Chapter Summaries

Yuan Yu confronted Qian Renxue about her role in poisoning Xue Ye and the deaths of the Second and Third Princes, then secured her records and antidote prescription. As Tang San and Dugu Bo sought a way to save Xue Ye, Xue Xing uncovered more evidence in the Eastern Palace and moved against Qian Renxue.

• Yuan Yu entered the surrounded Eastern Palace and learned that Qian Renxue had been wounded while trying to stop the latest dose of poison.
• Qian Renxue admitted that she had arranged the poisoning of Xue Ye and caused the deaths of the Second and Third Princes, and Yuan Yu treated her wound while refusing to shield her from accountability.
• Qian Renxue gave Yuan Yu a booklet naming her agents and a prescription for countering the poison, and he delivered the prescription to Tang San.
• Tang San and Dugu Bo tested Coldheart Grass extracts but could not determine the safe proportions, so Ning Fengzhi suggested they seek Yang Wudi's help in Heaven Dou City.
• Xue Xing found unused calming medicine in the underground storeroom, and its guard declared that the Young Master would give Heaven Dou a new emperor before dying from poison.

Tang San discovered that Emperor Xue Ye had been poisoned by two medicines and temporarily drew the toxins from his body, giving him seven days to live. The poison trail implicated Xue Qinghe’s residence, and Xue Xing ordered the Eastern Palace sealed while Yuan Yu noticed Xue Qinghe’s concealed tension.

• Xue Qinghe led Yuan Yu, Tang San, and Ning Rongrong to Emperor Xue Ye’s chambers, where Xue Xing initially barred them from entering.
• Yuan Yu used his Soul Power to prevent the guards from humiliating Tang San during a search, and Tang San entered with only his medicine pouch.
• Tang San identified two poisons hidden in Xue Ye’s tonic and calming soup, then worked with Dugu Bo to draw one toxin into the emperor’s right arm.
• Tang San estimated that Xue Ye had seven days to live without a complete antidote and found additional ingredients that produced the poison when combined.
• Xue Xing discovered that the calming soup had been sent from Xue Qinghe’s residence and ordered the Eastern Palace, Imperial Hospital, and imperial kitchens sealed.
• Xue Qinghe calmly offered the staff and storeroom keys, while Yuan Yu noticed her concealed hand clenching into a fist.

Tang San recruited the Strength Clan as the Tang Sect’s Strength Hall by demonstrating the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and securing their livelihood. He then won Niu Gao’s respect in a test of strength, but Yang Wudi returned and attacked Yuan Yu with his spear.

• Tang San showed Tai Tan the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and explained that the Tang Sect would pay the Strength Clan for forging its Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San forged the crossbow’s intricate gears, proving their quality, and Tai Tan declared that the Strength Clan would become the Tang Sect’s Strength Hall.
• Niu Gao and Bai He arrived, and Tang San presented the Tang Sect’s first-year orders, supplies, and budget to the Four Clans.
• Niu Gao challenged Tang San, who made him retreat with a sequence of hammer blows and earned his respect.
• Yang Wudi returned and thrust his Black Spear at Yuan Yu, challenging the Worship Hall’s presence at the gathering.

Yuan Yu faced Yang Wudi’s anger with three strikes, then presented records of the Breaking Clan’s dead and promised a full investigation. Tang San sought the Four Clans’ cooperation and help treating Xue Ye, but a messenger revealed the poison had worsened with only two hours left.

• Yang Wudi attacked Yuan Yu three times, and Yuan Yu stopped his final thrust without using his Eighth Soul Skill.
• Yuan Yu showed Yang Wudi records of the Breaking Clan’s 317 dead and let him request to question those implicated in his brother’s death.
• The Four Clans reviewed the investigation plan, and Bai He’s old ledger helped identify three missing Deacons.
• Yang Wudi revised the poison formula for Xue Ye and agreed to examine him, while Tang San narrowly passed Bai He’s speed test and offered the Speed Clan terms for joining the Tang Sect.
• A Messenger Eagle brought word that a third poison had appeared in Xue Ye’s body, two Poison-Sealing Silver Needles had broken, and only two hours remained.

