Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to reconsider Qin Ming’s proposal after Shrek Academy’s lack of competition eligibility threatened its future. Meanwhile, Qin Ming was forced to spend the night outside, and Yu Tianheng found his uncle Yu Xiaogang and urged him to return to the family.

• Yu Xiaogang condemned Ning Tianchen for leaving Shrek, while Qin Ming regretted that Ning Tianchen was no longer on the team.
• Flender explained that Shrek still lacked a place in the Spirit Master Competition and might be graduating its final class; Yu Xiaogang urged him to think of the students’ futures.
• Qin Ming proposed that Shrek join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Flender decided to consider the offer overnight.
• Qin Ming found a couple in his room and learned the Royal Fight Team had checked it out; Yu Feng dismissed his complaint, leaving Qin Ming to spend the night outside.
• Yu Tianheng left the hotel to find Yu Xiaogang, met him at a footbridge, and told him that his father and grandfather wanted him to return.

Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Yu Tianheng to Shrek Academy and advised him to delay taking action against Qin Ming. Meanwhile, Ning Tianchen advanced his cultivation by absorbing immortal herbs, and Dugu Bo emerged toxin-free with his Soul Power at level ninety-two, only to discover that Ning Tianchen had taken most of the herbs.

• Yu Xiaogang told Yu Tianheng that he would not return to the family until Tang San matured and invited Yu Tianheng to join Shrek Academy.
• Yu Tianheng refused to leave the Royal Fight Team while Qin Ming's situation remained unresolved, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to postpone any action against Qin Ming.
• Flender agreed to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy in one month and abandoned the three later-added freshmen.
• Ning Tianchen absorbed the Golden Dragon Inherent Fruit, reached Soul Power Level forty, and then swallowed Water of Oblivion's Autumn Dew to strengthen his Mental Power.
• Dugu Bo emerged free of toxin torment, with black hair and Soul Power Level ninety-two, then discovered that Ning Tianchen had cleared away more than half the medicinal herbs.

Ning Tianchen explained the immortal herbs to Dugu Bo, who absorbed the Green Leaf Poison Emperor and broke through to Level 93. Ning Tianchen then asked Dugu Bo to help him hunt a ten-thousand-year Wind Demon Wyvern for his Fourth Spirit Ring, and Dugu Bo warned him of the dangers of absorbing it.

• Ning Tianchen gave Dugu Bo two immortal herbs, explaining that the Green Leaf Poison Emperor was for him and Spirit Moon Snake Emperor Grass was for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo absorbed the Green Leaf Poison Emperor, gained better control over his poison core, and broke through to Level 93.
• Ning Tianchen advised Dugu Bo to conceal his new strength and gave him three leaves from the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss to use carefully.
• Dugu Bo identified a ten-thousand-year Wind Demon Wyvern in Sunset Forest, and Ning Tianchen insisted it could serve as his Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Bo warned Ning Tianchen that absorbing a ten-thousand-year spirit ring could cause a dangerous spiritual shock and asked whether he still intended to proceed.

Ning Tianchen hunted a Wind Demon Wyvern with Dugu Bo and began absorbing its ten-thousand-year spirit ring, while Dugu Bo discovered a matching soul bone. The chapter ended with Ning Tianchen enduring the ring’s violent impact and the wyvern’s rampage in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Dugu Bo explained that Evil Spirit Flowers could increase soul power while turning cultivators wicked, and warned Ning Tianchen to be cautious about Zhang Erhe.
• Ning Tianchen and Dugu Bo found a Wind Demon Wyvern mating with a thirty-thousand-year Red Winged Dragon, and Dugu Bo drove off the Red Winged Dragon before incapacitating the wyvern.
• Ning Tianchen summoned his dragon-patterned Seven Kill Sword and began absorbing the Wind Demon Wyvern’s ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
• Dugu Bo found a ten-thousand-year soul bone in the wyvern’s corpse and stored it for Ning Tianchen.
• Ning Tianchen struggled through the spirit ring’s critical stage as the Wind Demon Wyvern rampaged through his Sea of Consciousness, while Dugu Bo urged him to hold on.

