Chapter Summaries

Li Zhexian met Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, who revealed the Heavenly Ridge Martial Arts Gathering, an old contest to decide the Invincible Douluo. Yu Yuanzhen resolved to end his family’s grudge with Li Zhexian, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling challenged him to endure the Azure Sky Thunder.

• Yu Yuanzhen invited Li Zhexian to his study, thanked him for his promise, and offered him Thunder Nectar tea as an investment in his future.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Li Zhexian about the Heavenly Ridge Martial Arts Gathering, where Title Douluo competed every fifty years for the title of Invincible Douluo.
• After Li Zhexian left, Yu Luomian praised him, and Yu Yuanzhen said Li Zhexian’s swordsmanship could match Chen Xin’s before ordering the family’s grudge against him to end.
• Li Zhexian returned to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who said they wanted to see how long he could withstand the Azure Sky Thunder and guessed he would last ten minutes.

Li Zhexian accepted Yu Tianxin’s challenge to see who could endure the Azure Sky Thunder longer, then entered Thunder Valley’s Azure Sky Thunder Marsh to temper his body. As the thunder began forging him, he focused on comprehending the fourth form of the Azure Lotus Sword Song, Thunder Sword Intent.

• The Blue Electric Family’s younger generation gathered at Thunder Valley after news spread that the Imperial Dou Team had endured the Azure Sky Thunder for a minute.
• Yu Tianxin challenged Li Zhexian to compete in the thunder, and Li Zhexian accepted despite Yu Tianheng warning that Tianxin had years of experience.
• Li Zhexian entered Thunder Valley and walked steadily through the violent lightning toward the Azure Sky Thunder Marsh.
• Yu Tianxin entered the marsh alongside Li Zhexian, determined to prove he was inferior to no one.
• Li Zhexian endured the agonizing thunder as it battered his body and began focusing on comprehending Thunder Sword Intent.

Li Zhexian endured the Azure Sky Thunder Marsh while seeking insight into Thunder Sword Intent and the Fourth Realm of swordsmanship. Finding the Azure Sky Thunder insufficient, he left the marsh and entered the valley's Violet Fiend Thunder zone despite warnings, leaving everyone stunned and worried.

• Li Zhexian and Yu Tianxin tempered their bodies in the Azure Sky Thunder Marsh as the onlookers watched, and Li Zhexian appeared more composed.
• Li Zhexian reflected on thunder's nature and tested a sword strike, but decided his understanding was too shallow to reach the Fourth Realm.
• Li Zhexian rose from the marsh and walked deeper into the valley rather than returning to the entrance.
• Yu Jinghan warned Li Zhexian that Violet Fiend Thunder was far more dangerous, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling tried to follow; Li Zhexian told them not to come.
• Yu Tianheng explained that Li Zhexian had come to the Blue Electric Family to comprehend the sword, and Yu Tianxin emerged from the marsh and collapsed in shock.

Li Zhexian endured the Violet Fiend Thunder in Thunder Valley while trying to comprehend Thunder Sword Intent, but collapsed before forming it. He survived and discovered a Thunder Swamp Grass Seed, which seemed to spark an idea.

• Li Zhexian ventured deeper into Thunder Valley, strengthened his resistance to lightning, and entered the Violet Fiend Thunder to seek its destructive intent.
• He activated his Dazhui Sword Bone and tried to use the Violet Fiend Thunder to temper a thunder-aligned Sword Bone and reverse-engineer Thunder Sword Intent.
• After enduring five minutes in the Violet Fiend Thunder, Li Zhexian collapsed, and Yu Jinghan rescued him.
• Yu Jinghan praised Li Zhexian's endurance and challenged the Blue Electric Family's younger generation to match him; Ye Lingling healed him with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Li Zhexian showed Yu Jinghan a Thunder Swamp Grass Seed he had picked up and wondered whether it was a seed born of destruction.

