Chapter Summaries

Li Yuan secured a place on Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, then left the city with Juhua to prepare an ambush for Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes. He planned to gather Juhua's soul beast allies before Dugu Bo arrived that night.

• Li Yuan dispelled his Frenzy Aura, and Meng Shenji released the upside-down Zhi Lin after he regained his senses.
• Li Yuan apologized for his Third Soul Skill's side effect, while Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan accepted the explanation and Zhi Lin vowed not to try Li Yuan's support skills again.
• Li Yuan earned a place on Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team and gained favor with its three education committee members.
• Li Yuan left Heaven Dou City with Juhua, intending to exploit Dugu Bo's expected visit to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and kill him in an ambush.
• Li Yuan and Juhua entered the Sunset Great Forest to gather their soul beast allies, with Juhua carrying Li Yuan deeper into the forest.

Li Yuan and five powerful Spirit Beasts ambushed Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, where Tang San hoped to obtain Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs. The ambush succeeded when the Purple Gold Jade Face Fox paralyzed Dugu Bo with poison and illusions.

• Li Yuan gathered five Spirit Beasts and led them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes to confront Dugu Bo.
• While waiting, Li Yuan explained that he had already taken most of the Immortal Grade Medicinal Herbs, leaving Tang San little to find.
• Dugu Bo arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes with Tang San following behind him using his Eight Spider Lances.
• The Purple Gold Jade Face Fox unleashed a Poison Array and an illusion array, briefly dazing and paralyzing Dugu Bo.

Tang San was knocked unconscious by the Purple Gold Jade Face Fox, allowing Li Yuan and four Spirit Beasts to ambush Dugu Bo. Their prepared assault left Dugu Bo suppressed, but he summoned a shield and prepared to use his Petrification Skill.

• The Purple Gold Jade Face Fox caught Tang San in its illusion and poison arrays, knocking him unconscious with paralytic poison.
• The Golden Lion trapped Dugu Bo inside a barrier while the White Jade Mammoth, Savage Baboon, and Li Yuan charged him.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul Avatar and clashed with the attackers.
• Li Yuan and the three Spirit Beasts battered Dugu Bo, whose strength was weakened by their antidotes to his poison.
• Dugu Bo raised a green shield, then began using his Head Soul Bone's Petrification Skill as Li Yuan warned the others.

Dugu Bo used Time Freeze to immobilize Li Yuan and the Soul Beasts, but Juhua harried him until they broke free. Li Yuan then taunted Dugu Bo to draw his attacks, leaving him charging at Li Yuan as the Soul Beasts prepared to strike.

• The Soul Beasts blocked Dugu Bo's Petrification Skill, and Juhua wounded him with a surprise attack.
• Dugu Bo activated Time Freeze and tried to escape through the Golden Lion's barrier, but Juhua kept interrupting him.
• The Soul Beasts broke free of Time Freeze, and Dugu Bo suffered backlash and spat blood.
• Juhua told Li Yuan to break Dugu Bo's Martial Soul Avatar, and Li Yuan summoned a Black Dragon Horse and spread out his clones.
• Li Yuan and his clones insulted Dugu Bo until the taunt enraged him and drew him away from the Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Bo charged at Li Yuan, focused on killing him instead of escaping or using Soul Power.

Li Yuan kept Dugu Bo chasing him while the Spirit Beasts battered Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul Avatar. After Juhua helped him, Li Yuan baited Dugu Bo into losing control of his Soul Power, then struck him down, and the Spirit Beasts left him gravely injured but alive.

• Li Yuan fled from Dugu Bo on the Black Dragon Horse, taunting him as the Spirit Beasts attacked his Martial Soul Avatar.
• With his Soul Power nearly exhausted, Li Yuan begged Juhua for help and promised it whatever it wanted for dinner.
• Juhua blasted the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s head, then Li Yuan continued insulting Dugu Bo until he stopped circulating Soul Power and his Martial Soul Avatar collapsed.
• Li Yuan dismissed the Black Dragon Horse and struck the weakened Dugu Bo in the face with his silver keyboard.
• The Spirit Beasts surrounded Dugu Bo and beat him severely, leaving him traumatized but still alive.

