Chapter Summaries

Tang Jiu endured a dangerous Soul Ring absorption with Ye Lingling’s healing, while Yu Tianlei stole the Ironclad Dragon’s soul bone and injured Yu Tianheng as he escaped. Twelve hours later, Tang Jiu completed the absorption and revealed his Third Spirit Skill, Dragon’s Wrath.

• Ye Lingling repeatedly healed Tang Jiu as he adapted to the Ironclad Dragon’s Soul Ring, preventing his body from rupturing.
• Yu Tianlei claimed the Ironclad Dragon’s soul bone, then injured Yu Tianheng and fled with Yu Tianxin when Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng tried to stop him.
• Dugu Yan stayed to protect Tang Jiu and Yu Tianheng while Ye Lingling exhausted her Soul Power healing them.
• After twelve hours, Tang Jiu completed his absorption and revealed his Third Spirit Skill, Dragon’s Wrath, which raised his basic physical attributes by sixty percent.

After discovering that Yu Tianlei and Yu Tianxin had stolen his Soul Bone, Tang Jiu used his new wings to pursue them and captured Yu Tianlei. He killed Yu Tianlei when he learned the Soul Bone had been sent away, declaring that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would regret crossing him.

• Tang Jiu explained that his Soul Skills multiplied his strength, then revealed his wings and flew after the fleeing Yu Tianlei and Yu Tianxin.
• Tang Jiu tracked down Yu Tianlei, kicked him into a tree, and broke his leg while demanding the Soul Bone.
• Yu Tianlei admitted that Yu Tianxin had taken the Soul Bone and tried to use his clan ties to threaten and bargain with Tang Jiu.
• Yu Tianheng urged Tang Jiu to spare Yu Tianlei, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reacted to Yu Tianlei's shameless claims.
• Tang Jiu rejected Yu Tianlei's offer, struck him through the chest with a flying hammer, and warned that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was in trouble.

Tang Jiu tried to convince Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling that he was Tang Hao’s son, but they doubted his claims and laughed off his boasts. The group set off for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, with Ye Lingling supporting Tang Jiu and Dugu Yan teasing her about him.

• Tang Jiu claimed he was Tang Hao’s son and had defeated a Titled Douluo, but Dugu Yan challenged his story.
• Dugu Yan told Tang Jiu that Spirit Hall had attacked the Clear Sky Sect and that Tang Hao had been expelled and stripped of his title after Tang Hao’s son offended Spirit Hall.
• Tang Jiu blamed the trouble on his brother, then admitted he was not Tang Hao’s biological son when Dugu Yan said Tang Hao’s son was named Tang Heizhi.
• Tang Jiu retrieved his War Hammer, stored it away, and carved meat from the Ironclad Dragon while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling teased him about boasting.
• Yu Tianheng supported Tang Jiu as the group headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling until she went to support Tang Jiu herself.

Tang Jiu visited Dugu Bo’s herb garden with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, where he began harvesting and eating its poisonous plants to strengthen himself. After surviving the toxins with Ye Lingling’s healing, he spotted two powerful Immortal Grade herbs and charged toward them.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling learned that Tang Jiu’s Evil Ring Devouring Heaven Ant was a Self Spirit Fusion Skill, and the group returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Five days later, Dugu Yan took Tang Jiu and Ye Lingling to Dugu Bo’s unattended herb garden, where they found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang Jiu transformed and swept through the garden, cutting down a huge number of herbs despite Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling’s protests.
• Tang Jiu ate the poisonous herbs, turned several colors from the toxins, and relied on Ye Lingling’s healing while forcing the poison into his soul bone.
• Tang Jiu recovered and spotted the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then rushed toward them.

Tang Jiu devoured Dugu Bo’s medicinal herbs and endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, smelting its power into his body and gaining control of ice and fire. After Ye Lingling kept him alive with her healing, Dugu Bo returned to find his medicinal garden stripped bare.

• Tang Jiu ate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, and the rest of Dugu Bo’s herbs, but the toxins overwhelmed his body.
• Tang Jiu jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Ye Lingling tried to heal him as Dugu Yan feared he was dead.
• Tang Jiu activated the Heavenly Curse Seal and endured the well’s power until his meridians were reconstructed and he gained ice and fire Elemental Power.
• Tang Jiu abandoned his attempt to obtain a Body of Invulnerability to All Poisons and continued cultivating in the well.
• Ye Lingling collapsed from exhaustion after sensing Tang Jiu’s life force grow stronger, and Dugu Bo returned to find his medicinal garden emptied.
• Dugu Yan blamed Tang Jiu for eating the herbs as Dugu Bo reached to punish her.

