Chapter Summaries

Chen Xin and Dugu Bo attacked the fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger while Chen Yuan prepared to claim it as his Fifth Soul Ring. They wounded and poisoned it, but the tiger unleashed fierce counterattacks, and the battle continued.

• Chen Yuan asked Chen Xin and Dugu Bo to severely wound the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger so he could absorb its Spirit Ring, then carried Dugu Yan to safety and readied his Seven Kill Sword.
• Dugu Bo transformed into a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and used Time Freeze, but the tiger’s domain let it struggle against the control.
• Chen Xin broke through the tiger’s Evil God Guard with twelve sword energies, while Dugu Bo bit its foreleg and injected it with poison that corroded Soul Power.
• The wounded tiger suppressed its injuries by drawing on its origin, then attacked with blood-red light blades and more than a hundred lightning spheres.
• Chen Xin and Dugu Bo dodged the attacks and countered with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin and Biphosphorus Serpent Emperor Blast.

Chen Yuan killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, seized its Evil God Pearl, and began absorbing its powerful Spirit Ring. As the energy threatened to destroy his body, his Golden Feathered Wings and Dragon Pearl began evolving to help him endure it.

• Chen Yuan interrupted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's attempt to open the Life and Death Arena and killed it with a sword strike.
• The dying tiger expelled its Evil God Pearl and opened a brief Time-Space Passage, but Chen Yuan blasted the passage shut and captured the pearl.
• Chen Yuan stored the resentment-filled Evil God Pearl, then summoned the tiger's Spirit Ring and began absorbing it into his Seven Kill Sword.
• The Spirit Ring's immense energy nearly overwhelmed Chen Yuan, so he diverted some into his Golden Feathered Wings and used his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to heal his injuries.
• The Golden Feathered Wings developed wind and lightning attributes as they consumed energy, while the Dragon Pearl refined the Spirit Ring's energy and continued evolving.

Chen Yuan completed absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s fifty-thousand-year Spirit Ring and tested his powerful new Fifth Soul Skill, Sword Moves the Nine Heavens. He and the others left the forest, while Chen Yuan considered whether the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could cleanse the resentment inside the Evil God Pearl.

• Chen Yuan finished absorbing the Spirit Ring, gaining Wind and Thunder Wings, reaching Soul Power level fifty-five, and strengthening his body and sword qi.
• Chen Yuan flew up with Dugu Yan and demonstrated Sword Moves the Nine Heavens to Chen Xin and Dugu Bo, summoning a vast storm of destructive sword qi.
• Chen Yuan controlled the sword qi to destroy the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s corpse, then dismissed the storm.
• Chen Yuan, Dugu Yan, Chen Xin, and Dugu Bo flew away from the forest, and Chen Yuan wondered whether the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could remove the resentment from the Evil God Pearl.

Chen Yuan brought the Evil God Pearl to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cleanse the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s lingering resentment. After the extreme heat and cold erased the resentment, he began refining the pearl and drew it into his dantian as he pursued making it his second Soul Core.

• After resting outside the Star Dou Great Forest, Chen Xin broke through from Level 96 to Level 97 Spirit Power.
• Chen Yuan told Chen Xin he planned to stay outside and refine the Evil God Pearl, and Chen Xin promised to help him hunt a suitable Spirit Beast if he reached Level 60.
• Chen Xin returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Chen Yuan, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Yuan carried the Evil God Pearl into the spring, where its black resentment dispersed under the extreme heat and cold over five or six hours.
• Chen Yuan used his Soul Power to refine the cleansed pearl, which transformed into black light and entered his dantian.

Chen Yuan refined the Evil God Pearl and guided it into a temporary balance with the Dragon Pearl as his second Soul Core. After gaining control of wind and lightning, he considered how to use the Sword Pellet to stabilize a future third Soul Core before leaving the Ice and Fire Spring.

• Chen Yuan suppressed the Dragon Pearl’s urge to devour the Evil God Pearl and refined the Evil God Pearl with his Soul Power.
• Chen Yuan released his control enough for the two pearls to compete for Soul Power and absorb energy from the Ice and Fire Spring, while he kept their bodies from touching.
• The Dragon Pearl and Evil God Pearl formed intertwined vortices, and Chen Yuan’s Soul Power became liquid as he gained two levels, reaching Soul Power Level fifty-seven.
• Chen Yuan established a temporary balance between the two Soul Cores and used wind and lightning powers after refining the Evil God Pearl.
• Chen Yuan considered using the Sword Pellet as the core of a three-Soul-Core balance, then swam toward the surface to leave the Ice and Fire Spring.

