Chapter Summaries

After Tian Meng was rejected by the Sun Moon Divine Snail and learned that Ye Qing and Gu Yuena were discussing their future together, he withdrew into seclusion. Nearly two years later, the Eagle Woman brought Xiao Tong to Moonlight Pavilion so Tang Yuehua’s calming domain could help her master her volatile Beast Soul.

• The two adult dragons completed their coming-of-age ceremony, and Gu Yuena began another round of training for the young dragons.
• The Sun Moon Divine Snail clearly rejected Tian Meng, but he remained unwilling to give up; after hearing Ye Qing and Gu Yuena discuss their future, he entered shut-in mode.
• Nearly two years passed as the group continued training, while Xiao Tong remained stuck at eight Soul Patterns and struggled to control her Beast Soul.
• The Eagle Woman took Xiao Tong to Moonlight Pavilion and explained that Tang Yuehua’s Noble Ring domain could help calm her violent emotions.
• The Eagle Woman and Xiao Tong entered Moonlight Pavilion despite their unconventional clothes, and the students inside recognized their status and did not challenge them.

Eagle Woman brought Xiao Tong to Moonlight Pavilion so Tang Yuehua could help her control the violent instincts of her Beast Soul. Xiao Tong began training under Tang Yuehua, but her immense strength and Spirit Power made her a potential danger to the Pavilion.

• Eagle Woman asked Ao De to reserve an admission slot for Xiao Tong and waited for Tang Yuehua to return.
• Eagle Woman told Xiao Tong she would have to stay at Moonlight Pavilion until she learned to control her wildness.
• Tang Yuehua agreed to train Xiao Tong to calm her emotions, and Eagle Woman left her in Tang Yuehua's care.
• Tang Yuehua had Xiao Tong change into more suitable clothes, but Xiao Tong accidentally tore an outfit and broke a zither.
• Xiao Tong revealed that her Spirit Power was about level 85, so Tang Yuehua arranged for her to move into an independent courtyard.

Xiao Tong settled into Moonlight Pavilion, where her unusual habits and strength drew Xue Qinghe’s suspicion. After months of growing close to the staff, she stepped in when two ragged newcomers threatened to cripple workers, leaving a confrontation underway.

• Tang Yuehua housed Xiao Tong separately and warned her not to fight without control, while Xiao Tong trained and damaged Moonlight Pavilion’s furnishings.
• Xue Qinghe brought Xue Ke to Moonlight Pavilion, noticed Xiao Tong’s training equipment, and became suspicious after Xiao Tong detected blood on her.
• Tang Yuehua persuaded Xiao Tong to stop jumping out of windows by threatening to extend her stay, and Xiao Tong gradually adapted to the pavilion’s rules.
• Xiao Tong befriended Moonlight Pavilion’s workers, bought roasted meat in the lower district, and carried their letters to nearby homes.
• Xiao Tong returned to find a ragged Spirit Master threatening to break two workers’ arms, so she intervened and demanded to know what they had done.

Xiao Tong confronted Tang San after he attacked Moonlight Pavilion’s employees, and their clash revealed that she was a Spirit Douluo with strong resistance to poison. She prepared to retaliate against Tang San while warning that he and Tang Hao would be responsible for any damage.

• Xiao Tong stopped the Moonlight Pavilion employees from being seriously hurt and challenged the killing intent directed at her.
• Xiao Tong explained that she had been holding back during months of cultivation and did not want another fight to add to her debts.
• Tang San’s years in Slaughter City had left him suspicious and quick to fight, and he ignored Xiao Tong’s request to let the dispute go.
• Tang San attacked Xiao Tong with his flexible sword and Blue Silver Grass, but her body resisted the sword and she tore through his spirit skills.
• Xiao Tong revealed that she was a Spirit Douluo and that Tang San’s snake-based poison could not affect her.
• Xiao Tong announced that she would treat Tang San the way he had wanted to treat the Pavilion employees and make him pay for any damage.

Xiao Tong defeated Tang San in Moonlight Pavilion, breaking his arm after he attacked her with Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer. Tang Hao intervened, and Xiao Tong prepared to fight him.

