Chapter Summaries

The group searched the Star Dou Forest for Oscar’s third Soul Ring while Jiang Liang arranged suitable Soul Beasts for Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong. When a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent appeared, Jiang Liang identified it as Oscar’s match, but Tang San challenged his claim.

• Dugu Yan and the other girls refused to join the group’s formation, saying they feared Jiang Liang would get jealous, while Jiang Liang secretly scanned for Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao followed the group from several thousand meters behind, hoping Tang San would eventually secure Xiao Wu’s sacrifice.
• Jiang Liang captured a Black Blade Demon Leopard for Zhu Zhuqing and a Soul Beast suited to Ning Rongrong’s chosen offensive Soul Ring, then let them absorb the rings.
• Oscar asked Jiang Liang to find him a Dew Honey-Tooth Bee, but Zhao Wuji warned him not to settle for an unsuitable Soul Beast.
• Dugu Yan and Zhao Wuji sensed something approaching, and Jiang Liang predicted that a thirteen-hundred-to-eighteen-hundred-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was coming for Oscar.
• Tang San mocked Jiang Liang’s prediction and challenged him for making a reckless guess.

Jiang Liang challenged Tang San to bet on the identity and age of an approaching Soul Beast, then caught the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and proved his prediction correct. Tang San fulfilled the bet by declaring himself inferior to Jiang Liang three times, then collapsed after coughing up blood; Tang Hao secretly watched and vowed revenge.

• Tang San questioned Jiang Liang's prediction, and Jiang Liang bet that the approaching Soul Beast would be a thirteen-hundred-to-eighteen-hundred-year-old Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Tang San accepted the bet, and Ye Lingling spotted the serpent as it rushed toward the group.
• Jiang Liang caught the serpent, and Dugu Yan confirmed its identity and age matched his prediction.
• Xiao Wu urged Tang San to honor the bet, and Tang San shouted three times that he was inferior to Jiang Liang before collapsing.
• Zhao Wuji checked Tang San and said he would recover after resting, while Tang Hao secretly vowed to kill Jiang Liang for humiliating his son.

Jiang Liang gave Oscar the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for his third Soul Ring, but Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and claimed they had hunted it first. Unable to agree on who should keep it, Chao Tianxiang proposed a Soul Duel between Oscar and Meng Yiran.

• Jiang Liang gave the unconscious Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Oscar, who excitedly hugged him before Jiang Liang kicked him away and told him to absorb its Soul Ring.
• As Oscar prepared to kill the serpent, Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran appeared and demanded that he stop, saying they had wounded and pursued it first.
• Dugu Yan recognized Chao Tianxiang as Snake Granny, and Jiang Liang explained the reputation of the Peerless Dragon and Snake to the others.
• Jiang Liang refused to return the serpent, arguing that Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran had let it escape and that Oscar also needed a Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed a Soul Duel: if Oscar defeated Meng Yiran, her side would give up the serpent; otherwise, it would belong to them.

Jiang Liang defeated Meng Yiran in a Soul Duel with a branch, securing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar to absorb. As Oscar began absorbing its Soul Ring, Tang Hao watched from the shadows and grew angrier at the group for neglecting his unconscious son.

• Oscar refused the Soul Duel, so Meng Yiran chose Jiang Liang as her opponent despite everyone warning her he was the strongest fighter.
• Jiang Liang used a branch to swiftly defeat Meng Yiran and revealed that he had reached the Soul Emperor realm.
• Chao Tianxiang took the tearful Meng Yiran away and gave up the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Oscar began absorbing the serpent's purple Soul Ring after Jiang Liang urged him to hurry.
• Tang Hao watched from the shadows, saw Tang San still unconscious, and vowed that the group would pay for leaving his son aside.

Jiang Liang offered to help Tang San break through to Level 30, and Tang San reluctantly agreed despite distrusting him. Jiang Liang led him away from the others and struck him with a branch, leaving Tang San screaming and accusing him of having no conscience.

• Tang San woke up and treated Zhao Wuji coldly, so Jiang Liang called him out and turned the others against him.
• Zhao Wuji arranged for the group to rest overnight and search for Xiao Wu's third Soul Ring the next day.
• Jiang Liang offered to help Tang San reach Level 30, and Tang San finally agreed after weighing the benefits against owing him a favor.
• Jiang Liang led Tang San to an open patch of ground and suddenly lashed his back with a branch.
• Tang San screamed in pain and shouted that Jiang Liang had no conscience.

Jiang Liang beat Tang San while helping him train, and Tang San broke through to the next level of Soul Power during the beating. Tang San returned to camp bruised and humiliated, vowing to repay Jiang Liang one day.

