Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi won Dugu Bo’s Immortal Herb Atlas at auction with a fifteen-million payment and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Ghost Douluo settled his old grievance with Dugu Bo. After Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Manshan to prepare Pills for Ning Rongrong, Dugu Bo learned that someone had leaked Lin Manshan’s abilities and suspected the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Ning Fengzhi outbid Ghost Douluo for Dugu Bo’s Immortal Herb Atlas, offering fifteen million and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Ghost Douluo gave Dugu Bo a Thousand Year Ginseng King as an apology, and the two agreed to leave their past conflict behind.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Manshan to prepare Pills beneficial to Ning Rongrong, and Lin Manshan claimed he could not treat flaws in her martial soul.
• Shui Chaozong hinted that the secret had spread through the Heaven Dou Royal Team, prompting Dugu Bo to suspect someone had ignored his warning.
• Ghost Douluo realized Yu Tianheng had told Yu Xiaogang about Lin Manshan’s Pills and that Yu Xiaogang had passed the information to Shrek Academy, including Ning Rongrong.

Dugu Bo revealed that Lin Manshan could refine individualized medicines to improve physical aptitude, then negotiated with Ning Fengzhi to seek herbs for Ning Rongrong. Lin Manshan discovered that Yu Xiaogang’s medicinal baths had left impurities in Ning Rongrong’s body and planned a painful treatment, while Dugu Bo gathered his allies for a private meeting.

• Ning Fengzhi denied knowing about Lin Manshan’s cultivation medicines, but Dugu Bo confirmed that Lin Manshan could refine them and explained their demanding herb requirements.
• Dugu Bo and Ning Fengzhi agreed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would provide two portions of suitable herbs, and Lin Manshan examined Ning Rongrong’s blood.
• Lin Manshan found impurities in Ning Rongrong’s body and traced them to excessive doses in the medicinal baths prepared for her at Shrek Academy.
• Lin Manshan said Ning Rongrong could be treated with potent medicine that caused Internal Fire, and Dugu Bo arranged to contact Ning Fengzhi after Lin Manshan studied the prescription.
• Ning Fengzhi and the other guests departed, while the Shrek Academy group slipped away; Dugu Bo then led Lin Manshan and his companions upstairs for a meeting.

Dugu Bo laid out Tian Xing Academy’s inner and outer structure and revealed the Jing Tian Treasure Codex to its councillors, securing the Shui and Ye Families’ commitment to the academy. The meeting ended with Ye Xintang receiving medical knowledge and duties, while Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo distributed rare medicinal treasures to strengthen their allies.

• Dugu Bo showed Shui Chaozong, Ye Xintang, and Lou Gao the Jing Tian Treasure Codex and explained its techniques and restrictions.
• Shui Chaozong and Ye Xintang pledged that their families would stand with Tian Xing Academy, and Dugu Bo invited them to select qualified family disciples for inner-academy training.
• Dugu Bo gave Ye Xintang the Medical Canon and medicine formulas, assigned her the Sacred Healing Institute and herb cultivation, and instructed her to move his stored medicinal plants.
• Lin Manshan gave Shui Chaozong a Ninth-grade Purple Ganoderma intended to improve his cultivation and offered suitable medicinal treasures to other family members.
• Dugu Bo ended the meeting and led Shui Chaozong and Ye Xintang away to explain how to consume their medicinal treasures.

On the carriage, the Shrek group debated Lin Manshan’s criticism of Yu Xiaogang’s medicinal baths, while Tang San worried that Lin Manshan’s growing strength would make revenge harder. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi decided to keep Ning Rongrong at home temporarily, build ties with Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo, and prepare rare medicines and a Soul Bone for a visit to Tian Xing Academy.

• Zhao Wuji, Flender, Liu Erlong, and Dai Mubai considered whether Yu Xiaogang’s medicinal baths had left impurities in auxiliary Spirit Masters, while Dai Mubai defended the formula as the best most Spirit Masters could obtain.
• Tang San resented Lin Manshan’s progress and resolved to rely on Tang Hao to find a way to improve himself and eventually take revenge.
• Bone Douluo urged Ning Fengzhi to withdraw Ning Rongrong from Shrek Academy, but Ning Fengzhi argued that she needed to maintain ties with Tang San and monitor the team.
• Sword Douluo warned that Dugu Bo’s speed and possible inheritable Self-Created Soul Skills made him too dangerous to attack, and Ning Fengzhi agreed the sect could not risk provoking him.
• Ning Fengzhi decided Ning Rongrong would stay home until Lin Manshan prepared medicine, then instructed Sword Douluo to take the sect’s rare medicinal materials and a Nether Wolf Left Leg Bone to Tian Xing Academy.

