Chapter Summaries

Na'er saved Chen Fan from Tai Tan's advancing fist by restoring his strength with a kiss, allowing Chen Fan to unleash his fully fused Ultimate Domain and turn the battle around. He knocked Tai Tan back and began tearing apart the remaining power of his Eighth Soul Skill.

• Chen Fan's domain erased the black energy of Tai Tan's Eighth Soul Skill, but Tai Tan's physical punch continued toward the exhausted Chen Fan.
• Na'er caught Chen Fan and kissed him, pouring her vast, pure Soul Power into him to restore his strength.
• Revived and strengthened, Chen Fan expanded his Ultimate Domain and fused the powers of his domain-type Soul Skills.
• Chen Fan used Time Deletion to halt Tai Tan's fist, then his domain suppressed and struck it back, shredding the remaining power of Tai Tan's Eighth Soul Skill.

Chen Fan defeated Tai Tan, while Tang Hao was overwhelmed by four Titled Douluo and escaped by exploding three of his Soul Rings. Ning Fengzhi identified Tang Hao and declared a formal kill order, leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect committed to a feud with him.

• Chen Fan defeated Tai Tan head-on, draining much of his life force and astonishing everyone watching.
• Tang Hao realized Chen Fan was a threat and tried to kill him, but Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Stingray Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo attacked him together.
• Tang Hao used the Great Sumeru Hammer's Exploding Ring technique to break through the four Titled Douluo's formation, grabbed Tai Tan, and escaped through a spatial rift.
• Ning Fengzhi identified the fleeing man as Tang Hao and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to issue a kill order against him.
• Ning Fengzhi said Tang Hao's attempt to destroy Chen Fan made the feud irreconcilable, despite Gu Rong's warning about the consequences for the sect.

After Tang Hao attacked Chen Fan, Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue mobilized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire to hunt him and Tai Tan. Ning Fengzhi revealed Tang Hao was Tang San’s father, leading Qian Renxue to suspect Shrek Academy had arranged the attack to cripple Chen Fan before the tournament.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered Chen Xin and Gu Rong to seal off the city and search for Tang Hao and Tai Tan alongside Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, ordered Pufferfish and Snake Lance to hunt the pair and sent a talisman to lock down Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue questioned Ning Fengzhi after noticing he seemed unsurprised by Tang Hao’s appearance.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted that Tang Hao was Tang San’s father and a reason for his arrival.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Shrek Academy had likely asked Tang Hao to cripple Chen Fan before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

After Tang Hao’s attack left Chen Fan gravely weakened, Qian Renxue ordered Shrek Academy’s arrest and rushed to protect Chen Fan, while Ning Fengzhi also tried to reach him. Tang Hao escaped to a poor neighborhood in Heaven Dou City, where he collapsed and vomited blood.

• Qian Renxue blamed Shrek Academy for colluding with Tang Hao and ordered its members arrested and detained, sparing their lives because Ning Rongrong was among them.
• Ning Fengzhi hurried with Qian Renxue to check Chen Fan’s injuries, but Na’er blocked Ning Fengzhi from approaching him.
• Qian Renxue bypassed Na’er and caught Chen Fan as he swayed, holding him close while he remained too weak to resist.
• Ning Fengzhi focused on hunting down Tang Hao while Qian Renxue held Chen Fan.
• Tang Hao collapsed onto one knee in a poor neighborhood in Heaven Dou City, vomiting blood and fragments as his Clear Sky Hammer struck the ground.

Tang Hao and Titan tried to escape after Chen Fan defeated them, but Chen Xin caught up and confronted Tang Hao. Chen Xin overpowered the gravely injured Tang Hao and launched God-Demon Twin Slashes, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Titan tried to give Tang Hao medicine, but Tang Hao said the Seven Kill Sword qi and Stingray Douluo's poison could not be cured by ordinary pills.
• Tang Hao admitted that he had underestimated Chen Fan and regretted not killing him himself, then planned to flee beyond the Heaven Dou Empire's borders.
• Chen Xin appeared and declared Tang Hao the mortal enemy of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for attacking Chen Fan.
• Tang Hao and Chen Xin clashed using their Clear Sky True Body and Seven Kill True Body, but Tang Hao's wounds and depleted Soul Power weakened him.
• Chen Xin wounded Tang Hao's left arm and unleashed God-Demon Twin Slashes.

