Chapter Summaries

Qian Daoliu defeated Yu Yuanzhen in their spar at the World-Destroying Thunder Dragon Sect and left with the Gold Soul Coins Yu Yuanzhen owed. Back in Element City, Ao Zhan learned that the Elephant Armor Sect had departed and that Qian Daoliu had fought Yu Yuanzhen, whom he believed his grandfather would defeat.

• Qian Daoliu suppressed Yu Yuanzhen in battle, then collected the one million Gold Soul Coins and left the sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen unleashed his Limit Douluo pressure after Qian Daoliu departed, while Ning Fengzhi and the others tried to calm him with flattery.
• Ao Zhan woke beside the Snow Empress, teased her affectionately, and left her to rest after she called him her husband.
• Shui Ningbing told Ao Zhan that Element City was functioning normally and that the Elephant Armor Sect had left.
• Shui Ningbing reported that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had become the World-Destroying Thunder Dragon Sect and that Qian Daoliu had fought Yu Yuanzhen.
• Ao Zhan said he believed Qian Daoliu would win the match.

Ao Zhan learned that Qian Daoliu had mastered Pluto's Exotic Energy, then met the Feng Clan and Huo Clan geniuses at Skywater Academy. Feng Xiaotian challenged Shui Bing'er, who summoned her Ice Phoenix Arming as the students gathered to watch.

• Ao Zhan sensed Qian Daoliu master Pluto's Exotic Energy, and Shui Ningbing backed Ao Zhan's confidence that Qian Daoliu would win.
• Shui Ningbing led Ao Zhan to meet the outstanding students from Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy at Skywater Academy.
• Huo Wu questioned Shui Bing'er about Ao Zhan, and Shui Bing'er praised her teacher's patience and strength.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Shui Bing'er to attract Huo Wu's attention, and Shui Bing'er accepted.
• Feng Xiaotian summoned his Gale Two-Headed Wolf, while Shui Bing'er transformed her Ice Phoenix into an ice-blue Arming and drew cheers from Skywater Academy's students.

Shui Bing'er defeated Feng Xiaotian with her Ultimate Ice despite having no Spirit Rings, forcing him to surrender. The Skywater Academy students celebrated her victory while the Blazing Fire and Godwind teams struggled to believe how decisively she had controlled the fight.

• Shui Bing'er told Feng Xiaotian that she had no Spirit Rings and did not need them to grow stronger or fight.
• Feng Xiaotian activated his Twin Wolf Possession and Gale Wings Soul Skills and charged at Shui Bing'er.
• Shui Bing'er released her freezing aura and used Cold Feather Art to block Feng Xiaotian's Wind Blade Array and bombard him with icy feathers.
• Feng Xiaotian exhausted most of his Soul Power dodging the barrage, then surrendered when Shui Bing'er's frost began to cover him.
• Shui Bing'er dismissed her Arming, and Feng Xiaotian acknowledged her victory as the Skywater Academy students cheered.
• Huo Wushuang and the other spectators from the Blazing Fire and Godwind teams were astonished that Shui Bing'er had controlled the battle from beginning to end.

Ao Zhan confronted Feng Xiaotian about his feelings for Huo Wu and challenged her belief that Feng was weaker than she was. After restoring Feng Xiaotian's strength, he ordered them to fight again, and Huo Wu prepared to face him.

• Ao Zhan arrived with Shui Ningbing and learned that Shui Bing'er had just defeated Feng Xiaotian.
• Ao Zhan asked Feng Xiaotian whether he liked Huo Wu, then asked Huo Wu whether she liked Feng Xiaotian; she rejected him.
• Huo Wu said Feng Xiaotian's talent meant nothing because he could not beat her, and Ao Zhan suggested Feng had held back in their previous match.
• Ao Zhan ordered Feng Xiaotian to fight Huo Wu at full strength and threatened the Feng Clan's standing in Spirit Hall if he held back.
• Ao Zhan used Time Reversal to restore Feng Xiaotian's strength, and Huo Wu readied herself for their rematch.

Feng Xiaotian revealed that he had deliberately lost to Huo Wu because he liked her, but she felt humiliated and ran away in tears. After Ao Zhan gave both teams Alien Energy, he told Shui Bing'er that the Snow Empress had become another of his wives.

• Huo Wu attacked Feng Xiaotian, who dodged until she demanded that he fight back; his wind blades then injured her.
• Feng Xiaotian admitted he had held back and deliberately lost to Huo Wu before because he liked her, and Huo Wushuang confirmed he had noticed.
• Huo Wu accused them of making her feel like a clown and rushed away crying; Huo Wushuang and Feng Xiaotian followed her.
• Ao Zhan explained Alien Energy to the Godwind Team and Blazing Fire Team and used the Awakening Array to grant it to them.
• Ao Zhan said he needed to care for the waking Snow Empress, then told Shui Bing'er that she had become another of his teacher's wives.

