Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan realized Yu Xiaogang was behind the situation involving Yu Tianheng and compared the Shrek Battle Team with Chen Yue’s young trainees. The chapter ended when someone called the Shrek Battle Team to the lounge door.

• Dugu Yan recognized Yu Xiaogang as the culprit and grew wary of him after recalling Chen Yue’s remarks.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Yu Tianheng about his battle experience, and Yu Tianheng described his matches and stalled Soul Power after Chen Yue severed his arm.
• Dugu Yan noticed that she had reached level thirty-nine while Yu Tianheng remained at level thirty-eight, and that most of Tang San’s team were only Great Spirit Masters.
• Dugu Yan wondered whether Chen Yue’s young trainees could eventually rival the Heaven Dou Royal Battle Team and considered informing Dugu Bo.
• Someone knocked at the lounge door and called for the Shrek Battle Team.

Yu Xiaogang registered his team for a Soul Dueling match and asked Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to join them. The staff member’s assumptions about Ning Rongrong unsettled Dugu Yan, while Yu Tianheng agreed to join before she could refuse.

• A Soul Dueling Arena staff member explained that the team would need to face a Bronze-badge team and asked them to report their information.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong gave their martial souls, levels, and soul ring configurations.
• The staff member mistook Ning Rongrong for a mistress, and Dugu Yan grew more disgusted with Yu Xiaogang and more determined to take Yu Tianheng away.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to join his team for practice.
• Yu Tianheng agreed and reported his details, then prompted Dugu Yan to do the same.

Yu Xiaogang registered a new team at the Suotuo City Soul Dueling Arena and named it the Shrek Battle Team, intending to forge Shrek’s glory. After the staff recorded the team, the manager and Xiao Su noticed something strange about another registered team’s headshots.

• Dugu Yan grew angry at Yu Tianheng for announcing her participation before she had agreed to join Yu Xiaogang’s team.
• Dugu Yan gave her name, Jade Phosphorous Serpent martial soul, level, role, and soul rings to complete registration.
• Yu Xiaogang named the team the Shrek Battle Team and accepted the entry-fee conditions.
• The manager showed Xiao Su the city’s team registration list and pointed out an unusual team.
• Xiao Su checked the list and was shocked by the team’s headshots.

The Shrek Battle Team was matched against the unusually young Ao Xue Battle Team after staff discovered the girls’ astonishingly high ranks and rare soul rings. Captain Qingmei Aoxue urged her teammates to cooperate and promised to take responsibility if their teacher objected to their plans.

• Little Su questioned whether the Ao Xue Battle Team’s childlike members could really be Great Spirit Masters, but the manager confirmed their registration was correct.
• The manager noticed the Shrek Battle Team and Ao Xue Battle Team had similar levels and ordered them to fight in Group Arena Three.
• Little Su was stunned to see that Qingmei Aoxue was a rank-thirty-nine Battle Soul Master with three purple soul rings.
• In the Ao Xue Battle Team’s waiting room, the girls worried that their teacher might disapprove of their high-profile behavior.
• Qingmei Aoxue told the girls to cooperate and said she would apologize to their teacher if necessary, then vowed they would later beat Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Blue Tyrant Academy.

Sister Ao Xue gathered her classmates to confront Yu Tianheng after learning he had cursed Chen Yue, and brought them to Suotuo City when she learned he would fight at the Grand Soul Dueling Arena. As her team prepared to face Shrek, she assigned Yu Tianheng to herself and told the others to beat their opponents half to death.

• Sister Ao Xue learned that Yu Tianheng had pointed at Chen Yue and cursed him, so she gathered several classmates to seek him out.
• Ao Xue and her classmates arrived in Suotuo City after hearing that Yu Tianheng would compete at the Grand Soul Dueling Arena.
• Ao Xue concealed her identity with a mask and received protection from three Soul Douluo sent by her family.
• The announcer called the Ao Xue Battle Team to face the Shrek Battle Team.
• Ao Xue told her teammates to beat their opponents half to death and claimed Yu Tianheng as her own opponent.

Sister Ao Xue prepared to face the Shrek Battle Team, confident she could handle any consequences if her team killed them. As both teams entered the arena, her chilling aura revealed that she was a formidable opponent.

