Chapter Summaries

Sword Douluo bought Tang San’s collection of Hidden Weapons for 250,000 Gold Soul Coins, while Tang San believed the deal would let him gain power and surpass his teammates. Meanwhile, Du Cheng met Tai Tan, the Strength Clan’s leader, who said he had come to avenge his son and grandson.

• Sword Douluo asked Tang San to sell him one of each type of Hidden Weapon, and Tang San demanded one Gold Soul Coin per piece.
• Tang San showed Sword Douluo twenty-three Hidden Weapons, including Guanyin Tears and Soul Chasing Dart, and accepted a card containing 250,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Sword Douluo recognized Tang San as a Shrek Academy student and left with the weapons, while Tang San planned to use his money to grow stronger.
• Du Cheng recognized Tai Tan as the Strength Clan’s leader before Tai Tan introduced himself and declared he had come to vent his anger over his son and grandson.

Du Cheng accepted Tai Tan’s wager and called on Qing Yi and Qing Xuan to fight alongside him, revealing that both maids were Titled Douluo. Tai Tan chose to fight anyway, then suddenly punched Du Cheng before finishing his declaration.

• Tai Tan challenged Du Cheng to a wager, offering to become his guard if he lost and demanding Du Cheng and two companions serve him if they were defeated.
• Tai Tan revealed his eight soul rings and planned to defeat Du Cheng quickly, while Tai Nuo predicted his father would easily win.
• Du Cheng summoned Qing Yi and Qing Xuan to join the match and warned them to be careful around Tai Tan.
• Tai Tan, Tai Long, and Tai Nuo were shocked when Qing Yi and Qing Xuan revealed nine soul rings each.
• Tai Tan insisted he would not surrender to two Titled Douluo, then abruptly punched Du Cheng.

Tai Tan and his family surrendered to Du Cheng after Qing Yi and Qing Xuan defeated him, and Gu Rong revealed that Du Cheng would inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The chapter left Tai Tan, Tai Long, and Tai Nuo pledging themselves to Du Cheng as their young master.

• Tai Tan attacked Qing Yi and Qing Xuan but was knocked down and left unable to fight.
• Tai Long and Tai Nuo rushed to Tai Tan, who told them he was fine before shouting that he surrendered.
• Gu Rong told Tai Tan that Du Cheng was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's son-in-law and would own the sect, which would soon become the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.
• Gu Rong explained that Du Cheng had helped the sect's princess evolve her martial soul, and Tai Tan declared Du Cheng the young master of the Strength Clan.
• Tai Tan knelt before Du Cheng, and Tai Long and Tai Nuo followed suit, accepting him as their young master.

Du Cheng accepted Tai Tan as his attendant after Tai Tan pledged loyalty to him, and Ning Fengzhi treated Tai Tan’s injuries. At One Inch Residence, Ning Fengzhi showed Du Cheng a collection of Hidden Weapons and asked him to crack them; Du Cheng said he expected to crack them all.

• Tai Tan knelt before Du Cheng and insisted on honoring his wager by becoming Du Cheng’s attendant.
• Gu Rong advised Du Cheng to accept Tai Tan, and Ning Fengzhi appeared and healed Tai Tan with his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Du Cheng accepted Tai Tan as his attendant and invited Ning Fengzhi and the others to continue their discussion at One Inch Residence.
• Ning Fengzhi presented Du Cheng with a pile of Hidden Weapons, while Gu Rong watched to see whether Du Cheng could dismantle them.
• Du Cheng said he should be able to crack all of the Hidden Weapons.

Du Cheng dismantled the concealed weapons Tang San had sold, and Ning Fengzhi arranged for the Strength Clan to forge more for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang San lashed out at Oscar and, after advancing his cultivation with his new resources, asked his teacher when he could obtain his fourth Soul Ring.

• Du Cheng dismantled the concealed weapons while Ning Fengzhi rejected Gu Rong's suggestion to attack Tang San and planned to buy from him again later.
• Tai Tan offered to forge the weapons for one Gold Soul Coin per component, and Ning Fengzhi accepted.
• Tang San returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and found Oscar waiting while the others cultivated.
• Tang San insulted Oscar and threatened him with a challenge, while Oscar recognized the danger of fighting him.
• Tang San cultivated with the resources bought using Sword Douluo's money, reached a bottleneck, and asked his teacher when he would get his Fourth Soul Ring.

