Chapter Summaries

Zhao Wuji attacked Li Zhexian’s home to avenge Ma Hongjun, but Li Zhexian ambushed him and wounded his arm. Their battle ended with Zhao Wuji overpowering Li Zhexian and burying him beneath the courtyard rubble, while others felt or dreamed through the storm.

• Zhao Wuji smashed Li Zhexian’s house, then realized there was no blood among the wreckage.
• Li Zhexian, who had hidden outside, slashed Zhao Wuji’s arm with the Azure Lotus Sword.
• Li Zhexian launched a blazing sword attack, but Zhao Wuji countered with his soul skills and knocked him into a courtyard wall.
• Xue Qinghe felt uneasy and cut her finger, while Dugu Yan practiced making soup and Ye Lingling fell asleep thinking of Li Zhexian.
• Zhao Wuji kicked aside the rubble in the ruined courtyard and moved toward the place where Li Zhexian had been buried.

Li Zhexian fought Zhao Wuji in the rain, using Wine Boiling Sword Cry and his Frost Sword technique to freeze the older master before the ice began to crack. Badly injured, he fled into the forest and hid in a bird’s nest after using Turtle Breath Grass to conceal his life force.

• Zhao Wuji caught Li Zhexian by surprise with Position Tracking and battered him, leaving his breastbone badly broken.
• Li Zhexian drank from the Clear Spring Wine Gourd and poured the wine over the Azure Lotus Sword, activating Wine Boiling Sword Cry.
• Li Zhexian struck with Yaoguang, but Zhao Wuji transformed into his Giant Bear form using Martial Soul Avatar.
• Li Zhexian changed to the second form, Two Forms: Frost Sword, and froze Zhao Wuji in the rain before the recoil sent him flying.
• As cracks spread through Zhao Wuji’s ice prison, Li Zhexian fled, swallowed Turtle Breath Grass, and hid in a bird’s nest.

After Zhao Wuji failed to find Li Zhexian, rumors of his apparent death sent Xue Qinghe, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and their families racing to the devastated eastern outskirts. Xue Qinghe found the broken umbrella she had given him, while Li Zhexian’s fate remained unknown.

• Zhao Wuji searched the ruined forest for Li Zhexian, then fled Heaven Dou City with Ma Hongjun when he heard people approaching.
• Snake Lance told Xue Qinghe that a battle involving a possible Soul Saint had occurred in the eastern outskirts and Li Zhexian had disappeared, so she ordered the city sealed.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling heard that Li Zhexian might have died and hurried with their families toward the eastern outskirts.
• Xue Qinghe, Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, Madam Ye, and Ye Lingling arrived at Li Zhexian’s demolished courtyard and began searching for him.
• Xue Qinghe spotted the broken umbrella she had given Li Zhexian beneath shattered tiles.

Zhao Wuji was captured after the search for Li Zhexian, and Xue Qinghe believed Zhao Wuji’s claim that he had killed Li Zhexian and thrown his body into the moat. As Xue Qinghe grieved and others rushed toward Heaven Dou City, Li Zhexian woke up alive in a tree.

• Dugu Bo stopped Zhao Wuji from fighting the search party and handed him over to the Crown Prince’s guards for interrogation.
• Zhao Wuji saw Qin Ming imprisoned at Xue Qinghe’s residence and claimed he had killed Li Zhexian to make Xue Qinghe release Qin Ming.
• Xue Qinghe left the courtyard in grief, vowed that Li Zhexian would not die, and broke down beside the Morning Light Rose.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang hurried to Heaven Dou City, while Dai Mubai told Tang San and Oscar his version of what had happened to Ma Hongjun.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed toward the Imperial City after suspecting the crisis involved Jian Jiu, and Dai Mubai grew resentful of her.
• Li Zhexian woke up alive on a branch of an ancient tree.

Li Zhexian recovered from his fight with Zhao Wuji and returned to Heaven Dou City, only to learn that everyone believed he was dead and was searching for him. He found Xue Qinghe grieving in the eastern outskirts and revealed that he was alive.

• Li Zhexian woke in a giant bird nest, healed himself with Clear Spring Wine, and vowed to become strong enough to kill Zhao Wuji.
• Li Zhexian left the forest, bought meat buns, and heard that the imperial guards were searching the eastern outskirts for his remains.
• Xue Qinghe, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Imperial Dou Team searched the ruins and surrounding woods while Xue Qinghe refused to stop despite his exhaustion.
• Li Zhexian approached Xue Qinghe from behind and teased him about crying, and Xue Qinghe recognized him and burst into tears.

Li Zhexian reunited with Xue Qinghe and returned safely to his friends in Heaven Dou City. Yu Xiaogang and Flender arrived to find Ma Hongjun gravely injured, while Zhu Zhuqing was still racing toward the city.

