Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan agreed to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, surprising Ning Fengzhi, and obtained his disciple identity token. Ning Fengzhi then asked to make Li Yuan’s Self-Created Soul Skill methods public, and Li Yuan agreed but began to state a condition.

• Li Yuan greeted Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo tested him with Soul Power pressure.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Li Yuan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and promised guidance and access to its resources.
• Li Yuan immediately accepted, surprising Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged Li Yuan’s formal enrollment, and Li Yuan received a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect identity token.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Li Yuan to share the cultivation methods for his Self-Created Soul Skills, and Li Yuan agreed but began to add a condition.

Li Yuan completed and sold the cultivation methods for his Self-Created Soul Skills to Ning Fengzhi, then browsed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect treasury and took valuable resources. His greed proved genuine, leaving Ning Fengzhi wondering whether recruiting him had been a mistake.

• Ning Fengzhi offered Li Yuan ten million Gold Soul Coins for Rongrong’s Self-Created Soul Skills, extra payment for each additional skill, and a reward for the Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Flower, but Li Yuan said he had no more flowers to trade.
• Li Yuan accepted the deal, received a deposit, and spent more than half a day writing down the skills’ cultivation methods.
• Gu Rong and Sword Douluo Chen Xin suspected Li Yuan was hiding ulterior motives, while Ning Rongrong defended him and said he was simply greedy for money.
• Li Yuan delivered the cultivation methods, collected the remaining payment, and went to the sect treasury to take valuable resources.
• A disciple reported Li Yuan’s actions in the treasury, prompting Ning Rongrong to tease Sword Douluo about his claim that Li Yuan’s greed was a disguise.
• Ning Fengzhi let Li Yuan keep the resources but began to doubt whether recruiting him had been wise.

Li Yuan sold the valuable items he had received from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Fatty Jin, then faced Xue Xing and Xue Beng at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Dugu Bo stopped Li Yuan’s illusion attack on Xue Beng, and Xue Xing challenged the Education Committee over Li Yuan’s place at the academy.

• Li Yuan brought his unused treasures to Fatty Jin at the Heaven Dou Auction House and sold them all for a lump sum of Gold Soul Coins.
• A day later, Xue Xing and Xue Beng came to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee to demand an explanation from Li Yuan.
• Li Yuan cast an illusion on Xue Beng, making him relive his fear of Li Yuan’s earlier attacks.
• Dugu Bo interrupted the illusion with his Soul Power, causing Li Yuan to suffer backlash.
• Xue Xing accused the Education Committee of allowing a dangerous, unruly outsider into the academy and questioned their ability to manage it.

Prince Xue Xing challenged Li Yuan to last five minutes against Dugu Bo, but Li Yuan’s trap at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes left Dugu Bo unable to move or attack him. The chapter ended with Xue Xing calling for Dugu Bo to punish Li Yuan, unaware of why Dugu Bo remained frozen.

• Prince Xue Xing rejected the Education Committee’s defense of Li Yuan and demanded that Li Yuan last five minutes against Dugu Bo.
• Li Yuan accepted the challenge and insulted Dugu Bo, angering the Titled Douluo and alarming the Education Committee members.
• Dugu Bo froze when sharp pain struck his heart, recognizing Li Yuan as the devil who had previously trapped him.
• The onlookers waited for Dugu Bo to attack, but he remained motionless for ten minutes.
• Prince Xue Xing called on Dugu Bo to punish Li Yuan and throw him out of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Li Yuan forced Dugu Bo to slap Prince Xue Xing four times, leaving the Education Committee stunned and Xue Beng unconscious. Xue Xing retreated with Dugu Bo, then demanded an explanation from him.

• Dugu Bo obeyed Li Yuan's orders and slapped Xue Xing four times, stopping when Li Yuan was satisfied with the symmetry of the handprints.
• Xue Beng fainted from fright, while the three Education Committee members struggled to understand why Dugu Bo had obeyed Li Yuan.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, arrived and found Xue Xing's face covered in handprints.
• Xue Xing left with the unconscious Xue Beng and Dugu Bo, ignoring Li Yuan's taunt about their bet.
• After they had gone some distance, Xue Xing demanded that Dugu Bo explain what had happened.

