Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian sparred with Tang San, countering his Hidden Weapons and defeating him with Three Absolutes Sword Qi. The system awarded Xiao Tian a two-thousand-year Ethereal Sword Wing External Soul Bone, while Tang San sensed that Xiao Tian was eyeing him for another fight.

• Tang San attacked Xiao Tian with Blue Silver Grass, but Xiao Tian's Sword Intent kept it from reaching him.
• Tang San fired ordinary Hidden Weapons, and Xiao Tian knocked them aside with swords made of Sword Qi.
• Tang San unleashed his Silent Sleeve Arrows, but Xiao Tian used Three Absolutes Sword Qi to repel them and force Tang San to dodge with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Xiao Tian declared Tang San defeated, and the system awarded him a two-thousand-year Ethereal Sword Wing External Soul Bone.
• Xiao Tian realized the system rewarded him for defeating Tang San while he used Hidden Weapons and hoped Tang San would grow stronger before their next fight.
• Tang San sensed Xiao Tian's renewed interest in him and feared another brutal beating.

After returning to Nuoding Academy, Xiao Tian used sparring to beat Tang San badly while warning Xiao Wu to train, then left the academy to absorb the system-given Ethereal Sword Wing External Soul Bone. He stayed at an inn, hoping to discover what Soul Skill it would grant him while Tang San and Xiao Wu remained at the academy.

• Xiao Tian threatened to put Tang San and Xiao Wu through Demon training after their defeat, then left Holy Spirit Village with them for Jianghun Village.
• After the group reached Nuoding Academy, Xiao Tian spent several days sparring with Tang San until Tang San was injured and confined to bed.
• Yu Xiaogang challenged Xiao Tian over Tang San's injuries, but Xiao Tian defended the training and pointed out that Xiao Wu had also been punished.
• Xiao Tian warned Xiao Wu to cultivate, then left the academy while she and Tang San stayed behind.
• Xiao Tian went to an inn to absorb the Ethereal Sword Wing External Soul Bone given by the system.

After absorbing an Ethereal Sword Wing External Soul Bone and training for a year, Xiao Tian reached Level 24 and revealed his two thousand-year Soul Rings to Xiao Wu and Tang San. Tang San was stunned that Xiao Tian’s Soul Rings contradicted the limits in his teacher’s Soul Ring Theory, and Xiao Tian offered to explain everything in the dean’s office.

• Xiao Tian absorbed the Ethereal Sword Wing External Soul Bone, gained flight and Ethereal Sword Qi, and rose to Level 19.
• Over the next year, Xiao Tian trained with Tang San and Xiao Wu; Tang San obtained a Ghost Vine Second Soul Ring, while Xiao Tian reached Level 24 and gained Sword Qi Surge from a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu questioned Xiao Tian about his rapid progress, and he told her he had reached Level 24 by tempering his Sword Intent.
• Xiao Tian showed Xiao Wu his two purple Soul Rings and explained that he had earned extra God-Bestowed Soul Rings through sparring rewards.
• Tang San arrived, saw Xiao Tian’s thousand-year Soul Rings, and questioned how they were possible under his teacher’s Soul Ring Theory.
• Xiao Tian invited Tang San and Xiao Wu to the dean’s office to explain his strength and Soul Rings.

Xiao Tian explained that Yu Xiaogang’s advice about covering his body in Sword Intent had strengthened him enough to risk absorbing a thousand-year First Soul Ring. His account left Tang San resentful and Yu Xiaogang under pressure as Xiao Wu challenged the limits Yu Xiaogang had taught them.

