Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe took control of the Heaven Dou Empire after Xue Ye's death and agreed to ascend the throne, but urgent reports revealed that Jialing Pass and several other cities had fallen. The news left him in shock and caused him to spit blood.

• Xue Qinghe mourned Xue Ye before the court and accepted the officials' pleas to rule the Heaven Dou Empire and ascend the throne in nine days.
• A guard brought news that Jialing Pass had fallen, with General Ge Long, the First Prince, and nearly all two hundred thousand defenders killed.
• Xue Qinghe accused the guard of fabricating the report, but the guard recounted how the Star Luo Empire's cavalry had captured the pass.
• Xue Qinghe received reports that Lanming City, Tiansen City, and Lanning City had also fallen.
• Xue Qinghe was overwhelmed by the reports and spat out blood.

Xue Qinghe summoned Tang San and the others to announce an imperial Soul Master training program and question Tang San about suspecting him of being Qian Renxue. Tang San explained his reasoning by citing Yu Dashi’s knowledge of Spirit Hall’s Soul Bones and the poison used on Emperor Xue Ye.

• Xue Xing slapped Tang San for failing to kneel before Xue Qinghe, and Tang San endured the humiliation and bowed.
• Xue Qinghe announced that Blue Tyrant Academy had been bought back and assigned Yu Dashi to train Soul Masters for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe praised Yu Dashi’s talent, and Yu Dashi eagerly promised to train more geniuses for the empire.
• Xue Qinghe asked Tang San why he had believed Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise.
• Tang San blamed Yu Dashi’s secrets about Spirit Hall’s disguise Soul Bone and explained that Emperor Xue Ye had been poisoned with the Breaking Clan’s Seven-Colored Splendor.

Tang San’s knowledge of Seven-Colored Splendor raised Xue Qinghe’s suspicions, while Chen Xin explained the vast strength differences between high-level Titled Douluos and refuted Yu Dashi’s theory. Xue Qinghe stepped in after Yu Dashi was mocked, then began explaining the fall of Jialing Pass and other cities.

• Xue Qinghe explained that Tang San’s suspicion about his identity was reasonable, but insisted he was not Qian Renxue.
• Tang San described the strict requirements for the Six-Winged Angel’s six soul bones, including reaching level 100 soul power.
• Chen Xin explained how soul power gaps widened beyond level 95 and said he could defeat three Bone Douluos despite their apparent one-level difference.
• Yu Dashi claimed four Titled Douluos below level 95 could fight a level 99 Titled Douluo, prompting Chen Xin and Gu Rong to laugh at and correct him.
• Xue Qinghe intervened to smooth things over, then began explaining the fall of Jialing Pass and several other cities.

Lü Lingqi assessed Jialing Pass with Lin Yuanfeng and claimed she could open its gates with only a thousand men in a month by breaching the fortress from within. She returned to the Star Luo Empire’s camp and told its assembled officers she had an urgent task for them.

• Lü Lingqi asked Lin Yuanfeng to assess Jialing Pass, and he said capturing it would require more than five hundred thousand troops and could cause devastating losses.
• Lin Yuanfeng estimated that Lü Lingqi would need three hundred thousand troops and a year to capture the pass, but Lü Lingqi claimed she needed only one thousand men and one month to open its gates.
• Lü Lingqi explained that strong fortresses were often breached from within, then denied having planted spies inside Jialing Pass.
• Lü Lingqi left Tiger Leap Mountain and returned to the vanguard camp with Lin Yuanfeng following her.
• Lü Lingqi entered the central military tent, where the officers greeted her, and announced that she had an urgent task for them.

Lü Lingqi outlined a strategy to capture Jialing Pass without a costly frontal assault and assigned officers to infiltrate the fortress. The plan was set for an attack one month later, with the infiltrators tasked with opening the gates.

• Lü Lingqi told the assembled officers that a frontal assault on Jialing Pass would cost too many lives and explained that strategy and diplomacy were preferable to attacking a city.
• Lü Lingqi named the operation Crossing the River in White and ordered four generals to enter Jialing Pass in merchant disguises with elite soldiers.
• Lü Lingqi ordered three more generals to enter the fortress disguised as tourists and assigned Jiang Qingshan and Chen Fei to bring armor and weapons inside using their Soul Tools.
• Lü Lingqi tasked the eight generals with scouting the defenses and opening Jialing Pass's gates when she and Lin Yuanfeng attacked at four in the morning one month later.
• The generals accepted their orders and left to prepare, while Lin Yuanfeng praised Lü Lingqi's strategy and she called it routine.