Tang San, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo treated Xue Ye while Xue Xing exposed Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue and moved to arrest her. Qian Renxue revealed herself and refused Tang San’s offer of peace, leaving the palace factions fighting.

• Yang Wudi, Tang San, and Dugu Bo combined medicine, Soul Power, and poison control to stabilize Xue Ye and drive the curtain incense from his lungs.
• Xue Xing found the remains of the real Xue Qinghe, a Spirit Hall token, and evidence identifying Qian Renxue, then ordered the Crown Prince arrested.
• Qian Renxue’s Spirit Hall forces seized palace passages, but she ordered unarmed staff and lower-ranked Soul Masters released before confronting Xue Xing’s knights.
• Qian Renxue revealed her identity and admitted that the real Xue Qinghe had died in the Substitution Plan and that she had poisoned the other two princes.
• Qian Renxue offered Tang San support and information in exchange for his alliance, but Tang San refused and said she must answer for her actions.
• Qian Renxue and Tang San began fighting as Yang Wudi engaged Snake Lance Douluo and Dugu Bo faced Porcupinefish Douluo.

Yuan Yu held back the forces outside the Eastern Palace while Tang San and the others fought Qian Renxue’s forces, then intervened to save Tang San from the Angel Sacred Sword. His Soul Power reached Level 90, and the Space Pattern on his Myriad Phenomena Wheel cracked open as Qian Renxue ordered him to move.

• Tang San used his domains, Blue Silver Emperor vines, and Clear Sky Hammer to attack Qian Renxue, while Yang Wudi fought Snake Lance Douluo and Dugu Bo fought Porcupinefish Douluo.
• Yuan Yu used the Thunder-Aspect Sky Drum to disarm and pin down the Spirit Hall Soul Masters and Royal Knights before they could clash.
• Qian Renxue’s covert unit activated the Palace-Sealing Soul Guidance Array, trapping everyone inside the Eastern Palace as its barrier began forcing the two armies together.
• Yuan Yu deployed the Rosy Cloud-Aspect Cloud Garment to shield the wounded and sever Qian Renxue’s mental lock on Tang San, allowing Tang San to strike her Angel Domain and knock her Angel Sacred Sword off course.
• Qian Renxue attacked Tang San, but Yuan Yu intercepted the Angel Sacred Sword with the Sun Wheel Blade and pushed Tang San out of its path as his Soul Power reached Level 90.
• Yuan Yu’s Space Pattern cracked open as Qian Renxue demanded that he move.

Yuan Yu stopped Qian Renxue’s palace coup, helped Tang San break the palace barrier, and persuaded Xue Ye to let Qian Renxue leave under a ceasefire agreement. Qian Renxue departed for Spirit City after asking Yuan Yu to return within seven days.

• Yuan Yu separated Qian Renxue from Tang San and urged her to stop fighting so the palace residents would not be dragged into further bloodshed.
• Yuan Yu used the Sun Wheel Blade to expose the Palace-Sealing Soul Guidance Array’s core, and Tang San destroyed it with hidden weapons, allowing the palace gates to reopen.
• Qian Renxue ordered Spirit Hall members to halt, surrendered the military tally and agent roster, and admitted her role in Xue Ye’s poisoning and the princes’ deaths.
• Tang San verified the antidote, while Qian Renxue disclosed the truth about Xue Qinghe’s death and accepted responsibility for using his identity.
• Xue Ye ordered Qian Renxue to leave Heaven Dou with Snake Lance and Pufferfish, handing over personnel and records under a ceasefire agreement.
• Qian Renxue left for Spirit City after telling Yuan Yu to settle Tang Sect’s affairs and return within seven days.

Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall reached an agreement over the palace coup as Tang San organized the Tang Sect and established its four halls. After unveiling the sect’s signboard, Yuan Yu left Heaven Dou City with Qian Renxue for Spirit City.

