Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun used his Wish Cubes to summon new light- and dark-element War Spirits, then assigned them roles on his team. After organizing the newcomers and their resources, he left for the Trial Temple.

• Xiao Yun spent twenty Wish Cubes on light-and-dark Wish Summoning, gaining fragments for Medusa, Dian Mu, and several Epic War Spirits.
• Xiao Yun fused Medusa's and Dian Mu's fragments, summoned the two Legendary War Spirits, and asked them to learn about the situation from Tu Yaoyao.
• Xiao Yun used more fragments to obtain life plaques for Medusa and Dian Mu, then summoned Di Sha, Du Kang, and Bai Ze from his Epic fragments.
• Xiao Yun assigned Di Sha to Yingzhao, Bai Ze to assist Tu Yaoyao with logistics, and Du Kang to gather ingredients and brew liquor.
• Xiao Yun informed Tu Yaoyao, left the Summoning Temple, and headed to the Trial Temple.

Xiao Yun and Xuan Yinghua explored the hidden trial realm in Wind Spirit Valley, defeating monsters and collecting rewards while activating ancient mechanisms. After defeating Qiongqi and opening nearby treasure chests, Xiao Yun activated a red mechanism that lowered the stone pillars blocking the way ahead.

• Xuan Yinghua invited Xiao Yun to explore the secret realm in Wind Spirit Valley and explained its rules and rewards.
• Xiao Yun summoned his War Spirits to defeat monsters guarding treasure chests, earning Breakthrough Stones and Spiritual Power, and learned that their health did not recover after battle.
• Xiao Yun and his team defeated the monsters summoned by a signboard, then heard a Nameless Spirit ask them to activate an ancient ritual mechanism.
• Xiao Yun defeated another monster squad, collected 100 Breakthrough Stones, and activated a yellow mechanism that revealed a goddess's phantom and a Teleportation Portal.
• Xiao Yun and Xuan Yinghua entered the core area, where Xiao Yun's team defeated Qiongqi and earned Spiritual Power and gold coins.
• Xiao Yun opened two blue treasure chests for more Spiritual Power, then activated a red mechanism that sank the blocking stone pillars.

Xiao Yun completed the Secret Realm exploration, freed Jixiangtian, and collected its rewards before leaving the Vast Wilderness World to rest. At dawn, he went to meet Xue Qinghe, who invited him to ride with him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Xiao Yun defeated the monsters guarding treasure chests and mechanisms, opened the chests, and activated a mechanism that cleared the way to the Teleportation Portal.
• Xiao Yun met Jixiangtian, who thanked him for freeing her from a thousand-year prison and then vanished, leaving four red treasure chests behind.
• Xiao Yun opened the four red treasure chests, and the Secret Realm sent him and the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden out; the Nine Heavens Profound Maiden then left to tell the other War Spirits about Jixiangtian.
• Xiao Yun left the Vast Wilderness World, slept, and went to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's residence after breakfast to travel with him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xue Qinghe spotted Xiao Yun as he was about to board his carriage and invited him to ride along, surprising the surrounding guards and attendants.

Xue Qinghe invited Xiao Yun to ride in the Crown Prince’s carriage and brought him along on a visit to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The procession arrived at the academy, where the education committee welcomed Xue Qinghe and quietly wondered who Xiao Yun was.

• Xue Qinghe invited Xiao Yun into the Crown Prince’s carriage, drawing the guards’ curiosity and resentment.
• A concealed Titled Douluo-level scan failed to detect Xiao Yun’s power, and the elderly man recognized him as the strategist who had proposed stirring conflict between the Two Great Empires.
• Xue Qinghe and Xiao Yun discussed how the academy might respond to the Crown Prince’s visit and how resistance could be overcome.
• Xue Qinghe’s procession arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin welcomed her.
• Xue Qinghe sent the procession back to the Crown Prince’s Mansion and remained at the academy with Xue Ling, Horn Fan Hosen, Fenghuayuan Shenyue, and Xiao Yun.

