Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Hu Liena entered Slaughter City by killing the tavern patrons and defeating the Black Armored Knight. After more than two years fighting in the Hell Slaughter Arena, both had reached ninety-nine wins and prepared to take on Hell Road.

• Tang San killed the tavern patrons who mocked him and Hu Liena, then broke through the floor and led her into Slaughter City.
• Tang San killed the Black Armored Knight with the Clear Sky Hammer and obtained entry proof for himself and Hu Liena.
• Tang San warned Hu Liena not to hold him back as they entered Slaughter City, and she threatened to kill him if he did the same to her.
• Over more than two years, Tang San and Hu Liena became leading fighters in the Hell Slaughter Arena, earning the titles Demon God and Witch and reaching ninety-nine wins each.
• Hu Liena asked whether it was time to take on Hell Road, and Tang San agreed.

Tang San and Hu Liena entered Hell Road to obtain the Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Tang San defeated its dangers while carrying Hu Liena. After they escaped with the domain, Tang San revealed that he had poisoned Slaughter City with Snow-Colored Swan Kiss and expected it to be destroyed.

• Tang San and Hu Liena won their hundredth arena victories, rejected the King of Slaughter's offer to bypass Hell Road, and were sent into it as the arena's fallen were sacrificed.
• Tang San carried Hu Liena along Hell Road and used Blue Silver Domain to fight through a swarm of Blood Bats and kill the Dark-Gold Three-Headed Bat.
• Tang San defeated the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent with his Clear Sky Hammer and took its inner core.
• Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to reach the exit with Hu Liena and obtained the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Tang San left Hell Road with Hu Liena and revealed that he had released Snow-Colored Swan Kiss to destroy Slaughter City.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing discovered that Slaughter City had been destroyed, ruining Dai Mubai’s plan to pursue the Asura God’s inheritance. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong sent Tang San to serve the Heaven Dou Empire’s crown prince, and he set out with Yue Guan, planning to meet Qian Renxue.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Slaughter City and found the tavern deserted after hearing no news from their guide.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing descended into Slaughter City and found the streets filled with corpses, confirming the city had been destroyed.
• Dai Mubai blamed Tang San for destroying Slaughter City and preventing anyone else from inheriting the Asura God’s divine position, while Zhu Zhuqing reacted thoughtfully to Tang San’s name.
• Hu Liena warned Tang San about the danger ahead and urged him to put his safety first if conflict came to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong told Tang San to go to the Heaven Dou Empire and serve its crown prince, and Tang San departed with Yue Guan intending to meet Qian Renxue.

Tang San met Qian Renxue, who asked him to prepare a slow-acting poison for Emperor Xue Ye and urged him to win over Dugu Bo. Tang San reunited with Dugu Bo, agreed to help cure Dugu Yan’s weakened toxicity, and watched Dugu Bo embarrass Yu Xiaogang at the academy.

• Qian Renxue asked Tang San to make a poison that would kill its target naturally after several years, and told him to stay in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue warned Tang San not to antagonize Dugu Bo and suggested he earn the Titled Douluo’s support.
• Tang San settled in Heaven Dou City, then visited Dugu Bo at the Heaven Dou Empire’s imperial academy.
• Dugu Bo asked Tang San to help Dugu Yan after her absorption of other Soul Beast toxins weakened her toxicity, and Tang San agreed to use mixed poison.
• Dugu Bo led Tang San to Yu Xiaogang’s class, where Yu Xiaogang ran out in embarrassment after Dugu Bo’s prank caused him to pass gas.

Tang San examined Dugu Yan’s weakening, unstable poisons and explained how to balance them, while she began doubting Gangzi’s teachings. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo recognizing Tang San’s solution as a possible way to fix her martial soul.

• Dugu Bo took Tang San to find Dugu Yan and asked him to solve the problem with her martial soul.
• Dugu Yan noticed that her martial soul’s toxicity and strength had weakened, and she began wondering whether Gangzi’s theories were wrong.
• Dugu Bo introduced Tang San to Dugu Yan as an expert in poison who had come to help her.
• Tang San took Dugu Yan’s hand and neutralized the three poisons she released without using any countermeasures.
• Tang San identified the conflicting poisons in Dugu Yan’s body and recommended a mild detoxifying buffer followed by a poison similar to jade phosphorus snake poison.
• Dugu Bo understood Tang San’s proposed method and reacted with excitement.

