Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo confronted the Shrek Academy group at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, injuring Flender and threatening the visitors. Qin Ming accepted Dugu Bo’s ten-second pressure test and passed, securing his promise to let the matter go.

• Dugu Bo revealed his identity as a Titled Douluo and ordered the Shrek Academy group to leave, while Prince Xue Xing tried to use Dugu Bo to expel them.
• Dugu Bo struck Flender when he refused to back down, and Tang San and the others charged at him.
• Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin stepped forward to face Dugu Bo’s pressure alongside the Shrek group.
• Qin Ming announced that he would leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked Dugu Bo to let the matter go if he endured ten seconds of pressure.
• Qin Ming withstood Dugu Bo’s pressure for ten seconds, and Dugu Bo honored his promise not to pursue the matter further.

Rota arrived at the council hall and ended the confrontation between Dugu Bo and the Shrek Academy group, revealing his connection to Hashirama. The group was left astonished by Dugu Bo’s sudden deference to Rota and his praise of Hashirama’s students.

• Qin Ming reassured Flender that Dugu Bo would drop the matter, and Dugu Bo learned that Qin Ming was Hashirama’s student.
• Dugu Bo offered to help Qin Ming in the future because of Hashirama, but Prince Xue Xing protested.
• Rota entered, intimidated Prince Xue Xing, and sent him away with Xue Beng.
• Rota explained that he had come to check on Flender for Hashirama and warned Dugu Bo that he could defeat him quickly.
• Dugu Bo apologized to Rota, then asked whether Tang San and the others were Hashirama’s students, and Rota confirmed it.

After Rota intervened to stop Prince Xue Xing, Dugu Bo treated Tang San and Shrek Academy with respect, while Shrek Academy prepared to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Qin Ming also chose to resign, leaving the three board members regretful but accepting his decision.

• Tang San faced Dugu Bo without fear, gave his name, and earned Dugu Bo's approval.
• Dugu Bo reflected that Prince Xue Xing had ruined Heaven Dou Royal Academy's chance to recruit Shrek Academy's talented students.
• Yu Xiaogang thanked Rota for intervening, and Flender announced that Shrek Academy would leave.
• Flender and Qin Ming exchanged farewells with the three board members, who apologized for what had happened.
• Qin Ming resigned from Heaven Dou Royal Academy because he could not accept Prince Xue Xing insulting his dean and junior brothers.

Qin Ming decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Prince Xue Xing humiliated his junior brother and dean, prompting emotional farewells from his students. When Dugu Yan asked for someone to punish Prince Xue Xing, Rota offered to do it, and Dugu Bo revealed that Rota was a Titled Douluo far stronger than himself.

• Qin Ming declined Meng Shenji's offer of a send-off and told Dugu Bo that he had taught Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng arrived, and Yu Xiaogang explained to Yu Tianheng why he and Qin Ming were leaving the academy.
• Yu Tianheng accepted the decision, while Qin Ming and Yu Tianheng comforted Dugu Yan about their separation.
• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo to teach Prince Xue Xing a lesson, but Dugu Bo said that doing so could provoke the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Rota offered to punish Prince Xue Xing, and Dugu Bo introduced him to Dugu Yan as a Titled Douluo much stronger than himself.

Rota reassured Dugu Yan that he would deal with Prince Xue Xing, while Dugu Bo and Yu Tianheng urged her not to involve him. After teasing Dugu Bo about his past arrogance, Rota said he would visit Prince Xue Xing later over what he had done to Hashirama and his friends.

• Rota explained that Titled Douluos could look much younger than their actual age and promised Dugu Yan he would personally teach Prince Xue Xing a lesson.
• Dugu Bo reflected on how his family’s tragedies and his poisonous cultivation had held back his progress.
• Dugu Bo and Yu Tianheng advised Dugu Yan not to trouble Rota over Prince Xue Xing, and she thanked Rota and withdrew her request.
• Rota teased Dugu Bo about his past behavior, prompting Dugu Yan to question her grandfather before Rota helped smooth things over.
• Rota said he would visit Prince Xue Xing later because the prince had shown disregard for Hashirama and Rota, then withdrew his pressure after Flender warned it was affecting the youngsters.

