Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• After Tang Hao and Tang San escape Spirit City with Xiao Wu, Pope Bibi Dong orders a citywide pursuit and issues a Papal Kill Order against both Tang Hao and Tang San. Any faction sheltering them will be treated as an enemy of Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong sends three powerful elders from the Worship Hall to intercept the fugitives, with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the Shadow Guard following. She is especially enraged that Tang Hao destroyed the Angel Statue, a sacred symbol of Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao flees while carrying Tang San and Xiao Wu, despite serious injuries. Xiao Wu offers to surrender herself, but Tang Hao refuses, and Tang San insists they escape together.
• Tang San recognizes how helpless he was against Bibi Dong and admits to his father that he lacks the strength to protect those he cares about. Tang Hao tells him that strength—not good intentions—is what makes protection possible.
• Unknown to Tang Hao, the spore Ji Yuan placed in his body is spreading through his damaged meridians. It quietly studies his Soul Power and begins absorbing small amounts, drawing on Tang Hao’s efforts to suppress his injuries.
• Tang San uses Blue Silver Grass to muddy their Soul Power trail, aided by Ji Yuan’s influence through the plants. Just as the group approaches a route beyond Spirit Hall’s outer blockade, three Worship Hall elders appear and seal the valley.

Character developments and interactions

• Bibi Dong shifts from anger over the escape to an all-out campaign against Tang Hao and Tang San. Her fury over the statue’s destruction makes the pursuit personal.
• Tang Hao remains determined to protect both younger companions, refusing Xiao Wu’s offer to sacrifice herself even as his injuries worsen. He pushes on despite his body’s failing condition.
• Tang San moves from confidence in his abilities to a sober recognition of his weakness. He vows to become stronger and prepares to help his father if the pursuers catch up.
• Xiao Wu feels responsible for endangering Tang Hao and Tang San and offers herself up, but they reject the idea of abandoning her.
• Ji Yuan quietly exploits Tang Hao’s injuries, using the spore to observe and gradually feed on the powerful Soul Power within him.

Significant themes

• Power and protection: Tang Hao teaches Tang San that protecting others requires real strength.
• Loyalty and sacrifice: Tang Hao and Tang San refuse to trade Xiao Wu’s safety for their own escape.
• Consequences of defiance: Destroying the Angel Statue provokes Spirit Hall’s full force and turns the escape into a major manhunt.
• Hidden danger: While the fugitives face an obvious external threat, Ji Yuan’s spore poses a concealed danger from within.

Key events

• Tang Hao stays behind so Tang San and Xiao Wu can escape, fighting three Spirit Hall elders while badly weakened by reopened injuries.
• Tang San refuses to abandon his father. His Blue Silver Grass cannot penetrate the elders’ defenses, and Tang Hao orders him to take Xiao Wu deeper into the forest.
• Ji Yuan secretly uses the Ambrosial Arbor’s underground roots to drain some soul power and vitality from fallen Spirit Hall knights, keeping the losses subtle enough to avoid detection.
• The elders keep their distance and wear Tang Hao down with coordinated attacks. Tang San and Xiao Wu remain trapped below the battle.
• As the elders launch their strongest assault, Tang Hao gathers his power despite the damage it will cause him. He reveals all nine soul rings, including his hundred-thousand-year ring, and begins to use Ring Detonation. The elders recognize the danger and retreat.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Hao fights to protect his son and Xiao Wu, enduring severe injuries and refusing to yield. He tells Tang San to survive and remember Spirit Hall’s debt, then turns the battle by preparing his forbidden technique.
• Tang San is determined to help his father, even when his attacks fail. Tang Hao’s rebuke forces him to confront how powerless he is against Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Wu feels responsible for Tang Hao’s suffering and considers sacrificing her own essence to save Tang San if necessary. She tries to keep Tang San from charging into the fight.
• Ji Yuan remains concealed and opportunistic, harvesting energy from the battlefield while observing Tang Hao’s unusual power circulation.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty and sacrifice: Tang Hao risks everything for Tang San, while Tang San refuses to leave him and Xiao Wu contemplates sacrificing herself.
• Powerlessness and survival: The younger characters cannot match the elders’ strength; Tang Hao urges Tang San to live rather than make a futile stand.
• Hidden opportunity amid chaos: Ji Yuan exploits the collateral damage, while the Spirit Hall elders underestimate how dangerous Tang Hao’s final response may be.

