Chapter Summaries

Tang Feng prepared his companions for the Soul Master Tournament and planned a trusted young team, while promising Oscar a future opportunity and giving him a heavier cudgel. The group set out for Sunset Forest, where Tang Feng introduced Tang Jian to Ye Lingling and arranged for him to guard her.

• Tang Feng withheld the illusion Soul Bone from Oscar, promising him a greater opportunity after the tournament, and gave him a heavier Golden Cudgel.
• Tang Feng reflected on building a trusted team around Tang Jian, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing, with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling also among those he trusted.
• After absorbing their Soul Bones, Tang Jian gained greater strength and the Mountain-Shaking Strike skill, while Zhu Zhuqing gained the Hell Assassination skill.
• Tang Feng and his companions departed with Tang Lie and Yang Wudi, then met Dugu Bo and Ye Lingling near Sunset Forest.
• Tang Feng introduced Tang Jian to Ye Lingling and assigned him to guard her closely; Tang Jian eagerly agreed.

Tang Feng led the group into the Sunset Forest to hunt four soul rings, beginning with a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for Zhu Zhuqing. After the Titled Douluo subdued the bear, Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing its soul ring and struggled against its fierce energy and will.

• Tang Feng assigned soul-ring targets: a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for Zhu Zhuqing, a Heaven and Earth Creation Beast for Oscar, an Emerald Spirit Deer for Ye Lingling, and a White-Eyed Devil Tiger King for himself.
• Dugu Bo agreed to guide the group to the Emerald Spirit Deer, and they set out toward the valley where Tang Feng had previously encountered the mother bear.
• The group reached the valley the next day, and the three Titled Douluo quickly defeated the seven-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Zhu Zhuqing ended the wounded bear's suffering and began absorbing its purple soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing's body trembled as she fought to withstand the soul ring's energy and ferocious will.

Zhu Zhuqing completed her absorption of the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's Soul Ring, reaching level forty-three and gaining an External Soul Bone that greatly strengthened her attacks. After Tang Feng helped her control it, he warned her to keep it secret, and the group settled into camp for the night.

• After twelve hours of absorbing the Soul Ring, Zhu Zhuqing manifested five dark gold claws from her right hand, which Tang Lie, Yang Wudi, and Dugu Bo recognized as an External Soul Bone.
• Tang Feng guided Zhu Zhuqing in controlling the claws until she could retract them, and she embraced him in gratitude before quickly growing embarrassed.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had reached level forty-three and gained the Nether Dreadclaw Soul Skill and the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, whose combined attack could ignore physical defense.
• Tang Feng warned Zhu Zhuqing not to reveal her External Soul Bone until she had fully fused with it, and she promised to keep it hidden.
• Tang Lie arranged for the group to camp for the night and volunteered to keep watch as Tang Jian accompanied Ye Lingling to the girls' tent.

The team reached Emerald Hot Spring Valley after three days of travel and found the sixteen-thousand-year Emerald Spirit Deer they had come to capture. Tang Feng and Tang Jian quietly subdued the leader without disturbing the valley’s other creatures.

• Tang Jian’s sincere concern warmed Ye Lingling, while Tang Feng returned to meditation for the night.
• The team set out for Emerald Hot Spring Valley, with Zhu Zhuqing and Tang Feng both awkwardly recalling her embrace and Tang Jian growing closer to Ye Lingling.
• After three days, Dugu Bo led the team through a mist barrier into the secluded valley and warned them to avoid frightening the Emerald Spirit Deer.
• Dugu Bo spotted the deer leader, whose life energy indicated it was about sixteen thousand years old.
• Dugu Bo sealed the deer’s escape routes, and Tang Feng and Tang Jian silently subdued it without disturbing the other creatures.

Ye Lingling absorbed the Emerald Spirit Deer's Soul Ring and gained a powerful group-healing skill before the group hunted the White-Eyed Devil Tiger King. Tang Feng obtained its Soul Ring and Right Arm Soul Bone, which he gave to Yang Wudi, while reserving the Titan Giant Ape's Soul Bone for himself.

• Ye Lingling absorbed the Emerald Spirit Deer's Soul Ring, reached Soul Power Level fifty-two, and gained the group healing and purification skill Heart of Emerald.
• The group entered the White-Eyed Devil Tiger King's territory and sent Tang Feng, Tang Lie, and Dugu Bo ahead to fight it while the others waited behind.
• Tang Lie and Dugu Bo helped Tang Feng defeat the seventy-five-thousand-year-old White-Eyed Devil Tiger King, and its Right Arm Soul Bone appeared.
• Tang Feng offered the Right Arm Soul Bone to Yang Wudi, explaining that he had reserved the Titan Giant Ape's Soul Bone for his own right arm.
• Tang Lie and Dugu Bo urged Yang Wudi to accept the gift, and Yang Wudi took the Soul Bone.

