Chapter Summaries

Ye Tianxing used his superior strength and a few pointed words to sow discord among the Shrek students, while Zhu Zhuqing sought to learn how he had become so powerful. The chapter ended with Dai Mubai confronting Zhu Zhuqing after she visited Ye Tianxing, and Ye Tianxing enjoying the rift he had helped create.

• Ye Tianxing encountered Ning Rongrong eating roasted chicken in the city, then returned to Shrek Academy after finishing his own meal.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun confronted Ye Tianxing over avoiding the exhausting training, but he dismissed their complaints and went to rest.
• Tang San acknowledged that none of the students could match Ye Tianxing, while Ning Rongrong praised Sword Douluo Chenxin’s swordsmanship.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Ye Tianxing and asked how he had become so strong, but he gave her only a vague answer about enduring countless hardships.
• Ning Rongrong told Dai Mubai that Zhu Zhuqing had gone to Ye Tianxing’s room, and Dai Mubai angrily confronted Zhu Zhuqing when she returned.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai to stay out of her affairs, while Ye Tianxing listened to Dai Mubai’s roars and took satisfaction in the growing discord.

Ye Tianxing used suspicion around Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai while Flender arranged training and a sponsorship meeting with Spirit Hall’s hidden agents. Flender was dazzled by the businessmen’s offers, as Ye Tianxing prepared to question him about Tang San and Xiao Wu and their connection to the Blue Silver Emperor and spirit bone.

• Ye Tianxing told Zhu Zhuqing only to endure hardships, but Dai Mubai mistakenly suspected they shared a secret.
• Flender dismissed the students for the day, ordered Ning Rongrong and Oscar to run twenty trips, and planned a nighttime activity for the others.
• Flender said Yu Xiaogang was still sick after trying Ye Ping'an’s speed, then gave Tang San and Xiao Wu clothes for that night.
• Ning Rongrong used her speed ability to ditch Oscar and enjoy herself in Suotuo City, while Flender watched without confronting her.
• Ye Tianxing and Flender met Suotuo City business owners who secretly worked for Spirit Hall, and they offered Shrek Academy money and sponsorships.
• Ye Tianxing hoped to learn from Flender what he knew about Tang San and Xiao Wu, the Blue Silver Emperor, and the spirit bone.

Ye Tianxing persuaded Flender to turn the Three-Five Combination’s fame into advertising income, then won his Soto Great Spirit Arena match as Seven Star with a single sword strike. After overhearing Dai Mubai plot to attack him, Ye Tianxing used his Abyssal Gaze to stir anger in Dai Mubai and the others.

• Ye Tianxing suggested endorsements and merchandise as ways to support Shrek Academy, and Flender hired Ye Ping'an as the academy’s financial advisor.
• Flender brought the students to the Soto Great Spirit Arena in humiliating advertisement uniforms, while Tang San and Xiao Wu protested and the others laughed.
• Ye Tianxing entered the arena as Seven Star and defeated a Rank 29 opponent with a flash of sword light, without summoning his Martial Soul.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang marveled at Ye Ping'an’s swordsmanship, while Dai Mubai plotted with Ma Hongjun to attack him and recruit the others.
• Ye Tianxing overheard the plot and sent red ripples from his eyes over Dai Mubai and the others, kindling anger within them.

The Three-Five Combination’s humiliating advertisement made them and Shrek Academy unexpectedly popular, while Ye Tianxing and Flender schemed to collect the profits. Yu Xiaogang refused a disguise and was mistaken for Ye Tianxing in a nighttime ambush, leaving Dai Mubai horrified after the beating.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu defeated the laughing Bamboo Pole Combination, and their advertisement drew crowds and profits for Shrek Academy.
• Ye Tianxing and Flender prepared black robes to collect the Three-Five Combination’s dividends, but Yu Xiaogang refused to hide his face.
• Dai Mubai led Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun in an ambush, while Tang San tried to stop him after recognizing Yu Xiaogang below.
• Dai Mubai and the others beat Yu Xiaogang, mistaking him for Ye Tianxing, and Yu Xiaogang regretted refusing the disguise.

