Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and planned to take Ning Tianchen as another disciple after hearing Flender’s account of him. As the group returned from hunting soul beasts, Zhao Wuji announced that their training would include Team Spirit Fights, leaving their lineup to Flender.

• Yu Xiaogang doubted Flender’s claims about Ning Tianchen, then focused on resolving the conflict between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing through teamwork.
• Yu Xiaogang met Li Yusong and learned that Ning Tianchen had bought a copy of Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, which Yu Xiaogang believed had helped him grow stronger.
• Yu Xiaogang said he might take Ning Tianchen as a disciple, despite Flender’s warning that Ning Tianchen belonged to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The Shrek group returned from hunting soul beasts with Ning Rongrong advanced to Soul Elder, and Zhao Wuji said they would soon train for Team Spirit Fights.
• Ma Hongjun suggested partnering with Zhu Zhuqing for Two-on-Two Spirit Fights, prompting Zhao Wuji to scold him and threaten extra training.
• Xiao Wu asked who would compete in the Team Spirit Fights, and Zhao Wuji said Flender would decide the lineup.

Master Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and claimed credit for Ning Tianchen’s strength by telling Tang San that Ning Tianchen had studied his theoretical works. He then arranged a spar between Tang San and Ning Tianchen, who followed them to the Great Playground while suspecting Master had another motive.

• Zhao Wuji reported the spirit hunt to Flender, and Master Yu Xiaogang announced that he would meet Tang San and the other students.
• Master visited Tang San, praised him, and criticized his handling of the conflict between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing before offering to manage the team’s disputes.
• Master told Tang San that Ning Tianchen’s strength came from studying his works and asked him to spar with Ning Tianchen.
• Master and Tang San visited Ning Tianchen as he packed to leave Shrek Academy, and Ning Tianchen agreed to spar with Tang San.
• As they headed toward the Great Playground, Master offered to answer Ning Tianchen’s questions about his works, leaving Ning Tianchen wary of his intentions.

Ning Tianchen and Tang San sparred at Shrek Academy while Yu Xiaogang watched, and Ning Tianchen’s swordsmanship repeatedly countered Tang San’s attacks. Yu Xiaogang stopped the duel before Tang San could reveal the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving the students to wonder about his connection to Tang San.

• Ning Tianchen admitted that he had the book Ten Core Competitions of Spirit, and Yu Xiaogang started a spar between him and Tang San.
• Tang San attacked with Blue Silver Grass, but Ning Tianchen cut through it with sword qi and then forced Tang San back with the Dragon Sword Guardian barrier.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that Ning Tianchen and Tang San were fighting, and the three went to watch their duel.
• Tang San used Hidden Weapons, but Ning Tianchen anticipated the attack and dodged the Bone Penetrating Needles.
• Tang San considered revealing the Clear Sky Hammer, so Yu Xiaogang ended the spar before he could do so.

Ning Tianchen and Tang San sparred, and Yu Xiaogang consoled Tang San by claiming his lead came from starting cultivation six months earlier. As Ning Tianchen prepared to leave the academy, he discussed Yu Xiaogang’s theories with his friends and lent Oscar a book.

• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Tianchen why he had sparred with Tang San, and he said it was a farewell before they returned to the sect.
• Tang San admitted to Yu Xiaogang that he could not defeat Ning Tianchen, and Yu Xiaogang blamed Ning Tianchen’s six-month head start in cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang promised to begin directing Tang San’s cultivation and studies the next day, and Tang San eagerly agreed.
• At dinner in Suotuo City, Ning Tianchen’s friends discussed Yu Xiaogang’s arrival and his book, Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong questioned whether Yu Xiaogang had claimed others’ theories as his own, while Ning Tianchen said some theories were his and ended the debate.
• Oscar asked to borrow Yu Xiaogang’s book, and Ning Tianchen lent it to him while telling him to keep it private.

Yu Xiaogang took charge of the Shrek students’ training and demanded that they gather before dawn for special exercises. He tried to recruit Ning Tianchen as his second disciple, but Ning Tianchen refused, and Yu Xiaogang resolved to make him regret it during training.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the students’ teacher, and Yu Xiaogang ordered them to gather at the Great Playground before dawn for training.
• Flender warned that students who skipped Yu Xiaogang’s training would instead face daily sparring with Zhao Wuji, afternoon lessons with Flender, and nightly spirit battles.
• After dismissing the others, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San tried to persuade Ning Tianchen to become Yu Xiaogang’s disciple.
• Ning Tianchen rejected Yu Xiaogang’s guidance and left, while Yu Xiaogang angrily predicted that Tang San would surpass him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San not to worry and decided to use the special training to target Ning Tianchen until he asked to become a disciple.

