Chapter Summaries

Dugu Bo exposed Yu Xiaogang as having no Soul Power while his pressure brought Shrek Academy and Heaven Dou Royal Academy to the brink of a fight. Flender agreed to leave, but Heaven Dou’s chiefs demanded an explanation for why Yu Xiaogang was a teacher.

• Dugu Bo’s Spirit Pressure flattened Yu Xiaogang and revealed that he had no Soul Power, shocking Tang San, Flender, and Meng Shenji.
• Dugu Bo and Prince Xue Xing mocked Yu Xiaogang, while Flender and Zhao Wuji prepared to fight in his defense.
• Zhao Zilong recognized Dugu Bo and urged Flender to leave, but Flender initially insisted on defending Shrek Academy’s honor.
• Zhao Wuji reminded Flender that the students were still young, and Flender dispersed his Martial Soul and agreed to leave.
• Prince Xue Xing challenged Meng Shenji over Yu Xiaogang’s place among Shrek’s teachers, and Meng Shenji asked Flender to explain why the academy employed him.

Prince Xue Xing tried to recruit Shrek Academy’s teachers and students after Yu Xiaogang fled in humiliation, while Flender insisted that Yu Xiaogang be allowed to stay. Xue Xing agreed to a six-month unpaid probation for Yu Xiaogang as a Heaven Micro Rank teacher.

• Yu Xiaogang fled after the academy’s test revealed that he had no soul power, and Tang San chased after him.
• Prince Xue Xing praised the Shrek students’ high innate soul power and urged Xue Beng to apologize to them.
• Flender rejected Xue Xing’s attempts to keep Shrek Academy without Yu Xiaogang and said they would all leave unless Yu Xiaogang could stay.
• Xue Xing agreed to let Yu Xiaogang serve as a Heaven Micro Rank teacher on a six-month unpaid probation.

Prince Xue Xing offered Flender a probationary teaching position for Yu Xiaogang, leaving Flender to consider the humiliating terms. Outside, Yu Xiaogang revealed that his Soul Power had vanished, and Tang San and Xiao Wu agreed to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy with him.

• Prince Xue Xing offered Yu Xiaogang a Heaven Micro Rank teaching position with six months of unpaid probation, and Flender asked for time to consider.
• Dugu Yan pulled Dugu Bo aside, while Tang San comforted Yu Xiaogang outside.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that his Soul Power had declined by one rank each day until it disappeared, after his belongings and research materials were stolen.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Tang San vowed to go with him.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu to join them, and she agreed; they decided to wait outside and say goodbye to Flender and the others.

Flender tried to persuade Yu Xiaogang to stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for the sake of the students, while Yu Xiaogang wrestled with his shame and reluctance. The students waited outside, uncertain whether he would stay or leave.

• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he planned to leave with Tang San and Xiao Wu, but Flender explained that Heaven Dou Royal Academy had accepted the group and offered Yu Xiaogang a Heaven Micro Rank teacher position.
• Flender led Yu Xiaogang and the others to Area Nine, where he asked about Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power and learned it had been gone since before he arrived.
• Flender argued that the group should stay for the students’ training and the Spirit Master Competition, while Zhao Wuji reminded Yu Xiaogang that the Little Monsters’ training was unfinished.
• Outside, Tang San said he would follow Yu Xiaogang, Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong she disliked the noble academy, and Ma Hongjun hoped they would stay.
• Meng Yiran asked Zhao Zilong what Yu Xiaogang would decide, and Zhao Zilong said it did not matter to him.

Yu Xiaogang decided to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu after concluding he could not bear the disrespect he expected there. Flender accepted his departure and told the remaining Shrek students that their third-stage training would continue under the teachers at the academy.

• Yu Xiaogang insisted on leaving, and Flender urged him to reconsider before reluctantly accepting his decision.
• Yu Xiaogang apologized to Flender for Shrek Academy's closure, and Flender said the move had brought him and the other teachers better positions.
• Yu Xiaogang said goodbye to Flender, then left with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Flender told the remaining Shrek students that their third-stage training would continue with guidance from their teachers and Heaven Dou Royal Academy instructors.
• Ma Hongjun objected to continuing the training, while Zhao Zilong encouraged Flender to take charge.

Zhao Zilong told the story of Butcher Zhang to convince Flender and the students that Shrek could thrive without Yu Xiaogang. The students voiced their resentment toward Yu Xiaogang, and Flender resolved to train them himself for next year's Spirit Master Competition.