Rota gave Dugu Bo medicine to treat the poison affecting him and his granddaughter, then asked him to join Tongbao Pavilion. Dugu Bo accepted and accompanied Rota to deal with Prince Xue Xing.

• Dugu Bo joined Rota on the way to Prince Xue Xing's residence, while Rota directed Flender to investigate the east side of Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Dugu Bo asked Rota to remove the poison in his body, and Rota told him that Tang San had cured the Jade Phosphor Serpent's Poison.
• Dugu Bo admitted he wanted help for himself and his granddaughter, and Rota agreed because Dugu Bo was Kizaru's friend.
• Rota gave Dugu Bo two bottles of bitter medicine, one for him and one for his granddaughter, explaining that a small sip each day would treat their poison.
• Rota asked Dugu Bo to join Tongbao Pavilion as an elder, and Dugu Bo agreed without hesitation.
• Rota and Dugu Bo set out to deal with Prince Xue Xing before attending to other matters.

Rota and Dugu Bo discussed Prince Xue Xing and investigated the organization based at the Scorching Rose tavern. They arrived at Prince Xue Xing’s residence, where Rota confronted the terrified prince.

• Rota warned Dugu Bo that Ning Rongrong was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect master's daughter and Tang San was Tang Hao's son, urging him to act more prudently.
• Rota told Dugu Bo that an unnamed organization had tried to kidnap Ning Rongrong and was operating from the Scorching Rose tavern in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Rota and Dugu Bo reached Prince Xue Xing's residence, and the guards let them pass rather than risk opposing Dugu Bo.
• Rota entered Prince Xue Xing's room and approached him, while the frightened prince shouted, "Don't come any closer!"

Elder Rota and Dugu Bo killed Prince Xue Xing, and Rota claimed the prince’s residence before informing Xue Qinghe. He offered Qinghe advice about hastening Xue Ye’s death and gave him a Den Den Mushi, leaving their alliance ready for future cooperation.

• Elder Rota and Dugu Bo confronted Prince Xue Xing, and Dugu Bo killed him with poisonous mist.
• Elder Rota told Dugu Bo to meet him at the Scorching Rose Tavern in two hours and decided to claim Prince Xue Xing’s residence.
• Elder Rota entered the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and told Xue Qinghe that Prince Xue Xing was dead and that he planned to take over his residence.
• Xue Qinghe confided that he was growing impatient for Xue Ye to die, and Elder Rota suggested using slow-acting poison.
• Elder Rota gave Xue Qinghe a Den Den Mushi, which changed into a golden, winged form after Qinghe infused it with Soul Power.

Rota and Qian Renxue discussed Prince Xue Xing before Rota joined Dugu Bo at the Scorching Rose Tavern to investigate a hidden stronghold. They lured the watchers with a staged drunken conversation, and a man in a black overcoat approached them.

• Qian Renxue agreed to tell Xue Ye about Prince Xue Xing and let Rota use Xue Xing's residence.
• Rota left the palace and later met Dugu Bo outside the Scorching Rose Tavern.
• Rota and Dugu Bo ordered liquor and listened to the tavern patrons while two hidden observers watched them.
• Rota and Dugu Bo pretended to resent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, enticing the observers to believe Dugu Bo might join their organization.
• A man in a black overcoat approached the pair, while Rota and Dugu Bo acted drunk.

Dugu Bo and Rota met Fries, a Rank 91 Titled Douluo who was secretly the reborn Sinful God. Fries offered to help Dugu Bo eliminate Bone Douluo in exchange for joining his organization, while Rota quietly suspected Fries was the Sinful God.

• A man in a black coat invited Dugu Bo and Rota to meet his boss in the VIP room of the Scorching Rose Tavern.
• Rota drank freely after entering the room, and the boss, secretly the Sinful God, worried that Rota had discovered him.
• Fries introduced himself to Dugu Bo as a Rank 91 control-type Titled Douluo with the Soul Devouring Ghost Demon martial soul.
• Rota recognized that Fries's martial soul resembled the Sin Demon Soul Devouring Spear and secretly kept him under suspicion.
• Fries offered to help Dugu Bo defeat Bone Douluo, then demanded that Dugu Bo join his organization in return.

