Chapter Summaries

Shangguan Li discovered that Tang Hao still intended to kill Yin Lan despite believing she had healed him, and she and Shaohua resolved to keep Yin Lan away from him while changing her memories. Two months later, Shangguan Li saw that Shrek Academy was fracturing as Tang San silenced students who objected to Yu Xiaogang.

• Tang Hao woke after Shangguan Li healed most of his external injuries and convinced himself that Yin Lan still loved him, though he continued planning to kill her so Tang San could awaken her Blue Silver Emperor martial soul.
• Shangguan Li told Shaohua that Tang Hao remained intent on killing Yin Lan, and they agreed to change Yin Lan’s memories and prevent her from meeting him.
• Two months later, Shangguan Li saw Shrek Academy’s masked students at the Imperial Fighting Team’s matches and noticed tensions among them.
• After Yu Xiaogang’s past was exposed and his reputation at Shrek Academy fell, Ma Hongjun and the other students objected to his teaching, but Tang San defended him as a father figure.
• Tang San defeated the students who opposed Yu Xiaogang’s training and forced them to promise obedience, while resentment deepened and Shrek Academy fractured internally.

Shangguan Li confronted Wuxie, who had been controlling Bibi Dong, and used the Sea God Trident to drive him out at the cost of Bibi Dong’s life. Bibi Dong regained her senses and acknowledged that Shangguan Li had acted to avenge his grandfather, while Qian Renxue struggled to accept the outcome.

• Shangguan Li realized Wuxie had left an avatar behind and suspected his true body was in Heaven Dou City.
• Wuxie revealed that his influence over Bibi Dong could only be removed by killing or crippling her, and Shangguan Li promised to try to save her.
• Shangguan Li revealed her ten Soul Rings and used Fixed Storm to immobilize Wuxie before thrusting the Sea God Trident through Bibi Dong.
• Gu Yuena pulled Qian Renxue away from the trident, and Wuxie yielded after realizing Shangguan Li had chosen to kill Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue accused Shangguan Li of breaking her promise, but Bibi Dong told her not to resent him and admitted she had killed his relative.

Shangguan Li pursued matters deeper into dangerous territory while Little Pear tried to delay her, allowing Shaohua to leave the Douluo Continent through a spatial formation. Tang San learned of Qiao Di’s power and remained intent on winning Shangguan Li over, while Lin Ying sought to abandon his undercover mission after learning Ning Rongrong had been killed.

• Little Pear accompanied Shangguan Li as she pressed deeper into danger, while recalling Qiao Di’s request to stall her so Shaohua could escape.
• Qiao Di told Shaohua that Shangguan Li had left Heaven Dou City, and Shaohua completed a formation and disappeared after asking him to deliver her final letter if she failed to return.
• Qiao Di confronted Wuxie after Shaohua departed, and Wuxie left for the Asura God’s body in the Divine Realm to escape Shaohua’s tether.
• Wuxie’s memories reached Tang San, who recognized Qiao Di’s formidable strength and considered winning Shangguan Li’s allegiance.
• Ning Fengzhi worried over Tang San’s efforts to find Ning Rongrong, unaware that Lin Ying had learned of her death and requested to leave his undercover role in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang San discovered that Yu Xiaogang was close to death and learned that only an Immortal Herb or a powerful healing Soul Master might save him. He also showed Yu Xiaogang his growing External Soul Bone, while Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed Qin Ming’s extraordinary students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Tang San examined Yu Xiaogang and found his body so weakened that he might not survive without an Immortal Herb or high-level healing Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang explained the Sky Azure Bull Python’s strength, then examined Tang San’s spider-like External Soul Bone and promised to help him control it.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender about the Star Dou Great Forest trip, and Flender first celebrated that Shrek Academy had gained three Soul Elders and everyone had survived.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender that Qin Ming led a powerful team at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, including a sixteen-year-old Soul King and two twenty-one-year-old Soul Saints.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that the Soul King was Poison Douluo’s granddaughter and had a black fourth soul ring, which Flender recognized as an extraordinary feat.

After becoming emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Renxue left for Spirit Hall and visited Shangguan Li to confess his feelings and ask for a personal partnership. He warned her that becoming a deity meant leaving behind life on the Douluo Continent, but Shangguan Li questioned his assumption that she wanted a partner.

• Qian Renxue officially became emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, then handed its affairs to his subordinates and set out for Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue visited Shangguan Li in his original appearance and introduced himself as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Qian Renxue told Shangguan Li he liked her and asked for a chance to pursue her.
• After Shangguan Li checked that no one was eavesdropping, Qian Renxue revealed he had sensed a deity’s aura around her and said he was also a divine successor.
• Qian Renxue warned that becoming a deity meant abandoning everything on the Douluo Continent, then claimed he alone was suited to be Shangguan Li’s partner.
• Shangguan Li said she had never sought a partner and was content with her parents and friends.