Ning Tianchen defeated the Ten Thousand Year Wind Demon Wyvern’s spiritual remnant, completed his fourth-ring absorption, and reached Level 43. After refusing to keep its soul bone for himself, he left the forest with Dugu Bo, who agreed to consider teaching the Seven Treasures Battle Team as a special appointee.

• Ning Tianchen used the Seven Kill Sword to destroy the Wind Demon Wyvern’s spiritual remnant and finish absorbing its soul ring.
• Ning Tianchen awakened with four soul rings and Level 43 Soul Power, while Dugu Bo offered him the Wind Demon Wyvern’s Right Arm Spirit Bone.
• Ning Tianchen refused the soul bone at first and revealed his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit, prompting Dugu Bo to marvel at his Twin Martial Souls.
• Ning Tianchen accepted the soul bone into his Soul Tool after Dugu Bo insisted, and he warned Dugu Bo against killing soul beasts in bulk to obtain more soul bones.
• Dugu Bo confronted Ning Tianchen about following Dugu Yan, but Ning Tianchen explained that he had only learned the Royal Fight Team’s route through inquiry.
• Ning Tianchen invited Dugu Bo to become a Special Appointed Teacher for the Seven Treasures Battle Team, and Dugu Bo objected that Ning Tianchen had promised not to recruit him into the sect.

Ning Tianchen returned to Seven Treasures Academy with Dugu Bo, who agreed to serve as a Special Appointed Teacher. He revealed his rapid cultivation gains and gave the Seven Treasures Battle Team Immortal Herbs, beginning with Chen Huayu, and left them preparing to cultivate.

• Ning Tianchen brought Dugu Bo to Seven Treasures Academy, where they watched the students train and Dugu Bo praised the academy’s atmosphere.
• Ning Tianchen introduced Dugu Bo as a Special Appointed Teacher, and Ke Jie took him to complete the staff onboarding procedures.
• Ning Rongrong welcomed Ning Tianchen, while the battle team reacted with surprise when he showed them his four soul rings, including a Ten Thousand Year fourth ring.
• Ning Tianchen explained how Immortal Herbs had helped him grow stronger and revealed that he had brought herbs for everyone on the team.
• Ning Tianchen gave Chen Huayu a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and sent him to enter Cultivation Retreat.

Ning Tianchen distributed Immortal Herbs to his companions and absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty with Ning Rongrong, evolving both their Martial Souls into Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagodas. The chapter left Ning Rongrong and Tianchen promising to marry in the future as he brought out another Immortal Herb, the Similar Heartbreak Red.

• Ning Tianchen gave Oscar the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid, Zhu Zhuqing the Dark Shadow Black Soul Herb, Feng Xiaotian the Gale Force Grass, and Yu Die and her sister the Yin Yang Symbiotic Stem.
• Yu Die explained that her and her sister’s Martial Souls would evolve naturally at level seventy, so Ning Tianchen offered Ning Rongrong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and supplemented it with a Cinnabar Snow Lotus.
• Ning Fengzhi considered recruiting Dugu Bo, but Chen Xin argued that Ning Tianchen’s choice to make him a specially appointed teacher showed recruitment was unlikely to succeed, and Gu Rong agreed to drop the idea.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty together, and both their Martial Souls evolved into Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagodas.
• Ning Rongrong cited the sect’s ancestral rule and asked Tianchen to marry her in the future; he agreed, then brought out the Similar Heartbreak Red and told her its story.

Ning Tianchen distributed Immortal Herbs among his companions, strengthening their soul power and Martial Souls, while Ke Jie accepted a herb that could improve his aptitude. The chapter ended with Dugu Yan arriving at Seven Treasures Academy to see her grandfather, Dugu Bo.

• Ning Rongrong passed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red's test, and Ning Tianchen gave her a Cinnabar Snow Lotus to absorb instead.
• The Yu Die Sisters, Oscar, and Feng Xiaotian finished absorbing their Immortal Herbs, while Chen Huayu's Black Bear Martial Soul evolved into a Giant Rock Black Bear.
• Ke Jie learned about the Immortal Herbs, and Ning Tianchen gave him a Ninth Grade Purple Ganoderma to improve his aptitude.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Spirit Cat Spirit evolved into a Shadow Cat Demon, and she thanked Ning Tianchen.
• Dai Mubai felt a sudden pang in his heart while traveling with Tang San and Flender, but Tang San attributed it to fatigue.
• Dugu Yan arrived at Seven Treasures Academy to see Dugu Bo, and she snapped at Ning Tianchen when he asked whether she wanted to attend the academy.

Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul’s poison could threaten her life, then helped her condense a poison pill and absorb an Immortal Herb with Ning Tianchen’s guidance. After Dugu Yan’s strength increased, Ning Tianchen and Dugu Bo warned her to keep the herbs’ source secret and avoid Yu Tianheng, leaving her to explain her sudden growth and recount her disastrous training trip.

• Dugu Bo arranged to stay at Seven Treasures Academy and revealed to Dugu Yan that the poison in their inherited Martial Soul could kill her as she grew stronger.
• Dugu Bo explained that condensing a poison pill could solve the problem, and Ning Tianchen reminded Dugu Yan to absorb an Immortal Herb afterward.
• Dugu Yan condensed her poison pill and absorbed an Immortal Herb, raising her strength and prompting her to thank Ning Tianchen.
• Dugu Bo and Ning Tianchen warned Dugu Yan to keep the Immortal Herbs secret and cautioned her that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Yu Tianheng could not be trusted.
• Ning Tianchen suggested that Dugu Yan credit her increased strength to a secret technique developed by Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan began to bring up her training trip.

Ning Tianchen predicted that Shrek Academy would seek to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Dugu Bo planned to hold Qin Ming accountable. Ning Rongrong and Ning Tianchen returned to the sect and revealed that her spirit had evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, astonishing Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo.

• Ning Tianchen explained that Qin Ming would likely seek a place for Shrek Academy at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dugu Yan urged Dugu Bo to have Qin Ming arrested.
• Dugu Yan stayed at Seven Treasures Academy to adjust to her increased Soul Power, while Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong returned to the sect to report important news.
• Ning Rongrong startled Ning Fengzhi with a prank in his study, then went with Ning Tianchen to the Council Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong joined Ning Rongrong and Ning Tianchen, and Gu Rong gave Ning Rongrong a gift.
• Ning Rongrong displayed her spirit, and Chen Xin prompted Gu Rong to count its layers before Gu Rong recognized the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Rongrong and Ning Tianchen revealed their Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirits, and Ning Tianchen gave Chen Xin and Gu Rong immortal herbs to aid their cultivation. Ning Fengzhi asked about the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, but Ning Tianchen discouraged trading herbs with Spirit Hall; Chen Xin and Gu Rong later emerged from seclusion stronger and ready to spar.

• Ning Rongrong revealed that her Martial Soul had evolved and that she had gained six soul-power levels after absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty with Ning Tianchen.
• Ning Tianchen gave Chen Xin Heavenly Wood Sword Grass and Gu Rong Nine Darkness Moon Flower, and both entered a Cultivation Retreat.
• Ning Fengzhi rejected Ning Rongrong's suggestion to rename the sect immediately, then took Ning Tianchen to the Secret Chamber to discuss cultivating Twin Martial Souls.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed exchanging an immortal herb with Bibi Dong for the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, but Ning Tianchen warned him against trusting Spirit Hall or giving it more herbs.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong emerged from seclusion at levels ninety-seven and ninety-six, and Gu Rong challenged Chen Xin to spar.

Ning Tianchen visited Xue Qinghe to ask him to investigate a decades-old village massacre that might have involved Evil Spirit Masters. After Ning Tianchen left, Xue Qinghe and Third Grandfather suspected that Ning Tianchen was the hidden expert they had been searching for.

• After his sparring match with Chen Xin ended in Chen Xin's victory, Ning Tianchen took Ning Rongrong back to Seven Treasures Academy and went to the Crown Prince Residence.
• A young man surnamed Qing let Ning Tianchen enter, and Xue Qinghe welcomed him into the study.
• Ning Tianchen asked Xue Qinghe to investigate Zhang Erhe's massacre of a village thirty years earlier and explained that Evil Spirit Masters might have caused it.
• Xue Qinghe promised to investigate the case, then asked Ning Tianchen for advice on matters troubling him; before Ning Tianchen left, Xue Qinghe gave him a residence token.
• Third Grandfather told Xue Qinghe that the expert they sought might be right before them, and Xue Qinghe wondered aloud if the expert was Ning Tianchen.

