Chapter Summaries

Ye Buqun won his thirteenth consecutive one-on-one match, then defended Doudou when Fierce Tiger harassed her in the waiting room. After Ye Buqun sent Fierce Tiger crashing into a wall, Fierce Tiger vowed to beat the Ye-Doudou Duo in their upcoming battle.

• Ye Buqun cut through Kusana's Purple Ghost Vines with Sword Qi and forced him to surrender, earning his thirteenth consecutive victory.
• Doudou nervously waited with Ye Buqun for their two-on-two free battle, her first match since gaining her Third Soul Ring.
• Fierce Tiger insulted Doudou and tried to tear off her mask, so Ye Buqun seized his arm and warned him to watch his mouth.
• Ye Buqun punched Fierce Tiger into the lounge wall, leaving him injured and shocked to learn he was Clown.
• Fierce Tiger left with Charming Cat and threatened to beat the Ye-Doudou Duo in their coming match.

After Ye Buqun defended Doudou from Fierce Tiger, Manager Qian warned them that Fierce Tiger’s family was affiliated with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. During their match, Fierce Tiger collapsed and died from the lingering effects of Ye Buqun’s earlier punch, giving the Ye-Doudou Duo a victory without a fight.

• Manager Qian warned Ye Buqun and Doudou that Fierce Tiger’s family was tied to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Ye Buqun refused to worry about possible trouble.
• Ye Buqun and Doudou went to Soul Battle Stage Number Twelve to face the Cat-Tiger Duo, whose members had an eight-match winning streak.
• When the match began, Ye Buqun stopped Doudou from releasing her martial soul while Charming Cat and Fierce Tiger prepared to fight.
• Fierce Tiger suddenly vomited blood, collapsed, and died before the Soul Arena’s medical staff could save him.
• The host announced Fierce Tiger’s death, and Ye Buqun realized the lingering effects of his earlier punch had killed him, leaving the Ye-Doudou Duo victorious.

After Fierce Tiger died from injuries caused by Ye Buqun’s punch, Charming Cat asked to join Ye Buqun and Doudou, but Ye Buqun refused. The pair then faced the formidable Twin Poison Duo in a two-versus-two match, which began with the spider-wielding woman attacking.

• Fierce Tiger died backstage after his injuries from Ye Buqun’s punch caught up with him, and the Soto Great Soul Arena announced that he had suffered a sudden illness.
• Charming Cat asked Ye Buqun and Doudou to take her in, but Ye Buqun refused because he did not trust her background and wanted to focus on his matches.
• Ye Buqun and Doudou joked with each other on their way to Soul Battle Stage Number Five.
• The Ye-Doudou Duo faced the Twin Poison Duo, whose members were a level-forty-two spider Soul Master and a level-forty-five Twin-headed Fire Serpent Soul Master.
• The match began, and the spider Soul Master activated her first Soul Ring and started weaving spider silk above the arena while Ye Buqun remained still.

Doudou used her ice-based third soul skill to freeze Spider Woman and then flew to help Ye Buqun against Snake Man. Ye Buqun dispelled Snake Man’s stronger fire attack, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Ye Buqun reflected Snake Man’s Flame Impact with his Mirror Beast soul skill, forcing Snake Man to reclaim the flames.
• Doudou evaded Spider Woman’s web with her first two soul skills while keeping Spider Woman occupied.
• Doudou froze the web and Spider Woman with Wings of Frost, preventing her from using her soul skills.
• Snake Man used Twin Snake Possession and unleashed a powerful pillar of fire at Ye Buqun.
• Doudou raised an ice wall to blunt the fire, and Ye Buqun scattered the remaining flames with Sword Qi.

After the Ye-Doudou Duo won their match, Great Fierce Tiger confronted Ye Buqun over his younger brother’s death and threatened him and Doudou. The Vice Arena Master tried to intervene, but Great Fierce Tiger’s threat to Doudou left the conflict on the verge of violence.

• Ye Buqun defeated Snake Man after Doudou helped win the match, and the crowd cheered for the Ye-Doudou Duo.
• Ye Buqun praised Doudou backstage, where Manager Qian warned them that someone had come looking for them.
• Great Fierce Tiger confronted Ye Buqun and demanded punishment for Fierce Tiger’s death, while Ye Buqun mocked his dead younger brother.
• The Vice Arena Master arrived and argued that Ye Buqun had not been proven responsible for Fierce Tiger’s death.
• Great Fierce Tiger revealed that his family had beaten Charming Cat to death, then threatened Doudou with the same fate.
• The Vice Arena Master warned Great Fierce Tiger that the Soul Arena would not tolerate him causing trouble.