Shui Bing'er panicked after learning Ao Zhan and Snow Empress had become lovers, while Ao Zhan comforted Snow Empress and explained Huo Wu’s reaction to Feng Xiaotian’s strength. Feng Xiaotian continued pursuing Huo Wu despite her anger, and she began to find him less annoying.

• Shui Bing'er reacted strangely when Ao Zhan confirmed he and Snow Empress had gotten together, then made an excuse and worried that he suspected her.
• Ao Zhan returned to Snow Empress, helped her recover with life energy, and told her what had happened with Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu.
• Ao Zhan explained that Huo Wu’s pride had made her break down after realizing Feng Xiaotian was stronger than she had believed.
• Ao Zhan said Feng Xiaotian could win Huo Wu over by persistently showing concern, and Snow Empress agreed with his view of attraction and strength.
• Feng Xiaotian kept smiling and fussing over Huo Wu after she told him to leave, and Huo Wu began to find him less annoying.

Feng Xiaotian soothed Huo Wu after proving his strength, and Spirit Hall’s reputation grew after Yu Yuanzhen lost to Ao Zhan and Qian Daoliu. Months later, Yu Xiaogang led a group toward the dangerous Star Dou Forest to obtain Spirit Rings, while the empires remained unable to persuade Spirit Hall to investigate the Soul Beast threat.

• Feng Xiaotian won Huo Wu over with his sincere praise, and Huo Wushuang returned to the Huo Clan to tell his father about them.
• Spirit Hall took control of Element City, while the newly renamed World-Destroying Thunder Dragon Sect’s master, Yu Yuanzhen, lost to Ao Zhan and Qian Daoliu.
• Spirit Hall’s victories reinforced its status as the continent’s leading power and left the major factions in a wary balance.
• Months later, Yu Xiaogang led Ma Hongjun and others to the Star Dou Forest to find a Spirit Ring for Xiao Ao, despite Ma Hongjun’s fear of the forest.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Spirit Hall for the Soul Beast threat, while the Two Great Empires failed to force Spirit Hall to investigate because commoners across the continent supported it.

Tang San secretly maneuvered Yu Xiaogang into bringing the group to the increasingly dangerous Star Dou Forest so he could obtain the Eight Spider Lances, while blaming Spirit Hall for the Soul Beasts’ growing power. The group entered the forest unaware they had been spotted, and a green-robed man reported Tang San’s arrival to his lord.

• Spirit Hall warned the imperial families against seizing civilians, and Xue Ye and Dai Tianfeng backed down rather than challenge it.
• Tang San recalled Gu Yuena and privately accused Spirit Hall of colluding with the Soul Beast Clan, while revealing that he had persuaded Yu Xiaogang to lead the expedition in search of the Eight Spider Lances.
• Yu Tianheng joined Shrek Academy’s group, and Tang San speculated that Yu Yuanzhen’s breakthrough and the World-Destroying Thunder Dragon Sect’s rise came from Destruction God King’s intervention.
• Tang San guessed that Yu Tiankuo might have received Destruction’s God Trial and resolved to make the younger man understand his place.
• The group entered the Star Dou Forest and found the usual inn abandoned, while a green-robed man meditating by the Lake of Life reported to his lord that Tang San had arrived.

Ao Zhan learned that Shrek Academy and the Imperial Heaven Team had entered Star Dou Forest, then prepared to confront them with Gu Ningqiu and Ah Yin. The teams rested in the forest while Tang San planned to obtain a Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone.

• Ten Thousand Demon King told Ao Zhan that Shrek Academy and another team had entered Star Dou Forest with a Title Douluo accompanying them.
• Ao Zhan ate Lake of Life fish with Gu Ningqiu, who remembered her resentment toward Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu.
• Ao Zhan invited Gu Ningqiu to go play with the people from Shrek, and Ah Yin asked to accompany them.
• Zhao Wuji, Flender, and Yu Xiaogang called for Shrek and Imperial Heaven to rest during their search for Soul Beasts.
• Tang San recalled his previous life’s encounter with the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and resolved to obtain the Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone.

Tang San and Tang Hao discovered that Ao Zhan had revived Ah Yin, while Ao Zhan confronted the Shrek group over their past offense against Spirit Hall. The confrontation paused when Yu Xiaogang stepped forward to argue his case.

