Chapter Summaries

Li Yu absorbed and evolved the Thorn Dragon’s left leg Soul Bone, gaining two powerful space abilities. He tested Ground Shrink when Qian Renxue returned, then carried her back into the room while using space-element power to put away the food and close the door.

• Li Yu absorbed the Thorn Dragon’s 14,000-year Space Thorn Left Leg Bone and evolved it into the 100,000-year Sprite Void Severing Left Leg Bone.
• Li Yu gained Space Rend and Ground Shrink, and considered how they differed from Instant Movement and Space Leap.
• Li Yu tested Ground Shrink by stepping five meters to the door as Qian Renxue returned to knock.
• Qian Renxue wondered how Li Yu had appeared without making a sound or releasing Soul Power, but he carried her back into the room before explaining.
• Li Yu used space-element power to place Qian Renxue’s dropped food on the table and close the hall door, while Qian Renxue recognized that skills were shortcuts to deeper understanding.

Li Yu learned how Qian Renxue had arranged Thousand Feather Academy and heard about Tang San and Dai Mubai searching for Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing. As he considered Zhu Zhuqing’s ability to handle Dai Mubai, Qian Renxue sensed that trouble had arrived at their door.

• Qian Renxue explained the leadership and arrangements of Thousand Feather Academy, and Li Yu approved her work.
• Qian Renxue told Li Yu that Shrek Academy had joined Blue Tyrant Academy, which Liu Erlong renamed Shrek Academy, and that she had beaten Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue reported that Tang San had returned and was searching for Xiao Wu, while Dai Mubai was searching for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Yu reasoned that Zhu Zhuqing could likely defeat Dai Mubai, especially after he secretly gave her the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Qian Renxue’s expression turned cold when she realized that someone had come knocking.

Wang Changzhi defended Zhu Zhuqing when Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun came to Thousand Feather Academy to take her back to Shrek. Dai Mubai faced more than a hundred hostile students and warned Zhu Zhuqing that refusing to return could turn their dispute into one between the Star Luo Imperial Family and the Zhu Family.

• Wang Changzhi’s attempts to befriend Zhu Zhuqing had failed, but he saw the Shrek visitors’ arrival as a chance to stand up for her.
• Wang Changzhi challenged Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, accusing Shrek of driving Zhu Zhuqing away and calling on them to settle things with their fists.
• More than a hundred Thousand Feather students released their martial souls and Soul Rings, alarming Oscar and Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai resisted Oscar and Ma Hongjun’s suggestion to retreat, determined to bring Zhu Zhuqing back and preserve his claim to the Star Luo throne.
• Dai Mubai released his White Tiger martial soul and called to Zhu Zhuqing, warning that her refusal could make the matter a conflict between their families and the Star Luo Imperial Family.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s pleas to return to Shrek and revealed that she had reached level 40 at only fourteen. She sent Dai Mubai and his companions away, standing by Thousand Feather Academy despite his threats about her family.

• Wang Changzhi defended Zhu Zhuqing’s right to stay at Thousand Feather Academy and ordered Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to leave.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar challenged the academy to one-on-one fights, so Wang Changzhi led the students in beating the three Shrek visitors.
• Dai Mubai called out to Zhu Zhuqing and tried to guilt her into meeting him and returning to Shrek, while insulting her academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged and told Dai Mubai that she had never asked him to come, had no future with him, and would never consider him her home.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had reached level 40 with only three Soul Rings at age fourteen, then dismissed Dai Mubai’s threats about the Zhu Family and Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai and his companions to get lost.

Li Yu and Qian Renxue secretly watched Dai Mubai confront Zhu Zhuqing at Thousand Feather Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing refused to resume their relationship. Dai Mubai challenged her to a fight, wagering that he would leave her alone if she won and that she would return to Shrek if he did.

• Li Yu used Space Leap to bring Qian Renxue to Thousand Feather Academy, and they watched the confrontation from a concealed room.
• Qian Renxue realized that Li Yu's medicinal herb had likely caused Zhu Zhuqing's rapid increase in Soul Power, and Li Yu told her she had saved the best Immortal Herb for her.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar were shocked when Zhu Zhuqing revealed her level-forty Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai not to call her Zhu Qing and repeated that she wanted him to stop disturbing her life.
• Dai Mubai refused to respect Zhu Zhuqing's decision, questioned her sudden advancement, and challenged her to fight, promising to leave her alone if she won and asking her to return to Shrek if he did.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Mubai after rejecting his claims that her rapid improvement had left her foundation unstable. She badly wounded him, but an immense pressure struck her down before she could land a final attack, and a voice accused her of going too far.

