Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunzhu visited Heaven Dou Royal Academy, gave Dugu Yan a Storage Ring, and toured the academy with her and the instructors. His praise of the academy’s rare Simulated Cultivation Environment left the instructors pleased as they explained its benefits and cost.

• Yu Long envied Dugu Bo’s apparent rapid progress toward becoming a Peak Douluo, while Ning Fengzhi reconsidered Lu Yunzhu’s importance and Yu Yuanzhen focused on wanting to spar with him.
• Lu Yunzhu gave Dugu Yan a Storage Ring, and she happily agreed to entertain him and led him and the others around the academy.
• Meng Shenji and the other instructors accompanied Lu Yunzhu, while Yu Tianheng dismissed him and refused to join them.
• Lu Yunzhu praised Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Simulated Cultivation Environment, and the instructors explained that it helped suitable martial souls train more effectively but required considerable resources to maintain.

Dugu Yan claimed that cultivation at her home in Sunset Forest was far better than Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Simulated Cultivation Environment, prompting Lu Yunzhu to demonstrate the Spirit Gathering Array. He began setting up a formation at the academy as Xue Qinghe watched, wondering whether it could surpass the academy’s cultivation environment.

• Dugu Yan insisted that her home offered a better cultivation environment and faster cultivation than Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• The students and hidden observers, including Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen, doubted Dugu Yan’s claims.
• Dugu Yan asked Lu Yunzhu to prove her words by setting up a Spirit Gathering Array, secretly hoping it would help her become team captain over Yu Tianheng.
• Lu Yunzhu agreed, rose into the air, and began setting up a formation with floating flags.
• Xue Qinghe recognized that Lu Yunzhu was a Formation Master and eagerly wondered whether his formation could rival or surpass a Simulated Cultivation Environment.

Lu Yunzhu began setting up the Four Symbols Spirit Gathering Array at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, astonishing the onlookers with its divine beasts and powerful aura. Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, sensed that the array’s aura surpassed even the demigod power she had felt from her grandfather.

• Ning Fengzhi abandoned his plans to control Lu Yunzhu and decided that respect and awe were the only sensible ways to treat him.
• Dugu Yan recalled how Lu Yunzhu’s Spirit Gathering Array had helped Dugu Bo advance rapidly and imagined using the new array to defeat Yu Tianheng for the academy team captaincy.
• Lu Yunzhu sent four colored flags toward the cardinal directions, where they transformed into the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird.
• The students and instructors were frightened by the four divine beasts, while professors Bai Baoshan and Meng Shenji also reacted with alarm.
• Qian Renxue sensed a godlike aura from the array that felt stronger than the demigod power she had sensed from her grandfather.

Lu Yunzhu completed the Four Symbols Spirit Gathering Array, doubling the Soul Power density and cultivation speed throughout Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After Dugu Yan explained that her family’s Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array was even stronger, Lu Yunzhu offered the new formation to the academy in exchange for an agreement, leaving his condition unstated.

• Lu Yunzhu raised the golden Spirit banner and summoned dark clouds, lightning, and a golden pillar of light to complete the formation.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin sensed that Soul Power density had doubled, and Ning Fengzhi began planning to befriend Lu Yunzhu for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Meng Shenji confirmed that the effect covered Heaven Dou Royal Academy and recognized it as a cultivation environment far superior to the academy’s previous one.
• Dugu Yan explained that her family’s Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array increased cultivation speed fourfold, prompting Meng Shenji and the academy members to apologize for doubting her.
• Lu Yunzhu offered the Four Symbols Spirit Gathering Array as a gift to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, provided Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin first agreed to one condition.

Lu Yunzhu agreed to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy professors’ request in exchange for them looking after Dugu Yan. Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Chen Xin arrived, and Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin challenged Lu Yunzhu, who accepted.

• Lu Yunzhu asked Meng Shenji and the other professors to ensure Dugu Yan was well cared for at the academy, and Meng Shenji agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Chen Xin arrived and greeted Lu Yunzhu.
• Bai Baoshan dismissed the unrelated students so the important visitors could speak privately.
• Yu Yuanzhen said he had come to test himself against Lu Yunzhu, while Chen Xin challenged him to a sword duel.
• Lu Yunzhu accepted their challenges after receiving a mission to defeat them and earn the Conversion Art.

Lu Yunzhu challenged Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin to attack him together, then used the Golden Light Mantra and Palm Thunder to withstand their assault. As Chen Xin pressed his attack, Lu Yunzhu sharpened his Rusted Sword with Valorous Edge, leaving Chen Xin sensing danger at close range.

