Chapter Summaries

Tang San, Wei Wuyuan, and a hooded man with a beast-commanding Martial Soul discovered that Tang San was not the person the hooded man sought and agreed to travel together. Along the way, strangers continued mistaking Tang San for the other Tang San, and two young women were delighted to meet someone different from the rumors.

• Wei Wuyuan explained the hooded man's unusual Martial Soul, prompting Tang San to suspect that Wei Wuyuan and the stranger were working together.
• Wei Wuyuan called the hooded man down and secretly told him that this Tang San was distinct from the Shrek Tang San he sought.
• The hooded man concluded that Tang San was not his target and pointed the group toward the forest, while Wei Wuyuan persuaded him to travel with them.
• Tang San accepted traveling with the two men because refusing or fighting them seemed too risky.
• Strangers repeatedly approached the group because they mistook Tang San for the other Tang San, and two young women became excited when he said they had the wrong person.

Tang San’s group defeated a five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider and obtained its rare mask-type External Soul Bone. Tang San began fusing with it in a concealed cave while his companions kept watch, as the other Tang San’s group continued to follow the girls who admired him.

• The two girls continued following Tang San and his companions, delighted by the prospect of seeing two Tang Sans meet.
• Tang San and his allies defeated a five-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider after a fierce battle.
• A mask-type External Soul Bone emerged from the spider, and Tang San decided to absorb it despite the greed it would attract from factions watching outside the secret realm.
• Dai Mubai led the group to a concealed cave, where Oscar gave Tang San Recovery Sausages and the others took up guard positions.
• Tang San pressed the mask Soul Bone to his face and began fusing with it.

Tang San successfully absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider Head Soul Bone and gained mental intimidation, concealment, and a fifty-percent increase in mental power, though using it risked affecting his sanity. He hid his plan to build a righteous reputation so he could replace his other self and gain Spirit Hall’s trust, while his companions recovered for the next fight.

• Tang San resisted the Man Faced Demon Spider’s savage will and absorbed its Soul Bone after two and a half hours.
• Tang San revealed the mask’s Mental Intimidation and Shadow Concealment skills, along with their negative-emotion side effect.
• Tang Dieyi and the others praised Tang San’s new powers and cautioned him against using the mask for too long.
• Tang San concealed his true ambition to cultivate an honorable public persona before defeating his other self and entering Spirit Hall’s core.
• Tang San told his companions to recover, and they began meditating as he privately claimed their identities and opportunities would eventually be his.

Tang San led the group into the shrinking safe zone, where they were confronted by Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and the remaining Star Luo Royal Battle Team squads. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun taunted Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun until Dai Weisi challenged the entire group to fight him alone.

• Tang San sensed the safe zone shrinking and led the group out of their cave toward the core.
• Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and three Star Luo Royal Battle Team squads blocked their way.
• Dai Weisi mocked Dai Mubai over his past and his engagement, and Dai Mubai defended his choices.
• Ma Hongjun cursed Dai Weisi, who insulted Ma Hongjun and threatened his standing with the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Zhu Zhuyun criticized Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Martial Soul and urged him to cut it off, provoking him to insult Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi accepted the confrontation and offered to fight the entire group by himself.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun faced Dai Weisi in a one-sided family duel after Tang San refused to interfere. Dai Weisi badly wounded Ma Hongjun and pinned Dai Mubai beneath his foot, leaving Dai Mubai unable to overcome the gap in their strength.

• Dai Mubai asked Tang San to help him, but Tang San declined because the duel was an internal family matter, while Ma Hongjun offered to fight beside Dai Mubai and Oscar gave them sausages.
• Dai Weisi dismissed the Star Luo squads and entered the clearing, revealing his level-fifty-three Soul King strength against Dai Mubai's level forty-two and Ma Hongjun's level thirty-three.
• Dai Mubai told Ma Hongjun to attack from the flank as they prepared to face Dai Weisi together.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Line of Fire from the air, but Dai Weisi struck him with lightning-wreathed claw blades, leaving him severely wounded despite Oscar's healing sausage.
• Dai Mubai charged Dai Weisi, who shattered his defenses, knocked him down, and pinned his chest beneath his foot while mocking his time at Shrek.
• Tang Dieyi judged Dai Weisi's superior strength consistent with his talent and age, rather than the weaker version she remembered from the original story.

