Chapter Summaries

Lin Hao sent Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and Snow Empress into six-hour illusion realms to cultivate under his guidance, while people on the Douluo Continent watched with envy. As the women prepared to return through the heavenly screen, Lin Hao considered attaching his divine consciousness to them and secretly crossing into their world.

• Lin Hao offered Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyun, and Snow Empress personal guidance in separate illusion realms and sent them inside to cultivate.
• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar envied Zhu Zhuqing's access to a private cultivation world and Lin Hao's instruction.
• Tang San compared Zhu Zhuqing's opportunity with his own cultivation, while Yu Xiaogang admitted that Shrek's methods could not match the illusion realms.
• Lin Hao reasoned that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun's return through the heavenly screen might reveal a passage between worlds.
• Lin Hao wondered whether he could attach his divine consciousness to the women and secretly cross into the Douluo Continent, then raised his hand with dark-gold light around his fingertips.

Lin Hao secretly placed Karma Waymarkers on Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun so he could sense their return passage to the Douluo Continent. After six hours of training in illusions, Snow Empress strengthened her foundation, Zhu Zhuyun deepened her understanding of Lunar Power, and Zhu Zhuqing broke through to the Other Shore; Lin Hao then told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun they would return to the Douluo Continent the next day.

• Lin Hao refined two Karma Waymarkers and concealed them in Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun's karma as coordinates for sensing their return passage.
• Snow Empress adapted to the Shrouding the Heavens World's laws in her illusion, while Zhu Zhuyun resonated with the stars and studied Lunar Power under Lin Hao's guidance.
• Lin Hao told Zhu Zhuqing that her obsession with strength and freedom formed the foundation of her Dao, and she broke through to the Other Shore.
• After six hours, the three women emerged from their illusions with strengthened understanding and cultivation foundations.
• Lin Hao told Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun they would return to the Douluo Continent the next day and advised them to regulate their breathing.

Lin Hao secluded himself in his meditation chamber to study the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique: Basic Chapter, mastering the first level of Lightning Fist after six hours. He then began comprehending Thunder Emperor's Finger.

• Lin Hao sealed his meditation chamber and used the system to retrieve the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique: Basic Chapter.
• Lin Hao received the technique's three moves: Lightning Fist, Thunder Emperor's Finger, and Thunder Emperor's Extreme Speed.
• Lin Hao practiced Lightning Fist and learned its first level, First Appearance of Thunder Light.
• After six hours, Lin Hao reached minor accomplishment in Lightning Fist's first level and left a deep, cracked imprint in the chamber wall.
• Lin Hao began studying Thunder Emperor's Finger by gathering magic power at his fingertip and tracing its Dao patterns.

Lin Hao mastered the first levels of Thunder Emperor's Finger and Thunder Emperor's Extreme Speed after practicing through the night. At dawn, Shrek Academy prepared a grand welcome for Zhu Zhuqing, but the chapter left off as Ning Fengzhi arrived and asked after Ning Rongrong.

• Lin Hao condensed a stable golden radiance and used Thunder Emperor's Finger to pierce a hole through the chamber wall.
• Lin Hao practiced Thunder Emperor's Extreme Speed until he achieved its first level, Thunder Flash, allowing him to vanish and reappear over a short distance.
• Flender and Shrek Academy's teachers prepared a formal reception for Zhu Zhuqing's return.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with imperial guards and said the emperor had sent him to welcome Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived, exchanged greetings with Xue Qinghe and Flender, and Ning Fengzhi asked whether Ning Rongrong had been well at the academy.

Shrek Academy hosted the arrival of powerful factions seeking the Zhu sisters and the Heavenly Emperor’s disciples, as rival leaders tested one another’s intentions. The confrontation was interrupted by the arrival of Pope Bibi Dong, escorted by two Titled Douluo.

• Flender told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Rongrong was working hard and was likely preparing to meet Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Yuanzhen arrived with Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders, and Flender noticed Yu Xiaogang among them.
• Dai Weisi arrived with Star Luo guards and declared that he had come to see how Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing had changed.
• Xue Qinghe challenged Dai Weisi over whether the Star Luo Empire would respect Zhu Zhuqing’s wishes, and the gathered factions grew tense.
• Bibi Dong arrived above Shrek Academy in a golden carriage, guarded by Yue Guan and Gui Mei.

