Chapter Summaries

Dai Tianling explained to Dai Yun'er why Star Luo could benefit from the Sun Moon Federation’s pressure on Shrek Academy and outlined a plan to offer Shrek a branch and refuge. He left her with the reminder that Senior Cai Yue'er’s visit showed Shrek’s high regard for Star Luo.

• Dai Tianling studied the empire’s map and weighed the Sun Moon Federation’s technological advantage against the strength of Shrek Academy’s powerful delegation in Star Luo City.
• Dai Tianling told Dai Yun'er that Shrek’s aid could help Star Luo contend with the Sun Moon Federation and work with the Heaven Dou Federation to protect the nation.
• Dai Tianling clarified that he wanted Shrek Academy to establish a branch in Star Luo, offering it a refuge as the Sun Moon Federation increased its pressure.
• Dai Tianling said Star Luo’s ties to Shrek through the Dai Family’s ancestors, Mu Bai and Yu Hao, could serve as a crucial bond between them.
• Dai Tianling told Dai Yun'er that Senior Cai Yue'er was a Sea God Pavilion member, former Outer Court dean, and Super Douluo, making her part of Shrek Academy’s core circle.

Dai Tianling discussed Dai Yun'er’s conduct and arranged for her to choose a prince consort after the tournament, while Tang Wulin’s distraction continued to trouble Wu Zhangkong. Tang Wulin could not explain what was happening, and Wu Zhangkong suspected it was connected to Gu Yue.

• Dai Tianling told Dai Yun'er to treat Shrek Academy with sincerity without surrendering the Star Luo Empire’s dignity, and she asked whether she could still spend time with Tang Wulin.
• Dai Yun'er described Tang Wulin’s unusual martial soul and four soul rings, and Dai Tianling acknowledged the strength of Douluo Continent’s young talents.
• Dai Yun'er refused to agree to an engagement, but Dai Tianling told his wife to arrange for the princess to choose her prince consort after the tournament and to keep watch over her.
• Wu Zhangkong confronted Tang Wulin about his distraction, and Tang Wulin insisted that someone had appeared in his dream but could not explain further.
• Wu Zhangkong grew angry and suspected Tang Wulin’s distress was related to Gu Yue leaving Shrek Academy for the Spirit Pagoda.

Wu Zhangkong reflected on Tang Wulin and Gu Yue’s separation and admitted he could not comfort Tang Wulin because he was still lost in his own feelings. At the Star Luo Empire banquet, the delegation kept up diplomatic appearances, and the chapter ended with Yuanen Yehui watching Situ Xuan from across the hall.

• Wu Zhangkong remembered how close Tang Wulin and Gu Yue had been before Situ Xuan’s presence changed their relationship, but he could not find words to comfort Tang Wulin.
• Dai Tianling apologized to the Douluo Delegation for the Green Skull organization’s attack and opened the banquet.
• Dai Tianling invited a female foreign affairs official to dance, signaling his respect for the delegation.
• Yue Zhengyu danced with a Star Luo noble lady while Ye Xinglan danced with a young military officer.
• Yuanen Yehui stayed seated with her juice and repeatedly looked toward Situ Xuan.

At the banquet, Yuanen Yehui watched Gu Yue sit beside Situ Xuan, while Tang Wulin confronted Dai Yun'er for startling him and was pulled toward the dance floor. Tang Wulin resisted dancing, but Dai Yun'er insisted she would teach him.

• Yuanen Yehui hesitated to approach Situ Xuan, then watched Gu Yue arrive and sit quietly beside him.
• Dai Yun'er startled Tang Wulin by shouting “Murder!” near his ear, and he realized she had also frightened him the day before.
• Tang Wulin restrained his Golden Dragon King bloodline’s killing intent and tried to leave Dai Yun'er.
• Dai Yun'er grabbed Tang Wulin's sleeve and pulled him toward the dance floor after learning he could not dance.
• Tang Wulin questioned whether Dai Yun'er would keep her promise not to tease him, and she insisted she would teach him to dance.

Tang Wulin saw Gu Yue sharing an easy conversation with Situ Xuan and, stung by jealousy, began dancing fiercely with Dai Yun'er. Yuanen Yehui gathered the courage to ask Situ Xuan to dance, but he declined because he did not know how.

