Chapter Summaries

The Titan Giant Ape took Xiao Wu, and Tang San pursued it while Liu Yi secretly followed. After Tang San killed a Man Faced Demon Spider, Meng Shu confronted him over the Soul Rings, and Liu Yi stepped in to protect his student.

• The Titan Giant Ape defeated Zhao Wuji, seized Xiao Wu, and fled into the forest as Tang San chased after it.
• Liu Yi urged Tang San to rescue Xiao Wu, then followed him while Zhao Wuji and Ning Rongrong remained behind.
• Liu Yi spotted a Man Faced Demon Spider and let it fight Tang San, hoping to claim its External Soul Bone.
• Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider, but Meng Shu and his companions arrived and accused him of taking Soul Rings meant for Meng Shu's granddaughter.
• Liu Yi appeared between Meng Shu and Tang San, and Meng Shu demanded compensation for the Soul Rings.

Liu Yi forced Dragon Duke to retreat by revealing that he was Chen Chuan, Chen Xin’s nephew, and accepted herbs and a Soul Guidance Device as compensation. Tang San began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring, but the strain left him in severe pain.

• Liu Yi stopped Tang San from confronting Dragon Duke and warned Meng Shu not to interfere with the dead Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Meng Shu revealed his eight soul rings, but recognized Liu Yi’s Seven Kill Sword and learned he was Chen Chuan, Chen Xin’s nephew.
• After Meng Yiran insulted Chen Xin, Liu Yi accepted herbs and a Soul Guidance Device from Meng Shu in exchange for letting the group leave.
• Liu Yi told Tang San to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring and set off a signal flare to prevent interruptions.
• Tang San began absorbing the ring, and his body convulsed with pain as the soul ring exceeded his limits.

Liu Yi secretly tore the Eight Spider Lances from Tang San while pretending to save him, then left with the group after Xiao Wu returned. Tang San remained near death from blood loss as Zhao Wuji and Liu Yi faced the question of how to save him.

• Liu Yi waited until Tang San finished absorbing his Soul Ring, then ripped the Eight Spider Lances from his back and stored them in his Soul Guidance Device.
• Liu Yi treated Tang San's wounds and told Zhao Wuji that the Man Faced Demon Spider had injured him, concealing what he had done.
• Zhao Wuji decided the group should leave the forest, but Xiao Wu suddenly returned and ran to Tang San's side.
• Ma Hongjun carried Tang San out of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Liu Yi sampled Oscar's sausage before vanishing in a flash of white light.
• Zhao Wuji brought the group to an inn and bought medicine; with Tang San critically weak from blood loss, he asked Liu Yi what they should do.

Tang San was critically injured, and Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji feared Tang Hao would hold them responsible. Tang Hao saved Tang San and left after warning them, while Zhao Wuji privately blamed the unconscious boy for the threat.

• Liu Yi said Tang San might not survive the night, and Xiao Wu nearly collapsed from grief.
• Tang Hao arrived and threatened Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji if Tang San died, but Liu Yi remained defiant.
• Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji returned to the room and found Tang Hao treating Tang San with Soul Power.
• Tang Hao saved Tang San but said he could not use Soul Power while recovering, then questioned the wounds on his back.
• Liu Yi blamed the Man Faced Demon Spider for Tang San's injuries, and Tang Hao warned them before leaving through the window.
• Zhao Wuji slumped beside Tang San's bed, blamed him inwardly for the threat, and gripped his hand beneath the covers.

Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji concealed their role in worsening Tang San’s injuries, then returned with the Shrek students to the academy. There, Flender introduced them to Grandmaster, who identified the roar that had scared off the Titan Giant Ape as the Sky Azure Bull Python.

• Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji secretly broke Tang San’s arms while he was unconscious and agreed to blame the damage on the black-clothed healer.
• Xiao Wu found Tang San awake the next morning, and Zhao Wuji reset both arms before Oscar gave him a Big Recovery Sausage after two hours.
• Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji discussed their revenge against Tang Hao and their fear that he might discover what they had done.
• The group returned to Shrek Academy, where Li Yusong sent Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji to meet Flender.
• Flender introduced Grandmaster, who said the bull’s roar in the Star Dou Great Forest had come from the Sky Azure Bull Python.

The Grandmaster learned that Liu Yi had encountered the Sky Azure Bull Python and heard that Liu Yi saved Tang San after a Man Faced Demon Spider wounded him. Liu Yi received a message from the young lady to return home, while She Long and Ci Xue debated how to handle the Pope’s order to kill him.