• Xiao Tong tore through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass restraints while Tang San evaded her using his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San provoked Xiao Tong with his Blue Silver Overlord Emperor Spear, but she caught it and broke free of his vines before he attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Tong struck Tang San with her Eighth Spirit Skill, Body-Piercing Force, and precisely fractured his arm.
• Tang Hao stopped Tang San and told him to immobilize his arm, then confronted Xiao Tong over the injury.
• Xiao Tong challenged Tang Hao to fight, and she tensed herself for the battle.

Xiao Tong fought Tang Hao at Moonlight Pavilion, revealing her strength and extraordinary recovery as she held her own against him without his Martial Soul. When Tang Hao brought out the Clear Sky Hammer, Gu Rong intervened and Lady Eagle pulled Xiao Tong from the battle.

• Xiao Tong revealed her eight Spirit Rings and challenged Tang Hao, who underestimated her after seeing her earlier fight with Tang San.
• Tang Hao and Xiao Tong exchanged blows, and her recovery and force-piercing attacks gradually put him at a disadvantage.
• Ao De rushed to find help, while Tang Yuehua returned with Lady Eagle and Gu Rong; Lady Eagle and Gu Rong hurried to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and struck at Xiao Tong, but Gu Rong blocked the blow with a Bone Shield.
• Lady Eagle pulled Xiao Tong away, warning her that she could not yet face Tang Hao at full strength.

Xiao Tong prepared to leave Moonlight Pavilion after her clash with Tang Hao, while Eagle Woman and Gu Rong confronted him over his grudge against her. Gu Rong took them to an empty plain to witness a fight between Tang Hao and Eagle Woman, where both agreed to settle the matter without targeting each other's juniors.

• Eagle Woman told Xiao Tong she could leave Moonlight Pavilion, and Xiao Tong resolved to return in a few years to settle her score with Tang Hao.
• Gu Rong told Tang Hao that Xiao Tong belonged to Heavenly Demon and that he would defend her, warning Tang Hao not to turn their private dispute into a conflict between sects.
• Tang Yuehua returned to Moonlight Pavilion after Gu Rong had taken Eagle Woman and Tang Hao away, then learned what had happened and questioned Tang San about his father.
• Gu Rong brought Eagle Woman and Tang Hao to an empty plain, where Eagle Woman challenged Tang Hao to settle their grievances and Gu Rong agreed to witness the fight.

Tang Hao fought Eagle Woman in the arena Gu Rong created, using Clear Sky Hammer techniques against her control of wind and Iron Feathers. Tang Hao reached her through a storm of returning feathers, but his hammer struck an afterimage and Eagle Woman’s claws stopped at his throat.

• Gu Rong set a five-hundred-meter boundary for Tang Hao and Eagle Woman’s duel, and Tang Hao demanded an explanation for Tang San’s injuries.
• Eagle Woman challenged the Clear Sky Sect’s past reputation, then activated her Soul Pattern and nine Spirit Rings as Tang Hao prepared to fight with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao spun up a tornado to disrupt Eagle Woman’s flight, but she controlled the air around herself and sent Iron Feathers cutting through the arena.
• Tang Hao launched himself into the sky, and Eagle Woman recalled her earlier feathers to surround him with a combined attack from every direction.
• Tang Hao shielded himself, forced his way to Eagle Woman, and swung his hammer, but it hit an afterimage as her claws appeared before his throat.

Tang San reunited with his Shrek Academy friends after five years, and they caught up on how their lives had changed. Dai Mubai arrived days later looking disheveled and revealed that a major upheaval had left Star Luo with its first empress.

• Gu Rong ended the fight between Tang Hao and Xiao Tong, and Tang Hao accepted his defeat before reuniting with his sister Tang Yuehua and meeting his nephew Tang San.
• Eagle Woman left Moonlight Pavilion with Xiao Tong, while Tang Yuehua arranged for Tang San to recover and continue his studies.
• Five years after graduation, Tang San returned to Shrek Academy and met Ma Hongjun, then Oscar; Dai Mubai was absent from the reunion dinner.
• After several more days, Dai Mubai finally reached Shrek in a filthy state and told Tang San that the contest for the throne had not begun, but upheaval in Star Luo had made Zhu the emperor's surname.

