Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• In Shrek City, two people argue over whether Tang San could have invented the Tang Sect’s secret techniques as a child. Lin Yang says they were not created by Tang San.
• Xiao Xiao, an admirer of Tang San, challenges Lin Yang to provide evidence. He claims he can prove his point—but his words trigger a continent-wide supernatural event.
• Auspicious signs gather into a vast “Sky Screen,” visible to every living being on the Douluo Continent. It announces a quiz: participants will be selected at random, must answer questions, and will face death for attacking others or deliberately refusing to answer.
• Lin Yang learns that he has been appointed the question setter and must create every question. He sets one about Tang San’s true origins.
• The Sky Screen presents four possible answers, including that Tang San was a transmigrated soul. Participants have ten minutes to choose, and Xiao Xiao wonders whether the event is connected to Lin Yang.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Yang is a transmigrant who has lived in this world for only a week. Though initially speaking confidently about Tang San, he is shocked when the Sky Screen appears and grants him the role of question setter, along with powerful prospective rewards.
• Xiao Xiao respects Tang San and is angered by Lin Yang’s claim. Her earlier rescue of him—after he lost to a hundred-year Wind Baboon—explains their recent acquaintance and makes her question whether he could truly have caused the phenomenon.
• Their exchange shifts from an argument about history to a shared mystery: Lin Yang insists he lacks the power to create the Sky Screen, while Xiao Xiao remains unconvinced that the timing is mere coincidence.

Significant themes

• Legend versus truth: Tang San’s revered reputation clashes with questions about the real source of his techniques and origins.
• Knowledge and authority: Lin Yang’s outsider knowledge may expose truths that local history obscures.
• Fate and spectacle: A casual claim triggers an event affecting the entire continent, suggesting forces far beyond Lin Yang’s control.
• Power through trials: The quiz promises major rewards but imposes lethal rules, turning curiosity into a high-stakes test.

Key plot points and events

• Seven-colored pillars of light appear across Shrek City and elsewhere, selecting people to answer questions on the Sky Screen. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong are chosen just after their fight; the light heals their injuries and carries them away.
• Tang Ya is also selected. Bei Bei tries to hold on to her, but cannot stop the light from taking her. Tang Ya welcomes the opportunity, believing rewards from the Sky Screen could help her revive the Tang Sect and avenge her parents.
• The selection reaches the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and a silver dragon are taken. The dragon’s overwhelming presence forces the forest’s inhabitants to their knees. Di Tian recognizes her as his long-awaited “Master,” who has awakened.
• Other powerful figures are selected, including the Ice Empress, leaders of the Holy Spirit Cult, members of the Sun Moon Empire and Body Sect, and a Deep Sea Demon Whale. The whale accepts its summons while vowing to avenge its husband by killing the Sea God.
• Lin Yang is prompted to set special rules for a respondent and names Tang San.
• In the Divine Realm, Tang San and Xiao Wu lose contact with the Douluo Continent. Tang San cannot reach Da Ming and Er Ming, even with Asura divine power. Before he can reassure Xiao Wu, he is suddenly transported away.
• Xiao Xiao asks Lin Yang what the Sky Screen is. Lin Yang says he does not know what it is, but suspects it may be beneficial; he does not mention that he is now the one setting its questions.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ya shows renewed hope and determination, treating her selection as a chance to restore the Tang Sect and avenge her family. Bei Bei is protective and alarmed, but powerless to keep her with him.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong are taken despite their recent conflict, and the light removes the physical effects of their fight.
• Di Tian is overcome with relief and reverence at the silver dragon’s return. The dragon, however, resists being carried away and appears proud and unwilling to be restrained.
• Tang San becomes deeply concerned when he discovers the Divine Realm has lost its connection to the Douluo Continent, especially because their daughter remains there. Xiao Wu shares his alarm.
• Xiao Xiao’s suspicion of Lin Yang fades after witnessing the Sky Screen’s power, though she still seeks his explanation. Lin Yang stays outwardly casual while concealing his role as question setter.

Significant themes

• Powerlessness before an overwhelming force: Even formidable figures, including Bei Bei, Di Tian’s Master, and Tang San, cannot resist or control the Sky Screen’s influence.
• Hope and vengeance: Tang Ya sees the selection as a route to restoring her sect and avenging her parents; the Deep Sea Demon Whale is likewise driven by revenge.
• Disrupted order and separation: The Sky Screen’s sudden arrival breaks the connection between the Divine Realm and the mortal world, separating loved ones and raising uncertainty about what comes next.

