Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu fought Tang San in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament while trying to prove to Qian Renling that she had not sided with him. Spirit Hall overwhelmed Shrek, and Tian Ling knocked Dai Mubai out before advancing on Ning Chengjiu.

• Tang San realized Xiao Wu was ignoring him, then saw Spirit Hall's fighters reveal their powerful Spirit Rings, including ten-thousand-year fourth rings.
• Hu Liena, Yan, Xie Yue, and Tian Ling charged Shrek while Yu Xiaozhu and Qian Renling stayed back to watch.
• Xiao Wu teleported to Tang San and demanded that he fight her, but he refused to attack and urged her to return to his side.
• Fearing Qian Renling would mistake Tang San's restraint for proof of their alliance, Xiao Wu attacked his vital points without holding back.
• Tian Ling broke through Dai Mubai's defenses, kicked him unconscious, and moved toward Ning Chengjiu.

Tian Ling and the Spirit Hall Team overwhelmed Shrek in the arena, while Xiao Wu broke Tang San’s wrist after rejecting his possessive pleas. Yu Xiaogang admitted defeat, leaving him reconsidering Tang San as his disciple as Yan mocked Shrek’s winning streak.

• Tian Ling used her Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul to beat Ning Chengjiu and pin him to the ground.
• Xiao Wu battered Tang San, then stomped on his right wrist and broke it after he insisted she return to him.
• Qian Renling and Yu Xiaozhu watched the fight while Yu Xiaogang struggled with his disappointment in Tang San and considered finding another disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Shrek to admit defeat, and the fighters stopped.
• Yan returned to the Spirit Hall Team and mocked Shrek’s twenty-plus consecutive wins.

After Shrek’s defeat, Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang San over refusing to fight Xiao Wu, then redirected his possessiveness into a renewed pursuit of strength. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu sitting beside Qian Renling at Spirit Hall’s relaxed post-match gathering.

• After the teams left the arena, Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about letting Xiao Wu beat him without resisting.
• Tang San realized Xiao Wu’s actions had spared him a worse beating, but Yu Xiaogang accused him of treating her refusal as affection and harassing her.
• Yu Xiaogang imagined Xiao Wu surrounded by stronger men, stirring Tang San’s possessiveness and prompting him to apologize and promise not to repeat his mistake.
• Yu Xiaogang decided Tang San was too unstable to rely on as his sole disciple and considered finding another heir for his theories.
• Tang San planned to reclaim the Eight Spider Lances as a shortcut to greater combat strength.
• At Spirit Hall’s residence, the team celebrated its victory, and Xiao Wu sat beside Qian Renling.

Qian Renling recognized Tang San’s use of Tang Sect techniques and resolved to investigate him, while Tang San secretly contacted his father. Tang San told Tang Hao about Oscar’s Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone and asked him to help seize it.

• Qian Renling recalled that Tang San had used Mysterious Jade Hand, Purple Demon Eye, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and decided to investigate his background.
• Tang San delivered a letter and a black token to a Seven Treasure Commerce steward, who recognized him as the Young Cult Master.
• After Shrek’s team stayed at the hotel to recover from their defeat, Tang San followed his father’s summons to meet Tang Hao.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao to help seize Oscar’s Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone.

Tang Hao abducted Oscar and forcibly removed his Eight Spider Lances, while Yu Xiaogang and Ning Chengjiu recognized Tang San’s likely involvement. Tang Hao left Oscar barely alive, and Ning Chengjiu chose to keep what he knew secret.

• Tang Hao agreed to take the External Soul Bone from Oscar after Tang San told him Oscar had not fully fused with it.
• Tang Hao slipped into the hotel, knocked Oscar unconscious, and carried him away while Yu Xiaogang sensed the disturbance.
• Yu Xiaogang found Oscar missing and suspected Tang San and Tang Hao, but chose not to expose them to avoid splitting Shrek apart.
• Ning Chengjiu concluded Tang San had arranged Oscar’s abduction and decided to keep that knowledge as leverage.
• Tang Hao tore the Eight Spider Lances from Oscar’s back and left him bleeding and barely alive.

