Chapter Summaries

Tang Xuan reunited with Ning Rongrong and the Imperial Dou Fighting Team, praised their progress, and explained his techniques to Yu Tianheng. He then urged the team to improve before the Soul Master Tournament and began training them under his Profound Heavy Domain.

• Tang Xuan revealed himself after sparring with the team, and Ning Rongrong embraced him while Dugu Yan and the others admitted they had recognized him.
• Yu Tianheng asked Tang Xuan about Return to Dust and received an explanation of the Clumsy Intent Sword Art and the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Tang Xuan checked the team's levels: Dugu Yan was rank 55, Ye Lingling rank 52, Ning Rongrong rank 56, and Yu Tianheng rank 53.
• Tang Xuan told the women that he had reached rank 55 and challenged them to work harder before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang Xuan spread his Profound Heavy Domain so Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling could cultivate under its pressure, then eased the weight around Ye Lingling when she struggled.

Tang Xuan’s Heavy Profound Qi clashed with the Evil God Bead as he cultivated, accelerating the evolution of his Profound Heavy Domain and Mysterious Wing Soul Bone. He woke to find his domain could conceal his aura and his soul bone had reached the Hundred Thousand Year level, though the chapter ended before he described all of its changes.

• Tang Xuan used his Mental Power to balance the clashing Heavy Profound Qi and Evil God Bead, and their conflict improved both his domain and soul bone.
• As Tang Xuan’s transformation continued, Ning Rongrong sensed through the Lovesick Heartbreak Red that he was safe, and the team resumed cultivating while Qin Ming kept watch.
• Tang Xuan woke and discovered his evolved Profound Heavy Domain could conceal his aura, even from Ning Rongrong’s spiritual connection.
• Tang Xuan revealed that his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone had become a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and inherited the Evil God Bead’s evil, space, wind, and thunder attributes.
• Tang Xuan explained that the soul bone’s short-range Teleportation had evolved into targeted Space Teleportation and that it had gained the Evil God’s Protection skill.

Tang Xuan tested the evolved abilities of his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone and discovered that he could fly at roughly the speed of sound while carrying Ning Rongrong. The pair then used his aura-concealing domain to sneak up on Chen Xin in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Rongrong revealed that Tang Xuan had planned the prank.

• Tang Xuan explained that the Wind Thunder Attribute empowered his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone with speed rivaling or surpassing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Evil God's Protection strengthened his defense.
• Tang Xuan flew with Ning Rongrong from Heaven Dou Royal Academy to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in under three minutes and realized he had reached about the speed of sound.
• Tang Xuan whispered a mischievous idea to Ning Rongrong, and the two agreed to try it.
• Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong secretly approached Chen Xin in the great hall and patted his shoulders without being detected.
• Chen Xin called for the unseen intruder, and Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong revealed themselves and explained how his domain and Soul Bone had concealed them.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Tang Xuan had planned the prank, shocking everyone.

Tang Xuan tested his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone’s Space Teleportation skill, then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and met the arriving Shrek group. The chapter ended with Tang Xuan leaving Flender to pursue Liu Erlong while he watched the reunion unfold.

• Tang Xuan teleported himself and Ning Rongrong from Sword Bone Tower to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, astonishing Bone Douluo, Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi with the skill’s potential.
• Ye Lingling instantly restored Tang Xuan after the teleport drained most of his Soul Power, and she explained that all but her Fifth Soul Ring skill had become instant-cast.
• Tang Xuan and Ning Rongrong learned that Qin Ming had gone to greet the Shrek group, Dugu Yan had gone to watch, and Ye Lingling had stayed to keep Yu Tianheng safe.
• Qin Ming and Dugu Yan brought the Shrek group, including Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Liu Erlong, to meet Tang Xuan.
• Flender explained that Tang Xuan had helped bring him and Liu Erlong together, while Tang Xuan silently asked whether Flender had taken his advice.
• Flender admitted through his actions that he had not managed to approach Liu Erlong, and Tang Xuan left him to try while deciding not to interfere further.

