Chapter Summaries

Flender learned that Dugu Bo had brought the gravely poisoned Tang San back to Shrek Academy, while Clear Sky Sect’s survivors blamed Tang Hao for their devastating defeat by Leng Qing. After Lin Qi returned to Heavenly Dou Empire City, Qian Renxue received news that the empire’s army had moved without orders.

• Flender found Tang San back at Shrek Academy and heard from Dugu Bo that a powerful poison had left him barely alive.
• Flender tried to persuade Dugu Bo to send Tang San to Clear Sky Sect, but Dugu Bo said Tang Hao and the others would come for him and that Tang San wanted to stay at Shrek.
• Tang Xiao, Tang Hao, and the surviving Clear Sky Sect elders hid in a cave, where the elders cursed Tang Hao for leading them into a disastrous fight with Leng Qing.
• Tang Hao said he would look for Tang San once his injuries allowed him to move.
• Lin Qi returned to Heavenly Dou Empire City to await the Seven Generals of the Military Guard and the Artifact Guard.
• Qian Renxue learned that the Heaven Dou Empire’s army had moved without orders.

Qian Renxue learned that Lin Qi had reorganized Heaven Dou’s army and suspected he intended to take full control of the empire. After visiting Xue Ke at the Great Li Royal Academy, she began considering passing the throne to her younger sister, though she knew she would need Lin Qi’s agreement and time to prepare.

• Qian Renxue learned that Heaven Dou’s army had been reorganized into seven armies without her knowledge and realized Lin Qi was likely behind the changes.
• Lin Qi received the Artifact Guard’s divine craftsmen and the Seven Generals of the Great Li Military Guard, who reported that the army was integrated and ready for his orders.
• Emperor Star Luo saw the military changes as a possible pretext for gaining territory and considered provoking Heaven Dou into starting a conflict.
• Qian Renxue met Xue Ke at the Great Li Royal Academy and began thinking that her younger sister could take the Heaven Dou throne.
• Qian Renxue left Xue Ke intending to prepare for abdication and seek Lin Qi’s approval before handing over the throne.

Tang San woke after a week unconscious, devastated by another defeat at Lin Qi’s hands and shocked to find the poison of his King of Hell’s Post had permanently blackened his right hand. Tang Hao arrived and rekindled Tang San’s resolve by asking whether he had forgotten Lin Qi’s humiliation.

• Tang San woke and failed to recognize Yu Xiaogang, knocking his aged teacher to the floor before realizing who he was.
• Tang San remembered losing to Lin Qi and despairing that his Hidden Weapons had failed again.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had contained the King of Hell’s Post poison in Tang San’s right hand, which had turned into a foul-smelling Black Poison Hand.
• Dugu Bo told Tang San that Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect elders had survived but withdrawn to recover from their injuries.
• Tang Hao entered and asked Tang San whether he had forgotten Lin Qi’s humiliation, and Tang San shouted that he had never dared forget.

Tang Hao urged Tang San to recover his fighting spirit and defeat Lin Qi, then learned from Tai Tan that his missing grandfather Tang Chen was in Slaughter City. Tai Tan identified Tang Chen as the King of Slaughter, leaving Tang Hao shocked by the revelation.

• Tang Hao slapped Tang San and scolded him for giving up, prompting Tang San to vow to work harder and defeat Lin Qi.
• Tang Hao asked Dugu Bo to continue protecting Tang San as he prepared to leave and recuperate.
• Tai Tan arrived and told Tang Hao that he had found the whereabouts of the old sect master, Tang Chen.
• Tang Hao explained Tang Chen's status as the Clear Sky Sect's rank-ninety-nine former leader and Tang San's great-grandfather.
• Tai Tan revealed that Tang Chen was in Slaughter City and seemed to be its King of Slaughter, astonishing Tang Hao.

Tai Tan revealed that Tang Chen was likely the King of Slaughter, prompting Tang Hao and Tang San to set out to find him. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue sought Lin Qi’s approval to abdicate in favor of Xue Ke and handed him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before he left her to recover.

• Tai Tan told Tang Hao that an escapee from Slaughter City had identified the King of Slaughter as Tang Chen, and Tang Hao hurried away to investigate.
• Tang San learned about his great-grandfather and ordered Tai Tan to catch up with Tang Hao so he could join the rescue.
• Lin Qi went to the imperial palace, where the bedridden Qian Renxue asked to pass the throne to Xue Ke.
• Lin Qi agreed that Qian Renxue could arrange the succession after recovering, and she gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Tang Hao told the Clear Sky Sect that their ancestor Tang Chen was alive and had become the King of Slaughter, leading Tang Xiao to plan a rescue. Meanwhile, Lin Qi ignored the Heart of the Sea God and continued cultivating as Qian Renxue delayed her abdication.

• Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect and revealed that Tang Chen was in Slaughter City as the King of Slaughter.
• Tang Xiao and the elders questioned Tang Hao, who swore by the title of Clear Sky Douluo that his report was true.
• Tang Xiao decided that the Clear Sky Sect would recover from its injuries and then go to bring Tang Chen back.
• Lin Qi ignored the Heart of the Sea God, whose powers he could use, and focused on cultivating his Soul Power.
• Several months passed without Qian Renxue beginning to pass the throne to Xue Ke, while Lin Qi neared rank fifty.

Qian Renxue was forced by Bibi Dong to remain emperor and received news that the Great Li Army had crushed the Star Luo Empire’s forces. After Lin Qi dismissed her, he broke through to Rank 50 and began considering obtaining a Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong intercepted Qian Renxue’s letter to Qian Daoliu, forbade her from abdicating, and ordered her to provoke conflict with the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Renxue learned that the reorganized Heaven Dou Army had won several battles against the Star Luo Empire, then went to see Lin Qi.
• Lin Qi approved the Seven Generals of the Military Guard’s counterinvasion, while Great Li agents used the fighting to infiltrate the Star Luo Empire’s army.
• Qian Renxue praised Lin Qi’s military strength and left after he told her to focus on government affairs rather than the Star Luo Empire.
• Lin Qi’s Soul Power broke through to Rank 50, prompting him to consider obtaining a Soul Ring and inspecting the Artifact Guard’s Soul Tools.

Bibi Dong learned of the Heaven Dou Empire’s powerful weapons and noticed a Heavenly Tribulation forming over the Star Dou Great Forest, then summoned Yue Guan and Ghostly to investigate. Lin Qi and the others watched a Giant Strength Red-Backed Rhino Armor fail its tribulation and fly toward them, leaving it near death and seemingly available as Lin Qi’s fifth Soul Ring.

• Bibi Dong learned that the Heaven Dou Empire had defeated the Star Luo Empire with unfamiliar weapons and decided to summon Yue Guan and Ghostly after spotting a Heavenly Tribulation in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Qi arrived in the forest with Gong Qiuli, where Xiao Wu recognized the Heavenly Tribulation and Xiao Qiu watched it curiously.
• The Six-Winged Golden Mantis and Battle Saint Ape explained that the tribulation was likely too difficult for the underprepared Soul Beast and blamed the Dragon God for imposing the rule on Soul Beasts.
• The Giant Strength Red-Backed Rhino Armor survived the lightning but failed its tribulation and approached Lin Qi’s group, prompting the others to remark on Lin Qi’s extraordinary luck.

The Giant Strength Red-Backed Rhino Armor sacrificed itself to Lin Qi after surviving its Heavenly Tribulation. Meanwhile, Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo entered the Star Dou Great Forest to investigate, but turned away after spotting the wounded beast and recognizing the direction it had come from.

• The Giant Strength Red-Backed Rhino Armor began its Sacrifice to Lin Qi, and Xiao Wu watched closely to learn from it.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo entered the Star Dou Great Forest under Bibi Dong's orders, planning to search the outskirts and report that the tribulation beast had died.
• The two Elders spotted the badly wounded Giant Strength Red-Backed Rhino Armor fleeing through the forest and realized it was the beast they had been sent to find.
• Ghost Douluo recognized the direction as the place where he had previously wandered off alone, so he and Chrysanthemum Douluo pretended not to have seen the beast and headed the other way.

Lin Qi accepted the Giant Strength Red-Backed Rhino Armor’s sacrifice and gained a fifth Soul Ring that carried tribulation lightning and granted Thunder Tribulation Descent. As he tested the new skill on the Battle Saint Ape, another apparent Heavenly Tribulation alarmed Bibi Dong, while Ghostly and Yue Guan fled farther from the Star Dou Great Forest.

• The Giant Strength Red-Backed Rhino Armor’s sacrifice surrounded Lin Qi with Heavenly Tribulation lightning, but he felt no pain and completed the process safely.
• Lin Qi revealed his crimson-and-silver fifth Soul Ring and learned that its Thunder Tribulation Descent could target humans and Soul Beasts, growing stronger against Soul Beasts and according to a target’s moral alignment and cultivation flaws.
• The Battle Saint Ape asked to experience Thunder Tribulation Descent, and Lin Qi summoned its power as thunderclouds gathered above them.
• Bibi Dong sensed another Heavenly Tribulation over the Star Dou Great Forest and wondered whether a second Soul Beast had reached a Hundred Thousand Years of cultivation.
• Ghostly and Yue Guan ignored the apparent tribulation and ran farther away, with Ghostly glad that he had chosen to flee.

