Chapter Summaries

Lu Leng tested Bibi Dong's views on age and teacher-student romance, while Hu Liena firmly rejected Yan and showed her closeness to Lu Leng. Two months later, Lu Leng reached the challenge against Jin Zhengyang, drawing a crowd eager to see whether he would become a Holy Son.

• Lu Leng asked Bibi Dong whether age and a teacher-student relationship could prevent romance, and she said neither was a problem.
• Hu Liena rejected Yan's wish to spend future Valentine's Days with her, then joined Lu Leng at the pavilion and playfully fought him for the wine.
• Two months later, Zi Menghan conceded to Lu Leng so he could face Jin Zhengyang in perfect condition, though she insisted the concession did not prove Lu Leng was stronger.
• Lu Leng secured his sixty-fifth consecutive victory and qualified to challenge Jin Zhengyang the next day.
• Students gathered at Arena One before dawn to watch Lu Leng challenge the academy's veteran champion.

Lu Leng faced Jin Zhengyang in the battle for the top spot, using Zhan Luo to seize the initiative before Jin revealed his five Soul Rings and Battle Soul King rank. Lu Leng then activated his own Soul Rings, stunning the arena and setting the stage for their next clash.

• Lu Leng and Jin Zhengyang entered Arena No. 1 as Lu Leng's fan club cheered him on.
• Lu Leng opened the match with a sudden sword attack and kept Jin Zhengyang on the defensive, wounding his hand with Zhan Luo.
• Jin Zhengyang escaped Lu Leng's pressure, summoned his Golden Crocodile Martial Soul, and revealed five Soul Rings as a level-fifty Battle Soul King.
• Lu Leng activated one purple and two black Soul Rings, revealing himself as a level-thirty-five Battle Soul Elder and silencing the crowd.

Lu Leng dominated Jin Zhengyang with his blade, but Jin Zhengyang’s Golden Light Shield absorbed Lu Leng’s Thunderous Might and grew stronger. The fight continued with Lu Leng’s energy-based attack neutralized and the outcome still uncertain.

• Jin Zhengyang activated Golden Crocodile Armor and blocked Lu Leng’s first blade strike, but Lu Leng charged his Zhan Luo Blade with lightning and cut through the armor.
• Lu Leng pressed his attack, exploited the weight of Jin Zhengyang’s armor, and wounded him repeatedly until Jin Zhengyang used Giant Crocodile Stomp.
• Jin Zhengyang unleashed Golden Light Shield and Berserk Bloodline, healing his injuries and strengthening his armor.
• Lu Leng struck Jin Zhengyang with Thunderous Might, but the Golden Light Shield absorbed the lightning and became stronger.
• Mimis explained that the shield countered energy-based soul skills, leaving Hu Liena worried that Lu Leng had lost one of his attacks.

Lu Leng defeated Jin Zhengyang in the arena by shattering his Golden Light Shield with Drawing Sword Slash and finishing him with Wind Scroll Remnant Thunder. The crowd cheered Lu Leng as the referee declared him the winner, while Zi Qingyang reacted with fury.

• Lu Leng battered Jin Zhengyang with repeated blade strikes, relying on his speed while Jin Zhengyang’s Golden Light Shield healed his wounds.
• As Lu Leng’s Soul Power dwindled and the shield weakened, he unleashed Drawing Sword Slash against Jin Zhengyang’s Golden Crocodile Mountain-Shaking Fist and shattered the shield.
• Lu Leng’s strike split Jin Zhengyang’s fist, then Wind Scroll Remnant Thunder swept him into a lightning-wreathed tornado and knocked him unconscious.
• The referee examined Jin Zhengyang, summoned a Support Soul Master, and declared Lu Leng the winner as the students cheered.
• Lu Leng basked in the crowd’s praise, while Zi Qingyang slammed his palm through the table in anger.

After Lu Leng defeated Jin Zhengyang and claimed the top ranking, he celebrated with Hu Liena, Xiong Rige, and Dudu. On the way back, Zi Qingyang ambushed them, forcing Lu Leng and Hu Liena to stand against the Soul Sage while Xiong Rige fled with Dudu to seek help.

