Chapter Summaries

Ning Tianchen and Oscar faced the twin Colorful Butterfly Spirit Masters Yu Die and Cai Die in a two-on-two arena match. The fight began with the sisters attacking from the air, and Ning Tianchen suspected they were hiding their true combat roles after defending Oscar from Cai Die.

• Yu Die and Cai Die introduced themselves as level thirty-four Power Attack System Battle Spirit Masters, while Oscar revealed his level twenty-nine Food System cultivation and Ning Tianchen kept his strength hidden.
• The twins summoned their Colorful Butterfly martial souls, and Ning Tianchen summoned his Seven Kill Sword before asking whether they had fought in the arena before and how old they were.
• Yu Die began to answer Ning Tianchen’s challenge about their ages, but the referee sounded the gong and started the match.
• Yu Die attacked Ning Tianchen with Butterfly Wing Guillotine and scattered scales that made him suspect the butterflies carried poison.
• Cai Die used a burst of speed to approach Oscar, but Ning Tianchen’s Dragon Sword Guardian formed a barrier that forced her back.
• Ning Tianchen declared that the sisters were not Power Attack System Spirit Masters.

Ning Tianchen and Oscar battled the Cai Die sisters, overcoming their poison and forcing them to reveal their skill and coordination. The sisters then began a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Ning Tianchen braced for their strongest attack.

• Yu Die detonated Scale Powder around Ning Tianchen and Oscar, but Oscar gave Ning Tianchen an Antidote Little Sausage that neutralized the poison.
• Ning Tianchen attacked with Azure Dragon Break, then drove the sisters back with a rapid sword assault that showcased his skill and tactical awareness.
• Yu Die and Cai Die coordinated their Butterfly Wing Slash attacks, but Ning Tianchen anticipated the danger and retreated before they could hit him.
• Ning Tianchen told Oscar to prepare sausages and be ready to leave the arena as the sisters prepared a stronger move.
• Yu Die and Cai Die joined their martial souls and merged their six soul rings, beginning a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Ning Tianchen faced Yu Die and her sister’s powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill in the Great Soul Arena and refused to surrender despite being outmatched. He began testing his sword-control abilities and hoped to break through the next stage of the Seven Kill Sword Manual.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing learned that Ning Tianchen’s opponents had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, bought tickets, and headed to his match.
• Ning Tianchen judged that the fused opponents could rival an ordinary Spirit King, while Oscar urged him to surrender.
• Ning Tianchen chose to keep fighting, and Yu Die and her sister challenged him to break their undefeated record among Soul Elders.
• Ning Tianchen blocked their chopping knives with the Seven Kill Sword and realized that their strength made direct combat difficult.
• Ning Tianchen used Sword Wings Soaring to control his sword remotely, Oscar withdrew from the stage, and Ning Tianchen launched a sword-radiance attack at Yu Die and her sister.

Ning Tianchen adapted his swordsmanship mid-battle, defeated the Feiwu Sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and set a new Great Spirit Arena record. After learning that the sisters were sixteen-year-old rank-thirty-four talents from Silves City, he considered recruiting them for a Spirit Battle Team.

• Ning Tianchen switched to a two-handed heavy-sword style to counter the Mottled Bewitching Butterfly’s strength.
• Flender watched Ning Tianchen’s new technique and worried that Shrek Academy’s lack of official recognition could keep it out of the Spirit Master Competition.
• Yu Die and Cai Die split their Martial Soul Fusion Skill into two butterflies and launched their final attack at Ning Tianchen.
• Ning Tianchen threw his Seven Kill Sword, rushed the Feiwu Sisters, and interrupted their fusion skill to win the Spirit Battle.
• The Great Spirit Arena announced that Sword Dao Tianchen had broken its undefeated Martial Soul Fusion Skill record, while Ning Rongrong celebrated and Oscar felt conflicted.
• Yu Die told Ning Tianchen that she and Cai Die were sixteen-year-old rank-thirty-four Spirit Masters from Silves City, and he considered recruiting them for a team.

Ning Tianchen and the Shrek students gathered after their Two-on-Two Spirit Fights, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s loss led to an argument over blame. Flender reprimanded Dai Mubai, who eventually returned to Shrek Academy despite his anger.

• Ning Rongrong praised Ning Tianchen and described her and Zhu Qing’s easy victory, while Ning Tianchen explained that he had told Oscar to leave his match early.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu joined the others in the restroom, where Flender waited to review their fights.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returned after losing, and Dai Mubai blamed Ma Hongjun for disrupting their match with a misdirected flame attack.
• Flender scolded Dai Mubai for blaming his teammate, and Tang San urged Dai Mubai to stop arguing.
• Dai Mubai stormed out after Flender threatened to expel him, but he eventually returned toward Shrek Academy.