Xue Qinghe toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy and watched its elite team train, while Xiao Yun assessed their abilities and questioned Ye Lingling’s healing-focused Martial Soul. The tour ended as Meng Shenji led the group to the academy’s special Mimicry Training Grounds.

• Meng Shenji showed Xue Qinghe the academy’s gardens and described its elite students and tournament prospects.
• Meng Shenji introduced the seven members of the Imperial Fighting Team as they practiced team coordination.
• Meng Shenji asked Xue Qinghe about Shrek Academy’s proposed merger, and Xue Qinghe said he would not interfere but asked whether the students had been investigated.
• Xiao Yun watched Ye Lingling and reflected on the unusual nature of her Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul.
• Xiao Yun told Xue Qinghe that the academy’s students lacked real combat experience, and Xue Qinghe agreed that arena fights differed from actual combat.
• Meng Shenji led Xue Qinghe’s group to observe ordinary instruction and then tour the special Mimicry Training Grounds.

The Shrek group toured Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Xue Beng provoked them by attempting to touch Zhu Zhuqing and was beaten unconscious. After he recovered, Xue Qinghe and Xiao Yun watched the group and took an interest in Dai Mubai.

• Xiao Yun observed how the academy's mimicry training rooms used Spirit Element Soul Masters, medicines, and formations to aid cultivation.
• The Shrek group admired Heaven Dou Royal Academy's lavish grounds as Flender and Yu Xiaogang considered its resources and students.
• Xue Beng insulted the group and reached for Zhu Zhuqing, so Dai Mubai seized his wrist, Tang San punched him, Zhu Zhuqing slashed him, and Dai Mubai kicked him unconscious.
• Oscar and Ye Lingling treated Xue Beng, who recognized Tang San, pushed Ye Lingling away, and left without confronting the group further.
• Qin Ming led the Shrek group to a reception hall while Xue Qinghe and Xiao Yun watched from above and discussed Dai Mubai.

Xue Qinghe waited to see whether Heaven Dou Royal Academy would accept Dai Mubai while Flender and the Shrek teachers met with the academy’s committee members. The committee members dismissed Yu Xiaogang after learning his rank was only Soul Grandmaster, leaving his place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy uncertain.

• Huo En and Shen Yue offered to capture Dai Mubai, but Xue Qinghe told them to wait for the committee members’ decision.
• Qin Ming introduced Flender and the other Shrek teachers to Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Lin, who praised their strength and teaching experience.
• Qin Ming introduced Yu Xiaogang and his theories, but the committee members questioned his teaching record and spirit master rank.
• Flender mentioned Yu Xiaogang’s role in the Golden Triangle, prompting Bai Baoshan to consider lowering the instructor requirement to a three-ring Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang’s reaction revealed that he was only a Soul Grandmaster, and Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin rejected him as an instructor.

Xiao Yun arranged a theoretical debate between himself and Yu Xiaogang to decide whether Yu could join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Flender negotiated for the Shrek Seven Devils to use the academy’s resources and compete in the tournament. The committee conditionally accepted the students’ transfer, pending a review and internal selection, and agreed to retain at least two teachers for them.

• Tang San defended Yu Xiaogang after the committee members questioned his qualifications.
• Xiao Yun proposed debating Yu Xiaogang, with victory granting Yu a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and defeat barring him from teaching there.
• Xue Qinghe relayed the proposal to Meng Shenji, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to the debate on the condition that his opponent be no older than him.
• Meng Shenji and the others reviewed the Shrek Seven Devils’ profiles, and Flender revealed that Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Spirit had evolved.
• Flender asked for the Shrek Seven Devils to compete as Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team and use its resources; the committee agreed in principle, subject to a review and internal selection tournament.
• Flender secured the committee’s agreement to retain at least two teachers specifically to guide the Shrek Seven Devils.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ning Fengzhi confronted Meng Shenji over the delay in Ning Rongrong reporting her Martial Soul Evolution, then allowed her to rejoin Shrek as a theoretical debate was prepared. A flashback showed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect celebrating Rongrong’s Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and asking who had helped her evolve it.