• Xue Ye named Xue Beng the new crown prince and negotiated with Tang San and Yuan Yu over the Spirit Hall personnel involved in the coup.
• Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall agreed to investigate the core suspects jointly, hold the guilty accountable, and refrain from interfering with each other under specified terms.
• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi established Strength Hall, Defense Hall, Agility Hall, and Medicine Hall within the Tang Sect.
• Tang San set the sect rules and assigned each hall its work, resources, and responsibilities, while Ma Hongjun tried unsuccessfully to impress Bai Chenxiang.
• Tang San unveiled the Tang Sect signboard as Strength Hall began making Godly Zhuge Crossbows, and he and Yuan Yu agreed to monitor their respective sides.
• Yuan Yu left Heaven Dou City and joined Qian Renxue on the road to Spirit City.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City after abandoning her Heaven Dou identity, then confronted Bibi Dong about Qian Xunji’s death and the years of deception between them. She remained angry but found comfort with Yuan Yu, as the last Space Pattern lit up and a Silver Doorframe appeared above the Worship Hall.

• During the journey, Yuan Yu encouraged Qian Renxue to pursue power through the Worship Hall rather than the Heaven Dou throne, and she asked him to keep calling her Xiao Xue.
• The convoy reached Spirit City, where Ling Yuan, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Azure Luan greeted them and learned Yuan Yu had reached the threshold of Level 90.
• Qian Renxue met Bibi Dong in the Papal Hall and asked about Qian Xunji’s death; Bibi Dong explained that he had imprisoned and abused her before she killed him.
• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that understanding her hatred did not excuse how she had treated her, and demanded that she never lie again.
• After leaving the Secret Chamber, Qian Renxue embraced Yuan Yu and admitted she was still angry, while he comforted her without urging her to forgive Bibi Dong.
• A boom sounded from the Worship Hall, the Nine-Pattern Stone Platform vanished, and a Silver Doorframe appeared as Yuan Yu’s last Space Pattern lit up.

Yuan Yu completed the Space God's Ninth Trial, stabilized the Myriad Phenomena Wheel without relying on his weapon, and became a Level 93 Titled Douluo called Myriad Phenomena. The chapter ended with two reports that a Spirit-Hunting Squad was heading toward Xiao Wu in the Star Dou Great Forest's core region.

• Yuan Yu entered the Silver Doorframe and recovered the first eight displaced nodes by overcoming the fragmented world's hazards and locating the Angel Holy Seal and Papal Token Seal.
• Yuan Yu let the Sun Wheel Blade leave the Wheel's center, controlled the unstable Wheel with his own Soul Power, and found the final space node that formed the Void-Aspect Boundary Gate.
• Yuan Yu completed the trial, received the God of Space's Ninth God-given Spirit Ring and two Soul Skills, and advanced to Level 93.
• Yuan Yu demonstrated the Boundary Gate's limited range to Yue Guan, while Qian Daoliu gave him the title Myriad Phenomena.
• Two Messenger Eagles delivered reports that a Spirit-Hunting Squad carrying an invalidated old Pope's Token was heading toward Xiao Wu's location in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang San and the others exposed Salas's forged order and evidence of his role in the illegal hunt, and Bibi Dong sentenced him to life imprisonment. Yuan Yu accepted a seat in the Worship Hall before the group found a ship's deed that could help them reach Sea God Island.

• Yue Guan, Ning Fengzhi, Tang San, and Qian Renxue proved Salas had forged the reinstatement order and used hidden equipment and funds to support the hunt.
• Bibi Dong stripped Salas of his rank and privileges, ordered compensation for the victims, and sentenced him to life imprisonment while assigning separate penalties to the other participants.
• Tang San and Ning Fengzhi sealed the verification document, canceling and archiving the old Soul Hunting order.
• Qian Daoliu named Yuan Yu the Worship Hall's Eighth Seat, Myriad Phenomena, and Yuan Yu accepted the position with limits on his duties.
• Yue Guan found a ship's deed in Gu Changye's records showing that Haider and the Sea Demon had searched for a route around Sea God Island.

Xiao Wu condensed her sixth spirit ring at Star Dou Core Lake, gained the Void skill, and left the forest with Tang San. The Shrek team reunited outside the forest and prepared to sail toward Sea God Island, where the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud reacted to Yuan Yu’s divine seal.

