Chapter Summaries

Yu Bai offered Dugu Bo a place in his faction in exchange for curing and improving Dugu Bo and his granddaughter Dugu Yan, and securing them First-Class God positions. Dugu Bo was deeply tempted by the offer, while Little Fatty imagined himself becoming a Titled Douluo.

• Yu Bai introduced himself and Shi Zheng to Dugu Bo and explained that they were from Cassell Academy.
• Dugu Bo asked Yu Bai to explain the proposed transaction, privately worrying about the poison harming him and Dugu Yan.
• Yu Bai invited Dugu Bo to join his faction, and Dugu Bo asked what he would gain.
• Yu Bai promised to cure their Martial Soul poison, improve their constitutions and talents, evolve their Martial Souls, and secure each of them a First-Class God position.
• Dugu Bo rose in excitement and asked whether Yu Bai's promises were true, while Little Fatty fantasized about becoming the Food God Douluo.

Dugu Bo joined Yu Bai and Shi Zheng’s new faction with his granddaughter, and they named it the Other Shore Sect. After Dugu Bo offered his medicinal garden in Sunset Forest as the sect headquarters, Yu Bai asked whether he wanted to possess a Calamity Poison Body.

• Dugu Bo agreed to follow Yu Bai’s orders and join his faction with Dugu Yan.
• Yu Bai, Shi Zheng, and Dugu Bo named their faction the Other Shore Sect.
• Yu Bai and Shi Zheng considered where to establish their headquarters while Dugu Bo thought of his medicinal garden in Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo offered his medicinal garden as the sect headquarters.
• Yu Bai told Dugu Bo to call him Little Bai and asked whether he wanted a Calamity Poison Body.

Yu Bai took Dugu Bo and Little Fatty Shi Zheng toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, planning to bring their families there for safety as powerful factions investigated him. Dugu Bo saw through Yu Bai’s fake rumor about a Dou Emperor watching over him, but Yu Bai trusted that Dugu Bo would honor his promise to join the Other Shore Sect.

• Dugu Bo studied Yu Bai’s Seven-Colored Poison Sutra while Little Fatty Shi Zheng meditated with the Yi Wood Art.
• Yu Bai planned to bring his parents and Little Fatty’s parents to hide at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• In Keling City, Yu Bai noticed the increased crowds and unfamiliar people, and suspected major powers were secretly investigating him.
• Dugu Bo deduced that Yu Bai had spread the rumor about a Dou Emperor’s wife watching over him and challenged him about it.
• Yu Bai said he trusted Dugu Bo to keep his promise to join the Other Shore Sect and explained that this was why he had chosen Dugu Bo first.

Yu Bai feared his parents had been captured when he found his home untouched, but a letter from Yu Fan revealed that both families had left to travel and cultivate. Yu Bai and Little Fatty discovered they had each been given a Storage Soul Tool and considered building a sect.

• Yu Bai and Little Fatty returned home to invite their families to relocate to Sunset Forest, while Dugu Bo stayed in the carriage.
• Yu Bai found his home unusually quiet and feared something had happened to his parents.
• Yu Bai discovered Yu Fan's letter, which said the parents and Shi Zheng's parents had left together to travel and cultivate.
• Yu Fan urged Yu Bai to handle his own troubles, take responsibility for his past romantic debts, and keep looking after Shi Zheng.
• Little Fatty showed Yu Bai the Storage Soul Tool his parents had left him, containing ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and suggested they build a sect.

Yu Bai and Shi Zheng learned that their parents had left them to make their own way, so they set off with Dugu Bo for Sunset Forest. Meanwhile, the major sects reacted to Yu Bai’s escape and information about the Exposer, with Ning Fengzhi seeking friendly ties and Clear Sky Sect considering capturing one.

• Yu Bai found ten thousand Gold Soul Coins in the ring Yu Fan had left for him.
• Yu Bai and Shi Zheng told Dugu Bo that their parents had disappeared after leaving letters, money, and supplies, and the three departed for Sunset Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi received a report about Yu Bai and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s personnel to invite him but never force him, and to help him if needed.
• Yu Yuanzhen berated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s scouts for losing track of the Exposer and ordered most of them to withdraw and cultivate.
• Tang Xiao and the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Elder discussed the report, concluded the Exposer’s claim about the reincarnated Dou Emperors was a lie, and considered capturing one to obtain cultivation techniques and Dou Skills.

A golden-haired girl in Heaven Dou City studied Yu Bai’s dossier and ordered an investigation to find him. Meanwhile, a silver-haired girl and her giant arrived in a town near the Star Dou Great Forest, where they drew attention before the Shrek group arrived at the inn.

