Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong’s forces captured Xiao Wu and Tang San after immobilizing the academy with Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Tang Hao broke the domain to save them, but Snake Lance Douluo carried Xiao Wu away and crippled Tang San, while Bibi Dong turned her attack on Tang Hao and Yu Xiaogang.

• Bibi Dong accused Yu Xiaogang of illegally possessing the Pope Token and ordered Spirit Hall to seize him.
• Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo used Two Extremes Stillness Domain to immobilize everyone, and Bibi Dong ordered Snake Lance Douluo to capture Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Tang Hao sacrificed his life essence to break the domain, but Snake Lance Douluo took Xiao Wu and threw Tang San toward him after ravaging Tang San’s body with soul power.
• Bibi Dong attacked Tang San with Blood-Sucking Spider Thorn to force Tang Hao to defend him, and Yu Xiaogang challenged her to attack him instead.

Shangguan Li fought and killed the Evil Spirit Orca King while traveling toward Sea God Island, then reached the island to seek Sea God's trials. A yellow-robed sea soul master brought her to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar, where she learned that land soul masters must cross the Sea in Sea to receive their trials.

• Shangguan Li sent Little Pear to the Spirit Treasure Realm and ordered the Whale Sea to turn away from a pod of evil spirit orcas.
• Shangguan Li defeated and killed the Evil Spirit Orca King, then absorbed its hundred-thousand-year spirit ring and kept its left leg bone.
• Shangguan Li traveled by Dragon Abyss Boat, stopped at an uninhabited island, and continued on to Sea God Island.
• Shangguan Li told four sea soul masters that she had come to take Sea God's trials, and their leader escorted her onto the island.
• The yellow-robed sea soul master led Shangguan Li to the Sea Dragon Sacred Pillar and explained that land soul masters had to cross the Sea in Sea to receive their trials.

Dugu Bo captured Tang San to take his External Soul Bone for Dugu Yan, while Flender, Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Tang Hao searched for him. Back at Dugu Bo’s estate, Tang San provoked his captor and identified symptoms of a deep-seated poison afflicting him.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo she did not want Tang San’s External Soul Bone and asked him not to kill Tang San, but Dugu Bo insisted on taking the bone for her.
• Flender and Liu Erlong took Yu Xiaogang to search for Tang San, and Tang Hao joined them after learning Dugu Bo had captured his son.
• Yu Xiaogang urged the others to keep searching, hoping Tang San would come to trust him more, while Liu Erlong worried about Yu Xiaogang’s frail condition.
• Dugu Bo returned to his estate and discovered Tang San had woken up and was pretending to be unconscious.
• Tang San insulted Dugu Bo’s poison, then described his symptoms and declared that Dugu Bo had been poisoned deeply enough for the toxin to have reached his bone marrow.

Yin Lan led the Imperial Fighting Team to an easy victory, while Tang Hao followed them after recognizing Ah Yin at the arena. Yin Lan left with Shangguan Li to confront the hidden Tang Hao, and the chapter ended as they entered the darkness.

• Yin Lan bound the Furious Team with her Blue Silver Emperor, securing the Imperial Fighting Team's victory and impressing the spectators.
• The Ice Empress warned Shangguan Li that Tang Hao was nearby, and Shaohua also sensed him concealed near the arena.
• Tang Hao, poisoned by the Ice Empress, cut off his left arm to remove most of the poison before following Tang San back to Suotuo City.
• Tang Hao's Ninth Soul Ring stirred when he neared the Great Soul Arena, where he saw Ah Yin and secretly followed the Imperial Fighting Team afterward.
• The Imperial Fighting Team celebrated its victory, and Qin Ming praised their performance while warning them not to become complacent.
• Yin Lan said she had business to attend to and left with Shangguan Li, intending to lure Tang Hao out.

Shangguan Li defeated the possessed Ning Rongrong, while Tang San watched under the Asura God’s protection and learned that both women were divine successors. Tang San carried Ning Rongrong away while Dragon Slayer helped with Lin Ying, who secretly planned to pass battle intelligence to Spirit Hall.

