Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Wu broke through the limit of her third Soul Ring, Xiao Chen used items from the Happy Set to help her recover and noticed signs of a new attribute. Da Ming accepted Xiao Chen as one of their own and gave him Dragon Transformation Grass, which Xiao Chen planned to give to Dugu Yan.

• Xiao Wu celebrated her Soul Ring breakthrough, and Xiao Chen used the Happy Set to help her reach a state of satisfaction.
• Da Ming and Er Ming heard the commotion; Er Ming focused on his roasted meat while Da Ming decided Xiao Chen belonged with them if Xiao Wu was happy.
• Da Ming sent Er Ming to fetch a box and presented Xiao Chen with Dragon Transformation Grass as a meeting gift.
• Xiao Chen asked the system about the herb and learned it would have little effect on him because of his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul.
• Xiao Chen decided to save the Dragon Transformation Grass for Dugu Yan, whom he expected to meet at Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu returned to the inn after finding Soul Rings, while Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang’s theory for his failure and plotted revenge. Xiao Chen then met Meng Shu and gave him a pill that could remove his hidden ailments.

• Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu returned to the inn, where Xiao Wu showed off her three Soul Rings, including a 4,000-year ring.
• Tang San concluded that Yu Xiaogang’s theory had misled him and planned to poison Yu Xiaogang after returning.
• Zhao Wuji praised Xiao Wu’s progress and ordered Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to write summaries before setting out again.
• Xiao Chen drew a Special Toxin Removal Pill and met Meng Shu, who gave him a Meng Family token in gratitude for helping Meng Yiran.
• Xiao Chen gave Meng Shu the pill, explaining that it could remove hidden ailments from his body.

Xiao Chen gave Meng Shu a pill that cleared his hidden injuries, strengthened his Martial Soul, and helped him break through, earning the Peerless Dragon Snake's protection. The chapter ended with Tang San heading alone to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his third Soul Ring, determined to win the recognition Xiao Chen had gained.

• Meng Shu tested Xiao Chen's pill, confirmed it was not poisonous, and gave Xiao Chen a signal flare promising help from him and his wife.
• Meng Shu refined the pill, recovered vitality, advanced a Soul Power Level, and discovered that his Martial Soul had improved.
• Meng Shu offered Xiao Chen his granddaughter's hand in marriage and publicly drove Xiao Chen's carriage, warning the inn's guests that Xiao Chen was under the Peerless Dragon Snake's protection.
• Tang San reacted with anger and jealousy as Xiao Chen left with Xiao Wu and the other two girls.
• Tang San went alone to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek his third Soul Ring, unaware he would be beaten by a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

Xiao Chen returned to Suotuo City with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the unconscious Ning Rongrong, then overheard Dai Mubai hiring Bu Le and his companions to ruin Xiao Chen’s reputation. Dai Mubai planned to use the scheme to turn Zhu Zhuqing against Xiao Chen and target her afterward.

• Xiao Chen arrived in Suotuo City carrying the unconscious Ning Rongrong, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing accompanied him.
• Xiao Chen invited the girls to stroll with him and noted that Zhu Zhuqing’s Fun Cultivation Set was steadily improving her Soul Power.
• Xiao Chen heard Dai Mubai’s voice and took Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to watch what was happening.
• Dai Mubai agreed to pay Bu Le five times the usual amount to ruin Xiao Chen’s reputation without revealing Dai Mubai’s involvement.
• Dai Mubai privately intended to make Zhu Zhuqing abandon Xiao Chen and exploit her once she was unprotected.

Bu Le agreed to Dai Mubai’s plan to ruin Xiao Chen’s reputation, but Xiao Chen caught him and forced him to become an informant. Bu Le pretended to submit while secretly planning to make Dai Mubai notorious across Suotuo City.

• Bu Le finished negotiating with Dai Mubai and decided he could profit by selling the information to Xiao Chen as well.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Bu Le after hearing that he had agreed to help Dai Mubai.
• As Xiao Chen raised his hand, Bu Le rushed toward him, then abruptly knelt and begged Xiao Chen to take him in.
• Xiao Chen spared Bu Le on the condition that he report weekly on Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and their associates in Suotuo City.
• Bu Le accepted the task outwardly and privately resolved to ruin Dai Mubai’s reputation in retaliation.

Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing revealed that they had both reached the Soul Elder realm, enraging Dai Mubai, who blamed Xiao Chen for his stalled cultivation. A crowd then arrived at Shrek Academy and accused Dai Mubai of a string of bizarre offenses, leaving him stunned.

• Xiao Wu teased Zhu Zhuqing about the previous night before Dai Mubai insulted them and claimed he could beat them despite his injuries.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing released three Soul Rings each, and Dai Mubai fell while reacting in disbelief.
• Dai Mubai blamed Xiao Chen for his injuries and lack of progress, but Xiao Chen stopped Xiao Wu from attacking and said Dai Mubai would soon face retribution.
• A crowd charged toward the group, and Dai Mubai assumed they had come to curse Xiao Chen.
• The crowd instead accused Dai Mubai of bullying an elderly woman, molesting a child, getting a dog pregnant, and other bizarre acts, confounding him.

Dai Mubai tried to use his status as a prince to stop the crowd, but Bu Le and the people of Suotuo City beat him, stripped his belongings, and left him nearly naked. Bu Le sought Xiao Chen’s approval for his actions, then fled in fear after Xiao Chen threatened him with a sword strike; Xiao Wu spotted the dean approaching.

• Dai Mubai shouted at the crowd and tried to explain himself, but Bu Le slapped him across the face.
• Bu Le and the crowd repeatedly struck Dai Mubai and took his belongings until he was left with only a scrap of cloth.
• Bu Le knelt before Xiao Chen and claimed he had acted to defend him from Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Chen ordered Bu Le to take a sword strike, then forgave him and warned him not to harbor improper thoughts.
• Bu Le kowtowed and fled, while Ning Rongrong praised Xiao Chen’s way of controlling subordinates.
• Xiao Chen asked Rongrong what she thought of the incident, and Xiao Wu pointed out that the dean had arrived.

Xiao Chen revised the girls’ training plans, reassured Flender that he would pursue Liu Erlong, and gave Flender a flame armguard for her. As Shrek Academy prepared for team battles at the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena, Xiao Chen expected to meet Dugu Yan soon.

• Xiao Chen explained that Dai Mubai’s attackers were settling a personal grudge, then revised Flender’s training schedule for Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Chen obtained a Soul tool flame gauntlet and decided it would suit Liu Erlong.
• Flender admitted he feared Liu Erlong still loved Yu Xiaogang, and Xiao Chen promised to make a move.
• Xiao Chen gave Flender the Flame Armguard to pass to Liu Erlong, and Flender mistakenly believed it was for someone who would arrange a match for her.
• Xiao Chen and Flender agreed to bring Tang San and the others to team battles at the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena, where Xiao Chen expected to meet Dugu Yan.

Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after obtaining a weaker-than-expected third Soul Ring and blamed Yu Xiaogang for his hardships in the Star Dou Great Forest. He went to confront Yu Xiaogang, who was living in a filthy pigsty after falling out with Flender.

• Tang San's Blue Silver Grass pinned Ma Hongjun and Oscar when the group returned to Shrek Academy, and Ma Hongjun recalled how Tang San and Oscar had struggled after receiving weaker third Soul Rings.
• Tang San blamed Yu Xiaogang's theories for his troubles and left to find him, intent on making him suffer.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar had endured Tang San's restless outbursts, while Zhao Wuji had distanced himself from the group to avoid being attacked.
• Yu Xiaogang cursed Flender and Liu Erlong from the pigsty where Flender had confined him and made him eat pig scraps.
• Tang San changed into nightwear, covered his face, and opened the door to Yu Xiaogang's room, ready to take revenge.

Tang San entered the pigpen intending to punish Yu Xiaogang, who mistook him for Flender and expected to bargain over Liu'er Long. Tang San tortured Yu Xiaogang with poison and hidden weapons, then left him alive, unaware that Xiao Chen had witnessed everything from above.

• Yu Xiaogang heard the door open and mistakenly believed Flender had come to accept his proposal about Liu'er Long.
• Tang San kicked open the door, sending Yu Xiaogang crashing into the wall of the pigpen.
• Tang San forced Yu Xiaogang to swallow a pain-inducing poison and struck him with hidden weapons, leaving him to suffer and repeatedly pass out.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed into the mud but remained alive, and Tang San left and locked the door behind him.
• Tang San declared that Xiao Chen would be his next target, unaware Xiao Chen had seen the torture while using Sword Flight with Zhu Zhuqing.