Tang Ya reunited with Huo Yuhao and invited Wang Dong to join the Tang Sect before the Demon Empress and Silver Dragon King arrived in the Sky Screen Space. The quiz officially began as the powerful newcomers left the gathered beings tense and silent.

• Tang Ya found Huo Yuhao and rejoiced that two Tang Sect members had been selected.
• Tang Ya invited Wang Dong to join the Tang Sect, and Wang Dong accepted, though Tang Ya said she would consider it.
• Tang San recognized the Demon Empress and feared she might seek revenge for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King he had killed.
• The Silver Dragon King arrived, transformed into human form, and stunned everyone with her presence and strength.
• The Demon Empress also assumed human form, and the gathered beings felt the oppressive tension ease only when the Sky Screen announced that the quiz had begun.

Summary

A mysterious sky screen gives everyone in a special space ten minutes to answer a question about Tang San’s past, while people across the Douluo Continent can also see the question and watch the respondents. The screen supplies rainbow-colored answer sheets. Its organizer, Lin Yang, privately assigns Tang San a special mission: conceal his identity and avoid knowingly giving a wrong answer, or face erasure. Tang San is alarmed by the mission—and especially by the question’s scandalous suggestions about his parentage—but chooses to wait and observe before answering.
Tang Ya, current Tang Sect master, reacts furiously to the options, calling them slanderous and disrespectful to the sect’s founder. Huo Yuhao understands her concern: even if the truth is revealed, sensational rumors may spread more readily than accurate history. He, too, admires Tang San and resents the screen’s treatment of him.
Wang Dong becomes unexpectedly enraged, summons his Martial Soul, and tries to attack the sky screen. An enormous finger forces him back down, and the screen warns that a second attempt will result in erasure. Huo Yuhao catches Wang Dong and urges him to focus on answering. Wang Dong is puzzled by the intensity of his own reaction, feeling as if something within him will not tolerate criticism of Tang San.
As time runs short, Wang Dong confidently chooses option two. Huo Yuhao hesitates: that option seems plausible but conflicts with the familiar stories he has heard about Tang San’s childhood. Tang Ya urges him to follow Wang Dong’s choice.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San is cautious and wary of the screen, guarding both his identity and his reputation. He delays answering to assess the situation.
• Tang Ya displays fierce loyalty to Tang San and the Tang Sect’s history, reacting emotionally to the insinuations.
• Huo Yuhao acts as a mediator and practical voice: he supports Tang Ya’s concern, catches Wang Dong, and reminds him of the deadline.
• Wang Dong shows an unusually powerful, seemingly instinctive attachment to Tang San. His attempt to attack the screen reveals an emotional response he himself cannot explain.
• Lin Yang exercises control over the proceedings by setting Tang San’s secret mission.

Significant themes

The chapter explores the danger of rumor overpowering truth, the tension between public reputation and concealed identity, and authority enforced through fear. Wang Dong’s inexplicable loyalty also hints at deeper connections or influences surrounding Tang San.

Key plot points

• Tang Ya persuades Huo Yuhao to choose option two about Tang San’s origins, dismissing the other choices as implausible or insulting to the Tang Sect’s founder. Huo Yuhao remains privately drawn to option three but submits a two after Tang Ya invokes her authority as sect leader.
• Tang San secretly chooses option three, knowing the truth but unable to reveal himself or intervene when his daughter Wutong rushes toward the Sky Screen. He is relieved when she emerges unharmed.
• The Silver Dragon King also chooses two as the most reasonable answer. The Demon Empress chooses one out of hatred for Tang San, deliberately favoring revenge over logic.
• Once the deadline passes, everyone’s answers return to the Sky Screen, and observers across the continent wait for the result. Lin Yang tells Xiao Xiao that three is correct. At Shrek Academy, Bei Bei and Mu En likewise wait for the Sky Screen to reveal the answer.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ya is confident and protective toward Huo Yuhao, steering his decision and reassuring him with praise and affection. Her certainty reflects loyalty to the Tang Sect’s traditional account.
• Huo Yuhao is respectful of Tang Ya but shows independent curiosity, considering reincarnation as a possible explanation for Tang San’s knowledge of the secret arts.
• Tang San is furious at the options but constrained by his ordinary, powerless state and the Sky Screen’s restrictions. His concern for Wutong briefly outweighs his anger.
• The Demon Empress acts from personal grief and hatred rather than evidence, while the Silver Dragon King relies on plausibility.
• Xiao Xiao playfully scolds Lin Yang when he jokes; he then gives her his genuine answer. Bei Bei seeks Mu En’s judgment, but Mu En advises patience rather than claiming certainty.