Ning Tianchen, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar left Shrek Academy, though Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong secured leave instead of formally withdrawing. Yu Xiaogang discovered their absences on the first day of special training and stormed off to confront Flender.

• Ning Tianchen arranged for Zhu Zhuqing to leave a letter and for himself and Ning Rongrong to ask Flender for leave so they could depart the academy.
• Flender approved two months of leave for Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong understood that they could choose whether to return.
• Oscar requested leave after them, while Flender mistakenly assumed the students were protesting Yu Xiaogang's special training.
• Yu Xiaogang found only Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun at the Great Playground when special training began.
• Xiao Wu arrived with Zhu Zhuqing's letter and told Yu Xiaogang that Zhu Zhuqing had withdrawn; she then revealed Ning Rongrong seemed to have left as well.
• Tang San confirmed Ning Tianchen and Oscar's dormitory was empty, and Yu Xiaogang stormed toward Flender's office demanding an explanation.

Ning Tianchen, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar left Shrek Academy and traveled to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After they arrived, Gu Rong proposed taking Zhu Zhuqing as his Nominal Disciple and cultivating her with second-tier resources.

• Flender learned that Ning Tianchen, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing had left Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang admitted that he had angered Ning Tianchen by offering to take him as a disciple.
• Ning Tianchen told Zhu Zhuqing and Oscar that he had informed the sect of their arrival and discussed their chances of competing in the Spirit Master Competition.
• Ning Tianchen suggested that the group train through daily fights in the Great Soul Arena after returning to the sect.
• The carriage reached the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Qi Huan greeted Ning Tianchen and directed the group to the main hall.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong and Chen Xin how to arrange Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing, and Gu Rong proposed taking Zhu Zhuqing as his Nominal Disciple.
• Chen Xin cautioned Gu Rong that taking a disciple was serious and should not be done carelessly.

Ning Fengzhi welcomed Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Gu Rong accepted Zhu Zhuqing as a nominal disciple. After Ning Rongrong rejected returning to Shrek Academy, Ning Tianchen proposed that the sect establish its own academy, leaving Ning Fengzhi to consider how it could attract Battle Spirit Masters.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Oscar and Zhu Zhuqing to the sect and promised them the cultivation resources they needed.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had left the Zhu Family to pursue strength, and Gu Rong accepted her as a nominal disciple with the goal of reaching level thirty within a year.
• Ning Fengzhi told Oscar to seek guidance from the sect's high-level Food System Spirit Masters.
• Ning Rongrong complained about Shrek Academy, and Chen Xin urged Ning Fengzhi to keep her and Ning Tianchen in the sect instead of sending them to another academy.
• Ning Tianchen proposed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect establish its own academy and form a team for the Spirit Master Competition, while Ning Fengzhi worried it might attract Support System Spirit Masters instead of Battle Spirit Masters.

Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong proposed a commoner-friendly academy and a mall to reorganize the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s businesses. After reviewing their plans, Ning Fengzhi was impressed by the projected profits but questioned Ning Tianchen about who had developed them.

• Ning Rongrong suggested recruiting commoner Spirit Masters for the sect’s academy, and Ning Tianchen supported her proposal.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to consider the academy and asked Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong to draft regulations, while setting a limit of five million Gold Soul Coins for its annual subsidy.
• Ning Tianchen explained that the academy plan depended on reorganizing the sect’s industries, and he showed Ning Rongrong his proposal to consolidate shops into a large mall.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong presented plans for a two-thousand-student academy on Eighth Street and a mall on Third Street to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi realized the mall could capture much of Heaven Dou City’s market and raise the sect’s industrial income by over forty percent, then asked whether Ning Tianchen had created the proposals himself.

Ning Tianchen persuaded Ning Fengzhi to build a mall and academy, and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect began demolishing Third Street to carry out the plan. As rival factions rushed to seize the sect’s market share, Ning Fengzhi was summoned to the Clan Shrine and called Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong to join him.

• Ning Tianchen proposed a mall and academy, asked that the Defense Clan handle construction, and planned spirit fights with Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi consulted Sword Bone Douluo, appointed Ke Jie principal of Seven Treasures Academy, and sent Bone Douluo to hire Niu Gao and the Defense Clan.
• The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect sealed off Third Street and demolished its buildings, alarming Xue Qinghe and drawing rival factions toward its commercial market.
• Yu Luomian persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to expand the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s business, while Spirit Hall spread rumors and merchant associations sought opportunities to take the sect’s market share.
• A disciple told Ning Fengzhi that Clan Ancestor Ning Huajing wanted to meet him at the Clan Shrine, so Ning Fengzhi summoned Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong.

Ning Fengzhi confronted clan elders who opposed his reforms, then had Ning Tianchen explain plans for a centralized mall and a new academy. The assembly ended with Ning Fengzhi asserting the sect’s authority, while Ning Tianchen worried the move might draw Bibi Dong’s hostility.