Key plot points and events

• The three Spirit Hall consecrated elders form a layered defense to stop Tang Hao from building up his hammer strike. They warn that detonating his ninth soul ring will kill him.
• Tang Hao begins the dangerous process anyway, sacrificing his body to force the ring’s stored power into the Clear Sky Hammer. He orders Tang San and Xiao Wu to escape.
• Tang San refuses to leave his father, but Xiao Wu restrains him, urging him to honor Tang Hao’s sacrifice. Tang San stays back to witness the strike, anchoring himself and Xiao Wu with blue silver grass against the coming shock wave.
• Ji Yuan secretly uses the Ambrosial Arbor’s vitality to stabilize a blood vessel near Tang Hao’s heart, preventing him from dying before he can attack. At the same time, Ji Yuan’s spores record how Tang Hao channels and compresses his soul power.
• Tang Hao recalls failing to protect Ah Yin when Spirit Hall pursued them. Determined not to lose Tang San as well, he declares that anyone who threatens his son will pay.
• Tang Hao reveals the Clear Sky Sect’s ultimate technique, the Great Sumeru Hammer, and detonates his hundred-thousand-year ninth soul ring. The chapter ends as its immense power floods the hammer and the ring shatters.

Character developments

• Tang Hao embraces self-sacrifice, driven by guilt over Ah Yin and fierce resolve to protect Tang San. A hint of Ah Yin’s lingering protection gives him renewed determination.
• Tang San is torn between saving his father and obeying him. He also gains a firsthand lesson in the Clear Sky Sect’s hidden power and vows to master it himself.
• Xiao Wu acts decisively to keep Tang San from interfering, prioritizing his safety while helping him accept Tang Hao’s command.
• Ji Yuan reveals a self-serving motive beneath his intervention: he keeps Tang Hao alive long enough to study and preserve the technique’s energy pathways.

Significant themes

• Parental sacrifice and protection: Tang Hao risks death so his son can escape.
• Inheritance and aspiration: Tang San watches his father’s ultimate technique and imagines one day wielding comparable strength.
• The cost of power: Tang Hao’s devastating attack is fueled by a soul ring and body pushed past their limits.
• Love, guilt, and remembrance: Tang Hao’s memory of failing Ah Yin shapes his determination to protect their son.

Character interactions

• Tang Hao and Tang San clash over whether Tang San should stay; Tang Hao’s command and Xiao Wu’s restraint ultimately keep him from approaching.
• Xiao Wu supports Tang Hao’s plan by holding Tang San back, while Tang San insists on watching the strike.
• Tang Hao invokes Ah Yin’s memory as he renews his resolve; Tang San’s blue silver grass and the vitality surrounding Tang Hao suggest her protection may still be present.
• Ji Yuan silently aids Tang Hao while exploiting the moment to study his technique.

Tang Hao detonates his ninth Soul Ring to unleash the Great Sumeru Hammer, shattering the combined defenses of three Spirit Hall elders. The attack leaves all three badly injured and tears through the valley, forcing Tang San and Xiao Wu to cling to the cliffs to survive. Though Tang Hao has lost his ninth ring and is gravely weakened, he rescues them and threatens another strike strongly enough to keep the elders from pursuing.
Tang San is awed by his father’s power but quickly focuses on helping him escape. He tries to share his internal energy and supports their flight with blue silver grass, while Xiao Wu clings to Tang Hao and urges them onward. Tang Hao refuses to stop, knowing Bibi Dong and other Spirit Hall forces will soon arrive.
Unbeknownst to Tang Hao, Ji Yuan uses the spores of the Ambrosial Arbor inside his heart meridians to siphon off some of the uncontrolled Soul Power left by the Ring Detonation. This both preserves energy for the Arbor and reveals a potential new technique: concentrating stored power in its roots could pierce a Titled Douluo’s defenses. But the extraction worsens Tang Hao’s condition, so Ji Yuan stops after taking twenty percent of his clear-sky origin.
Bibi Dong arrives at the ruined valley, rebukes the defeated elders, and sends Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the Shadow Guard after the fugitives. Tang Hao and the others continue toward the Star Dou Great Forest, still pursued and running out of time.
Key developments and themes: Tang Hao sacrifices his ninth ring—and risks his life—to protect his son and Xiao Wu. Tang San shifts from stunned witness to active support. The chapter highlights the cost of overwhelming power, the value of survival over status or possessions, and the growing danger posed by Bibi Dong’s relentless pursuit.