Tang Xuan trained Shrek and Imperial Dou’s students inside his Profound Heavy Domain while Yu Xiaogang tried to learn about his methods and then approached Yu Tianheng. Yu Tianheng rejected Yu Xiaogang’s appeal to clan pride, saying Tang Xuan had taught him to accept stronger opponents and keep improving.

• Tang Xuan drew a circle and spread his Profound Heavy Domain over it, and the students entered to cultivate under its pressure.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to enter the circle, but Qin Ming stopped him from prying into Tang Xuan’s Talent Domain.
• Yu Tianheng arrived charred from practicing a Self-Created Soul Skill, and Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong recognized him only after he released his Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang pulled Yu Tianheng aside and urged him to reclaim the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s pride by refusing to bow to others.
• Yu Tianheng answered that admitting defeat did not mean lacking pride and said Tang Xiao Xuan had taught him that greater opponents always existed.

Yu Xiaogang tried to use Yu Tianheng’s connection to Tang Xuan to help his disciple, Tang San, gain access to Tang Xuan’s cultivation circle. Yu Tianheng refused, defended Tang Xuan as his brother, and left Flender and Liu Erlong confronting how much Yu Xiaogang had changed.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Yu Tianheng whether Tang Xuan’s Talent Domain had helped him grow stronger.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that he wanted Tang Xuan to help his talented disciple cultivate, and Yu Tianheng deduced that the disciple was Tang San.
• Yu Tianheng refused to ask Tang Xuan to help Tang San, citing the grudge between Tang San’s father and Imperial Dou.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Yu Tianheng of abandoning family for an outsider, but Yu Tianheng called Tang Xuan his brother and warned Yu Xiaogang not to insult him again.
• Qin Ming condemned Yu Xiaogang’s treatment of Tang Xuan, while Flender and Liu Erlong overheard and reconsidered their view of Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Tianheng confronted Yu Xiaogang over his selfish plans for Tang San and refused to help him exploit Tang Xuan. After Yu Xiaogang left the Royal Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu, Tang Xuan and Yu Tianheng returned to training.

• Yu Tianheng rejected Yu Xiaogang's plea for help and said he would not let him drain Tang Xiao Xuan for his own gain.
• Yu Tianheng left Yu Xiaogang and returned to Tang Xuan, who reassured him that he would not judge him by his uncle's actions.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Flender to leave the Royal Academy, but Flender asked Tang Xuan to look after the students.
• Flender took Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang away, while Tang Xuan resumed cultivation and Yu Tianheng returned to studying the Nine Heavens Thunder Tribulation.

Tang Xuan took Shrek’s students back to their academy and found Tang San being pressured by the Soul Douluo Titan. He intervened before Tang San could gain Titan’s support, then learned Titan had come to avenge his son and grandson.

• Tang Xuan agreed to let Shrek’s group train in his Heavy Profound Qi domain twice a week and took them to Shrek Academy.
• At the academy, Tang Xuan sensed a powerful Soul Power clash and found Tang San struggling against Titan while the Golden Iron Triangle and Zhao Wuji watched.
• Tang Xuan struck Titan with Mountain Flatten and Sky Rend, forcing the Soul Douluo to use his Source of Strength Soul Skill to push him back.
• Tang Xuan introduced himself as Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s grandson, and Titan recognized him as the Sword Demon Tang Xuan.
• Titan explained that he had come to avenge his son and grandson after Tang San beat them up.

Tang Xuan stopped Tai Tan from accepting Tang San as his master, then provoked Tang San into considering adding Spirit Rings to his second martial soul before the Soul Master Tournament. After leaving for the academy, Tang Xuan returned to find an unwelcome guest in his dormitory.

