Chapter Summaries

The Heaven Dou Battle Team’s members reached the Soul King realm and absorbed Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings as they prepared for the tournament. Lin Yuan invited the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to leave the Star Dou Forest, but they refused, so he departed with his disciples.

• Chief Dream Machine and the other Heaven Dou Empire Teaching Committee members went to the Imperial Palace to inform His Majesty about the upcoming tournament.
• Over half a month, the Heaven Dou Battle Team members reached the Soul King realm, while Ye Lingling cultivated toward a higher rank.
• Osler and the others absorbed Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, then asked Lin Yuan to find a seventh team member for the tournament.
• Lin Yuan asked the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape to leave the Star Dou Forest, but the Sky Azure Bull Python said they had to guard the forest and the senior in Star Lake.
• Lin Yuan accepted their decision, said they could leave with him in the future, and led Ye Lingling and the others away from Star Lake.

The Heaven Dou Battle Team visited Shrek Academy to challenge its disciples, prompting Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan to confront Osler over his apparent mockery. Osler insisted they had come to test Shrek’s strength, and tensions rose as Yu Tianheng threatened him.

• Yu Xiaogang reassured Yu Tianheng that his level-forty-five strength would make him a standout at the upcoming tournament.
• Oscar teased Dai Mubai about his slap marks while Ma Hongjun recovered from Dai Mubai’s earlier attack.
• Osler and the Heaven Dou Battle Team arrived at Shrek Academy and respectfully greeted Qin Ming.
• Osler asked Shrek Academy for a proper spar, and Yu Tianheng accused him of provoking them.
• Dugu Yan defended Yu Tianheng, but Osler said the visit was a return courtesy for Yu Tianheng’s past provocations.
• Osler said he wanted to see whether Shrek’s disciples lived up to their reputation, and Yu Tianheng angrily threatened him.

Shrek Academy accepted Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s challenge, only to discover that Osler and his teammates had all become Soul Kings with powerful fifth Soul Skills. Their overwhelming strength put Shrek on the back foot and left Yu Tianheng regretting that he had left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and rejected Lin Yuan’s guidance.

• Tang San agreed to spar with Osler, and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang approved the match.
• The teams released their Martial Souls, and Osler, Yufeng, Shimo, Cai Die, and Ye Lingling revealed that they had reached the Soul King realm.
• Osler charged at Yu Tianheng, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun fought the Heaven Dou Royal Academy team.
• Osler broke Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and Ye Lingling dispelled Ma Hongjun’s flames while healing her teammates.
• Yufeng unleashed his fifth Soul Skill, Hurricane Blood Blade, as Heaven Dou Royal Academy pressed its advantage.
• Yu Tianheng watched his former teammates surpass him and regretted leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy and not letting Lin Yuan teach him.

The Heaven Dou Battle Team defeated Shrek Academy, with Ye Lingling overpowering Yu Tianheng using her External Soul Bone. When Master Yu Xiaogang questioned her about it, Ye Lingling slapped him and called him trash.

• Osler kicked Ning Rongrong, and Cai Die threatened Oscar while stopping Zhu Zhuqing from helping him.
• Ye Lingling defeated Yu Tianheng with her External Soul Bone, leaving him unconscious and ending the match.
• The Heaven Dou Battle Team celebrated its victory as Qin Ming and Master Yu Xiaogang noticed Ye Lingling's External Soul Bone.
• Master Yu Xiaogang questioned Ye Lingling about the soul bone, but she slapped him and called him trash.

Ye Lingling slapped Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang, then invited Zhu Zhuqing to speak privately about her engagement to Dai Mubai. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing confronting Ye Lingling’s claim that Dai Mubai had been sleeping around, while Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun suffered from an unexplained illness.

• Ye Lingling slapped Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and warned the Shrek Academy teachers not to disrespect her again.
• Ye Lingling invited Zhu Zhuqing to talk, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted despite Dai Mubai’s anger.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun noticed itchy red spots, weakness, and a foul smell after visiting Zui Xiang Lou, so they planned to seek Teacher Shao Xin’s help.
• At a restaurant, Ye Lingling reminded Zhu Zhuqing that she was promised to Dai Mubai through the Star Luo Empire’s marriage alliance.
• Ye Lingling told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had disregarded his imperial status and left his seed everywhere, and Zhu Zhuqing challenged her claim.

