Chapter Summaries

Tang Hu defeated Tang San after a prolonged fight, then showed mercy with the final blow. The Second Elder declared Tang Hu the winner and asked Tang Hao and Tang San whether they had anything to say.

• Tang San used his Spider Web Restraint and Blue Silver Overlord Spear against Tang Hu, but Tang Hu broke through them with his Clear Sky Hammer and defensive skill.
• Tang Hu used the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes to steadily overwhelm Tang San, who relied on his domain, healing, and Eight Spider Lances to keep fighting.
• Tang Hu unleashed the Collapse Formula, and Tang San met it with all eight Spider Lances before being left kneeling and unable to continue.
• Tang Hu withdrew most of the final strike, and Tang San thanked him for showing mercy.
• Tang Hu acknowledged Tang San's strength and reported his victory to the elders, while Tang Hao and the others watched in silence.
• The Second Elder declared Tang Hu the winner and asked Tang Hao and Tang San whether they had anything else to say.

Tang Hao challenged Tang Lie after the Seventh Elder insulted Tang San, but Tang Lie’s overwhelming power forced Tang Hao to admit his guilt and accept the sect’s judgment. Tang Zhen offered Tang Hao and Tang San five years to repair Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and reach Soul Saint rank, leaving them with a chance to return to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Tang Hao unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain and challenged Tang Lie to a fight to the death, but Tang Lie revealed his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and stronger domain, crushing Tang Hao’s resistance.
• Tang Hao knelt, acknowledged his guilt, and said he and Tang San would leave the Clear Sky Sect and never return.
• Tang Zhen granted Tang Hao and Tang San five years for Tang San to repair his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and reach Soul Saint rank, after which Tang San could return to the sect and Tang Hao could pay respects to the ancestors.
• Tang Hao accepted the five-year agreement and promised to repair Tang San’s Martial Soul and repay the sect.
• Tang Xiao escorted Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao, Tang San, and Meng Yiran from Cloud Mist Mountain, promised to seek a way to repair the Martial Soul, and watched their carriage depart.

Tang San, Tang Hao, and their companions sought refuge at Shrek Academy, but Dai Mubai invited them to join him in the Star Luo Empire after his brother's death made him heir apparent. Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Yu Xiaogang, and Meng Yiran joined Dai Mubai and Tang Hao as they departed for Star Luo, while Liu Erlong stayed behind.

• Tang San declined Tang Yuehua's offer of shelter at Moonlight Pavilion and brought Tang Hao and Meng Yiran to Shrek Academy, where Flender welcomed them.
• Dai Mubai announced that Crown Prince Dai Weisi had died in an accident and that he had to return to Star Luo to take up the heir's position.
• Dai Mubai invited Tang San to join him, and Tang San accepted, hoping to find resources to restore his Martial Soul and rebuild the Tang Sect.
• Ma Hongjun and Yu Xiaogang agreed to travel with them, while Liu Erlong chose to remain at Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Meng Yiran, Tang Hao, Yu Xiaogang, and Ma Hongjun left Shrek Academy by carriage for the Star Luo Empire.

Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing visited Shrek Academy, where Flender told them Dai Weisi had died and Dai Mubai had returned to the Star Luo Empire with Tang San and others. Tang Feng invited Shrek to become the Clear Sky Sect’s first affiliated advanced Soul Master academy, and Flender and Zhao Wuji agreed to join.

• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing visited Flender and Zhao Wuji at Shrek Academy after spending several days together in Heaven Dou City.
• Flender reported that Dai Weisi had died and Dai Mubai had left for the Star Luo Empire with Tang San, Tang Hao, Grandmaster, and Hongjun.
• Tang Feng offered to bring Shrek Academy into the Clear Sky Sect while allowing Flender to remain dean and retain its core management.
• Flender accepted the offer on behalf of the teaching staff, and Zhao Wuji agreed to join.
• Flender said Liu Erlong’s decision should be respected, and Tang Feng assured him that she would not be forced to join.

