Recaps

Gu Yuena defeated Qian Renxue without killing her, and the tournament ended with Yu Tianheng’s team in first place. Meanwhile, Tang San’s plot against the Star Luo Emperor succeeded, prompting Yu Tianheng to send shadow guards to investigate and consider using Xiao Wu against Tang San.

• Gu Yuena left Qian Renxue unconscious and badly wounded, while Yu Tianheng reflected that killing her would bring Spirit Hall’s revenge.
• The tournament rankings were announced, and the Tian Heng Empire’s team took first place as Tang San instructed the duke to proceed with his planned attack.
• The duke’s men ambushed the Star Luo Emperor’s convoy in a valley, then collapsed the site to conceal the emperor’s fate.
• After news spread that the Star Luo Emperor had disappeared, Yu Tianheng ordered the Fourth Elder to send shadow guards to the Star Luo Empire to investigate.
• Yu Tianheng visited Xiao Wu in the dungeon and judged her Soul Power nearly strong enough for an assassination attempt on Tang San, but hesitated over the danger and her eagerness for training.

Yu Tianheng manipulated Xiao Wu into volunteering to assassinate Tang San, then gave her a powerful Soul Tool to use against him. Xiao Wu accepted the mission, but the chapter ended with her asking where Tang San was.

• Yu Tianheng told Xiao Wu that Tang San had killed the Star Luo emperor and might target him next, then suggested Zhu Zhuqing could handle the assassination.
• Xiao Wu grew jealous at the thought of Zhu Zhuqing taking the mission and insisted she could kill Tang San herself.
• Xiao Wu proposed using Tang San's sleeve crossbow, but Yu Tianheng explained that it was unlikely to kill him.
• Yu Tianheng showed Xiao Wu a Level 3 Soul Tool ring and demonstrated its power by blasting a hole through the dungeon wall.
• Xiao Wu took the ring and vowed to kill Tang San, then asked Yu Tianheng where he was.

Yu Tianheng prepared a public execution for Xiao Wu, a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, expecting Tang San to intervene. Tang San learned Xiao Wu had been taken and rushed to the execution ground, where he arrived just as the execution began.

• Tang San heard that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan planned to execute a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and suspected it might be Xiao Wu.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji told him Xiao Wu had been taken by Yu Tianheng and revealed that the condemned Soul Beast was likely her.
• Tang San rushed toward the imperial capital to save Xiao Wu before the execution.
• Yu Tianheng prepared Xiao Wu for the execution and expected Tang San to come; Xiao Wu affirmed she would kill Tang San and use his life to win Yu Tianheng's affection.
• As the clan's Soul Masters prepared to attack Xiao Wu, Tang San landed at the execution ground, used his Blue Silver Emperor to pull her to him, and Xiao Wu threw herself into his arms.