Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan faced Da Nian’s attacks and taunted the Soul Douluo while evading and enduring his soul skills. The chapter ended with Da Nian stunned that Tang Lan had survived Golden Silk Phoenix Kill without a scratch.

• Da Nian attacked Tang Lan with Golden Silk Entanglement, but Tang Lan used Wave Treading to teleport away from the golden threads.
• Jiang Nannan and the others worried about Tang Lan, while Ice Bear urged Luo Jian to stop Da Nian and Luo Jian refused.
• Da Nian unleashed Golden Silk Phoenix Kill, whose locking blade-like feathers were meant to prevent Tang Lan from evading.
• Tang Lan claimed Da Nian’s attack was weak, and the smoke cleared to reveal him standing completely uninjured.
• Da Nian stared at Tang Lan in disbelief and demanded to know how he had blocked the attack.

Tang Lan fought Da Nian, an Outer Courtyard security officer who mistook him for an Evil Soul Master, and overwhelmed him with his speed, defense, and hammer. Da Nian was left severely injured and beaten into the ground.

• Da Nian threatened Tang Lan and claimed he was protecting the Outer Courtyard, while Yang Tian watched enviously.
• Tang Lan challenged Da Nian to prove he was an Evil Soul Master, and Da Nian attacked with his Fourth Soul Skill, Knife Feather Kill.
• Tang Lan used his hammers to smash Da Nian's attack and crush both of his wings.
• Da Nian activated his Fifth Soul Skill, Golden Phoenix Body Protection, but Tang Lan shattered his armor and drove him into the ground.
• Tang Lan kicked Da Nian away and told him that his speed and defense were inferior to his strength.

Yan Shaozhe arrived to address the complaints against Tang Lan after he defeated Academy teachers and students. Tang Lan admitted what happened but insisted he should not be punished, leaving Yan Shaozhe to decide how to handle his junior martial brother.

• Yan Shaozhe appeared, and Wu Feng, Yang Tian, Da Nian, and other teachers accused Tang Lan of attacking them and claimed he was a disguised Evil Soul Master.
• Tang Lan ignored the complaints, sat down, and pulled Jiang Nannan into his arms while the accusers expected Yan Shaozhe to punish him.
• Yan Shaozhe assured the complainants that the Academy would address the incident, then asked Tang Lan whether their accusations were true.
• Tang Lan admitted they were true but said the others had brought it upon themselves.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned Tang Lan about the rules against fighting outside the Duel Arena, and Tang Lan said he knew them and should not be severely punished.

Tang Lan demanded that Shrek Academy make an exception for him, arguing that he would repay the academy and that qualified students could also seek special treatment. Yan Shaozhe postponed judgment until the Sea God Pavilion, where its elders and senior staff gathered to decide Tang Lan’s fate.

• Tang Lan openly told Shrek Academy to make an exception for him, claiming its rules could change for qualified people who offered something in return.
• Wang Dong, Wu Feng, Jiang Nannan, Hong Ling, and others reacted to Tang Lan’s defiant demand, while Yan Shaozhe worried about the academy’s reputation and considered how to punish him lightly.
• Yan Shaozhe reprimanded Tang Lan and said the academy could not grant special treatment solely for talent, then announced that the Sea God Pavilion would resolve the matter.
• Wu Feng and Da Nian urged the academy to deliver justice for the injured teachers and students as Tang Lan left with Yan Shaozhe, reassuring his allies by voice transmission.
• Yan Shaozhe left Tang Lan waiting outside the Sea God Pavilion and reported the incident to the gathered Pavilion Elders and senior officials.

The Sea God Pavilion elders debated how to respond to Tang Lan’s defiance and the damage he had caused at Shrek Academy. They weighed punishing him to protect the academy’s reputation against training his extraordinary strength for an impending crisis, while Tang Lan secretly listened from outside.

• Xian Zi and the other elders condemned Tang Lan’s actions and called for severe punishment.
• Yan Shaozhe urged the elders to wait for Mu En, warning that harsh treatment could drive Tang Lan away from the academy.
• Old Lin demanded equal punishment for Tang Lan and suggested that the injured teachers each slap him once.
• Old Zhuang argued that Tang Lan’s ability to defeat Soul Sages and Soul Douluos made him a potential pillar of Shrek Academy.
• Xian Lin'er framed the decision as a gamble between preserving the academy’s credibility and relying on Tang Lan to face a future crisis.
• Tang Lan listened through the elders’ barrier and realized that others besides Mu En were willing to speak in his favor.

Mu En called a vote on whether Shrek Academy should punish Tang Lan and argued that the academy needed him to face its powerful enemies. The Sea God Pavilion spared Tang Lan, and Mu En summoned him for a private conversation.

• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion that Shrek Academy faced decline and destruction, and that Tang Lan could help protect it in a year.
• The Pavilion Elders voted, with only Old Lin and one other elder supporting severe punishment for Tang Lan.
• Mu En declared that Shrek would not punish Tang Lan, though the academy would compensate the injured teachers and students.
• Tang Lan left after hearing the decision, but Mu En summoned him to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En praised Tang Lan's talent and introduced himself, while Tang Lan teased him and said he did not know who he was.

Mu En offered to take Tang Lan as his disciple, and Tang Lan accepted only after demanding Shrek Academy’s rare resources and manuals. Though Shrek protected him from punishment, the resulting scandal made him infamous across Shrek City, where an angry crowd surrounded him as he went out with Jiang Nannan and Hong Ling.

• Mu En praised Tang Lan’s talent and Ancient Dragon Spirit, then asked him to become his disciple.
• Tang Lan demanded Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, soul bones, and Shrek’s secret cultivation manuals before agreeing.
• Mu En accepted Tang Lan’s demands, and Tang Lan called him Teacher before leaving Sea God Pavilion.
• Shrek Academy let Tang Lan continue attending classes despite his attack on teachers and students, provoking disbelief and gossip across Shrek City.
• Tang Lan went out with Jiang Nannan and Hong Ling, but a crowd recognized and condemned him.
• Jiang Nannan urged Tang Lan to return to the academy, but he refused and said someone else would deal with the crowd.

Tang Lan provoked a crowd in Shrek City until Ice Bear and Luo Jian stepped in to protect him and drive them away. He then left with Jiang Nannan and Hong Ling, while agents from other empires and the new Holy Spirit Cult exploited the incident to stir up further conflict.

• Tang Lan taunted the angry crowd and clung to Jiang Nannan and Hong Ling, forcing Ice Bear and Luo Jian to intervene.
• Ice Bear threatened the crowd and branded them Holy Spirit Cult members, while Luo Jian summoned swords to drive them away.
• Ice Bear and Luo Jian left after Tang Lan thanked them, frustrated that they had to keep protecting him.
• Jiang Nannan and Hong Ling took Tang Lan to a hotel and agreed to help him find more women.
• The crowd's confrontation sparked rumors across Shrek City, and foreign empire agents and the new Holy Spirit Cult used them to inflame tensions with Shrek Academy and Tang Lan.

Tang Lan recognized that Yu'er, whom Tang Ya had introduced to him, was an assassin sent to lure him into a trap. As fourteen Soul Douluo, thirty Soul Sages, and sixty Soul Emperors gathered beneath his hotel, Tang Lan remained inside with Tang Ya and prepared to face the danger.

• Shrek City assembled an assassination squad of Soul Douluo and Soul Sages, while Shrek Academy concealed Tang Lan's true strength.
• Tang Ya secretly introduced Tang Lan to Yu'er, a beautiful Soul Master she had found for him, while keeping their relationship hidden from Bei Bei.
• Tang Lan questioned Yu'er's eagerness and accused her of wanting to kill him, but she denied it and Tang Ya believed her.
• Tang Lan sensed Yu'er's thoughts and learned that she wanted revenge because he had beaten her lover, Yang Tian.
• Tang Lan sensed fourteen Soul Douluo, thirty Soul Sages, and sixty Soul Emperors gathering beneath the hotel, concealed by a Soul Skill.

Tang Lan exposed Yu'er as the bait who had lured him out to be killed, then subdued her as enemy forces attacked the hotel. A Titled Douluo arrived to defend Shrek City, while Tang Lan carried Tang Ya outside to face the battle.

• Six Soul Douluo attacked Ice Bear while three others tried to hold Luo Jian, as Soul Sages and Soul Emperors closed in on Tang Lan.
• Yu'er revealed that she had lured Tang Ya and Tang Lan into a trap, then turned invisible to escape.
• Tang Lan found Yu'er despite her invisibility, slammed her to the floor, and threw her from the sixth floor after sealing her martial soul.
• A Titled Douluo trapped the advancing Soul Sages and Soul Emperors in a corridor, and five hidden Soul Douluo charged at him.
• Tang Lan wrapped an arm around Tang Ya and flew out through the hotel window to confront the attackers.

Tang Lan watched Shi Xing, Shrek City's Level 94 Time Douluo, kill five peak Soul Douluos with his time-and-space abilities. When two enemy Titled Douluos launched a new assault and Shi Xing was caught off guard, Tang Lan rescued him by kicking Black Shadow Douluo to the ground.

