Chapter Summaries

Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Chen Xin fought the Black Tortoise brothers after their fusion transformed into a living, regenerative monster that absorbed soul power. Dugu Bo poisoned the creature, which collapsed, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei discovered that the black sphere absorbed soul-power attacks, then watched it transform into the brothers’ monstrous Rock Black Tortoise.
• Chen Xin attacked while Yue Guan and Gui Mei used the Two-Pole Static Domain to immobilize the creature, allowing him to sever its serpent head and damage its tortoise head.
• The creature regenerated its heads by merging the fallen pieces into the black mire, and the brothers claimed they had become immortal.
• Dugu Bo struck the creature with Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor poison, then added venom from a vial, causing the enormous tortoise to collapse.

Dugu Bo used Xiao Qing’s jade flood dragon venom to destroy the black tortoise fusion of Xu Meng and Shi Da, while Spirit City’s spirit masters fought the brothers’ shadow projections. The shadows suddenly melted and flowed toward the Pope Palace, leaving Zhang Wei lamenting the merits he had been about to earn.

• Dugu Bo’s jade phosphor serpent emperor poison slowed the black tortoise, but he then threw Xiao Qing’s undiluted jade flood dragon venom at it.
• The venom spread through the black tortoise and melted it from within, causing the fusion to collapse and revealing Xu Meng and Shi Da.
• Spirit Hall forces and academy teams fought shadow projections across Spirit City, with some academies suffering casualties as the shadows revived.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu faced stronger Soul Saint-level shadows until Zhang Wei and other Titled Douluos joined the fight.
• The shadows across Spirit City melted into black liquid and flowed toward the Pope Palace, causing Zhang Wei to lose the merits he expected to earn.

Xu Meng absorbed the shadows and his brother’s corpse before Yue Guan’s attack left him as a black skeleton. The Evil God High Priest emerged from the remains, revealed his plan to sacrifice Spirit City to revive the Evil God, and fought the Spirit Masters as two seemingly unconcerned figures watched.

• The shadows across Spirit City converged on Xu Meng, who devoured Shi Da’s corpse to gain strength.
• Yue Guan struck Xu Meng with his Eighth Spirit Skill, leaving a black skeleton that continued to move.
• A black heart rebuilt the skeleton, and the creature identified himself as the Evil God High Priest.
• The Evil God High Priest explained that he intended to sacrifice Spirit City and use himself as a vessel to revive the Evil God.
• Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi blocked his attack while Dugu Bo and Chen Xin counterattacked, but the High Priest healed from Chen Xin’s sword strikes.
• The High Priest chose a nearby man and woman as targets, but Bibi Dong stopped preparing to intervene.

Ye Qing let the Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd fight the Evil God High Priest while he and the Ice Empress watched from behind a barrier. The halberd wounded the High Priest and cut off his arm, revealing that its power and Abyssal energy could overcome his regeneration.

• Bibi Dong recognized that the level 99 Evil God High Priest and his Divine Power posed a serious threat, while Ye Qing understood the enemy intended to kill him as a warning to the others.
• Ye Qing created a barrier around the Pope Palace and sent the Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd to fight the High Priest as he and the Ice Empress ate melon.
• The halberd cut apart the High Priest's shadowy attack, causing him pain for the first time in years, and Dugu Bo stopped Chen Xin and the others from interfering.
• The High Priest tried to block the halberd with a Black Tortoise Shell Shield, but the weapon sliced through the shield and his arm, preventing the limb from regenerating.
• The High Priest tore away part of his shoulder to heal the wound and realized the halberd was not an ordinary Martial Soul.

Ye Qing’s Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd fought the Evil God High Priest, who tried to infect and control it with black liquid. The halberd defeated him and evolved, while the High Priest began an early Divine Descent to summon his Evil God.