Tang Hao used successive exploding rings to escape Chen Xin and three other Titled Douluo, then fought through Heaven Dou City's defenses while carrying Tai Tan. He broke through the city wall and vanished into the night, with his pursuers closing in.

• Tang Hao exploded his Seventh Soul Ring to survive Chen Xin's attack, then exploded his Eighth Ring to escape the encircling Titled Douluo with Tai Tan.
• Tang Hao and Tai Tan fled through Heaven Dou City, where imperial patrols and Soul Power detection devices blocked their route.
• Tang Hao disguised himself as a beggar, but a Soul Tool exposed him and soldiers surrounded him.
• Tang Hao blasted through the soldiers and deflected a volley of crossbow bolts as he charged toward the city wall.
• Tang Hao smashed through the fortified wall with Tai Tan and escaped into the night.

Tang Hao escaped Heaven Dou City after detonating two Soul Rings and hid with Tai Tan to recover, while Xue Qinghe turned his attention to Tang San and Shrek Academy. As Tang Hao and Tai Tan headed back toward the city, Zi Ji confronted them and declared that her master’s enemies deserved to die.

• Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Pufferfish, and Snake Lance arrived at the breached city wall and concluded that Tang Hao had escaped but was badly injured.
• Xue Qinghe comforted the Imperial Guard Commander, then resolved to target Tang Hao’s son and Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Hao collapsed from his injuries outside the city, and Tai Tan gave him Meridian-Continuing Pills before helping him flee into the forest.
• After recovering for half a month, Tang Hao regained about thirty percent of his strength and decided to return to Heaven Dou City with Tai Tan.
• Tang Hao stopped when he encountered Zi Ji on a forest path, and she identified him as an enemy marked by her master and unleashed a terrifying pressure.

Zi Ji overwhelmed Tang Hao and Tai Tan, killing neither outright at first but leaving Tai Tan gravely wounded. Tang Hao unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer’s Nine Rings Explode Together in a desperate strike against her.

• Zi Ji caught Tang Hao as he tried to flee and broke his right arm with a single palm strike.
• Zi Ji declared that Tang Hao had to die and raised her foot to crush his head.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and called for Tai Tan to act.
• Tai Tan attacked Zi Ji with Titan Sky Breaker, but she pierced his arm and chest with a Purple Light Beam, leaving him near death.
• Tang Hao activated his 100,000-year Soul Ring and used Nine Rings Explode Together to gather his strength into one devastating hammer strike.

Zi Ji shattered Tang Hao’s attack, but Tai Tan’s desperate sacrifice distracted her long enough for Tang Hao to escape. His Exploding Ring power faded soon after, leaving him gravely injured in a hidden cave and terrified by his encounter with Zi Ji.

• Tang Hao unleashed Nine Rings Explode Together, but Zi Ji’s purple light shattered his Clear Sky Hammer and sent him crashing into a mountainside.
• Tang Hao used the remaining Exploding Ring power to flee while Zi Ji prepared to kill him.
• Tai Tan clung to Zi Ji’s leg in a final attempt to help his master, and she shattered him into blood mist.
• Tai Tan’s brief distraction let Tang Hao escape beyond Zi Ji’s sight, enraging her as her aura shook the valley.
• Tang Hao’s power faded, and he crashed into a swamp before crawling into a hidden cave with catastrophic injuries.

Tang Hao recovered from his escape and convinced himself that Tai Tan had survived, while believing Chen Fan’s injuries would help Shrek Academy in the tournament. At Shrek Academy’s ruins, its remaining teachers confronted Long Ao and Snake Lance Douluo She Long as the Heaven Dou Empire moved to eradicate the school.

• Tang Hao slowly repaired his shattered meridians and hoped Tai Tan was alive after the battle.
• Tang Hao reasoned that Chen Fan had been seriously injured and that Xiao San’s growing strength gave Shrek Academy a chance to rank highly in the tournament.
• Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin returned to find Shrek Academy destroyed and sealed by imperial order.
• Long Ao arrived with Heaven Dou Empire soldiers and Snake Lance Douluo She Long, then accused Shrek Academy and its students of numerous crimes.
• Long Ao declared that, by order of the crown prince, he had come to eradicate Shrek Academy.

