Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu recognized Lin Xia as the rock-eating classmate from Nuoding Academy, and Lin Xia confirmed his identity by revealing five formidable Soul Rings. Zhao Wuji declared that the Fourth Trial's rules still applied and ordered Dai Mubai to test the new students in combat.

• Xiao Wu recognized Lin Xia from Nuoding Academy, prompting Tang San to realize that the mysterious youth from six years earlier was the powerful Soul King before him.
• Lin Xia confirmed his identity and silently revealed five Soul Rings: three purple and two black.
• Zhao Wuji and the others reacted with shock, while Li Yusong collapsed in tears of excitement and Zhu Zhuqing watched Zhao Wuji with a faint smile.
• Zhao Wuji announced that everyone had passed the earlier trials and would proceed to the Fourth Trial's actual combat assessment.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Dai Mubai, one of the Fourth Trial's gatekeepers, to test the junior students.

Dai Mubai feared being forced to test Lin Xia, but Zhao Wuji revealed that the five newcomers would face his Fourth Trial together. Zhao Wuji dismissed warnings about Lin Xia and prepared to begin the challenge.

• Dai Mubai panicked when Zhao Wuji suggested he test Lin Xia, and Zhao Wuji admitted he had only been joking.
• Zhao Wuji set the five newcomers—Lin Xia, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong—the task of surviving his attacks for one incense stick, with at least one of them still standing.
• Zhu Zhuqing mocked Zhao Wuji's confidence, while Dai Mubai returned to warn him that Lin Xia's strength and Martial Soul were extraordinary.
• Zhao Wuji rejected Dai Mubai's warning, declared confidence in his Level Seventy-Six Soul Saint strength, and told him to stop undermining the group's resolve.

Lin Xia rejected the others’ plan and challenged Zhao Wuji alone, insisting that Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing watch from the side. Their auras clashed, and Lin Xia began to manipulate the earth beneath Zhao Wuji as the fight started.

• Tang San assessed Zhao Wuji’s strength and considered coordinating the group’s abilities to last until the incense burned out.
• Lin Xia told Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhuqing to stand back and declared that he would face Zhao Wuji alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing retreated with confidence in Lin Xia, while Xiao Wu protested and Tang San and Ning Rongrong reacted with shock.
• Lin Xia’s and Tyranitar’s auras surged, prompting Zhao Wuji to rise and reveal his seven Soul Rings.
• Lin Xia raised his hand, causing the ground beneath Zhao Wuji to soften and turn into rolling sand and gravel.

Lin Xia trapped Zhao Wuji in a sandstorm and flame attack, forcing him to reveal his Martial Soul Avatar. Lin Xia then ordered the small Tyranitar on his shoulder to show its true form, and the enormous beast appeared over Shrek Academy's Fourth Assessment Ground.

• Zhao Wuji broke out of Lin Xia's quicksand, but Lin Xia raised more sand into a storm and scorched him with Flamethrower.
• Zhao Wuji used his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and transformed into a gigantic golden bear.
• Lin Xia told Zhao Wuji that he had wanted to test other methods, then asked Tyranitar to reveal its true form and not kill Zhao Wuji.
• Tyranitar transformed into a hundred-meter-tall armored giant, and its aura gathered sand and flames into a vast super sandstorm.

Lin Xia revealed Tyranitar, a hundred-meter Sandstorm Monarch whose overwhelming presence terrified everyone and suppressed Zhao Wuji's Martial Soul Avatar. The chapter left Tyranitar looking down at Zhao Wuji without attacking.

• Tyranitar appeared above the field, sending the watching crowd fleeing in panic.
• Dai Mubai collapsed in fear, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong were stunned by Tyranitar's power.
• Zhu Zhuqing remained calm and trusted Lin Xia, while Li Yusong sat frozen in shock.
• Tyranitar's aura and gravity suppressed Zhao Wuji's Martial Soul Avatar and forced him to hunch over.
• Tyranitar lowered its head and fixed its dark golden eyes on Zhao Wuji.