Tang Feng and the Clear Sky Sect agreed with Shrek Academy on reforms to widen access to education and support poorer students. When Feng Xiaotian and the elemental academy students asked to settle on Shrek’s grounds after Spirit Hall threatened their schools, Tang Feng introduced himself, and Huo Wu challenged his role in Shrek’s affairs.

• Tang Feng, Zhu Zhuqing, Flender, and Zhao Wuji settled on a preliminary plan for Clear Sky Sect support, broader admissions, scholarships, and financial aid at Shrek Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Shui Bing’er, and Shui Yue’er arrived and asked Flender to lend them part of Shrek’s grounds.
• Feng Xiaotian explained that Spirit Hall had pressured Godwind, Blazing Fire, and Skywater Academies to merge into Spirit Hall Academy, driving away teachers and students.
• Flender looked to Tang Feng before answering the request, prompting the elemental academy students to question who he was.
• Tang Feng introduced himself as a member of the Clear Sky Sect, and Huo Wu asked why Shrek’s affairs required the sect’s approval.

Tang Feng offered the Elemental Academies a wager: if he defeated their five champions alone, they would join the Clear Sky Sect and Shrek, while a loss would give them half of Shrek’s grounds. He revealed his extraordinary Soul Saint strength and hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, then effortlessly repelled their opening firestorm with the Clear Sky Hammer.

• Flender announced that Shrek Academy had formally joined the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang Feng proposed a one-against-five wager to the Elemental Academies’ champions.
• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Shui Bing’er, and Shui Yue’er accepted Tang Feng’s challenge and prepared to fight him together.
• Tang Feng revealed seven Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring and a hundred-thousand-year seventh ring, shocking the five opponents.
• Feng Xiaotian rallied the others, and the five combined their powers to launch coordinated wind, fire, ice, and close-range attacks.
• Tang Feng raised the Clear Sky Hammer without using a Soul Skill, and its surrounding power turned aside the firestorm without allowing the flames to damage it.

Tang Feng defeated the five representatives of the Godwind, Blazing Fire, and Skywater Academies without using a Soul Skill, securing their agreement to join the Clear Sky Sect and follow Shrek Academy’s arrangements. The four academies formed a new alliance and planned a joint administrative and teaching structure, pending final approval from the sect master and elders.

• Tang Feng used his strength and Gravity Domain to defeat Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, and Shui Yue'er without using a Soul Skill.
• Feng Xiaotian and the other four conceded the wager, agreeing that their three academies’ more than five hundred people would join the Clear Sky Sect and follow Shrek Academy’s arrangements.
• Tang Feng declared that Shrek, Blazing Fire, Godwind, and Skywater would become one, and Flender brought the group to a meeting room for treatment and planning.
• Tang Feng and the academy heads agreed on an Academy Affairs Joint Council and new faculties organized around Martial Soul types and cultivation paths.
• Flender hosted a banquet for the guests and hosts, and Tang Feng got to know the five defeated representatives better.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the sect to seek the sect master’s and elders’ final decision.

Tang Feng reported the merger of Shrek Academy and the three elemental academies into the Clear Sky Sect, which appointed Tang Ming to help oversee the new academy. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue supported Spirit Hall’s impending attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan while continuing her plan to seize the empire.

• Tang Feng told Tang Xiao and the elders how he had brought Shrek Academy and the Godwind, Blazing Fire, and Skywater academies into the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao appointed Tang Ming to oversee the academy transition, and Tang Feng and Tang Ming selected five teachers and twelve young disciples to join the school.
• After Tang Lie told Tang Feng about Tang Hao and Tang San’s visit, Tang Feng raised no objections, and the sect’s new academy delegation set out preparations.
• Qian Renxue learned that Emperor Xue Ye had no more than three months to live and ordered She Long to replace his close guards and attendants with their agents.
• Ci Xue delivered orders that Spirit Hall’s soul hunting operation against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had begun, and Qian Renxue ordered She Long to use her agents to aid and conceal the operation.