• Ning Tianchen asked Ning Rongrong about the Clan Assembly and learned that it was an emergency gathering of the Ning family’s clan leaders.
• Ning Huajing and other clan heads accused Ning Fengzhi of damaging the sect’s interests through his reforms.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Ning Rongrong and Ning Tianchen, defended their reform plan, and threatened to reduce Ning Huajing’s retirement allowance, causing the old man to faint.
• Ning Tianchen told the clan heads that the Third Street District would become a centralized mall and Eighth Street would be rebuilt as Seven Treasures Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would show its strength, while Ning Tianchen wondered whether this would provoke Bibi Dong and noted that rival forces had been stockpiling goods.

Ning Fengzhi ended the Clan Assembly after revealing his plans to reform the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then brought Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. After the meeting, Ning Tianchen agreed to take Rongrong to Yelin City’s lantern festival in the future, though their cultivation and preparations for the Spirit Master Competition left no clear date.

• Ning Fengzhi revealed the sect’s profitable Seven Treasures Mall plans and told Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong that the clan’s costly privileges should eventually be cut off.
• Ning Fengzhi ended the Clan Assembly and took Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong to meet Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who greeted Ning Fengzhi as his teacher and warmly welcomed the siblings.
• Ning Tianchen reflected that Xue Qinghe’s friendly manner concealed a dangerous schemer who had killed the Second and Third Princes.
• Ning Tianchen told Ning Rongrong that he might miss the lantern festival because Chen Xin planned to inspect his cultivation.
• Ning Tianchen promised Ning Rongrong that they would visit Yelin City’s renowned lantern festival together, and they sealed the promise with a pinky swear.

Chen Xin tested Ning Tianchen’s Heavy Sword Style and explained how Killing Intent shaped the Seven Kill Sword Art. He urged Ning Tianchen to develop a sword path of his own, leaving him to consider the challenge ahead.

• Chen Xin asked Ning Tianchen about the Heavy Sword Style and taught him that Killing Intent was the essence of the Seven Kill Sword Art’s “Kill” formula.
• Chen Xin told Ning Tianchen to imagine an enemy and strike with all his strength, so Ning Tianchen pictured his former boss Zhou Bapi and brought down his sword.
• Chen Xin blocked the blow with a Sword Finger, and Ning Tianchen was knocked onto his backside after his powerful strike quickly lost force.
• Chen Xin evaluated Ning Tianchen’s strength and told him to begin strength training if he wanted to incorporate the Heavy Sword Style into his swordsmanship.
• Chen Xin explained that Ning Tianchen needed to forge his own sword path to exceed the limits of his predecessors, and Ning Tianchen murmured about finding that path.

Ning Tianchen began shaping his own sword path under Chen Xin’s guidance while the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect completed its new mall. At the mall’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, Ning Tianchen also discussed a construction timeline for Seven Treasures Academy.

• Ning Tianchen promised Chen Xin he would forge his own path, and Chen Xin suggested he experiment with combining sword techniques before teaching him the Breaking Sword Style.
• Over three months, Ning Tianchen cultivated his swordsmanship as the Defense Clan completed the Seven Treasures Mall.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Niu Gao’s construction work, and Ning Tianchen explained the mall’s hollow layout and asked how quickly the academy could be built for its first five hundred students.
• Niu Gao estimated that the academy’s first phase would take about two months if his workers labored sixteen hours a day.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Xue Qinghe, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect unveiled the name Seven Treasures Mall at its ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasures Mall shook Heaven Dou City’s trade and drew the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall into partnership with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan faced steep losses and agreed to sell its Eighth Street shops, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to use its mall stores to earn more Gold Soul Coins.

• Merchants who had stockpiled goods panicked after Ning Fengzhi announced Seven Treasures Mall, and an old man named Lao Liu cursed Ning Fengzhi before collapsing dead.
• Ning Fengzhi reserved shops for the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, while refusing to include the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan because of its past actions against Ning Tianchen.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tianchen Gege why Ning Fengzhi had given Spirit Hall shops, and Tianchen explained how the arrangement tied the factions to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered the clan to cut expenses and suspend financial support for Blue Tyrant Academy and Thunder Academy, then sent Yu Luomian to negotiate the sale of the clan’s Eighth Street shops.
• Bibi Dong recognized the mall’s profit potential and ordered Salas to stock Spirit Hall’s shops with goods from Pope’s Hall and earn Gold Soul Coins.

Qian Daoliu learned that Ning Fengzhi’s Seven Treasures Mall had succeeded with help from an unknown mastermind and ordered Azure Luan Douluo to investigate while protecting Xue Er. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen assembled Seven Treasures Academy’s future competition team, and the chapter ended with him choosing to challenge a stronger opponent at the Great Spirit Arena.