After Flender reprimanded Ma Hongjun and praised the students’ spirit fights, Ning Tianchen went with Yu Die and Cai Die to meet their father, Zhang Erhe. Zhang Erhe questioned Ning Tianchen about his ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Sword Douluo, but the chapter ended before Ning Tianchen answered the latter question.

• Flender assigned Ma Hongjun extra training and praised the other students’ performances, while reminding Ning Tianchen to coordinate with his teammate.
• Yu Die invited Ning Tianchen to meet an elder in her family, and Ning Rongrong encouraged him to go and consider recruiting them for the sect.
• Ning Tianchen met Yu Die and Cai Die’s father, Zhang Erhe, and was startled by the man’s name.
• Ning Tianchen offered to write to the Sect Master if Zhang Erhe wanted to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Zhang Erhe instead asked about Ning Tianchen’s relationship with Sword Douluo.
• Ning Tianchen said his parents had died during a sect operation and that he had no family within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Zhang Erhe looked disappointed.

Ning Tianchen left his meeting with Zhang Erhe and returned to Shrek Academy, where Dai Mubai threatened Ning Rongrong during a confrontation over his treatment of Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Tianchen intervened, and Tang San still blamed Ning Rongrong as Xiao Wu hesitated to take his side.

• Zhang Erhe suspected Ning Tianchen had lied about his age and strength, while Ning Tianchen decided to wait before trying to recruit him.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong criticized Dai Mubai at the academy gate for pursuing other women while refusing to end his engagement to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai erupted in anger at Ning Rongrong, and Tang San stepped between them while blaming her for provoking him.
• Dai Mubai threatened to rape and kill Ning Rongrong repeatedly, prompting Ning Tianchen to emerge from the darkness and strike the boulder behind Dai Mubai with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Ning Rongrong went to Ning Tianchen, while Tang San insisted she apologize to Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu held back from supporting him.

Ning Tianchen defended Ning Rongrong when Dai Mubai threatened her, then helped her decide to stay at Shrek Academy for up to half a year. Later, he advised Oscar to cultivate in the kitchen to help him break through Rank 29, and Oscar hurried there that night.

• Ning Tianchen confronted Tang San and stopped Dai Mubai from acting against Ning Rongrong, while Oscar stood with Ning Tianchen.
• Ning Tianchen warned Tang San not to manipulate Ning Rongrong, then took her and Oscar into the academy as Dai Mubai left for Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Tianchen she wanted to leave Shrek Academy, but he persuaded her to stay for up to half a year before deciding whether to return to the sect.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu talked in the dormitory, then Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing meditated while Xiao Wu went to sleep.
• Oscar asked Ning Tianchen how to overcome his Rank 29 bottleneck, and Ning Tianchen advised him to cultivate in the kitchen.
• Oscar thanked Ning Tianchen and hurried to the kitchen under cover of night.

Oscar broke through to Level 30, and Ning Rongrong reached Level 30 as well, prompting Flender to replace the first lesson with a soul hunt. The students reluctantly united over Oscar’s sausages, while Flender and Zhao Wuji worried about the conflicts among them before their trip.

• Oscar told Flender he had reached Level 30, so Flender announced that Zhao Wuji would lead the students on a soul hunt that afternoon.
• Flender punished Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun for their appearance and late-night behavior by ordering them to run ten laps around the village.
• Xiao Wu explained that Ning Rongrong had been breaking through to Level 30 while Zhu Zhuqing and she guarded her, and Flender celebrated the academy gaining another Soul Elder.
• Flender warned the students not to fight during the soul hunt and made them eat Oscar’s sausages to prepare for using his support in battle.
• After the students dispersed, Zhao Wuji questioned Flender about their conflicts, and Flender admitted that neither Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong nor Dai Mubai was easy to offend.

Flender and Zhao Wuji tried to manage tensions among the Shrek students as they set out to hunt spirit beasts, and Ning Tianchen took charge of the group’s formation. The students reached Spirit Beast Town by evening and prepared to enter the forest the next morning.

• Flender told Zhao Wuji to prevent the students from clashing during the hunt and postpone decisions about their conflict until someone arrived.
• Zhao Wuji warned the students to cooperate, and Ning Tianchen arranged their formation after Tang San held back from taking command.
• Dai Mubai ran ahead despite the group’s rest stop, so Zhao Wuji dragged him back and scolded him.
• Ning Tianchen reminded the group that their success depended on every member, and they rested before continuing.
• Ning Rongrong boosted the group’s speed, and the eight students reached Spirit Beast Town by evening.
• Ning Rongrong suggested staying overnight and offered to treat the group to dinner, while Ning Tianchen noted that Canghui Academy’s students had not arrived yet.

