Chapter Summaries

Wang Chuan annihilated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with a massive storm of lightning. After news of the clan’s destruction spread, the major powers recognized the danger of provoking him and ordered their people to stay away.

• Wang Chuan summoned a giant lightning sword and destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan estate, killing everyone there.
• Bibi Dong learned of the clan’s destruction and ordered Spirit Hall not to approach Holy Soul Village or investigate or provoke Wang Chuan.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin connected the lingering thunder aura to Wang Chuan and told the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect not to offend him.
• Xue Ye decided not to investigate the destruction and left the matter to Spirit Hall.
• The Star Luo Emperor reacted with shock and apprehension and ordered his people not to act rashly.

After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was destroyed, Wang Chuan arrived at Notting Academy, where his presence unnerved the gatekeeper and left Tang San and Yu Xiaogang unable to understand him. He settled into an unnoticed work-study life, while Tang San repeatedly saw him but could not bring himself to speak.

• News spread across the continent that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been destroyed, and its ruins became a forbidden zone.
• Wang Chuan entered Notting Academy, and gatekeeper Old Zhang felt compelled to bow before him and was left trembling.
• Tang San recognized Wang Chuan and recalled his father's warning to stay away from him.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Wang Chuan but could discern nothing unusual, then took Tang San away to cultivate.
• Wang Chuan registered under an arranged identity and was assigned to the Work-Study Dormitory.
• Wang Chuan lived quietly at the academy, while Tang San repeatedly saw him and failed to greet him.

Tang San obtained a four-hundred-year Datura Snake Soul Ring and was challenged by Wang Chuan to spar in the Star Dou Great Forest. Wang Chuan summoned a colossal sword of clouds and stopped it just above Tang San, leaving the outcome of their confrontation unresolved.

• Tang San killed a four-hundred-year Datura Snake using his Tang Sect Hidden Weapons and gained his First Soul Ring while Yu Xiaogang watched.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to gain real combat experience and suggested that Wang Chuan spar with him.
• Tang San attacked Wang Chuan with his Bind Soul Skill, but the Blue Silver Grass stopped short and refused to approach him.
• Wang Chuan summoned an enormous sword of clouds and declared that he would cut Tang San into three pieces.
• Wang Chuan brought the sword down but halted its blade three feet above Tang San's head, leaving Tang San frozen beneath its pressure.

After shattering Tang San and Yu Xiaogang’s confidence with a display of overwhelming power, Wang Chuan traveled to Slaughter City’s entrance and condemned its bloody system for choosing an Asura God successor. The tavern patrons surrounded him, ready to attack.

• Tang San realized Wang Chuan was far beyond his reach, while Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul theories collapsed after witnessing Wang Chuan’s sword strike.
• Wang Chuan left the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San later returned to Notting Academy shaken by what he had seen.
• Wang Chuan reached an unnamed town that served as the passage to Slaughter City and entered its black tavern.
• Wang Chuan ordered Bloody Mary and called the mortal world filthy, questioning the Asura God’s method of choosing a successor through slaughter.
• A burly patron confronted Wang Chuan, and the other tavern patrons rose to surround him with killing intent.

Wang Chuan unleashed Righteous Energy to destroy a tavern and then opened a passage into Slaughter City, where his light began erasing its sinners. Tang Chen confronted him, but his Divine Slaughter's Domain shattered under Wang Chuan's judgment, leaving Tang Chen exposed and unable to use his Soul Power.

• Wang Chuan released Righteous Energy, reducing the tavern and the evildoers inside it to ash.
• Wang Chuan opened a passage through the earth into Slaughter City and spread Righteous Energy across the underground city.
• Tang Chen confronted Wang Chuan with his Clear Sky Hammer and Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Wang Chuan invoked thunder and lightning, striking down Slaughter City's sinners and breaking Tang Chen's domain.
• Tang Chen tried to attack with his Clear Sky Hammer, but it stopped far from Wang Chuan, and his Soul Power froze beneath the Righteous Energy.