Prince Xue Xing concluded that Li Xiaoyuan was connected to Spirit Hall after Dugu Bo warned him not to provoke Li. Qian Renxue then privately questioned Li Yuan about Dugu Bo and his ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving Li to suspect she was jealous.

• Dugu Bo refused to explain his fear of Li Xiaoyuan and warned Prince Xue Xing never to provoke him.
• Xue Xing guessed that Li Xiaoyuan belonged to Spirit Hall and suspected Xue Qinghe of colluding with it.
• Qian Renxue privately asked Li Yuan how he had made Dugu Bo obey him.
• Li Yuan called Dugu Bo his lackey, but Qian Renxue dismissed the claim and suspected a mysterious organization was involved.
• Qian Renxue questioned Li Yuan about his closeness to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and its young girl, while Li suspected she was jealous.

Li Yuan told Qian Renxue that he had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, angering her and prompting him to explain that he still opposed the Heaven Dou Empire. When she challenged him over giving Ning Rongrong an Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb, he offered her the remaining Infernal Delicate Apricot, unsure whether it was safe for her.

• Li Yuan admitted that he had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ning offered favorable terms, including marriage to his daughter.
• Qian Renxue became furious and questioned whether Li Yuan would help the sect plot against her.
• Li Yuan argued that he was not on the sect's side because he remained committed to overthrowing the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue accused Li Yuan of colluding with the sect because he had given Ning Rongrong an Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb.
• Li Yuan took out the Infernal Delicate Apricot and prepared to give it to Qian Renxue despite uncertainty about its Fire Poison.

Li Yuan gave Qian Renxue an Infernal Delicate Apricot and stood guard while she absorbed it, revealing her undisguised appearance and Six-Winged Angel martial soul. She successfully refined the herb, raising her Soul Power from level sixty-one to level sixty-five.

• Li Yuan explained the Infernal Delicate Apricot’s benefits and risks, then offered to guard Qian Renxue as she consumed it.
• Qian Renxue decided to trust Li Yuan, swallowed the herb, and began refining its violent fire-element power.
• Qian Renxue’s clothes burned away as her disguise faded, revealing her true appearance and Six-Winged Angel martial soul.
• Li Yuan watched over Qian Renxue while she absorbed the herb without encountering a dangerous complication.
• Qian Renxue successfully devoured the herb’s power and increased her Soul Power from level sixty-one to level sixty-five.

Qian Renxue finished absorbing the Infernal Delicate Apricot, strengthening her Six-Winged Angel and Sacred Fire. She attacked Li Yuan after realizing he had taken advantage of her, then left while he wondered why she had reacted so harshly.

• Qian Renxue absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot over four hours, and her Martial Soul and Sacred Fire grew stronger.
• Qian Renxue awoke, realized her predicament, and stunned Li Yuan with Angel's Roar before changing into Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Renxue drew her Sacred Sword and chased Li Yuan around the room as he tried to explain himself.
• Qian Renxue stopped attacking and left the room, while Li Yuan recovered and questioned her reaction.

After half a year in Heaven Dou City, Li Yuan enjoyed a peaceful routine while Xue Xing secretly speculated that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Spirit Hall, and Xue Qinghe were allied. Li Yuan knew nothing of Xue Xing’s schemes and went with Ning Fengzhi to the Heaven Dou Auction House, where he found the auction boring.

• Li Yuan spent half a year cultivating, teaching the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s disciples Self-Created Soul Skills, and courting Ning Rongrong and Qian Renxue.
• Xue Xing secretly investigated Li Yuan and, after seeing his ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, suspected it was allied with Spirit Hall and Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Xing chose to wait and see, warning Xue Beng not to provoke Li Yuan while keeping open the option of siding with either Spirit Hall or Xue Beng.
• Li Yuan visited Qian Renxue, then went to meet Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin before attending the Heaven Dou Auction House with Ning Fengzhi.
• Li Yuan found the auction boring and thought little of the nearby beauties.

