Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chengu returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after nearly five years away, earning an emotional welcome from Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong. After his teachers argued over his training, Ning Fengzhi invited Xiao Chengu and his three companions inside to rest and talk.

• The guards recognized Xiao Chengu and announced that Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong were waiting for him.
• Gu Rong checked Xiao Chengu for injuries and rejoiced at his return, while Chen Xin praised his Title Douluo strength and condensed domain.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin argued over whether Xiao Chengu should have followed the defensive path or learned swordsmanship.
• Li Pu, Bai Ci, and Lin Yue watched the two Title Douluo bicker until Ning Fengzhi reminded them that they had guests.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Li Pu, Bai Ci, and Lin Yue and invited the group inside for tea and pastries.

Xiao Chengu returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Li Pu, Bai Ci, and Lin Yue, and they joined the sect’s team for the Continental Young Soul Master Tournament. At the Papal Palace, Bibi Dong learned that three Slaughter City survivors had obtained Divine Slaughter’s Domain and would compete alongside Xiao Chengu.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Xiao Chengu and his companions to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin and Gu Rong argued over Xiao Chengu’s training in Slaughter City.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xiao Chengu that Ning Rongrong was studying in Suotuo City and reminded him of their childhood betrothal; Xiao Chengu said he understood.
• Li Pu, Bai Ci, and Lin Yue introduced themselves and their martial souls to Ning Fengzhi while enjoying the sect’s pastries.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Xiao Chengu to join the sect’s tournament team, and Li Pu, Bai Ci, and Lin Yue asked to join him; Ning Fengzhi agreed.
• An azure bird flew from the sect toward Spirit City, where Golden Crocodile Douluo reported to Bibi Dong that Xiao Chengu, Li Pu, and Bai Ci had each passed through Hell Road and obtained Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Qianjun Douluo told Bibi Dong that Ning Fengzhi planned to have Xiao Chengu and the others compete in the Continental Young Soul Master Tournament two years later.

After learning that three Slaughter Gods had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Tang San asked Bibi Dong to let him train in Slaughter City so he could gain Divine Slaughter's Domain. Bibi Dong refused and explained the city's deadly costs, offering instead to teach him how to develop a domain of his own.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo reported that Xiao Chengu had become a Rank 90 Title Douluo and that Bai Ci, Li Pu, and Lin Yue had also joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San asked Bibi Dong to let him enter Slaughter City and obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain before the tournament two years later.
• Bibi Dong refused and explained the Hell Slaughter Arena's escalating opponent requirements and the immense number of deaths behind each Slaughter God.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Slaughter City's domain had bound and corrupted her and had turned Tang Chen into the King of Slaughter.
• Bibi Dong offered to teach Tang San her insights into killing intent so he could comprehend a domain of his own, and Tang San was moved by her affection.

Xiao Chengu learned that Tang Hao had been executed by Spirit Hall, ending the revenge quest that had driven him to Slaughter City. He was left to reckon with his loss and turn his attention toward the tournament in two years.

• Tang San rejected the idea of entering Slaughter City and vowed to become the era’s greatest genius with Bibi Dong’s help.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xiao Chengu that Tang Hao was dead, and Lin Yue explained that Spirit Hall had turned him into a bronze statue after a public trial.
• Gu Rong revealed that Tang Hao had murdered Xiao Chengu’s family, prompting Xiao Chengu to recall the tragedy and his years of training for revenge.
• Chen Xin described Tang Hao’s agonizing execution and reported that Spirit Hall had imprisoned Tai Tan’s rescuers while Tang Xiao had disowned Tang Hao.
• Xiao Chengu accepted that he could no longer avenge his family himself, while his companions urged him to move on and prepare for the tournament against the Otherworldly Visitors.

Lin Yue and the others debated whether to retaliate against the Clear Sky Sect for Tang Hao’s crimes, then decided to target Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua. Lin Yue sensed that the planned visit would go wrong as they prepared to leave for the sect the next morning.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that Tang Hao had killed two Clear Sky Sect elders and injured a third when they opposed him.
• Xiao Chengu agreed not to punish the entire sect for Tang Hao’s actions, but Li Pu proposed killing Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong supported the plan, citing the siblings’ estrangement from the other elders and Tang Hao’s attack on Chen Gu.
• Lin Yue warned that an unforeseen danger awaited them, while Xiao Chengu insisted he would not spare anyone still allied with Tang Hao.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for the group to visit the Clear Sky Sect the next morning, with Chen Xin and Gu Rong waiting below the mountain to provide support.

After learning that four young soul masters planned to target her and her elder brother, Tang Yuehua embraced the Rakshasa God's power and transformed Moonlight Pavilion into a living hell. The chapter ended with her Noble Ring corrupted by resentment as the nobles around her were trapped in the spreading black slime.

