Chapter Summaries

Ning Tianchen defeated Yu Tianxin with a breakthrough in his Seven Kill Sword technique, but Yu Luomian intervened before he could kill him. Dugu Bo and the Seven Treasures Academy teachers backed Ning Tianchen, and the match resumed after the conflict was settled.

• Yu Tianxin unleashed his Fourth Spirit Ability, but Ning Tianchen cut apart the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon phantom with his sword qi.
• Yu Luomian rushed onto the arena and blocked Ning Tianchen's killing strike, then accused him of trying to murder Yu Tianxin.
• Dugu Bo appeared to defend Ning Tianchen as his sworn brother, while Ke Jie and the Seven Treasures Academy teachers stood with them.
• Ke Jie pressured Yu Luomian to acknowledge Yu Tianxin's fault, then ended the dispute and told Ning Tianchen the sect master would decide what to do.
• Yu Luomian led Yu Tianxin away, and the match continued as Thunder Academy's teacher instructed a team member to wear down Ning Tianchen's Soul Power.

Ning Tianchen defeated Thunder Academy's team one by one and completed a One Against Seven, while Yu Xiaogang's group discussed seeking Immortal Herbs in Thunderclap Canyon. The chapter ended with Yu Luomian realizing Ke Jie had allowed Thunder Academy to remain in the tournament to set up the humiliation.

• Ke Jie let Thunder Academy remain in the tournament, while Ning Tianchen secretly restored most of his Soul Power with a Dragon Ganoderma Leaf.
• Ning Tianchen defeated six Thunder Academy members, and Yu Tianxin urged Lei Dong to take the final match rather than concede.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San to avoid the Seven Treasures Battle Team, while Tang San proposed entering Dugu Bo's territory to find Immortal Herbs; Yu Xiaogang instead planned a trip to Thunderclap Canyon.
• Lei Dong lost his composure under the crowd's chants, fell off the arena, and let Ning Tianchen complete a One Against Seven.
• Yu Luomian realized Ke Jie had engineered the humiliation, then left the high platform as Huo Lie mocked him.

Ning Tianchen and his companions celebrated their arena victories while Yu Luomian sought Spirit Hall’s help to eliminate him. Salas warned Yu Luomian that Ning Tianchen was protected by powerful figures, and Yu Luomian left without securing a promise.

• Ning Tianchen finished his matches using only sword moves, then persuaded Chen Huayu to settle for a Hundred-Year Soul Beast Feast before secretly giving him enough money for the Thousand-Year feast.
• Ke Jie confronted Ning Tianchen and his companions about throwing matches, but let the matter go after warning them not to act recklessly again.
• At the Starry Sky restaurant, Ning Tianchen noted their three consecutive victories and told Feng Xiaotian that the Blazing Fire Battle Team would be their first opponent the next morning.
• Yu Luomian disguised himself and met Salas at the Spirit Hall Sanctuary, reporting that Ke Jie had not shown signs of reaching Titled Douluo.
• Yu Luomian asked Spirit Hall to kill Ning Tianchen, but Salas cited the protection of Ke Jie, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo and reminded him that Spirit Hall had not promised to attack.
• Yu Luomian left without an agreement after Salas questioned whether he feared Yu Tianxin would lose to Ning Tianchen in the future.

Feng Xiaotian followed Ning Tianchen’s plan and defeated Huo Wu and several Blazing Fire Battle Team members, rejecting Huo Wu’s challenges and leaving her angry and fixated on him. The Seven Treasures Battle Team won, and Ning Tianchen took Feng Xiaotian’s success as proof that his new approach to pursuing Huo Wu was working, though Ning Rongrong disagreed.