Xue Qinghe explained how the Star Luo Empire captured Jialing Pass and seized nearly a third of Heaven Dou territory. Yu Dashi proposed equipping the empire with Tang San’s hidden weapons, and Tang San reluctantly offered their blueprints as Xue Qinghe promised to find blacksmiths.

• Xue Qinghe recounted how Star Luo agents infiltrated Jialing Pass, captured it, and took nearby cities.
• Ning Fengzhi refused to let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect openly join the war but promised to protect Xue Qinghe.
• Yu Dashi offered to seek aid from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and suggested using Tang San’s hidden weapons.
• Xue Qinghe urged Tang San to share his hidden weapon techniques, and Tang San agreed to contribute the blueprints.
• Xue Qinghe assured Tang San that Heaven Dou could find thousands of blacksmiths to manufacture the weapons.

Tang San persuaded Xue Qinghe to send a party to Sea God Island to train and seek its Sea Soul Masters' support, while Yu Dashi corrected Tang San's account of Spirit Hall's expedition there. Xue Qinghe approved the journey and summoned Xue Haicang, who made Tang San call him Uncle.

• Tang San proposed seeking Sea God Island's support, but Yu Dashi corrected his claim that Spirit Hall had lost two Titled Douluos and nearly two thousand Soul Masters there.
• Tang San argued that Sea God Island could help resolve his martial soul problem and strengthen the Heaven Dou Empire; Xue Qinghe agreed the party could go after the blacksmiths finished making hidden weapons.
• Tang San recommended that Xue Haicang, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Yu Tianheng join the expedition, and Xue Qinghe approved the candidates.
• Ning Fengzhi changed his mind and agreed to let Ning Rongrong go after receiving a secret message that Sea God Island could help her reach the Titled Douluo level.
• Xue Qinghe summoned Xue Haicang, who arrived and insisted that Tang San address him as Uncle; Tang San reluctantly complied.

Xue Qinghe gave Xue Haicang the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and arranged for the group to leave for Sea God Island in seven days. Tang San remained confident that the Sea God had chosen him, but dreaded spending another seven nights with the sisters at Xue Xing’s mansion.

• Xue Qinghe presented Xue Haicang with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Xue Haicang recounted how he had stolen it from the imperial treasury before being caught.
• Xue Haicang asked Yu Xiaogang to bring Yu Tianheng from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and persuade Sect Master Yu to form an alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi to look after Rongrong and Oscar, and assigned Tang San to notify Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Xue Qinghe told the group to gather at the Moonlight Pavilion in Heaven Dou City in seven days before setting out together.
• Tang San returned with Xue Xing to the Prince’s Mansion, worrying that he would have to endure seven more nights with the sisters there.

Xue Haicang awakened the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s power and received its abilities after it bonded with his blood and soul. He learned that the treasure granted him four skills, while the effects of its blood-bonding remained unexplained.

• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud repelled Xue Haicang’s mental power, struck his forehead, and absorbed his blood before he fell unconscious.
• A blue phantom inside the treasure remarked that Xue Haicang’s blood suited it and that his constitution could bear the vast sea power.
• Xue Haicang woke after three days to find Bai Yan and Yu Tianheng watching over him, then told them what had happened.
• Xue Haicang infused the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud with soul power, triggering a surge of light and a transmission of knowledge about its uses.
• After the transformation ended the following morning, Xue Haicang told Bai Yan and Yu Tianheng that the treasure granted Vast Sea Raging Waves, Cosmic Demon-Breaking, Vast Sea Protective Shroud, and Cosmic Spirit-Stabilizing Shroud.

The Shrek Seven Devils set out from Heaven Dou City for Sea God Island while Qian Renxue began her Sixth Angel Trial: defeating Qian Xunji. The group agreed to cooperate against Spirit Hall, and their journey continued into the western reaches of the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Xue Qinghe and the others saw the Shrek Seven Devils off as they began the long journey toward the coast and Sea God Island.
• Qian Renxue passed the Fifth Angel Trial, and Qian Chongling revealed that her Sixth Trial required her to defeat Qian Xunji within a year.
• Qian Renxue fought Qian Xunji but lost the exchange after her Soul Power ran low; Bibi Dong judged that she could pass after further training.
• Tang San proposed that Xue Haicang and the others cooperate on the journey, and the group pledged to unite against Spirit Hall.
• The Shrek Seven Devils traveled west for ten days and reached the western reaches of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Xue Haicang and the others discovered that a village had been massacred and pursued the killers into the mountains. There, Dai Mubai recognized the attackers as Wolf Bandits.