Dai Weisi defeated and took Dai Mubai away, but mysterious dark-purple vines forced him and the Star Luo squads to forfeit. Tang San then continued toward the core area with Oscar, still unsure who had secretly protected him.

• Dai Weisi crushed Dai Mubai with his foot, then ordered two teammates to escort the injured prince back to Star Luo after the secret realm ended.
• Dai Weisi demanded that Tang San and the others withdraw, while Ma Hongjun angrily challenged him and Tang Dieyi rebuked Ma Hongjun for involving Third Brother.
• Dark-purple vines erupted from the ground and drained Dai Weisi's blood, qi, and Soul Power, forcing him to forfeit and prompting the remaining Star Luo squads to withdraw.
• Tang San searched for the person who had attacked Dai Weisi but found no trace, while Tang Dieyi suggested they leave without investigating.
• Ma Hongjun forfeited because of his injury, and Tang San asked Oscar to stay and provide Recovery Sausages as they headed toward the core area.

After Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi were eliminated, participants rushed toward the southeast, believing Tang San was there and hoping to witness his confrontation with the other Tang San. Tang San and his companions tried to escape the converging teams by air, but pursuers and ambushes blocked every route as their flight time ran short.

• Tang San told Wei Wuyuan and the others that Dai Mubai's elimination did not mean he had been defeated easily, and explained that his Blue Silver Domain could not sense every kind of plant.
• A winged youth reported a cluster of elimination beams southeast, prompting Tang San's group and participants throughout the secret realm to head toward the location.
• Tang San detected numerous teams converging on them and decided to use Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausages to escape by air.
• Teams blocked their flight path and ambushed them from multiple directions, while the sausages' limited duration left Tang San and his companions at risk of being surrounded.

Tang San, Tang Dieyi, and Oscar were surrounded by silent teams that neither attacked nor let them pass, leaving Tang San unsure whether they were caught in an illusion or being stalled. After his crossbow bolts proved the pursuers were real, he concluded they were waiting for orders or reinforcements, just as a powerful Soul Power approached from the northwest.

• Tang San realized the surrounding teams were following them without attacking, and he suspected they wanted to conserve strength while waiting for an opening.
• Tang San led Tang Dieyi and Oscar toward the core region as the silent encirclement followed them and grew larger.
• Tang San suspected the scene was an illusion, but repeated checks found no spiritual intrusion or other sign of one.
• Tang San fired his Godly Zhuge Crossbows at the figures ahead, and they dodged or stopped the bolts, proving they were real Soul Masters.
• Tang San concluded the teams were waiting for orders or their leader to arrive, then sensed a powerful Soul Power approaching from the northwest.

Tang San was confronted by a crowd of strangely familiar contestants who had gathered to watch him face another version of himself. The two Tang Sans prepared to settle their conflict as Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong arrived, while the first Tang San suppressed his anger at a heckler.

• Wei Wuyuan and several companions found Tang San and inspected him while speaking of him as the “original.”
• A gentle-looking second Tang San emerged, and over a hundred contestants cleared space to watch the two face off, with a vendor selling snacks to the crowd.
• The two Tang Sans agreed that their debts should be settled face-to-face, and Tang San sent Tang Dieyi and Oscar aside.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong arrived and joined Gui Mengguan, Qian Gujue, and Oupai among the spectators.
• After a spectator insulted Xiao Wu and taunted him, Tang San suppressed his anger and turned back to face the other Tang San.

Two Tang Sans fought in the tournament, pitting an ice-fire Blue Silver Grass user against a life-oriented Blue Silver Emperor master. The life-oriented Tang San gained the upper hand and charged with an Ink Jade Blue Silver Overlord Spear as his opponent braced behind an ice-and-fire cage.

• Both Tang Sans released their martial souls, revealing the opponent's ice-fire Blue Silver Grass and Tang San's evolved Blue Silver Emperor.
• Tang San displayed five soul rings, including two black rings, and formed an Ink Jade Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• The ice-fire Tang San attacked with Mother Coil, but Tang San met it with precisely controlled Blue Silver Emperor Grass, and they initially fought to a standstill.
• Tang San hardened his grass into ink-jade spears that pierced the ice-fire attack and wounded his opponent with hidden-weapon-like strikes.
• Tang San formed a massive Ink Jade Blue Silver Overlord Spear and charged, while the ice-fire Tang San raised a dual-element cage to block it.