Ye Buqun confronted Great Fierce Tiger at Soto Great Soul Arena, where Yu Ming arrived on behalf of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. After recognizing Ye Buqun and ordering Great Fierce Tiger to apologize, Yu Ming watched as Ye Buqun defeated him with a single punch’s wind.

• Great Fierce Tiger threatened the Vice Arena Master until Yu Ming arrived with two attendants to support the Fierce Tiger Family.
• Yu Ming recognized Ye Buqun, ordered Great Fierce Tiger to kneel and apologize, and bowed respectfully to Ye Buqun.
• Ye Buqun offered to forgive Great Fierce Tiger if he could withstand one punch, and Great Fierce Tiger released his martial soul and soul rings to defend himself.
• Ye Buqun struck without making contact, and the force of his punch left Great Fierce Tiger vomiting blood and convulsing on the ground.
• Yu Ming remained calm as everyone else stared in disbelief at Ye Buqun’s power.

After defeating Great Fierce Tiger, Ye Buqun remained at the Soto Great Soul Arena with Doudou for four years, growing stronger and becoming famous. A new system task sent him to Nuoding Academy to visit Tang San, offering a reward that could greatly increase a soul ring’s age.

• Manager Qian ordered the backstage hall cleaned after Great Fierce Tiger’s death, while Yu Ming apologized to Ye Buqun and invited him to visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ye Buqun told Yu Ming he would stay at the Soul Arena and asked him to conceal his true strength; they publicly announced that Ye Buqun was a Guest Elder of the clan.
• Over the next four years, Ye Buqun and Doudou competed and worked at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Ye Buqun gained Soul Rings, system rewards, and a record of 122 consecutive victories.
• Ye Buqun’s status reached Level 76, and his replicated Sword Douluo and Thunder Douluo reached Level 99, though the system restricted Soul Ring ages and levels.
• The system assigned Ye Buqun a task to check in at Nuoding Academy and visit Tang San, with a reward that could increase a Soul Ring’s age tenfold up to 100,000 years.

Ye Buqun entered Nuoding Academy to find Tang San and encountered Xiao Wu in Dormitory Seven. After Xiao Wu mistook him for Tang San’s enemy and attacked him, Ye Buqun lay motionless on the floor, leaving her worried he might be hurt.

• Ye Buqun knocked down the hostile gatekeeper and slipped into Nuoding Academy while invisible.
• Xiao Wu returned to Dormitory Seven and wondered where Tang San and Wang Sheng had gone.
• Ye Buqun told Xiao Wu he was Tang San’s enemy and planned to beat him, prompting her to attack.
• Xiao Wu used her Soft Skill and Scorpion Braid to throw Ye Buqun to the floor.
• Xiao Wu approached the motionless Ye Buqun to check whether he was still breathing.

Xiao Wu left Dormitory Seven after overhearing that Tang San and the others were facing Lei Dalang’s sixth-grade group at the back mountain. Tang San accepted a five-on-five fight to defend Xiao Wu, and the first match was about to begin.

• Xiao Wu checked Ye Buqun’s breathing, and he revealed that he had only pretended to be unconscious.
• Xiao Wu overheard students discussing the fight at the back mountain and hurried there, while Ye Buqun followed unseen.
• Tang San and the Dormitory Seven students faced Lei Dalang and more than twenty sixth-graders as onlookers gathered.
• Lei Dalang demanded that Xiao Wu become his woman if his side won, but Tang San refused to treat her as a stake.
• Tang San accepted Lei Dalang’s proposal for a five-on-five fight, and Lei Dalang sent Wen Jun out first.
• Wang Sheng volunteered to face Wen Jun, who mocked him for having been beaten before.

At Nuoding Academy, Wang Sheng fought Wen Jun, a former bully, and finally used his Battle Tiger Martial Soul and Soul Skills to defeat him. Xiao Wu arrived during the duel, where Tang San reaffirmed that he would never wager her, and the chapter ended with Wen Jun unconscious after Wang Sheng’s close-range attack.

