Chapter Summaries

Tang San suppressed his longing to reunite with his father and Xiao Wu while Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and was introduced as the students’ new training instructor. During the introduction, a strange enchantment made Yu Xiaogang eat a warm lump, driving everyone else away in disgust.

• Tang San sent Yu Xiaogang away so he could quietly treat his injuries and think about seeing Xiao Wu again.
• Yu Xiaogang dodged Liu Erlong, who remained determined to win him back, and left her to greet the Shrek students.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang to the students and announced that he would plan their future training.
• A magical enchantment forced Yu Xiaogang to eat a disgusting delicacy, and Flender and the students backed away from him.
• Oscar told the students that Flender wanted them to leave, and they quickly deserted Yu Xiaogang.

Yue Guan traveled to Heaven Dou City to recruit the Peak Douluo at Blue Tyrant Academy for Spirit Hall, while Lu Mingchuan advanced his cultivation and prepared to meet Spirit Hall’s envoy. Yue Guan arrived at the academy and waited as Lu Mingchuan approached with the Peak Douluo.

• Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan to Blue Tyrant Academy to recruit its Peak Douluo, authorizing him to use pressure if necessary.
• Yue Guan traveled for two and a half days to Heaven Dou City, rested at the local Spirit Saint Hall, and then headed to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lu Mingchuan raised his level from fifty-three to fifty-four and defeated the Monkey King in hand-to-hand combat inside Aftermath of Battle.
• Alicia asked Lu Mingchuan to take her to the Star Dou Great Forest, but he refused because he expected Spirit Hall to arrive soon.
• Yue Guan reached Blue Tyrant Academy and waited for Lu Mingchuan and the Peak Douluo, who came to meet him with a gate guard.

Lu Mingchuan refused Yue Guan’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, and Yue Guan left Blue Tyrant Academy after their tense exchange. With the matter settled, Lu Mingchuan prepared to take Alicia to the Star Dou Forest and chose The Hunt Academy as the academy’s name.

• Yue Guan asked Lu Mingchuan to join Spirit Hall, but Lu Mingchuan refused and challenged Yue Guan’s warning.
• Yue Guan left Blue Tyrant Academy with a dark expression, and Lu Mingchuan decided not to pursue him.
• Alicia eagerly asked Lu Mingchuan to take her to the Star Dou Forest, and he said they would set off the next day.
• Lu Mingchuan teased Alicia about preparing to leave, then hugged Huang Quan while Mirror Flow pulled him onto her lap.
• Lu Mingchuan suggested The Hunt Academy as the academy’s name, and Alicia agreed.

After returning to the academy, Lu Mingchuan confronted Tai Long when he interrupted his walk with Alicia and challenged him to a fight. Lu Mingchuan defeated him with a self-created water-dragon attack, leaving nearby students wondering who he was.

• Lu Mingchuan recalled the Blue Silver King and reflected on how he had taken away most of Tang San’s opportunities.
• Tai Long approached Alicia and told Lu Mingchuan to leave, then challenged him after Lu Mingchuan questioned his strength.
• Lu Mingchuan had Alicia step aside and let Tai Long reveal his Mighty Ape Martial Soul and level thirty-seven strength.
• Lu Mingchuan used an ability that inflamed Tai Long’s anger, dodged his attacks, and then caught his punch.
• Lu Mingchuan unleashed Azure Dragon Cleansing the World, and the water dragon knocked Tai Long down and washed over him until he passed out.
• Nearby students marveled that Lu Mingchuan had defeated Tai Long without changing his breathing and speculated that the academy had kept him hidden.

Lu Mingchuan comforted Alicia after Tai Long’s failed attempt to confront him, then faced Tai Long’s father, Tainuo, when he came to the academy seeking revenge. Lu Mingchuan overwhelmed Tainuo and left him severely injured as Tai Long rushed to his side.

• Lu Mingchuan left with Alicia after defeating Tai Long, who woke up and vowed to bring his father after him.
• Lu Mingchuan reassured Alicia with a flower and promised to stay by her side before she returned to their courtyard to warm the bed.
• Tainuo brought Tai Long to the academy gates and asked him to identify the student who had injured him.
• Tai Long pointed out Lu Mingchuan, and Tainuo charged at him without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Lu Mingchuan caught Tainuo’s fist, crushed it in his hand, then dodged his empowered attack and stabbed him in the abdomen with a golden rod.
• Golden spikes burst from Tainuo’s waist after Lu Mingchuan kicked him to the ground, and Tai Long rushed to help his father.

