Chapter Summaries

Flender told Grandmaster about the exceptional Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect student at Shrek Academy, while Zhao Wuji led Ye Xingchen and the others to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest. At the crowded restaurant, a clash broke out between Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy, ending with both sides ready to fight.

• Flender recounted the prodigious student’s arrival to Grandmaster, who insisted that his disciple would improve under his guidance.
• Zhao Wuji brought Ye Xingchen, Ning Rongrong, and the others to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest and said they would enter the forest the next day.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu he intended to pursue her, but she rejected him and walked away; Oscar then mocked Tang San.
• At the restaurant, members of Canghui Academy shoved a waiter, and Oscar tripped one of their students after Dai Mubai steadied the waiter’s tray.
• Ma Hongjun provoked the Canghui Academy group by claiming he could defeat them alone, and several of their students stepped forward in anger.

Ye Xingchen and the Shrek Academy students fought the Canghui Academy group after an argument outside a shop. When the instructor overpowered Tang San and resisted several students, Ye Xingchen joined the battle and revealed strength that surprised the onlookers, while his Spiritual Power neared a breakthrough.

• The Canghui Academy students followed their instructor outside and attacked Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others.
• Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar quickly knocked down several students, but the instructor used his Xuanwu martial soul to freeze Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and knock him down.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun fought the instructor together, while Zhao Wuji watched from a nearby platform and Ye Xingchen decided to step in.
• Ye Xingchen forced the instructor back with two Sword Qi Dragons, then used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul to repel his attack and demonstrate its powerful defense.
• The instructor demanded to know who Ye Xingchen was, and Ye Xingchen raised the Cloud Pattern Long Sword and advanced without answering.

Ye Xingchen defeated a Canghui Academy instructor, then Zhao Wuji drove the instructor off after he threatened Shrek Academy. The group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ye Xingchen’s kindness toward an injured Soul Beast deepened Tang San’s jealousy.

• Ye Xingchen overwhelmed the Canghui Academy instructor with sword strikes and told him to avoid Shrek Academy in the future.
• Zhao Wuji revealed his Soul Saint strength, rejected the instructor’s apology, and flung him onto a well before taking the group back to the inn.
• Ye Xingchen checked his system and confirmed that he had reached the mid-stage Wheel Sea Other Shore, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing made him sleep on the floor.
• The next morning in the Star Dou Great Forest, Oscar argued with Tang San over Xiao Wu, who then explained that the forest felt familiar to her.
• Ye Xingchen brought Xiao Wu an injured Soul Beast to care for, and Tang San responded by dismissing the creature’s life and sparking Ye Xingchen’s displeasure.

Ye Xingchen saved Xiao Wu and a Soul Beast, then helped Oscar’s group defeat an injured Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent in the Star Dou Great Forest. As Oscar prepared to absorb its Soul Ring, Snake Grandma and Yiran appeared and claimed the serpent as their prey.

• Tang San insulted Soul Beasts, angering Xiao Wu, while Ye Xingchen defended them and left her thinking he might be her fated one.
• Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, a colossal ape woke and went to the lake, where a bull-headed, serpent-bodied creature told it to find Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji’s group searched for Oscar’s Soul Ring, and Ye Xingchen identified an approaching thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent before Zhu Zhuqing confirmed it.
• The injured serpent attacked Oscar, but Ye Xingchen blocked it; Zhao Wuji and the others fought it until Ye Xingchen killed it as it tried to self-destruct.
• As Oscar approached the serpent, Snake Grandma and Yiran arrived and claimed it, prompting Zhao Wuji to suspect they were Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma.

Ye Xingchen won the right to Oscar's Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent Soul Ring by defeating Yiran, while Snake Grandma withdrew with a warning. As Oscar absorbed the ring, Tang San argued with the group and went deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for his own.

• Zhao Wuji and Ye Xingchen asked Snake Grandma to yield the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but she demanded that Yiran be defeated first.
• Ye Xingchen stepped in for Oscar and repelled Yiran's attack with his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul, revealing that he had reached Soul Elder level.
• Snake Grandma gave up the Soul Ring and left with Yiran, warning Zhao Wuji that Dragon Duke would come to settle the score.
• Oscar began absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent's Soul Ring while Zhao Wuji and the others stood guard.
• Tang San argued that he should search for his own Soul Ring, then left the group and headed deeper into the forest despite Zhao Wuji's advice to wait.

Oscar succeeded in absorbing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, but a Titan Giant Ape appeared in the forest and chased Tang San. Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu confronted Erming, while Ning Rongrong flew after her husband; Xiao Wu then ordered Erming to seize Ye Xingchen.