• Wang Sheng fought Wen Jun without using his Martial Soul, but Wen Jun’s staff attacks kept him at a disadvantage.
• Xiao Wu arrived and confronted Tang San for keeping the matter from her, while Lei Dalang claimed she would belong to him if Tang San lost.
• Tang San insisted that he had not wagered Xiao Wu and said the duel was meant to make Lei Dalang give up.
• Ye Buqun watched the fight from a distant tree using Eye of Mirror as Wang Sheng continued fighting through his injuries.
• Wang Sheng used Martial Soul Possession, Tiger’s Might, and Tiger’s Assault, then knocked Wen Jun unconscious with a close-range attack.

Wang Sheng defeated Wen Jun, and Tang San defeated A Xiang in the next match. Lei Dalang then entered the fight himself, revealing a powerful Thunder Wolf Martial Soul that made Tang San pause and Xiao Wu tremble.

• Wang Sheng knocked Wen Jun unconscious, winning the first match for Tang San and his friends.
• Lei Dalang sent A Xiang to fight next, but Tang San used the Purple Demon Eye to time a flying kick that knocked A Xiang out.
• Tang San offered to continue fighting, and Lei Dalang stepped forward as the sixth-years' next opponent.
• Lei Dalang revealed his level-twenty-six Thunder Wolf Martial Soul, startling Tang San and making Xiao Wu tremble.

Tang San faced Lei Dalang in a battle between their school-year groups, using his hidden skills and Blue Silver Grass to withstand Lei Dalang’s stronger lightning wolf attacks. The fight continued as Tang San’s Bind repeatedly grew back after Lei Dalang tore through it.

• Lei Dalang revealed his lightning wolf martial soul and challenged Tang San, whose Blue Silver Grass and two hundred-year Soul Rings drew scorn from the sixth-year students.
• Tang San and Lei Dalang exchanged attacks, and Tang San used Mysterious Jade Hand and Mysterious Heaven Skill to block Lei Dalang’s lightning-wreathed claws, though his hands went numb.
• Lei Dalang charged again, and Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade while enlarging his Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San’s First Soul Skill, Bind, sent blades of grass at Lei Dalang, who tore them apart, only for fresh blades to grow from the cuts and attack again.
• Lei Dalang called Tang San troublesome as his first Soul Ring lit up.

Tang San fought Lei Dalang, but Lei Dalang’s lightning countered his Blue Silver Grass techniques and threatened to defeat him. Ye Buqun intervened with overwhelming pressure and asked for the match to end, but a subordinate challenged him.

• Tang San trapped Lei Dalang with his Parasite soul skill, but Lei Dalang’s Thunder Body Protection burned through the Blue Silver Grass and let him charge at Tang San.
• As Lei Dalang closed in on Tang San, an unseen pressure immobilized him and extinguished his lightning.
• Ye Buqun, wearing a Clown Mask, emerged from the woods, released Lei Dalang from the pressure, and asked everyone to let the match end.
• One of Lei Dalang’s subordinates rejected Ye Buqun’s request and charged at him after activating his yak Martial Soul.

Ye Buqun revealed himself to Tang San and his friends after driving off Lei Dalang's sixth-years at Nuoding Academy. He repaid Tang San's old loan with a card holding one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, leaving Tang San stunned.

• Ye Buqun blew A Niu away with a palm gust, warned Lei Dalang and the sixth-years not to trouble his friends, and watched them leave.
• Ye Buqun removed his mask and revealed himself to Tang San; Xiao Wu recognized him from their earlier encounter and explained what had happened.
• Ye Buqun completed the system task to visit Tang San, increased the age limit of Sword Douluo Chen Xin's remaining black soul ring tenfold, and received a new task to buy something at Flender's shop in Suotuo City.
• Ye Buqun told Tang San he was level seventy-six and reminded him of the Copper Soul Coin Tang San had lent him before they left Holy Soul Village.
• Ye Buqun gave Tang San a Soul Coin Stored Value Card containing one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins as repayment.

Ye Buqun and Doudou visited Flender’s shop in Suotuo City to buy a Soul Tool. After Flender named a price for the Blue Diamond Fifty Ring, he abruptly doubled it, leaving them surprised.

• Ye Buqun gave Tang San a soul coin card, said they would meet again, and vanished.
• A few days later, Ye Buqun and Doudou entered a shop in Suotuo City after sensing Soul Tool fluctuations inside.
• Ye Buqun recognized the shopkeeper as Flender and spotted a glowing storage ring and a dusty crystal associated with Tang San’s future hidden weapon.
• Flender offered the Blue Diamond Fifty Ring, claiming its fifty cubic meters of storage made five thousand Gold Soul Coins a fair price.
• Ye Buqun agreed to buy the ring, but Flender immediately raised the price to ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Flender repeatedly raised the price of a Soul Tool until Ye Buqun refused to pay, and their argument turned into a confrontation. Flender revealed his martial soul and Soul Saint rank to pressure Ye Buqun, but Ye Buqun remained unaffected and hinted that he had more than one martial soul.

