Chapter Summaries

Dai Yao returned to Oakland Academy after Spirit Hall rescued him, and he reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, who had been distraught over his disappearance. After they rested together, they went to the cafeteria for food, where students were stunned to see Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dai Yao thanked Ning Fengzhi for saving him, declined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's invitation, and watched Sword Douluo Chen Xin leave after Chen Xin warned him about Zhu Rongrong.
• Dai Yao agreed to return to the academy before going to Spirit Hall, and Salas flew him there on the Giant Eagle.
• Dugu Yan watched Dai Yao depart from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well as Dugu Bo reflected on her feelings for him.
• Dai Yao returned to Oakland Academy and embraced Zhu Zhuqing, who begged him not to leave again before falling asleep in his arms.
• Dai Yao and Zhu Zhuqing woke later, realized they were both hungry, and went to the cafeteria, where students stared at Zhu Zhuqing in surprise.

Three years of fighting at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena had earned Dai Yao the Gold Soul Arena Badge, and he left the arena after refusing Manager Ao’s invitation to stay. On the street, he reflected on how the fights had sharpened his skills and strengthened Eight Extremes Collapse.

• Dai Yao won his twenty-eighth match of the month as Sacred White Tiger, leaving the crowd astonished by his winning streak.
• Manager Ao settled Dai Yao’s points, upgraded his badge to Gold, and gave him the new badge.
• Dai Yao returned his Silver Soul Badge and refused Manager Ao’s repeated requests to continue fighting at the arena.
• Dai Yao left the arena, removed his mask, and celebrated finally obtaining the Gold Soul Arena Badge.
• Dai Yao recalled how he had entered the arena to gain combat experience, fought without revealing his spirit rings, and improved Eight Extremes Collapse by compressing Soul Power four times.

Dai Yao planned to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Third Spirit Ring after half a year of searching without success. At Oakland Academy, Feng Qianli suggested Dugu Yan liked him, but Dai Yao denied it, unaware that Dai Yuan Yi recognized their misunderstanding.

• Dai Yao reviewed his progress as a Soul Grandmaster and decided to seek a Third Spirit Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest after failing to find a suitable beast in Sunset Forest.
• Dai Yao passed his portrait on Oakland Academy’s wall of famous figures and entered campus, where students greeted him as a celebrated genius.
• Dai Yao told Feng Qianli he would miss some team training while hunting for a spirit ring, and Feng said the team needed him to become a Soul Elder before the exchange tournament.
• Dugu Yan watched Dai Yao, and Feng Qianli asked whether she liked him; Dai Yao insisted she did not and recalled her calling him a blockhead.
• Dai Yuan Yi laughed at Dai Yao and Feng Qianli’s exchange, remembering that Dai Yao had mistaken Dugu Yan’s feelings and later defeated Yu Tianheng ten times in duels.

Dai Yao, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dean Jackson arrived at a town near the Star Dou Great Forest before beginning their expedition. When the inn claimed to have only one room, Dai Yao chose to look for another place rather than let Zhu Zhuqing feel wronged.

• Dean Jackson warned Dai Yao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan about the dangers of spirit beasts and other Spirit Masters in the Star Dou Great Forest, then told them he would only intervene when necessary.
• Dai Yao suggested they rest at an inn for the night and enter the forest the next day.
• The innkeeper said only one room remained, and Dugu Yan agreed to share it while Zhu Zhuqing reluctantly accepted.
• Dai Yao decided to find another inn after all, explaining that he did not want Zhu Zhuqing to feel wronged.

Dai Yao led Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt spirit beasts, organizing the group as they faced several attacks. While recovering, he told Dugu Yan he planned to hunt a spirit beast aged six to nine thousand years.

• Dai Yao booked rooms at the inn for himself, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Dean Jackson after the owner offered them separate guest rooms.
• The next morning, Dai Yao, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan entered the Star Dou Great Forest and followed a map until the trail ended in dangerous, unexplored terrain.
• After resting, Dai Yao assigned himself to lead, Dugu Yan to watch the surroundings, and Zhu Zhuqing to scout behind them; the two girls agreed to cooperate.
• The trio drove off several attacks, including attacks by thousand-year Howling Moon Wolves, and then Dugu Yan offered to keep watch while Dai Yao recovered.
• Dai Yao told Dugu Yan he planned to hunt a spirit beast aged six to nine thousand years, startling her with his unusually high spirit-ring limit.

