Chapter Summaries

After the players completed the quest, they received generous rewards, including Three-Word Battle Armor, which Qian Xunji won at auction and wore. Dong'er then unlocked an exclusive quest targeting Xu Tianran, and the players prepared to continue their revenge.

• The players received three Soul Power levels, 5,000 years of Soul Ring age, Gold Soul Coins, and Three-Word Battle Armor as an additional reward.
• Qian Xunji won the Three-Word Battle Armor with a bid of 500,000 Fate Coins and equipped it, gaining roughly Soul Douluo-level strength but suffering a 30% reduction in Experience Points.
• Dong'er unlocked the exclusive quest The Crown Prince's Fear, which required her to plant and detonate bombs near Xu Tianran and offered his real-time coordinates as a reward.

Dong'er infiltrated Xu Tianran’s Crown Prince’s residence to plant explosives and complete her quest, while Orange left to suppress Zhao Yang’s rebellion. After the players advised Dong'er to get as close as possible despite the danger, Xue Chen sensed her presence, and she revealed herself to Xu Tianran.

• Xu Tianran learned that Zhao Yang, a grand duke’s heir, had rebelled, and he sent Orange to lead troops against the Rebel Army.
• Dong'er slipped into Xu Tianran’s residence under her Concealment Cloak and searched for him while consulting the players.
• Long Xiaoyao returned Zhang Peng to the Holy Spirit Cult, where Zhang Peng recounted his defeat and Zhongli Wu grew angry with Xu Tianran for withholding information.
• At dinnertime, Dong'er found Xu Tianran guarded by Xue Chen and decided to approach with explosives under her Concealment Cloak.
• Xue Chen sensed something was wrong, and Dong'er jumped out and announced herself.

Dong'er bombed Xu Tianran's residence, leaving him alive but badly injured, then reunited with Huo Yuhao in Mingdu. She invited him to the Clear Sky School to hunt for a soul ring, while Tang Yi issued the Players a mission to check in there, setting them up to follow the pair and plan an attack.

• Dong'er detonated explosives at Xu Tianran's residence, badly injuring Xu Tianran and destroying one of Shadow Douluo Xue Chen's arms.
• Xu Tianran ordered an investigation into the assassin after news of the attack spread through Mingdu.
• Wang Dong'er met Huo Yuhao and invited him to the Clear Sky School to obtain a soul ring; Huo Yuhao agreed to go with her.
• Tang Yi issued the Players a check-in mission at the Clear Sky School, and they arranged for Ghost Nana to track Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.
• After learning the pair were preparing to leave the academy, the Players planned to follow them and discussed bombing the school and triggering an avalanche.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er encountered a rebellion-suppression battle while traveling to Clear Sky School and decided to save Orange, the Sun Moon Empire's Crown Princess, in exchange for a chance for Huo Yuhao to enter the Illustrious Virtue Hall. The players watched them join the fight, then received a quest from the game system.

• The players followed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er as the pair discussed their recent troubles and promised to grow stronger and take revenge.
• Wang Zhongwang recalled that Orange would be surrounded by rebels and that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er had originally helped her defeat their leader.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er spotted the battle but initially chose to stay out of it.
• After Zhao Yang revealed Orange was the Crown Princess and ordered his troops to capture her alive, Wang Dong'er persuaded Huo Yuhao to save her in hopes of earning access to the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er joined the battle, and the players prepared to interfere before a quest arrived from the game system.

The players chose to enter the battle as a third force and attack both armies, turning Orange’s fight against the rebels into a chaotic bombardment. As Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er moved to investigate the new attackers, rebel leader Zhao Yang charged toward the players, setting up a clash with the mini-boss.

• The players voted to choose the third mission option and prepare to wipe out both sides.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er joined the battle, easing the pressure on Orange as she faced the rebels.
• The players unleashed their Soul Guidance Cannons across the battlefield, causing heavy casualties among both armies.
• Zhao Yang mistook the players’ position for a cannon emplacement and charged at them with his guards.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er decided to investigate the players, while Gu Yuanhao urged his group to attack Zhao Yang.

The Players ambushed Zhao Yang and overwhelmed him with coordinated attacks, leaving him gravely wounded after nearly beheading him. With his guards dead and his vision blinded, Zhao Yang fled toward Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er as Qian Xixi tried to stop him.