Tang San secured poisons from Dugu Bo and accepted Qian Renxue’s assignment to infiltrate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, seeing it as a chance to build influence. At the sect, Ning Rongrong remained upset over the search for an Immortal Herb until an angry figure confronted her.

• Dugu Yan agreed to try Tang San’s method for strengthening her poison, and Dugu Bo gave Tang San the poisons he requested.
• Tang San met Qian Renxue in the crown prince’s chambers, rejected her offer to pledge loyalty to her, and accepted a mission to gather intelligence inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue decided Tang San would be left to squander his time at the sect while she pursued her plan to seize the empire.
• Bone Douluo tried to comfort Ning Rongrong because Sword Douluo had not found the Immortal Herb she described.
• An angry figure approached Ning Rongrong and demanded to know how far she intended to take the matter.

Ning Fengzhi berated Ning Rongrong for obsessing over Immortal Herbs and the Nine Treasure Pagoda, then admitted his fear that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect lacked secure combat strength for the future. Sword Douluo returned with Tang San, who revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and offered to become a Guest Elder.

• Ning Fengzhi angrily told Ning Rongrong that Immortal Herbs did not exist and urged her to focus on inheriting the sect, leaving her sobbing over the loss of her chance to become Nine Treasure.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo left Ning Rongrong alone, and Ning Fengzhi confessed that he feared the sect would not endure without powerful allies and successors.
• Sword Douluo returned with Tang San and told Ning Fengzhi that the young man wanted to join the sect as a Guest Elder.
• Tang San introduced himself, revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and stated that his Soul Power had reached level 52.

Tang San presented himself to Ning Fengzhi as an eighteen-year-old Clear Sky Sect genius, won a place as a guest elder in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and met Ning Rongrong. Ning Rongrong recognized him and collapsed to her knees, begging for forgiveness.

• Tang San showed Ning Fengzhi his Level 52 Clear Sky Hammer and explained that he had left the Clear Sky Sect to investigate the continent’s unrest.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Tang San as a guest elder and offered him a room and the sect’s support, while considering how he might join the sect permanently.
• Sword Douluo encouraged Tang San to spend time with Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi warned him not to indulge her tantrums.
• Tang San entered Ning Rongrong’s room while she blamed him for her troubles and then recognized him.
• Ning Rongrong fell to her knees, clutched Tang San’s thigh, and wept, saying she was wrong.

Ning Rongrong begged Tang San for Immortal Herbs so she could evolve into Nine Treasure, but he rejected her appeals and warned that he could control the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect without her. The chapter ended with Tang San telling her to prove herself, while withholding forgiveness.

• Ning Rongrong clung to Tang San and apologized for helping drive him from the Shrek Seven Devils, pleading for Immortal Herbs.
• Tang San rebuked Ning Rongrong for betraying their past friendship and explained that he had found his own path after leaving Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong appealed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s value as an ally and promised its support if Tang San helped her become Nine Treasure.
• Tang San argued that he could give the Immortal Herbs to another sect member and still gain control of the sect.
• Ning Rongrong pressed close to Tang San and said she would do anything to become Nine Treasure; Tang San stood up, gripped her face, and told her to prove herself before he would consider forgiving her.

Tang San manipulated Ning Rongrong into handing over control of half the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's wealth so he could fund the forging of hidden weapons. After Sword Douluo mentioned new plants near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Tang San hurried away, suspecting something was wrong.

• Tang San gave Ning Rongrong hope of obtaining the Aromatic Silk Beauty while planning to use her to control the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong offered herself to Tang San and gave him a token granting access to the half of the sect's wealth she controlled.
• Ning Fengzhi returned with Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo, approved of Tang San and Ning Rongrong's closeness, and left them together.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Rongrong that new plants had recently appeared in Dugu Bo's medicinal garden near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San heard Sword Douluo's report, suspected the sudden growth of new Immortal Herbs, and hurried out.

Tang San returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found several Immortal Herbs that had grown abnormally fast, leading him to suspect the Divine Realm was interfering. After Dugu Bo confirmed the new plants lost their potency when picked, Tang San gave him an Immortal Herb before leaving.