Tang Feng and the Clear Sky Sect elders learned that Xue Qinghe was secretly contacting military commanders along a route from Spirit City toward Heaven Dou City, suggesting Spirit Hall was preparing an invasion and might target the sect’s allies. Tang Xiao ordered the sect to prepare for battle and sent Tang Feng to join a force ready to aid the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• A sect attendant summoned Tang Feng from training to an urgent council meeting called by Tang Xiao.
• Tang Xiao revealed that spies had observed Xue Qinghe secretly contacting officials, and Bai He showed that most were commanders along a potential route toward Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Feng concluded that Spirit Hall might be infiltrating the empire and could strike the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect or the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to isolate the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao sent Bai He to warn both allied sects and ordered the Clear Sky Sect to reinforce Cloud Mist Mountain and form two emergency combat units.
• Tang Feng requested to join a relief force, and Tang Xiao assigned him to accompany his grandfather while cautioning him not to act recklessly.

Bai He warned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan that Spirit Hall was preparing an attack, and the Clear Sky Sect rushed to reinforce its allies. The reinforcements turned the battle in Seven Treasure City, where the fighting continued with Spirit Hall’s forces under pressure.

• Bai He delivered Tang Xiao’s warning to Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, then hurried to alert the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered an emergency council and placed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect on high alert.
• Spirit Hall launched a massive assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Bai He’s warning reached Tang Xiao as the attacks began.
• Tang Xiao sent three hundred Clear Sky Sect elites to reinforce the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, with Tang Lie leading them into Spirit Hall’s flank and rear.
• Tang Lie engaged Mad Lion Douluo, freeing Chen Xin to counter Snake Lance and Pufferfish, while Yang Wudi confronted Demon Bear Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Tang Jian, and their companions joined the counterattack against Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters.

Tang Feng killed Ling Yuan Douluo during Spirit Hall’s attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, turning the tide of battle and forcing Spirit Hall’s army to retreat. The sect survived with heavy damage but retained its core strength, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin broke through to Level 97.

• Tang Feng charged Ling Yuan Douluo and overcame her flames with his Clear Sky True Body, domain, and hammer techniques.
• Tang Feng detonated his first two Soul Rings, trapped Ling Yuan Douluo as she fled, and killed her with a devastating hammer strike.
• Spirit Hall’s morale collapsed, and Mad Lion Douluo ordered the remaining troops to retreat as the allied forces counterattacked.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect pursued Spirit Hall’s forces through the night, inflicting devastating losses before the survivors escaped at dawn.
• The battle left more than four thousand Spirit Hall Soul Masters dead or lost, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect suffered over a thousand casualties and extensive damage.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin broke through to Level 97, and the sect’s stockpile of hidden weapons had helped protect its fighters during the battle.

The Clear Sky Sect intervened to save the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, breaking Spirit Hall’s Death Barrier and forcing its army to retreat after a King Flag Douluo fell. The attacks left both targeted clans battered but intact, strengthened their alliance with the Clear Sky Sect, and ended with Bibi Dong furious over Spirit Hall’s devastating losses.

• Tang Feng landed before Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi thanked the Clear Sky Sect for saving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Four Sons of the King Flag trapped Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan inside the Death Barrier while Spirit Hall’s army overwhelmed the defenders.
• Tang Ran, Dugu Bo, and Tai Tan arrived, and Dugu Bo’s poison weakened the barrier enough for Tang Ran and Yu Yuanzhen to strike down two King Flag Douluo.
• The Death Barrier collapsed, Spirit Hall’s forces routed, and the Clear Sky Sect pursued them; the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan survived but lost nearly a thousand disciples.
• Ye Qingxin and Ye Lingling treated the wounded as news of the attacks provoked alarm across the continent and condemnation from the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Bibi Dong berated Spirit Hall’s elders after learning of its heavy losses and the strengthened alliance between the surviving sects.

Bibi Dong resolved to obtain her final two Soul Rings and reach rank ninety-nine as Spirit Hall’s plans advanced. Tang Feng and his allies discovered that Emperor Xue Ye had been poisoned, then fought Xue Qinghe—revealed as Qian Renxue—when she tried to stop them from rescuing him; Tang Feng quickly gained the upper hand.