After Lu Mingchuan defeated Tainuo and left him gravely injured, Tai Tan arrived and challenged him to a fight. Lu Mingchuan matched the Soul Douluo’s strength and drew his Imperial Bow as their battle escalated.

• Tai Long called for medical help after finding his father Tainuo badly injured by Lu Mingchuan’s revised Impale.
• Two medical staff stabilized Tainuo, and Tai Tan arrived and ordered him taken home.
• Tai Long identified Lu Mingchuan as the one who had injured Tainuo, and Tai Tan charged at him.
• Lu Mingchuan met Tai Tan’s fist with his own and matched the eighty-sixth-level Soul Douluo’s strength.
• Tai Tan summoned his martial soul and used enhancement Soul Skills, while Lu Mingchuan dodged and counterattacked.
• Lu Mingchuan gripped his Imperial Bow as Tai Tan unleashed all his enhancement Soul Skills.

Lu Mingchuan killed Tai Tan with a single arrow after unleashing his powerful soul skills, leaving the Strength Clan in turmoil and drawing attention across the continent. Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to arrange a meeting between Lu Mingchuan and Xue Ke, while Xue Qinghe agreed but doubted Lu Mingchuan would accept the imperial family’s plan.

• Lu Mingchuan used his fifth and third soul skills to fire an arrow that killed Tai Tan instantly.
• Lu Mingchuan confronted the terrified Tai Long, then left, thinking the weakened Strength Clan would soon fall and considering taking the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from the Speed Clan.
• News of Tai Tan’s death spread across Heaven Dou, and the school leadership left the matter to their superiors.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe to arrange a meeting between Lu Mingchuan and Xue Ke to bring him closer to the imperial family.
• Xue Qinghe agreed to try, but privately decided Lu Mingchuan was unlikely to go along with Xue Ye’s idea.

Qian Renxue warned Lu Mingchuan that Xue Ye wanted to arrange a meeting between him and Xue Ke, and Lu Mingchuan agreed to meet her once before turning her down. Afterward, Qian Renxue found herself attracted to him, while Alicia and Mirror Flow grew closer back at the academy.

• Qian Renxue traveled to The Hunt Academy to tell Lu Mingchuan about Xue Ye's plan to set him up with Xue Ke.
• Lu Mingchuan considered the thirty thousand Points he had gained and the obstacles Tang San faced without the support of the four single-attribute clans.
• Alicia rested on Mirror Flow's thighs while Lu Mingchuan went to meet Qian Renxue.
• Lu Mingchuan agreed to meet Xue Ke once and then tell Xue Ye that he was not interested in her.
• Qian Renxue left for Moonlight Pavilion and realized she felt attracted to Lu Mingchuan.
• Lu Mingchuan returned to find Alicia lying on Mirror Flow's thighs, and Mirror Flow replaced Alicia's pillow with a sofa cushion.

Tang San recovered from his injuries and prepared to take the Shrek team to Sunset Forest for spirit rings, while Xiao Wu remained wary of his advances. Dai Mubai joined the expedition despite his severed arm, and the group gathered to depart.

• Lu Mingchuan and Alicia teased each other before the story returned to Shrek.
• Tang San recovered enough to walk and eagerly approached Xiao Wu, who dodged his attempted embrace.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu the team would hunt spirit rings in Sunset Forest, then asked Flender to arrange the trip.
• Flender agreed to set out the next day and discussed the expedition with Liu Erlong and Zhao Wuji.
• Dai Mubai joined the Shrek Six Monsters on the training ground after reaching level thirty-eight and repeatedly asking Flender to take him along.

Flender led the Shrek group to Sunset Forest to obtain their next soul rings, while Tang San searched in vain for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The group prepared to return after advancing, leaving Tang San furious that someone had dug up the well and taken its treasures.