Tang Hao stripped Oscar’s External Soul Bone and left him badly wounded, while Yu Xiaogang brought him back to the hotel. Qian Renling questioned Yu Xiaogang about Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang revealed his suspicion that Tang Hao had stolen Oscar’s bone to strengthen his son.

• Tang Hao sealed Oscar’s wounds, left him alive, and abandoned him on a street after taking his External Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang found Oscar, carried him to a clinic, and later returned to the hotel with him unconscious and bandaged.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun carried Oscar to his room after learning that his Eight Spider Lances were gone.
• Yu Xiaozhu told Yu Xiaogang that Qian Renling wanted to see him, and Qian Renling asked him about Tang San’s background.
• Yu Xiaogang described Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and his father, Tang Hao, then said he was ninety percent certain they had conspired to take Oscar’s bone for Tang San.

Qian Renling told Xiao Wu that Tang San was the son of the man who killed her mother, and revealed that Tang San had hidden his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul from her. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang calling Tang San out of Oscar’s room.

• Qian Renling asked Yu Xiaogang to find out where Tang San had learned his Self-Created Soul Skills and footwork, then sent him to report the answer through Yu Xiaozhu.
• Qian Renling and Yu Xiaozhu visited Xiao Wu and asked whether her mother’s death had been caused by Tang Hao.
• Xiao Wu described the Clear Sky Sect members who had attacked her mother, and Qian Renling identified them as members of the four single-attribute clans.
• Qian Renling told Xiao Wu that Tang San was Tang Hao’s biological son and had concealed his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul from her.
• Yu Xiaogang checked Oscar’s condition and called Tang San outside for a private conversation.

Tang San agreed to share simplified versions of his Tang Sect techniques with Yu Xiaogang, but secretly prepared incomplete, sabotaged manuals. He planned to give them to Yu Xiaogang the next morning and left the Shrek team at risk of harm if they practiced them.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San against acting too extremely, but Tang San insisted he had simply accepted reality.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to let him examine the Tang Sect Secret Arts, and Tang San offered to prepare simpler techniques for the team.
• Tang San decided to share only Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Purple Demon Eye while withholding the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Hidden Weapons Compendium.
• Tang San altered the manuals’ instructions to damage practitioners and limited both techniques to minor accomplishment.
• Tang San folded the sabotaged manuals and kept them close, intending to hand them to Yu Xiaogang the next morning.

Tang San gave Yu Xiaogang altered cultivation methods designed to harm his allies, but Qian Renling discovered and corrected the dangerous routes. Yu Xiaogang left to distribute safe copies, while Qian Renling began writing out the complete Tang Sect techniques for Spirit Hall.

• Tang San handed Yu Xiaogang a booklet of Self-Created Soul Skills, secretly altering the cultivation routes to cause hidden injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang brought the booklet to Qian Renling, who identified the dangerous flaws in Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Purple Demon Eye and corrected them.
• Qian Renling warned Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had planned to harm his allies, and Yu Xiaogang took the corrected booklet away.
• Qian Renling began recording the complete cultivation methods for the Spirit Hall Team.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered six copies of the corrected booklet at a copying shop in Suotuo City and looked forward to Tang San's schemes being exposed.

Tang San absorbed Oscar’s stolen Eight Spider Lances while Tang Hao helped secure the Spirit Bone inside his body. Yu Xiaogang revealed Tang San’s betrayal to Oscar, took him as a disciple, and proposed a Spider-based Martial Soul Fusion Skill as Shrek’s tournament trump card.

• Tang San thanked Tang Hao for the Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone, and Tang Hao infused him with Soul Power to bind it permanently to his body.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Oscar the original Tang Sect manuals and explained that Tang San had tampered with their cultivation routes.
• Oscar realized Tang San had stolen his Spirit Bone, accepted Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, and agreed to hide his knowledge until they could seek revenge.
• Yu Xiaogang reassured Oscar that food-system Spirit Masters could develop offensive power and told him to recover while concealing his anger from Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang announced that Tang San and Ning Chengjiu would attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill using their spider Martial Souls as Shrek’s tournament trump card.