• Yu Xiaogang questioned Xiao Tian about his rapid improvement and his two Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Xiao Tian claimed Yu Xiaogang’s guidance was responsible.
• Xiao Tian said Yu Xiaogang had advised him to spread Sword Intent over his body, which improved his Sword Path comprehension, constitution, and Soul Power cultivation.
• Xiao Tian explained that he had absorbed the Azure Jade Silkworm, a dying thousand-year soul beast, as his First Soul Ring after growing confident in his strength.
• Tang San questioned Xiao Tian’s decision and grew resentful when he realized Yu Xiaogang had not tested his own limits before his first Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu challenged Yu Xiaogang’s stated Soul Ring limits and scolded Xiao Tian for taking the risk alone, leaving Yu Xiaogang sweating under their scrutiny.

Xiao Tian left Nuoding City for Holy Spirit Village, where he found Ah Yin and persuaded her to come with him by raising doubts about Tang San and Tang Hao. After Ah Yin agreed, the system rewarded Xiao Tian with a Soul Spirit contract method and a spatial movement technique.

• After reaching level thirty, Xiao Tian used the excuse of seeking a Third Soul Ring to leave Nuoding City alone and shake off Tang Hao.
• Xiao Tian refused Xiao Wu's request to accompany him, hinting that he knew she had something to confess, and then departed under cover of night.
• At Holy Spirit Village, Xiao Tian found the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and discovered Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass form in a damp cave.
• Xiao Tian offered to take Ah Yin to Tang San and revealed his suspicions about Tang San's skills and Ah Yin's sacrifice to Tang Hao, leaving her shaken and silent.
• Ah Yin agreed to go with Xiao Tian, triggering a system reward that granted him the Equal Soul Spirit Contract method and Shrink Ground into Inches.

Xiao Tian told Xiao Wu he had known she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and listened as she explained her hatred of Spirit Hall. He suggested her mother might still be revived and questioned Bibi Dong’s role, leaving Xiao Wu hopeful and Ah Yin wondering whether Tang Hao had been secretly watching them.

• Xiao Tian mastered Shrink Ground into Inches while traveling back to Nuoding City.
• Xiao Wu dragged Xiao Tian to a secluded spot and asked when he had discovered her true identity.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Wu he had given her time to escape, and she admitted she had stayed because she trusted him.
• Xiao Wu explained how Bibi Dong had killed her mother, and Xiao Tian suggested her mother might still be revived and that Bibi Dong’s actions were suspicious.
• Xiao Tian urged Xiao Wu to cultivate harder, and Xiao Wu kicked at him in anger.
• Ah Yin listened from Xiao Tian’s soul tool ring and wondered whether Tang Hao had monitored Xiao Wu and arranged her mother’s Sacrifice.

Xiao Tian and his companions prepared to travel to Shrek Academy, where Yu Xiaogang agreed to accompany them, and Xiao Tian planned to meet Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing. On the way to Suotuo City, they found an unconscious, poisoned Zhu Zhuqing, and she awoke after Xiao Wu treated her with Xiao Tian’s medicine.

• Xiao Wu questioned Xiao Tian about choosing the obscure Shrek Academy, and Xiao Tian reassured her that they could leave if it proved unsuitable.
• Tang San persuaded Yu Xiaogang to travel with them, and Yu Xiaogang explained that Flender’s Shrek Academy accepted exceptionally talented students.
• Xiao Tian recalled that Tang San had obtained the Eight Spider Lances and looked forward to challenging him once he could use them.
• Several days later, Zhu Zhuqing collapsed against Xiao Tian with a poisoned wound, and Yu Xiaogang identified the likely Soul Beast toxin.
• Xiao Tian gave Xiao Wu healing medicine to treat Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu cleaned and bandaged her while teasing Xiao Tian about his interest in beautiful women.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened her eyes after more than half an hour, while Xiao Tian dismissed a system warning telling him to keep his distance from her.