• A maid told Tang Yuehua that Ning Fengzhi had agreed to let four young soul masters set out for the Clear Sky Sect at dawn to target the Sect Master and her.
• Tang Yuehua's music stopped, and her snapped zither string cut her finger as she reacted to the news with overwhelming hatred.
• Tang Yuehua accused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and others of helping kill and slander her second brother, then revealed that she was no longer powerless.
• The Rakshasa God urged Tang Yuehua to accept its power and take revenge, and she embraced it without hesitation.
• Black mist engulfed Moonlight Pavilion, terrifying and ensnaring the nobles as Tang Yuehua's Noble Ring became stained with resentment.

Tang Yuehua accepted the Rakshasa God’s power, became an Level 85 Soul Douluo, and ordered a massacre of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect properties in Heaven Dou City. The attack left 137 dead, and the sect suspected the Clear Sky Sect after finding the character “Hao” carved on the victims.

• Tang Yuehua’s Noble Ring transformed into an Aberrant Wraith Soul Ring, raising her Soul Power to Level 85 and giving her several dark soul skills.
• Tang Yuehua ordered her black-clad maids to gather her hidden agents and kill everyone at Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect properties in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Yuehua vowed to avenge Tang Hao and target Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong, Tang San, and the rest of the continent.
• Xiao Chengu and the others prepared to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong saw them off.
• A wounded disciple reported that Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect businesses in Heaven Dou City had been attacked and 137 people killed, each marked with a carved “Hao.”
• Chen Xin suspected the Clear Sky Sect, while Xiao Chengu and the others realized that their enemy had struck first.

Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders investigated the massacre of their Heaven Dou City branches and concluded that Tang Hao’s name had been used to frame the Clear Sky Sect. They realized Tang Yuehua might have inherited the Rakshasa God’s power and secretly built an intelligence network, leaving Ning Fengzhi to suspect her role in Xue Qinghe’s rise and the attack.

• Ning Fengzhi ruled out Tang Xiao as the attacker, while Chen Xin and Bai Ci argued that Spirit Hall was unlikely to have committed the massacre.
• Bai Ci pointed to Tang Hao’s past use of the Rakshasa God’s power, and Gu Rong recalled that it had let Tang Hao survive an assault by three Super Douluos.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others identified Tang Yuehua as a possible inheritor of the Rakshasa God’s legacy.
• Ning Fengzhi reasoned that Tang Yuehua had built a vast intelligence network through the Moonlight Pavilion and may have helped Xue Qinghe defeat his rivals for the Heaven Dou throne.
• Ning Fengzhi connected the methods of Xue Qinghe’s death-sworn warriors to the massacre of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s branches.

Ning Fengzhi and the others uncovered how Tang Yuehua and Xue Qinghe had joined forces, then planned how to resist their threat without being drawn into a war with the Clear Sky Sect. Ning Fengzhi ordered defenses and diplomacy while deciding they must prepare for both outcomes.

• Bai Ci and Xiao Chengu concluded that Tang Yuehua had inherited the Evil God's power and allied with Xue Qinghe to pursue revenge and the throne.
• Ning Fengzhi, Lin Yue, and Xiao Chengu warned that Tang Yuehua and Xue Qinghe meant to provoke the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect into destroying each other.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered Gu Rong to protect the sect's remaining businesses and monitor Moonlight Pavilion and the imperial palace without attacking.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Chen Xin to explain the situation to Tang Xiao and seek an alliance against Tang Yuehua and Xue Qinghe.
• Xiao Chengu, Li Pu, and Bai Ci agreed to help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Lin Yue cautioned them about the enemy's strength and imperial backing.
• Ning Fengzhi decided that the sect had to prepare for both possible outcomes.

After Tang Yuehua’s attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s businesses sparked deaths and an economic crisis, Xue Qinghe confronted her over the damage to his position and the danger to the Clear Sky Sect. He persuaded her that she had acted recklessly and proposed finding someone to die in her place.

• Tang Yuehua admitted to Xue Qinghe that she had ordered the attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s businesses.
• Xue Qinghe explained that the attacks had killed 137 people, disrupted trade, and provoked Heaven Dou’s nobles to demand answers.
• Tang Yuehua threatened to use the Rakshasa God’s power to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Xue Qinghe warned that its forces could destroy her and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Xue Qinghe warned that Chen Xin had gone to the Clear Sky Sect and that Tang Xiao could be endangered if the sect found evidence of Tang Yuehua’s involvement.
• Tang Yuehua realized her actions had been hasty and asked Xue Qinghe what they should do.
• Xue Qinghe proposed finding a substitute to die in Tang Yuehua’s place.

