Chapter Summaries

Wang Chuan returned to Shrek Academy after forging Mind Shuttles and gave Ning Rongrong weapons she could control with her thoughts, including a dangerous life-saving trump card. As Ning Rongrong reached level forty, Wang Chuan found renewed warmth in his bonds with the people at Shrek.

• Wang Chuan left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after forging three Mind Shuttles and giving Ning Fengzhi their blueprints and prototypes.
• Wang Chuan reunited with Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy and showed her how to control the Mind Shuttles with her thoughts and Soul Power.
• Wang Chuan warned Ning Rongrong that one shuttle carried a one-use Time Ash strike powerful enough to threaten a Soul Douluo, but could severely harm her.
• Ning Rongrong told Wang Chuan that Oscar had decided to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Wang Chuan gave her a Soul Nourishing Profound Pill for Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong broke through to level forty after finishing refining the medicinal power of pills she had taken earlier.

Wang Chuan took Ning Rongrong into Sunset Forest to hunt a fourth spirit ring and help her test her Mind Shuttles. Ning Rongrong absorbed a spirit ring and advanced to rank forty-one, while she and Wang Chuan planned to arrange Oscar’s return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after special training.

• Wang Chuan and Ning Rongrong set out for Sunset Forest with Dugu Bo secretly accompanying them.
• Ning Rongrong used her Mind Shuttles to attack a Mystic Armored Earth Dragon’s vulnerable spots, and Wang Chuan protected her from its shockwave with his spatial power.
• Wang Chuan incapacitated the Earth Dragon with a strike to its neck, allowing Ning Rongrong to kill it and absorb its spirit ring.
• Ning Rongrong completed her absorption by sunset and advanced to rank forty-one Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Rongrong praised the Mind Shuttles and asked when they would arrange for Oscar to join the sect; Wang Chuan said they would wait until special training ended and he had spoken with his father and Uncle Ning.

After Shrek Academy decided to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Wang Chuan traveled there with the group and shared several warm moments with Ning Rongrong along the way. At the academy gates, Shrek’s students were challenged by arrogant gatekeepers while Wang Chuan slipped inside and reunited with Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the rest of the Imperial Fighting Team.

• Ning Rongrong practiced controlling her shuttles on the journey, and Wang Chuan helped soothe her after training.
• Flender announced that Shrek Academy would join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Wang Chuan agreed to return with them.
• Ning Rongrong and Wang Chuan spent the trip playing and talking together as the group traveled toward Heaven Dou City.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy students blocked Shrek’s group at the gates and provoked an argument, while Wang Chuan told Ning Rongrong he would visit Tianheng and Yan.
• Wang Chuan used his spatial abilities to enter the academy unnoticed and found Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the other Imperial Fighting Team members at their training ground.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and the others welcomed Wang Chuan warmly and showed their happiness at his return.

Xue Qinghe visited Wang Chuan to question him about the phenomenon in Sunset Forest, then asked for his views on the Empire’s widening divide between nobles and commoners. Wang Chuan argued that upheaval could not end inequality and would only create new elites, leaving Xue Qinghe shaken and uncertain about her vision of a lasting order.

• Xue Qinghe visited Wang Chuan and asked how he survived the disturbance in Sunset Forest, and Wang Chuan attributed his survival and improved body to an ancient formation and its life energy.
• Qian Renxue doubted Wang Chuan’s account and decided to increase surveillance of him in case he became a threat to Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe brought Wang Chuan to his dormitory and asked him to explain the conflict between nobles and commoners.
• Wang Chuan said class conflict could not be eliminated, but law and limited opportunities for commoners could ease it, while unequal resource distribution remained difficult to resolve.
• Wang Chuan warned that revolutions would replace old elites with new ones and that corruption would eventually renew the cycle of oppression and unrest.
• Xue Qinghe was shaken by Wang Chuan’s account and questioned whether Spirit Hall could establish a lasting order after unifying the world.

Wang Chuan warned Xue Qinghe that unification could break old power structures but would create new elites, and that human nature made a perfectly classless society impossible. Xue Qinghe left shaken by his insight, while Wang Chuan realized their discussion had drawn him further into the continent’s coming upheaval.

• Wang Chuan told Xue Qinghe that a centralized unified empire could weaken entrenched nobles and improve resource allocation, but conquest and the founding of a new order would create new privileged classes.
• Xue Qinghe described her vision of a prosperous, fair society based on public ownership and distribution according to need, asking whether it could end class conflict.
• Wang Chuan argued that endless desires, individual differences, and control over rules would produce new classes even under an ideal system, making complete equality unattainable.
• Xue Qinghe sat stunned by Wang Chuan’s response, then thanked him and left to reflect on his words.
• Wang Chuan considered how the exchange had placed him in a more complicated position as the continent moved toward upheaval.