• Liu Yi described the Sky Azure Bull Python and said his father, Chen Long, had seen it at Star Lake before leaving ten years earlier.
• Zhao Wuji told the Grandmaster that Tang San had absorbed a roughly three-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring and nearly died, but Liu Yi saved him.
• Liu Yi left Shrek Academy and met She Long, who gave him a letter saying the young lady wanted him to return home as soon as possible.
• After Liu Yi departed, Ci Xue asked She Long why he had not killed Liu Yi, and She Long said the Great Grand Elder’s son-in-law was too dangerous to harm.
• Ci Xue told She Long they would have to abandon one side to protect themselves while facing the Pope’s order.

Liu Yi received a love letter from Qian Renxue and agreed to help Flender and Grandmaster arrange trials, delaying his planned return to see her. When he tried to send her a letter, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei revealed that Bibi Dong wanted him dead but agreed to deliver it.

• Ci Xue and She Long decided to report back to Qian Renxue, while Liu Yi read her letter and resolved to return to her.
• Flender and Grandmaster asked Liu Yi to take part in trials for the children, and he reluctantly agreed.
• Liu Yi went to Suotuo City to send a letter to Meng Shenji but could not find a courier willing to deliver it.
• A beggar led Liu Yi into a forest, where he revealed himself as Ghost Douluo Gui Mei.
• Gui Mei told Liu Yi that Bibi Dong wanted him dead, warned him he was in danger, and took the letter to deliver.

Gui Mei explained why he had spared Liu Yi and arranged for him to marry Hu Liena if he reached the Titled Douluo realm. After realizing powerful factions might be targeting him, Liu Yi sought a mask in Suotuo City and discovered that the shop’s prized silver-white mask was forged from Deep Sea Sinking Silver Silver Mother.

• Gui Mei warned Liu Yi that major factions were watching him, then proposed a marriage to Hu Liena on the condition that Liu Yi reach the Titled Douluo realm.
• Liu Yi understood that his identity might have been exposed and hurried to a blacksmith shop in Suotuo City to find a mask that could conceal it.
• The shop president, Morris, introduced himself as a Level 55 Soul King and a disciple of divine craftsman Lou Gao.
• Morris revealed a silver-white mask he had spent ten years forging, and Liu Yi recognized its material as Deep Sea Sinking Silver Silver Mother.

Morris drugged Liu Yi and had him imprisoned as part of a plan to turn Soul Masters into armored puppets. After Qian Renxue received Liu Yi’s reassuring letter, Liu Yi broke free from his chains and confronted his would-be executioner.

• Morris revealed that he had made a mask from Deep Sea Sinking Silver Silver Mother, drugged Liu Yi, and ordered him taken away.
• Gui Mei delivered Qian Renxue a letter from Liu Yi, and she read his reassurance before sending everyone out.
• Liu Yi woke bound in an underground prison and learned that Morris’s group planned to transform him and eighty other captured Soul Masters into puppets.
• A silver-armored man approached Liu Yi to kill him, but Liu Yi broke his chains and frightened the man.

Liu Yi freed the mutilated Soul Masters Morris had imprisoned for experiments and confronted Morris amid the ruins of the Blacksmith Shop. Morris revealed his armored puppets, and Liu Yi prepared to attack with his third soul skill.

• Liu Yi killed the silver-armored guard and opened the dungeon cages, but the prisoners were too frightened to leave until a little boy stepped out.
• Liu Yi discovered that the boy’s tongue had been cut out and unleashed a burst of power that destroyed the Blacksmith Shop while carrying the prisoners outside.
• Liu Yi accused Morris of capturing Soul Masters for experiments, and the garrison commander and gathered spectators heard the accusation.
• Morris summoned armored puppets made from Soul Masters and claimed they could defeat even Soul Kings.
• Liu Yi activated six soul rings on the Seven Kill Sword and prepared to use Void Severing Slash.

Liu Yi killed Morris, claimed his Soul Guidance Device and mask, then returned to Shrek Academy as the school prepared to hunt Evil Soul Masters in Suotuo City. He stayed behind to train Tang San, who opened the spar by binding Liu Yi with poisoned Blue Silver Grass.