Significant themes

• Legend versus truth: Tang Ya points out that traditions can change over generations, while Huo Yuhao suspects a more unusual truth.
• Knowledge and secrecy: Tang San knows the correct answer but cannot disclose it, leaving others to infer the truth from limited evidence.
• Reason versus emotion: Most characters choose what seems plausible, but the Demon Empress lets revenge dictate her answer.
• Uncertainty and authority: Tang Ya’s confidence persuades Huo Yuhao despite his doubts, while Mu En models restraint by waiting for evidence.

The Sky Screen revealed that Tang San had crossed over from another world and entered the body of an unborn child, shocking most of those waiting for the answer. Historians accepted the revelation as an explanation for his early mastery of hidden weapons, while someone celebrated having answered correctly.

• Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Ye Xishui, and the others eagerly awaited the Sky Screen's answer and rewards.
• The Sky Screen announced that the answer was three and revealed that Tang San had crossed over from another world into an unborn child's body.
• Tang Ya and many others doubted the revelation, while Wang Dong, Mu En, Bei Bei, and others trusted the historical records supporting it.
• Historians realized Tang San had learned to use hidden weapons in his previous life, and some rushed to spread the news.
• Someone jubilantly announced that they had answered correctly.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Ya is devastated when she learns that her chosen answer was wrong, and Huo Yuhao comforts her, insisting the loss does not matter as much as their bond.
• A boy with no soul power is revealed to have answered correctly by accident: he meant to write “two,” but added an extra stroke and wrote “three.”
• The Sky Screen distributes rewards to two correct respondents. A Seven-Colored Divine Light enters the boy.
• The boy discovers that he has gained soul power—and not just any amount, but innate full soul power, making him a Soul Master despite having failed to awaken soul power at age six.
• The others, including Tang Ya and Ye Xishui, verify the change for themselves. Huo Yuhao is left feeling bitter as he compares the boy’s instant gift with the years it took him to reach rank ten.

Character developments

• Huo Yuhao shows his deep affection and loyalty toward Tang Ya, comforting her and assuring her that the reward is unimportant. His sympathy later gives way to envy and discouragement over the boy’s extraordinary advantage.
• Tang Ya moves from anger and regret to renewed hope when Yuhao reassures her, then feels envy and sorrow at the boy’s reward. She becomes intensely curious and personally confirms his new power.
• The boy goes from an ordinary person whose dream of becoming a Soul Master had been abandoned to someone whose long-lost ambition has suddenly become possible.

Character interactions

• Tang Ya embraces and cries with Huo Yuhao, blaming herself for costing him a reward; he comforts her and places their relationship above any prize.
• Tang Ya questions the boy about his answer, then checks his body after he announces his transformation.
• The surrounding crowd—and people across the continent—react with disbelief and envy, while the boy’s family celebrates his unexpected chance.

Significant themes

• Luck and fairness: The boy succeeds through a writing accident, prompting resentment from those who answered deliberately.
• Dreams and second chances: A reward restores the boy’s childhood dream after he had accepted that it was impossible.
• Love and sacrifice: Yuhao values Tang Ya and his senior brother more than material rewards, while Tang Ya’s distress reflects how much she wants to help those she cares about.
• Unequal opportunity: The boy’s sudden innate full soul power sharply contrasts with Yuhao’s slow, hard-won progress, highlighting the arbitrary differences that shape people’s futures.

After Huo Yuhao received innate full soul power, the Sky Screen showed footage confirming Tang San’s origins and his connection to the Tang Sect. Tang San worried that it might reveal more of his past, while Meng Hongchen questioned why only one reward had been given despite two correct answers.

• Tang Ya encouraged Huo Yuhao after his reward, and ordinary people across the continent celebrated the possibility of gaining innate full soul power.
• Bei Bei accepted the Sky Screen after seeing its reward, while the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King regretted that the reward might not help him kill Sea God Tang San.
• The Sky Screen showed a fugitive using the Tang Sect’s Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus before jumping from a cliff.
• The footage revealed Tang Hao naming the baby Tang San after Spirit Hall attacked him, convincing Tang Ya and the continent that the Sky Screen’s answer was true.
• Tang San feared the Sky Screen would expose his previous life, and Meng Hongchen asked why only one reward had been given when two people answered correctly.