Gu Yuena recruited and controlled Xiao Wu, sending her to infiltrate Tang San’s side. As Tang San left to search for Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong and Li Pei argued over their wager, until Xiao Wu returned to the inn.

• Gu Yuena abandoned her plan to attack Tang San because he was protected by powerful fortune, then ordered Xiao Wu to infiltrate him and gather intelligence, preferably killing him.
• Gu Yuena replaced Qiao Di’s power inside Xiao Wu with her own, making Xiao Wu subject to her control, and sent her to Tang San.
• Tang San returned to the inn with Ning Rongrong, but Li Pei told them Xiao Wu was missing, prompting Tang San to go search for her.
• After Tang San left, Ning Rongrong challenged Li Pei for breaking their wager, and Li Pei argued she had only promised not to pursue Tang San.
• Xiao Wu returned to the inn and asked Ning Rongrong and Li Pei whether they had been waiting for her.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm confronted Tang San’s group in the Sunset Forest and froze them when Yu Xiaogang refused to leave. Flender got the students to safety, but the lingering power of the ice remained as Tang San woke in a tent and asked where Xiao Wu was.

• Tang San stood between Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Xiao Wu, then agreed to retreat with the others.
• Yu Xiaogang displayed the Pope Token and challenged Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who froze the group with his Godly Ice.
• Flender persuaded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to let them leave and carried the unconscious students to a tent with Zhao Wuji.
• Flender warned that Yu Xiaogang had provoked the Crown Hạ, while the trainees remained at risk from the ice power hidden in their bodies.
• Tang San woke in the tent, heard Flender and Zhao Wuji discuss returning to the academy, and asked which tent held Xiao Wu.

Tang San secretly visited Dai Weisi to propose selling him Tang Sect Hidden Weapons and explore cooperation with the Star Luo Empire. After seeing the weapon’s power, Dai Weisi sought exclusive rights, and Tang San privately decided he would eventually kill him.

• Tang San slipped away from Shrek Academy’s inn after Xiao Wu was badly injured by Dai Weisi, while Shangguan Li, Shaohua, Tang Hao, and an unidentified person noticed his departure.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to find Dai Weisi’s room and offered to cooperate with him rather than Dai Mubai.
• Tang San demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, firing through two trees, and Dai Weisi asked to buy exclusive rights to the weapon.
• Tang San offered only the parts’ structural diagrams and said he could assist Dai Weisi in the Star Luo Empire after the tournament.
• Tang San recalled that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had blocked his attempts to sell Hidden Weapons and considered Dai Weisi a possible route into the Star Luo Empire.
• After Dai Weisi pressed for exclusivity, Tang San judged him selfish and resolved that he could not be left alive.

Shangguan Li and Shaohua discussed Xiao Wu’s unexpected appearance and suspected she had escaped the Spirit Temple with Tang San. Dai Mubai told Tang San about Zhu Zhuqing’s new strength and powerful backer, while Tang San tried to stir up Dai Mubai’s resentment toward her.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo reacted to the Spirit Temple’s notice promising to investigate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s destruction, while Xiao Wu showed visible anger.
• Shangguan Li and Shaohua speculated that Tang San had helped Xiao Wu escape the Spirit Temple and noted her hatred toward him.
• Dai Mubai asked Tang San whether he wanted to cooperate with him or the Star Dou Empire’s Emperor, and Tang San chose to work with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had become a Soul Douluo and was backed by a powerful faction outside Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San proposed using Zhu Zhuqing’s older sister to bring her to the city, but Dai Mubai explained their hostile history and doubted it would work.
• Dai Mubai reflected on his painful past and envied Zhu Zhuqing’s freedom, while Tang San tried to provoke him into resenting her.

Shangguan Li met Gu Yuena, who sought a Dragon God treasure she carried, while Qiao Di distrusted Gu Yuena and followed her to protect his master. The chapter ended with Qiao Di confronting Gu Yuena and accusing her of planning to kill Shangguan Li and take the treasure.

• Shangguan Li left to meet Gu Yuena while Shaohua went to watch Shrek Academy's match against Spirit Hall Academy.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself and asked Shangguan Li to hand over a treasure bearing the Dragon God's aura.
• Gu Yuena recalled waking from seclusion, learning Di Tian had failed to find the treasure, and deciding to seek its bearer herself.
• Gu Yuena asked Qiao Di for help, but he refused because the Dragon God had failed to save his extinct race.
• Qiao Di secretly followed Gu Yuena to Spirit City and realized Shangguan Li was her target.
• Qiao Di confronted Gu Yuena and accused her of intending to kill Shangguan Li and seize the treasure.

