Chapter Summaries

Lou Gao accepted the Star Official Challenge to forge the Tang Sect’s top-tier Hidden Weapon, the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, within one month inside a Forging Space. Lin Feng sent him into the space with all the necessary materials and blueprints, while Tang San and the others watched in shock.

• Lou Gao chose the Challenge Adventure as Tai Tan celebrated his old friend’s decision.
• Lin Feng revealed that Lou Gao had to obtain materials and blueprints in the Forging Space and forge a Buddha Fury Tang Lotus within one month.
• Tang San recognized the weapon as the Tang Sect’s number-one Hidden Weapon and explained that it could fatally wound even a Titled Douluo.
• Tang San’s explanation left Tang Xiao, Tai Tan, and the others astonished and reminded them of Qian Renxue’s Guanyin Tear.
• Lou Gao declared himself ready, and Lin Feng opened the Forging Space and sent him inside with the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus’s blueprints and materials.

Lou Gao began forging the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus in the Forging Space, where superior equipment, rare materials, and blueprints revealed how the weapon could threaten even a Titled Douluo. Tang San recognized the Tang Sect weapon and lamented that its secrets were being exposed as five days passed inside the space.

• Lin Feng warned Lou Gao that he could recover from injuries during the challenge but would not return to life if he died, then began meditating as Lou Gao entered the Forging Space.
• Lou Gao inspected the Forging Space’s exceptional tools and furnace, then found Cold Heart Iron Essence, Ultra-Concentrated Gunpowder, and two blueprints for the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus.
• Lou Gao praised the weapon’s design and realized he had one month inside the Forging Space to forge it and complete the challenge.
• Tang San recognized the materials and blueprints as those for the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus and grieved that the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons were being revealed.
• After ten minutes outside, five days and nights had passed inside the Forging Space as the others watched Lou Gao work.

Lou Gao became consumed by forging the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, enduring repeated explosions and growing dangerously weak as he studied its blueprints in the Forging Space. After ten days inside, he still had not completed it, but continued forging while Tang San and the others watched in respect.

• Lou Gao spent five days and nights studying the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus blueprints and failed to assemble the weapon despite using more than fifty sets of materials.
• The people in Holy Soul Village watched Lou Gao neglect food, water, and rest as repeated explosions injured and exhausted him.
• Tang San watched Lou Gao and recalled his own past forging Hidden Weapons in the Tang Sect.
• After another ten minutes outside and five more days inside the Forging Space, Lou Gao encountered another obstacle but returned to studying and forging.
• Tai Tan watched his old friend Lou Gao grow weaker inside the Forging Space.

Lou Gao completed the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus challenge by entering the furnace and was returned to the arena alive but charred. Lin Feng awarded him an A- grade and the first volume of the Great Freedom Forging Method, while Tai Tan faced Lou Gao's seemingly lifeless body.

• Tai Tan pleaded with Lin Feng to end Lou Gao's challenge before it killed him, but Lin Feng said only the challenger could give up.
• Lou Gao carried the nearly finished Buddha Fury Tang Lotus toward the furnace, ignoring Tai Tan's desperate shouts.
• Lou Gao disappeared into the flames, then burst out of the furnace in golden light, clutching the completed weapon.
• Lin Feng examined Lou Gao, confirmed he had survived, and awarded him an A- grade and the Great Freedom Forging Method, Volume One: Consciousness Chapter.
• Tai Tan approached Lou Gao's charred, seemingly lifeless figure on the arena.

Lou Gao survived forging the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus and earned an A- rating from Lin Feng for completing his challenge. The chapter then moved on to Zhu Zhuyun beginning the mental challenge, with Tang San waiting for his turn.

• Tai Tan mourned Lou Gao, who appeared charred and lifeless after forging the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus.
• Lou Gao woke up, argued with Tai Tan, and proudly claimed his forging skills had improved.
• Lin Feng awarded Lou Gao an A- rating and gave him the first volume of the Great Freedom Forging Method, the Consciousness Chapter.
• Zhu Zhuyun began the mental challenge, and Tang San awaited his turn.