Wang Chuan destroyed Slaughter City and confronted the Asura God in his domain. He exposed the god’s double standards by showing how Tang San had destroyed the city and still become the Asura God’s inheritor, prompting the Asura God to draw his sword.

• Wang Chuan unleashed thunder that destroyed Slaughter City, its inhabitants, and the Hell Road.
• Wang Chuan appeared in the Asura God Domain, where the Asura God accused him of destroying the trial ground and endangering the common people.
• Wang Chuan showed the Asura God visions of Tang San destroying Slaughter City and inheriting the Asura Godhood.
• Wang Chuan accused the Asura God of applying double standards, and the Asura God roared and summoned the Asura God Sword.

Wang Chuan used the Literary Path to confront the Asura God, whose Divine Core and Godhood were destroyed under the power of his judgment. The Asura God Domain collapsed, and the God Realm’s remaining God Kings were left wondering who had killed him.

• Wang Chuan recited poetry, summoning the Wenqu Star’s light and unleashing the Literary Path Aura in the Asura God Domain.
• The Ancestor of the Literary Path appeared behind Wang Chuan and sent golden chains from a Golden Book Scroll to attack the Asura God.
• The Asura God fought the chains, but Wang Chuan’s scrolls of civilization pushed back the domain’s blood-red aura.
• Wang Chuan judged the Asura God, and golden characters branded his Divine Core as his body, Godhood, and soul began to collapse.
• The Asura God vanished, the Asura God Domain collapsed, and the Life Goddess confirmed his fall as the other God Kings wondered who had done it.

After Wang Chuan killed the Asura God, he left the shaken Gods of the God Realm behind. Tribulation Lightning erased Slaughter City, and the factions that investigated its remains were left fearful as Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to stay away and remain silent.

• Wang Chuan watched the Gods of the God Realm from afar, then vanished into the void without approaching them.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei led Spirit Hall experts to the lightning tribulation site and found Slaughter City erased, leaving only a vast crater.
• Scouting parties from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire arrived, recognized the danger, and withdrew to report what they had seen.
• Bibi Dong recalled the boy from Holy Soul Village and ordered Spirit Hall personnel not to approach the crater, investigate the destruction, or discuss it.

Five years after Slaughter City was erased, the continent’s powers kept silent and declared the crater forbidden. Tang San, still haunted by Wang Chuan’s overwhelming sword, traveled to Shrek Academy, where he arrived at the village entrance and saw the shabby sign and elderly man at the admissions table.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect not to investigate or approach the forbidden area.
• Xue Ye ended the Heaven Dou Empire’s investigation and ordered the area sealed, while other powers across the continent also chose silence.
• Tang San finished Notting Academy and accepted Yu Xiaogang’s recommendation to continue his studies at Shrek Academy.
• As Tang San traveled toward Shrek Academy, he reflected on how Wang Chuan’s sword had shattered his confidence and made him doubt his efforts and worth.
• Tang San reached Shrek Academy’s village entrance and saw the dilapidated sign, its green emblem, and an elderly man seated behind a table.

Wang Chuan arrived at Shrek Academy and challenged its practice of keeping the registration fees of applicants it rejected. As Tang San watched in shock, Wang Chuan unleashed a sword strike at the academy’s old registrar, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Tang San waited in the long registration line at Shrek Academy while Xiao Wu passed nearby without recognizing him as anyone special.
• Dai Mubai intimidated a rejected applicant and his family into leaving without their registration fee, silencing the others in line.
• Wang Chuan stepped forward and condemned Shrek Academy for taking money from ordinary people who could not enroll.
• Tang San froze when he saw Wang Chuan, the person who had haunted him for five years, arrive at the academy.
• Wang Chuan ignored the old registrar’s Soul Rings and released a sword ray that bloomed before the man’s eyes.

Wang Chuan killed Teacher Li with one sword, forced Dai Mubai to return the registration fees, and left Tang San shaken by their reunion. That night, Zhao Wuji learned of the incident and entered the hotel in a rage.