• Wang Changzhi revealed his eerie Black Hand Martial Soul and offered to fight Dai Mubai, but Zhu Zhuqing insisted on facing him herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing charged Dai Mubai, told him not to call her Zhuqing, and easily dodged his White Tiger Light Wave.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Netherworld Hundred Claws and then raked Dai Mubai with repeated attacks, leaving him bleeding and badly injured.
• Oscar tossed Dai Mubai recovery sausages, but Dai Mubai did not catch them as Zhu Zhuqing prepared another Hell Stab.
• An immense pressure slammed Zhu Zhuqing to the ground and made her spit blood, while an unseen speaker accused her of going too far.

Cai Xu confronted Flender and Zhao Wuji after they arrived to retrieve Shrek’s students, and Flender attacked when Cai Xu refused to back down. Cai Xu blocked Flender’s strike and countered with his Nine Yang Sunflower, then revealed his Martial Soul Avatar as seven suns descended.

• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement against Zhu Zhuqing, but an unseen voice dispelled the pressure before Cai Xu appeared.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji arrived, and Cai Xu accused them of letting Shrek’s students cause trouble while Shrek claimed Thousand Feather Academy had ganged up on them.
• Flender and Cai Xu traded accusations, and Flender attacked Cai Xu with ten air blades from his Four-Eyed Cat Owl Martial Soul.
• Cai Xu blocked the air blades with his Golden Sun Shield and launched Scorching Sun Severing Light at Flender.
• Flender activated his Cat Owl True Body to evade, while Cai Xu summoned his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming his Nine Yang Sunflower into seven blazing suns.

Cai Xu used Seven Suns Descend to immobilize Flender and attack him, but Zhao Wuji broke free of the control and overwhelmed Cai Xu. Just as Zhao Wuji lunged at the exhausted Cai Xu, an unknown figure’s pressure forced him to the ground.

• Cai Xu immobilized Flender with Seven Suns Descend and struck him repeatedly with Scorching Sun Severing Light, leaving him badly bloodied.
• Zhao Wuji tried to shield Flender, then attacked Cai Xu after Flender was hit.
• Cai Xu switched Seven Suns Descend’s target to Zhao Wuji, but the change drained most of his Soul Power.
• Zhao Wuji broke free of Seven Suns Descend, and Cai Xu exhausted his remaining Soul Power on defensive and enhancement skills.
• Zhao Wuji lunged at Cai Xu, but an overwhelming pressure slammed Zhao Wuji to the ground as a voice shouted, “Insolence!”

Li Yu and Qian Renxue watched as Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived and stopped Zhao Wuji from attacking the others. Chen Xin’s intervention ended his goodwill toward Shrek, and Liu Erlong and Ning Rongrong reached the scene as the confrontation continued.

• Li Yu abandoned his plan to have Thorn Dragon and Thunder Spirit intervene after Chen Xin arrived, and he and Qian Renxue waited to see what would happen.
• Chen Xin forcibly ended Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar state and rescued Cai Xu, while the gathered people bowed to him.
• Chen Xin recalled secretly following Ning Rongrong to Thousand Feather Academy and decided that his goodwill toward Shrek had run its course.
• Chen Xin noticed Zhu Zhuqing standing against Shrek but could not understand the cause of the conflict.
• Liu Erlong and Ning Rongrong arrived, saw the injured Flender and Dai Mubai, and cried out to them.

Liu Erlong tried to settle the dispute between Shrek Academy and Thousand Feather Academy after Flender was hurt. Ning Rongrong left with Sword Douluo Chen Xin, while Liu Erlong agreed to compensate Cai Xu, leaving the confrontation temporarily resolved.

• Liu Erlong helped Flender up and learned from Zhao Wuji that he had failed to protect him, while she recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s estrangement from Shrek.
• Ning Rongrong asked Oscar and Ma Hongjun about Dai Mubai, then confronted Zhu Zhuqing, who challenged her and revealed she had reached level 40.
• Deng Cong and the Heaven Dou City Public Order Patrol arrived to investigate the brawl as bystanders accused Shitrek Academy of causing trouble.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin restrained Ning Rongrong and took her away, while Oscar, Liu Erlong, and the others watched her leave.
• Liu Erlong called the fight a misunderstanding and offered to pay Thousand Feather Academy’s losses, and Cai Xu accepted.

