Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu failed to drive a wedge between Jiang Qianhai and Zhu Zhuqing, so Zhu Zhuqing offered her a way to join their side as an ordinary friend. After Jiang Qianhai threatened Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, Zhu Zhuqing persuaded him to spare them, and he and Zhu Zhuqing revealed they had used a good-cop, bad-cop act to win Xiao Wu over.

• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing she would provide Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings and Soul Bones in the future, while Zhu Zhuqing warned her not to hide her intentions or break her promise.
• Zhu Zhuqing invited Xiao Wu to join their side as an ordinary friend, and Xiao Wu accepted the convenient excuse for her failed mission.
• Jiang Qianhai learned that Tang San and Yu Xiaogang had sent Xiao Wu to disrupt his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing and considered killing them.
• Xiao Wu begged Jiang Qianhai to spare Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, offering to keep him calm so they would not plot against him.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Qianhai to let them off this once, and Xiao Wu felt grateful as he agreed to spare them.
• Jiang Qianhai and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged smiles, revealing they had played good cop and bad cop to win Xiao Wu over.

Xiao Wu returned to Tang San and Yu Xiaogang after meeting Zhu Zhuqing, then continued building a cautious connection with Zhu and Ning Rongrong. As Jiang Qianhai fished nearby, catching a colorful koi triggered a surprise from the system.

• Xiao Wu left Zhu Zhuqing feeling that Tang San still had hope, then told Yu Xiaogang and Tang San she had begun talking with Zhu and would try to keep Jiang Qianhai from interfering with their cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Tang San training for his Eight Spider Lances and told Xiao Wu to arrange her own training.
• Xiao Wu visited Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong invited them both to go shopping despite trading sharp remarks with Xiao Wu.
• Oscar lamented that Ning Rongrong no longer spoke to him, while Ma Hongjun teased him and went off to look for a girl.
• Jiang Qianhai caught a brightly colored koi while fishing, triggering a small surprise from the system.

Jiang Qianhai obtained a skill that let him descend beside an ally anywhere and tested it by appearing in Zhu Zhuqing’s fitting room. Four days later, Zhu Zhuqing reached level 30, leaving Jiang Qianhai to decide whether to give her a God-given Soul Ring or catch a Hell Spirit Cat.

• Jiang Qianhai caught a Koi and gained Secret Art: Compassionate Soul Salvation Descent, which let him teleport to an ally and grant them a defensive barrier.
• Jiang Qianhai used the skill to appear beside Zhu Zhuqing while she was trying on clothes, and they kissed before he teleported away.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the fitting room and encountered Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu holding new clothes.
• Jiang Qianhai spent four days fishing, accumulating six million Experience Points while using the skill to keep track of Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level 30 and came to find Jiang Qianhai, who considered giving her a God-given Soul Ring or catching a Hell Spirit Cat.

Jiang Qianhai and Zhu Zhuqing discussed whether she should use a God-given Soul Ring for her third ring, then prepared to leave together to hunt for a Soul Ring. They left Ning Rongrong at home with a copy of Dragon Raja II, and Zhu Zhuqing suggested visiting Jiang Qianhai’s parents on the way.

• Zhu Zhuqing said her Soul Power was full, but rejected Jiang Qianhai’s suggestion to use a God-given Soul Ring for her third ring.
• Jiang Qianhai served the meager fish he had caught, and Ning Rongrong teased him before settling in for dinner and a night at their home.
• Jiang Qianhai told Ning Rongrong that he and Zhu Zhuqing would leave the next day, then gave her Dragon Raja II.
• The next morning, Jiang Qianhai and Zhu Zhuqing set off by air, leaving Ning Rongrong alone at home.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Qianhai if they could visit his parents while they were away.

Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun learned from a mysterious letter that Zhu Zhuqing’s lover might be a twelve-year-old Title Douluo, and plotted to use his parents to control him. Meanwhile, Tang Hao secretly fed Water of Life to Ah Yin and hoped the Star Luo Royal Family would target Jiang Qianhai.

• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun worried that the two Soul Saints sent to Heaven Dou had vanished while pursuing Zhu Zhuqing.
• A Secret Letter claimed that Zhu Zhuqing’s lover was a twelve-year-old suspected Title Douluo who had crippled Dai Mubai’s arm.
• Zhu Zhuyun realized the boy who had once protected Zhu Zhuqing’s rescuers was likely her lover, and she and Dai Weisi decided to invite his parents to the imperial palace as leverage.
• Tang Hao killed a passing Soul Master, erased the traces, and entered a hidden cave to visit Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao poured Water of Life onto Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass and left her in the dark.