• Dai Yun'er pulled Tang Wulin onto the dance floor and teased him about thinking of a girl as she taught him to dance.
• Tang Wulin noticed Gu Yue smiling and talking with Situ Xuan, and the sight made him feel a painful surge of jealousy.
• Tang Wulin tightened his hold on Dai Yun'er and swept her through a forceful, domineering dance, which she unexpectedly enjoyed.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Situ Xuan to dance while Gu Yue watched approvingly.
• Situ Xuan told Yuanen Yehui that he did not know how to dance and declined.

Yuanen Yehui left the palace with Situ Xuan after he invited her for a walk, while Gu Yue walked away from Tang Wulin and accepted her loneliness. Tang Wulin stayed dancing with Dai Yun'er, who publicly asked him to be her boyfriend, and Situ Xuan ended the chapter by asking Yuanen Yehui how the world worked.

• Situ Xuan invited Yuanen Yehui to take a walk, and she eagerly agreed as Gu Yue watched them leave.
• Gu Yue reflected on Tang Wulin, decided their connection had been a mistake, and walked away alone.
• Tang Wulin watched Gu Yue disappear but stayed on the dance floor with Dai Yun'er.
• Dai Yun'er teased Tang Wulin about stepping on her feet, then loudly asked him to be her boyfriend.
• Situ Xuan walked through Star Luo City with Yuanen Yehui and asked her whether she knew the logic by which the world operated.

Situ Xuan urged Yuanen Yehui to grow stronger, explaining that power let people shape the world. Yuanen Yehui blurted out that she wanted to get Situ Xuan, and he echoed her words with quiet certainty, leaving her startled by his response.

• Yuanen Yehui failed to answer Situ Xuan’s question about how the world worked, and he gently ruffled her hair before explaining that power determined order and chaos.
• Situ Xuan told Yuanen Yehui to grow stronger and said her goal would not be difficult to achieve if she had enough power.
• Yuanen Yehui asked whether she could get Situ Xuan, then crouched in embarrassment after realizing she had confessed her feelings.
• Situ Xuan crouched beside Yuanen Yehui, ruffled her hair, and repeated, “Even if it means getting me,” leaving her wondering what his words meant.

Situ Xuan urged Yuanen Yehui to rely on herself and grow stronger, and she vowed to become strong enough to stand beside him. The chapter then announced the tournament registration totals and its start the following day.

• Situ Xuan told Yuanen Yehui that she could claim what she wanted once she grew strong enough to stand beside him.
• Situ Xuan explained that people had to rely on themselves and keep pursuing strength beyond their current limits.
• Situ Xuan recited verses about breaking free and refusing to give up, inspiring Yuanen Yehui to vow that she would become stronger and come for him.
• Situ Xuan and Yuanen Yehui left the overpass together, with Yuanen Yehui walking beside him rather than merely following.
• The Star Luo Empire closed tournament registration, recording 5,163 one-on-one entrants, 864 two-on-two pairs, 113 seven-on-seven teams, and 461 Mecha battle participants.
• Officials handled registration directly for the Douluo Delegation, and the tournament was set to begin one day later.

Gu Yue absorbed the power released by Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Bloodline and grew stronger, while realizing that she now saw Situ Xuan as a rival she wanted to surpass. The Continental Young Elite Soul Master Tournament opened at Star Luo Grand Stadium, where the preliminary matches were set to begin.

• Gu Yue reflected on how she had been drawing in the Golden Dragon King power that escaped whenever Tang Wulin lost control.
• Gu Yue wondered about Na'er, then admitted that she had come to regard Situ Xuan as a worthy opponent.
• Gu Yue summoned her Elemental Staff and found that absorbing Tang Wulin's bloodline had greatly increased her power.
• Gu Yue declared that she would challenge Situ Xuan and surpass him.
• The Continental Young Elite Soul Master Tournament began at Star Luo Grand Stadium with single-elimination preliminary matches.

Situ Xuan crippled Li Xiaoyun with a single strike in their tournament match, severing his meridians. When the referee accused him of violating the rules, Situ Xuan challenged him to name the rule forbidding crippling, leaving the referee unable to answer.

• Situ Xuan faced Li Xiaoyun, a four-ring Soul Ancestor wielding the Soul-Breaking Spear, in Ring Seven.
• Li Xiaoyun attacked first, but Situ Xuan vanished from his spear's path and struck his chest with two fingers.
• Li Xiaoyun convulsed, coughed blood, and collapsed after Situ Xuan's strike severed his meridians.
• The referee accused Situ Xuan of maliciously crippling his opponent, but Situ Xuan asked which rule forbade it.
• The referee could not cite a rule, since the tournament banned deliberate killing and competitors had signed life-and-death waivers.

