Chapter Summaries

Leng Yulai helped capture the Dark Blood Demon, and Na Nali used the Lingdang to turn him into her loyal subordinate. She revealed that the artifact could overpower anyone without god-level spiritual power who lacked a divine artifact.

• Leng Yaozhu praised Leng Yulai for helping defeat the Dark Blood Demon, and Lu Li acknowledged her contribution.
• Leng Yulai asked what would happen to Qiangu Dongfeng and the Dark Blood Demon, and Na Nali said she would make the Dark Blood Demon her second subordinate.
• Na Nali used the Lingdang to refine the Dark Blood Demon, Cai Xukun, into a loyal soul-born subordinate.
• Cai Xukun greeted Na Nali and Qiangu Dongfeng, then joined Qiangu Dongfeng as a planted agent within the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Na Nali explained that the Lingdang's unique soul skill could overcome those without god-level spiritual power or a divine artifact.

Leng Yulai envied the divine artifacts Lu Li had given the women around him and learned that Leng Yaozhu’s Fire Dragon Sword had originally been prepared for Leng Jie. Meanwhile, Dark Blood Demon ordered Xiao Wu to build ties with Qiangu’s branch tower masters in Skysea City, and Leng Yulai asked Lu Li for a reward for helping defeat him.

• Na Nali warned Leng Yulai to stay away from Lu Li, while Leng Yulai regretted not being the first sent to assassinate him.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed her Fire Dragon Sword, and Na Nali explained that Lu Li had originally prepared the divine artifact for Leng Jie.
• Lingling asked Leng Yulai what milk tea Dark Blood Demon had enjoyed, and Leng Yulai named White White Tea from Heavenly Night City.
• Dark Blood Demon told Xiao Wu to continue his arrangements in Heavenly Night City and then focus on connecting with Qiangu’s branch tower masters in Skysea City.
• Na Nali joked that Xiao Wu was a free extra in a buy-one-get-one deal after hearing he would join Dark Blood Demon in Skysea City.
• Leng Yulai claimed credit for helping defeat Dark Blood Demon and asked Lu Li for a reward, prompting Na Nali to ask if she wanted another slap.

Na Nali, Leng Yaozhu, and Lu Li stopped Leng Yulai from returning to Shrek City and discovered Qiangu Dongfeng’s plan to use the Holy Spirit Cult to attack Shrek Academy. The chapter left Shrek’s survival dependent on whether its leaders chose to accept Ya Li’s proposal before the attack.

• Na Nali and Leng Yaozhu rejected Leng Yulai’s request to return to Shrek City, while Leng Yulai tried to persuade them by threatening to reveal that Dark Blood Demon had been tamed.
• Leng Yaozhu, Na Nali, and Lu Li sealed Leng Yulai’s cultivation, tied her up, and left her in a bedroom.
• Na Nali searched Qiangu Dongfeng’s stored memories and found his plan to have the Holy Spirit Cult steal three Level 12 God Slayer fixed-installation Soul Tool shells from the Federation.
• Na Nali revealed that Qiangu Dongfeng intended to use the weapons to launch a direct assault on Shrek Academy.
• Lu Li said Shrek Academy’s survival depended on whether Yun Ming and Long Yeyue accepted Ya Li’s proposal, and warned that they would face the consequences if they refused.

Lu Li, Leng Yaozhu, and Na Nali decided to bring the drug-loving Leng Yulai back with them, while discussing Shrek Academy’s weakening position. The following day, Ya Li visited and Leng Yulai mistook her presence for a sign that Lu Li had won over Yun Ming’s wife.

• Lu Li argued that the Spirit Pagoda could easily establish a new academy if Shrek Academy fell, and Na Nali said Shrek’s remaining leaders posed little threat without Ya Li.
• Na Nali suggested bringing Leng Yulai with them, and Leng Yaozhu and Lu Li agreed that keeping the unpredictable ally close was safer.
• After Leng Yaozhu and Na Nali threatened to leave her behind, Leng Yulai cheerfully agreed to come along with them.
• The following afternoon, Ya Li visited and was surprised by Leng Yulai’s appearance, while Leng Yulai saw Ya Li and excitedly assumed Lu Li had won over Yun Ming’s wife.

