Chapter Summaries

Jiang Qingtong defeated Xu Sanshi and helped Jiang Nannan put their conflict behind them. Mu En offered Jiang Qingtong a place among Shrek Academy’s elite, but she refused, leaving her reasons unexplained.

• Jiang Qingtong used her Mental-type martial soul to defeat Xu Sanshi and warned him to stop bothering Jiang Nannan.
• Jiang Nannan told Xu Sanshi she never wanted to see him again, then left with Jiang Qingtong.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao criticized Xu Sanshi, and Wang Dong stood her ground when he glared at her.
• Mu En confronted Jiang Qingtong about her Twin Martial Souls and offered her a place among Shrek Academy’s key students, promising Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and a Sea God Pavilion seat.
• Jiang Qingtong declined Mu En’s offer, and he asked her why.

Jiang Qingtong rejected Mu En’s recruitment, while Mu En and Xuan Zi discussed how to handle her presence at Shrek Academy. When Tang Ya fled to the Sun Moon Empire, Mu En refused to send anyone after her, leaving Bei Bei distressed and the Tang Sect’s future uncertain.

• Jiang Qingtong told Mu En she would not join Shrek Academy merely because of his offer, and Mu En urged her to consider the academy’s expertise in Twin Martial Souls.
• After Jiang Qingtong left, Xuan Zi proposed detaining or crippling her, but Mu En rejected the idea and told him to keep an eye on Jiang Nannan and stop Xu Sanshi from bothering her.
• Bei Bei arrived and told Mu En that Tang Ya had gone to the Sun Moon Empire using a Rank Nine Soul Tool.
• Mu En said Tang Ya had chosen to leave and might resent Shrek Academy for failing to help rebuild the Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei and Xuan Zi offered to retrieve Tang Ya, but Mu En stopped them and asked how many people in the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms still cared about the Tang Sect.

Bei Bei learned that Tang Ya would not return to Shrek Academy unless it openly supported the Tang Sect, while Mu En and Xuan Zi arranged to reclaim the sect’s ancestral grounds as leverage. Tang Ya reached a Soul Hall branch and discovered its free martial-soul awakenings before preparing to travel to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Bei Bei told Mu En he wanted Jiang Qingtong to bring Tang Ya back, but Mu En urged him to cultivate and comfort Xu Sanshi after Jiang Qingtong defeated him.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi to reclaim the Tang Sect’s ancestral grounds in Heaven Dou City so they could serve as bargaining leverage, and Xuan Zi agreed.
• Tang Ya used Past Moon to arrive at a Soul Hall branch near the Star Luo Empire border, where Venerable Gu Lin welcomed her as Jiang Qingtong’s guest.
• Gu Lin offered to take Tang Ya to the Sun Moon Empire when he returned there to report, and she accepted.
• Tang Ya learned that Soul Hall awakened martial souls for free and questioned whether the three kingdoms would oppose the practice; Gu Lin said she would understand Soul Hall’s reasons after reaching the Sun Moon Empire.

Tang Ya and Gu Lin tried to cross Yu Ming Pass into the Sun Moon Empire, but Dai Hao stopped them amid the Star Luo Empire’s crackdown on the Soul Hall. Tang Ya proved she was the Tang Sect Master and condemned the powers that had abandoned the sect, then asked Dai Hao to let them pass.

• Tang Ya and Gu Lin approached Yu Ming Pass as the Star Luo Empire tightened inspections for suspected Soul Hall members.
• Dai Hao stopped Gu Lin, questioned their destination, and noted that Gu Lin had at least seven rings of cultivation.
• Tang Ya identified herself as the Tang Sect Master and said Gu Lin was her guard on a trip concerning sect business.
• Tang Ya showed Dai Hao the Tang Sect token and summoned her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul with three Soul Rings to prove her identity.
• Tang Ya told Dai Hao that the Tang Sect had been destroyed three years earlier and criticized Shrek Academy and the Heaven Dou Empire for failing to help it.
• Tang Ya asked Dai Hao whether they could leave, emphasizing his title as White Tiger Duke.

