Chapter Summaries

Shen Lian mutilated Xue Beng on Xue Qinghe’s orders and left him alive in agony, then Xue Qinghe staged a public display of grief and ordered a citywide search. Inside the carriage, Qian Renxue dropped her disguise and burned away the bloodstained evidence.

• Xue Beng fled from Shen Lian, but Shen Lian caught him after striking down the city guards with Crimson Flame Soul Slash.
• Shen Lian beat Xue Beng unconscious, severed his limbs and other body parts, and burned the remains to prevent soul masters from healing him.
• Shen Lian told Xue Beng that Xue Qinghe had ordered his death before disappearing into the crowd.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with the Imperial Guards, pretended to grieve over Xue Beng, and ordered a search for the culprit.
• After Xue Beng was carried away, Qian Renxue shed her Xue Qinghe disguise and burned the bloodstained handkerchief.

Shen Lian forced Qian Renxue to meet him after he exposed Pufferfish Douluo following him and demonstrated the power of Huang Tian’s dragon soul. Qian Renxue arrived at the inn with Snake Lance and Pufferfish, where Shen Lian demanded that she enter alone.

• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo to investigate Shen Lian and leave him dead if he could not be recruited.
• Shen Lian sensed Pufferfish Douluo stalking him at the inn and ordered him to bring the person who sent him.
• Pufferfish fled after feeling Huang Tian’s overwhelming pressure and reported to Qian Renxue that Shen Lian had discovered him.
• Qian Renxue agreed to meet Shen Lian after Pufferfish relayed Shen Lian’s threat and described the power he had witnessed.
• Shen Lian told Qian Renxue to enter the inn alone, and Huang Tian’s dragon soul made clear that he could defeat her guards.

Shen Lian forced Qian Renxue to obtain the Heaven Dou Empire’s military secrets, and she mistook his motives for an attempt to gather faith and strengthen his Divine Seat. She completed the deployment map while vowing revenge, unaware that Shen Lian wanted the information to aid the Sun-Moon Empire’s future conquest.

• Qian Renxue entered Shen Lian’s room alone and revealed her true appearance after he saw through her Xue Qinghe disguise.
• Shen Lian demanded the Heaven Dou Empire’s military deployment maps, garrison locations, and information about its high-level combatants, giving Qian Renxue three days to deliver them.
• Shen Lian warned Qian Renxue that any Spirit Hall or Worship Hall forces sent against him would die, and she returned to the Crown Prince’s Mansion afraid and furious.
• Qian Renxue guessed that Shen Lian wanted military secrets to gather the Power of Faith and strengthen his Divine Seat.
• Qian Renxue completed the deployment map, hid it in a wooden box, and vowed to repay Shen Lian after inheriting the Angel God Position, while Shen Lian’s actual plan was to help the Sun-Moon Empire conquer the two empires.

Shen Lian studied Qian Renxue’s military map and flew toward the Star Luo Empire to obtain its deployment plans for the Sun Moon Empire. There, he came upon Zhu Zhuqing being hunted by members of the Zhu Clan, who were about to capture her.

• Qian Renxue delivered Shen Lian a map of military camps and warned him that the Power of Faith belonged only to the Angel God.
• Shen Lian examined the map, considered the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tools, and resolved to use them against the armies of the Douluo Continent once he became a god.
• Shen Lian flew from Heaven Dou City toward the Star Luo Empire, intending to obtain its deployment map.
• Shen Lian spotted Zhu Zhuqing fighting three Zhu Clan pursuers in a forest clearing.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to surrender and attacked one of the Soul Ancestors, but the Soul King struck her down and reached to seize her.

Shen Lian rescued the wounded Zhu Zhuqing by killing three Zhu Clan elders, then carried her away to seek treatment. As he flew, he reflected on her struggle for independence and resolved to help her escape the fate imposed by her family and Dai Mubai.

• Shen Lian arrived as the Zhu Clan Soul King and two Soul Ancestors attacked Zhu Zhuqing, and revealed his six-ring Soul Emperor strength.
• Shen Lian used his second Soul Skill, Flame Sparrow Peerless, to burn the three Zhu Clan elders to death.
• Zhu Zhuqing collapsed, and Shen Lian found deep claw wounds and signs of severe internal injuries as he tried to stabilize her.
• Shen Lian carried the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing into the air to find treatment.
• Shen Lian thought bitterly about Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven Devils, and praised Zhu Zhuqing for fighting for her own fate.

