Chapter Summaries

Ye Xingchen merged the four Immortal Slaying Swords with the Cloud Pattern Long Sword, unleashing pressure that overwhelmed Tang San and Grandmaster. As observers speculated about Tang San’s Clear Sky Sect background, Ye Xingchen challenged the pair to explain how they could oppose him when they could not even approach.

• Grandmaster refused to abandon Tang San and confronted Ye Xingchen, who blamed Tang San for provoking him and vowed to beat both master and disciple.
• Ye Xingchen summoned the Cloud Pattern Long Sword and merged it with the four Immortal Slaying Swords, releasing pressure stronger than a Titled Douluo’s.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu reacted to Ye Xingchen’s power and Tang San’s apparent Clear Sky Hammer background; Ning Rongrong kept Ye Xingchen’s origins secret.
• Several elders watching from a nearby tower feared that Tang San had a Titled Douluo protecting him and decided not to interfere.
• A white-robed figure appeared after the elders vanished and followed them as Ye Xingchen’s pressure nearly forced Grandmaster to his knees.
• Ye Xingchen asked Tang San and Grandmaster how they could be his opponents when they could not even get close to him.

Ye Xingchen overpowered Tang San and Grandmaster, rejected Tang San’s offer to become his slave, and punished them before returning to the hot pot gathering. Zhao Wuji and Dean Flender were left to tend to the unconscious pair and arrange compensation.

• Tang San offered to become Ye Xingchen’s slave if he would spare Grandmaster, but Ye Xingchen dismissed the offer.
• Dean Flender criticized Tang San for giving up, while Tang San insisted he alone was to blame and begged Ye Xingchen not to hurt Grandmaster.
• Ye Xingchen kicked Grandmaster twice, condemning his failure as a teacher and his past treatment of an important woman; Grandmaster demanded to know Ye Xingchen’s connection to her.
• Ye Xingchen kicked Tang San into a wall, then told Zhao Wuji and Dean Flender to handle the cleanup and seek compensation from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Xingchen returned inside to join Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others for hot pot, while Zhao Wuji and Dean Flender went to help Grandmaster and Tang San.

At Shrek Academy, Grandmaster accepted that he could no longer guide the students and focused on Tang San, while Ye Xingchen defended Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu from You Le and his brothers in Suotuo City. Chen Xin killed the three attackers, and the next day Zhao Wuji announced that the students would train at the Soul Fighting Arena to earn Silver Soul Fighting Medals.

• Grandmaster and Flender discussed Tang San's condition and agreed that Grandmaster should focus on his unconscious disciple rather than teaching the students.
• You Le tried to rob and threaten Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, but Ye Xingchen defeated him with his Immortal Slaying Swords.
• You Le summoned his brothers, and Ye Xingchen knocked the eldest brother unconscious before the short brother intervened and fled with them.
• After the brothers secretly returned, Chen Xin appeared and killed You Le and his companions with Sword Qi.
• Zhao Wuji announced that the students would train at the Soul Fighting Arena to earn Silver Soul Fighting Medals, and Dai Mubai received the training plan.

Ye Xingchen helped unite the students as the Shrek Seven Devils and rejected Dugu Yan’s advances, while Yu Xiaogang secretly asked Yu Tianheng to target the team in battle. The team entered the Suotuo Soul Fighting Arena for its first Team Soul Battle, with Ye Xingchen claiming he could handle the opponents alone.

• Ye Xingchen proposed that the students fight together as a team, and Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun agreed to join the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Dugu Yan followed Ye Xingchen and introduced herself, but he rejected her advances and told her he had no interest in her.
• Yu Tianheng met his uncle Yu Xiaogang, who asked him to show no mercy against the Shrek Seven Devils and especially to seriously injure the white-clad Ye Xingchen.
• Flender gave the team masks after their registration at the Suotuo Soul Fighting Arena, while Zhao Wuji warned Oscar to protect his position.
• Ye Xingchen led the Shrek Seven Devils into their first Team Soul Battle and said he was enough to handle it alone.

Ye Xingchen led the Shrek Seven Devils against the Berserk Team to raise his Soul Fighting index, while Tang San and Grandmaster watched from the arena. The match began with Ye Xingchen instantly killing the Berserk Team’s captain, leaving the crowd stunned and Tang San unsettled.

• The host introduced the Shrek Seven Devils and the Berserk Team, and Ye Xingchen calmly prepared to face them.
• Tang San and Grandmaster watched with Flender, who predicted that Ye Xingchen would win easily.
• Ye Xingchen told the Shrek Seven Devils to target the opposing support Soul Master while he handled the rest.
• The Berserk Team’s captain charged Ye Xingchen and unleashed his third Soul Skill, but Ye Xingchen killed him instantly with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords.
• The crowd reacted in shock, Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan reconsidered leaving, and Tang San was disturbed by Ye Xingchen’s victory.

