor.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan realized the Black-Robed Person was Tang Xuan after Ning Rongrong winked at them, then coordinated their next attack.
• Yu Tianheng used Sky Breaking Dragon Roar and Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Swift while Dugu Yan attacked Tang Xuan with her Eight Spider Lances.
• Dugu Yan held Tang Xuan back as Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling amplified Yu Tianheng’s power for his Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation.
• Tang Xuan revealed his fifth Spirit Ring and summoned his Dark Demonic Evil Thunder Domain, whose lightning dissipated Yu Tianheng’s Thunder Dragon Claw.