Chapter Summaries

Tang San challenged Su Zui, but Flender and Xiao Wu stopped the confrontation before it could turn deadly. After Su Zui let Tang San off with a warning, Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Zui to take her as his master and teach her to become strong.

• Tang San challenged Su Zui, prompting Xiao Wu to restrain him and Flender to forbid him from using Hidden Weapons against classmates.
• Xiao Wu apologized for Tang San, and Su Zui put away the Great Luo Sword Embryo before confronting Tang San about his hostility.
• Tang San stayed silent, and Su Zui warned him that he would teach him a lesson if he provoked him again.
• Flender ended daytime training, and the students went their separate ways.
• Zhu Zhuqing bowed to Su Zui and asked him to take her as his master.

Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Zui to become his disciple so she could grow strong enough to escape her fate, but he instead promised to teach her without making her his student. Ning Rongrong and Su Zui pledged to protect her, while Dai Mubai dismissed their confidence; the chapter ended with Ning Rongrong running off with Zhu Zhuqing and Su Zui chasing after them.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Zui to take her as his disciple, while Dai Mubai worried that this would place him below his enemy in their generations.
• Su Zui hesitated because he and Zhu Zhuqing were nearly the same age, then promised to teach her cultivation whenever he could.
• Ning Rongrong took Zhu Zhuqing's hand, called her a friend, and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support.
• Su Zui declared that Zhu Zhuqing was under his protection, but Dai Mubai scoffed and thought they could not challenge the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Ning Rongrong escaped Su Zui's embrace, led Zhu Zhuqing away to walk the cat, and teased Su Zui as he chased them.

Su Zui took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to a quiet place to teach them physical training and precise Soul Power control. He demonstrated how Soul Power could support the body and attack, leaving both girls eager to learn.

• Xiao Ling'er reunited with Su Zui, and Ning Rongrong coaxed the kitten into rubbing against her too.
• Su Zui led Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to a streamside clearing and explained that physical training could help Ning Rongrong withstand a stronger Soul Ring.
• Su Zui promised to seek treasures to strengthen Ning Rongrong and find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast if her physique became strong enough.
• Su Zui explained that forces act on each other and demonstrated using Soul Power to walk up a tree trunk.
• Su Zui held Ning Rongrong aloft and guided her in using Soul Power to support herself; she briefly floated before falling back into his arms.
• Su Zui fired a condensed streak of Soul Power through a tree trunk and told the girls that mastering control could improve both attacks and cultivation speed.

Flender took the Shrek Academy students to the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena so they could hone their combat skills. After learning about its matches and ranking system, Su Zui looked forward to competing there.

• Flender gathered the eight students and led them from Shrek Academy toward Suotuo City, while Dai Mubai watched Su Zui and Zhu Zhuqing with suspicion.
• Su Zui helped Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong keep pace, then embraced Ning Rongrong as they walked through the lively night market.
• Flender brought the group to a quiet teahouse and pointed out the enormous Suotuo City Great Soul Arena.
• Dai Mubai identified the arena, and Flender explained its duels, gambling, and Soul Fighting ranks to the students.
• Su Zui became eager to fight at the arena, and Flender finished his tea and led everyone toward it.

Flender warned the Shrek students about the dangers of the Great Soul Arena and led them through registration, where Su Zui chose the alias Wine Sword. Su Zui prepared for his first match against the stronger Mo Kuang as Flender secretly placed a massive bet on him to win.

• Flender cautioned the students that arena opponents could be ruthless, and Ma Hongjun described how a poisoned cut had nearly killed him.
• Su Zui vowed to leave no ruthless opponent alive, prompting Flender to remind him that killing was forbidden in ordinary matches.
• The Shrek students registered under aliases, and Su Zui signed up as Wine Sword.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San formed the Three-Five Combination, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong formed the Zhu-Rong Combination.
• Su Zui was assigned to the second main arena's seventh match against Mo Kuang, a level-forty-eight Soul Master.
• Flender entered a private betting lounge and wagered one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on Wine Sword to win.

