Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong rejected Flender’s running course and challenged his reasoning, while Tang Wulin supported her and criticized the teaching method. When Flender invoked the Grandmaster’s authority and threatened the girls, Sword Douluo appeared behind him, leaving Flender stunned.

• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed that running wasted cultivation time, and Ning Rongrong decided not to follow Flender’s course.
• Tang Wulin told Ning Rongrong she had been right to skip the run and explained that Soul Power cultivation and weighted training were more effective.
• Flender confronted Ning Rongrong for refusing to complete her twenty laps, but she said she would not follow a course she considered useless.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Flender’s claim that Support System Soul Masters should run to improve their speed, and Flender defended the method as the Grandmaster’s research.
• Ning Rongrong and the others disparaged the Grandmaster, angering Flender, who warned them to stop questioning him.
• A white-haired old man appeared behind Flender, and Flender recognized him as Sword Douluo.

Chen Xin drove Flender to expel Ning Rongrong and the others from Shrek Academy, then escorted them toward Suotuo City while Tang Wulin planned to visit Poison Douluo in Heaven Dou City. Xiao Wu stayed anxious around the powerful Titled Douluos and felt miserable when Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong each held Tang Wulin’s hand during the flight.

• Chen Xin struck Flender aside, announced that Ning Rongrong and the others were leaving Shrek Academy, and warned Flender to look after himself.
• Flender told Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San that Chen Xin was Sword Douluo, while Tang San silently blamed Tang Wulin and vowed he would never amount to anything.
• Chen Xin thanked Golden Crocodile Douluo for capturing Tang Hao and protecting Ning Rongrong, and Golden Crocodile warned him to guard the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Tang Wulin that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect believed Tang Hao had targeted Ning Rongrong, and Tang Wulin decided to travel to Heaven Dou City to visit Poison Douluo.
• Chen Xin carried Tang Wulin and the others toward Suotuo City on his flying sword; Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong each took Tang Wulin’s hand, leaving Xiao Wu feeling left out and close to tears.

After arriving at Suotuo City, Tang Wulin and the others went to eat at Xiao Wu’s expense and discussed where to go next. Xiao Wu decided to travel with them to Heaven Dou City, then learned that all three Titled Douluo in the Heaven Dou Empire were there.

• Chen Xin brought the group to Suotuo City’s west gate and left them to find lodging on their own.
• Tang Wulin released Ning Rongrong’s and Zhu Zhuqing’s hands, and the group decided to find food in the city.
• Xiao Wu treated everyone to a meal at the Huangbai Grand Hotel and ordered several specialties and carrots.
• Ning Rongrong invited the others to go with her to Heaven Dou City, and Tang Wulin and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to go there.
• Xiao Wu chose to join them, then learned from Ning Rongrong that all three of the Heaven Dou Empire’s Titled Douluo were in Heaven Dou City.

After lunch, Tang Wulin paid the bill despite Xiao Wu wanting to treat everyone, and the group decided to stay at the Rose Hotel. The clerk was stunned when Tang Wulin said all four of them were checking in together.

• Xiao Wu grew anxious after hearing that Heaven Dou City had three Titled Douluo and decided she would avoid the city if she survived.
• Tang Wulin and Zhu Zhuqing left the private room, and Ning Rongrong followed, but Tang Wulin revealed he had gone to pay the bill.
• Xiao Wu discovered Tang Wulin had paid and lamented that she had failed to treat her friends to a meal.
• Xiao Wu suggested the Rose Hotel, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to stay there with her and Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin told the Rose Hotel clerk that four guests were checking in, leaving the clerk incredulous.

Tang Wulin, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing checked into separate themed rooms at the Rose Hotel, where Xiao Wu traded rooms with Tang Wulin to avoid Blue Enchantress. Fearing that Sword Douluo would come for her during the night, Xiao Wu went to Tang Wulin and asked if she could sleep with him.