• Xiao Wu kept the Spirit City verification results sentencing Salas to life imprisonment and prepared to condense her sixth spirit ring.
• Xiao Wu formed a black sixth spirit ring, reached level sixty-three, and gained Void, which let her phase through physical attacks for three breaths.
• Xiao Wu tested Void with Tang San and learned its limits, then left letters for Da Ming, Er Ming, and the Soft Bone Rabbit clan before departing the forest.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San reunited with the Shrek members, and Tang San assigned everyone roles for their sea voyage.
• Tang San activated the sea chart with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Yuan Yu’s Water Element Divine Seal repelled the shroud’s attempt to push him away.

Qian Renxue completed the first Angel divine trial despite her shoulder injury, while Bibi Dong gave Yuan Yu records about Sea God Island. The next morning, Yuan Yu and the Shrek group left Spirit City for Vast Sea City after Qian Renxue kissed him goodbye.

• Qian Renxue climbed all 108 steps of the Pure Light Stairway, revealed her true name, and raised her soul power from Level 78 to Level 79.
• Yuan Yu brought Qian Renxue water after she finished the trial, then tended to her reopened shoulder wound.
• Bibi Dong gave Yuan Yu records about the Spirit Hall’s past landing on Sea God Island and left medicine for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue prepared medicine and spare clothes for Yuan Yu, straightened his collar, and kissed the corner of his lips before he departed.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan gave Yuan Yu and the Shrek group supplies and documents as they left Spirit City for Vast Sea City.

Tang San brought the group to Vast Sea City, where they prepared for the sea by training in water and entering a battle against the Sea Soul Team. The chapter ended as the opposing team trapped Shrek inside a rising dome of water.

• Tang San bought a Dragon Abyss Boat and supplies, while an old captain agreed to take the group only as far as a supply island near Sea God Island and warned them about its dangers.
• Tang San trained the group in a pool, where Yuan Yu manipulated the currents and everyone struggled to use their abilities underwater.
• Tang San registered Shrek for a pool battle against the undefeated Sea Soul Team, while Yuan Yu watched from the stands.
• Shen Lan and the Sea Soul Team flooded the arena, severed Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor vines, and sank all seven platforms.
• The Sea Soul Team formed an underwater ring and raised a dome-shaped water prison around the seven Shrek members.

Shrek defeated the Sea Soul Team in its own water arena, then arranged passage toward Sea God Island with Haider. As the Sea Demon prepared to sail, Haider secretly marked Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Yuan Yu as targets for their valuable Soul Tools.

• Tang San and Shrek’s teammates dismantled the Sea Soul Team’s water-prison formation, and the Referee ended the match in Shrek’s favor.
• Shen Lan warned Tang San that the open sea would offer no floating platforms, and Tang San said that was why they had come.
• Haider, captain of the Sea Demon, offered to take Shrek to the outer waters near Sea God Island for two thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Tang San confirmed Haider’s contract matched Gu Changye’s record.
• Three days later, Haider circled Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Yuan Yu in the Spirit Arena portraits and told his First Mate they likely carried the most valuable Soul Tools.

The Shrek group fought off a shoal of Silver-Ridged Swordfish and their Swordfish King, while Yuan Yu sealed breaches in the Sea Demon. Haider grew wary of Yuan Yu’s abilities and moved his planned attack forward, poisoning the group’s fish soup as dinner began.

• Ma Hongjun suffered seasickness as the Sea Demon sailed toward Sea God Island, while Tang San noticed Haider avoided pointing directly at the Demonic Whale Sea on the chart.
• During an abandon-ship drill, Bai Chenxiang found damaged lifeboats, and Tang San suspected Haider had left them faulty on purpose and arranged watches.
• Hundreds of Silver-Ridged Swordfish attacked the ship, and Yuan Yu used the Profound Origin Azure Sea Bottle and Four-Sided Rock Aspect to keep water from flooding the hull.
• The Shrek group drove off the Swordfish King and its shoal, rescuing sailors and protecting the Sea Demon from further damage.
• Haider moved his planned attack from the seventh day to the fourth, secretly poured Sea Snake Poison into the fish soup, and served dinner to the group.
• Tang San smelled the soup and set down his chopsticks.