Tyranitar unleashed a massive sandstorm that trapped and overwhelmed Zhao Wuji, while Lin Xia ordered it to spare him. Flender and the others arrived to find Zhao Wuji still imprisoned in the storm and Lin Xia at its center.

• Tyranitar covered the examination grounds in a destructive sandstorm that swallowed Zhao Wuji and forced him to struggle beneath crushing sand and gravity.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong watched from the storm's edge, shaken by Tyranitar's power and protected by Lin Xia's force field.
• Lin Xia told Tyranitar to ease its assault and play with Zhao Wuji instead of crushing him, turning the storm into a prison that continued to torment him.
• Flender, Shao Xin, and Lu Qibin rushed to the scene and saw the sandstorm, Tyranitar, and the struggling Zhao Wuji.
• Flender recognized Lin Xia as the source of the catastrophe and realized Zhao Wuji could not hold on much longer.

Lin Xia confronted Flender and the Shrek teachers after Zhao Wuji provoked him, while Tyranitar's Sandstorm overwhelmed Zhao Wuji. After learning Lin Xia was a twelve-year-old Level Fifty-Eight Soul King, Flender apologized and pleaded for mercy, and Lin Xia ordered Tyranitar to stop.

• Flender and the other Shrek teachers struggled through the Sandstorm to ask Lin Xia to spare Zhao Wuji.
• Li Yusong explained that Lin Xia had brought Zhu Zhuqing to enroll and revealed Lin Xia's age and Soul King level.
• Flender, Shao Xin, and Lu Qibin bowed and apologized, with Flender accepting responsibility and pleading for Zhao Wuji.
• Lin Xia accepted Flender's explanation as a misunderstanding and told Tyranitar to withdraw its powers.
• Tyranitar's Sandstorm vanished, and the suspended sand came crashing back down.

Lin Xia recalled Tyranitar after it defeated Zhao Wuji, then used earth energy to restore Shrek Academy's Fourth Assessment Ground. Zhao Wuji remained gravely injured, and the stunned witnesses saw the destruction disappear as though it had been a nightmare.

• Tyranitar stood over the badly wounded Zhao Wuji, who awoke and recoiled in terror at the giant beast.
• Lin Xia told Tyranitar to come back, and it shrank into its small form on his shoulder.
• Lin Xia admitted the damage had been excessive and touched the scorched ground with his toe.
• Lin Xia spread a yellow glow across the assessment ground, repairing the crater, cracked earth, and damaged farmhouses.
• The glow faded, leaving the assessment ground restored while Zhao Wuji remained barely alive.

Lin Xia restored the devastated training ground and Zhao Wuji accepted that Lin Xia had passed the assessment. Lin Xia then announced that Zhao Wuji would still examine Tang San and the others.

• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Flender, and Li Yusong reacted in shock to Lin Xia's restored training ground.
• Lin Xia asked Zhao Wuji whether he had passed the assessment.
• Zhao Wuji, terrified and badly injured, declared that Lin Xia had passed.
• Lin Xia moved aside with Zhu Zhuqing and Tyranitar, then said they would watch Tang San and the others take their assessment.
• Zhao Wuji realized that despite his injuries, he still had to serve as examiner.

Zhao Wuji forced himself to continue the trial after Lin Xia’s beating, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong prepared to face him. Their introductions revealed Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and her connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which stunned everyone; she admitted she had run away from home.

• Zhao Wuji, terrified of Lin Xia, declared that the Fourth Trial would continue and ordered Dai Mubai to light the incense.
• Tang San gathered Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to share their abilities and devise a strategy before the time ran out.
• Tang San introduced himself as a rank-29 Control System Battle Soul Master whose Blue Silver Grass could poison and restrain opponents.
• Xiao Wu described her rank-29 Assault System abilities, including speed, Soft Skill, Waist Bow, and Charm.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she was a rank-26 Support System Tool Soul Master with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, shocking Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, and Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong admitted that she had run away from home.