Key plot points and events

• Ji Yuan absorbs twenty percent of the Clear Sky Origin, strengthening the Ambrosial Arbor Root enough to withstand powerful Soul attacks.
• Tang Hao’s injuries worsen after repeatedly using his Soul Power to flee. Tang San urges him to stop, but Tang Hao insists they must keep moving to evade Spirit Hall.
• When Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the Shadow Guard catch up, Tang San offers to stay behind. Tang Hao rejects the plan and uses Divine Slaughter’s Domain—and the threat of another Great Sumeru Hammer strike—to hold the pursuers back.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei fear Tang Hao might detonate another Soul Ring, so they keep their distance and have the Shadow Guard track the fugitives from the perimeter. Their caution gives Tang Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu time to escape.
• Tang Hao’s strength steadily fails. Tang San and Xiao Wu support him, while Tang San uses Blue Silver Grass to erase their tracks.
• The trio reaches a hidden cave. Once inside, Tang Hao’s hammer vanishes and he collapses, vomiting black blood and fragments of damaged organs.
• Tang San pours Mysterious Heaven Skill Inner Force into his father and seals the cave with Blue Silver Grass. Ji Yuan secretly blends the Arbor’s presence with the plants, sensing the area and concealing its power.
• Tang Hao remains unconscious, his pulse erratic and breathing faint. Tang San begs him to wake, fearing his father is dying.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Hao remains determined to protect his son and Xiao Wu, even as his body approaches collapse. He uses his reputation and the possibility of a final attack as a deterrent, concealing how little strength he has left.
• Tang San becomes more openly determined to protect his father rather than remain behind him. Though Tang Hao dismisses his offer to fight, Tang San contributes through tracking, hiding their trail, guarding the cave, and trying to stabilize Tang Hao.
• Xiao Wu supports the injured Tang Hao and urges the group to stop before he deteriorates further. At the cave, she helps care for him and offers to guard the entrance.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei cooperate cautiously, recognizing the danger of Tang Hao’s desperation. Their fear of a last-ditch attack prevents them from closing in.
• Ji Yuan continues feeding on the opportunity created by Tang San’s efforts and hides the Ambrosial Arbor’s presence, treating Tang Hao’s eventual collapse as a possible opening.

Significant themes

• Protection and sacrifice: Tang Hao risks his life to get Tang San and Xiao Wu to safety; Tang San’s attempt to stand and fight reflects his growing willingness to bear that burden himself.
• Deterrence through uncertainty: Tang Hao’s apparent readiness to strike again keeps the pursuers at bay, even though maintaining the threat is draining him.
• The cost of survival: The escape is bought with Tang Hao’s worsening injuries and the family’s mounting desperation.
• Trust and hidden motives: Tang San acts to save his father, while Ji Yuan covertly exploits the situation and conceals its own involvement.

