Chapter Summaries

Duke Black and five other Soul Sages ambushed the Imperial Dou Team to take revenge on Fang Xuan and eliminate Heaven Dou Academy’s elite students. After Black nearly killed Fang Xuan, Sword Douluo Chen Xin appeared and killed Black with the Seven Kill Sword.

• Duke Black revealed himself and accused Fang Xuan of killing the Balak Kingdom’s prince, then declared that the attackers would kill everyone present.
• Black struck Dugu Yan unconscious and blasted Fang Xuan, Tang San, Yu Tianheng, and the others across the battlefield.
• Black repeatedly battered Fang Xuan, who could barely resist the much stronger Soul Sage.
• Ning Rongrong shielded Fang Xuan from Black, and Fang Xuan took a Demonic Claw attack meant for her, collapsing with severe injuries.
• Black charged to kill the group, but Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived and cut him apart with the Seven Kill Sword.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived and killed Duke Black and the five Soul Sages who had attacked the group. After Ye Lingling and Oscar treated Fang Xuan, he woke and joked about collecting the promised Eight Thousand Gold Soul Coins, while his ordeal strengthened his resolve to grow more powerful.

• Chen Xin appeared after the Seven Kill Sword killed Duke Black, then immobilized and slaughtered the five fleeing Soul Sages.
• Chen Xin comforted Ning Rongrong and examined Fang Xuan, finding that he had suffered severe injuries while protecting her.
• Ye Lingling used her Nine Heart Begonia and Oscar supplied recovery sausages to treat Fang Xuan.
• Fang Xuan woke and demanded Eight Thousand Gold Soul Coins from Ning Rongrong, who promised to bury him in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's wealth.
• Fang Xuan resolved to become stronger and began searching the corpses for coins after the battle ended.

On the way to Heaven Dou City, Fang Xuan spent 30,000 Blade Drawing Counts on a lottery and narrowly missed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but gained a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and other rewards. He used his gains to strengthen his soul rings, advance two Martial Souls, and improve his blade techniques.

• After two days of travel, Fang Xuan and the others neared Heaven Dou City under Sword Douluo’s protection.
• Fang Xuan used 30,000 Blade Drawing Counts for 300 draws, but the pointer shifted at the last moment and awarded him a Ten-Year Soul Ring instead of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Fang Xuan sorted his rewards and found a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, three thousand years of soul ring cultivation, Talent Points, and Basic Mastery.
• Fang Xuan used his Talent Points to advance the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul and Ice Phoenix Soul to the advanced tier.
• Fang Xuan raised his third soul ring to eight thousand years and advanced his blade drawing to Great Accomplishment, gaining Slaughtering Saber Qi.

Fang Xuan used his Blade Drawing Counts to reinforce both weapons, enduring repeated failures before getting the Water-Cutting Blade to +11. The Shadowless Blade reset to zero, but the Water-Cutting Blade gained a chance to ignore any defense, leaving Fang Xuan with a powerful new weapon.

• Fang Xuan reviewed his improved cultivation, martial souls, and blade-drawing technique, though his Saber Intent had not advanced.
• Fang Xuan failed fifty attempts to reinforce the Shadowless Blade from +9 to +10, then succeeded on his sixtieth attempt.
• Fang Xuan reinforced the Water-Cutting Blade from +8 to +10 after forty attempts.
• Fang Xuan bought a Reinforcement Protection Scroll and successfully reinforced the Water-Cutting Blade to +11.
• Fang Xuan failed to reinforce the Shadowless Blade to +11, causing it to reset to zero.
• Fang Xuan found that the +11 Water-Cutting Blade had gained a 1% chance to ignore any defense.

Fang Xuan challenged Sword Douluo to test his newly enhanced strength, and their spar left the spectators stunned as Fang Xuan forced the Titled Douluo to retreat. Sword Douluo began revealing more of his power as Fang Xuan continued to attack.

• Fang Xuan challenged Sword Douluo, who agreed to spar while suppressing his Soul Power and limiting himself to his first four Soul Rings.
• Tang San reassured Xiao Wu that he would oppose any Titled Douluo who tried to separate them.
• Sword Douluo deflected Fang Xuan’s opening strike, but Fang Xuan unleashed his four Soul Rings and charged again.
• Fang Xuan’s Thunder Dragon Flash forced Sword Douluo back three steps, and his Ice Burst Whirlwind Dance drove him back three more.
• The spectators watched in shock as Sword Douluo raised his fifth black Soul Ring in response to Fang Xuan’s attacks.