Tang Jiu finished tempering his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and revealed his ultimate combat form, then fled when Dugu Bo confronted him. Dugu Bo pursued him through the air, but Tang Jiu dodged his attacks and froze him briefly before Dugu Bo unleashed Medusa's Gaze.

• Dugu Bo learned that Tang Jiu had ruined his medicinal garden and waited for him to emerge from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang Jiu rose from the spring in a transformed form with red-and-blue hair, bat wings, and an Ice and Fire mark, stunning Dugu Bo and the others.
• Tang Jiu tried to escape, but Dugu Bo summoned his Jade Scale Snake Emperor and struck him with emerald Soul Power; Tang Jiu blocked the attack with ice and his wings without being injured.
• Dugu Bo flew after Tang Jiu and released the Jade Scale Snake Emperor's poison, but Tang Jiu dodged it and froze Dugu Bo and his martial soul in a massive ice sculpture.
• Dugu Bo broke free and activated the spirit bone skill Medusa's Gaze, while Dugu Yan recognized it as his petrifying ultimate move.

Tang Jiu outwitted Dugu Bo’s powerful spirit skills and revealed that he knew how to manage the poison harming Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan. After Dugu Bo threatened to involve Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Jiu offered a spirit bone for Dugu Yan and sent him to retrieve it from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Tang Jiu blocked Dugu Bo’s Medusa’s Gaze with chunks of Ironclad Dragon meat after identifying its petrification effect.
• Tang Jiu explained that Dugu Bo’s Time Freeze had limited range and duration, and Dugu Bo acknowledged that it could not stop Tang Jiu’s speed.
• Dugu Bo threatened to seek out Tang Hao or the Clear Sky Sect, prompting Tang Jiu to stop fleeing and negotiate.
• Tang Jiu told Dugu Bo that storing toxins in spirit bones could keep them from harming the body, and Dugu Bo asked him to provide another spirit bone for Dugu Yan.
• Tang Jiu claimed he had a spirit bone stored with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and urged Dugu Bo to retrieve it, telling him to break their Great Elder’s leg.

Dugu Bo decided Tang Jiu was a suitable match for Dugu Yan, while Tang Jiu’s Bullet Ant evolved after he escaped with Dugu Bo’s herbs. Three months later, Tang Jiu reached Suotuo City and waited at the Rose Hotel for Tang San to arrive and pay his bill.

• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan he wanted her to marry Tang Jiu, but she insisted she liked Yu Tianheng; Dugu Bo dismissed Yu Tianheng and demanded five million gold spirit coins from his clan over the stolen soul bone.
• Dugu Yan recounted how Tang Jiu had obtained the soul bone, and Dugu Bo claimed it belonged partly to her and threatened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• After escaping Dugu Bo, Tang Jiu discovered his Bullet Ant had evolved into an Ice Fire Bullet Ant, granting him immunity to ice and fire and elemental effects on close-range attacks.
• Tang Jiu found his Soul Power and physical strength had increased greatly, then planned to visit Shrek Academy and ask Tang Hao to help him obtain a soul bone from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Three months later, Tang Jiu reached Suotuo City and stayed at the Rose Hotel, accumulating a large bill while waiting for Tang San to arrive.

Tang Jiu reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu at a hotel, where he defeated Dai Mubai with one punch after Dai Mubai injured Tang San. Dai Mubai left for Shrek Academy, while Tang Jiu tried to charge the hotel bill to him and took the twins under his protection.

• Tang Jiu arrived downstairs, recognized Xiao Wu, and reunited with her and Tang San during their fight with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai broke free of Tang San's restraints with his third spirit skill and knocked Tang San down.
• Tang Jiu challenged Dai Mubai and defeated him with a single punch, sending him crashing out of the hotel.
• Dai Mubai left, promising to fight Tang Jiu again at Shrek Academy, and Tang San refused to pay the hotel's enormous bill.
• Tang Jiu told the manager to put the bill on Dai Mubai's tab and offered to keep the twins safe until he returned them.

Tang Jiu and his companions reached Shrek Academy, where he met Ning Rongrong and jokingly offered to protect her from Dai Mubai. Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai’s name and reacted with anger, leaving his connection to her unresolved.

