Chapter Summaries

Li Tianlan battled the Earth Core Green Lotus Flame and rapidly absorbed its power, while Xiao Wu fled from the Earth Fire Dragon King. The chapter left Xiao Wu rescued by Er Ming just as the Earth Fire Dragon King attacked her.

• Li Tianlan smashed through the flame barrier and began devouring the Earth Core Green Lotus Flame's source as it tried to refine him.
• Li Tianlan's Soul Power rose past level fifteen while his bones and physical strength continued to grow.
• Xiao Wu fled toward the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape as the Earth Fire Dragon King pursued her, boasting that he had eaten the Ten Thousand Year Bright Falcon.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape rushed to save Xiao Wu, while the Earth Fire Dragon King accelerated to devour her before they arrived.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King lunged at Xiao Wu, but Er Ming struck him with a fist and sent him flying, allowing Xiao Wu to thank her rescuer.

The Earth Fire Dragon King overwhelmed the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, prompting Xiao Wu to prepare to sacrifice her power to save them. Meanwhile, Li Tianlan’s body and Soul Power grew stronger, and Xiao Yan took control and raced toward the battle to kill the Earth Fire Dragon King for Li Tianlan’s second Soul Ring.

• The Titan Giant Ape warned Xiao Wu that the Earth Fire Dragon King was a Fierce Beast, and she fled while the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python confronted him.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King injured both Soul Beasts despite the Sky Azure Bull Python wounding him, and Xiao Wu resolved to burn her power to hold him back.
• Li Tianlan finished tempering his body with the Earth Core Green Lotus Flame, raising his strength to twenty-one thousand jin and his Soul Power to level twenty.
• Xiao Yan took control of Li Tianlan’s body and raced toward the battlefield, intending to kill the Earth Fire Dragon King and make him Li Tianlan’s second Soul Ring.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape sensed Xiao Yan’s overwhelming presence and tried to flee.

Xiao Yan (Li Tianlan) fought the Earth Fire Dragon King while the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape tried to flee with Xiao Wu. After teaching Li Tianlan not to become conceited, Xiao Yan faced the injured Dragon King, which offered to help hunt the three escaping Soul Beasts in exchange for their flesh and blood.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape ignored Xiao Wu’s belief that Li Tianlan might help them and dragged her away to flee.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s Overturning Sea Seal smashed through its energy beam and injured it.
• Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Eight Extremes Collapse to strike the Dragon King, then explained to Li Tianlan how weaknesses shape combat and warned him against arrogance.
• Li Tianlan admitted he had become too proud, and Xiao Yan told him to keep the lesson in mind.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King offered to help Xiao Yan hunt Xiao Wu, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape in exchange for their flesh and blood.

Xiao Yan (Li Tianlan) fought the Earth Fire Dragon King to protect Xiao Wu, overwhelming it with repeated attacks before facing its berserk power. As the battle escalated, Fred flew ahead to observe the disturbance while the academy group stayed back.

• Xiao Yan (Li Tianlan) told the Earth Fire Dragon King he was attacking it for trying to eat Xiao Wu, his good friend.
• Xiao Yan (Li Tianlan) battered the Earth Fire Dragon King with Eight Extremes Collapse, while Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python watched in disbelief.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King entered a berserk state, doubling its power, and Xiao Yan (Li Tianlan) struck it with the Heaven-Overturning Seal.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King resisted the golden handprint with a dark-red energy beam, and their clash sent Soul Beasts fleeing across the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qin Ming, Fred, Zhao Wuji, Xie Ji, and the other academy teachers heard the battle nearby; Fred warned them not to approach and flew up in his owl form to observe.

Li Tianlan fought the Earth Fire Dragon King by exploiting its attention and repeatedly wounding it, despite the beast’s tremendous defenses and recovery. After half an hour, he pretended his Soul Power was nearly gone to keep the Dragon King from self-destructing, while the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python watched.

• Fred spotted Li Tianlan battling three hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts and was stunned to see a child facing a Fierce Beast.
• Li Tianlan used a Heaven-Overturning Seal as a feint, then struck the Earth Fire Dragon King with the Wave-Splitting Flame Ruler.
• Li Tianlan continued attacking for half an hour, leaving the Earth Fire Dragon King badly wounded and its consciousness muddled.
• Li Tianlan pretended to exhaust his Soul Power to lure the Earth Fire Dragon King into lowering its guard and prevent it from self-destructing.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King believed Li Tianlan was weakened and tried to swallow him, but Li Tianlan knocked it away with an Eight Extremes Collapse punch.
• The Titan Giant Ape urged the Sky Azure Bull Python to intervene, but the Sky Azure Bull Python sensed something was wrong and chose to keep watching.

