Chapter Summaries

Chen Lang took over Shrek Academy and fired Zhao Wuji, arguing that Zhao Wuji’s encouragement to cause trouble could put students’ lives at risk. Zhao Wuji was left overwhelmed by the thought of his students dying because of his words and knelt down sobbing.

• Zhao Wuji arrived and learned from Chen Lang that Chen Lang had acquired Shrek Academy and fired him.
• Flender admitted that he had sold the academy, and Zhao Wuji angrily grabbed him before hearing his explanation.
• Ma Hongjun and the others confirmed Flender’s account, while the students pleaded with Chen Lang not to fire Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji rejected Chen Lang’s authority, but Chen Lang used Zhao Wuji’s own words to argue that provoking trouble could endanger students and the academy.
• Chen Lang asked Zhao Wuji whether he could bear the thought of his students dying because of his advice, and Zhao Wuji knelt down and sobbed.

After acquiring Shrek Academy, Chen Lang promised to spend three million Gold Soul Coins renovating it and appointed Flender and Zhao Wuji to manage its affairs while he cultivated in seclusion. Ning Fengzhi considered sending Ning Rongrong to Shrek, but she refused and insisted on attending Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead.

• Chen Lang relented on expelling Zhao Wuji after Zhao broke down in tears, then announced that Shrek Academy would use the three million Gold Soul Coins for renovations, better meals, and doubled teacher salaries.
• Chen Lang appointed Flender and Zhao Wuji as vice deans and told them to handle the academy while he cultivated in seclusion.
• Tang San and Qian Renxue both sneezed and wondered if someone was watching or coveting them, while Ning Fengzhi questioned Chen Lang's reasons for acquiring Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong vented her anger over her divorce from Chen Lang by striking trees, then went to meet her father.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed sending Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, but she refused and declared that she would attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Ning Rongrong secured permission to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy and set her sights on Yu Tianheng as an ally against Chen Lang. As Chen Lang began rebuilding Shrek Academy and training its students, Sword Douluo’s reflections on his past and present selves threw his cultivation into turmoil, leaving Chen Lang facing a dangerous aura in the next room.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed to send Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and advised her to get closer to Yu Tianheng.
• Chen Lang ordered Shrek Academy’s enrollment suspended and assigned Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the students to rebuild the academy.
• Chen Lang told Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar that construction would strengthen their bodies, then promised them medicinal baths to aid their cultivation.
• Chen Lang returned to the hotel to cultivate while Sword Douluo reflected on his swordsmanship and the conflict between his younger self and his family responsibilities.
• Sword Douluo’s aura became violently unstable, and Chen Lang rushed into the adjoining room, where the pressure threatened to tear him apart.

Chen Lang helped Sword Douluo overcome his hesitation and break through to Rank 97. After Sword Douluo’s Seven Kill Sword evolved, Chen Lang wondered whether he could gain a second Martial Soul through the Hextech Chosen Pair.

• Chen Lang saw Sword Douluo suffering amid rampaging Sword Qi and realized his grandfather was still hesitating over his breakthrough.
• Chen Lang’s Seven Kill Sword resonated with Sword Douluo’s, letting him sense his grandfather’s conflicting obsessions and urge him to embrace the Seven Kill Sword’s fearless resolve.
• Sword Douluo’s Sword Heart cleared, his aura stabilized, and he broke through to Rank 97.
• Sword Douluo’s Seven Kill Sword evolved into its second form, and he wondered whether Chen Lang might unlock its fourth form by becoming a god.
• Chen Lang considered whether Martial Souls could evolve and wondered if the Hextech Chosen Pair could give him Twin Martial Souls.

After reaching Soul Power level 44, Chen Lang visited the nearly rebuilt Shrek Academy and learned that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire had stopped flaring during a month of hard training. He offered Ma Hongjun two ways to eliminate it, and Ma Hongjun chose the dangerous path of Rebirth from Flames in hopes of becoming stronger.

• After two months of cultivation, Chen Lang reached Soul Power level 44 and headed to Shrek Academy to inspect its reconstruction.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun discussed their hard training, and Ma Hongjun complained that he had grown darker and remained fat.
• Chen Lang arrived and teased Ma Hongjun before asking whether his evil fire had improved.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar realized that Ma Hongjun’s evil fire had not flared once during the past month.
• Chen Lang explained that one method was completely safe while the other could evolve Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul but carried an almost certain risk of death.
• Ma Hongjun chose Rebirth from Flames, asking whether the second method could make him stronger.

