Chapter Summaries

After regaining his senses, Xu Fan warned the person he mistook for his brother that Spirit Hall planned to take over the Heaven Dou Palace. Qian Renxue, secretly posing as Xue Qinghe, realized Xu Fan knew the details of her identity and asked what else he knew.

• Xu Fan regained his senses but discovered he could not move his legs, then mistook Qian Renxue for his brother when she helped him up.
• Qian Renxue visited to offer condolences for Xu Fan’s brother, who had died while serving at the palace.
• Xu Fan warned Qian Renxue that a Spirit Hall agent would eliminate the princes and replace people around the emperor.
• Xu Fan explained that he had learned about their world from a novel called Douluo Continent and asked whether the second and third princes had died.
• Xu Fan named Qian Renxue as the agent who had killed the real First Prince and taken his identity.
• Qian Renxue suppressed her urge to kill Xu Fan and asked what else the novel had revealed.

Xu Fan told Qian Renxue what a novel revealed about her talent, Martial Soul, and long undercover mission, leaving her to wonder whether the story predicted her future. When Xu Fan said he was hungry, Qian Renxue awkwardly offered to make him noodles.

• Xu Fan explained that the Heaven Dou Palace Coup was still more than a decade away, and Qian Renxue asked what he knew about it.
• Xu Fan praised Qian Renxue's rank-twenty innate Soul Power, Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Angel Soul Bone Set, and beauty, while Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo debated whether to kill him.
• Xu Fan said Qian Renxue was pitiful because she would spend almost twenty years undercover in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, unsettling her with the possibility that his novel described her future.
• Qian Renxue asked Xu Fan to continue, and he explained that Tang San was the protagonist and that his information about Qian Renxue partly came from reader discussions.
• Xu Fan said he was hungry, and Qian Renxue offered to make him noodles.

Qian Renxue questioned Xu Fan about what he knew of her family, and he described Bibi Dong’s past and the circumstances surrounding Qian Renxue’s birth. His revelations unsettled her, and she listened closely as he prepared to explain more about Qian Xunji.

• Porcupinefish Douluo suggested taking Xu Fan into custody, but Snake Lance Douluo advised investigating the novel first, and Qian Renxue ordered them to leave Xu Fan alone.
• Qian Renxue brought Xu Fan noodles and asked which Pope he meant when he said Qian Renxue was the Pope’s daughter.
• Xu Fan identified Bibi Dong as Qian Renxue’s mother and described Bibi Dong’s talent, her relationship with Yu Xiaogang, and Qian Xunji’s assault on her.
• Xu Fan said Qian Renxue had been caught in the previous generation’s grudges from birth and that Bibi Dong’s feelings toward her were complicated.
• Qian Renxue struggled to reconcile Xu Fan’s account with her own life, then asked him to continue with the story of Qian Xunji.

Xu Fan told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji and that Qian Daoliu may have sent her away to protect her, leaving her shaken by the possibility that her family’s history was not what she had believed. Xu Fan comforted her by promising to stay by her side, and Qian Renxue left the room to get some air.

• Xu Fan recounted that Tang Hao wounded Qian Xunji while protecting Ah Yin, but Bibi Dong later killed Qian Xunji.
• Xu Fan said readers believed Qian Daoliu knew the truth and may have sent Qian Renxue to the Heaven Dou Empire to keep her away from Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue struggled to hide her distress and asked Xu Fan who had told him these things; he replied that they came from a novel.
• Xu Fan noticed Qian Renxue's red eyes and promised that he would be there for her from then on.
• Qian Renxue fought back tears, acknowledged Xu Fan softly, and left the room to get some air.

Qian Renxue questioned Xu Fan about her undercover operation in the Heaven Dou Empire and heard him recount details only she and her hidden protectors should have known. Xu Fan described her eventual failure and criticized Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, leaving both furious in the shadows.

• Qian Renxue decided to test Xu Fan by asking directly about her Heaven Dou Empire infiltration plan.
• Xu Fan named Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo as Qian Renxue’s hidden protectors, startling both men.
• Xu Fan recounted how the plan poisoned princes and slowly weakened Xue Ye, then said Tang San, Dugu Bo, and Yang Wudi foiled Qian Renxue’s palace coup.
• Xu Fan said Yang Wudi had defeated and badly wounded Snake Lance Douluo, provoking Snake Lance Douluo’s anger.
• Xu Fan criticized Porcupinefish Douluo for failing to defeat Dugu Bo despite his poison-based Martial Soul, and Qian Renxue agreed the two Douluos were unreliable.

