Chapter Summaries

After defeating War Rhino, Ye Lan entered the Great Soul Arena’s Two-on-Two Soul Fight alone and was matched against Tang San and Xiao Wu. He recognized Tang San as the son of his blood relative’s killer and prepared to begin his revenge without exposing his plans.

• Ye Lan collected his points and ten Gold Soul Coins, then asked to compete in a Two-on-Two Soul Fight alone.
• The Tuxedo Host arranged a match for Ye Lan and asked Xiao Jing to find him a newly registered team, but Ye Lan said any opponents would do.
• Xiao Jing gave Ye Lan the Three-Five Combination’s information: Tang San and Xiao Wu were both level twenty-nine Soul Masters.
• Ye Lan decided not to seriously injure Tang San, but planned to plant a seed of despair in him as the first step of his revenge.
• Tang San dismissed the one-man team as attention-seeking, while Xiao Wu eagerly agreed to fight Green Emperor with him.
• On the platform, Xiao Wu recognized Ye Lan as the Blue Silver Grass Soul Master from Nuoding Academy and reacted in shock.

Ye Lan reunited with Tang San and Xiao Wu at the Great Soul Arena, where Tang San prepared to fight him after learning he had reached Level 23. Ye Lan assessed their abilities and remained confident in his advantage as Tang San and Xiao Wu took their opening position.

• Xiao Wu recognized Ye Lan and warned Tang San about his transformed Blue Silver Grass, while Tang San struggled to believe Ye Lan had reached Level 23.
• Ye Lan taunted Tang San and refused to explain how he had become a Soul Grandmaster, then clenched his fists as he remembered Tang Hao.
• Tang San reviewed his skills and advantages over Ye Lan, concluded that he could not lose, and called Xiao Wu to battle.
• Ye Lan assessed Tang San's poison, Clear Sky Hammer, and Hidden Weapons, as well as Xiao Wu's close-combat skills and weapons, and judged that he had a ninety-percent chance of winning.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu used their practiced coordination to lift Xiao Wu onto his shoulder in a one-legged pose.

Ye Lan overwhelmed Tang San and Xiao Wu with his speed and strength, then revealed his superior Living Blue Silver Grass to break Tang San’s Parasite attack. Tang San believed his Blue Silver Grass poison had already taken effect and waited for Ye Lan to collapse.

• Ye Lan evaded Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and struck him, then used Tang San’s momentum to throw him toward Xiao Wu and prevent their pincer attack.
• Tang San activated Parasite using seeds he had planted on Ye Lan, but Ye Lan’s Blood Armor and Living Blue Silver Grass blasted away the attacking vines.
• Tang San struggled to control his Snake-Pattern Blue Silver Grass after Ye Lan’s vines appeared, while the spectators remarked on the difference between their martial souls.
• Tang San concluded that his Blue Silver Grass neurotoxin had poisoned Ye Lan and told Xiao Wu to wait for him to lose feeling and collapse.

Ye Lan easily resisted Tang San’s poison and overpowered Tang San and Xiao Wu with his Living Blue Silver Grass. After Xiao Wu was thrown from the arena, Tang San escaped his bindings and launched a hidden-weapon attack, leaving Ye Lan facing ten Bone-Piercing Nails.

• Ye Lan explained that Tang San’s poison could not overcome his Ultimate Life and sent Living Blue Silver Grass after Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu pulled Tang San toward the arena’s edge, but Ye Lan’s Blue Silver Grass covered the whole arena and bound Tang San.
• Xiao Wu attacked Ye Lan with Sleeve Arrows and Charm, but Ye Lan blocked the arrows and flung her out of the arena.
• Tang San erupted with Soul Power, used Parasite to break free, and decided to rely on Tang Sect hidden weapons.
• Tang San activated his Tang Sect techniques and fired ten Bone-Piercing Nails at Ye Lan.