• Wang Chuan killed Teacher Li and ordered Dai Mubai to return the registration fees to the parents.
• Dai Mubai collapsed to his knees under Wang Chuan’s gaze as the parents reclaimed their money and left.
• Wang Chuan ignored Tang San and walked into the village, leaving Tang San stunned and Xiao Wu curious about him.
• Dai Mubai eventually stood and returned toward the village, humiliated and still afraid of Wang Chuan.
• Zhao Wuji returned to the hotel after hearing that Teacher Li had been killed, Dai Mubai had knelt for half a day, and Shrek Academy had lost its applicants and registration fees.

Wang Chuan confronted Zhao Wuji in a hotel after Zhao demanded an explanation for Teacher Li’s death. Wang Chuan overwhelmed Zhao Wuji with a sword technique and killed him, leaving the lobby witnesses stunned.

• Zhao Wuji stormed into the hotel and demanded that Wang Chuan answer for killing Teacher Li of Shrek Academy.
• Wang Chuan dismissed Zhao Wuji’s threats and identified Flender as the person behind Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Wang Chuan with his Vajra Palm, but Wang Chuan evaded the strike without leaving the stairs.
• Zhao Wuji unleashed his Great Strength Diamond Roar, and Wang Chuan’s sword ray broke through the sound wave and pierced Zhao Wuji’s defensive barrier.
• Wang Chuan’s sword ray wounded Zhao Wuji’s shoulder and hovered at his throat as Wang asked whether he still wanted to fight.
• Wang Chuan completed his recitation, transformed the sword ray into Chaos Light, and killed Zhao Wuji while the hotel guests watched in terror.

After Wang Chuan killed Zhao Wuji, Flender chose not to seek revenge and ordered Shrek Academy not to provoke him. Wang Chuan arrived at the academy and unleashed a devastating Golden-Winged Peng attack that reduced the village to ruins as Flender begged him to stop.

• Flender learned that Wang Chuan had killed Zhao Wuji and ordered Shrek Academy's teachers and students not to provoke Wang Chuan or pursue revenge.
• Wang Chuan arrived at Shrek Academy, and Flender apologized and asked to let Zhao Wuji's death go unavenged.
• Wang Chuan mocked Shrek Academy's claims of educating elite students and recited a verse about the great peng rising with the wind.
• A massive Golden-Winged Peng appeared in the sky, and its golden feathers transformed into smaller Golden Peng that swept through the village.
• Flender's Soul Skill failed to stop the attack as Shrek Academy was reduced to ruins, and he pleaded with Wang Chuan to stop and offered compensation.

Wang Chuan destroyed Shrek Academy and everyone within it, leaving Tang San to return to Nuoding City and tell Yu Xiaogang what happened. Grieving Flender and Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang went to Spirit Hall with Bibi Dong’s Elder Token, where Bibi Dong received him.

• Wang Chuan’s Golden-Winged Peng erased Shrek Academy, killing Shao Xin, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the academy’s teachers and students.
• Tang San saw the destruction, then returned to Nuoding City and told Yu Xiaogang that Wang Chuan had destroyed Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang took Bibi Dong’s Spirit Hall Elder Token and left Notting Academy to seek an audience at Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong allowed Yu Xiaogang into Pope Palace and regarded him as a fallen, incapable man.

Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s request to kill Wang Chuan and cut off his ties to Spirit Hall, leaving him with nowhere to turn. He decided to take Tang San to Heaven Dou City to seek help from Qin Ming at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to help him kill Wang Chuan, but she revealed Wang Chuan had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Slaughter City, and Shrek Academy.
• Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang about his dependence on her, destroyed his Elder Token, ended his Spirit Hall support, and had guards throw him out.
• Yu Xiaogang lamented losing his friends, academy, clan, and Bibi Dong’s protection, then limped back to Nuoding City.
• Yu Xiaogang wrote to Qin Ming, a former Shrek student teaching at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, hoping to secure a future for Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San they would leave for Heaven Dou City at dawn to seek out an old acquaintance.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San traveled to Heaven Dou City to seek refuge at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Qin Ming’s help. The academy’s director refused to accept Yu Xiaogang as a teacher and made Tang San face an entrance examination, leaving his admission uncertain.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San left Nuoding City and endured a half-month carriage journey to Heaven Dou City.
• Qin Ming welcomed Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and brought them to the Academic Affairs Office to discuss enrollment.
• The education director belittled Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, saying the academy would consider Tang San only if he passed its entrance examination.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Qin Ming from arguing and asked Tang San whether he could pass; Tang San firmly agreed to take the examination the next day.

