Chapter Summaries

Tang San revealed that the White Lotus in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the king of Immortal Herbs, capable of warding off evil and every poison. Zhao Xuan crossed the well to reach it, and the moment he touched the lotus, something unexpected happened.

• Zhao Xuan realized the World Cleansing White Lotus might cure his fear of poison, and Tang San described its legendary protective effects.
• Tang San warned Zhao Xuan that the well's extreme temperatures and forbidden air made the lotus dangerous to reach, then demonstrated how the well bent a stone's path into the water.
• Zhao Xuan tested the spring's opposing temperatures and found that his body could endure them by circulating his blood.
• Zhao Xuan waded through the well, where flight and Soul Power failed, and made his way toward the White Lotus.
• Zhao Xuan reached the lotus, discovered it had no stem, and touched it, triggering an abrupt change.

Zhao Xuan touched the white lotus, which vanished and reappeared as a platform beneath his Nascent Soul, greatly expanding his Sea of Consciousness and strengthening his spiritual power. After explaining the change to Tang San, Zhao Xuan agreed to test his resistance to poison, despite his fears that the lotus might no longer protect him.

• Zhao Xuan touched the white lotus, and it burst into white specks before disappearing.
• Zhao Xuan discovered the lotus platform beneath his Nascent Soul and found that his Sea of Consciousness and spiritual power had grown dramatically.
• Zhao Xuan returned to his senses and told Tang San about the changes caused by the lotus.
• Tang San wondered whether the lotus's other effects had changed and proposed testing Zhao Xuan's poison resistance.
• Zhao Xuan reluctantly agreed to the experiment after Tang San promised to prepare an antidote, but grew more nervous when Tang San assured him he could revive him.

Zhao Xuan tested whether the World Cleansing White Lotus had made him immune to poison, and Tang San confirmed that the Seven Day Drunk had not affected him. As they gathered herbs, Dugu Bo arrived and demanded to know who Zhao Xuan was, prompting Zhao Xuan to realize that Dugu Bo was pretending not to recognize him.

• Zhao Xuan reluctantly swallowed Tang San's Seven Day Drunk and waited anxiously for the antidote to be ready.
• Tang San struggled to cut Zhao Xuan's tough skin, then tested his purple-gold blood with a silver needle and confirmed that the poison had not taken effect.
• Tang San warned Zhao Xuan to remain careful despite the World Cleansing White Lotus's supposed immunity to all poisons, and Zhao Xuan asked whether it could resist Dugu Bo's poison.
• Zhao Xuan rested while Tang San collected poisonous herbs, then sensed Dugu Bo approaching as dusk fell.
• Dugu Bo arrived, raised his nine soul rings, and demanded to know who Zhao Xuan was; Zhao Xuan suspected he was pretending not to recognize him.

Dugu Bo recognized Zhao Xuan as the Black Robe Figure and challenged him beyond the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Zhao Xuan endured Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist with the protection of a white lotus, leaving Dugu Bo stunned.

• Dugu Bo transformed into a giant Jade Scale Snake and chased Zhao Xuan away from the medicinal herbs before they fought several hundred meters from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Zhao Xuan evaded Dugu Bo’s headbutt and tail sweep, using his Immovable soul skill to briefly restrain the snake.
• Zhao Xuan struck Dugu Bo with Thunder God’s Hammer, disrupting his senses and cracking the scales on his head.
• Dugu Bo spat poisonous mist at Zhao Xuan, but a seven-petaled white lotus appeared above Zhao Xuan and dissolved the poison.
• Dugu Bo stared in disbelief as Zhao Xuan emerged unharmed from the poisonous mist.

Zhao Xuan’s World Cleansing White Lotus nullified Dugu Bo’s poison and petrifying soul bone skill, ending their fight without either being defeated outright. After Dugu Bo left, Zhao Xuan reassessed his combat strength and resolved to cultivate his Soul Power.

• Dugu Bo’s poisonous mist failed to reach Zhao Xuan, so he struck with a petrifying ray from his soul bone and petrified a patch on Zhao Xuan’s abdomen.
• Zhao Xuan’s World Cleansing White Lotus quickly healed the petrified area, leaving Dugu Bo stunned and envious of the treasure from the Ice and Fire Spring.
• Dugu Bo stopped the fight and walked away, unwilling to risk further damage to his home.
• Tang San checked that Zhao Xuan was unharmed and surveyed the wrecked forest.
• Zhao Xuan concluded that his combat strength was lower than he had estimated and decided to focus on cultivating his Soul Power.

