Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu had Erming carry Ye Xingchen into the forest, where she revealed she was about to break through to rank thirty and wanted to speak with him privately. At the lakeside, Daming questioned Ye Xingchen about the Demon Forest, and Ye Xingchen confirmed that he came from there.

• Ye Xingchen pursued Xiao Wu as she rushed to help Tang San, while Tang San escaped and rejoined Zhao Wuji and the others.
• Zhao Wuji urged the group to form a defensive formation, but Ning Rongrong refused to leave her husband and charged toward Erming.
• Erming recognized Xiao Wu, then seized Ye Xingchen at her instruction and carried them both into the forest.
• An hour later, Xiao Wu explained that she had brought Ye Xingchen to talk and to safely break through to rank thirty.
• Daming emerged from the lake and asked Ye Xingchen about the aura of another forest on him, and Ye Xingchen said he came from the Demon Forest.

Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu were trapped inside a barrier filled with the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flower’s pollen, and Xiao Wu confessed her love as the mist overwhelmed her. Outside the forest, Ning Rongrong grieved while Tang San urged the group to continue their mission.

• Daming and Erming asked Ye Xingchen to protect Xiao Wu, then sealed the area with a barrier that would disappear when she became a Soul Elder.
• Xiao Wu explained that she loved Ye Xingchen and that the barrier contained pollen that could make them lose control; pink mist soon enveloped them.
• Ye Xingchen said he already had a wife, but Xiao Wu insisted she did not mind and embraced him as the pollen took effect.
• Ye Xingchen summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul to shield them, and the scene inside the cauldron unfolded in myriad changes.
• At the forest’s outer reaches, Ning Rongrong mourned while Ma Hongjun tried to persuade her to leave and wait for news.
• Tang San told Ning Rongrong to stop being willful and urged the group to finish their mission, while Zhu Zhuqing rebuked him for how he treated Xiao Wu.

Tang San’s companions rebuked him for acting selfishly, while Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu emerged from their hidden refuge after Xiao Wu became a Soul Elder. They prepared to leave and find Daming and Erming, planning to explain Xiao Wu’s sudden advancement.

• Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing criticized Tang San for trying to separate from the team, and Tang San blamed Ye Xingchen while revealing a trace of killing intent.
• Xiao Wu woke beside Ye Xingchen inside his barrier and learned that they had been hidden there for a long time.
• Xiao Wu became a Soul Elder amid a burst of pink light, and Ye Xingchen teased her about how it happened.
• The barrier and mist disappeared after Xiao Wu’s advancement, and Ye Xingchen withdrew his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul.
• Xiao Wu and Ye Xingchen decided to leave and find Daming and Erming, while Xiao Wu planned to invent an explanation for her advancement.

Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu enjoyed a private walk in the Star Dou Great Forest while Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma pursued a Man Faced Demon Spider for Yiran’s Soul Ring. The spider fled toward Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu, bringing the two groups together.

• Xiao Wu and Ye Xingchen left the lake, and Daming watched them disappear into the forest.
• Yiran rested as Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma promised to find her a Man Faced Demon Spider for her Soul Ring.
• Snake Grandma attacked Tang San after mistaking him for someone coveting Yiran’s Soul Beast, but the spider appeared before she could finish the confrontation.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma drove the Man Faced Demon Spider away, and Yiran chased after it.
• Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu walked hand in hand and discussed keeping their relationship discreet before the injured spider rushed toward them with Dragon Duke, Snake Grandma, and Yiran in pursuit.

Ye Xingchen absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring into his newly acquired Immortal Slaying Four Swords Martial Soul, leaving him with one visible Soul Ring despite his level 29 strength. Tang San and Yiran’s group then arrived and blamed him and Tang San for taking the spider, setting off Snake Grandma’s fury.

• Ye Xingchen hid with Xiao Wu from Dragon Duke, Snake Grandma, and Yiran, then confronted Tang San when he found them holding hands.
• Tang San left to pursue the Man Faced Demon Spider, while Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu followed to claim it for themselves.
• Zhao Wuji treated Oscar after Tang San injured him, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing urged Zhao Wuji to expel Tang San.
• Xiao Wu restrained the injured Man Faced Demon Spider while Ye Xingchen absorbed it and drew the Immortal Slaying Four Swords Martial Soul from his lottery.
• Ye Xingchen told Xiao Wu he had gained twin Martial Souls, but Tang San arrived and accused him of stealing his Soul Ring.
• Dragon Duke, Snake Grandma, and Yiran reached the dead spider, and Snake Grandma accused Tang San and threatened to kill him.