Lin Qi tested Thunder Tribulation Descent on the Battle Saint Ape and obtained a strange Spirit Bone, then traveled into Star Luo Empire territory as Great Li’s forces prepared to confront the empire. The chapter left Tianji and Tianxuan ready to show Lin Qi the strength of Great Li’s military.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo fled the Star Dou Great Forest after lightning reflected from the Battle Saint Ape’s golden light struck toward them.
• The Battle Saint Ape thanked Lin Qi for the chance to experience Thunder Tribulation Descent and said it had revealed a weakness in his innate golden light.
• Xiao Wu and Xiao Qiu searched the ashes of the Giant Strength Red-Backed Rhino Armor, and an unusual, fluid-like Spirit Bone flew into Lin Qi’s hand.
• Gong Qiuli told Lin Qi that the other anchor point had been set, and Lin Qi teleported there with Xiao Wu and Xiao Qiu.
• Tianji and Tianxuan greeted Lin Qi in Star Luo Empire territory, where the empire had suffered heavy losses and Great Li’s forces had entered to face it.

Lin Qi’s Great Li Army crushed the Star Luo Empire’s forces with Soul Guidance Cannons, intensifying fears about the new dynasty’s power. After Qian Daoliu emerged from seclusion, he blocked Bibi Dong’s orders to Qian Renxue and confronted her over interfering with their granddaughter’s dangerous situation in Heaven Dou City.

• Lin Qi’s Great Li Army bombarded and routed the Star Luo Empire’s assembled forces, killing or capturing most of its soldiers.
• Xiao Wu and Xiao Qiu feared Soul Guidance Cannons could devastate the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Lin Qi returned to Heaven Dou City.
• The defeat weakened the Dai Family’s control of the Star Luo army and alarmed Bibi Dong, who ordered Qian Renxue to explain the situation.
• Qian Daoliu emerged from seclusion, intercepted Bibi Dong’s message, and insisted that she stop adding pressure to Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu at the Worship Hall, where he warned that a powerful enemy who had injured him remained near Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong’s anger eased slightly when she learned Qian Renxue faced danger, but she mocked Qian Daoliu for being unable to guarantee her safety.

Bibi Dong decided to travel to Heaven Dou City after receiving Yu Xiaogang’s plea for help, while Yu Yuanzhen arrived at Shrek Academy and learned that Master Meng had caused Yu Xiaogang’s aging. Yu Yuanzhen left to investigate, as a bolt of lightning descended from the direction of Great Li Royal Academy.

• Bibi Dong read Yu Xiaogang’s letter and decided to go to Heaven Dou City with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Yu Yuanzhen visited Shrek Academy after Liu Erlong contacted the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Yu Xiaogang tearfully reunited with his father.
• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Yuanzhen that Master Meng had caused his aged condition, prompting Yu Yuanzhen to leave in anger.
• Liu Erlong warned Yu Yuanzhen not to act rashly, and he said he would investigate Master Meng before deciding what to do.
• A bolt of lightning descended from the direction of Great Li Royal Academy.

Lin Qi tested Thunder Tribulation Descent on Xiao Wu and other Soul Masters at Great Li Royal Academy, while Yu Yuanzhen arrived in Heavenly Dou Empire City seeking a way to restore Yu Xiaogang. After Yu Yuanzhen crushed nearby civilians with his aura, a defiant Soul Master challenged him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Lin Qi struck Xiao Wu with low-powered Heavenly Tribulation to test how the skill exposed weaknesses, while Xiao Qiu volunteered to be struck as well.
• Master Meng, Master Xun, Master Yan, and Master Zeng praised Lin Qi's ability, and Master Meng suggested that they also use the lightning to uncover shortcomings in their cultivation.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived near Great Li Royal Academy, resented Master Meng for causing Yu Xiaogang to age, and planned to wait for a chance to catch Master Meng alone and ask him to restore Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen mocked the academy, then used his aura to force nearby people to their knees and injure some of them.
• A low-level Soul Master warned Yu Yuanzhen that he would face consequences for acting recklessly near the academy, and Yu Yuanzhen intensified his aura until the man was pinned down.
• The Soul Master admitted he was afraid but stubbornly repeated that he was not convinced.

Confucius stopped Yu Yuanzhen from attacking ordinary people outside Great Li Royal Academy and brought him inside. Lin Qi approved Confucius’s punishment: Yu Yuanzhen would guard the academy gate and sweep the streets, leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan vulnerable without its Titled Douluo.

• Yu Yuanzhen used his power to pin ordinary people to the ground and reached out to strike a defiant man with lightning.
• Confucius stopped Yu Yuanzhen with one hand and suppressed his Martial Soul, while Master Meng and the others came out of the academy.
• Master Yan explained what had happened, and Master Meng identified the captive as Yu Yuanzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Confucius sentenced Yu Yuanzhen to guard the academy gate and sweep the streets, and Lin Qi agreed.
• Yu Yuanzhen protested the humiliation, but Lin Qi warned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could lose its place among the Upper Three Sects without him.