• Oscar awoke after absorbing his Soul Ring and revealed that he had gained a temporary flying ability with the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed.
• A roar and fleeing Soul Beasts alerted Zhao Wuji and the others, who used Oscar’s wings to fly toward Tang San; Ye Xingchen recognized that Erming had emerged.
• Erming chased Tang San, knocked him down, ignored his Hidden Weapons and Clear Sky Hammer, and grabbed him as the group arrived and attacked.
• Xiao Wu and Ye Xingchen rushed toward Erming to protect the others, while Tang San escaped and Ning Rongrong refused to retreat without her husband.
• Erming calmed when he saw Xiao Wu, but she ordered him to catch Ye Xingchen as Ning Rongrong approached, and Erming seized him.

Erming brought Ye Xingchen to the Star Dou Great Forest’s core, where Xiao Wu revealed her feelings and the Azure Ox Python and Erming trapped them inside a barrier. Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu became intimate under the influence of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flower, while Ning Rongrong and the others waited outside and Tang San grew resentful.

• Erming carried Ye Xingchen into the forest, where Xiao Wu explained she was about to break through to level 30 and wanted to talk with him.
• Daming recognized the aura of the Demon Forest on Ye Xingchen, asked him to protect Xiao Wu, and set up a barrier around the lake.
• Xiao Wu revealed that the barrier contained the pollen of the Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flower and confessed she loved Ye Xingchen, despite learning he already had a wife.
• Ye Xingchen shielded himself and Xiao Wu with his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul as they became intimate within the barrier.
• Outside the forest, Ning Rongrong waited for news while Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, and Oscar rebuked Tang San for his remarks and behavior.
• Xiao Wu woke exhausted beside Ye Xingchen, who comforted her inside the barrier and teased her about her rabbit ears.

Xiao Wu became a Soul Elder after Ye Xingchen helped her, and the pair left the cleared barrier and encountered Tang San and a Man-Faced Demon Spider in the Star Dou Great Forest. Ye Xingchen decided to pursue the spider as a potential Soul Ring, while Zhao Wuji was left with an injured Oscar.

• Xiao Wu's transformation into a Soul Elder caused the barrier and mist to disappear, and she left with Ye Xingchen.
• Yiran, Dragon Duke, and Snake Grandma found a Man-Faced Demon Spider, but it escaped during their fight.
• Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu avoided the pursuing trio, then Tang San confronted them over their closeness and threatened Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen decided the Man-Faced Demon Spider would suit him as a Soul Ring, and he and Xiao Wu chased after it.
• Zhao Wuji gave Oscar Soul Power after finding him pale and injured.

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 while retaining his other Martial Soul. Tang San and the Long family accused him and Xiao Wu of stealing the spider, but Ning Rongrong and the others arrived and found them safe.

• Zhao Wuji agreed to address Tang San’s attack on Oscar after returning to Shrek Academy, then led the group deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to search for Tang San and Ye Xingchen.
• Xiao Wu restrained the injured Man Faced Demon Spider while Ye Xingchen began absorbing its Soul Ring, and his Martial Soul Lottery awarded him the Immortal Slaying Four Swords Martial Soul.
• Ye Xingchen absorbed the spider’s Soul Ring into the Immortal Slaying Four Swords, then awoke with that Martial Soul and one visible Soul Ring; he told Xiao Wu that he had Twin Martial Souls.
• Tang San found the dead spider and accused Ye Xingchen and Xiao Wu of stealing his Soul Ring, then Dragon Duke, Snake Grandma, and Yiran arrived and Snake Grandma threatened Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, and the others arrived; Ning Rongrong embraced Ye Xingchen, and Zhao Wuji was relieved that he and Xiao Wu were safe.

Ye Xingchen revealed his powerful second Martial Soul to stop Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma from attacking Shrek Academy, and they ended the confrontation. He offered to help Yiran find a Soul Ring, and Dragon Duke asked Zhao Wuji to let him accompany her, leaving Ning Rongrong about to respond.

• Zhao Wuji defended Tang San after learning he had injured Oscar, and Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma challenged Zhao Wuji and the Shrek Academy group.
• Tang San claimed Ye Xingchen had obtained the Man Faced Demon Spider's Martial Soul, and Ye Xingchen confirmed it while refusing to take the blame for Tang San's predicament.
• Yiran slapped the injured Oscar, then Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma fought Zhao Wuji and the others until Ye Xingchen's four Immortal Slaying Swords sent them flying back.
• Snake Grandma and Dragon Duke withdrew after realizing Ye Xingchen had Dual Martial Souls and ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Xingchen offered to help Yiran find another Soul Ring, and Dragon Duke asked Zhao Wuji to let Ye Xingchen accompany her as compensation.

Ye Xingchen and Yiran set out to find her Soul Ring while Tang San was captured and confronted by Xiao Wu about his changed behavior. As Ye Xingchen and Yiran camped in the Star Dou Great Forest, Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma secretly exposed them to a love-inducing poison, leaving Yiran leaning toward Ye Xingchen under its influence.

• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun subdued Tang San, and Xiao Wu questioned him about his changed attitude toward her.
• Ye Xingchen left with Yiran to search for her Soul Ring, while Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma discussed arranging a match between them.
• A day later, Ye Xingchen and Yiran shared roasted meat by a campfire as her grandparents watched from hiding.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma released crushed Seven Emotions and Six Desires Flower petals toward the camp and concealed the area with a formation.
• Ye Xingchen recognized the pink mist and summoned his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul, but Yiran had already inhaled the poison and asked why they should resist being together.

Ye Xingchen concealed himself and Yiran inside the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron as Snake Grandma and Dragon Duke left the area. Meanwhile, Grandmaster arrived to defend Tang San and help him seek a Soul Ring, deepening the rift between Tang San and the other Shrek students.

• Ye Xingchen used the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron to conceal the scene with poisoned Yiran while Snake Grandma and Dragon Duke watched from nearby.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Zhao Wuji headed toward a town near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhao Wuji confronted Headmaster Flender and Grandmaster when they appeared; Tang San appealed to Grandmaster while still restrained.
• Flender acknowledged that Tang San had broken the academy's rules, but Grandmaster insisted Tang San needed a Soul Ring and challenged him to defeat the person he had fought before.
• Grandmaster failed to undo Zhao Wuji's restraint, so Zhao Wuji released Tang San and warned Grandmaster that Tang San had changed.
• Ning Rongrong and the others left in protest, while Tang San told Flender he would learn what happened in a few days.

Yiran recovered beside Ye Xingchen, while Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma arranged for her to absorb a Brash Ox Soul Ring and admitted they had schemed to bind their families to him. In town, Shrek's students and teachers argued over Tang San and his coming duel with Ye Xingchen; the chapter ended with Grandmaster comforting Tang San and taking him to find a suitable Soul Beast.

• Yiran awakened beside Ye Xingchen, and Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma brought her a Brash Ox for her Soul Ring.
• Dragon Duke sent Snake Grandma to help Yiran absorb the Soul Ring, then admitted that he and Snake Grandma had deliberately arranged things to connect their family with Ye Xingchen.
• Ye Xingchen left for the edge of the forest while Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Oscar discussed Tang San's escape from punishment and the coming duel.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji disagreed over Tang San's place at Shrek Academy, with Zhao Wuji warning that Ye Xingchen was far stronger than Flender realized.
• Grandmaster comforted Tang San after he confessed his misery over losing his woman, treasures, and Martial Souls to Ye Xingchen, then led him to a Soul Beast he believed would suit him.

Ye Xingchen defeated Grandmaster when they met in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang San vowed to challenge him after becoming a Soul Elder. Back in town, Flender privately questioned Ye Xingchen about his connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ye Xingchen began to answer.

• Ye Xingchen encountered Tang San and Grandmaster near the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Grandmaster confronted him over Tang San's injuries.
• Grandmaster attacked Ye Xingchen, but Ye Xingchen used Great Slaughter All Directions and the Four Immortal Slaying Swords to knock him down and tear his clothes.
• Tang San admitted Ye Xingchen had Twin Martial Souls, then promised to defeat him after becoming a Soul Elder and carried Grandmaster deeper into the forest.
• Ye Xingchen returned to town, where Zhao Wuji, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ning Rongrong discussed his fight with Grandmaster and the coming duel.
• Flender arrived, sent everyone else out, and asked Ye Xingchen why he had married Ning Rongrong despite having no connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ye Xingchen warned Flender not to investigate him further and dismissed any fear of Tang San’s father, while Chen Xin and the black-robed man agreed not to interfere in the conflict between the younger generation. After Tang San broke through to Soul Elder, the Grandmaster urged him to stop treating Ye Xingchen as an enemy, but Tang San remained determined to challenge him.

• Ye Xingchen told Flender he knew Tang San was the son of the Clear Sky Sect’s heir and that Tang San’s Titled Douluo father was nearby.
• Flender advised Ye Xingchen to endure his conflict with Tang San and the Grandmaster, then left after reassuring Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong that Ye Xingchen was safe.
• Chen Xin and the black-robed man agreed that the dispute between Ye Xingchen and Tang San should be settled by the younger generation, as long as Tang San’s life was not endangered.
• The black-robed man healed the Grandmaster and instructed him to protect Tang San’s life but not prevent Ye Xingchen from harming him.
• Tang San completed his breakthrough to Soul Elder and declared he would defeat Ye Xingchen, while the Grandmaster warned him that Ye Xingchen should be his friend rather than his enemy.

