Chapter Summaries

Chu Zhao discovered that Tang San had come to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring for his Sea God trial, despite his reluctance. Tang San had already decided to sacrifice her, while Xiao Wu remained unaware and longed to return to the human world.

• Chu Zhao sensed Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python beneath Star Lake, then noticed Tang San had reached rank seventy.
• Chu Zhao followed Tang San and confirmed he had taken at least two God Sesame Pills.
• Tang San lamented that his Second Trial required a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and questioned whether Xiao Wu had to become his Soul Ring.
• Tang San recalled Tang Hao urging him to claim Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and learned that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python were her allies.
• Tang San resented Xiao Wu for not telling him about her connection to the beasts, but had already decided to sacrifice her.
• Xiao Wu thought about leaving the forest, then the Sky Azure Bull Python roared and stared ahead.

Tang San found Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest and convinced her and the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that he was who he claimed to be. He learned that his mother, Ah Yin, might have survived as a seed, and Xiao Wu told him she had reached rank 69 and would soon be able to leave.

• Tang San emerged from hiding, proved his identity to Xiao Wu with their shared memories, and explained that his Blue Silver Grass had awakened into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python recognized Tang San as Ah Yin's son and explained that she might have survived her sacrifice as a seed that could grow again.
• Tang San learned that Ah Yin could become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast again through cultivation, and he gained hope of meeting her.
• Xiao Wu asked how Tang San had found her, and he claimed that plants had guided him and that the Soul Beasts had mistaken him for one of their own.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that she had reached rank 69 and would soon enter the mature stage, allowing her to leave.

Tang San persuaded Xiao Wu to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with him, while Chu Zhao discovered a protective array concealing an independent space beneath Star Lake. The chapter ended with Chu Zhao sensing that the array’s creator had a familiar aura.

• Xiao Wu told Tang San she had reached level 69 and explained that she had been cultivating hard to avenge her mother.
• Tang San claimed he was only level 68 and urged Xiao Wu to visit Shrek Academy, using the human world’s benefits for transformed Soul Beasts to persuade her.
• Xiao Wu overcame her misgivings and agreed to leave with Tang San, and the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape arranged to escort them out of the forest.
• After Tang San and Xiao Wu left Star Lake, Chu Zhao traced seven lights with her Ziwei Star Martial Soul and discovered a protective array above an independent space beneath the lake.
• Chu Zhao sensed that the aura of whoever had created the array was familiar.

Chu Zhao discovered a hidden space beneath the Lake of Life and met Di Tian, who had mistaken her for her mother, Xu Xuan. After Chu Zhao told him Xu Xuan had died, Di Tian rejected the news and became convinced she was still alive.

• Chu Zhao recognized Xu Xuan’s lingering power, found a passage through her protective formation, and entered the vast space beneath the lake.
• Di Tian appeared, recognized Chu Zhao’s resemblance to Xu Xuan, and learned that she was Xu Xuan’s daughter.
• Chu Zhao told Di Tian that Xu Xuan had died nearly twenty years earlier, prompting him to insist that her death must have involved hidden circumstances.
• Chu Zhao explained that Xu Xuan’s remains had never been found, and Di Tian concluded that she must still be alive.

Chu Zhao met Di Tian beneath the Lake of Life and learned that he hoped Xu Xuan was still alive. Di Tian asked Chu Zhao to oppose the Asura God and improve Soul Beasts’ fate in the God Realm, while Chu Zhao urged him to defy the rules himself.

• Di Tian asked how Chu Zhao had entered the space, and Chu Zhao explained that the Lake of Life was empty because its guardians had left.
• Di Tian discovered that Chu Zhao had become a Titled Douluo at twenty-one and said she reminded him of Xu Xuan.
• Di Tian told Chu Zhao that Xu Xuan had refused a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast as her Ninth Soul Ring and revealed that his enemy was the Asura God.
• Chu Zhao agreed to make things difficult for the Asura God, then asked why Di Tian would not go to the God Realm himself.
• Di Tian explained that the world’s rules prevented Soul Beasts from becoming gods, and Chu Zhao urged him to become the first Soul Beast to break those rules.

Di Tian explained that Chu Zhao’s mother had created the Lake of Life formation to hide them from watching forces, but he refused Chu Zhao’s offer to reinforce it. Meanwhile, Tang San manipulated Xiao Wu with accusations against Chu Zhao and led her toward the relocated Shrek Academy, leaving Xiao Wu unaware of his hostile intentions.