Ye Xingchen led the Shrek Seven Devils to an easy victory, while Tang San bitterly lamented that the glory he expected had gone to someone else. After the battle, Dugu Yan confronted Ye Xingchen and declared her interest in him, provoking Ning Rongrong and leaving the Shrek group caught between them.

• Tang San watched Ye Xingchen's effortless victory, spat blood as his old injuries flared, and complained to Grandmaster that Ye Xingchen had taken the glory he believed should have been his.
• Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan watched the astonishing fight, and Dugu Yan recognized Ye Xingchen as someone she had been searching for.
• Zhao Wuji praised the Shrek Seven Devils for their victory and urged them to work together with Ye Xingchen.
• Dugu Yan approached Ye Xingchen in the passageway, but Ning Rongrong called him her husband and challenged Dugu Yan when she claimed she wanted him.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Dugu Yan as Poison Douluo Dugu Bo's successor, but Dugu Yan threatened to poison everyone unless Ye Xingchen acknowledged her, and Ning Rongrong urged her husband to hear Dugu Yan out.

Ye Xingchen went to speak with Dugu Yan, who tried to force him into a relationship using poison but accidentally exposed herself to Lover's Flower Poison. After Ye Xingchen saved her, she declared herself his woman; meanwhile, Yu Tianheng asked Yu Xiaogang to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to bring Shrek Academy with him.

• Ning Rongrong sent Ye Xingchen to speak with Dugu Yan, and he followed her to a nearby grove.
• Dugu Yan attacked Ye Xingchen with poison and summoned her green snake, but their Soul Power clash filled the area with green smoke and exposed her to Lover's Flower Poison.
• Dugu Yan said the poison would kill her unless Ye Xingchen touched her, so he sealed off the area with the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul and helped her survive.
• Yu Tianheng asked Yu Xiaogang to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy after the battle, and Yu Xiaogang agreed to bring the Shrek Academy members with him.
• Dugu Yan thanked Ye Xingchen, declared herself his woman, and then claimed her poison was acting up again as she crawled toward him.

Three days later, as Shrek Academy prepared to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Grandmaster urged Flender and the students to join the rival academy for better training resources. Flender let the students choose for themselves, and they rejected the proposal, though Grandmaster singled out Ye Xingchen to reconsider.

• Flender encouraged the Shrek students to give their all against Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang San criticized Shrek’s chances and offered to join the team, but Oscar and Ning Rongrong rejected him.
• Grandmaster presented a Heaven Dou Royal Academy student token and proposed that the students and Shrek Academy join the school.
• Flender objected that Shrek Academy was his life’s hope, then let the students decide for themselves.
• Ye Xingchen and the other Shrek students refused to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy or associate with Grandmaster and Tang San.
• Grandmaster urged Ye Xingchen to reconsider, citing Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s environment-mimicry facilities.

Ye Xingchen defended Flender and Shrek Academy against Grandmaster and Tang San, then entered the arena to face Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Yin Badge Team. The fight began with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun launching their strongest soul skills at the Black Tortoise Guards.

• Ye Xingchen mocked Grandmaster and Tang San, while Ning Rongrong promised to fund a rival Shrek Academy beside Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Grandmaster and Tang San left, and Flender thanked Ye Xingchen for supporting Shrek Academy before sending the team to the arena.
• Tang San asked Grandmaster why he was joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Grandmaster said it would give Tang San a chance to grow stronger and defeat Ye Xingchen.
• Yu Tianheng focused on Ye Xingchen and instructed his teammates to handle the others, while Dugu Yan hesitated to use poison.
• Ye Xingchen sent Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to stop the Black Tortoise Guards, and they struck first with their strongest soul skills.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun drew out the Black Tortoise Guards’ full strength while Ye Xingchen’s team prepared its strategy. After Yu Xiaogang rebuked Tang San for asking about Luo Sanpao, Ye Xingchen revealed his Immortal Slaying Swords and blasted the guards to the ground, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun provoked the Black Tortoise Guards into unleashing their full power, then retreated according to Ye Xingchen’s plan.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang why Yu Tianheng had a Dragon Martial Soul while Yu Xiaogang had Luo Sanpao, and Yu Xiaogang angrily left without explaining.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed in to distract the Black Tortoise Guards, but Yu Tianheng intercepted her and tried to recruit her to his team.
• Ye Xingchen rescued Zhu Zhuqing and confronted Yu Tianheng, who said he had anticipated the team’s plan to draw him out.
• Ye Xingchen summoned four Immortal Slaying Swords and blasted the two Black Tortoise Guards backward, leaving them collapsed on the ground.

