Chapter Summaries

After the Celestial Screen revealed the Golden Dragon King’s fate and the threat posed by the Chaos Gods, Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts considered waking the Silver Dragon King and wondered whether they would have to ally with humans. Xiao Wu vowed to grow stronger and protect Da Ming and Er Ming, while Ning Fengzhi saw Li Shaobai’s bond with Xiao Wu as an opportunity for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• The Ferocious Beasts learned that the Chaos Gods had made the Golden Dragon King their puppet, and Di Tian flew into a rage before Bi Ji reminded him to wake their lord, the Silver Dragon King.
• Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and the Myriad Demon King worried that the Chaos Gods would claim their souls after death and questioned whether they would have to ally with humans.
• Xiao Wu cried over the loss of her mother and the possibility of losing Da Ming and Er Ming, then vowed to become stronger and protect her two younger brothers.
• Xiao Wu considered seeking out Li Shaobai and taking the young genius as her little brother, believing she could now safely enter human society.
• Ning Fengzhi reassured Gu Rong that Li Shaobai was likely safe with Xiao Wu, then calculated that the sect might benefit from her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

Tang Hao accepted Tang San as his son despite learning that an outsider possessed his body, while Yu Xiaogang schemed to make Luo Sanpao evolve into a Golden Sacred Dragon. Elsewhere, Prince Xue Xing investigated Tian Buwei’s gifted nephew and learned that Tian Qingyue was secretly Xue Qingyue, a prince whose Snow Rabbit Martial Soul had transformed into a dragon.

• Tang San prepared to attack Tang Hao, but Tang Hao called him his child and reassured him that he would always be part of the family.
• Tang Hao decided to keep the impostor Tang San for now, hoping the real Little San’s connection to the gods might help him restore Ah Yin.
• Yu Xiaogang resolved to learn the secret of Tian Tiansheng’s Martial Soul Evolution and use it to transform Luo Sanpao into the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Prince Xue Xing brought Xue Beng to meet Tian Buwei, then sent Xue Beng away to question Tian Buwei about Tian Qingyue.
• Tian Buwei confirmed that Tian Qingyue was secretly Xue Qingyue, the emperor’s son, and that his Snow Rabbit Martial Soul had transformed into a dragon.

Tian Buwei presented Xue Qingyue’s mutated Snow Rabbit martial soul to Prince Xue Xing, who decided to consider him as a potential successor to the Heaven Dou throne. Half a month later, Xue Qingyue welcomed Ning Fengzhi to the imperial palace and asked after Li Shaobai and Rongrong.

• Xue Beng approached Tian Qingyue to seek the Tian Family’s support, but Tian Qingyue frightened him and then beat him during training.
• Tian Buwei showed Prince Xue Xing Xue Qingyue’s rare martial soul mutation and asked him to support the boy’s claim to a princely title.
• Prince Xue Xing heard Tian Buwei’s account of Xue Qingyue’s mother and weighed whether to back Xue Qingyue or Xue Beng.
• Prince Xue Xing recognized Xue Beng as the child Xue Qingyue was beating and decided to support Xue Qingyue if an investigation confirmed his origins.
• Half a month later, Xue Qingyue welcomed Ning Fengzhi at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and asked why Li Shaobai and Rongrong had not come.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Li Shaobai was staying with his gravely ill father.

Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Xue Qinghe attended a meeting of the continent’s major powers to discuss the future revealed by the Celestial Screen and the threat of the Four Chaos Gods. Golden Crocodile Douluo declared that Spirit Hall would lead the fight and demanded that Yu Tiansheng and Yu Tianming be sent to Spirit Hall.

• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that Golden Crocodile Douluo had joined Spirit Hall’s delegation, startling Ning Fengzhi with the news that the elder had emerged from seclusion.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong entered the conference room, where Xue Ye, Xue Xing, Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, Yue Guan, Tang Xiao, Tang Moonlight Pavilion, and other faction leaders had gathered.
• Salas proposed that the factions discuss the Four Chaos Gods, and Ning Fengzhi argued that Spirit Hall should take responsibility because of the Angel God’s presence and influence.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Ning Fengzhi’s claim that Li Shaobai had no connection to the Chaos Gods, citing the Celestial Screen’s depiction of Shaobai hearing Khorne’s whispers.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo announced that Spirit Hall would lead the fight against the Chaos Gods and demanded that Yu Tiansheng and Yu Tianming be sent to Spirit Hall, leaving Yu Yuanzhen stunned.