Zhu Zhuqing demanded that Dai Mubai and his companions apologize to Thousand Feather Academy for insulting it, even though her dispute with Dai Mubai was already over. They apologized and left, while Zhao Wuji challenged Zhu Zhuqing to prove herself at the Soul Master Competition.

• Li Yu and Qian Renxue let Cai Xu settle the dispute with Shrek and prepared to leave.
• Zhu Zhuqing stopped the Shrek group and told Liu Erlong that her relationship with Dai Mubai had ended, but she would not accept their insult toward Qian Yu.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar apologized to Zhu Zhuqing and Thousand Feather Academy before leaving.
• Zhao Wuji warned Zhu Zhuqing about the Soul Master Competition, and she replied that he did not understand how powerful she was.

Li Yu spent 90,000 Free Allocation Years to raise his Fourth Soul Ring to 100,500 years, awakening a sprite form of the Life Tree and two new skills. After spending the evening with Qian Renxue, he left to deal with people whose injuries had likely healed.

• Li Yu allocated all 90,000 Free Allocation Years to his Fourth Soul Ring, raising it to 100,500 years and increasing his Life Element affinity.
• The Life Tree gained an independent sprite form and granted Li Yu the Life Hoop and Natural Life Domain skills.
• Qian Renxue visited Li Yu, and the two spent the evening together as she accepted what she believed was his attraction to women.
• Li Yu healed Qian Renxue's swollen lips with Life Element power, then vanished to deal with people whose injuries should have healed after a month.

Yu Xiaogang argued that Shrek could win the Soul Master Competition and urged Liu Erlong to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to return, but Liu Erlong rejected his priorities and left after confronting him. Li Yu secretly entered the Dean's Office, mocked Yu Xiaogang, and discovered that Xiao Wu was in Heaven Dou City.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji that Shrek could reach the finals but would struggle to win without Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Liu Erlong to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to return for her Soul Martial Fusion with Dai Mubai, and Liu Erlong angrily objected to sacrificing Zhu Zhuqing for the competition.
• Liu Erlong reminded the others that Thousand Feather Academy had waived Shrek's damages in repayment for Zhu Zhuqing's nurturing, then left after telling Yu Xiaogang he had disappointed her.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted that Tang San's black Fourth Soul Ring proved his theories, while Flender and Zhao Wuji tried to calm him.
• Li Yu secretly applauded, mocked Yu Xiaogang, and revealed that he had sensed Xiao Wu's location in Heaven Dou City.

Li Yu revealed himself to Flender and his companions, then used the Thunder Spirit and Thorn Dragon to split the battle and attack Flender and Zhao Wuji. Liu Erlong was left facing Li Yu, who confronted her with an emerald flash in his eyes.

• Li Yu ended Shadow Folding and appeared before Flender and the others, summoning the Thunder Spirit and Thorn Dragon.
• The Thunder Spirit attacked Flender with Thunderclap Fist and confined him within Thunder Hell Heavenly Disaster.
• The Thorn Dragon used Space Thorns Domain to isolate Zhao Wuji and overwhelm him with spatial attacks.
• Li Yu approached Liu Erlong as she tried to plead for Flender and Zhao Wuji, and an emerald light in his eyes unfolded a new world before her.

Li Yu used Eternal to trap Liu Erlong in an illusion while he subdued Yu Xiaogang and left Flender and Zhao Wuji struggling against his summons. As Li Yu turned his attention back to Liu Erlong, he prepared to examine her state in the illusion.

• Li Yu used Eternal to create an illusion for Liu Erlong, hoping it would push her to confront Yu Xiaogang's true nature.
• Li Yu forced Yu Xiaogang to kneel and berated him for taking credit for Tang San's growth and for basing his theories on inadequate research.
• Yu Xiaogang shouted back, but Li Yu struck him, knocking out all his teeth and sending him spinning through the air.
• Flender continued to lose to the Thunder Spirit, while the Thorn Dragon wore down Zhao Wuji by evading him and using space abilities.
• Li Yu paused his observations of the battles, looked at the struggling Liu Erlong, and used his Emerald light to examine her state.

Liu Erlong broke free of her emotional attachment to Yu Xiaogang in Li Yu’s Illusionary Realm and awakened at level 77. After returning to reality, she accepted Yu Xiaogang’s false apology, then severed his root when he offered her everything he possessed.

