Chapter Summaries

Flender persuaded Liu Erlong that Tang San likely had powerful backing, so they should conceal their hatred and seek a chance to avenge Yu Xiaogang; he also confessed his feelings to her. Tang San returned to Moonlight Pavilion and discussed the Douluo Continent Alliance with Tang Yuehua, ending with his resentment that the alliance had excluded the Clear Sky Sect.

• Flender reasoned that Tang San probably had not killed Yu Xiaogang and warned Liu Erlong that they could not openly take revenge against him.
• Flender urged Liu Erlong to hide her hatred and suggested passing information to Spirit Hall so it might kill Tang San; he also asked her to become his partner, and she said she would think about it.
• Tang San returned to Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua checked on him and he said he had set aside his grief to focus on more important matters.
• Tang San asked Tang Yuehua about the Douluo Continent Alliance, and she explained that the Clear Sky Sect would not ally with Spirit Hall despite supporting the continent in a crisis.
• Tang San and Tang Yuehua discussed how the alliance had not ended rivalries among the major powers, and Tang San said he resented that the Clear Sky Sect had been left out.

Qian Renxue witnessed Bibi Dong’s memories of Qian Xunji imprisoning and assaulting her to stop her relationship with Yu Xiaogang. The memory ended with Bibi Dong asking Yu Xiaogang to flee with her, but he refused to abandon his position at Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji that she loved Yu Xiaogang and wanted to help him fulfill his potential.
• Qian Xunji forbade Bibi Dong from seeing Yu Xiaogang and threatened to kill him if she left Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji assaulted Bibi Dong and ordered her to sever ties with Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong met Yu Xiaogang and asked him to give everything up and escape with her.
• Yu Xiaogang declined, citing his work as a theoretical lecturer and his students at Spirit Hall.

Qian Renxue arranged a poisoning plot that would force Ning Fengzhi to seek Dugu Bo’s help, hoping to set the two against each other. Dugu Bo treated Ning Rongrong and hurried back to Shangguan Li’s shop, where Crown Prince Xue Qinghe had arrived.

• Qian Renxue praised Porcupine Douluo’s poison scheme and predicted that Dugu Bo or Ning Fengzhi would suffer from the resulting conflict.
• Gu Rong confronted Dugu Bo at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and forced him to accompany him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, keeping Dugu Yan with them until Dugu Bo dropped her at Shangguan Li’s shop.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Dugu Bo to cure Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Bo diagnosed a minor poison that could be treated with snow lotus and restorative herbs.
• Dugu Bo left the sect and hurried to Shangguan Li’s shop, where Dugu Yan was spending time with Shangguan Li and the others.
• Xue Qinghe arrived at Shangguan Li’s shop as a special guest.

Shangguan Li investigated the Black Qi Mass and discovered that Ning Fengzhi’s soul was trapped within it, alongside other souls. After learning she was his daughter, she questioned him about how he had become a vengeful spirit, and he began recounting the nobles’ rebellion against the Spirit Hall Empire.

• Shangguan Li bound the Black Qi Mass and used golden light to probe it, revealing Ning Fengzhi’s soul struggling inside.
• Shangguan Li awakened Ning Fengzhi and explained that she had imprisoned him because his transformed soul threatened the continent.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Shangguan Li was his daughter and whether she knew what had happened to Ning Rongrong.
• Shangguan Li confirmed she was his daughter, but refused Ning Fengzhi’s attempt to embrace her and told him she had a happy family now.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that nobles, including himself, gathered after the Spirit Hall Empire’s rise to challenge it and sought bargaining chips.

Tang San secretly consumed the soul masters of Barak Academy while Tang Hao watched and allowed it, then Shrek Academy advanced to the grand finals amid accusations over the attack. Shangguan Li and Shaohua continued searching for Wuxie, while a mysterious figure hunted soul beasts in Sunset Forest.

• Ning Rongrong argued with Li Pei over Tang San and declared that she intended to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as her husband.
• Tang San slipped into the Barak Academy lounge and consumed its soul masters while Tang Hao observed from the shadows without intervening.
• A Barak Academy teacher accused Shrek Academy of attacking the students, but the organizing committee dismissed the report for lack of evidence.
• Shrek Academy advanced to the grand finals, and Yu Xiaogang told the students about the soul bone rewards and warned them to keep working hard.
• Shangguan Li met Shaohua while returning to Spirit City, and they agreed that Wuxie had appeared and grown stronger despite their failure to find him.
• Someone hunted soul beasts and absorbed their vitality in Sunset Forest.