• The Players opened fire before Zhao Yang could finish challenging them, killing many of his personal guards and enraging him.
• Zhao Yang used Martial Soul True Body and attacked Qian Xixi, but her shield withstood his blows even after it cracked.
• I Am an Angel blinded Zhao Yang, and Ten-Year Veteran pierced his body with an armor-piercing spear thrust.
• I Am an Angel slashed Zhao Yang's neck with Glory Sword, dropping his Health Bar below a quarter and nearly beheading him.
• The Players killed Zhao Yang's personal guards, and the gravely wounded Zhao Yang fled blindly toward Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.
• Qian Xixi used Gravity Distortion to try to stop Zhao Yang from escaping.

The players killed Zhao Yang before Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, who fled, while Gu Yuanhao set off to follow them and locate the Clear Sky School. Qian Xixi then used Taotie Swallows the Heavens to drain the Sun Moon Empire reinforcements of soul power, leaving their army in chaos as the players attacked.

• Qian Xixi used Gravity Distortion and Tortoise-Snake Combined Strike to slow and kill Zhao Yang in front of Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.
• Wang Dong'er pulled Huo Yuhao away from the battlefield, and Gu Yuanhao decided to follow them toward the Clear Sky School.
• Gu Yuanhao noticed Orange's reinforcements arriving, and the players prepared to face them.
• Qian Xixi used Taotie Swallows the Heavens to drain the soldiers and their soul tools of soul power.
• The players attacked the weakened Sun Moon Empire army, causing heavy casualties and sending its troops fleeing in confusion.

The Players cleared Orange’s army and received three Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Guidance Cannons as a quest reward before leaving Orange alive. As they followed Gu Yuanhao’s coordinates, Wang Dong’er sensed she was being watched, and Tang Yi learned that her intuition might be a compensation effect.

• The Players defeated Orange’s army, completed their quest, and received three Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Guidance Cannons, Experience Points, and Gold Soul Coins.
• The Players discussed using the cannons against the Clear Sky School, and Qian Xunji announced that he had reached Level 60 and gained two new skills.
• Orange demanded to know the Players’ faction and motives, but they dismissed her and warned her to beware of Xu Tianran before leaving the battlefield.
• Orange wondered whether she could return to Xu Tianran and pursue revenge after her defeat, while the Players continued toward Gu Yuanhao’s coordinates.
• Wang Dong’er repeatedly looked back and told Huo Yuhao she felt someone was following them, though his Spirit Detection found nobody.
• Gu Yuanhao reported Wang Dong’er’s intuition to the Players, and Tang Yi learned from the Game System that it might be a compensation effect.

Tang Yi realized Wang Qiuer had become the Emperor Auspicious Beast and planned to reclaim her fortune and part of Tang Wutong’s soul after she left the Star Dou Great Forest. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er reached the Clear Sky School, where the Players discussed its secrets and Huo Yuhao’s lost opportunity.

• Tang Yi concluded that Tang Wutong’s soul had been placed inside the Emperor Auspicious Beast, who had transformed into Wang Qiuer, and planned to reclaim their fortune when she left the forest.
• Wang Qiuer celebrated her secret transformation into human form, unaware that Tang Yi had mapped out her fate.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er arrived at the Clear Sky School, where Wang Dong'er took him to meet Niu Tian and Titan.
• Gu Yuanhao photographed the Clear Sky School and posted it in the Player Channel, prompting the Players to discuss the sects’ small populations and the world’s Martial Soul inheritance.
• The Players discussed the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Essence and whether Tang San had orchestrated Huo Yuhao’s past, while Dong'er questioned whether Huo Yuhao loved Wang Dong'er or Tang Wutong.

The Players used a holographic map to plan an avalanche attack on the Clear Sky School while Huo Yuhao cultivated, unaware of the danger. The chapter ended as the Players set off explosives and a massive avalanche began sliding down the mountain.

• Wang Dong'er took Huo Yuhao to cultivate with the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade Marrow while Da Ming and Er Ming wondered whether he was the person Tang San had chosen.
• The Players completed their Clear Sky School check-in quest and received a detailed holographic map.
• Gu Yuanhao used the map to devise a plan to trigger an avalanche and fire three Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Guidance Cannons at the Clear Sky School.
• The Players planted explosives at the chosen sites, and Gu Yuanhao aimed the cannons at the school.
• Gu Yuanhao announced that the Avalanche Plan had begun, and the explosives detonated, setting off a massive avalanche.

