Chapter Summaries

Gu Han promised to help Ah Yin avenge her son and explained his plans for humans and Soul Beasts to coexist. When Tang Hao tried to awaken Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, Ah Yin intervened from Suotuo City, determined to prevent him from claiming her clan’s position.

• Ah Yin asked Gu Han to help avenge her son, and Gu Han agreed without asking for payment.
• Gu Han revealed that he was from Spirit Hall and told Ah Yin he wanted humans and Soul Beasts to coexist peacefully.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San to the Blue Silver King, who gathered the Blue Silver Grass clan’s power to awaken Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline.
• Ah Yin sensed the awakening from the Tulip Hotel and told Gu Han that Tang San could not claim the Blue Silver Emperor position while she remained alive and had not abdicated.

Tang San’s attempt to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline was sabotaged by Ah Yin, who stripped its origin from him and sent it to the Blue Silver King. Tang San survived but woke to find his Blue Silver Grass martial soul had severely regressed.

• During the awakening ritual, Ah Yin rejected Tang San as an impostor occupying her dead son’s body and forcibly extracted his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Origin.
• Ah Yin warned the Blue Silver King that Tang Hao had killed her and urged it to flee; the Blue Silver King escaped underground and vowed revenge.
• Tang Hao misread the Blue Silver King’s accusations and stayed to care for Tang San, who collapsed unconscious after the ritual.
• Tang San woke hours later feeling extremely weak, and Tang Hao asked him to summon his martial soul.
• Tang San saw that his Blue Silver Grass had shrunk and lost its sharp thorns, and he broke down over the regression.

Ah Yin stopped Tang San from awakening the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, while Gu Han upgraded his seventh and eighth soul rings to a million years. Tang San returned to Shrek Academy still crippled, but Qin Ming offered hope that the Nine Heart Begonia Clan could heal him.

• Ah Yin told Gu Han that she had stripped the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Origin from Tang San, and Gu Han gained Heavenly Points for thwarting Tang San’s opportunities.
• Gu Han used the Upgrade Function to raise his seventh and eighth soul rings to a million years, shocking Ah Yin.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy with a limp and a drastically worsened appearance after his trip with Tang Hao failed to heal his right leg.
• Tang San used his past-life pharmaceutical knowledge to make an ointment, but his shattered leg had passed its optimal treatment period and remained crippled.
• Qin Ming told Yu Xiaogang and Tang San that the Nine Heart Begonia Clan could restore Tang San’s leg, giving them hope.

Flender decided to move Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou Imperial City after its finances collapsed in Suotuo City, hoping to find an academy whose name the students could use for the tournament. Ning Rongrong asked Gu Han for Pills to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and he offered to negotiate a deal with her father, while Gu Han prepared to return to the capital with his battle team.

• Flender told Zhao Wuji, Shao Xin, Lu Qibin, Li Yusong, and Yu Xiaogang that Shrek Academy would leave for Heaven Dou Imperial City and seek an advanced academy to join.
• Ning Rongrong asked Gu Han whether he had Pills to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Gu Han said he would consider a deal if Ning Fengzhi spoke with him.
• Ning Rongrong decided to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and tell Ning Fengzhi about Gu Han's offer.
• Huo Wu told Gu Han and the others that the Imperial Fighting Team had taken Shrek Academy's group out of Suotuo City toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Gu Han noted that Shrek Academy had left earlier than expected and decided that his battle team was ready to return to Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Gu Han returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Zi Ji, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, while Ning Rongrong went home to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. There, she told her father and guardians how Gu Han had avenged her after trouble at Shrek Academy, prompting them to realize she had feelings for him.

• Gu Han returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and planned to clean his courtyard before visiting Heaven Dou Imperial City and Qian Renxue.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and reunited with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
• Ning Rongrong told them that Flender had made things difficult for her and Dai Mubai had slapped her at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Gu Han had avenged her, and explained his role at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo recognized Ning Rongrong's shy affection for Gu Han and grew wary of him pursuing their little princess.

Ning Rongrong revealed that Gu Han could provide Pills to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial souls, but said Ning Fengzhi had to negotiate with him personally. After learning Gu Han was from Spirit Hall and hearing about his conflict with Pope Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, Ning Fengzhi decided to meet him.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that Gu Han had offered a way to evolve their martial souls.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Gu Han refined Pills that had already evolved the martial souls of students from Blazing Fire Academy, Skywater Academy, and Godwind Academy.
• Ning Rongrong said Gu Han would provide the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Pills only if Ning Fengzhi personally negotiated with him.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Gu Han was from Spirit Hall and recounted what she had learned about his feud with Pope Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to go with Ning Rongrong to meet Gu Han the next day.

