Chapter Summaries

Xiao Huohuo agreed to attend Shrek Academy after Yu Xiaogang said he and Tang San might go there too. As vacation began, Tang San invited Xiao Wu to his home, but she turned to Huo Yuhao, who reconsidered his plan to seek the Ice Empress in the Far North.

• Xiao Huohuo hesitated between Blazing Fire Academy and Shrek Academy, then agreed to Yu Xiaogang's suggestion after hearing Tang San would attend Shrek in five years.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to persuade Huo Yuhao and Xiao Wu to become his disciples, but Tang San said they had both refused.
• Back in Dorm Seven, Tang San invited Xiao Wu to spend vacation at his home in Holy Spirit Village, but she ignored the invitation and asked Huo Yuhao about his home in Nuoding City.
• Huo Yuhao considered postponing his trip to the Far North because he lacked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's shed husk and million-year cultivation energy from his previous life.

Huo Yuhao accepted Tang San’s invitation to spend the holiday in Holy Spirit Village with Xiao Wu. There, Tang San asked Xiao Wu to become his sworn sister, and she agreed on the condition that Huo Yuhao join them; the three became sworn siblings.

• Huo Yuhao agreed to visit Tang San’s home for the holiday, and Xiao Wu said she would go if he did.
• Tang San, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Wu traveled to Holy Spirit Village, where Old Jack told Tang San that Tang Hao had left a year earlier and handed him a letter.
• Tang San took Xiao Wu and Huo Yuhao to the hill outside the village and asked Xiao Wu to become his little sister.
• Xiao Wu agreed to become Tang San’s sworn sister only if Huo Yuhao joined them, and Tang San accepted.
• Tang San became the eldest brother, Huo Yuhao the second brother, and Xiao Wu their third sister.

Tang Hao completed Rakshasa's Third Trial by massacring ordinary villagers after abandoning his efforts to target criminals. A Spirit Hall deacon revealed that a Red Bishop had anticipated Tang Hao's arrival and appeared with a squad as Tang Hao faced forward.

• Tang Hao emerged from a village after killing its inhabitants, and a Spirit Hall deacon challenged him over the massacre.
• Tang Hao said he had killed the villagers because they were weak and numerous, then received confirmation that he had passed Rakshasa's Third Trial.
• Tang Hao recalled how he had spent years hunting evil Soul Masters before turning to ordinary villagers as the trial deadline approached.
• The deacon called Tang Hao a Fallen Soul Master and explained that Spirit Hall had tracked his recent massacres and arranged for a Red Bishop to investigate.
• A Red Bishop appeared on a distant hill with a squad as Tang Hao turned to face forward.

Tang Hao tried to leave after revealing himself as a Titled Douluo, but a mysterious gray-haired figure intercepted him and wounded him with a strange attack. The Red Bishop recognized the figure’s token and identified him as Martial Soul Hall’s legendary Holy Son.

• A Red Bishop and Martial Soul Hall personnel found Tang Hao at the village and surrounded him, but Tang Hao revealed his Titled Douluo cultivation and rose into the air.
• Tang Hao prepared to leave while the Martial Soul Hall group watched helplessly.
• A mysterious figure on a distant hill struck Tang Hao with a gray blade-like attack, leaving a bloody wound and an unfamiliar energy behind.
• The gray-haired figure stepped through the air to block Tang Hao, revealing a Scythe martial soul and a single gray Soul Ring.
• The figure dropped a token to the Red Bishop, who caught it and recognized him as Martial Soul Hall’s legendary Holy Son.

Wang Zhao confronted Tang Hao after witnessing him slaughter villagers, and revealed his identity as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. He demanded Tang Hao go to Spirit City, but Tang Hao challenged his authority, unaware Wang Zhao’s apparent power came from a soul-bone skill.

• The Red Bishop recognized Wang Zhao’s Holy Son Token and knelt, followed by the other Spirit Hall personnel.
• Wang Zhao recalled tracking Tang Hao for years and hurried to the region after hearing about a murderous Fallen Soul Master near Tang Hao’s whereabouts.
• Wang Zhao confronted Tang Hao, accused him of slaughtering villagers, and ordered him to come to Spirit City.
• Tang Hao refused and questioned Wang Zhao’s claim to power, arguing that he was too young to be a Titled Douluo.
• Wang Zhao privately acknowledged that Tang Hao had correctly identified his apparent state as the result of a special soul skill, which he was using through Tang Hao’s wife’s soul bone.