• Flender reassured the Shrek group that they were heading to Sunset Forest rather than Star Dou Great Forest, and the group traveled there at a slow pace to accommodate Yu Xiaogang.
• Lu Mingchuan planned to target Sea God Island in the future and cultivated with Huang Quan as Tang San tried to locate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San concealed his search from Xiao Wu, but Flender stopped the group before they reached the territory where Tang San hoped to find the well.
• The Shrek students obtained their soul rings over the following week, including Oscar, who gained a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and reached level 32.
• Tang San found a huge pit where the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been dug away, then angrily followed the group as they prepared to return.

Half a year later, Lu Mingchuan learned that Shrek had arrived in Heaven Dou City, while Qian Renxue planned to torment the group and sent Cixue after Yu Xiaogang. Shrek settled into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Cixue abducted Yu Xiaogang and broke his legs.

• Lu Mingchuan and Qian Renxue discussed Shrek's arrival and decided to let the group find its own way into the academy before punishing them.
• Lu Mingchuan neared level sixty, while Tang San reached level thirty-five and resented losing access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Liu Erlong brought Shrek to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Tang San opened his extraordinary meridians under Zhi Lin's pressure and Qin Ming led the group to its accommodations.
• Qian Renxue ordered Cixue to teach Yu Xiaogang a lesson without killing him.
• Cixue abducted Yu Xiaogang, broke both his legs, and struck him in the face as he screamed.

A year and a half later, Lu Mingchuan and his allies entered the Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, where The Hunt Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the first preliminary round. With Dugu Yan eager to fight, the chapter left the match about to begin.

• Lu Mingchuan reached level sixty-eight at fourteen, while Qian Renxue reached Soul Douluo and Shrek's team lagged without Immortal Herbs or resources.
• Ning Rongrong joined The Hunt Academy after Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin told her about Lu Mingchuan's past visit to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Meng Shenji warned Flender that The Hunt Academy and Spirit Hall's Golden Generation made the tournament especially difficult.
• The tournament draw matched Heaven Dou Royal Academy against The Hunt Academy in the first preliminary round, alarming the Imperial Fighting Academy members and exciting the spectators.
• Lu Mingchuan asked who would fight first, and Dugu Yan volunteered to take on the Imperial Fighting Academy second team.

Dugu Yan led the Hunt Academy team into its first tournament match and stunned the crowd by revealing her evolved Jade Phosphor Dragon and a ten-thousand-year soul ring. She overwhelmed the former Shrek team and sent Oscar flying from the arena.

• Ning Fengzhi and Salas both identified the Hunt Academy as their favored championship contender during the VIPs' discussion.
• The preliminary match began, and Lu Mingchuan's reserve members withdrew while Dugu Yan prepared to fight.
• Dugu Yan revealed her Jade Phosphor Dragon martial soul and five soul rings, including a black ten-thousand-year ring.
• Tang San warned his teammates to avoid Dugu Yan, but she dodged their attacks and charged through their defenses.
• Dugu Yan punched Oscar out of the arena, leaving Flender heartbroken backstage.

Dugu Yan overwhelmed Tang San’s team in the preliminaries after her strength and dragonlike form surged during the battle. She defeated Ma Hongjun and the unfamiliar Soul Elder, and continued advancing on Dai Mubai.

• Tang San used Ma Hongjun’s fire, Spider Web Restraint, and his spider-leg External Soul Bone to defend against Dugu Yan, but his attacks failed to stop her.
• Dugu Yan became enraged when she remembered Lu Mingchuan was watching and unleashed Jade Phosphor’s Fury, then burst through the team’s attacks and knocked Ma Hongjun unconscious.
• Dugu Yan charged Dai Mubai, while Tang San used Blue Silver Cage to slow her down; she broke free after the fourth cage.
• The unfamiliar Soul Elder shielded Dai Mubai with Mystic Turtle Shield, but Dugu Yan shattered the protection and knocked him unconscious.

Dugu Yan defeated Shrek’s remaining fighters until only Tang San remained, and Lu Mingchuan stepped in after Xiao Wu was knocked unconscious. Tang San’s hidden-weapon and Soul Bone attack failed to pierce Lu Mingchuan’s defense, leaving the duel poised to continue.