After Tang San carried the badly injured Yu Xiaogang to find a doctor, Flender punished the students who had attacked him while Ye Tianxing confronted them about their motives. The chapter ended with Flender and Ye Tianxing leaving for an urgent matter as Ning Rongrong vowed revenge and Oscar's idealized view of her collapsed.

• Tang San found Yu Xiaogang gravely injured and carried him to seek medical help.
• Flender struck Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong for assaulting their teacher, and Ning Rongrong threatened him and Ye Tianxing.
• Ye Tianxing questioned Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had only visited Ye Ping'an's dormitory to ask how to become stronger before condemning Dai Mubai's jealousy.
• Ma Hongjun admitted he resented Ye Ping'an, so Flender dragged him into an alley and beat him unconscious.
• Xiao Wu blamed Ye Tianxing for making her and Tang San wear embarrassing clothes, and he warned her to face Tang San over her kick to Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender and Ye Tianxing left to handle urgent business, while Ning Rongrong swore revenge and Oscar's admiration for her shattered.

Ye Tianxing revealed that his second External Soul Bone had let him disguise Grandmaster as himself, causing Dai Mubai and the others to attack Yu Xiaogang instead. While the attackers endured Flender’s punishment, Ning Rongrong escaped it and confronted the exhausted Dai Mubai, who threatened her.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu struggled through Flender’s punishment while Ning Rongrong avoided running and prepared to complain to Ning Fengzhi.
• Tang San and Oscar cared for the badly injured Yu Xiaogang, who had briefly woken and said he regretted it before falling unconscious again.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Ye Tianxing about why Grandmaster had been attacked, and Ye Tianxing concealed how it had happened.
• Ye Tianxing revealed that his second External Soul Bone, a ten-thousand-year Sand Man-faced Demon Spider bone gifted by Qian Daoliu, had created the illusion that made Grandmaster look like him.
• Ye Tianxing considered his plans to obtain the Blue Silver Emperor and its Right Leg Bone, and decided to avoid making an enemy of Tang San for now.
• Ning Rongrong mocked the exhausted Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai threatened to kill her.

Ning Rongrong’s confrontation with Dai Mubai exposed her arrogance and cost her the support of Tang San and Oscar, while Tang San tried to piece together what had led to the master’s injuries. Meanwhile, Ye Tianxing searched for Tang Hao’s whereabouts, and Tang Hao continued waiting in vain for Ye Tianxing near Spirit Hall.

• Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong, but Tang San pulled her out of danger and rebuked her for trying to buy his friendship and flaunting her status.
• Tang San led Xiao Wu away, suspected someone had manipulated the events, and told Dai Mubai he had no evidence about who was responsible.
• Oscar told Ning Rongrong that he had loved the charming person she first appeared to be, then left her alone with the realization that she was isolated.
• At the master’s bedside, Tang San explained to Xiao Wu that he suspected Ye Ping'an had collected dividends from Headmaster Flender and that the teacher had intervened, while Xiao Wu admitted she could not remember whom she had seen.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun volunteered to take turns caring for the unconscious master, while Ye Tianxing confirmed Tang Hao was not at Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao waited seven days near Spirit Hall for Ye Tianxing, but saw no sign of him and grew suspicious of Ning Fengzhi’s information.

Ye Tianxing and the Shrek Academy group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest after Oscar, Tang San, and Ye Tianxing reached Rank 30. After arriving at a town to rest, they encountered Canghui Academy, and Dai Mubai reacted angrily when Ma Hongjun admired one of its female students.

• Ning Rongrong joined the intensified training after receiving a letter from Ning Fengzhi.
• Oscar, Tang San, and Ye Tianxing reached Rank 30, and Flender arranged for the group to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted on leading the expedition, while Zhao Wuji agreed to protect the group.
• The Shrek group traveled four hundred li and stopped overnight in a town near the forest.
• Ma Hongjun admired a woman from Canghui Academy, and Dai Mubai stood up and grabbed Ma Hongjun by the shoulder.