• The Evil God High Priest realized the barrier trapped him in Spirit City and that he could escape only if the Evil God descended or the High Priestess was killed.
• Ye Qing ordered the Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd to attack without damaging the city, and it cornered the High Priest with arcs of halberd light.
• The High Priest caught the halberd with his abdomen and poured black liquid onto it, hoping to infect and control the weapon.
• The black liquid enraged the Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd, which advanced its Artifact Spirit, spoke for the first time, and split the High Priest nearly in half.
• Ye Qing comforted the distressed halberd and withdrew it into his body, while the High Priest rose and began Divine Descent ahead of schedule.

Ye Qing confronted an Evil God who had been summoned early by the Evil God High Priest, but the god recognized Ye Qing’s overwhelming power and fled back into the seal. Ye Qing then prepared to punish the High Priest with the Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd, whose spirit wanted revenge.

• The Evil God descended through the High Priest, complained about the lack of sacrificial blood, and struck the High Priest for summoning him early.
• The High Priest convinced the Evil God to attack Ye Qing, but the Evil God recognized Ye Qing as a far stronger god and admitted that the High Priest had been outmatched.
• The Evil God tried to withdraw into the Sealed Space, and Ye Qing seized him, but the god escaped after cutting off his own arm.
• Ye Qing turned his attention to the High Priest and said the Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd wanted revenge for being angered.
• The Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd asked Ye Qing to wield it against the High Priest, and Ye Qing praised its resolve.

Ye Qing killed the Evil God High Priest’s body and sent his surviving soul into the Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd, where its newly formed Artifact Spirit destroyed him. With the barrier over Spirit City gone, the survivors dealt with the aftermath, while Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that her Cross Halberd had reacted to the new Artifact Spirit as if it had seen its parents.

• Ye Qing pierced the Evil God High Priest’s throat and nailed his body to a stone pillar, causing the barrier over Spirit City to begin collapsing.
• The High Priest’s surviving soul entered the Heavenly Demon God-Slaying Halberd’s Artifact Spirit space, where the Artifact Spirit took the form of an armored girl and confronted him.
• The Artifact Spirit smashed the High Priest’s soul apart, and the black-purple barrier over Spirit City vanished.
• Ye Qing retrieved the halberd and returned with Ice Empress as Spirit Masters gathered to assess casualties and locate missing people.
• Bibi Dong left with Qian Renxue, then asked what was wrong; Qian Renxue said her Cross Halberd had reacted as though it had seen its parents.

Qian Renxue learned that Qian Xunji was not her father and that Qian Daoliu would have to sacrifice himself to open her path to the Angel God’s inheritance. After the tournament’s interrupted final resumed, Heavenly Demon won the championship, and a month later seven North Rock Academy students set out to travel together.

• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong whether Qian Xunji was her father, and Bibi Dong confirmed he was not while withholding the rest of the truth.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue that Qian Daoliu’s life would be required to open the final Angel God trial, but that he could return as an undying divine soul if she succeeded.
• Ye Qing extracted energy from the Evil God High Priest and the Evil God’s severed arm, strengthening the Ice Empress’s Locking Claws.
• Spirit Hall reported the casualties and damage, then resumed the tournament final a few hours later; Heavenly Demon defeated Spirit Hall and claimed the championship.
• A month after the tournament, seven students from North Rock Academy said farewell to their headmaster and began traveling south together.

Bibi Dong ordered Yan, Lei, and Xin to undergo doubled training in Death Canyon, then changed their assignment after receiving a message from Gui Mei. At Shrek Academy, the students considered their futures until news arrived of ancient ruins and Soul Tools discovered in the sea northwest of Heaven Dou Empire, prompting Xue Ye to entrust a secret investigation to Xue Qinghe.

• Bibi Dong assigned Yan, Lei, and Xin to Death Canyon with Iron Thorn overseeing them, then doubled their training period after Yan praised their resolve.
• Yue Guan brought Bibi Dong a message from Gui Mei, and she ordered information leaked to the Star Luo Imperial Family before changing the group's immediate plans.
• Jiang Zhu accepted a post in Heaven Dou Empire's Royal Medical Corps, Tai Long returned to the Strength Clan, and Ma Hongjun chose to stay with Flender.
• Dai Mubai planned to return to Star Luo and travel the continent, while Tang San offered him a possible way out; Oscar decided to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tai Long told Flender and the Shrek students that fishermen had found sunken ruins containing Soul Tools on newly risen land in the sea northwest of Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Ye instructed Xue Qinghe to investigate the discovery secretly and keep Star Luo and Spirit Hall from learning about it.