Tang San fought Tang San in the tournament, using the Eight Spider Lances and deadly poison against his opponent. The healing-focused Tang San neutralized the venom with ease, leaving his rival furious and preparing to attack again.

• Tang San grew jealous of his opponent’s superior control, offense, and support abilities and vowed to win so he could claim the other’s powers and opportunities.
• Tang San unleashed an ice-and-fire tornado, but Tang San swept it aside with the Ink Jade Blue Silver Overlord Spear, creating dust that concealed his charge.
• Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to ambush Tang San at close range and wounded his arm with venom.
• Tang San dismissed the poison as trash and healed and detoxified himself with his Blue Silver Emperor and healing abilities.
• Tang San reacted with shock and anger, then intensified his Eight Spider Lances and threatened to poison Tang San repeatedly.

Tang San used Heart Separation Control to immobilize Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, but Tang San broke free with a rare mental-type External Soul Bone. As the duel reached its apparent end, Tang San revealed Wind Thunder Wings and escaped the spider-leg attack, leaving the crowd astonished by the pair’s hidden powers.

• Tang San overwhelmed Tang San with the Eight Spider Lances, wounding him and poisoning him as he struggled to defend himself with the Black Jade Overlord Spear.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Emperor grass to bind all eight spider legs, prompting spectators to identify his technique as Heart Separation Control and Ning Fengzhi to deny that he was a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciple.
• Tang San fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and revealed the Eight-Eyed Demonic Tool, using its Mental Intimidation to disrupt Tang San’s control and break free.
• Tang San launched an eight-direction attack with the Eight Spider Lances, but Tang San manifested Wind Thunder Wings and dodged, astonishing the arena crowd.

Tang San used his Wind-Thunder Wings to overwhelm the masked Tang San, who responded with mental attacks and invisibility. Tang San’s spiritual power and Blue Silver Emperor grass exposed the concealment, leaving both fighters facing off after another failed ambush.

• Tang San revealed his Wind-Thunder Wings and used his speed to injure and drive back the masked Tang San.
• The masked Tang San activated Mental Intimidation, then vanished using the Eight-Eyed Demonic Tool’s concealment ability.
• Tang San spread Blue Silver Emperor blades across the arena and used his spiritual power to search for the invisible opponent.
• The masked Tang San launched a stronger mental attack and tried to ambush Tang San from behind with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San dodged the attack and cut the masked Tang San with Blue Silver Emperor vines, disrupting his concealment and forcing him to reappear.

Tang San’s jealousy and desperation grew as his opponent revealed he had been fighting with several hundred pounds of weights. Once the weights came off, the other Tang San overwhelmed him with faster, stronger spear attacks, leaving Tang San struggling to find an opening.

• Tang San resented his opponent’s superior fortune and resolved to defeat him, then tried to provoke him into giving up his aerial advantage.
• The other Tang San descended and removed several hundred pounds of training weights, shocking Tang San and the spectators.
• Tang San unleashed his icefire poison, Eight Spider Lances, and spiritual power as the other Tang San prepared to fight seriously.
• The other Tang San attacked at nearly twice his former speed, forcing Tang San to block repeated heavy spear strikes.
• Tang San failed to break the assault, took mounting strain from the impacts, and realized he could not keep clashing head-on.

Tang San appeared to defeat Tang San with the Pear Blossom Needle in Rainstorm, but Tang San recovered and pinned him to a tree with a concealed Blue Silver Overlord Spear. As Tang San prepared to finish him, the Tang San Faction intervened, triggering a brawl among the spectators.

• Tang San broke five of Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, then struck him at close range with the Pear Blossom Needle in Rainstorm and believed he had won.
• Tang San healed his wounds with Blue Silver Emperor grass and pierced Tang San through the chest with a concealed Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
• Tang San used the Eight-Eyed Demonic Tool to launch a desperate mental assault, but Tang San endured it and prepared to deliver the final blow.
• Members of the Tang San Faction attacked Tang San to protect their Third Brother, interrupting the duel.
• Spectators who opposed the interference confronted the Tang San Faction, and the viewing area erupted into a fight.