• Tang Lan created an illusion barrier and watched Shi Xing use Time-Space Annihilation and Space Tear to kill five peak Soul Douluos.
• Black Shadow and Golden Bird revealed themselves as enemy Titled Douluos, and Golden Bird prepared Soul Tools while ordering thirty Soul Saints to attack Tang Lan.
• Ice Bear Douluo and Luo Jian Douluo remained occupied by their opponents, leaving Shi Xing to protect Tang Lan.
• Golden Bird's Soul Tools forced Shi Xing to teleport beside Tang Lan, while Black Shadow silently attacked him from behind.
• Tang Lan kicked Black Shadow's wrist and sent him crashing to the ground, saving Shi Xing from the assassin.

Tang Lan protected Tang Ya and helped Time Douluo fight off the Holy Spirit Cult’s attackers, overpowering Black Shadow Douluo and capturing him. With Golden Bird Douluo still at large, the group faced the question of how to stop him from escaping.

• Time Douluo used his Time-Space Domain to protect Tang Lan from the attackers and crippled or transformed many Soul Saints and Soul Emperors with his sixth soul skill.
• Golden Bird Douluo fired his Level 9 Soul Tool Triangular Long Spear at Time Douluo, but Tang Lan caught the shot with Dragon Grasping Hand and hurled it at Black Shadow Douluo.
• Black Shadow Douluo used his Martial Soul Avatar to survive the blast, then tried to escape with clones, but Tang Lan seized his true body and dismissed his pleas for mercy.
• Tang Lan told Time Douluo to take Black Shadow Douluo to Sea God Pavilion and revealed that Dragon God Mu En was his teacher.
• North Bear Douluo and Luo Jian joined them after defeating their opponents, and Time Douluo asked how they should deal with Golden Bird Douluo.

Tang Lan countered Golden Bird Douluo’s Level 9 Soul Tool attack and crippled him, then ordered the witnesses to conceal the extent of his power. After confronting Yu'er over her betrayal, Tang Lan offered to spare and strengthen her if she helped him with a task, leaving her to decide whether to accept.

• Golden Bird Douluo fired his Raging Fire Bullet Gun at Tang Lan, who caught the returning cannonball and hurled it back, destroying one of Golden Bird Douluo’s wings and badly injuring him.
• Tang Lan ordered Time Douluo, Ice Bear Douluo, and Luo Jian to hand over the two captured Titled Douluo and keep his power secret, claiming only that he had assisted them.
• Tang Lan and Tang Ya landed before Yu'er, and Tang Ya condemned Yu'er for betraying her and trying to kill Tang Lan.
• Yu'er defied Tang Lan despite her fear, insisting that the Four Great Empires and the Holy Spirit Cult would eventually kill him.
• Tang Lan offered to heal Yu'er, raise her levels, and spare her if she helped him accomplish a task, then demanded her answer.

Tang Lan healed Yu'er with a pill and ordered her to tell Yang Tian that he had been seriously injured, suspecting Yang Tian and others at Shrek Academy of betraying him. As Yu'er hurried back to Yang Tian, she revealed a vicious expression, leaving her loyalty uncertain.

• Tang Lan gave Yu'er a pill that healed her injuries and promised it could improve her aptitude, then ordered her to report that he was seriously injured.
• Tang Lan told Tang Ya and the Titled Douluo that he suspected Yang Tian and possibly other people at Shrek Academy had allied with the Four Great Empires or the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Tang Lan said they could use Yang Tian's exposure to prepare a strike against the traitors, while revealing that the pill could also kill Yu'er if she betrayed him.
• Time Douluo, Ice Bear Douluo, and Luo Jian left to report the matter to Sea God Pavilion, and Tang Lan and Tang Ya went to bed together.
• Yu'er returned to Yang Tian's residence with a vicious look and said, "Don't blame me!"

Yu'er returned to Yang Tian and revealed that Tang Lan had survived but was severely injured, deepening her disillusionment with Yang Tian. Meanwhile, Tang Lan left a hotel with Tang Ya and insisted on openly claiming their relationship as they headed toward Shrek.

• Yang Tian excitedly asked Yu'er whether Tang Lan had been killed, but she coldly told him Tang Lan had survived.
• Yu'er became sorrowful and despairing as Yang Tian accused her of letting Tang Lan escape, then she revealed Tang Lan was badly injured and nearly crippled.
• Yang Tian celebrated Tang Lan's injuries and said he would kill him himself, while Yu'er left to rest.
• After Yu'er departed, Yang Tian spoke to an unknown person and urged them to organize another attack on the injured Tang Lan.
• Tang Lan left the hotel's presidential suite with Tang Ya, who worried about Bei Bei and wanted to explain their relationship to him.
• Tang Ya tried to break free as they approached Shrek, but Tang Lan insisted that he wanted everyone to know she was his woman.