• Di Tian told Chu Zhao that her mother’s formation concealed them from outside observers and would fail within ten years.
• Chu Zhao offered to restore the formation’s power, but Di Tian declined and warned her to seek refuge in Star Dou Mountain or the Worship Hall if she encountered the Asura God or Sea God.
• Chu Zhao left to find Tang San, while Di Tian stayed behind to reprimand his gatekeeper.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that Chu Zhao had driven Shrek Academy from Heaven Dou City and was responsible for Dai Lao Da’s and Fatty’s deaths.
• Tang San claimed the Upper Three Sects had been destroyed, reassured Xiao Wu that Ning Rongrong was alive, and urged her to hurry to the academy.
• Xiao Wu followed Tang San down the unfamiliar road without noticing that he was leading her away from Heaven Dou City or that he looked at her with hostility.

Tang San lured Xiao Wu into the Slaughter City and killed her to obtain her Soul Ring, while convincing himself that he could revive her. Chu Zhao arrived during Tang San’s absorption and tried to kill him, but the Asura God intervened and mobilized the Slaughter City against her.

• Tang San led Xiao Wu into a blood-red space and stabbed her with a blue-silver spear, draining her life force as he apologized and claimed he would revive her.
• Xiao Wu realized Tang San had prepared to kill her for her Soul Ring and cursed him before dying.
• Tang San began absorbing Xiao Wu’s resentful Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Chu Zhao arrived, saw Xiao Wu’s corpse, and tried to kill Tang San while he was absorbing the Soul Ring.
• The Asura God blocked Chu Zhao with the Asura Sword, declared that Tang San could not die, and sent the Slaughter City’s people to surround her.

Chu Zhao fought Asura God, killed Tang San after he absorbed Xiao Wu’s soul ring, and returned Xiao Wu’s soul to her rabbit body. She brought Xiao Wu to the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python recognized her aura.

• Chu Zhao summoned Wraiths and revealed that she had reassembled Death God’s divine position as Asura God attacked her.
• Chu Zhao held Asura God back while her Undead Clone attacked Tang San; other enforcers forced Asura God’s divine consciousness away, though he helped Tang San absorb Xiao Wu’s soul ring first.
• After Tang San opened his eyes, Chu Zhao’s Scythes struck him, and she returned Xiao Wu’s weak soul to her rabbit body.
• Tang San apologized, spoke of being a discarded pawn, urged Chu Zhao to leave, and died as Slaughter City began to collapse.
• Chu Zhao escaped with rabbit-form Xiao Wu and took her to the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python stopped the Titan Giant Ape from attacking Chu Zhao after realizing Xiao Wu’s soul and soul ring were not on her.

Chu Zhao learned from Tang San's soul that the Asura God had controlled him for years, and Tang San asked her to avenge him and Xiao Wu. Ah Yin helped place Tang San's fragile soul in the Blue Silver Emperor, while Chu Zhao began to question whether the Asura God was truly behind the control.

• Chu Zhao told the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that Tang San had killed Xiao Wu, and explained that Xiao Wu's soul remained inside her body.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Chu Zhao awakened Tang San's soul and learned that the Asura God had entered his spiritual world and controlled him after his halos shattered.
• Tang San asked Chu Zhao to kill the Asura God and avenge him and Xiao Wu, and Chu Zhao agreed.
• Ah Yin explained that Tang San's soul was weakening because it had no vessel, then begged Chu Zhao to place him in the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Chu Zhao placed Tang San's soul in the Blue Silver Emperor, where it stabilized but fell asleep, and she wondered whether the Asura God had truly controlled him.

A future Tang San awakened in Slaughter City with no memories of the body’s life and discovered fragments showing it had killed his father, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong struggled to begin her final divine trial and decided to ask Qian Renxue for advice, curious how she would react to its demands.

• Tang San awoke in Slaughter City in his younger body and realized Xiao Wu was his seventh soul ring, but he could not find her body or soul.
• Tang San discovered that the Sea God trials differed from his memories and found fragments showing the body abandoning Tang Hao and killing Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San rejected the memories, broke down, and vowed to uncover who had killed Xiao Wu and avenge her.
• Bibi Dong told Yue Guan and Guimei that she could not enter her Ninth Trial, which required her to turn love into resentment and absorb the world’s evil energy.
• Bibi Dong decided to ask Qian Renxue for advice and wondered how she would react to the trial.

Bibi Dong asked Qian Renxue and Chu Zhao for advice on her Ninth Trial, and Chu Zhao pointed her toward Heaven Dou City and Yu Xiaogang. At Shrek Academy, Liu Erlong heard students mock her and Yu Xiaogang, then found him giving his treasured theory notes to a young teacher and accused him of betraying her.

