Chapter Summaries

Wu Qi defeated Bai He, persuading the Speed Clan to join the Righteous Unity Sect. Elsewhere, Tang San planned to recruit the Single Attribute Four Clans into his Tang Sect, while Wu Qi urged Feng Xiaotian to explore Hurricane Canyon for a possible inheritance.

• Wu Qi defeated Bai He, who agreed that the Speed Clan would join the Righteous Unity Sect after he returned to inform his clan.
• Tai Tan pledged the Strength Clan’s support to Tang San and suggested recruiting the other three Single Attribute Clans for the Tang Sect.
• Tang San welcomed Tai Tan’s plan and learned that the clans’ gathering would take place soon, though Tai Tan would ask them to wait until the migration was complete.
• Wu Qi suggested Feng Xiaotian train in Hurricane Canyon and seek the inheritance said to have been left there by a great expert.
• Feng Xiaotian considered Wu Qi’s suggestion while Chen Ping remarked that he hoped to take a long vacation once the continent’s troubles settled.

Bai He gave Wu Qi the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to help win over Yang Wudi and exchanged it for an Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid for Bai Chenxiang. When Yang Wudi arrived at the Defense Clan, Wu Qi provoked him into a fight.

• Bai He told Wu Qi that the Righteous Unity Sect needed to explain Yang Wushuang’s fate to Yang Wudi, and Wu Qi revealed that Yang Wushuang was alive and had joined Spirit Hall.
• Bai He gave Wu Qi the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Wu Qi exchanged it for an Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid for Bai Chenxiang.
• Two days later, Yang Wudi arrived at the Defense Clan, where Bai He and Niu Gao welcomed him and told him that the Strength Clan’s leader would not be coming.
• Wu Qi released a wave of Soul Power and challenged Yang Wudi on behalf of Spirit Hall.
• Yang Wudi summoned his Soul Breaking Spear Martial Soul and prepared to fight Wu Qi.

Wu Qi fought Yang Wudi to demonstrate the overwhelming difference in their strength, then spared him despite having him at his mercy. Yang Wudi survived the encounter shaken, while Bai He and Niu Gao watched without intervening.

• Wu Qi revealed his Qing Luan Martial Soul and powerful Soul Ring configuration, prompting Yang Wudi to attack with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Wu Qi caught Yang Wudi's spear, reflected his follow-up strike, and hurled him into the air before Yang Wudi activated his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Wu Qi's Golden Cloud Wings held down Yang Wudi's spear as the two used their eighth Soul Skills and Wu Qi froze Yang Wudi in the air.
• Wu Qi unleashed Golden Wing Tear Slash but deliberately struck beside Yang Wudi, then withdrew the skill and let him fall.
• Bai He hurried to check on the shaken Yang Wudi.

Wu Qi recruited the Breaking Clan into the Righteous Unity Sect and gave Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which left him too enthralled to discuss business. Wu Qi departed for Gengxin City to approach the Blacksmith Association, while the three clans prepared to relocate to the sect.

• Wu Qi subdued Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao and Bai He explained that he had come to recruit the Breaking Clan into the Righteous Unity Sect.
• Yang Wudi agreed to join after Wu Qi promised to arrange his reunion with Yang Wushuang and offered the same conditions as the other clans.
• Wu Qi gave Yang Wudi the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Yang Wudi became so captivated by the Immortal Herb that the others continued their discussion without him.
• Wu Qi and his companions left for Gengxin City to recruit the Blacksmith Association before Tang San could reach it.
• After Yang Wudi learned Wu Qi had departed, he and Bai He prepared to leave with the Speed Clan for the Righteous Unity Sect, while Niu Gao readied the Defense Clan to follow.

The Clear Sky Sect learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had entered the Seven Great Sects Re-election Assembly, while Wu Qi's group arrived in Gengxin City to seek the Blacksmith Association. The chapter ended with a local shop assistant warning Wu Qi's group to stay away from Spirit Hall.

• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect group reached Star Luo Empire territory and heard that Ning Fengzhi and the Sword Bone Douluo had appeared at Spirit City.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang speculated about why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had gone to Spirit City, then learned it had officially entered the competition.
• Yu Xiaogang accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of plotting to destroy its rivals and working with Spirit Hall, but Tang Xiao and Tang San disagreed with him.
• Wu Qi's group arrived in Gengxin City and went out to locate the Blacksmith Association.
• A shop assistant accepted a Gold Soul Coin from Wu Qi and warned the group to stay away from Spirit Hall.

Wu Qi visited the Blacksmith Association in Gengxin City and learned that Bishop Miles was exploiting local businesses. After buying the stall’s entire stock of silver metals, Wu Qi invited Grandmaster Si Long to discuss business.

