Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu persuaded Da Ming and Er Ming to help Chen Lang, revealing her desire to become human and avenge her mother. Meanwhile, Chen Lang and Sword Douluo confronted Xiong Jun, a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, in its canyon territory.

• Xiao Wu decided to go help Chen Lang, and Da Ming and Er Ming warned her that other Soul Beasts might hunt them for interfering.
• Xiao Wu explained how Tang San had abandoned her and said she wanted to become human so she could avenge her mother; Da Ming and Er Ming promised to support her.
• Chen Lang and Sword Douluo reached a canyon where Xiong Jun was feeding on bones.
• Xiong Jun sensed Chen Lang and Sword Douluo, rose to face them, and mocked the humans for entering its territory.

Chen Lang revealed the power of the Shadow Evil God Tiger’s Life Bead and joined Sword Douluo in fighting Xiong Jun. The battle left Chen Lang’s Seven Kill Sword embedded in Xiong Jun’s claw, which his attack had cracked and scorched.

• Chen Lang activated the Shadow Evil God Tiger’s Life Bead, transforming his appearance and raising his power to the level of a Titled Douluo.
• Xiong Jun recognized Chen Lang’s strength, while Sword Douluo warned him that his bloodline power could only hold the beast back briefly.
• Chen Lang revealed his six Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and told Sword Douluo they would kill Xiong Jun first.
• Sword Douluo charged Xiong Jun, and their weapons collided in a clash that blasted him backward and cut Xiong Jun’s claw.
• Xiong Jun swept massive claw shadows at Sword Douluo, who countered with his Sword Net Across the Sky technique.
• Chen Lang attacked Xiong Jun’s neck with Sky Splitting Slash, but Xiong Jun blocked the Seven Kill Sword with its claw, which the strike cracked and scorched.

Sword Douluo and Chen Lang fought Xiong Jun in Meteor Gorge, and both wounded the powerful bear before it struck Chen Lang. Enraged over his grandson’s injury, Sword Douluo unleashed Man-Sword Unity, leaving Xiong Jun pinned beneath the pressure of his ultimate attack.

• Sword Douluo pierced Xiong Jun’s chest, but its Darkgold Bone Armor stopped his sword from cutting through its breastbone.
• Xiong Jun suppressed its bleeding and retaliated with Sky Splitting Claw, forcing Sword Douluo to block the attack and bleed from the mouth.
• Chen Lang struck Xiong Jun’s side with Seven Kill—Sky Shattering Slash, and Xiong Jun slapped him flying while clutching its kidney wound.
• Sword Douluo entered Man-Sword Unity and summoned a gigantic sword phantom, declaring that Xiong Jun would die for hurting Chen Lang.
• Xiong Jun recognized the attack as a self-created soul skill, but the sword pressure immobilized it and filled it with fear.

Chen Lang and Sword Douluo defeated Xiong Jun, and Chen Lang began absorbing its four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. Myriad Monster King arrived and attacked while Chen Lang was vulnerable, but the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python appeared before the fight could begin.

• Sword Douluo killed Xiong Jun with Man-Sword Unity, and a crimson-gold Soul Ring rose from the bear's corpse.
• Chen Lang took a pill to overcome the backlash from his larger form, gave Sword Douluo Rejuvenation Pills, and began absorbing Xiong Jun's Soul Ring.
• Myriad Monster King emerged from the forest and attacked Chen Lang with a poisonous vine, which Sword Douluo cut down.
• Myriad Monster King summoned his Demon Eye Magic Tree true form and prepared to fight Sword Douluo as Chen Lang struggled to stabilize his absorption.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python descended, stopping Myriad Monster King and Sword Douluo before they clashed.

While Chen Lang absorbed the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear’s four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, Myriad Monster King defeated Sword Douluo, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python. Chen Lang reached Rank 75 and opened his eyes, declaring that Myriad Monster King would die.

• Xiao Wu and the two great beasts confronted Myriad Monster King and demanded that he spare Chen Lang and Sword Douluo.
• Myriad Monster King attacked, poisoning and overpowering the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Myriad Monster King ensnared Sword Douluo, pierced his shoulder, and used a mental attack to weaken him.
• Myriad Monster King subdued all three defenders and prepared to absorb their Soul Power and bloodlines.
• Chen Lang absorbed the four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, rose to Rank 75, and vowed to kill Myriad Monster King.

Chen Lang shattered all seven of his Soul Rings to reach the Demigod Realm and overpower Myriad Monster King. As he moved to finish the Demon Eye Magic Tree, Di Tian appeared and blocked his strike.