• Tang San found newly sprouted Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and watched the Nine-Grade Immortal Ganoderma rot when he tried to pick it.
• Tang San asked Dugu Bo to pick the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, which also lost its medicinal potency, and concluded the plants could only be harvested by him.
• Tang San suspected the Divine Realm had arranged the herbs for the reborn Shrek Seven Monsters, while his surviving God Slayer Insight reassured him that Asura still supported him.
• Dugu Bo promised to protect the herbs, invited Tang San to visit his granddaughter, and joked about marrying her.
• Tang San handed Dugu Bo a box containing an Immortal Herb and told him it would be useful.

Dugu Bo consumed the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, advancing from level ninety-two to ninety-three and greatly reducing the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul’s poisonous backlash. Tang San promised to investigate whether Immortal Herbs could help Dugu Bo’s family, then took him to Heaven Dou City to recruit the Strength Clan and prepare for future threats.

• Dugu Bo ate the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and broke through to level ninety-three, with more medicinal potency still inside him.
• Dugu Bo discovered that the herb had reduced the poison harming his body while increasing his Martial Soul’s poisonous output, and he asked Tang San to help his family.
• Tang San said he would look into solutions but explained that each person could consume only one Immortal Herb and that the Jade Phosphorus Snake Martial Soul’s flaws were difficult to address.
• Dugu Bo again urged Tang San to consider marrying his granddaughter Dugu Yan, but Tang San changed the subject and invited him to discuss business.
• Tang San took Dugu Bo to Heaven Dou City to approach the Strength Clan, hoping to recruit blacksmiths for Hidden Weapon production and strengthen his forces.

Tang San visited the Strength Clan with Dugu Bo and revealed that he was Tang Hao’s son, then asked Tai Tan to follow him despite his ties to Spirit Hall. Tai Tan pledged the clan’s support, and Tang San arranged paid hidden-weapon work for them through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Tang San and Dugu Bo arrived at the Strength Clan’s mansion, where the guards recognized the Clear Sky Hammer and brought them inside to meet Tai Tan.
• Tang San identified himself as Tang Hao’s son, and Tai Tan questioned him until he believed his claim.
• Tang San admitted he had joined Spirit Hall and asked the Strength Clan to follow him, saying he would not forget his parents’ vengeance.
• Tai Tan knelt with Tai Nuo and Tai Long and pledged the Strength Clan’s support as long as Tang San did not oppose Tang Hao.
• Tang San offered the Strength Clan paid work forging hidden weapons for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Tai Tan agreed.

One year later, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect partnered with the Strength Clan to mass-produce Tang San’s hidden weapons, while Tai Tan reaffirmed his trust in the young master. Oscar saw Ning Rongrong entering the sect with Tang San and was beaten by the gate guards after they recognized his name.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Tang San’s hidden weapons and increased his investment in having the Strength Clan produce them.
• Tai Tan told Tai Nuo that the Strength Clan would follow Tang San, trusting him to value and reward them despite his connection to Spirit Hall.
• Tang San and Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while an unseen observer watched them.
• Oscar saw Ning Rongrong with Tang San and hurried to the sect gates, where guards stopped him.
• The guards recognized Oscar as the person Ning Rongrong had ordered them to beat and attacked him.

Five years after the Shrek Seven Monsters separated, Oscar was beaten by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s gatekeepers and sought answers from Ning Rongrong at the reunion. The battered and diminished former teammates gathered at Shrek Academy, where Oscar confronted Ning Rongrong about ordering his beating.

• Oscar was beaten and thrown out by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s gatekeepers, then went to Shrek Academy to demand an explanation from Ning Rongrong.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong to attend the reunion and report any major differences from their previous lives.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy and discussed their expulsion from their families and Dai Mubai’s plans to begin divine trials.
• Ma Hongjun arrived gaunt and ill, blaming his decline on losing the immortal herb that had suppressed his Evil Fire.
• Oscar arrived injured, and Ning Rongrong soon joined the reunion.
• Oscar asked Ning Rongrong why she had ordered the gatekeepers to beat him, drawing the others’ attention to her.

Dugu Bo attacked Gangzi after Gangzi tried to claim credit for Dugu Yan’s stronger poison, then took Dugu Yan away and warned her that Shrek’s enemies were courting death. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing decided to lead the others to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Xiao Wu, while Ning Rongrong began to suspect Dai Mubai had powerful backing.