Dai Mubai and the others learned that Star Luo had fallen in a long-planned coup led by Zhu Qinluo, with several powerful factions involved. Dai Weisi urged his brother to seek help in Heaven Dou, where Yu Xiaogang believed the new threat to the balance of power might persuade the empire to intervene.

• Dai Mubai explained that the new ruler of Star Luo came from the Zhu Family, but Tang San mistakenly assumed it was his mother.
• Dai Weisi arrived and revealed that he and other Dai family members had escaped through a secret passage and traveled to Heaven Dou.
• Dai Weisi explained that Zhu Qinluo had survived, conspired with Wan Lu and other families, and helped overthrow the Dai family with support from the Star Crown Xu Family, Heavenly Demon, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile.
• Dai Weisi said the rebels had seized the secret chamber containing most of Star Luo's military command seals, leaving the Dai family badly outmatched.
• Yu Xiaogang advised the Dai brothers to seek aid from Heaven Dou, arguing that Star Luo's increased strength threatened the balance between the empires.

Dai Weisi explained Star Luo’s crisis and the Xu Family’s hidden role in its founding, while Yu Xiaogang and the princes considered seeking Heaven Dou’s support. Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe learned that Star Luo had fallen, but Xue Ye remained unconvinced that Heaven Dou should intervene.

• Dai Mubai rejected Yu Xiaogang’s suggestion to involve Heaven Dou, fearing Star Luo would lose its independence.
• Dai Weisi revealed that the Xu Family’s influence had left only a fraction of Star Luo’s old legions likely to obey the Dai Clan, then recounted the Xu Family’s role in founding the empire.
• Yu Xiaogang realized the Xu Family might still possess Titled Douluos and the ability to devastate armies, making Star Luo’s opponents overwhelmingly powerful.
• The group agreed to seek Heaven Dou’s nominal support and went to the Imperial Palace with Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai to Xue Ye as Star Luo’s First and Third Princes, then announced that Star Luo was gone.
• After Xue Qinghe joined the audience and heard the situation, Xue Ye acknowledged Yu Xiaogang’s warning but said it had not yet persuaded him to help.

Emperor Xue Ye considered exploiting Star Luo’s upheaval, while Dai Weisi negotiated Heaven Dou’s support for restoring the Dai Clan. In Star Luo, Zhu Qinluo sat on the throne as Empress but cared more about becoming stronger, and Wan Ze and Wan Lu formally paid their respects.

• Xue Ye summoned Ge Long and asked how quickly Heaven Dou could take Star Luo’s border defenses; Ge Long estimated two months and agreed to lead if ordered.
• Dai Mubai rejected the idea of tricking Star Luo’s forces into opening the gates, while Yu Xiaogang warned that Spirit Masters and Titled Douluo made an invasion dangerous.
• Ning Fengzhi said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not taken part in the coup, and Dai Weisi offered Heaven Dou three provinces and a border city in exchange for troops to restore his country.
• Xue Ye dismissed Dai Weisi’s proposed territories as impractical and asked him to recount what had happened during the overthrow.
• Zhu Qinluo sat on Star Luo’s throne after defeating the Dai Clan’s Old Ancestor, her elder sister, and brother-in-law, but told Zhu Zhuqing that she preferred becoming stronger to being Empress.
• Wan Ze and Wan Lu entered the Imperial Palace and paid respects to Zhu Qinluo as Her Majesty the Empress.

After Zhu Qinluo seized the Star Luo Imperial Palace, she explained that Dai Mubai’s escape had been allowed to keep Dai loyalists from resorting to sabotage. The chapter then flashed back to the preparations for her coup and ended as Zhu Qinwu recognized her supposedly dead sister.

