Chapter Summaries

Lin Qi used his powers to drive Tang San into a rage and beat him while Shrek’s teachers hesitated to intervene. The fight ended with Tai Tan arriving to demand Tang San’s release.

• Tang San challenged Lin Qi to a wager, but Lin Qi’s Power of the Emperor disrupted Blue Silver Bind and made Tang San falter.
• Yu Xiaogang pressured Flender and the others to protect Tang San, invoking Tang Hao’s name, but they avoided interfering as Lin Qi fought him.
• Lin Qi used the Sword of Evil to amplify Tang San’s hatred until he lost control, then repeatedly punched him while Yu Xiaogang shouted encouragement.
• Xiao Wu tricked Yu Xiaogang into thinking Master Meng had arrived, causing him to kneel in fright before Flender and Liu Erlong explained the ruse.
• Tai Tan arrived, activated Martial Soul Possession, and charged at Lin Qi to demand Tang San’s release.

Lin Qi received rewards after Tang San obtained a soul bone and Tai Tan pledged a clan’s loyalty, then ordered his hidden assassin to cripple Tai Tan and continued beating Tang San. Tai Tan was left terrified and helpless while Flender and the others stayed out of the fight.

• Tang San obtained one of Ah Yin’s soul bones, and Lin Qi received a full-body Sub-Artifact set; Tai Tan’s arrival also earned Lin Qi the allegiance of four great clans.
• Lin Qi ordered Tai Tan’s legs broken, and Xue Ren’s hidden blades injured both legs before Tai Tan could react.
• Tai Tan challenged his unseen attacker, and Xue Ren used a blade to wrench out all of Tai Tan’s teeth.
• Flender restrained Yu Xiaogang from speaking up for Tang San, while Flender and Liu Erlong feared the concealed attacker and chose not to intervene.
• Lin Qi knocked Tang San unconscious, and Tai Tan pretended to faint when Lin Qi looked at him.

Lin Qi received a powerful full-body armor set and welcomed the Paoding Clan into the Great Li Imperial Dynasty after enjoying their cooking. At Shrek Academy, Tang San woke with no clear memory of his fight with Lin Qi, learned he had lost, and resolved to keep improving.

• Xiao Wu praised Lin Qi’s armor and asked for a matching set, but Lin Qi refused.
• Lin Qi sampled a meal prepared by the Paoding Clan head, praised the cooking, and welcomed the clan back into the Great Li Imperial Dynasty.
• Yu Xiaogang watched over Tang San as he woke and asked whether he remembered fighting Lin Qi.
• Tang San discovered his face was swollen, and Yu Xiaogang avoided explaining what had happened during the fight.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he had lost to Lin Qi by one move, and Tang San accepted the defeat as progress.
• Tang San apologized for losing Yu Xiaogang’s belt and asked about Tai Long, whom Yu Xiaogang said had been sent to do hard labor.

Qian Renxue agreed to take Qian Daoliu to meet Lin Qi, and Qian Daoliu discovered that one of the Great Li Royal Academy’s masters was an old acquaintance, Master Meng. The chapter ended as the four masters escorted Qian Daoliu to meet Lin Qi, leaving him impressed by the academy and curious about its emperor.

• Qian Daoliu visited Qian Renxue and praised her rule, while she explained that the Heaven Dou Empire’s real power seemed to lie elsewhere.
• Qian Renxue asked about Bibi Dong’s injuries, and Qian Daoliu said she had been hurt in the Star Dou Great Forest but was not in mortal danger.
• Qian Daoliu offered to help Qian Renxue deal with the Giant Axe Titled Douluo and investigate the Great Li Imperial Dynasty, and she agreed to take him to Lin Qi.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue arrived at the Great Li Royal Academy, where Qian Daoliu observed its students and four Titled Douluo masters.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Master Meng, who recalled their meeting years earlier, when he had been a Soul Master striving to overcome his Waste Martial Soul.
• Master Meng and the other three masters escorted Qian Daoliu to meet Lin Qi, and Qian Daoliu wondered what kind of person the emperor was.

Qian Daoliu openly met Lin Qi and questioned the Great Li Imperial Dynasty’s plans, but its formidable Titled Douluos made him recognize the threat it posed. Confucius arrived with power equal to Qian Daoliu’s, leaving him shaken by the Sage’s presence.

• Qian Daoliu arrived with Qian Renxue, and Lin Qi’s imperial bearing overwhelmed her.
• Qian Renxue’s presence activated Lin Qi’s reward, bringing Confucius to the Great Li Imperial Dynasty as an academy master.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Lin Qi about the dynasty’s intentions, while Tie Hu and the concealed Xue Ren kept him wary.
• Qian Daoliu warned Lin Qi to act cautiously, and Lin Qi defended the dynasty’s role in maintaining order.
• Confucius arrived, and Qian Daoliu sensed a power equal to his own and felt deeply shaken by the Sage’s presence.