• Sister Ao Xue dismissed the risk of killing the Shrek fighters and said she would cover for her team.
• The Shrek Battle Team and the Ao Xue Battle Team entered the central arena at the Soto Grand Soul Dueling Arena.
• The audience gawked at the Ao Xue Battle Team’s small stature and joked about their height and age.
• Sister Ao Xue fixed her gaze on Yu Tianheng, and her aura briefly chilled the arena and melted water into puddles.
• The Shrek side recognized Sister Ao Xue as a formidable opponent.

The Ao Xue Battle Team and Shrek Battle Team revealed their spirit rings and exchanged taunts before their duel began. Yu Tianheng charged Sister Ao Xue with his third spirit skill, Wrath of Thunder, as the spectators watched.

• Both teams summoned their martial souls and spirit rings, stunning the audience when Sister Ao Xue displayed three purple rings.
• Sister Ao Xue confronted Yu Tianheng over his past insult to her teacher, Chen Yue, and vowed to make him pay.
• Lan’er insulted Tang San, who silently resolved to punish her in the duel.
• The host announced the start of the Soul Duel between the Ao Xue Battle Team and the Shrek Battle Team.
• Yu Tianheng charged Sister Ao Xue and unleashed his third spirit skill, Wrath of Thunder.

Sister Ao Xue defeated Yu Tianheng before he could complete his third soul skill, shocking the spectators and the Shrek Battle Team. After she mocked his failed attack, Yu Tianheng fainted from anger, leaving Sister Ao Xue astonished by his fragility.

• Yu Tianheng began transforming to unleash his third soul skill as the commentator anticipated a dramatic fight.
• Sister Ao Xue kicked Yu Tianheng aside before he could finish charging his skill, stunning the spectators and Yu Xiaogang.
• The Ao Xue Battle Team cheered Sister Ao Xue, who mocked Yu Tianheng for failing to withstand her first soul skill.
• Sister Ao Xue explained that Yu Tianheng's skill had a long startup and mocked him for leaving himself vulnerable.
• Yu Tianheng raged, spat blood, and fainted, prompting Sister Ao Xue to wonder whether Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples were so fragile.

Sister Ao Xue fought Shrek’s opening team after Dugu Yan demanded revenge for Yu Tianheng’s defeat. She sent Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun out of the fight, but Tang San secretly bound and paralyzed her with Blue Silver Grass.

• Dugu Yan called on Shrek’s team to avenge Yu Tianheng, and Sister Ao Xue insisted on facing them alone.
• Sister Ao Xue blocked Dai Mubai’s attack with a Mysterious Ice Mirror, kicked him off the platform, and mocked his treatment of women.
• Sister Ao Xue dodged Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line and struck him with ice mirror shards, exposing him before the spectators.
• Tang San secretly wrapped Blue Silver Grass around Sister Ao Xue’s ankle, paralyzed her, and shouted, “Watch this, Blue Silver Grass Binding!”

Sister Ao Xue overwhelmed Tang San and the remaining Shrek fighters, leaving the match nearly decided. She also revealed that Heaven Dou City's noble families were prepared to support the Gu Family against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Tang San tried to fling Sister Ao Xue with Blue Silver Grass Binding, but her Mysterious Ice Mirror domain made her immovable.
• Sister Ao Xue kicked Tang San into the ground and then sent him flying, knocking him unconscious beneath the Soul Dueling Platform.
• With Yu Tianheng down, Dai Mubai badly injured, and Ma Hongjun and Tang San unconscious, only Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar remained standing for Shrek.
• Sister Ao Xue taunted Dugu Yan and criticized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda for daring to assassinate her teacher.
• Sister Ao Xue recalled that more than a dozen noble families in Heaven Dou City, including her own, were prepared to help the Gu Family confront the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Sister Ao Xue exposed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s attempt to have her teacher assassinated, shocking the people of Suotuo City. She then attacked Ning Rongrong and Oscar on the Soul Dueling Platform, leaving them both badly injured.