Zhao Xuan left Tang San with Dugu Bo to continue studying poison while he returned to Blue Tyrant Academy. There, Liu Erlong offered the academy to Flender, and Zhao Xuan learned about her past with Master as Flender considered the offer.

• Tang San reassured Zhao Xuan that Dugu Bo would keep his promise, and Zhao Xuan left him at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after warning Dugu Bo not to harm him.
• Dugu Bo learned that Zhao Xuan was younger than Tang San and left in a gloomy mood, resentful that Zhao Xuan had taken the well's most precious treasures.
• Zhao Xuan returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and told Master and Flender that Tang San was staying with Dugu Bo.
• Liu Erlong offered to hand Blue Tyrant Academy over to Flender and Shrek, while Flender hesitated over whether to accept.
• Zhao Xuan privately asked Flender about Master and Liu Erlong, then advised him to accept the offer because Liu Erlong was focused on Master.

Zhao Xuan reunited with the Shrek students at Blue Tyrant Academy and explained that Tang San had stayed with Dugu Bo to study medicinal herbs and poison arts. The academy changed its name to Shrek Academy, provoking student protests led by Tailong as an unseen speaker confronted him.

• Zhao Xuan found the Shrek students in their new dormitories and reassured Xiao Wu that Tang San was safe with Dugu Bo.
• Zhao Xuan settled into a room in the boys’ building and admired the view over Blue Tyrant Academy and Heaven Dou City.
• The next day, Zhao Xuan discovered that Flender had quickly replaced the academy’s sign with one reading Shrek Academy.
• Tailong led a protest at the academy gates, accusing the newcomers of taking over the school and questioning the renaming.
• A voice from beyond the crowd asked Tailong what he intended to do.

Liu Erlong defended the Shrek students’ special dormitories by announcing that talented students could earn places on the back mountain, and Tailong challenged them to prove their strength. Dai Mubai accepted, and his introduction stunned the crowd with his age and Soul Power level.

• Tailong confronted Liu Erlong over the Shrek students’ enrollment and dormitories, and she declared that outstanding students could earn the vacant mountain dormitories.
• Tailong challenged the Shrek students, wagering their dormitory places, and Liu Erlong approved the match.
• Tailong chose Dai Mubai as his opponent, and the students gathered to watch them fight in the arena.
• Tailong introduced himself as a twenty-year-old, level-thirty-seven Battle Soul Elder with a Great Strength Ape martial soul.
• Dai Mubai introduced himself as a fifteen-year-old, level-thirty-eight Battle Soul Elder with a White Tiger martial soul, leaving the arena silent.

Dai Mubai defeated Tailong in a duel at Blue Tyrant Academy, revealing the gulf between Shrek’s students and their peers. Zhao Xuan then showed four Soul Rings, leaving Tailong to retreat and the academy students wondering if their school should become Shrek.

• Dai Mubai revealed that he was fifteen and had reached rank thirty-eight, shocking the Blue Tyrant Academy students.
• Tailong and Dai Mubai activated their Martial Soul Possessions and clashed, with Tailong relying on the Great Strength Ape’s strength and defense.
• Dai Mubai broke through Tailong’s defenses with his White Tiger Blazing Light Wave, badly injuring Tailong’s hand and knocking him across the arena.
• Tailong insisted he could still fight until Liu Erlong ordered him to seek treatment, and Zhao Xuan offered to fight him after he recovered.
• Zhao Xuan revealed four Soul Rings, prompting Tailong to pretend he had severe injuries and leave on a stretcher.

Three months after Blue Tyrant Academy became Shrek Academy, Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun reached level thirty and traveled with Zhao Xuan to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings. After entering the forest, Zhao Xuan shared his Spiritual Power’s vision with them, revealing a new ability he called Visual Sharing.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s committee members regretted that the talented students had left for Shrek Academy.
• Flender assigned Zhao Xuan to escort Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun to obtain Soul Rings and warned them to follow his instructions.
• Zhao Xuan carried the three at high speed to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where they rested before entering the forest the next morning.
• Zhao Xuan used strands of divine sense to connect with the three and let them perceive everything within the range of his Spiritual Power.
• Zhao Xuan explained that his new ability, Visual Sharing, let them see what his Spiritual Power sensed.

