Chapter Summaries

Tang San discovered that his Eight Spider Lances could devour the Man Faced Demon Spider’s energy, growing longer and developing sharper barbs as they absorbed it. After the spider crumbled to ash, a purple soul ring formed before him.

• Tang San trusted the craving he sensed from the Eight Spider Lances and drove them into the weakened Man Faced Demon Spider.
• The Eight Spider Lances absorbed the spider’s energy, sending violent currents through Tang San before drawing them into his spine and bones.
• Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances grew from three meters to four and developed rows of hooked, blade-like barbs.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider shriveled as its blood, fluids, and body were drained through the lances.
• Tang San withdrew the lances, and the spider’s shell weathered into ash, revealing a purple soul ring.

Tang San absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring and broke through to level forty-one. He learned that his fourth Soul Skill strengthened Blue Silver Grass and reduced the Soul Power cost of his third skill, though he found it disappointing.

• Liu Erlong urged Tang San to absorb the Soul Ring while the others guarded him.
• Tang San absorbed the Soul Ring as his companions kept watch around him.
• Tang San completed the absorption, and his Soul Power broke through the level-forty bottleneck to reach level forty-one.
• Tang San confirmed that the Eight Spider Lances were calm and that he felt no discomfort.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his fourth Soul Skill reduced the cost of his third skill by half and increased Blue Silver Grass's toughness and toxicity.

After absorbing his fourth Soul Ring, Tang San sensed an unusual floral fragrance in Sunset Forest and rushed toward it despite his companions’ warnings. The others followed, and the group approached an area where the air felt both scorching hot and icy cold.

• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Tang San to make the most of his fourth Soul Ring and its enhanced control abilities.
• Xiao Wu urged the group to leave Sunset Forest, and Yu Xiaogang agreed because the Continental Elite Tournament was approaching.
• Tang San stopped the group after detecting a strange floral fragrance that the others could not smell.
• Tang San decided the scent was unusual and sprinted into the forest, prompting Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, Zhao Wuji, Xiao Wu, Flender, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to follow.
• Tang San found the fragrance growing stronger as the air around him shifted between scorching heat and icy cold.

Tang San led the Shrek group through a crack between a volcano and an iceberg to a vast sea of emerald flowers. When Oscar tried to pick one, Tang San stopped him and demonstrated that the flowers’ mist could dissolve metal, leaving the group facing a deadly, unexplored field.

• Tang San and the Shrek group discovered a volcano and an iceberg standing together and followed the floral fragrance to a narrow crevice between them.
• Tang San led the group through the crevice, and Ma Hongjun got stuck briefly while squeezing through.
• The group emerged before a vast sea of emerald flowers covered by bluish-green mist, and Ning Rongrong admired the sight.
• Oscar rushed forward to pick a flower for Ning Rongrong, but Tang San pulled him back with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San warned that the flowers were poisonous and threw a piece of metal into the mist, where it dissolved within moments.

Tang San identified the deadly Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers and planned to collect their poison for his hidden weapons. As two armed youths emerged unharmed from the flowers and ordered the Shrek Seven Devils off Extreme Alliance territory, Tang San recognized the scent of Aromatic Silk Beauty on their sachets.

• Oscar nearly touched the corrosive poison, but Tang San pulled him back and identified the flowers as Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers.
• Tang San explained that the flowers’ poison corroded metal and caused intense pain, then revealed he wanted to coat hidden weapons with it.
• Tang San tested the green mist with a branch and considered using ice- or fire-resistant metal to contain the poison.
• Two black-robed youths carrying spears emerged unharmed from the flower sea and warned the Shrek Seven Devils to leave Extreme Alliance territory.
• Flender and Liu Erlong recognized the Extreme Alliance, while Tang San identified the fragrance from the youths’ sachets as Aromatic Silk Beauty.