• Lu Yunzhu told Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin to face him together, stunning Ning Fengzhi, Meng Shenji, and the others.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin agreed to attack, and Lu Yunzhu summoned his Rusted Sword after warning the onlookers to retreat.
• Lu Yunzhu invoked the Golden Light Mantra and blocked Yu Yuanzhen's Thunder Rage with Palm Thunder, making Yu Yuanzhen suspect he wielded Ultimate Lightning.
• Chen Xin attacked with his First Soul Skill, Sword Edge, and Lu Yunzhu used Valorous Edge to sharpen his Rusted Sword.
• Chen Xin sensed danger as he closed in on Lu Yunzhu and the newly sharpened blade.

Lu Yunzhu faced Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin as they joined forces against him, while Tang Yuehua watched from the academy entrance and Ning Fengzhi and Yu Long considered his extraordinary strength. Lu Yunzhu unleashed his sword technique and Lightning Summoning Technique as the two Peak Douluo charged, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Tang Yuehua arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to make contact with Lu Yunzhu on behalf of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned Chen Xin not to underestimate Lu Yunzhu, and Chen Xin admitted Lu Yunzhu surpassed him in swordsmanship and would be difficult to defeat without help.
• Ning Fengzhi wondered how to become a cultivator, while Yu Long privately recognized that Lu Yunzhu could defeat him within a few exchanges.
• Yu Yuanzhen transformed and used his soul skills as Chen Xin strengthened himself with the Seven Killing Domain and another soul skill.
• Lu Yunzhu began a sword technique and invoked Lightning Summoning as Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin charged at him.

Lu Yunzhu defeated Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Yu Yuanzhen, then healed them with a Nine Revolutions Spring Return Pill that regrew Chen Xin’s arm and helped Yu Yuanzhen break through. Yu Yuanzhen thanked Lu Yunzhu, while Chen Xin had also awakened and learned what happened.

• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan sensed a sudden fragrance and chill as Lu Yunzhu declared the fight over.
• Lu Yunzhu severed Chen Xin’s right arm and grievously injured Yu Yuanzhen with his techniques.
• Lu Yunzhu gave both men emerald-green pills, regrowing Chen Xin’s arm and rapidly healing Yu Yuanzhen.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed Yu Yuanzhen’s Soul Power surging, boosted him with his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, and ordered everyone to retreat as Yu Yuanzhen prepared to break through.
• Dugu Yan explained that the Nine Revolutions Spring Return Pill healed Yu Yuanzhen and let him use its remaining energy to break through.
• After Ning Fengzhi explained what had happened, Yu Yuanzhen thanked Lu Yunzhu for the blessing.

After Lu Yunzhu’s duel with Chen Xin and Yu Yuanzhen ended, the two powerful Soul Masters praised him and invited him to join their sects. Lu Yunzhu accepted a system mission to decline them and establish his own cultivation faction, leaving him set on remaining independent.

• Chen Xin thanked Lu Yunzhu for the pill that brought him closer to the Level 97 Peak Douluo Realm, and Yu Yuanzhen and Chen Xin conceded that they could not continue the fight.
• The system rewarded Lu Yunzhu for completing his mission with the Conversion Art, which could turn Soul Masters into immortal cultivators.
• Yu Yuanzhen reached the Level 96 Peak Douluo Realm, while Chen Xin moved closer to Level 97, and Meng Shenji invited the group inside to talk.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Lu Yunzhu to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Yu Yuanzhen countered with an invitation to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, offering to introduce his granddaughter.
• The system issued Lu Yunzhu a mission to politely decline both invitations and establish a cultivation faction within a month, with the Golden Core Chapter as its reward.
• Lu Yunzhu accepted the mission because he did not want to join any existing sect, Spirit Hall, kingdom, or empire.

Lu Yunzhu planned to establish a cultivator-aligned faction, and Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to support him. Qian Renxue visited him secretly to discuss the faction and revealed Spirit Hall’s ambition to unify the continent.

• Lu Yunzhu told Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen he wanted to build a force tied to cultivators and asked for their help.
• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen promised to fully support Lu Yunzhu’s new faction.
• Qian Renxue visited Lu Yunzhu in disguise as Xue Qinghe and discussed his plans to found a faction.
• Lu Yunzhu sensed that Qian Renxue wanted more than Spirit Hall’s involvement in the faction, and she admitted it.
• Qian Renxue said Spirit Hall intended to unify Douluo Continent to stabilize the land and improve ordinary people’s lives.