Tang Feng absorbed the White-Eyed Devil Tiger King's Soul Ring, advanced to rank sixty-four, and gained the sixth Soul Skill Devil Tiger Unleashes Might. After Yang Wudi acquired a Soul Bone skill, the group split up to prepare for the advancement tournament, leaving Tang Feng, Tang Lie, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing to travel toward Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Feng endured twelve hours of violent Soul Power and mental assaults before absorbing the White-Eyed Devil Tiger King's Soul Ring and advancing to rank sixty-four.
• Tang Feng explained that Devil Tiger Unleashes Might boosts his attack, removes negative conditions, and suppresses Beast Martial Soul opponents while increasing his strength for each enemy hit.
• Yang Wudi revealed that his Right Arm Soul Bone granted Tiger Roars Through the Mountain Forest, a skill that attacks enemies physically and mentally.
• Tang Feng assigned Dugu Bo and Tang Jian to escort Ye Lingling to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and sent Yang Wudi back to Cloud Mist Mountain, while Zhu Zhuqing chose to join Tang Feng's group.
• Dugu Bo, Tang Jian, Ye Lingling, and Yang Wudi departed, leaving Tang Feng, Tang Lie, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing to set out toward Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Feng and his companions found and hunted a Heaven and Earth Creation Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest so Oscar could obtain his fourth Soul Ring. Oscar became a rank forty-two Soul Ancestor and revealed the first effect of his new Heaven and Earth Creation Sausage, which could create a nonliving object for up to an hour.

• Tang Feng flew with Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest, and the group rested in a nearby town before entering the forest the next morning.
• After five days of searching, Tang Lie detected an unusual energy fluctuation near Moonlight Lake, where Tang Feng identified a roughly six-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Heaven and Earth Creation Beast.
• Tang Feng assigned Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar to hunt the beast while he and Tang Lie sealed off its escape routes; Zhu Zhuqing wounded it with her Dark Gold Dreadclaw, and Oscar delivered the finishing blow with his Golden Cudgel.
• Oscar absorbed the beast's Soul Ring over four hours and became a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor with rank forty-two Soul Power.
• Oscar revealed his Fourth Soul Skill, the Heaven and Earth Creation Sausage, and explained that it could temporarily create a nonliving object whose structure and principles the eater understood.

Oscar gained the Heaven and Earth Creation Sausage, a Fourth Soul Skill that could create temporary objects and transform his appearance, and the group returned to Heaven Dou City. Tang Feng warned Zhu Zhuqing to conceal her External Soul Bone, encouraged Oscar to develop his skill, and sent them back to Shrek Academy with a reminder to prioritize their safety.

• Oscar explained that his Fourth Soul Skill could create temporary objects and imitate the appearance of people or Soul Beasts, while increasing his spiritual power.
• Tang Feng congratulated Oscar, who thanked him for helping change his future, and the group set off for Heaven Dou City.
• After landing outside the city, Tang Feng warned Zhu Zhuqing not to reveal her External Soul Bone and told her she could seek his help.
• Tang Feng gave Oscar ideas for using the Creation Sausage in combat, disguise, and teamwork, and Oscar promised to practice and explore its potential.
• Tang Feng and Tang Lie escorted Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar to Shrek Academy, where Tang Feng reminded them to strive for victory without risking their lives.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar entered the academy, and Tang Feng and Tang Lie left after watching them disappear.

Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy before the advancement matches and reported their increased Soul Power and new Fourth Soul Skills. Their impressive gains won Flender and their teammates’ praise while deepening Dai Mubai’s jealousy and humiliating Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang criticized Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing for leaving the team, while Flender urged everyone to wait for their promised return.
• Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the conference room and greeted Flender and their friends.
• Oscar reported reaching rank forty-two and gaining the Heaven and Earth Creation Sausage Soul Skill, while Zhu Zhuqing reported reaching rank forty-three and gaining Nether Dreadclaw.
• Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing concealed their Soul Bones and the details of their Soul Rings while describing their new abilities.
• Flender and the team praised their impressive progress, while Dai Mubai grew jealous and Yu Xiaogang felt his authority undermined.

Flender prepared the team for the advancement tournament, while Tang Feng and Tang Lie returned to Cloud Mist Mountain to find the Clear Sky Sect’s relocation underway. The sect’s leaders announced plans to reopen its gates in a month, backed by preliminary alliances with both empires.