Xue Ye told Xue Qinghe about an ancient military Soul Tool found on an island and ordered him to lead a secret expedition to recover its technology. Ye Qing traced the island to the Sea Princess Clan’s territory and learned that the Sea Princess’s ancestors had destroyed the remnants of an ancient empire, explaining how Soul Tool technology was lost.

• Xue Ye explained that an earthquake and tsunami had exposed ruins containing a military Soul Tool that ordinary soldiers could use, and he ordered Xue Qinghe to assemble a team to explore the island.
• Xue Ye revealed that the Soul Tools came from a prosperous empire that once united the continent, whose surviving imperial family had taken its craftsmen and technology overseas.
• Bibi Dong learned of the discovery and spread the information to Star Luo and the various Sects, while Gang Zong sent Ye Qing a detailed report and map.
• Ye Qing asked the Ice Empress to identify the island, and she recognized it as the Sea Princess Clan’s territory.
• Ye Qing contacted the Sea Princess, who confirmed that the island held the ruins of an arrogant former nation destroyed by her ancestor in a tsunami.
• Ye Qing concluded that the ancient empire’s Soul Guidance Technology had been lost after the Sea Princess destroyed its island refuge and its people’s secrecy had prevented the craft from being passed down.

Ye Qing assigned Hui Tai Lang to investigate an ancient ruin and retrieve or destroy its technologies, while Dai Qingkun sent Star Luo’s fleet to confront Heaven Dou over the site. After Star Luo reached the ruins ahead of schedule, Xue Ye suspected a high-ranking mole and asked Xue Qinghe who the traitor was.

• Ye Qing learned from Sea Princess that the ancient island’s barrier restricted human Spirit Masters and ordered Hui Tai Lang to collect potentially military technologies from its ruins while destroying the rest.
• A leaked report reached Dai Qingkun, who ordered Star Luo’s northern fleet to confront Heaven Dou and prevent it from claiming the ruin’s discoveries alone.
• Dai Qingkun explained to Wan Lu that he believed Spirit Hall had leaked the information to provoke a standoff and create an opening to mediate.
• Star Luo’s fleet reached the ruins after traveling nonstop, surprising Xue Ye, who realized a high-ranking subordinate had leaked the information.
• Xue Ye summoned Xue Qinghe, changed the plan, and asked who he believed the traitor was.

Xue Qinghe and Xue Ye prepared Heaven Dou for a joint expedition with Star Luo and Spirit Hall to investigate the island’s ruins. As the expedition finally landed, Hui Tai Lang’s Wolf Bandits were secretly removing valuable artifacts, and a clash with the arriving humans left Jiao Tai Lang injured.

• Xue Qinghe urged Xue Ye to send more people to the island, and he agreed after deciding Heaven Dou could not risk an all-out conflict with Star Luo.
• Xue Qinghe reported that Kamikaze Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Shrek had agreed to join in exchange for access to Soul Tools and materials.
• Salas mediated between Heaven Dou and Star Luo, proposing that both Empires, Spirit Hall, and affiliated Sects send groups to the ruins and share the materials.
• The joint force set sail for the island while Hui Tai Lang’s Wolf Bandits used the sea fog and Giant Turtles to secretly carry artifacts away.
• Hui Tai Lang ordered his bandits to collect or remove advanced tools from the ruins, then sent Ye Tai Lang and Little White Wolf to support Jiao Tai Lang after humans landed and injured him.

Tang San led a small Shrek group away from the Heaven Dou search party to find valuable ruins, but they encountered Jiao Tai Lang and his Wolf Bandit pack. After the humans attacked and Jiao Tai Lang raised the alarm, the group retreated to the main force as more than a hundred Wolf Bandits approached.