Ning Tianchen and Tang San discussed how Dai Mubai’s behavior affected the team, then the students prepared supplies before entering the Star Dou Great Forest. Their shopping was interrupted when students from Canghui Academy tried to rob Ning Rongrong of her Soul Tool, leaving both sides poised for a fight.

• Tang San asked Ning Tianchen to talk to Ning Rongrong about easing tensions between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Tianchen agreed that Dai Mubai needed to change his behavior.
• Ning Tianchen paid for dinner, and the students went to buy supplies for their trip into the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.
• Ning Rongrong and Ning Tianchen loaded supplies into their large-capacity Soul Tools, and Ning Rongrong explained that her ring could even store living creatures.
• A young woman and a young man from Canghui Academy demanded Ning Rongrong’s ring, while Xiao Wu stepped in front of her and Tang San prepared to fight.
• Tang San proposed that he and Ning Tianchen hold off the Canghui students while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu fetch Teacher Zhao, but Ning Rongrong refused to be intimidated.

Ning Tianchen and the others fought Canghui Academy’s students after they provoked the Shrek group, quickly defeating them with coordinated attacks. Canghui Academy’s director Ye ZhiQiu arrived to shift the blame, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun emerged and insulted the academy.

• Dai Mubai stopped Ma Hongjun from intervening at first, reasoning that Canghui Academy’s teacher might be nearby.
• Ning Tianchen revealed his three spirit rings, and Xiao Wu attacked Canghui Academy’s students after they tried to back down.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Xiao Wu, while Ning Tianchen, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing coordinated their attacks to defeat and restrain the students.
• Zhao Wuji watched the fight and judged that the six Shrek members had developed strong coordination without Dai Mubai.
• Ye ZhiQiu arrived and accused the Shrek group of injuring his students, and Xiao Wu challenged his version of events.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun appeared and called Canghui Academy a minor academy and its students trash.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked Ye ZhiQiu after the earlier conflict had ended, while Ning Tianchen and the others refused to join them. Ning Tianchen decided to leave Shrek Academy after the spirit hunt and planned to bring Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun confronted Ye ZhiQiu, with Ma Hongjun invoking the saying that spirit masters who dared not cause trouble were mediocrities.
• Ning Tianchen explained to Tang San why he would not help Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, and his group withdrew from the confrontation.
• Ye ZhiQiu activated his Mystic Tortoise Martial Soul, but only Ma Hongjun joined Dai Mubai in activating a Martial Soul.
• Ning Tianchen led Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar away, while Tang San and Xiao Wu remained behind.
• Ning Tianchen told Ning Rongrong he planned to leave Shrek Academy after the spirit hunt and asked her to speak with Zhu Zhuqing about joining them.

After Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were badly beaten, Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong continued recruiting Shrek students for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Oscar agreed to join, while Zhu Zhuqing asked for time to decide, and the group prepared to depart the next morning.

• Zhao Wuji rescued Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun from Ye ZhiQiu, then beat Ye ZhiQiu and reprimanded the two students.
• Dai Mubai accused Ning Tianchen and Tang San of abandoning him and Ma Hongjun, while Tang San said Dai Mubai himself was the problem.
• Ning Rongrong discussed joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Zhu Zhuqing, who asked for a few days to consider the offer.
• Ning Tianchen persuaded Oscar to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Oscar agreed to leave Shrek Academy with the group.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong indicated that Zhu Zhuqing had not agreed, and Zhao Wuji warned everyone before leading them out.

Ning Tianchen and the group entered Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Third Spirit Rings for Oscar and Ning Rongrong. They trapped a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar, and Ning Tianchen defeated it, leaving it unconscious.

• Zhao Wuji warned the group about the dangers of Star Dou Great Forest and ordered them to stay close and maintain formation.
• Oscar prepared sausages for the group, while Tang San worried about reaching rank thirty during the hunt.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, which Zhao Wuji identified as a suitable spirit beast for Oscar's Third Spirit Ring.
• Tang San trapped the serpent with Blue Silver Grass, and Ning Rongrong enhanced Ning Tianchen and Dai Mubai, but Dai Mubai refused to attack.
• Ning Tianchen struck the serpent's crest with a sword aura, then pierced its abdomen with the Seven Kill Sword and knocked it unconscious.

