Chapter Summaries

Wu Qi told Qian Daoliu that he and his companions had received trials from the God of Destruction, prompting Qian Daoliu to consider him Spirit Hall’s future Pope. Qian Daoliu planned to let Bibi Dong bear the blame for upheaval while Wu Qi gained power, and Wu Qi recognized that he needed to complete his God Exam before war and a possible conflict of gods erupted.

• Wu Qi explained that he had received the God of Destruction’s inheritance and that Changkong and Chen Ping had been granted divine trials.
• Qian Daoliu told Wu Qi that Spirit Hall’s future authority could pass to him, and Wu Qi accepted his advice to cultivate until he was strong enough.
• Qian Daoliu told the worshippers that Bibi Dong should be allowed to take power and clear away obstacles so Wu Qi could later replace her without bearing the blame.
• Qiangu Changkong warned Wu Qi that Bibi Dong’s ambitions threatened Spirit Hall after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed.
• Wu Qi recalled how events had differed in the original timeline and resolved to complete his God Exam quickly, since a war of gods could not be ruled out.

Wu Qi reassured Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping that he would reorganize Spirit Hall after becoming Pope, then prepared to return to Heaven Dou City for the Five-Year Pact. Elsewhere, Oscar chose not to return to Shrek Academy and became sworn brothers with Haote.

• Wu Qi told Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping that he would become Pope and invited them to serve as Guardian Douluo, urging them to keep training before they traveled to Heaven Dou City.
• Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping discussed Wu Qi's prospects and the strength of Senior God of Destruction, then looked forward to reuniting with everyone for the Five-Year Pact.
• Haote asked Oscar whether he planned to return to Shrek Academy, and Oscar refused because it no longer felt like home after Ma Hongjun's death and the academy's disgrace.
• Haote offered to treat Oscar as family and travel the continent with him, and Oscar asked to become his sworn brother.
• Haote agreed, and the two became sworn brothers.

Dai Mubai benefited from the delayed succession contest and the Star Luo court’s growing support, while Zhu Zhuqing accepted his infidelity as her own future status improved. At a meeting about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s destruction, Yu Tianheng’s connection to the clan finally caught Dai Mubai’s attention.

• Dai Tianfeng postponed the succession contest for ten years, leaving Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi with equal standing and time to prepare.
• Dai Mubai enjoyed his new privileges and continued cheating on Zhu Zhuqing, who tolerated it as the Crown Princess’s position drew closer.
• A Zhu Family elder argued that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and staged the hidden sects as a cover.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned what Spirit Hall would gain by causing panic, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s silence fueled suspicions of its involvement.
• Zhu Zhuqing reminded Dai Mubai that Yu Tianheng belonged to the destroyed clan, and Dai Mubai became serious at the mention of his friend.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing secured permission to leave Star Luo City and investigate the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Tang San returned to Shrek Academy’s back mountain, where Ning Fengzhi appeared to stop Yu Xiaogang from retrieving the clan’s bodies, leaving Tang San suspicious of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Dai Mubai asked the Zhu Family elder to help him and Zhu Zhuqing investigate the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s destruction and find Yu Tianheng.
• Zhu Zhuqing presented a plan to contact Yu Tianheng or investigate the clan’s survivors through their Heaven Dou City connections.
• The Zhu Family arranged for Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to leave Star Luo City secretly while the Royal Family maintained the appearance that they remained at home.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy’s back mountain after learning that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been destroyed.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Yu Xiaogang from retrieving the clan members’ bodies, and Liu Erlong told Tang San that Ning Fengzhi had visited Moonlight Pavilion with Sword Douluo.

Tang San helped the badly injured Yu Tianheng wake from his coma, hoping to learn who had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang urgently asking Yu Tianheng to identify the murderer.

• Liu Erlong told Tang San that the clan's outposts had been wiped out and an internal traitor had helped leave nearly everyone dead.
• Liu Erlong revealed that Tang Yuehua had rescued Yu Tianheng, the clan's sole survivor, and asked Tang San whether she could trust him.
• Tang San examined Yu Tianheng and used medicine and acupuncture to help him expel congealed blood and regain consciousness.
• Yu Tianheng panicked over the clan's destruction, then calmed after Liu Erlong explained who Tang San was.
• Yu Xiaogang came to the cellar and asked Yu Tianheng who had destroyed the clan.

Yu Tianheng revealed how Spirit Hall destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and killed Yu Yuanzhen, leaving him as the sole survivor. Tang San and Tang Yuehua feared Spirit Hall had deliberately spared him to spread the news, and Tang San planned to warn the Clear Sky Sect while Tang Yuehua worried about a trap.