• Zhao Zilong explained that Butcher Zhang's death ended his monopoly, allowing fairer butcher shops to open and people to buy clean pork.
• Zhao Zilong compared Butcher Zhang's absence to Yu Xiaogang's departure and reassured Flender that the teachers could instruct the students just as well or better.
• Ma Hongjun, Meng Yiran, Ning Rongrong, and Dai Mubai criticized Yu Xiaogang for his conduct, his treatment of Zhao Zilong, and his lack of Soul Power.
• Flender acknowledged that Yu Xiaogang's training had not been entirely ineffective and said he would personally train the students for next year's Spirit Master Competition.

Dugu Yan learned that the Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison threatened both her and her grandfather, Dugu Bo, and brought Zhao Zilong’s possible cure to his attention. She found Zhao Zilong at Shrek’s residence, but Meng Yiran blocked her request, and Dugu Yan’s threat only worsened the exchange.

• Dugu Yan asked Dugu Bo whether her martial soul’s poison could harm her, and he admitted that her father had died from the poison’s backlash and that he suffered from it too.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Zhao Zilong had discovered her poisoning and might be able to help, so Dugu Bo secretly followed her to meet him.
• Dugu Yan learned from Qin Yin that Zhao Zilong was staying with Shrek Academy in Zone Nine and went to find him.
• Meng Yiran grew jealous when Dugu Yan asked Zhao Zilong to come with her and refused to let him go.
• Dugu Yan said her grandfather wanted to meet Zhao Zilong and threatened that Dugu Bo would come himself, while the hidden Dugu Bo realized her approach had ruined the conversation.

Dugu Yan came to bring Zhao Zilong to meet her grandfather, Dugu Bo, and the Shrek students revealed their powerful backing when she threatened him. As Zhao Zilong left with Dugu Yan, he learned that she wanted his help with the poison afflicting her and Dugu Bo, while his warning about her future with Yu Tianheng left her confused.

• Dugu Yan invoked Dugu Bo’s status to intimidate Zhao Zilong, prompting Meng Yiran and Ning Rongrong to counter with the Peerless Dragon-Snake Couple and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhao Zilong agreed to go with Dugu Yan, and Flender let him leave after Zhu Zhuqing reported what had happened, telling him to return before nightfall.
• Dugu Yan apologized and explained that she wanted Zhao Zilong to examine the poison affecting her and Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan recalled Zhao Zilong’s conditions, including a fifty-thousand-year soul bone and a romantic condition, and said they could not be together because they both liked other people.
• Zhao Zilong dismissed Dugu Yan’s assumptions and said he only thought it would be a waste for her to marry Yu Tianheng.

Zhao Zilong met Dugu Bo and revealed that both he and Dugu Yan suffered from the Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison, explaining that Dugu Yan could be treated while Dugu Bo needed a heavenly treasure. He negotiated a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange for treating Dugu Yan, leaving the way open to Dugu Bo’s medicinal garden.

• Dugu Yan brought Zhao Zilong to her courtyard, where he met her grandfather, Dugu Bo.
• Zhao Zilong described Dugu Bo’s poison symptoms and warned that the poison had entered his bones and could kill him if his suppressing Soul Power ran out.
• Zhao Zilong said Dugu Yan had a fifty percent chance of recovery with treatment, rising to ninety-nine percent if heavenly treasures were available.
• Dugu Yan reminded Dugu Bo that he had a medicinal garden, and Dugu Bo said it might contain the medicinal plants Zhao Zilong needed.
• Zhao Zilong demanded a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone for treating Dugu Yan, then accepted Dugu Bo’s offer to arrange a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Zhao Zilong took leave from Shrek Academy to help Dugu Bo treat his poison and traveled with him to his herb garden. There, Zhao Zilong recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and explained that herbs growing around them might cure Dugu Bo.

• Dugu Yan asked Zhao Zilong whether he could save Dugu Bo, and Zhao Zilong said he would first try to detoxify her and look for herbs to help her grandfather.
• Dugu Bo brought Zhao Zilong to Shrek Academy, where Zhao Zilong requested leave to discuss poisons with him.
• Dugu Bo offered to take Zhao Zilong as his disciple, but Zhao Zilong said he already had a teacher whose name he could not reveal.
• Flender granted Zhao Zilong one month of leave, and Dugu Bo took him to his herb garden.
• Zhao Zilong recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and told Dugu Bo that herbs growing around them might counteract the poison in his body.