Long Ao and the imperial soldiers brutally defeated Shrek Academy’s teachers and demolished the school on Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s orders. Li Yusong and Lu Qibin could only watch as the academy and its plaque were destroyed.

• Long Ao overwhelmed Li Yusong with his Soul Power and forced him to his knees.
• Lu Qibin used his Star Chess Formation against Long Ao, but Long Ao shattered it and wounded him.
• Long Ao destroyed Shao Xin’s healing beans and sent him flying into rubble.
• Long Ao stomped Li Yusong into the ground, then ordered the soldiers to demolish Shrek Academy.
• The soldiers razed the academy and crushed its plaque while the wounded teachers watched helplessly.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin and the Heaven Dou Empire forces confronted Shrek Academy at Blue Tyrant Academy over alleged assassination, fraud, and misconduct, then ordered its buildings demolished. Chen Xin crushed Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang’s resistance and humiliated Yu Xiaogang, while Dai Mubai challenged the attackers by invoking his status as a Star Luo prince.

• Chen Xin arrived at Blue Tyrant Academy with Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Masters and Heaven Dou soldiers, and told Liu Erlong they had come for Shrek Academy.
• Chen Xin accused Shrek Academy of attempting to assassinate Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team members, misleading students, and committing fraud, and said the evidence was conclusive.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the Shrek Team arrived, and Yu Xiaogang protested that the charges were slander and argued that Shrek should keep its tournament qualification.
• Chen Xin said he would leave Shrek’s tournament slot so Chen Fan could defeat them, then ordered the academy buildings torn down.
• Chen Xin stopped Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang with a glance and dismissed Yu Xiaogang as a disgraced, useless cripple, prompting Dai Mubai to challenge him as a prince of the Star Luo Empire.

Chen Xin had Shrek Academy’s leaders restrained and ordered the academy destroyed after Yu Xiaogang’s appeal to Spirit Hall failed and Ning Rongrong sided with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The former Shrek grounds were reduced to rubble, its operation was revoked, and Flender and the others were left facing the academy’s ruin.

• Chen Xin’s men seized Dai Mubai, while Stingray Douluo broke Yu Xiaogang’s arm and crushed the Pope’s Token beneath his foot.
• Ning Rongrong rejected Oscar’s plea and stood behind Chen Xin, making clear she would not help Shrek Academy.
• Chen Xin ordered the soldiers and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Masters to demolish Shrek Academy’s buildings and tear down its plaque.
• The Heaven Dou authorities sealed the ruined grounds and revoked Shrek Academy’s right to operate.
• Flender, Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar watched in despair as the academy they knew was destroyed.

Shrek Academy’s teachers and students were detained after the investigation found no evidence linking them to the assassination attempt, while Tang San watched Xiao Wu get injured and blamed Tang Hao for their suffering. Tang Hao secretly visited his son and overheard Tang San’s hatred, leaving him devastated and bleeding in the alley.

• Tang San silently swore to kill Chen Fan as Shrek Academy’s teachers and students were taken into custody.
• Xiao Wu tried to leave her room to find Tang San, but a guard struck her and left her bleeding.
• Tang San watched Xiao Wu get hurt through his door’s observation window and desperately pounded on the door.
• Tang Hao returned to Heaven Dou City, found Shrek Academy in ruins, and secretly reached the hotel where Tang San was held.
• Tang Hao overheard Tang San blaming him for Xiao Wu’s injury and hating him, then spat blood onto the ground.

After Tang San regretted blaming his father, the Shrek Academy students were released from confinement when the tournament began. They reunited with loved ones and companions, while Tang Hao wandered in despair and the academy's teachers sent Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to buy them food.

• Tang Hao left his son's cage in despair and wandered through the streets, ignoring thugs who kicked him.
• Tang San regretted blaming his father for Xiao Wu's injury and slapped himself for what he had said.
• Half a month later, the tournament's start prompted the authorities to release the Shrek Academy group after their investigation ended.
• Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar celebrated their freedom, but fell silent when Ning Rongrong passed them without speaking.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu embraced and apologized to each other before he offered to take her out for carrots.
• Flender asked Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to bring food back for him, Yu Xiaogang, and Zhao Wuji, promising to reimburse them.