Tang San asked Master to help him obtain Soul Rings for his Second Martial Soul, and Master agreed to arrange a trip with Flender. After Ning Fengzhi left Blue Tyrant Academy, Ning Rongrong reunited with Du Cheng, who took her toward his room.

• Tang San told Master he had reached his limit and asked for help obtaining Soul Rings for his Second Martial Soul.
• Master gave Tang San a booklet of suitable Soul Beasts and promised to ask Flender to take him to the Soul Beast Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi and Liu Erlong reached an agreement for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Tyrant Academy to exchange students and recommendations.
• Ning Fengzhi bid farewell to Du Cheng and asked him to tolerate Ning Rongrong's spoiled temperament.
• After Ning Fengzhi left, Ning Rongrong embraced Du Cheng, and he suggested they go to a room together.

Du Cheng spent the day with Ning Rongrong before the other girls competed for his attention, and he visited their rooms that night. Liu Erlong’s bond value with him reached 35, earning him an Intermediate Lottery opportunity.

• Du Cheng carried Ning Rongrong to his room, and they stayed together for three hours while the other girls waited outside.
• Xiao Wu and the other girls hinted that they wanted Du Cheng’s attention, and Qing Ying offered to join Zhu Zhuqing.
• Du Cheng suggested being intimate with all three remaining girls, but Dugu Yan and Meng Yiran fled, leaving Xiao Wu to return with him to his room.
• Du Cheng later visited the girls’ rooms, while Qing Ying blushed and left Zhu Zhuqing’s room; Zhu Zhuqing told him Qing Ying was not ready after escaping the Auction House.
• Liu Erlong listened from the thatched hut as the sounds continued, and the system announced that her Bond Value with Du Cheng had reached 35 and awarded him an Intermediate Lottery opportunity.

Du Cheng and the girls enjoyed a peaceful life while their strength rapidly improved, prompting Tang San to press Master for permission to hunt Soul Rings. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong learning that Xiao Wu and the others had reached level 50, and Xiao Wu crediting Du Cheng for their rapid progress.

• Du Cheng resolved to cultivate harder after the girls left him exhausted, while their group’s strength continued to rise.
• Tang San confronted Master about delaying his Second Martial Soul’s Soul Rings, and Master agreed he could enter the Soul Beast Forest the next day.
• Master asked Flender to take Tang San to the forest, and Flender decided to bring Ma Hongjun and the others along as well.
• Xiao Wu and the girls told Liu Erlong they had reached level 50, and Xiao Wu said Du Cheng had helped them improve so quickly.
• Liu Erlong looked at Du Cheng and asked whether his strength had improved too.

Du Cheng and Liu Erlong took Xiao Wu and the other girls toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings. The group reached the forest’s outskirts and discussed their Soul Beast targets before preparing to enter.

• Liu Erlong discovered that Du Cheng had reached level 68, then arranged to take the group to hunt Soul Beasts the next day.
• Liu Erlong woke everyone early, and Du Cheng set out with her and the girls despite wishing they could leave later.
• Du Cheng rode with the girls in a carriage and decided he would have Tai Tan and the others build an airborne carriage cabin for the Azure-Eyed Golden Eagle.
• The group left the carriage near the Star Dou Great Forest after the driver’s Crimson Flame Colt refused to go farther.
• Liu Erlong asked the girls about their Soul Ring plans, and they named Soul Beasts they hoped to find before she agreed to follow their choices.

Du Cheng and the others entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where the girls took the lead to train their combat skills while searching for suitable soul beasts. After a day without finding any, they decided to camp for the night, only to discover that Liu Erlong had brought just one tent.

• Liu Erlong reminded the group to hunt only the soul beasts they needed and not kill harmless ones indiscriminately.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Yiran, and the other girls asked to fight soul beasts themselves, and Du Cheng agreed to let them train while he stayed nearby.
• The girls led the group through the forest, with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu scouting and Ning Rongrong supporting Meng Yiran and Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Wu explained that they would not reach the middle region, where suitable soul beasts lived, until the next day.
• The group found no suitable soul beasts before nightfall, so Xiao Wu chose a campsite and the girls discovered they had only Liu Erlong's one large tent.

Du Cheng and the girls set up camp during their trial, then struggled through the girls’ cooking while Du Cheng pretended to enjoy it. After the girls went to bed, Liu Erlong insisted on sleeping inside the tent, and Du Cheng followed her in to keep watch beside her.