Chen Lang encouraged Ma Hongjun to choose a difficult path to rebuild his martial soul, while Dai Mubai and Oscar found new confidence in their potential. As Chen Lang inspected the transformed New Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang took Tang San to obtain a Soul Ring and sensed that someone was plotting against him.

• Ma Hongjun chose the second path for rebuilding Rebirth from Flames, and Chen Lang promised he believed Ma Hongjun could become a true phoenix.
• Dai Mubai asked about his potential, and Chen Lang said he could not see through him; Oscar gained confidence when Chen Lang reminded him he was a food-type Soul Master with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai persuaded Ma Hongjun and Oscar that Chen Lang was cultivating them as future allies, and the three became eager to work hard.
• Chen Lang inspected New Shrek Academy, which had been transformed by his funding and training methods, while its teachers praised him and criticized Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang sneezed while taking Tang San to obtain a Soul Ring and said he felt as if someone wanted to stab him in the back.

Chen Lang told Sword Douluo about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and persuaded him to take him there to cultivate and help Ma Hongjun. They confronted Dugu Bo at the Sunset Forest, where Chen Lang offered to cure his illness in exchange for access to the well.

• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about Shrek Academy, and Yu Xiaogang said it had been founded by his brother Flender.
• Sword Douluo warned Chen Lang that Ma Hongjun's suppressed evil fire could erupt, and Chen Lang revealed his plan to use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Lang explained that immortal herbs at the well could evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then joked with Sword Douluo about gods and Rongrong.
• Sword Douluo asked Dugu Bo to let Chen Lang cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Dugu Bo demanded to know how they had learned of it.
• Chen Lang told Dugu Bo that his illness was critical and offered to cure him, prompting Dugu Bo to call him a divine physician.

Chen Lang explained how Dugu Bo could rid himself of the toxins damaging his body, and Dugu Bo agreed to let him cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Yan joined them and offered to lead Chen Lang there, eager to test his composure around soul beasts.

• Chen Lang described two methods for treating Dugu Bo’s poison and explained that the second would store the toxins in a soul bone over time.
• Dugu Bo chose the second method and agreed to let Chen Lang use the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Yan arrived, and Dugu Bo and Sword Douluo introduced her to Chen Lang and encouraged the two youngsters to spend time together.
• Dugu Yan offered to take Chen Lang to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Dugu Bo warned them that the area was dangerous.
• Chen Lang agreed to go with Dugu Yan, who privately planned to see whether a soul beast would frighten him.

Chen Lang and Dugu Yan raced through the forest until a four-thousand-year Ghost Tiger appeared, prompting Dugu Yan to urge him to flee while she held it back. Sword Douluo reassured Poison Douluo that Chen Lang was a Soul Ancestor who could kill such a beast at will.

• Dugu Yan teased Chen Lang and challenged him to keep up as she sprinted through the forest, but he easily stayed beside her.
• A Ghost Tiger ambushed Chen Lang and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Yan recognized it as a Soul Beast comparable to a Soul Ancestor.
• Dugu Yan revealed her Jade Serpent Martial Soul and told Chen Lang to run while she tried to hold off the Ghost Tiger.
• Poison Douluo sensed the Ghost Tiger and worried that Dugu Yan and Chen Lang were in danger.
• Sword Douluo told Poison Douluo that Chen Lang was a Soul Ancestor who could kill a Ghost Tiger whenever he wanted.

Chen Lang revealed his Soul Ancestor rank and four thousand-year Soul Rings to protect Dugu Yan from a Ghost Tiger. He wounded and slowed the beast with his first two soul skills, then prepared to finish it off.

• Sword Douluo told Poison Douluo that Chen Lang was a Soul Ancestor and asked him to keep it secret, then encouraged him to let Chen Lang rescue Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan urged Chen Lang to flee from the approaching Ghost Tiger, but Chen Lang revealed his four purple Soul Rings and shoved her aside.
• Chen Lang used Sword Shadow Assault to trap the Ghost Tiger in a suction field and pierce its Soul Power defense.
• The Ghost Tiger charged at Chen Lang, but he struck it with Gale Severing Void, badly wounding and slowing it.
• Chen Lang said he would end the fight, and the enraged Ghost Tiger roared at him.

