Chapter Summaries

At Suotuo Great Spirit Arena, the Shrek Seven Devils' popularity and hidden Spirit Ring Configuration drew attention as Yu Xiaogang registered their Team Battle. Yun Qi accepted a quest to seize the immortal herbs and Ice Fire Dragon King Spirit Bone, then waited to learn why the arena staff had fetched someone.

• The Shrek group entered Suotuo Great Spirit Arena separately and disguised themselves to avoid attention from spectators.
• Yu Xiaogang registered the Shrek Seven Devils for a Team Battle while planning to begin their third stage of training after their points were counted.
• A staff member recognized the Shrek Seven Devils' badge, left the registration desk, and returned with another person.
• Yun Qi accepted a quest to seize the immortal herbs and Ice Fire Dragon King Spirit Bone, earning the Soul Control Technique as its reward.
• Yun Qi considered using the new technique to complete his long-standing quest involving Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.

Supervisor Ao asked Yu Xiaogang to let the Shrek Seven Devils fight a powerful Silver Spirit team in the main arena to stop the Great Spirit Arena’s mounting losses. The discussion ended with Yun Qi proposing to face the opposing team alone, though he was a Soul Ancestor rather than a Soul Elder.

• Supervisor Ao approached Yu Xiaogang and asked to speak on behalf of Suotuo Great Spirit Arena, while Yun Qi questioned whose interests he represented.
• Supervisor Ao asked Yu Xiaogang to move the Shrek Seven Devils’ team battle to the central main spirit arena, and Yu Xiaogang challenged the request under the rank rules.
• Supervisor Ao explained that a team of Silver Spirit-ranked Soul Elders with optimal Spirit Ring Configurations had beaten every team sent against them, causing the Great Spirit Arena heavy losses.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned whether Shrek could defeat the team, and Supervisor Ao suggested Yun Qi could join the match.
• Yun Qi pointed out that he was a Soul Ancestor and offered to fight the entire opposing team alone if the Great Spirit Arena made an exception.

Yun Qi persuaded Manager Ao and Yu Xiaogang to let him fight the opposing team alone, then joined the others after agreeing on the match terms. His decision left Tang San and the girls reflecting on how much stronger he had become.

• Yun Qi convinced Manager Ao to arrange a solo match, and Manager Ao offered him four thousand Gold Soul Coins plus a ten-thousand-coin bonus if he won.
• Yu Xiaogang worried Yun Qi was taking training opportunities from Tang San and the others, but relented after Yun Qi pretended he would withdraw.
• Yun Qi told Yu Xiaogang that Ning Rongrong was why he had not demanded more, prompting Yu Xiaogang to accuse him of living off a woman.
• Yun Qi informed Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong that he would miss their two-on-two match, while Tang San and the others marveled at his strength.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing resolved to improve their physical strength before hunting for their next soul rings, following Yun Qi's advice to delay obtaining them.

Yun Qi’s companions studied the formidable Imperial Dou Team and worried about the one-on-seven match, but Yun Qi urged them not to lose confidence. Yu Xiaogang began analyzing the opponents, identifying their captain and vice captain as the greatest threats.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji fantasized about sharing the reward after learning Yun Qi could win fourteen thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Yun Qi that the battle would be difficult, but Flender and Zhao Wuji dismissed his concern.
• The group examined the Imperial Dou Team’s records and learned that all seven members were high-ranked Spirit Masters with powerful spirits.
• Ning Rongrong recognized the rarity of Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia, and Flender remarked that the Shrek Seven Devils might struggle against the team.
• Yun Qi encouraged everyone not to lose heart, then went to Bi Ji for his milk tea while Flender and Yu Xiaogang argued.
• Yu Xiaogang approached Yun Qi with the documents and advised him to watch the Imperial Dou Team’s captain, Yu Tianheng, and vice captain, Dugu Yan.

Yu Xiaogang explained the Imperial Team’s powerful members and connections, while Yun Qi insisted that he could defeat them. In the Suotuo Great Spirit Arena’s VIP room, Dugu Yan teased her teammates as Yu Tianheng treated her as his future girlfriend.

• Yu Xiaogang identified Dugu Yan as a Control Type Jade Phosphorous Serpent Spirit Master and linked her to the Poison Douluo, while he associated Yu Tianheng with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang described the Imperial Team’s Black Tortoise Spirit Master and warned that the upcoming spirit battle would be difficult.
• Yun Qi reminded the group that he had fought Zhao Wuji before, and Xiao Wu declared that she believed he could defeat the Imperial Team.
• In VIP Room Three, Dugu Yan lounged on the sofa and offered to teach a teammate how to become a man, then called him a coward when he backed down.
• The resting team leader told Dugu Yan to behave and called her his future girlfriend, while Yu Tianheng felt smug about her becoming his girlfriend.

