Chapter Summaries

Tang Shuo and his companions faced an overwhelming Spirit Hall force, including three Titled Douluo and two powerful Soul Douluo. Just as the attackers prepared to strike, a mysterious golden figure appeared and halted them.

• Demon Bear Douluo restrained Yu Tianheng and the others while Ghost Leopard Douluo attacked the injured Tang Shuo.
• Ling Yuan Douluo arrived with orders from Bibi Dong to kill Tang Shuo and eliminate anyone who interfered, revealing that two powerful Soul Douluo were also nearby.
• Tang Shuo ordered Yu Tianheng to flee with the others, but Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan refused to abandon him.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo moved to attack as Ling Yuan Douluo declared that no one would escape.
• A golden figure appeared in the sky, stopping the attackers and dispersing Dugu Bo's poisonous mist while suppressing Yu Leizhen's lightning.

Qian Renxue revealed her identity as Spirit Hall’s Young Mistress and intervened to save Tang Shuo from the Pope’s forces. She drove Ling Yuan Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Demon Bear Douluo away, leaving Tang Shuo’s immediate crisis over.

• Qian Renxue appeared in her true form, and Ling Yuan Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Demon Bear Douluo recognized her as the Young Mistress.
• Qian Renxue healed Tang Shuo and declared that she would decide when and by whom he died.
• Qian Renxue ordered the three Spirit Hall Douluos to leave, then slapped Ghost Leopard Douluo and sent him flying when he challenged her.
• Ling Yuan Douluo accepted that Tang Shuo could not be killed and left with Ghost Leopard Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo, followed by the other Spirit Hall Soul Masters.

Qian Renxue drove off Spirit Hall’s enemies and warned Yu Leizhen and Dugu Bo to leave with the young fighters, then stayed behind with Tang Shuo. She explained that Bibi Dong’s attempt to kill him was meant to control her and revealed that Bibi Dong had killed her father, Qian Xunji, and raised her as a tool.

• Qian Renxue warned Yu Leizhen that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would have to choose whether to submit to her or oppose the coming changes.
• Qian Renxue told Tang Shuo to come with her, but he refused and said his life belonged to him; she warned Dugu Bo and Yu Leizhen that Spirit Hall would remember their intervention.
• Yu Leizhen and Dugu Bo led the younger fighters away, while Tang Shuo reassured Dugu Yan and asked the group to return to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Shuo asked Qian Renxue why she had saved him, and she said Bibi Dong had used the attempt on his life to keep her in check.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Bibi Dong had killed her father, Qian Xunji, taken what should have been hers, and raised her as a tool.

Qian Renxue explained that Bibi Dong targeted Tang Shuo to control her, but Tang Shuo chose to stand with Qian Renxue instead of fleeing. Meanwhile, Tang San fully awakened his Divine Slaughter's Domain and vowed revenge on Tang Shuo and the Shrek companions.

• Qian Renxue told Tang Shuo that Bibi Dong had tried to kill him to eliminate a threat and keep Qian Renxue under her control.
• Tang Shuo refused to leave with Qian Renxue, kissed her, and declared that he would protect her as his woman.
• Qian Renxue accepted Tang Shuo's decision and said that he was now her man.
• Tang San fully awakened his Divine Slaughter's Domain while training with Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that he had surpassed his former peak and that the Shrek companions were training to fight beside him in the tournament finals.
• Tang San vowed to make Tang Shuo pay and take revenge with the Shrek companions.

As the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament finals approached in Spirit City, Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Tang Shuo and confessed that she had come because she could not live without him. Tang Shuo promised to be with her and told her to watch from the stands while he pursued the championship.

• Zhu Zhuqing heard in Spirit City that Tang Shuo had escaped an assassination attempt by Spirit Hall and hurried to the Heaven Dou Empire delegation's hotel.
• Tang Shuo opened his door to Zhu Zhuqing, who embraced him in relief and checked whether he had been injured.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang Shuo she had nothing to do with Dai Mubai anymore and had come because she realized she could not live without him.
• Tang Shuo promised Zhu Zhuqing he would not take back his word, and she joyfully accepted his promise.
• Tang Shuo told Zhu Zhuqing to wait for him in the stands while he tried to bring home the championship.