Gu Han negotiated with Ning Fengzhi over Pills that could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, seeking an alliance between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi accepted Gu Han’s revised terms but proposed a marriage alliance as an additional condition.

• Ning Fengzhi visited Gu Han at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong.
• Gu Han rejected material payment for the Pills and proposed an alliance requiring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to support Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi refused Gu Han’s sweeping initial terms, then negotiated a narrower agreement to avoid opposing Spirit Hall and to support actions that did not greatly harm his sect.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to Gu Han’s revised terms and proposed that Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect form a marriage alliance.

Gu Han accepted Ning Fengzhi’s proposed engagement to Ning Rongrong in principle, but deferred the decision to Spirit Hall’s elders. When Sword Douluo challenged him without knowing his strength, Gu Han agreed to spar and revealed his Golden Dragon form and extraordinary Soul Rings, leaving the duel poised to begin.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed an arranged marriage between Gu Han and Ning Rongrong to strengthen the alliance, and Gu Han said he needed Spirit Hall’s elders to approve it.
• Sword Douluo challenged Gu Han to demonstrate his talent, unaware of Gu Han’s strength because Ning Rongrong had not told him about it.
• Gu Han accepted Sword Douluo’s challenge, and the group moved to an open space for their spar.
• Sword Douluo offered to let Gu Han make the first three moves, but Gu Han refused to summon his Martial Soul first as a concession.
• Gu Han transformed into an enormous Golden Dragon and revealed eight powerful Soul Rings, shocking Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Gu Han was a Soul Douluo whose Soul Rings were mostly over ten thousand years old, and recounted his victories over the Peerless Dragon Snake and Clear Sky Douluo.

Gu Han defeated Sword Douluo in a sword duel, astonishing Ning Fengzhi and strengthening his resolve to arrange Gu Han’s engagement to Ning Rongrong. Meanwhile, Flender and the Shrek group reached Heaven Dou Imperial City and went to Blue Tyrant Academy, where they met Liu Erlong.

• Gu Han challenged Sword Douluo with the Sun Radiance Sword and, using his sword art and techniques without Martial Soul Possession, overwhelmed him and knocked the Seven Kill Sword from his hand.
• Sword Douluo admitted defeat, praised Gu Han’s swordsmanship and Sword Intent, and said he had underestimated the younger generation.
• Ning Fengzhi was deeply impressed by Gu Han and became more determined to secure his engagement to Ning Rongrong.
• Flender led Yu Xiaogang, the other Shrek teachers, and students including Dai Mubai and Tang San to Heaven Dou Imperial City after leaving Suotuo City.
• After finding Blue Tyrant Academy’s recruitment notice, Flender and the group applied for teaching positions and were led by Yin Shu to the rear mountain, where they met Liu Erlong.

Flender brought Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek group to Liu Erlong, where she welcomed them despite Yu Xiaogang’s altered appearance and losses. After learning what had happened to him, Liu Erlong raged at Bibi Dong, while Flender secretly began hoping that he could share a life with Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang.

• Flender stopped Yu Xiaogang from fleeing and persuaded him to face Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong initially failed to recognize Yu Xiaogang, then embraced him tearfully after Flender identified him.
• Liu Erlong welcomed the Shrek group and arranged their lodging and a feast.
• Liu Erlong met Flender privately, and he told her what had happened to Yu Xiaogang in Spirit City.
• Liu Erlong condemned Bibi Dong for Yu Xiaogang’s injuries, while Flender wondered whether his changed condition could let the three of them be together.

Liu Erlong decided to take Yu Xiaogang back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to seek treatment for his arm and Tang San’s leg. Yu Yuanzhen was stunned when he saw how much his son had changed.

• Flender considered marrying Liu Erlong so he could shield her and Yu Xiaogang from social judgment, but Liu Erlong insisted that her father would never approve of their relationship.
• Liu Erlong resolved to bring Yu Xiaogang back to the clan and ask Yu Yuanzhen to persuade the Nine Heart Begonia Clan to treat Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang resisted returning, but agreed after Liu Erlong explained that they needed Yu Yuanzhen’s help and he decided to get Tang San’s leg cured.
• Yu Dalong told Yu Yuanzhen that Yu Xiaogang had returned, and Yu Yuanzhen hurried to the main hall to see him.
• Yu Yuanzhen saw Yu Xiaogang’s missing arm and effeminate appearance and was dumbfounded.