Wang Chuan visited Shrek Academy and intervened when Titan attacked Tang San, defeating and gravely injuring the Soul Douluo before forcing the Strength Clan to apologize and leave. Afterward, Ning Rongrong welcomed Wang Chuan and offered to show him the academy.

• Wang Chuan learned that Shrek Academy had moved to Blue Tyrant Academy and traveled there to visit Ning Rongrong.
• Titan attacked Tang San at the academy gates to avenge Tailong, and Wang Chuan stepped between them.
• Wang Chuan used his intangibility, strength, and spirit abilities to defeat Titan and leave him gravely injured.
• Wang Chuan revealed that his master was Chen Xin, prompting Titan, Tainuo, and Tailong to apologize and leave.
• Tang San thanked Wang Chuan, and Ning Rongrong checked that he was unharmed before taking him to see the academy.

Wang Chuan reached level sixty, and Wen Jingran broke through to level fifty, prompting them to set out for spirit rings before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. With Sword Douluo Chen Xin guarding them, they entered the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Wang Chuan’s Sixth Spirit Ring and Wen Jingran’s Fifth.

• Wang Chuan reached level sixty, while his spirit bones continued to grow stronger through the Power of Abundance.
• Ning Fengzhi learned of Wang Chuan’s breakthrough and felt relieved that Ning Rongrong’s bond with him anchored him against the corrosion of Void.
• Wen Jingran broke through to level fifty, and Captain Qin Ming agreed to let him and Wang Chuan hunt for spirit rings without the rest of the team.
• Wang Chuan and Wen Jingran met Sword Douluo Chen Xin on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, where he agreed to protect them.
• Wang Chuan, Wen Jingran, and Chen Xin entered the forest to seek their spirit rings.

Wen Jingran and Wang Chuan defeated a fifty-thousand-year Crystal Armored Dragon Turtle so Wen Jingran could absorb its soul ring. After absorbing it, Wen Jingran gained the Gluttony Domain, which drained enemies’ Soul Power and replenished him and designated allies with energy dispersed in the domain.

• Chen Xin explained that the Crystal Armored Dragon Turtle’s defensive traits would suit Wen Jingran’s Gluttony Shield, then sent him to fight while he stood guard.
• Wen Jingran blocked the turtle’s charge and used Gluttony’s Devour, while Wang Chuan cut apart most of its Crystal Thorn Storm with River Sever - No Return.
• Wang Chuan restrained the turtle with Void Mark - Stagnant Severance, then pierced its vulnerable neck with Annihilation Stab.
• Wen Jingran struck the wounded turtle with stored energy from Gluttony’s Devour - Rebound, killing it and producing a black soul ring.
• Wen Jingran absorbed the soul ring and gained Gluttony Domain, which drained enemies’ Soul Power and converted dispersed spirit ability energy into Soul Power for himself and designated allies.

Wang Chuan and Chen Xin confronted the three-hundred-thousand-year-old Void Abyss Dragon Whale in the Silent Corridor, seeking its spirit ring. Their attack badly wounded the beast, but it retaliated with a storm of spatial blades, leaving Wang Chuan seriously injured.

• Chen Xin explained that the Void Abyss Dragon Whale was their target and that its spirit ring suited Wang Chuan’s martial soul.
• The Void Abyss Dragon Whale emerged from the rift and attacked Wang Chuan with a spatial fissure, which Wang Chuan evaded with Grand Void Body.
• Wang Chuan and Chen Xin damaged the beast’s armor, then worked together to withstand its spatial turbulence.
• Wang Chuan’s devouring sphere collapsed into an annihilating shockwave that tore a massive, unhealable wound into the Dragon Whale’s head.
• The enraged Dragon Whale unleashed jumping Space Blades; Chen Xin defended himself while one blade pierced Wang Chuan’s shoulder.

Wang Chuan broke through the Void Abyss Dragon Whale’s spacetime labyrinth and destroyed its Spacetime Core with Eternal Silence · Time Ash Slash. The beast withered into ash, leaving behind a 300,000-Year Spirit Ring as Wang Chuan and Chen Xin survived the battle.

• The Void Abyss Dragon Whale drew on the earth veins to heal itself and prepared to unleash a spacetime storm.
• Wang Chuan charged into its spacetime labyrinth while Chen Xin prepared to clear a path.
• Wang Chuan used Void Sense and his Spirit Bone skills to navigate the labyrinth and reach the Dragon Whale’s head.
• Chen Xin briefly froze the Dragon Whale’s annihilation beam with Sword! Sever! Time! Shackles!, giving Wang Chuan an opening.
• Wang Chuan struck the Spacetime Core with Eternal Silence · Time Ash Slash, causing the Dragon Whale to decay into ash and its storm to dissipate.
• A 300,000-Year Spirit Ring rose above the vanished beast as Wang Chuan and Chen Xin stood victorious.