Lin Manshan examined rare herbs for Sword Douluo and prepared a prescription for pills that could purge impurities and strengthen Ning Rongrong. As Rongrong endured the first pill’s painful effects, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo resolved to help the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan punish Yu Xiaogang.

• Sword Douluo brought Lin Manshan rare medicinal herbs, a Soul Bone, and payment, while Yu Tianheng apologized to Dugu Bo after his uncle learned he had leaked Lin Manshan’s affairs to Yu Xiaogang.
• Dugu Bo warned Steward Ming that Yu Xiaogang was living with Liu Erlong at Shrek Academy, prompting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan men to leave in haste.
• Lin Manshan gave Zhu Zhuqing a Nether Wolf Soul Bone, which raised her Soul Power by one rank to Rank 38.
• Dugu Bo gave Sword Douluo a prescription for three powerful pills, and Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to search discreetly for the ingredients.
• Ning Rongrong swallowed a pill and suffered as it purged foul-smelling impurities from her body, while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo plotted to castrate Yu Xiaogang.

Ning Rongrong woke after taking Lin Manshan’s Pill with improved cultivation and a stronger foundation, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders discussed how Lin Manshan’s medicine might eventually address Martial Soul defects. Tang Hao then took Tang San away from Shrek Academy for special training, leaving Tang San’s letter behind.

• Ning Rongrong woke after the Pill’s painful effects and learned that her meridians had strengthened and her Soul Power had nearly reached Rank 29.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo discussed Lin Manshan’s research, the possibility of curing Martial Soul defects, and the alliances that might follow.
• Sword Douluo escorted Ning Rongrong back to Shrek Academy, where she told the group about the Pill and its scarce ingredients.
• Tang San grew resentful and powerless as he considered Lin Manshan’s improved aptitude, while Tang Hao watched from outside and decided Tang San needed special training.
• Tang Hao entered Tang San’s room that night, told him to leave a letter, and took him away from the academy.

Yu Luomian discovered Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong together, cut Yu Xiaogang from the Yu family, and violently injured him before severing his relationship with Liu Erlong. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong caring for Yu Xiaogang while Flender and Zhao Wuji mistakenly assumed the two had spent the night together willingly.

• Ghost Douluo reported that Lin Manshan’s medicine had helped Ning Rongrong advance, and Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to investigate Lin Manshan and collect blood samples from Nana and Xue'er.
• Yu Luomian confronted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, denounced Yu Xiaogang’s conduct, and announced that the clan elders had removed his name from the family register.
• Yu Luomian attacked Yu Xiaogang, severely injuring him, then declared his relationship with Liu Erlong severed and left.
• Sword Douluo watched Yu Luomian leave, while Liu Erlong summoned a healing Mentor and stayed beside the unconscious Yu Xiaogang.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender joked that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had spent the night together and said Yu Xiaogang should treat them.

Dugu Bo challenged Chrysanthemum Douluo to settle their old grudges and defeated him, then Lin Manshan examined blood samples and medicinal materials for Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo agreeing to treat A'man more politely and investigate Bishop Miles.

• Dugu Bo demanded a spar with Chrysanthemum Douluo as the condition for helping Spirit Hall, and Chrysanthemum Douluo accepted.
• Dugu Bo's defense withstood Chrysanthemum Douluo's Ninth Soul Skill, then his Time Stasis and tail sweep knocked Chrysanthemum Douluo into a crater and swollen his face.
• Lin Manshan identified Hu Liena's blood and recommended pills to cleanse impurities and strengthen her body, then suggested fire-attribute herbs might help Qian Renxue's Martial Soul advance.
• Lin Manshan examined Spirit Hall's medicinal materials with exceptional skill, while Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo watched and discussed his unique abilities.
• Lin Manshan reported Bishop Miles for abducting civilian women and refusing to pay his debts, and Ghost Douluo promised to investigate.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to report the possibility of advancing Qian Renxue's Martial Soul and to be more polite to A'man.