The Sky Screen revealed a special mission to identify Tang San, the Tang Sect’s founding ancestor, among the quiz participants, offering the first successful participant direct inheritance of two godhoods. Tang San remained hidden as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King vowed to kill him and the other participants considered pursuing the reward.

• Tang San realized the missing quiz reward belonged to him and decided to keep his identity secret.
• The Sky Screen announced a mission to find Tang San, with rules tying his rewards to the number of correct answers and allowing each participant only one guess.
• Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao worried that identifying Tang San would get him erased, and Tang Ya chose his safety over meeting him.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King transformed and threatened to kill Tang San, prompting Xiao Cai to restore her human form and warn her not to disrupt the others again.
• The Silver Dragon King recognized the value of the promised godhood, while many participants, including members of the Holy Spirit Cult, Body Sect, and Sun Moon Empire, became eager to find Tang San.

Plot points and events

• The Sky Screen offers Tang San’s divine position as a reward for correctly identifying him, turning the gathering into a hunt for his identity.
• Tang San realizes that nearly everyone around him—and people watching across the Douluo Continent—now has a motive to expose him. He hides his anxiety, knowing even a small slip could cost him his life and godhood.
• Wang Dong is the exception: she feels no desire for the divine position and is instinctively repelled by others’ eagerness to claim it, as though it belongs to her family.
• Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu discuss how the Holy Spirit Cult might secure the prize. Ye Xishui advises them to answer questions and gradually narrow down Tang San’s identity rather than risk giving the position to a rival within their own faction.
• Members of the Body Sect appear to be planning a similar strategy.
• Tang Ya proposes finding Tang San first and claiming his position for the Tang Sect. Huo Yuhao objects to openly betraying the sect’s founder, but suggests identifying him without admitting their Tang Sect affiliation. Tang San overhears and concludes that even his own descendants intend to take his position.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San shifts from cautious suspicion to fear and bitter disbelief as he sees allies, admirers, and descendants become potential threats.
• Wang Dong stands apart from the crowd, showing a strong but unexplained familial attachment to the divine position.
• Ye Xishui displays strategic, self-interested leadership, balancing the chance of gaining power against the risk of empowering a rival.
• Zhongli Wu initially focuses on winning the prize, then understands the danger of someone else in the cult claiming it.
• Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao reveal contrasting approaches: Tang Ya prioritizes keeping the divine position within the Tang Sect, while Huo Yuhao tries to preserve its reputation—but still supports identifying Tang San discreetly.

Significant themes

• Power over loyalty: The promise of godhood overrides admiration, factional ties, and even family or institutional loyalty.
• Betrayal and self-preservation: Nearly everyone treats Tang San as a prize to be claimed, forcing him to conceal his identity.
• Irony: Tang San’s own sect descendants rationalize taking his position as serving the Tang Sect, leaving him convinced that no one intends to protect him.

Key plot points and events

• Huo Yuhao suggests that the Tang Sect should prevent its founder’s divine position from falling into someone else’s hands. Tang Ya, the current sect leader, agrees—unaware that their conversation can be heard across the continent.
• Wang Dong angrily rebukes them for disrespecting Tang San and coveting his position. Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao admit they were wrong, and Wang Dong tells them not to speak so carelessly about their ancestor.
• Xiao Hongchen hears Wang Dong defending Tang San and suspects she may actually be Tang San in disguise, based on her resemblance to a portrait. His sister, Meng Hongchen, becomes visibly captivated by Wang Dong and insists Xiao Hongchen is mistaken.
• Their grandfather, Jing Hongchen, independently compares Wang Dong with a portrait and also sees a resemblance. Across the continent, powerful factions begin checking their own portraits and grow excited at the prospect of claiming the divine position.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s Da Ming and Er Ming know Wang Dong is not Tang San, but recognize their connection is significant. They try unsuccessfully to contact the Divine Realm and worry that Tang San may be trapped in the mysterious space.
• Xiao Cai’s voice begins speaking again, setting up the next development.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao show poor judgment by discussing the divine position openly, but both acknowledge their mistake when confronted by Wang Dong.
• Wang Dong acts protectively toward Tang San, defending his honor and authority. Her reaction also draws attention to her suspicious resemblance to him.
• Meng Hongchen develops an apparent crush on Wang Dong, fixating on her despite her brother’s suspicions.
• Xiao Hongchen and Jing Hongchen treat Wang Dong’s resemblance as a possible clue, while Da Ming and Er Ming understand the truth but are powerless to reach the Divine Realm.
• Bei Bei is mortified by Tang Ya’s remarks because his ancestor Mu En is present; Mu En also feels embarrassed on his behalf.