Tang San entered the City of Slaughter to undergo real combat training while Wuxie watched his progress. As attacks by increasingly powerful Evil Soul Masters threatened the continent, Bibi Dong founded the Douluo Continent Alliance, and Shangguan Li learned that the factions had united.

• Tang San completed the eighty-one hammer strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and Tang Hao took him to the City of Slaughter for real combat training.
• Tang San entered the City of Slaughter, which Tang Hao described as a deity's inheritance ground, and began his journey of bloodshed.
• Wuxie sensed Tang San's arrival and decided to watch how far he could progress.
• Representatives of the major factions gathered at the Pope's Palace and learned that Evil Soul Masters, including people from ordinary families without awakened soul power, were carrying out increasingly dangerous attacks.
• Bibi Dong swore that Spirit Hall would protect civilians and announced the establishment of the Douluo Continent Alliance.
• Shangguan Li heard that the continent's factions had united against the Evil Soul Masters and expressed disbelief.

Shangguan Li rejected Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to recruit her against Spirit Hall, while Qian Renxue secretly recorded his remarks. At Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue arranged for the Immortal Herbs to be distributed and safeguarded, then gave Bibi Dong a recording of Yu Xiaogang’s words.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Shangguan Li to oppose Spirit Hall and join forces with Shrek Academy, but she refused to take part in any faction’s wars.
• Qian Renxue, hidden nearby, recorded Yu Xiaogang’s speech as Shangguan Li left.
• Qian Renxue brought the Immortal Herbs to Bibi Dong and asked Elder Ju to identify them; he explained their benefits.
• Qian Renxue directed Elder Ju to choose herbs for Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and said the rest would be stored with the Great Enshrined.
• Qian Renxue gave Bibi Dong the recording orb containing Yu Xiaogang’s remarks and told her to watch it alone.

After Dai Weisi was attacked, Spirit Hall treated his injuries but discovered that his innate talent had diminished, leaving Zhu Zhuyun to conceal the truth. Shangguan Li reflected on Shrek’s victory and Zhu Zhuqing asked to visit her sister, while Shangguan Li invited Shaohua to investigate an event that night.

• Zhu Zhuyun found Dai Weisi collapsed and urged the Star Luo Royal Academy teacher to investigate the attacker.
• Bibi Dong agreed to help treat Dai Weisi and search for the culprit, then sent Ghost Elder to investigate.
• A white-robed Soul Douluo healed Dai Weisi but revealed that the attack had reduced his innate talent from rank 8 to rank 6.
• Zhu Zhuyun ordered the Team Leader to keep Dai Weisi’s diminished talent secret and planned to deal with him herself.
• Shangguan Li discussed Shrek’s victory and its cost with Shaohua, then allowed Zhu Zhuqing to visit her sister.
• Shangguan Li invited Shaohua to investigate an interesting event happening that night.

Shangguan Li learned that Ai Li planned to fake Little Pear’s death so he could escape the Demon Snake Tribe without being pursued. When Ai Li arrived at Little Pear’s courtyard that night, Little Pear tried to protect Shangguan Li from the Clan Leader, and she revealed that Ai Li was her guest.

• Little Pear secretly watched Shangguan Li leave and wished for her safety.
• Ai Li told Shangguan Li that Little Pear was destined to die in the clan, but proposed faking his death so he could escape safely.
• Shangguan Li worried that Ai Li’s poison would kill Little Pear, then accepted the plan after Ai Li explained the pill would only make him appear dead.
• Shangguan Li returned to the courtyard, where Little Pear watched over her through the night without revealing that he was awake.
• Shangguan Li told Little Pear a guest would visit, and when Ai Li arrived, he knelt and begged her not to kill Shangguan Li.
• Shangguan Li stood beside Little Pear and introduced Ai Li as her guest and the Clan Leader.

Shangguan Li defeated Tang Hao when he demanded her method for absorbing soul rings beyond the limit, and warned him away. After Tang Hao fled, Yu Xiaogang continued scheming for the method while Qian Renxue ordered a search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and information on Shangguan Li.

• Tang Hao attacked Shangguan Li for her soul-ring method, but she blocked his Clear Sky Hammer with one finger and repelled his Great Sumeru Hammer, leaving him badly injured.
• Tang Hao agreed to leave and warned Shangguan Li about Yu Xiaogang before fleeing to meet Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang Hao for the method, but Tang Hao warned him to stay away from Shangguan Li and focus on teaching Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed outwardly but still hoped to obtain Shangguan Li's method for Twin Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue read about her future and ordered her people to search the Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Renxue also ordered an investigation into Shangguan Li's recent activities.