Fries tried to recruit Dugu Bo by threatening to make his Soul Power explode, but Rota revealed the trap and Fries fled. Rota pursued Fries, who summoned a demonic dragon to cover his escape, and struck it down with Rage Thunder.

• Fries offered Dugu Bo a chance to help rule the world and disrupted the flow of his Soul Power to force him to join.
• Dugu Bo refused, but Fries's Soul Skill failed to harm him because Rota had intervened.
• Rota revealed that he had been investigating Fries for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Fries ordered six Soul Kings to hold them off as he escaped through a wall.
• Dugu Bo killed the six Soul Kings with poison mist while Rota chased Fries and struck him in his illusory state with a Haki-coated punch.
• Fries summoned a purple-black demonic dragon to distract Rota, who pierced it with Rage Thunder as Fries fled.

Rota killed the demonic dragon Fries summoned, but Fries escaped. After deciding to leave Fries alone, Rota planned to acquire Heaven Dou Royal Academy and establish a new academy to train students who could challenge Tang San and his companions; he arrived at the directors' hall as its directors lamented recent losses.

• Rota pierced the demonic dragon with the Rage Thunder Soul Devouring Spear, killing it and splitting a mountain, but Fries vanished during the battle.
• Dugu Bo reported that he had cleared out the Scorching Rose Tavern, and Rota decided not to pursue Fries for now.
• Rota considered how to use Prince Xue Xing's residence and decided to acquire Heaven Dou Royal Academy and establish a new academy to train its promising students.
• Rota explained to Dugu Bo that Heaven Dou Royal Academy's students risked falling behind Tang San's group, especially after Qin Ming left, and settled on the name Huang Lei Academy.
• Rota arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy's directors' hall, where its three directors were mourning the loss of Qin Ming and a group of talented students.

Rota took control of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, renamed it Huang Lei Academy, and told the Imperial Dou Team that he would train them at Prince Xue Xing's residence. The team learned that Rota had also dealt with Prince Xue Xing.

• Bai Baoshan complained that Prince Xue Xing had cost them the chance to recruit Shrek Academy, but Dugu Bo arrived and challenged his remarks.
• Rota announced that he was acquiring Heaven Dou Royal Academy and renaming it Huang Lei Academy, then used his overwhelming pressure to make Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan comply.
• Meng Shenji and the other councilors announced the academy's new name and summoned the Imperial Dou Team to the council hall.
• Dugu Yan and her teammates met Rota and Dugu Bo, and Rota explained that the academy now belonged to him.
• Rota told the team to consider changing its name and said they would attend classes at Prince Xue Xing's residence, which now belonged to him.
• Dugu Bo confirmed that Rota had already dealt with Prince Xue Xing.

After dealing with Prince Xue Xing, Rota appointed Dugu Bo to manage the Huang Lei Academy branch and prepared to test Yu Tianheng and the others. Their spar began with Yu Tianheng charging Rota at full strength, but the impact left Yu Tianheng in pain.

• Rota dismissed Prince Xue Xing's death and announced that the residence would become a Huang Lei Academy branch, with the seven students receiving separate training.
• Rota warned Yu Tianheng and the others that they would need to keep proving themselves, then told them he would personally assess their fighting ability.
• Rota appointed Dugu Bo to manage the branch academy and led the seven students to an arena at his residence.
• Rota revealed that he was a Level 99 assault-type Titled Douluo and urged the students to focus on showing their strength rather than planning tactics.
• Yu Tianheng told the others to attack without holding back, then charged Rota with his Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Rota let Yu Tianheng's lightning strike him without moving, and Yu Tianheng felt intense pain shoot up his arm.

Rota tested the former Imperial Dou Team, easily countering Dugu Yan, Yufeng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers while praising their efforts. He then faced Yu Tianheng with golden lightning and prepared to test him with his Lightning Spear.

• Yu Tianheng attacked Rota again, while Dugu Yan's poison failed to affect him; Rota encouraged her and let her and Ye Lingling watch from the sidelines.
• Rota dodged Yufeng's wind blades, then reached her in the air and gently pushed her aside.
• Osler ambushed Rota, but Rota grabbed and hurled him toward the ground; Osler adjusted his body to avoid injury before Rota attacked again.
• The Shi Brothers blocked Rota's punch with their shields but were sent flying, and Rota concluded that Yu Tianheng was the only one who could last several rounds against him.
• Yu Tianheng struck Rota with blue lightning, and Rota answered by summoning golden lightning and forming a Lightning Spear, leaving Yu Tianheng unsure whether he could withstand it.