Ya Li visited Leng Yaozhu with Na Nali and Lu Li, excited that Yun Ming might support her plan to befriend the Spirit Pagoda. The chapter ended with Long Yeyue sowing suspicion in Yun Ming’s mind about Ya Li’s motives and her interest in Lu Li.

• Na Nali introduced Leng Yulai to Ya Li and Na'er, then sent Leng Yulai and Na'er away while the adults talked.
• Ya Li told Leng Yaozhu, Lu Li, and Na Nali that Yun Ming had discussed the Spirit Pagoda with Long Yeyue and seemed willing to reconsider their relationship.
• Leng Yaozhu wished Ya Li luck but warned that Yun Ming might only be stringing her along, while Lu Li and the others privately doubted his sudden change of heart.
• A subordinate reported to Yun Ming that Ya Li had gone to Leng Yaozhu’s villa instead of taking Na'er shopping as she had claimed.
• Long Yeyue told Yun Ming that Ya Li might be pursuing Lu Li, but Yun Ming dismissed her suspicions and defended Ya Li.

Long Yeyue warned Yun Ming that Ya Li’s efforts to befriend the Spirit Pagoda might be motivated by Lu Li, leaving Yun Ming troubled despite his trust in his wife. At the villa, Leng Yulai’s teasing claims that Lu Li was pursuing Ya Li were firmly denied, and the side story ended with Ya Li confronting Yun Ming over his relief.

• Long Yeyue told Yun Ming that Ya Li might be drawing close to the Spirit Pagoda because of Lu Li and urged him to stay vigilant.
• Yun Ming considered whether Ya Li had betrayed him, then left with a gloomy expression.
• Leng Yulai emerged after Ya Li left and excitedly accused Lu Li of getting involved with Yun Ming’s wife.
• Na Nali and Leng Yaozhu explained that Ya Li and Lu Li were only friends and that Ya Li wanted Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda to get along.
• Lu Li denied having any interest in married women, while Na Nali warned Leng Yulai to stop spreading the claim.
• In the side story, Yun Ming relaxed at the thought that Ya Li was safe, but Ya Li angrily challenged him, and Leng Yulai noticed his smile.

Lu Li rejected Leng Yulai’s suggestion that he pursue the married Ya Li, while Leng Yulai hinted that she had tampered with Ya Li’s drink. Back on Sea God Island, Yun Ming confronted Ya Li about where she had gone, and the chapter ended with him accusing her of visiting Lu Li.

• Lu Li told Leng Yulai that he was not interested in Ya Li because she was married, and Leng Yulai lamented that her scheme to see Yun Ming get cuckolded would not happen.
• Leng Yulai asked whether Yun Ming knew that Lu Li and Ya Li were friends, then Na Nali and Leng Yaozhu restrained her and locked her in a room.
• Alone in the room, Leng Yulai recalled that Ya Li had drunk water during her visit and laughed sinisterly.
• Yun Ming waited for Ya Li and Na'er to return to Sea God Island, then sent Na'er away so he could speak privately with Ya Li.
• Yun Ming asked Ya Li where she had gone, and she claimed she had taken Na'er around Shrek City without mentioning her visit to Yaozhu.
• Yun Ming accused Ya Li of going to see Lu Li and demanded that she tell him the truth.

Yun Ming accused Ya Li of having an affair with Lu Li after learning she had visited a Spirit Pagoda villa, but Ya Li revealed she had gone to see her friend Leng Yaozhu. After Na'er told Yun Ming that Lu Li already had a girlfriend, he realized he had misunderstood Ya Li and wondered whether he could still make amends.

• Yun Ming confronted Ya Li and accused her of secretly seeing Lu Li, forbidding her from visiting anyone from the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ya Li denied having any relationship with Lu Li and explained that she had visited Leng Yaozhu to share the news about improving relations with the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ya Li left after telling Yun Ming she regretted trusting him, while he remained uncertain whether she had told the truth.
• Yun Ming asked Na'er about Lu Li's admirers, and she said Lu Li had a girlfriend named Sister Nana.
• Yun Ming realized he had misunderstood Ya Li and wondered whether it was too late to apologize.