Ye Xingchen discussed his power and Tang San with Ning Rongrong, then met Elder Chen Xin, who warned him about Tang San’s backing and Spirit Hall. Tang San returned to Shrek after breaking through to Soul Elder and demanded a fight, while Ye Xingchen remained unconcerned and headed to meet him.

• Tang San left the forest after Grandmaster stopped supporting his plan to retaliate against Ye Xingchen, resolving to change after their duel.
• Ye Xingchen explained to Ning Rongrong that his Twin Martial Souls gave him strength comparable to a Soul Ancestor despite being level 29.
• Elder Chen Xin inspected Ye Xingchen’s Four Immortal Slaying Swords and warned him that Tang San was backed by a powerful force and that Blood Stab Douluo had sought revenge at Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xingchen asked Elder Chen Xin to investigate Qian Renxue and said Tang San was only a whetstone for him.
• Oscar, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Xingchen that Tang San had returned as a Soul Elder and was waiting to challenge him.
• Tang San grew furious when Zhao Wuji said Ye Xingchen was eating hot pot instead of waiting for their duel, then rushed outside as Grandmaster and Flender followed.

Ye Xingchen interrupted a hotpot gathering to duel Tang San, whose attacks were effortlessly cut apart by Ye Xingchen’s Four Immortal Slaying Swords. Tang San was left stunned and humiliated as everyone watched him lose.

• Ye Xingchen and the others enjoyed hotpot until Tang San stormed in and demanded their duel.
• Ye Xingchen left the meal to fight Tang San, while Ning Rongrong teased Tang San by mentioning the tripe waiting for her husband.
• Zhao Wuji and Grandmaster both predicted Ye Xingchen would win, angering Tang San.
• Tang San attacked with his Blue Silver Grass and third Soul Ring, but Ye Xingchen’s Four Immortal Slaying Swords severed the vines before they could reach him.
• Ye Xingchen mocked Tang San’s weak attacks, and Tang San questioned why he was still so weak despite reaching Soul Elder.

Ye Xingchen defeated Tang San’s Hidden Weapon attack and then overpowered his Clear Sky Hammer with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords. Tang San’s Martial Soul was left shattered, and Ye Xingchen turned his attention to Grandmaster when he tried to intervene.

• Tang San fused Hidden Weapons into his Blue Silver Grass, but Ye Xingchen blocked the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needles with his Heavenly Emperor Cauldron and sent Tang San crashing to the ground.
• Tang San refused to surrender, summoned the Clear Sky Hammer, and attacked Ye Xingchen while Zhao Wuji and Flender recognized his connection to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ye Xingchen sent the Four Immortal Slaying Swords against the Clear Sky Hammer, restrained it, and cracked the Martial Soul until it was nearly shattered.
• Grandmaster entered the battle and urged Ye Xingchen to stop, but Ye Xingchen rebuked him and pressed his aura against Grandmaster and Tang San.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted she understood Ning Rongrong’s attraction to Ye Xingchen, and Ning Rongrong reminded her that Ye Xingchen was already her Husband.

Ye Xingchen overwhelmed Tang San and the Grandmaster with the pressure of his fused swords, while Tang San begged him to spare his master and offered to become his slave. Ye Xingchen rejected the offer, struck the Grandmaster, and continued confronting him as Tang San erupted in anger.

• Oscar teased Dai Mubai while the others watched Ye Xingchen battle Tang San, and Dai Mubai said he wanted to become more domineering.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji watched the fight, while Flender warned that powerful Soul Saint auras had been drawn by Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer.
• The Grandmaster entered the battle to protect Tang San, but Ye Xingchen fused the Immortal Slaying Swords with the Cloud Pattern Long Sword and released the pressure of a Supreme Imperial Weapon.
• Ye Xingchen's pressure forced the Grandmaster and Tang San down, and Tang San offered to become Ye Xingchen's slave if he would spare his master.
• Ye Xingchen rejected Tang San's offer and kicked the Grandmaster into a tree, leaving Tang San screaming at him to attack instead.

Ye Xingchen beat Grandmaster and Tang San, then took Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu shopping in Suotuo City, where he confronted the criminal You Le. After You Le summoned his two brothers, Ye Xingchen waited calmly for them to make their move.

• Ye Xingchen kicked Grandmaster and Tang San unconscious, then told Zhao Wuji and Flender to treat them and charge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the damage.
• Flender told Grandmaster that the students no longer needed his guidance and urged him to focus on Tang San; Grandmaster refused to get involved with the Heavenly Dou Royal Family.
• While shopping with Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, Ye Xingchen faced down You Le, who tried to rob and threaten the women.
• Ye Xingchen struck You Le down with the Sword Qi of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords, and You Le fired a signal arrow to summon his brothers.
• You Le's two brothers arrived and threatened the women, while Ye Xingchen waited calmly for them to act.