Rota tested Yu Tianheng by throwing a Lightning Spear at him, and Yu Tianheng discovered that he could absorb its lightning and the Soul Power it contained. After cultivating with it, Yu Tianheng reached Level 48, leaving his companions astonished.

• Rota threw a Lightning Spear at Yu Tianheng, who caught it with his transformed hands but struggled to resist its power.
• Yu Tianheng realized he could absorb the Lightning Spear's lightning and drew it into his body to neutralize the attack.
• Rota explained that the absorbed lightning contained his Soul Power and encouraged Yu Tianheng to absorb it despite the discomfort.
• Dugu Yan worried about Yu Tianheng as he sat down to cultivate, and Rota reassured her that the Soul Power would benefit him.
• After an hour, Yu Tianheng awoke having risen three levels to Level 48, then explained his breakthrough to the others.

Rota explained why Yu Tianheng had gained three levels from the Lightning Spear and warned him not to depend on the shortcut. He then assessed the team's strengths and gave each student advice for future training and Soul Rings.

• Yufeng begged Rota to strike him with the Lightning Spear, but Rota explained that only Yu Tianheng could absorb it because their Spirits shared the lightning attribute.
• Yu Tianheng promised to keep cultivating through his own effort, and Rota praised his attitude while warning against relying on easy gains.
• Rota advised Yu Tianheng to train his combat skills, attack power, and physique, and to seek Soul Rings that improved both attack and speed.
• Rota told Dugu Yan to develop into a control-type Soul Master and seek control abilities and deadly poison in her future Soul Rings.
• Rota assessed Ye Lingling, Osler, and Yufeng's limitations and told the Shi Brothers to focus on physical fitness and defense.

Rota began training the Imperial Dou Team by explaining their weaknesses and setting regular assessments. Yu Tianheng asked to spar with him and was quickly overwhelmed, but he eagerly continued as Rota prepared to attack at full strength.

• Rota outlined the Imperial Dou Team's shortcomings and said formal training would begin the next day, with assessments every half month.
• Yu Tianheng asked Rota for extra sparring to learn his fighting techniques, and Rota agreed.
• Rota sidestepped Yu Tianheng's Thunder Dragon Claw, caught his arm, and threw him aside while explaining the counter.
• Yu Tianheng charged again, but Rota struck him into a crater with a golden-lightning punch.
• Yu Tianheng got back up and asked to continue, so Rota warned him that the next attacks would be just as powerful and sent golden lightning crashing down as Yu Tianheng dodged.

Rota healed Yu Tianheng after a brutal training session, then went to Blue Tyrant Academy to watch Flender reunite Yu Xiaogang with Liu Erlong. Yu Xiaogang saw through Flender’s plan and confronted him, and Flender admitted that he had known all along.

• Rota had Ye Lingling heal Yu Tianheng, who recovered enough to rest until the next day.
• Dugu Yan asked Rota to go easier on Yu Tianheng, but Rota told her that training now would spare him worse pain and injuries later.
• Rota went to Blue Tyrant Academy and learned that the Shrek Academy group was inside applying to become teachers.
• Flender brought Yu Xiaogang to meet Liu Erlong, who welcomed them after a long separation.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Flender had arranged the encounter and confronted him, and Flender admitted that he had known about it all along.

Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang about avoiding his feelings for Liu Erlong and demanded he honor an old bet by facing them. Rota arrived to help resolve the conflict and asked the three to explain how it began.

• Yu Xiaogang rebuked Flender, prompting Flender to send Tang San and the others away so the adults could talk privately.
• Flender reminded Yu Xiaogang of their old bet and urged him to stop running away from his feelings for Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong defended Yu Xiaogang and asked Flender not to pressure him, while Yu Xiaogang struggled to respond.
• Rota met Tang San and the others, agreed to help, and went to see Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong.
• Flender welcomed Rota's help, and Rota asked the three to explain how their conflict began.