Chapter Summaries

Luo Hao and Liu Erlong intimidated the Yun family into accepting Su Yuntao, earning Luo Hao a system reward. After reaching Shrek Academy, Luo Hao found Oscar training and kicked him down when he tried to run away.

• Yun Aotian provoked Luo Hao, but Liu Erlong revealed her Soul Douluo strength and forced him and the Yun family to kneel.
• Yun Sisi and Su Yuntao pleaded for Yun Aotian, and Liu Erlong spared him before leaving with Luo Hao.
• Luo Hao learned that his staged intervention had won Su Yuntao his father-in-law's approval, then received 200,000 Soul Ring experience and 200,000 skill points from the system.
• Luo Hao told Liu Erlong he wanted to visit Shrek Academy and invite his three wives to join Blue Tyrant Academy, and she agreed.
• At Shrek, Luo Hao found Oscar running laps with weights; Oscar tried to flee, so Luo Hao kicked him to the ground.

Luo Hao learned that Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing had left Shrek Academy and went to find them in Suotuo City. He reunited with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong at their inn, where they explained why they had left.

• Oscar told Luo Hao that Yu Xiaogang had taken over training after Flender returned, and that Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing had left Shrek Academy.
• Luo Hao healed Oscar, then went to the Roman Inn and paid the manager for a room so he could find the girls.
• Xiao Wu recognized Luo Hao and threw herself into his arms, and Ning Rongrong ran out and hugged him too.
• Ning Rongrong complained about Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Dai Mubai, while Luo Hao reassured her that Shrek had lost much of its strength without them.
• Xiao Wu told Luo Hao that she and Zhu Zhuqing had left because Ning Rongrong had left, and because the academy had treated Rongrong too strictly.

Luo Hao gave Xiao Wu a spiritual-defense head soul bone and promised Ning Rongrong another gift before heading to the Soto Great Spirit Arena. There, he saw a masked woman known as the Black Empress Clan being cheered as the arena’s new king, leaving him stunned.

• Luo Hao learned that Zhu Zhuqing trained at the Great Soul Arena daily while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu had spent the week resting and playing.
• Luo Hao gave Xiao Wu a head soul bone that resisted spiritual attacks and could improve her reaction speed, and she happily went to absorb it.
• Ning Rongrong demanded a gift from Luo Hao and finally asked him to sleep with only her that night.
• Luo Hao went to the Soto Great Spirit Arena and heard the crowd cheering for the Black Empress Clan.
• Luo Hao saw a masked woman in black standing in the arena as the crowd hailed her, and he was completely dumbfounded.

Zhu Zhuqing defended her arena winning streak against the level 41 Soul Ancestor Overlord Tiger, surprising Luo Hao and the spectators with her calm confidence. The fight began, and she blocked Overlord Tiger’s opening strike.

• Luo Hao discovered Zhu Zhuqing had become the arena’s Black Empress and learned she had won thirty consecutive matches.
• The host announced that Zhu Zhuqing would face the level 41 Overlord Tiger, despite her being only level 33.
• Overlord Tiger taunted Zhu Zhuqing, and she resolved to cripple him before the match began.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Overlord Tiger activated their Martial Soul Possession, revealing her three Soul Rings and his four, including two thousand-year rings.
• Overlord Tiger circled the arena as a blue blur, then attacked from behind, but Zhu Zhuqing blocked his claws with her scythe.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated her opponent with a single powerful scythe strike, while Luo Hao watched and considered the danger of the wounded man seeking revenge. The arena announced her next defense match, and the crowd continued cheering for the Black Empress.

• Zhu Zhuqing shattered the middle-aged man's sonic attack and severed his forelimb and hind toes with her Netherworld Slash.
• The middle-aged man surrendered, and the host announced Zhu Zhuqing's thirty-first successful arena defense.
• Luo Hao was astonished by Zhu Zhuqing's strength and suspected the wounded man would seek revenge.
• The host announced that Zhu Zhuqing's next defense match would begin in half an hour, and Luo Hao slipped into the crowd.
• Manager Ao gave his subordinates instructions before limping away to find a friend who could treat his injuries.