Xue Qinghe persuaded Tang Yuehua to fake her death with a magically controlled double so she could protect Tang Xiao and evade the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As Ning Fengzhi rushed toward Moonlight Pavilion, the real Tang Yuehua watched from hiding with three hundred wraith-controlled death warriors.

• Xue Qinghe warned Tang Yuehua that Ning Fengzhi had uncovered her crimes and that Tang Xiao would be condemned unless she appeared to die.
• Xue Qinghe revealed A Yue, a woman trained for ten years to imitate Tang Yuehua, and Tang Yuehua transformed her into a puppet double with the Wraith Soul Ring.
• Tang Yuehua ordered A Yue to confess to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and die without exposing her or Xue Qinghe, while Xue Qinghe promised her a new identity and future revenge.
• Ning Fengzhi led two hundred elite men toward Moonlight Pavilion as Tang Yuehua watched from a mountainside beside three hundred wraith-controlled death warriors.
• Ning Fengzhi remained uneasy about Tang Yuehua's conspicuous, reckless actions the previous night.

Ning Fengzhi realized Tang Yuehua had used the attack on a branch hall to draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s main force away, then rushed back after discovering the sect was under assault. Tang Yuehua’s forces breached the defenses and began destroying the sect as Xiao Chengu and three others raced toward the mountain gate.

• Ning Fengzhi recognized the branch hall massacre as a diversion and ordered everyone to turn back toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and two hundred riders saw smoke and flames rising from the sect and hurried back at full speed.
• Tang Yuehua directed wraith souls and three hundred death warriors as they broke through the sect’s defensive barrier and attacked its grounds.
• Tang Yuehua killed the elder guarding the treasury after he refused to surrender its key.
• Tang Yuehua turned toward Xiao Chengu and three others as they charged toward the mountain gate, with Ning Fengzhi’s group following behind.

Xiao Chengu, Bai Ci, Li Pu, and Lin Yue defeated Tang Yuehua’s death warriors and vengeful souls at the mountain gate, then captured her. Ning Fengzhi arrived with elite knights and confronted Tang Yuehua, who defended the massacre as revenge for her second brother’s death and humiliation.

• Xiao Chengu, Bai Ci, Li Pu, and Lin Yue fought through Tang Yuehua’s death warriors and vengeful souls at the mountain gate.
• Xiao Chengu broke through Tang Yuehua’s defenses with Bone Dragon Slash and knocked her down.
• Bai Ci wounded Tang Yuehua while Lin Yue held her at spearpoint and Li Pu threatened her with Bun Thunder.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with two hundred elite knights and accused Tang Yuehua of massacring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heaven Dou branch and its members’ families.
• Tang Yuehua claimed she had acted first because the sect had killed and humiliated her second brother.

Tang Yuehua detonated herself and the Rakshasa God's lingering power, devastating the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Lin Yue, Xiao Chengu, and Gu Rong's defenses protected those nearby. With Tang Yuehua gone, Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to treat the injured and contact the Clear Sky Sect, while Lin Yue warned that Xue Qinghe might still pose a threat.

• Ning Fengzhi condemned Tang Yuehua for slaughtering innocents, and she revealed that she had never intended to leave alive.
• Tang Yuehua began to self-destruct, so Lin Yue flung her into the sky while Xiao Chengu and Gu Rong raised a double defense.
• Tang Yuehua's explosion leveled the sect's mountain gate and surrounding buildings, and she vanished without a trace.
• Gu Rong, Xiao Chengu, Li Pu, Bai Ci, and Lin Yue assessed the damage, and Lin Yue warned that Xue Qinghe might have a backup plan.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the battlefield cleared, the injured treated, information sealed, and a message sent to the Clear Sky Sect.

Xue Qinghe arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Tang Yuehua’s attack and denied responsibility, persuading Ning Fengzhi that he had no reason to destroy the sect. Ning Fengzhi’s suspicion began to fade, leaving Xue Qinghe’s involvement unproven.

• Xue Qinghe arrived with the Royal Knights, apologized to Ning Fengzhi, and ordered his soldiers to treat the wounded and clear the battlefield.
• Li Pu accused Xue Qinghe of pretending to grieve, and Xue Qinghe knelt before Ning Fengzhi and confessed that he had pursued Tang Yuehua for political gain.
• Xue Qinghe claimed he had not known Tang Yuehua possessed the Evil God’s power and said he had tried to arrest her after hearing of the massacre.
• Xiao Chengu challenged Xue Qinghe over the coordinated attacks on the sect’s shops and relay stations, but Xue Qinghe argued that destroying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would undermine his own rule.
• Ning Fengzhi’s suspicions wavered, and he told Xue Qinghe to rise, accepting that Tang Yuehua had deceived them all.