Spirit Hall Pope Bibi Dong arrived at Shrek Academy, where several factions had gathered to await Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun. Her presence underscored Spirit Hall’s interest in the sisters and the Heavenly Emperor, while her brief encounter with Yu Xiaogang stirred memories of their past.

• Bibi Dong arrived at the square and received greetings from the gathered factions, while Yu Xiaogang stared at her and she briefly noticed him.
• Bibi Dong greeted Flender, Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi, then remarked that Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun’s acceptance as nominal disciples by the Heavenly Emperor was a great opportunity.
• Bibi Dong asked Dai Weisi about the Star Luo Imperial Family’s marriage agreements with the Zhu sisters, and Dai Weisi said the empire would respect their wishes.
• Bibi Dong asked when the sisters would return, and Flender said the Heavenly Screen indicated they would arrive around noon, about an hour later.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled his past with Bibi Dong and felt the gulf between her standing as Pope and his own position as an exiled, low-ranked spirit master.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun descended from the heavens into the gathering at Shrek Academy, where their arrival left everyone stunned. Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, while Yu Xiaogang struggled to face his father and Bibi Dong.

• Yu Yuanzhen privately reassured Yu Xiaogang that he was still his son, and Yu Xiaogang forced himself to stand tall.
• Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun came out of Shrek Academy to greet the visitors, while Xiao Wu stayed behind to rest.
• Ning Rongrong joyfully embraced Ning Fengzhi, greeted Gu Rong, and introduced them to her companions.
• A golden vortex appeared above Shrek Academy, and its powerful presence disrupted the Soul Power of everyone in the square.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun descended through the golden light and landed before Bibi Dong’s carriage, stunning the gathering.

Lin Hao used his divine sense and the Karma Waymarkers to locate the Douluo Continent, but withdrew when its world barrier reacted to his scrutiny. Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun returned to Shrek Academy, where their transformed presence stunned the crowd and their former ties seemed distant.

• Lin Hao traced the Karma Waymarkers to the Douluo Continent and sensed the gathering at Shrek Academy, then withdrew his divine sense to avoid confronting the world's defenses.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun appeared in Shrek Academy's square, and the gathered crowd noticed their changed bearing and unfamiliar presence.
• Ning Rongrong tried to rush toward Zhu Zhuqing, but Ning Fengzhi held her back after sensing that the two women seemed out of place in the world.
• Dai Weisi stared at Zhu Zhuyun, who passed over him without recognition, while Zhu Zhuqing greeted her former companions and teachers with a slight nod.
• Tang San stepped forward and addressed Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, astonished by how much their presence had changed.

Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun returned with the mysterious Immortal Dao, and Zhu Zhuyun revealed that they had reached the Other Shore realm. Dai Weisi challenged Zhu Zhuyun to demonstrate its strength, leaving all factions watching to see whether she would accept.

• Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, and said the Heavenly Emperor had treated them well and permitted their return.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhuyun, asked whether the Heavenly Emperor had sent a message, and questioned their cultivation.
• Zhu Zhuyun explained the Sea of Bitterness realms and said that she and Zhu Zhuqing had reached the Other Shore.
• Dai Weisi addressed Zhu Zhuyun and asked her to show how the Other Shore compared with the Soul Master system.
• The leaders and members of Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Shrek Academy watched Zhu Zhuyun, waiting for her response.

At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuyun refused to test her strength against Dai Weisi and challenged a Soul Emperor instead, claiming the Other Shore realm could be measured against him. The assembled factions watched with alarm and interest as Dai Weisi suppressed his anger and the battle awaited its start.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi that their similar Soul Power levels made him unsuitable to test her strength, then challenged a Soul Emperor among his guards.
• Bibi Dong declined to arrange a stronger opponent and ordered Yue Guan to record how the Immortal Dao power circulated.
• Ning Rongrong worried about Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San sensed that the sisters' power was unusually condensed and Zhao Wuji watched tensely.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong considered the Immortal Dao a potential threat and decided their sect should treat it with caution.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi their betrothal was over and that fighting him would accomplish nothing, leaving him to face the Soul Emperor she had selected.

Zhu Zhuyun tested her newly acquired Other Shore realm against Xiong Gang and stopped his powerful attack with a faint barrier of moonlight. Dai Weisi and Bibi Dong witnessed the unfamiliar power, while Bibi Dong began considering how to control or crush it.

