Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji attacked Li Zhixian in the rain to avenge Ma Hongjun, but Li Zhixian ambushed him and wounded his arm before their battle turned against the young swordsman. As Zhao Wuji approached the rubble where Li Zhixian had fallen, Xue Qinghe, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling each spent the stormy night thinking or worrying about him.

• Zhao Wuji demolished Li Zhixian’s house, then realized there was no blood in the ruins and stayed to search.
• Li Zhixian emerged from hiding and slashed Zhao Wuji’s arm with the Azure Lotus Sword, leaving an azure glow that obstructed its healing.
• Li Zhixian drank Spirit Wine and charged Zhao Wuji with his Blazing Sword, but Zhao Wuji countered with his second and fifth spirit skills.
• Zhao Wuji overpowered Li Zhixian, knocked the sword into his chest, and sent him crashing beneath the collapsed courtyard wall.
• Xue Qinghe felt uneasy and cut her finger at the Crown Prince’s Palace, while Dugu Yan studied soup-making and Ye Lingling recalled Li Zhixian’s words before falling asleep.
• Zhao Wuji kicked through the rubble and approached the ruins where Li Zhixian was buried.

Li Zhixian fought Zhao Wuji in the rain, using his Frost Sword to freeze Zhao Wuji in his Martial Soul Avatar before fleeing with severe injuries. He concealed himself in a bird’s nest using Turtle Breath Grass, while Zhao Wuji began breaking free of the ice.

• Zhao Wuji struck Li Zhixian with his Fourth spirit skill, leaving him with a crushed breastbone and severe injuries.
• Li Zhixian drank from the Clear Spring Wine Gourd, restored his Soul Power, and unleashed Shaking Light with Wine Boils, Sword Sings.
• Zhao Wuji transformed with his Seventh spirit skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and charged Li Zhixian through the rain.
• Li Zhixian used the Azure Lotus Sword Song Second Style—Two Forms: Frost Sword to freeze Zhao Wuji, though the recoil injured Li Zhixian further.
• As cracks spread across the ice around Zhao Wuji, Li Zhixian fled, ate Turtle Breath Grass, and hid in a bird’s nest in an ancient tree.

After Zhao Wuji failed to find Li Zhixian in the ruined forest, news of his disappearance spread through Heaven Dou City and brought Xue Qinghe, Dugu Yan, Dugu Bo, Ye Lingling, and Mother Ye to his devastated courtyard. Xue Qinghe found the broken umbrella she had given Li Zhixian, while his fate remained unknown.

• Zhao Wuji searched the forest for Li Zhixian, destroyed the surrounding area, then fled when he heard people approaching.
• Snake Lance told Xue Qinghe that Li Zhixian had gone missing after a battle in the eastern outskirts, and she ordered the entire city sealed.
• Dugu Yan heard rumors of a young man’s death in the eastern outskirts and rushed to tell Dugu Bo that something had happened to Li Zhixian.
• Ye Lingling told Mother Ye that Li Zhixian seemed to be in trouble, and they hurried to his home.
• Xue Qinghe, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Mother Ye, and Ye Lingling searched the ruined courtyard and demanded that Li Zhixian be found.
• Xue Qinghe spotted the broken umbrella she had given Li Zhixian beneath the shattered tiles.

Heaven Dou City’s search for Li Zhixian led to Zhao Wuji, who claimed he had killed Li and thrown his body into the moat. Xue Qinghe grieved and vowed to find him, while Shrek’s group rushed toward the city; meanwhile, Li Zhixian woke up alive on a tree branch.

• Zhao Wuji emerged from hiding in a village and was subdued by Dugu Bo before he could unleash his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Snake Lance took Zhao Wuji to the Crown Prince’s Palace, where Zhao saw Qin Ming imprisoned and injured.
• When Xue Qinghe demanded Li Zhixian’s whereabouts, Zhao Wuji claimed he had killed Li and offered to lead them to the body in exchange for Qin Ming’s release.
• Xue Qinghe left in grief and vowed that Li Zhixian would not die, while Snake Lance ordered Zhao Wuji tortured.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang rushed to Heaven Dou City, and Zhu Zhuqing rode there after guessing the crisis involved Sword Wine; Dai Mubai accused her of having an affair with him.
• Li Zhixian woke up alive on an ancient tree branch.

