Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing slipped into Shrek Academy’s forest while Bai Lu distracted Flender, but Flender and Zhao Wuji confronted Bai Lu instead. Bai Lu revealed his White Tiger abilities and overwhelmed Zhao Wuji, leaving him badly wounded as the fight continued.

• Flender pursued Zhu Zhuqing into the woods, but lost her after she concealed herself in the shadows.
• Bai Lu emerged to distract Flender, who realized he was Zhu Zhuqing’s accomplice and attacked him.
• Zhao Wuji joined Flender, and the two Soul Saints moved to capture Bai Lu.
• Bai Lu transformed with White Tiger possession and struck Flender with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Bai Lu used White Tiger Prison Killing to repel Zhao Wuji’s palm strike, breaking his arm and sending him crashing through trees.
• Bai Lu followed with a flaming claw that pierced Zhao Wuji’s Great Strength Vajra Bear form despite his defensive skills.

Bai Lu defeated Zhao Wuji, escaped Flender and Tang San, and claimed Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Tang San searched for her in despair, while Tang Hao realized the rumors about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had lured him away from Shrek; Ning Rongrong quietly considered leaving the academy.

• Bai Lu struck Zhao Wuji out of his Martial Soul Avatar, then evaded Flender's attacks until Tang San arrived demanding Xiao Wu's return.
• Bai Lu revealed that he had taken Xiao Wu for her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and vanished into the darkness after Tang San and Flender attacked.
• Tang San searched for Xiao Wu until dawn and collapsed in grief, while Tang Hao realized the rumors had drawn him away and rushed back toward Shrek.
• Tang San questioned Dai Mubai about Bai Lu's White Tiger Martial Soul, and Dai Mubai feared Bai Lu might be an illegitimate older brother.
• Yu Xiaogang struggled to understand how he had failed to identify Xiao Wu, while Ning Rongrong silently considered leaving Shrek Academy.
• The victorious Little Kitten departed with her spoils after completing her mission.

Tang Hao wrongly blamed Zhu Zhuqing and a supposed illegitimate son of Dai Tianfeng for Xiao Wu’s kidnapping, then failed to find evidence. In a hidden cave, Bai Lu and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Xiao Wu with proof that she was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, leaving her in despair.

• Tang Hao guessed that Zhu Zhuqing and a powerful young man with a White Tiger Martial Soul had joined forces against him, then flew to the Star Luo Empire to question Dai Tianfeng.
• Dai Tianfeng denied having an illegitimate son, and Tang Hao left without learning who the young man was.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought the shackled Xiao Wu to a hidden cave, where Bai Lu demanded her hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bones.
• Bai Lu threatened Xiao Wu by invoking Tang San, while Xiao Wu pleaded with them not to hurt her brother.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had witnessed Xiao Wu condense her level-thirty soul ring, and Bai Lu showed a projection of Xiao Wu transforming her hundred-thousand-year power into a purple ring.

Bai Lu forced Xiao Wu to sacrifice herself to Zhu Zhuqing, threatening Tang San and promising to spare him for now if Xiao Wu cooperated. After Xiao Wu’s sacrifice and the fusion of her Soul Bone with Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Left Leg Bone, Zhu Zhuqing gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year fifth Soul Ring and broke through to Soul King.

• Xiao Wu offered to sacrifice herself if Zhu Zhuqing promised to spare Tang San and avenge her mother by killing Bibi Dong, but Zhu Zhuqing refused to make that promise.
• Bai Lu threatened Xiao Wu with torment and Tang San’s death, and Xiao Wu agreed to sacrifice herself willingly.
• Bai Lu gave Xiao Wu his Bone Fusion Secret Technique and instructed her to preserve Instantaneous Movement, Invincible Golden Body, and Void while fusing her Soul Bone power with Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Left Leg Bone.
• Xiao Wu sacrificed herself, and her Soul Bone power fused with Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Left Leg Bone before her body crumbled to dust and her Remnant Soul entered Bai Lu’s Spiritual World.
• Zhu Zhuqing gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year fifth Soul Ring, reached Level 58 and Soul King, and demonstrated a new ability that left behind an identical shadow for one second.