Chen Yuan returned after refining the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s black pearl, revealing his new wind and lightning powers and his rapid rise to Level 57. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he told Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dugu Yan about complementary Immortal Herbs that could help them grow stronger.

• Chen Yuan told Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan that refining the black pearl had raised him to Level 57 and given him control over wind and lightning, which he demonstrated with Wind Binding and a lightning strike.
• Dugu Bo resumed secluded cultivation, while Chen Yuan and Dugu Yan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy so Chen Yuan could rest and prepare to pursue Level 60.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Chen Yuan and were astonished when Dugu Yan revealed that he had reached Level 57.
• Chen Yuan told Ning Rongrong about the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and Zhu Zhuqing about the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as possible second Immortal Herbs after they became Soul Kings.
• Chen Yuan told Dugu Yan that the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng complemented her Lovesick Heartbreak Red and might help her Martial Soul evolve again.

Chen Yuan attended the Soul Master Tournament’s opening ceremony with Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing while Shrek Academy arrived and was mocked for its uniforms. The chapter left Shrek inside the packed arena, with Xiao Wu fearing that someone would discover her identity as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Chen Yuan told Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate before he and Dugu Yan went to retrieve the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, then took the three girls to the tournament opening ceremony.
• Chen Yuan watched the crowded arena and thought that Shrek would have a harder time winning the tournament than it had in the original story.
• Spectators mocked Shrek Academy’s advertising uniforms, and Flender defended his plan to earn advertising fees while the students endured the humiliation.
• Shi Nian confronted Shrek Academy and secretly planned to kill its students, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Xue Qinghe’s subordinates also watched Tang San because Tang Hao’s whereabouts remained unknown.
• Xiao Wu entered the packed arena with Shrek and feared that powerful Soul Masters would recognize her as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

The Heaven Dou Division preliminaries began, and Shrek Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Team Two in the tournament’s first match. Chen Yuan watched the victory and judged that Shrek would struggle to advance, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing discussed their strength; Zhu Zhuqing made clear she wanted no contact with Dai Mubai.

• Xue Ye opened the tournament, Ning Fengzhi announced the rules, and Salas drew Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Team Two for the first match.
• Tang San chose Shrek’s lineup, but Xiao Wu said she felt unwell and stayed behind, so Huang Yuan took her place.
• Shrek’s uniforms drew boos and mockery, but the team summoned their Martial Souls and impressed the crowd with their strength.
• Dai Mubai led Shrek to a swift victory over Heaven Dou Royal Team Two, knocking the opposing team off the stage.
• Chen Yuan assessed Shrek’s prospects, while Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about revealing their Spirit Rings and Zhu Zhuqing said she did not want to see Dai Mubai.

After Shrek learned that Elephant Armor Academy would be its next opponent, the group prepared for a difficult match while Xiao Wu decided to stay away. Chen Yuan was summoned to meet Ning Fengzhi and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who learned that Chen Yuan had become a Soul King and took a keen interest in him.

• Flender told the Shrek group that Elephant Armor Academy would be their next opponent, and Yu Xiaogang planned specialized training against defensive Spirit Masters.
• Xiao Wu decided to pretend to be sick and skip the match after realizing the danger her identity as a transformed Spirit Beast posed.
• Shi Nian watched Shrek and resolved to eliminate the threat he believed the team posed.
• Gu Rong brought Chen Yuan, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing to meet Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Fengzhi congratulated Chen Yuan on becoming a Soul King and offered him a reward from the sect's treasure vault.
• Xue Qinghe was astonished by Chen Yuan's cultivation and began to regard him as a talent worthy of his attention.

After Xue Qinghe showed interest in recruiting Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan reassured the girls and took them on a date. The next day, he watched Shrek face Elephant Armor Academy, whose powerful lineup prepared to overwhelm them.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Ning Rongrong to return home often.
• Xue Qinghe offered to help Chen Yuan, and after leaving the tea room, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing warned Chen Yuan about getting involved with the imperial family.
• Chen Yuan said he would focus on growing stronger, then took the three girls shopping and out to eat.
• The next day at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, Chen Yuan watched as Shrek and Elephant Armor Academy took the stage.
• Elephant Armor Academy revealed three Soul Ancestors and four Soul Elders, then its captain, Hu Yanli, ordered the team to push Shrek off the stage.