Tang San and Xiao Wu faced public hostility in Heaven Dou City over accusations against Shrek Academy. After Tang San reacted to a thug insulting Xiao Wu, a Soul Emperor beat him nearly to death while the crowd cheered, leaving Xiao Wu helpless beside him.

• Flender told Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to buy food and promised to reimburse them, while Ning Rongrong cultivated in the lobby and Zhu Zhuqing remained in her room.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu walked into Heaven Dou City and heard passersby condemn Shrek Academy and accuse its students of attempted assassination.
• Several young Soul Masters blocked Tang San and Xiao Wu, taunted them, and insulted Xiao Wu as Tang San tried to leave with her.
• Tang San lost control when the leader made a lewd remark about Xiao Wu and prepared to attack.
• A Soul Emperor struck Tang San, stomped and kicked him until he was barely alive, and drove Xiao Wu away when she tried to intervene.
• The Soul Emperor claimed Tang San had tried to hurt someone, then left to cheers as the crowd dispersed.

After leaving their confinement, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun faced public hostility in Heaven Dou City and were refused service at a roast chicken shop. They chose to seek out a place to drink instead of returning to the hotel.

• Xiao Wu helped the badly injured Tang San back toward the hotel while people mocked them.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun left the hotel and tried to ignore pedestrians insulting Shrek Academy.
• Ma Hongjun brought Dai Mubai and Oscar to a roast chicken shop, but the owner refused to serve them.
• Dai Mubai stopped Ma Hongjun from confronting the owner, and the three left the shop.
• Ma Hongjun suggested they drink themselves senseless rather than return to the hotel, and Dai Mubai and Oscar agreed.

Ma Hongjun brought Dai Mubai and Oscar to Spring Breeze Tower, where the women mocked them for their failed attempt to assassinate a royal family member and refused them entry. After Ma Hongjun attacked, Wang Ba defeated and brutally injured all three, leaving Oscar alone to struggle back to his feet.

• Ma Hongjun led Dai Mubai and Oscar into Heaven Dou City's pleasure quarter, hoping to find a place that would accept them despite their disgrace.
• A woman at Spring Breeze Tower recognized the Shrek Academy youths, insulted them, and ordered them to leave.
• Ma Hongjun attacked the woman with Phoenix Fire Line, but Wang Ba blocked the flames with an earth wall and confronted the trio.
• Wang Ba used his Soul Skills to overpower Dai Mubai, then beat Ma Hongjun and Oscar and stomped on Dai Mubai's hand and Oscar's Recovery Sausage.
• After Wang Ba returned inside, Oscar struggled up and saw Dai Mubai unconscious and Ma Hongjun barely alive.

Heaven Dou Royal Academy dominated the tournament’s preliminary rounds while Chen Fan remained absent from every match, deepening the spectators’ curiosity about him. Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun led Shrek Academy to a satisfying victory by defeating seven Plant Academy opponents in a row.

• Spectators expected Chen Fan to appear for Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s opening match, but the team entered with only six competitors and Osello Academy accused them of arrogance.
• Yu Tianheng instantly defeated Osello Academy’s captain, and Heaven Dou Royal Academy went on to win the match six to one.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy beat Barak Academy with another rout while Chen Fan stayed absent.
• Heaven Dou Royal Academy continued crushing its preliminary opponents with six competitors, while Chen Fan was not entered in the individual matches.
• Ma Hongjun defeated all seven Plant Academy opponents in a row, and Oscar celebrated Shrek Academy’s victory.

After Shrek Academy won its match, spectators abandoned their victory to watch Chen Fan compete for Heaven Dou Royal Academy. Feng Xiaotian challenged Chen Fan and opened their match with a rapid attack.

• Ma Hongjun celebrated Shrek Academy's victory while the crowd continued to curse the team.
• The spectators rushed from Shrek Academy's arena to see Chen Fan compete, leaving the team nearly alone.
• Shrek Academy's members joined the crowd at the Central Main Arena and watched Chen Fan take his place with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Chen Fan, who answered casually and told him to do his best.
• When the match began, Feng Xiaotian attacked Chen Fan with Gale Demon Wolf, Thirty-Seven Consecutive Slashes.