• Liu Yi unleashed his Third Soul Skill, destroyed Morris's Puppet Army, and killed Morris before taking his Soul Guidance Device.
• Liu Yi returned to Shrek Academy, found Gold Soul Coins, supplies, and ten sets of golden armor inside Morris's device, then tested the mask's ability to conceal his strength and aura.
• Zhao Wuji summoned Liu Yi to join Flender's gathering, where Flender ordered the students to help eliminate Evil Soul Masters in Suotuo City.
• Liu Yi said he would stay behind to cultivate, and Tang San also asked to remain at the academy because he feared the danger.
• Grandmaster struck Tang San for refusing the mission, but Liu Yi offered to train him while the others departed.
• Liu Yi challenged Tang San to a spar while suppressing his Soul Power to Level 30, and Tang San bound his legs with venomous Blue Silver Grass.

Liu Yi defeated Tang San after Tang San attacked him with hidden weapons, then cultivated before visiting Xiao Wu in the forest. As Liu Yi combed Xiao Wu’s hair, Tang San watched from hiding, unable to bear seeing her accept the intimate gesture.

• Liu Yi blocked Tang San’s needles, struck him into a pigsty, and warned him against relying on sneak attacks.
• Tang San conceded defeat, then fired his Zhuge Divine Crossbow at Liu Yi’s back; Liu Yi used his fifth soul skill to stop the attack and left.
• Tang San sat in the pigsty consumed by vengeance, suspecting Liu Yi had caused his earlier injuries.
• Liu Yi cultivated for a day, consolidating his realm rather than breaking through to Level 65.
• Liu Yi found Xiao Wu beside a pond and learned she missed her lost home and was holding a comb left by her mother.
• Liu Yi began combing Xiao Wu’s hair with the wooden comb as Tang San watched from a tree, overcome with jealousy.

Liu Yi comforted Xiao Wu by sharing their similar painful pasts, provoking Tang San into attacking him with the Haotian Hammer. Liu Yi defeated and spared Tang San, then found Xiao Wu after Tang San struck her, leaving her comforted in his arms.

• Liu Yi combed Xiao Wu's hair and told her about losing his parents, becoming an orphan, and being tortured by an Evil Soul Master.
• Tang San confronted Liu Yi, accused him of stealing Xiao Wu and his opportunities, and unleashed the Haotian Hammer despite warnings.
• Liu Yi shattered Tang San's Haotian Hammer, pierced his shoulder with the Seven Kill Sword, and stomped on his chest before warning him that he would die next time.
• Tang San slapped Xiao Wu when she came to help him, and she ran away in tears.
• Flender and the others found Tang San badly injured, while Zhao Wuji went to look for Liu Yi.
• Liu Yi found Xiao Wu beneath a tree, apologized, and promised to protect her from anyone who tried to hurt her.

After explaining Tang San’s injury to Flender and Grandmaster, Liu Yi joins the Shrek group as they head to the Soto Great Soul Arena for training. At the hotel, Ning Rongrong brings him pastries she made herself, revealing how much effort she put into preparing them.

• Liu Yi tells Flender and Grandmaster that Tang San attacked him after their training, and Flender accepts his explanation.
• Flender and Grandmaster lead the students and teachers toward the Soto Great Soul Arena, where the students must earn Silver Soul Badges through Soul Battles.
• Tang San keeps his distance from Liu Yi, while Zhao Wuji remarks that Tang San seems afraid of him.
• Ning Rongrong brings Liu Yi pastries and tells him she made them herself.
• Liu Yi enjoys the pastries, unaware that Ning Rongrong had stayed up all night making them with Teacher Tang Dou’s guidance.

Liu Yi joined the Shrek Seven Devils at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Flender warned them about the deadly Soul Battles. Liu Yi was matched against a mysterious opponent who moved like a shadow, leaving the others wondering what kind of Martial Soul he possessed.

• Ning Rongrong asked Liu Yi about his relationship with Sword Grandfather, and he told her that Chen Xin was his uncle and invited her to call him Brother.
• Liu Yi told Ning Rongrong that he had lost his home ten years earlier, though thinking of Qian Renxue made him smile.
• Flender led the Shrek Seven Devils into the Soto Great Soul Arena and warned them to surrender rather than risk dying in a match.
• Liu Yi registered as a Level 65 Power Attack System Battle Soul Emperor and received an Iron Soul Badge.
• An attendant led Liu Yi to his Soul Battle, where a black figure appeared before him with astonishing speed.
• Flender recognized the opponent's shadow-like Martial Soul as similar to Gui Mei's.

Liu Yi fought Black Ghost, whose Ghost Shadow Black Demon Martial Soul created a deadly illusion, and exposed him as a nonhuman adversary. Liu Yi defeated and killed him in the Soul Arena, then was declared the winner.