• Du Cheng gave the girls a tent and Liu Erlong declared that setting it up counted as part of their trial.
• Xiao Wu and the others put up the tent, and Du Cheng praised their work before suggesting that cooking should count as another trial task.
• The girls prepared chicken, fruit, and soup, and Du Cheng forced himself to eat and praise their unappetizing food.
• Du Cheng and Liu Erlong agreed to keep watch while the girls slept inside the tent.
• Liu Erlong chose to sleep inside, and Du Cheng entered the tent after asking her permission.

Liu Erlong began Du Cheng’s trial by ordering him and the girls to find their own shelter, while Tang San and Flender settled a dispute with Dai Mubai’s group in the forest. The girls’ first trial encounter was a five-thousand-year-old Green Poison Mad Scorpion.

• Liu Erlong struggled to sleep beside Du Cheng while Xiao Wu sleepily clung to her and called her Cheng Gege.
• Tang San complained to Flender that Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar would make their soul-ring search more dangerous, then apologized after Flender reprimanded him.
• Dai Mubai urged the group to unite and suggested they camp for the night, while privately resenting Tang San’s attitude.
• Liu Erlong declared Du Cheng’s trial officially underway and told him and the girls to find their own lodging without relying on her tent.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed an approaching threat, and the girls gathered around Ning Rongrong as a five-thousand-year-old Green Poison Mad Scorpion emerged.

Zhu Zhuqing severed a young Green Poison Mad Scorpion’s tail, and Flender and Tang San tried to claim the injured beast for Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass. Liu Erlong confronted them as the one who had wounded it, and Tang San asked to buy it from her.

• Zhu Zhuqing cut off the Green Poison Mad Scorpion’s tail, and the injured beast retreated before trying to flee.
• Oscar objected when Flender and Tang San decided to take the scorpion for Tang San’s soul ring, but Flender silenced him and claimed that the strong had the right to it.
• Liu Erlong appeared and told Flender that she had injured the scorpion, leaving him startled and embarrassed.
• Liu Erlong criticized Flender’s conduct and reflected on her lost faith in the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Tang San introduced himself to Liu Erlong and offered to buy the scorpion, hoping to strengthen the poison of his Blue Silver Grass.

Liu Erlong refused to give Tang San the Green Poison Mad Scorpion, forcing Flender to keep Shrek Academy’s group in place for an hour. Tang Hao then appeared carrying the captured beast and ordered them to kill it so Tang San could absorb its soul ring.

• Liu Erlong demanded 100,000 Gold Soul Coins for the Green Poison Mad Scorpion, mocked Tang San, and refused to hand it over.
• Liu Erlong let the Green Poison Mad Scorpion escape and told Flender and the students to remain for an hour unless they wanted to fight her.
• Tang San protested, but Flender warned that he had to conserve his strength to protect the group in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Liu Erlong left to continue searching for soul rings with Xiao Wu and the others.
• Tang Hao appeared with a half-dead Green Poison Mad Scorpion, rebuked Flender for being weak, and ordered the group to kill the beast so Tang San could absorb its soul ring.

Tang San reunited with his father, Tang Hao, after absorbing a soul ring and learned that Tang Hao was a Titled Douluo who had secretly protected him. Tang Hao urged him to defeat Du Cheng himself, but Tang San ended the chapter wondering how he could win.

• Tang San killed the Green Poison Mad Scorpion and absorbed its soul ring.
• Tang Hao revealed himself to Tang San, who was shocked to learn his father was a Titled Douluo.
• Tang Hao told Tang San he had secretly watched over him since he left Holy Soul Village and had once taught Zhao Wuji a lesson.
• Tang San asked why Tang Hao had never protected him from Du Cheng, and Tang Hao challenged him to defeat his peer on his own.
• Tang San briefly resolved to become stronger, then asked how he could possibly defeat Du Cheng.

Tang Hao urged Tang San to strengthen his Second Martial Soul and revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, proposing that Tang San expose her at the Elite Soul Master Competition to endanger Du Cheng and seize her Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Tang San embraced the plan and vowed that Du Cheng would die when the competition began, while someone nearby sensed another powerhouse.

• Tang San worried that adding rings to his Second Martial Soul would damage his potential, but Tang Hao argued that building an invincible heart mattered more and Soul Ring quality could improve later.
• Flender confirmed to Dai Mubai that Tang San was Tang Hao’s son, and Dai Mubai decided to adjust his attitude toward Tang San.
• Tang Hao privately told Tang San that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and suggested exposing her at the Elite Soul Master Competition to provoke Spirit Hall and create a chance to seize her.
• Tang Hao explained that Xiao Wu could yield a Soul Ring and Soul Bone, and that her voluntary sacrifice could let Tang San obtain the Soul Ring despite his current strength.
• Tang San told Tang Hao he had a complete plan and vowed to make Du Cheng’s death day the start of the Elite Soul Master Competition.
• Someone nearby warned that another powerhouse was present.