Shangguan Li destroyed the spacetime array trapping Tang San and his companions, then confronted Tang San over her death threat. Tang Hao arrived to defend his son, but Shangguan Li killed him, leaving Tang San facing her alone.

• Tang San recognized the dangerous spacetime array and urged Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to escape, but its power trapped them.
• Shangguan Li arrived, shattered the array with her Demon Scythe of Destruction, and stopped Tang San from fleeing.
• Tang San pleaded for a chance to duel Shangguan Li after becoming a god, but she refused and prepared to kill him.
• Tang Hao appeared with his Clear Sky Hammer and told Tang San to flee without seeking revenge.
• Shangguan Li dismissed Tang Hao's plea for mercy and killed him.

Shangguan Li entered the City of Slaughter, where she overcame the arena’s deadly battles and the city’s corruption while pursuing a way to leave. After a year and three months, she had won ninety-nine consecutive matches and stood one victory from becoming champion.

• Shangguan Li defeated Terror Knight Scott, received identity token 9498, and entered the City of Slaughter with a veiled guide.
• Shangguan Li learned that she could leave only by winning the Hell Slaughter Arena championship and surviving the Hell Road, then asked to compete immediately.
• Shangguan Li won her first arena match but struggled with having killed so many people, while Electrolux and the others let her face the ordeal herself.
• After a month, Shangguan Li had ten victories and discovered that fallen ones regularly ambushed her after her matches.
• Over the next year, Shangguan Li reached seventy consecutive victories, survived ambushes, and earned the name Death’s Emissary without losing control of her killing intent.
• Three months later, Shangguan Li had won ninety-nine matches and was one victory away from the championship.

Shangguan Li discovered that the fake Asura was manipulating Douluo Planet and used Tang San’s resentment to turn him against the soul inside his body. Tang San began absorbing the fake Asura, while Shangguan Li learned the secret of his birth and left a divine sense with Qian Renxue.

• Shangguan Li observed Douluo Planet’s changes and realized the fake Asura was controlling the continent and its drifting landmasses.
• The fake Asura revealed himself to Tang San, claimed they were one soul, and persuaded him to surrender his body after promising him vengeance.
• Shangguan Li spoke to Tang San from his God-Bestowed Spirit Ring and urged him to absorb the fake Asura rather than submit to him.
• Shangguan Li entered Tang San’s sea of consciousness, restrained the fake Asura, and told Tang San that absorbing its soul and the Golden Dragon King’s divine core could make him a deity.
• Tang San turned on Shangguan Li, drove her out of his sea of consciousness, and began absorbing the fake Asura’s soul.
• Shangguan Li learned the secret behind the fake Asura’s birth and left another strand of divine sense in Qian Renxue’s mind.

Shrek Academy and the Imperial Fighting Team traveled together into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dai Mubai tried to approach Zhu Zhuqing and Ma Hongjun considered flirting with the veiled women. The chapter ended with Tang San questioning whether he had ever truly loved Shangguan Li.

• Zhao Wuji and Qin Min discussed the students' ages and cultivation, and Zhao Wuji invited Zhu Zhuqing to join Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Yan objected to Zhao Wuji recruiting Zhu Zhuqing, and Qin Min discreetly told Zhao Wuji that Dugu Yan was Poison Douluo's granddaughter.
• Dai Mubai approached Zhu Zhuqing after sensing a connection between them, but she rejected his familiarity and reminded him that he was engaged to Zhu Zhuqing of the Star Luo Zhu Family.
• Oscar warned Ma Hongjun not to flirt with the veiled women because Dugu Yan was Poison Douluo's granddaughter, and Ma Hongjun abandoned his plan.
• Tang San saw Shangguan Li again and wondered whether his past feelings for her had only been admiration for her beauty.

Ning Fengzhi and Yun Qin suspected Lin Ying might have known the medicinal herbs were dangerous, while Tang San awakened his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and learned of a mysterious grass related to his bloodline. Xiao Wu reached the Star Dou Great Forest’s Center Lake, where Di Tian ordered her chased away despite the Sky Azure Bull Python’s plea.

• Lin Ying told Ning Fengzhi that Tang San loved Xiao Wu, and that Ning Rongrong and Tang San had gone out together after the academy was eliminated.
• Ning Fengzhi learned Lin Ying had not taken Tang San’s medicinal herb, and he and Yun Qin decided to watch her quietly while Yun Qin tried to persuade Ning Rongrong to give up on Tang San.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that a weak Gold-Veined Blue Silver Grass in the Blue Silver Forest felt connected to him, but Tang Hao led him away without investigating.
• Shangguan Li visited the Blue Silver Forest to check on Ah Yin, noticed its energy had weakened, and left for Heaven Dou City without going deeper.
• Xiao Wu went to the Star Dou Great Forest’s Center Lake to see the Sky Azure Bull Python, but Di Tian ordered Xiong Jun to drive her away.