• Meng Shenji led the Shrek group to the Central Lecture Hall, where Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Yun were set to debate before academy staff and students.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Ning Rongrong entered the hall, and Ning Fengzhi reprimanded Meng Shenji for delaying Rongrong’s return to report her Martial Soul Evolution.
• Meng Shenji vouched for Shrek, and Ning Fengzhi agreed not to pursue the matter further as long as it did not happen again.
• Ning Rongrong asked to return to Shrek, and Ning Fengzhi let her go with a warning to be careful.
• In a flashback, Ning Rongrong revealed her eight-tiered pagoda to Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, who celebrated the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Ning Rongrong who had helped her Martial Soul evolve.

Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo about Immortal Taibai and her Martial Soul’s evolution into an Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. After learning how powerful Immortal Taibai was and that he had left without revealing where he lived, Ning Fengzhi agreed to accompany Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they heard Yu Xiaogang would debate an unknown opponent.

• Ning Rongrong explained that Immortal Taibai had infused her with Immortal Qi, causing her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to evolve, and said Shrek’s teachers had stopped her from returning to the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo reacted angrily, but Ning Rongrong urged them not to start a conflict with Shrek because she still intended to study there.
• Ning Rongrong showed Chen Xin and Gu Rong the Star Cloud Silver Iron that Immortal Taibai had cut in half, and both Douluos warned Ning Fengzhi not to make an enemy of him.
• Ning Rongrong said she did not know where Immortal Taibai lived and repeated his restrictions on using Immortal Qi; she then confirmed she would return to Shrek for its merger discussion with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The next morning, Chen Xin took Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where they heard that Yu Xiaogang would debate Spirit Master theory with an unknown opponent and went to the Central Lecture Hall.

At the Soul Master Theory Debate, Yu Xiaogang presented his first theory about the relationship between Innate Soul Power and martial soul quality. Xiao Yun faced him as prominent guests gathered, and the chapter left the debate poised for Xiao Yun’s response.

• Meng Shenji opened the debate and introduced Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Yun as the speakers.
• Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Yun took their places, while Shrek Academy’s students cheered for Yu Xiaogang and other spectators doubted Xiao Yun.
• Xue Qinghe greeted Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong, while Sword Douluo Chen Xin noticed Xiao Yun’s sword intent.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived with Dugu Bo and Xue Beng, drawing more attention from the audience and the Shrek group.
• Meng Shenji announced that the debate topic was Yu Xiaogang’s Top Ten Core Competitiveness Theories of Spirits.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that stronger martial souls produced higher Innate Soul Power and that children inherited the stronger parent’s martial soul, winning agreement from many spectators.

Xiao Yun challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theory that Martial Soul quality determined Innate Soul Power, using Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power to expose its flaw. He presented a broader explanation, won the first round, and left Yu Xiaogang forced to conceal his resentment.

• Xiao Yun silenced the hall and asked Tang San to name his Martial Soul and Innate Soul Power; Tang San answered that he had Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun pointed out that Tang San’s Wasted Martial Soul contradicted Yu Xiaogang’s theory, while Tang San refused to reveal his hidden Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang conceded that exceptional geniuses could fall outside his theory, and Xiao Yun challenged him with examples of Spirit Masters who shared a Martial Soul but had different Innate Soul Power.
• Xiao Yun argued that bloodline, physical condition, Spiritual Power, and other factors could affect Innate Soul Power, and the audience found his explanation more convincing.
• Meng Shenji declared Xiao Yun the winner of the first round, and Yu Xiaogang congratulated him while saying he would revise his theory.