Zhao Zilong convinced Dugu Bo that his unnamed teacher was a powerful Spirit Hall figure, then waited for Dugu Bo to leave before surveying the Immortal Herbs. He kept the herbs for himself for now and swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to temper his body.

• Zhao Zilong showed Dugu Bo the Pope's Edict and claimed his teacher was from Spirit Hall and stronger than Ghost Douluo.
• Dugu Bo speculated that Zhao Zilong's teacher was one of Spirit Hall's Enshrined and agreed to return the next day for the antidote.
• After Dugu Bo left, Zhao Zilong considered whether to share the Immortal Herbs with Shrek but decided to keep them until he chose his allies.
• Zhao Zilong examined the herbs and considered which ones might suit Meng Yiran and others, including Ning Rongrong, Fatty, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan.
• Zhao Zilong used Gentle Fist to pluck the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and swallowed them together.

Zhao Zilong absorbed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then prepared to take the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong tried to persuade Flender to bring Shrek Academy there, but Flender had not accepted her offer.

• Zhao Zilong endured the herbs’ alternating cold and heat, broke through to rank 38, and strengthened his Blue Silver Grass and Eight Spider Lances.
• Zhao Zilong found the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and decided to absorb it for its spiritual power benefits.
• Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong visited Flender and argued over Flender’s decision to remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Yu Xiaogang’s departure.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender to bring Shrek Academy to Blue Tyrant Academy, but Flender refused because he felt obligated to the academy’s committee members and former colleagues.
• Liu Erlong offered Flender Blue Tyrant Academy and proposed renaming it Shrek Academy, with Flender as headmaster and herself as vice headmaster.

Liu Erlong offered Blue Tyrant Academy to Flender so he could reopen Shrek Academy, and Flender asked the teachers and students to weigh in. The teachers supported the plan but wanted to inspect the academy first, while the students had yet to give their opinion.

• Liu Erlong told Flender that Blue Tyrant Academy could become Shrek Academy and that he could lead it.
• Flender worried about Yu Xiaogang’s role and decided to consult the teachers and students before accepting.
• At dinner, the students discussed Yu Xiaogang’s return and wondered what had happened to Zi Long.
• Flender introduced Liu Erlong and explained that she had offered Blue Tyrant Academy to Shrek.
• Zhao Wuji supported Flender’s plan but asked to see Blue Tyrant Academy first, then asked the students what they thought.

The Shrek group debated moving to Liu Erlong's Blue Tyrant Academy, while Meng Yiran insisted on telling Zhao Zilong before deciding. Zhao Zilong improved his Byakugan in Dugu Bo's medicinal garden, and the story left him meeting Meng Yiran the next day.

• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Meng Yiran shared their views on moving to Blue Tyrant Academy or establishing a new Shrek Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang learned Zhao Zilong was away with Dugu Bo and decided the group should proceed without waiting for him.
• Meng Yiran said she would find Dugu Yan and ask to meet Dugu Bo so she could tell Zhao Zilong about the decision.
• Zhao Zilong absorbed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, greatly enhanced his Byakugan, and began refining medicine for Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Bo arrived the next day with Meng Yiran, who had come to discuss something with Zhao Zilong.

Meng Yiran told Zhao Zilong that Yu Xiaogang had invited Shrek Academy to join Blue Tyrant Academy, but Zhao Zilong chose to remain at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with her. After she left, he planned to pursue the Spirit Master Competition’s head soul bone and offered Dugu Bo two ways to treat his poison.

• Meng Yiran told Zhao Zilong that Liu Erlong had invited the dean and the others to Blue Tyrant Academy and promised to rename it Shrek Academy.
• Meng Yiran said she wanted to stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Zhao Zilong agreed to stay with her rather than return to Shrek.
• Dugu Bo offered to submit an application for Zhao Zilong to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, then left with Meng Yiran.
• Zhao Zilong decided to separate from Shrek Academy and target the Spirit Master Competition’s Spiritual Concentration Wisdom Soul Bone.
• Zhao Zilong told Dugu Bo that the Huayang Needle Technique could purge his poison at the cost of his Soul Power, while a year-long treatment might remove the toxins and improve his cultivation.

Zhao Zilong explained how he could treat Dugu Bo’s poison and negotiated payment for the cure. Dugu Bo gave him the Hundred Treasures Ruyi Bag and forced him to swallow a Poison Bead before agreeing to help him pursue Dugu Yan and grant him three conditions if the treatment succeeded.