• Tang Wulin paid for four rooms after the receptionist misunderstood the group, and everyone received a different themed room key.
• Xiao Wu objected to staying in Blue Enchantress, so Tang Wulin exchanged his Red Ocean room with her.
• Zhu Zhuqing invited Tang Wulin to see White Innocence, then resolved to train harder and close the gap between them.
• Ning Rongrong went looking for Tang Wulin, while Xiao Wu recalled his kindness and worried Sword Douluo might take her away for her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Afraid to spend the night alone, Xiao Wu left her room and asked Tang Wulin if she could sleep with him.

Xiao Wu spent the night at the Rose Hotel with Tang Wulin, fearing Sword Douluo would discover her identity as a Soul Beast. After deciding she could not risk staying, she left him a farewell letter and departed for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Wulin let Xiao Wu sleep in the bedroom while he cultivated on the sofa, and reassured her after her nightmare.
• Xiao Wu waited through the night without Sword Douluo appearing, but concluded she had only escaped detection by luck and still needed to leave.
• Xiao Wu hugged Tang Wulin while he cultivated, earning him a 70,000-year Extreme Speed Shadow Left Leg Soul Bone reward.
• After Tang Wulin woke and spoke to her, Xiao Wu retreated to the bedroom, wrote a farewell letter, and left it by the hotel door.
• Xiao Wu hired a carriage in Suotuo City and told the driver to take her to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang Wulin and his companions learned that Xiao Wu had left, then traveled to Heaven Dou City with Sword Douluo Chen Xin. After separating from Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, Tang Wulin summoned Golden Crocodile Douluo to visit Dugu Bo outside the city.

• Tang Wulin found Xiao Wu’s farewell letter, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing regretted that she had left before they could set off for Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Xin took Tang Wulin, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing toward Heaven Dou City on his Seven Kill Sword, where Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong each held Tang Wulin’s hand during the flight.
• Ning Rongrong invited Tang Wulin to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he declined because he had someone else to see; Zhu Zhuqing agreed to go with Ning Rongrong.
• Outside Heaven Dou City, Tang Wulin said goodbye to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then summoned Golden Crocodile Douluo to accompany him to Dugu Bo’s remote courtyard.

Tang Wulin visited Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo, whose lives he had helped improve through his poison abilities. After Dugu Bo recognized him as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, Tang Wulin was poised to discuss the elder’s medicinal garden.

• Tang Wulin arrived at Dugu Yan’s mountain courtyard and greeted her after she recognized him as His Highness Wulin.
• Dugu Yan showed Tang Wulin her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul and four Soul Rings, explaining she had reached level 43 after benefiting from Whale Rubber and his past help.
• Tang Wulin said he had reached level 45, briefly discouraging Dugu Yan before she resolved to keep working hard and catch up to him.
• Tang Wulin told Dugu Yan he had come to discuss Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden, and she interrupted her grandfather’s cultivation to summon him.
• Dugu Bo emerged expecting Yu Tianheng, then recognized Tang Wulin and respectfully greeted him as the Spirit Hall Holy Son.

Tang Wulin brought Dugu Bo and Golden Crocodile Douluo to Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden in Sunset Forest and identified it as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, rich with Immortal Herbs. He explained the herbs’ power and spotted the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, which could greatly enhance beast-type Martial Souls.

• Dugu Bo told Tang Wulin that the Soul Bone had removed the danger of his poison and helped him reach level 92.
• Tang Wulin set out with Dugu Bo and Golden Crocodile Douluo to inspect the medicinal garden, and Dugu Yan stayed behind to cultivate.
• The three reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo admitted he had avoided touching the herbs after being poisoned by one.
• Tang Wulin identified the place as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained that its Immortal Herbs could benefit powerful Soul Masters and strengthen young cultivators.
• Tang Wulin pointed out the Immortal-Grade Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and then selected the Earth Dragon Golden Melon as an herb suited to Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Tang Wulin distributed rare herbs in the medicinal garden, giving Golden Crocodile Douluo an Earth Dragon Golden Melon that could evolve his Martial Soul and help him reach level 99. He sent Dugu Bo home with a Dark Night Mandala for himself and a Nine Spirits Sacred Poison Flower for Dugu Yan, who prepared to absorb it.