Chapter Summary: “Old Wounds Flare, Leaving Him Unconscious”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tang San attempts to save his unconscious father, Tang Hao, by channeling the Mysterious Heaven Skill into his damaged meridians.
• Unknown to Tang San, Ji Yuan’s Dark Red Spores surround Tang Hao’s heart meridians and absorb the incoming energy, redirecting it into the Ambrosial Arbor Core rather than healing Tang Hao.
• As Tang Hao’s pulse weakens, Xiao Wu considers sacrificing her own blood and life force to save him. Tang San stops her, reminding her that Tang Hao was injured protecting her and that she must preserve her strength.
• Tang San continues forcing energy into Tang Hao despite Xiao Wu’s warnings that he is exhausting his Soul Power and damaging his own meridians.
• Ji Yuan manipulates Tang Hao’s injuries, causing dead tissue and blood to be expelled while secretly draining Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Origin and bloodline power. He carefully leaves enough strength for Tang Hao to survive and retain his cultivation.
• Tang Hao’s condition briefly worsens, but Ji Yuan eventually releases a small amount of life force to stabilize his heart meridians. His pulse returns.
• Tang San collapses against the cave wall from exhaustion but remains alert because Spirit Hall forces are searching nearby.
• Tang San creates layers of Blue Silver Grass warning lines around the cave. He and Xiao Wu keep watch together through the night.
• Meanwhile, Ji Yuan prepares the Ambrosial Arbor Core to absorb the Angelic Divine Power and Rakshasa Death Qi stored within it. When the two energies surge toward the core, the cave shakes, alarming Tang San.

Character Developments

• Tang San: Reveals extreme self-sacrifice and determination. He is willing to exhaust his Soul Power and risk permanent meridian damage to save Tang Hao, refusing to acknowledge his own limits.
• Xiao Wu: Shows deep loyalty and guilt over Tang Hao’s injuries. She is willing to bleed herself to save him but also becomes increasingly concerned that Tang San is destroying his own body. Her resolve strengthens as she decides she will not allow him to protect her alone.
• Tang Hao: Remains unconscious and critically injured. Though his condition appears to improve temporarily, his body and bloodline are secretly being drained by Ji Yuan.
• Ji Yuan: Acts as a hidden parasite manipulating the crisis for his own growth. He balances draining Tang Hao and Tang San against the need to keep both alive, preserving Tang Hao as a useful host and source of power.

Significant Themes

• Sacrifice and misplaced selflessness: Tang San and Xiao Wu are both prepared to give up their lives or strength for Tang Hao and each other.
• Family responsibility: Tang San sees protecting his father and Xiao Wu as obligations he cannot abandon, even at great personal cost.
• Guilt and emotional burden: Xiao Wu blames herself for Tang Hao’s injuries, while Tang San carries the responsibility of saving everyone.
• Deception and hidden danger: Tang San believes his technique is healing Tang Hao, unaware that Ji Yuan is consuming the energy and exploiting the situation.
• Control versus desperation: Tang San acts out of faith in the Mysterious Heaven Skill, while Ji Yuan coldly controls the rate of damage and recovery for strategic benefit.
• Opposing powers: The Angelic Divine Power and Rakshasa Death Qi represent conflicting forces that Ji Yuan has contained within the Ambrosial Arbor Core, setting up a dangerous internal confrontation.

Character Interactions

• Tang San and Xiao Wu argue over whether he should continue treating Tang Hao. Xiao Wu repeatedly urges him to stop, while Tang San insists that his father cannot wait.
• Xiao Wu attempts to harm herself for Tang Hao’s sake, but Tang San intervenes and reprimands her.
• Their argument exposes the depth of their bond: Xiao Wu fears losing Tang San, while Tang San prioritizes her safety over his own.
• After Tang Hao’s pulse returns, Xiao Wu supports Tang San physically and stays beside him during the night.
• They agree to keep watch together, though Tang San remains protective and distrustful of Xiao Wu’s ability to control her instincts if a Titled Douluo approaches.
• The chapter ends with Tang San hearing a disturbance beneath the cave, unaware that Ji Yuan has begun drawing two dangerous divine forces into the Ambrosial Arbor Core.