• Xue Qinghe found Li Zhexian in the forest, learned Zhao Wuji had injured his wrist, and tenderly cleaned the mud from his face.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish worried that the Pope might target Li Zhexian because of his closeness to Xue Qinghe.
• Dugu Yan rushed to embrace Li Zhexian when he returned, while Ye Lingling and the Imperial Dou Team were relieved to see him safe.
• Li Zhexian borrowed one hundred Gold coins from Xue Qinghe and treated his friends to a feast at Shanxiangfang.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender arrived in Heaven Dou City and found Ma Hongjun unconscious and missing his right arm and lower body.
• Zhu Zhuqing continued riding toward Heaven Dou City.

The Golden Iron Triangle sought treatment for Ma Hongjun, but the Ye Family and Dugu Manor rejected them because of Jian Jiu. As they carried Ma Hongjun through Heaven Dou City toward the imperial family, they encountered Jian Jiu leaving Shanxiangfang with his friends.

• Liu Erlong told Flender and Yu Xiaogang that Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming had been captured after Zhao Wuji tried to assassinate Jian Jiu.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that the Ye Family, Dugu Bo, or the imperial family might cure Ma Hongjun, so the Golden Iron Triangle carried him to the Ye Family residence.
• The Ye Family refused to receive the three, and its guards drove Yu Xiaogang away when he tried to press their case.
• The Golden Iron Triangle went to Dugu Manor, where guards and servants drove them off without granting them an audience with Dugu Bo.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong carried Ma Hongjun toward the imperial family and passed Shanxiangfang as its guests emerged.
• Jian Jiu casually took a gold coin from a young man in a goose-yellow brocade robe and flicked it to the restaurant's smiling waiter.

Li Zhexian and his companions enjoyed a night stroll through Heaven Dou City while the Golden Iron Triangle sought help for the gravely injured Ma Hongjun. After Flender pleaded with Li Zhexian to secure the Three Families’ aid, Li Zhexian refused and threatened to have Poison Douluo kill the group if they disturbed him again.

• Li Zhexian ignored the Golden Iron Triangle in the street and led his companions away for a night stroll, leaving Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong stung by his indifference.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Flender to seek Jian Jiu’s help, and Flender resolved to beg him to save Ma Hongjun.
• The Golden Iron Triangle blocked Li Zhexian’s group on the Golden Water Bridge, and Flender argued that Ma Hongjun had been punished too severely.
• Li Zhexian rejected Flender’s appeal, blamed Ma Hongjun for his fate, and threatened to ask Senior Poison Douluo to kill them if they disturbed him again.
• Liu Erlong urged the others to leave, but Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and stared at Li Zhexian’s back.

Li Zhexian reached Soul Power Level 30 while practicing his sword and began considering what kind of third Soul Ring to pursue. As he planned a trip to the Star Dou Forest, a travel-worn figure spotted him in the crowd.

• Li Zhexian attacked Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong blocked his sword strike before Flender flew away with the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Dugu Yan pretended she could summon Dugu Bo, and Li Zhexian later declined invitations to stay with his friends and found a courtyard of his own.
• Li Zhexian practiced the Azure Lotus Sword Song beneath the moon and broke through to Soul Power Level 30.
• Li Zhexian considered a third Soul Ring that could enhance his sword and decided to choose one after reaching the Star Dou Forest.
• Xue Qinghe helped Li Zhexian buy furnishings, and an excited, tearful figure in the crowd recognized him.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Li Zhexian in Heaven Dou City, and he welcomed her into his home. After she changed into a purple dress, Li Zhexian praised her and prepared to give her two Immortal Herbs.

• Li Zhexian sensed someone approaching and recognized Zhu Zhuqing, who embraced him tearfully after reaching Heaven Dou City alone.
• Li Zhexian poured Zhu Zhuqing his homemade wine and asked about Dugu Yan’s claim that Zhu Zhuqing wanted him to kiss her; Zhu Zhuqing denied saying it.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to bathe at Li Zhexian’s home and returned wearing a purple dress and Purple Jade Hairpins.
• Li Zhexian told Zhu Zhuqing she looked beautiful and took two Immortal Herbs from his Hundred Treasures Pouch to give her.

Li Zhexian gave Zhu Zhuqing an Immortal Flower that raised her Soul Power, then watched her successfully pick a Lovesick Heartbreak Red for herself. Zhu Zhuqing left Heaven Dou City to grow stronger, promising to fulfill her feelings for him when they met again, while Li Zhexian set out to seek his third soul ring.