Yun Ming tried to reconcile with Ya Li but blamed her for the conflict, driving her away again. Meanwhile, Leng Yulai drugged the water and discovered that Lingling had drunk it, deciding to leave her to face the consequences.

• Yun Ming apologized to Ya Li for suspecting her, then argued that she had caused the conflict by pushing to befriend the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ya Li went to sleep and warned Yun Ming to watch himself, leaving him confused about what he had done wrong.
• Leng Yulai worried that Ya Li might drink the water she had drugged, but Leng Yaozhu sent her back to her room.
• Ya Li told Leng Yaozhu, Na Nali, and Lu Li that Yun Ming had accused her of an affair and blamed her for his suspicions.
• Leng Yulai listened in from the next room and realized Lingling had drunk the drugged water, so she decided to let her have it.

Leng Yulai accidentally gave Lingling sleeping pills instead of cold medicine, while Lu Li told Ya Li he wanted to challenge Shrek Academy’s senior powerhouses. He left Ya Li stunned after naming Zhuo Shi and Pavilion Master Yun among the people he wished to spar with.

• Leng Yulai discovered that the medicine she had given Lingling was sleeping pills, and Lingling fell asleep beside Na'er.
• Na'er panicked when Lingling collapsed, but Lu Li and the others realized she was snoring and assumed she was exhausted.
• Lu Li told Ya Li he had long wanted to visit Shrek Academy and exchange pointers with someone there.
• Lu Li clarified that he wanted to spar with teachers rather than students, then named Chilong Douluo Zhuo Shi as one of his intended opponents.
• Lu Li said he also wanted to spar with Shrek’s elder veterans and Na'er's teacher, Pavilion Master Yun, leaving Ya Li stunned.

Lu Li revealed his immense strength to Ya Li and asked her to help arrange a sparring match with Shrek Academy’s Zhuo Shi, hoping to attract powerful opponents. Ya Li agreed to help, while Yun Ming waited outside the villa with a sudden bad feeling.

• Lu Li told Ya Li he wanted to challenge Yun Ming, then explained that he was seeking a powerful sparring partner and hoped to raise his profile.
• Ya Li warned Lu Li that Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu were vastly more experienced, and offered to find him a weaker opponent instead.
• Leng Yaozhu urged Lu Li to show Ya Li his strength, and Lu Li revealed his nine powerful soul rings and golden dragon scales.
• Lu Li told Ya Li that he possessed Four-Word Battle Armor and believed Zhuo Shi would be at a disadvantage against him.
• Ya Li accepted Lu Li’s request to put in a word for him and invited him to call her Sister Yali.
• Yun Ming waited outside the villa to pick up Ya Li, sneezed, and wondered why he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Yun Ming arrived to take Ya Li and Na'er from Yaozhu's villa, where his hostility toward Lu Li led to a tense exchange. After Ya Li left with Na'er, Lu Li returned inside and noticed Leng Yulai sneaking toward the sleeping Lingling.

• Ya Li said goodbye to Lu Li, Na'er, and the others, and Na'er worried about the sleeping Lingling.
• Yun Ming arrived and pressed his aura toward Lu Li, who calmly pushed back and unsettled him.
• Ya Li rebuked Yun Ming for targeting Lu Li, then left with Na'er after refusing Yun Ming's attempt to take her hand.
• Na Nali and Leng Yaozhu speculated that Yun Ming thought Lu Li had designs on Ya Li as they returned inside with him.
• Lu Li saw Leng Yulai tiptoeing toward the sleeping Lingling.

Leng Yulai admitted that she had accidentally given Lingling sleeping pills instead of fever medicine, revealing that she had intended to drug someone for fun. Meanwhile, Lu Li learned that Yun Ming might be a threat and wanted to spar with Shrek’s experts, while Long Yeyue accepted his challenge to Zhuo Shi and planned to expose him as arrogant.