Lou Gao earned an A-Rating and received the Great Freedom Forging Method, Consciousness Chapter, a technique that could give forged items consciousness and the ability to grow. As he prepared to leave, Lin Feng demanded that he hand over the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus.

• Lin Feng revealed that the Great Freedom Forging Method could make forged items conscious and able to grow, shocking everyone.
• Tang San imagined earning an A+ Rating in his upcoming challenge and using the reward to advance his ambitions for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lou Gao thanked Lin Feng for his reward and started to leave the arena.
• Lin Feng stopped Lou Gao and demanded the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, prompting Tai Tan to mock him.
• Lou Gao grew furious at Tai Tan, then knelt before Lin Feng and pleaded with him.

Lou Gao lost the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus to Lin Feng but received the Great Freedom Forging Method and began studying it. Zhu Zhuyun took the Star Official Challenge and drew a Mental Strength test, leaving her to gather her mental power for a rating.

• Lou Gao asked Lin Feng to let him keep the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, but Lin Feng took it and blasted him away.
• Tai Tan reminded Lou Gao that earning the Great Freedom Forging Method was already a great reward, and Lou Gao sat down to study it.
• Lin Feng invited Zhu Zhuyun and Tang San to take the Star Official Challenge, and Zhu Zhuyun stepped forward first.
• Zhu Zhuyun activated her Lucky Star Feather and learned that her challenge tested Mental Strength.
• Dai Weisi reassured the discouraged Zhu Zhuyun, who then began gathering her mental power as Zhu Zhuqing watched and thought of Dai Mubai.

Zhu Zhuyun received a D+ rating and a 30,000-year Civet Right Arm Spirit Bone, then left the arena humiliated by the crowd’s taunts. Dai Weisi comforted her as Tang San was called to take the final challenge.

• Lin Feng announced that Zhu Zhuyun had earned a D+ rating and a 30,000-year Civet Right Arm Spirit Bone that could not be transferred.
• Zhu Zhuyun accepted the Spirit Bone and walked off the arena with her head bowed while spectators mocked her.
• Lin Feng called Tang San to come up for the final challenge of the day.
• Dai Weisi praised Zhu Zhuyun and told her to ignore the spectators’ insults.

Dai Weisi comforted Zhu Zhuyun after she received a thirty-thousand-year Spirit Bone, and Zhu Zhuqing thanked her sister for helping her in the Forest Labyrinth. The sisters shared a brief reunion as Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi left, while Dai Weisi resolved to kill Dai Mubai and reunite the sisters openly.

• Dai Weisi took Zhu Zhuyun's hand, defended her from the people who mocked her, and comforted her about her challenge reward.
• Zhu Zhuyun thanked Dai Weisi and left with him, while Zhu Zhuqing watched them go.
• Zhu Zhuqing called out to Zhu Zhuyun, thanked her for helping her find the Forest Labyrinth exit, and congratulated her on receiving the Spirit Bone.
• Zhu Zhuyun stopped, recalled their childhood closeness, and replied that it was nothing before continuing away with Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi hoped Dai Mubai had died in the Throne Succession War and vowed to kill him so he could free Zhu Zhuqing and reunite the sisters.

Zhu Zhuqing was relieved when Zhu Zhuyun accepted her peace offering, while Tang San prepared to take the Adventure Challenge before an expectant crowd. The chapter ended with Tang San approaching Lin Feng on the arena, where Lin Feng regarded him with dislike.

• Zhu Zhuqing heard Zhu Zhuyun say it was fine and felt joy as she watched Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi leave.
• Liu Erlong comforted Zhu Zhuqing, and Lin Feng smiled as he saw the sisters' relationship ease.
• The crowd turned its attention to Tang San, who basked in their attention and told Tang Xiao he was ready for the challenge.
• Tang Xiao, Tai Tan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Liu Erlong encouraged Tang San and praised his talent and prospects.
• Tang San decided to pursue a reward that would improve his own talent and strength rather than seek a cure for Tang Hao.
• Tang San thanked everyone and walked up to Lin Feng, who watched him without fondness.

