Chapter Summaries

Ning Tianchen accepted the Royal Fight Team’s challenge and planned tactics for the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s first team fight. As both teams prepared, the Royal Fight Team underestimated the Yu Die sisters because their abilities were largely unknown.

• Dugu Yan challenged the Seven Treasures Battle Team to a team fight, and Ning Tianchen accepted despite Sun Buyu’s concerns.
• Sun Buyu explained that the Royal Fight Team was a well-coordinated Balanced Flow team, while Ning Tianchen noted that the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s unfamiliarity could be an advantage.
• Yu Die suggested using her and Cai Die’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Ning Tianchen forbade revealing their trump card before the competition finals.
• Ning Tianchen assigned the team to contain the Royal Fight Team’s attackers, hold Yu Tianheng back, and target him as the key to breaking their formation.
• Yu Tianheng and his teammates reviewed the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s dossier, and Osler mocked the Yu Die sisters as possible Soul Grand Masters.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team faced the Royal Fight Team in a tense arena match after both sides prepared and exchanged barbs. The fight began with Yu Tianheng confronting Ning Tianchen and the Yu Die Sisters catching their opponents off guard, but Ye Lingling’s healing quickly restored the Royal Fight Team’s injured members.

• Ning Tianchen kept the Seven Treasures Battle Team from entering other Spirit Fights and led them in planning for the match.
• The host introduced the Royal Fight Team and the Seven Treasures Battle Team as their Team Spirit Fight began.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Yu Tianheng’s boast, and Dugu Yan intervened before both teams summoned their martial spirits.
• Yu Tianheng charged at Ning Tianchen, who slowly gave ground while holding back his full strength.
• The Yu Die Sisters surprised Yu Feng and Osler with swift attacks, leaving them cut and affected by Scale Powder.
• Ye Lingling healed Yu Feng and Osler with her Nine Hearted Begonia martial spirit.

Ning Tianchen and the Seven Treasures Battle Team used Ning Rongrong’s enhancements and a feint to eliminate Osler, then shifted their attack toward the Royal Fight Team’s other agile fighter. Yu Feng admitted defeat as the Royal Fight Team’s formation began to collapse.

• Ning Rongrong enhanced Ning Tianchen’s strength and the Yu Die Sisters’ speed, while Dugu Yan boosted the Royal Fight Team with her poison.
• Ning Tianchen signaled the Seven Treasures Battle Team to close in on Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Yan’s poison mist blocked Zhu Zhuqing and Chen Huayu’s apparent rescue.
• Osler attacked Ning Rongrong and Oscar, but they used Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausages to escape into the air, and Ning Rongrong struck Osler with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit.
• Ning Tianchen sent Yu Die to hold Yu Tianheng and used his Seven Kill Sword to threaten Osler, forcing the referee to declare Osler eliminated.
• Ke Jie arrived at the Great Soul Arena and asked Sun Buyu to explain the teams’ opening positions and Ning Tianchen’s decisions.
• Ning Tianchen changed his plan to target the Royal Fight Team’s agile fighters, and after Zhu Zhuqing attacked Yu Feng, Yu Feng admitted defeat.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team defeated the Royal Fight Team after Ning Tianchen countered Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphor Purple Poison. The teams left the arena with the victors receiving tactical feedback and the defeated members struggling to come to terms with their loss.

• Ning Tianchen and his teammates overwhelmed Yu Tianheng, and Ning Tianchen kicked him off the arena.
• Dugu Yan unleashed her Jade Phosphor Purple Poison, but Ning Tianchen burned it away with ignited Realgar Wine.
• Shi Mo surrendered, and the Seven Treasures Battle Team won its first Team Spirit Fight.
• Ning Tianchen warned his teammates not to become overconfident, and Ke Jie praised their victory before pointing out their tactical mistakes.
• Qin Ming criticized the Royal Fight Team’s strategy as Yu Tianheng questioned the strength of his Seven Kill Sword Spirit and Dugu Yan dwelled on her poison being neutralized.