Du Cheng and his companions followed a strange migration of Soul Beasts toward the source of a medicinal scent, while Tang San and Tang Hao waited elsewhere for the beasts to come to them. The chapter revealed that Tang San had used Fragrant Qiluo to lure the Soul Beasts, setting the two groups on a path toward the same disturbance.

• Qing Yi warned Du Cheng of a powerful expert nearby, but said the person was no match for her, so Du Cheng dismissed the threat.
• Liu Erlong directed Du Cheng's group toward the area she had come from, where she had encountered Flender in disguise.
• Xiao Wu and the others found Soul Beasts of different kinds traveling together, and Du Cheng guessed that someone had lured them with Fragrant Qiluo.
• Du Cheng led the group after the migrating Soul Beasts, while Xiao Wu worried the gathering might draw Da Ming and Er Ming into danger.
• Tang San smashed a Thunder Beetle, but Tang Hao warned him not to venture deeper into the forest and said suitable Soul Beasts would come to them.
• Tang San accepted Tang Hao's advice and reflected on the Storage Ring he had received, while the chapter revealed that he had created the Fragrant Qiluo scent attracting the Soul Beasts.

Tang San used a beast-attracting medicine in the forest to seek a Soul Ring, while Tang Hao offered to protect the group. When a Ten Thousand Year Earth Cave Demon Spider appeared, Tang San chose to risk absorbing its Soul Ring as his Fourth Soul Ring, determined to reclaim what Du Cheng had taken from him.

• Tang San explained that the Fragrant Qiluo’s strengthened fragrance would attract Soul Beasts for two hours, and Tang Hao promised to take him deeper into the forest if needed.
• Tang Hao sensed a Thousand-Year Fire Scale Beast and a Ten Thousand Year Earth Cave Demon Spider approaching.
• Ma Hongjun chose the Fire Scale Beast for his Soul Ring, while Tang San claimed the Demon Spider despite Flender’s warning about its age.
• Tang San said his Immortal Herbs gave him confidence to break the Soul Ring limit and asked Tang Hao to injure the Demon Spider so he could fight it himself.
• Tang Hao struck the Demon Spider with his black hammer, leaving it collapsed with only three intact legs.

Tang San killed a Ten Thousand Year Earth Cave Demon Spider and began absorbing its soul ring and External Soul Bone. Du Cheng and his companions arrived at the scene, where he greeted Tang Hao with a taunt that left Flender and the others wondering who stood behind him.

• Tang San poisoned and tortured the Earth Cave Demon Spider, then killed it with his small hammer and obtained a black soul ring and a miniature spider-leg External Soul Bone.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao to protect him and began absorbing the rewards, thinking that he had caught up to Du Cheng.
• Du Cheng and his companions followed the dying spider's cry through a forest filled with soul beast corpses.
• Qing Yi and Qing Xuan sensed someone ahead and moved in front of Du Cheng before the group found Tang San, Flender, and Tang Hao.
• Liu Erlong recognized Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Douluo, while Du Cheng greeted him and reminded him of their past encounter and the Soul Bone Tang Hao had given him.
• Tang Hao suppressed his anger at Du Cheng's taunts, and Flender and the others wondered who Du Cheng's master was.

Tang San successfully absorbed a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring while Du Cheng arrived and joined the group. As they traveled deeper into the forest to find soul rings for Xiao Wu and the others, Tang San tried to impress Xiao Wu by explaining the usual limit for a Soul Elder’s fourth ring.

• Du Cheng recognized that Tang Hao had helped Tang San hunt soul beasts for a soul bone, and Tang Hao said he had only wanted to strengthen his son.
• Tang Hao agreed to let Du Cheng travel with the group.
• Tang San emerged from his breakthrough with a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring and nearly revealed his Twin Martial Souls before Tang Hao redirected him.
• Tang San hid the Fragrant Qiluo and claimed its effect had ended, so the group would have to search for soul beasts by luck.
• Flender asked Xiao Wu and the others about their desired Martial Souls, and Tang San offered to recommend suitable soul beasts while boasting about the five-thousand-year limit for a Soul Elder's fourth ring.