Yu Xiaogang proposed that Tang San and Ning Chengjiu fuse their highly compatible spider Martial Souls to give Shrek a new trump card. Their hands sparked a faint resonance, leaving Tang San furious and Ning Chengjiu recognizing it as a precursor to a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Yu Xiaogang told Oscar that Tang San's Man Faced Demon Spider and Ning Chengjiu's Soul-Eater Spider Emperor might fuse into a powerful monster.
• Tang San returned to Shrek's suite after absorbing the Eight Spider Lances and saw his teammates cultivating the manuals Yu Xiaogang had distributed.
• Yu Xiaogang gathered the team and announced a plan to give Shrek another trump card.
• Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San and Ning Chengjiu together, pressed their palms together, and ordered them to attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Tang San pulled away in anger, then realized that both of their current Martial Souls were top-tier spiders.
• Ning Chengjiu felt his Soul-Eater Spider Emperor resonate with Tang San's Martial Soul and understood that their attraction might signal a fusion skill.

Tang San and Ning Chengjiu forced their spider-type Martial Souls to resonate and created the Myriad-Faced Spider Soul Prison, but had to compromise over who controlled it. They revealed its first ability, which marked anyone who touched or attacked its web, tracked them, and slowed their Soul Power.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San and Ning Chengjiu to combine their Soul Power, and Tang San reluctantly agreed to try.
• Tang San and Ning Chengjiu joined hands, but their Soul Power clashed until Yu Xiaogang forced them into an embrace.
• Their Man Faced Demon Spider and Soul-Eater Spider Emperor fused into a giant spider that spread a face-marking web throughout the suite.
• Tang San and Ning Chengjiu fought over control of the fusion skill, then agreed that Tang San would control its body and attacks while Ning Chengjiu controlled its mental attributes and other abilities.
• Tang San and Ning Chengjiu named their fusion skill Myriad-Faced Spider Soul Prison and described its Myriad-Faced Trace ability, which marked targets, tracked them, and slowed their Soul Power.

Tang Hao concluded that Spirit Hall had resurrected Xiao Wu and broke into the hotel to force Qian Renling to reveal how A-Zhu might be revived. Qian Xunji appeared through Qian Renling's golden feather just as Tang Hao reached for her, leaving Tang Hao trapped under his holy pressure.

• Tang San and Ning Chengjiu explained the Myriad-Faced Spider Soul Prison's linked senses, spiritual attacks, and Myriad-Faced Cocoon Return, while concealing the cocoon's deeper effects.
• The Shrek group watched the spider fusion skill fade, and Ma Hongjun asked Dai Mubai whether the Hell White Tiger could match it.
• Tang Hao watched Tang San stabilize the Eight Spider Lances and concluded that Qian Xunji had resurrected Xiao Wu, raising his hopes of bringing A-Zhu back.
• Tang Hao entered Xiao Wu's room and confirmed that she was alive, then slipped into Qian Renling's room to seize her and demand the resurrection secret.
• Qian Renling's golden feather summoned Qian Xunji, who appeared with twelve golden wings and halted Tang Hao as Qian Renling woke and hid behind him.

Qian Xunji drove Tang Hao away from Qian Renling, then confronted him outside Suotuo City. Tang Hao begged him to revive A-Zhu and offered to hunt another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in exchange.

• Qian Xunji kicked Tang Hao through the hotel wall after he attacked Qian Renling, then pursued him into the night.
• Qian Renling fled her damaged room and went to Yu Xiaozhu's door for the night.
• Qian Xunji intercepted Tang Hao outside Suotuo City and recognized him as both Clear Sky Douluo and the leader of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Tang Hao offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone as compensation, but Qian Xunji demanded to know whether he valued his life more than touching Qian Renling.
• Tang Hao asked Qian Xunji to revive A-Zhu, rejecting the demand that he repeatedly strip her of her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao offered to hunt another Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and give Qian Xunji its Soul Ring and Soul Bone if he revived A-Zhu.

After Qian Xunji humiliated Tang Hao and demanded compensation within three days, Tang Hao renewed his determination to defeat Spirit Hall and resurrect A-Zhu. He returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where he asked Bibi Dong about corrupting Ning Fengzhi.