Tang San attacked two Breaking Clan members to seize their Aromatic Silk Beauty sachets, forcing Flender and Zhao Wuji to join the fight. A mysterious young man from the Extreme Alliance intervened, injured the Shrek group, and revealed himself as the Breaking Clan’s Young Patriarch.

• Tang San recognized the Aromatic Silk Beauty sachets and ordered Flender and Zhao Wuji to help him take them from the Breaking Clan members.
• Tang San bound the two young men with Blue Silver Grass, and Flender and Zhao Wuji launched lethal attacks on them.
• A dark-golden weapon flew in and released a force that blasted Flender and Zhao Wuji backward, leaving both injured.
• The Extreme Alliance’s Young Patriarch appeared in the air, reprimanded the Shrek group, and caught the returning weapon.
• The Breaking Clan members called the newcomer Young Patriarch, while Tang San, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Xiao Wu stared at him in shock.

Yang Jian returned and revealed power that made Flender and Yu Xiaogang believe he was a Titled Douluo. After killing Zhao Wuji, he faced the Shrek group as Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang were shocked to see Yang Jian standing in midair and believed he had reached the Titled Douluo level.
• Yang Jian realized Zhao Wuji had told Tang Hao where to find him and killed Zhao Wuji with a single spear throw.
• Liu Erlong, furious over Zhao Wuji's death and her previous defeat, urged Yu Xiaogang to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Flender told Dai Mubai to lead Tang San and the others away while he, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang formed a triangle around Luo Sanpao.
• The trio sent their sixteen Soul Rings toward Luo Sanpao as golden light and a powerful wave of Soul Power filled the formation.

Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong transformed Luo Sanpao into a Golden Sacred Dragon, but Yang Jian’s power overwhelmed it. Yang Jian summoned the Three-Headed Flood Dragon, which left Luo Sanpao trembling in submission as it prepared to devour it.

• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong used the Golden Triangle and sixteen Soul Rings to transform Luo Sanpao into a giant Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Luo Sanpao fired a powerful bolt of golden lightning at Yang Jian, who stopped it with a beam from his eyes and struck Luo Sanpao with another.
• Yang Jian declared that Luo Sanpao was still a pig and threw the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Spear, calling on the Three-Headed Flood Dragon to devour it.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon emerged from the spear, and its ancient roar silenced Sunset Forest and forced the Soul Beasts and Luo Sanpao to cower.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon stared down Luo Sanpao and gathered golden-red light in its throat while it assessed its prey.

The Three-Headed Flood Dragon destroyed the Golden Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill and pursued Tang San’s group through Sunset Forest. It captured Xiao Wu while Tang San and the others fled, leaving Tang San to vow that he would save her as they abandoned her.

• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon absorbed Luo Sanpao’s golden light, causing Luo Sanpao to revert to a pig and explode into Yu Xiaogang, while Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong passed out.
• Tang San and the others escaped through the gap and ran into Sunset Forest as Yang Jian ordered the Three-Headed Flood Dragon to capture Xiao Wu.
• The Three-Headed Flood Dragon caught up with the exhausted group and seized Xiao Wu in its claw.
• Tang San stopped himself from attacking the dragon and silently vowed to find a way to rescue Xiao Wu.
• Tang San and the others fled into the bushes without trying to save Xiao Wu as she watched them disappear.

After escaping Yang Jian, the Shrek students argued over Tang San’s role in Zhao Wuji’s death and the teachers’ disappearance. With Shrek Academy’s future uncertain, Ning Rongrong offered to take them to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San had yet to decide what to do.

• After the group escaped Sunset Forest, Ma Hongjun punched Tang San and blamed him for Zhao Wuji’s death and the teachers’ disappearance.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun nearly fought over Ma Hongjun’s accusations, but Dai Mubai restrained them and Ning Rongrong told them to stop.
• Ning Rongrong said Shrek could no longer compete in the Continental Elite Tournament and might not be able to return to the academy.
• Ning Rongrong announced she would return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and invited the others to go with her.
• Oscar immediately agreed to accompany Ning Rongrong, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San remained silent.