Luo Hao appeared in the Great Soul Arena as the challenger against Zhu Zhuqing, a level 31 Healing Type Soul Master facing the feared Black Empress Clan. Zhu Zhuqing welcomed her master and attacked with Hell Stab, while Luo Hao watched her move with his Golden Eye.

• Zhu Zhuqing entered the arena for her final match of the day and reflected on Luo Hao's lessons about fighting without relying on Soul Power or a Martial Soul.
• The host announced that Zhu Zhuqing's next challenger was a level 31 Healing Type Soul Master, prompting the audience to laugh and doubt the match.
• Luo Hao leaped onto the stage, and Zhu Zhuqing recognized him as her master and smiled.
• Luo Hao told Zhu Zhuqing to go all out so he could see her progress.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Hell Stab and appeared behind Luo Hao, swinging her scythe at his neck as he tracked her speed with his Golden Eye.

Luo Hao demonstrated his powerful defense against Zhu Zhuqing’s rapid attacks, shrugging off her sickle and interrupting her strongest move with Super-Gravity. The arena fell silent after her attack exploded harmlessly.

• Luo Hao caught Zhu Zhuqing’s sickle between two armored fingers, stunning the audience and exciting her.
• Zhu Zhuqing unleashed Netherworld Hundred Claws, but her attacks only sent ripples across Luo Hao’s enormous Soul Power shield.
• Zhu Zhuqing retreated and began charging Netherworld Slash as the audience argued over the strength of her attack and Luo Hao’s defense.
• Luo Hao used Super-Gravity to slam Zhu Zhuqing face-first into the ground and interrupt her soul skill, causing its gathered power to explode into black smoke.
• The arena fell silent.

Luo Hao defeated Zhu Zhuqing in the Great Soul Arena and chose to collect his prize money rather than defend his victory. Zhu Zhuqing told him she had left Shrek after Yu Xiaogang’s attempt to train her and Dai Mubai in a Martial Soul Fusion ended with Dai Mubai badly injured.

• Luo Hao defeated Zhu Zhuqing with a Soul Power explosion, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted defeat.
• Luo Hao collected his prize money, ignoring the crowd’s boos, then helped Zhu Zhuqing up.
• Zhu Zhuqing hugged Luo Hao before they met in the lounge, where she thanked him for the pills that had helped her improve.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Luo Hao that Yu Xiaogang had trained her and Dai Mubai to perform a Martial Soul Fusion.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the fusion attempt exploded, seriously injuring Dai Mubai and leaving him unable to use his Martial Soul for half a year.
• Zhu Zhuqing said Tang San took Dai Mubai for treatment, then Ning Rongrong clashed with Flender and the students dropped out of Shrek.

After Dai Mubai was injured, Yu Xiaogang wondered how Luo Hao could evolve Martial Souls and worried about the power of his cannon. Later, Luo Hao and Zhu Zhuqing killed an armed group that tried to abduct her, and Luo Hao found a token on their leader.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San was treating Dai Mubai and expected him to recover within a month.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed himself for Dai Mubai's injury and wondered how Luo Hao had evolved Martial Souls, while coveting the method for his own Waste Martial Soul.
• Luo Hao and Zhu Zhuqing noticed they were being followed and entered an alley, where a Soul Emperor and seven Soul Ancestors blocked their way.
• The Soul Emperor demanded that Zhu Zhuqing go with his young master and offered Luo Hao a place in his family, but Luo Hao used his golden eye to incapacitate the elder.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the seven Soul Ancestors with strikes to the backs of their heads, and Luo Hao killed the elder and searched his body.
• Luo Hao found a heavy, well-made token on the elder.

Luo Hao learned that the Rose Family had targeted Zhu Zhuqing and gave her a rare Shadow Wolf soul bone to absorb. Later, Ning Rongrong pulled him away from Xiao Wu, and Luo Hao cornered her after they entered her room.