• Flender raised the Soul Tool's price from five thousand to three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Ye Buqun produced a gold card to pay.
• Flender demanded five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins instead, so Ye Buqun took back his card and argued with him.
• Flender attacked Ye Buqun with a restrained punch, but Ye Buqun caught it effortlessly.
• Flender released his Four-Eyed Owl martial soul and seven soul rings to intimidate Ye Buqun and recruit him into Shrek Academy.
• Ye Buqun remained unaffected by Flender's pressure, and when Flender asked to see his martial soul, Ye Buqun asked which one he wanted to see.

Ye Buqun intimidated Flender into selling him a valuable ring for one Copper Soul Coin, then secretly left him a gold card as payment. He received a mission to check in at Shrek Academy and fight Zhao Wuji, and arrived there with Doudou as applicants gathered at the entrance.

• Ye Buqun revealed the replicated Yu Yuanzhen's level-ninety-nine Title Douluo power, and Flender apologized and offered him the Blue Diamond Fifty Ring.
• Ye Buqun paid Flender one Copper Soul Coin for the ring, then left a gold card containing twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins on the shop table.
• Ye Buqun completed the shop mission, raised the replicated Tang Hao to level ninety-nine, and received a mission to check in at Shrek Academy and battle Zhao Wuji.
• Ye Buqun and Doudou followed the system's route to a village outside Suotuo City, where they found Shrek Academy's entrance crowded with young applicants.
• Doudou asked Ye Buqun whether he had brought her there because he wanted to attend the academy.

Ye Buqun and Doudou arrived at Shrek Academy during its annual admissions and watched the shabby school reject a child while keeping his registration fee. Ma Hongjun and Oscar confronted the child’s angry father, and Ma Hongjun revealed his Phoenix Martial Soul as the dispute turned toward a fight.

• Ye Buqun and Doudou arrived at Shrek Academy and questioned why so many people were enrolling at the rundown school.
• Teacher Li rejected a child for being too old and refused to return the family’s ten Gold Soul Coins registration fee.
• The child’s father demanded his money back, and Teacher Li called for students to deal with him.
• Oscar and Ma Hongjun came out and told the father he would have to get past them to recover the fee.
• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Possession and revealed his Phoenix Martial Soul.

Ye Buqun and Doudou challenged Shrek Academy’s refusal to refund tuition, prompting Ma Hongjun to fight Doudou. Li Yusong revealed that he was a level-sixty-six Soul Emperor and ordered them to leave, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Ma Hongjun used his fiery Martial Soul to intimidate applicants, causing most of the enrollment line to disperse.
• Ye Buqun told Li Yusong that Shrek should refund tuition to rejected applicants, but Li Yusong refused and called on Ma Hongjun to deal with them.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Doudou with Phoenix Fire Line, but Doudou evaded it and revealed her four soul rings as a level-forty-eight Soul Ancestor.
• Li Yusong revealed his Dragon Mark Staff and six soul rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring, and forced everyone back with his aura.
• Li Yusong ordered Ye Buqun and Doudou to leave, warning that he would show no mercy if they stayed.

Ye Buqun faced Shrek Academy’s three teachers after revealing six black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and overpowering Li Yusong. Trapped by Lu Qibin’s chessboard as the teachers launched a combined assault, Ye Buqun began countering with his Thunder Four Directions soul skill.

• Ye Buqun revealed six black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and a blue dragon phantom, then caught Li Yusong’s Dragon Mark Staff with one hand.
• Shao Xin and Lu Qibin arrived after Oscar and Ma Hongjun reported the confrontation, and the three Shrek teachers released their Martial Souls.
• Lu Qibin trapped Ye Buqun with Stars Scattered Across the Sky while Shao Xin’s Attack Support Sugar Beans boosted the teachers’ power.
• Li Yusong enlarged his Dragon Mark Staff with Sweeping Through Armies and brought it down toward Ye Buqun.
• Ye Buqun invoked his second soul skill, Thunder Four Directions, as dark clouds and electric serpents surged around him.