After Xiao Tian’s group rescued Zhu Zhuqing, they learned that she was headed to Shrek Academy to find someone, while Yu Xiaogang guessed she was Dai Mubai’s fiancée. Zhu Zhuqing became fascinated by Xiao Tian’s unusual cultivation talent, leaving Xiao Wu jealous and worried that Zhu Qing might fall for her brother.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke after Xiao Wu treated her poison and introduced herself as an eleven-year-old from the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed she was going to Shrek Academy to find someone, and Yu Xiaogang guessed she was seeking Dai Mubai.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to attend Shrek’s upcoming recruitment, unaware that his words made her suspect Dai Mubai had come to address a problem at its root.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned that Xiao Tian had reached the Soul Elder realm despite having only Innate Soul Power level five, and resolved to become stronger by learning from him.
• Zhu Zhuqing focused her questions on Xiao Tian, making Xiao Wu suspicious that Zhu Qing was interested in her brother and leaving Xiao Wu feeling jealous.

Xiao Tian and the others arrived in Suotuo City and checked into the Rose Hotel, where Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai as her betrothed. Seeing him arrive with two women and behave like a libertine shattered her hope that he had fled the Star Luo Empire to grow stronger.

• Xiao Tian received a system reward that granted him the Xuanyuan Sword Scabbard and increased his First Soul Ring's age limit by five thousand years.
• Xiao Tian and the others arrived in Suotuo City and chose to stay at the Rose Hotel.
• Dai Mubai entered the hotel with two twins and learned that his reserved room had been prepared for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Dai Mubai by his heterochromatic eyes and realized he was the Third Prince of Star Luo to whom she had been betrothed.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai's debauched behavior and lost the hope that he had fled the empire to become stronger.

Dai Mubai confronted Zhu Zhuqing at the inn, but Xiao Tian stepped in when Dai Mubai tried to grab her. Xiao Tian revealed his Sword Intent and summoned Fifteen as Dai Mubai prepared to fight him.

• Dai Mubai approached Zhu Zhuqing and asked if she was from Star Luo, but she told him to leave and tried to walk away.
• Dai Mubai reached for Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Tian caught his hand and warned him against grabbing her.
• Dai Mubai broke free with Soul Power, then challenged Xiao Tian and revealed that he was a Level 38 Battle Soul Master.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to stop the confrontation, but Xiao Tian chose to fight after Dai Mubai provoked him.
• Xiao Tian unleashed his Sword Intent, mocked Dai Mubai, and summoned Fifteen as Xiao Wu laughed and Tang San sensed Dai Mubai was in danger.

Xiao Tian fought Dai Mubai in the hotel lobby, revealing the strength of his Sword Intent and his unusual sword techniques. After Xiao Tian showed his three purple Soul Rings and rejected the idea of joining an academy filled with people like Dai Mubai, he launched his second Soul Skill.

• Xiao Tian introduced himself as a level-thirty-six Battle Soul Master, surprising Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Tian slashed Dai Mubai with Sword Qi, breaking through his defense and leaving bloody gashes on his arm.
• Dai Mubai attacked with his second Soul Skill, but Xiao Tian’s Sword Qi Barrier reflected the White Tiger Rending Light Wave back at him.
• Dai Mubai used his third Soul Skill to block his reflected attack, while Yu Xiaogang tried to stop the fight.
• Xiao Tian revealed three purple Soul Rings, said he might not join Shrek Academy, and used his second Soul Skill, Sword Qi Surge.

Xiao Tian defeated Dai Mubai, then received the Xuanyuan Sword Scripture and the Pupil of the Sword Heart External Soul Bone as rewards. After returning to his room, he absorbed the Soul Bone, raised his Soul Power to level 38, and gained two new abilities.

• Xiao Tian used Ten Swords Return to Origin to badly injure Dai Mubai, who admitted defeat and apologized to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Flender arrived, learned what had happened, and ordered Dai Mubai to train at the academy until he reached level 40, doubling his training load.
• The system rewarded Xiao Tian with the Xuanyuan Sword Scripture and the five-thousand-year Pupil of the Sword Heart External Soul Bone.
• Xiao Tian examined the cultivation technique and decided the Soul Bone could strengthen his Mental Power for absorbing a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Tian absorbed the Soul Bone, reached level 38, and gained Sword Insight and Sword Intent Gaze.

