Chapter Summaries

Danheng took Tang Chen through the Infernal Path, where they discovered the source of Slaughter City's poison and fought the bats guarding the passage. Tang Chen killed the Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King, and Danheng sensed another creature ahead.

• The Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King fled after Danheng and Tang Chen vanished, then targeted Gui Yu Douluo as its next host.
• Danheng explained that a sacrifice-activated teleportation formation had carried them into the Infernal Path, where a blood pool produced Slaughter City's poison.
• Tang Chen and Danheng decided to fly across the narrow path and encountered a swarm of bats.
• Tang Chen chased the Darkgold Three-Headed Bat King and crushed it with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Danheng sensed another creature ahead, and the two continued onward.

Danheng and Tang Chen encountered a giant snake on the Infernal Path, but it pretended to sleep because it feared Danheng. Danheng identified it as a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and left it unharmed, while Tang Chen continued toward the outside world despite his failing body.

• Tang Chen worried that his weakened body might not survive leaving Slaughter City, and Danheng promised to handle the snake if it attacked.
• Danheng and Tang Chen found the giant snake pretending to sleep across the narrow path, and Tang Chen prepared to fight if they could not pass.
• Danheng approached the snake and identified it as a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent after examining it closely.
• Danheng patted the snake's head and left without fighting it, and the snake relaxed after confirming he was gone.

After Tang Chen completed the eighth Asura God trial, he accepted Divine Power despite his failing body and entrusted Danheng with the Clear Sky Sect token. Danheng's earlier power unexpectedly kept Tang Chen alive, giving him time to return to the sect and perhaps visit Sea God Island.

• Danheng stabilized Tang Chen after rescuing him from Slaughter City, but warned that his deteriorated body could not recover yet.
• Tang Chen realized he had completed the eighth Asura God trial and cursed the timing as a crimson pillar of light descended around him.
• Tang Chen gave Danheng the Hao Tian Token and asked him to return his remains to the Clear Sky Sect if he died before reaching it.
• Tang Chen accepted the Divine Power, which transformed his body without killing him.
• Tang Chen realized Danheng's power had preserved his life long enough for him to return to the Clear Sky Sect and possibly see her once more.

Danheng traveled with Tang Chen toward the Clear Sky Sect and considered whether to collect Tang San’s Hidden Weapons, while deciding not to waste time on Tang San unless provoked. In Heaven Dou City, Tang San struggled with his injured arm and learned from Yu Xiaogang that Hidden Weapons were forbidden in the upcoming tournament, leaving Shrek Academy’s chances uncertain.

• Danheng returned Tang Chen’s sect leader token, and Tang Chen offered to give it to him as a memento after their visit to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Danheng thought about Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and decided to let matters take their course unless Tang San became a nuisance.
• In Heaven Dou City, Tang San practiced with one arm, blamed Guimei for his injury, and vowed to make Spirit Hall pay.
• Yu Xiaogang visited Tang San, said his headaches had improved, and told him the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament was about to begin.
• Yu Xiaogang explained Shrek Academy’s disadvantage against stronger opponents and said Tang San might be their surprise weapon.
• Tang San learned that Hidden Weapons were forbidden in the tournament, then asked Yu Xiaogang to leave him alone.

Danheng and Tang Chen reached the village concealing the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Chen demanded to see its current sect master. After revealing the sect-master token, Tang Chen flew to the mountain and challenged the sect to come out, while Danheng followed after sensing that only ordinary disciples had been sent to meet him.

• Danheng and Tang Chen found the village at the foot of the mountains where the Clear Sky Sect had gone into seclusion.
• Tang Chen confronted two villagers and demanded that they bring out the current sect master, prompting them to escort him and Danheng into the village.
• Danheng wandered through the village while Tang Chen waited, and the villagers remained wary of the outsider.
• Tang Long arrived to question Tang Chen, who displayed the golden Clear Sky Hammer token and flew toward the mountain summit.
• Tang Chen roared for the Clear Sky Sect to come out, and Danheng flew after him after realizing the disciples had not brought the sect master.

Tang Chen challenged the Clear Sky Sect and discovered that his memories of Tang Xiao and Tang Hao might be missing. Tang Xiao recognized him as his grandfather, while Danheng left to confront a woman being escorted through the sect.