Wang Zhao used his third Martial Soul, the Necromancy Scythe, to attack Tang Hao and explained how it let him cast Old Yi’s Necromancy. Tang Hao charged him with his fists rather than reveal the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving the two about to clash.

• Wang Zhao cut Tang Hao’s left arm with a gray blade from the Necromancy Scythe and challenged him to use his Martial Soul.
• Wang Zhao revealed that Old Yi had shaped the Necromancy Scythe from divine consciousness fragments and a bloodline Martial Soul imprint.
• Wang Zhao explained that the Scythe’s single gray Soul Ring provided a framework for all the Necromancy Old Yi had taught him, powered by Wang Zhao’s strength, Spiritual Power, and life energy.
• Wang Zhao identified the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone as his source of renewing life energy and said he could threaten even a Super Douluo with a particular spell.
• Tang Hao decided to attack Wang Zhao with his fists rather than expose the Clear Sky Hammer, and charged through the gray blades.

Wang Zhao planned to debut as the Martial Soul Hall Holy Son and use Tang Hao as his stepping stone, while concealing the true nature of his Necromancy Scythe. He overpowered Tang Hao in close combat and left him badly wounded.

• Wang Zhao decided that a new Holy Son persona would pressure his enemies and distinguish him from his Dragon King Hall identity.
• Wang Zhao revealed his Holy Son Token and struck Tang Hao to stop him from leaving, intending to expose his Clear Sky Hammer and brand him a Fallen Soul Master.
• Tang Hao charged Wang Zhao with a punch, believing the scythe wielder would have to block with the weapon’s shaft.
• Wang Zhao blocked Tang Hao’s first punch with the scythe and met his second punch with his free fist.
• Wang Zhao slashed Tang Hao across the chest while he was momentarily stunned, drawing a deep, bleeding wound.

Wang Zhao pursued Tang Hao into a desolate mountain valley, where his Wither Art drained Tang Hao’s Soul Power and life force. Tang Hao healed himself with Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Skill and fought back, while Wang Zhao taunted him about his identity and reputation.

• Tang Hao escaped Wang Zhao’s Scythe and fled, and Wang Zhao chased him while the Red Bishop followed at a distance.
• Wang Zhao struck Tang Hao with the Wither Art, causing his Soul Power and life force to erode and his back to fester.
• Tang Hao used Ah Yin’s healing Soul Skill to suppress the damage, then summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and revealed his hundred-thousand-year ninth Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao turned and swung his enlarged Clear Sky Hammer at Wang Zhao, who dodged the attack.
• Wang Zhao identified Tang Hao as Everyday Douluo and mocked him by suggesting he adopt the title Mouse Douluo.

Wang Zhao used a Blood Curse and a scythe technique modeled on the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to attack Tang Hao. Tang Hao took shelter behind Clear Sky Body Protection, but the barrier began to weaken as Wang Zhao’s strikes grew stronger.

• Tang Hao tried to capture Wang Zhao and take him into hiding, while Wang Zhao resolved to use the fight to establish his own reputation.
• Wang Zhao marked Tang Hao with Blood Curse, making any later wounds more severe, and began attacking him with successive gray light blades.
• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky Body Protection and used his Ninth Healing Soul Skill to withstand the assault.
• Wang Zhao revealed that his Self-Created Soul Skill borrowed from the Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and named several sect techniques that had been handed over to Martial Soul Hall.
• Tang Hao recognized the technique’s rising power as his protective barrier began to destabilize, while Wang Zhao prepared to strike at full strength.

Wang Zhao created a scythe-based Self-Created Soul Skill by adapting the Clear Sky Sect’s techniques and stacking Gray Light Blade attacks. He unveiled it against Tang Hao, whose hammer met Wang Zhao’s full strike as the chapter ended.

• Wang Zhao studied the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and other Clear Sky Sect techniques as references for a physical and magical combat style using his Necromancy Scythe.
• Wang Zhao perfected his first scythe Self-Created Soul Skill and named it the Disorderly Splitting Wind Demon Scythe.
• Wang Zhao gathered countless Gray Light Blades into a massive blade shadow and launched it at Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Body Protection barrier cracked under Wang Zhao’s attack, so Tang Hao used the Clear Sky Techniques’ Sky-Soaring Strike with several Soul Rings and a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Tang Hao shattered the barrier and brought his Clear Sky Hammer down against Wang Zhao’s Gray Light Blade Shadow.

Wang Zhao battled Tang Hao with the Necromancy Scythe, using tricks and ranged attacks to counter Tang Hao’s strength and resist his mysterious domain. Tang Hao retreated after realizing he could not defeat Wang Zhao, who gave him the false name Li Ming.