The players destroyed most of the Clear Sky School with three Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Guidance Cannons, and avalanches buried the school and the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Essence. They completed a hidden quest, and Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior was randomly selected to receive its reward, which had not yet been revealed.

• Da Ming and Er Ming discovered avalanches on the surrounding mountains while Wang Dong'er woke Huo Yuhao and tried to get him to safety.
• Gu Yuanhao fired three Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Guidance Cannons at Da Ming and Er Ming, who failed to stop the blasts from devastating the Clear Sky School.
• The explosions left Da Ming and Er Ming too exhausted to halt the avalanches, which swept them away and buried the Clear Sky School and the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Essence.
• The system announced that the players had completed the hidden quest to bury the Clear Sky School and would randomly select one player for its reward.
• The system selected Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior, then began drawing his reward without revealing what it was.

Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior unlocked a second Martial Soul slot and obtained the Clear Sky Hammer, then the Players planned to visit Shrek Academy. Their plans changed when they received a quest to kill the runaway Emperor Auspicious Beast, who might already have taken human form as Wang Qiuer.

• Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior spent Fate Coins and extra money to unlock the Twin Martial Souls slot and obtained the Clear Sky Hammer with its associated techniques.
• Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior showed off the Clear Sky Hammer and declined Qian Xunji's offer of an interest-free loan to refine Blue Silver Grass.
• The Players discussed the story after Huo Yuhao left Clear Sky School and decided to travel to Shrek Academy to unlock its waypoint.
• The Players received a quest to kill the runaway Emperor Auspicious Beast for a Luck Ring that increased the hidden luck attribute by two.
• The Players wondered whether the Emperor Auspicious Beast had become Wang Qiuer, and Gu Yuanhao said Tang San's plan meant she would eventually take human form regardless of meeting Huo Yuhao.

The Players killed Wang Qiuer moments after she took human form, completing their quest and provoking Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts. Tang Yi reclaimed her fortune and the portion of Tang Wutong’s soul, then arranged for Wang Qiuer to respawn in an hour with her memories erased.

• Da Ming and Er Ming emerged from the snow, suspected the Sun Moon Empire or another great empire had attacked the Clear Sky School, and began rescuing survivors.
• The Players encountered Wang Qiuer near the Star Dou Great Forest and attacked her as their quest target.
• Wang Qiuer tried to defend herself with the Golden Dragon Spear, but the Players overwhelmed and killed her with their ultimates.
• Di Tian roared in fury as the sleeping Ferocious Beasts awoke, and the Players debated whether to flee before a beast tide arrived.
• Tang Yi reclaimed Wang Qiuer’s fortune and the portion of Tang Wutong’s soul, erased Wang Qiuer’s memories, and set her to respawn in an hour.

Tang Yi considered the conflicting accounts of the Golden Dragon Spear’s origins and decided to keep it for future use. Meanwhile, Agile Dog in the Mountains livestreamed the approaching beast tide, spotted Red King, and watched as the Soul Beasts suddenly stopped.

• Tang Yi recalled three contradictory accounts of the Golden Dragon Spear’s origins and decided that, since it was his now, he would save it for later.
• Agile Dog in the Mountains stayed behind to livestream the beast tide while players discussed Soul Beast lore and the fate of the Soul Beast race.
• Agile Dog in the Mountains used his Concealment Cloak to hide from the approaching beast tide and spotted the three-headed Red King behind it.
• The Soul Beasts suddenly stopped during Agile Dog in the Mountains’ livestream, prompting Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior to ask whether the stream had frozen.

Di Tian launched a beast tide after sensing the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s death, but she respawned at the Lake of Life before the beasts reached the forest’s outskirts. He halted the attack, and the players received their quest reward while discussing the dungeon’s respawn mechanic.

• After sensing the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s death, Di Tian woke the Ferocious Beasts and prepared a beast tide led by the Red King, Xiong Jun, and the Myriad Demon King.
• Tang Yi respawned the Emperor Auspicious Beast at the Lake of Life in Wang Qiuer’s human form, and Di Tian discovered her alive but unable to remember what had happened.
• Di Tian ordered the Ferocious Beasts to stop the beast tide and return to the Star Dou Great Forest Core, whereupon the Red King turned back and the tide dispersed.
• The game announced that the players had completed their quest and received the Luck Ring, leaving them to conclude that Wang Qiuer had respawned in the dungeon.

