Chapter Summaries

Tang Feng rescued Zhu Zhuqing from the Star Luo imperial forces with the Ruyi Jingu Bang and Dragon Flame Wings, then fled with her toward the Heaven Dou Empire. As she recovered in his arms, Zhu Zhuqing fully committed her heart and future to him.

• The Soul Douluo general attacked the helpless Zhu Zhuqing with his White Tiger Claw as the other Soul Saints closed in.
• Tang Feng arrived and blocked the claw with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, then fought off the Soul Masters with his Sea-Calming Staff Technique.
• Tang Feng slowed the attackers, reached Zhu Zhuqing, and carried her into the air with his Dragon Flame Wings.
• Tang Feng used Ice and Fire Judgment to hinder the pursuing Soul Masters and escaped with Zhu Zhuqing toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing wept in Tang Feng's embrace and resolved to bind her heart and future to him.

After escaping the Star Luo Empire, Tang Feng brought the wounded Zhu Zhuqing to their old cave in the Star Dou Great Forest and helped her recover. Once she had healed, Zhu Zhuqing chose to test her feelings by attempting to pluck Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and the flower responded to her blood.

• Tang Feng carried Zhu Zhuqing to the cave where they had first met and helped her tend her wounds.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing spent several days recovering in the cave, and she regained her strength by the fifth day.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang Feng that her family had erased her name, and he reassured her that she was free.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared that she wanted to try Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Tang Feng gave her the immortal-grade flower.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled her years with Tang Feng, then let her blood fall onto Lovesick Heartbreak Red, causing it to blaze with red light.

Zhu Zhuqing succeeded in claiming the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and she and Tang Feng finally acknowledged their feelings for each other. The chapter ended with them spending the night together in the cave.

• Zhu Zhuqing plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Tang Feng confirmed that the flower had accepted her.
• Tang Feng embraced Zhu Zhuqing and thanked her for her feelings, while she thanked him for saving her and accepting her.
• Zhu Zhuqing chose to keep the Lovesick Heartbreak Red as a keepsake instead of consuming it, and Tang Feng placed it in a pendant for her to wear.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing kissed and embraced, then Tang Feng carried her to the stone platform.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing became intimate, then rested together as the night grew quiet.

Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing spent several days together in a waterfall cave before flying back to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Lie welcomed Zhu Zhuqing as family. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing reassuring Tang Lie that Tang Feng treated her well.

• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing shared several peaceful days in the cave, growing closer and agreeing to return to the sect.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing left the cave hand in hand, and Tang Feng promised to take her traveling wherever she wished.
• After two days of flight, Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Cloud Mist Mountain, where the disciples welcomed them back.
• Tang Lie greeted Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing at the main hall and declared that the sect was Zhu Zhuqing's home.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Tang Lie and told him that Tang Feng treated her very well.

Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Feng reported their cultivation breakthroughs and learned that several elders had also reached Level 90. After the sect welcomed Zhu Zhuqing as one of its own, the couple settled into Tang Feng's courtyard and shared a family dinner with Tang Lie.

• Tang Feng told Tang Xiao that his travels had changed his outlook and that the Clear Sky Sect should protect the weak, then revealed that he had reached Level 70 and Zhu Zhuqing Level 60.
• Tang Xiao said Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Tang Yu had all broken through to Level 90 and would join Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing in hunting for Soul Rings.
• Tang Xiao explained that Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo had secretly escorted Tang Jian, Oscar, and the others on their travels and were returning with them in about ten days.
• Tang Xiao welcomed Zhu Zhuqing as a member of the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Feng brought her to his courtyard, where they declared it their home and cleaned together.
• Zhu Zhuqing found Tang Feng's childhood notes and treated them as precious before she and Tang Feng prepared dinner for Tang Lie.
• Tang Lie praised Zhu Zhuqing's resilience and called Tang Feng blessed, while Zhu Zhuqing calmly accepted his recognition of her as his granddaughter-in-law.

Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing celebrated their growing family bond with Tang Lie, who shared the Clear Sky Sect’s rising strength and promised its support. In the days that followed, the couple trained, meditated, and found comfort in their life together in the courtyard.

• Tang Lie mourned Tang Feng’s absent parents, and Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing comforted him and welcomed Zhu Zhuqing into the family.
• Tang Lie described his and the elders’ cultivation progress and assured Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing that the sect would support them.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing spent a quiet evening together beneath the stars, and Zhu Zhuqing reflected on how different they felt now that she was no longer alone.
• Over the following days, Zhu Zhuqing climbed the mountain cliff with weighted limbs while Tang Feng practiced his hammer techniques nearby.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing sparred in the courtyard, where Zhu Zhuqing tested her third variation of Nether Shadow Stealth against his Clear Sky Hammer.
• After their nightly intimacy, Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing meditated together and fell asleep in each other’s arms.