Xiao Chen took Zhu Zhuqing into the clouds for an exhilarating private training session after they watched Tang San attack Yu Xiaogang. Meanwhile, Tang San visited the injured Dai Mubai, heard his account of Bu Le’s betrayal, and decided to go after Bu Le.

• Xiao Chen teased Tang San’s actions as he and Zhu Zhuqing watched Tang San leave the pigsty, while Zhu Zhuqing reacted with disgust.
• Xiao Chen flew into the clouds with Zhu Zhuqing, who agreed to continue their private training session.
• Xiao Chen turned the session into a high-altitude amusement-park ride, and Zhu Zhuqing became embarrassed by how intensely she reacted.
• Tang San went to Dai Mubai’s room and demanded to know whether he was still alive.
• Dai Mubai blamed Bu Le for betraying and injuring him, and also implicated Xiao Chen to provoke Tang San.
• Tang San grew furious and resolved to take revenge on Bu Le first, leaving Xiao Chen for later.

Tang San dismissed Dai Mubai’s warning and led Ma Hongjun and Oscar to confront Bu Le, convinced he could defeat him with his hidden weapons. Dai Mubai stayed behind, unable to warn them that Bu Le had two Five-ring Soul King companions, and the staff who might have carried the warning had been reassigned.

• Tang San claimed he could easily kill Bu Le, while Dai Mubai tried to explain that Bu Le had powerful companions.
• Tang San grew angry at Dai Mubai’s objections and pressured him with Blue Silver Grass until Dai Mubai reluctantly agreed to stay behind.
• Ma Hongjun secretly signaled Dai Mubai that Tang San was acting like a mad dog, and Dai Mubai realized the warning was true.
• Tang San left with Ma Hongjun and Oscar, threatening Dai Mubai with a strand of Blue Silver Grass when he tried to speak again.
• Dai Mubai planned to summon someone to deliver the warning, but Flender had reassigned Li Yusong and the other Shrek Academy staff far away.

Bu Le confronted Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar in a Suotuo City alley after they came seeking revenge for Dai Mubai. Tang San attacked, but his fight faltered when Oscar failed to support him, and he found Oscar and Ma Hongjun groping the unconscious woman.

• Bu Le enjoyed a stolen outing with a woman until Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar appeared in the alley.
• Tang San blocked the exit with Blue Silver Grass and threatened Bu Le for beating Dai Mubai, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar lusted after the woman.
• Bu Le released his Martial Soul and challenged the three, but Tang San attacked him with Blue Silver Entanglement, catching the woman in the vines.
• Bu Le dodged Tang San's attack and countered with his Heavenly Net Double Shields, suppressing Tang San's Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San called for Oscar's enhancement, then discovered Oscar and Ma Hongjun pawing at the unconscious woman instead of helping him.

Tang San used Oscar’s buff and poisoned hidden weapons to fight Bu Le, but a short figure surrounded by green light arrived and cut through his Spider Web Restraint. Tang San was left dumbfounded as the green light illuminated him, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar prepared to assault the unconscious woman until Tang San warned them that his Blue Silver Grass and poison could kill them.
• Tang San promised to poison the woman into obedience and offered Ma Hongjun and Oscar a turn with her, prompting Oscar to buff him while Ma Hongjun guarded Oscar.
• Tang San used Spider Web Restraint to trap Bu Le’s Martial Soul, but could not attack Bu Le directly and remained unable to defeat him in a direct fight.
• Tang San attacked Bu Le with poisoned hidden weapons, wounding him and making his body and Martial Soul weaken until Bu Le called for Old Goose and Tian Ya.
• A short figure burst from a chicken coop in green light and cut apart Tang San’s spiderweb, leaving Tang San dumbfounded.

Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar were overwhelmed by the Soul Kings Tian Ya and E Kao, while Xiao Chen refused to respond when Flender hinted that the students were in trouble. The chapter left the Shrek students badly beaten and Flender choosing to let them face the danger themselves.