Shen Lian brought the poisoned Zhu Zhuqing to Cloud-Breaking Town, where Yang Wudi treated her at the Breaking Clan’s home. While she recovered, Shen Lian befriended Yang Cheng and began considering how the clan’s Soul-Breaking Spear techniques might contribute to Soul Tool research.

• Shen Lian arrived in Cloud-Breaking Town carrying the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing and asked Yang Xue for help.
• Yang Xue recognized that Zhu Zhuqing had been poisoned by the Nether Claws and sent for the clan leader.
• Yang Cheng told Shen Lian that the town was the Breaking Clan’s foundation and condemned the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall for his father’s death.
• Yang Wudi treated Zhu Zhuqing with a jade vial of medicine and told Shen Lian to wait for her recovery.
• Shen Lian stayed at Yang Xue’s home for several days, befriended Yang Cheng, and saw the Soul-Breaking Spear’s mental shock technique.
• Shen Lian connected Yang Cheng’s spear technique to Soul Tool research and considered involving the Breaking Clan.

Shen Lian considered recruiting the Breaking Clan to combine its spiritual Martial Souls with Sun-Moon Empire Soul Tool technology, then confronted the newly awakened Zhu Zhuqing about her fiancé and her grim future. Zhu Zhuqing broke down after learning that Dai Mubai had abandoned their struggle, and she ended the chapter convinced she was waiting for death.

• Shen Lian planned to use the Breaking Clan's spiritual attributes and Soul Tool research to help build a force for the Sun-Moon Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke from her injuries and thanked Shen Lian for saving her.
• Shen Lian identified Zhu Zhuqing as the Zhu Clan's second daughter and Dai Mubai's fiancée, and she admitted it.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained how her family and clan had made her endure mistreatment while Dai Mubai fled, leaving her to face Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi alone.
• Shen Lian told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai was wasting his time in Suotuo City and warned that she would still die if she found him.
• Zhu Zhuqing collapsed in despair and told Shen Lian that she was now simply waiting for death.

Shen Lian agreed to teach Zhu Zhuqing in exchange for the Star Luo Empire's military deployment map, then visited Yang Wudi to offer Soul Tools as a reward. Yang Wudi was astonished by their power as Shen Lian began explaining the shield.

• Zhu Zhuqing begged Shen Lian to teach her how to grow stronger, promising to fulfill any request she could.
• Shen Lian demanded that Zhu Zhuqing help him obtain the Star Luo Empire's military deployment map, and she agreed to take him to her father's study.
• Shen Lian left Zhu Zhuqing to rest and went to Yang Wudi's residence to discuss the Immortal Herb records and the Breaking Clan joining the Sun-Moon Empire.
• Shen Lian gave Yang Wudi a level-four defensive shield Soul Tool and a spear Soul Tool as a promised reward.
• Yang Wudi tested the spear and watched it unleash a powerful lightning strike, then Shen Lian explained that the shield could withstand a Soul Sage's full-force attack for a while.

Shen Lian offered Yang Wudi two Soul Tools and used their potential to recruit the Breaking Clan into the Sun-Moon Empire. He revealed the empire’s existence and began describing its power, leaving Yang Wudi confronted with the prospect of a third great power on the continent.

• Yang Wudi questioned Shen Lian’s motives for gifting him the Soul Tools, and Shen Lian asked about his resentment toward the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao.
• Yang Wudi admitted that he and his clansmen hated the Clear Sky Sect for abandoning them, and Shen Lian explained that Soul Tools could be developed and mass-produced.
• Yang Wudi suspected Shen Lian wanted the Breaking Clan to join a secluded sect, and Shen Lian said his backer was instead a powerful nation.
• Shen Lian revealed a map of the Sun-Moon Empire and claimed it was stronger than the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• Shen Lian described the Sun-Moon Empire’s Soul Tool workshops and military strength, including Soul Guidance Cannons and its Royal Soul Master Legion.

Shen Lian persuaded Yang Wudi to bring the Breaking Clan into the Sun-Moon Empire by promising them status, Soul Tool education, and an Immortal Herb. After receiving the clan’s Record of Hundred Herbs, Shen Lian discovered that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum could help him cultivate an Indestructible Diamond Body.

• Shen Lian offered Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan noble status, access to the Empire’s Soul Tool Academy, and an Immortal Herb in exchange for joining the Sun-Moon Empire.
• Yang Wudi agreed to join and accepted Shen Lian’s promise that the Breaking Clan would regain its former glory.
• Yang Wudi gave Shen Lian a fragment of the Record of Hundred Herbs after warning him not to use it against the Breaking Clan.
• Shen Lian told Yang Wudi to prepare the clan to move to the Sun-Moon Continent, then returned to his inn room.
• Shen Lian studied the Record of Hundred Herbs and learned that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum could cultivate an Indestructible Diamond Body.