Dai Yao and his companions encountered the Worldly Dragon Serpent couple while pursuing a Spirit Ring in Star Dou Great Forest. Meng Shu offered to recruit Dai Yao, but Jackson arrived and the couple left to continue tracking the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

• Dai Yao, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent flying past them through the forest.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran appeared and Dai Yao recognized the Worldly Dragon Serpent couple.
• Dai Yao introduced himself and revealed that he had reached rank thirty at fourteen, surprising Meng Yiran and the others.
• Meng Shu offered to nurture Dai Yao in his faction, but Jackson emerged and challenged the offer.
• Meng Shu recognized Jackson as a fellow Soul Douluo and left with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran to track the serpent.

Dai Yao and his companions fled a massive beast tide in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dai Yao spotted a six-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear and chose it for his Third Spirit Ring. Jackson agreed to draw the bear away while Dai Yao headed to safer terrain with Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan.

• Dai Yao suspected he might soon encounter Tang San and the Shrek Seven Devils, and considered trying to obtain Tang San's Eight Spider Lances.
• Dai Yao sensed a huge herd of soul beasts approaching and carried Dugu Yan as he and Zhu Zhuqing fled toward the forest's outskirts.
• Dai Yao saw a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear leading the beast tide and decided it would be his Third Spirit Ring target.
• Dai Yao called Jackson, who agreed to lure the bear away and directed Dai Yao to a nearby safe location.
• Jackson transformed into his Ironclad Ox form and blocked the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear's path.

Dai Yao killed a six-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear and began absorbing its spirit ring as his Third Spirit Ring. The ring’s immense, razor-sharp energy tore through his body, and he called on Green Light to heal his breaking meridians.

• Jackson fought the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear, was sent flying at first, then transformed into an Ironclad Ox and subdued it.
• Jackson warned Dai Yao that the bear’s strength made absorbing its ring unusually dangerous, but Dai Yao insisted and Zhu Zhuqing worriedly wished him success.
• Dai Yao noticed Dugu Yan’s concern, then killed the barely breathing bear with his claws.
• Dai Yao began absorbing the bear’s deep purple spirit ring, which turned dark gold as its energy sliced through his body.
• Dai Yao called on Green Light, and the Green Lotus began restoring his damaged meridians.

Dai Yao successfully absorbed the six-thousand-year Spirit Ring of a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear after the Sacred White Tiger defeated it in his spiritual world. He discovered that the bear had left behind a rare External Soul Bone, and Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan stood by him as Jackson reacted to the news.

• The Sacred White Tiger defeated the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in Dai Yao's spiritual world, while the Chaos Cyan Lotus made the tiger meekly seek its favor.
• Jackson, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan waited anxiously as Dai Yao endured the Spirit Ring's power and finally completed the absorption.
• Dai Yao woke and embraced Zhu Zhuqing, who stepped away when she noticed Jackson watching; Dugu Yan felt a pang of bitterness.
• Jackson congratulated Dai Yao and suggested checking the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's corpse for a soul bone.
• Dai Yao sensed a rare left palm External Soul Bone in the corpse and told the others he had found it.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan moved to stand beside Dai Yao after he revealed his discovery.

Dai Yao absorbed the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear’s palm bone after Jackson reassured him that he would not take it, gaining powerful claws that cut through a boulder. The group hurried to leave the forest because of the strange Beast Tide, while a group at the outer perimeter celebrated Xiao Ao obtaining his Third Spirit Ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing was surprised when Dugu Yan stood beside Dai Yao, and her guarded attitude toward Dugu Yan softened.
• Dai Yao offered the Soul Bone to Jackson, but Jackson scolded him for mistrusting his teacher and urged him to absorb it.
• Dai Yao absorbed the Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear’s palm bone, which formed sharp claws on his left hand.
• Dai Yao tested the claws by slicing a giant boulder cleanly in two, astonishing Jackson, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Jackson warned that the strange Beast Tide made him uneasy, so Dai Yao led the group to withdraw in formation while Jackson secretly protected them.
• At the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest, a group congratulated Xiao Ao on obtaining his Third Spirit Ring, but he hesitated to reveal his new skill.

Dai Yao reunited with the Shrek Seven Devils in the Star Dou Great Forest and confronted Dai Mubai after stopping him from pursuing Dugu Yan. He revealed that Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing were both with him, then recognized that Tang San had not yet obtained the Man Faced Demon Spider’s External Soul Bone.

