Recaps

Ning Fengzhi weighed whether to shift the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s influence toward Spirit City while protecting its ties to the Heaven Dou Empire, as Sword Douluo urged him to bring Ning Rongrong home from Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi privately considering Su Zui and Spirit Hall as he planned his next moves.

• Ning Fengzhi worried that moving the sect’s business interests toward Spirit City would damage its position in the Heaven Dou Empire and its relationship with Xue Qinghe.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin entered Ning Fengzhi’s study and demanded permission to bring Ning Rongrong back from Shrek Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi refused, explaining that Rongrong needed to gain experience and ordering Chen Xin and Gu Rong not to interfere with her training.
• Chen Xin reluctantly accepted Ning Fengzhi’s order, then left to spar with Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi reflected on his plans and kept Su Zui’s connection to Rongrong secret from the two elders.

After winning every match at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, Su Zui learned from Flender that the arena was controlled by the Eight Great Families and suspected they had targeted him. He left for Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, who both grew closer to him.

• Su Zui teased Flender about his winnings, then asked who controlled the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena.
• Flender explained that the arena was jointly established by the Eight Great Families, and he hurried away with six million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Su Zui, boasted about winning all three matches, and received a kiss as her reward.
• Su Zui invited Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to return to Shrek Academy with him, and Zhu Zhuqing felt safe walking beside him.
• As the three walked through the city, Su Zui hummed a song about wanting to be spoiled.

After discovering that the eight great families had targeted him, Su Zui infiltrated the Great Soul Arena to find out who arranged the suspicious matches. He learned the backstage event offices’ location and headed there to uncover the truth.

• Su Zui escorted Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing back to the Shrek dormitory, then decided to investigate the Great Soul Arena.
• Su Zui disguised himself in a black outfit and used his thirty-twofold divine speed to slip past the arena’s night patrols.
• Su Zui ambushed a receptionist and questioned him about who arranged the No. 2 Main Soul Fighting Arena’s matches.
• The receptionist said backstage staff made the matchups and gave Su Zui directions to their offices.
• Su Zui gave the receptionist Gold Soul Coins, knocked him unconscious, and sneaked toward the backstage area.

Su Zui infiltrated the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena's backstage offices to uncover who had arranged dangerous opponents for him. He learned Wang Teng of the Wang Family was behind the orders, but the supervisor's whereabouts remained unknown.

• Su Zui found the backstage offices crowded with staff and Soul Masters, so he avoided attacking them and disguised himself in a cleaner's uniform.
• Su Zui overheard two employees discussing Supervisor Wang and Mad Demon's match, then entered their office and subdued them.
• Su Zui threatened the man with glasses, who revealed that Wang Teng, the Wang Family's event supervisor, had ordered the arena staff to target him.
• Su Zui demanded Wang Teng's location, but the man said Wang Teng had not visited the arena in seven days and sent orders through letters and a subordinate who communicated by carrier pigeon.
• The man with glasses insisted he did not know where Wang Teng was or why the supervisor had targeted Su Zui.

After his investigation into Wang Teng and the Wang Family stalled, Su Zui left the Great Soul Arena and realized assassins were following him. He killed one of the four attackers, then fled toward Suotuo City's north gate as the remaining Soul Emperor and Soul Kings pursued him.

• Su Zui knocked the bespectacled man unconscious, crippled the right-hand meridians of both men, and left the Great Soul Arena openly with the Great Luo Sword Embryo.
• Su Zui decided to ask Spirit Hall to deal with the Wang Family, then deduced that the family might be targeting him personally in Suotuo City.
• Su Zui called out the followers on the silent street, and four black-clad assassins emerged to surround him.
• The leader revealed himself as a level sixty-eight Soul Emperor, while the other three were high-level Soul Kings, and said they had been hired to kill Su Zui.
• Su Zui used Divine Speed Slash to kill one Soul King before the Soul Emperor finished his Martial Soul Possession.
• Su Zui sprinted toward Suotuo City's north gate, leaving the Soul Emperor and two Soul Kings behind with the dead attacker.

Su Zui lured the Holy Spirit Hall killers out of Suotuo City and ambushed them in the forest, killing two Soul Kings before confronting the Soul Emperor and the last Soul King. As Su Zui revealed his four Soul Rings, two hidden killing intents appeared in the forest.