Xiao Yun dismantled Yu Xiaogang’s claim that there were no Wasted Martial Souls, using Yu Xiaogang’s own Luo Sanpao and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass against him. The debate left Yu Xiaogang humiliated while Tang San kept his second Martial Soul secret on Tang Hao’s instruction.

• Yu Xiaogang argued that his guidance had helped Tang San cultivate Blue Silver Grass into a powerful Three-Ring Martial Soul, proving there were no Wasted Martial Souls.
• Xiao Yun countered that Martial Soul quality set most Soul Masters’ limits and that many commoners lacked the Innate Soul Power needed to cultivate.
• Xiao Yun called Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao a failed mutation and used Yu Xiaogang’s theory to accuse him of not knowing how to cultivate.
• Xiao Yun argued that Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power proved his Blue Silver Grass could not be ordinary, prompting the Shrek Seven Devils to ask whether Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao told Tang San not to reveal his other Martial Soul, so Tang San neither confirmed nor denied it as Xiao Yun argued that his Blue Silver Grass was no weaker than a top-tier Martial Soul.

Xiao Yun dismantled Yu Xiaogang’s claims about Martial Soul categories and combat roles, then proposed a broader classification system and three paths for developing Soul Masters. He began explaining Comprehensive Development Type cultivation, using Oscar as an example.

• Xiao Yun challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Martial Souls had only Tool and Beast categories, asking how Blue Silver Grass and the Sausage Spirit fit.
• Xiao Yun presented a classification system that included Insect, Plant, Food, Body, Elemental, God-Tier, and other Special Martial Souls.
• Ning Fengzhi admired Xiao Yun’s argument, Sword Douluo Chen Xin criticized Yu Xiaogang’s theories, and Yu Xiaogang left the podium.
• Xiao Yun argued that Tool Martial Souls were not inherently supportive and Beast Martial Souls were not inherently offensive, and said Soul Masters could choose their own development paths.
• Xiao Yun described Single Ability Type and Comprehensive Development Type cultivation, citing the Clear Sky Sect, Ye Lingling, Sword Douluo, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Oscar as examples.

Xiao Yun exposed Yu Xiaogang’s theory of spirit ring absorption limits as overly broad, but Yu Xiaogang fled before answering. Tang San stepped in to defend his teacher and presented the theory, leaving Xiao Yun to challenge its assumptions with examples of individual differences and physical enhancements.

• Xiao Yun discovered Yu Xiaogang hiding behind Zhao Wuji and demanded that he return to the debate.
• Meng Shenji and Zhao Wuji urged Yu Xiaogang to face Xiao Yun, but Tang San defended his teacher and claimed he had left for an urgent reason.
• Xiao Yun invited Tang San to continue the debate, and Tang San finally jumped onto the stage despite Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing trying to stop him.
• Tang San presented Yu Xiaogang’s standard spirit ring absorption age limits as established rules supported by extensive cases.
• Xiao Yun argued that absorption limits varied with a Soul Master’s upbringing, age, rare medicines, Spirit Bones, and voluntary Soul Beast sacrifices.

Xiao Yun challenged the reliability and safety of Yu Xiaogang’s soul ring absorption limits, then debated Tang San over soul ring compatibility. He argued that Yu Xiaogang’s choices had stunted Luo Sanpao’s potential and caused his level-29 stagnation.

• Xiao Yun questioned where Yu Xiaogang had obtained his cases and warned that fixed absorption limits could endanger Soul Masters with different constitutions.
• Xiao Yun revealed that Tang San had absorbed a soul ring older than two thousand years, and advised Soul Masters to judge their limits individually.
• Tang San used his poison-bearing Blue Silver Grass soul rings to argue that soul rings from different types of Soul Beasts could suit a Martial Soul, while Xiao Yun said strengthening its fundamental power mattered more.
• Xiao Yun asked Flender whose Martial Soul led the Golden Iron Triangle’s fusion skill, and Flender identified Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao.
• Xiao Yun proposed that Luo Sanpao held an incompletely awakened Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline and that suitable soul rings might have helped awaken it.
• Xiao Yun mocked Yu Xiaogang’s first two soul ring choices and claimed they had locked Luo Sanpao into its comical form and caused Yu Xiaogang to remain at level 29.