• Flender told the team they would move into the Royal Hunting Ground for final preparations and ordered them to assemble at dawn.
• Tang San left the meeting room with Yu Xiaogang as the others gathered around Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang Feng and Tang Lie returned to Cloud Mist Mountain, where Tang Rui, Tang Long, and Tang Hu had arrived with the first group of migrating sect members.
• Tang Rui reported that the sect master had gone to invite the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to the reopening ceremony.
• Tang Rui announced preliminary agreements with the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire to support the Clear Sky Sect’s return.

Tang Feng secured the Clear Sky Sect’s unity and allies before taking Yang Wudi to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate. As Tang Feng descended into the spring, he sensed an ancient summons from its depths and went to investigate.

• Tang Rui announced that the four affiliated clan chiefs would become Clear Sky Sect elders, and Tang Feng revealed that Dugu Bo and Ye Qingxin would also join after the tournament finals.
• Tang Feng told Yang Wudi he would cultivate in a secluded location, and the two left the sect’s base at dawn for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo welcomed Tang Feng and Yang Wudi to the valley, where Yang Wudi eagerly examined the rare medicinal herbs.
• Tang Feng entered the spring and used its extreme ice and fire forces to temper his body and purify his Soul Power.
• Tang Feng sensed an ancient summons from deep beneath the spring and descended toward its source.

Tang Feng encountered the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' remains beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and received their divine soul gift, greatly strengthening his soul, spiritual power, body, and Dragon Flame Wings. He returned to shore with a new Soul Bone Skill and told Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi that he had received an ancient gift connected to the spring's source.

• Tang Feng descended to the bottom of the spring and found the enormous skeletons of an ice dragon and a fire dragon.
• The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King shared their origins with Tang Feng and granted him power to temper his soul and strengthen his mind.
• The Dragon Kings' power transformed Tang Feng's Dragon Flame Wings, raising them beyond a hundred thousand years and giving them the Ice and Fire Judgment skill.
• Tang Feng's soul, spiritual power, physical resilience, and resistance to ice and fire attacks increased dramatically.
• Tang Feng returned to shore and told Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi that he had received a special gift from the source of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Tang Feng spent a month cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, evolving his Clear Sky Domain with the forces of ice and fire and reaching rank sixty-five. He returned with Yang Wudi to Cloud Mist Mountain, where the Clear Sky Sect had begun to take shape again.

• Dugu Bo left to accompany Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to Spirit City, while Tang Feng stayed behind to cultivate with Yang Wudi.
• Tang Feng spent half a month tempering his body and Soul Power, mastering his increased mental power, and studying the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King's origins.
• Tang Feng fused ice and fire forces into his Clear Sky Domain, creating an evolving field that eroded enemies and converted some of their expended Soul Power back to him.
• Tang Feng demonstrated the new domain to Yang Wudi and revealed that his Soul Power had risen to rank sixty-five.
• Tang Feng and Yang Wudi left the valley and returned to Cloud Mist Mountain, where they saw a new plaque proclaiming the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Feng and Yang Wudi returned to Cloud Mist Mountain as the Clear Sky Sect prepared to reopen its gates in three days, with prominent sects and both empires expected to attend. Later, Tang Jian shared his plans to formalize his relationship with Ye Lingling and teased Tang Feng about Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Tang Feng privately unsettled.

• Tang Feng and Yang Wudi saw the Clear Sky Sect’s relocated members preparing Cloud Mist Mountain for the reopening ceremony and agreed that Spirit Hall was unlikely to interfere while focused on the tournament.
• Tang Xiao announced that the Clear Sky Sect would reopen its gates in three days, with leaders and representatives from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and both empires attending.
• Tang Xiao ordered everyone to check the ceremony’s arrangements again and assigned Tang Feng to help coordinate the final preparations.
• Tang Jian told Tang Feng that he and Ye Lingling had agreed to make their relationship official after she returned from the tournament finals.
• Tang Jian asked Tang Feng about Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang Feng denied they were anything more than friends, though he privately recalled their embrace in Sunset Forest.

On the journey to Spirit City, Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing’s performances overshadowed Tang San and unsettled Yu Xiaogang and Dai Mubai. As the procession entered a valley, masked attackers launched a deadly ambush against Shrek Academy’s carriages.

• Tang Feng and Tang Jian vowed to cultivate hard and restore the Clear Sky Hammer’s reputation together.
• Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing dominated the advancement tournament, drawing attention that had once centered on Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang grew frustrated at their success, while Zhu Zhuqing’s growing strength tormented Dai Mubai.
• Grandmaster Yu left without telling Tang San, and the teams continued their journey toward Spirit City without him.
• Boulders crashed down on the procession in a valley, and nearly a hundred masked attackers with powerful Soul Masters charged at Shrek Academy.
• The Royal Knights and academy teachers tried to protect the students, but the attackers’ ranged Soul Skills broke through their defenses.

