Chapter Summaries

After the Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu away, Tang San and the Yu father and son raced after it for different reasons. Yu Yuanzhen reached the ape near the Star Dou Great Forest's Core Area, where Xiao Wu began pretending to struggle.

• Tang San left the Shrek campsite in pursuit of the Titan Giant Ape, and Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang arrived to find Flender badly injured and Xiao Wu missing.
• Yu Yuanzhen learned that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape had taken Xiao Wu and immediately chased it, while Yu Xiaogang followed despite Flender's condition.
• Tang San saw Yu Yuanzhen fly past and begged Yu Xiaogang to take him after Xiao Wu; Yu Xiaogang eventually carried him toward the Lake of Life.
• Yu Yuanzhen caught sight of Xiao Wu riding calmly on the Titan Giant Ape's shoulder, and Xiao Wu noticed his approach and pretended to struggle against the ape.

Yu Yuanzhen confronted Erming and Daming at Lake of Life, then accepted a soul bone and retreated after threatening the Star Dou Great Forest. He told Yu Xiaogang and Tang San that Xiao Wu was likely lost, leaving Tang San afraid she would remain in her true home and derail his plans.

• Erming fought Yu Yuanzhen while carrying Xiao Wu toward Lake of Life, and Daming answered Erming’s call.
• Yu Yuanzhen followed them to the lake, where Daming and Erming faced him together and Daming urged him to leave.
• Yu Yuanzhen demanded a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as compensation, and Daming gave him a twenty-thousand-year wind-attribute left leg bone.
• Yu Yuanzhen stored the soul bone, threatened to return with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect powerhouses, and flew away.
• Yu Yuanzhen met Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, claiming he had failed to save the abducted girl and that her odds were poor.
• Tang San feared Xiao Wu would stay at Lake of Life and disrupt his plans to become a God King.

Tang San returned to the Shrek camp after Xiao Wu was presumed dead, while Ning Chengjiu secretly planned to claim her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. In Spirit City, Ice Empress reunited with Snow Empress, and Qian Renling asked Qian Xunji to lend her several craftsmen.

• Yu Yuanzhen brought Yu Xiaogang and Tang San back to the ruined Shrek camp, then left for Heaven Dou City after giving Yu Xiaogang medicine and instructions.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Daming and Erming had driven them from the Lake of Life and that Xiao Wu was likely dead; Tang San hid his anger and blamed the two beasts in his thoughts.
• The Shrek group departed for Heaven Dou City, where Ning Chengjiu privately planned to discuss capturing Xiao Wu with Ning Fengzhi, Grandpa Sword, and Grandpa Poison.
• Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City with Qian Renling and Ice Empress, who rushed into Snow Empress's study and tearfully reunited with her.
• Qian Xunji and Qian Renling left the study to give the sisters privacy, and Qian Renling asked her father to lend her several Spirit Hall craftsmen.

Qian Renling received her father’s support to develop Soul Tools, while Xiao Wu was kept at the Lake of Life and Tang San planned to bring her back. Ning Chengjiu told Ning Fengzhi that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Dugu Bo confirmed the suspicion.

• Qian Renling asked Qian Xunji for craftsmen and materials, and he gave her authority to choose Spirit Hall personnel and use its treasury.
• Xiao Wu insisted on returning to the human world, but Daming and Erming blocked her and told her to calm down in her cabin.
• Tang San cultivated at Shrek Academy and planned to reach level forty so he could return to the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang Hao’s help.
• Ning Chengjiu told Ning Fengzhi that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and claimed Yu Yuanzhen had pursued her.
• Ning Fengzhi summoned Dugu Bo, who confirmed that Xiao Wu was likely a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Ning Fengzhi mobilized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to capture Xiao Wu, a revealed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Yu Yuanzhen rushed to alert Spirit Hall. On the way to the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Chengjiu revealed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, leading Chen Xin to suspect Tang Hao had long known Xiao Wu’s secret.

• Dugu Bo confirmed Xiao Wu’s true nature, and Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Soul Sages to prepare for a pursuit.
• Ning Chengjiu told Ning Fengzhi that Oscar had gained the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Eight Spider Lances, but Ning Fengzhi chose to prioritize capturing Xiao Wu.
• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Chengjiu, Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and ten Soul Sages set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yu Yuanzhen feared Ning Fengzhi had already discovered Xiao Wu’s secret and flew to Spirit Hall to warn the Pope.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that he had spread the news to draw Tang Hao toward the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Ning Chengjiu disclosed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.
• Chen Xin recognized Tang San as the infant once taken from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and suspected Tang Hao had long known Xiao Wu’s true nature.

