Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan defeated Yu Tianheng in a duel after testing his physical strength and then using his great blade to end the fight. Yu Tianheng accepted his mistake and asked Lin Manshan to treat Dugu Yan well, while Lin Manshan returned to the waiting room to continue matching for battles.

• Yu Tianheng activated his third spirit ability, Thunderclap Fury, and charged Lin Manshan for another clash.
• Lin Manshan matched Yu Tianheng's punch, then countered his physical attacks until Yu Tianheng used Thunderous Might and Lightning Dragon Claw.
• Yu Tianheng demanded that Lin Manshan summon his Martial Soul and fight head-on, so Lin Manshan summoned his great blade.
• Lin Manshan turned a horizontal slash into an upward strike and stopped the blade just short of Yu Tianheng's neck, winning the duel.
• Yu Tianheng admitted he had underestimated Lin Manshan and asked him to treat Dugu Yan well before leaving.
• Lin Manshan told Yu Tianheng he would, then returned to the waiting room to continue matching for battles.

Bibi Dong received Ghost Douluo’s report about A'man’s growing ties to Dugu Bo and the powerful team gathering in Heaven Dou City. Suspecting A'man’s Martial Soul and Dugu Bo’s possible evolution could be significant, she ordered Spirit Hall to investigate and seek goodwill rather than provoke Dugu Bo.

• Ghost Douluo reported that A'man had defeated Yu Tianheng in the Great Soul Arena and appeared to have become Dugu Yan’s partner, while Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul had evolved and her poison inheritance may have been removed.
• Ghost Douluo told Bibi Dong that Dugu Bo planned to establish an academy with Dugu Yan, A'man, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Zhu Zhuyun, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhu Zhuyu, Ye Lingling, and other teammates.
• Bibi Dong ordered Salas to discreetly investigate A'man’s earlier encounter with Dugu Yan and the Shui sisters, and to monitor A'man because his strength suggested his Soul Power might already exceed level 30.
• Bibi Dong theorized that A'man absorbed Soul Ring energy into his body and Martial Soul, boosting his cultivation and physical strength, and warned that medicinal methods might help overcome his limited talent.
• Bibi Dong cautioned Ghost Douluo against provoking Dugu Bo and ordered him to attend the academy’s opening with generous gifts, assess Dugu Bo’s strength, and pursue goodwill if possible.

Lin Manshan persuaded Lou Gao to establish a Holy Forging Institute at the new academy and discussed plans and funding for its construction. With Dugu Bo taking charge of the project, Lin Manshan and his companions left Heaven Dou City.

• Lou Gao returned with Dugu Bo, Si Long, and Si Yu, and Lin Manshan gave Lou Gao his research manuscripts and asked him to continue developing the handgun.
• Lou Gao examined the hidden-weapon handbook, agreed that the weapons needed strict control, and accepted Lin Manshan's request to establish the Holy Forging Institute.
• Lou Gao presented plans for a sprawling academy outside Heaven Dou City, with room for Skywater Academy, several school sections, and an inner academy.
• Dugu Bo offered nine million gold coins, declared that he would serve as dean and pay for construction, and assigned Lou Gao to supervise the work with Si Long and Si Yu.
• Three days later, after the construction arrangements had been handed over, Lin Manshan and his companions departed Heaven Dou City in several carriages.

Lin Manshan returned to Sacred Soul Village to bring his adoptive family and the Tie Shan family to Heaven Dou City, then went with Dugu Bo to retrieve the Blue Silver Emperor from its cave. They left a convincing golden-veined Blue Silver Grass in its place for Tang Hao to find.

• Lin Manshan learned from Ma Xiunuo that Su Yuntao had transferred to Heaven Dou City, then invited Ma Xiunuo to move with him, but Ma Xiunuo chose to remain in Nuoding City.
• Lin Manshan returned to Sacred Soul Village, introduced his companions to Old Jack and the family, and completed the rites to relocate his ancestors' spirit tablets.
• Old Jack gathered the relatives who wanted to leave, and they joined the Tie Shan family before setting off for Heaven Dou City under Shui Ziliu's wife's escort.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo went to the Blue Silver Emperor's cave and dug up Ah Yin's plant, roots and soil intact, placing it in the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch.
• Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan replaced the Blue Silver Emperor with ordinary Blue Silver Grass altered with golden veins from a Golden Thread Orchid, then erased their traces and left the cave.

