Chapter Summaries

Flender’s group reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where he reorganized their formation before they entered. Xiao Wu quietly faced the return to the forest, while Zhu Rong’s presence left Tang San and Dai Mubai resentful; the group then proceeded deeper, relying on a hidden Title Douluo for protection.

• As the group traveled toward the forest, Ning Rongrong teased Flender and Zhu Rong, while Dai Mubai silently plotted revenge and Tang San seethed after being beaten again.
• Xiao Wu grew quiet as she approached the Star Dou Great Forest, remembering that her mother would never return.
• At the forest’s outskirts, Flender ordered Tang San and Ru Meng to guard the flanks, Ma Hongjun to clear the way, and Dai Mubai and Oscar to walk in the middle.
• Flender and Lu Qibin took the rear as the group entered the forest, and Flender trusted that Zhu Rong’s hidden Title Douluo would keep them safe.

Zhu Rong and the Shrek group encountered Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang guarding Meng Yiran as she absorbed a soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Meng Yiran succeeded, Flender tried to avoid a conflict, and Chao Tianxiang recognized him as the Flying Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle.

• Ma Hongjun shouted when he spotted Meng Yiran absorbing a soul ring, and Meng Shu angrily ordered him to be quiet.
• Flender shielded Ma Hongjun and apologized, while Zhu Rong recognized Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran from a distance.
• After nearly two hours, Meng Yiran finished absorbing a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent soul ring and celebrated reaching the Soul Elder level with her grandparents.
• Chao Tianxiang told Meng Yiran to stand behind them as she and Meng Shu confronted Flender's group.
• Flender introduced himself as the headmaster of Shrek Academy and explained that his students were hunting soul beasts.
• Chao Tianxiang recognized Flender as the Flying Horn of the Golden Iron Triangle.

Meng Shu demanded that Ma Hongjun lose an arm for disrupting Meng Yiran’s soul-ring absorption, while Flender tried to negotiate. Ning Rongrong intervened by mocking Ma Hongjun and bluntly repeating her father’s harsh assessment of Meng Shu, leaving the Dragon Duke’s family displeased.

• Meng Shu acknowledged Flender’s reputation but decided the Peerless Dragon Snake’s prestige required Ma Hongjun to lose an arm.
• Flender argued that Ma Hongjun was only twelve and pleaded with Meng Shu not to ruin his future.
• Ning Rongrong urged Meng Shu to make Ma Hongjun sever both arms, shocking the Shrek group.
• Meng Shu introduced himself as Dragon Duke and asked Ning Rongrong how her father judged him and Chao Tianxiang.
• Ning Rongrong said her father considered Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang nearly invincible beneath Title Douluo, then added that Meng Shu was old and unlikely to reach that level without a successor.

Meng Shu confronted Flender over Ma Hongjun and threatened to leave him an arm behind or keep the Shrek group there. The chapter ended with Flender threatening that the Meng family would be destroyed after Meng Shu died if he severed Flender’s legacy.

• Ning Rongrong revealed that her father was Ning Fengzhi, prompting Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to recognize her status as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Master’s daughter.
• Zhu Rong led Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing aside to watch while Meng Shu decided he could not let Ma Hongjun go without damaging his reputation.
• Flender tried to persuade Meng Shu to spare Ma Hongjun, but Meng Shu demanded that the boy leave behind an arm or that the entire group stay.
• Meng Shu released his Soul Power pressure, pinning Tang San and the others to the ground while Zhu Rong remained unaffected.
• Flender warned Meng Shu that the Meng family would have no future if Meng Shu severed Flender’s legacy, and Meng Shu asked whether Flender was threatening him.

Flender faced Meng Shu’s demand that Ma Hongjun sever an arm, while Dai Mubai, Tang San, Oscar, and Ru Meng urged Ma Hongjun to comply to save themselves. Ma Hongjun refused, and Flender reflected on his students’ betrayal before turning to speak to Hongjun.