Xue Qinghe considered Ning Tianchen’s request and learned that Chen Xin and Gu Rong had both broken through, while Shrek Academy arrived in Heaven Dou City and discovered the Seven Treasures Mall. Tang San spotted a large academy under construction nearby, which Flender believed was the new teaching district for Shrek Academy.

• Azure Luan Douluo told Xue Qinghe that Ning Tianchen’s political proposals showed unusual talent and speculated that he might be probing Xue Qinghe or shifting the Evil Spirit Master issue onto him.
• Xue Qinghe dismissed the idea that Ning Tianchen knew his identity and decided to write to his grandfather about investigating the Evil Spirit Masters.
• Azure Luan Douluo reported that Chen Xin and Gu Rong had both broken through, and that he was likely no match for Chen Xin at level ninety-seven.
• Shrek Academy entered Heaven Dou City, mistook the Seven Treasures Mall for a noble’s palace, and endured mockery from passersby.
• Flender led the group through the mall, where the teachers and students shopped until Yu Xiaogang stopped them from spending more money.
• Tang San spotted a large academy under construction east of the mall, and Flender thought it was Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s new teaching district for Shrek Academy.

The Shrek group mistakenly entered Seven Treasures Advanced Spirit Master Academy, believing it was Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and asked to join as an affiliated academy. Ke Jie rejected their claim, and the group realized they had entered the academy of Shrek’s four former members.

• Flender led the Shrek group through a side entrance, where the guards mistook them for invited recruits and brought them to a reception room.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed that the students and learning atmosphere did not match what Qin Ming had said about Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Flender dismissed his concerns.
• Teacher Zhu told Ke Jie that Flender and the Shrek group had arrived at Seven Treasures Academy claiming to have been invited.
• Flender introduced himself and his companions to Ke Jie, who explained that he was the dean, not an Academic Committee Member, and that Seven Treasures Academy had never invited Shrek.
• Tang San asked for accommodations under their supposed agreement, but Ke Jie denied any affiliation agreement and ordered Teacher Zhu to see them out.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the academy’s full name, and the Shrek group realized they had entered Seven Treasures Academy, home of Shrek’s four former members.

Dugu Bo sensed a Transformed Spirit Beast at Seven Treasures Academy and learned it was Xiao Wu, but Ning Tianchen warned him that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son. The Shrek group left the academy and found directions to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Xue Beng asked his royal uncle to have Mister Dugu intervene against Xue Qinghe’s growing influence.

• Dugu Bo sensed a Transformed Spirit Beast inside Seven Treasures Academy and took Ning Tianchen to investigate.
• Dugu Bo identified Xiao Wu as a Ten Thousand Year Soft Bone Rabbit, but Ning Tianchen warned him that Tang San was likely Tang Hao’s son and that Xiao Wu was Tang San’s wife.
• Dugu Bo abandoned his plan to capture Xiao Wu after considering the danger of provoking Tang Hao, and he returned with Ning Tianchen to their chess game.
• Xiao Wu felt watched as the Shrek group left Seven Treasures Academy, then relaxed once they were outside and stopped at a teahouse.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, Tang San, and Zhao Wuji discussed their failed visit before learning that Heaven Dou Royal Academy stood on a mountain outside the city.
• Xue Beng asked his royal uncle to stop Xue Qinghe from recruiting talent, and his uncle promised to ask Mister Dugu to act.

Ning Tianchen sent Dugu Bo to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to support Prince Xue Xing as Shrek Academy negotiated to join. Dugu Bo disrupted the agreement by overwhelming the Education Committee, leaving the Shrek group facing his nine soul rings.

• Ning Tianchen won his game with Dugu Bo and advised him to bring Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy while avoiding harm to Xiao Wu and Tang San.
• Meng Shenji agreed to Shrek Academy’s terms, including special recruiting privileges and a chance to claim next year’s first team slot if they reached the finals.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived with Dugu Bo and accused the Education Committee of trading away the academy’s and imperial family’s interests.
• Prince Xue Xing cited Shrek Academy’s failed attempt to join Seven Treasures Academy, and Flender offered to leave rather than force the matter.
• At Prince Xue Xing’s request, Dugu Bo unleashed his Soul Power, knocked down the committee members and Flender and Zhao Wuji, and revealed all nine of his soul rings.