• After Ning Rongrong collapsed, Shaohua told Shangguan Li that Wuxie had used only a fraction of his power, and Shangguan Li left the ruined area with her.
• Tang San emerged after Wuxie withdrew his power and realized Shangguan Li and Ning Rongrong were divine successors, while Shaohua was far stronger than she appeared.
• Tang San considered stealing Ning Rongrong’s divine position, and Wuxie approved of his greed.
• Tang San found Ning Rongrong and Lin Ying unconscious, picked up Ning Rongrong, and summoned Dragon Slayer to help carry Lin Ying.
• Dragon Slayer accompanied Tang San toward Heaven Dou City and discovered that Lin Ying was feigning unconsciousness so she could send important information to Spirit Hall.

Shangguan Li learned from Xiao Bai that the Sea God’s power in her blind eye could help suppress the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, then contacted her parents and asked them to assist with her Eighth Trial. Meanwhile, Yun Ming and Ya Li finished making her a powerful Four-Word Battle Armor, Moon Stars Sparsely Shining, with Electrolux’s help.

• Xiao Bai told Shangguan Li that the Sea God’s Light could awaken the Sea God’s power in her blind eye and help suppress the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Shangguan Li contacted Ya Li and Yun Ming, revealed she had reached level 92 and advanced to the Eighth Trial, and asked them to help hunt the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in about half a month.
• Ya Li named Shangguan Li’s Titled Douluo title Mingxi and asked to borrow her two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for an undisclosed purpose.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li agreed to help Shangguan Li, planning for Qiao Di to return to Stone Village to accompany Shangguan Lin while they were away.
• Yun Ming explained his battle armor project to Electrolux, who proposed integrating Shangguan Li’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones into it.
• With Electrolux’s help, Yun Ming completed Shangguan Li’s Four-Word Battle Armor, Moon Stars Sparsely Shining, which gained exceptional potential for growth despite the failed attempt to make it a Six-Word Battle Armor.

Shangguan Li began her first Sea God trial, which required her to climb six hundred and sixty-six steps under triple the Sea God's Light, and reached 240 steps on her first attempt. Bo Saixi's resentment toward Shangguan Li grew as the Sea God discovered her hostility and imprisoned her in Sea God's Palace, while Tang Chen remained controlled by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat.

• Shangguan Li learned that her first trial required her to climb 666 steps under triple the Sea God's Light, then traveled to the forbidden area with a Purple-Clothed Sea Soul Master.
• Shangguan Li climbed to the 240th step before the pressure forced her to withdraw, impressing Bo Saixi, who watched from Sea God's Palace.
• Bo Saixi's resentment toward Shangguan Li deepened because the successor's arrival threatened her hope of waiting for Tang Chen to return as a god.
• The Goddess of Life alerted the Sea God to Bo Saixi's hostility, and the Sea God confirmed it after observing her over several days.
• The Sea God imprisoned Bo Saixi in Sea God's Palace to keep her from harming Shangguan Li, while Tang Chen remained possessed by the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat.

Shangguan Li passed the first two Sea God trials, gained a million-year spirit ring, and began the third trial of Tidal Body Tempering. As she endured the waves at Raging Wave Despair, Tang San set out to return to Holy Spirit Village.

• Shangguan Li climbed to the 666th step of the Sea God's Light trial, completed the first trial, and received a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring.
• Shangguan Li absorbed a million-year ninth spirit ring, gained the Ten Thousand Butterflies Devouring Heart skill, and formed a soul core that brought her soul power to level 92.
• Shangguan Li used her Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion external bone skill to freeze the Ring Sea and flew across without harming any sea soul beasts, completing the second trial.
• Shangguan Li absorbed a million-year seventh spirit ring for the Ice Snow Goddess martial soul, then received the third trial: Tidal Body Tempering.
• Sea Dragon Douluo brought Shangguan Li to Raging Wave Despair, where she was secured to a pillar and battered by the waves; Tang San began his journey back to Holy Spirit Village.