Ye Lan defeated Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and Clear Sky Hammer, leaving him in despair until Xiao Wu woke and surrendered. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong celebrated their victory over the Iron Blood Combination, and Zhu Zhuqing recalled how she had first stood up for Ning Rongrong at Shrek Academy.

• Tang San attacked Ye Lan with Hidden Weapons and a Back-Mounted Flower Crossbow, but Ye Lan’s Blue Silver Grass defense stopped them.
• Tang San charged Ye Lan with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Ye Lan’s Blue Silver Priests knocked it away and quickly recovered from its impact.
• Ye Lan prepared to finish Tang San, but Xiao Wu woke and called for surrender, giving Tang San hope as he embraced her.
• The arena announcer declared Ye Lan the winner, and the crowd cheered for the Green Emperor.
• Ning Rongrong praised Zhu Zhuqing after their victory over the Iron Blood Combination, while Zhu Zhuqing reviewed their fight.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled how she had defended Ning Rongrong from Flender’s bullying and had considered leaving Shrek Academy with her.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing formed the Seven Treasures Spirit Cat and won their first team Soul Fight, then reunited with the other Shrek students. Dai Mubai learned Tang San had been defeated by Ye Lan, while Zhu Zhuqing made clear that Dai Mubai's choices no longer concerned her.

• Ning Rongrong accompanied Zhu Zhuqing to the Great Soul Arena, where their Seven Treasures Spirit Cat team defeated the Iron Blood Combination in its first match.
• The five other Shrek students met Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu explained that she and Tang San had lost a Two-on-Two Soul Fight to Ye Lan, leaving Tang San dejected.
• Oscar offered his Big Sausages, but Xiao Wu refused, and Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai's objection as Ning Rongrong led her away from Oscar.
• Ma Hongjun left to meet the dean, and Dai Mubai told Xiao Wu that Ma Hongjun went to a brothel to vent the Evil Fire caused by his martial soul.
• After Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong criticized the men, Dai Mubai asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she was angry about his behavior, and Zhu Zhuqing vanished after saying his actions had nothing to do with her.

Zhu Zhuqing distanced herself from Dai Mubai, whose violent outburst left Ning Rongrong injured and isolated. Oscar revealed that he and Dai Mubai had planned to isolate Ning Rongrong so Oscar could win her over, but a gentle golden-haired man appeared as Ning Rongrong sat crying.

• Zhu Zhuqing ignored Dai Mubai after seeing him enter a hotel with the Twin Sisters, and Dai Mubai grew angry when Ning Rongrong mocked him.
• Dai Mubai threatened Ning Rongrong and released his Soul Power, injuring her and Oscar before Tang San intervened.
• Ning Rongrong offered Tang San wealth and a favor from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to kill Dai Mubai, but Tang San refused and left with Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong asked Oscar for help, but Oscar rejected her and admitted that he and Dai Mubai had plotted to isolate her so he could pursue her.
• Ning Rongrong cried alone until a gentle golden-haired man approached and asked if she was all right.

Ye Lan comforted Ning Rongrong after Oscar rejected her, helping her regain her confidence and revealing that he was the Green Emperor. Ning Rongrong asked him to teach her to become an outstanding Soul Master, but Ye Lan declined and prepared to leave.

• Ye Lan gave the tearful Ning Rongrong tissues and Candied Hawthorn Skewers, then listened as she explained that she was upset with herself for realizing her status had shaped how others treated her.
• Ye Lan told Ning Rongrong that everyone had an identity, helping her remember her pride in being Ning Rongrong and the hope of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Lan said goodbye and gave Ning Rongrong his name, prompting her to recognize him as the Green Emperor who had defeated Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong grabbed Ye Lan's arm and asked him to teach her to become an outstanding Soul Master.
• Ye Lan declined because he was busy and planned to leave Nuoding City soon, leaving Ning Rongrong pouting.

Ning Rongrong hired Ye Lan to train her as a Support System Soul Master, and he began teaching her and Zhu Zhuqing methods to improve their survival and Soul Power efficiency. After their first arena matches exposed Ning Rongrong’s weaknesses, Ye Lan gave them demanding physical training and set out to buy weighted equipment.