• Bibi Dong decided to seek her final two Soul Rings so she could reach rank ninety-nine and prepare to establish the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Dugu Bo told Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing that Emperor Xue Ye had been poisoned with a complex toxin and that Xue Qinghe might be responsible.
• Yang Wudi identified the toxin as the Breaking Clan’s Seven-Colored Mixed Poison and concluded that the crown prince had administered it over time.
• Tang Feng, Dugu Bo, Yang Wudi, Xue Xing, and Xue Beng tried to move the unconscious Emperor Xue Ye out of the palace, but Xue Qinghe’s forces blocked them.
• Tang Feng exposed Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue, and she dropped her disguise before the two sides began fighting.
• Tang Feng overwhelmed Qian Renxue in their duel, shattered her Angel Holy Shield, and sent her flying with blood at her mouth.

Tang Feng, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo battled Qian Renxue’s protectors until reinforcements from Shrek arrived and killed Snake Lance Douluo. Qian Renxue and the surviving Spirit Hall fighters fled, leaving the palace in ruins and the Heaven Dou Empire facing turmoil.

• Yang Wudi held off Snake Lance Douluo while Dugu Bo suppressed Porcupinefish Douluo, and Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo arrived to protect Qian Renxue from Tang Feng.
• Tang Feng fought Qian Jun Douluo to a stalemate, Yang Wudi battled Demon Subduing Douluo, and Dugu Bo continued overpowering Snake Lance and Porcupinefish.
• Tang Ming led Shrek Academy reinforcements to the palace and struck Snake Lance Douluo with his Clear Sky Hammer, killing him.
• Qian Jun Douluo ordered Qian Renxue to retreat, and Qian Renxue escaped with Qian Jun, Demon Subduing, and Porcupinefish Douluo.
• Tang Feng and the others did not pursue the fleeing Spirit Hall fighters and turned their attention to the ruined palace, the gravely injured Xue Ye, and the empire’s political crisis.

After Xue Ye recovered from the poison, he named Xue Beng crown prince and gave Tang Feng the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in gratitude. The shroud rejected Tang Feng because of the Asura God's imprint, but recognized Dugu Yan and granted her a divine mark and four skills.

• Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo expelled the last of Xue Ye's poison, but Dugu Bo said his weakened vitality left him perhaps three years to live.
• Xue Ye appointed Xue Beng crown prince and asked Tang Feng to take him as a disciple, but Tang Feng refused.
• Xue Ye gave Tang Feng the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which Tang Feng suspected was connected to a divine inheritance.
• Tang Feng's blood awakened the shroud's divine sense, but the Asura God's imprint within him repelled it; the others also failed to gain its recognition.
• Dugu Yan's blood drew the Sea God's approval, and the shroud entered her body, leaving a trident mark and granting her four skills.

After Dugu Yan gained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, Tang Feng prepared to take his companions to Sea God Island to grow stronger and fulfill Tang Chen’s final wish. The Clear Sky Sect agreed to support the journey, which would begin with a trip to Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Rings.

• Dugu Yan awakened to the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s power, and Tang Feng recognized that the gods might become involved in the conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Feng told Zhu Zhuqing that Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong would pursue their divine inheritances, and Zhu Zhuqing vowed to face the dangers of Sea God Island beside him.
• Tang Feng invited his companions to travel to Sea God Island after helping Tang Jian, Ye Lingling, and Tai Long obtain Soul Rings in Star Dou Great Forest; everyone agreed to go.
• Tang Feng presented the Clear Sky Token to Tang Xiao and the elders and revealed that Tang Chen had died after being possessed in Slaughter City.
• Tang Feng explained Tang Chen’s final wishes to revive the Clear Sky Sect and return his remains and belongings from Sea God Island for burial; Tang Xiao and the elders supported the mission.

Tang Feng and his companions traveled from Cloud Mist Mountain to Star Dou Great Forest, enjoying a rare peaceful journey before beginning their search for suitable Soul Beasts. Tai Long obtained a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and the group continued deeper into the forest to seek a rare life-force Soul Beast for Ye Lingling.