Tang San killed Yu Xiaogang to complete the Asura God’s trial, while Liu Erlong and Flender discovered the body and Tang San pretended to mourn his teacher. After Bibi Dong learned of Yu Xiaogang’s death, a voice urged her to embrace dark energy, leaving the Great Enshrined alarmed that she could become Qian Renxue’s enemy.

• Tang San stabbed Yu Xiaogang to death, received the Asura God’s trial reward, and hid the dark red sphere in his Storage Space.
• Liu Erlong found Yu Xiaogang’s body, and Flender stopped her from attacking Spirit Hall by reminding her that Shrek Academy’s students could suffer.
• Tang San acted grief-stricken when Tang Yuehua offered him time off to attend Yu Xiaogang’s funeral.
• Bibi Dong confirmed Yu Xiaogang’s death and, desperate to learn who killed him, accepted a voice’s urging to absorb more dark energy.
• The Great Enshrined sensed Bibi Dong’s fall into darkness and feared she would become Qian Renxue’s enemy.

Tang San absorbed Fake Asura’s soul but shared control of his body with him, then fought Qian Renxue while Xiao Wu’s altered soul and Gu Yuena joined the conflict. Gu Yuena struck at Tang San as he struggled against both Qian Renxue and Fake Asura, leaving Xiao Wu pleading for his life.

• Fake Asura’s hidden destruction power threatened to expose Tang San, while Tang San and Fake Asura contested control of the body.
• Qian Renxue came to kill Tang San after the Divine Realm promised to resurrect Qian Daoliu and grant her a first-level god position.
• Tang San fought Qian Renxue by exploding his soul rings, and Xiao Wu’s soul used Soft Bone Rabbit abilities after Tang San had drawn in the souls of the rabbit clan.
• Gu Yuena appeared and suppressed Xiao Wu, leaving Tang San vulnerable to Qian Renxue’s attacks as Fake Asura resurfaced to seize the body.
• Gu Yuena attacked Tang San with the Silver Dragon Spear, and Xiao Wu begged her to spare Third Brother.

Shangguan Li issued Tang San a Rakshasa God trial to poison most of the Clear Sky Sect, and he completed it to regain his strength. His next trial demanded that he excavate the sect’s ancestral tombs and father descendants, while Shangguan Li singled out a manipulative female disciple as a target.

• Shangguan Li waited three days, then gave Tang San a trial to poison eighty percent of the Clear Sky Sect in exchange for increased Soul Power and full physical recovery.
• Tang San found the sect’s hidden well and secretly poured poison into its water before returning to his sanctuary.
• Over five days, Clear Sky Sect disciples fell ill, and the Rakshasa God declared Tang San’s first trial complete and restored his body.
• Tang San received a second trial requiring him to excavate the sect’s ancestral tombs and father descendants within two years, and he thought of Xiao Wu as he accepted it.
• Shangguan Li decided to direct Tang San toward a manipulative female disciple whom Qian Renxue had investigated.

Shangguan Li and Shaohua plotted to have Yin Lan and the Clear Sky Sect turn against Tang Hao, but Shaohua only erased Yin Lan’s memories of the previous night, so they postponed their move. While checking on the injured Tang Hao, Shangguan Li overheard him wonder why Tang San still pursued Li Pei.

• Shaohua and Shangguan Li discussed using the Clear Sky Sect to help Yin Lan kill Tang Hao and leave him forsaken by all.
• Shaohua altered Yin Lan’s short-term memories, and Yin Lan again said she had come to kill Tang Hao.
• Shangguan Li and Shaohua agreed to delay acting against Tang Hao while Shangguan Li went to check whether he was still alive.
• Shangguan Li watched Tang San and Li Pei and wondered why Tang San would not give up on Li Pei despite Xiao Wu’s greater talent and beauty.
• Tang Hao asked why Tang San had not given up on Li Pei and wondered whether he intended to use her.