• Zhu Qinluo ordered her forces to finish securing the imperial city and said she would decide later what to do with Dai Qingkun and Zhu Qinwu.
• Mao Qi reported that Dai Mubai had reached Heaven Dou, revealing that Zhu Qinluo had deliberately let him escape to preserve hope among Dai loyalists.
• Dai Qingkun confronted Zhu Qinluo, who said their grandmother had asked her to spare Zhu Qinwu and left Mao Qi to guard them.
• Several days earlier, Zhu Qinluo confirmed the operation with Wan Ze and secured the Xu Family’s support before the coup began.
• Xue You’s Other Shore Flowers broke the palace defenses, and Zhu Qinluo and Shana confronted Dai Qingkun and Zhu Qinwu.
• Zhu Qinwu recognized Zhu Qinluo and realized her elder sister was alive.

Zhu Qinluo attacked the Star Luo Imperial Palace to seize the throne and overwhelmed Zhu Qinwu and Dai Qingkun with her Titled Douluo strength. The Dai Clan Ancestor emerged from underground to defend Star Luo, but Zhu Qinluo summoned a black Hell White Tiger that pinned down the pair’s fusion skill.

• Zhu Qinwu recognized Zhu Qinluo as the source of the black mist, and Zhu Qinluo declared that she had come to settle accounts and take the throne.
• Zhu Qinwu and Dai Qingkun fused into the Hell White Tiger, but Zhu Qinluo used her strength-boosting Hell Selection skill to overpower them.
• The Dai Clan Ancestor emerged from his underground seclusion after the Hell White Tiger alerted him, and he joined the fight against Zhu Qinluo.
• Zhu Qinluo used her attack boost and Nether Mist to evade the Dai Clan Ancestor’s strikes and wound him.
• Zhu Qinluo summoned a black Hell White Tiger with her ninth spirit skill, Nether Mirror Image, and it crushed Dai Qingkun and Zhu Qinwu’s fusion skill.

Zhu Qinluo fought the Dai Clan Ancestor inside the Imperial Palace while her Nether Mirror Image battled Dai Qingkun and Zhu Qinwu. She gained the upper hand with her shadow-based Spirit Skills and left the ancestor engulfed in Nether Ghost Flame as Shana warned her about damaging the palace.

• The Dai Clan Ancestor realized Zhu Qinluo had survived their earlier defeat and criticized Dai Qingkun and Zhu Qinwu for failing to eliminate her.
• Zhu Qinluo summoned a replicated Hell White Tiger to fight Dai Qingkun and Zhu Qinwu while she faced the Dai Clan Ancestor alone.
• Zhu Qinluo spread Nether Mist, weakening the ancestor's attacks, then used Nether Shadow Prison Kill to create combatant copies of both their shadows.
• The Dai Clan Ancestor unleashed powerful Spirit Skills that damaged the Imperial Palace, but Zhu Qinluo avoided the blow with Shadow Substitute and Nether Mist.
• The Hell White Tiger struck Dai Qingkun and Zhu Qinwu, seriously injuring them and forcing the ancestor to worry about the emperor's safety.
• Zhu Qinluo evaded the ancestor's next attack, set him ablaze with Nether Ghost Flame Explosion, and Shana extinguished the flames while complaining about damage to the palace.

Zhu Qinluo fought the Dai Clan Ancestor in the Imperial Palace while Shana tried to contain the destruction, and Zhu revealed that the rebellion had been carefully prepared with help from hidden allies. Outside the palace, Star Luo Royal Academy committee members were trapped by Old Matriarch Xu, who asked whether they had heard of the Star Crown Xu Clan.

• Zhu Qinluo used Nether Ghost Flame Explosion to burn the Dai Clan Ancestor's Soul Power and restore her own, then both fighters unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars.
• The two giant beasts battered the Imperial Palace, and Shana shielded herself from the falling rubble while complaining about the destruction.
• Zhu Qinluo revealed that the Nether Guard had surrounded the palace and that Old Matriarch Xu was holding off the Royal Academy and noble reinforcements.
• Dai Linze, Dai Ming, and Qian Jun found themselves trapped in an illusion that had led them away from the Imperial Palace.
• Qian Jun identified the illusion as a formation activated by starlight, and Old Matriarch Xu appeared and asked whether they had heard of the Star Crown Xu Clan.

Xu Ling revealed the Star Crown’s power and trapped the Star Luo Royal Academy group under threatening starlight while the coup against the Dai Family advanced. Shana exposed Heavenly Demon’s involvement, but the Dai Clan Ancestor escaped with Dai Qingkun and others to a hidden shelter that Xue You’s flower had already exposed.