• A shop assistant told Feng Xiaotian that Bishop Miles used taxes to squeeze businesses in Gengxin City.
• Wu Qi decided to visit the Blacksmith Association and learn about its situation before intervening.
• Wu Qi asked the association’s guide, Xiao Liu, to take him to silver-type metals on the second floor.
• A merchant described how Spirit Hall’s protection fees were driving him out of business, and Wu Qi revealed his Red Card to reassure him.
• Grandmaster Si Long approached Wu Qi, who bought the merchant’s entire stock of silver metals and asked Si Long to discuss business.

Wu Qi used the Nine Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor to gain an audience with Godsmith Lou Gao and asked him to forge a new one from Sunken Silver. Lou Gao objected that he did not know how to make the armor and could not fulfill the demand quickly.

• Si Long recognized Wu Qi's Nine Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor and offered to take him to meet Lou Gao.
• Si Long brought Wu Qi and his group to Lou Gao's forging room on the fifth floor.
• Lou Gao inspected the armor, suspected Wu Qi might have taken it from his Master's tomb, and accepted the auction house documents as proof of its provenance.
• Lou Gao offered to forge one item in exchange for the armor, and Wu Qi requested a new Nine Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor made from Sunken Silver.
• Lou Gao refused the condition as unrealistic, explaining that he had never learned the armor's forging method and would need years to study it.

Wu Qi offered the Blacksmith Association a place in his Spirit Hall faction, promising reforms and a path to Soul Tool technology. Lou Gao was weighing the proposal when Bishop Miles arrived to extort the association again.

• Lou Gao agreed to join Wu Qi’s faction in exchange for the Nine Treasures Ruyi Soft Armor before learning Wu Qi represented Spirit Hall.
• Wu Qi revealed the Pope’s Order, and Qiangu Changkong threatened the Blacksmith Association when Lou Gao rejected the offer.
• Feng Xiaotian vouched for Wu Qi and helped ease Lou Gao’s suspicions about Spirit Hall.
• Wu Qi promised the blacksmiths allowances, independence from Pope Hall, and access to Soul Tool crafting technology.
• Lou Gao reacted with excitement to Wu Qi’s promise, but a commotion downstairs revealed that Miles had come to extort the association.

Wu Qi and his allies confronted Bishop Miles for abusing the Blacksmith Association, and Qiangu Changkong’s authority exposed Miles before Feng Xiaotian killed him. Lou Gao then presented Spirit Hall’s offer to the blacksmiths, while Wu Qi promised written terms and compensation for those who refused to join.

• Miles and his guards beat blacksmiths in the association hall, and Chen Ping and Si Long confronted him.
• Wu Qi demanded that Miles confess his crimes, but Miles ordered his guards to seize Wu Qi.
• Qiangu Changkong revealed the Pope’s Order, and Miles recognized the elder’s authority and fell to his knees.
• Feng Xiaotian killed Miles, while the guards begged for mercy and the blacksmiths celebrated.
• Lou Gao told the blacksmiths that Spirit Hall had offered better treatment and future Soul Tool technology, and Wu Qi promised housing and subsidies for those who joined or one hundred Gold Soul Coins for those who refused.

Wu Qi completed Spirit Hall’s recruitment of the Blacksmith Association and returned to Heaven Dou City as the Seven Great Sects Re-election Assembly began. The assembly ended with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Elephant Armor Sect, and the Holy Dragon Sect named the Upper Three Sects.

• Lou Gao recruited nearly eighty percent of the Blacksmith Association’s members to join Spirit Hall, while the rest received severance pay or declined to leave.
• Wu Qi learned that many opponents of the recruitment were Strength Clan disciples, but they could not stop Lou Gao’s decision.
• Spirit Hall reorganized its Gengxin City branch, and the Blacksmith Association prepared to relocate while continuing its work forging weapons and equipment.
• Wu Qi and his group returned to Heaven Dou City as Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Gu Rong discussed the assembly and the likely contenders for the Upper Three Sects.
• The assembly concluded after five days of Sect Master and elder battles, naming the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Elephant Armor Sect, and the Holy Dragon Sect as the Upper Three Sects.

After the New Seven Great Sects were ranked, Wu Qi’s group prepared for the coming storm while Tang San’s allies struggled to establish Tang Sect. Qiangu Changkong reached Soul Saint and joined the group at Hurricane Canyon as the dangerous Storm Period began.