• Leng Yulai confessed that she had mixed up fever medicine and sleeping pills, and Leng Yaozhu scolded her for intending to drug someone while Ya Li was visiting.
• Lu Li and the others tied Leng Yulai to her bed and sealed her Soul Power, while Di Tian warned Lu Li that people from Shrek Academy had arrived and Yun Ming might have ill intentions.
• Lu Li told Di Tian he knew what he was doing and looked forward to fighting Yun Ming rather than avoiding him.
• Yun Ming asked Ya Li about her closeness with Lu Li, and Ya Li explained that she regarded Lu Li as a younger brother and Na'er’s family.
• Ya Li told Yun Ming that Lu Li wanted to spar with Shrek’s experts, especially Zhuo Shi, and Yun Ming relayed the challenge to Long Yeyue.
• Long Yeyue accepted the challenge on Shrek Academy’s behalf and declared that they would show the world Lu Li was an arrogant clown.

Yun Ming and Long Yeyue agreed to let Zhuo Shi accept Lu Li’s challenge, believing the young Title Douluo needed to be humbled. After the duel was scheduled, Shen Yi told Wu Changkong that his teacher would fight Lu Li, leaving Wu Changkong stunned.

• Long Yeyue dismissed Lu Li as arrogant, while Yun Ming suspected his challenge against Zhuo Shi had another purpose.
• Yun Ming told Long Yeyue that Ya Li had acknowledged Lu Li as her younger brother, upsetting him.
• Yun Ming informed Zhuo Shi that Lu Li had challenged him, and Zhuo Shi agreed to fight after Yun Ming said the challenge was meant to defeat him.
• Yun Ming set the duel for Friday outside Shrek City and said he would notify the Spirit Pagoda.
• Shen Yi called Wu Changkong to ask about Lu Li, and Wu Changkong froze when he learned Zhuo Shi would fight his good brother.

Wu Changkong warned Zhuo Shi that Lu Li had become a Four-Word Battle Armor Master with extraordinary strength, but Zhuo Shi still agreed to spar with him. Three days later, Lu Li and Zhuo Shi met outside Shrek City in the Star Dou Great Forest, ready to begin their match.

• Wu Changkong urged Shen Yi to make sure Zhuo Shi did not fight Lu Li, warning that his teacher would be at a massive disadvantage.
• Zhuo Shi called Wu Changkong and learned that Lu Li had nine powerful soul spirits, a level-93 cultivation base, and Four-Word Battle Armor, but he insisted on facing him.
• Wu Changkong messaged Lu Li to ask him to go easy on Zhuo Shi, and Lu Li said he had no intention of beating his teacher up.
• Over the next three days, Shrek Academy publicized the match between Lu Li and Zhuo Shi, stirring speculation throughout the Soul Master world.
• Lu Li and Zhuo Shi met in the air outside Shrek City, where Lu Li greeted the elder and asked him to enlighten him.

Lu Li and Zhuo Shi began their much-anticipated spar as Shrek and Spirit Pagoda watched. Lu Li revealed his extraordinary soul rings and Dragon God bloodline, leaving Zhuo Shi’s Red Armored Dragon instinctively subdued before either fighter attacked.

• Shen Yi, Na'er, and Ye Xinglan cheered for Lu Li with matching glow sticks, angering Cai Yue'er and Long Yeyue.
• Yun Ming and Qiangu Dongfeng agreed to begin the publicized spar, and Lu Li and Zhuo Shi rose into the air to face each other.
• Zhuo Shi summoned his Red Armored Dragon Martial Soul and displayed six black and three red soul rings.
• Lu Li revealed four hundred-thousand-year soul rings and five two-hundred-thousand-year soul rings, shocking the Shrek observers.
• Lu Li's Dragon God bloodline suppressed Zhuo Shi's Martial Soul, and Zhuo Shi realized he could fight at less than seventy percent of his strength.

Lu Li faced Zhuo Shi in a sparring match and revealed the overwhelming power of the Golden Holy Dragon King, whose bloodline suppressed Zhuo Shi’s dragon Martial Soul. Zhuo Shi could barely resist Lu Li’s attacks, and the chapter ended with Lu Li standing victorious.

