Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo pressured Tang San to reveal how to make Hidden Weapons, but he offered only the forging procedures and agreed to personally handle final production and assembly. Ning Fengzhi then told Tang San about Tang Hao’s past and suggested Spirit Hall might have killed his mother, leaving Tang San intent on opposing Spirit Hall while Ning Fengzhi plotted to exploit the future conflict.

• Bone Douluo threatened Tang San while Ning Fengzhi gently urged him to hand over the Hidden Weapon method.
• Tang San refused to sell the method but agreed to provide forging procedures and personally complete production and assembly; Ning Fengzhi ordered five hundred sets and paid him.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that Tang Hao was a direct descendant of the Clear Sky Sect and had fought Spirit Hall before disappearing.
• Ning Fengzhi told Tang San that his mother might have died in the conflict with Spirit Hall, and Tang San vowed never to coexist peacefully with the organization.
• After Tang San left, Ning Fengzhi explained to Bone Douluo that he hoped Tang San’s conflict with Spirit Hall would eventually make him seek the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help.

Tang Chuan brought pills that could increase and restore soul power to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where the appraisers verified their effects and prepared to auction them. Meanwhile, a shadowy figure followed him, and Bibi Dong learned that Blue Tyrant Academy had changed its name to Shrek Academy, the school Tang San had attended.

• Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo entered the Heaven Dou Auction House using Dugu Bo's bidding qualification card.
• Tang Chuan offered a Spirit Increasing Pill and a Spirit Returning Pill for appraisal, claiming they could raise a Soul Master's level and restore exhausted soul power.
• The Auction House tested the pills and confirmed their effects, then escorted Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo toward the bidding room.
• A tall, hooded figure emerged from the shadows and disappeared after watching Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo leave.
• A Red-robed Bishop told Bibi Dong that Blue Tyrant Academy had secretly renamed itself Shrek Academy.

Bibi Dong declined to pursue Tang San in Heaven Dou City and instead brought information about him to the Worship Hall, where she revealed he was Tang Hao’s son. Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo reacted with alarm, while Bibi Dong left them to consider the threat.

• Bibi Dong refused Yue Guan’s offer to investigate Tang San, citing Tang Hao’s presence and the risk of drawing the Heaven Dou Royal Family’s attention.
• Bibi Dong decided to visit the Worship Hall and suggested Tang Hao could be used to eliminate people and weaken the Worship Hall’s influence.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed Bibi Dong’s growing control of Spirit Hall and agreed she remained useful until Xiao Xue matured.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo tested Bibi Dong and Yue Guan with his pressure, but Bibi Dong repelled it and the two forces clashed.
• Bibi Dong gave Golden Crocodile Douluo a cloth carrying information about Tang San, prompting Qian Daoliu to wonder whether Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong confirmed that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son and said she had fought Tang Hao but let him escape.

Qian Daoliu rejected Bibi Dong’s attempt to draw the Worship Hall into a fight with Tang Hao, but planned to kill Tang San if he proved too powerful at the Spirit Master Tournament. In Heaven Dou City, Tang Chuan used Dugu Bo’s bidding account to buy a storage ring and drew the attention of Prince Xue Xing and Ning Fengzhi.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that Tang San had escaped to Blue Tyrant Academy after Tang Hao stopped her ambush, and left the decision about pursuing him to Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile Douluo they would watch Tang San and eliminate him on his way to Spirit City if he displayed extraordinary strength at the tournament.
• Qian Daoliu said he trusted Xiao Xue to restore the Qian Family’s control of Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong’s lack of other children would eventually leave the continent to his family regardless.
• At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Tang Chuan bid on a storage Soul Guiding Ring for Rui'er using Dugu Bo’s account because his own Medicinal Pills had not yet sold.
• Tang Chuan raised the bid to 220,000 Gold Soul Coins, and Prince Xue Xing recognized Dugu Bo while Xue Beng wondered why the blue-clad youth seemed familiar.

Tang Chuan watched nobles buy a girl at the auction and reflected with Dugu Bo on how the powerful ignored rules. The auction then unveiled Tang Chuan’s Spirit Increasing Pill and Spirit Returning Pill, drawing the attention of Xue Beng, Prince Xue Xing, and Ning Fengzhi.

• Tang Chuan won the Soul Guiding Ring for 220,000 Gold Soul Coins while Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng wondered about his connection to Dugu Bo.
• Tang Chuan watched a frightened young girl be sold to a wealthy bidder and questioned Dugu Bo about the empire’s ban on human trafficking.
• Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo discussed how powerful people broke rules, then bickered about the money Dugu Bo had lent him.
• The auctioneer introduced the Spirit Increasing Pill, which could raise Soul Power by two levels below Level Forty, and the Spirit Returning Pill, which restored depleted Soul Power.
• Xue Beng asked Prince Xue Xing to bid for a pill, while Ning Fengzhi told Bone Douluo they must obtain one for Ning Rongrong.

