Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and criticized Zhao Wuji over Tang San’s third soul ring before questioning Tang San about it. After hearing about Shen Tianchen’s strength and Flender’s plans for him, Yu Xiaogang decided to seek him out and asked Tang San where he could be found.

• Yu Xiaogang impressed Flender and Zhao Wuji by identifying the bull’s roar as belonging to the Sky Azure Bull Python, then demanded an account of Tang San’s condition.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Zhao Wuji for Tang San absorbing a Thorn Demon Vine soul ring, and Flender explained that Zhao Wuji had arrived after Tang San had already absorbed it.
• Yu Xiaogang left to visit Tang San, who explained his third soul ring while downplaying Shen Tianchen’s role in helping him obtain it.
• Yu Xiaogang asked about Shen Tianchen, and Tang San described his strength and revealed Flender wanted him as a core student and possible disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang asked where Shen Tianchen lived; Tang San said he did not know but suggested looking for him at the Great Soul Arena.

Yu Xiaogang sent Tang San to find Shen Tianchen, hoping to bring the talented young man closer to his disciple. After Tang San offered hidden weapons as thanks, he revealed that Yu Xiaogang wanted to meet Shen Tianchen, who guessed the teacher intended to recruit him as a disciple.

• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Tang San that Shen Tianchen could become his junior disciple and a worthy rival, and Tang San agreed to seek him out.
• Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong won their spirit duel, then encountered Tang San at the Great Soul Arena.
• Tang San displayed several hidden weapons, and Ning Rongrong asked to buy them for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Shen Tianchen told Ning Rongrong to arrange the purchase later and asked Tang San why he had sought them out.
• Tang San privately told Shen Tianchen that Yu Xiaogang wanted to meet him, and Shen Tianchen inferred that Yu Xiaogang meant to recruit him.

Shen Tianchen rejected Yu Xiaogang’s arrogant offer to become his disciple and Flender’s invitation to join Shrek Academy. Back at the hotel, he told Ning Rongrong about the encounters and suggested they could reproduce Tang San’s hidden weapons themselves.

• Shen Tianchen met Yu Xiaogang, who offered to take him as a disciple while Tang San praised the teacher’s research.
• Shen Tianchen left without accepting, and Yu Xiaogang grew angry while Tang San recognized that his teacher had acted arrogantly.
• Flender approached Shen Tianchen to recruit him for Shrek Academy, but Shen Tianchen refused and revealed he was gaining experience under the Crown Prince’s orders.
• Flender returned to Shrek Academy, realizing that recruiting Shen Tianchen could have angered the Heaven Dou Royal Family.
• Shen Tianchen told Ning Rongrong about the recruitment attempts and said they could make copies of Tang San’s hidden weapons to save money.

Yu Xiaogang took charge of Shrek Academy’s students and set up a spar between Tang San and Dai Mubai to establish Tang San’s standing. Shen Tianchen returned to Heaven Dou City, informed Xue Qinghe about Moonlight Pavilion and Shrek Academy, and arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy with authority to form its Second Team.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the Shrek Six Devils’ new teacher, and Tang San backed his teacher’s ability to train them.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San and Dai Mubai to spar without restrictions, hoping Tang San would gain influence among the students.
• Xue Qinghe sent Shen Tianchen his new identity and arranged for him to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Ning Rongrong decided to return to Heaven Dou City with him.
• Shen Tianchen told Xue Qinghe that the missing grain might be connected to Moonlight Pavilion and mentioned Shrek Academy as a group worth investigating.
• Xue Qinghe gave Shen Tianchen authority to form the Heaven Dou Second Team, and the academy’s education committee welcomed him.

Shen Tianchen settled into the Imperial Dou Academy’s new second-team residence and arranged his classes and cultivation schedule. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi concluded Shen Tianchen was the child from Spirit City and planned to learn whom he served before deciding how to prepare for Spirit Hall’s growing influence.

• Meng Shenji and the other education committee members showed Shen Tianchen the second team’s training ground and set aside ten houses for the team.
• Shen Tianchen chose a courtyard, met Teacher Zhou Qi, arranged morning theory lessons and afternoon cultivation, and collected his monthly Cultivation Resources.
• Shen Tianchen wrote a letter to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect during his ten-day break before academy life began.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and praised Shen Tianchen, while Gu Rong teased her about liking him.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized Shen Tianchen as the child from Spirit City and told Chen Xin and Gu Rong he wanted to discover whom Shen Tianchen was loyal to so the sect could prepare.