Yiran blamed Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu for taking the soul rings she had hoped to obtain, while Zhao Wuji’s group arrived and found Tang San had injured Oscar. Snake Grandma tried to kill Tang San, but Zhao Wuji intervened, and the two sides prepared to fight as Tang San accused Ye Xingchen of taking the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring.

• Yiran complained to Dragon Duke that Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu had taken the soul rings she wanted, and Dragon Duke sensed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s trace on Ye Xingchen.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others; Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were relieved to find Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu safe.
• Zhao Wuji confronted Tang San over injuring Oscar, and Snake Grandma attacked Tang San, but Zhao Wuji blocked her strike.
• Dragon Duke joined Snake Grandma in challenging Zhao Wuji, who released his martial soul as Ye Xingchen and the others backed him.
• Tang San claimed Ye Xingchen had obtained the Man Faced Demon Spider’s soul ring, and Ye Xingchen confirmed it before Snake Grandma said she still intended to kill Tang San.

Ye Xingchen revealed a second martial soul and drove Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma back, forcing them to end the confrontation. Yiran still accused him of taking her soul ring, but Ye Xingchen offered to help her find a new one.

• Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma confronted Zhao Wuji and his companions over the soul ring, while Yiran slapped the wounded Oscar for criticizing her.
• Ye Xingchen revealed four Immortal Slaying Swords and forced Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma back despite their combined strength.
• Snake Grandma recognized Ye Xingchen as a dual-martial-soul genius backed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she and Dragon Duke agreed to let the dispute go.
• Yiran protested that Ye Xingchen had taken her soul ring twice, but Ye Xingchen offered to help her find a replacement.

Ye Xingchen agreed to help Yiran find a Soul Ring while Zhao Wuji’s group captured Tang San and took him away. After Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma secretly released seven emotions and six desires flower poison near Ye Xingchen and Yiran, Yiran began losing control and asked him whether he liked her.

• Ning Rongrong agreed that Ye Xingchen could accompany Yiran to find a Soul Ring, and Zhao Wuji arranged to meet the others in the town by Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun pinned Tang San down and sealed his Soul Power, while Tang San told Xiao Wu he still hoped to become stronger and win her back.
• Ye Xingchen left with Yiran, and Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma secretly plotted to bring them together.
• A day later, Yiran and Ye Xingchen shared roast meat by a fire while Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma crushed pink flowers and set up a formation around them.
• Seven emotions and six desires flower mist surrounded Ye Xingchen and Yiran; Yiran inhaled the poison, leaned toward him, and asked whether he liked her.

Ye Xingchen used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to conceal what happened with the poisoned Yiran while Snake Grandma and Dragon Duke left the formation. At the Star Dou Great Forest’s edge, Grandmaster arrived and insisted Tang San find a soul ring before challenging the powerful opponent who had beaten him.

• Ye Xingchen summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to conceal heaven’s secrets as Yiran lay poisoned in his arms.
• Snake Grandma teased Dragon Duke about his age and left the woods, and Dragon Duke followed her.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that a ten-thousand-year soul beast had helped her, while Tang San remained bound and unable to use his soul power.
• Zhao Wuji stopped the group near town and called out Flender and Grandmaster from the woods.
• Flender told Tang San he would be punished for his actions in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Grandmaster said Tang San needed a soul ring first.
• Grandmaster challenged Tang San to defeat the powerful opponent after becoming a Soul Elder, leaving Tang San uncertain he could win.

Grandmaster freed Tang San and promised Flender an explanation after Tang San reached Soul Elder, while the students left in anger. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Xingchen confronted the Dragon Duke over his matchmaking scheme, and the others worried that Tang San’s promised duel might put Ye at a disadvantage.

• Grandmaster urged Tang San to regain his resolve, then Zhao Wuji released Tang San from his restraints after Grandmaster failed to undo them.
• Zhao Wuji and Ning Rongrong left with the others, while Flender demanded an explanation from Tang San; Tang San promised to prove himself by defeating Ye Xingchen, and Grandmaster said he would explain once Tang San became a Soul Elder.
• Yiran woke beside Ye Xingchen and said her grandparents had likely found her a Soul Beast; the Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma arrived with a Brash Ox.
• Snake Grandma took Yiran to absorb the Soul Ring, and Ye Xingchen accused the Dragon Duke of scheming to bring him and Yiran together; the Dragon Duke admitted the plan and departed.
• In town, Zhu Zhuqing threatened to leave Shrek Academy if Flender did not handle Tang San fairly, while Dai Mubai explained that Grandmaster was likely connected to the academy’s founders and warned that Ye Xingchen had not yet reached Soul Elder.

Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu discussed Tang San’s prospects against Ye Xingchen, while Flender and Zhao Wuji argued over Tang San’s impact on Shrek Academy. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Grandmaster comforted Tang San, who broke down over Ye Xingchen taking the woman, treasures, and martial soul he believed were his.

• Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu debated whether Tang San could defeat Ye Xingchen if he became a Soul Elder, and Ning Rongrong insisted her husband would win.
• Flender visited Zhao Wuji, who accused Tang San of harming Shrek Academy and said Ye Xingchen had far more strength than Flender realized.
• Flender said the duel between Tang San and Ye Xingchen would determine what happened next, while Zhao Wuji maintained that Ye Xingchen would surprise him.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang San knelt before Grandmaster, who urged him to overcome his cowardice and reclaim what he had lost.
• Tang San embraced Grandmaster and sobbed that Ye Xingchen had taken the woman, treasures, and martial soul he considered his own.

Ye Xingchen encountered Tang San and Grandmaster in the Star Dou Great Forest and defeated Grandmaster when he attacked. Tang San fled with his injured master, vowing to challenge Ye Xingchen after becoming a Soul Elder.

• Ye Xingchen spotted Tang San and Grandmaster while heading toward the Outer Region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Grandmaster accused Ye Xingchen of hurting Tang San and attacked him with Luo Sanpao.
• Ye Xingchen used Great Slaughter All Directions with his Four Immortal Slaying Swords, tearing Grandmaster's clothes and leaving him badly injured.
• Tang San admitted he had meant to warn Grandmaster, then promised to avenge him after obtaining a Soul Ring and becoming a Soul Elder.
• Ye Xingchen mocked Tang San's challenge, and Tang San carried Grandmaster deeper into the forest while vowing to defeat him.

Ye Xingchen returned to town after awakening twin martial souls and revealed that he had defeated Grandmaster, prompting concern over the coming duel. Flender sent everyone away to question Ye Xingchen about his background and Tang San, but Ye Xingchen showed he already knew Tang San’s father was a Titled Douluo nearby.

• Zhao Wuji, Oscar, and Dai Mubai reacted to Ye Xingchen’s report that he had beaten Grandmaster and discussed the upcoming duel with Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong warned that she had contacted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and would summon Grandpa Sword if Grandmaster threatened Ye Xingchen.
• Flender arrived, learned that Ye Xingchen had awakened twin martial souls, and ordered the others to leave so he could speak with him alone.
• Flender said he had investigated Ye Xingchen’s connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ye Xingchen warned him not to dig too deeply.
• Flender asked what Ye Xingchen knew about Tang San, and Ye Xingchen identified him as the son of a Clear Sky Sect successor and said his Titled Douluo father was nearby.

Ye Xingchen defended his treatment of Tang San to Flender, while Chen Xin and a black-robed man discussed whether to intervene in the feud. The black-robed man later healed Grandmaster and warned him not to let the conflict with Ye Xingchen become irreconcilable, leaving Grandmaster questioning why Tang San should yield.

• Ye Xingchen told Flender that Tang San’s expelled-sect backer posed no threat to him, and Flender agreed not to interfere while advising him to tolerate the conflict for now.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong entered after Flender assured them Ye Xingchen was unharmed, while Flender left to meet Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin and the black-robed man agreed that the younger generation should settle the dispute, and the black-robed man said he would not intervene as long as Tang San’s life was safe.
• Flender promised Chen Xin that Shrek Academy would support Ye Xingchen, but Chen Xin dismissed the offer and said Ye Xingchen’s future achievements would exceed Flender’s expectations.
• The black-robed man appeared before the injured Grandmaster, healed him, and warned him not to let the feud with Ye Xingchen become irreconcilable.
• Grandmaster questioned why Tang San should have to accept a loss when his talent matched Ye Xingchen’s, and the black-robed man looked gently at Tang San as he cultivated.

Grandmaster obeyed Tang San’s father’s order to keep Tang San alive but not interfere if Ye Xingchen threatened him, then urged Tang San to stop making Ye Xingchen an enemy. Tang San remained determined to fight, while Ye Xingchen and Ning Rongrong realized his level-twenty-nine strength could help them dominate the Soul Fighting Arena.

• The Black-Robed Man told Grandmaster to keep Tang San alive but not prevent Ye Xingchen from killing him, and then vanished.
• Tang San awoke after absorbing a soul ring, coughed up blood, and claimed his breakthrough would let him defeat Ye Xingchen.
• Grandmaster warned Tang San to befriend Ye Xingchen rather than oppose him, but Tang San insisted he would fight him after returning to the Town.
• Tang San accused Grandmaster of changing his stance, then limped toward the forest’s edge and promised to reconsider after the duel.
• In the Town, Ning Rongrong asked why Ye Xingchen had not advanced to Soul Elder, and he explained his twin martial souls gave him strength comparable to a Soul Ancestor.
• Ning Rongrong realized Ye Xingchen could use his low displayed level to win Soul Fighting Arena matches and complete the school’s assignment quickly.