Lin Manshan refined two powerful Pills for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo while teaching them his medicine-refining process. After a sleepless day and night, he finished the work and left the visitors with a favorable impression, while planning to seek a Water Attribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for Shui Yue'er.

• Dugu Bo gave Ghost Douluo the prescription, and Chrysanthemum Douluo examined it before agreeing to observe Lin Manshan’s refinement.
• Lin Manshan asked Ghost Douluo to propose that he trade coins or a medicine-refinement opportunity to the Pope for a Water Attribute Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for Shui Yue'er.
• Lin Manshan extracted the medicinal essences in the Alchemy Room as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo watched, with Chrysanthemum Douluo assisting by carrying firewood.
• Lin Manshan fused the essences through the night and split the finished purple-gold medicine into two Pills, which Chrysanthemum Douluo sealed in a Jade Box.
• Dugu Bo told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Lin Manshan had refined the medicine continuously for a day and night for their benefit, and Chrysanthemum Douluo thanked Lin Manshan for his guidance.
• Lin Manshan excused himself to rest, while Dugu Bo escorted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo out.

Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu confirmed the pills Lin Manshan made had powerful effects and arranged to obtain more medicinal materials and treatments from him. Ghost Douluo brought two high-quality soul bones to Tian Xing Academy to trade for Dugu Bo’s immortal herb information and future pill refinements, then asked Lin Manshan to diagnose Bibi Dong.

• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo reported to Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu that Lin Manshan had provided a genuine pill formula but could not yet refine more pills.
• Bibi Dong examined Hu Liena after she took a pill and confirmed that her body had improved and her breakthrough was stable.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Ghost Douluo to trade soul bones for Dugu Bo’s immortal herb information and future pill refinements, and asked Bibi Dong to gather rare herbs and protect Lin Manshan.
• Ghost Douluo arrived at Tian Xing Academy with a twenty-thousand-year water-attribute leg bone and a thirty-thousand-year power-type arm bone.
• Dugu Bo traded his immortal herb atlas for the water-attribute soul bone, while Ghost Douluo agreed to three pill-refinement sessions in exchange for the power-type soul bone.
• Ghost Douluo presented Bibi Dong’s blood to Lin Manshan and asked him to diagnose her.

Lin Manshan examined Bibi Dong’s blood and discovered signs that a twisted energy was affecting her body and mind, though he offered Elder Ghost a medicine to suppress its influence. After Elder Ghost left, Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo discussed Bibi Dong’s condition and strength, then the new soul bones were absorbed by Shui Yue'er and Dugu Yan.

• Lin Manshan sensed chaotic energy in Bibi Dong’s blood and told Elder Ghost that it could affect her flesh and mind, though he could not cure it with medicine.
• Lin Manshan offered to formulate a medicine that could calm Bibi Dong’s mind and weaken the energy’s influence, and Elder Ghost thanked him and agreed to use a pill-refining quota.
• Dugu Bo learned that the blood belonged to Bibi Dong and that her soul was contaminated, and Lin Manshan estimated that her strength exceeded level 95.
• Dugu Bo told Lin Manshan to take the soul bones for Yue'er and the others to absorb.
• Shui Yue'er absorbed the 20,000 Year Water Attribute Right Leg Bone and reached level 39, while Dugu Yan absorbed the 30,000 Year Right Arm Bone and reached level 49.

Xue Qinghe brought Lin Manshan to the palace to examine Emperor Xue Ye and then tried to draw him closer to the royal family. As Xue Qinghe asked Lin Manshan about the continent’s situation, Lin Manshan countered by asking whether Xue Qinghe had a girl he liked in Heaven Dou City.

• Ghost Douluo collected another batch of medicine from Tian Xing Academy, while Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo discussed how the pills could strengthen Spirit Hall Team and Tianxing Team.
• Xue Qinghe invited Lin Manshan to the palace to prepare a health-nourishing pill for Xue Ye, and Dugu Bo accompanied them.
• Lin Manshan examined Xue Ye, diagnosed his condition, and gave him a treatment plan.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe to show Lin Manshan around the palace, where they met Xue Ke; Lin Manshan put on his mask before approaching her.
• Xue Qinghe asked Lin Manshan what he thought of the continent’s situation, and Lin Manshan instead asked whether he had a girl he liked in Heaven Dou City.