The factions debated how to confront the Chaos Gods and agreed on joint measures, though distrust and rivalries remained. Half a month later, the Celestial Screen showed Chen Xin battling a powerful young man over the ocean one week before the Star Dou Great Forest beast tide.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo declared that he wanted Yu Tiansheng and Yu Tianming as his disciples, while Yu Yuanzhen reconsidered whether to accept.
• Ning Fengzhi and other leaders urged cooperation against the Chaos Gods, and the gathering rejected a proposal to execute everyone connected to them.
• Xue Qinghe announced agreements to hunt Chaos God forces, investigate the sea soul masters, protect future geniuses from coercion, and investigate Slaughter City.
• Half a month later, the Celestial Screen showed Chen Xin falling into the sea after several ships sank, as a young man with nine soul rings taunted him.
• Chen Xin unleashed Seven Kill True Body, and the young man countered with Eight Extremes Heaven, Second Form: Break the Scabbard.

After the Celestial Screen showed Chen Xin losing his right arm to a mysterious overseas fighter, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin reconsidered the sect’s plans. The screen then followed Li Shaobai as he carried a grieving Xiao Wu through the cordons around the Star Dou Great Forest, where she questioned why he helped her despite knowing she was a human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Chen Xin admitted that the mysterious fighter surpassed him in speed, attack power, and physical techniques, and that he had lost the battle.
• Ning Fengzhi grew concerned about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future and said they would reconsider their overseas exploration plans.
• Young Ning Rongrong comforted Li Shaobai about Chen Xin’s injury and urged him to visit Chen Xin with her.
• Seven days after the beast tide, Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu through the night and searched for a way past the forces’ cordons around the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu blamed herself for failing to protect her family and asked why Li Shaobai helped her despite knowing what she was.
• Li Shaobai said Xiao Wu had saved his life, while Xiao Wu asked whether he had ever considered taking her Soul Ring and Soul Bone to improve his talent.

While carrying Xiao Wu, Li Shaobai listened as she mourned her family and vowed to grow stronger and avenge them, then shared that his own father had died when he was young. In the real world, Ning Rongrong feared Xiao Wu would take Li Shaobai away, while Ning Fengzhi privately considered how to secure Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone for him.

• Xiao Wu told Li Shaobai that Da Ming and Er Ming had died during the beast tide and that she wanted revenge on their killers and the Beast God.
• Li Shaobai told Xiao Wu that his father had died when he was eight, after sending him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to fulfill the family’s hopes.
• Xiao Wu comforted Li Shaobai and imagined that he would become a Titled Douluo, marry, and have children.
• In the real world, Ning Rongrong ran to Ning Fengzhi and cried that Xiao Wu might steal Li Shaobai away from her.
• Ning Fengzhi reassured Li Shaobai that the events on the Celestial Screen were only a reference, while privately plotting to obtain Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone for him.

Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu encountered Priest, a servant of the Chaos Gods, who invited them to serve the Dark Prince. Priest revealed that Xiao Wu’s identity would soon be exposed to those blockading Star Dou Great Forest, beginning a survival trial that challenged Li Shaobai to abandon her.

• Xiao Wu reacted with shock and anger when Li Shaobai said he had a fiancée and would follow the life planned for him.
• Li Shaobai drew his Phoenix Cry Sword and confronted a cloaked stranger who had appeared in their path.
• The stranger introduced himself as Priest and invited Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu to accept the Chaos Gods’ power and become the Dark Prince’s representatives.
• Li Shaobai prepared to hold Priest off so Xiao Wu could escape, but Priest appeared behind them before he could act.
• Priest warned that after 666 breaths, everyone blockading Star Dou Great Forest would learn Xiao Wu’s true identity and said they had to survive his game.

Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu toward the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region, hoping to secure the Beast God’s protection while avoiding those who knew her identity. Purple snakes attacked them, and their blood turned into a signal that exposed their location.

• Priest let Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu flee, while Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong worried over Priest’s connection to Bi Shuo.
• Li Shaobai told Xiao Wu he would take her to the core region for the Beast God’s protection, and Xiao Wu resolved not to let him die.
• A faint, unidentifiable laugh sounded beside Xiao Wu as Li Shaobai hurried through the forest.
• Purple snakes fell from the trees, and Li Shaobai used his soul skill and sword technique to kill them as he continued onward.
• The snakes’ purple blood began glowing and formed a giant serpent that exploded into the sky, revealing Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu’s position.

Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu through the Star Dou Great Forest, evading the empire’s cordons and trying to return her to the Lake of Life. When Dai Mubai and his companions attacked, Li Shaobai cut them down in an instant and continued toward the forest’s core.

• Li Shaobai realized Priest’s attackers had likely been sent to delay him and hurried onward with Xiao Wu.
• Li Shaobai dodged a surprise attack, then blocked a volley of bolts from Zhuge Repeating Crossbows.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar confronted Li Shaobai and refused to let him pass.
• Li Shaobai used Bring in the Wine to rush past them, cutting off Dai Mubai’s hands, killing Ma Hongjun, and gravely wounding Oscar.
• Li Shaobai continued racing toward the core of the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu.