Summary

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the unconscious, badly injured Tang Hao shelter in a cave while Spirit Hall searches for them. Tang San remains on guard, but repeated tremors from beneath the cave unsettle Xiao Wu. He suspects damaged rock rather than a nearby Soul Beast, as his Blue Silver Grass detects no threat.
Unbeknownst to the group, Ji Yuan is evolving the Ambrosial Arbor beneath them. He confines the Angelic Divine Power and Rakshasa Death Qi inside its core, forcing the two hostile forces to weaken one another while the Arbor absorbs their energy. The struggle causes the tremors, but the cave eventually goes quiet as the Arbor’s cracks heal and it completes its fourth transformation. Its roots become stronger and gain the ability to consume spiritual power and faith; its control over nearby plants also expands, letting Ji Yuan sense creatures and search parties across the surrounding forest.
Spirit Hall’s Shadow Guard comes close to the cave but follows a misleading trail along the river and passes by without finding the fugitives. Tang San, unaware of how close they came, finally begins recovering his depleted Soul Power at Xiao Wu’s urging. Ji Yuan then tests the Arbor’s new abilities by using a spore to draw a trace of Xiao Wu’s blood and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura into the forest, creating a false trail to lure the Shadow Guard toward the cave.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San stays vigilant despite exhaustion and injury, prioritizing his father’s and Xiao Wu’s safety. He refuses to rest until Xiao Wu persuades him that recovering is necessary to protect them.
• Xiao Wu cares for both Tang Hao and Tang San. She warms Tang Hao, shares her body heat with Tang San, and insists that he rest; she promises not to abandon him.
• Tang Hao remains unconscious and is growing colder, increasing the urgency of their situation.
• Ji Yuan displays greater control and strategic sophistication: he transforms two dangerous divine powers into nourishment, hides the cave from detection, and prepares to test the Arbor’s new reach against a stronger opponent.

Significant themes

• Power through conflict: The Arbor turns opposing forces into fuel for its evolution.
• Protection and sacrifice: Xiao Wu tends to the injured while Tang San pushes past his limits to guard them.
• Deception and perception: Ji Yuan manipulates plant life and Soul Beast traces to conceal the fugitives and redirect their pursuers.
• The cost of vigilance: Tang San’s determination is protective, but his exhaustion makes recovery essential.

Plot points and events

• Tang Hao’s condition worsens after the backlash from destroying his Hundred-Thousand-Year Ninth Soul Ring. Tang San tries to keep him alive by feeding him Mysterious Heaven Skill inner force.
• Unbeknownst to Tang San, Ji Yuan’s dark-gold roots exploit the damaged meridians to drain the Clear Sky bloodline and origin from Tang Hao’s bone marrow. They take most of it, strengthening the roots while leaving Tang Hao alive but greatly diminished.
• Xiao Wu offers her blood to restore Tang Hao’s vitality, but Tang San refuses, fearing it would reveal her identity to Spirit Hall. He seals her acupoints to prevent her from using her Soul Power, leading to an argument over their willingness to sacrifice themselves for each other.
• Tang Hao briefly murmurs for Xiao San to take Xiao Wu and leave. Tang San refuses to treat the words of an unconscious man as a final decision. Once Tang’s pulse steadies, Xiao Wu sits beside him and tends to his hair.
• Tang San detects an approaching group of Shadow Guard members. With the cave’s single exit making it unsafe, he carries Tang Hao on his back and leads Xiao Wu out. The guards find fresh Blue Silver Grass and identify the cave as Tang Hao’s hiding place.

Character developments

• Tang San persists in trying to save his father, even as his own inner force and meridians are strained. His protectiveness extends to controlling Xiao Wu’s choices, though their argument makes clear how much he fears losing her.
• Xiao Wu resists being treated as someone who must only be protected. She is willing to risk exposure and injury to help Tang Hao, and shows tenderness by grooming his hair.
• Tang Hao remains unconscious and gravely weakened. His brief words suggest he wants Tang San to prioritize Xiao Wu’s escape, reflecting his concern for them even at the edge of consciousness.
• Ji Yuan takes advantage of Tang San’s rescue attempt to steal Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Origin, leaving him alive but with most of his potential lost.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and protection: Tang San and Xiao Wu each want to risk themselves for the others, but disagree over who should bear the danger.
• Love entangled with control: Tang San’s devotion to Xiao Wu drives him to silence her choices as well as protect her.
• Deception and exploitation: Tang San believes his inner force is helping his father, while Ji Yuan secretly uses it as cover to drain Tang Hao’s origin.
• Survival under pressure: Tang Hao’s condition and the approaching guards force the group to make choices before they know the full cost.