After defeating Yu Tianheng, Ning Tianchen met Feng Xiaotian, who asked him to spar so he could refine his Self-Created Soul Skill. On the way back to Seven Treasures Academy, Ning Tianchen heard Zhang Erhe’s claim that Evil Spirit Masters may have influenced the soldiers who massacred his village, and agreed to investigate.

• Feng Xiaotian asked Ning Tianchen to spar, explaining that he had reached level forty-one and wanted to refine his Self-Created Soul Skill against an unfamiliar opponent.
• Ning Tianchen invited Feng Xiaotian to Seven Treasures Academy the next day and considered recruiting him into the Seven Treasures Battle Team.
• Ning Tianchen confronted Zhang Erhe, who asked to speak privately but agreed to explain himself on a roadside bench.
• Zhang Erhe said he had found signs of Evil Spirit Master activity near the village where his unit had carried out a massacre, and suspected an outside influence had made his men lose control.
• Ning Tianchen promised to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect investigate and told Zhang Erhe to gather evidence himself.

Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian sparred at Seven Treasures Academy, testing their swordsmanship, speed, and aerial abilities. Feng Xiaotian tore open Ning Tianchen’s Sword Qi Barrier, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Ning Tianchen hoped Zhang Erhe was innocent, then returned to Seven Treasures Academy as its dormitories neared completion.
• Feng Xiaotian arrived at Seven Treasures Academy, and Ke Jie arranged a spar between him and Ning Tianchen.
• Ning Tianchen gained the upper hand with fast sword strikes, but Feng Xiaotian used his Second Spirit Ability to boost his strength, defense, and agility.
• Feng Xiaotian took to the air with his azure wings, and Ning Tianchen revealed his External Soul Bone, the Sword Wings, and followed him into the sky.
• Feng Xiaotian’s Wind Blade Array failed to break Ning Tianchen’s Sword Qi Barrier, but his diving claw attack tore a crack in it.

Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian fought to a draw after unleashing their strongest attacks, and Ke Jie intervened to prevent them from being injured. Ning Tianchen invited Feng Xiaotian to join the Seven Treasures Battle Team, and Feng Xiaotian agreed to train with them for the afternoon.

• Feng Xiaotian used his Gale Wolf Thirty-Five Consecutive Slashes against Ning Tianchen, who countered with his Seven Kill Sword and Sword Wings.
• Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian unleashed their finishing attacks, and Ke Jie sealed both attacks with his Sky Chessboard before either fighter was hurt.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong helped restore Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian's soul power, and the two agreed to call their sparring match a draw.
• Ning Tianchen invited Feng Xiaotian to stay at Seven Treasures Academy, and Ke Jie suggested he train with the Seven Treasures Battle Team for the afternoon.
• Feng Xiaotian agreed to train with the Seven Treasures Battle Team.

Feng Xiaotian lost a sparring match to the Feiwu Sisters, and Ke Jie offered to help him develop his Self-Created Soul Skill. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo learned that Ning Tianchen might know a way to counter Blue Phosphorous Snake Venom and demanded to know who he was.

• Feng Xiaotian lost to the Feiwu Sisters, whose teamwork and Martial Souls overwhelmed his wolf claws.
• Ke Jie offered to teach Feng Xiaotian how to cultivate his Self-Created Soul Skill toward Eighty-One Slashes, drawing on his research into the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.
• Dugu Yan left training to meet her grandfather, Dugu Bo, at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while Yu Tianheng stayed behind.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Ning Tianchen had used wine to counter Blue Phosphorous Snake Venom during a spirit battle.
• Dugu Bo asked who Ning Tianchen was and considered capturing him, but Dugu Yan warned that he might be Sword Douluo's successor and a future sect master.