• Jiang Liang attacked Tang San with a branch and urged him to fight back as part of his training.
• Tang San tried to escape using his Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, but Jiang Liang outmaneuvered him while Tang Hao watched helplessly from hiding.
• Tang San broke through in Soul Power and called for Jiang Liang to stop, but Jiang Liang punched him in the nose before noticing.
• Jiang Liang returned to camp and told the others that Tang San was behind him, while Dugu Yan gave him pastries.
• Tang San limped back with blackened eyes, a bleeding nose, and a sore backside, then silently swore to repay Jiang Liang's humiliation.

Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar completed their Soul Ring absorptions and gained new Soul Skills. With their gains celebrated, Zhao Wuji prepared to find suitable Soul Rings for Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Tang San spent the night in pain and glared at Jiang Liang, who ignored him and watched Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong emerged from absorbing their Soul Rings as level-thirty-four Soul Elders, and Ning Rongrong excitedly sought Jiang Liang's praise.
• Zhu Zhuqing described her Shadow Instant Kill Soul Skill, while Ning Rongrong revealed that her third Soul Skill enhanced attack power by forty percent.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing learned that Jiang Liang had caused Tang San's battered appearance and laughed at him.
• Oscar reached level thirty-one and demonstrated a Fly-High Mushroom Sausage that let someone fly at the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's speed for one minute.
• Oscar thanked Jiang Liang, and Zhao Wuji proposed that they hunt Soul Rings for Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Jiang Liang criticized Tang San for seeking a poison-based Soul Ring for his Blue Silver Grass, and Tang San defended his teacher’s theory before retreating to the tent. During the night watch, a powerful presence approached the group, and the Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest, leaving Zhao Wuji pleading for their lives.

• After two days without finding a Soul Ring Tang San wanted, the group questioned him at camp, and he said he sought a control-type ring with potent poison.
• Jiang Liang argued that Blue Silver Grass should use life-type Soul Rings, and Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed with him.
• Tang San dismissed Jiang Liang’s criticism and returned to the tent, insisting that his teacher’s wisdom could not be wrong.
• Jiang Liang and Zhao Wuji sensed a powerful aura approaching, and the ground shook as the group rushed out and summoned their Martial Soul Possessions.
• Xiao Wu recognized Er Ming’s aura, and the Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest as Zhao Wuji pleaded with the King of the Forest to let them leave.

The Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu into the Star Dou Forest after she agreed to go with it, while Tang Hao secretly pursued them to capture her. Jiang Liang flew after them to rescue Xiao Wu, and Tang San plotted to follow despite Zhao Wuji's warning.

• Zhao Wuji attacked the Titan Giant Ape and was thrown aside, while Jiang Liang stopped the others from provoking it.
• Xiao Wu agreed to leave with the Titan Giant Ape, which carried her into the depths of the forest.
• Tang Hao decided to pursue the Titan Giant Ape despite his injuries, hoping to capture Xiao Wu.
• Tang San accused Jiang Liang of failing to help Xiao Wu, but Zhao Wuji defended Jiang Liang's decision.
• Jiang Liang summoned the Cold Moon Sword and flew after Xiao Wu, leaving Zhao Wuji and the others behind.
• Tang San tried to sneak away, but Ma Hongjun noticed and Zhao Wuji ordered him to stay.

Jiang Liang confronted Tang Hao in the Star Dou Forest after Tang Hao followed him toward Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape. The chapter ended with Tang Hao revealing his Clear Sky Avatar and declaring that he would kill Jiang Liang and claim the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Tang Hao infiltrated the Star Dou Forest mixed zone and followed Jiang Liang after recognizing his Sword Qi.
• Jiang Liang and Sword Mother sensed Tang Hao’s killing intent, and Jiang Liang told Ice Empress to watch over him if he was in danger.
• Er Ming stopped his attack when Xiao Wu identified Jiang Liang as her close friend and brother-in-law, then Xiao Wu recognized the hidden Tang Hao.
• Jiang Liang handed Xiao Wu the Blue Silver Grass and Ice Empress, then slashed his Sword Qi into the forest to expose Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao blocked Jiang Liang’s attack with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Jiang Liang identified him by the weapon and his history with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao activated his Clear Sky Avatar and declared that he would kill Jiang Liang and take the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Jiang Liang used his speed and varied attacks to fight Tang Hao, forcing the Clear Sky Douluo to unleash his Ninth Soul Skill. The battle continued with Jiang Liang pressing Tang Hao about why Spirit Hall learned of Ah Yin’s pregnancy twelve years earlier.