• Wang Zhao struck Tang Hao with Death Lash while Tang Hao was occupied by the Gray Light Blade Shadow, then attacked him again with Gray Light Blade Qi.
• Tang Hao unleashed his soul skills and the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, along with a blackish-purple domain that disrupted Wang Zhao with distracting thoughts.
• Wang Zhao used Heart of Undead Annihilation to resist the domain and suspected it was connected to the Rakshasa God’s Trial.
• After exchanging blows, Tang Hao decided he could not defeat or capture Wang Zhao and chose to flee.
• Tang Hao asked Wang Zhao’s name, and Wang Zhao identified himself as Li Ming before letting Tang Hao escape.

Wang Zhao ended his battle with Tang Hao without revealing his full strength and told the Red Bishop to publicize the truth about his new identity, Li Ming. Tang Hao recovered in the forest and checked his third Rakshasa trial reward, learning that his Clear Sky Hammer would be altered.

• Wang Zhao decided not to pursue Tang Hao further and reflected that Tang Hao’s Rakshasa inheritance might draw the Asura God’s attention.
• The Red Bishop returned Wang Zhao’s Holy Son Token and agreed to handle the battle’s aftermath; Wang Zhao allowed him to publish his name, martial soul, and soul ring configuration.
• Tang Hao escaped to a forest, compared his defeat to his past victories, and concluded that the continent had entered a Golden Age of talented young fighters.
• Tang Hao entered the Rakshasa inheritance realm to inspect his completed third trial and heard that his Rakshasa God Affinity had risen to twenty percent and his martial soul would be altered.

Tang Hao’s martial soul was altered during the Rakshasa God’s trial, and the god refused to explain the change. Meanwhile, news of Li Ming defeating Tang Hao shook the continent, and Martial Soul Hall announced a sect tournament that could reshape the Upper Three Sects.

• The Rakshasa God altered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer into a strange, spiral-headed form, then told him to explore its mysteries and issue his Fourth Trial mission.
• News spread that the Martial Soul Hall Holy Son Li Ming had defeated Tang Hao after Tang Hao became a Fallen Soul Master and slaughtered villagers.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned the newspaper’s account of Li Ming’s one-ring status and unusual gray soul rings as Tang San arrived with his graduation certificate and asked about Shrek Academy.
• Leaders of major powers gathered to discuss Li Ming and Tang Hao, then received word that Martial Soul Hall would hold a Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament in Dragon Rise City in one month.

The Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament stirred the continent, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan worried about Dragon King Hall’s strength. Wang Zhao returned to Spirit City and reunited with Ling Yuan, leaving to deal with her teasing at their residence.

• The continent’s factions discussed the upcoming re-election, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin considered Dragon King Hall’s likely bid for the Upper Three Sects and Wang Zhao’s formidable strength.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian discussed their clan’s standing and Dragon King Hall, then Yu Yuanzhen decided to push his younger brother to cultivate harder.
• Wang Zhao returned to Spirit City and went to the Pope’s Palace to look for Bibi Dong.
• Ling Yuan appeared behind Wang Zhao and embraced him, then teased him about satisfying her hunger.
• Wang Zhao picked up Ling Yuan and took her back to the residence to teach her a lesson.

After leaving Ling Yuan to rest, Wang Zhao went to the Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong welcomed him and let him settle beside her as they shared their familiar, intimate rapport. Their relationship remained undefined, though both had grown increasingly certain of their feelings and were waiting for the right moment to take the final step.

• Wang Zhao left Ling Yuan sleeping and headed to the Pope’s Palace, telling her to return to the residence later.
• Temple Guard Knights recognized Wang Zhao’s Holy Son Token and saluted him as the Martial Soul Hall Holy Son.
• Bibi Dong confirmed that someone had reported Wang Zhao’s arrival and praised him for handling Tang Hao’s matter.
• Wang Zhao sat beside Bibi Dong in the Pope’s chair, rested his head on her thighs, and resumed their comfortable closeness.
• Bibi Dong reflected that her feelings for Wang Zhao had replaced her lingering attachment to Yu Xiaogang, while both she and Wang Zhao continued to wait before defining their relationship.

Wang Zhao discussed his plans for the Seven Great Sects Re-election Tournament with Bibi Dong and asked about Feng Xiaotian’s progress. The chapter explained how Wang Zhao and Martial Soul Hall had secretly brought Godwind Academy under their influence, leaving Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy exposed to pressure from other powers.