• Li Zhexian gave Zhu Zhuqing Water Immortal Jade Muscle Bone, raising her Soul Power from level thirty-one to level thirty-eight and erasing her old scars.
• Li Zhexian explained the legend of Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Zhu Zhuqing picked it by focusing on her feelings for him and spitting heart's blood onto its petals.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to consume the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and kept it, saying she wanted it to stay with her forever.
• The next day, Li Zhexian introduced Zhu Zhuqing to his friends, then escorted her toward Shrek as she decided to leave Heaven Dou City to become stronger.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Li Zhexian and said she would fulfill Dugu Yan's words when they met again, then rode away.
• Li Zhexian watched Zhu Zhuqing depart, drank wine, and decided to hunt for his third soul ring.

Li Zhexian led the Imperial Dou Team into Star Dou Forest to seek a third Soul Ring beyond the usual limit, while Xue Qinghe secretly tortured Zhao Wuji and reserved him for Li Zhexian to kill. The group considered a Blood Tooth Demon Tiger as a target before encountering a mysterious band of blindfolded, green-robed swordsmen.

• Li Zhexian agreed to let the other members of the Imperial Dou Team join his hunt for a third Soul Ring and led the group toward Star Dou Forest.
• Xue Qinghe refused to send Pufferfish after Li Zhexian and ordered Zhao Wuji tortured, healed, and returned to Shrek until Li Zhexian could kill him.
• Li Zhexian and the six others entered Star Dou Forest and discussed hunting a Blood Tooth Demon Tiger, whose Soul Ring had become famous through Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Li Zhexian admitted to himself that he wanted his own sword path rather than merely following Chen Xin's, though he kept the tiger as a tentative target.
• A dozen green-robed swordsmen with cloth covering their eyes raced through the forest, startling Li Zhexian and his companions.

Li Zhexian's group learned about the Wind Sword Sect and its sect master Feng Bailong's failed challenge to Chen Xin before encountering the sect's young master, Feng Buyu. After the groups parted, Feng Buyu and his Martial Uncle discussed Li Zhexian's swordsmanship and warned their disciples that the Blood Tooth Demon Tiger's territory was nearby.

• Ye Lingling explained that Feng Bailong had secretly challenged Chen Xin, then stopped drawing his sword and claimed he was cultivating it.
• Li Zhexian's group changed course to avoid the Wind Sword Sect but ran into its blindfolded disciples in the forest.
• Feng Buyu mistook trees for Li Zhexian's group, removed his mesh blindfold, and introduced himself as the Wind Sword Sect's Young Sect Master.
• Feng Buyu recognized Li Zhexian as a swordsman and proposed discussing swordsmanship, but his Martial Uncle reminded him of their mission, so the sect moved on.
• Feng Buyu and his Martial Uncle judged Li Zhexian's sword to be exceptionally sharp and estimated he could withstand about five disciples in the Wind Thunder Sword Array before they focused on the nearby Blood Tooth Demon Tiger's territory.

Li Zhexian and his group encountered a ten-thousand-year Blood Tooth Demon Tiger in the Gloomy Forest and discovered that its claw marks contained sword qi. After the tiger devastated the Wind Sword Sect, Li Zhexian treated the survivors, who warned him to abandon any thought of hunting it.

• Li Zhexian examined claw marks on a stone wall and realized they contained sword qi, then heard a roar from the Wind Sword Sect's direction.
• Li Zhexian's group hid using Dugu Yan's Breath Concealing Powder as a ten-thousand-year Blood Tooth Demon Tiger passed through the forest in scarlet mist.
• Li Zhexian decided not to pursue the tiger and led his group to check on the Wind Sword Sect.
• Li Zhexian gave Feng Buyu medicine, and Feng Buyu described how the tiger had overwhelmed his sect's Sword Formation.
• Feng Xiao thanked Li Zhexian for the medicine and urged him to leave the forest rather than challenge the tiger.

Li Zhexian convinced Feng Xiao and the Wind Sword Sect to join forces in hunting the ten-thousand-year Blood Tooth Demon Tiger. At the tiger’s lair, Li Zhexian encountered a sword mark left by Sword Douluo, and his own sword intent awakened in response.

• Li Zhexian revealed that he possessed two thousand-year Spirit Rings, convincing Feng Xiao to accept an alliance with his companions.
• The allied groups followed the Blood Tooth Demon Tiger’s trail into a cold depression, where the bloodstains disappeared.
• Li Zhexian and the others found the Demon Tiger’s bone-strewn lair and a massive sword mark cut through the mountain beside it.
• Feng Buyu and Feng Xiao were wounded by the sword mark’s lingering insight, and Feng Xiao recognized it as Sword Douluo’s work.
• Li Zhexian’s Azure Lotus Sword Seal appeared, and a sharp sword aura emerged as his sword intent resonated with the ancient mark.