• Xue Haicang flew ahead to scout the quiet village and found its inhabitants slaughtered, with strange attackers carrying bodies into the mountains.
• Tang San revealed his resentment and jealousy as Ning Rongrong noticed his sinister expression and saw through his character.
• Xue Haicang used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to protect Yu Tianheng, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong while he joined Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun in pursuit.
• The four followed bloodstains from the village into the mountains and caught sight of roughly a hundred large, hairy attackers.
• Dai Mubai recognized the attackers as Wolf Bandits and remarked that he had not expected to find them in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Dai Mubai explained the Wolf Bandits’ origins and brutality, and Xue Haicang, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun attacked them. The fight left the four slaughtering the bandits, with Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances draining their vitality as they killed.

• Dai Mubai described the Wolf Bandits as powerful, bloodthirsty human–gale demon wolf hybrids who preyed on villagers.
• Xue Haicang refused to leave the bandits alone, and he, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun charged their group from behind.
• Tang San bound the bandits with blue silver grass and attacked with his Eight Spider Lances as Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun struck their ranks.
• Xue Haicang used his sixth soul skill, Eagle Strikes the Sky, to smash Wolf Bandits with a giant snow eagle.
• Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances pierced or poisoned the bandits and drained their vitality while the four continued fighting.

Tang San and his companions wiped out a Wolf Bandit pack but failed to save the villagers, then found and gave a soul bone to Dai Mubai. After reaching Vast Sea City to prepare for their journey to Sea God Island, they decided to study sea soul masters by entering the city’s Soul Fighting Arena.

• Tang San, Xue Haicang, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun killed the Wolf Bandits, then discovered that the bandits had killed all the villagers.
• Tang San found a right leg soul bone inside the blue-green Wolf Bandit leader, and Dai Mubai absorbed it and gained the Bloodthirst skill.
• The four burned the Wolf Bandits’ and villagers’ bodies separately, bowed to the villagers, and rejoined their companions.
• After ten days of travel, Xue Haicang’s group reached Vast Sea City, hired a boat to Sea God Island, and settled into an inn.
• Tang San proposed that the group practice against sea soul masters at the Soul Fighting Arena, and they chose Ning Rongrong, Yu Tianheng, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to compete.

Tang San and the others entered the Vast Sea Great Soul Arena, while Qian Renxue and Qian Xunji fought their final battle on a snowy peak. After an evenly matched exchange, Qian Chongling predicted Qian Renxue would win, and the duel left both fighters exhausted and facing each other.

• Tang San and the others paid for a private VIP box and entered the crowded Vast Sea Great Soul Arena.
• Qian Xunji challenged Qian Renxue to what he called their final battle, and they clashed with their swords on a snowy peak.
• Qian Renxue, newly a Titled Douluo with nine red Soul Rings, matched Qian Xunji through a prolonged aerial and ground battle.
• Qian Daoliu remarked on Qian Xunji's improved swordsmanship, and Qian Chongling predicted Qian Renxue would defeat him.
• Qian Xunji and Qian Renxue were blasted apart and ended the exchange battered, breathing hard, and still facing one another.

Qian Renxue defeated Qian Xunji in her sixth divine trial, leaving her conflicted about the price of growing stronger. Qian Chongling revealed that her seventh trial would require her to master the Divine Ancestor’s two divine skills within a year and told Qian Daoliu to prepare for the eighth.

• Qian Renxue used the Myriad Phenomena Sword Canon to trap Qian Xunji in swirling snow and strike at him with successive sword techniques.
• Qian Xunji escaped the snow cage but was overwhelmed by Qian Renxue’s Star River Annihilation and suffered severe wounds.
• Qian Xunji conceded defeat and reassured the exhausted Qian Renxue as she struggled with her feelings about surpassing her father.
• Qian Chongling confirmed that Qian Renxue had completed her sixth trial and described her seventh trial as mastering the Divine Ancestor’s two divine skills within one year.
• Qian Chongling told Qian Daoliu to begin preparing for Qian Renxue’s eighth trial.

