Chapter Summaries

Li Xun tricked Flender into giving him the crystal that contained the Golden Dragon Whisker Needle, then fled instead of joining Shrek Academy. Flender realized he had been deceived and roared furiously across Suotuo City.

• Li Xun refused to pay Flender’s inflated price for the crystal and pretended to leave while criticizing Shrek Academy’s tuition.
• Flender stopped Li Xun, sensed his Soul Power, and discovered that the twelve-year-old was a Level 38 Soul Elder.
• Flender offered Li Xun the crystal for free and invited him to Shrek Academy after learning his age and strength.
• Li Xun accepted the crystal, stored it in his Soul Tool, and used the Body Flicker Technique to escape.
• Flender realized Li Xun had tricked him and shouted furiously across Suotuo City.

Li Xun watched Tang San and Xiao Wu arrive at the Rose Hotel, then traveled to the remote mountains where Tang Hao and Ah Yin had once lived. He reached a sheer cliff and questioned why Tang Hao had fled instead of returning to the powerful Clear Sky Sect.

• Li Xun waited in Suotuo City for Tang San and Xiao Wu, while Flender cursed overhead after Li Xun swindled him out of a crystal.
• Li Xun watched Dai Mubai arrive at the Rose Hotel with twins, then saw Yu Tianheng head there with a woman.
• Li Xun saw Tang San, Dai Mubai, Yu Tianheng, and four women leave the hotel together and judged the Shrek group’s strength.
• Li Xun traveled by carriage to Holy Soul Village, studied a map from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and spent weeks crossing remote mountains.
• Li Xun reached a steep cliff associated with Tang Hao and Ah Yin and complained that Tang Hao had fled despite the Clear Sky Sect’s strength.

Li Xun reached the cave behind the waterfall and confronted the conscious Blue Silver Grass, Ah Yin, to claim her Soul Bone. He took the bone and left her with doubts about Tang Hao and the soul inhabiting Tang San’s body.

• Li Xun grew plants into a bridge, diverted the waterfall, and opened the hidden cave entrance.
• Li Xun found the Blue Silver Grass and told her he knew about her past with Tang Hao and her son, Tang San.
• Li Xun claimed Tang San was dead and another person’s soul now occupied his body, provoking a fierce mental reaction from the Blue Silver Grass.
• Li Xun found a concealed lead box and stored the blue-gold Right Leg Bone in his Soul Tool.
• Li Xun told the Blue Silver Grass that Tang San’s current girlfriend was also a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Li Xun removed Ah Yin and the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone from Tang Hao’s hidden chamber, leaving a substitute plant and a critical note behind. Tang Hao discovered the theft, destroyed the chamber in a rage, and began wondering who knew about the place.

• Li Xun dug up Ah Yin, placed her in a wooden box, and took her away with the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Li Xun replanted a similar-looking Blue Silver Grass in the fresh mound of earth and left Tang Hao a note before restoring the waterfall and leaving.
• Tang Hao returned to the chamber and initially believed Ah Yin was still there, but noticed the plant and soil were wrong.
• Tang Hao read Li Xun’s note revealing that Ah Yin and her Soul Bone had been taken, then raged and wrecked the stone chamber.
• Tang Hao considered whether someone had tracked him or an acquaintance knew the hiding place, but rejected the thought that his elder brother had been involved.

Tang Hao blamed Spirit Hall for Ah Yin’s disappearance and left to prepare for revenge while keeping Xiao San’s Twin Martial Souls secret. At the waterfall summit, Li Xun absorbed Ah Yin’s leg bone, strengthened his abilities, and reached Rank 40, leaving him in need of a Soul Ring.

• Tang Hao decided that someone from Spirit Hall had taken Ah Yin and her soul bone, and he vowed to settle another score with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao left the waterfall to handle other matters before taking revenge and planned to warn Xiao San not to reveal the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Xun climbed to the waterfall summit with the Blue Silver Emperor soul bone and unwanted Blue Silver Grass, then fused the soul bone into his right leg.
• The soul bone cleared Li Xun’s meridians, improved his circulation and regeneration, and helped raise his soul power to Rank 40.
• Li Xun tested Wood Style by creating a forest with Descent of the Tree World, then headed to the waterfall’s edge to try his newly realized flight ability.