Flender wagered 100,000 Gold Soul Coins on Su Zui, betting that the unknown Wine Sword would defeat the heavily favored Mad Demon. As Su Zui waited to enter the arena, the Great Soul Arena announced their upcoming match.

• Flender placed all the Gold Soul Coins given to him by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect on Su Zui at odds of thirty-nine to one.
• Flender returned to his viewing box and imagined using his expected winnings to revive Shrek Academy.
• Su Zui entered the contestants' waiting area, drank from his wine gourd, and watched several matches.
• Su Zui judged the fighting crude as he waited for his turn to face Mad Demon.
• The Great Soul Arena announced the seventh match between ten-win streak holder Mad Demon and newcomer Wine Sword.

Su Zui faced the arena’s ten-win fighter, Mad Demon, while the crowd mocked him and suspected he was outmatched. After Mad Demon transformed and taunted him, Su Zui silently cut off both his ears, leaving the arena stunned.

• Mad Demon entered the arena to loud cheers, while spectators ridiculed the absent Wine Sword and predicted an easy victory.
• Su Zui emerged in black nightwear and calmly assessed Mad Demon, relieved that he would not need to hold back against the ruthless fighter.
• Mad Demon bragged that he crippled his opponents, and Su Zui suspected that someone had arranged for him to face the arena’s fiercest fighter.
• Su Zui threatened to cut out Mad Demon’s tongue, prompting Mad Demon and the crowd to laugh at him.
• Mad Demon released his Soul Rings and transformed into a werewolf, then taunted Su Zui to repeat his threat.
• Two streams of black sword Qi shot from Mad Demon’s shadow and severed both his ears, silencing the arena before he screamed in pain.

Su Zui defeated Mad Demon in the Soul Fighting Arena, cutting off his ears and tongue before severing the tendons in his arms as he tried to flee. Mad Demon was carried away for treatment, leaving the spectators stunned and afraid of Su Zui.

• Su Zui sliced off Mad Demon's ears with unseen sword Qi, shocking the spectators and making Mad Demon try to surrender.
• Unable to speak from the pain, Mad Demon pleaded with Su Zui, while the crowd reacted to the huge upset and a gambler jumped from a window after losing his bet.
• Su Zui severed Mad Demon's tongue before the referee could stop him, leaving Mad Demon unable to call out his surrender.
• Mad Demon ran for the arena's boundary, but Su Zui struck him with two sword lights that severed the tendons in his arms.
• Mad Demon fell off the platform and convulsed on the ground until medical staff carried him backstage, as the spectators stared in fear.

Su Zui brutally defeated Mad Demon, triggering wildly different reactions among the spectators who had bet on the match. In a soundproof private room, Flender collected his winnings and wagered 3.5 million Gold Soul Coins on Su Zui’s next match.

• Su Zui left Mad Demon grievously injured, ending the arena ace’s fighting career.
• Spectators who had bet on Mad Demon lamented their losses, while a few who had backed Wine Sword celebrated their sudden fortunes.
• Flender received a card containing 3.51 million Gold Soul Coins from the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Flender planned to use his winnings to renovate Shrek Academy and improve its food and training facilities.
• Flender bet 3.5 million Gold Soul Coins on Su Zui’s next match, confident that no Soul Ancestor could defeat him.

Su Zui overwhelmed every opponent at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena until the remaining Soul Masters forfeited, earning a Silver Soul Badge and one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi read a report praising Su Zui and took pride in him as his sect’s son-in-law.

• Su Zui defeated the Iron Armor Rhinoceros Soul Master with one sword strike and pierced the Mandala Snake Soul Master’s shoulder despite his venom.
• Su Zui dispatched the rest of his opponents in seconds, drawing blood and frightening several Soul Masters into forfeiting their matches.
• The arena staff counted the twelve forfeits as victories and awarded Su Zui a Silver Soul Badge and one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Fengzhi read a secret report about Su Zui and praised his talent, saying he might become a second Qian Daoliu.
• Ning Fengzhi felt proud that Su Zui was both Spirit Hall’s young master and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s son-in-law.

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.