Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue heard that Spirit Hall planned to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan before considering the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She reassured Ning Fengzhi that she would seek to reclaim the border region Spirit Hall occupied, while Chenxin and Gu Rong watched her closely.

• She Long reported that Qian Daoliu advised Qian Renxue to wait before moving against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and that Bibi Dong intended to target the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan first.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Chenxin and Gu Rong and asked Qian Renxue whether the empire had stabilized.
• Ning Fengzhi urged Qian Renxue to reclaim Heaven Dou's border regions from Spirit Hall, warning that its presence there showed ambition.
• Qian Renxue agreed to contact Spirit Hall about reclaiming the border, and Ning Fengzhi later asked Chenxin and Gu Rong what they thought of her response.
• Chenxin called Qian Renxue's behavior normal, while Gu Rong said it was normal in a somewhat abnormal way.

Ning Fengzhi grew wary of Xue Qinghe’s strange confidence about Spirit Hall and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to gather intelligence while awaiting events at the border. On Sea God Island, Danheng found that none of the Seven Holy Pillars reacted to him and sensed an unusual aura approaching as he considered leaving.

• Chenxin told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe seemed to believe Spirit Hall would act according to his wishes, so Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to limit outings and investigate Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about Tang San, and Chenxin said Tang San’s injuries had healed but he had become dispirited; Ning Fengzhi ordered more Godly Zhuge Crossbow samples sent to Godsmith Lou Gao.
• Danheng visited all Seven Holy Pillars, and Sea Dragon Douluo confirmed that none had reacted to him.
• Danheng decided there was little else worth staying for on Sea God Island besides the Demon Soul Great White Shark and sensed an unusual aura approaching the island.

Danheng discovered that the Demon Empress had come to Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi drove her away with a powerful attack. Afterward, Bo Saixi asked Danheng what Tang Chen had meant by the urgent matter mentioned in his letter.

• Danheng sensed soul beasts approaching Sea God Island and investigated the familiar presence of the Demon Empress, wife of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Bo Saixi confronted the Demon Empress and challenged her to show herself or leave Sea God Island.
• The Demon Empress surfaced, but Bo Saixi struck first with her ninth Soul Skill, Sea God's Light, seriously injuring her and forcing her to flee.
• After the sea calmed, Bo Saixi showed Danheng Tang Chen's letter and asked what urgent matter he had meant.

Danheng explained that Tang Chen had left Sea God Island to seek revenge on the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King, and Bo Saixi accepted the reason for his departure. As Danheng prepared to leave, Little White arrived to report that she had badly wounded the Evil Orca King.

• Sea Dragon Douluo reported that Sea God Island had repelled the Demon Orca Tribe, and Bo Saixi explained the sea beasts’ rivalries to Danheng.
• Danheng told Bo Saixi that Tang Chen had likely returned to Slaughter City to take revenge on the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King, whose parasitism had ruined his body.
• Bo Saixi thanked Danheng for explaining Tang Chen’s departure and accepted that she could only hope to meet him again in another life.
• Danheng said he had to leave Sea God Island, and Bo Saixi wished him a safe journey.
• Little White arrived and told Bo Saixi that she and the Sea Dragon Douluo had severely wounded the Evil Orca King; she then hurried away after realizing she had interrupted them.

Bibi Dong accepted Qian Renxue’s plan to make Spirit Hall draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s attention while Qian Renxue stayed concealed. She continued preparing to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Guimei reported Spirit Hall’s growing reach near the Star Luo Empire.