Li Xun mastered flying and detoured to avoid Tang Hao while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing waited for him in Suotuo City. Sword Douluo discovered a human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast among a group approaching the inn and planned to capture her for Li Xun’s future Spirit Ring.

• Li Xun tested his new ability to fly, then chose a detour to avoid Tang Hao.
• Ning Rongrong complained that Li Xun had been gone for a month and a half, but Zhu Zhuqing refused to visit Shrek Academy with her.
• Sword Douluo sensed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast near the Cao Family Inn and told the girls that their Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings had been taken care of.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing spotted a girl walking with three boys, and Sword Douluo identified her as the human-form Soul Beast.
• Sword Douluo smiled at the approaching girl and prepared to capture her for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Sword Douluo was drawn away by a mysterious man, leaving Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to face Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai. Dai Mubai’s past as a runaway Star Luo Prince was exposed, and Tang San stepped in to challenge Ning Rongrong’s defense of Zhu Zhuqing.

• Sword Douluo sensed killing intent from a burly man in black on a tower roof and left Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to return to the inn.
• Ma Hongjun leered at Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing tried to lead them away until Dai Mubai stopped him.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Dai Mubai had abandoned Zhu Zhuqing and fled, while Zhu Zhuqing said Ning Rongrong’s brother had saved her and brought her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Tang San reconsidered Dai Mubai after learning he was a Star Luo Prince, while Tang San grew suspicious of Ning Rongrong’s sect and Li Xun.
• Tang San argued that Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing should settle their private matter themselves, and Ning Rongrong retorted that she was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future heir.

Ning Rongrong defended Zhu Zhuqing against Dai Mubai, provoking a confrontation with him and Shrek Academy’s students. Zhu Zhuqing rejected her arranged bond with Dai Mubai, who threatened her and accused her of being involved with Li Xun.

• Ning Rongrong insulted Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Shrek Academy, prompting Xiao Wu and Ma Hongjun to defend their academy and Tang San.
• Dai Mubai stopped the others from retaliating, then attacked Ning Rongrong with a burst of Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing pulled Ning Rongrong clear of the attack and told Dai Mubai that their marriage agreement meant nothing to her and that she had not come to Heaven Dou for him.
• Dai Mubai threatened that he and Zhu Zhuqing would face death together in the struggle for the throne, but Zhu Zhuqing recalled Li Xun’s advice that she could return home if Dai Mubai died.
• Dai Mubai accused Zhu Zhuqing of hooking up with Li Xun and vowed to kill them both as bystanders gathered to watch.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Dai Mubai after rejecting him, revealing her evolved martial soul and superior sword skills while protecting Ning Rongrong from his attacks. The clash left Dai Mubai with three fingers severed, and Tang San challenged Ning Rongrong for aiding Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dai Mubai attacked Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong with his White Tiger Light Wave, but Zhu Zhuqing shattered it with her Nirvana Hundred Slashes.
• Dai Mubai charged Zhu Zhuqing, who used Instant Flash to cut his chest and warned that she would have aimed for his throat if he were not the Star Luo Prince.
• Dai Mubai redirected his White Tiger Light Wave toward Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing intercepted it after cutting across his tiger claw.
• Ning Rongrong gave Zhu Zhuqing support with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Dai Mubai noticed that three of his fingers had been severed.
• Tang San objected that Ning Rongrong was interfering in a one-on-one fight.

Tang San defended Dai Mubai after Zhu Zhuqing cut off three of his fingers, escalating the conflict with Ning Rongrong. Above Suotuo City, Sword Douluo confronted Tang Hao about Xiao Wu and warned him that Tang San might repeat his parents’ tragedy.

• Tang San argued that Dai Mubai had targeted Zhu Zhuqing with his attack and accused Ning Rongrong of breaking the one-on-one rule.
• Tang San treated Dai Mubai’s wounds and handed him his severed fingers, while Ma Hongjun and Xiao Wu backed Tang San against Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Sword Douluo met Tang Hao above Suotuo City and recognized his Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang Hao confirmed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Spirit Beast like Ah Yin and himself, and Sword Douluo inferred that Tang San was their son.
• Sword Douluo asked whether Tang Hao would let Tang San repeat the tragedy of a human and a Spirit Beast falling in love.

Tang Hao and Sword Douluo threatened each other over Tang San and Xiao Wu, each using the children below as leverage. Their standoff paused when Li Xun approached the Cao Family Inn, while the fight below remained unresolved.