Tang Chuan’s Spirit Increasing Pill and Spirit Returning Pill sold for a combined 4.8 million Gold Soul Coins, while Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe approached him and Dugu Bo. Xue Beng saw them talking together and feared that Dugu Bo had defected from Prince Xue Xing.

• Prince Xue Xing bid two million Gold Soul Coins for the Spirit Increasing Pill, but Ning Fengzhi outbid him with three million and won it.
• Xue Beng urged Prince Xue Xing to rely on Dugu Bo, but Prince Xue Xing warned that Dugu Bo could not defeat Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo together.
• Xue Qinghe appeared at the auction and exchanged nods with Ning Fengzhi, making Xue Beng worry that he would reach the pill refiner first.
• Ning Fengzhi also bought the Spirit Returning Pill, bringing the total price of the two pills to 4.8 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Prince Xue Xing told Xue Beng that Dugu Bo and Tang Chuan had sold the pills, then promised that Dugu Bo would give Xue Beng some.
• Xue Beng saw Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe chatting with Dugu Bo and Tang Chuan and asked Prince Xue Xing if Dugu Bo had defected.

Prince Xue Xing left the auction after seeing Dugu Bo with Xue Qinghe, choosing to question Dugu Bo privately later. At Shrek Academy, Master revealed that Tang San's father was Tang Hao and had secretly protected him, leaving Tang San furious at Spirit Hall and considering the Eight Spider Lances as a way to grow stronger quickly.

• Prince Xue Xing left the auction with Xue Beng after seeing Dugu Bo alongside Xue Qinghe, and told Xue Beng he would speak with Dugu Bo privately later.
• Master showed Tang San a Pope's Edict from Tang Hao and confirmed that Tang San's father was the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Master told Tang San that Tang Hao had fought Spirit Hall to protect him and had secretly beaten Zhao Wuji after Zhao Wuji troubled Tang San.
• Master said Tang San's mother might have died at Spirit Hall's hands, and Tang San vowed that Spirit Hall would pay.
• Tang San considered devouring with the Eight Spider Lances as the fastest way to increase his strength.

Tang San secretly killed a Soul Master to devour his vitality and Soul Power, then discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had gained a blood-devouring ability and turned dark. Nearby, Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo sensed fresh blood and a strange trace of Evil Qi.

• Master urged Tang San to reach Soul Power Level Forty before the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament, and Tang San vowed to improve quickly.
• Tang San hunted a lone Level Thirty Soul Master outside the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and used his Eight Spider Lances to devour the man's vitality and Soul Power.
• When several young Soul Masters witnessed the killing, Tang San strangled them with Blue Silver Grass and absorbed their blood essence.
• Tang San noticed his Blue Silver Grass had turned dark and suspected the energy from the Eight Spider Lances had caused an Acquired Spirit Mutation.
• After leaving the auction, Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo detected fresh blood and Evil Qi in a nearby alley.

Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo identified Tang San as the killer draining Soul Masters in Heaven Dou City, but failed to catch him despite a month of searching. With the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament approaching, Tang Chuan began forming a seven-person team and planned to recruit from the Imperial Dou Team.

• Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo found withered Soul Master corpses and identified the Eight Spider Lances wounds as evidence that Tang San was responsible.
• Tang Chuan angrily vowed to cripple Tang San and avoided answering Dugu Bo’s question about their possible family connection.
• For a month, Tang San continued killing across Heaven Dou City while Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo failed to catch him.
• Tang Chuan predicted Tang San would keep committing crimes during the tournament and planned to trap him and expose him alongside Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Chuan counted four current team members, learned Ning Fengzhi would send his daughter, and decided to recruit the remaining members from the Imperial Dou Team.

Tang Chuan visited Ye Lingling and promised to help her remove the Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul’s inheritance flaw through evolution. Ye Lingling revealed that her family had a legend of an ancestor whose evolved Martial Soul helped her ascend to godhood, leaving Tang Chuan’s offer tied to an uncertain possibility.

• Dugu Bo and Tang Chuan discussed recruiting members of the Imperial Dou Team, and Tang Chuan predicted Ye Lingling might join their academy.
• Dugu Bo and Tang Chuan entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy, confident that their team could compete even if they remained short on members.
• Ye Lingling reflected on the Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul’s single-line inheritance and the deaths of her family members who had sacrificed themselves for it.
• Tang Chuan draped his coat over Ye Lingling and offered to help solve her Martial Soul’s flaw in exchange for a promise.
• Tang Chuan proposed evolving Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearts Begonia, and Ye Lingling recalled a legend about an ancestor who evolved her Martial Soul and ascended to godhood.