• Tang Jiu tried to persuade Tang San to help him retaliate against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Tang San refused.
• The twin sisters accompanied Xiao Wu shopping, then Tang Jiu’s group traveled south and found Shrek Academy.
• Parents demanded refunds at the academy entrance, but Dai Mubai drove them away by displaying his three soul rings.
• Tang Jiu met Ning Rongrong and exchanged playful introductions with her while Tang San and Xiao Wu distanced themselves.
• Tang Jiu offered to protect Ning Rongrong from Dai Mubai for a large fee, and Zhu Zhuqing reacted angrily when she heard Dai Mubai’s name.

Tang Jiu teased Dai Mubai by charging him for returning the twins, while several applicants passed the first screening. He revealed his powerful Bullet Ant martial soul and three extraordinary Soul Rings, leaving everyone in the room stunned.

• Tang Jiu charged Dai Mubai twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins for storing and delivering the twins, and Dai Mubai paid him.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the first test, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing passed as well.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing and tried to approach her, but Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong called him a scumbag before Zhu Zhuqing stomped on his toes and joined them.
• Tang Jiu refused to reveal his martial soul in public, so the old man led him and the others into a room.
• Tang Jiu revealed his Bullet Ant martial soul, infused with both ice and fire power, and three Soul Rings: one purple and two black.

Tang Jiu stunned Shrek Academy’s examinees with his extraordinary soul rings and power, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong advanced through the tests. The examiner sent Tang Jiu straight to the fourth test, then charged him three thousand Gold Soul Coins after his demonstration collapsed an academy building.

• Tang Jiu revealed his Ice and Fire Power and thousand-year and ten-thousand-year soul rings, shocking the old man, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai led the group to the second test, where Oscar sold sausages; his Spirit Incantation embarrassed him, and Zhu Zhuqing cut off a lock of his hair.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu passed directly to the fourth test because their Soul Power exceeded level twenty-five, and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong did the same.
• Dai Mubai told the examiner about Tang Jiu’s earlier display, so the examiner exempted him from testing and sent him to the fourth test.
• Tang Jiu used Berserk and stomped the ground, collapsing a nearby Shrek Academy building with the tremors.
• The examiner told Tang Jiu that he owed three thousand Gold Soul Coins for destroying the building.

Tang Jiu was charged for his academy privileges and brought to the fourth test, where Zhao Wuji announced that all five candidates had to survive against him for one incense stick. Tang Jiu’s unusual confidence unsettled Zhao Wuji, who prepared to discipline him without knowing who his father was.

• The examiner told Tang Jiu that Flender had arranged costly compensation and dormitory fees, and Tang Jiu put the charges on credit before heading to the fourth test with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai introduced Shrek Academy and led the group to Zhao Wuji, who objected to Tang Jiu’s special admission and demanded an end-of-year assessment.
• After learning Tang Jiu was an eleven-year-old Three-Ring Soul Master with powerful soul rings, Zhao Wuji decided to conduct the test himself.
• Zhao Wuji required the five candidates to withstand him for one incense stick, and Dai Mubai warned them that Zhao Wuji was a level-seventy-six Soul Saint.
• Zhao Wuji insisted Tang Jiu had to take the assessment and offered to readmit him for an academy development fee if he failed.
• Tang Jiu hinted at his father’s identity, but Zhao Wuji dismissed the warning and declared he would discipline him.

Tang Jiu revealed his Twin Martial Souls and demonstrated his Spirit Ring Martial Soul during the assessment against Zhao Wuji. He stripped Zhao Wuji of his sixth Spirit Ring and Spirit Skill, leaving everyone stunned as the fight began.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang Jiu introduced themselves and their abilities before Tang Jiu revealed that he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang Jiu explained that his second Martial Soul was a Spirit Ring, while Tang San warned the others that Tang Jiu's support skills helped his opponents rather than his allies.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing with her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as the assessment began.
• Tang Jiu activated his Spirit Ring Martial Soul, revealing a purple First Soul Ring and a black Second Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji used Martial Soul Possession and revealed his seven Spirit Rings, but Tang Jiu's Martial Soul removed Zhao Wuji's sixth ring and lowered his Soul Power by one level.

Tang Jiu stunned Zhao Wuji by overpowering him with a single punch, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked together. Zhao Wuji unleashed his second spirit skill, and Tang Jiu shielded Zhu Zhuqing from the flying stones.

• Zhao Wuji charged Tang Jiu, but Tang Jiu met his punch and sent him flying through a wooden house.
• Tang Jiu explained that he was a pure strength type spirit master, and Tang San led the group in attacking Zhao Wuji.
• Xiao Wuji struck Zhao Wuji with Back Bow, while Zhu Zhuqing and Tang San pressed their attacks against his defenses.
• Zhao Wuji used Great Vajra Palm to shatter the ground and send bluestone fragments flying at the group.
• Tang San protected Xiao Wu from the fragments, while Tang Jiu shielded Zhu Zhuqing with his body.