Prince Xue Xing forced Shrek Academy out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then exposed Qin Ming’s betrayal and theft of academy resources. Dugu Bo poisoned Qin Ming after Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng condemned him.

• Flender agreed to take Shrek Academy away, and Dugu Bo blasted them out of the Education Committee.
• Qin Ming announced that he would leave too, but Prince Xue Xing stopped him and asked Dugu Yan to recount what happened in Suotuo City.
• Dugu Yan accused Qin Ming of abandoning the Royal Fight Team, and Qin Ming defended his loyalty to Shrek Academy.
• Prince Xue Xing brought in Wang Heng, who accused Qin Ming of taking academy resources for Shrek Academy.
• Qin Ming claimed the resources were meant for Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Bo threw a ball of slow-acting poison at him.

Dugu Bo publicly tortured Qin Ming to death, while Flender and the Shrek group left Heaven Dou Royal Academy with nowhere to go. They resolved to rebuild Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City and decided to seek work at Blue Tyrant Academy instead of Seven Treasures Academy.

• Dugu Bo killed Qin Ming after Prince Xue Xing accused him of stealing royal assets, and Prince Xue Xing appointed Wang Heng as team leader teacher of the Royal Fight First Team.
• Flender wanted to turn back and save Qin Ming, but Yu Xiaogang and Zhao Wuji persuaded him to leave; Xiao Wu feared Dugu Bo would discover her identity and capture her.
• With no money or academy to join, Flender proposed disbanding Shrek Academy, but Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Dai Mubai urged him to rebuild it.
• Flender and the group agreed to rebuild Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City and looked for an academy where they could work while raising funds.
• After Zhao Wuji suggested Seven Treasures Academy, Flender chose Blue Tyrant Academy, and Yu Xiaogang agreed.

Flender and the Shrek group visited Blue Tyrant Academy to seek teaching positions, only to discover it was struggling after losing students and staff to Seven Treasures Academy. They reunited with Liu Erlong, who handed the academy over to Flender to rename and lead as Shrek Academy, but its future remained uncertain with only four competition team members left.

• Flender and the Shrek group entered Blue Tyrant Academy and learned from Wang Qing that the academy was losing students and teachers to Seven Treasures Academy.
• Flender told Wang Qing that he knew the dean, and Wang Qing led the group to the Back Mountain to meet Liu Erlong.
• Yu Xiaogang hesitated to face Liu Erlong, but Flender persuaded him to speak with her before they discussed the academy's problems.
• Liu Erlong told Flender that Blue Tyrant Academy was nearing bankruptcy and offered him the dean's position, agreeing to rename it Shrek Academy.
• Liu Erlong revealed that the academy had only just over one hundred students and barely over a dozen teachers, while three competition team members had left and four remained.

After Qin Ming’s execution, Flender was persuaded not to seek revenge, and the Shrek group built a cenotaph for him. The Seven Treasures Battle Team then set out into Sunset Forest to hunt spirit rings under Dugu Bo’s protection, with their targets and plans established.

• The Heaven Dou Empire publicly announced Qin Ming’s execution, while the three education committee members pleaded guilty and Xue Ye appointed two new members arranged by Prince Xue Xing.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Flender wanted to attack Prince Xue Xing, but Liu Erlong and the others persuaded him to focus on the Spirit Master Competition; the Shrek group later erected Qin Ming’s cenotaph.
• Ke Jie gathered the Seven Treasures Battle Team, and Dugu Bo agreed to accompany them on their spirit-beast hunt while Bone Douluo secretly followed to guard them.
• In Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo warned the team to stay together and asked what spirit rings they needed, learning about Zhu Zhuqing’s, Oscar’s, and the Yu Die Sisters’ preferred abilities.
• Ke Jie advised the Yu Die Sisters to seek team-oriented control abilities from mist-producing spirit beasts, and Dugu Bo warned that several of the team’s targets might be difficult to find.