After feeling uncomfortable over her companions’ jokes, Dugu Yan left the VIP lounge and encountered Yun Qi in the arena lobby, where his charm stirred feelings she tried to suppress. Yun Qi reunited with Bi Ji and learned she had come to protect him, while Dugu Yan returned to the lounge and snapped at Yu Tianheng.

• Dugu Yan’s companions apologized after Yu Tianheng stopped them from teasing her, but she still left the lounge for some air.
• Yun Qi went to the lobby to reflect on his life and inspect his panel.
• Dugu Yan saw Yun Qi, felt drawn to him, and quickly left before her feelings could waver.
• Bi Ji teased Yun Qi, then said she had come to protect him because someone with ulterior motives knew of his existence.
• Yun Qi and Bi Ji walked back toward the lounge together, while Dugu Yan returned and angrily told Yu Tianheng that her actions were none of his business.

Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Dou Team learned that their opponent was Yun Qi, the Sword Emperor, whose extraordinary undefeated record unsettled them. Though Qin Ming warned them not to underestimate him or injure him, the team remained confident in facing him alone.

• Yu Tianheng apologized to Dugu Yan for snapping at her, then discussed the upcoming match against a single opponent.
• Qin Ming arrived and told the Imperial Dou Team that their opponent was the Sword Emperor, a member of the Shrek Team.
• Yu Tianheng read that Yun Qi had won 120 consecutive matches in one month and had defeated Soul Sect Masters in two-on-two battles.
• Qin Ming explained that Yun Qi's record could not be dismissed as luck, but Dugu Yan reminded the team that they outnumbered him seven to one.
• Qin Ming warned the team not to kill or cripple Yun Qi, especially Dugu Yan, who challenged his instruction to show mercy.

Qin Ming brought the Imperial Dou Team to face Shrek Academy’s Yun Qi in the Central Main Battle Soul Arena, eager to see what his new junior disciple could do. As the teams met onstage, Yun Qi insulted Yu Tianheng, provoking the Imperial Dou Team just before the battle began.

• Qin Ming asked the Imperial Dou Team to go easy on their opponents and promised to explain his reasons after the match.
• Doudou introduced the arena’s VIP audience to the sole scheduled match: Yun Qi, Shrek Academy’s Sword Emperor, against the Imperial Dou Team.
• Yun Qi and the Imperial Dou Team entered the stage, and Dugu Yan felt she had seen Yun Qi somewhere before.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Yun Qi for supposedly taking on seven opponents alone, and Yun Qi called him a stray dog.
• Dugu Yan and the Imperial Dou Team grew furious at Yun Qi’s insult as the confrontation escalated.

Yun Qi faced the seven members of the Imperial Dou Team in a Spirit Combat, while the spectators doubted he could win alone. The battle began with both sides summoning their Martial Souls, and Yun Qi’s aura overwhelmed his opponents as he studied their transformations.

• Yun Qi taunted the Imperial Dou Team, and Yu Tianheng challenged him to settle the matter in battle.
• Xiao Wu and the others watched from a VIP room and hoped Yun Qi would beat the rude opponents.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji recognized Qin Ming among the Imperial Dou Team’s representatives and relaxed.
• Yun Qi summoned the Moon Shadow Sword and unleashed an aura that suppressed the seven opponents.
• The Shi Brothers revealed their Black Tortoise shells, while Yu Tianheng transformed his right arm into a dragon arm and the rest of his team summoned their Martial Souls.
• Dugu Yan became a snake-tailed figure, and Yu Feng took flight above Yun Qi on his transformed wings.

Yun Qi fought the Imperial Dou Team, revealing an extraordinary spirit-ring configuration and using his sword skills to break through their defenses. He wounded Shi Mo and Dugu Yan while dodging the team’s attacks, then watched Ye Lingling heal Dugu Yan as Yu Tianheng launched a furious lightning strike.

• Doudou started the battle, and Yun Qi revealed three purple Spirit Rings and one black Spirit Ring, shocking the spectators and the Imperial Dou Team.
• Yun Qi used Heart Piercer to cut through Shi Mo’s defense, then dodged Yu Tianheng and closed in on Dugu Yan.
• Ye Lingling healed Shi Mo while Yun Qi set Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist ablaze with Realgar Wine and a flaming Sleeve Dart.
• Yun Qi wounded Dugu Yan and evaded failed attacks from the Black Panther and Yu Feng before taunting the Imperial Dou Team.
• Yu Tianheng angrily charged Yun Qi with a lightning claw as Ye Lingling tended to Dugu Yan.