Ye Lingling tried to persuade Zhu Zhuqing to leave Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou Royal Academy by revealing Dai Mubai’s visits to the red-light district and his disease. Zhu Zhuqing remained undecided, while Lin Yuan revealed his interest in recruiting her and Tang San suspected Heaven Dou Royal Academy had caused the Shrek students’ symptoms.

• Ye Lingling showed Zhu Zhuqing records of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun’s visits to Zui Xiang Lou and told her Dai Mubai had caught a disease.
• Ye Lingling offered Zhu Zhuqing protection and a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Zhu Zhuqing hesitated because Shrek’s students had treated her well.
• Ye Lingling reported to Lin Yuan, who explained why he had targeted Zhu Zhuqing and said he wanted to use the Hell Spirit Cat to advance his plans.
• Dai Mubai suffered from itchy red blotches as Shao Xin examined him, while Ma Hongjun blamed Zui Xiang Lou.
• Tang San suspected Heaven Dou Royal Academy was involved in the Shrek students’ condition, and he began investigating whether it was poison-related.

Zhu Zhuqing learned the truth about Dai Mubai’s affairs and ended their relationship. At dawn, she went to Lin Yuan and asked to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and become his disciple.

• Lin Yuan showed Zhu Zhuqing memories of Dai Mubai’s affairs, including his killing of a woman who had become pregnant with his child.
• Zhu Zhuqing overheard Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar discussing their visits to Zui Xiang Lou and confronted Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke the token Dai Mubai had given her, declared they had nothing to do with each other, and fled; Dai Mubai chased after her but could not find her.
• After spending the night thinking, Zhu Zhuqing went to Lin Yuan at dawn and asked to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and become his disciple.
• Xiao Wu reacted with surprise and looked to Lin Yuan as he faced Zhu Zhuqing’s request.

Lin Yuan tested Zhu Zhuqing's resolve by demanding she kill a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast before he would accept her as his disciple. In Sunset Forest, she fought a fifteen-thousand-year Shadow Leopard and was badly wounded, while Lin Yuan watched and ordered the battle to continue.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Yuan to take her as his disciple, and he offered to accept her if she killed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed and went to Sunset Forest, determined to gain Lin Yuan's support and escape her family's plans for her.
• Azure Dragon Consultation followed Zhu Zhuqing to observe her, while Lin Yuan explained that she needed to prove her determination.
• Zhu Zhuqing encountered a fifteen-thousand-year Shadow Leopard and narrowly evaded its first attack, suffering deep wounds to her left arm.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Hundred Claws failed to harm the Shadow Leopard, and its counterattack sent her crashing into a tree.
• As Zhu Zhuqing charged the Shadow Leopard again despite her injuries, Azure Dragon Consultation questioned Lin Yuan, who ordered him to continue watching.

Zhu Zhuqing fought the Shadow Leopard to the brink of death, broke through to level forty, and killed it. Lin Yuan drove off nearby soul beasts, healed her, and ordered her to absorb the Shadow Leopard’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Zhu Zhuqing was gravely wounded by the Shadow Leopard, but her Soul Power surged to level thirty-nine as she faced its next attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing pushed through her injuries, broke through to level forty, and stabbed her dagger through the Shadow Leopard’s skull, killing it.
• As other soul beasts closed in on the exhausted Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Yuan appeared and forced them back with his Soul Power.
• Lin Yuan infused Zhu Zhuqing with Soul Power to repair her meridians, then placed the slain beast before her and told her to absorb its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, evolved her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul, and became Lin Yuan’s second disciple. After Ye Lingling feared Lin Yuan would abandon her, he reassured her and promised to find her a mount that could both fly and run.

• Zhu Zhuqing endured the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring’s energy, and her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul devoured it and evolved as she advanced to the Soul Ancestor realm.
• Lin Yuan caught the exhausted Zhu Zhuqing, accepted her as his second disciple, and brought her to Heaven Dou Royal Academy for Ye Lingling to treat.
• Ye Lingling told Lin Yuan she feared he would abandon her now that he had taken Zhu Zhuqing as a disciple, and Lin Yuan reassured her.
• Lin Yuan promised to take Ye Lingling to the Star Dou Forest to find a soul beast mount, and she asked for one that could both fly and run.

Lin Yuan gave Zhu Zhuqing the Immortal Grade Herb Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, which raised her to level forty-seven. He then began treating the lingering pain in her chest by clearing stagnant blood from her Danzhong Acupoint.