Tang Ya traveled with Gu Lin from the Star Luo Empire to Bright Capital, where Jiang Shengyu offered her a place as a guest elder of the Soul Hall while letting the Tang Sect remain independent. He admitted he wanted to use the prestige of the Tang Sect's ten-thousand-year legacy, and Tang Ya had not yet answered.

• Dai Hao accepted Tang Ya's decision to leave the Star Luo Empire for the Sun Moon Empire, and she departed Yu Ming Pass with Gu Lin.
• Gu Lin learned that Tang Ya was the Tang Sect Master, and she lamented that she was the sect's only remaining member.
• Gu Lin brought Tang Ya to Bright Capital, where she witnessed the Sun Moon Empire's advanced soul tool technology and prosperity.
• Jiang Shengyu, the Soul Hall Master and Jiang Qingtong's elder brother, welcomed Tang Ya and led her to the Soul Hall headquarters.
• Jiang Shengyu offered to make Tang Ya a guest elder and provide potential disciples to the Tang Sect while keeping it independent.
• Jiang Shengyu said he coveted the prestige of the Tang Sect's ten-thousand-year legacy and asked Tang Ya to consider his offer.

Jiang Shengyu brought Tang Ya to Soul Hall headquarters, where she agreed to join forces with him and establish Tang Sect there. He then arranged for Old Hong to recruit Tang Sect’s future disciples through Soul Hall’s Martial Soul Awakenings, while Huo Yuhao learned Tang Ya had arrived and went to see her.

• Jiang Shengyu showed Tang Ya around Soul Hall headquarters, and she agreed to his proposal.
• Jiang Shengyu arranged for Tang Ya to have office space at headquarters as Tang Sect’s liaison.
• Jiang Shengyu asked Old Hong to recruit suitable people into Tang Sect during Martial Soul Awakenings so its future disciples would come from Soul Hall.
• Jiang Shengyu told Old Hong that he intended Soul Hall to control sect membership across the continent.
• Jiang Shengyu told Huo Yuhao and Xuan Ziwen that Tang Ya had arrived, and Huo Yuhao finished his work and went to see her.

Tang Ya began rebuilding the Tang Sect in Bright Capital with disciples selected by the Soul Hall and a new sect site acquired by Jiang Shengyu. At the Imperial Palace, Xu Tianran tried to speak privately with Jiang Shengyu, but Kong Deming blocked him and left with his disciple.

• Old Hong brought several dozen carefully selected youths to Tang Ya, who accepted them all as Tang Sect disciples.
• Tang Ya taught the new disciples about the Tang Sect, and Jiang Shengyu obtained land in Bright Capital for its new grounds.
• Kong Deming took Jiang Shengyu to meet the emperor, who praised the Tang Sect's arrival but warned against attacking the Original Douluo Continent Three Kingdoms.
• Xu Tianran agreed outwardly with the emperor's call for restraint, though his expression darkened.
• Xu Tianran asked to speak with Jiang Shengyu, but Kong Deming cited the rule against Hall of Enshrinement members growing close to princes and led Jiang Shengyu away.

Jiang Shengyu avoided being recruited by Crown Prince Xu Tianran, while Jiang Qingtong continued to evade Ma Xiaotao’s repeated challenges. The chapter left Ma Xiaotao confronting Jiang Qingtong and treating her Rank Nine Soul Tool as protection that would let Ma Xiaotao fight at full strength.