• Dugu Yan dodged Zhu Zhuqing’s Underworld Slash and knocked her off the arena.
• Xiao Wu charged Dugu Yan, escaped her first punch with Teleportation, then was struck off the arena and knocked unconscious.
• Tang San flew into a rage and Lu Mingchuan took Dugu Yan’s place to face him.
• Tang San concealed hidden weapons with Blue Silver Entanglement, but Lu Mingchuan’s shield blocked them without injury.
• Tang San closed in and attacked Lu Mingchuan with his Soul Bone, but Lu Mingchuan stopped the spider leg with a colorless hexagonal barrier.

Lu Mingchuan effortlessly blocked Tang San’s strongest attack, then crippled him and summoned a colossal lightning beast to finish him. Tang San began a final declaration as the beast charged down from the clouds.

• Lu Mingchuan blocked Tang San’s External Soul Bone attack and kicked him to the ground.
• Lu Mingchuan used Aggression to enrage Tang San, who charged at him and threw Hidden Weapons.
• Lu Mingchuan pinned Tang San’s limbs with six colorless cones and gathered four enormous fireballs around himself.
• Lu Mingchuan hurled the fireballs into the sky, where they formed dark clouds and a colossal lightning beast.
• Tang San began to speak as the lightning beast charged down at him.

Lu Mingchuan defeated Tang San with a devastating Kirin attack, but the Asura God intervened and took Tang San away. The Hunt Academy won the match, and Lu Mingchuan returned to his team as Dugu Yan struggled with her feelings for him.

• Lu Mingchuan unleashed a lightning-wreathed Kirin that struck Tang San and blasted a deep crater into the arena.
• The Asura God rescued Tang San, while Xiao Wu also vanished from Shrek's area.
• The referee declared The Hunt Academy the winner, and Lu Mingchuan returned to his teammates.
• Dugu Yan complimented Lu Mingchuan, but Alicia teased him and openly showed her affection for him.
• Dugu Yan left the group feeling dejected, and earth-attribute Soul Masters rebuilt a simplified arena for the following matches.

After the Asura God saved Tang San, Lu Mingchuan fired a devastating arrow at the trace of his aura. The arrow tore through the God King's defenses and injured him, leaving the Douluo world and God Realm stunned.

• Tang San recovered in hiding but lost his Soul Bone and fell back to level thirty, then realized he was in Slaughter City.
• Xiao Wu found and ate a Form-Shifting Grass before setting out for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lu Mingchuan charged an arrow with his soul skills and Imaginary Energy, then fired it toward the Asura God's aura.
• Qian Daoliu sensed the arrow's power and flew toward Tiandou, while Bibi Dong ordered an investigation.
• The arrow reached the God Realm, pierced the Asura God's defenses, and destroyed much of his residence while injuring him.

Lu Mingchuan injured Asura God, cutting off his ability to interfere with Douluo Continent, and returned home to share the news with Huang Quan and Mirror Flow. Meanwhile, the Imperial Team mourned Tang San’s death until Oscar announced that Xiao Wu had been found.

• Asura God lost the ability to interfere with Douluo Continent, and Lu Mingchuan received 100,000 Points for injuring him.
• Lu Mingchuan carried Alicia home and left Dugu Yan and Lan Keqing to handle the tournament matches.
• Huang Quan served Lu Mingchuan a nourishing porridge made with rare ingredients, and he agreed to let her make it again only every few days.
• Mirror Flow privately teased Lu Mingchuan about inspecting his health that night.
• Flender and Liu Erlong comforted the grieving Yu Xiaogang as the Imperial Team mourned Tang San.
• Oscar rushed in and told the group that Xiao Wu had been found.

After Tang San's death, the Shrek group dealt with their losses while Yu Xiaogang plotted to take Lu Mingchuan's self-created Soul Skill. Qian Daoliu arrived at The Hunt Academy to investigate Lu Mingchuan's arrow, then left to find Qian Renxue.

• Xiao Wu told Flender about Tang San's death, and Liu Erlong comforted her as the remaining Shrek members reflected on their losses.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to seek Bibi Dong's help in obtaining Lu Mingchuan's self-created Soul Skill, while the other students left to cultivate and earn Points.
• Qian Daoliu followed the rift in the sky to The Hunt Academy after arriving in Heaven Dou City.
• Lu Mingchuan confirmed to Qian Daoliu that he had released the attack and reassured him that he was friends with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu lowered his guard after hearing Qian Renxue's name, then left to find his granddaughter.