Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong revealed that Spirit Hall had secretly arranged the Strength Clan’s destruction and left Tai Long alive, while Shrek’s leaders debated who was responsible. Tai Long concluded that Tang Hao had slaughtered his family to avenge Tang San and swore revenge on the father and son.

• Hu Liena reported to Bibi Dong that the Strength Clan had been destroyed and that she had planted a false account blaming a bearded man with a hammer.
• Bibi Dong said Tai Long had been spared to satisfy Xiao Zong’s sense of fun and vowed that anyone who hurt him would die.
• At Shrek Academy, Tai Long told Flender, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji that his clan had been wiped out and that his second cousin had warned him about a bearded man with a hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang suspected Spirit Hall, but Liu Erlong and Zhao Wuji argued that Tang Hao had likely destroyed the clan in revenge for Tang San.
• Tai Long realized that Tang Hao was Tang San’s father and swore that he could not live under the same sky as either of them.

Tang San confronted Tai Long, who accused Tang Hao of exterminating the Strength Clan, but Tang San rejected the accusation as unproven. Liu Erlong freed Tai Long and warned him to flee, leaving him to seek outside help as the Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament approached.

• Tai Long attacked Tang San and accused Tang Hao of wiping out the Strength Clan, so Tang San restrained him with Spider Web Restraint.
• Flender explained what he knew about the Strength Clan’s destruction, and Tang San argued that the evidence did not prove his father was responsible.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San, then broke his already injured pelvic bone when he bent to retrieve his cane.
• Liu Erlong freed Tai Long and warned him that Shrek Academy could not protect him from whoever destroyed the Strength Clan.
• Tai Long thanked Liu Erlong and left through Shrek Academy’s back gate to seek outside help.

Zu Zong waited anxiously as Jing Ni gave birth to their daughter, A Yan, and stayed by his family through the night. The chapter left Jing Ni feeling safe and grateful, while Zu Zong thought about the other women he still hoped to save.

• Zu Zong paced nervously while Xuan Jian reassured him that Jing Ni and the baby would be safe.
• Yan Fei announced that Jing Ni had given birth to a healthy girl, and Zu Zong eagerly carried her upstairs to see them.
• Zu Zong comforted Jing Ni, held A Yan, and reassured his wife that he loved their daughter.
• Yan Fei and Wei Xianxian took A Yan to feed her, leaving Zu Zong to care for Jing Ni.
• Zu Zong stayed with Jing Ni and A Yan through the night, and Jing Ni thanked him the next morning for giving her a home.
• Zu Zong thought of Yan Lingji, Zi Nv, Nong Yu, and the others he still wanted to save.

Zu Zong and Xiao Wu attended the Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament’s opening ceremony in Heaven Dou City, where the first-round matchups were announced. Shrek Academy drew Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving most of Shrek’s team convinced they could not win.

• Zu Zong and Xiao Wu arrived at their VIP seats, and Xiao Wu asked him to take her around Heaven Dou City after the ceremony.
• The participating academies entered the arena, and Xiao Wu recognized Zhu Zhuqing among Shrek Academy’s team and was glad they had not joined it.
• Xue Ye gave a speech, Ning Fengzhi named the Imperial Fight Team as his favorite, and Salas remained silent apart from a cold snort.
• After Salas drew lots, the master of ceremonies announced that Shrek Academy would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the first round.
• Jiang Zhu questioned Shrek’s anxiety about the matchup, while Ma Hongjun warned that Heaven Dou Royal Academy was too strong to defeat.

Shrek Academy prepared to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s secondary team, while Oscar and Jiang Zhu worried about Zu Zong’s strength. Tang San’s rapid cultivation and growing resentment toward Yu Xiaogang became clear as he vowed he could defeat even Zu Zong’s team.

• Oscar told Jiang Zhu that Zu Zong had overwhelmed Shrek in their previous team battle, and Jiang Zhu learned that he was Zhu Zhuqing’s boyfriend.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed Zu Zong would compete, lowering Shrek’s spirits until Grandmaster explained they would face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s secondary team.
• Tang San declared that Shrek would win the tournament and that he could defeat even Zu Zong’s main team.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San not to act rashly if he faced Zu Zong, and Tang San privately blamed Yu Xiaogang and Zu Zong for his weak first Soul Ring.
• Tang San reflected that Zhu Zhuqing’s criticism of Yu Xiaogang and Meng Yiran’s influence had eroded his respect for his teacher, and he had concealed the reason for his recent rapid growth.