Old Jiang sold fish to Boss Li before soul masters arrived to summon him and his wife to the First Prince's Residence. When a Soul Emperor tried to seize Old Jiang, a streak of white shot from his body and turned the attacker to ash.

• Old Jiang sold Boss Li several tanks of fish for 608 Gold Soul Coins, including twenty-three Golden Eyed Dragon Fish.
• Old Jiang and Mother Jiang discussed their absent son, Jiang Qianhai, and his relationship with Little Qingqing.
• Old Jiang recognized a group of visitors as soul masters and sent Mother Jiang inside to hide.
• The leader asked whether Old Jiang was Jiang Shen and demanded that he and his wife come to the First Prince's Residence.
• When Old Jiang tried to delay, a Soul Emperor moved to seize him, but a streak of white burst from Old Jiang and reduced the attacker to flying ash.

While shopping for gifts with Zhu Zhuqing, Jiang Qianhai sensed trouble and rushed to Harvest Village, where protective charms and his own intervention saved Old Jiang from men serving Star Luo's First Prince. After learning why they had attacked his father, Jiang Qianhai grew furious and considered striking back.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Jiang Qianhai bought gifts for his parents, but Jiang Qianhai suddenly sensed an emergency and vanished, leaving Zhu Zhuqing to wait at a hotel.
• A protective charm unleashed white fire that killed one Soul Emperor attacking Old Jiang, and Old Jiang realized his son had given him the charms.
• The leader ordered four Soul Emperors to attack Old Jiang, but another charm formed a barrier that blocked their strikes.
• Jiang Qianhai arrived and killed the leader and four Soul Emperors with overwhelming power.
• Old Jiang explained that the attackers served Star Luo's First Prince, and Jiang Qianhai became furious.

Jiang Qianhai searched Star Luo Imperial Capital for Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun after learning that his parents had been targeted. He found and killed them at Star Luo Royal Academy, then escaped as someone with powerful Soul Power approached.

• Jiang Qianhai entered Star Luo Imperial Palace using Zen Meditation Seal but failed to find his target there.
• Jiang Qianhai decided to search the Zhu Family and other locations, then headed for Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun lost their training match against the academy's vice dean and went to the mimicry cultivation area.
• Jiang Qianhai recognized Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, froze time and space, and killed Dai Weisi with Three Thousand Burning Flame Fire.
• Jiang Qianhai killed Zhu Zhuyun with purple flames and left two piles of ash before the approaching powerful Soul Master could reach them.

After Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun were assassinated, Emperor Dai Yi blamed Heaven Dou publicly and summoned the Zhu Family Head to discuss the attack. The Zhu Family Head learned that Dai Yi’s true concern was Spirit Hall’s growing ambitions, and the chapter left their response to that threat unresolved.

• Dai Yi demanded that his ministers find the assassin who killed Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun at Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Dai Yi questioned the Vice Dean, then summoned the Zhu Family Head and told him that Zhu Zhuyun had died alongside the First Prince.
• The Zhu Family Head claimed captured Heaven Dou spies might be connected to the assassination, and Dai Yi used the claim to accuse Heaven Dou publicly.
• After the ministers left, Dai Yi admitted that he could not match the assassin’s strength and said the assassin’s Martial Soul was related to fire.
• Dai Yi told the Zhu Family Head that he did not intend to start a war with Heaven Dou but wanted to test whether it had noticed Spirit Hall’s ambitions.

Dai Yi convinced the Zhu Family Head to cooperate with Heaven Dou against Spirit Hall while arranging for Zhu Zhuqing to marry the Second Prince. After Jiang Qianhai told Zhu Zhuqing about Zhu Zhuyun’s death, the couple returned to Harvest Village to visit his parents.

• Dai Yi told the Zhu Family Head that Spirit Hall might be provoking conflict between the empires and ordered him to find a condemned prisoner to blame for the assassination.
• Dai Yi proposed pairing Zhu Zhuqing with the Second Prince to preserve the Dai and Zhu families’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the Zhu Family Head agreed.
• After the Zhu Family Head left, Dai Yi privately reflected on his own ambitions and on Spirit Hall’s true role.
• Jiang Qianhai told Zhu Zhuqing that Zhu Zhuyun was dead, and Zhu Zhuqing said she did not blame him because Zhu Zhuyun had targeted his parents.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Qianhai about having a child, but he refused to rush into it while they were still young.
• Jiang Qianhai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Harvest Village, where Old Jiang and Mother Jiang welcomed Zhu Zhuqing and left Jiang Qianhai standing by himself.