Shaohua and Shangguan Li decided to investigate Wuxie without joining the Douluo Continent Alliance, while Yu Xiaogang imagined that Bibi Dong would welcome his help. After the alliance finalized its rules, Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong, who rejected his argument for trusting Tang San and pointed out that the Great Enshrined would oppose his entry into Spirit Hall.

• Shaohua decided to investigate Wuxie herself, but Shangguan Li refused to stay behind and insisted on accompanying her.
• Yu Xiaogang saw the alliance announcement and imagined that Bibi Dong would appoint him to a high position if he offered to help her.
• At the alliance meeting, Yu Yuanzhen and Huyan Zhen raised Ning Fengzhi's daughter's betrothal to Tang San, and Bibi Dong postponed the dispute until after the alliance rules were settled.
• After three days of negotiations, the Douluo Continent Alliance finalized its regulations, and Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong at night and argued that Tang San might not oppose Spirit Hall, but Bibi Dong cited Tang San's family's enmity and the Great Enshrined's opposition to Yu Xiaogang's Evil Soul Master aura.

Shangguan Li gave Dugu Bo and his granddaughter medicinal herbs and a plan to refine their poison, then accompanied him to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. There, she saw Tang San and Xiao Wu for the first time, while the gathering’s men stared at her and the girls glared.

• Shangguan Li claimed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and chose the Earth Dragon Golden Melon for Dugu Yan and the Snow Scarlet Swan Kiss for Dugu Bo.
• Shangguan Li proposed that Dugu Bo condense his Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison into a bead in his Dantian, and he agreed she could be his peer named Shangguan.
• Dugu Bo told Shangguan Li that Dugu Yan wanted him to confront the Thousand-Hand Asura, and three days later he invited Shangguan to accompany him to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Prince Xue Xing brought Dugu Bo and Xue Beng to the academy, where Shangguan Li saw Tang San and Xiao Wu and noticed their halos of destiny.
• The academy’s male students and committee members stared at Shangguan Li, while Xiao Wu and other girls glared at her.

Shaohua and Shangguan Li waited for Tang San’s group to arrive at the inn, hoping to encounter the Protagonist Team and the transmigrator Li Pei. They met the group, and Ning Rongrong introduced the two women as renowned hotpot restaurant owners and revealed that they were twenty-one-year-old Spirit Saints.

• Shaohua and Shangguan Li discussed the transmigrator Li Pei and waited for Tang San’s group to arrive.
• Shangguan Li sensed Tang San and Xiao Wu approaching, then used Spirit Detection and Spiritual Sharing to show Shaohua the group.
• Shaohua identified Li Pei as the transmigrator and suspected her rapid cultivation came from a system, while Shangguan Li doubted it.
• Shangguan Li and Shaohua went downstairs and met the Shrek group, where Ning Rongrong greeted them.
• Tang San approached Shangguan Li and reminded her that they had met in Nuoding City; she apologized for not visiting him.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Shangguan Li and Shaohua to the group and revealed that both were twenty-one-year-old Spirit Saints.

Shangguan Li prepared to travel to Sea God Island to inherit a divine position, while Gu Yuena considered attacking the weakened Divine Realm. After Shangguan Li warned her that Wuxie had infected the Divine Realm, Gu Yuena reconsidered the danger of her plan.

• Shangguan Li promised Shaohua that he would stay alive and wait for her return, then agreed to take Little Pear and Qiao Di along inside the Spirit Treasure Realm.
• Gu Yuena learned from Di Tian that evil soul masters were growing more numerous and that the Divine Realm's aura was weakening.
• Gu Yuena ordered the soul beasts to prepare to enter the Divine Realm and search for the Golden Dragon King, believing she could fuse with him and restore the Dragon God.
• Shangguan Li warned Gu Yuena not to enter the Divine Realm because Wuxie had infected it and the deities had taken refuge in the Divine Realm Center.
• Gu Yuena questioned whether her forces could survive the danger, while Shangguan Li ended their call to continue her journey.