• Dai Weisi ordered Xiong Gang to test Zhu Zhuyun’s strength while warning him not to harm her.
• Zhu Zhuyun asked Xiong Gang to attack with his full strength and waited without summoning her Martial Soul.
• Xiong Gang activated his Earth-Splitting Violent Bear Martial Soul and charged at Zhu Zhuyun with a heavy blow.
• Zhu Zhuyun raised one hand, and a faint moonlight barrier stopped Xiong Gang’s paw three feet above her head.
• Dai Weisi and Bibi Dong studied Zhu Zhuyun’s unfamiliar power, while Bibi Dong resolved to understand it or destroy it before it matured.
• Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar reacted with disbelief at Zhu Zhuyun’s effortless defense.

After seeing Zhu Zhuyun withstand a Soul Emperor’s strike, Tang San and his companions resolved to investigate how they could reach the Shrouding Method and grow stronger. As they began planning, Zhu Zhuyun evaded Xiong Gang’s Sixth Soul Skill by letting its attacks pass through her, and Tang San recognized the power of space.

• Tang San calmed Ma Hongjun and told his companions that Zhu Zhuyun’s progress showed there was another path to power.
• Tang San, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun agreed to seek a way into the Shrouding the Heavens World and secretly investigate clues connected to the sisters.
• Tang San assigned Ning Rongrong to investigate Zhu Zhuqing’s departure and Oscar and Ma Hongjun to search for traces Zhu Zhuyun had left behind.
• Xiong Gang unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Violent Bear Shakes the Earth, sending stone spikes toward Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun remained unharmed as the spikes passed through her, and Tang San identified the phenomenon as the power of space.

Zhu Zhuyun used the Great Void Technique to evade Xiong Gang’s attacks and trap him in a spatial prison. Witnessing her power convinced Bibi Dong that she wanted to reach the Shrouding the Heavens World, and the chapter left her considering Spirit Hall and the Rakshasa inheritance as bargaining chips.

• Tang San explained that Zhu Zhuyun had shifted into another layer of space to ignore attacks, while Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun reacted with astonishment.
• Xiong Gang transformed with Earth Bear’s Rage and fired his Earth-Rending Roar Wave at Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun vanished, reappeared high above the arena, and used Great Void Technique: Universe in the Palm to imprison Xiong Gang for an hour.
• Bibi Dong recognized that Zhu Zhuyun’s power surpassed the Soul Power system and resolved to go to the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Bibi Dong considered setting aside Spirit Hall and the Rakshasa God inheritance, or using them as bargaining chips, to pursue a greater realm.

Zhu Zhuyun effortlessly trapped a level sixty-eight Soul Emperor, convincing the gathered factions that the Shrouding the Heavens World was real and its power surpassed Douluo Continent’s system. The chapter left the factions contemplating the world as both a possible opportunity and a dangerous force that could reshape the continent.

• Yu Yuanzhen watched Zhu Zhuyun’s display and concluded that the Shrouding the Heavens World was real, fearing that Douluo Continent’s Titled Douluo would be minor figures there.
• Yu Tianheng, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang reacted with shock as they recognized Zhu Zhuyun’s power far exceeded what she had possessed three months earlier.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that contact with the Shrouding the Heavens World’s power system might let Soul Masters break through their limits.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed the world as both an opportunity for Douluo Continent and a danger if its power fell into hostile hands.
• The gathered factions watched Zhu Zhuyun and began reconsidering the Shrouding the Heavens World and its potential impact on the continent.

After Zhu Zhuyun and Bibi Dong left, Zhu Zhuqing described the Shrouding the Heavens World's cultivation system to Tang San and the others. The group grew eager to learn whether they could visit that world, and Oscar asked Zhu Zhuqing if he had a chance to go there.

• Zhu Zhuyun left for her family, and Bibi Dong and the other powerful figures departed or withdrew to an inn.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and eagerly asked about her sister's display of power and the Shrouding the Heavens World.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ma Hongjun and Oscar that Douluo Continent's Soul Power could not teach them the Great Void Technique because the two worlds used different cultivation systems.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained to Tang San and the others that cultivation in the Shrouding the Heavens World relied on the body, soul, and Dao heart rather than Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Tang San and the others grew eager to visit the Shrouding the Heavens World, and Oscar asked Zhu Zhuqing whether he had a chance to go there.