Li Zhexian pushed himself to the brink in Thunder Valley while seeking the Fourth Realm of the sword, and the Never Sprouting seed finally sprouted in his blood. When he failed to emerge, Yu Yuanzhen led the Blue Electric Family into the valley to find him.

• Li Zhexian endured a month of Violet Fiend Thunder, growing frail despite Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling caring for him.
• Yu Yuanzhen said Li Zhexian had to cross his trial himself, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling continued to support him.
• Li Zhexian decided to risk death rather than retreat and entered the Violet Fiend Thunder slurry again.
• As Li Zhexian neared collapse, the Never Sprouting seed fell into his blood and produced a tender shoot.
• Dugu Yan prepared to enter the valley, but Yu Tianxin sounded the Thunder Flute and summoned the family.
• Yu Yuanzhen suppressed the valley's thunder and led the others inside to find Jian Jiu.

Li Zhexian discovered that thunder held new life within its destructive power, and used that realization to complete the fourth form of the Azure Lotus Sword Song. The Blue Electric Family arrived as the Thunder Valley bloomed around him, and Li Zhexian named his new form Thunder Ash Birth.

• A Nirvana Thunder Lotus bloomed in the Violet Fiend Thunder Nectar, awakening Li Zhexian and overturning his belief that thunder meant only destruction.
• Li Zhexian realized that thunder brought new life through destruction, awakening dormant seeds across Thunder Valley and Azure Sky Thunder Lake.
• Yu Yuanzhen led the group into the valley, where they witnessed Nirvana Thunder Lotuses bloom across the Thunder Marsh and recognized Li Zhexian's influence.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the others reached Li Zhexian at the center of the flower sea and stayed silent as he completed his sword comprehension.
• Li Zhexian condensed a thunder Sword Bone containing destruction and new life, completed the fourth form of the Azure Lotus Sword Song, and named it Thunder Ash Birth.

Li Zhexian comprehended the Fourth Realm of the Sword Dao, named it Slash Dao, and defeated Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin with swords formed from petals and lightning. After completing his thunder body tempering and naming his new physique the Three-Phase Spirit Vein Body, he rejected Yu Tianxin’s request to become his disciple and went to see Senior Thunder Douluo.

• Li Zhexian realized that anything his mind could reach could become a sword, entered the Fourth Realm of the Sword Dao, and named it Slash Dao.
• Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin attacked Li Zhexian, who turned petals and Violet Fiend Thunder into swords that repelled them and pinned Yu Tianxin to a rock wall.
• Li Zhexian brewed wine with the Nirvana Thunder Lotus and completed his thunder body tempering, renaming his physique the Three-Phase Spirit Vein Body.
• Yu Tianxin visited Li Zhexian, knelt and asked to become his disciple, but Li Zhexian refused.
• Li Zhexian asked Yu Tianxin to lead the way to Senior Thunder Douluo for urgent business.

Li Zhexian visited Yu Yuanzhen, shared Thunder Elixir with him, and prepared to leave the Blue Electric Family after a farewell banquet. As dawn approached, Dugu Yan slipped back into Li Zhexian’s courtyard after leaving with Ye Lingling.

• Yu Tianxin led Li Zhexian to Yu Yuanzhen, who welcomed him and praised his talent for creating sword techniques.
• Li Zhexian offered Yu Yuanzhen Thunder Elixir in thanks for the Blue Electric Family’s hospitality and his time in Thunder Valley.
• Yu Yuanzhen arranged a farewell feast for Li Zhexian, where the family’s disciples challenged him to a drinking contest and Yu Tianxin passed out defending his master.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling helped Li Zhexian pack, and Ye Lingling gave him pastries for the road before they returned to their courtyard.
• Dugu Yan came back alone, told Li Zhexian to keep quiet so Ye Lingling would not hear, and slipped into his courtyard.

Li Zhexian spent time with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling before leaving for Heaven Dou City, while both women secretly came to see him. Their awkward attempts to hide from each other ended with them discovering they were both in the wine cabinet.