Dugu Bo confronted Tang San after kidnapping him, but Tang Hao arrived and took his unconscious son away. Shangguan Li later questioned Dugu Bo and learned that he had secretly poisoned Tang San, leaving him to suffer whenever he cultivated.

• Tang San tried to save himself by threatening Dugu Bo with the poison affecting Dugu Yan, but Dugu Bo said both he and his granddaughter had already been cured.
• Tang Hao appeared to rescue Tang San, and Dugu Bo let him go after learning Tang San was his son.
• Tang Hao carried the unconscious Tang San to Yu Xiaogang's quarters and left without a sound.
• Shangguan Li asked Dugu Bo why he had kidnapped Tang San, and he said Tang San had threatened Yan'er.
• Shangguan Li suspected Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan had staged the incident and learned Dugu Bo had poisoned Tang San's meridians, making cultivation painful.

Tang San completed the Clear Sky Sect ancestral-grave trial, while Shangguan Li discovered that his newborn daughter carried Xiao Wu’s soul. After Tang Lian died and Tang San fled with the child, Shangguan Li issued a new trial that set the sect against him.

• Tang San learned the location of the Clear Sky Sect ancestral graves from Tang Lian, then dug them up and completed the second Rakshasa God trial.
• Tang Lian gave birth to a girl, and Shangguan Li discovered that the infant’s fragmented soul was Xiao Wu’s.
• Tang San secretly caused Tang Lian’s death, named the baby Tang Wutong, and received the third trial to escape the sect and destroy the Four Great Affiliated Sects.
• Shangguan Li gave Tang Xiao and the elders evidence of Tang San’s desecration of the graves, but Tang San had already fled in disguise with Tang Wutong.
• Tang Xiao vowed to help capture Tang San and ordered the disciples to leave the mountains, promising the captor the position of sect master.

Bibi Dong exposed Xiao Wu as a humanoid soul beast and ordered her arrest, but Tang Hao arrived and rescued Xiao Wu and Tang San after attacking the Pope's Palace. Afterward, Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi she liked Tang San, while the rescued Xiao Wu woke and asked who her rescuer was.

• Bibi Dong revealed Xiao Wu's identity as a humanoid soul beast and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to capture her.
• Xiao Wu accused Bibi Dong of killing her mother, and Tang San stood between Xiao Wu and the Spirit Hall elders.
• Tang Hao arrived, blasted the two elders away, and struck the Pope's Palace with his Clear Sky Hammer before escaping with the unconscious Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong called off the pursuit and ordered the gathered factions to leave Spirit City.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that she liked Tang San, and Ning Fengzhi warned her against him.
• Xiao Wu awoke after being rescued and asked who her rescuer was.

Shaohua suspected that Little Pear weakened Ning Rongrong's Wuxie aura, so she and Shangguan Li prepared to investigate during the planned raid. Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Lin Ying reached the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to warn Yu Yuanzhen that Spirit Hall might attack that night.

• Shaohua told Shangguan Li that Ning Rongrong's Wuxie aura grew stronger after Little Pear left, suggesting Little Pear's presence had weakened it.
• Shaohua and Shangguan Li decided to follow Ning Rongrong's group that night and began preparing after suspecting the mole's leaked information had a hidden purpose.
• Tang San led Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Lin Ying toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while privately resenting Ning Fengzhi for not helping Tang Hao.
• Tang San used Xue Qinghe's token to gain entry to the clan, and Lin Ying planned to study its defenses and meet the mole.
• Yu Yuanzhen received the group, and Tang San warned him that Spirit Hall might attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that night.

Ning Rongrong watched Li Pei use her body to meet Tang San and realized he had been deceiving her to gain control of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She also began doubting Lin Ying and vowed to take revenge once she reclaimed her body.

• Ning Rongrong followed Li Pei at night and saw her reunite with Tang San, who embraced and kissed her.
• Li Pei told Tang San she had spoken to Ning Fengzhi about their relationship and feared being married to the emperor.
• Tang San promised to marry Li Pei after finishing his studies, while secretly considering killing her if he could not have her.
• Ning Rongrong noticed Sword Douluo had followed them and realized Tang San had seen him, prompting Tang San to urge Li Pei to return home safely.
• Ning Rongrong recognized that Tang San wanted her identity and the sect's power, began questioning Lin Ying's loyalty, and vowed to kill them after reclaiming her body.