Tang Hao learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were targeting the Lake of Life, and he decided to confront them rather than ask Bibi Dong for help. At Spirit Hall, Yu Yuanzhen warned Qian Xunji that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already mobilized, while a report revealed that Tang Hao had disappeared from the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces.

• Tang Hao received a letter saying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were targeting the Lake of Life, but ruled out seeking Bibi Dong’s help and decided to meet the rival clans himself.
• The Ice Empress remained meekly in Spirit Hall, where Snow Empress kept her company and Qian Xunji allowed her to stay.
• Qian Xunji completed the core formation of a ninth-grade Soul Tool as a bishop summoned him to meet Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Qian Xunji about his encounter with the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, and reported that more than a dozen members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had left Heaven Dou City.
• A bishop reported that Tang Hao had abandoned the Holy Spirit Cult’s plundering force at the Star Luo Empire border and vanished.

Qian Xunji sent Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang to watch the gathering forces at the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang Hao took Tang San there and Ning Fengzhi’s group prepared to use the conflict to their advantage. The factions converged around the Lake of Life, where Tang Hao approached in disguise.

• Qian Xunji ordered Yu Yuanzhen to take Yu Xiaogang to the Star Dou Great Forest and wait for the soul beasts and other factions to clash.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were heading to the forest, then took him with him.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang that Tang Hao and Ning Fengzhi were involved, and Yu Xiaogang gathered Flender and Liu Erlong to depart with them.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Soul Sages to scout the Lake of Life and planned to wait for Tang Hao to draw the two beast kings’ hostility.
• Ning Chengjiu hoped the ensuing battle would let him seize Xiao Wu’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Tang Hao concealed his aura and approached on foot.

Tang Hao entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, but Ning Fengzhi exposed him to the forest’s rulers and helped draw them into battle. As Tang Hao fought Chen Xin, Dugu Bo slipped toward the Lake of Life, while Yu Yuanzhen’s group secretly moved toward its rear with another objective.

• Tang Hao killed one Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect scout and chased the two survivors to stop them from raising an alarm.
• Ning Fengzhi learned Tang Hao had arrived and summoned Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, and Ning Chengjiu to draw the forest’s rulers toward him.
• Ning Fengzhi publicly called out Tang Hao, prompting the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to charge toward the battle.
• Chen Xin engaged Tang Hao while Dugu Bo used the dust and mist to sneak toward the wooden house by the Lake of Life.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived with Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong, then led them around the battlefield toward the rear of the Lake of Life.

Tang San exposed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s diversion, prompting Erming to rush back to protect Xiao Wu while Daming fought Tang Hao. At Lake of Life, Dugu Bo captured Xiao Wu but was intercepted by Yu Yuanzhen and his companions, and Yu Yuanzhen quickly wounded him.

• Tang San arrived at the battlefield, realized Dugu Bo was missing, and shouted to Daming and Erming that Poison Douluo had gone after Xiao Wu.
• Daming sent Erming back to guard Lake of Life, while Tang Hao used the souls trapped in his Clear Sky Hammer to occupy Chen Xin and attack Daming.
• Dugu Bo emerged from the mist with the unconscious Xiao Wu, but Yu Yuanzhen, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong blocked his escape.
• Dugu Bo summoned his Martial Soul Avatar to protect Xiao Wu, but Yu Yuanzhen broke through its defenses and forced Dugu Bo to retreat, injured and bleeding.

The battle at the Lake of Life escalated as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Golden Sacred Dragon fought Erming, then Daming and other humans joined the melee. Tang San failed to take Xiao Wu and hid again, while Yu Xiaogang shifted his target to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Erming charged Tang Hao.

• Yu Yuanzhen threw the unconscious Xiao Wu to Yu Xiaogang, and Erming attacked them before Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed the Golden Sacred Dragon to fight him alongside Yu Yuanzhen.
• Tang San crept toward Xiao Wu while the others fought, but Daming's lightning struck the ground beside him and blasted him away, forcing him to retreat into hiding.
• Daming left his fight with Tang Hao to aid Erming, and Tang Hao and Chen Xin later returned to the Lake of Life as the battle grew into a broader melee.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to target the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Chen Xin shielded Ning Fengzhi and Ning Chengjiu.
• Erming saw Tang Hao carrying the Clear Sky Hammer, remembered his hatred over Aunt Rou, and charged at him.

Yu Xiaogang used his spatial passage to take the unconscious Xiao Wu from the battlefield, while the fighters struggled to hold off the two beast kings. As Yu Xiaogang fled, Sword Douluo caught up and stabbed Xiao Wu in front of Tang San.