Yu Xiaogang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect with a severed arm and a resentment toward his family, while Liu Erlong revealed to Yu Yuanzhen that Xiaogang's Martial Soul had evolved into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. Yu Yuanzhen planned to announce the evolution and arrange for Xiaogang to demonstrate it before the sect.

• Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang's mother tried to welcome Xiaogang home and explain why the family had stopped supporting his cultivation, but Xiaogang remained resentful.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked who had severed Xiaogang's arm, and Xiaogang claimed he had broken it himself and asked for treatment from the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen promised to ask the Nine Heart Begonia Clan's leader to heal Xiaogang, then gathered the family, Liu Erlong, and Flender for dinner.
• Liu Erlong visited Yu Yuanzhen's study and revealed that Xiaogang's Martial Soul had evolved into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, though the process had changed his body.
• Liu Erlong proposed announcing Xiaogang's evolution and arranging a demonstration for the sect, and Yu Yuanzhen decided the plan could help his son prove himself.

Yu Yuanzhen decided to invite prominent Soul Master forces to witness Yu Xiaogang prove that his Martial Soul had evolved, hoping to make amends with his son. At the Crown Prince's Estate, Gu Han eased Qian Renxue's jealousy over Ning Rongrong's proposed engagement, then learned that Yu Yuanzhen had invited him to a mysterious ceremony.

• After confirming Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul had evolved into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Yu Yuanzhen and Liu Erlong agreed to arrange a public ceremony for him to prove himself.
• Yu Yuanzhen secretly drafted invitations to major Soul Master forces, describing the event only as a mysterious ceremony.
• Gu Han explained to Qian Renxue that Ning Fengzhi had proposed an engagement with Ning Rongrong, but he had deferred the decision to Spirit Hall's elders so he could refuse.
• Qian Renxue accepted Gu Han's explanation, and they playfully reconciled while Zi Ji was present.
• Qian Renxue gave Gu Han an invitation from Yu Yuanzhen and explained that Yu Yuanzhen had invited several prominent guests to the mysterious ceremony.

Gu Han traveled with Zi Ji and Ning Fengzhi’s party to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect for Yu Yuanzhen’s mysterious ceremony. Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul had supposedly evolved and announced that he would demonstrate it, leaving the blindfolded Yu Xiaogang horrified before a crowd of powerful guests.

• Gu Han accepted the invitation to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, while Qian Renxue stayed behind and Zi Ji accompanied him.
• Gu Han and Zi Ji traveled with Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong through Gu Rong’s spatial passage to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect.
• A sect elder led the guests to a plaza filled with influential visitors and Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect disciples, where they learned rumors suggested a grand competition was planned.
• Liu Erlong blindfolded Yu Xiaogang and led him from the patriarch’s residence, believing Yu Yuanzhen’s gathering would let him prove himself.
• Yu Yuanzhen announced that Yu Xiaogang had returned and that his Martial Soul had evolved into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, then called on him to demonstrate it.
• Yu Xiaogang tore off his blindfold, saw the crowd, and panicked as Liu Erlong proudly explained the surprise she and Yu Yuanzhen had prepared.

Yu Xiaogang was forced onto the arena to demonstrate his supposedly evolved Martial Soul, then proudly claimed the transformation came from his own efforts. After he revealed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, Gu Han urged Yu Yuanzhen to make him demonstrate his soul skills.

• Liu Erlong surprised Yu Xiaogang by expecting him to display his Martial Soul and soul skills before the gathered soul masters.
• Yu Yuanzhen pulled Yu Xiaogang onto the arena and announced that he would prove his Martial Soul had evolved.
• Yu Xiaogang ignored the crowd's taunts, claimed he had discovered the Martial Soul Evolution Method through perseverance, and summoned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang possessed himself with the dragon Martial Soul and revealed three Soul Rings, shocking the crowd, while Gu Han silently mocked his claim.
• Gu Han told Yu Yuanzhen to hurry and let Yu Xiaogang show everyone his soul skills.

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated his evolved Martial Soul to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Gu Han pushed him to reveal his remaining soul skills. The skills unleashed a foul-smelling blast across the plaza, leaving Yu Yuanzhen and the crowd in despair.