• Ning Rongrong told Oscar that her father would favor a stronger Battle Soul Master over a support-system Soul Master, leaving Oscar sullen.
• Gangzi claimed his advice had strengthened Dugu Yan’s poison, but Dugu Yan said she had followed someone else’s advice.
• Dugu Bo arrived, accused Gangzi of filling Dugu Yan’s head with garbage theories, and poisoned him, leaving him numb below the waist.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan away and warned her that the people opposing Tang San were courting death.
• Gangzi blamed Tang San for Dugu Bo’s intervention and asked the others to find Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to go to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ning Rongrong wondered how they knew Xiao Wu had stayed there.

Dai Mubai led the others to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Xiao Wu and demanded that she choose between them and Tang San. When Xiao Wu refused to abandon Tang San, Spirit Hall Soul Masters surrounded her at Dai Mubai’s signal.

• Dai Mubai said Xiao Wu’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast power was essential and led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu wondered to Er Ming why her friends had turned against Tang San, then remembered their planned reunion and set out for a human city.
• Xiao Wu met Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ma Hongjun, and Gangzi, and urged them to talk things out with Tang San and apologize.
• Dai Mubai angrily accused Tang San of receiving all the credit and demanded that Xiao Wu choose sides.
• Xiao Wu said she would not leave Tang San, and Spirit Hall Soul Masters emerged and surrounded her as Dai Mubai declared that he had given her a chance.

Spirit Hall surrounded Xiao Wu, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to restrain Er Ming while their forces moved in. Tang San appeared among them, but Hu Liena and the Spirit Hall Soul Saints recognized him as Tang San, leaving the Shrek Seven Monsters stunned.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei confronted Xiao Wu and Er Ming, while Dai Mubai revealed that Spirit Hall had helped him and Zhu Zhuqing escape the Star Luo royal family.
• Er Ming charged to protect Xiao Wu, but a Soul Saint nullified its domain and Yue Guan’s evolved Martial Soul struck it.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan joined their eighteen Soul Rings in a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that froze Er Ming as Spirit Hall closed in on Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai taunted Xiao Wu and blamed Tang San for her danger, while Xiao Wu realized Yue Guan had eaten an Immortal Herb and stopped resisting.
• Oscar spotted Tang San among the Spirit Hall group, and Dai Mubai accused him of destroying Slaughter City and urged Hu Liena to capture him.
• Hu Liena and the Spirit Hall Soul Saints recognized Tang San as the Pope’s disciple, leaving the Shrek Seven Monsters bewildered.

Tang San protected Xiao Wu from Spirit Hall’s hunt and revealed that he was the Pope’s disciple, leaving the Shrek Seven Monsters stunned. When Tang San ordered Yue Guan to cripple Dai Mubai, Gui Mei intervened and refused to let him attack.

• Hu Liena teased Tang San about his connection to Xiao Wu, and Tang San insisted that he would protect her despite the Pope’s orders.
• Tang San told Xie Yue and Yan that neither of them dared oppose him, then promised Xiao Wu that no one, not even Spirit Hall, would touch her.
• Tang San ordered Yue Guan to release the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei ended it so Er Ming could regain control.
• Dai Mubai challenged Tang San over his ties to Spirit Hall, and Tang San accused Dai Mubai of betraying Xiao Wu before ordering Yue Guan to cripple him.
• Gui Mei stopped Yue Guan and said he could not allow him to attack Dai Mubai.

Tang San dismissed Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven Monsters, then learned that the Asura God King had been guiding Xiao Wu toward sacrificing herself to help him become a God. He refused her sacrifice and promised they would see the world together.

• Gui Mei stopped Yue Guan from attacking Dai Mubai, and Tang San let Dai Mubai leave with the Shrek Seven Monsters after insulting him as a castoff.
• Dai Mubai left vowing to turn his fortunes around through a God's Trial, while Ning Rongrong followed the group after Tang San nodded.
• Tang San told Hu Liena to inform the Pope that Spirit Hall should not attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she left with Xie Yue.
• Xiao Wu explained that a mysterious voice had guided her actions and urged her to sacrifice herself so Tang San could become a God King.
• Tang San recognized the voice as the Asura God King and stopped Xiao Wu from sacrificing herself, promising to become a God King without her help and take her to see the world.