• Luo Hao recognized the Rose Family token, and Zhu Zhuqing explained that the family had tried to recruit her before she refused.
• Luo Hao brought Zhu Zhuqing back to the inn and gave her a thirty-thousand-year Shadow Wolf left leg soul bone to absorb.
• After dinner, Ning Rongrong reminded Luo Hao of his promise and pulled him away from Xiao Wu, claiming she needed help with her Ten Directions Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Luo Hao entered Ning Rongrong's room and pinned her in a corner, while she protested that he could not do what he wanted.

Luo Hao and Ning Rongrong spent the night together, and the next day Liu Erlong arrived and met Ning Rongrong. Liu Erlong welcomed Ning Rongrong as family and gave Luo Hao thousand-year wild ginseng, telling him to practice moderation.

• Luo Hao teased Ning Rongrong before she pulled him back, and they spent the night together.
• The next day, Ning Rongrong bit Luo Hao after waking, and he healed the injury with his power.
• Liu Erlong arrived at Luo Hao's room and met Ning Rongrong, whom Luo Hao introduced as the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's Ning Rongrong.
• Liu Erlong told Ning Rongrong to call her Sister, then gave Luo Hao thousand-year wild ginseng and advised him to practice moderation.

Liu Erlong met Flender and Yu Xiaogang after Flender brought Yu Xiaogang to see her, hoping to rekindle their relationship. She treated them with calm politeness, and Yu Xiaogang realized she no longer looked at him with love.

• Liu Erlong settled into a secluded courtyard in Suotuo City and planned to bring Luo Hao's three girlfriends to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Flender found Liu Erlong and brought Yu Xiaogang to her, hoping the two would reconcile.
• Liu Erlong invited Flender and Yu Xiaogang to sit and have tea, speaking to them without any sign of emotion.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang noticed Liu Erlong's unusual calmness as she asked how they had been.
• Yu Xiaogang met Liu Erlong's gaze and saw no tenderness or love in her eyes.

Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang and Flender that she had moved on and was in love with Luo Hao, leaving Yu Xiaogang devastated. When Flender accused Luo Hao of threatening her, Liu Erlong revealed her Soul Douluo strength and domain.

• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang and Flender that she had built an academy, taken a strong student, and found herself a younger man.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed when Liu Erlong said she had waited for someone else instead of him, and Flender demanded to know who the man was.
• Liu Erlong said she would not let them visit again because she feared Xiao Hao might misunderstand.
• Yu Xiaogang fainted after hearing Liu Erlong address Xiao Hao intimately, while Flender accused her of being heartless.
• Flender suggested Luo Hao had threatened Liu Erlong, so she erupted in anger and unleashed eight soul rings and a domain.
• Flender realized Liu Erlong had become a Soul Douluo with a domain in the years since they last met.

Liu Erlong drove Flender and Yu Xiaogang away, while Qin Ming allowed the Imperial Fighting Team to try Soto Great Spirit Arena’s unrestricted arena matches. The team arrived at the Central Grand Arena and learned the demanding rules for competing there.

• Liu Erlong threatened Flender with her domain, and Flender carried Yu Xiaogang away to avoid endangering him.
• At the Soto Great Spirit Arena, Dugu Yan urged Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team to try the unrestricted arena matches, but Yu Tianheng warned that they could face dangerous opponents.
• Qin Ming told the team that their team battles would stop and encouraged them to experience the arena matches, reflecting on Shrek’s disbandment.
• The Imperial Fighting Team visited the crowded Central Grand Arena and was shown to a VIP viewing platform.
• Yu Tianheng explained that entrants needed to defend the arena for ten consecutive matches and continue fighting with no more than a minute between bouts.

The Imperial Fighting Team watched Tang San lose after a fifteen-win streak, then learned that his next opponent was Xiao Wu, a feared close-combat fighter with a twenty-win streak. Tang San watched her from the waiting room and lamented that Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing had defied their teacher and headmaster.

• Shi Mo and his brother asked why defenders would welcome weak opponents, and Yufeng and Yu Tianheng explained the arena’s prize rules and checks against match-fixing.
• Tang San, fighting as Thousand Hand Asura, lost to Gang Ben after exhausting his Soul Power, ending his streak at fifteen wins.
• The host named Gang Ben the new defender and announced his next challenger, Soft Bone Charm Rabbit, who was Xiao Wu.
• Yu Tianheng warned the Imperial Fighting Team that Xiao Wu had won twenty consecutive matches and had seriously injured or crippled many opponents.
• Tang San watched Xiao Wu enter the arena and regretted that she, Rongrong, and Zhu Qing had ignored their teacher and headmaster’s advice.