• Myriad Monster King mocked Chen Lang and threatened Xiao Wu, while Sword Douluo, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python prepared to hold him back.
• Chen Lang revealed his full-powered form, then shattered his Soul Rings one by one and rose beyond Rank 99 into the Demigod Realm.
• Myriad Monster King unleashed his World-Ending Vines and spiritual assault, but Chen Lang cut through and reflected them before striking at the Demon Eye Magic Tree's core.
• Di Tian appeared in black armor and blocked Chen Lang's attack with his spear.

Chen Lang ended the confrontation with Di Tian and left with Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python after revealing that his eighth Hextech could temporarily make him a Demigod. Back at Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu learned of Chen Lang’s extraordinary strength and considered forming an alliance with him.

• Di Tian stopped the fighting and agreed to let Chen Lang take Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python away.
• Di Tian allowed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python to leave, and Chen Lang gave them healing pills before departing with Sword Douluo.
• Chen Lang warned the Myriad Monster King that he would return when he reached level eighty, while Di Tian refused to protect the king again.
• Sword Douluo learned that Chen Lang’s sacrificed Soul Rings would recover the next day and considered seeking a breakthrough beyond Douluo Continent.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu about Chen Lang’s level and Soul Rings, prompting Qian Daoliu to consider an alliance and a possible match with his granddaughter.

Oscar successfully absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and revealed that his fourth Soul Skill, the Explosion Sausage, damaged and confused enemies. Chen Lang returned exhausted from using too much Soul Power and asked Oscar to demonstrate the new skill.

• Ci Bufan and She Tian recognized that Shrek Academy's demanding training environment had helped its students thrive.
• Oscar absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring from an Explosion Fruit Tree and gained an Explosion Sausage that inflicted confusion within its blast radius.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun praised Oscar's versatile new Soul Skill, while Ma Hongjun reflected that Dai Mubai still hoped to evolve his Martial Soul.
• Chen Lang arrived with Sword Douluo, and Ling Yue and Huo Wu hurried to support him when they noticed his pale complexion.
• Chen Lang said he had only exhausted too much Soul Power and asked Oscar to demonstrate his Explosion Sausage.

Chen Lang led his companions to the Lake of Life to recruit the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts Da Ming and Er Ming as his underlings. After they agreed to follow him, he returned the immortal-grade medicinal herbs he had taken from them and promised to protect them.

• Oscar created a black, oversized Explosion Sausage and joked about using it to force confessions, prompting his companions to mock and rebuke him.
• Ma Hongjun showed off his twenty-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, but Chen Lang dismissed his excitement and warned him not to set the forest ablaze.
• Ling Yue absorbed an eight-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring after Chen Lang stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest for several more days.
• Chen Lang took his companions deeper into the forest and told them he planned to recruit two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts as underlings.
• At the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu greeted Chen Lang and introduced the transformed Da Ming and Er Ming, who chose to keep their names.
• Chen Lang gave Da Ming and Er Ming two immortal-grade medicinal herbs and promised to protect them as they began following him.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang continued toward Shrek Academy while the Worship Hall elders argued over concealing their families’ losses and learned that Sword Douluo had reached Rank 98. The elders decided to compete again and pursue their own advancement.

• Tang San reassured Yu Xiaogang that he had correctly seen Shrek Academy’s ability to help students absorb higher-age Soul Rings, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to endure humiliation for the sake of strength.
• Qian Daoliu demanded an explanation from the conferred titles for hiding their losses, and Demon Subduing Douluo and Thousand Jun Douluo admitted they had kept quiet so the others would suffer embarrassment too.
• Ci Xue and She Long learned that their grandsons were also studying at Shrek Academy, despite their families’ losses and their own ignorance of the boys’ decision.
• Qian Daoliu proposed visiting Shrek Academy and mentioned that Sword Douluo had reached Rank 98, prompting the elders to react with envy and disbelief.
• Qian Daoliu criticized the elders for stagnating while Sword Douluo, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo pursued advancement, and the elders decided to start competing again.

Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to Shrek Academy, where they learned Flender was no longer the Dean and Tang San's past attack on Ma Hongjun drew accusations. Chen Lang confronted Tang San, who suppressed his anger and continued seeking the secret behind Chen Lang's powerful Soul Rings.

• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy and learned from Li Yusong that Flender was now vice dean under Chen Lang.
• Flender reunited with Yu Xiaogang, and Yu Xiaogang asked whether Tang San could join the academy.
• Ma Hongjun recognized Tang San and mocked him, while Xiao Wu heard Tang San's name and chose to remain in the carriage with Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Ma Hongjun told Yu Xiaogang and Flender that Tang San had attacked him with hidden weapons after their fight had ended.
• Chen Lang challenged Tang San's apology, and Tang San hid his anger while resolving to learn how Chen Lang absorbed ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.

Tang San came to Shrek Academy seeking admission, but Chen Lang exposed his hypocrisy to Xiao Wu, who severed their relationship. Tang San left with Yu Xiaogang, while Chen Lang planned to ruin Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and secretly followed Flender that night.

• Tang San told Chen Lang he had come to thank him for killing Xiao Wu and to enroll at Shrek Academy, and Xiao Wu overheard him from the carriage.
• Xiao Wu confronted Tang San, rejected his explanations, and declared they were strangers; Da Ming and Er Ming followed her inside.
• Tang San accused Chen Lang of setting him up, and Chen Lang reminded him that Tang San had tried to kill his brother with hidden weapons.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to use his friendship with Flender to secure their welcome, but left Shrek Academy with Tang San after Flender allowed them to go.
• Chen Lang decided to destroy Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and, that night, followed Flender when he secretly left Shrek Academy.

Flender told Yu Xiaogang about Shrek Academy’s training methods and Chen Lang’s extraordinary Soul Ring configuration. Yu Xiaogang left to write a paper with the information, while Chen Lang revealed that he had arranged the conversation to help Flender win Liu Erlong’s heart.

• Flender explained that Chen Lang was a Soul Sage with an unprecedented Soul Ring configuration, though he did not know how Chen Lang had achieved it.
• Flender described how Shrek Academy’s students trained their bodies, used costly medicinal baths, and absorbed ten-thousand-year Soul Rings as their fourth Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to publish what he had learned so he could gain recognition and money, then left the stall despite Flender’s complaints.
• Chen Lang arrived and told Flender to expose Yu Xiaogang as a hypocrite and reveal his involvement with the Spirit Hall Pope to make Liu Erlong heartbroken.
• Flender accepted Chen Lang’s plan to comfort Liu Erlong and poured him another cup of wine.

Chen Lang’s theory about training the body to absorb higher-age Soul Rings spread across the continent, prompting major factions and Spirit Masters to take notice. Yu Xiaogang, unaware that Chen Lang had already published the theory, went to the Suotuo City Spirit Hall to claim credit but was turned away at the gate.

• Ning Fengzhi, Xue He, and other powerful factions read Chen Lang’s theory and began searching for him.
• Yu Xiaogang finished writing a paper on breaking Soul Ring limits and planned to present it at Spirit Hall, believing the discovery was his to claim.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San he had found a way for Spirit Masters to absorb stronger Soul Rings, and Tang San chose not to challenge him.
• Sol and Yasuo discussed Chen Lang’s theory at the Suotuo City Spirit Hall branch, and the gathered Spirit Masters considered using their savings to train their descendants.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the branch to present his supposed discovery, but a guard dismissed him and said the branch master was in a meeting.

Yu Xiaogang brought a paper on Spirit Master theory to Spirit Hall, only to discover that Chen Lang had published nearly the same work the day before. Spirit Hall denounced him as a plagiarist and announced a major reward for recruiting Chen Lang, leaving Yu Xiaogang in despair.

• Tang San grew angry when a Spirit Hall guard mocked him, but the guard refused to let him through.
• Sol welcomed Yu Xiaogang after recognizing him as the author of the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, then examined his new paper.
• Sol showed Yu Xiaogang Chen Lang’s paper, published the previous morning, which contained nearly the same theories and additional details.
• Spirit Hall members accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarism, and Sol threatened him when he tried to defend himself.
• Yu Xiaogang’s papers scattered as he collapsed in despair, while a messenger announced a reward of ten thousand taels of gold and a Soul Bone for recruiting Chen Lang.
• Yu Xiaogang left Spirit Hall laughing and crying as he realized his ambition had fallen apart.

Yu Xiaogang’s theories were exposed, causing him to collapse, while Tang San blamed Chen Lang for his worsening fortunes. At Shrek Academy, Chen Lang and the others trained and joked together before Sword Douluo discussed seeking a breakthrough; Qian Daoliu’s aura then appeared at the school gate.

