Chapter Summaries

Ye Ritian left Tang San gravely wounded, while Xiao Wu found him and brought him back to Shrek. As Grandmaster and Flender struggled to save Tang San, Ye Hao prepared to use a spider spear on the poisoned Shi Mo brothers.

• Ye Ritian left the alley after injuring Tang San and taking his Eight Spider Spears, and Xiao Wu awoke to find Tang San bleeding beside her.
• Ye Hao returned to the Imperial Dou Team and brought out a Death Spider Emperor Spear as he prepared to treat Shi Mo and Shi Mo.
• Grandmaster found Xiao Wu carrying the unconscious Tang San and brought him to a room at the inn.
• Grandmaster summoned Flender, who used his Soul Power to suppress Tang San's back wound while Grandmaster went to find a doctor.

After Tang San was found gravely wounded and missing his External Soul Bone, Grandmaster and Flender realized someone had targeted him and feared Tang Hao’s response. At the inn, Ye Hao cleaned the stolen Eight Spider Spears, leaving their identity and his possession of them clear.

• Flender questioned Xiao Wu about Tang San’s injury, but she said she remembered waking in an alley and finding him wounded.
• Grandmaster and Flender decided to take Tang San back to Shrek Academy, and Grandmaster revealed that Tang San’s External Soul Bone was missing.
• Grandmaster suspected someone had used Xiao Wu as bait to steal Tang San’s Eight Spider Spears before they had fully fused with him.
• Ye Hao returned to his room after curing Shi Mo and Shi Mo, then took the bloodstained Eight Spider Spears from his Soul Guiding Ring and wiped them clean.

After Tang San identified Ye Ritian as the man who abducted Xiao Wu and took the Eight Spider Spears, Grandmaster began investigating him while Shrek Academy discussed relocating to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Tang Hao suddenly attacked Zhao Wuji, and Grandmaster stepped forward as Tang Hao demanded an explanation.

• Tang San told Grandmaster that Ye Ritian had abducted Xiao Wu, taken his Eight Spider Spears, and shattered his Clear Sky Hammer with a scythe-like martial soul.
• Grandmaster learned from Dai Mubai that Qin Ming and the Imperial Dou Team had come to discuss Shrek Academy's relocation to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Hao and the Imperial Dou Team arrived at Shrek Academy, where Dugu Yan mocked its poor surroundings and the two teams exchanged hostile words.
• An explosion in the Back Mountain released a crushing pressure that knocked Dai Mubai and the others down as Tang Hao appeared with his nine Soul Rings.
• Tang Hao attacked Zhao Wuji, but Flender, the Grandmaster, and Qin Ming arrived and pleaded for him to spare Zhao Wuji.
• Tang Hao paused at the Grandmaster's arrival, and the Grandmaster braced himself as Tang Hao demanded an explanation.

Tang Hao learned that Ye Ritian had torn Tang San’s External Soul Bone away and destroyed part of Back Mountain while demanding revenge. As Tang Hao and Grandmaster talked in a cave, Qin Ming restrained Ye Hao on the Imperial Dou Team’s journey home, though Ye Hao still plotted to slip away.

• Grandmaster told Tang Hao how Ye Ritian had taken Tang San’s External Soul Bone, and Tang Hao flew into a rage and smashed half the forest on Back Mountain.
• Tang Hao asked Zhao Wuji for his help, then left with Grandmaster to talk in the forest.
• Qin Ming led the Imperial Dou Team away from Shrek Academy, and Ye Hao suspected he had met Tang Hao.
• Ye Hao asked Qin Ming for leave, but Qin Ming had Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan restrain him to keep him safe.
• Xiao Wu hid beneath her blanket, while Tang Hao reassured Grandmaster and they discussed what to do next.

Tang Hao resolved to avenge Xiao San, while Grandmaster argued that Ye Hao was only a child and that challenging Spirit Hall would have endangered them. Ye Hao secretly left the Imperial Dou Team for Nuoding City to raid the Tang family home, and Qian Renxue learned that Tang Hao had appeared at Shrek Academy because of Ye Hao.

• Tang Hao told Grandmaster he would stay with Xiao San and later seek Ye Ritian to avenge him, while Grandmaster said Ye Hao was innocent and too dangerous to attack.
• Ye Hao slipped away from the sleeping Imperial Dou Team, but Qin Ming caught him and agreed to let him visit Nuoding City for seven days.
• Ye Hao flew toward Nuoding City, intending to take a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone while Tang Hao was away at Shrek Academy.
• Qian Renxue read Shadow's report that Tang Hao had appeared at Shrek Academy and lost his temper because of Ye Hao.
• Qian Renxue asked Shadow what had happened to Hao Di.