• Jiao Tai Lang cleared shells from a stone stele, accidentally broke it, and had his subordinates retrieve a box of records.
• Tang San led Ma Hongjun, Tai Long, and Oscar away from the Heaven Dou main force to explore the ruins ahead of them.
• The four spotted Jiao Tai Lang, debated how to handle him, and fired their Godly Zhuge Crossbows when a wind shift revealed their scent.
• Jiao Tai Lang dodged most of the arrows, howled for help, and was protected by Wolf Bandits as Tang San led his group back toward the main force.
• Tang San warned the gathered teams that a Wolf Bandit pack was on the island, and more than a hundred Wolf Bandits emerged from the mist.

Heaven Dou and Star Luo’s search teams joined forces against Hui Tai Lang’s Wolf Bandits, but a sudden collapse forced the humans to retreat. Hui Tai Lang discovered that Jiao Tai Lang had accidentally triggered the island’s self-destruct mechanism, and the Wolf Bandits withdrew as the island sank.

• The Heaven Dou and Star Luo forces formed a defensive line when more than two hundred Wolf Bandits gathered, including the Wolf Kings Night Tai Lang and Little White Wolf.
• Little White Wolf led the Wolf Bandits in a charge, but their coordinated earth and ice defenses neutralized the humans’ arrows and crossbow bolts.
• As the two sides clashed, a rift split the island and seawater rushed in, prompting both human commanders to order a retreat to their ships.
• Hui Tai Lang and Jiao Tai Lang found that Jiao Tai Lang’s discarded banana peel had triggered an ancient Soul Tool’s self-destruct mechanism beneath the island.
• Hui Tai Lang ordered the Wolf Bandits to withdraw to the Sea Turtle, and the rolling Jiao Tai Lang landed on its shell as they prepared to return.

After the island sank, the factions escaped, divided their recovered Soul Tools and technology, and planned a salvage operation. Shrek split up, and Oscar joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a teaching assistant, where he learned that Ning Rongrong was at the Heavenly Demon Sect.

• Hui Tai Lang watched the island collapse while the exploration teams escaped the whirlpool and gathered to count their finds.
• Spirit Hall, Heaven Dou, and Star Luo exchanged copies of their recovered technology after Star Luo questioned the agreed sharing arrangement.
• The Heaven Dou representative planned to blame the Crown Prince's recruited Spirit Masters for the failed expedition and reported that the Wolf Bandits had escaped.
• Heaven Dou and Star Luo agreed to fund a joint deep-sea salvage operation, while Dai Mubai set out to travel and Oscar headed for Seven Treasure City.
• Oscar passed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's selection and chose a teaching assistant post among its direct descendants.
• Oscar traded a lollipop for information from children and learned that Ning Rongrong was at the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Oscar questioned Ning Rongrong’s young cousin about Ning Rongrong and learned she was studying at the Heavenly Demon Sect and was expected to become engaged to Xie Yue. Meanwhile, the North Rock Seven joined the Heavenly Demon Outer Sect and encountered Hu Liena before she left to gain experience.

• Oscar paid Ning Rongrong’s cousin in lollipops for information, while students coordinated through their Spirit Power Pagers to keep him as her customer.
• Oscar bought expensive lollipops from a shop manager who revealed that he had formerly been the teaching assistant and had resigned to take a more lucrative position.
• Ning Rongrong’s cousin told Oscar that Ning Rongrong studied at the Heavenly Demon Sect and was likely to become engaged to Xie Yue when she next returned.
• Ning Rongrong’s cousin explained that Oscar’s chances were poor because the sect barred direct descendants from marrying Support-type Spirit Masters unless they could defeat Elders Sword and Bone.
• The North Rock Seven joined the Heavenly Demon Outer Sect and met Hu Liena, who said she was leaving to gain experience and might not return for a year.
• The North Rock Seven misinterpreted Hu Liena’s farewell as a promise to visit them again.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue began separate training journeys, while Xie Yue traveled with Gang Zong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to discuss his engagement to Ning Rongrong. After Chen Xin tested Xie Yue’s ability to protect Ning Rongrong, the couple toured Seven Treasure City and encountered Oscar.