Lu Yunzhu agreed to help Spirit Hall seize the world in exchange for four Title Douluos, then set out with Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling for the Star Dou Great Forest. After three Spirit Hall elders joined them, Lu Yunzhu proposed flying there instead of spending two days on the journey.

• Qian Renxue told Lu Yunzhu that Spirit Hall had fifteen Title Douluos, including her grandfather Qian Daoliu, a Level 99 Peerless Douluo.
• Lu Yunzhu agreed to help Spirit Hall unify the world if Qian Renxue gave him four Title Douluos for his trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lu Yunzhu, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Snake Lance Douluo Yu Long left Heaven Dou City the next morning.
• Sting-Puff Douluo Ci Xue, Demon Bear Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo joined the group and greeted Lu Yunzhu respectfully.
• After Ci Xue said the journey would take about two days, Lu Yunzhu suggested that they fly to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lu Yunzhu revealed the Gale Lightning Boat, a fast flying vessel, and took the group aboard for their journey to the Star Dou Great Forest. After he demonstrated its speed and defenses, Ci Xue took control, while the other Douluo eagerly wanted to try it and Qian Renxue kept her attention on Lu Yunzhu.

• Lu Yunzhu took a palm-sized boat from his Storage Ring, expanded it into the Gale Lightning Boat, and invited everyone aboard.
• Lu Yunzhu explained that the vessel flew using Spiritual Power or Soul Power and demonstrated its speed and protective energy barrier.
• Lu Yunzhu said they would reach the Star Dou Great Forest in about two hours but admitted he did not know which direction it lay.
• Ci Xue took control of the Gale Lightning Boat and quickly learned to pilot it.
• Demon Bear Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Yu Long each wanted to try the vessel, while Qian Renxue watched Lu Yunzhu.

Lu Yunzhu explained Artifact Refiners to Qian Renxue before discovering the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest. He pursued the six-hundred-thousand-year soul beast, determined to claim it as a mount, while Qian Renxue sent Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo after him.

• Lu Yunzhu told Qian Renxue that Artifact Refiners could create powerful weapons and tools far beyond what blacksmiths could make.
• Lu Yunzhu sensed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and leaped from the Cloud Boat to pursue it.
• Qian Renxue ordered Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo to follow Lu Yunzhu while Snake Lance Elder and Pufferfish Elder guarded the Cloud Boat.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fled toward the territory of the three Thousand Jun Ant Emperor brothers, hoping to make them fight Lu Yunzhu.
• Lu Yunzhu cast the Lightning Summoning Technique, striking the ground in front of the fleeing tiger and stopping it in shock.

Lu Yunzhu trapped the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in his Three Yuan Rakshasa Formation and subdued it with help from three powerful Rakshasas. Demon Bear Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, and Qian Renxue arrived to find the tiger cowed, while Lu Yunzhu’s next move remained undecided.

• Lu Yunzhu formed the Three Yuan Rakshasa Formation around the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, summoning two male Rakshasas and a powerful female Rakshasa.
• Lu Yunzhu taunted the trapped tiger and flicked it on the head as Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo arrived, startled by the formation and its occupants.
• Qian Renxue arrived, felt disgust toward the evil creatures, and warned Lu Yunzhu to be careful near the tiger.
• When the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger tried to resist Lu Yunzhu’s slap, the female Rakshasa held a blade to its throat and warned it not to move.
• Lu Yunzhu slapped the tiger several more times, and it submitted rather than risk its life, leaving Demon Bear Douluo astonished.

Lu Yunzhu subdued the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with a Soul Slave Talisman and named it Mo Yin, then continued with his companions toward the Star Dou Great Forest’s core. There, Er Ming sensed Xiao Wu’s familiar aura and rushed off to find her, while Da Ming stayed behind.

• Lu Yunzhu placed a talisman on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, destroyed its soul, and named the obedient beast Mo Yin, his first mount.
• Qian Renxue, Demon Bear Douluo, and Ghost Leopard Douluo reacted with shock and fear at Lu Yunzhu’s Rakshasa formation and Soul Slave Talisman.
• Lu Yunzhu considered obtaining Mo Yin one of his four objectives completed as his group drew nearer to the forest’s core.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sensed an evil aura but decided not to investigate, then Er Ming asked when Xiao Wu would return.
• Er Ming sensed Xiao Wu’s familiar aura and charged into the forest, while Da Ming smiled at her apparent return.
• Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo became vigilant when they sensed the Titan Giant Ape moving.