• Flender threatened to destroy Meng Shu’s legacy if Meng Shu harmed Ma Hongjun, and Meng Shu demanded that Flender swear not to retaliate while Ma Hongjun severed an arm.
• Dai Mubai urged Ma Hongjun to accept the punishment, and Tang San and Oscar agreed, prioritizing their own safety.
• Ru Meng offered to sever Ma Hongjun’s arm for him, and Ma Hongjun realized that his classmates wanted to avoid being implicated.
• Ma Hongjun refused to cut off his arm and resigned himself to dying, saying only his teacher had treated him well.
• Meng Shu grew impatient as Flender considered how badly his students had let him down, then Flender turned to Ma Hongjun and began, “Hongjun, you...”

Qian Renxue longed to see Zhu Rong again while struggling with her pride over being weaker than him. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Flender and Shrek’s students pressured Ma Hongjun to sacrifice his arm to appease Meng Shu, and Ma Hongjun realized he had no one on his side.

• Qian Renxue thought about Zhu Rong, wondered whether he would visit Heaven Dou City, and vowed to become strong enough to protect him.
• She Long realized Qian Renxue was preoccupied with someone, while Ci Xue remained confused about her strange behavior.
• Flender told Ma Hongjun that he would protect him in the future, but insisted the group still had to return safely.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar offered to cut off Ma Hongjun’s arm, while Tang San urged him to accept the sacrifice to save everyone’s lives.
• Ma Hongjun saw that even Flender would not stand by him and understood that he was trapped without support.

Ma Hongjun severed his left arm after Shrek Academy’s group forced him to sacrifice it, and Flender took him back to Suotuo City while the others prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest. Before they could go, a powerful soul beast appeared, leaving Zhu Rong and the others on guard.

• Ma Hongjun cut off his left arm, and Flender swore upon his martial soul before Meng Shu allowed them to leave.
• Flender took Ma Hongjun back to Suotuo City for treatment, while Lu Qibin considered discussing Shrek Academy’s future with him.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ru Meng decided to leave the forest, and Ning Rongrong mocked them for relying on a Soul Saint’s protection.
• Dai Mubai’s identity as the third prince of the Star Luo Empire surprised Meng Shu’s family.
• Zhu Rong, Meng Shu, and Flender sensed a powerful presence, and the Titan Giant Ape appeared before them.

A Dark Demon Evil God Tiger nearing sixty thousand years old appeared and threatened the group, targeting Zhu Rong because of the pure light aura he carried. Zhu Rong insisted he could handle it, while the tiger prepared to attack.

• Meng Shu and the others sensed the enormous aura of the black tiger, and Xiao Wu recognized it as a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Xiao Wu warned Ning Rongrong that the tiger was nearly unmatched among ten-thousand-year spirit beasts and feared there was no time to summon Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo watched from hiding and wondered whether the tiger's appearance was a trial set by the Holy Son.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger revealed that Meng Shu's aura had drawn it there and that devouring Zhu Rong and Meng Shu could greatly increase its power.
• After Xiao Wu asked Zhu Rong's Soul Power level, he feared she wanted him to use a risky tactic, then told her he could deal with the tiger himself.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger ignored the fleeing Shrek group and focused on Meng Shu, while Zhu Rong and his companions stayed behind. Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang used their Dragon Snake Combination to attack the tiger, whose Evil God Hook began releasing a powerful gray current.

• Flender led the Shrek group away, and Tang San and the others fled after seeing the tiger would not pursue them.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran carefully retreated, but the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger turned its attention to Meng Shu.
• Xiao Wu urged Zhu Rong to flee, but Zhu Rong reassured her and stayed with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• The Shrek group heard a huge crash behind them, but Lu Qibin ordered them to keep running toward the forest's edge.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang unleashed their Dragon Snake Combination, and the tiger's Evil God Hook erupted with a gray current.

Zhu Rong and the others watched Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill fail to injure the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. As the tiger attacked, Meng Shu was killed, leaving Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran in danger.

• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang’s Dragon Snake Combination struck the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but its protective gray currents absorbed the attack without visibly injuring it.
• Zhu Rong told Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu to retreat, but all three refused and stayed farther from the fight.
• Chao Tianxiang urged Meng Shu to flee with Meng Yiran while she stayed behind, but Meng Shu refused to abandon her.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger used Sprint to reach Meng Shu and pierced his heart with its Evil God Hook.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran saw Meng Shu die as Chao Tianxiang was still trying to reach her granddaughter.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger killed Meng Shu, devoured him, and advanced to over sixty thousand years, while Chao Tianxiang fled with Meng Yiran. Qian Jun and Jiang Mo arrived to protect Zhu Rong, but the tiger chose to gamble on attacking him and began forming a plan.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger survived Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, killed Meng Shu, and devoured him to reach the sixty-thousand-year level.
• Chao Tianxiang grabbed Meng Yiran and fled, while Zhu Rong, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing watched in shock.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo emerged and asked Zhu Rong whether the tiger was part of a trial mission, addressing him as the Holy Son.
• Zhu Rong denied that it was a trial, and Qian Jun and Jiang Mo released their Coiling Dragon Staff martial souls and warned the tiger to retreat.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger returned to Zhu Rong's group, weighed the threat posed by Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, and decided to risk attacking Zhu Rong for a chance to grow stronger.

After the group fled the Star Dou Great Forest, Flender disbanded Shrek Academy and ordered its students to leave. The students faced an uncertain future as Flender flew to Suotuo City with the injured Ma Hongjun.

• Zhu Zhuqing dragged Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong away from Zhu Rong, while Qian Jun and Jiang Mo prepared to attack the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Flender announced that Shrek Academy was disbanded and that its students should go their separate ways.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ru Meng, and Ma Hongjun reacted with shock and worried about losing the academy's protection and help obtaining soul rings.
• Flender told the students to pack their belongings and leave with Lu Qibin, then flew toward Suotuo City carrying Ma Hongjun.

After Shrek Academy disbanded, Tang San and the others wondered whether Zhu Rong had died in the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s attack, while Ru Meng doubted Tang San could ever defeat him. The tiger then revealed a domain and vanished alongside Zhu Rong, leaving Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo bewildered.

• Tang San and Dai Mubai planned to ask Flender to reconsider disbanding Shrek Academy, then hoped Zhu Rong had died in the tiger’s attack.
• Tang San bragged that he could defeat Zhu Rong at Soul Power level thirty, and Ru Meng privately planned to take Tang San’s Origin Power and leave with him.
• Lu Qibin reminded everyone that a Title Douluo was secretly protecting Zhu Rong, so they realized he might have survived.
• Zhu Rong sneezed and blamed Tang San for cursing him while the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger considered how to break through Qian Jun and Jiang Mo’s defense.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger unleashed a domain, endured Jiang Mo Douluo’s attacks, then used a black-hole-like opening to vanish with Zhu Rong before Qian Jun Douluo.

Zhu Rong was trapped in the Life and Death Arena with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, where the arena’s rules stripped away his powers and reduced him to his six-year-old form. After the tiger appeared to kill him, Zhu Rong revived, and Heavenly God Li Qing appeared behind him, leaving the tiger terrified.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger trapped Zhu Rong in the Life and Death Arena and prepared to fight him one-on-one.
• Zhu Rong realized the arena had made him six years old and prevented him from using his soul rings and Blade of Sanction.
• Outside the arena, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo searched and waited, while Qian Jun and Jiang Mo concluded that Zhu Rong and the tiger were still nearby in a separate space.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger believed it had killed Zhu Rong with Black Tiger Steals the Heart, but Zhu Rong revived, astonishing the tiger and the watching Evil God.
• Heavenly God Li Qing appeared behind Zhu Rong, whose body transformed and whose presence made the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger retreat.

Zhu Rong used Heavenly God Li Qing’s power to confront the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Life and Death Arena and sent it flying into the void with one kick. Evil God accepted Zhu Rong’s victory, leaving him poised to become Evil God’s inheritor.

• Evil God sensed Zhu Rong’s unusual martial soul and decided he would accept Zhu Rong as his inheritor if he defeated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fairly.
• Zhu Rong kept Heavenly God Li Qing’s aura focused on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which trembled and retreated under the pressure.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger overcame its fear and charged Zhu Rong, raising a paw to strike.
• Zhu Rong kicked the charging tiger and shouted, “Kneel!” sending it flying out of the Life and Death Arena and into the void.
• Evil God recognized that Zhu Rong’s kick had used the power of rules, declared the tiger defeated, and said he would keep his word.