Fang Xuan used Slaughtering Saber Qi to pressure Sword Douluo and even wounded him, forcing him to use his sixth Soul Skill. Fang Xuan unexpectedly pierced through Sword Douluo’s defense with the Black Blade’s armor-piercing attribute, but Sword Douluo activated his seventh Soul Ring and defeated him.

• Fang Xuan awakened Slaughtering Saber Qi and used it to shatter Sword Douluo’s Seven Kill Sword Qi.
• Fang Xuan launched a flurry of attacks that injured Sword Douluo and forced him to summon his sixth Soul Ring.
• Sword Douluo used Myriad Swords Returning to Origin to form a greatsword barrier, which Fang Xuan attacked hundreds of times without breaking.
• The Black Blade’s armor-piercing attribute triggered, allowing Fang Xuan to cleave through the barrier and charge at Sword Douluo.
• Sword Douluo activated his seventh Soul Ring and defeated Fang Xuan with Seven Kill True Body.

As the group reached the outskirts of Heaven Dou City, Sword Douluo revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Shrek chose to protect her and continue to the city, while Grandmaster noted that an Immortal Herb could hide her aura; Fang Xuan then appeared carrying one.

• Near Heaven Dou City, Sword Douluo confronted Xiao Wu and demanded that she reveal her true identity.
• Xiao Wu admitted she was not human, and Sword Douluo explained that she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San, the Shrek Seven Devils, and Ning Rongrong vowed to protect Xiao Wu, and Tang San reassured her that he still loved her.
• Sword Douluo warned that other Titled Douluos in Heaven Dou City could expose Xiao Wu, but Xiao Wu insisted that Shrek should still enter the tournament.
• Grandmaster said an Immortal Herb might conceal Xiao Wu's Soul Beast aura, and Fang Xuan walked by carrying a glittering golden Immortal Herb.

Fang Xuan used the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to bargain with Tang San for an enormous sum, first demanding the chance to stab Xiao Wu and then settling on eighty million Gold Soul Coins. Tang San signed the promissory note to protect Xiao Wu’s identity, leaving Fang Xuan pleased with the sale and imagining the Sea God Trident as repayment.

• Fang Xuan showed Tang San the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Tang San recognized it as an Immortal Grade Herb that could conceal Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast identity.
• Fang Xuan demanded to stab Xiao Wu in exchange for the flower, enraging Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the rest of Shrek.
• Fang Xuan changed his offer to eighty million Gold Soul Coins, and Tang San initially mistook the amount for eight thousand.
• Fang Xuan explained that Tang San could repay the debt over time and use Xiao Wu to settle it if he failed to pay.
• Tang San signed the eighty-million-Gold-Soul-Coin promissory note, and Fang Xuan handed him the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Fang Xuan and the Shrek group arrived in Heaven Dou City, where he pointed them toward Blue Tyrant Academy as a place to enroll. Fang Xuan and Ning Rongrong were then summoned to the Imperial Palace, where Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi prepared to discuss their engagement.

• Fang Xuan reminded Tang San of his eighty-million debt as the group entered Heaven Dou City.
• Qin Ming invited Shrek to Heaven Dou Academy, but Flender declined, and Fang Xuan offered to reveal another academy for a price before naming Blue Tyrant Academy for free.
• The Shrek Team set off for Blue Tyrant Academy while the Imperial Dou Team returned to Heaven Dou Academy.
• Sword Douluo told Fang Xuan and Ning Rongrong that Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi were waiting for them at the Imperial Palace to discuss their engagement.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi praised Fang Xuan and Ning Rongrong as a good match, then announced that they would discuss the engagement.

Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi arranged for Fang Xuan and Ning Rongrong to become engaged, but Fang Xuan objected and persuaded them to postpone the ceremony until after the Soul Master Competition. Ning Rongrong stormed out in anger, while Fang Xuan was relieved to keep his single life for now.

• Xue Ye praised Fang Xuan's victories and discussed his marriage to Ning Rongrong with Ning Fengzhi.
• Xue Ye proposed holding Fang Xuan and Ning Rongrong's engagement ceremony within days, and Ning Fengzhi agreed.
• When Xue Ye asked Ning Rongrong for her opinion, she began to agree, but Fang Xuan firmly objected.
• Fang Xuan asked to postpone the engagement until after the Soul Master Competition so he could focus on training, and Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi accepted.
• Ning Rongrong kicked Fang Xuan and stormed out in anger, while Fang Xuan secretly celebrated the delay.