Tang Shuo faced Spirit Hall's Golden Generation Second Team alone in the tournament final and defeated them in under a minute without releasing his martial spirit. He left the arena after the two surviving Spirit Masters surrendered, while the stunned crowd watched.

• Tang Shuo entered the arena alone and told the referee he was enough to defeat Spirit Hall's seven-person team.
• The Spirit Hall team attacked together, but Tang Shuo knocked out four members with a flurry of unseen strikes.
• The captain fired his strongest spirit skill, but Tang Shuo erased it with one finger and struck him down with a palm.
• The control-system and support-system Spirit Masters surrendered, and Tang Shuo walked off the arena after defeating the entire team.
• The silent crowd erupted in shocked cheers.

After Tang Shuo’s overwhelming victory over Shrek’s rivals made him the target of powerful factions, he rejected their offers and entered a revenge match against Shrek Academy. He crushed the team’s opening assault and crippled Dai Mubai’s right arm, leaving Zhu Zhuqing watching with complicated feelings.

• Representatives from major families and factions rushed to investigate Tang Shuo and recruit him, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin agreed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should befriend him.
• Tang Shuo rejected the factions’ offers because he had come for revenge, and the next day he faced Shrek Academy in the tournament.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San confronted Tang Shuo, and Tang San launched an all-out attack with the rest of the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Tang Shuo stomped once, shattering Shrek’s combined assault and injuring Tang San with the shockwave.
• Tang Shuo seized Dai Mubai’s right arm and broke it, fulfilling his threat to cripple him.
• Zhu Zhuqing cried out when Dai Mubai was injured, then watched Tang Shuo with complicated emotions.

Tang Shuo overwhelmed Tang San and the remaining members of Shrek Academy in the arena, leaving Tang San to face him alone. Tang Shuo crushed one of Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances and then mangled his Mysterious Jade Hand.

• Ma Hongjun charged Tang Shuo in a rage, but Tang Shuo knocked him unconscious with a wave of his hand.
• Tang Shuo faced the injured Tang San after the other Shrek Academy fighters lost the will to continue.
• Tang Shuo released an overwhelming aura that suppressed Tang San’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and made him spit blood.
• Tang San attacked with his Eight Spider Lances, but Tang Shuo caught one barehanded and crushed it, damaging the remaining lances.
• Tang San tried to strike Tang Shuo with his Mysterious Jade Hands, but Tang Shuo crushed his left hand.

Tang San's final hidden-weapon attack rebounded on him, leaving Shrek Academy defeated as Tang Shuo won without using his martial soul. After Bibi Dong struck and threatened Qian Renxue for siding with Tang Shuo, Qian Renxue chose to abandon her Holy Maiden role and Angel God ambitions to be with him.

• Tang San launched Batwing Reincarnation at Tang Shuo, who blew the hidden weapons back and left Tang San unconscious and gravely wounded.
• Bibi Dong watched the defeat in the Papal Palace and angrily condemned Tang San and Tang Shuo as Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo stood by.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong, who slapped her and pinned her by the throat before releasing her when she warned that Tang Shuo would avenge her.
• Tang Shuo healed Qian Renxue's swollen cheek and learned that Bibi Dong had hit her because she sided with him.
• Qian Renxue told Tang Shuo she no longer wanted to be Holy Maiden or become Angel God, then kissed him and chose to be with him.

Tang Shuo reassured Qian Renxue that he would protect her, and she vowed to belong to him alone. In the individual finals, the Spirit Hall Academy Team members all conceded to Tang Shuo, leaving the tournament’s championship to be decided in the team match.

• Tang Shuo told Qian Renxue he would face Spirit Hall and protect her, even if it cost him his life, and she declared herself his alone.
• Xie Yue conceded to Tang Shuo before their individual match began.
• Yan and Hu Liena also conceded, followed by the Spirit Hall Academy Team’s remaining four members.
• Tang Shuo won the individual round championship with seven consecutive victories without fighting.
• The host announced the final team match between Tang Shuo and the Spirit Hall Academy Golden Generation Team.