After capturing Dugu Bo, Li Yuan tried to force the battered Titled Douluo to become his subordinate, but Dugu Bo refused until Li Yuan used a humiliating attack to break his resolve. Dugu Bo finally begged him to stop, leaving his submission unresolved.

• Li Yuan ordered the soul beasts to beat the captured Dugu Bo, then stopped them before they killed him.
• Li Yuan offered Dugu Bo the choices of becoming his son or his lackey, but Dugu Bo refused both and swore he would never submit.
• Li Yuan had the Savage Baboon restrain Dugu Bo and repeatedly used Thousand Years of Death on him.
• Dugu Bo cried out and begged Li Yuan to stop after the attacks, unable to bear the humiliation.

Li Yuan forced Dugu Bo to become his lapdog and secured his obedience by poisoning him and planting a clone beside his heart. After leaving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes with his soul beast companions, Li Yuan wondered whether the Shrek Seven Devils could still become gods without the immortal-grade herbs he had taken.

• Li Yuan threatened Dugu Bo until he agreed to be his lapdog.
• The Purple Gold Jade Face Fox poisoned Dugu Bo, and Li Yuan planted a clone beside his heart as a bomb to prevent betrayal.
• Li Yuan left Dugu Bo and Tang San at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, where medicinal herbs could help Dugu Bo recover.
• Li Yuan returned to the core region of the Sunset Great Forest, cooked for his companions, and wondered whether the Shrek Seven Devils could still become gods without the herbs he had taken.

Li Yuan chose an Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb to give Ning Rongrong, hoping to help her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda evolve, and planned to visit her at Blue Tyrant Academy. When he arrived, he learned the academy was in disarray after Dugu Bo abducted Tang San, and he looked forward to seeing Dugu Bo face the Golden Iron Triangle while injured.

• Li Yuan realized Ning Rongrong might need an Immortal Grade Medicinal Herb to evolve her martial soul and searched his remaining herbs for a suitable choice.
• Li Yuan ruled out the dangerous Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, then chose the Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Flower for Ning Rongrong.
• Li Yuan put away the other herbs and decided to visit Ning Rongrong at Blue Tyrant Academy the next morning.
• Li Yuan arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy and found it in disorder because Dugu Bo had abducted Tang San the previous night.
• Li Yuan expected the injured Dugu Bo to meet the Golden Iron Triangle and gleefully imagined watching them defeat him.

Li Yuan found Ning Rongrong at Blue Tyrant Academy after she returned from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then offered to help her obtain her third spirit ring. He left with her for the Sunset Great Forest, promising a gift after she became a Soul Elder.

• Li Yuan learned Ning Rongrong had returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and decided not to risk visiting it himself.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy, and Li Yuan led her to a quiet grove to talk.
• Li Yuan learned Ning Rongrong had reached level thirty but had not obtained her third spirit ring.
• Li Yuan offered to take Ning Rongrong to the Sunset Great Forest to hunt for a suitable spirit ring and promised her a gift.
• Ning Rongrong suspected Li Yuan was an impostor because he did not ask her for money, so Li Yuan knocked her on the head and left with her for the forest.

Li Yuan took Ning Rongrong into the Sunset Great Forest to find her third spirit ring, while Qian Renxue investigated Li Yuan’s mysterious origins. After Ning Rongrong chose an offensive fire-attributed skill, Li Yuan suggested a Fireball Dragon as her spirit beast.

• Shangguan Jinqian reported to Qian Renxue that he could find little about Li Xiaoyuan’s past or origins.
• Qian Renxue learned that Li Xiaoyuan had left Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong and ordered Shangguan Jinqian to report any new information.
• Li Yuan and Ning Rongrong traveled deeper into the Sunset Great Forest as she considered her third spirit ring.
• Ning Rongrong said she wanted her Third Soul Skill to increase her attack power, and Li Yuan suggested a Fireball Dragon.