After Confucius sealed Yu Yuanzhen’s power, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader was made to sweep the street outside Great Li Royal Academy. When Yu Yuanzhen charged at Yan Sanhui with a broom, Yan Sanhui struck him across the face with his whip.

• The gathered crowd praised Confucius for subduing Yu Yuanzhen and asked Yan Sanhui to recount what had happened.
• Yan Sanhui introduced himself as Yan Sanhui of the Long Snake Whip and basked in the attention.
• Yu Yuanzhen emerged from Great Li Royal Academy with a broom after agreeing to guard the gate and sweep the street.
• Yu Yuanzhen shouted at the onlookers, and they praised Yan Sanhui for standing his ground.
• Yan Sanhui challenged Yu Yuanzhen, who recognized him and charged at him with the broom.
• Yan Sanhui whipped Yu Yuanzhen across the cheek, leaving Yu Yuanzhen stunned.

After Yan Sanhui struck Yu Yuanzhen, Master Meng punished Yu Yuanzhen by aging him five years and assigned Yan Sanhui to supervise him at Great Li Royal Academy. Yan Sanhui accepted the job and began guarding the academy gate as the crowd dispersed.

• Yan Sanhui struck Yu Yuanzhen with his Long Snake Whip, leaving visible wounds on his face.
• Master Meng used gray mist to age Yu Yuanzhen five years and ordered him to resume sweeping the street.
• Master Meng offered Yan Sanhui a job supervising Yu Yuanzhen, and Yan Sanhui gratefully accepted.
• Yan Sanhui began carrying out his duties at the gate while jealous onlookers criticized him.
• Yan Sanhui calmly explained that he had to fulfill his responsibility, and the crowd gradually dispersed.

Yu Luomian arrived at Shrek Academy looking for his missing elder brother, Yu Yuanzhen, and learned that Yu Yuanzhen had left after visiting Yu Xiaogang. As Yu Xiaogang worried that his father might have gone to Great Li Royal Academy, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived with urgent news but had not yet revealed it.

• Yu Luomian came to Shrek Academy seeking Yu Yuanzhen, who had been away from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for thirteen days.
• Flender told Yu Luomian that Yu Yuanzhen had left more than ten days earlier after visiting Yu Xiaogang, alarming Yu Luomian.
• Yu Luomian summoned Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, then was shocked to see how aged Yu Xiaogang looked.
• Yu Xiaogang feared Yu Yuanzhen might have gone to Great Li Royal Academy to avenge him, while Liu Erlong wondered whether Yu Yuanzhen had sought a way to help him recover.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun arrived with news of a major event, and Flender introduced Yu Luomian before they began to explain.

Yu Yuanzhen’s identity as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader was exposed while he worked as a gatekeeper and street sweeper at Great Li Royal Academy, drawing a crowd and humiliating him. Lin Qi took Qian Renxue to see an even bigger spectacle, which was about to involve her too.

• Ning Rongrong recognized Yu Yuanzhen while visiting Heavenly Dou Empire City with Chen Feng and shouted out his identity, prompting Chen Feng to take her away.
• Qian Renxue visited the academy to see Yu Yuanzhen, and Lin Qi warned her against becoming complacent; she quickly pledged loyalty to him.
• Crowds gathered to watch Yu Yuanzhen, while Yan Sanhui ordered him to stand tall and uphold the academy’s prestige.
• Yu Yuanzhen saw Yu Luomian, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender among the onlookers and tried to flee, but Yan Sanhui dragged him back.
• Yu Yuanzhen broke down in tears, and Lin Qi invited Qian Renxue to join him in watching the newcomers, hinting that she would be caught up in the spectacle.

Yu Luomian and his companions watched Yu Yuanzhen serve as a gatekeeper at Great Li Royal Academy, while Lin Qi anticipated more trouble. Ning Fengzhi arrived to seek an audience, but Yu Yuanzhen blamed him for his humiliation.

• Yu Luomian tried to approach Yu Yuanzhen, but Flender stopped him and warned that he could be trapped too.
• Yu Luomian blamed Yu Xiaogang for Yu Yuanzhen’s predicament, and Liu Erlong defended Yu Xiaogang before Flender urged them to focus on a way to redeem Yu Yuanzhen.
• Lin Qi watched from inside the academy with Qian Renxue and said the real excitement had yet to begin.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo arrived after hearing about Yu Yuanzhen and Ning Rongrong’s actions, hoping to inspect Great Li Royal Academy and avoid becoming its enemy.
• Yu Yuanzhen recognized Ning Fengzhi, accused him of coming to mock the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and blamed him for his humiliation.