• A messenger delivered Qian Renxue’s proposal for Spirit Hall to act tyrannical and distract the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from her.
• Bibi Dong approved the plan, viewing Qian Renxue as a useful piece in her revenge.
• Bibi Dong resolved to reach level ninety-nine and complete the Rakshasa God Trial before Spirit Hall moved against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong mourned the coming destruction of Yu Xiaogang’s clan and wondered whether he had made the Lovesick Heartbreak Red bloom, unaware that Yue Guan still held it.
• Guimei reported that Spirit Hall controlled border cities and had infiltrated a kingdom subordinate to the Star Luo Empire, while spies observed no unusual activity at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yu Xiaogang brooded over Tang San’s defeat and the collapse of the Shrek Seven Devils until the injured Tang Hao returned. Tang Hao announced that he was taking Tang San away, leaving Yu Xiaogang alone at Shrek Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang worried that Tang San would leave Shrek Academy and wondered whether he could find another gifted disciple.
• Tang Hao arrived in bloodstained, tattered robes and explained that his search for Ah Yin had led to a fight with Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo, forcing him to flee.
• Tang Hao warned Yu Xiaogang that Tang San was in danger because Spirit Hall could target him now that Tang Hao was injured.
• Tang Hao said he would take Tang San away and thanked Flender and Liu Erlong for protecting him.
• Yu Xiaogang realized that all the former Shrek Seven Devils had left or disappeared and laughed bitterly.

Danheng traveled to the Far North, where he slaughtered a pack of snow wolves and asked the scout Bors for directions to a place to rest. He then flew toward Snowwind Town, while Bors stayed behind to collect the wolves’ pelts.

• Danheng flew north to the Far North and landed to find somewhere to rest.
• Danheng killed a pack of snow wolves, including a seven-thousand-year Snow Wolf King, with his spear.
• Bors found the corpses and tried to claim them, then told Danheng that Snowwind Town was the nearest settlement.
• Danheng let Bors keep the snow wolves and flew off so quickly that the sonic boom knocked Bors into the snow.
• Bors began skinning the wolves, and Danheng spotted Snowwind Town along the route Bors had given him.

Danheng rested in Snowwind Town, where a strange dream showed him an ancient version of himself waiting in Amphoreus beside Cloud Piercer. After sleeping for three days and recovering his strength, he set out for the Ice God Snowfield to search for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, hoping the Astral Express Crew were safe.

• Danheng rented a quiet room in Snowwind Town and dreamed of a burning figure attacking someone who resembled Nanook, then of an older version of himself waiting for someone in Amphoreus beside Cloud Piercer.
• Danheng woke from the dream, questioned what his Amphoreus visions meant, and went back to sleep after deciding to focus on restoring the train car and leaving Douluo Continent.
• Danheng slept for three days, learned this from the inn clerk, and paid to extend his stay by one more day.
• Danheng decided to search the Far North for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and left Snowwind Town a few days later for the Ice God Snowfield.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang San at Shrek Academy and decided they had to flee to the Far North to escape Spirit Hall. After learning from Tang Yuehua’s letter that Tang Chen had returned to the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao broke down over his failures, but Tang San refused to blame him.

• Tang Hao found Tang San at Shrek Academy and told him the academy was no longer safe, so they had to leave for the Far North.
• Tang San showed Tang Hao the letter from Tang Yuehua, and Tang Hao learned that Tang Chen had returned to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao mourned the chances he had lost to see Tang Chen and reflected on Ah Yin’s sacrifice, his expulsion from the sect, and Tang San’s injuries.
• Tang Hao explained that Spirit Hall’s pursuit left them with the sea or the Far North as options, and planned to send Tang San to a trial ground once he reached Soul King.
• Tang Hao confessed that he felt useless for failing to find Ah Yin or heal Tang San, but Tang San told him he had no reason to resent his father.

Danheng encountered Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong after they got lost in the Ice God Snowfield. He gave them directions back to Snowwind Town, and their hidden guard followed them after thanking him.

• Danheng rested in a tent during a blizzard when Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong approached and recognized him.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing told Danheng they had gotten lost after using a map that did not show the Ice God Snowfield and losing their markers in the storm.
• Danheng explained a route back to Snowwind Town and warned the girls to detour around dangerous soul beasts, including one that was thirty thousand years old.
• Ning Rongrong led Zhu Zhuqing away, and Danheng addressed the guard who had been watching them from the shadows.
• The guard thanked Danheng for helping his young lady and went to catch up with the two girls.

Danheng explored the deepest parts of the Far North Icefield and found a territory inhabited by the Titan Snow Devil Clan. After defeating the Titan Snow Devils that confronted him and then battling their horde, he awaited the arrival of the Titan Snow Devil King.