Lin Manshan analyzed Shrek Academy’s plans and warned Dugu Bo that Xiao Wu could be exposed if the team went to Heaven Dou City. He planned to pressure Tang Hao into addressing the danger while arranging a chance to challenge Xiao Wu at the Great Soul Arena.

• Lin Manshan reviewed the Insect-Birds’ memories and learned that Shrek’s team was training for the Soul Master Competition, with Tang San recruiting Tie Long and Tie Hu for team matches.
• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo that Yu Xiaogang would likely move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou City to improve the team’s competition prospects, possibly by joining Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Lin Manshan explained that Xiao Wu might be exposed to Ning Rongrong’s powerful protectors in Heaven Dou City and proposed making Tang Hao feel urgency to solve the problem.
• Lin Manshan planned for Dugu Bo to draw Tang Hao’s attention while Shui Ziliu led the team to the Great Soul Arena, leaving Lin Manshan free to seek out Xiao Wu and challenge her.

Lin Manshan led Dugu Bo and the Tianxing Team to Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena, where Tang Hao noticed them and grew concerned about the threat they might pose to Xiao Wu. The Tianxing Team registered for a match, leaving Manager Ao alarmed by their strength and members.

• Lin Manshan guided the group past Tang Hao’s tavern, and Tang Hao recognized Dugu Bo and suspected the team had come to compete in Soul Fighting matches.
• Tang Hao followed Dugu Bo after the group split up, while Lin Manshan took the others to the Great Soul Arena.
• Lin Manshan used small insects to scout the registration counters as Shui Ziliu presented the team’s Silver Douluo Badge.
• Manager Ao warned Shui Ziliu that finding suitable opponents for the Tianxing Team might take a long time, but Lin Manshan agreed to wait.
• Shui Ziliu gave Manager Ao the Tianxing Team’s member details, and Manager Ao was shaken after reviewing them.

Yu Xiaogang agreed to let Shrek face the unexpectedly powerful Tianxing Team after Manager Ao warned that withdrawing would bring severe penalties. As the team studied their opponents and recognized several members, Tang San confidently asked to direct Shrek’s tactics, leaving the match preparations in his hands.

• Manager Ao informed Yu Xiaogang that the Tianxing Team was far stronger than its Silver Douluo Badge suggested, and warned Shrek that withdrawing would incur penalties and risk their competition eligibility.
• Tang San persuaded Yu Xiaogang to accept the match as training, and Manager Ao offered an additional victory bonus before leaving them to prepare.
• Shrek examined the Tianxing Team roster, which listed Soul Ancestors, several Hell Spirit Cat users, and Captain Ni Tian Er Xing with no Soul Rings; Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong recognized several members, including Lin Manshan and women from Skywater Academy.
• Ning Rongrong warned Shrek about Shui Bing’er’s control abilities, Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia healing, and Dugu Yan’s Azure Serpent Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, while Yu Xiaogang identified the connection to Azure Serpent Douluo.
• Tang San proposed using realgar wine and fire against Dugu Yan’s poison and urged Shrek to keep their confidence despite the strength gap.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang to let him make all the arrangements for the match.

At the Fighting Arena, the Tianxing Team’s powerful lineup shocked the audience as it faced the Shrek Team. Lin Manshan agreed to Xiao Wu’s demand for a one-on-one fight, while Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing was married.

• Doudou introduced the Shrek Team and the Tianxing Team, revealing that Tianxing had several Soul Ancestors and a captain with no Soul Rings.
• Both teams entered the arena, and the crowd recognized Zhu Zhuqing among Lin Manshan’s masked teammates; Dai Mubai watched her while Tang San and Xiao Wu focused on Lin Manshan.
• Ma Hongjun insulted Lin Manshan under his breath, but Lin Manshan and the Tianxing Team’s intimidating stares made him shrink back.
• When the teams summoned their Martial Souls, Lin Manshan kept his unreleased, prompting Xiao Wu to mock his talent and challenge him to fight her alone.
• Lin Manshan accepted Xiao Wu’s challenge, and Xiao Wu believed she had secured an advantage by forbidding his teammates from helping.
• Dai Mubai stared at Zhu Zhuqing until Zhu Zhuyun reminded him that Zhu Zhuqing was married.