• Xu Tianran considered recruiting Jiang Shengyu as an ally but left the palace after Jiang Shengyu rejected his approach, and Kong Deming warned his disciple to stay out of royal affairs.
• Two men acting for Xu Tianran tried to bring Jiang Shengyu to their master, but he avoided them by joining Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Jiang Shengyu told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that the two men worked for Xu Tianran, then joked with them about the Crown Prince’s attempt to recruit him.
• Jiang Nannan tried to help Jiang Qingtong leave when Ma Xiaotao waited outside the dormitory, but Ma Xiaotao caught up with them.
• Ma Xiaotao said Jiang Qingtong’s Rank Nine Soul Tool would protect her, making her the ideal opponent for Ma Xiaotao to fight at full power.

Jiang Qingtong learned that Shrek Academy had changed the New Student Assessment into a ring tournament so she could participate while keeping her Rank Nine Soul Tools under her control. She chose Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as teammates, and the three prepared to defend the ring together.

• Jiang Qingtong refused to surrender her Soul Tools but promised not to use them during the assessment.
• Cai Meier and the teachers arranged a ring tournament in which Jiang Qingtong could bring her Soul Tools and choose two classmates to defend with her.
• Cai Meier approved Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as Jiang Qingtong's teammates, and the two would automatically pass the assessment.
• Jiang Qingtong told her class about the new format and chose Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to join her.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao agreed to fight after Zhou Yi confirmed the arrangement.

Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao prepared to defend the ring in the New Student Assessment, while Ning Tian challenged Jiang Qingtong over her choice of teammates. After learning that Jiang Qingtong had an Inner Court pass because Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier were her teachers, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao followed her there to practice together.

• Jiang Qingtong reassured Wang Dong, and the class accepted that she, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao would defend the ring.
• Other classes questioned the assessment rules, but Wang Yan invoked Cai Meier's name and sent the homeroom teachers away.
• Ning Tian confronted Jiang Qingtong for not choosing her, and Jiang Qingtong said they did not know each other.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao agreed to practice their Martial Souls and soul skills in a secluded place, and Jiang Qingtong proposed the Inner Court.
• Jiang Qingtong revealed that Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier were her teachers and that she had an Inner Court pass, then led Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao there.

Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao discussed their abilities while preparing for the Ring Tournament in the Inner Court arena. Dai Yueheng approached them to build ties, but Ma Xiaotao arrived and challenged him about recruiting students.

• Xiao Xiao described her Twin Martial Souls and soul skills to Wang Dong and Jiang Qingtong.
• Wang Dong explained her Light Goddess Butterfly abilities, and Jiang Qingtong demonstrated Mirror Flower's Mental Detection Sharing.
• Jiang Qingtong kept her ability to break through Xu Sanshi's defense secret and said she usually avoided using Soul Tools.
• Dai Yueheng introduced himself and offered the three juniors help in the Star Luo Empire, but they told him none of them came from there.
• Ma Xiaotao confronted Dai Yueheng about recruiting students, and he claimed he was only building good relations with them.

Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao began defending the arena in the New Student Assessment and overwhelmed their first opponents. They prepared to continue facing the many groups still waiting to challenge them.

• Ma Xiaotao urged Jiang Qingtong to defeat the other freshmen, and Dai Yueheng left after Ma Xiaotao accused him of wanting to report their strategy to his younger brother.
• The New Student Assessment drew a packed audience as Yan Shaozhe, Cai Meier, and Zhuang Lao watched the arena defenders prepare.
• Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao coordinated their abilities before Wang Yan called up the first group of challengers.
• Jiang Qingtong used Spiritual Impact and Mental Detection Sharing to help Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong break the challengers' formation and defeat all three in a minute and a half.
• After Wang Yan announced their victory, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao celebrated while Jiang Qingtong told them to rest for the fights ahead.

Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao continued defending their guaranteed admission by fighting group after group, earning praise and the promise of Inner Court entry for Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao. Their next opponents, Ning Tian, Xie Huanyue, and Dai Huabin, countered Jiang Qingtong’s mental attacks and broke through Xiao Xiao’s cauldron defense, leaving Wang Dong in danger.

• Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated their challengers over several days, though the fights grew harder as opponents studied their teamwork.
• Zhuang Lao restored the trio and told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao that their performance would secure their entry into the Inner Court.
• Ning Tian, Xie Huanyue, and Dai Huabin faced the trio as a team of three Three-Ring Soul Elders.
• Jiang Qingtong’s Soul Impact barely affected the challengers because Ning Tian enhanced herself and Xie Huanyue’s mental defense strengthened.
• Wang Dong charged at Ning Tian while Xiao Xiao used her Three Lives Soul Calming Cauldrons to hold off the two boys.
• Ning Tian enhanced Xie Huanyue and Dai Huabin, who broke through Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons and charged toward Wang Dong.

Jiang Qingtong's team struggled against the boosted three-ring challengers, and Xiao Xiao revealed her second martial soul to save Wang Dong from an attack. After Wang Dong was badly hurt trying to face Xie Huanyue head-on, the defenders were left low on Soul Power and facing a difficult fight.

• Dai Huabin and Xie Huanyue cornered Wang Dong, prompting Xiao Xiao to reveal her Nine Phoenix Auspicious Flute and slow their attacks long enough for Wang Dong to escape.
• Ning Tian removed Xiao Xiao's slowing effect, and Dai Huabin and Xie Huanyue resumed their assault on Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao used the Three Lives Soul Calming Cauldron's Tremor to force Dai Huabin back, while Wang Dong's Butterfly God's Light failed to break through Xie Huanyue's defenses.
• Jiang Qingtong warned Wang Dong to retreat, but Wang Dong clashed head-on with Xie Huanyue's Elephant's Wrath and was sent flying.
• Jiang Qingtong caught Wang Dong as the freshmen cheered for the attackers, and Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong admitted they had little strength left.

Jiang Qingtong stopped Wang Dong from risking herself and revealed her concealed Second Martial Soul, the Evil Fire Phoenix, along with her third Soul Ring. The revelation stunned the freshmen and Shrek’s leaders as she faced Ning Tian, Xie Huanyue, and Dai Huabin alone.

• Xie Huanyue, Dai Huabin, and Ning Tian prepared to overwhelm the exhausted Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Qingtong with their strength and buffs.
• Wang Dong planned to attack Ning Tian, but Jiang Qingtong told her and Xiao Xiao to rest while she handled the three opponents.
• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier questioned Jiang Qingtong’s decision to face three Three-Ring Soul Elders alone, while Ning Tian, Xie Huanyue, and Dai Huabin dismissed her as overconfident.
• Jiang Qingtong revealed her Evil Fire Phoenix Second Martial Soul and released three Soul Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• The freshmen and Jiang Qingtong’s opponents were shocked by her hidden strength, while Yan Shaozhe recognized the Evil Fire Phoenix and Cai Meier wondered whether Jiang Qingtong was related to Xiaotao.

Jiang Qingtong revealed her Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and overwhelmed Dai Huabin and Ning Tian with her Phoenix Meteor Shower. Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier realized she might know how to control the evil fire, but the battle continued with Xie Huanyue still on the arena.

• Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier recognized Jiang Qingtong's Evil Fire Phoenix and wondered how she had avoided its evil fire, considering whether her method could help Ma Xiaotao.
• Jiang Qingtong used Phoenix Bathing in Fire and Phoenix Wings Soaring to take flight above Xie Huanyue and Dai Huabin.
• Jiang Qingtong unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower, breaking through Ning Tian's defense and causing her enhancement on Dai Huabin and Xie Huanyue to vanish.
• Jiang Qingtong struck Dai Huabin with Phoenix Meteor Shower, scattering his Martial Soul and leaving him unable to fight.
• Jiang Qingtong hurled a flaming meteor at Ning Tian and knocked her out of the arena, while Xie Huanyue remained in the battle.