• Danheng found a hidden cave filled with scattered Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow and suspected Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had once lived there.
• Danheng entered a region with few soul beasts and recognized the approaching creatures as Titan Snow Devils.
• The Titan Snow Devils surrounded Danheng and threw a boulder at him, but he crushed it and sent them flying.
• The fallen Titan Snow Devils called for reinforcements, and Danheng welcomed the chance to draw more of them to him.
• Danheng charged into the Titan Snow Devil horde and sent its members flying until the Titan Snow Devil King roared and the horde cleared a path.

Danheng confronted the Titan Snow Devil King while searching for Ice Empress and Snow Empress, then learned that Ice Empress was secluded for a breakthrough. After Snow Empress asked him to leave, Danheng departed, and she worried over Ice Empress’s chances of success.

• Danheng asked the Titan Snow Devil King where Ice Empress and Snow Empress were, prompting the king to attack him.
• Danheng defeated the Titan Snow Devil King's punch and warned him that continuing the fight would cost him his life.
• Snow Empress appeared and said Ice Empress had reached 300,000 years of cultivation and was secluded for a breakthrough.
• Danheng apologized, agreed not to disturb Ice Empress, and left the Far North.
• Snow Empress scolded A'Tai for not calling her sooner, and A'Tai admitted his mistake.
• Snow Empress hoped Ice Empress would successfully overcome her breakthrough.

Hu Liena struggled across the Far North after escaping Slaughter City with a severe wound from a forty-thousand-year Ice Spirit Snow Fox King. Danheng rescued her and healed her, while her account led him to suspect Tang Chen had confronted the Slaughter King.

• Hu Liena crossed the snowfield badly wounded, carrying the Soul Bone dropped by the Ice Spirit Snow Fox King but too weak to absorb it.
• As Hu Liena lost consciousness, she used her remaining Soul Power to send a faint mental signal to a figure ahead.
• Danheng found Hu Liena in a snowdrift and brought her to Snowwind Town, where she awoke and recognized him.
• Hu Liena told Danheng how Slaughter City’s rules and factions differed from what Bibi Dong had described, and recalled seeing a man with a huge hammer approach the Slaughter King.
• Danheng concluded that the man was Tang Chen, left Hu Liena medicinal salves, and prepared to leave; Hu Liena then realized her wound had healed.

Danheng investigated Slaughter City and found its entrance sealed against the crimson mist consuming the town. A week later, Tang Hao brought Tang San there, but seeing the devastation and fearing for his son, he took him toward the Far North instead.

• Danheng found the town around Slaughter City abandoned and discovered a one-way seal restraining crimson mist from escaping below.
• Danheng entered the passage, dispersed the mist temporarily, judged it deadly to anyone below Soul King strength, and left the seal intact.
• A week later, Tang Hao and Tang San arrived and found the town ruined; Tang San vomited at the sight and smell inside the tavern.
• Tang Hao examined the seal, then decided not to send Tang San into Slaughter City and carried him away toward the Far North.
• Tang Hao told Tang San to focus on healing and gaining Soul Power, and said he must train in the Far North until at least rank sixty.

Danheng watched the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Spirit Hall kept it under surveillance, then met Guimei and told him that Hu Liena had completed her training in Slaughter City and traveled to the Far North. Guimei hurried back to Spirit Hall with the news, while Hu Liena remained away after discovering Tang Hao.

• Danheng observed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's sealed gates and suspected Spirit Hall's actions had put it on alert.
• Danheng found Guimei among the scouts monitoring the sect and learned that Guimei used a Shadowfiend Soul Bone to conceal himself.
• Danheng told Guimei that Hu Liena had finished her Slaughter City training, gone to the Far North, and had been seriously injured before recovering.
• Guimei left with the other Spirit Hall scouts to inform Bibi Dong about Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena did not return from Snowwind Town after recovering because she had discovered Tang Hao.

Hu Liena returned to Spirit Hall after discovering Tang San in the Far North, and Guimei’s promised vacation vanished when she reported that Tang Hao and his son were there. Bibi Dong heard Hu Liena’s report, noted her rapid cultivation, and decided to investigate Slaughter City while considering how to eliminate Tang Hao and Tang San.