• Tang Chen demanded that the Clear Sky Sect's master and members come out, and answered a challenger by declaring, "I'm your grandfather!"
• Danheng spotted a familiar woman being escorted deeper into the sect and vanished to follow her.
• Three Clear Sky Sect elders arrived and recognized the Hao Tian Token, then waited for Tang Chen's identity to be confirmed.
• Tang Chen wondered whether the Crimson Nine-Headed Bat King had erased memories of Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, then recognized Tang Xiao when he arrived.
• Tang Xiao knelt before Tang Chen and welcomed him back, and the elders followed suit.
• Tang Chen asked Tang Xiao to explain what had happened to the sect, while Danheng confronted the woman he had seen in Heaven Dou City.

Danheng met Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao’s younger sister, while visiting the secluded Clear Sky Sect. After learning he had returned with Tang Chen, Yuehua trusted him and Tang Xiao arrived to escort him onward.

• Tang Yuehua approached Danheng and asked why he had come to the Clear Sky Sect, while he sensed a mysterious power around her.
• Voices announced Tang Chen’s return, and Yuehua realized Danheng had arrived with her grandfather.
• Tang Yuehua apologized for her earlier suspicion and dismissed the sect disciples, explaining that Danheng’s thoughts seemed pure and that he was Tang Chen’s companion.
• Tang Yuehua and Danheng walked along a small path and discussed why she trusted him.
• Tang Xiao appeared, said Tang Chen had told him about Danheng, and invited him to come along.

Danheng told Tang Xiao where he had last seen Tang Hao, giving the Clear Sky Sect master new leads to investigate. Tang Chen then scolded Tang Xiao and the sect elders over the sect’s division and decline, leaving Tang Xiao enduring a long, humiliating lecture.

• Tang Xiao asked Danheng whether he knew where Tang Hao was, and Danheng said he had seen him in Heaven Dou City over a year earlier and in Sunset Forest less than half a year earlier.
• Tang Xiao thanked Danheng and planned to have Tang Yuehua investigate the two locations.
• Tang Chen summoned Tang Xiao and the five elders to the main hall to address the Clear Sky Sect’s problems.
• Tang Chen rebuked Tang Xiao for letting the elders divide the sect, and Tang Xiao called him Grandpa while admitting he deserved the scolding.
• Tang Chen scolded Tang Xiao and the elders through the evening, then summoned Tang Xiao again at midnight and lectured him for most of the night.

Danheng explored the Clear Sky Sect and heard Tang Chen rebuke the elders for abandoning their affiliated clans during the sect’s retreat. He later asked Tang Long about the sect’s current attitude toward Tang Hao, prompting Tang Long to lead him aside for a private conversation.

• Tang Chen angrily scolded the elders for hiding in the mountains while leaving the affiliated clans exposed to Spirit Hall’s attacks.
• The Second Elder explained that the affiliated clans had suffered losses but had gradually stabilized, and Tang Chen rebuked the elders again.
• Danheng arrived, and Tang Chen set aside his anger while the elders welcomed the interruption.
• Danheng considered visiting the Breaking Clan and learning about Yang Wushuang, who was held by Spirit Hall.
• Danheng watched the younger disciples spar, and Tang Long came down from the arena to greet him.
• Danheng asked about the Clear Sky Sect’s attitude toward Tang Hao, and Tang Long led him away after nearby disciples called Tang Hao a sinner.

Danheng decided to leave the Clear Sky Sect and agreed to accompany Tang Yuehua to Heaven Dou City, while Tang Chen reflected on his failing health and hoped Tang Hao would be found. Danheng caught up with Tang Yuehua’s group, which included Tang Long, who had been sent to improve relations with the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

• Tang Long discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s hostility toward Tang Hao with Danheng before elders summoned him to the council hall.
• Danheng decided he had learned enough at the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Chen he planned to leave.
• Tang Chen mentioned that Tang Yuehua was returning to Heaven Dou City, and Danheng agreed to travel with her after discussing Moonlight Pavilion and the imperial princesses who studied there.
• Tang Chen and Danheng parted, and Tang Chen admitted to Tang Xiao that he had little time left and hoped Tang Hao would soon be found.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Chen that Tang Yuehua would intensify the search for Tang Hao and explained that elders wanted the sect to prepare to return to the outside world.
• Danheng caught up with Tang Yuehua’s group and asked Tang Long whether he had been sent to ease relations with the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

Danheng accompanied Tang Yuehua to Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City and learned that the Crown Prince would attend its graduation ceremony the next day. After he left, Tang Yuehua scolded the students for staring at him and worried about their performance at the ceremony.