Tang San was rescued from a mortal wound while his counterpart launched another attack, and the tournament contestants split into factions around them. The fighting continued as several calm observers explained the conflict to Ning Rongrong as support for rival favorites and a pretext to eliminate competitors.

• Tang Dieyi freed Tang San from the tree and called Oscar, whose Recovery Sausage stabilized him but could not restore his strength.
• Tang San conjured dozens of black jade spears and sent them raining down on Tang San, but a luminous mirror swallowed them.
• A stranger stepped from behind the mirror and declared that he had come to help Third Brother, stopping the nearby fighters in astonishment.
• More than twenty contestants formed two factions and fought, while the elders watching from outside guessed they had found an excuse to eliminate rivals.
• Ning Rongrong asked Gui Mengguan, Bai Ci, Li Pu, and Lin Yue why the contestants had suddenly taken sides, and they described the feud as support for favorites and an inevitable tournament brawl.

Tang San’s allies held off his attacker while the mirror’s Magic Mirror trapped him in an illusion that exploited his deepest fears. As roots and woody growth spread across his body, Tang San realized the illusion was making him become the plant he feared he might be.

• Tang San charged the mirror wielder with his Black Jade Overlord Spear, but the young man blocked him and gave the wounded Tang San time to recover.
• The mirror wielder used his third Soul Ring to cast Magic Mirror, pulling Tang San into an illusion of his past and present fears.
• Tang San endured an illusion of the Tang Sect condemning him for stealing its techniques, then an illusion of Bibi Dong being attacked for protecting him as a Soul Beast’s son.
• The illusion’s accusations overwhelmed Tang San until he recognized blue-gold roots piercing his feet and turning his body into wood.
• Tang San realized the mirror made its victims become what they feared most as the transformation spread and his consciousness began to fade.

Tang San recovered from the mirror’s fear illusion after the mirror wielder was killed, then fought off the people protecting the injured Tang San. He defeated Tang Dieyi’s allies and left her battered but still standing between him and his target.

• The other fighters recognized the mirror’s power and attacked its wielder, killing him and ending the illusion affecting Tang San.
• Tang San approached the injured Tang San, but Tang Dieyi stepped in to protect him and told Oscar to take him away.
• Tang Dieyi and three Soul Masters attacked Tang San, who used his Blue Silver Domain and Wind-Thunder Wings to evade their weakening skill.
• Tang San pinned the weakening-type Soul Master with Blue Silver Grass and a spear, then defeated the assault- and agility-type Soul Masters.
• Tang San shattered Tang Dieyi’s Butterfly God Slash and struck her shoulder, then told her to move aside if she wanted to live.

Tang San defeated Tang Dieyi and pursued the wounded Tang San, who chose to retreat rather than risk dying. Before the confrontation could continue, Tang San publicly accused him of desiring his adoptive mother, provoking a furious reaction.

• Tang San shattered Tang Dieyi’s attack, struck her down, and pinned her to the arena with his spear.
• The Tang San Faction tried to break free and help, but their opponents kept them locked in battle as Tang San pursued Tang San.
• Oscar urged the injured Tang San to surrender and survive, and Tang San reluctantly accepted that he could not win while wounded.
• Tang San turned to face his pursuer and loudly accused him of lusting after his adoptive mother, leaving the arena stunned and whispering about Bibi Dong.
• Tang San erupted in rage, releasing uncontrolled Soul Power and making the nearby fighters shudder.

Tang San rescued Tang San from the arena, where his escape left the remaining contestants fighting over whether to kill or protect Tang San. After pursuing him, Tang San was rescued by a young healer who treated his wound and began restoring his strength.

• Tang San vanished through a spatial fluctuation before he could surrender, and Oscar surrendered when Tang San approached him.
• Tang San realized Tang San had been rescued rather than eliminated, while the Tang San Faction attacked him and another group fought to protect him.
• Tang San flew after Tang San, determined to find him and settle their score.
• Tang San arrived in a distant forest and thanked the young girl who had rescued him.
• The girl used her Great Healing Technique to heal Tang San's chest wound and restore some of his Soul Power.