Chen Lang killed a four-thousand-year Ghost Tiger with his Soul Skills, then descended to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to claim its rare herbs. Dugu Yan grew curious about him and followed, while Tang San sensed that someone might be plotting against him.

• Chen Lang used Army Breaker Slash and Void Splitting Sword Array to overwhelm the Ghost Tiger and obtain its purple Soul Ring.
• Chen Lang teased Dugu Yan about being his little sister as they bickered on the way to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Lang leaped into the valley and called Sword Douluo's Seven Kill Sword to carry him down, while Poison Douluo questioned whether he knew Sword Douluo was nearby.
• Dugu Yan found herself attracted to Chen Lang's confidence, blushed at her thoughts, and decided to follow him into the valley to check on him.
• Chen Lang saw the rare herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and resolved to take them before Tang San could benefit from them.
• Tang San sneezed on his way back to the academy and told Yu Xiaogang that he felt someone was about to stab him in the back.

Chen Lang harvested the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, proving he could withstand their extreme properties. As he began taking off his clothes, Dugu Yan blushed and protested that she was not that kind of woman.

• Dugu Yan grew jealous when Chen Lang showed more affection for the medicinal herbs than for her, and he nearly let her punch him before calling her “sis” to stop her.
• Dugu Yan insisted on staying to protect Chen Lang while he searched for the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Chen Lang cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and held it without being affected by its cold poison, while Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo watched in surprise.
• Chen Lang plucked the Infernal Delicate Apricot using the same method, then began taking off his clothes as Dugu Yan covered her eyes and protested.

Chen Lang entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after taking the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, enduring the conflicting forces as his body began to recover. Sword Douluo stayed to guard him while Poison Douluo left to try Chen Lang’s method for removing the toxins in his body.

• Sword Douluo and Poison Douluo rushed down after seeing Chen Lang prepare to undress, then learned he intended to cultivate in the well.
• Chen Lang explained that taking the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass together would let him withstand the well’s extreme heat and cold.
• Chen Lang swallowed both herbs and jumped into the well, where ice and fire ravaged his body as the herbs began repairing it.
• Chen Lang fainted, but Poison Douluo and Dugu Yan determined that his aura was stabilizing and that he was tempering a body impervious to water and fire.
• Poison Douluo left with Dugu Yan to test Chen Lang’s method for moving toxins into soul bones and gradually purging them, while Sword Douluo remained to guard Chen Lang.

Dugu Yan worried about Chen Lang, while Poison Douluo urged her to grow strong enough to stand beside him. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Chen Lang reassured Sword Douluo and shared his knowledge of medicinal herbs, prompting his grandfather to resolve to train harder and seek practice at Spirit Hall.

• Dugu Yan asked Poison Douluo repeatedly whether Chen Lang was all right, and he advised her to cultivate if she wanted to keep up with him.
• Sword Douluo brooded over the dangers Chen Lang had endured until Chen Lang appeared, teased him, and described how his body had gained resistance to ice and fire.
• Chen Lang began explaining the medicinal herbs at the well, and Sword Douluo told him he only wanted him to grow up happy.
• Chen Lang held back tears, told Sword Douluo he was happy, and resolved to gain enough strength to protect their bond.
• Sword Douluo sensed Chen Lang's hidden pressure and decided to ask Poison Douluo for help training with Spirit Hall's elders.

After a year and a half cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Chen Lang reached level 58 and decided to leave, while Dugu Yan revealed that Ning Rongrong had joined the academy. Over dinner, Chen Lang asked Dugu Bo about Sword Douluo, whose recent actions had greatly impressed him.

• Chen Lang reached level 58 after a year and a half of cultivation, and Dugu Yan told him she had reached level 45.
• Chen Lang said he planned to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and offered to teach Yu Tianheng a lesson for pestering Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan revealed that Ning Rongrong had recently joined the academy, and Chen Lang correctly guessed her identity.
• Chen Lang, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo shared dinner and medicinal wine, and Chen Lang asked how Sword Douluo had been.
• Dugu Bo praised Sword Douluo and said he admired what he had done over the past year and a half.