Li Zhexian rejected the chance to absorb Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s Sword Intent and joined the others in attacking the returning Blood Tooth Demon Tiger. As a massive migration of powerful Spirit Beasts swept through the forest, the wounded tiger fled with Li Zhexian still clinging to the sword in its back.

• Li Zhexian cut apart the Blood-colored Sword Qi rather than accept Chen Xin’s Sword Intent, insisting on forging his own sword path.
• The Blood Tooth Demon Tiger returned, and Feng Xiao led the Wind Sword Sect in striking it with the Wind Thunder Sword Array.
• Dugu Yan, Osler, Yufeng, and the Stone Brothers attacked the tiger, but it knocked them back while Ye Lingling healed the injured Stone Brothers.
• Li Zhexian seized an opening and drove the Azure Lotus Sword into the Blood Tooth Demon Tiger’s back with Yaoguang.
• A horde of powerful Spirit Beasts charged past the cave, and the wounded tiger fled with Li Zhexian hanging from its back as Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling rushed after him.

Li Zhexian was swept away on the Blood Tooth Demon Tiger as a stampeding herd of Spirit Beasts charged into a ravine. At the bottom, he discovered a mystical treasure tree guarded by a rare Dragon Head Sword Falcon.

• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others chased after Li Zhexian but could not catch the Spirit Beast herd.
• Li Zhexian swallowed Turtle Breath Grass and clung to the Blood Tooth Demon Tiger as it carried him with the herd toward a cliff.
• The Spirit Beasts descended the cliff, and Li Zhexian was thrown from the tiger and injured on impact.
• Li Zhexian played dead until the nearby Spirit Beasts turned their attention to a radiant tree growing on the cliff face.
• Li Zhexian recognized the tree’s guardian as a rare Dragon Head Sword Falcon with twelve sword-like feathers.

Li Zhexian watched the Spirit Beasts slaughter one another over the Divine Tree, then killed the dying Dragon Head Sword Falcon after it defeated its rivals. A Spirit Ring marked with Twelve Sword Feathers and the Spirit Beast’s feathers appeared beside its corpse.

• Li Zhexian hid as the Divine Tree began to bloom and the Spirit Beasts charged toward it.
• The Dragon Head Sword Falcon trapped the beasts beneath the cliff in a Sword Formation and slaughtered most of them.
• The wounded Blood Tooth Demon Tiger, Golden Python Boa, and Unicorn Pegasus attacked the weakened Dragon Head Sword Falcon, and all were left dead or dying.
• Li Zhexian approached the falcon, broke its last Sword Feather with the Azure Lotus Sword, and killed it.
• A Twelve Sword Feathers Spirit Ring rose from the Dragon Head Sword Falcon’s corpse as its twelve feathers appeared in the air.

Li Zhexian awakened his Innate Sword Bone by merging the Dragon Head Sword Falcon’s Twelve Sword Feathers into it, then absorbed the Falcon’s Spirit Ring and gained the Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities skill. While he prepared to return, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, the other four, and Wind Sword Sect disciples were surrounded by a pack of Howling Moon Wolves.

• The Twelve Sword Feathers activated Li Zhexian’s Innate Sword Bone, which transformed into twelve segments and inherited the feathers’ attribute traits.
• Li Zhexian tested the starlight and Ice-and-Fire Sword Feathers, then began absorbing the Dragon Head Sword Falcon’s Spirit Ring.
• Li Zhexian used a flower from the Miraculous Little Tree to soothe the Spirit Ring’s sword qi and multicolored blood will.
• Li Zhexian completed the absorption, rose from level thirty to level thirty-three, and learned the Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities skill.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, the other four, and the Wind Sword Sect disciples encountered dozens of Howling Moon Wolves that surrounded them.

Li Zhexian returned safely and rescued Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others from the Howling Moon Wolves with his powerful new third soul skill, Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities. After the Wind Sword Sect departed, his group set off for Heaven Dou City, while Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.

• The Howling Moon Wolves split their attack, trapped Dugu Yan and her companions, and targeted Ye Lingling.
• Li Zhexian emerged from the Boundless Forest Sea and urged the group to retreat as he unleashed Azure Lotus Twelve Calamities, slaughtering the wolf pack with his sword formation and two clones.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yufeng, Osler, and the Stone Brothers welcomed Li Zhexian back, and he explained that his growing sword mastery would let him create more clones.
• Elder Feng Xiao and the Wind Sword Sect defeated the Howling Moon Wolf King, then thanked Li Zhexian and departed for their sect.
• Li Zhexian's group of seven headed back to Heaven Dou City, while Zhu Zhuqing returned weary to Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.