• A voice filled with killing intent confronted the Clear Sky Sect after its members blamed Spirit Hall for their suffering.
• The golden-haired girl assessed Yu Bai’s strength and suspected he was hiding his true innate Soul Power and abilities.
• She ordered Uncle She Mao to investigate Keling City’s guards and carriage records to trace Yu Bai’s departure.
• A silver-haired girl and a Black-clad Giant entered the town and went to its only inn, stunning the townspeople with her beauty.
• The Shrek group arrived at the inn, where Ma Hongjun asked about the beautiful woman and Dai Mubai teased Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing dismissed Shrek Academy as a scam and questioned its fees, conditions, and treatment of Ning Rongrong.

Zhu Zhuqing comforted Ning Rongrong after the Shrek students ostracized her, and the two became close friends. Later, at a hotel near Star Dou Great Forest, Dai Mubai and the others provoked students from Blue Sunshine Academy, and a staged collision escalated into violence.

• Zhu Zhuqing judged Ning Rongrong more favorably than the other Shrek students and embraced her as she wept, beginning their friendship.
• Dai Mubai noticed Zhu Zhuqing's new distance and warmth toward others, but convinced himself she still had to cooperate with him in the family trial.
• Ma Hongjun leered at a Blue Sunshine Academy student, and Dai Mubai loudly insulted her academy to provoke the group.
• Tang San and Oscar discussed Flender's advice to cause trouble, while Ning Rongrong coughed at Tang San's remark about Blue Sunshine Academy.
• A Blue Sunshine Academy student deliberately bumped into a waiter, sending a hot dish toward Dai Mubai, but Tang San and Dai Mubai caught it.
• Dai Mubai struck the student hard enough to send him flying through two tables, and then dismissively apologized to the Blue Sunshine Academy group.

Ning Rongrong stayed beside Zhu Zhuqing during the fight at the inn, then refused to join the battle against Ye Zhiqiu and publicly condemned Shrek Academy’s students and dean. Her outburst left the inn’s onlookers shocked as she invoked the power of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Zhu Zhuqing calmly ate while Ning Rongrong admired her poise and asked how she had become so confident and carefree.
• Xiao Wu called Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to help fight Ye Zhiqiu, but Zhu Zhuqing declined and Ning Rongrong mocked the group’s ideals.
• Ning Rongrong rebuked Oscar for judging her and accused the Shrek students and dean of ostracizing her.
• Ning Rongrong condemned Dai Mubai for abandoning his fiancée and threatened to summon Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo against him and Shrek Academy.
• The inn’s patrons reacted with shock and criticized Shrek Academy while noting Ning Rongrong’s powerful family connections.

Ning Rongrong exposed Dai Mubai’s secrets and revealed that she was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s young sect master, leaving the Shrek group shaken. Ye Zhiqiu summoned them outside to fight, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind and agreed to focus on their Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ma Hongjun and Oscar were shocked when Ning Rongrong revealed her status, while Dai Mubai flew into a rage over the secrets she had exposed.
• Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples restrained Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu hid behind Tang San after hearing Ning Rongrong could summon two Titled Douluo.
• Ye Zhiqiu overheard the argument and planned to use Dai Mubai’s past to attract the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s interest.
• Ye Zhiqiu taunted the Shrek group from outside, so Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tang San, and Xiao Wu went out to face him.
• Ning Rongrong celebrated having provoked Dai Mubai, but Zhu Zhuqing told her to avoid further conflict and focus on gaining strength.

Ye Zhiqiu overwhelmed the Shrek students, injuring Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai before assuring Tang San that they would recover. Zhao Wuji intervened as Tang San prepared to retaliate, and confronted Ye Zhiqiu over the attack.

• Ye Zhiqiu used his Soul Skills to break through the Shrek students' planned assault and severely injured Ma Hongjun.
• Ye Zhiqiu's Mystic Turtle Shockwave disrupted Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai, allowing his Mystic Water Surge to knock Xiao Wu unconscious and injure Dai Mubai.
• Tang San rushed to Xiao Wu and held her as spectators mocked the defeated Shrek group.
• Ye Zhiqiu said the students' injuries were not serious and would heal after a day or two of rest, then turned to leave.
• Tang San reached for Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night, but Zhao Wuji stopped him and warned him not to reveal his hidden weapons.
• Zhao Wuji challenged Ye Zhiqiu, who argued that Shrek's students had started the fight and accused Zhao Wuji of seeking revenge.

Zhao Wuji defeated Ye Zhiqiu with one punch after Shrek's students fought Blue Sunshine Academy, and the onlookers condemned Shrek and vowed to report it. Back at the hotel, Zhu Zhuqing explained to Zhao Wuji why she and Ning Rongrong had refused to join the fight, leaving him to face her criticism.