• Tang Hao and the Titan Giant Ape continued their brutal duel as Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong unleashed the Golden Sacred Dragon's full attack against Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi.
• The Golden Sacred Dragon's charge shattered the fusion skill and cracked Chen Xin's Seven Kill Sword, and Liu Erlong carried the gravely injured Flender away while Yu Xiaogang stayed behind.
• Yu Xiaogang opened a spatial passage with his Bone Dragon Torso Bone, seized the unconscious Xiao Wu, and fled in the opposite direction from Liu Erlong.
• Yu Yuanzhen trapped the Sky Azure Bull Python with a lightning cage as Tang Hao struck the Titan Giant Ape's knee, preventing both beasts from pursuing Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Chen Xin after Yu Xiaogang, who encountered Tang San and was about to speak when Chen Xin's sword pierced Xiao Wu's back in front of him.

Xiao Wu died after Chen Xin stabbed her, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect seized her body and emerging Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring. Daming's grief triggered a killing frenzy, while Tang Hao fled the battlefield as the threat of a Beast Tide loomed.

• Xiao Wu died in front of Tang San, who screamed at Chen Xin and tried to attack him.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao threatened Chen Xin, so Chen Xin withdrew with Xiao Wu's body toward Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang San lunged after Chen Xin, but Yu Xiaogang restrained him as Yu Yuanzhen broke off his fight with Daming and retreated.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to flee with Xiao Wu's body and Spirit Ring.
• Daming roared in grief and vowed not to retreat again, prompting Tang Hao to flee after striking back at the Titan Giant Ape.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s killing of Xiao Wu triggered a Beast Tide, and Ning Fengzhi led his group toward Soul Hunting Town to force others to help resist it. As the town’s defenses fell, Qian Xunji retrieved Xiao Wu’s corpse while Ning Chengjiu escaped with her Spirit Bone.

• Erming and Daming’s roars drove the Soul Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest into a Beast Tide.
• Ning Fengzhi headed for Soul Hunting Town after Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Hao refused to help, and Qian Xunji told Yu Yuanzhen to make the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan look heroic while blaming Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Chen Xin to remove Xiao Wu’s Right Arm Bone and throw away her corpse, then sent Ning Chengjiu away with the bone.
• Qian Xunji collected Xiao Wu’s damaged corpse and disappeared.
• The Beast Tide overwhelmed Soul Hunting Town’s strengthened defenses.

Qian Xunji redirected Tang Hao and Tang San into the Beast Tide, drawing a large part of the horde away from Soul Hunting Town. As Daming and Erming devastated the town over Xiao Wu’s death, Qian Xunji stopped them from attacking civilians and put Ning Fengzhi before the beast kings to answer for their rage.

• Yu Yuanzhen attacked the Beast Tide while Yu Xiaogang helped civilians evacuate, Dugu Bo recovered among the crowd, and Ning Fengzhi called for aid from a tower.
• Qian Xunji kicked Tang Hao and Tang San through a spatial rift into the center of the Beast Tide, where the soul beasts recognized Tang Hao’s aura and turned toward them.
• Chen Xin and Tang Hao fought their way out of the horde, while Daming and Erming continued to wreck Soul Hunting Town.
• Qian Xunji appeared above the town and stopped Daming and Erming, then seized Ning Fengzhi from his tower and dropped him before the beast kings.
• Qian Xunji told Ning Fengzhi to explain how he would quell Daming and Erming’s rage.

Ning Fengzhi offered Dugu Bo as a scapegoat to appease the enraged Beast Kings, and Chen Xin killed him. After the Beast Kings withdrew without Xiao Wu’s body, Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen confronted Ning Fengzhi and demanded an explanation.

• Ning Fengzhi offered the life of a Titled Douluo to calm the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, then ordered Chen Xin to seize Dugu Bo.
• Ning Fengzhi blamed Dugu Bo for the crisis, and Chen Xin killed him before he could defend himself.
• Daming accepted Dugu Bo’s death as payment for now and demanded Xiao Wu’s body, but Ning Fengzhi claimed he had buried it and forgotten where.
• Erming feared Xiao Wu’s body had been lost beneath the Beast Tide, threatened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and rushed into the forest with Dugu Bo’s corpse to search for her.
• Daming led the Beast Tide back into the Star Dou Great Forest as Tang Hao and Yu Yuanzhen approached Ning Fengzhi and demanded an explanation.

After the Beast Tide, Qian Xunji demanded Ning Fengzhi hand over Ning Chengjiu’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Ning Fengzhi hurried back to protect it. Qian Xunji then revived Xiao Wu, who agreed to serve Spirit Hall in exchange for her life.

