Chapter Summaries

The group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Spirit Beasts, and Tang Xuan arranged powerful Spirit Rings for Ning Rongrong and the others. After camp was set, he sent Dugu Bo to capture a Man Faced Demon Spider for Dugu Yan, promising to explain the opportunity afterward.

• The Imperial Dou Fighting Team and the Sword Tower group entered the forest, where Tang Xuan told Dugu Bo he had a chance planned for Dugu Yan.
• Chen Xin subdued a Golden Eagle and a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent; Ye Lingling took the eagle's Spirit Ring, while Ning Rongrong absorbed the serpent's thousand-year ring and reached rank 30 or higher.
• Ye Lingling reached Level 33 after absorbing her Spirit Ring, and Ning Rongrong later gained Soul Power Amplification from a Thunderclap Mysterious Turtle, reaching Level 34.
• Yu Tianheng absorbed a Thunder Armor Exploding Dragon's Spirit Ring and strengthened his dragon-transformed right arm before the group made camp by a lake.
• Tang Xuan instructed Dugu Bo to catch a two-thousand-to-two-thousand-five-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider without damaging its Spider Legs, and Dugu Bo went out to find one.

Tang Xuan arranged for Dugu Yan to fight an injured Man Faced Demon Spider alone, hoping to recreate the circumstances that could produce an External Soul Bone. After Ning Rongrong boosted Dugu Yan and she poisoned the spider, Dugu Yan prepared to use her Soul Bone Skill as it charged at her.

• Chen Xin refused to take Ning Fengzhi for a Spirit Ring before the group finished Soul Hunting, prioritizing Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong's safety.
• Dugu Bo returned with a Man Faced Demon Spider just over two thousand years old, and Tang Xuan told him to wound it and drive it toward the group.
• Tang Xuan ordered Dugu Yan to kill the spider alone while Ning Rongrong supported her and he prepared the Profound Heavy Domain and Mountain River Suppression.
• Ning Rongrong's Nine-colored Light increased Dugu Yan's strength, speed, and Soul Power by forty percent.
• Dugu Yan struck the spider, poisoned it with her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Poison, and faced its charge without fear.
• Dugu Yan poured Soul Power into her snake tail and activated her Soul Bone Skill, Dragon Binding Strangulation.

Dugu Yan killed the Man Faced Demon Spider with her new Soul Bone skill and began absorbing its Spirit Ring, while Tang Xuan realized the spider’s death could yield an External Soul Bone. As Dugu Yan remained unconscious, Tang Xuan left with the others to help Qin Ming find a Spirit Ring.

• Dugu Yan strangled the Man Faced Demon Spider with Dragon Binding Strangulation, and Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong restored her strength.
• Dugu Yan revealed that Tang Xuan had given her a thirty-thousand-year Nine Nether Binding Dragon Python Trunk Bone, and she thanked him for curing her poison and saving her life.
• Dugu Yan began absorbing the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Purple Soul Ring, and Tang Xuan recognized that its withered corpse suggested an External Soul Bone might emerge.
• Tang Xuan told Dugu Bo to stay with Dugu Yan in case a special situation occurred, then went with the team to find a Spirit Ring for Qin Ming.

After Qin Ming obtained a powerful new Soul Skill, Tang Xuan’s group left the Star Dou Great Forest and reunited with Dugu Bo, learning that Dugu Yan had gained a Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone. Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin departed to seek a Soul Ring, while Tang Xuan prepared to return to the academy with the others.

• Qin Ming absorbed a Flame Sun Eagle and gained the Soul Skill Azure Wolf Sacred Fire Fall.
• Tang Xuan’s group left the forest and met Dugu Bo, who revealed that Dugu Yan had obtained an External Soul Bone.
• Tang Xuan explained how he had arranged for Dugu Yan to kill the Man Faced Demon Spider and admitted the bone’s appearance had still depended on luck.
• Dugu Yan showed her eight spider legs and described their attribute-boosting and poison abilities, confirming they were the same External Soul Bone Tang San had gained in the Original Work.
• Dugu Bo hinted that he wanted to match Dugu Yan with Tang Xuan, but Tang Xuan and Chen Xin shut down the suggestion.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left for the Star Dou Great Forest to pursue Ning Fengzhi’s eighth Soul Ring, while Tang Xuan’s group planned to rest at an inn.

After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang Xuan gave Dugu Bo two Immortal Herbs to help him face his enemies from Spirit Hall. Xue Qinghe visited to complain about being pressured to choose a consort, and Tang Xuan ended by reminding him about an unpaid promise.