• Zhao Wuji struck Ye Zhiqiu before he could use his fifth soul skill, shattering his Martial Soul's shell and knocking him unconscious.
• Zhao Wuji sent Tang San and Oscar to take their injured companions to the hotel, while Blue Sunshine Academy students hired a healer and took Ye Zhiqiu away for treatment.
• Witnesses blamed Shrek Academy for provoking the fight and decided to spread the story and report the academy to the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.
• Zhao Wuji confronted Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong at the hotel for not helping their companions, but Zhu Zhuqing stopped Ning Rongrong from answering.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhao Wuji that Shrek's students had started the trouble and should accept the consequences of provoking a stronger opponent.

Zhu Zhuqing challenged Tang San over his hypocrisy and exposed his identity as an Exposer, prompting him to attack her and Ning Rongrong with poisoned hidden weapons. As the weapons closed in, Zhu Zhuqing shielded Ning Rongrong and began to respond, but a furious voice interrupted.

• Tang San confronted Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhao Wuji regretted becoming caught between the students and their powerful families.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Zhao Wuji's claim that she and the others were companions and condemned Tang San for violating the Tang Sect's rules against provoking trouble.
• Zhu Zhuqing publicly questioned whether Tang San followed the Tang Sect's code only when it suited him, and Zhao Wuji tried to stop her from revealing his Exposer identity.
• Enraged, Tang San unleashed hundreds of poisoned hidden weapons toward Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhu Zhuqing stepped in front of Ning Rongrong and began forming seals as the attack approached, but a furious voice cried, "Enough!"

Zhao Wuji stopped Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong from being struck by Tang San’s hidden weapons, but the weapons released poisonous smoke that ruined the inn and turned the crowd against Shrek. Zhao Wuji paid the innkeeper for the damage and led the group out of town toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and shielded Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong from Tang San’s hidden weapons.
• Ning Rongrong clung to Zhu Zhuqing in fear, while Tang San lost his killing intent after realizing the gap between his strength and Zhao Wuji’s.
• The hidden weapons fell from Zhao Wuji’s fur and released poisonous smoke that spread through the inn, forcing everyone to flee outside.
• The crowd cursed Tang San and surrounded Shrek as the innkeeper mourned the damage to the first floor.
• Zhao Wuji gave the innkeeper more than eight hundred Gold Soul Coins, intimidated the hostile crowd, and ordered Shrek to leave town for the Star Dou Great Forest.

After Zhao Wuji stopped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect guards from taking Tang San, he warned them that Tang Hao might be protecting him, and they withdrew to consult their Sect Master. The Shrek group fled town as rumors spread about Tang San and the academy, while a mysterious silver-haired girl and her Black-clad Giant watched their departure and discussed Tang San.

• Three Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Emperor guards confronted Zhao Wuji and prepared to capture Tang San for threatening Ning Rongrong.
• Zhao Wuji warned the guards that Tang San might be protected by the Titled Douluo Tang Hao, and Ning Rongrong confirmed that Shrek's headmaster had mentioned the matter.
• The guards decided to report Tang San's identity to their Sect Master and left, after which Zhao Wuji hurried the Shrek group out of town.
• Onlookers speculated that Tang San belonged to the Clear Sky Sect and began spreading news about him and Shrek Academy.
• The mysterious silver-haired girl asked the Black-clad Giant what he thought of Tang San, and he condemned Tang San's conduct and said he wanted to kill him.

The silver-haired girl ordered her subordinate not to attack Tang San, while Tang Hao punished those who had harmed his son and tried to expose him. When Tang Hao attacked the hotel, an unknown expert’s Black Dragon Claw shattered his Clear Sky Hammer and hurled him into the woods, leaving his fate unclear.

• The silver-haired girl told the Black-clad Giant to wait and observe rather than attack Tang San or the human expert outside the town.
• Tang Hao used Soul Power to incapacitate a Blue Sunshine Academy teacher who had upset his son, and the carriage’s passengers mourned over the fallen teacher.
• Tang Hao saw people at the hotel exchanging information about his son and vowed to kill them for insulting Tang San and leaking his information.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine soul rings and summoned the Clear Sky Hammer to strike the hotel, but a voice recognized him as Tang Hao.
• An enormous Black Dragon Claw collided with Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer, shattered it, and struck Tang Hao into the woods outside the town.

After witnessing a devastating clash between powerful experts, Zhao Wuji recognized Zhu Zhuqing’s hidden strength and arranged for the group to rest before entering the Star Dou Great Forest. The group gained new Soul Rings, then hurried out of the forest after a terrifying roar, while Xiao Wu looked back with worry.

• Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Tang San saw a black dragon claw smash a giant hammer and send a familiar black shadow flying, and Zhao Wuji identified the fighters as Title Douluo-level experts.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had reached rank thirty, while Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong she was keeping her close to protect her from people who might harm her.
• After two days, Oscar obtained his third Soul Ring from a roughly thirteen-hundred-year-old Sacred Soul Flower, and Zhu Zhuqing returned from a brief outing with Ning Rongrong having obtained her own third Soul Ring.
• Tang San reached rank thirty and absorbed a Soul Ring from a fifteen-hundred-year Soul-devouring Demon Spider instead of encountering the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• A terrifying roar sounded from deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, so Zhao Wuji and the others hurried out after Tang San finished absorbing his Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu looked back worriedly.

The mysterious girl and the Black-clad Giant suspected the Asura God had arranged for Xiao Wu to meet Tang San, and decided to watch the Exposer girl instead. Alarmed by Er Ming’s fearful roar, Xiao Wu left the carriage to return to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Ning Fengzhi learned of Tang San’s connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and read reports about Ning Rongrong’s troubles at Shrek Academy.

• The mysterious girl dismissed concern about the rabbit and told the Black-clad Giant to keep watching the Exposer girl as a possible guide for their clan’s future.
• Xiao Wu recognized fear in Er Ming’s roar and, worried that Da Ming and Er Ming were in danger, asked Zhao Wuji to stop the carriage.
• Tang San supported Xiao Wu’s request, and Zhao Wuji granted her two days to return home; Xiao Wu hugged Tang San and hurried back toward the forest.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong asked Ning Fengzhi how the sect should respond to Tang San, reminding him that Tang San had stolen the sect’s highest scripture and was Rongrong’s classmate.
• Ning Fengzhi read the report about Ning Rongrong’s grievances at Shrek Academy and made a note to question Dai Mubai about his conduct.

Ning Fengzhi learned that Tang San had endangered Ning Rongrong and prepared to confront Shrek while pursuing the Tang Sect Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. He also planned to move Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Cassell Academy, while Yu Bai and Shi Zheng endured painful body-tempering beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Ning Fengzhi learned that Tang San's hidden weapons had threatened Ning Rongrong and recognized Tang San's likely parentage, but focused on the danger to his daughter.
• Chen Xin reported that major forces were preparing to surround Shrek Academy, and Ning Fengzhi showed him and Gu Rong evidence of Tang San's actions against Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi persuaded Chen Xin and Gu Rong to seek the Tang Sect Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from Tang San, using his attack on Rongrong as grounds to act.
• Ning Fengzhi identified Zhu Zhuqing as one of the Dou Emperor Exposers and asked Chen Xin and Gu Rong to transfer her and Rongrong to Cassell Academy.
• Yu Bai and Shi Zheng endured the intense heat and pain of medicinal spring-water body tempering as Dugu Bo watched them with admiration.

Yu Bai and Shi Zheng completed body tempering with the Fire Eye Spring Water, gaining greater physical strength and unexpected physical changes for Shi Zheng. Yu Bai rejected using the Ice Eye Spring Water on them and saw a future path for Shi Zheng as an alchemist, while Dugu Bo began plotting to bring Yu Bai and Yanyan together.

• Yu Bai and Shi Zheng endured the Fire Eye Spring Water body tempering, and Yu Bai judged that his strength now rivaled Soul King experts.
• Yu Bai told Shi Zheng to check the spring water; Shi Zheng discovered he had become slimmer and more nimble.
• Dugu Bo teased Yu Bai about Shi Zheng's transformation, and Yu Bai explained that the changes were an unexpected benefit.
• Dugu Bo suggested tempering with the Ice Eye Spring Water, but Yu Bai said it would harm him and explained that Shi Zheng's wood and fire attributes could help him become an alchemist.
• Dugu Bo decided to bring Yanyan to meet Yu Bai and privately considered ways to make them a couple.

Yu Bai declined Dugu Bo’s offer to watch the powerful factions hunt for Tang San, choosing instead to help Dugu Bo advance his Calamity Poison Body. At Shrek Academy, Flender learned that Oscar, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing had all advanced, just as Yu Xiaogang arrived and proudly claimed credit for Tang San’s progress.

• Dugu Bo told Yu Bai that Tang San had been found and that major forces were preparing to seize him, then offered to take Yu Bai to watch.
• Yu Bai resisted his curiosity, decided not to risk exposure, and proposed going to Heaven Dou City to buy herbs for Dugu Bo’s Calamity Poison Body and their own body tempering.
• Dugu Bo thanked Yu Bai and promised to protect him, while Yu Bai reminded him that completing the transformation would take years.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhao Wuji reassured Flender that the students had returned safely, though Xiao Wu had gone home temporarily.
• Zhao Wuji told Flender that Oscar had obtained a Soul Ring and that Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing had both advanced to Soul Elder.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the dean’s office and proudly declared that Tang San’s advancement was no surprise because Tang San was his disciple.