• Wang Zhao told Bibi Dong he would appear publicly as Martial Soul Hall Holy Son Li Ming and had prepared a plan for Wang Zhao and Li Ming to appear together.
• Bibi Dong told Wang Zhao that Feng Xiaotian had perfected Wind Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes and was trying to develop it into Seventy-Two Consecutive Slashes.
• Wang Zhao learned that Bibi Dong had arranged for an Angel Legion commander to teach Feng Xiaotian techniques that countered Clear Sky Sect’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Over six years, Wang Zhao and Bibi Dong arranged for Martial Soul Hall to secretly provide Godwind Academy with resources and protection in exchange for its talent.
• After rumors spread that Godwind Academy had joined Martial Soul Hall, major powers pressured Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy to keep them from following suit.

Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy faced pressure to abandon neutrality and join a major power after Four Elements City lost its standing. Wang Zhao’s Dragon King Hall offered them a place in the Freedom Guild, giving them a way to preserve their unity and gain a share of its benefits.

• The major powers pressured Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy to enter the conflict and seek a powerful patron.
• Thunder Academy, representing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, tried to recruit both academies, but their heads angrily refused.
• Envoys from the two empires and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect approached the academies, which waited for the Dragon King Hall’s offer rather than split apart.
• Wang Zhao had anticipated that the major powers would oppose Spirit Hall taking in both academies, so he planned for Dragon King Hall to recruit them instead.
• Wang Zhao offered the academies and their clans seats as minor shareholders in the Freedom Guild, with greater freedom and a share in its benefits.

Wang Zhao brought Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy into the Freedom Guild, completing the division of the Four Element Academies between the Dragon King Hall and Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with the academies’ gifted students receiving support and Feng Xiaotian being sent to Spirit Academy for training.

• Wang Zhao persuaded the clan powers behind Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy to join the Freedom Guild under the Dragon King Hall’s protection.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Ye were frustrated that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire had failed to gain an Element Academy.
• The Four Element Academies were divided among Spirit Hall, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and the Dragon King Hall.
• Wang Zhao refused to bring Huo Wushuang into Latent Dragon Academy but gave him and other academy talents cultivation resources.
• Wang Zhao gave Shui Bing'er a Martial Soul Transformation Pill, which evolved her Martial Soul into an Ice Phoenix with Ultimate Ice.
• Spirit Hall relocated Godwind Academy, while Wang Zhao arranged for Feng Xiaotian to train at Spirit Academy in Spirit City.

Wang Zhao and the other sect leaders arrived in Dragon Rise City for the competition to choose the continent’s Seven Great Sects, drawing attention with their immense power. Bibi Dong discovered that the Wang Zhao seated at the event was not a clone but a woman who had taken his appearance, while the real Wang Zhao remained beside her.

• Wang Zhao returned to Dragon King Hall headquarters and traveled to Dragon Rise City with Qianhuang and Jade Scale for the Sect Grand Competition.
• Prince Xue Xing and the Star Luo Empire’s Northern Pacification General discussed Wang Zhao’s unknown strength and speculated that Dragon King Hall might challenge the sects for the top position.
• Wang Zhao arrived at the venue with Dugu Bo and Qian Jun, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin admitted he could no longer see through Wang Zhao’s power.
• Bibi Dong and the Martial Soul Hall group arrived, prompting Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to discuss the mysterious strength of the Holy Son Li Ming.
• Bibi Dong questioned Wang Zhao about the other Wang Zhao seated nearby, and he explained that she was a reclusive woman who had taken his appearance to attend the competition and demonstrate a true Elemental Dragon.

Wang Zhao and Bibi Dong discussed his plans for his ninth Soul Ring and the Silver Dragon King’s role in the Sect Grand Competition. Wang Zhao then revealed his Holy Son identity as Li Ming and staged a provocative confrontation with Gu Yuena, leaving the gathered powerhouses intrigued by his claims and hidden strength.

• Wang Zhao told Bibi Dong that he was delaying his ninth Soul Ring while waiting for an important matter involving the Silver Dragon King to unfold.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether the Silver Dragon King could compete without causing trouble, and Wang Zhao assured her that she would avoid using Divine Level power.
• Near the elevated seats, Wang Zhao summoned his Necromancy Scythe and gray Soul Ring, prompting the spectators to recognize him as Martial Soul Hall Holy Son Li Ming.
• Wang Zhao pointed his scythe at Gu Yuena, who wore his face, and teased her through voice transmission before answering him in character.
• Wang Zhao bragged about defeating Everyday Douluo and lamented that he had not dragged him to Spirit City to beg forgiveness at his master's grave, leaving the onlookers curious about his abilities and motives.