• Oscar revealed his Mushroom Sausage’s flying ability to the Shrek Seven Devils, and the group heard someone approaching through the woods.
• Dai Mubai tried to recruit Dugu Yan to travel with them, but Dai Yao arrived and stopped him from grabbing her.
• Dai Yao embraced Dugu Yan and revealed Zhu Zhuqing, claiming her as his fiancée and leaving Dai Mubai stunned.
• Dai Yao saw Tang San cultivating and realized he had not yet absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s spirit ring or gained its External Soul Bone.
• Dai Yao exchanged a look with Ning Rongrong, whose father had evolved his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after receiving the Aromatic Silk Beauty from Dai Yao.

Dai Yao reunited with Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven Devils, then accepted Dai Mubai’s challenge to settle their defeat from six years earlier. Dai Yao dominated the hand-to-hand fight, and after Dai Mubai used his third Spirit Skill, Dai Yao realized he could defeat him with his self-created technique alone.

• Dai Yao recognized Zhu Lu as Zhu Zhuqing’s cousin, and Dai Mubai challenged him to a fight over their past defeat.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Dai Yao with Phoenix Fire Line, but Dai Yao repelled it with one stomp, leaving the Shrek group shocked.
• Dai Yao revealed that he was a level thirty-five Soul Elder, surprising Dai Mubai and the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Dai Mubai attacked without Spirit Skills, but Dai Yao’s strength, speed, and combat technique steadily suppressed him.
• Dai Mubai activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, while Tang San woke after reaching level thirty and was shocked by Dai Yao’s power.
• Dai Yao concluded that Eight Extremes Collapse with triple-compressed soul power could defeat Dai Mubai without using his Spirit Ring skills.

Dai Yao defeated Dai Mubai in a spar using Eight Extremes Collapse powered by increasingly compressed Soul Power, while holding back before seriously injuring him. After the Shrek group learned the two were half-brothers, Tang San revealed he had reached level thirty, and Dai Yao turned his attention to obtaining the Eight Spider Lances.

• Dai Yao blocked Dai Mubai's enhanced tiger-claw strike with Eight Extremes Collapse and explained that he had added Hidden Strength by compressing his Soul Power.
• Dai Yao compressed his Soul Power further and shattered Dai Mubai's White Tiger Body Barrier, prompting Tang San to recognize the distorted Soul Power.
• Dai Yao struck through Dai Mubai's strengthened barrier and stopped his fist just before it hit him, though the force still sent Dai Mubai crashing through several trees.
• Dai Yao revealed that he and Dai Mubai were half-brothers, and Tang San asked the others not to press Dai Mubai about their family history.
• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that he had broken through to level thirty, while Dai Yao decided he would claim the Eight Spider Lances.

Around the campfire in the Star Dou Great Forest, Dai Yao told Dai Mubai he had left the White Tiger Family and helped Ning Rongrong understand why her spoiled behavior alienated her companions. After Ning Rongrong apologized and promised to make amends, the Titan Giant Ape appeared in the forest.

• Dai Yao gave Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan warm clothes, then told Dai Mubai he had left the White Tiger Family and could not decide what happened to him and Zhu Lu.
• Dai Mubai returned to camp shaken but considered that he might still have a chance to defeat Dai Weisi and claim the throne.
• Dai Yao praised Oscar's talent, and Ning Rongrong asked Dai Yao to speak with her privately.
• Dai Yao explained to Ning Rongrong that friends expected sincerity rather than the deference she received as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's princess, and she cried before apologizing for how she had treated him.
• Ning Rongrong promised to apologize to the others, but Dai Yao sensed danger and saw the Titan Giant Ape looming in the dark.

The Titan Giant Ape attacked the Shrek group, and Dai Yao and Ning Rongrong chose to join the fight instead of fleeing. The chapter left Dai Yao launching a spirit skill as his extraordinary second Spirit Ring stunned the others, while the battle against the Titan Giant Ape continued.

• Zhao Wuji and Jackson spotted the Titan Giant Ape and prepared to hold it back so the students could escape.
• Dai Yao stopped Ning Rongrong from rushing off alone, then agreed to stay and help her friends as she boosted the two teachers with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing found Dai Yao and tried to keep him from joining the battle, but both chose to stay; Dai Yao also cleared the accumulated toxins from Dugu Yan's body.
• Dai Yao asked Zhu Zhuqing to watch over Ning Rongrong, then leapt onto the treetops and unleashed his thousand-year second Spirit Ring skill.
• Tang San and the others were shocked by Dai Yao's Spirit Ring configuration before turning their attention back to the Titan Giant Ape.