Xiao Yun challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul theories and argued that his advice had led Tang San to choose unsuitable Soul Rings for Blue Silver Grass. Tang San recognized that his Soul Power growth had slowed as Xiao Yun predicted, leaving him with the first doubts about his teacher.

• Xiao Yun explained that Yu Xiaogang’s misunderstanding of his own Martial Soul had undermined his theories, shocking Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek group.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Dugu Bo, the education committee members, Xue Qingshe, Huo En, and Shen Yue reassessed Xiao Yun after hearing his analysis.
• Xiao Yun asked a student to describe Blue Silver Grass, and the student identified its exceptional vitality as the reason it grew across the continent.
• Xiao Yun told Tang San that his Mandala Snake, Ghost Vine, and Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Rings were poorly suited to Blue Silver Grass and had hindered its growth.
• Tang San recalled that his Soul Power had been increasing more slowly and began to doubt Yu Xiaogang’s guidance.

Xiao Yun defeated Yu Xiaogang in the Soul Master Theory Debate, prompting Flender to lead Shrek Academy away rather than abandon his friend. As the group tried to leave, Xue Qinghe ordered Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing seized and accused them of infiltrating Heaven Dou as members of the Star Luo Empire.

• Xiao Yun challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories, leaving Tang San shaken and the audience convinced Xiao Yun had won.
• Meng Shenji declared Xiao Yun the winner and expelled Yu Xiaogang from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Flender refused to leave Yu Xiaogang behind and led the Shrek group away, with Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong following.
• Xue Qinghe ordered Huo En to capture Dai Mubai and Shen Yue to restrain Zhu Zhuqing as the Shrek group prepared to leave.
• Xue Qinghe identified Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing as members of the Star Luo Empire and accused them of infiltrating Heaven Dou.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were exposed as members of the Star Luo imperial family, and the Heaven Dou court moved to detain them and investigate Shrek Academy. Ning Fengzhi persuaded Xue Qinghe to spare the Shrek group from detention, but they were confined to Lake Heart Island as Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were taken to the imperial city.

• The Shrek group learned Dai Mubai was a Star Luo prince, prompting Ning Fengzhi to send Sword Douluo Chen Xin away with Ning Rongrong.
• Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing celebrated Dai Mubai’s exposure, while Xue Qinghe ordered Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing sent to the imperial dungeon and Shrek Academy detained for investigation.
• Qin Ming pleaded with the education committee to show mercy, but Xue Qinghe said the matter concerned relations between nations.
• After Chen Xin and Dugu Bo noticed something outside the classroom, Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Qinghe to release the Shrek group, and Xue Qinghe agreed to keep them under three days of house arrest instead.
• Royal Knights escorted the Shrek group to Lake Heart Island, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were taken by carriage toward the imperial city.

A staged attack on Dai Mubai’s carriage ended with his guardian escaping with him while Zhu Zhuqing hid and fled alone after being abandoned. Xiao Yun watched over her, then returned to face competing offers from Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy, leaving his choice undecided.

• A burly man ambushed Dai Mubai’s carriage, and Dugu Bo fought him while the man used Zhu Zhuqing as a distraction to escape with Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Eternal Night Descent: Shadow Dodge to hide from Dugu Bo, then fled toward the city outskirts, deciding she could not return to Star Luo or stay in Heaven Dou.
• Xiao Yun watched Zhu Zhuqing from a clock tower and tracked her with the Immortal Qi he had left within her.
• Xue Qinghe offered Xiao Yun a staff position in the Crown Prince’s Mansion, Ning Fengzhi invited him to become an honored elder of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Meng Shenji offered him a professorship at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xiao Yun acknowledged the three offers but left his response unfinished.