Li Yuan led Ning Rongrong into the Sunset Great Forest to find a thousand-year Fireball Dragon for her third spirit ring. After locating one, he stopped it from fleeing and handed Ning Rongrong a dagger to kill it.

• Li Yuan explained that a Fireball Dragon’s spirit ring should be within Ning Rongrong’s ability to absorb and led her deeper into the forest.
• Li Yuan’s clones watched Dugu Bo defeat the Golden Iron Triangle before Tang San persuaded Dugu Bo to spare them.
• Li Yuan found a roughly twelve-hundred-year Fireball Dragon hunting a Fire Rabbit, which he knocked unconscious and picked up.
• The Fireball Dragon fled when Li Yuan and Ning Rongrong approached, but Li Yuan’s golden eyes and oppressive aura immobilized it.
• Li Yuan told Ning Rongrong that the Fireball Dragon would be her spirit ring and gave her a dagger to kill it.

Li Yuan helped Ning Rongrong obtain her first Thousand-Year Soul Ring, then left her guarded by clones and faced the Ten Thousand Year Fireball Dragon that came seeking revenge. He fought off its fireballs and leaped up to strike its head with his Keyboard Martial Soul.

• Li Yuan used his Dragon Might to subdue a Thousand-Year Fireball Dragon, and Ning Rongrong killed it with her dagger.
• Ning Rongrong began absorbing the Fireball Dragon's soul ring while Li Yuan guarded her.
• A clone warned Li Yuan that the Ten Thousand Year Fireball Dragon was approaching, so he left clones to protect Ning Rongrong and drew the beast away.
• Li Yuan tried to intimidate the Ten Thousand Year Fireball Dragon with Dragon Might, but it resisted and attacked him with fireballs.
• Li Yuan shattered a large fireball with his Keyboard Martial Soul, then deflected a barrage and leaped toward the dragon to strike its head.

Li Yuan drove off a ten-thousand-year Fireball Dragon, and Ning Rongrong absorbed its soul ring to reach level thirty-one. He then gave her the Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Flower, whose intense effects engulfed her in flames as she began absorbing it.

• Li Yuan struck the Fireball Dragon with a keyboard, then used his Golden Eyes and Dragon Might to scare it into fleeing.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed the Fireball Dragon's soul ring and broke through to level thirty-one, gaining an attack-enhancing Third Soul Skill.
• Li Yuan gave Ning Rongrong the Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Flower and explained how to consume it.
• Ning Rongrong swallowed the herb, which set her body and Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda ablaze and burned away her clothes.
• Li Yuan watched Ning Rongrong's transformation and regretted not saving the herb for Zhu Zhuqing.

Ning Rongrong absorbed the Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Flower, gaining six ranks of Soul Power and evolving her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into a nine-level Crimson Flame Glazed Tile Pagoda with fire-based attack abilities. After she recovered from the awkward moment of waking up unclothed, she asked Li Yuan for another immortal herb to give Zhu Zhuqing, but he refused.

• Li Yuan watched over Ning Rongrong as the Cockscomb Phoenix Tail Flower transformed her martial soul into a nine-level Crimson Flame Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong woke up unclothed, screamed at Li Yuan, and sent him away while she got dressed.
• Li Yuan asked about Ning Rongrong's changes, and she explained that she had gained six ranks and could now use fire-attributed attack skills as well as support skills.
• Ning Rongrong asked Li Yuan for another immortal herb to give Zhu Zhuqing, but Li Yuan firmly refused.

Li Yuan gave Ning Rongrong the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum after she threatened to tell Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo what had happened between them. Ning Rongrong then revealed that Ning Fengzhi wanted to meet Li Yuan to discuss teaching the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect his Self-Created Soul Skills in exchange for generous compensation.

• Li Yuan refused Ning Rongrong’s request for an immortal herb until she threatened to report him to Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
• Li Yuan handed Ning Rongrong the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and explained its effects and how to consume it.
• Ning Rongrong told Li Yuan that her father, Ning Fengzhi, wanted to see him.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Ning Fengzhi wanted permission for Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to learn Li Yuan’s Self-Created Soul Skills and would pay him generously.