• Yu Xiaogang broke down over his ruined reputation, and Tang San knocked him unconscious before taking him back to an inn.
• Tang San grew furious over his bad luck and blamed Chen Lang, while Bibi Dong sensed a troubling change and wondered whether the Rakshasa God had chosen a new successor.
• Chen Lang, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ling Kun, Ci Bufan, She Tian, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python trained while trading jokes.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing trained with Ling Yue and Huo Wu, and Ling Yue resolved to become strong enough to share Chen Lang’s burdens.
• Sword Douluo told Chen Lang he planned to ask Qian Daoliu about reaching rank 99 and then seek a breakthrough at sea.
• Sword Douluo sensed Qian Daoliu’s aura approaching Shrek Academy’s gate.

Sword Douluo hosted Qian Daoliu and the other Worship Hall Conferred Title Douluos at Shrek Academy, where Chen Lang charmed them despite their complaints about his wager. Ling Yue’s rapid progress impressed the visitors, and she credited Chen Lang for her achievements.

• Sword Douluo sensed Qian Daoliu and the other Worship Hall Conferred Title Douluos approaching, while Chen Lang told him not to worry.
• Qian Daoliu and six Conferred Title Douluos confronted Sword Douluo about the challenge letters and the money Chen Lang had won from their grandsons.
• Sword Douluo invited the visitors to Chen Lang’s courtyard at Shrek Academy, where Chen Lang greeted them respectfully.
• Chen Lang praised Ling Yue, Ling Kun, She Tian, and Ci Bufan, then revealed that Ling Yue had reached rank 42 and absorbed an eight-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Ling Yue confirmed her progress, thanked Chen Lang, and revealed her Soul Rings to the astonished Conferred Title Douluos.

Chen Lang showed the worshippers how much Shrek Academy’s students had improved, convincing them that the high tuition was worthwhile. He justified raising fees to cover older medicinal herbs and a gravity room, then revealed his Soul Rings after Qian Daoliu asked whether he had reached Soul Sage.

• Ling Yue told the worshippers that Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun had gained ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Rings at Shrek Academy, and the three revealed their ranks and Soul Rings.
• Ci Bufan said he and the others had reached Soul King and credited their rapid progress to Chen Lang’s training.
• The worshippers praised Shrek Academy’s results, and Porcupine Douluo asked why his group had to pay twice as much as the others.
• Chen Lang explained that tuition would rise to cover older medicinal herbs and an adjustable gravity room, and several worshippers agreed to pay more.
• Qian Daoliu asked Chen Lang whether he had reached Soul Sage, and Chen Lang revealed his Soul Rings.

Chen Lang’s Soul Ring configuration shocked the Spirit Hall worshippers, and Sword Douluo revealed that he and Chen Lang had slain a four-hundred-thousand-year Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear. Over drinks, Qian Daoliu explained his past with Sword Douluo’s father and described divine inheritances beyond Douluo Continent, leaving the group with new paths to pursue.

• The worshippers praised Chen Lang’s Soul Ring configuration, and Qian Daoliu recognized that his seventh ring was extraordinary.
• Sword Douluo said he and Chen Lang had killed a four-hundred-thousand-year Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, while concealing Chen Lang’s role in the battle.
• Sword Douluo and Qian Daoliu discussed Sword Douluo’s father, who had challenged Qian Daoliu before dying when an old injury flared up.
• Qian Daoliu explained that reaching level 99 required deepening one’s understanding of the Way, and that he had advanced through the Angel Deity’s trials.
• Qian Daoliu told the group that divine inheritances existed on other continents and revealed that Sea God Island held the Sea God’s inheritance.

Chen Lang reviewed his eight Hextech augments, his increasingly powerful Soul Skills, and the abilities granted by his 400,000-year seventh Soul Ring. He concluded that combining his Martial Soul Avatar with his sword domain would make him overwhelmingly dangerous in battle.

• Chen Lang reviewed the eight Hextech augments he had obtained and considered which powerful augments he might draw in the future.
• Chen Lang checked how his Soul Rings' increased ages had improved his first four Soul Skills and recorded the approximate ages of his rings.
• Chen Lang examined his fifth and sixth Soul Skills, then studied the Martial Soul Avatar granted by his seventh Soul Ring.
• Chen Lang discovered that his seventh Soul Ring also granted the Seven Kill—Sincere Sword Domain, which let him teleport, summon sword spirits, and damage enemies throughout its range.
• Chen Lang realized that combining his Martial Soul Avatar with his sword domain would let him unleash devastating attacks across the battlefield.