With the Soul Master Elite Tournament set to begin, Qin Ming prepared the Imperial Dou Team, whose seven members had all reached the Soul Ancestor realm. Fang Xuan was absent from the briefing because he was competing under the name Li Changshou, and his first match ended with him killing a level fifty-nine Soul King in one slash.

• Qin Ming reviewed the Imperial Dou Team’s tactics and learned that Fang Xuan had gone missing.
• The Imperial Dou Team declared its ambition to win the championship, with all seven members having reached the Soul Ancestor realm.
• At Rome Douluo Arena, Li Changshou faced Tie Wudi, who was pursuing his hundredth consecutive Soul Fighting victory.
• Li Changshou drew the Black Blade and killed Tie Wudi with a single slash, shocking the arena crowd.

Fang Xuan killed Tie Wudi in the Soul Fighting Arena and reached Level 51, reflecting on his rapid growth and the steep experience needed for further breakthroughs. After leaving with his winnings, he ran into Shui Bing'er and immediately turned to leave.

• Fang Xuan killed Tie Wudi with a single slash, earning cheers from the Soul Fighting Arena crowd.
• Fang Xuan broke through to Level 51 at age sixteen, becoming a Soul King, but realized he needed 100,000 Soul Power Value to advance again.
• Fang Xuan reviewed his improved Martial Souls, weapons, and Soul Ring, judging himself invincible among Soul Kings and able to challenge ordinary Soul Emperors.
• Fang Xuan left the arena with 200,000 Gold Soul Coins and considered how to spend his wealth.
• Shui Bing'er greeted Fang Xuan after recognizing him, but Fang Xuan turned around and walked away without replying.

Fang Xuan feared Shui Bing'er had come to collect the two hundred thousand she had once given him, but she had traveled to Heaven Dou City for the Soul Master Competition and was happy to see his success. Their walk grew friendly after the misunderstanding cleared, until an unexpected visitor called out to Bing'er.

• Fang Xuan spotted Shui Bing'er in Heaven Dou City and tried to flee, assuming she had come to collect her debt.
• Shui Bing'er used her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul to block Fang Xuan, and the two traded insults before she insisted they take a walk together.
• Shui Bing'er asked how Fang Xuan had been and congratulated him on becoming a renowned genius in Heaven Dou City.
• Fang Xuan explained that Imperial Dou Team 1 had advanced directly to the Grand Finals, and he realized Shui Bing'er had come for the Soul Master Competition rather than his money.
• Shui Bing'er had forgotten the two hundred thousand, and the pair continued their walk peacefully until an uninvited guest hurried over and called out to Bing'er.

Xue Beng pursued Shui Bing'er and invited her to a banquet, but she used Fang Xuan as a human shield to drive him away. Fang Xuan rejected Shui Bing'er’s attempt to link arms, then knocked both her and Xue Beng down, leaving the pair on the ground.

• Xue Beng approached Shui Bing'er and pressed her to attend a banquet with him, but she refused.
• Shui Bing'er claimed she already had plans with Fang Xuan, prompting Xue Beng to recognize Fang Xuan and accuse him of stealing her away.
• Shui Bing'er tried to link arms with Fang Xuan, but he dodged her and kneed her in the abdomen.
• Xue Beng charged at Fang Xuan in anger, and Fang Xuan kicked him flying.

After accidentally kneeing Shui Bing'er, Fang Xuan tried to excuse himself and offered to treat her to a meal. As the Soul Master Competition began, the Shrek Seven Devils set off for the tournament after a year of training at their rebuilt academy.

• Fang Xuan dodged Shui Bing'er when she attacked him, blamed her for getting too close, and offered to treat her to a meal.
• Xue Beng complained to Xue Ye about Fang Xuan, but the emperor cursed him and confined him for a month.
• Grandmaster, Flender, Liu Erlong, and the Shrek Seven Devils gathered at Shrek Academy for a final pre-competition pep talk.
• The Shrek Seven Devils' strength was revealed: Dai Mubai had reached rank 41, Tang San rank 39, and the others were around rank 37.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the rest of the Shrek Team set off for the Soul Master Competition.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition began in the Heaven Dou District, where the Five Elements Academy teams drew the crowd’s attention. Tang San and the Shrek Team arrived in shabby green uniforms and were mocked by the spectators.