Zhao Xuan used his spiritual link to give the group enhanced vision as they searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Zhu Zhuqing’s third Soul Ring. They found a twelve-hundred-year Ghost Leopard, and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Zhao Xuan shared his enhanced vision with Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun, then led them deeper into the forest to seek suitable Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts.
• Zhao Xuan spotted a fresh leopard-type footprint and followed the trail with the group.
• The group found a twelve-hundred-year Ghost Leopard, and Zhao Xuan identified it as a suitable match for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhao Xuan swiftly captured the Ghost Leopard and crippled it, allowing Zhu Zhuqing to kill it.
• Zhu Zhuqing summoned her Spirit and began absorbing the purple Soul Ring from the Ghost Leopard.

Zhao Xuan reassured Hermione that he would protect her, while Zhu Zhuqing gained a powerful Third Soul Skill and Ma Hongjun became a Soul Elder. The group still needed to find a defensive Soul Ring for Hermione, but winter hibernation made suitable Spirit Beasts difficult to locate.

• Ma Hongjun gathered firewood, and Hermione chose to follow Grandmaster's advice and seek a defensive Soul Ring.
• Hermione asked Zhao Xuan to protect her as she grew stronger, and he agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Ghost Leopard's Soul Ring, gained Nether Slash, and accidentally buried Ma Hongjun under falling branches while demonstrating it.
• The group hunted a Thousand-Year Blazing Fire Hawk for Ma Hongjun, who broke through to Soul Elder and gained Phoenix Sky Soar.
• Zhao Xuan noted that Hermione was the only one still needing a Soul Ring, but suitable sturdy Spirit Beasts were hibernating for winter.

Zhao Xuan found a Flame Lord in a volcanic crater and defeated it so Hermione could absorb its Thousand-Year Soul Ring. As Hermione began absorbing it, Ma Hongjun noticed a brilliant seven-colored glow among the scattered stones.

• Zhao Xuan led Hermione to investigate a plume of mist and discovered a lava-filled volcanic crater.
• Zhao Xuan recognized a Flame Lord in the lava and decided its Soul Ring might suit Hermione.
• Zhao Xuan dragged the Flame Lord from the lava and subdued it with Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.
• Hermione poured water into the Flame Lord's eyes, extinguishing its flames and scattering its rocky body.
• Zhao Xuan determined the Flame Lord's Thousand-Year Soul Ring suited Hermione, and she began absorbing it.
• Ma Hongjun spotted a brilliant seven-colored glow among the Flame Lord's scattered stones.

Zhao Xuan found a seven-colored soul bone after the Spirit Beast's defeat and promised Ma Hongjun he could have it if it was fire-attributed. Hermione completed her soul-ring absorption, opened her Sea of Consciousness, reached level thirty, and revealed her new defensive Third Soul Skill, Gate of Blazing Heaven.

• Zhao Xuan discovered a soul bone among the rocks, and Zhu Zhuqing estimated it was worth at least five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhao Xuan told Ma Hongjun he would give him the soul bone if it suited him, explaining that his special constitution prevented him from fusing with soul bones himself.
• Hermione's body shook during her soul-ring absorption as her Spiritual Power surged and she condensed her Sea of Consciousness.
• Hermione's purple soul ring solidified, and she broke through to level thirty before Zhao Xuan helped her recover.
• Hermione demonstrated Gate of Blazing Heaven, which created nine barriers that could block attacks and splash magma when struck.

Zhao Xuan returned to Shrek Academy with Hermione, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun after they obtained suitable Soul Rings and a soul bone in the Star Dou Great Forest. He reported their gains to the Master, who took the soul bone to study and warned that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire might make giving him the bone dangerous.

• Zhao Xuan led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest and returned with them to Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhao Xuan told the Master that Zhu Zhuqing gained Nether Slash from a Ghost Leopard, Ma Hongjun gained Phoenix Sky Soar from a Blazing Hawk, and Hermione gained a defensive skill from a Flame Lord.
• Zhao Xuan showed the Master the multicolored soul bone dropped by the Flame Lord and proposed giving it to Ma Hongjun if it was fire-attributed.
• The Master warned that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire could worsen if he fused with the soul bone and asked to study it before Zhao Xuan decided what to do.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with Dugu Bo, who agreed to serve as an advisor after Tang San cured Dugu Yan’s poison. Zhao Xuan welcomed Tang San back, then noticed a familiar figure in the crowd.