After leaving Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Yu Xiaogang entrusted him to Qin Ming, and Tang San vowed to grow strong enough to protect those he cared about. In hiding, Tang Hao learned that Shrek Academy had been destroyed and set out for Heaven Dou City to check on his son and defend him from Wang Chuan.

• Yu Xiaogang left Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy in Qin Ming's care, and Tang San promised to cultivate hard and protect those he loved.
• Tang Hao, living under an alias in a mountain cave, read Yu Xiaogang's letter reporting that Shrek Academy had been destroyed and its teachers and students killed.
• Tang Hao blamed Wang Chuan for destroying Shrek Academy and recalled that Wang Chuan had also brought disaster to Tang San in Slaughter City.
• Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and left the cave, heading toward Heaven Dou City to see Tang San and protect him if Wang Chuan threatened him.

Dugu Bo recognized Tang San at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told Prince Xue Xing, who alerted Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong led forces to capture Tang Hao, who arrived to see his son and found him just as she approached.

• Dugu Bo recognized Tang San from Spirit Hall's wanted notice and told Prince Xue Xing that Tang Hao's son attended the academy.
• Prince Xue Xing informed the Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall Branch, which sent word to Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to accompany her to Heaven Dou City and prevent Tang Hao from escaping.
• Tang Hao secretly entered Heaven Dou City to check on Tang San, but sensed Bibi Dong's approaching forces and searched the academy for his son.
• Tang Hao found Tang San through a dormitory window and called to him, and Tang San recognized his father.

Tang Hao used Ring Detonation to break through Bibi Dong’s encirclement and escape with Tang San, but the technique left him nearly powerless as Spirit Hall pursued them. At a concealed cave, Tang Hao ordered Tang San to hide while he lured the pursuers away.

• Tang Hao pulled Tang San from Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Bibi Dong arrived with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and other Title Douluo to seal off their escape.
• Tang Hao fought Bibi Dong while Tang San was held back, and he was badly wounded as Bibi Dong gained the advantage.
• When Bibi Dong threatened Tang San, Tang Hao detonated his Soul Rings and struck her back, creating an opening to escape with his son.
• Tang Hao carried Tang San into the forest while Spirit Hall's pursuers followed, and the aftereffects of Ring Detonation rapidly drained his strength.
• Tang Hao found a concealed cave and ordered Tang San inside, saying he would lure the pursuers away and that he could no longer protect them both.

After Tang Hao sent Tang San away with his inheritance and warned him not to seek revenge, Tang San chose to pursue strength by traveling toward Sea God Island. Ye Chen secretly erased the merchants’ memories of guiding Tang San, then watched him depart as the gods remained unaware of his greater game.

• Tang Hao gave Tang San his mother's letter and the Clear Sky Sect's inherited treasures, then left to draw the pursuers away and told him to stay alive.
• Tang San escaped through a hidden passage, reached a nearby town, and mourned his father's sacrifice while recovering from his wounds.
• Tang San overheard merchants discussing Sea God Island and its Sea God Inheritance, then asked how to reach it.
• Tang San bought a horse and supplies and rode east toward the coast, determined to become strong enough to protect others.
• Ye Chen appeared outside town and erased the merchants' memories of Sea God Island and Tang San's conversation with them.
• Ye Chen observed that the gods were still preoccupied with the Asura God's fall and Wenqu Star, then vanished.