Li Zhixian recovered from his injuries and returned to Heaven Dou City, where he learned that Xue Qinghe and the others were searching for him, believing him dead. He found Xue Qinghe in the eastern outskirts and revealed that he was alive.

• Li Zhixian woke in a bird's nest, drank Clear Spring Wine to heal, and vowed to become strong enough to kill Zhao Wuji.
• Li Zhixian left the forest, bought five meat buns, and heard that the royal guards were searching the eastern outskirts for him.
• Xue Qinghe, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and others searched the ruined area while Xue Qinghe refused to rest.
• Li Zhixian approached Xue Qinghe from behind and teased her about crying.
• Xue Qinghe recognized Li Zhixian through the mud and blood and burst into tears.

Li Zhixian reunited with Xue Qinghe after escaping Zhao Wuji, and the two returned to their worried friends. Yu Xiaogang and Flender arrived in Heaven Dou City to find Ma Hongjun grievously injured, while Zhu Zhuqing was still on her way there.

• Xue Qinghe found Li Zhixian, saw his injured wrist, and tenderly cleaned the mud from his face as they left the forest.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish worried that the Pope might target Li Zhixian because of his closeness to Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Yan rushed to embrace Li Zhixian, while Ye Lingling and the Imperial Dou Team welcomed him back; Li Zhixian later treated his friends to a feast at Shanxiang Restaurant.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender arrived in Heaven Dou City and found the unconscious Ma Hongjun missing his right arm and lower body.
• Zhu Zhuqing continued galloping toward Heaven Dou City.

Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang sought treatment for the crippled Ma Hongjun, but the Ye Family and Dugu Manor both rejected them because of Sword Wine. As the Golden Iron Triangle headed to ask the imperial family for help, they spotted Sword Wine leaving Shanxiang Restaurant with influential young companions.

• Flender learned that Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming had been captured after Zhao Wuji tried to assassinate Sword Wine, who had survived unharmed.
• Yu Xiaogang named the Ye Family, Dugu Bo, and the imperial family as possible sources of treatment for Ma Hongjun, and the Golden Iron Triangle carried him to the Ye Family estate.
• The Ye Family refused to receive them, and its guards drove Yu Xiaogang away after he tried to press the family’s interests.
• Dugu Manor also rejected the Golden Iron Triangle, sending guards and servants out to drive them off.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang carried Ma Hongjun toward the imperial family but stopped when they saw Sword Wine leaving Shanxiang Restaurant amid a crowd of well-dressed young people.

Li Zhixian ignored the Golden Iron Triangle at first, then rejected Flender’s plea to have the Ye Family, the Dugu Family, and the royal family save Ma Hongjun. The Golden Iron Triangle left with no help, while Yu Xiaogang stepped forward to confront Li Zhixian.

• Li Zhixian led Xue Qinghe, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others away from the Golden Iron Triangle without mocking them, leaving Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang more shaken by his indifference than ridicule.
• Liu Erlong recognized Xue Qinghe as the Crown Prince and said the Golden Iron Triangle would not be able to enter the royal palace, so Yu Xiaogang proposed asking Li Zhixian for help.
• Flender vowed to beg Li Zhixian for help saving Ma Hongjun, and the Golden Iron Triangle later blocked Li Zhixian’s group on Golden Water Bridge.
• Flender argued that Ma Hongjun had already been punished enough and asked what Li Zhixian wanted in exchange for requesting the three families’ aid.
• Li Zhixian rejected Flender’s argument, blamed Ma Hongjun for his condition, and threatened to ask Poison Douluo to kill Flender if he disturbed his peace again.
• Liu Erlong urged the others to leave, but Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and stared at Li Zhixian.