• Li Yu’s Illusionary Realm forced Liu Erlong to relive Yu Xiaogang’s cowardice toward her and Bibi Dong, helping her see through him and break through to level 77.
• Liu Erlong thanked Li Yu, and he ended the Illusionary Realm and returned with her to reality, where Flender and Zhao Wuji were subdued and Yu Xiaogang remained kneeling.
• Yu Xiaogang mistook Liu Erlong’s calm kindness for guilt, concealed his disgust, and planned to use her strength while pretending to apologize.
• Liu Erlong asked Yu Xiaogang how he would prove his apology, and he offered her everything he possessed.
• Liu Erlong severed Yu Xiaogang at the root, leaving him stunned before he screamed in pain.

Li Yu confronted Yu Xiaogang after Liu Erlong rejected him, and Yu Xiaogang’s humiliation turned into accusations against them and Bibi Dong. Li Yu placed Life Shackles on Yu Xiaogang’s two Soul Rings and Martial Soul, imposing a decree that they would break if Yu Xiaogang committed evil deeds or harbored wicked thoughts.

• Yu Xiaogang begged Li Yu and Liu Erlong to kill him, but Liu Erlong kicked his hand away and treated him as a stranger.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Li Yu and Liu Erlong of adultery and threatened that Tang San would avenge him.
• Liu Erlong knocked Yu Xiaogang down, condemned his cowardice and lack of responsibility, and revealed that she knew about his past with Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Bibi Dong and insulted her, prompting Liu Erlong to press her foot against his face.
• Li Yu used Life Shackles to mark Yu Xiaogang’s two Soul Rings and Luo Sanpao, declaring that the shackles would shatter and the rings be destroyed if Yu Xiaogang committed evil deeds or harbored wicked thoughts.

Li Yu used Life Hoops to punish Yu Xiaogang and bind Flender and Zhao Wuji, leaving their fate dependent on their future conduct. As Li Yu prepared to leave, Liu Erlong asked if she could cultivate with him.

• Li Yu’s Imperial Decree shattered Yu Xiaogang’s two Soul Rings and reduced his Soul Power to Rank 9, while threatening to destroy Luo Sanpao if he harbored malicious thoughts.
• Liu Erlong reflected that she held no malice toward Li Yu, while Flender and Zhao Wuji feared what he would do to them.
• Li Yu spent about half an hour placing fourteen Life Hoops on Flender and Zhao Wuji, whose Soul Rings remained intact after they suppressed their malicious thoughts.
• Li Yu decided to leave Shrek alone for now and planned to capture Tang San and Tang Hao together during the Soul Master Competition.
• As Li Yu prepared to depart, Liu Erlong urgently asked whether she could cultivate with him.

Li Yu refused Liu Erlong’s requests and left, while Flender and Zhao Wuji suffered further injuries from the Life Hoop’s Imperial Decree. Liu Erlong cut ties with her former obsession and departed, leaving Yu Xiaogang to conceal his injury when Dai Mubai and the others arrived.

• Li Yu rejected Liu Erlong’s request to stay and refused to give her his name before disappearing.
• After Li Yu left, Yu Xiaogang triggered the Imperial Decree of the Life Hoop, and Flender and Zhao Wuji lost Soul Power and grew weaker.
• Liu Erlong declared that she had let go of her obsession, warned Flender and the others not to mistreat students, and left the academy.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar entered the Dean’s Office and saw the injured Flender and Zhao Wuji, while Dai Mubai noticed bloodstains around Yu Xiaogang’s crotch.
• Flender claimed a mysterious Titled Douluo had attacked them, and Yu Xiaogang urged Ma Hongjun and Oscar to take Flender and Zhao Wuji for treatment.
• Dai Mubai asked Yu Xiaogang if he was all right, prompting Yu Xiaogang to tell him to get lost.

Xiao Wu sought refuge with Li Yu in Heaven Dou City after masked Soul Masters began searching the Star Dou Great Forest, and told her what she had observed. Li Yu agreed to investigate and took Xiao Wu to find Zhu Zhuqing.

• Xiao Wu recalled how Li Yu had exposed her identity and how Da Ming and Er Ming had been punished by the terrifying beings beneath the Lake of Life.
• Xiao Wu explained that masked Soul Masters had searched the Star Dou Great Forest for three months, and she suspected they were looking for her.
• Xiao Wu came to Heaven Dou City for refuge but stayed in a tiny room, wary of contacting anyone from Shrek and irritated that Li Yu had not visited.
• Li Yu appeared in Xiao Wu's room through space, and Xiao Wu complained that Li Yu had neglected her.
• Xiao Wu told Li Yu about the searchers, and Li Yu said she would investigate and told her to find Zhu Zhuqing.
• When Xiao Wu's stomach growled, Li Yu used Space Leap to take her to Zhu Zhuqing.