Feng Changlin negotiated with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect over Feng Xiaotian’s training and the family’s business interests, then agreed to let Xiaotian join Seven Treasures Academy. Feng Xiaotian joined Ning Tianchen’s team as vice-captain, though he had to wait to compete until Hua Yu and Zhu Zhuqing reached level thirty.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that the Royal Fight Team would soon leave Heaven Dou City, and Dugu Bo hurried away to focus on the Dugu Family’s survival.
• Feng Changlin met Ning Fengzhi and negotiated to lease storefronts in the Seven Treasures Mall while asking whether Ke Jie could guide Feng Xiaotian’s Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Ke Jie offered to accept Feng Xiaotian as a disciple, and Ning Tianchen argued that joining the Seven Treasures Battle Team would improve Xiaotian’s championship prospects.
• Feng Changlin agreed to let Feng Xiaotian study at Seven Treasures Academy, leaving the question of discipleship to Xiaotian and continuing negotiations over the storefronts.
• Feng Xiaotian registered at Seven Treasures Academy, where Ning Tianchen became team captain and the team chose Xiaotian as vice-captain.
• Ke Jie told Hua Yu and Zhu Zhuqing to reach level thirty before Feng Xiaotian could join the team’s spirit fights.

Seven Treasures Academy opened registration, and Ning Tianchen quelled rumors that its battle team had already been filled by explaining the selection rules and scholarships. Applicants were persuaded to enroll, while Blue Tyrant Academy lost many students.

• Seven Treasures Academy began accepting students, and Ning Tianchen and the Seven Treasures Battle Team helped manage registration.
• A young applicant claimed the academy had already chosen its Spirit Master Competition team, sparking complaints among the crowd.
• Ning Tianchen challenged the applicant's claims and explained that students could compete for team positions through the academy's selection system.
• Ning Tianchen announced scholarships for students who improved the most and rewards for top students who joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Applicants grew more eager to register, many students left other academies, and Ning Rongrong praised Ning Tianchen for resolving the dispute.

Ning Tianchen uncovered an attempt by Thunder Academy to disrupt Seven Treasures Academy’s registration, then encountered Dugu Bo, who questioned him about curing Dugu Yan’s poison. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo demanding the ancient book after Ning Tianchen warned that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul’s poison would eventually kill him and his granddaughter.

• Zhu Zhuqing tracked the troublemaking youth to a teahouse and pleasure house, while the Yu Die Sisters followed the middle-aged man who had paid him to Thunder Academy.
• Ning Tianchen reported the sabotage to Ning Fengzhi and had the youth seized, while Ning Fengzhi used the punishment to warn the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Seven Treasures Academy enrolled seven hundred students after expanding its intake, and Ning Tianchen spotted a figure whose fishy scent reminded him of Dugu Yan.
• Ning Tianchen found Dugu Bo in the Mimetic Cultivation Field and explained that he recognized him by his scent and knew how to neutralize Dugu Yan’s poison.
• Ning Tianchen told Dugu Bo that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul’s poison would erode its user, and Dugu Bo demanded the ancient book that described the condition.

Ning Tianchen negotiated with Dugu Bo, offering to help detoxify him in exchange for friendship and a chance to visit his Medicine Field. After they left for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the academy and sect learned he was gone, and Yu Die realized he had left voluntarily.

• Ning Tianchen used Dugu Bo's concern for Dugu Yan and the consequences of killing academy students to prevent him from making a move.
• Ning Tianchen refused to provide an ancient tome and offered instead to treat Dugu Bo; they agreed he would receive one major favor from Dugu Bo if he succeeded.
• Dugu Bo offered to take Ning Tianchen to his Medicine Field, and the two left for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after Ning Tianchen left a letter.
• Feng Xiaotian found the letter and alerted the team and Ke Jie, who began searching and sent word to the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong decided to investigate at the academy while Chen Xin stayed at the sect.
• Ning Rongrong asked Ke Jie to bring Ning Tianchen back, but Yu Die pointed out a mark in his letter that showed he had left of his own accord.

Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo investigated Ning Tianchen’s disappearance and concluded he had left willingly, while Ning Tianchen followed Dugu Bo to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There, Dugu Bo asked how Ning Tianchen would detoxify him, and Ning Tianchen began explaining three methods.

• Bone Douluo examined the Mimetic Cultivation Field and found no signs of a struggle, concluding Ning Tianchen had probably left of his own accord.
• Ning Fengzhi sent sect disciples to search places where Dugu Bo might appear and told Ning Rongrong to keep cultivating at the academy.
• Dugu Bo gave Ning Tianchen an Antidote Pill and led him through the Poisonous Mist to his medicine field at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo showed Ning Tianchen his herb research and demanded that he explain how to detoxify him.
• Ning Tianchen offered three methods, starting with placing the toxins in Dugu Bo’s Soul Bones, then warned that the toxins would increase as Dugu Bo grew stronger.

Ning Tianchen explained the dangers of Dugu Bo’s toxins and proposed a method to gather them into a poison core, then sent Dugu Bo to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with a token. Dugu Bo reached the sect and gave Chen Xin the token to prove Ning Tianchen was safe and staying with him to cultivate.

• Ning Tianchen outlined three ways to deal with Dugu Bo’s toxins, warning that the first two could endanger his life or cost him his poison-based strength.
• Ning Tianchen explained how Dugu Bo could repeatedly weaken his toxins with an antidote and merge them into his inner core to form a poison core.
• Ning Tianchen gave Dugu Bo a Seven Treasures Token to take to the sect and chose the Aromatic Silk Beauty to protect himself while handling poisonous ingredients.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin confronted him and demanded to know where Ning Tianchen was.
• Dugu Bo told Chen Xin that Ning Tianchen was safe and would cultivate with him for a while, then tossed him the Seven Treasures Token.

Ning Tianchen proved that the Aromatic Silk Beauty protected him from Dugu Bo’s poison and persuaded Dugu Bo to let him keep the immortal herb. After Dugu Bo successfully tested Ning Tianchen’s poison-core method, he honored their bargain and gave him a Wishful Treasure Pouch, while Ning Tianchen prepared to cultivate and later hunt soul beasts.

• Chen Xin supplied Dugu Bo with the medicinal herbs Ning Tianchen had requested, and Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo panicked when he saw Ning Tianchen holding the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but Ning Tianchen showed that its domain made him immune to Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist.
• Ning Tianchen convinced Dugu Bo not to destroy the herb and agreed to identify other herbs in exchange for being allowed to take the ones he recognized.
• Ning Tianchen gave Dugu Bo a potent antidote, and Dugu Bo successfully used the ancient method to merge his poison into his inner core.
• Dugu Bo gave Ning Tianchen a Wishful Treasure Pouch for storing living things, then returned to Cultivation Retreat as Ning Tianchen prepared to cultivate and later hunt soul beasts.

The Royal Fight Team prepared to face the Berserk Team in Suotuo City, while Qin Ming discovered that Shrek’s team was competing there. Remembering his old academy’s struggles, he began planning to bring Shrek Academy into Heaven Dou Royal Academy so its students could enter the Spirit Master Competition.

• Ning Rongrong waited for Ning Tianchen’s return, and Yu Die persuaded her to go shopping with the Yu Die Sisters.
• Feng Xiaotian reflected on Ning Tianchen’s training and noted that Zhu Zhuqing and Chen Huayu were still working toward Soul Elder rank.
• Yu Feng told the Royal Fight Team about the undefeated Shrek Team, and Qin Ming offered to arrange a match between them.
• Qin Ming saw Flender at the Great Spirit Arena but did not approach him, while Flender briefly sensed someone familiar.
• Qin Ming considered how Shrek Academy could qualify for the Spirit Master Competition and decided to draft a plan to have it join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

The Shrek Seven Devils learned that the Royal Fight Team was a formidable group of high-level Soul Elders and agreed to face them for a major reward, despite their weakened roster. After reviewing the arena’s sparse intelligence, Yu Xiaogang began considering how to strengthen the team, while they overlooked Ye Lingling’s support abilities.