Shen Tianchen prepared to form Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team while the Imperial Dou First Team discussed challenging him. Ning Fengzhi met Shen Tianchen to thank him for helping Ning Rongrong and tested whether he would join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Shen Tianchen declined, citing his loyalty to the Crown Prince.

• Shen Tianchen saw the Imperial Dou First Team return from training, and Dugu Yan recognized him as the student forming the second team.
• Osler proposed sparring with Shen Tianchen, and Qin Ming brought the challenge to the education committee members for Shen Tianchen’s approval.
• People from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect summoned Shen Tianchen to meet Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Shen Tianchen one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to thank him for helping Ning Rongrong, but Shen Tianchen refused the money.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested Shen Tianchen marry into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Shen Tianchen declined, saying he could not abandon the Crown Prince who had treated him well.

Shen Tianchen secured Ning Fengzhi’s agreement for Ning Rongrong to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy while considering a secret alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After returning to the academy, he learned that Osler and Yu Feng had challenged him and went to meet them.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed to let Ning Rongrong join Shen Tianchen at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and he and Gu Rong suspected Shen was hiding parts of his identity.
• Shen Tianchen considered secretly making the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect a partner of the Worship Hall, while avoiding Bibi Dong’s notice.
• Osler and Yu Feng waited at the training ground for Shen Tianchen, while Yu Tianheng and the others ate lunch and teased them.
• A student told Shen Tianchen that Osler and Yu Feng had challenged him with the Education Committee’s approval, and Shen agreed to go to the training ground.
• The student offered to build up momentum for Shen Tianchen before he entered the training ground.

Shen Tianchen faced Osler in a public spar at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and revealed overwhelming strength despite hiding his Soul Rings. After defeating Osler with his first Spirit Ability, he left Yu Feng and the rest of Imperial Dou First Team to respond.

• Shen Tianchen exchanged taunts with Osler and Yu Feng, then chose Osler as his opponent while Qin Ming agreed to referee.
• Osler summoned his Ghost Leopard Spirit and attacked Shen Tianchen, but Shen Tianchen's barrier repelled him without breaking.
• Osler used Leopard Shadow Clone, and Shen Tianchen summoned a purple Soul Ring and unleashed Violet Firmament Heavenly Thunder Sword.
• Shen Tianchen's swords destroyed Osler's clones and blasted Osler into the spectator stands, where he passed out.

Shen Tianchen defeated Yu Feng and stood up to the Shi brothers before Qin Ming stopped their match, while Ning Rongrong enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. The education committee worried that the fight had damaged the Imperial Dou First Team’s reputation and would bring the royal family’s anger upon them.

• Yu Feng challenged Shen Tianchen with one spirit ability, but Shen Tianchen’s Dragon Abyss Break overwhelmed his attack and sent him flying from the arena.
• The Shi brothers rushed Shen Tianchen, who knocked away their turtle shells and attacked Shi Mo before Qin Ming intervened and claimed the match was over under academy rules.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived with Ning Rongrong, who enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and later visited Shen Tianchen at his dormitory.
• The education committee members worried that the defeat and the students’ growing disapproval of the Imperial Dou First Team would draw blame from the royal family and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

After Shen Tianchen’s victory over the Imperial Dou First Team, the academy’s education committee discussed protecting Qin Ming while disciplining the team, and Prince Xue Xing planned to recruit Shen Tianchen. Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong went to the Heaven Dou City Great Soul Arena to seek teammates, where the newly formed Blazing Battle Team also arrived to prepare for spirit duels.

• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan agreed to suspend Qin Ming’s leadership and delay the Imperial Dou First Team’s experience trip while the controversy cooled.
• Prince Xue Xing urged Xue Beng to recruit Shen Tianchen by offering him resources and a place on the first team.
• Shen Tianchen told Ning Rongrong about Prince Xue Xing’s intentions, and Ning Rongrong promised to ask her father for help if needed.
• Shen Tianchen invited Ning Rongrong to choose a courtyard and then took her to the Great Soul Arena to find potential teammates through spirit duels.
• Huo Wushuang proposed that the newly formed Blazing Battle Team practice in two-on-two matches, then partnered with his sister Huo Wu and went to register.

Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong faced Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang of Blazing Academy in a sparring match, where Shen Tianchen gained the upper hand. During the battle, he invited Huo Wushuang to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team and argued that Blazing Academy could not defeat the Spirit Hall Team as it stood.

• Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong arrived at Soul Arena Five and met Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, learning that they were from Blazing Academy.
• Shen Tianchen and Huo Wushuang agreed to keep their match friendly, and the two sides began their sparring battle.
• Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang coordinated their spirit abilities, but Shen Tianchen used his sword and combat experience to gain the advantage with Ning Rongrong’s boosts.
• Huo Wushuang acknowledged Shen Tianchen’s strength and said that only Xiao Tian might match him.
• Shen Tianchen invited Huo Wushuang to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team and warned that Blazing Academy was unlikely to beat the Spirit Hall Team in the tournament.

Shen Tianchen defeated Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, then invited Huo Wushuang to join his team. The next morning, Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong went to meet the Education Committee about the conflict with the Imperial Dou First Team.

• Shen Tianchen told Huo Wushuang that the Spirit Hall Golden Generation posed a major threat and invited him to fight for the championship on Shen Tianchen's team.
• Huo Wushuang demanded that Shen Tianchen defeat him and Huo Wu before he would consider the offer.
• Shen Tianchen used Dragon Abyss Break and a surprise strike to freeze Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, forcing Huo Wushuang to concede.
• Huo Wushuang said he would seriously consider joining Shen Tianchen's team, then left with Huo Wu to warn their academy about Spirit Hall Academy's strength.
• The next morning, Teacher Zhou summoned Shen Tianchen to the Education Committee to resolve the conflict with the Imperial Dou First Team, and Shen Tianchen brought Ning Rongrong along.

Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong witnessed Imperial Dou First Team’s dispute with the Education Committee over the team’s treatment of new students. The committee tried to settle the conflict, but the team’s disunity left Shen Tianchen considering his next steps without involving the academy in his recruitment plans.

• Zhi Lin reprimanded Imperial Dou First Team for targeting its own students, while Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong listened outside the Education Committee.
• Meng Shenji asked Yu Tianheng to apologize to Shen Tianchen, but Shi Mo defended the team and accused Shen Tianchen of going too far in the sparring matches.
• Osler admitted the team had been at fault, while Bai Baoshan scolded the Shi family brothers for refusing to acknowledge their mistakes.
• Zhou Qi stopped the argument, and the Education Committee sent everyone except Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong back to training.
• Meng Shenji offered to help Shen Tianchen recruit students from other academies, but Shen Tianchen chose not to involve the committee in recruiting Huo Wushuang, his sister, and Feng Xiaotian.

After the academy’s Education Committee suspended Qin Ming and offered Shen Tianchen compensation, Xue Beng tried to recruit Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong, but they rejected him. Rumors about the Imperial Dou First Team spread through Heaven Dou City, drawing the attention of Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Dugu Bo, who went to the academy to find out what had happened.

• Zhi Lin asked Shen Tianchen to speak in Qin Ming’s favor, and the Education Committee offered Shen Tianchen compensation to keep him at the academy.
• Ning Rongrong criticized the Education Committee’s handling of the dispute, while Shen Tianchen urged her to avoid the Imperial Dou First Team.
• Xue Beng invited Shen Tianchen and Ning Rongrong to meet Prince Xue Xing, but they declined and left him behind.
• Rumors spread across Heaven Dou City blaming the Imperial Dou First Team and criticizing Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan, prompting Xue Ye to ask Ning Fengzhi to gauge the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s position.
• Ning Fengzhi lost interest in strengthening ties with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and regarded Shen Tianchen as a more promising ally.
• Dugu Bo left his courtyard and headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to find Dugu Yan and learn what had happened.

Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo how Shen Tianchen had defeated the First Team, while Ning Rongrong revealed that Prince Xue Xing was likely behind the damaging rumors. Dugu Bo visited Shen Tianchen that night, and Shen Tianchen identified Xue Xing as the culprit.

• The First Team faced public backlash, and Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan considered asking Dugu Bo to investigate the rumors.
• Dugu Yan recounted Shen Tianchen's victories to Dugu Bo, who agreed to look into the matter and hoped the team could resume training.
• Ning Rongrong told Shen Tianchen that her father suspected Prince Xue Xing had spread the rumors, and Dugu Bo secretly overheard them.
• Dugu Bo decided he could not confront Xue Xing directly but could order him to stop spreading rumors.
• Dugu Bo visited Shen Tianchen, who blamed Xue Xing because the rumors began after he refused Xue Beng's request.

Shen Tianchen gave Ning Rongrong a pill that could evolve her Martial Soul and warned Dugu Bo about Qin Ming’s leadership of the Imperial Dou First Team. At Blazing Academy, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu told Feng Xiaotian that Shen Tianchen was far stronger than he appeared as the academies discussed forming a joint team.