Tang San tried to impress Lin Feng but was terrified by his aura, punished, and ordered to activate his Adventure Star Feather. He chose the Adventure Challenge, and the feather created signs for “Challenge” and “Exposure.”

• Tang San loudly declared that he had come to accept the Adventure Challenge, alarming the people around the arena.
• Lin Feng’s gaze plunged Tang San into terror, and Tang San knelt to apologize and beg for his life.
• A formation blasted Tang San into its boundary, leaving him injured, before Lin Feng told him to infuse his Adventure Star Feather with Soul Power.
• The crowd looked down on Tang San for disrespecting Lin Feng, while Tang San thanked Lin Feng and steadied himself.
• Tang San infused the Adventure Star Feather with Soul Power, and it transformed into signs reading “Challenge” and “Exposure.”

Tang San chose the Challenge Adventure, whose task was to summon a level-55 genius Soul Master from Douluo Continent ten thousand years in the future to duel him. The crowd and Lin Feng speculated that the summoned fighter might be Huo Yuhao, while Tang San grew apprehensive about the coming battle.

• Lin Feng explained that Tang San could choose the Exposure or Challenge Adventure and would receive a rating and reward based on his performance.
• Tang San chose the Challenge Adventure, hoping to earn an A+ rating reward.
• The Challenge Adventure Card revealed a task to summon a level-55 genius Soul Master from Douluo Continent ten thousand years in the future for a duel with Tang San.
• Lin Feng and the crowd speculated that the summoned Soul Master might be Huo Yuhao, and they eagerly wondered what the future continent was like.
• Tang San studied the task and felt apprehensive about facing a genius Soul Master from the future with the same Soul Power level.

Tang San prepared to face the challenge as the Challenge Adventure Card unleashed a power that swept across the Douluo Continent. After the crisis vanished, Huo Yuhao appeared above the arena in Holy Soul Village, bewildered by the unfamiliar world.

• Tang San regained his confidence and vowed to show Huo Yuhao the glory of the Tang Sect and the power of its Hidden Weapons.
• The Challenge Adventure Card released a blue pillar of light that enveloped the Douluo Continent, terrifying its inhabitants and awakening divine inheritance grounds and the Silver Dragon.
• The pillar emitted the Power of Time and Space, swallowed the world in blue light, and then disappeared, leaving the crisis behind in the memories of billions.
• Huo Yuhao was transported from Shrek Academy to the arena above Holy Soul Village after being pulled through space.
• Huo Yuhao scanned the unfamiliar world with his spiritual power and exclaimed that the world had changed.

Lin Feng explained to Huo Yuhao that he was the owner of the Star Official Challenge Arena and had summoned him to fulfill the challenge task. Huo Yuhao remained wary in the unfamiliar arena, while Tang San prepared to face him.

• The Star Official Challenge's power forced everyone in Holy Soul Village to their knees before blue auroras swept across Douluo Continent.
• Huo Yuhao appeared above the arena and found that a mysterious force had suppressed his abilities and put the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to sleep.
• Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection was blocked by the arena's formation, so he approached Lin Feng and asked where he was and why he had been brought there.
• Tang San watched Huo Yuhao descend and vowed to defeat him with his Clear Sky Hammer, Blue Silver Emperor, and hidden weapons.
• Lin Feng examined Huo Yuhao, glanced at Tang San, and introduced himself as the arena's owner and the Star Official responsible for the challenge and its rewards.

Lin Feng told Huo Yuhao that he had been brought to Douluo Continent ten thousand years in the past. After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that Lin Feng was god-level and not hostile, Lin Feng summoned him and looked toward Tang San.

• Lin Feng explained that Huo Yuhao was in Douluo Continent ten thousand years ago, before the Sun Moon Continent’s arrival and while Shrek Academy was still developing.
• Huo Yuhao doubted Lin Feng’s claim, found his abilities suppressed, and called on Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for help.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that Lin Feng had reached the realm of the gods and urged him to obey.
• Lin Feng recalled Huo Yuhao’s future achievements as a First-Class God and God King, then called him over.
• Huo Yuhao approached Lin Feng and respectfully asked what he wanted as Lin Feng glanced at Tang San.