Zhu Zhuqing tested her new Soul Bone and Soul Ring skills, then watched Bai Lu demonstrate a fusion between her White Tiger Avatar and Netherworld Avatar. The demonstration revealed that her clones could combine into a Hell White Tiger, leaving her excited by the prospect of commanding two in battle.

• Zhu Zhuqing mastered Instant Shadow Astonishing Rainbow, which let her teleport and leave behind a deceptive Shadow Clone, and learned that Invincible Golden Body and Void strengthened her defenses.
• Zhu Zhuqing questioned why she had received Netherworld Avatar as another clone skill when she already had White Tiger Avatar.
• Bai Lu explained that the two avatars could not independently perform certain abilities, including a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and took control of Zhu Zhuqing's body to demonstrate.
• Bai Lu fused the White Tiger Avatar and Netherworld Avatar into a more powerful Hell White Tiger Clone, which he called the Martial Soul Avatar Fusion Skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing marveled at the possibility of controlling two Hell White Tigers, then sighed as her excitement faded.

Zhu Zhuqing worried that her Soul Power could not sustain her Hell White Tiger abilities, so Bai Lu taught her about Soul Cores and revealed that she could obtain one early by taking Dugu Bo’s Dan Bead. The chapter ended with Bai Lu planning how to make Dugu Bo cooperate, potentially using Zhu Zhuqing’s ability to cure his poison and his vulnerable relative as leverage.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Bai Lu that her Soul Power reserves were too small to sustain the Hell White Tiger and its fusion skill.
• Bai Lu explained how Soul Cores worked and gave Zhu Zhuqing the Soul Core Condensation Method.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned she could not condense a Soul Core until she reached Soul Saint, even with the Hunyuan Immortal Herb’s help.
• Bai Lu suggested that Zhu Zhuqing could obtain a similar power from someone who already possessed a Dan Bead.
• Bai Lu considered targeting Dugu Bo, reasoning that Zhu Zhuqing could defeat or pressure him because she could cure his poison and his relative was vulnerable.

After securing Bai Lu’s help through an unequal bargain, Zhu Zhuqing learned that Dugu Bo’s Dan Bead might help her condense a Soul Core. She trained in the Soul Hunting Forest, then set out toward Heaven Dou City and sent word to the Elder Hall that she had found an opportunity to investigate.

• Zhu Zhuqing bargained with Bai Lu for his future help condensing her Soul Core, while Bai Lu gained independent gold mine excavation rights and the initiative in lewd matters.
• Bai Lu told Zhu Zhuqing to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and target Dugu Bo’s Dan Bead, which he described as an embryonic Soul Core.
• Zhu Zhuqing spent two days hunting more than a hundred Soul Beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest and practicing her new powers and avatars.
• Zhu Zhuqing traveled toward Heaven Dou City and entered Spirit Hall in Nox City, where she presented her Elder Order.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked the Bishop to send word to the Elder Hall in Spirit City that she had obtained her Soul Ring and would investigate an opportunity; she stopped abruptly as she began to leave.

Xiao Wu awoke in Bai Lu’s Spiritual World and was forced to choose between becoming his maid and pet or being sent to the Slaughter Space. After Zhu Zhuqing encountered two Soul Emperors searching for Ning Rongrong, she learned that Ning Rongrong had suddenly disappeared.

• Xiao Wu recovered enough to awaken in human form and learned from Bai Lu that she was dead and in his Spiritual World.
• Bai Lu threatened to send Xiao Wu into the Slaughter Space, and she agreed to stay as his maid and pet.
• Bai Lu turned Xiao Wu into a Soft Bone Rabbit and petted her, then said he might need her to contribute again later.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the city and encountered two Soul Emperors who had been secretly protecting Ning Rongrong.
• The Soul Emperors told Zhu Zhuqing that Ning Rongrong had disappeared shortly after they left the town.