• Hu Liena absorbed the Ice Spirit Snow Fox King's Soul Bone, then spotted Tang San in Snowwind Town and spent several days confirming he planned to stay in the Far North.
• Hu Liena went to a Spirit Hall branch to report Tang Hao and Tang San, where she learned Guimei had been sent to bring her back.
• Guimei learned Tang Hao and his son were in the Far North and realized his promised vacation was gone, then escorted Hu Liena to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong noticed Hu Liena had nearly reached level sixty-five and heard her report about Slaughter City and Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Bibi Dong decided to have Guimei investigate Slaughter City with next year's prisoners and considered how to deal with Tang Hao and Tang San.

Danheng struggled to understand why the train phantom had not fully taken shape, then learned that Spirit Hall had annihilated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Suspecting that the truth behind the clan’s destruction and Qian Xunji’s death was the missing piece, he left to question Yue Guan.

• Danheng summoned the nearly complete train phantom and wondered whether he needed to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Dugu Bo told Danheng that Spirit Hall had wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Yu Xiaogang had been spared.
• Dugu Bo shared rumors that Yu Xiaogang had once been close to Bibi Dong and had used Spirit Hall’s resources for his theories.
• Danheng reconsidered the suspicious circumstances of Qian Xunji’s death and asked Dugu Bo for details.
• Dugu Bo directed Danheng to Yue Guan and Guimei, who had served under Qian Xunji and fought Tang Hao.
• Danheng said goodbye to Dugu Bo and left to seek Yue Guan.

Danheng questioned Yue Guan about Yu Xiaogang’s past with Bibi Dong and the suspicious death of former Pope Qian Xunji. Yue Guan could not confirm how Qian Xunji died, leaving Danheng to seek the truth elsewhere.

• Yue Guan mocked Guimei for being sent on another assignment while he enjoyed his post at the border camp.
• Danheng bypassed the guarded entrance and asked Yue Guan about Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong’s history.
• Yue Guan explained that Bibi Dong had defied Qian Xunji for Yu Xiaogang before Qian Xunji separated them.
• Danheng asked whether Tang Hao’s injuries had truly killed Qian Xunji, and Yue Guan said the death had seemed suspicious but he did not know the truth.
• Yue Guan said Qian Daoliu likely knew what had happened, and Danheng began thinking about Qian Renxue.

Danheng suspected Bibi Dong was Qian Renxue’s mother and set out to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue entered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under the guise of Xue Qinghe, where Ning Fengzhi warned her that Spirit Hall had discovered the visit and an attack began.

• Danheng considered Qian Renxue’s exceptional talent and concluded that Bibi Dong was the only plausible candidate for her mother, then resolved to learn the truth.
• Qian Renxue reviewed her preparations with She Long and Ci Xue, having assembled seven Titled Douluo to destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and secure her escape.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the sect disguised as Xue Qinghe and was welcomed by Ning Fengzhi and Chenxin.
• Chenxin sensed danger, and Ning Fengzhi ordered a subordinate to carry out their plan before telling Qian Renxue that Spirit Hall had discovered her itinerary.
• A huge icy arrow of light streaked toward Ning Fengzhi, Chenxin, and Qian Renxue from beyond the mountain gate.

Spirit Hall attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi sent Qian Renxue toward a secret exit while preparing to defend the sect. Qian Renxue revealed herself as the real assassin and killed him, leaving Chenxin to erupt in fury as the battle continued.

• Chenxin blocked a powerful light arrow from a level ninety-seven archer as Spirit Hall's forces advanced on the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Qian Renxue to escape through a secret passage, while Chenxin and Gu Rong confronted Thousand Jun Douluo and Subduing Demon Douluo.
• Qian Renxue attacked Ning Fengzhi from behind and revealed that the real Xue Qinghe had died long ago.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Qian Renxue's identity, died wishing Ning Rongrong safety, and hoped she would not seek revenge.
• Chenxin surged with grief and knocked Thousand Jun Douluo and Subduing Demon Douluo back.