Tang Jiu rescued Ning Rongrong from Zhao Wuji, then challenged him to fight at full strength so everyone could pass Shrek Academy’s assessment. After Zhao Wuji overwhelmed Tang San and the others, Tang Jiu unleashed his spirit skills and charged at him.

• Tang Jiu used his Evil Ring of Speed to slow Zhao Wuji and reach Ning Rongrong before Zhao Wuji could strike her.
• Zhao Wuji postponed Tang Jiu’s assessment and resumed testing Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong.
• Zhao Wuji’s Immovable Ming King Body broke through the group’s coordinated attacks and sent Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San flying.
• Tang Jiu stepped forward to protect Xiao Wu, then demanded that Zhao Wuji use every spirit skill and fight at full strength.
• Tang Jiu activated his Ice Fire Bullet Ant, three spirit skills, and a spirit bone skill, then launched a blindingly fast punch at Zhao Wuji.

Tang Jiu revealed his fused Martial Souls and Heavenly Curse Seal while battling Zhao Wuji, overpowering the Soul Sage despite the enormous Soul Power gap. He ended the chapter by freezing Zhao Wuji and punching him into the ground.

• Tang Jiu passed through Zhao Wuji's Great Vajra Palm and punched him into a tree, leaving him covered in frost.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, and Tang Jiu revealed his Self Spirit Fusion Skill, Evil Ring Devouring Heaven Ant.
• Tang Jiu activated the Heavenly Curse Seal, transforming further and declaring that he could fight a Soul Sage.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Increase and struck Tang Jiu with Great Vajra Palm, but Tang Jiu's wings shielded him without injury.
• Tang Jiu used Ice Seal to freeze Zhao Wuji, then punched him into the ground.

Tang Jiu withstood Zhao Wuji’s strongest attacks and criticized his spirit-skill choices before piercing his defense with a focused strike. He left Zhao Wuji frozen on his wings, shocking everyone watching.

• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Crush with Gravity Increase, but Tang Jiu endured the pressure without showing pain.
• Zhao Wuji activated Great Vajra Roar and Positional Tracking, then clashed with Tang Jiu in a blow that buried Tang Jiu in the ground and sent Zhao Wuji skidding back.
• Tang Jiu argued that Zhao Wuji’s control and tracking skills weakened his Assault Type attack power, and Master’s teaching supported Tang Jiu’s reasoning.
• Zhao Wuji devoted his Soul Power to defense and challenged Tang Jiu to hurt him.
• Tang Jiu struck Zhao Wuji’s golden body with the claws on his bat wings, pierced through it, and froze him with Ice Power.

Tang Jiu defeated Zhao Wuji, then celebrated with the other students over a meal of Ironclad Dragon meat. That night, Zhao Wuji plotted tougher combat lessons to get even, but a chilling voice summoned him outside.

• Oscar and Dai Mubai were relieved that Tang Jiu had not tested his strength on them, while Tang San resolved to develop his second Martial Soul.
• Zhao Wuji admitted defeat, ate Recovery Sausages, and left as Ning Rongrong teased him about the assessment.
• Tang Jiu joked with Xiao Wu and the others, then cooked Ironclad Dragon meat and served Zhu Zhuqing first.
• The students shared a meal, returned to their dormitories, and Ning Rongrong teased Tang Jiu and Zhu Zhuqing about sharing a room.
• Zhao Wuji considered asking Flender to help him punish Tang Jiu through combat lessons, but a cold voice called, “Zhao Wuji, come out!”

Tang Hao secretly beat Zhao Wuji for hitting Tang San, then revealed himself as Tang San’s father and departed after telling Zhao Wuji to look after him. Tang Jiu appeared to confront Tang Hao over his favoritism and blamed the Tang Heizhi persona for angering Qian Daoliu.

• Tang Jiu watched as Zhao Wuji followed a mysterious voice into a nearby forest.
• Tang Hao revealed his nine spirit rings and beat Zhao Wuji with his bare fists, claiming he was teaching him about the path of an Assault Type soul master.
• Tang Hao identified himself as Tang San’s father and asked Zhao Wuji to take care of Tang San.
• An attacker struck at Tang Hao, but Tang Hao knocked the attacker away and recognized Tang Jiu.
• Tang Jiu complained that Tang Hao cared only about his biological son and blamed Tang Heizhi for provoking Qian Daoliu.