Ye Xingchen overwhelmed Yu Tianheng and the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team, while Qin Ming and Flender discussed Ye’s talent and Flender’s reasons for refusing to join the academy. Yu Tianheng tried to rely on Dugu Yan’s healing, but she revealed she would not help him because of her relationship with Ye Xingchen.

• Ye Xingchen knocked the Black Tortoise Guards down and shattered their Soul Skill shields.
• Yu Tianheng attacked Ye Xingchen with lightning, but Ye’s four Immortal Slaying Swords dispersed it and established his superiority.
• Qin Ming accepted that the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team was losing, and Flender said Ye had joined Shrek Academy because of the Little Princess from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Flender told Qin Ming that he had refused Grandmaster’s invitation because he believed Shrek Academy could grow stronger than Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Tianheng asked Dugu Yan to heal the team, but she rejected his familiarity and said her relationship with Ye Xingchen meant she would not help him.

After Ye Xingchen led Shrek to victory, Dugu Yan joined the team, leaving Yu Tianheng unconscious and Tang San dejected. The next morning, Qin Ming arrived with an offer from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Flender questioned why the academy wanted Shrek when it could recruit Yu Tianheng and Tang San instead.

• Dugu Yan announced she had withdrawn from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and would join Shrek, while Yu Tianheng accused Ye Xingchen of stealing her and fainted after she claimed Ye had showered her with affection.
• The host declared Shrek Seven Devils the winners, and Tang San left the arena in despair.
• Backstage, Dugu Yan told Ning Rongrong that her flirtatious claim had only been meant to provoke Yu Tianheng, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing reassured Ning Rongrong that Ye Xingchen had not betrayed her.
• Tang San told Grandmaster that Yu Tianheng had lost consciousness and that Ye Xingchen could likely defeat a Soul King, leaving Grandmaster to put his hopes in Tang San.
• The next morning, Flender asked Zhao Wuji to test new recruit Dugu Yan, but Zhao Wuji refused, wary of her grandfather.
• Qin Ming brought Heaven Dou Royal Academy's offer to bring Shrek back, but Flender rejected joining and asked why the academy did not simply take Yu Tianheng and Tang San.

Grandmaster tried to lure Flender to Heaven Dou City by claiming Erlong wanted to see him, and Ye Xingchen exposed his manipulation before the group agreed to accompany Flender. Meanwhile, Erlong prepared to return and Yu Tianheng allied himself with Prince Xue; three days later, Flender was still reluctant to leave Shrek Academy until Zhao Wuji offered to go with him.

• Grandmaster told Flender that Erlong was in Heaven Dou City and wanted him to come, prompting Ye Xingchen to attack him for exploiting her feelings.
• Grandmaster shoved Tang San in front of Ye Xingchen's slap, and Tang San was struck, insulted by Xiao Wu's concern for Ye, and knocked unconscious.
• Flender thanked Ye Xingchen and asked the group to accompany him to Heaven Dou City, and they agreed.
• Erlong received a secret letter, postponed academy business, and decided to return after learning that the man she had awaited had come back.
• Yu Tianheng accepted Prince Xue's invitation to drink and talk, despite usually avoiding him.
• Three days later, Zhao Wuji reassured Flender about leaving Shrek Academy and joked that he could warm Flender's bed, making Flender recoil.

Flender and the others arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Grandmaster tried to persuade Flender to join him and Erlong despite their unresolved conflict. After the group arrived, Prince Xue insulted them, and Dai Mubai retorted.

• Flender waited outside Heaven Dou City with the group until Ye Xingchen and the others arrived, while Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong argued over Ye Xingchen.
• Grandmaster reunited with Flender and Erlong, then urged Flender to join them at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Flender warned him not to involve Erlong in his plans.
• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong bickered over their status and fought over a cup of water during the carriage ride.
• Qin Ming welcomed the group to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as students gathered to watch them arrive.
• Prince Xue called the newcomers country bumpkins, and Dai Mubai insulted him and his followers in return.

Dai Mubai beat Prince Xue after the prince attacked him, while Qin Ming warned him that Prince Xue belonged to the royal family. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Prince declared that only Grandmaster and Tang San would be accepted, leaving Flender and the others facing rejection.

• Dai Mubai struck Prince Xue twice and injured him after Prince Xue tried to attack him.
• Qin Ming arrived and reprimanded Dai Mubai for fighting a member of the Heaven Dou royal family, while Prince Xue threatened the group and left.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy dean welcomed Flender, Grandmaster, and the Shrek Academy group, and they entered the hall to discuss joining the academy.
• Grandmaster and the dean spoke about the academy's generous terms, while Ye Xingchen wondered what Grandmaster was planning.
• Prince Xue entered the hall with the Prince and Dugu Bo, and the Prince said Heaven Dou Royal Academy would accept only Grandmaster and Tang San.
• Zhao Wuji protested the decision, and Prince Xue replied that the group could not enter after Dai Mubai had hit him.