Shen Lian absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, raising his Soul Power to level sixty-six, then set out with Zhu Zhuqing to obtain the Star Luo Empire's deployment map. When walking proved too slow, he revealed his Vermilion Bird Wings to take them onward by air.

• Shen Lian realized the Dragon-Blood Red-Scale Ganoderma could strengthen Huang Tian's future Spirit Ring when Huang Tian sacrificed himself.
• Shen Lian absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and, after a day and night of cultivation, reached Soul Power level sixty-six.
• Shen Lian told Zhu Zhuqing they would obtain the Star Luo Empire's deployment map before he helped her cultivate.
• Shen Lian said farewell to Yang Cheng and left Cloud-Breaking Town with Zhu Zhuqing for Star Luo City.
• Shen Lian stopped on the road and unfurled his Vermilion Bird Wings after Zhu Zhuqing noted they had no carriage.

Shen Lian flew Zhu Zhuqing to Star Luo City, where they planned to steal the empire’s military deployment map from her father’s study. Zhu Zhuqing returned to Zhu Mansion to provoke Zhu Zhuyun and lure her father away, while Shen Lian gave her a bracer for protection.

• Shen Lian carried Zhu Zhuqing on his Vermilion Bird Wings to Star Luo City after a day of flight.
• Outside the city, Zhu Zhuqing explained that her father stayed in his study and that they needed to lure him away to steal the deployment map.
• Zhu Zhuqing proposed provoking Zhu Zhuyun so servants would summon her father to settle their fight, allowing Shen Lian to enter the study.
• Shen Lian agreed and formed a Vermilion Bird Bracer around Zhu Zhuqing’s wrist, warning her not to get hurt and to use it if Zhu Zhuyun tried to kill her.
• After nightfall, Zhu Zhuqing strode openly through the gates of Zhu Mansion, shocking the guards.

Shen Lian used Zhu Zhuqing’s confrontation with Zhu Zhuyun to sneak into Zhu Lingtian’s study and copy the Star Luo Empire Defense Map. The chapter ended with him recording the map as the third watch sounded.

• Shen Lian slipped into Zhu Mansion while Zhu Zhuqing went to confront Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhu Zhuyun, but Zhu Zhuyun wounded her with her stronger soul skills.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated the Vermilion Bird Bracer, summoning a fiery bird that overwhelmed Zhu Zhuyun’s attack.
• Zhu Lingtian arrived, destroyed the Vermilion Bird, and ordered Zhu Zhuqing back to her courtyard.
• Shen Lian entered Zhu Lingtian’s study, found the Star Luo Empire Defense Map, and began recording it with a crystal Soul Tool.

Shen Lian and Zhu Zhuqing escaped the Zhu Mansion with the military deployment map, unaware that Zhu Lingtian had witnessed their departure and allowed them to go. After reaching a village outside the Star Dou Great Forest, Shen Lian wondered how to teach Zhu Zhuqing cultivation and considered using the treasures in his Storage Soul Tool.

• Shen Lian and Zhu Zhuqing slipped out of the Zhu Mansion with the deployment map and evaded patrolling guards.
• Zhu Lingtian watched them leave, hoped Shen Lian could help Zhu Zhuqing survive the succession struggle, and chose not to stop them.
• Shen Lian and Zhu Zhuqing fled Star Luo City and traveled for several days to a village near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shen Lian recalled his promise to teach Zhu Zhuqing cultivation, realized he knew little about it, and considered the Spirit Bones, Immortal Herbs, and Whale Rubber in his Storage Soul Tool.

Shen Lian fulfilled his promise to help Zhu Zhuqing cultivate Soul Power by having her refine Whale Rubber, which greatly increased her strength. After she thanked him that night, Shen Lian watched her closely, with a Spirit Bone still awaiting the next step.

• Shen Lian told Zhu Zhuqing he would teach her to cultivate Soul Power, then revealed that Whale Rubber could accelerate her progress.
• He processed a piece of Whale Rubber and urged Zhu Zhuqing to swallow it and focus on guiding her Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured a night of intense heat and cold while refining the Whale Rubber, then awakened with greatly increased strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested her new power, shattered a clay jar, and happily practiced outside while Shen Lian prepared a Spirit Bone.
• That night, Zhu Zhuqing thanked Shen Lian, and he replied that they had both achieved their goals.