• Qin Ming gave the Imperial Dou Fighting Team three days off before returning to report to the Three Great Education Committees.
• Dugu Bo prepared to leave for Spirit City, but Tang Xuan gave him the Snow Swan Kiss and Aromatic Silk Beauty to use against Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Dugu Bo accepted Tang Xuan's Soul Tool to carry the Immortal Herbs and hurried away toward Spirit City.
• Xue Qinghe arrived without guards and told Tang Xuan that Emperor Xue Xing was insisting on choosing consorts for him.
• Tang Xuan pretended to mistake Xue Qinghe's remark about having him by his side as a romantic confession, embarrassing Xue Qinghe.
• Tang Xuan reminded Xue Qinghe that the compensation he had promised was still unpaid.

Tang Xuan pressured Xue Qinghe to seek compensation from Xue Ye, then recruited Xue Xing to help obtain the Heaven Dou Empire’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Xue Xing agreed to Tang Xuan’s plan, though the chapter left the treasure’s acquisition unresolved.

• Tang Xuan reminded Xue Qinghe of the promised compensation and explained that the dispute threatened relations between the royal family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Qinghe left for the imperial palace to ask Xue Ye for instructions, and Tang Xuan hurried to the Prince Mansion.
• Tang Xuan gave Xue Xing instructions to cooperate with Xue Qinghe and later claim that Xue Xing had tried to kill Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong.
• Xue Xing feared Xue Ye’s punishment, so Tang Xuan advised him to request a personal apology to delay punishment and preserve his authority over Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang Xuan told Xue Xing that he wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Xue Xing realized why Tang Xuan needed strong leverage against Xue Ye.

Tang Xuan returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to coordinate their story with Ning Fengzhi, then rushed back to Heaven Dou Royal Academy. At court, Xue Xing proposed giving the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to apologize to Tang Xuan, then revealed that he had tried to kill Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong.

• Tang Xuan found Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin absent, so he asked Bone Douluo to pass along his message before returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• At morning court, Xue Ye questioned Xue Xing about using Dugu to pressure Tang Xuan, and Xue Xing claimed he had wanted to recruit the talented youth.
• Xue Qinghe proposed apologizing to Tang Xuan with a Fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone, and Xue Ye considered the costly gift.
• Xue Xing argued that the Heaven Dou Empire should give the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud instead, enraging Xue Ye.
• Xue Xing admitted that he had tried to kill both Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong after failing to recruit Tang Xuan.

Xue Xing revealed that Tang Xuan had spared his life, prompting Xue Ye to give up the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as compensation to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Xue Qinghe left to retrieve it, while Xue Xing persuaded Xue Ye to let him make amends instead of punishing him.

• Xue Ye ordered the Palace Guards to seize Xue Xing, but Xue Xing pleaded that his death would permanently damage the Royal Family’s ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Qinghe asked Xue Xing how he had survived after offending Tang Xuan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xue Xing claimed Tang Xuan had spared him out of consideration for Xue Qinghe, moving her and making her reconsider Tang Xuan’s sincerity.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the imperial treasury as compensation, and she left with the written order.
• Xue Xing asked Xue Ye for a chance to make amends, and Xue Ye let him off with a warning rather than imposing a punishment.

Xue Ye reluctantly gave Xue Xing the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and a Soul Bone to deliver as apologies to Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Xue Qinghe presented Tang Xuan with a Soul Bone, whose sudden display drew the attention of everyone in the Education Committee Office.

• Xue Qinghe reported that the National Treasure had been retrieved, and Xue Ye ordered Xue Xing to take it as compensation for Tang Xuan.
• Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe each requested a Soul Bone from Xue Ye, who angrily granted the request and sent them away with the gifts.
• Tang Xuan finished cultivating at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Ning Rongrong told him that Xue Xing and Xue Qinghe were waiting to meet them.
• At the Education Committee Office, Xue Qinghe said the Royal Family had come to apologize and gave Tang Xuan a heavy box.
• Tang Xuan opened the box and revealed a Soul Bone, causing Soul Power to surge and everyone present to react with surprise.

Tang Xuan accepted Xue Qinghe’s compensation and received the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Xing, who also presented a second box for him to inspect in private. Xue Qinghe realized the box contained another Soul Bone, and Tang Xuan guessed the same.

• Xue Qinghe gave Tang Xuan a thirty-eight-thousand-year Sword Spine Thunder Dragon Right Arm Bone, which Tang Xuan accepted after a show of reluctance.
• Xue Xing apologized to Tang Xuan and claimed he had spared him out of consideration for Xue Qinghe, preserving their cover story about why he was alive.
• Xue Xing presented Tang Xuan with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as compensation, and Tang Xuan accepted it while pretending it was unimpressive.
• Xue Xing told Tang Xuan to inspect a second box in private, and Xue Qinghe’s reaction led Tang Xuan to ask whether it contained a Soul Bone.