Shrek Academy and Blue Sunshine Academy traded insults before their teachers intervened, and Zu Zong noticed killing intent from Blue Sunshine’s Shi Nian. After Shi Nian left, Zu Zong reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and the others, while Xiao Wu claimed a hug of her own.

• Blue Sunshine Academy students mocked Dai Mubai as a eunuch, and he raised his fist before Tang San stopped him and traded insults with them.
• Blue Sunshine Academy’s teacher Shi Nian intervened, and Zu Zong sensed that Shi Nian intended to kill Shrek’s students, especially worrying that he might target Zhu Zhuqing.
• After Shi Nian left, Zu Zong brought Xiao Wu to Shrek’s area and pulled Zhu Zhuqing into his arms, and she returned his affection.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Zu Zong, while Tang San left with Meng Yiran and Dai Mubai retreated to the rest area.
• After the others departed, Xiao Wu threw herself into Zu Zong’s arms and asked him for a hug.

Shrek Academy defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Sub-team in the qualifiers, with Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San leading the rout. Zu Zong noticed Blue Sunshine Academy leader Shi Nian’s killing intent toward Zhu Zhuqing and resolved to stop him.

• Zu Zong joined Shrek’s rest area with Xiao Wu, where Liu Erlong welcomed them warmly.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San led Shrek to an overwhelming victory, defeating the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Sub-team in under two minutes.
• Ning Fengzhi introduced Zu Zong to Emperor Xue Ye and Platinum Bishop Salas as Xue Qinghe’s sworn younger brother, and Salas recognized Zu Zong’s importance to the Pope.
• Zu Zong monitored Shi Nian with Observation Haki and sensed the Blue Sunshine Academy leader’s concealed killing intent toward Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zu Zong decided that Shi Nian would die if he tried to harm Zhu Zhuqing.

After Shrek Academy’s victory, Liu Erlong clung to Zu Zong while Flender left, and Zu Zong eventually joined the students outside the arena. There, Ning Fengzhi greeted Ning Rongrong and Shrek’s group, praised Zhu Zhuqing’s talent, and judged that she could become a Title Douluo within twenty years.

• Flender left the spectator seats to check on Xiao Gang and Yu'er and to provoke Prince Xue Xing, while Liu Erlong kept her attention on Zu Zong.
• Liu Erlong held Zu Zong’s hand and urged him to wait with her as Flender refused to let him near the academy’s changing room.
• After Zhu Zhuqing and the others changed, Zu Zong left the Great Soul Arena with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and the other Shrek students.
• Ning Fengzhi met the group outside the arena, greeted them, and asked Ning Rongrong to introduce her friends.
• Ning Rongrong introduced Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Fengzhi praised her strength and said she could become a Title Douluo within twenty years.

Ning Fengzhi met the Shrek group and was astonished when Ning Rongrong revealed that Zu Zong had become a Soul King before turning fourteen. The chapter ended with Tang San privately resenting the gulf between Zu Zong’s cultivation and his own.

• Ning Rongrong introduced the Shrek members to Ning Fengzhi, who recognized Tang San and recalled saving him a year earlier.
• Ning Fengzhi considered Tang San’s rapid rise to rank forty-two and chose not to recruit him, wary of the forces behind him after the Strength Clan’s destruction.
• Xiao Wu announced her rank-forty-seven cultivation, prompting Ning Fengzhi to praise her and Zhu Zhuqing as exceptional geniuses.
• Ning Rongrong quietly told Ning Fengzhi that Zu Zong had become a Soul King half a year earlier, and he dropped his Seven Treasure Scepter in shock.
• Tang San clenched his hands and cursed inwardly as he realized Zu Zong’s cultivation had surpassed his own.

Ning Fengzhi warned Zu Zong about the frightening strength of Spirit Hall’s Saintess, while Zu Zong later used Zhu Zhuqing’s appearance to lure Shi Nian into a forest. The trap ended with Zu Zong revealing himself and confronting Shi Nian.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Zu Zong’s potential and warned that Spirit Hall’s Saintess had reached Soul King level before she was seventeen.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San to speak with him privately, and Zu Zong escorted Xiao Wu and the Shrek group back to Shrek Academy.
• Zu Zong spotted Shi Nian following them and arranged for a disguised “Zhu Zhuqing” to leave the academy alone as bait.
• Shi Nian followed “Zhu Zhuqing” into a forest, threatened her, and dismissed her kunai attack as ineffective.
• Zu Zong spoke through the disguise, revealed his Sharingan, and appeared after the disguise vanished.

Zu Zong used Tsukuyomi to torment Shi Nian before killing him with Blue Silver Blade. He claimed the head Soul Bone Shi Nian dropped and stored it away.