Li Yuan recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu at the Heaven Dou Auction House and explained how its attendants were enslaved and sold. After Ning Fengzhi introduced the grim consequences of buying them, Xiao Wu learned that each attendant cost one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Li Yuan recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu when they arrived at the auction house and waved them over.
• Li Yuan explained that the auction attendants had been bought and raised to serve as both staff and merchandise, and Tang San questioned how that could be legal.
• Ning Fengzhi said the attendants had lost control over their fates, while Li Yuan blamed the empires’ corruption and challenged Ning Fengzhi’s defense of the system.
• Li Yuan introduced Tang San and Xiao Wu to Ning Fengzhi, and they greeted Ning Rongrong’s father before chatting with him.
• Xiao Wu asked about buying the attendants’ freedom, and Ning Fengzhi warned that they lacked other ways to survive and cost one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each.

At the auction, Li Yuan argued that reforming the Douluo Continent’s corrupt empires would do more good than rescuing individual victims. The auction revealed a young girl being sold in a cage, leaving Xiao Wu outraged and Tang San interested in Li Yuan’s proposed reforms.

• Ning Fengzhi asked why the children had come to the auction, and Xiao Wu explained that they planned to sell something.
• The host sold a Soul Tool for forty-three thousand Gold Soul Coins and introduced a rare item with a starting price of one hundred thousand.
• The host revealed a young girl locked in an iron cage, prompting Xiao Wu to leap up in anger.
• Tang San restrained Xiao Wu, and Li Yuan argued that reforming the two great empires was the way to stop such abuses.
• Ning Fengzhi interrupted Li Yuan and criticized his growing hostility toward the two great empires.

Ning Fengzhi worried that Li Xiaoyuan’s ambition to overthrow the empires could endanger the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Tang San defended imperial rule. Ning Fengzhi decided to recruit Tang San to keep Li Xiaoyuan in check and began building goodwill with him.

• Ning Fengzhi considered the risks of Li Xiaoyuan leading the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into rebellion and thought about recruiting Tang San as a counterbalance.
• Tang San reflected on Li Yuan’s criticism of the empires but, shaped by his reverence for imperial authority, argued that their destruction would bring greater chaos and deaths.
• Li Yuan gave up trying to change Tang San’s mind and considered bringing Yu Xiaogang and the Clear Sky Sect into his camp so Tang San would not obstruct him.
• Ning Fengzhi approved of Tang San’s defense of the empires and decided to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi pressed the bidding button to build goodwill with Tang San.

Ning Fengzhi bought the cat girl and Tang San’s Hidden Arrow at the Heaven Dou Auction House, using the purchases to win Tang San’s favor and explore buying more Hidden Weapons. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Li Yuan was summoned to the education committee, where he found two unfamiliar young men waiting with the three committee members.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that he wanted to save the cat girl, while Li Yuan recognized that he was trying to gain Tang San’s favor.
• Prince Xue Xing challenged the white-tier bidder, but backed down after seeing Li Yuan and Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi bought the cat girl for 180,000 Gold Soul Coins, convincing Tang San that his motives were kind.
• Ning Fengzhi bought Tang San’s Hidden Arrow, discussed ordering more Hidden Weapons, and invited Tang San to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Li Yuan returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and went to meet the three education committee members, where he found two unfamiliar students.

Li Yuan met the two substitutes chosen by the Education Committee for his Dawn Team: Yue Yao, whose martial soul was a Steel Fork, and Chu Tianba, whose martial soul was Abdominal Muscles. The chapter ended with Li Yuan bewildered by how strange the Douluo Continent seemed.

• Meng Shenji told Li Yuan that the Education Committee had found two substitutes, bringing his team’s substitute total to three with Dugu Yan.
• Li Yuan recalled recruiting Dugu Yan after defeating Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s main team in a one-against-seven Gambling Match.
• Meng Shenji introduced Yue Yao, a level thirty-six Soul Elder with a Steel Fork martial soul.
• Chu Tianba introduced himself provocatively and revealed his Abdominal Muscles martial soul; Meng Shenji said he was a level thirty-eight Soul Elder.
• Li Yuan wondered whether the continent’s increasingly bizarre martial souls meant that it was an improper place.

Li Yuan’s Dawn Team entered the Heaven Dou City preliminaries and drew Shrek Academy as its first opponent. The Shrek Seven Devils feared the matchup because they were weaker than in the original story after missing out on the Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs.