• Sols told Zi Qingyang to pay for the damaged table, and Zi Qingyang left the stands in disgrace.
• Xiong Rige declared Lu Leng his big brother and invited Lu Leng, Hu Liena, and Mimis to dinner, but Mimis declined.
• Xiong Rige treated Lu Leng, Hu Liena, and Dudu to an extravagant meal at Angel Restaurant.
• Dudu revealed that Jin Zhengyang had fallen from level fifty to level forty-nine after Lu Leng defeated him, and that Zi Qingyang had used a secret technique to raise his Soul Power.
• Zi Qingyang ambushed Lu Leng, Hu Liena, Xiong Rige, and Dudu, and Lu Leng ordered Xiong Rige to take Dudu back for help.
• Lu Leng and Hu Liena activated their Martial Souls to hold off Zi Qingyang, who unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar, Myriad Annihilation Gilded Hammer.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena faced Zi Qingyang after he activated his Martial Soul Avatar, and they tried to survive until its thirty-minute limit expired. Lu Leng traded powerful attacks with Zi Qingyang, leaving their battle unresolved as Zi Qingyang demanded another clash.

• Lu Leng told Hu Liena to evade Zi Qingyang and wear him down until his Martial Soul Avatar expired.
• Hu Liena used Demon Charm, but Zi Qingyang sealed his senses and unleashed Hammer Quake; Lu Leng disrupted the attack with Thunderous Might.
• Lu Leng struck Zi Qingyang with Drawing Sword Slash, sending him flying and shaking his grip on his hammers.
• Zi Qingyang used Ten Thousand Jin Hammer and Whirlwind Dance to attack Lu Leng, but their clash with Drawing Sword Slash and Thunderclap ended with both fighters driven back.
• Zi Qingyang called for another clash, and Lu Leng answered with Drawing Sword Slash.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena defeated and killed Zi Qingyang after Lu Leng revealed that Drawing Sword Slash lasted for a set amount of time rather than a limited number of attacks. Bibi Dong and Demon Bear Douluo arrived afterward, and Demon Bear Douluo threatened Lu Leng when he mocked him.

• Lu Leng repeatedly used Drawing Sword Slash, explaining that it empowered every basic attack for one minute, and sent Zi Qingyang flying.
• Hu Liena immobilized Zi Qingyang with Demon Charm, allowing Lu Leng to strike him with lightning while she followed with Dance of Death.
• Zi Qingyang escaped Hu Liena’s tails, but Lu Leng cut him in half with Zhan Luo.
• Lu Leng and Hu Liena traded increasingly strange compliments while discussing how their attacks had worked together.
• Bibi Dong and Demon Bear Douluo arrived, discovered Zi Qingyang’s corpse, and questioned Lu Leng, who mocked their lateness.
• Demon Bear Douluo threatened to teach Lu Leng a lesson after Lu Leng answered him insolently.

After Lu Leng defeated Jin Zhengyang and killed Zi Qingyang, Qian Daoliu reflected on Qian Renxue’s future and vowed to ensure she would have no regrets. A year later, Lu Leng had reached level thirty-nine and was bored with the repetitive routine of cultivation.

• Lu Leng explained what had happened, and Bibi Dong unleashed her pressure after hearing the details, making Demon Bear Douluo realize she was protecting her disciple.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed Lu Leng’s victory, Zi Qingyang’s death, and Qian Renxue’s burdens in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Daoliu vowed that he would never let Qian Renxue’s talent and future become a source of regret, and the Angel Statue flashed with golden light.
• A year later, Lu Leng had reached level thirty-nine and remained first in the academy rankings, while Hu Liena reached level forty and climbed to second.
• Lu Leng complained to Hu Liena that the endless cycle of cultivation had become boring and frustrating.

Lu Leng’s frustration with his sheltered training life eased when Hu Liena comforted him and Dudu suggested he seek excitement in a Soul Fighting Arena. He decided to head to Suotuo City, where Dudu offered to connect him with her older sister, Doudou, a gold-medal host at the Great Soul Arena.

• Lu Leng admitted to himself that constant training had left him mentally exhausted and longing for danger and excitement.
• Hu Liena held Lu Leng against her shoulder and promised to stay by his side, calming his accumulated frustration.
• The next day, Dudu found Lu Leng near the junior academy and suggested he visit a Soul Fighting Arena to find opponents.
• Dudu offered to ask her older sister Doudou, a gold-medal host at the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City, to arrange things for him.
• Lu Leng perked up at the idea and asked Dudu how she knew he was worried about the Pope discovering him.

Lu Leng left Spirit Academy for Suotuo City to participate in the Soul Fighting Arena, with Hu Liena insisting on accompanying him. After they registered as a team, a group of men harassed Hu Liena, and a refined young man urged Lu Leng to ignore them.