Zhu Zhuqing agreed to visit Shrek Academy, hoping to grow stronger and seek Xiao Tian’s guidance. On the way there, Yu Xiaogang claimed that a powerful Titled Douluo was connected to the academy, leaving Xiao Wu frightened and Tang San curious.

• Zhu Zhuqing decided to inspect Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu and Xiao Tian, while still considering whether Dai Mubai could help her oppose Dai Weisi.
• Yu Xiaogang led Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing from Suotuo City to the village where Shrek Academy stood.
• Xiao Tian challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims about the academy and asked whether it had a hidden Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that a secretive Titled Douluo protected Shrek Academy and was stronger than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s two Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Wu trembled at the news, so Xiao Tian held her hand and soothed her with Soul Power while Tang Hao listened from the darkness and restrained his anger.

Xiao Tian and his companions met Ning Rongrong on their way to Shrek Academy, where she questioned Yu Xiaogang about a powerful Titled Douluo connected to the school. At Shrek’s entrance, they saw the academy reject an overage applicant without refunding his registration fee, prompting Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to challenge its practices.

• Ning Rongrong approached Xiao Tian’s group, asked to travel with them, and questioned Yu Xiaogang about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Titled Douluo.
• Yu Xiaogang avoided explaining his earlier claims, while Ning Rongrong suspected that someone at Shrek could defeat her grandfathers Sword and Bone.
• Xiao Tian’s group reached Shrek’s entrance and learned that the white-haired old man was rejecting applicants who exceeded the age limit.
• The old man refused to refund a young man’s ten Gold Soul Coins after denying him admission, despite the young man meeting the Soul Ring requirement.
• Xiao Wu criticized Shrek’s fee and shabby appearance, and Ning Rongrong accused Yu Xiaogang’s academy of scamming people for such a small sum.

Ning Rongrong challenged Shrek Academy’s nonrefundable application fee, and Flender intervened to prevent the dispute from driving away the talented applicants. Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, and Tang San began the entrance examination, leaving Li Yusong stunned by their strength and Xiao Tian’s three thousand-year Soul Rings.

• Li Yusong summoned his six-ring Martial Soul and restated Shrek Academy’s admission requirements and nonrefundable fee.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Li Yusong, while Dai Mubai quietly warned him that Xiao Tian had beaten him the day before.
• Flender stopped Li Yusong, refunded the young applicant’s ten Gold Soul Coins, and invited Yu Xiaogang inside for tea.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that the fourth test required applicants to last one stick of incense against Dai Mubai.
• Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, and Tang San revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Power levels, and Li Yusong stared in disbelief at Xiao Tian’s three thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong reacted with surprise to Xiao Tian’s new Thirty-Eighth Level, and Ning Rongrong asked how he had advanced so unusually.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their Martial Souls and levels before Dai Mubai led the candidates to Shrek Academy’s fourth test. Xiao Tian and the others faced Zhao Wuji, who gave them one incense stick to prepare to defeat him.

• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul and identified herself as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, and Li Yusong sent the qualified candidates to the fourth test with Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai asked Xiao Tian to go easy on him, but Xiao Tian expected Zhao Wuji to be their opponent.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Ming King, and Zhao Wuji stopped Dai Mubai from revealing the candidates’ levels.
• Zhao Wuji lit an incense stick and announced that the candidates had to defeat him before it burned out.
• Dai Mubai advised them to stall, but Xiao Tian argued they needed to go all out and looked to Tang San.

Xiao Tian’s group began their test against Zhao Wuji, and Xiao Tian’s third soul skill wounded him despite his powerful defenses. When Zhao Wuji counterattacked, Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances and joined the fight, leaving the test ongoing.