Qian Daoliu challenged Confucius to a spar to assess the newly arrived powerhouse, but Confucius’s words stripped away his Holy Judgment and obscured his connection to the Angel God. Qian Daoliu ended the match and left with Qian Renxue, shaken by doubts about whether his role as the Angel God’s guardian had become an obstacle.

• Qian Daoliu asked Confucius to exchange moves, and Confucius agreed to spar inside a Boundless Sea of Learning that isolated them from the hall.
• Qian Daoliu summoned his Six-winged Angel Martial Soul and launched the angel’s Holy Judgment at Confucius.
• Confucius summoned his Ruler Martial Soul and spoke, causing Qian Daoliu’s Holy Judgment to lose its sacred power and fall.
• Qian Daoliu realized Confucius’s words had also blurred his perception of the Angel God and might prevent him from borrowing the god’s power.
• Confucius ended the spar, and Qian Daoliu left with Qian Renxue after questioning whether his guardianship had blinded him.

After Qian Daoliu discovered Confucius's extraordinary strength, Leng Qing went to challenge him while Lin Qi consulted Confucius about Soul Cores. Back at the imperial palace, Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to leave, but she insisted on staying in the Heaven Dou Empire to learn more about the Great Li Imperial Dynasty.

• Leng Qing set out to fight Qian Daoliu, and Lin Qi sent Gong Qiuli to watch over him from a distance.
• Confucius explained that he had surpassed ordinary Soul Power ranks and demonstrated two Soul Core paths for Lin Qi and the four masters.
• Confucius refined the masters' Soul Core method, saying Soul Emperors could form a first core and Titled Douluos a second, and identified two further possible types.
• Qian Daoliu returned to the imperial palace and told Qian Renxue to pack so they could leave for Heavenly Dou Empire City.
• Qian Renxue refused to leave, arguing that her position as emperor and friendship with Lin Qi made her suited to investigate the Great Li Imperial Dynasty.

Qian Daoliu left Qian Renxue and encountered Leng Qing, who challenged him to battle. Leng Qing’s domain and Spirit Bone armor pushed Qian Daoliu into a difficult fight, which ended with Leng Qing declaring that he lacked nothing.

• Qian Daoliu accepted Qian Renxue’s decision and warned her to avoid appearing before Confucius unless necessary.
• Qian Daoliu left Heavenly Dou Empire City and encountered Leng Qing, who challenged him over Spirit Hall’s injured fighters.
• Qian Daoliu and Leng Qing clashed, and Leng Qing’s raw strength proved greater than Qian Daoliu expected.
• Leng Qing spread his domain, restricting Qian Daoliu’s flight and forcing him onto the defensive.
• Qian Daoliu invoked the Angel Domain and the Angel Sacred Sword, but Leng Qing summoned a complete set of Spirit Bone armor and proclaimed that he lacked nothing.

At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo waited anxiously for Bone Douluo to return from observing Leng Qing’s battle with Qian Daoliu. Bone Douluo reported that Qian Daoliu had lost, then explained that Leng Qing injured him simply because he looked over at him.

• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo argued over who would investigate the distant battle, and Ning Fengzhi sent Bone Douluo while Sword Douluo stayed to guard the sect.
• Ning Rongrong tried to sneak out, but Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi refused to let her leave because the outside world was dangerous.
• Bone Douluo returned badly injured, and Sword Douluo caught him before he fell near the sect.
• Bone Douluo said Leng Qing, the wielder of the Giant Axe Martial Soul, had fought Qian Daoliu and that Qian Daoliu had lost.
• Bone Douluo explained that Leng Qing had struck him with an axe after asking what he was looking at, despite Bone Douluo saying nothing.

Leng Qing returned after defeating Qian Daoliu, leaving Qian Renxue worried when her Grandfather disappeared. She asked Lin Qi for help, unaware that he had injured Qian Daoliu, and left with her trust in him strengthened.

• Leng Qing returned and told Lin Qi that he had defeated Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue learned that Qian Daoliu had fought someone and could not be found, while Light Feather Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo concealed their suspicion that Leng Qing had won.
• Qian Renxue went to Lin Qi and pleaded for help finding her Grandfather.
• Lin Qi agreed to help and assured Qian Renxue that he would send people to search for Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Renxue called Lin Qi an old friend, offered him an Identity Token, and asked him to call her Xiao Xue.