• Tang Feng and the other young Soul Masters left Cloud Mist Mountain together, with the women and men divided between two carriages for the journey.
• After fifteen days on scenic roads, the group reached Star Dou Great Forest and entered the forest after resting and resupplying in Soul Hunting Town.
• Zhu Zhuqing found a seventeen-to-nineteen-thousand-year Iron-Backed Vajra Bear, and Tang Jian, Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong helped weaken it for Tai Long.
• Tai Long killed the bear, absorbed its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring after six hours, and gained the Vajra Indestructibility Soul Skill, reaching level fifty-two.
• Tang Feng led the group toward the forest’s eastern middle region to search for a rare Soul Beast with powerful life force for Ye Lingling’s Sixth Soul Ring.

Tang Feng and his companions captured a thirty-five-thousand-year-old Emerald Swan and brought it to a hidden cave for Ye Lingling to absorb. Ye Lingling reached rank sixty-three and gained greatly enhanced healing powers and the Heavenly Feather Rejuvenation Soul Bone skill, while the group rested before moving on.

• Bai Chenxiang found an Emerald Swan surrounded by Soul Beast guards, and Tang Feng planned a diversion to capture it.
• Tang Jian and Tai Long drew away the main guards while Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing blocked reinforcements, allowing Tang Feng to knock out the Emerald Swan and store her in the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse.
• Tang Feng and the others escaped to a hidden cave, where Niu Zhen sealed the entrance and Dugu Yan concealed their scent with poison.
• Ye Lingling killed the unconscious Emerald Swan, absorbed her Soul Ring, and reached rank sixty-two with substantially stronger group healing and a new ability to restore one target's vitality.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the Emerald Swan Head Soul Bone, reached rank sixty-three, and gained Heavenly Feather Rejuvenation, which restored spiritual power and vitality.
• Tang Feng decided the group would rest in the cave overnight before setting out again.

Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing wore down a forty-thousand-year Purple-Patterned Space-Rending Tiger so Tang Jian could claim its Soul Ring for his Sixth Soul Ring. Tang Jian delivered the killing blow, and a deep black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring rose from the tiger’s corpse.

• Tang Feng explained why the Purple-Patterned Space-Rending Tiger’s pursuit-type ability suited Tang Jian’s Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Jian agreed to target one.
• After seventeen days of searching, Zhu Zhuqing found a roughly forty-thousand-year Purple-Patterned Space-Rending Tiger resting in a stone forest.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing attacked together, using the Clear Sky Domain, Gravity Domain, and precise ambushes to injure the tiger and thwart its attempts to escape or counterattack.
• Tang Feng and Zhu Zhuqing steadily exhausted the tiger until it could barely stand, then Tang Feng called Tang Jian to finish it.
• Tang Jian struck the tiger through the heart with Clear Sky Nine Absolutes: Pierce Formula, and a deep black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring rose from its corpse.

Tang Jian gained a forty-thousand-year Soul Ring and a spatial Soul Bone, while Niu Zhen later obtained a defensive Soul Ring for his breakthrough to rank fifty. After nearly three months of hunting and training, Tang Feng’s group left Soul Hunting Town and set out for Vast Sea City, planning to hunt Soul Rings for Oscar and Ning Rongrong if they reached their bottleneck on the way.

• Tang Feng retrieved a forty-thousand-year left leg Soul Bone from the Purple-Patterned Space-Rending Tiger, and Tang Jian absorbed it after reaching rank sixty-two with his new Soul Ring.
• Tang Jian advanced to rank sixty-four and gained the Soul Bone Skill 'Space-Rending Step,' which allowed him to jump up to fifty meters through space.
• Niu Zhen broke through to rank fifty, and Tang Feng’s group later killed an Earth Dragon Turtle so Niu Zhen could gain his fifth Soul Ring and reach rank fifty-two.
• Tang Feng’s group returned from the forest after more than two months of soul hunting, rested in Soul Hunting Town, and reviewed everyone’s improved ranks.
• Tang Feng proposed that the group travel toward Vast Sea City through mountain ranges and hunt Soul Rings for Oscar and Ning Rongrong if they reached rank sixty on the journey.
• Tang Feng’s group left Soul Hunting Town by carriage and headed northwest toward Vast Sea City.