The Prince rejected Shrek Academy’s admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dugu Yan revealed she had already joined Shrek. Dugu Bo punished Grandmaster and Tang San with his Titled Douluo aura, then took Dugu Yan away, leaving Grandmaster to drive Erlong off.

• The Prince told Grandmaster that Shrek Academy could not join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and ordered him to leave if he would not stay alone.
• Grandmaster hesitated, while Tang San weighed the academy’s resources against his desire to surpass Ye Xingchen.
• The Heaven Dou Royal Academy dean objected to the Prince’s decision, but the Prince ordered Dugu Bo to remove the group.
• Dugu Yan said she had already joined Shrek Academy, prompting Dugu Bo to turn his anger toward Grandmaster and Tang San.
• The Prince ended the dispute and took Prince Xue away, while Dugu Bo unleashed his Soul Rings and forced Tang San to spit blood and Grandmaster to kneel.
• Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan away, and Grandmaster shoved Erlong aside and told her to go find Flender.

Grandmaster publicly rejected Erlong and urged her to be with Flender, triggering a bitter breakup and prompting Flender to chase after her. Ye Xingchen led Shrek’s group away, while Qin Ming quit Heaven Dou Royal Academy; the three deans then accepted Grandmaster and Tang San as academy members.

• Grandmaster told Erlong they could not be together because she was his younger sister, and urged her to choose Flender instead.
• Flender confronted Grandmaster over his treatment of Erlong, and Erlong condemned Grandmaster before leaving for her academy in Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Xingchen encouraged Flender to pursue his happiness, and Flender immediately chased after Erlong.
• Ye Xingchen led his group away after criticizing Grandmaster and challenging Tang San to prove himself at the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Qin Ming quit Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the three deans offered to reject Grandmaster and Tang San to keep him.
• Grandmaster asked whether rejoining the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would secure their admission, and the three deans accepted him and Tang San into the academy.

After the Shrek group arrived at Erlong’s academy, Flender began pursuing Erlong while Ye Xingchen and the others prepared to cultivate there. Dugu Yan brought Dugu Bo to meet Ye Xingchen, and Dugu Bo released his powerful soul pressure as he approached him.

• Outside Heaven Dou City, Erlong admitted to Flender that she still loved the Grandmaster, and Flender declared that he would pursue her.
• Zhao Wuji urged the Shrek group to settle at Erlong’s academy and win back their dignity in the Advanced Soul Master Competition, while Ye Xingchen promised to avenge their humiliation.
• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that she had joined the academy because she had fallen for Ye Xingchen, and Dugu Bo decided to test his strength.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Prince Xue tried to befriend Tang San, but Tang San refused and warned the prince’s servants not to insult him.
• Flender took a rose to Erlong’s room, learned she was cultivating on Back Mountain, and flew after her while the others teased and encouraged him.
• Dugu Yan arrived at the academy with Dugu Bo, pointed out Ye Xingchen as her man, and Dugu Bo unleashed a powerful surge of soul power.

Dugu Bo tested Ye Xingchen at the academy, then invited him to meet in the Soul Beast Forest. Ye Xingchen revealed that Dugu Bo’s poison arts were poisoning him and warned that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan could die when it flared up again.

• Dugu Bo pressured Ye Xingchen with his Titled Douluo aura, then approved of him after Ye Xingchen endured it beneath his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo invited Ye Xingchen to talk privately, and Ye Xingchen followed him after hinting to Ning Rongrong that he knew something important about the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• In the Soul Beast Forest, Dugu Bo warned Ye Xingchen to treat Dugu Yan well, and Ye Xingchen accused him of hurting her through his own condition.
• Ye Xingchen told Dugu Bo that his poison arts were eating away at him and that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could not suppress the poison forever.

Ye Xingchen persuaded Dugu Bo to bring Tang San to the medicinal garden and use him to refine its treasures. After taking the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and Aromatic Silk Beauty, Ye Xingchen forced Tang San to work under threat of Dugu Bo’s control bead.

• Ye Xingchen told Dugu Bo that he could treat Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan if Dugu Bo helped control an uncooperative tool.
• Grandmaster urged Tang San to focus on training for the Advanced Soul Master Competition, but Dugu Bo arrived and took Tang San away while the academy dean and elders avoided intervening.
• Ye Xingchen used the system to retrieve the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and Aromatic Silk Beauty from the medicinal garden.
• Dugu Bo brought Tang San to Ye Xingchen and handed over the bead that controlled him.
• Ye Xingchen shocked Tang San with the bead, explained that he had to obey, and ordered him to begin refining the garden’s medicinal treasures.