Character interactions

• Tang San and Xiao Wu clash over whether she should use her blood to help Tang Hao, then over Tang San sealing her acupoints and refusing to let her carry him.
• Tang San stays at Tang Hao’s side, interprets his fading pulse as evidence that treatment is working, and refuses to abandon him.
• Xiao Wu tends to Tang Hao while Tang San scouts; when the Shadow Guard approaches, they cooperate in preparing to flee, though Tang San insists on carrying both the physical and protective burden.

Tang San and Xiao Wu fought their way out of a cave with the unconscious Tang Hao, escaping through a fissure before the Shadow Guard pursued them into the forest. The chase continued, and three black-clad Soul Masters ambushed them among the trees.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu tried to dig through the cave wall while Spirit Hall's men burned the entrance and filled the cave with smoke.
• Ji Yuan loosened the rock behind the cave, allowing Tang San to find a fissure, while Xiao Wu held off the attackers.
• Tang San broke through the wall, carried Tang Hao outside, and fled into the forest with Xiao Wu as Ji Yuan helped obscure their trail.
• The Shadow Guard followed Tang San's actual route despite his false clues, and he refused Xiao Wu's offer to draw them away.
• Three black-clad Soul Masters dropped from the trees and blocked Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao.

Tang San and Xiao Wu fled through the forest with Tang Hao on Tang San’s back while the Shadow Guard pursued and tried to capture Xiao Wu. Cornered at a narrow valley, Tang San stayed behind to face the attackers as Xiao Wu supported his father.

• Tang San used Bone-Piercing Nails and Blue Silver Prison to delay three Black-Clad Soul Masters, then fled with Xiao Wu and Tang Hao.
• As the Shadow Guard surrounded them, Tang San chose a route through dense woods, and Ji Yuan’s Root Network disrupted the pursuers and helped Tang San keep moving.
• Tang San took several attacks while refusing to let Xiao Wu carry Tang Hao, then used Mother-and-Son Iron Gallbladders to buy time and continued down the slope.
• Tang San spotted an ambush at the valley entrance and drove off three Soul Emperors who targeted Xiao Wu, but seven or eight Soul Saints caught up behind them.
• Tang San handed Tang Hao to Xiao Wu, spread his Eight Spider Lances, and prepared to fight the pursuers alone as dark red patterns appeared on the lances.

Tang San and Xiao Wu fought off the Shadow Guard while protecting the weakened Tang Hao, and Ji Yuan’s altered poison devoured the attackers through Blue Silver Grass. After Tang San’s group fled the valley, a powerful presence followed the trail of the seven desiccated corpses toward them.

• Tang San trapped a Soul Saint in Blue Silver Prison, where Ji Yuan’s roots drained him dry and revealed that the Eight Spider Lances’ poison had changed.
• Tang San fought beside Xiao Wu as the Shadow Guard attacked from range, and Ji Yuan’s roots killed two more Soul Saints despite the attackers’ attempts to burn or cut the vines.
• The leader activated his Martial Soul Avatar, but Ji Yuan’s spores and roots invaded him, and the remaining Shadow Guard members fled only to be caught and killed by the roots.
• Tang San collapsed after the battle, and Ji Yuan absorbed the seven Soul Saints’ remaining energy while sending blood scent and traces of Soul Power toward the forest.
• Xiao Wu helped Tang San carry Tang Hao away as a powerful surge of Soul Power approached the valley.

Tang San and Xiao Wu argued over whether she should surrender herself, then agreed to flee together while supporting the badly wounded Tang Hao. They reached a narrow gorge, only to find themselves trapped as an unknown Titled Douluo found them.