• Shi Nian recognized Zu Zong and attacked him with his Residual Dream spirit.
• Zu Zong trapped Shi Nian in Tsukuyomi, where he endured three days of torture while only one second passed in reality.
• Zu Zong used his second Soul Skill, Blue Silver Blade, to pierce Shi Nian's heart and kill him with Fire Poison.
• A head Soul Bone appeared from Shi Nian's corpse, and Zu Zong drew it to himself and stored it in his System Storage Space.

Ning Fengzhi questioned Tang San about his father and the Strength Clan before introducing him to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was Qian Renxue in disguise. Later, Zu Zong accidentally kissed Qian Renxue when he woke up, and she accepted his impulsive offer of marriage.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Tang San whether Tang Hao was his father and questioned him about the Strength Clan's destruction.
• Tang San claimed someone had attacked the Strength Clan to target Tang Hao, while Ning Fengzhi suspected he was hiding the truth.
• Qian Renxue arrived disguised as Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi introduced her to Tang San as the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince.
• Zu Zong fell asleep in Qian Renxue's room after using Tsukuyomi against Shi Nian, then mistook her for Xiao Wu and kissed her when she woke him.
• Zu Zong apologized and tentatively offered to marry Qian Renxue, and she agreed.

Qian Renxue demanded that Zu Zong choose between her and his girlfriends, but he refused to abandon Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu. After she sent him away and then called him back as Xue Qinghe, they discussed Tang San and learned that Bibi Dong had destroyed the Strength Clan after its leader, Old Titan, tried to kill Zu Zong.

• Qian Renxue told Zu Zong she would marry him only if he broke up with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, and he refused to give them up.
• Qian Renxue slapped Zu Zong, ordered him out, then put on her Xue Qinghe mask and called him back to ask what he had come to discuss.
• Zu Zong asked Qian Renxue about meeting Tang San, and she said Ning Fengzhi had discussed the destroyed Strength Clan and Tang San's mother.
• Qian Renxue said the Strength Clan had been destroyed about half a year earlier, and Zu Zong connected that timing to his encounter with Old Titan.
• Zu Zong revealed that Old Titan had ambushed him while he was hunting for his fifth Soul Ring, but he had killed him with a trick.
• Qian Renxue realized Bibi Dong had destroyed the Strength Clan because its members had attacked Zu Zong.

Zu Zong gave Qian Renxue a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, which raised her Soul Power by three ranks as she refined it. After she bathed, Qian Renxue leaned against Zu Zong’s shoulder and fell asleep.

• Zu Zong told Qian Renxue that Shi Nian had tried to assassinate Zhuqing and showed her the head soul bone he had obtained, which she declined.
• Zu Zong offered Qian Renxue a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and she swallowed it without hesitation because she trusted him.
• After three hours of refining the herb, Qian Renxue gained three Soul Power ranks, while Zu Zong stared at her exposed body until she ordered him to turn around.
• Qian Renxue threatened to castrate Zu Zong when she caught him peeking through his fingers, and he turned away.
• Zu Zong tried to approach the bathroom while Qian Renxue was inside, but she came out wearing a sleeping robe and caught him.
• After bathing, Qian Renxue leaned against Zu Zong as he cultivated and fell asleep.

Zu Zong went with Qian Renxue to the Soul Arena, then joined Shrek as its match against Elephant Armor Academy began. Tang San’s flying tactic failed to restrain the opposing team, so he ordered Shrek to switch to its backup plan led by Zhu Zhuqing.

• Zu Zong massaged Qian Renxue’s stiff neck, and she forgave him before they traveled together to the Great Soul Arena.
• Zu Zong reunited with Xiao Wu, Liu Erlong, and Ning Rongrong, who explained that she, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Liu Erlong had become sworn sisters.
• Zu Zong recognized Bone Douluo and Elephant Armor Sect’s sect master Hu Yanzhen among the VIPs at the tournament.
• Shrek Academy and Elephant Armor Academy began their match with three Soul Ancestors and four Soul Elders each, while Ning Rongrong stayed in reserve.
• Tang San led Shrek’s flying tactic, but his Blue Silver Grass could not hold the Elephant Armor fighters for long.
• Tang San called for Shrek to use its second combat plan, a weakness-attack tactic led by Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San used their planned tactics against the Elephant Armor Seven Ironheads, with Tang San's revolting First Soul Skill making Hu Yanli vomit. Zhu Zhuqing then unleashed her blades and shadow clones to strike the Elephant Armor Soul Masters' weak points.