• Hu Liena left through the teleportation array for the Star Dou Great Forest, while Xie Yue accompanied Gang Zong and Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Gang Zong met with Ning Fengzhi to discuss the arrangements for Xie Yue and Ning Rongrong’s engagement.
• Chen Xin tested Xie Yue’s sword skills, explaining that he wanted to make sure Xie Yue could protect Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong interrupted Chen Xin, recognized that he had pushed the test too far, and took Xie Yue out to tour Seven Treasure City.
• Xie Yue and Ning Rongrong encountered Oscar working at the Candy Store.

Ning Rongrong reunited with Oscar, arranged for him to receive better support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and revealed that she and Xie Yue were getting engaged. After Oscar let go of his crush, the shopkeeper took him to buy self-defense equipment, where he discovered the Sect sold Godly Zhuge Crossbows for only seven Gold Soul Coins each.

• Ning Rongrong introduced Oscar to Xie Yue and offered to help him bypass much of the Sect's probationary process.
• Ning Rongrong showed Oscar the ring Xie Yue had made for her and told him they would soon get engaged.
• Ning Rongrong invited Oscar to their engagement and asked the shopkeeper to give him time off to settle into the city.
• Oscar accepted that Ning Rongrong loved Xie Yue, and the shopkeeper took him to the Inner City's self-defense goods district.
• The shopkeeper showed Oscar a wall of Godly Zhuge Crossbows and offered to guarantee his purchase for seven Gold Soul Coins.

Oscar explored Seven Treasure City and discovered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s mass-produced, improved Godly Zhuge Crossbows. As Xie Yue prepared for his engagement to Ning Rongrong, Gang Zong warned him to keep their relationship within bounds and Xie Yue asked whether Ning Rongrong could join his year of training.

• Oscar accepted a Godly Zhuge Crossbow and bolts from the shopkeeper, then tested the weapon at the range.
• The shopkeeper showed Oscar around Seven Treasure City and explained that the sect’s crossbows and bolts were mass-produced and easier to maintain than Tang San’s design.
• Oscar received Yvonne’s invitation to Ning Rongrong and Xie Yue’s engagement ceremony, and the shopkeeper advised him to attend without bringing a gift.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gang Zong settled the engagement arrangements, setting the ceremony for seven days later and hosting Xie Yue and Gang Zong’s family at the sect.
• Gang Zong slept on Xie Yue’s floor and warned him not to rush into intimacy with Ning Rongrong before she was older.
• Xie Yue asked Gang Zong whether Ning Rongrong could accompany him on a year of training, and Gang Zong told him to ask the adult who had arranged it.

Xie Yue struggled to sleep in Seven Treasure City, first because Gang Zong snored and then because Chen Xin kept him up with sword practice. As Ning Rongrong prepared to join Xie Yue on a dangerous training journey, Ning Fengzhi asked him to protect her, and Xie Yue promised he would.

• Xie Yue could not sleep beside Gang Zong, who refused to let him leave and snored through the night despite Gang Ya's advice in the group chat.
• Xie Yue explained the situation to Ning Rongrong, who teased him about starting a family and then asked to join his year-or-longer training journey.
• Xie Yue warned Ning Rongrong that the journey would have no turning back, but she chose to face the danger with him after he promised not to abandon her.
• Xie Yue went to Chen Xin's residence for a quiet night's rest, but Chen Xin challenged him to sword practice, keeping him awake until dawn.
• Ning Fengzhi brought Xie Yue to his room for rest, told him stories about Ning Rongrong's childhood, and asked him as a father to take good care of her.
• Xie Yue promised Ning Fengzhi that anyone who wanted to hurt Ning Rongrong would have to get past him first.