Dai Mubai’s prank on Canghui Academy sparked a brawl at the restaurant, while Ye Tianxing stayed out of the fight and considered how to investigate Flender’s treasury for clues about the Blue Silver Emperor and spirit bone. When Canghui Academy’s teacher demanded to speak with Shrek Academy’s leader, Yu Xiaogang stepped forward, unaware of the danger Zhao Wuji feared.

• Ye Tianxing used sword qi to catch the waiter’s falling dishes with chopsticks, impressing Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and the others.
• Dai Mubai hurled Ma Hongjun onto Canghui Academy’s table, where he was mistaken for the Flame Giant Pig and left the diners laughing.
• The Canghui Academy teacher recognized the prank and led his students into a fight with Shrek Academy; Tang San knocked down several opponents while Ye Tianxing watched.
• Ye Tianxing recalled his search for the Blue Silver Emperor and spirit bone, suspecting they were hidden in Flender’s private treasury.
• After Canghui Academy’s teacher demanded to see Shrek’s leader, Zhao Wuji warned Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang went forward to handle the dispute.

Ye Zhiqiu confronted Yu Xiaogang after Canghui Academy's students were beaten by Shrek, and Yu Xiaogang's pride and condescension provoked him. Ye Zhiqiu exposed Yu Xiaogang's weakness by overpowering and humiliating him, while Tang San rushed to defend his teacher.

• Ye Zhiqiu demanded that Yu Xiaogang answer for Shrek's students beating the Canghui Academy team.
• Yu Xiaogang defended the beating as survival of the fittest and boasted that he had trained Shrek's talented students.
• Ye Tianxing encouraged Yu Xiaogang to offer Ye Zhiqiu guidance, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to take him outside.
• Ye Zhiqiu pinned Yu Xiaogang down, slapped him, and mocked his low Soul Power and arrogance.
• Tang San rushed out to defend Yu Xiaogang, and Ye Zhiqiu warned him that his teacher relied on glib words rather than ability.

Ye Tianxing manipulated a confrontation between Yu Xiaogang and Ye Zhiqiu, then challenged Ye Zhiqiu to restore Shrek Academy’s dignity. He broke Ye Zhiqiu’s defense in one strike, but Yu Xiaogang fainted when Ye Ping'an announced the victory.

• Ye Zhiqiu attacked Tang San after telling him Yu Xiaogang was a poor teacher, and Ye Tianxing urged Tang San to let him handle the fight.
• Ye Tianxing challenged Ye Zhiqiu to reclaim Shrek Academy’s dignity, earning the admiration of Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong while Zhu Zhuqing saw through his scheme.
• Zhao Wuji told Yu Xiaogang that Old Zhao thought highly of Ye Ping'an, and Yu Xiaogang grew furious when Tang San reported that Ye Ping'an was fighting for Shrek Academy.
• Ye Zhiqiu agreed to apologize to Yu Xiaogang if Ye Tianxing broke his defense within three strikes, and Ye Tianxing shattered his turtle shell with one strike.
• Ye Zhiqiu apologized to Yu Xiaogang for exposing his thoughts, then Ye Ping'an announced that he had won back Yu Xiaogang’s lost dignity, causing Yu Xiaogang to spit blood and faint.

Tang Hao visited the Blue Silver Emperor hidden beneath Flender’s office, then followed the Shrek group into the Star Dou Great Forest to protect Tang San. Ye Tianxing sensed Tang Hao nearby and challenged Yu Xiaogang, who had gained confidence from the hidden protector.

• Flender revealed the hidden passage beneath his office, and Tang Hao visited the Blue Silver Emperor and spoke to it about Tang San.
• Tang Hao told Flender that Ye Ping'an’s swordsmanship rivaled Sword Douluo Chenxin’s, then left for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The next morning, Yu Xiaogang and Zhao Wuji led Ye Tianxing, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others into the forest while Tang Hao followed behind them.
• Ye Tianxing sensed Tang Hao’s presence and realized Yu Xiaogang had noticed him too.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Ye Ping'an about the previous night, and Ye Tianxing asked whether Yu Xiaogang had been dumped before.