• Ning Fengzhi deflected Yu Yuanzhen’s accusations and claimed he would apologize to the other factions later.
• Qian Xunji demanded Ning Chengjiu’s newly carved-out Spirit Bone and gave Ning Fengzhi three days to hand it over.
• Ning Fengzhi fled toward Heaven Dou City with Chen Xin to make arrangements, while Tang Hao led Tang San away and Yu Yuanzhen ordered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s account of the battle spread across the continent.
• Qian Xunji revived Xiao Wu with a Soul-Returning Pill, restoring her wounds and severed arm.
• Xiao Wu thanked Qian Xunji and offered to repay him, then panicked when he threatened to kill and revive her repeatedly for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu begged to serve Spirit Hall, and Qian Xunji ordered her to rest and return the next morning.

Qian Xunji assigned the revived Xiao Wu to serve Qian Renling, making her second life depend on proving her value. He also ordered Qian Renling to lead Spirit Hall Academy’s tournament team and travel across the continent to gain experience.

• Qian Xunji introduced Xiao Wu to Qian Renling, and Xiao Wu panicked when she realized Qian Renling was his daughter.
• Qian Xunji promised Xiao Wu a chance to live and avenge her mother, but said she had to be worth more than her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Qian Xunji ordered Xiao Wu to follow Qian Renling and work for her, and Qian Renling accepted the arrangement.
• Qian Xunji tasked Qian Renling with leading Spirit Hall Academy’s team in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and choosing its remaining members.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renling to take the team across the continent for real combat experience, and she eagerly agreed.

Ning Fengzhi visited Qian Xunji at night to bargain for Spirit Hall’s help repairing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s reputation after its role in the Beast Tide was exposed. He surrendered a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, ten million Gold Soul Coins, and another Soul Bone, and Qian Xunji asked how he wanted the announcement worded.

• After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and others accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of causing the Beast Tide, survivors confronted the sect, and Ning Fengzhi went to seek Qian Xunji’s help.
• Ning Fengzhi blamed the disaster on Dugu Bo’s slander and offered Qian Xunji the Right Arm Bone of the Hundred Thousand Year transformed Soft Bone Rabbit.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Spirit Hall to declare that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had not caused the Beast Tide or intended the tragedy in Soul Hunting Town.
• Qian Xunji questioned whether Spirit Hall could silence public opinion and reminded Ning Fengzhi that his sect had caused the disaster by murdering people and seizing their goods.
• Ning Fengzhi offered ten million Gold Soul Coins and a thirty-thousand-year Left Leg Bone, and Qian Xunji accepted them before asking how he should word the announcement.

Ning Fengzhi persuaded Qian Xunji to blame Dugu Bo for the Beast Tide, and Qian Xunji ordered a proclamation that shifted blame while offering compensation to victims. Qian Xunji then gave Qian Renling a Spirit Bone to use as a reward for her future team and encouraged her to rest.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Qian Xunji to testify that Dugu Bo had caused the Beast Tide through greed, and Qian Xunji agreed.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to issue a proclamation blaming Dugu Bo, noting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s lax discipline, and announcing one million Gold Soul Coins in compensation for victims’ families.
• Qian Xunji told Yue Guan that easing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s situation could prompt someone to attack the sect, which had only one Sword Douluo left.
• Qian Xunji visited Qian Renling and gave her a thirty-thousand-year Leg Spirit Bone, instructing her to keep it as a reward for meritorious members of her future team rather than absorb it.
• Qian Xunji praised Qian Renling’s work combining Soul Tools and hidden weapons, then urged her to rest.

Spirit Hall’s proclamation blamed Dugu Bo for the Beast Tide, leaving Ning Fengzhi disgraced despite clearing his sect of the worst accusations. Tang San struggled with Xiao Wu’s death and resolved to grow stronger, while Qian Xunji hinted to Yu Yuanzhen that the weakened Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might face a threat from the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Spirit Hall publicly blamed Dugu Bo for the Beast Tide and said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had executed him.
• Ning Fengzhi condemned the proclamation’s wording, learned Cheng Jiu had shut himself away, and went to see him after taking back the Hundred Thousand Year Right Arm Bone.
• Tang San mourned Xiao Wu and feared he could no longer achieve twin godhood, but chose to focus on advancing his cultivation.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Qian Xunji whether Ning Fengzhi had secretly sought his help, and Qian Xunji confirmed that Ning Fengzhi had offered lavish gifts.
• Qian Xunji pointed out that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was vulnerable and asked Yu Yuanzhen what the Holy Spirit Cult might do next.