Tang San and his teammates tried to defeat the Elephant Armor Team by attacking from the air and draining their Soul Power, but the opponents’ defenses held and they lost. Tang San was left doubting the strength of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Tang San used Oscar’s Flying Mushroom Sausage and Blue Silver Grass to lift his teammates into the air, where Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Huang Yuan attacked the Elephant Armor Team.
• Hu Yanli, Hu Yanba, and Hu Yanshan took turns absorbing the attacks while their teammates conserved their strength.
• Oscar ran out of Soul Power, so Tang San brought him to the arena’s edge and prepared one final round of attacks with the remaining Recovery Sausages.
• Tang San bound the Elephant Armor Team with Blue Silver Grass, but its poison could not pierce the three Soul Ancestors’ thick skin, and Tang San exhausted his Soul Power.
• Hu Yanli broke free, rallied his teammates, and led a charge that knocked Tang San’s teammates out of the arena.
• Tang San lost the match and blamed his defeat on the weakness of his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

After Shrek Academy lost, Chen Yuan followed Shi Nian and discovered him killing Dai Mubai with an illusion. Chen Yuan killed Shi Nian, but Dai Mubai had already died of fright.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to keep cultivating his Blue Silver Grass, leaving Tang San even more resentful of his Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai left to blow off steam, and Ma Hongjun said he would visit pleasure houses.
• Chen Yuan noticed Shi Nian had left the arena and followed him outside Heaven Dou City.
• Shi Nian used Remnant Dream True Body to make Dai Mubai believe Dai Weisi was killing him, and Dai Mubai died of fright.
• Chen Yuan attacked Shi Nian with his Flying Sword and killed him.

Chen Yuan killed Shi Nian and obtained his seven-colored Head Spirit Bone, then gave it to Ning Rongrong to absorb. Ning Rongrong gained two Soul Power levels and awakened the domain-type skill Illusion Space.

• Chen Yuan destroyed Shi Nian's corpse, collected the Head Spirit Bone, and flew back to Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena.
• Chen Yuan told Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing that Shi Nian had killed Dai Mubai and warned them to keep the Spirit Bone secret.
• Chen Yuan gave the gemstone-type Spirit Bone to Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing encouraged her to accept it.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the Spirit Bone while Chen Yuan, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing played cards nearby.
• Ning Rongrong woke after several hours, reported that her Soul Power had risen to level forty-four, and described her Illusion Space skill.

Dai Mubai failed to return to Shrek Academy before its match against Blazing Fire Academy, forcing Tang San to field a weakened lineup without him or Xiao Wu. Blazing Fire Academy quickly overwhelmed Shrek, and Tang San was badly injured and left unconscious as his team suffered a crushing defeat.

• Dai Mubai remained missing, and Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to rearrange the lineup and search for him after the match.
• Tang San fielded seven Soul Elders against Blazing Fire Academy, whose Huo Wu challenged Shrek over Dai Mubai's absence.
• Huo Wu scattered Shrek's formation with her Repelling Fire Ring, and Huo Wushuang led Blazing Fire Academy's assault.
• Tang San used Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausage to carry six teammates into the air, but Huo Wu struck them with her Huo Wu Yaoyang.
• Tang San was severely burned, his teammates fell and lost the ability to fight, and he fainted after Shrek's crushing defeat.

After Dai Mubai was found dead, Shrek blamed Shi Nian, and the tournament committee barred Canghui Academy while Shi Nian remained missing. Chen Yuan then left for the Star Luo Empire with Dugu Yan to seek the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and she told him its home was Bai Family Fortress.

• Flender returned with Dai Mubai’s corpse and concluded that Shi Nian had killed him with his Lingering Dream Spirit.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong took Dai Mubai’s body to the tournament committee and demanded justice.
• The committee placed Canghui Academy under control and barred it from the tournament until Shi Nian appeared and the murder was investigated.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong guarded Shrek’s students, who feared Shi Nian would attack them next.
• Chen Yuan left for the Star Luo Empire with Dugu Yan to find the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and Dugu Yan identified Bai Family Fortress as the clan’s location.