• Ning Rongrong offered Ye Lan the Nine Radiance Consecutive Star Ring in exchange for training, and Ye Lan agreed to teach her at the Great Soul Arena each day.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing about Ye Lan, confessed that Dai Mubai had upset her, and arranged for Zhu Zhuqing to join her at the arena.
• Zhao Wuji discussed Green Emperor’s victory over Tang San and Xiao Wu with Flender, while Tang Hao secretly checked on Tang San and approved of his quick recovery.
• Ye Lan drafted his New Martial Soul Core Theorys and planned which ideas to publish before training through Martial Soul Mimicry.
• Ye Lan explained that a Support System Soul Master needed to survive on the field, then arranged a Two-on-Two fight in which Ning Rongrong was eliminated while Zhu Zhuqing secured their victory.
• Ning Rongrong lost her first One-on-One Soul Fight, and Ye Lan encouraged her before teaching her and Zhu Zhuqing the Limit Soul Power Attachment Method and assigning them exhausting runs.

Ye Lan trained Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, taught them battle tactics, and supplied them with life-restoring Blue Silver Grass while they continued winning at the Great Soul Arena. Shrek prepared to take Oscar to the Star Dou Great Forest, but Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing stayed in Suotuo City to train with Ye Lan, who planned to publish his theories with help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ye Lan gave Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing mutated Blue Silver Grass that restored their energy, and Zhu Zhuqing praised Ye Lan while Ning Rongrong criticized Tang San’s appearance and hidden weapons.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun planned to visit the Twin Sisters, while Tang San focused on combining his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer.
• Oscar broke through to Rank 30, but Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Tang San refused Flender’s demand that they eat Oscar’s sausages because of his lecherous chant.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing refused to go with Flender’s group to the Star Dou Great Forest, saying they needed to stay in Suotuo City and train with Ye Lan.
• A week later, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing continued their winning streak as the Seven Treasures Spirit Cat Combination, and Ye Lan taught them positioning and bait tactics for team battles.
• Ye Lan told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to collect Blue Silver Grass from his home while he organized his theories, and Ning Rongrong offered to help him publish them through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s merchant association.

Yu Xiaogang reunited with Tang San, discussed his unusual Soul Ring and Blue Silver Grass, and identified his Eight Spider Lances as a rare growth-type External Soul Bone. He began intensive training at Shrek Academy, where the Seven Devils held sparring matches.

• Yu Xiaogang reassured Tang San after learning he had absorbed a Soul Ring beyond the usual limit and suggested compatibility explained it.
• Tang San showed Yu Xiaogang his altered Blue Silver Grass and said its poison had no effect on Ye Lan.
• Yu Xiaogang encouraged Tang San to keep developing his Poison Attribute and reminded him that his unmarked Clear Sky Hammer could not yet show its full strength.
• Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San's Eight Spider Lances and explained that they were likely a rare External Soul Bone capable of growing.
• Yu Xiaogang began intensive training, and Dai Mubai lost to Tang San and to Ma Hongjun and Oscar, Tang San lost to Xiao Wu, Tang San drew with Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong drew with Oscar.

Yu Xiaogang criticized the Shrek students’ performance and ordered them to run with stones as punishment, while Zhu Zhuqing judged his advice inferior to Ye Lan’s training. Ning Rongrong defended Ye Lan and refused to reveal his methods, leaving Yu Xiaogang curious about them.