• Tang Hao warned Sword Douluo not to interfere with Xiao Wu or expose Tang San, and threatened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect through Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Sword Douluo rejected Tang Hao's demands, but then threatened Tang San and Xiao Wu in return.
• Tang Hao and Sword Douluo watched as Zhu Zhuqing saved Ning Rongrong and injured Dai Mubai, before Tang San and the others prepared to join forces.
• Sword Douluo spotted Li Xun approaching and told Tang Hao they could wait and watch the battle below.
• Li Xun checked his map and hurried toward the Cao Family Inn, worried he was late for their meeting.

Li Xun returned to find Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong confronting Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu, and he sided with the two girls. He demanded that Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai be dissolved, while Tang San defended Dai Mubai and Li Xun challenged his claim that every man would make the same mistake.

• Li Xun forced his way through the crowd outside the Cao Family Inn and found Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu facing Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong told Li Xun that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had bullied them, and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed that her account was mostly true.
• Li Xun examined Zhu Zhuqing, then condemned Dai Mubai’s behavior and proposed that they dissolve his engagement to her.
• Dai Mubai boasted of his strength and royal status, but Zhu Zhuqing said she was content with her life as it was.
• Tang San argued that Dai Mubai’s infidelity was a mistake any man would make and urged Zhu Zhuqing to stay with him.
• Li Xun asked Tang San whether he would also make that mistake and pointed out that Dai Mubai did it every day.

Li Xun openly embraced both Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, provoking Dai Mubai and Tang San with his defiant attitude. Dai Mubai attacked Li Xun’s group, and Tang San joined the fight as it began.

• Tang San accused Li Xun of making the very mistake he had warned against, and Li Xun declared that he wanted both Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Li Xun pulled Zhu Zhuqing into his embrace and asked whether she and Ning Rongrong could forgive him; Ning Rongrong chose to support him in front of the watching crowd.
• Li Xun mocked Tang San and Dai Mubai, while onlookers reacted with envy and Xiao Wu praised Tang San’s supposed purity.
• Dai Mubai blamed Tang San for driving a wedge between them and said he wanted to cripple Li Xun and the two women; Tang San hesitated because of the crowd and the consequences.
• Dai Mubai charged Li Xun’s group using White Tiger Vajra Transformation, Ma Hongjun followed with Phoenix Avatar, and Tang San activated Blue Silver Entanglement.

Li Xun fought Dai Mubai's group in the street, revealing a powerful Wood Style that overwhelmed Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and resisted Ma Hongjun's flames. Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun regrouped and charged directly at Li Xun.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu attacked Li Xun while Ning Rongrong enhanced Li Xun and Zhu Zhuqing, who intercepted Xiao Wu.
• Li Xun revealed his thousand-year second Spirit Ring and used Wood Style, Tree Sea Birth, to destroy Tang San's Blue Silver Entanglement and flood the street with vines.
• Tang San wondered how Li Xun had become so powerful and stopped advancing to watch for an opening to use hidden weapons.
• Dai Mubai blasted through the vines with White Tiger Light Wave, but the plants surged back and forced him to retreat.
• Ma Hongjun attacked the vines with Phoenix Fire Line, but Li Xun empowered the plants so they pushed through the flames and threatened Ma Hongjun.
• Dai Mubai rescued Ma Hongjun, then charged Li Xun as Ma Hongjun activated Phoenix Bathed in Fire and followed him.

Li Xun trapped Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun behind a thorn-covered wooden wall, while Tang San tried to reach him across the rooftops and Xiao Wu kept Zhu Zhuqing occupied. Ma Hongjun squeezed through a hole in the wall first and was impaled by wooden spears, leaving him screaming as Li Xun joked about his Martial Soul.

• Dai Mubai used his Spirit Abilities to clear a path through Li Xun's resilient, rapidly healing plants, with Ma Hongjun following close behind.
• Li Xun formed a Thorn Wood Wall across the street, grew wooden spears behind it, carried Ning Rongrong to his side, and sealed off Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's retreat.
• Tang San climbed onto a nearby roof to bypass the obstacles, while Xiao Wu fought Zhu Zhuqing using Teleport and Charm to evade her attacks.
• Dai Mubai blasted a person-sized hole in the wooden wall, and Ma Hongjun rushed through it before the opening could heal.
• Ma Hongjun saw the wooden spears and tried to retreat, but Dai Mubai blocked him; Ma Hongjun curled up and used Phoenix Bathed in Fire, yet the spears pierced his back and buttocks.
• Li Xun laughed and compared Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul to a Local Chicken as Ma Hongjun screamed in pain.