Zhu Zhuqing tracked the missing Ning Rongrong to a hidden valley, where Shi Nian was trapping her in a terrifying illusion. Shi Nian turned his Nightmare Soul Skill on Zhu Zhuqing, leaving Bai Lu curious about what she feared most.

• The two Soul Emperors told Zhu Zhuqing that Ning Rongrong had vanished after their vision blurred, and Bai Lu identified lingering traces of a Spiritual Power illusion.
• Bai Lu located Ning Rongrong southwest of them, and Zhu Zhuqing used her Soul Skills to travel several kilometers to the hidden valley.
• Shi Nian, a Canghui Academy teacher, tormented Ning Rongrong with his Residual Dream Martial Soul and planned to kill her.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived and demanded that Shi Nian release Ning Rongrong, but he mocked her and revealed that he was a Soul Saint.
• Shi Nian activated his seventh Soul Skill, Nightmare, against Zhu Zhuqing, while Bai Lu watched to see what she feared most.

Zhu Zhuqing broke free of Shi Nian’s Nightmare Soul Skill and killed him with a single punch, then obtained his ten-thousand-year Illusion Wisdom Arm Bone. Afterward, she confronted Bai Lu about the illusion’s betrayal, and he reassured her that she was the only one for him.

• Shi Nian’s Nightmare Soul Skill made Zhu Zhuqing believe Bai Lu had chosen Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Xiao Wu over her.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated White Tiger God of Slaughter Transformation, shattered the illusion, and used her Killing Intent to locate Shi Nian’s true body.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed Shi Nian with a Dark Gold punch and sent his soul into the Slaughter Space.
• Zhu Zhuqing found Shi Nian’s ten-thousand-year Illusion Wisdom Arm Bone and stored it in her Storage Earrings.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Bai Lu whether he would fall for someone else, and he embraced her and promised she was his only one.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Ning Rongrong after rescuing her from Shi Nian, while Bai Lu teased Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu in the Spiritual World. Ning Rongrong thanked Zhu Zhuqing and asked to join her on her travels, but Zhu Zhuqing had not yet agreed.

• Bai Lu kissed Zhu Zhuqing in the Spiritual World, while Xiao Wu and Xiao Yue witnessed the moment.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to the valley, where Ning Rongrong broke down in tears and thanked her for saving her.
• Ning Rongrong offered to have the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect train Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing declined because she had already joined Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Zhu Zhuqing about her attacker, but Zhu Zhuqing knew only that he was dead.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong to stay with her family's Guards and prepared to leave, but Ning Rongrong pleaded to go with her as a little follower.

Zhu Zhuqing agreed to take Ning Rongrong with her after Bai Lu explained how a Second Martial Soul, Soul Spirits, or Soul Tools could give a support Soul Master combat strength. Bai Lu also planned to help Ning Rongrong pursue godhood, leaving Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong set to travel together.

• Zhu Zhuqing initially refused Ning Rongrong's request to accompany her, but Bai Lu urged her to take the girl along.
• Bai Lu proposed granting Ning Rongrong a Second Martial Soul or developing Soul Spirits to provide her with combat strength.
• Bai Lu explained that Ning Rongrong could fight from inside a modified Soul Tool, and Zhu Zhuqing decided to take her along immediately.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong to cultivate diligently and obey her arrangements, and Ning Rongrong agreed.
• Bai Lu privately hoped he could help Ning Rongrong inherit the Sea God's position and make their group the strongest.