After returning from the Shrouding the Heavens World, Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her friends and described its cultivation resources and demands. The group learned that entering its cultivation system would require abandoning their Soul Power, leaving them to weigh the unknown future against everything they had built.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Oscar that travel between the worlds was controlled by Heavenly Screen and depended on random selection, while Ma Hongjun and the others hoped they might be chosen someday.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to celebrate her safe return, and the group left Dai Weisi behind as they departed the square.
• At Fragrance Gathering Restaurant, Zhu Zhuqing described the Shrouding the Heavens World's exotic beasts, spirit medicines, and the importance of resources alongside talent.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Douluo Continent Soul Masters would have to cripple their Soul Power cultivation to start the other world's system from scratch.
• The group fell silent as they considered the steep price and brutal competition, and Zhu Zhuqing's friends remained torn between their current power and the possibility of greater heights.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her friends after returning from the Shrouding the Heavens World, then spent the night with Ning Rongrong, who teased her about the Heavenly Emperor. Zhu Zhuqing denied anything had happened but wondered if she had fallen for him.

• Ning Rongrong welcomed Zhu Zhuqing back and pressed her for details about serving the Heavenly Emperor, embarrassing her.
• During the meal, Zhu Zhuqing told everyone what she could about the Shrouding the Heavens World and its powerful cultivators and strange races.
• Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing to stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's residence, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing relaxed together in a rose-petal bath, where Ning Rongrong teased her about whether the Heavenly Emperor had touched or romanced her.
• Zhu Zhuqing insisted the Heavenly Emperor would not think of her that way, but privately recalled how her heart raced around him and wondered whether she had fallen for him.

Zhu Zhuqing reflected on her feelings for the Heavenly Emperor and spoke with Ning Rongrong about how the Shrouding the Heavens World had changed her. The next morning, Tang San challenged Zhu Zhuqing so he could experience the Great Void Technique, and they arrived at Shrek’s training ground before a crowd of onlookers.

• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about liking the Heavenly Emperor, then encouraged her to pursue her feelings or keep cultivating until she could stand beside him.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong discussed how the Shrouding the Heavens World had changed Zhu Zhuqing and how Tang San had been studying its cultivation system.
• Zhu Zhuqing lay awake remembering the Heavenly Emperor and wondering why he had allowed her and her older sister to stay by his side.
• Tang San waited at Shrek Academy and asked Zhu Zhuqing to challenge him so he could experience the Great Void Technique and the difference between their worlds.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Tang San’s challenge, and they went to the back-mountain training ground, where Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar had gathered.

Tang San challenged Zhu Zhuqing, using his Soul Skills, close-combat techniques, and hidden weapons, but she evaded every attack with extraordinary speed and the Great Void Technique. Zhu Zhuqing acknowledged his skill and urged him to end the match, but Tang San refused to give up and gathered his Soul Power again.

• Flender let Tang San challenge Zhu Zhuqing and signaled Zhao Wuji to intervene if necessary.
• Tang San opened with Blue Silver Entanglement and close-combat attacks, but Zhu Zhuqing dodged them without using Soul Skills.
• Tang San used Spider Web Restraint, then unleashed his hidden weapons when Zhu Zhuqing appeared beside him, but she avoided everything with the Great Void Technique.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang San that his combat skills were impressive but that he could not hurt or defeat her, and suggested they end the match.
• Tang San clenched his fists and began gathering Soul Power again, refusing to give up.

Tang San tried to wear Zhu Zhuqing down with relentless attacks, but she remained composed and revealed that his strength gap with her was too great for his strategy to work. When he realized his spiritual power was being outmatched, Tang San unleashed his external soul bone, the Eight Spider Lances.

• Tang San concluded that Zhu Zhuqing’s intangibility consumed spiritual power and switched to a battle of attrition.
• Tang San bombarded Zhu Zhuqing with Blue Silver Grass spikes and hidden weapons, while she calmly avoided or passed through the attacks.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized that Tang San had identified a real weakness but kept concealing how much spiritual power she had left.
• Tang San grew exhausted as Zhu Zhuqing remained untroubled, and he realized her total spiritual power far exceeded his own.
• Tang San activated the special bone in his back, and eight purplish-black Eight Spider Lances burst through his clothing.