Yun Qi severed Yu Tianheng’s dragon-transformed arm, causing his cultivation to fall, then fought the enraged Imperial Dou Team. After Dugu Yan insulted him, Yun Qi was distracted by memories of his past and took several attacks, leaving his response unresolved.

• Yun Qi dodged Yu Tianheng’s Lightning Dragon Claw and cut off his dragon-transformed arm with Heart Piercer.
• Ye Lingling treated Yu Tianheng, whose cultivation had fallen to level thirty after he lost much of his Soul Power.
• Dugu Yan and the Imperial Dou Team attacked Yun Qi, but he evaded their moves and urged them to surrender.
• Dugu Yan called Yun Qi a bastard, prompting him to recall how he had been bullied after leaving the orphanage in his previous life.
• Dugu Yan, Black Panther, and the Wind Chime Bird Spirit Master struck Yun Qi while he was distracted, injuring his shoulder, back, and chest.

After Dugu Yan wounded and insulted him, Yun Qi unleashed his full power, revealing an External Soul Bone that sealed the Imperial Dou Team’s Soul Power. He ignored the rescuers rushing to the stage and began attacking everyone below with sword qi and hidden weapons.

• Yun Qi reacted to Dugu Yan’s taunts by releasing his Soul Power and revealing his sword phantoms and External Soul Bone.
• Yun Qi’s Ironclad Sword Dragon soul bone formed a Sword Array that sealed the Imperial Dou Team’s Soul Power and prevented them from speaking.
• Yun Qi asked Dugu Yan what she had called him, then threatened to kill the team when they could not answer.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Flender to intervene, and Flender, Zhao Wuji, Qin Ming, Manager Ao, and several nobles rushed toward the stage.
• Yun Qi swept sword qi across the stage and attacked the people below with hidden weapons as Tang San and the others watched.

Yun Qi continued attacking the Imperial Dou Team and the nobles with relentless sword qi after Dugu Yan's words stirred his anger. When Flender tried to stop him and demanded an apology, Yun Qi refused and challenged the dean, leaving Flender preparing to fight him.

• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong that Yun Qi was an orphan adopted by Grandfather Jack, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing realized Dugu Yan's words had provoked him.
• Yun Qi kept firing sword qi while Zhao Wuji, Flender, Qin Ming, and the others struggled to protect the injured fighters and nobles.
• Qin Ming asked Flender to stop Yun Qi, and Flender flew toward him as the defensive line weakened and sword qi severed Black Panther and Shi Mo's legs.
• Flender urged Yun Qi to stop and apologize, but Yun Qi refused, insisting the spirit battle had not ended and attacking Dugu Yan again.
• Flender threatened to get serious to protect Shrek, and Yun Qi ignored him and launched another stream of sword qi.

Yun Qi maimed Dugu Yan and forced her to apologize while overpowering the Imperial Dou Team and Flender. After Yun Qi withdrew his Sword Array, the group attacked him, but Bi Ji appeared and crushed their assault.

• Yun Qi severed part of Dugu Yan's tongue, then froze Flender in midair and slapped him with his sword.
• Yun Qi rejected compensation from the Battle Soul Arena and demanded that Dugu Yan apologize, then wounded Yu Tianheng when he objected.
• Qin Ming persuaded Dugu Yan to bow, but Yun Qi cut her knees and forced her to kneel before withdrawing the Sword Array.
• The Imperial Dou Team and others launched more than twenty soul skills at Yun Qi, but Bi Ji appeared, erased the attacks, and forced everyone to the ground, spitting blood.

Yun Qi punished the nobles who had attacked him and left the Imperial Dou Team badly injured, then told Flender he planned to leave Shrek Academy to avoid bringing it trouble. Before the others could persuade him, Ning Rongrong reunited with Gu Rong and Chen Xin, while Ning Fengzhi was left waiting for her hug.

• Bi Ji revealed herself as a Titled Douluo and asked Yun Qi how he wanted to deal with the nobles; he demanded fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins from each and killed those who could not pay.
• Yun Qi kept Dugu Yan alive because he wanted her help finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Ye Lingling discovered that his sword qi continued to harm the Imperial Dou Team.
• Manager Ao apologized and left, and Doudou announced Yun Qi as the victor; Yun Qi then told Flender he intended to leave the academy so it would not be implicated.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San's group tried to persuade Yun Qi to stay, while Xiao Wu and the others expected to go with him.
• Ning Rongrong rushed to embrace Gu Rong and Chen Xin when they arrived, then pinched Ning Fengzhi instead of hugging him.

Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders arrived at the Battle Soul Arena, where Bi Ji revealed she was Yun Qi’s girlfriend. Yun Qi arranged for Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to stay at the sect while he and Bi Ji left to deal with Dugu Bo, then shared an emotional farewell with the three girls.

• Ning Rongrong pinched Ning Fengzhi, while Chen Xin recognized her reaction and glared at him in warning.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Bi Ji who she was, and she said she was Yun Qi’s girlfriend.
• Ning Fengzhi spoke privately with Yun Qi, then invited Ning Rongrong and the other girls to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yun Qi gave Ning Fengzhi his hidden weapons as betrothal gifts and asked him to keep the girls at the sect while he and Bi Ji dealt with Dugu Bo.
• Xiao Wu feared Yun Qi was abandoning her, and Yun Qi reassured her before embracing her, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• After the girls spent time alone with Yun Qi, Ning Fengzhi remarked on their youth, and Ning Rongrong grabbed him until he begged for mercy.

After leaving Shrek Academy, Yun Qi asked Bi Ji to kidnap Dugu Yan because he needed her for his next plans. Bi Ji found the injured Imperial Dou Team sneaking out of Suotuo City, where Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan vowed revenge, just before Bi Ji reached them.

• Ning Fengzhi took Ning Rongrong and her friends back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji arguing over Shrek Academy's future.
• Tang San returned to the hotel and resolved to grow strong enough to keep up with his father's footsteps.
• Yun Qi asked Bi Ji to kidnap Dugu Yan, explaining that she would be important to his plans, and Bi Ji agreed.
• Bi Ji flew back toward Suotuo City and found the injured Imperial Dou Team secretly leaving the city.
• Yu Tianheng urged Dugu Yan to summon her grandfather while he contacted his family to seek revenge on Yun Qi, and Dugu Yan vowed to kill him.

Bi Ji forced Yu Tianheng to choose members of the Imperial Dou Team to die in exchange for his own life. She let Yu Tianheng stand but kept the others pinned down, revealing that she intended to continue the game.

• Yu Tianheng agreed to let anyone join his plan to torture their enemies, then realized Bi Ji had appeared behind him.
• Bi Ji restrained the Imperial Dou Team and ordered Yu Tianheng to choose someone to die in his place.
• When Yu Tianheng hesitated, Bi Ji killed Black Panther and gave him ten seconds to choose again.
• Yu Tianheng chose Ling Feng, who cursed him before Bi Ji killed him as well.
• Bi Ji released Yu Tianheng but kept his teammates and Qin Ming pinned down, explaining she had never promised to let everyone go.

Bi Ji forced Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng into a game in which only one could survive, and Yu Tianheng stabbed Dugu Yan while she tried to comfort him. Dugu Yan was left wounded and heartbroken as Ye Lingling confronted Yu Tianheng.

• Bi Ji began a new game and declared that only Dugu Yan or Yu Tianheng could survive.
• Yu Tianheng was forced to stay, while Dugu Yan approached him believing he had chosen to die for her.
• Dugu Yan embraced Yu Tianheng and tried to wipe the dust from his face, but he stabbed her in the stomach with his lightning-clawed hand.
• Yu Tianheng blamed Dugu Yan, kicked her away, and claimed she had tried to attack him.
• Ye Lingling shouted that Dugu Yan had only meant to comfort him, while Dugu Yan asked Yu Tianheng if he truly thought so poorly of her.

Yun Qi saved Dugu Yan after Yu Tianheng betrayed her, and she took revenge by killing him. Bi Ji let the Imperial Dou Team leave but kept Dugu Yan behind.

• Yu Tianheng confessed that he had pursued Dugu Yan for her grandfather’s power and had never truly cared for her.
• Yun Qi arrived and fed Dugu Yan an Immortal Bean, healing her fatal wound and waking her.
• Dugu Yan attacked Yu Tianheng with her poisoned fangs after realizing he had used her and tried to sacrifice her.
• At Bi Ji’s prompting, Dugu Yan let the poison weaken Yu Tianheng before killing him.
• Bi Ji allowed the Imperial Dou Team to leave but singled out Dugu Yan to stay, while Qin Ming asked permission to collect the three corpses.