Tang Chuan persuaded Ye Lingling to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and join his new academy, offering to help her evolve her Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul. When they went to recruit Yu Tianheng, they found him arguing with Dugu Bo over changing academies and his relationship with Dugu Yan.

• Ye Lingling explained that her ancestor's evolved Nine Hearts Begonia had seven-colored petals, stronger healing, and removed the family's inheritance defect, though she doubted the legend was true.
• Tang Chuan assured Ye Lingling the legend was real and offered to find treasures to evolve her Martial Soul if she joined his academy and competed in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament.
• Ye Lingling agreed to join Tang Chuan's academy, and Tang Chuan decided to approach Yu Tianheng before recruiting the rest of the Imperial Dou Team.
• Tang Chuan and Ye Lingling arrived at the men's dormitory and found Dugu Bo angrily confronting Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Bo accused Yu Tianheng of using his clan and his marriage to Dugu Yan as excuses and of making his enrollment conditional on Dugu Bo approving the marriage.

Tang Chuan and Dugu Bo rejected Yu Tianheng’s marriage threat and left after Dugu Bo teased Tang Chuan about marrying Yanzi. Meanwhile, Tang San claimed he had reached Soul Power Level Forty and went with Flender, Liu Erlong, and the Master to Sunset Forest to hunt for his fourth spirit ring; Dugu Bo appeared near the forest as they searched.

• Tang Chuan rebuked Yu Tianheng for using marriage to pressure Dugu Bo and compared him unfavorably with his uncle, Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Bo dismissed Yu Tianheng and proposed Tang Chuan as a suitable grandson-in-law, but Tang Chuan nervously refused.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San told the Master he had reached Soul Power Level Forty and asked to hunt a Soul Beast for his fourth spirit ring.
• The Master agreed to take Tang San to Sunset Forest with Flender and Liu Erlong before the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament.
• As the group discussed splitting up to search the forest, Dugu Bo sped toward its outskirts.

Master and Tang San found a six-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider, and Master urged Tang San to take its Spirit Ring for his Blue Silver Grass, arguing that the Clear Sky Hammer mattered more. Tang San reluctantly accepted the reasoning and pursued the fleeing spider while Flender and Liu Erlong hurried to help.

• Tang San questioned why Master kept his distance from Liu Erlong, and Master said he feared their relationship would bring her public shame and unhappiness.
• Tang San spotted a Man Faced Demon Spider estimated to be six thousand years old, and Master recommended it as Tang San’s Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Tang San objected that another Man Faced Demon Spider Spirit Ring might limit his Blue Silver Grass, but Master insisted he should sacrifice it for the future power of the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San launched a Signal Flare to summon Flender and Liu Erlong, causing the spider to flee into the forest.
• Master urged Tang San to delay the spider until help arrived, and Tang San chased it using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

Tang San pursued the Man Faced Demon Spider into a Poison Array, survived its poison with the help of his Eight Spider Lances, and discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Grade Herbs. As he began stealing herbs, an Old Man in Green Robe appeared and threatened to make him fertilizer for the garden.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider broke Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, but Tang San struck it with his Clear Sky Hammer and sent it crashing into the woods.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed Tang San and knocked him into an emerald Poison Array, where the Eight Spider Lances absorbed some of the poison as he escaped badly injured.
• Tang San followed the heat and sulfur smell to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and recognized the surrounding plants as Immortal Grade Herbs.
• Tang San greedily began digging up the herbs to take back to Shrek Academy.
• An Old Man in Green Robe confronted Tang San and threatened to turn him into fertilizer for the Herb Garden.

Dugu Bo caught Tang San stealing herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and beat him nearly unconscious. When Master, Flender, and Liu Erlong arrived to rescue Tang San, Dugu Bo confronted them and declared he would take some of Master’s Golden Holy Dragon bloodline.

• Dugu Bo attacked Tang San at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, accusing him of trying to steal from his Herb Garden.
• Dugu Bo overwhelmed Tang San with his killing intent, then grabbed him and decided to kill him for his Eight Spider Lances.
• Master, Flender, and Liu Erlong found signs of a fight and hurried deeper into the forest to search for Tang San.
• Dugu Bo sensed the three approaching, knocked Tang San unconscious, and flew to meet them at the valley’s edge.
• Master demanded that Dugu Bo explain why he had captured Tang San, and Dugu Bo mocked him before announcing his plan to borrow Master’s Golden Holy Dragon bloodline.