• Tang San planned to question the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, unaware that Ao Zhan had killed and devoured them.
• Ao Zhan, Gu Ningqiu, and Ah Yin appeared before Tang San and the others, shocking Tang San and Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao realized Ah Yin had been revived and feared that her status as Blue Silver Emperor would block Tang San's rise, while Tang San chose to protect Xiao Wu.
• Ao Zhan reminded Flender that he had not forgotten Shrek's misuse of Spirit Hall's name and made clear that their earlier beating had not settled the matter.
• Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and asked Ao Zhan to hear his view, and Ao Zhan allowed him to speak.

Yu Xiaogang challenged Ao Zhan’s reason for targeting Shrek, but Ao Zhan refuted his arguments and declared Shrek’s continued existence an offense. Tang San then questioned Spirit Hall’s inaction over the Star Dou Forest crisis, seeking to expose its alliance with the Soul Beasts.

• Yu Xiaogang argued that Ao Zhan had already ended the old dispute and accused him of tarnishing Spirit Hall’s reputation by reopening it.
• Ao Zhan countered that Shrek’s continued presence was itself an offense and insisted that the strong made the rules.
• Yu Xiaogang reflected on his resentment toward the World-Destroying Thunder Dragon Sect and his hope that defeating Ao Zhan in debate would prove his worth.
• Tang San asked why Spirit Hall had done nothing about the dangerous Star Dou Forest and suggested it might be involved.
• Ao Zhan realized Tang San was trying to reveal Spirit Hall’s alliance with the Star Dou Forest, a suspicion Tang San had formed after seeing Gu Yuena at Shrek.

Tang San argued that Spirit Hall’s influence over commoners had to be undermined, but Ao Zhan dismissed his accusations and bound the Shrek and Imperial Heaven teams. Ah Yin approached Tang San to reclaim what did not belong to him, called him a bastard, and provoked Xiao Wu.

• Tang San reasoned that Spirit Hall’s strength came from commoner support, while Spirit Hall’s academies spread its reputation and exposed the Two Great Empires and major sects.
• Ao Zhan rejected Tang San’s concerns about Star Dou Forest and Spirit Hall, insisting that the Soul Masters causing trouble were not Spirit Hall’s responsibility.
• Ao Zhan bound the Shrek and Imperial Heaven teams with vines that absorbed their Soul Power, then announced that Tang San would be punished first.
• Ah Yin approached Tang San with golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass and called him a bastard.
• Xiao Wu angrily demanded that Ah Yin apologize to Tang San.

Ah Yin confronted Tang San and extracted the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline that she said had never belonged to him. Tang San was left horrified by the loss and his changed appearance, while Tang Hao restrained himself from attacking because Ao Zhan was present.

• Ah Yin recognized Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Charm Rabbit and teased her, while Ao Zhan told Xiao Wu to stand aside and watch.
• Ah Yin told Tang San she was taking back what belonged to her, then used Blue Silver Grass to drain the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline from his wrist.
• Tang San grew weak as the bloodline flowed from him to Ah Yin, and the Blue Silver Grass withdrew when she had finished.
• Those nearby noticed Tang San had become ugly, and Ao Zhan showed him his altered appearance in a mirror.
• Ah Yin confirmed she had taken back the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, leaving Tang San devastated and Tang Hao furious in hiding.

After Ah Yin reclaimed Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, Ao Zhan forced the group into a game involving Joyous Apes and sent the women to fight Gu Ningqiu. Gu Ningqiu armed herself and quickly knocked Zhu Zhuqing out, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong continued their assault.

• Ah Yin reclaimed Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, leaving him bound and enraged.
• Ao Zhan summoned Joyous Apes and announced that the men would play a game called “Zero and One.”
• Ao Zhan transported the men and Joyous Apes elsewhere, then sent Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Ningqiu to an unfamiliar forest.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, who charged at Gu Ningqiu.
• Gu Ningqiu used Arming to cover herself in armor and kicked Zhu Zhuqing into a tree, knocking her out of the fight.
• Xiao Wu prepared to use Waist Bow on Gu Ningqiu as Ning Rongrong spent her remaining Soul Power to strengthen her.

Gu Ningqiu brutally defeated Xiao Wu and revealed that Da Ming and Er Ming were dead, showing Xiao Wu their Spirit Bones. Xiao Wu recovered from her injuries and began building pressure for a counterattack, while Gu Ningqiu remained confident that the Star Dou Forest would protect her.

• Ning Rongrong fainted after exhausting her Soul Power, and Xiao Wu attacked Gu Ningqiu with her Waist Bow.
• Gu Ningqiu broke Xiao Wu’s legs, slammed her into the ground, and demanded to know why she called herself the Star Dou Princess.
• Xiao Wu threatened Gu Ningqiu and called for Da Ming and Er Ming, but neither appeared.
• Gu Ningqiu told Xiao Wu that Da Ming and Er Ming had died and showed her their hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bones.
• Xiao Wu screamed, recovered her dislocated jaw, and rose while muttering angrily about Gu Ningqiu killing the two Soul Beasts.
• Gu Ningqiu remained unafraid, trusting that the Mystic Beasts and the Ten Thousand Demon King would protect her.