Xiao Yan let the Earth Fire Dragon King believe his Soul Power had run out, drawing the beast into wasting energy and worsening its injuries. As the onlookers debated whether Xiao Yan could win, he prepared the Wave-Swallowing Ruler and Yangquan Fire for a fatal strike.

• The Earth Fire Dragon King noticed Xiao Yan's weakened punches and attacked recklessly, while Xiao Yan dodged and continued injuring him.
• Xiao Wu refused to leave and urged Da Ming and Er Ming to attack, but Da Ming said they could only delay the Earth Fire Dragon King.
• Fred, Zhao Wuji, Xie Ji, and Qin Ming discussed Xiao Yan's apparent disadvantage and explained the power of Fierce Beasts.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King kept expending energy as Xiao Yan goaded him into attacking, leaving the beast severely wounded.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Wave-Swallowing Ruler, covered it with Yangquan Fire, and prepared to deliver a fatal blow.

Li Tianlan killed the Earth Fire Dragon King with a surprise attack and began absorbing its six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring behind a defensive barrier. Xiao Wu and her companions stayed nearby, while the Death Sisters secretly plotted to kill Li Tianlan and steal the city lord's treasures.

• Li Tianlan beheaded the Earth Fire Dragon King, whose dying words revealed that its father might seek revenge.
• The Earth Fire Dragon King's death produced a blood-red Soul Ring with six golden patterns and a blood-red soul bone.
• Li Tianlan activated a defensive Soul Tool and began absorbing the Soul Ring, refining its energy with his Heavenly Flames.
• Da Ming and Er Ming considered leaving, but Xiao Wu insisted Li Tianlan would not harm her, so they stayed with her.
• The Death Sisters followed Li Tianlan and discussed killing him to seize the treasures from the city lord's residence.

Li Tianlan finished absorbing the Earth Fire Dragon King’s six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, gained three Soul Skills, and fused with its Soul Bone, raising his Soul Power to level twenty-six. As the Death Sisters prepared to attack him, Fred and the Shrek Academy group moved to confront them.

• Suo Leile told the Death Sisters to wait until Li Tianlan finished absorbing the Soul Ring, then ambush him with poison and take his treasures.
• Fred spotted the Death Sisters approaching Li Tianlan, and he led Zhao Wuji, Qin Ming, and other Shrek Academy fighters toward them.
• Li Tianlan completed the Soul Ring absorption, reached level twenty-five, and learned that the ring granted three Soul Skills.
• Li Tianlan found the Earth Fire Dragon King’s unusual right leg Soul Bone and, after Xiao Yan said Soul Bones could be replaced, chose to fuse with it.
• The Soul Bone’s fusion raised Li Tianlan’s Soul Power to level twenty-six and granted him three more Soul Skills.

After absorbing the Earth Fire Dragon King’s Soul Ring, Li Tianlan confronted the Death Sisters and learned that their Godfall Flower poison came from the City of Slaughter. He decided to visit the City of Slaughter, but refused to spare the brothers after their attack.

• Li Tianlan’s new Soul Ring raised his Soul Power by five levels and expanded his spiritual detection range, revealing the Death Sisters hiding nearby.
• The Death Sisters attacked Li Tianlan with a metal ball that released Godfall Flower poison, but his Heavenly Flames blocked it.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Godfall Flower might point to a godly inheritance, prompting Li Tianlan to question the Death Sisters about its source.
• Suo Leile revealed that the pollen came from the City of Slaughter, and Li Tianlan resolved to visit and reinforce the place before Tang San could destroy it.
• Li Tianlan told Suo Leile that he would not spare the Death Sisters because he had already given them one chance.

Li Tianlan fought the Death Sisters using only his soul skills, shattering their defenses and forcing Suo Leile to sacrifice himself so the others could escape. He killed the second sister with the Earth Fire Dragon King Energy Cannon, then stood exhausted as the last sister remained on the run.

• Li Tianlan stunned the Death Sisters with Spirit Impact and shattered their shared shield with the Earth Fire Dragon King Claw.
• Suo Leile healed his injuries at the cost of his remaining youth and sent the other two sisters fleeing while he held Li Tianlan back.
• Li Tianlan shattered Suo Leile's defenses with another Earth Fire Dragon King Claw, and Suo Leile self-destructed while grabbing him.
• Li Tianlan blocked Suo Leile's explosion with the Earth Fire Dragon King Blood Scale Shield and pursued the fleeing sisters.
• Li Tianlan vaporized the second sister with the Earth Fire Dragon King Energy Cannon, but the attack drained his Soul Power and strained his body.