Xu Fan told Qian Renxue that Tang San was a reincarnated Tang Sect disciple with powerful parents and the potential to become a dual god, but warned that removing him might not change the future. His words prompted Qian Renxue to consider whether she could choose a different path, and she allowed Porcupinefish Douluo to investigate Tang San while forbidding him to attack.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo discussed eliminating Tang San before he could disrupt Qian Renxue’s plan, while Qian Renxue listened to their transmissions.
• At Qian Renxue’s prompting, Xu Fan explained Tang San’s past life, Tang Sect skills, parents, and future inheritance of the Sea God and Asura God’s dual godhood.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Spirit Hall could change the future by killing Tang San, and Xu Fan argued that another protagonist might take his place in a different version of the story.
• Xu Fan told Qian Renxue that a simp could be the protagonist of his own story, leading her to question whether her future was predetermined and whether she should focus on her own choices.
• Porcupinefish Douluo proposed investigating Tang San in Holy Soul Village, and Qian Renxue permitted the investigation but ordered him not to harm Tang San.

Qian Renxue struggled with Xu Fan’s revelations about Tang San’s origins and future, but decided to keep the information from the Worship Hall for now. In Holy Soul Village, Porcupinefish Douluo discovered Tang Hao’s presence while Tang San, reborn after attaining Dual Godhood, planned to reach Nuoding Academy and see Xiao Wu.

• Qian Renxue rejected Snake Lance Douluo’s suggestion to report Xu Fan’s claims to the Great Enshrined and said she had her own plans.
• Porcupinefish Douluo watched the blacksmith’s shop and recognized the drunken Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Tang San cooked for Tang Hao and remembered that he had been reborn after attaining the Sea God and Asura God’s Dual Godhood.
• Tang San resolved to awaken his Martial Soul, leave Holy Soul Village for Nuoding Academy, and reunite with Xiao Wu.

Dai Mubai chose to enjoy his second life instead of training, confident that Tang San would lead him to godhood again. In the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Qian Renxue brought She Long to examine Xu Fan’s numb legs, and afterward asked Xu Fan about Tang San’s rise.

• Dai Mubai lounged beneath a tree rather than train, believing he could follow Tang San to godhood once more.
• Xu Fan told Qian Renxue that his legs remained numb, and she offered to have a Soul Master examine them.
• Qian Renxue brought She Long to examine Xu Fan’s legs, and She Long found abnormal meridian conduction and muscle atrophy but no clear cause.
• She Long promised to study a suitable treatment, while Xu Fan and Qian Renxue hoped he could recover.
• Qian Renxue asked Xu Fan about Tang San’s journey, and Xu Fan said Tang San had nearly been badly screwed over.

Xu Fan told Qian Renxue about Tang San’s early life, Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Wu’s identity as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. After Porcupinefish Douluo confirmed that Tang San lived in Holy Soul Village and that his father was likely Tang Hao, Qian Renxue ordered Spirit Hall to investigate.

• Xu Fan explained that Yu Xiaogang had taken Tang San as his disciple and advised him to absorb a ten-year soul ring, while Tang San instead hunted a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake.
• Xu Fan told Qian Renxue that Tang San met Xiao Wu at Nuoding Academy and that she was a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit who had taken human form.
• Porcupinefish Douluo reported that Tang San cultivated before dawn, displayed faint purple light in his eyes, and lived with a seemingly powerful blacksmith father.
• Porcupinefish Douluo identified Tang San’s father as likely Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao, who had once gravely wounded Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue ordered Porcupinefish Douluo to tell Spirit Hall that Tang Hao might be hiding in Holy Soul Village and request further investigation.

Xu Fan explained the transformed soul beast Xiao Wu’s revenge against Bibi Dong, then criticized how love distracted her and other characters from their goals. His complaints turned toward Hu Liena and Bibi Dong’s lineage, ending with him calling Qian Renxue love-addled as well.