The Evil God explained to Zhu Rong that he was an unaffiliated quasi-God King seeking an inheritor before his power and life faded. After Zhu Rong defeated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, the Evil God forced his inheritance on him and set a trial to reach level 99.

• The Evil God withdrew his power from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and told Zhu Rong that the tiger would soon be eroded by the void.
• The Evil God introduced himself as an unaffiliated quasi-God King and explained that he sought an inheritor rather than bind himself to the Douluo God Realm.
• The Evil God declared Zhu Rong his inheritor after his victory, but Zhu Rong tried to refuse.
• The Evil God forced a gray bead and his divine inheritance into Zhu Rong, marking his forehead and assigning him a trial to reach soul power level 99.
• The Evil God vanished, leaving Zhu Rong unable to move and protesting the inheritance.

After receiving the Evil God's inheritance, Zhu Rong discovered he could use the Life and Death Arena and reached level fifty, then demanded God-Bestowed Spirit Rings from the Evil God. The Evil God gave him twenty-three rings before angrily ejecting him, and Zhu Rong reappeared near the Star Dou Great Forest, where Qian Jun and Jiang Mo nearly attacked him.

• Zhu Rong found he could enter and leave the Life and Death Arena under certain conditions and realized he had gained the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's ability.
• The Ascension Stairway's feedback pushed Zhu Rong to level fifty, and he asked the Evil God for a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring or the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's ring.
• The Evil God gave Zhu Rong twenty-three God-Bestowed Spirit Rings after Zhu Rong asked for several, then kicked him out of the Life and Death Arena when he complained they were not enough.
• Zhu Rong reappeared on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Qian Jun and Jiang Mo stopped their attacks after recognizing him.

After returning to Suotuo City, Zhu Rong’s companions agreed to conceal the divine inheritance they had witnessed. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang’s expelled group discussed attracting sponsors through the Soul Fighting Arena, drawing laughter from Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan.

• Zhu Rong and the others returned to Suotuo City, where Qian Jun Douluo warned Jiang Mo Douluo to keep Zhu Rong’s divine inheritance secret.
• Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ru Meng, and the others gathered at a teahouse after Flender expelled them from Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San and the others to form a team and compete in the Soul Fighting Arena to attract support from factions and academies.
• Dai Mubai bitterly complained that nobody respected his status as the Third Prince of the Star Luo Empire.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan overheard Yu Xiaogang’s plan and laughed at the expelled group’s hopes of joining another academy.

Dai Mubai and Tang San’s group clashed with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan after the latter mocked them, and the two sides registered for a death match at the Soul Fighting Arena. Zhu Rong, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing then arrived, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu joined in mocking Shrek’s group.

• Dai Mubai confronted Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan after the teahouse patrons laughed at his group.
• Yan challenged Dai Mubai’s group to fight at the Soul Fighting Arena, and Dai Mubai accepted before Tang San and the others followed.
• Yan registered a death match between his group of three and Dai Mubai’s group, with Tang San insisting they would fight five against three and Yu Xiaogang included.
• Zhu Rong, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu mocked Dai Mubai and Tang San’s group.

Zhu Rong recognized Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan as Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation after encountering them at the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena. As Zhu Rong’s group entered the arena, Tang San’s group struggled to pay the fee for their Death Match.

• Ning Rongrong taunted Dai Mubai, then Zhu Rong, Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing went into the Great Soul Arena.
• Zhu Rong recognized Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan as Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, while Ning Rongrong realized who they were too.
• A receptionist welcomed Zhu Rong’s group and led them to his luxurious private room, leaving Tang San’s and Hu Liena’s groups surprised.
• Yan paid the entry fee for his group’s Death Match, but Tang San, Oscar, Ru Meng, and Yu Xiaogang could not produce their required Gold Soul Coins.
• Yan demanded that Tang San’s group pay, embarrassing them.