Shrek Academy’s procession was ambushed by Spirit Hall, but Dugu Bo and Sword Douluo Chen Xin intercepted the Titled Douluo attackers and forced them to retreat. After the survivors resumed their journey to Spirit City, Dugu Bo’s remark that Zhu Zhuqing was Tang Feng’s girlfriend spread through the group and left her flustered.

• Flender and Liu Erlong led Shrek’s defense against the black-clad attackers until Soul Douluo Lor Diarra struck at the students, and Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang blocked his attack.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan joined the battle, but Dugu Bo intercepted him while Sword Douluo Chen Xin stopped Ghost Douluo Gui Mei from reaching the Shrek students.
• With their strongest attackers held back and the defenders reinforced, Spirit Hall’s forces retreated on Yue Guan’s order.
• Flender thanked Chen Xin and Dugu Bo, and Dugu Bo revealed that Tang Feng had asked him to protect Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar, calling Zhu Zhuqing Tang Feng’s little girlfriend.
• The group rested for four hours before continuing toward Spirit City, while Zhu Zhuqing blushed and the procession began discussing her relationship with Tang Feng.

Bibi Dong received intelligence that the Clear Sky Sect was preparing to return and then granted Yu Xiaogang an audience. When Yu Xiaogang asked how to cultivate a twin-martial-soul disciple safely, she revealed that she had already ordered an ambush against Tang San and accused Yu Xiaogang of conspiring with the Clear Sky Sect.

• A cardinal reported that the Clear Sky Sect was gathering people and supplies at Cloud Mist Mountain, apparently preparing to return to the Soul Master World.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to intensify its surveillance, then agreed to receive Yu Xiaogang, who arrived carrying a Spirit Hall Elder Token Plaque.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong for the method to cultivate someone with twin martial souls and promised his disciple would never oppose her or Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong said she had already arranged an ambush against Yu Xiaogang's disciple, Tang San, and accused Yu Xiaogang of plotting with the Clear Sky Sect to embarrass Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang was enraged and devastated by the news, while Bibi Dong mocked him and ordered the guards to escort him out.

After Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang, he was robbed and badly injured while rushing to save Tang San. He finally reached the gathered competition teams and warned Tang San that Spirit Hall had sent people to kill him.

• Bibi Dong confirmed her decision to eliminate Tang San, and guards threw Yu Xiaogang out of the Pope's Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang hired a carriage toward the Heaven Dou Empire, but bandits ambushed him, beat him, broke his leg, and stole his belongings.
• Yu Xiaogang crawled along the road until royal knights found him near the competing teams.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and the Shrek Academy members gathered around Yu Xiaogang, who spotted Tang San and urgently warned him to flee Spirit Hall's assassins.

Yu Xiaogang was carried away for emergency treatment after claiming bandits had crippled him, while the Clear Sky Sect held a grand ceremony to reopen its mountain gates. After announcing its return and displaying its strength, Tang Xiao received Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen for private talks.

• Tang San and Liu Erlong found Yu Xiaogang injured, and Yu Xiaogang claimed bandits had taken his belongings and broken his legs before he fainted.
• Xue Qinghe arranged emergency treatment for Yu Xiaogang and promised to investigate the bandits as the procession continued toward Spirit City.
• Tang Xiao reopened the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gates before gathered representatives, disciples, and thirteen elders, declaring that the sect had returned.
• Tang Feng stood beside Tang Xiao as the Clear Sky Sect celebrated its revival and displayed its powerful forces to the Soul Master World.
• Tang Xiao received Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen for private meetings, and Ning Fengzhi congratulated him on the sect's reopening.

Tang Feng and Tang Xiao secured strategic cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and other powers against Spirit Hall. Tang Feng revealed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Ning Fengzhi chose to reserve its sole chance to evolve the sect’s martial soul for Rongrong, who would be brought to Cloud Mist Mountain after the finals.

• Tang Xiao and Ning Fengzhi agreed to share intelligence, support each other, and cooperate through their sects’ commercial and other resources.
• Tang Feng told Ning Fengzhi he had found a way to pursue the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s evolution and revealed the immortal-grade Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Tang Feng warned that the flower was unique and its use required careful preparation and guidance.
• Ning Fengzhi chose Rongrong to receive the flower, and Tang Feng offered to guide the process with Yang Wudi’s assistance after she returned from the finals in Spirit City.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Feng later met Yu Yuanzhen, Prince Xue Xing, and the Star Luo Empire’s special envoy, who agreed to unite against Spirit Hall.