Wang Chuan absorbed the Void Abyss Dragon Whale’s 300,000-Year Spirit Ring, gained his sixth spirit ability, and learned from Huang Quan that Destruction’s forces had marked the ring. The chapter left Wang Chuan wary of an unknown threat that had crossed into his world.

• Huang Quan purified the Void Abyss Dragon Whale’s resentment and discovered a hidden mark bearing the aura of Scorching Wind, an Emissary of Destruction under Nanuk.
• Wang Chuan endured the spirit ring’s spatial power as his Jianmu Sacred Remains transformed much of its destructive force into vitality.
• After a day and night, Wang Chuan completed the absorption and gained the sixth spirit ability, Return to Ruin: Myriad Manifestations Draw.
• Wang Chuan used his new ability to form a singularity and erase an obsidian hill, leaving a lasting wound in space.
• Chen Xin praised the attack, and Huang Quan warned Wang Chuan that Destruction’s minions had reached this world.
• Wang Chuan accepted Huang Quan’s warning and vowed to stay vigilant.

After gaining the Void Abyss Dragon Whale Left Leg Bone and stabilizing his new Soul Emperor strength, Wang Chuan returned to Heaven Dou City. He reunited with Ning Rongrong, then challenged the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team to prepare for the tournament championship.

• Wang Chuan demonstrated the left leg bone’s Shadow Step and Void Stomp abilities to Chen Xin, who praised how they complemented Wang Chuan’s martial soul.
• Chen Xin took Wang Chuan to a safe valley, where Wang Chuan spent a day stabilizing his Soul Emperor realm and learning his new powers.
• Wang Chuan visited Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy, reassured her, and promised to pursue the tournament championship with her team.
• Wang Chuan returned to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team’s training grounds and congratulated Wen Jingran on reaching level fifty.
• Wang Chuan rallied the team around their goal of winning the championship and began preparing to train them personally.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament opened in Heaven Dou City, where Wang Chuan’s presence overshadowed the parade and Shrek Academy drew ridicule for its advertisement-covered uniforms. After Xue Ye declared the tournament underway, the ceremony ended and the elimination stage began.

• Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One marched past the crowds with Wang Chuan’s formidable aura, followed by Team Two, which the academy intended to send through the qualifiers in Team One’s place.
• Shrek Academy paraded in gaudy uniforms covered in advertisements, prompting mockery from the crowd and laughter from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Wang Chuan noticed Ning Rongrong hiding at the back of Shrek’s team, and she blushed, glared at him, and silently asked him not to look.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his Purple Demon Eyes could not perceive Wang Chuan’s strength, and Yu Xiaogang reassured him that his Twin Martial Souls would let him surpass his rival.
• Xue Ye officially opened the tournament, and ceremonial cannons filled the sky with light as the opening ceremony ended and the elimination stage began.

Wang Chuan led Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One to a crushing first-match victory over Elephant Armored Academy, dismantling its famed defenses in less than two minutes. The arena erupted in awe as Wang Chuan revealed only a fraction of his power and left the tournament’s observers wary of what the team might still hide.

• Qin Ming sent Wang Chuan to lead the match against Elephant Armored Academy and ordered the team to win quickly while revealing as little as possible.
• Hu Yanli and the other six Elephant Armored Academy members joined their power to unleash War Stomp, but Wang Chuan’s Void Mark - Stagnant Severance weakened the shockwave before the Shi Mo brothers blocked it.
• Wang Chuan shattered the team’s Diamond Fortress with one punch, then used River Sever - No Return to cut through the seven opponents’ armor.
• Wang Chuan’s Grand Void Body let Hu Yanli and two teammates’ Mammoth Charges pass through him, and his Annihilation Stab then struck all seven opponents’ weakened armor and knocked them out.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One the winner, and the crowd reacted with astonishment and wariness toward Wang Chuan.

After Wang Chuan crushed Elephant Armored Academy, he watched Shrek Academy win its match and noticed Ma Hongjun’s purified phoenix flames. Seeing Qin Ming’s interest, Wang Chuan invited his teacher to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and guide Ma Hongjun, leaving Qin Ming to consider the offer.

• Wang Chuan defeated Elephant Armored Academy’s seven members, alarming Spirit Hall’s Salas and earning praise from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Wang Chuan watched Ning Rongrong and Shrek Academy enter their match, where Shrek controlled the battle and secured victory.
• Qin Ming was astonished by the purity and potential of Ma Hongjun’s phoenix flames and wished to guide him.
• Wang Chuan offered Qin Ming an honored position with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the chance to train Ma Hongjun.
• Qin Ming thanked Wang Chuan but asked for time to weigh the offer, and Wang Chuan said the sect would await his answer after the tournament.