Ning Tianchen helped Oscar secure the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s soul ring and settled a dispute with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran. He then spoke privately with Zhu Zhuqing about her future and the Star Luo Empire’s succession system.

• Oscar killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and claimed it had been intended as Meng Yiran’s soul ring.
• Ning Tianchen recognized Meng Yiran, and Chao Tianxiang backed down after learning Ning Rongrong was Ning Fengzhi’s daughter.
• Zhao Wuji found no wounds on the serpent’s abdomen, and Ning Tianchen explained that he had covered the marks from Chao Tianxiang’s Snake Staff.
• Chao Tianxiang left with Meng Yiran, while Oscar began absorbing the serpent’s soul ring.
• Ning Tianchen took Zhu Zhuqing aside and challenged her hopes of becoming Empress of the Star Luo Empire, arguing that its succession system favored older princes.

Ning Tianchen persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect by arguing that Zhu Zhuyun had secretly helped her escape and that returning to the Star Luo Empire could force the sisters to fight. After Zhu Zhuqing agreed to join on her own terms, Oscar completed his spirit ring absorption and revealed a rare spirit ability that let someone fly at great speed.

• Ning Tianchen urged Zhu Zhuqing to reconsider her plans and explained that Zhu Zhuyun may have deliberately let her escape to prevent the sisters from killing each other.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, provided she could leave if it became hostile toward the Star Luo Zhu Family and earn cultivation resources through her own efforts.
• Ning Tianchen told Zhu Zhuqing to keep the arrangement secret until he informed her it was time to leave.
• Tang San praised his teacher Yu Xiaogang to Ning Tianchen, who privately doubted Yu Xiaogang's influence and methods.
• Oscar finished absorbing his spirit ring and revealed that his new ability let someone fly at Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent speed for one minute.

The Shrek group encountered the Titan Giant Ape, which seized Xiao Wu despite Zhao Wuji’s attempt to fight it off. As Tang San tried to rescue her, the beast grabbed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, while Ning Tianchen shielded Ning Rongrong and Oscar.

• Ning Tianchen and Oscar kept watch at camp before the ground began to tremble and Zhao Wuji ordered everyone out of their tents.
• Zhao Wuji sent Ning Tianchen and Tang San to lead the others away, but the Titan Giant Ape appeared and focused on Xiao Wu.
• The Titan Giant Ape knocked Zhao Wuji aside and reached for Xiao Wu, while Tang San’s hidden weapons failed to hurt it.
• Xiao Wu secretly asked Er Ming not to harm Tang San and to teach Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun a lesson.
• Ning Tianchen pulled Ning Rongrong and Oscar back and used Dragon Sword Guardian to shield them as Er Ming tossed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun into the air.
• Tang San used Blue Silver Grass to try to rescue Xiao Wu.

After the Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu, Tang San pursued it, with Ning Tianchen following and Oscar choosing to help. Ning Tianchen killed a Man Faced Demon Spider before Tang San could claim its spirit ring, and the two were left preparing to continue the search for Xiao Wu.

• The Titan Giant Ape carried Xiao Wu into the forest, and Tang San demanded a Flying Mushroom Sausage so he could chase after her.
• Ning Tianchen followed Tang San while Oscar and Ning Rongrong stayed behind to find the unconscious Zhao Wuji.
• A Man Faced Demon Spider ambushed Tang San and Ning Tianchen, and they fought it together.
• Zhao Wuji awoke, learned that Tang San and Ning Tianchen had gone after Xiao Wu, and led the others to pursue them.
• Ning Tianchen killed the two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider despite Tang San's demand for its spirit ring.
• Tang San revealed that he had reached level thirty, and Ning Tianchen questioned his belief that plant-type spirit masters could absorb animal-type spirit rings.

Tang San absorbed a Cave Demon Spider spirit ring but gained no spirit bone, then reunited with Xiao Wu and returned to Shrek Academy with the others. Yu Xiaogang arrived at the academy and learned that Tang San was outmatched in talent by Ning Rongrong and Ning Tianchen.

• Tang San killed a thirteen-hundred-year-old Cave Demon Spider with Ning Tianchen's help and absorbed its spirit ring without obtaining a spirit bone.
• Xiao Wu found Tang San, and the Shrek students later returned to the academy after searching for a soul beast for Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and reunited with Flender, who told him about Tang San's performance and the academy's students.
• Flender revealed that Ning Rongrong had already broken through rank thirty and was younger than Tang San.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Ning Tianchen was an even greater genius, leaving Yu Xiaogang displeased that Tang San was not the academy's most talented student.