Tang Shuo faced the Golden Generation’s final challenge as Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused into Demon, whose alluring red mist and deadly scythe attacks failed to touch him. Tang Shuo awakened the Astral Spirit Eyes and spotted a flaw in Demon’s fusion just as Demon unleashed a full-strength strike.

• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Yan, and the other Spirit Hall team members joined forces and activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fused into Demon, whose red mist affected spectators and whose power approached that of a Titled Douluo.
• Demon launched a rapid series of scythe attacks, but Tang Shuo evaded each one with precise movements.
• Tang Shuo awakened the Astral Spirit Eyes and saw the Soul Power flows and a flaw in the core of Demon’s fusion.
• Tang Shuo stopped dodging, and Demon brought the blood-red scythe down in a full-strength attack.

Tang Shuo shattered Xie Yue and Hu Liena’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with one finger, winning the tournament’s final match and being crowned its ultimate champion. He rejected Spirit Hall’s three Soul Bone rewards and inspected one with open disdain, leaving Bibi Dong and the spectators stunned.

• Tang Shuo struck the flaw in Demon’s scythe with one finger, shattering it and causing Demon to explode.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena were thrown from Demon and fainted from Soul Power exhaustion, while the remaining Spirit Hall team members lost their will to fight.
• The referee declared Tang Shuo the winner, and the crowd erupted in cheers for the one-man champion.
• Bibi Dong presented Tang Shuo with three Soul Bones, but he said he did not want them and did not think much of them.
• Tang Shuo picked up the Explosive Burning Right Arm Bone, examined it, and shook his head disdainfully.

Tang Shuo insulted Spirit Hall’s soul bone and provoked Bibi Dong, who ended the awards ceremony and summoned him to the Papal Palace. There, she confronted him over the deaths of a Spirit Hall squad, and he calmly admitted killing them.

• Tang Shuo called the offered soul bone garbage and said it would taint his Eastern Sovereign Taiyi Divine Body.
• Bibi Dong released her killing pressure, but Tang Shuo stood unmoved and accused her of losing her temper.
• Bibi Dong withdrew her pressure, ended the awards ceremony, and left for the Papal Palace.
• Ghost Douluo relayed Bibi Dong’s summons, and Tang Shuo followed him into the Papal Palace.
• Bibi Dong questioned Tang Shuo about the sixteen Spirit Hall members who pursued him near the Star Dou Great Forest, and he admitted killing them.

Tang Shuo rejected Bibi Dong's offer to join Spirit Hall and declared that he would take Qian Renxue with him. He escaped the Papal Palace, and Dugu Bo intervened to help him evade six Titled Douluo, though Dugu Bo was badly injured.

• Bibi Dong offered Tang Shuo wealth, power, and an elder's position in exchange for joining Spirit Hall, but Tang Shuo refused and announced he would take Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to kill Tang Shuo, and Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and four red-robed elders pursued him as he fled Spirit City.
• A red-robed elder used Net of Heaven and Earth against Tang Shuo, but Tang Shuo broke through it with a punch.
• Dugu Bo appeared along Tang Shuo's escape route and used his Spirit Skills to freeze the pursuers briefly, giving Tang Shuo time to continue onward.
• Yue Guan purified Dugu Bo's poisonous mist and badly wounded him, then Gui Mei attacked; a golden streak struck Gui Mei's claw and forced him back.

Surrounded by six Titled Douluo, Tang Shuo activated Eastern Sovereign Taiyi's Divine Body and overwhelmed his attackers, but the power left him gravely injured. As he fell unconscious, a golden figure rushed to catch him.

• Yue Guan and five other Titled Douluo surrounded Tang Shuo and Dugu Bo, while Tang Shuo refused to surrender.
• Tang Shuo activated Eastern Sovereign Taiyi's Divine Body, releasing a divine aura that crushed the six Titled Douluo's imposing pressure.
• Tang Shuo killed one elder with a golden ray, then froze the five survivors and killed another.
• Bibi Dong arrived and shouted for Tang Shuo to stop, but he struck again, killing another elder and leaving Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the last elder severely wounded.
• Tang Shuo's divine power faded, and his body broke down as he fell from the sky.
• A golden figure rushed toward the falling Tang Shuo, trying to catch him.

