Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue, Gu Yuena, and Qian Ningshuang concluded that an unknown force behind Tang San had manipulated memories and the Fate Trajectory, possibly driving the Dragon God to his downfall. After arriving in Changkong City, Qian Renxue reunited with Qian Chongling, while Tang San promised to restore Xiao Wu’s badly scarred appearance.

• Qian Renxue explained why the God Realm and Asura God could not be the true masterminds behind the memory alterations and Tang San’s support.
• Gu Yuena said the Fate Trajectory’s accurate details, including Dragon Valley’s location, convinced her that someone beyond the God Realm was manipulating events.
• Qian Ningshuang connected the hidden mastermind to the figure who had driven the Dragon God to feign madness and seek death, then agreed not to dwell on it for now.
• Di Tian’s air transport brought Qian Ningshuang, Qian Renxue, and Gu Yuena to Changkong City, where Qian Chongling greeted Qian Renxue.
• Tang San promised Xiao Wu that he would restore her appearance, and she revealed her face, covered in severe burn scars.

Tang San struggled to find a way to restore Xiao Wu’s appearance, but every possible remedy pointed toward Camelot, which he refused to approach. With war breaking out again, Gu Rong changed the schedule and led the group toward Star Dou Forest, leaving Xiao Wu behind with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Tang San learned from Bone Douluo that Xiao Wu’s appearance could not be restored by ordinary healing, and that possible remedies required either the Nine Heart Begonia or help from Camelot.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San that the group would enter Star Dou Forest that day because an urgent matter had changed their plans.
• Gu Rong explained that Camelot and the Heaven Dou Empire had gone to war again and the Star Luo Empire was also making moves, so he needed to return to the sect soon.
• Tang San tried to delay the expedition by arguing that Xiao Wu needed a Spirit Ring, but Gu Rong privately pointed out that a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast did not need one.
• Gu Rong assigned Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to stay with Xiao Wu while the others entered the forest, leaving Tang San unable to pursue his plans involving Xiao Wu on this trip.

Tang San joined Bone Douluo and four hostile Blue Tyrant Academy students on a Spirit Ring hunt in Star Dou Forest, where he explained their target Spirit Beasts and defended Yu Xiaogang after Bone Douluo criticized him. Bone Douluo struck Tang San and challenged him to bring Yu Xiaogang to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for a public debate.

• Tang San silently endured the hostility of Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng as they followed Bone Douluo through Star Dou Forest.
• Bone Douluo asked Tang San which Spirit Beasts they needed, and Tang San named a Man Faced Demon Spider for himself, a Cockscomb Phoenix Snake for Oscar, and a fire-attributed bird for Ma Hongjun.
• Bone Douluo advised Tang San to stay away from Yu Xiaogang, citing problems with the methods Tang San had learned from him.
• Tang San demanded that Bone Douluo apologize for speaking ill of Yu Xiaogang and defended his teacher as imperfect rather than malicious.
• Bone Douluo slapped Tang San into a tree, shattered his mask, and told him to bring Yu Xiaogang to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for a public debate.

Gu Rong challenged Yu Xiaogang’s advice about the Spirit Rings for Oscar and Ma Hongjun, while Tang San privately resented him. As Gu Rong and the five youths prepared to leave Star Dou Forest, Xiong Jun appeared and demanded that they leave either Gu Rong or the five youths behind.

• Gu Rong criticized Yu Xiaogang’s knowledge and warned that the suggested Spirit Rings would waste Oscar’s potential and worsen Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul problem.
• Tang San put on another mask and followed Gu Rong, privately cursing him while recognizing that he needed his protection.
• A powerful voice stopped the group, and Xiong Jun introduced himself as a Spirit Beast and Star Dou Forest’s current manager.
• Gu Rong offered to leave the forest, but Xiong Jun refused and demanded either Gu Rong’s life or the lives of the five youths.
• As Xiong Jun narrowed his eyes at Gu Rong, a spatial passage opened behind him.

Xiong Jun ambushed Gu Rong in the Star Dou Forest, forcing Bone Douluo to flee alone and abandon the five Lanba Academy students. Gu Rong reached the town and took Ning Rongrong through a spatial passage to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Zhu Zhuqing remained behind.