• Grandmaster identified Black Ghost’s Martial Soul as an illusion-type ability, while the audience saw Liu Yi’s unusually powerful soul-ring configuration.
• Black Ghost vanished at the start of the Soul Fight and trapped Liu Yi inside his black-mist Sixth Soul Skill, Hell’s Gate.
• Liu Yi put on Morris’s silver mask, which shattered the illusion and revealed Black Ghost standing before him.
• Liu Yi wounded Black Ghost with the Seven Kill Sword and recognized the black blood as proof that Black Ghost was one of their kind.
• Black Ghost tried to surrender, but Liu Yi killed him with a pale beam of light, and the host announced Liu Yi as the winner.

After Liu Yi won his Soul Battle, the Grandmaster tried to recruit him as a disciple or adopted son, but Liu Yi refused. Back at the hotel, Ning Rongrong learned that Liu Yi was married and ran out crying, leaving Liu Yi and Xiao Wu wondering why she was upset.

• The crowd cheered Liu Yi after he escaped Black Ghost and killed him, and Zhao Wuji and Flender praised him when he returned to the lounge.
• The Grandmaster asked Liu Yi to become his disciple and then his adopted son, but Liu Yi rejected both offers.
• Tang San and the others returned from their matches, and the Grandmaster told the Shrek Seven Devils to prepare for their Team Soul Battle the next day.
• Ning Rongrong tidied Liu Yi's room and asked whether he had a fiancée; Liu Yi told her he was married, and she ran out crying.
• Xiao Wu entered and asked Liu Yi why Ning Rongrong was crying, while Liu Yi said he needed to go out and check on her.

Ning Rongrong learned that her family elders had chosen a fiancé for her, and Liu Yi promised to protect her from being forced into a marriage she did not want. The next evening, Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji joined the Shrek Seven Devils at the Soto Great Soul Arena before their match against the Berserk Team.

• After Xiao Wu left, Liu Yi saw Ning Rongrong crying beneath a tree and watched Sword Saint Chen Xin comfort her.
• Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin she liked a teacher at the academy, but Chen Xin rejected the idea and revealed that the family had arranged a fiancé for her.
• Liu Yi comforted Ning Rongrong and promised that no one would force her to marry someone she did not like.
• The next morning, Zhao Wuji told Liu Yi that the Shrek Seven Devils would face the Berserk Team, but Liu Yi said they could handle the match themselves and would win.
• That evening, Liu Yi and Zhao Wuji arrived at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Tang San and the others were discussing their upcoming battle.

Liu Yi watched the Shrek Seven Devils defeat the Berserk Team, then learned that Mokas, a Level 73 Battle Soul Saint, had challenged him. Though Shrek's teachers and students firmly opposed the match, Liu Yi accepted it for the sake of Shrek's funding.

• Liu Yi predicted Shrek Academy would defeat the Berserk Team, and the Shrek Seven Devils won using Oscar's Flying Mushroom Sausages to gain an advantage in the air.
• Grandmaster told the exhausted students to rest and continue fighting the next day, while Ma Hongjun questioned the decision and Flender rebuked him.
• The Soto Great Soul Arena manager told Liu Yi that a challenger had specifically requested a match, and Flender negotiated a reward of up to two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Liu Yi and the others learned that the challenger was Mokas, a Level 73 assault-type Battle Soul Saint with the Skywolf Martial Soul, prompting Grandmaster and Ning Rongrong to refuse the match.
• Liu Yi accepted Mokas's challenge despite everyone's objections, saying the reward could help fund Shrek Academy.

Liu Yi fought Mokas, a Soul Saint, in a Challenge Beyond Level and used the Seven Kill Sword to gain an early advantage. After Mokas activated his Martial Soul Avatar and overwhelmed the arena with his power, Liu Yi exploited an opening and launched his Sixth Soul Skill, leaving Mokas forced to endure it.

• Zhao Wuji angrily flipped a table, while Grandmaster urged the others to trust Liu Yi and Flender led them to watch the fight.
• Tang San hoped Liu Yi would die, while Liu Yi casually drank wine and taunted Mokas before the battle began.
• Liu Yi's Third Soul Skill, Void Severing Slash, clashed with Mokas's claws and briefly put the Soul Saint at a disadvantage.
• Mokas activated his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, transformed into a giant wolfhound, and raised his Soul Power to level seventy-eight.
• After evading Mokas through hundreds of exchanges, Liu Yi exploited his opponent's frustration and unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.