• The Berserk Team’s captain warned Tang San that the Royal Fight Team had arrived and could defeat even well-coordinated opponents with ease.
• After Ning Tianchen and three others left, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect withdrew their funding, and Flender recruited three noble-born Soul Grand Masters to fill the team’s vacancies.
• Yu Xiaogang initially refused the arena’s offer to fight the Royal Fight Team, but he agreed after Manager Ao offered fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins and the Shrek members volunteered to compete.
• Manager Ao gave the team a sparse report on the Royal Fight Team, and Yu Xiaogang explained Yu Tianheng’s likely Spirit Abilities and suggested Dai Mubai could counter his third ability.
• The Shrek Team discussed the opponent’s information but failed to recognize the importance of Ye Lingling’s Nine Hearted Begonia Spirit.

The Royal Fight Team dismissed the Shrek Team’s record and rejected Qin Ming’s order to hold back during their Spirit Fight. When the Shi Mo brothers knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, Tang San erupted in anger, leaving Qin Ming and Flender alarmed about what he would do next.

• Qin Ming warned the Royal Fight Team not to let Dugu Yan use her Third Spirit Ability or seriously injure the Shrek Team, but Yu Tianheng decided they would follow their original plan.
• Tang San reassured Dai Mubai that his prepared liquor could counter Blue Phosphorous Snake Venom before the teams entered the arena.
• The Royal Fight Team and Shrek Team began their Spirit Fight, and neither side gained an early advantage.
• Qin Ming met Flender in the stands and revealed that he taught at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and led its Royal Fight Team.
• The Shi Mo brothers knocked Xiao Wu unconscious as she tried to break through the Royal Fight Team’s rear line.
• Tang San vowed not to spare anyone who hurt Xiao Wu, while Qin Ming and Flender worried about the consequences.

Tang San stopped attacking the Royal Fight Team after Yu Xiaogang intervened, but then threatened Ye Lingling into healing Xiao Wu first. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen reached Soul Power Level thirty-six at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, harvested its Immortal Herbs, and began absorbing the Golden Dragon Inherent Fruit.

• Tang San wounded Yu Tianheng and knocked Osler unconscious with Hidden Weapons after Dugu Yan insulted Xiao Wu.
• Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San from continuing his attack, and Qin Ming conceded the spirit battle for the Royal Fight Team.
• Tang San held a dagger to Ye Lingling and forced her to heal Xiao Wu first, leaving her with little soul power to treat Yu Tianheng and Osler.
• Ning Tianchen broke through to Soul Power Level thirty-six after cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for several days.
• Ning Tianchen harvested the Immortal Herbs, left the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot untouched, and chose the Golden Dragon Inherent Fruit to absorb.

After the Royal Fight Team blamed Qin Ming for abandoning them during the battle, Qin Ming visited the Shrek Academy hotel, where Xiao Wu had recovered consciousness. He explained the strength and origins of the Seven Treasures Battle Team to the Shrek members.

• The injured Royal Fight Team members condemned Qin Ming, and Dugu Yan planned to ask her grandfather to appeal to Prince Xue Xing.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang he had acted to protect Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang said the Great Soul Arena had removed the Shrek Team and reduced its reward.
• Qin Ming arrived at the Shrek hotel and Zhao Wuji revealed that he had once been a Shrek student.
• Dai Mubai asked Qin Ming about a supposed Shrek graduate who became Spirit Hall's youngest elder, and Qin Ming covered for Flender and Zhao Wuji by explaining how the rumor had grown.
• Qin Ming described the Seven Treasures Battle Team to the Shrek members.