• Tang Xuan asked Tai Tan to let the dispute end for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's sake, and Tai Tan agreed before leaving.
• Tang San thanked Tang Xuan, then asked whether his rapid rise to the Soul King realm came from adding Spirit Rings to his second martial soul.
• Tang Xuan described the tournament's powerful Soul King opponents and three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, making Tang San anxious to strengthen Little Hammer.
• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang insisted that Shrek would enter the tournament, while Tang Xuan told Yu Xiaogang he would oversee the other Shrek members' cultivation and Spirit Rings.
• Tang Xuan left Flender and flew back to the academy with his Mysterious Wing Soul Bone, where an unwelcome guest had arrived at his dormitory.

Tang Xuan teased Xue Qinghe about his hostility toward Spirit Hall and explained that he would oppose its unification of the continent if it meant destroying the sects. Xue Qinghe fell silent, troubled by Tang Xuan’s answer.

• Xue Qinghe visited Tang Xuan after learning he had returned to Heaven Dou City and asked about his strength ahead of the Soul Master Tournament.
• Tang Xuan said he was confident of reaching the final and competing for first place, and Xue Qinghe hoped he would defeat Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.
• Tang Xuan pointed out Xue Qinghe’s grudge against Spirit Hall, prompting Xue Qinghe to blame its dominance in past tournaments.
• Xue Qinghe pressed Tang Xuan for his view of Spirit Hall, and Tang Xuan said they should keep their distance and not interfere with each other.
• Tang Xuan asked whether sects would survive if Spirit Hall unified the continent, and Xue Qinghe admitted they would not.
• Tang Xuan said that made his opposition clear, leaving Xue Qinghe silent with his fist clenched behind his back.

Xue Qinghe shared her dream of spreading Angel's protection across the continent and asked Tang Xuan to help, but their opposing visions made a lasting alliance unlikely. After Xue Qinghe left, Ning Rongrong emerged from hiding, unconvinced that Tang Xuan intended to support her.

• Xue Qinghe told Tang Xuan she wanted Angel's Holy Light to reach the entire continent, while Tang Xuan privately favored a balance of powerful sects and forces.
• Xue Qinghe asked Tang Xuan for help, and he promised to serve as her Guardian Divine Weapon if she inherited the Heaven Dou Imperial Throne.
• Tang Xuan asked whether the sects would survive Xue Qinghe's ideal, and she assured him she would not act against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Xuan realized Xue Qinghe still intended to unify the continent and concluded that a peaceful consensus was unlikely.
• After Xue Qinghe departed, Tang Xuan called out Ning Rongrong, who revealed she had been hiding and doubted his promise to help Xue Qinghe.

Tang Xuan and Ye Lingling discovered that Yu Xiaogang’s gravity training had left the Shrek group with severe hidden injuries. Tang Xuan used Dragon Ganoderma Leaves to speed their recovery and ordered them to ignore Yu Xiaogang’s training until after the Soul Master Tournament.

• Tang Xuan noticed the Shrek group’s poor condition, and Ye Lingling examined them and found their meridians badly damaged.
• Ma Hongjun explained that Yu Xiaogang had made them train under Zhao Wuji’s Gravity Compression, prompting Tang Xuan and Ye Lingling to blame the injuries on his reckless methods.
• Qin Ming urged Tang Xuan to expel Yu Xiaogang, but Tang Xuan warned that Yu Xiaogang had a powerful protector and redirected attention to treating the injured students.
• Ye Lingling said recovery would take a long time, so Tang Xuan gave the Shrek group Dragon Ganoderma Leaves and her examination showed they could be healed within two days.
• Tang Xuan told the Shrek group to ignore Yu Xiaogang’s training tasks, except for team coordination, until the Soul Master Tournament ended.

Tang Xuan brought the Imperial Dou Fighting Team to the Soul Master Tournament’s opening ceremony, where Shrek’s shabby uniforms drew ridicule and a clash broke out with Blue Sunshine Academy. He recognized Shi Nian and planned to turn the dangerous Soul Saint against Tang San so he could claim Shi Nian’s Soul Bone for Ning Rongrong.