• Feng Xiaotian defeated Huo Wu in twenty seconds, then refused her request to fight him privately.
• Feng Xiaotian defeated Huo Wushuang and two more Blazing Fire Battle Team members before voluntarily stepping down.
• The Seven Treasures Battle Team won, while Huo Lie angrily questioned Feng Changlin about Feng Xiaotian’s conduct.
• Huo Wu and several teammates blocked the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s restroom door, but Ning Tianchen sent them away and shut the door.
• Ning Tianchen told Feng Xiaotian that Huo Wu’s pursuit showed his plan was working, and Ning Rongrong said Huo Wu had only come to fight.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team prepared for its team matches after winning the arena rankings, with bad weather threatening its coming fight against Thunder Academy. As the opening team match against Blazing Fire began, an unexpected voice interrupted the start of the bout.

• The Seven Treasures Battle Team finished first in the arena matches, and Sun Buyu reported that Oakland and Flame Radiance would forfeit their matches against them.
• Sun Buyu warned that storms could strengthen Thunder Academy, and Ning Tianchen planned to face Blazing Fire first before considering tactics for Thunder.
• Hu Yanli picked a fight with Tang San, but Yu Tianheng intervened and drove him away.
• Ning Rongrong stayed out of the Seven Treasures Battle Team's opening team match against Blazing Fire, while Oscar prepared to support them with sausages.
• Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu exchanged taunts before an unwelcome voice interrupted the start of the match.

Hu Yanzhen brought the Elephant Armor Sect to Seven Treasures Academy and demanded that Elephant Armor Academy be allowed into the ongoing competition, but Ke Jie refused. When Hu Yanzhen threatened to fight, Dugu Bo intervened, defeated him, and drove the Elephant Armor Sect away.

• Hu Yanzhen accused the academies of excluding Elephant Armor Academy and demanded entry into the competition.
• Ke Jie refused Hu Yanzhen's request, while Tang San and the others wondered why the Elephant Armor Sect had come to provoke Seven Treasures Academy.
• Hu Yanzhen released his eight soul rings and prepared to attack, but Dugu Bo stepped forward to defend the academy.
• Dugu Bo fought Hu Yanzhen in the air and beat him unconscious while Ning Tianchen watched.
• Dugu Bo warned others not to cause trouble at Seven Treasures Academy, and Hu Yanli and the others carried Hu Yanzhen away.

Yu Luomian and Hu Yanzhen’s attacks heightened Ning Tianchen’s concern for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while he led the Seven Treasures Battle Team against the Blazing Fire Battle Team. Feng Xiaotian turned the teams’ combined fire and wind into a fire tornado, and the match continued under dark, rainy skies with the Blazing Fire Battle Team at a disadvantage.

• Ning Tianchen adjusted the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s tactics before their interrupted match against the Blazing Fire Battle Team resumed.
• Feng Xiaotian charged at the front while Ning Tianchen held the center, and Huo Wu’s Repelling Fire Ring sent Feng Xiaotian flying away from Huo Wushuang.
• The Blazing Fire Battle Team launched a combined assault, which Feng Xiaotian drew into a tornado and hurled into the sky as a fire tornado.
• Feng Changlin and Huo Lie redirected the fire tornado into the sky, and the referees ruled that the match could continue without penalties.
• Feng Xiaotian retreated to recover Soul Power, while Ning Tianchen and Chen Huayu took the front line against the weakened Blazing Fire Battle Team.
• Dark clouds blocked the sun and rain began to fall, making the Blazing Fire Battle Team’s flames reveal their positions to the Seven Treasures Battle Team.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team used a coordinated ambush to defeat Blazing Fire Academy after Zhu Zhuqing infiltrated its rear line. Huo Wu then sought out Feng Xiaotian, leaving the two to talk privately in the rain.

• Ning Tianchen kept himself from becoming the team’s offensive core, and Zhu Zhuqing used Chen Huayu’s collision to slip behind Blazing Fire Academy’s advancing front line.
• Zhu Zhuqing ambushed Huo Wu, threw her off the arena, and eliminated the two Support System Spirit Masters, prompting Huo Wushuang to concede the match.
• After the teams changed out of their rain-soaked clothes, Huo Wu arrived at the Seven Treasures Battle Team’s restroom and asked to speak with Feng Xiaotian.
• Feng Xiaotian followed Huo Wu outside with the umbrella she had brought, while Ning Tianchen told the others to leave them alone.
• Thunder Academy won its match decisively in the rain.