Lin Manshan warned Xue Qinghe that Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing might be more significant than they appeared, while Bibi Dong received medicine that temporarily suppressed her condition. The chapter ended with Tang San training beneath a waterfall with Tang Hao as the competition arc approached.

• Lin Manshan advised Xue Qinghe to recognize that appearances could conceal flaws and warned her that Prince Xue Xing favored Xue Beng.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo left the palace, and Ghost Douluo later delivered Lin Manshan’s medicine and prescriptions to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong learned the medicine could suppress her condition but not cure it, and she planned to gather rare medicinal materials before meeting Lin Manshan.
• Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong that Xue'er suspected Lin Manshan had seen through her disguise, but Bibi Dong said his advice was likely motivated by his dislike of Xue Beng.
• Lin Manshan celebrated the New Year with his companions and visited Ye Lingling’s and Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er’s families.
• Tang San repeatedly tried to reach a waterfall’s base for training, then prepared and ate rabbit with Tang Hao.

Six months into Tang San’s training, Tang Hao brought him to Moonlight Pavilion to meet Tang Yuehua, where Tang San received a Ten Thousand Year Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus. Tang Hao accepted the Clear Sky Sect elder’s demand that Tang San kill a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo alone before age thirty-five, while news of Tian Xing Academy’s growing power raised concerns about Tang San’s future rivals.

• Tang San and Tang Hao entered Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang San wounded two guards with poisoned needles after they tried to eject them.
• Tang Yuehua recognized Tang Hao and Tang San, ordered Manager Ode to take responsibility for the incident, and welcomed them upstairs.
• Tang Yuehua gave Tang San a Ten Thousand Year Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, which he took away to absorb.
• Tang Yuehua explained that the Seventh Elder required Tang San to independently kill a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo before age thirty-five, and Tang Hao accepted the condition on his behalf.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Hao about recent events, including Tian Xing Academy’s rise and the growing strength of its team and Spirit Hall’s team.
• Tang San emerged after absorbing the Snow Lotus, looking delighted and confident.

Tang San reached level 40 and persuaded Tang Hao to consider a high-age Plant-type Fourth Soul Ring, while Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo searched Star Dou Great Forest for a powerful Spirit Beast. The chapter ended with them identifying a huge, unusual King Kong Baboon descendant and preparing to fight it.

• Tang San told Tang Hao that his strengthened body might withstand a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring, and Tang Hao tested his resistance to Soul Shock before agreeing to seek a high-age Plant-type Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao took Tang San from Moonlight Pavilion toward Sunset Forest after lunch.
• Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo searched near the Core Circle of Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Spirit Beast for Lin Manshan's next Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo and Lin Manshan found a giant baboon-like Spirit Beast with golden horns and a cow's tail.
• Lin Manshan identified it as a descendant of the King Kong Baboon and explained its strength, Berserk ability, and likely weaknesses.
• Dugu Bo judged that the beast's weak defense made it a favorable target for his poison and prepared to fight.

Lin Manshan absorbed a Giant Baboon’s Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level 54, but no Soul Bone dropped. That night, he and Dugu Bo detected a sixty-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and fled after confirming its identity, intending to mark its location and prepare for a later battle.

• Dugu Bo used Time Stasis and poison to weaken the Giant Baboon, then Lin Manshan killed it after its berserk state ended.
• Lin Manshan absorbed the Giant Baboon’s Soul Ring while Dugu Bo searched for a Soul Bone, but none appeared; Lin Manshan’s Soul Power rose to level 54.
• Lin Manshan sensed an approaching Spirit Beast with a malicious soul aura, and he and Dugu Bo used insects under the Beast Taming Technique to locate it.
• Lin Manshan identified the approaching beast as a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and explained its attributes and time-and-space ability to Dugu Bo.
• After confirming the tiger was nearby, Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo dismantled their tents and fled, leaving the tiger to find the Giant Baboon’s corpse.