Qian Renxue learned that Ye Hao had twin Martial Souls and had defeated Tang San, then decided to let Ye Hao deal with him. Ye Hao searched Holy Spirit Village for the Blue Silver Emperor, stole it and its hundred-thousand-year right leg Soul Bone, and began absorbing the Soul Bone.

• Shadow told Qian Renxue that Ye Hao had defeated Tang San and stripped away his External Soul Bone, then revealed Ye Hao's Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue recognized the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, suspected Tang San was Tang Hao's son, and sent Shadow away after deciding to let Ye Hao remain Tang San's enemy.
• Ye Hao arrived at Holy Spirit Village and used Death Spider Emperor Poison to locate the Blue Silver Emperor in a concealed cave.
• Ye Hao covered the Blue Silver Emperor with a sack, took it and the hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, and left a note signed Ye Ritian.
• Ye Hao planted ordinary Blue Silver Grass in the Blue Silver Emperor's place, then sat down and pressed the Soul Bone against his right leg.

Ye Hao absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, reached rank thirty-seven, and traveled to Spirit City to visit Spirit Hall. After a red-haired man ruined his meal, Ye Hao confronted him, and the Saintess noticed how closely Ye Hao resembled her teacher.

• Ye Hao absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, gained its healing and flight abilities, and broke through to rank thirty-seven.
• Ye Hao left the cave and flew to Spirit City, where guards admitted him as a free soul master.
• Ye Hao explored the city and stopped at a noodle stall to eat.
• A red-haired man accompanying the Saintess shoved through the crowd and kicked over Ye Hao's table, spilling his noodles.
• The red-haired man mistook Ye Hao for the Pope, while the Saintess was struck by their resemblance.
• Ye Hao's one yellow and two purple Soul Rings appeared, and the Death Spider Emperor quietly emerged.

Ye Hao defended himself from a Red-Haired Man in Spirit City, then disguised himself and disappeared before Hu Liena could recruit him. Hu Liena failed to find Ye Ritian in Spirit Hall’s records and went to meet Bibi Dong, where she was reminded of her unfinished assignment and began to report her encounter.

• Ye Hao used his Death Spider Emperor Possession to knock down the Red-Haired Man after the man attacked him, then dismissed Hu Liena’s apology.
• Ye Hao gave Hu Liena the name Ye Ritian, slipped away in a Black Robe, and left her searching an empty alley.
• Hu Liena searched Spirit Hall’s archives for Ye Ritian but found no record of him.
• Bibi Dong summoned Hu Liena and reminded her to complete the task she had missed.
• Hu Liena began telling Bibi Dong about her encounter with Ye Ritian.

Bibi Dong learned from Hu Liena about Ye Ritian, a young Soul Elder whose unusual Soul Ring configuration and Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul matched Bibi Dong’s, and who looked just like her. Intrigued, she ordered Spirit Hall sealed and Ye Ritian brought to her unharmed, while Ye Hao found himself outside the lockdown and feared he was being hunted.

• Bibi Dong explained Soul Ring limits after Hu Liena asked whether a Soul Master could have a thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Ye Ritian was younger than her, had one hundred-year and two thousand-year Soul Rings, and was absent from Spirit Hall’s records.
• Hu Liena revealed that Ye Ritian possessed the Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and had beaten Yan after Yan kicked over his noodle table, so Bibi Dong ordered Yan to train in the Mysterious Grand Canyon for a year.
• Hu Liena said Ye Ritian looked and acted almost exactly like Bibi Dong, prompting Bibi Dong to order a full lockdown and demand that Ye Ritian be brought to her unharmed.
• Ye Hao saw Spirit City sealed off and panicked, suspecting the man he had beaten was a powerful Spirit Hall figure.

After escaping Spirit Hall’s search, Ye Hao rested in Heaven Dou City and decided to hide the Blue Silver Emperor in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace. He arrived at the palace gates with Xue Qinghe’s token and announced that he had brought a gift for Brother Xue.