• Sister Ao Xue recounted how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had paid enormous compensation after its assassination plot was exposed in Heaven Dou City.
• The people of Suotuo City reacted with shock when Sister Ao Xue revealed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had hired assassins to target her teacher.
• Ning Rongrong turned pale and tried to respond, but Sister Ao Xue dismissed her and threatened to deliver a further blow to the sect.
• Sister Ao Xue unleashed a barrage of mirror-like attacks at Ning Rongrong on the Soul Dueling Platform.
• Oscar tried to shield Ning Rongrong, but a Profound Ice Shard struck him and sent him crashing to the ground, bleeding heavily.
• A Profound Ice Shard cut a deep scar across Ning Rongrong’s face, and someone called for the match to be stopped.

Dugu Bo arrived at the arena and offered to take Ao Xue to Heaven Dou City, revealing that Chen Yue’s Spirit Exaltation Technique had transformed his martial soul and greatly increased his power. He left the Soul Douluos wary but willing to consider traveling with him.

• After Ao Xue’s overwhelming victory, Sister Ao Xue led her fans away while three Soul Douluos went to bring Ao Xue back to safety.
• The Soul Douluos encountered a black-haired young man at the stands’ entrance and sensed his formidable Soul Power.
• The man identified himself as Dugu Bo and said he had come to take his granddaughter to Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Bo offered the Soul Douluos the chance to travel with them, explaining that he was helping because their junior was Grandmaster Chen’s student.
• Dugu Bo’s Spirit Exaltation Technique had transformed his martial soul into the Jade Emperor Sky-Swallowing Python, removed all his accumulated poison, and granted him the Sky-Swallowing Domain.

Dugu Bo discovered that Chen Yue had cured his poison backlash, given his Martial Soul the ability to store poison, and raised his Soul Power to level ninety-four. After reuniting with Dugu Yan, he considered asking Chen Yue to cure her in exchange for his herb garden and help.

• Dugu Bo learned that his Martial Soul could store poison, freeing him to use poison attacks without backlash, and that his Soul Power had risen to level ninety-four.
• An older Soul Douluo realized Chen Yue had intervened after noticing Dugu Bo's recovered appearance.
• Dugu Yan recognized Dugu Bo and told him that Qingmei Aoxue had overwhelmed the opposing team despite being a level thirty-nine Soul Elder.
• Dugu Bo considered making Dugu Yan Chen Yue's disciple but hesitated because he had not yet repaid Chen Yue's favor.
• Dugu Bo wondered whether Chen Yue would accept his herb garden and unconditional assistance in exchange for curing Dugu Yan.

Dugu Bo decided to take Dugu Yan and three Soul Douluos to Heaven Dou City, while Chen Yue had already arrived there with several companions. At Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji planned to expose Chen Yue at the All-Continent Soul Master Competition in Spirit City, though he would have to wait a few years.

• Dugu Bo told three Soul Douluos they would leave for Heaven Dou City that night and went with Dugu Yan to ask Huo Lie where Chen Yue had gone.
• Chen Yue arrived in Heaven Dou City with A Yin, Xiao Wu, Shui Bingyue, Tang Yuehua, Ning Shuangshuang, and Huo Wu, unaware of Dugu Bo's plans.
• Qian Xunji sneezed and blamed his father for cursing him, then reconsidered his plan to reveal Chen Yue's alleged crimes immediately because Chen Yue might escape.
• Qian Xunji decided to use the upcoming All-Continent Soul Master Competition in Spirit City to gather evidence and publicly accuse Chen Yue of taking Spirit Hall's hundred-thousand-year soul beast and consorting with soul beasts.
• Qian Xunji celebrated his plan but realized he would have to wait a few more years before he could win over Bibi Dong.

Qian Xunji grew uneasy about Bibi Dong and Chen Yue, so he secretly assigned Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear a mission. Meanwhile, Chen Yue and Shui Bingyue prepared to leave Heaven Dou City with their expanded group, while Chen Yue reflected on why he had taken Xue Wu as his disciple.