Tang Feng welcomed his companions home after their training journey and heard how their strength had grown. He then prepared for a dangerous Star Dou Great Forest expedition, which was set to depart in five days, while Zhu Zhuqing expressed her resolve to face challenges at his side.

• Tang Jian, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Bai Chenxiang, and the others returned from their journey, and everyone warmly welcomed Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing’s relationship.
• The companions recounted their training and new Soul Rings, Soul Skills, and Soul Bones, and Tang Feng gave Niu Zhen a Defense System Soul Bone.
• Tang Feng refused Tang Jian’s request to join the coming hunt, explaining that the Star Dou Great Forest’s core was too dangerous for the group and promising to take them somewhere to grow stronger later.
• Tang Xiao organized an expedition to hunt Tang Feng’s seventh Soul Ring and ninth Soul Rings for Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Tang Yu, assigning some elders to escort them and others to defend the sect.
• Tang Xiao ordered the expedition to depart in five days, and Zhu Zhuqing told Tang Feng she was eager to grow stronger and face challenges beside him.

Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing prepared for the dangers of the Star Dou Forest, while Dai Mubai faced an ultimatum from the Star Luo Imperial Family and considered Spirit Hall’s offer to help him seize the throne. The chapter ended with Tang Feng, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong visiting Shrek Academy, where Flender revealed that no one had heard from Tang San or Yiran since the tournament.

• Tang Feng warned Zhu Zhuqing to follow instructions during the Star Dou Forest expedition, and she promised to stay close to him or Grandfather.
• Dai Mubai received a letter dissolving his engagement to Zhu Zhuqing and ordering him back to the Star Luo Empire, then sought refuge in a brothel.
• Salas offered to help Dai Mubai eliminate Dai Weisi and claim the throne if he and the future empire submitted to Spirit Hall; Dai Mubai asked for time to consider.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Zhuqing and Tai Long to visit Shrek Academy, but Tai Long stayed with Tai Tan, and Tang Feng accompanied Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender welcomed the visitors, while Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai appeared troubled and Ma Hongjun greeted them cheerfully.
• Flender told Oscar that no one had heard from Tang San or Yiran since the tournament.

Oscar asked Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong for permission to marry Ning Rongrong, then proved his combat potential with his soul skills. The elders approved their relationship, and Oscar proposed to Ning Rongrong with a rare Soul Bone as his betrothal gift.

• Tang Feng, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong welcomed them.
• Oscar asked Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to bless his relationship with Ning Rongrong, but Ning Fengzhi explained the sect's rule that her partner should be a Battle Soul Master.
• Oscar demonstrated his staff techniques and shattered Chen Xin's Sword Qi, then tried to summon a copy of Tang Feng's Clear Sky Hammer but could not lift its weight.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong were impressed by Oscar's abilities and agreed to his relationship with Ning Rongrong.
• Tang Feng gave Oscar a fifty-thousand-year Illusion Realm Skull Soul Bone, and Oscar offered it to Ning Rongrong as a betrothal gift while asking her to marry him.
• Ning Rongrong accepted the Soul Bone and agreed to marry Oscar.

Tang Feng left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ning Rongrong absorbed his Soul Bone and grew stronger, while Tang Hao prepared Tang San and Meng Yiran to leave their secluded refuge. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena that Tang Feng—not Tang San—was the Clear Sky Sect’s most dangerous rising talent.

• Ning Rongrong absorbed the fifty-thousand-year Illusion Realm Skull, raised her Soul Power to level fifty-six, and gained stronger spiritual abilities and an area-control skill.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing departed for Cloud Mist Mountain, while Oscar stayed with Ning Rongrong to spend time with her and seek guidance from Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
• Tang Hao told Tang San and Meng Yiran they would leave their refuge to seek a way to repair Tang San’s Martial Soul and hunt Meng Yiran’s fifth Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao gave Tang San the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone left by his mother, and Tang San began absorbing it in hopes of restoring his damaged Martial Soul.
• Hu Liena asked Bibi Dong to let her take a risk to strengthen herself, and Bibi Dong warned her that Tang Feng was the Clear Sky Sect’s true rising threat.

Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing joined Tang Xiao’s group in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a forty-thousand-year Dark Moon Shadow Leopard Soul Ring and gained a powerful Sixth Soul Skill. The group then discovered three Qian Jun Ant Emperors above ninety thousand years old, potential Soul Rings for Tai Tan and two others.

• Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena about Slaughter City, invited her to investigate powerful Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, and urged her to regard Tang Feng as her true rival.
• Tang Xiao led a twelve-person party into the Star Dou Great Forest to search for suitable Soul Beasts.
• Bai He found a forty-thousand-year Dark Moon Shadow Leopard in Moon Valley, and Yang Wudi and Tang Lie subdued it for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the Dark Moon Shadow Leopard, absorbed its Soul Ring, and reached the peak of rank sixty-two.
• Zhu Zhuqing gained the Sixth Soul Skill Dark Moon Shadow Flash, which let her teleport three times while invisible and conceal her presence before striking with enhanced damage.
• After searching deeper into the forest, Bai He found three Qian Jun Ant Emperors above ninety thousand years old, and Tang Xiao ordered the party to prepare for battle.

Tang Xiao and the assembled Soul Masters defeated the three Qian Jun Ant Emperor brothers and helped Tang Yu, Tai Tan, and Niu Gao begin absorbing their Soul Rings. A hundred-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperor Left Arm Bone formed from the three corpses, and Tang Xiao secured it while watching over the absorptions.

• Tang Xiao assigned the Soul Masters to isolate and attack the three Qian Jun Ant Emperors while Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing guarded the perimeter.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Lie gravely wounded the first Ant Emperor, and Tang Yu delivered the finishing blow and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Tang Xiao, Tang Lie, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao brought down the second Ant Emperor, and Niu Gao began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Tang Xiao crushed the third Ant Emperor before it could self-destruct, and Tai Tan delivered the finishing blow and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing watched for approaching threats, which withdrew after sensing the Titled Douluo gathered in the area.
• A hundred-thousand-year Qian Jun Ant Emperor Left Arm Bone formed from the three corpses, and Tang Xiao collected it as the three Soul Masters continued absorbing their Soul Rings.

Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Tang Yu reached Level 92 Titled Douluo after absorbing their new Soul Rings, and Tang Yu gave the Qian Jun Ant Emperor left arm bone to Tang Feng. As the Clear Sky Sect party continued toward the Lake of Life to hunt the Titan Giant Ape, they discovered signs of a fierce battle already underway there.

• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Tang Yu each awakened a powerful Ninth Soul Skill and stabilized at Level 92.
• Tang Yu accepted the Qian Jun Ant Emperor left arm bone from Tang Xiao, then offered it to Tang Feng, who accepted it after Tang Xiao urged him to take on the sect's trust.
• Tang Xiao led the Clear Sky Sect party toward the Lake of Life to find the Titan Giant Ape.
• Bibi Dong and her five Titled Douluo elders and seven Soul Douluo attacked the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, wounding and poisoning both Soul Beasts.
• The battle's shock waves and poisonous fumes drove Soul Beasts toward the forest's outskirts, and Tang Feng's party sensed the turmoil roughly thirty kilometers from the Lake of Life.

Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect arrived at the Lake of Life and intervened in Spirit Hall’s attack on the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python. Their forces gained the upper hand, while Zhu Zhuqing overwhelmed Hu Liena and Tang Feng confronted a White Armored Earth Dragon Soul Douluo.

• Elder Bai He spotted a major battle and deadly poison ahead, and Tang Xiao recognized that Bibi Dong was leading Spirit Hall’s assault.
• Tang Xiao attacked Bibi Dong with his Clear Sky Hammer, and their fierce clash began as the Clear Sky Sect fought Spirit Hall’s forces below.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s Titled Douluo and newly advanced fighters gained an advantage, while Tang Lie’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain surprised Bibi Dong.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Hu Liena, whose shock at Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Rings left her vulnerable to a swift claw strike.
• Tang Feng blocked a White Armored Earth Dragon Soul Douluo and activated several Soul Skills as the man swung at him.

Tang Feng killed a White Armored Earth Dragon Soul Douluo, forcing Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall to retreat. The Titan Giant Ape recognized Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring on Tang Lie and attacked the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Feng ultimately killed it.

• Tang Feng used his Clear Sky Hammer techniques and a Soul Bone teleportation skill to kill the White Armored Earth Dragon Soul Douluo.
• Seeing Spirit Hall’s losses and Hu Liena in danger, Bibi Dong ordered a retreat, leaving behind three Soul Douluo corpses.
• The Titan Giant Ape recognized Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring on Tang Lie and, overcome by grief and fury, attacked the Clear Sky Sect alongside the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Tang Xiao assigned Tang Ran, Tang Rui, and Tang Kun to hold back the Sky Azure Bull Python while he, Tang Lie, Yang Wudi, and Tang Feng fought the Titan Giant Ape.
• After Tang Xiao struck the Titan Giant Ape heavily, Tang Feng killed it with the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes’ Collapse Formula.

Tang Feng absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring through twelve hours of physical and spiritual torment. He emerged as a Soul Saint at rank seventy-four, with the ring fused to his Clear Sky Hammer and a dramatic increase in strength.