Zhu Zhuyun revealed that Zhu Zhuqing was Lin Manshan’s wife, shocking Dai Mubai and the Shrek group with Lin Manshan’s connections to Dugu Bo. When the match began, the Tianxing Team disrupted Shrek’s attempt to fly, and Tang San enclosed his teammates in a web cage as Lin Manshan and the others advanced.

• Zhu Zhuyun rebuked Dai Mubai for staring at Zhu Zhuqing and declared that Lin Manshan was her husband.
• Dugu Yan warned Ma Hongjun to stop ogling the women, while the spectators and Shrek group reacted to Lin Manshan’s marriages and connection to Dugu Bo.
• Lin Manshan said the younger generation would settle their grudges in the arena, and the match began.
• Tang San ordered the Shrek team to eat Oscar’s Flying Sausages, but Shui Yue’er struck them with a Sonic Wave and Shui Bing’er launched her Ice Seal.
• Lin Manshan rushed toward Xiao Wu as the Three Daughters of the Zhu Family spread out, and Tang San used Spider Web Restraint to enclose the Shrek team in a cage.

Tang San’s Shrek Team attacked Shui Bing’er with hidden crossbows, but Lin Manshan intercepted the bolts and was ensnared by Tang San’s vines. Tang San landed believing his team had gained the advantage, while Lin Manshan remained trapped.

• Shui Bing’er froze the Shrek Team’s enclosing vines, and the Shrek members broke through the ice and flew toward her.
• Lin Manshan warned his teammates to scatter, and Shui Bing’er shielded them with her Frost Armor.
• Tang San and five Shrek teammates fired 96 Godly Zhuge Crossbow bolts at Shui Bing’er from above.
• Lin Manshan deflected the bolts with his green, scaled arm, surprising Tang San and stirring his interest in Lin Manshan’s technique.
• Tang San restrained Lin Manshan with Spider Web Restraint and landed after the flying sausage’s one-minute flight ended.
• Tang San surveyed the scattered Tianxing Team and believed the Shrek Team had secured the advantage.

Lin Manshan broke free from Tang San’s vines and challenged the Shrek Group alone after his teammates left the arena. He badly injured several opponents, wounded Xiao Wu, and kicked her in the mouth, then invited Tang San to seek revenge.

• Zhu Zhuyun stopped Dugu Yan from confronting Tang San, while Lin Manshan escaped Tang San’s vine trap by cutting through it with his blade.
• Lin Manshan criticized Tang San for using hidden weapons and sent his teammates off the stage, agreeing to face the Shrek Group alone.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and their teammates attacked Lin Manshan, but his blade strikes severely wounded Dai Mubai and Tie Long.
• Lin Manshan’s aerial blade attack struck Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun, while Tang San blocked the blades with his Eight Spider Lances and Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Lin Manshan kicked Xiao Wu in the mouth after recalling her insults, then challenged Tang San to come for revenge.

Lin Manshan defeated Tang San in the Great Soul Arena while condemning Yu Xiaogang’s teachings and exposing his past, leaving Tang San unconscious and the audience questioning his teacher’s methods. Ning Rongrong resolved to report Tang San’s Hidden Weapons to her father as Lin Manshan left with the women.

• Tang San sent the others away, received Ning Rongrong’s enhancements, and challenged Lin Manshan after seeing Xiao Wu injured.
• Lin Manshan caught Tang San’s Hidden Weapons, destroyed his Blue Silver Grass vines, and criticized his reliance on Yu Xiaogang’s theories.
• Tang San attacked with his Eight Spider Lances, but Lin Manshan shattered them with a powerful blade strike and continued exposing Yu Xiaogang’s history to the crowd.
• Tang San charged Lin Manshan again, who tore through his restraints, broke his Eight Spider Lances, and knocked him unconscious.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed to Tang San as Lin Manshan left, while Ning Rongrong decided to ask her father about Lin Manshan and report Tang San’s Hidden Weapons.

Tang Hao discovered that Lin Manshan had severely injured Tang San in the spirit battle and went to confront him, but Dugu Bo intercepted him and explained why Lin Manshan had fought back. Dugu Bo threatened retaliation against Tang Hao’s family if he used his seniority to seek revenge, and Tang Hao left without attacking.