Jiang Qingtong defeated the remaining challengers with her exceptional Twin Martial Souls and demonstrated a powerful way to use Phoenix Meteor Shower. Mu En and the Shrek leaders resolved to persuade her to stay at the academy, while Ning Tian and Dai Huabin accepted their defeat.

• Jiang Qingtong used Phoenix Meteor Shower in a second way to knock out Dai Huabin and Ning Tian, astonishing Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier.
• Mu En declared that Jiang Qingtong could become an invincible Limit Douluo and advised Yan Shaozhe to keep her at Shrek by offering help with her Evil Fire.
• Jiang Qingtong defeated Xie Huanyue with a punch surrounded by Phoenix Meteor Shower fireballs, eliminating the challenging side’s three strongest freshmen.
• Wu Feng checked on Ning Tian, who stopped her from using their sect’s power and said they should recruit Jiang Qingtong into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhuang Lao healed the injured challengers, and Dai Huabin acknowledged that they had lost to Jiang Qingtong fair and square.

Jiang Qingtong revealed her Twin Martial Souls, helped her team win the New Student Assessment, and earned Core Disciple status with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao. Later, Ma Xiaotao confirmed that Jiang Qingtong had the same Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul as her, but Jiang Qingtong explained it as a possible Martial Soul mutation.

• Jiang Qingtong defeated Dai Huabin's team, then discussed her Twin Martial Souls with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• Jiang Qingtong revealed her Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul during the remaining Ring Tournaments, and her team retained its defending champion title without losing a member.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that Jiang Qingtong, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao had become Core Disciples and gained Inner Court Access.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Jiang Qingtong to release her Martial Soul and recognized it as the Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Jiang Qingtong said she was from the Sun Moon Empire and suggested that Martial Soul mutations could explain why she and Ma Xiaotao shared the same Martial Soul.

Jiang Qingtong played along with Yan Shaozhe’s promise to cure the Evil Fire Phoenix’s evil fire, then left Shrek Academy and contacted a Soul Hall branch after traveling far from Shrek City. She learned that the branch had found children surnamed Ye, Lin, and Han and awakened their Martial Souls.

• Jiang Qingtong pretended to welcome Yan Shaozhe’s offer to find an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul to cure her evil fire and thanked him for the academy’s help.
• Yan Shaozhe left Jiang Qingtong with Ma Xiaotao, who invited her to visit a Dou Ling Empire snack shop when she returned.
• Jiang Qingtong declined Ma Xiaotao’s offer to escort her and departed for the Sun Moon Empire as Yan Shaozhe, Cai Meier, and Ma Xiaotao saw her off.
• After traveling far from Shrek City to avoid Mu En’s observation, Jiang Qingtong used a Soul Tool to contact a nearby Soul Hall branch.
• Gu Yuan told Jiang Qingtong that the branch had recently found children surnamed Ye, Lin, and Han and awakened their Martial Souls.

Jiang Qingtong left the Soul Hall branch and returned to the Sun Moon Empire, crossing the border with her Shrek Academy identity before traveling to Bright Capital. There, Kong Deming welcomed her and checked her cultivation, pleased that she had reached Three Rings with a Ten Thousand Year third Soul Ring.

• Gu Yuan told Jiang Qingtong that several children had excellent martial souls and high Innate Soul Power, then asked her to improve his annual work assessment.
• Jiang Qingtong asked Gu Yuan to prepare a carriage so she could return to the Sun Moon Empire, and he arranged a luxurious one.
• Jiang Qingtong passed the Heaven Dou Empire checkpoint by showing her Shrek Academy Student ID and crossed the Mingdou Mountain Range into the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jiang Qingtong abandoned the carriage for a Soul-guided Car and traveled toward Bright Capital while the Sun Moon Empire concealed its advanced technology from the three kingdoms.
• Kong Deming met Jiang Qingtong near Bright Capital and praised her after she showed him her Three Rings, including a Ten Thousand Year third Soul Ring.