Ning Rongrong offered to ask Ning Fengzhi to help rescue Flender and the others, but Tang San refused to join her and left alone. At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Yang Jian revealed that he had become a Titled Douluo, leaving the Four Single-Attribute Clan heads stunned and delighted.

• Ning Rongrong promised that Ning Fengzhi could help rescue Flender and the others, so Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar agreed to go with her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San refused to accompany them, said he had other things to do, and left using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Ning Rongrong led Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar away in the direction opposite Tang San.
• Yang Jian met the Four Single-Attribute Clan heads near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well after the Three-Headed Flood Dragon returned to its spear form.
• Yang Jian revealed that he had broken through to Titled Douluo after half a year, and Tai Tan celebrated the news.

Yang Jian revealed Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form and had her taken away as a prisoner. He ordered Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong thrown into the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower Sea, then presented a stack of blueprints to the clan chiefs.

• Yang Jian told Tai Tan, Bai He, and the others that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form.
• Yang Jian had two female Soul Masters take Xiao Wu toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Yang Jian ordered Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong thrown into the flower sea, where the Jade Phosphorus flowers consumed them.
• Yang Jian entered the council hall with the clan chiefs and produced a thick stack of blueprints from his Soul Tool.

Yang Jian showed Tai Tan and the others Soul Tool blueprints he had brought back from Sun Moon Continent, explaining that Soul Tools could become powerful enough to threaten Soul Masters. He asked Tai Tan to begin forging them and proposed using the blueprints to draw Lou Gao into the Extreme Alliance.

• Bai He and Tai Tan examined the intricate blueprints, and Tai Tan recognized them as designs for Soul Tools.
• Yang Jian explained that Soul Tools were widely used by Soul Engineers on Sun Moon Continent, which he had visited during his half-year absence.
• Bai He dismissed Soul Tools as inferior to Martial Souls, but Yang Jian warned that underestimating them could be dangerous.
• Yang Jian asked Tai Tan whether he could forge the designs, and Tai Tan agreed while noting that engraving the Soul Tool Arrays would take care.
• Yang Jian suggested recruiting Lou Gao to speed up production, and proposed showing him the blueprints to tempt him into joining the Extreme Alliance.

Yang Jian returned to the Four Single-Attribute Clans and prepared to travel with Tai Tan to Gengxin City to recruit Lou Gao for Soul Tool research. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong brought Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai to meet Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong as they sought help finding Flender and the others.

• Tai Tan agreed to accompany Yang Jian to Gengxin City and arranged for Tainuo to begin making basic Soul Tool components.
• Yang Wudi persuaded Yang Jian and Tai Tan to delay their departure until morning so Yang Jian could spend time with Bai Chenxiang, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling.
• Yang Jian spent the night with the four women, then left with Tai Tan after breakfast, carrying three Soul Tool blueprints for their meeting with Lou Gao.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai urged Ning Rongrong to let them see Ning Fengzhi because Flender and the others were still in unknown danger.
• Ning Rongrong took Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai to Ning Fengzhi's study, where they met Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun asked Ning Fengzhi to negotiate with the Extreme Alliance for the Golden Iron Triangle, and he promised an answer the next day. After they left, Ning Fengzhi revealed that he planned to keep the Golden Iron Triangle from returning and recruit the Shrek Seven Devils into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun pleaded with Ning Fengzhi to ask the Extreme Alliance to spare the Golden Iron Triangle, and Ning Fengzhi said he would give them an answer the next day.
• Ning Rongrong left the study with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and Ning Fengzhi dropped his warm expression once the door closed.
• Ning Fengzhi told Gu Rong and Chen Xin that he would negotiate but would not let the Golden Iron Triangle return, hoping the Shrek Seven Devils would join his sect after the Extreme Alliance killed their former teachers.
• Chen Xin guessed Ning Fengzhi's plan, but Ning Fengzhi assigned Gu Rong to conduct the negotiations because he was suited to wearing people down and better able to escape if talks turned hostile.