Shen Lian gave Zhu Zhuqing a thirty-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf Spirit Bone, which she absorbed to reach level thirty and become a Soul Elder. After testing her new skill and consuming Whale Rubber over the next three days, Zhu Zhuqing was presented with a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to aid her cultivation.

• Shen Lian offered Zhu Zhuqing the Gale Demon Wolf right leg bone and promised to guard her while she absorbed it.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Spirit Bone overnight, broke through from level twenty-seven to level thirty, and became a Soul Elder.
• Shen Lian took Zhu Zhuqing outside, where she used Gale Demon-Breaking Claw to shatter a boulder.
• Shen Lian said Zhu Zhuqing would consume two pieces of Whale Rubber and later hunt for her third Spirit Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Whale Rubber over three days, Shen Lian presented her with a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and explained its cultivation benefits.

After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Shen Lian judged her strong enough to withstand a third Spirit Ring of about two thousand five hundred years and took her to the Star Dou Great Forest. Three days into their search, they encountered a pack of demon wolves attacking an injured Starlight Deer, and Shen Lian recognized the three-thousand-year-old Gale Demon Wolf as Zhu Zhuqing’s potential Spirit Ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone while Shen Lian guided its power through her meridians, transforming her body and improving her cultivation.
• Shen Lian assessed Zhu Zhuqing’s strength and said she could absorb a third Spirit Ring of around two thousand five hundred years.
• Shen Lian and Zhu Zhuqing left for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to hunt her third Spirit Ring.
• After three days without finding a suitable Soul Beast, Shen Lian sensed a pack approaching and carried Zhu Zhuqing into the air with his Vermilion Bird Wings.
• A three-thousand-year-old Gale Demon Wolf appeared with dozens of lesser wolves around an injured two-thousand-year-old Starlight Deer, and Shen Lian identified the Gale Demon Wolf as Zhu Zhuqing’s Spirit Ring target.

Shen Lian helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain a three-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf Spirit Ring, using her 30,000-year Spirit Bone to suppress the backlash. After absorbing it, Zhu Zhuqing discovered her Soul Power had risen to level thirty-eight, and Shen Lian encouraged her to pursue control over her own destiny.

• Shen Lian killed the three-thousand-year Demon Wolf after destroying the surrounding Gale Demon Wolves with his Dragon Flame Heaven-Burning Slash.
• Shen Lian explained that Zhu Zhuqing's 30,000-year Gale Demon Wolf Spirit Bone could help her absorb the Demon Wolf's Spirit Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul to kill the Demon Wolf and absorb its purple three-thousand-year Spirit Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Spirit Bone resonated with the Spirit Ring and subdued its Soul Power while Shen Lian guarded her.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke and found that her Soul Power had reached level thirty-eight, and Shen Lian attributed her growth to the Immortal Herbs.

Zhu Zhuqing tested the powerful third soul skill she gained from an over-limit Spirit Ring and promised to follow Shen Lian after resolving her troubles in the Star Luo Empire. While carrying her through the Star Dou Great Forest, Shen Lian encountered Tang San and the Shrek group, who were there to hunt Oscar’s third Spirit Ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing used Phantom Shadow Annihilation Strike to sever an ancient tree with a nearly flawless cut.
• Shen Lian praised the strength of Zhu Zhuqing’s new soul skill and told her that an over-limit Spirit Ring had made it stronger than usual.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Shen Lian she knew he had fallen for her and promised to go wherever he went once she dealt with the Star Luo Empire.
• Shen Lian told Zhu Zhuqing he believed in her and would take her somewhere beyond Douluo Continent when she controlled her own fate.
• Shen Lian spotted Tang San fighting with hidden weapons and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track as Zhao Wuji and the Shrek group watched.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke in Shen Lian’s arms and saw Dai Mubai among the group, while Shen Lian realized they had come to hunt Oscar’s third Spirit Ring.

Shen Lian and Zhu Zhuqing lured the Man Faced Demon Spider away from Tang San and killed it, preventing Tang San from obtaining the Eight Spider Lances. Shen Lian found a Head Spirit Bone in the spider’s remains and then approached the weakened Tang San, considering killing him.

• Shen Lian sensed that Tang San was about to break through and followed him into the forest after the Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu.
• Shen Lian and Zhu Zhuqing disrupted the Man Faced Demon Spider’s attack and lured it away from Tang San.
• Shen Lian killed the Man Faced Demon Spider without letting Tang San absorb its Spirit Ring, destroying his chance to obtain the Eight Spider Lances.
• Shen Lian discovered a Head Spirit Bone in the spider’s remains and stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Shen Lian and Zhu Zhuqing found the exhausted Tang San, and Shen Lian considered killing him.