Tang Xuan accepted Xue Xing’s apology and a valuable Soul Bone, then proposed that he and Rong Rong win the Soul Master Tournament for the Heaven Dou Empire. The offer settled their grievances and set Tang Xuan’s sights on the tournament, where he planned to claim its Soul Bones and confront Tang San and Tang Hao.

• Xue Qinghe admitted that Xue Xing had given Tang Xuan a better Soul Bone than before, and Tang Xuan opened the box to reveal a Torso Soul Bone from a sixty-thousand-year Purple Crystal Cloud Leopard.
• Tang Xuan said the Soul Bone suited Rong Rong and asked Xue Qinghe to judge whether Xue Xing’s apology was sincere; Xue Qinghe vouched for his Imperial Uncle.
• Xue Xing offered the Soul Bone as compensation, and Tang Xuan accepted in exchange for representing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and winning the Soul Master Tournament for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Xing welcomed the proposal, while Qin Ming and Xue Qinghe expressed confidence in Tang Xuan’s chances.
• Tang Xuan considered the tournament a chance to obtain its prized Soul Bones, defeat Tang San, and potentially kill Tang Hao.

Tang Xuan rejected adding new members to Imperial Dou Fighting Team and set ambitious goals for its current members before the tournament. He gave Ning Rongrong and Yu Tianheng Soul Bones, while Ning Rongrong’s eagerness to inherit her father’s Soul Bones embarrassed her.

• Meng Shenji suggested two Black Tortoise Turtle Spirit Masters for Imperial Dou Fighting Team, but Tang Xuan said they should remain on the second team.
• Xue Qinghe congratulated Tang Xuan and left to report to Emperor Xue Ye, while Tang Xuan led the team to its training grounds.
• Tang Xuan said he had no intention of recruiting teammates and required the team members to reach at least level 55 and each battle Soul Master to defeat seven opponents alone.
• Tang Xuan offered Ning Rongrong a sixty-thousand-year Purple Crystal Cloud Leopard Trunk Bone, but she suggested giving it to Ye Lingling while she waited for Ning Fengzhi’s inherited Soul Bones.
• Tang Xuan gave Yu Tianheng a Sword Ridge Thunder Dragon Right Arm Bone to help his Dragon Transformation.

Tang Xuan gave the Sword Spine Thunder Dragon Soul Bone to Qin Ming, who agreed to help him grow but postponed joining Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As Ning Rongrong and the others began absorbing Soul Bones, Tang Xuan moved away to inspect the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Yu Tianheng refused Tang Xuan's Soul Bone and said he would inherit an eighty-thousand-year-old Soul Bone from his clan.
• Tang Xuan gave the Sword Spine Thunder Dragon Right Arm Bone to Qin Ming, who initially warned him against turning down a valuable treasure.
• Tang Xuan persuaded Qin Ming to accept the Soul Bone as support for his growth, and Dugu Yan encouraged Qin Ming to take it.
• Qin Ming offered to join Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tang Xuan asked him to wait until he and Ning Rongrong graduated so their relationship could remain free of competing interests.
• After everyone began absorbing Soul Bones, Tang Xuan moved away from Ning Rongrong and prepared to inspect the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Tang Xuan examined the Heart of the Sea God but chose to leave it stored away, knowing it could drain him. Four years later, after Imperial Dou’s undefeated tour of the Heaven Dou Empire, Qin Ming led the team toward Suotuo City to visit his former academy, Shrek.

• Tang Xuan opened the brocade box, examined the Heart of the Sea God, and put it away to avoid risking its dangerous effects.
• Four years later, Tang Xuan nearly vomited after Imperial Dou killed all seven members of the Fierce God Team on his birthday.
• Ye Lingling asked whether Imperial Dou would face Soul King teams, but Qin Ming said they would stop fighting and head to meet people instead.
• Qin Ming revealed that their destination was Suotuo City, prompting Dugu Yan to tease him about confronting an old love.
• Tang Xuan explained that Qin Ming had graduated from Shrek, a no-name academy with strict admissions requirements and powerful instructors.

Qin Ming prepared to take Tang Xuan and the Imperial Dou Group to meet Flender and Zhao Wuji at Shrek Academy, but Dugu Bo appeared in their carriage and joined them. Tang Xuan warned Dugu Bo to conceal his identity and avoid acting rashly when they reached Suotuo City.

• Tang Xuan urged Qin Ming and the Imperial Dou Group to leave for Shrek Academy immediately, and they prepared their horses and carriages after collecting their Great Soul Arena winnings.
• Dugu Bo suddenly appeared inside the carriage, startling Tang Xuan and the others.
• Tang Xuan recalled that Dugu Bo had reached rank 95 by using the Snow Swan Kiss to stimulate his poison, and Dugu Bo said he would no longer use it.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Dugu Bo for having once taken Tang Xuan away for three months, and the group laughed at his expense.
• Tang Xuan allowed Dugu Bo to travel with them but warned him not to reveal that he was a Titled Douluo or interfere when they met Xiao Wu and Tang San.