• Gu Rong opened a spatial passage to escape with the five Lanba Academy students, but Xiong Jun struck him before he could get away.
• Gu Rong canceled the passage carrying the students and escaped through another one, leaving Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others at Xiong Jun's mercy.
• Xiong Jun subdued the five students with his aura and called to Yao Ling, who ordered him to take them to the Gold-Eating Ant Territory while they sought Soft Bone Charm Rabbits.
• Gu Rong emerged from a spatial passage in the town, badly injured, and hurried into the hotel to find Ning Rongrong.
• Gu Rong opened a passage to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Rongrong grabbed Zhu Zhuqing's hand before leaving with him.

After Bone Douluo abandoned Tang San and the other boys to save himself, Tang San woke in the Star Dou Forest convinced that fate had protected him. Yu Tianheng told him that Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun had also survived and urged him to escape, but Tang San grew furious at Yu Tianheng’s disrespect and reached for his belt.

• Ning Rongrong realized Bone Douluo had likely left the male classmates behind, while Gu Rong felt relieved that she had stayed outside the Star Dou Forest.
• Tang San awoke alive and uninjured in the Star Dou Forest, checked his body, and celebrated his survival.
• Yu Tianheng told Tang San that Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun were alive and warned that they still needed to escape the forest.
• Tang San took offense at Yu Tianheng’s cold words, watched him walk away, and reached for his belt as he considered disposing of him.
• Tang San shouted “Thunder Dragon Claw!”

Tang San tried to kill Yu Tianheng with a hidden weapon, but Dai Mubai knocked him unconscious and the group stripped and tied him up. They abandoned him in Star Dou Forest, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Tang San, but Tang San evaded him and waited for an opening to reach his hidden weapons.
• As Tang San prepared to throw a Willow Leaf Blade at Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai struck him unconscious.
• Tang San woke tied to a tree and humiliated while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Yu Tianheng inspected his belongings and mocked him.
• Yu Tianheng confronted Tang San about his arrogance and struck him twice, while Dai Mubai threw a stone at him.
• Dai Mubai led the others away, leaving Tang San tied up as prey for the Spirit Beasts, while Tang San silently vowed revenge.

Wan Yao Wang appeared before the captured humans and offered them a chance to live if they played a game, while Tang San realized the Spirit Beasts had witnessed his attempt to kill his companions. Knowing Qian Ningshuang had ordered Tang San kept alive but allowed the Beasts to torment him, Wan Yao Wang responded to his threats with a scream-inducing punishment.

• Wan Yao Wang emerged from the forest, introduced himself, and told the four humans they could live if they played a game.
• Tang San, still tied naked to a tree, blamed Camelot for the Spirit Beasts’ cruel sense of humor and feared they would expose his actions.
• Tang San threatened to kill Wan Yao Wang and destroy his soul.
• Wan Yao Wang recalled Qian Ningshuang’s instruction to keep Tang San alive and give him a white Spirit Ring, with everything else left to his discretion.
• Wan Yao Wang punished Tang San, whose scream rang through the forest.

Wan Yao Wang punished Tang San and forced him and the others into a cruel encounter with Greedy Apes. Afterward, Yu Tianheng, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun recovered in silence while Tang San continued to cry out in pain and distress.

• Wan Yao Wang used Xinglan Fish toxin to intensify Tang San’s pain and made him bow in submission.
• Wan Yao Wang summoned twelve black apes and bound Tang San, Yu Tianheng, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun with vines.
• Wan Yao Wang explained that the apes were Greedy Apes and left them to carry out his experiment.
• Yu Tianheng and Oscar cleaned themselves up and exchanged a bitter glance, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were left by the disappointed Greedy Apes.
• Tang San continued crying and howling, drawing attention away from the others’ ordeal.

Wan Yao Wang rewarded the captives with White Moon Profound Grass after their first game and prepared to begin another. Tang San, still injured and grieving his humiliation, watched as Wan Yao Wang took away his grass and refused to give it to him.

• Wan Yao Wang appeared after the Greedy Apes left, praised the group’s performance, and offered them five White Moon Profound Grasses as rewards.
• Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the other companion eagerly accepted the grass, while Tang San reacted from his daze and cried over his humiliation.
• Tang San recognized the grass’s healing and Soul Power benefits but could not reach it because his limbs were broken.
• Wan Yao Wang told the captives to eat their grass, and the four able-bodied companions consumed theirs and began meditating.
• Wan Yao Wang used a Vine to lift the grass from Tang San’s chest, then refused to give it to him because of his earlier disrespect.