Li Xun overwhelmed Dai Mubai with his Vine abilities after Ma Hongjun was left trapped in the wooden wall. Dai Mubai surrendered, but Li Xun bound and humiliated him instead of killing him.

• Ning Rongrong and Li Xun mocked Ma Hongjun as Dai Mubai hesitated before pulling him from the wooden wall.
• Dai Mubai tried to escape by retreating toward the rooftops, but Li Xun drained the wall’s support and sent it crashing down on him.
• Dai Mubai burst from the fallen Vines, but Li Xun’s thorny branches surrounded him after his Soul Power ran out.
• Dai Mubai surrendered and warned Li Xun that he was a Prince of Star Luo, but Li Xun bound him and fashioned him Thorn Underwear.

Li Xun forced Dai Mubai to sign a written guarantee before turning his attention to Tang San, while Sword Douluo considered ending the battle. The confrontation remained unresolved as Tang Hao questioned Li Xun’s importance to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Dai Mubai begged Li Xun to spare him, and Li Xun agreed in exchange for a written contract.
• Li Xun kicked Ma Hongjun away when he tried to crawl toward him, knocking him unconscious.
• Tang San challenged Li Xun and reasoned that his plant-control abilities were likely tied to his Third Spirit Ability.
• Li Xun made Dai Mubai write a guarantee and press both hands into ink as proof before warning him to cherish his chance.
• Sword Douluo offered to call off the battle, but Tang Hao pointed out that Li Xun still had strength to spare and asked whether he was important to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Tang Hao and Sword Douluo eased their standoff as they discussed cooperation against Spirit Hall, while Li Xun and Tang San fought in the street. Tang San’s hidden weapons struck what he thought was Li Xun, but Li Xun used a wooden substitute and attacked him from behind.

• Tang Hao and Sword Douluo agreed that the Upper Three Sects should support one another against Spirit Hall.
• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to close in on Li Xun, criticizing his plant-control abilities.
• Li Xun unleashed Wood Style to raise vines and shield Ning Rongrong inside a wooden dome.
• Tang San attacked Li Xun with a barrage of hidden weapons and the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Li Xun’s apparent body turned out to be a piece of wood, and he struck Tang San from behind with a massive tree grown from his arm.

Li Xun trapped and nearly crushed Tang San in a wooden cage, but Tang Hao and Sword Douluo intervened before Li Xun could kill him. Sword Douluo praised Li Xun and warned him that Tang Hao was nearby, leaving Li Xun curious about the tension between them.

• Li Xun struck Tang San from behind with a Wood Style substitute, wounded him, and pursued him with vines.
• Li Xun formed a contracting wooden cage around Tang San, who used his Blue Silver Grass, Eight Spider Lances, and Clear Sky Hammer to resist.
• Tang San called on the Empire and Spirit Hall for protection as the cage crushed his bones and snapped his Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang Hao's Clear Sky Hammer shattered the cage and sent Tang San flying, while Sword Douluo's sword stopped the shockwave from hitting Li Xun.
• Sword Douluo praised Li Xun and warned him that Tang Hao was nearby, and Li Xun wondered what had happened between them.

Li Xun and Sword Douluo dealt with the aftermath of Tang Hao’s attack while Zhu Zhuqing secured Dai Mubai’s written proof. Flender arrived and confronted them over the injured students, prompting Sword Douluo to reveal his nine Soul Rings and invite Flender to settle the matter elsewhere.

• Sword Douluo and Li Xun discussed Tang Hao’s vanished hammer, and Li Xun released Ning Rongrong from the Wood Release Wall.
• Ning Rongrong checked on Li Xun, then teased Sword Douluo for leaving her in danger.
• Li Xun called Zhu Zhuqing away from Xiao Wu and gave her Dai Mubai’s signed paper, which she stored in a box.
• Flender arrived and found Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun down, while Dai Mubai pretended to be unconscious.
• Ma Hongjun blamed Li Xun for their injuries, and Flender challenged Li Xun and Sword Douluo before Sword Douluo revealed his nine Soul Rings.