Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek and claimed credit for Tang San’s advancement, but Zhao Wuji revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had broken the age record and explained the crises facing the academy. Yu Xiaogang then proposed using his Spirit Hall Elder Token to protect Tang San, leaving Flender pleased and Zhao Wuji doubtful.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang to Zhao Wuji, who concealed his irritation at Yu Xiaogang’s arrogance.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that Tang San’s training under him had led to Tang San becoming a Soul Elder at twelve.
• Zhao Wuji corrected him, saying eleven-year-old Zhu Zhuqing had broken the record, then told Flender that Tang San’s identity as the Exposer had been revealed and that Tang San had tried to kill Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Zhu Zhuqing’s student information and declared that he could solve both problems.
• Yu Xiaogang presented a Spirit Hall Elder Token and proposed ordering Spirit Hall to protect Tang San from other forces, prompting Flender to praise him.

Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to confront Zhu Zhuqing, claiming he would settle their grudge, while Zhu Zhuqing weighed whether to share her cultivation knowledge with Ning Rongrong. When Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as the Grandmaster, Ning Rongrong exposed his past and mocked his reputation as the Clown of the Soul Master World.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Zhu Zhuqing was the source of the second problem and said he would take Tang San to settle their grudge.
• Zhu Zhuqing finished refining her third Soul Ring and considered sharing cultivation techniques and combat skills with Ning Rongrong, but hesitated over the danger of revealing secrets.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong saw Yu Xiaogang and Tang San approaching the bamboo grove and prepared to hear what they wanted.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as Shrek's new teacher, Tang San's teacher, and the Grandmaster, author of the Ten Core Competitive Theories of Martial Souls.
• Ning Rongrong identified Yu Xiaogang as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's discarded son and mocked him as the Clown of the Soul Master World.

Yu Xiaogang stopped Tang San from attacking Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then identified Zhu Zhuqing as an Exposer and urged her to become his disciple. He offered protection from the Star Luo Imperial Family through his claimed connections, while Zhu Zhuqing remained wary.

• Tang San prepared to attack Ning Rongrong for insulting Yu Xiaogang, but Yu Xiaogang stopped him and praised Tang San for trusting his research.
• Zhu Zhuqing shielded Ning Rongrong and demanded that Yu Xiaogang explain why he had come.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Zhu Zhuqing as one of the female Exposers, prompting Tang San to suspect she had hidden strength.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Zhu Zhuqing to become his disciple and claimed he could protect her through the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Clear Sky Sect, and Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang promised that Zhu Zhuqing would remain safe even if she and Dai Mubai lost the struggle for Star Luo's throne.

Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple by promising protection from powerful factions in exchange for her inherited cultivation methods, but Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong rejected his claims and condemned him. Before Zhu Zhuqing could attack, an unseen assailant smashed Yu Xiaogang into a pit, and the Shrek Academy members rushed to the scene.

• Yu Xiaogang boasted of Tang San’s supposed achievements and offered Zhu Zhuqing training and protection if she gave him her inherited methods and shared them with Tang San and several factions.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Yu Xiaogang’s double standards, and Tang San refused to share the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong denounced Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, while Zhu Zhuqing revealed her hatred over Tang San’s attempt to kill her and Ning Rongrong and ordered Yu Xiaogang to leave.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to have Spirit Hall capture the two girls, but an unseen attacker struck him into a pit, leaving him badly injured and his Spirit Hall Elder Token shattered.
• Tang San screamed for his teacher, drawing Flender and Zhao Wuji from the dean’s office and Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai from the cabins.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun arrived to find Yu Xiaogang injured, Tang San beside him, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong standing nearby under guard.

Gu Yuena asked Bibi Dong to help her former-life companions break through the continent’s cultivation limits, and Bibi Dong approved. Below Shrek Academy, Tang San blamed Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong for Yu Xiaogang’s catastrophic injuries and charged at them, but Sword Douluo arrived to protect Ning Rongrong.

• Gu Yuena explained to Bibi Dong that the gods had altered the cultivation system and offered the Soul Beasts’ support in helping Bibi Dong’s former-life companions grow stronger.
• Bibi Dong surveyed the situation and granted Gu Yuena’s request, while Gu Yuena and Di Tian decided to watch events at Shrek Academy unfold.
• Tang San told Flender that Yu Xiaogang’s shattered bones had damaged his organs and that he would die within three days without timely treatment.
• Overcome with rage, Tang San accused Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong of causing Yu Xiaogang’s injuries and rushed toward them.
• Sword Douluo descended on a giant sword and declared that no one would harm Ning Rongrong.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived to protect Ning Rongrong and punish the Shrek teachers and students for mistreating her. After exposing Tang San’s past-life memories and condemning his attempts to kill Ning Rongrong, Chen Xin sent his Seven Kill Sword toward Tang San, but a patterned Big Hammer suddenly struck down from the sky.

