Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze and the others studied the Heavenly Craft Soul Tool Record and read about the rise and fall of the Heavenly Yue Empire. After learning that other ancient empires might also have left treasures behind, Xiao Ze considered searching the Star Dou Great Forest for clues.

• Xiao Ze translated the Heavenly Craft Soul Tool Record, and everyone admired the Soul Tools it described.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could obtain Soul Tools in the future, and Xiao Ze agreed they could develop them and sell them later.
• Xiao Ze read about the Heavenly Yue Empire’s founding, its military use of Soul Tools, and its eventual collapse and destruction.
• Ning Rongrong wondered whether the other empires had used Soul Tools and suggested searching for their treasures.
• Xiao Ze thought that ancient Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest might know about the other empires’ treasures, though he worried about facing them at his current strength.

Xiao Ze recruited Old Wang into his faction by giving him the Heavenly Craft Soul Tool Record, then watched as Old Wang began crafting a First-Rank Firefly Sword. Old Wang had finished forging and engraving the blade and moved on to embedding its Fluorescent Stone.

• Xiao Ze asked the God of Agriculture for a pill formula to conceal Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast aura so she could safely attend the Soul Master Tournament.
• Xiao Ze showed Old Wang the Heavenly Craft Soul Tool Record, and Old Wang agreed to join his faction in exchange for making its Soul Tools.
• Xiao Ze and Old Wang began crafting a First-Rank Firefly Sword using the record’s instructions.
• Old Wang forged the sword body and carefully carved its Windcry Acceleration and Light Spirit formations.
• Old Wang began embedding the Fluorescent Stone into the Firefly Sword.

Xiao Ze and Old Wang completed the Firefly Sword, a First-Rank Soul Tool, and Old Wang resolved to devote himself to Soul Tool research. Xiao Ze returned to the villa and found Ning Rongrong and the others asleep together, where Ning Rongrong woke and asked him to kiss her.

• Old Wang finished the Firefly Sword by embedding Fluorescent Stones and securing its hilt with Wind Pattern Beast Leather.
• Xiao Ze tested the sword's Wind Howl Acceleration formation, and Old Wang celebrated his successful first Soul Tool.
• Xiao Ze encouraged Old Wang to research Soul Tools and produce them in batches, offering access to materials through the Glazed Chamber of Commerce.
• Old Wang learned that Ning Rongrong was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Young lady and returned to researching Soul Tools.
• Xiao Ze returned to the villa, found Ning Rongrong and the others asleep together, and woke Ning Rongrong, who asked him to kiss her.

Xiao Ze showed Ning Rongrong and the others the Firefly Sword, and Ning Rongrong performed a sword dance for them. He then asked to borrow the Glazed Chamber of Commerce so he could sell something, revealing that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit who had taken human form.

• Ning Rongrong woke when Xiao Ze kissed her, and they kissed until Dugu Yan and Meng Yiran teased them.
• Xiao Ze explained the Firefly Sword and said Old Wang was researching whether it could be mass-produced.
• Ning Rongrong performed a sword dance with the glowing Firefly Sword, impressing Xiao Ze and the others.
• Ning Rongrong agreed to lend Xiao Ze the Glazed Chamber of Commerce after asking what he planned to sell.
• Xiao Ze told the women that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit and explained why he suspected she was not human.

Xiao Ze and the others discussed Xiao Wu’s identity as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit and decided to keep her safe while preparing to sell her a Stealth Breath Pill. The next morning, Xiao Ze began refining the pill, with Ye Lingling watching.

• Xiao Ze told the women that Xiao Wu’s Soul Rings carried the aura of a Soft Bone Rabbit and that she had produced them herself.
• Xiao Ze explained that a Stealth Breath Pill could hide Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast aura for twelve hours, and the group agreed to raise her rather than force her to Sacrifice herself.
• Xiao Ze accepted the plan to claim Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone for himself, while promising to arrange Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings for the others later.
• The God of Agriculture told Xiao Ze that two more Spirits were soon to be born.
• The next morning, Xiao Ze gathered the ingredients and began refining Stealth Breath Pills as Ye Lingling watched.

Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong arranged to sell a Stealth Breath Pill and lure Xiao Wu into taking it so they could kill her and claim her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. They waited near Lightning Academy for Xiao Xu to approach Xiao Wu as she came out.