Xiao Wu used her enhanced speed to toy with a burly opponent in the arena, then caught him from behind and brutally crushed his jaw before slamming him face-first into the ground. The chapter left the man incapacitated as Xiao Wu’s violent response to his taunt became clear.

• Xiao Wu challenged the burly man after stepping onto the stage and boasted that she would let him attack first.
• The burly man insulted Xiao Wu by calling her the Rabbit King and threatened to chop her up, drawing sympathetic looks from the audience.
• The burly man charged with his Whirlwind Slash, but Xiao Wu repeatedly dodged him until he had nearly exhausted his Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu appeared behind the burly man as he tried to surrender, grabbed his neck, crushed his jaw, and slammed his face into the arena floor.

Xiao Wu won two matches at the Great Soul Arena and aimed to earn the title of Queen, while Dugu Yan entered the arena to challenge her. The chapter ended as Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan prepared to face each other, with Luo Hao urged to bring Xiao Wu back.

• Xiao Wu brutally defeated a burly opponent, threw him from the arena, and decided to pursue thirty consecutive wins and the title of Queen.
• Ning Rongrong clung to Luo Hao in the VIP room as Zhu Zhuqing watched, while Dugu Yan decided to challenge Xiao Wu and Yu Tianheng gave her a registration token.
• Xiao Wu won her second match by pinning and beating an Agility Attack Type opponent.
• The host announced Dugu Yan of Heaven Dou Royal Academy as Xiao Wu’s next challenger, prompting Luo Hao to be urged to bring Xiao Wu back.

Luo Hao watched Xiao Wu face Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo’s granddaughter, in the Central Grand Arena and believed her poison posed no threat. Dugu Yan filled the arena with poison mist while Xiao Wu dodged, leaving the match unresolved.

• Liu Erlong woke when she heard Dugu Yan’s name, then relaxed after remembering Luo Hao’s connection to Dugu Bo.
• Luo Hao used Body Constitution Sharing and healed himself, confident that Xiao Wu could withstand Dugu Yan’s poison.
• Dugu Yan taunted Xiao Wu about her size, provoking Xiao Wu before the match began.
• Dugu Yan transformed with her Jade Phosphorous Serpent martial soul and unleashed her third skill, Jade Phosphor Purple Poison.
• Xiao Wu sensed the danger and dodged the spreading poison mist as Dugu Yan tried to cover the arena.

Xiao Wu discovered that she could withstand Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist and charged through it toward her opponent. Dugu Yan realized Xiao Wu had been toying with her and attacked, but Xiao Wu dodged her snake tail.

• Xiao Wu tested her resistance by touching Dugu Yan’s poisonous mist and found that it had no effect on her.
• Dugu Yan grew anxious and released a denser cloud of poisonous mist, ignoring Qin Ming’s warning.
• Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team watched in shock as Xiao Wu rushed into the poison without being harmed.
• Dugu Yan realized Xiao Wu was not afraid of her poison and believed she had been toyed with.
• Xiao Wu teased Dugu Yan from behind, and Dugu Yan swung her snake tail at her, but Xiao Wu dodged.

Xiao Wu defeated Dugu Yan after enduring the toxic mist, securing her third consecutive ring victory. Yu Tianheng faced pressure from his teammates to retaliate, but the chapter ended before he chose what to do.

• Xiao Wu grabbed Dugu Yan and slammed her into the ground, while Luo Hao reduced the Shared Physique to keep her from being badly injured.
• Xiao Wu felt the poison affecting her but continued attacking until Dugu Yan cried out that she surrendered.
• The host announced Xiao Wu had successfully defended the ring for her third straight win, and holy light cleared the toxic mist as Dugu Yan was taken for treatment.
• Osler, Yufeng, and the other Imperial Fighting Team members urged Yu Tianheng to avenge Dugu Yan, but he silenced them and weighed his duty to his teammate against the academy's honor.