• Tang San mocked Tian Ya’s Dragon Slaying Blade, then fought him with Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons but was slashed and sent flying.
• E Kao chased down Ma Hongjun and Oscar, and the two insulted his swan-like Martial Soul as he argued that it was a duck.
• Tang San urged Ma Hongjun to exploit supposed Martial Soul suppression, but E Kao quickly defeated him and slapped him until his face swelled.
• Ma Hongjun blamed Tang San for the fight and cursed him while Tang San lay wounded.
• Flender told Xiao Chen that Hongjun and the others seemed to have been beaten, but Xiao Chen pretended not to understand, and Flender decided to let them endure the danger.

Bu Le and his companions beat Tang San, learned he had no antidote or control poison, and left Oscar to take revenge on him. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Chen accepted an invitation to face the Imperial Dou Battle Team at the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena, triggering a hidden quest.

• Tian Ya and E Kao searched Tang San after beating him, while Oscar claimed Tang San had forced him to come along.
• Tang San admitted he had no antidote and did not have the poison Bu Le wanted, so Oscar realized Tang San had used him and Ma Hongjun.
• Oscar kicked Tang San while Bu Le ordered his companions to discard Oscar and Ma Hongjun and hang Tang San outside as punishment.
• Zhao Wuji brought Flender a letter from the Suo Tuo Great Spirit Arena, which had invited Xiao Chen's team to face the Imperial Dou Battle Team.
• Xiao Chen accepted the job, and the system announced that he had triggered a hidden quest.

Xiao Chen accepted a hidden quest to defeat the Imperial Dou Team and force Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to submit, then drew a card that heightened emotions and curiosity. As Flender gathered teammates for the match, he found Tang San publicly humiliated and abandoned him to avoid getting involved.

• Xiao Chen accepted the hidden quest and drew an Emotion Enhancement Card to help provoke Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
• Flender told Xiao Chen that the arena wanted three additional team members, and Xiao Chen agreed to let Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and others join.
• Flender found Ma Hongjun and Oscar unconscious in a garbage bin, woke them, and asked where Tang San was.
• Flender found Tang San tied naked to a sign in a crowded square, where people and their dogs were humiliating him over a list of alleged crimes.
• Flender ignored Tang San's plea for help and decided to recruit Dai Mubai instead.

Flender returned for Tang San but stuffed his mouth with Toilet Cleaner, tied a hemp rope around his neck, and dragged him out of Suotuo City to Shrek Academy. Tang San was left unconscious and badly injured, while Flender considered arranging for Xiao Chen to deal with him in the arena.

• Tang San called for Flender, who tried to flee with Ma Hongjun and Oscar rather than help him.
• Flender turned back, threw Toilet Cleaner into Tang San's mouth, cut his bindings, and fastened a hemp rope around his neck.
• Flender dragged Tang San out of Suotuo City at full speed, scraping him along the ground until he lost consciousness.
• Flender dumped Tang San at the entrance of Shrek Academy, where Ma Hongjun and Oscar praised the rescue and Flender denied acting out of spite.
• Flender privately considered asking Xiao Chen to injure Tang San in the arena.

Flender had Ma Hongjun and Oscar stop torturing the unconscious Tang San, then ordered them to carry him back and prepare for a team battle. Tang San woke believing he would win fame and powerful backers, but the two deliberately mishandled his stretcher and left him badly injured again.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar kicked and burned the unconscious Tang San until Flender stopped them and told them to learn how to torture enemies properly.
• Tang San woke at Shrek Academy’s entrance, but began vomiting and convulsing when he tried to speak.
• Flender told Ma Hongjun and Oscar to carry Tang San back and said they would participate in the night’s team battle.
• Tang San imagined winning the favor of Titled Douluo and surpassing Xiao Chen, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar planned to sabotage him during the match.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar pretended to stumble, flung Tang San headfirst onto the ground, and then tossed him into a doghouse, leaving him shaking and foaming at the mouth.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu carried out their barbell roleplay while Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Flender arrived with Tang San. As Xiao Chen prepared to explain their next opponents, Dai Mubai appeared and demanded Tang San's tournament spot.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar used Tang San's head to break open the dean's office door, then left him on the floor as they went inside.
• They found Xiao Chen exercising with Xiao Wu as his barbell while Zhu Zhuqing tended to Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Chen finished his workout, laid Xiao Wu beside Ning Rongrong, and asked about the odor Ma Hongjun and Oscar had brought in.
• Flender explained what had happened to Tang San, and Xiao Chen prepared to discuss their upcoming opponents.
• Dai Mubai entered with a cane, kicked Tang San inside, and declared that he was more suited to compete than Tang San.