• Li Yuan agreed to add Meng Shenji’s two substitutes to his team but had no intention of letting them compete.
• The tournament organizers announced the preliminaries, advancement matches, and final rounds, and Li Yuan set his sights on winning the championship.
• Li Yuan led the Dawn Team to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena in black robes with red clouds, where Shrek Academy’s advertising uniforms drew attention.
• Xue Ye opened the tournament, Ning Fengzhi gave a brief speech, and Salas drew the first-round matchups.
• Salas announced that Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team, the Dawn Team, would face Shrek Academy.
• The Shrek Seven Devils worried about facing the Dawn Team because only Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong had reached level forty-one.

Tang San sent all seven of the Shrek Seven Devils into their first qualifier match against Li Yuan’s Dawn Team, while Li Yuan chose to face them alone through his Saitama clone. The match began with Shrek displaying their spirit rings and the bald clone stepping forward, but the fight had not yet started.

• Seeing the Shrek Seven Devils’ disadvantage against the Dawn Team, Tang San changed the plan and brought all seven into the match.
• Li Yuan kept Dugu Yan, Yue Yao, and Chu Tianba on the sidelines, then went to the arena with his clones.
• Li Yuan exchanged pleasantries with the Shrek Seven Devils before switching places with the Saitama clone.
• The empire’s VIPs argued as the first qualifier match officially began.
• The Shrek Seven Devils released their martial souls and spirit rings, and the audience was startled by Tang San’s ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring.
• The Dawn Team released no spirit rings, and the bald Saitama clone stepped forward to face the Shrek Seven Devils.

The Shrek Seven Devils shocked the spectators and VIPs by revealing their powerful soul rings, including Tang San’s ten-thousand-year fourth ring. Despite their display, Li Yuan stepped forward alone to face the Shrek Team, leaving the story on the verge of their battle.

• The Shrek Seven Devils revealed their soul rings, and Tang San’s ten-thousand-year fourth ring astonished the spectators and VIPs.
• Meng Shenji and Ning Fengzhi remained confident that Li Xiaoyuan could overcome the Shrek Team, while Ning Fengzhi identified him as a disciple of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Salas learned that Li Xiaoyuan had been recommended by Xue Qinghe and decided to report him to Spirit Hall’s higher-ups.
• Li Yuan, disguised as Saitama, entered the arena alone to challenge the Shrek Seven Devils, who grew furious at the apparent insult.

Li Yuan, disguised as Saitama, fought the Shrek Seven Devils and overwhelmed their attacks with his immense strength. After knocking Dai Mubai out of the ring, he pursued Ma Weiqing into the air, where Zhu Zhuqing intervened.

• Ning Rongrong bombarded Li Yuan with her Fire Rain Meteor, but he smashed every fireball apart.
• Tang San trapped Li Yuan and his clones in Blue Silver Prisons while Dai Mubai charged with his soul skills, but Li Yuan broke free and knocked Dai Mubai flying with one punch.
• Ma Weiqing took to the air with Phoenix Wing Soaring to avoid Li Yuan, who launched himself after him and charged through his pillar of fire.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Li Yuan as he pursued Ma Weiqing.

Li Yuan overwhelmed the Shrek Seven Devils in the arena, knocking out Fatty and disabling several of the others while carefully avoiding injuring Xiao Wu. As Li Yuan moved to eliminate Tang San, Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances.

• Zhu Zhuqing used Nether Shadow Clone to send two clones and herself attacking Li Yuan while Tang San tried to pull Fatty out of danger.
• Li Yuan knocked Fatty out of the arena with Continuous Normal Punches, then Zhu Zhuqing's attacks struck him and Tang San trapped him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Li Yuan broke free and counterattacked, blasting Zhu Zhuqing's clones apart and sending Ning Rongrong flying while leaving Xiao Wu unharmed.
• Oscar made sausages to replenish the Shrek team, but Li Xiaoyuan used Universal Pull to take them and distribute them to the Dawn Team.
• Li Yuan ate several sausages and charged at Tang San, who revealed his Eight Spider Lances.