• Yu Tianheng recounted how Qian Jun Douluo, Falling Devil Douluo, and Spirit Hall's forces slaughtered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Yu Tianxin died drawing the pursuers away.
• Yu Xiaogang grieved that his mutated Martial Soul had kept him from becoming strong enough to protect the clan.
• Tang San promised Yu Tianheng he would avenge the clan and left to discuss the attack with Tang Yuehua.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang San that Spirit Hall had found Yu Tianheng in an open area, leading them to suspect he had been spared deliberately.
• Tang Yuehua and Tang San considered Spirit Hall's vast strength, and Tang San decided to return to the Clear Sky Sect while Tang Yuehua warned that Spirit Hall might be setting a trap.

Tang San arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Xiao discussed Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength and the need to unite against it. Tang Xiao went to meet Ning Fengzhi, but the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s leaders distrusted his appeal for unity because of the Clear Sky Sect’s past conduct.

• Tang San entered the Clear Sky Sect with Tang Xiao’s disciple token and met Tang Long, who led him to Tang Xiao.
• Tang Xiao told Tang San that Spirit Hall’s strength made resistance difficult and proposed seeking an alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San speculated that Ning Fengzhi might be secretly cooperating with Spirit Hall, but Tang Xiao argued that cooperation did not make a sect Spirit Hall’s subordinate.
• Tang Xiao asked Tang San to return to Shrek Academy while he traveled to Heaven Dou City to meet Ning Fengzhi and build alliances.
• Tang Xiao visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Gu Rong received him and brought him to Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang Xiao proposed informing Ning Fengzhi about Spirit Hall and restoring unity among the Upper Three Sects, while Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo privately recalled the Clear Sky Sect’s past accusations and threats.

Tang Xiao tried to recruit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into an alliance against Spirit Hall, revealing that the Clear Sky Sect had six Title Douluo. Ning Fengzhi firmly refused, choosing the Worship Hall’s protection and leaving Tang Xiao to depart without an agreement.

• Ning Fengzhi weighed the Clear Sky Sect’s past treatment of its allies and asked Tang Xiao what mutual support would involve.
• Tang Xiao revealed that the Clear Sky Sect had six Title Douluo and described their combined strength and secret techniques.
• Ning Fengzhi congratulated Tang Xiao but refused to ally with the Clear Sky Sect, saying his sect preferred peace and feared becoming a target.
• Gu Rong and Sword Path Chen Xin backed Ning Fengzhi’s refusal and urged Tang Xiao to leave.
• Tang Xiao departed after warning that Spirit Hall might threaten the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ning Fengzhi said he did not regret his choice.

Wu Qi and his companions were ambushed in a valley by Mèngyě Guīluó, a psychic Soul Douluo seeking revenge for Shi Nian. Mèngyě Guīluó admitted he had helped Shi Nian and stolen the Heaven Dou Auction House’s supplies, and Wu Qi prepared to confront him as an Evil Soul Master.

• Wu Qi sensed danger near a valley, so he stored the carriage and horses and led Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping up the cliff to scout.
• Mèngyě Guīluó attacked them with spiritual power, but Wu Qi blocked it with his Luan Sound Domain and protected his companions with Phantom Spirit Sharing.
• Wu Qi spotted Mèngyě Guīluó, who revealed his Nightmare Martial Soul and eight Soul Rings before identifying himself as Shi Nian’s benefactor.
• Mèngyě Guīluó said he sought revenge because Wu Qi and Dugu Bo had killed Shi Nian, and admitted that he had kept the stolen auction goods and given Shi Nian a Soul Bone.
• Wu Qi accused Mèngyě Guīluó of creating the Canghui Academy team’s evil Martial Soul Fusion Skill and declared Spirit Hall’s intent to kill Evil Soul Masters.

Wu Qi, Qiangu Changkong, and Chen Ping fought Mèngyě Guīluó after exposing his Evil Soul Master identity. Wu Qi trapped and suppressed Mèngyě Guīluó with the Domain of Destruction, while Qiangu Changkong seized the chance to use Nightmare Cage.

• Mèngyě Guīluó admitted he intended to kill Wu Qi and his companions before Spirit Hall could discover the Evil Soul Masters.
• Wu Qi used Mental Sharing to coordinate with Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping, then vanished into the darkness to circle behind Mèngyě Guīluó.
• Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping attacked Mèngyě Guīluó, but his spiritual attacks failed against Wu Qi’s shared protection.
• Mèngyě Guīluó activated his Nightmare Martial Soul Avatar and slipped free of Qiangu Changkong’s binding attack, but Wu Qi stopped him with the Domain of Destruction.
• Mèngyě Guīluó offered five Soul Bones to escape, and Qiangu Changkong used his Eighth Soul Skill, Nightmare Cage.

Wu Qi and his companions killed Mèngyě Guīluó after he ambushed them, then continued to Heaven Dou City ahead of the Five-Year Pact. They returned to Seven Treasure Academy, where Sun Buyu recognized them and warmly welcomed them.