• Tang Long left to contact the Strength Clan while Danheng accompanied Tang Yuehua to Moonlight Pavilion.
• Tang Yuehua told Danheng that Moonlight Pavilion's annual graduation ceremony would take place the next day and that the Crown Prince was expected to attend.
• Danheng considered how to save time on his travels across the continent and said he would return for the ceremony.
• The guards and students gossiped about Danheng's appearance and his connection to Tang Yuehua.
• After Danheng left, Tang Yuehua reprimanded the students for staring at him and reminded them to prepare for the ceremony.

Tang Yuehua waited outside Moonlight Pavilion for Danheng, then introduced him to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue. Danheng recognized Qian Renxue, leaving Tang Yuehua surprised that they knew each other.

• Tang Yuehua waited anxiously at Moonlight Pavilion because she had forgotten to invite Danheng to the ceremony.
• Princess Xue Ke and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe arrived, and Qian Renxue considered whether Moonlight Pavilion could disrupt her plans for Heaven Dou Empire.
• Danheng arrived before the ceremony and recalled watching Tang San's team fight at the Great Soul Arena.
• Tang Yuehua introduced Danheng to Xue Qinghe, and Danheng recognized Qian Renxue in her original appearance.
• Tang Yuehua asked whether Danheng and Xue Qinghe knew each other.

At Moonlight Pavilion’s ceremony, Danheng reunited with Qian Renxue, who worried that his connection to Tang Yuehua might link him to the Clear Sky Sect. Their conversation drew attention from the nobles, while Xue Ke tried to avoid studying and teased the pair; the ceremony ended with guests seeking to befriend Danheng.

• Tang Yuehua seated Danheng beside Qian Renxue after a guest agreed to switch places, then apologized and left to prepare for the ceremony.
• Qian Renxue questioned Danheng about how he knew Tang Yuehua, and his mention of one of her elders made her suspect he had dealt with Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Danheng wondered how he could meet Qian Renxue in her original identity before she completed her plan to seize the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Ke joined Danheng and Qian Renxue, praised Danheng’s appearance, and complained after Qian Renxue revealed that their father had sent her to study.
• After the ceremony ended, nobles greeted Qian Renxue and Danheng, assuming that the Crown Prince’s companion must be influential.

Qian Renxue questioned Danheng about his connection to Tang Yuehua’s family and his views on the Heaven Dou Empire, but he gave her little information and left abruptly. Danheng then confronted She Long, followed him to Spirit Hall’s branch hall, and saw a chance to learn more about Qian Renxue’s infiltration.

• Tang Yuehua bade Xue Ke and Qian Renxue farewell at Moonlight Pavilion, and Qian Renxue stayed behind to speak with Danheng.
• Qian Renxue asked Danheng how he knew Tang Yuehua’s family elders and what he thought of the Heaven Dou Empire, but his answers revealed little.
• Danheng suddenly left Qian Renxue, who ordered a guard to send a letter to her grandfather in Spirit Hall.
• Danheng stopped She Long in a secluded corner and asked why he had come to Heaven Dou City; She Long said he had been entrusted with delivering an important item.
• She Long feared Danheng was following him and hid in Spirit Hall’s branch hall, while Danheng watched and recognized an opportunity to investigate Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue learned that Danheng had encountered She Long and decided to meet Danheng in her true identity to learn his intentions. After Danheng revealed that he had known who she was, Qian Renxue asked why he had stopped She Long.

• Qian Renxue learned that Danheng had discovered She Long and ordered She Long to lie low at a Spirit Hall branch.
• Qian Renxue decided to visit Spirit Hall as herself, and the next day the Crown Prince's carriage secretly left Heaven Dou City.
• At the Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall branch, Qian Renxue learned that She Long had left to meet Danheng at a secret Spirit Hall intelligence station.
• Qian Renxue went to the station, met Danheng, and sent She Long out of the room so they could speak privately.
• Danheng admitted that he had long known Qian Renxue's identity, and she asked why he had stopped She Long.