• Jiang Liang evaded Tang Hao’s hammer strikes and counterattacked with his sword, Fire Dragon Fist, and Cold Moon Sword.
• Xiao Wu asked Er Ming to help Jiang Liang, but the Ice Empress told them to keep watching and revealed that she could speak.
• Tang Hao unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill and attacked Jiang Liang with his blood-lit Clear Sky Hammer.
• Jiang Liang mocked Tang Hao about Ah Yin’s Soul Ring, then used his speed and tricky attacks to keep Tang Hao on the defensive.
• Jiang Liang asked Tang Hao why Spirit Hall had received news of Ah Yin’s pregnancy twelve years earlier.

Jiang Liang exposed the suspicious circumstances around Ah Yin’s discovery by Spirit Hall and accused Tang Hao of plotting against her for her Soul Ring. As Tang Hao fought back, Ah Yin began to question the man she had loved, while Jiang Liang continued to provoke him.

• Tang Hao panicked when Jiang Liang raised the events of twelve years earlier and attacked him, but Jiang Liang dodged and wounded him with Frost Sword Qi.
• Jiang Liang recounted Tang Hao’s flight from the Clear Sky Sect and questioned why he kept taking pregnant Ah Yin on the run despite Spirit Hall’s pursuit.
• Jiang Liang froze Tang Hao’s legs with Eternal Freeze Domain and sent him crashing through several trees with Ice Dragon Claw.
• Jiang Liang pointed out that Spirit Hall found Ah Yin on the day she gave birth, just as Tang Hao reached level ninety, prompting Ah Yin to reconsider what had happened.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Ice Empress suggested Tang Hao sought Ah Yin’s Soul Ring, and Jiang Liang condemned him as disloyal, unfilial, and unjust.
• Enraged by Jiang Liang’s accusations, Tang Hao activated Ring Detonation.

Tang Hao detonated his Soul Rings in a desperate attempt to kill Jiang Liang, but Jiang Liang and two powerful Soul Beasts crippled him. Tang Hao escaped after detonating his remaining rings, while Jiang Liang planned to report his weakened state to Bibi Dong.

• Tang Hao detonated six Soul Rings and charged at Jiang Liang with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ice Empress and the Titan Giant Ape attacked Tang Hao from behind as Jiang Liang unleashed the Sword Qi left by Sword Mother.
• Ice Empress severed Tang Hao's right arm and scattered the power from his first Ring Detonation, but Tang Hao detonated his remaining three rings, including Ah Yin's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao unleashed a powerful shockwave and fled, leaving Jiang Liang and the Soul Beasts unable to catch him.
• Jiang Liang said Tang Hao had lost all nine Soul Rings, would need three or four years to recover, and planned to report the fight to Bibi Dong.

After Tang Hao fled, Jiang Liang reassured Xiao Wu that he would not take her Soul Ring and agreed to let her join him for the Spirit Master Tournament. Xiao Wu began condensing her Soul Ring while a powerless, badly injured Tang Hao vowed to return and kill Jiang Liang.

• Xiao Wu scolded Jiang Liang for risking his life against Tang Hao, and Jiang Liang said he still had his master's Sword Qi to kill Tang Hao if necessary.
• Xiao Wu noticed Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass had wilted, while the Titan Giant Ape remarked that it seemed different from ordinary Blue Silver Grass.
• Xiao Wu worried Jiang Liang might want her Soul Ring, and he reminded her that he had never taken the chances he had to harm her at Nuoding Academy.
• The Titan Giant Ape asked Xiao Wu to return to Life Lake, but Xiao Wu insisted on following Jiang Liang to the Spirit Master Tournament; Jiang Liang agreed after Ice Empress argued he should protect her.
• The Titan Giant Ape warned Jiang Liang not to deceive or endanger Xiao Wu, then left; Jiang Liang reminded Xiao Wu to condense her Soul Ring before they returned.
• Tang Hao collapsed in Star Dou Forest with his right arm severed and no Soul Rings, and he vowed to return in two to five years to kill Jiang Liang.

Xiao Wu gained her third Soul Ring and reached level thirty-nine before Jiang Liang returned with her to the Shrek Academy camp. Tang San saw them holding hands and collapsed in heartbreak, while the Blue Silver Grass Xiao Wu carried began to show signs of life.