• After the Titan Giant Ape fell, the Sky Azure Bull Python mourned him, then fled into the Lake of Life; Tang Xiao ordered the elders to guard Tang Feng as he absorbed the ring.
• Tang Feng stored the Right Arm Soul Bone and began absorbing the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Ring, whose power tore through his body.
• Tang Feng endured the Titan Giant Ape’s vengeful will with the aid of the Ice and Fire Dragon Soul and the will of the God of Slaughter, gradually subduing it.
• The Soul Ring’s power resonated with the Ice and Fire Dragon Soul and transformed Tang Feng’s Clear Sky Hammer, increasing its weight to nearly fifty thousand jin.
• After twelve hours, the scarlet ring settled as Tang Feng’s seventh Soul Ring, and his Soul Power rose to rank seventy-four.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the Clear Sky Sect seniors felt relief as Tang Feng recovered and revealed his new strength.

Tang Feng absorbed the Titan Giant Ape’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring and right arm soul bone, gaining the Clear Sky True Body, Gravity Domain, and powerful new soul bone skills. After thanking the elders and embracing Zhu Zhuqing, he joined the group as they left the Star Dou Great Forest for Cloud Mist Mountain.

• Tang Feng examined the powers of his seventh soul skill, Clear Sky True Body, and his new Gravity Domain.
• Tang Feng absorbed the Titan Giant Ape right arm soul bone while Tang Xiao, Tang Lie, and the other elders stood guard.
• The soul bone granted Tang Feng Titan Sky Shatter and Gravity Cage, strengthened his body and Clear Sky Hammer, and raised his soul power to level seventy-seven.
• Tang Feng embraced Zhu Zhuqing and thanked the elders for protecting him during his absorption.
• Tang Xiao stored the Titan Giant Ape’s remains, and the twelve figures set off for Cloud Mist Mountain.

Tang Hao severed his right arm and left leg to remove his hidden injuries and return two inherited Soul Bones to the Clear Sky Sect, then asked Tang Yuehua to help Tang San go back. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing reunited after their month in the Star Dou Forest and planned a relaxing trip around Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Hao cut off his right arm and left leg, revealing two powerful inherited Soul Bones, and explained that he intended to return them to the Clear Sky Sect as a token of remorse.
• Tang San treated Tang Hao's wounds, and the three went to Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua agreed to take them to Cloud Mist Mountain the next morning.
• At the Clear Sky Sect, the disciples finished celebrating their victory over Spirit Hall and sharing the Titan Giant Ape's meat.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing returned to their courtyard, spent the night together, and agreed to stroll around Heaven Dou City the next day.
• The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing wore a smoky blue-green dress as she left the courtyard with Tang Feng.

Tang Hao, Tang San, and Tang Yuehua returned to the Clear Sky Sect to seek help restoring Tang San’s damaged Clear Sky Hammer and to have him join the clan. Tang Xiao agreed to present Tang San before the sect, while Tang Yuehua and Tang Hao warned him that he would have to overcome the elders’ grievances and prove his worth.

• Tang Xiao welcomed Tang Hao and heard Tang Yuehua explain Tang Hao’s injuries, Tang San’s crippled Clear Sky Hammer, and their request for help and clan recognition.
• Tang Xiao tested Tang San’s strength, then rebuked Tang Hao for exposing the Clear Sky Hammer and promised to seek restoration methods while arranging a sect assembly.
• Tang Xiao said Tang San must be formally accepted by the clan and face the elders’ tests, then noted that Tang Feng’s absence might prevent conflict over Tang Hao’s return.
• Tang Yuehua warned Tang Hao and Tang San that most of the thirteen elders still resented Tang Hao and explained that Tang San would need to demonstrate strength and worth.
• Tang Hao urged Tang San to meet challenges head-on and use his abilities to prove that he deserved the Clear Sky name.

Tang San challenged the Clear Sky Sect elders, but the Second Elder redirected him to fight the third-generation disciple Tang Hu. Tang San and Tang Hu began their match, and Tang Hu broke through Tang San’s opening attacks with overwhelming strength.

• Tang Hao supported Tang San’s challenge to Tang Lie and asked the sect to accept Tang San, while Tang Xiao tried to calm the confrontation.
• Second Elder Tang Zhen offered Tang San a chance to prove himself by fighting a third-generation disciple, and Tang Hao asked to face Tang Feng, who was away from the sect.
• Tang Zhen selected Tang Hu as Tang San’s opponent and agreed that victory would qualify Tang San to challenge Tang Lie.
• Tang San revealed his level 55 Blue Silver Emperor and Tang Hu revealed his level 69 Clear Sky Hammer before they began fighting.
• Tang Hu shattered Tang San’s Entanglement vines and Blue Silver Cage, while Tang San evaded him and continued attacking with vines.