• Porcupinefish Douluo visited Xu Fan with Qian Renxue, then left to carry out her assignment and pass word to Spirit Hall.
• Xu Fan told Qian Renxue that Xiao Wu had transformed to hide her identity, cultivate, and avenge her mother, whom Bibi Dong had killed.
• Xu Fan complained that Xiao Wu focused on Tang San instead of her revenge and that Bibi Dong’s love for Yu Xiaogang had twisted her outlook.
• Xu Fan criticized Hu Liena for becoming obsessed with Tang San, leaking secrets, and letting rejection stall her cultivation.
• Xu Fan claimed Bibi Dong’s daughter Qian Renxue was love-addled too, leaving Qian Renxue frozen in shock.

Xu Fan explained that Qian Renxue’s future fixation on Tang San stemmed from her lack of love and care, and Qian Renxue reconsidered her own focus on him. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong received a report linking the blacksmith in Holy Soul Village to Tang Hao and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to capture him alive.

• Xu Fan called Qian Renxue’s future behavior toward Tang San foolish but argued that her childhood deprivation had made him a heart demon for her.
• Qian Renxue realized that obsessing over Tang San could distort her judgment and felt relieved that she had stopped Porcupinefish Douluo from acting.
• Xu Fan resumed telling Qian Renxue about Tang San and Xiao Wu at Nuoding Academy, and she listened without impatience.
• Bibi Dong read an undercover report identifying the blacksmith in Holy Soul Village as suspected Tang Hao and mocked Qian Renxue’s concern for her father.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to lead an elite squad to Holy Soul Village and capture Tang Hao alive at any cost.

Tang San planned his return to Nuoding Academy and resolved to take Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, but Spirit Hall’s elite force surrounded Holy Soul Village. The chapter ended with Tang Hao emerging from his smithy and summoning his Clear Sky Hammer as Yue Guan and Gui Mei faced him.

• Tang San meditated, considered his plans for Nuoding Academy, and decided to become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple again.
• Tang San sensed powerful Soul Power in Holy Soul Village and hurried down the hillside to investigate.
• Tang San saw Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and more than a dozen Soul Saints surround the smithy while villagers watched from cover.
• Tang Hao staggered out of the smithy, then summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and released his Titled Douluo pressure.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei recognized Tang Hao’s threat, gathered their Soul Power, and watched him cautiously.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei exploited Tang Hao’s drunken weakness to seal his Soul Power and capture him alive. Tang San watched his father being taken away, vowed revenge on Spirit Hall, and then attacked Old Jack for questioning Tang Hao’s crimes.

• Tang Hao insulted Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then attacked them with the Clear Sky Hammer, damaging nearby houses with the shock waves.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei wore Tang Hao down, restrained him, and sealed his Soul Power before ordering the Soul Saints to bind and take him away.
• Tang San watched from behind a low wall as Spirit Hall’s party left the village with Tang Hao.
• Tang San fell to his knees, swore that he and Spirit Hall could not coexist, and vowed to avenge his father.
• Old Jack tried to comfort Tang San, but Tang San shoved him to the ground for suggesting Tang Hao might have committed a crime.

Tang San attacked villagers who confronted him and left Holy Soul Village after his father was captured. In Heaven Dou City, Xu Fan told Qian Renxue about Shrek Academy’s dubious admissions, notable students, and rock-carrying training.

• Villagers helped Old Jack up and accused Tang San of attacking the village chief despite Jack’s past help.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and struck several villagers down with Mysterious Heaven Skill palm strikes.
• Tang San decided he could no longer remain in Holy Soul Village and left along the mountain path.
• Xu Fan told Qian Renxue that Shrek Academy charged nonrefundable registration fees and operated from a rented village with few students and teachers.
• Xu Fan named Shrek’s students, including Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, and said Yu Xiaogang taught there.
• Xu Fan described the students’ training as running between the village and Suotuo City with baskets of rocks on their backs.

Xu Fan explained whale rubber’s physical benefits and dangerous aphrodisiac effects to Qian Renxue, then compared Shrek Academy’s training methods with the pressure used in God Trials. Qian Renxue realized she needed to strengthen herself quickly so she could begin the Angel God Trial sooner.

• Qian Renxue questioned whether Shrek’s rock-carrying runs could replace nourishing food, and Xu Fan blamed the academy’s stinginess for its training methods.
• Xu Fan described whale rubber’s benefits and side effects, then told Qian Renxue about Huo Yuhao’s loss of control after eating it.
• Qian Renxue blushed at Xu Fan’s explicit story and tried to redirect their conversation to training under soul pressure.
• Xu Fan connected soul-pressure training to the first trials of the Sea God and Angel God, then criticized Yu Xiaogang for lacking the strength to teach it.
• Qian Renxue resolved to raise her cultivation quickly and begin the Angel God Trial as soon as possible.