• Dudu told Lu Leng she had learned about his plans but had not told anyone else, and Lu Leng decided to go to Suotuo City.
• Hu Liena stopped Lu Leng at Spirit Academy's gate and insisted on accompanying him, even after he said he was going to kill someone.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Lu Leng that the soul beast he had asked him to find had been located, and Lu Leng gave him further instructions before leaving with Hu Liena.
• A month later, Lu Leng and Hu Liena reached Suotuo City and registered at its Great Soul Arena as the team Cold Fox Legend.
• As Lu Leng and Hu Liena headed to test their Soul Power, several men jeered at Hu Liena, and a refined young man grabbed Lu Leng and told him to endure it.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena decided to challenge the men who had insulted them to a Life-and-Death Match. After testing their Soul Power, Hu Liena revealed Rank 43 and Lu Leng Rank 39, drawing Qin Ming’s excited attention as he approached to ask about Lu Leng’s academy.

• Lu Leng ignored the men’s insults at first, then told Hu Liena they would face them in a Life-and-Death Match.
• Hu Liena agreed to join Lu Leng, and they went to the testing platform with their Iron Soul Fighting Badges.
• Hu Liena tested at Rank 43, prompting the burly men to marvel at her strength before Scarface dismissed their concerns.
• Lu Leng tested at Rank 39, silencing the men and astonishing Qin Ming, who hurried over to meet him.
• Lu Leng introduced himself as Leng, and Qin Ming asked whether he attended an academy.

Qin Ming invited Lu Leng to join Shrek Academy, but Lu Leng refused, calling himself a freak rather than a monster. He then registered for a two-on-two Life-and-Death Match to ambush a group of burly fighters.

• Hu Liena concealed her identity and questioned Qin Ming after he approached Lu Leng about his talent.
• Qin Ming revealed that he represented Shrek Academy and promised to devote its resources to making Lu Leng a future Title Douluo.
• Hu Liena mocked Shrek Academy, and Qin Ming warned her not to belittle it.
• Lu Leng rejected Qin Ming's invitation, saying he was a freak, and Qin Ming became more determined to recruit him.
• Lu Leng registered for a two-on-two Life-and-Death Match, surprising the attendant with his choice.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena entered a Life-and-Death Match at the Soto Great Soul Fighting Arena as the masked duo Cold Fox Legend, facing the notorious Flower Picking Duo. As the match began, their opponents burrowed underground while Lu Leng and Hu Liena still had not activated their martial souls.

• Lu Leng insisted on registering with Hu Liena for a level-forty Life-and-Death Match despite being only level thirty-nine.
• The arena announcer introduced Cold Fox Legend and warned the crowd that their opponents, Huang Caihua and Huang Dadao, were cruel veteran fighters known as the Flower Picking Duo.
• Lu Leng and Hu Liena entered the arena wearing masks, and Huang Caihua and Huang Dadao recognized Hu Liena and threatened to torture her.
• Lu Leng told Hu Liena to keep their opponents alive for a while, and she vowed to tear them apart.
• Huang Caihua and Huang Dadao revealed their level-forty-four martial souls, while Lu Leng and Hu Liena remained motionless and did not activate theirs.
• Huang Dadao and Huang Caihua used their first soul skills, Movement in Earth, and vanished underground.

Lu Leng defeated Huang Caihua with Zhan Luo after Huang Caihua’s Myopic Vision failed to penetrate the blade, while Hu Liena fought Huang Dadao. The arena crowd erupted in cheers, and Huang Dadao fled underground, refusing to face Lu Leng.

• Hu Liena used her Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox’s hearing to locate Huang Dadao and Huang Caihua beneath the ground, and both fighters surfaced to attack.
• Huang Caihua trapped Lu Leng with Giant Tail Entanglement and struck with Vajra Rip, while Huang Dadao attacked Hu Liena with Thousand-Foot Fist.
• Lu Leng summoned Zhan Luo, broke free, and slashed Huang Caihua, sending him flying and severing one of his arms.
• Huang Caihua fired Myopic Vision at Lu Leng’s blade, but the beam dissipated without damaging it, and Lu Leng blinded him and severed his remaining limbs.
• The crowd cheered as Huang Dadao, losing ground against Hu Liena, burrowed underground and decided not to emerge.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena defeated the Flower Picking Duo, and Lu Leng prepared to continue fighting in the Soul Fighting Arena. Scarface learned about the pair and planned to act that night, while Qin Ming told Flender about Lu Leng’s extraordinary potential.