Gu Rong went to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to demand that Dugu Bo release the Golden Iron Triangle. Dugu Bo revealed they were dead and prepared to fight, leaving the two Titled Douluo facing off at the valley entrance.

• Gu Rong accepted Ning Fengzhi's request and traveled to Sunset Forest.
• Bai He, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Dugu Bo sensed Gu Rong's aura and went to meet him.
• Gu Rong demanded that Dugu Bo release the Golden Iron Triangle, citing Rongrong's connection to Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo said the Golden Iron Triangle had become fertilizer for the jade phosphorus seven-absolute flowers and challenged Gu Rong.
• Gu Rong summoned his Bone Dragon while Dugu Bo summoned his Jade Phosphorus Giant Python, and the two spirits faced off.

Gu Rong faced Dugu Bo and the three elders of the single-attribute clans at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, then crushed all four with his Ninth Soul Skill. He left them gravely injured but alive and walked toward Dugu Bo.

• Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao prepared to fight Gu Rong at the valley entrance.
• Gu Rong and Dugu Bo transformed into their Martial Soul Avatars, while Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao also revealed theirs.
• Gu Rong used his Eighth Soul Skill, Gate of Time and Space, to swallow the four opponents' strongest attacks.
• Gu Rong unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Bone Transforms into Divine Dragon, and struck down all four in one blow.
• Gu Rong returned to human form and walked toward the badly wounded Dugu Bo.

Gu Rong defeated Dugu Bo and the Extreme Alliance elders, then demanded compensation within three days. As the injured elders refused to pay and sent Bai He to fetch Jian'er, Ning Fengzhi learned the Golden Iron Triangle was dead and welcomed the news because it would prevent the Shrek children from reconciling with the Extreme Alliance.

• Gu Rong defeated Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao, then gave Dugu Bo three days to decide on compensation.
• Ye Nishang healed the four elders, who refused to compensate Gu Rong and resolved to seek Jian'er's help.
• Yang Wudi gave Bai He ten Soul-Restoring Pills, and Bai He set off for Gengxin City.
• Gu Rong returned to Ning Fengzhi and said Dugu Bo had told him the Golden Iron Triangle was dead.
• Ning Fengzhi was pleased, believing the Golden Iron Triangle's deaths would prevent the Shrek children from reconciling with the Extreme Alliance.

After Ning Fengzhi told Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun that the Golden Iron Triangle were already dead, the two grieved and swore to avenge them. Dai Mubai proposed joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to gain the strength and resources needed to take on the Extreme Alliance, and Ma Hongjun agreed.

• Ning Fengzhi told Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun that the Golden Iron Triangle were already dead.
• Ma Hongjun rejected the news in shock, and Dai Mubai slapped him to bring him to his senses.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun accepted that their teachers were dead and vowed to seek revenge.
• Dai Mubai warned that they could not face the Extreme Alliance alone and proposed joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ma Hongjun agreed to follow Dai Mubai's plan.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and received Ning Fengzhi’s support to recruit former Shrek associates. Meanwhile, Bai He reached Gengxin City and sought out Lou Gao, Yang Jian, and Tai Tan.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun knelt before Ning Fengzhi and asked to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi welcomed them.
• Ning Fengzhi promised the pair future roles as guardian deities and gave Dai Mubai a Silver Token to fund their trip to recruit talent from Shrek Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy.
• After Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun left, Ning Fengzhi celebrated the Extreme Alliance’s role in eliminating the Golden Iron Triangle and bringing promising students into his sect.
• Bai He arrived in Gengxin City after a day and night of travel and found Lou Gao’s residence.
• Lou Gao’s disciple reported that Bai He had arrived with urgent business, and Tai Tan was surprised to hear the visitor’s name.