Zhu Zhuqing rescued Ning Rongrong and reluctantly agreed to let her travel with her, then brought her to Heaven Dou City. When Ning Rongrong asked to share a bed, Zhu Zhuqing refused, but Bai Lu unexpectedly agreed.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong she was heading to Heaven Dou City, refused her invitation to visit Seven Treasures City, and accepted her insistence on traveling together.
• The two Soul Emperors thanked Zhu Zhuqing for saving Ning Rongrong, then split up to follow them and investigate Shi Nian.
• Zhu Zhuqing hid Ning Rongrong in her Living Soul Tool, shook off the Soul Emperor following them, and reached Heaven Dou City by evening.
• Zhu Zhuqing bought Hundred-Year Whale Rubber and returned to her rented courtyard, where Ning Rongrong decided she would not go home and asked to stay with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong begged to sleep beside Zhu Zhuqing, who refused until Bai Lu suddenly agreed, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to wonder if Bai Lu wanted to watch them bathe.

Bai Lu helped Zhu Zhuqing prepare Ning Rongrong and a Soul Tool for their upcoming operation, but Zhu Zhuqing overfed Ning Rongrong Whale Rubber and had to deal with its effects herself. After testing the drilled Soul Tool, Zhu Zhuqing set out for Sunset Forest to prepare for the operation against Dugu Bo.

• Bai Lu explained his plan to drill a hole in the Soul Tool and have Zhu Zhuqing help Ning Rongrong refine her body with Whale Rubber before their operation.
• Zhu Zhuqing fed Ning Rongrong several pieces of hundred-year and Thousand Year Whale Rubber, leaving Ning Rongrong overheated and clinging to her.
• Bai Lu told Zhu Zhuqing that she had fed Ning Rongrong too much, so Zhu Zhuqing took responsibility for calming her down.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong asked Zhu Zhuqing to visit her home, while Bai Lu revealed that the Soul Tool had been drilled and told them to test it.
• Ning Rongrong maintained her enhancement Soul Skill while Zhu Zhuqing stored her inside the bracelet, then Zhu Zhuqing headed into Sunset Forest to prepare and test her strength.

Zhu Zhuqing entered Dugu Bo’s valley and offered to cure the poison afflicting him and his granddaughter, Dugu Yan, in exchange for his Dan Bead. Dugu Bo was shocked that she knew his secret, but had not yet accepted the deal.

• Ning Rongrong buffed Zhu Zhuqing with Strength and Speed before entering the Living Bracelet, while Bai Lu wished Zhu Zhuqing luck.
• Zhu Zhuqing passed through Dugu Bo’s Poison Arrays and admitted she had stolen his medicinal herbs.
• Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dugu Bo about the poison harming him and his descendants, and resisted his Killing Intent and pressure.
• Zhu Zhuqing invoked Dugu Yan’s safety and offered to cure them both in exchange for Dugu Bo’s Dan Bead.
• Dugu Bo revealed that losing the Dan Bead could cost him much of his strength and challenged whether the trade was worthwhile.

Zhu Zhuqing fought Dugu Bo, using her clone, shadow techniques, and Dark Gold Fear Claw to overcome his poison and powerful soul skills. She defeated him as a Soul King, leaving Dugu Bo severely injured and declaring that a Title Douluo was nothing special.

• Dugu Bo attacked Zhu Zhuqing, but she evaded his strike with a false body and countered with Great Pressure and Dark Gold Fear Claw.
• Dugu Bo froze time and blasted Zhu Zhuqing with poison, only to discover that he had struck her clone; her true body ambushed him and wounded his hands.
• Dugu Bo used poison mist, Time Freeze, and Medusa's Gaze against Zhu Zhuqing and her clone, but he failed to locate her true body.
• Dugu Bo transformed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, but Zhu Zhuqing tore through its armor and severed its tail with Dark Gold Fear Claw.
• Zhu Zhuqing resisted Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Divine Light with Invincible Golden Body and struck him from above with her Eight Spider Lances and claws, leaving him badly injured.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dugu Bo and declared that a Title Douluo was nothing special.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dugu Bo with a strategy based on Bai Lu’s information, but Bai Lu took over the negotiations and forced Dugu Bo to submit. Dugu Bo surrendered his Dan Bead and was left weakened and shackled while Bai Lu withheld the cure until the matter was settled.

• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dugu Bo by using a shadow avatar and Instant Shadow Astonishing Rainbow, then asked him to reconsider her proposal.
• Dugu Bo wavered when Zhu Zhuqing warned that his granddaughter Dugu Yan would be left without family or support, but Bai Lu emerged from Zhu Zhuqing’s shadow and changed the terms.
• Bai Lu threatened Dugu Bo with his Eight Spider Lances and demanded that he submit or die, and Dugu Bo agreed to submit.
• Dugu Bo gave Bai Lu the Dan Bead, and Bai Lu extracted the Ice Fire Venom from his body.
• Bai Lu erased Dugu Bo’s imprint on the Dan Bead, reducing Dugu Bo’s rank and weakening his martial soul, then gave him Black Iron shackles and withheld the cure.

Bai Lu guided Zhu Zhuqing through refining Dugu Bo’s Dan Bead and condensing a Human Flower Soul Core, feeding her medicinal ingredients to supply the vitality it required. He threw her into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to accelerate the process, while Ning Rongrong remained trapped in a Soul Tool.

• Bai Lu blindfolded Dugu Bo, gave his Dan Bead to Zhu Zhuqing, and told her to absorb the poison inside it with her Eight Spider Lances.
• Bai Lu taught Zhu Zhuqing his method for condensing the Three Flowers Gathering Top Soul Core and helped her refine the Dan Bead into a Soul Core Prototype.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to supply vitality, while Bai Lu fed her Immortal Herbs and other medicinal ingredients to sustain the Human Flower Soul Core’s formation.
• Bai Lu fed Zhu Zhuqing the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, then threw her into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to accelerate the process and temper her body.
• Ning Rongrong called for Zhu Zhuqing from inside the Soul Tool, received no answer, and fell asleep until the next day.

Zhu Zhuqing successfully condensed a Human Flower Life Essence Space Soul Core with Bai Lu’s help, greatly strengthening her body and cultivation. After Ning Rongrong was released from the Soul Tool, she complained about being kept inside and mistook Bai Lu for Zhu Zhuqing’s clone.

• Zhu Zhuqing condensed her Soul Core as Bai Lu drained Space Power from Slaughter Space, sacrificing most of its Dead Souls and some of his own Soul Power to stabilize it.
• Zhu Zhuqing emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with a Human Flower Life Essence Space Soul Core that continuously strengthened her Soul Power and body.
• Bai Lu helped Zhu Zhuqing dress and realized Ning Rongrong had remained inside her Soul Tool for the entire day.
• Zhu Zhuqing released Ning Rongrong, who rushed off to relieve herself before returning to complain and attack Bai Lu.
• Ning Rongrong mistook Bai Lu for Zhu Zhuqing’s clone, then learned that Zhu Zhuqing herself had grown stronger.

After Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong defeated Dugu Bo, Bai Lu rewarded him with a cure and cultivation techniques, then assigned him to secretly care for the Blue Silver Emperor. Dugu Bo accepted the arrangement and began recovering his strength.

• Ning Rongrong learned that her support had helped Zhu Zhuqing defeat the Title Douluo Dugu Bo and proudly claimed the achievement.
• Bai Lu gave Dugu Bo a Dan Pill to cure his poison, medicinal herbs to restore his foundation, and techniques for storing toxins and condensing a Soul Core.
• Dugu Bo pledged loyalty to Bai Lu and asked whether he should leave his Heaven Dou Empire position, but Bai Lu told him to continue as usual and conceal their connection.
• Bai Lu gave Dugu Bo the Blue Silver Emperor and ordered him to help it recover while keeping it hidden from the outside world.
• Dugu Bo swallowed the Dan Pill and a medicinal herb, felt his poison dissipate, and began restoring his Martial Soul and Soul Power.