• Zhao Xuan and Li Qing sensed Dugu Bo at the academy gates and rushed to meet him as Tang San returned.
• Tang San confirmed that his work was finished, and Zhao Xuan learned Dugu Bo had agreed to become an academy advisor in exchange for three requests.
• Dugu Yan reunited with Dugu Bo and admitted she had not been mistreated during her half-year at Shrek.
• Tang San agreed to cure Dugu Yan’s poison, and Flender arranged a quiet room for them.
• Zhao Xuan asked Ma Hongjun to tell Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and the others that Tang San had returned, then spotted a familiar figure in the crowd.

The Flower Queen delivered Zhao Xuan a warning from Granny Flower about rising turmoil across Douluo Continent, and Zhao Xuan’s discovery about the message shocked him. Tang San returned to Shrek and reunited with Xiao Wu, promising he would never leave her unless he died.

• The Flower Queen gave Zhao Xuan an emerald leaf bearing Granny Flower’s warning to act cautiously as turmoil rose across Douluo Continent, then left for Flower Valley.
• Zhao Xuan discovered that silver words on the leaf were formed from Spiritual Power and inscribed a reply with his divine sense, reacting with shock.
• Zhao Xuan returned to the dormitory, confirmed to Xiao Wu that Tang San had come back, and sensed Tang San hesitating outside the door.
• Xiao Wu rushed out to greet Tang San, and he later told the group about his past half year spent making medicine with Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Wu clung to Tang San and told him she had feared never seeing him again, and Tang San promised he would never leave her unless he died.

Tang San gave the Shrek students Immortal Herbs, including a spirit-enhancing fruit for Hermione, while the teachers announced that Zhao Xuan would be barred from the tournament and graduate early. Flender then surprised Zhao Xuan with an employment contract.

• Tang San distributed Immortal Herbs to the students and gave Hermione an Evergreen Jade Spirit Fruit to strengthen her Spiritual Power.
• Tang San urged the team to cultivate toward the Soul Ancestor realm before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• The Grandmaster announced that Zhao Xuan would not compete because his Title Douluo-level strength was excessive for the tournament.
• The Grandmaster said Zhao Xuan had outgrown what Shrek Academy could teach him and would graduate early.
• Flender pulled out an Employment Contract and asked Zhao Xuan to sign it.

Zhao Xuan signed a contract to become Shrek Academy’s specially appointed senior instructor for one thousand Gold Soul Coins a month. Tang San distributed precious herbs to the teachers and gave Li Qing a Nine-Leaf Sword Grass, leaving him delighted at the chance to deepen his sword path.

• Flender offered Zhao Xuan a contract with a monthly salary of one thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Zhao Xuan signed it.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar worried that reaching Soul Ancestor rank would cost them their Spirit Hall subsidies, but Tang San refused to take back their Immortal Herbs.
• Tang San gave Xiao Gang, Flender, Zhao Wuji, Liu Erlong, and the other teachers rare medicinal herbs.
• Tang San presented Li Qing with a Nine-Leaf Sword Grass that could help him comprehend the sword path and strengthen his soul skills.

After the Immortal Herbs greatly strengthened the Shrek students, Zhao Xuan grew tired of idleness and accepted a practical combat teaching post at Shrek Academy. Teacher Lian Hua questioned his ability and challenged him to force her to use her Fifth Spirit Skill.

• The students finished absorbing their Immortal Herbs, raising their Soul Power, while Xiao Wu held onto the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and asked Tang San whether its story was true.
• Zhao Xuan reached Level 49 Soul Power, and the other students also made major advances, bringing Tang San's goal of making them Soul Ancestors closer.
• Bored with cultivating and studying, Zhao Xuan asked Flender for teaching duties and was assigned to substitute for Beginner Class Three's practical combat course.
• Flender introduced Zhao Xuan to Teacher Lian Hua at the arena, where the class was mostly girls watching two students spar.
• Lian Hua doubted Zhao Xuan's experience until Flender revealed his arena record and strength, then challenged him to force out her Fifth Spirit Skill; Zhao Xuan agreed to spar.