Li Zhixian reached Soul Power Level Thirty while practicing his sword and prepared to travel to Star Dou Forest for his third Soul Ring. As he walked back to his new courtyard with Xue Qinghe, a travel-worn woman watched him from the crowd.

• Li Zhixian attacked Yu Xiaogang with sword light, and Liu Erlong shielded him while Flender carried the Golden Iron Triangle away.
• Dugu Yan pretended she could summon Dugu Bo, frightening the three Shrek visitors before admitting she had only been bluffing.
• Li Zhixian settled into a secluded courtyard and practiced the Azure Lotus Sword Song, reaching Soul Power Level Thirty.
• Li Zhixian considered seeking a third Soul Ring that would strengthen his sword and decided to choose a compatible soul beast in Star Dou Forest.
• Xue Qinghe accompanied Li Zhixian to buy courtyard furnishings, while a tearful, travel-worn woman watched him from the crowd.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Li Zhixian at his new home and shyly showed him the purple dress she had chosen because he once said purple had charm. Li Zhixian praised her and brought out two Immortal Herbs as a gift.

• After his guests left, Li Zhixian sensed someone approaching and recognized Zhu Zhuqing before she reached him.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Li Zhixian and told him she had arrived in Heaven Dou City that morning.
• Li Zhixian served Zhu Zhuqing his homemade wine and told her that Dugu Yan had claimed she wanted him to kiss her; Zhu Zhuqing denied saying it.
• Zhu Zhuqing bathed, changed into a purple dress, and asked Li Zhixian whether it looked bad.
• Li Zhixian told Zhu Zhuqing she looked beautiful and took out two Immortal Herbs for her.

Li Zhixian gave Zhu Zhuqing an Immortal Herb that raised her Soul Power, and she successfully plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red while thinking of him. The two parted outside Heaven Dou City, with Zhu Zhuqing promising to make good on her words when they met again as Li Zhixian set out to hunt his third Soul Ring.

• Li Zhixian gave Zhu Zhuqing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, raising her Soul Power from level thirty-one to level thirty-eight and healing her scars.
• Li Zhixian explained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red's conditions, and Zhu Zhuqing plucked it by spitting her heart's blood onto its petals while thinking of him.
• Zhu Zhuqing kept the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, saying she wanted it to stay with her forever.
• The next day, Li Zhixian introduced Zhu Zhuqing to his friends, and later accompanied her to a pavilion outside Heaven Dou City as she prepared to leave.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Li Zhixian, told him she shared Dugu Yan's words, and promised to make good on them when they met again.
• After Zhu Zhuqing rode away, Li Zhixian drank wine and decided to hunt his third Soul Ring.

Li Zhixian led six companions into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for his third soul ring, tentatively targeting a rare Bloodfang Demon Tiger while seeking his own sword path. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe kept Zhao Wuji imprisoned and tortured, and the group encountered a mysterious band of blindfolded swordsmen in green robes.

• Li Zhixian agreed to let Yufeng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others accompany him as he pursued a soul ring beyond the usual thousand-year limit.
• At the Crown Prince's residence, Xue Qinghe refused to secretly send Pufferfish after Li Zhixian and ordered Zhao Wuji tortured and kept from recovering until Li Zhixian could kill him himself.
• Li Zhixian and his six companions entered the Star Dou Great Forest and advanced cautiously toward its middle region.
• Li Zhixian named the Bloodfang Demon Tiger as a possible target, and Dugu Yan explained its rarity, danger, and connection to Sword Douluo Chen Xin's fourth soul ring.
• After cutting down an attacking snake, Li Zhixian reflected that he did not want to follow Chen Xin's sword path and kept searching for a soul beast suited to his own.
• More than ten green-robed, blindfolded sword-wielders raced through the forest, leaving Li Zhixian wondering which sect they belonged to.