• Tang Wulin explained the Earth Dragon Golden Melon's effects and gave it to Golden Crocodile Douluo, who planned to absorb it after returning.
• Tang Wulin gave Dugu Bo a Dark Night Mandala and explained that it could help him reach level 95.
• Tang Wulin also entrusted Dugu Bo with a Nine Spirits Sacred Poison Flower for Dugu Yan and told him how she should absorb it.
• Dugu Bo hurried home and presented the flower to Dugu Yan, explaining that it could improve her talent and potential.
• Dugu Yan decided to prepare herself fully before absorbing the Immortal Herb.

Tang Wulin swallowed Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass before diving into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he met the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and received their god-level Soul Bones. He returned safely to the surface, leaving Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo relieved.

• Tang Wulin chose Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Golden Crocodile Douluo could stop him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo panicked when they realized Tang Wulin had gone into the spring and learned that the two Immortal Herbs were poisonous.
• Protected by his Golden Dragon King Bloodline, Tang Wulin reached a hidden space at the bottom of the well and met the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings recognized Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Bloodline and gave him the Ice Dragon King's Extreme Frost Left Arm Bone and the Fire Dragon King's Flame of Desolation Right Arm Bone.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings sent Tang Wulin back to the surface, where Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo wept with relief.

Tang Wulin reached level 50 after absorbing the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Soul Bones and Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, gaining elemental affinity and stronger Soul Rings. He returned to Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo, then prepared to gather more herbs before they headed back.

• Tang Wulin stored the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' Soul Bones, learned that his Soul Rings had gained 3,888 years each, and received Elemental Affinity.
• Tang Wulin returned to the surface, where Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo were relieved to find him safe.
• Tang Wulin explained that refining the Immortal Herbs had given him an Ice and Fire Golden Body and control over ice and fire.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Dugu Bo discovered that Tang Wulin had reached level 50 and now possessed four black Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo chose to wait until Yanyan finished absorbing her Immortal Herb before absorbing his own.
• Tang Wulin said he would gather more Immortal Herbs before they returned, and Dugu Bo offered to help.

Tang Wulin stayed at Dugu Bo’s home before flying with Golden Crocodile Douluo to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. There, he surprised Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing while they were talking about how Zhu Qing missed him.

• Tang Wulin stored the Immortal Herbs and accepted Dugu Bo’s offer to stay at his home while visiting Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo and Tang Wulin found Dugu Yan’s note saying she had prepared a room and begun refining her Immortal Herb.
• Tang Wulin announced that he would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Golden Crocodile Douluo reluctantly flew him there.
• Ning Rongrong noticed Zhu Zhuqing was distracted and teased her that she had a case of “Brother Tang-Is-Away Low-Mood Syndrome.”
• Tang Wulin appeared behind Zhu Zhuqing and asked what she and Ning Rongrong were discussing.

Tang Wulin arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong teased each other about their feelings for him before he went to meet Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi welcoming Tang Wulin and Golden Crocodile Douluo into the council hall.

• Tang Wulin reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, and Ning Rongrong teased Zhuqing for missing him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Chen Xin urged Tang Wulin to meet Sect Master Ning, so he left the girls and headed to the council hall.
• Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about liking Tang Wulin and joked about her figure, leaving Zhuqing embarrassed.
• Tang Wulin entered the council hall with Chen Xin and Golden Crocodile Douluo, where Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong welcomed them.

Tang Wulin and Golden Crocodile Douluo visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi thanked them for protecting Ning Rongrong and discussed joining forces against the Clear Sky Sect. The visit ended with Tang Wulin agreeing to stay for dinner and reuniting with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Tang Wulin greeted Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, and said he had accepted Ning Rongrong's invitation because they were friends.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Golden Crocodile Douluo for protecting Rongrong from Tang Hao, and declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would support Spirit Hall against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Gu Rong sensed Tang Wulin's strength, and Tang Wulin revealed that he had broken through to level 50, astonishing Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Tang Wulin and Golden Crocodile Douluo to dinner, and Tang Wulin accepted despite Golden Crocodile's attempt to leave.
• Tang Wulin went to meet Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing outside the hall while Golden Crocodile Douluo withdrew into the shadows.