• Xiao Tian assigned Tang San to control the field with Blue Silver Grass and poison, forbade Xiao Wu from using her second soul skill, and warned Ning Rongrong to watch for Zhao Wuji’s attack.
• Xiao Tian arranged the team’s formation, and Ning Rongrong used the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Xiao Tian, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Tian used Sword Heart Condensing Blood Slash to cut Zhao Wuji’s forearms and cause wounds that would not stop bleeding.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the close-range limit of Xiao Tian’s skill and charged with Great Vajra Palm, while Tang San tried to block him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San sent Ning Rongrong toward Xiao Tian, evaded Zhao Wuji with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, revealed his Eight Spider Lances, and fought back with Tang Sect Secret Techniques.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Wu and Zhuqing to protect Ning Rongrong while he went to help Tang San.

Xiao Tian and Tang San coordinated their attacks against Zhao Wuji, with Xiao Tian using Sword Fifteen and Blue Silver Grass to wear down his defenses while Tang San used Hidden Weapons. Zhao Wuji was wounded and struck by a Dragon Beard Needle, but he slowed Sword Fifteen with gravity skills and pulled it toward him.

• Zhao Wuji blasted Tang San and Xiao Tian back with Immovable Ming King Body, and Xiao Tian told Tang San to use Hidden Weapons while summoning Blue Silver Grass beside him.
• Xiao Tian sent Sword Fifteen to attack Zhao Wuji with its Third Soul Skill while Tang San fired Hidden Weapons and attacked from multiple directions.
• Xiao Tian sharpened Blue Silver Grass leaves with Sword Qi and flung them at Zhao Wuji, who defended himself while watching Sword Fifteen.
• Sword Fifteen split into clones and wounded Zhao Wuji, while Xiao Tian used Wood Condensing Soul to increase his Soul Power.
• Tang San used Purple Demon Eye and Mysterious Jade Hand to send a Dragon Beard Needle through Zhao Wuji's defenses and into his body.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Enhancement and Gravity Compression to slow Sword Fifteen and pull it toward him.

Xiao Tian used his perfected Sword Intent and a newly comprehended dual-blade technique to overwhelm Zhao Wuji until the incense burned out. Exhausted, he was helped by Xiao Wu, and Oscar arrived after Dai Mubai called for him.

• Xiao Tian retrieved Sword Fifteen and, after Zhao Wuji grew serious, dodged his attacks and struck back with his sword skills.
• Xiao Tian interrupted Zhao Wuji’s gravity skills with Sword Intent Gaze and unleashed Dual Blade Style: Star Explosion Airflow Slash, while Ning Rongrong amplified his power and speed.
• Xiao Tian completed a Sixteen-Hit Combo, leaving Zhao Wuji wounded, but ran nearly out of Soul Power.
• Flender ended the test when the incense burned out, and Zhao Wuji acknowledged Xiao Tian’s strength.
• Xiao Wu used Teleportation to help the exhausted Xiao Tian, and Dai Mubai called Oscar over.

After Tang San removed the Dragon Beard Needles from Zhao Wuji, Flender showed off Oscar’s abilities and arranged for Yu Xiaogang to guide the students before Oscar went to obtain his third Soul Ring. Xiao Tian received two system rewards and considered how to protect Xiao Wu and connect with Dugu Bo.

• Tang San removed the Dragon Beard Needles from Zhao Wuji, who cried out in pain, and Dai Mubai brought Oscar over to make sausages to heal him.
• Oscar made Recovery Great Sausages and a Small Detoxifying Sausage, while Dai Mubai and Flender explained Oscar’s useful Soul Skills and claimed he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Flender learned that Oscar had reached Level 30 and introduced Yu Xiaogang, who offered to study the students’ Martial Souls and plan their Soul Ring configurations before they traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Tian received a Scarlet Cherry Spirit Concealment Ring and a treasure sword called Scarlet Dragon Tooth as system rewards.
• Xiao Tian considered giving the ring to Xiao Wu to conceal her Soul Beast aura and finding a way to connect with Dugu Bo and cure his poison.