• Spirit Hall announced the New Seven Great Sects rankings, and the continent entered a brief calm before Bibi Dong’s plan.
• Wu Qi and the others returned to Seven Treasure Academy and prepared to train before the storm in Hurricane Canyon.
• Tang Xiao rejected Tai Tan’s proposal to have the Defense Clan build the Clear Sky Sect’s grounds, while Tang San agreed the Strength Clan would live in tents for now.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong considered selling Shrek Academy’s land to fund Tang Sect, but feared the Heaven Dou Empire would confiscate the proceeds.
• Qiangu Changkong broke through to Soul Saint and returned to the academy with Dugu Bo’s help.
• Feng Xiaotian led the group to Hurricane Canyon and warned them about the powerful winds, flying rocks, and deadly risk of being swept into the air.

Wu Qi began cultivating in Hurricane Canyon for the God Exam’s Exclusive Domain test while Tang San and Tai Tan traveled to Gengxin City after finding the Defense Clan’s residence abandoned. They arrived to discover that the Blacksmith Association had also left, leaving Tai Tan uncertain where its members had gone.

• Wu Qi and the others received the God Exam assignment to condense their Exclusive Domains in Hurricane Canyon, and Feng Xiaotian led them into the canyon.
• The group split up as the wind pressure grew, and Wu Qi passed the seven-hundred-meter mark before settling at eight hundred meters to sense the wind.
• Tang San and Tai Tan reached the Defense Clan residence in Dragon Xing City and found it locked and deserted.
• Tai Tan suggested visiting Gengxin City to seek the Blacksmith Association’s help with the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapon production.
• Tang San and Tai Tan arrived in Gengxin City and found the Blacksmith Association’s former building converted into a shop.

Tai Tan and Tang San learned that Wu Qi had brought the Blacksmith Association into Spirit Hall, undermining their plans and raising fears that he had also recruited the Defense Clan. Meanwhile, Wu Qi’s group continued training in Hurricane Canyon, where he deepened his understanding of Wind Attribute power but still could not form a domain.

• Tai Tan discovered that the Blacksmith Association had moved to Spirit City and joined Spirit Hall, while the city’s residents praised Spirit Hall’s recent reforms.
• A Strength Clan disciple explained that Elder Wu had purged corrupt officials, promised Soul Tool manufacturing techniques, and persuaded most of the blacksmiths to join Spirit Hall with severance pay for those who refused.
• Tang San identified Elder Wu as Wu Qi, and Tai Tan suspected that Wu Qi had also recruited the Defense Clan.
• Tai Tan collected the Strength Clan disciples’ severance money to ease Tang San’s financial troubles, and they began considering how to oppose Spirit Hall.
• In Hurricane Canyon, Wu Qi’s group improved through training, and Wu Qi advanced his understanding of the Wind Attribute without condensing it into a domain.

Feng Xiaotian received a God-level Nine Trials in Hurricane Canyon and learned that Wu Qi had also obtained a Deity trial. At Clear Sky Sect's new base, Tang San and Dai Mubai were sent to Sea God Island to train for a future counterattack against Spirit Hall.

• Feng Xiaotian touched a statue in Hurricane Canyon and received a Deity trial requiring him to advance eight hundred meters within a year.
• Wu Qi caught Feng Xiaotian when the canyon's winds blew him away, then revealed that he had a trial to condense an Exclusive Domain within a year.
• Feng Xiaotian returned with Wu Qi and concealed the trial's details from Huo Wu and the others.
• Tang San and Tai Tan met with Tang Xiao and Clear Sky Sect's elders to discuss Spirit Hall's growing influence and their plans for revenge.
• Tang Xiao and Second Elder urged Tang San and Dai Mubai to train on Sea God Island, where the Sea God Exam could help them grow stronger.
• Tang San asked whether gods existed, and Tang Xiao confirmed that they did.

Tang San agreed to pursue the Sea God Island inheritance while Tang Xiao oversaw the Tang Sect’s affairs. Meanwhile, Wu Qi completed his Wind Domain and Destruction Fourth Exam before the group learned about the Wind God exams awaiting Ning Rongrong and the Huo siblings.

• Tang Xiao and Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to seek strength on Sea God Island while they searched for his Great-Grandfather, and Dai Mubai supported the plan.
• Tang San asked Tang Xiao to oversee the Tang Sect and planned to fund it by selling Hidden Weapons to the Star Luo Empire’s army, with Dai Mubai helping pay for the journey.
• Wu Qi cultivated deeper in Hurricane Canyon, then condensed his exclusive Wind Domain after drawing on his experience with other domains.
• Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping completed their assessments and waited with Feng Xiaotian as Wu Qi finished his own.
• Wu Qi completed the Destruction Fourth Exam, earning fifteen percent more affinity and twenty thousand years of Soul Ring age, and the group left Hurricane Canyon.
• Ning Rongrong received the Wind God’s Red Grade Seven Exam, while Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang received Red Grade Six Exams; Ning Rongrong asked whether Wu Qi was leaving.