Ye Tianxing's remark reopened Yu Xiaogang's painful memories, while Ye Tianxing secretly marked him with an aura that attracted Spirit Beasts. After the group obtained a Spirit Ring for Oscar, swarms of beasts surrounded them, and Tang Hao suspected Yu Xiaogang was a Heavenly Fiend Lone Star.

• Ye Tianxing's words about being dumped caused Yu Xiaogang to relive his failed relationships with Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong.
• Ye Tianxing secretly used the Withered Wood Bow to give Yu Xiaogang an aura from the Lake of Life that attracted Spirit Beasts.
• Dai Mubai tossed Ma Hongjun into the bushes, where a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent coiled around him before Dai Mubai and Tang San subdued it.
• Oscar killed the thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and began absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Spirit Beasts gathered around Yu Xiaogang and attacked the group, prompting Tang Hao to suspect that Yu Xiaogang was a Heavenly Fiend Lone Star.

Ye Tianxing and Zhao Wuji fought off spirit beasts drawn by the Lake of Life’s aura while Oscar absorbed a Spirit Ring, and the Dragon Duke and Snake Matron arrived. The Dragon Duke accused Yu Xiaogang of attracting the beasts and taking Meng Yiran’s Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, then ordered him to come along as bait for more spirit beasts.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python sensed the disturbance and stayed by the Lake of Life, expecting the Titan Giant Ape to investigate.
• Ye Tianxing and Zhao Wuji fought the spirit beasts gathering around the group while Oscar absorbed a Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang was nearly killed by a Crimson Tiger and an Earth Dragon King before Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the Snake Matron rescued him.
• Ye Tianxing recognized the arriving Dragon Duke, Snake Matron, and Meng Yiran, and the Dragon Duke said the group had taken the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent they had been pursuing.
• The Dragon Duke ordered Yu Xiaogang to come with them and use his supposed ability to attract spirit beasts as bait.

Yu Xiaogang was seized by the Titan Giant Ape, which hurled him far away before abducting Xiao Wu. As Tang Hao pursued the Titan Giant Ape and Tang San went after his teacher, Ye Tianxing slipped toward the forest’s core region; Yu Xiaogang later woke trapped in a giant web and was devoured by a human-faced spider.

• Zhao Wuji challenged Dragon Duke and Snake Matron Chao Tianxiang’s claim to the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but Yu Xiaogang’s call for Soul Beasts brought the Titan Giant Ape, and the couple fled with Meng Yiran.
• The Titan Giant Ape examined Yu Xiaogang, mistook him for someone it was searching for, then flung him away and attacked Shrek Academy, carrying off Xiao Wu after defeating Zhao Wuji.
• Tang San chased after Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao told him to find Yu Xiaogang and pursued the Titan Giant Ape himself.
• Ye Tianxing left the group and sprinted toward the forest’s core region, hoping the confrontation would draw out the Sky Azure Bull Python and help his Withered Wood Bow.
• Yu Xiaogang woke in a purple spider-silk web, where a human-faced spider silenced him and swallowed him whole.

Ye Tianxing searched the lake in the Star Dou Great Forest while the Sky Azure Bull Python rushed to help the pursued Titan Giant Ape. He discovered Flame Emperor, a hundred-thousand-year fire spirit sealed beneath the lake, and agreed to help after learning why it had been imprisoned.

• The Titan Giant Ape fled from a human Titled Douluo with Xiao Wu in its palm and roared for help, summoning the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Ye Tianxing arrived at the lake, sent the Withered Wood Bow to absorb life essence, and dived underwater to search for treasure.
• Ye Tianxing found a lightning-wreathed crystal sealing a voice, then identified the crystal as part of a formation set by the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Flame Emperor revealed that it was a hundred-thousand-year fire spirit sealed during its weakened state while undergoing a tribulation over nine hundred years earlier.
• Ye Tianxing told Flame Emperor about his Extreme Ice and Extreme Fire abilities, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and his plans to become a god, persuading it to follow him.
• Flame Emperor explained that its tribulation had triggered a forest fire threatening the Star Dou Great Forest, and Ye Tianxing concluded the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape had sealed it for good reason.