Gu Ningqiu defeated Xiao Wu, while Ao Zhan healed her and implanted a life-energy crystal that repeatedly restored her injuries but magnified her pain. Xiao Wu kept attacking Gu Ningqiu and being beaten, then demanded to know why the Blessing of the Star Dou Forest had not made her stronger.

• Gu Ningqiu snapped Xiao Wu's arm and struck her unconscious after dismissing her strength.
• Ao Zhan arrived, healed Xiao Wu, and placed a life-energy crystal inside her that could restore her injuries while doubling her pain.
• Xiao Wu awoke and attacked Gu Ningqiu, who kicked her through a tree as the crystal healed her and intensified her screams.
• Gu Ningqiu repeatedly beat Xiao Wu, who recovered and charged back more than a dozen times.
• Xiao Wu roared that the Blessing of the Star Dou Forest should have made her Gu Ningqiu's match, and Gu Ningqiu questioned what blessing she meant.

Xiao Wu mistook the Life energy healing her for the Star Dou Forest’s blessing and condensed a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring during her fight with Gu Ningqiu, gaining Teleportation. When Xiao Wu summoned help and ordered a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon to kill Gu Ningqiu, it attacked Xiao Wu instead.

• Xiao Wu declared that the Star Dou Forest had blessed her because Life energy healed her wounds.
• Xiao Wu condensed a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring in the middle of the fight, reached Soul Power Level 30, and used Teleportation as her new soul skill.
• Gu Ningqiu mocked Xiao Wu’s claim to be the Star Dou Princess and challenged her to summon helpers.
• Xiao Wu released her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura, but no Soul Beasts answered her call.
• A Golden-Eyed Black Dragon appeared, and Xiao Wu ordered it to kill Gu Ningqiu.
• The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon attacked Xiao Wu with a dark energy sphere, swallowing her as she stared in confusion.

Gu Ningqiu and Di Tian exposed their act to Xiao Wu, who learned that Gu Ningqiu was the Star Dou Forest’s true princess and that Da Ming and Er Ming had been executed. After Di Tian bound Xiao Wu with chains that blocked her teleportation, Gu Ningqiu began torturing her with the Gecko Game.

• Xiao Wu survived Di Tian’s dark-element attack with the crystal Ao Zhan had placed in her body, then tried to intimidate the black dragon by claiming to be the Star Dou Princess.
• Di Tian bowed to Gu Ningqiu and declared her the Star Dou Forest’s only princess, while dismissing Xiao Wu as a Soft Bone Charm Rabbit.
• Di Tian told Xiao Wu that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had been gatekeepers and that he had executed them.
• Di Tian restrained Xiao Wu with dark chains carrying spatial runes, preventing her from using Teleportation to escape.
• Gu Ningqiu asked Xiao Wu to play the Gecko Game, then broke her fingers even after she answered her subtraction questions correctly.

Ao Zhan ended the Joyous Apes’ torment of Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and the others, then announced that the Imperial Heaven Team could sit out the remaining games. The team celebrated until Qin Ming insisted on suffering alongside Shrek, leaving his teammates furious.

• Ao Zhan found Tang San and Yu Xiaogang screaming under the Joyous Apes’ torment while Tang Hao stayed hidden, unwilling to risk fighting in his weakened condition.
• Ao Zhan ordered the Joyous Apes to stop, dismissed them, and washed the strange smell from the battered group.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang struggled to recover, but panicked when Ao Zhan announced that more games were coming.
• Ao Zhan excused the Imperial Heaven Team from the remaining games because they were unrelated to Shrek’s grievance with him.
• Qin Ming declared that he would share Shrek’s hardship, moving Shrek’s members but enraging the Imperial Heaven Team, who had hoped to escape further torture.

Ao Zhan trapped Shrek in the Throne of Agony, a game that subjected each person to a tailored torture and made a randomly chosen throne bearer feel everyone else’s pain threefold. The roulette chose Tang San, and the game began with the Shrek group screaming through their punishments.

• Ao Zhan rejected Qin Ming’s demand, bound him with a vine, and threw him aside.
• Ao Zhan transported the Shrek group to a sealed chamber, bound them to thrones, and explained the torture game and its rules.
• The roulette selected Tang San as the first throne bearer.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Flender, Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and Yu Xiaogang suffered their assigned tortures while Tang San endured their pain at triple intensity.