Qian Renxue began the Seventh Angel Trial, which required her to comprehend two divine skills, while Tang San and the new Shrek Seven Devils sailed toward Sea God Island. The voyage turned dangerous when Tang San exposed Captain Haider and his crew for trying to drug the group.

• Qian Chongling showed Qian Renxue the Divine Ancestor's Eternity Blazing Sun and Six-Winged Sword Wheel Dance and explained that divine skills were self-created soul skills refined to their ultimate limits.
• Qian Chongling told Qian Renxue that the secret realm gave her ten years to comprehend the skills, and she entered it to begin her trial.
• Tang San and his companions boarded the Sea Demon Ship in Vast Sea City and set sail for Sea God Island.
• Haider warned Tang San that the ship would soon enter waters inhabited by sea soul beasts and claimed his knowledge of their territories would keep the passengers safe.
• Haider and his crew revealed their plan to drug the passengers, but Tang San said he had noticed their suspicious strength and knowledge and was unaffected by their Cockcrow Five Drums Powder.

Tang San and Xue Haicang defeated Haider’s pirate crew and forced the surviving sailors to take them toward Sea God Island. After learning that Haider had deliberately alerted the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Tang San realized the ship was in grave danger as the sea began to churn.

• Haider and his crew attacked Tang San and Xue Haicang, who killed five pirates and subdued Haider.
• Tang San sealed Haider’s Soul Power and demanded to know where Zi Zhenzhu was, but Haider insisted he had never heard of her.
• Tang San ordered Haider and two surviving crewmen to sail toward Sea God Island, while Haider secretly resolved to avenge his dead son.
• Tang San recognized that the ship had entered the Demonic Whale Sea and learned that its blind-sided route would not protect them from the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Haider revealed that he had fired torpedoes to alert the whale, and the sea began rumbling and surging around the ship.

Tang San and the others were attacked by the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, but Xue Haicang’s Sea God’s Heart summoned Poseidon and saved them. After Poseidon drove the whale away, the group realized Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages were about to expire, and Oscar and Ning Rongrong’s wings vanished.

• Tang San woke the group and ordered Oscar to make Flying Mushroom Sausages as the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King destroyed the Sea Demon Ship and attacked them.
• Tang San and the others unleashed their soul skills against the whale’s barrage, but their attacks failed to stop it.
• Xue Haicang’s Sea God’s Heart formed a barrier that blocked the arrows and summoned Poseidon’s divine-sense manifestation.
• Poseidon fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, who threatened the successors before retreating into the sea.
• The group survived and discussed the Sea God’s Heart, then Oscar warned that the Flying Mushroom Sausages were wearing off and his and Ning Rongrong’s wings disappeared.

After the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King destroyed their ship, Tang San and his companions escaped to an island and resumed their voyage to Sea God Island. Jixiang revealed that he had grown up there and warned them about its deadly trials and the rule that successful outsiders could never leave, but Tang San remained determined to go.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to keep Ning Rongrong and Oscar afloat and gathered wreckage while Xue Haicang and Ma Hongjun searched for an island.
• Tang San told the group that their attacker was the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, a soul beast with more than a hundred thousand years of cultivation, while the King and the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen discussed the Sea God's Heart and their plans.
• Xue Haicang found an island, and seven days later Tang San and his companions set out for Sea God Island aboard a newly purchased ship.
• Jixiang told Tang San and the others that he was born on Sea God Island, had zero innate soul power, and had been sent away after being unable to pass its trial.
• Jixiang warned the group that outsiders who failed Sea God Island's trial would be expelled and those who passed could never leave, but Tang San insisted they would go.

Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils reached Sea God Island by crossing the seabed under Xue Haicang's Vast Sea Protective Shroud. Island guards warned them that trials for mainland soul masters had become deadly since a century earlier, but the group insisted on taking them and followed the guards onward.

• Tang San and the others left Jixiang's ship in a lifeboat and used the Dragon Abyss Boat to approach Sea God Island.
• When the Vast Sea Protective Shroud repelled the water and sank the boat, Tang San proposed testing it under pressure; it worked, and Xue Haicang led the group across the seabed beneath its protection.
• The seven arrived safely on Sea God Island, rested on the beach, and formed up before heading inland.
• Eight yellow-clad sea soul masters confronted the group, and their leader told them Sea God Island did not welcome mainland soul masters.
• The leader explained that Lord Sea God had made mainlanders' trials several times harder a century earlier, but Tang San and the others firmly chose to take them.
• The leader secretly sent a young sea soul master away, then told the group to follow him.