• Tang San refused Xiao Wu's offer to draw the pursuers away, insisting that he would not abandon her or Tang Hao.
• Xiao Wu admitted that she was a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and blamed herself for Tang Hao's injuries, but Tang San told her he had known and still chose to protect her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu continued through the forest together, while Ji Yuan secretly directed Xiao Wu's increasingly active Soul Beast aura through underground roots toward the west.
• Tang San scouted a narrow gorge with Blue Silver Grass, and he and Xiao Wu carried Tang Hao inside before discovering that the valley had no other exit.
• As the forest fell silent and Soul Beasts fled, Tang Hao urged them to go, and an unknown Titled Douluo's oppressive power swept into the gorge before a voice said, "Found you..."

Tang San and Xiao Wu faced Yue Guan in the valley while Tang Hao remained unconscious, and Tang San tried to hold off the Titled Douluo despite his injuries. As Yue Guan pressed the attack and Xiao Wu’s power began to stir, Tang San reached for a jade box in the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridge.

• Yue Guan entered the valley and taunted Tang San about the seven Soul Saints he had killed and Tang Hao’s condition.
• Tang San refused Yue Guan’s demand to surrender Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu offered herself in exchange for Tang San and Tang Hao’s lives.
• Yue Guan unleashed his soul power and golden petals, driving Tang San back and injuring him as he shielded Xiao Wu.
• Tang San’s hidden roots recorded the rhythm of Yue Guan’s martial soul, while Ji Yuan suppressed the red light rising from Xiao Wu.
• Yue Guan recognized the loosening origin of Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year soul beast power and demanded her sacrifice, but Tang San threatened to kill him and reached for a jade box.

Tang San used hidden weapons, Blue Silver Grass, and Ji Yuan’s spores to probe Yue Guan’s defenses while keeping him occupied. The chapter ended as Yue Guan’s petals locked onto Tang San and Tang San triggered the Poison Array beneath his feet.

• Tang San baited Yue Guan with a jade box and hidden weapons while Ji Yuan’s spores slipped into the flow of Yue Guan’s soul power.
• Tang San ordered Xiao Wu to stay with the unconscious Tang Hao, then used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and his Eight Spider Lances to withstand Yue Guan’s attacks.
• Tang San taunted Yue Guan into stepping closer, allowing underground roots and spores to reach his soul power barrier.
• Tang San revealed a black sphere and spread poisonous mist with Blue Silver Grass, but Yue Guan struck him into a rock wall.
• Yue Guan aimed every petal at Tang San, who pressed the sphere’s mechanism as the Poison Array activated beneath his feet.

Tang San used poison and hidden weapons to fight Yue Guan, while Xiao Wu tried to protect him and offered to surrender herself. As Yue Guan’s martial soul began to falter, Tang San fired Yama’s Invitation, and Ji Yuan’s roots targeted Yue Guan’s martial soul origin.

• Tang San unleashed hidden weapons and a poison formation, but Yue Guan pushed through the mist and cut apart Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Yue Guan demanded the immortal herbs and Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring, then struck Tang San aside when he blocked a petal aimed at Xiao Wu.
• Tang San refused to let Xiao Wu sacrifice herself and waited for the spores from his poison mist to affect Yue Guan as he circulated his Soul Power.
• The spores entered Yue Guan’s meridians, numbing his arm and disrupting his martial soul, while Tang San revealed Yama’s Invitation.
• Tang San fired Yama’s Invitation at Yue Guan as Ji Yuan’s roots locked onto Yue Guan’s martial soul origin.

Ji Yuan secretly devoured the soul power sustaining Yue Guan's shield and martial soul while Tang San's poisoned needle held Yue Guan at bay. The shield finally collapsed, and Yama's Invitation pierced Yue Guan's shoulder, leaving its poison and full effect uncertain.