Danheng questioned Qian Renxue’s plan to take the Heaven Dou Empire and argued that pursuing godhood might serve her better than years of undercover work. His words left her reconsidering the plan, while She Long reported that an unknown person had visited the Strength Clan’s compound.

• Danheng asked why Spirit Hall did not seize the Heaven Dou Empire by force, and Qian Renxue explained that she wanted to take it with minimal bloodshed.
• Danheng warned that Qian Renxue’s identity as Xue Qinghe might eventually be exposed and that ruling the empire could cost her valuable time.
• Danheng argued that Qian Renxue should focus on cultivating and becoming the Angel God, since success would give her power to subdue the continent.
• Qian Renxue asked Danheng why he was helping Spirit Hall, and he said he had no reason beyond wanting to help before bidding her farewell.
• After Danheng left, Qian Renxue told She Long she wanted to change the plan, and She Long reported that scouts had seen an unfamiliar person visit the Strength Clan’s compound.

Tang Long failed to recruit the Strength Clan and complained to Danheng that Tai Tan favored the injured Tang San. Danheng planned to leave Heaven Dou City for the Star Luo Empire, while Qian Renxue dismissed a report about his meeting with Tang Long and focused on improving her plan.

• Tang Long left the Strength Clan after Tai Tan rejected his negotiations, citing Tang San as someone he wished to follow.
• Tang Long encountered Danheng, who suggested he approach the other three clans; Tang Long warned that Yang Wudi of the Breaking Clan was especially dangerous.
• Danheng said he planned to travel to the Star Luo Empire after exploring most of the Heaven Dou Empire, and he and Tang Long wished each other well.
• She Long reported that Danheng had met someone suspected to be from the Clear Sky Sect, and Qian Renxue set the report aside and told him to improve the plan.

Danheng crossed the Star Dou Great Forest toward the Star Luo Empire, while Little Wu worried that he might encounter the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong clashed with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San over her plan to leave after the tournament, then stormed out.

• Danheng flew through the Star Dou Great Forest toward the Star Luo Empire, passing the territories of the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape without stopping.
• Little Wu recognized Danheng’s passing and worried that he was heading toward the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s territory, but Da Ming and Er Ming trusted him to handle any attack.
• Little Wu wondered whether Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Mama Erlong were doing well at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong argued with Yu Xiaogang and Tang San after they accused her of undermining the team by announcing she would leave after the tournament.
• Ning Rongrong reminded Tang San that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had funded his requested materials and saved his life, then challenged him to find another support Soul Master.
• Ning Rongrong stormed out of the room, and Yu Xiaogang stopped Oscar from following her.

After Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang questioned his judgment while Tang San vowed to oppose her and promised to break through level forty before the tournament. Meanwhile, Danheng entered the Star Luo Empire and sensed a powerful presence watching him.

• Tang San comforted Yu Xiaogang after Ning Rongrong's departure, but the others showed their disgust and Zhu Zhuqing ended the meeting.
• Zhu Zhuqing understood Ning Rongrong's choice, while Dai Mubai gave up on their relationship and Zhu Zhuqing considered leaving Shrek Academy herself.
• Tang San privately vowed to treat Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as enemies, then assured Yu Xiaogang that he would break through level forty and clear his teacher's name.
• Flender arrived and asked Yu Xiaogang why Ning Rongrong had suddenly left the academy.
• Danheng crossed into the Star Luo Empire, walked through the forest at night, and sensed a powerful presence watching him.

Danheng confronted a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and tested its formidable abilities while trying not to kill the rare soul beast. He struck it with a punch that nearly destroyed it, but the tiger’s hidden method succeeded.

• Danheng recognized the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and approached it with Cloud Piercer, while the intelligent beast kept its distance.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked with corrosive wind blades and a rapid charge, but Danheng evaded its concealed Evil God Hook.
• Danheng disrupted the tiger’s ground-level attack with Cloud Piercer and then struck it with a restrained punch, which its Evil God's Protection mostly absorbed.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger unleashed its strongest charge, and Danheng blasted it hundreds of meters with a punch using forty percent of his strength.
• The badly injured Dark Demon Evil God Tiger refused to give up because its hidden method had succeeded.