• Dugu Yan asked Li Zhexian why he was close to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, then kicked at him and had her pants leg torn by his sword energy.
• When Ye Lingling knocked, Dugu Yan hid in the wine cabinet, and Li Zhexian concealed the shredded cloth before letting Ye Lingling in.
• Ye Lingling asked Li Zhexian not to tell Dugu Yan she had visited, then tried to lean against him and hid in the wine cabinet when Yu Tianxin arrived.
• Yu Tianxin stumbled into the courtyard and begged Li Zhexian to accept him as a disciple.
• Dugu Yan teased Ye Lingling inside the cabinet, and Ye Lingling realized Dugu Yan was there and demanded an explanation.

Li Zhexian left the Blue Electric Family and returned to Heaven Dou City, where he entered the Imperial Palace to find Xue Qinghe. He surprised her at the Crown Prince Mansion, and her exhaustion gave way to joy when she recognized him.

• Li Zhexian saw Yu Tianxin, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling off after the banquet, then departed as Yu Yuanzhen and the clan members watched.
• Yu Tianxin promised to visit Li Zhexian in Heaven Dou City, while Yu Tianheng said he wished he could be like him.
• Li Zhexian returned to Heaven Dou City, found Xue Qinghe absent from Lotus Lake, and used the Crown Prince Token to enter the Imperial Palace.
• Li Zhexian got lost in the palace corridors and asked a young eunuch for directions to the Crown Prince Mansion.
• Xue Qinghe struggled to manage preparations for the Soul Master Competition, while Pufferfish and Snake Lance noticed Li Zhexian approaching.
• Li Zhexian crept behind Xue Qinghe and covered her eyes; she recognized him and smiled with joy.

Li Zhexian returned to the Imperial Palace and shared a drink with Xue Qinghe after she finished her work. As the Soul Master Competition approached, they discussed whether he would compete and how far the Imperial Dou Team could go, while the tournament’s opening in Heaven Dou City drew near.

• Xue Qinghe welcomed Li Zhexian back, but he returned her scattered documents to the desk and urged her to finish her work before drinking.
• Li Zhexian noticed the Straw Grasshopper he had given Qian Renxue among Xue Qinghe’s treasured belongings, while Xue Qinghe finished her paperwork with unusual ease.
• Xue Qinghe asked Li Zhexian about holding the competition’s preliminary tournament in Heaven Dou City, and he approved her plan.
• Li Zhexian and Xue Qinghe shared wine and Thunder Elixir, then discussed whether Li Zhexian would compete and the Imperial Dou Team’s chances of placing in the top three.
• The Heaven Dou Empire announced that the tournament would open at the Great Soul Arena in Heaven Dou City, making the capital increasingly crowded and lively.

Teams from Blazing Fire, Godwind, and Skywater Academies traveled toward Heaven Dou City for the Soul Master Competition, with their leaders preparing to face strong rivals and Jian Jiu. As the Shrek Team departed, Ma Hongjun refused to go, choosing to remain behind with Zhao Wuji.

• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu led the Blazing Fire Team toward Heaven Dou City, determined to test themselves against Jian Jiu.
• Feng Xiaotian traveled with Godwind Academy, confident that his perfected Wind Slashes and Blade Intent would help him overcome his past humiliation by Jian Jiu.
• Shui Bing'er assessed the likely competition and led Skywater Academy out of the Northern Territory, unfurling its banner as the team headed for Heaven Dou City.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong prepared to take the Shrek Team to Heaven Dou City while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong protested their advertising-covered uniforms.
• Ma Hongjun refused to join the Shrek Team, saying he would stay at the academy to care for Zhao Wuji.

After Zhao Wuji returned crippled and Ma Hongjun was left behind, Shrek Academy continued toward the Soul Master Competition with Bai Chenxiang joining the group. Ning Rongrong remembered Li Zhexian as he and Xue Qinghe argued over tofu pudding, while a disturbance at Heaven Dou City's East City Gate began.