• Tang Xuan distributed Dragon Ganoderma Leaves to the Imperial Dou group, and the team cultivated until the tournament’s opening day.
• The Imperial Dou Fighting Team attended the ceremony, where Tang Xuan noted their high levels and assessed the strength of Shrek and the other teams.
• Shrek’s cheap uniforms provoked laughter, and Ma Hongjun complained to Flender about wearing them.
• Blue Sunshine Academy students insulted Shrek, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tailong traded insults with them.
• Shi Nian arrived, glared at Xiao Wu and Tailong, then left after Flender and Zhao Wuji blocked him.
• Tang Xuan told Ning Rongrong that Shi Nian carried a Soul Bone suited to her and resolved to direct Shi Nian’s anger toward Tang San.

Tang Xuan warned Flender to keep Xiao Wu out of matches watched by Soul Douluo-level experts, while the tournament draw set Shrek against the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team. Tang San revealed a ten-thousand-year fourth Spirit Ring on his Blue Silver Grass, drawing alarm from the powerful spectators and leaving him facing a looming threat.

• Tang Xuan warned Flender that Xiao Wu must not compete when Salas or another Soul Douluo-level expert was watching, and Flender agreed.
• Salas drew the match between Shrek Academy and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Second Team.
• The Second Team released its Martial Souls and showed that it had four Soul Ancestors, prompting the crowd to underestimate Shrek.
• Tang San revealed four Spirit Rings on his Blue Silver Grass, including a ten-thousand-year ring, shocking Xue Ye, Salas, Xue Xing, and the Three Great Education Committees.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin began considering how to eliminate Tang San, while Tang Xuan anticipated that Tang San's revelation would bring disaster.
• Ma Hongjun's phoenix Martial Soul suppressed the Second Team's Beast Martial Souls, leaving Yu Feng struggling to fly as Ma Hongjun declared himself a phoenix.

Shrek Academy defeated Imperial Dou Second Team decisively in the tournament’s opening match, with Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Meteor Shower finishing off most of the opposing team. Afterward, Tang Xuan questioned Tang San about his Ten-thousand-year Fourth Ring, and Yu Xiaogang demanded to know how Tang San had obtained it.

• Jiang Zhu supported Dai Mubai and Tailong as they held off Imperial Dou Second Team’s first attack.
• Tang San trapped the opposing team with Blue Silver Prison, and Ma Hongjun struck them with Phoenix Meteor Shower, leaving only Shi Mo and Shi Mo standing.
• Dai Mubai and Tailong subdued the remaining opponents, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Ma Hongjun praised his performance to Tang Xuan, who also complimented Dai Mubai and questioned Tang San about his Ten-thousand-year Fourth Ring.
• Tang San told Tang Xuan that he had added only one yellow Spirit Ring to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Yu Xiaogang confronted Tang San about reaching level forty and obtaining the Ten-thousand-year Fourth Ring, and Tang San claimed he and Xiao Wu had gone Spirit Hunting together.

Tang San explained why he had given his Second Martial Soul a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring, making clear that he no longer trusted Yu Xiaogang’s guidance. Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang Xuan for changing Tang San and enlisted Flender and Liu Erlong for an unspecified task, while Flender noticed hatred and killing intent in Yu Xiaogang’s eyes.

• Flender admitted he had followed Tang San and Tang Xuan while they hunted, but left it to Tang San to decide what to tell Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San postponed answering Yu Xiaogang until they returned to Shrek Academy, and a sinister old man watched the group leave before deciding to wait for another opportunity.
• At the academy, Tang San explained his reasons for putting a Hundred-Year Spirit Ring on his Second Martial Soul and described the risks of Twin Martial Souls without revealing Tang Xuan’s secret.
• Tang San defended his choice and left to cultivate, while Yu Xiaogang lamented the change in his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang Xuan for changing Tang San and asked Flender and Liu Erlong to do something; Flender noticed hatred and killing intent in Yu Xiaogang’s eyes.