• Xiao Wu condensed a Teleportation Soul Skill, reached level thirty-nine, and asked Jiang Liang whether she should continue to level forty.
• The Ice Empress gave Jiang Liang a roughly sixty-thousand-year-old Clear Sky Sect Spirit Bone, and he stored it before flying back with Xiao Wu.
• At the Shrek camp, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan worried about Jiang Liang, while Zhao Wuji offered to join a search if he did not return by noon.
• Jiang Liang and Xiao Wu arrived safely, and Jiang Liang told the group that a mysterious expert had driven away the Titan Giant Ape and that Xiao Wu had obtained a suitable Soul Ring.
• Tang San saw Jiang Liang and Xiao Wu holding hands, collapsed in distress, and went unnoticed as the Blue Silver Grass Xiao Wu carried began to stir at the sound of his name.

Jiang Liang's group encountered the Man Faced Demon Spider, which Tang San wanted as his Soul Ring, and Jiang Liang stopped it before it could escape. As Jiang Liang examined the spider, Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, and a powerful middle-aged man arrived.

• Ah Yin regained hope after hearing Tang San's name, but Jiang Liang hinted that Tang San was not truly her child and left her desperate for an explanation.
• After the group rested, Zhao Wuji led them deeper into the forest while Tang San watched Jiang Liang and Xiao Wu together with jealousy.
• Zhao Wuji's group encountered a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Tang San asked for its Soul Ring.
• Jiang Liang intercepted the fleeing spider and severed four of its legs, confirming it was the one from Tang San's original story.
• Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, and a powerful middle-aged man carrying a Dragon Head Cane emerged from the nearby woods.

Jiang Liang stopped Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang from fighting over a Man Faced Demon Spider by revealing its age made it unsuitable for the level-thirty candidates. He took the spider away, leaving Tang San anxious as the others followed.

• Zhao Wuji greeted Chao Tianxiang and Meng Shu, who accused his group of stealing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and demanded the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Jiang Liang and Dugu Yan defended the group’s actions, and Meng Shu agreed to let the earlier dispute go but insisted on claiming the spider.
• Meng Shu released his eight Soul Rings, but Jiang Liang faced him with six Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and persuaded him to hear an explanation.
• Jiang Liang revealed that the spider was over two thousand years old, beyond what level-thirty Meng Yiran or Tang San could safely absorb.
• Tang San insisted he wanted to try, but Jiang Liang took the spider away while Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and the others followed.

Jiang Liang killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and obtained its Eight Spider Lances External Soul Bone for Dugu Yan. After the group returned to Zhao Wuji, Jiang Liang taunted Tang San about losing the Soul Beast, and they set out to find Tang San another Soul Ring.

• Jiang Liang killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and waited for its corpse to produce an External Soul Bone.
• The Eight Spider Lances appeared, and Jiang Liang gave it to Dugu Yan after explaining that its deadly poison suited her.
• Jiang Liang promised Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing he would try to find them Spirit Bones too.
• Jiang Liang stopped Dugu Yan from fusing with the bone so they could return and watch Tang San, joking that he might find another Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Jiang Liang rejoined Zhao Wuji and the others, mocked Tang San for rejecting Yu Xiaogang's theory, and Zhao Wuji led them to seek another Soul Ring for Tang San.

Tang San secured his third Soul Ring and returned toward Shrek Academy with the group, while Yu Xiaogang arrived at the academy and demanded that Flender expel Jiang Liang. Flender agreed, leaving Jiang Liang facing dismissal when he returned.

• Tang San absorbed a twelve-hundred-year Poisonous Demon Spider Soul Ring, reached level thirty-one, and gained the Soul Skill Spider Web Restraint.
• Zhao Wuji and Jiang Liang led the group out of the Star Dou Forest and back toward Shrek Academy after Tang San completed his training.
• Flender welcomed Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang asked whether his disciple Tang San had arrived.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang about Jiang Liang's strength, prompting Yu Xiaogang to accuse Jiang Liang of opposing and belittling him at Nuoding Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to end his friendship with Flender unless Flender expelled Jiang Liang, and Flender agreed to do so when Jiang Liang returned.

Jiang Liang returned to Shrek Academy with the others, where Yu Xiaogang tried to dismiss him and order him out. Jiang Liang slapped Yu Xiaogang and sent him flying.

• Jiang Liang brought Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Xiao Wu, and the others back to Suotuo City, then returned to Shrek Academy with Zhao Wuji and the students.
• Tang San saw Yu Xiaogang waiting with Flender and felt confident that his teacher would help him confront those he believed had wronged him.
• Xiao Wu and Jiang Liang mocked Yu Xiaogang's rank and theories, while Ning Rongrong said Grandpa Sword and Grandpa Bone considered his theories nonsense.
• Yu Xiaogang comforted Tang San, then declared that he was dismissing Jiang Liang and ordered him to leave Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Liang slapped Yu Xiaogang across the face and sent him flying.