Chen Yuan and Dugu Yan traveled to Bai Family Fortress and bought the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng from Bai He for 400,000 Gold Soul Coins. They left for the valley where Chen Yuan’s grandfather was secluded, intending to absorb Immortal Herbs and possibly further evolve Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul.

• Chen Yuan and Dugu Yan arrived at Bai Family Fortress after resting overnight in a Star Luo Empire city.
• Chen Yuan introduced himself as Sword Dao Chen Xin’s disciple and offered Bai He up to 400,000 Gold Soul Coins for the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Chen Yuan persuaded Bai He to sell the clan heirloom by pointing to the Speed Clan’s poverty and hardship.
• Bai He gave Chen Yuan the ginseng, and Dugu Yan inspected it and confirmed it was a five-thousand-year-old Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• Chen Yuan paid Bai He with four cards worth 100,000 Gold Soul Coins each, then carried Dugu Yan into the sky with his Wind and Thunder Wings.
• Chen Yuan and Dugu Yan set off for the valley where his grandfather was secluded so they could absorb Immortal Herbs.

Chen Yuan cultivated in the Ice and Fire Spring while Dugu Yan prepared to consume the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. With its power complementing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Dugu Yan's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul evolved into the Blue Phosphorous Dragon, and her Soul Power reached Level 58.

• Chen Yuan entered the Ice and Fire Spring to restore his Soul Power, and his dual Soul Cores rapidly absorbed its energies overnight.
• Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo met Chen Yuan as he emerged, and Dugu Yan began consuming the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng.
• The Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Lovesick Heartbreak Red worked together to awaken Dugu Yan's bloodline and transform her Jade Phosphorous Serpent into a dragon.
• Dugu Yan's Martial Soul Possession changed to a scaled, clawed dragon form with horns, and her attributes and Soul Skills grew stronger.
• Dugu Yan told Chen Yuan and Dugu Bo that her Soul Power had risen six levels to Level 58 and that her Martial Soul could now be called the Blue Phosphorous Dragon.

After three months of cultivation, Chen Yuan left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan to watch the tournament Finals. Meanwhile, Shrek had failed to qualify, Tang San sank into despair, and Tang Hao revealed his Titled Douluo strength to his son.

• Chen Yuan broke through to Level 59, then left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Yan to attend the Finals.
• Shrek failed to advance from the preliminaries after Dai Mubai died, the team suffered defeats, and several members left the academy.
• The Five Element Academy teams excelled in the promotion matches, deepening Tang San's belief that he was a failure.
• Tang Hao drove away the watchers outside Tang San's room and entered to find his son in a desolate state.
• Tang San knelt before Tang Hao and asked whether it was true that he was a Titled Douluo.

Tang Hao rebuked Tang San for losing confidence and decided to take him away to train with the Clear Sky Hammer. Yu Xiaogang asked Tang Hao to wait while he sought Bibi Dong’s method for resolving the drawbacks of Twin Martial Souls, and Tang Hao agreed.

• Tang Hao explained that Tang San’s losses came from Blue Silver Grass’s weakness and said he would need to cultivate the Clear Sky Hammer to take revenge against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San asked when he could add Spirit Rings to the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao said he would take him away for training instead.
• Tang Hao told Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the others that he would take Tang San away, and he ordered Xiao Wu to come with them.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang Hao to wait while he went to Spirit City to ask Bibi Dong how to resolve the drawbacks of Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao agreed to wait at the academy while Yu Xiaogang sought Bibi Dong’s advice.

Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi visited Shrek Academy to confirm Tang Hao had returned, then separately considered how his reappearance could serve their interests. Xue Qinghe ordered Spirit Hall to prepare to kill Tang Hao and Tang San after they left Heaven Dou City.

• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi arrived at Shrek Academy and asked Flender to bring Tang Hao to meet them.
• Tang Hao met Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi, confirmed he would soon take Tang San away, and heard Ning Fengzhi invite Tang San to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After leaving the academy, Ning Fengzhi asked Gu Rong to assess Tang Hao's strength and decided against secretly killing the father and son, preferring to let them oppose Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that he had bought thousands of Tang San's hidden weapons and intended to keep the sect dependent on Tang San for replacements.
• At the Crown Prince Residence, Xue Qinghe ordered Serpent Spear Elder and Pufferfish Elder to report Tang Hao's return and Tang San's twin martial souls to the Pope, and to arrange an ambush once they left Heaven Dou City.