• Yu Yuanzhen urged Yu Xiaogang to show his soul skills, and Yu Xiaogang reluctantly used his Third Soul Skill to blast a crater in the arena.
• Gu Han and the assembled guests called for Yu Xiaogang to demonstrate his First and Second Soul Skills, while Yu Yuanzhen also pressed him to continue.
• Yu Xiaogang activated his First and Second Soul Skills, causing his stomach to swell as Gu Han summoned his Sacred Dragon and spread an Ice Domain with protective shields.
• Yu Xiaogang's pants burst as a foul green spray and poisonous mist covered the plaza, making the clan members and guests retch and despair.
• A second, even larger blast erupted, and Yu Yuanzhen's composure shattered completely.

At Yu Xiaogang’s ceremony, his mutated soul skills covered the gathering in toxic sludge and exposed him as a eunuch, ruining Yu Yuanzhen’s attempt at reconciliation. Gu Han then claimed responsibility for Yu Xiaogang’s transformation and publicly revealed his alleged plagiarism and selfishness before the gathered factions.

• Yu Xiaogang’s two soul skills unleashed foul gas and sludge, while Gu Han shielded himself and several allies with Ice Shields and Yu Yuanzhen blew away the toxic mist.
• Yu Yuanzhen apologized to the guests for Yu Xiaogang’s mutated skills, but several powerful attendees refused to respond.
• A guest noticed Yu Xiaogang’s torn pants revealed he had no genitals, leaving Yu Yuanzhen and Liu Erlong horrified.
• Gu Han challenged Yu Yuanzhen’s claim that Yu Xiaogang had evolved his Martial Soul himself, then admitted he had caused the evolution and made Yu Xiaogang a eunuch using an Immortal Herb.
• Gu Han accused Yu Xiaogang of deceiving Bibi Dong, plagiarizing Spirit Hall books, and demanding the Immortal Herb, then mocked his theories and blamed him for Luo Sanpao’s degeneration.

Gu Han exposed Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism and hypocrisy while Zi Ji fought Yu Yuanzhen, then took to the sky and defeated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon in one strike. Yu Yuanzhen fell from the sky as the gathered factions watched in horror.

• Yu Yuanzhen attacked Gu Han, but Zi Ji intercepted him and fought him while suppressing him with her stronger dragon bloodline.
• Gu Han explained the flaws in Yu Xiaogang’s theories and revealed that Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized Spirit Hall’s records, leaving Yu Xiaogang unable to deny it and Liu Erlong in disbelief.
• Yu Yuanzhen used his Martial Soul Avatar, but Zi Ji still held the advantage without revealing her true form.
• Gu Han summoned the Sacred Dragon and its domain, freezing Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon form with Dragon Might.
• Gu Han struck Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon form with one claw, shattered it, and sent the bloodied Yu Yuanzhen falling as the crowd watched in horror.

Gu Han exposed Yu Xiaogang and defeated Yu Yuanzhen with a single strike, turning the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan into a public laughingstock. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he learned that Xiao Wu had been harassed by someone named Tai-something Long.

• Gu Han summoned Martial Soul: Sacred Dragon and instantly defeated Yu Yuanzhen, revealing his powerful Soul Douluo cultivation and overwhelming spirit rings.
• Yu Xiaogang and Xue Beng despaired as Gu Han's strength and Yu Xiaogang's disgrace became clear to the witnesses.
• The guests spread Yu Xiaogang's plagiarism, theft, and humiliating soul skill throughout Heaven Dou Imperial City, and Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan became laughingstocks.
• Gu Han returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Zi Ji and reunited with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu told Gu Han that Zhu Zhuqing had punished a persistent gorilla who harassed her, and she recalled that his name was Tai-something Long.

Gu Han continued training to comprehend Sun Radiance Sword Intent before receiving an apology from Qin Ming and the Heaven Dou Three Education Committee over Qin Ming’s conflict with him. Ning Fengzhi then invited Gu Han to an auction featuring a device that could let ordinary people kill Soul Masters.

• Gu Han practiced the Sun Radiance Sword Art but failed to fully grasp Sword Intent.
• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan brought Qin Ming to apologize after learning how powerful Gu Han was and that Qin Ming had offended him.
• Gu Han accepted Qin Ming’s apology while criticizing Shrek Academy and warning that Qin Ming should reconsider his loyalty to it.
• Ning Fengzhi arrived with Gu Rong and Ning Rongrong and invited Gu Han to see a device at the Heaven Dou Auction House that could enable ordinary people to kill Soul Masters.