• Tang Hao found Tang San badly injured at Shrek Academy and learned that Lin Manshan had broken his External Soul Bone and injured his spine.
• Lin Manshan sensed Tang Hao following them, and Dugu Bo flew off in his Martial Soul Avatar to meet him.
• Dugu Bo told Tang Hao that Tang San’s team had ambushed Shui Bing’er with a lethal weapon and that Tang San had declared his intent to kill Lin Manshan.
• Dugu Bo warned Tang Hao that he would attack Tang Yuehua and the Clear Sky Sect if Tang Hao retaliated against Lin Manshan.
• Tang Hao withdrew his Clear Sky Hammer and left, while Dugu Bo celebrated after flying away.

After Tang San’s defeat by Lin Manshan, Tang Hao arranged special training for his son while Spirit Hall monitored the Tianxing Team. Back in Heaven Dou City, Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo planned to use Tang San’s resentment to lure Tang Hao to a poisoned Lead Box and kill him.

• Tang Hao concluded that Lin Manshan’s strength came from his Mutated Martial Soul and Self-Created Soul Skills, then sent Flender a letter arranging special training for Tang San.
• Tang San woke injured and bitter, questioned his own abilities, then regained confidence after reading Tang Hao’s letter and vowed to defeat Lin Manshan.
• Ghost Douluo reported Lin Manshan’s clash with Yu Xiaogang to Bibi Dong, who ordered Spirit Hall to monitor the Tianxing Team and maintain its existing plans.
• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo he intended to poison Tang Hao, reasoning that Tang San’s resentment and desire for power would lead Tang Hao to retrieve the Lead Box.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo planned to hide deadly poison and Snowy Swan Kiss in the Lead Box, then use the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Beast Taming Technique to prepare for Tang Hao’s arrival.

Yu Xiaogang led the recovered Shrek team to defeat Yu Tianheng’s team, then learned more about Lin Manshan’s poison treatment and rapid cultivation. After Tang San introduced the Immortal Herbs to the others, the Shrek group prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City, while Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with a newly prepared poison.

• Yu Xiaogang accepted a Team Match against Yu Tianheng’s all-Soul-Elder team, and the Shrek team returned victorious after following his counterstrategy.
• Qin Ming visited the Shrek group, where Flender revealed that Yu Tianheng was Yu Xiaogang’s nephew and asked Qin Ming about Lin Manshan.
• Yu Tianheng told Yu Xiaogang that Lin Manshan had cured Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo’s poison and that his methods had helped accelerate his cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged Flender’s objections to joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Flender ultimately agreed to Qin Ming’s proposal after negotiating independent teaching arrangements.
• Tang San claimed an ancient book described Immortal Herbs, prompting Ning Rongrong to ask him to share their details so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could search for them.
• Lin Manshan finished preparing a potent poison at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and he and Dugu Bo left to use it in a cave.

Lin Manshan learned that Tang San’s copied book of Immortal Herb information and the Shrek group’s suspicions threatened to expose the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so he and Dugu Bo planned ways to protect it and misdirect the search. Tang Hao delivered the book to Tang Yuehua and revealed Tang San’s abilities, while Lin Manshan prepared his household for their new academy.

• Tang San received Tang Hao’s letter and began copying information about the Immortal Herbs, unaware that a spider watched him.
• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo that Tang San had copied an ancient book of Immortal Herb knowledge, Shrek had learned about his relationships, and Tang Hao suspected his strength came from absorbing Soul Ring energy.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo planned to claim the book as Dugu Bo’s ancestral knowledge, sell a copy to Ning Fengzhi after the Clear Sky Sect acted, and strengthen defenses around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before returning to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Hao visited Tang Yuehua, gave her the Immortal Herb booklet for the sect, revealed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and had reached Rank 32, and asked her to help guide his temperament.
• Lin Manshan gave the women medicines to conceal the aura of Immortal Herbs and announced that they would move into the newly completed academy and begin targeted training.

Tang San received a necklace from Tang Hao for Xiao Wu, while the Shrek Group left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and joined Blue Tyrant Academy, where Yu Xiaogang reunited with Liu Erlong. As Ning Fengzhi investigated Lin Manshan and Tang San’s Immortal Herbs, Tang Yuehua arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect seeking her nephew and the herbs.