• Xiao Ze successfully refined a Stealth Breath Pill that could conceal a Soul Beast's aura for twelve hours, and he and Ning Rongrong planned to sell it for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Ze asked Manager Li to display the pill and sell it only to one person, while Ning Rongrong sent Xiao Xu to wait near Lightning Academy with instructions for approaching Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong discussed how Shrek Academy was being targeted at Lightning Academy and might not qualify for the competition.
• Ning Rongrong spotted Xiao Wu leaving Lightning Academy, and she and Xiao Ze watched for Xiao Xu to carry out their plan.

Xiao Wu was tricked into believing the Glazed Chamber of Commerce had a limited supply of Stealth Breath Pills that could hide her Soul Beast aura. As she hurried to buy one, Tang San remained focused on Lightning Academy’s efforts to keep Shrek out of the Soul Master Tournament.

• Xiao Xu deliberately dropped a notebook for Xiao Wu and convinced her that the Glazed Chamber of Commerce sold rare Stealth Breath Pills capable of hiding a Soul Beast’s aura.
• Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong revealed that they had arranged the scheme and praised Xiao Xu for successfully luring Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San for her money, and he gave her seven hundred Gold Soul Coins after admitting he had spent some on metal for Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San worried that Lightning Academy was withholding resources and excluding Shrek from the tournament team selection, and he resolved to defeat Xiao Ze in the competition.
• Xiao Wu rushed to the Glazed Chamber of Commerce, where Manager Li told her that only a few Stealth Breath Pills remained, leaving her shocked that many had already been sold.

Xiao Wu bought all six Stealth Breath Pills, confirming Xiao Ze and Ning Rongrong’s suspicions about her identity. Meanwhile, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji decided to target Yu Ze, planning to use Tang San’s poison after several Shrek teachers refused to join them.

• Xiao Wu bought all six Stealth Breath Pills from Manager Li and left with them.
• Manager Li reported the purchase to Ning Rongrong, who and Xiao Ze concluded that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Flender and Zhao Wuji to deal with Yu Ze, and Flender agreed despite doubting Yu Xiaogang could take over as dean.
• Li Yusong, Shao Xin, and Lu Qibin refused to join the attack and left, leaving Flender and Zhao Wuji as the only fighters.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted they proceed and suggested poisoning Yu Ze, claiming his disciple Tang San was an expert in poisons.

Yu Xiaogang devised a plan to lure Yu Ze out of Heaven Dou City with a Soul Bone, then secretly asked Tang San for powerful poison so they could kill the Lightning Academy headmaster. The chapter ended with Tang San shocked to learn Yu Xiaogang’s claim that Yu Ze had been keeping academy resources for himself.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed using a Soul Bone trade to exploit Yu Ze’s greed and lure him away from the city.
• Xiao Wu returned with a Stealth Breath Pill and concealed it from Tang San.
• Zhu Linlin flirted with Dai Mubai while Ning Youyou tried to seduce Oscar, and Xiao Wu watched with disapproval.
• Yu Xiaogang took Tang San aside and asked whether he had powerful poison.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San they planned to get rid of Yu Ze and claimed Yu Ze had been withholding academy resources for himself.

Yu Xiaogang and Flender planned to poison Yu Ze so Shrek Academy could survive at Lightning Academy, and Tang San supplied a delayed poison. Yu Xiaogang got Yu Ze to drink the poisoned wine by claiming he knew the location of a thousand-year Soul Bone, leaving Yu Ze eager to learn more.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Flender and Zhao Wuji feared they could not defeat Yu Ze, and asked Tang San for poison that would not kill him outright.
• Tang San gave Yu Xiaogang a colorless, odorless poison that took effect after half an hour, and Yu Xiaogang warned him to flee if their plan failed.
• Three days later, Yu Xiaogang mixed the poison into wine while Flender and Zhao Wuji went to wait at a secluded burial site.
• Yu Xiaogang brought the wine to Yu Ze and claimed he knew where to find a thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Yu Ze drank the poisoned wine and questioned whether Yu Xiaogang could detect Soul Bones in Soul Beasts.

Yu Xiaogang tricked Yu Ze into pursuing a Soul Bone, while Xiao Ze and the women secretly followed Flender and Zhao Wuji to a forest. The chapter left them watching the two men, unsure what they were planning.