• Bibi Dong learned that Qian Renxue had let Chu Zhao listen in through a Voice Transmission Soul Tool.
• Chu Zhao suggested Bibi Dong go to Heaven Dou City, where Yu Xiaogang might help her complete the Ninth Trial.
• Students at Shrek Academy criticized Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang, mocking his low Soul Power and his pursuit of Teacher Su.
• Liu Erlong overheard the students and angrily went looking for Yu Xiaogang.
• Liu Erlong found Yu Xiaogang giving his theory notes to a young female teacher and accused him of lying about letting no other woman read them.

Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang over his relationship with Teacher Su, but he dismissed her and rejected criticism of his theories. After he left, Liu Erlong revealed to Teacher Su that she had been Yu Xiaogang’s wife and had lost their child, leaving Teacher Su shocked and angry.

• Liu Erlong accused Yu Xiaogang of betraying their bond, but he silenced her with his Soul Grandmaster aura and claimed she was merely his clingy cousin.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted to Teacher Su that Liu Erlong’s affection was familial, while Teacher Su pointed out that Liu Erlong’s feelings seemed deeper.
• Teacher Su returned Yu Xiaogang’s manuscripts and told him that his theories contained mistakes, including his claim about how martial souls were inherited.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Teacher Su of looking down on him, insisted his theories were correct, and left angrily with his manuscripts.
• Liu Erlong stayed behind and told Teacher Su that she had been Yu Xiaogang’s wife, that they had lost a child, and that Yu Xiaogang had concealed their past.
• Teacher Su said Yu Xiaogang had told her he had never been in a relationship and offered Liu Erlong sympathy.

Liu Erlong confronted Teacher Su with the truth about Yu Xiaogang, then decided to make him pay for betraying her. She lured him into a private wedding ceremony and poisoned their shared wine, revealing her revenge as he drank.

• Liu Erlong told Teacher Su that Yu Xiaogang had used Bibi Dong and herself, and that he had pursued Liu Erlong to spite his family.
• Liu Erlong rejected Teacher Su’s advice to move on and resolved to make Yu Xiaogang suffer, though she chose not to involve Flender.
• Liu Erlong dressed in her old wedding gown and brought out Yu Xiaogang’s formalwear, persuading him to hold another wedding ceremony with her.
• During the ceremony, Liu Erlong drank from their shared cup first, then Yu Xiaogang drank the rest when he saw she had taken a sip.
• Liu Erlong laughed and revealed that the wine was poisoned.

Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang died together after she poisoned them, and Bibi Dong revealed that she had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for another woman. Bibi Dong left to continue the Rakshasa Ninth Trial, while Flender discovered the bodies and was left alone at Shrek Academy.

• Liu Erlong revealed that she had poisoned Yu Xiaogang through her lips and recalled how she had repeatedly chosen to live for him, only for him to blame her for the clan’s destruction.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that Liu Erlong was responsible for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s destruction, and Bibi Dong appeared and told him the clan had been destroyed by her own hand.
• Bibi Dong said she had destroyed the clan to vent her anger over its treatment of another woman, then killed Yu Xiaogang with a Death Spider Empress venomous spike.
• Liu Erlong died from the poison, and Bibi Dong left Shrek Academy to continue the Rakshasa Ninth Trial.
• Flender found Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang’s bodies and realized he was the last member of the Golden Iron Triangle, with his former students gone or dead.

After leaving Slaughter City, Tang San found Douluo Continent transformed under the Great Zhao Holy Emperor and investigated the unfamiliar regime. When Xiao Chenyu confronted him, Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and Xiao Chenyu recognized him as the supposedly dead Tang San.

• Tang San reached Titled Douluo after cultivating in Slaughter City and emerged to find a changed world ruled by the Great Zhao Holy Emperor.
• In Fasinuo Province, Tang San read an imperial education decree signed by Governor Xiao Chenyu and wondered how his former Notting Academy acquaintance had risen so high.
• Tang San asked around about the Great Zhao Holy Emperor, Chu Zhao, and the many identities associated with Heaven Dou Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• As Tang San left the province, Xiao Chenyu and a group of people surrounded him after he was reported for repeatedly gathering information.
• Xiao Chenyu demanded that the masked stranger reveal himself, then attacked when Tang San refused.
• Tang San evaded Xiao Chenyu with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and countered with the Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Xiao Chenyu to recognize him as Tang San, whom he believed dead.