Tang San and the others warned Yu Yuanzhen that Spirit Hall planned to attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that night, and they agreed on a plan to evacuate some disciples during the battle. Lin Ying then contacted a Spirit Hall mole and told him the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support might prevent the clan’s destruction.

• Lin Ying explained that she had overheard Spirit Hall discussing an attack and that Ning Fengzhi believed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was the target.
• Yu Yuanzhen accepted that he might have to sacrifice himself and asked Tang San and the others to help save the clan’s disciples.
• Tang San proposed that Yu Yuanzhen and the stronger disciples hold off Spirit Hall while the talented disciples escaped with Tang San’s group to meet the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Yu Yuanzhen arranged rooms for the group, and Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Bu Le all insisted on staying with Tang San.
• Lin Ying exchanged signals with a Spirit Hall mole called the Dragon Slayer and told him the plan had changed because the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might help the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan survive.

Shangguan Li investigated an evil power in Heaven Dou City and discovered that Li Pei had been devouring evil Soul Masters under the influence of the Rakshasa God. She killed Li Pei after revealing her overwhelming strength.

• Shangguan Li asked Shaohua about an unknown evil power in Heaven Dou City, and Shaohua sent her to investigate while tending to personal matters.
• Shangguan Li found Li Pei cultivating in a remote suburb and saw her devouring evil Soul Masters.
• Shangguan Li tried to attack Li Pei, but a warning from the Rakshasa God helped Li Pei dodge the strike.
• Li Pei tried to persuade Shangguan Li to join her against Ning Rongrong, revealing confused and contradictory beliefs about Tang San.
• Shangguan Li appeared before Li Pei, revealed her nine soul rings, and pierced Li Pei's chest with a spear.

Shangguan Li weakened Wuxie from within, allowing Gu Yuena to attack him while Shaohua arrived to absorb his negative counterpart. As Shaohua began the absorption, Shangguan Li went to restore the Divine Realm Center to the Divine Realm Committee.

• Shangguan Li escaped from Wuxie's internal space after severing his bonds, and Gu Yuena confronted the weakened Golden Dragon King over the harm he had caused.
• Gu Yuena summoned the Dragon God Spear and struck Wuxie, then Shaohua arrived and sensed that his negative counterpart had been badly wounded.
• Gu Yuena landed two more blows before withdrawing to find Di Tian and the others, while Shangguan Li confirmed that Shaohua had found a way to deal with Wuxie.
• Shaohua took Wuxie's hand and began absorbing him as black qi, leaving the outcome to his own inner struggle.
• Shangguan Li entered the Divine Realm Committee and prepared to place the Divine Realm Center into its designated recess.

After Xiao Wu sacrificed herself, Ning Rongrong took charge of the surviving Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples while Tang San grieved. Shangguan Li discovered the aftermath, and Tang San tried to persuade Ning Rongrong to let the children join his sect instead.

• Shangguan Li and Shaohua arrived after the battle and found Tang San weeping over Xiao Wu's body while Ning Rongrong treated Lin Ying.
• Ning Rongrong offered to escort the surviving Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• A disciple called Wang claimed to care for orphaned children and explained that many had little loyalty to their sect, while secretly working as the Dragon Slayer for Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to take the children under her care, hoping to recruit them for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San recovered enough to object and asked Ning Rongrong to let the children join his sect first.

Li Pei joined Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang in the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain her first soul ring, and Xiao Wu found an Azure Vine suited to her. Li Pei killed it and began absorbing its yellow soul ring under Yu Xiaogang’s guidance.

• Li Pei asked Xiao Wu what Soul Beast would suit her, and Yu Xiaogang recommended a snake-type or resilient plant-type Soul Beast.
• The four arrived at the Soul Hunting Forest, where Xiao Wu praised Li Pei for reaching Rank 10 Spirit Scholar after a year of cultivation.
• After several days of searching, Xiao Wu found a roughly four-hundred-year-old Azure Vine and volunteered to help hunt it.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San dodged the Azure Vine’s attacks and struck its roots, weakening it until Li Pei delivered the final blow.
• Li Pei began absorbing the Azure Vine’s yellow soul ring as Yu Xiaogang warned her to remain clear-headed.

Tang San, disguised as Tang Yin, poisoned Ning Fengzhi and framed Oscar, then used his marriage to Ning Rongrong to seize control of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. When Spirit Hall forces arrived, Tang San saw a chance to exploit the coming battle, and the sect was engulfed in war that night.