• Tang San found Tang Hao’s letter and gave the necklace left by his mother to Xiao Wu, who learned it concealed her aura.
• Flender and the Shrek Group left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Xue Beng attacked Dai Mubai and Prince Xue Xing barred them from staying.
• The Shrek Group joined Blue Tyrant Academy, where Yu Xiaogang reunited with Liu Erlong; Tang San encouraged him to become her Spiritual Couple.
• Tang Hao watched Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, disapproved of their plan to form a family with Liu Erlong, and decided to reveal his identity and take Tang San for training.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed Lin Manshan’s abilities and Tang San’s Immortal Herbs with Ning Rongrong, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, then planned to visit Tian Xing Academy’s opening ceremony.
• Tang Yuehua visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and told Ning Fengzhi she had come for her nephew Tang San and the Immortal Herbs.

Dugu Bo revealed how Lin Manshan cured his poison and explained his evolved Martial Soul, then announced an auction of a booklet about rare herbs at the ceremony for Tian Xing Academy. He established the academy with a warning that it would protect its students, and the chapter ended as guests entered the hall for the celebration.

• Dugu Bo arrived dramatically on a serpent dragon, then credited Lin Manshan with curing his poison and causing his Martial Soul to evolve.
• Dugu Bo announced that he would auction a booklet listing rare herbs and read several entries aloud, prompting the assembled powers to covet it.
• Dugu Bo introduced Tian Xing Academy, described its open admissions and student protections, and demonstrated the deadly reach of his poison.
• Dugu Bo declared Tian Xing Academy officially established, and Shui Ziliu and Wife joined him for the ribbon-cutting.
• Shui Ziliu invited the guests into the hall, where young women guided the assembled powers to their seats.

Lin Manshan reunited with Su Yuntao at the academy banquet, thanked him for awakening his martial soul, and gave him medicinal wine and a Storage Soul Tool. Tang San ignored Su Yuntao’s greeting, prompting Spirit Hall officials to contrast his behavior with Lin Manshan’s gratitude, while Dugu Bo warned that Lin Manshan’s ties to Spirit Hall would not bind him.

• Lin Manshan called out to Su Yuntao and asked Ghost Douluo and Salas to let them catch up before leading Su Yuntao into the reception hall.
• Lin Manshan removed his mask, and Su Yuntao and the Skywater Academy students admired his changed appearance; Shui Yue'er handed out skincare products to the women.
• Lin Manshan gave Su Yuntao a Storage Soul Tool filled with medicinal wine for him and Ma Xiunuo, and explained that Ma Xiunuo had chosen to stay in Nuoding City.
• Su Yuntao greeted Tang San, but Tang San briefly looked at him and turned away, embarrassing Su Yuntao and angering Ghost Douluo and Salas.
• Ghost Douluo praised Lin Manshan’s loyalty to Dugu Bo and criticized Tang San and Yu Xiaogang for accepting Spirit Hall support without showing gratitude.
• Dugu Bo proudly agreed that Lin Manshan valued loyalty but warned Ghost Douluo that neither he nor Lin Manshan could be tied to Spirit Hall through their relationship.

Ning Fengzhi weighed the risks of befriending Tang San and Lin Manshan while deciding to observe both for now. After a banquet and performances at Tian Xing Academy, Dugu Bo opened an auction for a catalog of Rare Treasures and Exotic Herbs, leaving the powerful guests to consider its steep price.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned whether Tang San’s temperament and his ties to Yu Xiaogang made him worth investing in, but concluded he could only befriend both Tang San and Lin Manshan while watching them.
• Shrek Academy’s students felt judged by Ghost Douluo’s remarks about ingratitude, while Flender regretted bringing them to the ceremony.
• Shui Ziliu began the banquet with performances, and Dugu Bo, Xue Qinghe, and others gave speeches before the guests ate.
• The welcoming women led the guests to the ballroom and gave the powers’ representatives bid plates.
• Dugu Bo opened the auction of an illustrated catalog of Rare Treasures and Exotic Herbs, setting a five-million-Gold-Soul-Coin starting price and accepting suitable Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as payment.