Dugu Bo confronted Master and the others over the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline and prepared to kill them, while Tang San lay unconscious in the valley. Their Three-in-One Spirit Fusion Skill clashed with Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor as Tang Chuan, Xiao Rui'er, and Ye Lingling hurried toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Flender tried to protect Tang San and appeal to Dugu Bo, but Dugu Bo dismissed his words and threatened to kill everyone present.
• Master invoked his family ties and denied that Tang San had stolen anything, but Dugu Bo revealed his grudge and demanded the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline.
• Dugu Bo summoned his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, while Master, Flender, and Liu Erlong formed their Three-in-One Spirit Fusion Skill and transformed Luo Sanpao into a Golden Giant Dragon.
• Dugu Bo's Poison Mist met the Golden Giant Dragon's Fart Like Thunder attack, and their clash shook the valley.
• Tang Chuan, Xiao Rui'er, and Ye Lingling approached the well and saw a golden flash after hearing the explosion.

Dugu Bo tested his evolved Jade Phosphor Snake Emperor Poison against Master, Flender, and Liu Erlong, whose Golden Holy Dragon struggled to withstand it. As the three unleashed the Holy Dragon True Form and began devouring the poison, a mysterious Blue-gold Vine eye appeared and struck them with a beam of light.

• Dugu Bo attacked Master, Flender, and Liu Erlong with the Jade Phosphor Snake Emperor Poison, corroding the Golden Holy Dragon's shield.
• Master, Flender, and Liu Erlong used their blood to activate the Golden Holy Dragon's Holy Dragon True Form.
• The Golden Holy Dragon swallowed Dugu Bo's poison, while the three Soul Masters endured the backlash.
• Dugu Bo prepared to use Time Freeze after seeing the Golden Holy Dragon devour his poison.
• A gigantic eye woven from Blue-gold Vine appeared behind the three Soul Masters and struck them with a beam of blue-gold light.

Tang Chuan revealed how Dugu Bo could extract the True Dragon bloodline from Yu Xiaogang, and Dugu Bo forced Yu Xiaogang to manifest Luo Sanpao. Liu Erlong and Flender pleaded for Dugu Bo to take their bloodlines instead, leaving them clinging to his legs as he prepared to attack.

• Tang Chuan, Xiao Rui'er, and Ye Lingling emerged after their attack disrupted the Golden Iron Triangle's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, allowing Dugu Bo to defeat the three.
• Dugu Bo seized Yu Xiaogang by the throat, and Tang Chuan taunted Liu Erlong about Yu Xiaogang abandoning her on their wedding night.
• Dugu Bo demanded instructions for extracting Yu Xiaogang's True Dragon bloodline, and Tang Chuan told him to force out Luo Sanpao and extract marrow from its bones.
• Dugu Bo forced Yu Xiaogang to summon Luo Sanpao and reached for its spine while Yu Xiaogang begged Liu Erlong to save him.
• Liu Erlong broke free of Dugu Bo's suppression and begged him to take her bloodline instead, so Dugu Bo turned toward her.
• Flender grabbed Dugu Bo's other leg and pleaded for him to take Flender's bloodline rather than Liu Erlong's.

Dugu Bo ignored Master’s pleas and began extracting the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline from Luo Sanpao as Flender and Liu Erlong failed to stop him. The chapter ended with Master convulsing as Dugu Bo’s attack took effect.

• Liu Erlong and Flender begged Dugu Bo to extract their bloodlines instead of Master’s, while Master selfishly urged him to choose them.
• Dugu Bo kicked Flender aside and blasted Liu Erlong when she attacked him in her Fire Dragon True Body.
• Tang San threatened to kill himself if Dugu Bo harmed Master, but Dugu Bo dismissed the threat.
• Flender warned that records of their journey and the traces of battle would lead Tang Hao to Dugu Bo, who vowed to kill them and destroy Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo pierced Luo Sanpao’s back to extract the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline, and Master began convulsing.

Dugu Bo extracted the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline from Master and prepared to kill Tang San, but Flender revealed that Tang Chuan was Tang San’s biological older brother. Tang Chuan said he would not stop Dugu Bo, who decided to kill Tang San anyway.

• Dugu Bo pierced Luo Sanpao and drained the Golden Holy Dragon bloodline, leaving Master gravely weakened as Liu Erlong tried to reach him.
• Tang San attacked Dugu Bo with Blue Silver Grass and his Eight Spider Lances, but Dugu Bo easily stopped him and seized him by the throat.
• Flender called out to Tang Chuan and revealed that Tang San was his biological younger brother, surprising Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling.
• Tang Chuan confirmed his identity and said Dugu Bo could kill Tang San because he also wanted his younger brother dead.
• Tang Chuan told Dugu Bo that Tang Hao wanted to kill him too, and Dugu Bo tightened his grip on Tang San, declaring that he would send him to hell.