• Ye Hao returned to Heaven Dou City after evading Spirit Hall and rested at an inn.
• Bibi Dong learned that Spirit Hall had failed to find Ye Ritian after its elders searched by shouting his name in the streets.
• Ye Hao removed the Blue Silver Emperor from his sack, saw that it remained healthy, and decided to conceal it somewhere unexpected.
• Ye Hao went to Heaven Dou Imperial Palace carrying Xue Qinghe’s token and told the guards that Hao Di had arrived with a gift for Brother Xue.

Ye Hao secretly gave Xue Qinghe the Blue Silver Emperor, which Xue Qinghe recognized as Tang Hao’s dead wife’s body and decided to keep as a trump card. The next morning, Xue Qinghe prepared to take Ye Hao somewhere and left Shadow guarding the plant.

• Qian Renxue changed into Xue Qinghe and met Ye Hao outside the imperial palace after he asked to see her late at night.
• Ye Hao gave Xue Qinghe a potted Blue Silver Emperor, claiming he had found it near Holy Spirit Village.
• Snake Lance Man identified the plant to Xue Qinghe as the Blue Silver Emperor’s body, left behind after her death.
• Xue Qinghe accepted the plant, carefully watered it, and arranged to take Ye Hao somewhere the next day.
• Xue Qinghe left his room in the morning and ordered Shadow to guard the Blue Silver Emperor and keep everyone out.

Xue Qinghe took Ye Hao to the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House and asked how he felt about Spirit Hall. Ye Hao gave a measured answer, and the two began browsing the auction as brothers.

• Xue Qinghe collected Ye Hao from his inn and asked about his recent trip to Spirit City, where Ye Hao said he had fought someone and been made the subject of a citywide warrant.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ye Hao what he thought of Spirit Hall, and Ye Hao said it helped commoners awaken their Martial Souls, though he offered no further judgment.
• Xue Qinghe brought Ye Hao to the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House, gave him a mask, and offered to bid on anything he liked.
• Ye Hao found nothing appealing in the catalog and followed Xue Qinghe to watch the ongoing auction.
• Ye Hao draped an arm over Xue Qinghe's shoulder and joked that this was what brothers were like.

Ye Hao and Xue Qinghe found nothing worth buying at the auction before someone familiar called out to Xue Qinghe. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo about Ye Hao refusing his offer and Tang San breaking her poison, prompting Dugu Bo to decide to confront Ye Hao and regard Tang San as a threat.

• Ye Hao told Xue Qinghe that the auction’s items were of little use to him, and the two prepared to leave before a familiar voice called out to Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Yan returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Dugu Bo recovering from his failed attempt to break through.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ye Hao had left without accepting his offer to become his heir, and Dugu Bo vowed to seek him out personally.
• Dugu Yan recounted how the Shrek Seven Devils ended her team’s winning streak in Suotuo City and revealed that Tang San had broken her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison.
• Dugu Bo reacted with killing intent and concluded that Tang San could not be allowed to live.

At the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House, Ye Hao met Xue Qinghe’s teacher Ning Fengzhi and guardian elder Sword Douluo, then insisted on bidding for an ancient stone that everyone else considered ordinary. He won it for twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the chapter left the stone’s significance unexplained.

• Xue Qinghe introduced Ye Hao to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo as his younger brother and explained that he had come to choose Ye Hao a gift.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Ye Hao as the Heaven Dou Royal Academy student rumored to have a Thousand-Year second soul ring and offered to help him find a gift.
• As Xue Qinghe and Ye Hao prepared to leave, Ye Hao stopped when an ancient square stone appeared on the auction stage.
• Bidders raised the stone’s price to fifteen thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Ye Hao offered twenty thousand.
• The host sold the stone to Ye Hao after no one else placed a higher bid.

Ye Hao bought a strange stone at the Heaven Dou Grand Auction House for twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins, with Xue Qinghe paying for it. Back at the inn, Ye Hao’s blood touched the stone after it struck his head, and it began to change.

• Ye Hao won the auction for the stone, and Xue Qinghe paid twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins backstage.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed Ye Hao’s talent and wondered who he resembled.
• Xue Qinghe tried to comfort Ye Hao about the cost, but Ye Hao revealed the gold cards he had earned betting at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena.
• Ye Hao returned to his inn, packed for his trip back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and examined the stone.
• Ye Hao accidentally struck his head with the stone, and his blood splashed onto it, causing it to change.