Tang San used the Four Great Affiliated Sects’ gathering to draw the Clear Sky Sect into battle, then betrayed Tai Long and began killing isolated disciples to absorb their life force. After Tai Long’s self-destruction injured him, Tang San became consumed by killing and cultivation.

• Tang San sought shelter with the Strength Clan and planned to use the coming gathering to make the Clear Sky Sect and the affiliated sects fight each other.
• The Clear Sky Sect attacked the gathering, and the four sect masters and their disciples fought the Clear Sky Sect elders and forces.
• Tang San put the crying Tang Wutong into a Soul Tool and prepared to flee with Tai Long.
• Tang San stabbed Tai Long with his Eight Spider Lances, but Shangguan Li helped Tai Long conceal his self-destruction until it damaged Tang San and cracked the lances.
• Tang San killed isolated disciples and absorbed their life force, becoming exhilarated and fixated on killing.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and reunited with Flender, who was shocked by how much he had aged. Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang Hao for crippling his cultivation, agreed to face Liu Erlong if they met, and offered advice about Ma Hongjun's martial soul as Zhao Wuji woke in the inn.

• Qin Ming returned to Zhao Wuji, found him unconscious, and called Ye Lingling to heal him.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy, and Flender was startled by his aged appearance.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Tang Hao had crippled his cultivation and agreed he would explain his situation to Liu Erlong if they met.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San, Li Pei, and Xiao Wu, then agreed to help with Ma Hongjun's martial soul flaw.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Flender to have Ma Hongjun exercise to manage his evil fire, and Flender thanked him.
• Zhao Wuji opened his eyes in the inn.

After Zhao Wuji injured Li Pei and Xiao Wu during their battle, Li Pei worried about changes to the original story and questioned Ning Rongrong about Lin Ying. At the cafeteria, a clash between the new students and Shrek's male students left Xiao Wu standing between Li Pei and the angry trio.

• Zhao Wuji struck Li Pei while aiming for Tang San, and Xiao Wu was injured protecting Li Pei from the attack's aftermath.
• Li Pei asked Ning Rongrong about her childhood friend Lin Ying and worried that Lin Ying might be a transmigrator trying to take Tang San from her.
• Ma Hongjun entered the cafeteria and boasted about his Phoenix martial soul, but Dai Mubai pointed out that the new students all had higher soul ranks.
• Ning Rongrong praised Oscar's talent as a rank-29 food-type Soul Master until Dai Mubai made him reveal his embarrassing soul chant, driving the girls away.
• Ma Hongjun argued with Xiao Wu, and Li Pei defended her, provoking Dai Mubai and the other two to charge at Li Pei.
• Xiao Wu pulled Li Pei behind her and refused to abandon her as the confrontation threatened to turn into a fight.

At Yu Xiaogang’s funeral, Liu Erlong and Flender blamed the Spirit Hall for his death, unaware that Tang San had killed him. Tang San used their desire for revenge to plan a poison attack on the Heaven Dou City Spirit Temple, and the next morning most of its spirit masters were reported dead.

• Tang San promised to avenge Yu Xiaogang while Liu Erlong mourned and Flender tried to restrain her.
• Tang San suspected Liu Erlong and Flender knew he was the killer, then asked them to name Yu Xiaogang’s suspected murderer.
• Liu Erlong told Tang San that she and Flender suspected the Spirit Hall because Yu Xiaogang had clashed with its Supreme Pontiff and criticized it afterward.
• Flender warned that attacking the Spirit Hall could disrupt the alliance, and Tang San proposed secretly poisoning its temple instead.
• Tang San promised to act that night, and an urgent report the next morning said poison had killed most of the spirit masters at the Heaven Dou City Spirit Temple.