• Su Zui stopped in a forest outside Suotuo City, recovered his strength with wine, and prepared to fight the pursuers away from civilians.
• The Xuan Armor Wild Boar Soul Emperor rejected his subordinates' suggestion to withdraw and continued pursuing Su Zui with two Soul Kings.
• Su Zui ambushed the group with Xuanming Netherlight Slash, killing one Soul King and then another.
• The surviving Agility Attack System Soul King dodged Su Zui's sword Qi, while the Xuan Armor Wild Boar Soul Emperor endured a strike with his defense.
• Su Zui activated Illuminated Sword Heart and Dragon Swimming Nine Steps, then revealed his four Soul Rings as two killing intents emerged from the forest.

Tang Hao watched Su Zui’s battle and decided against killing him, while Ghost Leopard Douluo prepared to protect the young master. Su Zui defeated the Black-Armored Wild Boar Soul Emperor with his fourth Soul Skill, though the attack drained more Soul Power than he expected.

• Tang Hao learned Su Zui’s strength from his exposed Soul Rings and chose not to attack, fearing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would uncover his collusion with the Wang Family.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo seethed over the Great Enshrined’s refusal to act against Tang Hao and waited for another Titled Douluo to arrive.
• Su Zui used his speed and sword skills to hold off the Black-Armored Wild Boar Soul Emperor and his two subordinates, then gained a new insight into Dragon Swimming Nine Steps.
• Su Zui’s afterimages tricked the Black-Armored Wild Boar Soul Emperor into charging into a tree, and Su Zui killed the Gale Eagle Soul King while the Soul Emperor was trapped.
• When the Black-Armored Wild Boar Soul Emperor tried to leave, Su Zui revealed his fourth Soul Skill, Golden Ember God-Slaying Slash, and killed him by piercing his armor and body.

Oscar broke through to level thirty, and Zhao Wuji took the students to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a third Soul Ring. He arranged the group’s formation and resolved to use the trip to unite Shrek Academy’s three emerging factions.

• Oscar announced that he had broken through to level thirty after gaining insight from his Soul Fighting Arena battles.
• Su Zui joined the students, whose reactions to him ranged from admiration to wary resentment; Tang San privately vowed to surpass him and take revenge.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the students to gather supplies in Suotuo City and meet at the city gates for their trip to obtain Oscar’s third Soul Ring.
• At the gates, Zhao Wuji warned the students about the Star Dou Great Forest and assigned their positions, placing Su Zui at the front.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the Su Zui, Tang San, and Dai Mubai factions and resolved to forge the students into a unified group during the journey.

Zhao Wuji led the Shrek students to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where they rested and shared a meal. Dai Mubai restrained his anger around Su Zui, while Zhu Zhuqing quietly watched Su Zui as he grew closer to Ning Rongrong.

• Zhao Wuji led the group toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ning Rongrong used her second Soul Skill to help them travel faster.
• Su Zui reflected on the conflicts among the students and doubted that Zhao Wuji could unite them without resolving their deeper problems.
• The group reached a nearby town at night, and Zhao Wuji gave Su Zui one hundred Gold Soul Coins for dinner before renting a room.
• Su Zui sat with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong at the hotel, while Ma Hongjun deferred to him and Dai Mubai held back his temper.
• Ning Rongrong rested her legs on Su Zui's lap and chatted with him, while Zhu Zhuqing secretly turned her gaze toward Su Zui.

Su Zui and the Shrek group ate at a hotel where students from Blue Sunshine Academy and three striking young women arrived. After Ma Hongjun made lewd remarks and Dai Mubai insulted Blue Sunshine Academy, Su Zui tried to prevent trouble, but Oscar defended their habit of provoking fights as Dean Flender’s teaching.

• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on her growing feelings for Su Zui, which she kept hidden because she believed he and Ning Rongrong belonged together.
• A middle-aged instructor and seven students from Blue Sunshine Academy entered the hotel, followed by a sharp-featured woman and three young women whose arrival drew attention.
• Ma Hongjun leered at the three young women and made a crude remark, while Dai Mubai mocked Blue Sunshine Academy.
• One of the young women began to flare with anger, but the middle-aged woman restrained her.
• Su Zui urged everyone not to show off or seek trouble, and Oscar replied that Dean Flender had taught them that making trouble was part of cultivation.