Lu Yunzhu ordered the Cloud Boat to follow the Titan Giant Ape toward the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Six Monsters were searching for Tang San’s third soul ring. The Titan Giant Ape appeared before them, leaving the group terrified and facing mortal danger.

• Lu Yunzhu told Yu Long to follow the Titan Giant Ape, and Qian Renxue accepted his decision.
• Zhao Wuji led the Shrek Six Monsters through the forest to search for Tang San’s third soul ring after Zhu Zhuqing had departed.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun traded insults while Zhao Wuji urged the group to prepare for danger.
• The Titan Giant Ape appeared before Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Six Monsters.
• Zhao Wuji pleaded with the Titan Giant Ape and offered to withdraw, while Dai Mubai prepared to flee.

The Titan Giant Ape trapped the Shrek Six Monsters and Zhao Wuji with its Gravity Domain after defeating Zhao Wuji. Just as the group faced certain death, Serpent Spear Douluo She Long and Sting-Puff Douluo Ci Xue arrived, revealing themselves as Title Douluo.

• Oscar made Flying Mushroom Sausages, Ning Rongrong buffed Dai Mubai, and Zhao Wuji charged the Titan Giant Ape while ordering the students to flee.
• The Titan Giant Ape defeated Zhao Wuji in less than three seconds, leaving the Shrek Six Monsters too frightened to escape.
• Tang San urged everyone to split up and flee, but the Titan Giant Ape used its Gravity Domain to pin the group down as it approached.
• Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong despaired beneath the pressure, while Tang San wondered if they were about to die.
• She Long and Ci Xue appeared between the trapped group and the Titan Giant Ape, revealed their Title Douluo strength, and prompted Zhao Wuji to beg them for help.

Qian Renxue and Lu Yunzhu arrived as the Shrek group faced She Long and Ci Xue, and the Titan Giant Ape lifted its gravity suppression. Lu Yunzhu provoked the Titan Giant Ape by calling it a little monkey, leaving the Shrek group shocked by his confidence and uncertain of his strength.

• Qian Renxue appeared in the sky, and the Titan Giant Ape lifted its gravity suppression so the Shrek group could recover.
• Ning Rongrong and Dai Mubai asked the newcomers for protection, while the Titan Giant Ape warned the humans to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lu Yunzhu descended from the Cloud Boat and mocked the Titan Giant Ape as a little monkey.
• The Shrek group doubted that Lu Yunzhu could be a Title Douluo because he looked so young, while Ning Rongrong admired his appearance and Oscar resented him.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu remained wary, as Xiao Wu feared that she and Er Ming would be killed.

Lu Yunzhu’s mount, Mo Yin, arrived and confronted the Titan Giant Ape after it took offense at Lu Yunzhu’s words. Lu Yunzhu revealed that the sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had become his mount, leaving the Shrek Six Monsters and the Titan Giant Ape stunned.

• Lu Yunzhu heard Oscar mutter about him and frightened Oscar by warning him through spiritual sense.
• The Titan Giant Ape grew angry when Lu Yunzhu called it a little monkey and challenged him.
• Mo Yin landed before the group, roared at the Titan Giant Ape, and stopped when Lu Yunzhu ordered it to.
• The Titan Giant Ape demanded to know why Mo Yin was siding with humans, and Lu Yunzhu explained that Mo Yin was his mount.
• Ning Rongrong recognized how extraordinary it was that a sixty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had willingly become Lu Yunzhu’s mount.

Lu Yunzhu summoned Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo, surrounding the Titan Giant Ape with four Title Douluo and frightening Xiao Wu. She Long seized Xiao Wu, and Tang San was knocked away when he tried to stop him.

• Ma Hongjun and Zhao Wuji were shocked to discover that Demon Bear Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo had joined She Long and Ci Xue.
• Dai Mubai suspected that a valuable treasure had drawn the Title Douluo and the Titan Giant Ape to the area.
• Xiao Wu trembled in fear as the Titan Giant Ape realized that the four Title Douluo might kill them both.
• Lu Yunzhu ordered his companions to take Xiao Wu, and She Long grabbed her by the neck.
• Tang San rushed forward and demanded that She Long release Xiao Wu, but She Long slapped him with Soul Power and sent him flying.