• Tang San married Ning Rongrong, then poisoned the sect’s water supply while disguised as Oscar and killed Ning Fengzhi with poisoned tea.
• Sword Douluo found Oscar’s apparent suicide and a note blaming him for the murder, after which Ning Rongrong became sect master and Tang San took control of its affairs.
• Tang San persuaded Ning Rongrong to have a child, and she became pregnant three months later.
• Qian Renxue led Spirit Hall forces to demand the sect’s submission, while Shangguan Li warned her not to attack Tang San yet.
• Sword and Bone Douluo planned to evacuate Ning Rongrong and her child, but Tang San prepared to carry out his own scheme as fighting broke out that night.

Shangguan Li destroyed Xiao Wu’s lingering soul inside Tang Sam, driving him into madness, while the system neutralized the plane’s suppression of her. Qian Renxue pursued Tang Hao and Tang Sam, and Tang Hao chose to self-detonate to give his son a chance to escape.

• Shangguan Li used Mental Shatter to destroy Xiao Wu’s soul inside Tang Sam, and Tang Sam broke down after she vanished.
• Tang Hao knocked Tang Sam unconscious and tried to flee, while Shangguan Li sensed plane suppression and the system removed it.
• Qian Renxue stopped Shangguan Li from finishing Tang Sam and pursued Tang Hao, with Shangguan Li helping block his escape.
• Qian Renxue attacked Tang Hao with her Holy Sword, and Tang Hao self-detonated to open a path for Tang Sam.

Yu Tianheng tried to secure Dugu Yan’s hand in marriage, but she and Dugu Bo rejected him and drove him from the Dugu Manor. After Dugu Yan explained how she had rescued him, Shaohua suspected he had tampered with her and forced her to take a pill that drew Black Qi from her body.

• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan to marry him, but she accused him of seeking Dugu Bo’s power and ordered him to leave.
• Dugu Bo emerged, rejected Yu Tianheng’s pleas, and drove him from the manor after Dugu Yan denied making any agreement with him.
• Shaohua asked Dugu Yan why she had brought Yu Tianheng home, and Dugu Yan recounted finding him injured after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was exterminated.
• Shaohua made Dugu Yan swallow a medicinal pill with Dugu Bo’s help, and a wisp of Black Qi drifted from Dugu Yan’s body.

Ning Rongrong tried to survive Gu Yuena’s threat by appealing to Shangguan Li as her older sister, but Shangguan Li rejected the family bond and revealed Yun Qin had once wanted her to marry into the Clear Sky Sect in Ning Rongrong’s place. Shangguan Li left Ning Rongrong to Gu Yuena, and Ning Rongrong pleaded that Xiao Wu had chosen her as the target of revenge.

• Ning Rongrong guessed that Gu Yuena was a high-status soul beast, but Gu Yuena said she still intended to kill her.
• Shangguan Li arrived and explained that Ning Rongrong’s death would harm her credibility with the deities, but Gu Yuena refused to be swayed.
• Ning Rongrong called Shangguan Li her older sister and asked her to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Shangguan Li rejected her and accused the Ning family of valuing her strength.
• Shangguan Li told Ning Rongrong that Yun Qin had asked her to take Ning Rongrong’s place in a marriage alliance with the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Ning Rongrong shocked.
• Shangguan Li left Ning Rongrong to Gu Yuena, and Ning Rongrong asked whether Gu Yuena wanted to avenge Xiao Wu.

Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing discussed their futures as the tournament continued, while Dai Mubai secretly plotted to regain the throne by deceiving Zhu Zhuqing. Outside the Star Dou Great Forest, Qiao Di warned Shangguan Li about trusting Gu Yuena, and Shangguan Li said she would continue their cooperation; Little Pear might soon return to the Douluo Continent.

• Li Pei and Tang San told Ning Rongrong that Tang San would leave Heaven Dou City after graduating, and Ning Rongrong suspected he and Xiao Wu were involved.
• After Spirit Hall Academy defeated Tianxing Academy, Dai Mubai told Zhu Zhuqing he planned to return to the Star Luo Empire and face Dai Weisi, while secretly using the conversation to lower her guard.
• Dai Mubai had learned that Dai Weisi was comatose and had lost much of his talent, so he intended to reclaim his chance at the crown prince position.
• After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Qiao Di told Shangguan Li that the Dragon God had allowed the Dark Elf tribe to be exterminated and urged her not to trust Gu Yuena completely.
• Shangguan Li said she chose to trust Gu Yuena during their cooperation, and Qiao Di promised to protect her.
• Shangguan Li told Qiao Di that Little Pear was well and might soon find a way back to the Douluo Continent.