• Wu Qi wounded Mèngyě Guīluó with Destructive Thunder and the Azure Luan Divine Feather, and Qiangu Changkong finished him off with his sixth soul skill.
• Wu Qi, Qiangu Changkong, and Chen Ping searched Mèngyě Guīluó’s body and Soul Tool, finding two corrupted Soul Bones but none of the five he had promised.
• Three days before the Five-Year Pact, the three reached Heaven Dou City during its lockdown and used Xue Qinghe’s Gold Medal to enter.
• The academy gatekeeper initially refused to admit them, so Wu Qi asked him to summon Director Sun Buyu with the Gold Medal.
• Sun Buyu came to the gate, recognized Wu Qi, Qiangu Changkong, and Chen Ping, and greeted them warmly.

Wu Qi returned to Seven Treasure Academy after nearly three years away, learned how the continent had changed, and sought information from Dugu Bo. He revealed that Xue Qinghe had been replaced by someone from Spirit Hall and declared that he would soon take power from Bibi Dong.

• Sun Buyu welcomed Wu Qi, Qiangu Changkong, and Chen Ping to Seven Treasure Academy and explained the academy's strengthened security and new shops.
• Sun Buyu told the three that the Soul Master Tournament had been canceled and invited them to meet the academy's new team of Soul Kings.
• Wu Qi left to find Dugu Bo and assess Heaven Dou City's situation as the Palace Coup approached.
• Dugu Bo described Prince Xuexing and his nephew being confined under surveillance and noted Xue Qinghe's bold actions and closeness to Spirit Hall.
• Wu Qi told Dugu Bo that Xue Qinghe had been replaced by someone from Spirit Hall and said he would soon take power from Bibi Dong.

Wu Qi and Dugu Bo planned to establish a sect and expand their influence as Heaven Dou's power shifted. Meanwhile, Tang San's group learned that Spirit Hall was sending healers to treat Xue Ye and considered intervening, leaving their next move dependent on the arrival of their friends.

• Wu Qi asked Dugu Bo to lead a new sect, with the elemental families as its foundation, and planned to drive out the Elephant Armor Sect and annex Thunderclap Academy.
• Dugu Bo revealed that the three elemental families had already divided up Thunderclap Academy after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing entered Heaven Dou City, but Dai Mubai failed to find Yu Tianheng, who remained devastated by his clan's destruction.
• Tailong and Taira told Tang San's group that Xue Qinghe was seeking doctors for Xue Ye, including Spirit Hall Healing-type Soul Masters disguised as physicians.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to treat Xue Ye, but Tang San worried that entering the palace could expose him to a trap and decided to consult Tang Yuehua first.
• Liu Erlong noticed Dai Mubai and Oscar had arrived, and Tang San said the Shrek Seven Devils needed to unite.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing reunited with the Shrek group, and the friends discussed opposing Spirit Hall by seeking support from both empires. Tang San planned to treat the unconscious Xue Ye, while Xue Qinghe discussed his imminent takeover with Wu Qi.

• Tang San welcomed Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, explained his changed appearance, and caught Dai Mubai up on Spirit Hall’s growing strength and the crisis in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The group agreed to stand together against Spirit Hall, and Dai Mubai invited them to develop their strength in the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang San said he would stay in Heaven Dou City and try to cure Xue Ye, allowing the group to pursue an alliance between the two empires.
• Yu Xiaogang supported Tang San’s plan, and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to wait and see whether he could cure Xue Ye.
• At the Crown Prince’s Mansion, Wu Qi warned Xue Qinghe not to underestimate his enemies, and Xue Qinghe said he would return to Spirit Hall after completing his mission to take the throne.

Wu Qi and Xue Qinghe prepared the final steps of Spirit Hall’s plan to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire, while Ning Fengzhi and the Sword Bone Douluo learned the truth behind Qian Renxue’s disguise and accepted their alliance. At Shrek Academy, Tang San and the others discussed their strength before Tang San asked whether Dai Mubai had seen Xiao Ao.

• Wu Qi told Xue Qinghe he would help complete the Heaven Dou Empire’s transfer of power and asked him to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud so it could be hidden from outsiders.
• Wu Qi and Xue Qinghe discussed the Palace Coup, and Wu Qi urged Xue Qinghe to conceal his identity and eliminate Xue Xing and his nephew.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin read a secret letter revealing that Xue Qinghe had long been replaced by Qian Renxue, then agreed that their alliance with Spirit Hall positioned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to benefit from its expansion.
• Dai Mubai told the Shrek group that he had reached Level 58 and Zhuqing Level 56, while Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San and the others’ prospects.
• Tang San asked Dai Mubai whether he had seen Xiao Ao on the road.