• Qian Xunji went to the Elder Hall and secretly tasked Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear with a mission.
• Chen Yue finished touring Heaven Dou City and prepared to return to Skywater City with Shui Bingyue, Tang Yuehua, Ning Shuangshuang, Huo Wu, and two additional travelers.
• Chen Yue and Shui Bingyue argued over whether their return plans would encounter unexpected trouble.
• Chen Yue recalled that he had taken Xue Wu as his disciple to protect her from expulsion and mistreatment, though she had since gone to the Snow Mountain Divine Hall as a guest.

Chen Yue reunited with one of his students in Heaven Dou City and met Ye Lingling and Meng Yiran. The chapter ended with Meng Yiran asking if he was the famed “North Star Mount Tai,” a title Chen Yue had never heard of.

• Chen Yue tried to leave after telling his student he would be in Heaven Dou City for a couple more days.
• The little girl hugged Chen Yue and offered to show him around the city and invite him to her home.
• She introduced her cousin Ye Lingling, a Heaven Dou Royal Academy trainee, to Chen Yue.
• She introduced Meng Yiran, who asked whether Chen Yue was the Soul Master world’s “North Star Mount Tai.”
• The little girl explained that others had given Chen Yue the title, and Ye Lingling looked at him in surprise.

Chen Yue was invited to visit Exotic Beast Academy but refused Meng Yiran, then accepted Xue Ye’s invitation to the palace for a talk. He left with Xue Ke and the palace guards.

• Meng Yiran asked Chen Yue to test whether he could increase the age limit of her soul rings and invited him to Exotic Beast Academy.
• Chen Yue refused Meng Yiran’s invitation, while a little girl tried to persuade him to accept.
• Xue Ke arrived with palace guards and invited Chen Yue to the palace on Xue Ye’s decree.
• Chen Yue accepted the invitation and followed Xue Ke.

Xue Ke forgot the lines her father had prepared and improvised as she accompanied Chen Yue to the palace. Left behind, Meng Yiran and Ye Lingling faced the little loli’s displeasure over their interest in Chen Yue, and Ye Lingling hurried after her cousin.

• Xue Ke forgot her prepared lines after beginning her conversation with Chen Yue and made up the rest herself.
• Xue Ke followed Chen Yue toward the imperial palace, leaving Ye Lingling, Meng Yiran, and the little loli behind.
• The little loli accused Meng Yiran and Ye Lingling of going too far by showing interest in Chen Yue.
• Meng Yiran claimed she was only curious about Chen Yue’s teaching, while Ye Lingling retreated into the shadows.
• The little loli told Ye Lingling to leave with her, and Ye Lingling followed without challenging her.

Qian Renxue struggled with her recent appetite and a mysteriously swollen belly while Ling Yuan Douluo worried that calling a healer would expose her. Their conversation was interrupted by Meng Shenji, who brought news that Xue Ye had redirected the memorials to the education committee for review.

• Qian Renxue complained that the recent government memorials had exhausted her.
• Ling Yuan Douluo noticed Qian Renxue's swollen belly, and Qian Renxue said she did not know why she had been eating so much.
• Ling Yuan Douluo suggested summoning a healing-type Soul Master, but Qian Renxue warned that doing so could expose her pregnancy.
• Ling Yuan Douluo sensed someone approaching, and Qian Renxue hid their conversation when Meng Shenji arrived.
• Meng Shenji told Qian Renxue that Xue Ye had temporarily assigned the memorials to the education committee, which would forward disputed matters to him.

Xue Ye delegated the memorials to the Heaven Dou Education Committee while he planned to recruit Chen Yue, and Qian Renxue let Meng Shenji take the documents. Meng Shenji then mistook Qian Renxue for being pregnant, leaving her and Ling Yuan Douluo stunned.

• Xue Ye explained that Heaven Dou was vulnerable to the Star Luo Empire and that Spirit Hall's influence among the kingdoms troubled him.
• Xue Ye entrusted the memorials to the three Education Committee members while he planned to invite Chen Yue to the palace and recruit him.
• Qian Renxue agreed to let Meng Shenji take the memorials and planned to have Ling Yuan Douluo investigate the situation.
• Meng Shenji glanced at Qian Renxue, then joked that the imperial family was leaving an heir behind too quickly.
• Qian Renxue and Ling Yuan Douluo were left speechless by Meng Shenji's remark.