Li Tianlan and the Shrek Academy group cornered the last surviving member of the Death Sisters, who died after releasing Godfall Flower poison. Afterward, Xiao Wu thanked Li Tianlan for saving her, and the others marveled at his strength and friendship with her.

• Zhao Wuji, Qin Ming, and Fred attacked the fleeing third sister of the Death Sisters, forcing him to drop the Godfall Flower metal ball and flee again.
• Li Tianlan blocked the third sister's path, rejected his plea for mercy, and watched him die when he released the Godfall Flower poison.
• Li Tianlan used the Earth Core Green Lotus Flame to absorb the poison before Xiao Wu thanked him for saving her.
• Xiao Wu kicked Li Tianlan after he pinched her ears, then explained why she disliked anyone touching them.
• Fred, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming reacted with disbelief to Li Tianlan's friendship with Xiao Wu and discussed how he had killed the enhanced Earth Fire Dragon King.

Li Tianlan, with Xiao Yan controlling his body, fought the Earth Fire Dragon Emperor after it arrived to avenge its slain child. They escaped without killing it because Li Tianlan was not yet strong enough to absorb its soul ring.

• Xiao Wu met the Shrek Academy group, while Da Ming and Er Ming arrived and questioned Li Tianlan about his intentions toward her.
• The Earth Fire Dragon Emperor appeared and threatened to kill Li Tianlan and everyone with him for killing its child.
• Li Tianlan handed control of his body to Xiao Yan and urged the others to flee while Xiao Yan held off the Dragon Emperor.
• Xiao Yan dodged the Dragon Emperor's attack, struck it with a punch, and knocked it to the ground.
• The Dragon Emperor swallowed Xiao Yan's Six-Colored Fire Lotus, which exploded inside it and left it severely weakened.
• Xiao Yan refused to let Li Tianlan kill the Dragon Emperor before reaching Soul Power Level 30, so Li Tianlan fled as the Dragon Emperor got back up.

Xiao Yan, controlling Li Tianlan’s body, defeated the Earth Fire Dragon Emperor but let the 990,000-year-old beast escape, intending to make it Li Tianlan’s third Soul Ring someday. Afterward, Li Tianlan gained the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape’s trust to protect Xiao Wu and asked Fred to keep her identity secret.

• Xiao Yan used a Heaven-Overturning Seal to make the Earth Fire Dragon Emperor strike itself unconscious with its own tail, then let it flee after it woke.
• Li Tianlan stored the Earth Fire Dragon King’s remains in his Soul Tool for their valuable materials.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape acknowledged Li Tianlan’s strength and entrusted Xiao Wu’s safety to him.
• Xiao Wu hugged Li Tianlan, and he pinched her rabbit ears, prompting her to send him flying.
• Li Tianlan asked Fred to keep Xiao Wu’s identity secret, and Fred agreed.

Li Tianlan set out to obtain a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring for Bena by hunting a Death Mantis, while Qin Ming and his companions returned to Shrek Academy. After entering the beast’s silent valley, Li Tianlan faced its extraordinary speed and evasion, and the fight ended with it charging at his neck.

• Qin Ming told Li Tianlan that he would return to Shrek Academy before traveling across Douluo Continent, then left with Fred and Zhao Wuji.
• Li Tianlan said he would hunt a Death Mantis for Bena’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and the Titan Giant Ape led him toward its territory.
• Two days later, Li Tianlan reached the Death Mantis’s valley and told Bena to wait outside with the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• The Death Mantis ambushed Li Tianlan, but he struck it with a wall of fire and burned away part of its wing.
• The Death Mantis evaded Li Tianlan’s energy blast and another fiery strike, then rushed close and swung its forelimbs toward his neck.

Li Tianlan used a Three-Colored Fire Lotus to badly injure the Death Mantis, but it survived and kept attacking at overwhelming speed. To draw it into range for a decisive strike, Li Tianlan deliberately showed weakness while forming the Ancient Emperor Seal, hoping to leave the Soul Beast alive for Bena.

• Li Tianlan lured the Death Mantis close, detonated a Three-Colored Fire Lotus, and struck it with his Wave-Splitting Flame Ruler, apparently knocking it down.
• Li Tianlan noticed the Death Mantis was playing dead and evaded its powerful final strike with Teleportation.
• The Death Mantis charged Li Tianlan repeatedly through the forest, and he used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and the Three-Colored Fire Lotus to keep it at bay.
• Bena, Xiao Wu, and the Titan Giant Ape watched as the Death Mantis's speed prevented Li Tianlan from landing another clean hit, while it might flee if the fight went on.
• Li Tianlan deliberately showed weakness and began forming the Ancient Emperor Seal, a powerful skill that could consume all his Soul Power.