Tang San and the Shrek Six Devils waited for Oscar while discussing Xiao Wu’s captivity in Spirit Hall. At the five-year reunion, Wu Qi and his companions revealed their formidable progress to Feng Xiaotian and the others before Wu Qi led everyone to receive gifts.

• Tang San said Xiao Wu remained in Spirit Hall and that the group needed to grow stronger and rescue her.
• After two days passed without Oscar returning, the members of Seven Treasure Academy arrived for the reunion.
• Ning Rongrong, Chen Ping, and Qiangu Changkong announced their Soul Power levels, surprising Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang.
• Wu Qi displayed his Soul Rings, including a cyan-gold ring, and explained that the group had endured many life-or-death trials.
• Wu Qi said great existences had noticed Feng Xiaotian and the others, then led everyone to Sun Buyu’s secured activity room to give them gifts.

Wu Qi returned with cultivation opportunities for his friends, including a fiery Inner Core for Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu and Azure Luan Divine Feathers for the group. After arranging plans to train in Hurricane Canyon, he left with Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping to visit the academy team, while Feng Xiaotian warned that his grandfather wanted to speak with him.

• Wu Qi explained that he, Qiangu Changkong, and Chen Ping had spent six years cultivating in a secret realm where time passed at half speed.
• Wu Qi offered the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core to Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian persuaded the siblings to absorb it together.
• Feng Xiaotian described Hurricane Canyon's strengthening storms, and Wu Qi and the others agreed to consider training there before the storms arrived in three months.
• Wu Qi revealed Azure Luan Divine Feathers for the group to absorb and asked them to keep the feathers secret and avoid wasting them.
• Wu Qi set out with Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping to visit the academy team, and Feng Xiaotian told him that his grandfather wanted to discuss something with him.

Wu Qi agreed to establish a sect led publicly by Dugu Bo, while the three Family Heads pledged their support and Shui Ningbing revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Crown Mountain Eagle in Sunset Forest. Elsewhere, Tang San told Tang Yuehua he had inherited extensive medical knowledge and prepared to demonstrate his skills treating difficult cases.

• Wu Qi met Feng Changlin, Huo Lie, and Shui Ningbing, revealed that he had become a peak Soul Saint, and heard their wish to return to his command.
• Wu Qi proposed that Dugu Bo lead a new sect uniting the three families and the former Clear Sky Sect single-attribute families, while Wu Qi controlled it from behind the scenes.
• Wu Qi offered the three Family Heads three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as compensation for making Element City the sect's base and driving out the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Shui Ningbing told Wu Qi she had encountered an injured Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Crown Mountain Eagle in Sunset Forest, and Wu Qi said he would investigate.
• Wu Qi promised Feng Changlin that he would help Xiaotian hunt a Soul Beast when Xiaotian's Soul Power broke through.
• Tang San told Tang Yuehua that he had inherited medical texts and skills, and she arranged for him to treat people with difficult illnesses in Heaven Dou City.

Tang Yuehua told Tang San that Spirit Hall had mobilized for Soul Hunting near the Star Dou Great Forest, prompting him to worry that Xiao Wu might be targeted and to consider the chance to treat Xue Ye. Meanwhile, Wu Qi’s team received their tournament rewards as he prepared to break through to Level Eighty and hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Crown Mountain Eagle.

• Tang Yuehua informed Tang San that Spirit Hall had sent a large force, led by a Title Douluo, toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San feared Xiao Wu could be in danger.
• Tang Yuehua sought recommendations for Tang San to treat Xue Ye while Spirit Hall’s forces were occupied away from Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Wushuang and Sister each gained two Soul Power levels from the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent’s Inner Core, while Feng Xiaotian reached Level Seventy after fusing with the Divine Feather.
• Ning Rongrong brought out the Soul Bones and noble appointment documents awarded after the Soul Master Tournament, and Wu Qi gave the unwanted Soul Bones to Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping.
• Wu Qi entered two days of secluded cultivation before a planned hunt for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Crown Mountain Eagle, with Dugu Bo, Sword Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi enlisted to help.

Wu Qi joined Ning Fengzhi, the Sword Bone Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Feng Xiaotian on a trip to Sunset Forest to secure a Wind Attribute Soul Ring for Feng Xiaotian. The group defeated a sixty-thousand-year Sub-Wind Demon Dragon, and Feng Xiaotian prepared to absorb its Soul Ring.

• Wu Qi broke through to Level Eighty, and he and Feng Xiaotian met Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi's group outside Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo led the group to a six-thousand-year Sub-Wind Demon Dragon in Sunset Forest, and Gu Rong agreed to fight it while Ning Fengzhi boosted the group.
• Gu Rong and Dugu Bo subdued the Sub-Wind Demon Dragon, and Chen Xin noticed Wu Qi's unusual Soul Rings and asked whether their power came from a deity.
• Feng Xiaotian killed the unconscious Sub-Wind Demon Dragon, and its black Soul Ring rose from the corpse.