• Chen Xin’s pressure immobilized Tang San, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Flender, and Zhao Wuji, while Ning Rongrong recognized him and tearfully embraced him.
• Chen Xin comforted Ning Rongrong, then confronted Flender; he shredded Flender’s letter from Ning Fengzhi and criticized Flender’s training philosophy.
• Chen Xin pierced Zhao Wuji’s shoulder with sword light and increased the pressure on Dai Mubai, warning him that his past treatment of Ning Rongrong could have cost him his life.
• Chen Xin confronted Tang San, revealed that he had investigated Tang San’s cultivation and suspected he carried the memories of his previous life, then declared that Tang San must answer for attacking Ning Rongrong twice.
• Chen Xin sent the Seven Kill Sword toward Tang San’s neck, but someone shouted “Enough!” as a patterned Big Hammer smashed down from the sky.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin blocked Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer with the Seven Kill Sword, while Gu Yuena and Di Tian watched from above. After Di Tian explained that Tang Hao’s right-leg soul bone came from a Blue Silver Emperor, Gu Yuena recognized the same aura in Tang San and ordered Di Tian to take the soul bone back.

• Chen Xin intercepted Tang Hao’s hammer strike, and the clash blasted apart the bamboo forest and injured Flender.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong watched from behind Chen Xin as Flender feared the two Titled Douluo would devastate Shrek Academy.
• Di Tian recognized Tang Hao as the man he had struck down near the Star Dou Great Forest and noticed his injuries had partly healed.
• Di Tian told Gu Yuena that Bi Ji had once encountered and spared a transformed Blue Silver Emperor, which later became a human’s soul bone.
• Gu Yuena sensed that Tang San shared the Blue Silver Emperor aura in Tang Hao’s soul bone and ordered Di Tian to rip off Tang Hao’s right leg and reclaim it.

Tang Hao arrived to protect Tang San and confronted Chen Xin, who demanded that Tang San answer for harming Ning Rongrong. Their imminent duel was interrupted as Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and other forces converged, leaving Chen Xin and Tang Hao facing a growing crowd.

• Tang Hao revealed himself, defended Tang San, and challenged Chen Xin after refusing to surrender his son to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Hao's healed injuries and restored level-ninety-six strength gave him confidence to fight Chen Xin, and the two Super Douluo unleashed their auras across the bamboo forest.
• Flender fled with Yu Xiaogang and the others, but Spirit Hall's Salas arrived with his followers and kept Flender from leaving.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with five hundred Heaven Dou Empire knights, and Ning Rongrong greeted him and introduced him to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yu Luomian, other major forces, and hidden Clear Sky Sect disciples Tang Long and Tang Hu arrived as Chen Xin warned them to leave before his duel with Tang Hao.
• Salas responded to Chen Xin's warning with a disdainful chuckle.

Spirit Hall, the Heaven Dou Empire, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan used their accusations as pretexts to confront Tang Hao and demand Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Tang Hao rejected the demand and attacked the gathered forces with his Clear Sky Hammer.

• Salas accused Shrek Academy of harming young geniuses and claimed Spirit Hall had come to shut it down, while Flender feared his academy would be destroyed.
• Xue Qinghe cited Ye Zhiqiu’s death as the Heaven Dou Empire’s reason for coming, and Chen Xin recognized his political shrewdness.
• Yu Luomian skipped further excuses and demanded Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, offering to keep his clan from provoking Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Tang Hu wondered whether the Clear Sky Sect had sent him and Tang Long to humiliate Tang Hao’s family, but Tang Long told him to focus on their mission.
• Tang Hao refused to surrender Tang San’s inheritance as Yu Luomian and other forces threatened him and his son.
• Tang Hao released his nine Soul Rings and Divine Slaughter’s Domain, then swung his Clear Sky Hammer with Great Sumeru Hammer.

Tang Hao attacked the gathered factions with his Great Sumeru Hammer, but several Titled Douluo—including three recruited by the Eight Hidden Clans—struck back and drove him into a deep pit. As Spirit Hall mocked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan over Yu Xiaogang, Tang Hao’s hand emerged from the pit.