At the hotel, Shrek Academy fought Blue Sunshine Academy after one student tried to make Dai Mubai look bad, and Shrek's three fighters quickly won. Ma Hongjun then harassed Shui Bing'er, but her companion punched him through the hotel entrance and left him sprawled in the street.

• Su Zui criticized Shrek Academy's habit of provoking other Soul Masters after Ma Hongjun and Oscar defended it as the dean's advice.
• A Blue Sunshine Academy student deliberately collided with a server, but Tang San caught the falling food before it could hit Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai struck the student and taunted the Blue Sunshine Academy group, prompting their teacher to order five students to attack Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Ma Hongjun defeated the five attackers while Ning Rongrong kept Xiao Wu seated with a carrot.
• After the fight, Ma Hongjun flirted with Shui Bing'er, and her heroic-looking companion punched him through the hotel's front door.

Ma Hongjun challenged a group of girls to a fight after Xue Wu struck him, but Xue Wu revealed her Soul Elder strength and overwhelmed him. She froze him with her ice-based Soul Skills, then beat him until he begged her to stop.

• Ma Hongjun activated his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, but Dai Mubai stopped him from fighting inside the crowded hotel.
• Ma Hongjun challenged the girls to fight outside, and Xue Wu accepted while Su Zui and the others watched.
• Xue Wu revealed three Soul Rings and identified herself before using Dark Clouds, Rainfall, and Ice and Snow to suppress Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Flame and freeze him.
• Xue Wu withdrew her Soul Skills when Ma Hongjun could no longer endure the cold, then punched him repeatedly until he curled up and begged for mercy.

Su Zui stopped Tang San from intervening while Xue Wu beat Ma Hongjun, arguing that Ma Hongjun had brought the punishment on himself by harassing a woman. Dai Mubai then attacked Shui Bing'er and was defeated, while Zhao Wuji hesitated to step in after sensing the powerful elder watching over the two women.

• Tang San tried to rescue Ma Hongjun, but Xiao Wu and Su Zui stopped him, and Su Zui rebuked Tang San for excusing Ma Hongjun's harassment.
• Su Zui condemned Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai's behavior and said Spirit Hall law enforcers should arrest Soul Masters who caused trouble.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and charged at Xue Wu, but Shui Bing'er blocked him and overwhelmed him with her Ice Phoenix abilities.
• Shui Bing'er froze Dai Mubai with her Ice Seal Soul Skill, and he fainted after she mocked his arrogance.
• Zhao Wuji prepared to demand an explanation, but he stopped when the middle-aged elder's Soul Douluo pressure fixed on him.

Xue Wu beat Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai after they harassed her and Shui Bing'er, while Su Zui refused to intervene and later threatened Dai Mubai for blaming him. Xiao Wu grew terrified around the middle-aged Soul Douluo, and the chapter ended with Su Zui asking the Great Luo Sword Embryo why she feared the woman.

• Xue Wu stopped beating Ma Hongjun, lectured him, and entered the hotel with Shui Bing'er.
• Oscar healed Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, then Dai Mubai confronted Su Zui, who threatened him with the Great Luo Sword Embryo.
• The middle-aged Soul Douluo praised Su Zui and scolded Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, while Xiao Wu hid in Ning Rongrong's embrace.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that the middle-aged woman was a Soul Douluo, terrifying Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun and making Xiao Wu cling to Ning Rongrong.
• Su Zui quietly asked the Great Luo Sword Embryo why Xiao Wu was so afraid of the Soul Douluo.

Shrek entered the Star Dou Great Forest under Zhao Wuji’s strict orders, with Su Zui leading the group and Ning Rongrong staying close to him. As they advanced through the fog, Ning Rongrong recounted the forest’s legendary Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, Di Tian, and the powerful being’s confrontation with Titled Douluo.

• Zhao Wuji warned the students to stay within twenty meters of the group and told Ning Rongrong and Oscar to get behind Su Zui if danger appeared.
• Tang San promised to keep Xiao Wu safe, while Zhao Wuji resolved to prioritize protecting Su Zui and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhao Wuji led the students into the forest in formation, with Su Zui at the front and Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai guarding the rear.
• Ning Rongrong told the group that a golden light and powerful sword intent had appeared in the forest twelve years earlier.
• Ning Rongrong recounted how Di Tian blocked Titled Douluo from reaching the Lake of Life and was said to possess cultivation equivalent to a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo.