Ning Fengzhi and the elders considered who was behind the Elephant Armor Sect’s hostility, while the Seven Treasures Battle Team prepared a fast assault against Thunder Academy. Their plan to win within one minute scattered Thunder Academy’s formation, but the match was still underway.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin discussed whether Spirit Hall or the Clear Sky Sect had influenced Hu Yanzhen and considered recruiting the Three Elemental Families for information.
• Yu Tianxin and the Thunder Team prepared to exploit the storm, while Ning Tianchen ordered his team to attack immediately and try to finish the match within one minute.
• Ning Tianchen’s team began its assault after Ning Rongrong boosted the others with her first three soul skills and jumped off the arena, eliminating herself.
• Feng Xiaotian engaged Yu Tianxin as the other Seven Treasures Battle Team members attacked Thunder Academy, and Yu Die quickly overwhelmed Lei Tian.
• The Seven Treasures Battle Team scattered Thunder Academy’s formation, leaving its teacher stunned and Ke Jie praising their tactic.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team crushed Thunder Academy, finished the competition undefeated, and prepared to face Skywater Team in the final. Ning Fengzhi recruited promising contestants and discussed family alliances and Spirit Hall’s backing of the Elephant Armor Sect before the final began.

• The Seven Treasures Battle Team defeated Thunder Academy in just over a minute, and Ning Tianchen warned Chen Huayu that their tactic was risky against strong teams.
• Thunder Academy lost its later team matches and fell to fourth place, while the Seven Treasures Battle Team remained undefeated through the competition’s final day.
• Ning Fengzhi awarded the top four Free Arena contestants and recruited Hua Chen and Zhou Feng, while the Blazing Fire Academy contestant declined.
• Ning Tianchen and Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi they were confident of defeating Skywater Team, and Gu Rong promised an extra reward if they won.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Feng Xiaotian to help recruit the Feng Family and learned that Spirit Hall likely backed the Elephant Armor Sect; Ning Tianchen claimed he had seen Hu Yanzhen with Salas.
• The Seven Treasures Battle Team began its final against Skywater Team, and Huo Lie and Shui Ningbing greeted Ning Fengzhi on the platform.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team overcame the Skywater Team’s powerful group control and won the Academy Exchange Competition. Ning Fengzhi entrusted Ning Tianchen with leading the team in the Spirit Master Competition eight months later.

• Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian struggled against the Skywater Team’s coordinated control, while Ning Fengzhi, Huo Lie, and Shui Ningbing agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would protect the two great families in return for their support and intermarriage.
• Ning Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian worked together to eliminate Shui Yue'er, leaving the Skywater Team unable to mount an effective offense, and the Seven Treasures Battle Team won the match.
• Shui Yue'er invited Ning Tianchen to visit Skywater Academy, but Ning Rongrong stepped in and Ning Tianchen left with her.
• The Seven Treasures Battle Team claimed first place with 119 points, followed by the Skywater Team with 103 points and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team in third.
• Ning Fengzhi presented the champions with their rewards and asked Ning Tianchen to lead the Seven Treasures Battle Team in the Spirit Master Competition eight months later.

The Seven Treasures Battle Team began an eight-month cultivation sprint for the Spirit Master Competition, while Yu Xiaogang agreed to return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan so the Shrek group could enter Thunderclap Canyon. The group reached the clan’s lakeside territory, where Tang San and the others admired its imposing defenses.

• Ke Jie ordered the Seven Treasures Battle Team to focus on Soul Power cultivation and tactics, and decided to find two substitutes.
• Ning Tianchen told Ke Jie he might enter cultivation retreat with Senior Dugu to improve his chances of reaching Spirit King.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan agreed to grant access to Thunderclap Canyon on the condition that Yu Xiaogang return and Yu Tianxin join the group.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to return to the clan and set out with Tang San, Yu Tianheng, and Dai Mubai while the others stayed at Shrek Academy.
• The group reached a lake near the clan, and Tang San used the Bright Eyes Technique to spot its mountain gate in the distance.
• Yu Tianheng described the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s lake-and-canyon defenses, and Tang San and Dai Mubai praised the clan’s long history.

Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Yu Yuanzhen tried to reconcile with him and persuade him to stay. Yu Xiaogang rejected his father’s offers and left with his distance from the clan unchanged.

• Yu Xiaogang used his Blue Lightning Token to enter the clan, where older members watched him with complicated expressions.
• Yu Yuanzhen rushed out to greet Yu Xiaogang and took him to a quiet room, but Yu Xiaogang remained cold and asked why he had been summoned.
• Yu Yuanzhen recalled his promise to take young Yu Xiaogang and the dog Da Huang on an outing, but Yu Xiaogang said the dog was dead and insisted on leaving to teach Xiao San.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered Yu Xiaogang a role managing the sect, but Yu Xiaogang said he saw no future there and chose to leave.
• Yu Yuanzhen brought out a yellow dog named Xiao Huang for Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang refused to take it and departed.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Feng to take Xiao Huang to the ancestral hall, while Yu Feng wondered how Yu Xiaogang had failed to see the sect master's apology.

Yu Tianxin joined Yu Tianheng and the Shrek group in Thunderclap Canyon and led them to an underground cave where Tang San identified a Rock Yellow Flower as a Pseudo Immortal Herb. After finding no other herbs nearby, the group decided to explore deeper into the underground maze with clear markers.

• Yu Tianxin showed Yu Yuanzhen's order and entered Thunderclap Canyon with Yu Tianheng and the Shrek group.
• Yu Tianxin led the group to a hilltop opening, where Tang San sensed heavenly treasures below and used his Blue Silver Grass to probe the cave.
• Zhao Wuji descended first, and the group followed into a large underground cave system toward the source of the spiritual energy.
• Tang San identified the medicinal plants by a stream as high-grade herbs rather than immortal herbs, then recognized an overhead Rock Yellow Flower as a Pseudo Immortal Herb.
• Yu Tianxin proposed exploring deeper, Tang San agreed on the condition that they leave clear markers, and Zhao Wuji volunteered to lead.

Ning Tianchen met with Zhang Erhe and showed him investigation reports supporting his claim that he had been manipulated into killing a village. After Zhang Erhe pledged loyalty to him, Ning Tianchen learned about his pursuer and discovered that Zhang Erhe misunderstood the injuries holding back his cultivation.

• Ning Tianchen took Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou City for a late-night snack, then carried her back to the academy.
• Ning Tianchen slipped out of the academy with his Sword Wings and met Zhang Erhe, who asked after his daughters.
• Ning Tianchen gave Zhang Erhe investigation reports from Xue Qinghe, and Zhang Erhe read them and said he had been wronged.
• Zhang Erhe pledged loyalty to Ning Tianchen, who warned him not to break his word.
• Ning Tianchen learned that Golden Tower Soul Douluo of Spirit Hall had pursued Zhang Erhe for years and that Zhang Erhe could only fight him to a draw.
• Ning Tianchen recognized that Zhang Erhe's old injuries had stalled his cultivation, while Zhang Erhe believed he needed Soul Power-raising treasures to break through.

Ning Tianchen arranged a place for Zhang Erhe to heal and asked Dugu Bo to help him hunt a Soul Ring and advance to Soul Douluo. He gave Dugu Bo White Phosphorus, a fiercely burning weapon for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and warned him to keep it secret.

• Ning Tianchen gave Zhang Erhe a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus and sent him to a courtyard in the eastern city to recover.
• Ning Tianchen asked Dugu Bo to help Zhang Erhe hunt a Soul Ring, and Dugu Bo agreed to help once in exchange for compensation.
• Ning Tianchen showed Dugu Bo White Phosphorus and explained that it could ignite on contact with skin and burn even underwater.
• Ning Tianchen warned Dugu Bo not to reveal the weapon, and Dugu Bo accepted it.