• Qian Xunji rejected Tang Hao's offer of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, said he would collect compensation in three days, and departed.
• Tang Hao rose from the mud and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall so Qian Xunji would be forced to resurrect A-Zhu.
• Tang Hao abandoned his immediate plans to attack Spirit Hall and limped back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to gather the demanded items.
• Tang Hao entered the sect's secret chamber and concealed his injuries from Bibi Dong.
• Tang Hao asked Bibi Dong how Ning Fengzhi's corruption was progressing, and she replied that it would be done soon.

Tang Hao used Qian Xunji’s manipulation of Ning Fengzhi to drive the imprisoned sect master into madness and corrupt his Martial Soul. Ning Fengzhi agreed to join Tang Hao’s revenge against Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, while secretly plotting against Tang Hao as well.

• Tang Hao visited Ning Fengzhi in the dungeon and revealed that Qian Xunji had orchestrated Bibi Dong’s entry into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Yu Xiaogang’s arrival.
• Ning Fengzhi recalled the events and broke into laughter as he realized Qian Xunji had manipulated him and ruined his sect.
• Tang Hao fed nearly a hundred beast souls into Ning Fengzhi, corrupting his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Seven Fiends Blood-Devouring Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to join Tang Hao in destroying Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, while privately deciding to destroy Tang Hao too.

Ning Fengzhi gained a blood-fed mutation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and agreed to join Tang Hao against Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong confronted Tang Hao over protecting Ning Fengzhi, then secretly sent poison at him.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that his Seven Fiends Blood-Devouring Pagoda amplified allies thirty percent more than the original but required vital blood and suppressed pain.
• Tang Hao accepted Ning Fengzhi as an ally and asked him to persuade Chen Xin to join them.
• Bibi Dong saw Ning Fengzhi's altered state and confronted Tang Hao, who defended their alliance and said he could put aside Ning Fengzhi's role in A-Zhu's death.
• Bibi Dong mocked Tang Hao for compromising his principles for revenge, then discreetly launched poisonous gas at him.
• Tang Hao swung his Clear Sky Hammer to disperse the poison.

Bibi Dong used poison to subdue Ning Fengzhi while Tang Hao left to prepare compensation. In Suotuo City, Ning Chengjiu weighed the future of his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Tang San decided to seek power at the Valley of Love.

• Bibi Dong poisoned Ning Fengzhi to keep him under control, and Tang Hao warned her not to cripple him before leaving to prepare compensation.
• Ning Chengjiu struggled with the tangled feelings left by his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Tang San and concluded that Tang San was not the God King from his previous life.
• Ning Chengjiu considered whether to add Spirit Rings to his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then decided to wait and pursue ten-thousand-year rings if it could not evolve.
• Tang San reflected on losing the Immortal Herbs and resolved to seek a new opportunity at the Valley of Love.

After the Spirit Hall Team left Suotuo City, Yu Xiaogang revealed his allegiance to Spirit Hall to Oscar and accepted him as a disciple. Yu Xiaogang taught Oscar two techniques from his self-created Three Ultimates of Yu-Dong, leaving the third undisclosed.

• Qian Renling led the Spirit Hall Team out of Suotuo City, and the Shrek group relaxed once they confirmed the team had left.
• After recovering enough to stand, Oscar formally bowed to Yu Xiaogang and became his final disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang told Oscar that his first lesson was loyalty to Spirit Hall, and Oscar pledged himself to it.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Oscar to keep the secret, then revealed that he had created the Three Ultimates of Yu-Dong by infusing Soul Power with emotion.
• Yu Xiaogang demonstrated the Longing for Dong Fist and Thinking of Dong Palm, while withholding the powerful Yu-Dong Cannon.

Oscar discovered that hatred could transform his Soul Power into a brutal attack, while Ning Fengzhi visited the imprisoned Chen Xin after succumbing to corruption. The chapter left Chen Xin devastated as Ning Fengzhi promised he would soon be corrupted too.

• After Yu Xiaogang left, Oscar recalled Tang San’s betrayal and used his hatred to unleash a sinister punch, injuring his back but proving the technique could work.
• In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s dungeon, Chen Xin resisted the fallen beast souls with the sword intent of his Seven Kill Sword.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived at Chen Xin’s cell with black eyes and signs of corruption, revealing that he had lost himself to the evil force.
• Chen Xin grieved over Ning Fengzhi’s condition as Ning Fengzhi told him he would soon become just like him.