Li Tianlan feigned weakness to lure the Death Mantis into attacking, then disabled it and let Bena deliver the killing blow. Bena obtained the Death Mantis’s pitch-black Soul Ring, though the Sky Azure Bull Python questioned whether a Soul Elder could absorb one from a beast with over fifty-six thousand years of cultivation.

• The Death Mantis believed Li Tianlan was weakening and launched a fierce assault, while Xiao Wu and Bena worried that he might lose.
• Li Tianlan used Spirit Impact to stun the Death Mantis, severed its remaining forelimb, and trapped it in Earth Core Green Lotus Flames that cut off all six of its legs.
• Li Tianlan called Bena over and told her to finish the helpless Death Mantis.
• Bena summoned her Mutated Spirit, the Chef's Knife, beheaded the Death Mantis, and watched its pitch-black Soul Ring rise.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python questioned whether Bena, a Soul Elder, could absorb a Soul Ring from a Death Mantis with more than fifty-six thousand years of cultivation.

Bena absorbed the Death Mantis’s fifty-six-thousand-year Soul Ring, breaking through to level thirty-seven and gaining an External Soul Bone in her left palm. Li Tianlan examined her and learned how to activate it, but the chapter ended before he explained what he had found to Bena.

• Li Tianlan gave Bena a Soul Protecting Pill and explained that her body and mental protection would let her absorb the Soul Ring safely.
• Bena absorbed the Death Mantis’s Soul Ring, and her Soul Power rose to level thirty-seven.
• Bena summoned her Chef’s Knife and demonstrated the sharpness of her new power, shocking the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape.
• Bena said she felt something extra in her body, so Li Tianlan examined her and discovered an External Soul Bone in her left palm.
• Li Tianlan asked Xiao Yan how to activate the External Soul Bone, then examined Bena again as she nervously asked whether anything had gone wrong.

Li Tianlan discovered that Bena had gained a fifty-six-thousand-year External Soul Bone and learned that her third Soul Skill could deliver a devastating attack. He decided to travel with Bena and Xiao Wu to Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy, stopping in Suotuo City first to gather herbs and prepare pills for Xiao Wu; the chapter ended with a shopkeeper announcing he had found a precious herb.

• Li Tianlan told Bena that her External Soul Bone would take about three months to fuse completely.
• Bena revealed her third Soul Skill, Execution, which increased her attack and speed eightfold and pierced armor, though it consumed enormous Soul Power.
• Li Tianlan invited Bena and Xiao Wu to travel with him to Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy, and both agreed.
• Li Tianlan said they would first go to Suotuo City to collect herbs and make pills to help protect Xiao Wu.
• In Suotuo City, Li Tianlan visited the medicine shop, where its owner told him he had found an incredibly precious herb.

Li Tianlan bought a Crimson Moon Flower and collected rare medicinal seeds before taking Bena and Xiao Wu to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He planned to grow herbs and refine pills there, including gifts for Tiandu Academy, and led them toward a high spot beside the well.

• Li Tianlan bought a Crimson Moon Flower and gave the blond shop owner one million Gold Soul Coins to purchase medicinal seeds and future herbs.
• Li Tianlan collected precious materials from a blacksmith and left Suotuo City with Bena and Xiao Wu for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After three days of travel, Li Tianlan, Bena, and Xiao Wu reached the well, where Bena and Xiao Wu learned about its dangers and medicinal treasures.
• Li Tianlan gave Xiao Wu a bottle of Body Tempering Fluid, which she recognized as powerful for strengthening and evolving her body.
• Li Tianlan said he would stay at the well to refine pills for Tiandu Academy and led Bena and Xiao Wu toward nearby high ground.

Li Tianlan planted herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, whose unusual environment accelerated their growth, then prepared to refine pills for Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Bena, and Qian Renxue. He and Xiao Yan refined Earth Fire Dragon King blood into Golden Dragon King essence blood for a pill meant to transform Dugu Yan’s martial soul, while Li Tianlan reaffirmed that he valued power earned through his own cultivation.

• Li Tianlan warned Xiao Wu and Bena not to touch the dangerous herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then planted seeds that grew at an extraordinary rate.
• Li Tianlan sorted his herbs and prepared four kinds of pills to strengthen Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Bena, and Qian Renxue.
• Li Tianlan decided to use Earth Fire Dragon King blood and Ten Thousand Year Golden Dragon King Ginseng to make a Golden Dragon King Pill that could transform Dugu Yan’s martial soul.
• Xiao Yan took control of Li Tianlan’s body and refined two jin of Earth Fire Dragon King blood into a single drop of Golden Dragon King essence blood.
• Li Tianlan rejected inheriting the Golden Dragon King bloodline, and Xiao Yan agreed that self-cultivated power mattered more than bloodline power.