Li Yuan weighed the danger of visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to teach his Self-Created Soul Skills, while Ning Fengzhi hoped to hire or recruit him. After Ning Rongrong revealed an offer of at least ten million Gold Soul Coins, Li Yuan eagerly agreed to meet Ning Fengzhi.

• Li Yuan considered why Self-Created Soul Skills were rarely shared and recognized how useful they could be to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s direct-line disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi became interested in Li Yuan after seeing Ning Rongrong use his Self-Created Soul Skills and Hidden Weapons, and hoped to recruit him.
• Li Yuan worried that visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could be dangerous, even with Juhua’s ability to hide in the void.
• Li Yuan asked Ning Rongrong about the payment for teaching his skills, and she estimated Ning Fengzhi would offer at least ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Yuan eagerly agreed to meet Ning Fengzhi as soon as possible, and he and Ning Rongrong set off together.

Li Yuan returned to Heaven Dou City with Ning Rongrong and ran into the overbearing fourth prince, Xue Beng. After Xue Beng attacked him, Li Yuan struck back and left the prince facing him alone as his guards fell unconscious.

• Li Yuan and Ning Rongrong returned to Heaven Dou City and encountered Xue Beng charging through the streets with royal guards.
• Xue Beng swung his whip at Li Yuan and ordered him to move, so Li Yuan caught the whip and slapped Xue Beng into a nearby wall.
• Xue Beng got up with his face badly injured and ordered his guards to kill Li Yuan, but they hesitated because they were ordinary men facing a powerful soul master.
• Li Yuan released an imposing pressure that knocked the royal guards unconscious, while Xue Beng remained furious and defiant.

Li Yuan used his illusion technique on Xue Beng after the prince insulted him, trapping him in a nightmare where Li Yuan repeatedly stabbed him. Xue Beng learned he would remain under Li Yuan’s control for seventy-two hours.

• Ning Rongrong confronted Xue Beng and warned him not to block their way, while Xue Beng backed down because of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Beng insulted Li Yuan as he and Ning Rongrong tried to leave, prompting Li Yuan to turn and challenge him.
• Li Yuan’s golden pupils caught Xue Beng in an illusion, and Xue Beng awoke nailed to a cross in a terrifying realm.
• Li Yuan repeatedly stabbed Xue Beng within the illusion, where Xue Beng fainted and awoke in pain.
• Li Yuan explained that his illusion technique gave him control over time, space, and matter in the illusion, and that Xue Beng would endure it for seventy-two hours.

Li Yuan used his illusion technique to terrify Xue Beng, then released him after he fainted. Xue Beng fled, and Li Yuan declined Ning Rongrong’s offer to shelter at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, confident he could handle any retaliation.

• Li Yuan ended the illusion after Xue Beng passed out from the imagined stabbing, and Xue Beng woke up terrified and apologized.
• The Royal Guards helped Xue Beng away after Li Yuan ordered them to leave.
• Ning Rongrong warned Li Yuan that Xue Beng might seek revenge and offered him refuge at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Li Yuan politely declined, reasoning that Xue Xing had no force to threaten him and that Dugu Bo was already his lackey.

Li Yuan visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at Ning Fengzhi’s invitation, wary of its power but bringing Juhua for protection. His attempt to show goodwill by laughing loudly left everyone in the council hall laughing together, while Ning Rongrong remained confused.

• Li Yuan declined Ning Rongrong’s offer to visit the sect, then agreed to go after Ning Fengzhi invited him the next day.
• Li Yuan brought Juhua with him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong awaited him.
• Chen Xin questioned the reports of Li Yuan’s strength, and Ning Fengzhi suggested he test Li Yuan himself.
• Li Yuan entered the council hall laughing loudly to show goodwill, leaving Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo baffled.
• Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo joined Li Yuan’s laughter, and Li Yuan urged the bewildered Ning Rongrong to smile too.