• Ye Lingling asked Lin Yuan to find her a soul beast that could fly and run, and he agreed to take her himself while assigning Shang Que to investigate.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke from her injuries, thanked Lin Yuan for saving her, and accepted the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone he gave her.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the herb and gained seven Soul Power levels, reaching level forty-seven as Xiao Wu watched enviously.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Lin Yuan that her chest still hurt, and he began using Soul Power to relax her sinews and promote blood circulation at her Danzhong Acupoint.

Lin Yuan treated Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries and sent her to rest, while Shrek Academy searched Heaven Dou City for her. Tang San encountered Tai Tan, who said he was dealing with internal matters of the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

• Zhu Zhuqing expelled stagnant blood, learned she had reached the forty-seventh rank, and thanked Lin Yuan for treating her.
• Lin Yuan told Zhu Zhuqing to rest and asked Xiao Wu to buy food to help her recover; Xiao Wu headed to Heaven Dou City.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai argued over the events that led to Zhu Zhuqing’s disappearance, and Tang San split the search into teams.
• Ning Rongrong refused Tang San’s request to involve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so Tang San and Oscar went to search Heaven Dou City.
• Tang San met Tai Tan in the city, and Tai Tan said he was urgently handling internal matters of the Four Single-Attribute Clans.

Tang San asked Tai Tan to find Zhu Zhuqing and help remove Lin Yuan’s restriction, but Tai Tan could do neither and feared confronting Lin Yuan again. After learning Zhu Zhuqing had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Tang San planned to tell Dai Mubai before deciding whether to demand her return himself.

• Tang San asked Tai Tan to help find Zhu Zhuqing and break the restriction Lin Yuan had placed on him, but Tai Tan said he could not remove a Title Douluo’s restriction.
• A Strength Clan disciple reported that Zhu Zhuqing had left Shrek Academy and become a disciple of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tang San accused Lin Yuan of using a despicable method to make Zhu Zhuqing leave and ordered Tai Tan to go with him to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Tai Tan refused to return, warning Tang San that Lin Yuan’s strength could put them both in danger.
• Tang San decided to tell Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing and would consider going to Heaven Dou Royal Academy himself if Dai Mubai refused to act.

After Dai Mubai learned that Zhu Zhuqing had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy, he rallied the Star Luo Empire’s local forces to demand her return. Lin Yuan confronted the surrounded academy and rejected Wang Gang’s demand for an explanation, then called Dai Mubai out.

• Tang San told Dai Mubai what had happened, and Dai Mubai smashed a table when he learned Zhu Zhuqing had joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dai Mubai went to the Star Luo Empire’s branch hall in Heaven Dou City and persuaded its experts to confront the academy over Zhu Zhuqing.
• A disciple warned Lin Yuan that Star Luo Empire soldiers had surrounded Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Lin Yuan went to meet them.
• Wang Gang demanded that Dream Machine explain why the academy had allegedly imprisoned Zhu Zhuqing, while Dai Mubai accused Lin Yuan of taking his fiancée.
• Lin Yuan arrived, dismissed Wang Gang’s demand, and called Dai Mubai out as an ant from Shrek Academy.

Lin Yuan brutally attacked Dai Mubai and slaughtered the Star Luo Empire forces gathered outside Heaven Dou Royal Academy, declaring that none would be allowed to leave alive. By nightfall, he had killed Wang Gang and kept Ye Lingling beside him as the massacre ended.

• Dai Mubai tried to flee, but Lin Yuan restrained him and struck him down after rejecting his threat about the Star Luo Empire.
• Wang Gang challenged Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan ordered the academy gates shut and vowed to kill everyone present.
• Dream Machine sent students to notify Xue Ye as Lin Yuan slaughtered the Star Luo Empire soldiers from dawn until nightfall.
• Lin Yuan explained his actions to Ye Lingling, while Azure Dragon Shang Que stayed nearby and she refused to leave.
• Lin Yuan threw the terrified Wang Gang to the ground, rejected his plea for mercy, and pierced his chest with the Asura Demon Sword.

Lin Yuan slaughtered Star Luo Empire soldiers to protect Zhu Zhuqing, then crippled Dai Mubai before leaving the scene. Xue Ye feared the consequences but prepared for the possibility of war with the Star Luo Empire.