Ning Rongrong revealed the existence of the powerful Black Dragon King Di Tian as the group traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Su Zui secured a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for Oscar. Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang then claimed the serpent, and Ning Rongrong identified herself as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Rongrong told the Shrek Academy group about Di Tian, while Su Zui recalled his grandfather Qian Daoliu’s battle with the Black Dragon King.
• A giant worm in the Star Dou Great Forest sensed the sword that had saved him before and hoped it would save him again.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified an approaching eighteen-hundred-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Su Zui subdued it for Oscar to use as his third Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang arrived with a young companion and demanded the serpent, claiming she had pursued and wounded it.
• Zhao Wuji refused to surrender the serpent, and Chao Tianxiang introduced herself as Snake Granny of the Peerless Dragon Snake.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Chao Tianxiang and introduced herself as Ning Rongrong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Su Zui helped Oscar secure the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, then discussed Shrek Academy’s teaching philosophy with Zhao Wuji during their night watch. Zhao Wuji admitted that Spirit Hall still wanted him, and Su Zui asked what would happen if it stopped pursuing him.

• Ning Rongrong and Su Zui’s ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect made Chao Tianxiang give up claiming the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, while Meng Yiran challenged Su Zui to a duel over it.
• Chao Tianxiang offered Oscar resources and a place in the Dragon Snake Family if he joined, and Oscar asked for time to consider her offer.
• Chao Tianxiang allowed Oscar to take the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring; Oscar absorbed it, reached level thirty-one, and gained the Flying Mushroom Sausage skill.
• Su Zui and Zhao Wuji kept watch while the Shrek Academy students camped for the night, and Su Zui questioned the academy’s belief that a Soul Master who did not dare cause trouble was no good Soul Master.
• Zhao Wuji conceded that Shrek Academy’s philosophy might be wrong but explained that Spirit Hall had long wanted him; Su Zui asked what would happen if Spirit Hall stopped pursuing him.

Su Zui and Zhao Wuji found Meng Yiran convulsing after she tried to absorb a two-thousand-year-old Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring. With Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang unable to save her, the chapter left them turning to Su Zui as their last hope.

• Su Zui told Zhao Wuji that Spirit Hall served the common people, while Zhao Wuji explained that Spirit Hall had hunted him after he refused to join.
• Su Zui and Zhao Wuji heard Meng Yiran scream and raced through the forest toward the sound.
• They found Meng Yiran suffering a fatal Soul Power backlash beside the corpse of a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang realized they had mistaken the two-thousand-year-old Soul Beast for a weaker one and could not save their granddaughter.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang saw Su Zui arrive and hoped he could rescue Meng Yiran.

Su Zui saved Meng Yiran by drawing the excess Soul Power from her body and treating her with Blood-Replenishing Grape Wine. As her condition stabilized, a roar and pressure from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast shook the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang begged Su Zui to save Meng Yiran, who was dying from absorbing a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring.
• Su Zui examined Meng Yiran and agreed to try, while the Dragon Snake Family promised to follow his lead if he saved her.
• Following the Great Luo Sword Embryo's method, Su Zui drew the excess Soul Power out of Meng Yiran and absorbed it himself.
• Su Zui gave Meng Yiran Blood-Replenishing Grape Wine, which healed her meridians and stabilized her condition.
• A distant roar released pressure at the level of a Titled Douluo, and Su Zui, Zhao Wuji, Meng Shu, and Chao Tianxiang recognized it as the presence of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

The Titan Giant Ape’s overwhelming presence reached the group, forcing Su Zui, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Zhao Wuji to hurry toward the tents to find Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. Tang Hao identified Su Zui as a threat to the Clear Sky Sect and followed them with a plan to kill him.

• The Titan Giant Ape’s pressure froze everyone’s Soul Power, and the Peerless Dragon Snake and Zhao Wuji feared the forest’s overlord had arrived.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo emerged from hiding and urged Su Zui to flee, but Su Zui insisted they first find Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo agreed to protect Su Zui and told Zhao Wuji to help lead the students to safety if the Titan Giant Ape attacked.
• The Peerless Dragon Snake learned that Su Zui was Spirit Hall’s young master and that Ghost Leopard Douluo served as his bodyguard.
• Tang Hao decided Su Zui had to be eliminated and followed the group with a vicious scheme in mind.