Lin Feng sent Tang San and Huo Yuhao into the Ancient Battlefield to fulfill Tang San’s duel challenge. Huo Yuhao recovered his abilities, but Tang San trapped him with Blue Silver Grass and launched a spear at him.

• Lin Feng opened the Ancient Battlefield and sent Tang San and Huo Yuhao into its arena.
• Huo Yuhao found that his Martial Souls, Soul Power, Soul Rings, and Soul Skills had been restored upon entering the battlefield.
• Tang San attacked Huo Yuhao with Blue Silver Entanglement, then used Parasite and Blue Silver Cage to restrain him.
• Tang San launched his Blue Silver Overlord Spear at the trapped Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao revealed his immense mental power and a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring to stop Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear. The arena was left stunned as the duel continued with Huo Yuhao’s strength exposed.

• Huo Yuhao opened his vertical eye and released immense mental power as a crimson four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring rose beneath him.
• Huo Yuhao used Ice Emperor Body Protection to withstand Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear, which shattered against his ice armor.
• Lin Feng recalled how Tang San had tormented Huo Yuhao in the future and urged Huo Yuhao to use every trick against him.
• The spectators watched Huo Yuhao reveal a red First Soul Ring and realized its aura surpassed that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Xiao identified Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring as having a lifespan of four hundred thousand years, shocking the arena.

Huo Yuyao overwhelmed Tang San with his powerful red Soul Rings and prepared to kill him, but stopped when Tang San accused him of stealing Tang Sect techniques. The chapter ended as their weapons collided, with Huo Yuyao having withdrawn most of his power and questioning whether Tang San belonged to his Tang Sect.

• Tang San's Blue Silver Overlord Spear failed to break through Huo Yuyao's defenses, and Tang San discovered that Huo Yuyao had a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuyao invoked the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record's rule about showing no mercy and unleashed his seven-hundred-thousand-year fourth Soul Skill, covering the Ancient Battlefield in ice.
• Tang San fought through his fear and attacked Huo Yuyao with the Clear Sky Hammer using the Chaotic Wind Splitting Hammer Technique.
• Huo Yuyao heard Tang San accuse him of secretly learning a Tang Sect technique, wondered whether Tang San was also a member of his Tang Sect, and withdrew nine-tenths of his power.
• Huo Yuyao's Ice Drill Sword struck Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer.

Huo Yuhao defeated Tang San’s Tang Sect techniques in the Ancient Battlefield and drove the Ice Drill Sword into Tang San’s right shoulder. Tang San was left badly wounded as Huo Yuhao declared that he had mastered the Tang Sect’s arts better than him.

• Tang San recovered with the Blue Silver Emperor Domain and charged Huo Yuhao, vowing to defeat him with Tang Sect methods.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Bat Wing Reincarnation to launch 108 Hidden Weapons at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to read the weapons’ trajectories and dodged them all.
• Tang San tried to evade with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and attack with a Silent Sleeve Arrow, but Huo Yuhao outmaneuvered him.
• Huo Yuhao plunged the Ice Drill Sword into Tang San’s right shoulder and said he knew the Tang Sect’s arts better than Tang San.

Huo Yuhao overwhelmed Tang San on the Ancient Battlefield arena, severing his arm and then piercing his chest with a counterattack. Tang San was left on the verge of death as Huo Yuhao questioned whether he was truly the future Sea God and Asura God.

• Huo Yuhao crushed Tang San’s severed, ice-bound arm and mocked his weakness and his use of Tang Sect techniques.
• Tang San rose despite his injury and vowed to kill Huo Yuhao for betraying his master and ancestors.
• Tang San unleashed Purple Demon Divine Light, but Huo Yuhao countered with three beams of purple light from his eyes.
• Huo Yuhao’s attack pierced Tang San’s chest and sent him crashing against the arena’s edge, grievously wounded.
• Huo Yuhao advanced with the Ice Drill Sword and questioned whether Tang San was the first Tang Sect Sect Master and a future Sea God and Asura God.