As Spirit Hall hunted Tang San and Tang Hao, Tang San settled at Shrek Academy and planned to rebuild the Tang Sect by gathering powerful allies. On the Celestial Screen, Li Shaobai fought through Soul Masters to carry Xiao Wu toward the Lake of Life, but a powerful opponent appeared as he pressed onward.

• Zhao Wuji complained that Shrek Academy's students kept suffering, while Flender defended the academy and Tang San questioned whether he should study there.
• Tang San planned to grow stronger, cultivate Oscar, and recruit talented figures to rebuild the Tang Sect under Shrek Academy's protection.
• On the Celestial Screen, Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu through the Star Dou Great Forest and fought Soul Masters seeking her hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
• Li Shaobai defeated the Blue Sunshine Academy Soul King and frightened the remaining attackers into holding back as he continued toward the forest.
• A powerful voice announced the Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul Avatar and challenged Li Shaobai.

Li Shaobai fought Zhao Wuji to protect Xiao Wu, but Zhao Wuji badly wounded him and prepared to seize her. Just as Li Shaobai seemed defeated, he rose surrounded by white phoenixes and declared that he had attained enlightenment.

• Zhao Wuji attacked Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu, and Li Shaobai used his soul skills to evade him while injuring him only slightly.
• Zhao Wuji trapped Li Shaobai with his Tracking and Positioning skill and struck him with a Great Strength Vajra Palm.
• Xiao Wu begged Li Shaobai to leave her behind, but he continued protecting her and was gravely injured.
• Zhao Wuji turned toward Xiao Wu, intending to take her and escape with the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Li Shaobai stood up amid dancing white phoenixes, assumed a strange stance, and said that he had attained enlightenment.

As he lay near death, Li Shaobai realized that protecting Xiao Wu was his own wish and awakened the true nature of his Martial Soul. He transformed into the White Phoenix, rising before Zhao Wuji with an aura that made the Soul Saint tremble.

• Li Shaobai recalled his father’s final wish and recognized that he had spent his life following the expectations of others.
• Li Shaobai resolved to protect Xiao Wu, but murderous thoughts and strange red and purple shadows threatened to overwhelm his mind.
• His father’s voice called him to stand up, and Li Shaobai awakened to the truth that his Martial Soul was a White Phoenix shaped by his will.
• Li Shaobai transformed from the Phoenix Cry Sword into his White Phoenix form as phoenixes cried around him.
• Zhao Wuji trembled at Li Shaobai’s power as Li Shaobai used his First Soul Skill, Immovable Bright King Body.

Li Shaobai overcame his fear of the Chaos God, recovered his strength, and killed Zhao Wuji with a sudden sword attack. Afterward, Yu Xiaogang decided to study Khorne’s Blessing, while Priest wondered whether Tzeentch had intervened in Li Shaobai’s awakening.

• Li Shaobai faced Zhao Wuji’s attack, confronted his fear of the Chaos God, and struck Zhao Wuji with his Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword.
• Li Shaobai regained his strength, then used his Green Lotus Sword Song to kill Zhao Wuji.
• In the real world, Zhao Wuji complained about his defeat while Flender and Shao Xin discussed the outcome.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to study Khorne’s power and planned to learn Yu Tiansheng’s method for improving Luo Sanpao.
• The crowd fled after seeing Li Shaobai kill Zhao Wuji, and Priest wondered whether Tzeentch had caused Li Shaobai’s awakening.

Li Shaobai’s Phoenix Cry Sword manifested as its true form, a white phoenix of the ultimate mental attribute, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders worried about the Chaos Gods targeting him. On the Celestial Screen, Li Shaobai reunited with Xiao Wu and fled as Lü Fengxian and Tian Qingyue arrived with a Heaven Dou Imperial Family troop.

• Li Shaobai’s Martial Soul transformed into a white phoenix, and he explained that it had revealed its true form rather than fully awakened.
• Ning Fengzhi reassured Chen Xin and Gu Rong that Li Shaobai had retained his sense of self despite Khorne’s influence, though they remained concerned about the Chaos Gods.
• On the Celestial Screen, Xiao Wu cried with relief when Li Shaobai emerged unharmed, and he helped her up and wiped her face.
• Xiao Wu embraced Li Shaobai and tried to kiss him, but he dodged and then picked her up and carried her on his back.
• Li Shaobai activated his Soul Skill and disappeared with Xiao Wu as Lü Fengxian and Tian Qingyue arrived at the scene with an orderly troop.