• Zhuo Shi found his strength reduced by the Golden Holy Dragon King’s bloodline suppression and prepared to fight Lu Li anyway.
• Zhuo Shi used Crimson Armor Guard and Chilong Breath, but Lu Li’s Holy Dragon Power made the flames disappear.
• Zhuo Shi boosted himself with Dragon Enhancement and attacked with Crimson Flame Dragon Claw, but Lu Li blocked it with one scaled hand and cracked the claw.
• Zhuo Shi summoned nine Dragon Flame Clones, and Lu Li destroyed them with Dragon King Judgment.
• Lu Li summoned the Holy Dragon Spear and expanded the Holy Dragon Domain, intensifying the suppression on Zhuo Shi’s Red Armored Dragon.
• Lu Li struck Zhuo Shi with the Holy Dragon Spear, sending him flying with bloodied claws and leaving him unable to fight back.

Lu Li defeated Zhuo Shi in their duel, overwhelming his dragon Martial Soul and breaking through his strongest attack with his eighth soul skill. Zhuo Shi conceded and accepted his loss, while Shrek Academy’s elders reacted with dismay and Cai Yue'er berated him for disgracing the academy.

• Zhuo Shi transformed into his Red Armored Dragon Avatar, but Lu Li's Holy Dragon Domain suppressed his Martial Soul and shattered his Crimson Flame Dragon Domain.
• Zhuo Shi unleashed his ninth soul skill, Dragon Shatters the Heavens, and Lu Li countered with Myriad Dragons Pay Homage.
• Lu Li's golden dragon phantoms wore down Zhuo Shi's destructive beam, prompting Zhuo Shi to concede.
• Lu Li told Zhuo Shi he had not used his full strength, and Zhuo Shi accepted the defeat with a bitter smile.
• Zhuo Shi returned to Shrek Academy's elders, where Cai Yue'er angrily accused him of disgracing the academy.

After Lu Li defeated Zhuo Shi, Long Yeyue refused to accept Shrek Academy’s loss and challenged the Spirit Pagoda’s claims. Lu Li confronted her, then revealed that Yun Ming had always been his real target and challenged the Qingtian Douluo, leaving everyone stunned.

• Cai Yue'er accused Zhuo Shi of losing deliberately, but Feng Wuyu defended him and said Lu Li had thoroughly suppressed him.
• Leng Yaozhu, Na Nali, Bai Haoze, and Bai Zhicen praised Lu Li’s strength, and Qiangu Dongfeng pressed Yun Ming to acknowledge the Spirit Pagoda’s victory.
• Yun Ming admitted Shrek Academy had lost, but Long Yeyue interrupted him and insisted Zhuo Shi’s defeat did not threaten Shrek’s honor.
• Leng Yaozhu suggested Long Yeyue fight Lu Li; Lu Li accepted her challenge, but Yun Ming intervened and argued that Long Yeyue was too frail to fight.
• Lu Li challenged Yun Ming instead, declaring that testing Qingtian Douluo’s strength had always been his aim and shocking the assembled observers.

Lu Li defeated Zhuo Shi, and Long Yeyue’s refusal to accept the loss provoked Lu Li into challenging her. He then revealed that Yun Ming was his real target, leaving Shrek and the assembled witnesses stunned as the challenge hung unanswered.

• Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu defended Zhuo Shi’s loss, while Cai Yue’er accused him of not fighting seriously.
• Lu Li returned to Leng Yaozhu and Na Nali, and Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen described how powerful he had been even at eight rings.
• Yun Ming accepted Shrek Academy’s defeat, but Long Yeyue insulted Zhuo Shi’s performance and insisted that Lu Li’s win did not prove the Spirit Pagoda was stronger.
• Leng Yaozhu suggested that Long Yeyue fight Lu Li, and Lu Li stepped forward to accept the challenge.
• Lu Li dismissed Long Yeyue as his target and challenged Yun Ming, shocking Shrek’s leaders and the witnesses recording the confrontation.