The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and vanished into the forest, prompting Tang San and the others to pursue her. Dai Yao secretly followed Tang San to the Man Faced Demon Spider, then intervened when the Worldly Dragon Serpent family challenged him over the beast’s Spirit Ring.

• The Titan Giant Ape sent the attackers flying, grabbed Xiao Wu, and escaped while Tang San watched in despair.
• Dai Yao, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others followed Tang San into the forest after he took a Mushroom Sausage and set off to find Xiao Wu.
• Tang San killed a Man Faced Demon Spider, and Meng Yiran demanded its Spirit Ring while Meng Shu offered Tang San a choice between joining his family and facing consequences.
• Dai Yao appeared before Meng Shu and argued that the Man Faced Demon Spider belonged to whoever hunted it, provoking Meng Yiran and drawing Meng Shu’s warning.

Dai Yao used tokens from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the White Tiger Dai Family, and Dugu Bo to make Meng Shu withdraw, then urged Tang San to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider spirit ring. As Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances emerged, Dai Yao revealed his Green Lotus martial soul to Zhu Zhuqing and prepared to share his greatest secret.

• Dai Yao showed Meng Shu three powerful tokens, and Meng Shu led the Worldly Dragon Serpent family away without taking Tang San’s spirit beast.
• Dai Yao persuaded Tang San to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider spirit ring while Zhu Zhuqing caught up after misleading the Shrek group with false tracks.
• Dai Yao asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she would stay with him if he were a scheming person, and she affirmed that she would remain by his side regardless of their engagement.
• Tang San endured the spirit ring’s violent impact, and eight spider-like limbs emerged from his back as his external soul bone.
• Dai Yao told Zhu Zhuqing that he would reveal his greatest secret, then summoned his Green Lotus martial soul and three purple spirit rings, causing the forest’s plants to grow rapidly.

Dai Yao revealed his Twin Martial Souls to Zhu Zhuqing, then used the God Slaying Spear to remove Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances while Tang San was unconscious. After Xiao Wu confronted him, Dai Yao threatened to expose her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, leaving her horrified.

• Dai Yao confirmed to Zhu Zhuqing that he possessed Twin Martial Souls and asked her to keep the secret; she agreed and pledged to follow him.
• Dai Yao knocked out Tang San and used the God Slaying Spear to separate the Eight Spider Lances from his body, then stored them in his Ruyi Treasure Pouch.
• Dai Yao healed Tang San’s back while Zhu Zhuqing blocked Xiao Wu from reaching him, resisting Xiao Wu’s Charm and attacks.
• Xiao Wu checked Tang San and threatened to tell him and Teacher Zhao what Dai Yao had done.
• Dai Yao secretly warned Xiao Wu that he could reveal she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and she reacted with horror.

Dai Yao forced Xiao Wu to agree to keep his actions against Tang San secret in exchange for protecting her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. After Xiao Wu rejoined Tang San and Shrek, Dai Yao revealed that his Third Spirit Ring was six thousand years old and left with Oakland, while Tang San renewed his confidence in his Twin Martial Souls.

• Dai Yao threatened to expose Xiao Wu's identity and persuaded her to keep his actions against Tang San secret in return for his silence.
• Tang San woke after absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring, and Xiao Wu told Shrek that the Titan Giant Ape had released her after hearing a bull's roar.
• Tang San revealed that his Third Spirit Ring was around two thousand years old, and Dai Yao stunned everyone by saying his Third Spirit Ring was six thousand years old.
• Dai Yao and his companions left the Star Dou Great Forest after Tang San thanked him for guarding him during the absorption.
• Ning Rongrong told Shrek that Dai Yao had defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team alone, and Tang San regained confidence by thinking of his Twin Martial Souls.

After returning to Oakland Academy, Dai Yao absorbed the Eight Spider Lances, but the Chaos Cyan Lotus transformed them into eight pairs of white wings attached to his Sacred White Tiger. He named them White Tiger Eight Wings and tested their flight, sharpness, and retained poison.

• Dai Yao returned to Oakland Academy with Dugu Yan and rested after their journey.
• Dai Yao decided to absorb the Eight Spider Lances in secret and considered seeking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help afterward.
• Dai Yao endured severe pain as the Eight Spider Lances connected to his back, but the Chaos Cyan Lotus intervened when they harmed his Sacred White Tiger.
• The Chaos Cyan Lotus transformed the Eight Spider Lances into eight pairs of white wings with purple-black poisoned tips.
• Dai Yao named the wings White Tiger Eight Wings, flew into the sky, and discovered that they could pierce and poison a thick tree.