• Zhao Wuji returned with severed meridians and a debilitating toxin, and Ma Hongjun broke down after Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and the others left him behind.
• Yu Xiaogang reassured Bai Chenxiang, who had joined Shrek Academy after her grandfather sent her to compete against Jian Jiu.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and Oscar nursed resentment toward Jian Jiu, while Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing joked about Zhu Zhuqing's feelings for him.
• Ning Rongrong thought of Li Zhexian and the keepsake she wore as she resolved to prove herself without relying on her sect.
• Xue Qinghe insisted that she and Li Zhexian were not incompatible after eating his salty tofu pudding, and a young voice protested at Heaven Dou City's East City Gate about guards covering people's eyes with black silk.

Li Zhexian welcomed Feng Buyu and the Wind Sword Sect disciples to Heaven Dou City, where they discussed his sword mark and the disappearance of Feng Bailong. As the Soul Master Competition approached, Li Zhexian watched academy teams arrive with Feng Buyu and spotted another group of friends approaching beneath a Blaze banner.

• Feng Buyu and the Wind Sword Sect disciples arrived at Heaven Dou City's gates, where they recognized Li Zhexian and greeted him warmly.
• Feng Buyu noticed the Azure Lotus Sword Mark on Li Zhexian's forehead and said he had been unable to find Sect Master Feng Bailong since Li Zhexian left the sect.
• Xue Qinghe welcomed Feng Buyu as Li Zhexian's friend, and Li Zhexian hosted the Wind Sword Sect group at Shanxiangfang.
• As the Soul Master Competition drew near, Li Zhexian took Feng Buyu to the city wall to watch academy teams enter Heaven Dou City.
• Li Zhexian spotted a group racing toward the city beneath a crimson Blaze banner and told Feng Buyu their friends had arrived.

Li Zhexian welcomed the Blazing Fire and Divine Wind Academy teams to Heaven Dou City and gathered several academy teams around him. The Shrek Seven Devils also arrived, determined to make a name for themselves in the Soul Master Competition as they returned to the city tied to their past defeat.

• Huo Wushuang and the Blazing Fire Academy Team arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Li Zhexian greeted them and introduced Feng Buyu as a friend.
• Li Zhexian led the Blazing Fire Team toward its villa, while Huo Wu teased him into giving her a light embrace.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and the Shrek Seven Devils arrived in Heaven Dou City in conspicuous uniforms, recalling how Jian Jiu had driven them out before.
• Tang San reassured Yu Xiaogang that Shrek would not lose, and Yu Xiaogang declared that the competition would make the Shrek Seven Devils famous.
• Li Zhexian welcomed the Divine Wind Academy Team and led the assembled academy geniuses into the city, leaving onlookers astonished by his connections.

Li Zhexian reunited with the young geniuses of the three elemental academies and discussed the coming Soul Master Competition, while Zhu Zhuqing's friends urged her to meet him. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu preparing to help Zhu Zhuqing dress for their planned meeting at Golden Creek Bridge.

• Feng Xiaotian thanked Li Zhexian for welcoming the group and vowed not to hold back if they met in the competition.
• Huo Wushuang teased Feng Xiaotian about his defeat by Li Zhexian, and Huo Wu warned Li Zhexian not to embarrass her in the arena.
• Li Zhexian reminded the group that the competition included many teams, including Spirit Hall's, and Feng Xiaotian explained the path to the finals.
• Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek Seven Devils watched the teams pass, while Oscar and Dai Mubai admired their unity and display.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu pressed Zhu Zhuqing to visit Li Zhexian, and Ning Rongrong arranged for them to meet him at Golden Creek Bridge that night.
• Ning Rongrong searched for a date outfit for Zhu Zhuqing and learned that Li Zhexian liked purple.