Ye Hao awakened the Heart of the God of Death, a powerful Soul Tool with four skills, and used its Darkness Shroud to hide himself while flying toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy. As he rushed back long after his deadline, Dugu Bo waited at the academy and demanded to see him.

• A mysterious purple stone entered Ye Hao's brow, and a black-clad figure appeared beside his unconscious body before fading away.
• Ye Hao woke and learned the stone was the Heart of the God of Death, a Soul Tool with Death Gaze, Abyss Bind, Darkness Shroud, and Descent of the God of Death.
• Ye Hao activated Darkness Shroud, concealed himself, and flew toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy using his Six-Winged Purple Light Wings and Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• At the academy, Meng Shenji questioned Qin Ming about Ye Hao's lateness while Dugu Bo waited in the reception hall and demanded to see him.
• Ye Hao sped toward the academy, unaware of what Dugu Bo wanted.

Ye Hao returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Bo and the academy’s leaders were waiting. After provoking Dugu Bo without consequence, Ye Hao refused his offer to become a disciple and agreed to speak with him privately.

• Dugu Yan met Ye Hao at the academy and warned him that Dugu Bo, Qin Ming, and the Three Education Commissioners were waiting.
• Ye Hao called Dugu Bo “Old Poison” to his face, and Dugu Bo laughed and said he liked the boy’s audacity.
• Dugu Yan noticed the purple mark on Ye Hao’s forehead, and Ye Hao claimed he had gotten it to look more handsome.
• Dugu Bo offered to take Ye Hao as his disciple, but Ye Hao refused, saying acceptance would be for Dugu Bo’s own good.
• Dugu Bo took Ye Hao aside for a private conversation and ordered the others not to follow.

Ye Hao revealed his Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul to Dugu Bo, preventing him from becoming his master, and Dugu Bo left Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Meanwhile, Tang San remained devastated over losing his External Soul Bone, and Tang Hao flew toward Spirit Hall to seek revenge on Ye Ritian as Grandmaster tried to comfort Tang San.

• Ye Hao showed Dugu Bo his Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and explained why he could not become his disciple.
• Dugu Bo realized Ye Hao was connected to Spirit Hall, left without taking him as a disciple, and Ye Hao remembered the Immortal Herbs after he was gone.
• Ten days after the battle, Tang San refused food and shut himself away, while Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai worried about him.
• Grandmaster told Tang Hao that Ye Ritian was at Spirit Hall and speculated that the Pope had ordered him arrested over Tang San's External Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao flew toward Spirit Hall to kill Ye Ritian and reclaim the Soul Bone, while Grandmaster went to speak with Tang San.
• Tang San let Grandmaster into his room and asked whether his Blue Silver Grass was truly useless.

Grandmaster tried to restore Tang San’s confidence after his defeat by Ye Hao, explaining why he should keep cultivating Blue Silver Grass and how Shrek’s poor teamwork contributed to the loss. He revealed that Ye Hao’s Martial Soul was the Death Spider Emperor, leaving Tang San more determined to defeat him.

• Grandmaster reminded Tang San that there were no useless Martial Souls, while Tang San asked whether Grandmaster himself was the person who proved it.
• Tang San asked about Ye Ritian and questioned whether he should abandon Blue Silver Grass to focus on his Hammer Martial Soul, but Grandmaster warned him about the danger of adding Soul Rings to a second Martial Soul.
• Grandmaster urged Tang San to recover and be patient, but Tang San admitted he could not accept being weaker than Ye Hao.
• Grandmaster blamed Shrek’s lack of trust and coordination for the defeat and described Ye Hao’s psychological tactics and arrogance.
• Grandmaster revealed that Ye Hao possessed the Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul, shocking Tang San.

Tang Hao attacked Spirit Hall and demanded that it hand over Ye Ritian, forcing four Titled Douluos to confront him. As Tang Hao nearly destroyed the Pope's Palace, a powerful golden-haired elder intervened and struck him back.

• Ning Rongrong rejected Grandmaster's lectures about teamwork and stormed out, while Tang San angrily defended his teacher.
• Tang Hao appeared above Spirit City with a Clear Sky Hammer and demanded that Spirit Hall hand over Ye Ritian.
• Four Titled Douluos attacked Tang Hao, but he overwhelmed them and drove his hammer toward the Pope's Palace.
• A golden-haired elder blocked Tang Hao's strike and punched him back, shocking both Tang Hao and Bibi Dong.