• Zhu Zhuqing used her speed to evade the Elephant Armor Seven Ironheads and distract them while stepping on Hu Yanli's face.
• Tang San restrained six opponents with Blue Silver Grass, then used his First Soul Skill's rotten vines to nauseate Hu Yanli into vomiting.
• Hu Yanzhen accused Tang San of poisoning his grandson, but Gu Rong confirmed Hu Yanli had only been sickened by the stench.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated her Nether Twin Blades and Netherworld Shadow Clone, splitting into five figures to attack the Elephant Armor Soul Masters alongside Dai Mubai and Tang San.
• The chapter revealed that Yu Xiaogang had devised the tactic of targeting the opponents' anuses, and Zhu Zhuqing had reluctantly accepted the plan.

Shrek defeated Elephant Armor Academy after Zhu Zhuqing’s shadow clones incapacitated four opponents, but the team’s tactics sparked an argument among the tournament officials. Platinum Bishop Salas settled the dispute with a warning, then exposed Yu Xiaogang’s past and accused him of stealing Spirit Hall’s research.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s shadow clones struck four Elephant Armor Soul Elders, allowing Ma Hongjun, Meng Yiran, and Skeleton Soul Master Extra A to knock them off the stage.
• Zhu Zhuqing and her clones eliminated another Soul Ancestor, and Shrek defeated the remaining Elephant Armor fighters, including Hu Yanli.
• Hu Yanzhen demanded that Shrek be disqualified, while Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Emperor Xue Ye debated how to punish the team.
• Salas proposed publicly criticizing Shrek’s leading instructor, and the officials accepted the warning instead of disqualifying the academy.
• Salas identified Grandmaster as Yu Xiaogang and claimed he had been expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, taken Spirit Hall’s research, and spread flawed theories.

After Shrek won the match, Yu Xiaogang was publicly criticized for his tactics, and Zu Zong decided to retaliate with a second-child warning. On the way back from dinner, Zu Zong confronted the lecherous Bu Le, while Liu Erlong secretly revealed she had only pretended to be drunk.

• Zu Zong suspected Yu Xiaogang had devised the tactic that led Shrek to victory, and Ning Rongrong confirmed Grandmaster had prepared a backup plan.
• The tournament committee publicly criticized Yu Xiaogang for Shrek's improper tactics, leaving him humiliated as Flender lamented the damage to the academy's reputation.
• Zu Zong treated Xiao Wu, Liu Erlong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to dinner, where Liu Erlong drank herself apparently unconscious.
• Bu Le approached Zu Zong and the women with lewd intentions, so Zu Zong put Liu Erlong down and went to confront him.
• Bu Le summoned his five Soul Rings and claimed he was a Soul King, while Liu Erlong secretly told Ning Rongrong she had pretended to be drunk so Zu Zong would carry her.

Zu Zong carried the drunken Liu Erlong back to Shrek Academy, where she kissed and embraced him before Ning Rongrong’s knock interrupted them. He then lured Yu Xiaogang out of Heaven Dou City with a note, where Bu Le ambushed him under an illusion.

• Zu Zong bound Bu Le, planted Fire Poison in him, and cast an illusion before returning to the others.
• Zu Zong carried Liu Erlong to her room and left Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong to rest.
• Liu Erlong mistook Zu Zong for someone from her past, pulled him onto the bed, and kissed him until Ning Rongrong’s knock interrupted them.
• Zu Zong left the courtyard, and Liu Erlong and Ning Rongrong watched him go from their doorways.
• Yu Xiaogang followed a note about his child’s father to a willow tree outside Heaven Dou City, where Bu Le knocked him unconscious and approached him under the illusion.

Yu Xiaogang woke after Bu Le assaulted him, then fled toward Heaven Dou City without killing him; Bu Le was later burned to ash. Meanwhile, Zu Zong comforted Zhu Zhuqing after their night together and encountered the injured Yu Xiaogang on his way back to Shrek Academy.

• Yu Xiaogang woke beside the sleeping Bu Le, realized what had happened, and left without killing him.
• After Yu Xiaogang departed, flames ignited Bu Le and reduced him to ash.
• Zu Zong woke from cultivation beside Zhu Zhuqing and explained that he had avoided taking their relationship further to protect her before the tournament.
• Zu Zong brought Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to breakfast, where Xiao Wu complained that he had spent the previous night with Zhu Zhuqing instead of her.
• Xiao Wu spotted Yu Xiaogang limping back to the academy, and Zu Zong asked him what had happened.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had gone out to exercise, fallen, and planned to have Mu Bai apply medicine.