Sword Douluo returned after challenging powerful Titled Douluo, bringing Chen Lang a basket of wager-backed challenge letters before entering seclusion. After discovering his grandfather had hidden an injury, Chen Lang vowed to investigate who hurt him and answer with his sword.

• Sword Douluo told Chen Lang that his challenges against Titled Douluo above Rank 95 had given him insights, and he planned to enter seclusion for several years.
• Sword Douluo revealed that he had accepted a basket of challenges on Chen Lang’s behalf, with each victory worth five million Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Lang and Sword Douluo discussed Ning Fengzhi’s wariness and Ning Rongrong’s move to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, deciding to keep the Aromatic Silk Beauty and watch her intentions.
• The next morning, Chen Lang found that Sword Douluo had left and asked Poison Douluo to investigate who had injured him.
• Chen Lang declared that if others demanded reason, he would use his sword to make the truth.

After leaving Poison Douluo and Dugu Yan, Chen Lang returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, who had grown much stronger during his absence. He encouraged Ma Hongjun to endure his Evil Fire and ended the chapter by challenging all three to spar against him together.

• Chen Lang thanked Poison Douluo and Dugu Yan for caring for him, confirmed his engagement to Ning Rongrong had been called off, and left.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun worried that his Evil Fire was becoming harder to suppress while he, Dai Mubai, and Oscar trained.
• Chen Lang returned after a year and a half, and the three friends welcomed him excitedly.
• Chen Lang told Ma Hongjun that enduring the Evil Fire could help him transform it into Nirvana Fire and evolve his Martial Soul.
• Dai Mubai suggested a spar to test their progress, and Chen Lang challenged all three to fight him together.

Chen Lang returned to Shrek Academy after a year and a half, boasting of his strength as Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar prepared to spar with him. After revealing his plan to steer Tang San toward Spirit Hall by acquiring other academies, Chen Lang hinted that he had surpassed Soul Ancestor level.

• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar challenged Chen Lang to fight together, while Chen Lang dismissed them as weak.
• Flender welcomed Chen Lang back and tried to flatter him, while Zhao Wuji praised his teachings and earned a salary bonus taken from Flender's pay.
• Chen Lang reflected on his plan to acquire other academies and force Tang San toward Spirit Hall, and considered discrediting Yu Xiaogang's theories to drive a wedge between master and disciple.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar asked to spar with Chen Lang, and Flender warned him that their teamwork could challenge a Soul Ancestor.
• Chen Lang questioned why they thought he was only a Soul Ancestor.

Chen Lang revealed his five black Soul Rings and demonstrated the strength of his ninety-thousand-year fifth Soul Skill by sparring with Zhao Wuji. His Sky Rend Slash injured Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar, leaving the others stunned by the Soul King’s power.

• Chen Lang showed Flender, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhao Wuji his five black Soul Rings, including one with a red streak, and said his Soul Rings had evolved through opportunities that could not be replicated.
• Chen Lang explained that he was a level-fifty-eight Soul King who could contend with a Soul Sage and challenged Zhao Wuji to a spar.
• Zhao Wuji activated his seventh Soul Skill and transformed into his Great Strength Vajra Bear Avatar.
• Chen Lang used his fifth Soul Skill, Seven Kill: Sky Rend Slash, and struck Zhao Wuji’s bear palms with a massive Sword Scar.
• The clash knocked Chen Lang back three steps and sent Zhao Wuji staggering, with his palms injured beneath their damaged fur.

Chen Lang prepared to take Ma Hongjun and Oscar to the Star Dou Great Forest after they reached level 30 and he reached level 60, while he pushed the others to train and earn money for the academy. At Spirit Hall, the worshippers chose Demon Subduing Douluo’s granddaughter to challenge Sword Douluo’s grandson under their wager.

• Chen Lang admitted his combat weaknesses after sparring with Zhao Wuji, and Flender and Zhao Wuji agreed to spar with him again.
• Chen Lang told Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to compete in Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena and ordered the teachers to earn Gold Soul Coins for the academy.
• Half a year later, Ma Hongjun and Oscar reached level 30, while Chen Lang reached level 60 and invited them and Zhao Wuji to seek Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Lang refused to bring Dai Mubai along and urged him to train so he could eventually absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu asked the Spirit Hall worshippers to choose a challenger for Sword Douluo’s grandson, and Demon Subduing Douluo volunteered his granddaughter, who had just reached Soul Elder.