Tang Hao promised to protect Xiao Wu, while the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape hurried back to deal with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Fire Spirit that had broken free. Ye Tianxing escaped with the Flame Emperor inside his Withered Wood Bow, but an unexpected figure appeared in the bow’s icy space.

• Tang Hao swore to the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that he would protect Xiao Wu, then revealed that Tang San was his son with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin.
• A pillar of fire rose over the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python rushed back after realizing the Fire Spirit had escaped its seal.
• Ye Tianxing flew away with the Flame Emperor hidden inside his Withered Wood Bow and discussed the bow’s potential and the Flame Emperor’s future with him.
• The Flame Emperor approached the icy space inside the bow, where a figure suddenly appeared and startled Ye Tianxing into landing.

Ye Tianxing learned that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass had fused into his Withered Wood Bow alongside the Flame Emperor, advancing the bow toward becoming a divine artifact. As he flew back toward Shrek, Tang San rescued a devastated Yu Xiaogang from a Man Faced Demon Spider.

• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass revealed that it had fused into Ye Tianxing's Withered Wood Bow and explained the bow's path to becoming a divine artifact.
• Ye Tianxing described the three requirements for the bow's growth and revealed that he had chosen to inherit godhood from both figures who had appeared to him.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass exposed the Flame Emperor's attempt to melt the bow's ice-attribute space, and Ye Tianxing told the Flame Emperor to fuse with the fire-attribute space.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Flame Emperor promised Ye Tianxing future Spirit Rings and skills, and he flew toward the Shrek group.
• Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and rescued Yu Xiaogang, whose life essence had been drained; Yu Xiaogang broke down in tears and regretted his choices.

Ye Tianxing returned to the group and defeated Dai Mubai with a single slap after their argument escalated. He discovered Soul Ascension Grass near the Man Faced Demon Spider and learned that its powerful poison had made it a forbidden herb, leaving its dangerous potential and possible uses to be explored.

• Ye Tianxing returned to the Shrek Academy group, and Zhao Wuji asked where he had gone.
• Ma Hongjun criticized Ye Tianxing, and Ye Tianxing mocked him for wetting his pants during the Titan Giant Ape attack.
• Dai Mubai attacked Ye Tianxing, who knocked him down with one slap without using a Spirit Skill.
• Zhao Wuji warned the group that Tang San was in danger while absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider's Spirit Ring.
• Ye Tianxing noticed a strange plant beside the spider's corpse, and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass identified it as Soul Ascension Grass.
• Zhao Wuji explained that Soul Ascension Grass could increase Soul Power but was deadly poisonous and had once been banned across the continent.

Ye Tianxing collected Soul Ascension Grass despite warnings about its lethal poison, while Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances briefly took control of him. Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang panicked when Ye Tianxing touched his shoulder.

• Zhao Wuji warned everyone that Soul Ascension Grass had killed a Soul Douluo who consumed it, but Ye Tianxing decided he could refine it safely with other herbs.
• Ye Tianxing stored the Soul Ascension Grass in his Soul Tool, prompting everyone, including Dai Mubai, to keep their distance from him.
• Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances emerged and seemed to control him, but Zhao Wuji restrained them until they retracted.
• Tang San regained consciousness and joyfully embraced Xiao Wu, who had been crying beside him.
• Ye Tianxing found and collected more than a dozen stalks of Soul Ascension Grass around the Man Faced Demon Spider’s nest.
• Ye Tianxing patted Yu Xiaogang’s shoulder, causing Yu Xiaogang to panic and strip off his clothes before Zhao Wuji checked them for poison.