Tang Lan entered Shrek Academy hand in hand with Tang Ya, provoking rumors and drawing a crowd. Bei Bei arrived and confronted them, and Tang Lan insulted him as unworthy of Tang Ya as Bei Bei’s killing intent surged.

• Tang Lan and Tang Ya entered Shrek Academy together, startling students who had assumed he was with Jiang Nannan.
• Students gossiped about the pair, and several ran to tell Bei Bei while others went to find Jiang Nannan.
• Tang Ya worried about Bei Bei’s reaction, but Tang Lan insisted they were a couple and dismissed Bei Bei as only a pursuer.
• Xu Sanshi told Bei Bei the news, and Bei Bei went with him to confront Tang Lan and Tang Ya.
• Bei Bei saw their joined hands and demanded to know why Tang Ya had chosen Tang Lan.
• Tang Lan declared Bei Bei unworthy of Tang Ya, and Bei Bei’s face twisted as killing intent swept out.

Bei Bei confronted Tang Ya after she chose Tang Lan, then attacked Tang Lan in a jealous rage. Tang Lan repeatedly overpowered him, but Bei Bei got up after being injured and charged in again.

• Bei Bei pleaded with Tang Ya not to leave him, but she said she loved Tang Lan and considered Bei Bei only an ordinary friend.
• Bei Bei attacked Tang Lan, and the students watched as Tang Lan met his charge and knocked him back.
• Tang Lan mocked Bei Bei and told Tang Ya she belonged to him, provoking Bei Bei into attacking again.
• Tang Lan sent Bei Bei flying with another strike, and Xu Sanshi hurried to help him as he spat blood.
• Bei Bei ignored Xu Sanshi's warning, charged at Tang Lan again, and used his first soul skill, Thunder Dragon Claw.

Bei Bei fought Tang Lan and, after being badly injured, awakened his Light Sacred Dragon bloodline and evolved his Martial Soul. The Blue Lightning Light Tyrant Dragon emerged, leaving the arena stunned as its power surged.

• Bei Bei used Thunder Fury to attack Tang Lan, but Tang Lan shattered his giant Thunder God avatar with Dragon Grasping Hand and kicked him away.
• Despite his severe injuries, Bei Bei struggled to stand and refused to yield to Tang Lan.
• Bei Bei resolved to awaken his bloodline and evolve his Martial Soul, surprising Tang Lan and the Shrek Academy crowd.
• Bei Bei's bloodline markings lit up, and a divine light dragon appeared behind him.
• The light dragon merged with Bei Bei's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, transforming it into the Blue Lightning Light Tyrant Dragon and filling the onlookers with awe.

Bei Bei’s evolved Martial Soul failed to overcome Tang Lan, and Tang Ya chose Tang Lan over him. Bei Bei refused to believe Tang Ya’s rejection as he staggered away from the battle.

• Shrek Academy teachers marveled at Bei Bei’s Martial Soul evolution and noticed its resemblance to the Dragon God Douluo’s power.
• Bei Bei attacked Tang Lan with Thunder Dragon Head, but Tang Lan’s fist shattered the attack and badly wounded him.
• Bei Bei repeatedly rose to fight again, driven by his need to confront Tang Ya, until he collapsed in blood.
• Tang Ya rushed between the fighters and begged them to stop, while Bei Bei demanded to know why she had turned against him.
• Tang Ya told Bei Bei that she loved Tang Lan and ordered him never to appear before her again.
• Bei Bei staggered to his feet and insisted that Tang Ya was lying and could not truly love Tang Lan.

Bei Bei confronted Tang Ya over her rejection, and Tang Lan defended her while condemning Bei Bei’s entitlement. Bei Bei revealed that he was Dragon God Douluo Mu En’s great-grandson and offered to help Tang Ya revive the Tang Sect, but she still chose Tang Lan, leaving Bei Bei to walk away in despair.

• Bei Bei begged Tang Ya to accept his feelings, but Tang Ya insisted they had only ever been friends and told him to leave.
• Xu Sanshi accused Tang Ya of betraying Bei Bei, so Tang Lan slapped him and warned him not to disrespect her.
• Tang Lan told Bei Bei that Tang Ya had no obligation to return his feelings, and Tang Ya agreed before asking Bei Bei to leave.
• Bei Bei revealed that his great-grandfather was Shrek Academy’s Dragon God Douluo, Mu En, and offered to help Tang Ya fulfill her dream of restoring the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya refused Bei Bei again, saying she was already with Tang Lan, and Bei Bei left with a lonely expression.