Tang San tried to bargain for his freedom and White Moon Profound Grass by wagering that he could absorb a Spirit Ring beyond the usual age limit, but Wan Yao Wang refused and proposed his own wager. Tang San accepted on behalf of his companions, unaware that losing would cost someone else their life.

• Wan Yao Wang withdrew the five stalks of White Moon Profound Grass, which he had laced with additives, and reflected on how scarce the herb remained.
• Tang San apologized to Wan Yao Wang and proposed wagering that he could absorb a Spirit Ring beyond the usual age limit in exchange for his freedom and the White Moon Profound Grass.
• Tang San asked for a roughly two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring, but Wan Yao Wang rejected his wager and offered another one tied to the second game.
• Wan Yao Wang said Tang San could leave the forest whether he won or lost, but losing would require him to accept another game.
• Tang San accepted the wager for himself and his companions, risking one additional life in return for another stalk of White Moon Profound Grass if they won.

Wan Yao Wang forced Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to choose a life as the stake in a bet over absorbing Spirit Rings beyond their limits. After Oscar was selected, Yu Tianheng chose to admit defeat on behalf of all five, leaving Oscar feeling betrayed and Tang San angry that Yu Tianheng had decided for him.

• Wan Yao Wang explained the wager to the four newly awakened youths and demanded they choose who would die if they lost.
• Yu Tianheng, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar argued over who should be sacrificed, then voted in secret and chose Oscar.
• Yu Tianheng asked whether they could admit defeat without attempting to absorb the Spirit Rings.
• Wan Yao Wang agreed, and Yu Tianheng admitted defeat on behalf of the five, prompting relief from Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and a sense of betrayal in Oscar.
• Tang San remained displeased that Yu Tianheng had made the decision for him.

Wan Yao Wang forced Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai to feed Oscar to a Gold-Eating Ant Nest, then ordered the survivors to absorb Spirit Rings from under-ten-year-old Soft Bone Charm Rabbits. The chapter ended with Tang San unable to kill his rabbit because his limbs were broken, and Wan Yao Wang telling him to bite it.

• Wan Yao Wang ordered Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai to throw Oscar into a pit, where a Gold-Eating Ant Nest devoured him.
• Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai asked to leave, but Wan Yao Wang insisted they still had to absorb Spirit Rings.
• Wan Yao Wang summoned four young Soft Bone Charm Rabbits and ordered Tang San, Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and Ma Hongjun to absorb their white Spirit Rings.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Yu Tianheng killed their rabbits and began absorbing their Spirit Rings.
• Tang San could not kill his rabbit because his arms and legs were broken, so Wan Yao Wang told him to bite it.

Tang San struggled with Wan Yao Wang’s suggestion that he bite a Soft Bone Charm Rabbit to death, despite accepting that he would eventually kill one and absorb its Spirit Ring. Wan Yao Wang explained that he chose the rabbit to mock Tang San’s idealized San-Wu Love, then returned his attention to Tang San’s objections.

• Tang San distinguished between sacrificing, killing, and biting a Soft Bone Charm Rabbit to death, finding the last method unbearable.
• Wan Yao Wang ignored Tang San’s fearful, resentful look and explained that he had chosen the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit because the San-Wu Love in the Fate Trajectory disgusted him.
• Wan Yao Wang reflected on changing relations between humans and Spirit Beasts, possible transformations into human forms, and his wish to become a Red Thread Immortal.
• Tang San asked Wan Yao Wang whether his proposed method was too cruel, and Wan Yao Wang looked at him with disdain.

Wan Yao Wang judged Tang San and Xiao Wu’s relationship to be one-sided and used the wager to torment Tang San. After Tang San absorbed Xiao Wu’s Spirit Ring, Wan Yao Wang began another humiliating game with four male Greedy Apes.

• Wan Yao Wang concluded that Tang San had given nothing to Xiao Wu and chose the Soft Bone Rabbit to test his claims about love.
• Wan Yao Wang forced Tang San to face Gold-Eating Ants, then placed the Soft Bone Rabbit before him and made him bite her throat to obtain her Spirit Ring.
• Tang San absorbed the Soft Bone Rabbit’s white Spirit Ring while the three Lanba Academy students awoke.
• Wan Yao Wang let Yu Tianheng and the other two leave, and they abandoned Tang San without waiting for him.
• Wan Yao Wang suspended Tang San in the air and introduced four male Greedy Apes as participants in his next game.