• Yu Xiaogang reviewed the battle and criticized Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong for their choices.
• Zhu Zhuqing dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s advice, reasoning that her strategy against Tang San had been the best way to avoid his Spider Web Restraint.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the students to carry stones and run between Shrek Academy and Suotuo City ten times before noon without using soul power.
• Ning Rongrong said that she and Zhu Zhuqing would follow Ye Lan’s decision to use soul power while running, then told Yu Xiaogang that Ye Lan was her teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Ning Rongrong about Ye Lan’s training, but she refused to reveal his methods and mentioned the five million Gold Soul Coins paid for one month of study.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing trained under Yu Xiaogang while Dai Mubai copied Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul Possession, unaware of the specialized method behind her improved Soul Power efficiency. Ye Lan finished his theory on Martial Soul Core Competitiveness and gave Ning Rongrong a letter for her father, leaving her and Zhu Zhuqing eager to read it.

• Yu Xiaogang allowed Ning Rongrong to use her teacher’s methods during the weighted run but assigned her twenty laps.
• Dai Mubai realized Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong trained under Green Emperor, then activated White Tiger Possession after seeing Zhu Zhuqing run with her martial soul activated.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized that Dai Mubai was copying her without understanding her Soul Power control and reflected on how Yu Xiaogang’s running regimen failed to account for different martial souls.
• Ning Rongrong restored herself with Ye Lan’s Blue Silver Grass and refused Yu Xiaogang’s medicinal bath, while Zhu Zhuqing continued running without exhausting her Soul Power.
• Ye Lan gave Ning Rongrong a letter containing his completed theory, Martial Soul Core Competitiveness, for her to deliver to her father.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing opened the envelope and began reading the simplified version of Ye Lan’s theory.

Ning Rongrong sent Ye Lan’s Martial Soul theories to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin recognized their importance and arranged to publish them across Heaven Dou. Ning Fengzhi decided to publicly identify Ye Lan as Rongrong’s teacher to protect him, and planned to meet him after the theories spread.

• Ye Lan explained his theories about Innate Soul Power, Soul Ring choices, and Martial Soul potential to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong, revealing that he had more training methods and knowledge he had not yet made public.
• Ning Rongrong carried Ye Lan’s letter to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Merchant Guild in Suotuo City and ordered her uncle to send it safely to the sect.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin learned that Rongrong had taken the fifteen-year-old Blue Silver Grass Soul Master Ye Lan as her teacher, and heard of his victories in Suotuo City’s Two-on-Two Soul Fights.
• Ning Fengzhi read Ye Lan’s New Martial Soul Core Theorys, praised his talent, and ordered tests of the Gentle Soul Beast theory and publication of the theories throughout Heaven Dou.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to announce that Ye Lan was Rongrong’s teacher to deter threats, then arranged to meet Ye Lan with Chen Xin after the theories had spread.

Scholar Ye Lan’s New Martial Soul Core Theorys spread across Douluo Continent, teaching soul masters and villages about Martial Soul cultivation and the need for proper nutrition. Tang San read the theories at Shrek Academy and questioned Ye Lan’s explanation of soul-ring absorption limits.

• Soul masters in Suotuo City praised Ye Lan’s theories and discussed how Spiritual Power affected the absorption of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• A farmer showed Village chief Jack the theory pamphlet, prompting Jack to plan to buy a complete edition and improve the village children’s nutrition.
• People across Douluo Continent increasingly addressed Ye Lan as Teacher as his theories gained popularity.
• Tang San studied Ye Lan’s claims about soul-ring limits and agreed that individual differences mattered, but he disputed the explanation involving a soul beast’s Soul Power.
• Tang San did not realize that his changed Blue Silver Grass and darkened mentality made him unusually compatible with the Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring.

Tang San concluded that Ye Lan's physical constitution had been enhanced by a soul bone and decided to seize it to prepare for a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring. He recruited Zhao Wuji, and the two set out in disguise for Ye Lan's residence.

• Tang San reread Ye Lan's New Martial Soul Core Theorys and inferred that Ye Lan's second soul ring could be a thousand-year ring because a soul bone had strengthened his body.
• Tang San went to Zhao Wuji's courtyard and offered him one million Gold Soul Coins to help obtain a Hundred-Year Soul Bone.
• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that Ye Lan likely possessed the soul bone, and Zhao Wuji agreed to help take it.
• Zhao Wuji gave Tang San a mask, and the two headed toward Ye Lan's residence in Suotuo City before dawn.