Li Zhixian learned about the Wind Sword Sect and its sect master Feng Bailong’s failed secret challenge to Sword Douluo before his group encountered the sect’s eccentric young master, Feng Buyu, in the Star Dou Forest. Feng Buyu sensed Li Zhixian’s swordsmanship and left eager to duel him, while his group continued toward the nearby Bloodfang Demon Tiger territory.

• Ye Lingling explained that Feng Bailong had secretly challenged Chen Xin, after which he stopped drawing his sword and claimed to be nurturing it.
• Li Zhixian led his companions away from the Wind Sword Sect disciples to avoid a confrontation while they searched for the Bloodfang Demon Tiger.
• Feng Buyu mistook a row of trees for Li Zhixian’s group until his martial uncle corrected him, revealing that the sect members’ black blindfolds were made of fine mesh.
• Li Zhixian introduced himself to Feng Buyu, who recognized his sharp sword aura and eagerly proposed discussing swordsmanship before his martial uncle reminded him of their mission.
• As the Wind Sword Sect hurried toward the Bloodfang Demon Tiger’s territory, Feng Buyu asked his martial uncle how many disciples in their Wind Thunder Sword Formation Li Zhixian could withstand, and the old man estimated about five.

Li Zhixian and his group encountered a ten-thousand-year Bloodfang Demon Tiger and discovered sword qi in its claw marks. After hiding from the beast, they found the devastated Wind Sword Sect survivors, gave them medicine, and learned how powerful the tiger was.

• Li Zhixian examined the deep claw marks on a stone wall and found that they contained sword qi.
• After hearing a roar from the Wind Sword Sect’s direction, Li Zhixian’s group hid with Breath Concealing Powder as a ten-thousand-year Bloodfang Demon Tiger passed them, leaving a trail of blood.
• Li Zhixian decided not to pursue the tiger and led the group to check on the Wind Sword Sect.
• Li Zhixian gave Feng Buyu healing medicine, which Feng Buyu shared with the injured elder and disciples.
• Feng Buyu and Feng Xiao told Li Zhixian that the tiger had defeated a rank seventy elder’s sword formation and warned him to leave it alone.

Li Zhixian convinced Elder Fengxiao to join forces against the ten-thousand-year Bloodfang Demon Tiger by revealing his two thousand-year Spirit Rings. The group found the tiger’s lair and a legendary sword scar, whose lingering intent sparked a clash with Li Zhixian’s sword seal.

• Li Zhixian displayed his two thousand-year Spirit Rings, impressing Elder Fengxiao and Feng Buyu and securing an alliance between their groups.
• The allied party followed the Bloodfang Demon Tiger’s trail into a cold depression, where the tracks disappeared and they searched deeper.
• The group discovered a blood-stained clearing filled with spirit beast bones, a watering place, and the demon tiger’s cave.
• Li Zhixian, Elder Fengxiao, and Feng Buyu saw a sword scar that cut through the mountain, and its sword intent overwhelmed the two Wind Sword Sect swordsmen.
• Elder Fengxiao identified the scar as Sword Douluo’s work, while Li Zhixian’s Azure Lotus Sword Seal flared and answered the ancient sword intent.

Li Zhixian rejected the sword intent left by Chen Xin and joined the others in fighting the Bloodfang Demon Tiger. After he wounded the beast, a stampede of powerful soul beasts surged through the forest, carrying the tiger—and Li Zhixian, still clinging to his sword—away from the cave.

• Li Zhixian rejected the blood-red sword intent from Chen Xin's sword mark, insisting on forging his own sword path.
• The Bloodfang Demon Tiger returned to its lair, and Feng Xiao led the Wind Sword Sect in striking it with the Wind Thunder Sword Formation.
• Dugu Yan, Osler, Yufeng, the Shi Brothers, and Ye Lingling attacked the tiger, but its baleful aura overwhelmed their efforts.
• Li Zhixian used Three Sword Splendor and Shaking Light to drive the Azure Lotus Sword into the Bloodfang Demon Tiger's back.
• Powerful soul beasts stampeded past the cave, and the wounded tiger fled with Li Zhixian still hanging from its back as Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling chased after them.