• Yue Guan blocked Tang San's Yama's Invitation with his golden-petal shield and demanded the antidote, while Xiao Wu supported the badly wounded Tang San.
• Ji Yuan used spores and fine roots hidden in Yue Guan's soul-power circuit to weaken his meridians and martial soul as Yue Guan kept reinforcing the shield.
• Yue Guan spotted the interference and tried to isolate the damaged channels and withdraw his Martial Soul Avatar, but Ji Yuan redirected his roots and drained the golden chrysanthemum's power.
• Yue Guan gathered the power of his nine soul rings for another defense, but Ji Yuan intercepted it and extinguished the light at the martial soul's core.
• The golden petals crumbled and the shield shattered, allowing Yama's Invitation to pierce Yue Guan's shoulder armor; Yue Guan asked what else Tang San had hidden in the needle.

Ji Yuan drained Yue Guan’s martial soul and soul power while Tang San and Xiao Wu kept their distance. Yue Guan died, but a faint glow beneath his leg revealed a soul bone as Tang San and Xiao Wu prepared to leave.

• Tang San warned Xiao Wu not to approach Yue Guan, while Ji Yuan disrupted Yue Guan’s attempts to summon his martial soul.
• Ji Yuan’s roots and spores stripped away Yue Guan’s soul power and the layers protecting his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seed core.
• Yue Guan lost his martial soul and soul rings, then fell dead as Tang San and Xiao Wu watched from the rock face.
• Ji Yuan drained the remaining power from Yue Guan and found a soul bone hidden in his left leg.
• Tang San warned Xiao Wu when she noticed a faint glow beneath Yue Guan’s leg.

Tang San and Xiao Wu retrieved Yue Guan’s damaged left leg Soul Bone and prepared to escape the valley with Tang Hao. As they reached the entrance, a fierce voice called Yue Guan’s name and an icy killing intent swept toward them.

• Ji Yuan absorbed the Soul Bone’s golden origin while Tang San and Xiao Wu identified it among Yue Guan’s remains.
• Tang San carefully removed the poisoned Soul Bone and sealed it in an iron box.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San supported the injured Tang Hao and began making their way toward the valley entrance.
• Tang San stopped when the grass cooled and the mist rolled back toward the remains.
• A fierce voice shouted Yue Guan’s name, and Tang San pulled Xiao Wu and Tang Hao against the rock wall as killing intent swept over them.

Tang San and Xiao Wu tried to protect the wounded Tang Hao while Gui Mei sealed the valley and searched for the truth about Yue Guan's death. Ji Yuan concealed his presence and withheld his attack as Gui Mei completed his Ghost Domain around them.

• Tang San pulled Xiao Wu away from a hidden attack and challenged Gui Mei, who found Yue Guan's remains and questioned how he had died.
• Gui Mei recognized signs of devouring and demanded Yue Guan's belongings, while Tang San and Xiao Wu retreated along the rock wall with Tang Hao.
• Gui Mei sealed the valley and mountain forest, then attacked Tang San with shadows that his hidden weapons could not hit.
• Ji Yuan kept his main root concealed as Gui Mei's Mental Power probed the area and Tang San struggled to free himself from the rope and protect his father.
• Gui Mei completed the Ghost Domain around the shrinking Blue Silver Grass refuge and declared that Tang San could no longer hide them.

Tang San struggled to hold back Gui Mei’s attacks while protecting the unconscious Tang Hao, but Xiao Wu left the barrier and began sacrificing herself to protect them. The chapter ended as her hundred-thousand-year bloodline erupted and Gui Mei recognized her Soul Sacrifice.

• Gui Mei’s vengeful spirits drained Tang San’s soul power and repeatedly broke through the Blue Silver Grass barrier, while Ji Yuan secretly limited the damage to Tang San.
• Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year aura drew Gui Mei’s attention, and she slipped out to block the opening with her Golden Body.
• Tang San tried to pull Xiao Wu back and reach for his hidden weapons, but his injuries left him too weak to stop her.
• Xiao Wu pushed Tang San’s hand toward Tang Hao and began a Soul Sacrifice as Gui Mei’s black hand attacked her.
• Xiao Wu’s blood-red light overwhelmed her soul power and rings, while Ji Yuan’s roots were forced back and Gui Mei shouted that she had chosen Soul Sacrifice.