Wu Qi learned that his fifth Destruction Exam required him to obtain the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ soul bones, while tensions between the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires escalated toward war. As Wu Qi considered the danger of the coming conflict, Tang San and his group arrived in Vast Sea City to prepare for their journey to Sea God Island.

• Wu Qi received the Dragon King Soul Bone exam and told Ning Rongrong that the group would train in Sunset Forest instead of Hurricane Canyon.
• After returning to Heaven Dou City, Wu Qi learned that the Righteous Unity Sect had been established too late to join the Seven Great Sects.
• Spirit Hall’s agent reported that the Heaven Dou Empire had deployed three hundred thousand troops after a dispute over the Clear Sky Sect’s settlement in Star Luo territory.
• Qiangu Changkong warned that the empires’ border clashes could worsen if their Soul Master Corps entered the fighting, while Wu Qi welcomed the prospect of their mutual destruction.
• Tang San and his group arrived in Vast Sea City, the continent’s main port for sea travel and Sea Soul Masters, on their way to Sea God Island.

The Shrek Six Devils prepared to sail from Vast Sea City to Sea God Island while Wu Qi began training Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. The chapter ended when Yu Tianheng found a shipowner willing to take the group across the dangerous sea.

• Tang San assigned Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing to buy voyage supplies, while Yu Tianheng and he searched for an ocean-going vessel and Tailong and Taira gathered information.
• Wu Qi explained how the spring boundary could temper the body and helped Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping begin adapting to its power.
• Tang San learned that shipowners refused to sail to Sea God Island because of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the dangers of the Demonic Whale Sea Area.
• Yu Tianheng returned to the inn and announced that he had found a shipowner willing to take them to Sea God Island.

The Shrek Six Devils hired Captain Haider and the Sea Demon to take them to Sea God Island, while Wu Qi and the others continued their dangerous assessment in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. At the Heaven Dou and Star Luo front, an unauthorized provocation sparked an armed clash.

• Yu Tianheng brought the Shrek Six Devils to Captain Haider, and Tang San negotiated a twelve-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin voyage to Sea God Island aboard the Sea Demon.
• Captain Haider agreed to depart in five days and secretly saw the wealthy group as easy prey once they reached the sea.
• Wu Qi searched deeper in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well for the two Dragon Kings' remains while Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping struggled with the dangers of descending.
• Wu Qi urged Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping to adapt gradually and descend farther to complete their assessment.
• Ge Long learned that an unauthorized Heaven Dou squad had provoked the Star Luo troops, and arrows fired from the Star Luo formation caused the front-line conflict to escalate.

The border conflict escalated into war as Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo set fires in both armies’ camps to provoke them. As the Shrek Six Devils departed Vast Sea City for Sea God Island, the sects and the Clear Sky Sect weighed their positions in the widening conflict.

• Ge Long ordered the Heaven Dou Army to reinforce the front after the two vanguard forces clashed and fires broke out in its command camp.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo watched their provocation succeed and returned to report to the Pope.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek Six Devils saw the war notice in Vast Sea City, and Tang San urged them to focus on cultivation before sailing for Sea God Island.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to mediate while Dugu Bo refused to involve the Righteous Unity Sect in the war.
• The Elephant Armor Sect and Holy Dragon Sect declared support for Heaven Dou, while Tang Xiao worried that the Clear Sky Sect could be sacrificed if the war turned against Star Luo.

The Clear Sky Sect debated how to respond to the border war, and its public apology helped ease the standoff. Meanwhile, Wu Qi, Chen Ping, and Qiangu Changkong pushed toward the end of their trials in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Qiangu Changkong’s fate remained uncertain.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang Xiao to avoid dragging the Clear Sky Sect into a prolonged war, while the Seventh Elder argued that the sect should demonstrate its strength on the battlefield.
• Tang Xiao decided the Clear Sky Sect would show support for the Star Luo Royal Family and, if asked, send the Second Elder and disciples to the front to mediate rather than escalate the conflict.
• Ning Fengzhi and Tang Xiao arranged for the Clear Sky Sect to issue an apology and clarification, easing the border standoff and preventing further clashes.
• Wu Qi used his deeper dives into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to provide reference information for Qiangu Changkong and Chen Ping as they approached their trial deadline.
• Chen Ping completed his trial and was pulled from the spring, while Qiangu Changkong accelerated downward to surpass him by thirty meters.
• Chen Ping waited as the hours passed without Qiangu Changkong emerging, then saw bubbles rise from the spring.