The Titan Giant Ape emerged in the camp, and Su Zui, Zhao Wuji, and Ghost Leopard Douluo arrived to protect the Shrek students. Mistaking Ghost Leopard Douluo for a threat to Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape attacked, but its first clash left Ghost Leopard Douluo unable to pierce its defenses.

• The Shrek students rushed from their tents and saw the Titan Giant Ape emerge from the forest.
• Su Zui arrived and pulled Ning Rongrong into his arms, while Zhao Wuji stood between the monster and the students.
• The Titan Giant Ape sensed Ghost Leopard Douluo’s Titled Douluo strength and, suspecting he had come for Xiao Wu, flew into a rage.
• The Titan Giant Ape charged Ghost Leopard Douluo, who used his Martial Soul Avatar and moved to shield Su Zui.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo dodged the Titan Giant Ape’s palm and struck with a claw enhanced by his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, but failed to injure it.

The Titan Giant Ape overwhelmed Ghost Leopard Douluo, but Ning Rongrong boosted Ghost Leopard Douluo’s strength and speed so he could escape a fatal stomp. Su Zui led the Shrek group toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest while Ghost Leopard Douluo stayed behind to hold the beast off.

• The Titan Giant Ape struck Ghost Leopard Douluo and nearly crushed him with a stomp empowered by his Gravity Domain.
• Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Ghost Leopard Douluo, letting him dodge the stomp at the cost of most of her Soul Power.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo urged Su Zui to flee, and Su Zui had Oscar distribute Flying Mushroom Sausages so the Shrek group could escape by air.
• The Titan Giant Ape forced Ghost Leopard Douluo back and turned his attention toward the fleeing group, but Ghost Leopard Douluo attacked with his eighth Soul Skill, Void Shadow.
• Su Zui led the Shrek group toward the forest’s outskirts while Ghost Leopard Douluo stayed behind, and Su Zui vowed to make the Titan Giant Ape his Seventh Soul Ring once he reached level seventy.

As the group escaped the Titan Giant Ape, Su Zui sensed a new threat and fled, but a powerful presence froze him and the others in midair. Zhao Wuji recognized the attacker’s presence as Clear Sky Douluo.

• The group flew desperately toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, while Su Zui reassured Ning Rongrong and vowed to return with Spirit Hall to kill the Titan Giant Ape.
• Su Zui grew uneasy at the unnatural silence and sensed that the danger was not over.
• The Great Luo Sword Embryo warned Su Zui of an imminent threat, and he used his Second Soul Ring to dash hundreds of meters away.
• An unknown killing intent locked onto Su Zui and froze his body, while an immense pressure immobilized the rest of the group.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the presence as Clear Sky Douluo.

Tang Hao revealed himself as Clear Sky Douluo and attacked Su Zui after learning he was the Spirit Hall Young Master. Su Zui survived with help from a sudden burst of Sword Qi, but Tang Hao struck him again and left him gravely injured as he fell through the air.

• Zhao Wuji realized the newcomer was Clear Sky Douluo, while Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye and recognized him as his father, Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings and attacked Su Zui with his Clear Sky Hammer, intending to kill him before his talent could threaten the Clear Sky Sect.
• A burst of Sword Qi broke Tang Hao’s restraints, allowing Su Zui to escape the hammer’s first blow with sixty-fourfold divine speed, though the strain split his skin and made him bleed.
• Su Zui used his Chaos Wine Gourd to activate his healing skill, but Tang Hao attacked again with Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Su Zui dodged the hammer’s direct hit but was battered by its residual Soul Power, suffering ruptured meridians and broken bones as he fell helplessly through the air.

Su Zui fled into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest after Tang Hao broke through his defenses and gravely wounded him. Tang Hao pursued him, while Ghost Leopard Douluo and the Titan Giant Ape stopped fighting and rushed toward the same confrontation.

• Su Zui used his second soul skill to flee toward the forest’s depths, hoping the terrain and powerful Soul Beasts could help him escape Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao marveled that Su Zui had broken his Divine Slaughter's Domain, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing watched Su Zui’s flight in fear and anguish.
• Zhao Wuji knelt and begged Tang Hao to spare Su Zui, but Tang Hao struck him aside and continued the pursuit.
• Tang San prepared to kill the unconscious Zhao Wuji with a Hidden Weapon, but Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun blocked his view, forcing him to put it away.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo realized Tang Hao was present and rushed toward Su Zui, while the Titan Giant Ape joined him, believing Tang Hao had come for Sister Xiao Wu.