Tang San confronted Xiao Chenyu, who recognized his Clear Sky Hammer and sent a warning before Tang San captured him. As Tang San prepared to kill Xiao Chenyu, he learned that Xiao Chenyu served a powerful ruler called Her Majesty.

• Tang San questioned Xiao Chenyu about how he knew Tang San was dead, but Xiao Chenyu denied recognizing him and challenged his identity.
• Tang San attacked Xiao Chenyu, who barely blocked his blow, recognized him as a Titled Douluo, and launched three Blood-Red Signal Flares.
• Soul Masters came to the scene, and Tang San attacked them, intending to kill them all and keep Xiao Chenyu alive for questioning.
• Xiao Chenyu ordered his subordinates to scatter and carry the news to Her Majesty; they attacked Tang San and fled while Xiao Chenyu held him back.
• Tang San captured Xiao Chenyu and questioned him about Her Majesty, then prepared to kill him when Xiao Chenyu said he was willing to die for her.

Wang Sheng rescued Xiao Chenyu from Tang San, but the two were overwhelmed until Chu Zhao arrived and healed them. Chu Zhao exposed Tang San as the God King Tang from another world, who demanded to know who killed Xiao Wu; Chu Zhao said he had killed her himself.

• Wang Sheng threw a grenade to distract Tang San and rescued Xiao Chenyu, but Tang San stopped them as they tried to escape.
• Xiao Chenyu and Wang Sheng attacked Tang San together and repeatedly rose after he injured them, while Tang San realized he could not waste time fighting them.
• Chu Zhao's Death God Scythe trapped Tang San, and she arrived to heal Xiao Chenyu and Wang Sheng.
• Tang San revealed himself as the God King Tang, and Chu Zhao inferred that he came from another world.
• God King Tang asked who killed Xiao Wu, and Chu Zhao told him that he had killed her himself.

Chu Zhao captured God King Tang after revealing that he had killed Xiao Wu during the Sea God Nine Trials, and Tang blamed Poseidon for the trial. In captivity, Tang learned that Tang San had suspected the Asura God and Sea God of influencing him, then pleaded with Chu Zhao to release him so he could avenge Xiao Wu.

• Chu Zhao told God King Tang that he had personally killed Xiao Wu to complete the Sea God Nine Trials Second Trial, and Tang blamed Poseidon for making him do it.
• Consumed by grief and a desire for revenge, God King Tang attacked Chu Zhao, but she paralyzed him with Heavenly Lightning Punishment and knocked him unconscious with a sleeping drug.
• God King Tang woke in a cage that blocked his Soul Power and asked Chu Zhao why she had imprisoned him.
• Chu Zhao explained her grudge against Tang San and Tang Hao, and told Tang that Tang San had suspected the Asura God or Sea God of controlling him through divine trials.
• God King Tang believed the gods had influenced Tang San and vowed to kill them both, then asked Chu Zhao to release him so he could avenge Xiao Wu.

Chu Zhao persuaded God King Tang to cooperate with her, while the Sea God and Asura God learned that Tang San had been captured again. The Sea God watched helplessly as Chu Zhao tormented Tang San and dismissed his threats in the Sea God's name.

• Chu Zhao told God King Tang she wanted him to cooperate and use his importance to the Sea God, and he agreed in exchange for a chance to avenge Xiao Wu.
• The Sea God blamed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Evil Orca King clans for betraying him during Sea God Island's capture.
• After learning that Tang San had survived and his cultivation was advancing, the Sea God discovered that Chu Zhao had captured him again.
• Chu Zhao forced medicine into Tang San and threatened Bo Saixi and the others to make him endure a painful healing treatment.
• Tang San threatened Chu Zhao with the Sea God's vengeance, but she scorned the Sea God and said they had defeated him before.

Chu Zhao used Tang San as bait to lure Sea God Poseidon into the Underground Prison, where she defeated his divine thought. Poseidon then sent down his true body, and Chu Zhao calmly faced him as Tang San watched anxiously.

• Chu Zhao taunted Sea God Poseidon while torturing Tang San, provoking Poseidon to send down a divine thought.
• Chu Zhao and Tang San realized Poseidon had arrived, and Tang San pretended to beg him for rescue to distract him.
• Poseidon attacked Chu Zhao, but she defeated his divine thought without using her full strength.
• Poseidon reacted to Chu Zhao's mockery by summoning the Sea God Trident and sending down his true body.
• Chu Zhao calmly acknowledged Poseidon's arrival while Tang San rose anxiously in the cage.