• Yu Ze mocked Yu Xiaogang, then agreed to pursue the Thousand-Year Soul Bone after Yu Xiaogang claimed he had killed its owner.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Yu Ze to leave immediately for a Spirit Beast Gathering Place east of Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Rongrong spotted Flender and Zhao Wuji hurrying toward the city gate, and Xiao Ze decided to follow them with the women.
• Xiao Ze and the women tracked Flender and Zhao Wuji to a forest and hid on a nearby slope to watch them.

Xiao Ze and five companions secretly watched as Flender and Zhao Wuji confronted Yu Ze, the Lightning Academy dean, over his mistreatment of Shrek Academy. Yu Ze discovered that Yu Xiaogang had poisoned him, and the two sides prepared to fight over Yu Xiaogang’s plan to claim the deanship.

• Xiao Ze gave the others Stealth Breath Pills, and the six moved closer to watch Yu Xiaogang lead Yu Ze toward the forest.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji appeared, and Yu Ze realized that Yu Xiaogang had lured him into a trap.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji accused Yu Ze of withholding resources and cutting Shrek Academy’s salaries, while Yu Ze insulted them and revealed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• The six spectators suspected Yu Ze had been poisoned as they discussed how Flender and Zhao Wuji could challenge him.
• Yu Ze manifested his Martial Soul, felt the poison attack his insides, and accused Yu Xiaogang of poisoning his wine.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted to the poison and declared that he would become dean of Lightning Academy, while Yu Ze warned that the clan elders would never allow it.

Yu Ze fought Flender and Zhao Wuji while poisoned, then unleashed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon True Body as his strength failed. The battlefield became a sea of lightning, with Yu Xiaogang in Yu Ze’s sights.

• Yu Ze used Dragon Transformation to battle Flender and Zhao Wuji, trading devastating blows despite his poison.
• Xiao Ze and Dugu Yan realized the poison was weakening Yu Ze, while Ye Lingling mocked his predicament.
• Yu Ze’s poison invaded his heart meridian, but he kept fighting after Flender broke his arm and Zhao Wuji slammed him into a boulder.
• Yu Ze invoked his Seventh Soul Skill, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon True Body, and transformed into a massive dragon.
• Yu Ze cracked the ground and filled the battlefield with lightning as he fixed his gaze on Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Ze unleashed a final lightning storm that killed him and left Yu Xiaogang gravely injured. Flender and Zhao Wuji carried Yu Xiaogang toward the Ye Family, while Xiao Ze learned that Yu Xiaogang would survive this time but lose the luck protecting him.

• Yu Ze unleashed a massive lightning storm that broke through Flender and Zhao Wuji’s defenses and struck Yu Xiaogang, leaving him critically injured.
• Yu Ze collapsed and died after his final attack, satisfied that Yu Xiaogang would die with him.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji found Yu Xiaogang still breathing and took him toward the Ye Family for treatment.
• Xiao Ze and the others decided to visit Ye Mansion, and the God of Agriculture said Yu Xiaogang would survive but lose his remaining luck.

Xiao Ze learned that his growing luck could draw the Asura God’s attention, but the God of Agriculture assured him Douluo Star’s World Origin would protect him. At Ye Mansion, Ye Qingli and Ye Lingling confronted Flender over his past treatment of Lingling and demanded a steep price to save Yu Xiaogang.

• The God of Agriculture told Xiao Ze that his luck had increased and the Asura God would likely target him, but Douluo Star’s World Origin would suppress the god’s power.
• Flender brought the badly injured Yu Xiaogang to Ye Mansion and paid Ye Qingli one thousand Gold Soul Coins for treatment.
• Ye Lingling recognized Flender and accused him of once threatening to force her to treat his student.
• Ye Qingli refused to treat Yu Xiaogang unless Flender paid five times the usual fee, while Xiao Ze smiled at their scheme.

Ye Qingli forced Flender to pay five thousand Gold Soul Coins to heal Yu Xiaogang, whose severe injuries left his limbs permanently damaged. After Flender carried the unconscious Yu Xiaogang away, he met Tang San and Xiao Wu and said their plan had succeeded, though Lightning Academy’s next move remained uncertain.