• Lu Leng killed Huang Dadao with a powerful strike, and Hu Liena chose to leave the wounded Huang Caihua alive as the pair won their match.
• Lu Leng and Hu Liena decided to continue fighting, though Hu Liena urged him to be more careful with his opponents.
• Scarface learned that Cold Fox Legend had killed Huang Dadao and Huang Caihua, recognized the pair, and ordered his men to prepare for work that night.
• Qin Ming returned to Shrek Academy and told Flender that he had found a young student with Soul Power Level thirty-nine.
• Flender interrupted Qin Ming in shock when he heard Lu Leng’s Soul Power Level.

After Qin Ming reported Lu Leng and Hu Liena’s exceptional abilities, Flender hurried to the Soul Fighting Arena to recruit Lu Leng for Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Lu Leng and Hu Liena won four matches, rented rooms at the Rose Hotel, and Hu Liena discovered that her room was decorated like a bridal chamber.

• Qin Ming told Flender that Lu Leng was under twelve and Hu Liena was around seventeen or eighteen with level forty-three cultivation, and Flender decided to recruit Lu Leng in person.
• Lu Leng and Hu Liena finished four Life-and-Death Matches with four wins, gaining points, Gold Soul Coins, and combat experience.
• Lu Leng and Hu Liena booked two rooms for a month at the Rose Hotel after the attendant praised their relationship and explained the rental benefits.
• Lu Leng chose Blue Enchantress while Hu Liena took Red Ocean, and Hu Liena was stunned by its bridal-chamber decorations.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena stayed at the Rose Hotel, where Scarface and his gang attacked them after drugging their rooms. Lu Leng awakened and revealed his formidable soul rings, but the fight was still underway as Scarface ordered his men to kill him.

• Hu Liena and Lu Leng went to bed at the Rose Hotel while Scarface's gang prepared to rob and attack them.
• Scarface's men used a waiter to place Soul-Bewitching Incense in the rooms, then split up to enter through the doors and windows.
• Flender and Qin Ming searched Suotuo City's eastern hotels for Lu Leng and Hu Liena after learning they had gone east.
• Lu Leng woke when intruders opened his door, killed one attacker with the Zhan Luo Blade, and realized Hu Liena was in danger.
• Scarface's men charged Lu Leng, who unleashed the Zhan Luo Blade and revealed one purple and two black soul rings.
• Scarface recognized Lu Leng's strength but ordered his gang to attack with everything they had.

Lu Leng protected the unconscious Hu Liena from an assassination attempt and killed the eight attackers. Flender, Qin Ming, and the guards arrived to find him standing amid the hotel’s ruins beside Hu Liena.

• Lu Leng broke through the wall into Hu Liena’s room and killed a man reaching for her with Thunderous Might.
• Lu Leng gave Hu Liena an antidote, then faced the six attackers who charged him while she remained unconscious.
• Lu Leng unleashed Wind Scroll Remnant Thunder, swept up the six men, and struck them with lightning.
• Lu Leng killed Scarface and beheaded the other five surviving attackers as guards rushed upstairs.
• Flender and Qin Ming arrived at the Rose Hotel and saw Lu Leng standing amid the wreckage with Hu Liena still asleep.

After Lu Leng killed the Soul Fighting Arena fighters who ambushed him, Qin Ming and Flender arrived and tried to befriend him, but Lu Leng remained wary. With the hotel closed for the night, Lu Leng agreed to stay at Shrek Academy for one night while making clear that he would not join.

• Flender and Qin Ming arrived at the scene and were shocked to see the dead fighters beneath Lu Leng.
• Qin Ming approached Lu Leng, introduced Flender, and explained that the dead men were from the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Hu Liena awoke, and Lu Leng told her what had happened during the ambush.
• When the hotel manager said the hotel would close for repairs, Qin Ming invited Lu Leng and Hu Liena to stay at Shrek Academy.
• Lu Leng accepted the offer for one night, offered two Gold Soul Coins, and told Flender he would not join Shrek Academy or owe them a favor.

Lu Leng and Hu Liena stayed at Shrek Academy after dealing with the poisoners, then spent the night in the same room without sharing a bed. The next morning, Flender tried to persuade Lu Leng to join Shrek, but Lu Leng politely refused.

• Flender charged Lu Leng and Hu Liena one copper soul coin for their stay at Shrek Academy.
• Lu Leng explained that his Aromatic Silk Beauty had protected him from poison, and Hu Liena insisted on staying in his room in case the attackers returned.
• Lu Leng made a bed on the floor, and he and Hu Liena slept through the night.
• The next morning, Flender invited Lu Leng and Hu Liena to breakfast and tried to recruit Lu Leng by praising Shrek's education and resources.
• Lu Leng listened to Flender but declined his offer, since Spirit Hall had already recruited him.