• The Soul Master Competition opened at the Heaven Dou Grand Douluo Arena with twenty-eight teams competing for five places in the Grand Finals.
• Shui Bing'er and the Skywater Academy Team entered, and Shui Yue'er teased her about her encounter with Fang Xuan the previous day.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu led the Chihuo Academy Team into the arena, while Huo Wu focused on winning the Preliminary Round championship.
• Feng Xiaotian brought in the Divine Wind Academy Team, greeted the crowd, and was praised as a powerful favorite to win.
• Leiting Academy and Xiangjia Academy arrived, completing the lineup of all five Five Elements Academy teams.
• The Shrek Team slipped into the arena in green uniforms, and the spectators mocked Tang San and his teammates.

The Shrek Team protested their humiliating sponsor-covered uniforms, then prepared for the Soul Master Competition Preliminary Round despite being mocked by Canghui Academy. At the opening ceremony, the teams gathered before Heaven Dou Empire ruler Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Spirit Hall Platinum Bishop Salas.

• Ning Rongrong, Ma Hongjun, and the other Shrek students protested their uniforms to Flender, but he said changing them would incur a penalty, and Grandmaster offered no help.
• The Shrek Team withdrew to a secluded corner of the arena, where Flender urged them to focus on winning the championship.
• Students from Canghui Academy mocked the Shrek Team's uniforms, and the two groups nearly fought before Shi Nian arrived and led Canghui away.
• Flender warned Tang San and the others that Shi Nian was a dangerous illusion-type Soul Master who could torture opponents to death in dreams.
• The twenty-eight teams gathered for the opening ceremony, while Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Salas occupied the first row of the honored seats.

Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi opened the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition, and Shrek was matched against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Dou Team 2 in the first round. As the teams prepared to fight, Ye Liangchen, Long Aotian, and Daier revealed their strength and eagerness to defeat Fang Xuan’s former opponents.

• Xue Ye announced the start of the competition, and Ning Fengzhi followed with a speech encouraging the young Soul Masters.
• The draw paired Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Imperial Dou Team 2, prompting Tang San and Dai Mubai to vow to win and eventually face Fang Xuan’s team.
• After an hour of preparation, both teams took the arena for their first-round match.
• Ye Liangchen slapped Long Aotian for calling him Big Brother, insisting that Fang Xuan was the true Big Brother and that he should be called Second Brother.
• Ye Liangchen and Long Aotian prepared to defeat Shrek in one round, while Daier watched their devotion to Fang Xuan with irritation.

Shrek defeated Imperial Dou Team 2 after a fierce match, and the team set its sights on Fang Xuan’s Imperial Dou Team 1. A passing figure mocked Shrek for still fighting in the Preliminary Round while handsome people had already advanced to the finals.

• Dai Mubai and Ye Liangchen clashed, and Dai Mubai’s greater strength sent Ye Liangchen staggering back, injured.
• Tang San bound Long Aotian’s axe with Blue Silver Grass and struck him, but Long Aotian retaliated with a blow to Tang San’s abdomen.
• Xiao Wu used Charm to throw Daier, and the two women fought and traded insults while the other combatants battled around them.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi watched as Shrek’s Soul Ancestor strength and Ning Rongrong’s support helped Shrek defeat Imperial Dou Team 2 after twenty minutes.
• Shrek celebrated and vowed to defeat Fang Xuan’s Imperial Dou Team 1, but a passing figure mocked them for still competing in the Preliminary Round.

Fang Xuan confronted the Shrek team after their victory, then tried to claim Xiao Wu as payment for Tang San’s eighty-million Gold Soul Coin debt. Tang San pointed out that the ten-year repayment deadline had not passed, and Fang Xuan left after dropping Xiao Wu on the ground.

• Fang Xuan appeared at the Preliminary Round and traded taunts with Tang San and the Shrek team.
• Fang Xuan showed Tang San the promissory note and claimed he would take Xiao Wu if Tang San defaulted on the debt.
• Fang Xuan knocked Xiao Wu unconscious and carried her away, but Tang San and the others intercepted him.
• Fang Xuan released his Soul King Killing Intent, forcing the Shrek Seven Devils back and revealing the gap between their strength.
• Tang San reminded Fang Xuan that the debt was not due for ten years and refused to trade Xiao Wu for it.
• Fang Xuan handed Xiao Wu toward Tang San, let her fall to the ground, and departed.