Li Shaobai fled with Xiao Wu while the Skull Throne’s Blessing gave him seemingly inexhaustible Soul Power, but Chrysanthemum and Ghost stopped him with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Bi Shuo watched from a hillside, torn over whether to attack, as a memory of his brother’s warning came back to him.

• Lü Fengxian ordered the pursuit to continue and sped ahead after Li Shaobai, while Tian Qingyue followed and Deputy General Gao led the troops.
• Li Shaobai told Xiao Wu he was fine and used Bring in the Wine to flee at extraordinary speed, empowered by the Skull Throne’s Blessing.
• Chrysanthemum and Ghost immobilized Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu with Two Extremes Stillness Domain, and the Blessing vanished when Li Shaobai sensed their power.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo called on Bi Shuo to act, but Bi Shuo stood watching and wondered whether he should kill Li Shaobai.
• Bi Shuo recalled choosing to kill plague-infected survivors alone, then remembered his brother warning him not to harm Yu Xiaogang.

Bi Shuo questioned whether he could kill Yu Xiaogang after learning that Bibi Dong had protected an Infected, while the Celestial Screen revealed Bibi Dong’s lingering feelings for Yu Xiaogang to people across the Real World. Bibi Dong predicted that Bi Shuo would come to her, and Qian Daoliu worried about Spirit Hall’s future.

• Bi Shuo envied the immobilized white phoenix and struggled with the thought of killing Yu Xiaogang despite his wish to protect what was sincere and beautiful.
• Yu Luomian warned young Yu Tiansheng not to imitate Yu Xiaogang’s romantic appeal or endanger the clan’s ancestral graves.
• Flender and the Shrek Academy teachers learned that Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong had once been lovers, and Yu Xiaogang said they had long since become strangers.
• Hu Liena worried that Bibi Dong’s conflict with Bi Shuo could damage Spirit Hall, but Bibi Dong insisted Bi Shuo would come and offered to arrange Hu Liena’s engagement to him.
• Dugu Feng asked whether Qian Daoliu was jealous of Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu ended by worrying about Spirit Hall’s future.

Qian Daoliu decided to leave seclusion and take action to restore Spirit Hall’s standing. On the Celestial Screen, Bi Shuo faced Li Shaobai after persuading Yue Guan and Gui Mei to release their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Li Shaobai recognized something about Bi Shuo’s sword.

• Qian Daoliu reflected on Spirit Hall’s failures and decided to come out of seclusion again.
• Bi Shuo asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei to withdraw their Martial Soul Fusion Skill so he could speak with Li Shaobai, and they agreed.
• Bi Shuo told Li Shaobai to put Xiao Wu down and challenged him, saying he had to stop them and might even kill them.
• Li Shaobai admitted that he had saved Xiao Wu out of selfish desire and noticed something strange about Bi Shuo’s sword.
• Li Shaobai asked Bi Shuo where he had obtained the sword, recalling a purple shadow he had sensed near death.

Li Shaobai fought Bi Shuo in a swordsmanship duel, then used his Soul Skills against Bi Shuo’s Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Bi Shuo standing uninjured after Li Shaobai’s strongest attack failed to break his physical or mental defenses.

• Bi Shuo challenged Li Shaobai to a duel and promised to let him leave if he won.
• Li Shaobai and Bi Shuo traded sword strikes without using Soul Power, and Bi Shuo won their second exchange.
• Li Shaobai launched Soul Skills that Bi Shuo mostly deflected, though two Phoenix Cry Swords caused him mental pain.
• Li Shaobai used his fourth Soul Skill, Green Lotus Sword Song, but Bi Shuo emerged from the dust completely unharmed.

Chen Xin and Gu Rong reflected on the rise of young geniuses as the Celestial Screen showed Li Shaobai and Bi Shuo’s battle escalating beyond ordinary limits. Priest watched from afar and declared the clash a game of the Chaos Gods, urging Bi Shuo to reveal his form.

• Chen Xin wondered whether he had grown old after seeing Li Shaobai and Bi Shuo display swordsmanship beyond what he could manage at their age.
• Gu Rong comforted Chen Xin by saying the future belonged to young geniuses, and Chen Xin wondered what realm Dugu Feng had reached.
• Li Shaobai’s bloody radiance increased his strength until his Green Lotus Sword Song broke Bi Shuo’s defenses, alarming Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei ordered the Sons of Glory and Xiao Wu to retreat, then used Two Extremes Stillness Domain to stop the battle, but Li Shaobai and Bi Shuo continued fighting.
• Li Shaobai and Bi Shuo’s powers surged until their auras reached the level of Titled Douluos, leaving Yue Guan and Gui Mei stunned.
• Priest prayed atop a distant mountain as the battle appeared beneath the shadows of Khorne and Slaanesh, then called Bi Shuo a future Daemon Prince and urged him to show the Chaos Gods his form.