Situ Xuan crippled his opponents at the tournament and agreed to join the Sima Family in confronting Green Skull, despite the Tang Sect’s involvement. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin prepared to take part in the Tang Sect’s operation to stop Green Skull’s planned attack in Star Luo City.

• Situ Xuan dismissed the referee’s objections after deliberately severing his opponents’ meridians and vowed to cripple his next opponents as well.
• After the tournament’s first round ended, Sima Lanxiao told Situ Xuan that Green Skull planned to fire a Fixed-Station Soul Guidance Cannon and cause mass casualties during the tournament.
• Sima Lanxiao warned Situ Xuan that the Tang Sect would act against Green Skull, but Situ Xuan insisted on joining the fight after learning its branch leader was a level ninety-eight Super Douluo.
• Sima Lanxiao offered the Sima Family’s forces to Situ Xuan, and Situ Xuan accepted his support.
• Tang Wulin joined a Tang Sect Soul Fighting Hall mission, led by a Black-Grade Fighter, to prepare for Green Skull’s planned attack at Tianxing Theater.

Green Skull resistance members planted Fixed Soul Guidance Bombs beneath Tianxing Theater as Soul Fighting Hall prepared to sweep the area. Situ Xuan blocked their sewer escape and began overwhelming their fighters, while Tang Wulin waited nearby and the battle continued.

• Green Skull members emerged from the sewers and planted Fixed Soul Guidance Bombs on the theater’s foundation pillars as Soul Fighting Hall’s fighters prepared to act.
• Tang Wulin listened to Black One’s orders and waited, unable to join the operation because he was not strong enough.
• Situ Xuan appeared at the underground passage’s only exit and confronted the Green Skull squad of seven Soul Kings and five Soul Emperors.
• Situ Xuan killed the squad leader’s allies with brutal attacks, smashing a Soul Emperor into a pillar and crushing another’s neck.
• Three Soul Kings attacked Situ Xuan together, and he met them head-on without dodging.

Situ Xuan single-handedly slaughtered Green Skull's Soul Kings and Soul Emperors before the Tang Sect's Soul Fighting Hall arrived. He then faced Green Skull leader Li Kuang, who demanded to know if he had killed the men.

• Situ Xuan killed three Soul Kings with a flurry of punches and crushed the Diamond Bear Soul Emperor's head.
• Situ Xuan shattered a concrete pillar and hurled it at three fleeing Soul Emperors, killing them beneath the rubble.
• Black One and sixteen Tang Sect members arrived to find thirteen Green Skull members dead or dying and Situ Xuan standing among them.
• Li Kuang emerged from the passage, saw his fallen subordinates, and confronted Situ Xuan by asking if he had done it.

Situ Xuan fought Li Kuang, a Soul Saint, on equal terms in the underground passage and provoked him into unleashing his Two-Word Battle Armor and Green Skull reinforcements. As the Tang Sect and Green Skull forces clashed, Black One rushed to propose an alliance with Situ Xuan, but Situ Xuan’s punch cut him off.

• Li Kuang charged Situ Xuan, who met him head-on and traded brutal blows without giving ground.
• Situ Xuan forced Li Kuang to retreat and taunted him, prompting Li Kuang to summon his Blood Malevolence Two-Word Battle Armor.
• Li Kuang called in twenty Soul Kings and six Soul Emperors from Green Skull and ordered them to attack Situ Xuan.
• Black One led the seventeen Tang Sect members into battle against the Green Skull reinforcements.
• Black One approached Situ Xuan to suggest they join forces against Li Kuang, but Situ Xuan punched toward his face before he could finish.

Situ Xuan plunged into the battle between the Tang Sect and Green Skull, attacking everyone in his path as his appetite for fighting overwhelmed him. He killed several Green Skull Soul Emperors and charged after another fleeing opponent.