Li Zhixian was swept along by a stampeding herd of soul beasts to the bottom of a deadly cliff, where he survived by playing dead. He discovered a glowing treasure tree guarded by a rare Dragon-headed Sword Falcon with twelve sword plumes.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling chased after Li Zhixian as the soul beast herd carried him away, while Feng Xiao suspected a heavenly treasure had driven the beasts into a frenzy.
• Li Zhixian swallowed Turtle Breath Grass and clung to the Bloodfang Demon Tiger as the herd raced to a cliff and descended into the abyss.
• The Bloodfang Demon Tiger crashed at the bottom, throwing Li Zhixian more than a hundred meters and knocking the Azure Lotus Sword from his grasp.
• Li Zhixian concealed his presence and played dead until the Bloodfang Demon Tiger turned away, then cautiously looked around.
• Li Zhixian spotted a silver-white treasure tree with a glowing flower bud and recognized its guardian, a rare Dragon-headed Sword Falcon bearing twelve sword-like plumes.

Li Zhixian witnessed the Dragon-headed Sword Falcon slaughter the Spirit Beasts fighting over the divine tree, then watched the survivors kill one another in a final struggle. He killed the dying Falcon and obtained its soul ring and Twelve Sword Feathers.

• Li Zhixian hid as the divine tree blossomed and the Spirit Beasts charged toward it, fighting brutally along the way.
• The Dragon-headed Sword Falcon trapped the beasts near the cliff in a sword formation and slaughtered most of them with its Twelve Sword Feathers.
• The remaining wounded Spirit Beasts attacked the weakened Falcon, and they all fell near the mature divine tree.
• Li Zhixian approached the dying Falcon and realized that the beasts and divine tree had perished together in the original timeline.
• Li Zhixian killed the Dragon-headed Sword Falcon with the Azure Lotus Sword, and its soul ring and Twelve Sword Feathers emerged from its corpse.

Li Zhixian awakened his twelve-segment Innate Sword Bone by merging it with the Dragon-headed Sword Falcon’s twelve sword feathers, then absorbed the beast’s soul ring and gained the Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities soul skill. As he prepared to return, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, their companions, and the Wind Sword Sect disciples were surrounded by a pack of Howling Moon Wolves.

• The Dragon-headed Sword Falcon’s twelve sword feathers entered Li Zhixian and transformed his spine, awakening his Innate Sword Bone and giving it twelve segments.
• Li Zhixian discovered that his sword bone could inherit the sword feathers’ attributes and tested its Starlight and Ice Fire powers against a cliff wall.
• Li Zhixian absorbed the Dragon-headed Sword Falcon’s soul ring, using a ripe blossom from the wondrous little tree to soothe its sword qi and multicolored blood.
• Li Zhixian’s Soul Power rose from level thirty to level thirty-three, and he learned his third soul skill, Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, their four companions, and the Wind Sword Sect disciples encountered dozens of Howling Moon Wolves that surrounded them.

Li Zhixian returned in time to save Ye Lingling and defeat the Howling Moon Wolves with his new Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities spirit skill. After the group completed their mission and parted from the Wind Sword Sect, they set out for Heaven Dou City while Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy.

• The Howling Moon Wolves pinned down Dugu Yan and the others and nearly attacked Ye Lingling, but Li Zhixian's Azure Lotus Sword struck the wolf before it could harm her.
• Li Zhixian used Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities to trap and kill the wolf pack, manifesting two sword-intent clones alongside himself.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yufeng, Osler, and the Shi Brothers reunited with Li Zhixian, while Elder Fengxiao killed the Wolf King and absorbed its soul ring.
• Elder Fengxiao and Feng Buyu thanked Li Zhixian and departed with the Wind Sword Sect, inviting him to visit their sect.
• Li Zhixian and his companions set off for Heaven Dou City, and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.