Significant themes

• Reverence and loyalty: Wang Dong’s rebuke emphasizes respect for Tang San and the Tang Sect’s founder.
• Misunderstanding and mistaken identity: Wang Dong’s resemblance to Tang San fuels speculation across the continent.
• Ambition and power: Powerful factions see the possible divine position as an opportunity to pursue.
• Powerlessness and uncertainty: Even divine beings cannot contact the Divine Realm or determine what is happening inside the Sky Screen space.

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen announces that twenty new participants will soon be selected for a second round. Across the continent, people eager for a divine position celebrate the chance to enter.
• Many now suspect Wang Dong is Tang San, and those with portraits of Tang San believe they could identify her if selected. Existing participants, by contrast, worry that newcomers will make the special mission reward harder to obtain.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, the great soul beasts—including Di Tian—hope desperately to be chosen. Godhood may be their only escape from the limits and deadly tribulations facing powerful soul beasts.
• Bi Ji tells Di Tian she cares more about staying by his side than becoming a god, though she would support his dream. Her words briefly calm him.
• Jing Hongchen fears that the spreading belief about Wang Dong will cost his grandson Xiao Hongchen his chance at a divine position. He blames Xiao’s hesitation and Meng Hongchen’s feelings for weakening their opportunity.
• The Sky Screen distributes the first-question reward to Lin Yang. The seven-colored light secretly raises his soul power by ten levels to level 21, upgrades both his soul rings to 100,000 years, and greatly increases his physical strength.
• When Xiao Xiao asks about the rewards, Lin Yang reflexively denies receiving anything, then covers his mistake by claiming he was distracted.

Character developments and interactions

• Di Tian reveals how intensely he wants godhood, seeing it as his sole path forward. Bi Ji expresses deep devotion, prioritizing their bond while supporting his ambition.
• Jing Hongchen grows increasingly frustrated and anxious over Xiao Hongchen’s reluctance to act before others identify Wang Dong.
• Lin Yang gains a dramatic hidden power boost but chooses to conceal it. Xiao Xiao teases him about his poor talent and warns she cannot always protect him; Lin Yang promises to protect her next time.

Significant themes

• The desperate pursuit of godhood: Humans and soul beasts alike compete for a divine position, but soul beasts face especially severe barriers.
• Hope and scarcity: The possibility of godhood fuels intense anticipation, while additional participants make rewards more competitive.
• Trust and loyalty: Bi Ji’s devotion contrasts with the ambition and strategic pressure surrounding the other characters.
• Secrecy and changing power: Lin Yang’s sudden strength is invisible to others, setting up a gap between his apparent weakness and true abilities.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• As the selection countdown ends, the Sky Screen randomly sends seven-colored light across the Douluo Continent to choose twenty new participants.
• Wu Yun, a Holy Spirit Cult elder who blames Shrek for ruining his life, is chosen in the Evil Demon Forest. He sees the selection as a chance to gain power and take revenge on Shrek.
• Long Xiaoyao watches Wu Yun’s selection but doubts he will gain a divine position. He also reasons that Wang Dong cannot be Tang San, since Tang San would not behave so recklessly.
• At Shrek Academy, Mu En hopes to be chosen, but the light selects Bei Bei instead. Bei Bei promises to use any reward opportunity to heal Mu En’s injuries; Mu En urges him not to waste a reward on an old man.
• Before Bei Bei departs, Mu En warns him not to accept others’ claims that Wang Dong is Tang San, and reminds him to put Shrek and the Tang Sect first.
• In the Sky Screen Space, Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao celebrate Bei Bei’s selection, believing it will help the Tang Sect rise again. Bei Bei and the other nineteen chosen participants arrive.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yun turns his history of persecution into a declared desire for vengeance, revealing how deeply his resentment of Shrek has shaped him.
• Long Xiaoyao remains skeptical of the Tang San claim and anticipates that Wu Yun may return disappointed if he acts on it.
• Mu En shows both disappointment at not being chosen and selflessness toward Bei Bei, prioritizing the younger generation and Shrek’s future over his own recovery.
• Bei Bei is devoted to Mu En and Shrek, but Mu En’s warning prompts him to reconsider his assumptions about Wang Dong.
• Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao share an enthusiastic, hopeful response to Bei Bei’s selection, strengthening the sense of renewed purpose within the Tang Sect.