Ning Rongrong revealed her support abilities, and Tang San devised a plan for the trio to hold off the injured Zhao Wuji until the incense burned down. With Ning Rongrong’s boosts active, Tang San and Xiao Wu launched their attack.

• Ning Rongrong explained that her two Soul Rings could boost strength and speed by thirty percent for the length of an incense stick.
• Tang San assigned Ning Rongrong to support from safety and Xiao Wu to harass Zhao Wuji while he restrained him with Blue Silver Grass and Parasite.
• Zhao Wuji heard Tang San describe his injuries and weaknesses, grew furious, and secretly gathered his remaining Soul Power.
• Lin Xia smiled as he considered taking another chance to provoke Tang San and his companions.
• Ning Rongrong activated her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and boosted Tang San and Xiao Wu’s strength and speed by thirty percent.
• Tang San shouted for Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to move, and the trio began their attack on Zhao Wuji.

Zhao Wuji ignored Tang San and Xiao Wu’s coordinated attack, using his physical strength to break free and badly injure Tang San. Xiao Wu charged at Zhao Wuji in a rage, and he prepared to strike her as well.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Entanglement while Ning Rongrong’s boost strengthened the vines, and Xiao Wu rushed Zhao Wuji under the speed enhancement.
• Zhao Wuji leapt through the vines with brute force and charged directly at Tang San.
• Zhao Wuji struck Tang San’s crossed arms, breaking them and sending him into the farmhouse wall, where he collapsed bleeding.
• Xiao Wu saw Tang San’s injuries and attacked Zhao Wuji with her claws and Charm, driven by rage.
• Zhao Wuji resisted Xiao Wu’s Charm and readied a punch as she charged at him.

Zhao Wuji crushed Tang San and Xiao Wu, then threatened Ning Rongrong until she admitted defeat. The assessment ended as Zhao Wuji struggled to stay upright, relieved that the fight was over.

• Zhao Wuji dodged Xiao Wu's attack and struck her, sending her to the ground with severe internal injuries.
• Zhao Wuji threatened Ning Rongrong with the same fate as Tang San and Xiao Wu unless she surrendered.
• Ning Rongrong recalled Lin Xia's overwhelming power and chose to admit defeat.
• Zhao Wuji announced that the incense had burned out and the assessment was over, then nearly collapsed from his injuries.

Tang San woke in Shrek Academy’s male dormitory after Zhao Wuji’s brutal assessment and learned that Xiao Wu was also injured but would recover. Oscar told him that Lin Xia remained at the academy and that Ning Rongrong had avoided further harm by conceding; Tang San realized he had underestimated Zhao Wuji and believed Lin Xia had used the assessment to punish him and Xiao Wu.

• Tang San woke in the male dormitory and heard Oscar recount how Zhao Wuji had left him badly injured.
• Tang San tried to sit up and demanded to know how Xiao Wu was; Oscar said she was recovering in the female dormitory.
• Tang San recalled Zhao Wuji’s attack and grew angry at his failure to protect Xiao Wu.
• Oscar warned Tang San that Lin Xia was still at the academy and said Zhao Wuji had suffered far worse after Lin Xia intervened.
• Tang San recognized that he had underestimated Zhao Wuji’s strength and suspected Lin Xia had arranged the assessment to teach him and Xiao Wu a lesson.
• Oscar gave Tang San a healing pill from Dean Flender and said the medical expenses would be put on the academy’s tab.

Tang San learned how much better Lin Xia was treated at Shrek Academy, while Lin Xia sensed Tang Hao nearby and took Zhu Zhuqing to watch him confront Zhao Wuji. Tang Hao revealed himself as a Titled Douluo with a Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Ring, leaving Zhao Wuji terrified.

• Tang San asked Oscar where Lin Xia and Zhu Zhuqing lived and learned that the academy had given them its finest courtyard and special treatment.
• Lin Xia sensed Tang Hao briefly probing his residence and anticipated that Tang Hao would target Zhao Wuji.
• Lin Xia invited Zhu Zhuqing to watch a show, carried her into the forest, and concealed them near the clearing where Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and revealed nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Tang Hao as a Titled Douluo and was overcome with terror.

Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji over his treatment of children and overwhelmed him with a single punch. Lin Xia and Zhu Zhuqing watched as Zhao Wuji was left embedded in a shattered rock face.

• Zhao Wuji trembled under the pressure of Tang Hao's nine Soul Rings and begged to postpone their spar because he was injured.
• Lin Xia explained to Zhu Zhuqing that Tang Hao was Tang San's father and said Zhao Wuji was facing the kind of opponent he deserved.
• Tang Hao stepped forward, shattered the ground, and forced Zhao Wuji to his knees.
• Tang Hao struck Zhao Wuji with an unadorned punch, piercing his defenses and blasting him through several trees.
• Zhao Wuji's Martial Soul Possession broke apart as he crashed into a rock face hundreds of meters away.

Tang Hao nearly killed Zhao Wuji with a single punch, then secretly met Lin Xia in the forest after Lin Xia returned from escorting Zhu Zhuqing. Lin Xia recognized Tang Hao as the shadow who had watched him in Nuoding City, and their conversation began with his revelation.

• Tang Hao crushed Zhao Wuji with a punch, warned him not to hit a child's face, and gave him a pill that kept him alive.
• Tang Hao vanished, and Zhu Zhuqing and Lin Xia left the treetops and returned to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Xia went back to the forest and found Tang Hao waiting there.
• Tang Hao addressed Lin Xia as City Lord Lin Xia and acknowledged his composure.
• Lin Xia named Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Douluo and said he had sensed him watching near the academy in Nuoding City.

Tang Hao admitted he had investigated Lin Xia and intended to kill him because his alliance with Spirit Hall threatened Tang San’s future. Lin Xia countered with overwhelming Earth Power, and Tang Hao conceded that he did not have Lin Xia cornered.

• Tang Hao admitted he had watched Lin Xia since his rise from Nuoding City and marveled at how quickly he had become a Soul King with control over Gengjin City’s power.
• Lin Xia challenged Tang Hao to reveal why he had drawn him there, and Tang Hao admitted he intended to eliminate him.
• Tang Hao explained that Lin Xia’s support for Spirit Hall through Gengjin City’s technology and Soul Tool blueprints threatened Tang San and himself.
• Lin Xia laughed at Tang Hao’s threat and released Earth Power that pushed back Tang Hao’s killing aura and made him sway.
• Tang Hao’s killing aura receded, and he sighed that he did not think he had Lin Xia cornered.

Tang Hao asked Lin Xia to leave Tang San alone unless Tang San provoked him, and Lin Xia agreed with a clear warning. After Tang Hao departed, Lin Xia returned to Shrek Academy, where Zhu Zhuqing woke him the next morning.

• Tang Hao decided against fighting Lin Xia and asked him to let their past grudges go and not deliberately target Tang San.
• Lin Xia promised to leave Tang San alone as long as Tang San did not provoke him or obstruct his path, and warned that Tang San should know his place.
• Tang Hao nodded and vanished into the darkness, leaving Lin Xia alone in the ruined forest.
• The next morning at Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing woke Lin Xia and reminded him that the morning was the most important part of the day.
• Lin Xia got up, cleaned himself, and left the room with Zhu Zhuqing.

While looking for breakfast, Lin Xia and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Ma Hongjun harassing Cuihua in the village. Lin Xia told Ma Hongjun to let her go, but Ma Hongjun turned his lecherous attention to Zhu Zhuqing and reached to touch her.

• Lin Xia and Zhu Zhuqing left their room to find breakfast in the village.
• Cuihua tried to end her relationship with Ma Hongjun, saying his Evil Fire was terrifying and she could not endure it anymore.
• Lin Xia ordered Ma Hongjun to let Cuihua go.
• Ma Hongjun released Cuihua, then flirted with Zhu Zhuqing and boasted about his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Cuihua fled while Ma Hongjun reached out to grope Zhu Zhuqing's face.