After learning that Spirit Hall had captured Tang Hao, Tang Xiao faced the Clear Sky Sect elders’ debate over whether to intervene. He decided to seek the other Upper Three Sects’ help and pressure Spirit Hall to release Tang Hao, while leaving the Clear Sky Sect’s forces out of it.

• News that Spirit Hall had captured Tang Hao reached the Clear Sky Sect and shocked Tang Xiao and the five elders.
• The Seventh Elder and Second Elder argued that the sect should not intervene or risk provoking Spirit Hall.
• The Third Elder warned that Tang Hao carried the Clear Sky Sect’s two inherited Soul Bones, which the sect could not afford to lose.
• The Fifth Elder criticized Tang Xiao’s strength, and Tang Xiao said he would handle the matter without using the sect’s forces.
• Tang Xiao announced that he would join with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to pressure Spirit Hall into releasing Tang Hao.

Five-year-old Ning Rongrong enjoyed her carefree life at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while reconsidering her feelings about Oscar and deciding she might pursue Tang San instead. When she learned that Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Xiao had visited, she witnessed Ning Fengzhi’s friendly farewell turn to concern, and he asked Chen Xin and Gu Rong for their opinions.

• Ning Rongrong rode on Gu Rong’s shoulders until Ning Fengzhi summoned him and Chen Xin to meet a guest.
• Alone in the garden, Ning Rongrong questioned whether she wanted to be with Oscar and resolved not to give up Tang San to Xiao Wu this time.
• Ning Rongrong overheard maids say that Clear Sky Sect Master Tang Xiao had visited the sect.
• Ning Rongrong hurried to the main hall but arrived as Ning Fengzhi was seeing Tang Xiao off.
• After Tang Xiao left, Ning Fengzhi’s smile vanished, and he asked Chen Xin and Gu Rong what they thought.

Ning Rongrong overheard that Spirit Hall had captured Tang Hao and learned that his five-year-old son, Tang San, had disappeared. She persuaded Ning Fengzhi to send people to find and protect Tang San, intending to bring him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and grow up with him.

• Ning Rongrong overheard Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discuss Tang Hao's capture and the Clear Sky Sect's request for help.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Tang San had vanished from Holy Soul Village on the day Spirit Hall captured Tang Hao.
• Ning Rongrong reasoned that Tang San might have gone to Nuoding City and asked Ning Fengzhi to find him.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to secretly send people to locate and protect Tang San, giving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a way to help the Clear Sky Sect without confronting Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated the decision and privately resolved to bring Tang San to the sect so they could grow up together.

Xu Fan told Qian Renxue about Tang San’s External Soul Bone and the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, including how they transformed the Shrek Seven Devils. He left Qian Renxue eager to learn more, and she began planning to search Spirit Hall’s records for information about the treasure site.

• Xu Fan explained that Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances could evolve into a Super Divine Artifact, astonishing Qian Renxue and the concealed Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo.
• Xu Fan described how Tang San found immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and shared them with the Shrek Seven Devils, improving their Martial Souls and cultivation.
• Xu Fan recounted how Tang San used two supreme herbs and the well to gain resistance to ice, fire, and poison, strengthening his Blue Silver Grass and enabling him to absorb a Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue urgently asked where the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was, but Xu Fan refused to reveal the later events before finishing his story.
• Xu Fan named Yue Guan and Yang Wudi as other people who could identify immortal herbs, prompting Qian Renxue to consider researching Spirit Hall’s ancient records.
• Qian Renxue began quietly forming a plan to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After Tang San fled to Nuoding City, he mistook two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect scouts for Spirit Hall pursuers and killed one with a hidden weapon. Brought to the sect, he learned Ning Fengzhi had sent them to protect him and revealed that he had invented the Sleeve Arrow, leaving Ning Fengzhi interested in his hidden weapons.

• Tang San killed one of the two scouts who found him in a blacksmith's shop, then the surviving scout subdued him and explained they served the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The surviving scout brought Tang San to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Rongrong objected to him being tied up and defended his actions.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the killing as a misunderstanding, ordered compensation and funeral arrangements, and explained that the sect had brought Tang San there to help him after Spirit Hall captured his father.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about the Sleeve Arrow, and Tang San identified it as a hidden weapon he had developed himself.