After returning to their academies, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er left the Clear Sky School’s destruction unresolved. A new check-in mission sent the players to Shrek Academy’s Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Meeting, and they considered asking Tang Ya to help them enter while Bei Bei waited outside their Sect Base, unable to get in.

• Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao blamed the New Tang Sect for the avalanche that buried the Clear Sky School, but Da Ming and Er Ming told them to stay safe and return to their academies.
• Huo Yuhao finished his studies at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and returned safely to Shrek Academy.
• The players shared their Fate Coins, and Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior evolved his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul into a Blue Silver King.
• A new mission tasked the players with checking in at Shrek Academy’s Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Meeting, and they discussed having Tang Ya help them gain entry.
• Bei Bei waited outside the players’ Sect Base, hoping to see Tang Ya, but the newly spawned Guard NPCs prevented him from entering.

Bei Bei waited outside the players’ sect base, hoping to see Tang Ya, and bargained with the players for a chance to meet her at Shrek Academy’s Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference. Tang Ya learned he was waiting but chose not to see him, focusing instead on rebuilding the Tang Sect.

• The players returned to the sect base and found Bei Bei waiting outside after the guards had thrown him out.
• Wang Zhongwang, Agile Dog in the Mountains, Dong'er, and Spirit Hall Eternal questioned Bei Bei, who said he only wanted to see Tang Ya.
• The players agreed to pass on Bei Bei’s message if he let them watch the Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference.
• Bei Bei offered to bring the players and Tang Ya to the event if they persuaded her to attend.
• I Am an Angel and the others told Tang Ya that Bei Bei was waiting, but she refused to meet him and continued focusing on her work and the Tang Sect.

Tang Ya agreed to reject Bei Bei at the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference after the Players urged her to cut ties, while Bei Bei prepared to wait for her there. Back at Shrek Academy, Huo Yuhao learned about the upcoming conference and saw Bei Bei hurry past without responding to him.

• I Am an Angel and the other Players persuaded Tang Ya to make a clean break with Bei Bei at the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference, and she agreed to send him that message.
• I Am an Angel told Bei Bei that Tang Ya would make things clear at the conference, and Bei Bei said he would wait for her and that she was the only one in his heart.
• The Players discussed Bei Bei's past actions and the Heaven and Earth Valley of Love while Bei Bei left Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy, met Wang Dong'er, and learned from Xu Sanshi about the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference.
• Bei Bei hurried past Huo Yuhao without responding, and Wang Dong'er suggested that he might be preparing for the conference.

The Players arrived at Shrek Academy with Tang Ya, where Bei Bei tried to reconcile with her and promised to prove his feelings at the Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference. Mu En learned of their arrival and told Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er to keep watch, while the Players criticized the academy’s celebrated founders.

• Tang Ya showed the Players around Shrek City before leading them to Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei rushed to Tang Ya at the academy gates, but she dodged his attempt to take her hand and said they needed to clear things up.
• Bei Bei promised Tang Ya that he would prove his feelings at the Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference, then took the group inside.
• Mu En told Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er that the New Tang Sect visitors had arrived because Bei Bei invited them, and ordered them to keep watch without acting rashly.
• The Players saw statues of Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender and criticized their reputations and Shrek Academy’s treatment of its students.

The Players discussed Shrek Academy’s hidden history and mocked Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin’er while Gu Yuanhao watched them. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er recognized Tang Ya, who offered Huo Yuhao the choice to join the New Tang Sect after graduation, but he urged her to return to the Tang Sect.

• The Players debated whether Shrek Academy concealed Xiao Wu’s identity as a hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beast and criticized the Academy’s conduct across different eras.
• Gu Yuanhao noticed Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin’er watching the Players, and the Players ridiculed the couple’s relationship.
• Gu Yuanhao used his Sharingan to photograph Qian Duoduo backing down in front of Xian Lin’er and shared the image in the Player Channel.
• The Players spotted Wang Dong’er and Huo Yuhao, who recognized Tang Ya beside the New Tang Sect members.
• Huo Yuhao hurried over to Tang Ya, and she explained that she had returned to clear things up and invited him to join the New Tang Sect after graduation.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya that the New Tang Sect members were using her and asked her to come back.