• Qian Daoliu and the worshippers read Xue Er’s letter about the Seven Treasures Mall, and Qian Daoliu concluded that an expert was advising Ning Fengzhi.
• Qian Daoliu instructed Third Elder Azure Luan Douluo to investigate the expert in Heaven Dou City and protect Xue Er.
• Ning Tianchen recruited Chen Huayu for the academy team, arranged for the Yu Die Sisters to join, and began training the students under Ke Jie and Teacher Sun Buyu.
• Yu Die brought Ning Tianchen’s invitation to Zhang Erhe, who agreed that the sisters should join Seven Treasures Academy to build ties with the sect.
• At the Great Spirit Arena, Zhu Zhuqing agreed to team up with Chen Huayu, while Ning Tianchen chose to challenge an opponent above his level after learning that his forty-plus consecutive victories made same-level matchmaking slow.

Ning Tianchen faced Yu Tianheng, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy fighter on a thirty-two-match winning streak, in a Great Soul Arena battle promoted as a clash between their sects. After Yu Tianheng dismissed him and challenged him to a head-on fight, Ning Tianchen unleashed his Azure Dragon Break.

• Sun Buyu told Ning Tianchen that his opponent was Yu Tianheng of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciple with thirty-two consecutive victories.
• Ning Rongrong urged Ning Tianchen to teach Yu Tianheng a lesson, and Ning Tianchen recalled the grievance against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Tianchen and Yu Tianheng entered the central Main Spirit Arena as the crowd cheered for the two sects' fighters.
• Yu Tianheng activated his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and boasted that he would finish the battle their ancestors had begun.
• Ning Tianchen's opening sword aura was torn apart by Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Claw, so Ning Tianchen answered with Azure Dragon Break, sending an azure dragon of sword aura at him.

Ning Tianchen defeated Yu Tianheng in a spirit battle, then welcomed the Yu Die Sisters and Zhang Erhe to Seven Treasures Academy. Zhang Erhe demanded resources to help him reach level eighty in exchange for joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but an angry white-robed elder interrupted before Ning Tianchen could respond.

• Yu Tianheng used his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's dragon might against Ning Tianchen's sword qi, but Ning Tianchen overwhelmed him with sword moves.
• Yu Tianheng entered a berserk state and attacked with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Ning Tianchen pierced his palm with the Seven Kill Sword and kicked him out of the arena.
• Qin Ming sent the Royal Fight Team away and arranged treatment for Yu Tianheng, while Ning Tianchen returned to the stands with Sun Buyu.
• The Yu Die Sisters and Zhang Erhe arrived at Seven Treasures Academy, where Ning Tianchen welcomed them and explained that the academy had registered with the Heaven Dou Empire's Ministry of Education.
• Zhang Erhe asked for a spirit bone or heavenly treasures to help him break through to level eighty in return for joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with his daughters.
• An angry white-robed old man appeared in the Conference Room and challenged Zhang Erhe's right to negotiate with Ning Tianchen.

Ning Tianchen and Chen Xin confronted Zhang Erhe about his massacre of a village and refused to let him join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while promising to protect Yu Die and Cai Die at the academy. With the Seven Treasures Battle Team complete, Ke Jie began a trust-building maze exercise that left Ning Tianchen entering first.

• Chen Xin revealed that Zhang Erhe had slaughtered an entire village thirty years earlier and was being hunted by a survivor who had grown into a powerful expert.
• Ning Tianchen and Chen Xin refused Zhang Erhe's request to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect but promised to protect Yu Die and Cai Die at Seven Treasures Academy.
• Zhang Erhe left the Conference Room, and Ning Tianchen wondered whether a spiritual-type Spirit Master had secretly influenced the massacre.
• Sun Buyu completed Yu Die and Cai Die's enrollment, bringing all members of the Seven Treasures Battle Team together.
• Ke Jie created a maze on a Sky Chessboard and tasked the team with navigating its traps to build trust; Ning Tianchen entered first and discovered the black stones had become walls.

Ning Tianchen and his teammates repeatedly failed Ke Jie’s shifting maze test, first because they lost track of their positions and then because they used different methods to test the traps. After identifying the need for consistent communication, Ning Tianchen taught the group tactical hand signals before their next training session.

• Ning Tianchen mapped the maze’s traps, but shifting routes and uncertain coordinates caused his teammates to be eliminated one after another until nobody passed.
• Ning Tianchen proposed using stones to detect traps, and the group tried again, but Oscar and Ning Tianchen were still eliminated.
• Ke Jie explained that the team had failed because they lacked a unified method for testing the path, then assigned them to reflect before going to the Great Soul Arena.
• Ning Tianchen analyzed the team’s failures and taught everyone tactical hand signals to make their communication consistent.