• Dai Linze and Dai Ming could not recognize the Star Crown Xu Clan, while Qian Jun explained that Xu Ling’s Star Crown connected her to the stars.
• Xu Ling summoned her Star Crown, revealed her youthful form and nine Spirit Rings, and warned that the Death Omen Stars’ light could kill them.
• The Dai Clan Ancestor destroyed the Hell White Tiger duplicate but was badly wounded, as Shana revealed that she belonged to Heavenly Demon and that Wan Lu had aided the coup.
• A fierce tiger’s roar swept Dai Qingkun, the Dai Clan Ancestor, and their companions away from the battle, and Xue You sensed that they remained inside the Imperial Palace.
• The Dai Clan Ancestor brought the group to an underground emergency shelter and planned their escape, but Dai Qingkun discovered the Other Shore Flower seed Xue You had given him blooming at his waist.

Zhu Qinluo's forces found the Dai Clan Ancestor's Underground Palace hideout, defeated the remaining Dai loyalists, and took control of the Imperial Palace. Meanwhile, Tang San and Dai Mubai reached a Clear Sky Sect outpost and were led toward the Sect's hidden mountain stronghold.

• Xue You located the Other Shore Flower seeds in a concealed room beneath the Imperial Palace, and Gu Rong opened a Spatial Channel for Zhu Qinluo's group to reach it.
• The Dai Clan Ancestor teleported Dai Weisi away and destroyed the array, but Zhu Qinluo's forces overwhelmed him, Dai Qingkun, and Zhu Qinwu.
• At the next day's Morning Court, Zhu Qinluo appeared before the assembled factions and stunned the head of the Zhu Family by revealing herself.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai followed Tang Yuehua's map to a village near Heaven Dou City, where Tang San proved his Clear Sky Sect identity with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Clear Sky Sect disciples led Tang San away from the village, testing his speed before guiding him over a chain bridge toward the Sect's hidden mountain peaks.

Tang San reached the Clear Sky Sect, where he accepted three conditions for restoring his family’s place in the clan and learned that the elders expected him to atone for Tang Hao’s actions. He asked the sect to help Dai Mubai reclaim Star Luo, but the elders reacted coldly when he described the Heavenly Demon’s growing power.

• Tang San crossed the icy mountain chains and entered the Clear Sky Sect after showing the Clear Sky Hammer, while Dai Mubai waited outside without food or shelter.
• Tang Xiao welcomed Tang San as his nephew and planned for him to return to the ancestral fold.
• Tang San passed the sect’s test, and the Second Elder required him to reach Soul Power Level eighty, bring back a Titled Douluo’s head, and obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring within ten years.
• Tang San accepted the conditions and decided that an expensive Artificial Spirit Ring might fulfill the third requirement.
• Tang San told the elders that the Star Luo Dai Family had lost its throne and asked the Clear Sky Sect to help Dai Mubai restore it in exchange for Star Luo’s support.
• Tang San explained that the Heavenly Demon and its allies had five Titled Douluo, and several elders responded with cold expressions.

Tang San failed to persuade the Clear Sky Sect to help the Dai Family immediately, but agreed to meet conditions that would let the sect reconsider. He began building the Tang Sect with the Strength and Defense Clans, and a Swift Express courier arrived to summon the Speed Clan’s leader.

• Second Elder explained why the Clear Sky Sect would not risk its remaining disciples against Spirit Hall and the Heavenly Demon, then set conditions for future support.
• Tang San agreed to either become a Titled Douluo or recruit his brother as one, and to find Tang Chen or reach level 99 himself.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai that the negotiations were half done and began organizing the Tang Sect with the Strength Clan’s resources and blacksmiths.
• Tang San and Tai Tan met the Defense Clan, which joined the Tang Sect after Tang San proved he could break its defenses.
• Niu Gao explained that the Speed Clan had become wealthy through business and its connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tai Tan revealed that he had paid for express delivery, and a courier called for the Mighty Invincible Gorilla to receive his package.