Tang Wulin encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to join Spirit Hall and gave her a rare Dark Attribute herb, while Ning Fengzhi urged Ning Rongrong to pursue Tang Wulin and offered to arrange their marriage. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong wondering what the proposal meant for Zhu Zhuqing.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Tang Wulin and Golden Crocodile Douluo to a meal, but Tang Wulin declined and said he would return to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Wulin told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that he would stay in Heaven Dou City for ten days to half a month and mentioned that he knew a student at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Tang Wulin she wanted to join Spirit Hall so she could grow stronger alongside him, and he welcomed her to join.
• Tang Wulin gave Zhu Zhuqing a jade box containing a Dark Attribute herb, delighting her and worrying Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong if she liked Tang Wulin, encouraged her to pursue him, and offered to arrange their marriage; Ning Rongrong wondered what that meant for Zhu Zhuqing.

Ning Rongrong agreed to pursue an engagement with Tang Wulin, but worried that her limited cultivation made her unworthy of him and that she would hurt Zhu Zhuqing. Ning Fengzhi reassured her with a false hope that her Martial Soul might evolve, and Rongrong left to find Tang Wulin and Zhu Zhuqing, resolving to compete for him.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed that Ning Rongrong become engaged to Tang Wulin, and she shyly agreed while worrying about the difference between them and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong feared her cultivation would remain capped at level 79 while Tang Wulin became a Peerless Douluo, and thought Zhu Zhuqing might be a better match for him.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested Spirit Hall might have clues to evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, though he later admitted to Chen Xin and Gu Rong that he had made it up to encourage Rongrong.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo sensed the conversation and dismissed Ning Rongrong's chances, insisting that Spirit Hall had no records of such an evolution.
• Ning Rongrong left to find Tang Wulin and Zhu Zhuqing, thinking, “Sorry, Zhu Qing.”

Tang Wulin toured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then gave each of them an Immortal Herb before leaving with Golden Crocodile Douluo. The two young women prepared to absorb their gifts, while Golden Crocodile Douluo worried Tang Wulin might become the sect’s son-in-law.

• Tang Wulin told Zhu Zhuqing about the Dark Night Mystic Flower and advised her to wait until she reached a cultivation bottleneck before absorbing a Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong asked Tang Wulin what kind of girl he liked and whether he believed in love at first sight; he chose love at first sight and glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, who blushed.
• Tang Wulin gave Ning Rongrong an Aromatic Silk Beauty that could improve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul, and she accepted it as a friend’s gift.
• Ning Rongrong learned that Zhu Zhuqing had also received an Immortal Herb, and she urged them to absorb their herbs together.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo took Tang Wulin away from the sect, explaining that he wanted to prevent him from becoming its son-in-law.

Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Tang Wulin to Heaven Dou City and went to tell Qian Renxue about their meeting. At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, he asked when Qian Renxue and Tang Wulin could settle their marriage, leaving her stunned by the proposed engagement.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Tang Wulin back to Dugu Bo's residence, then left to visit Qian Renxue.
• Tang Wulin returned to his room and wondered about Qian Renxue's cultivation and the years she had spent undercover in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared before Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe, and told her Tang Wulin was in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue asked after Tang Wulin and learned that the Great Enshrined had revealed her identity to him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked when Qian Renxue and Tang Wulin could settle their marriage, leaving Qian Renxue confused and shocked.

Golden Crocodile Douluo pushed Qian Renxue to meet Tang Wulin and consider an engagement, leaving her flustered by his sudden growth and Soul King breakthrough. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue postponing their next meeting because Golden Crocodile Douluo kept insisting they get engaged.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Renxue that the Great Enshrined wanted her and Tang Wulin engaged, and arranged for them to meet.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Tang Wulin to Qian Renxue at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where she barely recognized how much he had grown.
• Tang Wulin signed in with Qian Renxue and received Divine Affinity, which increased the favor gods and their inheritors felt toward him.
• Tang Wulin told Qian Renxue that he had already reached Soul King and was preparing to obtain his fifth Soul Ring.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo repeatedly urged Qian Renxue to get engaged to Tang Wulin, and she ended the meeting by saying she felt unwell and would see him the next day.