Jiang Qianhai explained his extraordinary strength and his conflict with the Dai Family to his parents, while Mother Jiang began investigating who had revealed information about him. The family still needed to determine who had informed the Star Luo Royal Family and what other enemies Jiang Qianhai might have.

• Jiang Qianhai told Old Jiang and Mother Jiang that he had become a Title Douluo and had fought Sword Dao Chen Xin to a draw.
• Zhu Zhuqing confirmed Jiang Qianhai’s account, and Jiang Qianhai reflected on the limits of his Instant ability in combat.
• Jiang Qianhai introduced Zhu Zhuqing as his beloved and explained that he had killed people from the Dai Family after they threatened her.
• Old Jiang supported his son, while Mother Jiang urged him to think carefully and suspected someone had leaked information about him to the Dai Family.
• Jiang Qianhai and Mother Jiang suspected Dai Mubai had revealed information before the attack on Zhu Zhuqing, then considered who might have informed the First Prince about Jiang Qianhai.

Jiang Qianhai suspected Tang Hao, Tang San, or Yu Xiaogang had revealed his strength to Dai Weisi, putting his parents in danger, and resolved to deal with the culprit. After catching the village river’s biggest fish, he gained and devoured Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, then woke after fainting from the process.

• Jiang Qianhai reasoned that Tang Hao was the likeliest person behind Dai Weisi’s attempt to take his parents, though Tang San and Yu Xiaogang remained suspects.
• Mother Jiang agreed with his deduction and warned him to put his safety first, while Zhu Zhuqing worried whether he could beat Tang Hao.
• Jiang Qianhai caught the biggest fish in the village river and received the fourth-ranked Heavenly Flame, Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, as a surprise reward.
• Jiang Qianhai devoured the flame and fainted as it joined his other two Heavenly Flames, forming a powerful golden fusion flame.
• Jiang Qianhai woke in bed with his mind in disarray and recalled seeing the fish that had turned belly-up beside him in his previous life.

After devouring the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame, Jiang Qianhai awakened as a Nine-Star Dou Huang, then learned he had been unconscious for three days. He found Zhu Zhuqing facing her father, who had come to take her back, and confronted him as the man accused him of killing the First Prince.

• Jiang Qianhai checked his status and discovered that the Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame had raised him to Nine-Star Dou Huang and evolved his Blaze Art to Heaven-Tier Low-Rank.
• Mother Jiang told Jiang Qianhai he had been unconscious for three days and warned him that a problem awaited in the living room.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Father demanded that Zhu Zhuqing return with him, while she resisted and Old Jiang argued against his insults.
• Jiang Qianhai restrained Zhu Zhuqing's Father with his aura and confronted him after hearing him accuse Jiang Qianhai of killing the First Prince.

Jiang Qianhai confronted the Zhu Family Head, who tried to use his ties to Zhu Zhuqing and the Zhu family's upbringing of her to bargain for his life. Jiang Qianhai offered him a choice between his life and his Soul Power.

• Jiang Qianhai rejected the Zhu Family Head's attempt to claim the privileges of a father-in-law, and Zhu Zhuqing refused to be swayed by her father's sudden pleas for mercy.
• The Zhu Family Head argued that Jiang Qianhai would create a rift with Zhu Zhuqing if he killed her biological father, but Jiang Qianhai replied that he could make the death look accidental.
• The Zhu Family Head offered the Zhu family's grace in raising Zhu Zhuqing as payment for his life, so Jiang Qianhai consulted Zhu Zhuqing privately.
• Jiang Qianhai agreed to a trade for only half, joking that he would cut the Zhu Family Head in half, then offered him a choice between his life and his Soul Power.

Jiang Qianhai forced the Zhu Family Head to reveal why he had come for Zhu Zhuqing and how he had tracked her, then comforted her and prepared to leave with her. As they set out, Jiang Qianhai resolved to settle accounts with Tang Hao.

• Jiang Qianhai planted Heavenly Flames in the Zhu Family Head, which would burn away his Soul Power, and forced him to explain that the Star Luo Emperor wanted Zhu Zhuqing to marry the Second Prince for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Zhu Family Head revealed that he had tracked Zhu Zhuqing using a secret technique tied to bloodline and martial soul, which could only be blocked by changing one of them, then left.
• Jiang Qianhai held Zhu Zhuqing as she rested, and she told him she did not want him to stop wanting her; he assured her that his home was hers too.
• The next day, Jiang Qianhai gave his parents two Storage Rings containing attacks powerful enough to kill a Title Douluo and departed with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Jiang Qianhai and Zhu Zhuqing set out to take care of their own affairs, and Jiang Qianhai resolved to settle accounts with Tang Hao.