• Tang Hao unleashed his Great Sumeru Hammer, drawing attacks from Yu Yuanzhen, Yue Guan, Guimei, and other Titled Douluo.
• Sword Douluo recognized the hidden clans’ three Titled Douluo and worried about protecting Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xue Qinghe.
• A hidden-clan Titled Douluo hit Tang Hao with an Eighth Soul Skill and blasted him into a deep pit.
• Yue Guan mocked Yu Yuanzhen over Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Luomian declared that Yu Xiaogang had been expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Guimei threw the badly injured Yu Xiaogang before the gathered factions, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered a healer to take him for treatment.
• The three unfamiliar Titled Douluo watched the pit warily as Tang Hao’s hand reached out and gripped the ground.

Tang Hao survived the combined attack of six Titled Douluo and returned to protect Tang San, then fought the six attackers again. As the battle continued, Xue Qinghe watched Tang Hao with growing killing intent.

• The major forces decided to attack Tang Hao to seize the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, which they believed could improve cultivation and offer a path to greater power.
• Tang San recognized his father’s hand beside the pit, and Tang Hao emerged unharmed, telling him to stand and shielding him.
• Tang Hao unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain and declared that the attackers would not capture his son.
• Yue Guan, Guimei, Yu Yuanzhen, and the three Titled Douluo from the Eight Great Hidden Clans attacked Tang Hao together, and he met them with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Ning Rongrong overcame her fear and watched the battle, while Zhu Zhuqing watched with longing and Xue Qinghe concealed killing intent toward Tang Hao.

Tang San’s resentment toward the people who had ruined his life briefly manifested as strange black light, but he suppressed it after noticing Zhu Zhuqing’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame. He offered to copy the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record for the gathered Title Douluo to stop the battle, while Tang Hao vowed to protect him.

• Tang San tried to retreat from the battle, but Chen Xin’s warning gaze stopped him and made him realize he could not escape unnoticed.
• As Tang San brooded over his misfortunes and blamed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, strange black light appeared around him, then vanished when he noticed Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed Tang San’s malicious attention and showed golden flames in her eyes, prompting Tang San to withdraw his gaze and conceal his hostility.
• Tang San offered to copy the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record for the gathered seniors, causing the watching forces and fighters to stop and look toward him.
• Tang Hao appeared beside Tang San and promised that no one would take anything from him, but Tang San respectfully repeated his offer to the Title Douluo.
• Chen Xin praised Tang San’s shrewdness, while Xue Qinghe silently resolved that Tang San would have to be killed because of Tang Hao.

Tang San used the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and a threat to kill himself to force five Title Douluo to promise not to attack him and Tang Hao. Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo refused to swear, leaving Spirit Hall’s plan to kill the pair unresolved as Yue Guan looked toward someone behind Chen Xin.

• Yu Yuanzhen and the three Mad Lion Douluo developed killing intent toward Tang San, while Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Guimei threatened to torture and kill him.
• Yu Yuanzhen condemned Tang San for withholding the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from Xiaogang and decided that Tang Hao and Tang San should die even if the record was obtained.
• Tang San offered the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and pressed a poisoned dagger to his neck, demanding that the others swear not to attack him and Tang Hao.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Tang San’s intent and resolved to stir the source of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, while placing Tang San on her must-kill list if that failed.
• Yu Yuanzhen, the three Mad Lion Douluo, and Chen Xin accepted Tang San’s terms, but Yue Guan and Guimei refused to swear and Yue Guan turned his attention toward someone behind Chen Xin.

Tang San copied the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record for the factions gathered at the battlefield while Tang Hao revealed that Spirit Hall had been involved in his mother's murder. As the factions inspected their copies, Xue Qinghe warned Zhu Zhuqing about Tang San and praised his political calculation.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall and Yue Guan and Guimei had helped kill his mother, and Tang San and the assembled factions swore martial oaths.
• Tang San began copying the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record while the factions guarded him and Spirit Hall waited for a chance to attack.
• Tang Hu suggested secretly asking Tang San for a copy, while Tang Long dismissed the idea; Flender grieved over Shrek's destruction and its punishment.
• After three hours, Tang San finished the copies and invited Yu Yuanzhen, Mad Lion Douluo, Chen Xin, and Xue Qinghe to inspect them.
• Xue Qinghe warned Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San's gaze seemed threatening, then praised Tang San for offering goodwill to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.

Tang San exposed Zhu Zhuqing as one of the Dou Emperor Exposers and tried to incite the crowd to seize her. When Tang Hao and greedy Soul Masters attacked, Chen Xin activated his domain and unleashed his fifth soul skill.