Tang San’s group returned from Thunderclap Canyon with eight medicinal herbs, and the Shrek Seven Devils absorbed them before preparing for spirit beast hunts. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo told Ning Tianchen that he had defeated Yue Guan but left him alive and badly injured.

• Tang San’s group found eight medicinal herbs in Thunderclap Canyon, gave Yu Tianxin one Sub-Immortal Herb, and returned to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San distributed the remaining herbs among the Shrek Seven Devils, who entered cultivation retreat while Ma Hongjun lamented not finding a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
• Xiao Wu reached rank thirty-nine after absorbing her herb and concealed her relief that she had not needed to condense a spirit ring in front of Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong prepared to take the Shrek students spirit beast hunting, while Tang San reached rank forty and the others gained two or three ranks.
• Dugu Bo told Ning Tianchen that he had used his knowledge of Yue Guan’s Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the Poison Pill Method to defeat him, leaving Yue Guan seriously injured.

Ning Tianchen offered Dugu Bo a way to establish an herb business in the Seven Treasures Mall, while Dugu Bo agreed and promised to arrange Zhang Erhe’s spirit rings. At Shrek Academy’s spirit beast hunt, Dai Mubai gained a new level, and Tang San reconsidered pursuing a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ring after learning its dangers.

• Ning Tianchen proposed that Dugu Bo sell herbs in the Seven Treasures Mall with sect disciples managing the shop, and Dugu Bo accepted the arrangement.
• Dugu Bo said he would harvest herbs soon and take responsibility for Zhang Erhe’s spirit rings when Zhang Erhe reached Soul Douluo.
• Dai Mubai absorbed a spirit ring in Sunset Forest and reached Soul Power Level 43, then vowed to prove himself at the tournament.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Flender for giving Ning Tianchen his theories, while Tang San asked whether he could absorb a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Liu Erlong explained the Soul Shock and risks involved in absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, and Tang San stopped insisting on trying.
• Yu Tianheng suggested Ning Tianchen might have used a secret technique to raise his spirit ring’s age, and Tang San accepted the explanation.

Tang San sought a stronger Fourth Spirit Ring, and the Shrek Academy group discovered a poisonous mist that concealed a mountain. After Flender failed to find anything beyond it, Tang San chose a 6,500-year Cave Demon Spider, while Dugu Bo watched the group and planned to drive them away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Yu Xiaogang agreed to let Tang San attempt a Spirit Ring above the usual age limit, and Tang San chose to follow his teacher's arrangements when Xiao Wu suggested a suitable plant-type beast.
• The Shrek group found poisonous mist that Tang San identified as coming from the Blue Phosphorous Seven Absolute Flower, and they suspected Dugu Bo's back garden lay beyond it.
• Flender searched the mountain from the air but found no entrance, while Tang San selected a 6,500-year Cave Demon Spider as his Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Ning Tianchen told Dugu Bo to destroy two Immortal Herbs if anyone tried to force entry into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo saw the Shrek group outside the poisonous mist and decided to lure a nearby spirit beast toward them so he could drive them away without revealing his intentions.

Tang San completed his fourth spirit ring and confronted Dugu Bo after the Titled Douluo blamed Shrek for losing his prey. Tang San identified Dugu Bo’s self-poisoning and offered to cure him, leaving Dugu Bo waiting to hear his method.

• Tang San absorbed his spirit ring, reached Soul Power level forty-two, and gained a fourth spirit ability that could control multiple targets.
• A thirty-thousand-year Saber-Toothed Tiger rushed past the group, and Tang San warned that a stronger pursuer was nearby.
• Dugu Bo arrived, accused the Shrek group of interfering with his hunt, and threatened them with his nine spirit rings.
• Tang San described Dugu Bo’s former poisoning symptoms, causing Dugu Bo to withdraw his oppressive aura and hear him out.
• Tang San said Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul had poisoned him and offered to save his life in exchange for discussing terms.
• Dugu Bo promised to let the group leave and grant Tang San one favor if his proposed cure satisfied him.