Lin Qi absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Spirit Bone and told Xiao Wu that her impatience had cost her the chance to cultivate Space Attribute Sword Qi. Meanwhile, Tang Hao returned to the Clear Sky Sect to ask Tang Xiao for help, and Tang Xiao agreed to try persuading the Elders after learning of Tang San's Twin Martial Souls.

• Lin Qi absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Spirit Bone, gaining Sword Qi with wind, lightning, space, and a trace of the Time Attribute.
• Lin Qi explained that Xiao Wu had missed the chance to cultivate Space Attribute Sword Qi, and Xiao Wu regretted her impatience.
• Tang Hao secretly reached the Clear Sky Sect and reunited with Tang Xiao in a secluded chamber.
• Tang Xiao refused Tang Hao's request to bring the Clear Sky Sect out of hiding, citing the danger of Spirit Hall and the Elders' opposition.
• Tang Hao revealed that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and could awaken the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, persuading Tang Xiao to try to convince the Elders.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang San and brought him to meet the Clear Sky Sect elders, leaving father and son confident that the sect would help them challenge Lin Qi. At Moonlight Pavilion, Tang Yuehua waited eagerly for Tang Hao while the elders made clear that he still had to answer for the damage he had caused.

• Lin Qi learned that Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and the elders had searched Shrek's abandoned site before heading to Heaven Dou City, and he looked forward to facing more of them.
• Tang Hao reunited with Tang San at Shrek Academy, and the two exchanged news before setting out to meet Tang San's elders.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that Tai Tan had revealed their Clear Sky Sect background and described Lin Qi's bullying, so Tang Hao promised the sect would be his backing.
• Tang San and Tang Hao arrived at Moonlight Pavilion expecting the Clear Sky Sect to help them, unaware that the balance of power had shifted.
• Tang Xiao explained that the elders had not forgiven Tang Hao and would consider his return only after he and Tang San repaid the sect's losses; Tang Yuehua went outside to await her brother.

Tang San gained the Clear Sky Sect elders’ support after revealing his Twin Martial Souls and describing Lin Qi as his enemy. Lin Qi learned of the sect’s plans through the Dark Guards and chose to set the battlefield at Sunset Forest after Tang San obtained his third Soul Ring.

• Tang San revealed his Twin Martial Souls, Soul Power rank, and supposed grievances against Lin Qi, winning over the Clear Sky Sect elders.
• Tang San said Lin Qi had powerful backing and unusually strong Soul Rings, prompting the elders to focus on Master Meng’s methods and pledge to support Tang San.
• Tang Xiao asked whether Tang San could defeat Lin Qi, and Tang San proposed waiting until he reached rank thirty and absorbed a third Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao asked Tang San to find Dugu Bo, whom he planned to use to hold Master Meng back while the Clear Sky Sect dealt with Leng Qing.
• The Dark Guards delivered the Clear Sky Sect’s plans to Lin Qi, who rejected Leng Qing’s idea to attack immediately and chose Sunset Forest as the future battlefield.

Tang San reached level thirty and obtained his third Soul Ring in Sunset Forest with the Clear Sky Sect and his allies protecting him. After absorbing a Thousand-Year Underground Demon Spider’s ring, he gained an External Soul Bone, while the group prepared to use him to lure Lin Qi out.

• Tang San reached level thirty, and Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, the Clear Sky Sect Elders, and Shrek’s teachers accompanied him into Sunset Forest.
• Tang San chose a Thousand-Year Underground Demon Spider, and Second Elder crippled it so Tang San could kill it and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Tang San gained Blue Silver Cage as his third soul skill, though he privately doubted whether Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring theory suited him.
• Tang Xiao said the group should begin their plan to use Tang San to lure Lin Qi out and attack Leng Qing.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed a bone on the spider’s corpse, and it merged into Tang San before spider claws grew from his shoulders.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the bone as a rare External Soul Bone, and Tang Hao and Tang Xiao welcomed Tang San’s good fortune.

Tang San awakened an External Soul Bone that let him burrow, then sensed a strange mountain near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The Clear Sky Sect entered the poisonous miasma and encountered Leng Qing, who left Tang Hao facing the enemy he had long wanted to defeat.

• Tang San discovered that his new External Soul Bone could burrow through the earth, and Yu Xiaogang explained that it had inherited the Underground Demon Spider's ability.
• Tang San noticed a mist-covered mountain that drew his attention, and Dugu Bo recognized it as the site of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San insisted on investigating the poisonous miasma, and the Clear Sky Sect prepared to enter without regard for who might own the place.
• The Fifth Elder entered first, but an unseen attacker kicked him back out with a crushed chest, leaving the elders alarmed.
• Leng Qing emerged from the fog and taunted Tang Hao, who recognized him and prepared to face his old enemy.

Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect elders confronted Lin Qi and his allies in Sunset Forest, and Leng Qing and Master Meng drew the sect's strongest fighters into separate battles. Tang San challenged Lin Qi while relying on his allies, leaving their fight about to begin.

• Tang San used Purple Demon Eye to peer through the mist, injured his eyes on Lin Qi's sword light, and accused Lin Qi of attacking him.
• Lin Qi and Xiao Wu rebuked Tang San, while Tang Xiao recognized Lin Qi and Master Meng and ordered the Clear Sky Sect to surround them.
• Leng Qing attacked the Clear Sky Sect elders with his Sky Opening Axe and led them away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; Tang Hao and the elders fought him together.
• Master Meng attacked Dugu Bo with his Rotten Wood Martial Soul, and Dugu Bo entered his Martial Soul Avatar state.
• Tang San reflected on Master Meng's control over plants, then challenged Lin Qi to a fight; Lin Qi mocked him as the battle began.

Tang San challenged Lin Qi with his Blue Silver Grass and Clear Sky Hammer, but both failed against the Mountain River Sword. As Master Meng punished Yu Xiaogang again, Tang San used the King of Hell's Post against Lin Qi.

• Tang San trapped Lin Qi with his mucus-coated Blue Silver Cage, but Lin Qi shattered it with the Mountain River Sword.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer and attacked Lin Qi, but the Mountain River Sword weakened the hammer and left Tang San shocked.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Flender and Liu Erlong to capture Lin Qi, but Flender refused and warned Liu Erlong against risking Master Meng's retaliation.
• Master Meng overheard Yu Xiaogang and used his Decay Power to age him another ten years despite Dugu Bo trying to pull him back into their fight.
• Tang San chose the King of Hell's Post over the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Gall and launched it at Lin Qi.

Lin Qi reflected Tang San’s King of Hell’s Post back at him, and Tang San was poisoned while trying to catch it. Yu Xiaogang’s gray mist cleared to reveal that he had aged severely, and he fell and fractured his leg while asking about Tang San.

• Lin Qi used a Five Elements magnetic field to redirect Tang San’s King of Hell’s Post back toward him.
• Tang San failed to evade or block the tracking weapon, caught it with Mysterious Jade Hand, and was poisoned as the toxin spread through his body.
• Xiao Wu and Xiao Qiu mocked Tang San while he took antidotes, and he spat out foul-smelling clotted blood.
• The gray mist around Yu Xiaogang dispersed, revealing that he had lost his hair and teeth and become severely aged.
• Yu Xiaogang fell after losing his balance and fractured his right leg, while Flender and Liu Erlong restrained him.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Flender and Liu Erlong where Tang San was and how he was doing.

Lin Qi watched as Leng Qing overwhelmed Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect elders, while Tang San struggled to purge the poison from his body. The elders’ attempt to seize Lin Qi ended in Fifth Elder’s death, and Lin Qi received a reward for Tang San’s powerful sect backing.

• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had been struck by his own Hidden Weapon and was surrounded by black qi, while Xiao Wu silenced Yu Xiaogang’s cries for help.
• Leng Qing defeated Tang Hao’s Exploding Ring attack and left him battered in a crater.
• Tang Hao urged the elders to help Tang San, and the Clear Sky Sect elders sent Fifth Elder to capture Lin Qi while they held Leng Qing off.
• Fifth Elder rushed toward Lin Qi, but was beheaded before reaching him.
• Tang San spat out more black blood as he expelled the poison, and Lin Qi received a reward after inspecting what he had taken from Tang San.

Lin Qi ended the battle after Leng Qing killed the Fifth Elder, leaving Tang Hao frightened into fighting desperately to stay alive. Dugu Bo fled Sunset Forest with Tang San, while Flender and Liu Erlong escaped with Yu Xiaogang and resolved to keep Shrek Academy out of the Tang family's affairs.

• Leng Qing killed the Fifth Elder, and Tang Hao realized that Leng Qing might kill him too, making his attacks falter.
• Leng Qing kicked Tang Hao back into the fight, and Tang Hao fought with renewed effort to preserve his life.
• Dugu Bo broke away from Master Meng, grabbed Tang San, and fled Sunset Forest; Flender and Liu Erlong then escaped with Yu Xiaogang.
• Flender declared that Shrek Academy would no longer get involved in the Tang family's affairs, while Yu Xiaogang kept asking about Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang fainted after Flender struck him to make him sleep, and Liu Erlong scolded Flender for being too rough.