The Imperial Dou Fighting Team arrived at Shrek Academy and joined its admissions line for amusement. When Xiao Wu revealed her martial soul, Dugu Bo recognized her as a hundred-thousand-year-old shapeshifting Soul Beast, but Tang Xuan stopped him from acting, and Tang Hao withdrew his murderous gaze from the shadows.

• The Imperial Dou Fighting Team reached Shrek Academy, and Dugu Yan suggested they take the entrance test for fun.
• Yu Tianheng led the group to join the admissions line and disguised Qin Ming with a mask.
• Li Yusong accepted Tang San and Xiao Wu after seeing their martial souls and level 29 Spirit Rings.
• Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Wu as a hundred-thousand-year-old shapeshifting Soul Beast and tried to capture her.
• Tang Xuan stopped Dugu Bo, who remembered his warning and stood down.
• Tang Hao withdrew his murderous gaze after Dugu Bo refrained from acting.

The Imperial Dou Group stunned Li Yusong and Shrek with their exceptional ages, ranks, and Spirit Rings, while Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong concealed the full extent of their abilities. The group’s display ended when Qin Ming revealed himself to Li Yusong.

• Ye Lingling revealed she was an eighteen-year-old Rank 47 Soul Ancestor with the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, shocking Shrek.
• Yu Tianheng introduced himself as an eighteen-year-old Rank 49 Soul Ancestor with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan revealed her fifth, black Spirit Ring and identified herself as an eighteen-year-old Rank 52 Soul King, then unnerved Xiao Wu with her attention.
• Tang Xuan displayed a thousand-year second Spirit Ring and a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring, introducing himself as a twelve-year-old Rank 45 Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Rongrong showed Spirit Rings matching Tang Xuan’s, plus another ten-thousand-year Ring, while keeping her Martial Soul hidden.
• Li Yusong asked who the group was, and Qin Ming removed his mask and greeted him.

Qin Ming reunited with Li Yusong at Shrek Academy, while Tang Xuan’s group was left behind to meet Tang San and the others. Tang Xuan mocked Tang San for prying into his Spirit Ring secrets, then asked Dai Mubai to show them around as he waited to see Zhao Wuji fight Tang San.

• Li Yusong embraced Qin Ming and hurried him into the academy to meet Zhao Wuji and the others, leaving Tang Xuan’s group behind.
• Tang San asked Tang Xuan how he absorbed Spirit Rings beyond his level, and Tang Xuan answered with a deliberately irrelevant story before rebuking him for asking about a private matter.
• Tang San apologized but secretly vowed to repay Tang Xuan for the humiliation, then considered what he might offer in exchange for the secret.
• Tang Xuan told Tang San they could discuss a trade later, then approached Dai Mubai and asked him to show the group around Shrek Academy.

Tang Xuan let Dugu Bo know that Tang San’s hidden Twin Martial Souls might draw out someone powerful, and Tang Hao appeared at Shrek Academy after Tang San’s assessment. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo realizing Tang San was Tang Hao’s son.

• Qin Ming brought Tang Xuan’s party to Shrek Academy, where Zhao Wuji assessed Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu fainted after attempting Charm on Zhao Wuji, and Tang San fought Zhao Wuji alone until the assessment ended.
• Tang Xuan told Dugu Bo to leave Xiao Wu alone for now, while Dugu Bo struggled to restrain himself from acting against her.
• Dugu Bo suspected that Tang San had released a second Martial Soul when he sent Zhao Wuji flying, but Tang Xuan stopped him from revealing it.
• Tang Hao appeared before the group, and Dugu Bo recognized him as the Clear Sky Douluo and inferred that Tang San was his son.

Tang Xuan negotiated with Tang Hao to keep Tang San’s secrets in exchange for three favors, then gave Tang Hao Breath-Concealing Grass for Xiao Wu. The chapter ended with Tang Xuan asking how Tang Hao would repay the favors.

• Tang Hao asked Dugu Bo to keep Tang San’s secrets, but Dugu Bo deferred to Tang Xuan.
• Tang Hao demanded to know how Tang Xuan had discovered him and threatened him into silence, but Tang Xuan refused to comply without compensation.
• Dugu Bo prepared to defend Tang Xuan, so Tang Hao suppressed his anger and offered to grant a favor.
• Tang Xuan demanded three favors in exchange for keeping the rabbit, the twins, and Tang Hao’s location secret, and Tang Hao agreed.
• Tang Xuan gave Tang Hao Breath-Concealing Grass for Xiao Wu, then asked how Tang Hao would repay the favors.