Tang San returned from training with Tang Hao as a level 43 Soul Ancestor, having gained the Ten Thousand Year fourth spirit ability Spore Bomb. Back at Shrek Academy, he reunited with Xiao Wu and announced his confidence in winning the Soul Master Competition, while Ning Rongrong worried that the Tianxing and Spirit Hall teams would be far stronger.

• Tang San told Tang Hao that his fourth spirit ability let him create poisonous exploding spores, and Tang Hao praised the result without showing much interest.
• Tang Yuehua warned Tang Hao and Tang San that Lin Manshan and the Tianxing Team had grown powerful, but Tang San trusted his new ability to counter them.
• Tang Hao sent Tang San back to Shrek Academy and said the Four Single-Attribute Families would be a test for him to handle.
• Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu, revealed his Soul Ancestor rank and Ten Thousand Year fourth spirit ring, and drove Tailong away when he challenged him.
• Tang San described Spore Bomb to the Shrek team and declared that their goal was the championship, while Qin Ming planned tactics against Blazing Fire Academy and Godwind Academy.
• Ning Rongrong privately doubted Shrek could match the Tianxing and Spirit Hall teams, and Flender led everyone out to celebrate Tang San’s return and reunion with Xiao Wu.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo discussed Tang San's growing power and the Clear Sky Sect's plans, then decided to approach the Defense and Breaking Clans for the academy. After returning, they met with Ghost Douluo, who presented an herb as a possible main ingredient for the pill he had requested.

• Lin Manshan told Dugu Bo that Tang San had returned from training at level 43, and that the Clear Sky Sect had tasked him with killing a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo before age thirty-five.
• Lin Manshan proposed recruiting Niu Gao's Defense Clan and Yang Wudi's Breaking Clan, while Dugu Bo worried about their ties to the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall.
• Lin Manshan suggested exploiting the conflict between the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall, and Dugu Bo decided to send Si Long to hire the Defense Clan and invite Yang Wudi to the academy.
• Shui Ziliu reported that Ye Madam had brought her clansmen to the academy and that Ghost Douluo had come to visit.
• Ghost Douluo greeted Lin Manshan and presented a fire-red mushroom, asking whether it would suit as the main ingredient for his requested pill.

Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo revealed information about Tang San, Tang Hao, and the Clear Sky Sect to Ghost Douluo, urging Spirit Hall to consider a covert strike. Dugu Bo began to disclose a final piece of information about the Four Single-Attribute Families.

• Lin Manshan identified the Immortal Herb as unsuitable for its intended recipient but suitable for someone with both earth and fire attributes, then explained how it could be consumed.
• Lin Manshan told Ghost Douluo that Tang San had tried to kill him and that Tang San's father, Tang Hao, had later threatened Lin Manshan and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo revealed that Tang Yuehua harbored killing intent toward his children and that five Clear Sky Sect elders had become Titled Douluo.
• Dugu Bo reported that the Clear Sky Sect expected Tang San to kill a Spirit Hall Titled Douluo before age thirty-five, and that Tang San had reached Soul Ancestor with a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Bo advised Spirit Hall to secretly kill Tang Hao first and suggested waiting until after the upcoming Soul Master Competition before acting.
• Dugu Bo began to share his final piece of information, which concerned the Four Single-Attribute Families.

Dugu Bo discussed recruiting the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan into Tian Xing Academy, while Lin Manshan considered how the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction could benefit him and Spirit Hall. After returning to the academy, Lin Manshan announced that the women would begin life-and-death combat training after five days of rest.

• Dugu Bo told Ghost Douluo that he intended to invite the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan to Tian Xing Academy, both to recruit staff and to thwart Tang Hao’s plans for Tang San.
• Ghost Douluo agreed to support Dugu Bo’s attempt and said he would report it to Bibi Dong.
• After Ghost Douluo departed, Lin Manshan reflected that Spirit Hall might eventually destroy the Clear Sky Sect, giving him a chance to protect Tian Xing Academy and strengthen his position.
• Lin Manshan returned to his residence, bathed, and cultivated soul power until the women came back from the Mimicry Training Ground.
• Lin Manshan told the women to rest for five days before beginning life-and-death combat training against him, their mentors, Dugu Bo, or powerful spirit beasts.