• Xue Qinghe warned Zhu Zhuqing, and she urged Ning Rongrong to obey Sword Douluo Chen Xin no matter what happened.
• Tang San announced that Zhu Zhuqing was an Exposer with powerful cultivation methods, drawing the crowd’s attention and greed toward her.
• Chen Xin stepped in to protect Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San tried to persuade the gathered Titled Douluo to attack her.
• Tang Hao explained that the others feared the unknown Dou Emperor more than they feared him, then struck at Chen Xin with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Greedy Soul Masters charged Zhu Zhuqing, and Chen Xin weakened them with the Seven Kill Domain before activating his fifth soul skill, Awe-Inspiring in All Directions.

Chen Xin and Tang Hao fought fiercely while Gu Rong arrived to protect Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, revealing that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had sent another powerful elder. As Gu Rong battled a masked Titled Douluo, a shadow silently crept toward Zhu Zhuqing.

• Chen Xin and Tang Hao exchanged powerful attacks that devastated Shrek Academy, then resumed their midair duel.
• As several attackers closed in on Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, Gu Rong emerged from a passage and drove them back with his Bone Prison soul skill.
• Guimei and Yue Guan speculated that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect knew Zhu Zhuqing was an Exposer, while Yu Luomian warned that the Dou Emperor might destroy the sect for taking her.
• A masked Titled Douluo attacked Gu Rong, who fought him while shielding Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing from the shockwaves.
• A shadow slipped through the crowd and crept along the ground toward Zhu Zhuqing.

At the battlefield, Zhu Zhuqing revealed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to save Ning Rongrong from a masked Titled Douluo, killing him instantly. The remaining fighters continued their battles, and Zhu Zhuqing collapsed onto Ning Rongrong’s back after the flames vanished.

• A masked Titled Douluo ambushed Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong while another masked Titled Douluo kept Gu Rong occupied.
• Ning Rongrong shielded Zhu Zhuqing from the attacker, believing she might die to give her friend a chance to escape.
• Zhu Zhuqing unleashed the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, which burned the attacker to nothing when he touched it.
• Gu Rong blocked the surviving masked attacker, while Chen Xin stopped Tang Hao from attacking Zhu Zhuqing.
• The golden flames disappeared, and Zhu Zhuqing collapsed onto Ning Rongrong’s back.

Zhu Zhuqing appeared too exhausted to fight after using the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and Tang Hao exploited the chaos to attack her and Ning Rongrong. Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their trap and unleashed a combined seal against the black-clothed masked man.

• Tang Hao used his Clear Sky True Form and Heaven-Shattering Strike, directing his Clear Sky Hammer phantom toward Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong while evading Chen Xin.
• Gu Rong transformed into a bone dragon and intercepted the hammer, while the black-clothed masked man took the opportunity to rush toward the seemingly helpless Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing activated their Martial Souls, and Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing with Strength and Speed.
• Zhu Zhuqing formed three hand seals and combined them, sending a giant golden palm toward the masked man as the ground and surrounding space began to crack.

Zhu Zhuqing used the Emperor's Seal Art to kill a second Titled Douluo, leaving the witnesses terrified and herself nearly drained. Di Tian appeared, severed Tang Hao's right leg, and arrived with Gu Yuena to meet Zhu Zhuqing while warning everyone to leave.

• Zhu Zhuqing used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and Pure Lotus Demonic Flame to unleash the Emperor's Seal Art, destroying a masked Titled Douluo and a nearby mountain.
• Ning Rongrong praised Zhu Zhuqing, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong thanked her and realized she had helped kill another Titled Douluo.
• Tang Hao prepared to flee with Tang San, but Di Tian attacked with the Dragon God Claw and tore off Tang Hao's right leg.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian that killing Tang Hao and Tang San might provoke Asura and the God Realm, then opened a spatial passage to the battlefield.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian emerged before Zhu Zhuqing and the others, and Di Tian released his aura to force most witnesses to their knees before ordering them to leave.

Xue Qinghe reported the appearance of Di Tian and Gu Yuena to Spirit Hall while deciding to accelerate his own plans. Gu Yuena explained the Soul Beasts’ bargain to Zhu Zhuqing, who agreed to go with them and meet Yu Bai.

• Xue Qinghe sent reports about the powerful newcomers to Worship Hall and Pope's Palace, then resolved to speed up his actions.
• The Asura God sensed that one-third of Tang San's luck had flowed away and rushed to finish his judgment mission so he could attend to Tang San.
• Gu Yuena introduced herself as the sovereign of all Soul Beasts and Di Tian as the eight-hundred-thousand-year Beast God to Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Gu Yuena claimed that the Gods of the God Realm had restricted human cultivation and Soul Beast growth, and asked Zhu Zhuqing and Yu Bai to create cultivation techniques in exchange for protection and Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Gu Yuena's transaction, and Gu Yuena set out with her and Di Tian to meet Yu Bai, the reincarnation of the Flame Emperor.