Significant themes

• Hope and ambition: The selection gives people across the continent a chance to imagine gaining power or changing their circumstances.
• Revenge and resentment: Wu Yun’s selection feeds his plan to retaliate against Shrek, showing how perceived injustice can deepen hatred.
• Selflessness and legacy: Mu En refuses to let Bei Bei spend a potential reward on him, focusing instead on the future of Shrek and its young members.
• Judgment and belief: Mu En and Long Xiaoyao both caution against accepting the claim that Wang Dong is Tang San without sound reasoning.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• The Sky Screen announces that the next quiz will take place in three days, and twenty newly selected participants appear in the Sky Screen Space.
• Bei Bei rushes to reunite with Tang Ya. Their affectionate exchange draws amused attention from older onlookers and envy from younger ones.
• Wu Yun, a newly arrived Holy Spirit Cult elder, reveals that he believes he has identified Tang San’s true identity. He boasts that he will claim the divine positions and rule the Douluo Continent, then asks the Sky Screen for permission to name Tang San.
• The announcement abruptly ends Bei Bei and Tang Ya’s embrace. Everyone turns toward Wu Yun, while Tang San privately panics that his identity—and possibly his life—is in danger.
• Wang Dong feels an unexplained alarm at the prospect of Tang San being exposed. Across the continent, many people react with jealousy that Wu Yun, rather than they, has been selected.

Character developments and interactions

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya: Their reunion reveals the depth of their feelings. Bei Bei openly says he could not live without Tang Ya; she is flustered and protests, though her reaction suggests she is affected by his affection. Once interrupted, she scolds him for taking liberties, while he jokes about finding a chance to be alone next time.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong: Both blush at the couple’s display. Huo Yuhao is caught between amusement and embarrassment, while Wang Dong’s fear for Tang San surprises her.
• Wu Yun and Zhongli Wu: Zhongli Wu notices that Wu Yun no longer behaves with his usual deference. Wu Yun confirms that he has gained confidence from learning about a divine position and openly rejects the authority of both the Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek Academy.
• Tang San: Though outwardly composed, he is inwardly terrified that Wu Yun will identify him.

Significant themes

• Love and youthful passion: Bei Bei and Tang Ya’s reunion contrasts with the tense, dangerous atmosphere surrounding the identity revelation.
• Power and ambition: Wu Yun’s newfound confidence shows how the promise of godhood can transform his attitude and ambitions.
• Identity and vulnerability: Tang San’s concealed identity becomes a public threat, creating suspense around whether he will be exposed.
• Unexplained emotional bonds: Wang Dong’s instinctive distress over Tang San hints at a connection she does not understand.

Plot points and events

• Wu Yun confidently claims he has identified Tang San and asks the Sky Screen to let him name him. Long Xiaoyao mocks his confidence, while Mu En appears unsurprised by what will happen. Jing Hongchen is distressed at the prospect of losing a Divine Position.
• The Sky Screen tells Wu Yun that identification must wait until after the next question’s answering period. It announces that the question will arrive in three days. Wu Yun accepts the delay, though reluctantly, and leaves. Zhongli Wu watches him with murderous anger, regarding him as a traitorous subordinate.
• Huo Yuhao asks whether everyone on the continent can see events in the Sky Screen Space. Bei Bei confirms it, embarrassing Tang Ya, who realizes the audience saw her hugging him.
• Bei Bei privately passes notes to Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya, explaining that Wang Dong is the person being identified as the ancestor. However, Bei Bei’s Grand Ancestor believes Wang Dong probably is not truly the ancestor: the real ancestor would not knowingly expose himself to danger, whereas Wang Dong’s behavior is too conspicuous. Huo Yuhao understands the reasoning, and Tang Ya eventually does too.
• Three days pass. Across the continent, people widely discuss the Sky Screen. Inside its space, Soul Masters spend nearly all their time cultivating after discovering that one day there can yield nearly as much progress as half a year outside.
• The Sky Screen tells question-setter Lin Yang to prepare the second question. Its rewards are ten levels of Soul Power, one Heaven-Gifted Soul Ring, and a 100,000-year increase to the age of all Soul Rings.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Yun remains arrogant and expects an immediate reward, but restrains his frustration when the Sky Screen refuses him. Zhongli Wu reacts to Wu Yun’s defiance with intense hostility.
• Long Xiaoyao openly regards Wu Yun as naïve, while Mu En seems confident that Wu Yun’s scheme will fail.
• Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya use written notes to keep their discussion private. Huo Yuhao’s deduction clarifies why Wang Dong is unlikely to be the real ancestor; Tang Ya responds by pinching his cheeks after he gives her a skeptical look.
• Tang Ya shifts from mortification over being seen with Bei Bei to curiosity about Wang Dong’s identity and the Grand Ancestor’s reasoning.