Li Zhexian reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, and the two spent the night walking through Heaven Dou City. Zhu Zhuqing brought up her two good sisters wanting to meet him, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong waited at Golden Creek Bridge for them to arrive.

• Shui Bing'er identified Li Zhexian as the genius who had defeated Feng Xiaotian and suspected he was the Imperial Dou Team's hidden trump card.
• Feng Xiaotian and the others asked about the missing Imperial Dou Team and Yu Tianxin, and Li Zhexian said their training was not over yet.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Li Zhexian's courtyard, where they reunited and shared Thunder Elixir wine.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Li Zhexian to show her around Heaven Dou City and told him her two good sisters wanted to meet him.
• Li Zhexian and Zhu Zhuqing walked together beneath the moonlight, and Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong waited for them at Golden Creek Bridge.

Ning Rongrong anxiously awaited meeting Jian Jiu, only to recognize him as Li Zhexian, the White-robed Youth she had once parted from. Overwhelmed by her feelings as he stood beside Zhu Zhuqing, she managed only a trembling greeting.

• Ning Rongrong questioned whether her eagerness to meet Jian Jiu came from jealousy of Zhu Zhuqing, then promised Xiao Wu they would praise him.
• Xiao Wu spotted Zhu Zhuqing and the white-robed Jian Jiu approaching Golden Creek Bridge, and Ning Rongrong became increasingly unsettled by how familiar he seemed.
• Lanternlight revealed Jian Jiu's face, and Ning Rongrong realized he was Li Zhexian, the man she remembered as Brother Zhexian.
• Xiao Wu noticed Ning Rongrong's pallor and trembling, while Ning Rongrong watched Li Zhexian and Zhu Zhuqing arrive together.
• Zhu Zhuqing introduced Li Zhexian as Jian Jiu, and Ning Rongrong finally greeted him in a trembling voice.

After an uneasy night, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reminisced about their past before Xue Qinghe woke Li Zhexian with news that the Imperial Dou Team had been attacked. Li Zhexian learned they had encountered Spirit Hall's Golden Generation in the Star Dou Forest and were now at the Ye Family.

• Li Zhexian returned to his courtyard after parting from Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, while Tang San warned Xiao Wu not to associate with Jian Jiu.
• Ning Rongrong lay awake worrying that Li Zhexian resented her for leaving him, and Zhu Zhuqing joined her on the inn roof with a Seven Treasure Honey Pear.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing shared memories of their time together, but Ning Rongrong avoided explaining her worries about Li Zhexian.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Rongrong what she thought of Li Zhexian, and Ning Rongrong replied that he seemed well before leaving the roof.
• Before dawn, Xue Qinghe woke Li Zhexian and told him the Imperial Dou Team had encountered Spirit Hall's Golden Generation in the Star Dou Forest and was at the Ye Family.

After the Spirit Hall Golden Generation crippled Imperial Dou Team, the injured members begged Li Zhexian to join them, but he left without giving an answer. On the morning of the tournament opening ceremony, his Imperial Dou captain’s uniform lay in his courtyard, while the gathered teams waited for him to appear.

• Li Zhexian visited the injured Imperial Dou Team and realized Spirit Hall’s attack was a warning aimed at him and Xue Qinghe.
• Feng Xiaotian and the others revealed that news of Imperial Dou Team’s defeat had spread throughout Heaven Dou City, and Yu Tianheng and his teammates pleaded with Li Zhexian to join them.
• Li Zhexian told the injured members to recover and attend the opening ceremony, then left with Xue Qinghe as the city’s people discussed their defeat.
• At the Lotus Lake, Xue Qinghe said Imperial Dou Team’s loss could not threaten her position, though she feared Spirit Hall would target Li Zhexian again.
• Li Zhexian found an Imperial Dou captain’s uniform beneath the Plum Blossom Tree, and the next morning the gathered teams waited for him at the opening ceremony.