Flender welcomed his former student Qin Ming back to Shrek Academy, where the two arranged a six-on-six match between Shrek and the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team. The visit exposed tensions among Shrek’s students, and Flender ended by saying their missing sixth student had returned.

• Flender met Qin Ming at the Soto Soul Arena and learned that Qin Ming was a rank 62 Soul Emperor and the leader of the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team.
• Flender described Shrek’s troubled student relationships, and Qin Ming proposed a six-on-six match between their students.
• Flender brought Qin Ming to Shrek Academy, where Yu Xiaogang lectured him about Martial Souls and Soul Beasts.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Flender for losing track of Dai Mubai and blamed him for Shrek’s inability to field seven students.
• Flender stopped Yu Xiaogang from revealing more and told Qin Ming that Shrek’s sixth student had returned.

Jiang Qianhai returned to Shrek and received a powerful token from Xue Qinghe, who pledged his support against Tang Hao. After learning that Tang Hao had endangered his parents, Jiang Qianhai headed toward Tang San with killing intent, leaving Flender unable to intervene.

• Flender introduced Qin Ming to Jiang Qianhai, and Qin Ming revealed that he had come after hearing the Crown Prince praise Jiang Qianhai.
• Qin Ming delivered Xue Qinghe’s gilded token, which allowed Jiang Qianhai to act with the Crown Prince’s authority.
• Jiang Qianhai and Xue Qinghe joked over the Communication Stone before discussing Tang Hao and the danger to Jiang Qianhai’s parents.
• Xue Qinghe confirmed Tang Hao was responsible and offered his support, while Jiang Qianhai said he had bait to draw Tang Hao out.
• Jiang Qianhai sensed Tang San and headed toward him with killing intent, stopping Flender with a warning not to interfere in his personal grudge.

Jiang Qianhai confronted Tang San to draw out Tang Hao, but Tang San attacked him with Hidden Weapons and secretly deployed poison. Jiang Qianhai repelled the weapons and recognized the delay, while Tang San revealed that the poison was aimed at Zhu Zhuqing.

• Jiang Qianhai ignored Yu Xiaogang’s pleas and knocked him unconscious with a casual wave of Battle Qi.
• Tang San retreated into his dormitory and ambushed Jiang Qianhai with poisoned needles and a Zhuge Repeating Crossbow.
• Jiang Qianhai swept away the Hidden Weapons with Battle Qi, and Tang San swallowed a candy pellet while pretending to surrender.
• Jiang Qianhai told Tang San that Tang Hao had killed his parents and explained why he held Tang San responsible.
• Jiang Qianhai realized Tang San was stalling, but Tang San revealed that his poison targeted the people around Jiang Qianhai, including Zhu Zhuqing.

Jiang Qianhai defeated Tang San's attempt to threaten him with poison, subdued Xiao Wu, and crippled Tang San as Tang Hao arrived to defend his son. The chapter left Jiang Qianhai and Tang Hao facing off in a head-on clash between Jiang Qianhai's flaming fists and Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer.

• Tang San threatened Jiang Qianhai with a poison that he claimed would kill Zhu Zhuqing and spread through the village, but Jiang Qianhai extracted and burned away the poison.
• Xiao Wu returned and shielded Tang San, who attacked Jiang Qianhai with his Eight Spider Lances; Jiang Qianhai broke the lances, knocked Xiao Wu unconscious, and restrained her.
• Tang Hao arrived with his Clear Sky Hammer and nine soul rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and challenged Jiang Qianhai.
• Jiang Qianhai shattered Tang San's limbs and knocked him unconscious, provoking Tang Hao to use Clear Sky True Body, Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Jiang Qianhai broke Tang Hao's domain with his nine-star Dou Huang aura and charged directly at his giant hammer with flaming fists.

Jiang Qianhai fought Tang Hao at Shrek Academy, damaging Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer with his Heavenly Flames and enduring a devastating clash thanks to his recovery. The battle escalated when Tang Hao detonated six Spirit Rings to unleash the Great Sumeru Hammer’s ultimate technique.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji fled Shrek Academy with Yu Xiaogang, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar as the battle’s aftershocks threatened the grounds.
• Ning Rongrong summoned Sword Grandfather with her Sword Bone Summoner so he could watch Jiang Qianhai and Tang Hao fight.
• Jiang Qianhai melted part of Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer with his Heavenly Flames, leaving Tang Hao injured and unable to build up the Chaotic Cloak.
• Jiang Qianhai and Tang Hao exchanged blows until their clash shattered most of the hammer and badly injured Jiang Qianhai’s right hand, which quickly healed.
• Tang Hao decided to use his final technique and detonated six Spirit Rings, dramatically increasing his power.