Ye Xingchen showed Chen Xin his Four Immortal Slaying Swords and heard warnings about Tang San and Blood Stab Douluo. He asked Chen Xin to investigate Qian Renxue, then learned that Tang San had returned to Shrek Academy after reaching Soul Elder and was waiting to challenge him.

• Ye Xingchen revealed his Four Immortal Slaying Swords to Chen Xin, who praised the martial soul’s power.
• Chen Xin warned Ye Xingchen to restrain himself with Tang San because of Tang San’s powerful backing.
• Chen Xin told Ye Xingchen that Blood Stab Douluo had visited Shrek Academy over his dead son, and Ye Xingchen asked him to look for Qian Renxue.
• Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing woke Ye Xingchen to tell him that Tang San had returned after breaking through to Soul Elder.
• Ye Xingchen dismissed the news as trivial and led everyone inside to eat breakfast.

Tang San insisted on dueling Ye Xingchen after breaking through to Soul Elder, while Flender and Grandmaster worried he would be defeated. Ye Xingchen finally left his hotpot gathering to face Tang San, promising to return after settling the challenge.

• Flender and Grandmaster tried to dissuade Tang San from challenging Ye Xingchen, but Tang San refused to back down.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San that Ye Xingchen was eating hotpot, prompting Tang San to storm out; Zhao Wuji mocked Grandmaster, and Flender and Grandmaster followed to intervene.
• Ye Xingchen's friends praised his hotpot as they ate, while Ning Rongrong boasted that he could cook many other dishes.
• Tang San burst into the gathering and demanded to know why Ye Xingchen was eating instead of dueling him.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that Ye Xingchen would fight him after finishing his wine, and Tang San threatened Dai Mubai.
• Ye Xingchen set down his wine and said he would settle things with Tang San outside before returning to drink.

Tang San challenged Ye Xingchen to a duel, but Ye Xingchen easily severed his Blue Silver Grass attacks with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords. Tang San unleashed his Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles, a Soul Skill combining hidden weapons with spiked Blue Silver Grass, and pierced Ye Xingchen’s sword qi defenses.

• Ye Xingchen left the hot pot gathering and waited in the courtyard for Tang San, while Ning Rongrong teased Tang San and Zhao Wuji and Grandmaster both bet on Ye Xingchen to win.
• Tang San activated all three Soul Rings and attacked Ye Xingchen with Blue Silver Grass vines, but the Four Immortal Slaying Swords severed them without causing any damage.
• Ye Xingchen mocked Tang San and told him to give up, leaving Tang San stunned that his Soul Elder strength could not match Ye Xingchen.
• Tang San’s body turned black as spiked Blue Silver Grass emerged, and he announced his strongest Soul Skill, Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles.
• Tang San sent the spikes flying at Ye Xingchen, and several pierced through the Immortal Slaying Sword Qi around him.

Tang San’s Hidden Weapons failed to penetrate Ye Xingchen’s defenses, and Ye Xingchen prepared to counterattack. Tang San then revealed the Clear Sky Hammer and charged, while the onlookers learned of his connection to a famous Clear Sky Sect successor.

• Tang San’s Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles struck Ye Xingchen’s Sword Qi defense but were stopped by the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron, leaving Tang San injured and defeated.
• Ye Xingchen told Tang San to admit defeat, then released the pressure of his cultivation as he stepped forward.
• Tang San refused to yield, summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, and accused Ye Xingchen of taking his woman and glory before attacking him.
• Zhao Wuji recognized the Clear Sky Hammer, and Grandmaster explained that Tang San’s father had been expelled from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ye Xingchen faced Tang San beneath the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and summoned the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, while Tang San roared that he would strike again.

Ye Xingchen used the four Immortal Slaying Swords to crack Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, then confronted Grandmaster when he intervened. As Tang San insisted on facing Ye Xingchen alone, he thanked Grandmaster and accepted the possibility of dying.

• Ye Xingchen’s four Immortal Slaying Swords restrained Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer and began shattering it, leaving Tang San shocked and distraught.
• Grandmaster rushed onto the battlefield and rebuked Ye Xingchen, who dismissed him and warned him to get out of the way.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu watched as Ye Xingchen impressed them, while Flender chose not to intervene and Zhao Wuji stayed alert for nearby Soul Saints.
• Tang San told Grandmaster to leave the fight to him, thanked him for years of care, and said he hoped to become his disciple again in another life, bringing tears to Grandmaster’s eyes.