Tang San and the others uncovered Haider’s attempt to poison and capture them, then forced him to reveal his ties to Gu Changye and the Purple Pearl Pirate Group. With the Sea Demon’s rudder broken, Yuan Yu kept it working long enough for the group to sail toward Purple Pearl Island, while Haider realized too late that he should have avoided Yuan Yu.

• Tang San signaled the group not to move, and the Shrek companions pretended to succumb to Haider’s poisoned fish soup while Yuan Yu stayed untouched.
• Haider ordered his sailors to attack, but Tang San revealed he had detected and resisted the Black-Tailed Sea Serpent venom as the group defeated the ambushers.
• The sailors tried to escape by boat and set the deck on fire, but the group stopped them, extinguished the flames, and prevented the old helmsman from further damaging the ship.
• Tang San found portraits of the group marked with prices, and Yuan Yu matched the black snake emblem on them to Gu Changye’s badge.
• Haider admitted he had delivered captives for the Snake Fang Merchant Guild and said the Purple Pearl Pirate Group held a sea chart to the waters around Sea God Island.
• Yuan Yu used Void-Aspect Boundary Gates to make the broken rudder work, and the Sea Demon sailed toward Purple Pearl Island as a storm gathered.

Tang San's group reached Purple Pearl Island and won Zi Zhenzhu's three contests to secure a ship, a chart, and a navigator for their voyage to Sea God Island. As they prepared to leave, Zi Zhenzhu warned them to avoid the Demon Whale Forbidden Zone.

• A De confronted Haider and tried to take him, but Tang San insisted he remain for questioning in the trafficking case.
• Zi Zhenzhu offered the group a ship, chart, and navigator if they met three conditions, and Bai Chenxiang won the race to East Cliff.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu retrieved the iron anchor from Black Reef Bay while driving off the Tiger-Head Crabs.
• Tang San defeated Zi Zhenzhu in their fight, and Yuan Yu silenced A De's doubts by splitting a reef to open a channel.
• Zi Zhenzhu arranged a fast boat and navigator for the group, struck Haider for his crimes, and warned them to avoid the Demon Whale Forbidden Zone.

Yuan Yu and Tang San led their companions through a desperate escape from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Yuan Yu broke through to rank ninety-five as his Wind-Aspect artifact transformed. They reached Sea God Island, where Sea Horse Douluo allowed Tang San to enter but barred Yuan Yu.

• Yuan Yu and Tang San used their abilities to misdirect the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and raced toward the shallow sea trench with their companions on a makeshift floating platform.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's attack damaged Yuan Yu's artifacts, and the pressure forced his soul power to break through to rank ninety-five, transforming the Wheel Wind Banner into the Myriad Phenomena Wind-Calming Banner.
• Yuan Yu opened a boundary gate so the group could escape the Demon Whale's pillar of light, and Tang San concealed them with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud near the trench.
• After the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King gave up its search, Old Luo guided the group toward Sea God Island, and they reached its shore half a day later.
• Sea Horse Douluo examined Tang San and Yuan Yu, granted Tang San permission to enter Sea God Island, and told Yuan Yu he could not enter.

Tang San, Yuan Yu, and the Shrek group were caught in the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's territory, where the beast wrecked their ship and attacked them. As it charged a beam at Tang San's Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, Tang San and Yuan Yu prepared to face it together.

• Old Luo warned that the Zi Zhenzhu was nearing the Demonic Whale Sea, and Tang San ordered the ship east after the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King detected them.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King raised a whirlpool and towering waves, forcing Yuan Yu and the others to abandon the Zi Zhenzhu for the Dragon Abyss Boat.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King recognized the Sea God's aura in Tang San and the divine patterns on Yuan Yu, then attacked the concealed boat with a ring of waves.
• Old Luo directed them toward a shallow trench, and Yuan Yu used the Wind Banner of the Wheel and Void-Aspect Boundary Gate to move the boat east.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Yuan Yu braced against a giant wave, but it shattered the rock wall and wrecked the Dragon Abyss Boat; Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chenxiang, and Ma Hongjun rescued the others.
• As the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King aimed a blue-violet beam at Tang San, Yuan Yu told Tang San to take the group east, but Tang San refused and noticed an old wound in the whale king's eye.