• Dugu Bo praised Shen Tianchen, then left after saying he would return later.
• Shen Tianchen gave Ning Rongrong a Jadeite Tulip Pill and stood guard while she began absorbing it.
• Shen Tianchen warned Dugu Bo that Qin Ming might fail to protect the Imperial Dou First Team, and Dugu Bo decided to remain in Heaven Dou City to monitor them.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu told Feng Xiaotian that Shen Tianchen had held back during their spirit battle and was likely above level forty.
• Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian discussed the possibility of Godwind Academy and Blazing Academy forming a joint team.

Ning Rongrong discovered that her martial soul had become the legendary Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, then left to obtain her third soul ring. At the Great Soul Arena, Feng Xiaotian challenged Shen Tianchen, whose fourth soul ring stunned the audience and Huo Wushuang’s siblings.

• Ning Rongrong confirmed that her Glazed Tile Pagoda had nine layers, showed her affection for Shen Tianchen, and announced she was returning to her sect for her third soul ring.
• Dugu Bo urged Shen Tianchen to win Ning Rongrong’s affection and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, but Shen Tianchen chose to focus on cultivation for now.
• Shen Tianchen headed for the Great Soul Arena, where Huo Wushuang, his sister, and Feng Xiaotian met him and Feng Xiaotian requested a match.
• Shen Tianchen and Feng Xiaotian entered a prearranged spirit duel, and Shen Tianchen revealed three purple soul rings and a fourth black soul ring.
• The audience cheered for Shen Tianchen’s ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring, while Huo Wushuang and his sister watched in stunned disbelief.

Shen Tianchen defeated Feng Xiaotian in the Great Soul Arena and invited him to join his team, while Feng Xiaotian agreed to speak with his grandfather about it. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong returned at level thirty and credited her rapid progress to the Jadeite Tulip Pill Shen Tianchen had given her.

• Feng Xiaotian attacked Shen Tianchen with his wind blades, then charged with his Swift Wind Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes.
• Shen Tianchen countered with a stellar sword strike that defeated Feng Xiaotian and stopped him from falling out of the arena.
• Shen Tianchen pointed out that Feng Xiaotian's self-created skill took too long to charge and invited him to join his team.
• Feng Xiaotian said he would speak to his grandfather, the headmaster of Godwind Academy, about Shen Tianchen's proposal.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin discovered she had reached level thirty.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Chen Xin that the Jadeite Tulip Pill Shen Tianchen gave her had raised her Soul Power from level twenty-seven.

Ning Rongrong revealed that the Jadeite Tulip Pill had transformed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, prompting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to consider its relationship with Shen Tianchen. Meanwhile, Shen Tianchen went to Blazing Academy to meet the heads of the Feng, Shui, and Fire families, who hoped to enlist his help with Xue Qinghe.

• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and explained that Shen Tianchen had given her a Jadeite Tulip Pill.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin warned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect must not make an enemy of Shen Tianchen, while Gu Rong was tasked with helping Rongrong obtain her third soul ring.
• Shen Tianchen considered how to win over the Feng, Shui, and Fire families and expected their leaders to invite him to meet.
• Huo Wushuang invited Shen Tianchen to Blazing Academy, where the three family heads were waiting, and Shen Tianchen followed him with someone secretly trailing behind.
• The family heads explained their hopes of reaching Xue Qinghe through Shen Tianchen, then welcomed him inside to talk.

Shen Tianchen negotiated with the Huo, Feng, and Shui Family heads to recruit Huo Wushuang, his sister, and Feng Xiaotian into his team. He secured Huo Lie’s agreement and won Feng Changlin’s support by promising to help Feng Xiaotian perfect his Self-Created Soul Skill, while hinting at further benefits for the team.

• Huo Lie offered Shen Tianchen a core position and abundant resources if he joined Blazing Academy, but Shen Tianchen insisted on leading his own team.
• Shui Wuyue proposed that Skywater Academy form a team with Shen Tianchen, prompting Huo Lie to reconsider and agree to let Huo Wushuang and his sister join.
• Feng Changlin said Feng Xiaotian wanted to join but warned that Godwind Academy Team would lose strength without him.
• Shen Tianchen offered to help Feng Xiaotian perfect his Self-Created Soul Skill, and Feng Changlin agreed to let him join the team.
• Shen Tianchen assured Huo Lie that the recruits would grow stronger quickly, persuading him that joining the team could benefit Huo Wushuang and his sister.