• Ye Qingli demanded five thousand Gold Soul Coins from Flender and threatened to block other healers from treating him; Xiao Ze warned Flender against fighting the Ye Family.
• Flender paid, and Ye Qingli used her Nine Hearts Begonia to heal Yu Xiaogang, though the ruined bones in his limbs could not be restored.
• Ye Qingli offered to treat Flender and Zhao Wuji for ten thousand Gold Soul Coins each, but they declined and left with Yu Xiaogang.
• Ye Qingli joked with Xiao Ze and Ye Lingling about having a granddaughter, while Ning Rongrong privately imagined a future family with Xiao Ze.
• Flender met Tang San and Xiao Wu on the street, explained that Yu Xiaogang had nearly died during the fight, and told Tang San their plan had succeeded, though Lightning Academy’s response was uncertain.

Tang San learned that treating Yu Xiaogang had cost Flender five thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Yu Ze’s death reached the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and provoked its leaders. Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian and the Elders to investigate, leaving them preparing to confront Shrek Academy over the suspected killing.

• Flender told Tang San that treating Yu Xiaogang had cost five thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Tang San said he did not know where Yu Xiaogang kept his money.
• Yu Xiaogang’s condition improved over the next three days, but he remained unconscious as Flender waited to ask him for repayment.
• Lightning Academy teachers found Yu Ze’s corpse and reported his murder to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Yu Luomian summoned Yu Yuanzhen and the Elders, who reacted furiously to the death of a Soul Saint from their sect.
• Yu Luomian revealed that Yu Xiaogang had called Yu Ze out and that Shrek Academy had two Soul Saints, prompting the sect leaders to suspect them.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Luomian and the Elders to depart and investigate, declaring that Yu Xiaogang should be killed if he was responsible.

Xiao Ze welcomed two new Spirits, Di Zun and Guang Yao, while Flender and Zhao Wuji paid Ye Qingli to heal their injuries before the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect could investigate Yu Ze’s death. The two men left healed, hoping their lack of injuries would conceal their involvement.

• Xiao Ze watched Peanut and Sunflower become Spirits, named them Di Zun and Guang Yao, and admired their abilities.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji worried the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect would come after them over Yu Ze’s death, so they decided to heal their injuries.
• Zhao Wuji asked Flender to lend him ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Flender reluctantly gave him the money.
• Flender paid Ye Qingli twenty thousand Gold Soul Coins to heal both men’s severe injuries.
• Ye Qingli healed Flender and Zhao Wuji, who left marveling at the Nine Hearts Begonia Martial Soul’s power.

Yu Luomian investigated President Yu Ze's death and suspected Yu Xiaogang was involved, while Xiao Ze learned about the inquiry and worried that Xiao Wu's safety would force him to refine more Pills. Yu Luomian gave Yu Xiaogang five days to wake before the Elders could act, and Xiao Ze prepared to make more Pills.

• Yu Luomian questioned President Yu Ze's assistant and learned that Yu Xiaogang had recently discussed a treasure with the president.
• Yu Luomian and two Elders confronted Flender at Yu Xiaogang's room and learned Yu Xiaogang had been found gravely injured near Heaven Dou City.
• First Elder argued that Yu Xiaogang must have been near the scene when Yu Ze died, and Yu Luomian gave him five days to wake before they acted.
• Xiao Ze learned about Yu Luomian's investigation and laughed at the trouble surrounding Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Ze refused to reveal the truth because he wanted to protect Xiao Wu, then decided to refine more Pills while Ning Rongrong joked about making money.

Xiao Wu worried that Yu Luomian and two Elders would expose her identity, so she asked Tang San for money to buy more Stealth Breath Pills. Tang San secretly followed her to the Glazed Chamber of Commerce, where he learned that more pills had been made for her.

• Xiao Wu fretted that her supply of Stealth Breath Pills would not last while Yu Luomian and the two Elders stayed at Lightning Academy.
• Tang San startled Xiao Wu, and she asked him to lend her money and return what she had saved without explaining why.
• Tang San gave Xiao Wu three thousand Gold Soul Coins from a box under his bed, and she thanked him eagerly.
• Xiao Wu went to the Glazed Chamber of Commerce, while Tang San followed and listened from nearby.
• The manager told Xiao Wu that the Alchemist had refined more Stealth Breath Pills after hearing about her situation.