Yu Tianheng and two companions escaped the Star Dou Forest after ten days, while Xiao Wu learned Tang San had disappeared and rushed back into the forest to find him. She called on Da Ming and Er Ming to help locate what she believed was Tang San’s corpse.

• Yu Tianheng and the other two emerged from the Star Dou Forest after enduring a dangerous journey and headed back toward town for food and rest.
• Xiao Wu learned that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had left with Bone Douluo eleven days earlier, and that only Bone Douluo had returned.
• Xiao Wu recognized Yu Tianheng and the others, demanded to know where Tang San was, and saw Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges at Ma Hongjun’s waist.
• Xiao Wu took Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges from Ma Hongjun and ran into the Star Dou Forest, while Yu Tianheng told the others to let her go.
• Xiao Wu called for Da Ming and Er Ming, hoping the forest’s rulers could help her find Tang San’s body.

Xiao Wu searched Star Dou Forest for Tang San and was led to him by an injured Man Faced Demon Spider. She found Tang San enduring the Greedy Apes’ torment, but he angrily ordered her not to look at him, leaving Xiao Wu confused by his sudden hostility.

• The Greedy Apes continued tormenting Tang San while Wan Yao Wang left to handle other matters.
• Xiao Wu wandered through Star Dou Forest, calling for Da Ming and Er Ming without receiving a response.
• An injured Man Faced Demon Spider indicated Tang San’s location, and Xiao Wu hurried toward him.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider reported Xiao Wu’s approach to the girl in green and Xiong Jun, who chose to watch what happened.
• Tang San saw Xiao Wu approaching and shouted for her not to look at him.
• When Xiao Wu kept looking at him, Tang San cursed at her, and she stopped in confusion.

Tang San lashed out at Xiao Wu, then apologized and embraced her, convincing her that he still loved her. As Xiao Wu fainted, Tang San attacked her with his tentacles, while Wan Yao Wang and Yao Ling watched.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu to leave and threatened to kill her, leaving her stunned and confused.
• Wan Yao Wang and Yao Ling discussed Tang San’s outburst and what it revealed about his feelings and reputation.
• Wan Yao Wang released the vines restraining Tang San, and Tang San laughed as he faced his inhuman hands.
• Tang San apologized to Xiao Wu and embraced her, and she believed his love for her was unchanged.
• Xiao Wu fainted as blackness spread over her, and Tang San bit into her with the sharp teeth on his tentacles.

Four Soul Master Academy students entered Heaven Dou City's slums to obey a blackmailer's grotesque demand, only to discover that the threat had been a trick. The Masked Man had already left the city and announced there would be no update that day.

• Four richly dressed young men entered the slums and found a note outside a ruined house.
• The Masked Man kicked away a mangy dog, revealing what the four had been ordered to eat in exchange for an Image Recording Stone.
• The four remembered the blackmail letter and the humiliating memories shown on the Image Recording Stone, so they obeyed despite their disgust.
• While vomiting, the four dug up another letter saying the Masked Man had left Heaven Dou City, there was no Image Recording Stone, and there would be no update.

Tang San healed his limbs by absorbing Xiao Wu's vitality, then left the Star Dou Forest with her after Wan Yao Wang gave him supplies and transportation. Wan Yao Wang later revealed that he had posted Tang San's ordeal on the Soul Net and prepared to erase the Gold-Eating Ant Territory.

• Tang San healed his hands and feet by absorbing Xiao Wu's vitality, then swore not to use the method on Spirit Beasts in the Star Dou Forest.
• Wan Yao Wang gave Tang San a Soul Guidance storage ring and a wheelbarrow, and Tang San left the forest with Xiao Wu.
• Tang San abandoned his plans to find Da Ming and Er Ming and considered restoring his Third Spirit Ring to purple.
• Yao Ling questioned Wan Yao Wang about letting Tang San go, and Wan Yao Wang explained that he had recognized the Mysterious Heaven Skill and had only pretended to object to Tang San's Martial Soul.
• Wan Yao Wang admitted he had posted Tang San's ordeal on the Soul Net, prompting Yao Ling to warn that Di Tian might confront him.
• Wan Yao Wang ordered the Gold-Eating Ant Queen to move her territory, then used vines and roots to bury every trace of the area.