Tang Shuo fell gravely injured after using power that did not belong to him, and Zhu Zhuqing caught him at the cost of breaking both her arms. As Bibi Dong prepared to kill him, Zhu Zhuqing revealed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and offered her life to save him, unleashing its crimson light.

• Zhu Zhuqing caught Tang Shuo as he fell, but the impact broke her arms and sent them both tumbling across the ground.
• Qian Renxue reached Tang Shuo and found him near death, while Bibi Dong declared his injuries beyond saving and prepared to finish him off.
• Qian Renxue and Dugu Bo readied themselves to fight Bibi Dong, but Zhu Zhuqing turned her attention to Tang Shuo and revealed she had kept the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Zhu Zhuqing confessed her love to Tang Shuo, kissed him, and pressed the immortal herb to his chest while offering her life to save him.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red erupted in dazzling crimson light that spread across the darkened sky.

Lovesick Heartbreak Red revived Tang Shuo by consuming Zhu Zhuqing’s life force, leaving her near death. Tang Shuo entrusted Zhu Zhuqing to Qian Renxue and vowed to destroy Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall after saving her.

• Lovesick Heartbreak Red healed Tang Shuo, while Zhu Zhuqing’s hair turned white and her life force rapidly faded.
• Tang Shuo awakened, saw Zhu Zhuqing unconscious and dying, and cried out in anguish over her sacrifice.
• Bibi Dong resumed her attack and declared that Tang Shuo would die there.
• Tang Shuo vowed to return and tear Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall out by the roots once he saved Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang Shuo carried Zhu Zhuqing to Qian Renxue and asked her to take care of Zhu Zhuqing while he went to save her.

Tang Shuo fled Spirit City with Dugu Bo and headed for the Far North to find a legendary treasure that could restore Zhu Zhuqing’s life essence. The chapter ended with them reaching a remote town near the Heaven Dou Empire’s northern border.

• Tang Shuo entrusted the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing to Qian Renxue and ordered her to keep Zhu Zhuqing alive.
• Qian Renxue blocked Bibi Dong from pursuing Tang Shuo, allowing him and Dugu Bo to escape Spirit City.
• Tang Shuo gave Dugu Bo pills to restore his strength and revealed that he was going to the Far North to find a way to save Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dugu Bo told Tang Shuo about the legendary Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow in the Far North’s core, warning that the Three Heavenly Kings guarded the region.
• Three days later, Tang Shuo and Dugu Bo reached a remote town on the northern border of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Tang Shuo and Dugu Bo discovered that the innkeeper had drugged their wine and marked it with Spirit Hall's tracking signal, then ambushed the assassins who came for Tang Shuo. After Tang Shuo killed the attackers and searched the innkeeper's mind, the two learned Yue Guan had arranged the trap and left that night.

• Tang Shuo noticed Soft Tendon Powder and Spirit Hall's tracking mark in the wine, and he and Dugu Bo prepared for the attackers.
• Six black-clad Soul Emperor assassins entered their rooms, but Tang Shuo and Dugu Bo revealed the beds held wooden decoys.
• Tang Shuo killed all six assassins without using a soul skill or summoning his martial soul.
• Tang Shuo crushed a Spirit Hall token and used the Soul Search Technique on the innkeeper, learning that Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan had set the trap.
• Tang Shuo and Dugu Bo left the inn that night to evade Spirit Hall.

Tang Shuo and Dugu Bo reached the Far North, where Tang Shuo rescued Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy students from a thirty-thousand-year Ice-Armored Explosive Bear. After the grateful students thanked him, Tang Shuo asked whether they were from Skywater Academy.

• Tang Shuo and Dugu Bo entered the outer Far North as the cold intensified.
• Tang Shuo and Dugu Bo saw Skywater Academy students struggling against a thirty-thousand-year Ice-Armored Explosive Bear, which injured Shui Yue'er.
• Shui Bing'er ordered the others to escape while she stayed behind, but Tang Shuo chose to intervene.
• Tang Shuo blocked the bear's paw, hurled it into the snow, and drove it away.
• Shui Bing'er and the other students thanked Tang Shuo, who asked whether they were from Skywater Academy.