Xue Qinghe offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect extensive aid after the attack, but Xiao Chengu, Bai Ci, and Lin Yue suspected his motives. News of Tang Yuehua’s death turned the continent against the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Xiao struggled with his family’s ruin as the elders demanded answers.

• Xue Qinghe promised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect money, rebuilding help, medical care, and access to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xiao Chengu, Bai Ci, and Lin Yue questioned his timing and intentions.
• Bibi Dong dismissed calls for Spirit Hall to investigate the Clear Sky Sect, ordered its movements monitored, and opened registration for the Continental Young Soul Master Tournament early.
• Kingdoms and sects across the continent accused the Clear Sky Sect of colluding with the Evil God and demanded an explanation.
• Tang Xiao mourned Tang Yuehua and confronted the ruin of his family as he sat before the Clear Sky Sect elders.
• Second Elder struck the council table and demanded that Tang Xiao stop remaining silent.

Tang Xiao was forced by the Clear Sky Sect elders to surrender his position as sect leader and agree to apologize to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua’s crimes. He left the hall grieving his lost family and the sect’s rejection of him.

• The Second Elder and Third Elder accused Tang Xiao of hiding the truth about Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua and warned that the Clear Sky Sect faced destruction.
• Tang Xiao swore he had never colluded with an Evil God, but the Second Elder demanded that he step down and publicly distance the sect from his siblings.
• Tang Xiao refused at first to humiliate the dead Tang Yuehua, but agreed to apologize and expel Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua from the family register to protect the sect and its disciples.
• Tang Xiao surrendered the sect leader’s seal to the Second Elder and left the great hall as the elders turned away from him.
• Outside, Tang Xiao remembered his siblings, coughed up blood, and lamented that he had failed the ancestors.

Tang Xiao came to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to atone for Tang Yuehua’s destruction, and Ning Fengzhi forgave the Clear Sky Sect and refused its payment. Xiao Chengu explained that Tang Xiao’s ruined life was a harsher punishment than death, while Lin Yue blamed his past indecision for the sect’s downfall.

• Tang Xiao knelt before Ning Fengzhi and apologized for Tang Yuehua’s crimes, offering the Clear Sky Sect’s wealth and resources to spare its disciples.
• Gu Rong objected to forgiving Tang Xiao, but Ning Fengzhi ended the matter and told the Clear Sky Sect to keep its offerings.
• Tang Xiao accepted Ning Fengzhi’s decision and left the council hall in tears, carrying his thorn-covered burden.
• Li Pu and Bai Ci questioned why Xiao Chengu had not taken the chance to kill Tang Xiao, while Lin Yue watched silently.
• Xiao Chengu said Tang Xiao’s guilt, disgrace, and losses made his continued life more painful than death.
• Lin Yue argued that Tang Xiao’s failure to kill Tang Hao had helped ruin himself and the Clear Sky Sect.

Ning Rongrong learned that her family had survived Tang Yuehua’s attack and agreed to stay in Suotuo City to cultivate. At Shrek Academy, Tang Dieyi worried about Tang San’s family secrets and prepared food for him, while he brooded alone over his lineage and loneliness.

• Ning Rongrong received a call from Ning Fengzhi, who reassured her that he, Gu Rong, Chen Xin, and the sect were safe after Tang Yuehua’s attack.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong to remain in Suotuo City and prepare for the Continental Young Soul Master Tournament with Chen Gu.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun condemned Tang Yuehua and the Clear Sky Sect in Shrek Academy’s dining hall while Tang Dieyi listened.
• Tang Dieyi reflected on Tang Yuehua’s fate and Tang San’s hidden ties to the Tang Family, then made brown sugar lotus seed porridge and red bean buns for him.
• Tang San overheard the dining hall’s insults and feared that others would reject him if they learned Tang Hao was his father and Tang Yuehua was his aunt.
• Tang San watched Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong from the rear courtyard, lamented his secrets and unrequited love, and heard someone call him “Third Brother.”

Tang Dieyi comforted Tang San with food and encouragement, but his jealousy of the other Tang San hardened into a vow to seize his rival’s life and status. When Yunxiao offered to oversee his cultivation, Tang San eagerly accepted, while Yunxiao recognized how easily resentment could make him controllable.

• Tang Dieyi brought Tang San porridge and red bean buns, then reassured him that he did not have to bear the Clear Sky Sect’s wrongs.
• Tang San compared his hardship with the other Tang San’s privileged life and resolved to defeat him and take everything he had.
• Tang San reopened the wound in his hand, hid his distress from Tang Dieyi, and followed her to the back mountain.
• Yunxiao saw through Tang San’s resentment and offered to personally oversee his cultivation starting the next day.
• Tang San bowed to Yunxiao and eagerly accepted his guidance.