• Situ Xuan rejected Black One's offer to team up, punched him through a concrete pillar, and turned to face Green Skull's experts.
• Situ Xuan fought multiple Green Skull Soul Emperors, knocking them aside while the Tang Sect and Green Skull forces battled around him.
• Situ Xuan charged into other fights and attacked Green Skull fighters without regard for who else was nearby, leaving Black One stunned by his fixation on battle.
• Situ Xuan unleashed a roar that shook the underground passage, then killed a Green Skull Soul Emperor with a single punch.
• Situ Xuan pursued a fleeing Soul Emperor, shattered his rock shield with a knee, and snapped his spine.

Situ Xuan killed a fleeing Green Skull Soul King, then turned on the Tang Sect fighters who had stopped to watch. Black One ordered the Tang Sect to retreat, but Situ Xuan charged after them, still eager to fight.

• Situ Xuan killed the Soul Emperor and called him his fourth victim.
• Situ Xuan told a terrified Green Skull Soul King to run, then killed him with a punch.
• Situ Xuan attacked the Tang Sect, crushing one disciple’s arm and knocking him unconscious, then crippled a middle-aged Soul King’s dantian.
• Black One recognized the threat Situ Xuan posed and ordered the Tang Sect to retreat.
• Situ Xuan refused to let them escape and charged after a fleeing Tang Sect disciple.

Situ Xuan slaughtered and crippled Tang Sect and Green Skull fighters in the underground passage, defeating Li Kuang’s strongest attack and killing him. He left Black One defeated and answered that he had attacked the Tang Sect simply because he felt like it.

• Situ Xuan broke two Tang Sect disciples’ legs and struck another so hard that his chest caved in.
• Li Kuang charged at Situ Xuan with his seventh soul skill, but Situ Xuan shattered the blood-colored axe with one punch.
• Situ Xuan broke Li Kuang’s arms through his Two-Word Battle Armor and smashed his head with a second punch.
• Situ Xuan surveyed the bloodied battlefield, where Green Skull fighters had fled and Tang Sect fighters lay wounded or unconscious.
• Black One asked what grudge the Tang Sect had against him, and Situ Xuan replied that he had no grudge and had attacked because he felt like it.

Situ Xuan crippled Black One after defeating the Tang Sect disciples, then left the passage satisfied and continued on his way. Black One was left powerless and swore that the Tang Sect and Shrek would not let Situ Xuan go.

• Situ Xuan lifted Black One by the collar, gave his name, and warned him that anyone who came looking for trouble would face worse than being crippled.
• Situ Xuan tapped Black One’s dantian, destroying the Soul Power he had cultivated over decades and leaving him collapsed and lifeless.
• Black One threatened that the Tang Sect and Shrek would not let Situ Xuan go, but Situ Xuan walked away without stopping.
• Situ Xuan left the wrecked battlefield, calmed down beneath the night sky, said the fight had been satisfying, and continued onward.
• Black One rejected the disciples who tried to help him and bitterly recalled Situ Xuan’s warning.

Tang Wulin heard the Tang Sect squad being overwhelmed in the underground passage and cautiously went to investigate. He reached the top of the stairs, sensed a familiar hostile aura below, and continued downward.

• Black One stared into the passage after a mysterious attacker disappeared and wondered who he was.
• Tang Wulin heard screams and impacts over the communicator, then lost contact with Black One and the Soul Fighting Hall fighters.
• Tang Wulin resisted rushing in, told White One and White Two he would only check the passage entrance, and headed there.
• Tang Wulin felt powerful battle tremors beneath the theater and found blood, smoke, heat, and a familiar vicious aura rising from the passage.
• Tang Wulin descended the stairs and reached the turn, preparing to continue farther underground.

Tang Wulin confronted Situ Xuan, the man who had nearly crippled him at Shrek Academy, but Situ Xuan badly overpowered him and revealed that he knew about Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Bloodline. Tang Wulin escaped from beneath Situ Xuan's foot and began healing with his bloodline as Situ Xuan watched with interest.

• Tang Wulin recognized Situ Xuan and attacked him with his Golden Dragon Claw, but Situ Xuan struck him in the abdomen and seized him.
• Situ Xuan kicked Tang Wulin into a wall, then questioned him about unlocking the fourth layer of his Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• Situ Xuan pinned Tang Wulin's head beneath his foot and mocked him, saying he was nothing despite the people who protected him.
• Tang Wulin resolved that he could not die and summoned his Golden Dragon King Bloodline, causing golden scales to spread across his body.
• Tang Wulin slipped out from under Situ Xuan's foot and rolled away as his bloodline rapidly healed his injuries; Situ Xuan became intrigued by its power.