After Shrek defeated Elephant Armored Academy, Tang San left alone, upset by his poor performance, and Shi Nian secretly followed him. Tang Xuan sensed Shi Nian’s departure and, after waiting to avoid suspicion, flew ahead to intercept them outside Heaven Dou City.

• Yu Xiaogang considered killing Tang Xuan but decided to wait until after the Soul Master Tournament or Tang Hao’s return.
• Ma Hongjun led Shrek to a decisive victory over Elephant Armored Academy, prompting Tang Xuan to consider Hu Yanli’s Ten Thousand Year Head Soul Bone for Grandpa Bone.
• Tang Xuan asked Yu Tianheng and Ma Hongjun about their Martial Souls’ suppression, and Yu Tianheng said neither could suppress the other.
• Tang San left alone, discouraged by how ineffective his Blue Silver Grass had been against Elephant Armored Academy.
• Shi Nian followed Tang San, and Tang Xuan sensed him, waited before leaving, then flew ahead to wait outside Heaven Dou City.

Shi Nian trapped Tang San in a powerful illusion and tortured him with visions of the Tang Sect and Xiao Wu until he passed out. As Shi Nian approached the unconscious Tang San to kill him, Tang Xuan’s unseen power restrained Shi Nian.

• Tang Xuan watched Tang San leave Heaven Dou City and waited for Shi Nian to weaken him before intervening.
• Shi Nian revealed that he had lured Tang San into a desolate grove and used his Martial Soul Avatar to invade Tang San’s mind.
• Tang San’s illusion showed the Tang Sect Elders breaking his bones and lecherous men assaulting Xiao Wu while she pleaded for his help.
• Tang San screamed until he lost consciousness, and Shi Nian walked toward him to finish him off.
• When Shi Nian came within three steps of Tang San, an incomprehensible force bound him in place.

Tang Xuan killed Shi Nian to obtain his Illusion Wisdom Skull, then returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and gave the Soul Bone to Ning Rongrong to absorb. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong beginning the absorption.

• Shi Nian broke free of Tang Xuan's restraints and tried to flee, but Tang Xuan's Break Army sword shadows pursued him and smashed him into a crater.
• Tang Xuan questioned the badly injured Shi Nian about his Soul Bone, then crushed his throat and destroyed the corpse with Mountain Collapse.
• Tang Xuan retrieved Shi Nian's thirty-to-forty-thousand-year-old Illusion Head Bone, filled in the crater, helped Tang San awaken, and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang Xuan gave Ning Rongrong the Illusion Wisdom Skull and explained that its Illusion Space skill could disorient enemies, weaken their Mental Power, and strengthen allies through a mental link.
• Ning Rongrong guessed that Tang Xuan had killed Shi Nian, accepted the Soul Bone, and began absorbing it.

Tang San returned to Shrek after surviving Shi Nian’s illusion and grew more suspicious of Yu Xiaogang when he concealed information about Tang Hao. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Ning Rongrong broke through to level 60, but she and Tang Xuan decided to postpone obtaining her Sixth Soul Ring until after the tournament to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Tang San woke outside Heaven Dou City, realized his Purple Demon Eyes had reached the peak of the Panoramic Realm, and hurried back to Shrek Academy.
• Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu and asked what she would do if he could no longer protect her; Xiao Wu vowed to help him become strong enough to protect her.
• Tang San questioned Yu Xiaogang about the assassination attempt, but Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang Hao and evaded questions about Tang San’s background, deepening Tang San’s distrust.
• After spending a day and two nights fusing the Illusion Soul Bone, Ning Rongrong broke through to level 60.
• Ning Rongrong chose to wait until after the Soul Master Tournament to obtain her Sixth Soul Ring, and Tang Xuan agreed that hiding her strength would protect the sect.