Xue Qinghe met Wang Chuan privately to test his views on unification, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Spirit Hall. Wang Chuan declared he would fight to the death to protect his sect, and Xue Qinghe concluded they could not be recruited or coexist once Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Operation began.

• Xue Qinghe invited Wang Chuan from the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to Listen to Rain Pavilion, where they discussed unification and the costs of changing the continent’s power structure.
• Wang Chuan accepted the benefits of orderly unification but rejected violent reform that would bring rivers of blood or destroy clan inheritances.
• When Xue Qinghe tested his loyalty to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Wang Chuan called it his home and vowed to fight to the death against anyone who threatened it.
• Wang Chuan described Spirit Hall’s good works and flaws, saying he would remain uninvolved unless it harmed those he cared about or crossed his principles.
• After leaving, Xue Qinghe decided Wang Chuan could not be recruited and would become an enemy when the Soul Hunting Operation threatened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Wang Chuan reported his conversation with Xue Qinghe to Ning Fengzhi and revealed that the Crown Prince was an impostor disguised by Spirit Hall. Ning Fengzhi ordered the discovery kept secret, activated the sect’s contingency plan, and warned Wang Chuan to stay safe during the tournament.

• Wang Chuan recounted Xue Qinghe’s probing questions and his own defiant response to Ning Fengzhi.
• Wang Chuan used his Void perception to conclude that Xue Qinghe’s disguise concealed someone whose life aura did not match Xue Ye’s true eldest son.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized the discovery as evidence of Spirit Hall’s infiltration and ordered it kept secret while he mobilized the sect’s hidden forces to investigate the Crown Prince.
• Ning Fengzhi told Wang Chuan that the sect had begun mass-producing Mind Shuttle devices to protect its disciples.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Wang Chuan that Spirit Hall might target him during the tournament and urged him to prioritize his safety.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One faced Godwind Academy, and Wang Chuan used his spatial movement, immense strength, and regeneration to overwhelm Feng Xiaotian’s attacks. After Godwind Academy conceded, Wang Chuan invited its members to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qin Ming told Wang Chuan that his abilities made him the best choice to counter Feng Xiaotian’s speed and stacked attacks, and Wang Chuan agreed to fight him.
• Feng Xiaotian opened with Wind Blade Array, but Wang Chuan phased through the blades and used Space Blink to ambush him and disrupt Godwind Academy’s formation.
• Feng Xiaotian used Demon Wolf Cyclone Slash, but Wang Chuan withstood the wind blades with his body and regenerated the minor damage.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, but Wang Chuan endured the barrage and healed a deep wound almost immediately.
• Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, and their teammates defeated the other Godwind Academy members while Wang Chuan occupied Feng Xiaotian.
• Wang Chuan invited Godwind Academy to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Feng Xiaotian conceded, giving Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One the victory.

After Shrek Academy surrendered to Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One, Wang Chuan watched his teammates compete and received news that Tang San had gifted Ning Rongrong a rare Head Bone. He approved her accepting it on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while wondering what motives lay behind Tang San’s gift.

• Wang Chuan went to watch Shrek Academy compete and exchanged a quiet, affectionate glance with Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Xiaogang had Shrek Academy surrender its match against Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One to avoid injuries and revealing their abilities.
• Yu Tianheng and the other Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team One members won their next matches while Wang Chuan studied their opponents from the sidelines.
• Ning Rongrong contacted Wang Chuan and showed him the Illusionary Wisdom Head Bone that Tang San had given her.
• Wang Chuan told Ning Rongrong to accept and absorb the bone, and asked her to tell Tang San that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect accepted the favor.

Wang Chuan single-handedly defeated all seven members of Blazing Fire Academy, including Huo Wu, with overwhelming spatial abilities. He left the stage after Heaven Dou Royal Academy was declared the winner, sharing a brief, tender look with Ning Rongrong.

• Qin Ming selected Wang Chuan to open Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s match against Blazing Fire Academy, and Huo Wushuang charged him with his fourth spirit ability.
• Wang Chuan repelled Huo Wushuang’s attack and knocked him off the stage, then forced the second contestant to surrender and defeated the third with his spatial abilities.
• Wang Chuan defeated Blazing Fire’s remaining contestants one after another, leaving the academy unable to harm him.
• Huo Wu fused her spirit abilities into a massive fireball, but Wang Chuan’s Void Mark halted its eruption and exhausted her Soul Power.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner after Wang Chuan defeated all seven opponents, and Wang Chuan acknowledged Ning Rongrong before leaving the stage.