• Zhao Zilong explained that he could move Dugu Bo’s poison into his soul bones, estimating a seventy percent chance of success with the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.
• Dugu Bo seized Zhao Zilong by the throat when Zhao demanded conditions, but Zhao warned that killing him would endanger Dugu Yan and bring pursuit.
• Zhao Zilong asked for valuable possessions, and Dugu Bo gave him the Hundred Treasures Ruyi Bag, which could store living things.
• Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor produced a Poison Bead containing half his cultivation, and Dugu Bo forced Zhao Zilong to swallow it.
• Dugu Bo promised to help Zhao Zilong pursue Dugu Yan and fulfill three conditions if Zhao successfully treated his poison, and Zhao agreed.

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Zhao Zilong warned Dugu Bo about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s vulnerable neutrality and reunited with Meng Yiran. He gave her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained its power and the sincere love required to pick it, leaving her to decide whether to try.

• Zhao Zilong returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Dugu Bo, discussed helping Dugu Yan purge her poison, and asked Dugu Bo to help him court her.
• Dugu Bo said Zhao Zilong would need to defeat Yu Tianheng, who had reached Soul Ancestor, to earn Dugu Yan’s trust.
• Zhao Zilong cautioned Dugu Bo that Spirit Hall might target the neutral Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Dugu Bo considered the danger.
• Meng Yiran welcomed Zhao Zilong back, told him Flender and the others had moved to Shrek Academy, and said she had reached level 33 Soul Power.
• Zhao Zilong presented Meng Yiran with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, recounted its legend, and explained that consuming it could raise her Soul Power by at least ten levels.
• Zhao Zilong explained that Meng Yiran had to pick the flower with absolute sincerity and asked whether she wanted to try.

Meng Yiran failed to bond with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but Zhao Zilong gave her a poison-compatible Immortal Herb, and they both absorbed herbs to strengthen their Soul Power. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong reviewed files on the Shrek Battle Team and suspected Tang San and Xiao Wu were hiding important secrets.

• Meng Yiran failed to bond with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, so Zhao Zilong gave her a Forget-Poison Flying Flower suited to her Martial Soul.
• Meng Yiran absorbed the Forget-Poison Flying Flower while Zhao Zilong absorbed an Eight Petal Immortal Orchid; Meng Yiran gained five Soul Power levels, and Zhao Zilong reached level 40.
• Zhao Zilong told Meng Yiran the herb would keep boosting her cultivation until level 60, and the two celebrated by making love.
• A young girl brought Bibi Dong the files she had requested on the Shrek Battle Team, including records on Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhao Zilong.
• Bibi Dong noted that Zhao Zilong's past remained unknown, suspected Tang San was Tang Hao's son with twin Martial Souls, and considered Xiao Wu the escaped little rabbit she wanted to use as a Soul Ring.

Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena that Tang San and Zhao Zilong might possess Twin Martial Souls and could become major figures. At the Imperial Academy, Zhao Zilong sought Dugu Bo’s help obtaining a fourth Spirit Ring, while Meng Yiran became jealous of his interactions with Dugu Yan and promised to ask her grandparents for help.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Tang San and Zhao Zilong might each possess Twin Martial Souls and advised her to take note of them.
• Zhao Zilong asked Dugu Yan where Dugu Bo was, then teased her about staying at the academy for her until Meng Yiran dragged him away.
• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng that Dugu Bo wanted her to leave him for Zhao Zilong, who had cured her Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison.
• Meng Yiran accused Zhao Zilong of paying too much attention to Dugu Yan, and he explained that he wanted Dugu Bo’s help obtaining his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Meng Yiran agreed that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling would be his teammates and promised to ask her grandparents to help him obtain his fourth Spirit Ring.

Zhao Zilong asked Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang to help him find a fourth Soul Ring after reaching Level 40. He chose the rare Thunder Demon Tree, and the group set off for Thunder Gorge while Snake Grandma asked Meng Yiran about her relationship with him.

• Meng Yiran told her grandparents that Zhao Zilong had reached Level 40 and that her Soul Power had risen to Level 38 after she ate an Immortal Herb he gave her.
• Meng Shu described the Thunder Demon Tree and its explosive Iron Watermelon fruit, and Zhao Zilong chose it for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Zhao Zilong gave Meng Yiran medicine for Dugu Yan to deliver, and confirmed to Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang that he knew Dugu Bo.
• Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, Meng Yiran, and Zhao Zilong boarded a carriage bound for Thunder Gorge, where Zhao Zilong began playing Go with Meng Shu.
• Chao Tianxiang pulled Meng Yiran into another compartment and asked about what had happened between her and Zhao Zilong.