Significant themes

• Pride and consequences: Wu Yun’s confidence contrasts with the skepticism and hostility he inspires.
• Public visibility and privacy: Everyone can see events in the Sky Screen, prompting embarrassment and secret written communication.
• Caution and deception: Wang Dong’s conspicuous conduct is treated as evidence against her being the ancestor, who would supposedly avoid danger.
• Opportunity and urgency: The accelerated cultivation inside the Sky Screen drives Soul Masters to devote themselves to training and hope to remain there.

Plot points and events

• Lin Yang asks Xiao Xiao to predict the Sky Screen’s next question. She guesses it will concern the origins of Tang San’s secret arts—and happens to be right.
• The Sky Screen asks where Tang San learned the Tang Sect secret arts, offering four possibilities: he inherited them from a sect, invented them, found them by chance, or stole them as an outer disciple. The public has ten minutes to answer, but unlike the first question, this one has no clear historical answer.
• Tang San appears to be thinking, but privately fears that the truth will destroy his carefully built reputation and may put his life at risk. He admits to himself that he stole the arts and resents the Tang Sect elders for refusing to teach him.
• At the Illustrious Virtue Hall, Jing Hongchen is preoccupied with whether his grandchildren will identify Tang San and claim a Divine Position. Crown Prince Xu Tianran arrives and pointedly asks when the Hall will become his Hall, testing Jing’s loyalty.
• Xu then says he can ease Jing’s worries—not by changing the Sky Screen, but by changing how Jing sees the situation. He claims Jing’s grandchild’s guess was wrong, leaving the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Xiao surprises herself by accurately predicting the question; Lin Yang’s prompt encourages her to think through the possibilities.
• Tang San is revealed as deeply protective of his public image and unrepentant about stealing the secret arts. His private bitterness contrasts with the virtuous persona he presents.
• Jing Hongchen is anxious about missing out on the Divine Position and wary of Xu Tianran’s unusually direct approach. He challenges the prince while trying to avoid openly committing himself.
• Xu Tianran uses polite conversation to test Jing’s allegiance, then shifts to exploiting his anxiety about the Sky Screen.

Significant themes

• Public image versus hidden truth: Tang San’s celebrated reputation may collapse once his past is exposed.
• Uncertainty and judgment: With no reliable record to consult, the crowd must guess, making the second question harder than the first.
• Ambition and power: Jing’s desire for a Divine Position and Xu Tianran’s bid for control of the Illustrious Virtue Hall shape their exchange.
• Resentment and entitlement: Tang San blames the sect’s rules and elders rather than regretting his theft.

Key plot points and events

• Xu Tianran persuades Jing Hongchen that Wu Yun cannot be Tang San. Tang San is too clever to make his identity so obvious, and Wu Yun’s defense of him does not prove a connection.
• Relieved, Jing Hongchen realizes Wu Yun is likely doomed: his failed identification will anger the Holy Spirit Cult and deepen Shrek’s hostility, leaving him hunted by both sides.
• Jing Hongchen thanks Xu Tianran and offers to ask his grandson whether the Sky Screen can cure Xu Tianran’s leg. Xu accepts the offer, which gives him hope.
• On the Sky Screen, Bei Bei asks Tang Ya to analyze the next answer. Tang Ya jokes that if she is wrong, Bei Bei should suffer the forfeit. Huo Yuhao joins in, prompting Bei Bei to playfully threaten him; Tang Ya steps in to defend her junior.
• Bei Bei negotiates his way out of the punishment by offering grilled fish. Tang Ya accepts, then begins analyzing the options.
• Tang Ya’s leading choice is that the Tang Sect’s secret arts came from the Otherworld Tang Sect: their ancestor brought them from another world and used them to establish the sect on the Douluo Continent. She says this fits the ancestral saying that the founder intended to make the Tang Sect flourish, and contradicts the old theory that he found the arts in local ruins.

Character developments and interactions

• Jing Hongchen shifts from anxiety and suspicion to relief after Xu Tianran’s reasoning; he also shows concern for Xu by offering to seek a cure.
• Xu Tianran demonstrates political insight and cultivates Jing Hongchen’s support, while privately becoming hopeful about his condition.
• Tang Ya takes charge as Sect Leader, confidently analyzes the question, and protects Huo Yuhao.
• Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao share teasing, familiar banter. Huo Yuhao’s jokes and offer of grilled fish help turn the wager into a playful exchange.