Ye Lan was ambushed by Zhao Wuji, who sought the Soul Bone he believed had enabled Ye Lan’s Thousand-Year second Soul Ring. Ye Lan evaded Zhao Wuji and summoned his Blue Silver Priests, but the Soul Sage broke through their attack and pursued him.

• Ye Lan sensed two masked intruders enter his courtyard and identified one as a Soul Sage.
• Zhao Wuji demanded Ye Lan’s Soul Bone, reasoning that it had allowed him to obtain a Thousand-Year second Soul Ring.
• Ye Lan used his speed and Echo Shift to evade Zhao Wuji’s attacks.
• Ye Lan summoned ten Blue Silver Priests with Azure God Prophet and sent them crashing down on Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji smashed through the Blue Silver Priests and locked onto Ye Lan as he used Flash Step again.

Ye Lan used his Blue Silver Priests to hold off Zhao Wuji, who fled when a powerful Soul Master approached. Silver Wolf then revealed that Bibi Dong had ordered him to protect Ye Lan, leaving Ye Lan to realize Martial Soul Hall was closely watching him.

• Ye Lan repeatedly summoned and sacrificed Blue Silver Priests to slow Zhao Wuji while conserving his Soul Power.
• Ye Lan discovered Tang San had already fled, and Zhao Wuji abandoned his attempt to seize Ye Lan's Soul Bone when he sensed someone approaching.
• Zhao Wuji ran toward the Back Mountain, but Silver Wolf struck him with a Silver Meteor and forced him to flee into the forest.
• Silver Wolf returned to protect Ye Lan and identified himself as the vice commander of the Holy Emperor Warrior Legion.
• Silver Wolf told Ye Lan that Bibi Dong had ordered him to protect him after his Soul Grandmaster registration in Nuoding City, and Ye Lan wondered if this was the family Ma Xiunuo had mentioned.

Ye Lan survived a Soul Saint’s attack thanks to Silver Wolf, while Tang Hao learned that Zhao Wuji had failed to seize a Hundred-Year Soul Bone and warned him against endangering Tang San. Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo arrived at Ye Lan’s ruined residence, where Ning Fengzhi praised him and said he had come chiefly to meet him.

• Ye Lan thanked Silver Wolf for saving him, and Silver Wolf admitted he had not pursued the attacker.
• Tang Hao sensed powerful Titled Douluos near Suotuo City and hurried toward Shrek Academy to protect Xiao Wu from being discovered.
• Tang Hao confronted the injured Zhao Wuji, learned the Hundred-Year Soul Bone was not obtained, and gave him a healing pill while condemning the plan.
• Chen Xin told Ning Fengzhi that another restrained Titled Douluo aura had appeared, and the three traveled to Ye Lan’s residence.
• Ye Lan cleared the rubble around his home and greeted Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong when they arrived.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Ye Lan as Ning Rongrong’s teacher and said he had come chiefly to meet him.

Chen Xin tested Ye Lan's physical limits with Soul Pressure, then Ning Fengzhi tried to recruit him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and offer him Ning Rongrong's hand. Ye Lan declined but accepted the sect token, while Ning Fengzhi left the invitation open and departed with Chen Xin and Gu Rong.

• Chen Xin increased his Soul Pressure until Ye Lan's body approached Soul King strength, and Ye Lan lost consciousness from the pain.
• Ning Fengzhi used his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to strengthen and nourish Ye Lan, who soon regained consciousness and called Chen Xin and Gu Rong his grandpas.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Ye Lan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, offered him Ning Rongrong's hand, and promised that one of their future children could become Young Sect Master.
• Ye Lan declined because he considered Ning Rongrong only his student and had reasons to remain outside the sect, but he accepted Ning Fengzhi's token and promised to guide Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong left on a giant sword, and Ning Fengzhi explained that he would let Ye Lan choose for himself.