• Xue Ye arrived with Heaven Dou Empire soldiers and ordered them to lower their weapons when Lin Yuan approached.
• Lin Yuan claimed responsibility for the massacre and warned the Star Luo Empire not to harm Zhu Zhuqing, his disciple.
• Lin Yuan stopped Dai Mubai from fleeing by severing his arm and destroying his manhood, leaving him unconscious.
• Flander rushed to Dai Mubai while Lin Yuan left, and Xue Ye ordered the bodies sent into Star Luo Empire territory.
• Prince Xue Xing warned that the Star Luo Empire might retaliate, while Xue Ye said Heaven Dou might have to go to war.

After Lin Yuan punished Dai Mubai, he told Ye Lingling the brutal incident was a lesson about surviving in a dangerous world and left the political fallout to Xue Ye. Dai Mubai vowed revenge while Shrek Academy struggled with his grievous injuries, and the Star Luo Empire mobilized after its soldiers’ bodies were returned.

• Lin Yuan reassured Ye Lingling that hardship and bloodshed were part of growing stronger, while Zhu Zhuqing remained indifferent to Dai Mubai’s fate.
• Azure Dragon Consultation told Lin Yuan that Xue Ye had arranged to return the bodies and mobilized forces near the border; Lin Yuan said he would handle any Star Luo Empire retaliation himself.
• Teacher Shao Xin told Shrek Academy’s teachers that Dai Mubai had lost an arm and would likely never have children, while Yu Xiaogang urged them to focus on his recovery and the upcoming tournament.
• Dai Mubai woke and swore revenge on Lin Yuan and Zhu Zhuqing, while Tang San silently feared Lin Yuan might injure him too.
• After Heaven Dou Empire returned the Star Luo Empire’s soldiers, Star Luo Empire’s ministers and guards prepared to retaliate and notify their emperor.

Davidson weighed the Star Luo Empire’s desire to retaliate against the Heaven Dou Empire against the danger of provoking Spirit Hall. Dai Weisi proposed recruiting Lin Yuan instead, but his suggestion sparked a dispute over the injured Dai Mubai and the empire’s honor.

• Ministers and generals demanded that Davidson avenge General Wang Gang, the massacred soldiers, and Dai Mubai, while Davidson warned that Spirit Hall could exploit a war.
• Davidson ordered the empire to reorganize its military and monitor Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire while he devised a countermeasure.
• Dai Weisi proposed recruiting Lin Yuan, arguing that his power and future potential made him more valuable than avenging Dai Mubai.
• General Carter rebuked Dai Weisi for calling Dai Mubai trash and argued that recruiting Lin Yuan could not erase his crimes against the empire.
• Dai Weisi dismissed Carter’s objection and said the empire could not act impulsively because Lin Yuan might have powerful forces supporting him.

The Star Luo Empire debated how to bring Lin Yuan under its command, and Dai Weisi proposed using a Zhu Family woman to win his favor. Davidson ordered Zhu Zhuyun to approach Lin Yuan, leaving her humiliated and distressed despite her pleas to withdraw the order.

• Dai Weisi proposed sending an outstanding Zhu Family woman to approach Lin Yuan and help secure his allegiance.
• General Carter condemned the plan as an insult to Zhu Zhuyun and the Star Luo Empire, while a minister defended marriage alliances as a means of serving the empire.
• Davidson approved Dai Weisi's proposal and ordered Zhu Zhuyun to be sent to Lin Yuan.
• Zhu Zhuyun protested that the order threatened her honor and chastity, then pleaded with Dai Weisi to defend her.
• Dai Weisi objected that Zhu Zhuyun was his beloved and the Crown Princess, but Davidson insisted she fulfill the mission for the empire.

After killing Star Luo Empire forces to protect Zhu Zhuqing, Lin Yuan dismissed fears of retaliation and revealed his ambition to unify Douluo Continent and beyond. Dugu Bo pledged to help him, and Lin Yuan pointed to the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament as the place to begin making arrangements.

• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Lin Yuan told Dream Machine he would protect his disciple Zhu Zhuqing and accepted the consequences of killing Star Luo Empire soldiers and experts.
• Dream Machine agreed to let the students resume classes while leaving the political fallout to Xue Ye.
• Dugu Bo asked Lin Yuan how he would respond if the Star Luo Empire attacked, and Lin Yuan said force might be necessary and declared his goal of unifying the continent.
• Dugu Bo pledged his support, asking Lin Yuan to protect the Dugu Bo lineage in the future.
• Lin Yuan said they could begin their plans at the upcoming tournament, where Spirit Hall would seek to display its strength and suppress rival factions.