Significant themes

• Reasoning versus assumption: Xu Tianran challenges Jing Hongchen’s fixation on the divine position and urges him to judge Wu Yun’s actions more carefully.
• Loyalty and belonging: Tang Ya’s defense of Huo Yuhao and the group’s joking rapport show their close bonds.
• Legacy and origins: The answer analysis revisits the Tang Sect’s history and the possibility that its founder carried its teachings from another world.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Ya, the current Tang Sect Leader, publicly evaluates the four possible explanations for the origins of the Tang Sect’s secret arts.
• She rejects option two: although Tang Sect records confirm that the founder passed the arts to his disciple Jixiang, they do not prove that the founder invented them. His aim to make the Tang Sect greater implies it existed before him.
• She considers option three plausible: the founder may have found the arts in a cave and been hunted afterward. Still, she favors option one because learning the arts from a sect seems more likely than discovering them by chance.
• Tang Ya dismisses option four as slander, arguing the founder was too virtuous—and too talented, given his creation of the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus—to have stolen the arts as an outer disciple.
• Huo Yuhao asks why she chose option one if option three could also be true. Tang Ya explains that she is judging by probability, and he accepts her reasoning.
• Bei Bei quietly notices unresolved clues in the earlier footage: the founder avoided fighting his pursuers and never used his powerful hidden weapon. Despite his doubts, he ultimately rejects option four too.
• As the crowd gathers, Tang San joins unnoticed. He is pleased by Tang Ya’s praise but dreads the imminent revelation, which he believes will damage his reputation and cost his descendants a reward. When a stranger asks his opinion, Tang San starts to answer cautiously, hoping to influence the discussion without exposing himself.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Ya speaks with authority as Sect Leader but admits that she personally hopes the founder created the secret arts. She balances that loyalty with historical evidence and probability.
• Huo Yuhao engages with her like a student, prompting her to explain her reasoning; the two play along with a teacher–student exchange.
• Bei Bei supports Tang Ya by handing her water and shares a teasing, familiar rapport with her, but privately questions the traditional image of their ancestor.
• Tang San experiences conflicting pride and anxiety: he enjoys hearing his legacy praised, yet fears the truth will expose him. He tries to blend into the crowd and subtly steer its judgment.

Significant themes

• Legacy versus evidence: Tang Ya’s respect for the founder coexists with uncertainty about the historical record.
• Probability and interpretation: Several explanations remain possible, but Tang Ya chooses the most likely rather than claiming certainty.
• Reputation and truth: Tang San’s carefully cultivated image is threatened by the impending revelation.
• Generational perspective: Later descendants’ reverence shapes how they interpret troubling evidence about their ancestor.

Tang San avoided exposing himself while the participants chose answers, and several powerful beings trusted Tang Ya’s incorrect guess. The Sky Screen revealed that the previous answer was four, leaving the crowd stunned as rewards were set to arrive in three minutes.

• Tang San stopped himself from arguing with Tang Ya because doing so could have exposed his identity when the correct answers and rewards were announced.
• Tang Ya chose one, and Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Wang Dong confirmed that the colored papers concealed both answers and writing motions.
• Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui split their answers between three and one after Ye Xishui said Wu Yun would not identify Tang San.
• The Silver Dragon King and the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King both followed Tang Ya’s advice and chose one.
• The Sky Screen revealed that the previous answer was four, announced that seven participants had answered correctly, and said rewards would be distributed in three minutes.

The Sky Screen revealed that Tang San had been a villain, shattering Tang Ya’s faith in her ancestor as others blamed her for their wrong answers. As the crowd reacted, Wu Yun asked the Sky Screen Envoy to identify Tang San.

• The Deep Sea Demon Whale Emperor and Zhongli Wu erupted in anger after learning they had answered incorrectly, but the Sky Screen restrained them and warned that further disruption would mean annihilation.
• Tang Ya broke down over the revelation about Tang San, and Bei Bei comforted her by reminding her that Tang San had once saved the Douluo Continent.
• Long Aotian celebrated after correctly choosing answer four, while Du Busi admitted he had chosen incorrectly.
• People who had followed Tang Ya’s analysis cursed and blamed her for their wrong answers, and Tang San joined in to avoid drawing suspicion.
• Wu Yun asked the Sky Screen Envoy whether they could identify Tang San.